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Today'sNews NATIONAL NEWS Female faculty face decisions about tenure Battered by the terrorist For Tarver, a tenured associate professor ing 17 percent of the full-time faculty. TCU faculty hiring for the last three years attacks and slipping business, the of English and director of undergraduate English professor Linda Hughes said one post office appears on the verge Challenge of work, family 19W 2000 2001 studies, her decision to put becoming of the main reasons mixing parenthood with of getting some help: permission may affect advancement tenured above having children is one she trying to become tenured is such a problem 50 faculty 41 fatuity 45 faculty to raise rates. said she does not regret. is because of timing. Hughes, who has been 26 males 21 males 21 males News Digest on Page 4 BY LAURA MCFARLAND For other women in the academic world, tenured since 1991, said she was lucky that 24 females 20 females 24 females Staff Reporter STATE NEWS though, this is a conflict that cannot be her daughter was grown by the time she ar- Australia Tarver had to make a decision: solved as easily, and forcing women to rived at TCU and started the tenure track. Six at Five at A Texas congressman has become a full-time tenured professor or make this family-or-career decision is a key "By the time you finish graduate school, introduced legislation to estab- have children. She wouldn't do both. factor in why men still dominate tenured you're probably 30, and then you have to advanced Four at advanced lish a national center for home- "I was the one who would be on a time professorships, Tarver said. figure out when to have your child while rank, and advanced rank, and land seturity at Texas A&M clock when it came to earning tenure and At TCU, 61 percent of the 392 full-time you still can," Hughes said. "It tends to be three of rank, all three of University. would have to either stop the clock or risk faculty positions are tenured, according to the very years when you earn tenure." these are are female these are The Pulse on Page 2 the possibility that administrators would not TCU statistics. Of those, there are 67 female female allow that kind of schedule," Tarver said. tenured female faculty members, represent- (Mo i TENURE, page 6) OnCampus Alumni Easter egg hunt CUE set for Sunday The 8th Annual TCU Easter ALL THAT JAZZ discussions Egg Hunt, sponsored by the Fort Worth Young Alumni Chapter, will be held Sunday beginning at cooling off 2:30 p.m. on the front lawn of Sadler Hall. BY BRAINDON ORTIZ Caryn Barber, assistant direc- N.itl l4.|K.rl

theWeathei Woman convicted of murder, SATURDAY House Republicans and Democrats High: 67; Low: 51; Partly cloudy manslaughter in dog mauling case SUNDAY agree on plan to dismantle INS Associated PnH manslaughter, both were also con- High: 71; Low: 57; Mostly cloudy Associated Press tion affairs, who would be the No. John Conyers, the Judiciary Com- victed of having a mischievous WASHINGTON— House Re- official in me Justice Department. mittee's senior Democrat, and Rep. LOS ANGELES - A woman dog that killed someone. publicans and Democrats agreed This agreement will allow Re- Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Houston. whose two huge dogs mauled a The sentencing date was not im- Thursday to dismantle the Immi- publicans and Democrats in Con- "We want this to be a compre- neighbor to death in a San Fran- mediately announced. In all, the jury gration and Nat- gress, in concert hensive response to the disaster of cisco apartment building was con- LookingBack victed of murder and manslaughter deliberated for about 11 1/2 hours. uralization "This agreement will allow with the Bush ad- immigration affairs," Lee said. Thursday. Her husband was found Murder charges are rare in dog 1841 — Englishman Orlando Service, which Republicans and Democrats in ministration, to The INS has been criticized for guilty of manslaughter. mauling cases, but prosecutors said Jones patented com starch has come under Congress, in concert with the work together on years because of long backlogs of 1911 — Herman Jadlowker Marjorie Knoller, 46, could get the husband-and-wife lawyers knew intense criti- Bush administration, to work fundamentally applications for benefits such as became the first opera singer to 15 years to life in prison for the sec- their two powerful Presa Canarios cism since the together on fundamentally dismantling the naturalization or permanent resi- perform two major roles in the ond-degree murder conviction in were "time bombs." The prosecution Sept. 11 attacks. dismantling the INS" INS," said Rep. dency. INS supporters and critics same day at the Metropolitan Under their - James Sensenbrenner James Sensen- say the agency is burdened