THE OLDEST COLLEGE DAILY IN THE SOUTH n _ ■ l y T exa AUGUST 30, 2000 25 CENTS HEAVY I HITTERS Texas volleyball stars Jill Gremmel and Kathy Tilson ready to serve up the 2000 season. See Sports, Page 9 UT custodian Lupe Rangel empties trash in the School of Social Work Building. An open letter by UT custodi­ al workers alleges abuse, long hours, and dangerous working conditions. If their demands for improved treatment are unmet, the cus­ todians may join in a three-day sick-out Nathan Lambrecht/ D aily Texan S taff Letter: Custodians mistreated By Laura Ongaro Daily Texan Staff An open letter circulating around the University is alleging that UT ‘custodial workers are being intimidated, overworked, threatened and subjected to dangerous working conditions. Patricia Qubb, vice president for employ­ ee and campus sendees, said she has investi­ gated all of the letter's allegations. Qubb issued a statement addressing each allegation point by point, but in an interview Tuesday declined to say specifically whether the allegations were true or false. Peg Kramer, University Staff Association president, said custodians' biggest concerns are a large decrease in staff along with an increase in work and being forced to mix toxic chemicals while cleaning. "The only way that anyone can improve their working conditions is to make the issues public, get organized and potentially seek out legal avenues because [UT officials] have proven that they are not willing to take workers seriously," Kramer said. Kramer said custodial workers have begun to meet weekly to discuss grievances, working conditions and to get organized for the Sept. 6-8 staff sick-out. Among several allegations outlined in the letter to the UT community, custodians said See CUSTODIANS, Pa|* 2 G O N E TO T E X A S Jeremy Uu, an electrical engineering junior, participates In the “Gone to Tews’ celebration Tuesday evening at the Tower. 'Gone to Texas' welcomes Incoming freshmen and other students to the University. Nathan Lambrecht/Daily Texan S ta ff 6,000 Longhorns attend annual kick-off ceremony By MeHssa DrosJack Daily Texan Staff Using a microphone instead of a hand­ shake, UT President Larry Faulkner wel­ comed more than 6,000 people to the "Gone to Texas" celebration Tuesday night. At the fourth annual event, designed to introduce students to UT tradition, Faulkner urged students to take advan­ tage of the diverse UT programs. "There are several different types of opportunities for students to learn about," Faulkner said. "We encourage students to attend [the event), to meet people in their college, learn UT traditions and get a greater sense of what UT is." The event, hosted by the Office of the President, kicked off at 7:15 p.m. with the band Los Pinky" s, followed by the UT cheerleaders who led the crowd into the school fight song. times and rang eight After the Tower bells, illuminated in orange, the Longhorn cheerleaders led the crowd in chants, a message appeared on the screen: "We don't claim to change the world, we just change people and then they change the world — We're Texas." Deans and professors stood among stu­ dents as a new laser show began and the Tower was outlined in green. "1 like to see all the freshmen and the festivities," said Steve Limberg, a UT accounting professor. "It's a great intro­ duction to fire University and just plain fun. This is my second year [attending], and they get better and better every year — It's real consistent with the traditions of the University." Some students said they came to the event to get to know other students and campus leaders. "It makes me feel more welcome," said Sandra Soto, an electrical engineering freshman. "I notice that people are really friendly here." Faculty and upperclassmen wore "Gone To Texas" buttons around campus and at file event with "Ask Me’ in bold let­ ters as a way to let new students know they are available for questions. As with all UT events, Gone to Texas came to a close as students walked away, singing the "Eyes of Texas." Gone to Texas began four years ago, after former UT President Robert Berdahl decided to create a celebration event to introduce new students to the campus. a a aB aB B a B B a e a sB aa asB sa=a aa aa asa 5a asaa ,l’ T t a ................................. 1 Homeless recount experiences of life in Austii Businesses, police crack down on indigents By Krtstln Finan Daily Texan Staff Tw enty-three-year-old Dawn quiet­ ly w atches the litter of Labrador pup­ pies. Not developed enough to stand, one craw ls, |vay from its m other and rolls over, displaying a multitude of fire ant bites covering w hat used to be a soft, pink belly. "D o n 't let him off the b lank et," Dawn warns. "H e 'll get bitten." The 1-w eek-old puppies are already learning the harsh realities of life on the streets. the strf Dawn, a 23-year-old w ho's been on ts since she was 14, can relate. "I w as found dead on Oct. 27, 1999," Dawn said, adding that she had to be revived three tim es before she made it to the hospital. "They found me in the bathroom of D obie M all on the floor. I had shot up som e heroin. They found me an hour-and-a-half later.'' In 1998, there were more than 6,000 hom eless people in the A ustin/Travis County area, according to the Austin- Travi* County C ontinuum of Care for the H om eless A ssistance Grant. Thirteen percent were youth under the age of 24, many of whom congregate near the UT cam pus. The youth, com ­ monly called "d rag rats" by locals, say they are subjected to unfair treatm ent by local businesses and police. But police officers and em ployees of local businesses tell a different story. "It w as getting to the point where they stole our tips like twice in one w eek," said Jam es Rider, manager of Texas French Bread on G uadalupe Street. "O ne o f them broke our front window with his fist. One of them pulled a knife on me right here. And then of course they had cotton swabs and blood in the bathroom. Not very often but for a time a few months back." See DRAG, Pag* 8 Rico, right who came from the Los Angeles area, gives himself a tattoo with his homemade tattoo needle, which is made with a motor from a VCR and a power supply from a toy train set Rk» traveled with Shaggy, left to Austin after authorities in the Los Angeles area told them they would face jail time If they were around during the Democratic National Convention. VOL. 101, NO. 1 Lieberman criticized for religious focus By Patrick Badgley Daily Texan Staff A letter sent by the Anti-Defamation League Monday requesting that Democratic vice presidential candidate Joseph Lieberman avoid using references to his religion while cam­ paigning has created mixed reactions from Texans involved with the religious and political communities. Since the media do a sufficient job of distributing background information on candidates, including their religion, a candidate shouldn't use campaign speaking time to address his or her religion, said Mark Briskman, director of the North Texas/Oklahoma Anti-Defamatiori Leagufe, adding that some voters who aren't religious or who are members of a different religion may be offended. "If you ask a thousand different Americans, you might get a thousand different answers on what God and God's purpose is," Briskman said. The league, which fights anti-semitism around the nation, sent the letter in response to Lieberman's words in a speech at a Detroit church Sunday. "As a people, we need to reaffirm our faith and renew the dedication of our nation and ourselves to God and God's pur­ poses," Lieberman said. The group sent similar letters to eight presidential candidates before the primaries began. Briskman added that while religious beliefs may play a role in political decisions, it should not become an issue on its own in the political realm. But Marvin Olasky, a LIT journalism professor, said candi­ dates should be completely honest during a campaign, mean­ ing they should shed light on their religious beliefs. He said religious ideas of separation of church and state have led to a "rampant theophobia," such as the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision in Santa Fe ISD vs. Doe, which prohibit­ ed organized prayer before school football games. Olasky said Lieberman and Gov. George W. Bush, with his See RELIGION, Page 2 Driver-safety plan to start in accident’s wake By Jeffrey Hlpp Daily Texan Staff After a UT staff member riding a bicycle was hit last week by a LIT van, the Physical Plant responded by highlighting the debut next month of a driver-education program that has been in the works for a year. The accident occurred last Thursday shortly before 6 p.m., near the intersection of Dean Keaton Street and Speedway. According to the UT Police Department report, Jesus Gonzalez, the custodian driving the van, was traveling east- bound on Dean Keaton when he passed bicyclist Cynthia Herbst, an administrative assistant in the International Office, who was also heading east. Gonzalez then turned to the right in front of the cyclist, causing Herbst to collide with the van, UTPD has said the case is under investigation and refused to comment on any further details! Herbst said the case has brought her attention to one problem — drivers on campus, including employees, should be more careful of bicyclists and pedestrians. "To say that they are unaware of what was going on around them just says that they're not good defensive drivers," she said. Currently, Physical Plant staff members are given a 45-minute training session during orientation regarding the operation of UT vehicles. But officials say a new training pro­ gram, designed to teach supervisors how to further train their employees to deal with issues that arise when driving on and off campus with UT vehicles, will be put in motion next month. The new program has been under development for a year and was not created in response to the accident, a Physical Plant official said. The training class will cover a wide range of campus driving issues, including watching for bicyclists, pedestrians and cam­ pus speed limits, said Jennifer Atherton, training coordinator for the plant. "Because they are driving a vehicle with a UT seal on it, they 8m UTPD, Pag* 2 INSIDE Making The Grade Before those first grades make you wince or “wahooi,” find out how we rated last weekend's movies. It’s a must. See Entertainment, Page 16 4 OPINION________ WORLD & NATION ______ 3 _____ 6 UNIVERSITY _____ 7 9-12 15&16 STATE & LOCAL SPORTS______ ENTERTAINMENT FOCUS THE EDGE AROUND CAMPUS 2 25 CONDITIONS High 100 Jeez, it must once again be near 1600 degree». __ ___8 Low Visit the Daily Texan online at http://www.dailytexan.utexas.edu Page 2 The D aily Texan Wednesday, August 3 0 , 2 0 0 0 the . Edge Top light songs The Top 10 College Fight Songs in the nation according to pro fessor William StucKvell from Northern Illinois University (fall 1998): 1. Notre Dame Victory March - University of Notre Dame, "Best known, and perhaps the most borrowed." 2. The Victors University of Michigan, “Most rousing and stunning; a very proud song." 3. On Wisconsin — University of Wisconsin, "Smooth and much borrowed classic; classical ori­ gins.” 4. Down the Reid — Yale University, “Another smooth and much borrowed clas­ sic.” 5. Anchors Aweigh — U.S. Naval Academy, "Very dynam­ ic and uplifting.” 6. Stein Song — University of Maine, "Great melody, has its origins in a drinking song, which can be traced to Brahms." 7. Fight on USC — University of Southern California, "Brilliant, sparkling and innova­ tive." 8. Ramblin' Wreck from Georgia Tech — Georgia Institute of Technology, “Fine tune; great sense of humor." 9. The Eyes of Texas — University of Texas, “Tune borrowed from ‘I’ve Been Working on the Railroad;’ lots of sweep and energy. " 10. Across the Reid — Ohio State University, “Smooth and active; takes you pleasantly across the field." Program to train drivers of UT autos UTPD, from 1 are scrutinized heavily," she said. "People will see the seal on a vehicle ... and call in if they think something is unsafe. That's exactly why the seal is on the vehicle." Atherton added that becaUse bicyclists are diffi­ cult to see and many of the University's streets are narrow, cyclists are another important issue that will be addressed in the new program. "[When] someone sees someone doing some­ thing in a [UT] vehicle, we're held up to the light, and they have to be aware of that," die said. But UTPD Sgt. William Van Horn said that in his experience, the bicyclist is often the one to blame when an accident involving bicyclists and motor vehicles occurs on campus. "The collisions we do have are because one or the other failed to adhere to what the law requires, and a lot of times it is the cyclist who did not stop at the stop sign, exceeded the speed limit and cut comers," he said. Van Horn explained that bicyclists are supposed to follow the same laws as motor vehicle drivers, though they often do not. While driving outside of campus may be a more dangerous situation for cyclists, he said, a 15 mph on-campus speed limit means that bikers and drivers should be able to safely share the road. But Herbst said her experience shows her the opposite. "I think most bicyclists are more conscientious than people in cars," she said. "I have to be more aware of things around me because even a hole in the road can throw me off." Ryan Polomski, a radio-television-film graduate student who uses a bicycle on campus, said shar­ ing the roads with cars and trucks can be danger­ ous at times, and the situation at the University is no exception. "The university I went to before didn't allow any cars on campus, so this is kind of a shock for me," he said. CORRECTION On Tuesday, The Daily Texan reported in a cap­ tion that new members of the Alpha Delta Pi sorority will give cookie bouquets to children at their sorority house as part of fall Rush's philanthropy night Friday. They will actually dis­ tribute them at the Ronald McDonald House. The Texan regrets the error. Faulkner: Custodians not mistreated CUSTODIAN, from 1 "some supervisors forced [them] to mix bleach with CSP to perform cleaning duties." Hillyard Industries, manufacturer of CSP Qeaner, said CSP is a potential car­ cinogen that bums the eyes, skin and mouth and cause "severe gastrointesti­ nal irritátion, nausea, vomiting and bloody diarrhea" if inhaled in excess. Qubb said that while she found that mixing bleach and CSP is not a UT prac­ tice, the Physical Plant has suspended "use of the solvents in question" and has asked the UT Environmental Health and Safety Office to review the situation. Rolando Cisneros, a UT custodian who works in the Lee and Joe Jam ail Texas Swimming Center, said his super­ visors have now allowed him to use Safe-Step, a slip resistant floor treatment, to clean the pool deck. "These years I've been working on the pool, die chemicals have damaged my eyes," Cisneros said, pointing at the swollen area underneath his eyes. "The doctor told me I am doing permanent damage to my eyes by working with tire chemicals and that over time, I'll even­ tually go blind." The letter also alleged that the custo­ dial staff has been cut from 760 custodi­ ans in 1987 to about 300 in 2000. Qubb said the Physical Plant had 485 full-time custodians in 1985-1986 and has 345 in 1999-2000. Francisco Guerrero, a UT custodian, said there used to be seven workers cleaning the two buildings he is in charge of. Now, there are five. "What is the University doing with the money?" Guerrero asked. "That's money my four, co-workers and I should be getting because we are doing the work of seven people." Guerrero added that the University should either hire more workers or start paying him by contract, instead of the base salary he currently gets. Guerrero said if he was hired cm a contract rather than on ah hourly basis, he would be paid a set amount for per­ forming a specific duty. The letter also alleges that some cus­ todians must wear a heavy vacuum on their backs weighing about 20 pounds. Lupe Rangel, a UT custodian, said she must wear the heavy, hot, vibrating vacuum, and it hurts her spine. Qubb found that the vacuums weigh 11 pounds. They were weighed empty. The University Staff Association has been negotiating with UT administra­ tion since a 1997 report showed that 94 percent of UT employees were paid less than Austin residents with equivalent private-sector jobs. A sick-out is the staff's answer to what organizers say are below-nmarket wages and unfair treatment from UT officials. Participating staff members said they will take the three days to visit doctors' offices, take vacation time or simply not show up to work. The custodians' letter also alleged custodians were "forced to sign that [they] understand President Faulkner's warning letter about the sick-out." Qubb said custodians were asked — not forced — to sign the letter. UT President Larry Faulkner said UT custodians aren't discriminated against. "I don't agree that [custodians] are treated the way tire letter claims," Faulkner said. "We are very anxious to maintain a harmonious and fair work­ ing relationship to all people, and we try to make sure that this is true everywhere in the University." Faulkner added that he is skeptical about the origin of the letter. "The letter is anonymous and I think it's important to recognize that," Faulkner said. "The breadth of feeling among custodians is unknown and I know from personal experience that it is not a universally felt view." UT custodial staff’s 13 ALLEGATIONS UT custodial workers made the following allegations in an anonymous letter written to the University community: 1. Supervisors hide in bushes to make sure cus­ todians do not take longer breaks. 2 . Rumors say work hours will be increased by 30 minutes with no increase in pay. 3 . Supervisors do not fol­ low job descriptions. 4 . Custodial staff has been cut from 760 custodians in 1987 to about 300 in 2000. 5 . When sick for four hours or more, custodians must provide a doctor’s note. If • no doctor’s note is provid­ ed, supervisors make them leave without pay until a note is provided. 6. If custodians ask for vacation time, they must write down what the time is for and where they will be. 7. If custodians miss the first day of the month, their sick leave and vacation time for the following month is reduced by one hour. 8. The UT Austin handbook of operating procedures is written in English, while most custodians speak and understand Spanish. According to the anony­ mous letter, “This might be why the supervisors can treat us so badly.” 9 . Custodians are being forced to sign Larry Faulk­ ner's warning letter about the sickout. 1 0 . Some supervisors force custodians to mix bleach with CSP (ammonia) to perform cleaning duties. The fumes from the clean­ ing solution burn their eyes, nose and chest. 1 1 . Custodians are forced to perform team cleaning, meaning every duty is a race — one minute for the toilet, one minute for the sink, three minutes for the floor. 1 2 . Custodians must wear vacuums, which they esti­ mate to weigh 20 pounds on their backs. Those that perform vacuuming duties wear the backpack for seven hours out of the eight-hour shift. It is heavy, hot and vibrates on their spines. 1 3 . Custodians are being told that they will be fired if they join the University Staff Association. Lucy Quintanilla /D aily Texan Staff Staffers recruit student support at ‘Gone to Texas’ By Aaron Schoenewolf Daily Texan Staff Most came to learn about UT tradi­ tion Thursday night on the South Mall — a few came to recruit. student group, Students Members of the University Staff Association and a newly formed affili­ in ated Support of Staff, distributed fliers dur­ ing "Gone to Texas" festivities, hoping to educate new students about their ongoing fight for UT staff workers' rights. The fliers highlighted important events in USA's nearly three-year battle against what the group describes as a "lack of fairness" on the part of UT offi­ cials. Mike Corwin, an administrative assistant, said USA handed out fliers Tuesday because they wanted to specif­ ically target new students. "Those students who have been here for several years know what has been happening," he said. "But new students might not be familiar with our cause." USA has repeatedly demanded that the University focus its spending more on staff wages and benefits, Corwin added. "Why are they spending money on shooting lasers at the Tower tonight when they can't afford to pay for staff dental insurance?" he said. A staff "sick-out" is planned for Sept. 6-8 if UT officials do not satisfy the association's demands by Sept. 1. The demands include wage increases, bet­ ter benefits and an improved gnevance system. community Earlier this month, UT President Larry Faulkner sent an open letter to the UT the University's policy regarding missing work and possible consequences for those involved in the sick-out, which includes disciplinary action. detailing Anti-Defamation League: Lieberman must talk policy, not religion RELIGION, from 1 compassionate conservatism (message, have brought religion to the forefront of the campaign because they realize it is that Lieberman addressed religious issues, he also said that the vice presi­ dential candidate should spend more of his time speaking about public policy. Flowers added that he believes there is more concentration on religion dur­ ing this campaign than in recent nation­ al bids. "Bush and Lieberman kave realized that without «ligion, it's fo t neutrality — it's nakedness," Olasky said. While Olasky said Jre was pleased themselves as respectable people. important. 