Suspect Arrested in Connection with Artifact Theft Former Physical Plant Employee Apprehended in Houston by Jaime Walker County Jail

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Friday, April 6,2001 Fort Worth, Texas Suspect arrested in connection with artifact theft Former Physical Plant employee apprehended in Houston By Jaime Walker County Jail. concerned they received 10 pieces of investigator facilitated the recovery SENIOR NEWS EDITOR Word worked as a temporary the pottery from TCU's Moorhead of 66 pieces last Friday morning. A suspect was arrested Thursday painter for the Physical Plant peri- collection as collateral for driving Although Word has yet to give a night in connection with the theft of odically from 1998 to 2000, said Word from Fort Worth to Houston. written statement in the case, Hani 112 Peruvian, pre- TCU police chief Steve McGee. The "The witness, who came forward, said the suspect is willing to coop- Columbian arti- dates of his employment were un- heard about the theft on the radio in erate with police officials. facts from the available iit the time of publication. Houston," Ham said. "The extensive "We recovered these artifacts and Mary Couts Bur- "At this time, we aren't sure just media coverage we got in this case, made this arrest because we got tips nett Library, said exactly how the suspect gained ac- helped us find the suspect." and followed leads," McGee said. McGee said the citizens who came Kelly Ham, TCU cess to the storage room or what he Ham said he recovered the 10 forward with information in this case detective of crimi- planned to do with the collection," pieces from Houston, met with the were not paid for their assistance. nal investigations. he said. "He has told us that he just witness and made initial contact Police officials will continue meet- David Earl stumbled on the pottery when he was with Word following the tip. He re- Word ing with the suspect Friday. Ham said Tim Cox/SKIFF STAFF Word, 51, was reading at the library." turned to Houston Wednesday to a court date has not been set. Kelly Ham, TCU detective of criminal investigations, escorts David Earl charged with theft TCU Police received word Satur- bring Word back to Fort Worth. Word, 52, to a Fort Worth Police Department-issued car Thursday. Word over $200,000. a first degree felony, day from Houston police that some- McGee said a bulk of the collec- Jaime Walker was arrested in connection with the theft of 112 artifacts from the Mary and is being held at the Tarrant one had come by the department tion has been recovered. A private [email protected] Couts Burnett Library. SOMEBODY GET THE LIGHTS $ 1 million provided to \ / V Hal * - • < \ deal with compensation ■1 n!!9C ■ i' \ \ Money to be spread between faculty, staff

i ' fA^afe. By Alisha Brown most intense, she said. STAFF REPORTER William Koehler. vice chancellor for aca- Salary compression is real. Staff Assembly demic affairs, said that based on those recom- chairwoman Jean Andrus said in a letter to mendations and need, the portions will then be Chancellor Michael Ferrari regarding plans for allotted to the vice chancellors for distribution. the 2001-2002 budget. "For my portion. I asked each dean and as- Compression is when entry level employees sociate or assistant vice chancellor for a list of are hired at a higher rate, because of higher priority issues, and then I tried to lind some eq- market values, than existing employees were. uitable way to appropriate the funds." he said. The difference between the figures is com- "But in my department, each dean will get less pressed over time. than they asked for." In response to the Staff Assembly's con- Nowell Donovan, chairman for the Faculty cerns, the Board of Trustees approved a % 189 Senate, said compression is a delicate issue. million operating budget with a $1 million pro- "I don't think there is a blanket solution that vision to deal with the issue, said Carol Camp- can be applied." Donovan said. "You have to bell, vice chancellor for finance and business. examine each individual circumstance." Campbell said the $1 million will be pro- The $1 million will aid in increasing the portioned out equally, based on a percent- range between newer faculty and staff, who age of the salary pool for both faculty and were hired at higher current market rates, and staff. Human Resources will make recom- the next level up of employees, hired at lower mendations as to where compression is the rates. "It's based on supply and demand." Koehler said. "Where there is a higher demand for fac- See Page 4 for ulty and a lower supply, you will see greater compression." more information Andrus said that although the $1 million is allocated to decrease compression, the $1.5 million was allotted in the budget this year to about faculty pay unfreeze positions and hire on new faculty and Jonathan Speirs, guest lighting designer from Edinburgh, Scotland; Madeleine Clement, a senior interior design major; and staff, which could further increase compres- Melanie Keig, a junior interior design major, arrange lights Wednesday for today's light show, themed "Transforming Architec- and benefits. sion. ture."The event will begin at 9 p.m. at the Moudy Building atrium. Campbell said she realized over the summer that due to inflation and increasing energy Changes for faculty costs, $1 million in faculty and staff positions could not be compensated for. Professionals to stage light show and staff: "We saw that the budget that was passed was not going to be balanced." she said. "We es- By Melissa Christensen ects like the atrium lighting and to help stu- assisted in setting up and organizing the ■ 3 percent performance-based pay sentially had to tell departments not to fill those STAFF REPORTER dents gain invaluable experience. equipment for today's show. increase positions." Two professional lighting designers are "Students really learn seeing it with their "The companies donated these techni- The positions where vacancies or turnovers performing magic this week for 10 upper- own eyes," Gregory said. "Subtle variations cians to the cause of TCU," Speirs said. ■ $1 million in compression aid had occurred were frozen to avoid hitting a neg- division lighting students. make all the difference." "They are all top people who are well- ative bottom line. Koehler said. Paul Gregory and Jonathan Speirs do- Dallas Rainey, a senior theater produc- known in their field, and they have been in- ■ $1 million to unfreeze positions "We already know the salary rates that we nated $3(X),(XX), so students can turn the tion major and student of the Lighting for credibly helpful." will be hiring at." he said. "So we'll factor that Moudy Building atrium into a colorful dis- Visual Presentation class, said the profes- Oberkircher said he was impressed that ■ $500,000 for new positions dollar amount in when dealing with compres- play of light from 9 to 11 p.m. today. sionals have been completely open to stu- the designers suggested the hands-on proj- sion and look at where the money will be the "We are going to turn this space into an dent ideas. ect and twisted the arms of major compa- ■ 15 percent increase in cost of most beneficial." event," said Gregory, owner of the New "They'll sit down with us to rewire an nies to donate the equipment and health care Andrus said that in theory, the $1.5 million York-based Focus Lighting. instrument, or they'll talk to us about high- manpower. could counteract the $1 million. The designers were invited by Fred level color theory," he said. "They've been "The atrium will become a theatrical "But we're a million (dollars) better off Oberkircher, associate professor of interior amazing because they have a real interest canvas to be painted with light," Changes for non- than we would be without it." she said. "We design, to speak about their specialty and to in us learning. It's exciting to enhance a Oberkircher said. "If we are successful, that exempt staff only: understood from the beginning that there critique student work. building like this." whole atrium will glow." would be great demands on the budget." Gregory said he and Speirs, owner of Technicians Bobby Harrel of Strand ■ 1 percent increase in retirement rate Lighting Architects Group in London, have Lighting, Bill Belleveau of ETC Americas Melissa Christensen Alisha Brown collaborated for 15 years to develop proj- and Kirk Lewis of Lighting Alliance have [email protected] u. [email protected]

