In sympathy... 3 S S 3f» v/ UT cor condolí «?3¿ £ -i0&6¿ T i osbd dÜ TOaiWAiStfB ¿332 a iiH B iiB w o a a w ís a w in o s The game goes on UT, A&M teams begin to focus on football \v _• • L ; S p ort Shaky, not stirring New Bond movie not really a killer EntertainmentJ Page 16 S3u mxlu $exau C eleb rating 100 years of publication at Th e U niversity of Texas Volum e 100, No. 59 TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23,1999 25 cents iiitecture dean resigns C 1 1 mm XC I ■ bpeck steps down m response to Blanton architects’ resignation U I personally do not think the University is capable m ined the in teg rity of the a r c h i­ tectural profession. Summer Gillette Daily Texan Staff I I H AA mm. ° of building a great museum right now.” Law rence Speck, dean of the UT School of A rchitecture, said M on­ day he would leave his position in p ro te st o f the re sig n a tio n o f the S w is s firm h ire d to d e s ig n th e Jack S. Blanton M useum of Art. Th e a rc h ite c tu ra l firm H erzog and de M euron resigned Nov. 16 a fte r th re e m o n th s o f d is a g r e e ­ m ents w ith the UT System Board o f R e g e n ts a b o u t the p ro p o se d — Lawrence Speck, dean of the UT School of Architecture d e s ig n . T h e firm p r o p o s e d a d esig n s im ila r to c o n te m p o ra ry m useum s, but the regents wanted the s tr u c tu r e to re s e m b le o ld e r b u ild in g s on cam p u s in co m p li­ a n c e w ith th e U T M a s te r P la n , w h ich p ro v id e s sty le g u id e lin e s for new cam pus buildings. S p e c k sa id th e U n i v e r s i t y 's treatm ent of the architects u nd er­ Speck first said he would resign at a m eeting w ith School of A rch i­ tecture facu lty M onday m orning. That evening he announced his r e s ig n a tio n b e fo re 150 stu d e n ts a t t e n d in g th e f ir s t m e e tin g o f A dvocates for Innovative Cam pus A rch itectu re, a student o rg an iza­ tion form ed in N ovem ber to pro­ vide the Faculty Building A dviso- SPECK/Page 2 Cedric Mingat/DAILY TEXA N STAFF Lawrence Speck, dean of the UT School of Architecture, explained his resigna­ tion at a meeting of Advocates for Innovative Campus Architecture Monday. Rivalry Becomes Unity Center pole examined “Ihonestly can’t tell you what the score of the game on Friday will be, but what I can tell you is all of us, maroon and orange, can walk off that field as one team, one com­ munity. ” -Rick Perty, Texas It. governor Mistie Householter Daily Texan Staff About 5,000 A&M and UT students joined together on the South Mall Monday to pay tribute to the 12 students who were killed in last Thursday's Bonfire accident. White candles of solidarity replaced traditional red can­ dles, as the Texas Exes Student Chapter decided to replace the annual Hex Rally with the Unity Gathering as a sign of solidarity with the rival school. A fter o ffic ia ls from both u n iv e rsitie s a d d ressed the crowd, the Tow er bells chimed the alma maters of A&M and UT, and then rung 12 times in memory of the victims. UT P resident Larry Faulkner said the Longhorns and Aggies have united together since the Bonfire tragedy. "In the past five days, we have learned that we are both for the people and of the people of Texas," Faulkner said. Lt. Gov. Rick Perry said the two rivals can be proud of how they have united during the past week. “I honestly can't tell you what the score of the game on Friday will be, but what I can tell you is all of us, maroon and orange, can walk off that field as one team, one commu­ nity," he said. W illiam Hurd, A&M student body president, told the audience that he is thankful for UT's support. “It is one of the darkest times in A&M history, but it is a proud time to be a Texan," Hurd said. “We have seen the most fearless rivals become the best of friends." Sean Dunham, a 1992 Texas A&M graduate, said the rally showed the common bonds the two schools share. “People talk about Aggie spirit, but this is the hum an spirit coming out," Dunham said. “We can be Aggies and U T , but we are all really Texans." C arisa M agee, an A&M environm ental design sopho­ more, said she is surprised the University gave up their Hex Rally for a vigil service. “It's aw esom e, I never w ould have expected it," said Magee. “It shows y'all really do care." Last week, UT head football coach M ack Brown orga­ nized a blood drive, and the Texas Exes Student Chapter planned the Unity Gathering and donated $4,000 from Hex Rally T-shirt sales to the memorial fund. The UT SG also arranged discounted hotel accommoda­ tions for traveling Texas A&M students. "After a week of tragedy the last thing we need is a stu­ dent falling asleep at the w heel," said Randy Thompson, UT Stud ent G overnm ent execu tive d irector, and a business junior. "W e are trying to make A&M students feel as com- UNITY/Page 2 Editor's note: This is the fifth story in a five-part series exploring the relationship betumeen commercial business and higher education. K im b e rly G e n tile Daily Texan Staff Wfoile presidential candidates raise money to cover campaign costs and pay for advertisements leading up to next year's election, universities are following the same trend to attract a different audience. Private and public universities across the country have paved the way for campaigns to raise billions.of dollars for student scholarships, facul­ ty recruitment and school operations. D0NAT10NS/Page8 Above: Texas A&M Corps cadets join with both UT and A&M students Monday to mourn the loss of the 12 Aggies who died in the A&M Bonfire accident Thursday. Students from both schools united to express their sorrow over the loss. Alan Poizner/DAILY TEX A N STAFF Right: A member of the UT cheerleading squad hugs an A&M student during Tuesday night's Unity Gath­ ering. Cedric Mingat/DAILY TEXA N STAFF UT fund campaign aims for $ 1 billion A&M students comfort one of their own at the site of the Bonfire that collapsed Thursday, killing 12. School officials met Monday to discuss the course of the investigation that w ill explore the cause of the collapse. Adriane Jaeckle/DAILY TEXAN S TA FC A & M Bonfire investigation continues Jason Hunter students are taking precedence over Daily Texan Staff naming the investigators, said Lane Stephenson, an A&M spokesman. Texas A&M officials are eving the center pole as thev continue to search for answers four days after the Texas A&M Bonfire collapse that killed 12 people and injured 27 Thursday. The examination of the center pole, which was broken into four pieces, is the latest stage in the inquiry into the cause of the accident. Three of the pieces were lying on the ground, and the fourth was still embedded in the ground Monday. The center pole, which consists of two large telephone poles spliced and bolted together, and secured with a gallon of wood glue, is the main sup­ port of the 55-foot tall structure. In light of suspicions that the pole cou ld have cau sed the accid en t, A&M President Ray Bowen said the Bonfire structure will be a focus of the committee investigating of the collapse. Private sources will pay for the investigation, said C indy Lawson, executive director of A&M public relatio n s, ad d ing that state law restricts how much mone\ of its own A&M can spend on such matters. Bowen is expected to announce the m em bers on the com m ission later this week. However, funerals for the Investigators from the O ffice of Safety and Health Administration, a federal agency that governs w ork­ place safety, covered cranes being used to place logs on the Bonfire stack in large plastic bags to preserve markings found on them. The m arkings probably will not offer insight into the investigation but are being covered as a precaution, Lawson said. OSHA officials will onlv be investi­ gating the cranes themselves, and not the site, said Paul Brantley, Austin- area director for OSH A “We were there because the cranes w ere from a private co n tracto r, where we have jurisdiction. Brantlev said. The future of Bonfire could hinge on the outcome of the inquiry. “If re sp o n sib ility needs to be placed on some thing, some place, we are willing to accept that," Lawson said. Ashley Paclik, an A&M freshman, said the students who died would want the tradition to continue. " If they w ere here today, thev would want us to keep the tradition alive,” Paclik said. “It's been success­ ful for 90 \ ears." ,— i "W ere Texas" is the adver­ tising slo­ gan for the University s Capital Campaign that began tn 1997 and aims to raise $1 bil­ lion by 2003. Roberto Rivera DAILY TEXA N STAFF Microsoft lawsuits filed across U.S. Associated Press NEW' YORK — A grow ing wave of private lawsuits against Microsoft Corp. suddenly has the company fighting on several legal fronts at once, raising foe stakes in its antitrust battle in Washington and in tensifyin g pressure on Microsoft to settle foe case. At least seven lawsuits, includ­ ing one filed Monday in San Fran­ cisco, have been filed on behalf of computer users in response to a ju d g e's Nov 5 finding that Microsoft is a software monopolist that routinely bullies high-tech nvals. The finding provided gnst for allegations by computer users that Microsoft's monopoly gave it L L ~ w w We believe our actions have been pro- competitive and fully legal. — Jim Custom, Microsoft spokesman substantial leeway to overcharge for its W indow s softw are pro­ gram. Microsoft is viewed bv main as rich enough and legally savvy enough to weather a continued onslaught of private law suits, which mav be consolidated into a federal case. Among foe world's m ost p rofitable com panies, Microsoft has about $19 billion in cash and no debt. But legal experts sav the state and federal law suits, filed in Alabama, California, Louisiana and New York, could create a short-term challenge at Microsoft as it tries to ensure that its legal arguments and trial maneuvers are consistent across d ifferent jurisdictions. Moreover, the lawsuits are like­ ly to reinforce pressure on the soft- MICR0S0FT Page 2 Page 2 Tuesday, November 23, 1999 T h e D a ily T ex a n Health facilities urged to use safer needles Associated Press the case WASHINGTON — Hoping to pro­ tect health care workers from deadly infections, the government urged hos­ pitals and other health facilities Mon­ day to use needles with sheaths, blunt tips or other safety features. Hospitals have been slow to adopt safer n eed les even though at least 600,000 health w orkers accidentally stick them selves each year, putting themselves at risk for the AIDS virus and liver-destroying hepatitis, as well as other diseases. "The public attention and aw are­ n ess o f th is p ro b lem has lagged behind the scope of it," said Dr. Linda Rosenstock of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "F or every 100 beds a hospital has, on average it has 30 needle-stick injuries per year." "Too many people see needle-stick in ju ries as a ro u tin e part o f doing business," added Rosenstock, director of CDC's National Institute for Occu­ pational Safety and Health. "W e want to change that view — it shouldn't be The Food and Drug Administration has approved the sale of 50 types of sp e cia lly p ro tected n ee d le s and syringes, along with numerous other protective devices. Som e w ork like b all-p o in t pens: Push the syring e plu nger an extra time and it makes the needle retract inside its plastic coating before it's removed from the patient. There are hypodermic needles with a blunt tip or protective sheath that pops out to cover the sharp point as it's removed. There's even a vaccine injector that has no needle at all — it uses pressure to force certain vaccines through the skin. Yet the American Nurses Associa­ tion says just 15 percent of hospitals use safer needles. One reason: They cost more. A stan­ dard b lo o d -c o lle c tio n n eed le, for example, costs about 6 cents, while a safer version costs about 25 cents. That adds up, considering the nation uses about half a billion of those nee­ dles each year. But m anufacturers predict use of safer needles is about to rise dramati­ cally. California last summer mandat­ ed use of the protective devices, two other states have passed similar laws, sortie 20 other states are considering the issue — and now the federal gov­ ernment is involved. O n M o n d ay , the C D C issu e d a strongly worded safety alert urging all health facilities to use safer nee­ dles, saying the change could reduce in ju ries by as m uch as 80 percent. A lso, the O ccu p atio n al Safety and H ealth A d m in istration this m onth strengthened its own rules in a way that may let OSH A in sp ecto rs cite health facilities for failing to use safer needles. Now, "the game isn't just, 'Let's get a need le/ the game is, 'L et's get the m ost effectiv e d e v ice ,"' said Carol C o b u rn , a sp o k esw o m a n for B io- P le x u s In c., w hich se lls P u n ctu r- Guard "self-blunting" needles. The C D C 's sa fe ty a le rt w ill be issued to hospitals, nurse and physi­ cian groups and other health facilities this w eek. It w arns that 600,000 to 800,000 health workers a year suffer needle sticks, mostly nurses but also doctors, lab oratory staff and other workers. At least 1,000 of them are estimated to b eco m e in fe c te d w ith H IV or hepatitis as a result. Rosenstock said worrying that safer needles cost more is "a shortsighted approach." It can cost several thousand dollars to test in ju red h ealth w o rkers for infection, and m any tim es m ore to treat those infected by a needle stick, she said. That does not include the emotional toll on health workers who must endure several months of tests before knowing whether they escaped infection, she said. The American Hospital Association, w hich is w o rk in g on its ow n p ro ­ grams to help hospitals avoid needle accidents, declined comment on the safety alert. M icrosoft Continued from page 1 ware giant to reach an out-of-court set­ tlement with the Justice Department, particularly after the judge appointed a mediator Friday to oversee volun­ tar}' negotiations. A settlem ent would make it far more difficult for private plaintiffs to use the judge's findings to bolster their cases. "As more of these lawsuits are hied, you have to assume that Microsoft will look for some way to try to prevent the trial from going to conclusion," said Richard Thomas Delamarter, an expert on corporate monopolies who teaches antitrust history and technology at Yale University. "These private cases only add to the pressure." Indeed, the appointment of a medi­ ator and the prospect of a settlement offset any concern by investors that Microsoft may get swamped by law­ suits. The com p any's stock was sharply higher Monday, rising more than 4 percent as of the 3 p.m. CST close of trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market. So far, consumers have filed three cases in San Francisco; one in Orange County, Calif.; and one each in New York, New Orleans and Birmingham, Ala. They all seek class-action status, potentially on behalf of millions of consumers. The law suits in Alabam a and Louisiana are federal cases, while the ones in New York and California are in state courts. New York and Califor­ nia are among more than a dozen states that make it easier for con­ sumers to sue for allegedly overcharg­ ing for products. Microsoft said it has plenty of legal resources to fight the suits. "It's unfor­ tunate that plaintiffs' attorneys have decided to file baseless lawsuits," said company spokesman Jim Cullinan. "W e believe our actions have been pro-competitive and fully legal." Regardless of the eventual outcome of the antitrust case in Washington, the broadened legal assault could compel Microsoft to tone down its aggressive behavior in the computer industry. WEATHER T riu m virate s weather: A lth ou gh it did n't w ork out for Caesar, I think tri­ um virates are the next big thing in gov­ ernance. Think of it: with three benevo­ le n t r u le r s , tim e s wi l l c e r t a in ly b e th rice as p rosp erou s. They can w ith ­ stand 60 revolutions and bestow peace and good will on their 75 faithful sub­ jects. W e've needed this for 15-20 years, and now there's only a small chance the autocracy will return. S p eck Continued from page 1 ry C om m ittee w ith student input. " I d id th is v e r y s a d ly an d re lu c ta n tly ," S p e ck sa id . "B u t I d o n 't t h e r e 's a n o th e r choice." th in k H e sa id th e m u s e u m 's p r o ­ posed design, w hich stru ctu rally re se m b le d th e T e x a s M e m o ria l M useum , was dism issed because r e g e n ts d id n 't lik e th e w ay it looked, not because it d id n 't con­ form to the M aster Plan. "Y o u n eed to h a v e th a t tru st th ere," he said. "I d on 't think we would hire M ack Brow n as coach and then tell him how to run his plays." R ita C le m e n ts , c h a ir o f th e Board of R egents' F acu lties P lan­ ning and C o n stru ctio n C o m m it­ tee, said she would not com m ent on the resignation until a formal release was issued to the regents. th e s a id S p e c k c o n f li c t s b etw ee n re g e n ts and a rc h ite c ts w ill continu e to com p rom ise the design of the new m useum . "I p erso n ally do not th ink the U niversity is capable of building a g reat m u seu m n o w ," he said. f u n d a m e n t a l c h a n g e s " S o m e w ould have to o ccu r befo re that could happen ." Speck also said he w as w orried the U niversity w ould have a d if­ f ic u l t tim e h ir in g p r e s t ig io u s architectural firm s in the future. "I th in k the really good firm s are g oin g to be g u n -sh y on this on e," he said. S p e c k sa id he w o u ld re m a in dean until as late as A ugust 2001. He said he w ould return to teach ­ ing in the UT School of A rchitec­ tu re after the U n iv ersity fin d s a new dean. He a d d e d th a t UT P r e s id e n t Larry F aulkner tried to convince him not to resign. "H e has been very, very g en er­ ous and very vigo ro u s in tryin g to encourage me to stay," he said, "B u t he has also been very u nd er­ stand in g." Faulkner said he was saddened that his efforts to convince Speck to rem ain dean failed. "I'm d isap p o in ted that he has m ad e th is d e c is io n ," F a u lk n e r said . "W e w ill m iss h is su p e rb leadership in the School of A rch i­ tecture." F a u lk n e r sa id the U n iv e rs ity w ould form a search co m m ittee to find a new dean, adding that no can d id ates have been id e n ti­ fied yet. Sonia Solte, an architecture and arch itectu ral eng in eerin g so p h o ­ m ore, said she ad m ired S p e ck 's integ rity but w asn 't sure resig n ­ ing was an effectiv e response. "I'm glad h e's standing up for w h at he b e lie v e s in ," sh e sa id . "But I d o n 't think it will acco m ­ plish anythin g ." C lay C allah an , an arch itectu re junior, said Sp eck 's actions w ere warranted. "I think it's approp riate under these circu m stan ces," he said. 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Keely Hennig, a Texas A&M soci­ ology junior, said she doesn't think the riv a lry e x te n d s b ey o n d the once-a-year football game. "I'm not really surprised, and I wouldn't have expected less," Hen­ nig said. "W e're all Texans." M e la n ie S h o d ro k , an A&M w ild life sen io r, said som e A&M students with tickets have opted to miss Friday's game to be with their families during the holiday. 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A&M will hold a candlelight vigil on T h u rsd a y n ig h t, "A n A ggie Family Gathering at Sunset," on the Polo Fields, which is the site of Bon­ fire. S tu d en ts w ill then m ove to Kyle Field to hold a modified Yell Practice, a mom ent of silence and speeches from students and faculty. K risti K aiser, a m em ber of the A&M traditions council, said A&M will not practice the "Beat the hell outta UT," chant at the Yell Practice because they w on't be using it at the game. Quentin Jam m er, a UT football player, said Friday's game will be very different for the two teams as they try to cope with the loss and play a football game. "There will be a lot of em otion involved in the game because of the tragedy," said Jammer, a psycholo­ gy so p h o m o re. "W e o n ly h ate Texas A&M one day a year and at a time like this you can't hate them, you have to grieve with them." 