with the death of 33-year-old Diane brought in more than 30 witnesses Opera House in New York City plan, the INS - brenner, who conflicting missions to help immi- Whipple. She looked stricken upon who said they had been terrorized by 1948 — The Voice of would be re- chairs the House Judiciary Commit- grants enter and stay in the country hearing the verdict, taking several the dogs, Bane and Hera. Firestone was the first commer- placed by separate bureaus for en- and to identify and keep out those deep breaths and appearing to fight The defense contended that cial radio program to be carried tee, which has oversight of the INS. forcement of immigration law and The plan combines two bills, one who try to enter illegally or who back tears. Knoller and Noel could not have simultaneously on both AM and known their animals would kill, and FM radio stations for providing immigration services. sponsored by Sensenbrenner, R- may pose a danger. Her 60-year-old husband, 1981 — U.S. Postage rates rose The bureaus would report to an as- Wis., and Rep. George Gekas, R- Robert Noel, showed no reaction. (More on MAULING, page 6) from 15-cents to 18 cents an ounce sistant attorney general for immigra- Pa.; the other by Michigan Rep. (More on INS, page 6) In addition to involuntary Page 2 Friday, March 22, 2002 THE PULSE www.skiff.tcu.edu

CampusLines Campus/StateRoundup wood-plank bridge just east of Palmer, been suspended from school for three Your bulletin board for campus events Student with bread knife in In the Texas prison system, which his truck will return to school includes some 10,000 female in- about 25 miles south of Dallas. days and will be held out of at least Announcements ot campus events, public meetings and other general campus in- mates, she is one of 70 serving terms Authorities said the teens were one game, he said. formation should he brought to the TCI' Daily Skiff office at Moudy Building South. BEDFORD, Texas (AP) — An for killing one or more of their chil- last seen about nightfall Wednesday. R;».im 291. mailed to TCI Bos 2US(«> or e mailed to (skiff!ctters(« leu.edu I. Dead- honors student expelled from a North line for receiving announcements is Z p m. the day before they are to run. The Skiff dren. Investigators suspect their car struck Teen-ager charged with rcsi-rsis the nghl lo cdil submissions for style, taste and space available. Texas school after a bread knife was an animal on the dirt-and-gravel Va I dost a dean's death discovered in the back of his pickup Congressman proposes A&M road and swerved out of control into • TCU Jazz Festival will be today and Saturday. The Shelly Berg truck will return to classes Friday af- VALDOSTA, Ga. (AP) — A teen- homeland security center the creek. ager was charged and another suspect Trio featuring Bill Watrous will perform 7:30 p.m. today in Ed Lan- ter school district officials reduced The bodies will be taken to the Dal- WASHINGTON (AP) — A Texas was being sought Thursday in the dreth Hall Auditorium. Tickets are $6 for general admission and $3 his punishment. las County medical examiner's office with a TCU ID. The awards concert will be 7:30 p.m. Saturday in Taylor Hess, expelled from L.D. congressman has introduced legisla- shooting death of a university profes- tion to establish a national center for for autopsies. However, investigators Ed Landreth Hall Auditorium. Tickets are $12 for general admission Bell High School in Hurst two weeks believe the two drowned. sor, whose body was found locked in and $6 with a TCU ID. For more information call (817)257-7640. ago, will return after an agreement be- homeland security at Texas A&M Uni- the trunk of his car. tween Hurst-Euless-Bedford school versity. Authorities continue search Bobby Blake, 44, an assistant dean The bill by U.S. Rep. Kevin Brady • KinoMonda film series will present "The Road Home" at 7 district officials and his parents was for missing inmate at Valdosta State University, had p.m. Thursday Sid W. Richardson Building, Lecture Hall I. For reached Thursday. of The Woodlands would funnel been shot several times, said Sgt. more information call (X17) 257-7292 Since his expulsion, Taylor Hess $120 million in federal funds to the PECOS, Texas (AP) — West Texas Steve Owen. had been attending alternative school. Texas A&M system over a five-year law officers continued their search His body was found Wednesday af- • Writing for an American Academic Audience workshop Under the deal between his parents period. Thursday for a county jail inmate who ter a patrol officer spotted two men will be 2 to 3 p.m. Thursday in Student Center, Room B-16. It and school officials, Hess' expulsion The center would serve as an um- walked out of the lockup during standing next to Blake's car on a dirt will consider the