he Tfuiey qiOOl The Battalion id tie f |ol. No. 72 (12 pages) 1893 — A Century of Service to Texas A&M — 1993 Thursday, December 9,1993 ma, sel 'lays theet I ling to ci loath of; 1g relatie isekeepeil Sen. Hutchison indicted again on ethics charges his you: misdemeanor charge. s chad The Associated Press She filed Friday to seek a full, six- esty in government. As the evi­ She was accused of using Trea­ year term in next year's elections. dence comes out in trial, that will sury employees to perform per­ "I am relieved that we can finally "This is a sad day for Texas be apparent," he said. s own I® AUSTIN - U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey sonal and political chores on state and its political system. At least, I The charges against Hutchison weeks a; ilutchison, R-Texas, was indicted get to court. The truth will reveal time and of attempting to cover am relieved that we can finally get carry a maximum of 51 years in vithhisspor a second time Wednesday on up the activity by destroying com­ that no wrongdoing occurred at the to court. The truth will reveal that prison. rol. thics charges stemming from her puter records containing the em­ no wrongdoing occurred at the Hutchison's lead attorney, Dick l/2-year tenure as state treasurer. ix Amid ployees' work files. Treasury during my tenure there." Treasury during my tenure there," DeGuerin, said he would seek to Assistant Travis County Dis- y31,1 On Oct. 26, those charges were she said in a written statement. start the trial before Christmas. atherandl ict Attorney Steve McCleery said dropped after Hutchison's -Kay Bailey Hutchison, "A fair and nonpartisan jury The indictments allege Hutchi­ a grand jury handed up indict- or, Amet; lawyers discovered that a grand will agree, and the political moti­ son used state employees and ents alleging the same charges U.S. Senator for acting] juror who investigated her case vation of this prosecution will be equipment for political and cam­ s a previous grand jury did on onsin. faced an outstanding theft charge, handed up four felony charges conduct. Their earlier indictments exposed," she said. paign purposes and then de­ pt. 27. thus making him ineligible to McCleery insisted that the in­ stroyed records in a coverup. is Hutchison, 50, who became the and a misdemeanor count. also had been dismissed. ’ren serve on the panel. Also charged for a second time Hutchison has denied any vestigation had nothing to do She was indicted on charges of . Jirst woman senator from Texas official misconduct, tampering u tour scMy winning a special election June Travis County District Attor­ were two former aides to Hutchi­ wrongdoing and called the inves­ with politics. 4rs. AmedB had been indicted in September ney Ronnie Earle took the case to son, Mike Barron and David Criss. tigation a Democratic plot to "This case is not about politics. with evidence and tampering with the second grand jury, which also This case is about ethics and hon­ governmental records. n four felony counts and one They were accused of official mis­ weaken her re-election chances. nated and- .heduled We're almost ho?ne free' Aggies shock UNLV, 68-62 Hubble space telescope attempt: police CC: away fret ficer. T repairs nearly complete vestigatir: The Associated Press nd tried: Menthf SPACE CENTER, Houston — With its new eyeglasses installed, the I unje|:Jj Tubble Space Telescope's repairs were nearly complete Wednesday ad interfr inc^ sPacewa^er Jeffrey Hoffman exulted: "We're almost home free.' «. Only a few tasks remained for the fifth and final spacewalk later twfi vem^^t ~ t^ie t^r<^ ^or the team of Hoffman and Story Musgrave. f intv la l! Happy NASA managers planned to mark the end of the sky-high re- * pair effort with two events as symbolic as they were vital: raising the telescope's orbit slightly and spreading its new solar wings. through Ik 'We've got basically a new telescope up there," said Hoffman, an as- westigaleij onomer. "It's going to be real exciting for the astronomical communi- ndivi y and for the whole world to see what Hubble really can do with a fficer wij ;ood set of eyeballs." Hoffman and Musgrave were to install an electronics unit for one of ual. 1 to dela: he solar panels put in place Monday and another electronics box. The i into I lob was time-consuming because of the difficulty of making electrical :er, who onnections with clunky space-gloved hands. irst offictj The astronauts also had an unforeseen task, installing a cover, hand- ehindat ade inside the Endeavour cabin from an insulated blanket, for a mag- ) a secrime more than 15 days ago. with racial hatred and targeted the suburbs be­ Monday, December 13 tersen, a banker who was seated near the front The carnage could have been worse; the cause he didn't want to embarrass New York's of the car. gunman brought aboard a small canvas bag black mayor, authorities said Wednesday. 