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Rabbi David Kessel, executive direc­ tor of the Texas Fiillel Foundation, said religion has surfaced as such an impor­ tant issue because of the lack of pressing political issues and President Bill Clinton's relationship with Monica Lewinsky, which was deemed immoral by some. "Given what we've seen with President Clinton and his actions, this has taken a particularly front-and-cen- ter role in this election," Kessel said. "This is something people want to know about." Ron Flowers, national board member of Americans United for the Separation of Church and State, said in past elec­ tions religion has been mentioned only when candidates hoped to establish But Flowers said that some voters will react negatively and some positive­ ly to the emphasis on religion. "It's a big occurrence that a Jewish candidate would be on the ballot, but his religion is still of the Judeo-Christian background," Flowers said. 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POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Dally Texan, P.O Box D, Austin, TX r a n j I - ..................................... ........ ...................................................................... . ......... - ...... - . 100.00 7 4 0 0 8/30/00 Texan Ad Deadlines [ Monday I Tuesday Wednesday Wednesday, 4 p.m. Thursday Friday .....Thursday, 4 p.m. Friday, 4 p.m. . « • « . Monday, 4 p.m Tuesday, 4 p.m W orld& N ation Pope suggests medical moral code T h e Daily T exan August 30, 2000 By The Associated Press ROME — Pope John Paul II sought Tuesday to lay down moral guidelines for medical research in the 21st century, endorsing organ donation and adult stem cell study but con­ demning human cloning and embryo experi­ ments. The pope's address to an international con­ ference of 5,000 transplant specialists appeared to be an attempt to set moral limits on such life- and-death issues as organ transplants and related research. The pope won applause from the transplant experts when he encouraged organ donation. But if his stance against embryo research were followed, "all these people with serious diseases would have no hope," said one sup­ porter of the research, Dr. Robert Goldstein of the New York-based Juvenile Diabetes Foundation. Underscoring how important he considered the issue, the 80-year-old pontiff left his sum­ mer retreat at Castel Gandolfo outside Rome to address the International Congress, of the Transplantation Society. The pope spelled out the church's position on transplant-related matters, condemning the sale of organs, insisting on informed consent on both sides of the exchange and singling out the complete end of brain activity as an accept­ able way to determine that death has occurred. Calling oigan donation "a genuine act of love," he said, "Accordingly, any procedure which tends to commercialize human oigans or to consider them as items of exchange or trade must be considered morally unaccept­ able." The decision on who should be first in line to receive organs can be based only on medical factors, the pope said — not on age, sex, race, religion, social standing, usefulness to society or any other standard. He left the door open for cross-species transplants. The pope's support for organ donation was likely to have an impact on his 1 billion-strong following of Roman Catholics. Traditionally, many Catholics have been ad verst' to both organ transplants and cremation for reasons having to do with keeping the body intact for resurrection. The pope also spoke out against cloning and related embryo research, a rapidly developing field in the four years since Dolly the la m b first struggled to its cloned hooves. The pope renewed his opposition to both practices just weeks after Britain moved toward’ allowing limited human cloning for research and the United States approved feder­ al funding for research on human embryo stem cells. Colombian president to thank Clinton for aid, seek trade access _W&N B riefs Forensic experts exhume 56 bodies from Bosnian mass grave SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Experts have exhumed 56 bodies so far from a mass grave located in Bosnian Serb-controlled territory, and the grave may hold more victims, the Muslim Commission for Missing Persons announced Tuesday. The bodies were found in a 60-foot-deep pit near the Serb-held village of Kalimanici, 20 miles east of the Bosnian capital, Sarajevo. Some 200,000 people were killed and more than 20,000 people are still missing as a result of Bosnians war. 6 hurt as bomb explodes near U.S. Consulate in Cape Town CAPE TOWN, South Africa — A bomb explod­ ed Tuesday in the center of Cape Town, slightly injuring six people in the latest in a series of unex­ plained bombings in the dty, police said. The blast shook an area of office buildings about 300 yards from the U.S. Consulate just after 4 p.m. as the afternoon rush hour was getting underway on one of the city's main roads. The consulate's operations were not affected, and none of its staff was injured, said spokesman Brian Penn. The bomb, which was in a parked car, is the third detonated in the dty this month and the sev­ enth this year. A shopping center and a gay night club were targeted in the other two attacks in August. U.N.: Ozone hole expected to increase in size this year GENEVA — The hole in the ozone layer over the Antarctic is expected to increase in size this year as early measurements show significant ozone depletion, the United Nations' weather agency said Tuesday. Four observation stations in the Antarctic this month reported a decrease in ozone of between 20 and 35 percent compared with the period between 1964 and 1976 before the "ozone hole" was observed, said Taysir al-Ghanem, spokesman for the World Meteorological Organization. Compiled from Associated Press reports By The Associated Press CARTAGENA, Colombia — President Andres Past/ana said Tuesday he will urge President Clinton during his visit to drop trade barriers to create alternative jobs for the thou­ sands of Colombians who work in the drug trade. Clinton arrives in Colombia Wednesday with a high-powered delegation of U.S. law­ makers, Cabinet members, diplomats and mil­ itary brass to speed implementation of a $1.3 billion U.S. anti-narcotics aid package. In an interview with The Associated Press, Pastrana lauded the visit — the first by a U.S. president since George Bush came in 1990 — as evidence that "we are not alone in the fight against drugs." Ahead of Clinton's arrival, workers were hurriedly repaving streets in this walled Spanish-colonial city on the Caribbean and painting over anti-U.S. graffiti, such as one that read: "Clinton go home." Army troops erected roadblocks on the out­ skirts and frisked motorists, part of a massive security operation involving 5,000 Colombian soldiers and police and about 350 U.S. personnel. Pastrana said he expects the U.S. assistance to continue no matter who is elected to the White House1 in November because the aid plan has both Democratic and Republican support. Pastrana urged the United States also to drop trade barriers to Colombian products, which would generate employment, giving Colombians an alternative to narcotics production. "This is one of the most important subjects we must discuss with Bill Clinton," Pastrana, A man takes a break alongside a soldier after a shootout between Colombian soldiers and rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia in Guayabetal, Colombia, about 35 miles south of Bogota, Tuesday. A few skirmishes have been reported in vari­ ous departments of Colombia on the eve of President Clinton's visit. Clinton will arrive in Cartagena Wednesday with a Congressional delega tion to support the country’s government in its fight against left ist rebels who are aligned with and profit from the illicit drug trade. Associated Press appearing relaxed and casually dressed in a blue Lacoste sport shirt and tan chinos, told the AP. Clinton's visit is a political boost for Pastrana, whose popularity has plummeted in Columbia amid disappointing peace talks, a major recession and ongoing rebel and nght- wing paramilitary violence. The American aid, most of it in military hardware and training, is aimed at combating the armed groups who protect plantations pro­ ducing 90 percent of the world's cocaine and a rising share of its heroin. Critics of tine U.S. aid — in which 6(1 combat helicopters will be sent to Colombia and Green Berets are training Colombian anti-narcotics soldiers — say Washington is becoming direct­ ly involved in this South American nation's 36- year guerrilla war. The Andersen Consulting Strategy Competency welcomes McCombs School of Business students at the University of Texas at Austin for the 2000 - 2001 school year. We hope you will come to meet Andersen’s strategy professionals at our Fall events. September 21, 2000 Full-Time Presentation Driskill Hotel 7:30 PM October 16-17, 2000 First Round Interviews Ford Career Center 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Visit our Web site at ac.com September 22, 2000 Eyes-on-Texas Career Fair Frank Erwin Center 1:00 PM October 20, 2000 Final Round Interviews Andersen Office, Austin, TX 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Andersen Consulting 4 The Dailv Texan AUGUST 30, 2000 O pin io n VIEWPOINT T he Da ily T exan Opinions expressed in The Daily Texan are those of the editor, the editorial board or writer of the article. They are not necessarily those of die University administration, the Board of Regents or the Texas Student Publications Board of Operating Trustees. Editor Cecily Sailer Senior Associate Editors Marshall Maher Associate Editors Garrick Pursley ne but are not disciplined if they are not signed. As for foe cleaning chemicals, Clubb said CSP and bleach are mixed together for cleaning purposes but only for use in cleaning foe campus' swimming pools. The University has suspended the use of those chemi­ cals until foe Environmental Health and Safety Office on campus has investigated foe matter. As for foe next step in foe process of addressing these concerns, Clubb said her office will continue to work with foe Physical Plant to ensure that custodial work­ ers are employed in a positive work environment. She added, "Custodial workers will be encouraged to bring forth any complaint in their work in environment. They can even bring it to me." Luckily for Clubb and other UT administrators, a group of UT custodial workers will be conducting a "grievance" of their own this Thursday at 4 p.m. in UTC 2.112A, and administrators are invited. The Texan Editorial Board strongly encourages Qubb, Faulkner, Physical Plant Director Mark Hunter and officials from foe Office of Human Resources to attend this meeting and hear what these UT employees have to say about their situations on this campus. If these administrators are as "concerned" as they claim to be, they'll be pres­ ent and accounted for. While foe situation and foe story, in this instance, are new, foe theme remains foe same: The University had no idea anyone was unhappy. They'll look into it (with no real specific or detailed plan of doing so). And they continue to support foe employees of this University. The bottom line: This situation has continued to steadily worsen, thanks wholly to UT administrators and their lack of initiative. And, from foe looks of things, foe situation will further decay long before, or if, it improves. As foe Sept. 6-8 sickout approaches, foe University will find itself on center stage and foe Eyes of Texas will be planted on foe administrations next move. N ath an L am b rech t/D aily Texan Custodian Lupe Rangel vacuums an office using the “vac-pack,” a vacuum cleaner that is worn on custodians backs. with bleach. Custodians claim foe fumes from foe mix­ ture bum their eyes and lungs and that coming into direct contact with foe mixture has had detrimental effects on their health. Of course all of this was news to UT administrators. Vice President for Employee and Campus Services Patricia Qubb said, "Our general sense is that foe cus­ todial staff is fairly, relatively well-pleased with their working environment." In response to these allegations, foe University issued a press release from Qubb's office that essentially denies the charges set forth in foe letter (see UT reviews custodial concerns). What a surprise. In addressing foe allegations, Qubb said: University policy stipulates that doctor's notes are only required when an employee has been consistently absent from work for three or more days, which happens to conflict with Faulkner's e-mail to staffers stating that employ­ ees would be subject to disicpinary action if they failed to bring a doctor's note for missing just one of any three days during foe sickout; supervisors are not permitted to ask employees how they use their personal or vaca­ tion time; employees are often asked to sign interde­ partmental memos to ensure that they received them, U e T T h e v xE — U J P t , I i > Caw X o r S U N * * ? VJAXT. L e t Ate S u m * ... VACATEDlO KfCXOE-ST? SWxTC->(oO flro e ct h t e x f SOU Li-WANT t* a Twml floRt PAY ro * T h t R«AL lY ARE V/E'VE TóRcro Ya A h VJORk. ^ ?AV YA E i¿°uca\ 6 o Y A CAAJ Put -TNVtri P jwnY UTTLE Y o b * fled* o f. Cone O h ) . As thousands of students descend on campus today with high hopes for a respectable GPA and a banner football season, the UT administration embarks on a semester that could potentially be ripe with disaster. Over the last several years, the University Staff Association has steadily complained that they've been given the short end of foe stick, and rightfully so. Their wages are significantly below market levels and their health and dental benefits have been cut. While foe administration has thrown staffers a bone in foe form of a 12-percent salary increase over two years, it has sent a strong message that it simply couldn't care less about foe plight of its employees. The tensions between UT's top dogs and the Staff Association escalated dramatically this summer when staffers threatened a three-day sickout if their 17 demands weren't met. UT President Larry Faulkner then followed up with a less-foan-sensitive e-mail cit­ ing Texas law and explaining that anyone without a doctor's note would be subject to disciplinary acrtion. Since this issue has gathered steam, staffers have become increasingly more vocal while very little has improved. The newest chapter in this saga is just that: A group of UT custodial workers, with foe help of foe Staff Association, recently sent out an e-mail to numer­ ous offices on campus describing their working condi­ tions (see A plea for help, same page). Much of what they allege is shocking: • Supervisors ask for doctor's notes when an employee is out sick for more than four hours. An employee is not allowed to return to work and will not receive earnings until a note is provided. • Before taking vacation or personal leave, supervi­ sors ask employees to write down where they are going and why they are taking time off. • Custodial workers were asked to sign President Faulkner's warning letter regarding foe sickout. • Employees are asked to mix a chemical called CSP A plea for change Dear members of the University of Texas at Austin community and general public: We are the University of Texas at Austin custodiares. We need your help. There has been much talk of the problems at UT Austin in the newspaper. We want the public to hear directly from us about our issues in Custodial Services of the Physical Plant at the University. We cannot address our employment issues through the UT-Austin griev­ ance process because it sides with management and the University, and makes us more at risk of firing. We have tried and nothing ever changes but more threats of fir­ ing. t We are being intimidated and threatened by our supervisors all the time. Since the announcement of the sickout, it has gotten worse. The pressure from the supervisors is causing stress for us. We feel the tension at work and in our lives. It is constant. It will only get worse unless we get help. We work from 5:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. Some of our supervisors hide in the bushes to make sure we don't take a 16-minute break or a 31-minute lunch. They make sure that we do not leave at 1:29 a.m. This is frightening in the middle of the night. They are say­ ing that our work hours will soon change to 5:30 p.m. to 2 a.m. This is 30 minutes more work with no increase in pay. Something is not right. In many cases our crews have been cut in half. People are quitting to get higher pay­ ing jobs. But we are told, "You will do all the work, even if there is only one of you to do it, or you can walk right out the door." Our job descriptions say one thing but we are told we'll get fired if we don't do the work of three or four people. One woman cleans seven floors by herself. Some have said that our staff has been cut from 76(1 cus­ todiares in 1987 to more than 300 in 2000. Can they really fire us for doing just our job, not the work of three or four people? We have policies that are very different than the rest of campus. When we are out sick for four hours or more, we must provide a doctor's note. If we do not have a doc­ tor's note, our supervisors make us leave without pay until we get a note. If we do not provide a doctor's note, we are not even allowed to use vacation time. How can the University force us to take leave without pay if we are sick? If we have a severe headache, we cannot go to the emeigency room every time and pay $50 to get a note. There are times when the boss should just believe its workers. We cannot afford notes every time our children are sick We are the lowest paid, yet the separate policies imposed on use are the most expensive for us. Treating us different and like children creates bad morale. Are we not worthy of trust just because we speak Spanish and clean the bathrooms? If we request vacation time, we have to write down what it is for and where we will be. If we miss the first day of the month, our sick and vacation time for the1 upcoming month is reduced by one hour. We are treated like children. If we are out sick or on vacation or personal leave, we are forced to sign a form stat­ ing where we were and what we were doing while not at work. This seems like an invasion of our privacy and maybe prejudiced because most of us are Latino. Many of us only speak and understand Spanish. The UI Austin handbook of operating proce­ dures is written in English only. This might be why the supervisors can treat us so badly. We are being forced to sign that we understand President Faulkner's warning letter about foe sickout. Are other employees in other departments being required to sign for this? Why should we sign? Is foe University picking on us because of our low pay and skin color? Why are they forcing many of us that don't understand English to sign this? Why isn't information given to us written in Spanish? Some supervisors force us to mix bleach with CSP to perform cleaning duties. The fumes from this cleaning solution bum our eyes, nose and chest. Our eyes and noses are runny all the time. When we report anything we are told do it anyway or you wall be fired. It says on the bottle that CSP can bum foe skin and is harmful or fatal if swal­ lowed. The bottle says to use in well-ventilated places with foe windows and doors open. The swimming pools at the University have no ventilation. Two men must spray up the sides of the 18-foot pool while CSP gets in the air. Our eyes are puffy. We breathe it in and risk swallowing it. Our skin bums. We are forced to do team cleaning where every duty is a race —one minute for foe toilet one minute for the sink three minutes for the floor. Our jobs are a race, and no longer about making foe University dean and beautiful. People are quitting because we are treated like animals. We must wear vacuums on our backs that weigh about 20 pounds. Those of us that do the vacuuming wear foe back pack for seven hours out of foe eight-hour shift. It is heavy, hot and vibrates on our spines. The vacuum packs are one more way that we are treated like animals. The vacuum packs are humiliating and force us to become foe cleaning machine. We are no longer human, but reduced to burros. We would not be surprised if the University made us wear sponges on our hands and mops on our feet. We are not children just because we speak Spanish. We are not stupid just because of the color of our skin. We are not animals just because we do the cleaning work that no one else wants to do. We are not invisible just because we work in the night. We are afraid of getting fired by reporting this letter but don't know what else to do. We ask for the public's immediate intervention to make our working conditions safe and humane. The University of Texas is a state institution so it should have to listen to foe public to give us good treatment and safety. Good treatment and safety at work are very important to us. Finally, we are being told that we will be fired if we join with foe University Staff Association. Someone was standing outside our 130 a.m. Staff Association meeting the other night, telling people that the meeting had been canceled and that the USA barbe­ cue had been called off. These actions show that the University is afraid