expectations, requirements and strategies for de- will be reduced from the rest of the brella organization coordinating re- cleanup duty. road. Both men fled, and later aban- veloping effective papers in various disciplines. It is open to all school year to time served. search throughout the A&M system Steven Carrasco Perez has been at doned their vehicle. students, hut international students who are learning to write pa- Superintendent Gene Buinger had and possibly other U.S. universities, large for almost a week from Reeves Charles Anthony Paschal, 18, was pers for an American academic audience are particularly invited. said state law allows little room for with A&M's College Station campus County Jail. But sheriff's officers were arrested Wednesday and charged with Attendance is limited to 20. Register at the Writing Center in the discretion where weapons are con- serving as the flagship. confident of tracking him down. murder and obstruction of an officer. basement of the Student Center or call (817) 257-7221. cerned under zero tolerance policies. A proposal for the center was on Perez, 31, of Pecos was a trusty Owen said a 23-year-old also was be- the agenda of Thursday's A&M sys- working in the front portion of the jail ing sought. A potential witness had • FrogStock 2002 will be 4 to 8 p.m. April 3 at Frog Fountain. Convicted Yates began life as tem regents. building when he was discovered told police about being in Blake's car FrogStock, the first all-campus organizational fair, will feature Texas prison inmate "There is clearly a need for a na- missing Friday. with the two men. free barbecue and bands. tionally coordinated university-based While Perez was spotted by several Police would not say what moti- HOUSTON (AP) — Convicted activity to collect and disseminate in- child killer Andrea Yates became a people leaving the area, jail personnel vated the slaying, although it did not • Sigma Xi will sponsor a lecture by award-winning author and formation, focus on critical research did not notice his escape until 9 1/2 Texas prison inmate Thursday when appear to be robbery. No money was Dallas Morning News Science Editor Tom Siegfried 8 p.m. April and educational needs, and to provide hours later. she was delivered by Harris County taken, Owen said. 8 in Sid W. Richardson Building. Lecture Hall 1. The lecture, en- resources for response and recovery to sheriff's deputies to the Texas Depart- Sheriff Arnulfo Gomez said that titled "Science and the News," is free and open to the public. ensure homeland security," Brady ment of Criminal Justice. Perez was cleaning floors in the of- U Cal-Berkeley leading nation said. "This legislation is another step Yates, 37, arrived at the Woodman fice portion of the jail when he de- for minority enrollment • The Homecoming Team is now forming. Meetings are 5 toward a safe society." cided to escape. p.m. every Thursday in Student Center. Room 203. Send any State Jail in Gatesville about 5:45 BERKELEY, Calif. (U-WIRE) — a.m. where she was photographed, According to an A&M document, questions or suggestions to Abby Crawford at (tcuhomecom- Texas A&M's strengths in genetics, No charges filed against University of California enrolls more ) fingerprinted and issued a white ing2(X)2<5 hotmail.com). food, biology, marine and social sci- low income students than any of the prison uniform. It was part of the reg- fighting baseball players ence research have poised it to be a nation's top universities, public or pri- ular routine for women coming into • The Family Weekend Team is forming. Meetings are 9 p.m. leader in anti-terrorism study. LONGVIEW, Texas (AP) — vate, according to a study released ear- the prison system at the Central Texas every Wednesday in the Student Center, Room 202. Come help In February, A&M officials met Louisiana officials have decided lier this month. intake center. against pursuing felony charges plan the weekend, which will be Sept. 20-22. For more infor- with Texas congressional delegates Topping the list was UC-Los Ange- Then she was transferred by prison against two Longview High School mation, call (817)257-5233. in Washington to discuss the pro- les, with 34.8 percent of its students van 150 miles to the east, arriving just baseball players who were arrested af- posed center. coming from low-income back- after 10 a.m. at the Skyview Unit, a ter a fight that broke out between grounds. UC-Berkeley followed with psychiatric prison at Rusk in Chero- players at a game on Saturday. Waxahachie teens drown 30.1 percent, and UC-San Diego kee County. Leon Craven Jr., 17, and Marlon TCU DAILY SKIFF At Skyview, she was placed in "cri- in rain-filled creek Allen Perry, 18, were taken into cus- ranked third with 28.7 percent. sis management," an inpatient cell for PALMER, Texas (AP) — Two teen- tody after a catcher on the Shreveport The study was conducted by The The TCV thuh ffctf is JII official Mttdent publica- <)n-cumpiis distribution: Newspapers are available James Irvine Foundation, an inde- tion nt Sum ( lni-.ii.in Unhnnhy, pnidui.ed by \tu- free on campus, limit one per per«tn Additional evaluation by medical and prison offi- agers were found drowned Thursday Airline High School team was dcnis.'l 1(1 .iiul spiiisitftJ b> (IK/tiurrulism , opn-s .ire % 5(1 und are available at the Skiff office. pendent California-based grant- dqiiimiMrn! It ttperjic\ under the policies of the Stu- < 'npyrittht: All right! for the entire cotilenls ot this cials. 