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Thursday, September 14,2000 www.skiff.tcu.edu Fort Worth,Texas Board of Trustees embark on retreat By Erin Munger in November. STAFF REPORTER "The retreat will set the direction The Board of Trustees members Members join to discuss task force recommendations and priorities for the Commission on are packing up and heading off to the Future of TCU," said Mills, who Glen Rose for the first board retreat riod of time to focus on the initia- be able to spend an large amount of ceived copies of the summaries, said "We will review with the board all is also the facilitator of the under- in TCU's history. The trustees will tives that can move TCU to another time on the subject at hand, Ferrari Lauer. who also is the vice chancel- outcomes of the task forces, but ul- graduate task force for the commis- spend today and Friday focusing on level of national and international said. lor for marketing and communica- timately we will focus on the ones sion. more than 250 recommendations prominence," Ferrari said. Larry Lauer, director of the com- tions. we need to find money for," he said. Chairman of the Board John from the 17 task forces of the Com- He said there is a big difference mission, will head discussions about Lauer said the suggestions fit into Don Mills, vice chancellor of stu- Roach said the commission is reach- mission on the Future of TCU, between the retreat and a regular the commission at the retreat. three categories: those that require dent affairs, said the meeting will be ing its final stages, and the retreat Chancellor Michael Ferrari said. board meeting. In a regular meeting, The task force reports came out in no money, those that require money laid back to allow the trustees to dis- will get the board's input on the fi- "The board has studied various re- the board faces many different issues June and summaries were developed but will tit under the normal budget cuss the recommendations of the nal report. ports from the task forces and is now dealing with the university. While at for each report. The faculty, admin- and those that need newly raised task forces in a more casual and in- coming together for an extended pe- the retreat, the board members will istration and board members all re- funds. depth manner before they meet again See TRUSTEES, Page 5 pulse briefs INSPIRATION OUT Frog Calls 13 women assaulted while sleeping at Penn State to arrive in UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. OF DESPERATION (U-WIRE) — Thirteen women were assaulted while sleeping in their unlocked two weeks dorm rooms in Snyder Hall early Sunday morning, Penn- sylvania State University Po- lice Services said. Student, staff directory A male Penn State student, compiled by three offices a former resident of Snyder Hall, has been identified as a suspect, police said. After a re- By Chris Gibson quest of Residence Life staff STAFF REPORTER Monday, the suspect moved The 2000-2001 edition of Frog Calls, TCU's fac- out of the building, said Alison ulty, student and departmental telephone directory, Cummings, assistant director will be avail- for Residence Life. able Sept. 25. "His presence was not con- The office 2000-2001 Frog Calls ducive to the comfort of the in- of Marketing >What: volved students," Cummings and Communi- University said. "We approached him on cations, along directory that, and he did leave and is with Human >When: not returning without our staff Resources and Sept. 25 present." the Registrar's > Where: But it is important that the office, all pro- 3B. ■■ ■- A residence suspect goes through due vide informa- halls or the process before the case is dis- tion to a Information cussed further, Cummings publisher who desk said. Neither Cummings nor organizes the EgT FDO«;O 5.1 "^ >■ Cost: Free police would discuss the directory. specifics of the assaults. Henri Etta "Residence Life is not mak- Kilgore is the administrative assistant for Market- ing any judgment on guilt or ing and Communications and has been dealing with innocence; that is a criminal the departmental section of the book for over 20 issue and one for Judicial Af- years. fairs as well," she said. "June 1st of every year, I send out a form thai Two students, who live in has a listing of the current Frog Calls attached to it Snyder Hall and know the sus- and ask (faculty and staff) to please update the in- pect, went to police last night formation," Kilgore said. "Once I get them back, I to testify about the assaults. enter all the changes onto a disk which is then sent Charges of indecent assault, to the publisher." aggravated indecent assault Similar procedures are used by the Human Re- and criminal trespass are source department to compile the faculty directory pending, according to univer- section. The Registrar's office has been able to take sity police. Police expect the a different approach with the student section. charges to be filed by today or With the implementation of PeopleSoft. students tomorrow, investigating super- can now access all of their personal information via visor Stewart Neff said. FrogNet. —Daily Collegian Pat Miller, registrar and director of Enrollment Pennsylvania State Management, said this has changed the duty of both University the student and the Registrar's office. "Before the PeopleSoft system, we were the con- Knight speaks out to ESPN; tact for students (who needed to update their infor- disputes Indiana allegations. mation)," Miller said. "Now all that has changed. BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (U- Photos by Krystal Powell/SKIFF STAFF Students can do it all on the Web, which basically WIRE) — Bob Knight said William Gray, a junior business major, looks at paintings by artist Marie Cedars at the Mary Couts Burnett Library takes us out of the loop. that if he had taken a year to Wednesday evening. Cedars' paintings are based on the novel "The Six Days of Destruction: Meditations Toward "They can still come to our office to do it, but go out and find a place ideal Hope" and were inspired by the Holocaust survivor Elie Weisel.The works of artist Marie Cedars will be on dis- most just choose to use the Web," he said. for himself, he could not find play in the Mary Couts Burnett Library until Oct. 1. Joe Scully, who publishes Frog Calls, said the a better place than Blooming- PeopleSoft system has also made TCU's version of ton. the campus directory more thorough and easier to He's uncovered the best publish. hunting and fishing spots in Library displays paintings "We do directories for TCU, Southern Methodist the area. He also said the best University, the University of North Texas and Texas crowds in the country are By Yvette Herrcra of creation from Genesis and the hor- ings are darker to stress death during Women's University using basically the same for- found in Assembly Hall. And STAFF REPORTER rors of the Holocaust."As I read the the days of destruction. mat, but TCU's is the most complete," he said. certainly, the city is home to a Paintings inspired by the work of book, I was so inspired that I could Miles Hayes, a senior photogra- Most college directories list a student's school few of his closest friends. Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel are actually visualize 12 paintings — phy major, said the colors are stun- address and phone number, but Frog Calls also lists While his home, nestled in on display in the Mary Couts Burnett bright versus dark," Cedars said in a ning. permanent addresses and phone numbers and e-mail the woods outside of Bloom- Library until Oct. 1. phone interview from her home in "The colors add to the intensity of addresses because of its computer system, Scully ington, has remained un- Artist Marie Cedars said her paint- Stephenville. the feeling," he said. said. changed, the people in the ings are based on "The Six Days of Cedars said bright colors in half of Diane Cooper, director of gifts to University have changed. His Destruction: Meditations Toward the paintings emphasize life in the Chris Gibson friends at IU have come and Hope," a novel based on the six days days of creation, while other paint- See EXHIBIT, Page 7 c.j.gibson@ student, tcu. edu gone. In an interview with ESPN Tuesday evening. Knight said 6 6l know this he has known for the past few will open up Student participates in dual-degree program years he didn't fit in with the many doors new crowd. Knight said he By Yvette Herrcra Whillock said because of the culture didn't think he "had any for me in the STAFF REPORTER Exchange program provides experience for Magafia shift from one language to another, stu- chance to abide by the rules" future when I Marisol Magafia, a junior communica- Magafia said. "My professor of commu- communications, said one of the mission dents might feel overwhelmed and tired. and that the administration's "Even if you speak Spanish well and am looking tions major, will be the pioneer student nication theories told me about this new statements in the proposal for the pro- allegations against him were a in a dual-degree program this semester program at the end of last semester." gram is to create ethical leaders in a you're from the U.S., Spanish is, still, a matter of interpretation. for a job." between TCU and the Universidad de las Magafia said she will take a total of 36 global society. second language," Whillock said. —Indiana Daily Student Americas, in Puebla, Mexico. hours at TCU, which is required for the "This opens up the opportunities and Magafia said she has been speaking Indiana University —Marisul Magafia, Magafia, who is from Mexico City, five-year program. She will spend her fi- possibilities for that to occur for our stu- English since kindergarten, but she still said she has been studying radio-TV-film nal year at UDLA. dents," Whillock said. has difficulties with pronunciation. and advertising/public relations at UDLA The College of Communications im- But small problems have already been "I don't like my accent," Magafia said. for the past two years. plemented the program this semester. noticed by Whillock and his associates, "I didn't plan on studying at TCU," David Whillock, dean of the college of he said. See UDLA, Page 5 Page 2 www.skiff.tcu.edu Thursday, September 14,2000 pulse news digest campus lines stories from the Associated Press Arvunmcements of campus events, public meetings and other general WORLD said Rep. Bill Archer, R-Texas, chairman of the At George Bush Intercontinental Airport in campus information should be brought to the TCU Daily Skiff office at House Ways and Means Committee. "The mother Houston, one of the airline's hubs, the glitch Moudy Building South. Room 2V I. mailed to TCU Box 