SEE WHERE YOU STAND. INTRAMURAL RESULTS - PAGE 9 TCU DAILY SKIFF .RSI) AY, FORT WORTH, TEXAS 92XDYI.AR, \0. IDS SPJ plans Assumptions risky in bombing case to open Middle Eastern terrorist groups all House prematurely blamed, prof says records BY CHRIS NEWTON claimed credit for the bombing," he TCU DAILY SKIFF said. "Usually foreign terrorists t groups do that. Otherwise the action BY KRISTI WRIGHT The public's unwarranted assump- served no political purpose." TCU DAILY SKIFF tion that Middle Eastern terrorist The Associated Press reported that groups were responsible for the April at least three people of Middle East- Members of the TCU Chapter of 19 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah em descent were arrested as suspects the Society of Professional voted on federal building in Oklahoma City in the bombing during the initial a resolution Wednesday they hope was both premature and dangerous, stages of the investigation. will amend the House of Student said Manochehr Dorraj, assistant Three days after the incident with Representatives constitution. professor of political science. the body count still climbing, the FBI The proposal, provided it passes The unsubstantiated belief that released new information on possible through the House's legislative outsiders were responsible for the ' perpetrators. process, would ensure meetings and bombing caused many foreigners to Investigators now say the suspects records of the House are open to the fear for their lives, he said. are connected to a right-wing militia students, said Dani Kunkle, vice "The suspicion was seeded in racial group based in Michigan. president of SPJ and a senior news- stereotypes and a lack of understanding Dorraj said that the media and the editorial journalism and English of the culture." Dorraj said. "There was public quickly jumped to the conclu- double major. a possibility that foreign terrorists were sion that foreigners were responsi- "Our organization evolved to pro- involved, but as we now see, there are ble. mote freedom of information and many under-publicized organizations "People were calling in saying public access to government meet- in the United States that are equally as they saw some Middle Eastern guy ings and records," Kunkle said. "If dangerous." driving down the street," he said. we get this amendment passed next There wasjust cause for government "Anyone who looked like they might year, then we'll be fulfilling our goal officials to doubt the involvement of a be from the region was instantly sus- at a campus level." foreign terrorist group, he said. pect. That kind of irrational thinking Each year SPJ organizations are "Two things did not make sense to creates a dangerous climate." required to conduct a Freedom of me as far as the involvement of foreign Dorraj said many Muslims felt Information project. That includes terrorists: first, why Oklahoma City? threatened and took measures to pro- educating the public about the Usually such a politically inspired tect themselves before the focus of importance of FOI laws or working action would be aimed at a larger finan- the FBI's investigation shifted to for FOI access to government bod- cial and political setting," Dorraj said. domestic organizations. ies, she said. "Foreign groups tend to target capitals "Many Muslims received threat- "Even though the House constitu- and commercial centers. tion says meetings are open to all "The second thing: no group see Bomb, page 6 students, nothing specifically addressing special, executive or committee meetings is mentioned," she said. "There's nothing in the constitu- Budapest to be site tion that guarantees House docu- ments are open for student review," Kunkle said. If the Executive officers wanted of faculty seminar to conduct House business or allo- cate funds in secret, they could, she TCU Dally Skiff/ Lloyd Blunk said. BY NEELIMA ATLURU Committee. The committee awarded Officers also could refuse to Casey Schultz, a junior engineering major, runs in the shadow of the stadium at track TCU DAILY SKIFF grants to cover the costs of the semi- allow members access to important team practice. nar for the selected faculty members. documents such as the budget or The first TCU-sponsored faculty Adams said the awards were given meeting minutes, she said. seminar will take place this summer to the faculty who stated how they "Although House officers have as ten professors and four academic expected to benefit professionally jsually been cooperative, the Amer- deans travel to Budapest. Hungary. from the seminar. Also, they detailed ican democratic tradition is to guar- Larry Adams, associate vice chan- how the new knowledge and per- antee access in writing," Kunkle Alumni group offers frogs cellor for academic affairs, said he spectives would be incorporated into said. and his counterparts in Budapest the classroom. Although reporters are the only made the arrangements with the help Kirk Downey, dean of the M.I. people who would probably use this opportunity to stay in touch of the Ministry of Culture and Edu- Neeley School of Business, said the amendment, the whole student body cation. basic purpose of the academic deans Budapest is a sister-city of Fort accompanying the faculty to would benefit, she said. event through the mail, Kight said. BY JILL MELCHER Worth. Budapest was to facilitate the process "Most students rely on the news- David Nelson, associate director for alumni rela- paper to bring them information TCU DAILY SKIFF At least one faculty member from for the faculty members. tions, said the Alumni Relations Office had also each of the schools at TCU has been Downey said if the faculty did not about House expenditures and activ- The Alumni Relations Office has been working planned a senior reception. ities," she said. chosen to go to Budapest to meet get interested in the seminar on a per- hard to provide graduating seniors with many oppor- Nelson said graduating seniors could pick up a list with their counterparts. sonal level they would not be able to Texas state sunshine and FOI tunites to stay in touch with the university after they of different TCU alumni associations in cities across laws govern all city, county and state "Faculty members from the host provide opportunities for the stu- get their diplomas, said Sarah Kight, assistant direc- the country during a senior reception from 2 p.m. and country will give our faculty mem- dents. meetings from local school boards tor for alumni relations. 4 p.m. on May 1 -2 at the Alumni House, 2901 Prince- to the Texas Legislature. However, bers an overview of their country as "We'll hold the doors open, but The Fort Worth chapter of TCU's Young Alumni ton St. well as an opportunity to visit their they've got to walk through." those sunshine and FOI laws do not Association and graduating TCU seniors will meet for The board of directors for TCU's National Alumni guarantee TCU students access to particular universities," Adams said. Downey said. happy hour Thursday at Hoffbrau Steaks, 1712 S. Association has also put together a brochure that will The overview of the seminar will The professors who will be going University Dr. be about the society and culture of to Budapest are Marinda Allender see SPJ, page 4 Seniors should have received invitations to the joint see Alumni, page 5 Budapest, he said. The faculty will and Danna Strength from Harris Col- also have an opportunity to visit var- lege of Nursing; Manochehr Dorraj, ious sites in Hungary. trom the department of political sci- "The goal of the seminar is to give ence; Spencer Tucker, from the Awards reception to honor student leaders TCU faculty members a structured department of history; Thad Duhigg learning experience in which they and Ronald Watson, from the depart- will gain new knowledge and per- ment of art; Margaret Thomas, from BY KRISTAL GRIFFITH different groups and TCU. where students can develop leadership. "Clearly many of the people nominated have The first program, called campus leadership spectives about another society," the department of journalism; Jane TCU DAILY SKIFF Mackay, from the department of been through leadership classes," said Young. forum, allows students who are already leaders Adams said. TCU will honor outstanding student leaders, "But leadership classes are not a prerequisite for The new information the faculty management; William Moncrief, to attend presentations on life skills, diversity, members learn in Budapest can be from the department of marketing; volunteers, athletes and scholars during the Uni- leadership." ' and other issues while still being active in other versity Leadership Reception at 3 p.m. May 3 in Tucker said it is very important to have events incorporated into their teaching, and William Vanderhoof, from the groups. research and scholarly work, he said. department of educational founda- the Student Center Ballroom. that recognize student leadership. The second program, called project PRISM, More than 20 awards will be given out, and "Every student has to complete degree and Adams also said the seminar tions and administration. allows students to take leadership classes for would provide them with means to The academic deans who will go more than 240 students will be recognized. course requirements to graduate," Tucker said. their first year, be mentors the next, develop a The reception will begin with Don Mills, vice "Some students choose to do far more. These make contacts with their counter- are Kirk Downey, dean of the M.J. community service project their junior year, and chancellor for student affairs, welcoming stu- student leaders enrich the university commu- parts at other institutions. Neeley School of Business; Robert dents, faculty and university staff and Chancel- nity, as well as themselves." plan workshops when they are seniors. "The seminar could also lead to Garwell, dean of the College of Fine Arts and Communication; Joseph lor William Tucker making opening remarks. Entertainment at the program will begin at 3 For more information on leadership pro- faculty and student exchanges," Jay Young, the director of leadership devel- p.m. The award presentations will follow at 3:30 grams, students can stop by the Student Devel- Adams said. Helmick. dean of Graduate Studies and Research; and Douglas Simpson, opment, said the students who are receiving p.m. opment office in Room 220 in the Student Faculty members had to apply awards have made significant contributions to TCU's leadership center has two programs Center. with the Instructional Development dean of the School of Education.