8-10 a.m. Classes meeting MWF 9:10-10 filled with 100 more rounds of ammunition 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Classes meeting MWF 12:40-1:30 All those shot were white or Asian — two of "He would turn one way and for his 16-shot weapon, enough to shoot the groups disparaged in four pages of rambling dozens more of the 90 passengers aboard, au­ 1-3 p.m. Classes meeting TR 8-9:15 handwritten notes taken from the gunman after shoot, then turn the other and thorities said. intoxicattf 3:30-5:30 p.m. Classes meeting MW 4:10-5:25 Tuesday's killings aboard the 5:33 p.m. Long Is­ Ferguson purchased the $324.74 handgun in land Rail Road train out of Penn Station. o removal shoot, and I thought to myself, California after complying with a 15-day wait­ rom PA-1 Tuesday, December 14 Colin Ferguson, a 35-year-old naturalized ing period, said spokesman John O'Brien of citizen from Jamaica, was held without bail 'This can't be happening/ " . The sul the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. Classes meeting MWF 10:20-11:10 8-10 a.m. Wednesday after his arraignment on four "I consider this an outrageous crime moti­ counts of murder and a weapons possession -Carl Peterson, witness 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Classes meeting MWF 3-3:50 vated by bias," said Nassau County District count. The heavyset black man did not speak When the shooting ended, four people were Attorney Denis Dillon. 1-3 p.m. Classes meeting TR 3:55-5:10 or enter a plea at the hearing. 3:30-5:30 p.m. Classes meeting MWF 1:50-2:40 dead, 19 wounded by gunshots and two others The railroad was investigating reports that The notes listed the "reasons for this: Adel- hurt in the crush. A fifth person died Wednes­ the train's engineer told conductors not to phi University racism, EEOC racism. Work­ day, and one of the wounded was being kept open the doors when the train stopped at the Wednesday, December 15 men's Compensation Board. Racism of Gov. alive on a life support system. station, trapping commuters inside, said LIRR Cuomo's staff ... Additional reasons for this: 8-10 a.m. Classes meeting TR 12:45-2 The gunman unloaded 30 to 50 rounds as he spokeswoman Susan McGowan. Caucasian racism and Uncle Tom Negroes." walked through the third car of the train, said Ferguson, who lives in Brooklyn, boarded 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Classes meeting MWF 11:30-12:20 He also cited "Chinese racism." Assistant District Attorney Barry Grennan. He the train in New York City's borough of 1-3 p.m. Classes meeting TR 2:20-3:35 Without saying a word, he opened fire on had apparently stopped to reload his 9mm Queens, quietly speaking with the conductor other riders just before the train arrived at a 3:30-5:30 p.m. Classes meeting TR 5:30-6:45 or later Ruger semiautomatic when three commuters- at one point about his ticket, said Nassau Chief suburban Garden City station. Calmly walking jumped and subdued him, authorities said. of Detectives Richard Fiero.

Post Oak Mall steps up security for holidays Inside should go to the customer service booth or to a By Jennifer Kiley "We provide constant inside store and have an employee contact security," Sports The Battalion and outside patrol." Kyle said. "Too many people do nothing Malls attract more shoppers and thieves when they are involved in a crime." •A&M shocks UNLV, 68-62 during the holiday season, and College Sta­ Post Oak Mall also offers services to its cus­ in come-from-behind victory -Raymond McCarver, tomers to prevent crimes. tion's Post Oak Mall is no exception. Page 3 Ann Kyle, general manager of Post Oak Post Oak chief of security "We provide constant inside and outside Mall, said more security guards are hired dur­ patrol," McCarver said. "If anyone has an Agpelife ing the holiday season to solve this problem. abundance of packages, we will escort them to McCarver also said shoppers can avoid be­ their vehicle. We will do pretty much any­ "We definitely hire more security during coming crime victims by not getting over­ ►Texas A&M student elected livers'^ December," Kyle said. "We put as many secu­ thing we can to make them feel safe." whelmed by shopping and paying attention to Dorothy Miller, shopper and College Sta­ as national FFA president i rity officers on duty as we can. We also hired their surroundings and their children. Page 5 four deputy sheriffs." tion resident, said she is aware of the need "If someone is shopping with children, they for more security during December, but she Raymond McCarver, Post Oak Mall chief of should make sure the kids are well attended," Opinion security, said the most common crime committed is not concerned. McCarver said. "We have a lot of lost children "I can tell the security is increased now," during the holiday season is burglary of vehicles. ►Editorial: Students need a during this time of the year." Miller said. "That is wonderful. I never wor­ Customers should lock packages in the Kyle said shoppers who are victims of a dead week, not a dead day trunks of their cars and not leave them in ried about being robbed or attacked or any­ crime should report the incident immediately. thing while I am shopping, but it is nice to see Page 11 plain sight." "If there is a security problem, shoppers they are working to prevent it."