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Wednesday, October 4,2000 www.skiff.tcu.edu Fort Worth, Texas Minority students focus of admissions' goals
Minority, transfer enrollment up 100%, Different recruitment strategies in TCU's largest freshman class Freshman Enrollment by Ethnicity considered to increase diversity
By Erin Munger search also show that 246 students or By Emily Ward thing that will help attract more STAFF REPORTER STAFF REPORTER 16.48 percent of entering freshmen 60% I minorities to this university, so TCU Minority freshman and transfer en- are minority students for the fall 2000 Going above and beyond current will focus on several little improve- rollment increased by 26.4 percent semester, compared to 1% students or recruitment strategies is the key to in- ments in recruiting these students, this fall, increasing their representa- 13.74 percent last fall and 157 stu- 40% creasing future minority enrollment Brown said. tion from 15.5 percent of new stu- dents or 11.24 percent in the fall of and diversity on the TCU campus. A labor-intensive mentor program dents in 1999 to 18.3 percent in 2000, 1998. said Raymond Brown, dean of ad- is one device Brown said he hopes to according to Institutional Research. This year's freshman class of 1,493 20% missions at TCU. implement in order to encourage Don Mills, vice chancellor of stu- students, the largest in TCU history, TCU reached another high this fall more minority students to consider dent affairs, said one way TCU is in- grew by 67 students since last fall and in its minority numbers for the fresh- 0% TCU. creasing minority numbers is by 76 students since fall 1998, according 1998 1999 2000 man class, but each new year the per- In this program, a volunteer mi- targeting ethnically diverse high to documents from Institutional Re- centage of minority students is not nority student enrolled at TCU is Asian Americans r tier national students schools in the Fort Worth area. search. guaranteed to stay constant or grow, paired with a prospective TCU stu- "It is our feeling that as we acquire TCU saw about a 12 percent in- American Indians he said. Minority enrollment has to dent who is also a minority. After minority students, TCU will pass to crease in minority student applica- Hispanic Americans Non-minorities keep increasing as it has for the past prospective students are contacted by others by word of mouth," Mills said. Statistic! provided by the Office of Internal Research. Graph design by Melissa Christensen few years, he said. Documents from Institutional Re- See ENROLLMENT, Page 5 There is no silver bullet — no one See RECRUITMENT, Page 5
pulse briefs AT PLAY WITH CLAY House promotes,
Court keeps ruling allowing race as admissions factor educates students LOS ANGELES (U- WIRE) — The U.S. Supreme Court let stand a lower court's on voting process ruling Monday that Corinne A. Seeds University Elemen- tary School, located on the Booth in Student Center provides UCLA campus, can continue using race as a factor in ad- registration information for students mission. The lower court ruled in By Kristina lodice tee wants as many people as pos- Hunter v. Regents of Univer- STAFF REPORTER sible to register and get informa- sity of California that because Two hundred thirty-seven stu- tion, Casebolt said. the school has a justifiable dents have registered to vote or Casebolt said he is excited reason for considering race, it asked for more information as the about the turnout so far. Students does not violate the rights of House of Student Representatives' are actively seeking more infor- students not admitted. votdr*regisrrarron campaign enters mation from House members, he UCLA's Graduate School its last day. The House is spon- said. of Education & Information soring a table with voter registra- "Voting is not only our Consti- Science uses the elementary tion cards and absentee ballot tutional duty, it's a right that school to study racial groups' information from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. should be used as an instrument to learning skills and recom- today in the tell those who mend new teaching methods. Student Cen- _^______represent us As a "laboratory school," ter. "Voting is not only our whether they school officials consider ap- Scott are or are not plicants' ethnicity, sex, family Hinze, a jun- Constitutional duty, it's a doing the job income and dominant lan- ior radio-TV- right that should be used we initially guage to create an environ- film major, as an instrument to tell elected them to said students office to do," ment that can be studied for those who represent us its diversity. lack interest he said. The lawsuit was filed by in voting. whether they are or are Casebolt James Hunter after his 4- "They don't not doing the job we said the col- year-old daughter Keely Tat- think any initially elected them to lege generation election will is politically suyo was not admitted to the office to do." school in 1995. affect them di- apathetic, but — Daily Bruin rectly," Hinze — Brian Casebolt, students could University of California at said. House Academic Affairs accomplish a Los Angeles He said it Committee chairman lot collec- would be too tively, he said. Virginia Tech cracks down late to register The 26th on use of trademarks for the elec- Amendment BLACKSBURG, Va. (U- tions if he didn't register this lowered the voting age to 18 in WIRE) — In an effort to pro- week. It is important to vote but 1971. The argument was if stu- tect Virginia Tech's integrity, not voting also sends a message to dents were old enough to fight and university officials have de- elected officials, Hinze said. die in the Vietnam War, they were cided to crack down on Inter- Encouraging voter registration old enough to vote, said James net users who register educates students to be responsi- Riddlesperger, chairman of the university trademarks in their ble citizens, said Brian Casebolt, political science department. Ever domain names. the Academic Affairs Committee since the voting age was lowered, The university has sent let- chairman for the House of Student the lowest voter turnout has con- ters to registrants whose do- Representatives. Over 100 stu- sistently been the 18 to 21 age main names include "Virginia dents registered to vote and in- bracket. Tech" or "Hokies," said Larry quired about the absentee ballot "College students don't feel Hincker, associate vice presi- option Monday, the first day the they have as big a stake in gov- dent for university relations. David Dunai/CO-PHOTO EDITOR House sponsored the table in the ernment as older citizens." Rid- The letter, dated Sept. 18, Mindy Edwards, the hall director for Wiggins Hall, works on the pottery wheel in Moudy Building North Student Center. asked domain name owners to Monday night. The Academic Affairs Commit- See VOTING, Page 5 change their name by Nov. 15, Hincker said. "Anything that is not a vari- ation of 'Hokies' or 'Virginia Tech' would be OK (to use)," Bill to restructure SGA Cooper speaks Hincker said. If users do not find a new name, Hincker said university executive portion tabled on depression officials have not yet decided lation Committee to read carefully what action they will take. Proposal to change and make sure everything was in Says support, help is needed "The most drastic action we secretary, vice order, said Brian Becker, chairman By Michael Davis would take would be to sue of Elections and Regulations. STAFF REPORTER someone," he said. "We don't president positions Committee members then ap- Andrea Cooper encouraged an audience of about 900 want to sue, but we haven't By Kristina lodice proved the bill and presented it in Ed Landreth Hall Auditorium Tuesday night to offer decided what we are going to STAFF REPORTER back to House. shelter, patience and encouragement to those suffering do." After 45 minutes of debate over Melissa Nabors, director of pro- from depression. Federal law also prohibits a bill to change the structure of the gramming and development for Cooper is the mother of Kristin Cooper, the Baker the use of trademarks by any- executive portion of the Student Programming Council, spoke in University student who committed suicide New Year's one unlicensed, Hincker said. Government Association T-esday, favor of the bill. PC serves stu- Eve 1995 as a result of her rape-induced depression. In 1999, Congress passed House of Student Representatives dents just as much and is more vis- The speech was titled "Kristin's Story: A mother's ac- the Anti-Cyber Squatting Act, voted to table it for further discus- ible than House, she said. count of acquaintance rape and depression." H.R. Rep. No. 106-412, giv- sion next week. "I've seen SGA at its best and "If only Kristen had reached out for help I know she ing trademark owners domin- The bill was introduced to at its worst," Nabors said. "The would be alive today," Andrea Cooper said. ion of their trademarks on the House Sept. 26 by Cye Fischer, a new proposal gives (PC) auton- Andrea Cooper, a Delta Delta Delta alumna, is spon- Internet. senior history major and Tom omy and equality in SGA." sored by the Tri-Delt and Alpha Chi Omega sororities, — The Collegiate Times Brown-Pete Wright Residential According to the proposed or- Erin Munger/STAFF REPORTER who will fund 20 of her speaking engagements. She be- Virginia Tech Community representative. Fol- ganizational chart, the secretary Andrea Cooper delivers "Kristin's Story: A mother's ac- gan speaking to individual chapters in her home state lowing procedure, the bill was count of acquaintance rape and depression" last night tabled to the Elections and Regu- See SGA, Page 4 in Ed Landreth Hall Auditorium. See COOPER, Page 5 Page 2 www.skiff.tcu.edu Wednesday, October 4,2000 pulse news digest campus fines stories from the Associated Press Announcements of campus events, public meetings and other general WORLD that USDA would require will cost biomedical lab- Miller's proposals also include measuring how i ampus information should he brought to the TCU Daily Skiff office at oratories $80 million to $90 million, money now well campuses retain freshmen, how long it takes Moudy Building South. Room 291. mailed to TCU Box 298050 or e- Belize receives most damage from Hurricane going into scientific studies. The department for students to graduate, graduation rates, the mailed to tskiffletters9tcu.edu). Deadline for receiving announcements Keith; United States sends disaster relief team reached the agreement in an out-of-court settlement amount of research funding per faculty member, is 2 p.m. the day before they are to run. The Skiff reserves the right to BELIZE CITY — Snapped power lines dangled that has yet to be approved by a federal judge. how frequently faculty members' works are pub- edit submissions for style, taste and space available. treacherously over Belize City's water-laden streets. USDA's regulations are now limited to larger an- lished and whether they are contributing expertise Aluminum roofs, peeled back like sardine-can lids imals, such as chimpanzees, cats and guinea pigs. in their fields or communities. > December 2000 degree candidates should hie their Intern to Grad- by Hurricane Keith's high winds, flapped uselessly "This is a significant victory for animals," said But the idea to test students in their core subjects uate forms in the office of their academic dean Each dean's office has over tlixxied wixxien homes. Tina Nelson, executive director of the American to see what they have learned sparked a response a deadline for tiling and requires time to process the intent All names As Keith weakened to a tropical depression with Anti-Vivisection Society, an animal rights group. "quicker and louder than I expected," Miller said. of degree candidates must be submitted to the Registrar by Friday. 