UNIVERSITY DrinP ■ “ Survey s students life miser i I N I *-i N Vol. 94, No. 67 Texas showdown The Dallas Mavericks take the San Antonio Spurs 124-121 in overtime behind Jamal Mashburn’s 34 points. ENTERTAINMENT 7 The beat goes on Helmet and the Cranberries, both In town Wednesday, are expanding past their original sounds. 2 Sectionsi hu Da ily Texa n from top Treasury The student newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin Wednesday, December 7, 1994 25c R EN AE MERLE D aily Texan S ta ff' -------- ------------------- Ending months of speculation, Treasury S e c r e ta r y L loyd B e n tse n a n n o u n ced I uesday that he would return to his native Texas to pursue opportunities in the pri­ vate sector. "I had made up my mind that when my Senate term finished I would not run for re-election," Bentsen said in his televised announcement with President Bill Clinton from the Rose G arden. "I decided that I would coincide my service as secretary of the Treasury with that prom ise." H is resign ation w ill b ecom e effectiv e Dec. 22. C lin to n a p p o in te d B e n tse n to th e C abinet post in 1992, when Bentsen was Texas' senior senator, causing the 1993 spe­ cial e le c tio n in w h ich R ep u b lica n Kav Bailey Hutchison was elected. It has been a great time to be Treasury 64 It has been a great tim e to be Treasury secretary, and it is a great tim e to be bow ing out as Treasury se cre ta ry .” _______________________________________ Treasury Secretary Uoyd Bentsen — secretary, and it is a great time to be bow­ ing out as T reasury se c re ta ry ," Bentsen said. He added that he inform ed C linton of h is p la n s to re sig n in S e p te m b e r, bu t promised to remain in office until after the elections and completion of their agenda. C linton chose W hite House E conom ic Adviser Robert Rubin to replace Bentsen, pending Senate confirmation. B en tsen co m p lim e n te d C lin to n on Rubin'<; nnminafinn gram s and our problem s," Bentsen said. And he has the ability to sit down with Congress and work things out." Bentsen was known as the elder states­ man in Clinton s Cabinet, lending prestige and credibility to the administration. ' [Bentsen] has given m ore than half a c e n tu ry o f h is life to p u b lic s e r v ic e ," C lin to n sa id . "H e h as serv ed in every capacity with dignity and distinction." C linton added that Bentsen ranked as ► Please see related story, page 3 W ar II. ‘ [B e n tse n ] h as a ls o m ad e the Treasury Department a full partner in the fight against crime and drugs," he said. Bentsen s career in public service began in 1946 w hen he w as electe d ju d g e in H idalgo County. A fter serving as a U.S. representative, Bentsen decided on a career in business after three years. Bentsen returned to public service when he w as elected to the U.S. Senate in 1970, then rose to chairman of the Senate Finance Committee in 1987. After an unsuccessful bid for president in 19/6, Bentsen also made an unsuccessful run for vice p re sid e n t in 1988 w hen he teamed up with Michael Dukakis. Our economic and our political system [give people] the unique opportunity to Lloyd Bentsen 1942 graduates from I T law school 1946 elected as a judge in Hildago County 1948 elected to the U.S. House 1955 quits Congress to start an insurance company 1970 elected to the U.S. Senate defeating George Bush 1976 runs unsuccessfully for president, but re-elected to the Senate 1988 runs unsuccessfully as Michael Dukasis' vice presidential running mate, but re-elected to the Senate 1992 appointed by . Bill Clinton to be Secretary of the Treasury 1994 resigns cabinent post Please see Bentsen, page 2 Staff oranhtr bv N aka Hubbell pleads guilty to fraud Clintons confidant to cooperate with Whitewater prosecutor Associated Press ~ L IT T L E R O C K , A rk. — A d is ­ placed W e b s te r.l^ b b e ll. confidant to P resid ent C linton and once the nation's third-highest law enforce­ m ent o ffic ia l, p le a d e d g u iltv I uesday to defrauding his form er law partners and clients o f nearlv $400,000. Hubbell s voice cracked with emo­ tion as he entered guilty pleas to two felony charges that ended a remark­ able fall from government power. U nder a plea bargain, H ubbell, 46, will cooperate with Whitewater p ro secu to r K en n eth S ta rr's wide- ranging investigation into the busi­ ness activities of the C lintons and other prominent Arkansans. Starr declined to com m ent on a lik e ly s e n te n c e b u t said h e w as lo o k in g f o r w a r d " to H u b b e ll's cooperation. Law yers familiar with the probe have told The Associated Press that Starr intends to question Hubbell about whether the Clinton adminis­ tration exercised any political inter- ference in the early investigations that spawned the W hitewater affair. The administration has denied any such interference. A s a key m em b er o f C lin to n 's transition team and later No. 3 offi- cial in the Ju s tic e D e p a rtm e n t, Hubbell was privy to the most pri­ vate c o n v e r s a tio n s the administration. in sid e And as a governm ent contractor in the late 1980s, he also had access to the internal records of the failed Arkansas savings and loan that is a ce n tra l fo cu s o f the W h ite w a te r probe. I deeply regret that my actions have afflicted my family and friends and those who have placed me in a position of trust,” the former associ­ ate attorney general said in federal court Tuesday. 6 6 This matter simply does not concern the president, the first lady, o r Whitewater Development Company in any way.” President CSntons attorney — ______________________________________________ Davkt KendaS I know today is a very painful day for them. If the consequences of my action were only mine, this could be easier, but they're not, ” he said. The first C linton adm inistration official to admit to criminal activity as a result of the Whitewater probe, Hubbell said he was ginltv of mail fraud and tax evasion. Each charge carries a maximum of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine. U .S. D istric t Ju d g e W illiam Wilson agreed to release Hubbell on his own recognizance, pending sen­ tencing. No date was set. Under federal sentencing guide­ lines d iscu ssed in court, H ubbell w ou ld face 27 to 33 m o n th s in p n so n if W ilson chose to im pose concurrent sentences Hubbell also could ask the court for a sh o rter sentence or probation. Calling Hubbell ”an old triend,” C lin to n said he and his w ife , H illa ry , w ere by Tuesday's events. sa d d e n e d We should remember that W ebb is a man who has given much to his fa m ily , h is co m m u n ity and h is co u n try ,' C linton said in a sta te ­ ment released by the W hite House. I h e m atter is in the h a n d s of the court, and I don't think it would be ap prop riate to say am thing m ore Please see Fraud page 2 A ssocia ted ^ re s s ~ ~ ~ ~ ------------------------------------- 1 EN SA CO LA , Fla. — His usual bem u sed sm ile wiped off his face, Paul Hill listened with a bored look Tuesday as a judge sentenced him to the electric chair for blowing out the brains of an abortion doctor and his bodyguard. "May God have mercy on your soul,” Circuit Judge Frank Bell intoned. M om ents later, an abortion toe shouted that H ill's blood w ould be on th e h an d s of th e judge, the jury and the people of Florida. S h ack led at his feet, the 40 -y e a r-o ld H ill stood impassively in his drab green jail jum p­ suit as Bell explained to the form er m inister why he had rejected the only other sentencing o p tio n , life in p riso n w ith o u t p a ro le . L ast month a jury unanimously recommended that Hill be executed. Bell recounted the luly 29 ambush outside a I ensacóla abortion clinic, the second anti-abor- tion slaying in the Florida Panhandle city He Please see Hill, page 2 Mike Gessaman. an Austin Parks and Recreation temporary worker fas­ tens a support cable to a figure in the Mother Goose display at Zilker • _ H • T.J. LEE/Daily Texan Staff T hI cHo^ 3'1 ° f L'ghiS exhibit- Gessaman and four other workers spent uesday morning arranging the display, which will be lit Sunday at 7 p.m. Making the grade Survey says UT law graduates lead state with 96 CALEB CANNING Daily Texan Staff ~ ~ — M ore grad uates from the UT School o f Law passed the Texas Bar Examination this July than grad uates from any other Texas law school, a trade magazine stated Tuesday. According to a survey published in the Nov. 14 issue o f Texas Lawyer, o f the 371 UT law gradu­ ates taking the three-day com prehensive exam, 357 passed. The results gave the law school the highest passing rate, at 96.23 percent, and the hight st total o f p assin g stu d en ts of an y law school in Texas. The P rin c e to n Review, a national law journal, recently rated the U T law school as having “the best teaching faculty among American law schools.” Ihe article also published the results of a stu­ dent survey rating everything from campus law libraries to student indebtedness after gradua­ tion. UT law professors also received an "A + " rating from those surveyed. The Princeton Review, a national law journal, percent passing bar exam recently rated the U’l law school as having "the i\ ,t teaching faculty among American law schools." I really do believe that we put a great em pha­ sis on teaching a b ility ," said M aurice Sha riot interim dean of the law school, adding that the University does not employ non-teaching profes­ sors, like some other schools. "Faculty in general takes that task very seriously." M any stu d e n ts said th at a lo n g w ith low tuition, the reputable faculty was a major factor in their decision to attend the University. Please see Exam, page 2 53 years later, survivors recall Pearl Harbor’s ‘day of infamy’ ALEX DEM ARBA N _________ Daily Texan Staff Ihe fatefu l teleg ram a rriv e d in McAllen, Dec. 16, 1941. The young sea­ man Albert Block had died in valiant defense of his country nine days earlier. Refusing to arrange services for her son, M argaret Block instead clung to some divine hope that her boy had sur­ vived the attack on Pearl H arbor that left 2,400 dead and the United States bereft of 18 warships and 187 aircraft. Another Navy telegram arrived eight days later with welcome news, fhe 19- year-old radioman had survived the two hour early-morning tragedy wrought by the Ja panese on Dec. 7, 194Í. My mother would not accept that I was d ead ," said the Austin resident. "She felt all along that I was alive." In the afterm ath of the tum ultuous day o f infam y, su rvivors w ere trans­ ferred hastily to other stations. In the confusion, many were assumed dead. It was 53 years ago, as sailors raised flags and prepared for the slow Sunday routine, when the barrage of torpedoes and bombs began. Block was assigned to the USS West Virginia, one of six battleships tied up in "Battleship Row." All hands were ordered to battle sta­ tions, Block said. "I was going to the radio transm itter room on the fourth deck below. 