IS CRIME ON CAMPUS GETTING WORSE? - PERSPECTIVE, PAGE 6 TCU DAILY SKIFF THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1,1994 TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY, FORT WORTH, TEXAS 92ND YEAR, NO. 5* Santa visits for an evening For sale: spots in the cosmos BY SARAH WELLONS ROTC. Phi Upsilon Omicron mem- sor of design and fashion. TCU DAILY SKIFF bers, dressed as elves, will partici- They will be exposed to various BY MARLENE WALLACE cate inscribed with his or her name The registry also offers certificate pate in the festivities as well. Each aspects of TCU as well, she said. TCU DAILY SKIFF and the date of registration, sky framing for S40 extra. About 250 disadvantaged children child will receive a gift from Santa, "We hope to expose a lot of differ- charts and telescope coordinates to Elaine Stolpe, vice president of from Tarrant County will receive specifically chosen according to the ent children to TCU, to show them What kind of gift do you give that help locate the star and a booklet marketing at the International Star gifts at "An Evening with Santa" at child's age and gender. that it's not something distant from person on your holiday shopping list written by James Rickert, a member Registry Headquarters in lngleside. 6:30 p.m. Dec. 2 in the Rickel build- Also attending will be former them, and it's appropriate tor them to who seems to have everything under of the International Astronomical 111., said that although the registry is ing. Texas Rangers baseball pitcher aspire," Fortenberry said. the sun? Here's a far-out idea: Union, that contains information open year-round. Christmas is the The event is sponsored by Phi Nolan Ryan and his sons Reid and The children participating in "An How about a star? about the International Star Registry company's busiest season. It has Upsilon Omicron, TCU's design and Reese. TCU's baseball team will also Evening with Santa" come from the For a fee, the International Star and astronomy in general. filled about 2,000 orders already. fashion national honor society, and be available to personally autograph community centers of Bethlehem, Registry can designate an actual star The cost to register a star is S45 Stolpe said stars can be regis- the United Centers of Tarrant baseballs for the children. Polytechnic, Maddox and Wesley. with a person's name. plus $5 shipping and handling tered for birthdays, weddings, County. All faculty and staff are The purpose of the program is to Bringing underprivileged children The recipient will receive a 12- charges. Star names can contain up invited to attend. give children more than gifts, said to TCU also develops leadership for inch by 16-inch parchment certifi- to 35 characters including spaces. see Star, page 3 Santa Claus will be on hand, Sally Fortenberry, the organization's escorted by uniformed members of faculty advisor and assistam profes- tee Evening, page 8 10 immigrant news reporters Coming soon to a TV near you slain since '81 Cable TV delayed again,

BY KIM MILLS ASSOCIATED PRESS service to begin in spring

WASHINGTON — Ten immigrant bigger corporation. TCU administra- journalists have been murdered in the BY NATALIE GARDNER TCU DAILY SKIFF tion is now looking at different com- United States since 1981 for covering panies to provide cable TV service to news that disturbed political factions Students will not get the luxury of individual dorm rooms, but have yet from their native countries, according having cable television in the dormi- to find a specific company, he said. to a report released Wednesday by a tory lobbies until next semester, said The administration is in the private group. Roger Fisher, director of residential process of discussing cable TV solu- services. tions with two to three different com- NATION Sammons Cable Co., the company panies. After Christmas, some of laying cable for service to dormitory these companies will be invited to The deaths noted by the Committee lobbies, will not provide service to come and make presentations to the to Protect Journalists: five Vietnamese individual dormitory rooms. administration. newspaper and magazine journalists; Sammons is currently trying to lay The administration hopes to sign a three Haitian radio hosts who sup- cable wire across the campus to hook contract with a company that will ported President Jean-Bertrand Aris- up each residence hall to the cable provide students with access to tide; a Chinese-American reporter in vision service. Fisher said. phone service, cable TV service and California; and a Cuban-American Sammons is having problems computer networking service all publisher in New York. hooking the cable from one side of through a single outlet in each room. Of those cases, only two have been Stadium Drive to the other side of the Fisher said. solved, mostly because of pressure street. Currently, the company work- "Instead of running four or five from the ethnic communities where ing on digging a hole under Stadium different cables, which is ludicrous," they worked, according to the report, Drive 1o correct the problem. he said, "we are trying to get it all in "Silenced: The Unsolved Murders of "They are having a terrible time one super cable that will handle Immigrant Journalists in the United doing it because the university is everything at one time." States." built on rock." Fisher said. "If they Running a single cable around the "The purpose of this report here is can't bore a hole underneath Stadium campus is an expensive endeavor not to consider these unresolved cases to run the cable, they are going to that the TCU administration does not closed but to underline that they have to get permission from the city want to pay for. Fisher said. The remain open," William Orme, the to cut the street so they can put cable administration hopes to find a com- committee's executive director, said at underneath the street." pany that will install the fiber-optic a news conference. Sammons is reluctant to go this cable at a reduced rate or free of He released a letter to Attorney route because going through the city charge, in return for obtaining rights General Janet Reno asking her to cre- is expensive and time consuming, he to providing telephone or cable ser- ate a national task force, led by the said. vice to TCU students. FBI, to try to solve the murders. The "They are working on it right "We are trying to do this instead of letter, signed by more than 25 human now," Fisher said. "1 drove by there coming up with hundreds of thou- rights and journalism groups, asks the today (Wednesday), and they were sands of dollars on our own to cable FBI to coordinate efforts with local standing there looking at the street, the campus, which obviously means and state authorities where the mur- TCU Daily Skiff/ Blake Sims scratching their heads, trying to fig- charging students because that's ders occurred. Band member Tony Storer, a senior music education major, shouts his support of the ure out what to do next." where the money would have to The committee began investigating Sammons has agreed to provide come from," he said. journalists' death in the United States Frogs at the men's basketball game Wednesday night. TCU beat Midwestern State only temporary cable TV service after the killing in 1992 of Manuel de 119-78. because the company is selling to a sec Cable, page 8 Dios Unanue, a free-lance journalist and author and former editor in chief of El Diario-La Prensa, a New York- based Spanish-language daily. World War II vets to be honored De Dios, 48, was assassinated by a Politics' crazy couple hitman allegedly hired by Colombia's "At first it was almost too compli- Cali cocaine cartel to stop his report- BY THOMAS MANNING we just wanted to sit down and be able ing on the drug trade. The killer, Wil- TCU DAILY SKIFF to share experiences with one cated," he said. "Many of the first nins son Alejandro Mejia-Velez, was another," Denew said of his first meet- ended with crashes. But later it was to speak in Fort Worth sentenced last March to life without In January of 1991, three World War ing with fellow Marauder veterans modified and the bomber was flown parole. II veterans living in the Dallas/Fort Rodney Van Sweden and John by veteran pilots in the Battle of Mid- Orme said that as a result of that Worth metroplex got together for McClung. "We had such a wonderful way. And all the reports that kept com- BY LAYNE SMITH came in 1992 when they fell in case, the committee began receiving lunch to share stories and remember time, we wanted to see if there were ing out were saying what success the TCU DAILY SKIFF love during the presidential cam- calls from reporters seeking back- old times. more of us around the area. plane was having. It was really a won- paign. ground on other journalists killed in Nearly four years later, the "Since then the club has grown, and derful creation." The most exciting pillow talk Carville, who served as Bill the United States. The committee "Marauder Men of the Metroplex," we've gotten to meet some very inter- The 70 members of the "Marauder in the country can be heard com- Clinton's chief campaign strate- compiles an annual report on attacks which has grown to 70 members, will esting people and share the times we Men of the Metroplex" have expanded ing through the bedroom door of gist, spent nearly every day of the on the press abroad but had never done be honored by TCU's Air Force ROTC had, he said." their goals from limply getting Mary Matalin, Republican strate- 1992 campaign trying to make the similar research in the United States, in a commemoration program at 5 p.m. The Martin B-26 Marauder was a together regularly, to sharing their gist for the 1992 presidential cam- other side — and his future wile he said. today in Sid Richardson Lecture Hall highly advanced bomber designed by experiences with middle school, high paign, and James Carville. the — miserable. But Matalin. the "It seemed that no one had ever 3. Payton McGruder before the start of school and college age students. Democratic strategist for the political director of George actually gone through the work of John Denew, an original club mem- World War II. When the United States The meetings the group has had same campaign. Bush's campaign, was busy doing compiling a detailed list"of journalists ber, said the men in the group all have entered the war in 1939, the Army with students have been overwhelm- On Dec. 4, the city of Fort much the same thing. killed in the United States, he said. two things in common: they were ordered several hundred of the spe- ingly positive. Denew said. Worth can hear the couple tell of The couple have regained the Ana Arana, the committee's coordi- assigned to the Martin B-26 Marauder cialized planes. "We have appeared before more love and war in American poli- limelight with their new book nator for the Americas, began the bomber in the war, and they live in the Denew said the Martin B-26 than 3,000 students, and we have a tics. Metroplex. Marauder was an air weapon that was The couple's claim to fame see Couple, page 8 sec Slayings, page 8 "When we originally got together, far ahead of its time. see Vets, page 8

