new director University officials appoint Hunter to top position By Elizabeth Taylor Daily Texan Staff University officials named Ernest Hunter tire new director of the UT Physical Plant Friday making him head of a depart­ ment that's experienced much criticism in title past year. Hunter, who served as assistant director of the Physical Plant for two years, replaces Mark Hunter; who resigned in March to take a position as associate direc­ tor for facility services at California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo. With his new position, Hunter not only takes on more, he also inherits the griev­ ances of the custodial staff who have com­ plained of poor working conditions under the Physical Plant management since last fall. 5 Some of those grievances include low wages, lack of respect for employees and the practice of "tegm cloning" in which a group of workers performs a specific task in several builditigs or areas, instead of cleaning a whqie area. "I will deal with those things effectively and to the best of my ability and will com­ mit to making things better and to contin­ ue to improve things all around," Hunter said Monday. Hunter added that he looks forward to working with the Staff Council, to which three custodial workers were elected as representatives. The council, formed this Spring is a representative body that expresses staff concerns to the UT admin­ istration. Alan Gomez, a doctoral Latin American studies student and activist supporting the custodial staff, said Hunter's leadership will be under heavy scrutiny. "The custodial staff has little confidence in administrators," Gomez said. "This appointment will give him an opportunity to demonstrate whether or not he has learned to listen to his employees, espe­ cially after 11 months of the night-time custodial staff communicating that the University is dirty because team cleaning doesn't work, that they are understaffed and that they are treated differently than other employees on campus." Gomez said the Staff Council will suc­ ceed in addressing the custodial staff's grievances, but he said he would still like to see the employees' suggestions for improvement, such as the end of team cleaning and the formation of a committee comprised of at least 50 percent custodial staff, be implemented. Hunter said that while hé has some ideas about strategic plans for the depart­ ment, it is still too early to outline them in detail. "My top priority is to determine what my top priority is," Hunter said. "My 26 years as a naval officer ... have taught me well to assess first and act later. So what I'm about in the early stages of my Sm HUNTER, Pag* 2 INSIDE WW1 II. ?Z¿£-£066¿ Xi OSVd "13 aa "maNUAistG ¿z^z DNiHsnandoaoiw is3iiHino$ VOL. 101, NO. 15f 08 ¿ OQV 8 0 3 11V * * * * * * * * * * * * * * THE OLDEST COLLEGE DAILY IN THE SOUTH DOWN, b u t NOT OUT The Philadelphia 76ers hope to come back from a 2-1 deficit in the NBA Finals. S e e Sports, Page 8 twing McVeigh’s execution, focus shifts to Texa^egislation Perry to decide death penalty bills scrutiny Texas was under influenced the ses­ sion. By-Michael Taylor Daily Texan Staff The execution of Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh Monday morning has brought the death penalty into national and international consciousness like never before. Meanwhile in Texas, a historic leg­ islative session made reforms to Texas' crim­ inal justice system, leaving several bills on the desk of Gov. Rick Perry for approval. After almost four decades without an exe­ cution, the federal government will follow McVeigh's execution with the execution of convicted drug dealer and murderer Juan Raul Garza on June 19. Texas, which leads the nation in execu­ tions, fell under national scrutiny during for­ mer Gov. George W. Bush's 2000 presidential bid, and the 77th legislature seemed to react to the criticism of the nation by taking groundbreaking steps in criminal jurispru­ dence legislation. Jeremy Warren, spokesman for Sen. Rodney Ellis, D-Houston, ¿aid that the "I think clearly the spotlight that was shin­ ing on Texas forced legislators to take a long look at our criminal justice system — not just the death penalty but really the entire sys­ tem," Warren said. "Day after day, the way Texas was perceived around the nation was something a lot of folks weren't proud of and they wanted to clean up the system." The state legislature this session passed a number of bills seeking to do that "cleaning" and change the nation's perceptions. The first law passed this year was a bill granting Texas inmates DN A testing in some cases. Other bills awaiting the governor's approval include an indigent defense reform bill, which would help ensure that indigent defendants have access to quality represen­ tation, and a bill that would ban the execu­ tion of the mentally retarded. The latter bill has far reaching im plications for death penalty cases, as will HB236, regarding the sentencing of mentally retarded people to death. Legislation that would have given jurors a third option of issuing a life-without-parole sentence passed the Senate but failed in the House. And the fact that a bill that would Saa EXECUTION, Pag» 2 McVeigh executed for bombing of federal building, offers no apology By The Associated Press TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — Stony-faced to the end, Timothy McVeigh was put to death Monday without uttering a word. More than 600 miles, away, those whose lives were shattered by his bomb watched the execution via a video camera, finding neither the apology they hoped to hear nor the suffering some wanted to see. McVeigh's eyes rolled back, his lips turned slightly blue and his skin appeared jaundiced as he was pronounced dead at 8:14 a.m. EDT at the U.S. Penitentiary. In his last moments, his face was as blank as it was that April day six years ago when America first saw him escorted out of an Oklahoma jail. Instead of speaking, McVeigh released a handwritten copy of the 1875 poem "Invictus," which concludes with the lines: "I am the master of my fete; I am the cap­ tain of my soul." McVeigh, a 33-year-old decorated Gulf War veteran, was the first inmate executed by the US. government in 38 years. He was convicted of the April 19,1995, bomb­ ing of the federal building in Oklahoma City that killed 168 people, 19 of them chil­ dren, and injured hundreds. To the nation, it was the worst act of ter­ rorism on US. soil. To Timothy McVeigh, planting a 7,000- pound truck bomb at a building filled with innocent people was a "legit tactic" for his one-man war against the government. In Oklahoma City, 232 survivors and victims' relatives watched the execution Saa McVEIGH, Paga 2 Students debate execution o f McVeigh By Eric Garza Daily Texan Staff While the nation closely followed the last moments of Timothy McVeigh's life, UT students on Monday scrutinized the media coverage of the first federal execu­ tion in almost four decades and debated the death penalty. The media surrounding McVeigh's last days was a hotly debated topic among UT students. frenzy “It was chilling how they had a count­ down for his death. It was disturbing," said Megan lley, a business junior. "I think it was disturbing how they mar­ keted the execution," added Tim Drennon, also a business junior. "There were people selling T-shirts. But I do believe in it [the death penalty] in principle." • Some UT students said they were shocked at the reaction of some of the bombing victims' families who viewed McVeigh's execution live. "I heard about a victim's father that was going to watch the execution that was bitch­ ing about having to be behind the one-way glass," said Sara Lummus, a Spanish junior “He was saying he wanted to be face to face with him and let him see his faoe when he dies. I thought that was disgusting. I think it's ridiculous that being there isn't enough." James Thompson, a business senior said he was upset at how the US. justice system handled the execution. "[Attorney General John] Ashcroft was calling him bad, derogatory terms which I don't think is necessary in the justice sys­ tem," Thompson said. "Supposedly, we're all equal and he's calling people barbar­ ians and things like that. I think McVeigh gave up on the justice system. Everybody knew he was guilty, he admitted it, so the execution happened and justice was served, I guess." However, Sarah Markow, an unde­ clared liberal arts freshman, said McVeigh deserved to die for the Oklahoma City bombing that killed 168 people. "He kmda deserves it," Markow said. "He took a life, maybe he should have his life taken as well." New technology allows deaf to communicate over phone lines By Shelley Doggétt Daily Texan Staff The phone conversation begins with "Hello, this is Relay Texas operator #4067 with Texas Video Relay Interpreting Service." An immediate reaction for many might be "No thank you, I'm not interested." Mistaking it as a telemarketing call, some people may not stay on the phone to learn that they are com­ municating with a hearing-impaired or deaf person. Having a telephone conversation with a person who uses sign language may seem impossible, but, thanks to high-speed Internet service and digital video cameras, deaf and hearing-impaired callers can now keep in touch over the phone. The new Texas Video Relay Interpreting Service enables a hearing-impaired person to communicate with an interpreter over the Internet using sign lan­ guage. With the computer cameras streaming video, the hearing-impaired individual and interpreters can see each other on their computer screens. The hearing-impaired caller can tell the interpreter what phone number to call. The interpreter then places the call and uses sign language to translate the conversation, relaying the messages between the two parties with little or no delay. Although David Coco, a research scientist at the UT Applied Research Laboratories, can talk, he has lost his ability to hear. He said the TVIS is very helpful, allowing him to get the complete experience of com­ municating by telephone. "I can get the emotional content of what a person is saying to me, because tire interpreter can hear the tone of voice of the person speaking and can express those emotions with facial expressions," Coco said. Saa RELAY, Pag* 2 St. Edward’s University adm inis­ trators turn over topsoil at the ground breaking ceremony on the St. Edward’s cam­ pus Monday morn­ ing. The ceremo­ ny marked the beginning of con­ struction of 12 new buildings, including néw tesi- dence bails, sci­ ence classrooms and a business school. Eric North/ Daily Texan Staff Protesters demonstrate In front of the Governor’s Mansion to support HB 236, which would ban the death penalty for mentally retarded persons. Gov. Perry Is expected to yeto the bill. Matt Afchar/Daity Texan Staff Houston begins cleanup after floods submerge city Southeast Texas residents and businesses start the long recovery process, following tor­ rential rains that killed at least 19 people. See State A Local, Page S THE EDGE WORLD & NATION OPINION UNIVERSITY STATE & LOCAL CLASSIFIEDS COMICS ENTERTAINMENT SPORTS 2 3 4 5 12 13 14 6 1 1 S 1 9 CONDITIONS High Low w § mm Talkin’ bout ... heat. V isit 71m Dally Tfcxan onliiM a t http://www.dailytexanonline.com Although he is deaf, Tim Rarus, director at the Video Interpreting Center, carries on a telephone conversation Monday evening using a high-speed Internet connection, a com­ puter camera and an interpreter, at the new Texas Video Relay Interpreting Service. Chrtesy Ragan/ Daily Texan Staff St Edward’s breaks ground on first of 12 proposed buildings By Eric Garza Dally Texan Staff St Edward's University embarked on an extensive, multi-year campus improvement plan to double enrollment by breaking ground Monday cm the first of 12 new build­ ings. St. Edward's administrators and financial contributors met Monday morning to kick off construction of a new $3 million academic building. The university, located in South Austin, was formed by the Congregation of Holy Cross in 1878. With 3,800 students, St. Edward's is Austin's second largest four-year university. The funding for the new academic build­ ing, which will house the graduate and undergraduate business school came from a $1 million gift from Tom and Carolyn Gallagher and her parents, R.B. and Peggy Lewis, a $2 million gift from the estate of Robert "Bobby" Ragsdale and a $150,000 grant from The Cullen Trust for Higher Education, which must be matched and dou­ bled by St. Edwards University. "My family has always stressed the value of a good education," Carolyn Gallagher said. "Education has played an important role in all our lives so to be able to contribute to this new building is a wonderful opportunity for us to Baa «T. ED’S, Paga 2 the Edge New theory says pork cutlets could heve killed famed composer CHICAGO — Forget rheumatic fever, kid­ ney stones, heart dis­ ease, pneumonia and even poisoning. What may have really killed Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart were pork cutlets. The latest theory about the compos­ ers untimely death on Dec. 5,1791, at age 35 in Vienna suggests the culprit was likely trichinosis. The illness is usu­ ally caused by eating undercooked pork infested by the worm, and could explain all of Mozart’s symp­ toms, which included fever, rash, limb pain and swelling, says Dr. Jan V. Hirschmann of Puget Sound Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Seattle. Hirschmann offers as damning evidence an innocuous little letter Mozart wrote to his wife 44 days before his-illness began, as document­ ed in a 1999 biogra­ phy.' “What do I smell? ... pork cutlets! Che Gusto (What a deli­ cious taste). I eat to your health,” Mozart wrote. “If his final illness was indeed trichi­ nosis, whose incuba­ tion period is up to 50 days, Mozart may have unwittingly dis­ closed the precise cause of his death — those very pork chops,” Hirschmann said. His eight-page report, based on an examination of med­ ical literature, histori­ cal documents and Mozart biographies, is published in the June 11 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine. Mozart died 15 days after he became ill. His doc­ tors offered only a vague cause of death — “severe miliary fevér” — and no autopsy was per­ formed. His wife, Constanze, reportedly said after his death that Mozart thought he was being poi­ soned. By The Associated Press ............................................. Editor Managing Ed ito r.............................. Copy Desk C h ief............................. Sports/Entertainment Copy Editor Design Editor ................................ Associate Design Editor ............... News Editor..................................... Associate News Editors News Assignments Editor Senior Reporters Associate Editor ....................... Development Editor Photo Editors.................................. Photo Assignments Editor Entertainment Editor....................... Associate Entertainment Editor Sports Editor.............................- ..... Associate Sports Editor................. Senior Sports Reporter------------------ Graphics Editor............... — .......... Comics Editor................................. Comics Editor.................................. 2 Tuesday, June 12, 2001 Tmi D aily Tsxa* ! Former naval officer to head Physical Plant McVeigh, 33, put to death McVEIGH, from 1 cm a closed-circuit TV broadcast, sent in a feed encrypted to guard against intercep­ tion. McVeigh appeared to be looking into a small camera that had been installed over­ head in his death chamber. McVeigh "just gave us that same glare that makes me think he got what he wanted, " said Karen Jones, whose 46-yeabold hus­ band, Larry, was killed in the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. Frances Cummins, whose husband, Richard, died in the bombing, said McVeigh's head and shoulders took up the entire screen and he "never took his eyes off that camera." She said she had made eye contact with McVeigh at his trial and "he's got a look of death in his eye. It just pierces you. He has no emotions." "The one tfwig we fern;" áte added, "is having h a t image in our eyes for a long tim e." There were 24 witnesses to the execution in Tore Haute, including tw o bombing sur­ vivors and eight others who lost family members. Paul Howell, whose daughter; Karan, was killed, was disappointed to see no sign of remorse in McVeigh. "W hat I was hoping for; and I'm sure most of us were, we could see some kind of, maybe, 'I'm sorry,'" he said. "You know, something like that. We didn't get anything from his face." But witnessing McVeigh s death "was just a big relief," Howell said. '7ust a big sigh came over m y body and it felt real good." Sue Ashford, another Terre Haute w it­ ness, said McVeigh's death was too easy. "H e didn't suffer at a ll," said Ashford, a federal court employee in Oklahoma City who was uninjured in the bombing. "The man just went to sleep or; as I said, the mon­ ster did. I think they should have done die same thing to him as he did in Oklahom a." McVeigh never wavered in his defiance, insisting in a letter to his hometown news­ paper; The Buffalo News, that his deadly act was a "legit tactic" in response to die gov­ ernment's bullying behavior — especially FB I raids at Waco, Texas, and Ruby Ridge, Idaho. McVeigh originally was scheduled to die M ay 16, but the federal government post­ poned the execution after it was disclosed die F B I withheld nearly 4,500 pages of docu­ ments from his defense before his 1997 trial. For die people of Oklahom a City, M onday's execution had an epilogue. W ithin an hour of McVeigh's death, a plaque marking his execution was installed at the museum dedicated to his victim s. Eric North/Daily Texan Staff S t Edward’s implements new campus plan Ernest Hunter works at the Physical Plant 1 building Monday evening, assessing the needs of the University. Hunter was recently appointed the new director of the Physical Plant after a career that included the U.S. Navy and Department of Energy as previous employers. HUNTER, from 1 employment is making an assess­ ment of the needs w ithin Physical Plant and the needs w ith in the U niversity." U T President Larry Faulkner said Hunter has proved him self capable of running the Physical Plant during his tenure as that department's assis­ tant director. "M r. Hunter has established an excellent reputation during his time as a leader in the Physical Plant," Faulkner said. " I look forward to working w ith him and am pleased w ith the appointment." Before coming to the University, Hunter held positions as a com­ manding officer in the Engineering Field A ctivity West in San Bruno, California and deputy assistant sec­ retary for the U.S. Department of Energy. The U T Physical Plant is made up of 1,068 employees and provides a w ide variety of services to the University, such as including build­ ing maintenance, equipment repair, custodial services, transportation and landscaping services, construc­ tion and renovation. ST. ED’S, from 1 give back to education some of what it has given to us." The design of the new building, devel­ oped by A rthur W . Andersson of Anderssorv-Wise of Austin, was made to enhance and complement, but not overshad­ ow the Gothic style of the M ain Building and H oly Cross H all, two buildings that have come to symbolize St. Edward's. "It is part of an architectural plan to bring visual unity to the campus w ith buildings that reflect the university's cherished tradi­ tion of community," said George E. Martin, president of St. Edward's. The new academic building is just one of a dozen proposed new buildings St. Edward's plans to construct in the coming years. The new three-story, 33,000-square-foot build­ ing w ill offer students 12 classrooms, three computer labs w ith up to 27 computer sta­ tions in each, and a conference and seminar room. To increase energy efficiency, the building w ill feature a brisé-soleil, or sun-shade, of cast concrete to diffuse light and heat from the sun. Because of the significant amount of heat that w ill be generated by tire computer labs, the tower where they w ill be housed w ill be equipped w ith a separate air-condi­ tioning system that w ill also increase the building's energy efficiency. plan which w ill include four new residence halls, a new chapel, a parking garage, a new theater building, a redesigned campus road system and a face lift for m any of the cam­ including pus' buildings, existing Scarborough-Phillips Library. "The master plan is more than just a blue­ print for buildings and roads and landscap­ ing," said M artin. "It is a reflection of the U niversity's aspirations to be recognized as one of the best sm all universities in the nation." Chris Collins, a communications sopho­ more at St. Edw ard's, said the proposed new buildings w ill bring new life to an aging uni­ versity. "I really like St. Edw ard's," Collins said. " I think it's a really great school, but some of the buildings are getting pretty old. W hen these new buildings are finished, it'll help St. Edw ard's live up to its reputation." U niversity officials have yet to determine tire total cost of the campus expansion or how long it m ight take. North Carolina, Texas lead nation in technology for deaf communication RELAY, from 1 Currently, only North Carolina and Texas use this process of communication, but Texas is the only state offering both residential and business use. A t the Video Interpreting Center, located in Austin, nine interpreters receive and translate calls, and the center also provides public comput­ er access for individuals without the necessary technology to access TVIS. Bob Pfaff, manager at. the Video Interpreting Center, said that, because the T V IS system is still new, the number of people using it is relatively low. "W e are in the infancy stage in terms of the number of calls and expect that, as more deaf and hard-of-hearing people obtain the necessary equipment, our usage w ill expand considerably," he said. Before this service became perm anently avail­ able in Texas last September, the hearing im paired relied on Teletypewriter Relay, or TTY, to commu­ nicate w ith the hearing. W ith TTY, a deaf person uses a typewriter-like device that connects to a phone to place a call. An operator serves as the medium between the two ends, and the hearing-impaired caller types a mes­ sage and reads the response on a screen. W hile some fear that the new program w ill replace the existing program leaving behind those without access to the new technology, G ary Smith, How the technology works Using new technology, a hearing impaired individual can communicate via telephone with a nori-hearing impaired individual with little or no delay. Here’s how it works: 1. Hearing impaired person gets online with Video Interpreting Center. 2. He or she gives interpreter/operator a phone number to call via téleconference. 3. speaks for hearing impaired individual. 4. Interpreter/operator uses sign language to relay the conversation to the hearing impaired. Interpreter/operator places call and program director for the Better Business Bureau Consumer Education Foundation, said it sim ply provides another option for communication. H e added that it makes communication easier for the hearing im paired since they can use their own language. "N ot that video relay w ill necessarily replace the TTY national service, but it w ill definitely enable a caller whose first language is sign lan­ guage to communicate on the telephone more effi­ ciently and fluently," Sm ith said. "For hearing users, the call w ill be much more natural and much more like a typical phone call. It's going to be faster and more convenient for hearing callers as w ell." Protesters urge Gov. Perry to sign bill banning execution of mentaüy^^jirded EXECUTION, from 1 have placed a m oratorium on state executions made it out of com m ittee was a big step to justice addressing reforms, W arren said. crim inal " I don't think last session a b ill to place a m oratorium on execu­ tions in this state w ould have even gotten filed m uch less cleared committees in both the House and the Senate," Warren said. Robert C ounty General K eppel, Counsel for the Texas D istrict and Attorneys Association, said that the D N A and the indigent defense b ills are m ore significant than the b ill banning executions of the men­ tally retarded. M any Texas prose­ cutors have asked Gov. Perry to veto the law, claim ing it is not necessary. Keppel said the b ill needs clar­ ification. "Texas has not executed any­ one who is m entally retarded under the definitions that we have currently law ," Keppel said. "There are people in our with lower IQs absolutely, but that's a long way from mental retardation." there K ep p el sáid is a three-prong process to deter­ m ine w hether a defendant is m en tally retarded. First, they m ust nave been diagnosed before the age of 18, they m ust lack adaptive skills that make it d ifficu lt for them to live alone and they must have a low IQ , a m easurem ent, a m easurem ent w hich Keppel acknowledges can becom e very subjective. It is determ ined on an in d ivid u a l basis in Texas, he added. "O u r crim inal justice system q uickly weeds out people who have deficits of adaptive skills," he said. "W e weed them out through competency, we weed them out through insanity, we w eed them out through m ental illness screenings. There are a lot of safeguards." P e rry has not indicated w hether he w ill sign the b ill, but he has said that he believes Texas d oesn't execute the m entally retarded. Jesse Salazar, counsel to the H ouse C rim inal Jurisprudence Com m ittee and to the com m ittee chair, Juan Hmojosa-M9Alten, helped d raft the legislation. Salazar said that he was ¿(leased w ith the final product and is not certain w hy Keppel and other prosecutors don't support the legislation which he said gives a lot of power to the jury to deter­ m ine w hether a defendant is com petent enough to be sen­ tenced to death. "W e need to have a system that bends over backwards for people w ho are accused of crim es basi­ cally trying to give them their due process rights," Salazar said. "The stuff that came out of this legislative session is rew riting Texas history." Salazar said that it was some­ thing special. " If w e're going to continue to execute so m any people and house more prisoners than some nations do, we need to make the system as fair as possible," he said. "A ll these things put togeth­ er put a lot of pressure on this leg­ islature .to go along w ith reform s." O n M onday night, a sm all group of protesters gathered out­ side the G overnor's M ansion to urge Gov. Perry to sign the b ill. Visit our homepage at http://www.dallytexanonline.com The Daily Texan Permanent Staff ....................................... Marshall Maher ....................................... David Sessions .................................... Mindy E Zapata ................................... 