*2¿£-£066¿ X i. O S V d 1 3 3 A IH O 1 1 3 0 N V A 1 S V 3 LZ92 Z Z "Oi » S 2 S WW 48/1 £/90 wad Vol. 97 No. 114 3 Sections * The studem newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin Thursday, March 26,1998 Council passes intercity rail line MduMl Tanks Daily Texan Staff The Austin City Council Wednesday voted in favor of a plan to create a commuter rail sys­ tem between Austin and San Antonio. The rail line is expected to relieve traffic and improve safety on Interstate 35 between the two cities, which many call the most dangerous stretch of road in Texas. "The possibility of having com­ muter rail between Austin and San Antonio is a very exciting prospect," said Councilmember Daryl Slusher. "It's going to be nec­ essary in the next few years as traf­ fic on 1-35 gets worse." The council voted 6-0 to join the Austin-San Antonio Regional Rail District, which will have the authority to construct a commuter rail between the two cities. Councilmember Beverly Griffith abstained. The district was approved by the Texas Legislature during its last session, but the rail won't be creat­ ed until the San Antonio City Council and the Travis and Bexar County Commissioners' Courts also approve the plan. The proposal would place the commuter rail just west of 1-35 on the current Union Pacific line. The rail would run 117 miles from San Antonio to Round Rock. Griffith said she didn't vote to join the district because she wanted to first conduct a feasibility study on the proposed route. Studies to estimate the cost of the project and what areas of the rail would see the heaviest traffic could be completed by the end of the year, according to the Austin Transportation Study commis­ sioned by the city council. The Austin City Council was the first of the four agencies to agree to join the district. Other cities affect­ ed by die rail, such as San Marcos and New Braunfels, may also join. Michael Aulick, director of the Austin Transportation Study, also recommended that the council push forward a light rail system, saying it would help cut commut­ ing time for Austin residents .who work in die city. Unlike the commuter rail between cities, a light rail system is smaller and would make frequent stops in Austin. Aulick said 66 percent of Austin area employees work within half of a mile from planned rail lines, including the Austin-San Antonio commuter rail and Capitol Metro's 54 miles of planned light rail lines. By 2020, Capitol Metro's rail sys­ tem is projected to carry 67,000 passengers and reduce the daily distance traveled in other vehicles by 1,380,000 miles, according to a RAIL UNE/Page 2 On Campus ■ African writer Chinua Achebe speaks on "Images of Africa" 8 p.m. in the Lyndon B. Johnson Auditorium. suck tar Hnd M the If ya wanna know, walk the 56 steps to poke your nose outside. You really can't expect us to do everything for you. If you just take a stab at it, there's a 30 percent chance you'll get it right. You’ve seen spring before, how different can it be this year? Anyway, running your air conditioner this early will add 80 bucks a month to vour electric ;tv bill M K Around Campus..................... ...................... 10 Classifieds................................. ......................15 Comics........ ............................... ...................... 11 ......................... 4 Editorials.................................... ...................... 13 Entertainment........................ ...................... 12 Focus............................................ Sports........................................... .........................7 ...........£ State ft Local Uniwrsity................................. .......................5 r , j- Penders’ future in doubt AP reports coach could be out Friday, school officials say rumors unfounded Daily Texan Staff Texas men's basketball coach Tom Penders' attorney and the UT official spear­ heading an investigation into Penders' pro- fram both said Wednesday that no decision as been made about the coach's future, despite reports that he will be fired or reas­ signed as early as Friday. The Associated Press and Austin sta­ tion KEYE-TV both reported Wednesday that Penders is defi­ nitely out as coach of the Longhorns, citing unidentified UT sources. Feeders But UT counsel to the president Patricia Ohlendorf, who is in - charge of the investi­ gation into the release of a player's academic records to the media last week, denied that the decision to oust Penders has already been made. "I can't go into the specifics of the investi­ gation, except to say that it hasn't been com­ pleted yet," Ohlendorf said. "Any report* that says anything different about that situ­ ation is just a rumor." Roy Minton, Penders' attorney, also dis­ missed reports that UT has been negotiating a deal with the coach to reassign him. "I don't think there's any substance to any of that, and I'd know if there was," Minton said. "[UT is] still in the process of an investigation, and they said they won't take any action until that investigation is completed." Ohlendorf said that she expects to com­ plete the investigation by Friday afternoon. UT Interim President Peter Flawn, who declined comment on Wednesday, called for the investigation last week, when a copy of freshman guard Luke Axtell's academic progress report was faxed to and broadcast by KVET-AM. Texas assistant coach Eddie Oran has since admitted to faxing the report, which would constitute a violation of federal pri­ vacy laws. Oran and Penders have both said that Penders had no involvement in the decision to fax the document, although Ohlendorf and her investigators have been checking into that story all week. Attorney Sherry Rasmus, who is repre­ senting Axtell, also said late Wednesday that she had not been made aware of any decision regarding Penders' future. "My information was that nothing was to be done until after the investigation," Rasmus said. "I would be really surprised if PENDERS/Page 2 ifw i Bwwn/DAILY TEXflWST at the UT Animal Rateare# Cantar. Egnar Daily T^xan Staff • ' ' X 4 ' iberal arts senior Mark Kuper MLmJ Longhorn football team, but muscu­ lar atrophy took him off the roster before die season even started. "I had two knee surgeries and two shoulder surgeries, and after that my muscles deterio­ rated," he said. "After that, I had tobe released from the team. Without this, who knows, maybe I could still be playing footbalL Now, because of it, my interests are in medicine. I think I'd like to fee an orthopedic surgeon." Now, walking with a limp, Kuper spends most of his time in die UT Animal Resource Center, trying to find a cure for the condition — he is currently heading an experiment aimed at curing muscular atrophy patients by simulating weightlessness in rats. The Animal Resource Center has been facilitating student and faculty research, like Kuper's, for the past 21 years by providing animals, including rats, mice/rabbits, chick­ ens and monkeys, for the experiments. Still in die early stages of the experiment, Kuper has suspended the hind legs erf 10 rats by harnessing them and attaching them to a hook, leaving the muscles immobile. The JIINGLE A look behind the closed doors of U T ’s A nim al R esource C enter effect will be the induction of muscular atro­ phy, similar to that experienced by astronauts after long periods in space. Under die direction of Roger P. Farrar, Kuper hopes to obtain a virus to inject into people to help combat muscular atrophy. But for now, he's stiddng to rats, and hopes to soon advance to monkeys. "Hopefully, if the experiment is successful 2 can try mis with primatx v" Kuper we "It's sad that we have to do this to the ani­ mals, but I don't know any other way. It's a real meaningful experiment, and I think a lot will come out of it." JenyFineg who has presided over ARC activ­ ities since the center's inception in 1976, has worked with animals for 40 years. Large por­ traits of space-chimps Ham and Eno6 decorate the waDs of his office. ANIMAL/Page 12 UT officials need $12 million to renovate old health center JMMito Kennedy Daily Texan Staff Interim President Peter Flawn assured Student Government trad­ ers Wednesday that the old Student Health Center will be used for student services once the University raises the $12 million needed for renovations to the building. SG President Marlen Whitley and SG Vice President Randy Cooke expressed concerns this month that UT officials violated the terms of a 1991 student referen­ dum by allowing academic depart­ ments to move into the building. But Flawn stated that renova­ tions for the building have been in the U niversity's included Capital Improvement Plan, a list of construction and renovation pro­ jects the University would like to complete w ithin the next five years. He added that the money for renovations lor student service offices should, be available by the year 2001. Until riten, the Student Health Center Building will be used lor critical singe space lor academic departments. Already offices and classroom space in the old Student Health Center are being used by the College of Pharm acy Department of Computer The Department ol Cos Sciences is using rite built house teaching assistants rite College of Pharmacy is using two rooms as a laboratory classroom and a storage facility. According to the 1991 student referendum, students would pay for the new Stqdent Services Building on Dean Keeton Street and the old Student Health Center would also be converted into more office space for student services. Offices such as the Measurement and Evaluation Center and Texas Student Publications are slated lor space in the renovated building. W hitley and Cooke met with Flawn and Acting Provost Stephen Monti e#rlier this month to deter­ mine the timetable for the renova­ tions. Monti said Flawn sent the letter to confirm what was discussed during a March 11 