of the custodi­ al workers organizing and making our poor working conditions known. Please help us! Contact us through foe University Staff Association, not at work because we are concerned about retaliation. We sign collectively as, The custodial staff at the University erf Texas at Austin UT reviews custodial concerns Editor's note: What filíenos was originally distributed asaUT press release from the Office of Public affairs in response to the letter sent out by UT custodial workers last week. Patricia R. Qubb, vice president for employee and campus services at foe University of Texas at Austin, has investigated certain points raised in a recent anonymous letter, disseminated across cam­ pus, which purported to be from certain employees in the Department of Physical Plant custodial ranks. Below, please see a list of issues raised, along with foe results of Clubb's review: • Work hours and meal breaks: The work sched­ ule for foe evening custodians in foe Physical Plant is Monday-Friday, 5:30 p.m. through 1:30 a.m. (which covers 7 1 / 2 hours work and a 30-minute paid meal break). The University currently is not planning on changing foe work schedule eliminat­ ing foe meal break. Providing a 30-minute, paid meal break is above industry practices. • Sick leave and vacation use: There is not a gen­ eral practice of asking employees for a doctor's note after being out for four hours or more. However, for an employee who has had an atten­ dance problem, according to University policy, each supervisor has foe discretion of requesting documentation in certain instances, which could include a physician's statement or a written note from foe employee regarding foe sick time. A note is required when sick leave extends beyond three days. • Number of workers: Basically, we have moved from 485 full-time-equivalent custodians in foe Physical Plant in 1985-86 to 345 full-time-equivalent custodians in 1999-2000. The reasons are increased efficiency, outsourcing, transferring foe recycling function, and several positions bang eliminated to provide funds for salary increases. • Custodial supervisors question plans for use of vacation/compensatory time: Consistent with Physical Plant practices, custodial supervisors are trained not to question employees about their vaca­ tion or compensatory time usage in terms of where they may be going. • Use of certain cleaning solvents: It is not our practice to mix together foe cleaning solvents cited and foe University provides training to all of foe appropriate staff on foe safe use of various sol­ vents. In an effort to respect foe concerns expressed and to be absolutely confident that there is no potential risk the Physical Plant has suspended foe use of foe solvents in question and has requested that foe Environmental Health and Safety Office on campus review the situation. • Pace of cleaning: As we have increased our efficiency, we have also increased performance expectations. These expectations fall well within industry standards and are comparable to the work load in this area maintained by other colleges and universities. • Vacuums on backs: Our staff uses ergonomi­ cally constructed, portable, 11-pound vacuums. The vacuums also fit industry standards and are used by many cleaning organizations. The University provides training for foe proper, safe, and comfortable use of this equipment. If neces­ sary, the Physical Plant works with individual cus­ todial employees regarding the use of alternative methods. • Intimidation and threats: The Physical Plant is unaware of, and would certainly not cOndone, foe use of threats or intimidation by supervisors in foe custodial ranks. If such threats were ever to occur; employees have several options, including visiting with a higher level supervisor and / or raising their concerns with foe employee relations section of the Office of Human Resources. • Signing a form to indicate that a university communication was received and understood: In order to enhance communication with the staff, custodial services has routinely asked staff to sign that they have received important briefings and notices from foe department. Usually a copy of the communication also is given to foe employee. No discipline is taken if an employee does not sign. Q ubb said other items noted in foe review process include: • The salary increase for Physical Plant custodial workers averaged in excess of 9 percent beginning Sept. 1,2000. • Custodial workers have an 8-hour schedule, which includes 7 1 / 2 hours of work and a 30- minute paid lunch period. • Custodial workers are provided job-related and personal development training (English as a Second Language and General Education Development) during work time. • Every year, each custodian is provided a $50 pair of safety shoes and all are provided uniforms (and their laundering) by foe University. • The Physical Plant makes every effort to instill a management style that emphasizes self-respect, equity, dignity, and support. • The University is aware of the critical work performed by its custodial staff and the value of these services to foe operation of the institution. • The Physical Plant newsletter called foe Physical Plant Focus, frequently recognizes foe accomplishments of its staff, including the custodi­ al staff. The Physical Plant has a quarterly recogni­ tion program attended by all staff. If you are interested in learning more about the accomplishments of the Physical Plant custodial workers, please visit foe Physical Plant web site at http://unvw.utexas.edu/business/plant. Bush not afraid to go negative * M O I \ V 7S n * S c I D lIJ N U D S A G R E A T A U S T IN C O M B I N A T I O N R F 7 U P N S ! the voter's m ind, w hich m ight be an irreparable effect. G enerally, incumbents can avoid negative cam paigning whereas chal­ lengers w ant to get a positive image of an officeholder out of the voters' m inds. That's not to say that Gore him self has not participated in nega­ tive cam paigning. The vice president, though, never claim ed that his cam­ paign w ould remain positive. H is tac­ tic is to attack specific issues, as opposed to the candidate him self, whereas Bush has adm itted a desire to question not only Gore's credibility, but also to play upon the Clinton scandal as a means to attack Gore. So as the aifw aves light up w ith images of the candidates during this crucial point in the cam paign, watch for neg­ ative cam paigning from the man claim ing to be above it. Skillem Is a government senior to light. Though the ad w as pulled, its production alone reveals the true nature of the Bush cam paign and sub­ the Republican party. sequently, W h ile Bush is claim ing that the cam­ paign should be about policy differ­ ences and not personal attacks, the R N C is sending a decidedly different message by producing a shameless ad clearly designed to m islead voters about Gore's personal credibility. « Furtherm ore, Bush's cam paign has adm itted to producing negative ads that it does intend to run. Though Bush opposed this particular ad, cam­ paign advisors and officials have said that they have every intention of run­ ning ads that question G ore's credibil­ ity. Karen P. Hughes, George Bush's com m unications director, stak'd: "W e believe Mr. G ore's lack of credibility is an issue. There are a variety of differ­ ent scripts that are in the works that deal w ith issues including credibili­ ty" One example of such an ad w hich is less abrasive (but equally m islead­ ing) w ill be airing in several states this week. It is designed to confuse voters on Bush's plan (he doesn't actually have one of his ow n) for helping sen­ ior citizens get prescription drugs. The ad claim s: "George Bush has a plan: Add a prescription drug benefit to M edicare. The G ore prescription plan: Bureaucrats decide. The Bush prescription plan: Seniors choose." Bush's claim s of running a positive cam paign are sim ply unsound and som ewhat hypocritical in light of tíre ads that he plans to run over the rem aining weeks of the race. Despite D ubya's insistence on run­ ning an entirely positive cam paign, his background could leacfr one to think otherw ise. Rem em ber W illie H orton? Bush Jr. was behind the smear cam paign of die 1988 presiden­ tial race in w hich George Bush Sr. claim ed that his opponent, M ichael Dukakis, was soft on crim e because his "lib e ra l experim ents" allow ed W illie H orton, a black convicted felon, to be released from prison on furlough. After his release, Horton raped a w hite wom an. D ubya tried to separate the Bush/Q uayle cam paign from the stigm a of negative ads by raising him self. Coincidentally, this is a move that some of his supporters are now attem pting to m ake for him . funds the Perhaps the nature of a campaign changes slightly when a candidate has to go on the defensive, w hich Bush has had to do lately follow ing a drop in the polls. Ultim ately, voters claim to hate negative ads, but those ads can w ork if they have the effect of tarnishing the im age of a candidate in By Wendy Skillem Daily Texan Columnist Let the games really begin. The run­ ning mates have been named, the conventions are over, and now it's tim e for both Gore and Bush to get dow n to business. A s we enter this crucial tim e in the bid for the W hite House, each camp w ill spend an esti­ mated $5 m illion to m n a series of ads targeting specific states that are "und ecid ed " according to p olitical strategists. It's a tim e of battle, only in politics it's not alw ays w ise to fight fair, as exhibited by a recent m ove by the Republican N ational Com m ittee - (R N C ). Recently the Bush cam paign forced the RN C to p u ll an ad that was designed to bring G ore's credibility into question. The com m ercial con­ tained excerpts from an interview , conducted by N B C reporter Lisa M yers. In the interview , M yers is question- ' ing Gore about his statem ent that O liver N orth is a "despicable, patho­ logical liar." The ad opens w ith M yers asking Gore: "B u t if the charge is lying, can you say that neither you nor President C linton has told a lie in .yo u r p o litical career?" G ore then stammers in his answer, but tells her "none spring to m ind." M aybe the allegations that G ore doesn't have a pulse are true — one wonders if he missed the Lew insky affair entirely. But w ait! W hat the ad failed to m ention was that the interview was conducted in 1994, long before the • facts of the Lew insky affair ever came Lessons in comfort. 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D epartm ent of State has issued travel ad visories, UT ad visers say problem s can be avoided with ed u catio n and com ­ m on sense. Sim eon Floyd, a Latin A m erican stu d ­ ies senior w ho w as studying in C osta Rica at the tim e of the m urders, said the deaths, w hile tragic, sh o u ld n 't d iscour­ age students from stud ying overseas. “I'd say it was ju st a freak accid en t," Floyd said. "If you know w hat you 're doing, you w o n 't run into any p rob­ lem s." I v y McQuiddy, co ord inator of the UT study abroad program , said many em er­ g en cy situ atio n s can be avoid ed by acquainting stud ents w ith any dangers they m ight encounter, including p o ten ­ tial risks and safety precautions. M cQ uiddy said ad visers spend a lo t of tim e w ith stu d en ts, determ ining w hich program best suits them and inform ing them of the area's risks and culture, as w ell as w hat to exp ect from the pro­ gram . Students then m ust com plete pap er­ w ork; inclu d in g in su ran ce and d o cu ­ m ents necessary in the case o f death. The is am ong the m inority of U n iv ersity schools n ationw id e that require study abroad stu d en ts to obtain these types of form s, M cQ uiddy said. In the past, the UT study abroad pro­ gram has dealt w ith dangerous situ a­ tions due to po litical unrest, one case going so far th at the program in that co u n try y ears, for M cQ uiddy said. clo sed few a But she added that for the m ost part, the p otentially-d an gerous situ ations stu ­ d ents have encountered have been m ug­ gings and m inor m edical com p lications. H elena W ilk in s-V e rsa lo v ic, a study abroad ad v iser, said U T stu d en ts in European cou ntries have reported more m uggings and petty crim es than co u n ­ tries considered more v o latile by the State D epartm ent. "W e try to im part a sense of resp o n si­ bility to the stud en ts and to u se their com m on sen se," she said. Em ily Booth, a Latin A m erican studies junior, said the UT study abroad pro­ gram ad equ ately prepared her for her journey to Santiago, C hile, w here she had valuables stolen from her bag. "I w as su rprised and then fru strated ," Booth said. "I had to call my parents to get them to w ire me som e money. I can ­ celed all my cred it cards, and then a few days later they turned back u p." Kelly Boston, a geography senior, said she was initially w orried about her sa fe ­ ty in M orocco, bu t she quickly adjusted . "A fter I got used to bein g there, I real­ ized that there w asn 't any risk u nless I w alked around fan n in g m y self w ith m oney," Boston said. UTA begins program to retain freshmen By Jennifer Kllgo Daily Texan Staff Coming to the rescue of first-semes­ ter students, UT-Ariington has launched an aggressive program designed to provide resources to benefit freshmen and to lower the number of dropouts in the first six weeks of class. The program, dubbed "Year One at UTA," was created by a task force con­ sisting of 45 people who wanted to alle­ viate the stress new students experi­ ence, initially meeting last August to improve upon existing programs and to brainstorm new ideas. Mary Ridgway, vice president for undergraduate academic and student affairs at UTA, said UTA needs to make an effort to help students become more familiar with the campus and its resources. Some students may become overwhelmed and drop out otherwise, Ridgway said. "One-third of new freshmen won't return for their second year," Ridgway said. "The students need to feel like there's a face on the University." Janette Keen, coordinator of student success programs at UTA, oversees the "Welcome Week," part of "Y1@UTA" program. During Welcome Week, students attend functions such as the Student Employment Job Fair that help them become more familiar with UTA's pro­ grams, Keen said. Keen's office is responsible for mak­ ing students aware of the Y1@UTA pro­ gram and providing a centralized place where students can ask questions about academic and social services. "[The program] serves as an umbrel­ la that pulls in all the academic and sodal services available to new stu­ dents," Keen said. Unlike UTA, the University of Texas at Austin does not have an umbrella program that helps new students. Margarita Arellano, associate dean of students for retention services at the University, said all offices share the responsibility for helping first-semester students adjust. "I prefer the decentralization [of cam­ pus resources], particularly because of the size of our campus." The University also has a large num­ ber of new students and programs to help them, such as the Learning Resource Center in Beauford H. Jester Center, which provides tutoring and writing assistance. Additionally, Student Retention Services provides programs such as ACE, "Achieving College Excellence," and the Gateway program that are aimed at increasing student retention. For freshmen, there is the Freshman Interest Group program, which aims to assist freshmen in adjusting, to the University through classes tailored to their needs. "I'm in a FIG and I think that it's going to be a lot of help," said Kandace Russell, a biology freshman from Dallas. "I'm so glad to have that." Your price - 50 - Jttsfc ( Talk really is \ I CHEAP / ! O ttf ...per minute 24 hours a day. 7 days a week to anywhere in the continental U.S. (even Texas!) or Call N ow 328-9095 To find out more and to sign-up online, visit us at Same rates In-State & Out! Separate bills for roommates! Serving students since 1983. 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C andace Kash, graduate co o r­ dinator for zoology and ecology the Sch o o l o f B io lo g ical in Sciences, lost nearly her entire h om e in the fire — her living room and kitch en w ere co m ­ pletely d estroyed , leaving her house uninhabitable. Kash's co -w o rk ers learnejd of the tragedy soon after the a cc i­ dent and began to collect d o n a­ tio n s so licitin g sch o o l-w id e aid through e-m a il and word of mouth. to help her, Susan C ook, executive a ssis­ tant in the school, said the school presented Kash with the donated m oney w hen she retu rned to work this w eek. "We felt like her im m ediate need w as cash, so we sent out an e-rrrail req u estin g h elp ," Cook said. "W e were able to present her with a fairly large sum of money. Cook said the school is far from finished in lending a help­ ing hand. Eventually, the depart­ ment will begin asking for other m aterial goods, such as dishes, tow els, to iletries and n o n -p e r­ ishable food item s. 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Throughout his lifetime, he wrote eight best-selling books, more than 750 magazine articles and more than 4,000 weekly syndicated columns. Along with his interest in the state of Texas, Maguire held a special place in his heart for railroads, developed while he was a public relations specialist with the Katy Railroad and earlier with the Missouri- Kansas-Texas Railroad, said Maguire's son, Kevin. College in Denton — now the University of North Texas — where he was editor of the student newspaper Maguire transferred to the University, where he was elected editor of The Daily Texan, giving him the unique distinction of editing two award-winning col­ lege newspapers. Upon graduation the University, he received the “Outstanding Graduate in Journalism" award from Sigma Delta Chi, now the Society of Professional Journalists. from Maguire was named executive director of the University of Texas Ex-Students' Association and edi­ tor of Alcalde, the UT alumni magazine. After 20 years of service with the Ex-Students' Association, Maguire said in an autobiography that he knew 250,000 Texas Exes and could call 10,000 by name. to Hans Mark, former UT System chancellor. Maguire received countless accolades and awards for the distin­ guished services he per­ formed for the state of Texas during his life, such as being commis­ sioned an admiral in the Texas Navy in 1983. around Kevin Maguire said his father w as "well known the world as 'Mr. Texas,' a good man w ho loved the state and University. Memorial services The UT System Board of Regents asked Maguire to become the executive director of the Institute of Texan For 36 years Maguire wrote Talk of Texas, the oldest will be held at 10 a.m. Cultures at UT-San Antonio and named Maguire's syndicated column in the state, which appeared in Barnabas Episcopal Church in ral Texas newspapers regularly. wife as its director of communications. After serving Wednesday at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church in wife as its director of communications. After serving several Texas newspapers regularly. with the Institute, Maguire was hired as a consultant 1940 he enrolled at North Texas State Teachers with the Institute, Maguire was hired as a consultant In 1940 he enrolled at North Texas State Teachers Fredericksburg. Jack Maguire: UT alumnus and former Daily Texan editor &M student group pushes for off-campus bonfire n i The proposed stack would have a The proposed stack would have a single, unspliced 60-foot center pole single, unspliced 60-foot center pole * _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ J ___ 1 1__ _ 1 _____. surrounded by logs that are not stacked but leaned against the central structure in three tiers and wired by steel cables. The imperfections of the log w ould remain untrimmed, unlike the tradi­ tional smooth logs of previous Bonfires. Ronald Stearman, a UT aerospace engineering professor, said logs that are trimmed weaken the tree because the outer layer of wood absorbs compres­ sion and pressure. Stearman said his main concern about the independent bonfire is a lack of supervision by engineers — a criti­ cism by the Bonfire Commission that was hired by the university to conduct a $2-million investigation into the Nov. 18 accident that killed 12 and injured 27. 