29HO50 or emailed Japan sees heaviest rains on record; threat of of all trade wars is something to be avoided." caused major delays Tuesday from 5 p.m. until af- to skiffUrtters®tcu.edu Deadline for receiving announcements is 2 p.m. landslides keeps residents away from homes Backed by the Clinton administration. Con- ter 8 p.m. when the computer problem was fixed. the day before they are to run. The Skiff reserves the right to edit submis- TOKYO — Skies cleared Wednesday over gress intends to pass the bill before an Oct. 1 "It caused problems for us because we had planes sions for style, taste and space available. cities swamped by Japan's heaviest rain on deadline set by the WTO, which invalidated the coming in and nowhere to put them," said airport record, but streets were still flooded and fears of U.S. Foreign Sales Corporation tax rules after spokesman Ernie DeSoto. "Flights were coming, > December 2000 degree candidates should hlc their Intent to Gradu- landslides kept hundreds of thousands of people they were challenged by the European Union. but we couldn't pull planes out of the gates." ate forms in the office of their academic dean liach dean's office has a away from their homes. The WTO set the deadline to give the U. S. time Continental also has hubs at Cleveland Hop- deadline for filing and requires time to process the intent All names of de- The lorrential rains Tuesday in central Japan — to enact a replacement law without retaliatory tar- kins International Airport and at Newark Interna- gree candidates must be submitted to the Registrar by Oct. 6 bolstered by a typhoon creeping up from the south iffs from the EU. European officials contend that tional Airport in New Jersey. — killed seven people, stranded 50.000 bullet this new system is also illegal, but U.S. officials said Messing said precautions are being taken to > Phi I psilon Omicron will be having its first meeting at 5:30 to 7 p.m. train passengers and forced Toyota and Mit- they would press ahead to prevent tariffs or sanc- prevent similar situations in the future. Monday in the Bass Building. Room 105 The meeting topic will be "In- subishi to halt production. tions on up to $40 billion in U.S. exports. "We will do an analysis to see what changes vest in Your Future'' Annual SI0 fees are also due al this time For more Officials were scrambling to drain muddy wa- Deputy Treasury Secretary Stuart Eizenstadt are necessary, if any, in our equipment or proce- information call 1X17) 257-6752. ter from flooded streets in the city of Nagoya, said said the bill represents "the only way in which we dures," he said. Kenji Ogawa, an official with Aichi prefecture, can avoid the potential for an immediate conflict > Film Series sponsored by the mdio-TV-nlm department will show which was hit hardest by the downpour. with the EU, with the possibility of significant re- Citizens file petition to remove county judge To Kill a Mockingbird" 119621 at 7 pm. today in the Moudy Building On Wednesday, nearly 364,000 people were taliation on their part." from office, unlawful meeting and actions sited South. Room 164 Admission to the him is free. For more information call ordered to evacuate their homes, though it was Created to offset an EU tax rebate for its ex- TYLER — A group of Anderson County resi- (817)257-6690. unclear exactly how many sought refuge. porters, the Foreign Sales Corporation program dents has filed a petition to remove a county judge Ogawa said it was not yet known when those permits U.S. companies to reduce income taxes from office, saying that he conducted an unlaw- > The American Cancer Society is looking lor volunteers Volunteers who did would be allowed to return home because by 15 percent through export subsidiaries set up ful closed meeting and failed to take legally-man- are matched with specific jobs, depending upon their skills, interests and the threat of mudslides had not subsided. in offshore tax havens such as Barbados and the dated action on a petition. time availability The greatest need in Tarrant County is for cancer sur- Toyota Motor Corp., Japan's largest automaker, Virgin Islands. Microsoft, Boeing and General The residents are angry that Judge Carey G. vivors and bilingual volunteers For more information call (XI7) 737-9990. resumed operations Wednesday afternoon after Motors are only a few of the 6,000 companies, McKinney and county commissioners rejected shutting down factories nationwide the day be- with 4.8 million workers, that get the $4.1 billion petitions from Sheriff John Hobson's department > FiRht Hunger at the Plate will he at 2:05 pm Sept 17 at the Texas fore, the company said. annual tax break. for more money and manpower. Rangers vs Kansas City Royals game at The Ballpark in Arlington Lower Mitsubishi Motor Corp., which halted produc- The replacement legislation, costing the govern- The department recently collected 3,679 sig- home run porch tickets are S17 50 and upper reserved seats are $10 Fifty tion at its two factories in Nagoya, 165 miles west ment roughly the same amount each year, would natures, 3,219 of which were deemed valid. That percent of each ticket sold will benefit the North Texas and Tan-ant Area of Tokyo, had already gone back online. set up new tax breaks that apply equally to exports amounts to about one-third of the county's regis- Food Banks To order tickets call iXI7i 273-5137 and reference account A US Marine was swept away by high waves by U.S. companies and the products made abroad. tered voters, according to the Tyler Morning Tele- number 21153 and drowned at a military base on southern Oki- The WTO ruling against the previous rules cen- graph 's Wednesday editions. nawa Island, local police said Wednesday. tered on their nature as special exceptions in tax McKinney and the four commissioners, guided >■ The Health Center wants to inform students about Ihe meningococ- The Marine was watching the typhoon-fed law. Efforts to reach a diplomatic solution failed. by Austin-based attorney Jim Allison, declared the cal vaccine (Mcnomunei available Fridays from I to 4 pm in the Health waves with friends on the coast at Camp Schwab Some Democrats decried the bill as corporate petitions invalid on Friday. The decision angered Center This vaccine can help against certain types of meningitis. College when he was carried away Tuesday evening, a po- welfare and expressed dismay that it was brought many residents, who said the judge should have students, especially freshmen, are encouraged to be vaccinated The vac- lice spokesman said. The Marine's name and to the floor under rules preventing amendments. allowed a referendum on the issue in November. cine costs about $75. other details were not available, he said. "It was a very, very badly handled situation," Typfuxm Saomai, packing winds of 77 mph, was STATE said Al Breeden, one of 50 people who came to > 4th International Film Festival will be Sept. 16 to Oct. IX at local li- off the coast of Okinawa and heading toward China a hearing Friday to support the sheriff. "I'm very braries Participating libraries are Central Library. 500 W 3rd St.; East surprised that Carey McKinney would let that late Wednesday, the Meteorological Agency said. Power glitch at Continental Airlines operations Regional Library. 6301 Bridge St : and Southwest Regional Library, South happen." About 17,800 homes were without electricity center hinders service, affects several airports Hulen and Bnarhaven. For more information call (817) 871-7791. A telephone number for McKinney was not on Okinawa at the height of the storm, but power HOUSTON — No Continental Airlines flights listed and he could not be contacted by The As- has since been restored, said Shinsaku Toma, a were being delayed Wednesday after a power sociated Press. spokesman for Okinawa Electric Power Co. glitch at the airline's main operations center ham- Commissioner Randy Watkins said Allison felt pered service for about three hours Tuesday night. n*:H.« :wiMi hwi M.mii. Tn4« 7M;N the petition was invalid in four areas: creation of ft: M.«A]> Huikiinjj Stwth R.mm 291 NATION "Things are pretty much back to normal," said ■811 'i-rrs,is Mwfefl W.Wth . TX 76I(W new positions within the department, certification IWpl *•**»*•»»: Sr-sktfMprtA are available free im Dave Messing, spokesman for Houston-based pay for officers, institution of a step program for .•mput limit'ine per pervin h* *Witnnuli.iiptesi.iKiUii the Continental. ■ House passes legislation to enact tax breaks deputies' salaries based on years of service, and Copyright: All ngnts tor the entire ufitrnls tit this newspy The interruption occurred after a breaker failed to replace current tariff system on exports figures not being correctly stated for some current pet thill he the pn^m of Ihr It I I kith Skiff No pan in the main power supply at the airline's down- Skiff therein" may hr repmdmed 01 aired without prn» BONN < irffKul stuJrm puhlKJtMirt irf liarxlity lor any pn ducts and MVfcM advertised herein TV with Europe, the House passed legislation Wednes- McKinney didn't allow public comment before backup power supply as a safety precaution Tei*» ( hriMian I rmtniit pentmeij *>y tiudent* ul [( I stiff* liafvlity fi« mispnnts Joe ti> nut emit is limited in the day that would enact new tax breaks for U.S. com- he and the commissioners went into executive md tptmmtl by ihr /.wrtnlitm Jepwime-m It uptmr' iini nt the ailverininj around 5 p.m. Tuesday, Messing said. The breaker iwidri ihr F»4KW* "t in* Student Puhix di'int ( .■mnntlr* panies to replace a system ruled an illegal export session at the hearing. When the judge returned, ..•npmnl irf repfenTKJt.rs friwtt Ihr tludrnl hmty trait Mwnrwmhrr (R|7,257-742H was not on fire when it was shut down, he said. subsidy by the World Trade Organization. he said people weren't educated enough on the is- ffcurti «fc| admta itfjti.iii Ihr Stiff n purilnhed Tutvli) Fa. 2*17-711.' About 13 flights were canceled and fewer than ihniugh FfHl«. dunnf (all and H"nl vmrtirrt AdvrTtum^ latMhcsJ 257-7426 The vote was 315 to 109 to send the bill to the sue to make a decision, Breeden said. twuL -ret ml h.4ulj,t TV Miff i mrmhrt wt The Businew Manager 257-6274 150 were delayed, he said. The original estimate "The deck was stacked when that meeting \t«.>«r0 Pnti StuJent PuNnamns threvmr 2*7-A5V> Senate, which is expected to follow suit quickly. that up to 400 flights would be affected was over- "It is extremely important that we send a mes- started," he said. "He didn't want any interfer- 4 6J|> K mail sliftlettetswimeitu stated. Messing said. i HJITA an 1 "J ;iri serTK'tin Wrt>w«e http/'»»*siifltiuwk. sage to the Europeans that we're serious about this," ence."