meeting with ' Or** * * ' 9 2 f t fif r t i Rteil Daily Texan Staff UT. Law Prolessor Lino Graglia and former White House intern Ity ie Gertz squared off on the impact of the Monica Lewinsky ^ * scandal Wednesday on KVRX's 4-1-1 radio show. In an unlikely pairing of UT personalities, Gertz, a former Student Government presidential hopeful, and the controversial law professor debated whether Clinton's sexual activities in and out of the White House should be a matter of public concern. Although the public is becom­ ing lenient about certain moral issues such as adultery, the presi­ dency is not an area where a less- than-pristine character should be excused, Graglia said. "We are in an era of permissive­ ness ... [but] there axe some things that are not tolerable, ¡ Graglia said. "Ik» a president tq iuse his portion of power and prestige to live a young woman into sexual activity should not be tolerated." But Gertz, arito served as an intexn last year for Vice Ptaririrnt Al Goxe» aaid Clanton's perfor­ mance in office not the bedroom. Gore ex-intem, Graglia face off U rtM S P A IL Y TEXAN STAFF UT Law Protms$r Uao Graf lia A seaste* Presidan* Clinton ai id alleged scan­ dals with KVRX M e beat Briaa Winter. should be the real issue. "The reason we re-elected him is not because what the media says, but because President Clinton hat been doing a good job," Gertz said, But Graglia «aid diet argument, and G ert#i Rtpertion that White House SpeCMiProsecutor Kenneth Starr's investigation is a witch hunt, is unacceptable. "What are you running for?" Graglia raked of Gertz in a heated exchange. "A White House attor­ ney?" Brian Winters, host of the show, FACEOFF/Ptge 2 li l ilí i ■. i.l'. l ' . . WWi .111— 1.1 Page 2 Thursday, Marbh 26,1998 JTm 0AELY T exaN Rail line Coattaawl from pagel report by the study. The s tu d y also recom m ends installing a high-occupancy vehicle lane on 1-35 modeled after those in effect in Dallas and Houston to cut back traffic delays. Councilmembers said it is time for Austin to rely more heavily on rail as traffic on 1-35 gets worse. "The City of Austin needs to get more serious in planning for rail," Slusher said. "We have very serious problems resulting primarily from the grow th of the city, and w e're still growing." The council also decided Renovation Continued from page 1 Cooke said he had asked for the meeting to get the adminis­ tration to clarify how long aca­ dem ic d e p a rtm e n ts w ould occupy the building. "The way things are done at this University, temporary can mean 10 or 15 years, or it can mean six months, and I want­ ed a clear definition of that," Cooke said. D espite the d elay , Cooke sa id he w as p leased w ith Flawn's response. "It's tangible evidence that the building will in the near future be dedicated to student services," Cooke said. * ~ C m i t r n u o d f r o m p a g * 1 f ' 1'* ' . ' ~ '— ----------------- Penders: UT officials deny that he is out as coach Wednesday to study plans to con­ vert Cesar Chavez, Second, Fifth, Sixth, Brezos and Colchado streets to tw o-w ay streets. The council directed city staffers^to recommend action by May 28. th e plan could be implemented by September 1. Mayor Kirk Watson said the plans should first be im plem ented on Brazos and Colorado streets because they aren't as busy as other streets under consideration for the change. W atson said the p lan to make Brazos and C olorado tw o-w ay streets could be paid for under this year's budget. O ther councilm em bers agreed and approved the proposal with the recom m endation to focus initial efforts on Brazos and Colorado. "If w e tried to do all of this at once, that might scare lot of folks, and justifiably so," Slusher said. "I think we can ease into this w ith these two streets." they made any decision o r took any action before that." Penders, who is also dealing with the fact that at least th re e of his players (Axtell, Gabe M uoneke and Anthony Goode) are strongly con­ sidering transferring, p e rso n a lly called KVET-AM to refute rep o rts that he is negotiating his reassign­ ment with UT. "I'm not involved in anything," said Penders, who has fo u r years remaining on a $550,000-per-year contract. "I am totally innocent of all these things I'm h e a rin g If you're right and you're honest, you don't worry about things like th at.. So I'm just pushing on a n d doing tile things I normally do." Penders could not be reached for comment by The Texan W ednesday. At a news conference in the frcrit yard of his home on Monday, libw- ever, Penders left open the possibil­ ity of staying on with the school in another capacity. The 52-year-old coach said that while he did not feel Roy Mintoh, Penders’ attorney, dismissed reports thaj UT has been negotiating a deal with the coach to reassign him. . he should be reassigned, he w ould not fight that decision. "If the U niversity of Texas does not want m e to be the head coach, then they can reassign m e an d I'll gladly serve in som e o th e r w ay ," Penders said. "B ut I still feel like I'm one of the b est coaches in the country." . T efisibn h a s b e e n b u ild i n g in Penders' p ro g ram since the e n d of the team's just-com pleted season, in which trie coach failed to tak e the jLonghprns th e N C A A T oufnam ent fo r o n ly th e se co n d time in his ten-year tenure at Texas. to A g rb u p o f p la y e r s in c lu d in g Axtell, M uoneke, C hris M ihm and Bernard S m ith m e t w ith a th le tic d ire c to r D eL oss D o d d s to vo ice their concerns about the program ^1 on March 9, and Axtell was given a release to transfer shortly after that visit. P en d ers said Monday th at Dodds did not inform him of that meeting until four days later. Then Tuesday, while vacationing in the Caribbean, Penders issued a statem en t su spending Axtell for academ ic reasons. Axtell's family said that Penders already knew of the star guard's intentions to trans­ fer at th at tim e; Penders «aid he didn't. After learning of the suspension, Axtell bashed Penders in the local m edia, accusing the coach of dis­ honesty arid verbal abuse. Muoneke said the next day that as many as eight UT players were considering Face off: Apathy keeps Clinton high in polls, Graglia says Continued from page 1 mediated the argument and asked both g u e sts to e x p la in w hy Clinton's popularity remains high even th o u g h polls in d ic a te the majority of voters believe the presi­ den t d id have an affair w ith Lewinsky. it's apparently that they don't care," Graglia said. "He's basically adm it­ ted adultery, he's an u n d o u b te d draft dodger, and the people elect­ ed him anyway." But G ra g lia s a id th e fa c t th a t W illey a p p e a re d b e fo re a g ra n d jury w ithout an a tto rn ey w as evi­ dence she had nothing to hide. a little long,' b u t on TV it w as 'he touched m e,' sh e to u ch ed him , et cetera." basis w asn't easy, but there were anywhere from 10 to 20 people in a room with him at one time," Gertz said. transferring for Various reasons. Controversy hit its pitch on March 18, when Axtell's progress report was faxed to KVET-AM. Oran released a statement firom a Kinko's in West Austin taking full responsi­ bility for faxing the document. On Monday, Jhe Texan and other media outlets received a fax from the same K inko's a n n o u n cin g a news conference at an East Austin recreation complex featuring team captains Kris C lack and Chico Vazquez, who voiced their support for Penders and refu ted Axtell's claims of abuse. Penders, the w inningest men's basketball coach in Texas history, has compiled a 208-110 record over the past decade. After being ranked among the nation's top 25 teams in several preseason polls this year, the H orns finished w ith a 14-17 record. Their se aso n ended on March 7 with a loss to Oklahoma in the third round of the Big 12 tour­ nament. Market brief Wednesday, M arch 25,1998 DOW (Industrials) NYSE Graglia said Clinton's approval ratings remain high only because of public apathy, not because they think he is innocent. 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But recently, he'd donned red doming or camouflage outfits, boasted of gang membership and cropped his dark brown hair boot-camp short Two weeks ago, he stopped going to church. Both boys — Mitchell Johnson, 13, and Andrew Golden, 11 — were wear­ ing camouflage when they were cap­ tured outside rural Westside Middle School where four schoolgirls and a teacher were shot and killed Tuesday. Eleven others were wounded with shots from weapons state police identi­ fied as a Ruger .44-caliber rifle and a 30.06 hunting rifle. Wednesday afternoon, the boys were ordered detained until an April 29 hearing. They have been charged with five counts of m urder and 10 counts each of first-degree battery. Police did not provide the name of the 11th wounded person, who did not need hospital care. The boys entered no pleas. To hear people describe Mitchell, he fioiitn might have been two separate boys. Johnson Melinda Henson, 13, considered Mitchell, who'd moved from Minneso­ ta in toe last couple years, one of her better friends. She remembers him holding chairs for her and other girls at church. Site says he talked about basketball, never guns. But in almost the same breath, she said her friend also spoke about wanti­ ng "to hurt people" and claimed to be part of a gang. Pastor William Holt said Mitchell had recently become introspective, talking frequently about missing his divorced father and of the time he'd spent with him in Minnesota last sum­ mer. Then, two weeks ago, he said, Mitchell stopped coming to church. Chris Perry, the youth minister at Central Baptist Church in Jonesboro, also knew Mitchell. Perry was counsel­ ing students at the school Wednesday. Assessments of Drew Golden are more distinct. ' Lloyd Brooks lives five ranch houses down from the Golden home on a