TODAY IN HISTORY In 1857, the U.S. Supreme ACTIVE ABUSE Court handed down its deci- Tyson speaks on job, life sion on Sanford vs. Dred Scott, a case that intensified Astrophysicist tells how universe is connected to everyone Some students use Ritalin national divisions over the issue of slavery. By LaNasha Houze tance like never before." he said. "I try ble in New York," he said. "There are despite not having prescription STAFF REPORTER to carry with me a cosmic perspective actually four, and I know all of them." At the 39th Annual Honors Con- and share the breath and depth of this Tyson said at the age of 9. after see- By Chrissy Braden methylphenidate, when she vocation Thursday in Ed Landreth universe." ing a blanket of stars for the first time STAFF REPORTER wants to stay up through the WEATHER Hall Auditorium, speaker Neil de- Melissa Sky-Eagle, a senior piano at Hayden Planetarium, that he knew Some students have found a night studying. TOMORROW Grasse Tyson, described his job. as an performance major, said Tyson his career would be as a future scien- way around the commonly- "You have to take one to un- astrophysicist, as his life. showed the audience scholars are not tist. known derstand it," she said. "It just lets "Above all else always dull. "Sometimes I bubble up and can't See Page 5 for side ef- you really focus, and it doesn't there are two I "He was inter- contain myself." said Tyson. "It was High 81 more information fects make you nauseous or jittery like things that I am," Darren Middleton, esting, funny and as though the universe called to me. Low 64 entertaining," From then on I was like the nerd kid. about caused caffeine pills." Tyson, the director an assistant by caf- She, like others using the drug of the Hayden Sky-Eagle said. 1 wear that badge proudly." Partly professor of religion, was other popular feine to study, has not been diagnosed Planetarium, said. "The first miscon- As an astronomer, Tyson described cloudy awarded the Teacher of the drugs. when with ADHD, nor does she re- "First I am an Year Award. Middleton ception that peo- the elements within the human body trying ceive Ritalin by prescription. American. I am dedicated the award to Kim ple have about as being equivalent to the elements to study until the wee hours of She gets the drug from a friend also a scientist. It's Jones, a TCU alumna who keynote speakers within the universe. Tyson said these the morning. who has a prescription. not a job. it's my was killed in the Wedgwood is that they are similarities united all mankind and These students use Ritalin, a One student, who also wished INDEX life." Baptist Church shooting. boring." were the direct result of man being Tyson's speech created by a supernova explosion. drug often prescribed to highly not to be identified, said he gets CAMPUS LINES 2 With humor and active people and those with At- his Ritalin prescription at the quirky facts, such was titled "The "We are all children of the uni- COMICS ^.. 9 tention-Deficit Hyperactivity Health Center or from his private as the 99 billion Adventures of an verse," he said. "The universe is in us, Disorder, to help them stay physician at home. He said he CROSSWORD 9 McDonald's hamburgers wrapping Urban Astrophysicist." He derived his and that is the element of unity that 1 awake and focus when studying then sells each pill for $2 to $3. HOUSE EDITORIAL 3 the surface of the Earth and stacking speech from his memoir "The Sky is carry with me." to the moon, Tyson illustrated to the not the Limit," which describes the Valena Brown, a freshman prema- for tests. "I'm willing to do it every so MENU 9 One student, who wished to often for a friend," he said. "But audience that science is a pertinent as- challenges he faced throughout his jor, said she would have preferred if PURPLE POLL 9 have her name withheld, said she pect of American culture. career. uses Ritalin, the trade name for See RITALIN, Page 4 WORLD DIGEST 2 "Science literacy has an impor- "There aren't that many stars visi- See CONVOCATION, Page 4 Page 2 www.skiff.tcu.edu Friday, April 6,2001 PULSE campus lines WORLD DIGEST Aiuioumements of campus events, public meetings and other general tampus information should be brought to the TCU Daily Skiff office at Small dealers till growing Russian drug market spiracy, swallowed hard but otherwise showed should Mouds Building South. Room 291. mailed to TCU Box 29X050 or e- MOSCOW Russia is facing an explosive no reaction. not die on mailed to t skifftettersdlcu.edu). Deadline for receiving announcements growth in drug consumption and trade but its crime Ying Guo, 29, of South W Tht biology ili pai tut. in will host a -.iminar by Steven N. \usiail leased Thursday. six years in prison. said. "You pmtCNMir <>l /ixilugy ai the University ot Idaho, at nixm today in Sid W Russia's large criminal Prosecutors said 27 of the dead were carrying should not be Ruhardson Lecture Hall 2 AuMad will discuss "The 150-year Life Span: groups accumulated so much Guo's telephone number. hungry ghost." Him Close Is It •" wealth during the country's tur- "They Itxiked to you for guidance, you failed bulent transfer to a free market them," the judge said. Friends, family mourn journalist lulled in Kosovo > The li.illc i .mil modem dance department will present the spring economy during the 1990s, Wacker and Guo had pleaded innocent. LONDON — Friends and family grieved dance concert. "Dancing up a Storm." at X p.m. today and Saturday and that they "have no interest to The dead — 54 men and four women — had Thursday for Kerem Lawton, an Associated at 2 p.m. Sunday in Ed Landreth Hall Auditorium The concert is free. 'dirty their hands' with drugs," paid tens of thousands of dollars each for the chance Press Television News producer slain in a mor- Dr. Ixti/.ia Paoli said in the report, which was com- to begin a new life in the West. Only two immi- tar attack in Kosovo, remembering him for the > The MJ. Neeley School of Business Service Day will he from 10 missioned by the UN office for Drug Control and grants survived. passion with which he approached each day .i in to 3 |> in Saturday Students can sign up in the Tandy Building Crime Prevention. Claude Moraes. former director of the Joint and the joy he took in the coming birth of his atrium up until April 7 The "illegal drug trade still represents a relatively Council for the Welfare of Immigrants, said first child. small part of the rxximing Russian illegal and semi- hundreds risk their lives each week trying to en- As a soft rain touched the stained glass win- > TCU Career Services will host the annual Junior Jumpstart confer- legal economy and is far from being a primary ter Europe. dows, four pallbearers ence lor tumors and seniors with up to 89 hours from 8:15 a.m. to IS p.m source of revenue for the galaxy of Russian organ- "The smuggling of humans has become as prof- dressed in tan photogra- Saturday The theme is "Racing Toward Tomorrow" and the place is the ized crime," Paoli said. itable as drugs," prosecutor Karen Wiseman said. phers' vests carried Law- conference center overlooking Texas Motor Speedway The registration The report, based on an extensive survey of po- "This trade hinges on the promise that at the end of ton's dark wooden casket fee is S25 and is charged to your TCU account The fee includes trans lice, doctors, journalists and drug-addicts in several the journey the illegal immigrants are heading for into St. Anne's Church for a portalion in and Irom TCU. continental breakfast at the Speedway, a regions of Russia, concluded that there was scarcely a better life. Tragically for these 58 victims, com- simple one-hour funeral luncheon with instruction on business etiquette and workshops any evidence to support the Russian official view mercial gain took precedence over human life." service. that the drug trade was increasingly monopolized Shocked port officials in Dover, England, found Among the pallbearers > An open house and information session lor anyone interested in re- by powerful crime syndicates. the lifeless bodies packed with a shipment of toma- was APTN cameraman Sylejman "Suki" Kl- ceiving an MBA degree from 10 a.m. to ncxin Saturday at Tandy Hall, Vladimir Yegorov, the chief narcotics expert at toes in a hoi. nearly airless container that had just lokoqi, who was with Lawton a week ago when lor more information visit (wwwmba.lcu.edu/visityopenhouse.htm) and the Russian Health Ministry, disagreed, saying that crossed the English Channel by ferry from Zee- a mortar round landed barely a foot from his call (817)257-7531 to RSVP. his own data show that "the drug trade in Russia is brugge. Belgium, on June 18. car, spraying shrapnel into his head and side. a controlled process." Prosecutors said Wacker sealed the immigrants' They were one mile inside Kosovo's border > The Sixth Annual Joseph Morgan Lecture will be Tuesday at 7:30 According to the Russian Interior Ministry's sta- fate during the voyage when he closed the con- with Macedonia, where Macedonian govern- p.m in Sid W Richardson Lecture Hall 2 Lawrence M Krauss of Case tistics, the number of drug seizures more than tripled tainer's only air vent to muffle any noise. He then ment forces had launched an offensive to quash Western Reserve University will give a lecture titled "Science, Non- between 1990 and 1999, reaching almost ftft tons in went to the upper decks for a meal and a movie, ethnic Albanian insurgents. science and Nonsense Irom Aliens to Creationism" For more informa- 1999. The number of drug users quadrupled in the without checking on his human cargo during the Dennis Redmont, a longtime family friend tion call (8i7i 257-7375. 1990s, reaching 450,000 registered users last year. five-hour voyage, they said. and AP's Rome bureau chief, shook as he stood "This was a callous and calculated act to ensure at the pulpit and wondered aloud why Lawton >• The deadline to reserve rooms in the Student Center for 2001- Immigrant-smuggler convicted of manslaughter no one could hear this human cargo," Wiseman said. should die in Kosovo, the troubled province of 2002 is April !0. Priority is given to recognized student organizations LONDON — A Dutch driver who watched Wacker testified at the six-week trial that he did southern Yugoslavia. and urmersity departments, but are on a first-come, first-serve basis. movies and ate dinner while 58 Chinese immigrants not know the Chinese were there, and said he did "We feel God has stolen him from us," Red- Reservation lorrns can be printed off the Student Center Web site at slowly suffocated in the back of his sweltering not shut the vent. He claimed to have taken the driv- mont said. "But why? Why? Why? We will not (www sc tcu edui and then faxed to the reservations coordinator at (817) tomato truck was convicted Thursday of ing job from a friend of a friend without asking cease to ask this question." 257-5788. manslaughter and sentenced to 14 years in prison. questions because he needed money. Lawton had gone to cover the deployment of The case exposed a murky underworld of smug- Prosecutors said he took an active part in the NATO peacekeepers along the border when he gling gangs, known as "snakeheads." who profit smuggling effort, shopping for the truck, the broke off from other journalists to move closer from immigrants' hopes for new lives in the West. trailer, and the load of tomatoes that was used to the village of Krivenik, where NATO forces .: H . MOM) |.«i*,»th. Texas 7M2V : Viajsls Hmaiina \..ah Knurr, 141 Justice Alan Moses laid for camouflage. were fanning out. ...ersirv Dnve her VV.eih. 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OPINION Friday, April 6,2001 www.skiff.tcu.edu Page 3 Editorials New Neeley requirement unfair IT'S THE LAW Problem comes from university's weakness in managing employment Either by the grace of God quired courses because their em- Information should be provided or a lot of good luck, I phasis requirements are not have always been able to specifically listed in the cata- "Built in 1963 as part of the Brown-Lupton foundation, the enroll in the required classes for logue. In other words, if you are Brown-Lupton Health Center provides full medical care and a my major a journalism student in the ad- pharmacy to TCU students. The Health Center is also a every semes- vertising/public relations se- ter. Perhaps quence (which is the largest source of information about medical issues that students face." this is be- sequence in the journalism de- Or so the TCU Web site states. cause there partment), good luck figuring out In actuality, the Health Center employees refuse on a regu- are not a lot your summer and fall semester lar basis to provide information regarding medical issues that of people in schedules this year. my major The reason for this massive in- plague the student body. (math), or convenience is that the business In stories about topics as sensitive as depression and as maybe it has Ward school has expanded so quickly arbitrary as allergies. Dr. Burton Schwartz, a doctor at the to do with they can't allow in excessive the flexible nature of [he classes numbers of students into the Health Center, has not been a source of information to the 1 take. Either way, the majority classrooms. So sacrifices must be Skiff. of TCU students are not as lucky made on the part of many adver- Employees of the Mental Health Center said they didn't as I am in this aspect. tising/public relations students. have records of the number of students that come in on a day- One group of people who will At first glance, I was infuri- be butting heads with enrollment ated when I found out that ad- to-day basis, and they declined to explain their procedures in problems for the next two weeks vertising/public relations majors cases of extreme depression. Schwartz wouldn't release the are those majoring in advertis- would have to suffer because the number of prescriptions the Health Center fills for allergies or ing/public relations. According business school decided to be selfish and exclusive. After some the number of students who come into the Health Center in to a Skiff article printed March ment policy would not even be dance and journalism are just a 30, about 150 to 200 advertis- thought, however, it became ob- considered. few that are lacking professors. reference to allergies. He also refused to explain the Health ing/public relations majors will vious that this was not some- Take the philosophy depart- The problem is occurring cam- Center's procedures for testing students for Attention-Deficit be affected by a new enrollment thing the business school wanted ment lor another example. It has pus-wide, and sooner or later, a Hyperactivity Disorder, and he withheld the number of pre- policy that will only allow stu- to do, but rather a situation in four full-time faculty members. remedy will have to be made. dents formally accepted into the which they had no other choice. After Ted Kline retires at the end For anybody who has to post- scriptions of Ritalin granted by the Health Center. M.J. Neeley School of Business But like they say in the FBI, of this semester, will TCU en- pone his or her graduation for His reasoning for being so tightlipped? to enroll in upper-division busi- blame must be assigned some- sure he has a replacement? The another semester or two because "I have all of this information, but that information is for ness classes. The only exception where. department is already struggling classes have filled up, I sympa- us," he said. "It is not for the pages of the Skiff." to this rule applies to students The problem is with TCU's with what little help it gets, and thize with you. Let's just hope whose majors explicitly require weakness in managing the em- there is no way they can afford somebody will find a way to rec- In fact, Health Center employees said Schwartz has put a business courses in the current ployment of professors. The to lose any more. tify this situation. gag order on the staff, and no employee is permitted to talk to catalogue. business school can't allow non- The philosophy department Skiff employees without his permission. The problem with this? Adver- business majors into certain and business school are by no Emily E. Ward is a junior nmlh classes because the classes are According to the Freedom of Information Act, these num- tising/public relations majors means the only academic units in and news/editorial journalism who have an emphasis in mar- filling up faster than they can dire need of more professors. major from Springtown. She can bers must be released. keting or management will not count. If there were more profes- The departments of speech com- be reached at (e.e.ward®stu- Schwartz and his staff at the Health Center may need to be be able to enroll in these re- sors to teach classes, this enroll- munication, ballet and modern dent.tcu.edu). reminded that students run the Skiff. And students are the very people to whom the Health Center is supposed to "provide information." White House frames press coverage No more Bush press conferences means media will conform to PR tactics YEE-(COUGH)-HAW The most domestically unfortunate newsworthy substance. hands with a diplomat, waving to a camera, news that came out of the White According to Fleischer, the president signing a document, getting into his heli- House last week involved neither tax thinks that the American people "don't re- copter, we are always being treated to Environment suffers under Bush cuts nor campaign finance reform, but ally care a whit" about whether he ad- knowledge of the president's whereabouts Texas is always on top of things. It is, after all, the rather Press Secretary Ari Fleischer's some- dresses the press in a formal or informal and actions; he is still the center of the what overlooked announcement that Presi- manner. While it may be true that the public American political landscape, yet he an- biggest state in the contiguous United States. We're also dent George W. Bush has decided not to at large has no definitive opinion on the swers directly into a camera very little. No. 1 in pollution. hold formal news conferences. Instead, the manner in which the president deals with This is exactly what the While House According to the Environmental Defense Fund, Texas is president will "be accessible" to the press the press, the president's maneuver has wants from this most recent announcement, during his public appearances and meetings everything to do with how he talks to the that you see the president busy at work, in also No. 1 in overall toxic releases, recognized carcinogens in with world leaders. While some regular crit- populace. A president removing himself bits and pieces, giving off-the-cuff answers the air and developmental toxins, which affect the brain and ics of the new administration rush to point from formal televised press conferences is to reporters in more informal settings, as nervous system in children and increase the risk of cancer. to this as yet another move done to protect not simply bad news for the correspondents opposed to propped up behind a podium, The environment has been this way since the 1980s, and a president ill at ease with eloquent phrase- up against tight deadlines and cranky edi- where we all know this president does not ology and spontaneous thought, in actuality, tors, but also for the public, who will get to do his best work. You get to see his partial it seems things aren't going to change with George W this is the continuation of a long trend of see their chief executive in more canned ap- answers to questions done in the Briefing Bush as president. European Union leaders are upset about presidents becoming less and less accessible pearances done for purposes of creating a Room as opposed to long and drawn out an- Bush's decision to pull out of a global warming agreement. to the press in formal settings, and yet "line of the day" rather than fulfilling the swers in the lavish East Room. Indeed, this Environmentalists say that because of air pollution and another victory for media im- ultimate purpose of is an administration that focuses hard on agery over a republic, keep- imagery and symbolism, planning out the other misguided funding priorities done by the Bush ad- ing in touch with president's every handshake, spoken word ministration, national parks are in danger. Bush has issued the people on and small talk joke, and this announcement $4.9 billion to the parks budget this year, but environmen- the matters of is a continuation of that unfortunate strat- the nation. egy. talists said they think he will use this money for "brick Since its ad- This is not wholly, however, an indict- and mortar" projects rather than plant and animal species. vent, the presi- ment of the Bush administration, nor is it dential press an indictment of the press, but perhaps it is d. When it comes to air pollution, Bush has lobbied to weaken the Clean Air Act. In his position papers, there is conference has a general comment on our civil society as a gone from a high- whole. With the press's feeding frenzy for no mention of clean water. In fact. Bush opposes the ban profile forum to a begot- scandal and gossip, and the public consum- of logging on roadless areas of national forests. ten nuisance. Whereas FDR gave ing nothing but stories about affairs and Rather than killing the trees and allowing our environ- 6.9 press conferences a month. Richard kickbacks, public officials see little choice Nixon held just 0.5 a month, and when he but to escape further into a cocoon of si- ment to go to waste, more people need to pressure the did so, he used them as opportunities to lie lence about both their private and public- Bush administration to take steps into making this world a about the Watergate scandal. Ronald Rea- business. They opt to put out, in assembly cleaner place to live. gan, not the most mentally swift of men, line-like fashion, 10-second sound bites, held just 0.3 month, and during the Iran- pre-packaged photo ops. and positions taken Contra scandal, he held none at all. George in the name of "national security" and the TCU Daily Skiff H. W. Bush held his mini-conferences in the public's "general welfare" when one look mornings, so attendance and viewership was deeper will show a society of backroom lessened. Bill Clinton held even fewer press politics and money changing hands. This Editor In Chief Rusty Simmons conferences throughout his two terms, and cancer's latest victim is the Office of the Managing Editor Laura Head Advertising Manager Ashley Anderson during the Lewinsky scandal, answered to President, and in an era of quick fixes, no Associate Editor Danny Home the press almost never. cure is in sight. Senior News Editor Jaime Walker Despite this downward trend, we still see Associate News Editor Hemi Ahluwalia a lot of our president in the newspaper and Mike Ricci is a columnist for the Columbia Features Editor Yvetle Herrera Opinion Editor James Zwilling on the television screen, regardless of who Daily Spectator at Columbia University. This Sports Editor Kelly Morris he is or how popular he may be. Shaking column was distributed by U-Wire. Senior Photographer David Dunai Copy Desk Chief Jacque Petersell Senior Reporter Melissa DeLoach Co-Production Coordinator Veronica Johnson "I was a $1 girl." Co-Production Coordinator Renee Marchin QUOTE unquote — Marisa Schenke. Graphic Artist Daniel Chia a junior advertising/public relations major, Web Editor Ben Smithson Production Manager Jeanne Cain Pressler "Everybody knows he is the best player in college on her strategy for winning at "The Price is Right." Business Manager Bitsy Faulk tennis when he feels like it. We beat them last year, Student Publications Director Robert Bohler and Esteban lost. 1 think those things played into "We hate them. Everybody hates them because of the way they play Journalism Department Chairman Tommy Thomason (their victory today)." U They try anything to win. We really didn't want them to come in here — Peter Smith, and beat us." Pepperdine University's men's head tennis coach, Petr Koula. on senior Esteban Carril 's athletic ability. Editorial Policy a senior tennis player, on the team's victory against Baylor.