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The government said it hopes to use the lull in fighting to allow food to reach thousands of civilians in villages battered by fighting and alleviate water shortages in Kumanovo, where rebels took control of the dty's reser­ voir more than a week ago, leaving its 100,000 residents without water. Government adviser Nikola Dimitrov did not specify the duration of the cease-fire but said it came at the urg­ ing of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. Hours after the government announced its cease-fire, the rebels released a statement saying they would hold their fire for 24 hours until 2 p.m. local time Tuesday (7 a.m. CDT). The rebels on Sunday had threatened to attack Skopje airport, police stations and other targets in Macedonia's cities unless government forces stopped their assaults. The militants began their insurgency in February and said they are fighting to increase rights for ethnic Albanians, who make up a quarter to a third of Macedonia's 2 million people. The government contends the rebels are separatists and launched an offensive to drive them from the northern villages where they are based. More than 37,000 refugees have fled to Kosovo — a province of neighboring Serbia with a majority ethnic Albanian population — including more than 12,000 from the Skopje-Aradnovo region in die past three days, said Astrid van Genderen Stort, the spokeswoman for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees in Pristina, Kosovo. The European Union cautiously welcomed the cease­ fires, but warned the situation remains a problem. "It's extremely serious, extremely tense," said Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh after a meeting of EU for­ eign ministers in Luxembourg. In Washington, State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said that the rebels had escalated the conflict with Saturday's capture of Aracinovo near the capital, Skopje. "We call for an end to the violence and for the National Liberation Army to withdraw immediately, beginning with Aracinovo. With the occupation of Aracinovo, the extremists have escalated the conflict and pose a potential threat to NATO supply lines," Boucher said. Macedonia is a staging area for NATO's peacekeeping operation in Kosovo and hosts thousands of NATO rear- echelon forces. The airport in Macedonia's capital, Skopje, continued operating Monday despite the rebel threat to bomb it. But at least two airlines, British Airways and Yugoslavia's JAT, stopped flights. Swissair diverted its Skopje flight to Ohrid to the south. Asked Monday about his ultimatum Sunday, an insur­ gent leader known as Commander Hoxha said: "Our artillery is in position." 4 The wife of Macedonian army Capt. Sinlsa Stollov prays over his coffin during his funeral ceremony Monday. Stoilov was killed and three other soldiers were wounded Sunday during fights with ethnic Albanian rebels near the village of Slupcane, 18 miles northeast of Skopje, Macedonia. Associated Press Germany signs pact to eliminate nuclear power plants Plan contrasts with policy of building more nuclear facilities ing plants in France and England outside the headquarters of the Social Democrats and Greens. By The Associated Press BERLIN — Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and leading energy companies formally signed an agreement Monday to shut down Germany's 19 nuclear power plants, making it the world's largest industrialized nation to willingly forgo the technology. Though it could take decades to complete, the plan underscores the divide between Europe and the United States on environmental policy. President Bush last month unveiled measures to promote the building of more nuclear plants, and many now operating are expected to apply to extend their operating license. After the signing ceremony in Berlin, Schroeder said that while it was up to every country to design its own energy policy, "naturally w.e would hope that many follow our example." The pact limits nuclear plants, which provide nearly a third of Germany's electricity, to an aver­ age 32 years of operation. That would likely see the most modem plants close around 2021 and see Germany join nations such as Italy and Austria in abandoning nuclear power. Still, some environmentalists say that timetable is far too long while German conservatives argue that abandoning atomic power is a mis­ take. Power company executives say they haven't given up hope that a future government would scrap the plan. The nuclear shutdown still must be approved by the Cabinet and parliament, where Schroeder's Social Democrats hold the majority along with the environmentalist Greens. Eliminating nuclear power is a pet cause of the Greens, who for years backed protests focused on halting nuclear waste transports, which the pact will end by mid- 2005. Police deployed thousands of officers Monday to protect the lat­ est shipment from demonstrators while the environmentalist group Greenpeace placed containers of contaminated soil from reprocess­ conservative About 30 anti-nuclear activists beat drums and erected a medel nuclear reactor that belched orange fumes during the signing ceremo­ ny at the new chancellery in Berlin. The leading opposition party, the Christian Democrats, argued that eliminat­ ing nuclear energy would force Germany to use dirtier power sources. That could make it more difficult to curb emissions as out­ lined .by the landmark 1997 Kyoto agreementon greenhouse gases. failure," "Abandoning atomic energy is a historic said Ulrich Mueller, a Christian Democrat who is environment minister of Baden- Wuerttemberg state. But Schroeder said the Kyoto agreement meant Germany also had the responsibility to establish environmentally friendly power sources, a stance it will take to a U.N. climate conference next month in the former German capi­ tal Bonn. "Germany truly will meet its responsibilities for climate protec­ tion," Schroeder pledged. The U.S. administration opposes the Kyoto accord. The German government signed an agreement Monday to shut down the coun­ try’s 19 nuclear power plants, making it the world’s largest industrial­ ized nation to forgo the tech­ nology. The plant shown here in Stade, northern Germany, will be the first plant to be shut down in 2003. Associated Press _W&N B riefs Nepal holds religious ceremony to banish murdered klng% ghost KATHMANDU, Nepal — Hoping to quiet the soul of the beloved monarch slain in a royal massacre, Nepal conducted a rare Hindu cere­ mony Monday to banish his ghost, a centuries- old rite meant as a final farewell. After feasting on a lavish lunch prepared from 84 different items — including the dead monarch's ashes — a frail Brahmin priest dressed as the late King Birendra became his symbolic substitute. Sitting on cushions under a bamboo canopy by the river, the priest took possession of some of the king's belongings, including clothes, a briefcase and a radio. Later, he rode astride an elephant as crowds of Nepalese chased him off. The ceremony did little to assuage the frus­ tration of Nepalese still waiting for an explana­ tion of the June 1 massacre that ended in the deaths of 10 royals. "They are holding the llth-day ceremony, they are having all kinds of religious events, but they have still not given us the answers," said Bikram Srestha, a 23-year-old college stu­ dent. "Who is the killer?" Many do not believe eye-witness accounts saying Crown Prince Dipendra — reportedly distraught over his parents' objection to his choice of a bride — gunned down his family before fatally shooting himself. On Monday, a Maoist rebel leader called the new monarch, King Gyanendra, the "villain behind the massacre, saying it was revenge for Birendra's refusal to deploy troops to fight the rebels. h ' Cable companies see opening in higltspeed Internet market CHICAGb— Operators of cable systems are watdqhé WitH relish as rivals in the high-speed Intern^ market struggle through rough times. "Who unplugged the Internet?" asks an ad run by the business unit of cable giant Cox Communications. Cable companies, gathered here for their annual convention, already have seized the lead from telephone, satellite and wireless industries in the race to bring Americans the next generation of Internet services, called "broadband." Now, they may be able to drive the wedge further by capitalizing on the woes of their competitors. A number of upstarts offering fast Web access over souped-up phone wires — called digital subscriber lines, or DSL — have closed shop, victims of an economic downswing and die regulatory complexities of breaking into a new sector. "There is a ripe playing field here for cable operators to take advantage of," said Michael Goodman, senior analyst with the Yankee Group, a consulting firm. The cable business already enjoys a comfort­ able lead in offering high-speed access with 4.7 million customers in the United States, accord­ ing to the group. About 2.2 million people sub­ scribe to DSL service from a phone company or other Internet provider, while 98,000 customers hook up to high-speed Internet via satellite. Compiled from Associated Press reports Court ipiles that religious organizations can use public schools as meeting places By The Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court lowered the wall between church and state Monday, ruling that if the Boy Scouts and 4-H can use a public school as a meeting hall, a chil­ dren's Bible study class can, too. The ruling is part of the court's ongoing examination of the proper place for religion in public schools, a constitutional balancing act that has found schoolroom display of the Ten Commandments inappropriate but an evening series of Christian movies acceptable. ' Once the Milford Central School opened its doors to after-school civic meetings with a moral theme, the upstate New York school district could not exclude an evangelism club without violating First Amendment free-speech rights, the court ruled. "We can see no logical difference in kind between the invocation of Christianity by the club and the invo­ cation of teamwork, loyalty or patri­ otism by other associations" that use the school building after hours, Justice Clarence Thomas wrote. The 6-3 majority rejected the . school's argument that allowing the Good News Club to meet in the school cafeteria would be an uncon­ stitutional government promotion or establishment of religion. Justice Stephen Breyer, usually a moderate-to-liberal vote on the court, joined five more conservative mem­ bers — Chief Justice William Rehnquist, and Justices Thomas, Sandra Day O'Connor, Antonin Scalia and Anthony Kennedy — in partial support of the religious dub's request. Justices John Paul Stevens, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and David Souter dissented. Souter, writing for himself and Ginsburg, said the majority glossed over the club's intense focus on reli­ gious conversion. Leaders specifically invite children to be "saved," Souter wrote. "The majority avoids this reality only by resorting to the bland and general characterization of Good News' activity," as moral instruction, Souter wrote. Parents Stephen and Darleen Fournier sued the school in 1997, after they were denied permission to use the cafeteria for weekly meetings of 6- to 12-year-olds. The meetings, featuring a Bible les­ son, prayer and memorization games using Scripture, were tantamount to religious worship and thus inappro­ priate for a public school building, the school superintendent said then. Like many states, Ohio faces difficult task in allocating funding for public-school system By The Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio — Facing a court's deadline this week, Ohio law­ makers must figure out how to fairly fund their public education system — a dilemma that's persisted nation­ wide for years. Since the 1970s, nearly every state's system of paying for education has been questioned — and many have been revamped — as the goal of boosting funding to eqüal and ade­ quate levels gained the national spot­ light. "Ohio is not special in that it's faced with this daunting problem," said James W. Guthrie, dirertor of the Peabody Center for Education Policy at Vanderbilt University. A U.S. Supreme Court ruling in the 1970s said the U.S. Constitution does not give the responsibility of funding education to the federal government. That decision prompted poor school districts nationwide to begin suing their states, arguing that school-fund­ ing measures violated state constitu­ tions, most of which guarantee citi­ zens an education. The first lawsuits sought equal funding across all school districts in a state. More recently, the lawsuits have focused on whether students are getting an adequate, as well as an equal, education. The result: At least 18 states' school-funding systems have been tossed out by courts, mostly for the same reason the Ohio Supreme Court twice struck down Ohio's as uncon­ stitutional, said Dane Linn, the pri­ mary education coordinator for the National Governor's Association. Ohio lawmakers must deliver their latest school-funding plan to court by Friday. In 1997 and again last year, the court ruled that the state's method of paying for education relied too much on local property taxes, creating disparities between rich and poor districts. PPD D e VEL “Wei, fro :p i iwm W e r e t h e r e b e n e f i t s o th e r th a n the m o n e y f r o m P P D D e v e l o p m e n t You can e a rn m oney w h ile c o n trib u tin g to the future o f m e d ic in e b y p a rtic ip a tin g in a PPD D eve lo pm e n t research study. W e co n ­ d uct m e d ic a lly supervised research studies to help e va lu a te n e w investigational medications. 