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Partly Volcano erupt* cloudy on Montaerrat Chance PLYMOUTH, Montserrat of rain (AP) — Blasting red-hot gravel into the air, an erupting volcano Inside torched several buildings in an THURSDAY evacuated ?.one Wednesday and Should the Reform Party SEPTEMBER 19,1996 coated the abandoned capital in be included in the fall debates Texas Christian University ash. Editorial, Page 3 It was the largest eruption of 94th Year'Number 14 the Soulriere Hills volcano since it rumbled to life last year. There were no injuries, though several dozen people were evacuated from an expanded danger zone as a precaution. Candidate may have broken rules The 3,000-foot volcano Nicoletti, a sophomore business (irind in Eden's Green during got my name out, and number two, The board consists of House erupted July 18, 1995, and has By Rob Sherwin SKIFF STAFF management major, may have vio- Howdy Week and was paid $150 by they're getting high exposure. I Parliamentarian Will Pryor, two forced three evacuations since lated the code when he held a cam- the Programming Council, Rosen checked in with Theresa, and every- House members appointed by Selby, then. The capital, Plymouth, Vice-presidential run-off candi- paign rally at Frog Fountain on Sept. said. thing was fine." he said. an Elections and Regulations lies within the evacuated zone. date Kevin Nicoletti may have vio- II. Fisherman's Ensemble, a local Nicoletti said he cleared the event Hill said she gave the band per- Committee member appointed by lated the Election Code of TCU's band, played at the rally for no with Theresa Hill, chairwoman of mission to play, but she said she Hill, a representative from the ()..). judge House of Student Representatives charge, but the band's fair market the House Elections and thought they did not charge a fee for Campus Life office and Hill. refuses cxeuscs by exceeding the campaign spend- value was not assessed to Nicoletti's Regulations Committee, "I wor- any of its concerts. Selby said for'the Board to hear SANTA MONICA. Calif. ing limit, said Kelly Pelton, a former campaign expenses. The band also ried about Fisherman's Ensemble at "To my knowledge, the band the case, a charge must be filed by a (AP) — The O.J. Simpson civil chairwoman of the House Elections wore Nicoletti campaign buttons the time," he said. "That's why I plays for free," Hill said. candidate, a member of the during the rally. trial opened Wednesday with and Regulations Committee. went to Theresa, and I said, 'I've got Nicoletti could not be reached Elections and Regulations According to the Election Code, Matt Rosen, a sophomore biology this great idea. Can I do this?' She before press time for comment on Committee or a poll worker. No the judge displaying a style of candidates may only spend $40 on major and member of Fisherman's said that it would be fine. the possible violations. charges have been filed, she said. jury selection summed up in their campaigns, and the amount Ensemble, said the band often plays "Fisherman's has given free con- House President Sharon Selby Selby also said Nicoletti has done two words: No excuses. "must include the actual expenses, for free, but has played at venues certs in the past, and they're looking said the Elections Appeals Board a good job of clearing questionable Superior Court Judge plus fair market \a\ui of any donat- such as the Coffee Plantation for for exposure, so we were both help- would decide whether Nicoletti vio- Hiroshi Fujisaki turned away ed materials or campaign aids." $150. The band also played at the ing each other out. Number one, I lated the code if charges were filed. Please see CANDIDATE, Page 2 most claims of hardship by the first 25 jurors summoned to his courtroom. Only four people Starpoint, initially were able to convince Annual him they could not serve on what's expected to be a four- TCU share month trial. The first wave of jurors was festival racially mixed with more than 30 years half white, a quarter black and the rest Asian or Hispanic. By Paul Corliss SKIFF STAFF arrives 'Spin City* wins There's a birthday on campus: time slot Tuesday Starpoint School is celebrating its By Erik McKenzle SKIFF STAFF NEW YORK (AP) — 30th year at TCU. Michael J. Fox got a warm wel- Established in 1966 by MJ. and Art vendors, craft exhibits and come back to series TV Alice Neeley. Starpoint School live music will all be featured at Tuesday night. serves as an on-campus training site TCU's annual arts and music festi- His new ABC sitcom, 'Spin for TCU students in the School of val this week. The event, sponsored by City,' premiered with a house- Education preparing to become teachers. Programming Council, will allow hold rating of 17.0 (or about The school is a research site for students to explore art. listen to 16.5 million TV homes) and a faculty and staff who prepare an music and eat free food. hefty 25 percent share of homes educational program for children The festival will include different watching TV, according to with learning disabilities or atten- artists from the Fort Worth and Nielsen Media Research fig- tion deficits that interfere with aca- Arlington areas and will host sever- ures. demic progress. al Idtal bands that play a variety of This was good news for Starpoint School President music. ABC, which counts "Spin" as Kathleen Williams said Neeley fam- Greg Barron. Programming one of its key ingredients for ily members will visit the school at Council Concert Events chairman, said the festival will be an opportu- improving on its second-place various times throughout the year as nity for all students to have a chance finish for the 1995-96 season. part of the birthday celebration. "We're happily celebrating our to create art. "Spin" beat the season pre- birthday and are welcoming mem- "The festival is designed for BOB- miere of NBC's "Caroline in bers of the Neeley family who will art majors to get to do hands-on art the City." the runner-up in that visit us to share our happiness," she creations." Barron said. 9:30 p.m. EDT time slot. NBC said. He said studenls can create spin won the overall ratings race for Williams said Starpoint's pro- art, which he described as putting the night. gram is the best of its kind in the paper on a record player and using nation. colors to design different patterns Researchers find possible "There are only two other schools on the top of the spinning turntable. areas for asthma genes of our kind in the country." she said. Students will have other chances Charily* L*wl» SKIFF STAFF to create sand art and rock paint- NEW YORK (AP) — "One is in Washington DC, the ings. Barron said there will also be a Researchers who trolled the other's in Washington state." (clockwise from left) Mike McCurdy, a senior music education major; Byron Gordon, a sophomore Williams is in her third year at place where students can make their human DNA for signs of asth- music major; and Cory Gavito, a senior music education major, practice for their jazz ensemble Starpoint. She came to the TCU own tie-dyed clothing. Wednesday evening in Ed Landreth Auditorium. ma genes have found six spots community from the Southlake where the gene might be hid- Carroll Independent School Please see PC Page 6 ing. District, where she was a principal. Scientists already knew that The Neeleys were inspired to several genes make people sus- help children with learning disabili- ceptible to asthma, which ties after watching their grandson Program focuses on diversity affects some 14.6 million struggle academically because of Americans. Those genes team his problems. Williams said. up with environmental triggers Williams said the Neeleys Myths, stereotypes portrayed in skit, discussed by students to bring on the disease. If susceptibility genes really Please see STARPOINT, Page 2 By Bobble Ann Stroud cise of Connections: Diversity are lurking in the areas identi- SKIFF STAFF Institute, a nine-week program fied, it will take roughly three designed for students to open their to five years to find them, said Freshman He sat in a chair and she sat on the minds to different cultures. Dr. William O.C.M. Cookson floor. He wore shoes and she was The program will provide stu- of John Radcliffe Hospital in numbers barefoot. He rubbed his stomach and dents with the chance to raise aware- Oxford, England. she interpreted that as his sign of ness in themselves and others Eventually, the genes may hunger and fed him. through speakers, discussions and suggest new drugs for treat- decrease This was a skit featuring a couple outside projects, said Darron Turner, ment. Angela Seutter in the Albatrosian culture, a pseudo- director of minority affairs. SKIFF STAFF culture used to demonstrate myths The Connections experience Troops depart for Freshman enrollment is down about stereotypes of other cultures includes weekly seminars from 3 to training in Kuwait from last year, but that is to be After the skit, students of 5 p.m. Wednesdays, speakers and FORT HOOD (AP) — The expected because of last year's Connections: Diversity Institute group discussions, outside experien- first 219 troops from the 1st unusually large class, said Sandra expressed their anxieties about a tial learning projects and different Cavalry Division departed Ware, interim dean of admissions. male-dominated culture, which they presentations to student groups, he Texas Wednesday for training According to TCU's Institutional said they thought was the