33 mph winds and moved over Mexico's Yucatan "The more than 90 percent of animals used in lab- Some regents expressed concerns about the con- Peninsula on Tuesday, emergency aid teams mobi- oratories who currently have no legal protection cept but agreed that the UT System should review > Kamil) Wrekend Activities: A jazz concert will be from noon to 1 lized to assess the damage it had done in Belize. could now be covered by federal law." all accountability instruments. p m Friday in the Student Center Memorial Lounge; "TCU Think The U.S. government sent a 12-person relief and USDA officials had no immediate comment "I can see how academia can have real concerns Fast' Ciame Show will be from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Friday at Frog Foun- rescue team from Miami to Belize with emergency Tuesday. over testing," said Regent Patrick Oxford. "We tain. Ballet and Modem Dance Recital will be from 6 to 7 p.m. Friday aid including blankets, plastic tarps and water jugs. Scientists who oppose the move by the depart- would need to look into what's wrong with stan- in the Ballet Building; Variety Show will be from 8 to 10 p.m. Friday The International Committee of the Red Cross was ment say that mice, rats and birds already are suf- dardized testing." in Ed Landreth Hall Auditorium, a post-game celebration will be from also mobilizing aid efforts. ficiently protected because of much of the research Some faculty members in the system who ob- 4 to f> p m Saturday at Frog Fountain; and a g(x>d-bye brunch will be Keith had dumped a huge quantity of rain — 22 is done under grants from government health agen- jected to the plan said the tests eventually would from 10 am to noon Sunday in the Student Center Ballroom inches — on this Caribbean nation since the storm cies that have animal-care standards. drive curriculum in state universities and stifle cre- hit Saturday, but skies cleared on Tuesday for the "From our point of view we don't see the value ativity in the classroom. >■ Radio-TV-fllm Film .Series will show Gunga Din" (1939) at 7 first time in three days. of duplicate regulations that are very expensive, that p.m Thursday in Moudy Building South, Room 164. Admission to the Ocean water that had drained from shallow are not going to improve animal welfare, especially Benefactors will no longer accept compensation him is free Joan McGcftigan will give an introduction. For more in- coastal bays and inlets appeared to be returning when this agency doesn't have the resources to do for their work at the Kimbell Art Museum formation call (817) 257-6690 gradually, without the feared destructive rush. what they are properly doing now," said Barbara FORT WORTH — Two art patrons criticized for Floodwaters that had risen to knee-deep in Be- Rich, executive vice president for the National As- being paid millions for their work at the Kimbell >■ The 2000-2001 Frog Calls will he available in front of The Main to- lize City began to drain. Coastal highways re- signation for Biomedical Research. Art Museum will no longer accept compensation, day After today, all Frog Calls will be collected and stored until next se- mained blocked by raging rivers that cut chunks out USDA will propose regulations for rodents and moving to defuse a debate that has gained national mester of the roadbeds. Despite the extent of the damage, birds later. But the department is likely to require attention. there were no reports of injuries or deaths in Belize labs to report the number of animals they are using Kay and Ben J. Fortson Jr. received $2.5 million >• The American Cancer Society is looking for volunteers. Volunteers from Keith. and categorize the type of pain and distress that they the past several years for their work at the nonprofit are matched with specific jobs, depending upon their skills, interests and Flooding associated with Keith caused three are under. Rich said Tuesday. Kimbell Art Foundation, the Fort Worth Star- time availability Hie greatest need in Tarrant County is for cancer sur- deaths elsewhere in Central America and at least Rich's group estimates that there are 23 mil- Telegram reported Tuesday. vivors and bilingual volunteers For more information call (817) 737- one in Mexico. But this former British colony of lion rodents being used for research in medical "This is a philosophical debate about whether 9990 about 2(X),(XX) people tucked between Mexico and schools, pharmaceutical companies and other private foundations or museums should or should Guatemala suffered by far the most damage. laboratories. not compensate officers for their services, and we > The Health (enter wants to inlorni students about the meningococ- More than 2IX) Belize citizens fled to neighbor- do not wish to endanger the well-deserved reputa- t.il vaccine iMenomunei available Fridays from I to 4 p.m. at the Health ing Guatemala. STATE tion of the Kimbell Art Museum by continuing this Center On the island of Ambergris Cay, about 12 miles debate," Kay Fortson said in a prepared statement. off Belize's coast, two hotels had their nx>fs torn II System regents express concerns about She declined further comment. Correction: A photo published in the Oct 3 issue of The Skiff inadver- off, said William Skeen, director of the Red Cross how standardized tests are administered In 1964, she inherited the fortune of her uncle, tently referred to lxibrock Village, the future residential housing for Brite in Belize City. AUSTIN — University of Texas System regents, wholesale grocer Kay Kimbell, and his charge that Divinity School students, as Brite Divinity School On Caye Caulker, a slip of land 10 miles south examining whether standardized tests would im- she build Fort Worth "a museum of the first class." of Ambergris, 40 wooden homes had blown over, prove monitoring of learning, have raised concerns The museum opened in 1972 and is the primary local radio stations reported. And radio station FM- about how they would be administered. beneficiary of the foundation. LOVE broadcast a steady stream of reports on The proposal, which surfaced last month in the Fortson is president and chief executive offi- building damage in Belize City. nine-campus UT System, is for university students cer and her husband is chief investment officer T«: «J DAI •_■»- ■BOoi MHO H*tW.wth.Te«»7ft1N The U.S. government issued a travel warning to to be given standardized tests similar to the Texas of the foundation, which has about $800 million e Woud> HuikJini Soutfi R
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Jaaon Boland A The 0traggl«n .th st Pearl Snaps 20" d 21 08ERT EARL KEE mmmmu. V* TH Ho Way Out Opinion Wednesday, October 4,2000 www.skiff.tcu.edu Page 3 NOT FOR DEBATE Public has right to choose interests The chairman of the Federal Communications Commis- sion, William Kennard, scolded executives at FOX and NBC GORE'S BUSH'S NADER^BUCHANAN'S on Tuesday for not showing all four of the presidential and CANNeD- CAMNeD CANNeD ANSWeRS.,. vice presidential debates. ANswefcS ANSWeRS FOX showed the premiere of its drama, "Dark Angel," in place of Tuesday night's debate between Vice President Al Gore and Gov. George W. Bush. NBC gave its local stations the option of showing the debate or the first playoff game between the New York Yankees and Oak- staff land Athletics. 1 "In the future, the networks should re- editorial member that the public interest is far more important than their financial inter- est," he wrote in an op-ed piece in The New York Times. .. Kennard argues that FOX executive Rupert Murdoch has forgotten about the public interest and is solely concerned with the $130,000 his station will receive for each 30-sec- ond advertisement during the airing of "Dark Angel." How- ever, it may be Kennard who has forgotten about the public ■ interest. Although the public should be most interested in the pres- idential debate, it is certainly not out the question that some people are interested in the baseball playoffs or even "Dark Angel." Neither the FCC nor the major broadcast executives have i the right to mandate a single topic of interest for the public. Instead, each individual has the right to choose his or her own interests. The debate was shown on ABC, CBS, PBS, CNN FOX White pride not a bad thing News Channel and MSNBC. Even if FOX and all of NBC's stations had shown the debate, it probably wouldn't have Equality doesn't mean pushing the majority under the minority turned people away from magazines, movies or other forms of entertainment. et's get something out in the open right This"his realization UDsetupset me. When did majori-maiori- Now,Now. however, it limits so manynutnv things for In the end, the only topic which is in every member of the away: I am proud of being a white, tarian pride suddenly equate with sovereignty? people outside its boundaries. Just because I was born to a majority does public's interest is the right to choose their own interest. L/Catholic, upper-middle class female. The purpose of equality is to hold equal ground, Chances are, you wonder why I am telling not mean I should be stripped of my ability to not to push the majority under the minority. you this, and I can answer that openly as well. express pride, and just because people of my 1 remember hunting for scholarships during Admitting pride can be a race committed racial crimes in the past does my junior year in high school and finding no difficult thing, especially not mean I should be punished on account of scholarship that fit my description. No schol- Editorial policy: The content of the Opinion page does not necessarily represent the views my "whiteness." arship existed for someone of my race and so- of Texas Christian University. Unsigned editorials represent the view of the TCU Daily Skiff when race and social sta- Commentary editorial board. Signed letters, columns and cartoons represent the opinion of the writers and tus come into play. In a country where there is a Black History cial standing. There is no Scholarship for the do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the editorial board. Once, I was watching a Month and a Hispanic Heritage Month, why Education of Whites. Letters to the editor: The Skiff welcomes letters to the editor for publication. Letters must TV program called the does no White Pride Day exist? Why must it There is no White Entertainment Television. be typed, double-spaced, signed and limited to 250 words. To submit a letter, bring it to the Circus of Soul; it was a be negatively construed? There is no White Pride Day. It is as if having Skiff'. Moudy 291S; mail it to TCU Box 29805(1; e-mail it to [email protected] or fax it to black circus. I don't just One might argue against me, saying that an expression of pride or support is too taboo. 257-7133. Letters must include the author's classification, major and phone number. The Skiff reserves the right to edit or reject letters for style, taste and size restrictions. mean that there were no days set aside for Irish or German pride should It is just unheard of. other races in attendance qualify as recognition for the majority. I dis- Where is the equality in that? .' Editor In Chief Joel Anderson — I mean that ft openly agree, because 1 am not Irish or German or any I am a white. Catholic, upper-middle class L Managing Editor Lety Laurel proclaimed itself as an other foreign nationality. My family may have female. I am an American. I am proud of who t* Advertising Manager Ashley Anderson c Associate Editor Rusty Simmons all-black troupe in cele- MIRANDA come from those places, but I am nothing other I am, where I come from and where I am go- • Campus Editor Priya Abraham bration of ethnic pride. NESLER than American and should be able to celebrate ing. I am not a white supremacist, and my an- Design Editor Melissa Christensen Upon seeing this, I be- that without being accused of racism. I should cestors did not enslave anyone's people. 1 have i Features Editor Kaly Garcia not be forced to merely praise what my ances- my hardships and triumphs just as people of 4 Opinion Editor Shavahn Dorris gan to consider what t Sports Editor Danny Home would happen if the tables were turned; what tors were. every other race and socio-economic standing < Co-Photo Editor David Dunai would happen if there were an all-white circus In truth, reverse discrimination is, to some do. •" Co-Photo Editor Sarah Kirschberg and everyone there proclaimed white pride? degree, at hand. I believe in equality and the restoration of '^ Copy Desk Chief Jacque Petersell Honestly, I think those people would be ac- Another fact I must point out: I believe that my right to proclaim that. • Production Coordinator Matt Welnack the time for affirmative action has passed. ■' Web Editor Carlos Escobar cused of racism. Most likely they would be ', Production Manager Jeanne Cain Pressler identified with the Ku Klux Klan and labeled When it was begun, the program had its place Miranda Nesler is a freshman English major .