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2 SECTIONS • 14 PAGES ieputy directe rricane Ceniei Monday afte e Keys l experience iavy rains the hurricane' to the state ort. icane elle 2.3 N, 81.3 VI : at 13 mph winds 135 mpi 160 mph JES / e \ Alim fa * Mam he nday CS anthrax results return negative The Texas Commission for he Blind and the Texas lehabilitation Commission in Allege Station are back in lusiness after results from mthrax tests last week timed up negative. The building was evacuat- id, and the College Station ire Department retrieved unknown substance and ook it to the Texas Veterinary )iagnostic Lab for testing. The fire department eceived the results of the ests Thursday and notified commission that it was >afe to return to work. Michelle sweeps Cuba, kills at least 5, floods crops HAVANA (AP) — Vast por tions of Cuba were still with out power and communica tions Monday after Hurricane y functioninsi Michelle swept across the ired after m. island overnight, killing at v Musharraf., sm campaign India later Sun ip their pmc rv" and were m JAMAICA 'hr Sa 80 Weather; ESf? erin tatic positions, c militia wasu and as ammuni m American an ian casualties." an. Rumsfeldgi ampaign's sm ith the probto g." Rumsff/A- ; at a pacific strategyteto icing the ic front noitli ol iding the Tail* least five people and flooding crops before pulling away to strike the Bahamas. The hurricane, which killed 12 people in Honduras, Nicaragua and Jamaica last week, lost some strength as it moved off Cuba, and it left Florida virtually untouched. Michelle swept past the Bahamas capital of Nassau on Monday with 85 mph winds, //coding houses and cuffing power. PUBLIC EYE In 1960, 33 cents out of each state dollar went to transportation. Today, 8 cents of each state dollar is appropriated for transportation. TODAY mpH Page 1B ong-distance relief • Ags reach out to those in need across country 2-year contract^ requires a ■s. Offer availables ,tion and activatf lours are from I2f jes apply. Wireless ;s applies to access atisonlyavailabe' nternet. Third Pao is Internet brocM ig, universal sente kend minutes app! ess of any paces* ipatible phone a'-' leasurea usage ar billing :t billing ;r initial ply. See People id/or its graphic Vireless % Ungrateful intolerance • ROTC programs should be allowed on every campus WEATHER TODAY IA- V \v- - yy'" 4 TOMORROW V '</ HIGH 80° F LOW 50° F HIGH 80° F LOW 50° F FORECASTS COURTESY OF www.weathermanted.com Tech officials working on security measures Staff & Wire THE BATTALION PHOTOS BY GUY ROGERS • THE BATTALION Above: Texas Tech fans tear down the south-end goal post after the Texas Tech-Texas A&M football game Saturday and proceeded to shove it in the A&M section. Below: Members of a crew remove the goal post immediately after the Colorado-Texas A&M football game. LUBBOCK — Texas Tech offi cials are working on new security policies for football games in an effort to prevent a repeat of Saturday’s melee after the Red Raiders’ upset of Texas A&M. Tech President David Schmidly said a university investigation into the fight, which injured at least one person, could end with student expulsions. ”We’re not going to be tolerant or lenient,” Schmidly told the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal for a story in Monday’s editions. “To the extent our policies allow us to take action, we’re going to do that.” He promised to take steps before Tech's next home game on Nov. 17 against the University of Oklahoma. “We are looking into installing goal posts that collapse, so after the game, they can be quickly taken down,” Schmidly said. Various types of barriers, such as mesh netting like that used at baseball fields, are being consid ered to keep fans from pouring onto the field after games. The fight broke out after the Red Raiders beat the Aggies 12-0. Tech fans tore down the south-end goal posts, marched the uprights down the field and threw them into an area where a group of Aggie fans were holding yell practice. As many as 1,000 students were involved in the scuffle. “1 just don’t think some of our students know how to handle win ning,” said Tech Athletic Director Gerald Myers. Schmidly said the students’ behavior over the weekend does not project the image desired by the university. “I pledge to everybody that Texas Tech is not going to be known as a place that a bunch of ruffians can ruin an athletic event because they can’t control their emotions or their tempers,” he said. “We’re just not