'If you do something like this, there's If you do something like this, there: definitely liability issues involved," definitely liability issues involved,' Stearman said. "Attempting to do this on their own, I think they're getting themselves in trouble again." f n r i A f n t c ' l i n w A Organization board members have been scrutinized by A&M parents, including those of Tim Kerlee, one of the students killed while constructing the 1999 Bonfire. "If there was evidence this was going to do more harm than good, we don't w ant to offer more pain," Dyson said. "There's nothing else we can do for parents right now other than listen to what they say and respect that." The 12 students killed were consent­ ing adults and had to be accountable for their decision to work on the Bonfire, Dyson added. After a long day of school, customers rush to Hawaiian Shaved Ice Sno- Beach, located off of Lamar Boulevard near Barton Springs, to indulge in one of Don Powell’s snow cones. Powell and his wife Connie have owned the business for seven years. Matt Chamber*/D a il y T e x a n S t a f f Get your UT news in The D u l y Texan S T A R T S T O D A Y ! H A R O L D ' S By Jude Nolen By Julie Nolen Daily Texan Staff Daily Texan Staff Texas A&M University students who are hoping to keep the 90-year-old Bonfire tradition alive this year are waiting to get approval from the stu­ dent organization formerly in charge of official Bonfires to build an off-campus bonfire. Keep The Fire Burning, a nonprofit organization that was formed by cur­ rent and former A&M students in May, .presented plans and a bonfire model to the Bonfire former members of Leadership Council Saturday. A deci­ sion is expected by the end of this week. The Bonfire Leadership Council is com­ prised of representatives from various student groups on campus. Keep The Fire Burning devised the plans, which evolved after the universi­ ty's June decision to suspend the tradi­ tion until 2002, for an off-campus bon­ fire that is run, created and maintained by students. Organization board m em ber Joe Dyson said he expects that with the council's approval, A&M students will also be supportive of the independent off-campus bonfire, adding that stu­ dents are planning on building an inde­ pendent bonfire anyway. "Without [the students] w e won't fin­ ish this," Dyson said. "We don't have the driver's seat position everyone thinks we have." Dyson said that although the council is formally disbanded, council mem- is formally disbanded, council mem­ bers agreed to meet independently and bers agreed to meet independently and . . . asked the organization for detailed information, including bonfire blue­ prints and contact information. * i ■ t t i i • "Our decision has been m ade — whatever they decide is what we'll go with," Dyson said. "If they say no, then we'll disclose everything in one big interview, and shut it down. If they say yes, everyone [in the organization] will work for them." Upon suspending the Bonfire, the university also said students would face serious consequences if they partic­ ipate independent bonfire. However, the punishment has not yet been determined. in an "Any plan to build an off-campus bonfire is certainly unauthorized," said Lane Stevenson, spokesman for A&M, adding that the university' has not changed its position on a non-universi­ ty sanctioned Bonfire. "We continue to hope those thinking of taking such endeavors will make the prudent deci­ sion not to go forward with any such project." But guidance from professional engi­ neers, risk management and alumni support are the foundation for a suc­ cessful off-campus bonfire, Dyson said. Dyson added that the group has promised to keep alcohol off the prem­ ises and consult engineers and is con­ sidering inviting UT students to assist in the construction. 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Weber Daily Texan Staff By the time the season is over, don't say nobody warned Colorado head coach Gary Barnett. "W e're playing for third place in the Big 12 North? I sure didn't know that," a snide Barnett shot back to a reporter last month, when it was inferred that his program had zero chance of finishing ahead of Nebraska or Kansas State. "That's the first time I've heard about it, but thanks for pointing it out." The scribe's assumption was bold, but Barnett shouldn't have dismissed the ques­ tion so derisively. Especially when every indication points to a third-place finish for the Buffaloes this season, given that they harbor one of the most brutal schedules in college football and are wrestling with the most uncertain quarterback situation this side of Austin in the Big 12. Then again, after scaring Nebraska into overtime last November and coming within one scoring drive of upsetting Kansas State in Manhattan, Barnett has probable cause to assume his team can improve on its 7-5 record in 1999. Couple those factors with a program now more attuned to Barnett than when he arrived in Boulder last year, and the much-ballyhooed head coach thinks he can justify his high — albeit lofty — expecta­ tions. "I think the transition period here is over. I really felt that after the sixth game of last year [an embarrassing 31-10 loss to Texas Tech] we were able to bridge the gap and play like the type of team we really are," Barnett said. "M ost people look at our sched­ ule this year and they cringe, but we don't feel that way at all." The Comhuskers would even flinch if they had the Buffaloes' slate. Colorado opens the season with an intrastate grudge match with Colorado State, and its other two non-con­ ference opponents — Southern California and Washington — both made the preseason Top 25. Tack on a home match with Texas and a trip to College Station, and the Buffaloes are looking at some potentially heady times. Of course, a string of upsets would cata­ pult Colorado amongst the nation's top teams in a hurry, but such a task would have to be spearheaded by an unproven quarter­ back. And for the Buffaloes, they're not even sure who that is yet. With the departure of gritty, gutty quarter­ back Mike Moschetti — who lit up opposing secondaries en route to making Colorado the third-best passing team in the Big 12 last S— BUFFS, P ag* 10 Wednesday August 30, 2000 THE BIG 1 2 COUNTDOWN No. 8 Colorado Buffaloes ■ Head Coach: Gary Barnett ■ 1999 record: 7-5, 5-3 Big 12 ■ Key Players: QB Zac Colvin, LB Jashon Sykes, WR Javon Green ■ Key Losses: QB Mike Moschetti ■ Mark on your calendar: at Kansas State, Sept. 30. If the Buffs are for real this season, this is where they find out. ■ Bottom Une: Things are changing in Boulder, but an unproven QB in Colvin leaves Colorado questionable and puts the Buffaloes back to third in the North division. TEXAS VOLLEYBALL 2000 With Aldrich gone, Texas looks to young talents fo r success By Jonathan Green Daily Texan Staff For the Longhorns to continue their dominance on the volleyball court, they will have to win with one of the most youthful teams in the Big 12 conference. Texas boasts 10 underclassmen and only two seniors on its roster, not to mention going into its first season with­ out its star from the past two years. The loss of All-Am erican middle blocker Erin Aldrich will make things difficult for the Horns this year, since she led the team in kills (470), blocks (174) and hitting percentage (.325) last year en route to guiding Texas to a berth in the NCAA tournament and a No. 18 final ranking. Texas has finished in the top 25 in all eighteen seasons it has been in the NCAA, and the Horns see no reason to stop that trend anytime soon. They enter the 2000 season ranked eigh­ teenth. The Longhorns will look to the lead­ ership of senior setter Jill Gremmel, the lone senior starter, who enters her third season as the squad's starting setter. Gremmel has led the Longhorns in assists the past two seasons, putting up 1,476 last season and 1,442 in 1998. "Jill is a wonderful leader," Tilson said. "She's so valuable because she tells us what we need to do." Tilson, a preseason All-Big 12 pick, will also be a major player for the Horns this year. After a breakthrough sopho­ more campaign in 1999, in which she notched 424 kills, 170 digs and 53 blocks, she is regarded as one of the top outside hitters in the Big 12. Junior college transfer Katia Lara was slated to start at the other outside hitter slot, but is still recovering from a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) suf­ fered while playing for Barton County C om m unity C ollege in the NJCAA Championship Tournament. Lara was named preseason Co-Big 12 Newcomer of the Year by a vote of con- ference coaches, but her injury gives Gipy Duarte and Kathryn Wilson a chance to start on the outside. Duarte is a talented player who has been hampered by injuries over the past two years. Her pow erful left hand helped her to 13 kills, seven digs, three blocks and a pair of service aces leading Texas to a win against then No. 2 Stanford last season. M oore moved W ilson, a redshirt freshman, from middle blocker to the outside to provide depth at that posi­ tion. The Horns should be solid on the out­ side if they stay healthy. However, they will be forced to play a young group of m iddle blockers due to the loss of Aldrich. In her place, Texas will start freshman Kathy Hahn, a highly regard­ ed recruit. Hahn, from Leander, was a Volleyball Magazine Fab 50 recruit and the Austin American-Statesman Co-Centex Player of the Year as a senior. Along with Hahn in the middle will be sophom ores Amy Hultgren and Jenny Tanneberger. Hultgren should start in the middle alongside Hahn, with Tanneberger on the right side. This scenario puts no upperclassm en up front, doesn't worry but Tanneberger. that "Since w e're really young, w e're going to have to depend on young play­ ers,"she said. "I'm excited about the chance to prove ourselves and prove our talent." Both posted solid rookie campaigns in 1999: Hultgren posted 58 kills and 57 blocks in 22 matches played, while Tanneberger notched 64 kills and 44 blocks while appearing in 27 matches. M oore has been pleased with Tanneberger's play in practice during the preseason. "It looks like Jenny will start on the right side," he said. "She has good defense and can attack from the back Sm DEPTH, P ag* 1 1 Gremmel uses early workouts to build toward greater goal By Damien Pierce Daily Texan Staff Every morning, Texas setter Jill Gremmel begins her routine. The buzzer on her alarm clock goes off around 4:30 a.m. and nearly half an hour later, Gremmel is in the team weight room working toward her des­ tiny to become what her sister, Janine, was some 12 years ago. Gremmel lifts several weights, and after getting all of that work done, she finishes off her morning by going for a run and playing a little volleyball to round her day off. Put simply, Gremmel is redefining hard work. "She's a workaholic," Texas head vol­ leyball coach Jim Moore said. "The only reason I even know she puts in that much time is because I hear it from her and the training staff. Believe me, I'm not up here that early to know." Who would be? To most, the idea of doing so much, so early in the day sounds down right insane. But Gremmel isn't putting in all that effort just for kicks. She is working to become a national champion, just like her older sister. "I was only nine years old when my Sm GREMMEL, P ag* 11 Kathy Tilson and Jill Gremmel will be looked to as lead­ ers of a young Longhorn team. Texas has never missed the NCAA tourna­ volleyball ment. Longhorns’ head coach Jim Moore practices with his team. Moore has a record of 74-20 in his three years at Texas, and is 258- 109 for his career. Nathan Lambert/ Daily Texan Staff Pedro takes no-hit bid into 9th By The Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — After hitting his first batter, Pedro Martinez was nearly perfect. Twenty-four up, 24 down. Then came John Flaherty's leadoff single in the ninth. "I don't really care. I've achieved enough," Martinez said after finishing with a one-hitter Tuesday night in Boston's beanball- and brawl- filled 8T) win over Tampa Bay. "I've had enough achievement in my career," Martinez said. "A no-hitter is not what7s going to dictate what kind of pitcher I am. I think my career is more interesting than one game." After hitting Gerald Williams with his fourth pitch of the night, Martinez (15-4) was perfect until Flaherty singled to the right-center on a 2-2 pitch. Martinez then retired his next three batters, finish­ ing with the third one-hitter of his career. He struck out 13, including Greg Vaughn and Fred McGriff three times each, and walked none. Eight Devil Rays — five players, manager Larry Rothschild and two coaches — were ejected in the first seven innings during five altercations, prima­ rily caused by four hit batters, including Boston's Brian Daubach twice. Tampa Bay thought Martinez hit Williams inten­ tionally, and Daubach became a target for Devil Rays pitchers after the first baseman joined the fray when Williams charged the mound and landed a punch. "The whole thing was we thought Daubach threw some cheap shots in the pile," said Devil Rays manager Larry Rothschild, who was ejected for arguing that Martinez should have been tossed out for throwing at Williams. "You've got to protect your players," the manag­ er added. "You're not going to let that happen." Martinez, the AL Cy Young Award winner, low­ ered his major league-leading ERA to 1.68, throw - S * * PEDRO, P ag* 1 1 Associated Press Boston ace Pedro Martinez hit the first bat­ ter he faced but took a nohitter into the 9th. Express eliminated from second-half race with loss By Josoph Money Daily Texan Staff ROUND ROCK - Express ace Roy Oswalt gave a performance worthy of every accolade he has earned this year, but for Round Rock, it still wasn't enough to beat Wichita. Before a home-crowd of 8,721 fans Tuesday night the Express fell to the Wranglers 4-1. The loss drops the Express' record to 37-28 and mathe­ matically eliminates them from second-half title contention. "Recently we just haven't been playing like we know we can," Express Manager Jackie Moore said. "We're all trying to get our second wind right now. We've found ways to do it all year and we'll do it again" Oswalt (11-4) threw seven and two-thirds innings, striking out 10 while only walking one. For Oswalt, the loss was only his fourth of the year in 17 starts. 'Tonight I wasn't as good as I could have been," Oswalt said. "I tried to battle all game and I hoped we could come bade in the end, but it didn't work o ut" Wichita gave up three runs off Oswalt in the fourth inning, but only one of which was earned. With Wrangler second-baseman Mark Ellis reach­ ing second on a lead-off double, designated hitter J.P. Roberge singled to make the score 1-0. After an error by Oswalt on a grounder up the middle, Roberge scored and a steal of home by third base­ man Jose Amado increased the Wichita lead to 3-0. Round Rock's only run came in the bottom of the sixth when leftfielder Jhonny Perez hit a solo home run that glanced off the glove of Wichita left­ fielder Pat Hallmark. The Wranglers' final run came in the ninth off Express reliever Travis Wade. S * * EXPRESS, P ag* 1 0 MAD MAN Redding m aking his presence fe lt at DE By Damien Pierce Daily Texan Staff Cory Redding, perhaps the next Big Thing in Texas' bone-crushing defense, has an identity crisis. Throughout his football career, he's been given nickname after nickname, yet one hasn't prevailed over another. First there was Jaws, referring to the that Redding fact quarter­ swallows there backs. Then was time he sprinted down field during kickoff cover­ age, making radar beeping sounds as he closed in on his prey. That earned him the name EnfoRed. Cory R*ddlng: Enters season as top defensive end. the He's also been labeled CRed and just plain Red during his gridiron time, but for one reason or another, not a single one of those aliases have stuck with Redding. It's just too complicated to give him, a player with a split personality, just one name. I've been called a bunch of different names," Redding said. "I think CRed is what most people call me, but you never know when that might change. I think it just depends on the personality people see that I have at the time." Meet Cory Redding, a defensive end with an identity crisis. Off the field, Redding is mild-man­ nered and p e r h a p s even a bit shy, but on it, he's a Mad Man. He personifies every fear an offensive player might have. "O ff the field, you have to be a gentle­ man," Redding said with a huge grin. "You can't be like you would be on the field — you have to have an on and off switch. 1 mean if 1 was acting like 1 do on the field right now, I wouldn't be sitting in this chair. I would probably rip my clothes off or something." While Redding has been polite and quiet in interviews after preseason prac­ tices, during his time working at defen­ sive end, he is usually ranting and rav­ ing at the offense about when he's going to get his lick in. The quiet Cory Redding has started to disappear. Then, once he does deliver that blow, S ** REDDING, P a** 10 Page 10 The Daily Texan Wednesday, August 30, 2000 around theHorn what’s the BUZZ? "Everything the Saints were thinking in the offseason revolved around one thing: finding a quarterback and receivers who could stretch the field and take pressure off [Ricky] Williams." New Orleans Saints’ wide receiver Jake Reed, signed as a free agent away from the Minnesota Vikings. ACROSS THE WIRE theBOX Scores ¡Major Leagues __ AMERICAN LEAGUE Boston 8, Tampa Bay 0 Detroit 12, Baltimore 2 Cleveland 1 2 , T exas 1 Kansas City ?, Minnesota 3 Seattle 5, N.Y. Yankees 3 Chicago White Sox 3, Oakland 0 Anaheim 9, Toronto 4 NATIONAL LEAGUE Arizona 8, Montreal 7 Florida 3, St. Louis 1 Pittsburgh 8, San Francisco 0 H ouston 1 1 , N.Y. M ots 1 Colorado 2, Philadelphia 1 Cincinnati 4, Atlanta 2 Chicago Cubs 7, San Diego 6,13 innings Los Angeles 7, Milwaukee 2 airWAVES MAJOR LEAGUES Chi. White Sox at Oakland ...WGN, 2:30 p.m. Houston at N.Y. Met» FOXSW, 6 p.m. Cincinnati at Atlanta..............ESPN, 7 p.m. ESPN2,9 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at S e a ttle TENNIS U.S. Open USA, 10 a.m., 6:30 p.m. Negotiations between UT System and Sun Bowl hit standstill EL PASO, Texas — University of Texas offi­ cials have refused a county offer to let the uni­ versity add a $9-million sports center to the Sun Bowl if the county can use the bowl for eight public events each year. The county owns the Sun Bowl and has leased it to the university for $1 a year since 1961. The lease isn't up for renewal until 2062, but the uni­ versity needs permission from the county before it can build the Larry K. Durham Sports Center. The university's total investment would be about $11 million, which would include renova­ tions allowing soccer games to be played in the stadium and a giant-screen video display "They've just completely spumed our request," El Paso County Commissioner Charles Hooten said Tuesday. "I guess we should just sell the Sun Bowl to the university." Hooten said he had hoped the university would bargain with the county. "I was surprised they didn't counter offer — instead of eight times per year, maybe four times — because month after month it remains vacant," Hooten said. Hooten said using the Sun Bowl for public events would help El Paso attract national enter­ tainment acts. He said money generated could be used for programs that the county has a hard time funding, such as juvenile crime prevention. Woods ready for some rest PALM DESERT, Calif. — Tiger Woods stretched himself to the limit, and lost. Not just to Sergio Garcia in Monday night's made-for-television event. He also surrendered to a body that finally caught up with the stress of three straight weeks of being Tiger. The result was not so evident on the course, where Woods shot a 67 to lose to Garcia by one hole, but later as he wearily answered a few questions before finally calling it a night. "I've had three pretty good weeks. The last few months have been good to me," Woods said. "It builds up. My body just broke down a couple days short.'" Woods headed for some much-deserved time off after a whirlwind nine days that saw him win the PGA Championship in a thriller, the NEC Invitational in a walk and fail by a hole to win $1.1 million against Garcia. He may play next month in the Canadian Open, though that's not certain. After that, nothing until the Presidents Cup in mid- October. Woods battled flu-like symptoms the last day of the NEC and against Garcia, complaining to his caddie on the 17th hole Monday night at Bighorn Golf Club that he was freezing on a warm desert evening. He had won in darkness in Akron, Ohio Sunday night, and given a golf clinic the next Associated Press Tiger Woods is taking a break from piayirtg golf. morning. Then he hopped on his jet to the desert, three hours behind Akron and the East Coast prime time for ABC. "I wish I could have felt just a bit better" Woods said. whatS on deck Oklahoma State has quarterback Tony Lindsay healthy again, but will it be enough to lift the Cowboys over two consecutive ^ 6 seasons? Find out tomorrow when our Big 12 countdown continues with a season preview of Oklahoma State and its quest to get back on track. Tomorrow In Sports ■ Ogden signs extension with Ravens BALTIMORE — The Baltimore Ravens and left tackle Jonathan Ogden have reached terms Tuesday on six-year contract extension that would make the three-time Pro Bowler thfe highest paid offensive lineman in NFL history. Ogden will get $44 million over six years, including a $12-million signing bonus, the team announced today. The lineman said he was relieved to have the deal done. "We consider Jonathan Ogden the best tackle in football today, and I think his future is extremely bright," owner Art Modell said. "Right now he is the best there is, and he may be the best ever to play." Ogden, 26, was slated to become a free agent next March. His contract surpasses those of tackles Jon Runyan and Willie Anderson. Runyan signed with the Philadelphia Eagles last winter for $30.5 million over six years with a $6-million signing bonus. Anderson got a six-year exten­ sion worth $30.6 million from the Cincinnati Bengals. Pat Moriarty, the Ravens' director of football administration, negotiated the contract with Marvin Demoff, Ogden's L.A.-based agent. Demoff got Ogden a seven-year; $15.4-million deal with a $6.79-million signing bonus in 19%. NOW HIRING RUNNING WITH THE HORNS A glance at Texas athletics this week Interested in writing for DT sports? 