1 got as far a s the second deck, and then the first of seven torpe­ does hit in the port side of the ship and crashed through "Water started coming in, s o obvi­ ously I couldn't go any further down. We started sinking into the mud." Please see Survivors, page 2 INSIDE THE TEXAN TODAY is Inigo Princess Bride Weather: Hello, my name “C loudy” Montoya You killed my father, who was in his 60s and wanted to make it to 70. There is a 20 per­ cent chance you should prepare to die No, I won t stop saying that. Index: Around Cam pus......................8 Classifieds.............................g Com ics..................................... g Editorials................................4 Entertainm ent......................... 7 Sports.................................. 12 State & L o c a l.......................... 6 U niversity................................. 5 World & N a tio n .......................3 n Paul Hill s wife hears him being sentenced to death. A S SOCIATED PRESS „ Hill sent to chair for slayings Page 2 Wednesday, December 7 , 1 9 9 4 T h k D a ily T k x a n Bentsen Continued from page l e n te r g o v e rn m e n t se rv ic e [a n d ] ap p lv that know ledge on a national scale, and likew ise allow them to tu rn a ro u n d a n d take the ex p e ri­ ence of governing back to the pri­ vate sector — the force that really d riv es o u r econom y — and th a t’s what I am doing," Bentsen said. Bentsen rem arked that in a real sense he had lived the A m erican dream . "I have w orked to try- to m ake a d ifferen ce o v e r th ese v ea rs from in creased re tire m e n t se c u rity for the eld erly to increased access to h e a ith c a re fo r lo w e r in c o m e w om en and children he said Bruce Buchanan UT professor of g o v e rn m e n t, said B entser. w h o g ra d u a te d from the L T School or Law, had a long and distinguished ca reer w ith ' re m a rk a b le s ta v in g pow er.' The c r e d ib ility th a t B e n ts e r added to Clinton s Cabinet translat­ ed to m o re p r e s tig e fo r T exas Buchanan said. B e n tse n a c c o m p lis h m e n ts in W ashington helped com pensate tor Clinton losing Texas in the election he added. B ut R e p u b lic a n s m t e r r r e t B e n tse n s resig n atio n as a signal that the C lin to n a d m in istra tio n is h e a d ed d o w n . F rom th e b e g in n in g B entsen g a \ e th e C lin to n a d m in is tra tio n credibility ... he served as a m oder­ ate p ro -m a rk e t voice," said Evan F itz m a u ric e , s p o k e s m a n for th e Republican Party of Texas. "H e was obviously a shining star." F itz m a u ric e a d d e d th a t it w as "som ew hat relieving that Rubin is one o f th e s a n e r v o ic e s in th e Clinton economic team ." Exam C o n tin u e d from page 1 My professo rs have been w o n ­ derful said Erin M eyer a second- year law student. The faculty is one of the main reasons I came here ’ At a time when *** for law gradu­ ates are particularly scarce ex-students " ere hardest on the Career fvrvices office g h in g it a ratmg of T V I d o n t th m k that I I s [p lace­ m ent office] is w orse than an\ one else s b u t I also d o n t think th e\ are h e lp fu l a t all ” sa id a s p rin g g raduate w ho preferred not to give It y o u d o n t w a n t to his n a m e w o rk for a law firm a n d or y o u aren : u the top 25 percent of y o u r class vou are prettx m uch on \ our ow n. That s tough Sha r io t s a id th e p o o r r a tin g s were unfair because todav s m arket for law vers is lim ited b u t a d d e d that the L niversity s placem ent rate is the highest in the state I thank that s a bum rap he said There is atwavs room for im prove­ m e n t h u t th e O ffice o f C a re e r S e n ices w o rk s v e rv h a rd to fin d e m p k n m e rt to: all students S usan a A em an assista n t d e a n ro~ stu d en t arta rs agreed The star* is extrer teas to the students neix receptive she said, O ther resuits or the survey of L T law schooi grad u ates indicated: • L they had it to do all over again, th re e -q u a rte rs o f th o se s u rv e y e d would chcvse .aw school again. ■ Only T percent believed ethical conduct i vas stressed m their course u or^~ a relatively low num ber com­ pared with other schools. ■ The average stu d en t indebted­ ness after g ra d u a tio n w as S25.~54 the third lowest in the state. n The law library received praise in die foriii of an A-*-— rating —bv fa r th e h ig h e s t o f a n y s c h o o l in Texas. 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Tuesday, 4 p.m I t . m ClMtiSffrl Wort Ads (U * Poarm » Day Pnw to PuMcMon) FBI ranking of UT crime called misleading MOLLY SAINT-JAMES *Da>S Tex¿r Stan D espite a rep o rt released bv the FBI M onday ranking the University th ird in v io le n t crim e a m o n g the state s 60 colleges and universities, a k * ponce official called the report m isleading since it did not consider num ber o f crimes per student. W h ile UT p o lic e C a p t. S ila s G n g g s c a lle d th e 1993 U n ifo rm C n m e R eporting results a reliable y a r d s tic k ' b e c a u s e it u s e d d a ta from local law enforcem ent he said the report w as not a vaiid com pari­ son to o th er colleges and universi- because it did not take p o p u la­ tion into account. A c c o rd in g to th e re p o rt, Texas S o u th e rn U n iv e rs ity in H o u s to n ra n k e d fir s t for v io le n t c rim e in Texas w ith S outhw est Texas State in San M a rc o s s e c o n d a n d th e U niversity third. Prairie View A&M I n iv e r s ity r a n k e d f o u r th . T he rePort counted violent cnm e figures ra p e , r o b b e r v a n d for m u r d e r aggravated assault. I h is s u m m e r , T ex as S o u th e r n im p le m e n te d an eight-officer bike p a tro l to p ro te c t th e 4 2 -b u ild in g c a m p u s a n d n a m e d a d ire c to r of public safety to reduce crim e, said F\ a P ic k e n s , s p o k e s w o m a n fo r Texas Southern. Location plays a significant role in th e crim e sta tistic s b ecause the - cam pus is located in the heart of the com m unity’ the crim e th a t's tak ­ ing place [at TSU] m av not be attrib­ uted to students," Pickens said. H ad the re p o rt been c a lc u la ted u s in g s tu d e n t e n r o llm e n t, th e I n iv e rsity s violent crim e fig u res would have dropped significantly in com parison to other colleges. Using the 1992-1993 enrollm ent n u m b ers listed in th e 1994 W orld A lm anac and Book of Facts, The Daily Texan calculated the following: ■ \ \ ith a population of 10,800 stu ­ den ts and violent crim es, Texas S o u th e rn a v e r a g e d 3.3 v io le n t crimes per 1,000 students. ■ W ith a population of 25,249 stu­ d e n ts a n d 22 v io le n t c r im e s , S o uthw est Texas averaged .87 vio­ lent crimes per 1,000 students. ■ W ith a population of 49,253 stu ­ d e n ts a n d 18 v io le n t c rim e s, th e U n i\ e r s i t y a v e r a g e d .36 v io le n t cnm es p er 1,000 students. 1 Per capita rankings of Texas 1 s c h o o ls with the m ost r r im e s School (Enrollment) Violent crimes crimes Total Total crim es per 1,000 students 67.1 28.1 24.9 21.1 Prarie View A&M (5,560) 12 Stephen F. Austin (12,721) 5 Texas Southern (10,800) 36 Texas Tech (24,215) 8 Southwest Texas (25,249) 22 Univ. of Houston (33,000) 17 Texas A&M (41,710) 7 UT-EI Paso (17,209) 6 UT-Austin (49,253) 18 UT-Arlington (24,729) 12 Univ. of North Texas (26,433) 11 source: FBI¡Daily Texan research 373 358 269 512 482 19.1 577 17.5 721 17.3 280 16.3 785 15.9 333 13.5 347 13.1 Staff graphic by Naka INathaniel ■ W ith a population of 5,560 stu ­ dents and 12 violent crimes, Prairie \ iew A&M a v e ra g e d 2.16 v io le n t cnm es per 1,000 students. Y\ hen asked w hy the crim e rate w as n o t calculated on a p er-capita basis Jim O m o h u n d ro , e d ito r for the L nitorm C rim e R eporting p ro ­ ject, said rates w ere not p u blished prim arily because of lack of perso n ­ nel and space. The first entries are still done bv h a n d ,' h e s a id , a d d in g th a t th e en ro llm en t n u m b ers for 1993-1994 year w ere not available a t the tim e the figures w ere compiled. The U n iv e rsity ra n k e d n u m b e r one in p ro p e rty crim e in the state, with a total of 767 burglaries, thefts a n d m o to r v e h ic le th e fts , w h ic h Griggs a ttrib u te d to the large s tu ­ dent population. Not counting auto theft, the 1994 sta­ tistics for the University reflect a signif- icant decrease in crime, Griggs said. So far in 1994, UTPD has reported one sexual assault, com pared w ith la s t y e a r 's tw o ; tw o a g g r a v a te d assaults, dow n from 15; a total of 35 assaults, d o w n from 42; 674 thefts d o w n from 721; an d 13 b u rg la rie s com pared w ith 18 in 1993. C ar theft rose from 28 cars stolen in 1993 to 35 in 1994, b u t rem ain s less com m on than in 1992, w hen 45 vehicles w ere reported stolen. Survivors.’ 