focus of said. in the Middle East. Research office, entering freshmen the exhibition. "The program will provide stu- A total of some 3,000 sol- from the fall of lu95 numbered As their discussion continued, dents with a chance to serve on com- diers in the 1st Cavalry's 3rd 1,330. In contrast, freshman enroll- leaders of the Institute helped the mittees dealing with diversity, and Brigade were expected to ment numbers decreased to 1.240 in group realize the female actually job opportunities will be available depart for Kuwait over the the fall of 1996. dominated the male. Anantha after the successful completion of next several days. Ware said TCU tries to keep Babbili, professor of journalism and the program," Turner said. One of the biggest issues facing The troops are joining enrollment to about 7,000 graduate chairman of the department, played Ml HrnmtH SKIFF STAFF 1,200 Fort Hood soldiers who and undergraduate students. This the man. He told the audience his young people is diversity, especially Anantha Babilli, professor of journalism and chairman of the depart- arrived in Kuwait last month. semester's total enrollment of 6,961 action of tasting the food was meant when it goes beyond the bounds of ment, and Kakoli Ghosh, a graduate student, play the role of a couple The additional troops were students complies with that ideal to protect the woman and to make race and ethnicity. Turner said. in the Albatrosian culture, a mythical race used in a presentation for first alerted to prepare for size. sure she would not be poisoned. "The question you must ask your- Connections: Diversity Institute. deployment Friday and A recent article in the Fort Worth Babbili said his character was not self is. What role you will play in received their final orders Star-Telegram stated many North pure enough to sit on the floor or be defining diversity'.'"' he said. "We need to learn to respect, seemingly opposing aspects of Tuesday. Texas public universities have had barefoot because then a part of his "Students can begin to define their appreciate and celebrate a variety of diversity within a global communi- The 1,200 troops already in trouble keeping their enrollment body would be touching the earth. role by participating in the pro- cultures," he said. "We are going to ty. Butler said. Kuwait were scheduled to numbers up while private schools The woman was the only being gram." talk in terms of the idea that we are "No one person knows everything train until December. Officials like TCU and Southern Methodist worthy of touching the earth The Rev. John Butler, minister to from all cultures but yet we are one about diversity, it's a lifelong jour- have not said whether that will University have had record numbers because, as a caretaker and life- the university, said the program will culture." ney," he said. "But what we hope to be extended. giver, she was pure, he said. focus on being part of both the The program will express the Please tee FRESHMAN, Page 6 This exhibition was the first exer- minority majority populations. complex dynamics between the Please see PLAY, Page 2 PAGE 2 Skiff THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1996

CANDIDATE From Page 1 issues with Hill. ed to fill it. He talks all the time "Kevin Nicoletti has taken every about his committee being the step to clear all his campaigning Student Concerns Committee. Check your records, it's not his In a Tuesday story about the vice presidential special through the Elections and Regulations Committee," she said. committee. He was at best a peon election, a statement was inadvertently omitted. The story "He has taken steps above the on that committee." INTKRNATIONAL. STUDENT ASSOCIATION will attend a should have said Kevin Nicoletti was not available at press other candidates." Nicoletti said if the student body picnic today in the Port Worth Botanic Gardens. Those who want time to respond to accusations from other candidates of Pelton said she thinks the case thought these accusations were attend should meet at 5 p.m. in Student Center Room 222. should be examined. true, those thoughts would have dirty campaigning. The Skiff regrets the error. been reflected in the election. "If it's any issue that concerns ABOVE AND BEYOND... The House of Student the candidates or any one who sup- "I'm doing my best to run a Representatives invites everyone to the 1996 University Leadership ported the candidates, then it clean campaign," Nicoletti said. Retreat on Friday and Saturday. For more information contact the STARPOINT should be examined," she said. "I "I've made no attacks on any other House office at 921-7924. think any issue like this should be candidate, and I'm going to contin- From Page 1 examined." ue to stick to that. Whether or not things were done that were tacky, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION will hold its Ricky Paradise, the other run-off believed teachers needed to be ure," Williams said. "We take them that's for the students to decide. first meeting of the year at 5:30 p.m. Sept. 24 in Dan Rogers Hall candidate, said he also thought of I'm just going to be who 1 am, and trained to belter deal with children from that place where school was- Room 140 to discuss speakers and events. For more information con- staging a rally with a band but I'm not going to attack arty other tact Darren Lewis at 920-9184. with special educational needs. n't fun, where they didn't feel thought it would violate the code. candidate." Through Starpoint, the troubles good about themselves or what "I wanted to do it and I wanted their grandson encountered were they were doing and put them in an to do it the same way he wanted to Martin Reidy, a senior business SCRl B FASHION SHOW AND STETHOSCOPE DISPLAY environment that suits their needs. do it. but I was told that it couldn't management major and former will be held at 12:30 p.m. Sept. 26 in the living room of the Annie addressed. be done because fair market value vice-presidential candidate, said he Richardson Bass Building. All students are invited. Refreshments will Starpoint students and TCU stu- "The kids don't feel inferior on a band is $500," said Paradise, a has no immediate plans to file a be served. dents reinforce each other's roles because they go to a 'special sophomore international finance charge against Nicoletti with the as they work together. school.' It's actually quite the con- and accounting major. "And so Elections and Regulations trary." she said. "Our students are UNDKRGRADS INTERESTED IN STUDENT TEACHING "TCU students are full of ener- somehow, he gets it cleared. But Committee, but said he would con- proud; they tell their friends that need to fill out an application. Applications can be picked up in the gy, enthusiasm and ideas," that's smart campaigning. Thai's sider filing if Paradise and the two they attend TCU." Bute) Building Room 102 or 304. All applications for Spring 1997 Williams said. "They ensure that good campaigning." other former candidates were to student teachers are due Sept. 25. the school has lots of activity, lots The students at Starpoint partic- Paradise also said Nicoletti's approach him on the issue. of communication and lots of fun." ipate in various TCU campus campaign was misleading. Nicoletti and Paradise finished activities, visit the sports facilities DECEMBER DEGREE CANDIDATES should file their intent to TCU students participate at "You see Nicoletti running on a first and second, respectively, in graduate immediately in the office of their academic dean. Starpoint School as observers, to tour the weight and locker foundation of House experience Tuesday's special election and are practice teachers, classroom aides rooms and meet TCU coaches. when he only spent one semester in on the ballot in today's run-off. and beginning educational "I like going to school here," the House." he said. "The only rea- Mark Irish, a junior accounting and NATIONAL COLLEGE POETRY CONTEST is open to all col- son he spent that one semester in lege students who want their poetry anthologized. Cash prizes will be researchers. TCU professors offer said 8-year-old Reed Wilkerson, finance major, finished third, while their knowledge to help the who is in his second year at the House is because a seat became Thomas Kunkel. a senior radio- awarded to the top five poems. The deadline for submissions is Oct. vacant at the semester. 31. For contest rules send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to: Starpoint staff and students. Starpoint. "At my old school, TV-film major, finished fourth. Reidy was the fifth-place candi- International Publications, PO Box 44044-1, Los Angeles, CA 90044. "It's convenient to have this sort Ridglea Hills (Elementary School), "He wasn't even elected, he just stepped in because someone need- date. of facility located in your own it was hard to understand things. backyard," said a TCU student Here the teachers are nice and easy who has worked at Starpoint. "The to understand." managing editor, news editor, campus edilor and snorts best thing about it. though, is the Tuition for a student at Starpoint PLAY editor. Signed letters and columns represent Ihc opinion « * ■ • DA ■ ■ >- of the writers kids. They're fun and interesting to School is $4,000 a year. I M ino in IH> MHIOR: The Skiff welcomes letters tn work with." Scholarships are available based From Page 1 ihc cdnur lor publication letters must he typed, dou- Mi (pHML signed ami limned lo 500 words LMU Each spring Starpoint screens on financial need. do is give students a direct experi- Kevin Nicoletti, a sophomore should tx' submitted ai least iwo days, helrirc publication Skiff io Ihc Y*i*7. M.mdy 2f IS. k>TCU Boi 2M070,QTlota for fall applicants. The school Starpoint School is accredited ence of what will be a changing real- business management major, said the Slnc« 1902 931-7133 They mu»i include ihc author's clmbVl lion, mj|oi and phone number The Skiff reserves the reviews the applicants' test data, by the Commission on Elementary ity." program is an opportunity for stu- [lie TCUDatt) B40 to |i«»iu4.