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Ihc speaker did no! mention religion board also approved a 5 percent — one for faculty and exempt in his speech. Pay to rise merit/adjustment increase for staff and a different lower rale against ex-cellmate Ik- had me interested, until the continuing non-exempt staff, for non-exempt staff." end where he staled that we are all by 3 to 4 who were not affected by the When Chancellor Michael Fer- By Michael Rubinkam whom are friends and relatives of Lhildren ol the universe," she said. raise in minimum wage and a 4 rari came to the university in ASSOCIATED PRESS the defendants, snicker and whis- I was disappointed when he failed percent for percent merit/adjustment pool 1998, non-exempt staff were paid PHILADELPHIA — Mob boss per insults and jokes about him. to .ii. knowledge the existence u| for continuing faculty. 6 percent of their salary upon re- Ralph Natale once talked about the One wiseguy talked about Natale some creator, some person, MM faculty, staff "Its annual increases are the tirement. Faculty and exempt staff "special bond" he shared with his buying a "mob starter kit" from being higher than us I have heard university's way of moving us to- received 11 percent, Ferrari said. reputed successor, Joseph "Skinny Toys R Us. tli.ii kind ol stuff before, hut I did By Alifha Brown ward the goal of better salaries," "I feel strongly that all mem- Joey" Merlino. During a break in the testimony, not agree with him not acknowledg- STAM RfPORTIB Jean Andrus. chairwoman for the bers of our staff in the non-ex- While sharing a prison cell in the reputed mob consigliere and co-de- ing Qod On March 30, the Board ot Staff Assembly, empt category early 1990s, the older man and his fendant George Borgesi turned to Sk\ Eagk said she could relate Trustees approved a pay raise said. "Salaries work hard for protege allegedly plotted to rule the family members and said, "I never io T>son\ theory of the cosmos .is and an increase in retirement were so low a the university, Philadelphia underworld. In gov- thought I'd say it: This guy's a big- "Its annual increases are the well as the uniqueness ot Tyson's benefits for faculty and stall few years ago and I want to ernment tapes, Natale is repeatedly ger lowlife than Sammy the Bull!" university's way of moving us position as ihc lust director of the A general pay raise is offered that we were los- bring their rates heard telling Merlino he loves him. — a reference to mobster Sammy toward the goal of better Masden I'lanelanum. each year across the board and ing people all the up to parody," he once saying: "I think about you 24 Gravano, who testified against salaries. Salaries were so low I like In ihmk that music is the averages between 3 to 4 percent. time." said. hours a day." New York crime boss John Gotti. a few years ago that we were Name was she said "There are not Vice Chancellor for Finance and In furthering The rate was So much for mob loyalty. Natale and Merlino cemented losing people all the time." ih.it mans people who .ire able to Business Carol Campbell said that goal and as a raised to 8.5 per- This week. Natale is committing their relationship at the federal make M in iliat held." "The rate was lower this year, result of the cent last year the ultimate Mafia sin: He is testi- prison in McKean in 1990-91. Na- — Jean Andrus. I. "ii said he was fascinated hs because the budget was much hoard meeting, chairwoman for the and again to 9.5 fying for the government in Mer- tale was doing 27 years for drug what happens in the sky because tighter." Campbell said. "Every retirement pay Staff Assembly percent this year. lino's racketeering trial. trafficking and arson, and Merlino wiilnii the sky are the answers to year when you do the budget rates for non-ex "We hope to "Whenever I wanted something had been convicted in an armored question 'hat plaque all mankind. you're trying to balance all kinds empt faculty continue to raise done on the street — whether it car heist. It \mi look back througE time. of things Three percent was all were also raised, the rate I per- was an extortion, a beating, or a The two men shared an intense acroM cultures. I don't think there we could do this year with all of she said. cent each year until it equalizes murder — I would pass the order dislike of John Stanfa, who took is a single ciMli/alion that has not the other increases we made ' "There is a differential in re- with the faculty and exempt staff on to Joey Merlino, and then he over the mob in the late 1980s af- asked why we arc here," he said Las) year, the minimum wage tirement salaries." Campbell rates," Campbell said. would have to go find the men ter Nicodemo "Little Nicky" 'Not until the 20th centuiy could for non-exempt staff was raised said. "Retirement is funded within our family to go ahead and Scarfo went to prison. With several we address these questions in a sci from $5.73 to $7.25 an hour, ac- based on a percentage of a salary. Alisha Brown do it," said Natale. who is in his 60s of Merlino's friends, they began entifit manner." cording to Skiff reports I In- "There are iwo different rates [email protected] and hopes to win a reduced jail sen- plotting a bloody war against the tence in return for his testimony. Stanfa faction, with the ultimate Natale's premiere as turncoat aim of ruling the Philadelphia mob, came last year during the federal Natale said. Competing interests reason for Senate openings corruption trial of Mayor Milton Merlino, the son of a jailed mob- Milan of Camden, N.J., who was ster, "needed someone to legit- By iilUnne Johnson more service ol (acuity. munications and the College of Fine But he thinks the openness that Chan- convicted in December of charges imize him and the young men in "Virtually all faculty are serving "ii Arts requires two more representa- cellor Michael Ferrari has created is that included taking mob payoffs Philadelphia," said Natale, a long- I i. k oi interest io I acuity Senate the sell review committee llor the ac- n\es than before. improving the university climate. and laundering drug money. time mob figure who claimed to be positions is only compounded by creditation process) in some way." Deans of these schools were un- Watson agrees that this is a prime The FBI brags that Natale is the a close friend of legendary competmtj interests, I'eggy Watson, Watson said. "They just don't feel available for comment. time to become involved in the Fac- only American mob boss ever to Philadelphia crime boss Angelo .in.isscH.iaie pink-ssoi ol Spanish, said there's tune for this too." Nowell Donovan, chairman of the ulty Senate. flip. Merlino and his six co-defen- Bruno, the "Docile Don." fnursda) at the faculty Senate meet Watson is not surprised about the Faculty Senate, said the lack of inter- Watson said all positions in the dants call Natale a rat, a liar and After nearly 16 years behind inj openings m the College ol Commu- est is also part of the culture of the Senate are normally filled eventually, worse. bars, Natale was finally paroled in |M, I|„- \| I Neete) School ol nications and the College of Fine Arts profession. but it takes some arm twisting. For Natale, jailed since 1998, 1994. Merlino initiated him into Business, College ot Communict because the two colleges just split. "We have joint loyalties between "Some people are flattered just by "Joey Merlino is better than having the mob several weeks later, and lions and College ol line Arts, the According to the Handbook for teaching and our (individual research being asked individually." Watson a key to the prison," said Edwin Ja- Natale began assembling a new Senate has more openings than vol Faculty and Stall :o<)<) :crime family, according to testi- unleen sentative is elected for every 11 full- the way." Watson and Donovan said it would Although the Mafia code of si- mony. Watson laid there is a lack ol m lime faculty members with no less However, a healthy institution is be advantageous if individual depart- lence has crumbled in recent years, Philadelphia was theirs tor the Iciest ai the end ol ever) year, but the than three representatives a school. one where the faculty identify more ments and senior faculty approached underworld figures are still aghast taking; Stanfa and his men had rp,ii,ill.in ut colleges and demands ol The TCU Fall 2IKH) Factbook with their university. Donovan said. their colleagues and encouraged them at Natale's betrayal. been convicted of racketeering and the accreditation process arc requiring shows the spin ol the College of Com- TCU is not bad in that respect, he said. to volunteer. Courtroom spectators, most of were serving long prison terms.