quiet, dead-end street not far from downtown. He said he'd warned his 12-year-old daughter, Jenna, to keep away from toe sandy-haired boy often seen run­ ning around the neighborhood in cam­ ouflage gear. v Drew learned marksmanship from his father, Dennis, toe registered repre­ sentative for a local gun dub, toe Jones­ boro Practical Pistol Shooters Associa­ tion. Terry Crider, the pistol group's for­ mer secretary-treasurer, said Wednes­ day that Golden had trained his son to use rifles and shotguns and had recent­ ly started teaching him "practical shooting," handgun competition in which shooters get points for hitting moving and pop-up targets. State prosecutors say toe boys will likely be tried as juveniles, although there is talk of harsher federal prosecu­ tion. Brooks said if s not fair the boys may get to start their lives over again in a few years. "These are coldblooded, evil chil­ dren and I don't care how bad that sounds," he said. "These kids [toe dead] don't get to start over. Yesterday was their last day." Cory Hallet right is escorted into Westside Middle School to receive counseling after witnessing the school shooting. ASSOCIATED PRESS Clinton: World community reacted too passively to Rwandan genocide “-------- » ■ ■ — KIGALI, Rwanda — Shaken by hor­ ror stories from the w orst genocide since World War n, President Clinton grim ly acknowledged Wednesday that "we did not act quickly enough" to stop the slaughter of up to a million Rwandans four years ago. The United States and the rest of the international community periodically condemned the killings but failed to stop the 90-day killing spree that Clin­ ton called "the most intensive slaugh­ ter in this blood-filled century we are about to leave." "Never again must we be shy about the evidence," the president said. On Tuesday, he said the United States was guilty of neglect and ignorance toward Africa. ^Clinton, halfway th rough a six- country trip, made a 3 1 / 2 hour visit to _ . , . -y. ** . . the Kigali airport in this tiny Central African nation to acknowledge the fail­ ure of world leaders to act. He pledged tfie United States will improve efforts to identify and spotlight nations in danger of genocida! violence. Rw andan President Pasteur Biz- imunga called Clinton's visit "an elo­ quent statement of your condemna­ tion of genocide, a show of solidarity with the victims and a challenge to toe international community to work together to stem the recurrence of genocide." Clinton also attended a summit in Uganda with seven African leaders. They condemned all acts of genocide and agreed to deny extremist groups the use of their territories, postal ser­ vices, airports, banks, passports and communications. The United States has pledged $30 million to strengthen the judicial sys­ tem in toe Great Lakes region encom­ passing Rwanda, Congo and Burundi. The program will help train judges, prosecutors and police. Clinton also said the United States would con­ tribute $2 million to Rwanda's geno­ cide survivors fund. "The international community, together with nations in Africa, must bear its share of responsibility for this tragedy, as well," Clinton said. "We did not act quickly enough after the killing began. We should not have allowed the refugee camps to become safe havens for the killers." At the time, the United States was still stunned by the deaths of U.S. Rangers in Somalia in October 1993 and feared further military interven- tion in Aincai. The killings turned into the worst genocide since the Nazis killed 6 mil­ lion Jews in World War II. Twisters kill 200 in India SARTA, India — Nearly 100 young students had just finished their lunch at a school in eastern India when toe tornado struck. "Suddenly very strong winds hit the school from nowhere. Then the walls collapsed," 12-year-old Ran- jan Ray recalled Wednesday. Ray survived, but at least 40 chil­ dren were feared crushed in the col­ lapse of the school building Tues­ day in Balasore district in Orissa state, Press Trust of India reported. The twister was the second of two to hit India's east coast Tues­ day, killing 200 people and injuring 3,000, Press Trust said. The area is 750 miles east of the Indian capital, New Delhi. In less than two minutes, the rag­ ing cone of howling winds and orange earth tore through villages in the state. In Orissa state it destroyed the school, lifted a crowd­ ed boat 20 feet into the air before dashing it into a river bank and upset a bus carrying 50 people into a canal. The storms devastated several villages, burying some alive and leaving more than 10,000 homeless, Press Trust said, quoting police offi­ cials. As many as 500 people were believed trapped under the debris of collapsed houses. The main storm ripped , through several villages in Midnapore dis­ trict in West Bengal state, then spun off another tornado that flattened villages in neighboring Orissa state, according to meteorologists. Hundreds of firefighters, police­ men and volunteers searched the remains of shattered huts Wednes­ day in hopes of finding survivors. They also said the death toll was likely to rise. -TV/Texas Student Television "College Press Box" Watch tonight for sports highlights KVR-TV 9:30pm Cable channel 16 Channel 9 Cable 16 Dorm Cable 15 OPEC attempts to boost oil prices ■ LONDON — OPEC ministers plan to g a th e r next week for emergency talks about pledges to lower oil production to push crude prices higher. Traders are skeptical that oil- producing countries can slash output by 2 million barrels a day. Oil prices took a sharp tumble this winter after OPEC's decision in November to raise its output by 10 percent. The increase occurred just as w orld demand for crude was slowing because of the Asian economic crisis and the m ild weather in North American and European heating oil markets. House readies impeachment probe funds ■ W ASH ING TO N - H ouse R epublicans muscled through additional millions to investi­ gate P re s id e n t Clinton on law m akers W e d n e sd a y as clashed the p ro sp e c t of im peachm ent. Democrats accused the GOP of a "partisan witch hunt." s h a rp ly over O verriding Democratic objec­ tions, Republicans provided a $1.3 m illio n infusion for the Judiciary Committee, where it w ill be a v a ila b le to help the GOP prepare for any impeach­ m ent ev id en ce from Indepen­ dent Counsel Kenneth Starr. 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Four potential athletes, doctors, scientists, parents — four futures — have been snuffed out. One of their teachers was shot while protecting one of the girl's classmates; the teacher has also died. Police say this unspeakable act was committed by two stu­ dents at the middle school; they are searching for an accom­ plice thought to be one of the two boys' classmates. It's sad to think that such young children could have wreaked such undeserved violence on other children. It makes everything else seem kind of small, doesn't it? Who cares whether Luke Axtell wears burnt orange again? Does Clinton's sex life matter a whit if a cadre of small boys with smaller souls can callously destroy fouT kids who aren't even old enough for driver's education class? We at the University should have a special sympathy for the grieving people of Jonesboro, Ark. This incident should jog our memory to a dark day over thirty years ago when a madman lashed out at his former classmates with a hail of lead from the top of the Tower. The University has yet to erase that stain from its memory; we can only hope for a smoother recovery for the survivors of the shootings at West- side Middle School. The normal, knee-jerk response of government to tragedies such as this is shock, indignation and sadness, and then the urge to pass laws banning something. But in this case, such a reflex action would be inappropriate. Everything the two boys are accused of doing is already illegal. Thirteen-year- olds aren't supposed to possess handguns. They aren't sup­ posed to be driving a van, such as the one thought to be the getaway vehicle. They weren't even supposed to be out of school. It is impossible to make madness illegal. Evil cannot be con­ trolled by legislation. In a free society, psychopaths will slip through the cracks. Again, we are heartily sorry and offer.our deepest condo­ lences to those who survived the massacre and the families and friends of those who were killed. Those of our readers who are religious, we urge you to remember the dead in your prayers; those who aren't, please do whatever is in your nature to honor the dead. The names of the victims are: Natal­ ie Brooks, 12; Paige Ann Herring, 12; Stephanie Johnson, 12; Brittany R. Varner, 11; and Shannon Wright, 32. On the heels of this tragedy comes the news of a high school student stabbing himself and three teachers in Princeton, Texas. And in Daly City, Calif., a student shot at his principal, discarded his gun and returned to class. In these cases, no one was killed. We live in a dangerous world, and we must remember to be grateful for every day we have. Reagan, Clinton It is ironic, yet fitting, that just as Bill Clinton has been enjoying a period of his highest popularity rat­ ings ever, a former president should also have recent­ ly been in the headlines: Ranald Reagan. Last month, two significant events occurred: a sympathetic TV documentary erf Reagan's life was aired and legisla­ tion was passed in Congress that renamed the D C airport die "Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport" dearly, bofo events were timed to be trib­ utes to an ailing president in his twilight years. For all their differences, Reagan and CUhton are remarkably alike in one respect and it is this shared similarity that accounts for Clinton's current high standing and Reagan's enduring popularity with the American public The similarity is thik unlike earlier presidents, they do not project