xi osbd 13 ad T T O A lS ü d ¿395 ^IHSHfflldKOlW iS3tíHlf)0S >a i l y T e x a n Vol. 98 No. 63 2 Sections 250 The student newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin Tuesday, December 1,1998 I N S I D E Bill may lower DWI level to .08 Ed Mahon Daily Texan Staff In an attempt to bring home mil­ lio n s in fe d era l h ig h w a y fu n d s, S ta te S c o tt R e p re s e n ta tiv e H o ch b erg , D -H o u sto n , h a s p ro ­ posed a bill that would reduce the current blood alcohol content for a DWI charge. A u thored by H ochberg, H ouse Bill 210 would lower the maximum le g a l lim it from .10 to .08 blood alcohol content. "T h is bill is about savin g lives and protecting private property," H o ch berg said , n o tin g th at a .08 B A C w o u ld be e q u a l to h a v in g around four margaritas for an aver­ age person. the T exa s But Glen Garey, general counsel fo r R e sta u ra n t Association, said H ochberg's tally of how m any drinks constitutes a .08 BAC is skewed. Garey said a .08 BAC is m ore likely to occur after only two glasses of wine. If th e b ill p a sses, T exas cou ld receive a portion of $65 million in federal highway funds. P resid en t Bill C lin ton signed a bill this summer that would allocate $500 million over six years to states that reduce their DW I limit from a .1 to a .08 BAC. Currently, 16 states have done so. H ochberg said he presented the same bill last year, but it w as held up in the Texas Senate after gaining approval in the House. He blamed the Texas R estau ran t A ssociation and other lobbying groups for caus­ ing the bill to fail. "They thought selling a few more d rin k s w as m ore im p o rtan t than keeping the streets safe," Hochberg said. But Garey said his organization A LC O H O L / P a g e 2 'A Bug's Life' shines The team of animators that creat­ ed A Bug's Life know how to wow audience members with not only an entertaining storyline, but also with s tu n n in g c o m p u te r-g e n e ra te d graphics. Full story in Entertainment, page 16 Reno postpones decision on counsel A tto rn e y G e n e ra l Ja n e t R en o postponed a decision M onday on w h eth er an in d ep en d ent counsel sh o u ld in v e stig a te a fo rm er top W hite H ouse aide, H arold Ickes, who is accused of lying about aid fo r a u n io n th a t c o n trib u te d to Democrats. Full story in World & Nation, page 3 UT prof named Texan of the Year Max Sherman, professor and for­ m er d ean o f th e LBJ S c h o o l of Public Affairs, was named Texan of the Year for his contributions to the field of public affairs as a teacher and former legislator. Full story in University, page 5 Simply the Best The San Francisco 49ers beat the N ew Y o rk G ia n ts 3 1 -7 M o n d ay night for their 15th straight regular- season home win. Full story in Sports, page 9 T h e Irish T r a d itio n a l M u sic Organization meets today at 8 p.m. in the Texas Union Lone Star Room. Beginners welcome. 0 , 1 * "T h e person w ith the gun was looking for a student volunteer — a college student — w ho he thinks may have been m essing w ith his wife." — D allas Independent School District spokeswoman Loretta Simon on the gun-wielding man who chased a male volunteer through an elemen­ tary school's hallways Monday. ■ r a r ^ Y T P T 'd T ii' I f # ! ' >• m Jr. jJLa jLA J-X Jb . A, J L k mm T o b y M o rris to o k th e P ag e 1 photo of Longhorn field goal kicker Chris Stockton. Kirk W agner took the Page 7 photo of Stockton. Dick Lawler took the basketball photo on Page 8. ■ H Z O Q ' I I M W ^ Turning and turn- ing in the w idening gyre/The falcon can- not h ear the falcon­ er/Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold/Mere anarchy is loosed upon the w o rld /T h e blood-dim m ed tide is loosed, and everywhere/The ceremony of innocence is drowned/The best lack all conviction, while the worst/ Are full of passionate intensity. High - 77 Low - 55 Around C am pu s............................. 5 Classifieds........................................ 12 Com ics..................................... 14 Editorials........................ 4 Entertainm ent............. * ........... :....16 Focus................................................ 8 Sports............................................... 9 7 State & L o c a l................ University.......................................... 6 W orld & N ation............................. 3 Patrick Rhode enjoys a beer after work while visiting friends at The Gingerman. Leslie Mazoch/DAILY TEXAN STAFF representatives CSC covets downtown V ■■'«¿¡¡¡far - * V vv ^ , may Lice probation Brian Gaar Daily Texan Staff Laura Offenbacher Daily Texan Staff A fter skipping m ore than the a llo tte d n u m b er o f S tu d e n t Government meetings and office hours this semester, five SG rep­ resentatives will likely face pro­ bation. SG Internal Affairs will decide Tuesday whether to put the rep­ resentatives on probation — the eq u iv alen t of a w arn in g — for not fulfilling their duties. Ellen Engstrom, SG secretary, said she e x p e cts th a t In tern a l A ffairs will give the five m em ­ bers probation. E le se M o ra n , SG e x e c u tiv e d ire c to r, sa id sk ip p in g o ffic e hours has been a problem for sev­ eral SG representatives this year. Attendance at office hours within their individual colleges or at the W est Mall is required for all SG representatives. R ep re sen ta tiv es are allow ed four absences from their manda­ tory SG duties, including office hours and meetings. M em b e rs w ho h a v e tw o a b s e n c e s m u st a p p e a r b e fo re Internal Affairs — which is made up of all SG agencies and com ­ mittees — where they are usually given probation, Moran said. W h en m em b ers a ccu m u la te four absences they are typically asked to resign, she added. Attendance has been a problem for previous SG adm inistrations as well. • In both of the past two years there has been public criticism of a number of delinquent SG mem­ bers who were skipping meetings and office hours. B u t SG P re s id e n t A n n ie Holand said she has been satis­ fie d w ith a tte n d a n c e at o ffice hours and meetings this year. "I think- that when you look at any of the ad m in istration s and any of the assem blies, you see that you've got some people who are very active and certainly you have some people who don't do anything," Holand said. She added that the SG is con­ sidering moving from a system of biw eekly m eetings to a w eekly schedule — possibly more infor­ mal — to encourage better partic­ ipation. B u t a tte n d a n c e at m e etin g s isn't an accurate gauge of a repre­ s e n ta tiv e 's co m m itm en t to his elected post, Holand said. ATTENDANCE/Page 2 A m a jo r so ftw a re co rp o ra tio n could soon be moving to the down­ to w n a re a , if th e A u stin C ity Council decides Thursday to autho­ rize leasing three city blocks to the company. T h e S c ie n ce C o m p u te r C orporation (CSC) is planning on constructing a regional headquar­ ters in Austin and, according to the proposal, would build two 175,000 square foot, six-story office build­ ings on two city blocks. The first floors of the proposed buildings — both on W est 2nd St., w ith one block lying betw een San Antonio and Guadalupe St. and the other between Lavaca and Colorado streets — would be designated as retail space. The company would also build a 350,000 sq. ft., six-story office build­ ing on a third block, on W est 3rd S tre e t, b e tw e e n G u a d a lu p e and Lavaca Street. The proposal estimated the value of the three blocks to be $11.9 mil­ lio n , and th at the city w ill earn approximately $2.3 million per year in annual property and sales taxes from the new businesses. M ayor Kirk W atson said the city is encouraging the downtown move because it will provide "extraordi­ nary opportunity" for the city and its residents. Garule manhunt enters Day 5 Associated Press H U N TSV IL L E — In v estig a to rs found a hacksaw blade they believe was used by convicted killer Martin G u ru le to b eg in his esca p e from d eath row fou r days ago, p rison officials said Monday. G u ru le , 29, re m a in s at la rg e d esp ite the efforts of 500 officers and 70 tra ck in g d ogs w ho c r is s ­ cr o s s e d h e a v ily w o o d e d and swampy areas around the Ellis Unit o f th e T e x a s D e p a rtm e n t of Criminal Justice, home of the state's death row. "W e 'r e g o in g to go on the assumption he's still here until we find evid ence h e's n o t," said Set. Tommy Freeman, who manages the dog teams at the prison. " I t 's v ery f r u s tr a tin g ," G ary Johnson, director of the prison sys­ tem , said late M onday aftern oon after another full day of searching. "B u t w e c a n 't q u it ju s t b e c a u se we're frustrated. We just have to be patient and press on." Johnson repeated his belief that •f , # V-Ttei a 1 ASSOCIATED PRESS Thomas Read, an assistant with the EUSs dog unit roturas with a group of tracking dogs after searching for Martin Gurule near Huntsville. G urule rem ained w ithin a 7-m ile perim eter to the south and east of the prison. " If I knew he w as not here, we would pifll out," he said. "B ut we have no plans now of pulling out. As lon g as th e re 's a ch an ce h e 's here, w e'll be here. W e're commit- GURULE/Page 2 K. Jessie Slayton/DAILY TEXAN STAFF Mayor Kirk Watson explains to the City Council building and purchasing plans for the downtown area. CSC/Page 2 Census ruling could affect aid, election districts Associated Press W A SH IN G T O N — W ith m o n ey and v o te s a cro ss th e n a tio n at s ta k e , th e C lin to n a d m in is tra tio n th e Su p rem e C o u rt on M on day to reject a Republican challenge and le t it a d ju st th e 2 0 0 0 c e n su s results to make up for an expect­ ed undercount of minorities. a sk e d No census finds everyone, but the government's plan "will best achieve the Constitution's goal of determ ining the num ber of per­ so n s in each s t a te ," S o lic ito r G eneral Seth W axm an told the co u rt. "It is in effect a qu ality B u t check" on the initial head count to be conducted April 1, 2000. la w y e rs the R e p u b lic a n -le d H o u se an d a group of private citizens insisted th e p ro p o sa l v io la te s the Constitution and federal law. for "A 100 percent head count is the only p e rm issib le m eans of a p p o rtio n in g the p o p u la tio n , said M ichael A. C arvin , rep re­ senting private citizens from six states. So far, two low er courts have ruled the government's plan unlawful. A d ju stin g the ce n su s lik e ly 7 RUUNGS/Page 2 LATIN AMERICAN BRIEFS foreshadow a major eruption. 6 Brazilians killed in ritualistic fashion ■ SAO PAULO, Brazil — Religious fanatics slaughtered three adults and three children they believed w ere possessed by the devil in a rem ote Am azon region in north­ western Brazil, according to a sur­ vivor's account to police. The ritual killings occurred Nov. 14 in an isolated rubber tree planta­ tion on the margins of the Tauari River, 1,860 miles northwest of Sao Paulo. Police only confirmed the killings on Monday after listening to an eye­ witness account by a survivor, who sw am and w alked m ore than 60 m iles to the nearest tow n in the northwestern state of Acre. Francisco Oliveira de Franca was badly beaten w ith w ooden sticks b u t m anaged to escape after pre­ tending to be dead, said Silvano Alves Rabelo, the deputy secretary of Acre's security bureau. P reacher Francisco Bezerra de Moráis claimed "the victims had to be purified because they had been possessed by the devil," Rabelo said. The preacher and five others sus­ pected in the killing w ere being held and could face up to 30 years in prison, Rabelo said. SANTO Dominican arrested for reporter's murder ■ DO M ING O , D om in ican R epu b lic — U.S. au th o rities have arrested a m an wanted in the 1975 death of a jour­ nalist, which occurred during the tenure of former President Joaquin Balaguer. The arrest of form er air force officer Mariano Duran Cabrera in New York was confirmed Monday by Dominican authorities. Duran, who owns a liquor store in the Bronx, is charged with firing the sh o t th a t k ille d O rla n d o Martinez. He was arrested Saturday night on a federal extradition warrant. D u ra n jo in ed the a ir force in 1966 and was a member of its spe­ cial services squad. He left the mili­ tary in 1983 and immigrated to the United States. Martinez was the director of the m agazine Ahora and a w riter for the El Nacional newspaper. He w as critical of B alag u e r's rule, which was marked by rigged elections, hum an rights abuses and political killings. — Compiled from A ssociated Press reports Garule: First death row inmate to escape in 64 years Volcano spews debris onto small Mexican towns ■ MEXICO CITY — Glowing rocks spewed from Mexico's Popocatepetl Volcano Monday morning, shower­ ing n eig h b o rin g tow ns afte r an eruption that blew a plume of ash over 2 1 /2 miles into the air. The volcano, located only 50 miles southeast of Mexico City, has been blasting steam and ash into the air several times a day during the past week. The M exico C ity g o v ern m en t reportedly is setting up more than 100 shelters, capable of housing 53,000 people if evacuations are ordered. Joel Delgadillo, head of civil pro­ tection in Tetela del Volcan, warned that the volcano's activity could Market Brief Monday, November 30, 1998 DOW (Industrials) SAP 500 could have an effect on the inmate if he is hiding. "The average individual doesn't want to be chased by dogs," he said. "It has a psychological effect." While authorities believed Gurule w as n ea rb y , they h a v e n o t d is ­ missed the possibility that he was picked up in a car. The blade, a common tool used in the prison shops, w as found atop the p riso n b u ild in g th e in m ates climbed Thursday night. G urule w as sentenced to death for the Oct. 12, 1992, shooting of Minas "Mike" Piperis during a rob­ bery at Piperis' U&I Restaurant in C orpus C hristi. G u ru le also w as c h a rg e d w ith k illin g re s ta u ra n t w orker A nthony Staton, b u t that case never went to trial. Authorities said other investiga­ tions in addition to the search effort were under way, but refused to dis­ cuss them. ' 4 6 The future of downtown is in every­ one’s best interest.” — Kirk Watson, Austin mayor work of the plan — not the final deal. Mayor Pro Tem Jackie Goodman said the plan is a good step towards revitalizing the downtown district, while discouraging businesses from b u ild in g in p ro te c te d d rin k in g water zones. "The future of dow ntow n is in everyone's best interest," Goodman said. "It is time for us to do some­ thing with the assets that we have and, in doing so, h elp the entire community." R ep resen tativ es from the CSC declined to comment on the propos­ al. The proposal also calls for demol­ ishing the existing Municipal Annex building — where the council meets — an d b u ild in g a new city hall, p u b lic p laza and tw o flo o rs of underground parking. C o u n cilm e m b er W illie L ew is called for all residents to educate themselves on the proposal in order to provide informed criticism to the council. "I would hope that all the citizens of A ustin get involved in this so that one particular group doesn't feel they were omittéd," Lewis said. Golden Triangle Residents Fullfill y o u r Speech a n d E nglish requirem ents in o nly 13 days! A tten d the L am ar U niversity-O range Winter Mini-Session December 16-January 12; X-mas week off ENGL 1301 & 1302 (UT's E 306 & 307/308) SPCH 1315 (SPE 305) Also Nutrition, Child Psych, Soc. Gerontoloty F or inform ation call K aren P riest at 1-800-884-7750 x3358 Continued from page 1 ted for the long haul." F reem an an d h is d o g team s, aided by hundreds of officers and at least tw o helicopters, have been searching since late Thanksgiving night, shortly after Gurule and six other condemned killers tried to flee the prison about 85 miles northeast of Houston. Officials said the seven used the hack saw blad e to cu t th ro u g h a recreation yard fence. They then clim bed to the roof of the prison an d w a ited for m ore th a n th ree hours. After sliding to the ground, they dashed across a grassy perime­ ter toward two tall chain-linx fences topped with razor wire. W hen G u ru le h it th e second fence, a motion detector was set off an d to w er g u a rd s m ad e o u t the m oving bodies in heavy fog and began shooting. A uthorities believe no one was hit. 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Send orders and address changes to Texas Student Publications, P.O Box D. Austin, TX 78713- 8904 or to TS P Building C3.200. or call 471 -50 83 P O S TM A S TE R Send address changes to The Daily Texan, P O Box D, Austin, TX 78713. 