• Business Manager Bitsy Faulk as white supremacists, simply because they are in combating old ways in order to help achieve from Houston. She can he reached at »' Student Publications Director Robert Bohler proud of their race. equality. (m.f>[email protected]). •', Journalism Department Chairman Tommy Thomason New found flying fear Fatal airplane outburst makes student paranoid THE MlOKMT VEr\CE MA.TH I don't think I will ever be able to free and struck an off-duty police could be hyped up on enough am- muster enough courage to get on officer in the face. This caused phetamines to single-handedly a plane again. blood to splatter in the cabin and a take a plane down. You just never No. I have never had a fear of fly- general frenzy among the passen- know what people could be on ing before, gers ensued. these days. Or maybe some kid and I really At this point, the flight took a turn could take a few extra puffs off his don't have Commentary into the bizarre and tragic. It took asthmatic inhaler and go nuts and any anxiety eight men to wrestle the b-foot, 190- force a crash landing. about crash- pound Burton to the floor. Passenger Even more frightening is the ing. I'm not Dean Harvey said a burly man thought of someone being crushed afraid of ter- jumped repeatedly on Burton's to death for loosing control. With S.OCKS THROWN SWI1ETS 5HOT ILD0\) SPILT rorists and I chest, apparently to ensure he was my new fear of flying I could po- don't have fully subdued. Harvey says he told tentially have a breakdown on a any other kind the man, who he said jumped twice flight, and instead of being calmed of phobia re- more before finally stopping, down, someone comes up with the lated to "You've got the guy subdued, what ingenious idea of repeatedly jump- heights, more do you want?" ing on my chest. Even that deceit- planes or even When the plane landed. Burton ful nice old lady could be the one stereotyped was unconscious. He died later at to pummel me to death while I'm k Patrick Harris/SKIFF STAFF foreigners for the hospital. being restrained. that matter. However, 1 am ab- "He was essentially beaten Just knowing any one of those solutely terrified of the average pas- from the top of other travelers :in your words senger on an airplane, even the nice his head down _____^^__ scurrying letters to the editor old lady that sits next to you and to his ankles," about could tells you why you would be a per- says Kent "Just the thought of being be waiting for fect match for one of her grand- Spence, his trapped in a plane with just the right 'TCU provides atmosphere dents at several area universities in- facilities to prepare and serve din- children. mother's attor- other people makes me opportunity to /where religious expression is volved on campus. It is here at TCU ner for all those students. After hearing about an incident ney. "He died shudder. I don't think I kill someone I welcomed that I have found the community Perhaps the most telling example on a Southwest Airlines flight, in of positional for the slight- • Last week I saw something very support to be among the strongest. of religious inclusiveness happened which Jonathan Burton, 19, was and compres- could even set foot in an est hint of odd I special happen here at TCU. This Diane Cooper at the Brite Divin- that morning. I had the opportunity killed by other passengers on the sional as- airport ever again." behavior ■ was the week I recognized that it ity School was gracious enough to to visit Robert Carr Chapel and par- plane, I have developed a newfound phyxia." would be too . was possible to be a Jew at Texas provide tickets for Jewish students at ticipate in a traditional Mincha paranoia about flying. The reason much for me ' Christian University, show pride in the other universities to hear Wiesel. service led by Rabbi Zeilicovich. It all started when Burton got up for Burton's out- to handle. • your identity and still be welcomed This made it possible for almost 50 This was one of the most phenom- from his seat during the flight and burst was inconclusive, but he had Although I'm sure by now you ! with open arms. This wasn't just a HUlel participants from Dallas, Ar- enal moments that I have been a began pacing back and forth in a a fear of flying and both marijuana are too terrified to ever fly again, ' result of Nobel Laureate Elie lington and Denton to benefit from part of in my time with Hillel. It state of hysteria and commanding and cocaine were detected in his if you do feel some strange com- . Wiesel speaking to a crowd of thou- hearing Wiesel. I can't emphasize was at this service that I truly rec- everyone else to sit down. He system at the time of the incident. pulsion to ignore my advice and ' sands at Daniel-Meyer Coliseum. enough the significance of bringing ognized TCU as a place where peo- calmed down and returned to his Now, there are two aspects of get on a plane, at least be sure to There were many things that day these students to campus for the an- ple of varied religions and cultures seat, but he again returned to the this occurrence that truly horrify keep an eye on that weird old lady ..that represented the efforts made at nual Gates of Chai lecture. can feel comfortable expressing aisle as the plane began to descend. me. First of all, if I ever step foot sitting next to you. 'this institution to be open and in- Equally deserving of our grati- their ethnicity. Burton then dashed for the cockpit on a plane again, I will be scared •elusive toward other ethnicities. tude, and another reason Hillel feels Thank you all for making Hillel and grabbed at the pilots before he that some deranged and drugged Jordan Blum is a sophomore broad- As director of the Regional Hil- so at home on campus, is Brian feel so included here on campus. was forced back into the cabin. mental case will go nuts and knock cast journalism major from New Or- lel of North Texas, an international Young and the Wesley Foundation — Joel Schwit/.er, Several passengers held Burton out the pilots. Yes, even the nice leans, La. He can he reached at organization for Jewish students, I of TCU. They opened their doors director of Regional Hillel of down before he again lost it, broke old lady with the grandchildren (j. d. hlum @ student, tcu.edu). am devoted to getting Jewish stu- (and kitchen) to us, providing the North Texas Page 4 www.skiff.tcu.edu Wednesday, October 4,2000 SGA executive officers must have sophomore "We need to make sure the present sys- Group monitors indecent acts standing, as defined by the university at the tem works and make sure we're doing the From Page I time of elections, he said. right thing." he said. Organization sets up Web site to exploit law violators Sara Donaldson, vice president of House, Sarah Burleson, a senior political science position would be eliminated and the vice said she didn't like the fact that the bill was major, was the vice president of House last of trie offenders. Adelman said president positions in House and Program- presented to House in such a short time year. She said there is a huge demand on the Aside from dissuading people from poten- ming Council would be changed to Execu- frame. president's time and everyone has the best DAI.IAS — A neighborhood wjich group tially urinating in public with the threat of find- tive Director.. A new executive office, the "This is too big an issue to address intentions for the students at heart. th.it pjtrols the streets along one of Dallas' pop- ing themselves on a Web page, the site is also SGA Vice President, would be the eyes and lightly," Donaldson said "1 question why it "I think it remains the president's job to ular nightlife areas has started to blur the lines to educate — and outrage — others around ears of the president for PC and House The is such an issue to get it passed before the be the liaison between the branches, and one between actmsm and Miseunsm D>wcr Greenville president would then have more freedom to election." vice president could distance the president Residents along lower (ireenville Avenue in The site Tuesday had 10 pictures of people, focus on external issues like communicating House reorganized and refined its re- from the rest of SGA," Burleson said. Lcntral Dallas have .imied themselves with live men and five women with the administration, Fischer said. sponsibilities last year. Larry Markley, di- Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs Don cameras, hoping to calch bar patrons using Adelman said some women base threatened This bill creates the best opportunity for rector of the Student Center and House Mills said the way House and SGA are or- hushes, front lawns and parking lots lor last to call the police, but he has reminded them more autonomy and power, and better com- advisor, said a bill proposing additional ganized is up to the students. minute latnnes they're on the wrong side of the law Most munication between House and PC makes structural changes needs more lime. "Students really need to look at the struc- li> .kid to the insult of being caught, mem- men, meanwhile were too drunk to care. Adel- SGA a little better organized, said SGA Sec- "This has not given the reorganization the ture of House and make their own decisions bers ol die neighborhood group, the Harking man said They think it's a joke " retary Jason Cordova. opportunity to work or not to work." he said. known to the (university) administration," Does (nine Wauli Group, .ire posting the pic- Relieving oneself in public is a misde- Nabors said miscommunication within Fischer said he believes the changes are he said. tures on the group's Web MIL- meanor punishable by a fine Of Hp 10 $300, said SGA makes it hard to accomplish things. straight forward and for the better. The If House approves the bill by a two-thirds (BarkiagDop.org) the neM das Alter being Deputy Police Chief Danny (iarcia. whose pa- With a central vice president, communica- changes reorganize SGA and not House, he majority vote the bill will be presented to photographed in the act. violators are handed trol area co\ers Central Dallas and l-ower uon should improve, she said. said. the student body for a vote, Cordova said. a cad "I'd the Weh address to let them know (ireenville. Election requirements would also change "If we have a better idea of the big pic- The student body also needs to approve the they will appear on the site (iarcia said he recalled one incident two under the new bill. GPA requirements for ture (then) the student body benefits," Fis- bill by a two-thirds majority. If the bill "I don't enjoy being out there at three in the months ago where a patron caught on him got executive positions in SGA will increase cher said. "I hope everyone does take the passes it will take effect for the upcoming morning. M if I am. I'm going 10 have some into a scuffle with a neighborhood watch mem- from 2.5 to 2.75. All executive officers are time to read through it and ask questions." SGA elections, Cordova said. fun." said Avi Adelman. apoktMMai tor the ber that ended after the photographer used Mace currently required to have 30 hours com- Grant Hewitt, a freshman political sci- "I don't want to see another year passed |T0ap and the site s webmaster Last month, police officers arrested S9 peo- pleted except for the SGA president, who is ence major and Moncrief Hall representa- without improvements," Cordova said. 