NEWS DIGEST Driver clubs culprit with 'The Club' Study links preeraies to mother's age Hailstorm injures 600 in China Killer 'lost' on death row for 7 years Singer Bobby Brown arrested
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — A woman BOSTON — A new study suggests that BEIJING (AP) — A hailstorm swept HOUSTON (AP) — A series of errors has ORLANDO. Fla. (AP) — Singer Bobby used The Club to club a would-be thief. biology, not just poverty, is to blame when through the southern Chinese city of Fuzhou, left a convicted killer without an execution Brown and two companions were arrested Robin Van Bortle was attaching the anti- teen-age births turn out badly. injuring nearly 600 people and destroying date for seven years. early Wednesday and charged in the beating theft device to her steering wheel Monday About 13 percent of all children in the 13,000 buildings and many spring crops, a James Ronald Meanes seems to have been of a nightclub patron, police said. when a man tried to force his way into the United States are born to teen-agers — and newspaper reported Wednesday. the forgotten man on death row. No one's Witnesses said the fight started when car, police said. they are almost twice as likely as older Hail as big 6 inches in diameter caused an even looked at his case in the past seven years Brown was talking to a woman at the night- "I wasn't going to let him in," the 32-year- women to deliver premature babies. estimated $ 19 million in damage, officials said. because his files were misplaced after a fed- club and another patron tried to break into old woman said. "He opened up my door and Just how the mother's age contributes to Storms last week in Guangdong province, eral judge rejected his first bid for a delayed the conversation. After the woman said she (1) just started to hit him with my Club." prematurity is unclear. The researchers spec- bordering Hong Kong, killed more than 20 execution. didn't want to speak to the man, police said, The man grabbed her purse, but she ulated that teen-agers' bodies are still grow- people and injuftd more than 300 others. The system finally caught up on Tuesday Brown and his companions beat him up. wouldn't let go. He dragged Van Bortle until ing and therefore may be competing with Television news reports of those storms when state District Judge Doug Shaver Brown, 26, publicist Travis Boyce, 26, and she fell. As the man ran away, Van Bortle and their fetuses for nutrients. showed tall trees snapped in half and scheduled a June 20 execution for Meanes, bodyguard Gary Smith, 27, were charged with passersby chased him down. wrecked houses. who arrived on death row in 1981. aggravated assault and disorderly conduct. PAGE TWO PAGE 2 TCU DAILY SKIFF THURSDAY, APRIL 27,1995
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It has already received a tremendous I was knee-high. 1 was born with purple was like it took my I stuck it out with TCU, and it has appar- The thing 1 am most encouraged about is amount of support from the student body in blood in my veins. I've been going to foot- presence to wake ently decided to stick it out with me, the support the cause for improving acces- terms of getting hundreds of signatures on ball and basketball games since I've known the community up because improvements are gradually being sibility is getting from the student govern- petitions for improved accessibility. The orga- what that oblong-shaped thing was or what to the problems, made. The ramp and automatic sliding door ment and students in general. The nization will attempt to raise money to go roundball was. and I knew I was- in Sadler was the best improvement I've Wheelchair Day sponsored earlier this toward better facilities. It is obvious that When I first visited TCU, the people n't the first dis- witnessed in three years. month by the House of Student Representa- many people have good intentions, but now couldn't have been better to me. I toured abled student to go They are trying to replace the old ramp in tives' Permanent Improvements Committee it's time to put those intentions into action. the campus and it was great. However, to this university in Reed Hall. They are also trying to get a slid- was a great experience. It may not have I didn't want to be president of Open when I left, I began thinking about the its 119 years of ing door for the Main (my second home). The been for the participants with sore muscles, D.O.O.R.S. for personal gain, because the number of old buildings on the campus. It * M existence at that school does meet the requirements mandated but it did increase awareness, which was its major improvements will be made after I'm was safe to assume that the buildings didn't time. I was really by the Americans with Disabilities Act, but mission. 1 want to thank the committee for outta here (if that ever happens). I am used have elevators. There was also a shortage disappointed. accessibility on campus can still be improved. the day. to banging doors for three years, so this of ramps and curb cuts. I became frustrated Despite this problem, I decided to perse- I see the biggest problems being the I am also excited about the new organiza- would not be for my benefit. I hope it bene- because I realized 1 might not be able to go vere and go here, and it turned out to be bathrooms. I am limited to where I can go tion that has been created on campus. Open fits the disabled down the line, and there- here, just because there wasn't enough one of the best decisions of my life. My to fulfill Mother Nature's request. Another D.O.O.R.S. (Disabilities Organization for fore benefits society as a whole. accessibility for disabled students. electric wheelchair may not agree, because problem is that the sidewalk is too short Opportunities, Resources and Services), that I wondered how other students made it to it looks like it has not only been through from my dorm, Moncrief, to the top TCU the intervention social work class created. Gregor Esch Is a junior news-editorial class for all these years. I got the feeling that World War III, but also IV, V and VI. Some hangout, the Main. I risk being an early They can all dance at my wedding (if they are major from Fort Worth and president of Open the administration was caught with their hand of that, I must concede, has to do with Christmas hood ornament on someone's not too old by then) for starting this crusade. DOORS. LAURA POTTER NATALIE GARDNER Feminists not SPJ wants access always radical to House records male bashers in constitution I've been officially labeled a feminist, but in reality, Last night, the campus chapter of the Society of Professional I'm not. I am far too conservative to be considered a SKetches of two white males, Journalists voted on a project that could make TCU a national true feminist; in fact, to the feminist majority, I am pos- suspected of being leaders of precedent for other private universities. Each year, TCU's SPJ itively pro-male. You don't believe me? Let's just take chapter conducts a Freedom olTnformation project. This project a quick overview of what feminists believe. a group spreading assault* reflects the journalist's desire to have all meetings and records of I'm sure you've heard these slogans. "Safety for public officials open to the public. women? Try Removing Men;" "The way to a man's weapons throughout America. Next semester, SPJ plans to propose an amendment to the TCU heart is through his chest;" "Equal Rights for the sexes House of Student Representatives constitution asking that all will be achieved when mediocre women occupy high House meetings and records be open to all students, faculty and positions;" or "Men are the enemy." These slogans staff. If this amendment is passed, our student officers can go to scratch the surface of what feminists feel. the national SPJ convention proud of the fact that at TCU, our stu- According to Catharine MacKinnon, a professor at ■ EDITORIAL dent constitution guarantees students and student journalists the Harvard and feminist writer, same rights that citizens have regarding what liberals consider love the city council in a municipality. and romance looks a lot like Some people may say that this pro- hatred and torture to a femi- CABLE TV posed amendment is a journalists' bill. nist. In a sense, feminist con- They are wrong. This amendment would sciousness is the mean access to information that should consciousness of victimiza- Administration still has promises to keep be open to anyone. Our student body rep- tion, that women are victims resentatives are elected officials, just like of the world and man's control Once again, another semester has Although cable TV service in the representatives on the city, state or of the world. The only way to passed, and many promises the admin- lounges is nice, it would be much eas- national level. Open meetings and open break free of victimization is records laws are found in most city and to break free of men. istration has made on cable TV have yet ier to fight over what channel to watch state constitutions around the country. Feminists see the world dif- to be fulfilled. between two people instead of 50 to This is a university, and if anything, ferently than men do. Take The administration said in January 100 people. universities are known for fostering an atmosphere of free and open inquiry. Universities need a free flow Aristotle, who said women were "botched males." In that it hoped to have dormitory rooms David Edmondson. assistant vice evolutionary terms, feminists see women as being more of information on a variety of topics. Universities were the first, advanced than males. Women are more human than wired with cable TV, phone and com- chancellor for information services, after the defense industry, to jump on the Internet bandwagon, men, and the only genetic superiority that man have is puter network services by next fall. On said computer network capabilities in because the Internet is pure information. their capacity for violence. March 3, several companies submitted dormitory rooms won't be available We are asking for the same thing: information. If nobody is doing anything wrong, then what is the problem? How could any- There is a very gentle organization that began in until the fall of 1996. 