53 years later, memories of attack remain strong Continued from page 1 Im m ediately, Block began carting the w o u n d ­ ed to the m ainland beneath a ceiling of Japanese w arplanes, ducking for cover every time one of the th ousand-pound bombs fell nearby. He said his m em ory of that m orning is tattooed with bits and pieces of a disjointed reality, like the im age of a p a ra ly z e d seam an say ing over an d ° VeJ¿ ™ to?i-vounS to die' Tm too voung to die," or the LSb O klahom a u p e n d e d , its bow jutting 6 from the water. In the adrenalin-pum ped m om ents of the two- hour bom bardm ent, Block said he lost all sense of self. U naw are of the tremors from the explosions a ro u n d h im h e felt o n ly th e sig n ific a n ce th e onslaught held for the country. "The Japanese attack in Pearl H arbor p ut ou r nation together as it never w as before and never w as after," said the 73-year old Block, now the T e x as c h a ir of th e P e a rl H a r b o r Sui Association. ir v iv o r s O n th e 5 3 rd a n n iv e r s a r y o f th e a tta c k ivednesd ay, he will pay hom age to the p ast bv visiting the M em orial m onum ent to Texas Pearl H arbor survivors no rth of the Capitol. The day after the bom bing, President Franklin D R oosevelt told a jo int session of C o n g ress, A lw ays will we rem em ber the character of the onslaught against u s," and the U nited States had entered a w ar it never could forget. T h is y e a r, P r e s id e n t C lin to n s ig n e d a law encouraging all federal agencies, businesses and individuals to fly flags at half-staff in m em ory of the Am ericans w ho died at Pearl H arbor M? rg,aJ et, P o b b in s' a 16-year-old re s id e n t of nearby Y\aikiki at th e time of the attack, said the m a g n itu d e of the d a y did n ot hit im m ediately. She w as m ore excited about m issing church after a radio anno uncem en t o rd ered all residents off the streets. D obbins said she th o u g h t the an n o u n cem en t w as a joke until she noticed planes overhead and black sm oke billow ing from the harbors. It w as w hen she and her classm ates sat on the rooftop of h e r b o a r d in g sc h o o l th a t sh e re a liz e d th e attack's significance. "Y ou're in a situation w here you can't im agine w h a t's hap p en in g to you," she said. "You can't believ e it, so you d o n 't even have anv fear." D o b b in s re m e m b e rs th e w a r w ith fre q u e n t tn p s to the harbor. I take w hoever comes to H aw aii to see Pearl H arbor because it's very aw e-inspiring," said the current resident of H onolulu. "It w as som ething 6 you never forget." Fraud Continued from page 1 than that." M eanw hile, the C lintons' law yer im m e d ia te ly s o u g h t to d is ta n c e them from H ubbell's legal troubles. ‘ ........... Matthew Hullum "This matter simply does not con­ cern the president, the first lady, or W hitewater D evelopm ent Com pany in a n y w a y ," A tto rn e y D a v id Kendall said in a prepared statement. T he c h a r g e s h e re a re to ta lly u n re la te d — th e y arise o u t of Mr. H u b b e ll's p e r s o n a l in c o m e tax retu rn s and in d iv id u al billing p ro ­ c e d u re s as an a tto rn e y in p riv a te p ra c tic e in L ittle Rock b e fo re he came to W ashington." Kendall said. While H ubbell's legal trouble w as developing in S tarr's office, another C lin to n a s s o c ia te w as a p p e a r in g before Starr's g rand jury. T he Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported Tuesday that W hite H ouse sen io r a d v ise r Bruce L indsey h ad ap p eared before the g ran d jury in the last tw o weeks. i - P Ur!!n g . an h o u r-lo n g h e arin g in U.5. District C ourt, prosecutors laid ° u t an a lJe g e d s c h e m e in w h ic h H u b b e ll, as a p r i v a te a t to r n e y w rongly billed clients and his for­ m er firm for perso n al expenses he had charged to several credit cards. HISPANIC BUSINESS STUDENTS ASSOCIATION presents THE 1994 CAREER PANEL featuring M O T O R O L A & H E B $30 00 A I u m m C e n te r • Wednesday, December 7,1994 • 5:00 p.m, to 7 00 p m Reception immediately folloiving or m ore inform ation, please contact Laura Figueroa at 476-5599 HISPANIC Intensive American English Program Ofezv ‘Year s iResofutinns Pass the TOEFL, GRE & G M A T Tests Find an English School (And my 1-20!!) Invite my Friend to the U.S. Save some Money G o or Call ASAP H ouse o f Tutors 2400 P earl Street 472-6996 ¡ TOTOIisWX ^ •xcalmca in tuominy sine* 19C0 Hill * Continued from page 1 ■ said Hill p aused briefly in the p ark ­ ing lot of the Ladies Center to con­ tem plate the carnage before throw - ing dow n his sh o tg u n and calm lv w alking off. The d e fe n d a n t w as lo o k in g at what he had accomplished with pride and satisfaction/ the judge said H ill, w h o r e p r e s e n te d h im s e lf with a smile in the state case and a related federal trial b ut offered no e v id e n c e a n d c ro s s-e x a m in e d no w itnesses, declined to speak at his sentencing. H ill, a f o r m e r m in is te r in th e P re s b y te ria n C h u rc h in A m eric a and O rthodox Presbyterian C hurch, has c o n te n d e d he w a s justified in killing Dr. John Bayard Britton, 69 and retired A ir Force Lt. Col. Jam es Barrett, 74, to prev en t abortions. 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Last Friday, Hill w as sentenced to life in prison w ithout parole for vio­ lating the new federal clinic-protec- tion law in the shootings. He w as the first person co m icted u n d e r the law enacted earlier this year. A federal prosecutor said the death penalt\ would take precedence. Bell a lso s e n te n c e d H ill to 13 years and four m onths in prison for attem p tin g to m u rd e r B arrett's 69- year-old wife, June, and for sh o o t­ ing into an occupied vehicle. The u n a rm e d victim s w ere sh o t as they arriv ed at the clinic in the Barretts' pickup. Mrs. Barrett, w ho is also a clinic e s c o rt w as w o u n d e d an d testified at H ill's trial b u t w as not at the sen ­ tencing. 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Do your homework, and then you will take ________ The Princeton Review. - THE _____ _____ _____ W 474-TEST Spay or neuter all pets TPR is not affiliated with Princeton University. n JE W m DOW JONES: 8,746.86 W* 4.08 / VOUMg: 268^88 J M NEWS BfflffS Orange County goes belly up ■ SANTA ANA , Calif. — lts invest­ m ent fund hit by huge losses, O range C o u n ty on T u esd ay decided to seek b a n k r u p tc y p r o te c tio n to k e e p in v e s to r s fro m w ith d r a w in g th e ir m oney and m aking things worse The co u n ty w ill file for C h a p ter 9 bankruptcy protection so it can face its fiscal problem s " in an o rd e rly m a n ­ ner, T hom as Riley, chairm an of the county board, said after a day of p ri­ vate meetings. Some of the investm ent banks that financed O range C ounty's investm ent fu n d th re a te n e d to cu t off its cred it Tuesday. The lenders w ere dem anding repay­ m e n t of $1.2 b illio n in s h o r t- te r m loans, turning w hat so far have been p ap e r losses into real ones, said Peer Sw an, chairm an of the Irvine Ranch W a te r D is tric t, th e f o u r th - la r g e s t investor in the fund. That is far m ore than the fund can raise u n less it sells secu rities w hose v a lu e h as been d e p re s s e d bv risin g interest rates. The s u b u rb a n c o u n ty is h o m e to D isneyland and 2.6 m illion people. Doctors removed bullet from Reagan to avoid headlines ■ C H IC A G O — The su rg e o n s w ho treated President Reagan after he was sho t in 1981 d e c id e d to rem o v e the bullet in his chest partly because leav­ ing it in m ight have been unsettling to the American people. I could see th is big h e a d lin e o u t there in a day or two: 'D octor Leaves B ullet in P re s id e n t's L u n g ,' " chest surgeon Dr. Benjamin Aaron said in a te le p h o n e in te rv ie w T u esd ay . "T h e public at large m ight have considered it kind of tacky that w e w ent in after the bullet and had to leave it." A aron and radiologist Dr. S. David Rockoff headed the surgical team that w o rk e d on R e a g a n a f te r he w a s w o u n d e d by Jo h n H in c k le y Jr. in W ashington on March 30, 198L T h e d o c to rs p r o v id e d th e ir first w ritten account of the case in W ednes­ d ay s issue of The Journal o f the Ameri­ can Medical Association. M ost of the m edical details already had been dis­ closed. Because the bullet proved to be of a type that is supposed to explode in its it did not — and because it \ ictim c o n ta in e d a to x in th a t m ig h t h a v e le a k e d , th e d e c is io n to re m o v e it turned out to be the right one. R eag an, w h o w as 70 at th e tim e, m ade a com plete recovery. Pilot suspended after questioning safety ■ C H IC A G O — A m erican Eagle has suspended a pilot w ho questioned the safety of the airline's small turboprop p lan es after a crash that killed all 68 people aboard. Steve Fredrick says co m p an y offi­ cials su sp e n d e d him w ith o u t pay on the spot at O 'H are International A ir­ port Saturday after he refused to show them the contents of a satchel. He said the p retex t w as in su b o rd in atio n , but the airline w as actually punishing him for saying its ATR planes are not safe to fly in icy weather. " I 'm n o t a fra id of g o in g on th e record Com e heck or high w ater, I'll deal w ith it," Fredrick said Tuesday in a p h o n e interview from his hom e in Elkhart Lake, Wis. A m erican Eagle spo k esm an M arty H eires confirm ed the