a standard of heroic effort or virtue or challenge us to become far better than we are. Rather, they leave us content with being utterly ourselves, replete with all our frailties and failings. They make us comfortable with our ordinariness. They allow us not just to ccept but to indulge our weaknesses. We can feel secure in our considerable shortcomings. They are popular with us because they are so much like us. In the post-Wafcergate era, we do not want presi­ dents who make us feel inadequate or inferior. Instead we desire presidents who are flawed and at ease with their flaws, making little attempt to reform themselves, let alone achieve a superhuman level of personal excellence. Ronald Reagan was known as "The Great Com­ municator." One erf his greatest feats was crafting a new model of foe presidency, which he induced the American media to endorse. He projected an image of genial, lighthearted— indeed sometimes soft-headed — ordinariness. Reagan seemed to be a common man, much like our grandparents. He made us feel John Rodden GUEST COLUMNIST good about ourselves. Reagan's unpresidential proclivities famously con­ tributed to this image. Reagan fell asleep frequently at Cabinet-level meetings. Some pundits ridiculed him for this. "But who hasn't nodded off at these inter­ minably boring meetings that most Americans must endure?" asked the American public Reagan would regularly forget the names erf the "banana republic" dictators who visited him or of the small countries that Air Force One landed in. Washington reporters and elite intellectuals lam­ basted Reagan for his "stupidity." "But don't we all forget the names of people we would prefer not to have to remember?" asked the American public. Yes, Reagan forgot a lot — as much as our grandfathers often do. (Little did anyone suspect at that time that his forgetting may have been an early indication of Alzheimer's disease, from which he now suffers.) And what about Clinton? He too is a great com­ municator — or, as some of his detractors would phrase it, "The Great Prevaricator." Clinton also makes us feel good about being ourselves. But he does so in a way very different from Reagan. Fittingly enough, given Clinton's relative youfoful- ness and our nation's casual sexual morality at the fin de siecle, Clinton exemplifies an undemanding stan­ dard in his personal life in the realm of sexual control and man tal fidelity. Clinton is attracted to women and acts on his impulses with abandon. He has been unfaithful to his wife dozens, if not hundreds, of times. Conservative and religious leaders express outrage with his behavior. "But don't most American men with us have the same feelings?" wonders foe American pub- lie. And given that 50 percent of American marriages end in divorce— and at least 65 percent indude adul- tery — haven't foe majority of Americans acted on these impulses too? And yes, Clinton acts at variance with what he tells the public. But isn't every unfaith­ ful partner advised never to tell about infidelities, which would only hurt a spouse deeply or perhaps even destroy a relationship? And yes, Clinton iies. "But isn't that what we're supposed to do?" asked Amencans in recent polls. Even more to the point: Wouldn't we do that ourselves? Haven't we done it already? None of this is meant to excuse or condone Clin­ ton's behavior. Rather, I mean to suggest that Clin­ ton's high ratings in the polls since January have to do with our strong identification with his sexual limita­ tions, and also with our shared defensiveness that his enemies are "out to get him." We can all imagine adversaries who already have — or would love to — exploit any missteps in our private lives. Clinton val­ idates us. We root for him to beat his enemies because his ordinary failings resemble our own If he is caught and punished for something that we are guilty, then we too are liable — at least symbolically — to suffer foe same fate. So in different ways, Reagan and Clinton are "just like us." We don't want to be challenged to transcend our weaknesses, even our vices. We want to be accepted, indeed affirmed, as we are. Reagan and Clinton hold the mirror of our private lives up to us. In them we can see ourselves. We want nothing more than to be at peace with the blemished faces in the glass. John Rodden is an adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Speech Communication. I>on'T GIVE ME- c r a p / " ARO Do n t H A lS t Y o u r vJOXce. WXTU M E / NOW... H a n d ¿w e r AGALLON o r WARM M rn c AMD A P a ce h le r, YOU KNOW? Joshua D ' Agostino and Erin Morgan Aid for AIDS The most obvious symbol of the grandeur that is The University of Texas is The Main Building, or the Tower as it is commonly called. In actuality, the Tower is considered part of the Main Building, and is truly the focus of this great cam­ pus, but do you know the rich his­ tory behind it? With its completion in 1937 came a structure 59 square feet and 307 feet tall that supersedes the State Capitol, even though the capítol stands at 311 feet. The land elevation of the Capitol is 600 feet, whereas the Tower's elevation is 606 feet, granting UT's icon a two foot advantage, despite a dty ordi­ nance prohibiting any building from towering over the "center­ piece" of Austin. The Knicker Carillon, named after Hedwig Knicker, a Phi Beta Kappa and one of the first women graduates in geology, sits at the pinnacle of the Tower. A full caril­ lon consists of 35 bells, but UT's, being the best of course, has 56 — the most in Texas. The bells are played by a carillonneur on either a manual or electronic keyboard, and the first song ever produced by the chimes was, appropriately, The Eyes o f Texas. Today, the Knicker Carillon is played every Monday, Wednes­ day and Friday, and the hourly chimes ring out a specific poem: "Lord, through this hour, Be Thou my guide, For in Thy power, I do confide." Over time, the Tower has served as the backdrop for Commence­ ment « id other special occasions, but some events in its history are not so flattering. The most notable occuimd on Aug. 1, 1966, when Charles Whitman, an architectural engineering student, killed 16 indmriiurii from his perch on die observation deck, and wounded .thirty wc others. Finally, after a 90-minute standoff, a police officer killed Whitman. He was one of the first mass murderers in U.S. histo- *y- Today, the Tower typically sym­ bolizes the athletic triumphs of the University. Even though we have not seen too much orange this year, it is lighted in four different ways, and not just for sporting events. First, a completely orange Tower with a number one dis­ played occurs when the president determines a tremendous accom­ plishment of the University, or when an NCAA championship is won by any varsity sport. Second, a completely orange Tower occurs at commencement, football triumphs over Texas A&M, a basketball National Invi­ tational Tournament or the National Women's Invitational Tournament championship, Texas Independence Day and July 4th. Third, just the top of the Tower is lighted orange for football wins, a Big XII conference championship in any team sport basketball or baseball victories in Big XII tour­ naments, a victory in NCAA tour­ naments so long as the national championship be obtained, basketball victories in the NIT or NWIT, April 21st, East­ er, Memorial Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas. still can Finally, the top of the Tower is lit orange and white for a tie in an NCAA tournament in any varsity sport, or a Big XII conference tie. Any comments? Please e-mail us at fose8tinoQmail.utexas.edu and elmorganQmail. ute3cas.edu. Hook 'e m B o r is ! D'Agestino is m government senior end Morgan * a business sophomore. According to the World Heath Organization, 20.8 million sub-Saharan Africans have con­ tracted AIDS. This HIV-2 pandemic (the African strain") is even more frightening when one considers that the majority of AIDS research has focused on HIV-2's Western cousin, HIV-1. Because of NIH funding priori- ties in the United States and other European endeavors, great progress has been made towards checking the growth of HIV-1. Cures and vaccines, although not a current reality, loom ahead in the future. While HIV infection rates are on the decline in Western countries, however, they continue to exhibit unchecked growth in Africa and Southeast Asia. Immedi- ate action is essential, and it is our moral oblig­ ation to help. President Clinton's timely trip to Africa could draw much-needed attention to its prob­ lems. Instead of a multi-million dollar African junket replete with photo-ops and hand wring­ ing, however, Clinton should instead focus his attention on fighting the pestilence that has destroyed 7.4 percent of the sub-Saharan popu­ lation and left 7.8 million orphans. He snould be authorizing funding increases to study HIV- 2 and encouraging other countries to do so too. He should help West African governments establish AIDS clinics to treat and educate their people. Most importantly, he must have the strength and conviction to recognize that this tragedy has no quick and easy answers, and, although it may be initially unpopular, we'll need to pledge our long-term support. In short, Clinton must use this much-publicized trip to feel (and treat) Africa's great pain John B. Hubbard Biochemistry graduate student Scout’s honor The California Supreme Court Justices just upheld unanimously the Boy Scouts' right to determine who serves in and joins their organi­ zation, turning down both a homosexual and an atheist. This decision was a victory for common sense, for foe Constitutional rights of freedom of assembly and of religion, and for those who do not want to be intimidated by a stridently vocal radical homosexual activist lobby. This derision is a setback to the well-orches- trated campaign that radical homosexual FIRING LINE activists