WEATHER FORECAST High 60s Low 30s Possabillty of early World morning rain Power cut to Marcos crypt MANILA, Philippines (AP) —A power company said it cut Inside TUESDAY off electricity Monday to the Columnists talk about MARCH 4, 1997 refrigerated crypt of President Grammys Ferdinand Marcos because his Texas Christian University widow, Imelda. owes more See page 5 94th Year • Number 83 than $215,000 in overdue bills. Mrs. Marcos said she does not have enough money to pay the bills and called the action "the ultimate harassment — the harassment of the dead." Running the mausoleum's Mayor praises refrigeration system costs about $460 a month. Marcos died in Hawaii in 1989. His body was allowed ISA members home in 1992 and was placed in a glass case in a temporary mausoleum at his ancestral International Week honors students home in llocos Norte province. Cutting power to the crypt and fosters intercultural exchange will not immediately endanger By Kirk Shlnkle Mills also read a proclamation by Marcos' embalmed remains, SKIFF STAFF Chancellor William E. Tucker citing which should remain in good International Week '97 opened International Week as a time for condition until 2002, said the Monday afternoon in a flurry of color groups of all faiths, races and cultures mortician who treated the as purple, white and blue ribbons flut- to enjoy the benefits of academic dis- body. tered to the ground after being cut by course as well as participating in a host of speakers, including Fort social, cultural and scholarly Worth Mayor Kenneth Barr. exchanges. The proclamation also Nation Barr said having students from said International Week is a symbol abroad at TCU "adds a flavor to the of international understanding, har- Ship believed community because the diversity monious coexistence and world to be Blackbeard's broadens the experience of all of us peace. RALEIGH. N.C. (AP) — who come into contact with interna- Mitchell commended the ISA's Treasure hunters have discov- tional students." efforts in organizing International ered what is believed to be He also commended the university Week and said that ISA members Blackboard's flagship less than for increasing the number of interna- "always do a great job." two miles offshore, nearly tional students. International students "It is important as students to three centuries after the pirate currently make up 5 percent of the remain competitive in what is ship went down. student body. becoming a smaller and smaller The wreck was found in Other speakers included Don world." Mitchell said. "If we do not November by Inlersal Inc., a Mills, vice chancellor for student take each and every opportunity to treasure hunting company, in affairs, ISA president Stefan Zosso, embrace other cultures and learn just 20 feet of water in House of Student Representatives other languages and about other peo- Beaufort Inlet. President Andy Mitchell, and Pat ple, it will be difficult for us to com- Queen Anne's Revenge, McClard, chairman of the TCU pete." flagship of the fearsome Community International Friendship McClard spoke for the nearly 100 English buccaneer Edward Program. families who have participated in the "Blackbeard" Teach, sank in In his remarks. Mills encouraged TCU Community International 1718 after running onto a sand- students to attend all International Friendship Program. bar. Week events and said the week "hon- She thanked TCU for "enriching The ship is thought to have ors those who have chosen to contin- our community" by aiding the carried up to 40 cannons, and ue education in the United States and group's efforts in pairing internation- their position is consistent with at TCU." al students with area families to foster a ship that ran aground and He also said the ISA provides "a understanding between different cul- tipped to one side. window for us to view the world" and tures. A blunderbuss barrel was that the international students are The students spend time with local brought up from the wreck, "delightful, smart and engaging peo- families to become aware of the PHricto Croofctf SKIFF STAFF along with a bronze bell dated ple ... involved in every part of the American family lifestyle. Fort Worth Mayor Kenneth Barr (left) and Pat McClard, chairwoman of the TCU Community International 1709, a 24-pound cannonball Friendship Program, cut a white ribbon that symbolizes the community at the official opening ceremony fabric of TCU." Please see ISA, Page 2 and a sounding weight. of International Week at noon on Monday in the Student Center Lounge. ABC letting Ellen come out as lesbian Psychologist's research project receives funding NEW YORK (AP) — The months of coy references are By Kimberiy Wilson have had parasitic infections. basic research and see it go into appli- infections. The