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 se<MBie*:ometer' which helps guide the telescope by measuring Earth's mag- abltii net’c held. Two sides of the magnetometer enclosure, high on the tele- Mwas ‘ scope, came off in Hoffman's hands when he worked with it earlier. s back;'' Toward the end of their work in the cargo bay, a ground command officer?: [was to unfurl the solar panels installed earlier in the week. The wings, s transput] as wide as the telescope is tall, are made of huge sheets of fiberglass-re­ ity Jail* inforced Teflon held in place by metal struts. They gather energy from the sun and channel it to batteries that power the telescope's instruments. duct Shuttle commander Richard Covey had been so stingy in his use of shuttle fuel that enough was left to carry the telescope to an orbit four Center miles higher — 369 miles. Kyle Bumctt/rhc Battalion extrentf The Hubble, which is to be released from the Endeavour early Fri­ )d of treat] Damon Johnson, a junior forward on the A&M basketball team, White Coliseum Wednesday night. The Aggies battled back from a ?red to H day, has no propulsive power of its own. The boost is desirable because celebrates an Aggie victory over UNLV with some fans at G. Rollie 1 6-point deficit to claim the win. See story on Page 3. its altitude degrades over time. )used anj rembers c I School. Final exam schedule Gunman 'brimmed with racial hatred' Friday, December 10 7:30-9:30 a.m. Classes meeting MW 5:45-7 or later Jamaican citizen targeted Asians, Caucasians in subway shooting spree up the aisle, he blasted away for three horrific One of his captors quoted him as saying, 10a.m.-12 noon Classes meeting MWF 8 The Associated Press 12:30-2:30 p.m. Classes meeting TR 9:35-10:50 minutes, pausing only to reload. "I've done a bad thing," according to the "He would turn one way and shoot, then Daily News. MINEOLA, N.Y. — The gunman who turned 3-5 p.m. Classes meeting TR 11:10-12:25 turn the other and shoot, and I thought to my­ Grennan said it appeared Ferguson began a commuter rail car into a terror train brimmed self, 'This can't be happening,' " said Carl Pe­ preparing for the crime 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.