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Second, on behalf of our Longhorn football team, I'd like to invite all students and faculty to our final scrimmage of fall practice. It will be held tonight at 6 p.m. at Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. We have been working out since mid-August, and we have has as much fun as any team I have ever been around. Tonight will be the final open practice for our team, so I hope you'll take the time to come by and see us. And, of course, get your tickets so you will be in the stadium when we open the season on September 9. This is your football team — made up of your classmates — and I hope you'll come spend some time with us tonight, and throughout the season. I have always said we in athletics are in the education business during the week, and the entertainment business on the weekend. Join us for some fun and excite­ ment this fall, and decide now to make this semester the best four months of your life. Good luck, thanks for being a Longhorn, and Hook 'em. Other Sports key. (M) men’s, (W) women's; (G) golf; (S) swimming; (X) cross county; (T) tennis Mack Brown Oswalt loses final game in Round Rock uniform EXPRESS, from 9 The start by Oswalt also marked his final appearance in an Express uniform this season, as he now leaves to join the U.S. Olympic baseball team. The Express crowd showed their gratitude in the eighth, demanding a curtain call with a standing ovation as Oswalt left the field. "All I could think about was just how great the fans have been all year long," Oswalt said. Express Starter Eric Ireland (10-9, 3.52) will become the anchor of the rotation. Round Rock starting However, the Express know that Oswalt's presence will be missed. "You never can replace a guy like that," Moore said. "We're happy for him and proud of him, but we know that we still have a job to do and we'll move on." After solid freshman year, end ready for action REDDING, from 9 he's jumping up and down out of the sheer thrill of decapitating som e­ one. The gentleman is sbmeplace else, far, far away simply because of some contact. The transformation is complete. "I love to hit," Redding said. "It excites me." And the scary thing is he hasn't even had a chance to deliver a lot of jaw-dropping blows in his time at the 40 Acres. The former USA Today defensive player of the year's main priority in defensive coordinator Carl Reese's scheme is to hunt the quarterback when the opponent isn't running, something he hasn't had a chance to do much of since contact in practice with signal callers is off limits. Thus, the recently turned-starter hasn't really had a chance to wow the crowd at W hitaker Fields by smashing an unprotected quarter- back. "I'm looking forward to a real gam e," Redding said. "I don't have a set number of sacks I want. I just want to do my job of getting after them ." The Big 12 Defensive Newcomer of the Year in '99 has only made one start in his Texas career, which came in last season's Cotton Bowl. He recorded a sack in the game against Arkansas, but for the most part, Redding w asn't his usual, crazy self. to start that gam e," Redding said. "I was nerv­ ous and I just remember constantly turning to Casey Hampton for help. But that w on't happen this season. ' I'm ready to become an impact play­ " I w asn't ready er." Mr. Hyde is ready to thrive. And now, all the Mad M an needs is a nickname that is for keeps. Barnett thinks team can be better than 3rd BUFFS, from 9 year — the Buffaloes have been depleted to a junior college transfer and a sophomore who started one game against Iowa State in his fresh­ men campaign. left Barnett claims the end of spring drills quarterbacks Bobby Pesavato and Zac Colvin neck-in- neck for the starting job, but this week Colvin was named the starter for Saturday's opener against North Texas. "Z ac has a great release. He really gets rid of the ball fast," B arn ett said this week. 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The Daily Texan A Great Place To Work L ">• EflBHi & Austin American-Statesman ' , 1 , 1 - • . n ' l - i , ► , , l « ! v i > n ; , » h .I * ! i » i « m K m m i I » ; n i y 1 ' u . - I h h I i i j I . h U i . m « » l - 1 - *' ■*' •-•u L tc o i'tcn s iJ i. m a l ca t* j- lo s a U»r A u tfin <*'/r>rr- an i: c : n * ic lt U I? O tfer e n d s (Detener 1 5. 2 000 T he D a ily T e x a n Wednesday, August 30, 2000 Page 11 Yankee Liftoff Clemens regains past form with sizzling streak By The Associated Press SEATTLE — R oger C lem ens has becom e the leader that Yankees owner George Steinbrertner wanted him to be. Since com ing off the disabled list July 2, Clemens is 7-0 with a 2.57 ERA in 12 starts, striking out 69 in 84 innings while allowing 66 hits. H e's lowered his season ERA from 4.76 to 3.65, second in the A m erican League behind Boston's Pedro M artinez (1.77). "W e ran into a horse," Alex Rodriguez said after Clemens led New York over Seattle 9-1 M onday night, the M ariners' 13th loss in 15 games. W hile C lem ens w as on the disabled list w ith a strain ed right groin, he w orked out at the Yankees' m inor league com plex in Tampa, Fla., and ran into Steinbrenner, w ho acquired him from Toronto before the 1999 season. At the time, Clem ens w as 4-6 and struggling w ith his location, falling behind m any batters. Steinbrenner challenged him to lead the Yankees, and that's what the five­ time Cy Young Award winner has done. H e's pitching inside again — just ask the Mets' Mike Piazza, beaned on July 8 — and Clemens' 11-6 record could be even better — New York's bullpen has blown five leads for him. "Y ou 're looking at a pitcher who has alw ays been a great contributor because h e 's got such a great dedication to the g a m e ," new team m ate Jo se C an seco said. C lem ens has not lost since June 9, w hen the M ets beat him 12-2. "Y ou try to win every gam e," said the com petitive Clem ens, w ho w as upset that he w alked four. " I f you d on't get the decision and you r team w ins, that's OK. As long as your team w in s." He left M onday n ight's gam e after R odriguez singled leading off the eighth and with a 1-1 count to Edgar M artinez. C lem ens' left ham string cram ped up on a cool night at Safeco Field after sit­ ting on the bench w atching the Yankees score four runs in the top of the inning. "R o g e r's fine," Yankees m anager Joe Torre said. "W h en 1 went out there, he said his legs were getting a little tired, so I got him out of there." A gainst the M ariners, Clem ens allowed five hits, struck out seven and walked four, improving to 21-11 against Seattle, the most victories by any pitcher against the M ariners (Dave Stewart was 20-6 ). C an seco gave the Yankees a 3-0 lead in the first inning w hen he hit his 444th career hom er off Paul A bbott, a tw o-run shot. Seattle "R o g er rarely gives up three runs in a gam e," C anseco said. "A n d w hen you score three runs for Roger that early, he can m ake a m istake or tw o." load ed the b ases ag ain st Clem ens in the second, but he got Rickey H enderson to fly out. T h e M arin ers loaded the bases again in the fifth, but he got M artinez to pop out and John O lerud to fly out. "W e had a couple of shots at him , but that's about all you can expect to do against h im ," Rodriguez said. Williams opens U.S. Open with easy first-round win Roger Clemens Is pitching like “The Rocket" again, going 7-0 in his last starts to stabilize the Yankee rotation. Associated Press Martinez just misses first no-hitter of career PEDRO, from 9 ing 110 pitches, including 71 strikes. O n June 3 ,1 9 9 5 , w hen he was with M ontreal, M artinez becam e only the second pitcher in the history of the m ajor leagues to take a perfect game into extra innings, before allow ing a leadoff double to San D iego's Bip Roberts leading off the 10th. The only other pitcher to accom ­ plish the feat w as H arvey H addix of Pittsburgh in 1959. He pitched 12 per­ fect innings in that gam e before losing in the 13th. U nder am ended no-h itter rules adopted by an eight-m an com mittee on in 1991, M artinez received credit for neither a perfect game nor a no-hitter. statistical accu racy "I'm not disappointed at all. I w ant­ ed to w in a ballgam e. I'm not there to pitch no-hitters and stuff. The days take th em ," that M artinez said. it happens, I'll Flaherty lined his hit after M artinez carefu lly rem oved a chain from around his neck that broke on the pre­ vious pitch. Flaherty w asn't in Tampa B ay's clubhouse after the game. "H e hit a good pitch. I have to tip m y hat to him and just go away," the M artinez said. "I lost with a fastball, the way it should have been." C arl Everett w ent 4-for-5 and equaled a career high with six RBIs. H e had a two-run double in the third, a solo hom er in the fifth and a three- run seventh-inning homer. The first hom er w as Everett's 100th, including 32 this season. "Unfortunately, we had som e dis­ agreem ents out there. But I wanted him to throw a no-hitter," Everett said. "It just is am azing that som eone like him has never thrown one. I just w anted him to do it. W hen Flaherty got the hit, I w anted to have rubber arm s and try to grab that." W illiam s and Rothschild were eject­ ed in the first. Williams, hit near the left hand, took a several steps toward first base, alternating his stare betw een his hand and M artinez. He then charged the m ound w hile throw­ ing a right, Williams was then tackled from behind by catcher Jason Varitek. W illiam s was restrained by several different people, including Vaughn and Red Sox coach Jim Rice. Like Rothschild, the D evil Rays center thought M artinez should have been ejected based on his fielder history. The right-hander has hit one batter (14) for about every two he's walked (27) tHis season, which Tampa Bay offered as evidence of what kind of control he has. said. "I want to remain professional," W illiam s it becom es increasingly difficult when you 're given a guy's background. That's all I w ant to say about it." "Som etim es, There w as considerable pushing and shoving after both benches and bullpens em ptied . D aubach, w ho emerged from the pile holding his left arm, was pushed from behind by Devil Rays closer Roberto Hernandez. Rothschild was ejected by second base um pire Tim McClelland, and the game was delayed 12 minutes. D ave Eiland (2-2), Tampa Bay's starting pitcher, and coach Bill Russell, who becam e acting manager follow ing Rothschild's ejection, were tossed in the third after Eiland hit D aubach and N om ar G arciaparra with pitches. Daubach hit the dirt avoiding a high and inside pitch, then w as hit on the next pitch. After Everett doubled, Garciaparra was hit in the back and Eiland was ejected. Moore happy with underclassmen in lineup DEPTH, from 9 row. S h e's sm all as a m iddle blocker, but since she's sm all, she can m ove w ell.'4 H olly D oran is a d efensive special­ Texas m ay not have a standout All- ist w ho w ill see plenty o f tim e in A m erican this year, b u t M oore 2000. She was third dn the team in believes the strength of this squad is digs last season w ith 298. its depth. Hard work pushes leader of volleyball team By The Associated Press N EW YO RK — N ever shy, Serena W illiam s arrived in defense of her U.S. O pen title resplendent in tie-dyed lilac and black, and flashing a pert sm ile that bespoke the confidence of cham pion. The crowd at A rthur Ashe Stadium w as still buzzing from the dism issal of French O pen cham p G ustavo Kuerten, the m en's No. 2 seed, who fell victim to lanky A ustralian qualifier W ayne A rthurs' 26 aces in a 4-6, 6- 3, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (1) defeat. If the fans thought that upset would be a prelude to another, W illiam s quickly set out to disabuse them of that notion and any thought that her recent heel injury m ight hinder her. First she m ade her color-coordinated fashion state­ ment, slowly peeling off her lilac jacket to reveal a sheer, flow ing dress that perfectly m atched her lilac sneakers. " I t show s how good I look, how in shape 1 am ," W illiam s said w ith a laugh. T hen she m ade a tennis statem ent, ripping a return w inner on the first point as she proceeded to crush 19- year-old Slovenian Tina Pisnik 6-3, 6-2. In beginning her quest to reach the final along w ith her old er sister Venus, 18-year-old Serena did not d is­ play her finest tennis, even if it was enough to ov er­ w helm a player of P isnik's m odest ability. ' " I w as not the usual Seren a," she said. "It show ed a little bit because it should have been a little quicker. Y'know , it w as 59 m inutes. I'm used to 40s and 30s now. ... I d id n't play well today. "A ctually, I w as expecting to feel really special. 1 d id ­ n't. The guy that was announcing, he said, O ur defend­ ing U.S. O pen cham p,' and I could n't help but smile. O ther than that, I d id n 't really feel it." There were times when W illiam s soared spectacular­ ly on overheads and lunging volleys, and tim es when she w alloped serves at 111 mph to rack up four aces and six service w inners. B.ut there were also tim es when she Associated P re ss Defending women’s singles champ Serena Williams had no trouble in her first round match on Tuesday, winning easily. found herself out of position, when her lilac shoes got tangled up, w hen Pisnik m ade her look quite ordinary. That happened once in the first set, when Pisnik broke her at love in the fourth game, and once again in the sec­ ond set, w hen Pisnik broke her at 15-40 w ith a backhand at the net. But those lapses were perhaps to be expected after W illiam s m issed a w eek to allow an inflamed small bone in her left heel to calm dow n. 1 he injury flared up nine days ago during her final against M artina H ingis in M ontreal, and W illiam s cautiously retired from that m atch in the third set. There was never any danger that Pisnik would pull off an upset like Arthurs. Jan in e, did GREMMEL, from 9 sister, it, but I still rem em ber that look o f joy she and her team m ates had on their faces," said G rem m el, referring to h er sis­ te r's cham p ion sh ip season in 1988 at Texas. "I felt that w h en I w as on two team s that w on the state cham p i­ on ship s in Iow a, but I w ant to feel it at this level." S h e 's dow n to her last chance. W h en the seaso n op ens Friday night at G regory G ym , G rem m el will begin h er final season as a Longhorn. For three years, the setter h as been w orking and steadily im proving her gam e at the 40 A cres to m ake the dream of a title com e true. Ju st about every stat G rem m el h as recorded has gone up from season to season, and last year, the senior w as the only player in the B ig 12 to average more than 13 assists, 1.5 digs, a kill and .7 b locks per gam e. Th is year, the A ll-A m erican candi­ date m ight ev en be b etter than that. "I think sh e 's ready to be m ore of the lead er and quarterback o f this team ," M oore said. "A fte r w e lost ou r second round p lay o ff gam e against A rizona, I th in k she figured out that she needed a different m en­ tal ap p roach. Now, sh e's b ecom e more d em anding of everyone on the team , inclu ding h erself." W hich m eans w ork for everyone, in case you h av en 't already spotted the trend. Sin ce Texas' disappointing playoff loss to the W ildcats, G rem m el has done everything she can to p ick up B A R T EN D IN G • MAKE LOTS OF $$$ • FLEXIBLE CLASS SCHEDULE • JOB PLACEMENT ASSISTANCE • TABC CERTIFIED • 18 YEARS OR OLDER W • Tt&i» 555S N- m i iiMtkiMrtfii, Of BBfl HW HO LAMAR U 2 9 I - 8 0 0 - B A R T E N D every aspect of her gam e and the those around her. For sk ills o f instance, instead of trying to con­ stantly set up one player like she did a year ago w ith the talented Erin A ldrich, G rem m el has focused on attem pting to spread the ball around to all of her ou tsid e hitters. By doing that, she can k eep the op p on en t g u essin g , team m ates involved. and her I'v e "I think that is one of the biggest th in g s u p o n ," G rem m el said. "I need to spread it around, and I think I w ill do a better jo b of that this seaso n." im p ro ved A long with that im proved court aw areness, G rem m el has intensified her w ork ethic, believe it or not, in order to bring the L onghorns their first national title since her older sis­ ter helped pave the w ay in '88. She, of course, has been w aking up at the crack of daw n to w ork out, and on m any evenings she's the last to floor. She q u ick ly becom ing the bulging briefcase of leav e the the Texas volleyball team. " I'v e learn ed m ore and m ore every year, and this year I think I understand what kind of effort you have to pu t into it if you w ant to win it all," G rem m el said. "I rem em ber w hen my sister w on it all, their m otto w as 'D o n 't M ess with Texas.' I think that's the attitude and effort w e have to have every tim e w e play it w e are going to get this thing done. So that's all I am trying to d o." And as G rem m el closes in on one last shot at glory, one thing is for cer­ tain. She w o n 't be outw orked. Aug. 30 & 31 from 11a.m. - 6p.m., Sept. 1 from 11a.m. - 5 p.m. • Gregory Gym Lobby REGISTER RECSPORTS INTRAMURALS Enter to play - choose from 3-pitqh softball, flag football, mixed doubles tennis. Earn money as an IM official - no experience needed. Join the IM Council: • Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors. • Past IM participants. • Able to meet Mondays (4:15-5:15 p.m. as needed). 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Try telling that to Stewart. "I won't say I was shook up, but was kind of stunned a little bit," Stewart said. "At the same time, I understood. You can't do anything but accept it." Only 18 months after signing a $27 million contract extension, Stewart faces an uncertain future with a team that felt it couldn't wait any longer for him to play his way out of a two-year slump. Still, Stewart said, "M y career doesn't stop right here. I still have more time to come and I have to keep myself in shape so, whether the opportunity comes this year or next year or the year after that, I'm prepared." Despite not starting the final five games last season, Stewart began the pre­ season with the quarterback's job to lose. Apparently, he did exactly that by throwing poorly — he was l-of-13 for eight yards in a two-game stretch — and by looking uncomfortable in an offense that demands he and his receivers synchronize their adjustments even after a play has started. Stewart doesn't feel he was beaten out by Graham but, rather, didn't play well enough to keep his job. He also hasn't discussed with Cowher reviving the Slash role — part quarterback, part wide receiver — he filled before becom- Convenient? Evening Hours? Sm all Classes? UT-Austin Credit? U n iv e rs ity Extension 471-2900 Associated Press Kent Graham beat out Kordeli Stewart to become Pittsburgh* starting quarterback. ing a full-time quarterback in 1997. "I'm not flattered, let's be honest," Stewart said. "The one thing I hate most is leaving it up to the coaches. When you leave it up to the coaches, you never know what kind of decision they'll make. "If you outright go out and outperform whomever it is you are competing against, hands down ... but I left it up to the coaches. I'm more upset with myself than anybody else because I had the opportunity and I didn't seize it." Graham knows all about that. He also began the season as the starting quar­ terback in Arizona in 1997 and with the New York Giants last year, but could­ n't keep his job either season. "I'm just going to go out and play relaxed, because that's how I play the best," Graham said. "I know in this game, or any game, if things aren't going well and the coach feels he'll need a spark, he'll make a change. I don't think that's different from any other team across the NFL." Graham was 31-of-57 for 334 yards, three touchdowns and one interception during a preseason in which he usually was paired with veteran receivers Courtney Hawkins and Hines Ward. Stewart, throwing mostly to rookie Plaxico Burress and second-year pro Troy Edwards, was 19-of-55 for 238 yards, one touchdown and two interceptions. The two quarterbacks' styles are as markedly different as their statistics. Graham is a stay-in-the-pocket passer with little mobility who will be tested Sunday by Baltimore's quick pass rushers. 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Detroit reportedly killed what would have been the largest deal in NBA history, and then reached an the agreem ent Tuesday w ith Mavericks. Laettner (6-foot 11-inch), a for­ mer first-round draft pick from Duke, averaged 12.2 points and 6.7 rebounds as he started all 82 games last season for Detroit. In his seven NBA seasons, he has averaged 15.7 points and 7.6 rebounds. "This is another piece to our puz­ zle," Mavericks general manager and head coach Don Nelson said. "We felt that getting another big player was a priority this summer." i p * • * Associated Press Christian Laettner was the subject of many rumors but ended up in Dallas. Laettner, who will split time with center Shawn Bradley and play for­ ward in Dallas, was in the last year of his contract in Detroit. His con­ tract is worth $6.7 million this sea­ son. Mills, a 10th-year pro, started 78 games last season and averaged 6.7 points and 4.8 rebounds. 