NEWS DIGEST Italian cruise ship burns Democrats keep House leader Jim Bakker to be freed Minister doesn't ask for mercy Obesity gene in mice discovered

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The Achille WASHINGTON (AP) — Cast into the CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Evangelist PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — A former min- NEW YORK (AP) - After a 40-year Lauro's history of misfortune ended in minority for the first time in 40 years, House Jim Bakker becomes a free man Thursday ister who killed an abortion doctor and his search, scientists have found a gene for obe- flames Wednesday on the Indian Ocean, Democrats re-elected Rep. Richard after nearly five years of incarceration in bodyguard declined to ask a judge to spare him sity in mice and a likely counterpart in where nearly 1,000 passengers and crew fled Gephardt (Mo.) as their leader on Wednes- prison, a halfway house and finally at homo lor the death penalty, saying he wanted protection humans. in lifeboats as the listing cruise ship burned. day, brushing aside conservative pressure for stealing millions of dollars from his followers. for unborn children instead. The mouse gene appears to let fat cells tell At least one death was reported. The ship a post-election shake-up. Bakker, 54, went to prison in 1989 for The 12-member jury that convicted Paul the brain how obese the animal is, so that the burned into the night off the coast of Somalia. "Our mission is to represent workers, mid- defrauding thousands of followers who sent Hill of murder last month recommended Cir- mouse will adjust its feeding and activity to The Achille Lauro gained notoriety when dle-income families, the poor families of our him at least $1,000 each for his Heritage cuit Judge Frank Bell sentence him to death. keep its weight steady. Palestinian hijackers killed an American pas- country," Gephardt told reporters. "I also look USA theme park. He promised them three The final decision rests with Bell. That system goes awry when the gene is senger in 1985. But its troubled past includes forward to winning the House back in 1996." free days in the park every year for the rest "Your honor, the issues connected with my flawed. Mice lacking a normal version of the the death of an Italian fisherman whose boat Gephardt, 53, easily defeated Rep. Char- of their lives, but the hotels could not accom- life or death should be eclipsed by considera- gene get so fat they weigh three times more was rammed in 1971 and two passengers lie Rose of North Carolina, 150-58, to keep modate the number of guests Bakker said tion of our unborn neighbors who are being put than their siblings, said researcher Dr. Jeffrey who drowned trying to escape a 1981 fire. the post he's held since 1989. they could. to death while we speak," Hill told the judge. Friedman. PAGE TWO PAGE 2 TCU DAILY SKIFF THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1,1994

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Freshman crowned 'Miss Dallas Local music groups

BY MARK MOURER for her fam- her in a pageant in Smackover, Ark., tion to exercising regularly and eat- TCU DAILY SKIFF ily to a town of about 2,500, at the age of ing well, a contestant must be to perform Messiah attend, 2. She continued to compete after her involved in community work and TCU freshman Brooke Bigelow Bigelow family moved to Kilgore when she research a subject that will become found a new and exciting way to said. was 6. the basis for her pageant platform. BY SUSAN HOPPER I'll believe that it's 'people music.' spend Thanksgiving break. "It was When she was 13, Bigelow won Bigelow's platform involves the TCU DAILY SKIFF It's not for me to say that a kind of While most students were watch- just a coin- the inaugural Miss Teen Texas dangers of second-hand smoke. The music is right or wrong; let the time ing football, braving the shopping cidence that pageant. platform is a major part of the inter- Two renowned Fort Worth music over which the music is listened to malls or making turkey sandwiches, the pageant Bigelow became eligible to com- viewing process during pageants, assemblies will join at 8 p.m. Dec. be the judge." Bigelow was winning the annual was held pete in the Miss Texas Pageant when she said. A panel of judges will ques- 6 in the Ed Landreth auditorium to Messiah has been popular with Miss Dallas Pageant. over Brooke Bigelow she was a senior in high school. Last tion her about the research she has perform pieces from George Frid- crowds since its first performance She was crowned over 15 other Thanksgiv- year, after winning the Miss Bowie done, she said. eric Handel's oratorio Messiah. on April 13, 1742. A Dublin, Ire- girls who were competing for the ing," County pageant, she finished sev- Bigelow has a personal interest in The Southwestern Baptist Theo- land, reviewer heard the perfor- chance to go to the Miss Texas Bigelow said, "but it was better that enth out of 64 in her first Miss Texas the effects of second-hand smoke. logical Seminary Oratorio Chorus mance and called it "the finest pageant. way because my family, my Pageant. Her mother is deathly allergic to and the Fort Worth Chamber composition of music that was ever The local pageants leading to the boyfriend and his family were all Bigelow will now compete in her exhaled cigarette smoke, she said. Orchestra will present the concert heard." Miss Texas pageant are generally able to be there." second Miss Texas pageant, which Exposure to second-hand smoke under the direction of David Keith, Charles Jennens, who adapted held any time from October through Bigelow is not unfamiliar with will be held next July. causes an allergic reaction in her conductor of the Oratorio Chorus. the Biblical text into an English January, and holding the event on a pageant competitions. She began Preparing for pageant work is far This year marks the 74th time that libretto for Handel to set to music, holiday made it more convenient competing when her mother entered from simple, Bigelow said. In addi- tee Bigelow, page 4 the Oratorio Choms has performed was onginally disappointed with Messiah for the Christmas season. the outcome. Jennens took particu- "We never tire of good music," lar offense to the fact that Handel Keith said. wrote the score to Messiah in 22 A popular misconception exists days. 1995 Panhellenic, IFC officers selected that the Messiah is solely Christmas "I shall put no more Sacred music, Keith said. In fact, the piece Words into his hands to be thus is divided into three parts, only the Conner, a abus'd." Jennens wrote to a friend BY CHRISTI GIFFORD elected offi- Swoboda will represent TCU's 29 first of which is concerned with the in 1742. sophomore cers basi- TCU DAILY SKIFF percent fraternity population. birth of Jesus Christ. The oratorio is But, Lott notes, even Jennens psychology cally The two presidents said they are music for all seasons, he said. had to admit finally that Handel had Panhellenic and Interfraternity major and disaffiliate excited about working together for "The music and the story are a masterpiece in Messiah. A later Council officers were elected in member of with their common Greek goals. timeless," Keith said. "It is true letter from the lyricist said that November for 1995. Kappa respective "I wasn't aware of how much IFC people music." Handel's treatment would make New Panhellenic president is junior Alpha chapters and and Panhellenic can work together." The second part of Messiah any libretto "sacred." Traci Twardowski, an accounting Theta. Chief become rep- Twardowski said. details Christ's death and resurrec- Such opinions of Messiah major and member of the Delta Delta Justice is resentatives 9 The election process requires the tion, and the third is a "thanksgiv- endure to modem times. Keith said. Delta sorority. New IFC president is Missy for all the candidates to fill out applications and ing for the Christian triumph over "Why would one want to fill sophomore Brandon Swoboda, a Evans, a Traci Greek give speeches. Panhellenic and IFC death," according to concert pro- their ears with mediocrity when speech communications major and junior Eng- women and Brandon chapter delegates give the information gram notes written by R. Allen Lott, they could be filled with great- member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity. lish major Twardowski Swoboda men. to their respective chapters. Each chap- the Seminary's associate professor ness?" he said. Other Panhellenic members elected and Kappa Twar- ter gets one vote for each office. of music history. All lyrics to the The true greatness in Messiah are the following: Vice president for Alpha Theta member. dowski is the representative of the 38 Panhellenic requires a 2.75 cumula- oratorio were adapted from Biblical comes from the fact that it is never management is Courtney Watkins, a New IFC Vice President is Matt percent of sorority women on campus. tive grade point average to be an offi- text. just an old concert. Keith added. junior business major and member of Brennan. a junior psychology major Kirst said. cer. The officers voted to raise it above Pieces from the first part of Mes- "There's always something new Kappa Alpha Theta. Secretary is Gina and Sigma Alpha Epsilon member; "The Greek image has taken a few the university's average 2.5 require- siah are often perfonned with the to be found in great music," he said. Blackstone. a junior fashion promotion Secretary is Dan Moe, a junior Eng- hits in the past, especially for the past ment because Panhellenic has histori- "Hallelujah Choms" from the third The Southwestern Baptist Theo- major and an Alpha Chi Omega mem- lish major and Kappa Sigma member; two years since I've been here," cally held a higher GPA, and the portion during the Christmas sea- logical Seminary Oratorio Cho- ber. Treasurer is Meredith Fraker, a Treasurer is Chris Schulz, a senior Twardowski said. As president, she officers wanted to reflect that. Kirst son. rus/Fort Worth Chamber Orchestra junior business major and member of environmental science major and wants to promote interest and publish said. "The scripture passages primar- performance of Messiah is free to Kappa Alpha Theta. Vice President for member of Phi Gamma Delta; Rush more positive aspects of Greek life, Presidential candidates must serve a ily reflect on Christ's role in salva- TCU students, faculty and staff Rush is Kellie Thompson, a junior Chairman is Judd Lemming, a junior she said. year as a Panhellenic officer, chapter tion," Lon said. with ID. finance and real estate major and mem- business major and Phi Kappa Sigma She said the new Panhellenic offi- delegate or executive officer for their Keith defined "people music" as Tickets for the public are S15 for ber of Kappa Kappa Gamma. Director member; and Scholarship Chairman cers are a diverse group which will chapter. "that which has endured with gen- floor seats (all balcony seats are of Scholarship is Tory Marpe, a sopho- is Kevin Worley. a sophomore pre- work well together. The chief justices for Panhellenic erations." as Messiah has. he said. sold out). For public ticket infor- more pre-major and Alpha Delta Pi major and Phi Gamma Delta member. IFC President Swoboda said his and IFC are recommended by the "It doesn't mean a new tune on mation, call the Fort Worth Sym- member. Kristen Kirst, assistant director for most important goal will be to amend the top 20 list." Keith said. "If Garth phony Orchestra Association ticket Director of Service is Rebecca fraternity and sorority affairs, said the the IFC's constitution. SIT Officers, page 4 Brooks is being listened to in 2094, office at 926-8831.