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VOTING "It is not my job to be a cheer- Staff Assembly addresses concerns From Page 1 leader for voting," Riddlesperger said. "People should see voting as Ay Angie Chang forms were passed out encouraging dlesperger said. "They are not yet an expression of support for self STAFF REPOfiTER Salary issues, retention top list staff members to donate. Roby Key, in the habit of voting." governance." After compiling reports from small associate vice chancellor of university He said the only other age It is an essential part of democ- group sessions from September's ally staff stay long enough to get their about leaving, but was transferred to advancement, said TCU's donations bracket with lower voter turnout racy that the public participate, he Staff Assembly meeting, salary issues kids through college. Tuition benefits another department where she learned have usually been around $90,(XX) but rates is 85 years or older. said. vVere unanimously named as the No. were the only things that were help- new skills. She said she could have Chancellor Michael Ferrari wants to "The health of the government is In November, election polls will 1 problem members would like to ad- ing to retain people." gone to another place to work but she raise $100,000 this year. The campus no stronger than the interest people be set up across the street from dress. Andrus said salary compression oc- invested in the retirement plan and de- campaign will end Oct. 27. show in it," Riddlesperger said. TCU in the University Christian Jean Andrus, chairwoman of the curs when wages increase faster for cided to stay. ■ Ferrari said health insurance op- Politicians have adjusted to the Church. Casebolt said. Staff Assembly, made a motion on be- jobs filled by employees from outside "There is an individual concern tions are still being explored. TCU's fact students don't have a high half of the Executive Committee for an organization as opposed to wages among staff in regards to either leav- one-year contract with Harris voter turnout, he said. Since stu- Kristina lodice the Staff Assembly to focus on for jobs that are rilled from within the ing TCU and making more in salary Methodist, which was bought out by dents don't vote, they are not tar- k. k. iodice @ student, tcu. edu salaries, benefits and parking at Tues- organization or through promotion. or staying and investing in the retire- PacifiCare in January, is expiring this day's meeting and the motion passed. Hudson said retention is important ment plan," Hudson said. December. The Retirement, Insurance Sharon Hudson, Staff Assembly because the staff members that leave Andrus said the committees will and Benefits Committee is looking at people, said Cornell Thomas, spe- historian, said the reports represent sometimes have more marketable now meet and make recommenda- bids from different carriers and are RECRUITMENT cial assistant to the chancellor for di- what the Staff Assembly thinks is skills and are more experienced than tions to the Staff Assembly that will considering benefit enhancements From Page 1 versity and community at TCU. most important. Salary compression the people that replace them. But re- be passed on to the administration. and cost issues, Ferrari said. The com- "1 think diversity is where every- and how it relates to retention were tention is difficult if salaries are not In other business: mittee will meet Thursday. letter and phone, they can visit cam- body can be themselves and benefit concerns, Hudson said. competitive enough, she said. ■ A presentation was made by the pus, stay overnight with their men- TCU by sharing their different per- "Salary compression and retention Hudson, who has been with TCU United Way, an organization that Angie Chang tors and even attend classes to get a spectives," Thomas said. go hand in hand," Hudson said. "Usu- for 18 years, said she once thought funds over 150 local charities, and a_o_chang @ yahoo, com feel for what college life is like. Diversity is not one-dimensional, By this spring, TCU minority stu- Thomas said. To some people, dif- dents will be contacted about vol- ferences can come from religion, said. "Men, you can help the women Andrea Cooper believed Kristin from chronic aches and pains. unteering for the program, he said. race, disabilities or regional back- COOPER in your life so much. You can't force had committed suicide because her "If she was living at home, I would Programs like this, however, are grounds, he said, but it is really From Page 1 people into counseling, but you can boyfriend had broken up with her. have realized it," Andrea Cooper said. not the only thing TCU needs to at- about differences in perspectives. go in and ask a professional how to They later discovered she had been "But Kristin was able to mask her de- tract more minorities. Brown said. Various intercultural organiza- pf Colorado in 1998. help them." raped after police analyzed Kristin's pression for the short periods she was It's vital for prospective minority tions and programs offered at TCU 5 Cooper has dedicated much of her Andrea Cooper said people should journal. home." students to see that TCU is more di- help make it a more diverse com- •time to speaking at colleges around also fight the stigma of counseling. "She never named the man, date or Neilson Arbour, a junior finance verse than meets the eye, he said. munity, said Darron Turner, director I the country in an attempt to raise "People object to taking an (anti- place in her journal," Andrea Cooper major, said he wished everyone could "1 am a firm believer that diversity of intercultural education and serv- ' awareness of rape and encourage vic- depression) pill," she said. "There is said. have heard the speech. has to do not only with the color of ices at TCU. . tints of depression to seek help. She nothing wrong with it." She never confided in her parents "Of all the speakers I have seen (at a person's skin," Brown said. "But I From the Organization of Latin ^said she hopes to speak at 56 colleges Andrea Cooper said she was re- because she feared their reaction, TCU) she is one of the top three," he am also a big believer that those with American Students to the Word of • this year. lieved to see Kristin's car in the drive- Kristin wrote in her journal. said. "Nobody wants to talk about it different colors of skin provide a lot Truth Gospel Choir, international , "There are two choices you can way as she and her husband arrived "My mom would get hysterical (depression)." of the diversity at TCU." and minority students have many ^make if something bad happens," she home from a New Year's eve party at and my dad would kill the guy," Laura Umstatd, a junior biology Although TCU may not always opportunities to get involved and ■said Monday. "You can crawl into a around 2 a.m. Kristin wrote. major, said the presentation was appear to be a diverse community, share their perspectives, he said. [hole or try to make a difference. Sui- "I was surprised," Andrea Cooper Without Kristin's testimony, the po- frightening because it could happen to different beliefs, thoughts and per- cide is a permanent solution to a tem- said. "When we walked in the house lice were unable to file charges against anyone. spectives are what help contributes Emily E. Ward iporary problem." all the lights were on, and the music the man. But Andrea Cooper did write Andrea Cooper described her col- to the university's wide variety of e. e. ward® student, tcu.edu ■ During the speech, she said men was just blasting." the man a letter after discovering his lege presentations as emotionally ■ must be prepared to deal with and She found Kristin slumped over in identity through Kristin's friends. draining. !help support women who have been front of the stereo, Andrea Cooper said. "I hope it made a difference in his "It is difficult to relive the event raped because one in four college "As I got close it looked like she life," she said. over and over, but it is also healing," • women are victims of rape or at- was not breathing," Andrea Cooper Andrea Cooper said her daughter she said. Former Playmate fights for cash ' tempted rape. said. "I felt a horrible panic. I walked exhibited classic signs of depression. ASSOCIATED PRESS ited stepson, J. Howard Marshall "Unfortunately, you may be the over to her, and I saw a gun between Kristin was irritable, unable to sleep, Michael Davis III, 63, sued sole heir E. Pierce only contact to help your friend," she her legs." her grades dropped and she suffered [email protected] HOUSTON — Lawyers for Marshall for a piece of the es- the sole heir of late oilman J. tate, which is valued at as much Howard Marshall II told jurors as $1.6 billion and as little as Research also show that 108 stu- worker of several years left her with every good student," Atwood said. Tuesday they would prove for- $48 million. Pierce is the ENROLLMENT dents or 24.55 percent of the trans- an assistant who has only been there He said that the goal for next year mer Playboy Playmate of the younger brother of Howard Mar- From Page 1 fers are minority students, for three weeks, she said. will also be about 1,450. Year Anna Nicole Smith only shall 111. compared to 84 students or 22.34 Campbell did give an estimate of "The quality of transfer students married the elderly tycoon for Though Hardin promised ju- Itions this fall, said Cornell Thomas, percent last fall and 52 students or 7,780 students for the overall head- is going up with the number of his fortune. rors he would not call Smith a •special assistant to the chancellor 16.3 percent in the fall of 1998. count. transfer students," Atwood said. "Our evidence will be whether gold-digger, he closed his argu- ,for diversity and community at The final count of retained stu- Jim Atwood, assistant to the dean "They are coming in with an aver- Vickie Marshall, no matter how ment pointing out that Smith had ;TCU. dents, including minority statistics, of admissions, said the admissions age of 3.5 GPAs." many tears shed yesterday, loved an insatiable appetite for money, ■ Transfer enrollment for the fall will be ready in November accord- goal for freshmen was 1,450. Ad- him and how she treated him," jewelry and property. 2000 semester is 440, up 64 students ing to Susan Campbell, director of missions had a waiting list of about Staff reporters Michael Davis and attorney Rusty Hardin said dur- "This is not a woman who since last fall and 121 students since Institutional Research. 150 potential students, and only a Emily Ward contributed to this story. ing the defense's opening state- loved him, I would suggest the fall 1998, according to Institutional Campbell said the November date few of those were admitted, Atwood ments, referring to Smith by her evidence is going to show, but a ^Research. is necessary because the department said. Erin Munger married name. woman who took tremendous ad- ■ The documents from Institutional is short staffed. Recently, her co- "Unfortunately, we can't admit erebm@ netscape, com Smith, 32, and her disinher- vantage of him," Hardin said. 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The Frogs will host 0- Franchione said the play of "We were always in control of 3 Hawaii al Amon Carter Stadium Northwestern is somewhat sur- the game.'' he said "One of our Saturday The Warriors started the prising and can do nothing but pr eg a me goals season with a 25-pomt loss to Port- help TCU down the road. The was to not let land State and followed with consec- Frogs defeated the Wildcats 41- Football notes _ their offense utive Western Athletic Conference 14 on Sept 16. control the ball losses to Texas-El Paso and Tulsa. and the clock " Freshman quarterback Timmy Chang Schedule change for TV The Navy defense focused its en- took over the offense last weekend in The game between TCU and tire gameplan around stopping sen- a 24-14 loss against Tulsa Hawaii, which was originally ior tailback LaDaiman Tomllnson The Hawaii offense relies heavily scheduled for 6:05 p.m. Saturday, He was held to a season-low 121 on the pass. The Wainors' leading has been moved to 11 a.m. Sat- yards, but Franchione said every- rusher has carried (he ball 26 unit's for urday. FOX SportsNet picked up one needs to be realistic about 105 yards and one touchdown. Hawaii the game, and will televise it re- Tomlinson's abilities ranks 69th m the nation in Iota] de- gionally. "We can't expect to see him get fense while TCU ranks second. 