-«l b) siuJcni- ui tUM nghi to edit or reject letters 1m Njrlt and MM meets with the child and shares Schools and the Southern Carlos Alvarado. a junior econom- dents to get more involved in minor- CbftofiW I imcrMiv spxm'mred hy the journalism |fUU»4HMBl RO H«i 99030, tort Worth. Texas ics and English major, said the pro- ity affairs. depart mrni MH\ published Tucwljy through Friday tlut 7612" information about the school's pro- Association of Colleges and in* IJII .mil jpnng jBinrtliinotfH dual* week andhol- PHOM MKIDRI hmr-dign ettension (WJ00 series) gram is good because it helps all stu- i,1..v. 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"I've talked to a lot of minority stu- hy the extensKKi reviews all information compiled QKU mm UNXI Southern Association of "Diversity means so many differ- dents in different groups around tumcimium CtUttl WOO, Mttoriaa 6474 Rates Main number 921-7428 and decides whether Starpoint arc $30 per MHOM fa 931-7133 Independent Schools, the Texas ent things to different people and I'm campus, but this program is the best I r>iM>nisi units I'nsiK-ned eihi.'ruls rcprrwnt ihc A(lvwiis,ng/t:i«w,ified 721 -742*1 offers the kind of schooling a par- Independent Schools Consortium opportunity for students to communi- vtfB .if on* \ktfl cilitixul h..ard. which is compoied nf HuMftcss Manager.. . h274 excited that we are going to do things HK- L-ii11■ >r managing editor, npinion editor. mJMM Student Publications Director fBSt ticular child requires. and the National Association of in this program to help us leant what cate with one another about diversi- "Our kids have a history of fail- Laboratory Schools. diversity is really about." he said. ty," he said.

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EDITORIALS HERE'S THE DEAL Perot should be included in debates Someone needs to realize the world doesn't Commission ignore the fact that Perot revolve around the Democrats and received this money and that his name is on all Republicans.Excluding Ross Perot from this 50 state ballots?Without Perot in the debates, year's presidential debates is saying ^^^ the American people will again be that no one without partisan ties has POINT subjected to inside-the-Beltway a voice. No, the Commission on speeches that won't hit some of the Presidential Debates shouldn't include fringe key issues Perot emphasizes, such as cam- U.S. disease: ignorance candidates, but Perot has been much more vis- paign finance reform and opposition to free ible. Perot gained 19 percent of the votes in trade.In fact, one poll cited in The Dallas Lazy, uneducated kids result of poor teaching 1992. That's enough to justify letting him be Morning News showed 62 percent of part of this year's debates.And if that's not Americans want Perot in the debates. Did any- What is the definition of an Ask any international exchange stu- fought against during World War II. enough, the Federal Election Commission one consider this poll and what the public educated person'.' Is a per- dent how many languages he or she That may seem funny, but it's not ruled earlier this year that Perot was eligible wants to see and hear in debates?Regardless of son educated when he or knows — at least two, probably the least bit funny that most high she graduates from high school or more. Two years of foreign language school students cannot name all 50 for $29 million in federal money for the 1996 what the Commission thinks, Ross Perot, with college'.' Does a diploma denote that in high school does not make you states, or that very few TCU students campaign because of his showing in 1992. Yet his infomercials and media attention, is a someone is officially educated? bilingual. Other countries start push- can name the mayor of Fort Worth. the Commission on Presidential Debates says viable candidate and should be part of the Apparently not. Ignorance is a dis- ing foreign languages as early as In order to register for most jour- ease that is kindergarten. nalism classes, students at TCU are Ross Perot has no "realistic chance."Did the 1996 presidential debates. destroying President Clinlon promised to required to pass a grammar, spelling American improve the hiring and training of our and punctuation test. It sounds pretty brains. But are nation's teachers in his acceptance easy, right'.' Wrong! He's not a viable candidate students to speech at the Democratic National The journalism department had to blame? Convention. This still leaves the limit the number of times a person Even though he campaigns as an outside-the- is against them. Perhaps it is. But American The Dallas United States with a generation of could take the test to three. They also Beltway, anti-establishment candidate, Ross politics and government is based on two par- Morning News children without an accredited educa- had to set up a tutorial program for quoted a study tion. It's known that our nation's pri- those students with weak grammar Perot has mastered one aspect of modern ties that represent serious ideological differ- that found orities are screwed up. but, in the long skills I know extremely intelligent American politics: whining.The ^^^^ ^^^ ences. If the American people seri- almost 40 per- run. the only people who are going to people who had to switch majors Commission on Presidential COUNTERPOINT ously wanted a viable third party. cent of math suffer are those here to see future gen- because they failed this test. It's not their fault the elementary and high Debates has recommended, not they would already have one.Perot teachers are erations take the reins. not qualified to By the time students get to college, schools they attended did not empha- declared, that Perot be excluded from any fall doesn't have the support of more than five per- teach math. they should already have a grasp of size grammatical skills. debates because he has no "realistic chance" cent of Texas residents, and he almost certain- Texas doesn't require a teaching cer- basic knowledge, but they don't. Until the government steps in and of winning. Everyone except Perot seems to ly won't gain more than that nationwide. If he tificate. Any random Joe could walk Edwin Feulner. president of the reconstructs our education system. into a classroom and teach. This Heritage Foundation, a conservative our only option may be to turn to self- realize this.Perot's Reform Party immediately is included with such little support, then what explains why students doubt their think tank, writes about an informal education. It's not hard to read a said it would sue, and Reform vice-presiden- about Libertarian Harry Browne and Green teachers' intelligence. survey conducted at the University of newspaper or a book every now and tial candidate Pat Choate called the debate- Party candidate Ralph Nader? What about the The study also found 500 of the Maryland. He found that students then. All the information you need to designing system "a corrupt little game" Natural Law Party, the Socialists and the nation's 1,200 schools lack accredita- could not answer simple questions make yourself an educated person is tion. The United States is infamous about history, geography, math and out there. You just have to find it. between Democrats and Republicans.Every CommunistsTThe commission made a wise for having the laziest, most uneducat- science. Students were dumbfounded time something doesn't go Perot's way, he and recommendation. The debate, if you will, has ed kids on the planet. The govern- when asked questions such as, "What Jodie Vonderhaar is a junior his followers immediately cry that the system moved beyond Ross Perot. ment is to blame for this. We alienate is the formula for the area of a rectan- advertising-public relations major ourselves from other countries by not gle?" Some guy said Pearl Harbor from Arlington. forcing children to become bilingual, was a country the United States Kunkel throws dirt into clean campaign £ £ ■ ior what does it profit a man to It reached its low point when Kunkel ate is going to try to tell people with doc- most students. Maybe most of us are satis- about how important it is to have a good 1 gain the world and lose his said, "It's simple, you can vote for one of torate degrees how to teach. That ought to fied with the professors we have had thus relationship with the administration. A soul?" Or to be more precise, the popularity boys or you can vote for be interesting. far. In a representative government, the good relationship with fellow House mem- how can someone someone who will do a good job." Perhaps Mr. Kunkel doesn't know what voters define the issues that are important bers is even more important. truly care about TCU Those are startling accusations, Mr. people have to go through to get a doctor- to them, not the candidates. I resent the If every candidate cares about TCU as while stomping all Kunkel. And I suppose you have proof of ate. If he doesn't, he might want to ask one fact that Thomas Kunkel is trying to tell much as they say they do. they will have to over his classmates to these accusations. Reading this passage of his professors. He might think twice me what we should worry about. 