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T ib Daily Texan June 12, 2001 Opinion 2001 LEGISLAflV The Good <\r IVE WRAP-UP The Bad HB 236: Joining civilized society, slowly but surely One of the smartest and most humane bills to come out of the Legislature in years. The executing of those with mental retardation is frowned upon by almost every civilized country in this world. But here in Texas — where district attorneys measure their worth by the number of people they put to death — such legislation is rare. Even more rare is that this bill actually made it to Gov. Perry's desk despite the outcries of blood­ thirsty prosecutors. Perry has been absolutely spineless up to this point and has looked for any excuse to delay the bill. With any hope, he'll shock the world, sign the bill and wel­ come the Texas criminal justice system into the 21st Century. HB 1200: Corporate Welfare Trash This piece of trash is by far the most revolting of all of the bills passed in this Legislative session. Kim Brimer, the Fort Worth Republican, takes the pork-fla­ vored cake with this monstrosity of corporate welfare. The massive giveaway of 1.6 billion dollars in school tax breaks will leave Texas schools poorer and should leave Brimer with his pants down and smeared with corporate lipstick. With school boards now able to abate taxes on new corpo­ rations that create as few as^lO jobs, the cleverly titled "Texas Economic Development Act" has again sacrificed education to finance. Passed with virtually no debate, this whorish piece of legislation sells out the education of young people and force Texans to pay more in taxes so that predatory, out-of-state CEOs can save enough money for a new country club STATE LEGISLATORS HB 587: A legacy finally fulfilled Known as the "hate crimes bill," HB 587 adds extra levels of penalty if it is discov­ ered that victims were selected by offend­ ers based on race, disability, religion, national origin, age, gender, or sexual preference. Following James Byrd's death, Texans were reminded that the days of lynchings and hate crimes are not con­ fined to the pages of history books. While conservatives argue that "all crimes are hate crimes" and further protections for minorities are unnecessary, the passage of the bill sends a signal that Texans recog­ nize the special vulnerabilities of those persecuted based on identity characteris­ tics. While it may be difficult to discern a person's motivations in committing a crime, if it is discovered that their actions were based in categorical kind of discrim­ ination that manifests itself in violence, the full force of the law should be invoked. The bill was vital for racial rec­ onciliation in Texas and its passage is groundbreaking. HB 1513: Just not resln-atlng Terry Keel and Suzanna Gratia Hupp are usually associated with the gun-waving, right- wing of the Texas Republican Party. But many were wondering what Hupp and Keel were smoking when they co-authored a bill legalizing medical mari­ juana with a doctor's prescription. The fact that two Republicans tried to pass a medicinal marijuana law shouldn't be surprising. Marijuana legalization has long been advocated by the father of the modem Republicanism and über-conser- vative William F. Buckley. Pot legalization is a bipartisan, common-sense solution to the burgeoning problem of locking up small-time, recreational drug users and the release of real criminals due to over­ crowded jails. Keel and Hupp should be commended for their visionary bill, even if it got roached in the legislative ashtray. HB 635: Threats to pets "Loco" was a small dog who had his eyes ruthlessly gouged out by some heartless thugs. He became the poster dog for HB 635 which elevates the crime of animal cruelty to felony status. In another heart- wrenching incident, "Queso," the adopted cat of a Taco Cabana in Waco was bludg­ eoned to death by two Baylor baseball players last spring. Animal rights activists were outraged upon the news that Baylor University took no disciplinary action against the players other than a brief sus­ pension from the team. After the brutal attacks on the Spanish-named Queso and Loco, the only question is are these inci­ dents related, do they qualify as hate crimes? B i RatM: Mr. Bipartisan ] : / After winning the dubious secret ballot election in the Senate, L t Gcv Bill Ratliff | wound up having a session worthy of ■ Ns Senate moniker “Obi Wan Kenobe.” The session got off to a bumpy start when RatM, rather ri^veiy didn't put any Hispanics on Senate I;. *; the R e d istrictin g '.;.. Committee. This sparked an outcry from several legislators, inducing Austin's own Sen. Gonzalo. Barrientos who had helped conspire to elect Ratliff. But after that, RatHff showed his true political talent by guiding a rowdy group of legislators eager to spread their wings after Bush’s - departure. Ratliff helped usher through hate crimes legislation, teacher health insurance, a statewide employee pay raise and and a host of other issues that were tor^ neglected in Texas. After riding a wawe of praise for his work during the session, Ratliff flirted with the idea of a running for a full term as lieutenant governor but ulti­ mately decided gainst it. Ratliff said he was more a policy wonk than a politician, and he’s right. Texas could use more law­ makers like Ratliff and fewer politicians. ■ íj/Jv;’- //■ fV; ?¡77^’ *’■v■. ;■ I* - ' V j Keeton Ryiander Just announced that Texas may face a $5 billion shortfall next the worst Kim Brimer: The Jerk : - if Texas schools are out of money and higher education funding is nonexistent, ^ Brimer’s got the answer. If people in squalor are along the border have no legal repre- sentation, Brimer’s out. when Comptroller Carole session, Brimer wasn’t too concerned. That's because because to Brimer the solution is simple ... tax cuts! From tax incentives to lure woriddass horse racing to Texas, to the Texas Economic Development Act — ■ which is nothing but corporate welfare to compa­ nies that don’t even want it — Brimer is a tried-andtrue believer in the cure-all fonfe of tax relief. Last session saw him pushing .■ • - a similar proposal, dubbed “the Intel Bill.” Brimer’s philosophy is that by letting giant corporations skip out on paying school taxes they’ll move here and want to send their kids to the same underfunded schools his bill creates. Companies that relocate to other cities often cite the quaF ity of life, schools, infrastructure, and trans- portation issues as the most important concerns. Brimer’s tax giveaways have opposite effects by robbing schools funds and raising the tax burden on Texans who don’t ciear seven figures a year. The Enigma membership in Texas. SB 1541: Toxic legislation Similar legislation has been introduced in previous sessions, but SB 1541 was an especially controversial issue this time around. Originally authored by Sen. Robert Duncan, R-Lubbock, the bill would háve provided for a nuclear waste dump in West Texas — which is already home to the world's largest sewage sludge dump but hey, jobs are jobs. Then along came Sen. Teel Bivins, R- Amarillo, who decided that we needed even more waste in Texas and filed an amendment to allow for Department of Energy waste to be dumped there as well. The amendment stunk so bad that Duncan didn't even want the amend­ ment. Thankfully, the whole bill sank like a leaky barrel of toxic waste into the water supply and took Bivins' cancerous amendment with it. Perhaps Bivins was so interested in the dump because his buddy and campaign contributor Harold Simmons was the sole candidate for managing the dump. If Bivins is such a fan of nuclear waste, there's plenty of barren land in his home district of Amarillo to dump it in. don't worry, Kim SB 1629: Taxpayer mulligan This bill relates to the creation, adminis­ tration, powers, duties, operations, and financing of Cibolo Canyon Conservation and Improvement District. Sound boring? How about knowing that it results in the channeling of $60 million in tax dollars into a privately owned PGA golf village? Rich white people prancing around on grass fed by increas­ ingly scarce water at a swanky facility funded with our money — that's govern­ ment in action. SB 248: Loot for lease Remarkably, this was yet another tax measure passed this session. This one would waive the property tax on leased cars. While the car leasing industry who lobbied for SB 248 are celebrating, cities, counties, and school districts who actual­ ly use that tax revenue are less than pleased. As the people who lease their cars will get a tax refund larger than the Bush federal tax credit, the city of Houston stands to lose $4 million dollars a year and Tarrant County would come up $6 million short. The Texas comptrol­ ler estimates that the whole state could lose $17 million by 2005. But since you're too cheap to buy that shiny new Lexus, relax, our ever-vigilant lawmakers are looking out for you. HB 1617: Profltlni from prisons Another dubious bill that allows the state to lease land for prisons to private industries. Any bill that begins, "To fur­ ther the expansion and development of prison industries," is somewhat problem­ atic in a state that faces the runaway jug­ gernaut of the sprawling prison-industri­ al complex. But hell, this is Texas and we don't take no guff about "rehabilitation." That's just a liberal pipe dream. Ellis was in the precarious position of presiding over a contentious vote among state sen­ ators to pick the successor to Rick Perry, who had been promoted to governor with George W. Bush’s departure. Sadly, Eliis chose to side with lawmakers who put childish politics over | the fundamental right to open government by hokSr^ a secret ballot vote to decide the next lieutenant governor, the state’s most powerful lawmaker. Ellis and John Comyn actually went to court to fight the state’s newspapers who had filed suit to keep the vote Open — argu- ir^ the peoples right toTnowoutwe^hed immature fears of retribu- tion among fellow senators. After Bill Ratliff, R-Rower Mound, won the .. .. election, he appointed Bits to his old committee chairmanship, the Senate Finance Committee. Blis took advantage of Ratliff's olive br9nch and had an remarkable session. SB 1074: High-profile racism This legislation is a long-overdue ban on racial profiling. This bill, while not a solu­ tion to disparate enforcement of laws, goes a long way towards prohibiting a phenomena that minorities have long understood to be one of the costs of being non-white. The bill is particularly strong because it nqt only prohibits traffic stops based on racial or ethnic identification, but also requires race to be made an explicit part of the incident reporting process. Where allegedly color-blind policies often provide cover for other ways to enforce racist assumptions, making officers consider the race of the people they stop will allow statistical analysis of the iden­ tities of those pulled over. Each agency is expected to construct an anti-profiling policy and keep racial data on file, hopefully providing some accountability for those departments and officers who are more suspicious of dark skinned citizens. He was the driving force behind Jthe passage of the controversial | hate crimes bill. He reftjsed to drop the issue after being stoned last session by Bush and GOP senators, and ultimately convinced Perry to sign the bill. He helped pass%xflgent defense measures to help the poor get adequate legal repre­ sentation. He has been the most