Tcu Daily Skiff Wednesday, November 9,1994 Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas 92Nd Year, No
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COUSER IS DAYDREAMING - PAGE 4 TCU DAILY SKIFF WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9,1994 TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY, FORT WORTH, TEXAS 92ND YEAR, NO. 42 GOP captures Congress, Texas _Ho\\ TEXANS VOTED—^ George W. Bush elected governor UNITED STATES SENATOR Votes Percent LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR Richard Fisher Dem 1,200,150 38 Votes Percent BY GINGER RICHARDSON rating in pre-election polls. Kay Bailey Hutchi son Rep 1,887,520 60 Bob Bullock (i) Dem 917,286 61 TCU DAILY SKIFF "This victory tonight is a great Texas voters Pierre Blondeau Lib 32,595 1 H. J. "Tex" Lezar Rep 592,597 39 honor," nmn ATTORNEY GENERAL George W. Bush, eldest son of the Bush said go to polls in UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE Votes Percent former president, became only the during his DISTRICT 6 Dan Morales (i) Dem 1,016,905 55 droves, elect Votes Percent Don Wittig Rep 798,485 43 second Republican elected to the victory Terry Jesmore Dem 21,647 21 Vicki Flores Lib 48,550 3 Texas governor's office in 121 years speech. Republicans Joe Barton (i) Rep 79,703 77 COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS by unseating Democratic incumbent "The vote Bill Baird Lib 2,483 2 Votes Percent Ann Richards. carries an '.'- rtpMq John Sharp (i) Dem 826,849 56 awesome BY JANINE ZUNIQA DISTRICT 12 Teresa Doggett Rep 652,557 44 responsibil- ASSOCIATED PRESS Votes Percent STATE TREASURER Pete Geren (i) Dem 76,028 70 Votes Percent ity — Texas Ernest J. Anderson Jr. Rep 32,757 30 Martha Whitehead (i) Dem 724,831 49 is ready for Voters went to the polls in 72% noonmq David Hartman Rep 742,371 51 new genera- droves Tuesday encouraged by DISTRICT 24 RAILROAD COMMISSIONER Bush handily won the election, tion of lead- George W. Bush mild weather and the excite- Votes Percent Votes Percent receiving 54 percent of the vote to ership and I ment of a neck-and-neck gov- Martin Frost Dem 33,356 53 James E. "Jim" Nugent (i) Dem 694,100 48 Richards'46 percent, with half of the am ready ernor's race. Ed Harrison Rep 29,667 47 Charles R. Matthews Rep 731,657 50 precincts reporting. Libertarian can- for it." Tarrant County election SIXnptvtng Rick Draheim Lib 26,740 2 officials described voter GOVERNOR RAILROAD COMMISSIONER UNEXPIRED TERM didate Keary Ehlers had 1 percent of During her concession speech, Votes Percent Votes Percent the vote. Richards urged her followers to sup- turnout as "hectic" and likely Ann W. Richards Dem 1,465,106 46 Mary Scott Nabers Dem 655,456 45 Richards lost her first election port Bush during his term. was an increased turnout over George W. Bush Rep 1,714,530 54 Carole Keeton Rylander Rep 757,446 52 since she entered political life in past elections. With 236 of 519 Keary Ehlers Lib 20,638 1 Buster Crabb Lib 42,135 3 1976. despite a 55 percent approval see Bush, page 4 (i) - incumbent Sou ■ce: Associated Press. Data was latest available at presstime see Voters, page 4 Republicans Hutchison victorious re-elected across U.S. to Senate BY JOHN KING BY JODI WETUSKI ASSOCIATED PRESS TCU DAILY SKIFF Resurgent Republicans sought to Republican U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey take control of Congress for the first Hutchison won re-election to her first time in 40 years Tuesday, laying full six-year term Tuesday by defeating claim to the Senate and making Democratic hopeful Richard Fisher by major headway in the House. The a substantial margin. GOP captured a string of governor- ships, too, in midterm elections shaped by profound discontent with LECl Democratic rule. Hutchison, who was running her fourth campaign in 18 months, received 61 percent of the vote with 50 percent of the precincts reporting. Ann Richards fell to George W. Fisher received 38 percent of the vote Bush in Texas and Mario Cuomo lost and Libertarian candidate Pierre in New York to Republican George Blondeau got one percent. Pataki as persistent misgivings about Hutchison, in her acceptance speech, President Clinton propelled a Repub- said she would return to Washington lican resurgence just two years after and fight for a balanced budget amend- voters put him in the White House. ment, tax breaks for homemakers, A projection by Voter News Ser- fewer regulations for small business vice, based on voter surveys and owners, term limitations and a strong returns from key precincts, said national defense. Republicans had better than 90 per- Hutchison's victory prolonged the cent odds of capturing the House. TCU Daily Skiff/Tina Fitzgerald GOP domination of both Texas Senate Voters at University Christian Church choose who they want as their next Texas federal and state representatives as they see Roundup, page 4 exercise their right to vote Tuesday. see Senate, page 3 Day focuses on human rights Student reps table voting bill House to review approval-win system, to vote next week BY DAVID JIMENEZ The event begins at 10 a.m. with vice from 9 to 9:30 p.m. for human TCU DAILY SKIFF a video and an information table on rights in front of Frog Fountain. human rights in the Student Center The evening will end with a let- "This is one of the most important ter writing party from 10 p.m.