Twister Unleashes Fury on TCU Campus Tornado Tornado Damages Procedures Unclear Campus, Apartments
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DICAPRIO SOARS IN 'BASKETBALL DIARIES' - PAGE 6 TCU DAILY SKIFF FRIDAY, APRIL 21,1995 TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY, FORT WORTH. TEXAS 92NDYEAR, NO.105 Twister unleashes fury on TCU Campus tornado Tornado damages procedures unclear campus, apartments BY KIMBERLY WILSON BY CHRIS NEWTON TCU DAILY SKIFF TCU DAILY SKIFF Several TCU students and professors said they were In the wake of a tornado some witnesses said confused about official university instructions for tor- touched down several times around the TCU campus. nado warnings after a tornado touched down near cam- Physical Plant officials estimate between S25.000 and pus Wednesday night. S40.000 of damage was done to university property. Heather Novak, a sophomore psychology major, was Andy Kesling, associate director of the Office of taking American and Texas Government with Richard Communications, said the university had extensive Millsap, an adjunct professor in political science, at damage. 8:30 p.m. when a student interrupted class with an "The roof of the Miller Speech and Hearing Clinic announcement that the university had cancelled classes was damaged, two lights were damaged at Amon for the evening. Carter stadium and 15 to 20 trees were damaged." Novak said the civil defense warning was inaudible Kesling said. "One (tree) was completely uprooted." in the Moudy Building. Kesling said university officials were still assessing "We didn't know what was going on," Millsap said. the damage. "I gave my students the option that they could leave or Wednesday night. Skiff reporters and photographers they could stay with me." witnessed the aftermath of the storm and reported that Millsap said all of his students left, so he went home. several vehicles in the University Christian Church Millsap said he did not know the official university pro- parking lot directly behind Waits Hall were turned oser cedure on tornado warnings. and hurled around the lot. "They haven't told us." he said, "it wasn't very orga- Witnesses also reported seeing trash dumpsters that nized, because 1 was informed by other students in were blown into cars. other classes that classes were cancelled," he said. "I Campus Police did not have an estimate as to how don't know if they (the administration) even knew there many students had damage done to their property and was a class in that room." vehicles. Novak left the Moudy Building and looked across Mike Russel, assistant dean of campus life, said no the street. students were hurt in the storm. "It was raining at Robert Carr and not where we were "If anyone was hurt and needs help, please gi\e my standing." she said. office a call." Russel said. Novak said the wind was pushing on her as she ran Chris Crouch, a junior advertising public relations to Sherley Hall, where she went to the basement imme- major, said he had just left a class in the Moudy Build- diately. ing when he saw the tornado. Edd Bivin. vice chancellor for administrative ser- "It wasn't very wide."Crouch said. "It was whipping vices, said there is an official policy on tornados. The around like a snake's tail. It didn't look real; it looked university relies on the civil defense warning system to like a cartoon. It was several shades lighter than the alert people on campus that a tornado is in the area, he night sky behind it." he said. said. Bivin said he did not recall there ever being a tor- Crouch said he heard a scream over in the Univer- nado on campus before. sity Christian Church parking lot and saw two women Don Mills, vice chancellor for the Office of Student leaving their car. One woman was still inside the car Affairs, said at a meeting Thursday morning that peo- and having trouble w ith her seat belt. ple should go to the designated areas in the event of a Both of the women fled the car and eventually met tornado. up with Crouch. They all ran inside Ed Landreth Hall. "1 think people are unclear as to what they ought to Many university students and Mai) members were do." he said. sent to building ground floors or basements when tor- Kristen Norwood, a freshman nursing major, said nado sirens sounded about 8:30 p.m. she started to run home from the Moudy Building at As of early Thursday afternoon, the Fort Worth approximately 8:40 p.m. after her communications TCU Daily Skiff/ Layne Smith Weather Service had not determined whether the tor- Workers repair a light in the stadium that was blown out by Wednesday night's tor- see Policy, page 10 nado. See more storm photos on pages 4 and 5. see Storm, page 10 FBI searches for suspects Convocation speaker recounts