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N refill ii i ^ tij j i m =i rwi i i on June 25, 2001 Volume 107 ~ Issue 160 6 pages ews in Brief Community ficer files appeal y McVeigh Jo be reinstated '’estigation !:Ha Bryan Police officer sus- Bided for allegedly insulting ■ispanic motorist has filed an appeal. ■Officer Darrel Fikes was sus pended by Bryan Police Chief Kei Burton after Burton ■rned of the alleged incident. ■Pikes' appeal calls for a third- ■ty arbitrator to hear the lomplaint and make a binding liision. [David Donahue, Pikes' legal luclear scient . >n, the Sen; t ree held a he; y Wednesday il John Ashe; :>ad internal: ., aiming tor th nty complai clearan tial ink ness lisi •eillance official in case . inv nd not nat int accuse: fied ational sea: aftninistrator, says he believes ■es will be back on the force ^December. — State J^rtification will be ■ fered at TAMUG ■ Students at Texas A&M- ■Iveston (TAMUG) who wish BIreaAo become teachers can now tpmized cn::» e ' ve certification from the ^■cas A&M University-Com- mplaint Tierce Campus without ever iHI n f t .ijpeiting foot on the campus. U BThe new teaching creden- Slfied Foi :iaj program will be offered to 6 loti HQ t( rAMUG students via the , . Frans-Texas Video Network 60 Cr/flle, a special telecommu- lar /nVWhicjations system. jnd imm f he P r °9 rarn started in re- .. Sinse to a challenge given to aUQQhnfy Texas educators by the special commission on 21st century colleges and universities, vestigations wyhi e commission, which was convened to find solutions to in the Las\Tekas' education problems, d to 1996,» challenged higher education and spent institutions to take bold steps gas an identii 0 [eliminate the shortage of with the La i m 1 t * 1 ancl sc ' ence teachers in itan Police school system^ fTo be eligible for a Texas io ice e P ar,I *B onc j ar y teaching certifica- :ioi certificate, students must g, police per JgiL an additional 1 5 hours of lid he hadnoi 0 jj rsewor k and another 9 ut Hill’s resi; tours 0 f student teaching. training prog j ut se | ec tion begins retumedl pr escaped convict Till BpALLAS (AP) — Attorneys in) Monday will begin the ar- —Tubus process of impaneling a Brief Jjry for the capital murder trial ~ ^)f George Rivas, the ringleader rm caugnijf l gang of escaped inmates lOnVs job :har g ed with killing an Irving ' )o|ice officer. — An8-yearo i *5 l;ate Qi s t r j ct judge Molly k him along : r J nc j s w j|| p 0 || an unusua ||y industrial pk arae pool of 460 potential ju- aught in a ^or over four days, then p4nd about three weeks in- rm caughtin : li\{idually questioning those t food on MowHo qualify, lewski left tiiffcach of the six surviving garbage, ^f 35 P r ' son escapees will 1 with his fatht aGe a separate capital murder working atCi^f 1 : The first jury's verdict tadbeenamlKhcularly on the sub|ect of ,,possible punishment, likely iargesofp* vi| set a K pattern for subs /_ ies said. jut nt prosecutions, said kes inspect )r0m j nent jury consultant ing the deviTo^ep^ Hirschhorn, who is not was there, pofflolved with the case. 5! iss for you s, 9:30 a.m. - ryan.org E attalion News Radio: 1:57 p.m. KAMU 90.9 v/ww. thebatt.com Club teaches etiquette Youth cooking class is also offered Faculty Elizabeth Raines The Battalion T he Texas A&M Faculty Club may want to rethink its name. With all of the events and programs its employees host for A&M students and the Brazos Coun ty, A&M’s faculty is not the only group benefiting from the 1 Ith-floor Rudder Tower institution. Mike Chonyak, the Faculty Club ex ecutive chef, holds an annual cooking class for at-risk youth from the Academy Rehabilitation Motivation for Youth (ARMY) boot camp. The membership coordinator for the Faculty Club, Reeta Grimes, hosts the Delta Academy girls each year to teach etiquette. The pro gram coordinator, David Winder, hosts four etiquette training dinners during the year for A&M students. “Texas A&M University is a big part of this community,” Chonyak said. “All we are trying to do is give back.” Chonyak has been hosting the ARMY boot camp youth in the faculty club kitchen for four years. Every Wednesday in June, they come to learn about nutri tion and see how the food industry works. Chonyak said that his students’ ages range from 13 to 18 and come from around the Brazos Valley. “This program gives the students an opportunity to know about food and nu trition,” Chonyak said. “It gives them an opportunity to see how the food indus try works and it gives them something to look forward to.” Chonyak said 'at the end of the month-long cooking lessons, the stu dents have a graduation ceremony and prepare a dinner for their family, friends and several Brazos Valley community leaders. Another way the faculty club gives back to the community is through Grimes’ work with the Delta Academy. Grimes said the Academy is an organi zation for black high school girls in the Brazos area. Grimes said the Faculty Club hosts the Delta Academy girls once every year in February to teach them proper etiquette. “We teach them how to be proper ladies,” Grimes said. “We spend the af ternoon teaching them how to dress, how to sit properly, how to greet, how to dine, what conversations to have, what con versations to avoid and what proper at tire to wear. We teach them how to host.” Grimes said she wants to help the girls know they can make something of themselves. “A lot of these girls think that they are See Faculty on Page 2. Safety first . STUART VILLANUEVA/The Battalion Area children listen as College Station Police Officer Petereit lectures on bike safety Friday at Olsen Baseball Field. The demonstration was part of Brazos Valley Safe Kids, a safety education program organized by area police and fire departments. Ex-spy chief Montesinos deported to Peru Sunday Mariano Castillo Special to The Battalion LIMA, Peru — Peruvian fugitive, ex-spy chief Vladimiro Montesinos was escorted Sun day at 6:40 p.m. by Venezuelan police to the Caracas airport for immediate deportation to Peru, bringing an end to the hunt for the most wanted man in the Americas. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced Mon tesinos’ capture Sunday morn ing at a summit for Andean countries, and said Montesinos would be deported “faster than a rooster crows.” Montesinos was captured at 10 p.m. Satur day and was being held at the Military Intelligence headquar ters of the Venezuelan capital. Montesinos fled Peru fol lowing charges of corruption and human rights abuses that plunged the country into polit ical turmoil. Peruvians celebrated the cap ture, which provided a brief sense of elation following an earthquake that killed more than 50 people in southern Peru. “[The capture] is what the majority of Peruvians were hoping for,” said Alex Visman, a Peruvian student. “There’s been a lot of disillusionment in Peru, and hopefully, this will be a chance to bring this man to justice.” Venezuelan and Peruvian au thorities have not released any details on the operation that led to Montesinos’ capture. Chavez only revealed that Montesinos “made some mistakes” in cov ering up his whereabouts. He said that Montesinos’ accomplices in Caracas, who were charged with moving the former spy chief, had prob lems securing a new location. There is speculation that mil itary intelligence zeroed in on his location after Montesinos made a telephone call to Are- quipa, Peru, to check on rela tives following the earthquake, which had a high death toll in that town. More cynical opinions sug gested that Montesinos was be ing protected by Chavez and was turned over strategically. “In the face of this tragedy, this news is a step to regain the moral fiber that Peru needs,” said President-elect Alejandro Toledo. “The topic of justice does not need to fall into the trap of persecution or revenge. We need to look forward, to continue, to build — but with out impunity.” Back in Peru, Montesinos could face life in prison. Peru vian foreign minister Perez de Cuellar thanked Chavez for the See Spy on Page 2. Powell upset with lack of donations WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Colin Powell said he is frustrated over the bare trickle of dona tions from Europe to a global fund for fighting AIDS. He pledged to ask Congress to fatten the United States’ contribu tion and turn up pressure on the rest of the world to do the same. powell In an interview with The Associated Press, Powell described the “mind-boggling” drop in African life ex pectancies due to AIDS. In Botswana alone, he said, it plummeted from 64 years to 49. And he expressed hope that this week’s spe cial U.N. session on AIDS will prompt the world community to ante up for the fight against this disease with a greater sense of urgency. “Everybody should be coming up on this, every European country,” Powell said Friday. Powell and Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson will head the U.S. delegation to the United Nations’ ses sion, which opens Monday. Powell, who will address the session Monday, held no illusions that world na tions will contribute enough money to make a big difference. But he said he en visions a “worldwide mobilization” that combines multinational dollars with char itable activities and in-kind giving. For example, he pointed to the Coca- Cola Co.’s decision to incorporate AIDS prevention and education into its “huge retail establishment” on the African con tinent. “Every Coke truck going by is a rolling billboard,” Powell said. “The Coke truck that delivers Cokes can also deliver con doms. That kind of involvement is proba bly as valuable as a financial contribution. A number of companies are now looking for this kind of creative response, using their footprint in these countries to do something.” See Donations on Page 2. Quake kills 88 people in Peru Mariano Castillo Special to The Battalion LIMA, Peru — Rescue workers continued their search for survivors two days after an earthquake measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale rocked south ern Peru. According to the National Earthquake Information Cen ter, the quake was centered off the coast of Peru and was also felt in Chile and Bolivia. The earthquake occurred Saturday afternoon. Peruls Plealth Minister, Ed uardo Pretell, reported that there were at least 88 deaths, and he expected that number to in crease, as “bodies are still being recovered.” The earthquake left more than 12,400 affected or homeless and 899 people were reported injured. The damage was concentrat ed in the cities of Arequipa, Mo- quegua and Tacna. “Doctors from Lima have mobilized in the area, as have temporary hospital facilities, with specialists that can help in this emergency,” Pretell said. Interim President Valentin Paniagua spent Sunday in Are quipa, Peru’s second-largest city and one of the worst hit by the quake. In a press conference, he announced his plan to ask the International Monetary Fund for a loan that would allow for basic services such as water and electricity to be re-established as soon as possible. As a change of administration approaches, President-elect Ale jandro Toledo said there were three key areas for disaster relief that he wants to implement alongside Paniagua: • Tents, medicine and food, for the thousands who remain homeless • A state of emergency to in tensify efforts in the affected areas • Reconstruction of historic centers that were damaged in Arequipa and other cities In Arequipa, one of the tow ers of the Cathedral of Arequipa was damaged badly, as were many homes. The scene Sunday See Quake on Page 2. :OLOMBI, ECUADOR BRAZIL PERU Magnitude 7.9 quake Lima Pacific Ocean BOLIVIA 200 mi 0 200 km CHILE SOURCE: ESRI: USGS