suspension. He said Fredrick w as being investigated for m isc o n d u c t b ut d e c lin ed to give any other details. Fredrick said that in the five years h e h a s flo w n A TRs fo r A m e ric a n Eagle, he has w orried about the ability of th e E u ro p e a n -m a d e p la n e to flv safely in icy conditions. Fredrick said that w hen he w as ini­ tially trained on ATRs he w as w arned by an instructor that "th is plane will try to kill you in ice, so go fast. Speed m eans life in this aircraft." Royal oil found under Windsor Castle soil ■ LO N D O N — The royal soap opera threatens to take the full Dallas route as Q ueen Elizabeth II goes drilling for oil beneath W indsor Castle. N e w s of a p o s s ib le ro y a l g u s h e r cam e T u esd a y , p u n c tu a tin g a w eek that began with opposition politicians calling for a less flashy m onarchy. A C anadian entrepreneur says seis­ mic studies indicate the likelihood of a sm a ll o il fie ld 1,000 fe e t b e n e a th W indsor Castle, the queen's w eekend hom e 20 miles w est of the capital. The q u een has given C anuk E x p loration Ltd. perm ission to sink a well in her garden to test reserves. Compiled from Associated Press report W0RLD& NATION T h e D a i l y T e x a n 3 Rubin chosen to head Treasury WHMESMT, DECEMBER 7,1894 F o m e r ^ l l Street banker expected to have policies similar to Bentsen’s W A S H IN G T O N — P re s id e n t C lin to n selected Robert Rubin, w ho am assed a mul- tim illio n - d o lla r fo rtu n e on W all S tre e t before jo in in g the a d m in istra tio n , to su c ­ ceed Lloyd B entsen as T reasu ry secretary Tuesday. B e n tse n s d e p a r tu r e w ill d e p r iv e th e ad m in istratio n of th e C abinet officer w ith the most experience and respect on Capitol Hill just as Republicans are taking control of Congress for the first tim e in 40 vears. But the change is expected to have little im pact on policy since both m en are p ro ­ business Democrats. Rubin, w ho took a $26 m illion p ay cut to leave the investm ent banking firm of G old­ m an Sachs & Co. to join the adm inistration, w on w id e sp re a d p ra ise as a self-effacing coordinator w ho m ade sure a coherent eco- I n v l har 8? VCr,iS OCCUrring as the adm inistration is in the m idst of a hu d ! , budget proposal to the Republicans’ "Contract With A m erica:’ i m eetings trying to map out an approach in its new nom ic strategy w as developed for a presi­ dent often criticized for an inability to reach tim ely decisions. But it w as unclear how sm oothly Rubin w ould be able to m ake the transition from his behind-the-scenes role to chief economic policy spo k esm an for the a d m in istra tio n w h ere he w ill h av e to serve as the p o in t m an in dealing with a Republican Congress intent on shrinking the size of governm ent and cutting taxes. In a Rose Garden ceremony announcing the change, Clinton thanked Bentsen for his contri­ butions and said, "I'm really going to miss you." Bentsen, w ho had spent 22 years in the S enate before jo in in g the a d m in istra tio n , said he told the p resident back in Septem ­ b er of h is d e s ire to re tu rn to h is n a tiv e T exas an d w as n ot sw a y e d ev en th o u g h C linton tried on several occasions to talk him out of it. "It's been a great time to be Treasury secre­ tary and it's a great time to be bowing out as Treasury secretary," said Bentsen, w ho later told reporters that the Republican takeover of Congress had not influenced his decision. Rubin s position as director of the presi­ dent s N ational Economic Council is expect­ ed to be filled by Erskine Bowles, currently the d eputy W hite H ouse chief of staff. An adm inistration source, w ho spoke on condition of anonym ity, said that Bowles' s e le c tio n w a s n o t a n n o u n c e d T u e s d a y because the W hite H ouse had not decided on Bowles' replacem ent. While Bentsen w as the first top economic policy-maker to leave the administration, there were already rumors of other departures. Clinton praised Rubin as the "consum m ate honest bro ker w ho had helped the W hite H ouse "d o som ething that had never been done before, to have an economic team that really works together as a team." Clinton cre­ ated the NEC to perform the same coordinat­ ing role in economic policy that the National Security Council does in foreign affairs. T h e c h a n g e o v e r is o c c u r r in g as th e adm inistration is in the m idst of a series of in te rn a l m e e tin g s try in g to m a p o u t an approach in its new budg et proposal to the Republicans' "C ontract W ith Am erica." early mourning 1 1 f m • I ■ V * T ensions unresolved at security summit A sso cia ted P re s s ~ ~ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- BfU^ f EST'. H u n Sary — Five years ago, it sounded like the perfect blueprint for a peaceful Europe: Tear dow n the Berlin W all. n p apart the Iron Curtain and dism antle the Soviet Union 1 oday, we are going back to the d raw ing board The [Cold] W ar is over. Beware of the peace," form er Soviet reign M inister Eduard S hevardnadze said ruefully Tuesday at the conclusion of a 52-nation sum m it that w as supposed to diffuse tensions in Europe. S h ev a rd n a d z e , now p re sid e n t of G eorgia, a form er Soviet republic w racked by ethnic violence, told the session that Euro­ peans w ere 'living through such a frightening peace " \ zech co u nterp art, Vaclav H avel, said, "T he birth of a new and genuinely stable European order is taking place more slow ly and w ith g re ater d ifficu lty an d pain than m ost of us expected five years ago." Their com m ents provided a bitter ending to the sum m it of the Conference on Security and C ooperation in Europe. Both w ere IQBOfTn ntf 1989 fall of the Berlin Wall. n U.p h w v n s transform inS continent since the The sum m it w as intended to strengthen the CSCE — the only organization d ra w in g together the U nited States, C anada, all European nations and form er Soviet republics. The goal was to give it enough m uscle so it can trv to resolve conflicts before they develop into full-blow n wars, such as in Bosnia, not tar from this elegant C entral European capital In a hesitant step forw ard, the nations offered to provide their first peacek eep in g m ission to police the d isp u te d A rm en ian Azerbai an N ag° rno' Karabakh ,n the form er &)viet republic of They also agreed on a series o£ m easures intended to give the gro u p a higher profile, including changing its nam e to O rgani­ zation for Security and C ooperation in Europe The u n d erly in g strategy, p u sh ed by the U nited States and o th er W estern nations, is to stabilize Europe by bolstering its organizations and creating strong links betw een its eastern and w estern halves. The NATO m ilitary alliance and the European Union intend but probably not much to adm it Poland, H u n gary and others - before the turn of the century. R ussia, an u n lik e ly c a n d id a te for m e m b e rs h ip in e ith e r NATO or the EU, w o uld be d raw n closer through special p a rt­ nerships and thro ugh the CSCE. But the anim osities displayed by som e countries at the su m ­ mit underscored the conflicts rooted in decades-old ethnic rival­ ries and hatreds. The very idea of th e com m on E u ropean H o use is n early dead and being consum ed by the fires of num erous conflicts and w ars," said Shevardnadze. d i S ü t e f r f pres,d, ^ ' A!iia LIzetbeg°vic, could not contain his disdain for a w orld he said had turned a blind eye to the death of thousands of his people. The meeting, intended as a show case of East-W est harm ony, also harked back to the superpow er rivalries of old. S' I mm * - #r ** i f L - w Friends and classmates o f Peter Perla 18 w a tc h e d hPth m i t h d , a s s o c ia t e d p r e s s Supreme Court reviews school desegregation A s s o c ia te d P ress W A S H IN G T O N - T he C lin to n a d m in istra tio n ask ed th e S u p re m e C ourt on T uesday not to disso lve a d e s e g r e g a tio n d e c r e e in v o lv in g Kansas City's public schools, arguing th a t g r a n tin g M is s o u r i's r e q u e s t w o u ld m ak e it e a s ie r for g o v e r n ­ m en ts across the n a tio n to g e t o u t from u n d er court-ordered plans. Solicitor General Drew' Days wrote in a brief that students' scores on achieve­ ment tests should be a factor in deter­ m ining w hether school systems have eliminated traces of segregation. The court considered test scores w hen it found that racial segregation had d ep ressed educational achieve­ m ent," Days wrote. "It is logical that test scores should also be considered in d e c id in g w h e th e r th a t v io latio n has been rem edied." I he case stem s from a 1977 lawsuit in which black par­ ents contended their children were being denied equal educational opportunities. M is s o u ri A tto rn e y G e n e ra l Jay Nixon contends the 8th Circuit C ourt of A p p e a ls im p ro p e rly a d o p te d a new sta n d a rd requiring stu d e n ts in the K ansas C ity schools to achieve certain test scores before the state's responsibility to desegregate the sys­ tem could be ended. A lle n S n y d e r, a tto r n e y fo r th e K ansas C ity, M o., School D istrict, w rote that Missouri, long opposed to the court-ordered desegregation plan that has cost state taxpayers $1.3 bil­ lion, s im p ly " m a n u f a c tu r e d " te st scores as the central issue in hopes ol ending its involvem ent in the case. N ixon also a rg u e d th a t stu d e n t a c h ie v e m e n t is in f lu e n c e d by a w ide range or other factors such as po v erty , p are n ta l in v olv em ent an d crim e. D ays a g re ed , b u t said M is­ s o u r i h a s n o t p r o v e n th e e x a c t im pact of such factors. The m ere a sse rtio n th a t facto rs b e s id e s s e g r e