RITALIN licit methylphenidate appears to are more potent than caffeine, ac- Phone explosion kills Palestinian be more available in Texas and cording to the Web site. From Page 1 Michigan than anywhere else in "(Ritalin) has a notably calm- Murder comes one day after inconclusive Mideast peace talks the country. ing effect on hyperactive children I don't want to be known as a sup- Staci Walters, a pharmacist at and a focusing effect on those By Greg Myr* Israeli airstrikes and gunbattles not announce what we did," he told plier." Walgreens on Oak Park Lane, with ADHD," according to the in recent weeks a political meeting in Tel Aviv. Dr. Burton Schwartz, a physi- said Texas may have a higher use Web site. II Kl S \[ I \l A leading \liei nightfall, three mortar "We don't always have to an- cian at the Health Center, said he of illicit methylphenidate because The U.S. Food and Drug Ad- Palestinian militant was blown up shells tired from Palestinian areas in nounce it." refused to discuss testing proce- of the willingness of doctors to ministration found that Ritalin I luiisdas when a boob) napped (la/.i landed near Netiv Haasara. a Hardan escaped from a Palestin- dures for diagnosing ADHD or to prescribe it. can cause liver tumors in male public phone exploded as he used village in Israel next to Gaza. No ca- ian jail in October, in the tirst days provide the number of prescrip- "We fill an awful lot of pre- mice, but the FDA also notes that it on the street outside the Weal sualties were reported. It was only of the Palestinian uprising. After a tions for Ritalin the Health Cen- scriptions for Ritalin," Walters this cancer is extremely rare in It.ink jail when- he was held on the third tune Palestinians have lired manhunt, he was re-arrested by the ter fills. said. "Doctors humans, and its occurrence is not HI.I ..it h\ Palestinian authorities. mortar rounds at Israeli villages out- Palestinians, only to be released in "We do handle don't have a increasing as Ritalin becomes Palestinians immediately blamed side (ia/a November. Israel says he then or- and are aware of problem prescrib- more popular. Israel fa the killing, which came a In the Wet) Hank town ol Jenm. chestrated a December bombing in (the drug abuse)," "You have to take one to un- ing it." Walters said people should be das sftet the sides held heated and lyad II.ud.in. Ml. a leading militant northern Israel that killed two Is- he said. "And derstand it. It just lets you re- Walters said careful not to abuse the drug, even inconclusive talks on ending mule in the radical Islamic Jihad move- raelis and injured 60. when medication ally focus, and it doesn't doctors risk being if long-term side effects have not ih.in six months ol Mideast violence ment, was killed instantly when an Hardan was arrested again by is used, we spend make you nauseous or jittery audited for pre- been found. Israelis and Palestinians also explosive device detonated as he the Palestinians, but has been al- a lot of time go- like caffeine pills." scribing large "Ritalin is a drug that has to be Haded angr) accusations over an spoke on a pay phone he often used lowed to come and go from the jail. ing over proper quantities or a lot introduced to the body," she said. incident in which Israeli soldiers just outside the Palestinian jail, He went to a university in Jenin on use with the pa- TCU student, of prescriptions "Taking it sporadically can be re- fired on a foul . II COSrvo) carrying witnesses said Thursday morning where he was tient." Ritalin user of Ritalin to the ally hard on someone who's not Palestinian securit) duels as they Israel did not immediately com- studying history, and was returning The U.S. Drug same person. used to it." returned t" Gaza at 2 a m. Thun- ment on the blast, but it had named to the jail in the afternoon. Enforcement Ad- "It's really Walters said she doesn't think da) after the talks uuude Israel Harden one of the most dangerous Hut before he entered, he made ministration has closely regu- Ritalin will ever be prescribed as I in- Palestinians charged thai Is- members ot Islamic Jihad, and ac- a call from his regular phone, just strict controls on the manufac- lated," she said. "It's a drug peo- a study aid, because doctors don't rael was using io kill ihc officials cused him ol masierminding major a lew paces from the entrance to turer, distribution and prescrip- ple can become highly dependent want to jeopardize the drug's rep- Israel insisted thai the Palestinians bomb attacks against Israel. the facility, which also houses of- tion of Ritalin because it's a upon, and it has a high percentage utation. opened fire hist, prompting return Without sasmg directly that Is- fices of the Palestinian Authority. stimulant and has the potential for of abuse." "There could be doctors doing fire from the Israeli soldiers rael was responsible. Prime Minis- "We knew he was a target for the abuse, according to the National According to the National In- that now, though," she said. "They I lie shooting and rccrinnna ter Ariel Sharon said that his Israelis." said Abedil Izzedine. Institute on Drug Abuse's Web stitute on Drug Abuse's Web site, have a legal right to prescribe lions reflected the hardening atti government would conduct a con- Hardan's cellmate at the prison. site, Ritalin stimulates the central drugs off the record." Hides on both sides of the stant struggle against terrorism. But Hardan believed the phone was (www.nida.nih.gov/Infofax/ri- nervous system, with effects sim- conflict, which has been marked "Sometimes we will announce sale because Palestinian security talin.html). ilar to, but less potent than, am- Chrissy Braden in Palestinian suicide bombings, what we did, sometimes we will guards stood watch nearby. According to the Web site, il- phetamines. The effects, however. [email protected]