1 thought work together in the future. How willing show us how much he can lead one to wonder where libel comes about criticizing them if he did. representative democracy worked the other will they be to do that after this campaign'' cares? into play. Most of us were taught to respect people way. Perhaps a public apology is in order. These questions Kunkel also tried to tell constituents who have more schooling than ourselves. The most distressing aspect of this cam- Perhaps Mr. Kunkel should privately apol- came to mind after what the most important issue of the cam- Call it courtesy, call it respect or call it paign is the length to which Kunkel goes ogize to everyone who ran against him. seeing Thomas paign is — education. Is that so? I don't anything you want. It seems that some to discredit his opponents. Are campus pol- Perhaps Mr. Kunkel should apologize for Kunkel's table flyers remember anyone asking me what I haven't learned these lessons yet. itics really that important? insulting our intelligence and for bringing on Tuesday. In the thought the most important issue was. Perhaps we should spend more time Campus politics used to be fairly lowdown filthy tactics into an otherwise span of a short para- On the special section dedicated to the teaching students to respect those who refreshing. National politics is full of respectable campaign. At the very least. I graph, Kunkel man- candidates in Tuesday's Skiff, Kunkel said, have more knowledge than themselves. shameless attacks and deceptive sound hope no one else follows his example. aged to take name- "I want to work toward improving teach- They might actually learn more that way. bytes. At least House candidates kept mud- calling and mudsling- ing here at TCU." That would seem to be a good goal for an slinging out of their campaigns. Until now. ing to an all-time low (on-campus any- If I were a professor at TCU, I would be institution of higher learning. This style of campaigning creates a lot Scott Barzilla is a senior political sci- way). insulted by that statement. An undergradu- Perhaps education isn't an issue with of problems. House members often talk ence major from Houston. Board's blank check could have been disastrous The legacy of last year's House of lem occurred when the administration estimated at $17,500. The cost is a moot have the blind consent of the student body. ly heard of this fiasco. The resolution was Student Representatives' ineptitude offered to cover half of the cost. The House point. The contention resides in the fact that The fact that the Executive Board did not strategically placed at the end of the year to lives! This particular instance finds decided that in order for it to be truly stu- the final three lines of the resolution reads, milk TCU for all that it is worth is also avoid debate and ensure that it could be the Executive Board dent-supported, students (all 35 of them) "Be it Resolved: That the TCU House of moot It is the potential for shady, under- vague as hell with relative impunity due to: free from blame. must pay for all of it. Of course the students Student Representatives supports the the-table dealings that indict last year's 1) the "need" to get the track completed However, the student lined up on game day to ride the "spirit Executive Board's decision to commit funds House members as morons and not the do- before school started (this supersedes all representatives have buses" and, of course, the student body had over the summer for the construction of a gooders they so vehemently touted them- rational thought) and 2) the freedom to earned the lifetime title to eat the $2,000 loss, since four buses were Worth Hills running track." selves to be. change the amount without the student of "mindless sheep." chartered and not even one was filled. The Executive Board should be com- 11 any other organization went in front of body's approval (if the estimated cost The House has a One might think that the House would mended for successfully turning a limited the House asking for money without a spec- changes from $17,500 to $20,000 they can nasty reputation for leam from this monkey-esque waste of democracy into an oligarchy. The represen- ified amount in writing, they would be rape the budget for more without breaking affirming everything money. He or she would be moronically tatives should be shot for their failure to see laughed out of the building. If College Bowl the bond of "trust" they have with the stu- lacking logic and wrong. Instead, the sheep-like representa- the potential for a giant reaming of the stu- asked for a blank check from the House dent body). attacking all that has tives give license for the Executive Board to dent budget. Essentially, since the resolution because they hadn't worked out all of the Whether the Executive Board exercised any intellectual merit. spend gargantuan amounts of money during dictates that the House supports any expen- "few small details." they would be handed the right to commit evil schemes doesn't Last year's achieve- the summer without notifying the student ditures over the summer (note there is no white sleeveless jackets and asked to get in matter. The true worry is the mandatory ment record was high- body. specified amount written down anywhere in the pretty white van. Yet, the same House frontal lobotomy upon becoming a represen- lighted by the brilliant The origin of this lies in Resolution 96- the resolution, not even a ballpark figure) that makes Ebeneezer Scrooge look like tative. decision to fund four buses to the University 15, "A Resolution to Support the the Executive Board now has the right to Mother Teresa on crack when it comes to The "Baaaas" have it! of Texas-TCU game in Austin. Construction of a Worth Hills Track." This spend as much as they damn well please. miserliness, freely hands out an unspecified Backed by school spirit? Yes. Good inten- has been the brain child of the Executive A diamond-encrusted, gold bar-paved amount of money like it is candy. Christopher Smith is a senior history and tions? Yes. Well thought out? No. The prob- Board for some time. The cost of this was running track? No problem, since they now It is amazing that the student body actual- sociology major from Burleson. PAGE 4 Skiff THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1996 Abortion pill called safe, could be available soon

By Connie Cast nonprofit group that has the U.S. rights to the FDA the outstanding information nec- Terry, founder of Operation Rescue: "The another pill that causes strong uterine con- ASSOCIATED PRESS market the drug. essary for approval," the council said in a FDA is participation in the chemical assas- tractions to expel the fetus. The process can be painful and cause bleeding. It must be WASHINGTON — The drug RU-486, The drug, already used by 200.000 statement. sination of innocent people," he said in a an alternative method of abortion to Furopcan women, has long been the focus Once the FDA gets answers to its ques- statement. monitored closely, requiring three separate surgery, passed its last major hurdle of an emotional debate between abortion tions, it has up to six months to review the The decision was hailed by abortion doctor exams for safety. rights supporters and abortion opponents, information. rights supporters, who predicted it will help Wednesday on the way to becoming avail- FDA officials would not give details of able to women in the United States who argue that making the drug available Abortion opponents accused the Clinton end the days when women arriving for the information they still seek, saying that The Food and Drug Administration said in the privacy of doctors' offices will administration of rushing the approval abortions have to pass through anti-abor- is considered proprietary information. the controversial French pill was sale and increase the number of U.S. abortions. process for political rather than sound med- tion rallies outside clinics. Labeling questions usually involve instruc- effective when used under a doctor's close The FDA sent a letter requesting further ical reasons. "It's a new era of choice for American tions and warnings for patients and doctors. supervision But the IDA withheld final information on Wednesday to the council, "We have no idea what the long-term women," said Margaret Conway. vice pres- The council also would not say what the approval until it receives more information which in March began the process to get impact on women's health will be by this ident for public policy at Planned FDA was seeking. about how the drug would be manufactured approval for the drug, known chemically as politically motivated push to get this chem- Parenthood. "American women have been and labeled. mifeprislone. ical into American women's bodies." said waiting for years for this approval. They're "Some things are easily accommodated It should he in doctors' offices by mid- to Such letters are a common, usually Kristi Hamrick. spokeswoman for the con- ready for this." in a couple of weeks or a couple of l»te-1997, said Sandra Waldman. spokes- minor, hurdle in the approval process. servative Family Research Council. To induce an abortion, the pregnancy- months," Waldman said. "Others will take woman for the Population Council, the "We arc sure we will be able to provide Tougher rhetoric came from Randall ending pill is followed two days later by longer." Perry accepts blame Clinton declares national monument Move in Utah 'dismays' political leaders, 'delights" environmentalists