have had underway for several years by which they seek to break down the founda­ tions of our society, picking off one-by-one foe organizations in their way, so they can remold them in their own image. This issue is not about civil rights, which is one of the homosexual activist's ploys to gain acceptance in the eyes of the American public, but the foundation of our society. Do we want to be a people capable of self governance, or do we want to be a population beholden to those who are currently foe favored of the elite? You see, the radical homosexual lobby does­ n't want mere tolerance — tolerance they have in abundance in the U.S. — they want accep­ tance of their empty, unhealthy lifestyle and promotion of it at taxpayer expense. This has been their agenda all along. Homosexuals already nave the same basic rights and liberty as everyone else. Not letting them take advantage of others is what foe gov­ ernment should do to protect the rights of all. Craig McCiuskey Doctoral candidate in physics For Christ’s sake For almost a year now the Christian Coali­ tion has been losing members and contribu­ tions. It fired a fifth of its staff just before Christmas, eliminated its highly publicized outreach to African-American cnurches, and it's'hard-line "take no prisoners" bullying has alienated mainstream Republicans. Its finances are under investigation by the IRS and the Federal Election Commission, and it's egotistical director, Gary Bauer, is hint­ ing that he wants to run for President. Bad news for the Christian Coalition is good news for Christians everywhere. How sad it's been to see founder Pat Robertson, former director Ralph Reed, and now Gary Bauer dirty Christianity with their grabs for worldly political power. They have been instrumental in harming the public image of a Christian. It used to be, when you thought of a Christian, you imagined a humble, selfless person, compassionately dedicated to serv­ ing the less fortunate. Today many people imagine a right-wing zealot, someone dedi- cated to denying civil rights to gays, welfare payments to needy mothers and reproduc­ tive choices to women. The Christian Coalition's "Christianity" specializes in nasty partisan politics, intoler­ ance, selfishness, scapegoating and bigotry. The Christian Coalition was never a religious movement. It was and is a blatant political power group. The Scriptures have a name for these folks: "Wolves in sheep's clothing." Alan L. Light Iowa City, Iowa resident Pearly Gates To all the firing line persons writing in support of Bill Gates' Internet Monopoly package: get your nose out of The Wealth o f Nations and take down your pin-up poster of Ayn Rand. The forced packaging of a net- browser with an operating system is the first, and none too subtle, step in controlling all Internet access. Two glaringly obvious truths are that the Net is whqre it's at in terms of computer use and that by control­ ling the means by which people can access their wants one has control over the people. As such, this packaging maneuver ensures that Microsoft can eliminate its browser competition, make sure the public bows before High Priest Ba'al Gates III, and make a pretty penny at the same time. It's unfair, monopolistic, and would assure the public foe uninnovative and ripped-off peddled goods of Microsoft for years. The Justice Department is wise to move as it has. Steven G. Harms MIS/philosophy junior sentences of cult murderers MEXICO CITY — A judge has reduced the sentences of three cult members serving time for the ritual slayings of 13 people in 1989, including a University of Texas stu­ dent on spring break, the attorney general's office said Wednesday. After an appeal by the cult mem­ bers, a judge in the northern city of Matamoros ruled that the sentences handed down in 1994 were longer than the maximum allowed by law and set the. prison terms at 50 years each, the attorney general's office said. In 1994, the attorney general's office had said the men were sen­ tenced to 67 years each, but it said Wednesday mat the sentence actual­ ly had been 40 years for each mur­ der — 520 years for each of the men. It couldn't explain die discrepancy. Elio H ernandez Rivera, David Serna Valdes and Sergio Martinez Salinas were convicted in *1994 of murder, conspiracy, drug traffick­ ing, stockpiling weapons reserved for the use of die military and dese­ crating bodies. , Also convicted were cult "god­ mother" Sara Maria Aldrete Villar­ real and Serafín Hernandez Garcia for their roles in the ritualistic mur­ der and dismemberment of the bod­ ies at a remote ranchhouse outside Matamoros. Among the 13 victims was Uni­ versity of Texas pre-med student Mark Kilroy, who was kidnapped from the bridge betw een M ata­ moros and Brownsville, Texas, as he returned from a night of bar-hop­ ping with friends the night of March 14,1989. After a month-long search, authorities found the ranch, where 15 dismembered bodies were buried. Murder charges were filed relating to 13 of the bodies. Authorities described the cult as a I : \ drug-sm uggling ring that p er­ formed the ritual slayings to seek magical protection from the law and from rival drug smugglers. In April 1989, Hernandez Garcia dróve through a federal judicial police roadblock outside M ata­ moros, believing he was invisible. Cult members fled to Mexico City and, a month later, leader Adolfo de Jesus Costanza reportedly ordered another cult member to kill him as police moved in on their hideout. ' # ’ r* Hernandez Rivera^is in the maxi­ mum security Almoloya de Juarez federal prison outside Toluca, while Serna Valdez and Martinez Salinas are in a federal prison in Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, the attorney general's office said. Aldrefo is being held in Mexico City^as is Alvaro Dárfo de Leon Valdez, another cult leader. De Leon, known as "El Duby," escaped from prison in 1992 but was recaptured. CAMPUS BNEFS Student receives scholarship for political service H A UT student was awarded the prestigious $30,000 Harry S. Tru­ man Scholarship last week for community service and interest in public policy. Marina Vishnevetsky, a Plan II, Russian and government junior, received the scholarship because of her outstanding commitment to government service, said Larry Carver, chairman of the UT Tru­ man Scholarship Selection Com­ mittee. “She comes across as having enormous integrity," said Carver, who is also associate dean of the College of Liberal Arts. "She's going to be a leader and make an enormous difference in the world." Trum an Scholarships are aw arded to about 75 students across the country who show an interest in careers in government, education or non-profit sectors. Vishnevetsky — who had sur­ vived two interviews at the Uni­ versity and one by the regional committee that aw arded the scholarship — said she was thrilled to win for her work in public service. "It comes from having a gen­ uine interest and demonstrating that through activities," she said. After serving an internship at the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine last summer, Vishnevetsky said she realized she w anted to help im prove living conditions in underdeveloped countries. "I really feel... like we have so many [more] opportunities in America than other places," Vish­ nevetsky said. Vishnevetsky said she will use the scholarship to attend gradu­ ate school to study law and inter­ national relations, but she added that she may take some time off after she graduates in 1999. Flawn recognized by alumni group for UT dedication ■ UT Interim President Peter Flawn last week received the Ex- Students' Association's highest award for a non-alumnus. Flawn is the first recipient of the new award designed to honor those who didn't graduate from the University, said Jim Boon, executive director of die group. "The fact that he served with distinction as president of this University, stepped in as interim president, and the job he has done showed that he is deserving of this award," Boon said. Flawn had little to say. "I am very pleased to be the recipient of tne Distinguished Service Award of the Ex-Stu­ dents' Association," Flawn said. Flawn was chosen by about 10 former presidents of the group. "Peter Flawn is the obvious choice for [the award] because I don't believe there has been an individual who has been more important to this University than him," said Larry Temple, presi­ dent of the association. The award will not be given annually, Temple added. Flawn came to the University in 1949 as a geology professor and was named executive vice president in 1972. He served as president from 1979 to 1985 and as president ad interim after UT President Robert Berdahl resigned in 1997. 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Monday, April 6th from 7:00pm - 8:15pm At the UTC in Room 3.122 Dress is casual Open to all students Or call toll-free: 1-888-WWW-ERAC Visit our Web site at: www.erac.com ____________ r e n t a c s r a Enterprise V « x v Jay Colombo, an architecture sophomore, works on a design proposal for an Interstate 35 transportation hub in Goldsmith Mall. ..... Potar Ytng/DAILY TEXAN STAFF UT students get 6 research fellowships 44 It opens up a lot of possibilities.” include being a graduating senior or first-year graduate student, the applicant's potential as a scientist, G raduate Record Examination scores and recommendations. M U M Daily Texan Staff — Just s Logan, who will attend graduate school at Harvard University, has decided to use the money to study cognitive neuroscience, a field of neu­ ropsychology that deals with how the brain affects human behavior. About $15,000 of the fellowship is allocated as an annual living stipend and the rem ainder goes toward tuition. 