2(X)-plus yards every game," Fran- Defense improves with Bayer chione said "If you think about it, Itl moves up in rankings Junior linebacker Chad Bayer he was just one big play away from With the Saturday's shutout win, leads the TCU defense with 39 getting 1X0 or 190 yards. All he TCU moved up four spots in the tackles through four games this missed was that one good run" ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll season. Of course, all the while (he Mid and two spots in The Associated Franchione said he's seen a dif- shipmen were shadowing Tomlln- Press poll. The Horned Frogs got ference in Bayer's play from last son. TC'L' was scoring points via more help in polls when North- season. the passing game western knocked off its second (op- "(Bayer) has shown marked im- "You begin to wonder if Navy 15 team this season. The Wildcats provements in terms of his confi- played to win a football game, or to have beaten Wisconsin and Michi- dence." he said. "He just seems just stop iTomlinson)," Franchione gan Stale in successive weeks and more comfortable with each play said are now ranked No. 22 in The As- which has shown in his ability to sociated Press poll. react and make reads." Erin Munqer/STAFF REPORTER , TOP 25 Sophomore forward Sherry Dick battles two Texas-El Paso players for the ball in the Horned Frogs' 3-0 victory ; WAC on Sunday. Dick scored her fifth goal of the season to finish the TCU scoring. The Frogs play next at Southern The Top 25 teams in The Associated Methodist on Sunday. Press college tootball poll, with tirst- roundup place votes in parentheses, records through last Saturday, total points based Frogs' soccer team loses to Tulsa, defeats UTEP Football on 25 points tor a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and rank- WAC games All games Although women's head soc- "In the first half of the second "Out of the 11 shots we took ing in the previous poll: cer coach David Rubinson game, our players started from the against Tulsa, only one of them I L Pet w L Pel Hm Rd Neutral Strk. is pleased with his team's back line and passed around the was on target," Rubinson said. UTEP 2 0 1000 3 2 bOU 3-0 0-2 0-0 W2 Record Pts PM 1-1 start in conference play this other team like "Sunday's Tulsa 2 0 1000 3 2 600 1-1 2-1 0-0 W3 1 Florida St. (42) 5-0 1,745 2 they weren't game was bet- TCU 1 0 i.m 4 U 1.0H 2-0 2-0 em m 2 Nebraska (28) 4-0 1.731 1 past weekend, he still thinks there even there and ter because San Jose St 1 0 1000 3 2 600 2-0 1-2 0-0 W1 3. Virginia Tech 4-0 1,576 4 is something missing. got a shot on "We are our own worst ene- we got 13 of frano St 0 0 — 1 2 333 1-0 0-2 0-0 W1 4 Kansas St. (1) 5-0 1.574 5 "The second game was our best Nevada 0 1 000 1 3 250 0-2 1-1 0-0 L1 5 Clemson 5-0 1.451 ' V performance atTyear long." Rubin- goal," Wagner mies right now because we our 27 shots SMU 0 1 000 1 4 700 1-1 0-3 0-0 L4 6 Michigan 4-1 1.353 9 son said. "We were certainly very said. "The vic- realize that we can play with on target, but 1 14 7 Miami 3-1 1,274 10 finishing our Rice 0 2 000 4 200 1-1 0-3 0-0 competitive, but we are still tory gave us a lot of teams and there isn't Hawaii 0 2 000 0 I 000 0-2 0-1 0-0 L3 8 Ohio St 4-0 1.218 12 searching for our identity. When great momen- shots is the 9 Oregon 4-1 1,031 20 there is five minutes left in a game, tum, and we re- a game on our schedule that main skill we Saturday l rtsults Saturday a gamtt 10 Oklahoma 4-0 1.017 14 and we are looking for a goal, we ally clicked as a we can't win." need to fix. TCU 24 Hawaii at TCU 11 am 11 Texas 3-1 999 13 need to find out who is going to team." "In prac- Navy 0 Fresno State at Rice. 6 pro 12 Florida 4-1 940 3 — David Rubinson, step up and take the responsibility. In the UTEP tice, we are UTEP at Tulsa, 6 pm 13 Washington 3-1 920 6 Women's head soccer coach 14. TCU 40 875 16 "We needed a good perform- victory, Wagner not only try- Rice 16 San Jose State at SMU. 6pm 15 Auburn 5-0 869 19 ance, and Sunday's victory really recorded eight __^^^^^_ ————-—— ing to main- San Joie Stall 21 Nevada at UNLV 9pm 16 UCLA 4-1 831 15 jump-started us." saves and tain Sunday's 17 Southern Miss 3-1 608 21 On Friday, the team lost 2-0 to notched her fourth shutout of the level of play, we are simulating the Players ol the week Colorado Stall 45 18 Southern Cal 3-1 514 8 year. Wagner also lowered her pressure we will be under against Special teams —Tulsa lunior punt Tulsa, but freshman goalkeeper Nevada 14 19 Georgia 3-1 455 2b returner Donald Shoals returned a punt tor a Shannon Wagner said the team was goals against average to 1.66. SMU." 20 Mississippi St 3-1 406 touchdown for the second time this season — not going to let Friday's game af- Sophomore forward Sherry Dick The Frogs have six games left 21 Tennessee 2-2 364 11 SMU 15 in the Golden Hurricane's 24-14 win over fect Sunday's effort. scored her fifth goal against UTEP in their 2000 season. Five are Hawaii Saturday Shoals had three punt 22 Northwestern 4-1 312 — Hoaiton 17 "We were a little nervous going in the 44th minute of play. With her conference games and two will be returns for 72 yards 23 Oregon St. 4-0 279 — one assist, Dick is also leading the played at home. Oftenuve — Texas-El Paso lunior wide 24 Wisconsin 3-2 210 17 into the game Friday," Wagner New Mexico State 31 team with 11 points and 60 shots. "We are further along then we receiver Lee Mays had seven catches tor 150 25 Notre Dame 2-2 118 — said. "We had a meeting before UTIP 41 yards and two touchdowns in the Miners' Sunday's match up and wrote "Although we were not totally were on Friday," Rubinson said. 41-31 victory over New Mexico State Satur- Others receiving votes: Michigan St 84 down our team goals and decided dominated by Tulsa, we made "We are our own worst enemies day Tain 24 South Carolina 79. N.C State 69. Texas some big mistakes," Dick said. right now because we realize that Dilinsivi — San Jose Stale senior line- if we were going to play, we were Hawaii 14 backer Marshall Blount had seven tackles A&M 39, Mississippi 35. Pittsburgh 24. going to play for each other. "Sunday's win was a big one for we can play with a lot of teams and and three sacks Four ol his tackles went for Purdue 16. LSU 15, East Carolina 12. Col- "We knew we had the talent, we us. We had been struggling previ- there isn't a game on our schedule losses totaling 14 yards orado St 10. Arizona St. 5 just had to make it happen." ously to this game, but we got a that we can't win. But if we don't The team rebounded from Fri- huge confidence booster with the step up, we know we will lose. day's performance by beating victory." "Our success just depends on Texas-El Paso 3-0 Sunday. They The Frogs' next game will be on which of our teams shows up to managed 27 shots against UTEP the road against No. 18 Southern play." UT regents take Sun Bowl compared to 11 shots against Methodist Sunday. To play well Tulsa. The win evened the Frogs' against SMU, Rubinson said the Kelly Morris El Paso County loses stadium by 'bullying' official says overall record at 6-6-1. team must finish their shots. [email protected] MUX unto nets stadium from the county. Eminent like bullying us." Briones said she domain gives a governmental wasn't sure of the county's next » Notes and quotes EL PASO, Texas - In an action agency the power to take someone move but added that one option that one El Paso county commis else's property. would be to mount a legal battle White ribbon honors teammate fender Brenda DeRose has been one player lineup. sioner described as "bullying," the The county against the ac- To honor injured junior goal- of the team's most consistent play- "All the girls have something they University of Texas System board has been try- ======tion. keeper Keith-Ann Wagner, fellow ers this season. can put forth to this team," Dick of regents has voted to take the Sun ing to negoti- "This is not the way we Before the teammates are wearing white rib- "She has maintained her compo- said. "Since everyone is equal, there Bowl stadium from the county us ate with wanted it to play out, but we decision, bons with the letters K.A. on them sure and has consistently performed has been a lot of switching around tng its power of eminent domain UTEP to al- Hcxvten made a in every game. at an extremely high level all year," on our roster. We never know who "I guess they're bigger than we low it to use feel like we've been backed last-minute "We have dedicated our season to Rubinson said. will be playing." ire," County Commissioner Charles the stadium in a corner because we have pitch to the re- her," sophomore forward Sherry DeRose has started in all 33 Rubinson said he's used six or Hooten said Monday after the Re- for a handful a generous donor who gents. Hooten Dick said. games she has played at TCU and seven different combinations of starting lineups through 13 games gents meeting in Austin 'They're of events each would like to see us move asked that they This summer, Wagner was in a car was named second team all-Western going to take il all" year, but the allow the accident and is now paralyzed from Athletic Conference last season. this season. UTEP officials want to begin 99-year lease forward." county to use the waist down. work on V million in stadium is in place un- — Diana Nataiicio. the Sun Bowl Depth puts lineup in question improvements thai include a til 2062. The UTEP president for any five IK'Rose's consistency draws praise Because of the team's depth, video-screen scoreboard and a regents made days of the year Head women's soccer coach Rubinson is finding it very diffi- Sports center. Larry Durham, a the decision when UTEP is David Rubinson said sophomore de- cult to determine the starting 11- former UTEP football player, has Monday at their regular meeting. not using the stadium. offered $5 million lo build the "The Sun Bowl is an integral part Hooten said county officials >• Team leaders sports center, which would in- of the campus and best managed wanted lo use the stadium for ben- clude a new sports medicine de- and owned by the University of efit concerts and events to raise Points Shots on Goal partment, training facility and Texas (System)," said UT System money for juvenile-crime preven- Sherry Dick 11 Sherry Dick 23 itadium locker room. Regent Woody Hunt, an El Paso tion, senior-citizen nutrition pro- Jennifer Maunder 7 Jennifer Maunder 12 UTEP wants to finish the project businessman who offered the mo- grams and mental-health services Jenny Swanson 5 Jenny Swanson 8 before the 2001 Sun Bowl game, in tion to use eminent domain. "The Commissioners Court Jenn Coulson 5 about 15 months The regents also withdrew a pre- simply wants to fill empty seats 'This is not the way we wanted vious offer of a $250,000 scholar- in the Sun Bowl, only on dates Goals > Team statistics it to play out. but we feel like ship endowment lo help needy that UTEP cannot use it." Hooten Sherry Dick 5 We've been backed in a corner be- students in the area. told the regents. Jennifer Maunder 3 Goals-shot att. 16-169 2£ -210 Jenny Swanson 2 cause we have a generous donor The regents' unwillingness to ne- As Hooten returned to his seat, Shot percentage .095 119 Jenn Coulson 2 who would like to see us move for- gotiate with the county "doesn't sit the regents voted unanimously to Goals per game 1.2 tm 1.9 well with the court." said El Paso use their power of eminent domain. Rebecca Repaskey 2 ward." University of Texas-El Shots per game 13.0 16.2 Paso President Diana Natalicio County Judge Dolores Briones. "Taxpayers of El Paso County ^ Assists 15 17 laid after the regents' vote. "It's dear that the relationship has went into debt to build the Sun Assists Corner kicks 45 69 The university has needed El gone awry, and it seems like UTEP Bowl," Hooten said. "I don't Tiffany Goetz 3 Paso County's approval to nuke is engaging in more of that." know why we couldn't work to- Crystal Pratz Offsides 37 flU 31 Rebecca Repaskey freshman midfielder the changes because it leases the She said the regents are "sort of gether as partners " Lori Robbins 2 Fouls 138 180 Wednesday, October 4,2000 www.skiff.tcu.edu Page 7 Palestinian gunmen and Israeli soldiers still battling By Greg Myrc row" and said a sniper