1967 and has very novel solutions to the problems in proposals to a selection committee. After one at a university say that information is bad — that information this world. Its solutions are laid out in the S.C.U.M. the committee read over the proposals, it Students also have to wait for Infor- is not a desirable thing? (Society for Cutting Up Men) Manifesto. Members generated a list of about 90 questions to mation Services to upgrade TCU's net- Some people might say that this amendment would hamper the ability of student government to work effectively. This amendment believe that since it is technologically possible to be sent to the companies to respond. work capabilities so it can provide reproduce without the aid of men that women should would not at all hinder student government. All this amendment is do so, and while they are at it, make sure the children Cable TV services will not be in the services for all students living on cam- asking for is access to information about what our representatives are only females. To them, men are responsible for dormitory rooms until these questions are pus, once computer services are in each are doing and proposing. Are there certain things that must be kept everything evil in this world — from war to mental ill- answered by each company and the selec- dormitory rooms. secret from students until they are announced? Is there certain information that only some government elite should be allowed ness, including prejudice, violence, disease and death. tion committee chooses a single company. So, once again, we wait in anticipa- One of this organization's creeds is to kill all men. access to? I wouldn't be accepted for membership in S.C.U.M., This will probably take much longer tion for the next semester to see how We don't think so. This is the same principle with gening access because I am not a radical feminist. If anything, I am than one semester. TCU still has to much progress is made on offering to the TCU Board of Trustees meetings. Students have the right to simply pro-female. Notice I didn't say 1 was anti-male choose the company, and then the com- these services to each dorm room. By know what their student fees pay for and what activities the House of Student Representatives endorses. The House of Student Repre- or a man hater, just pro-female. I believe that inequality pany has to wire the entire campus. getting cable TV services in the lounges between the sexes still exists, that until we have a sentatives is not a club. It is a working elected body of officials female president or vice president things haven't gone This could take anywhere from a cou- this spring, we are one step closer to who oversee close to S2OO.000 in student fees. far enough and that history still needs to be reanalyzed ple of months to a year. getting full cable TV service. Finally, this amendment is not directed toward any of the House with the roles that women played highlighted. officers or members. This amendment was sparked by the fact that I feel that violence toward women needs to be some student journalists were initially denied House information directly dealt with, that stiffer penalties need to be earlier this semester. As a professional journalism group, we want mandated for rape and that women need better protec- to guarantee that TCU students have access to this information. tion against domestic violence. LETTERS This amendment has nothing to do with any current or former Uhink we still have a long way to go, and the sooner officer; rather, it lays a foundation for future officers to conduct that people acknowledge this fact, the sooner we can Affirmative action valid to do with the fact that there are many other students' business in public. It gives the officers a chance to make work toward a solution. aspects in hiring that also contradict the merit TCU's student government more accessible to students by opening I am a feminist in the same sense as Abraham Lin- I am wriring in response to the growing based system. People are preferentially hired all meetings and records. It gives the ' \ use of Student Represen- coln, who wrote in his journal in 1861 that "I'm confi- debate on affirmative action. I believe that if because of their family name, connections or tatives a chance to act as a true elected legislative body. dent our great nation will have a woman President •Republicans succeed in eliminating affirmative because of their veteran status. Yet nobody before the year 1900. And I am equally confident that action, it will lead to a complete polarization of attacks these issues, and they are widely recog- Natalie Gardner is a junior advertising/public relations major having a lady in the President's office will make our our society. Without affirmative action laws, nized and accepted. Instead, affirmative action and TCU Society of Professional Journalists president. country a better place to live." This is what I want for many companies will be able to openly express is getting the brunt end of an already non-merit us — a country that is secure under female leadership. racism and sexism. based system. I admire plucky (yes, it is a word) women like Golda Before affirmative action, companies and If Republicans are so unsatisfied with the TCU DAILY SKIFF businesses were run by white males. Affirma- "unfairness" of affirmative action, why aren't Meir. When she became Israel's minister for foreign AN ALL-AMERICAN NEWSPAPER affairs in 1956, a reporter asked her how it felt to be a tive action has helped open opportunities for they proposing alternate solutions? They female foreign minister. She responded, "I don't know, women and minorities. It has also helped diver- haven't made a huge effort at developing new KRISTI L. WRIGHT I've never been a maie foreign minister." sify the work force. We are living in a diverse anti-discrimination laws fair to all. Nor have EDITOR Women need to draw attention to the issues that country, and it is therefore fitting that we have they tried to offer a solution that begins with GINGER RICHARDSON BECKY COFFMAN affect them, point out what is wrong in the world, and a diverse work force. inner-city schooling. MANAGING EDITOR ADVERTISING MANAGER Instead, they want to throw out a program try to change it. Helen Kirkpatrick was an aspiring jour- Republicans say that they want a work force MICHAEL ROWETT nalist during the 1940s who was denied the opportunity based purely on merit. Eliminating affirmative that has helped millions of Americans rise from EXECUTIVE EDITOR action will not succeed in this goal. their once low socioeconomic positions. With- to be a foreign correspondent for the New York Times R. BRIAN SASSER Determining merit is often a hard thing to do. out affirmative action, women and minorities JODI WETUSKI because she was a woman. "I can't change my sex," she NEWS EDTTOR CAMPUS EDITOR said in 1940. "But you can change your policy." If an employer bases merit solely on test scores, would be stuck in their "low" positions in soci- he is only concentrating on one aspect of a per- ety without hope of increasing this status. NATALIE GARDNER RICHMOND B. WILLIAMS (All quotes in this column were taken from Tama ASSISTANT MANAGING EDTIOR SPORTS EDITOR Starr's book Eve s Revenge: Saints, Sinners and Stand- son's merit. Different employees have different I want to express that I fully understand that up Sisters on the Ultimate Extinction of Men. If you things to offer a company. Ho1\ does a person there are cases of reverse discrimination hap- TOMMY THOMASON ANANTHA BABIIU , liked them, check it out.) tally this aspect into the merit system? INTERIM STUDENT PUBLICATIONS DIRECTOR JOURNALISM DEFT. CHAIRMAN Another failure in the Republican's view has see Letter, page 4 DEBRA MCGINNIS JAYNE AKERS Laura Potter is a junior English major from Piano, PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR BUSINESS MANACER Texas. NEWS 'AGE 4 TCU DAILY SKIFF THURSDAY, APRIL 27,1995 Coffee Talk Noble Bean's eclectic atmosphere appeals to variety of tastes BY MICHA CORTESE said a musical venue We have mostly a TCU DAILY SKIFF \sher karncs. a Noble Bean younger, non-corporate crowd." employee, said they have bands play Kames said Tuesday nights are The employes were dancing to the evtrj Wednesday through Saturday reserved for solo artists, Wednesday upbeat music in the background and night with no cover and all ages are nights they have a blues band called customers were tnrMiimg outside on in\ ited. The Swing Masters and Sundays are the front porch Others were relaxing "We have a mixed crowd." Kames open microphone and poetry night. and chatting with friends on the said We have a lot of high school For May. the Noble Bean will have couches in the hack ol the coffee shop and college students and older people. Snap Floozie performing on the 5th I hese images arc what created the A lot ofTCU students come because and every Thursday the band will be k atmosphere at the Noble it's v> close" Drama Tiki. Kames said. Bom Coffee Shop, 3408 \< amp 1 Ic laid the atmosphere is very laid Hunter said they have bands that Bowie Bb/d back and people are usually hanging range from jazz to alternative and they I IC Swats. 