vocal supporter of the ban on executing the mentally retarded in Ifexas and a provision granting access to DNA information to convicts with mho-. I cence claims. Of course, many of these programs are a little easier for their opponents to swaBow knowing that there is no money to pay for any of foam, but, they are victories i nonetheless. HB 1617 is aimed at handing out state land to private prison contractors to lock up moré non-violent Texans. Turning prisons into for-profit economic ventures is a sad statement about the lack of value we place in actual rehabilitation. Private prisons are notorious for human rights violations and selling companies cheap prison labor. With Texas leading the country in citizens behind bars, maybe law­ makers should stop coming up with new and inventive ways to keep their con­ stituents locked up. ^ ^ HB 687: Homophobia’s always In session This bill never had much of a chance of making it out of committee, but maybe one of these days Texas can join the rest of the world in wiping the anti-sodomy laws off of the books. Sponsored by Debra Danburg and the openly gay Glen Maxey, this bill should be an annual reminder of the stubborn Texas determination to criminalize gay sex. With about 40 people registered to testify before the com­ mittee, it would seem that one of these days this bill will escape onto the floor where it will draw some real attention. The section of penal (heh) code that out­ laws sodomy is unenforceable anyway, so why not send a signal of tolerance? Perhaps the issue can be part of a wave of legislation recognizing gay marriages and allowing gay couple to adopt children. If Alabama is finally willing to get rid of its law banning inter-racial marriages, maybe Texas can envision some progres­ sive notions of sexuality that extend beyond missionary sex with the lights out between a married man and woman. T he Daily T exan Editor Marshall Maher Opinions expressed in TV Daily Texan an? thos* of the editor, the Editorial Board or writer of the Associate Editor Stephen Stetson article. They are npt necessarily those of the University adminis­ tration, the Board of Regent* or the Texas Student Publications Board of Operating Trustees. Redistricting: Doin’ lines in the back room Leading up to this session, redistricting was the talk on everyone's lips. From the halls of the Texas House of Representatives to congressional offices in D.C., the showdown on redrawing Texas' political boundaries was set. Blood was due to be spilled and sparks scheduled to fly. Unfortunately for all Texans, the conflict fizzled. The Legislature tried, really they did, to clear off the agenda by mid-April or so. They wanted tó have a clean plate so they could tackle the always messy task mapping out Texas' political future. They wanted to have all of the controversial legislation opt of the way so they could focus On the arduous task of negotiating the tricky political waters that surround the geo­ graphic gymnastics associated with redistricting. Unfortunately, it didn't work out that way. When it came down to the ultimate task of redrawing the state's political lines, our illustri­ ous lawmakers balked. Unable to decide on a redistricting plan they chose to scrap the whole thing, wipe their hands clean of the matter and leave it to the Legislative Redistricting Board to figure out. Actually debating and compromising on the state's future boundaries would have been a lot of work, good thing our legisla­ tors found someone else to do it. Now, five Republicans and One Democrat will decide for us what our elected representatives were supposed to do. — For a group of lawmakers that meets for five months every two years, should we have expected any of them to break a sweat over us? THE FIRING LINE Askin'for it I would just like to say that, as a librarian myself, I couldn't agree with Friday's opinion piece Sexual Harassment Standards Gone Too Far. No one has ever so poignantly articulated the true face of sexual harass­ ment witdh hunts, nor has one ever better grasped the nuances of the working woman's experience. Mr. Peitzer says he doesn't know what kind of people would be downloading pom from library computers. I would only hope that it's the same kind who would then turn a lecherous eye to a lonely librarian, and, in a perfect world, make my day. What I like most about Mr. Peitzer's perceptive arti­ cle was that it squarely places blame on those who are at fault women charging innocent, if unattractive and consequentially undersexed, men with making unwanted advances. By vilifying the actions which normally take great courage for womén to pursue, let us hope that this article will mean that one more woman out there will remember what foe words "hos­ tile environment'' should actually refer to: The social environment facing women who dare report being harassed. Less cases will be brought to court, fewer issues regarding tire male/female dynamic will be explored and hopefully more otherwise unwanted interoffice "romances" will bloom After all, what IS the crime in getting laid? What's so bad about being commented about so as to be made constantly uncomfortable while working, or not hav­ ing the ability to avoid those whose advances make one cringe because they work a cubicle away? So, ladies, let's fake up Mr. Peitzer's rallying cry and quit whining so much about sexual harassment. Remember; for every unwanted advance, you also get increased validation that you are still attractive, no matter how pinch-nosed, uptight and prudish a librar­ ian you migjnt be ... which, in the interest of one day being hit on by a library-pom wielding Brad Pitt, is really what being a woman is all about. Cate Morrison James Madison University student Ultimate judgment If errors were made in sudie.lú^r profile case as Timothy McVeigh's, we can be certafomany mistakes have been made over the years m capital cases of much lesser impact. One innocent person executed is inexcusable. Even though a majority of Americans favor capital punishment, I believe the death penalty is morally and spiritually wrong and should be abol­ ished forever by the Supreme Court. The death penalty is a barbaric act of vengeance that brings no peace to the vengeful. If vengeance is required, Creator God is tire one to administer it. Life in prison without the possibility of parole should be the maximum punishment humankind should be allowed to mete out to those who commit capital crimes. Bud Welch of Oklahoma City lost his daughter in the horrific bombing of the federal building there. It is a rarity for a murder victim's parents, but he is opposed to the death penalty for McVeigh. Mr. Welch's heart and mind are filled with God's trans­ forming love. It is especially heartwarming when other family members of murder victims, like Bud Welch, choose love over vengeance. It will be a grand day when God's transforming love reigns supreme, our country lets God be God, and we deal justly with error- prone capital cases by abol­ ishing the death penalty. God, forgive us for we don't know what we are doing. Paul Whiteley Sr. Louisville, Kentucky Ifs all terrorism Mr Potter's heart-warming defense about ELF's SUV-burning, tree-spiking, building-burning heroism has brought tears to my eyes (Some terrorism justified, June 11). Indeed, it is very much like burning down a Nazi concentration camp. Get real. The argument Mr. Potter made is that ELF only attacks corporations that endanger the environment for "profit margins." This is rather hilarious. The burn­ ing of 30 SUV's in Oregon seems to contradict this. Why not bum lorries? And is it the car dealership or the consumers that wanted the SUVs that caused the environmental damage? And by burning down SUV's, did it achieve Mr. Potter's assertion that "it is protecting another's right to life?" Let's make this dear ELF wants to preserve the Earth for the future generations. This means that they are protecting peo­ ple that are not yet alive. So, do they even have any alienable "rights?" Nazis had dearly infringed on the rights of millions: Have SUV dealers, Nike stockholders and loggers damaged the lives of millions right now? Please stop trivializing important historical facts. ELF is a terrorist group, and nothing more. Hsuchi Ting Economics senior ELF Eco-thugs This message is written in response to Will Potter's Some terrorism justified (June 11). Although journalism professors may teach you to throw dramatic parallelisms such as fixe Sons of Liberty and Nazi death camps into your writing, we have to examine the facts to determine if the actions of Earth First! are justified. Even though I consider myself an environmentalist; I believe that the destruc­ tion of corporate property is wrong, and it is against the law. Furthermore, I doubt that eco-terrorists will evfer be able to lobby enough political support for their objectives because of their questionable means to achieve them. You must realize that it is impossible to justify the actions of Earth First! just by the ideals that they are trying to fight for. For instance, companies have made genetically modified crops that can dramatically increase crop output and the nutritional value of the crops. This could help alleviate the worldwide prob­ lems of starvation and malnutrition. So just because one person believes that modifying organisms is wrong does not mean that it justifies violent action against a company involved in such business. Another example: What if you were to wake up o tic morning and find your car destroyed? The person who vandalized it claims that because the car is con­ tributing to global wanning and air pollution, its destruction was warranted. So I ask you: How can you allow one group of individuals decide how much terrorism is justified to achieve a goal? Andrew Barrow Electrical engineering junior University GWU breaks government enrollment freeze 1 By The University Wire WASHINGTON — George Washington University showed how much it likes its personal r space by filing a lawsuit last April against the city of Washington D.C. for imposing restrictions on its enrollment figures and use of property. Now, the university waits to see if a D.C. court will allow it • to keep its admitted students after GW broke a i government mandate to freeze enrollment. In its most recent move, GW filed for a prelimi­ nary injunction May 29 to immediately lift an enrollment freeze D.C.'s Board of Zoning Adjustment imposed when it passed GW's cam­ pus plan. The mandate would cap GW's enroll- j ment at 7,380. GW broke that mandate when it enrolled 2,550 freshmen. In the filing GW claims officials were already in the middle of the admissions process when the 1 mandate was given for the 2001-02 academic year and could not comply with the order. The BZA warned GW about the restriction Feb. 13 when it passed the plan and issued the formal order March 29. GW began mailing admissions letters March 23. Last April, GW filed suit against D.C. in US. District Court, claiming the BZA's rules violated, the university's constitutional right to academic freedom, property rights and due process of law. A U S District Court judge will decide June 12 whether to allow the injunction. "We feel that the BZA has interjected itself into the academic workings of the university," said uni­ versity senior counsel Charles Barber in April. GW's campus plan, which the BZA conditionally approved in March, was met with more than a year of resistance and negotiation before going into effect. The university originally asked the BZA to renew the campus plan that had been in effect from 1985-2000. This previous version required 60 percent of undergraduates, including all freshman and sophomores, to live on campus. The Foggy Bottom Association, a group of area residents, dted concerns about the expansion of the university's off-campus housing to accomo­ date the growing student population. The need for more residence halls has already caused GW to erect some buildings outside of the university's legal boundaries. The Mayor's Office of Planning recommended last September that the BZA reject the renewal of the previous plan, a decision that aligned with the testimony of several Foggy Bottom residents at a hearing later that month. "GW should be barred from purchasing proper­ ties outside of the campus and converting them to institutional use as a 'matter of right,"' said Steven Mandelbaum at the hearing. Mandelbaum is a GW graduate and was then a member of an elect­ ed neighboihood organization, the Advisory Neighborhood Commission. The BZA heard its third and final day of testi­ mony on the plan Sept. 26, when GW presented three new revisions to its housing proposal. But on the final day of testimony before the BZA last September, GW presented three revisions to the housing proposal, including a provision to house 70 percent of the full-time undergraduate popula­ tion on campus and a plan to have more beds than students on campus by 2005. The third provision said the university would limit the number of stu­ dents who move off campus to 300 students each