12/1/98 Texan Ad Deadlines Monday Wednesday, 4 p.m. Tuesday ... -....Thursday, 4 p.m. Friday, 4 p.m. Wednesday Thursday Friday Monday, 4 p.m. Tuesday, 4 p.m. 11 Ml Cl—«na Word Ad* _____ ( l* « Bu*m*** Day Prior to PuMcoMon) o n d fence and d a s h in to the foggy night. H e h a s not been seen since, m aking G urule the first inm ate to escape from the Texas death row in 64 years. Freem an said his dogs tracked Gurule's scent to a highway about a q u a rte r-m ile e a st of th e p riso n , where it abruptly stopped. Garule sp o k esm an "U n lik e a lot of peo p le think, there are a lot of situations where we can have a problem [tracking]," Freeman said. P riso n L arry Fitzgerald said it was possible the inm ate had stepped into a pile of cow m anure, w hich w ould throw off the d o g s' ab ility to track his scent. Freeman noted, however, that the constant yelping of th e dogs CSC Continued from page 1 "Finally, this community can ben­ efit from ow ning four an d a half acres of prime real estate," Watson said. W atson said providing a dow n­ tow n base for technology com pa­ nies will help sp u r the economy, w hile breaking up the traditional downtown mix of law, government and banking offices. But if the plan is approved, the existing businesses and organiza­ tions on the city blocks in question would be demolished and relocat­ ed. Those businesses affected would in c lu d e L ib erty L unch, the H o m eless R esource C en ter, the C hildren's M useum , and the day labor site. The costs for dem olishing and providing sites for the CSC add up to $1.6 million, according to the res­ olution. The p ro p o sa l d ire c ts th e city manager to "use his best efforts to locate suitable alternative facilities" for the affected organizations. Watson stressed that this week's council vote will be on the frame- desert books is looking for a few exceptional booksellers apply in person - no phone queries 1904 Guadalupe S t beneath Bank One www.desertbdbks.com Reason N-l to sign up for The Danny Hayes • P r i n c e t o n Review G M A T • G RE LSAT • M C A T There are few Iiarantees in life. If e have one of them. u're not happy with your score, w ell wane with you until you are satisfied. Period. C all to sign up fo r a f r e e p ra c tic e te s t! THE PRINCETON REVIEW 5Í2.474.TEST or visit us at www.review.com ItehroloitomSw^da^iÉñÉKilwUiÉtwETS. Rulings Continued from page 1 w ould help D em o crats b ecause minorities and city residents m ade up a large share of the estimated 4 million people missed by the 1990 census. The case could affect the shape of congressional, state and local elec­ tion districts nationwide, as well as the way that $180 billion in federal aid is handed out. The court is expected to aim for a decision by March to give the gov­ ernm ent time to plan for the 2000 count. Also Monday, the court: ■ Declined to hear an appeal from a California policeman ousted as a Boy Scouts leader because he is gay. The Boy Scouts' ban on homosexu­ als h a s b een ch a lle n g ed in California and other states, and El Cajon policeman Charles M erino's case w as th e first to reach th e nation's highest court. ■ D o d g e d a d is p u te over th e nuclear industry's most perplexing problem — how and where to store thousands of tons of highly radioac­ tive waste permanently and safely. The Energy Department is studying the feasibility of building a fuel bur- ial site at Yucca M o u n tain in Nevada. In the c e n su s C onstitution req u ires an "actual e n u m e ra tio n " to d iv id e the 435 m em b ers of the H o u se of Representatives among the states, based on population. But the jus­ tices appeared divided over w hat those words allow. case, th e "M ost people w ould think that actual enumeration means a count," said Justice Sandra Day O'Connor in challenging Waxman's argument for allowing a statistical adjustment. Justice Antonin Scalia seemed to agree, saying that if actual enumer­ ation allows census numbers to be estim ated , " w h a t is excluded — rolling the dice?" But justices John P aul Stevens and Stephen G. Breyer questioned H ouse la w y e r M au reen E. Mahoney's contention that census- takers cannot estim ate how m any people are in an apartm ent build­ ing, if n o b o d y responds. for exam ple, Attendance Continued from page 1 "You've certainly got some reps who have been at every m eeting and d o n 't even know the name of the dean of their college," she said. "T here's a difference from being there and being an active partici­ pant." At the Nov. 17 general meeting, there were four unexcused absences o u t of the 40 elected re p re se n ta ­ tives. In addition to the representatives, seven e x e cu tiv e officers and 21 com m ittee and agency heads are re q u ired to a tte n d the biw eekly general meetings. M eredith W hite, co-director of the SG legislative relations agency, Alcohol Continued from page 1 o p p o se d the b ill because it w as aimed at "social drinkers." He said targeting people who have a BAC b etw e en .08 a n d a .1 w o u ld not effectively address the state's prob­ lem with alcohol-related traffic acci­ dents. "Look at an y c h a rts of w h ere accidents occur," Garey said. "They don't start until way above .1." Garey said the Texas Restaurant Association does not plan to block the bill this year. "We can't win — the bill is tied to highway funding," Garey said. "It's n o t a b o u t su b stan ce , it's a b o u t money." Mothers Against Drunk Driving is starting a grassroots campaign to support the m easure. John Posey, vice-president of the Heart of Texas CíUM P STABT TOUR PROFESSIONAL CAREER^ JOIN TOP 5% INCOMES New SAP training comes to you in Austin. Hottest ERP package $60,000 your first year Classes begin early December. Call to enroll. VISU CONSULTANTS LTD. 502-9990 8500 N. Mopac Suite 601 78759 M Nationwide^TtraJmnjg^^^^^^^ Thousands of Second- Hand Scholarly Books Dobie Mall 21* & Guadalupe 499-8707 Mon-Thurs 10-8 • Fri Sat 10-10 --Sun 12:30-8 Book Manker "C an th ey p u t d o w n zero?" S tevens ask e d . Yes, M ahoney responded. "Even if the lights go on and off in the evening?" added Breyer. Lower courts have ruled that the federal census law bars the use of statistica l m eth o d s to ad ju st the census. But Scalia questioned why courts w e re in v o lv e d in the d is p u te between the Clinton administration and the House. "I don't like inject­ ing us into a b attle betw een tw o branches" of government, he said. The census is conducted m ostly by mail, and ab o u t tw o-thirds of A m erican c itiz e n s re tu rn th e ir forms. Census w orkers then begin knocking on doors to find the rest, but that does not always work. The Clinton administration wants to find 90 p ercen t of A m ericans thro u g h those m ethods and esti­ m ate the rest. Then, it would con­ duct a separate survey of 750,000 people across the country to decide where people have been under or overcounted. Waxman argued that the govern­ m ent has estimated at least part of the population in each census since 1940, although he acknow jedged the new plan was "significantly dif­ ferent." C arvin said the go v ern ­ m ent's plan would not necessarily be more accurate. The lower courts barred adjust­ ment of the census figures only for deciding how m any House m em ­ bers each state gets. W axm an to ld th e ju stic es th e Census Bureau still could create a separate set of adjusted figures to be used for handing out federal aid and for draw ing election districts. Cities that tend to be undercounted, such as Los Angeles and New York, want that. But Carvin said that would still cost his clients federal money and political power. 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The court found she had “ shown good cause for the requested exten­ sion," but Reno's reasons were not made public. She asked the court to seal the docum ent explaining her need for m ore time, according to people familiar with the case. Reno m et d u rin g the d ay with aides who were divided on how she should handle the allegation that Ickes com m itted perjury before a Senate committee about the admin­ istration's efforts on behalf of the Team sters Union in a 1995 strike against Diamond Walnut Co. Aides w ere ad vocating each of three options: ordering a counsel investigation, rejecting that idea, or asking a special court for 60 more days to look into the question. The FBI, for instance, was recom­ mending, as it has for more than a year, that the case — indeed the entire campaign finance investiga­ tion — be h an d ed to an outsid e prosecutor, officials said. The Justice Department has spent 90 days in a preliminary inquiry on the Ickes matter and had to advise the sp ecial co u rt, w hich sele cts counsels, by Monday whether Reno wanted to order the eighth indepen­ dent counsel of her tenure to look into a top Clinton adm inistration figure. “ There should be an explanation for a re q u e st fo r 60 a d d itio n a l days," complained Senate Judiciary Committee member Arlen Specter, R-Pa., who said Reno “ delays and delay s and d elay s. ... L o n g ago, Attorney General Reno should have appointed independent counsel in a b ro ad w ay on cam p aig n finance issues." R ep u b licans h av e p ressed h er repeatedly to relinquish control of the campaign finance investigation, but for two years she has refused to take it from her campaign finance task force. That group of 120 prose­ cutors and agents has charged 14 people, including some prominent Democratic contributors. Ickes has denied any wrongdoing in the matter, which stems from one question he was asked during the third day of a private deposition he ga v e the S en ate G ov ern m en tal Affairs Committee on Sept. 22,1997. In 1995, Ickes met with Teamsters leaders about the Diamond Walnut strik e. An a d m in istra tio n m em o p rep ared fo r him n o ted th a t the union had giv en $2.4 m illio n for Democratic candidates in 1992 and su g g ested th a t the p arty sh o u ld consider helping the Team sters on key issues, like the strike, if it want­ ed to continue to receive that sup­ port. Ic k e s w as clo se ly in v o lv e d in managing President Clinton's 1996 re-election fund raising. T h e S e n a te p a n e l, w h ich w as in v e s tig a tin g ca m p a ig n fin a n c e p ra c tice s, a sk ed : “ W h at d id the a d m in istra tio n do re g a rd in g the Diamond W alnut strike?" Ickes responded: "N othing that I know of." T h ere w ere no follow -up qu es­ tions on the subject. According to a Teamsters memo obtained by the com m ittee, Ickes said he asked then-U.S. Trade Rep­ re se n ta tiv e M ick ey K a n to r if he would urge Diamond Walnut to set­ tle its dispute with the union. Ickes has acknow ledged asking Kantor to make a phone call. Kantor subsequently called the company's chief. He has said the call w as not motivated by fund raising and that the ad m inistration never acted to punish the com pany on b eh a lf of the Teamsters. Kantor said he mere­ ly asked the status of a possible set­ tlement and applied no pressure. A co m p an y ex ecu tiv e te stified there was no explicit threat but the call w as view ed at Diam ond W al­ nut as part of the Teamsters' effort. Ickes' law yers have argued that the Senate's question was am bigu­ ou s and th a t in q u irie s d o not amount to executive action — doing something — to end the strike. T he Ickes case is the second of three independent counsel decisions b efo re R eno in recen t d ays. Last week, she decided against ordering an investigation of V ice President A1 G ore, sayin g th ere was “ clear and convincing" evidence that Gore did n o t lie to ca m p a ig n fin a n ce investigators last year about how a D e m o c ra tic m ed ia fund w as financed. R en o m u st d e cid e by D ec. 7 w h e th e r a n o u tsid e p ro se cu to r sh ould exam in e w h eth er C linton and his aides illegally funded politi­ cal issue advertisements in 1996. Republican senators have threat­ ened action to fight R eno's relu c­ tance to seek independent counsels for the cam paign funding matters. Specter said Sunday that Congress should take Reno to court because “ she has abused her discretion." The Senate Judiciary Comm ittee chairman, Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, said that if Reno rejects a counsel for the Ickes case, he would do “everything in m y p o w er" to enact legislation rem ov in g th e a tto rn ey g e n e ra l's pow er to seek independent coun­ sels. Om ar Toyos, foreground, and A licia Romero, em ployees of the ministry of health, paint a mural to promote aw a ren ess of A ID S and H IV in Havana, Cuba M onday. Nations around the world will observe W orld A ID S D a y Tuesday. A SSO C IA T ED P R E S S Clinton touts e-trade Associated Press W A SH IN G T O N — P re sid e n t C lin to n , to u tin g ele c tro n ic co m ­ merce as an engine for global eco­ n o m ic g ro w th , said M o n d ay h is ad m in istra tio n is tak in g steps to promote buying and selling on the Internet. They include pushing for better consum er protection against cyber-fraud. "W e m u st g iv e co n su m ers the same protection in our virtual mall th e y n o w g e t at th e s h o p p in g m a ll," C lin to n said a t a W h ite H o u se c e re m o n y a tte n d e d by e x e c u tiv e s fro m m a jo r "e -c o m - m erce" com panies. T h e p r e s id e n t a ls o sa id h is ad m in istratio n w ould w ork w ith th.e F e d e r a l C o m m u n ic a tio n s C o m m is s io n an d U .S . tr a d in g partners to prom ote the d evelop­ m ent o f fa s te r In te rn e t c o n n e c ­ tions. "F o r m any people, co n n ec­ tions are so slow that shopping at the virtual m all is filled with fru s­ tration," he said. Clinton cited projections that this year more than 40 percent of Am eri­ cans w ith h o m e co m p u te rs w ill shop for holiday gifts online, com ­ pared with 10 percent during last year's holiday season. "If the virtual mall is to grow, we m ust h elp sm a ll b u sin e s se s and families gain access to the same ser­ vices at the sam e speed that big business enjoys," Clinton said. More needs to be done, he said, to build Í Í Self-regulation is the most practicable way to pro­ tect legitimate privacy concerns because it recognizes that in the real world, there can be no one single solution to govern every situation.” — Norman Willox Jr., president of the National Fraud Cent r confidence among consum ers that th e y can sh o p o n lin e w ith s a fe ­ guards against being cheated. "People should get what they pay for online; it should be easy to get re d re ss if th ey d o n 't," h e said , a d d in g th a t h is a d m in is tra tio n wants the online industry — not the governm ent — to provide the pro­ tections. In response to Clinton's remarks, the National Fraud Center, a private fra u d -p re v e n tio n co m p a n y , applauded the ad m in istration for steering away from im posing gov­ ernment anti-fraud regulations. "Self-regulation is the most prac­ ticable way to protect legitimate pri­ vacy concerns because it recognizes that in the real world, there ,can be no one sin g le so lu tio n to govern e v e ry s itu a tio n ," said N o rm an W illox Jr., president of the National Fraud Center. C linton also announced that the U .S. and A u stralian governm ents had agreed on a common approach to promoting electronic commen It includes supporting the indefinite e x te n sio n o f a M ay 1998 W o rld Trade Organization declaration not to im pose custom s duties on elec tronic transactions. At Clinton's White House event, Vice President A1 Gore said "e-com­ m erce" is a bo o n not ju st for t! w ealthiest countries.^H e cited the e x a m p le of a U g a n d a n w om ai Helen Mutono, who uses the Int< n et to sell U g an d an baskets and g iv es th e p ro c e e d s to child r* orphaned by AIDS. And he said a village near Chincehros, Peru had gain ed a five-fo ld in crease in its income by using an online partir ship w ith an international export com pany to ship its vegetables to buyers in New York. "In this emerging digital mark place nearly anyone with a go< idea and a little software can set up shop and then becom e the corner store for an en tire p la n e t," Gore said. Clinton urges Palestinian aid Associated Press W ASHINGTON — Presid en t C lin to n so u g h t to p u sh the M id e a st p eace e ffo rt fo rw a rd M o n d ay , m eetin g w ith Y a sse r A rafat and p led g in g to n early double U.S. aid to the Palestini­ ans. "N o peace stands a chance of lasting if it does not deliver real results to ordinary people," Clin­ ton said. • But while he spoke hopefully at an international donors confer­ ence of overcom in g "b u m p s in the road" in the peace process he has fostered , political tensions betw een A rafat and Israel w ere rising again. A rafat declared anew that he hoped to establish an indepen­ dent P alestin ian state. He also accused Israel of undermining the Palestinian economy with a "con­ tinued siege and frequent clo ­ su re" of the borders w ith Gaza and the West Bank. Despite U.S. appeals that Arafat tone dow n his statehood asser­ tions as premature before negoti­ atin g a final se ttle m e n t w ith Israel, the Palestinian leader wel­ com ed pledges of assistance as helpful to "realize our indepen­ dence." Midpoint in the one-day confer­ ence, nearly $2 billion had been pledged — including $480 million by the European Union, $200 mil­ lion by Jap an , $100 m illion by Saudi A ra b ia , $80 m illion by Kuwait, $50 million by the United Arab Emirates and $30 million by Canada. C lin to n , w ho is tra v e lin g to G aza in less th an tw o w eeks, said th e U n ited S ta te s w ou ld extend its program of $100 m il­ lion a year to assist Palestinian d evelop m en t and add an oth er $400 million. The new money would be used Secretary of State Madeline Albright right listens as Palestinian leader Yassir Arafat addresses the Mideast Peace and Development Conference in Washington Monday. A SSO C IA T ED PRESS for projects in G aza and on the W e st B a n k , such as in d u stria l zones and a P alestinian airp ort and seaport. The money must be approved by Congress. Appealing for generous contri­ b u tio n s from the m ore th an 40 other nations at the donors con­ ference, Clinton said, "There has been too little tangible im prove­ ment in the life of the Palestiniafi people." "W e must convince those who h a v e in v e ste d so m u ch in this process that it was a sound invest­ m ent," Clinton said. Arafat, following Clinton to the speaker's rostrum after the news media were directed to leave the S ta te D ep a rtm en t a u d ito riu m , said past pledges had enabled the P a le s tin ia n s "to a d v a n c e the peace process, develop the econo­ my and proceed forward to real­ ize our independence." B u t d e sp ite "y o u r g en ero u s financial assistance," Arafat told d e le g a te s from m o re th a n 40 nations, "m omentous constraints" h av e m ade the su fferin g o f the Palestinian people unbearable. "The Israeli closure policy is the primary and direct cause for the dangerous decline in the perfor­ mance of the Palestinian economy over the past five years," Arafat said. He referred in the sp eech — c o p ie s w ere d is tr ib u te d to r e p o r te r s — to the p o lic y o f Isra e l's cu rren t Likud g o v e rn ­ m ent and p rev io u s L abo r g ov ­ ernm ents of closing the borders to Gaza and the W est Bank to try to stifle te rro rists. The actio n s also have the effect of severely lim iting access to jobs in Israel for tens of thousands of Palestin­ ian workers. The Is ra e li a m b a s sa d o r to Washington, Zalman Shoval, said the borders had been closed only two days in the past 20 months.. But Egyptian Foreign M inister Amre Mousa, in a speech, backed Arafat. He said "there is no ques­ tion that the persistent policies of im p o sin g clo s u re on th e W est Bank and Gaza territories had a damaging effect." London hospital OKs Pinochet for release Associated Press LONDON — The London hospi­ tal where Gen. Augusto Pinochet is being held under police guard said M onday th a t the form er C hilean d icta to r no lo n g er need s sp ecia l m edical care and should quickly find another place to stay. The statement by the Grovelands Priory appeared to be a new blow to any h o p es th e 8 3 -y e a r-o ld Pinochet had of fighting extradition to Spain on grounds he is unfit for trial. The private psychiatric hospital, sounding openly im patient, noted at a N ov. 17 b a il h e a rin g th at law y ers had said P in o ch e t, who underwent back surgery Oct. 9, was fit enough to appear in court. He is now due to appear Dec. 11. "It is now the resp o n sibility of G en. P in o ch e t's a d v isers to find a ltern a tiv e a cco m m o d atio n ," the hospital statement said. "The man­ agement of Grovelands Priory has re m in d e d h is a d v ise rs o f th is responsibility and it is hoped that Gen. Pinochet will find alternative accom m odation as soon as possi­ ble." Pinochet was arrested Oct. 16, in h is h o s p ita l b e d , on a w a rra n t is su e d by a S p a n ish m a g is tra te and has not been seen in public. T h e fo rm er d ic ta to r u n d e rw e n t su rg ery in the L o n d o n C lin ic, a p riv a te h o sp ita l in L o n d o n . On O ct. 29, he was moved to G rove­ lands Priory, some five m iles from central London. There w as no immediate word on w h ere P in o ch et m ight go. N ew s reports have said he is planning a m ove to a nine-bedroom hom e on th e p riv a te W en tw orth e sta te in Surrey, southwest of London. C h ile a n F o reig n M in iste r Jo se Miguel lnsulza flew to M adrid on Monday after four days of trying to persuad e B ritain not to extradite Pinochet to Spain to face charges ot m urder, g enocide and torture !yv secre t p o lice d u rin g h is 1 9 7 " - J¡ rule. lnsulza maintained Pinochet ma_\ be tried in Chile if he is allowed t go home. In M adrid, the C hilean foreig m inister said he didn't have am e x p e c ta tio n s " from h is tw o-d \ v isit to Sp ain other than to gain information. . - However, lnsulza told report. t "The political climate in Spam is ; favorable to Sen. Pinochet, and that c a r rie s w e ig h t ju d it lal process even beyond the will of tl judges to be impartial." in th e Neither endorsing nor condemn ing S p a in 's e x tra d itio n re q u e st State Department spokesman Ian P. Rubin said Monday the intern tio n a l co m m u n ity sh o u ld m e " s ig n ific a n t r e s p e c t" to C h ile s efforts to deal with the legacy ? Pinochet's regime. T h e C lin to n a d m in istra tio n is divided between those who suppoi t the extrad itio n request and those who argue th at it cou ld threaten C hile's fragile democracy. There also concern it would set a p re ce­ dent that could make U.S leadt is targets of extrad itio n requests n foreign countries. A London newspaper, The M m quoted Pinochet's nephew as say ing that his uncle would rather di< than stand trial in Spain. "H e would rather kill himself or be killed by his guards than face the humiliation and indignity of bemg sent to face trial in Spam," n e p h e w Rafael Pinochet Savedra was quot­ ed as saying. The general's wife, Lucia, told the ta b lo id that P in o ch et was 'very w ea k , and d e p re s se d about his position." NEWS BRIEFS LA. police shootout leaves three dead ■ LOS ANGELES — A drive-by shooting follow ed by a p air of gun battles, a carjacking and car ch ases left three people dead, including a policeman. The trail of violence ended at Los Angeles In te rn a tio n a l A irp o rt, w h ere scared holiday travelers ducked for cover amid gunfire. The spree started Sunday night w hen Officer Brian Brow n and p a rtn er F ra n cisco D om ingu ez saw a drive-by shooting in Cul­ ver City that killed one person. T h e o fficers ch ased the two gu n m en a sh o rt d ista n ce to a street outside a mall, where the m en p e p p e re d the sq u ad ca r w ith assault weapon fire, police said Monday. Brow n, who didn't have time to get out of the car or draw his weapon, was struck in the head and died at the U CLA Medical Center. Dominguez and two other offi­ cers shot and killed one of the men. The seco n d m an co m m a n ­ deered a taxi at a nearby conve­ nience store, shoved the driver out of the car and led police on a five-m ile chase to the a irp o rt, where he rammed several parked cars. He bolted from the w recked cab and ra n ab o u t 2 0 0 y a rd s before he w as struck dow n by at le a st fo u r b u lle ts fire d by p o lic e , P o lice C h ief B e rn a rd Parks said. Monet stolen by Nazis surfaces at museum ■ BOSTON — A Claude Monet p a in tin g th a t w as a p p a re n tly stolen from a Jewish art dealer by N a z is d u rin g W o rld W a r II turned up at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, where it is on loan from France. M u seu m d ire cto r M alco lm R ogers on M onday h ailed the discovery as an opportunity for the descendants of Paul Rosen­ b erg to establish their rightful ownership of the piece, "W ater Lilies, 1904." "E v e r y p ain tin g has a life story, and part of the story of this M onet is an extrem ely painful one," Rogers said. "However, its la te s t ch a p te rs m ay be tr i­ um phant." On Monday, Elisabeth Rosen­ berg Clark — Paul Rosenberg's granddaughter — said the family intend s to pursue a claim with the French government, but has no plans to rem ove the M onet fro m its te m p o ra ry h om e in Boston. " I t 's n ot in the sp irit of the family. It's not the type of thing th at we d o ," she said from her home in Connecticut. The Art Loss Register in Lon­ don recently identified the work as part of a collection put togeth­ er for N a z i F o re ig n M in ister Joach im von Ribbentrop, w ho w as eventually hanged for w ar crimes. The discovery opens the door for Rosenberg's heirs to reclaim p art of th eir birthright. It also embarrassed the French govern­ m ent on the eve of a 45-nation conference focussing on unrecov­ ered Holocaust-era assets. "They really made no effort in 50 years to find the owners and I was able to find the owners very e a sily , in a few h o u rs so m e ­ tim e s," said H ecto r Felician o, au th or of The Lost M useum , a book about artwork looted by the Nazis. He has been involved with the Rosenberg family and its effort to locate 400 pieces of art lost by Paul R osenberg, w hen he fled France as the Nazis invaded in 1941. Rosenberg escaped to the United States, where he died in 1987. T he F ren ch go vern m en t has a ck n o w le d g e d m ak in g little effort to find the rightful owners of Nazi-plundered art that ended up in government hands after the w a r. C alls w en t u n a n sw e re d Monday afternoon at French gov­ ernm ent offices in W ashington and Paris. The M onet on d isp la y in B oston is one of 1,9 5 5 w ork s, now in the French government's h an d s, b eliev ed to h a v e been stolen by or sold under duress to the N azis. It's on loan to the museum as part of the "Monet in the 20th Century Exhibit." Its current label identifies the piece as recovered after W orld W ar II and placed in tru st with the French museum Caen in Nor­ mandy. - — C o m p iled from A s s o c ia t e d Press reports EDITORIALS The absurdity of outlawing sex Opinions expressed in The Daily Texan are those of the editor or writer of the article. They are not necessarily those of the University administration, the Board of Regents or the Texas Student Publications Board of Operating Trustees. While Republicans are busy show­ boating more liberal philosophy with "compassionate conservatism," at least one Democrat is listening to the Right through the joys of legislating morality. State Rep. John Longoria, D-San Antonio, will propose a bill that would make it a crime for Texans under 18 to have sex. Not to be con­ fused with Texas' antiquated statuto­ ry rape law (which calls for the arrests of adults after instances of consensual sex) this proposal would label both teens "rapists." Longoria claims the bill would help parents deal with wayward youths, yet the only victims this bill would protect are the puri- tanistic types shocked that kids have sex and get away with it. Not only is Longoria's proposal moralistic, it is illogical, and if poorly- worded, could wreck havoc on law- abiding citizens. It's possible for Tex­ ans to be married before the age of 18, so would it be illegal for married teen­ agers to have sex? What about the fondling issue? Longoria's plan would make certain types of genital manipulation grounds legal action. As Longoria put it, "Absolute­ ly, kissing is allowed — but it depends for Rhys Southan COLUMNIST on where you're kissing." Hopefully Longoria, in his wisdom, will do Tex­ ans the favor of graphically outlining which areas are off-limits in his bill. But even if the bill makes exceptions for married teens, its intent is obvi­ ously to dictate that sex is only appro­ priate within the confines of marriage. Such a law would blatantly disregard the separation of church and state. In a half-hearted attempt to be mag­ nanimous, Longoria says young sex offenders wouldn't be sent to prison, presumably because they could get even more sex there. Instead, these misguided youths would be subjected to therapy in hopes of curing them of their humanity. Apparently the absti­ nence-based sex uneducation classes at most high schools (as late as 1997, health teachers at a certain school near Dallas referred to condoms as "the C- word") are not enough to teach kids that sex before adulthood is wrong and dangerous. However, leans more the Clockwork Orange this bill toward approach, where the government would clamp open the eyelids of offending teenagers, give them pain- inducing drugs and make them watch pornos until they are completely adverse to sexual activity. Kids should not be condemned for engaging their curiosity about sex by experiencing it directly or reading about it. In fact, if pornography should be available to any segment of society, it should be the children. It's normal for kids with raging hormones and little life experience to educate themselves by looking at nudie pic­ tures on the Internet, but that urge is less defendable by adulthood. Ever wonder why 18 has become the magic cut-off age for imposing unconstitutional laws such as cur­ fews, random drug tests and anti-sex ordinances? Because 18 also happens to be the voting age. There has always been at least one group in this country that the government has used as a scapegoat to work citizens into a para­ noid frenzy about public safety, and teen-agers are incredibly convenient to vilify because they have no say in how things are run. This time, it's teen pregnancies that need to be stopped. Once again, law­ makers latch onto trumped-up prob­ lems to justify their positions, and the solution usually is to take away free­ dom. Politicians know that by giving protection where it isn't needed, the government helps make its citizens defenseless. People learn by experiencing the consequences of their actions, not by watching as the government inter­ venes in their lives as a super hero. If the state steps in every time some­ body is about to make a mistake, we'll have a society without a clue about how to handle freedom. Politicians favor this because such ignorance cre­ ates a populace most likely to vote for either Democrats or Republicans. This bill will probably die a quick death, but it is a sign of things to come. In the not-too-distant future, we may have sex-ed classes that don't teach about birth control, but instead seek to prove that sex is a media con­ spiracy devised to get our money. Kids would be taught not that a stork brought them, or that babies come from parents having sex, but that the government made them. 9 • Southan freshman. is a Radio-Television-Film 4 T h e D a i l y T e x a n TUE80AY, DECBMBBI1 ,1 8 8 8 T h e Da il y T ex a n Editorial Board Editor Michael Mulcahy Associate Editors Sholnn Freeman Elizabeth Souder Spencer Prou Amy Strahan 1__ VIEWPOINT ! Boo ks The U niversity Co-O p isn't an "o fficial" part of the U ni­ versity, but it often feels like a governm ent-run entity w ith loads of bureaucracy and unnecessary high prices. H assles and expense w ith the Co-Op begin the first w eek a student attends the University, and continue right until the very end. Every student has wandered the aisles, trying to locate an obscure tom e, and every student has had to play the Co-Op gam e of returning every other day to ask if the shipm ent has com e in. W e've all been shocked by the total am ount the cash register show s, after w aiting in lines that rival those at the Mam Building each sem ester on the day fee bills are due. And the end-of-sem ester shock com es when the Co-Op offers a 25-cent buy-back for a $50 book w hose bind has never been cracked. The sem esterly cycle continues until graduation, and even then students cannot escape the pricey hassle. The Co-Op is the only place to get "official" graduation im plem ents. H ow ever, there is help out there. Students can step over the stress and m oney drain by trading textbooks and buy­ ing course packets online. For a one-tim e $10 fee, students can access course packets online at ww w .coursepackets.com . The only catch is that pro­ fessors m ust subm it their course schedules to the com pany in order for students to save m oney. The site includes infor­ mation for professors. A UT graduate student runs a textbook exchange site at ww zv.cs.utexas.edu/users/em ery/TEX books/TEX books.cgi. Stu ­ dents fill out a form to search for books to buy and subm it titles to sell. The catch is, a large num ber of students m ust use the service for it to becom e a m oney-saver. Most national textbook exchange sites do not include the University am ong the schools they service. Som e W eb sites act as m iddlem an, buying textbooks and selling them, rather than as services that connect students w ho w ant to sell books with nearby students who w ants to buy those specific books. Try www .etext.net, or www .yourbookconnec- tion.com, a site that considers textbook exchange a holy call­ ing. The Baxley Church launched the site as a m inistry to students, and can also put students in touch with churches in their ai1?as. For popular titles w w w .am azon.com is an easy way to shop for textbooks. Many publishing houses have web sites, and students may be able to order direct. Internet shopping is the hip way to shop for holiday gifts this year, but m any students have yet to em brace W eb ser­ vices for practical purposes. Until students refuse to trade with the C o-O p and other textbook stores and w ork togeth­ er through free and inexpensive services to swap books, we will continue to pay hundreds of dollars per sem ester for nothing but frustration. 11/24 FIRING LINE Gracious fans I was one of 80,000 fans who had the opportunity to witness a truly historic event this past Fri­ day Ricky Williams shattered one of college football's oldest records and the good guys ended up win­ ning what will surely go down as one of the most exciting games in the storied rivalry between Texas and A&M. What made the specta­ cle on Friday even greater, howev­ er, was the class exhibited by both groups of fans. Not only did the Ags join in giving Ricky a stand­ ing ovation once the record was broken, but members of the Corps of Cadets remained on the field and clapped once the game was over and the celebration had begun. By the same token, Texas fans joined the public address announcer in wishing A&M the best of luck against Kansas State. It was nice to see that even in vic­ tory, we could be gracious. Thus, I would like to thank the coaches and players of our football team for giving us such a memorable performance and salute our rivals from College Station for their much-appreciated behavior. In the end, it was a great day not only for the University of Texas, but the State of Texas as well. Rik Zafar Second-year law student Shirt-sighted The first damn sentence of Wednesday's article, "3 collared at Rally for selling illegal shirts" written last Tuesday by Rita Paul was grossly misleading. The arti­ cle stated that I was selling shirts displaying the UT logo, which is a lie. There wasn't one word or pic­ ture on my shirts that even came close to being an UT logo. My shirts simply said, "OU Sucks, A&M Swallows," and I'm finding it hard to believe that my school is being such a bitch about this. The law that covers this subject matter states something to the manner of "items that explicitly copy an offi­ cially trademarked UT logo, or an item that would be substantially identified as an official UT logo." I think the average person would "substantially" agree that my shirt didn't even come close to that cri­ terion. And it's not the fact that my shirts were considered illegal that infuriates me so. -It's the violating and intrusive manner in which the UT police department handled the situation. The whole market of "underground" T-shirts on cam­ pus is first of all an insignificant problem, and secondly a highly- demanded inspirational morale- booster for UT students. The fact is, the UT Co-Op will never con­ sider making these shirts, so it is simply their overpowering greed that is making this minuscule situ­ ation a situation so severe that I was threatened the loss of my diploma, my apartment, my truck, my money and my freedom. I fell victim to all this because of an ego-tripping, power-hungry UT police officer. I was subjected to what I consider a "Nazi-esque" interrogation. After two hours of verbal abuse, search and seizure of my personal belongings, and a threatening of basically every human right entitled to me, I was left contemplating whose interests the UTPD is protecting exactly. And finally, if I wasn't arrested, booked, or charged for anything, why in the hell is UTPD releasing my name for someone to write about me in The Daily Texan? One last note ... I would like to take a chance and thank the two officers that were actually polite to me; I really appreciate it! Rory Roemisch Management Information Systems senior Column comprehension To defeat an enemy, one must attempt to understand it. Racism is an enemy, if we are to defeat racism, we must study it on all sides; we must peel back the lay­ ers of our past conceptions of it and discover it anew in its contin­ ually evolving manifestations. I suspect Oates Rit- Though thichai's "Inter-ethnic column conflict needs attention," which raises the question of East Asian immigrant against African Americans, will seem irrelevant to some and and inflam­ matory to others, the information contained in the column aids in the comprehension of the overall problem of race relations in the United States. prejudice Brian Beard English/French senior Racist generalizations Mr. Ritthichai's guest column about East Asian prejudice towards blacks is the most recent example in The Daily Texan of the abuse of language in the "debate" over racism. How even a mildly intelligent reader could be expect­ ed to condemn the generalizations of Asian immigrants and simulta­ neously accept the generalizations of the author, I don't know. Are his experiences with East Asians more valid than the experience of East Asians with blacks? Which generalization should the herd believe? intolerable and In fact, most articles which appear in this newspaper follow the same pattern. We are expected to view the racism of one power group as the racism of another as justified. If anything, this should lead us to realize — and it's about time now — that this much-abused word has little meaning outside of the political struggle for resources. In other words: You're all a bunch of racists and you know it. Tom Ackerman Univérsity Interscholastic League Dissatisfied customer SG needs a change Isn't student involvement one of the goals of this University? Well if it is, someone needs to tell this to the dean of the business school. What I am referring to is the recent "IT Townhall meeting." The University has decided to devote itself to Microsoft and the business school has chosen to remove many of its non-Microsoft products from the computer labs in order to pledge its allegiance to Bill Gates. Out of "concern" for what the students feel about the situation, UT lecturer Larry Leibrock