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I went to the bank yesterday. Nodding at a apartment in the sky" known as Conference ball team. And after all the hot air from the slavery, not sports. force in today's NCAA, the fact remains that poster of LaDainian Tomlinson on the USA. Sure we've got a coach that any col- sports information director's office has I'm not saying that the NCAA or the TCU the payment of college athletes should not wall, the teller commented that she had lege program, not to mention a few NFL cleared, the expanded coverage can only be athletics department is openly racist in this have to be under the table at all. Sports stars watched the TCU football game last week- ones, would bend over backwards to whisk attributed to having a Heisman candidate on regard — surely the star white athletes gen- create huge sources of revenue for their end. 1 asked her if she away from us. our squad. erate cash without compensation just as schools, and their schools happily exploit had enjoyed the None of that really matters. What has There's more money to be counted when much as the black ones. I'm only trying to them for that revenue. Penny-pinching ath- thrashing we gave the Commentary brought TCU to national prominence this TCU's expanded exposure in athletics re- dramatically illustrate that this system is in- letics directors have hidden behind the myth sorry Nevada Wolf season is the campaign to get L.T. that cov- sults in increased enrollment. And, as any- credibly unfair. The people directly respon- of the "student athlete" for far too long. Pack, and she con- eted statue with the textbook stiff arm. one who has driven up University Dr. lately sible for creating the cash How don't get to It's time to give these guys, and girls, what fessed that she wasn't People have raised eyebrows at the money can tell you, all the "excitement" due to see any of it. they deserve. really "much of a fan, spent by the athletics department getting the L.T.'s skills in the backfield has translated to LaDainian Tomlinson, and hundreds of If L.T. breaks his leg next week, his but, with all the ex- word out about L.T.'s massive game. Sports massive sales of season tickets for TCU college athletes just like him, rake in hun- chance to make a career of his abilities will citement, (she) felt Illustrated, though they wouldn't name the home games. More season ticket sales dreds of millions of dollars every year with disappear faster than he can cutback a toss like (she) should source, jumped all over the "fact" that TCU means even more money on top of the me- their talents, and get nothing more for it than sweep, but if he goes on to be recognized as watch." has spent $90,000 and developed a CD- dia exposure and increased tuition money. free tuition. It's not enough. the greatest college football player in the Frog Fans, wel- ROM bragging our boy up to the media. If You can see that L.T.'s ability to run the The term "student athlete" has become country by season's end, he'll receive little come to big-time col- DANIEL anyone has offered any controversial opin- ball is generating some serious cash for the obsolete, for surely these men are more ath- more than an ugly trophy and lots of kind lege sports. BRAMLETTE ions on the matter, they have been of the na- university, and you can bet that some por- lete than student. They spend more time in words from the people who have profiled off What Lee Nailon ture that the school shouldn't be spending tion of that money will be siphoned off to practice than in class. Some of them spend of his talents. It's time that college athletes couldn't quite manage such large amounts to promote one student benefit the upper echelons of the TCU ad- hardly any time in class! College athletes started getting the money they deserve ... and what Royce Huffman could've done (if for his athletic, not academic, achievements. ministration. live the lives of professional or semi-pro ath- I'm sure L.T. needs a paycheck a lot more anyone really cared about college baseball), But let's get real for a second. There's Hmm ... I remember hearing about an- letes — indeed some of them display talents than a poster. "L.T. For Heisman" has accomplished: TCU nothing controversial about a sound invest- other "peculiar institution" around these well deserving of professional status, yet athletics have garnered national buzz. ment. Ninety thousand is a bargain for the parts where the fruits of black people's la- they are not compensated nearly as kindly. Daniel Bramlette is a senior radio-TV-film Sure we've won two straight bowl games. millions this administration can get from the bor went to benefit only the white elite, only While under-the-table benefits from major from Ogden, UT. He can he reached Sure we're moving on up to that "dee-luxe expanded television coverage for the foot- then it went by the less euphemistic name of alumni or "booster associations" remain a at ([email protected]).

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"I like the wonderful people and "The thing I like about TCU most "My favorite thing about TCU is "The thing I like most about TCU "The girl-to-guy ratio is pretty "I think what I like most about the all of the friends I have made is the warm people down here. Com- that it has a very good academic pro- are the wonderful friends I've made good, and it has an Ivy League feel school is the class size and how you here." ing from Missouri, they're awfully gram." here and the sense of community to it." can be personal with your professor. — Alison Kothe cold up there. There is a very warm — Zabrina Steele that I have, and that they have pro- — Tim McWilliams At other universities, it is hard be- sophomore advertising/public re- atmosphere down here." freshman business marketing vided me with." freshman business major cause class sizes are huge and you lations major — Adam Flack major — Alison Hoffman can't get that one-one-one attention freshman pre-med major sophomore psychology, religion you get here." double major — Kenny Thompson sophomore po- litical science major page 4 www.skiff.tcu.edu Thursday, September 14,2000 Stayner pleads guilty to Yosemite Park murder case oy Lnnnmt n*ni»y forcement sources. ASVXiATiDWKSS Motel handyman avoids death penalty in exchange for silence Stayner initially pleaded inno- FRESNO. Calif - Motel ily trom any additional media at- macabre case that has gained Lodge, a remote and rustic motel tors plunged into the region's cent to kidnapping, attempted sex- handyman Cary Stayner was con- tention worldwide attention, embarrassed outside the park's western gate methamphetamine netherworld and ual assault and murder in victed Wednesday <>t killing a "After the entry of judgment in the FBI and left federal and state where Stayner lived and worked. focused on a group of violent ex- Armstrong's death, which was Yosemite National Park naturalist this case, until his death he will not prosecutors quarreling. It shifts It was their disappearance in Feb- cons. At one point, an FBI agent prosecuted in federal court because in a deal that spares his lite hut speak to anyone, write to anyone, Stayner's fate to slate court, where ruary 1999 that prompted an FBI said he was confident most of the she was killed in a national park. A guarantees he will never be free or communicate to anyone about prosecutors have been awaiting manhunt, as scores of agents fanned main suspects in the sightseer case trial date was set for April 10. and never be able to tell his story the death ol Joie Ruth Armstrong." their chance to try him in the slay- out across the rolling terrain of the were behind bars on other charges. State prosecutors, who felt they Stayner pleaded guilty to first- the agreement stales. The only ex- mgs of three Yosemite tourist,. western Sierra to search for clues. It was Stayner, arrested three were entitled to proceed with their degree murder in U S District ception is any testimony or com- Stayner, 39, still faces the death Stayner was interviewed eariy in days after Armstrong's murder, case first, continue to feud with Court to killing Joie Armstrong on munication with his lawyer penalty if convicted in the slayings the investigation but ruled out as a who finally unraveled the mystery, federal authorities over evidence July 21. 1999 In exchange, he will regarding other state or federal of Carole Sund. 42, her daughter suspect. He later helped agents collect admitting to a top FBI interrogator and other issues. be imprisoned for the rest of his life murder cases. Juli, 15. and their Argentine friend evidence from the motel rooms and that he killed all four women, ac- The Mariposa County District with no chance of pmh Stayner also agreed to a $10 mil- Silvina Pelosso, 16. was in their midst as the case unfolded cording to court documents. He Attorney's office, which has juris- The agreement that Stayner. his lion restitution order to go to a fund The women were killed five and the investigation went astray. also led investigators to weapons diction, can go forward with its lawyer and prosecutors signed in Armstrong's name and to meet months before Armstrong, during a Based on circumstantial evi- and other physical evidence, and case against Stayner as soon as he Sept h requires that he take his with her family if they wish. sightseeing trip to Yosemite. They dence and what was later believed later re-enacted the crimes on is formally sentenced in Arm- Hory to his grase to spare the fam- The plea is a pivotal stage in a had been staying at the Cedar to be a false confession, investiga- videotape, according to law en- strong's murder. Space crew struggles to change batteries European Union lifts