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Study abroad widens horizons New tunes for Christmas concert

BY DAVID JIMENEZ It is almosi essential that students addition to one radio-TV-film class. TCU DAILY SKIFF study in foreign countries. Babbili Babbili, Larry D. Lauer, vice BY JODI WETUSKI said he does not like to do the same The pieces should be powerful, said. chancellor for communications and TCU DAILY SKIFF program every year. with about 200 performers on the The TCU Office of Summer Pro- "Study abroad for Americans is no public affairs, Doug Newsom, pro- "It limits the exposure of both stage, he said. grams will be sponsoring an infor- longer a 'neat' thing to do," he said fessor of journalism; Jack Raskopf, TCU's Choral Union and Sym- the orchestra and the choir to the A wide range of periods will be mational meeting from 5 to 6 p m in "It has become a necessity. Future associate professor of journalism; phony Orchestra will break away literatures," Shirey said. represented by the music selec- Student Center Room 216 on the employers want to see if you have and David Whillock, assistant pro- from the usual Christmas fare in Students will learn more from tions, Shirey said. "Regina Coeli" TCU-tn-London residential pro- studied cultures other than your fessor of radio-TV-film, will be their concert at 7:30 p.m. Sunday performing the different pieces, he was written in 1771, "Schicksal- gram own." leaching the program's classes. in Ed Landreth Auditorium. said. slied" in the 1860s and "Gloria" in The program gives TCU students In London, students will take TCU is the only university in the The concert will feature "In the four years they have 1959, he said. the opportunity to study in London classes taught by TCU journalism country to offer a study abroad pro- "Regina Coeli" by Mozart, here, we feel our students need to Shirey will conduct "Gloria"; from June 2 to July J, 1995 Students and radio-TV-film professors. In gram with such a communications "Schicksalslied" by Brahms and learn as much of the orchestral and Kurt Sprenger, director of orches- will stay at Regent's College in Lon- addition, foreign specialists will help tocus, Babbili said. "Gloria" by Poulenc, said Ronald choral literature they can," he said. tral studies, will direct "Schicksal- don. with classes and take students on The TCU-in-London program Shirey, director of choral studies. "Gloria" and "Regina Coeli" are slied"; and Kenneth Raessler, Anantha Babbili, associate profes- field trips. givel students an opportunity to The Choral Union and Sym- actually more appropriate for chairman of the music department, sor of journalism and chairman of the Babbili said this is the first time enjoy other cultures, he said. phony Orchestra used to perform Christmas than the "Messiah," will be the guest conductor for the department said this will be the fifth TCU has offered the program with a "It provides a good chance to go to Handel's "Messiah" at this time of Shirey said. The "Messiah" was "Regina Coeli," Shirey said. summer TCU will send students to communications focus I le said there Europe and come back with a differ- the year. Although that program written as an opera for the Lenten The concert should last less than London will be two journalism classes in ent perspective," he said. always draws a big crowd, Shirey season, he said. an hour, he said. Admission is free.

Postage costs to jump in new year Snubbed U.N. warns of pullout

BY RANDOLPH SCHMID year and S1.7 billion the year before. Direct Marketing Association, said ASSOCIATED PRESS "The Postal Service clearly estab- higher rates for advertising mail will BY SRECKO LATAL sions, U.N. peacekeepers are being the plan. He said the government has lished its need for additional rev- require businesses to look to other ASSOCIATED PRESS held hostage and the Western alliance proposed a three-month cease-fire, WASHINGTON The cost of enues." (ileiman said. ways of delivering their message, is divided about how to respond. but the Serbs want something more mailing a letter is going up after the The increase is expected to cost causing a drop in mail volume and SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegov- A decision to withdraw the 24.000 permanent. holiday! from 29 cents to 32. the typical household an extra 60 to hurting the Postal Service. ina — Snubbed by Serbs and unable peacekeepers would come from the Bosnian Serb leader Radovan 75 cents per month. The Postal Service's request, sent to arrange a cease-fire, U.N. Secre- Security Council, where there is Karadzic refused even to meet NATION The matter now goes back to the ui the commission in March, urged tary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali "absolutely no evidence" of support Boutros-Ghali. The U.N. chief said post office's governing board, which what amounted to a 10.3 percent rate said Wednesday it may be time to for a withdrawal, said Colin Keating, Karadzic "has done his people a great I he independent Postal Rate is expected to hold a special meeting increase lor all types of mail. send peacekeepers home. New Zealand's U.N. ambassador. disservice." Commission approved the Postal in December to set a date for the The commission held the increase French Ambassador Jean-Bernard The Bosnian Serbs wouldn't mind Sen ice request for the January increase perhaps as early as Jan. I. to X.9 percent for a first-class stamp WORLD Merimee said "there is no question" of seeing the United Nations leave increase on Wednesday. The governors could reject the by setting a 20-cenl post card rate a withdrawal, "but if the situation con- Bosnia, believing it would allow But the commission turned commission decision and ask it to instead of the 21-cent proposed by Unless the Bosnian Serbs and tinues to deteriorate, it will be more them to force the government to set- tbumbt down on a plan to raise reconsider. That is unlikely, how- the post office and sticking with the Muslim-led government agree to talk difficult to keep the troops there." tle on Serb terms. nearly all postage rates by the same ever, since the ruling has few major current 23-cent pnee for each extra peace and cooperate with the United More than 200,000 are dead or Boutros-Ghali's visit followed percentage instead setting larger differences from the Postal Sen. ice's ounce of a first-class item. The post Nations, "it will become impossible" missing in the 31-month conflict admissions from top U.S. and NATO increases for mailing printed matter, request and the agency urgently office had wanted the extra ounces to to persuade the Security Council to launched by Serbs who rebelled officials that they can't force a solu- advertising and parcels and holding needs additional income. cost a quarter each. keep peacekeepers in Bosnia, he said against a Muslim-Croat vote to tion to the conflict without a huge down the increase for heavier first- Art Sacklerofthe Mailer's Coun- To make up the difference, the after a six-hour visit to Sarajevo. declare independence from Serb-led ground force no one is willing to pro- class items. cil, a coalition of large mailing orga- commission proposed increases of But he said he will not recommend Yugoslavia. vide. The package is expected to bring nizations that had spearheaded the 14 percent lor second-class items a pullout "for the time being." Serbs have rejected a peace plan The impact of air strikes is ques- the Postal Service S4.7 billion in original rate proposal, said that plan such as magazines and newspapers Boutros-Ghali's remarks were the that would reduce their holdings in tionable. Three NATO air strikes last added income in 1995. said Rate would have been preferable but and third-class advertising mail. Par- first time he has threatened a with- Bosnia to 49 percent from about 70 week on the Udbina airfield and Serb Commission Chairman Hdward J. Characterized the decision as "nei- cel Post would jump IX percent and drawal. They reflect a growing frus- percent. positions near the Bihac safe haven (ileiman. The post office lost Si ther great nor terrible." the special library rate would be tration as the Serbs continue their Bosnian President Alija Izetbe- zone prompted the Serbs to take billion in the just-completed fiscal But Jonah GttlitZ, president of the increased a whopping 70 percent. assault on Bihac, the Muslim-led govic told Boutros-Ghali that Bosnia government refuses new conces- would negotiate only if Serbs accept see Pullout, page 8