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IGU doasi not smwigi u-tt comtsnparxi et ataohd If you do oram afootwl yow tfnutd do so rMponat* era you www.skift.tcu.edu #tou*i iww rjriwsj attar dmung FEATURES Friday, April 6,2001 www.skiff.tcu.edu Page 5 ON THE RISE Facts about Ecstasy ■ Ecstasy was made illegal in 1985. ■ Ecstasy is MDMA, a "mood eleva- tor," that produces a relaxed, euphoric state. It does not produce hallucinations. ■ The effect takes 20 to 40 minutes after taking the tablet, with rushes of ex- hilaration that are sometimes followed by nausea. ■ Sixty to 90 minutes after taking the drug, the user feels the peak effects. ■ Black market tablets usually contain other drugs. k AVMWAJJIIK; A STAND ■ A normal dose of ecstasy is 100 to 125 mg. By Mike Schneider about 20 rave regulars who try to edu- off-duty police officers and paramedics ■ Ecstasy is not physically addictive. ASSOCIAFFD PRFSS cate fellow ravers about drugs and safe on the premises. ■ Ecstasy is illegal and a conviction for ORLANDO, Fla. - After two of sex in a nonjudgmental manner. They "The idea is to create consistency be- possession can carry a prison sentence. David Curiel's rave-scene friends died spread the word when bad drugs are tween clubs that would cater to under- of drug overdoses, he realized some- circulating and pass out condoms at age folks and those that would cater to ■ Frequent high doses have been linked thing needed to change. raves, the all-night parties that have a adults." said Orange County Chairman to neurotoxic damage in laboratory ani- backdrop of hypnotic, electronic dance Richard dotty. "Clubs for adults are li mals. It is still unknown whether such music. censed." damage occurs in humans. "We're just trying to save lives." said The Orange County ordinance ■ Some people experience depression Curiel, who wears a nose ring, earrings comes almost four years after the Or- after taking MDMA. "I really, in each ear and a stud under his lip. "I lando City Council forced bars and don't want to see any more of my nightclubs to close at 3 a.m. in an ef- ■ There have been deaths associated friends die." fort to stop raves at after-hour bars. The with MDMA. They are usually the re- really doubt They've also tried to counter the so- city's ordinance effectively moved the sult of heatstroke from dancing for long cially irresponsible image of ravers by rave scene underground into ware- periods of time in clubs without replen- volunteering at a nursing home, an houses, parks and private homes, al- ishing lost body fluids. that you would Adopt-a-Highway program and help- though a few clubs outside the city ing build homes for Habitat for Hu- began playing rave-style dance music. ■ Mixing ecstasy with alcohol or other manity. One Future Tribe flier says One of those places was Cyberzone. drugs increases the risk of adverse re- getting high is not what raves are about. outside the city in Orange County. actions. have an easier "It's about dancing, the music, hav- Last September. Cyberzone patron ing a good time, opening your mind, David Stieb purchased what he Source: (www.dancesafe.org) connecting with others," the flier reads. thought was Ecstasy from another pa- time finding "We are not the slacker losers they tron and died of an overdose. In a want you to believe we are. We are cre- wrongful death lawsuit, his parents ac- ative, dynamic, young, peaceful, evolv- cused Cyberzone employees of throw- ing, beautiful people." ing Stieb out of the club while he was drugs at a rave The public relations campaign can't overdosing and not seeking medical come soon enough. Orlando's rave help for him. HUWHUi M«JTASU NOT (ONSIMMD scene has become public enemy No. 1 Drug deaths are a prime concern for (o than you for the community's politicians, law The Future Tribe Project. It is affiliated enforcement officers and religious with DanceSafe, an Oakland. Calif. - By Sarah McClellan not really doing drugs, leaders. based group that began testing drugs in because it's not like SKIFF STAFF would at your The fans of electronic dance music, clubs several years ago to stop deaths Within five minutes of entering a dance cluh, heroin or cocaine." usually teen-agers or those in their related to the consumption of fake or Chris (*) can tell who is "rolling" on ecstasy or Lt. Ric Clark, com- early 20s, have been blamed for dnig impure drugs. DanceSafe now tests "X," a pill that gives the user a euphoric high and mander of the narcotics standard Pink overdoses, sex crimes, vandalism and drugs by mail and posts the results on has heen dubbed a "club drug." He can also easily section of the Fort excessive noise in the city. Club drugs, its Web site. tell who is selling it. Worth Police Depart- such as Ecstasy, GHB and crystal meth. Members of the Future Tribe Project Within another couple of minutes, Chris, who is ment, agrees. were responsible for 230 deaths frown on places like Cyberzone. Still, a 29-year-old registered nurse at a Dallas/Fort "That's what they Floyd concert statewide between 19% and 1999, ac- they say no more drug use goes on at Worth area hospital, can purchase as many "hits" say when we pick them cording to the Florida Office of Drug raves than anywhere else. or tablets of ecstasy as he needs to keep his high up," Clark said. "They Control. "I really, really doubt that you would for the entire evening. The cost is usually between say, 'We're not out do- or Doobie "Ladies and gentlemen, our children have an easier time finding drugs al a $20 and $25. ing heroin or cocaine.' are being poisoned," Orange County rave than you would at your standard "It has become a lot more popular lately," he They say there's a big Sheriff Kevin Beary said in February Pink Floyd concert or Doobie Broth- said. "It is probably because it is easy to get, it is difference between ec- during a hearing on the rave scene. ers' concert." said Brad Lyons, a 20- stasy and other drugs. Brothers' The most recent attack against the year-old University of Central Florida cheap and one tablet can last you all night. Out of They don't see that this rave scene comes from the Orange student and member of the Future Tribe three people you ask, at least one will have it." is a big deal. But this County Commission. It is expected to Project. Chris used ecstasy on a regular basis from when drug does a lot of brain vote in several weeks on an ordinance Legislating the problem away won't he was 23-years old to when he was 27-years old. concert.'". damage." that would tightly regulate after-hour work either. Future Tribe members Though he said that he doesn't think the drug is Howell also said the venues that don't serve alcohol but at- said. addictive, he stopped using, because he became drug has become more tract segments of the rave scene. The "Everything they've done to shut us aware of the consequences involved. available in the past year. So two years ago, the 30-year-old in- so-called rave clubs would have to be down has done nothing to stop the drug "People don't realize what the consequences "It's in the mainstream now, dustrial designer formed The Future licensed every year, subject to inspec- deaths," said Greg Shultea, 22, a light are," Chris said. "They'll buy it from anyone. It and a lot more kids are doing it." Tribe Project. The group consists of tion at any time, and required to have and sound technician. could be someone they've never met and will never Howell said. "The more popular see again. Anything it gets, could happen." the more Chris also said the accessi- popularity of ecstasy ble it is rising, because it gets, and the more acces- ety of drugs. In particular, the increasing use of manager at the Tarrant Council on Alcoholism and has been brought to sible it gets, the cheaper it drugs, such as ecstasy and methamphetamine, by Drug Abuse. "It's a popular drug for Ihe time." the public's attention gets." our youth is quickly becoming one of the most sig- Clark said the drug is most popular in Ihe lfi to 20 through the media. Howell said he has nificant law enforcement and social issues facing age bracket. "It's so much easier been offered the drug at our nation today." "It's a club drug type of situation, where different to get now and so various bars and clubs He said the Dallas Field Division personnel have people think it's ail right to do this," Clark said. many more people are more in the past year than recently documented the rising popularity of "club Chris said the allure in these "cluh drugs" is lhat the doing it, because peo- before. drugs," such as ecstasy, or MDMA, GHB, Keta- high you get from them is different from other drugs. ple are being exposed In I June 5, 2000 gov- mine and LSD among young adults. "It's like a runner's high times ten. except without to it more," Chris said. ernment report, Francis E. "These drugs are being used ... at all-night raves doing any work." he said. "The music going and the "Now when I go to Seib, acting special agent and nightclubs in Dallas and surrounding areas," lights flashing adds to it. It's totally different than be- clubs it definitely in charge of the Dallas Seib said. "These rave functions, which are parties ing drunk, and it's not like (caffeinaled beverages), be- seems like more peo- Field Division of the Drug known for loud techno-music and dancing at un- cause it's not something you get up in the morning ple are using it." Enforcement Administra- derground locations, regularly host several thou- and do and then do all your daily activities. You only Braden Howell, a tion, told the House Sub- sand teen-agers and young adults who use MDMA, take it in party situations." sophomore premajor, committee on Criminal LSD, GHB, Ketamine and Methamphetamine." (*) Name has been changed. also thinks ecstasy use Justice, Drug Policy and These events, Seib said, are designed to appeal is rising. Human Resources, "Ado- to the teen-age to mid-30 demographic. "Even my friends who don't do drugs are trying lescents in the Dallas area are experimenting with, "It's a problem with the population going Sarah McClellan 'X,'" Howell said. "Some of them feel like they're and abusing, a wide vari through the rave scene," said Steven Martin, a case 1.I. mi del Ian 0 student, tcu. idu

"People don't realize what the consequences are. They'll buy it from anyone. It could be someone they've never met and will never see again. Anything could happen." SPORTS Page 6 www.skiff.tcu.edu Friday, April 6,2001 Women's basketball ends season at banquet Six players honored with awards for activities on, off court

By Kelly Morris ousted from the tournament by named the Freshman of the Year. Junior forward Tricia Payne, who Louisiana Tech, which went on to the Evans averaged 20.3 minutes a game was named the Player of the Year, The women's basketball team had Final Four. in the 32 games she played. She also said the honor meant a lot to her. plenty tn celebrate Thursday at its Head coach Jeff Mittie said this grabbed 172 rebounds for the season, "It was special to be recognized, postseason banquet at the River Crest year's Frogs will be a tough act to fol- averaging 5.4 a game. but I couldn't have done it without Country Club Ballroom despite the low. With her 257 rebounds and 9.3 my teammates," Payne said. "I was fact that it was eliminated in the sec- "This team has left a great mark on points a game, senior forward Janice tearing up a couple of times. I can't ond round of the NCAA Tournament TCU women's basketball on and off Thomas was named the Defensive believe it's over, and the seniors are in March. the court," Mittie said. "We will lose Player of the Year. Thomas led the going to be gone. They meant so After recording their best season a very special group." team in rebounds by almost 100. Ju- much to me. I thought I had played in school history, the Frogs' season Thursday was also a first of sorts nior forward Kati Safaritova, who led with them forever. became the year of firsts. With an as over 200 people attended the ban- the team in scoring with 12.2 points "But it was a perfect ending to a overall record of 25-8, the Frogs had quet, the largest turnout ever. a game, was named Offensive Player perfect season. This evening topped their first 20-win season. The Frogs "Coming here, 1 didn't know how of the Year, and senior guard Jill Sut- it off for us." also won their first Western Athletic emotional it would be." senior guard ton was named as the winner of the The evening ended with the team's Conference regular season tile and Amy Porter said. "It was a great Janice Dzuik Award. The award is highlight video. The final frame read David Dunai/SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER first WAC Championship. But their evening. Having the fans here that named for TCU's all-time leading "Final Four — San Antonio 2002." Members of the women's basketball team surround head coach Jeff season did not end there as they re- supported us all year long made this scorer. Sutton currently holds second "You can dream a little can't you?" Mittie after receiving their awards for individual achievements dur- ceived their first bid to the NCAA evening that much more special." place with 1,300 career points. Junior Mittie asked. ing the season. The Frogs finished at 25-8 after winning their first- Tournament. As the 11th seed in the Besides celebrating the Frogs' sea- forward Quinn Tedder won the Aca- ever conference championship and making their first appearance in tournament, they upset their first- son, six athletes were honored with demic Award with a 4.0 GPA for the Kelly Morris the NCAA Tournament round opponent Penn State. TCU was awards. Forward Tiffany Evans was second year in a row. *. /. morris @ student, tcu. edit Cross-country athlete W runs 'cross the world' Keitany uses track to prepare skills for home

By Jennifer Koesling She then traveled to Lisbon. Portugal, in 19% for the World Junior Track and Field Competi- (inning to America bm Kenya was sonic tion and received a bronze medal in the 5.IKX) thing senior (ilads s Keilany never considered meters, doing But the wa> she pit here was even more Keitany said she was born third in line after surprising two older brothers, one who currently runs com- Figuratively speaking, she ran. petitively for Kenya. When Kfit.it)> was I * years old. she partici- She said she paid for her other older brother pated in Kenya's iulnni.il UXIO meter race for all to attend high school with the money she made eighth graders She won first place from competitive international races. I had Bevel run before, so I had no idea that Bom into a polygamous family of nine chil- I would do so well." Keitany said. dren. Keitany is third behind her mother's two Kcilam's titst place honors not only helped older sons and sixth to her lather behind three her discou-i a passion lor running, but also ti- other brothers from her father's first wife. Kei- ll, lined ha high school education fallowing ihe tany said although her experiences were differ- iiiccl, she said, the Kenyan government paid lor ent, they are a part of who she is. her to attend Kipaoen Secondary School ill her "My lather has been my inspiration because hometown of ben he has always shown such an interest in my life." Kelt.ins s.ud most Kenyans don't aspire to Keitany said. "One day. I asked him to wake me continue into high school because it is loo ex- up at six the next morning so I could run. and pensive, and it's not a big part ot the culture. ever since that day. he continued to wake me up Running is a way of life lot must Kenyans." at six to run because he was excited for me and she said 'Most people do not go to high school wanted me to do well." Thcs |Ust go on to run lot their country in inter Even though her lather has been her inspira- national c-sc-nls ami gel money tor It." tion, it is hard for Keitany to contact her family. In 1994, Keilany received a silver medal in the She said she has to schedule a time to call her Tim Cox/SKIFF STAFF World Junior (toss Country Competition in Senior Glady's Keitany gets set to run at the UTA Invitational Saturday. Dan Waters, head coach of the TCU cross country team, Duih.un. England See KEITANY, Page 8 said Keitany is the backbone and the pace setter for the team. Women win 10th in a row Baseball team opens Next match offers Ingram a chance at his 300th victory crucial series with win By John Weyand The Frogs' concentration netted them a convincing vic- weekend at Fresno State. tory over the Eagles. In singles. No. 98 Paty Aburto, a Both the Frogs and the Wolf Pack III Us match against TCU TTiursday. the North Texas freshman at TCU, extended her winning streak to nine Sophomore outfielder Terry brought their top offenses to the women's tennis team tried to make the frogs beat them- matches with a. 6-2, 6-0, victory against UNT's Kristin Trofholz hit a three-run home run in ballpark Thursday. TCU pounded selves Beedy at Ihe No. 3 position At the No. 1 spot, sophomore the bottom of ninth inning to extend out 14 hits, while Nevada recorded Try as thcs might. Ihe Failles were unsuccessful. Rosa Perez defeated the Eagles' Melissa Hodges. 6-2, 6- TCU's lead to 11-7, and the Frogs 17 hits. The No 2h Homed frogs delealed North Texas, 6-I. at 1. and at No. 2. junior Leoni Weirich had a straight-set went on to break a four-game losing But the difference was timely hit- the Bayard II 1 nedin.iu Tennis (enter to extend their win- victory against Catherine Alain of UNT streak Thursday with a, 12-7, victory ting as the Frogs came through in ning stieak to 10 in.itches The frogs won all three dou- In doubles, the TCU pairing of Perez and freshman against Nevada. clutch moments. The Wolf Pack bles matches and the No I through 5 singles matches Saber Pierce recorded its 19th win this season, defeating The Frogs (21-13, 12-5 Western stranded 13 base runners. against I INT UNT's duo of Benita Bittner and Natalie Clorc, 8-2. Tim Cox/SKIFF STAFF Athletic Conference) and the Wolf "I was glad our offense played so TCI head COMB Kol.ind Ingram said that although the The Eagles' only win came at the No. 6 singles posi- Sophomore Rosa Perez serves in Pack were playing in the first game well," junior pitcher Patrick New- I iocs played well, they needed to slay tocused to win the tion, where UNT's Chnstine Huynh defeated freshman her match against North Texas of a key four-game series. The Frogs bum said on 88.7-FM KTCU. "We match Emily Waters, 6-1, 6-2. Despite the loss, UNT's head Thursday at the Bayard H. Friedman were swept last weekend by top- put up four runs in the first inning, "The il'NT i playcis wanted to make nisi lul as mam coach Dawna Denny said thai she thought her players per- Tennis Center. Perez won her match ranked Rice, ending a seven-game and that really helped to take the balls as possible." Ingrain said As a result, my players formed well. in straight sets, helping the Frogs to winning streak. Nevada (18-15, 9-9 pressure off." got a little sloppy and a little la/y It's a good lime to prac- a 6-1 win over the Eagles. The win WAC) has won 13 of the last 16 tice conicnti.ilioii ,mi) discipline on the court." See TENNIS, Page 7 was the team's 10th in a row. games, including two of three last See BASEBALL, Page 7