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Over 100 UT courses are avotldsfe by e-mail or U S Mail Register online (whenever you want, of course) or by phone. THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN Continuing & Extended Education D IS T A N C E E D U C A T IO N C E N T E R WORLD & NATION U.N. slow in giving aid to Kosovo T h e D a ily T e x a n 1 # TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23,1999 A c c n t ' l ' l f n i l D r n r > *■» Associated Press ..... .. . O B IL IC , Y ugoslavia — D ust fogs the air o f O b ilic's cavernous pow er plant, w h ere tw o m assiv e tu rb in es turn on the lights in Kosovo — every now and then. W ork ers hov er over the sky blue control panel, waiting for the com mu- nist-era monoliths to clatter to a halt. The infrastructure collapse is not sur­ p ris in g h e re . V ery little w o rk s in K osovo, the land betw 'een g o v e rn ­ m ents that P resid en t C linton visits Tuesday. G o n e th e g o v e r n m e n t o f Yugoslav President Slobodan Milose­ vic, excised by war and the arrival of N ATO troops in June. In its place is a U.N. adm inistration so beleaguered that five m onths after its arrival, its p rim ary acco m p lish m e n t h as been getting itself organized. is So far, it has failed to contain crime, halt ethnic violence, establish a judi­ ciary or just about any other structure of governm ent. Pristina, the provin­ cial capital, is a city w here the streets hav e no nam es, m o st cars hav e no plates and people can't produce doc­ u m e n ts to p ro v e th e y are a liv e or their relatives are dead. The troubles attracted the notice of the chairm an of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Henry H. Shelton, when he visited Kosovo earlier this month. "There is a void between what the military can accom plish and w hat is needl'd for a sustainable peace," Shel­ ton said. W elcom e to life in the void, where e v e n U .N . o f fic ia ls a c k n o w le d g e they've been slow in getting started, primarily because the mission lacked quick money to jump-start it. Efforts to get police officers on the s tr e e ts , fo r e x a m p le , h a v e b ee n delayed by their failure to show up: O f the 3,000-police pledged in June, only 1,700 had arrived by November. i 1 Serbs and other ethnic m in o r it ie s con tinue to flee attacks leveled in revenge for the estimated 10,000 people killed during the 18-m onth crackd ow n by forces loyal to Milosevic. " W e 'r e n o t w h e re w e w ish w e w ere," said N adia Younes, the U.N. operation's spokeswoman. But U.S. officials said today's situa­ tion is a big improvement over a year ago. "This will be a difficult winter, but it will be a hell of a lot better than last winter when the Kosovars were being killed," said National Security Advis­ er Sandy Berger. T h e U .S. and E u ro p e a n n a tio n s p le d g e d $1 b illio n la s t w e e k to re b u ild K o s o v o , an d th a t sh o u ld accelerate the pace of progress, said C h ris H ill, th e N a tio n a l S e c u r ity C o u n cil's sen ior d irector for Sou th ­ eastern Europe. "F u n d in g has been a problem in the intervening months, but we think we're there now ," Hill said. The United Nations m oved into a region suffering catastrophic collapse, and not just from the war that severe­ ly dam aged at least 100,000 hom es. Roads, bridges, hospitals, water lines and other infrastructure elements are cru m b lin g fro m a lack o f m a in te ­ nance, a legacy of a 10-year w ar of econom ic attrition waged by M ilose­ vic. N ev erth eless, the U .N . failu re to accom plish its goals quickly is shat­ tering the Kosovars' confidence in the mission, said Fron Nazi, a senior edi­ tor for the Institute of W ar and Peace Reporting. Nazi faulted the U.N. top adm inis­ tra to r, B ern ard K o u ch n e r, fo r the U.N.'s wimpy reputation, saying the form er French health m inister w ho helped found D octors W ithout B or­ ders directed his early efforts toward political consensus. • a i l c * l ■ h th m c A lb a n ia n w o rk e rs w a lk past part of a b ro k en g e n e ra to r at the p o w e r p lant in O b ilic , K o s o v o Yugoslav a on S u n d a y . The p la n t is run d ow n and lik e m any other fa c e ts of K o s o v o 's in fra s tru ctu re , is in d e s p e ra te n ee d of re p a ir after a d e c a d e of n e g le c t. A P photo T h a t ig n o re d th e fa c ts on th e ground, w here the overw helm ingly ethnic Albanian population was anx­ ious at first to embrace the W est and its dictates "Unfortunately, they didn't under­ stand how powerful they w ere," Nazi said , referrin g to the in te rn a tio n a l community. "M ost people wanted the [United Nations] to step in and imple­ ment the governing structures. If they did that, they would have been well received." Now , Kosovars have reason to be cynical. Hundreds of public em ploy­ ees show up for work, but don't get paid. Doctors, teachers and other pro­ fessionals complain that thev are sur­ viving on a one-time stipend of about $55 while hundreds of people whose only skill is conversational English can make that in a single day working for international organizations. Then there are the w ater system 's constant shutdowns, the rarely work­ in g m o b ile p h o n e sy stem and the long pow er blackouts. At the Obilic plant, which escaped the n o tice o f N A T O 's p ilo ts, plant director Istref Klinaku said blackouts are inevitable until newer units else­ where in the plant are repaired. The outages are scheduled to end this week, but Klinaku offered little hope the work will finish on time and even less h o p e th a t K o so v a rs w ill have heat this w inter. Firew ood, he suggests, might be a good alternative. P la n t re p a ir s b e g a n o n ly la s t month, but even Klinaku scratches his head when asked w ho is in running the op eration .. "I'm confused," Klinaku said. "It's rather un clear w h eth er [the U nited Nations] is in charge." Religious tension in Israel closes churches Associated Press NAZA RETH , Israel — The gates of c h u r c h e s a c ro s s th e H o ly Land sw u n g sh u t in p ro te st M o n d ay as church leaders m ade a final attem pt to block the building of a m osque in the h e art o f N azareth , the to w n of Jesus' boyhood. The tw o-day, V atican-backed clo­ su re h ig h lig h ts th e in c r e a s in g ly volatile relations betw een C hristians an d M u s lim s , as w e ll as I s r a e l's am biguous — som e claim politically tainted — role as mediator. T he d isp u te has also spilled over into M ideast peace talks, with Pales­ tinian lead er Y asser A rafat backing the C h ristians in N azareth in hopes they will support him when he nego­ tiates the future of Jerusalem with the Israelis. S a u d i A r a b ia , th e g u a r d ia n of Is la m 's h o lie s t sh rin es, su p p o rte d A rafat's efforts, offering to pav for a new m osque at an alternate sp ot in N azareth, aw ay from the Basilica of the Annunciation, to avoid friction. T he ch u rch clo su re s, ju st w eek s before the last Christm as of the m il­ lenniu m , left m any p ilgrim s d isa p ­ pointed. Som e endorsed the protest, w hile others said C h ristians should set e x a m p le s o f to le ra n ce and not block construction of the mosque. " N a z a r e th s h o u ld b e a c ity fo r everyone," said Jozeph W ietsiers, 54, a R om an C atholic w ho had w alked m ore than 2,4(X) miles since M ay on a p ilg rim a g e from h is h o m e to w n in Oss, Holland, only to find the Basilica An unidentified priest, left, turns a w a y a w orshipp er from the locked- up Church of the Holy S e p u lch e r in Jeru sa lem M onday. Churches c lo s e d throughout the Holy Land M onday to protest a contro versial d e c isio n to a build a M uslim M osq ue next to the B a s ilic a of the A nnu nciation in Nazareth. AP photo closed. But the h ig h est R om an C a th o lic a u th o rity in the H oly L an d , L atin P a tria rch M ich el S a b b a h , said the Christians, a tiny m inority of about 100,OCX), had to take a stand. "W e clo sed th e c h u rch e s so the world can hear, and the world d id ," S ab b ah told a n ew s co n fe re n c e in Jerusalem. The dispute is uncharacteristic of Israel s Christians, who usually keep a low p rofile to avoid friction with Muslims. Sabbah hinted that Pope John Paul II's visit to Israel and the Palestinian areas set fo r M arch, cou ld still be called off if the Nazareth dispute w as not resolved. Th e a rg u m e n t b eg a n tw o v e a rs Fledgling democracy draws masses of Nigerian spectators A s s o c ia te d P re ss A B U JA , N ig eria — In the s p e cta ­ to rs' g alle ry , th e y 're fig h tin g ov er th e re d , p lu sh s e a ts . T h e y 'r e s it­ tin g on the stairs. T h e y 're stan d in g on tip to e to g e t a g lim p se o f the S e n a te ch am b er. Su d d en ly , it's the b est sh ow in tow n. It's d em o cracy . In a co u n try so overw helm ed by t r o u b le s t h a t it o f t e n a p p e a r e d d e s tin e d fo r c o lla p s e , th e e n d o f m ilita r y ru le h a s o p e n e d a d e e p vein o f o p tim ism in this n atio n of cy n ics, and fu eled a fierce lo y a lty to N ig e ria 's new' p resid en t, O lu se- gu n O b asan jo . It h a s a lso tu rn e d th e n a tio n a l leg islatu re , long a toy for a s u cce s ­ sio n o f m ilita r y p u p p e t m a s te rs , into a sp e cta to r sport. O n b u sy d ay s, th e g a lle rie s are c ro w d e d w ith s tu d e n ts , b u r e a u ­ crats and aid es. Ja n ito rs stop by on b r e a k s . A v e r a g e c i t i z e n s , w h o n e e d a p p o in t m e n ts , a r g u e w ith g u ard s to get in. They all co m e to w atch the a rm y o f w e ll-fe d , c e ll­ p h o n e-to tin g leg islato rs in flow in g robes b attle it out. " W e 'r e m a k in g p ro g r e s s ," said F e m i O l d o b a ju , a la w s t u d e n t w atch in g S en ate p ro ceed in g s on a recen t aftern o o n . H is w o r d s e c h o a c r o s s t h i s n atio n o f 110 m illio n . Sm all b u s i­ n e s s m e n in th e d u s ty n o r th e r n tow n o f G u sau gush ab ou t the end o f m i li t a r y r u le . T a x i d r i v e r s c r e e p in g th r o u g h L a g o s ' filt h y , c h a o tic s tre e ts p ro cla im d ev o tio n to O b a sa n io . In the p a ste l c o n d o ­ m in iu m s o f A b u ja , a c it y t h a t seem s m ore C a lifo rn ia o ffice park th an A frica n c a p ita l, b u re a u c r a ts c r itic iz e the g o v e r n m e n t w ith o u t fear o f arrest. A fter 15 y e ars of b ru tal m ilitary r u le t h a t l e f t t h e i r c o u n t r y a n in tern ation al pariah, N igerian s are learn in g to be d em o crats A m ile o r s o fro m th e g r e e n - d o m e d le g is la tu r e , in a fo r tifie d c o m p o u n d b u ilt by h is m ilita r y p re d e c e s s o rs , liv e s th e m an w’h o e m b o d ies this era. O b a s a n jo , a f o r m e r m i li t a r y r u le r h im s e lf w h o 2 0 y e a r s a g o g a v e u p p o w e r to N ig e r ia 's la s t e le c te d g o v e r n m e n t, h a s m o v e d sw iftly since takin g o ffice in M ay H e has b acked tough an ti-co rru p - tion leg islatio n , tried to b lu r e th n ic and re lig io u s lin e s a n d , p e r h a ps m ost im p ortan tly, con v in ced o rd i­ nary N ig erian s they have a role in th eir g ov ern m en t. And w h ile m o st N ig e ria n s say it's too early to tell i t the cam p aig n w’lll be su cc e ssfu l, tht v are gidd\ w'ith the p o ssib ilities. " T h e n e w g o v e r n m e n t h a s b r o u g h t h o p e to m y l i t e , " s a id M ich a el O k u n san m i, a stru g g lin g r e a l e s t a t e b r o k e r s it t in g in h is clo set-siz e d o ffice in L agos, N ig e ­ r i a 's c o m m e r c ia l c a p it a l. " I ca n asp ire to be w h a tev er I w an t. Mv c h i ld r e n c a n b e w h a t e v e r th e y w ant " The p roblem s O b asa n jo faces are im m ense. C o rru p tio n is p an d em ic, h o r rific e th n ic \ ío le n ce is p ra c ti­ ca lly ro u tin e and u n e m p lo y m e n t h o v ers n ear 50 percen t. N early one in fiv e c h ild re n d ie b e fo re ag e 5. I he c o u n t r y 's i n f r a s t r u c t u r e — p h o n e s , e l e c t r i c i t y , w a t e r — is beyon d <. ru m bling. O b a s a n jo 's b ig g e s t c h a l le n g e m ay lie in the N ig er D elta, hom e to th e c o u n t r y 's e n o r m o u s o il w e a l t h . T h e r e , in a m a z e o f sw am p s, m illio n s live in d esp erate p o v erty . G an gs attack oil in s ta lla ­ t i o n s , kid n ap oil w o rkers and feud ago, when the city's Christian mayor, R am ez Je ra isi, ann oun ced plan s to build a tou rist plaza on a half-acre plot outside the Basilica to make the co n g e ste d , n o isy d o w n to w n m ore appealing to millennium visitors. The city 's Islam ic m ovem ent said some of the land was Muslim-owned and set up a protest tent on the lot. In a com prom ise brokered bv the Israeli government, the mosque is to be built on one-third of the land, the plaza on the remainder. Je ra is i re lu c ta n tly a c ce p te d the deal, saying he wanted to avoid more strife, but was overruled by Roman Catholic, Armenian and Greek Ortho­ dox p atriarch s w ho said a m osque near the church was unacceptable. On Monday, a Vatican spokesman, the Rev. C iro B en ed ettin i, said the H o ly S e e " c le a r ly s u p p o r ts " the church closures, but stressed the deci­ sion was m ade by the various local authorities in charge of the churches. C h u rch es closed across the H oly Land, including in Jerusalem, Bethle­ hem and the Galilee. Some neighbor­ hood churches stayed open, including a Greek Orthodox church in Nazareth and the E th io p ia n O rth o d o x -c o n ­ trolled section of Jerusalem 's Church of the Holy Sepulcher. Israel h a s d en ied a lle g a tio n s bv ch u rch lea d e rs th at it fav o red the M u slim s b e ca u se thev hav e m ore political clout. The vast m ajority of Israel's 1 million Arabs are Muslim. O n M onday, M u slim s and C hris­ tian s in N a z a re th , w h o h av e long lived in harm onv, said the d ispute has left them suspicious of one anoth­ er. Chnstians m ake up onJv about 30 percent of the city's 60,000 residents, but until recently w ere dom inant in politics and business. C h ristian N assim M azzaw i, w ho owns a jewelrv store next to the Basil­ ica, said he felt the M u slim s w ere being rew'arded for using threats and force. A few' yard s dow n the road from his store, dozens of M uslims knelt in prayer on colorfu l carpets m arking the spot w h ere the m osque is tc be built. In the area surrounding them b u lld o z e rs le v e le d g ro u n d for the plaza, ta k in g a b re a k only tor the duration of the prayer. W orshipper Bilal Mitwali, 36, said he had expected his Christian triends to supp ort h is q u est tor a m osque. None did. "T h at proves that we are not really brothers," he said. T h e c o rn e rsto n e to r the m osque wras to be laid Tuesday, despite a last- m in u te a p p e a l bv the top M uslim cleric in Jeru salem Ikrema Sabri, to p o stp on e the cerem onv . Sabri w as ap p a ren tly a ctin g at th e b eh e st o f Arafat, w*ho is eager not to hurt his relationsh ip w ith C h ristian leaders w'hose s u p p o rt he n eed s w h en he n eg o tiates the fu tu re of Jeru sa lem with the Israelis. The Palestinians hope to establish their capital in east Jerusalem, home to ma)or Chnstian shrines. The Israeli governm ent, fearing a challenge to its sovereignty, has told Arafat to stav out of th- dispute. AP photo N igerian students listen as their teacher gives a lecture, sw itch in g betw een the national language English and the loca lly-sp oke n Hausa tribal language, at the Pu b lic Sch o o l for Boys in Gusau, northern N igeria Friday W ith over a dozen major tribal languages and cultures, m aintaining unity is one of N ig eria s greatest ongo­ ing ch a llen g es. w ith oth er e th n ic groups. dream . T h e p r o b le m h a s w o rs e n e d in recen t d ays: a d ozen p o lice o fficers w e r e k ille d in o n e s t a t e a lo n e , le a d in g s o l d i e r s to s e a l o f f th e region. R ig h ts gro u p s tear n u m er­ o u s c i v i l i a n c a s u a l t i e s an d sa v d e m o c ra cy th e re is )ust a d ista n t In th e o r y , N ig e r t hat • gional p o w e r W e s t A frican p o litics, sh o u ld liv e com - fo rtab ly o ff its oil pr ts. Instead, liv in g s ta n d a r d s ha d e c lin e d c o n s u m e d b y c o r r chaos. id NEWS BRIEFS Group seeks method to decrease road risk S A N F R A N C I S C O — A t th e A m e r ic a n G e r o n t o lo g ic a l S o c i ­ e ty 's a n n u a l m e e tin g th is w e e k ­ e n d , a n d a r o u n d th e c o u n t r y , e x p e r ts a re try in g to fig u r e o u t h o w to g e t u n s a fe o ld e r d riv e rs o f f th e r o a d w i t h o u t u n f a i r l y p e n a liz in g th o se w h o d riv e w ell. S t a t i s t i c s s h o w t h a t d r i v e r s o v e r 6 5 , a lo n g w ith te e n -a g e r s , h a v e th e h ig h e s t a c c id e n t ra te s p e r m ile s d riv e n . B u t p ro p o s a ls in s e v e r a l s t a t e s to t o u g h e n r e q u ir e m e n t s fo r o ld e r d r iv e r s h a v e b ee n th w a rte d r e c e n tly by s e n io r - c i t iz e n lo b b y in g g r o u p s w h o say a g e -b a s e d m e a su re s are d is c rim in a to ry . " T h e r e a re g o o d d r iv e r s and b a d d r i v e r s o f a ll a g e s , " s a id N in a G la sg o w , a C o rn e ll U n iv e r­ sity re s e a rc h e r w h o o p p o s e s age- based te s tin g and fa v o rs s c re e n ­ in g ta r g e t e d at a ll u n s a f e d r i ­ v ers. S e v e r a l s ta te s r e q u ir e e ld e r ly d r iv e r s to re n e w th e ir lic e n s e s m o re fr e q u e n tiv th a n o th e r d r i­ v e rs , b u t v e r ) fe w re q u ire ro ad te sts o r m ed ical exam s. 19.8 million people to travel over holiday W A S H I N G T O N Be to re an d a fte r th e tu rk e y , an e stim a te d 20 m illio n p a s s e n g e r s w ill ta k e to t h i s T h a n k s g i v i n g th e s k i e - w e e k . M illio n s m o re w ill tra v e l in c a r s a n d b u s e s . A m t r a k is sc h e d u lin g m o re tra in s and m a k ­ in g th e m lo n g e r fo r w h a t n o r ­ m a lly is the b u s ie s t tra v e l p erio d o f the year U .S . a i r l i n e s a r e e x p e c t i n g a ¡ re co rd 19.8 m illio n p a s s e n g e rs in I th e w eek and a h a lf s u rro u n d in g th e h o l i d a y . T h a t's 10 p e r c e n t m o r e th a n th e 18 m i ll i o n w h o fle w d u r i n g th e r h a n k s g iv in g h o l i d a y l a s t y e a r , s a id D a v id F u scu s, a sp o k e sm a n fo r th e A ir T r a n s p o r t A s s o c i a t i o n , w h ic h re p re s e n ts m a jo r air c a rrie rs. . " I t ' s ju s t g o in g to b e b u s y ," F u s c u s s a id . " T h e a ir lin e s g e a r u p f o r it. P e o p le n e e d to be p a tie n t." B o o k in g s are up 2 p e rce n t to 3 p e r c e n t a t T W A , s a id M a r k A b e ls , a s p o k e s m a n fo r th e S t. L o u is-b a se d a irlin e . O n W e d n e sd a y , 4 0 ,0 0 0 p a s s e n ­ g e rs — 1 0 ,0 0 0 m o re than n orm al — a re to b o a r d T W A p la n e s in S t. L o u is , th e a i r l i n e 's h u b , he said . " O n T h u r s d a y , t h o u g h , w e h av e lo ts o f s e a t s ," he said . ■ Absolution sought for EgyptAir workers CAIRO, E gypt — E gypt s trans­ p o rt m in is te r s o u g h t M o n d ay to a b s o lv e E g y p tA ir e m p lo y e e s o f b ja m e fo r th e crash ot F lig h t 990, telling Parliam ent that hum an m is­ takes did not cause the disaster. ) Ibrahim el-D um eiri also criticized sp e cu lativ e reports that a suicid al c o - p ilo t fo r c e d d o