going to have it. I’m not going to sleep until we get it rooted out and fixed.” During the fight. Dr. Mike McKinney suffered a facial cut that required eight stitches. McKinney is the father of A&M player Seth McKinney and is Gov. Rick Perry’s chief of staff. Although McKinney initially told Associated Press reporters that the student that punched him was a “guy dressed in red,” he has since told the student newspaper at Tech, The University Daily, that he now knows that the student was from A&M. Tech video operations director David Hougland said two of four cameras inside the stadium recorded the incident, and the tapes were turned over to the Texas Tech Police Department. Schmidly has written a letter to students about Saturday’s incident that will be published in Tuesday editions of The University Daily. See Tech on page 2A. Council approves new MSC president By Christina Hoffman THE BATTALION In a closed session Monday, the Memorial Student Center (MSC) Council approved Jennifer Brashares as the new MSC coun cil president for the 2001-2002 school year. The position was left vacant when former president Josh Rowan resigned after allegations of inappropriate behavior were brought against him. Brashares, a senior political science and sociology major, served on the MSC Council as executive vice presi dent of programs. In accordance with the council’s constitution, she was required to take on the role of interim president when Rowan resigned Sept. 21. “I have been serving as inter im president and executive vice president for programs for the past six weeks,” Brashares said. “Since there were no eligible applicants for the position of president, I thought it was in [the council’s] best interest for me to apply.” After Brashares applied, the council reviewed the applications See Brashares on page 5A, M TAPS Acoustic nomad brashares JOHN LIVAS • THE BATTALION Tim Reynolds plays a solo acoustic performance as part of his Nomadic Wavelength Tour at Rudder Auditorium Monday night. RHA recommends 24-hour visitation By C.E. Walters THE BATTALION Campus residents are asking the Texas A&M administration to consider allowing single-sex halls 24- hour visitation. At its last meeting, the Residence Hall Association (RHA) recommended that Department of Student Life Director Ron Sasse allow Walton Hall to be the trial res idence hall for a 24-hour visi tation policy. After a consen sus of Walton residents showed that they wanted the visitation policy, Walton Hall representatives brought the proposition to the Oct. 10 gen eral assembly. Hotard Hall will propose legislation similar to Walton’s at the next assembly meeting Nov. 7. Once the proposal comes across Sasse’s desk, he will meet with Staff Council and professional staff and pass the resolution to Vice President for Student Affairs Dr. J. Malon Southerland. MATTHEW DAVID HOWTON AqricuHuro & Life Sciences ANTONIO TORRES, II Business Administration XAVIER EUSKADI MONGE ORTEGA Agricultural Economics 10:30 p.m. ACADEMIC PLAZA Survey: 7 A&M Ph.D. programs lower than average, 7 above A 24-hour visitation poli cy, if approved, could not go into affect this year, Sasse said. More than 8,500 resi dents across campus signed lease contracts this fall that said they would not be liv ing in 24-hour visitation halls. Residence Life would need t . See Halls on page 5A. ABOVE AVERAGE By Daniel Bagwell THE BATTALION The 2000 National Doctoral Program survey recently released results that ranked seven A&M Ph.D. programs lower than average for their particular fields. Seven other programs were given grades higher than average, and four programs were given average grades. The survey was conducted by the National Association of Graduate and Professional Students (NAGPS) between March and August 2000. Approximately 274 A&M students and graduates participated in the survey. The University’s geography department is one of the programs given a lower-than- average grade. Eleven geography doctoral students responded to the survey. When newly appointed head of the geog raphy department Dr. Doug Sherman See Programs on page 5A. ./-'Agricultural Education fhitociure/Landscape Architecture' Biochemistry/Biophy^cs Chemistry Political Science Wit* Rife and Fisheries Scie rices English ftosuiti from th« 2000 Nettemh Dodorut Program Survey Biology Electrical Engineering Education Curriculvrri Education In Human Resource Development Geography 1 ^ Geology/Geophysics Physics ULLGWAyetfAGE ADRIAN CALCANEO • THE BATTALION