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The Skiff's liability lor misprints national universities as ranked by ber nt The Associated 1'iess due to nur error is limited to the cost ot the advertism". minum commode, small desk and Safety identified the 18-year-olds as Craven nor Perry was involved in Juan Carlos Diaz of Palmer and the assault on Airline catcher U.S. News and World Report in ( ircululMHi: 4400 Main number (SI7|257-742H a window. Subs.riptlonv (all :V7-(S274 Rales are %M) per Fix (817)237-7133 Yates, who confessed to drowning Patrick Lynn Brashear of Waxa- Jonathan Colgin. 2001. Vthrrlising/rUvsiried (K17) 257-7426 Pell grants are offered to students Mailing whims: Box 29BOSO, lort Worth. Texas IliisilX-ss Manager inp) :v I,.'M her five children in a bathtub last June, hachie. 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TheSkiffView tte WAD SEA Students should be CHOICE conscious of Tenure demands take faculty's time hate speech Tenure. A word that brings blank stares to students faces. Although tenure may seem to only affect professors, it relates to Hate. It's a simple word that transcends students in the quality of their overall education. barriers and turns emotion into action. The road toward the "secret society" for professors may empha- It's a state of mind that consumes size research over teaching. At a university that advertises openness lives and throws out and personal relationships between students and faculty, working to- all logic and reason. COMMENTARY It's sometimes even wards tenure may actually limit professors availability for students. the murder weapon When a professor signs up for a tenure track position, he or she aimed at the hearts should be aware that such a position requires certain commitments of the innocent and that can equate to 5 to 7 years of research (requirements depend on vulnerable. the professor's entering experience). But students often do not know This four-letter word is widely this. After all, they're concerned with their own studies. present in our world Therefore, it's a common misconception among students that all today. We saw hate Emily Want a professor does outside of the classroom is sit in the office and type \mm take the form of away at the computer. Students often feel that professors should be suicide bombers on Sept. 11 as they took innocent lives away within available to them at all times. However, to ensure job security, tenure minutes. Hate reared its ugly head track professors must maintain certain amounts of research, which during World War U as millions of can be extremely time consuming depending on the department. Jews, gypsies and homosexuals were Australia Tarter, associate professor of English, said she chose to Bush's failures make his put to death in work camps because become a full-time tenured professor rather than have children. Of they were considered inferior beings. Yet again, hate attacked our country the 392 full-time faculty members, 61 percent are tenured. Of those, when African Americans were 43.6 percent are male and 17 percent are female. Tarver said one authority questionable brought over as slaves for our own main reason men outnumber women in tenured positions is because selfish satisfaction. "We're going to smoke him out ment, suddenly allowed to help women must decide between family and career. lack of bombing of Idaho and Hate is something with which and hunt him down," were the words corporations? Bush failed when he Wisconsin, after the Oklahoma But this is not a decision that affects only women. Men make sac- people are very familiar. of President George W. Bush six started Arbusto Corp., failed when City bombing. I'm sure there The most common form of this rifices as well. Deciding between tenure and family is an unfair sit- months ago. The new refrain sounds added to Spectrum 7 Energy Corp. would have been too much collat- deadly emotion, however, is not in uation that no person should have to face. It requires prioritizing and like, "I don't know and Harkin Energy Corp., and fi- eral damage of innocent civilians