1 [( I sophomore out or studying are always looking for new bands to advertising public relations major, said Kames said some of the artwork on perform at the coffee shop. she recently staned going to Noble the walls ol the Noble Hean can be Kames said the Noble Bean bought Bean about twice a week bought, and most of the pieces are the location next to the Italian restau- "It is the perfect place to studs and doncb> 1(1 students. rant Sardine's when the coffee shop Swat- said Richard Hunter, one of the Noble Bncks End went out of business. I aura West, a customer ami a senioi Bean managers, said they arc trying to Eric Griffey, an employee of the at Arlington Heights High School, create an eclectic em ironment with Noble Bean, said it was good, clean said the atmosphere draws hct into the different music stvlcs wholesome fun the whole family coffee shiip "We want everybody here to leel could enjoy. TCU Daily Skiff/Tina Fitzgerald "It is a great place to hang out. relax comfortable and casual." Hunter said. "It's like a nonalcoholic Cheers," Sue Ann Jones serves customers Laura Pickle and Jada Frank at the Noble Bean coffee shop and get a great cup ol coffee,'1 she "We are trying to establish the Hean as Griffey said. at 3408-A Camp Bowie Blvd. Exercise reduces stress, health problems, experts say BY LAYNE SMITH than people would like to admit." Mitchell ing the day. Exercise helps you bum more all this pressure, exercise is an excellent way cise with was also beneficial. TCU DAILY SKIFF said calories than you would have if you had not to relieve stress." Puempel said. "It is a good "You can call them up and say, 'At 4 o'clock I'uempel said exercise didn't have to take a done that exercise." way to avoid feeling overwhelmed with finals tomorrow we'll go run.' That makes you more "tour pants used to fit until the freshman fit lot ol time. The proper way to lose weight involves and homework. committed because you have got to hold up teen took up residence on that ever expanding I inc onlv needs to dedicate three to four exercise. Puempel said. "A 30-minute brisk walk is an excellent your end for your friend's sake." tummy and butt of yours hours a week." he said. "If people take a closer "If you are pressed for time, no matter what study-break," he said. "It will certainly give The best approach is to find an activity that However, a little effort and a little time is all iook at their schedules, there are probably a lot shape you are in. if you can do something for you a chance to clear your mind and allow you excites you, he said. it takes to trim those soft edges, and shape a of wasted hours m there." 30-35 minutes, then you are going to be just to concentrate better." "A big mistake people make is to think they body healthy enough tocan) you into old age. The better shape a person is in. the longer fine." Puempel said. Stress isn't just a mental condition — its's have got to do either a jogging or biking pro- "When we think of people getting m shape he or she will be able to exercise, Puempel Money shouldn't be an excuse when it a physical one as well, Puempel said. gram when in reality the best thing for them to wc think ol Ml Muscles or Miss Model.' laid said. comes to being healthy. Puempel said. "When you are stressed over something you do is something they enjoy," Puempel said. C tins I'uempel. a graduate assistant in exercise "It also depends on what stage you are in," "All of us can find an activity that we enjoy tend to have this tension in your muscles," "That will increase the probability of them physiolog) "Thai really has nothing to do he said "Starting out it won't take very long doing that won't cost us an arm and a leg." he Puempel said. "Just like with a massage, exer- continuing with that activity." with being healthy and being fit " because you won't be able to go very long said. "You can put on a pair of shoes and go cise is getting the tension out, exercise is get- People thinking about starting an exercise frank Pizza, an associate professor of phys- "A- vou find yourself getting more and walk around the block or pull out that old bike, ting your blood flowing and your body program should remember to start out slow, ical education, said exercise was verv impor more into shape, it is going to take longer ami dust it off. and go ride around the block." moving." Puempel said. tani over time. longer for vou to feel that wom-out feeling you Pizza said gyms and health clubs weren't Pizza said that exercise caused the human "You are not going to be able to keep up with "Although TCI: students don't think about will feel in the beginning." he said. "As you get the onlv places where people could go to get a body to adapt to stress. your neighbor who has been running for two to mortality at 1I11-. age. long term exercise train- in shape vou won't mind spending more time workout. "Exercise is a form of stress." he said. "So the three years and runs four miles a day." he said. ing and physical activity throughout life can because you will feel good and you will be "It doesn't cost anything to walk on the body adapts to stress and the person has a higher Patience is a necessity with exercise, he said. decrease mortality." Pizza said able to see your progress." streets," he said. "You don't have to go to the threshold before beginning a stress response." "You probably won't see the effects for a few Joel Mitchell, an associate professor ol Dietary changes alone arc not the best ways gym and get in an hour continuously, you can Research also shows that exercise makes months. You just have to be patient," he said. al education, said thinking about good to gel in shape I'uempel said. break it up into 10 minute bouts throughout the people feel better about themselves, Pizza said. A healthy future is the most important reason health wasn't reserved for older people "There is,: misconception that reducing the day." "It has been consistently demonstrated that to exercise. Puempel said, not appearances. "Most people think that cardiovascular dis- lat in vout diet means you don't have to exer- Puempel said exercise was also an effective exercise can improve people's self-esteem and "You don't want to be doing it for cosmetic ease is associated with an older population, but cise, he said "In order to lose weight you way to prevent stress. self-image." Pizza said. purposes," he said. "You should be doing it for problems are often developing earlier in life have to bum the calories that vou take in dur- "Especially going into finals where there is Puempel said that having a partner to exer- health purposes." nated against. SPJ from page 1 Letter from page 3 There are ways minorities can SUMMER JOB i advance in society without racial OPPORTUNITY Si II it preferences. William Julius Wilson, a their government, the House, then get it passed in the fall. Gard- pening all over now. I believe that liberal presidential adviser, has given FOR STUDENTS in ihe Skiff because TCU is a private institution, ner said she would inquire with affirmative action needs reforms to some solutions in bringing the disad- i nsi Aiiictii .in Real Estate she said. House officers about starting the cut out these cases. I have never been vantaged to equality. i,is si iv k e, one ol ihe Indus- Ti> pkuf a ckutaifled ari, ju.it But as a student representative legislation process now that the SPJ an advocate of hiring underqualified These solutions include: shuttle u\ s leaders In 11n >itj.1,.ij-t< ■ servh call 981-7486. body, the House executes legislative membership supported the pro- employees for ulterior reasons (be it buses to bus urban poor to suburban Ing has lull-time |ob openings actions and student fee appropria- posal. affirmative action quotas, a family's areas for low-skill jobs; teaching tot qualified i andldates ^7 ~,< > TCt} Hailu Skiff- Ihe- h„mr- tions like public institutions. "We researched the issue and put name or a favor owed). English as a job skill in school and Iiii in mi "Students who truly embrace lib- together what 1 hope will be a very Yet, let's face reality — there are teaching that language and grammar i .ill i iiiin.iii Resoun es 21*- erty and representative government sound proposal." Gardner said. many qualified women and minority are essential in economic advance- ' ■ en (ax resumes 10214 will support this proposal," said It is based on Texas FOl and sun- people. And these people have faced ment; and teaching young women to Natalie Gardner, president of SPJ shine laws. severe discrimination in the past. put career in front of having babies. and a junior advertising and public- "We had Tom Williams, one of the That was the reason for affirma- It is reforms like Wilson's that can relations major. top FOI lawyers in the state look over tive action in the first place. It is a lift our society closer to a state of She said SPJ's goal was to write our proposed amendment," she said. known fact that racism and discrimi- equality. Having lawmakers focus on the amendment this semester and "He said the project was a great idea." nation in the workplace. I know that these reforms is the answer. Elimi- 1 will face discrimination, since I am nating affirmative action is not the a woman going into a science field. answer. Yet, 1 can feel more secure knowing that if I am qualified, I have laws to Abbi Davis i Freshman, physics FRATS AT BAT Reduce. protect my right not to be discrimi- Athletes earn their keep At many universities, including Reuse. TCU, student athletes must live and • A softball tournament featuring the gentlemen of: No living expenses, free food and follow a stricter set of rules than the college paid for'1 Some people will average university student. 