By Marc i* Dunn five of eight batteries. Putting in the >PPtSS Astronauts forced to put hammer to work three remaining batteries brought sanctions on Austria CAPE CANAVERAL. Fla Zvezda up to full power. Space shuttle Atlantis' astronauts The crew conferred with Mission In May, astronauts replaced four "It's really beautiful." shuttle plugged lour liesh batteries into the Control in Houston, which conferred other batteries inside Zarya that had commander Terrence Wilcutt said Measures failed to oust Freedom Party international space station on with Mission Control outside weakened apparently because of in a TV interview. "Lots of room, Wednesday, a job that required a Moscow The consensus: Go with careless overcharging by Russian lots of equipment and eventually, By Roland Prinz ident Jacques Chirac, whose nation hammer, chisel and brute force the old-fashioned method flight controllers. of course, we'll have a nice labora- ASSOCIATED PRESS was among the strongest propo- The crew did a little hit of garage Burbank held the chisel while Next door in the new Zvezda con- tory up here, too. About any astro- VIENNA, Austria — Hailing nents for the sanctions, Haider said work.'' said flight director Mark Fer- Momkov. bracing himself to get some trol module, meanwhile. American naut I know would be happy to the lifting of European Union the statement about vigilance was rmg leverage in the weightlessness of Edward Lu and Russian Yuri Ma- spend time up here." diplomatic sanctions, Austria's "something to cheer up an already American Daniel Burbank and space, pounded it with the hammer. lenchenko had no trouble putting in The astronauts had one more bat- right-wing firebrand Joerg Haider sufficiently humiliated" French Russian Huns Morukos could no] "We proceeded to go whack H three new batteries. tery to install, inside Zarya. Other on Wednesday labeled the meas- chief of state. remove a bracket in the floor ol the that ■ couple tunes and we got the Zve/.da. the living quarters once work planned for Thursday: putting ures a "complete flop." Haider, former leader of the KUSM.III module Zaryi to get at a nut plates off," lernng said. the first full-time crew arrives in No- in the tank for the toilet aboard Haider, whose far right Freedom Freedom Party, lashed out more battery component, because of inter- The aging battery was removed in vember, was so heavy that the Rus- Zvezda, hooking up a commode Party's inclusion in the govern- strongly against German Chancel- lenng nut plates "In their surprise, the 2-year old Zarya module, and a sians had to strip it for its July hose and hauling more supplies into ment led to the sanctions, said the lor Gerhard Schroeder. the plates were riveted down new one was installed launch. As a result, it flew with only the outpost. measures failed in their goal to In an interview to be published force the party out of the ruling today by the Austrian magazine coalition. News, Haider said: "Schroeder's Austria's 14 European Union monarchic arrogance is unbear- partners lifted the seven-month able." YOU AREN'T 1/2 BAD AFTER... sanctions against Austria on Tues- In excerpts of the interview dis- day after a panel said the measures tributed by the Austria Press stoked the nationalistic feeling Agency, Haider said Schroeder is 75C premium pints they were meant to punish. among those "people who are age... "They ended as a complete trampling without feeling on any- flop," Haider said in Klagenfurt, one endangering their sphere of in- 75C cherry vodka sours capital of Carinthia province, fluence." where he is governor. "Democ- "Those are people who have no racy cannot be unhinged by un- scruples," he said. democratic means." The sanctions took effect when Its Haider also ridiculed a Euro- the Freedom Party joined the coali- pean Union statement stressing the tion government of Chancellor gonna need to remain vigilant about the Wolfgang Schuessel in February. Freedom Party. The Freedom Party had waged an "We are very pleased if we are anti-foreigner and anti-EU expan- be BIG being watched, like we will be sion campaign in last year's elec- watching the others," said Haider, tions. *$&" whose remarks sympathetic to Israel criticized the European some aspects of Nazi rule raised Union's decision to lift sanc- £#*** alarm bells in Europe. tions. Prime Minister Ehud Haider also said it was time for Barak said they should have Coming small EU members to make sure continued so long as a party that "a few self-appointed powers" with "neo-fascist characteris- in cannot "run roughshod over the tics" remains in government. small ones." 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UDLA "I looked on my degree plan and TRUSTEES realized the class I was in I had al- From Page 1 From Page 1 ready took in Mexico," Magana said. MIT settles hazing case One way to correct the problem of Although the program is still not discomfort is to allow students to fully developed. Whillock and pro- "(The retreat) gives an oppor- take 12 hours rather than 15, fessors from UDLA have assured her tunity for full presentation, dis- Fraternity drinking caused freshman's death Whillock said. that she will graduate in the pro- cussion and understanding about By Theo Emery for the 18-year-old student's death. However, Whillock said he and gram's allotted five-year time span. all aspects of the report," Roach If Vest "follows through with all ASSOCIATED PRESS "The death of Scott as a freshman of his promises, we feel that MIT other faculty members from both Along with the changes TCU may said. BOSTON — The Massachusetts living in an MIT fraternity shows schools are concerned with how this implement in the program, Magana The first objective, Lauer said, will be a better place. And we hope Institute of Technology has agreed to that our approach to alcohol educa- other colleges will follow suit," will affect students from UDLA with said the program will change her life. is to look at what is going to hap- pay $4.75 million and endow a schol- tion and policy, and our freshman Darlene Krueger said. their degree plans. "I know this will open up many pen, then the board will decide arship in a settlement with the fam- housing options, were inadequate," Krueger decided to join Phi "Hopefully, in the next month a doors for me in the future when I am what fund raising needs to take ily of a freshman who drank himself Vest said. Gamma Delta to obtain housing, his group of us will go down to UDLA looking for a job," Magana said. place. to death at a 1997 fraternity initiation. MIT will pay $4.75 million to the parents said. After a hazing incident to take care of some of the shifts Delia Pitts, study abroad coordi- The printed outcome and chan- Scott Krueger's parents. Bob and family and establish a $1.25 million during which he drank large we're experiencing," Whillock said. nator, said other departments from cellor's report will be released on Darlene Krueger, said they reached scholarship fund in the student's amounts of alcohol, he slipped into Magana said she was skeptical bo'h schools are looking into this Oct. 9 at a luncheon in the Stu- the agreement, announced Wednes- memory. a coma and died three days later. about the program at first because program and considering instituting dent Center Ballroom for the day, after two days of meetings with MIT also said it would require all Prosecutors charged the frater- she didn't know how it would work. it. trustees, Lauer said. MIT President Charles A. Vest. MIT freshmen to live in university- "There are classes that I will take "I wouldn't be surprised if the Glen Rose is about 60 miles nity as an organization with MIT also said it would continue owned, -operated and -supervised manslaughter hut were not able to here, and they will count as classes business school, Latin American southwest of Fort Worth. to make sweeping policy changes housing as of August 2002. Also, no bring it to court. MIT later banished that are offered at UDLA," Magana studies, anthropology and so on are already under way to crack down on fraternity and sorority recruiting the fraternity. said. initiated in this program as well," Staff reporter Emily Ward con- underage drinking and supervise events will be held during freshman The family never sued MIT hut Magana said at the beginning of Pitts said. tributed to this story. students more closely. orientation, and freshmen will not would have if the university hadn't this semester, she was enrolled in In- "The most important thing to us be allowed to live in fraternities' agreed to the settlement, according to troduction to Film, but she had al- Yvette Herrera Erin Munger is that the settlement allows all par- and sororities' housing. the Kruegers' attorney. Leo V. Boyle. ready taken a similar class at UDLA. [email protected] erebm @ netscape, com ties to move forward with their In addition, fraternities and soror- The Kruegers said they refused goals of better education on alcohol ities will be required to have resi- any confidential settlement offers. and a constant attention to curb al- dent advisers. After the student's death, two cohol abuse," university spokesman The university said it is also more dozen Boston-area colleges and Ken Campbell said. strictly enforcing rules against un- universities — including MIT Britain rejects lower fuel tax In a letter sent to the Kruegers derage drinking. The drinking age in pledged in 1998 to control underage earlier this month. Vest apologized Massachusetts is 21. campus drinking. William Hague, leader of the op- trucks were stopped by police on a Protests continue; position Conservative Party, urged central London street that passes that Parliament be called back from near the palace gardens, as the driv- fuel shortages its summer recess to deal with the cri- ers tried to mass their trucks close to sis, as Blair prepared for more urgent the Parliament. A&M student group determined trigger disruptions meetings today with top advisers. Blair insisted he would not be By Laura King Europeans — British especially pressured into lowering fuel taxes, ASSOCIATED PRESS — pay some of the highest gasoline saying that would shatter his gov- prices in the world. British pump ernment's credibility. to hold new bonfire off campus LONDON — Prime Minister Tony Blair, joined by leaders in Bel- prices average $4.31 a gallon, with "Whatever the protesters do ... it ASSOCIATED PRESS we listened to their side," board tional failures and structural prob- taxes accounting for three-quarters cannot be right to try to force a gium and Germany, defiantly re- member Gary Crenshaw told the lems with the student-designed of the cost. change in policy by these means," he jected demands to lower fuel taxes COLLEGE STATION — Lead- Bryan-College Station Eagle in and -built bonfire as the chief rea- Because of heavy levies, public told a nationally televised news con- Wednesday, despite spiraling ers of a student group planning a Wednesday's editions. "It was sons for the accident in a May re- anger has been largely aimed at the ference, his second in as many days. protests that have left gasoline bonfire off the Texas A&M Uni- what we expected. They pretty port. It prompted Bowen to government rather than at the pro- "We will not be intimidated. We will pumps bone-dry and disrupted versity campus this fall say they much told us we were wrong, and announce the moratorium for a testers who last week began tying up not give in to violence, to blockades schools, businesses and transport are still determined to proceed af- that was about it." task force of students, faculty and traffic and strangling fuel supplies or to threats." across Britain. ter meeting privately with the uni- The closed-door meeting with staff to develop a plan for a 2002 with refinery blockades and go-slow In Britain, the Petrol Retailers' "Real damage is now being done versity's president and other students did not change the uni- bonfire. convoys. Association reported that 9,000 fill- to real people," Blair said on nation- officials. versity's position on the issue, But the move prompted almost Other European countries, includ- ing stations were without fuel, with wide television, blaming protesters The organization, called Keep said Cindy Lawson. executive di- immediate calls from alumni and ing France, Belgium, Germany and little relief in sight. On Wednesday, for fuel shortages that triggered the Fire Burning, devised its plan rector of university relations. members of the Texas A&M com- the Netherlands, have experienced police escorted dozens of fuel school closings, delayed non-vital