w n th e p la n e . H o w e v e r , h e d id n o t sa y w h a t E g y p tian a u th o ritie s th o u g h t sen t the B o ein g 7o7 p lu n g in g into the A tlan tic on Oct. 31, k illin g all 217 people aboard. E l-D um ein's report to Parliament, carrie d in p a rt by E g y p t's o fficial M iddle East News Agency, w as the governm ent's first assessm ent of the circum stances surrounding the crash and followed a storm of protests in Egypt over the suicide scenario that j em erged from sonic sources in the j Am erican-led investigation. The transport m inister said it may take a y ear or m ore to "g e t to the ’ co m p lete tru th " ab o u t w hy Flight 9 9 0 p lu m m eted in to the A tla n tic Ocean. W hile he said Egypt was not dis­ counting any theories, he sought to distance Egyptian crew and m ainte­ nance w orkers from blame. "T h e r e w e re a tte m p ts to im p ly th a t th e a c c id e n t h a p p e n e d as a resu lt o f h u m an e rro r or a lack of p rop er m ain ten an ce, but Egyptian docum ents prove the fallacy' of that direction," he said. He also criticized U.S. m edia for re p o rts th at co c k p it c o n v e rsa tio n pointed tow ard a suicide by one of the Egyptian co-p ilots, G am eel El- Batouty. El-Batoutv, he noted, did not say the words of the "shehad a," a prayer recited by M uslim s w hen it is clear that death is im m inent Not sa\ ing the prayer could indicate the pilots thought they could save the plane. Instead, el-D um eiri quoted the co­ In the name of God, pilot as saying: I put my tm st in tk x i " — Compiled from Associated Press reports 4 T h e D a i l y T e x a n TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23,1999 EDITORIALS Opinions expressed in The Daily Texan are those of the editor or wnter of the article. They are not necessarily those of the University administration, the Board of Regents or the Texas Student Publications Board of Operating Trustees. A n En d T o S t a n d a r d iz e d T e s t in g ? H i g h e r E d u c a t i o n I n s t i t u t i o n s S h o u l d E l i m i n a t e A d m i s s i o n C u t o f f s W hen tw o A m eric an id e alists n a m e d Jam es C o n a n t a n d H e n ry C h a u cy got to g e th e r in the 1940s to d e sig n th e n a tio n 's first "scien tifically - b a se d " in te llig en c e test, th e y b eliev e d th a t th e ir te st w o u ld fu lfill th e p ro m ise o f A m e ric a n d em o crac y — p ro v id in g eq u a l o p p o rtu n ity to all h ig h school s tu d e n ts, re g a rd le ss of race, class o r g en d e r. T hey b eliev ed th a t an objective a p ti­ tu d e test w o u ld e v e n tu a lly rep la ce the n a tio n 's go o d o l' w h ite b o y o lig a rc h y w ith a " m e rito c ra ­ c y "— a society b ased on m erit, n o t on p riv ileg e. The test they cam e u p w ith, th e S cholastic A p titu d e le st, a n d th e c o rp o ra tio n th a t a d m in ­ isters it, ETS, h a v e h id d e n b eh in d th e facad e of the "science o f in te llig en c e te stin g " e v e r since the d re a m of m erito cracy in to a an d m o n e y -m a k in g m o n o p o ly . T he E d u c a tio n a l T estin g S ervice is th e M icrosoft of s ta n d a rd iz e d tests — th ey m ak e the ru les an d the m o n ey ; th e y are th e re sp e c tiv e Pied P ip ers of "in tellig en c e" an d "te c h n o lo g y ." T he A m erican p e o p le are th e n forced to b u y in to the sham of an objective in te llig en c e test, th ro w in g h u n d re d s of d o lla rs in to test " p re p s " in an effo rt to get a h e a d in the rat race of u n d e r g r a d u a te ad m issio n s. tu rn e d T he SAT is a p ro fita b le a n d efficient w ay for u n iv e rsity a d m in is tra tio n s to d ea l w ith th o u ­ sa n d s of s tu d e n ts as n u m b e rs an d n o t as p eo p le — and is th e re fo re u se d for p u rp o s e s for w hich it w as n e v e r d e sig n e d . The tw o fo u n d in g id e a l­ ists of the SAT, o n e a p re s id e n t of H a rv a rd an d the o th e r th e p re s id e n t of ETS — n o t exactly th e b est re p re se n ta tiv e s of A m eric an c u ltu ra l d iv e r­ sity — co u ld n e v e r h a v e p re d ic te d to w h a t ex ten t th e ir o rig in a l p la n s w o u ld be d isto rte d . R uss C o b b T e x a n C o l u m n i s t Fifty y e a rs la te r th e ir te st h as b eco m e a m ajor in s tru m e n t for b o th th e ex c lu sio n of th e u n d e r ­ p riv ile g e d from h ig h e r e d u c a tio n an d for the "scientific" le g itim iz a tio n of th e sta tu s qu o . T hus, w h e n UT Law P ro fesso r L ino G ra g lia says th a t black s a n d C h íca n o s c a n 't c o m p ete w ith w h ite s a n d A sians, all he h a s to d o is cite sta tistics from a n o th e r ETS p ro d u c t, th e LSAT, to le g itim ize th e sy stem . T he p ro b lem is alw a y s th e m in o rities, n e v e r th e test. W hat no one se em s to p o in t out, u n f o rtu n a te ­ ly, is th a t th ese tests are all lefto v ers fro m an id e o lo g ically b y g o n e e ra in A m eric an e d u c a ­ tion. T heir d e s ig n e rs really b eliev e d th e test w o u ld d e m o n s tra te a s tu d e n t's in n a te ab ilities th e s e a b ilitie s w e re b io lo g ic a lly th a t a n d en d o w e d . Fifty y e a rs later, no o n e — n o t lib erals, no t c o n serv ativ es, n o t even L ino G ra g lia — believ es th a t c u ltu ra l facto rs do n o t h a v e a d ecisiv e effect on n e ith e r h o w w e conceive of in te llig en c e n o r h o w w e test for it. E v ery o n e in v o lv e d in the b u sin e ss of sta n d a rd iz e d te sts — h o p e fu l high school g ra d u a te s, th e ir p a re n ts a n d c o rp o ra tio n s su c h as P rin c eto n Review' an d K ap la n — u n d e r ­ s ta n d s this. E veryone k n o w s th a t h ig h e r scores can be b o u g h t by th o se ab le to foot th e bill for a $300-plus p re p session. M a sterin g the a rt of filling in th e b u b b le s of a sta n d a rd iz e d te st is no m o re a tru e reflectio n of a p e rs o n 's in te lle ctu al c a p a c ity th an w a s the rac ist 20th c e n tu ry science of p h re n o lo g y . L ike p h re n o lo g ists, th e a d m in is tra to rs of s ta n d a r d ­ ized te sts seek to p ro v e an in d iv id u a l's in te lli­ g ence w ith o u t ta k in g in to a c c o u n t th e "sc ie n ­ tis ts'" o w n v ested in te re sts in d e s ig n in g the test. N o w h e re is the issu e of th e v a lid ity of s ta n ­ d a rd iz e d te sts as p re ssin g as it is in th e a ffirm a ­ tive ac tio n d eb a te . M an y c o m m e n t th a t if th e in e q u a lity in te st sc o re s d id n o t exist, th e re w o u ld be no need for a ffirm a tiv e action. U n fo r­ tu n a te ly ,b o th sid e s h a v e th e re fo re d e c id e d th a t w h a t is rea lly a t issu e are th e te st scores an d n o t th e in te lle c tu a l d e v e lo p m e n t of the in d iv id u a l. O n e sid e (G raglia) b la m e s low te st scores on the m in o rity c u ltu r e a n d th e o th e r, c o n v e rse ly , b la m e s th e m a jo rity c u ltu re for n o t p ro v id in g e n o u g h eq u a l o p p o rtu n itie s to su cceed on the sa m e tests. The real p ro b lem , h o w e v e r, is o u r fetish -lik e o b se ssio n w ith th e te sts th e m se lv e s as real sci­ ence. W hile it m a y be tru e th a t th e tests a re goo d in d ic a to rs of la ter su ccess in h ig h e r e d u c a tio n , th ey lu m p an in c re d ib ly w id e ran g e of p e o p le w ith d iv e rse skills in to "o b jectiv e" categ o ries. If the in s titu tio n s of A m eric an h ig h e r e d u c a tio n tru ly b eliev e d in eq u a l o p p o r tu n ity an d d iv e rsi­ ty, th e y w o u ld p u t a s id e the a rb itra ry cutoffs a n d p e rc e n tile s of s ta n d a r d iz e d tests a n d sta rt co n s id e rin g in d iv id u a ls as such. Cobb is a Spanish lite ra tu re graduate stud ent Stic Saily ®exan R o b A d d y E ditor C e c il y S a il e r Associate Editor B r i a n W i n t e r Associate Editor B r i a n D u p r e Associate Editor K r i s s a h W i l l i a m s Associate Editor R e a l In e q u a l i t y • q ualit) of o p p o rtu n ity ? Please. A n y b o d y w h o 's ever seen the difference 'tw een high schools in W estlake an d East A ustin know s th a t kid s at the ter are at a h u g e d isa d v a n ta g e before the th o u g h t of college even crosses eir m inds. America's u n h e a lth y obsession w ith race keeps m ost of the country used o n o p p o rtu n ity in term s of skin color. In h ig h er ed u catio n , how ev- , ' itest g ap s in o p p o rtu n ity to d ay stem not from a stu d e n t's race, frorn the q uality of teaching an d techn olog y available in his or her pub- m veisities aro u n d the nation sh o u ld in stitu te an affirm ative action-like >gram that w o u ld g ra n t ad m issio n s p references to stu d e n ts from low - com e schools. he [ Diversity ot 1 exas h as ste p p e d u p efforts in recent y ears to rec ru it > :lt> trom geo g rap h ically neglected areas" such as the Rio G ra n d e Val- and the in n er cities. H ow ever, the u n d errep rese n tatio n (to use a n o th er vv r d ) of stu d e n ts from certain regions of Texas has n o th in g to d o w ith ■ ttion an d ev e ry th in g to d o w ith econom ics. t ur pu b lic schools are a tw isted b a s ta rd child o f socialism a n d capitalism : in k>ls d ep e n d largely on local tax dollars for th eir b u d g e ts — giving those rich areas a vastly su p e rio r edu cation — w hile the state ad m in isters the v u luí i an d th u s sets the sta n d a rd s for a cap tiv e au d ien c e w ith no viable e m a tiv e s . k he: school d istricts h av e m ore co m p u ters, w hich equals better Intern et s w hich then results in an ad v a n ta g e in technology education. Richer ru ts also pay their teachers h ig her salaries, w hich p resu m ab ly resu lts in e n t or teachers w ith hig h er rates of official certification, v you t n telling a high-school s tu d e n t from Laredo th at he gets to Me on an equal tootin g w ith a k id from Plano. 10 percen t law — w h ich g ra n ts autom atic u n iv e rsity ad m issio n s tu d e n t w h o g ra d u a te s in the to p 10 percent of his high-school class 1 eh>sest th in g w e h av e to an econom ically-based affirm ativ e action i m . W hile t h i s legislation has m ad e som e scant progress, the U n iv er­ sal! basically a school for kids from su b u rb a n D allas o r H o u sto n . U niv ersity sh o u ld establish a sliding scale for ad m issio n s th a t g ran ts spots in h ig h e r edu catio n to kids w h o tru ly sta rted at a d isa d v an tag e, ully , th e passio n ate advocates of affirm ative action w ill focus their on cu rin g the real p redicto r of o p p o rtu n ity — econom ic inequality. O r ic * /\ If/'¿ies R e s ig n e d ■ i yet another installm ent of the am using and utterly absurd antics of our UT . stem officials, A rchitecture D ean Law rence Speck decided, as did the m Avned Swiss architecture firm H erzog & de M euron, not to roll over and take from the regents. ’ ' ^ifr'hng the utm ost in academic integrity, Speck resigned from his position rt'kl nts that they have seriously erred. H e w as present, and vocal, at ton im tc > inert 'ase student involvem ent in the process and will remain architecture faculty to prom ote "standards of excellence" for architecture i ' T?h',K)1 ,ot Architecture experienced a great loss w ith Speck's resignation. ! like Tv that his replacem ent will live u p to Speck's credentials and possess otion to building the school's architecture program s. But this loss, at least, mes w ith an mcredibly valuable m essage — the Regents' culturally backw ard 1P d(H s not C()me w ithout consequences and students and faculty w on't tnd nod as the regents trounce on good judgm ent and the potential to < prove o ur cam pus. T he. Firing L ine Stay arrested Y our v ie w p o in t T h u rsd a y advocating the d ism issal of h arg es ag a in st the A sian-A m erican S tudies protest- - m isc o m p re h e n d s th e role being arrested p lays as a rm of political dissent. P rotesters w h o allow them - to be arrested do so for tw'o reasons. First, they Tvt t < the publicity and m edia coverage g a rn e re d by their t wilt attract atten tio n to their cau se b u t m ore u ni p o rta n tly, they believe so firm ly in th e ju stn ess of 1 position, they art w illing to go to jail for it. It w as is sen tim en t that m o tiv ated MLK and G an d h i. V arrested, did King o r G an d h i ev er d e m a n d that it •Luges ag ain st them be d ro p p e d ? O f co u rse not. For nfing, if arrest charges h ad b een d ro p p e d ag a in st m an, it w o u ld h av e been m o re d ifficult for th em to n the p ub lic ab o u t the injustices they w ere com b at- m g, B u tn o v -\ tin p ro p o n e n ts of A sian-A m erican S tu d ies at -n iv e rsity w a n t the fro n t-p ag e coverage th a t th eir •teds receive, b u t th e y d o n 't w a n t to d eal w ith the itive co n seq u en ces of being arrested . A n d if the rges ag ain st the AAS p ro testers are d ro p p e d this ne, it will be h ard not to d ro p charges th e next tim e hey g et arrested . A nd next tim e th e y 'll m ak e ev en m ore o u tra g e o u s d e m a n d s, k n o w in g they'll pro b ab ly get off scot-free. inally, w o u ld you ad v o cate d ro p p in g ch arg es ag a in st iro testers arrested for a cause you o p p o se d ? For exam - sh o u ld p ro testers arrested for blocking access to abortion clinics h a v e th e ir charges d ro p p e d ? A n d sh o u ld n an ti-in teg ra tio n and an ti-b u sin g p ro testers in th e '60s have h a d th eir charges d ism issed? It's n o t clear from > >ur v ie w p o in t if you o ppose, on principle, a rrests m ad e in an y m ild political protest, o r if you only o p p o se arrests in p ro tests you su p p o rt. Clark Patterson UT alumnus on't eat your seed corn Most L I stu d e n ts w o n 't be a tte n d in g this y e a r's A&M g am e b ecause the few tick­ ets m a d e available to UT h av e been ea rm ark ed for alu m n i. T he UT a lu m n i h a v e p aid th eir d u es and d o a g rea t job of s u p p o rt­ ing th e univ ersity , its ath ­ letic p ro g ra m and its students. W hile I resp ect o u r a lu m ­ ni an d asp ire to join their ranks, I can n o t h elp but w orry ab o u t the long-term consequences of h o n o rin g alum ni at the ex p en se of the c u rren t s tu d e n t body. The very basis of the g en e ro u s s u p p o rt by alum ni is th e ir m em ory of p a rtic ip a tio n in the U 1 experience, an d n o m em ory is fo n d er a n d no bon d tig h ter th an tho se forged by the in ten se collective experience of atte n d in g a UT football gam e. In fu tu re years, can the U niversity rely u p o n the stro n g su p p o rt of the cu rren t crop of s tu d e n ts w ho are n ev er given full participation in the UT football experi­ ence, being excluded from the A&M g am e an d banished to the en d -z o n e for all hom e gam es? To av o id eating its seed corn, the U niversity sh o u ld in su re th a t a m e an in g ­ ful n u m b e r of good seats are m a d e availab le to stu d e n ts for every gam e, a n d use som e so rt of lo ttery system to deal w ith the shortage. Philip Hendrix Computer science freshman Yet more on Graglia In resp o n se to y e s te rd a y 's firing line: Yes, G raglia w as invited to the panel to give his o p in io n o n affirm ative action an d he gave it. Fair en o u g h . W h a t's a t issue here is w h e th e r th is biased rh eto ric m ak es its w ay into his classroom . N o b o d y w o u ld d efe n d a p ro fe sso r's right to sexually h ara ss his stu d e n ts on the basis of free speech, so w hy is it different for racial h ara ssm e n t? F u rth erm o re, to declare th at the reason w hy p eo p le are u p se t at w h a t he said is because w e c o u ld n 't h an d le it, is co n d e sc en d in g and ridiculous, as w ell as the im pli­ cation th at w e are all a b u nch of h y p erse n sitiv e PC police. I h ere h ave been logical a rg u m e n ts in favor of affirm ativ e action for years. You said th a t G raglia is not a racist. W hy not? Just because he isn 't fling­ ing a ro u n d racial slurs o r b u rn in g crosses in m y fro n t y ard d o e s n 't m e a n is n 't th a t h e sp re a d in g a racist mes- sage. Ms. Jo rd an a n d Ms. P arks say th a t "R acism is saying th at just because a p erso n is a m in o rity th a t they m ust h ave com e from a p o o r b a c k g ro u n d ." I agree; p ro v id in g o p p o rtu n itie s for the econom ically d isa d v a n ta g e d of any color w o u ld be a p a rt of any g o o d affirm ative action p ro ­ gram . H ow ever, an exclusively class-based p ro g ra m w ill n o t a d d re ss this co u n try 's history of racism . W h a t's con­ veniently ig n o red in this class rhetoric is the fact th at even w o rk in g class w h ites do no t n eed g o v ern m e n t p ro ­ tection to a ssu re access to w orking-class jobs. D iversity is a noble idea. It's in te restin g h ow people p erv e rt the m e an in g of racism to a p p ly to a p ro g ra m m eant to rem e d y the effects of ce n tu ries of inequality. Lastly, w h ere w ere the stu d e n ts n ow so v igorously d efe n d in g G ra g lia 's co n stitu tio n al rig h ts w h en the UT 10 n eeded them ? A n d w hy h ave th e stu d e n t g ro u p s w ho h ave com e o u t ag ain st racism been attacked 10 tim es m ore h a rsh ly th a n G ra g lia 's statem en ts? Robyn Citizen Government sophomore Anti-R acist Organizing Committee x k r * • . r e il Q I O H d e b a t e A few letters in M o n d a y 's F iring Line re g a rd in g reli­ g ion p ro v o k e m e to resp o n d . It w o u ld be tem p tin g , in light of co n tem p o rary scien­ tific u n d e rsta n d in g , to dism iss religion as esp o u sed by the T o pe o r the I a liban o r the SBC as m erely an am u sin g fraud. H ow ever, w h en o ne co n sid ers the co n tin u in g h is­ tory of religion an d its d elete rio u s effect on societies ev ery w h ere, it quickly becom es a p p a re n t th at to ignore the threat religion yet poses is d a n g e ro u s an d intellectu- ally negligent. R eligious d octrine has been cited to justi- fy slavery, racism , m isogyny, h o m o p h o b ia , religious p erse cu tio n a n d a sp a te of o th e r u n te n a b le ethical p o si­ tions. It h as in d u c e d p eo p le to w ar, m u rd e r an d suicide. T he d am ag e w ro u g h t by d o g m a tic teach in g is by no m e an s lim ited to p a s t history, h o w ev er. You need only ask the refugees in K osovo a n d in the m id d le east, the d o w n tro d d e n b u rq a-clad w o m en in A fghanistan, the v ictim 's fam ilies of recent S crip tu re-p ro c la im in g m u r ­ d e re rs or B aptist w ives w h o feel th e ir life has m o re to offer th a n "g racio u s su b m issio n " if they d o n 't th in k that religion teachings can d o one m e n tal an d physical harm . T he m o u n ta in of m isery an d su fferin g foisted u p o n h u m a n ity because of religion alm o st defies la n g u ag e to exp ress it. So, to Ms. B radley an d Mr. K en to p p I w o u ld rem in d y o u th a t th ere is no rig h t "n o t to be o ffe n d ed ." T here are m an y w h o are o ffen d ed daily by th e teachings y o u cling to, after all. A n d to M r. K ovacs I can o nly su g g e st th a t the reaso n it is d ifficult to ad m it th e existence of G od and "H is" om niscience is because th e n o tio n is ab su rd . O f course b an al h u m o r th a t sim ply picks th e n ea rest ta rg e t in ignorance of an y la rg er context is pointless. But please d o n o t assu m e th a t all tho se w h o eschew "th e sacred " a n d a b h o r y o u r faith an d all o th e rs are necessarily u n in ­ form ed o r m erely irreverent. Bryan Van de Ven M athem atics senior Contacting Us: texan@ www.utexas.edu Phone: (512) 471-4591 Fax: (512)471-2952 The D aily Texan P.O. Box D Austin, TX 78713 Firing Line letters must be fewer than 250 words. The Texan reserves the right to edit letters for brevity, clarity or liability. 