By Terence Hunt Staircase-Fscalante National Mike Matz. executive director of paign officials say the president for terrorist bombing ASSOCIATED PRESS Monument without congressional the Southern Utah Wilderness holds a narrow lead over Bob Dole. Alliance, called it "one of the most By John Diamond pate in the game of passing the GRAND CANYON NATIONAL approval. He announced his deci- From here, Clinton headed to ASSOCIATED PRESS buck," he noted that an Air Force PARK, Ariz. — Siding with envi- sion near the same spot where significant land actions that any Seattle for a speech at the Pike Place WASHINGTON — Defense general will review the Khobar ronmentalists in one of the nation's Theodore Roosevelt used the same president has done." Market. On Thursday he will take a Secretary William Perry told law- lowers case to determine if fur- biggest wilderness battles, President law, the Antiquities Act, to protect Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, said bus trip through Washington to inakeri Wednesday he bears ther punishments are warranted. Clinton declared 1.7 million acres of the Grand Canyon from develop- Clinton was declaring "war on the Oregon for a rally in Portland on responsibility for missteps by the Perry gave no indication he southern Utah's red-rock cliffs and ment in 1908. West." Friday. He will stop in South Pentagon prior to the terrorist might resign as a result of the canyons as a national monument "We are saying very simply, our Utah's Republican governor, Dakota. another traditional bombing that killed 19 U.S. air- bombing. Wednesday. parents and grandparents saved the Michael l.eavitt. said Clinton "com- Republican stronghold, on his return men in Saudi Arabia "We have a systematic and The election-year move effective- Grand Canyon for us," Clinton said. pletely chose to ignore the process . trip to Washington later in the day. "I have enjoyed some substan- judicious process of military jus ly blocks development of one of "Today we will save the Grand . . (and) ignore the public trust" of Clinton holds a double-digit lead tial successes, and I am proud of tiee." Perry said. "I will let it pro- America's largest-known coal Fscalante Canyons and the people in the region. in Washington and Oregon and a those successes. Bui Khobar ceed carefully and objectively. In reserves, to the dismay of political Kaiparowils Plateaus of Utah for Yet, with just five electoral votes narrower edge in South Dakota, lower was a tragic failure." Perry the meantime. I will not seek to leaders in Utah, the nation's most our children." in Utah, there was not much politi- according to his campaign. told the House National Security delegate the responsibility for Republican stale. The area is marked with natural cal risk for Clinton in offending the Committee in a hearing on the this tragedy on any of my mili Clinton's designation of a nation- arches and bridges, high cliffs of state's political establishment. June 25 attack at the Khobar tary commanders." "We can't have mines everywhere al monument in southern Utah cov- and we shouldn't have mines that red. white and yellow sandstone and Towers complex in Dhahran, Perry said he still stands Arizona was the third state on ers federal land to the west of the threaten our national treasures," deep canyons. "lo the extent this tragedy behind his top commanders, (pen. Clinton's six-state campaign tour, Colorado River and to the east of resulted from a failure of leader- John Shalikashvili, chairman of Clinton said. Seven weeks before the election, and it was the second time he visit- Bryce Canyon National Park. It ship, thai responsibility is mine the Joint Chiefs of Stall, anil Standing at the south rim of the Clinton's action delighted environ- ed the stale in a week. No Democrat includes the coal-rich Kaiparowils and mine alone." Gen. Binford Peay 111, head of Grand Canyon, Clinton invoked a mentalists but brought threats of has carried Arizona since Harry Plateau, the Escalante River His testimony did not entirely the U.S. Central Command, 90-year-old law to create the Grand political retaliation from Utah. Truman in 1948, but Clinton cam- Canyons and the Grand Staircase. salislv all the committee mem- responsible for the Persian Gulf bers. Some said people below area. If they made mistakes. Perry in the military's chain of Perry said, he is responsible command could hardly be because he supported them for Dole unveils new political anti-drug slogan expected to recommend punish their positions. ment foi the secretary or other Rep. Curt Weldon, R-Pa.. who In both cases, he said, the senior Pentagon officials. By Curt Anderson ambivalent themselves." Dole naked failure of leadership." Dole has sparred with Perry previously ASSOCIATED PRESS said. said. movies "feature the romance of The bearing came two days over defense issues, voiced dis- LOS ANGELES — Republican heroin." He added that popular after release of a task force report satisfaction with the secretary's Dole unveiled his slogan, an Dole repeated his promise to presidential candidate Bob Dole culture "owes a duty to the fragile that said the Pentagon's top lead responses and suggested the upda.e of Nancy Reagan's "Just reduce teen-age drug use by 50 percent by 2000 and to help create world of children." ers failed to give countertenor committee conduct its own probe today unveiled a new anti-drug Say No" campaign of the 1980s, as he attempted to drive home his 1,000 new "community-based ism high enough priority to pro- into culpability. slogan — "Just Don't Do It" — "I have a message to the fash- tect soldiers in the field partic- and leveled his most withering charge that Clinton has done little anti-drug coalitions" of parents, "I think any time you have ion, music and film industries: ularly those deployed in the to combat illegal drugs. The more religious leaders, educators and someone that reports to you judg charges to date that President Take your influence seriously. Middle East. The report did not than 2.000 youths who made up others. ing whether or not you are Clinton has done little to combat Respect your talent and power. name higher officials but heavily his audience chanted the slogan derelict in your duties, that pre- illegal drugs. He also accused the The Clinton campaign quickly Stop the commercialization. criticized Air force Brig. Gen. along with Dole, and he said even sents an immediate and obvious entertainment industry of glamor- responded, noting that Dole voted Terryl J "Terry" Schwalier. the such a simplistic message has a big against money for school anti-drug conflict of interest." Weldon said. izing heroin use. Dole said that it elected, he 4404th Wing commander in impact. programs and the creation of a would spearhead an effort to per- Rep. Tillie fowler. R-Fla.. Saudi Arabia, for failing to pur- Dole, in remarks at a private "People should not use drugs, drug czar. "When Boh Dole had suade the entertainment industry to while not faulting Perry directly, high school that uses drug-sniffing sue security at the Dhahran apart- because some things are right and the opportunity to do something market products with a "no-use. ment complex more aggressively said the Pentagon probe "needs dogs to police its campus, accused other than just talk tough, he chose zero-tolerance message." some things are wrong, and this is Clinton of "making light of his not to," spokeswoman Lisa Davis The author of that report, to go up as well as down" the It was Dole's third major foray retired Gen Wayne Downing, sal own experimentation with drugs." badly wrong," he said. said in Washington. chain of command. "Senior civil- into Southern California to criti- next to Perry in the House hear- a reference to the president's jokes The Clinton administration, he ian officials need to he held As for the entertainment indus- cize the entertainment industry; ing room contended, has been involved in a responsible." about his experiment with marijua- try, Dole singled out the British previously, the GOP nominee said The report correctly concluded "conspiracy of silence" on illegal film "Trainspotting," a graphic- Fowler said it is "inexcusable" na while a student. there was too much gratuitous sex that "we do not have a locus in drugs and claimed the president look at a group of youthful that no Central Command senior "The president has shown his our budgeting process on force had mentioned illegal drugs just 24 Scottish heroin users, and the pop- and violence in movies, television officers had inspected the Khobar moral confusion. We will never protection." Perry said "That is times in 1993 and 1994 in more ular 1994 movie "Pulp Fiction," and music and called on compa- lowers complex for security vul- have a firm, confident, national my responsibility." than 2.300 presidential statements. which included a lengthy scene nies to be responsible. nerability. message against drugs when our Declaring "I will not partici- depicting a heroin overdose by leaders — any of us — are "The president has sent up a white flag of surrender. It is a actress Uma Thurman's character.