the physical acts of violence we see balancing commitments. where he is and COMMENTARY nally had a mini-Enron fiasco embarking on a major bombing every day in newspapers. TV and frankly I don't care. It's a tough job. Students should be aware of the sacrifices pro- when he cashed out of Harkin. campaign of the Midwest. But the Internet. Hate is most commonly He hasn't done In fact the only business adven- then we're not to worried about committed through our everyday fessors make daily to ensure the overall quality of higher education. much lately." ture which made Bush any money bombing Afghanistan despite its speech between friends and family. Half a year ago was his sell of the Texas Rangers. population of innocent civilians. Spread through mere word of the most important Bush bought into the Rangers part- It is true the Taliban was a horri- mouth, it is something of which we thing we could do nership with a loan from a bank ble regime that forced women into are all quite aware, but it also seems TheOtherView was remove the ($606,000) then after receiving a a subservient role in society, fur- we do little to control our everyday government of new stadium from the people of ther forcing them to hide their use of this deadly weapon. Opinions from around the country Afghanistan to Chris Dohson Arlington, and entering the cam- faces behind a veil. But then again For example, when was the last catch this Osama paign for governor, he was bought I know some fundamentalists time you or somebody you know Depending on a Supreme Court might otherwise join after school guy. Now, he's not worth our time. out by Tom Hicks. Presto chango... around here that got into a little said, "that is so gay" or "he is so ruling, students who engage in af- groups, might be discouraged The question now is, was he $16 million. Did anyone ask if it trouble for forcing women to be gay"? That is hate speech. ter-school extracurricular activities from doing so. ever worth our time? If he really was ethical to sell out while run- "in gracious servitude to (heir hus- The problem with everyday hate may be required to give more than Our society needs to think of planned this thing shouldn't he be ning for governor, or what effect band." Not to mention the fact that speech is that it usually takes place just their time and effort to be in- smarter ways of combating what the goal, the target of the opera- that had upon Bush's decision to some of their women won't leave because we are not conscious cluded in clubs and sports teams. many call a major drug problem tion? Didn't quite a few people put Tom Hicks in charge of the the home without 'putting on their enough to stop it. This excuse of A case originating in Oklahoma rather than making our nation's spend quite a bit of time convinc- University of Texas endowment? face," often coating their cosmetics pleading ignorant of the crime or not caring enough to stop it is ab- City is debating the merits of al- youth suffer the indignity of sub- ing European leaders and the But why worry about these thicker than burkahs. solutely unacceptable. lowing high schools to conduct mitting themselves to drug tests. American public that Osama bin things? Bush is a good ol' boy, he But 1 digress, and return to the What got me thinking about all drug tests on students involved in If anything, schools need to Laden was our arch-nemesis and isn't going to hurt anyone. Except small mindedness of Bush. Despite after-school activities. make it easier for their students to this was seeing the HBO special the director of al Qaeda? Kind of that despite the official policy of a need for governmental revenues, a "The Laramie Project" during If the court votes in favor of get involved in their academic and makes you wonder if that Office nuclear weaponry only being used burgeoning prison population and athletic groups. Encouraging a Spring Break. Not only was it the Oklahoma school district, of Strategic Influence was around as a deterrent, he now wants battle mass destruction of the society in about an extremely famous hate members of high school chess trusting and active high school before they told us about it. with field-sized nukes. As a deter- Columbia, Bush has failed to do the community will do more to fight crime that took place when 1 was clubs, cheerleading squads, choirs Instead of bin Laden, why is it rent to attack America, he wants one thing that could end all these in my early teens, it was also and any other group that uses drug problems than mandatory important for us now to invade nuclear weapons that can be used problems during his term, end the drug testing will. something I had never heard about. high school facilities after regular Iraq as numerous media outlets offensively on a battlefield. Sounds prohibition