year until 2005. The plan passed with a BZA vote of 3-1, with restrictions including one that prevents construc­ tion of any campus building that designates less than 50 percent of its space to housing. By Kate Stepan, George Washington University PHOTO CHASE Students form their own views at politically diverse universities By The University Wire LOS ANGELES — University campuses with strong political activities have historically been catalysts for change. At the University of California at Los Angeles, political organizations from CalPIRG to Jews for Jesus shower pam­ phlets on unsuspecting Bruin Walk travelers and vigorously attempt to recruit new members. With years of exposure to campus politics, some graduat­ ing students say their political views have broadened and changed, but others maintain that campus ideologies have hardly influericed their opinions. Marc Pilotín, a fourth-year political science and psycholo­ gy student, said his political views have not changed drasti­ cally since entering UCLA, but that the campus environment has made him more informed about political issues. He also said he has become more liberal at UCLA because of the constant activism on campus. "I'm leaving UCLA dedicated to equal education oppor­ tunities, largely due to my experiences with people here," he said. For fourth-year political science student Erik Stem, cam­ pus influences have not significantly impacted his political views since high school. "I think I am pretty well informed about many issues and am pretty set in my ways," he said. Regardless whether one actually wishes to engage in cam­ pus politics, some students find it difficult to get involved due to die large student population and many organizations. "If I wanted to get involved in a political group on campus I wouldn't know where to go," said Jennette Cha, a fourth- year political science student. Because so many political groups promote themselves on campus, it is difficult to tell what each represents, she added. In college, Cha said, people are no longer afraid to express their views, and students form their own opinions regardless of their affiliation with campus groups. "I'm more interested in politics now in college, but I think it is just because I have become older and have matured, not because of external factors at UCLA,” she said. "But students exposed to new political issues on campus discuss them among friends and ultimately formulate their own opinions," said Ohki Murai, a fourth-year economics student. Exposure to new political views, both in the classroom and on Bruin Walk, helps students become more accepting of other opinions. "The collective conversations that I have with peers may have gradually swayed my thoughts from one side to anoth­ er; and I believe I have become more liberal politically in the process," he said. But some say a few campus groups are disruptive at times. Cam Truong, a fifth-year chemical engineering and applied mathematics student, said she was annoyed with the March protest, when students rallied for the repeal of SP-1 — a policy the University of California Board of Regents passed in 1995 that eliminated affirmative action in admissions — because she was trying to study in Powell Library at the time. "Protests can help to get the word out about issues, but this was disruptive and was just making people more irritated," Truong said. By Karen Albrecht, UCLA The D aiu t a n June 12, 2001 Ribbons honor slain profs By The University Wire HANOVER, N.H. — Purple rib­ bons adorning the black robes of Monday's graduates were not there for decoration — students wore them in remembrance of Professors Half and Susanne Zantop. Half Zantop was a professor in the earth sciences department. Susanne Zantop was chair of the German studies department. The couple was found murdered in their Etna, N.H., home on January 27. The ribbon distribution was planned by two earth science depart­ ment graduate students, Todd Myse and Margaret Quinn, both of whom knew Half Zantop personally. Myse said they chose purple because it was Ms. Zantop's favorite color. Approximately 2000 of the rib­ bons were made, each bearing the inscription, "Half & Susanne." Quinn dted Half Zantop as an important influence on her dedsion to pursue studies in earth sdences. "He was just a very, very, very spe- dal person, and from what I gather from other people, Susanne was the same way," Myse said. "It7s amazing how many lives they touched." Myse stressed that wearing the rib­ bons was purely voluntary. The ribbons were distributed to in each of the groups walking Commencement Monday on differ­ ent occasions. Police have arrested two teenagers from Chelsea, Vt. in connection with the deaths of the professors. Robert Tull^ch, 17, will stand trial in January on two counts of first degree murder. An indictment against James Parker, 16, is awaiting his certification to stand trial as an adult. Police have not released a motive for the murders. By Mike A Hamilton & Ithan Pettan, Dartmouth College Tom Julin, an attorney for the Independent Florida Alligator, a student newspaper at the University of Florida, speaks during proceedings before Judge Joseph Will, Monday in Daytona Beach, Fla., concerning the release of Dale Earnhardt’s autopsy photos. ' Julin wants Judge Will to toss out a law which makes it a felony to release autopsy photos without a judge’s permission. The law was adopted shortly after Earnhardt died during February’s Daytona 500. Associated Press Bevo Says Welcome UT Make Look for the orange DAILY TE) boxes around campus i t _S&L B riefs USDA finds wheat fungus in two Texas counties, quarantines crops ABILENE — The U.S. D epartm ent of Agriculture has quarantined wheat crops in Young an d Throckmorton counties after Kamal bunt was*detected. Kamal bunt is a fungus that attacks wheat, reducing the production and quality of the grain. The quarantine affects producers, grain operators and combiners, since wheat infected by Kamal bunt cannot be exported. The fungus reportedly is not harm ful to hum ans or animals that consume it. Tommy Womack, president of the Texas Wheat Producers Association, noted the wheat can be used as livestock feed "so long as it's flaked and baked at 170 degrees," which is the normal process for preparing food for livestock. As far as the quarantine, "Whatever they want to do, w e'll do wholeheartedly," Womack said. Graham is county seat of Young County, and Throckmorton is county seat of Throckmorton County. They are about 70 to 80 miles northeast of Abilene. M artin Hubert, deputy commissioner of the Texas Departm ent of Agriculture, said Monday that officials from the TDA are assisting the USDA. Quick inspections are considered cru­ cial to keep the fungus from spreading. The potential dollar loss has not been gauged. That figure will be determ ined by ongoing inspections, Hubert said. Texas is the nation's fifth-leading state in wheat production. The crop adds about $424 m illion to the Texas economy. State regulators enforce catch limits despite opposition from shrimpers VICTORIA — Despite an abundance of shrim p that fishermen say elim inates the need for regulations against overfishing, state regu­ lators say they must protect the industry's long-term health with catch limits. Seadrift shrimper Dennis W ittnebert said this season is perhaps the best he has seen in the more than 50 years he has been in the business. "Most boats are getting their limit and many are coming in early," he told The Victoria Advocate in M onday's online edition. With a limit of 600 pounds per day, shrimp can be harvested from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. But the veteran commercial fisherman said this season shows that Texas Parks and Wildlife Department regulations aimed at protecting the industry are unnecessary. ATPWD official disagreed with the assessment. "Even shrimpers recognize that shrimp is trending down," said Paul Hammerschmidt, the departm ent's program director. "Our data collected over the last 20-something years show that continued overfishing is a problem and we stand behind our rules. The agency is mandated by the Legislature to insure the long-term health of the shrim p­ ing industry, Hammerschmidt said. Parks and Wildlife Commissioners on Aug. 31 adopted a set of regulations aimed at protecting Texas' waters from over-harvesting, which they said could bring about the collapse of the indus­ try. Shrimpers disagreed and filed a lawsuit. Compiled from Associated Press reports S tate& L ocal Houston, Southeast Texas begin recovery process after heavy floods Workers return to soggy mess downtown By The Associated Press HOUSTON — Downtown Houston was an odd mix of recovery and routine as workers returning for their regular Monday mornings steered around blinking traffic signals, puifips emptying deluged basements and other vestiges of last weekend's record flooding. On one street, Jim Nicklos and Bill Brannan were contemplating their next move. They arrived at the Bank erf America tower only to find workers were allowed inside to retrieve items on the first 30 floors. Nicklos Drilling is on the 39th "We were trying to get our server out of there. And our calendai; to see if we had any appoint­ ments," Nicklos said. They were told the upper floors were closed because of possible carbon monoxide in the air. Their building was among several downtown whose below-ground floors and basements were flooded by rainfall from the remnants of Tropical Storm Allison last week. On the back side, pumps gushed water across four lanes of Smith Street and into the storm sewers that were over­ whelmed when the skies opened up. "We've seen some young lawyers come out of here with computers on their backs," Brannan said, noting that the building's power remained o ut closing the elevators. "They looked pretty hot" The neo-Gothjc building was the scene of one of the 17 local deaths attributed to the storm so The Richardson family leaves their neighborhood on the Highway 59 South access road in Houston Saturday afternoon. Tropical to ^ l^ w - C T ^ d ^ d e v a to T when Storm Allison left at least 19 dead in Texas and Louisiana. floodwater rushed in. * Death toll at least 19 as Houston area dries out from Tropical Storm Allison By The Associated Press HOUSTON — The roar of pumps removing water replaced the usual hum of traffic Monday in downtown Houston as businesses heeded the advice of Houston's mayor and concentrated on recovering and cleaning up from the deadly floods of Tropical Storm Allison. "It's a dirty mess," said Jordy Tollett, Mayor Lee Brown's chief of staff, as dozens of crews pumped millions of gallons of water and mud from office building basements and under­ ground garages. Traffic was lighter downtown where some buildings were closed and without power because of flooded basements. Many traffic signals were out. The bulk of the residential damage was on the city's east side where Halls and Greens Bayous had strayed far from their banks and swamped neighborhoods with water nearing the ceilings of some homes. Most of the rest of the nation's fourth-largest dty, however; appeared near normal on what Brown declared a "day of recovery." Freeways were open. Water was back within the banks of bayous. "It seems so odd the way different sides of Houston were affected," Donna Míreles, a downtown office worker; said. "Some parts got so much and other parts barely got any at all." Míreles, whose federal office was open Monday, said she took a bus to work because she knew so many underground parking lots were filled with water. At least 19 deaths in Texas were blamed on the deluges brought by Allison, which first came ashore in Southeast Texas seven days ago as the first named storm of the new Atlarjtic hurricane season. After flooding coastal areas, it drifted into East Texas, then returned Friday to tire Houston-area where as much as 3 feet of rain fell in some parts of the dty. "This is the most devastating widespread flooding we've seen in recent history in this area," said Harris County Judge Robert Eckels. Most of the fatalities were drownings. Water reached rooftops in some neighborhoods near inundated bayous. Other victims were found in cars that became trapped in quickly rising waters. A few others were electrocuted. Some 20,000 residences were flooded, but evacuations and high-water rescues appeared to be over Monday "We are going door to door to houses and searching them to make sure everyone is accounted for;" said Rusty Cornelius of the county's office of emergency management. The focus was on Harris County and Houston, but 28 coun­ ties of Southeast Texas were included in a state and federal dis­ aster declaration, and federal disaster teams were converging on the area. "We can replace property, we can replace records ultimate­ ly, but we can't replace individuals," Federal Emergency Management Agency Director Joe Allbaugh said Monday. "We will be here as long as we need to be here ... but it will take time to heal." Insurance adjusters from around the country were arriving to handle