for a renegade log stack after "Texas A&M will continue to munity to build a renegade bon- traffic-snarling protests in recent days, tankers past protesters' barricades, surgery in hospitals and even threat- A&M President Ray Bowen an- discourage an off-campus bon- fire. but Britain was by far the hardest hit. but progress on restoring deliveries ened deliveries by Britain's famously nounced a two-year moratorium fire," said Lawson. In the Nov. 18 collapse, the 55- As the flow of gas dried up, so did was uneven. reliable Royal Mail. on the almost century-long tradi- Besides Bowen. A&M Vice foot-tall timber stack wired to- rush-hour traffic on normally busy Blair has been granted emergency Late Wednesday, the National tion in the wake of a report on the President for Student Affairs gether in a tiered, wedding-cake London arteries. Undertakers said powers to cope with the crisis, but Blood Authority went on alert, say- 1999 collapse that killed 12 stu- Malon Southerland and Lawson like structure toppled, trapping they might have to halt funerals if has made it plain he expects the oil ing it feared its blood supplies soon dents and injured 27 others. also represented the university in students among a tumbling pile of they can't find fuel for their hearses. companies to take steps of their own could be affected. The government One of seven board members the meeting with board member two million pounds of logs. Stu- School closures were expected to af- to restore fuel supplies. The prime put military fuel tankers on standby for the organization who re- Trent Owens and two students in dents were constructing the log fect thousands of pupils today. minister met Wednesday with Mal- in case they are needed to get deliv- quested the meeting with Bowen favor of the alternative bonfire tower as part of a 90-year-old tra- Some truckers brought their colm Brinder, chief executive of eries through, and banks reassured said the hour-long session Tues- group. Crenshaw said. dition leading up to the annual protest almost to the doorstep of Shell, and John Manzoni, head of worried customers they would still day was "not really productive." A five-member panel appointed Texas-Texas A&M football game Buckingham Palace. Scores of British Petroleum. be able to get cash. "They listened to our side, and by Texas A&M cited organiza- on Thanksgiving weekend. Joe T. Garcia's

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She went to the cultural exchange meeting to get out of ture, but Ihey didn't," Kurshinova taking an Algebra test She never dreamed it would lead said. "That is why 1 was warned not to her traveling hallway around the world. to be offended when people asked I or Elena Kurshinova, who is now a junior business major, me silly questions." winning the contest that brought her from her hometown of After her stay in the United Slates, Zaporozhye, Ukraine, to the tinted States to attend high Kurshinova returned lo Ukraine to ■■kinNil was ,i dream come true. finish high school. But she already Now. five years later. Kurshinova has heen awarded the knew she would return to the Stales • ( hancellor'l Award thai will allow her to linish college al after graduation. 1(1 I he icbolanhip will cover her luition for the next two "Elena's mother has always been years. very supportive in helping Elena im- 'Sometimes, I still can'l believe I'm here." Kurshinova said. prove," said Megg Elliott, Kurshi- "It's been easier because I have a family — my host family — nova's host mother. "I think she here lo support me emotionally and financially. Coming to the knew that if Elena had stayed in United Slates has given me a great opportunity to suteeed in Ukraine, she would be married or hie" doing menial work."

How it all began Return home offers harsh reality When the Soviet Union For over a year, Kurshinova said, dissolved in 1991 and she enjoyed her stay with the El- I Ikraine beeame an inde- liotts, but homesickness and a desire pendent country, the gov- lo finish high school made Kurshi- ernment job her mother nova return to Ukraine for her final held dissolved with it and year in high school. After gradua- money became a prob- tion, she realized her educational and lem. employment opportunities would be "We had to do without extremely limited if she remained in many things." Kurshinova Ukraine. said. "Now that I am in So Kurshinova returned to Fort the United States, I get Worth and enrolled al Tan-ant County excited about things that College, where she maintained a others wouldn't really straight A average for two years. think about, like being "Elena has her own internal able lo eat breakfast every drive," Elliott said. "Academics come morning and buying gifts first because that is her ticket. But for friends." even if she got a B or C, we would In high school. Kurshi- still always be proud of her." nova heard about the freedom Support Act, a A bright future ahead program thai gives disad- Though TCU was the college Kur- (Abovel Junior biol \.imaged youths the shinova said she most wanted to at- oqy major Kim Hig chance to live with host gins and Kurshinova tend, she knew she lacked the money to pay TJ^ r?M A \fl TD OT_JTl\.T/"VA/A families in the United for it. She applied for numerous scholar- JCLfcJNA JVUKoHlJNUVA study at Mary Couts Slates. ships so she could finish college, only to Burnett Library. The competition for the learn that most of them required U.S. citi- (Right) Kurshinova program was fierce. Kur- zenship. and junior e-busi shinova had lo go through "The price was so much that I was looking al other col- ness major Mark three rounds of multiple leges." Kurshinova said. "I truly wanted to come to TCU be- Vurnadore chat out choice tests, essays, appli- cause both the school and the business program have a greal side between cations and recommenda- reputation. I went to the International Admissions Office and classes. tions before she was Financial Aid. and Ihey decided lo award me the scholarship." chosen as one of 50 final- Kurshinova said she hopes one day she will be able to use ists to be questioned by her business degree lo work American interviewers. for a company with lies to Seven months later, Kur- both the United States and shinova got the call that Ukraine. would change her life. "Righl now, it seems that "I didn't start lumping the best thing for me to do up and down or any- is stay in the U.S. and be- thing." she said. "At first. come established," Kurshi- 1 didn't really understand nova said. "Ukraine is a what hail happened. It good country, but it is still Junior business was really unreal and ex- developing, and there are major Elena Kur- citing It took awhile lo get used to the lad that I was chosen." not a lot of opportunities for shinova eats Kurshinova s mother, Natalia, started crying when she heard me there." lunch with fresh- ihe good news She wauled her daughter to participate because When Kurshinova started men computer il would give her the possibility for a belter future than the working in the Admissions science majors one that awaited hei in Ukraine Office this summer, she be- Stanislav Alek- came Ihe president of Inter- siev and Ivan Mure than a culture shock national Ambassadors, a Georgiev in the Along with the other exchange students. Kurshinova was program lhal encourages Main. laken to New York for a weeklong orientation to prepare them TCU's recruitment of inter- lot Ihe culture shock ol living in America. national students. "At orientation, we were told thai the United States was dif- "We recruit international students to come to TCU by writ- ferent and thai we would experience a culture shock, but we ing them letters and calling," Kurshinova said. "I think it is clidn'l really think it would happen." Kurshinova said. "They great because we do get a huge response from students in were right I wish now lhal I had listened lo Ihem more other countries Josely" 'TCU has such a nice atmosphere and everyone I have met In her lust week ol high school. Kurshinova couldn't under- on ihe campus has been really friendly. There are so many sland her teachers at all It took about a month before English things thai I can become involved with and people that I can got easier for her to understand She also found thai having a meet. Al TCU, you always have something to do." foreign exchange student in class wasn't as intriguing lor her new classmates as 11 would have been in her old school. Laura McFarland "I think I expected thai people would know about my cul- [email protected] Thursday, September 14,2000 www.skiff.tcu.edu Page 7

"1 think they're fabulous," Rowe poised to let go. Inspired by a pho- concentration camps, he was consid- EXHIBIT said. "The colors (and) action in tograph, Cedars said the woman ered an orphan, and they sent him to From Page 1 the paintings all show great fear in killed her baby so she would not France," Cedars said. Judge rules against the people, but at the same time a leave anyone behind after she died. Cedars said Wiesel's novels Brite Divinity School, said when lot of life." Cedars said she has been studying were in French, which inspired her Cedars showed her original 12 Rowe said her two favorite paint- art for many years and this isn't the to read them. sketches to Wiesel, he and co-au- ings depict the creation of woman brst time she was inspired by Wiesel. '"The Six Days of Destruction' medical examiners thor Rabbi Albert Friedlander ap- and show Eve literally flying out of She received her doctorate in hu- has a great juxtaposition of the six proved them. Adam. manities of French literature after days of creation and the six days of HMO director can't be punished by board "Cedars' work is very powerful," Another painting shows a young writing her dissertation. "Speaking destruction," Cedars said. "That was ASSOCIATED PRESS sided with UnitedHealthcare and Cooper said. Jewish mother being transported in a Through Silence: the Art of Elie my inspiration." ruled the hoard did not have the Helen Rowe, a senior fashion pro- train to a concentration camp. She Wiesel." at the University of Texas at DALLAS — A federal judge property authority. motion major, said Cedars' paintings has her baby wrapped in a blanket Arlington. Yvette Hcrrera has ruled that the Texas State Lawyers for attorney general and dangles it out the window, "When Wiesel was liberated from were powerful. [email protected] Board of Medical Examiners did John Cornyn, who sought dis- not have the authority to disci- missal of the case, said the state pline a UnitedHealthcare medical would continue fighting for reg- director who denied home health ulatory control and was consider- care to a 13-year-old boy in I99H. ing whether to appeal the case. Latin Grammy Awards show debuts The ruling last week by U.S. "The court left unanswered the District Judge Barbara Lynn very question we need resolved By David Bauder said. stemmed from a dispute over — whether ERISA (Employment ASSOCIATED PRESS Santana takes home two awards The Latin Grammys named a treatment for scoliosis patient Retirement Income Security Act) LOS ANGELES — Not content Cuban singer in his 70s, Ibrahim Fer- David