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Reed said he hoped the people he met at the club streets of Fort Worth's Como neighborhood to He said he also chose TCU because of its close- would help him in his political career. to blow up a pipeline carrying nat- three continents across the world. ness to Como. The sophomore political science major said he BY JAMES JEFFERSON ural gas to Chicago with the hope But a talk show helped bring the ex-Marine to "I wanted the kids in my neighborhood to see planned to go to law school after graduation. ASSOCIATED PRESS TCU someone for the neighborhood," he said. "If I'm Reed sees his quest for the Senate as one that resulting gas shortages would LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The cause chaos and riots. Reed said an episode of the Ricki Lake Show there during my time in school, they will know my ordained by God. Oklahoma City bombing fits a Snell was among 13 white encouraged the muscular African-American in his faith and know 'he's a guy from my neighbor- The Como First Baptist Church member said his supremacists acquitted on sedi- late twenties to begin his academic and political hood.'" faith was a major part of his life. pattern of murder and mayhem that militant extremists with ties tion charges in 1988; Ellison was careers But his involvement "Wherever I walk, I walk with God," he said, to Arkansas have espoused in their an unindicted co-conspirator. Reed was watching the talk show on the Armed on campus has nothing to after saying a blessing over his dinner. "That's a schemes to take over the country. Prosecutors say the men plotted to Forces Channel while he was serving as an do with setting an exam- part of my arrogance, because God is in rne." Federal investigators have linked kill an FBI agent and a federal emb.issv guard in Nigeria The topic of the show ple for the young people It is his religion that has given him his direction the only suspect in the worst terror- judge, among other charges. was theaters in his neighborhood, he in life, he said. ist attack in U.S. history to a Michi- The government said the One of the guests was a man who said he had said. He juggles his "The kids in my neighborhood don't know gan militia organization similar to a supremacist groups they repre- cheated on his Scholastic Aptitude Test and con many activities just to where to go, and their parents don't know where to survivalist group — the Covenant, sented robbed banks and armored tinued to cheat while in college. stay busy, he said. go." Reed said "(iod has sent me here to help those the Sword and the Arm of the Lord trucks of S4.1 million to finance "I thought. 'This guy could graduate and come "If I'm not doing who don't know the way. My goal is to help as — that operated in Arkansas a their activities and planned to poi- into the Marine Corps as I lieutenant and be over something, I'm stagnat- many people as I can." decade ago. son water supplies in New York me when I'm better than him.'" he said ing." he explained. "If His quest to help those in need has sent him out U.S. anomey Asa Hutchinson. City and Washington, D.C. Reed said he figured the nation's representatives nobody else will do Leon Reed into the dead of night and has kept him from hav- who successfully prosecuted white Among those charged was ■nd senators could have made it the same way. something and it needs to ing a giillricnd supremacists in the mid-1980s, said Robert Miles, a Michigan white "I hat's a freaking big, hard, dry pill." he said. "1 be done, I'll do it If I'm "I refuse to give up 45 friends for one girl- he saw strong similarities between supremacist who proposed the can'' swallow thai " sleeping. I'm missing something." friend." Reed said. "I'm a lonely kind of person, the CSA members he encountered creation of a white-only region in Kecd said it made him think about going back Sleep is something Reed hasn't had much of in but that's the way I've chosen. It's only when I'm and paramilitary groups linked to the Northwest. The FBI called to school and becoming a national leader with the past three semesters. not doing anything that I think about it," Oklahoma bombing suspect Timo- Miles the leader of The Order's integrity. During his time at TCU. he has become a leader Reed, the self-proclaimed political party hater, thy McVeigh. national command structure. But it was a situation that occurred in his neigh- in House of Representatives. Students Reaching said he wanted to run for student body president "They are, in many cases, dis- Another was Aryan Nations borhood of ( omo that was the decisive factor in Out, the O.D. Wyatt Adopt-a-School Program, the after he gained the necessary 6(1 hours to run. affected members of society who leader Richard Butler, who was Reed's decision to attend college. Black Student Caucus. Frog Camp and the Hyper- Although Reed is the chairman of the House of are associating with these politi- atrested with Ellison at the CSA Reed and one of his buddies were hanging out frogs (a campus fan club). Representatives' Student Concerns Committee, he cal groups. They're the ones on compound. Butler preached that at some apartments in the neighborhood on the Despite his extracurricular activities on campus, has his own ideas about the House and its effec- the fringe and have a tendency to violence may be necessary to community's Jury 3 holiday One of Reed's friendi he worked two jobs and went to school during his tiveness. take extreme views and put vio- "take back" the country from was lm in the shoulder as gunfire was exchanged first two semesters. "1 think they have good intentions." he said. "At lence with them," he said. Jews, blacks and other minorities. between the apartments and a truck "The end of the first semester. I started forget- times they could be a little more focused." Although neither the police nor the media were ting my name." he said. But he said it's hard being a student leader. The Kurt Saxon of Alpena, a bomb He is a believer in the Christian concerned before the gunfire, both appeared Although Reed has postponed his second job stress from classes and the difficulty to get fellow expert with past ties to the Amer- Identity religious movement, immediately after the gunshots rang out. he said. until the summer, he still works for an all-male ath- students to act are a part of it, he said. ican Nazi Party and other radical which believes Jews are the off- Mounted police shot tear gas as the citizens letic club in downtown Fort Worth. Reed, during his five-year stint in the military, groups, gave a similar assessment spring of Satan. threw rocks at the police officer! and photogra- Reed passes out athletic equipment and occa- saw X(l-year-old women carry heavy loads on their of people like McVeigh, whom he In the late 1980s, sedition phers, he said. sionally polishes shoes for mostly prominent white backs, stepped over dead bodies and taught bullet- said he didn't know. defendant Louis Beam wrote an "I thought.' I his ain't my neighborhood. " Reed men at the club, he said. scarred men how to fight. McVeigh is a loser and an out- essay outlining a way to be con- said But. fiddling with his Drug Enforcement It is poignant experiences such as these that cast; just the kind of person the sidered an "Aryan warrior." Points He took his SA1 in Barbados and began a trek Agency hat. he said he did not feel his job was instill in him what he calls the two R's and C: cults love to brainwash," Saxon would be awarded for killing citi- to visit colleges and universities after he got back degrading. respect, responsibility and compassion said. "They will recruit these kind zens ranging from "street nig- to the United States. "My mother always said if it was a job. it was It is values such as these that have allowed him of guys, teach them and kick them gers" to the president. Reed picked TCI because he plans to become legal and you got paid — it was good.' he said. "I to make a difference on his campus and in his out in hopes of them committing The system for murder was a senator, he said do shoes as a personal favor for those w ho act right. neighborhood these types of horrible crimes." adopted by Glenn Miller, the head The Michigan Militia said it of the White Patriot's Party who knew McVeigh but that he wasn't went underground in the late a member. 1980s and announced he was In Arkansas, groups intent on declaring war on the United Beware! Computers in library using murder and sabotage to trigger States. unrest were mei by state and federal Hutchinson, who successfully prosecutors, most visibly during a prosecuted Ellison on racketeering f^> can be threat to serious students 1988 sedition trial in Fort Smith. charges, said the CSA stepped up its More recently, the April 19 exe- violent acts after the death of tax cution of Richard Wayne Snell, just protester Gordon Kahl near At the very least I figured 1 could find out the temperature at home. BY CHRISTOPHER THILGEN hours after the Oklahoma City Smithville. Ark., in June 1983. A TCU DAILY SKIFF To my surprise, I found a sub-directory amid all the weather that contained blast, was considered a form of shootout also left Lawrence County reports for ski resorts all over the United States. government oppression by white Sheriff Gene Matthews dead. looked up from the page in the book I had My mom was in Cheyenne, Wyoming, that week for a conference, so 1 looked separatists and supremacists. Kahl had been wanted in North en staring at for the last two hours and sud- at the resorts listed under Wyoming and found that all of them were closed. Snell. 