1 •* 1 * wmmkWmlm . V Í . V w r. Going up As you begin your ascent to the top, remember, it’s what you learn along the way that counts. At Ernst & Young you can have endless learning opportunities working with leading companies in leading industries. So when you get to your destination, you ’ll belong there. Ride with us. www.ey.com C O N S U L T I N G • T A X • A S S U R A N C E ©1999 E*nst & Young up Er n st Yo u n g From thought to finish.™ 6 T h e D a ily T e x a n TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23,1898 UNIVERSITY 12 Texas A&M students remembered CONDOLENCES TO SEND Miranda Adams Adams, a 19-vear-old biomedical sci­ ences sophomore from Santa Fe, Texas, had a very firm faith, said David Tess- man, pastor at Peace Lutheran Church in Texas City, Texas. "Miranda was a wonderful person and a fine Christian," Tessman said. ' "Her faith was the driving force of her life." She w as an officer in her youth group and worked at a vacation Bible school, Camp Lone Star, during the summers. An honor student, saxophonist, vice president of her senior class and a member of the National Honor Society — Adams was a leader at Santa Fe High School. Visitation will be today from noon to 8 p.m. at Hayes Funeral Home, Santa Fe, Texas. The funeral will be Wednes­ day at 11 a.m. at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, 18220 Upper Bay Road, Nas­ sau Bay, Texas. Christopher Breen Breen, 25, of Austin, Texas, graduat­ ed in 1997 from Texas A&M with a degree in agricultural development. Breen graduated from Anderson High School in 1992. He played varsity football and was rem em bered as a exemplary student. Ouida Whiteside, Breen's Advanced Placement English teacher, said Breen was intelligent and active. Breen's father, John E. Breen, is a UT professor of civil engineering. Breen's funeral service was held Sunday at St. A u stin 's C atholic Church. David O' Bnen, a former St. Austin's priest who spoke at the service, said Breen lived his life to the fullest. "He was in love with three things — his family, A&M and nature," he said. Michael Steven Ebanks Ebanks, 19, of Carrollton, Texas, an aerospace engineering freshman, want­ ed to be an astronaut and had already earned a private pilot7s license. He received an advanced honors diploma from Newman Smith High School in Carrollton in 1999. Angela Case, Ebanks' former middle and high school classmate and a UT psychology freshman, said he was a canng person. "He was just the funniest person, so sweet, and always there to listen and take care of me," Case said. Ebanks w as an avid reader and enjoyed composing piano music. Ebanks' funeral serv ices were held Monday at Carrollton's St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church. Jeremy Frampton Frampton, 22, of Turlock, Calif., a psychology senior, followed in the footsteps of his older brother, Scott, a 1990 Texas A&M graduate who was on the Corps of Cadets. "W hen Jeremy died, he was doing something that he absolutely loved," Scott said, adding that this was Jere­ my's fifth year of working on the Bon­ fire. Scott, who is 10 years older than his brother, said his fondest memory of Jeremy is wrestling around as kids. "I was around when he was a little fellow," he said. "I'D miss drinking a beer and smoking a cigar with him." Frampton's funeral service is sched­ uled Tu esd ay 11 a.m. at Tu rlock's M onte V ista Chapel located at the intersection of Monte Vista Avenue and Berkeley Avenue. Jamie Lynn Hand Hand, 19, of Henderson, iexas, took her love for art and math, and decided to major in environmental design. Hand was a freshman, and a recent graduate of Henderson High School. A ssistant Principal M ary Beth Fitzgerald said Hand was an outstand­ ing honors student and cheerleader. Hand graduated in the top 10 per­ cent of her class. "She was the type of student that m akes high schools look g oo d ," Fitzgerald said. Both of Hand's parents teach for the school, and Hand's sister is a senior at Henderson. H and's funeral service was held Sunday at First Baptist Church in Hen­ derson. Christopher Lee Heard H eard, 19, of Houston, was "far above average" at Harlingen's Marine Military Academy, a private military school, said Robert Beckley, public Dee Hargis, the swim coach, said Kimmel had been swimming since sixth grade and he made a profound impact on the team. "He was not only a leader, but basi­ cally our team clow n," Hargis said. "He once stretched out a swimmer's cap so far that he fit a 110-pound swim­ mer inside the cap under water." A friend said Kimmel was "not a quiet kid — he kept everybody laugh­ ing." K im m el's involvem ent in high school spanned many areas: he was on the National Honor Society, the Future Farmer's Association, the 4-H club and the track team. Services are set for Tuesday 1 p.m. at St. Anthony's Church, Rt. 3 Robstown, Texas 78380. Bryan McClain M c C la in ,19, o f S a n A n to n io , Texas, w as an a g ricu ltu re fresh ­ man. M cClain's attended Jam es M adi­ son H igh Sch o o l in San A ntonio w here w as the sen io r sw im cap ­ tain in high school. "Bryan was the type of guy who a c c o m p lis h e d h is g o a ls ," said C h r is T h o m p s o n , th e a s s is ta n t principal for Jam es M adison High School. Thompson said McClain worked very well w ith kids, as he helped co a c h a ju n io r sw im te am at Northern Hills Country Club. M e m o ria l s e r v ic e s w ere h eld M onday at Alamo Heights United M ethodist Church in San Antonio. Chad Pow ell Powell, 19, of Keller, Texas, was a co m p u te r e n g in e e rin g s o p h o ­ more and acted as coordinator for freshmen w orking on the Bonfire. He graduated from Keller High School in 1999. A N ational M erit Scholar, president of the National H onor So ciety and valed ictorian, Pow ell receiv ed sp ecial re co g n i­ tion in high school as an All-State Scholar Athlete from FINA, an oil com pany, and The Dallas M orning News. Powell volunteered in the com ­ munications office for Keller High where he got to know Julie Zwahr, the director of com m unications. "H e w as extrem ely in tellectu al and w ise b e y o n d h is y e a r s ," Zwahr said. Powell was voted M ost Likely to Succeed. Z w a h r said P o w e ll's w o rk on the Bonfire was consistent with his personality. "H e w as a re a l a c tiv e p e rso n and loved the o u td o o rs," Zw ahr said. "H e hiked and w as a cross­ country runner." M e m o ria l S e r v ic e s w e re h eld at H a r v e s t B a p tis t M o n d a y Church, W atauga, Texas. Jerry Self Self, 20, of Arlington, Texas, was an engineering technology sopho­ more. H e g r a d u a te d in 1 9 9 7 fro m A rlington's Lamar High School. Sherrill W illiams, a form er class­ m a te and U T co m p u te r s c ie n c e ju n io r , said S e lf w as w e ll-lik e d and in v o lv ed in e x tra c u rric u la r activities such as the student coun­ cil and football. "H e w as into school spirit, and when I found out he was doing the B o n fire, I w asn 't su rp rise d ," she said. S e lf's funeral serv ice w as held M onday at A rlin g ton's First Bap­ tist Church. Nathan Scott W est W est, 19, of Bellaire, Texas, had a love for the outdoors and cars. In 1996, W est becam e an Eagle Scou t, and recently W est and his father, Richard, finished restoring a beige Volkswagen Beetle. W est was an ocean engineering so p h o m o re and g rad u ated from H ou ston 's W estbury High School in 1998, where he was ranked 18th in his 1998 graduating class. In addition to his good grades, W est was a m em ber of the sw im team and the m ath and sc ie n c e honor society. W est w as q u iet and g e n e ra lly k e p t to h im s e lf, sa id A n d re w Rivas, the com m anding o fficer in W est's corps. "H e was a good cadet and was very resp ectfu l," Rivas said. "H e did his job and loved G od." W est's funeral service was held S a tu r d a y at U n ite d M e th o d is t Church in Bellaire. Compiled by Thaddeus D eJesus and Kristina Hodgson Kelvin Standifer, 31, of Austin, expressed his co n d o le n ce s to T e xa s A & M on a giant card that w a s presented to the A g g ie s at last n igh t's Unity R ally on the South M a ll. The card w a s made by the T exas Blazers, a student spirit organization. M a tth ew H em pel/DAILY TEXA N STAFF affairs officer for the academy. As a p re-en gin eerin g freshm an, Heard dreamed of becoming an ocean engi­ neer. "Everyone knew a cadet like Chris Heard," Beckley said, referring to the student's achievements and good acad­ emic record. Heard was on the honor roll, held the highest rank leadership position as the Alpha Company commander and performed community service in his spare time. Heard's death came as a shock to the small Rio Grande Valley school, which held a reunion less than two weeks ago that Heard attended. Beckley said Heard's passing has saddened both former and current stu­ dents and staff. "Each year you have 10 or 12 cadets that stand out above the rest," Beckley said. "Chris was one of those guys." H eard's funeral service was held Sunday at Katy's Kingsland Baptist Church. Timothy Doran Kerlee, Jr. Kerlee, a mechanical engineering sophomore from Bartlett, Tenn., was more mature than his 17 years, said Ruth Fischer, Kerlee's senior counselor at Germantown High School. "Tim was a very smart, vivacious, well-rounded young m an," Fischer said. Kerlee graduated third in his class of 626, and tutored other students in math. In addition to his successes in the academic world — with memberships in the Knowledge Bowl, the Science Olympiad and the National Honor Society — Kerlee also ran cross coun­ try. Fischer said he was head and shoul­ ders above some of the adults in the community. "It's sad to know that we have to lose a child of this caliber to have peo­ ple know that students like Tim exist," Fischer said. Kerlee's funeral date is pending. Lucas Kimmel Kimmel, a biomedical science fresh­ man from C orp us C hristi, Texas, turned 19 the Sunday before the tragedy. During his junior and senior years in high school, Kimmel was the swim team captain. LOrtG/iOM WArtT ADS 20 worn, s DAys OrU-y $2.2.0 See d e ta ils below . We’ve Moved... The Daily Texan Advertising Department has outgrown our space, and we are now settled in our new building. It is located right off campus at 2421 San Antonio Street. All of our phone numbers are the same, so there is no need to panic! This is an exciting time for us, and with your help, we'll con­ tinue to make The Daily Texan — the best college newspaper in the country! Call us with any concerns at 512-471-1865, and stop by to visit our new digs. 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"No attempt at 'recreation' of the events would meet the test of reliabil­ ity because it could not replicate and take into account all of the operative facts," the Justice lawyers wrote. "In short, it would produce more confu­ sion than clarity." Instead, they proposed a test that would determ ine w hether gunfire can be detected by the Forward Look­ ing Infrared technology deployed at Waco at specified spectral ranges. And, they suggested that the testing protocol agreed to by the judge and the other parties examine other "pos­ sib le so u rces for the flash es that appear on the FBI FLIR tape." The plaintiffs' lead counsel rejected the governm ent's offer as a "shell game." "If you read betw een the lines, w hat they w ant to do w ould not in vo lve the o rig in al cam era and would not involve the original air­ craft — both of which they have," said Houston lawyer Michael Cad- deU. "They claim that a more reliable test than using the same camera and the same airplane is using two differ­ ent pieces of equipment? That's the silliest thing that I've ever heard of." The government says details of the infrared camera and FBI Nightstalker airplane, which are "often used in for­ eign counterintelligence investiga­ tions," must remain classified. And, the Justice law yers said, the FLIR camera used at Waco has been "mod­ ified and upgraded sign ifican tly" since 1993. Caddell replied: "The cam era is m od ified , bu t fran kly it d o esn 't appear from what we can tell, that it's modified in any significant way ... I think what they are trying to set up now are maybe some excuses that would give them some wiggle room." The Justice Department declined com m ent, sayin g the cou rt filing would speak for itself. Associated Press WASHINGTON — In the latest tit- for-tat over the controversial issue of whether federal agents fired gunshots on the final day of the 1993 Branch Davidian siege, the government on M onday countered the su rvivors' offer o f an o u td oo r g u n fire-an d - videotaping simulation with a testing proposal of its own. The question of government gun­ fire is a key piece of the wrongful- death lawsuit filed against the gov­ ernm ent by Branch D avidian su r­ vivors and relatives of those who died during the standoff — and has become a central focus for the special counsel re-investigating Waco. Federal officials have long insisted that no shots were fired by govern­ ment forces on April 19, 1993, when the 51-day siege ended in a deadly conflagration. Davidian leader David Koresh and about 80 followers per­ ished during the blaze, some from the fire, others from gunshot wounds. The government says the Davidians died by their own hand. The plaintiffs, however, contend that information collected by the FBI itself — aerial infrared surveillance footage — offers definitive proof that federal agents fired into the Davidi­ ans' compound during the final day. Arguing that rapid bursts of light on the in frared tap es rep resen ts machine-gun fire, they proposed to stage a demonstration in which guns like those carried by federal agents and the Davidians themselves would be fired w hile an infrared cam era similar to the FBI's would record the action from an overhead plane. The Justice Department summarily dismissed the proposal when it was first made, later offering to do a pri­ vate test for the special counsel inves­ tigating Waco. Troubled by the dueling test pro­ posals, special counsel John Danforth earlier this month asked the federal judge presiding over the wrongful- death case to supervise an impartial demonstration. U.S. District Judge Walter Smith, who has set the trial's start for mid- May, agreed and asked the govern­ ment, plaintiffs and Danforth to agree on a p ro to co l u nd er w hich an Around Campus SPECIAL EVENTS The UT Learning Center has setup an exam center in the lobby of the Perry Castaneda Library this week though Nov. 29. Handouts for helping students through final exam s (e.g. "How to Survive Exam Week," "Rules for Better Sleep" and "Weekly Sched­ ules") are free for the asking. The Sierra Student Coalition will march to the capital starting Nov. 30 at 3 :3 0 from 5th and G u a d alu p e streets. At 4:30 p.m. on the south ste p s o f th e c a p ita l D r. D ick Richardson will speak about geneti­ cally engineered foods. For more information call 454-2364. FILM/LECTURE/DISCUSSION The D ep artm ent o f A stronom y will show the film Made for Mars: The Pathfinder Dec. 1 at 7 p.m. in Robert L ee M o ore H all 4 .1 0 2 . F or m ore information call 471-1307. MEETINGS She Says, a social group for lesbian, bisexual and questioning women, meets Tuesdays at 7 p.m. in the Texas U nion A frican A m erican C ulture Room 4.110. For more information e- m ail at treem@mail. u texas.edu. T ree M arso o b ian Beta Alpha Rho, a pre-law fraterni­ ty, m eets Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m. in Tiffany Reese, a San Antonio resident, hands out fliers to passersby for the Texas Hemp Campaign on Monday. M arking the first anniversary of the the Texas Hemp Campaign's call for the legalization of marijuana, 18 protesters took part in the group's monthly vigil at the Governor's M ansion. Holding signs saying Stop the Drug W a r and "Legalize Pot N o w ,” protesters gathered to raise public aw areness of the prosecution of drug users. The vigils first beqan on Nov. 14,1998. Alan Poizner DAILY TEXAN STAFi Ex-wife seeks share of tobacco settlement Associated Press HOUSTON — In a case combining a bitter divorce and the state's tobacco settlement, a district judge Monday dealt a setback to the ex-w ife of a lawyer who will share a $3.3 billion award. Assistant Attorney General Andy Taylor said he couldn't comply with the subpoena because Williams has never turned over paperwork from the settlement, in which cigarette makers agreed to pay the state $17.3 billion during the next 25 years for treating smoking-related illness. Taylor asked Judge Doug Wame to ord er W illiam s to turn over the records. But the judge blocked the efforts of both the ex-wife and the attorney gen­ eral's office by simply quashing her subpoena and refusing to order Williams to turn over anything. Last Friday, the lawyers agreed to accept a $3.3 billion award set by an arbitration panel and waive their effort to collect more from the state. Attorney General John Cornyn, a Republican, is investigating the 19% hiring of the five private attorneys by former Attorney General Dan Morales, a Democrat. "We've made countless requests for our file by telephone, in person and m writing, but to no avail," Taylor said Monday. "They won't give us our file; they won't cooperate with our investi­ gation." Michael Tigar, a former University of Texas law professor who represents the five lawyers, said they are willing to cooperate w ith the investigation. The case file is expected to contair m oney records, as wrell as letter* between Williams and Morales. The question of whether the tobaccc records belong to the state or to tht lawyers themselves is being debated n a Texarkana federal court, the attor neys said. Cornyn tried to move tht case to the state courts, but the statt Fifth Court of Appeals in Texarkaiv denied his request. Williams' attorneys were incensed a Taylor's appearance at the divorce pro ceeding Mondav Graduate School of Business Building 2.124. For more information call Tina Hinh at 389-1631. call 475-6645. Soccer Sidekicks, a little sister orga­ nization for UT's men's soccer team, meet every Tuesday at 6-7 p.m. in Geography Building room 424. For more information call Blanca Avery at 302-4989 or e-mail Michelle Diaz at emdiaz@mail.utexas.edu. Circle K International meets every Tuesday at 7 p.m. in School of Social Work Building 2.130. For more infor­ mation call Brian Moulton at 451-9557. The Texas Union Environm ental Committee meets Tuesdays at 5 p.m. in Texas U nion G overnors' Room 3.116. For more information call 475- 6645 or e-m ail Salem P earce at spearce@mail. utexas.edu. The T e x as U nion M ulti M ed ia Committee meets Tuesdays at 6 p.m. in Texas Union Asian Culture Room 4.224. The Multi Media Committee plans events such as laser tag, Movie on the Mall, and film festivals. New members are always welcome! For more information call Meredith Con- tello e-m ail mrdit@mail.utexas.edu. 495-5084 or at The T exas U nion C am p u s Fun Committee meets every Tuesday in T exas U nion Board of D ire cto rs Room at 6 p.m. For more information UT Hungarian Dancers meet every Tuesday at 8-9:45 p.m. in Anna Hiss Gymnasium 136 for a workout and dance class w ith H u ngarian folk music. No partner or prior experi­ ence is required. For information call Michael Tsurikov at 231-8094. The Texas Union Student Issues Committee meets Tuesdays at 5 p.m. in the Texas Union Board of Directors Room. For more information call 495- 3229 or e-mail zireddy@mail.utexas.edu. The Pagan Student Alliance meets Tuesdays at 7 p.m. in George Sanchez Building 284. For information e-mail Zach at zacho@mail.utexas.edu or call 419-0882. UT C e n tr a l S h a o lin R u n g Fu Club m eets T u esd ays and Thurs­ days from 8:30-10:30 p.m. in G re­ gory Gym A erobics North. Tech­ niques will concentrate on throws and tak ed o w n s. For m ore in fo r­ at m a tio n e -m a il D a n ie l Y ee dyee@i'ignette .com . The Texas Union Mexican-Ameri- can Culture Committee meets Tues­ day at 5 p.m. in Texas Union Chi- cano