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Page 2 N.EWS Wednesday, June 2)1 THE BATTALION 0M R.DPLUflfl ^ LOiThf oo , Hom/iaJ ? You L^ok. SAb... X THlAJk IT'S 5lAJkiA)G IM ThfAT X'/^i AJEVEK (joiaJG To SEE AAy FAMILY or Ff?\EA)bS f\(jf\\aJ. I AaiS!> ToeM This ^ YouR Ludk-V D/HV. X Mow Tost The thia>s To CHlEX- You op! FoLLo^) me... ^ This Is uav overrated [THIS Bite 7<>ur Lip/ BARREL (SaJ't E\JEA) CLOSE To BE/a/6 Full ...^ Zjl o». „ . www.rdcluna.com j JU 1 it-J > 1U The Fantastko Chronicles BY J. GOLDFLUTE Artf&Vi 7ttt5 3HAMR50] IS BuRjOi^/% My /W kilLI ID L)Y£\ (A Former pimp executed for killing security guard HUNTSVILLE (AP) — A former pimp who became a church group leader while in prison was executed Tuesday evening for fatally shooting one of two hotel security guards slain during a robbery in San Antonio more than 22 years ago. Miguel “Silky” Richardson, 46, with a history of violence and attempted escapes, was the ninth condemned inmate to re ceive lethal injection this year in Texas, where a record 40 con victed killers were put to death last year. '“I feel so much love,” he said as- witnesses filed into the chamber. | Richardson spoke for nearly eight minutes about love, smil ing ^nd winking the entire time. I T then began chanting in a for eign language, his voice rising ancf falling with a tear running from his right eye, before shout ing “take me! I’m ready!” “I’m your friend, I’m not a monster being executed. I am a minister of love,” he said. As the drugs began flowing, Richardson remarked it was a “good day to die. Take me God.” He took several deep breaths and uttered a slight gasp before slipping into unconsciousness. He was pronounced dead at 6:28 p.m. CDT, 13 minutes after the lethal dose began. Richardson adopted the nick name “Silky” after the lead char acter in a 1970s book about a Harlem, N.Y., pimp. At the time of the March 1979 shootings of security guards John Ebbert and Howard Powers at a San Anto nio Holiday Inn, Richardson was sharing a room with three prostitutes, two 17 years old and one 16. The security guards con fronted him after responding to a complaint from a woman across the hall that someone was trying to break into her room. Testimony later showed Richardson had coveted the ex pensive jewelry worn by the woman staying in that room. When Richardson — wear ing a woman’s wig — was being escorted down a stairwell to the hotel lobby, the two unarmed guards were robbed and shot to death. Richardson was arrested a few days later in Denver dur ing another robbery and fought extradition to Texas for two years. Over the 20 years since his capital murder conviction, Richardson’s case went to the U.S. Supreme Court at least six times, including an llth-hour review that was rejected by the justices late Tuesday afternoon. “He had all those chances when my husband had no chance,” said Ebbert’s wife, De bra, after watching Richardson die. “I’m angry but I do feel jus tice was served.” Also among the wimesses was Ebbert’s daughter, Catherine, who was 4 months old when her father was killed and has no rec ollection of him. “I didn’t know Dad but I have him in my heart,” Catherine Ebbert, now 22, said. “I think it should be frustrat ing to all the citizens of the state,” said Steve Hilbig, who prosecuted the murder case in 1981, of the time it’s taken to carry out the death sentence. “It loses its meaning when it takes 20 years to carry forward. Teachers Continued from Page 7 wh© are interested in becoming teachers tct come and learn more about teaching and to learn more about Texas A&M,” sajd Dorian Martin, assistant director for Cjammunications and Partnership De velopment. -The students participating in. the camp will be housed in campus resi dence halls and participate in many learning activities. • During the conference, the students will design and present a classroom les- sdn, and gain first-hand experience of teaching. Michel Zuch, coordinator of Teacher Recruitment and Induction said this is the second year for the conference. She said students gave great evaluations last year but offered some positive feedback. “The students had a lot of great activi ties, but they wanted to get up and do more stuff,” Zuch said. “So we’re chang ing some of the things from last year.” She said the changes include increased activity at local elementary schools and more hands-on activities with teachers form the Bryan-College Station area. Zuch said last year’s conference brought in approximately 60 students and that this year they are expecting approxi mately 50 students. HIV Continued from Page 7 'ednesday, Jun I severe and persistent diarrhea, vision loss and even coma. Fewer than 50 people in the United States have had HIV for 10 years or more without developing AIDS. Doctors are studying these people, hoping to find something in their genes or elsewhere that is helping them fight the disease. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved many drugs that prevent HIV cells from duplicating, therefore slowing the progression of the disease. There are also 29 different HIV vaccines currently being tested around the world. Condoms ma] reduce risk ofSJB getting herpes CHICAGO (AP)— A study con firmed that condoms signif- icai itly reduce women’s risk of comtracting genital herpes. But they may not be as effective in protecting men. One theory is that condoms do> not shield men from the en tire area from which women sh<;d the incurable virus. But Genital herpes is lestimated to infect almost one-fourth of U.S. adults. 5>PORTS Continued from Page 7 that, instead, athletes should be required to maintain rates sim- ilar to those of other college students. Dempsey said most of the other commission recommen dations tracked ideas the INCAA had been considering or has endorsed, including a‘ prohibition against college sports betting in Nevada. Bryce Jordan, president emeritus of Penn State, said college sports has gotten more The average fan probably loves it just the way it is. You'll never con vince the real die hard fans these things are needed.” — Dick Schultz former executive director of the NCAA commercial since 1989, when the commission was estab lished to study reforms. “In some institutions, you win at any cost,” said Jordan, whose name is on the basket ball arena at Penn State. Dick Schultz, former execu tive director of the NCAA, said the changes are needed hut will be opposed by some coaches, athletic directors and fans. IMMANUEL & HELEN OLSHAN 46 Rule Britannia” Orchestra Concert USIC FESTIVAL The music of William Walton, Peter Maxwell-Davies, J.S. Bach, and Edward Elgar June 3-June 30, 2001 Moores School of music university of Houston l T TICKETS! 845-1234 Friday, June 29, 7:30p»m at Rudder Auditorium y MSC Student $5, Regular $10 Partially underwritten by a grant from the Arts Council of the Brazos Valley t 1 0PAS long advised condom use, the lust s t m 1 \ to confirmM* c “ ae T , Y 1 condoms offer protecB^X / v i u Me No. 1 against genital herpes, Wald, director of the Unit Maft, Jama happy. If the WI D'r. Anna Wald, who led the st udy, cautioned that the find ing was more likely a statistical fl uke. Genital herpes is estimated to infect almost one-fourth of U.S. adults and is spread through sex- ual contact when it enters the body through tiny passages in tine skin. Most people who have tl ie virus do not know it. Women are at higher risk of at mtracting the virus from an in fs cted partner. While health officials had tv of Washington virology search clinic. - so tl 1 he study in VVedne jW State Journal of the American AkB^dle of tl Association looked at ^ r monogamous couples witfMjtup for a infected partner from l^ jp, .pines l a 1996. About half the uninfcM “Just see partners were women. OniiMe, itmade percent of couples reporteiiMid Tinsle\ ing condoms during the srMorkout ft period, though they were Month alor vised to do so. Mraft prospi Overall, 31 people - Me things 1 women and five men - Mow to con: quired herpes during the$:M a y IT te ^ 1 But among the 118 participM Jordan is who reported using cond'M? un S s,:ers more than 50 percent ofM^ednesday time, only’ two — both me: acquired herpes. Herpes sores can make it ier to become infected witiij AIDS virus, and without Iven if som |ren’t so yoi r draft- Tinsley' Inan in this . , Jie is five y< cautions, herpes can betrc I , f i i • i m if ipt 1 "! m iiiL mitted during childbirtnj fecting the baby and sometrl causing brain damageordei take a char expected t the first ftr Among i Eddy Cu ut'l c , ; sJBrown(19) I he average fan pr*| (18) whoa loves it just the »» m Ifton, h,gh Schultz said. “You’ll neveri.: | anc [ ^ cton vince the real die-hard t |\vand Eddie these things are needed." I “I Jock £ The NGAA adopted soiry 1 are a lot of commission-proposedrete' I guys, and 1 in 1996. 1 lodding Cmlll [ going to b president of the JobS.M | Tinsley, tl James L. knight Foundatk; guard. “ I journalism consortia k sponsors the commismad | that despite those reitY “y'ou have big money vy out good sense.” The commission propci the establishment of a groifi be called the Coalition ofPs idents, which would worb' the NCAA hoard ofdirew T he commission also w ommended a new distribute formula for television reve® from the men’s NCAADbi sion I basketball tournamecj that does not take victoriesiif account, as well as theestab lishment of a watchdoggrod to monitor the largest collet sports programs. The commission cons; ered, but did not propose, prohibition against play! dropping out of college tojt the National Basketball U ciation. The' commission inste? recommended that the N: and National Football Leaf set up minor leagues. 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