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Cheney shared toe podium with members of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, a national group that encourages students and coaches to practice Christian values and influ­ ence others to get involved with churches. One student participant, Erica Garris, quoted scripture and told the gathering, "I stand here today profess­ ing God as my savior." Religion has been a recurring theme on the campaign trail lately with Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, Cheney's counterpart on A1 Gore's Democratic ticket, invoking God in several forums. Cheney, asked about whether it was appropriate to mix religious and cam­ paign themes, said the Republicans were simply emphasizing faith-based organizations that do good communi­ ty work. "We can recognize organizations the Fellowship of Christian like Athletes," he "It doesn't require anyone to buy into a particular set of religious beliefs or philosophical concerns. told reporters. "We have a lot of groups out there — Associated Press Republican vice presidential candidate Dick Cheney hands his wife, Lynne Cheney, his coat as he prepares to speak to supporters at a rally at the Jackson international Airport in Jackson, Miss., Tuesday. About 3 5 0 supporters and state GOP leaders braved the 100-plus degree heat to welcome the Cheney's on their 36th wedding anniversary. Christian, Muslim, Jewish - that do good work in the community." At one point in his remarks, Cheney talked about the importance of teach­ ing tolerance "as Christ taught," though he said he wasn't intending to "strike any religious themes." Cheney's visit nonetheless may help the Republicans reclaim a topic that has traditionally been a signature theme for the party. "It's a well-chosen visit," said Dale Neumann, professor of political sci­ ence at University of Missouri. "It will help re-establish coverage among the conservative right and show the Republican party as the party of Christian values." The swing through Missouri, Mississippi, Georgia, North Carolina and Florida comes as Cheney has had to explain military budget cuts he oversaw during the Bush administra­ tion, which came up after he and Bush criticized President Clinton and Gore for cutting defense programs too much. Cheney will revisit the defense debate Wednesday during a visit to an international studies center in Atlanta. Gore camp pushes for public debate By The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Vice President A1 Gore's campaign chairman tried Tuesday to increase pressure on rival Gov. George W. Bush to accept three nationally prime-time televised, debates, saying they would "give the greatest number of voters the chance to hear the candidates directly." In a letter to the Commission on Presidential Debates, Gore campaign chairman William Daley formally endorsed the commission's proposal for presidential forums on Oct. 3, 11 and 17, which would be available for broadcast by all TV networks. Bush responded, "I would welcome all three being in pnme time." JBut his campaign said that didn't necessarily mean he would accept any of the com­ mission's proposed dates or formats. The Republican made clear that he prefers relatively informal debates, such as the Republican primaries in which the par­ ticipants were seated around a table with CNN talk show host Larry King. the session during Daley, Gore's campaign manager, said in his letter that the debate com­ mission's proposal would offer "the best opportunity the most Americans to see the presidential can­ didates in the most effective forum to debate their views." for Bush has agreed to three presidential debates without specifying which ones. 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In the meantime, Bush's campaign manager, Joe Allbaugh, has met with commission Frank Fahrenkopfjr., himself a former GOP national chairman, a Bush spokesman said. co-chairman in The Bush campaign had thought the commission's format was not nego­ tiable, but the meeting with Fahrenkopf, "there seemed to be some indication that the commission was willing to be a little bit more flexible," said Bush communications director Karen Hughes. Bush has also proposed two vice presidential debates, instead of the commission's recommended lone face- off Joseph Lieberman and Republican Dick Cheney. between Democrat Daley endorsed that proposal and encouraged the commission to sched­ ule an additional forum for the running mates. George W. Bush speaks at an education forum at Lyman Moore Middle School Associated Press GOP nominee intends to redeem early loss Republican presidential candidate Gov. Tuesday in Portland, Maine. By The Associated Press AUSTIN — Seven months after losing in New Hampshire, George W. Bush is returning, intent on using the lessons learned there to resist Democratic presidential rival A1 Gore's attempts to throw him off message. "I was just able to define myself more clearly," Bush said Monday, recalling what he learned from his 18-point loss to John McCain in the nation's first presidential primary. Applying that same lesson to his contest against Gore, Bush said, "What I've got to do is continue to draw distinctions about where we differ" on education. Bush promised Monday to contin­ ue talking about education, even as Gore tries to prod him into dis­ cussing prescription drugs in advance of his speech on the subject next \veek. He has said his proposal is built around legislation by Sens. John Breaux, D-La., and Bill Frist, R-Tenn., that would subsidize private insur­ ance drug coverage for low-income seniors. Taking his own shot at Gore, Bush talked up education improvements in Texas, where he is governor, and accused the vice president of offering only "failed ideas of the past." Gore "doesn't understand that in order to reform education you've got to hold people accountable and there needs to be strong accountability and local control of schools," Bush said. General Cinemal BARGAIN MATINEES EVERY DAY ALL SHOWS BEFORE 6PM | BARGAIN MATINEES ALL SHOWS BEFORE 6W Matin**, Child A Senior Admission: $4.75 • Highland A Great Hills $5.00 Barton Crook Square Gonoral Admission (after 6pm): $7.00 • Highland A Groat Hills $7.50 Barton Crook Square College Nite: Discount Thursdays $ 5 . 2 5 w / p r o o f o f s t u d e n t I.D. N o C o lle g e d is c o u n t o t B a r to n C ree k Educators from the battleground states of Michigan, Ohio and Kentucky joined those from Texas in the steamy garden of the Governor's Mansion to support Bush. "Our goal is not just to win an elec­ tion. 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Trouble ensues when they learn that the body they planted was none other than the deceased father of a big druglord. When Mouth breaks his traditional silence with a post-coital confession to a prosti­ tute (Jennifer Tilly), all hell breaks loose. Dan Hedaya Richard Dreyfuss Show ing at: Gateway, Killeen, Highland, Lake Creek, Metropolitan, Westgate, Tinseltown North The Opportunists Director: Myles Connell Starrin g: Christopher Walken n a r Director: Michael Dinner Starring: Burt Reynolds By Robert C. Ashley Daily Texan Staff Cyndi Lauper Tom Noonan C hristopher Walken Show ing at: Arbor Cinema anyone really r By Ashok Chandra Daily Texan Staff Few characters are as celebrated and romanticized by Hollywood as the career criminal. Thieves, mob­ sters, kidnapers and hit men are the focus of countless movies because the lives of criminals are a perfect setting for suspenseful stories. The Opportunists is a different kind of crime movie, a laid-back story told without a single gunshot or chase. Christopher Walken plays Victor Kelly, an ex-safe cracker in financial trouble. He is writing bad checks to the nuns who take care of his m other and threatened with eviction from his auto repair shop. He has one job at the shop: the restoration of an NYPD cop's classic Buick Riviera. A distant cousin from Ireland shows up with the intent of getting Vic to crack some safes, which Vic refuses until the Riviera's radiator blows up right in front of his NYPD customer. Vic and his Irish partner then team up w ith a couple of crim e-illiterate security guards to crack a big secu­ rity company safe. Vic is a great character: a family- expertly walks and talks the part of Vic, hit­ ting on the slow pace of life for an ex-criminal turned auto mechanic. His sparse dialogue enhances the laid back pace. The Opportunists stays in a com­ fortable zone that stories of crime rarely venture to. The audience is introduced to a cast of non-threat­ ening cops. Half are the goonev friends of the security guards, and the others are involved in the Buick Riviera incident. There is never any real suspense, aside from safe crack­ ing. The result is a movie about a family man trying to make ends meet, set against a backstory of a safe heist. The exploits of the criminally-chal­ lenged can make for some great moments of comedy. There is no shortage of fresh perspective in The Opportunists. None of the movie feels recycled from the mass of crime cine­ ma. It doesn't even seem related. Though it suppresses suspense, The Opportunists doesn't lack surprises, and its ending is a dose of smart coin­ cidence that hits the spot. 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The Crew tells the story of four geriatric Jersey "w iseg u y s" who have settled down in Florida after years of mob work. Each of the four mobsters fits into his an established stereotype. There's Tony "M outh" D onato the ladies' man and strong silent type; M ike the "B rick " D onatelli (Dan Hedaya), the dumb guy who sends Christm as cards to all his old allies and enem ies; Joey "B ats" Pistella (Burt R eynolds), the angry guy with a bat who gets great ideas after every concussion he has; and finally Bobby Bartellem eo (Richard the fam ily guy who D reyfuss), m oved find his to estranged daughter, and also serves as narrator for this movie. (Seym our C assel), to Florida These wiseguys are as discontent with their lives when they see that slowly, the elderly are being w eed­ ed out of their housing complex in favor of younger people looking for a beach side view. After a massive concussion, Bats has an epiphany. The guys decapitate a stolen corpse in the lobby of the complex, scaring away all the young people with the threat of a gang war. The wiseguys The Crew is one of those forget­ table films that come and go with­ noticing. out Although there is a rather notable cast, they get lost in Barry Fanaro's screenplay. There are too many characters, some effective and some In a lackluster performance, not. C arrie-A nne M oss (from The M atrix) plays the role of a detective in vestigating crim es in the city, who also happens to be Bobby's She comes off as too daughter. much of a traditional movie cop w ithout providing any hum or through that stereotype. While Moss fizzles, the rest of the supporting cast does provide a good dose of humor to keep the viewers from falling asleep. Jeremy Piven plays a detective and M oss's ex-boyfrien d, a man w ho can 't seem to stay faithful, even in his attempts to win her back. Miguel Sandoval plays the part of the druglord. He is out to get revenge on those who laid w aste to his father's corpse, although he doesn't know who they are. His is easily the most hum orous character, con­ stantly m ispronouncing English words, in a scene reminiscent of the famous Three Amigos' "plethora" scene. None of his henchmen can correct him out of fear. is M ichael D in n er's direction quick. Before you know one scene has ended, another is already beginning. There are too many subplots and plot twists to put in an hour-and-a-half movie. There are too many characters and for that reason, we never really care about any of them. It is hard to focus on Bobby's search for his daughter, while M outh is trying to regain his sexual prowess and Brick is send­ ing out his Christmas cards. Sitting in the theater, you almost wish that someone would whack these wiseguys so that the movie will end. Top: A wiseguy that cracks safes and not many jokes, Victor Kelly (Christopher W alken) is a pleasure to watch on screen. Bottom: Richard Dreyfuss, Dan Hedaya, Seymour Cassel and Burt Reynold m ake up a surpris­ ing fast-paced, but incessantly boring Crew. B O X O F F I C E R E S U L T S This Week 1 Last Week — Title Bring It On Weekend Gross Cumulative Gross Release Weeks 1 $17,362,105 $17,362,105 The A rt o f W ar $10,410,993 Original Kings o f Comedy $5,906,038 The Cell Space Cowboys What Lies Beneath The Replacements The Crew Nutty Professor II Autumn in New York $9,676,012 $6,514,903 $4,612,974 $4,075,896 $4,051,921 $3,560,195 $3,267,896 $10,410,993 $33,745,083 $63,709,955 $21,213,020 $130,919,547 $30,777,664 $4,051,921 $109,992,755 $26,822,408 1 2 4 2 6 3 1 5 3 i — 1 3 2 5 4 — 6 8 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Austin Gay and Lesbian International Film Festival In order to keep you, the loving public, informed, The Daily Texan provides a short summary and criticism o f rphat we think the highlight o f the festival may be that day, whether it be the best, or just the most interesting. The Wolves of Kromer Director: Will Gould When: Today, 9:45 p.m. Where: Arbor Theater By Matt Anthony Wilson Daily Texan Staff Fairy tales are rarely associated with adults, but The Wolves o f Kromer is certainly not for children — not due to content (the violence is minimal, the sex is more tame than late night television), but because they won't be able to follow it. Adults will probably have problems as well in this confusing entanglement of fantasy and reality. For example, the "wolves" of the title wear fur jackets with tails attached and scare people by growling and baring their teeth. Just when you think it's a quaint costume drama, it shows them drinking coffee and eating sandwiches. Huh? And that7s only the begin­ ning of the story-telling muck. The wolves are really a sloppy metaphor for gays being misunderstood and feared. It's also an excuse for a string of humor­ less innuendo. Still, this singular romp has its high points: the del­ icate score, the collision of over- and under-acting, the lush landscapes, and die occasional clever moment. If nothing else, The Wolves o f kromer, based on a play, should be commended for freeing itself from the usual restraints of feeling "stagy," something most movies have trouble with. If you missed the play, or just feel like escaping to far away fantasy land then this is the one for you. J¡á*Tun More Games • More Variety • More Fun! Welcome Back Students! New Games: 18 Wheeler Deer Hunting USA Virtua Tennis; Cruisin Exotica; Striker Extreme Pinball; Marvel vs. Capcom 2; New Gauntlet 2200 Guadalupe Always open till 4am ■ SUMMER FILM CLASSICS A L L T H E K IN G ’ S MEN Vi \RKINC. 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Tomorrow To set the mood, you unwitting schoolgoers, we grade last weekend’s films so that you know Bring It On ★★★★☆ Director: Peyton Reed Starring: Kristen Dunst Eliza Dushku Gabrielle Union Showing at: Barton Creek, Lakeline, Hollywood,Great Hills. Round Rock, Tinseltown North, Riverside By Matt Anthony Wilson Daily Texan Staff 1 have never been, and am still not overcom e with school spirit. 1 w as the one in high school who skipped the pep rallies. I am the one in college who never goes to the football gam es (but that's just because I d on't like football). I let you know this so that you can appreciate the full honor 1 bestow upon the cheer fever flick Bring It On, by saying it got me all riled up. O f course the squad at Rancho C arne isn 't really cheering for the footb all team , w ho co n sisten tly lose every football gam e they play. In a way, they're not even cheering for their school. They're cheering for them selves, for the pure sport (yes, it is a sport that requires a lot for in o f sk ill), and n atio n al ch am p ionship s, w hich they have won five years in a row. The people behind Bring It On know that there will be a natural the tem p tatio n absurdity of cheerleading, and the occasio n al d itzin ess those involved. And so from the opening scenes, they confront the stereo­ types head on, som etim es letting them ring true, other tim es prov­ ing them wrong. "W e cheer! We lead! We act like w e're on speed!" they cry during the h ilariou sly w ritten opening cheer. Speed, indeed. sn icker at this case of to The m ovie moves at such a brisk pace through the first half, and think w ith such energy, y o u 'd som eone was on drugs w hen they m ade this thing. (A fter all, who w ould think to m ake a m ovie about ch eerlead in g, righ t?) The m ost am azing victory, though, is the film 's w inningly sm ooth tran­ sitions from parody to dram a. Few film s do this w ell, and this one scores. Before you know it, there's actually a plot at hand, and rather than bein g a predictable, rah-rah so rt o f th in g , it's cu rsed w ith karm a and full of surprises. You see, the novice team captain, Torrance (a peppy Kirsten D unst) finds out from the new girl, M issy (a charism atic Eliza D ushku) that the cheers they've been doing have been stolen from an inn er city squad. This dark revelation sets everyth ing into motion, and aside from a love subplot, it m oves along sm oothly, if a bit slowly. T h is is where screen w riter Jessica Bendinger puts her tru< touch of brilliance, show ing us jus enough of the other squad to mak< us feel for them, but not so mucl that w e're sick from yet anothe sappy, inner-city go-get-'em B end inger deserves a trophy h self, along with director Pey Reed, not only for balancing accom various tones, but also for plishing the tricky task of makir us root for both squads, and for tl graceful way it all ends. funn things are Still, the spirit stick seem s have been dropped som ew her along the way. For every minut this picture hits its mark, there ar m om ents that aren't quite so zling. W hile throughout, the C lueless-esque w .. and word play it displays in the first act seem s to vanish. The zippy pacing gets a tad too slow. And w orst of all, during the im pressive cheerleading sequences, the cam ­ era seem s a bit restless, and the result is that frustratingly enough, we are often not seeing things from the best angle. Still, it's hard to be so tough on a m ovie w ith this m uch gusto. (And it's hard not to give bonus points for a sly reference to All That Jazz). If ch eerlead in g w as alw ays this exciting, if cheerlead ­ ers w ere alw ays this am using, and if cheer m eant as much to the world as it does to those who prac­ tice, their popularity would like, totally skyrocket. Wait a m inute, I guess they already are like, popu­ lar. So, like, well you’know, just go see it, totally. Yeah! The Art Of W ar'l— Director: Christian Duguay Starring: Wesley Snipes Marie Matiko Anne Archer Showing at: Barton Creek, Gateway, Highland, Lake Creek, Tinseltown North, Riverside, Killeen, Metropolitan By Stephen Salto Daily Texan Staff The m ost suspenseful mom ents in The Art o f War, yet another sore­ ly m iscalculated attem pt by Wesley Snipes to resurrect his im age as an action hero, com es in trying to fig­ ure out why those in power in sist­ ed on the film 's title. A fter all, there isn't any w ar going on during the film and there's really nothing a jtistic about how the film itself unfolds, so it's only natu ral to w onder why. However, w hen the answ er finally em erges — and rest assured, it does — like the rest of the film, it d oesn't make any sense. War starts out soundly enough, w ith Snipes portraying Shaw, a U.N. undercover agent w ho's so undercover that no one can id enti­ fy him. In China on New Y ear's Eve, Shaw aw aits a giant trade agreem ent that would tie China w ith the rest of the w orld and em pow er the U nited N ations. However, there are forces in China w ho d on't w ant this to happen, including the nation's am bassador and David Chan, a businessm an with vested interests in China. N ot su rprisin gly, Shaw uses blackm ail and all sorts of gadgets to see th a t these negotiations go through, and y et w hen he has seem ingly eluded all of the right people, he actually w alks up to Chan and states his stance on the trade talks. W hen asked his name, Snipes says he's Eddie Murphy, gives an incredibly poor im personation of one of M u rp h y 's w eaker SNL sketches, then prom ptly proceeds to jump off the roof. So much for subtlety. Shortly thereafter, the ambassador is killed and a sprawling chain of events is set off, including Shaw becoming the prime suspect in the ambassador's murder. Unfortunately, only one person in the world knows that he's innocent, which happens to be a beautiful Chinese translator, Julia, played blandly by newcomer Marie Matiko. Soon the U .N ., the C hinese, and even the N.Y.P.D. are all involved in chasing Snipes. D espite all of that m anpow er, not only do they never seem to qu ite have Sn ipes in their grasp, but Shaw and Julia, are the only ones able to figure out who really killed the am bas­ sador. bu llet-tim e The rest is a by-the-num bei^s action thriller, w ith all the expected tw ists and explosions and even the slow -m o tion shot, w hich has becom e part of the genre ever since The M atrix. But make no m istake about it, The Art o f W ar is cinem atic filth, an u nin sp ired exploitation of Hong Kong action films and an even more degrading exploitation of Asian culture. By the end, it's hard to figure out w hich is more deplorable — War's invocation of serious hum an rights issues with China as cheap ju stifi­ cation for W esley Snipes to kick ass or the w aste of w onderful charac­ ter actors like Anne Archer ( Fatal A ttraction, Patriot Games), M aury C haykin ( U nstrung H eroes), and D onald Sutherland in a role so small, it feels wrong to call it a cameo. The film w as directed by C hristian Duguay, w hose only p rior in clu d es TV m ovies and direct-to-video sequels of the horror film Scanners, and it shows. Sadly, this is also the p er­ son that is rumored to direct the latest installm ent in the Terminator series. exp erien ce But if anyone should feel bad about The Art o f War, it should be Franchise Pictures, who, including War, has p rod uced tw o o f the w orst film s of the year, the other being John T rav o lta's B attlefield Earth. Perhaps if they only had a few more of those rastafarian nine- foot aliens in War or W esley Snipes sporting dreads in Earth, m aybe they m ight have been able to strike a balance. At least it w o u ld 've been more interesting and it may have even upstaged all the su s­ pense that surrounded the title — a bold feat for such a ridiculously bad film. 