of illegal drugs. While At that time. I was more worried classes would all have to consent Criminalizing innocent students are now urging us? Is it because more like an ace in the hole. children are led pharmaceutical am- by requiring them to give urine about my hair than what was going to drug tests in order to be eligi- we might now be looking into the Also, why do people even take phetamines, adults can not choose on in the state of Wyoming. samples in exchange for member- ble to participate. Forcing such numerous financial difficulties this guy seriously? He has ab- which drugs to enjoy in their recre- In fact, I have found that gener- ship in after school clubs is an al- regulations on students would be corporations experienced, espe- solutely no ideas worth saving for ational time. Prohibition of alcohol ally young people our age are not as misguided as it would be inap- together embarrassing proposition, cially those close to the president posterity. His reaction to the first didn't work, but who wants to learn very familiar with Matthew Shep- propriate. If the school districts and the Supreme Court should see and vice president, and the influ- attack on the continental mainland from history. ard or this famous hate crime un- and high school administrators it as such. ence they swayed with our no- in the last 190 years was to revert less they have watched "The want to keep their students from While drugs may be becoming a tably pro-corporate administration. to some west-Texas sheriff, by Chris Dobson is senior history major from Laramie Project" or another TV doing drugs, drug testing the stu- bigger problem in our society, Secondly, why is Bush, a no- that meaning small minded, racist Arlington. He can be contacted al special about the Shepards. Not dents that are already using their school administrators need to real- table failure at corporate manage- and vengeful. Notice the powerful tc.p.dobsonQstudenl.tcu.edu I. knowing about this whole ordeal, time productively after school is ize that students aren't the root of in itself, is a crime, and 1 hope an asinine method of prevention. the problem but are the final vic- more people correct this ignorance Extracurricular activities are a tims. Work must be done to uproot as soon as possible. type of drug prevention in them- the source of the problem. Keeping However, I am not writing this selves. Students who get involved a student who tests positive from Death penalty moratorium to preach about people being un- in after-school clubs and teams not singing in the choir won't help aware citizens. I am talking about will have less time and inclination solve the problems we face today. the main idea portrayed in this to use or abuse drugs. If schools necessary to ensure justice for all documentary: Hate kills. 77m editorial comes from The Collegiate Hate in both thought and speech start putting up barriers to these Times at Virginia Tech. This column was is as dangerous as any form of hate activities, some students, who distributed by U-Wire. As a Texan who understands this was a whopping 68 percent. And, cent of cases in which the defen- state's "hang em high and fry 'em not surprisingly, minorities ac- dant was a minority and the victim spread though discrimination and deep" mentality when it comes to ex- counted for 44 percent of those exe- white, but sought the death penalty murder. One of the priests in "The Laramie Project" talked about how EDITORIAL POLICIES ecutions, I appreciate the reasoning cuted since 1976, and they account in only 15 percent of cases in behind the execu- for 55 percent of those awaiting ex- which the victim was a minority hate is not only beating a homosex- COMMENTARY Kditorial polity: The content of the Opinion page does not necessarily represent the views of Texas tion of criminals. ecutions. Of those being sentenced and the defendant was white. ual to death — hate is just as Christian University, Unsigned editorials represent the view of the TCU Dotty Skiff editorial hoard. Signed Our society is based Joanna to death, a majority are minorities And in the 38 states that allow wrong when somebody calls that letters, columns and cartoons represent the opinion of the writers and do not necessarily reflect the person a dike or a fag. Hate is sick, opinion of the editorial hoard. on rules of civil Catumnch and indigent people. White people the death penalty, 98 percent of conduct, and actions make up 83 percent of capital mur- prosecutors are white. Indigent per- wrong, and there is no reason we letters to the editor: The Skiff welcomes letters to the editor for publication. Letters must be typed. can't stomp it out starting today in douhle-spaced. signed and limited to 250 words. To submit a letter, bring it to the Skiff, Moudy 