decided he would hear the thoughts of the students. I was impressed, since I have never heard of him actually listening to the students. But one problem remained: to avoid having to face the full force of opposition to the school's plan, Leibrock strategical­ ly scheduled the meeting for 4:30 p.m. on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving. Now I know classes were scheduled for Wednesday, and I do not want to advocate skipping, but honestly how many students were in town on Tuesday afternoon? The problem I see with all this is that it sends a clear message that the business school is not com­ pletely concerned wiih what its students desire. Being a business student myself, I have gone through marketing class where we learn the importance of keeping your "customers" satisfied. As a customer of this school, I am not 100 percent satisfied. What I really want to get across is that the busi­ ness school is not an institution without faults as its leaders strive for in their quest to achieve the highest possible rating nationally among other business schools. Don't get me wrong, the school does many wonderful things that I value in my education. This just seems to be a glaring fault. Jeremy Master Business/Management Information Systems junior An important piece of legisla­ tion, "A.B. 17: To make Assembly Meetings Weekly" is on agenda of tonight's Student Government meeting. A similar bill, A.B. 6, failed two weeks ago. Assembly meetings are often the only times representatives see the executive officers. Some reps don't even know each other! Also, many bills have been delayed and in a month or more, decided which discourages the submission of some bills. The last meeting was long and tedious, reps got tired and impa­ tient, and bills were rushed for a vote before they had a chance for debate or amending. The Univer­ sity Council of Student Organiza­ tions (UCSO) had proposed an amendment, supported by some reps. It did not get brought up due to an immediate vote on the respective bill. Reps wait a few seconds to allow others, if any, to speak. What if a bill or resolution is a major issue, such as a propos­ al on affirmative action or fee increase? Will you vote without allowing anyone to speak? Also in tne last meeting,, some reps left early. Quorum was not met around 10 p m, the meeting was halted, and an important a finance related bill was delayed. A reps job is to represent the student body. How can one represent the student body when one is not pre­ sent? Nobody should abstain on this weekly meeting issue. It does not matter if you are going to be here next semester. You are voting on behalf of the student body, not yourself nor other reps. The ques­ tion should be asked: Is this for the good of the student body? Some opponents argued that the amount of business will be the same and that some had prior, scheduled commitments. Resolu­ tions and changing SG policies are not major concerns of the students and many campus issues need to be brought up. Also, meetings for next semester have not been scheduled. Last meeting, the following reps voted no on the bill to make meet­ ings every week: Agrwal/Carroll, Dodd, Frank, Heijmen, Hollen- shead, Itkin, Manuel, Phillips, Roberts, Smith, Tran and Wilker- son. The following reps left early last meeting (based on the quorum call around 10 p.m.): Cruver, Donde, Pettit, P.Hennessey, Frank, Phillips, Shapiro, Smith and Walk­ er. Weekly meetings will shorten meetings and allows SG to encounter more issues and be more responsive to the student body, student activities, and the community. If A.B. 17 does not pass, maybe special meetings should be called during off weeks. Jonathan C. Lee Engineering sophomore X tbbeachus fáMttMrTx, 79713 . «*»*■■» f f - - I .H a w m rl 4 . L " , S6TE89RP 9*1CI /w IC Your lawyer questions are basement offices at 25th Street, flMag Lin* letters should be fewer than 250 words. Stu­ dents should include their major and classification, and all writers must present identi­ fication or include a phone nuiiber. The Texan reserves die right to edit letters for brevity, darity or liability. PAGE FIVE There’s more than just ‘the one’ love for everyone T h e D a ily T exan 5 TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1.1888 Dear Becca, My b o y frien d a n d I b ro k e u p a b o u t a b o u t six m o n th s ago because it ju st w a s n 't w o rk in g at the tim e. T h o u g h frien d s tell m e it's tim e to m ove o n an d get on w ith m y life, I'm still n o t o v er him . I'm v ery in v o lv e d w ith se v e ra l o rg an izatio n s a n d activities, so I hav e the chance to m eet o th e r p e o ­ ple. I'v e gone on a few d ates since th en w ith nice, in tellig en t, good- lo o k in g guys, b u t I ju st w a s n 't attra c te d to th o se g uys th e sam e w ay I w as to him . H e a n d I d e c id ­ ed w e 'd alw ay s be friends, b u t he h a s n 't m ad e an y effo rt to keep a frien d sh ip . D u rin g th e su m m er, I w as the one w h o called h im p e ri­ I o d ic a lly , a n d a fte r a w h ile, sto p p e d . T w o m o n th s a fte r w e sto p p e d seeing each o ther, he got a ASK BECCA beccakiki@mail.utexas.edu n ew g irlfrie n d , so h e 's a lre a d y m oved on. H e 's en g ag ed no w and the w e d d in g is in six w eeks. I w as su rp rise d to ev en get an invitatio n . Ever since I fo u n d o u t the new s, I h a v e n 't sto p p e d crying. I th o u g h t w e 'd have at least an o th e r chance to get back to g e th e r an d give it one m ore chance. N ow , it looks like this h o p e is sh a tte re d . He is m y first love an d the o nly guy I've ev er really cared a b o u t and I c a n 't p ic tu re m yself w ith an y o n e else. I also kn o w I w as his first g irlfriend. S hould I tell him th a t I still love him ? I feel like I really need to get it off m y chest. A nd, sh o u ld I a c tu ­ ally gq^to his w ed d in g ? It m ay be the very last chance I ev er get to see him , b u t w a tc h in g him g e t m a rrie d w o u ld be too u n c o m fo rt­ able a n d p ain fu l. It w ill also be very a w k w a rd seeing h is w h o le fam ily again. I really d o n 't k n o w w hat I sh o u ld do. — Biology ju n io r Dear Biology Junior, I kn o w you m u st feel like y o u 're going crazy rig h t now , a n d I tru ly sym pathize. W atching a n ex m ove on an d form a life w ith o u t y o u is one of th e to u g h e st th in g s to sto m ­ ach, p a rtic u la rly w hen y o u 're still attach ed to him . I th in k a lot of peo p le h a rb o r th is m isconception th a t love only h a p p e n s once w ith th e O n e and O nly. I d o n 't th in k th is is tru e. I th in k you can find love several tim es, an d I fin d this belief to be p a rtic u la rly com forting a t tim es like y o u rs. A lth o u g h at th e m o m en t you p ro b ab ly d o n 't feel this w ay, realize th a t y o u w ill e v e n tu a lly heal a n d m eet som eone d ifferent, b etter, new . You m en tio n th a t you w ere his first g irlfrien d a n d th a t he d ecid ed to m arry th is girl only a fte r a few m o n th s. E ith e r h e is se rio u sly re b o u n d in g or m ay b e h e 's hav in g an e p ip h a n y a b o u t w h at h e needs rig h t no w in a relatio n sh ip , and th is girl is it. This is not a n egative reflection o n you — sim ply a tra n ­ sitio n he is g o in g th ro u g h th at d o e s not w o rk in y o u r favor. If this g u y nev er b o th e re d to re tu rn your calls after y o u b o th ag reed to p u t fo rth effort to be friends, a n d if he is n o w d o in g so m eth in g as serio u s as g e ttin g m arried , p lease u n d e r ­ stan d th a t he is gone ndw . I k n o w it h u rts to h e a r this, b u t he is g e t­ ting o n w ith his life, as sh o u ld you. It is great th a t you are m ak in g an effo rt to m eet p eo p le th ro u g h a c tiv itie s a n d o rg a n iz a tio n s. Be p a tie n t w ith y o u rse lf an d d o n 't be afraid to be alo n e as y o u g ra d u a lly ease back in to single babe statu s. H an g w ith y o u r g irlfrien d s. Spend som e m ed itativ e m o m en ts alone. W hether or not to go to the w ed ­ ding is a question only you can answ er. Will it give you closure to see h im officially com m itted to som eone else th ro u g h m arriage? Will you burst into tears and m ake a scene at the w ed d in g if you go? Do not tell him you love him. H ave you ever seen My Best Friend's Wedding? Well if you haven't, do n 't, b u t if you have, recognize Julia R obert's b lu n ­ ders and h er ultim ate conclusion to h e r crazy antics. Som etim es w e d o n 't get the m en we w ant. We hate this, b u t w e can 't even rem em ber a dam n thing about it once w e fall in love again, either w ith o u r life pas­ sions o r so m eone new . H an g in there. Se n d your questions via e-mail, day to night, or b e c c a k i k i @ m a i l . u t e x a s . e d u . Letters will be selected and reprinted with the individual's academ ic status and major included only. (Be sure to let A S K B E C C A know your year and major.) N o nam es, no gam es, just fresh, honest advice from a girl who know s what s h e ’s talking about. SPECIAL EVENTS ■ Dec. 1 is W o rld AIDS Day. U n i­ v ersity H ealth Services is reco g ­ n izin g W orld AIDS D ay by sp o n ­ so rin g a Red R ibbon C am p aig n . R ed rib b o n s w ill be av ailab le at U n iv ersity H e a lth Services, 100 W. D ean K eeton St., and o n the W est M all th ro u g h Dec. 1. SHORT COURSES ■ U n iv ersity H e a lth Services is sp o n so rin g a M eth o d s o f C o n tra ­ c ep tio n W ed n esd ay , Dec. 2 at 3:30 p.m . in SSB 1.106. For in fo rm a tio n call 475-8252. VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNI­ TIES ■ T he UT V o lu n te e r C e n te r is lo o k in g for v o lu n te e rs to a ssist Safe H a v e n in th eir after-school p ro g ra m s by m o n ito rin g ch ild ren fro m g ra d e s 3-5 in a c tiv itie s in c lu d in g o u td o o r sp o rts, tu to r ­ in g , in d o o r gam es a n d a rts /c ra fts. O p e ra te s W e d n e sd a y s a n d T h u rs­ d a y s from 2:30-5:30 p.m . For infor­ m a tio n call 471-6161. ■ The UT V o lu n te e r C e n te r is lo o k in g fo r v o lu n te e rs to w o rk w ith the T ravis C o u n ty P robate C o u rt as a c o u rt v is ito r /g u a r d ia n to en su re th a t w a rd s in g u a rd ia n ­ s h ip s are in an a p p ro p ria te m an n er. C o u rt v isi­ to rs fu n ctio n as th e eyes a n d ears o f th e T ra v is C o u n ty P ro b a te C o u rt. For in fo rm atio n call 471- 6161. ta k e n care o f ■ A n A d u lt Basic E d u c a tio n /G e n ­ e r a l E d u c a tio n D e v e lo p m e n t (GED) p ro g ra m sp o n so re d by the D iv isio n o f H o u sin g a n d Food Service is looking for stu d e n ts to v o lu n te e r tu to r. T he class w ill m e e t F rid a y aftern o o n s from 1- 2:30 p.m . a n d 2:30-4 p.m . th ro u g h Dec. 4. 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SHOP DILLARD’S MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY 10:00-9:00; SUNDAY 12:00-6:00; DILLARD’S AND ALL MAJOR CREDIT CARDS WELCOME 6 T h e D a i l y T e x a n T IO O X Y , DECEMBBt 1,1888 Former pilot still soaring UMVHtSITY News Editor Michael Tunks, 12mat77@mail.utexas.edu Ex-LBJ dean lands Texan of the Year WWII female veteran provides unique insight Ryan T rujillo Daily Texan Staff M ore th a n 50 y ears ago, M ary E d w a r d s w a s o n e o f th e 1,102 female pilots chosen to fly U.S. air­ p la n e s as th e c o u n tr y fa c e d a shortage of capable airm en during W orld War II. O n M o n d ay , E d w a rd s sh a ré d h e r y e a r - lo n g e x p e rie n c e w ith a b o u t tw o d o z e n s tu d e n ts a t a speech sp o n so re d by the P lan II Students' Association. UT so p h o m o re C h ris G lazner, E d w a rd 's g ra n d so n , in tro d u c e d his v e te ra n g ra n d m o th e r to the crowd. "A lot of kids say 'Y our m om w e a rs c o m b a t b o o ts .' W ell m y m om d i d n 't w e a r th e m b u t m y grandm a w ore them proudly," he said. In 1943, th e civil se rv ic e a n d th e A rm y A ir Force a n n o u n c e d the start-u p of a training program for w o m e n p ilo ts, la te r n a m e d th e W o m e n A ir F o rc e S e rv ic e Pilots. T h e p u r p o s e w a s to t r a i n licen sed w o m en p ilo ts in o rd e r to fre e u p m a le f lie r s to f ig h t abroad in the w ar because it w as illegal for w om en to fly in com ­ b a t m is s io n s o u ts id e U.S. b o r ­ ders. In th e p r o g r a m , th e w o m e n w ere given respect because they d id th e jobs m en d id n ot w a n t, Edw ards said. "W e o fte n h a d to te s t n e w planes to see if the w ings w ould stay on, and flew new engines," she said. T he p ro g ra m a ttra c te d 25,000 applicants, b u t only four percent were accepted. E d w a rd s m ade h e r trip to the training grounds of Avenger Field in Sw eetw ater shortly after gradu- Former World War II pilot Mary Edwards tells students of her flight experiences at a speech sponsored by the Plan II Students' Association. Ryan Brown/DAILY TEXAN STAFF ating from the U niversity of Texas in December 1943. "In college I kept busy learning to fly from my brother and w ork­ ing to save up," she said. A fter w a itin g to m eet the 21- y e a r - o ld a g e m in im u m , sh e rushed to Sw eetw ater in February, just two m onths after graduation. Her three-stage training process w as the sam e m ale cadets endured at the time. But because th e p ro g ra m w as fu n d e d by the civil serv ice, th e w o m e n 's p r o g r a m d i d n o t receive the m oney and benefits of their m ale m ilitary counterparts. "W e w ere co n sid e re d second- class citizens. W e had to pay for o u r ow n funerals if w e d ie d fly­ ing," she said. Even though the long hours she w orked paid only $125 a m onth, E d w a rd s said th e e x p erien ce of 44 A lot of kids say ‘Your mom wears com­ bat boots.’ Well my mom didn’t wear them but my grandma wore them proudly.” m eeting such a different array of w om en and pursuing her passion was w orth it. "W e took everything w ith a grin because we w ere having so m uch fun serving o u r country. That was the greatest year of m y life," she said. In D ecem ber 1944 the pro g ram was officially phased o ut w h en a bill w as rejected that w ould have m ilitarized th e w om en fliers. "As the w ar was ending, people in C ongress thought w e were tak­ ing a lot of th e re tu rn in g p ilo ts' jobs so they cut us," she said. In 1977, the e stim a te d 700 w om en still aliv e w ere granted veteran status, which made them eligible for benefits. "A lot of us are a little too old to take advantage of the benefits, but I can get at least get $300 for a funeral," she said. Ian Blair, a chemical engineer­ in g sop h om ore, said E dw ards' p resen tation w as w orth taking advantage of. ' "H o w m a n y W W II v e te r a n pilots — let alone a w om an pilot — come to this cam pus and share their experiences?" he said. Texas public affairs veteran Sherman honored for three decades of service Jason Hunter Daily Texan Staff Max Sherm an, former dean o f the LBJ School o f Public Affairs, h a s b e e n n a m e d T exan o f th e Year by the A dvisory C om m ittee of the Texas L egislative C onfer­ ence. * P urdum said Sherm an's track record as a state senator, member of gubernatorial and presidential com m ittees, and teacher of public affairs also qualified him for the award. "He is an exam ple for others to follow and his integrity is unques­ tionable," Pur­ dum said. S h e r m a n sa id M on d ay h e w as h o n ­ o red by the award. "W hen a group of your p eers c h o o se y o u for rea- sons other than political, that to me is very important," he said. Sherman He added that the award is a tes­ timony to the years he has spent in public affairs. "At th is sta g e o f m y life it is e x tr e m e ly im p ortan t b eca u se it affirms the value of public service," Sherman said. The Texas Legislative Conference gives out the award every year to businessm en, politicians and ed u ­ cators w ho have exhibited integrity in the field of public affairs, Pur­ dum said. "One of the main things w e want to get out is that public affairs is a g o o d thing," Purdum sa id . "It's what they have stood for as far as honesty and integrity." Before coming to the LBJ School of Public Affairs, Sherman served 44 One of the main things we want to get out is that public affair is a good thing. It’s what they have stood for as far as hon­ esty and integrity.” Tom Purdum, StltCtlOH CMMMN MHRÉIF — as a state senator and then as presi­ dent of West Texas State Universi­ ty. Sherman w as voted one of the 10 best legislators in Texas by Texas M o n th ly m a g a z in e in 1973, 1975 and 1977. Recipients of the award m ust be active in public affairs but not cur­ r e n t ly ru n n in g for public office, Purdum said, adding that Sherman e p ito m iz e s th e ty p e of p u b lic affairs worker that the conference is looking to honor. "It's an ideal example of what we are trying to promote as outstand­ ing T exans o f the year in p u b lic affairs," he said. Bill H obby, form er Texas lie u ­ tenant governor and past recipient of the aw ard, said Sherm an is a v a lu a b le a s s e t to T exas a n d is deserving of the award. "M ax is a b o u t as v a lu a b le a c it iz e n as a n y o n e I k n o w ," H o b b y s a id . "I c a n 't t h in k o f a n y o n e m o re d e s e r v in g o f the award than Max." Sherman w ill officially receive the award at the 33rd annual meet­ ing o f the c o n fe r e n c e in N e w Braunfels next March. Financial aid for the average Retired lawyer gives aid to mediocre - not stellar - students Associattd Press PORTLAND, M aine — W ilbur Hollingsworth doesn't want to help the best students in the class. The 91 -y ea r-o ld retired la w y e r sa y s # they already have all sorts of help from colleges and high schools. It's the m ediocre stu d en ts w ho n eed help. Ten years ago, H o llin g sw o r th began to help them by giving $500 checks to a select group of students — the ones with average grades. Since then, H o llin g sw o rth has given 140 Maine students $70,000 in scholarships. "Those [students] in the top third have all sorts of things the kids dow n below don't have," he said Nov. 27. "They get all sorts of grants and awards. The colleges are coaching these kids in. They damn sure aren't coaching the kids I'm aim ing for. And they are the »nes I think need the most help," he said. H o llin g sw o r th esta b lish ed the Luella Poland Hollingsworth schol­ arship in 1988 in m em ory o f h is wife. Since 1994, the scholarships have gon e to stu d en ts at M essa- lonskee H igh School in O akland. The m o n e y is a o n e -tim e grant, available in the second semester of college. H ollingsw orth said he hopes to offer 20 $500 scholarships this com­ in g year, d o u b lin g the nu m b er offered w hen the fund w as estab­ lished. Hollingsw orth w as recently rec­ ognized by the Finance Authority of Maine, w hich gave him its Distin­ g u ish e d Service A w ard. C harles Mercer, director of the education assistance division at FAME, said H ollin gsw orth 's fund h elp s fill a void. "It's incredibly unusual in that Mr. H o llin g sw o r th w as lo o k in g toward average students," Mercer said. "There's a lot of m oney out there for students who are high aca­ demic achievers." Hollingsworth said his ow n col­ lege experiences helped shape his views. "I know w hat it is to n ot h ave money, and how even a little bit of money helps." H e w e n t from h igh sch o o l, he said, "to probably the poorest law sc h o o l in th e U n ite d S tates." H ollingsworth said he worked full­ tim e and a tte n d e d S u ffo lk Law School in Boston at night. Lack of m o n e y k ep t him from attending a better law school, he said . " N orth eastern had [a law school] but it w o u ld have m eant more car fare to me. ft was only a matter of m aybe a dollar a w eek. And I wanted to go to Northeastern. But I gave it up because of just that extra money." H ollingsw orth spent most of his life in Massachusetts and practiced law in Boston. His w ife w as from Caribou and the couple often visited Maine. in d ie d H is w ife 1984; Hollingsworth moved to Maine per­ m anently in 1986. H e sold som e property that had long been ow ned by his family to create the scholar­ ship fund in 1988. Hollingsworth said he's not a rich man. 