effects did not disappear after over. ABC said Monday that SKIFF STAFF "Psychology cation. The children were divided into two being given the medication. This "Ellen" will come out as a les- The day before psychologist David gives you a One study Stemberg participated in groups, infected and non-infected, meant they had chronic high-order bian. Stemberg left for this year's Psi Chi chance to do dealt with children who had parasitic and were given a series of cognitive deficits. Stemberg said the> needed The character, played by national convention, he received what that," he said. infections in Jamaica. They were tests. cognitive intervention. Ellen DeGeneres, will talk to a he said was some of the best news • f*^f The teach- found to do worse in school than the One group was given an anti-para- Stemberg said the Jamaican gov- therapist, played by Oprah he's gotten in his 22 years in the pro- ing-versus- more healthy children. Steinberg said. sitic medication, and the other group ernment wanted the medications to Winfrey, about her attraction to fession. research argu- "We decided to design some received a placebo. Months later, the serve as a "quick fix." so researchers a gay woman in an episode of The news was that funding had ment, Stemberg research which they would do in groups were given cognitive tests needed to find a way to make a faster the sitcom set to air April 30. been found to help children as a result said, is an "arti- Jamaican schools to figure this out." again. Stemberg said. impact on the children. While other television shows of one of his recent research projects. ficial dichoto- he said. He said the experiment determined But a similar study done in have featured homosexual The project explained the problems Robert Steinberg my." He said He said over I billion children in the problems the children had characters, "Ellen" would be children have in school when they psychologist you can do the world are affected with parasitic acquired were at the complex level. Please see PSI CHI, Page 2 the first prime-time show to have an openly gay lead. Actress Laura Dern plays House to vote on bills requesting Ellen Morgan's love interest in the episode. Young Dancers study motion funds for two convention trips Executives for ABC said By Jill Taylor By Ryan J. Rusak should ser.J fewer members to the they took their time giving SKIFF STAFF SKIFF STAFF convention. The Angel Flight group is "Ellen" the go-ahead because The couches and low tables in The House of Student comprised of 32 members: the hill they wanted to be sure the the Ballet Building lobby are usu- Representatives will vote tonight on says the group intends to send 20 coming out fit into a quality ally draped with leggy dancers bills thai will fund two organizations' members to the convention. story line. stretching, warming up for class trips to conven- "Basically, we're and chatting. tions. saying they need to Schools may sub On Thursday afternoons this Bill 97-6, send less members yogurt tor meat spring, however, the dancers on which asks for than that." Irish said. WASHINGTON (AP) — those same couches fidget, .wiggle funds for Angel Bill 97-7 requests Kids who have a beef with and prance around proudly in Flight-Silver funds lor Asian Week their school menu are getting a their sequin and fringe tutus. Wings and the but will be tabled to new alternative with the gov- House News But who can blame a group of Arnold Air the Finance ernment's blessings: yogurt for preschoolers and elementary Society to attend a convention in San Committee for another week because lunch. schoolers for being a little fid- Antonio, was cut from the originally it requested funds from the general Over strenuous objections of gety? requested $2,172 to $550 by the reserve fund, which is where the the cattle industry, the These wiggly children are par- Finance Committee. House's extra and emergency funds Agriculture Department will ticipants in the TCU Young House Treasurer Mark Irish said are kept. Irish said he wants the bill to add yogurt to the approved list Dancers Program, a series of the committee thought the groups of meat substitutes in the Please see HOUSE, Page 2 nation's lunchrooms by the end classes sponsored by the depart- ment of ballet and modern dance. of this week. Susan Haigler-Robles, an assis- Child-care providers and the tant professor of dance and the Get starstruck on the Web food industry have been clam- director of the Young Dancers "(Discovering a comet) is the oring for die change for at least By Kimberiy Campbell Program, said the classes teach SKIFF STAFF crowning pinnacle of astronomy 15 years. children creative movement as because the comet takes the name of Yogurt is low in fat and will Those planning on doing a little opposed to dance technique.