29IS; that are unlawful should be met with der victims slain by minorities. As sons unable to pay for legal repre- mail it to TCU Box 298050; e-mai! it to [email protected] or fax it to 257-7133. Ixtters must include swift and adequate punishment. As of May 2001, 162 minorities had sentation are left to the mercy of our own dialogues. the authors classification, major and phone number. The Skiff reserves the right to edit or reject letters for Whether or not a person agrees the adage goes if you do the crime been put to death in instances where overzealous prosecutors. Over- style, taste and si/e restrictions. with homosexuality is not the is- the victim was white. worked and underpaid court-ap- you do the time. sue. No matter if homosexuality is When the tables are turned, how- pointed attorneys who barely feel a EDITORIAL BOARD In recent years, however, there considered right or wrong, there is has arisen a movement for a ever, the outcome is much different. need to see their clients and who no doubt that discriminating and Edi'ior-in-Chief Melissa DeLoach mandatory moratorium of the As of May 2001 in instances where also have very little monetary in- feeling hate toward homosexuals is Managing Editet Jonathan Sampson death penalty. A moratorium sim- the defendant was white and the vic- centive hardly meet the standards a hate crime. This deadly offense (lo-Advertising Manager Brian Schneider ply puts a halt on state executions. tim was a minority, only 11 people of fair and adequate representation. Co-Advertising Manager Bradley Bennett is something worth fighting It does not abolish state execu- were sentenced to death. In J990 the Since 1982 Texas has executed against, and if we don't stop it Associate Editor Angie Chang General Accounting Office concluded some 253 persons and counting. James /willing tions permanently although that is now, we stand upon a slippery News Editor in a review of the death penalty that Among those executed were indi- Associate News Editor Aaron Chimbe) the preferred outcome. slope leaning toward the next Sept. homicides under similar circumstances gent persons, mentally retarded Design Editor I,eslie Moeller I am a proponent of the death 11 or another holocaust. Keutures Editor Erin LaMourie penalty in cases where it is proved where defendants had similar criminal persons and a disproportionate We cannot afford another hate Opinion Editor Jordan Blum beyond a doubt that a person was histories a defendant was several times number of minorities. It's high crime in this country or any any- Sports Editor Ham Luthru found guilty and that person was more likely to receive the death time a moratorium is instituted so where else. Life is too short and Assistant Sports Editor Nathan I^oewen afforded full and adequate repre- penalty if the victim was white. that a review of the judicial sys- precious to spend it feeling hate Photo Editor Hemi Ahluwalia sentation. However, in an appalling Prosecutors have full discretion tem in states — starting with toward another person, no matter Copy Desk Chief Bethany McCormack number of cases involving minori- in deciding which cases will be Texas — can occur. I may support what the reason may be. If we ex- Wire Coordinator Julie Ann Matonis ties, indigent people and mentally tried as capital cases. However, the death penalty but I also sup- pect to live in a world that pro- Senior Reporter Jaime Walker retarded people, the justice system such prosecutors often seek the port "justice for all" and that is a motes peace and not war, we must Production Coordinator Blair Buseh has failed to adequately and fairly death penalty more zealously vital concept that has been left out first begin by living in a world that Ben Smithson Web Editor represent defendants. when the defendant is a minority of the justice system. expresses love and not hate. Co-Web Editor Megan Stroup Production Manager Jeanne Cain Pressler The American Civil Liberties and the victim is white. Emily Ward is a senior mathematics and Business Manager Bitay Faulk Union reports in a review of the A case study of Georgia in the Joanna CaUanach is a columnist The news/editorial major from Springtown. Student Publications Director Robert. Bohler death penalty judgments over a 23- 1980s showed that the prosecutors Lariat at Baylor University. This column She can be contacted at Journalism Department Chairman Tommy Tnomason year period of time, the error rate sought the death penalty in 70 per- was distributed by V-Wire. ([email protected] i. Page 4 Friday, March 22, 2002 NEWS DIGEST Your place for the news and world events | Compiled from wire reports | www.skiff.tcu.edu

