FROGS FALL TO COUGARS - PAGE 7 TCU Daily Skiff THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 1996 TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY, FORT WORTH. TEXAS 93RD YEAR, No. 57 Campus police upgrade emergency phone service BY JODI WETUSKI Campus Police Chief Steve McGee. To the call was made from." "This equipment is so sensitive that if you where the problem is." TCU DAILY SKIFF shorten response time to on-campus emer- However, the system, which began operat- stutter at all, it sounds like two separate To help combat any mistaken calls, the res- gencies, campus police is running a computer ing last Thursday, is not running as smoothly tones." Laster said. ident assistants distributed fliers in the dorms When most people feel chest pains, hear an system that lists the building and room num- as the campus police had hoped. Whenever Laster said AT&T, who manufactures the yesterday encouraging students to dial (XI7) intruder climbing in the window or smell ber of any 911 call made at the university. anyone calls 1-411 for information, it regis- telephone switch connecting the city's 911 555-1212 for information instead of 1-411. smoke in their house, their first reaction "In the past, let's say someone got a bro- ters on the campus police computer as an computer to the campus police computer, is McGee said if any student accidentally comes by instinct. ken leg in the Rickel. If they called 911 and emergency call, said Jill Laster, associate monitoring the switch to try and find the reaches a 911 operator, he or she should not Call 911. hung up. all the (Fort Worth) computer would vice-chancellor for administrative services. glitch in the program. hang up. Instead, they should explain that it But at a university, the campus police are flash is '2900 S. University,"" McGee said. And sometimes when a student dials 9 for "Over Christmas we cut over the new was a mistake. Then, the student should call usually closer and can respond more quickly "This new system will help us assist the fire an outside line and then 1 for a long distance piece of equipment that sends the campus campus police at ext. 7777 and let them know than the city's emergency vehicles, said department and others in finding the building call, it shows up on the computer as 911. Fort Worth's 911 calls," she said. "And that's about the mistaken call as well. College of nursing appoints new dean Kathleen Bond to take helm at Harris a^aW BY CHRISTY I IAWKINS Koehler said the university con- the founding dean at the University TCU DAILV SKIPI- ducted two nationwide searches to of Missouri-Kansas City School of select the perfect candidate for the Nursing from IMS I to 1991. Before Kathleen G. Bond, a nationally- job. that, she served ten years on the fac- prominent nurse educator, is the new The first search was unsuccessful, ulty at the School of Nursing at the dean of the Harris College of Nurs- according to Koehler said, but the University of Alabama-Birming- ing. Provost William H. Koehler second search uncovered two well- ham, where her last appointment was announced yesterday. qualified candidates, including chairwoman of the graduate MSN Bond has served as dean at the Bond. degree program. University of New Mexico College "We convinced Bond that she will "TCU is a quality institution and of Nursing since 1993. fit in here." Koehler said yesterday \er\ student-centered," Bond said in Rhonda Keen-Payne, the Harris during a phone interview. "We are all the press release. "I was struck b\ the J9 College of Nursing Interim Dean, indebted to our colleagues on the warmth of the students as they will continue to hold the position search committee and the faculty of greeted me when 1 walked across the until Bond begins her new job July 1. Harris College, for it was they who campus. Bond will permanently fill the posi- identified and recruited Dr. Bond." "This appointment offers .in tion vacated by Patricia D. Scearse. Bond received her bachelor's opportunity to work with a very tal- who retired last year after 15 years of degree in nursing from the Univer- ented and energetic faculty and service at TCU. sity of Alabama, a master's degree in staff." Bond said. "One of my first "I am absolutely delighted that Dr. nursing from Case Western Reserve goals v> ill be to get to know them all Bond is joining TCU." Koehler said University and a doctorate of educa- and learn about their hopes and in a press release. "1 was most tion from the University of Alabama. dreams for the Harris College and impressed with Dr. Bond when we She served as dean of the College develop a shared vision for the first met. My enthusiasm for working of Nursing at Michigan State