had apparently ASSOCIATED PRESS More lives lost as both sides refuse to acknowledge cease-fire pact mistaken the child for a gunman. JERUSALEM — Palestinian gun- The violence began Thursday af- men battled Israeli soldiers Tuesday Barak also was battling for polit- commander of Israel's paramilitary Palestinians picked up parts of his and Hebron were carpeted with ter Ariel Sharon, leader of the hard- it isolated army posts in the West ical survival at home, trying to ap- border police in the West Bank. brain and waved their blood- thousands of rocks. The Israelis re- line opposition Likud party, visited Bank and Gaza Strip that have de- pease Arab legislators who are Gunmen wore civilian clothes and stained hands in the air. sponded with rubber-coated steel a Jerusalem site holy to Muslims and generated into virtual free-fire zones, threatening to topple his govern- did not appear to be members of the In the West Bank town of Nablus, bullets and stun grenades in most Jews. Sharon insisted he bore no re- as both sides defied a cease-fire call ment over the harsh crackdown on Palestinian security forces. besieged Israeli forces also called in instances. sponsibility, laying the blame on on the eve of a U.S. attempt to sal- rioters in Israel's Arab towns. The The heaviest clashes Tuesday helicopter fire to drive back Pales- Palestinian television broadcast Arafat. vage peacemaking. internal rebellion, the worst since Is- were again in the chaotic West Bank tinians shooting on the tiny Israeli an appeal in Hebrew to Israeli sol- Israeli and Palestinian command- Tuesday's death toll of four was rael's founding 52 years ago, has and Gaza Strip, where a hastily enclave of Joseph's Tomb. diers not to open fire, and a senior ers reached an understanding before the lowest since the fighting began blocked highways and closed arranged cease-fire quickly unrav- After an emotional funeral for a Palestinian official said an interna- dawn Tuesday that the Palestinians last week. In addition, 206 people schools, paralyzing large parts of eled at a pair of chronic trouble 15-year-old Palestinian boy, Pales- tional inquiry into Israel's actions would try to contain violence and Is- were injured, according to the northern Israel. spots. tinians headed directly to the Israeli would be a condition of reviving the raeli troops would pull back from Palestinians. Overall, 55 people With the Israelis blasting away with Israeli troops, backed by a heli- outpost. Several gunmen dashed to peace talks. points of friction. have died and at least 1,300 have heavy weapons, such as rockets copter gun ship, traded gunfire with the edge of the compound and raised "We think that the Israeli crimes But on the street, angry Palestin- been wounded, the vast majority launched from helicopters, and with Palestinians at an army outpost near their rifles to shoot over the stone committed against our people at- ian protesters said they hadn't heard, Palestinian. the Palestinians routinely firing auto- the remote Jewish settlement of Net- wall surrounding the tomb. tacked the heart of the peace or didn't care, about the agreement. "The results have been very matic rifles, the intensity of the fight- zarim in the Gaza Strip, part of an Youths relied on black smoke process," said Nabil Abourdeneh, a "The cease-fire does not mean painful," Israeli Prime Minister ing sometimes resembles a war and on-and-off battle that's been running from burning tires to provide top aide to Arafat. But Barak's office anything to us," said Anwar Takakh, Ehud Barak said, adding that he had has surpassed levels seen during the for days. cover as they darted toward the said he "totally rejected the call for joining stone-throwers in Bethle- called on Israel's security forces "to 1987-93 Palestinian uprising and Palestinian rock throwers dropped wall and hurled firebombs toward an international investigation." hem. "It is between Arafat and make a supreme effort to prevent three days of firefights in 1996. face-down in the streets, seeking the tomb, believed by some to hold Meanwhile, the Israeli army said a Barak." further casualties." "I have been dealing with such cover amid sustained blasts of auto- the remains of the biblical patri- 12-year-old boy killed at Netzarim on Barak turned his attention to the Barak and Palestinian leader Yasser riots since 1987 and ... there have matic rifle fire. Shortly afterward, arch. Saturday was apparently hit by Israeli violence among Israeli Arabs, who Arafat head to Paris on Wednesday in never anything on this level — not wailing ambulances arrived to take Elsewhere, stone-throwing youths gunfire. The death, caught on camera, account for I million of Israel's 6 hopes that Secretary of State when it comes to clashes and cer- away the casualties. confronted Israeli soldiers in cities shocked viewers around the world. Is- million people. 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Castro, Khan, Carter attend After walking a few feet, she fell to on drunken driving MONTREAL Pierre Trudeau Canadian of the 20th century They "He gave me some good advice." her knees on Ihe grass on Parliament was like a towering tree providing then watched the funeral service on a Paula Van Den Bosch, 27, who Hill, near the Centennial Flame which 0.08 blood alcohol content level made legal sustenance and shade for ail (anadi- giant screen set up outside the church grew up in the 1970s and XOs when has become a shrine to Trudeau, sur- By Jim Abnms BAC by 2004 would lose 2 percent an.s. one of his sons told an inlem.i The funeral, broadcast live across Trudeau led the country, said simply, rounded by his trademark roses, hun- ASSOCIATED PRESS of their highway money, with the tional crowd at a state funeral Tuesday Canada, capped five days of emo- "he's an icon for me." dreds of letters and candles. The WASHINGTON — Congres- penalty increasing to 8 percent by for the former prime minister tional outpouring by Canadians and Trudeau, who suffered from reporter later apologized. sional negotiators have agreed to a 2007. States that adopt the stan- The tree has been cut down, "but world leaders for Trudeau, who left I Parkinson's disease and died of Trudeau swept to power in 1968, tough national standard for dard by 2007 would be reimbursed leave the stump and roots in the luing legacy of a modern, bilingual, prostate cancer last Thursday al age the height of the so-called Swinging drunken driving with penalties for for any lost money. ground, hound with hoops ol iron and multicultural nation XI), was K) be buned privately after the Sixties, on a wave of support nick- states that don't abide. President Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., a bronze." a composed Sacha Trudeau It was a difficult day for Trudeau's state funeral presided over by Mon- named "Trudeaumania." His Clinton called it a "commonsense chief proponent of the legislation, said as he read from the Bible in former wife. Margaret, who made no treal's Cardinal Jean Claude Turcotte. charisma was reminiscent of an- nationwide limit" that will save an said even a 2 percent loss would be Notre Dame Baxilu.i eflort to mask her tears She embraced Sacha and Trudeau's other son, other young politician who had cap- estimated 500 lives a year and pre- considerable. The funeral was held alter a single one of her sons before they followed Justin, both wore red roses, in silent tivated the United States when he vent thousands of injuries. MADD contends that a driver engine plane trailing a giant Canadian Trudeau's body into the basilica. tribute to their father's trademark. became president eight years earlier Under the measure, states would with 0.08 BAC is 11 times more flag flew overhead in tribute as Among the more recognizable fig- Trudeau's daughter. Sarah, whom he in I960 — John F. Kennedy. be required to adopt a 0.08 blood al- likely to be involved in a fatal crash Trudeau's coffin was earned into the ures at the funeral was Castro, who on lathered at the age of 71, made a rare What made Trudeau such a sen- cohol content standard as the legal than a sober driver. It quotes Na- 2,700-seal Roman Catholic church Monday hailed Trudeau — the first appearance with her mother, constitu- sation was that he completely shat- level for drunken driving by 2004. tional Highway Traffic Safety Ad- Foreign dignitaries attending ihe NATO leader to visit Cuba — as a tional lawyer Deborah Coyne. tered the Canadian image at the Those that don't comply would ministration studies that show a service included Cuban President Fi- "world-class statesman." Monday would have been the 25th time, which was stodgy and under- stand to lose millions of dollars in 170-pound man could consume four del Castro, former president Jimm> When Castro entered the basilica, birthday of Trudeau's youngest son, stated. The new prime minister liked federal highway funds. drinks on an empty stomach in an Carter. Britain's Prince Andrew, and crowds shouted "Viva Fidel!" Michel, who died in I99X in a skiing sports cars and action sports — last "Congress has realized that what hour, or a 137-pound woman three' the Aga Khan Carter, who often sparred with accident. winter was the first since his child- happened to me and what has hap- drinks, before reaching 0.08. Thousands of Canadians who Trudeau while both were in power, After a reporter in Ottawa re- hood that he didn't go skiing. He pened to others is wrong," said Mil- Lautenberg and House sponsors couldn't gel in applauded as the bells arrived al the church before Castro minded Margaret Trudeau that it was dated actresses like Barbra Streisand lie Webb, national president of introduced the legislation three of the 19th century basilica pealed for "He was the tirst person I invited to Michel's birthday, her face crumpled and Margot Kidder. And at age 51, Mothers Against Drunk Driving. years ago. It ran into solid resistance the man the current prime minister. the While House after I was and she was led away by family mem- he married Margaret Sinclair, a Webb lost a nephew and a daughter, from lawmakers who said it in- Jean Chretien, called Ihe greatest elected," Carter has said of Trudeau bers. "It's Michel's birthday today." "flower child" who was just 21. and she, her husband and her then- fringed on states' rights and a strong unborn baby were severely injured, lobbying effort from beverage and in a crash with a driver with a 0.08 restaurant associations. blood alcohol content. John Doyle of the American Bev- Currently, 18 states and the Dis- erage Institute said the national trict of Columbia have 0.08 laws, standard would "have no impact Colorado couple create test-tube baby and in Massachusetts a level of 0.08 whatsoever" because the average is considered evidence but not proof BAC for drunks involved in fatal planting them in a woman is not new. built some Irom ■ finger on each hut him to save her life," of drunkenness. Thirty-one states crashes is 0.17. Doyle also cites Genetically Bui this is '.he first known instance in hand. She also had no hip sockets but Adam was bom Aug. 29. On Sept. define drunken driving as 0.10 BAC. NHTSA figures in saying that a screened baby to which parents screened and selected can now walk with the use of braces. 