64, of Enid, Okla., died Dakota after two federal marshals denly realized I didn't remember any The report said that if Mom had gone to Sun Valley in Idaho, she could by lethal injection for the 1983 were shot. ^y of it. have enjoyed 34 inches of new machine-groomed snow with a granular base. murder of aTexarkana pawn shop Sedition defendant Ardie I needed a break so I glanced around Still not completely awake, 1 backed up and selected the aerospace direc- owner. He also drew a life sen- McBrearty of Gentry was the the TCI' library for someone to talk to but found that every- tory. Nestled away in this directory were complete reports about the last shut- tence for killing a state trooper in intelligence officer for The Order. body had already gone home to sleep. tle mission, including ground to space communications. a shootout in 1984 near De Oueen. He once told a Flint, Mich., audi- Suddenly, my eyes fall on a computer terminal at a table across the room, Looking down at my watch, 1 realized my little break had turned rather Snell, a CSA member, used his ence the goal of the tax protest and I realized that it might prove to be just enough of a diversion to awaken lengthy, and decided I should get back to work. last statement to warn Gov. Jim movement was to force a collapse my mind. The information I saw wasn't going to help me with my math homework Guy Tucker: "Look over your of the U.S. economic system and I In first glance it didn't look that promising. but it sure did provide a much needed break. shoulder, justice is on the way." bring about a war in which whites Choices such as the serials list. Infotrac and the TCU library catalog are all My only gripe is the lack of warning signs on those innocent looking ter- The CSA's founder and spiritual could kill or drive out of the coun- CHIHI if you need to do a research paper but not if you need a break. minals in the library. leader, neo-Nazi James Ellison, sur- try all Jews and minorities. Suddenly one of the choices on the main menu offered some hope With every directory 1 chose from the menu another 10 sprouted up. I did rendered 10 years ago this week to And during a meeting off the The Internet. not have time to look at everything 1 wanted — I spent too much time any- end a four-day siege by 200 federal coast of Washington state during A screen popped up and offered a menu that organized internet resources way. agents and state troopers. Officers Thanksgiving week 1984, mem- by subject area Scanning through the directories of information that ranged So when you are studying hard in the library over the next 15 days, remem- also arrested four suspected mem- bers of The Order and Aryan from aerospace to women and gender. I paused on weather, climate and mete- ber those terminals sitting on the tables if you have to take a break — but be bers of The Order, a terrorist arm of Resistance signed a declaration of oiology. careful. the Idaho-based Aryan Nations, war against the United States. during the siege at the CSA's heav- "We now close this declaration ily fortified 224-acre compound in with an open letter to Congress and our signatures confirming our community is blamed for the actions "I know that a Muslims group in "It all depends on what happens Marion County. intent to do battle," they wrote. of a few people that they are not even North Dallas participated in blood globally," he said. "Only an era of Ellison was convicted of torching friml page 1 "Let friends and foes alike be Bomb associated with," he said. "Many drive as a show of solidarity and peace and collaboration between buildings in Missouri and Indiana. people did not leave their house for compassion," Dorraj said. the two regions would heal the He was also accused of attempting made aware, this is war." ening phone calls from angry Amer- three or four days." While the situation is unfortunate, wounds and repair the trust. Other- icans basically saying that 'if we find Muslims groups have come for- there is really nothing that can be wise, history shows us, the possi- out you guys are behind this we'll kill ward to help in the aftermath of the done to prevent the backlash against bility that small groups in the you." Dorraj said. explosion in an effort to fight the foreigners when terrorism strikes, United States could be targeted is "It's a scary thing when a whole stereotypes. Dorraj said. there." 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Baby Jessica rescuer allegedly commits suicide ASSOCIATED PRESS "Ever since that Jessica deal, his life fell nationwide. said he prayed and cursed; the girl told him with this afterward." apart," brother Ricky O'Donnell said News clippings say O'Donnell's slight "No, no" several times as he pulled. Ricky O'Donnell said his brother seemed ! STANTON, Texas — The world waited in Wednesday. frame made him the one to descend a newly "To me, she looked totally relieved," :1987 as paramedic Robert O'Donnel] shim- Ricky O'Donnell said the body of the 37- drilled rescue shaft. fine when they last talked about a week ago. O'Donnell said in the earlier interview. "I The note he left, he said, suggested that the mied on his back through a shaft to dislodge year-old ex-firefighter was found Monday He went down once but decided the open- think she knew she was free." "only people who gave him any help were his a Midland toddler wedged down a well. morning on their parents' ranch near Stanton, ing wasn't wide enough to pull the girl out Jessica gained instant sweetheart status. family." More than seven years later, the first res- about 20 miles northeast of Midland. without risking a paralyzing injury. Doctors amputated one toe. cuer to reach Jessica McClure wrote a suicide He said people often asked his brother "1 told her we would be back," O'Donnell O'Donnell went on to portray a reporter in Midland fire chief James Roberts said note and drove to a pasture near Stanton about the ordeal of helping save an 18- said in 1987. "1 had absolutely decided when a TV movie about the rescue. Hjs brother said O'Donnell worked for his department for 11 before apparently shooting himself. Autopsy month-old child from a narrow pit. 1 went back in, I wasn't coming out without he got divorced and quit the fire department years. Graveside services were scheduled foi results were pending. Robert O'Donnell and others toiled for 58 her." in 1992. Thursday. Glasscock County Deputy Sheriff Fred hours to reach Jessica, who fell 22 feet down On the second try in the widened shaft, he "There's a deal that happens when people "He was a good firefighter and an out Schroyer told The Dallas Morning News that an abandoned water well in her aunt's back smeared a lubricating jelly around the hole are in these real stressful situations," Ricky standing paramedic," Roberts said. "I'm sun O'Donnell apparently took his own life. yard in Midland. Television viewers tuned in and tugged on Jessica's dangling left leg. He O'Donnell said. "It's so hard for them to deal there'll be a bunch of us there." CIA chief intends to shake up College Life: spy agency BY ROBERT BURNS A Few Things To Know ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — John M. 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Kimberly-Clark is New Milford's largest employer with more than 11,000 employees. Kimberly-Clark provides personal care and health AKST. Your Tftie Voice: care products. SOUNCJ OFF! CAII THE SklFF ANyTIME AT 921-7685 • Promotions deluded 1-800-COUECT" is a service marie of Ma. AT&T NEWS PAGE 8 TCU DAILY SKIFF THURSDAY, APRIL 27,1995 States should monitor Tourist acquitted on assault charges gun laws, Court says Canadian bystanders outraged at American for spanking daughter ASSOCIATED PRESS Warrenville, III., used excessive force, and wit- said. nesses testified he was angry and yelling when he Peterson's lawyer said Canada's criminal code BY LAURIE ASSEO turn can harm the national econ- LONDON, Ontario — An American tourist was spanked his daughter. allowed parents some discretion in punishing their ASSOCIATED PRESS omy. Under that reasoning. Rehn- acquitted Wednesday of assault charges filed after But a doctor who examined Rachel testified children as long as they did not cause injury. WASHINGTON - The quist wrote. "Congress could reg- he spanked his 5-year-old daughter on her bare there was no bruising, redness or tenderness on the According to the code, teachers, parents or peo- Supreme Court Wednesday struck ulate any activity that it found was bottom for slamming her brother's fingers in a car child's buttocks. ple standing in for parents can use force as a means down n federal law banning gun related to the economic produc- door. After his acquittal, Peterson said he believed of correction "if the force does not exceed what is possession within 1.000 feet of tivity of individual citizens: fam- Outraged bystanders had called police last year parents should be allowed to discipline their chil- reasonable under the circumstances." id Is. saying the states not ily law...for example." after seeing David Peterson spank his daughter, dren as they saw fit. Justice Minister Allan Rock said the code would ( ongress have the authority to If Congress could regulate Rachel, with his open hand in a restaurant parking "1 think the large public debate just kind of not be altered following Wednesday's verdict. "1 enact such criminal laws. activities that harm the educa- lot in this southwestern Ontario town. landed on us," he said. "We were just passing think any time a parent behaves toward a child, I he 5-4 decision that threw out tional environment, it also could In his ruling. Judge John Menzies described through and we stepped in it, so to speak." they should do so reasonably and that's exactly the IW < inn-1 tee School /ones directly regulate schools — per- Peterson as "responsible, reasonable and caring," Peterson's wife, Paula, a first grade teacher pur- what's reflected" in the current code, Rock said. \ct stood in sharp contrast to ;i haps even by mandating a federal and said the spanking "was controlled and mea- suing a doctorate in early childhood education, said Peterson said the public spanking hadn't ' ongstandmg court trend of defer- school curriculum, the chief jus- sured . . . and was for a corrective purpose." she was not angry that witnesses called the police affected his daughter. "It was all over with her ence to congressional power to tice added. Prosecutors had argued that Peterson, 39, of "I think my overwhelming feeling is relief." she when we left town," he said. regulate interstate commerce. The government had asked the Congress stole power rescrml court to reinstate Alfonso Lopez to the states when it enacted the