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Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday 1 Fielding honored by WAC in Hawaii. With a two-round score of Senior Trace Fielding was announced 153, Patterson was in 19th place. But a Wednesday as the Western Athletic Con- career-best round of 70, catapulted her Women vs Houston Women at ference Men's Tennis Player of the to a sixth-place finish. it am Ml Week. The finish was her second consecutive Menu Rice 2pm In the Frogs match against No. 30 top-10 finish. At the Betsy Rawls Long- *^ 1 pm California March 27, Fielding, who is horn Invitational March 12 to 14, Pat- unranked, defeated No. 85 Balazs Ver- terson placed ninth. In the five ess in three sets. Fielding won again in tournaments Patterson has played this

it Nevada at Nevada at Nevada the Frogs next match March 28 against season, she has recorded three top-10 4 pm 3 pm. 3 pm No. 71 Santa Clara when he defeated finishes. Michael Duong in straight sets. Fielding Patterson has been named to the WAC then defeated No. 34 Stefan Suter of No. all-Academic Team twice and was also 0 7 Pepperdine. a 2000 Academic ail-American. He is currently 10-5 in singles play •tints at Texas and 9-8 in doubles play this spring. Hayes-Stoker out for five to six weeks Relays Relays The results of Andrew Hayes-Stoker's m Austin m Austin Patterson garners golf award MRI showed a tear in the cartilage of his 7f Junior Jennifer Patterson was named right knee, head coach Gary Patterson the WAC Women's said. Golfer of the Week The junior tailback was injured on the Men it lord Men at Ford Men at Ford Women at US CoesguM US Collegian US Collegiate Lady Sun Devil during the week of first play of Saturday's scrimmage, and in Puerta Invitational in March 26. he will miss practice until the middle or VsMfO. Women at Women at Phoenix. She shot a 70 in Ihe late part of May. Mexico Lady Sun Devil LaSy SunOem Ariz final round of the Stoker, who was being challenged for Invitational Invitational 6c2!> Lady Rainbow Invita- the starting tailback position, will have tional March 27 to 29 surgery Tuesday. Friday, April 6,2001 www.skiff.tcu.edu Page 7 BASEBALL BOXES From Page 6 From Page 10

After TCU got out to the 4-0 because no other type of container lead, Nevada rallied for four can keep items hot or cold as well straight runs to tie the score. But as Styrofoam. every time the Wolf Pack scored, Trafton said he agrees that Sty- the Frogs had an answer. rofoam maintains heat better, but TCU scored three runs in the it's a decision the university made. bottom of the third inning, high- Diane Sullivan, food service di- lighted by back-to-back RBI hits rector at the University of Texas at by senior catcher Jason Price and Arlington, said the students there sophomore third baseman Mike can also take food to go, but they Settle. use recycled Styrofoam. Following a Nevada home run in Flores said, unlike UTA, TCU the fifth inning, sophomore first doesn't use recycled paper in The baseman Walter Olmstead hit his Main, however, Pizza Hut and team-leading sixth home run. Starbucks do. Flores said he The Wolf Pack, in a final rally, would be interested to find out cut the Frogs' lead to S-7 in the sev- how UTA uses recycled Styro- enth inning. But again, the TCU an- Tim Cox/SKIFF STAFF foam. swered as Trofholz and junior The TCU baseball team managed to find itself in a bit of a pickle upon "We realize there's a problem, shortstop Erick Macha each hit losing four consecutive games after a 20-9 start to the season. The but the issue needs to be directed ninth-inning home runs. Frogs started a four-game series Thursday at Nevada with 12-7 win. by the student body," Flores said. "If we eliminated Styrofoam, students would be unhappy, because our errors. was originally. they are accustomed to taking Tim Cox/SKIFF STAFF TENNIS Denny said playing TCU is a "I thought Houston was down food to go and they like the avail- Styrofoam boxes sit in a trash can in The Main. According to Dining Ser- From Page 6 good experience for reasons beyond this year, but they just beat Tulane," ability." vices, between 2,000 and 3,000 Styrofoam boxes are used daily. getting to face a talented team. Ingram said. "Thank God for the In- April Gonzalez, a junior inte- "They fought really hard," Denny "They're polite girls," Denny ternet." rior design major, said the reason international finance major who is amount of Styrofoam used, the use said. "(The Horned Frogs) just out- said. "It doesn't sound that impor- The match will be at the Bayard she uses the containers is prima- a sub committee chairman on the of it would be reduced, Mattingly played us today." tant, but it actually matters." H. Friedman Tennis Center at 11 rily due to convenience. Dining Services Committee, said said. Ingram agreed that the Eagles put Ingram said the next four a.m. and will offer Ingram a chance "I guess I just assume, that my the key is to get the student body "Students have to make the a solid effort forward. matches the Frogs have will be at his 300th win. Ingram is 299-149 one (container) isn't going to to act. push to be environmentally con- "They played us closer than I tough. The first match will be in his IX seasons coaching at TCU. harm the environment, but I didn't "We can't do it on our own," scious." Mattingly said. thought they would," Ingram said. against Houston at home on Satur- realize there are so many used Mattingly said. "It takes the effort "We did have to win the points, and day. Ingram said lately he is more John Weyand daily," Gonzalez said. of the entire school." Jessica Cervantez the points they won were mostly on threatened by the Cougars than he j.h.weyand® studenl.lcu.edu Chris Mattingly. a sophomore By raising an awareness of the [email protected] Average baseball salary breaks $2 million for first time

By Ronald Blum list, the Dodgers have the highest av- ASSOCIATED PRFSS New York Yankees lead Majors with highest payroll for third straight year erage salary at $3,757,964, compared NEW YORK — Baseball's aver- "If the owners have got it, the play- The World Series champion New $975,000 from $750,000 at the start NHL average this season is $1.4 mil- to $3,541,674 for the Yankees and age salary burst past $2 million for ers are going to get it," Chicago Cubs York Yankees opened with the top of last season and $300,000 two years lion. $3,423,716 for the Red Sox. the first time, and nearly half the play- outfielder Rondell White said. "You payroll for the third straight year, at ago. Contrasting with the millionaires Boston would leap past the Yan- ers in the major leagues — 425 of 854 hear owners complaining, but they're $109,791,893. "It's unbelievable," said Lee in sports, the median household in- kees into the No. I spot when David — will make $1 million or more, ac- still paying." Boston was just behind at Stevens, a 33-year-old first baseman come last year in the United States Cone is activated from the disabled cording to a study by the Associated Texas shortstop Alex Rodriguez $109,558,908, followed by Los An- with Montreal who will make $4 mil- was $40,816, according to the Cen- list. The pitcher's base salary in- Press. led the way with a $22 million salary, geles at $108,980,952. lion this season. "It's mind-boggling sus Bureau, and the average was creases from $1 million to $2 million The average salary increased 13.9 including a prorated share of his $10 "No question, it's a great, wonder- to me. I'm glad 1 stuck around. $54,842. as soon as he is on the active roster. percent to $2,264,403. according to million signing bonus. Rodriguez, ful time for guys to earn an incredi- "Baseball's very popular right With a $21 million base salary. Ro- Baseball owners, many looking for the AP study, which reviewed the beginning a record $252 million, 10- ble living playing ball." Yankees third now." he said. "The economics of the driguez earns $114,754 a day this major changes after their labor con- contracts of all major leaguers on year contract, alone is responsible for baseman Scott Brosius said. game are growing. Where it will end. season. tract with players expires Oct. 31, can opening-day rosters and disabled adding $25,761 to the average salary. At the other end. Minnesota is last nobody knows. It depends on how "I'm almost embarrassed and take heart from one thing: The rate of lists. Los Angeles pitcher Kevin Brown at $24.4 million. Oakland, regarded much the owners are willing to ashamed of this contract." Rodriguez increase slowed for the third straight Since 1967, the average salary has was a distant second at $15,714,286. as baseball's best young team, is 29th spend." said after reporting to spring training. season, down from 5.6 percent last increased 118-fold from $19,000 followed by New York Mets catcher at $33.8 million. Still, it's less than the NBAs esti- "Now, there's this '252' tag over my year and 19.3 percent two years ago. while the Consumer Price Index has Mike Piazza ($13,571,429) and Ari- The median salary — the point mated average of $3.53 million this head." The average salary broke the merely quadrupled. Opening-day zona pitcher Randy Johnson ($13.35 which has an equal number of play- season. The NFL average last year Because the Yankees and Red Sox $100,000 barrier in 1979 and topped salaries totaled $1,934 billion. million). ers above and below — rose to was $1.2 million and the estimated have more players on the disabled $1 million in 1992.