explorations, Titanic'journey Two white males suspected in Oklahoma bombing BY JOANNA SHOEMAKER begins with a dream." Ballard said. until we come back and share it he BY SHARON COHEN was found about two blocks from the bombing scene, TCU DAILY SKIFF "The biggest dream I that 1 could said. ASSOCIATED PRESS said a police source who spoke on condition of possibly imagine was the pursuit of Ballard said what he really wanted anonymity. Robert Ballard. discoverer of the truth — that's what science is all to share with people was the moment OKLAHOMA CITY — Moving swiftly to solve A federal law enforcement official, demanding sunken Titanic, told students and fac- about." of discovery. the worst U.S. bombing in nearly 70 years, the FBI anonymity, said investigators believed the van was ulty about his experiences through a Although the explorer mentioned His dream became a reality when announced Thursday it was looking for two men sus- rented in Kansas and were checking fertilizer dealers narration and slide presentation at the his many discoveries, including the he founded the JASON Foundation, pected of renting the truck that was packed with a in that state to try to trace the purchase of common Honors Convocation Thursday. World War II Bismarck and the he said. half-ton of explosives and blown up outside the fed- chemicals used in the bomb. Ballard said imagination was the British Lusitania. he said his greatest "When 1 came back from the eral building. Dave Russell, a Ryder Truck Rental official, said only thing limiting the journeys peo- satisfaction came from sharing his Titanic expedition and received all of In London, a third man, described by U.S. officials the FBI had contacted his company about a truck ple undertake. experiences. as a possible witness in the attack, was put on a plane rented from Elliott's Body Shop in Junction City, "Every journey, big or small, "Our quest is never really over see Ballard, page 7 back to the United States for questioning. Italian offi- Kan., about 270 miles north of Oklahoma City. Rus- cials said his bags, seized in Rome, contained possi- sell said he could not comment further. ble bomb-making tools. In Washington. Attorney General Janet Reno With the death toll remaining at 36 for most of the announced a S2 million reward for information lead- Banquet to honor Greeks on campus day, rescue teams suspended the search for survivors ing to arrests in the case. so they could shore up the broken concrete and steel CNN reported that three men were arrested — two standing fraternity and sorority will of the nine-story Alfred P. Murrah Building, ripped in Dallas, one in Oklahoma City — on immigration BY CHRISTY HAWKINS tion of the groups," Barnes said. apart by a car bomb Wednesday inoming. charges and were being questioned in connection TCU DAIIY SKIFF • Awards for Most Outstanding also be given. The award is based on FBI Agent Weldon Kennedy said arrest warrants with the bombing. The men had stopped to ask an Greek Adviser and Outstanding outstanding scholarship and leader- had been issued for two white men suspected of using Oklahoma Highway Patrol officer for directions The annual Greek Awards Banquet Greek Man and Woman will be pre- ship on campus, she said. aliases to rent the truck used in the bombing. The Wednesday, and the officer was suspicious enough to sponsored by Order of Omega will be sented at the banquet, said Jennifer Barnes said a committee of fac- men's identities were not known, he said. write down their car's license plate number — which held at 6 p.m. Monday in the Student Duncan, Order of Omega's publicity ulty, staff and students decided the Investigators said the truck was rented April 17, turned out to be registered to a rental car and not the Center Ballroom. and program chairwoman for the winners of the Chancellor's Award. packed with fuel-and-fertilizer explosives and parked vehicle they were driving, the network said. The banquet will commemorate banquet. Duncan said that Stanley Kaplan outside the building, where the blast tore away half However, an official at the Immigration and Natu- the 40th anniversary of sorority and The winners of the Outstanding testing services would award a free the structure and blew a crater 8 feet deep and 30 feet ralization Service in Washington denied INS had any- fraternity presence on campus, said Greek Man and Woman awards will preparatory course such as the LSAT across in the street. Rick Barnes, director of the Office of be part of a video presentation at the or GRE to an Order of Omega mem- An axle believed to have come from the vehicle see Bombing, page 2 Fraternity and Sorority Affairs. banquet, said Duncan, a junior busi- ber. "The banquet is the one time of the ness management major.