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Bill. 0 Want a job that will thrill you, challenge you and take you to new levels o f achievement? To start enjoying the rewards today, call 1-800-292-5547 or visit our web site at W W W . n a v y i obs . com - and let your journey begin. PICK THREE: 2-0-6 LOTTO: 2-22-28-88-07 STATE & LOCAL AIDS Day to educate public Rita Paul Daily Texan Staff A ustin o rgan ization s will hold services and art displays Tuesday to co m m e m o ra te the lltth an n u al World AIDS Day. First held in 1988, W orld AIDS Day w as designated to encourage public support for p ro gram s p re­ venting the spread of H IV /A ID S and to p ro v id e e d u ca tio n and awareness of the epidemic. W ith over 3,500 T rav is C ounty residents afflicted with HIV/AIDS, organizations hope to educate com­ munities and support those affected by the disease. "N o one sh o u ld h a v e to go through this disease alo n e," said Susan Hulick Rockoff, a soc ial work intern at Interface Care Alliance. R o c k o ff sa id fin d in g s u p p o rt from others is instrumental in deal­ ing with the disease. Interface C are Alliance, a group w h ich o rg a n iz e s ca re te a m s for th ose w ith A ID S, w ill s p o n so r a non-denominational service a t Con­ g reg ation B eth Israel, 3901 Shoal Creek Blvd., at 6 p.m. to remember those who have died of AIDS, Rock­ off said. O bserving those w ho h ave died of AIDS, W hole Foods M arket will display panels of the national AIDS quilt o f San Francisco until Friday, said K irk Rice, development direc­ tor for AIDS Services of Austin. W hole Foods M arket, located at 9607 R e s e a r c h B lv d ., w ill a ls o donate 5 percent pf their grosis sales T h u rsd a y to A ID S S e r v ic e s of Austin, he added. R ice said W orld A ID S D ay is a tim e to rem em ber th o se a fflicte d with the disease. "It's one day we should take out of our lives to w ear a red rib b o n and remember what AIDS has done and w ill do to the p eop le i n our LL W w It’s one day we “ should take out of our lives to wear a red ribbon and remember what AIDS has done and will do to the people in our communities.” — nrkUCB, jSSetfvE tor tor MB Ssrvicos of Austin communities," Rice said. In a visual representation of AIDS d eaths, over 2,000 v olu n teers are expected at Barton Springs Pool to p a rtic ip a te in a p e rfo rm a n ce art piece known as "Body Count," said Sandy Bartlett, com m unity educa­ tion and inform ation coord inator for ASA. The volunteers will lay down in row s to d ep ict peop le w ho h ave died because of AIDS. The perfor­ mance w as created by Austin artist Sally Jacque and will be unveiled at 6:30 p.m., Bartlett said. "It's very graphic," Bartlett said. "W hen you see the bodies in front of you, it really impresses upon you the seriousness of the disease." UT H ealth Services is sp o n so r­ ing a red ribbon cam paign to raise A ID S a w a r e n e s s , s a id J a im ie S h u tte r , a UT h e a lth e d u c a tio n coordinator. " I t 's a s ile n t re m in d e r of th e d ead ly e p id e m ic ," S h u tte r said , adding that about 2,500 red ribbons will be distributed around UT dor­ mitories today. A table on the W est Mall from 11 a.m . until 2 p.m. will provide stu­ dents with peer advisors and infor­ mation about AIDS, Shutter added. NEA helps fight school vouchers in San Antonio Associated Press w ith property taxes. SAN ANTONIO — The National Educa­ tion Association plans to help train teachers, parents and civic leaders to fight a school voucher program begun by a private foun­ dation in the Edgewood School District. The Texas State Teachers Association asked the NEA to intervene in the voucher contro­ versy, as the education lobby group has in two other states, the San Antonio Express-News reported in a copyright story Monday. "This issue is probably the m ost contro­ v ersial issu e d ealt w ith since the Brow n decision," said the NEA's Sheila Simmons, citing the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court case on segregated schools. The national group also has plunged into voucher debates in M ilw aukee, W is., and Cleveland, Ohio, where the state pays for students to attend private schools. The Edgew ood d istrict, in a poor, p re­ dom inantly Hispanic area of San Antonio, has been in the public spotlight for 30 years since launching a legal battle to equalize the state's method o f funding public schools In the early 1990s, the cou rt case led to a n e w s c h o o l- f in a n c e s y s te m , la b e le d th e " R o b in H o o d " p la n , th a t a llo t te d m o re m oney to poorer districts such as Edgew ood. L a st sp rin g , th e E d g e w o o d d is tr ic t w as targeted by the private C h ild ren 's Education O pportunity Foundation, w hich began a 10- y e a r , $ 5 0 m illio n H o r iz o n S c h o la r s h ip voucher program for students in the district. T h e sch o la rsh ip s p ro v id e fully paid p ri­ v ate school tu ition — up to $3,600 for e le ­ m entary and m iddle school and up to $4,000 for high school — for low -incom e fam ilies in the E dgew ood d istrict. The found ation has doled out som e $3 m illion in vouchers in the p roject's first year. A d v o c a te s say sta te v o u ch e rs e m p o w er parents, givin g them the financial freedom to choose w h ether to send their children to private or pu blic school. C r itic s s a y v o u c h e rs p it p u b lic s c h o o ls against private ones. T h e E d g e w o o d p r o g r a m c o u ld ig n ite d e b a te o v e r a s ta te -fu n d e d v o u c h e r plan next year in the Texas Legislature. Transportation Department ruling favorable to Love Field Associated Press FO R T W O R TH , Texas — Federal regula­ tors are leaning tow ard allow in g w id e-ran g­ ing nonstop flights out o f D allas Love Field, acco rd in g to Fort W orth lead ers and a tto r­ neys fam iliar w ith the issue. T h ey p o in t to a Ju n e 30 letter in w h ich U.S. D ep artm en t o f T ran sp o rtation general counsel N ancy M cFadden w rote that "c a re ­ ful a n a ly sis" found that "ex p an d ed service at Love Field w ould not inju re D FW " and w ould h ave "little, if any, im pact on D allas- F o r t W o r th A ir p o r t 's g r o w t h ," th e F o r t W orth Star-Telegram reported M onday. T h e fe d e ra l a g e n c y is e x p e c te d to ru le soon on w hether federal law preem pts local control in determ ining w here planes can fly from the in-tow n airport. The city of D allas su p p o rts long-hau l flights, but Fort W orth lead ers fear they would u n d erm ine D allas- Fort W orth In tern ation al A irp o rt, w hich is jointly ow ned by the tw o cities. F o rt W o rth M a y o r K e n n e th B arr said a D O T r u lin g d is m a n t lin g th e lim its th a t re strict L ove Field fligh ts to T exas and six o th e r sta te s w ou ld be a c ru sh in g b lo w to D allas-Fort W orth International Airport. "It would have d ev astatin g ram ifications fo r D FW , fo r the n e ig h b o r h o o d s a ro u n d Love Field, and w e'll fight it all the w a y ," Barr told the new spaper. B u t a d v o ca tes o f o p e n in g L ov e Field to longer flights say such a ruling w ould help restore fed era l control over interstate co m ­ m erce. " I d o n 't s e e h o w th ey [T r a n s p o rta tio n D ep artm ent officials] can rule any other way than that federal law governs in this case," said Ed Faberm an, an a tto rn ey for D allas- based Legend Airlines. A S S O C IA T E D P R E S S M ich a e l Frankins, 4, stands in front of a trick m irror w hile shopping with his fam ily at Post Oak M all in College Station, Sunday. The mirror is part of a Santa display where kids can have their photo taken with the jolly old elf, and it is strategi­ ca lly placed as to provide com ic relief for those who w ait in long lines at the display. Does Almost Everything A Bank Does. Except Close. H f i n a n c i a l s e r v i c ESCEN TER 0 ■ ■ ■ ■ '■.... '..■ . ATM Electronic bill payment Money orders 2 4 -hour teller assistance - Check cashing Western Union money transfers The answer, to the meaning o f life (just kidding) 7-Eleven is changing bankers’ hours forever with their new Financial Services Center. It’s open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. And it’s so easy to use, you can do it with one Slu rpee* behind your back. To sign up for your check cashing membership, call toll-free 1-877-711-CASH or stop by a participating store. ; First 3 paychecks cashed free. (For a limited time at participating stores. New members only.) Features Editor: Randy Kramen, r <-@mail.utexas.edu 8y T h e D a il y T e x a n TUESDAY, DECEMBB11,1888 FOCUS ■ . ■■■ ■ ^ Electronic Love E-mail helps build long-distance relationships; quick-send feature has potential to spoil them VM Hoang Daily Texan "W" t's the classic boy meets girl story — with a K decidedly '90s twist. Andrea Chytil, a business m sophomore, thought little of giving her e-mail M address to a man with whom she'd made a casual acquaintance during an airflight from - New York to Austin. To her surprise, however, she began receiving e-mails trom the man's son — a senior at West Point — and with the help of e-mail, the two started dating. Welcome to the relationship that e-mail built. Although the two have spoken on the phone numer­ ous times and met face-to-face twice, Chytil said e-mail proved invaluable to their relationship. "E-mailing was the only way we became friends ... nothing would have ever happened if it wasn't for e- mail," Chytil said. With the advent of cyberspace, electronic mail has become a highly popular method of maintaining relation­ ships because of its speed, ease and low cost. These very characteristics have the potential to strengthen or weaken the relationship, depending on how people choose to use e-mail. In Chytil's case, e-mail has bridged her initial unfa- niliarity with the senior at West Point in several ways, allowing them to gradually get to know each other. With e-mail, Chytil avoided long-distance phone bills and used her computer as a virtual answering machine to keep in touch despite their very different schedules. In addition to those practical benefits, e-mail acted as a kind of emotional buffer, allowing the two to express hemselves without the anxieties of being face-to-face. Using e-mail, Chytil said, she was able to "test the w aters" and get to know her friend to such a great extent that when she finally met him at this year's Texas /OU game, they hit it off. "We went to the fair, just cracked up [laughing] and d a great time — like we were old friends," she said. "It was the first time we had ever met, but we had been friends for about two months." Easy disclosure of personal information seems to be one of the main appeals in cybercommunication, said Kathryn Maguire, a speech communication graduate student. Maguire just finished a preliminary study on the role of computer-mediated communication in preestablished, "off-line" relationships, specifically romantic relationships. Maguire said that some couples find it easier to express themselves emotionally over e-mail and Inter­ net chat than in person. "One of the biggest impacts over both types of rela­ tionships — computers allowed them to say things they weren't comfortable to say face-to-face. Mostly the affectionate comments [like] 'I love you,"' Maguire said. In the study, Maguire divided relationships into two categories: proximal — those who lived in the same area — and long-distance. She observed how, especially in long-distance rela­ tionships, e-mail made those involved feel more a part of their partner's life. Computer-mediated communication, she said, "allowed [long-distance relationships] to have the daily chit-chat, the kind of things most proximal people take for granted." In addition, e-mail provided a cheaper method for maintaining contact. "Money is a factor in relationships long-distance," Maguire said. "A lot of them say they still telephone, but e-mail allows for [a] more frequent type of discussion." But Maguire pointed out that access to e-mail is still limited to those who can afford the technology and Internet service — which averages $20 per month. "This is a luxury item for a lot of people," Maguire said. Maguire said some participants in the study didn't like the lack of tone of voice in e-mail from which to draw contextual clues. Maguire also said communication through e-mail and chat can cause "flaming" — where people speak more negatively than they would in real life — because they aren't face-to-face. Another potential disadvantage, Máguire said, is the quick-send characteristic of e-mail, which permits easily- sent messages and just as equally easily-sent mistakes. "You think people can articulate the perfect message — but then again, we might write something out in frustration and vent, then you hit the send key and it's done," Maguire said, adding that people seldom edit e-mail. Jodie Lutkenhaus, a chemical engineering sophomore who recently broke up with her boyfriend through e- mail, said she regretted doing so. "I felt like I should have broken up with him definite­ ly — but not over the Internet, because that's an imper­ sonal way of doing it," Lutkenhaus said. "I kind of wanted to take it back, but I couldn't." Lutkenhaus said she chose e-mail to avoid direct con­ frontation. "I didn't want to call him because I didn't want to hear the pained tone in his voice," Lutkenhaus said. Nor did she want to see him face-to-face, because she felt she saw him too often already, she said. Lutkenhaus is currently using e-mail to maintain a relationship with a guy from Fort Worth. She is frustrat­ ed by his brief responses to her messages. "He's such a nonverbal person, so we've really grown apart because of that," Lutkenhaus said. "I'll write pages and pages, and he'll reply with three sentences." Nevertheless, any communication is better than no com­ munication at all, said Dr. John Daly, a UT speech profes­ sor who teaches about interpersonal communications. "I think e-mail has helped because it makes you acces­ Photo Illustration by Charlie Fonville ami Roberto Rivera/DAILY TEXAN STAFF sible in more ways," Dal)' said. "You can respond con­ stantly. You can carry on a conversation all day long." Daly stressed the importance of communication for relationships. The more personal, he said, the better. "It keeps people together," Daly said. "If you use e-mail as a replacement for face-to-face communication, then there's problems," he warned. Aziz Gilani, an MIS Junior, uses e-mail to keep in touch with his best friend in Houston, whom he rarely sees. "In all likelihood, [we] wouldn't have stayed friends without e-mail. We alway s know what's going on in each other's life," Gilani said. E-mail also helps him keep in touch with people from around the globe he meets through chat rooms, Gilani said. Currently, he has a core group of about 15 people with whom he stays in regular contact. Their home cities range from Taiwan, Korea, N ew Zealand and Hong Kong to places closer to home, such as California, New York, Pennsylvania and Texas. "Some people I only know as vague acquaintances, and then I'll e-mail them randomly and I'll actually get serious responses from them, and I continue writing them," Gilani said. Chytil's relationship began in much the same way. After several weeks of e-mail from the West Point senior, Chytil said, the two had shared so much of their personali­ ties over e-mail that the relationship was cemented. "We opened ourselves and made ourselves vulnera­ ble long before we ever met," she said. "And so, whether or not we hit it off as boyfriend and girlfriend or just friends when we met each other, we were already a part of each other s life." Juniors and S eniors— Ready to , slip on those corporate shoes and enter the boardroom? Ever wonder what top corporations are seeking in new hires? Gain that competitive edge and add a terrific line to your resume by tak­ ing Business Bound at Rice University, from June 13 to July 2 , 1999. Join us for an action-packe d three weeks, where you'll learn the business basics expected by today's employers. What are you waiting for? It’s your turn to change the world. For more info, call 7 13-527-6060 Or c h e c k o u t ou r w e b s it e : w w w .ric e .e d u /b u s i n e s s b o u n d DTSportx@utxvms.cc.utsxas.8du I fast. break S C O R E S m San Francisco 31, New York Giants 7 NHL Montreal 3, Los Angeles 1 COLLEGE BASKETBALL MBITS TOP 25 No. 3 North Carolina 75, Middle Tennessee 54 No. 24 Clemson 70, Radford 37 No. 25 St. John's 97, St. Francis 63 W0MBT8T0P26 No. 1 Connecticut 107, Holy Cross 56 No. 3 Tennessee 92, No. 2 Louisiana Tech 73 Virginia Tech 81, No. 15 Virginia 65 No. 25 Clemson 65, Winthrop 54 B R I E F Shoulder injury sidelines Clack ■ A dislocated shoulder suffered on the last play of Texas' 78-77 loss to Georgia on Sunday will sideline Longhorns' forw ard Kris Clack for the next tw o games, team offi­ cials announced Monday. Clack suffered the injury on the H orns' last possession, w hen he was surrounded by three Bulldog defenders on the right block. The 6-5 senior passed the ball to point guard Ivan Wagner, w ho slipped and m issed a potential gam e- w inning layup. In the m idst of the fray, Clack suffered a posteri­ or dislocated right shoulder, then laid on the floor in front of the Texas bench in obvious pain as the players left the floor. "He is suffering from the regular soreness and muscle w eakness which usually accompanies a dis­ location," team trainer Tom McVan said. "So it's just a m atter of how quickly he regains his strength." Clack, one of only