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The Princeton H igh freshm an, whose name was being withheld by police because of his age, was con­ fined to the Collin County juvenile Detention in McKinney on ag g ra­ vated assault charges, Police Chief Mike Hughes said. The rampage left a trail of blood th rou gh a sch ool co rrid o r that school officials quickly cleaned up, said school Superintendent Frank Gamer. "It w as nasty, really n asty," he said. Garner said teachers saw the boy cuttin g h im self on the arm s and forehead in front of the school at about 8 a.m. The boy went to a side door and dow n a corridor, slashing wildly with a single-édge razor blade at anyone in his páth as screaming stu­ d en ts an d teach ers d u ck e d into classrooms, Gamer said. Math teacher Belinda Selfridge was slashed in the left cheek, home economics teacher Melody Witt was wounded behind the left shoulder, and assistan t football coach Coy Stew art w as badly slashed across the abdomen, Gamer said. "These were not people he had anything against at all," he said. Finally, after advancing about 100 bloody feet, the boy w as tackled from behind by two teachers near the g y m n a siu m and h eld u ntil police arrived. "H e w as ju st on the g ro u n d yelling, 'I w ant to die, I w ant to d ie ,'" stu d en t M anuel sa id Velasquez, 17. A lthough classes proceeded as scheduled, few students remained in school by the end of the day as anxious parents called for their chil­ dren, Gamer said. Velasquez, a junior, said the boy w as a freshman who w as a loner. "H e didn't let people get too close to him." Classmates and neighbors say the boy habitually dressed in black with safety pins stuck in his arms. This w as die boy's first year in the Princeton school system and its 500- student high school, Gamer said. The b oy liv es alone w ith h is father in a white mobile home with blue trim in a small rural subdivi­ sio n ab o u t three m iles so u th of Princeton. A jknock at the door Wednesday afternoon drew no response, save from two dogs tethered in the back­ yard. G am er said the father spent the afternoon at the hospital w ith' his son. Jerem y W aller, an 18-year-old neighbor, identified the boy as Carl Schulte, whom he saw often as the boy stepped from the school bus at the subdivision entrance. "W hen I'd say , 'H i,' h e 'd ju st walk past without saying anything. He wouldn't flip me off or anything, he just didn't say anything," Waller said. "N obody along here talks to him." Hughes declined to comment on whether dru gs might have been a factor in the assault. Doyle Ives, youth minister at First Baptist Church of Princeton, said students described the boy as trou- Ex-mistress of one-time HUD secretary sentenced to prison 44 By no means do I Jones lamented that she was going to jail for what she said was a vic­ tim! ess crime. Associated Press LUBBOCK — The ex-mistress of former Housing Secretary Henry Cisneros, at one time the star wit­ ness in his independent counsel investigation, was sentenced to 3 1 /2 years federal prison Wednesday for obstruction of jus­ tice and bank fraud. in P rosecu tors say Linda Jones received $185,000 in hush-money p ay m en ts from C isn ero s from 1990-92, after their 2 1/ 2-year extra­ marital affair disintegrated. Attor­ ney General Janet Reno called for a special prosecutor in 1995 when it a p p e ared C isn ero s m ight have grossly understated the payments during an FBI background check. Jones, 48, became a target in 1996 when prosecutors caught her in a serie s of lies ab ou t eviden ce, including whether she provided original copies of taped conversa­ tions with Cisneros or copies She was indicted on 28 counts last year and agreed to a plea deal Jan. 15. "M y definition of a criminal is someone who committed a crime against society or against another think of myself as a crimi­ nal, that I ever have been or that I ever will be.” —Unda Jones person," said Jones, who will spend her sentence at the Carswell Feder­ al Medical Center in Fort Worth because of a decade-long bout with d ep re ssio n . "B y no m ean s do I think of myself as a criminal, that I ever hav<* been or that I ever will be." Even without Jones' assistance, p ro secu to rs won an 18-count indictment of Cisneros in Washing­ ton on Dec. 11. Jones also faces two obstruction counts there that aren't covered by her Lubbock plea arrangem en t, which d o esn 't require her testimony against Cis­ neros. In her first public statem en ts about the 3-year-old investigation, "W e have children across the nation shooting other children, and we're spending millions and mil­ lion s and m illions of do llars on this," said Jones, referring to Tues­ d ay's Arkansas school shootings. The price tag on the Cisneros inves­ tigation is estimated to be between $4 m illion and $6 m illion and climbing. Independent Counsel David Bar­ rett did not return a phone message left at his Washington office by The Associated Press. Jones had entered into a 1996 immunity agreement in exchange for testimony against Cisneros, but Barrett said she nullified it by con­ tinuing to lie and hide evidence, such as origin al reco rd in g s of phone conversations with Cisneros. Jo n es, w ho returned to her hom etow n of Lubbock after the affair ruined her marriage, pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice, con­ spiracy, bank fraud and m oney laundering. Princeton school Superintendent Frank Gamer describes to reporters what he knows about a 15-year-old student who slashed himself and three teachers at the high school in Princeton, Wednesday. ASSOCIATED PRESS bled and hard to get close to. "I don't think he's a bad kid, but he's one of these kids who dresses in black all of the time," Ives said. Princeton is a community of 3,200 people 33 miles northeast of Dallas. Insurance agencies battling to keep secrets Insurers fighting to keep secret detailed records about where they sell auto policies simply don't want Texans to know they deny coverage in parts of the state, according to a consumer advocate seeking access to the documents. Bimy Bimbaum, a former official at the Texas Department of Insur­ ance, on Wednesday said records he is trying to get from the department clearly show companies are not offer­ ing policies in poorer and minority- dominated parts of the state. The ille­ gal practice is called redlining. Bimbaum said if insurers succeed in keeping the records secret, the public will not be able to hold the TDI accountable. He also said the decision could have wide impacts on other p eo p le gettin g records from other state agencies. But an attorney for the insurers sa y s the reco rd s sh o u ld n 't be released because other companies could use them to gain an upper hand in the com petition for cus­ tomers. He would not speculate on the broader effect of keeping the records closed. Last year, a state district judge in Austin agreed the insurance records contain trade secrets. Judge Peter Lowry blocked the release of quar­ terly reports each insurer in Texas su b m its to the TDI. The records detail, by ZIP code, the number of cars insured, the prices charged, and the number of policies canceled and the reasons. On W ednesday Bimbaum asked the 3rd Court of Appeals to reverse Lowry's decision. But the court did not immediately rule. "This is highly embarrassing infor­ mation," Reggie James, head of Con­ sumers Union in Texas, said of the reports. "These aren't trade secrets." James and other consumer advo­ cates said companies aren't afraid of competitors getting the information. "They don't want Bimy Bimbaum getting the information," he said. Birnbaum is recogn ized as an exp ert in a n aly z in g in su ran ce reports. Consumer advocates used a stu dy he conducted in 1997 to show that companies are illegally redlining in the state. "If the public is unable to get that information, they are going to be unable to hold the agency account­ able," said D.J. Powers, Bimbaum's attorney. M l t f f u c , o Q nun nut: 2*7*2 LOTTS: 2-S-11-28-2S-4S STATE B H B S Man shot while fleeing U.S. border agents ■ EL P A SO — The FBI and police are both reviewing the death M onday night of 32- year-old William Saldana of El Paso, who was shot while allegedly trying to run over a U.S. Border Patrol agent. Two ag en ts on a bicycle patrol were responding to an L ,g a l cro ssin g call, police said, when they came across Saldana and two other men in a 1986 Plymouth on a road running parallel to the Rio Grande. "When [the vehicle] got on the Border Highway, it m ade a left turn and was eastbound in the w estbo u n d lan e," police sp o k esm an Sgt. Bill Pfeil said. "The vehicle then m ade a U -turn and drove back tow ard the agent who was chasing him." Border Patrol officials said the agent then fired a single round at S ald an a, strikin g him in the back of h is left shoulder. Witness says councilmen took bribes ■ H O U ST O N — Just weeks before the C ity C ouncil approved a hotel construction contract, three coúncilm en in took $7,000 exchange for their support, a witness testified in their feder­ al bribery triéil. in cash Councilmen John. Castillo, Michael Yarbrough and then- Councilm an John Peavy Jr. allegedly took the bribes from form er C ou n cilm an Ben Reyes at meetings in January 1996. Castillo, Yarbrough, Peavy and Reyes are charged with bribery and con spiracy for taking money to influence the vote on the hotel project. 