claims and Allbaugh said his agency had 500 opera­ tors to take calls from victims and put them in line for federal assistance like temporary living quarters, food, clothing and medication. "We're going to make sure they're taken care of," he said, at the same time advising people to be patient. An insurance industry estimate suggested there could be as many as 50,000 damage claims for property damage not cov­ ered by federal flood insurance and for losses to cars and trucks. Vehicles became marooned on freeways Friday evening when the rains overwhelmed drainage systems and turned highways into lakes. Scores of other cars were trapped in underground parking garages or in neighborhoods hit by high water. "This will be one of the most significant storms to hit Texas in many, many decades," said Jerry Johns, president of Southwestern Insurance Information Service, an industry trade group. "From our perspective, if s going to be an insur­ ance nightmare." "Clearly we're looking at over a $1 billion event at this point," said Harris County Tax Assessor Paul Bettencourt "What you see here is tremendous flood dam­ age," he said, referring to 5-foot-high piles of debris he saw outside wrecked homes. At least five hospitals were closed by power and flood prob­ lems, including three in the famed Texas Medical Center about five miles south of downtown Houston. The hardest hit was Memorial Hermann Hospital, where all 540 patients were evacuated and services halted for the first time since opening in 1925. It is expected to be closed for a week. Study finds tiny air pollutants can trigger heart attacks By The Associated* Press Deaconess Medical Center. DALLAS — High levels of air pollution can trigger heart attacks in at-risk people exposed for even a shorttime, a study has found. Researchers who interviewed 772 Boston-area patients about four days after their attacks found that the onset of symptoms correlated with times of high daily air pollution. Tiny, invisible particles long have been thought to cause long-term cardiovascular dis­ eases. The new study is the first to examine short-term effects on the heart, said senior author Dr. Murray Mittleman, director of cardio­ vascular epidemiology at Boston's Beth Israel The study of 489 men and 283 women, con­ ducted from January 1995 to May 19%, defined at-risk people as, inactive or those with a history of heart problems. The results appear in Tuesday's edition of Circulation, a journal of the American Heart Association. The pollution particles are called FM-2.5, for particulate matter less than 23 micrometers in diameter. They're emitted by cars, power plants and industry, as well as fireplaces and wood- burning stoves. Studies in the past five years have linked deaths and hospital admissions to a spike in FM- 2.5 levels. In the study, risk for heart attack peaked two hours and 24 hours after patients were exposed to increased levels ofthe particles. After two hours, risk increased 48 percent in the hours when pollution was the worst, com­ pared to the best hours; after 24 hours, risk increased 62 percent. The study also examined health risks caused by ozone, a chief ingredient of smog that's creat­ ed when air pollutants mix. Ozone has been linked to lung and breathing problems, but researchers in this study found no data linking it to heart attacks, Mittleman said. The study did not address how the particles trigger heart attacks. Other studies have shown that the particles, small enough to bypass the body's defenses and get into the lungs and other tissue, cause inflammation and blood clotting. These symptoms may contribute to heart attacks by blocking flow of blood through the heart some researchers say. Still other studies have shown that the parti­ cles may create electrical reactions that affect the nervous system. PM-25 particles are light enough to travel long distances and infest air that's typically dean. Air conditioning helps to filter it out of the indoors. "The best advice is to avoid outdoor activity on hot, hazy days," said study co-author Douglas Dockery, professor of environmental epidemiology at Harvard. Researchers noted that Boston does not have excessive pollution and meets federal air quality standards, so the risk could be even worse in high-pollution cities such as Houston and Los Angeles. The Environmental Protection Agency's air quality standards, last updated in 1997, have been challenged in court in part because no one has pin­ pointed why pollution partides pose a health risk. The study could be used to encourage the EPA to consider stricter air standards, said Dr. Jonathan Samet, chairman of the department of epidemiology at Johns Hopkins University, who was not involved in the study. S u p er S aver Coupon Siaper S aver Comapxtm SUPERCUTS Your First A ssignm ent Supercut Reg $11.95 l | Void with other offers. One coupon per person. SUPERCUTS a-n.„ Expires 6-24-01 D.T. || Arr-oSc Si Made from scratch, warm cookies, baked when you order. Delivered to ^ou witjfin an hour. £ 4 B A A X X p l . OU UTT ¡Buy one dozen, get i Wee~kend~Special J ! an order of 2 dozen• b !!lETS Tr s:473-262L: |, Exp: 9/15/01 • One coupon per order || * Must present coupon to driver | one FREE! 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The Tower was one of over 30 buildings on campus designed and built after oil was discovered on West Texas University land in the early 1920's. ^Bk EpB \\* 1 ^ b. On nights of football victories over Texas A&M. c. On nights a basketball tournament championship is won in the NTT. 2. Observation and Column Decks Orange: B B B B B B B íI ^ ^ a. On nights of football victories other than those involving Texas A&M. :h T\ *.V‘ B Commencement, :* S f u p o I w l A jfc w ' ^ SB»,^ 5$; 0- . Slf b. On nights on which a Big 12 cham- pionship is won in any team sport. X c. On nights of baseball or bas- ketball victories in the Big 12, NCAA, or NIT touma- A ments. " •’ Annual Honors Day, and n the occasion of the inauguration of the president of The University of Texas at Austin. J tL e‘ ^ March 2, ^ B April 21, Easter, ^ ■ M e m o r ia l Day, ~+£É^m]uly 4' Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. 3. Observation and column decks alter- J ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ B n a tin g orange and w^ te: a- On nights of a tie for NCAA or Big 12 championship in any team sport. h. On nights of tie football games. Í I l.- ■ J H ^ ¿ # M f xSr B B V:..v;¿Vv-X,v '« V.;X\-:X;’K ?\ 1 | m T- /X . " S r ® v v B v ■ - Although the Tower jM M rX v .¿ - x was originally intend- É k ed to house the Mirabeau B. Lamar the interi- structure jfl • ’ ' or was renovated B and assigned to B B l- several University-sup- services the summer of 1977 when f l the Lamar col- B lection was moved to the B Perry-Castenada Library. Currently, B the University B President, Admissions Office, Registrar, and Business ^ B ..\ v- ' Manager are among the ^ B offices located in the struc- ture. B!:'cr Throughout the past 65 years, the Tower has stood as a symbol of the campus of The University of Texas at Austin for students, faculty, staff, alumni, and members of die University community. Tower Victory Lights The use of the Tower lights to celebrate Longhorn victories was origi nated by Dr. Carl Eckhardt, superintendent of buildings and grounds and professor of mechanical engineering in 1939. Eckhardt placed orange filters over the lights, and when die idea was lauded, special orange lights were installed. The lighting schedule follows: 1. Complete Tower Orange; a. On nights a NCAA national team championship is won in any sport. TX "V .O *1 ■ V' x O V Other special occasions for the use of the Tower lights are determined by the í president of the University. Schedule Tours are conducted each Saturday and Sunday between the hours of 10am and 5pm, and begin on each hour. Each tour lasts 1 hour, with approximately 35 minutes reserved for viewing from the Observation Deck. No tours are conducted on holidays or at times when the University is closed. 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Crunch, and eat over Mtytt hamburgers each year, not to men- 947.160 egg* There are 446 Smiths in the UT dreetory. |§|piewen have 2 zip codes on campus., ^luff In case you ate Interested, they go ¡P» 14*299iMee of tbNet paper every r, enough to stretch owr halfway around the ret. 879(426 pounds...ihal’s the estimated w r f PtO p'U f students cany In their back* U n iversity This Fall... Live at the Premier Student Address! 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Due to safety reasons, the 1953 version of the cannon, known as Smokey I, was modified to shoot double-barreled 10-gauge shotgun Big Bertha once purchased for $1.00 from Univ. of Chicago Touted as the largest bass drum in the world, "Big Bertha" became the Longhorn Band's sweetheart in 1955, before real women were allowed in the Longhorn Band ranks. Her svelte figure is eight feet in diameter, 44 inches in width and ten feet tall ori her four-wheel cart. Bertha weighs more than 500 pounds and is 71 years old. Bertha was originally created by Conn Music Company for the University of Chicago. When Chicago abandoned its football program, Bertha went into seclusion under the univer­ sity stadium. During the follow­ ing years, Bertha was contami­ nated by early atomic bomb research conducted in the stadi­ um. In 1955, Col. D. Harold Byrd, former member and life­ time friend of the Longhorn Band, purchased Bertha from the University of Chicago for one dollar. 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The second version was retired to a display case in Darrell K Royal-Memorial Stadium following the 1987 football sea­ son. The present version, Smokey III, was constructed by Tom Lupton at Lupton Machinery of Austin, Texas, and made its debut in the fall of 1988. At a total cost of $25,000, Smokey weighs 1,200 pounds and can fire up to four 10-gauge shotgun shells at one time. Funds for the new cannon were raised by alumni donations. Members of the Silver Spurs, a University student service organi­ zation, are the current caretakers of Smokey which travels in its own special orange-and-white trailer with a personalized license plate, “SMOKEY.” Student Heritage Houses, Inc. N onprofit C o o p e ra tiv e Student Housing since 1936 NOW LEASING Summer 2001 from $365 Long Session 2001-02 from $515 on-campus ALL BILLS PAID - INCLUDING MEALS Call us at 476-COOP or Apply online at www.shhi.org Offices at 2222 Pearl St. STUDENTS May Qualify To Receive Up to $20,000* In Tuition Assistance. 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The prior season moti­ vated some students to attempt to brand "27 to 7" on Bevo; however, widespread student protesting stopped implementa­ tion of the idea. Inspired by the Longhorn fans endeavor, a band of revengeful Aggies sneaked into Bevo's quarters andbranded the 1915 A&M vic­ torious score of 13-0 into the steer's lean hip. UT students improvised the to an "E", and numerals to read "Bevo" by simply changing the "13" to a "B", the inserting a "V" before the "O". (Bevo also happened to be the name of a "near beer" popular on the UT campus at the time). A native of the Texas Panhandle, the first Bevo inspired the Longhorns to an * unbroken string of victorious seasons until his reign ended in 1920. The steer came to an unfortu­ nate but tasty end when he was barbecued for 100 University of Texas lettermen, the coaches and invited guests from Texas A&M. 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Dorm room $ 3 3 5 ; small efficiency $ 4 6 0 ; Large efficiency $ 5 7 5 ; Large 1/1 $ 6 7 5 . 50 0, 5 0 2 , 5 0 4 Elmwood. Matthews Properties 4 5 4-00 99, 4 9 0 -8 4 4 2 DP PERFECT STUDENT APARTMENTS! Pre-Leasing for Summer & Fall. 1-1 starting at $ 5 9 5 & $ 6 5 0 2-1 starting at $ 8 8 5 M any amenities, some w /p o o l. O n shuttle or w a lk to campus. C all for more info & appt. 478-9151 STUDENJ SPECIALS- N o w preleas- ing newly remodeled 1 and 2 bed­ room units. Chelsea on Town Lake Apartm ent Homes. 220 1 S. Lake- shore Blvd. 5 1 2 -4 4 3 -6 3 6 3 . N E W PRELEASING 3 be d ro o m /2 b a th on bus route door $ 2 2 5 0 /m o . 0 8 0 1 . apartments. In­ parking, Peggy A gent 479- covered utilities, Unf. Apt*. WE'LL PAY YOU $500111 Melrose Apartments at 1 3 0 0 Crossing PI. Shuttle, pool, free cable, W / D Call 4 5 7 -8 4 3 0 LARGE O N E bedroom sublease for summer. Full kitchen. G rea t cam­ pus location. $ 6 8 5 /m o n th . Call (972) 4 0 1 -0 2 2 0 . UT SHUTTLE, hard-tile, access gates, free cable, hike & bike, cute 1-1 $ 5 9 5 , 2-2 $ 7 3 5 . Apartment Find­ ers 3 2 2 -9 5 5 6 . I’m too sexy for the dorm! Preleasing NOW June - Aug. Starting at $575 Huge Floorplans UT Shuttle Fitness Center Call Now...Don’t Wait! 1911 Willow Creek Dr. 5 1 2 -4 4 4 -0 0 1 0 UNEXPECTED SUMMER vacancy. Large 1-1 for summer. reduced $ 6 2 5 /m o . & $ 6 6 0 /m o . 3 3 0 4 Red River. 