26, umbilical cord blood cells from The nationwide drunken driving 120-pound woman would reach the an embryo in order to find a suitable Her parents. Jack and Lisa Nash of Adam were given to Molly at the Uni- standard was included in a trans- new legal inebriation level by drink- save life of sister tissue donor for an ailing sibling. Englewood. Colo., wanted more chil- versity of Minnesota. portation spending bill approved ing only two six-ounce glasses of People have babies for lots of rea- dren but were afraid to conceive be- If the transplant doesn't take, the Tuesday by a House-Senate con- wine over two hours. "It demon- , By Margaret Toul sons: to save | failing marriage, to cause both carry a faulty version of next step could be to repeat the ference committee. It is expected strates we are not talking about the ASSOUATIDWmS work the family farm," said Dr. Ihe Fanconi gene, meaning each child process with Adam's bone marrow. to reach Clinton's desk in a matter product abuser," he said. MINNI-.APOI.IS In the first Charles Strom, director of medical would have a 25 percent chance of de- Among the first couples to ac- of days, and the president, a strong Several lawmakers made last- known case ol Us kind, a Colorado genetics al ihe Reproductive Genetics veloping the disease. knowledge publicly that they con- supporter of the measure, is sure to ditch efforts to sidetrack the 0.08 eooplt created a lest-tube babs who Institute in Chicago, where Adam was The Nashes used a process called ceived a child as a transplant donor sign it into law. Transportation De- measure but were defeated by the , was genetically screened anil selected conceived "I have absolutely no eth- pre-iniplantation genetic diagnosis, or were Abe and Mary Ayala of Wal- partment Secretary Rodney Slater House-Senate conference. Rep. in the hope he could save the hie ol ical problems with this whatsoever." PGD: embryos were created from nut. Calif. But they couldn't select said that as late as Monday night Martin Sabo, D-Minn., unsuccess- his h sear did sister Molly was jusi beginning to show Lisa Nash's eggs and her husband's an embryo a decade ago and had the president was calling lawmak- fully proposed that the federal gov- The sister. Molls Nash, has a uic signs ol leukemia, which is frequently sperm. Then fertilized eggs were an- only a l-in-4 chance that their ers to nail down their support. ernment should double grants to genetic disease. Fancom anemia, that associated with the disease, when she alyzed, and when one was found to daughter would be a suitable donor "With this measure we can save states for anti-drunken driving pro- prevents her hods Inmi making bone had the transplant, said Dr. John Wag- be disease-free and a lissue match, it of bone marrow to fight her teen-age more than 500 families annually the grams rather than penalize them. marrow. Bui last week, doctors gave ner, her physician al the University of was implanted. The couple had to try sister's leukemia. The baby, born in experience of having to deal with Rep. David Obey, D-Wis., also her an inlusion ol umbilical cord Minnesota. The infusion procedure Ihe procedure several times before 1990, turned out to be a suitable the loss of a loved one," Slater said. contended it was wrong to take blood Irom her newborn little brother, between siblings has a 90 percent suc- she became pregnant. donor, and her big sister recovered In 1998, 15,935 traffic deaths money away from states that, Adam, to try to correct the disease. cess rale. Lisa Nash, said she could not from the disease. were attributed to drunken driving, while they might not have a 0.08 ". Doctors should know in a couple ol "Molly's doing very well." Wagner knowingly bring another child into Arthur Caplan, director of the Cen- or 38.4 percent of the 41,471 deaths standard, impose other strong" weeks whether the infusion is helping said Tuesday, although she had a the world with the disease. ter for Bioethics at the University of overall. Both numbers were down anti-drinking measures such as- Molls develop healthy marrow cells. slight cold "We wanted a healthy child," Pennsylvania, said he doesn't see slightly from the year before. bans on driving with open alcohol J Screening laboratory created em As part of her disease, Molly was she told the Slur Tribune newspa- anything wrong in the case, but it Under the final compromise, containers or mandatory BAC * brsos lor genetic diseases Ix-tore un bom without thumbs, but surgeons states that don't implement 0.08 testing after accidents. • per last month. "And it doesn't raises interesting questions. • mm IOG YOUCOUIB 6o to southwestcom/drlnfcupflvf ree.html OG PAGES to see if you're a WINNER! ■..•_»**. You could southwestern!! Night Life i WIN FREE Tickets symbol of e-freedonf anywhere Southwest Airlines Flies! • •jrmbol of e-f reedom" Available on specially marked Coca-Cola Bottles/Cans inside campus vending machines. MWTIPUY t. 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CaKOj CQOMr Wednesday, October 4,2000 www.skiff.tcu.edu Page 9 China issues rules for Internet use Lennon's killer By Joe McDonald Limits placed on foreign investments joins the World Trade Organization, denied parole bid ASSOCIATED PRESS and 50 percent after two years. SHANGHAI, China — China The announcement Sunday by the Ministry of Information Industry Beijing also appears lo be trying has issued a new list of rules for In- state media also affirms Beijing's re- to receive investment or collaboration to jar service providers into help- Chapman to stay in New York prison ternet use, ordering access solve to keep the Web from being from abroad. ing to police security-related con- By Carolyn Thompson face retribution from angry fans. providers to guard against online used to spread opposition to commu- Chinese companies already oper- tent restrictions. ASSOCIATED PRESS "They would feel that it is unfair political activity and reinforcing nist tule. ate under such a requirement. Regulators in August shut down ATTICA, N.Y. — The man who that the 'subject' is rewarded with a limits on foreign investment. In one of the few explicit new re- Announcing the prohibition a Web site run by pro-democracy gunned down John Lennon 20 years normal life while John lost his," she The rules, part of broad regulations quirements, Internet Service Providers could be a warning of impending activists on a Beijing service ago lost his first bid for parole Tues- wrote. "Violence begets violence. If on the telecommunications industry, are required to keep records on users enforcement by the ministry provider. The company said it had- day after the ex-Beatle's widow it is at all possible, I would like us add little to how China already regu- and the material they post online. against dozens of companies with n't looked at the site's content until wrote that setting him free would to not create a situation which may lates the Web. But the announcement If they discover prohibited con- unauthorized foreign owners, in- alerted by police. "bring back the nightmare, the bring further madness and tragedy could cause a chill in a held depend- tent, providers are required to re- vestors or partners. Spratt, of Lehman Brothers, said chaos and confusion once again." to the world." ent on foreign financing. move it and turn over their records to The ministry tried last year to ban he expected the subversion rule to be Mark David Chapman was inter- A transcript of Tuesday's inter- Companies had hoped for a more lib- the authorities. all foreign Web investment. China "watered down" but noted that Web viewed for 50 minutes by three pa- view with Chapman by the board is eral climate after China's planned entry The regulations say content later agreed to let foreigners own 49 companies already are playing an en- role board members during a closed expected to be made available later into the World Trade Organization. providers must have approval from percent of Web companies once it forcement role. hearing at Attica prison. Four hours this week. later, he was given a one-page de- But in its statement, the board termination that began: "Parole is called the killing "calculated and denied." unprovoked." In addition to being "Your most vicious and violent one of the world's most famous mu- Supreme Court hears roadblocks case act was apparently fueled by your sicians, the board said, Lennon was need to be acknowledged," the a "husband and a father of two The city admits that its primary aim Several other cities have used sim- anapolis checkpoints probably board said. "During your parole young children." Random searches was to catch drug criminals. Civil lib- ilar checkpoints and the practice amounted to unreasonable seizures. A hearing, this panel noted your con- Chapman recently said he be- erties advocates called the practice could become fairly common if the Supreme Court decision, expected by tinued interest in maintaining your lieved that Lennon would have ap- of vehicles for heavy-handed and risky, and asked Supreme Court gives its blessing. June, will provide the court's latest notoriety." proved of his release. But the board the Supreme Court to ban it. "The risk here is if we break down word on the amendment's scope. Chapman, 45, is serving 20 years concluded that releasing Chapman drugs in question Justice Antonin Scalia pounced on this barrier ... we will be faced with Several justices seemed troubled by to life at the maximum-security now would "deprecate the serious- a lawyer for the city, who argued that ever-increasing incursions that will be the notion that motorists could be prison in upstate New York. He ness of the crime and serve to un- By Anne Gearan the practice is no more intrusive than balanced away," by the argument that stopped simply because they are mo- pleaded guilty to second-degree dermine respect for the law." ASSOCIATED PHESS the traffic stops that previously passed the benefit to the public good out- torists — in other words, that by driv- murder in 1981 for fatally shooting The parole board noted that WASHINGTON — Supreme court muster. weighs individual privacy concerns, ing into the checkpoint a person opens Lennon as the rock star and his wife, Chapman has an "exemplary disci- Court justices questioned whether "So you think the government replied Kenneth Falk, a lawyer for the himself or herself to a criminal inves- Yoko Ono, were entering their Man- plinary record" in prison. But it said roadblocks to catch drug dealers are could stop a car anywhere in the Indiana chapter of the American Civil tigation that presumably would not hattan apartment building following he has been unable to seek "anti-vi- one step on the path toward the sort United States and look for illegal im- Liberties Union. happen if the he or she were on foot. a recording session on Dec. 8, 1980. olence and/or anti-aggression pro- of random questioning by police that migrants?" Scalia asked in mock sur- The ACLU. which represents two "I can't find anything special about After Tuesday's decision, Ono gramming" because he is in special the Constitution is supposed to forbid. prise. "Simply stop the car and say, detained motorists, argues that police being in a car ... and I haven't heard spokesman Eliot Mintz released a custody. The court took a new look Tuesday 'Can I see your papers, please?'" As do not have the right to use roadblocks you present one," Justice Stephen letter the widow wrote to the parole Parole board hearings with in- at privacy rights versus the interests of the crowd stirred, Scalia added: to investigate criminal drug activity Breyer said. board in which she described the mates are closed to the public. The law enforcement with the case of "Sorta scary." without good reason to suspect one Cars were pulled over at random in pain of losing Lennon and how Associated Press and 85 other me- drug-search roadblocks that stop The city's lawyer, A. Scott Chinn, motorist or another. high-crime neighborhoods in Indi- Chapman's release would unravel dia organizations filed Freedom of more innocent people than criminals. replied that authorities would have to The Fourth Amendment that for- anapolis, motorists questioned, and a her life. Information Law requests to get the The court must decide whether the show a reason to suspect illegal im- bids unreasonable searches or drug-sniffing dog led around the car's "I am afraid it will bring back the board's determination. roadblocks set up by Indianapolis in migrants were using a particular road, seizures generally protects Americans exterior. Most motorists were de- nightmare, the chaos and confusion Robert Gangi of the state Cor- 1998 are consistent with the accepted but he did not back off his argument from random sidewalk questioning by tained for about three minutes. once again. Myself and John's two rectional Association, a prisoner ad- practices of border roadblocks to find that the drug checkpoints are a simple police, or indiscriminate traffic stops. The city conducted six roadblocks sons, would not feel safe for the rest vocacy group, speculated that illegal immigrants or random traffic and effective way to find large The court is reviewing a federal ap- over four months in 1998 before it of our lives," Ono wrote. parole for Chapman is unlikely even stops to get drunks off the road. amounts of drugs. peals court ruling that said the Indi- was challenged in federal court. She also said Chapman might years from now. 5kiff IF >1< 000 TtwUBO COUi&t iSNT WOOGtt ID GfT YOO KC1TO. 