National/IntemationalRoundup Rumsfeld: tribunals Pope speaks first time about medics were sent to treat and evac- ing the White House for a flight to Emery Clark, 23, of Port St. Lucie, Catholic sex abuse cases uate seven Filipino soldiers Mexico, the first leg of a four-day after a 17-year-old student wounded Thursday in an ongoing trip that also will take him to Lima, arranged for him to meet the will be fair, balanced VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope clash with Muslim extremists on the Peru, and El Salvador to promote deputy off-campus. Clark offered "The world now will begin to see John Paul II on Thursday broke his southern island of Basilan. democracy and reform. to sell him a .38-caliber pistol with BY ANNE GEARAN VsMiK'ialec! I'll-.- what we meant by a fair system silence on the sex abuse cases rock- The fight broke out Thursday The President did not identify the its serial number scratched off, of- WASHINGTON — Defense that will enable us to bring peo- ing ihe Roman Catholic Church, morning near the coconut growing group who might have set off the ficials said. The deputy's name was Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said ple to justice (and) at the same saying the "grave scandal" was cast- village of Bolansa, Philippine mili- bomb about four blocks from the not released. Thursday that the Pentagon's new time protect (our) citizenry." ing a "dark shadow of suspicion" tary spokesman Maj. Noel Detoyato Embassy in the Peruvian capital. over all priests. rules for military tribunals were The Pentagon officials and at- said. It spilled over to the nearby But he nodded when a reporter Court OKs documents In an annual message to priests designed to protect the rights of ac- torneys who worked to develop Upper Manggas area, close to where asked if the terrorist group Shining worldwide, the pope said "as priests to be sent via e-mail cused terrorists while also protect- the rules consulted with outside six U.S. Special Forces members Path, thought to be in eclipse, was we are personally and profoundly af- LAS VEGAS (AP) — Lawyers ing the security of Americans. experts and tried to ensure that the bunk with 50 Filipinos and their bat- on the upsurge. flicted by the sins of some of our talion commander in a sandbagged, can serve legal documents via e- Outlining the new rules, Rums- rules would preserve intelligence brothers who have betrayed the hilltop base. Post office may increase mail, a federal appeals court decided feld noted that any defendants secrets, said Pentagon officials. grace of ordination." in a groundbreaking ruling. brought before the military tri- "There was a constant balancing Philippine army Col. Jessie Del- postage stamp 3 cents He said they had succumbed "to losa said the firefight started when The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Ap- bunals will enjoy the presumption of the requirements of our war pol- the most grievous forms" of what he 60 elite Philippine Scout Rangers WASHINGTON (AP) — Battered peals ruled Wednesday that a Las of innocence, be provided attor- icy and the importance of provid- called, using the Latin phrase, "mys- patrolling coconut groves known to by the terrorist attacks and slipping Vegas hotel-casino could e-mail le- neys and not be required to testify ing justice to these individuals," tery of evil." shelter guerrillas encountered 20 business, the post office appears on gal documents to an offshore com- or implicate themselves. said Douglas J. Feith, the under- It was the first time the pope pub- members of the Abu Sayyaf group, the verge of getting some help: per- pany with no physical address. But the rules were also designed secretary of defense. licly addressed the issue since which has been linked to the inter- mission to raise rates. "When faced with an interna- to respond to what Rumsfeld called The accused might not always widescale accusations of sexual mis- national al-Qaida network. The independent Postal Rate Com- tional e-business scofflaw playing "unique circumstances," allowing be allowed to hear classified evi- conduct by priests surfaced in the mission is scheduled to announce a hide-and-seek with the federal the presiding officer, for example, dence against him, for example, al- United States in recent months. U.S. pilot dies in 1-16 crash decision Friday on a proposal includ- court, e-mail may be the only means to close the proceedings if evidence though his military-appointed during training mission ing an increase in first-class rates by of effecting service of process," the was classified or sensitive. The pre- defense counsel would always Prosecutor will charge 4 3 cents to 37 cents. court said. "We acknowledge that siding officer also could close the have access to that information. with Pearl murder BERLIN (AP) — A U.S. fighter The new rates, which would af- we tread upon untrodden ground." proceedings to guarantee the