g a tio n a r e e n tir e ly resp o n sib le for cu rre n t deficiencies is no s u b s titu te fo r p r o o f D a y s w rote. The case stems from a 1977 law suit in w h ich black p a re n ts c o n te n d e d t h t i r c h ild re n w e re b e in g d e n ie d equal e d u c a tio n a l o p p o rtu n itie s. A federal judge found that Kansas City suffered w id espread lack of s t u d e n t a c h ie v e m e n t b e c a u s e v e s tig e s o f racial segregation still existed in the schools. Cocaine-carrying dog recoven after service as a Trojan horse A s s o c ia te d P ress NEY\ TO R K — C u s to m s a g e n ts h a v e f o u n d d r u g s stuffed into bras and boa con­ strictors. They have seen them lam inated into surfboards and plastic clocks. They have even p u lle d th e m o u t o f h u m a n stomachs. Still, they w ere taken aback by their latest find, 5 pou n ds of cocaine surgically im planted in th e b e lly of an O ld E n g lis h sheepdog. " I 'v e seen cases of tropical fish th a t w ere force-fed w ith cocaine, and we once found it in a box of poisono u s snakes, b u t I d o n t recall a m am m al e v e r b e in g u se d to sm u g g le drugs, said H arold Badaraco, a deputy custom s inspector at Kennedy Airport. C u s to m s s p o k e s w o m a n Janet Rapaport said the discov­ ery was the first know n case of a dog being used to sm u gg le cocaine th ro u g h a N ew York a irp o rt. T here w as a case in M ia m i s e v e r a l y e a rs a g o in v o lv in g h o rs e s c a r r y in g heroin in their anal cavities. C r e d it fo r s to p p in g th e Cocaine dog w ent to C ustom s officer M ichael M oloney. He w as on overnig h t d u ty at JFK on Dec. 1 w hen he noticed the anim al, w hich h ad arriv ed ill and lethargic aboard A vianca F lig h t 020 fro m B o g o ta, Colombia* w ith a strange bulge in its belly. V e te rin a ria n S teven W ein ­ s te in p e rfo rm e d e m e rg e n c y su rg e ry and rem oved 10 b al­ loons, each containing several cocaine-pa eked condoms. The d r u g s , if p u re , h a d a s tr e e t v a lu e o f p e r h a p s $250,000, officials said. If one p a c k e t h a d b ro k e n it w o u ld ASSOCIATED PRESS Dr. Steven Weinstein held up the Old English sheepdog in Queens, N.Y., Monday. have killed the dog, W einstein said. Tons of plutonium stored dangerously A s s o c ia te d P ress WASHINGTON - As m uch as 26 metric tons of highly radioactive p lu­ tonium is being stored in conditions th a t c o u ld e n d a n g e r w o rk e rs a n d potentially threaten the public and surrounding environm ent," an inter­ nal Energy D epartm ent report stated. The review, w hich exam ined p lu ­ to n iu m sto ra g e a t 35 g o v e rn m e n t sites in m ore th a n a d o z e n states, found plutonium in leaking and cor­ roding packages in cracking plastic b o ttle s, in o ld d e c a y in g b u ild in g s a n d in p ip e s , v e n tila tio n v e n ts , equipm ent and m achinery. 'Overall the inventory of plutoni­ um p rese n ts significant h a z a rd s to workers, the public and environm ent and little progress has been m ade to aggressively' a d d re ss the p roblem ," concluded the draft s t u d y . Tara O Ioole, th e d e p a r tm e n t's assistant secretary for environm ent, safety and health, said Tuesday that th e re 's no q u e stio n th a t w e h a v e 44 There’s no question that we have serious issues here that we re going to ha\e to handle.” — Tara O'Toole, Energy Department s assistant secretary tor environment serious issues here that we re going to have to handle." She said efforts w ere u n d e r wav to repackage p lu to ­ nium stockpiles. O 'T o o le , in an in te r v ie w w ith reporters, cautioned that the possi­ bility of public exposure to p lu to n i­ u m is e x tre m e !v low a n d lik e ly w ould occur onlv if a storage facility w ere struck by a m ajor catastro p h e such as an earthquake or tornado T h e Da il y T e x a n G eorge Klos A ssociate E ditor Editorial Board Mary H opkins Editor O N , * F - r . ? 2 ? r i r J V H fc R ^ B \rr-r- Icria*/ S O M e t h i a i g ^ S e B » * H A T * S G k C t N G \ M eghan G riffiths A ssociate Editor * * * TÍEM T I M E S P t 4 ^ £ R , X M <%OtslMA FINO> — O O T~ W H a T ^ S < ^ 0 i * J € r <9I\J Ak/T> I 'L L . " = * « A v e 1 5 TMCEr \o U DO W Ny E V I L . ' Y í£ R W ' U u c k f ^ U c k - r A s r V ie w p o in t opinions expressed in The D aily Texan are those o f a m em ber of the Editorial I hev are no t necessarily tho se of the University adm inistration, th e B oard of R egents or b o a r d the le x a s S tudent Publications B oard of O perating Trustees. O p in io n s expressed in staff o r guest colum ns a re those of the w riter Letters submitted to F irin g L i n e m ust be fewer th a n 2 5 0 words; g u est colum ns m ust be n o m ore than 7 5 0 w ords Please bring all F irin g L in e subm is­ sions to the Texan b a v m e n t offices at 2 5 th Street and Whitis A venue, o r mail them to Th e D aily B° X A u stin ‘ to 7 8 7 1 3 11 \A iN tf utxvm s.cc.utexas edu We c an n o t accept contnbutions o n co m p u te r disks F irin g O n e contributors need not be U T Austin students, but m ay not be Texan staffers L etters m ay be edited for gram m ar, length, libel and Texan style. U T students m ust include their m ajor and classification in all letters All w riters m u st present identification o r include a ph o n e num ber electron ically th e m x n d TX o r I 1 U P033 V I E WP O I N T Binge drinking | Let’s teach more African languages ‘Society’ can’t end this scourge Im a g in e c o lleg e g u id e s o f th e fu tu re : "T h e U n iv e rs ity o f C h e ese - iu m n p d fn r in\r ju m p e d fo r joy w h e n I d isc o v ered th a t the U n iv ersity h a d a D e p a rt­ m e n t of O rien tal a n d A frican Lan­ I w as g u a g e s a n d L ite ra tu re . in trig u e d w h e n I it offered classical T ibetan a n d T urk­ ish. A lth o u g h tho se classes w ill not in te rest som e w h iz ra n k s n e a r th e to p in b in g e d rin k in g . A p p ly n o w if y o u th in k y o u can m a tc h o u r n u m b e rs ." T h o se g u id e s w ill n e v e r a p p e a r if Je ffre y M errill, th e v ic e p r e s id e n t o f th e C e n te r o n A d d ic ­ th e o n ly k n o w le d g e c ra m m ed d o w n o u r th ro a ts is th e object-posses- sion re la tio n sh ip s of th e R om ance la n g u ag es? a c k n o w led g e d ), th e U n iv ersity rem ains o ne of th e few top-level in stitu tio n s in the co u n try w ith o u t an A frican la n g u a g e course. Rajolei Pickens TEXAN COLUMNIST m o o n w a lk ) sa y the p ro fe sso r w h o ta u g h t S w ahili left to p u rsu e e d u c a tio n elsew h ere an d th e in te r­ est n ev e r reached the p o in t that w o u ld justify a class from th e U niversity. My h e a rt P erh ap s. But co n sp ira cy th e o ries can o n ly ca rry y o u so far before y o u ac tu a lly m u s t d o so m e th in g for y ourself. it by d e s ig n fo u n d o u t A T V h e a rt th a t Is interest everybody, they sh o u ld w ho learn just for le a rn in g 's sake. tio n a n d S u b sta n c e A b u s e a t C o lu m b ia U n iv e rs ity in N e w York, fin d s a w a y to " c h a n g e o u r c u ltu re ." M e rrill m u s t h a v e b ee n jok- m g. E q u a lly u n re a lis tic e x p e c ta tio n s afflict c o lle g e s tu d e n ts w h o c o m p la in a b o u t d r in k e r s ' b a d b e h a v io r. T he A lc o h o l S tu d ie s P ro ­ g ra m a t H a r v a r d S chool of P u b lic H e a lth re p o r ts th a t n e a rly h a lf o f all A m e ric a n co lleg e s tu d e n ts im b ib e so m u c h a lc o h o l th a t o th e r s tu d e n ts s u ffe r th e c o n s e q u e n c e s of th e d r in k e r s ' b a d b eh a v io r, la le c o lle g e s tu d e n ts m u s t q u a f f five d r in k s in a ro w to q u a lify as a b o n a fid e b in g e d rin k e r, w h ile fe m a le s n e e d o n ly d o w n fo u r in a row. In th e w a k e o f a n ti-s m o k in g c a m p a ig n s ("Y o u r s tin k in g s m o k e ru in s m y hfe, ), th e d r in k in g s tu d e n ts face b itte r c o m p la in ts from n o n -d rin k in g s tu d e n ts . "T h e y 'll co m e in to th e d o r m at 2 o r 3 in th e m o rn in g a n d m a y b e I'm a c tu a lly try in g to g e t to b e d e a rly th a t n ig h t, sa id Ja co b T albott, a fre s h m a n a t S o u th e r n Illin o is U n iv e r- sity m C a rb o n d a le . S ociety c a n s te p in h e re a n d re c o m m e n d th a t la lb o tt m o v e in to an all-stu d y , a ll-th e -tim e d o rm . C o m p la in in g a b o u t s u c h p ro b le m s w o n 't so lv e a n y th in g C o lleg e s tu d e n ts are n o to r io u s ly loyal to th e ir vices. T h e fig u re s from th e IL irv a rd S chool o f P u b lic H e a lth d o s o u n d g rim . T h ev s u r \ e y e d 17,592 s tu d e n ts a t 140 c a m p u s e s n a tio n w id e to g e t th e m F o rty -fo u r p e rc e n t o f all U.S. s tu d e n ts a d m it to b in g in g o n a lco ­ hol a t le a st o n c e d u r in g th e tw o w e e k s b e fo re th e s u rv e v ; 19 p e r ­ ce n t b in g e d a t le a s t th re e tim e s in th a t p e rio d . W orse, th e b in g e d r in k e rs s u c c u m b e d to: 5 ■ H a v in g u n p r o te c te d sex s e v e n tim e s m o re o fte n th a n n o n ­ b in g e d rin k e rs . ■ D riv in g a fte r d r in k in g 10 tim e s m o re o ften . ■ F allin g b e h in d in sc h o o l 11 tim e s m o re o ften . T ie b in g e d r in k e r s a t "big d r in k in g sc h o o ls" te rr o r iz e d th e ir sober c o lle a g u e s. A t o n e - th ird o f A m e ric a n co lleg e s, fu lly h a lf th e school hit th e o th e r (so b e r) h a lf w ith fists, in s u lts o r u n w a n te d se x ­ ual ad v a n ce s. S o b e r s tu d e n ts w e re tw ic e as lik e ly to b e in s u lte d a n d h u m ilia te d , p u s h e d , h it o r a s s a u lte d b y th e ir