Bigelow/from page 3 Officers/from page 3

mother's vocal chords, making them think it's important for them to Miss America." Bigelow said. "I can nity to succeed is at this point in her Greek judicial board. The candidates must have been on both sides of the swell to the point of suffocation. become educated about possible remember watching pageants when 1 life. have to serve for one year on the judi- rush process, she said. They must have "I remember my mother needing dangers." was loo young to stay awake all the "I've realized that now I'm at the cial board before being recom- participated as a rushee and in their to be rushed to the hospital once Bigelow, a pre-med major, said way through. My mother would have age where 1 can compete," Bigelow mended. chapter during rush. The rush chair- when we just walked out from although her pageant competition to wake me up when the winners said. Assistant rush chairwoman is a woman must have also been a rush church and someone was smoking a keeps her busy, her number one pri- were announced." Regardless of where she finishes position that was created this year to counselor. cigarette,'' Bigelow said. ority is school. She will be classified Bigelow said the Miss America in upcoming pageants, Bigelow said maintain consistency of women's IFC requires a 2.5 GPA for officers. "I think because of her allergic as a sophomore next semester and pageant allows competition for she has enjoyed the personal growth rush, Kirst said. The rush position is This year, IFC required applications reaction, I have had an increased hopes to one day be an anesthesiolo- women between 18 and 24 years of and development that comes from time-consuming, she said. and emphasized the importance of awareness of the dangers of second- gist, but first plans to pursue a Miss age Pageant work has not always competing. Her platform research "The goal of assistant rush is to speeches. hand smoke." Bigelow said. "Not America crown. been her most important priority, she and community service have made move into the rush chair," Kirst said. "There have been some really good many people know about it and I "I've always had a dream of being said. However, her greatest opportu- her learn a lot abodt herself, she said. Rush and assistant rush chairwomen changes for the men," Kirst said.

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BY DAVID JIMENEZ to the Horned Frogs in the first half. "Kurt had a nice game." Tubbs TCU DAILY SKIFF TCU only led 20-18 with 13:41 left said. "He did a good job of control- GAME WRAP UP in the first half. ling himself on the court. If we get 35 TCU 119, Midwesten State 78 So far, so good for the TCU men's "We were breaking down defen- minutes a game from him there is no basketball team. sively," Tubbs said. "They were get- telling what he could do offen- TCU (l-O)-Thoele 3-6 1-1 6, Davis 5- ting open three's because our guards sively." 6 6-6 16, Thomas 12-17 3-7 27, Turner lost man on the trap." Freshman guard James Penny 4-9 2-2 10, Bragg 5-10 0-0 11, Jacobs 4- MEN'S BASKETBALL 8 0-0 10, Foreman 0-1 0-0 0, Penny 8- However, the Horned Frogs went scored 17 points off the bench for 14 0-0 17, Gaslon 0-1 1-2 1, Waits 2-3 The Horned Frogs (1-0) opened on to score the next 16 points and TCU. Freshman forward Dennis 0-0 4, Richards 6-8 3-4 15 Totals 49-83 the regular season with a 119-78 vic- take a 36-18 lead on senior center Davis added 16 points and eight 16-22 119.. tory over the Midwestern State Indi- Kurt Thomas' putback with 8:04 left rebounds while freshman forward Midwestern State (0-1) - Brown 2-17 ans (2-4) Wednesday in front of in the first half. 1-2 7, Bragg 2-7 0-0 5, Hay 10-17 5-8 Chris Richards had 15 points and 25, Ringo 3-7 1-2 8, Perry 4-11 0-0 10, 3,408 at Daniel-Meyer Coliseum. TCU continued its run as they took seven rebounds. Henke 1-2 2-2 5, Foley 2-6 1-2 5, Head coach Billy Tubbs picked up a 61-35 lead into the lockerroom at Sophomore point guard Jeff Hightower 3-5 0-17, Washington 3-6 0-0 his first victory at TCU. halftime. Jacobs, who started every game for 6, Mcllhaney 0-0 0-0 0, Totals 30-78 10- The Horned Frogs broke a school- The Horned Frogs came out and the Horned Frogs in 1993-94, came 17, 79. record by scoring 119 points in a Halftime - TCU 61, MSU 35 3-polnt scored the first 10 points of the sec- off the bench for the first time in his goals -TCU 5-14 (Thoele 1-4, Turner 0- game. ond half to take a 71-35 lead with 17 career. 1, Bragg 1-3, Jacobs 2-4, Penny 1-2), "I thought the school record would minutes left in the game. "We juggled the lineup so we MSU 8-24 (Brown 2-8, Bragg 1-1, Ringo be around 165 points," Tubbs said. Thomas led TCU with 27 points wouldn't drop off," Tubbs said 1-2, Perry 2-9, Henke 1-2. Hightower 1- "This one won't last long." and 18 rebounds in only 23 minutes 2. Fouled out - none. Rebounds - "We're a better ballclub with him TCU 56 (Thomas 18). MSU 35 (Brown TCU also broke the school record of playing time. Thomas got into foul (Jacobs) off the bench." 7). Assists - TCU 39 (Jacobs 13), MSU for points in a half with 61 in the first trouble in the second half when he Despite the victory, Tubbs said the 21 (Henke 4). Totals fouls - TCU 18. half. picked up his fourth personal with 16 Horned Frogs still needed improve- MSU 20. Technicals - TCU (Thomas) The Indians were able to stay close minutes left in the game. ment. A-3,408. Sullivan's new success worth a last laugh

TCU as good as its numbers indicated. his team sing the alma mater after going to pay off. head foot- So when Wacker abandoned ship games, a TCU tradition under In the offseason after 1993, ball coach and left for the University of Min- Wacker. defensive coordinator Reggie Her- Pat Sullivan nesota at the end of the 1991 sea- And yet despite the miserable ring up and left for Clemson. Her- son, things were looking bleak. And 1992 season, Sullivan continuously ring, who had turned the Frog is having in stepped Sullivan. stressed that TCU was going to defense into one of the SWC's best. the last The rookie coach probably didn't become a solid football team. And was a fiery coach. And when he laugh. have any idea what he was in for his everybody laughed. After all. this left, it seemed that Sullivan's pro- When he first couple of years. Coming from U as TCU. gram was taking yel another step Auburn, where fans fill the seats no Sullivan's 1993 Frogs produced backward. Fort Worth matter how important the game, he twice as many wins as the previous And although the 1994 season from his THOMAS found himself in a totally new situa- year, but ended the season with began with plans for a huge market- alma mater, tion. Any fan loyalty that was at three straight Southwest Conference ing campaign aimed al stirring com- Auburn, MANNING TCU in the first place probably left losses and looked bad in doing so. munity interest in TCU football, three years SPORTS COLUMNIST with Wacker, an outwardly charis- Everybody laughed. Same old story. deep down not many people ago,he had matic and easily excitable coach. And yel through the first two thought things were going to be all no head coaching experience and Sullivan stepped into big shoes. years of the Sullivan campaign, that different. was taking over a team in disarray And he didn't even come close to things were slowly falling into But 1994 HAS different. For the TCU Daily Skiff/ Blake Sims in a town that didn't really care one filling them in his first year. place. The team was learning to first time since 1984, the Frogs Senior forward Michael Thoele holds ball in Wednesday's way or the other. Despite the Frogs' The team was dismal, winning play solid football, and Sullivan and made it to a postseason bowl game. game. 7-4 record in former coach Jim only two games. And Sullivan did- his coaching staff had their players Wacker's last year, the team was not n't win any friends by not having believing that all the work was see Sullivan, page 8