-mid- BY JENNIFER HOLMES The goal of the TCU chapter of Lounge. This will last until 3 p.m. TCU DAILY SKIFF issues that I've ever seen that's gone Amnesty International's second At noon in the Student Center night at the University Coffee Shop across here for you to vote on." said SiBUND annual Human Rights day today Lounge, there will be a Human on University Drive. A bill that would change future Scott McLinden.- House president, will be to educate the campus about Rights Fine Arts Performance Secretary/Treasurer Stephanie student elections from a majority- during the meeting. "It's a measure human rights. which will include a modern dance Atkins said the letter writing gives win system to an approval-win sys- that will change the voting procedure TCU chapter president Angela performance, violin performances, students an opportunity to discover tem, has been tabled for another for years to come. To my knowledge, FF Kaufman said some students in the poetry and guitar players. the essence of human rights. Atkins week, giving members of the Student this hat never been done at TCU." United States are blind to injustices "This will give us a chance to said students will be writing letters House of Representatives time to McLinden asked everyone to lis- in other parts of the world. express human rights in a different to governments all over the world review the bill. ten and ask questions, after which the Tell the Skiff what you think "There is so much you don't see medium." Kaufman said. to try and free those who are Bill 94-21, "A bill to amend sec- bill would be tabled for a week. about changing the structure living in the United States about the From 5 to 7 p.m., students can wrongly imprisoned. tion 3.03 of the election code of Steven W. Wheelock, who submit- of student elections. Call 921-7683 problems in other countries," Kauf- sign a petition outside the Student Amnesty bases its observances Texas Christian University by insti- ted the bill last week, said that every- man said. "People are being tor- Center to help release prisoners of on human rights on the Universal tuting approval voting," was passed time there were election run-offs. "approval voting" by using visual tured and killed just for what they human rights injustices in Africa. by the Elections & Regulations com- there was a large loss of voter repre- believe. It is very foreign to us." There will be a candlelight ser- see Amnesty, page 6 sentation. He reread the bill and then mittee last week and discussed at the see Bill, page 6 House meeting Tuesday night. explained the system of numbers in NEWS DIGEST Children die in Sarajevo Provost to return to teaching Scientists find AIDS protein Canadian abortion doctor shot Two teens charged in slayings SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) DALLAS (AP) — Southern Methodist PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Scientists say VANCOUVER. British Columbia (AP) DALLAS (AP) — Two West Dallas teen- — Sniping and shrapnel killed four people University's No. 2 administrator, provost they have discovered a protein that may acti- — A doctor who performs abortions was shot agers have been charged with capital murder and wounded seven in Sarajevo on Tuesday Anya Peterson Royce, is resigning to return vate the AIDS virus in the body and cause it and wounded at his breakfast table Tuesday in the execution-style slayings of two 16- as increasing violence on battlefields around to teaching. Royce, who also served as vice to develop into AIDS. by a sniper who fired through a sliding glass year-old cousins. Antonio Saenz and Elpido the country spread to the besieged capital. president of academic affairs, said she could- The discovery by University of Pennsyl- door, police said. Estrada, both 17, were detained Tuesday in The dead included three children, hospital n't comment on whether her resignation had vania scientists could lead to treatments that Dr. Garson Romalis managed to dial 911 lieu of $500,000 bond each in the deaths of officials said. Five children were wounded in been requested. might enable infected people to put the and was taken to Vancouver Hospital, where Ralph Bustos of Lancaster and Thomas Bus- the fighting, the heaviest in central Sarajevo Her resignation leaves the university with human immunodeficiency virus on hold he was listed in stable condition after losing tos of Dallas, whose bodies were found near in nearly six weeks.