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In late trading Ihe fits of the new international studies office in the Slates spent $11.7 billion more on Rickel building. foreign purchases than il sold over- dollar cost 109.15 yen. down from Roberta Corder, study abroad coordinator, seas in July, a sharp jump in the 110.24 on Tuesday. Ihe dollar also said having a consolidated office helps the who work here," Pitts said. "We've seen a lot of Japan, the Universidad de las Americas-Puebla trade deficit thai was blamed on fell against the German mark and department serve the students more effectively. traffic." in Mexico and Regents College in London. increased demand lor Japanese British pound. Previously, the international studies office was The new office has a reference section with She said students need to sign up as soon as cars, Chinese toys and foreign oil. divided between the Rickel and Reed and several books, videos, maps and reference possible for study abroad programs in the The Commerce Department The Clinton administration Sadler halls. materials to teach students more about interna- spring and summer. said the July deficit in goods and insisted the 43 percent widening in "We're all together." Corder said. "It's an tional education, study abroad programs and "We're encouraging students to sign up services trade was the worst show- Ihe trade gap was only a temporary improvement over us being in different build- international careers. The reference area has a early," Pitts said. "Space is limited, and finan- ing since the end of 1987. The aberration. Bui Republican candi- ings." videocassetle recorder and computer for stu- cial aid is available for those who sign up deficit in just goods of $15.6 bil- date Bob Dole's campaign seized Corder said she had spent her whole TCU dents to use. Pitts said she hopes the center will early." lion was the second worst showing s on the dramatic worsening of Ihe career working out of Reed Hall, and was a bit soon have access to the Internet. in U.S. history, surpassed only by a Pitts said TCU is very supportive of the deficit to highlight ils attacks on nervous about moving to the new office. She She said the consolidated office is important $15.9 billion deficit in December study abroad programs and wants to help stu- White House Hade policies. 1985. said she now feels the move is a tremendous to show students how the global business world dents who can't afford to pay for the programs asset to her job. will operate in the future. on their own. "This underlines why we have lo have a new economic policy." Commerce Secretary Mickey "I thought no one would come see me any- "One of the advantages of working together "TCU puts its financial commitment behind Kantor, a lop adviser in Clinton's more. I thought I'd be lost," Corder said. "This is that we're showing students how offices are said Robert l.ighlhizcr. a Dole- students studying abroad," Pitts said. trade adviser. "The country has re-election effort, sought to put the hasn't proved to be true at all." going to work in the next century," Pitts said. best face on the figures, arguing Delia Pitts, director of international educa- Corder also said it's important for students to Corder said applications to study abroad in become less competitive. We are losing our manufacturing jobs. lluil despite Ihe dramatic widening tion, said the new office is convenient for stu- be exposed to international cultures and to the spring are due in October, so students inter- of Ihe deficit in July, the imbalance dents because it is centrally located among the learn what il means to live and work in an inter- ested must act immediately. Wages are stagnant. This is why people are so anxious." through the first seven months of dormitories in Worth Hills and the main cam- national environment. She said the new office Pitts said there will be a study abroad fair in this year was 10.4 percent below pus, and because the Rickel Building has many accomplishes that. the Student Center during Family Weekend. Wall Streel was initially jolted file same period a year ago. other resources, making it easier for students to "So many international students are in and She said she hopes students and their parents by Ihe larger-lhan-expected deficit stop by when they have the time. out of the-office all the time that our students will attend and learn more about TCU's pro- and renewed worries about rising He predicted thai the deficit for "In the accessibility point of view, this is a have more of a sense of what it means," Corder grams and meet the professors who lead them. interest rates. Bui by the close of all of 1996 would be lower than prime location," Pitts said. said. "Everybody doesn't look like everybody The international studies office is located in trading Wednesday, the Dow Jones last year's $105.1 billion gap. Pitts said the center has attracted many stu- else." the Rickel Building Room 109. The office is industrial average had recouped reverting a trend thai has seen the dents and has helped the international programs Pitls said TCU sponsors exchange programs open from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. during the some of its earlier losses, ending deficit rise steadily during at TCU grow. with several universities around the world, week. Pitls said the office has an open-door down 11.47 at 5.877.36. Clinton's llrsi three years in office. "It's extremely stimulating for the students including Kansi Gaidai University in Osaka, policy and students can stop by any time.

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By Amy Thompson The center sponsors organizations that pro- drinking habits. These students must also toward the students who leave school because be consequences when they break the rules SKIFF STAFF vide students with alternatives to alcohol. attend a two-hour educational meeting. of alcohol-related problems. regarding alcohol. Organizations such as Students Reaching Out, Leanne Fondren, program specialist for the Mike Russel, TCU's assistant dean of cam- "We can only hope that by the time our stu- If the average college student had to spend ROAD. Workers (Responsibility of Adult center, and Taylor are available to help stu- pus life, said alcohol was involved in about 75 dents are juniors and seniors they will know his or her money on either txx>ks or booze, Decisions), Peer Educators, Hyperfrogs and dents who have questions or concerns about percent of disciplinary cases he has dealt with the negative effects alcohol can have on there's little douhl which choice would he Campus Mentors promote spirit and support drinking habits. during the past year. them," Taylor said. "We want students to made through means other than the consumption of In 1995, the university referred about 300 T.K. Bickley, a senior radio—TV—film know it is OK to choose not to drink, or have Students spent S5..S billion dollars on alco- alcohol or drugs. students to the center. Taylor said. major, said she lost a close friend from TCU one drink. They don't have to give in to peer hol in IW4. according to a survey by the Taylor said alcohol is a bigger problem on "It's unfortunate that they violated the in a drunk-driving accident nearly three years pressure." National Commission on Substance Abuse at campus at the beginning of the school year. rules, but it is a great way for us to set a cli- ago. She said she has nothing against having a Taylor said the TCU Alcohol and Drug Colleges and I'rmersities. Thai's more than "We get twice as many alcohol violations in mate where excessive drinking is uncool." she good time, but students should be smart when Education Program is strong because it inter- the) spent on soda. tea. milk, juice, coffee and the fall than in the spring." Taylor said. "This said. doing so. acts with every student and academic office. books combined is probably due to the fact that most new stu Taylor said at least 37 percent of all acade- "When accidents like that happen, it She said she hopes more people will take Angle las lor. coordinator of the TCU dents don't know their personal limits. People mic problems are related to alcohol. She said impacts you for a while, then you go on with advantage of what the center offers. Alcohol and Drug Education Center, said her learn where that line is after they enter col- TCU's program has successfully reached the your life and forget about it," she said. "We office faces a new challenge each year in try- lege." TCU community, but it is always possible to don't put a lot of thought into the conse- ing to find Ways to teach TCI' students about Those caught with alcohol are sent to the strengthen the program. quences of our actions." the dangers of alcohol. center to take a personal assessment test on She said she wants to target the program Taylor said students need to know there will FRESHMAN From Pajte l ol freshmen entering their universities. Ware said TCU offers freshman pro- gram. Ware said pan of the reason for the con- grams, like Frog Camp, and continuing pro- Harris also participated in the Frog Camp MAKE A DIFFERENCE tinued high enrollment at TCU is the sup- grams to help students and to keep them program and said it was a great experience. port systems available to students. involved through their senior year, "At Frog Camp. I thought it was really IN THE LIVES OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH I think when people look at the value Clint Bramble, a senior accounting major neat because maybe you may not know behind private education, they see the and an off-site director of Frog Camp, laid everyone there, but you see familiar faces so accessibility and interaction." she said, Frog Camp is an opportunity for freshmen it makes it easier when you are on campus," "families see the level "I commitment to to share their feelings and fears about col- Harris said. the student " lege. Ware said moving to the Western Athletic Ware said sometimes public schools have "Frog Camp allows students to meet Conference will also make a difference in restricted access because their numbers other freshmen in a less formal setting enrollment figures. Do "one more often allow only the graduate and upper- before classes start." Bramble said. "With the population growth in the west, lescl students opportunities such as intern- Margaret Harris, a freshman math major, moving to the WAC will be advantageous to ships and pre professional work. said she chose TCU over Texas A&M TCU in the future." she said. thing" for children "At TCU, our IcK'tis is the undergradu- University because of TCU's smaller size ate." she said and an impressive Monday at TCU pro- PC and youth. I- rom Page 1 Hut ait exhibits aren't the only part of There will be a Tejano music band val last year and had a good time. ilu' festival, Barton said. Several local playing in conjunction with Hispanic "There were a lot of things to do," bands arc scheduled to phiv al the two- Heritage Month. Barron said. Johnson said. "It was fun last time and Our City. Our Children. Call 871 -KIDS da; festival One band playing in the concert, the I'll try to go again this year if I can." Hal ion said three TCU hands will play Little Band with Big Answers, uses house- The festival will be from 11 a.m. to 6 Fort Worth's Answer to the Future. foi siiuknis al the festival. The bands hold items as part of Iheir instruments, p.m. Thursday and Friday at Frog play several different styles of music, Michael Johnson, a sophomore Fountain in front of the Student Center. including rock, reggae and jazz. finance major, said he attended the festi- It is free to all students.