SPORTS DIGEST

Rangers pitcher honored Baseball talks stall Cowboys sign Thomas Cowboys to start Peete TAKE CHARGE ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - LEESBURG. Va. (AP) — Asalary IRVING. Texas (AP) — The Dallas IRVING, Texas (AP) - Rodney A#HA Kenny Rogers, who was 11-8 with a cap and replacement players look Cowboys signed free agent running Peete's sprained thumb is working so BE THE ROBERTEAWI perfect game on July 28 against Cal- more likely than a settlement to the back BlairThomas and defensive back good that he could be the starting AND DESIGNATED DRIVER ifornia, was selected the 1994 Texas baseball strike. Darren Studstill on Wednesday and quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys TOSESOMMER Rangers pitcher of the year in ballot- Players failed to make a counter- cut special teams star Joe Fishback. on Sunday in Philadelphia. Every Wednesday ing by the Dallas-Fort Worth Chap- proposal, and teams threatened to Thomas was cut by the New Eng- Peete. signed as the primary 201W. 5 th Downtown ter of the Baseball Writers start next season with minor league land Patriots. The Cowboys have been backup to Troy Aikman. watched A MEESSACE FROM THE 336-I0I0 Association of America. players. less than pleased with Lincoln Cole- from the sidelines on Thanksgiving SKIFF STAFF Rogers had a 4.46 earned run "We want to make a commitment man as a backup to Emmitt Smith. Day as third-stringer Jason Garrett average, six complete games and to the fans," management negotiator Thomas, who was taken ahead of led the Cowboys to a 42-31 victory two shutouts. John Harrington said after the union Smith in the 1990 draft out of Penn over the Green Bay Packers. The Rangers also named their failed to make a new proposal. State, rushed 19 times for 67 yards and Aikman didn't play because of a managers and pitching coaches for "Our preference is to play with one touchdown this year. He has an sprained knee and wasn't expected to class AAA Oklahoma City of the major league players out there. If overall 4.3 yard rushing average. play against the Eagles. FREE APPETIZER American Association and class AA they're unwilling to play, then we'll Coleman is still expected to be the "My thumb feels great, and 1 feel Tulsa of the Texas League. go with someone else who is." backup for Smith on Sunday against like I'm ready to play," Peete said WITH PURCHASE Philadelphia. Wednesdav. OF AN ENTREE tkill Claimed Ah Sound Off! Sunday, Monday It keeps Ale cm tell ukateue* {loati pout !*><&** -,/ *, call the Skiff & Tuesday more than anytime All You Can Eat 4004 White at Settlement Road memories • Catfish • 921-7HSS NEED MONEY? 738-8333 alive. • Fried Shrimp • or for delivery $675 to $65,000 only costs you $35 one • Boiled Shrimp • call 738-EATS AMERICAN HEART time from the Cash Gift Club. We do all ASSOCIATION the work. Completely monitored. Mail this MEMORIALS & TRIBUTES SPRING BREAK 95 «&«3&g**& ad and check for $35 to: Rainbow, Box CANCUN 85568, Las Vegas, NV 89185. 100% Exclusive TCU Campus Specials 1-800-AHA-USAl^ Money Back Guarantee. Helps pay tuition. Two 12 oz Coca $ American Heart ( Cola Classics or Diet Coke Associations.^ Fighting Heart Disease HD and Stroke 5-STAR OlsFTHE-BEACH HESOKTS. This space provided as a public service $^ Twist) Bread ROUNDTRIP AIRFARE. PARTIES, AND MORE"! DOMINO'S ©1993, American Heart Association / or Garden 1-800-BEACH-BUM Jmt Fresh Salad PIZZA (1-800232-J4i8) Happy Hours 924-0000 TRAFFIC TICKETS DEFENDED 6 Inch CALL TODAY 4-7pm $' Domino's Sunday 12 - 6 pm Sub

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After the arrest of a know gang member and the administration tried to find a solu- o September 16 — Auto Theft who was attempting to gain entry into a tion. Students created an escort service con- September 7 — Suspicious Persons June Reed Hall Hasher Caught sorority house on the TCU campus, the sisting of volunteers that will walk other Two suspicious males were report- A student complained she parked Campus police solved the mystery ed looking info a vehicle in the her jeep Laredo in the Northeast of the Reed Hall I lasher when the administration scrambled to "beef up" students across campus at night The 2X00 block of Lowden. A Fort end of the Ranch Management infamous man was captured in a security. Letters were sent home to parents, Campus Police added more patrols and Worth officer escorted them off parking lot. When she returned a chase that started in Reed Hall and campus. It was determined that the few days later her jeep was gone. ended in Sadlet Hall. Campus attempting to allay fears about a lack of increased the number of police officers on males were students at Paschal Broken glass was found in the area. police could not charge the man, a security at TCU. The arrest even prompted foot around the university. But are the fears High School and they were report- middle-aged minister from a rural ed to their principle. community near the Dallas-fort rumors that gang members killing sorority justified? Below is a map of the TCU cam- O Worth area, because the man's women was part of initiation, according to pus. Marked on the map are all of the September 17 — Firearms Reported penis was noi seen in the inci- reported incidents involving criminal activi- 0 Campus Police were notified by dent The man'- capture has ended Lt. Ed Daniels, a spokesman for the Fort September 9 - Reckless Driving Fort Worth Police that a call had the long string of flashing) that Worth Police Departments gang unit ty by those unrelated to the university. A security officer reported seeing a been received by a male saying were reported in Reed Hall. It also Twenty-five parents called Campus Police Crimes committed by students are not car being driven erratically. there were some students with ended speculation bj police that Campus Police stopped the vehicle 9mm handguns at the Paschal High there was more than one tlasher.lt regarding the incident Daniels said, "/ included. Is there a threat from the outside? in front of Sherley Hall.The two School dance, being held in the was also found that the man had wish there was a magic word I could say to The following graphic is designed to give a men in the vehicle smelled of alco- Student Center ballroom.No such flashed a' SMI and had been hol according to the report. Neither weapons were found. arrested previously. calm everyone down out there." No one perspective on how much crime actually of the men had a valid Fort Worth found the magic word, but both students occurs on the TCU campus. ID so Fort Worth Police were called. One suspect was taken lo a night shelter and the other was o September 23 — Reckless Driving released. August 30 Suspicious person An officer reported a suspect a car A suspicious person was reported driving south on university that near the women's restroom on the © © was "weaving all over the lane." The suspect, a non-student, was second tloor of the library I he September 9 — Theft arrested by the Fort Worth Police suspect said be was m the process An supplies were reported stolen on Berry Street.The woman failed of registering on campus but was from a room in the North Moudy two pans of her field sobriety test not a student I he man did have a Building. Items taken were: eight and refused to take the third. Department of Human Services ID paint cans, five paint brushes, a card that said the suspect was cordless drill, a hot glue gun, glue under treatment lor brain disor- ■ sticks, a utility knife, markers, scis- der o sors and a tool box. Seplembti 2 Criminal Trespass Three unescorted males were seen on the third floor of Colby Hall. The resident assistant said that the suspects claimed to be Irom Auburn Universit) but had no identification on them 1 he males left the dorm on their own. 5"7 s'adium Dr No one at fault Reports compiled by in campus Dena Ruins Graphics by crime dilemma Laync Smith The widespread panic that encom- passed the university after a gang member was caught in the greek raised questions as to whether the campus is secure enough, Phe above graphic shows at the u-ry least thai Campus Police are doing a fairly good job of protecting the cam- pas. At least most of the September 26 — Suspicious offenders October 22 — Criminal Trespass Person listed Two men were caught urinating on An area resident flagged down a above were Novtmber 14 — Criminal i0 «* Str the North side of Wiggins Hall. Campus Police officer and said apprehend- Trespass eel Pa "ner Street 1 he officers said the suspects there was a suspicious looking man ed and Three males were issued criminal smelled of alcohol. Both claimed to by the soccer field. The man said removed trespass warnings and one was Chris Newton be staying with a student in the suspect had scared two female from cam- arrested outside of the Moudy Columnist Wiggins Hall. The men were issued joggers. The suspect was described pus. It's a building. When an officer asked © a criminal trespass warning. as a white in his mid-20's with one of the suspects to identify him- little unre- long, blond hair in a hat and blue self and he did not, the officer October 29 — Criminal Trespass alistic to think that any amount of jeans. A search failed to locate the called Fort Worth Police."Go ahead A suspect was seen by officers in security would keep out every intrud- subject. and arrest me and I will sue the several areas of campus. One offi- © er But there is definitely room for jninrnvenicnt If two students can be hell out of you." The officers phys- November 5 — Criminal Trespass cer stopped the suspect near the October 23 — Criminal Trespass mugged on campus, it does follow ically restrained him until the Fort Two staff members said they were library, and the suspect said he was Six femaies and one male were © that something went awry with securi- Worth Police arrived. approached by a man who smelled leaving. He was seen again trying pulled over by Campus Police after September 27 — Suspicious ty. Why did the security cameras of alcohol and wanted to solicit a to get into the businesses in the they had been seen circling the campus several times. The suspects Person located at the Ranch Management gold chain for money. The man alley next to the West Bowie Street said they were looking for friends A male student reported being sex- parking lot not alert police? Why was- was never found. parking lot. The man was given a ually propositioned by a man dri- n't the student able to reach Campus criminal trespass warning. but could not give the names of ving a pickup truck at the corner of Police on live emergency phone'.' If a who they were looking for. The © Rogers and Cantey Streets. The panicked person can't figure out how group was escorted off campus. November 14 — Student Followed to use the phone, then no matter how male student was jogging at the A student complained that he was simple we all think they are to use, © © time, the suspect was not located. being followed by a white male in they need to be even simpler. November 6 — Assault November 2 — Gang Member © his 40's driving a black Lexus. The If the cameras didn't detect the inci- A female student was assaulted CaughtA man was arrested after October 28 — Suspicious Person student said the suspect followed dent they need to be replaced. near the library by an unknown Campus Police questioned him for An officer was flagged down a © him on Nov. 11 also. The student Campus security is a dynamic thing. suspect. The student did not report suspicious activity and found a non-student who said a man propo- October 18 — Assault did not recognize the man and had The administration can never expect the incident, but her father called loaded 9mm semiautomatic pistol sitioned him for sex and threatened Two female students were mugged no due as to what his motive at about midnight in the Ranch to be finished making improvements. the Campus Police a week in his magazine. The men were to force him. The suspect was dri- might be. At least six spoilers were Management parking lot. Both stu- it's no ones' fault, but it is the later.The man took the students reportedly trying to get into the ving a vehicle and stopped the stu- stolen over the course of this dents were struck during the attack administrations responsibility to make earings and reached under her shirt, Alpha Chi Omega sorority house. dent as he was walking on North semester in the Ranch Management neither was seriously injured.No necessary changes. But even if securi- breaking her bra strap. The suspects were all wearing red Drive near Waits Hall. weapons were used in the mug- and Worth Hills parking lots. The ty was lacking it wouldn't be entirely which police said was indicative of gings. The student tried to use an Campus Police's fault. spoilers were ripped off the back gang members and at least one was emergency phone but was unable Remember the overwhelming end of vehicles causing major dam- & positively identified as a member to reach a Campus Police dispatch- majority of crimes committed on age to the trunk areas.Campus November 8 — Criminal Trespass of the gang known as the October 29 — Weapon Found er.Moments after the first incident another female student had her Campus are committed by students. Police speculated that the spoilers A man was issued a criminal tres- "Bloods."The four other men An officer was impounding a sus- purse stolen by the same suspects. If the police weren't always dealing were probably taken to be resold. pass warning for asking students pects vehicle near Moncrief Hall accompanying were issued crimi- The suspects repeatedly threatened and discovered a double edged ser- with students they would have much for money in front of the Winton nal trespass warnings and were the students during both attacks. more time to keep the campus safe Scott building. escorted off campus. rated knife. Doro tnasiilf elements. OPINION THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1,1994 TCU DAILY SKIFF PAGE 7