eight eligible scholarship players on Texas' ros­ ter, will miss both of this w eek's road gam es against O ral Roberts and the University of San Diego. In the H orns' 0-4 start, Clack had averaged 35 m inutes, 13.8 points and 8.3 rebounds. "I know Kris will do every­ thing in his pow er to m ake a quick return," said head coach Rick Barnes. "W ith him out of the lineup, there is no doubt that the next few w eeks will be a great challenge." Horns' Littleton out with sprained knee ■ Texas 6-4 redshirt sophomore Carla jLittleton will be sidelined indefinitely w ith a right knee sprain suffered in the wom en's bas­ ketball game against No. 3 ranked Tennessee last Saturday evening, it was announced Monday. Littleton, w ho w as injured w ith five m inutes rem aining in the first half against the Vols, w as exam ined by team orthopedist Dr. John Pierce on M onday after­ noon. It was learned that Littleton sprained the m edial collateral lig­ am ent of her right knee. This is the same knee on which she u n d e rw e n t reconstructive knee surgery last Decem ber of 1997 after suffering a to m anterior cruciate ligam ent in the 1997-98 preseason, and that surgery and subsequent rehabilitation forced Littleton to miss the entire season and gain a medical redshirt year. It is not know n w hen Littleton, w ho w as averaging 5.5 points and 3.0 rebounds per gam e for the H orns in lim ited m inutes, will re tu rn to practice. She begins rehabilitation on the knee im m e­ diately, and will not travel w ith the Texas team for its trip to A ri­ zona State on Wednesday. L ittleton has com e off the bench in all four gam es for the 1- 3 Longhorns, and also was aver­ aging 9.8 m inutes p e r contest w hile shooting a solid 52.6 p e r­ cent from the field (10-for-19). "We had feared the worst for Carla after her injury against Ten­ nessee, and so this is good news for Carla an d our team ," said Texas head coach Jody Conradt. "We are taking a wait-and-see atti­ tude with C arla's knee right now, and she will continue to be evalu­ ated by our sports medicine staff. Right now, we cannot determ ine w hen Carla m ay return to the court. This necessitates us looking at our post play differently now." — Compiled from sta ff and A s s o c i­ ated Press reports FRDAY-SUNDAY ■ M EN 'S SW IM M IN G & DIVING: The Longhorns host the Texas Invitational at the Jamail Swim Center at 10 a.m. SPORTS T h e D a ily T e x a n V TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1,18 9 8 Ricky’s legacy runs much deeper W hen Ricky W illiams m ade his announcem ent last January that he w ould return to the U niversity of Texas for his senior year, it w as painted as a decision that could change the course of one team 's entire football season. W hat few present that day real­ ized, and w hat has since become increasingly clear, is that the events of that d ay not only transform ed a 4- 7 Longhorn club into a Big 12 con­ tender, b u t also changed the course of history, football and otherwise. N ever m ind the record collection Jett McDonald Texan Columnist Williams has spent the year am ass­ ing, as well as his recent coronation as major college football's all-time rushing king. Forget the W alter Cam p aw ard he picked u p M onday w ith 89 percent of 202 coaches' votes, a prize which designates him as at least som e­ body's choice for the best player in America. D on't bother w ith that other piece of hardw are the good people at the Huff-Jones C om pany m anufacture, the little bronze guy w ith the famous stiff-arm that W illiams all b ut p u t on his m antle last week. You can even look past the tens of thousands of dollars Williams has earned for Texas' scholarship fund by w inning last season's Doak Walk­ er aw ard and a handful of ABC Play­ er of the Gam e aw ards. The true glory of W illiams' accom­ plishm ents this season has little to do w ith money, w ins, losses, num ­ bers, trophies or anything else so superficial. His unforgettable season has tran­ scended the gridiron and the sports pages, uniting a notoriously faction- riddled student body and galvanizing an infamously fair-weather fan base. H ow else could you explain the scene at Royal-M emorial Stadium last Friday? H ow else could you explain the frat kids in their dread- lock wigs, the toddlers with their b u rn t orange No. 34 Texas jerseys d ragging on th e ground, or the stone-faced, deep-pocketed alum ni w ith their lapel pins proudly pro­ claim ing that, yes, they w ere there to see Ricky run. University of Texas students have been divided in recent m onths by issues such as affirmative action and staff wages, and m ay never come to an agreem ent. But they have had lit­ tle trouble reaching a consensus on the u n d isputed fact that Ricky is The Man. More than any other politician, religious leader, or public figure in RICKY/Page 10 Big 12 eyes 7 possible bowl spots Damien Pierce Daily Texan Staff All season long C olorado head coach Rick Neuheisel has stated it loud an d clear. "The Big 12 is the best conference in the coun­ try," he said earlier in the year. "It's a physical conference w ith a lot of hitting and hard-nosed defense. Each week, it just seem s to get tougher and tougher no m atter w ho you play." Judging by some of the recent bowl projec­ tions, it seems few disagree w ith him. While most conferences are hoping for five or six bow l bids at best, the Big 12 is not only aspir­ ing for seven bowl invi­ tations, but is actually expected to receive all seven. Seven bids w ould most likely give the Big 12 m ore invites than any other conference. B IG 1 2 FO O TBALL "I think everyone's deserving," Texas Tech head coach Spike Dykes said. "It's been a great year for the conference and hopefully all seven can get into a bowl." W hile the bowl season will not be announced until Dec. 6, here is w here the Big 12 schools are speculated to be during the holidays: ■ Sugar Bowl: No. 2 Kansas State vs. No. 5 Ohio State — Unless UCLA or Tennessee suffers a loss this w eekend in their respective games, it appears that Kansas State w o n 't be playing for a national title. But w hat the W ildcats will get is a form idable opponent in the Buckeyes (though Florida State is also a possibility) in the Sugar Bowl, if Kansas State can beat Texas A&M on Saturday. A big win over Ohio State w ould give the 'Cats the exclam ation point it has been m issing on it's unbeaten season, and also continue the old debate: should a com puter or a playoff decide the national cham pion? ■ Cotton Bowl: N o. 20 Texas vs. No. 11 Arkansas — Some publications have speculated that the Longhorns vyould m ake a trip to the H oliday Bowl so that H eism an hopeful Ricky Williams could play in San Diego, the city he grew up. But a dream m atch-up in Dallas w ith a form er Southw est Conference rival m ay be w hat the bowl com m ittees have more in mind. ■ Independence Bowl: Texas Tech vs. No. 23 M ississippi St. — Two years ago, the Red Raiders were dream ing of a trip to Hawaii. But Texas beat N ebraska in the Big 12 title game and the Red Raiders were sent to the River Walk in San Antonio, rather than to the sandy beaches of Hawaii. Shreveport, Louisiana m ay also not be w hat the Red Raiders had in m ind b u t after finishing BOWLS/Page 10 Giants safety Shaun Williams (36) tries to pull down San Francisco wide receiver Mark Harris. ASSOCIATED PRESS 49ers squash Giants, 31-7 Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — Jerry Rice com­ plained about the San Francisco 49ers' errat­ ic play, and offered to jum p start the offense. Instead, it w as Terrell Owens w ho provided the spark. O w ens caught a 79-yard touchdow n pass from Steve Young, and Garrison Hearst ran for 166 yards in 20 carries to go over 1,000 yards rushing for the second straight season as San Francisco beat the N ew York Giants 31-7 M onday night for their 15th straight regular-season home win. But the w in was costly. The 49ers lost star defensive tackle B ryant Young m idw ay through the fourth quarter to a right leg injury. Replays showed the leg bent back­ w ards as he collided w ith linebacker Ken N orton Jr. as they closed in for a tackle. He was wheeled off the field on a gumey. "That's a devastating blow to our team," said Young. "Bryant Young is the man. We're going to have to close ranks and keep marching ahead." Said Owens: "It was kind of som ber in the locker room. Every week w e have adversity and we have to overcome it." The victory clinched a 16th straight w in­ ning season for the 49ers (9-3) and kept them a game behind first-place Atlanta in the NFC West w ith four remaining. The Giants (4-8) started fast but then faded, m uch like they have this season after winning the NFC East last year. Kent Gra­ ham h a d a 48-yard com pletion to Ike Hilliard on their first play and three plays later, Gary Brown bolted 11 yards up the m iddle for a touchdown. New York, w ith the second-worst offen­ sive ranking in the league, couldn't sustain its advantage against a 49ers team that fell behind for the seventh time in nine games. Owens, w ho finished with five catches for 140 yards, turned a short flat pass from Young into a score to pull into a 7-all tie w ith 2:39 left in the first period. The fleet Owens, now perhaps the 49ers' m ost dangerous receiver, blew past Conrad H am ilton near the line of scrimmage and pulled free of Sam G am es' grasp at the 30. Suddenly, he was running free dow n the left sideliné and into the end zone. "I gave 'em a little juke here and there to get free," Owens said. After being held to three catches for 27 yards in last week's 31-20 win against New Orleans, an exasperated Rice said he felt left 49ERS/Page 10 Big Unit scores big bucks, joins Diamondbacks Associated Press PHOENIX — The A rizona Dia­ m ondbacks, in the spectacular final act of their am bitious offseason p u r­ suit of free agents, agreed M onday to a $52.4 million, four-year contract with R andy Johnson. With an average salary of $13.1 m illion per season, Johnson becomes the gam e's highest-paid pitcher and the second-highest paid player behind Mo Vaughn, w ho agreed last week to an $80 million, six-year con­ tract w ith Anaheim that averages $13.33 million. The addition of one of the gam e's most feared pitchers, coupled with last w eek's sign­ ings of Todd Stot­ and tlem yre A r m a n d o Reynoso, gives the second-year expansion club one of the gam e's m ost form idable rotations. "I'm not going Johnson to call us a contender, but w hat I'm hearing from people in baseball is that our starting rotation could be one of the top tw o or three in base­ ball," D iam ondbacks ow ner Jerry Colangelo said. Johnson, w ho lives in nearby Par- ► Belle finalizes $65 million deal with Baltimore, page 10 adise Valley, chose the D iam ond­ backs over the A naheim Angels, Los Angeles D odgers and Texas Rangers because he w ants to play close to hom e and he thinks Arizona is mak­ ing moves to quickly become a con­ tender. "We tried to w eigh all the factors — how com petitive the team would be in the future, w here his family w ould be com fortable," said John­ son's agent Barry Meister. "M oney was a non-factor because everything was pretty com parable. He m ade the decision late, late, late last night, slept on it, still felt that way in the m orning, and w e called the other clubs." Johnson, 35, will be pushing 40 when the contract expires, but the Diam ondbacks had to agree to four years to land the Big Unit. the m arket w as "The m arketplace dictates w hat you need to do, and the fact is that w as w h at for Randy," Colangelo said. "To play the game, you have to accept the risk. A nd this is not a blind risk. He is that d o m in an t to w here you would be prepared to take that risk with him more than w ith someone else." The D iam ondbacks finished 65-97 last season, the third-w orst record in baseball. "I d id n 't like losing as m uch as w e d id, and the th o u g h t of w aiting another three or four years to be able to com pete was not very appealing to any of us," Colangelo said. He decided the quickest way to contention w as through pitching, and from the start, Johnson was his top priority. the p itcher All the other signings helped p e r­ suade that A rizona w ould not rem ain a big loser. That belief, and the fact that the ballpark is a 20-m inute drive from home, cinched the deal. Rangers re-sign Clayton for 4 more years 44 I think it’s a good situation for the Rangers to ther details, saying: "We will know in the next day or so, but I'm not real optimistic." ARLINGTON — The Texas Rangers lost out on R andy Johnson but hung on to Royce Clayton. Associated Press H ours after the pitcher agreed to a $52.4 million, four-year contract w ith Arizona, the shortstop decid­ the ed M onday Rangers and agreed to an $18 m il­ lion, four-year contract. to stay w ith Clayton, w ho gets a $2 m illion signing bonus and annual salaries of $4 million, hit .285 w ith five hom ers and 24 RBI in helping the Rangers overtake Anaheim to win the AL West this year. Texas acquired him on July 31 from the St. Louis C ardinals along with pitcher Todd Stottlem yre for have a young shortstop 28 years of age, with his athleti­ cism, his ability.” — Doug MeMn, Texas general manager pitcher D arren O liver and third basem an Fernando Tatis. "It's like starting new and having the opportunity to establish myself — not only myself, but also I think a great chance to w in and to contin­ ue w inning," Clayton said. "And that is very im portant to me." However, losing out of Johnson w as disappointing for both Clayton and Texas officials. "We had a very good ballclub this m orning before w e got that call, and we now still have a good ballclub afterw ard," Rangers presi­ dent Tom Schieffer said Texas general m anager D oug M elvin said the team w as contacted by Rafael Palmeiro, in another pos­ sible deal, but declined to give fur­ Melvin also talked w ith Toronto b u t said the Blue Jays haven't yet decided to trade Roger Clemens. "T here's not qnother R andy Johnson out there," M elvin said. " But there's more people w e will look at." Clayton hopes the Rangers will find another pitcher, one that will help the team reach the World Series for the first time. "It was very im portant that we get Royce under contract," Melvin said. "I think it's a good situation for the Rangers to have a young shortstop 28 years of age, with his athleticism , his ability." ASSOCIATED PRESS Shortstop Royce Clayton, right has decided to stay with Texas after joining the club in July. Page 10 Tuesday, December 1,1998 T h e D a i l y T e x a n LONGHORN FOOTBALL NOTES Camping out ■ The Ricky Williams postseason- award floodgates were officially opened on Monday, when the new NCAA career rushing leader was presented with the Walter Camp Player of the Year award in a cere­ mony in Bellmont Hall. The last seven Camp winners, who are selected by a vote of over 200 coaches and sports informa­ tion directors across the country, have gone on to, win the more prestigious Heisman Trophy. Wal­ ter Camp Football Foundation president Tom Lally said that Williams received over 89 percent of the votes and was a front-run­ ner for the award throughout the season. "I think he could have had only 25 yards on Friday and he still would have won it," Lally said of Williams' historic 259-yard perfor­ mance in the Longhorns' 26-24 vic­ tory over Texas A&M. The bronze Camp statue, which will likely soon be joined in the Williams home by the Maxwell Tro­ phy and a second Doak Walker Award, depicts three turn-of-the- century rugby players and weighs over 40 pounds. Camp is generally given credit for the 1880's transfor­ mation of English rugby into what is now known as American football. "Walter Camp was the father of modern-day football," Williams said. "For me to be mentioned in the same breath as him is an honor to me." On hiatus ■ Head coach Mack Brown said that the Horns will not participate in regular practice for the next two weeks, and will instead use the time to nurse injuries, finish up schoolwork, and work on condi­ tioning. Texas w on't even know which bowl it will be playing in until Sun­ day, although it is likely that the Horns will meet either Arkansas or Mississippi State in the Cotton Bowl on New Year's Day. If Texas A&M knocks Kansas State out of the BCS with a win in the Big 12 title game, however, the Holiday Bowl could still be a possibility for the Horns. Regardless of where they end up playing, Brown said that his goal is simply to complete "a couple of strong practices" before Christmas, when the team will travel to the bowl site. Meanwhile, members of Brown's staff will be traveling around the state as part of the NCAA's official recruiting period, which begins Tuesday and lasts until Christmas. "I think the time off will be good for us," said quarterback Major Applewhite. "We'll probábly get out the ball around after conditioning, but for the most part, it's a time to relax." there and throw Quick kicks ■ In case anyone needed further statistical proof of the balance of the Texas offense, the Horns are now only the second team in NCAA history to feature a 2,000- yard passer (Applewhite), a 2,000- yard rusher (Williams) and a 1,000- yard receiver (Wane McGarity) on the same team. The 1988 Oklahoma State tandem of Mike Gundy, Barry Sanders and Hart Lee Dykes was the other. A dozen Homs were named on the Big 12 coach's all-conference including Williams and squad, Applewhite, who were named Offensive Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year, respectively. to First-team Williams, McGarity, tight end Derek Lewis and offensive tackle Jay Humphrey. honors went — Compiled by Mike Finger, Daily Texan staff Belle, Baltimore complete mammoth 5-year contract Associated Press BALTIMORE — Get ready Balti­ more: Albert Belle is coming to town. The controversial slugger and the Orioles finally completed their $65 million, five-year contract on Monday, and Belle headed to Baltimore for a formal introduction at Camden Yards. There was no announcement by the Orioles, but the final agreement was confirmed to The Associated Press by a pair of sources familiar with the negotiation^ who spoke on the condi­ tion they not be identified. Baltimore intended to introduce Belle at a news conference Tuesday. Orioles general manager Frank Wren had agreed Friday with Belle's agent, Am Tellem, on the financial terms of the deal, which makes Belle the highest-paid player in franchise history and ties him with Mike Piazza of the New York Mets for the third- highest average salary ($13 million) behind only Anaheim's Mo Vaughn ($13.33 million) and Arizona's Randy Johnson ($13.1 million). It took until Monday for an agree­ ment on the final detail, the extent of the no-trade clause in the contract. Belle's deal is the sixth highest in total dollars, trailing only Piazza ($91 million), the New York Yankees' ($87.5 million), Bemie Williams Vaughn ($80 million) Boston's Pedro Martinez ($75 million) and the Los Angeles Dodgers' Gary Sheffield ($68.5 million). Belle's talks