4 7 8 -9 1 5 1 . HYDE-PARK 2 /1 designed for room ­ mates, study room, gates, covered parking, courtyards, pool, #7, 4 5 1 - 23 4 3 O NE BEDROOM, one bath. Shuttle route, gym. $ 5 1 5 /m o n th . C all Chris 836- 5 1 5 5 . Leaving state, help. hot-tub, pool, EFFICIENCIES, 1&2 BR apartments All bills paid. in W est campus. immediate move-in. A va ila ble Marcus M anagem ent. 4 7 4 4 4 8 4 . for PEMBERTON AREA. Unique 2-BR In August. apartment. A va ila ble G reat secluded Fenced backyard. M arcus M anagement. 4 7 4 4 4 8 4 . location. PEMBERTON AREA. 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Start date 8 / 1 / 0 1 C all 327 -12 13ext. 6 1 0 9 SEEKING SELF m otivated, outgoing, dependable student to make deliver­ ies, run errands, and take customer orders. $ 7 -9 /h o u r plus mileage 9 1 7 -4 4 4 0 C o zy 1-BR apartment C H A R M IN G HYDE PARK neighbor­ hood. in small, clean community with a spar­ kling pool. A va ila ble for immediate move-in. M arcus M anagement, 4 7 4 -4 4 8 4 . DELUXE- APARTMENT LIVING. 10 minutes from downtown. G reat 2 4 hour fitrvess center 1/1 apartments, also 2 / 2 available. For im m ediate move-in. 1 month free on all 1 2-15 month leases. Drop on by and check us out. 5 4 1 7 S. M opac Freeway. Ph: 89 1-9 4 9 9 . C O N D O S FOR in Real Yard. W /D , gas and w ater paid. $ 7 5 0 p e r/m o . C all 4 4 8 -2 8 4 0 . rent 1-1 WEST CAMPUS summer sublease availab le immediately. Luxury 1-1. $ 6 7 5 . W /D . 4 9 9 -0 5 2 1 . W E ST C A M P U S / UT Shuttle 2 2 0 4 San Gabriel pre-leasing for Fall, 2-1.5, $ 12 50 , For August move-in! 4 7 6 -0 1 1 1 >ncy. et, parking, shuttle, laundry, water paid. N o pets. $ 4 2 5 . 4 9 1 -7 2 7 7 . CUTE 1/1 in Northwest Hills, on UT shuttle, pool, laundry facilities, nice com plexl $ 6 7 5 . A va ila ble immedi­ ately Agent 3 4 3 -0 8 5 3 . 1 /1 IN Hyde Park, 3 2 0 2 Grooms, covered parking, nice unit. A vaila­ ble 0 8 / 0 1 . Agent 343- $ 6 7 5 . 08 5 3 . GREAT DEAL! Shuttle, FREE cable, access gates, ceiling fans, Efficien­ cies $ 5 1 0 , 1-1 $ 5 7 5 , 2-1 $ 69 5 Apartm ent Finders 3 2 2 -9 5 5 6 RED RIVER STEAL! 2-1 $ 8 5 0 , gas paid, great Apartm ent location Finders 3 2 2 -9 5 5 6 SPACIOUS & C O NV EN IE NT North IF shuttle and Campus community! 1-1 $ 6 7 5 Apartm ent gas paid Finders T O W N H O M E S IN HYDE PARK! G reat location, 1 and 2 bedrooms available Apartm ant Finders 322- 9 5 5 6 1-1, 2BLOCKS from UT. $ 55 9, all bills paid. On-site M anagem ent & laundry. Q uiet, studious environ­ ment. H o llo w ay Apartments, 2 50 2 Nueces 4 7 4 -0 1 4 6 . NICEST APARTMENT in W est Cam­ pus! W a lk to UT, Pool, sundeck, gates, balconies, elevators, micros, Huqe 1-1 s Apartm ent Finders 322 - 9 5 5 6 SHUTTLE LUXURY! Fitness Center, alarms, w a sher/dryer, pool, access gates,, computer room, 2's, 3's, & 4's available. Apartm ent Finders 3 2 2 -9 5 5 6 STUDENT RO O M S 2 blocks to cam­ pus. $ 4 8 6 -$ 5 1 5 . ABP, laundry, parking, on-site management. 1804 Lavaca 4 7 6 -5 1 5 2 afternoons. 3 9 0 * U nf. Duplexes BEST DEAL WEST CAMPUS! Friendly, fun loving, boisterous community. 2 /1 fourplex in 100 year old building - $ 8 0 0 ; large 1/1 duplex $ 7 0 0 ; Efficiency in triplex $ 46 0. Cats welcom e (absolutely N O pet dogs!). Drive by FIRST and call Matthews Properties. 4 5 4 -0 0 9 9 , 4 9 0 -8 4 4 2 DP. 11 0 0 block of W . 25th. HUGE WEST CAMPUS 3 /2 Duplex, 1700 sq.ft., washer/dryer. Aug.25 move-in. $ 17 75 . W a u g h Properties 451-0988 pet ROOMM ATE A N D friendly N E W duplexes $ 1 5 0 0 /m o n th . W il­ liam Cannon-M anchaca. OPEN HOUSE S aturday/Sunday 12-5pm. 3-3.5-2 or 3-2.5-2. 7 3 3 6 Dan-jean Drive to see anytim e 416 - 188 3, 6 3 3 -2 7 4 9 . C all 3 2 0 5 GUADALUPE 2 / 2 /2 p a r k 1 / 1 /1 park smoking. O w n e r/a g e n t 4 7 6 -1 6 6 4 floor floor $ 6 7 5 . N o pets, N o 1 st 2nd $ 9 7 5 , HUGE 3 / 2 .5 duplex, excellent con­ from campus. dition Avail. 7 /1 Includes w asher/dryer. C all 4 8 1 -9 9 9 4 . for $ 1 8 0 0 . 4-blocks BEAUTIFUL 1 / 1 large W est Campus. Summer $ 5 7 5 , Fall $ 82 5. Luxurious 2 / 2 High Rise Summer $ 9 5 0 , Fall $ 1 5 7 5 ABP. Lots of 1 / 1 's and 2 /2 's starting Aug. ***B est Landlords*** KHP 4 7 6 -2 1 5 4 ~ 2 0 LH A N D RiO GRANDfc . A N D 2 5 0 9 PEARL Luxury 2 / 1 's and 2 / 2 condos. Berber carpet, ceram ic tile, W /D including ceiling fans, covered parking and security entrance, just 2-3 blocks from campus. Rents from $ 1 3 0 0 . C a ll M urry 6 3 2 -1 5 6 9 Lynx's Property Services TOWNHOME FOR RENT Large 1 bedroom with 1 1 / 2 bath (7 2 0 sq feet) + balcony. Convenient lo cation near a bus top. $650/m onth. Call 93 0-0 9 3 3 i La Casita Ream Walk la Casita Hyde Pork Oaks Ely P roperties Now Pre-Leasing 1-1 1-1 2-1 2-1 1-1 ^ 22'/? & Pearl 11 VonderbDl 1-1 Seton 1-1 ; Hancock 2-1 i Park Place 2-2 i Westrklge 2-2 " Winchester 2-2 Lenox 2-2.5 Quadrangle 2-2.5 } 38* & Duval 1-2 4 OrongeTree i Centennial 3-2 ‘ 3210-A Hampton 6-3 3210-8 Hampton 8-4 $595 $750 $835 ► $895 ► $850 i $895 $ 9 2 5 » , $995 \ $995 >. $1,295 ? $1,295 ' $1,495 $1,595 $1,695 $1,795 i $ 2 ,0 0 0 $ $3,600 ' $4,800 See ott our listings online at www.ejvpropTttes.com h s t Service Best Selection 4 76-1976 BUENA VISTA 2 / 2 . Lrg. unit w /fire - place, W /D , balcony, covered park­ ing, and m orel Avail. N O W ! M ove-in date negotiable. Campus Condos 4 7 4 -4 8 0 0 $ 1 4 0 0 . GREAT EFF. off N .W . Loop and La­ mar. $ 5 5 0 . A vail. Aug. C all Cam ­ pus Condos 4 7 4 -4 8 0 0 W . CAMPUS 2 /1 's . O n ly two units left! A vail. N O W . $ 8 5 0 /m o . Campus Condos 4 7 4 -4 8 0 0 N E W PAINT, vinyl, and carpet. Avail. N O W I W . Campus 1 /1 . $ 9 0 0 . Campus Condos 4 /4 - 4 8 0 0 TX, AUSTIN-COMPLETELY private, gated, H ill C ounry Ponderosa on 2 .5 acres close to dow ntown reminiscent of early TX homesteads. Artistically craftea in 2 0 0 0 using recycled /prim itive elements with best of today's building materials. N a tural limestone landscape formations. M a in house and guest house. $ 1 ,1 5 0 ,0 0 0 . C all Debbie at The Pinnacle G roup 7 7 5 -2 6 9 4 . M AG NIFECENT 3 / 2 enclosed porch, all appliances, incl. W /D , sundeck, share pool, 1 /3 acre lawns, beautiful trees, alarms, Tarrytown. $ 1 8 4 5 . Start 5 / 2 8 . Beautiful 3 / 2 H a rdw ood floors, all appliances, alarms, west of lamar & 15th. $ 1 6 7 5 . Start 8 /2 1 . *Best Landlords* KHP 476-2154 ‘ AVAILABLE N O W * Houses and M ultifam lly 3 0 0 Franklin 1/1 g / w pd $ 5 5 0 1718 Palma PI. 1/1 hdwds $ 7 7 5 - 1508 Enfield cool studio $47 5 1508 Enfield huge 1 / 1 . 3 / 4 $ 9 0 0 7 0 8 So. 1st, Barton Sp. 2 / 1 .5 $ 8 5 0 5 0 8 E 38th 2 /1 hardwds $9 9 5 6 0 2 Hammock 3 / 2 den, hdwds $ 1 4 0 0 3 8 0 3 Bailey 3 / 2 Seton, hdwd. $ 1 4 0 0 MULY AND AUGUST AVAILABILITY* 1 01 0 W . 22 n d 3 /1 hdwds $ 1 8 0 0 2 8 4 6 San G abriel 1/1 hdwds $ 7 5 0 3 0 0 Franklin 1/1 g / w pd. $ 5 5 0 2 0 1 2 Enfield 2 / 7 remodeled $1200 3 6 1 5 Bridle 2 /1 Tarrytown $ 1 3 5 0 W W W . E YESOFTEXASPROPE RTIES. C O M Eyes of Texas Properties 477-1163 AVAILABLE N O W I 1 to 2 bedrooms $ 5 7 5 -$ 8 2 5 . For 24 hours inform a­ tion email 477-llVE hom e. austin. rr.c o m /th e /477 l¡ ve call or 5 MINUTES from UT, near HEB/Fiesta, 4 /1 available July or August; quiet neighborhood; Dig fenced backyard w / pecan trees; huge m ognolia tree in front yard; new dryer; washer; energy-efficient C A /C H ; new carpeting & kitchen & bath floor; marble terrazo & antique pine floors; cats okay, other pets neg. $ 1 7 5 0 . 5 7 6 -0 3 5 3 . 4, 5, 6 Bedroom Houses. All have easy access to Cameron Rd. shuttle. All recently updated. Rents start at $325/bedrm. June/Aug availability. Metro Realty 4 7 9 -1 3 0 0 * 2 5 0 3 NUECES ST. 5800sq.ft. house for long-term lease. Currently a fra­ ternity house. C all 272-7671 or 3 2 8 -0 5 1 3 . TO W N H O U S E 2 / 2 , two-story, hard­ woods, W / D connection, garage, A /C . 4 0 5 1 /2 E.32nd. M id-Au­ gust. $ 1 4 9 5 . 4 7 6 -8 0 7 6 . m R O O M AVAILABLE in North Austin, $ 3 6 0 / month plus utilities. * Call 990 - 1455. ROOMMATE NEEDED for 3 bed- room house in N.Austin. $ 5 0 0 . All bills paid. Must be relaxed and love animals. Call 9 9 0 -3 3 1 4 SHORT W ALK UT- quiet, nonsmok­ ing, large windows, hardwoods. Private bod room, share bath. From (+ $ 1 0 0 meals, bills). $ 3 4 5 Fail 4 7 4 -2 6 1 8 . www.602elmwood.com BLOCK TO UT- Quiet friendly non- smokers to share GORGEOUS 3-2 duplex. W /D , parking, hardwoods. 4 7 4 -2 0 1 4 . Fall 1-yrr $ 5 4 5 -6 9 5 . www.aDbey-house.com/nueces. 4 BLOCKS to UT-Nicel Large pri­ vate room, bath, walk-in closet, Qui­ et, nonsmoking, upstairs, W /D , big shared kitchen, C A /C H , ly r $ 4 9 5 . ABP 4 7 4 -2 4 0 8 www.abbeyhouse.com Fall .STATE. .ZIP: included. 1-BR C O N D O , W / D Small pets O .K . N orth ccmpus. A va ila ble August. 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Two local community c o l l e g e p r o f e s s o r s ( D a v i d ’ Duchovny and Orlando Jones) get wind of the events and begin to investigate. Soon, they discover that an alien presence exists now due to the crash. In Evolution, this predatory alien life form is actually a bit original. It grows from nothing and evolves at an accelerated rate. Using a text­ book definition, tKe alien force fol­ lows all conventional rules of sci­ ence and the theory of natural selec­ tion. The force encompasses all that surrounds it, destroying anything that might get in its way. And when all sci-fi villains in contemporary to be computers, industri­ alists or little green men, it's refresh­ ing to have something more "sci" and less "fi." similarities Director Ivan Reitman sets the stage for a story that does have some* to his hit Ghostbusters, but only superficially. It is about a group of regular guys coming together to combat other­ worldly enemies, but the compar­ isons pretty much end there, includ­ ing comparisons of quality. While Ghostbusters was a modem classic, Evolution is simply a good time at the movies this summer. With that in mind, the comedy of Evolution is refreshing as one of the first wacky comedies in recent me mow that doesn't rely pn too many gross-out gags or bodily func­ tions. They're present, but not over­ done as they are in Tomcats, Freddy Got Fingered, Dude Where's My Car? and just about any other oddball comedy released in the last year. In fact, we don't get too many adult laughfests these days that aren't romantic comedies. So with that, Evolution will present more surpris­ es. Duchovny, as Dr. Ira Kane, deliv­ ers a solid and sometimes stiff per­ formance. He's the straight man in this off-the-wall effects comedy, and he manages to hold his ground well. The instant association of Duchovny with his famous alien-fighting Fox Mulder on The X-Files creates a lot of the film's tongue-in-cheek humor. But truly, his casting may be a bit distracting and keeps you remem­ bering that this isn't Mulder, this is a new character. to appease Providing almost all of the film's genuine laughs is Orlando Jones. This gifted comic actor has great timing and a likable sense of humor. Even when- the restless moments come in Evolution, Jones is usually there tiresome. Terribly wasted is Oscar nominee Julianne Moore, in a role too slight and contrived to be a real highlight of either the film or her career. She serves as two sources for the film: that of slapstick victim and leading love interest. Neither one is fleshed the out or convincing, which makes Moor% neither fleshed out or con­ vincing. When it was first conceived in Hollywood, Evolution began as an intense science fiction drama, and it slowly evolved into a wacky comedy. This identity crisis bleeds on every scene and that makes the overall atmosphere seem uneven and con­ fused. There's a great comedy hid­ ing within the film, and occasional­ ly it pops out and becomes clear, but sooner than later fades away again. It just may be an example of how you can't mix too many genres, too many science facts and too many sight gags. Or if you do, learn how to better adapt. The 7\ pern an’ cometh to the Off Center are acquainted with Jean 's obses­ sion with containm ent and con­ trol, obvious in the habitual refill­ ing of her and Sam 's drinking glasses, her sadly stated comment that "c o n tro l" her clients, and her need to have a container for everything. can 't she From our first view of the bedraggled Sam, we realize that his entire goal in life is to destroy boundaries, to invade and sub­ vert. He ashes his cigarette in his Coke can, he takes pictures off walls, he gives the ring — the symbol of his love for Jean — to his ex-junkie girlfriend for an abortion, but refuses to give it to her when she decides to have the child. It's details like these that make the emotional undercurrent clear and compelling. W hen Jean breaks down, we may have difficulty believing she, as a human being, would let Sam push her so far, but we know exactly what is at stake philosoph­ ically. The play has prepared us enough to see that the ending is a m eaningful the w retchedness and hypocrisy of nihilism . com m ent on kIRv Lots of students, AI \L\ parents, faculty/staff, (yO&S) X * and alumni read The Daily Texan online. - *’■ We must be doing , _ something right, v< ^ K , l \ huh? 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