MICHAEL ROWETT Motto of modern politicians is open mouth, insert foot

Republican Sen. Jesse Helms of North again. handicapped." disorder," Daley said. "He's there to pre- The job of public servant is a powerful, Carolina amused many and outraged others Likewise, But Gramm won, and continues to bab- serve disorder." yet ultimately lonely profession. Politicians when he warned President Clinton last Williams' state- ble on about welfare recipients, wagons and In a 1978 interview about Watergate, are human, and make mistakes just like the week that if the president wanted to visit ment that "I have his mama. Richard Nixon, when questioned about his rest of us. Most of us, however, don't have North Carolina, "he'd better have a body- paid millions of Democrats have demonstrated quite con- role in the cover-up, explained that "1 was microphones and cameras to expose our guard." dollars in taxes — vincingly that they are no strangers to verbal not lying. 1 said things that later on seemed gaffes, slips of the tongue and misstate- Helms is only the very latest example of except in 1986, stumbling. Then-candidate Bill Clinton's 1992 to be untrue." ments to millions of other people. a politician afflicted with foot-in-mouth when 1 didn't pay statement that "I didn't inhale" has already Politicians aren't perfect. To some If more politicians adopted the attitude disease. It's a time-honored tradition: give a anything" has- earned a spot in the 1993 book The 776 Stu- degree, we tend to overplay their faults and of former Texas House Speaker Gib Lewis, politician a microphone or a television tened his electoral pidest Things Ever Said. overlook their strengths. Often, they mean a Democrat, they might come across more audience, and he's bound to make a fool of demise. Some politicians are more prone to well, but it just doesn't come out right like the dedicated, articulate purveyors of himself eventually. On the other develop verbal idiocy syndrome than oth- when they say it. truth they would like to be perceived as. In 1990. Texas Republican gubernatorial hand, some politicians can make moronic ers. For some politicians, when the cameras Then-Vice President George Bush meant After winning re-election as Speaker in candidate Clayton Williams had a 30-point statements on the campaign trail and still or microphones get turned on. they start well when he told a veterans' group on 1989. Lewis, with real emotion, thanked his lead over Democrat Ann Richards. win by a landslide. Case in point: Phil babbling and make no sense whatsoever. Sept. 7, 1988 that "Today is Pearl Harbor colleagues for re-electing him, and Williams then proceeded to lose the elec- Gramm's 1984 campaign for the U.S. Sen- During the violent 1968 Democratic con- Day." Likewise, Bush's observation during remarked: tion by making a succession of boneheaded ate. At various points during the campaign. vention in Chicago, then-Mayor Richard J. the 1988 campaign that "It's no exaggera- "I am filled with humidity." remarks, not the least of which was, in Ciramm stated that "We're the only nation Daley defended the stringent measures tion to say the undecideds could go one response to Richards' prediction she would in the world where all our poor people are Chicago police were taking against protest- way or the other" was an honest attempt to Michael Rowett is a senior news-editor- win: "I hope she hasn't started drinking fat" and "We're encouraging people to be ers. "The policeman isn't there to create deliver insightful election analysis. ial major and Skiff opinion editor

■ P. D. MAGNUS ■ BOB GREENE U.N. policies Older veterans on civil wars of World War I inconsistent seem forgotten