Culture Room. For more infor­ mation call 475-6645. The Undergraduate Toastmasters meets Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m. in Col­ lege o f B u sin ess A d m in istratio n Building 4.326. For more inform a­ tion call Akash at 589-3744 or e-mail akash@mail.utexas.edu. Campus Crusade for Christ meets Tuesdays at 7 p.m. at Delta Gamma House for G reek Im pact, a co-ed Bible study for Greeks concentrat­ ing on sex, dating and marriage. For m ore e-m a il in fo rm a tio n khen ry@mail. u texas .edu. O v ereaters A nonym ous m eets noon every Tuesday in University T each in g C enter 1.142. For m ore in fo rm atio n e-m ail c.hoover@ cc. utexas.edu. The Texas Silver Wings, a co-ed, national, service, social and civilian organization, meet Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. in Russell A. Steindam Hall first floor Conference Room. Check out TSW and see what they can do! For information e-mail Mary Zaboski at mzabo>ki@mail u texas.edu. C h r is tia n s on C am p u s m eet Wednesday at noon in Texas Union T h eatre for a B ible study on the topic of intercession (prayer). For more inform ation call Mike Find- eisen at 751-3118. VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES The LB) W ild flo w e r C en te r is looking for help with their C hrist­ mas project. Help to place the Blu- m in arias in the g ard en Dec. 2-4. Great for groups! Call the UT Vol­ unteer Center at 471-6161. T h e UT S tu d e n t V o lu n te e r Board is cu rren tly seek in g a co ­ chair for its E n v iro n teerin g pro­ g ram . -The E n v iro n te e r in g p ro ­ g ram c o o r d in a t e s A u s tin -a r e a cleanup. It is also involved w ith ca m p u s e n v iro n m e n ta l e v e n ts, su ch as E a rth D ay and T e x a s R e c y c le s D ay, and c o o rd in a te s environm ental education projects at area schools. Pick up an appli­ cation at Student Service Building 4.104 or call 471-6161. OTHER The Longhorn A m erican Indian Council meets Tuesday from 6-9 p.m. in Student Services Building 1.104. This is a meeting with Tonkaw a Lodge drum practice afterwards. For more information call 232-2960. Looking for health inform ation about a health condition, to improve your health or for an academic assign­ ment? Visit the University Health ser­ vices, Health Promotions Resource Center. The Resource Center has over 500 items including books, pamphlets CD-ROMs, audiocassettes and video­ cassettes. We are located in Student Services Building Room 1.106 or call 475-8252. University Health Services is accept­ ing registration for a free non-diet weight management program The rune week course begins on either ian. 26 or Feb. 1. Sign up by calling Univer­ sity Health Services, Health Promotion at 475-8252 or come by the Student Ser­ vices Building 1.106. Attendance is lim­ ited. The Measurement and Evaluation Center announces that Tuesdav is the last on line petition deadline to claim credit by examination so that c r e d it ap p e ars on th e l g99 F all grad e report Stu d en ts mav now now at w w w .utexas.edu/academ ic/ mec. For more information call 232-2662. p e titio n o n lin e PPD D e VELO D H IEN r m A subsidiary ol PPD Inc formerly named PPD Pharmaco Women 18 to 45 up to $3500 Right now, PPD Development IS looking for healthy, non-smoking women between the ages of 18 and 45 to p a rtic ip a te in a m edical research study. W omen taking b irth control pills a re not eligible. 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He will urge us all to rebuild the world based upon the pnncipies of sharing international cooperation, brotherhood, & environmental conservation, as opposed to continuing in our current chaotic, crazy, & destructive ways He will tell us that we are ajl sons & daughters of God & urge us to treat each other (& the environment) with much more respect & love His top two priorities will be to inspire us 1) To eradicate hunger/poverty, & 2) To restore He will not do the actual work (of rebuilding the world) for us but will serve mankind as an FREE Video/Discussion: Austin History Center. 9^ & Guadalupe, 1 PM, SAT. 11/27 FREE Literature & monthly newsletter: 494-9136; http:// ww w .shareintl.org fc €> <$ v 7! O (• o ■} * 9 Evelyn Ding, MD, has joined the practice of Central Austin Internists and is currently accepting new patients. 900 E. 30th St. Suite 206 Austin, Texas 78705 512/472-6791 Dr. Ding is Board C ertified in internal M edicine FOCUS Uniuersities promote driue for donations Donations Features Editor Jennifer Valentino jenval@mail.utexas.edu Continued from page 1 Along with schools like Stanford University, Harvard University, Uni­ versity of California at Los Angeles and Ohio State University, the Univer­ sity solicits annual funding from alum­ ni, foundations, private donors and corporations. The University has set up the "We're Texas" campaign to raise $1 billion in seven years. Jim Kunetka, director of marketing and constituent relations for the UT Developm ent Office, said the cam ­ paign is a way for the University to improve itself. "Everyone wants to be the best and if s hard to do it step by step annually," he said. "UT would be quickly out­ paced by universities who are doing more." In order to maintain its position as the state's flagship university, Kunetka said the University needs an advertis­ ing cam paign to raise m oney and awareness. "The 'We're Texas' is a brand, a slo­ gan," he said. "We are saying that this university is an integral part of the state — its history, its culture, its past, its present, its future." So far, the University has collected more than $443 million from private donations since the $1 billion campaign began in September 1997. Gifts from individuals total $251 mil­ lion, corporate donations total $97 mil­ lion, foundation donations total $41 million and other donations, such as endow m ents from the e states of deceased alumni, total more than $52 million. Kunetka said not all of the corporate donations are actual cash, adding that many companies give the University computers and equipment. Of the total campaign money, $41 million is designated for faculty, $85 million for students, $118 million for buildings/infrastructure, $194 million for program s/research and about $3 million is not committed. Kunetka said most of the $85 million for students is used for scholarships and fellowships. He said some of the money for programs/research indirect­ ly benefits students because the Uni­ versity is able to build a new library or laboratory for students to work in. The University has already spent more than $50 million of the campaign funding set aside for building projects on stadium renovations and construc­ tion of a new psychology building. The campaign helps the University compete for students and faculty by drawing the attention of out-of-state residents, Kunetka said. The University's operating budget for 1999-2000 is slightly more than $1 billion. It receives about $908 million in state support, tuition and other fund­ ing to spend, but needs $92 million of additional funding to make up the dif­ ference. Kunetka said the University doesn't receive enough state money to pay for operating costs. In previous years, Kunetka said the University received about 40 percent of its revenue from the state, but received less than 20 percent this year. He added that the University also receives funding from the Permanent University Fund — the $7.5 billion endowment that funds the UT and A&M systems. But the University only receives a portion of that money — $86 m illion for 1999-2000 — to spend, because if s split among many institu­ tions. The University had two other small­ er cam p aign s p rior to the "W e're Texas" cam paign. In the 1950s, the "Committee of 75" campaign was cre­ ated to gain national recognition for the U niversity, and succeeded. In the 1960s, the "Centennial C am paign" worked to make the University one of the nation's top institutions. Kunetka said the "W e're T exas" campaign aims to keep the University in the top rankings among U.S. col­ leges. Money donations are invested and the University spends the interest generated by investments, he said. The University doesn't have enough money to advertise the campaign, he said, but instead it works to develop relationships with businesses and cor­ porations. Donors Kunetka said some of the Universi­ ty's corporate donors are alumni, but the majority of the companies are busi­ ness leaders interested in higher educa­ tion. Kunetka said some the University's biggest corporate donors are Microsoft, IBM, AT&T, 3M and Texaco IBM has donated more than $20 million in equipment, grants and donations over a 20-year period. The most recent private donation was presented to the University in Sep­ tem ber by Teresa and Joe Long of Austin, alumni of the University. The Longs' $6.7 million donation will be used to create scholarships and profes­ sorships in the School of Law, the Col­ leges of Education and Liberal Arts, and the U niversity Interscholastic League, the group that governs acade­ mic and athletic competitions between Texas public high schools. Kunetka said alumni and private donors usually specify where and to whom they want their money to go. He said the University’ has been very careful to avoid any conflicts of interest when accepting donations. The most recent donation controver­ sy involved Jim Bob Moffett's $2 mil­ lion donation to the University for con­ struction of the m olecular biology Construction spreads as far as the eye can see on the corner of Dean Keeton Street and Speedway. Much of the over $100 million raised for such campus construction projects through the Capital Campaign has come from private donors. Roberto Rivera/DA ILY T E X A N STAFF building, which was named James R. and Louise Moffett Molecular Biology Building after him and his wife. Student groups and faculty mem­ bers claimed that Moffett, who is chief executive officer of the mining compa­ ny Freeport-McMoRan, was involved in human rights and environmental abuses in Indonesia. The company has denied the allegations. Paul Woodruff, a philosophy profes­ sor, said while the University was con­ cerned that research might be jeopar­ dized by donations, there was no need to worry. "I haven't seen the University’ put a for sale sign on itself or its programs," he said. "A name on the building is not going to corrupt the University' or stu­ dents." Commercialization Lawrence Soley, a communications professor at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wis., said manv college cam puses are becoming more com­ mercialized and business-oriented by accepting large corporate donations. Corporations are more interested in profit than in altruistic giving, he said. "Companies are not in the business of philanthropy - they're in the busi­ ness of making money," he said. "The real beneficiaries [of corporate giving] are the com panies and not the stu­ dents." Dylan Bernstein, program director at the Center for Commercial-Free Educa­ tion, a California-based center that pro- vides information about corporate intrusion into public schools, said schools should focus on educating stu­ dents to be citizens. "I think you start giving people a biased education when you sell an aca­ demic institution's loyalty to different corporations," he said. "It's an implied endorsement in school." Bernstein said corporate support doesn't always help students and the institution. "Basically, it comes down to the fact that schools need money because they are underfunded, and corporations take advantage of that." But Kunetka said the U niversity doesn't endorse corporations when it accepts software and equipment dona­ tions. He said private donations help the University keep tuition fees low. "Corporations are playing a bigger role because the governm ent isn 't spending money like it used to," he said. "Money has dried up, so fortu­ nately corporations have stepped in." Russell Bridges, government and community affairs manager at 3M, an Austin technology-based company, said his corporation is in its third year of a four-y'ear plan to donate $1 million to the "We're Texas" campaign, which will be divided among the Graduate School of Business, the College of Engi­ neering and the IC2 Institute. The money will fund new and con­ tinuing p rogram s in the different schools, as well as provide additional equipment. Bridges said 3M wants to ensure that students have the money and equip­ ment necessary to pursue technology degrees. "Our funding goes to the business and engineering school because that's where our bread and butter is," he said. The company makes products from Scotch tape to electronics, including internal components for computers and printers, and the 3M overhead projector, which w as donated to the University. Bridges said because there are many technological com panies in Austin competing for the same students, UT grad u ates with tech n ology-based degrees are in demand. In addition to donating money and equipm ent, Bridges said m any 3M employees visit cam pus as guest lec­ turers in classes. "We're not selling while we're there — we hope to develop relationships," he said. Bridges added that financial support also gives 3M a presence on campus. Bridges said the company has spent about $10,000 to fund several student programs, including Women in Engi­ neering, an engineering student orga­ nization. The exchange between higher edu­ cation and corporations is more sophis­ ticated than in previous years, Bridges said. "At some point, it was considered an intrusion by businesses, but now uni­ versities welcome us," he said. University Drives G ary K itsm ille r, a ssista n t vice president for development at Ohio State U niversity, said un iversities have cam paigns to raise money for m any priorities, including capital b u ild in g projects, faculty su p p o rt and student scholarships. Campaigns also help university offi­ cials focus on specific academic goals and raise the public's interest in univer­ sities, Kitsmiller said. Ohio State also has a seven-year campaign titled "Affirm Thy Friend­ ship" with a goal of raising $1 biliion. So far, the school has more than $1 bil­ lion and the campaign ends June 2000. K itsm iller said Ohio State h as awarded about 400 endowed scholar­ ships during the campaign, and more than 9,000 students are receiving finan­ cial assistance through private giving. He said corporate support is signifi­ cant and necessary, both in the cam­ paign and for annual projects. Campaign money allows Ohio State to improve curriculum and renovate buildings, which will attract renowned faculty and ou tstan d in g studen ts, Kitsmiller said. "Students want to achieve the best academics they can, and development dollars help to make really good pro­ grams," he said. Bob Pringle, associate vice president of development at Stanford, said the university also ran a $1 billion cam ­ paign from 1987-1992 and raised $1.2 billion. He said the money went to fel­ lowships, new campus buildings and rewiring the dorms for computers. "A n y private university needs a campaign because there is less and less money from government sources, and recruitin g faculty and renovatin g buildings are expensive," he said. Pringle said since 1992, Stanford has received $2.2 billion in private dona­ tions without a major campaign. He said several smaller campaigns raising money for Stanford's law and business schools have followed the $1 billion campaign. Pringle added that all pri­ vate universities rely heavily on alumni support, which contributes more than corporate support. Kunetka said pri­ vate schools have large endowments that enable them to offer financial sup­ port for students and higher salaries for faculty members. He said money that the University receives from pri­ vate donations will go toward recruit­ ing top faculty. "You can't get somebody who has won a N obel Prize to com e for peanuts," he said. 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QPOPTQ u i U l\ X O TEXAS FOOTBALL ►poi Sports Editor Michael Tunks DTSports@utxvms.cc.utexas.edu fast break mm NFL Denver 27, Oakland 21 Boston 95, Indiana 85 San Antonio 94, Philadelphia 91 Utah 108, Minnesota 93 NBA NHL Boston 2, Carolina 1 Atlanta 6, Vancouver 3 Tampa Bay 4, Philadelphia 1 St. Louis 3, Nashville 2, 0T Colorado 3, Dallas 2, 0T Montreal 2, Anaheim 1 MEN'S TOP 25 No. 2 Michigan State 78, Toledo 33 No. 5 North Carolina 82, USC 65 No. 7 Florida 60, Utah State 58 No. 8 Connecticut 79, Massachusetts 65 No. 13 Syracuse 105, Florida Atlantic 79 No. 17 Illinois 72, Bradley 62 No. 19 Tennessee 95, Elon 56 No. 24 Purdue 96, Chaminade 78 WOMBVS TOP 25 Miss. State 74, No. 2 Louisiana Tech 72 No. 3 Georgia 85, No. 12 UCSB 64 No. 15 Illinois 73, No. 18 Bos. College 42 TTTT1 '- M U M k r ■L, *sr MEN'S COLLEGE HOOPS No. 7 Florida vs No. 24 Purdue No 5 UNC vs Georgetown NHL ESPN, 6 p m. ESPN 8 30pm Los Angeles at Colorado. ESPN2,8 p.m. Gossett five back at Savane Classic ■ Texas sophomore D avid Gossett continues to prove that he is among the nation's best college golfers, as he is currently in fourth place after the first two rounds of the Savane All-Am erica G olf Clas­ sic at E l Paso Country Club. The tournam ent features 24 of last year's All-Am erican golfers from D ivisions I, II and III. Gossett fired a 69 in the m orn­ ing round, follow'ed by a 71 in the afternoon for a two-round total of 140 (-2). John Engler of Clem son is lead­ ing the event w ith a 135 (-7), w hile M att Kuchar of Georgia Tech is in second w ith a 136 (-6) and Ryan Verm eer of Kansas is in third w ith a 139 (-3). The event concludes w ith 18 holes of golf on Tuesday. Change in authority may await IBF ■ N E W A R K , N .J. — Contending the IB F is corrupt, federal prose­ cutors on M onday asked a judge to appoint an overseer for one of boxing's major governing bodies. The m onitor w’ould replace International Boxing Federation president Robert Lee Sr., w’ho was indicted on crim in al bribery charges early this month. A c iv il racketeering law su it filed on M onday against the IB F seeks to ban Lee and his crim inal co-defendants from boxing. The IB F w ould become the first sports group — and one of only a labor dozen entities, m ostly unions — to be placed under court control through the 20-year- old Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt O rganization Act, said U.S. Attorney Robert Cleary. The indictm ent and R IC O suit "w ill be a devastating one-two com bination that we hope w ill knock out the cycle of corruption that has plagued the IB F virtu ally since its inception," said Cleary, whose office has been investigat­ ing the IBF, based at East Orange, N .J., for several years. The IB F rankings, w hich play a large role in a boxer's economic success, have been "bastardized" in nearly a ll w eight classes, C leary said. Avalanche get past Stars in overtime, 3-2 ■ D A L L A S — Adam Dead- m arsh's rebound goal 34 seconds into overtim e gave the Colorado Avalanche a 3-2 overtim e victory over the D allas Stars on M onday night. Rookie M artin Skoula, who scored a first-period goal, took the first shot, w hich was stopped by goalie Ed Belfour. But Dead- marsh put in the rebound for his’ sixth goal of the season. — Compiled by Bill Bredesen and Associated Press reports T h e D a i l y T e x a n V TUESDAY, NOVBVBHt 23,1999 Title Dreams Nebraska has Big 12 crown, national aspirations at stake against Colorado Jimmy Barnes Daily Texan Staff A s usual, Nebraska and Colorado w ill battle in the final Big 12 N orth game of the season on the day after Thanksgiving, this year in Boulder, Colo. And, like in m any years past, the outcome of the game w ill deter­ mine not only the w inner of the d iv i­ sion, but also the bowl fortunes of other teams in the conference. The No. 3 Com huskers (9-1 over­ all, 6-1 Big 12) remain in the thick of the national title race, even though their chances were damaged by No. 1 Florida State's victory over Florida Saturday. The undefeated Sem inóles are v ir­ tually assured of a berth in