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He said state with criminal convictions gained per- ficials' request for a background cluding rape and armed robbery, officials decided to issue licenses af- mits under a law signed by Gov. check," she said. were issued concealed gun permits in ter checking names with the FBI, but George W Bush, rittw said Tuesday Texas officials "felt they were re- Texas. without waiting for fingerprint The state tailed to perform full quired by law to go ahead and issue Of the approximately 2I5,(XX) checks to be completed. background checks on 407 people the permits," she said in Boston where Texans licensed to carry concealed People who have ever been con- who had convictions but were Bush was debating Al Gore. And the weapons, more than 3,000 have been victed of felonies or domestic vio- granted licenses. 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"Tile federal law enforcement au- sessing them, Hughes said. were six times less likely to be ar- Gore opposes allowing the carrying 257-7426 thorities, which are of course under The campaign's defense of the rested than the general population of concealed weapons. COLLEGE ID CARD Bill passed to aid in high-tech industry Over 81.000 in H\ for 810 along other burgeoning high-tech opposes Smith's bill. million since the start of last year, Thousands of corridors say they need the addi- The House Rules Committee wilh Democrats getting a little more Coming Soon! tional workers with six-year H-IB chairman. Rep. David Dreier, R- than half of that. skilled foreigners visas to fuel their rapid growth. Calif., who cosponsored another Computer software and other SHVCVS Mulleins "The short-term problem is how visa bill, called the Senate version high-tech companies contend that I IIOIIMHIHIN <>k Hollars will be employed to fill the key positions immediately "dynamite" and said House leaders 3(X),()0() jobs are going unfilled fof so that we don't lose opportunities would lind a way to get it passed. a lack of qualified workers. Labor By Bart Jansen to foreign competitors or so that we Industry advocates — including unions, however, argue that that the (817) 289-2801 ex. 2900 ASSOf IATEU PRESS don't force American businesses to Microsoft and Sun Microsystems companies want more immigrants to WASHINGTON - High-tech move offshore to where skilled and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce keep down wages of Americans companies could bring in nearly workers might live," said Sen. — praised the Senate and called for holding the same jobs. 600,000 nevs skilled foreign work- Spencer Abraham. 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The rules IIEEW will be E>pen to merger approach that has guided per can compare the cost of using thai roads to merge and announced a set public comment and csmld take ef- agency decisions tor the last 20 ye;trs. line tor the whole trip E>r shipping pair If you have the right stuff, of new rules Tuesday to govern such fect by next summer, the bs>ard said. New cE>nsE>lidations "are likely ts> of the way E>n another carrier. j» • Direct in-homr sale* experience comhinatiEMis. The msiratEirium expires next June. result in some competitive harms, The agency said it will look fo£ • Ciood communication skills • (.real prospecting skills The Transportation Department's "The new rules would signifi- such as the IEISS of geographic cs>m- Either CE>mpetitiE>n-enhancing pr(j» • Self-motivated • Honesty Surface Transportation Board, which cantly increase the burden on appli- petition, that are difficult to remedy di- pEEsals and will impose cs>nditiE>ns ;tsl We provide: regulates railroads, imposed a 15- cants to demonstrate that a prs>posed rectly," the board said in a statement. necessary prevent harm to shippers.* • Leads • Weekly paychecks • Benefits month moratorium on mergers in merger transactis>n is in the public The board said the rules will re- "Because claimed benefits in n?» quire applicants to propose specific • flexible hours • i .IMI.II work environment • Complete training March. 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Story and photo illustrations by Yvette Herrera A Splash of Color Students dye hair in outrageous colors, patterns Hair coloring has gone from bleaching briinette Josiah Miller and Allison Hester were bored Labor Day "(Kiehl's green hair) was dramatically noticeable," hair to artistically creating an image of some- weekend when they decided to color Miller's hair blue and Flowers said. "But as far as I'm concerned, it isn't a dis- thing onto hair. Hester's hair pinkish red. traction to the class." Dustin Van Orne. a sophomore art history and radio-TV- Miller, a sophomore radio-TV-film major, said his rea- Olga Longoria, a professional chemical technician and film major, uses his hair as a self expression. He and his son for doing it was simply because he likes the color blue. stylist from Le Duke, said hair coloring is especially pop- friends bleached his hair blonde, and then painted black Hester, a junior studio art major, said she has been dy- ular among women between the ages of 18 and 28. She circles on it with a toner brush to create a leopard look. ing her hair different colors since high school. She said her said color trends are always changing. "It was experimental." Van Orne said. "It's not that I parents were never happy about it. In fact, the last time that Longoria said people that color their hair don't have want to be a nonconformist. I see it as a form of art." she colored her hair, she said they put their foot down and to worry about damage if they regularly condition their Justin Kiehl. a freshman premajor, said he saw people said, "Not again." hair and properly apply the color. Incorrect application walking around campus with blue, purple and pink hair, So, what about all the attention these four students are can cause breakage and damage to the tips of the hair, and since green hadn't been done yet, he decided would be receiving from others on campus and bewildered people in she said. one of the first. It also didn't hurt that green is his favorite malls? "Color removes pigment and moisture of the hair, so they color. "Some people love it," Miller said. They stop me and have to manually apply moisture with conditioner at least "My friend's sister bleached my (brown) hair, and then ask me how I did it." twice a week," Longoria said. dyed it green," Kiehl said. Van Orne's leopard print attracts the attention of many None of the four students interviewed went to a profes- Kiehl worked at a Blockbuster Video store this summer, people, he said. sional hair stylist to color their hair, but they weren't con- and he intends on going back in December. He said his man- "People stop and stare all the time," Van Orne said. cerned about any damage. ager doesn't mind the green hair, but Kiehl knows eventu- "Some women stopped me in the grocery store and asked Kiehl said he could always shave his head if there was ally he'll have to dye his hair back to its natural color. me how I did it." any real damage. "College is a time that you can get away with this," Kiehl Van Orne said they told him it was their favorite print. Hester said she didn't mind any damage because hair said. "But I guess at some point I'll have to give into so- As soon as Kiehl walked into his world religion class grows back. ciety and do what they want me to do." with green hair his professor, Ronald Flowers, said he was Van Orne said he plans on frequently changing his hair Janace Clarke, an assistant professor in design and mer- reminded of an event when he temporarily dyed his hair color and style. His next project might even be to create chandising, said hair dying started in the 1930's when many green to compliment his date who was dressing as a rab- the image of a checker board on his head. brunette actresses were bleaching their hair blonde. bit for a costume party. Flowers originally planned on "People do it because they get bored with what they dressing as a carrot but had to settle for an asparagus after Yvette Herrera have," Clarke said. "It's a glamorous thing to do." he couldn't find any orange to wear. yvebex @ yahoo, com FALL FORECAST CALLS FOR LEATHER WEATHER Fashion designers look to leather to liven up classic, seasonless styles By Valll Herman-Cohen quick to party hop in their freshly minted ment dresser. Some sensitive manufacturers whole lot more you can do with leather." LOS ANCELfSTIMfS suede hip-huggers and leather skirts, all are offering animal-friendly alternatives in Los Angeles designer William Beranek of LOS ANGELES — Even in the most worn with sheer or bare tops, sandals and synthetic pleather, vinyl and Ultrasuede. William B. decorates his leather skirts with refined hands, leather possesses a slightly statement handbags. Leather is the first For guys, leather chinos and zip jackets geometric appliques. McElrath suggests a sinister side. But its animalistic and dan- big fall trend to emerge for temperate have emerged as the fall front-runners, casual luxe look for her A-line leather skirts. gerous past life as the apparel of choice Southern California. Like cashmere, even for the workplace. Macy's features "The cooler way to wear leather is one for bikers, punk rockers and strutting an- leather is becoming widely available, $170 leather Levi's jeans for guys, as well piece of luxury with a bunch of stuff tiheroes is helping designers solve one of though at varying quality and prices for as Kenneth Cole's $360 car coat and other that's not — flip-flops, jeans, T-shirt and the most difficult design challenges of re- men and women. jackets from $300. a Louis Vuitton bag," she said. cent season*: making classic, almost stale, When the new fall clothes debuted on run- With the new mood, silhouettes hip. ways last year, ladylike looks, such as chif- designers are replacing Cut a prim Aline skirt in leather and, sud- fon blouses, neat suits and tweeds, were leather stereotypes and denly, it's gone from schoolgirl to bad girl, heralded as the must-haves for the season. are embarking on a more with the attitude of both. That skirt is poised They're still important, but Los Angeles has experimental path. to become the key element in Los Angeles' embraced racier leather. "We just treat leather new fall style Whether it's a skirt, sleek "L.A. has always been such a big like it's another fabric in pants, an exotic designer handbag or the ul- leather city," said Julie Gilhart, vice pres- our collection," said timate finishing accessory — a pair of tall ident of fashion merchandising for Bar- McElrath. "We've been and spindly boots, leather and suede fash- neys New York. "It has the appeal of being doing leather year-round ions are defining the latest spin of the lux- sexy. It's seasonless. And people now for the last year, and ury fashion cycle. know how to wear it." that's unusual." She of- "It's a status, luxury time right now," Retailers from Macy's to Gap to Neiman fers 16 colors of suede, said Los Angeles designer Melissa McEl- Marcus stocked up in August on key leather including hot pink, rath, of the new Melissa M contemporary looks, buoyed by the success of spring's burnt orange, yellow clothing collection. "Anything that has a snakeskin phenomenon. They stuffed their and lavender. luxury feel we have a better chance of racks with multiple personalities of leather "Black leather really selling now" — from adventurous snug pants, to timid is classic," she said. "It's Los Angeles Times Even in the heat of late summer, the leather-trimmed denim and tweed skirts, to great in a five-pocket Sela Ward wore leather dress to the 52nd Annual Emmy city's fashion cognoscenti have been classic zip or button jackets for the invest- jean. But there is a Awards at the Shrine Auditorium on Sunday, Sept. 10.