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Elegant 2-story gates washer/dryer Campus Apartment Finders 322 9556 West units, pool, A W E SO M E HYDE Park neighbor­ hood! Gates, pool, hot tub, study study rooms Apartment Finders 322- 9556 NEAR UT $465 Walk to Campus Large Eff $465-$495 1 -Bedroom $625 New Carpet 472-6979 arch2506@aol.com 400 - Condos- Towrthomes CLOSE TO Campus 2BD/2BA, 203 E 31st St #310 $1200 Available 8/21 Evergreen Properties 331 1 122 1 I C O N D O available with baleo- ny( vaulted ceilings, in west campus Furnished ($negotia on bus route Coll ble) or unfurnished ($900) 476-726*? NORTH CENTRAL CLOSE to shuttle 2BD/1BA gas/watei paid, pool, very nice, W / D in complex $795, pets neg 626 4660 430 - Unf. Hoosas AVAILABLE N O W I 1 to 6 bedrooms $525 $ 1600 For 24 hours infer motion- call 477-llVF 3-2 HOUSE w/large yard & storage 1038 Clayton lane CACH, W / D on shuttle $1200 .deposit 422 5558 1 100 W EST 22rld Street 5bd/2ba. possible 7 Lsedrooms Big rooms nardwood floors, lot of natural light Pets welcome $3500/mo Call Eu­ gene (512)799-8819 NICE 3/2 FOR PROFESSIONALS needing extra bedroom 01 office in historic i ravis Heights $ 1495/mo , $750 security deposit Quiet pool laundry, on-site management. Gas, water, wastewater and tras pic k up paid No dogs please 3 minutes from downtown Madrid Apts. 462-6032. H Y D E P A R K ” 2-bedroom 1-bath 707 E 49th. Wood floors, CACH, Ceiling fans, dishwasher, disposal, washer connections Available 09-04 lease through 8 31-01. No Pets $ 1000 Security de­ posit $ 1000/mo + bills. 331-0400 SUBLETTING FOR fall Spac ious i T at Pinto Creek Apts, Wickersham shuttle, Immeadiate move-in available 386 9598 $540/mo. “m a x i m u m B e n e f it WITH MINIM UM COST. Great efficiency apt with nearly all bills (water waste water, trash pick up, gas and cable) pai l In south central Austin near Zilker and on 2 bus routes serving UT campus area. Call Stoneridge: 447 5980. W EST CAM PUS 2 blocks Tower view. Large second level bedroom 1/1 ideal tor 2. Security system, no smokers; no pets. 328-7070 HYDE PARK COZY 1-BEDROOM GARAGE APARTMENT. 407-A W . 45th, wood floors, ceiling fans. Available 9-3-00 lease through 8-31-01. No pets. $700 security deposit. $700/mo. + G&E 331-0400 WALK TO UT Secluded efficiency Grad student or professional Utilit íes paid including cable No pets $625.00 478-7424 FUNKY, OLD W CUTE $5954685 Great 1-bedroom. Spacious 1-bedroom with study $625. 326-9442. HYDE PARK, large garage studio. IE/7 bus line; upper/grad student preferred $550, cable, utilities in eluded 452-4550. LARGE ROOM (Efficiency) in garden home. Rent free quiet student in exchange foi housekeeping Close in/shuttle 345 4555, Rick 2BLOCKS NORTH UT IBD garage apartment $500 Hyde Park cot tage $525 Non smoker 454 4441 1/2 MILE TO UTI l + l $515, New carpet/point, sparkling pool Ask for student special 419-0837 3 9 0 - U n f. D u p lex es BEAUTIFUL TO W N H O USE, 3bd 2 5ba, 2car, FP, W / D pool, tennis IH no yard work req d 35/Oltorf shuttle $1600/mo No pets/no smokers Ph 627-9323 Near UT on 3 1 HOUSE not fancy, 3 person max References requited 2411 Willow at Pedernales $650/mo , $400 deposit 244 3020 425 - Rooms RO O M AVAILABLE in North Austin $370/month plus utilities and 1/2 month deposit Call Tony 990- 1455 R O O M FOR rent Cash or house- cleaning $300. Female non-smoking only. South 282-6688. SEEK FEMALE to assume lease, pri­ vate room m suite, large closet, win dow 22nd & Pearl 458-4637 430 - Room-Board DOBIE CENTER Dorm Room Available!! Studio room with 14 meals a week Normal price is $3680 per semester I will sublease for $3300 per semester O BO Home. (972)790-9764 Cell (214)587-7101 email: zachatkinson@hotmail.com Share ROOMMATE(S) NEEDED Benchmark 2 2 w/male student Condos, campus $700/mo oi $350/mo to share large bedroom, +l/2electric Call PJ 346-7455 walk to CENTRAL LOCATION Roommate (nonsmoker) wanted foi 3 bedroom condo at Villas Town lake Superb location on water, fully furnished 478-3723 or cell 296- $600 9019 2 R O O M S for rent Sept June, togeth er or separate $500 per -.util Spacious home and yard, swimming pool, piano Quiet neighborhood^ 996-8922 2 MALE roommates needed Furnish­ ed apartment 3 blocks (rom U1 $300/mo CaJI John 476-8710. CLARKSVILLE 1106 W 7th, 4/2 5 hardwoods, spacious, cool yard, not a party house Agent 477-1 163 $2,200 ROOMMATE NEEDED to UT CACH, garage 236 8212 Short walk Private room, bath W /D , $495 +l/2bills W E S T CAMPUS-Spacious I / I with hardwood flooi s only 3 blocks to UT Cats ok1 $795/Mo Available Now 476 1976 ELY PROPERTIES 5112 MARTIN Avenue Hyde Park 3/1 New wood floors CACH, available now $1500 58- 554 ' HYDE PARK Brand new /'3 $2200 $1000 deposit No dogs 451' Speedway Dean 447-0397, 75 4259 SMA1L 2-1CP Huge yard W /D, available 9/2 2 person max Refer enees 10700A Plains Trail 244-3020 required $6/5/mo, $450 deposi* 400 - Condos- Townhovnes ROOMMATE W AN1FD 2BD/2 5BA Condo 1400 sq ft W / D fully fur nished $460/mo ABP .deposit Call Patti, leave message 433 7070 ext 7160, or 585-5420 HYDE PARK- Roommate needed Fe mole, non smoking, preferably grad apartment student $50Q/mo, mile campus, bus/shuttle 452 7504 2BD from for “ m a l e r o o m m a t T • NEEDED ASAP! Have extra room in large lurmshed house in West Campus Two minute walk to bus, 10 minutes to school Hardwood floors, large kitchen, CACH $585/mo Relaxed and tolerant attitude a plus Call 762-3376. SPACIOUS 1 2 3 bedroom town homes Located at 183/Mopai Paid gas, heating, and water Coll 3451768 NEEDED FEMALE roommate walking distance to UT/ACC pets non smoking .l/2 b ilis 480-9431 22, No $500/mo 435 - Co-ops 435 - Co-ops • M -C A H P U S S P A C E S STILL A V A IL A B L E ! D ISCOU NTS FO R FR ES H M EN ! 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The Children's Center of Austin. 795-8300 or fax 795-8311. “T e x a c o - F O O D M A R T S IMMEDIATE O P EN IN G S FOR FULL TIME/PART TIME CLERKS 28 AUSTIN/METRO LOCATIONS BENEFITS -Medical Insurance — Retirement - Paid Vacation Tuition Assistance APPLY IN PERSON 491 I EAST 7TH STREET (Austin) 8am-4pm M ON/FRI *EOE NEAR U T ~ $9-10 P T , $ 1 0 -14 FT. Legal services firm, flexible hours, will tram PT/FT Info lines paralegal courier 4/4-2246 typist/clerical 4 7 4 2 1 1 2 bookkeeping trainee 4/'4-0853 Or apply online! L a w y e rs A ia S e rv ic e .c o m / (ahs H OUSEKEEPING AN D childcare ¿ i ages 1 I and 13 in North/Centrol Austin Knowledge of sign language 3-6prn Weekdays helpful $8/hr(neg) Call 419 1532. 17 STUDENTS needed who will be paid ta lose weight 100% natural! Vivian 329-5413 W A N T TO get paid for having lun? UT Childcare Center is hiring lor 9-1 M-f & various afternoon positions for fall Call Haro or Julie at 471 7040 VIRGIN RECORDS in Nashville, TN is seeking 2-3 students to perform various promotional duties during the semester. Responsibilities may include publicity, advertising, iadio promotion and marketing using variety of methods This unpaid position requires several hours a week Please submit at least two ideos of how you could creatively and effectively market both music and comedy artists at your school and m your town Also include personal information including name, age, telephone, e-maiF address, ma|o home town, etc. E-mail all to ibeavers@virginie( otdsnashville com Selected candidates will be interviewed by phone Unique opportunity for right person STUDB^TS W AN TED FOR TELEPHONE INTERVIEWING Evening & Weekends. PT ,* Off Ft i & Sat Near Riverside & Congress, ava p ay $9-12/hr (base -.completion bonus) Contact David at 707-1 0 5 6 after 5pm. No sales, great atmosphere. O JST O M HOMEBUILDER SEEKS PT HELP answering phones, filing, and general office work Basic com puter skills a must. 1 5- 20/hrs./wk possibly more $8/hr Please fax resume to 502-0007 or e-mail at: c m m c a lo o n @ h o tm a il co m IMMEDIATE O PEN IN G Parttime gal A listan ! wanted in small Iq* leac 15 20 hours per week tice offic Good pay, good atmosphere Eexi ble schedule Call John 343-24'8 ARE YO U THE PERSON W E'RE SEARCHING FOR? W ell respe< ted preschool near UT, looking for energetic and enthusiastic assistant teactiers Monday-Friday 2 30-5 30pm Great work environment and co-workers Competitive salary • Previous expenence a plus but willing to tram the right person • Ruth or Linda 478 5424 Tight-knit coring community seeks energetic, enthusiastic reliabw mdividualfor aftei school progiam. Must enjoy working with children 1 st-8th grades and have knowledge of crafts or obJity to direct play Must en|Oy the outdoors Child development education a plus Please contact Cynthia W e lls of Rosa Vela Sachs at 288 5942.: HYDE PARK BAPTIST CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER Needs teaching assistants for preschool children and afterschool core Just north of UT Campus on speedway Shifts M-f 8:00-12 30 and/or 4 ! 2 30-6 00pm EO E 465-8383 HIGH ENERGY & entertaining pea pie needed with the ability to ledo parent/child ploy group Traimfig provided Starting salary $9/tu rlease contact Chris or Sylvia «f 6 7 1 PIAY(7529) Plago IB The Daily Texan Wednesday, August 30, 2000 E M P L O Y M E N T E M P L O Y M E N T E M P L O Y M E N T E M P L O Y M E N T E M P L O Y M E N T E M P L O Y M E N T E M P L O Y M E N T E M P L O Y M E N T E M P L O Y M E N T $8 .96 PER HOUR I Great training and experience! ACC Children's Lab Schools (Eastview Campus and G arzo High School) need parttim e and substitute help to w ork with infonts, toddlers and pre-schoolers. Flexible hours - daytime and evening. Must be at least 18 w ith HS dipToma or GED. Experience in childcare preferred but not required. C all Dawn at 2 2 3 -5 2 0 0 or Katie at 4 1 4 -8 6 8 7 HEALTH CLUB 2 CHILDCARE POSITIONS available. M-F, 8:30am -lpm , and M W F 8:30am -lpm . Body Business Health & Fitness Club 2 7 0 0 W.Anderson Ln # 8 02. 459-9424, fax 459-9425. BROKE A G A IN this semester? Bock to school jobs M ake o little or make a lot 1-800-662-9017 PART-TIME CARRIER POSITION The Austin American Statesman has carrier positions open in many oreas of the city. Earn from $ 6 0 0 -$ 9 0 0 monthly for a few hours work in the early morning. Interviews being conducted on Saturday, Sept. 2nd 8am a* 6 0 1 6 Dillard Circle. Call 380-77 67 for information. W W W .A C A D E M O N .C O M IS look- ing for student liaisons to serve a go- betweens for com pany and home university. Flex, hours, good pay. To email apply jobsOacademon.com D O M IN O 'S PIZZA hiring friendly drivers. M ake up to $12- $ 15/hour. Call 4 4 7 -0 4 0 4 or 633- 5 0 7 5 . now RECEPTIONIST / CLERICAL POSITIONS AT SUPERCUTS BUSINESS OFFICE Must be able to handle busy tele­ phone ond front office with entry lev­ el clerical. Flexible part-time M on­ day-Friday. Entry level position. Full benefits after 9 0 days. A pply in per­ son at Supercuts M a in O ffice 7801 N. Lamar (frontage road of So. Re­ search) Building A, Sto. 114. ASSISTANT TEACHERS needed. M ornings. Pre-school on UT campus. Excellent working conditions, com- petitve pay. Call 4 7 4 -5 1 0 1 . C O U R I E R : f o r s m a l l , DOWNTOW N LAW FIRM. Flexible schedule, M-F. Must have dependable vehicle, current driver's license, clear driving record, and proof of insurance. Call Jan at 4 7 8 -1 6 9 9 ext.206. GREAT FOR studentsl PT positions M-F, 5-9pm. M ake between $6- $ 9 /h r. C all Today 5 1 2 -4 5 4 4 3 4 7 . W E 'L L S H O W Y O U T H E M O N E Y I Medical, Dental & Life Insurance Discounted Meals Professional Environment Limited Experience? W e'll Train You • N ow Hiring Servers, Bartenders ana Front Door Greeters C o n d u c t i n g in t e r v ie w s Mon-Fri, 2-4pm at 2 4 0 8 W . Anderson; across from Northcross Mall 45 1-73 33 HOUSTON'S RESTAURANT TRANSLATORS W ANTED! PT trans- lotors needed in Austin immediately for Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, etc. Pay starts at $ 1 5 /h r. Please call Lar­ ry at 461 -9 0 1 8 . RECEPTIONIST NEEDED business on shuttle route for local CO UN TY LINE on the Lake is need­ ing a motivated, porttim e bookkeep­ er. Fun atmosphere, good pay. 3 46 -36 64. $ 1 0 /h r TUTOR W ANTED. 2 3 d a y s/w k to tutor my 17 yr.old high- school student with a mild learning Call M ike 6 52 -32 60. disability. Education major preferred. 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Pizza H ut Express, Jester Center - three varieties oí {personal pan pizzas plus breadsticks with sauce. Texas Union Building $The Bistro - Grilled Italian sandwiches; cold sandwiches made to order on a choice o f bagels, Kaiser, French and whole wheat rolls; Starbucks coffee and smoothies; cold slaw, Caesar and pasta salads; fresh cut fruit and pas- C a c tU S Cafe - coffee, bagels, teas, muffins, empanadas, gourmet pizza by the slice during the day; full bar and live music at night. $Chick-fil-A - grilled chicken sand­ wiches, nuggets, waffle fries, breakfast biscuit sandwiches { Commons Coffee Company - bagels, muffins, pastries, donuts, gourmet coffees, cappucchino, teas, fresh juices, hot chocolate and granita. Field o f Greens - restaurant- size specialty salads tossed to order. ings made daily. Choice o f all fresh ingredients and dress­ T h e s e a r e a s a c c e p t D i n i n g D o l l a r s Juices • Snacks • Pizza Hut Express Fresh Donuts • Frozen Entrees • Bagels * T h e T exas U nion 24th And Guadalupe w w w . u t e x a s . e d u / s t u d e n t / t x u n i o n Page 22 T h e D a i l y T e x a n Wednesday, August 30, 2000 I HattynxmnrM tfcall I J B Q d i n i w V i i i f t 4 \ This vwr fceai nos -8 r> sard Longhorn football team have to decide on a | . quarterback, Major Applewhite or Chris Simms. I I I It should be an exciting competition! Our Football Preview Tabloid will publish on August 3tst, 9 days before the Longhorns first game against ítÉS Louisiana-Lafayette. This | í f l í 3 keepsake tabloid will give a detailed, insider’s report that you won’t find anywhere else, on the Wt ranked Longhorn team, their schedule opponents, and what to expect this season. Home Game Spirit Page Dates Sept. 9 Sept. 23 Sept. 30 7 Oct. Oct. 21 Oct. 28 Nov. 24 Louisiana-Lafayette Houston Oklahoma State Oklahoma (TX/OU in Dallas) Missouri (Homecoming) Baylor (Parent’s Weekend) Texas A&M We also have spirit pages each Friday before home games. We place these sections in The Daily Texan AND have extra distribution at the stadium and area hotels. Watch for 'em!! Math scores on SAT 1969 highest since By The Associated Press High school students' math scores on the SAT climbed this year to the highest level since 1969, while ver­ bal scores held steady for a fifth year. The test company attributed the increase to today's college-bound high school students taking more math and science courses and nurs­ ing higher ambitions. The average math score on the college entrance exam was 514, up 3 points from last year. The last time scores were higher was 31 years ago when the average was 517. It dipped as low as 492 in 1980 and 1981. The average verbal score this year was 505, as it has been since 1996. The figures, released Tuesday in Washington by the New York-based College Board, are based on the SAT scores of this year's 1.26 million high school seniors who took the test during high school. Ihe math and verbal sections are each scored on a scale of 200 to 800. “Over the last decade, male and fem ale students from all ethnic backgrounds have been taking more pre-calculus, calculus and physics. These are some of the most rigorous courses available and help students develop excellent math skills, 'said Gaston Caperton, president of the C ollege Board. "The SAT math scores of students who take these courses are well above the national average." Better math scores are good but not good enough, said Jeanne Allen, founder of the Center for Education Reform, a Washington advocacy group. "We would expect our college- bound kids to master math and ver­ bal skills, if not show major gains year said. "Particularly recognizing they have not learned as much as they needed to in primary years, and these things are required in college." year," Allen after The three-hour exam — first given in 1926 — or the rival ACT entrance exam is required for under­ graduate admission to most of the nation's 3,500 four-year colleges and universities. The $24 test is administered by the Educational Testing Service in Princeton, N.J. The questions are mostly multiple-choice, and calcula­ tors are permitted. The scoring system sets 500 points as the average. For decades, the sys­ tem was based on results from 10,000 test takers who were mostly boys in private schools. In 1995, SAT scoring was "re-centered" to reflect results from more diverse students. Averages for previous years were adjusted to reflect this, too. Boys' usual lead on girls in math is slipping: Boys averaged 533 to girls' 498 — a 35-point difference, compared with 40 points or more in the 1980s. Verbal scores also showed boys ahead this year but barely: 507 against 504 for girls. The spread was nine points 10 years ago: 505 for boys, 496 for girls. The SAT includes a voluntary questionnaire. Here the College Board found evidence students are taking more math and science, get­ ting better grades and setting higher expectations. • 69 percent of test takers, boys and girls, said they took four years or more of math. Ten years ago it was 68 percent of boys, 62 percent of girls. • 88 percent took at least three years of science; a decade ago, it was 78 percent. • M ean grade point average for all 1.26 million seniors w as 3.26 — a big jump from the 3.09 GPA in 1990. • More expect to seek advanced degrees. percent Tw enty-two planned on a doctorate, 31 percent a m aster's degree, 25 percent a bache­ lor's degree. Ten years ago, only 19 percent aimed for a doctorate, 28 percent a master s, and 28 percent a bachelor's. More than a third who took the test, 37 percent, had parents with only a high school diploma or none at all. In 1990, that was true of 43 percent. This year, 34 percent were minorities compared with 27 per­ cent a decade ago. As they have since the early 1970s, girls outnum bered boys am ong takers. They test accounted for 54 percent of test tak­ ers vs. 52 percent in 1990. the Math scores up, verbal down in Texas By The Associated Press fifth year. Texas students taking the SAT col­ lege entrance exam scored one point better this year in math but dropped a point in the verbal test. Both scores were below the national averages, the College Board reported Tuesday. The average math score for Texas students increased from 499 in 1999 to 500 this year. That compares with a national score of 514, up from 511 the previous year. The average verbal score for Texas students was 493, down from the 494 students had scored in each year since 1997. Nationally, the verbal score remained stable at 505 for the Texas' verbal score was the third lowest in the nation, followed by South and North Carolina, which scored 484 and 492, respectively. In math, Texas tied four other states with the nation's seventh- worst average of 500. Texas Education Com m issioner Jim Nelson said he is encouraged by the record number of students who took the test and is satisfied with the scores. "O fficials with both of the coun­ try's major college entrance exams say scores normally fall as more and more students take an exam, Nelson said. "They tell me it is a very good sign that lexas scores have held steady despite the dra­ matic increase in the number of stu­ dents taking the tests. I'm glad so many Texas young people are inter­ ested in going to college." According to the College Board, which adm inisters the Scholastic Aptitude Test, 52 percent of Texas' 217,977 high school seniors took the exam this past school year. 