the Sugar Bow l, this year's national cham pi­ onship game. And if the No. 2 V ir­ ginia Tech Hokies can defeat Boston College Saturday, they w ill probably match their spotless record against F SU 's for the title on Jan. 4. How ever, solid victories over the Buffaloes and No. 7 Texas in the Big 12 cham pionship game could lift Nebraska into the second slot, even if Virginia Tech finishes undefeated. A fter this past weekend's games, Nebraska gained 1.77 points on the Hokies in the Bow l Cham pionship Series rankings, closing the gap to a mere 0.63 points. The move was a bit of surprise because the H uskers were idle this week, w hile Virginia Tech w hipped Temple 62-7. A supe­ rior strength of schedule rating should keep Nebraska rising in the standings, as long as it keeps win- ning. Nebraska head coach Frank Solich said M onday his team w ould not focus on trying to run the score up on Colorado to im pact the com puter rankings, w hich form a large part of the BC S standings. The higher the m argin of victory is for a team, the low er their computer ranking w ill be calculated in the BCS. "To have to go into a game think­ ing you have to beat a team by so m any points is tough on all coaches, and not a w ay a coach wants to look at approaching a gam e," he said. But before Nebraska can even start thinking Sugar Bow l, they must get through Colorado, a team that has turned into a fierce riva l of the Cornhuskers in the '90s and given them m any tough contests. The latest Bo w l C ham pionship games p l a y e d through fo r Nov. 22: 1 Florida State 2. Virginia Tech 3. Nebraska 4. Tennessee 5. Florida 6. Kansas State 7 Wisconsin 8 Alabama 9. TEXAS 10. Michigan 11. Michigan State 12. Penn State 13. Marshall 14. Minnesota 15. Southern Miss Record 11-0 10-0 9-1 8-2 9-2 10-1 * 9-2 9-2 9-2 9-2 9-2 9-3 10*0 8-3 8-3 Points 2.32 6.78 7.41 13.88 14.55 16.57 16.80 16.83 19.16 20.72 22.07 29.71 31.96 34.83 37.04 After beginning the decade w ith a loss and a tie against the Buffaloes, Nebraska has defeated Colorado seven consecutive times bv an aver­ age score of 29-13. However, Col­ orado has battled Nebraska evenly the past three seasons, losing by an average of less than a touchdown. Solich said his players understand that Colorado w ill not go down eas­ ily, especially at home. "Players in this day and age are prettv bright," Solich said. "Thev're aw are of w h at's going on. Thev know it's a big game for us, but they also know it's a very big game for Colorado." The Buffaloes w ere elim inated from conference title contention bv No. 9 Kansas State's 66-0 w alkover against M issouri this weekend. However, the Buffs do have some­ thing to play for against the C om ­ huskers, as a victory would help separate them from the three other conference members hovering on the edge of bow l eligib ility w ith six wins. W ith a w in and a Texas A & M loss to Texas, Colorado w ill likelv move into the Big 12's fourth bowl slot and play in the Alam o Bow l. A loss w ill leave the Buffs battling Texas Tech, Oklahom a and possibly Oklahom a State for the last two Big 12 slots. 'This game has a lot riding on it," Colorado head coach G arv Bam ett BIG 12 NORTH Page 10 Texan file photo Texas ÜB Major Applewhite is trying to lead his team back to concentrating on the Horns' key matchup with A&M Friday. Back in Focus After tragedy, Texas, A&M try to get back to football Damien Pierce collapse of the Aggie Bonfire last to step awav. Daily Texan Staff Thursday morning. It d id n't make much sense to Ahm ad Brooks. The Texas cornerback d id n 't understand w h y tragedy had struck C ollege Station and he couldn't grasp w h y it was neces­ sary for humans to suffer in such a way. Tw elve lives had been lost and 27 more had been injured after the It was all so confusing to him, and yet, he was going to have to take the field against Texas A & M and face the Aggies in a suddenly not-so-important football game. But how could Brooks take the field when it had all become so meaningless to him in the wake of the tragedy? H e d id n't know and he needed He needed some time to collect his thoughts aw ay from the field so that he could strap up the pads again. He needed the one place that could make it all better. " I really needed to go home," the 5-foot 8-inch cornerback said. " I just went home to see m y niece and m y family. It's alw ays a good FOOTBALL/Page 10 Horns to get first test of season No.4 UCLA could give Texas chance to climb back in rankings Paul J. Weber Daily Texan Staff the perim eter and inside. It's not unusual for unknowns to head for Los Angeles in search of recognition. It's just a little strange w'hen an entire bas­ ketball program makes the trip for the same reason. Although scarcely enough tim e has passed in these early stages of the hoops season to weed out the over-ranked and usher in the surprises into the national polls, rankings have yet to become an issue for the H orns — m ostly because no one has made an issue out of them. W ith Texas snubbed in both the preseason Associated Press and U SA Today coaches' Top 25 rankings to begin the year — wrhere four of their Big 12 counterparts earned spots — pollsters have been slow to acknowledge a Longhorn team that went 16-12 to close out last season. "You w ould like to get a little atten­ tion," said head coach jo d y Conradt, whose team has not cracked the Top 25 since the A P 1997 preseason poll (No. 25). "B u t this early in the season, the only thing the polls mean to us is pride." But if Texas' w in over season-opening N icholls State w asn't enough to impress voters to put the H orns amongst the ranked for the first time in tw’o years, per­ haps a w in over their next opponent w ill be. Although their victo ry over the Colonels officially launched Texas' '99 cam paign Saturday, the Horns wrill see their first real challenge Tuesday, w'hen they visit California to take on No. 4 U C L A . W h ile Texas (1-0) survived a sluggish effort against Nicholls State, the Horns' perform ance Saturday revealed as much about Texas as a spotty victory over a sac­ rifice from the Southland Conference can possibly tell. That is, not a w hole lot. And Texas should hope that the rem ainder of its season does not follow’ the perfor­ mance it had last weekend, w'here the Horns shot a dismal 31.9 percent from the floor and struggled to connect both from The H orns' shooting is an area that Texas must im prove if they expect to top­ ple the Brum s, one of the nation's highest scoring teams. There's a reason w’hy U C L A is the nation's fourth-ranked pro­ gram, and it m ostly has to do w ith to their one-two com bination of forward M avlana M artin and point guard Erica Gomez. The pair of All-Am erican candi­ dates led the Bruins to a Pac-10 cham pi­ onship last season and an Elite Eight appearance, w ith M artin netting 18.2 ppg last season in the frontcourt and Gomez tallying 7.1 ppg and 6.67 assists per game in the backcourt. The im portance of Gomez to U C LA 's success could also translate to substan­ tially more plaving tim e for freshman Tai D illard , wrho saw’ just 10 m inutes of action in the H orns' opener against the Colonels. W h ile Conradt did not allude to sw itching her starting point guard fol­ low ing the N icholls State victory, the Broncos get by Raiders in OT, 27-21 Associated Press D E N V E R — For 60 minutes, Den­ ver defensive tackle Trevor Prvce kept reaching for O akland quarter­ back Rich Gannon and coming up empty. Finally, in overtim e, he came up w ith the biggest hit of the game. Pryce sacked Gannon, forcing a fum ble and recovering it at the O ak­ land 24. On the next play, O landis G ary bolted off the left side for a touchdown 2:40 into overtim e to g ive the Broncos a 27-21 victory M onday night. " It was a lucky bounce, our first lucky bounce all year long," Pryce said. " It just laid right there. I don't know' how it happened that w ay, but I'm glad it did. W e chased him a lot." G ary said the huge hole off the left side on his w inning TD was "unbe­ lievable because it was haru getting yards all day." A P photo Raiders running back Tyrone Wheatley, front, is upended by Broncos cornerback Ray Crockett, back right as Broncos defensive tackle Maa Tanuvasa, back left, closes in from the side in the first quarter on Monday. Jason Elam kicked tw o fourth- quarter field goals, including a 53- yarder w ith seven seconds left in D arrien G ordon's 25-yard punt return had set up M ichael Husted's 44-yard field goal w ith 1:17 left, giv- regulation, to produce a 21-21 tie BRONCOS/Page Í0 HOOPS/Page 10 Texas' Dana Godfrey, left, and Rashunda Johnson will look to contain UCLAs All-American forward Maylana Martin Tuesday. Brendan M aloney DAILY TE Y A \ STAFF Dykes’ resignation leaves void at Tech Jonathan Green Daily Texan Staff Two days after Spikes D ykes resigned a'- Texas Tech s head foot­ ball coach, school officials began the search for his replacement Dykes, a former Texas assistant, announced his retirem ent shortly after the Red Raiders defeated O kla­ homa Saturday. H e had coached at Tech for 13 years, w hich is longer than any other Big 12 head coach has been at their respective school. Oklahom a offensive coordinator M ike Leach has been contacted about the |ob, Sooner head coach Bob Stoops said Monday Leach ran Kentucky's air-attack offense during quarterback Tim C ouch's career w ith the W ildcats Form er Auburn head co ach Tern Bow den has also been rumored to replace Dykes. Tech secondary coach Dean Cam pbell said the Red Raider locker room was extremely emotional fol­ low ing the 38-28 victory over the Sooners. "We're excited to let Coach Dykes out w'ith a w in ," Cam pbell said. Backup quarterback K liff Kings- b un1 threw for 259 yards and three touchdowms in the victory, and run­ ning back Sammy M om s notched over 150 y’ards in total offense to let Dy kes' career end on a good note. That game marked D ykes' coach­ ing finale at Jones Stadium in Lu b ­ bock, but his Red Raiders mav not be finished yet. The w in gave Texas Tech six w’ins on the season, m aking them eligible for a bow i game Dykes' season had been a roller­ coaster ride all vear. M any people in Lubbock called for his firing after BIG 12 SOUTH Page 10 Keep your hands to yourself Due to a bye week this past weekend and a short week of practice before Friday's matchup against Texas A&M, the Longhorns had an John Dawson Daily Texan Staff Despite Diaz, Homs let down at nationals Page 10 Tuesday, November 23, 1999' T h e D a i l y T e x a n LONGHORN FOOTBALL NOTES Poll position As much as the Longhorns try to avoid devot­ ing attention to the national rankings, comer- back Ahmad Brooks couldn't resist commenting on what he feels is an injustice to the Homs in the Associated Press poll. In the latest AP poll released Sunday, Texas, which was idle this past weekend, fell from No. 6 to No. 7. The AP voters, in turn, fell out of favor with Brooks. "I don't understand how we dropped in the rankings because the game before we won by 51 points," Brooks said of a Texas team that defeated Texas Tech 58-7 on Nov. 13. "It's not like Tech is a bad team, so 1 don't understand that." Texas (9-2) swapped spots with Tennessee (8- 2), which defeated Kentucky 56-21 Saturday. Both Kentucky and Tech now have identical 6-5 records. But that doesn't mean Brooks isn't taking favorites. "Kentucky or Tech?" Brooks asked while bal­ ancing the two schools on imaginary scales in his hands. "M aybe I'm just biased about the Big 12, but I think Tech can line up and beat Ken­ tucky." Texas did jump one spot up to No. 5 in the ESPN / USA Today coaches poll. The Homs are currently ranked ninth in the Bowl Champi­ onship Series standings. Couch potato During his off week, Texas quarterback Major Applewhite had the opportunity to do absolute­ ly nothing related to college football. So of course, Applewhite took full advantage of the situation as he sat back, relaxed and, well, watched college football. Applewhite is too much of a gridiron fan to pass up the chance to catch the Florida-Tlorida State war. The sophomore signal caller was impressed with both squads, but said his Homs are every bit as good as either Florida school when Texas plays up to its potential. "If we played Texas football as well as we could, we could beat both of them," Applewhite said. It is highly unlikely, but the Homs could con­ ceivably get a shot at the Gators if Texas won the Big 12 Championship and Florida lost the SEC Championship game, but got an at-large bid to the Fiesta Bowl. unusual Monday workout. Head coach Mack Brown was pleased with the practice, and following the workout explained that the Homs will have to wait until game day to smack someone around. "We're not going to hit as much this week because w e've played 11 games already and it has been a physical year for us," Brown said. One-minute drill Wide receivers Ryan Nunez and Jeremy Jones are probable for the Texas A&M game, but nei­ ther is 100 percen t... The A&M contest will kick off at 10 a.m. and will be televised on ABC. — C om piled by R obby N isenfeld, D a ily Texan s ta ff Gretzky officially enters Hall of Fame ¿4 I felt like I’d never done enough. If I had three unsuitable for a winter game such as hockey, due in part to Gretzky's seven-plus years in Los Angeles and the popularity he helped spread. A sso cia te d Press goals, I wanted five goals. If I had seven points, 1 wanted TORONTO — Wayne Gretzky handled the ultimate tribute to his unparalleled hockey career — induction into the Hall of Fame — with the same boy-next-door humil­ ity that characterized his playing days. In typical Gretzky fashion, The Great One tried to share the lime­ light with his two fellow inductees — former referee Andy Van Helle- mond and former referee-in-chief Scotty M orrison — when they received their Hall of Fame blazers and rings at a ceremony Monday jammed with journalists. Gretzky insisted that M orrison take the center seat at the interview table and called the honor of joining his co-inductees in the Hall "pretty special." Such gestures have made Gretzky a national hero in Canada, honored and loved as the greatest to ever play the game. When asked what made him the most dominant player of all time, Gretzky credited his teammates and a passion that drove him to always want more from himself. to get the eighth point.” — Wayne Gretzky, Hat of Fame Inductee "I felt like I'd never done enough. If I had three goals, I \. anted five goals. If I had seven points, I wanted to get the eighth point," he said. "I kept going every night, played 80 games every year as hard as I could, whether it was Oct. 1 or April 1. "Maybe that's why I was able to have the records that I did eventual­ ly get," said the holder of 61 NHL records whose trademark No. 99 was retired after his final game. The 38-year-old master left an extraordinary mark on the game, with four Stanley Cup cham pi­ onships, almost every conceivable scoring record and winning every major NHL award multiple times. He longs for the camaraderie and competition left behind by retire­ ment, but said his decision to stop playing is final. "Nothing can replace hockey," he said. "I wish I could still play and I miss it tremendously because it's a great game. "But I said this before: I was going to retire one time, one time officially and I'm officially retired. I probably miss the game more than the game misses Wayne Gretzky." His legacy is evident, on and off the ice. The NHL now features increasing numbers of swift-skating, highly skilled European players who prospered under the flowing, puck-control style played by Gret­ zky and his Edmonton Oiler teams of the 1980s that won four champi­ onships in five seasons. Eight NHL teams play in southern formerly considered U.S. cities In conjunction with G retzky's induction, the Hall of Fame opened its largest single exhibit, a 2,300- square-foot collection of Gretzky memorabilia that includes the skates he wore in his final game on April 18, the net into which he scored his league-record 802nd goal and even his picture as a smiling youngster with idol Gordie Howe. The Hall waived the normal three- year waiting period for the 10th time in honor of Gretzky and accredited 175 journalists for the ceremony. Both Van Hellemond, who worked 19 straight Stanley Cup finals, and Morrison, credited with building the Hall of Fame into one of Canada's leading tourist attractions, joked they were now the answer to the trivia question of who was inducted with No. 99 in 1999. Morrison acknowledged G ret­ zky's humble approach, telling how Gretzky rejected a plan to move the ceremony to a bigger venue because he wanted the same ceremony in the same place as those before him. Aikman to return Thursday against Miami A sso c ia te d Press specialists. IRVING — Troy Aikman, headache-free and confident that he's not prone to concussions, will return to the Dallas Cowboys for game Thursday's against the Miami Dolphins. Aikm an went through light drills with the team Mon­ day for the first time since Nov. 8, when a sack against Minnesota left him with a second concussion in eight days. He's missed two games as a precaution and has used the time off to visit "I think w e've been very careful with it," Aikman said. "I've been able to work out the past week and feel pretty good. It would be nice if it was a Sunday ballgame, I feel confi­ dent everything is in order." Aikman, who turned 33 on Sun­ day, was especially concerned because the hit that caused the sec­ ond concussion wasn't as hard as the first one, yet symptoms such as headaches and dizziness were worse. Part of the cumulative effect of concussions is that they're easier to get and the side effects last longer. Aikman has had eight concussions in his 11-year career and 10 in his life. But the doctors he saw assured him that those numbers aren't that bad. The specialists said they've seen NHL players who've suffered 30-40 concussions in 11 years. "Hearing both doctors, complete­ ly separate from each other, say they didn't think that was an extreme amount was very positive," Aikman said. "They don't feel I'm suscepti­ ble to concussions at all considering the number of hits I take in a ball- game or over the course of a year. That gave me a great deal of peace of mind." Aikman also got a better educa­ tion on the field of concussions, and the exams by the specialists give them something to compare future exams to should he be hurt again. "If I do run into this down the road, there are some guys I know that I can go see," he said. "So I'm much further along if I face it again than I was this time." Dallas (5-5) went 1-1 in Aikman's absence. The Cowboys lost 13-9 to Arizona on Sunday and beat Green Bay 27-13 the previous week. Hoops Broncos Continued from page 9 Continued from page 9 Texas head coach has repeatedly placed Dillard's defensive intensity above that of her current starter, sophom ore Asha Hill. And the focus for Texas' defense Tuesday will have to start at the point, in order to reduce Gomez's role on the floor. "I think we're going to be able to hang in there [against UCLA]," said Conradt. "W e'll have to rebound and shoot better than we did [against Nicholls State], but I think we have a shot." ing the Raiders a 21-18 lead. But the Broncos (4-7) then went 36 yards in nine plays, including Brian Griese's 3-yard pass to Rod Smith on fourth-and-1, allowing Elam to force overtime. Griese starter Chris Miller midway through the final quarter and promptly engineered a 42-yard drive that culminated in Elam's 38-yard field goal with 4:04 left, which tied it at 18. replaced A questionable pass-interference penalty against Oakland's Charles Woodson covering 31 yards was the key play on the drive. Gordon's return appeared to clinch it for the Raiders (5-5), but the Bron­ cos answered. Denver won the coin toss in over­ time and elected to receive, but went three-and-out. Tom Rouen's 46-yard punt was downed at the Raiders 19, and three plays later Pryce forced the critical turnover, damaging Oakland's play­ off hopes. "Rich was looking for an alternate receiver and they made a heck of a play," Raiders coach Jon Gruden said. "They got around the horn and knocked the ball out of his arm. That Give Thanks for Ty! TUESDAY’ S LIN E-UP: 5:00 W hat’s the Cover? 