were different from the usual baseball negotiation. According to a third source who had been in contact with several major league teams, Belle personally placed telephone calls Monday to Yankees general manager Brian Cashman and Chicago White Sox general manager Ron Schueler, asking if they were interested in him. OU to name Stoops head coach Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY — Bob Stoops, whose work as Florida's defensive coordinator helped lead the Gators to the 1996 national title, will become the next head coach at Oklahoma, The Associated Press learned Mon­ day A source close to Stoops, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Stoops was the choice of athletic director Joe Castiglione, who con­ ducted the search on his own. Stoops, 38, was expected to be introduced at a news conference Tuesday. He would replace John Blake, fired Nov. 22 after compiling a 12-22 record in three seasons. "It's a great situation for Bobby," the source said. "He'll turn that pro­ gram around and get it back to where it used to be." Several media outlets also reported that Stoops had gotten the job. Cas­ tiglione was not available for com­ ment; he has said repeatedly that he won't comment until a coach is hired. Stoops played and coached at Iowa and was defensive coordinator at Kansas State before taking the same job at Florida three years ago. As Florida's coordinator, he added the defensive punch to go with Steve Spurrier's genius on offense. In his first season, the combination pro­ duced a national title. Florida has been ranked in the nation's top 15 in defense during each of Stoops' seasons there. Ricky Continued from page 9 recent memory, Williams has given a campus and a city a 6-0, 225-pound chunk of common ground. He's also given Longhorn faithful a reason to be proud again, no small accomplishment when referencing a program that had seemingly hit rock bottom at this time last year. What Texas fan didn't get goose- bumps while watching the Horns romp all over Oklahoma at the Cot­ ton Bowl in October? What Orangeblood with half a pulse didn't feel his heart swell with self-respect when UT stopped Nebraska's 47-game home winning streak on Halloween? numminternet casino & net/800# sportsbook 800-720-6433 T e x asC asin o .co m Who among the 80,000-plus in attendance last Friday left with a dry eye after Texas surprised the sixth-ranked Aggies? They are moments that will live forever, and moments that were brought to you courtesy of Ricky Williams. Without him, those hallm ark instances — the ones that have made the past three months a lot sweeter for a lot of people — would have been impossible, unattainable, and undoubtedly unimaginable. Williams has meant so much that the largest crowd in the history of Texas sports turned up and hung around last week to see him off, wish him well and say their thanks. Thank you for coming back, they said. Thank you for opening our imag­ inations and bringing us closer. Thank you for the yards, the records and the victories. Thanks for the memories. But most importantly, as UT head coach Mack Brown waxed at Mon­ day's Walter Camp award ceremo­ ny, "Thank you for letting us be a part of the ride." 49ers Continued from page 9 out of the offense and implied San Francisco could reverse its sluggish starts by throwing more passes his way. He finished Monday night's game with three catches for 25 yards. "He's fine. He knows we're all working together to win a champi­ onship," Young said. "Next week, he might catch 15." The 49ers opened the game with a no-huddle for the first time this sea­ son and Young went to Rice several times early. Near the end of San Francisco's third series, Young tried to force the ball to a double-covered Rice near the goal-line and Carlton Gray knocked it away. "There were plenty of balls Owens said. "We advantage. If we win, we're happy thrown his way,' just didn't take come out with a and he's happy." Owens' touchdown reversed a sputtering offense that had led to just two missed field goals by Wade Richey. But the 49ers didn't take the lead for good until they put together a 90- yard drive that Young finished with a 1-yard scoring pass to Irv Smith for a 14-7 halftime lead. Bowls Continued from page 9 the season with a loss to Oklahoma, the 7-4 Red Raiders can't be choosy. ■ Holiday Bowl: No. 13 Nebras­ ka vs. No. 21 Oregon — Despite a disappointing season by their stan­ dards, the Huskers' 16-14 win over Colorado Friday made this the 30th- consecutive year that Nebraska has won at least nine games. ■ Alamo Bowl: No7 10 Texas A&M vs. Purdue — The Aggies still have a shot at an alliance bowl bid if it can beat Kansas State in the Big 12 title game on Saturday. But the loss to Texas seems to have cost the Aggies a trip to the Cotton Bowl in most people's minds. ■ Insight.com Bowl: No. 24 Mis­ souri vs. West Virginia — The Tigers finished the season 7-4 and all 4 losses were suffered to teams ranked in the Top. 10. ■ O ahu Bowl: Colorado vs. North Carolina — The Buffs have already been guaranteed a trip to either the Oahu or Aloha Bowl. Either way the 7-4 team will be in Hawaii on Christmas Day. BCS College Football Standings Poll 1 AP Comp U-E Avg. ST Sagarin NYT Avg. Skd QRnk 5. Ohio St. ___ 5_ 6 ___ 6___ 1. Tennessee ___ 1.5 2 UCLA ___ 3_ 3. Kansas St. 4 Florida St. 6. Arizona 7. Florida 8. Texas A&M 9. W isconsin 10 Tulane 11. Nebraska 12 Georgia Techl 2 13. Arkansas . 11 14. Virginia 15 Syracuse 1 2 4 10 7 8 9 13 14 14 18 2 3 1 4 5 7 8 9 17 13.0 11 12 18 2 1 3 4 6 5 10 7 9 8 11 20 18 14 (17.25) 3.0 1.5 4.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 8.0 9.0 15.0 17 11.0 13.0 18.0 3 2 1 4 5 6 9 8 10 16 10 15 19 17 2 (225) 2 33 1.75 3__ 2.33 1 5 7 10 8 9 21 17 6 3 00 5.33 6 00 9 67 7.67 9 33 18 00 16 67 13.42 29 62 7 5 25 54 28 13 63 97 14 59 43 31 (18) 7__ (13.5) 14.00 10.50 10 10.0 L Tot. 4.99 0 _0_ 5.03 0 6.31 J _ 8.20 1.16 0.28 2.48 0.20 1.00_____ J _ 12.33 2 1 6 _J _ 15.16 1 1979 1.12 0.52 2 5 2 2 20.19 1 20.85 3 8 8 _____ 0 26 88 0.56 3 29.06 2 3 6 1.72 1.24 2_ 33.36 2_ 33.39 _3_ 35.66 15.67 44 1 76 2 32.43 Explanation Key: Poll Average — The average of The Associated Press media poll and U SA Today-ESPN coaches poll. Others receiving votes are calculated in order received. 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RENTAL 360 - Furn. Apts. PRE-LEASING SPRING W alk to UT. 1-1 small, quiet, complex. Nice, 271 1 Hemphill well-maintained Park from Blockbuster ) (Across $495. 4 7 8 -18 70 SERIOUS STUDENTS -UT 1 Block. Large 2 / 2 CACH, fans, pool, cable Red R.vei/30th, $ 7 5 0 /8 0 0 477- 3 3 8 8 /4 7 2 2097. SMALL EFFICIENCY 2-blocks west of UT. $ 29 4 all bills paid Quiet, studious environment. On-site man­ agement ¿.laundry H ollow ay Apts 250 2 Nueces 4 74 -01 46. MElROSE SUB-LEASE 2br-2ba Free 919- free phone, W /D . cable, 3153 2 /2 's , APPROX 950sq ft available m mid-December l/2 b lo c k from the UT Law School, behind 26th Street C O O P FREE CABLE ALL BILLS PAID Coll Holly at 45 2 -0 1 2 2 LOVELY EFFICIENCY garage oDart- furnished, C A /C H , ment, partially ceiling to UT, fan, porch, 5m in Greenbelt 477 -2 1 5 1 . Leave Mes­ sage. Avail Dec 21st, $ 4 4 0 /m o ABP 1044 Camino L a Costa Call Today 458-3116 upar L u j u i ' j j or ii ( f t c ü a © c r á t e r { ? @ w i j j ■ P.O. 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Large Eff./Loft wI Fireplace Pool, Laundry Rm„ Huge Trees, W alk to Campus: 1000 W. 26,6-St. School: $450 Summer $410 451-4822 Edward CO M E LIVE with us Efficiencies, l's & 2 Y Start at $375, paid w a­ te r/c a b le Ball courts. 451 -45 14. Access gates Efficien­ C O N D O O N Townlake cy, covered parking, security gate, poolside. N o pets, no smoking $ 4 5 0 /m o . 3 47 -18 64 APARTMENTS & More Free locat­ ing service, 708 -03 55. V IEW P O I N T A P T S . Starting at $425 Prim e W est C am pus location with beauti­ ful views. C om peten t on-site m anagem ent and large, handsom e efficiencies, som e with vaulted ceilings & skylights, make View Point a w onder­ ful p lace to live. A few ch o ice effi­ ciency apartm ents are available stai ting the first week o f Jan u ary. L ocated at the c o rn e r o f 26th and L eon (5 blocks West o f C.uadalupe). Call 476-8590 2518 Leon LARGE 2-2. N e ar campus W ater, gas, trash, and cable paid On-site lundry. W est Avenue Lots of parking. 1802 476- $ 9 0 0 /m o . 0 1 1 1 . Student W ALK TO UTI rooms. $31 0-$ 390, all bills paid Semester leases. Laundry, parking, on-site management. 1804 Lavaca. 476- 5 1 5 2 . Preferred Student discount. O n UT shuttle 1&2 bedrooms starting at $ 4 4 5 . Terra Vista Apt 2 0 0 5 W il­ low Creek. 512-447-6696. WEST CAMPUS all bills p a id l! All sizes furnished/unfurn. » Eff $40 0 up, 1/1 $58 0 up, 2BRs $ 6 9 9 up. Apartments & M ore @ 708 -03 55. HYDE PARK Mystique Eff's $395 up, 1/1 $475 up, 2 /1 s $65 0-7 70. Apartments & M ore @ 708 -03 55. WEST CAMPUS' Large 1/1 $525. C able includedl Call nowl Apart­ ments & More @ 708-0355. HYDE PARK 1-1 Remodeled, hard­ w ood floors, no pets. Information at 4 0 0 8 Ave. C 390 - Unf. Duplexes 3 / 2 DUPLEX w /attached garage Large garden in front/back, main­ tained by gardener. Near shopping and schools $ 9 0 0 . 301 -15 64 Town homes Immediately C O N D O AVAILABLE. 2 Bedroom occupancy (512) 472- 3 8 1 6 M arque Management. NOW PRELEASING Benchmark $875-1300 Buena Vista $800-1200 $725-1350 Croix $800-2200 Centennial Orangetree $700-3000 Many other houses & condos to choose from. METRO REALTY 4 7 9 -1 3 0 0 UNFURNISHED C O N D O Heritage!! N ice 1x1, $ 7 2 5 , W D FP, patio. w w w con­ Front Page 480 -85 18 loase.corn". WEST CAMPUS. Large 1-bedroom Fireplace, ceiling fan, W /D , park­ ing, $75 0 837-2496, leave mes­ sage. WEST CAMPUS CROIX 1BD/1BA condo, W /D . $ 7 5 0 /m o . 7 month lease availa­ ble Call KHP 476 -21 54 carpet, new 4701 Red River ¡ I Efficiency I Separate Kitchen/Bath $475 • A vill-7 A.A. 474-1800 MEW S CONDO 9 0 5 W. 2 2 1 /2 St. 2 -2 $ 1 0 0 0 /m o . Avil 1-1 A.I 4 7 4 -1 8 0 0 ^ & 420 - Unf. Houses ► Many Houjps from 2-é Bedrooms < ►West Cttmpus, Tarry Town, Hyde Pork< I Be First and get fhe Best Selection J ' PRELEASE JUNE/AUG < I METRO REALTY 1 1 479-1300 AVAILABLE NOW ! 1&2 bedrooms $545-$745. For 24-hour info call 477-LIVE BEAT THE RUSH! Reserve you n e w home with us. West Campus. Gated, pool and W /D . Starting at $315. For information, please call 322-9887. 2 8 2 4 RIO GRANDE 5 1 /2 W /D , Two living. C A /C H . Hard­ w ood floors. O ff street parking. $ 2 5 0 0 /m o 4 77 -98 57 -1 435 - Co-ops 435 - Co ps C O - O P H O I ISIN C - 2 - 5 B l o c k s f r o m c a m p u s ’ - V e g a n & V e g g i e f r i e n d l y - A l l b ills - $ 4 3 5 - $ 5 4 5 / m o . - O o u b l e a n d S i n g le r o o m s a v a i l a b l e I n t e r - C o u | K r ; » t i \ v i ' o t i n c i l 5 1 0 \ V . 3 3 , cl 4 7 6 - 1 0 5 7 430 - Unf. Houses WEST CAMPUS 6B D /3B A remod­ eled house, W /D , hottub, parquet, berber carpet, $ 3 0 0 0 /m o . 7 month lease avail. Call KHP 4 76 -21 54. 3 3 0 0 SQ.FT. home on Riverside G olf students $ 1 2 5 0 /m o ., 4 students $ 150 0/m o. Coll Keeton 389 -23 60. course. 3 5 MINUTES to UT. Large 3 /2 . hard- woods, C A /C H , $ 1 10 0 /m o . Refer­ ences, deposit 9 27 -26 22. COOPERATIVE HOUSING [$ 4 1 5 -5 2 1 PER MONTH H ■ 17 meals/week 24-hour kitchens furnished rooms all utilities paid central a/c & heat Spring Availability COLLEGE HOUSES 476-5678 • 1906 Pearl 440 - Roommates SHORT WALK UT. Female housemate wanted. Large windows, hardwoods, high ceilings, ceiling fans. Private bedroom, shared bath, kitchen. Quiet, non-smoking, pet-free. $ 2 7 5 + $1 0 0 bills + 5 shared m eals/week 474-2618 CENTRAL- 2 20-something females seek same for housemate in 3 /1 . $ 3 3 5 /m o , +deposit, + 1 /3 utilities. Leave message at 454 -17 07. ROOMMATE W ANTED for 2 /b e d , 1 & 1 /2 bath apartment. Share with 3 other guys. 236-9678. MALE ROOMMATE needed for 2 / 2 ; w asher/dryer, covered park­ ing for Spring; $45 0+ bills Call 2 36 -03 81. FEMALE NEEDED to share Melrose 3br, 3ba. Free phone, cable, W /D , pool, security. One month free rent. Available Immediately. 448-3951 MALE ROOMMATE wanted to sub­ suite. lease Dobie kadam@mail.utexas.edu G ood roommates, great view. 505 -19 03. corner SUBLEASE DOBIE (female). G reat view, nice roommates. 505- 2402. room FEMALE ROOMMATE needed to sublease 1-1 of 3-3 at Melrose. Fur­ nished, washer/dryer, phone/cable $ 41 7+ Available gated ec'98 M icki 919 -32 31. gaid, ROOMMATE NEEDED for 2 /2 . 932sqft., $ 2 7 8 + 1 /2 bills O n UT shuttle Call Charles 4 42 -86 56. Move-in ASAP. UT'S ROOMMATE SOURCE! Windsor Roommates - Since 1989 Fast - Computerized - Cheap! 1711 San Antonio - 495-9988 www.io.com /~windsor PRIVATE ROOM, bathroom, huge walk-in closet Gables Apartments @ 38th&Lamar. Easy bus to campus, pool, security, etc. Non-smoker. 5 5 0 + 1 /3 utilities 427 -9 0 0 9 W ALK TO campus 2-1 apt. Also at W C shuttle stop, ABP, fully furnish­ ed, only $ 3 5 0 plus Dec. FREEI 773- 4 1 5 5 ASAP. $ 2 25 /m o Off of M anor Rd. W / D from 4 bedroom house. 1-room Available Dec-1 st 494-1639 ROOMMATE W ANTED. W est Cam- pus 2-2 $ 4 0 0 /m o . + l/2 b ills . Call Robin 708 -94 10. 435 - Co-ops 435 - Co-ops 435 -C o *0ps Interested in being a Resident Rssistant? Uniuersity Towers fs seeking applications fo r 1998-99 Resident Rssistant positions. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: 1) at least one year occupancy in a residence hall environment, 2 ) a minimum of a 2.5 GPA (transcript required) 3 ) three letters of reference, and 4 ) mandatory attendance at one of four meetings: Tuesday, December 8,1998; Thursday, December 10,1998; Thursday, January 21, 1999; and Tuesday, January 26,1999 beginning at 7:00 p.m. The Application deadline is 5 p.m. Friday, January 2 9 , 1 9 9 9 . 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E ch o S ta r, b ased in L ittle to n , Colo., announced Monday that it will buy from M u rd och 's N ews Corp. and MCI WorldCom the last U.S. license to beam TV shows and oth er services d irectly to p izza­ sized dishes at people's homes. U n d er the deal, EchoStar will acquire the license and other assets now held by the News Corp. and MCI, including two satellites now being built. The assets, valued at $1.25 billion, will be paid for with EchoStar stock. News Corp. and MCI, however, w ill be in v e sto rs in E ch o S tar. Together they will have a 37 per­ cent stake in the company and 8.5 percent of its voting rights. For consumers, the deal means m o re ch an n els and serv ices by early 2000. The com pany said it will have the ability to p rovide m ore than 500 channels of p ro ­ gram m in g , In tern et acce ss and other data services at that time. It also aids in EchoStar's techni­ cal efforts to provide satellite TV viewers with local broadcast chan­ nels — a move that requires both extra channel space and federal legislation. Consumer groups say the deal puts m ore p ressu re on C o n g ress to ch an g e the law so EchoStar can provide any satellite customer with local signals. In February 1997, EchoStar had an agreement to merge its satellite business with ASkyB, the nascent satellite TV business of Murdoch's N ew s C orp . But the ag reem en t unraveled later that year because of disputes between Murdoch and EchoStar CEO Charlie Ergen over v o tin g co n tro l and the tim e it would take to break even. E ch o S ta r su b seq u en tly su ed News Corp. for breach of contract. As part of the new deal, EchoStar agreed to drop the suit. The deal should make EchoStar a much stronger No. 3 competitor to DirecTV/U.S. Satellite Broadcasting and Prim estar, the leaders in the direct broadcast satellite business. The industry has 8 million customers. "It still very much is a David vs. G oliath m arketplace out th ere," Ergen said. "It gives us a chance to be a more meaningful player and to provide competition not only to DirecTV, but to the cable com pa­ nies." The p B S b u sin ess p oses the greatest threat yet to cable televi­ sion, because it can provide many channels, crystal-clear picture and sound quality. As cable rates have risen steeply this year, regulators and lawmakers have looked for ways to help DBS companies become stronger com ­ petitors to cable TV com panies, which have 67 million customers. "This could mean four real and different choices of multichannel for co n su m ers: p ro gram m in g DirecTV / USSB; Primestar; EchoStar and cable," said Andrew Schwartz- man, president of the public interest law firm the Media Access Project. Gene Kimmelman, co-director of the Consumers Union's Washing­ ton office said, "E ch oS tar is the only company that has shown an interest in holding down its own prices and putting pressure on the cable industry to do the same." T h e D a il y T e x a n Tuesday, December 1 , 1 9 9 8 Page 13 Countdown begins for space station construction Associated Press C A P E C A N A V E R A L , Fla. — NASA began the countdown Mon­ day for a shuttle launch that will put the first American piece of the in tern atio n al sp ace statio n into orbit. Endeavor is scheduled to blast off Thursday on the long-delayed mis­ sion. During the flight, two space- w alk in g a stro n a u ts w ill fasten together the U.S. piece and a com­ ponent that was launched by the Russians nearly two weeks ago. "H ey, this has been a long time coming," shuttle commander Robert C ab an a said . " I t's tim e that we launch and get the first U.S.-built piece of hardware up there to the international space station, and start a new era in international coopera­ tion in space exploration." "It's time to fly," added Sergei K rikalev, a R ussian cosm on au t assigned to the one-year-late mission. It is expected to take a total of 45 U.S. and Russian launches over the next five years to haul up pieces of the sp ace station and p u t them together in orbit. When completed, the station will stretch as long as a football field. Liftoff is set for just before 4 a.m., although rain and low clouds could interfere. The odds of acceptable weather were put at 40 percent. On Monday, NASA loaded last- minute Russian equipment into the shuttle, including electrical gear to fix a faulty battery aboard the first station component, Zarya. The six shuttle astro n au ts will rendezvous with Z arya, w hich is Russian for sunrise, two days into their 12-day flight. They will use the shuttle robot arm to grab the 44,000-pound cylin­ der and attach it to the station com­ ponent carried up aboard Endeavor, a 25,000-pound passageway named Unity. Then two space-walkers will go outside to fasten all the electrical connections and cables between the two com ponents and attach hand rails and tools for future crews. Cabana said the pressure to suc­ ceed is intense, especially after so many delays. "H ey, it's a hard task," he said. "You want to get up there and you want to do the job and you want to have a goal in sight. W hen it's a m oving target, it som etim es gets kind of frustrating." Cabana and his crew should have taken up Unity last December, but were sidelined when a cash crunch prevented the Russians from com ­ pleting the third station component. The still-unfinished service module contains the crucial life-support and flight-control systems, and is sup­ posed to go into orbit next summer, qlmost one and a half years late. 