d r u n k e n so o n - to -b e -e x -tn e n d s th a n at a d iffe re n t th ird o f A m e ric a n co lleg es w h e re o n ly 35 p e r c e n t o f s tu d e n ts b in g e d rin k . W h a t to d o 7 E lim in a te h a p p y h o u r sp e c ia ls a t b a rs n e a r c a m ­ p u s : 5 p e a k o u t a g a in s t b in g e d r in k in g ? í t*1®re*i tJle h e a rt o i th e p ro b le m . A s lo n g a s v y in g fo r titles s u c h as Best M a in ta in e r" o r "W o (m a n ) w h o c a n d r in k 'e m all u n d e r th e ta b le" re m a in s "c o o l," b in g e d r in k e r s w ill c o n tin u e th e ir s h e n a n ig a n s. P e rh a p s colleg es s h o u ld d iv id e u p b y d r in k in g p re fe re n c e s T h ey ca n d e c la re th e m se lv e s " b ig tim e v ic e -p a rta k e rs " o r " n o n ­ sm o k in g , n o n -m e a t-e a tin g , n o n -c h o c o la te -e a tin g , n o n -d a iry , c o m ­ p le te ly v ic e-free " in stitu tio n s. T h e n s tu d e n ts c a n 't c o m p la in th ey w e re n t w a r n e d . — Mary Hopkins Moffett’s donation D on’t look his gift horse in the mouth aw ak e, !o I'm sittin g in ic la ss th e o th e r ‘day, and in a last d itc h effo rt to k eep m y se lf I p u lle d o u t the n ew s­ paper. I sk ipped all of th e M offett articles, because I d id n 't know w ho the guy w as, an d q u ite frankly, I d id n 't care. But by the e n d of m y Classical C ivi­ lizations class, I h ad becom e d e s p e r­ ate an d read the articles. I figured that since th ey h a d cluttered the p a p e r in th e last few days, there m u st be so m e th in g there. To m y dism ay, it w as just a bun ch of tree -h u g g ers g ettin g their u n d ie s in a bunch o v er nothing. But now, J'm su re m ost of you k n o w h ow the (an d sto ry goes. T he d ia b o lic al p ro b ab ly R epublican) Jim Bob M of­ fett's co m p an y Freeport-M cM oR an h as been all o v er the w orld d ec im a t­ ing en tire ecosystem s w ith its w aste. Now- h e has th e n erve to d o n ate $3 m illio n to the U niversity for a new m o le c u la r biology b u ild in g w hich o th e rw is e could not h av e been built. E ven w orse, UT P resident Robert B erd ahl is actu ally accepting this " d irty " m oney. W ait a se c o n d . A m I m issin g so m e th in g h ere ? G ro w in g up, I w as a lw a y s ta u g h t th a t if som eone gives y o u a la rg e su m of money, you take it. E nd o f story. W ho h as the right to s a y w h o s e m o n e y is g o o d a n d w h o se is b a d ? I, lik e m a n y o th er s tu ­ d e n ts, h a v e n o p a rtic u la r feelings to w a rd M offett. B ut I w ill tell you th is m u c h . If h e g a v e m e $3 m illion, I w o u ld n a m e m y first b o m Jim Bob M o ffe tt S a y u k . H e ll, I w o u ld n 't ev e n c a re if it w a s a boy o r girl. But le t's g e t s o m e th in g s straight. F irst of all, M offett d id n o t h a v e to g iv e a n y th in g to th e sch o o l. He d o n a te d the m o n e y fo r th e a d v a n c e ­ m e n t o f o u r u n iv e rsity a n d o u r e d u ­ Douglas Sayuk TEXAN COLUMNIST cation. I'm su re th at he co u ld 'v e very easily fo u n d o th e r places to sp e n d $3 m illion. Second, just b ecause a few people d o n 't agree w ith M offett's politics d o e s n 't m ean th a t the rest of the school sh o u ld suffer. I d o n 't agree w ith A nn R ich ard s' politics. But if I w in the lottery, I tak e the money. N o q u estio n s asked. M y m am a alw ays said, "M oney is like a box of choco­ lates; even w h en it's bad, it's still p retty g o o d ." (O r w as that sex?) In a n y case, as Mr. Berdahl pointed out, "We c a n 't be in the b u siness of d ecid in g w hose p olitics are p ro p er w h en w e look at th e receipt of gifts in this context." Since w e are in A ustin, I feel that w e sh o u ld follow th e lead of liberals Bill C linton an d A nn R ichards in this m atter. 1 m su re they h ad no pro b lem s taking Moffett's m oney w h en they raised o u r incom e and p ro p erty taxes. Fortunately, level head s will p re­ vail in this issue. We sim ply cannot d iscrim inate ag a in st p eo p le because w e don t agree w ith som e of their p rio r actions. If h e h as d o n e an y ­ th in g that has o ffended anyone, I'm su re h e's sorry. But not tak in g the m oney w o u ld be like n o t eating salsa in opp osition of NAFTA. Sure, y o u d be m a k in g y o u r point, but in the lo n g run, y o u 'd be th e only o ne to suffer. I'd like to publicly thank M offett for h is d o n a ­ tion. A nd I'd like to let h im know that if he h as an y m ore m oney he w an ts to give away, th ere will be no com p laints if he w a n ts to pass som e m y way. Sayuk is a business freshman. My h e a rt soon deflated w h en I d isc o v ered that the D ep a rtm en t of O rien tal an d A frican L an­ guages a n d L iteratu re o n ly offers on e la n g u ag e from the co n tin en t of A frica — A rabic. W hat h a p p e n e d to all the o th e r possibilities? O th er la n g u ag e s are sp o k en in v ast A frica, w hich is not as d a rk o r b arb a ro u s as th e m e d ia p o rtra y s O u r U n iv ersity can arg u e th a t th e d iv e rsity of the co n tin en t h in d e rs fin d in g a d efin ite la n g u ag e to focus on. F u rth erm o re, it can sa y th a t m u c h of the great literatu re of the co n tin en t is w ritte n in French. I arg u e th a t the rich h isto ry o f th e A frican peo p le can o nly be learn ed by c o m m u n ic atin g w ith them th ro u g h their n ativ e to n g u es. A true A frican la n g u ag e has not been ta u g h t on this ca m p u s for m o re th a n 10 years. W hat h a p p e n e d ? People w h o re m e m b e r that far back (before M ichael Jackson le arn ed h o w to So for 10 y ea rs g ra d u a te s tu d e n ts in A frican s tu d ie s w h o n ee d ed A frican la n g u ag e re q u ire ­ m e n ts w ere forced to get th e m so m e w h ere else. T he U n iv e rsity sh o u ld p la in ly see th a t th is b etra y s th eir c o m m itm e n t to h ig h e r ed u c atio n . T he U niversity, by recently sp littin g the D e p a rt­ m ent (if O riental an d A frican L an g u a g es an d L it­ era tu re , h as so lv ed its m isnom er. T he o rien tal la n ­ g u a g e s w ere m o v ed to the D e p a rtm e n t of E astern S tu d ies an d the la n g u ag e s of H eb rew a n d A rabic are h o u se d in th e D e p a rtm e n t o f M id d le E astern S tudies. W ay to go. T he bureaucracy, how ever, h as o v e r­ looked o n e sm all point. I h ere still is no A frican la n g u ag e ta u g h t here. O n e possibility w o u ld be to create a sp ace for it in the D e p a rtm e n t of A frican -A m erican S tudies, b u t it really w o u ld not fit because th at is A frican- American. W ith no s o lu tio n s p ro p o s e d (o r p ro b le m S tu d e n ts w h o are in te reste d in actually le arn in g the la n g u a g e are p rese n ted w ith a few o p tio n s. T hey can try to learn it th ro u g h a c q u irin g h a rd to find ta p e s (8-tracks?) from the '70s o r take the in itiativ e by sig n in g p etitio n s to s u p p o rt efforts to "D ecolonize Your M in d ." O r they can o rg an ize like th e stu d e n ts in te re st­ ed in h a v in g K orean ta u g h t here w h o e v e n tu a lly got the U n iv e rsity s su p p o rt. T he class is n o t p aid for by the U niversity, how ever, b u t it is a p rim e ex a m p le of w h a t s tu d e n ts m u st d o to im p ro v e th e ir o w n e d u c atio n . T h in k in g for y o u rselv e s is the real ed u c atio n the U n iv ersity sh o u ld offer, not the in culcation of h u m d ru m extension o f W estern society'. N o m a t­ ter w h o is responsible, a m in d is a te rrib le th in g to w aste. Pickens is an English sophomore. Bribes and flattery sure to improve grades I t t t i i I f in a l s a p p ro a c h fin als a p p ro a c h an d a re th e re p ro b ab ly o th e rs, lik e m e, w h o h a v e co m e to th e re a liz a ­ tio n th a t g r a d u a tio n — o r even p assin g th e se m ester — is eq u iv a- recovery o f th e H o ly G rail. We m a d e little m istakes — like w e fo rg o t to study, go to class, tak e n otes o r tu rn in th a t little 20- p a g e final paper. So w h at to do? First, 1 believe w e are g o in g ab o u t th is g ra d e th in g all w ro n g . L ike R ound Table knights, w e th in k th a t if w e w ork, s tu d y h ard an d lose e n o u g h sleep, g o o d g ra d e s w ill just, grail-like, a p p e a r before us. T his m ay be tru e. I'v e n ev er tried, b u t th a t is irrelevant. I say go straig h t to th e source of y o u r g ra d e pro b lem s, G od (or y o u r p ro fe sso r w ho, after sil, is G od as far as y o u 're con­ cerned). S trategy 1: N e v e r place y o u rself . Phillip VanDerSIice r ^ A T c o L Ü M N i s i r a b o v e y o u r in s tr u c to r 's d e rrie re . Place y o u r in stru c to rs on ped estals. Besides, w h a t is a little b ro w n -n o s­ ing in the o v era ll sch em e of th in g s an y w ay ? 