7:00 KVR News 9 7:30 Sainternet 8:00 Shorties 9:00 Sneak Peek 2000 9:30 Campus Loop 10:00 Music My Mom Hates KVR-TV ■ BROADCAST 9 1 DORM 15 / CABLE 16 Music My Mom Hates @10 Gee, Todd...maybe we should stop making fun of the D AILY T E X A N on our show. But they might screw with our ads to make us look like fools, Todd!!! , they're not creative. I Hie Campus loop - tonight at 9: KVR9-TV: Television for the University of Texas a t Austin - h tt p ://w w w .u te x a s .e d u /s tu d e n t s /k v r was the devastating play in the ball game." Broncos coach Mike Shanahan said Miller appeared to have a mild con­ cussion, the same injury that caused him to retire after the 1995 season before getting medical clearance to play again this year. Offensive coordinator Gary Kubiak "was talking to Chris on the headset and felt something was wrong with him," Shanahan said. "H e got Hit in the head earlier. We felt something wasn't right, so we made the change." The Raiders overcame a 15-0 sec­ ond-quarter deficit to take an 18-15 lead, thanks to two touchdown passes from Gannon. The game was played in 26-degree weather on a field dusted by light snow before the game, the remnants of a storm that dumped nine inches of snow on the Denver area since Sun­ day night. "The elements weren't very con­ ducive to the kicking game at all," Elam said. "It was cold, the ball was­ n't traveling very well. The field was kind of a mess. All you can do is just whale away." B A R T E N D I N G • MAKE LOTS OF $$$ • FLEXIBLE CLASS SCHEDULE • JOB PLACEMENT ASSISTANCE •TABC CERTIFIED • 18 YEARS OR OLDER TEJLHMpXI nr nlrtrrunrnr OfMftfHIDEJB I - 8 0 0 - B A R T E N D 5555 N LAM AR *129 TEXAS CROSS COUNTRY placed her 91st instead of 103rd. 72 points, Brigham Young took first place with followed by Arkansas with 125. Team points were totaled by taking the sum of each squad's top five runners' plac- mgs; the lowest score wins. Texas finished the day with 472 points, missing their goal of 15th by 56 points. The race was comprised of the best 31 teams and 254 runners in the country. The 100th place individual finisher at the championships com­ pleted the course in 18:01, a time that would have placed fourth at the Homs first competition. This was only the H om s' second national championship race since their 19th place finish in 1989. Texas' last All-American, Tina Hall, finished 14th at nationals to earn the honors that year. With the outcom e of the race determining the national polls dur­ ing the offseason, Texas will be ranked 22nd the next nine months. They were ranked 25th coming into this race. for "We got the place we deserved today," Rembao said. The Texas women's cross country team ended the year Monday with a major personal victory for senior Liz Diaz, but a minor loss for the team. The Homs, hoping to place 15th or better, instead placed 22nd at the NCAA National Championships in Bloomington, Ind. Diaz, with a 29th place finish, became Texas' first All- American runner in a decade. D iaz's perform ance paced the Homs at 17:22 for the 5K course, fol­ lowed by freshman Erin Sims (87th) at 18:06. Senior Maureen Sweeney had a rough day, finishing 103rd in 18:13. Freshmen Courtney Lan­ cashire (18:16) and Londa Bevins (18:34) placed 110th and 150th, respectively. "We had some people who didn't run as well as they could have," Texas coach John Rembao said. "You don't need a whole lot to go wrong to get behind." Rembao's comments referred to the sub-par showings of Sweeney and Bevins, who performed below expectations. Sweeney had run a 17:58 earlier this year on the same course— a time that would have Big 12 North Continued from page 9 said. Besides the com peting teams, Kansas State will also have a vested interest in Friday's outcome. A Col­ orado victory will put the Wildcats in the conference title game against the Longhorns, giving them a chance to earn a berth in one of the three major BCS bowls. A Com- husker win could put K-State in the Cotton Bowl or the Alamo Bowl again, games whose stature doesn't match the Wildcats 10-1 record. K-State head coach Bill Snyder said he would love to get back into the conference race, but even if Nebraska wins, his team should still be a strong candidate for one of the into the BCS two at-large bids bowls. "I think our football team is deserving of that," he said. "I do feel though we have guys who as deserve to be recognized, and recog­ nized in the right way." Big 12 South Continued from page 9 losing to lowly North Texas early in the year, then the very next game fans tore down the goalposts after upsetting Texas A&M. He had an 82-67-1 overall record with the Red Raiders, and was their winningest and longest-tenured coach in school history. "We're going to miss him," Baylor head coach Kevin Steele said. "H e's one of the all-time greats. You can never replace a Spike Dykes." Odds and Ends Oklahoma State face off this week­ end in a game with important bowl implications. OU (6-4, 4-3 Big 12) has already qualified for a bowl appearance with six wins, but could use a seventh to solidify its chances of playing in the postseason. The Cowboys (5-5, 3-4) must win to be eligible for a bowl. ...Baylor finished their rebuilding season 1-10 after falling to Oklahom a State 34-14. Their only win cam e at home Interstate rivals Oklahoma and against North Texas. Football Continued from page 9 thing to go home because it gives you a chance to remember what you are fighting for." And that is just about how every Longhorn spent their weekend. They all went to their own places of relaxation to try to separate them­ selves from what had happened in Aggieland. Texas wide receiver Ryan Nunez went hunting. Texas defensive tackle Cedric Woodard relaxed and watched the Florida /Florida State game on the tube. And Texas quarterback Major Applewhite also spent his afternoon viewing the Gators and Seminóles on television. and refocus They all used the weekend to because regroup despite the tragedy at A&M, there is still a lot at stake for the No. 7 Long­ horns as far as bowls are concerned and they can't afford to allow them­ selves to be flat at Kyle Field on Fri­ day. They need to concentrate on foot­ ball even if it isn't the most impor­ tant thing. the "It was a tough weekend for all of us because we were all focused on what had h ap p en ed ," Texas head coach Mack Brown said. "But we need two to separate because the game has nothing to do with the tragedy. "Som eone asked me earlier if I thought the game should be canceled, and I don't think that I am the one to decide that. But it looks like we are going to play, so we need to go out and play as hard as we can " And the Homs may need to put forth their best effort of the season against the Aggies. A&M head coach R.C. Slocum has already said that his team will be dedicating their effort to the memo­ ry of the victims of the Bonfire tragedy and with that new's, Texas expects to be facing a very emotion­ al Aggie squad. But to Brown, that is nothing new. "This game is always played with a lot of emotion so even if what had happened had not happened, we would have expected them to be 44 And the thing is, if the Aggies win this game it doesn’t bring those kids back. So we want to win the game just like they want to win the game, and that doesn’t change. If it did, then we should cancel this game right now.” — Mack Brown Texaa head coach em otional," the head coach said. "And the thing is, if the Aggies win this game it doesn't bring those kids back. So we want to win the game just like they want to win the game, and that doesn't change. If it did, then we should cancel this game right now." Nunez, however, had somewhat of a different perspective of the game in that he could see how the game had sort of an eerie feel to it. "It's hard to find words to explain how it might be," the 5-foot 9-inch wide receiver said. "We need to be ready to play, but the thing is we don't know how they are going to play. I mean right now, I don't know how to react if I score a touch­ down." And neither do any of the other Longhorns. In a game so steeped in tradition and the rivalry itself, it's hard to know how to react and how to dis­ play their emotions on the field. It's almost impossible to know what is appropriate. But perhaps the secret is to just go out and play a great game. At least, that is how Nunez makes sense of it all. "Football is that type of sport," Nunez said. "It can help with the loss and that can be a great thing." 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Or, search the past 5 days of ads on-line. \ Students, workers concerned about meningitis campaign Associated Press A M H E R S T , Mass. — Law rence an d S h a r if M u h a m m a d sto od fro z e n w it h in d e c is io n at the doorstep of a U niversity of M assa­ chusetts vaccination clinic. - T h e ir mom was w o rried about th em c a tc h in g m e n in g o c o c c a l meningitis. She had heard that it can kill an otherwise healthy teen­ ager in hours. T w o students had alrea d y been stricken this fall at the university. B u t they got better. A n d w ith 18,000 undergraduates at UMass- A m h erst, how m uch of a threat was there really? Besides, at $75 a vaccination, the price looked pret­ ty steep. The M uham m ad brothers final­ ly turned around and left. S p u rre d by the latest fe d e ra l re c o m m e n d a tio n s, c o lleg es are m o u n tin g a w id e n in g attack on m e n in g itis this fa ll w ith health advisories, educational campaigns and vaccination clinics. The aim is to curb the spread of meningitis in dormitories. Bu t the latest stu dies suggest that only a few meningitis deaths m ig h t be a v o id e d each y e a r in d o rm s — le a d in g som e h e a lth a u t h o r it ie s to w o n d e r if th e y c o u ld do b e tte r b y w o r k in g a g a in s t m o re co m m o n c o lle g e scourges like drunken d rivin g or sexually transmitted diseases. “ Y o u 're talking about m illions of dollars per life saved. There are know n to be m any interventions in p u b lic h e a lth th at do b e tte r than that," said M ilton W einstein, a ris k e x p e rt at the H a r v a r d Sch o o l of P u b lic H ealth . O n his u But the greatest tragedy is when a parent sees their child stricken by the disease — and never knew there was an action that can be taken to pre­ vent it.” — Pasteur Merieux Connaught vaccine maker fam ily doctor's advice, he is let­ tin g o w n 18-year-old son go unvaccinated at college. Meningococcal meningitis is an in fe c tio n o f the m e m b ra n e s around the brain and spinal cord that can be spread by kissing or even sharing a drinking glass. The sy m p to m s in c lu d e fe v e r, neck stiffness and headache. The d is­ ease kills in roughly 10 percent of cases an d does s e rio u s h arm , including brain damage, in anoth­ er 10 percent. M eningococcal m eningitis is a b acterial in fe ctio n . The vaccin e does not guard against the gener­ ally less serious viral meningitis. A t least 91 cam puses w a rn of the d ise ase on p re - a d m is s io n health forms, often recom m end­ ing that students consider the vac­ cine, according to Dr. M arjeanne Collins, the U niversity of Pennsyl­ vania health director w ho has sur­ veyed cam puses n a tio n w id e. A t least 87 campuses carry out w ider educational campaigns and 57 run meningitis vaccination clinics. The federal Centers for Disease C o n tro l and P re v e n tio n re co m ­ mended last month that campuses give easy access to the meningitis v a c c in e , e s p e c ia lly fo r c o lleg e freshmen. Yet, of 3,000 cases nationwide in a t y p ic a l y e a r, ju s t 100 to 125 occur at colleges. The death rate is highest among freshmen living in dorm itories. W ith about 520,000 su ch fre s h m e n th is fa ll, fiv e deaths w ould be expected. F ig u r e s on cau ses of death am ong college students are hard to find. H o w e v e r, in 1997, there w ere 10,208 road fatalities, 4,186 suicides and 276 A ID S deaths for y o u n g p e o p le ages 15 to 24, according to the N ational Center for Health Statistics. "Y o u can debate the cost-effec­ tiveness of this," said Len Laven- da, a spokesm an for m ening itis vaccin e m aker P a ste u r M erieux C o n n a u g h t. " B u t the g reatest tra g e d y is w h e n a p a re n t sees their child stricken by the disease — and never knew there was an action that can be taken to prevent it." The vaccine is deem ed 90 per­ cent effective against 70 percent of co lleg e cases. In the re m a in in g cases, the vaccine has no effect. T h e D a il y T e x a n Tuesday, November 23,1999 Page 13 Fog blamed for fatal Penn State bus crash Associated Press the wreckage. W H I T E H A V E N , Pa. — H eavy fog is being blamed for a d e a d ly c h a in - re a ctio n cra sh in v o lv in g fo u r c h a rte r b uses loaded w ith Penn State U n iv e r­ sity students returning from a shopping trip to N ew York City. Students began re tu rn in g to c a m p u s on S u n d a y , s e v e ra l hours after the crash that killed two people — a female student and one of the bus d riv e rs — and injured at least 106 others. Seven people remained hospi­ talized tod ay, u n iv e rs ity o f f i­ cials said. M any students said they w ere sleep in g w h en the c a ra v a n of buses rolled into fog sometime after midnight Sunday on Inter­ state 80, about 14 m iles south­ east of Wilkes-Barre. “ The fog was aw ful — we got off the bus and we couldn't even see each other right aw ay. W e d id n 't re aliz e the extent of it u n til w e got off the b u s ," said Jessica M iller, a freshman from York who was on the second bus that crashed. " I saw a girl hold­ ing her teeth in her hand. It was just unbelievable." The four buses w ere am ong six carrying 280 students home fro m N e w Y o rk . U n iv e r s it y President G raham Spanier said the buses d ro v e in to a “ v e r y thick w all of fog." In the ensuing chain-reaction wreck, three buses smashed into one another and a fourth hit a guard rail. A pickup truck and two cars also became tangled in The d riv e r of the second bus that cra sh ed , R o b e rt C liffo r d Bu rg e , 50, of A lto o n a , w a s killed. The student killed, identi­ fied by the co ro n er as D enise O rndorff, 23, of O hiop yle, w as in the first row of seats on the bus b e h in d B u r g e 's , S p a n ie r said. Crews towed aw ay the last of the buses late Sunday morning. Its back end w as sm ashed in. N e a rb y , an old p illo w and a cou ple of Penn State b aseball caps lay in the high grass along the side of the road, as well as a pap erb ack en titled The N i g h t ­ mare Chronicles. Students w ho weren't injured gathered at the nearby C hurch of Saint P a trick after the crash until more buses arrived to take them back to State College. The trip had been organized by Penn State's Association of Residence H all Students. S e n io r Ja m ie H a rm e r w a s among a group of students w ho jumped from a w in d o w of one of the crashed buses and waited in the fog for help. " I t w as ab solutely s u rre a l," she told the Centre Daily Times n e w s p a p e r of Sta te C o lle g e . “ T h a t's the o n ly w o rd I can think of to describe it. The one bus looked like a sardine can. it was just torn open." Junior M att Sliw a, adm inistra­ tive vice president of the dorm i­ tory g roup that organized the trip , to ld the n e w s p a p e r he doubted the annual trip w ould continue in the future. Students at UMass rally over attacks Associated Press A M H E R S T , Mass. — Hundreds of people rallied at the campus of the University pf Massachusetts to v o ice concern about a series of assaults in the area. About 300 students chanted anti­ violence slogans on M onday as they carried signs saying "Protect O u r W om en" and "Too Little, Too Late" — a reference to the views of some students that administrators have not reacted strongly enough "I'm probably as scared as I pos­ sibly could be," said student Elisa­ beth Lessard, 21. “ Pa rt of me is upset at what's been going on, but the other part of me is happy that the reaction from students is so great. I w ould never guess a big campus like this w ould bond like this." Four women have been assaulted near the campus pond since Nov. 2. Tw o were raped, including one in mid-afternoon in bushes near the student union. Authorities say three of the attacks could be related. Security patrols have been bol­ stered at the cam pus, w h ich has about 18,000 undergraduates. The students at the rally demand­ ed a 24-hour escort s ervice and more security in libraries, dormito­ ries and parking lots. 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UJHAT'S 1V(AT> cOOD GOD I A N E W 0/\] COFfLg T R 6 DRAG i CHOU)C0vf*.£O T h e Da ily T ex a n Tuesday, November 23, 1999 Page 15 s o u n d b i t e s DOWN BY LAW [ | l FLY THE FLAG FLY THE FLAG Byi Dow n By Law Label: Go Kart Grade: 2.0 (on a 4 0 scale) LUXURY PROBLEM By: Lunachicks Label: Go Kart Grade: 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale) MODERN By: Buzzcocks Label: Go Kart Grade: 2.7 (on a 4 0 scale) What7s become of punk rock? Its current state is in disarray. Rancid, once the kings of punk, recruited ska-méisters and dancehall crashers to perform on their newer albums. Punk bands, or at least bands with musical talent, are departing from th eir punk roots. If you d o n 't believe me, compare Green Day's early work with Nimrod. G o-Kart Records has released three new albums by prolific punk acts Down By Law and the Lunachicks, as well as the British power-pop/punk band Buzz cocks. These are bands who have stuck to their punk guns and as evidenced by these current albums, may dis­ prove my theory about qu ality punk bands. Down by Law 's Fly The Flag is the Time Magazine of the group, explonng themes significant­ ly mature for a band that once sang "punkrockacademyfightsong." The L u n ach ick s' Luxury Problem , a funnv and gritty fifth album by the all-girl New York natives, may be the Mad m agazine of the three, while the technically innovative and surreal Modern by the Buzzcocks is Wired. Despite its unevenness, Down By L aw 's Fly The Flag provides an enjoyable 45 minutes of punk rock sen sibility. M any punk album s become repetitive over time, leaving the listeners to desire more from the hard-working artists. Down By Law stands on the line between variety and repetition; however, the subject m atter they tackle rarely dw ells upon the same issues. "This Is The New Breed" is a scathing critique of the Democratic Party, while "Auto­ matic" poses questions about our modern, computer-age existence. Where Fly The Flag falters is in its laid back style. Down By Law 's music is very middle-of-the-road and rhythmically similar from song to song. As well, frontman Dave Sm alley's ambivalent vocal style hinders the pow er of the lyrics, bringing to mind an analogy of Ben Stein read mg Dylan Thomas. Nev­ ertheless, these are all nit picky digressions made by a strict critic. Fly The Flag is in fact a respectable product by a band whose maturity shows. Theory: Maybe it's my chauvinis­ tic perspective on music, but it has alw ays seem ed that punk and women don't mix. Go ahead, call me a pig or whatever man-hating term you can throw at me. It is well- deserved. With Luxury Problem, the all female Lunachicks blow my the­ ory to m isogynistic sm ithereens. More bawdy and bombastic than efforts by so-called punk bands (Blink-182), the Lunachicks bring to mind Frank Zappa with their musi­ cal wizardry and lacerating satiric ed gin ess. The L unachicks rock! There, I've said it, and may my chauvinism rest in peace. I should also note, the Lunachicks wrote the theme song for the new Troma film Terror Firmer. This should not come as a su rp rise, seein g that the Lunachicks epitomize the perfect Trom a heroines: Bad Ass