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1996 PAGE 7 Investor becomes Spurs main owner SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Local businessman Peter Holt Frog visits football heaven revealed Wednesday he is increasing his ownership stake If found a lot of gold this week- not know anything about Notre seemed like I had just witnessed a in the San Antonio Spurs with end. No, I didn't fall into a time Dame's strong Catholic ties, you game. I definitely had to take a TO., the purchase of Gaylord warp during the California Gold could legitimately believe it was baybee! Properties' interest in the Rush of 1849 and become the indeed founded on football. The uni- I never have arrived to a game team. wealthiest person in the world. versity's two loves, religion and four hours before kickoff, but at Holt now replaces Gaylord Don't get excited in thinking I drew football, are best depicted by a Notre Dame that might have been as the largest Spurs investor. up a map telling you where you can mural on the side of the library over- considered late. Thousands of peo- Holt bought 13 percent of become the wealthiest person in the looking Notre Dame Stadium. The ple were already tailgating outside the Spurs from insurance giant world. Sorry to say, it is not that mural shows a resurrected Christ the Convocation Center. A person USAA in June. Gaylord's kind of gold. raising his arms in praise to God. would not be caught dead without stake amounts to 18 percent, I struck gold in an abstract way. I Irish students and fans attach more adorning some sort of Irish para- so with the latest purchase found this richness in South Bend, of a football meaning to the mural phernalia. People were also free to Holt will own 31 percent of Ind., home of Notre Dame by cleverly calling it "Touchdown tour the Irish Hall of Fame in the the team. University and the Golden Dome. Jesus." Center and hundreds were lined up "We were able to strike a I flew to Chicago and drove to A pep rally is held the night before to visit the bookstore. very fair deal to both of us," South Bend for the sole purpose of every home game in the Convocation Players go to a pre-game service he said. "We had a willing seeing just why Notre Dame is con- Center (the basketball arena), but in a Catholic cathedral that is the seller and a willing buyer. sidered the place to be when it "pep" is an inaccurate adjective when biggest I've ever seen and probably That always makes it easier." comes to school and the college describing people's behavior at this bigger than some of those historic For months Holt, who owns tooinan atmos- event, and I do mean EVENT. It is a European cathedrals. two Caterpillar equipment phere. COLUMN delirium rally, rather than a puny pep Over 58,000 people packed the sta- dealerships, has said he is My percep- rally. The delirium rally was packed dium Saturday to see their beloved interested in buying a larger tion of the with blue and gold crazies who had Irish score, score and score some percentage of the team. school where no voices when the 30-minute extrav- more in a 35-0 romp over Purdue Twenty-two investors pur- the Irish are uflfil aganza concluded. Hundreds of peo- University. The weather could not chased the Spurs in 1993 from told to fight ple were turned away 20 minutes have been more perfect for football: Red McCombs for $75 mil- had been that before the rally began because there temperatures in the low 50s, with lion. it was a good was simply no more room to spare. occasional rain. The Irish ran the Since Gaylord has with- school with a The rallies bring out the loudest and opening kickoff back for a touch- drawn its investment in the lot of tradi- H\ i TH craziest celebrities, and no one fits down, which could not have been Fiesta Texas theme park in tion, but it did GREGOR this description more to a tee than more perfect for someone seeing his San Antonio and left its man- not deserve ESCH basketball analyst Dick Vitale. Vitale, first game in a historic stadium. agement to Six Flags Theme any more pub- whose daughter plays on the tennis Notre Dame Stadium is expand- Patrick) Crookar licity than any other school with a team, entered the building amid ing to 85,000 seats next year, and Parks Inc., it didn't have as Freshman Saylor Goforth serves during the VolleyFrogs loss many reasons to keep its Spurs strong academic leputation and a chants of "Dickey Vee! Dickey Vee!" out of respect to legendary coach football powerhouse. Did it really I had a reaction that only Dickey Vee Knute Rockne (who designed the Monday against Auburn University in the Rickel Building, the investment. Holt said. first-ever home match for the TCU volleyball team. The loss He praised the entertain- deserve to be on TV every week and would be proud of: "Are you seri- original stadium) additional seats ment company for helping to have its own television contract with ous?!" are being added just around the top dropped TCU's record to 1 -10. purchase the team when a major network? A la the Chicago Bulls and just so Rockne's original "holy" struc- McCombs was selling it. The answer to this question is still about every other professional ture will remain untouched. Now Holt was named Spurs no, but after being entrenched in the sports franchise these days, the that's tradition. Frog Notes chairman in July, succeeding campus life for two days, I did lights are turned off and music can Granted, Amon Carter Stadium is decide this was as close to college be heard all the way to Chicago as my only reference point for compar- •The TCU women's soccer team nominated for the honor of Robert McDermott. football heaven as I would ever get. the Irish are introduced in coats and ing college football stadiums (com- improved to 3-1 with a 2-0 blank- Western Athletic Conference play- ing of Stephen F. Austin I was transfixed on the Golden ties to all their adoring fans. The paring Notre Dame to the home of ers of the week. Suess. who was University on Tuesday in nominated for her 3-goal. 2-assist Dome (the top of the admissions fight song is also played 1.000 the Frogs is like comparing Christy Dallas Stars cut building has a dome covering that is times, or so it seemed. Players and Brinkley and Roseanne Barr in Nacogdoches. Ashlee Richmond effort against Northwestern State and Sarah Suess scored for the painted gold) upon arriving on cam- God himself, also known as coach terms of looks). So in my opinion, (La.), lost out to Brigham Young's 8 from roster Lady Frogs. pus. This may seem cheesy to some, Lou Holtz, spoke to the rabid fans. nothing else for the sports fan can Shauna Robbock and Tulsa's DALLAS (AP) — The •Suess was one of five players Amber Farr. Dallas Stars cut their training but this shows me how everyone Bear in mind, this was the night top the thrill of seeing a game in camp roster to 37 players sees football as a way of life. before the game. It was awesome, "the House that Knute built." Wednesday by sending five Notre Dame is said to have been baybee! I wondered how the game Gregor Esch is a senior news-edi- players to their International founded on football, but if you did could possibly top this, because it torial major from Fort Worth. Hockey League affiliate and reassigning three others. Cotton Bowl dials Goaltender Jordan Willis, right wing Marty Flichel, cen- ter Lee Jinman, right wing Jeff up Bell as sponsor Mitchell and left wing Jamie Wright were sent to the DALLAS (AP) — Southwestern year. Mobil dropped its sponsorship Michigan K-Wings of the Bell agreed to a four-year, $5.2 mil- less than a year later. IHL. lion deal with the Cotton Bowl on Last Jan. I the Cotton Bowl paid Right wing Roger Maxwell, Tuesday that will make it the official teams $2.1 million each, down from who was in camp on a tryout, sponsor of the game. The Dallas the $3 million before Mobil pulled was released. He will report to Morning News reported Wednesday. out. The Southwestern Bell sponsor- Michigan for a tryout with the "It's a great day." said Mike ship should allow the Cotton Bow I. it K-Wings. Baggett, the bowl's chairman. "Our sold out. to pay $2.5 million per learn. Center Jon Sim was board of directors has been