Veterans of the military sometimes say they feel underappreciated by Imagine people some place in the United States decid- the American people. It's not uncommon to hear soldiers who fought in ing to secede from the union, perhaps to establish their Vietnam and Korea say they often sense that they are forgotten. own ethnic homeland. The National Guard would be But the American veterans who are truly forgotten rarely are heard brought in to quell the rebellion before it could be turned from. During World War 1.4.734,991 U.S. citizens served in the mili- into a catastrophe in the mold of David Koresh's last THANK WU>VATOllAH«,N6XT Wttt HAU5 A MOMENT OF V0UIMTAR4 W6 A tary. According to the best records available, of the 4.7 million. stand in Waco. SNAK6 CHMWIN© ANPTHeN '^ SACRIFICE CHlCKCNm 19,747 are left. What if the rebels weren't just the lunatic fringe, but a "I'm not surprised that so few people think about us." said Ray H. dramatic majority in a large geographic region? What Fuller. 98. a World War I infantry sergeant who is commander of the would we do, then? If history is any lesson, there would Veterans of World War 1. "It's not so ifhportant that they remember us be a bloody, protracted war that would pit brother ALAN GREENSPAN PEALS WITH THE ECONOMY individually, but it would be nice if they would at least remember against brother, resulting in lots of death and rocketing what we fought for. If once in a while they'd take the time to think Abraham Lincoln to stardom. There are no such dividing GOOPTIMeS BM? TIMES BEAR MARKET about what our country might be like if we lines today, but the historical hadn't won the war." precedent is clear: the union W) fWKJWB) Fuller, of Oshkosh. Wis., sailed orTto can be preserved against local Europe on a troop ship called the George sentiment even at the cost of Washington on Feb. 8. 1918, to serve in lives. the Red Arrow Division. He had graduated One would think that the from Oshkosh High School, had worked United States, with its proud several factory jobs ("Oshkosh was a big tradition of unity by force, lumber town"), and went off to war not out would be happy to extend the of what he considered to be any grand same privilege to other coun- BULL MARKET BOOM sense of patriotism, but simply because tries. Woefully, that is not the BUST going off to war was what young men in case. 1918 did. Take, for example, the late RWSETO [RA15ERATKJ (RSSEPRAISE RATES "My younger brother Ralph had already gone." Fuller said, "and I Soviet Union, most of which made up the Russian told my parents, 'If Ralph can go, why can't 1?' Well. 1 went — but empire before the United States was a twinkle in the Ralph never came home. He was killed in action. M\ older brother eyes of the founding fathers. After the collapse of com- Earl went, and he was wounded — a piece of shrapnel near his heart. munism, however, we have watched happily as the But when he came home he served as county treasurer for 29 years." Ukraine and all of the other Soviet republics headed off The World War I veterans among us might as well be in\ isible — toward sovereignty. The Ukraine has no real history of they range in age from 89 to 112, with the average age being 97. It is independence whatsoever. Clearly, we are pleased by its believed that 85 percent of them live in some sort of care-giving facil- democratic revolution because it meant a nail in the cof- ity: nursing homes, retirement centers or with relatives who help fin of our former national adversary, the near-mythic • them out. "evil empire." There was a time when the Veterans of World War I organization What about the other shattered countries of Eastern had its own headquarters near Washington, D.C.. with a full-time Europe? Yugoslavia had no great tradition of unity, hav- ■ EDITORIAL staff of 21. Now the group is administered by one person - Muriel ing been a product of this century's European national Sue Parkhurst. 48, of Alexandria. Va„ who runs it from her home, and gerrymandering. As such, it was no great surprise in who is no longer paid for her work. 1992 when the people of Bosnia, mostly Muslims and "I consider it a privilege." she said. "My one regret is thai we are Croats, voted to withdraw from the Serb-dominated having trouble keeping the newspaper going." The new (papa she state. Given the bloody history of the region, few were SEX refers to is called the Torch, and it reports news and information about surprised that Bosnian Serbs fought against the will of those 19,747 World War I soldiers who are still alive. the majority with guns and bombs. In the ensuing civil "For many of the men, the Torch is the only lifeline they ha\ e to war, 200,000 people have died or are missing. Professor-student policy is overreaching each other." she said. "It lets them know that they are not alone." The U.N. response, backed by the United States, has The surviving veterans of World War I must contend w ith the tame been to send in peace-keeping troops. Peace-keeping atmosphere of crime, the same unsafe streets, as other Americans in troops are the primary tool of the inept U.N. military TCU's Faculty Senate recently The university instituted the guide- 1994 _ and often are easy prey because of their age. As their com- policy, basically providing foreign targets for local gun- passed a consensual dating policy line to prevent potential problems. mander, Ray Fuller, chooses to remember the country when it w ai men. The United Nations most recently established six Such problems are obvious: somewhat different. safe havens, including the beleaguered city of Bihac. In which prohibits dating between pro- favoritism by a professor in the eyes "When we came home from Europe — what a day." he said. response to Serb transgressions, the United Nations had fessors and students who have an "Those of us who lived in Oshkosh arrived on a train that stopped at Serb positions bombed in a series of air strikes. In retali- authoritative relationship. of a student's peers, a failed grade the old station on the south side of the Fox River. The station's gone ation, the Serbs have made prisoners out of 400 of the In other words, professors are not when a relationship goes sour, gossip now. but 1 can still see it. peace keeping troops. among students or gossip among fac- "We marched across the bridge — in our uniforms we marched The U.N.-sponsored peace plans have, as Serbs forces allowed to have a romantic relation- across the bridge and over the river, back to our armory on the other have advanced, included a smaller and smaller indepen- ship with a student in their classes or ulty. side. Right down Main Street, and all the streets were lined w ith peo- dent Bosnia. Why should there even be an independent under their advisement. The question arises: should there be ple. Cheering! They cheered us all the way to the armory. Oh, what a Bosnia? No U.N. spokesman has ever said. It is assumed a rule with disciplinary action pro- day that was." that since the Bosnians voted on it, their sovereignty Professors or students who violate hibiting people from acting on their should be respected and defended. In reality, Western the rule will be subject to disciplinary Boh Greene writes for Tribune Media Sen'ices. nations have long had a vested interest in the fragmenta- action, with professors possibly fac- feelings of love? Does the university tion of formerly communist countries, the old Eastern ing suspension. have a right to govern people's per- Bloc. TCU DAILY SKIFF We would hardly defend minority secession in other The Faculty Senate faced a tough sonal lives? AN ALL-AMERICAN NEWSPAPER countries. Take as an example Northern Ireland, which issue when considering the consen- Professors and students alike

has seen countless terrorist atrocities in the Irish Repub- sual dating policy. No matter how should share the responsibility of JOHN J. LUMFKIN lican Army's fight against British occupation. The unethical a relationship might look, avoiding sticky situations dealing EDITOR United Nations, however, has not felt compelled to call with dating or even harassment. Both RICK WATERS CHRIS NEWTON for a free election on the issue, set up safe havens, or should there be a ruling that condones students and professors are adults and MANACINC EDITOR ASST. MANAGING EDITOR call in air strikes. The very notion is absurd. or directs what people do and who BECKY COFFMAN Nonetheless, we feel comfortable, almost righteous, they love in their personal lives? And should be treated as such. ADVERTISING MANAGER doing the same sort of thing in Bosnia. One defense of it The issue of whether students and CHRISTINA BARNES TASHA ZEMKE might be that a unified Yugoslavia would oppress Mus- would that policy really work? NEWS EDITOR CAMPUS EDITOR lims and Croats, but it is hard to imagine it being dead- This rule tells two people that they professors should date is an issue of

lier or more destructive than the civil war. The United ethics and personal judgement. It TINA FITZGERALD DAVID JIMENEZ MICHAEIROWETT can't love one another. In essence, it ART DIRECTOR SPORTS EDITOR OPINION EDITOR Nations should come to its senses, while the peace keep- tells people to ignore those sparks should not be governed by a policy. ing troops are still only prisoners. PAUL LAROCQUE ANANTHA BAIIBILI they're feeling. The rule tries to dic- The university should not have to STUDENT PUBLICATIONS DIRECTOR JOURNALISM DEFT. CHAIRMAN P.D. Magnus is a junior phys.es and philosophy dou- tate human behavior, which is next to make policy to prohibit compromis- DEBRA MCGINNIS JAYNE AKERS ble major from Burleson, Texas. impossible. ing situations from happening. PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR BUSINESS MANAGER NEWS PAGE 8 TCU DAILY SKIFF THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1,1994