Jr s cons iction for taking a hand- law. Chief Justice William II. gun and live bullets to school in Kehnquisi wrote, as the court San Antonio in 1992. He said he Music love takes junior to 'Oklahoma!' refused to reinstate I former Texas was given the gun to deliver to high school student's conviction someone else for S40 to use in BY CINDY GARCIA experimented with musical theater in actor. Last year Maxwell was the under- what Lope? described as a "gang tor taking a gun to school TCU DAILY SKIFF the afternoon But back then, Maxwell After his first summer at Discov- study for the part of Judd. and described The school gun law "is a crim- war' didn't think musical theater was really eryland, Maxwell just "performed all it as a "dream and nightmare all in one." inal statute that by its tenns has In ruling that Lopez's convic- Hanging on his grandfather's every acting — it was just "singing plus a lit- the time." Maxwell went on as Judd on opening nothing to do with 'commerce' or tion could not stand, the high word, the blue-eyed, rosy-cheeked 3- tle extra." As he prepared to come to TCU, he night after the lead broke his nose in the ins sort of economic enterprise. Court said he "was a local student year-old boy climbed up onto his Maxwell carried this passion for was faced with the decision of whether final fight scene at a benefit perfor- bj iss ever broadly one might define at a local school; there is no indi- grandpa's knee for the best seat in the music with him to high school, where to fulfill his lifelong dream of being a mance of the play the night before. •enns." Rehnquist wrote cation that he had recently moved house. he participated in choir, show choir and political science major or to continue Maxwell continued to play Judd for Justice Anthony M. Kennedy in interstate commerce." But his grandfather. Tulsa's Chief of jazz choir. When he wasn't playing with his new love and be a music major. the first few weeks of the show as the noted in a concurring opinion that Richard Samp of the conserva- Police, wasn't telling the story of The football, he was in almost every play Maxwell's parents said, "We'll sup- actor's nose healed. most states already outlaw gun tive Washington Legal Foundation Three Little Pigs. Instead. Clinton E. performed at port whatever you want." Beckham said the audience loved possession on or near school said the decision could spark chal- Riggs was explaining the Rules of Evi- his school Although Maxwell was grateful for Maxwell because he was able to give ids. lenges to other federal criminal and dence to his grandson. during his their support, he didn't find th^ir answer the bad guy some depth. But Justice Stephen G, Breyer environmental laws that regulate "My grandpa just gave me the bug" four years to be very helpful, so he went to his "Although we couldn't break our wrote in dissent that the ruling individual conduct, such as a private said Todd Maxwell, a junior political there. By the voice instructor for advice. contract with our current Judd, we creates a legal uncertainty that citizen polluting a wetland. science major and music minor. "Since end of his His instructor said, '"Todd, you have knew then that we wanted Todd to be "will restrict Congress" ability to Joining Rehnquist's opinion then, I've always dreamed of being a freshman the talent to make a career in music, but Judd the next year." Beckham said. enact criminal laws aimed at crim- along with Kennedy were Justices political science major and going to law year of high if you make music your life's work, it However, Maxwell's friends here at inal behavior that . . seriously Sandra Day O'Connor, Antonin school." school, after becomes not that you want to do music TCU are a little skeptical about seeing threaten! the economic, as well as Scalia and Clarence Thomas. Dis- However, at the end of the summer his first seri- but that you have to do music. You have their friend play a bad guy. social, well-being of Americans' senting along with Breyer were Jus- before his senior year of high school. ous role in to totally commit. If you're not willing "Todd is the nicest person I've ever "I he problem of guns in and n.es John Paul Stevens. David H. Maxwell's dreams became cloudy the 60s musi- Todd Maxwell to totally commit, you might not be met because he's so relaxed and easy- around schools is widespread and Souter and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. because his love for law was rivaled by cal "God- happy.'" going," said Lupe Rivera, a senior extremely serious." Breyer said. In other action Wednesday, the his love for music and acting. spell." Maxwell's love for music and Maxwell chose to keep music fun, music education major. "He never gets Sen Herb Kohl. D-VVVs. who court: This summer. Maxwell will take theater equaled his love for law. and he's been happy with his choice mad." sponsored the school gun law. •Ruled unanimously in a New time off from studying political science "I saw how "Godspell" affected peo- because he has the best of both worlds. Cory Hale, a sophomore theater said "I'm astonished that the York case that states can regulate to play the lead role in Discoveryland's ple," Maxwell said. "I saw how they This summer. Maxwell will take on major, has been friends with Maxwell Supreme Court has said that Con- hospital costs by charging differ- version of "Oklahoma". cried and how they were moved, and I the challenge and the honor of playing since the second grade and said he had snoot protect our children ent rates based on a patient's Discoveryland is a 2.000 seat out- thought, 'Wow,' this theater business is the leading role of Judd in "Oklahoma." only seen Maxwell get mad once. Hale from guns." He said the ruling health care coverage. door theater and the National Home powerful stuff. And 1 was hooked." "I've been very lucky to have the said he could easily see why those who "ignores children's safety lor the •Heard arguments on whether of Rogers and Hammerstein's "Okla- Indeed Maxwell was hooked. He opportunity to get paid to do something know Maxwell socially and haven't >ake of legal nitpicking." Ohio could deny a Ku Klux Klan homa" as proclaimed by the daugh- performed with the Tulsa Opera, as the I love to do because there are tons of seen his acting ability would be sur- Sixty-five students and six request to put a cross alongside a ter and son of Rogers and youngest member of the Opera's cho- people in Ed Landreth who have the tal- prised. -.hool employees were shot and inenoiah and Christmas tree on the Hammerstein. rus at the age of 15. ent to do what I'm doing and better, but "Acting is the key word," Hale said. killed at U.S schools during the State-house square in Columbus. The director of Maxwell's children's He was hooked into "Arsenic and have never had the opportunity," "Todd is a great actor and that's why 1 live years before the law was •Heard arguments on whether a church choir first instilled this love of Old Lace," several small melodramas, Maxwell said. think he can pull this part off so well." enacted, according to the Center Conner federal prison inmate who music in Maxwell by encouraging him "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas," Rosemary Beckham, Discovery- Maxwell said he was looking for- to Prevent Handgun Violence. said he once sold marijuana to to audition for the Tulsa Boys Choir and "Annie Get Your Gun." He even land's casting director, said it was more ward to playing the role, not only The court rejected the Clinton Dan Quayle was wrongly disci- during his third grade year. played a transvestite lumberjack in a than luck that got Maxwell the role of because, from an actor's standpoint, administration's argument thai plined when he tried to publicize Maxwell made the choir and has Monty Python sketch. Judd. Judd is the best character in the play, but ■mi possession near schools may Ins claim shortly before the 1988 been singing ever since. But it was during the summer "Actors from all over the country also because it's just plain fun. result in violent crime, which in presidential election. In junior high. Maxwell spent his between his junior and senior year, have auditioned with us. but we feel "It's so much fun that, although I summers at the Tulsa summer arts day when Maxwell was hired by Discov- Todd is the best qualified for the part," don't want my bosses to hear this, I'd do camp where he sang in the morning and eryland, that he became a professional Beckham said. it for free," Maxwell said. Sound Off* Long-distance technology TRAFFIC TICKETS DEFENDED call the Skiff anytime may revolutionize surgery at BY GAYLE GOODMAN woman who needed a leg amputation. Also, the Health Care Financing TCU DAILY SKIFF The surgery was performed in Alpine, Administration and private insurance 921-76S3 Texas, while the assisting doctor carriers do not reimburse doctors for The best health care may just be a looked on from the television screen. their televised services, the magazine Jim Lollar phone call away. The assisting doctor was in Lubbock, said. Telemedicine is on the horizon. In Texas. 