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He chose Texas as his first stop on his tour to states with high rates of executions because Texas has exe­ cuted more people than any other state and because he w anted to highlight the case of Gary Graham. "Undoubtedly, racial profiling was a factor in the execution of Gary Graham on June 22, 2000," King said. "Graham, a black man convict­ ed of killing Bobby Lambert, a white man, exemplifies, unfortunately, the worst-case scenario." Bush Linda spokesw om an Edwards said, "Gov. Bush believes we have a fair process in Texas with many checks and balances, includ­ ing exhaustive reviews of death penalty cases by the courts to prevent an innocent person from being put to death." thorough and King said the timing of his protest is not related to Bush's presidential run. "This state has killed more than anyone in one nation," King said. "I don't think it is ever political when a life is taken." During Bush's term as governor, 142 people have been executed. Since 1982, when Texas resumed the use of capital punishment, 230 exe­ cutions have occurred. Minutes before the news confer­ ence, King and his entourage of six, including civil rights activist Dick Gregory, filed into the Capitol, where they delivered letters to the offices of Bush and Attorney General John Comyn, asking for a meeting to diecuss the Graham case. Graham said he did not kill Lambert even though an eyewitness said she watched Graham kill him outside a Houston supermarket 19 years ago. In its letter, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference said evi­ dence that Lambert was involved in a Drug Enforcement Administration operation at the time of his death raises more questions to Graham's guilt. as The letter also suggested that Lambert may have been the victim of a "hit," rather than a robbery, because he was found with $6,000 cash in his pocket. "The Christian Southern Leadership Conference has consis­ tently stood in opposition to the inhum anity and injustice of the death penalty and its discriminato­ ry, arbitrary and capricious applica­ tion," the letter said. "It is, among other things, the ultimate form of racial profiling. Texas and the Graham case stand as perfect examples of all that is wrong with the death penalty." Edwards said Bush's general counsel would be happy to meet with King and Gregory but said no new information was raised by their letter. "The issue of the victim's back­ ground was in the original police report and was known to Graham's attorneys," Edwards said. Bush was campaigning in Maine when King arrived. King plans to take his anti-death penalty message to Virginia next. A date has not been scheduled. Mexico installs Congress without party majority By The Associated Press MEXICO CITY — A new Mexican Congress with no party holding a majority was installed Tuesday, part of a newly complicated political land­ scape. President-elect Vicente Fox's election July 2 marked a turning point in Mexican history with the defeat of the Institutional Revolutionary Party that has governed Mexico for the past 71 years. Fox takes office Dec. 1. Outgoing President Ernesto Zedillo will deliver his last annual state-of-the- nation speech on Friday before a joint session of the new Congress that was elected with Fox. The 500-member Chamber of Deputies, or lower house, opened its 58th session Tuesday with 486 cón- gressmen on hand. Ricardo Garcia Cervantes, 46, of Fox's conservative National Action Party was elected by acclamation speaker for the first year. He will deliver the response to Zedillo's state-of-the-nation Friday, and preside over the swearing-in of Fox. Around Campus Course Offerings The Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRL holds 211 seats in the new Congress, far short of the overwhelm­ ing majorities it held until 1997, when it first lost its outright majority in mid­ term elections. National Action has 207 seats and leftist Democratic Revolution Party 51. the The Green Party allied with Fox holds 16 seats and Democratic Revolution's Labor Party ally has seven. The rest of the seats are held by three tiny organizations. In a separate session, the new 128- seat Senate — also without any single­ party majority — elected Enriqtfe Jackson Institutional the Revolutionary Party as its president. of The PRI has 60 seats in the Senate, short of a simple half-plus-one majority needed to approve legislation on its own. National Action has 46 seats and Democratic Revolution 16. The Green Party has five seats, and the Labor Party 1. Senators and the president serve for six years. Congressmen serve for three. 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Far from a unified voice of popular dissent, Solidarity has evolved into a fractious political coalition of nearly two dozen conservative or right-wing par­ ties, societies, trade unions and religious associations. Even trade union founder Lech Walesa says the movement has lost its way. legendary Solidarity "After reaching 'Bus Stop Freedom,' we should have rolled up the Solidarity banners," said Walesa, who broke with the movement over leadership issues and in 1997 formed his own party, the Christian Democracy of Poland. "The ideal role for Solidarity now would be to go back to its trade union positions and to ensure democracy — sometimes help parties but never fill in for them," Walesa said. Since a revamped Solidarity bloc took over the government after winning 35 percent of the vote in 1997, its approval ratings in surveys of voting-age Poles have plummeted to around 15 percent. Given the chance to vote today, they almost certainly would hand the gov­ ernment back to the opposition bloc of ex-communists. A noisy minority of right-wing Solidarity deputies have held the gov­ ernment hostage with crusades to try to limit shopping on Sundays, settle old scores with ex-communists and limit foreign investment in the economy. Their antics have so disrupted the governm ent's economic reform pro­ gram that the pro-market Freedom Union, Solidarity's junior coalition part­ ner for the past 30 months, bolted the government because Prime Minister Jerzy Buzek couldn't keep them in line. As a result, the Solidarity bloc has been ruling without even a nominal majority in the parliament since June. refusing Even festivities for Solidarity's 20th birthday which runs through Thursday, have opened old wounds, with some former activists criticizing organizers invite President for Aleksander Kwasniewski, an ex-com­ munist. Organizers say he was left off the guest list because he supported Solidarity's suppression under martial law. to At a moment when it should be savoring its victory over communism, Solidarity is instead struggling to retain its relevance. "Right now it's a federation" instead of a disciplined party said Lena Kolarska-Bobinska, director of the Institute of Public Affairs, a Warsaw think tank. "And right now it threatens to disappear." Despite its incessant internal squab­ bling, the government has pushed through some impressive fiscal reforms, economic growth, nurtured brought Poland under NATO's military umbrella and set it on course for European Union membership. solid But the harsh realities of the free mar­ ket, tight budgets and painful restruc­ turing of ailing industries have helped push unemployment to nearly 14 per­ cent, leaving many Poles anxious and angry. "People now treat Solidarity like a regular political party, and it's now accountable for the economy, for social policy, for whether people feel more secure or not," said Pawel Grzelak of the Demoskop polling agency. Kolarska-Bobinska noted that all main political groups agree on the basic goal of a market economy fit to join the EU. But she said it is folly for Solidarity to cling to what many Poles view as an outdated obsession with anti-commu­ nism and Roman Catholic Church doc­ trine. Though plenty of anti-communist sentiment lingers, it is "less useful today for organizing the political scene," she said. And while more than 90 percent of Poles are Catholic, church-backed anti- abortion laws and efforts to end Sunday shopping have proved widely unpopu­ lar. Solidarity has hit the political skids before. Its feuding factions went sepa­ rate ways for the 1993 elections — and got clobbered by better organized ex- communists. 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A statement issued by Barak's office afterward said the prime minister estimates that chances of reaching an Israeli-Palestinian agreement "are 50-50," an assess­ ment he has made before. "Barak went over the main Israeli positions in general and on Jerusalem in particular and said that Israel has yet to hear any­ thing yet that shows openness or flexibility" from Arafat, the state­ ment said. Palestinian negotiator Erekat said the gap between the two sides remains wide. "The Israelis are accusing us of backsliding and not being flexi­ ble, then they say they are pro­ posing new ideas and that this has brought progress," he said. "But that is not true." S a v e so much, you may actually C 3 Ü your parents just for WASHINGTON — With a deadline down, bearing President Clinton will make another attempt next week to nudge Israel and the Palestinians toward a settlement that would decide the fate of Jerusalem and the contours of a Palestinian state. Clinton plans separate meet­ ings with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat against the backdrop of the United Nations' Millennium Summit, which will bring scores of government heads to New York. Israel and the Palestinians have set a Sept. 13 deadline for settlement of their half-century- old dispute. Lacking an accord, Arafat has said he will declare Palestinian statehood. Clinton's immediate aim is to set up a three-way session; his overall goal is the accord that appeared to be taking shape last month at Camp David, in Maryland's Catoctin Mountains, but over fizzled mostly Jerusalem. "It's too early to speak of a three-way summit," Saeb Erekat, the top Palestinian negotiator, said Tuesday. "There are instructions from President Arafat to us to exert every effort for an agreement," he said. "We want peace but not at any price." A senior U.S. official said while Clinton would like to call another summit, the two sides are not yet close enough to justify orte. Arafat insisted on Palestinian sovereignty over the eastern part of the city, held by Israel since Jordanian troops were expelled in the 1967 Six-Day War. He would make it the capital of a Palestinian state. Barak offered the Palestinians administrative control over some neighborhoods inside the city and in suburbs, as well as most of the West Bank. But the talks broke down over and over also Jerusalem Palestinian demands that Israel grant hundreds of thousands of Palestinian refugees the right to resettle in Israel. In a move to clear the hurdles, Clinton's Middle East envoy, Dennis Ross, is drafting a paper to summarize points of near­ agreement at Camp David, Israeli Foreign Minister Shlomo Ben-Ami in Jerusalem. said Tuesday Speaking on Israeli radio, he described the paper as a catalog of U.S. impressions and summa­ tions of the Camp David discus­ sions. Then, the summary will be put to Israel and the Palestinians for their comments. "If the Palestinians will relate properly to this catalogue, then w e are in a positive game," Ben- Ami said. "If their comment will be entirely negative, it won't work." Meanwhile, after meeting in Cairo, Clinton and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak com­ mitted themselves to finding a solution but indicated no break­ through was near. The two met at the Cairo air­ port on Clinton's way home from an Africa trip that included fail-* ure to reach an accord to end the civil war in the east African state Burundi. 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RICO allows plaintiffs to and receive extends the statute of limitations to 10 years after a crime is com­ mitted. triple dam ages This could become the first case in which a police depart­ ment has been held responsible said RICO, under Erwin Chemerinsky, a U niversity of Southern California law profes­ sor. "I think it's insanity," Police Commissioner Herbert Boeckman said of the ruling. With the lawsuit against the LAPD, "it's pushing the statute to its limits and it's ratcheting up the Loyola University law professor Laurie Levenson. stak es," said Officers assigned to the L.A. police departm ent's Ram part division have been accused of lying, planting evidence and cov­ ering up shootings. More than 100 convictions have been overturned since September, and five officers have been charged with crimes rang­ ing from planting w eapons to attem pted murder. The city expects up to 275 lawsuits as a result of the burgeoning scandal. The judge in the Guerrero case has yet to rule on whether it can proceed as a class-action on behalf of all those who were abused by the police. No trial date has been set. The case w as brought by lawyer Stephen Yagman, a long­ time critic of the LAPD who has filed som e 15 law suits against the department. "This will show what I was saying all along was correct: The LAPD is a criminal enterprise," Yagman said. "When I said this in the past, it w as dism issed as the ravings of a lunatic." RICO was by designed C ongress to crack down on organized crime, drug dealers and sm ugglers. In subsequent decades it has been used against tobacco street gangs, HMOs, companies, law firms and med­ ical practices. In the 1990s, the National Organization of Women and two abortion clinics used RICO to win millions of dollars in dam ­ ages anti-abortion the group Operation Rescue. from Yagman said he and co-counsel invoked RICO Brian Lysaght when a one-year limit appeared to be running out on some of the law suits involving alleged victims of police miscon­ duct. A RICO lawsuit could also time lead to federal oversight of the department. from the LAPD, which Technically, the lawsuit is not is again st immune litigation, but against city officials and current and former police chiefs. The lead defendant is former Police Chief Daryl F. Gates, who was forced out in the aftermath of the riots over the Rodney King case. "I want to rebuild the LAPD so it serves the Los Angeles commu­ nity and stops being an occupy­ ing paramilitary force," Yagman said. Police Chief Bernard Parks, who is named as one of the defendants, su ggested Yagman and Lysaght are trying to line their own pockets. Parks noted that the judge did not declare the departm ent a crim inal enter­ prise, and suggested the ruling would be challenged. "We've had many times when a judge makes decisions that are inaccurate and th at's why we have appeal p rocesses," Parks said. Freed French hostage Sonia Wendling stands in front of an anti-American sculpture and a bombed-out building at the Bab Alaziziyah camp in the Libyan capital Tripoli Tuesday. Libya negotiated the release of six hostages, who were kidnapped by Abu Sayyaf, a Muslim rebel group, from a Malaysian diving resort on April 23. Eighteen hostages are still being held by the rebels. ASSOCIATED PRESS Praise for Gadhafi marks welcome to Libya for hostages By The Associated Press TRIPOLI, Libya — Six former lostages just released after months n captivity in the Philippines sat jatiently in Libya's capital on [uesday, listening to speech after ¡peech heaping praise on the man vho helped buy their freedom: Vloammar Gadhafi. the Libyan The exhausted French, German md South African ex-hostages, ¡orne wearing T-shirts emblazoned with face, arrived in Tripoli earlier Tuesday, rhey were greeted at the ruins of the house where Gadhafi's adopted daughter was killed in a 1986 U.S. bombing. leader's "Don't forget the name that deliv­ ered you from the humiliation of captivity. That name is Moammar Gadhafi," a Libyan official told the six in a speech he read on behalf of Seif el-Islam, Gadhafi's son and head of the Gadhafi International Association Charitable for Organizations. The site was decorated with anti- American and anti-British posters and a huge sculpture of a fist crush­ ing a U.S. jet. After the 75-minute "welcome ceremony" was over, the Libyan announcer invited the for­ mer hostages for a tour of the site destroyed "by the leader of interna­ tional terrorism: America." k The former hostages, some of whom had been held hostage since April by Muslim rebels in the south­ released ern Philippines, were Sunday and Monday. The Libyan ¡ovemment took the lead in negoti­ ations to win their freedom. Instead of heading home to rela­ tives and friends, or to medical examinations or psychological coun­ seling after they embarked on more than a 20-hour flight from the Philippines that included an overnight layover on mattresses at an airport in the United Arab Emirates. their ordeal, The Libyans appeared determined to squeeze the last drop of publicity out of their role in the hostage release as their North African nation tries to end years of isolation as a pariah state. They have oftéh been accused of sponsoring terrorism and meddling in the affairs of other countries. The freed hostages' trip to Libya is officially voluntary. But it is widely believed that their governments agreed to the visit in exchange for Libya's help in negotiations. Dirk Wallert, the son of released German hostage Werner Wallert, said he didn't mind the visit to Libya since Libya helped spring his father from captivity. "Because the hostages were freed, the stopover in Tripoli is for me totally all right," he said in an inter- . view with SAT1 television. Two former hostages — Werner Wallert and South African -Gallie Strydom — attended the ceremony wearing white T-shirts with a pic­ ture of the Libyan leader on the back. "On the one hand, we are released and happy to be released. ... On the other hand, we are still concerned about those who are still in captivi­ ty," Wallert, the German, said in a short address. ' "I feel amazing. Very happy, very * happy," Strydom told reporters afterward. "We went through unbe­ lievable things, from military attacks to running around in the jungle." Gadhafi, who came to power in a 1969 coup, often receives foreign vis­ itors at the ruined house in Tripoli, taking the opportunity to criticize the United States for its Middle East policies and for the 1986 bombing that killed at least three dozen peo­ ple. But he did not attend Tuesday's ceremony as had been widely expected. His whereabouts were not known. Gadhafi earned unprecedented international thanks for persuading the Abu Sayyaf rebels to release the six. He is working on winning the freedom of 18 others — six foreign­ ers and 12 Filipinos — still held by the separatist Muslim rebels. Negotiators in the Philippines say Gadhafi paid $1 million per captive, but Libya denies that, insisting it gained the releases by promising development the Philippines. projects in the release, Hours after the Philippine government announced that an American, Jeffrey Craig Edwards Schilling, was kidnapped by the rebels. There had been fears that paying ransoms would encour­ age guerrillas to take more hostages. Chief Libyan negotiator Rajab Azzarouq said Libya would work for Schilling's release. France accuses Libyan agents in the 1989 bombing of a French pas­ senger jet that killed 170 people. On Tuesday, though, the French minis­ ter for cooperation, Charles Josselin, was in Libya to receive the French citizens among the former hostages. "This positive action by Libya in the release of the hostages can clear­ ly only improve relations between our two countries," he told France Inter radio. But Libya's new image of a caring and humane nation appeared to cut no ice with some of the relatives of the 270 victims of the 1988 Pan Am bombing over Lockerbie, Scotland. Two Libyans suspected of master­ minding the attack are currently on trial in tíre Netherlands. "I don't believe Gadhafi has an iota of feeling for the six hostages — they're just a means to an end," said Bert Ammerman of River Vale, N.J., whose brother Thomas was killed in the Pan Am bombing. "It's typical Gadhafi, and I'm not surprised by it," Ammerman said by telephone from the high school where he teaches. Libya has long-standing ties with Muslim rebels in the mostly Catholic Philippines and has helped negoti­ ate in previous kidnappings. It has helped build schools and mosques in the impoverished south but has also been accused of training rebels from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, larger Muslim rebel group. the In addition to Strydom and Wallert, the freed hostages included Frenchwomen Marie Moarbes, Sonia Wendling and Maryse Burgot and South African Monique Strydom, Callie's wife. Burgot was among three Freni h journalists who came to the rebel camp to interview the hostages last month. 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(T(Cu/ci/'-ec/ ¿hi fti&l&U'far ¿f f a / W < ? w bfw'h v /S*0 /« of Cfi£fe*, S o arcc: C p f r S f ctr ^ Coinstar machines easily turn accumulated coins into cash and can be found at local supermarkets. -As reported by Al vin R u m b e r b e r g , Coinstar Institute, Utica, New York N . / % EüZDí'-— c e ll co^l I c$) „ A)i n C\- 2 x3 ¿ H o z +3 - ~ w U O ^>dttA.ioC*»*p A r * ^ m * " ' /*-+ 3 w r A P Ü . M G o Y\% O T * <-o V*A o rC t ' :ol',sMc Jnihb>t&j yt-c*, <*•* Using the active molecule Nitrochrolicsodiumphosphate yellow dye No.5, coins such as nickels and dimes are iound to have value in tnansierring ranch—flavored potato chips into calorie-deprived stomach cavities. As shown in chart 6A., a correlation between people who use Coinstar and increased levels of lemon-lime carbonated soft drinks can be established. With the assistance oí NUMBR0D (Nuclear Uranium Molecule Biochemical Radon Organic Division), the use of high-grade radon is no longer needed in order to exchange dimes into cash. Recently, a double—blind test was used on twenty undergraduate students. Ten of the students were given access to a Coinstar machine while the other ten students were repeatedly jabbed with No. 2 lead pencils. After four weeks of research, it can be concluded that the students who used the Coinstar machine expressed a higher level of satisfaction with their daily lives. H * V ¿*01 > 2C-t vf'2 ©2000 Coi rutar, lr>c. All Right* Rwwved