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ITtpVttMIXMMXCJlMMÉi T h e D a ily T ex a n ■ TKURHMY, RMKH » , 1M Texas’ Reese confident about NCAAs Auburn, Stanford, Georgia all await UT in meet between nation’s best ■ —— ' P‘ i ' '■ * « Ml ifcali MKVMM US W ill Daily Texan Staff AUBURN, Ala. — Texas' Eddie Reese is no stranger to the NCAA Championship meet. The UT men's head swimming and diving coach has been to h e national swim meet every year since he began his NCAA coach- ing career in 1972, a II HAS MIN S SWIMMING mere 26 years ago. The atmosphere at h e 1998 meet should have a welcome feeling for Reese, because Auburn is where Reese coached his first six seasons as an NCAA head coach. In his 20th season as h e Horns' head coach, Reese's Texas team is again in contention for h e crown, something else Reese has grown accustomed to. The Horns have won six cham­ pionships under Reese, including five of h e last 10, and are coming off h e ir 19th straight conference title. What stands in No. 3 Texas' way of bringing It matters who shows up from the neck up. The whole key to this meet is you come in and youVe got to race, and Stanford and Auburn are the two toughest racing teams weVe faced year in, year opt. We call them ‘tough suckers.”’ ■ Ertfll VMM\ T u r n KKKtt I N É M É f f l l Ci h e trophy home after this weekend's competi­ tion is No. 1 Stanford and No. 2 Auburn. At dual meets earlier in the season, Texas defeat­ ed Auburn in Austin (breaking Auburn's four- year, dual-meet win streak) but couldn't get past Stanford in California. Reese knows h e Longhorns' toughest competi­ tion remains h e same at his meet, and he believes h e winner will be h e team hat is he most men­ tally prepared 'It matters who how s up from h e neck up," Reese said. "The whole key to h is meet is you come in and you've got to race, and Stan­ ford and Auburn are h e two toughest racing teams we've faced year in, year out. We call h e m 'tough suckers.'" No. 4 Georgia's head swimming coach, Jack Bauerle, acknowledged h e same three teams as h e teams to beat. "The team race is definitely going to be between Texas, Stanford and Auburn," Bauer­ le said. "Those are h e three best teams by far." Texas brings a squad of 18 athletes — 15 swim­ mers and th ree divers — boasting the largest team in h e nation. The Longhorns who are com­ peting indude 17-time All-American Neil Walker; the 1997 NCAA Swimmer of the Year; who qual­ ified for 11 events. But due to a NCAA limit, he will only be allowed to swim in seven. Other qualifiers indude four freshmen — Nate Dusing, Jamie Rauch, Scott Goldblatt and Matt Ulrickson — who are expected to con­ tribute significant point». The divers a p fresh-, man Grant Gritzmacher, sophomore. John Eisler and junior Ryán Harmon. Stanford has the second-most qualifiers with 16 (all swimmers), and No. 5 Tennessee has 14 swimmers and two divers. Auburn brings a team of 15 swimmers. Last year, Texas qualified 13 swimmers and one diver and finisned fourth overall, Auburn took h e title, but Reese said "histories don't matter. It's about what you do now." David Marsh, head coach at Auburn, knows Reese is right. "This year isn't about repeating, if s about win­ ning a new championship in 1998," Marsh said, adding that he is excited about h e meet being SWIMMING/Page 8 H M Miami 105, Boston 91 Houston 86, Indiana 81 New Jersey 91, Philadelphia 86 Detroit 103, San Antonio 94 Chicago 85, Orlando 70 Dallas 105, Denver 94 Minnesota 99, Phoenix 97 Seattle 133, Washington 109 New York 77, L.A. Clippers 76 L.A. Lakers 114, Sacramento 91 NHL Ottawa 3, N.Y. Rangers 2 (OT) Montreal 2, Tampa Bay 1 (OT) Anaheim 3, Chicago 2 Edmonton 4, Washington 2 C0UBEBMBM1 Howard U. 12, Oklahoma 8 BRIFiS Horns reach 6th spot in NFGA poll ■ The University of Texas softball team attained its highest-ever ranking, grabbing the No. 6 spot in the USA Today/National Fast- pitch Coaches Association Top 25 Poll released on Wednesday. Texas, in just its second season at the Division I level, moved into the top 10 after a strong showing last weekend (March 19-22) at the Kia Klassic in Fullerton, Calif. The Longhorns defeated four ranked teams at the Klassic, including No. 6 Oklahoma (2-0), No. 18 Cal State-Northridge (5-3), No. 22 Oregon State (1-0) and No. 24 Southwestern Louisiana (4-0), before falling in the championship game to No. 1 Arizona (2-1). Texas is joined in the Top 25 by five other Big 12 Conference teams: No. 5 Oklahoma, No. 8 Missouri, No. 10 Oklahoma State, No. 12 Nebraska and No. 23 Texas Tech. Hard-throwing, highly-touted right-hander Christa Williams was also named the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Player Of the Week for the sec­ as this time ond announced Tuesday. season Williams also was named the Big 12 Conference Pitcher of the Week for an unprecedented third straight week cm Tuesday. Williams, a sophomore transfer from UCLA, has now won the NFCA award three times in her collegiate career and the Big 12 award four of the six weeks the honor has been handed out this season. Williams (16-1) went 4-0 last week at the Kia Klassic (March in Fullerton, Calif., 19-22) defeating No. 6 Oklahoma (2-0), No. 18 Oregon State (1-0) and No. 22 Cal State-Northridge (5- 3)- Williams threw her third one- hitter of the season to defeat No 6 Oklahoma in the semifinals of the Kia Klassic on March 22. In her five appearances, Williams threw 27.2 innings, allowed only 11 hits and recorded 43 strike­ outs while giving up only three earned runs. . . Jordan tells all to ESPN magazine ■ NEW YORK — Michael Jordan says he won't back down as he and the Chicago Bulls trade opposing views of the team's future. "The question is, who's going to take a step back. Who's going to flinch? Not me," Jordan wrote in the second edition of ESPN magazine, which went on sale Wednesday. "I'll tell you this. I'm not coming back as a player- coach. Never. There won't be any coaching for me at all. "You want odds on me com­ ing back. OK. 70-30. Which way? Whichever way you want," Jordan wrote. — Compiled from Associated Press reports The Longhorns! host Georgia at h e Pennick-AUil fpplj son Tennis Center at 5 p.m. H SATURDAY ■ MMBTI RMW The Long! horns host h e Heart of Texas] Regatta on Town Lake begin! nine at 8 a.m. Wm ■ M I L The Longhorns host] Rice at Disch-Falk Field at 1 p.m.| ■ MVS VMM Texas hosts Mis­ souri at h e Pennick-Allison Ten- nis Center at 9 a m US V V M M fftlM IT he Longhorns host Stanford at h e Pennkk-Alli- son Tennis Center at 1 p.m. H tfff Daily Texan Staff : * • Twelve scouts fawn Football League team* Wednesday for h e 1998 .-v Rockets cling to lead down stretch, 86-81 INDIANAPOLIS — Playing without two key play­ ers, Houston turned to its biggest star when it count­ ed most. Hakeem Olajuwon scored 16 points, including ^ seven of Houston's last 10, as the Rockets survived a late Indiana rally and beat the Pacers 86-81 Wednes- The Rockets, who have won seven of their last eight games, were playing without Charles Barkley and Clyde Drexler. B oh did not make h e trip due to injuries. "This was a tremendous character victory," Hous­ ton coach Rudy Tomjanovich said. "Tonight, we grounded it shorthanded and played hard. We had an excuse, two of out best players were out, but we went out and got h e job done." Olajuworis biggest hoop came with 29 seconds left, a fade-away 13-footer over Antonio Davis h a t gave Houston an 84-81 lead and ended an 11-2 Indiana run. "It was one of h ose moves you're forced to create. But I've done h a t before," said Olajuwon, who also had 11 rebounds and a season-high six steals. "In dif­ ficult positions you have to do wnat you can." For a while, it looked like the Rockets would close h e game out without much difficulty. They led 80-70 with 3:22 left. Reggie Miller, who made only two of his first 11 shots, nailed a 3-pointer to start Indiana's comeback. Chris Mullin h e n added a 3-pointer, and two free throws from Mark Jackson cut h e lead to 80-78. Olajuwon h e n hit his first big shot, a hook to push h e lead back to four points. "They've been known to do h at," Matt Maloney said of h e Indiana rally. "Dream [Olajuwon] made a heckuva turnaround and also h e hook over his head. Those were two big plays for us." Jackson and Miller b o h missed 3-pointers in h e closing seconds. Maloney h e n made two free throws to complete h e scoring. Kevin Willis scored 22 points, including six during ROCKETS/Page 8 Pistons build playoff hopes against Spurs AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — A couple weeks after everyone had written off h e ir playoff chances, tire Detroit Pistons have run off four straight wins for h e first time since December and are suddenly back in the hunt. "Winning makes every­ thing more fun," Jerry Stack­ house said after Detroit's 103- 94 victory over San Antonio on Wednesday night. "Those little problems h a t were so annoying when you were losing suddenly go away." The streak moved h e Pistons within 21 / 2 of eigjhth- place Washington, with New Jersey and Orlando in between. The Wizards played late Wednesday night at Seattle. "If I knew how we got rolling, I'd bottle it up and sell it to every team in h e NBA," coach Alvin Gentry said. "All I know is that we are trying to make it fun again. I don't agree with coaches who say that you can't have fun and play hard at h e same time. Guys like Grant Hill and Joe Dumars know when to get things serious." Hill led h e Pistons with 24 points and 10 assists. "We've got a lot of confidence right now," Ire said. "We feel like we are playing our best basketball in the last week or two, and we just want to keep playing. If s been fun." Stackhouse had 22 off the bench and Dumars added 17 for Detroit, which became h e first team in 21 games to score 100 points against h e Spurs. David Robinson had 29 points and nine rebounds for the Spurs, while Tim Duncan had 25 points and 12 rebounds and Vinny Del Negro added 21. "They played real well and shot the ball great," Duncan said. "We made some mistakes tonight and it paid off for them." Coaches treading on new ground in S.A. SAN ANTONIO — They've watched from h e sidelines as assistant coaches and from far- ¡ away seats in the I crowd. T h i s I w e e k e n d , North Car­ olina's Bill I G uthridge, Utah's Rick Majerus, Ken­ tucky's Tubby Smith and Stan­ ford's Mike Montgomery get to experience h e Final Four for h e first time as head coaches. "It's a thrill," said M ont­ gomery, whose