Wiser. pre-empts the regulation of HMO with his record eight Grammys in trophies apiece. Mana's award with "1 hope these awards will unite rer, as its best new artist. He came to Wiser had been hospitalized medical directors who make February, legendary guitarist Carlos Santana was his second award, too. people," Estefan said. "Latinos were prominence recently through his work for five weeks beginning in medical decisions," Texas Attor- Santana won two trophies Wednesday The awards were started by an off- discriminated against for many years. on the "Buena Vista Social Club" al- March 1998 after he stopped ney General John Cornyn said. in the inaugural Latin Grammy shoot of the National Academy of I feel now we're making progress in bum. breathing. Before being dis- "When it comes to medical de- Awards. Recording Arts & Sciences, which bringing recognition to our culture." Estefan, Gloria's husband, was charged from Cook Children's cisions made by HMOs in the The veteran rocker, capping his ca- produces the Grammys, to capitalize The two-hour ceremony was tele- honored as producer of the year for Medical Center in Fort Worth, state of Texas, it is the slate's re- reer resurgence, won for best pop in- on a growing interest in Latin music. vised on CBS in the United States and his work on eight separate albums. He his doctor recommended that he sponsibility to oversee these de- strumental performance, and his duet With a broad definition of Latin was seen in more than 120 other coun- also directed the winner of best mu- be placed on a home ventilator cisions, not the federal with the Mexican rockers Mana, music — anything sung in either tries. sic video, Gloria Estefan's perform- and that home nursing care be government's." "Corazon Espinado," won for best Spanish or Portuguese — the first A hip-swiveling Ricky Martin, ance of "No Me Dejes De Querer." provided. More than 30 states have rock group performance. The same nominations caused some contro- paying tribute to the late mambo king Miguel's "Amarte Es Un Placer" But David William Ellis, med- passed legislation aimed at regu song was also nominated for record of versy. The largest Latin record label Tito Puente, opened the Latin won best pop album. A song from that ical director of UnitedHealth- lating decisions by health main- the year. in the United States, Fonovisa, boy- Grammy telecast. Puente. who died in album, "Tu Mirada," was honored as care, decided that the treatments tenance organizations. "We want to dedicate this award to cotted, complaining that the Latin June, won an award for best tropical best male pop vocal performance. were not reimbursable under the "We think that if you can show all the people of Africa who inspire us Grammys slighted Mexican styles performance. A tearful Audrey Dominican singer Juan Luis HMO plan. it was the exercise of medical and offer us their colors, and to all the such as norteno, tejano and ranchera. Puente. a television news personality Guerra won awards for best merengue After Wiser died of a brain judgment, it belongs under state women of the planet so they can make Three of its artists won awards and in New York City, accepted the trophy performance and his song, "El Nia- aneurysm in September 1998, the law and traditional regulatory au- the world a better, more compassion- were not there to accept them. for her father. She said he was partic- gara En Bicicleta," was named best Texas State Board of Medical Ex- thority." said Connie Barron, a ate place." Santana said in Spanish. There also was some grumbling ularly proud of his album, "Mambo tropical song. aminers attempted to discipline lobbyist for the Texas Medical Producer-songwriter Emilio Este- that television producers were favor- Birdland." and hoped it would win an Paez was the songwriter for "Al Ellis for his actions. Association in Austin. fan, Mexican crooner Luis Miguel, ing artists who sing in English and are award. Lado Del Camino," which won the UnitedHealthcare then sued David Wiser's father. Mark Argentine rocker Fito Paez, Colom- better known among Americans. "Not only was he a great musician Latin Grammy for best rock song. The the Board of Medical Examiners Wiser, said decisions like the one bian singer Shakira and Dominican American teen favorites Christina and humanitarian, but he was a great same song won best male rock vocal in March to prevent it from dis- made by Ellis could pose a dan- singer Juan Luis Guerra also won two Aguilera and 'N Sync also performed. leader for the Latin community." she performance. ciplining Ellis. Last week Lynn ger to the public.

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Molly Young Amber Elwell Lane London Connie Zeender Jessica Erwin Cory Lukins Stephanie Zimmer Ashleye Fisher Randi Martin Page 8 www.skiff.tcu.edu Thursday, September 14,2000 Republicans deny Exxon-Mobil investigating explosion ABILENE — A fatal Exxon- Unmarked pipeline possible cause of explosion Under state law, a company Mobil pipeline explosion may have performing any excavation deeper 'RATS' message happened because the pipeline was tive Jay Hatcher. late August of the planned trench than 16 inches must call one of not properly marked, according to Hatcher, 42, suffered third-de- excavation. several toll-free numbers before attorneys for an Abilene excavation gree burns over 90 percent of his Irving-based Exxon-Mobil de- the dig. company. body and died about 10 hours later nied it received proper notification, The two most commonly called Advertising industry on defensive The explosion, which killed one at University Medical Center in but promised to continue its own numbers are to the Texas Excava- |KTson and injured another, hap- By Dave Carpenter sciousness, at least not in consumer I.ubbock. probe into the circumstances sur- tion Safety System or Texas One AWOC ATIO W* V, advertising.'' he said. "Nobody pened a week ago along Texas Local resident Rita Franssen es- rounding the blast. Call. Both organizations are re- CHICAGO The notion of hid- bothers with it because it's hard Highway 36 near Abilene. caped serious injury by diving into "At this point, we have not found quired by law to contact each other, den ad message. li.iv tav.in.itcd the enough to impress people by hitting A bulldozer belonging to the ex- her pool and dodging the flames any indication that Mobil Pipeline when they receive calls. puhlic since the l°5()v when a bo them upside the head with images cavation company Smith Dozer re- which passed over her head and was informed about digging at the Texas One Call confirmed, gus tale emerged about a theater Experts say the concept first en- portedly ruptured the 12-inch leveled her home. location where the incident 00- Wednesday that a call was made by' , that botMMl rclreshmrnl sales h\ tered the public consciousness in propane pipeline Sept 7, spewing On Wednesday, attorneys for curTec," Exxon-Mobil spokesman the company that hired Smith subtl> flashing l.at Popcorn. Drink the 'Mi when New Jersey advertis- a propane haze across the highway. Smith Dozer, owned by Clyde Derrick Hinmon told the Reporter- Dozer to perform the excavation^ ( OL.I ( ..la messages on the ing executive Jim Vicary said he'd Investigators believe the cloud of Smith of Abilene, told the Abi- News. "We are continuing our in- work prior to the dig. The call was screen motivated people to buy conces- gas was ignited by a spark from ei- lene Reporter-News they believe vestigation and won't have any made about noon on Aug. 28, ac-' The advertising inilusin lias lout' sions by Hashing the secret mes- ther a tractor trailer or a car driven Exxon-Mobil failed to mark its details until that investigation is cording to Texas One Call and' dismissed such subliminal ads as sages touting popcorn and Coke, a by longtime Abilene police detec- pipeline after being notified in complete." TESS officials. fiction, a sieve backed by experts, claim he later admitted was false but is on the defensive alter a Re- Vance Packard's book "The Hid- publican TV ad targeting the De- den Persuaders'' discussed the con- mocratic presidential ticket cept at about the same time. Then, flectingls showed the word in a book that was required reading Apple releases beta version on new system "RATS." The industry insists such for millions ol college students, Wil- techniques are nowhere to be found son Bryan Key took the notion to By Jocelyn Gecker of the Apple Expo in Paris. "It is said. Apple has not yet an- was to simplify the computing in commercial ads new levels with his book "Sublimi- ASSOCIATED PRESS the future of the Macintosh. It nounced the price of the final experience while revving up the "The reaction in our industry is nal Seduction"' in the 1970s, alleg- PARIS - Apple Computer turned out incredible." version. power. 'Oh man. not again will this cha- ing that phallic images were chief Steve Jobs released a long- A public test version of the OS Jobs also announced the re- "It's very easy to do things rade neser die ''" Hal Shniip. exec- imbedded in renderings of ice cubes awaited test version of the Mac- X — the X stands for 10 — went lease of two upgraded versions without a lot of complexity, but utise vice president of the American and that patterns ol dots making up intosh operating system on on sale Wednesday in English, of the company's iBook laptop, when you need the complexity Association ot Advertising Agcn maga/ine illustrations spelled out Wednesday. offering sleek French and German at the Paris starting at $1,499. The translu- you have it in a very elegant cics. said Wednesday 'Tills is a "sex." graphics and easier computing. trade show and Apple's online cent machines have a faster way," Jobs said about the operat- myth that has been perpetrated tor Those lannliar with the ad indus- The ambitious OS X upgrade stores for $29.95. processors, larger hard drives ing system. the lasi (II H 40 yeais try labeled Key's claims preposter- departs from the familiar linear OS X has been delayed several and come with FireWire ports for The revised file organizer in Boh (iartield. an industry critic ous But the Federal windows that have long organ- times. In May, Jobs said the pub- fast transfer of data and video. OS X lets movies, music and text tor Advertising Age magazine, Communications Commission in ized computer screens. lic test version would be out "this In his characteristically re- files be previewed before being agiees there s no evidence the prac- 1974 issued an order saying thai "It's unlike anything you've summer." laxed garb of faded jeans and a opened. The new system comes tice has ever been done broadcast outlets that knowingly ever experienced on a Mac be- A more complete and fine- black turtleneck. Jobs told a with an MP3 player and an audio "Subliminal advertising does not carry such ads are operating "con- fore." Jobs told an audience of tuned commercial version will packed hall that the company's player, as well as Microsoft's In- exist except in the public ."h trary to the public interest." more than 3.700 at the opening go on sale early next year. Jobs goal for its new operating system ternet Explorer 5.0 Web browser.