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said I had to be in Texas on Sunday, AMERICAN KEITANY and they bought a ticket for me," LUNG From Page 6 she said. ASSOCIATION. Keitany said the culture shock T lamily every couple of months be- she experienced set her back the I 800 LUNG-USA cause they do not have a phone. first semester. But after the summer "I have to ask someone I trust passed, things began to fall into who lives in town to give my fam- place. Friends were made, and she OPPORTUNITIES FOR GIVING ily the message that I will call them felt more comfortable and was on a certain day at a specific time," ready to run. Keitany said. "After that, my fam- "It was so different, but I got in- ily will travel in our car for five volved in a group for international hours lo town and wait for me to students, and they became the peo- i.all on that day." ple I spent time with," Keitany said. Keitany has not seen her family " Things got better with that." Gift since December 1999. but she said Waters said her work ethic and she wants to try to visit every two the confidence she exudes has been THAT REMEMBERS years. a great advantage for the team. She came from a poor farming "She came over here with a goal, BY HELPING OTHERS community, where families divide and it's apparent because the team their lands between the products the always counts on her to be a first-, When you lose someone dear to you—or when a special person lamily will use and the products to second-, or third-place setter at the has a birthday, quits smoking. Of has some other occasion to be sold. meets," Waters said. "She's the celebrate memorial gifts or tribute girts made for them to your "My parents have always been backbone of the team, as far as con- local American lung Association nclp prevent lung disease and unemployed, but we used what we fidence goes, and she's also the improve the rare ot those who suffer from it. tanned on our iand -- it's a way of pace-setter. At practice, she's al- life in our community," Keitany ways up at the front, and everyone said. is trying to catch up" Dan Waters, head coach of the Fellow distance runner and Chid \y. I.inei II Frame System TCU cross country team, contacted friend Herbert Mwangi, also from ( bmptetc lln-lt Restorauoti STOP! Keitany in 1998 and offered her an Kenya, said they train together, and I-A pert ( i>|i>i Mutch Totally Confidential athletic scholarship. when they are not training, they are Collision Specialist Leijal Representation Although Keitany was offered a studying and researching for their Tim Cox/SKIFF STAFF scholarship to attend TCU and she premed classes. JtRobert Roberts Senior Glady's Keitany runs Saturday at the UTA Invitational. Keitany's run- HAWS always wanted an education, she When asked for his opinion about ning career began at age 13 when she won first place at Kenya's national Paint $20 off tickets said leaving Africa was difficult. Keitany's life, particularly her run- Handles traffic tickets and "It was very hard to get a visa and ning and studying habits, Mwangi 3,000-meter race for eighth graders. Since 1963 \njv a\cohol-re\ated offenses a ticket, but I arrived here three laughed and said she needs to con- my balance." tors and better health care," she ©17-6£»9-9534- months after he contacted me." Kei- centrate more. Keitany plans to go to medical said. "I love children so much, and ■ Eddie Stephens ^P"""1 ©13 3rd Street tany said. Keitany doesn't discount the im- school after she graduates next I am always reminded of their hard, i(XI7) 1.3 5 V)lf> *'** ) *m«il rrobert2(8 hotmall.com She didn't know how she would portance of her education in rela- May. little lives. It's sad that so many die I 100 Florence Si . l-ort Worth not certified try (nuts board of specialist* pay for a flight to Texas, so she con- tion to being an athlete. Even though she didn't plan to at such a young age. I want to move tacted a couple from Kenya that she "Running and going to school come to America, Keitany wants to back and be a doctor there." had been friends with since her in- have always been so important to use the education she gained here Jennifer Koesling ternational running competitions. me," Keitany said. "I couldn't back in Kenya. j. c. koesling @ student, leu. edit "I just called them on Friday and have one without the other - it's "Africa is in need of more doc-

Meanwhile, a U.N. panel of house gases between now and the latest scientific evidence of BUSH scientists met in Nairobi, Kenya 2020 could be prevented at no global warming, what effect cli- From Page 10 on Thursday and announced that cost by using new techniques, mate change is having on the global climate change could be such as hydrogen power and fuel planet and the availability of new No industrial country has yet slowed using new technologies, cell technologies. technologies to fight climate ratified the Kyoto treaty. An ef- as long as the United States par- The panel met at the UN. En- change. fort last November to come up ticipates in the international ef- vironment Program's headquar- Also Thursday, the environ- with a plan for implementing the fort to reduce greenhouse gases. ters in Nairobi to work on a final mental group Greenpeace threat- accord collapsed in a disagree- Robert Watson, a lead scientist synthesis report on global climate ened the top 100 U.S. companies ment between the United States on the Intergovernmental Panel change. The panel, formed as part with a consumer revolt unless 10% Off and Europe over trading pollution on Climate Change, said half of of the Kyoto Protocol, is respon- they distance themselves from Any Come Check credits. the expected increase in green- sible for advising governments on Bush's policy on global warming. Purchase Out Our New Must Show TCU ID. Not Valid Witli Any 99t Menu Other Offer IrVe love to see Death case thrown out Sides agree on plan Federal appeals judges say Gardner's you smile! Fifth Amendment rights were violated for tutoring programs ASSOCIATED PRESS olent even if placed in incarcera- Proposal to give money directly to Good NEW ORLEANS — A federal tion; and this would not prevent his appeals court threw out Texas violence and his brutality." families instead of to private schools Luck death row inmate David Allen The psychiatrist also said Gard- Gardner's sentence Thursday, rul- ner showed no remorse. said the block grant program, if ap- 2109 Wrst Berry Frogs! By Greg Toppo ASSOCIATED PRESS III Murti-nl Ills. i.mil ing his Fifth Amendment right The appeals court ruling fo- proved by Congress and signed into against self-incrimination was vio- cused on the psychiatric examina- WASHINGTON — Senate and law by Bush, initially would be lated by a psychiatrist's testimony. tion of Gardner by Griffith and White House negotiators agreed tried in a limited fashion. A three-judge panel of the 5th James P. Grigson after Gardner's Thursday to a plan that takes In another compromise, lawmak- U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sent arrest. money from persistently failing ers agreed to include charter school Ihc case back to a lower court to The court on Thursday said schools and gives it to families for and public school choice plans Whether you're running, walking, vacate the sentence. It said the Gardner's attorney wasn't present tutoring programs. championed by Sen. Joseph Lieber- state could conduct a new sen- when Gardner agreed to the exam- The plan attempts to restore ves- man, D-Conn. or just need comfortable shoes... tencing proceeding or resentence ination or when it occurred. It said tiges of President Bush's school "lt was incumbent on us, if we Gardner to life in prison. the state made little or no effort to voucher proposal without directly didn't like vouchers, to come back Gardner was convicted of the contact the defense attorney. giving money to private schools. It and provide an answer," a Democ- Aug. 26, 19X0, kidnapping and Gardner argued in the appeal also includes provisions, supported ratic aide said. stabbing of Kandi Kae Reynolds, that it wasn't made clear to him by centrist Democrats, that would The two sides were still negotiat- 14, in Parker County. Kandi and a that what he said could be used force failing schools to give stu- ing Thursday on the actual amount 14-year-old boy were runaway against him in court to obtain the dents the option of transferring to of money the Senate would propose hitchhikers, picked up by Gardner. death penalty. another public school. As a last re- for education spending, a Republi- The court said Gardner stabbed the The appeals court agreed. sort, the failing school would be re- can Senate aide said, adding that dis- boy several times and left him for "This warning — given well in opened as a charter school with a agreements over funding could dead. 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He also told the jury that ingly (to) decide to waive them,'" have allowed the families to use The president has promised to Gardner "would continue to be vi- the court said. their share of the federal funds boost spending on education and has your next shoe purchase! given to low-performing schools proposed a $44.5 billion budget for (No other discounts apply) for tuition to private schools, for the Education Department, an 11.5 transportation to other public percent increase over the original schools or for other educational budget proposal for this year. Fugitive arrested in services. Democrats want to double the In a compromise worked out by education budget over the next 10 Senate and White House negotia- years. The Senate on Wednesday Texas after faking death tors this week, the parents could approved an amendment by Sen. use some of the money only on sup- Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, that would By Theo Emery Carr has been missing since De- plementary afterschool, weekend increase funding for education by ASSOCIATED PRESS cember 1984, when a car rented in or summer tutoring programs, $250 billion in that period. BOSTON — A fugitive who al- his name was found in a submerged sources said. Senate Majority Leader Trent legedly faked his own death in 1984 in a river in Portland, Maine. A sui- The programs could be run by Lott, R-Miss., has said he wants to to avoid rape and kidnapping cide note was in the car with Carr's community-based groups, for- take up the education bill on April charges in New England was ar- wallet, but no body was found. profit businesses or local school 23, when the Senate returns from its rested in Texas on Thursday. Police reports at the time noted districts. two-week Easter recess. U.S. marshals and Massachu- that the accident appeared staged Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H., had The Senate Health, Education, setts state police arrested Charles and that Carr was probably still tried to attach the tuition voucher Labor and Pensions Committee CarT, 44, early Thursday morning alive, Horton said. plan to the education bill in com- last month unanimously approved in Fort Worth after his photo posted "All the police reports from those mittee, but withdrew it in the face a bill that closely resembles Bush's on the Massachusetts State Police days ... said the same thing: that of almost certain defeat. At the time, education blueprint. It includes 1~l~l Web site generated a tip. they didn't believe he was dead," he left open the possibility of intro- giving schools increased flexibility "They had not one but two ex- Horton said. "There were certain ducing a voucher amendment when for spending federal dollars in ex- "T~t-i E perts Ux)k at his fingerprints," said things that didn't make sense." the bill reached the Senate fir. change for more accountability, re- r=»^>fy'O ("roDuOTtaNH iMaaaV Massachusetts State Police detec- Last year, Boston Police detec- Democrats have raised the possi- quiring them to test students WhEn? tive Lt. Kevin Horton. "We're 100 tive Kathy Doris reopened the 16- bility of a filibuster over vouchers, annually in math and reading from saying they would drain money third through eighth grade. THIS| FriDAY, aPRIL 6th -/9pM-2Arn percent sure that we have the man year-old case and asked state police now that we're looking for." for assistance, Horton said. from struggling public schools. The committee rejected a pro- Can was wanted on three counts CarT's photo, posted on the state But in negotiations this week, posal from Sen. Ted Kennedy, D- WheRe? %ttmE2E£Z> of child rape. In 1984. he allegedly police Web site three weeks ago, the two sides agreed on some of the Mass., that would have required coVer:$6.0 @doOr to maKe you HoLLA!! kidnapped and raped a 15-year-old generated a tip from New England top goals of Bush's education schools to set aside $ 1.5 billion for girl in Boston. that directed police to Fort Worth. agenda, including testing, more teachers' professional develop- St OO lonanacki till ml At that time, he had been on pro- A Massachusetts State Police of- school accountability and block ment, and an amendment from $2.75 wells all riiejfit bation for a 1983 kidnapping con- ficer, with U.S. marshals, staked out grants for schools to upgrade their Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., that viction in New Hampshire, and was Carr's home Thursday. 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Bush's mistakes may leave world It's not a under water