Uni- with her continues to grow." versity from 1991 to 1993. She was sec Bond, page 2 ret' Diiilv skill'Hliikc Sims Visitors to the Daniel-Meyer Coliseum are greeted with signs warning them concealed weapons, although legal with a license in Texas, are illegal on campus. Road construction set for Stadium Until last week, the telephone and electric lines in the BY GINGER D. RICHARDSON TCU DAILY SKI I area were above ground — a system that Will Stall- Weapons banned at TCU worth, director of the physical plant, called "archaic." The dust, potholes and orange cones scattered about "It was just really time to do this." Stallworth said "Almost all systems are underground these days." there is still a state law prohibiting individuals from pos- Stadium Drive will likely greet students commuting to BY NATALIE GARDNER And although the street is no longer torn up. Stall- sessing deadly weapons on the grounds of a public or pri- and from classes for some time to come. TCU DAILY SKIFF worth said construction would continue along Stadmn vate school campus and other places such as government Utility lines along the high-traffic street are being Drive for the next several w eeks. Although Texans can now carry concealed handguns, buildings, bars, race tracks and polling sites. upgraded as part of a S6.25 million project to build the firearms are still not allowed on campus — and violators The term "deadly" weapon includes ammunition, mar- new Dee J. Kelly Alumni and Visitor's Center. All con- MT Road, past can face a third degree felony, punishable by a minimum tial arts devices, sling shots, air-powered guns, blow struction should be complete by next September. of two years in the state penitentiary and up to SI0.000 guns, fireworks or flammable liquids. in fines, said TCU Police Chief Steve McGee. Not only is this stated in Texas Penal Code 4603. but On Jan. I, the concealed weapons law went into effect alto in TCU's Code of Student Conduct found in the Cal- and thousands began to apply for their permits. But Tex- endar Handbook. McGee said. ans soon found out that obtaining the permit is much eas- "Even if you have a concealed handgun permit, you ier than knowing where the law applies. McGee said students and others need to be aware that see Ban, page 2 Former Rep. Jordan dies at 59 Colleagues remember her as 'a powerful voice of conscience' "When Barbara spoke with that l-'rom STAFF And W1K1-: Reports Jordan — one of the first two blacks elected to Congress from the deep, booming voice, it was as AUSTIN, Texas — Former Rep. South since Reconstruction — died though she was speaking from tablets Barbara Jordan, whose ringing, Jeho- of pneumonia believed to be a com- of stone." former Treasury Secretary Hi n.nlv skill Mfctiael Popovw vah-like oratory made her literally plication of leukemia, said George Lloyd Bentsen said. "She had a pres- Employees repair wires and work on the construction of the Dee J. Kelly Alumni and the voice of moral authority during Christian, a Democratic insider and ence as few people do." Visitor's Center on Stadium Drive next to the Ranch Management Building. the Watergate impeachment hear- former press secretary to President ings, died Wednesday at age 59. Lvndon B. Johnson. see Jordan, page 5 News Digest Nigerian policeman executed Christopher Reeve hospitalized Texan to star in hot dog ads Exxon settles in Valdez case Bug-battling teen torches home LAGOS. Nigeria (AP) — As hundreds of MOUNT K1SCO, N.Y. (AP) - Christo- ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Oscar Mayer ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Exxon CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A James people watched, an assistant police commis- pher Reeve was taken by ambulance Jo a hos- has picked Trent South, a 7-year-old from Corp. and thousands of people with claims Bond-inspired teenager burned down his sioner begged for forgiveness before being pital for treatment of what the actor Sherman, Texas, as the new voice for its from the Exxon Valdez oil spill have settled family's home when he tried to kill a "really executed for armed robbery. described Wednesday as a bout of erratic famous bologna and wiener jingles in for $3.5 million, a move that clears the way big, hairy spider" by setting bug spray on A sergeant and three civilians convicted in blood pressure related to his paralysis. national advertisements. for an appeal of a $5 billion punitive award fire. the same case also were shot by firing squad Reeve said he expected to be hospitalized The first grader was announced Wednes- against the company. Don Ramirez. 16. told police he got the Tuesday at a prison in northwestern Kebbi for a few days or a week.