team meets Kentucky on Saturday. "Now it's going to be my turn." " Utah plays North Carolina in the other semifinal game in h e Alamodome. The two winners play Monday night for the national championship. is After nearly 30 years as an assistant to longtime North Carolina coach Dean Smith, Guthridge learning that reaching the Final Four as a head coach can be a daunting ordeal — from preparing his team to dealing with ticket requests. But he isn't complaining. "It's something that I like, and I wish I could do it every year," said Guthridge, whose Tar Heels (34-3) are favored to win the tournament. North Carolina beat Con­ necticut 75-64 to win h e East Regional and reach h e Final Four for h e 14th tíme. It's die second consecutive Final Four appearance for North Carolina and h e team's third in four years. Guthridge praised h e per­ formance of Utah (29-3) in its 76-51 defeat of defending champion Arizona in h e West Regional finals. "They've had great success against very good competi­ tion," he said. Facing the Tar Heels will be difficult in a number of areas, said Majerus, citing North Car­ olina's discipline, athleticism and defense. The Tur Heels have limited opponents this season to 38 percent shooting, h e lowest since the 1959-60 season. That mark was only 35 percent in four NCAA tournament games. With the hoopla at home and more to come in San Antonio, Majerus said a big challenge for h e Utes will be avoiding distractions. "For me it's probably a once in a lifetime opportunity," he said. "My concern is h a t I don't deviate from normal preparation and get my play­ ers too tentative or too tight." Tubby Smith, who took over as Wildcats coach this season after Rick Pitino left to coach h e Boston Celtics, joked that this will be an improvement from h e times he has watched the Final Four from a seat high in the arena. "Now I'm going to get to be down h e re ," Tubby Smith said. "It's a surreal-type atmos­ phere for me because you're living pretty much a dream." RNALHNM/Pafltl “ SPURS/Ptfltl P ages Thursday, March 26,1996 T he Daily $ b m m . Are the ’98 Vols the best team ever? 44 We never will KANSAS O ne Mo. — Is Pat Sum- mitt coaching the greatest women's basketball team ever? Shell have an opinion after the Final Four. ! 9 v u M c A A "I think it's cer- tainly one of our best ever," said the coach of Ten­ nessee, which is 37-0 and already has set a women's record for victo­ ries in a season. "There are a lot of coaches who have had great teams." In All-American Chamique Hold- sclaw, the Lady Volunteers have what many view as die finest player in the country. The closest Tennessee has come to losing so far in the tour­ nament was a 76-70 comeback victo­ ry over North Carolina in the Mideast Regional final. Tire closest anybody got to them during the reg­ ular season was Alabama, which lost 67-63 on March 1. On Friday night in the national semifinals, the Lady Vols will face an Arkansas team (22-10) they met in January and beat by 30 points. They have size, speed and savvy and appear dripping with confi­ dence. In their first three tourna­ ment games they won by an average of 32 points. It's no wonder some people are starting to wonder if mis is the greatest women's team ever. "We never will know," Summitt said Wednesday during a conference call. "We'll have opinions. We'll voice them. I probably won't voice mine until come Monday." By then, Summitt could have her record third straight NCAA champi­ onship and the seventh in a coach­ ing career that has seen her build one of the most dominant programs in college sports. If it gets past Arkansas on Friday, Tennessee is certain to be heavily favored in Sunday night's title game against Louisiana Tech (30-3) or North Carolina State (26-5). The Lady Vols beat Louisiana Tech by 14 points last November on the night a crowd of 16,490 watched them hoist the 1997 NCAA champi­ onship banner. "Playing at Tennessee has great tradition as well as recognition," Summitt said. "I think they thrive on that. But they also know this is a know. Well have opinions. We'll voice them. I probably won't voice mine until come Monday." — A f l n r i l t to pr >rtn I Even the North Carolina game, in which they rallied from a 12-point deficit in the final 7 1/2 minutes, could work in Tennessee's favor. "I don't see that game as a wake- up call," Summitt said. "I see that game as a confidence-builder. They understood what they had to do to win that game. You watch tike last seven minutes, it was an incredible run. I think it made them realize it's important not to panic." Some Tennessee fans worry that this team could become complacent. After all, when there are declara­ tions of being the greatest ever, why work hard? "With this team, I've never had to worry about being complacent, or not being motivated," Summitt said. "I think clearly this team has stepped up and competed every game. That's just their personality. "We certainly saw that when they had their backs to the wall [against North Carolina]. They've read their press clippings all year. But they came here because they wanted to win championships." While Tennessee and Louisiana Tech are familiar faces in the women's Final Four, it's the first trip for Arkansas and North Carolina State. Wolfpack coach Kay Yow, a pioneer among women's coaches, won a ticket to Kansas City with her 552nd career win. "And we're going to enjoy every minute of it," said North Carolina State associate athletic director Nora Lynn Finch, who chaired the women's selection committee when the NCAA began sponsoring women's championships in 1982. "You're going to see our school col­ ors all over Kansas City." Arkansas, which hasn't forgotten that 30-point loss in January, is tak­ ing the same stance. Tennessee's Semieka Randall chases down a loose ball with North Carolina's Juana Brown during tha Midwest Regional. ASSOCIATED PRESS Rockets Spurs Continued from pago 7 Continued from page 7 a 14-4 run when Houston took the lead for good in the second quarter. A 3-point play by Willis on Smits' fourth foul started the streak. He finished the run with a baby hook that gave Houston a 60-51 lead with 3:21 remaining. "We let Kevin Willis and Hakeem get too low down on the block," Miller said. "You just can't do that. They were killing us." Mullin's 12 points led Indiana in the first half, but he didn't score again until hitting the 3-pointer in the closing moments. The Pacers tied a season low by shooting just 34 percent (26-of-77) from the field. It was their lowest ever at Market Square Arena. Miller and Mullin led the Pacers with 16 points apiece. Although Duncan and Robinson each had impressive numbers, Gen­ try was pleased with the way his team defended. "They scored 54 points on 19-for- 27 shooting," he said. "I'm just glad it wasn't a lot worse. Those two are monsters, and we decided that we weren't going to let them beat us, even if it meant giving all kinds of open jumpers. Luckily, it worked, because we were able to limit their touches inside. I don't even want to think about what might have hap­ pened if they had bom gotten 20 or 25 shots off." San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich agreed that the Pistons game plan was key. "Alvin Gentry had die team very prepared tonight," he said. "Hats off to him and the coaching staff for get­ ting their team to make a good run for the playoffs in these last games." Detroit led by 16 early in the third quarter and 13 at the end of the peri­ od before San Antonio started chip­ ping away. The Spurs got as close as four, 84- 80, but the Pistons went on a 10-2 run, with eight of the points coming from the free-throw line — includ­ ing six by Hill. The Spurs never threatened again. Notes: San Antonio reserve Chuck Person left the game after reaggra- vating a back injury in the third quarter. Person, who was on the injured list from Feb. 20 until March 2 with lower back pain, was taken to a local hospital for precautionary X- rays. He plans to return to San Anto­ nio for further evaluation and will 44 They scored 54 points on 19-for-27 shoot­ ing. I'm just glad it wasn't a lot worse. Those two are monsters, and we decided that we weren’t going to let them beat us, even if it meant giving all kinds of open jumpers.” — AMHSmtry, PkNur iffttf cn ck, m hit tuK t$ s tn tm miss Friday's game in Philadelphia. ... Starting guard Avery Johnson limped off the court with a pinched nerve in his hip in the fourth quarter and also did not return. Johnson missed two games earlier this month with the same problem, and is cur­ rently day-to-day.. ... Starting for­ ward Monty Williams left the game briefly after he fell and David Robin­ son accidentally stepped on his head, but he returned later in the second quarter.... Detroit is now 5-1 against the Spurs over the last three years, with the only loss coming ear­ lier this season in Texas. The Spurs haven't won at the Palace since March, 1995. x n DU C n h m v l * A u s t i n % ALL N U D E A D U L T EN TERTAIN M EN T O U R GIRLS PA R T Y N A K E D • $12.22 Cover on Sundays • •Wednesday All Nude Oil Wrestling • • Thursday Trash Disco • I h u l u T o i P a r l y 1 1 t ' a t l < | n a i I c i % 5 1 2 -9 2 9 -3 5 5 8 3 5 0 1 A n d tree B lvd . I Take Hwy. 290 to Springdale 15 . V O . I S . i ' ¡ u ii u l ! K i m ! 1 1 - \ \ t ! • 1 > \ 1 j’ W l It i ' l l ! , \ i i i i 2 . i n i 1 l o u r s P a i I n Paradox Makes The Dean’s List! WINNER : 1998 SXSW Music Awards Best Dance Clph ! 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His Wildcats 433-4) overcame a 17-point second-half deficit to beat Duke 86-84 on Sun­ day and make die Final Four for the third straight year. / Seven current Kentucky players were members of the team mat lost of Arizona in the finals last year. Fife Wildcats were members of Kentucky's 1996 championship team. í from Pitino hai The players' experience and advic^ronUPitin