through "Possibly not having the Cotton returned to his junior team, the an extensive search during the last Bowl, we felt like we had to step up," Sarnia Sting of the Ontario year to find a perfect partner to carry Morgan said. "There was a iremen- Hockey League, and center us into the 21 st century. Southwestern dous need for them to have a spon- Juha Lind was returned to Bell has answered the call." sor." Jokerit Helsinki in the Finnish The Jan. I game will be the first The loss of the Mobil sponsorship League. game with Southwestern Bell, whose was a direct result of another defeat. parent company is San Antonio- Traditionally, the Cotton Bowl based SBC Communications. matched the Southwest Conference Floriua-lennessee The former sponsor, Mobil, pulled champion against an al-large team. long-awaited rematch out in March 1995. A news confer- The advent of the Bowl Alliance ence was held Wednesday announc- means the Cotton Bowl will put the KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP)- ing the partnership. Big 12 Conference's No. 2 team Peyton Manning is the The Bowl has been ailing from against the Pacific-10 Conference's excitable type, Danny sagging interest and a drop in its abil- No. 2 team or the Western Athletic Wuerffe! isn't. ity to pay participating teams. Conference champion. On Saturday, the Heisman In August 1994, the Cotton Bowl Morgan said Southwestern Bell Trophy contenders will find was dropped from the top tier of and the Cotton Bowl Athletic out which approach works MMlflMlH bowls when it failed to qualify for the Association had been discussing the when No. 2 Tennessee plays Junior defender Rik Littlefield moves the ball upheld during the Frogs' 5-1 victory Sunday against Bowl Alliance. The three-bowl sponsorship for a few months. No. 4 Florida in the long- the University of Texas-Pan American at the TCU soccer field. The Frogs moved to 4-1 on the sea- alliance consists of the Tostitos Cotton Bowl officials say awaited rematch between the son with the win. The team plays Stanford University on Friday and St. Mary's University on Sunday. Fiesta, Nokia Sugar and FedEx Southwestern Bell likes the regional SEC powers. Both games will be played in Moraga, Calif. Orange bowls and attempts to deter- tie-in. A section of the Big 12 region "I'm kind of ready to go mine the national champion each is serviced by Southwestern Bell. right now." Manning said. "You play college football for games like this. Especially with people talking about this being one of the best SEC Aggie defensive end bowls over competition games in history . . . It's Abbeville, La. The journey from there happy. I don't want my mom to have thrust into the spotlight during a pressures of stardom headed into going to be fun." By Brent Zwerneman to College Station wasn't nearly as to work hard again, because she's tremendous sophomore year when he his senior year. The Gators (2-0), who BRYAN COLLEGE STATION EAGLE long as Mitchell's journey to good worked hard all of her life." earned Southwest Conference "Brandon, his first year, sort of trailed the Volunteers 30-14 COLLEGE STATION — Imagine health, starting with his first, choked As a youngster Mitchell played Defensive Player of the Year honors came from nowhere and was a star," before rolling to a 62-37 win what a strike looks like when Texas breaths. baseball at every position but catch- after collecting 62 tackles and nine Johnson says. "His next year he was in last year's game, arrive in A&M senior defensive end Brandon "When I was a baby, I almost died er — "I was real lazy and didn't sacks as a first-time starter. on the magazine coven and things Knoxville as slight under- Mitchell, all 285 light pounds, lines twice," he says. "When I was bom, want to squat down" — and third Mitchell's highlight of the year like that, and he was from a small dogs, but Wuerffel holds one up for the kill at the bowling alley. my umbilical cord was wrapped base — "I was scared those fast balls came when he recovered Texas quar- town, and it was all new to him. - advantage. He's 3-0 againsi "At first, we went bowling because around my neck. I was choking, and if would hit me" — in baseball-crazy terback James Brown's fumble and "But I think now he's a little mo£> the Vols we were so pitiful at it," Mitchell says I had been taken out about a minute Abbeville. relumed it 48 yards for a touchdown. accustomed to being in that role. Sj> The '95 game was the turn- with a laugh of his and the Wrecking later I'd have been dead. But by the time Mitchell was a And with a 6-feet, 4-inch frame and it's time to get down and have the best ing point for both teams. The Crew's exploits on the lanes. "The "Then when I got out of the hospi- high school junior his growing body an explosiveness off the snap, the year of his career." Gators went on to win the highest scorer would have something tal, I was sick for two or three months said otherwise and he began concen- magazine covers and talk of an NFL Aggie quarterback Branndon SEC championship and went like 120 points. and had pneumonia." trating on football, although that future followed. Stewart sees Mitchell — often uji 12-0 before losing 62-24 to "At the beginning we were rolling From that challenging beginning didn't stop him from running track, As a junior. Mitchell's numbers close — at every practice. national champion Nebraska balls so hard pins were flying every- came one of the best collegiate defen- where he was the state champion in dropped to 47 tackles and six sacks "As a quarterback, you go up to the in the Fiesta Bowl. The Vols where. One time 1 rolled the ball and sive ends in the nation, a 1995 first- the shot put. after he was double- and sometimes line and you see the guy. and you haven't lost since, finishing it went into the gutter, came flying out team Ail-American and a certain "1 also ran the 100-yard dash on the triple-teamed. know he's going to put pressure oji last season 111 and winning and hit the pins." high-round draft pick in the next NFL relay team," Mitchell points out with "Last year, all of the press meant a you," Stewart says. "It's good to wodt their first two games in '96. Aggie linebacker Keith Mitchell, draft. a laugh. "But people don't believe me lot, but it affected me a lot, too," against him every day. It makes tBe In the race for the Heisman, no relation, shakes his head in mock Mitchell credits his mother, when I tell them that." Mitchell says. "I didn't want to let whole offense better." Wuerffel is 30-of-46 for 491 wonder at Brandon's bowling Marilyn Ursin, for giving him the Carving a spot at A&M everyone down. Now I just go out and A&M coach R.C. Slocum says yards and three TDs, while exploits. drive to make it this far, with a pro- It was that kind of speed in a 250- play." Mitchell's best attribute is his consis- Manning is 34-of-52 for 586 "I've even got my own ball, and fessional football career on the hori- pound body that had Mitchell playing Mitchell says turning pro a year tency. yards and three TDs. Manning they tease me about it, but Brandon zon. running back and linebacker at early wasn't a consideration. "He's just a good person," has two interceptions, took a bowling class," Keith says. "My mom was there for me when I Abbeville. He didn't play on the "It never really crossed my mind," Slocum says. "He brings consistent Wuerffel none. "So he bowls better even though I was sick, and she's been there for me defensive line until he came to A&M. he says. "I need another year to get play, but he's not a vocal leader on An NCAA-record crowd of try to get in his head and talk some all of my life," Mitchell says. "She Mitchell arrived in Aggieland as a better." the team. 107,000 is expected at noise." would give to me before she would small-town kid not used to what at A&M defensive line coach Bill Neyland Stadium. Growing into football give to herself. times can be the national glare of Johnson now sees an older Brandon Mitchell grew up in "Now, I want to make my mom major college football. But he was Mitchell better able to handle the PAGE 8 Skiff THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1996

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