1 tor o ne w o u ld like to say that a d v e rtisin g p ro fe sso rs Jack Reed, G ene K incaid an d Jeff R ichards, as w ell as b u sin e ss p ro fesso r T hom as C am p b ell are by fa r the best p ro fe s­ sors I ever h a d th e p le asu re of k n o w ­ ing. A n d th a t is not ju st because they h a v e n 't a s sig n e d m y g ra d e s yet. They are tru ly great professors, an d I w a s n 't sleep in g th a t day. I w as su f­ fe rin g from "p ro fo u n d sta te m e n t o v e rlo a d " sy n d ro m e. I just c a n 't take so m u c h w isd o m at o ne sitting. S trateg y 2: M oney talks, especially w h en y o u r p en w alk s B.S. all o v er ^ .............. a ,,» th at final exam . S om e call it bribery, w hich is an ac u te ly n asty w ord. I p refer to call it an a d d e d stu d e n t fee (also nasty, b u t p seu d o -leg al). But y o u can t just w alk u p to a professo r a n d say, "H ey, vo, prof, $100 to g im m e an A." F irst, if y o u 'r e like m e, an A w o u ld c o s t 'a t least $500. Second, su b tlety is th e key to a successful a d d e d stu d e n t fee. W alk u p to the p ro f an d say, "Hey, TEX told m e I o w ed $462.73 for ta k in g this course. I h aven t p a id it yet. C o u ld y o u take care of it for m e?" T rust me, in a c a d ­ em ic circles, TEX" is th e code w o rd for bribe. It w o rk s ev e ry tim e. T he G o d fa th e r 3: m e th o d . U se th is o n ly as a last resort, ju s t say, 'Professor, I'm a rea­ sonable m an, a n d I th in k y o u 're a reasonable m an. S tra te g y I w as talking to m y best friend G eorgio G am bino, y o u know , the g u y that w alk e d after knocking off 35 people. A nyw ay, G eorgio is p a y ­ f i r i n g l i n e ing for m y ed u c atio n here at tht U niversity so th a t I can so m e d ay bt h is p e rso n a l il w o u ld m ake him real h a p p y if I gol a d ecent g ra d e in y o u r class." law yer. H e sa id If h e blow s y o u off, p u t a d ea d squirrel head in his bed w h ile h e's sleeping; h e'll get the picture. S tra te g y 4: T he "I h a d a sex ch ange o ver T h an k sg iv in g m e th o d " (for m ales only). G et a girl to go into his office an d say she s you. I am bein g sexist here, b u t som e girls se em to g et a n y th in g accom plished w ith a co u p le of tears. T hey can even get out of traffic tickets. Just tell h er to w alk in, say sh e 's y o u an d h e r d ad is going to get m ad if sh e fails. An in stan t A, I prom ise. A s TEX w o u ld say, 'G ood by and G ood luck.' I'm going back to w ork to m ake m y b rib e money. VanDerSIice is an English/adver tising senior. Texans are wimps I am w ritin g in resp o n se to a recent article and su b se q u e n t letters co n c ern in g co m p lain ts ab o u t th e w e a th e r as it p e rta in s to reg io n al atti­ tudes. As a n ativ e Texan w h o m ost recently lived am o n g Y ankees for q u ite a n u m b e r of years, I believe th a t I am in a p o sitio n to b rin g a d efin i­ tive p ersp e ctiv e to bear on th e issue. Since C lint H a rb o u r a n d S arah P ay n e d id su c h a g o o d j< b of d isp la y in g th e ru d en e ss, x en o p h o b ia a n d bad g ra m m a r w hich p asses for Texas hosp itality th ese d ays, let m e sta rt w ith Texans. Texans are w im p s. Flow d are H a rb o u r and P ayne talk ab o u t h ea t w h en they a re alm o st cer­ tainly the first o n e s to sc u rry for th e com forting sh elter of th eir air-co n d itio n e d igloos the very m o m e n t th e m e rc u ry h its 83 d eg re es? If Texans are so goo d at ta k in g th e heat, w h y am I sitting in class in A u g u st w ith m y feet tu rn in g blu e b ecause th e U n iv ersity is s p e n d in g m illions of d o lla rs a m o n th try in g to chill the en tire S o u th ­ w est d o w n to 73 d egrees? Maybe God should abolish the Students’ Association 1 read v n th g rea t a m u se m e n t the sto ry re g a rd ­ ing the* S tudents' A ssociation v o tin g G od a L on g h o rn s fan. A ccording to m ost C hristians, G od is a being so en ig m atic th at w e can n o t h o p e to u n d e rsta n d him . Yet apparently, his tastes can be decid ed on a m ajority vote. W hat go o d n ew s — p e rh a p s w e could ch a n g e th e big g u y 's m in d o n hom osexuality, too! O verall, it's yet a n o th e r ch a p te r in the old tr a ­ d itio n of m an p u ttin g w o rd s in G o d 's m o u th . H ow ironic that, in th e sam e edition of th e The Daily Texan, John Black d efe n d ed the* SA 's exis­ tence p o in tin g o u t its "to u g h decisions." I, on th e o th e r h an d , c a n 't h elp but note th at "th e G od A m e n d m e n t" w as listed as one of th e SA's ch ief ac c o m p lish m e n ts, w h erea s th ree o th e r w o rth y p ro p o sitio n s w ere sh u t d o w n o r w ith ­ d raw n . W hat b e tte r p roof d o w e need that th e SA is a frivolous pit into w hich o u r stu d e n t fees fall, and sho u ld be abolished. W hen I m oved here in A ugust, th e first thing I d id w as o p en all the w in d o w s a n d tu rn on the fan, as 1 k n ew I w a s go in g to be sw ea tin g . T his is w h at o n e d o es in hot clim ates in th e sum m er: sw eat. U pon p e e rin g o u t th e back w in d o w s of m y ap a rtm en t, how ever, I w as g ree ted by the sight of h u n d re d s of 4 00-pound air-co n d itio n - ers, m iles of them . T h ere's m o re sq u a re footage d ev o ted to air-co n d itio n e rs in th is state than th e re is to living space! If som e fu tu re society w ere to ex am in e o u r ruins, they w o u ld com e to th e conclusion th a t these box-like objects re p re ­ se n ted so m e kind of religious sh rin e w h o se sig­ nificance an d in fluence w as all p e rv a siv e an d p o w erfu l. T hey w o u ld be right. I th o u g h t I w o u ld get so m e relief in late Sep­ te m b er w h en the te m p e ra tu re w en t d o w n . But no, these so-called Texans ru n th e ir air-co n d i­ tio n in g rig h t u p until m id-O ctober, at w hich p o in t they tu rn th e air off an d the h e a t on, an d sta rt co m p lain in g ab o u t th e cold (i.e. a te m p e ra ­ tu re w hich is exactly three deg rees cooler than w h a t they h ad th e ir th e rm o sta t set for all su m ­ m er). Texans enjoy am o n g th e lo w est rates for electricity an d yet h a v e the hig h est av e rag e elec­ tricity bills of a n y o n e in th e country, A laska in clu d ed T his is totally an d utterly pathetic. In m y m ind, if you c a n 't tak e th e heat, you sh o u ld not be in Texas. Patrick Goetz Graduate student in math Damon Schubert Advertising senior Room for all if we just try P roposition 187 has claim ed its first child. T w elve-year-old Julio C ano, of A naheim , C alif d ie d of acu te leukem ia after suffering from a co ugh an d back p ain for m o re than a w eek. H is parents, w ho are u n d o c u m e n te d w orkers, said they d elay e d ta k in g th e boy to the h o sp ital becau se th e y feared d e p o rta tio n to Mexico. T he Sint Francisco Chronicle (Nov. 24) q u o te d C o n sta n tin e Ram irez, Ju lio 's father: "W hen they bill you, they ask a lot of questio n s. But if I h ad k n o w n h o w bad it w as, I w o u ld h av e left m v fear b eh in d ." Iragically, Ju lio 's p a re n ts d id n 't k n o w that legal ch allenges c o n tin u e to block im p le m e n ta ­ tion oi n early ev ery p ro v isio n of P roposition 187 I he m easure, w h ich w o u ld d en y ed u c atio n an d h ealth care to p eo p le w h o ca n n o t p ro v e th ey are in the c o u n try legally, has been cau g h t u p in c o u rt battles since its Nov. 8 a p p ro v a l by C alifornia voters. I read about Ju lio 's d e a th at w o rk an d w as still th in k in g of him as I sh o p p e d for d in n e r at Fiesta A s I ad v a n ce in the check-out line and sta rte d to u n lo a d m y black beans, to rtillas, Í cilan tro an d o ran g e s o n to the m ov in g belt looked u p and read the ch e ck e r's n am e tag- S usana. S u san a w as ab o u t 18, pretty, an d slow. She p assed each can o v er th e scan n er as if she w ere h a n d lin g a live h a n d g ren ad e, an d she ask ed th e b ag boy th e lo o k -u p n u m b e r of each fruit an d vegetable. W hen it cam e tim e to w rite d o w n m y p h o n e n u m b e r on m y check, she froze. Finally, I w oke up. "O chentiuno, treinta y tres, " I finished the num ber. She looked relieved an d m ore th an a little su rp rise d . We co n tin u ed co n v ersin g in her language, c o m m ise ra tin g w ith each o th e r ab o u t h ow d ifficult it is to learn a foreign la n g u ag e an d ab o u t h e r h o m e in th e so u th e rn M exican sta te of G uerrero. W hen I took m y receipt, I said, "M uchas gra­ cias " at th e sa m e in stan t th at she said, "T h an k y o u ." We b oth la u g h ed , an d I m o v e d to w a rd the door. I d ro v e h o m e th in k in g a b o u t Julio and S usana, a n d a b o u t th e u n d o u b te d ly M exican farm w o rk e rs w h o te n d e d a n d p ic k ed th e o ran g e s th at w ere n ow rid in g in m y tru n k . Julio is d e a d an d I w ill n ev e r m eet th e farm w orkers, so I c o n c e n tra te d on S usana. "W e're not all alike," I told h e r m entally. "P lease stay." I d o n t k n o w m u ch ab o u t econom ics, b u t I d o k n o w th at a H e lp W anted" sign is alm ost a lw a y s u p at Fiesta. I also k n o w th at all of us, o r a t least o u r g rea t-g rea t g ra n d p a re n ts, cam e from so m e w h ere else to live here. It seem s to m e th at th e re is e n o u g h space for ev ery o n e, if w e all m o v e o v er ju st a little bit. Carol Weir Education graduate student Wesley Wynne resigned R egarding a p o rtio n of the article: "S tudy: G ra d u a te s tu d e n ts ' e x p e n se s escalatin g ," y o u r a u th o r q u o te d "Wesley W ynne, g ra d u a te rep re­ se n tativ e to th e S tu d e n ts ' A ssociation." You should be aware that W esley W ynne is not in fact a graduate representative to the Stu­ dents' Association. In fact he resigned early in the semester, has not attended m eetin gs since, and has been replaced in the Students' A ssociation. Further­ more, his view s are in no w ay representative of those of the graduate student body as a w hole. Rather, his view s are, and should be charac­ terized as, his ow n personal opinions. I trust that you will correct the m isperceptions your article m ay have inadvertently caused. Matthew J. Brauer Graduate student in zoology UNIVERSITY T h e D a i l y T e x a n S WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7 ,1 8 8 4 K1 iK ls & Kathy Chenault, a auard fo r tho iin h /o re iH , p a u l ALCALA/Daify Texan staff . tlon Tuesday. Donations will be a c c e o l J i H h / n T P «" « Christmas presents from a