Bomb explodes in parking garage Sheep farmer sentenced to three months in At least 13 people Smoke tilled the exchange's trading ing 45 minutes before the markets room and other offices, forcing the closed. Hours before the afternoon prison for vandalizing McDonald's in France evacuation of about 1.000 workers. explosion, the stock market's main killed, 27 injured ing the two-day trial, which drew One was acquitted. The McDonald's, Firefighters doused the flames and index hit a 12-month low. After the By Elaine Ganley ASSOCIATED PRESS 15.000 people. The prosecution located at the base of a hill where By Slobodan Ltkic fumbled through the darkness of the blast, trading was suspended until M1LLAU, France — A militant asked for 10 months with nine Bove lived in a centuries-old farm- ASSCXIAH three level parking lot to pull out vic- Monday. sheep farmer was sentenced months suspended. house, was dismantled with farm JAKARTA. Indonesia A car tims after the blast. Most of the dead Rusdihardjo, who like many In- Wednesday to three months in But presiding judge Francois Mal- equipment while under construction bomb tore tlitoiigh a packed parking suffocated; some were found in the donesians uses one name, said the ex- prison for vandalizing a McDon- let said the slitter sentence aimed "to on Aug. 12, 1999. garage beneath Jakarta's stock ex chaired remains of their cars. plosion originated in a red car parked ald's restaurant in a protest that make (BoveI finally listen to reason." Bove has already spent three change on Wednesday, killing at leas) No one claimed responsibility for on the second level of the garage. made him a hero in the eyes of the The sprightly, mustachioed Bove. weeks in prison, meaning he will I 3 people, injuring 27 and shaking the blast, the deadliest in a series of Police spokesman Lt. Col. Nur Us- French in the battle against rampant however, vowed prison would not likely serve two months in jail, his , .'iitidcncc in Indonesia s attempts to unexplained recent bombings in In- man said authorities were trying to de- globalization. stop him from continuing his battle lawyers said. , reform alter decades ol corrupt die donesia The bombing was I major termine what explosive was used. About 2(K) supporters of Jose against multinationals and the World "I'm not afraid of prison," said talnlsllip blow to efforts by President Abdur- "It could be a grenade, a bomb or Bove chanted and banged sticks Trade Organization, which he claims Bove, dressed in jeans and sandals. The blast damaged 01 destroyed rahman Wahid to restore confidence something electrical." he said. outside the small courthouse in this pose a threat to small farmers, good "I know it ancL^think I'd be wel-' 100 vehicles in the garage Idled with in Indonesia's crisis-ridden economy The state news agency Antara said town in southern France. But it was food and a way of life. corned by (inmates and guards." . ars and drivers waiting for stock and end violence across the world's the bomb was planted in a Toyota van. nothing like the raucous atmos- "The court thinks this judgment Bove, nicknamed "Robin Hood," brokers to Imish work, said national fourth most populous nation. Mysterious explosions have coin- phere of his June 30 trial when he is going to stop the battle," Bove has become a folk hero in France police duel (ien Rusdihard|o In the past. Wahid has com- cided with every major stage of a was carried to court in an ox cart said. 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By Victor Drabicky can't score." Porteous said. "Defen- spreading the field during practice, SKIFF STAFF sively, we had a few lapses which let the team could not do it in the game. Coming Up After Tuesday night's 2-1 loss to them score." "All week long, we have been ► The TCU men's soccer team Division II-A Texas Wesleyan, the The first of Wesleyan's two goals working on using our outside mid- started the season with two wins, but TCU men's soccer team was left look- came off a comer kick with just over fielders, but once the game started, we has since lost two in a row to fall ing for answers. a minute left in the first half to put the couldn't find them," he said. back to 2-2. Was it the loss of two starting de- Rams up 1 -0 heading into halftime. The Frogs played Tuesday's game What's next for TCU men's fensive players to injury? Junior midfielder Nick Baker said without starting defenders Michael soccer Was it a week's worth of lackluster the Wesleyan goal may have broken Martin and Davis Bland because of What: TCU vs. University of practices? the Homed Frogs' spirit. injuries. Missouri-Kansas City Was it the fact dusk had set on the "Once we got down a goal, all our Porteous said despite the injuries, When: 1 p.m. Sept. 16 unlit Garvey-Rosenthal Soccer Sta- emotion left us," Baker said. "We fig- Wesleyan simply wanted the win Where: Shreveport, La. dium before the game entered the fi- ured out at the end of the game that if more than the Frogs did. nal 10 minutes? we just kept possession, our chances "They are a Division II team, and What: TCU vs. St. Mary's "It has been getting darker and will come, but by then, we were play- they really look good if they beat a (Texas) darker on that field," junior defender ing with a real lack of heart." Division I team," Porteous said. "For When: 5 p.m. Sept. IX Aaron Casey said. "(We know) we Wesleyan secured the win by net- us, it is a game we could not afford to Where: Garvey-Rosenthal Soc- have to play through that, but we ting a second goal with just under 15 lose." cer Stadium didn't." minutes left in the second half. The Casey said the Frogs may have The loss extends the Frogs' losing Frogs did manage one goal late in the learned about their weaknesses from streak to two games heading into Sat- half, but could not get closer. the defeat. "Practice doesn't make perfect," urday's game against the University Casey said a week's worth of poor "We can't keep giving up two goals said Casey. "Perfect practice makes of Missouri-Kansas City. practices may have led to the loss. a game and expect to win," Casey perfect. We need to put this game in Freshman defender Andrew Porte- 'There has been a real lack of in- said. "We can possess the ball against the back of our minds and have a good ous, who was playing in his first TCU tensity the last couple of days," Casey any team we play, but we need more couple of days of practice before Sat- Erin Munger/STAFF REPORTER game, said the blame for the loss can said. "Practice has been a little lack- intensity." urday's game." TCU goaltender Michael Lahoud slides to make a save as a Texas Wesleyan be spread throughout the entire team. luster and it carried into our games Casey said although the loss is dis- forward leaps to avoid him.The Rams defeated TCU 2-1 on Tuesday, giv- "Offensively, we couldn't finish the against Oral Roberts and Wesleyan." appointing, the team needs to forget it Victor Drabicky ing the Horned Frogs (2-2) their second straight loss. ball, and you can't win games if you Baker said despite focusing on and forge ahead. K m.drahu k\ @ student, tcu.edu Tailgate parties, ticket Volleyball 'eekly sales look to raise spirit BY COLLEEN CASEY By Danny Home ian Tomlinson, his Heisman Tro- Volley Frogs move to 5-4 SPORTS EDITOR Record sales phy run and the possibility of an Two years ago senior Brian Best > TCU set a school record for sea- undefeated season made it easier was playing football for the Uni- son tickets sold last week. As of to reach the fans. Team wins three, loses one at Missouri tourney versity of Arkansas. He said the Wednesday, TCU had sold about "It would have been realistic one thing he could remember from 12,600 season tickets. Below is a without all the extra focus, but (the the experience was that the Fayet- look at the records from the top 10 added focus) was necessary," he teville. Ark., community and stu- season ticket sale years. said. "We want to build a fan base dents had pride in the football here, but we don't want this to be program. Tickets Sold Year Record a quick fix. We feel that diehard "Before the games, you would 1. 12,600* 2000 ??? fans will come to see games, and always see a lot of people out tail- 2. 12,056 1985 3-8 that's what we're trying to build gating and partying," he said. "It J. 11,216 1995 6-5 with Frog Alley which is marketed was just a great atmosphere. You 4. 10,458 1996 4-7 toward families, and TCU Village see that at a lot of schools these 5. 10,135 1986 3-8 which is marketed toward the cor- days, and I think that's something 6. 10,108 1994 7-5 porations." we should try to implement here." /. 9,987 1988 4-7 Florko said TCU was kicking So now. Best is trying to organ- 8. 9,793 1969 4-6 off the home schedule with a raf- ize a tailgate party for TCU foot- y. 9,488 1999 8-4 fle that would award a student ball home games. He said he was 10. 