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THURSDAY, APRIL 27,1995 TCU DAILY SKIFF PAGE 9 TCU football player Drawing to a close helps grieving teens Lambda Chi, Theta lead intramurals wanted, to have fun." Barnes and two other counselors go BY SHANA SMITH BY JILL MELCHER TCU DAILY SKIFF Martin said his goals for next TCU DAILY SKIFF over issues with about 10 teens in a semester included increasing controlled group atmosphere. This semester's intramural season women's participation, decreasing Last December. TCU offensive "We don't tell the parents what goes is coming to an end with only two, or the number of forfeits and placing tackle Cliff Barnes was standing on a on in group," he said. "Whatever is possibly three, sports to go: Softball, individuals who want to participate in muddy field in the rain watching vic- said in the room stays in the room. sand volleyball and maybe innertube intramurals on a team. tory slip away from the football team "We want them to know it's okay to water basketball. Meredith Fraker. a junior business in the Independence Bowl. cry and to learn respect for other peo- major and intramural supervisor, said "1 think it was a lot colder on the ples' feelings." Barnes said. "We try to INTRAMURALS she was especially concerned with field than it was in the the stands," build their trust so they will open up to the low number of women partici- Barnes said. "What made it so cold the group." Lambda Chi Alpha leads the men's pants. was sloshing around in all that mud." He said he related to the teens division with 1747.5 points, and "We need to target more of the If this 6-foot 4-inch, 290 pound through personal experience. His Kappa Alpha Theta leads the women's dormitories and other giant was searching for a warm place, mother died of cancer when he was women's division with 1102.5 points. women's groups," Fraker said, "and he could have found it in his heart. two years old. The Beta Upsilon Chi A team is let them know that intramurals isn't Since last June, Barnes has been "I have a vague remembrance of my close behind Lambda Chi with 1665 just for organizations. Anyone can counseling bereaved parents and chil- mother being in the hospital," Barnes points, followed by Sigma Alpha participate." dren at a house located in the hospital said. "It was never talked about or dis- hpsilon with 1445 points. Fraker said only two of the ten district. cussed in my family." Sigma Nu is in fourth place right supervisors were returning next year, It's called The Warm Place, and Barnes, the youngest of seven chil- now with 1182.5 points, and Milton and the new staff would bring new- anyone who has lost a loved one can dren, said he had questioned his father Daniel has 970.5 points. perspectives. get help through group counseling. and siblings about his mother, but he Delta Tau Delta is ranked sixth Mandy Heinrich, a sophomore A j unior psychology major at TCU, thought they were still grieving. TCU Daily Skiff/ Tina Fitzgerald with 867.5 points, Tom Brown fol- speech pathology major and Chi Barnes started working at The Warm "They probably thought 1 was too lows with 680 points. Phi Delta Theta Omega intramural chairwoman, said Place for an internship and three hours young at the time," he said. "Nothing Junior offensive tackle Cliff Barnes relaxes among the bears is in eighth with 667.5 points, and Phi she thought advertising might be the of psychology credit. like The Warm Place was introduced at The Warm Place, a house for teen-agers who have lost a Gamma Delta follows closely with key in targeting uninformed women. "I chose to stay on at least a year to them back then." loved one. 637.5 points. She said the low numbers might be because I really enjoy it," he said. "It Barnes said he volunteered as a way The final three places include a result of lack of interest or from peo- helps me when I'm feeling down. It to give back to the people that have express his feelings and open up," or to an important school like TCU Sigma Chi with 627.5 points. Kappa ple not knowing they could join a brings me up to know that 1 can be helped him. Bames said. without football or being on full schol- Sigma with 450 points and Phi Kappa team or form their own. there for somebody." "There are a lot of people out there He said he was taking social work arship," he said. "A lot of the guys on Sigma with 250 points. "There's not very much participa- Those who turn to The Warm Place with problems," he said. "1 just want to classes along with his psychology the team don't understand that if you In the women's division, Chi tion in any women's organization are split into age groups and meet help be a benefit." classes at TCU, hoping to have a get injured, you have to have some- Omega is in second place behind except Theta," Heinrich said. "Theta twice a month at the center. Barnes said recently a 13-year-old career in counseling, which puts pro thing to fall back on." Theta with 715 points, and Eta Iota has strong participation, interest and Barnes is a house parent once a boy opened up to the group about his football on the back burner. So Bames fits volunteer work into Sigma is third with 682.5 points. a lot of support for their intramural week, where he sets out the food to be mother's death. "If that (football) comes around, his hectic weekly schedule, which Ranked fourth right now is Delta players." served at a potluck dinner and cleans "He would always talk about his then yeah, 1 will, but it's not my main includes 6 a.m. workouts, classes, Delta Delta with 430 points followed Kevin Herron. a senior speech the kitchen after the meal; he is also a brothers and sisters and turn the goal," Bames said. "I'm just trying to practice and fraternity meetings. by Zeta Tau Alpha with 125 points communication major and intramural facilitator once a week for the teen-age answers around. It makes me feel like graduate. "1 do it because 1 like it so much, and and Pi Beta Phi with 32.5 points. supervisor, said another concern groups ages 13 to 18. he can trust me enough to where he can "1 wouldn't be able to go to college it helps me," he said. These standings do not include came when the department lost offi- results from soccer, ultimate frisbee cials. or tennis. Herron said this usually happened The Lambda Chi's have dominated early in the season and was a result of SPORTS DIGEST intramurals in the recent season, said the way the officials were treated by Clark Davis, Lambda Chi Alpha pres- the team players. TCU stays on the'Ticket' Golf team finishes third Pistons coach fired League gets more players ident, and he anticipates them win- "Things can get hot and heated, but ning this semester's season. there hasn't been a major fight in two TCU football and men's basket- The TCU men's golf team finished AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) — DALLAS (AP) — The Cleveland Davis said the team had a large years," he said. ball games will once again be broad- third in the Southwest Conference Don Chaney and Billy McKinney are Indians, Boston Red Sox, California number of athletes who enjoyed play- If a game does get out of hand, an cast on KTCK Sports Radio 1310 Tournament at the Old Orchard Golf out with the Detroit Pistons, and Angels and San Diego Padres have ing sports in high school, and intra- officiate or supervisor will eject the AM, "The Ticket." Club in Richmond, Texas. Doug Collins is in. signed working agreements to pro- murals gave them a chance to person, or sometimes the entire team, Athletic Director Frank Windeg- The Horned Frogs finished Tues- Chaney was fired as coach and vide a limited number of minor-lea- continue playing. from the game, Herron said, and Mar- ger and Spence Kendrick, general day with a 54-hole total score of 879, McKinney resigned as vice president guers to the Texas-Louisiana Larry Martin, director of intramu- tin handles the situation from there. manager of KTCK, announced the 15-over-par. Individually, four TCU of player operations Wednesday. The League. rals, said he worked with ten student Herron said the department made two-year contract Monday. golfers finished in the Top 20. Fresh- jobs will be combined and handed to The Indians signed with the Amar- intramural supervisors during the two significant changes this year. "This working relationship is a man Grady Girard was the highest Collins, whose hiring was expected illo Dillas; the Red Sox with the semester to plan out the seasons. Teams are no longer seeded for post- great way to close out the Southwest Frog, tied for sixth place with 218. to be announced at a news confer- Mobile BaySharks; the Angels with Kevin Brown, a junior psychology season tournaments, and the depart- Conference, and a great way to start After two rounds, junior Deron ence Saturday. the Lubbock Crickets; and the Padres major and intramural supervisor, said ment has done away with the out in the WAC Conference," Zinnecker was tied for the lead, but Pistons president Tom Wilson with the Corpus Christi Barracudas. the job of a supervisor was to "make fraternity league teams, he said. Windegger said. dropped to No. 9 after a final-round emphasized that Collins has yet to "We are honored that these out- sure the games are running smoothly, These changes help keep the com- Kendrick said play-by-play duties score of 76. sign a contract. But he made it clear standing major league organizations and that there are no injuries, and if petition fair. Herron said. would remain in the hands of Chuck TCU expects to be invited to the former Chicago Bulls coach is have elected to establish this new there are. supervisors administer first Men's and women's final stand- Cpoperstein, with Craig Miller han- NCAA Regionals, which will be held leaving the broadcast booth to take partnership." said league president aid." ings will be calculated after the con- dling the color commentary. May 17-19. charge of the Pistons. Doug Theodore. Brown also said supervisors clusion of the sand volleyball and "look(ed) for poor sportsmanship Softball tournaments which end May conduct because everyone basically 1 and May 3, respectively. NBA playoffs lack dominant teams of past years BY WENDY E. LANE Conference champs didn't win their ers got to Game 7 of the conference on them isn't nearly as intense as ASSOCIATED PRESS division, were hurt by injuries and have finals before losing to the Knicks. when they won 63 games in 1993-94. a difficult first-round matchup. "The bottom line is our objective With 57 victories, Seattle — like Things used to be much simpler. The Knicks' first-round opponents, from training camp to this point was to everyone else, it seems — believes it In me 1980s, you could pretty much the Cavaliers, frustrate most teams with win a championship," said guard Byron has a great title shot in a free-for-all SPORTS CAFE count on an NBA Finals with either the their patience. 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