Couple/from page 1 Israeli ruling recognizes gays Sullivai^pageS

III \ I nit /.„ic. Hi;/- and Running The Fort Worth Speakers Forum, TCU finished with a share of the for PrttUkm, ■ political memoir of sponsored by Bank One Texas, the BY DAN PERRY Danielevitz. Press reports say he army medical officer Col. Doron SWC title for the first time in 36 the 19^2 presidential campaign. Furl Worth Star- Telegram and Texas ASSOCIATED PRESS has lived with his unidentified Meisel. years. The Frogs beat SMU and Matalin is the host of (NBC's Wash- Christian University, will be held at partner for 15 years. "There is no more reason in Rice (two teams they hadn't won ington-based week night talk show, 7:30 p.m. at Casa Manana, 3101 W. Tel Aviv, Israel (AP) - The Gay rights activists said the rul- Israel to discriminate against against in Sullivan's first two "Equal I ime" and the political com- Lancaster St. Tickets are $5 each for Supreme Court handed Israel's gay ing would have widespread signif- homosexuals," Steiner told Israel years), as well as nationally-ranked mentator lor NBC'i Today Show." students and can be purchased at community a major victory icance in Israel, which remains a Radio He said he hoped Prime Kansas and Cotton Bowl represen- The couple is coining to Fort Casa Manana or at the student infor- Wednesday in a landmark ruling relatively conservative society on Minister Yitzhak Rabin "will make tative Texas Tech. And for the first Worth as a pan of the Fort Worth mation desk in the student center. recognizing same-sex couples. homosexuality. a courageous decision and accept time in a very long time, fans and Speakers Forum, formerly known as Tickets can also be purchased for "This will affect all walks of life my request for rights." students are excited about TCU the Distinguished Speakers Forum. S20 each at all Ticketmaster loca- WORLD ... We will try to apply this deci- Wednesday's ruling buoyed the football. sion toother areas," said Man Shen- gay community, shocked last Topic* will include a presentation tions, or by calling the Ticketmaster Nobody is laughing at TCU foot- The 50-page decision forces the feld. a leading gay rights activist. month by the murder of Yeshayahu covering the 1992 presidential cam- office at (210) 647-5700, or the Casa ball anymore. paign, as well as their interpretation Manana Season Ticket Hotline at national airline El Al to grant the Shenfeld said he has been Demner, an AlDS-infected profes- ol the November Flections. (817)332-2272. partner of flight attendant Jonathan unable to arrange a joint mortgage sor at the Technion College in But the final step in the resurrec- Danielevitz the same annual free or dental insurance with his homo- Haifa. tion of TCU would be if the Frogs tickets and other benefits given to sexual partner, whom he wed in a Police said Demner spent the beat Virginia in the Independence husbands and wives of heterosex- legal contract that was not recog- last year of his life trying lo infect Bowl. Virginia, even though they ual employees. nized as marriage by the state. hundreds of partners and was are currently ranked No. 16 in the Evening/from page 1 The case had wound its way up Shira Dunevich, Danielevitz's likely killed by one of his victims. nation, is a team that TCU can beat. Israel's court system for five years, lawyer, said most Israeli homosex- Gay rights issues could They aren't as good as their rank- reaching the Supreme Court after El uals are still in the closet. adversely affect Rabin's efforts to the volunteers involved, she said. and seniors. Some of the families ing, and even though they play in Al appealed a regional labor court "But we know more and more widen his narrow parliament I'hi 1 ptilofl Omicran focuses on served are the most disadvantaged in the always-tough Atlantic Coast ruling in favor of Danielevitz. gays are coming out. . . and this majority by alienating potential encouraging academic excellence, I arrant County 76 percent have Conference, they aren't a power- El Al spokesman ^sachman will help them hold their heads religious coalition partners. enhancing leadership qualities and an annual income of less than house team that will run over TCU Kleiman said the company would high." she said. Rabbi Moshe Maya, a legislator providing opportunity for commu- SI0,000, according to a press in the Independence Bowl. In fact, "honor and abide by the decision in One case that could be affected from the religious Shas Party, said nity service. "An Evening with release. if you look at the game matchups, its entirety." He said thete was no is that of Adir Steiner, who has the Supreme Court ruling gave Santa" accomplishes all three of the The United Center's primary goal TCU has a very good chance of precedent for El Al extending the unsuccessfully sought pension official sanction to homosexuality organization's purpose*, Fortenberry is to help the underprivileged by walking away from Shreveport rights to unmarried couples. rights from the army after the death and could encourage youth to said eliminating the barrier that prohibits with an upset victory. I lie organization has been on the self-sufficiency, according to the No reaction was available from two years ago of his gay lover, adopt a gay lifestyle. l< 1 campus since 1968, but this is press release. Last year, over 9,000 So picture it: the TCU Horned only the second year lor the Santa clients were served. Frogs, victorious in a bowl game, project Gifts and money for the event are cracking the Top 25 for the first time in years, arriving back to Fort I he I nitcd (enters of Tarrant supplied by campus organizations' If the United Nations did pull out, Worth victorious. Count), is a social service organiza- and individuals' donations. Local there could be widespread hardship. tion that offers a variety of social ser- grocery stores also donated food and from page I page 4 Cable/ Pulloui/, Boutros-Ghali stressed to And when all is said and done, vict programs for children, adults drinks for the evening. reporters thai the United Nation Pat Sullivan can sit back in the "If we can do this, we end up with more than 400 U.N. soldiers hostage feeds an estimated 3 million people chair in his office and have the last the free cable. The company ends up as insurance against more bombing. across the former Yugoslavia. Most laugh. with the phone service or cable NATO members provide two-thirds are in Bosnia. vision service. The students end up of the peacekeepers. from page \ Slayings/ with two things, with a phone ser- Forty-five Britons were released vice or cable TV service that is new. Wednesday, but some Canadians, research and discovered 12 cases Dam Phong in Houston; Tap Van plus they will gel the option of hav- French. Russians and Ukrainians Jack G. Duffy, Jr. dating to 1976, including the mur- Cham in Garden Grove, Calif; and ing a computer network system in have been held now for a week. More ders of Americans Don Holies of the Nhan Trong Do and Triet Le in Fair- their room," Fisher said than 100 Dutch troops have been Attorney at Law • M.B.A., J.D. • Free Consultation'onsult Arizona Republic and Alan Berg, a fax County, Va. Right-wing exile The university also hopes to run hostage since Saturday. Not certified h> Ihe Texas Board of Legal Specializationlion Denver radio talk show host. All the groups have claimed responsibility, the physical plant's environmental The incoming Senate majority Tarrant County Traffic other cases involved immigrant according to the report. equipment off of the cable system. leader in Washington, Robert Dole, reporters working in languages other The Haitian journalists who were Fisher said. The physical plant staff R-Kansas, and former British Prime Tickets defended for just $25 than English, Orine said. killed: Jean-Claude Olivier, Fritz would be able lo sit at a computer Minister Margaret Thatcher have DWI's & other misdemeanors Defended "All of them bore the earmarks of Dor and Dona St. Plite, all in Miami. keyboard and electronically turn off urged U.N. withdrawal so NATO can (I.E. theft, assault....etc.I domestic terrorism," he added. All had received politically moti- strike hard at the Serbs. water tanks or change temperatures Mail or bring your ticket to: I he other immigrant case that was vated death threats from supporters in campus buildings. solved w as the murder of Henry Liu, of the Haitian military, the commit- "Our long range plan is to truly .201 Mam, Suite 600, Fort Worth, TX 76102 (817) 339-1130 in Daly City. Calif., by a Taiwanese tee found. Dor and Olivier were modernize our facilities and give hit team in 19X4 unorders of the Tai- killed in 1991 by the same gun. St. students lots of options," he said. wanese government. Plite was killed more than two years "We are .trying to do it as economi- The Vietnamese journalists whose later while attending a benefit on cally as possible without going in cases remain open are: Lam Iron behalf of Dor's family. His accused every week and putting in a different Duong in San Francisco: Nguyen assassin is awaiting trial. cable for every service." Currently, cable has been installed for the Worth Hills area and most of the main campus. Fisher said. Cable vision service cannot be serviced to \>\m\ page I Vets/ these areas yet because cable on the west side of the campus has not been wonderful time wherever we go," he you, it's a totally different story." installed yet. said Although the Martin B-26 "They are working on it." he said. ^y^t^c SJJLCiCf% The group firsi presents a short Marauder was a powerful war "They have all the intentions in the video that describes the plane and its weapon, when the fighting ended, the world to hook it up as soon as they use. then holds a question and answer use of the plane did too. As a result, all can. Right before Thanksgiving, session. Duiew said. but four of the 1,000 bombers were they had about three solid weeks of "I sually the kids have a lot more destroyed. rain, and they couldn't work on it questions than we have time to handle "The plane had no commercial use when it was raining." they actually ask us to stay longer and it was too expensive," Denew than the tune we planned," he said. said. "There was no need for them. The) arc very fascinated." But what is really annoying is that Denew said he feels the reason for there was nobody in the military who siudenis' interest in the program is cared enough to save them. There are Know anything... twofold. only four of them left, and only one " I he first thing that draws them in still flies. It's really a shame." TCU is the fact that they are usually 17,18, Denew said the club meetings al low ... news? 19 years old," he said. "And when we those who were involved in World Tell the Skiff. tell them that when we were that age War II to share their experiences; and when we were fighting in the war, members form a strong bond. Call our office at they're fascinated. It's not like "When we were 19 and 20 years 921-7428. Thursday Night mov ics. w here John Wayne fights in old. we weren't out getting summer the war at age 35. We were kids. It jobs or looking for things to do, we really hits home when they realize that were at war," he said. "And it's good L we were their age when we went offto to get together with people that you right. can relate to because they've shared "Also, wherever we go. we ask the the same experiences. You get very kids to raise their hands if they had a close to one another, because you have Tradition relativ e or someone close to their fam- so much in common." ily die in the war." Denew said. 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