Ladies with Bigger Ass Guns, or in the Lunachicks' case, guitars. M odern, the sixth full length release from British power pop sen­ sations the Buzzcocks is quite an interesting album. Go-Kart Records can be characterized as an all-punk label. Eschewing trends of their Go- Kart brethren, the Buzzcocks meld Brit-pop, American rock and Ger­ man electrónica into its own artful flavor. Many of the themes explored by the Buzzcocks are very personal and performed in a surreal manner. Modem has an almost dreamy ambi­ ence to it and thus makes the album a pleasure to indulge in. Actually, after listening to Modern I had a strong urge to dust off the moth­ balls from my Skidrow shirt and wear it to class the next day. Yes. Modem is another throwback to the Flashdance days of the 1980s, but the Buzzcocks avoid drenching their album in nostalgia. The songs are poppy and dreamy, fun and evil, alluding to the Cars' finer work. I mean that in a good way. Punk may be in chaos, but quality acts like D ow n By Law and the Lunachicks prove that there still is something to say for the dying genre while the Buzzcocks show that their is plenty of experimenting left. —Ben Lazard E d ito r's N o te : These bands arc scheduled to perform at Stubb's Satur­ day, Nov. 27 and Sunday, Noa\ 28 as part o f the Go-Kart Across America Tour. For new views on old school punk, check out either night for a great show!! ‘King’ pits Joe vs. world film JOE THE KING Starring: Noah Fleiss, Val Kilmer Director: Frank W haley Playing at: Arbor Grade: 1.5 (on a 4 0 scale) with "action," and Joe all too w ill­ in g ly a b s o rb s h is s to r ie s of debauchery. Joe's other friends are two foul- m outhed boys, W inston and Ray. They frequently com m iserate with Jo e , fu e lin g h is d e lin q u e n t sh e n a n ig a n s. M ax L ig o sh p lay s M ike, the eld est H enry boy and one of the only virtuous characters in the film . But even his sym pa­ th ies are co u n te red by freq u en t ex c lu sio n s of h is "u n c o o l" l it t l e brother. Joe him self is played by two dif­ ferent actors, due to the seven-vear leap from boy to teen p art-w av through the plot. Sm oking inces­ san tly, he is the p ictu re of in so ­ len ce. In class, he is n eed led by te a c h e rs lo o k in g to a sse rt th e ir authority. At home, Mom hassles Joe repeatedly. Enemies tease him about his father, Bob H enry, the school janitor. Bob is played by Val Kilmer in a nuanced performance seldom seen fro m th e s lic k a c to r , w h ich am o u n ts to the m ain red eem in g facto r in th is bleak film . K ilm er gained a sizable potbelly for the ro le and c o n v in c in g ly lu m b e rs a b o u t th r o u g h o u t th e p ic tu re , s m a s h in g a n y th in g , w h e th e r objects or people, that gets in his way. Joe's no-good father is hardly a role m odel and is riddled w ith vices. But as the action progresses, Joe in e v itab ly g rav itate s tow ard his dad's tendencies As Joe's life prospects plummet, the audience is left anticipating a change. W hen Ethan Hawke turns up as Len Coles, a school guidance c o u n s e lo r , im p ro v e m e n t see m s likely But the m ustachioed Coles is pow erless to halt the impetus of Joe's inevitable fall. Joe the King is a depressing movie, c h r o n ic lin g th e hard tim es o f a young boy doomed to marginalítv. With a capable cast, some enriching lessons should be gleaned from the film . In stead , an u ltim ately thin script is unable to make Joe the king worth seeing. A similar effect might be ach iev ed by h av in g so m eo n e pummel you in the gut repeatedly. But for those n on-m asochists out there, don't bother. k v rx :91.7f e x p a n d in g y o u r r a d io fro n tie r Iw C P ' club nites: tue @ emo's wed @ red eyed fly Bryson Clark Daily Texan Staff Have you ever been kicked in the crotch and left to stew in the mis­ ery ? If y ou re lish th is kind of despondency, Joe the King is your kind of movie. It follows a young boy through the travails of his early years in the '70s. From his careless manner to his penchant for pilfer­ ing, Joe could be termed a trouble­ maker. Confined by his poverty, he seems destined for failure. All of Joe's problems are due to the people around him. Dom ineer­ ing te ach ers and u n ap p reciativ e bosses abound in Joe's oppressive w orld. T he m any fem ale ch a ra c­ ters he runs into are nothing more than d u ts, nags or layabouts; the screenw riter w ould seem to be a m iso g y n ist if the m ales w e re n 't just as bad. But most of them are b o o rish le ch e rs, d riv en by in sa ­ tiable lust for their whorish female counterparts. N o ta b le am o n g th is g ro u p is Jorge, played by John Leguizamo, fresh off his role as a drugged-up vigilante who cheats on his w ife in Sum m er o f Sam. Leguizam o is so fresh from this role, in fact, that he plays virtually the same character. 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Visitors to Pixar's headquarters north of Oakland first see a showcase filled with pseudo-collectibles, items based on the very modem Toy Story characters aged to resemble antiques, right down to the yellowed Scotch tape on the spine of a pulp paperback called Woody's Ropin’ Rescue. Telephone calls are answered by Pixar's boisterous automated phone line, which provides directions to the studio ("just turn left at the refinery") and advises the technologically impaired that "if your VCR at home is still blinking 12 o'clock," press 0 for a live operator. The showcase and phone system are signposts that Pixar, the leading pio­ neer of computer-generated animation, is neither a gathering of computer tech­ no-geeks nor a hierarchy of studio suits. Rather, Pixar is a hybrid, combin­ ing cutting-edge technique with story­ telling creativity worthy of its cartoon forebear and movie partner, the Walt Disney Co. "FHxar is a blend of the Hollywood creative culture and the Silicon Valley technical and business culture," said Steve Jobs, the studio's chairman, who also founded and heads Apple Com­ puter. "W e've managed to pick the best of both those cultures." Toy Story 2, which opens nationwide W ednesday, shows all signs of the com m ercial and critical success of Pixar's previous films, Toy Story and A Bug's Life. Both topped $350 million at theaters worldwide and took in hun­ dreds of millions more from video and merchandise revenue. Not bad for a company releasing just its third movie in an industry where failures far out­ number hits. Key players am ong P ixar's 430 em ployees are John Lasseter, who directed all three movies, and chief technical officer Edwin Catmull, who headed development of the technology th^t m ade the three-dimensional worlds of Toy Story and Bug's Life pos­ sible. Once part of George Lucas' spedal- effects empire, where Catmull worked for seven years, the company was incorporated as Pixar when Jóbs bought it from Lucas for $10 million in 1986. Catmull came along to develop his dream of producing full-length ani­ mated movies on computer, a vision he'd had since 1972. Jobs took the company public in 1995 but still owns about two-thirds of Pixar's shares. Lasseter, who had been an animator at Disney, also joined up. Their first efforts were short films, including the Academy Award-nominated Luxo Jr. and Tin Toy, an Oscar winner in 1988. Produced in partnership with Dis­ ney, Toy Story debuted in 1995, earning Lasseter an Oscar for special achieve­ ment, and A Bug’s Life followed in 1998. Running counter to Disney's pat­ tern of releasing animated sequels direct-to-video, the two studios decid­ ed early on to bump up the budget and make Toy Story 2 a theatrical release. "We couldn't let the sequel be any­ thing less than what the original was," Catmull said. For all of Pixar's technical savvy, the studio's executives say their computer-ammation expertise is just a tool, like pen and ink, to tell good sto­ ries. "At the end of the day, what's going to drive people to movies is not how technically advanced a film is. It's how good the story is," said Katherine Sty- ponias, an entertainment analyst with Prudential Securities. "You have to cre­ ate characters people will come to love and see over and over." Toy Story 2 continues the tale of Woody the cowboy, Buzz Lightyear and a motley mix of other toys that come alive when their owner, Andy, leaves his bedroom. Tom Hanks repris­ es the voice of Woody, and Tim Allen returns as Buzz. The story, which features Woody stolen by a rare toy collector, came to Lasseter after he found himself cau­ tioning his sons not to play with some of the collectible toys he has in his office. "You start laughing at yourself. Toys are put on this Earth to be played with by a ch ild ," L asseter said. " If it becomes something valuable that's put on a shelf and left forever and never played with again by a child, what kind of life is that for a toy?" Pixar and Disney executives talk up the m ovie's adult metaphors, with Woody at the crossroads having to choose betw een im m ortality as a museum piece under glass or return­ ing to Andy, knowing he will be land­ fill fodder once the boy grows up. "The worst, most tragic thing that can happen to a toy is to be outgrown by a child who loves you. When you think about what happens to every sin­ gle toy, like each of us, lt's.going to die some day," Lasseter said. "It's Woody coming to grips with his mortality." Toys may have short lives, but Pixar counts on a long future making ani­ mated movies The next Pixar-Disney film is Monsters, Inc., due in 2001, and Pixar hopes to produce one full-length movie every year or so after that. "W e feel w e're going to have as strong a feature animation business as anything Disney has," said Ann Math­ er, who just left Disney to become Pixar's chief financial officer. On the strength of Toy Story, Jobs was able to renegotiate a five-picture deal, with Pixar and Disney as equals. "I think they are a terrific company to be in business w ith, basically because of their creativity," said Disney Chairman Michael Eisner, who notes that Disney is gaining a wealth of new' characters to add to its Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck stable. Thomas Schumacher, president of Disney animation, said the movies co­ produced with Pixar complement Dis­ ney's own film slate, including next spring's Dinosaurs, a combination of live action and computer animation. "As long as we're all happy, we'll keep working together," Schumacher said. B on d N ot E n o u gh Continued from page 16 pain, yet the detail seems better suited for an intimidating henchman than a full-fledged nemesis. Still, it's refresh­ ing to get a character like Renard, the icked-on kid who grows up to exact pic revenge. It7s hard to imagine him as his intimidating before the advantageous bullet wound, but he's certainly chill­ ing now. As it turns out, World is a Bond film without a real villain, with 007 elimi­ nating the threatening mastermind early on, leaving the movie to putter on to a lame underwater climax between Bond and Renard. Yet there's a certain poetry to the revelation that Renard's world-threatening mayhem is all an amorous appeal of sorts to the woman he loves, a woman whose love he is damned never to feel. Before the '90s, the Bond films were never action m ovies per se. They transformed high-stakes globetrotting into a series of inventive confronta­ tions: outsm arting the resourceful henchmen, being caught and thrown in the inescapable slow death trap, escaping for tne showdown in the vil­ lain's lair. Overlooking the creative set-piece and escalating suspense for­ mula that worked so well in Tomorrow Never Dies, director Michael Apted and his coterie of screenwriters touch on the familiar goodies but seem more intent on producing an over-extended adrenaline rash. After sampling an exciting Thames boat chase as a pre-credits teaser, World doesn't seem to build towards a finale so much as it appears to be running out of steam and inspiration, falling back on sequences lifted from other Bond films The only other exception to Bond 19 doldrums (which, admittedly, aren't that dull, just too familiar) is a temfic wharfside face-off with a buzz-saw bearing helropter The World Is Not Enough marks Bros- nan's third Bond film, and rumor has it that the actor grow s w eary of the responsibilities that come with carrying a license to kill. You can sense his growing unease hem, as screenwriters try to force breaks in the action to accommodate moments of "character development." Watch for scenes cus- N0 PAIN, NO GAIN. Bond can shoot but Renard (Robert Carlyle) won't feel the shot tom -tailored to allow Brosnan to dredge up a bit of that inner turmoil. With Brosnan hanging on at least temporarily as the perfect Bond, Dench stepping forth as the strongest M the series has ever seen and Llewelyn still around for an "enjoy it while it lasts" performance as Q (with Qeese poised to follow), World's core ensemble marks a poignant high point for the franchise, even if the film might otherwise seem a bit stale by Bond's high standards. PPD B e v e l u p i i i e n t m A subsidiary ol PPD Irvc formerly named PPD Pharmaco Outpatient Study u p t o $ 1 2 0 0 If you are a healthy m an or w om an 1 8 to 4 5 , you m ay qualify to participate in an investi­ gational research study. The study will involve thirteen outpatient visits. There are no overnight stays required for this study. Study participants can earn up to $1 200. 4 6 2 - 0 4 9 2 16 T h e D a i l y T e x a n TUESDAY, NOVEMKR 23 ,1 9 9 9 ENTERTAINMENT Entertainment Editor Peter Debruge Bond 19 not quite ‘Enough’ s o u n d b i t e peterd@mail.utexas.edu Peter Debruge Daily Texan Staff Considering how many faces have played James Bond, it's amazing that we've never asked for an explanation for agent 007's fountain-of-youth effect. Stemming, 1 guess, from the way we accept replacement parts on television, the mysterious process by which an aging Bond can be replaced by a younger, more v irile actor passes with­ out question. The Bond franchise has never both­ ered to supply an explanation for the su bstitu tion s, though I'v e alw ays leaned tow ards the Princess Bride Dread Pirate Roberts answer: it's the moniker that matters, with each “Bond, James Bond" training a replacement off-cam era so he could eventually retire to a life wallowing in the arms of his many maidens. Whatever the reasoning, in these 36 years of face-switching and accent- hopping, there's one character whose constancy has united the series, at least m the mind of this die-hard fan: Major Boothroyd, or "Q ," as he is better known. Actor Desmond Llewelyn has played the finicky gadget-meister with good hum ored obstinacy in every Bond movie since From Russia with Loi>e, with the exception of Live and Let Die, which overlooked the Q character entirely. Q served as a stand-in of sorts for Bond novelist Ian Fleming, who peppered his prose with generous digressions to describe the minutiae of Bond's cars, weapons and gizmos. We watched Q age even as Bond grew younger, knowing sooner or later that w e'd see the affable inventor replaced. Now, in the 19th installment, The World is Not Enough, all factors point to 0 's retirement. The unmistakable sign is the appear­ ance of Q's oafish understudy, pop­ ping up briefly here played by Monty Python ex John Cleese. W e've seen Qeese in James Bond context before: In MALE BONDING. Take a good look. It may be your last. W h ile rumors abound about w hether Pierce Brosnan w ill return as James Bond in Bond 20, the signs indicate that The W orld is Not Enough w ill be 85-year-old Desmond Llewelyn's last outing as 0. film THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Denise Richards, Robert Carlyle, Sophie Marceau, Judi Dench Director: M ichael Apted Grade: 2.3 (on a 4.0 scale) tie-in advertisements for License to Kill, a Q-ish Cleese pitched Schw eppes Indian Tonic. Cleese's performance here suggests that Q's replacement will be more a clumsy buffoon than Llewe­ lyn's disapproving martinet. Even with a casting coup like C leese as Q 's replacem ent ("D oes this m ake you 'R '? " Bond muses wryly), I predict we'll see just how heavily the series depends on Q s presence. Still, the franchise has survived quite well with other significant revisions. For instance, casting Judi Dench as M, Bond's direct superior, pays off won­ derfully in World. Her two prev ious Bond films, Goldeneye and Tomorrow Never Dies, only hinted at her potential as the only female on top of Bond She plays a much larger part in World, emerging as the film's strongest female character against Sophie M arceau's slinky oil baroness and D enise Richards' brain-dead (but estrogen heavy) nuclear physicist. This time, Bond's mission is half his usual world-saving acrobatics and half a personal vendetta on M's behalf. It seems Bond has unwittingly played courier in an assassination, bringing the murder weapon back to MI6 head­ quarters. In retaliation, M sends Bond back into action to shield an endan­ gered Elektra (M arceau) and bring down her ruthless once-kidnapper Renard (Robert Carlyle). Renard is very much the anomaly in a line of over-the-top megalomaniac villains. In a nice touch, he carries a bullet in his cranium, the remnant of a wound that left him im pervious to ~ BOND NOT ENOUGH/Page 15 * t»' • , r * - ^ i ' - ; - MIDNITE VULTURES By. Beck Label: DGC Grade: 3.5 (on a 4.0 scale) O n h is fo u rth m a jo r-la b e l re lea se, M id n ite V u ltu res, the world of Beck's oddly addictive m u sin g s fin d a new h o m e. Instead of the hippie-centric, hip- hop w orld o f 19 9 6 's landm ark Odeloy or the wintry folk of 1998's Mutations, this record can only be categ o rized by one w ord: fun. Fle's still Beck, though, and the style never overrides substance on the 11 tracks he recorded while seemingly possessed by the spirit of Don Cornelius. Midnite Vultures is a Soul Train record at its best, a tribute to the 1980s, but still chock full of the indie rock quotient that Beck has w arm ly em braced . W hen h e's delving into soul, R&B and funJk, he never forgets that it's still all an act. H e's not trying to be Barry White or Isaac Hayes, he's trying to be Beck. And this is w here the record soars. "C an't you hear those Calvary drum s/ Hijacking your equilibri­ um / M idnight hags in the m au­ soleum/ Where the pixilated doc­ tors m o an ." The first sing le, "Sexxlaws," begins with a dose of Beck's characteristically bizarre wordings. The catchy opener has got it all: die deft beats, the melodic horn sectio n and the cou ntry twang. ILs only the beginning of an altogether poetic, fluid and awe­ some album. Midnite Vultures never relents on the '80s nostalgia. "N ico tin e & G ravy" is one such song, using everything from live strings to horns to the ever-present synthesiz­ er. The crux of the song is a hook that includes "I don't want to die tonight," sung with a distorted flair that resembles the early days of rap legends like Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five and Kurds Blow. The record features the soul and m elody that was popular in the '80s, the side of the decade that wasn't new wave. "Milk & Honey" has a great rock vibe that sounds iike Poison m eeting LL C ool J. "Get Real Paid" has the techno (not electrónica, techno) groove of an old Kraftwerk song. Then, there's "D ebra," a slow jam that sounds like the latter-day Marvin Gaye. To appease old Beck fans, there are a few of his more tradidonal styles. "Mixed Bizness" could have come straight from Odeloy. Mean­ while, "Broken Train" and "Beauti­ ful W ay" have the acoustic sim­ plicity of Mutations. No matter, all songs come together wonderfully. Beck has a diverse sense of style that makes whatever pop move­ ment worth conquering, conquered well. Beck spends Midnite Vultures try­ ing to get into the collective pants of America. This is an album mat is all about love, '80s style. It's a col­ lection of pick-up lines, soulful con­ templations and catchy pop songs. 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