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Answ ers to any three clues in this puzzle s o u n d s 49 Playwright Ibsen Annual subscriptions are available for the best of Su nd ay crossw ords from the last 50 “O ver There” 50 years: 1 -888-7-AC RO SS. co m p o se r L o n g h o r n H o r o s c o p e s T b J E x " - f t J « J - € **Al 1 tNTION: Nominate your UT God/Goddess by e-mailing their name and sign to: bimsbuigin@hotmail.com (March 20 Aries - April 20): Diplomacy and a bit of self-control may be needed as you are tested by a well-known acquaintance. If you play your cards right, you can make people respect you more instead of acquiring enemies. Be kind and hon­ est. Taurus (April 20 - May 21): If you act impulsively this week, prepare to face impulsive consequences. You can use this to your benefit though. Lose your inhibitions and go for those things you may have never done. Gemini (May 21 - June 21): Your revolutionary ideals are being set into classic concepts around you. Being free at heart causes others to shy away from you at first but flock to your presence in your successes. Know this and you can keep your­ self content. Cancer (June 21 - July 22): Lovin' is sweet and sensuous right now. Think of treating it like fruit. It is easy to bite into its sweet core, but also easy to bruise it if you don't handle it right. It is an analogy that works. Leo (July 22 - Aug. 23): Open up your doors. Whatever you hold inside needs to be released and shared. When you expose your soul, though, it is frightening; it can let others help you and understand you in your time of need. Virgo (Aug. 23 - Sept 23): Good luck is on your side this week. As you venture through another busy time, think of using your keen charms to jump ahead of the compe­ tition. Keep a rabbit's foot in your pocket just in case. Libra (Sept 23 - Oct 23): It is time to reach out and touch someone. 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BY GARRY TRUDEAU WÓW...YOU'VE ALREAPY GOT, LIK E A PERSONAL PHILOSOPHY' COOL, H U H ? A N P I'M ONLYA FROSH' \ / • I LEOIfi IDHS KEÉñT Doonesbury T h e D a i l y T e x a n Tuesday, December 1,1998 Page 15 sound bite Medeski Martin and Wood tio n al acts tak e o n sta g e, bu t the problem seemed to be lack of inter­ est by spin-d octor Logic, coupled with confusion on Wood's part. This u n m em o rab le p e rfo rm a n ce is n 't likely to diminish Medeski Martin & W ood's local reputation, earned by unforgettable Austin shows (like in 1995 w hen th ey jam m ed w ith Phish), but was a disappointm ent compared to the last album. K ick in g th in g s o ff w ere th e N orth M ississip p i All Stars, w ho set the im provisational mood with catchy, contem porary slide guitar blues, and gritty vocals. DJ Logic follow ed w ith a brief d isco-laced interm ission, nonchalantly m ixing Eastern chants with Jam es Brow n tracks, but scratched only m argin­ ally, reserving the heavy science for when MMW played. — A lex Smith live m usic MEDESKI MARTIN & WOOD When: Saturday, Nov.28 Played at Liberty Lunch Opener: The North Mississippi All Stars, DJ Logic the in stru m e n ta l Saturday and Sunday night, New Y o rk 's M ed eski M artin & W ood delivered their brand of distorted funk to Liberty Lunch in support of their latest release, Com bustication. Backed by the hip-hop stylings of DJ L o g ic, trio entranced a packed house with big- beat grooves, spontaneous strange­ n ess and a fla v o r o f g o sp e l, all anchored by John Medeski's virtuoso Hammond organ. The material came mostly from this year's Combustica­ tion and 1994's Friday Afternoon in the Universe, which established MMW as leaders in Manhattan's Knitting Fac­ tory school of modem jazz. Since forming in 1990, the group has continuously toured the nation, performing in rock clubs that more traditional jazz outfits would have a hard tim e filling. This practice, facilitated by M M W 's dedication to the old-school groove (resurrected by the Beastie Boys on Check Your Head) has given them a pop appeal unheard of for other lyricless acts. Medeski, along with bassist Chris Wood and drum mer Billy M artin, took the stage, and began an atonal, seem ingly ceasless jam that didn't stop u n til they said good n ig h t. "Start Stop" and "Church of Logic" (written by Logic with M MW) were veh icles for terrific jam m in g lay ­ ered over the D J's ferocious skills on the turntable, and garnered the greatest applause. O ther notables in clu d ed "L a s t C hance to D ance T ra n c e " and "C h u b b S u b ," both from Friday Afternoon, as well as the quasi-religious version of "N o Ke Ano A hiahi," with engaging guitar lick s co u rte s y of o p en e rs N o rth Mississippi All Stars. Th e ja m s M M W cra fte d w ere uncharacteristically simplistic, and trio so u n d ed b e s t w hen appeared interested in the groove; unfortunately, this was not always the case. This is the risk improvisa- th e L , V N O W O P E N A ladybug with gender issues, voiced by Denis Leary, gets a little angry at some flies in A Bug’s Ufa. Bugs: A fun, rambunctious run through the eyes of blue ants ~ Continued from page 16 ’ of army soldiers. P ix a r's n ew est e ffo rt con tin u es the trend, adopting the second most popular ch ild 's fascin atio n : bugs. Throwing in a few other kid-friend­ ly elem ents, m ost n otably a lively (flea ) circu s, A B ug's L ife p ro v es Pixar's entertaining fi rst effort was anything but a fluke. But, A Bug's Life also forecasts a d istu rb in g p attern in w hich each s u c c e s s iv e p ic tu re m u s t o n e-u p ev ery th in g th at has co m e before. We need only turn to recent disap­ pointments from Jerry Bruckheimer (A r m a g ed d o n ) th e D ean D e v lin /R o la n d E m m e ric h p a ir (Godzilla) to see where: this strategy inevitably leads. an d True to form, A Bug's Life is far m ore elaborate and visu ally stu n ­ n in g th a n Toy S to ry , th o u g h its rather shaky script threatens to col­ lapse ben eath the w eigh t. A t this rate, P ixar w ill have d rain ed the most popular children's subjects by the millennium. Fortunately, A Bug's L ife w orks for "g ro w n -u p s " to o . It m ay n o t include the W oody A llen w hining o f D rea m W o rk s' A n tz (lik e lim a b e a n s and th e A rch D e lu x e , an acquired taste that usually backfires with kids), but older audiences are sure to find plenty to admire in this bu rstin g -at-th e -se am s ad v en tu re. The hum or here may not be particu­ la r ly s o p h is tic a te d , b u t it n ev e r undermines the adult viewers when trying to appease the kids. After being recently exposed to a v a r ie ty o f c o m p u te r-g e n e ra te d bu gs, ranging from the m enacing insect predators in Starship Troopers and M imic to the com ically absurd h u m a n o id d ro n e s o f A n tz, one m ight be inclined to overlook the novelty of these D isney creations. B u t th at w ould be to m iss out on exactly what A Bug's Life has going for it, a colorful assortm ent of clev­ erly-individualized critters voiced b y a m o tley g ro u p o f ta le n te d actors. So w h at ex actly h ap p en s in an ordinary bug's life? Well, the ants in this colony spend most of their exis­ tence collecting food as an offering to their grasshopper protectors. Pro­ v id e d th a t the g ra s sh o p p e rs get th e ir fo o d , the c o lo n y n ee d n o t w orry abou t being th reaten ed by other bugs. But this year, when the grasshop­ pers arrive to collect their food, they discover that Flik (Dave Foley), an ambitious ant determined to stream­ line the whole process, has acciden- Crue Continued from page 16 dominated music scene." While Crüesters everywhere thrive on the angry, womanizing image that M otley C rüe seem in g ly invented , M ars believes that "L iv e W ire" set the foundation for w hat the band is all about. "It's about m aking music." M otley Crüe definitely has some tough obstacles to face in order to regain their popularity, but none of these obstacles can change the fact that they have made some truly great music. Their comeback means more than just giving Crüesters something to talk a b o u t at th e n ex t m on ster truck show or W W F extravaganza. The current tour brings back memo­ ries of the musical anarchy that the '80s rock scene thrived on, with songs that guarantee to make any listener "Sh o u t at the D evil." So d on 't put your lighter away ju st yet. Keep it ig n ited , sw ay w ith the C rü e and choose your favorite "N asty Habit" b ec a u se th is tou r is far from the "Same Ol' Situation." R O S E S E C ASH & CARRY DAILY SPECIALS. TOO! ■ i ■ C A S A V E R D E F L O R IS ]W j|^ F T D 451 -0 6 91 I . L 4501_GUADAL UPEj^ AC ING tally overturned the entire offering in to a d eep pu d d le. H o p p er, the group's temperamental leader, men­ a cin g ly v o iced by K evin Sp acey , demands that the ants start over and c o lle c t tw ice th e u su al o ffe rin g before the end of the summer. A s p u n ish m e n t, P rin c e s s A tta (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) and her coun­ cil send Flik on a suicide mission to recruit bigger bugs to help the ants fig h t H o p p er. T ra v e lin g to "th e city," Flik stumbles across a band of in sect circus perform ers w hom he mistakes for warriors, and, to every­ one's surprise, returns unscathed to the colony. A Bug's Life is no less g u ilty of falling back on spectacle than other films that rely on computer graph­ ics, but at least it serves us with a fu ll m enu o f o u r fa v o r ite b u g s. T h e re 's F ra n cis (D en is L eary ), a gruff ladybug with gender identity troubles; Heimlich (Joe Ranft), a lov­ able, plump German caterpillar; and Slim (David Hyde Pierce), a misun­ derstood walking stick. Throw in a pair of roly-poly Russ­ ian acrobats, a praying mantis magi­ cian, a sultry black widow (Bonnie Hunt) and a dazzling butterfly, and kid s and ad ults alik e are su re to delight in these playful characteri­ zations of the bugs that once cap­ tured their interest. The circus bugs, not quite cut out for hand-to-m andible com bat, fig ­ ure nicely into Flik's non-combative plan to face Hopper and his gang. N atu rally , ev ery th in g u n fo ld s as elaborately as possible, w ith noth­ ing working quite as planned. The anim ators, in ch aracteristic D isn e y fa sh io n , h a v e c a r e fu lly researched their subjects to bring us a film that is as inventive as Honey, I Shrunk the Kids! and as meticulously recreated as m icrocosm os. The best sc e n e s sp rin g fro m th is c a re fu l attentiveness, entirely superfluous to the plot but magically capturing the v ery essen ce o f b ein g a bug. These ants may be blue and four­ legged, but they behave just like the real thing when marching single-file or swarming to the anthill. Like all computer-generated films so far, th e e x q u is ite ly re n d e re d d etails in A Bug's L ife m ake tim e spent in this world a surreal experi­ ence. The animators im merse us in su rro u n d in g s th at are m o re p o l­ ished , b e tte r lit, and m ore fin ely crafted than our own. T h is is a n im a tio n lig h t-y e a r s ahead of the primitive construction- paper characters of South Park or the jitte r y s k e tc h e s o f B eav is an d Butthead. Leave it to Disney to prove that we can still have an old-fash­ ioned good time on the cutting edge of technology. Bordering on sensory overload, A Bug's Life is a feast for the eyes and im a g in a tio n from start to fin ish . Unlike m any of D isney's previous animated "classics," this is one that flo w s sm o o th ly th ro u g h o u t. 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With their tattoos of naked wom en and roses now a faded p u rp le , th ey are now ag in g m etal fans w ho w ould be crucified at the ? ilith Fair by a mob of angry women. ! heir tim e has come and gone, b ut there is still hope for these m ullet- w earing w ife beaters. A fter a five- v ear break-up the band is once again ready to rock. "It's k ind of like a fam ily spat," s ud guitarist Mick M ars about the five-year separation. "You may have an argum ent w ith your brother but it's still all good," he continued. Mot­ ley Crüe, m ade up of drum m er and w a n n a b e p o rn s ta r T o m m y Lee, sin g e r V ince N eil, g u ita ris t M ick Mars and bassist Nikki Sixx, has p ut the "family spat" behind them and is now touring to prom ote their Great­ est Hits album. The album is a com pilation of all the songs that the '80s m etal scene thrived on. M iddle school anthem s like "Girls, Girls, Girls," "Smokin' in th e B o y 's R oom ," "H o m e S w eet lom e" and "Dr. Feelgood" app ear on the album. These songs are sure to bring back memories of a time w hen overly-heterosexual men wearing too m uch eyeliner ru led the airw aves. \side from the now faded memories, the q u e stio n a rise s as to w h e th e r these songs are "still k ickin' ass." V eteran cock-rocker M ick M ars is convinced that they are. "W h e n I lo o k o u t on to u r, o u r . u d ie n c e is a lo t of the h a rd -c o re Motley Crüe fans, the older guys, but th e re a re a to n of y o u n g e r k id s," Mars said. "They are kind of re-dis- live m usic MOTLEY CRUE When: Tuesday, Dec. 1 Playing at Austin Music Hall Opening: Laidlaw, Octane covering rock music." M ars believes that this new found fo llo w in g of " lo n g -h a ire d , h e a d - b anging kids" cam e about because everyone is tired of the "w hiny, I- don't-w ant-to-m ake-m usic rock that is out there right now." "I think it is time for some positive, in-your-face k in d of p ro g ressiv e, rock," he says. M ars attributes m uch of the audi­ ences' energy to the fact that they are now playing smaller venues than in their glory days. W hile sm aller venues m ay m ake for an evening of intim acy w ith the fa m e d fo u rso m e , it leav es o n e to w o n d e r if th e p o p u la rity of '80s h e a v y m etal h as com e a n d gone. A fter 17 years together and 35 mil­ lion a lb u m s sold, th e C rü e is not ready to call it quits. W h en a sk e d w h e re th e b a n d 's m u sic fits in to th e c u rre n t m u sic scene, Mars insisted "there is room for every kind of music." To illustrate his point, M ars pointed to a recent tour in Copenhagen in which Motley Crüe played w ith Prodigy. "It was a great experience. People should not lim it th e m se lv e s to o ne ty p e of music," Mars said. A n o th e r p ro b le m p la g u in g the C riie's comeback extends past their m u sic a n d in to th e b a n d 's e n tire im age. M isogynist m usicians have been b u rn t n u m e ro u s tim es in the Mdtley Crüe have returned, and they will rock your world. flam es of political correctness, and M otley Crüe is no exception. Sure, th e C rü e has a b a n d o n e d the pole dancers and strippers that m ade their former tours famous, but in their pri­ vate lives, the b an d m em bers have not been able to avoid their w om an­ izing ways. sp e n t fo u r m o n th s of a six-m onth prison sentence behind bars for abus­ ing wife and form er Baywatch star, Pamela A nderson Lee. These occur­ re n c e s in a d d itio n to so n g s lik e "Girls, Girls, Girls," and "Girl D on't G o A w ay M ad (Ju st Go A w a y )" m a k e it e v e n h a r d e r fo r M o tle y C riie's m usic to find its place in a D ru m m e r T om m y Lee re c e n tly music scene currently swarm ing with talented female musicians. In a n a tte m p t a t so fte n in g th e band's reputation, Mars said, "I think it's cool if w om en get to reach out and do something and be recognized in stead of b eing b u rie d in a m ale- CRUE/page 15 Hard knock ‘Life’ Peter Debruge Daily Texan Staff John L asseter, A n d re w S tan to n and their team of anim ation m agi­ cians know exactly w hat kids w ant fro m th e m o v ie s. W ith D is n e y 's backing, they have no trouble con­ juring up such charm ing tales like A B u g 's Life, a fu ll-sc a le a d v e n tu re film w ith d im in u tiv e , b u t lovable characters sure to enliven m oviego­ ers' holiday viewing. In Toy Story, Pixar's first feature film , L a s s e te r , a n d c o m p a n y d ra g g e d e v e ry o n q 's .ia v o rite to y s o ut of the closet, issuing in a new era of entirely com puter-generated film A BUG’S UFE Starring: Dave Foley, Kevin Spacey Director John Lasseter Playing at Gateway, Highland, Riverside Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ (out of five) m otion pictures w ith u n su rp risin g ease. Using toys as m ain characters conveniently served to address such kiddy day d ream stars as cowboys, spacem en, dinosaurs and a platoon BUGS/page 15 A • r . j ’ f Ready, ho! A motley crew of bugs stand at attention in Disney's new animntion flick A Bug's Life. áfe, Super Saver € It's that last w eek of school, and I think I speak for everyone w hen I say that it's about dam n time. Granted, m any of you may be cram m ing in those last few p ro jects a n d p a p e rs d u e this week, but there are those of us w ho already know w e're going to fail and there a in 't nothing nobody but God can do about it. Well, then, perhaps it's time to go o u t a n d see a c o u p le of shows and enjoy life. ■ Tuesday night, at the Austin M usic Hall, M otley C rüe (see related sto ry ) is here. It's rare that your childhood gets to rear its ugly head and kick you in the rear, but w hen it happens, you better listen. Face it, back in the d a y w h e n le a th e r p a n ts a n d mascara w ere commonplace on our rock idols, no one did it bet­ ter than the Crüe. Just don't get too close to Tommy, he's too fast for love, L aidlaw and O ctane open the craziness. ■ Chris Isaeik, the complete and total opposite of M otley Crüe, com es to to w n W e d n e sd a y night at the Austin Music Hall. This will be a more tender affair, ^ s the suave Isaak is sure to melt a few h e a rts w ith his soulful crooning, his soft melodies and h is b o d a c io u s g o o d looks (acco rd in g to A d riane). Jude opens. ■ W ell, w e h a v e n 't g o n e all year, but w e keep hearing great things about it, especially in our H um an Sexuality classes. So this week, get off your boring couch potato b u tt and head dow n to the Atomic Cafe (705 Red River) Tuesday night for Fetish Night, which should be an interesting place to study alternative sexual behaviors. A nd besides, if you get there before 10:30 p.m., it's free! Well, n o t the drinks, but how often do you get to see peo­ ple getting wl ripped? ■ T h u rs d a y a t th e E lectric Lounge, it's Pixies Hoot Night, w ith an a ll- s ta r cast of local A u stin b a n d s p la y in g th e ir favorite Pixies songs. It should prove to be a n interesting night, if not just to count the num ber of times "Gigcintic" gets mauled. 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