9,398 1966 2-8 $400 per quarter. looking for a place where people * — numbers as of Wednesday Concessions manager Steven could come together and make it Brubaker said other aspects of the an event, not just a football game. come see, and we've really gotten football game experience had to be "It's exciting to have this kind an overwhelming reception." changed and improved. of football program here now," Ticket manager Chip Heiss said "Everyone should notice that Best said. "I don't know that I he hasn't seen this kind of excite- we've become more organized," would have tried to do this before, ment at TCU since he's been here. Brubaker said. "We plan to make but I think our student body needs "We've had some excitement it easier for people to get what they to get more involved and more over individual games like (Uni- want by putting up more points of hyped up. versity of) Texas (at Austin) in sale. We're here to make money, • "We've got a top 20 football 1984, but never like this," Heiss but we have to offer something the team, and I think we need to act said. "We've really had steady campus and community would be Erin Munger/STAFF REPORTER like it." sales since we started selling sea- interested in." Senior outside hitter Amy Atamanczuk goes up for a kill against Texas-Arlington. The Frogs beat UTA in four Students like Best are exactly son tickets back on May 1, but the With the first home game a lit- games for their first-ever win against the Mavericks and their first victory at Daniel-Meyer Coliseum.The Volley what Brian Florko, assistant direc- last month has been incredible." tle more than two days away, Best Frogs play this weekend at the TCU Invitational in the Rickel Building. tor of sports marketing, was look- Florko said the sports marketing said he is just putting the finishing ing for after TCU set a school staff has been working to reach out touches on his "tailgate gathering." A very pleased volleyball team surgery was successful for Hayes, "I can see that we keep great lo- record for season ticket sales last to the TCU and Fort Worth com- "I've talked to other people who arrived home from this past and it has not hurt how she has cus throughout our games, especially week. The previous record, set in munities. are interested in doing this," he weekend's Tiger Invitational played. when we play at home," assistant 1985, was 12,056. As of Wednes- "We saw an opportunity because said. "I just want it to get to the at the University of Missouri—Co- This was proven when Hayes, as coach Chris Rudiger said. "We have day, the TCU ticket office had sold we knew this was a great (football) point where people come to see the lumbia to get some rest for the week well as senior outside hitter Amy to keep control of ourselves and then 12,600 season tickets. program," Florko said. "We had game and not just for the sake of ahead of them. Atamanczuk, were both named to we'll be okay, like we were against "This is a top 20 program, so all the season tickets record as a goal, being social." The Frogs left the tournament with the Tiger Invitational's all-tourna- UTA." ^excuses to not go to a game are and we knew it could be done." three victories against Marquette, ment team. Troudt said although UTA has a gone," Florko said. "We feel we've Florko said he recognized that Danny Home Morgan State and Arkansas State, and "I could not have accomplished fairly new program, they are a tal- got something the students can the focus placed on senior LaDain- bravestcu3116@m indspring. com a loss to Missouri. The tournament any of this without my team behind ented team. She said the Mavericks' improved the team's record to 5-4. me," Atamanczuk said. current record of 1-6 isn't an indica- "We've been very close in some of This was the second all-tourna- tion of how well they play. the first couple games of the season," ment team Atamanczuk has been After the Frogs recovered from a junior setter Lindsay Hayes said. named to this season. The first was at 15-10 loss in the first game. TCU Judge rules Dodds can't be sued "Those games were really close and the Miami JustBalls.com Classic. dominated the rest of the match with Head Coach Sandy Troudt said victories in the next three games, 15- least a half dozen relevant items fortunately we all held it together By Jim Vertuno munity, the coach cannot sue Dodds Hayes and Atamanczuk, as well as 8,15-6,15-7. ASSOCIATED PRESS that had been blanked out with during the this last tournament." for doing his job as athletics director sophomore outside hitter and defen- Tuesday night was only the second white correction fluid. Hayes set a new all-time assists AUSTIN — University of Texas — whether he did it right or wrong," sive specialist Jennifer Cuca, had home match of the year and Troudt Dodds did not alter the form or di- record, tallying a total of 2,310, fol- at Austin Athletic Director DeLoss the judge ruled. good attack percentage numbers dur- said it's important for the Frogs to de- rect someone to alter it and the coach lowing the Tiger Invitational. Hayes Dodds was acting in his official ca- "DeLoss is just beside himself," ing Tuesday night's match at Daniel fend their home court. has not shown Dodds was involved was in need of 271 assists at the start pacity in the circumstances sur- said Dodds' attorney, Joe Jamail of Meyer Coliseum against Friday and Saturday the Frogs host in changing it, McCown ruled. of the season to break Annie Gant's rounding the resignation of former Houston. "When I called he was just Texas-Arlington. the TCU Invitational which will in- University officials have said an previous record of 2,289. Hayes cur- ■^baseball coach Cliff Gustafson and kind of weepy about it. Nobody likes TCU defeated UTA in four games. clude San Francisco, Tulane, Mon- audit of Gustafson's affairs, includ- rently has 2,359 assists. ^cannot be sued, a judge ruled to be accused of all the things It was the Frogs first win against the tana State, and Cal-State Fullerton. ing the existence of an outside bank "Lindsay played exceptionally," •^Wednesday. Gustafson did. Mavericks, as well as their first home All matches will be played at the account unknown to the university, assistant volleyball coach Barbara '.' Gustafson sued Dodds last year "All this was a disguise, trying to win in Daniel-Meyer Coliseum this Rickel Building. prompted the decision that he Kovacs said. "She has really proven ;Ialleging he used a falsified finan- make UT do something for him by season. The Frogs also put their should step down. to be our quarterback. She is the boss cial document to help force the trying to extort DeLoss Dodds for record over .500 in September for the Colleen Casey '•coach's resignation in 1996. something he didn't do." The internal audit revealed that out there on the court." Kovacs said last Wednesday's nose first time since 1997. cm.i asey @ student, tcu. edu ♦JJustafson sought unspecified Gustafson's attorney, Broaddus Gustafson and his son, Deron, cre- [monetary damages. Spivey, did not immediately return ated an unauthorized bank account to <■'. Dodds denied charges of wrong telephone calls seeking comment. hold nearly $285,000 from summer ► Notes and quotes .'doing and sought to dismiss the case, The lawsuit alleged Dodds baseball camp revenue. inside '■claiming any actions he took in re- showed Gustafson a falsified copy Gustafson said then he was un- Coach commends team leaders TCU will also play at noon Saturday gard to Gustafson's resignation were of the coach's financial statement aware of regulations preventing him for their play Tuesday against Montana State and at 4:30 the numbers .in his official capacity as a university about outside income from sum- from setting up his own account for Troudt said she was particularly p.m. against Cal-State Fullerton. > Tuesday's highlights -employee. Gustafson would need mer baseball camps. The one-page camp revenues. pleased with the play of four of her Atamanczuk and King tied for the I special permission from the Legisla- copy was blank except for McCown said the evidence starters during Tuesday night's game, Comeback win against UTA a team lead with 16 kills. ture to sue a state agency. Gustafson's signature. shows "at best a good-faith dis- junior outside hitter Marci King, Ata- first for the Volley Frogs Hayes added 49 more assists to her - Although Travis County Dis- Gustafson said he believed he was agreement" about the status of the manczuk, Hayes and Cuca. TCU's victory on Tuesday was its school record. She has 2,359 assists. trict Associate Judge Lora Liv- in error and chose to resign rather camp, whether it belonged to first when losing game one. The Vol- Atamanczuk led the Frogs with 19 ingston refused the dismiss the than be fired. Gustafson or the school. TCU volleyball hosts invitational ley Frogs lost game one 15-10 be- defensive digs. Cuca and King each Tease in December, District Judge The coach said that during a Jamail has said he believes The Frogs' first match of the fore the final three games against 'Scott McCown ruled in Dodds' fa- later meeting with UT officials, Gustafson filed the lawsuit because round-robin TCU Invitational will Texas-Arlington. finished with 10. The Volley Frogs also finished vvor Wednesday. he was shown the original finan- the coach wanted the university to begin at noon Friday against San with 63 kills to UTA's 47. "Under the doctrine of official im- cial statement that included at name its baseball field after him. Francisco and 7 p.m. against Tulane.

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