I knew President Bush would do something thai would give me Dallas-Fort Worth material for a column beyond a little mockery. Well, it's happened. _ question. "I'm worried about the economy I'm worried about the lack of an energy policy. I'm worried about rolling blackouts in Califor- nia. It's in our national interest that we develop a strong energy policy, with realistic, common- sense environmental policy." Bush said at a press conference Thurs- day in response to questions about his energy policy and criticism about the U S withdrawal from nlLlci lyCLLl the Kyoto Protocol. I. too. am worried about the economy, and I'm worried about it's a ^T "I issue. energy crises. But I'm far, far more worried that Bush refuses to admit the environment is important robiem to the American public. Bush has made statements to the effect that he doesn't understand why everyone is worried about global warming It's pretty simple, actually. The Environmental Protection w©rKJ - Agency's Web site on global warming has a very conservative list of possible consequences, including threats to human health, Examining planet earth expansion of deserts, rising sea levels and increased heat. Maybe some people don't quite understand what this means. Let DFW air quality under par, water better me explain, briefly — and I'll use small words so people like Bush By Melissa Christensen "Our quality should have improved from Fort Worth lakes are not in the wa- metroplex will continue to improve its can understand. STAFF REPORTER because the testing was stricter, but ter, but in the sediments under and water quality. It's going to gel hotter. A lot In the 2000 census, Dallas-Fort Worth Bush decided it was too much trouble." around the bodies of water. "Water is one of the bright lights of hotter An article in Time magazine joined an elite group of nine U.S. met- he said. "These are chemicals that were our environmental issues," Newland estimated it's gotten about one de- ropolitan regions with populations ex- Still, Newland said that solutions to banned years ago and are slowly break- said. gree warmer in the past century, ceeding 5 million people. The metroplex the air quality problem can be started at ing down," he said. "They have a long but by the year 2KK) the tempera- also joined an elite group of metropoli- TCU. He said two simple ideas would life." Melissa Christensen ture might increase by as much as tan regions with major environmental be to use brooms to clear leaves rather Newland said he is optimistic that the [email protected] 1(1 degrees In the next 15 years, if concerns. than gas-powered leaf blowers and to trends continue, it may be hot According to the U.S. Environmental use public transportation. enough to melt the snow cover off Protection Agency. Dallas-Fort Worth is "We need to get TCU students out of Mount Kilimanjaro. among four areas in Texas that do not their SUVs and pick-up trucks," he said. EU outraged over U.S. rejection of treaty; furthermore, the hotter it gets, meet federal air quality standards. "The Trinity Express is an effort in that 'too soon' to plan retaliation against Bush the more the polar ice caps will If Texas was to ignore the problem direction." melt, increasing the sea level by as in those four urban areas, the EPA and While the air quality in the metroplex "Kyoto has become somewhat of a much as three feet. That will be U.S. Department of Transportation is sub-par, water quality in the Dallas- ByRafCascrt could withhold highway funds. How- Fort Worth area is above the state aver- ASSOCIATED PRESS dirty word in the Bush administra- enough to put almost all of BRUSSELS, Belgium — Despite tion," she told journalists. "I don't Louisiana under water, along with ever, EPA spokesman Dave Bary said age.Brian Camp, environmental the possibility of such economic sanc- coordinator for the Texas Department of outrage over U.S. rejection of the in- think the United States will change parts of Florida, the Nile Delta. ternational agreement on global their mind. The kind of harsh state- Bangladesh and a few hundred tions is remote because the state is tak- Environmental Management, said there ing action. are no major water quality problems in warming, the European Union said ments made, make it very difficult to other places. Thursday it does not yet plan to re- back off." Not only that: Climates will Recently the Texas Natural Resource Fort Worth. "The diversity in the fish and aquatic taliate against the Bush administra- President George W. Bush was se- shift People will get sick. Hous- Conservation Commission and EPA de- insects is in much better shape than 20 tion. verely criticized by European offi- ton's weather will be even more veloped a 15-point dean-air plan for the years ago or even 10 years ago," Camp EU Environment Commissioner cials Wednesday for turning his back unbearable. Dallas-Fort Worth area which, if passed, said. "That's a good indicator that the Margot Wallstroem said it was too on the landmark global warming We tend to ignore these would require: implementing an annual strict emis- water quality is much improved." soon to discuss sanctions, after a agreement. things, which is almost under- ■ sions check for the more than I million The Texas Department of Health runs two-day visit to Washington to dis- Bush reversed a campaign promise standable because they sound cars registered in the metroplex area a risk assessment of fish and the bodies cuss the policy reversal that aban- to treat carbon dioxide from power like exaggerations meant to ■ electrifying ground support equip- of water in which they live based on for- doned the Kyoto Protocol, the 1997 plants as a pollutant and source of scare us. They're not. ment at airports mulas provided by the EPA. Camp said agreement by industrial countries to global warming. He said the Kyoto A recent Time poll said 75 per- ■ reducing emissions from surround- calculating the EPA formulas is a com- reduce carbon dioxide emissions. accord's mandatory cuts on carbon cent of Americans think global ing and nearby power plants plex science. "We should see now what we can dioxide emissions and short warming is a "very serious" or ■ delaying use of heavy-duty diesel "We're talking volumes of text (con- do and from there on we might have timetable were no longer acceptable, "fairly serious" problem. That is a construction equipment until afternoon taining those formulas)," he said. "They to think about exactly how to act," highlighting the economic costs and larger percentage of people than ■ development of cleaner-burning fu- take many factors into account, even Wallstroem said. the increased risks of higher unem- tbOM who thought Bush should be els and engines things like how many fish a person is es- Wallstroem held out hope the ployment. in the White House. So, we've es- Bary said the plan would have Dallas- timated to eat (during) 70 years." United States could still contribute to Christie Whitman, the Environ- tablished why we ought to worry Fort Worth in compliance with EPA With the risk assessment results, the the debate, and said any action would mental Protection Agency adminis- about "this global warming thing." standards by 2007. health department may place a body of have to wait until after an interna- trator, said the Kyoto treaty was Bush's other objection seems at "This is a very dedicated effort to im- water under advisory, meaning con- tional meeting on the issue in July in unfair to the United States but first to have a little more substance prove air quality," he said. sumption of fish from that water is not Bonn, Germany. pledged cooperation in seeking tech- to it: He thinks the protocol is un- Leo Newland, director of the envi- recommended, or under a consumption "We are still having these con- nologies and incentives to address fair to the United States. ronmental science program at TCU, said ban, meaning a fine may be issued by a tacts," she said. They are important climate change. The New York Times reported the Dallas-Fort Worth area has poor air state game warden if a person has fish partners in trade and other aspects as The 1997 Kyoto treaty calls for Bush objects to the fact that the quality because there are too many cars. from that body of water in his or her well." countries to agree to legally binding United States is under regulations He said that several years ago, Texas re- possession. She said it remained unclear what targets for curbing heat-trapping that developing nations are not, quired emissions checks by the Tejas In Tarrant County, Lake Worth is un- "creative solutions" the Bush admin- greenhouse gases, mainly carbon and would be required to make Testing company, but one month into the der advisory, and Echo Lake, Lake istration would be able to come up dioxide from burning fossil fuels, specilic cuts that other countries program. then-Governor George W. Como and Fosdic Lake are under a con- with, but left no doubt that the like oil, often in power plants that are not. Bush canceled it. sumption ban for the presence of pesti- essence of the Kyoto agreement produce electricity. True, the United States is under Newland said the program cost the cides, such as chlordane and derivatives would be ripped out of any U.S. gov- special restrictions. However, state millions of dollars, first to build the of DDT, or industrial chemicals, like ernment position. See BUSH, page 8 Canada is also under these limits, facilities and then to reimburse the com- polychlorinated biphenyls. and the Canadian government pany after it sued the state. Camp said the chemicals found in fish doesn't seem to have a problem with it As for the fact that developing nations are not under carbon dioxide limitations, that seems more of a practical matter: Developing nations average only two tons of "It's emissions per capita versus an av- impossible Campus issue: Oh, those Styrofoam woes erage of 15 Ions per capita in de- veloped nations. The United States to completely By Jessica Cervantez ing to U.S. Municipal Solid changed their mind. completely clean," Flores pletely get rid of Styro- produces 20 tons per capita get rid of STAFF REPORTER Waste Disposal. Leo Newland, director of said. "It absolutely couldn't foam, because the demand So, yes, the requirements are Students use them every- Flores said the Dining environmental services, have food in it, and students of having the luxury to take unequal, and that may offend the Styrofoam, day, don't think twice about Services Committee is said the problem lies prin- weren't willing to do that." food out of The Main is a supposed American egahtarianism. because the them and may not realize striving to make the student cipally around the fact that Flores said the dining fa- high priority to the stu- The fact is. the United States, de- demand what they are doing to the body more aware of the Styrofoam doesn't disinte- cility tried to use com- dents." spite having only 4 percent of the environment. The over- problem. By ensuring that grate easily, so if The Main pactors that would separate Tom Trafton, assistant world s population, accounts for of having the looked item — Styrofoam students are aware of the used some other type of to- the Styrofoam, but the Sty- food service director at 25 percent of the world's green- luxury boxes in The Main. damages Styrofoam does to go box then it would help rofoam couldn't be contam- Trinity University in San house gases. That's not very equal. to take Rick Flores, general the environment, it will en- keep landfills from over- inated in any way, and it Antonio, said students at Of course, tixmg our problems food out of manager of Dining Ser- able them to make good de- flowing. was nearly impossible. Trinity are allowed to order would require the average citizen The Main is a vices, said between 2,000 cisions, he said. Flores said the issue has Flores said that most uni- food to go, but they use Sty- to be inconvenienced It will dam- and 3,000 Styrofoam trays "It is ultimately up to the been addressed in years versities don't have the rofoam minimally. age the economy. high priority are used daily, but students students," Flores said. past. Before he arrived to availability of taking frexl Instead, Trafton said that Never mind how damaged the aren't willing to give up "They say they want their TCU, the Dining Services out of the cafeteria, and be- they use paper plates and economy will be when it's under to the students.' their freedom to take food food to go, but then you see tried to enforce Styrofoam cause TCU does allow it, plastic containers, but only water out of The Main to prevent them eating in The Main." recycling, but were unable it's a give and take relation- about 25 percent of students the excessive use. Flores said he even ap- to overcome obstacles, he ship. ask for items to go. Shaun Suinave is a columnist for Paper and paper board, proaches students that use said. "The issue is to decide Flores said the main reason Styrofoam is used is The Daily Cougar at the Univer- which are in the same cate- Styrofoam trays while eat- "It didn't go off well be- what is more important; it's gory as Styrofoam, fills 31 ing in The Main, but he of- cause you could only recy- a tough call," Flores said. sity oj Houston. This column was See BOXES, page 7 distributed bx U-Wire percent of landfills, accord- ten gets the reply that they cle Styrofoam that was "It's impossible to com- . (