guard sta- »cc®Pted at the UT Police Station, as well as at any campus guard station through Thursday . . Orange Holiday program Santa suits up seeking donations for UT needy MARY MCMANAMEE Dally Texan Staff The first Orange Santa program is accepting toys and non-perish­ able food items for needy families of UT students, faculty and staff. After a donation period lasting through T h u rsday, all eligib le fam ilies registered with the UT Office of Human Resources will be able to go to a "holiday store" to pick up free food and toys they m ay not oth erw ise be able to afford. "By drawing on the innate gen­ erosity of this remarkable commu­ nity, I believe that we can help," said UT President Robert Berdahl in a letter addressed to adm inis­ trators and student represen ta­ tives. San dy H aire, director of the Office of Human Resources, said the confidential registration appli­ cation, printed in English and Spanish, was meant to keep the program accessible to all needy families. The application will be used to organize individual family needs through the Christmas Bureau of Austin and Travis County, a non- profit agency also coord in ates with v a rio u s other ch aritab le organizations, Haire said. Haire added that the program will not use a lengthy process to Food donations will be accepted in campus-wide donation bins with the “Orange Santa” flier. In addition to non-perishable food items, toy donations can be made at any UT Police Department guard post around campus. decide eligibility for the Orange Santa program. "W e'll have to move quickly and trust that people are going to be honest," Haire said. Food donations will be accept­ ed in campus-wide donation bins with the "O ran g e S a n ta" flier, which depicts Santa flying in his sleigh pu lled by a "rein steer," crossing over the UT Tower. In addition to non-perishable food items, toy donations can be m ade at any UT Police D epart­ ment guard post around campus. UT police Capt. Rollin Donel- son said the department prefers "new or all but new " toy dona­ tions at the guard posts, and that guards will pick up and deliver donated toys to the Police Depart­ ment. Food d o n atio n s w ill also be accepted at the UT Police Station at 2201 E ast C am p u s D rive, Donelson said. Families can pick up food and toys at the holiday store in build­ ing 1.140 at the D epartm ent of P h ysical Plant com plex, 1800 M anor Road, from Dec. 16 and lasting until Dec. 19. Sally Moore, building services supervisor of custodial services, said that volunteer maintenance w o rkers will p ick up d o n ated food items from the campus bins. The workers will take the food to the holiday store where it would be sorted for distrib u tion , she added. Haire said the human resources office will also accept gift certifi­ cates in $5 increments from any local grocery store. cam p u s m ail The certific ates can be sent through or a d d re sse d to the UT O ffice of H um an R eso u rces, P.O. Box D raw er V ,.A u stin , TX 78713, Haire said. Anyone with questions about the program can call the Office of H um an R esources at 471-1795, she add ed. Also, custodial ser­ vices will pick up food from the bins when requested by calling 471-5072, Moore said. 44 percent of college students binge on alcohol, survey reveals Associated Pmcc Associated Press ' ~ ' ——--- CHICAGO — Nearly half of U.S. college students are S who make life miserable for much of the ¡ í ge,. other half, according to a survey. ''Students on campuses where there's a lot of binge drinking are affected in a number of ways — including physical assault, sexual harassment, property damage and interrupted sleep or study time/' said Henry Wech- sler, ^rector of the Alcohol Studies Program at Harvard School of Public Health. His team surveyed 17,592 students on 140 campuses nationwide last year. Findings appear in Wednesday's journal of the American Medical Association. Forty-four percent reported binging on alcohol, defined as downing five drinks in a row for men or four in a row for women on at least one occasion in the two weeks before the survey. Nineteen percent of all stu­ dents were frequent bingers, defined as those who have had at least three binges during the period. Binge drinkers were seven times as likely to have unprotected sex as a non-binge drinker, 10 times as like­ ly to drive after drinking and 11 times as likely to fail behind m school, the survey found. At about one-third of the schools, more than 50 per­ cent of students were bingers. At another third, fewer than 3o percent were bingers. At the big drinking schools, sober students were tunee as likely as those at the lowest-level schools to be insulted or humiliated; to be pushed, hit or assaulted- and to experience unwanted sexual advances from drinking students. They were also about 2\ times as likely to sustain property damage; to end up taking care of a drunken student; and to have their study or sleep interrupted because of classmates' drinking, the survey revealed. Environmental organization starts UT chapter, works for cleaner planet C H A RULVYAS CHARULVYAS_________ Daily Texan Staff ~ As the environmental engineering industry flourishes, a new UT orga­ n ization will giv e stu d en ts the opportunity to work toward careers for a cleaner environment. The first meeting of the UT chap­ ter of the Air and Waste M anage­ ment Association last week attracted about 30 stu d en ts, said Richard Corsi, an assistant professor in the Department of Civil Engineering and faculty sponsor for the association. Air and Waste Management Asso­ ciation, a nonprofit technical and educational organization based in Pittsburgh, was established in 1907. The association, whose goal is to estab lish a cleaner environm ent w orldw ide, now has m ore than 15,000 m em bers in 58 countries, including professionals in fields such as law, research and engineering. C ivil en gin eerin g sen ior Ben Elliott, president of the UT chapter, said the group will be able to host speakers specifically in the environ­ mental field in the spring semester. Elliott said the group will consid­ er doing com m unity service in a few sem esters, but at present the association is primarily concerned with getting established. Rachael O'Brien, treasurer for the association and a civil engineering junior, said the the group will "start off in full force next semester." She said although the Air and W aste M anagem ent A sso ciation w as started by en gin eerin g stu ­ dents, UT students from all areas of study can join the organization. * 'It's going to be very educational for everyone," O'Brien said. Corsi, who was an Air and Waste Management Association sponsor at another university, said he decided to sponsor the organization at UT because students seem to get a lot out of it. He said the association awards scholarships and helps students with job placement after graduation. Elliott said many m em bers are hoping to go to the annual meeting in San Antonio this summer, adding that students can attend the confer­ ence at a fraction of the cost paid by professional members. Corsi said he hopes the UT chap­ ter will sponsor field trips and a dinner meeting with a guest speaker next semester. He said he hopes the events will help the group become cohesive. O W I t f E B S I T Y B R I E F S College of Engineering taps aerospace professor for assistant dean post ■ The College of Engineering has chosen a UT engi­ neering professor to be assistant dean for research a position recently created to meet the demands of burgeoning research activities. r^ aleKKieJ n' J the c o ,le 8 e s asso c ia te dean for research and administration, said Linda Haves has a ! ^ ht aerospace engineering at the University since Z . , I u; Jbegin her new j ° b officially on Jan. 15. .i ’ooked at several internal candidates. We felt that Linda was best qualified because of her teaching research and administrative abilities," Klein said. Haves was unavailable for comment Tuesday. Klein said the new position was needed to help him handle the college's expanding research. "If you look at the amount of research the campus conducts now and the amount conducted five years ago, you ^v°U « 7rfe Ü haS 8° ne fr0m about 540 miHion to over $70 million in research expenditure per year, so we need additional administrative support " ' ‘Evening with Jake Pickle’ to salute retiring alumnus ■ The University is honoring retiring U.S. Rep. J.J. Pickle, one of the University's most distinguished alumni, with a speaking engagement W ednesday and a dedication ceremony Thursdav The Friends of the LBJ Library is hosting an Evening with Jake Pickle" Wednesday for 1,200 guests at ¡5? Lyn?,0n Bames Johnson Library- and Museum. stnrip! Z repmi.n.lsce on LBJ stories, congressional stones, Mrs. PickJe stories. If time permits, he will talk about Congress, how it's changed, and the direc­ tion it is going ' said George Phenix, district admin­ istrator in Pickle's Austin office. i ? nJ hurS(í ay,^morning, the VTSystem will oKcial- 11- Plckle Research Campus, formerly ifi' j ,ate called the Balcones Research Center. Speakers at the ceremony will include UT Presi- ent Robert Berdahl, LT System Chancellor William Cunningham, Board of Regents Chairman Bernard Rapoport and Pickle. — Compiled by Stacey Rodrigues, Daily Texan Staff ExCET R E V I E W S Austin - 474-5750 January 28 & 29, 1995 Deadline: Ja n . 9,19 95 / BOB REED JE W E L E R S JE W E LR Y REPAIR WATCH REPAIR A P P R A IS A L S ENG RAVIN G 5300 N. LAMAR #108 PHONE 459-4562 AUSTIN. TX 78751 REPRODUCTIVE SERVICES since 1978 SUPPORTING YOUR CHOICE ABORTION PREGNANCY TESTING COUNSEUNG ADOPTION 4804 GROVER Between Lamar and Burnet at 49th & Grover 458-8274 Board certified OB-Gyns Licensed nursing staff -Confidential Services -Flexible appts. 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