Married co-pastors Page Sacrificing integrity fege3 Frogs lose momentum page 4 TCU DAILY SKIFF Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX Tuesday, October 6, 1987 85th Year, No. 24 Students react to release of county jail inmates mited to people in jail for more than prisoners on the bail-on-credit prog- but jail administrator Bill Broome By Shawn Scott 14 davs with a face bond value of ram, he said. said this won't solve the problem. Slaff Writer $10,000 or less. The program is 'I wouldn't walk around campus at night by my- "The way things are going, we'll speeding the release of inmates by Students aren't the only ones wor- need more space by the time the new The Texas Commission on Jail self knowing that there are people like that out speeding up court dates. ried about jail overcrowding. Jailers jail is finished," he said. Standards has given Tarrant County there.* are worried that overcrowding could two months to bring its jait population Chief Deputy Boh Stone said this cause a violent reaction from some Junior sociology major Brian Glenn down to 1.600. release offer, while limited to people Francie Steves, inmates, said one jailer who asked not said Texas needs to find alternatives to its prison system. The Tarrant County Jail at 300 W. accused of non-violent crimes, has junior radio-TV-film major to be identified for fear of losing his caused some people to worrv. Belknap St. has been at or over its job. "If we use community corrections population capacity for several He said Tarrant County inmates and other alternatives more often months. By Sept. 28 the headcount Junior radio-TV-film major Frantic then we wouldn't have an overcrowd- Senior radio-TV-film major Susan- Local bailsman Bo Jones said area are living in cramped, crowded condi- had reached 1,677. Steves said those people released will ing problem to begin with," he said. nah House, however, agreed with the bailmen are trying to solve the prob- tions. only end up in jail again lem by weighing the facts to deter- Many misdemeanor suspects have plan. County Judge Roy English said the mine how much they can charge on "Prison isn't supposed to be a hotel been released on their own personal "I wouldn't walk around campus at state limit will continue to cause a recognizance. the bond release program. hut this is tiK) much," he said. night by myself knowing that then "Since the prisoners thev are re- prisoner backup in Tarrant County A bail-on-credit plan has also been are people like that out there," she leasing are non-violent, 1 think it is a Several commercial bondsmen A new $59.5-million jail is expected until the new jail is completed or put into effect. This program is li- said. good idea," she said. have released indigent, non-violent to be completed within three years another solution can be found. It's a first: Preventive means blood drive used to combat beats goal crime on campus By Chuck Hendley them not to return to campus," Ste- Staff Writer By Yvonne Webb wart said. As Tami Potter stood in line at the Staff Writer "We don't know if the numbers are blood drive last week waiting to don- Preventive methods are now being actually increasing or if people are be- ate, her head was full of doubts that employed by Campus Police to com- coming more aware of people who she'd actually go through with it. bat increasing crime at TCU. look like they don't belong at TCU," Fifteen minutes later, however, The creation of the new Crime Pre- he said. the Band-Aid on her arm and beam- vention Committee this fall reflects "We do know that more people are ing smile on her face were proof of her the increased awareness of crime pre- calling us before it's too late for us to accomplishment. vention. do something about it." Potter, hall director for Jarvis Hall "Sometimes we get tunnel vision "More people are being caught be- and assistant chairperson for the fall when dealing with crime- crime cause people are becoming more blood drive, had been worried about doesn't just occur in the residence aware," said Connie Villela, a TCU giving at first, but afterward said that halls," Wanda Olson said. police officer. it really wasn't that bad. Olson, coordinator of residential "Nationally, library security has "I just decided that the more I living and chairperson of the Crime become a problem. At TCU, we've thought about it, the worse it would Prevention Committee, said the com- had sexual misconduct and theft of get, so I just did it," she said mittee has identified several prob- materials at the library," Stewart said. Sophomore journalism major lems on campus that can be effectfve- He said because of the open cam- Kathy Yacio was also an apprehensive ly dealt with using preventive crime pus, strangers often wander through the campus and enter buildings donor, but found out afterward that methods. freely. donating blood can be very re- At a committee meeting last Fri- day, Olson said the university will Stewart said this might be pre- warding. vented by simply making people Yacio was the "center of much hire a consultant to review problems defined by the committee. The con- aware that the campus is private prop- attention and excitement'' by being erty, or by using a monitor system in the 350th person to donate blood, be- sultant will help devise and evaluate the library similar to that currently cause 350 pints was this year's goal, crime prevention programs. being used by the Recreational Sports said Coordinator of Residential Liv- Stewart said the consultant is ex- Department. ing Wanda Olson, chairperson of the pected to help deal with crime in academic buildings, university park- Members of the committee said drive. education will be a major part of the For her accomplishment, Yacio re- ing lots, residence halls and the lib- crime prevention effort. Committee ceived a gift certificate from Hoffbrau rary. members agreed students are still Steak House, 1712 S. University Chief of Police Oscar Stewart said careless with their personal safety and Drive. university trespassing tops the list of personal property. "We were so thrilled to have problems the Crime Prevention Committee member Pam Horton, reached our goal that we wanted to Committee has discussed. floor supervisor for the University have some sort of celebration," Olson "The number of reports of prowlers Store, said she still sees people jog- said and suspicious persons on the uni- ging late at night by themselves. By collecting 357 pints by the end versity has increased this year," Ste- "We need to reinstitute the buddy of the drive on Thursday, TCU went wart said system," she said. over its goal for the first time in his- Stewart said while statistics for Other problems that will be tory, Olson said. addressed by the committee will in- That represents a 60 percent in- September have not been compiled, clude thefts, burglary and auto safety. crease over the 218 pints collected in August figures show increases in the number of suspicious or unauthorized "We've sectorized our patrol, and last spring's drive. we can now patrol several areas at Olson said this was due to the excel- people Campus Police either arrested once," Stewart said. lent participation of faculty, staff and or made contact with on campus. But the major problem with vehi- students, Stewart said exact causes for the cles has been student carelessness. increase are not known. "We were really pleased with the Villela said students are leaving their student turnout this year, and many "Most of these (the trespassers) keys and purses in the front seat of of the student organizations did a were sent criminal letters asking their cars. great job getting their members in- volved,' she said. Thursday's turnout was so great that Carter Blood Center workers had SMU won't get to stay until 8 p.m. instead of 7 p.m as scheduled, Olson said. Jarvis Hall and Alpha Phi sororitv its day in court were the two organizations that don- ated the largest amount of blood and WASHINGTON (AP)-The Sup- WEAA-TV. The Dallas Morning will be the recipients of a pizza parts reme Court ruled Monday that News" and the "DallasTimes Herald" in appreciation of their involvement Southern Methodist University can- later joined the suit. in the drive. not take part in a lawsuit seeking The court, without comment, re- Other awards given as door prizes NCAA records of its investigation into fused to let SM U intervene as a defen- were from Hiverpark Grill, Frankel the recruiting scandal that eventually dant with the National Collegiate burgers and Mama's Pizza cost SMU its football program. Athletic Association and the SWC in their effort to keep certain records Olson said winners of the contest The suit was filed in 1985 against from the news media. The university were decided by the number of peo- the NCAA and the Southwest Confer- had sought to make its own arguments ple donating blood and working at the The Kally F.nds - TCU wide receiver Jarrod Delaney shows his disappointment after Arkansas ence by Belo Broadcasting Corp. and why the records should l>e kept pri- drive. Two points were given for its reporter, Carole Kneeland of vate. donating blood and one point for intercepts a pass during a TCU drive at the end of the fourth quarter working at the drive.