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Friday, November 15, 1996 • Rounding Up Campus News Since 1900
Troops could
be in Zaire
next week
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Up to
4,000 U.S. troops could begin
moving into Central Africa next
week as part of a Canadian-led
force trying to help a million
malnourished refugees lan¬
guishing in Zaire.
President Clinton agreed in
principle on Wednesday to dis¬
patch a force, spearheaded by
1,000 U.S. Army paratroopers
from their base in Vincenza,
Italy. About a dozen other
countries are expected to par¬
ticipate.
A call-up of U.S. reservists is
also possible, a senior Pentagon
official told reporters in a brief¬
ing.
Clinton placed several con¬
ditions on U.S. participation,
including that the American
troops, numbering 3,000 to
4,000, stay no longer than four
months and that local combat¬
ants allow them to arrive
peacefully.
"We're not planning on
fighting our way in," the
Pentagon official said, speaking
on condition of anonymity.
To minimize the possibility
of U.S. casualties, U.S. forces
would not disarm militants or
assist in returning refugees to
their homeland, the official
said.
National security adviser
w
Anthony Lake and Defense
Undersecretary Walter
Slocombe were to meet with
Canadian officials and other
potential participants Thursday
at the United Nations to flesh
out the plan.
White House spokesman
Mike McCurry said the U.S.
paratroopers would secure an
airfield in the eastern Zaire city
of Goma, a principal delivery
point for humanitarian sup¬
plies. Zairean rebels control the
airport.
The American troops, bol¬
stered with Apache attack heli¬
copters, also would provide
security along a three-mile cor¬
ridor from Goma to the
Rwandan border.
If an agreement among par¬
ticipants is reached, U.S. forces
"could begin falling into place
some time next week," the
Pentagon official said.
Good Morning
Volume 96
©Baylor
Waco, Texas
TODAY
Golden Wave Band
Spectacular, Ferrell Center,
7:30 p.m.
Invitation to Leadership,
Barfield Drawing Room,
Bill Daniel Student Center
University Symposium
SATURDAY
FSO, Hankamer School of
Business, 8 a.m.
RA Day
Football vs. Missouri, Floyd
Casey Stadium, 1 p.m.
Fall’s splendor
Chelsa Dunn/ The Lariat
The changing tint of leaves around Waco’s Cameron
Park illustrates the fall season in its richest shades.
Who’s Who selects students
By Zachary Hinkle
Lariat Assistant C ity Editor
Sixty-six University students
were selected to be included in
the 1997 edition of Who's Who
Among Students In American
Universities and Colleges , a book
produced by a national program
honoring outstanding individu¬
als in several fields.
Dr. Martha Lou Scott, dean
for student life and University
liaison to the Who's Who pro¬
gram, said being selected to the
Who's Who list is a high honor
from a worthwhile organization.
Juniors, seniors and graduate
students were nominated either
by themselves, organizations,
faculty, administrators or friends
based on the nominee's academ¬
ic achievement, community ser¬
vice, extracurricular activity
leadership and potential for con¬
tinued success.
Nominees were then alerted
and asked to submit applica¬
tions and statements of academ¬
ic standing to a primary screen¬
ing committee made up of mem¬
bers of the school or organiza¬
tion from which they were nom¬
inated.
After this screening, the
remaining applications were
handed up to a committee with
representatives from all
University schools and selected
organizations for a final
University screening and sub¬
mission to the Who's Who pro¬
gram.
The Who's Who program then
completes the last screening and
composes its list of recipients.
" Who's Who gets the final
screening," Scott said. "But they
have never been known to delete
any of the names."
*
Who’s Who allowed one recip¬
ient over the University's quota
of 65, based on the enrollment of
12,391, this year to accommodate
the addition of two graduate
students who normally go
through their own separate
selection process.
"It is a privilege to be selected
for such an esteemed honor from
the University," David Gaines, a
Kilgore junior, said. "I'm sure it
will reflect beneficially on me
when I look for a job and pursue
a career in teaching."
Most recipients related to
Gaines' feelings and felt hon¬
ored to end up on top of the
See LIST page 4
AIDS Awareness Day
planned for Monday
By Denise Crozier
Lariat Reporter
AIDS is an issue literally
spreading like wildfire across the
nation and the importance of
awareness grows stronger daily.
The Health Education and
Wellness Office will sponsor AIDS
Awareness Day Monday as a
means of increasing public knowl¬
edge.
Quentin and Jennifer Smith
will speak on "Living with AIDS
in a Marriage"during Chapel-
Forum at 10 a.m. in Waco Hall.
The couple will speak again at
noon in the Barfield Drawing
Room in the Bill Daniel Student
Center discussing how they cope
with Jennifer's HIV-positive diag¬
nosis and the importance of com¬
mitment in marriage.
"The purpose of the program is to help the
Baylor community become more
aware of how AIDS is dealt with in a
marriage," said TaNunya Roberts, a
Marlin graduate assistant in the
Health Education and Wellness
Office.
According to a news release, the
Smiths are speakers for AIDS
Services of Austin and Jennifer
speaks for the San Antonio AIDS
Foundation.
"They were very well received
two years ago, so they are coming
back again," Roberts said.
The couple visited in 1994 and the
students were receptive to their mes¬
sage, Roberts said.
Cassie Findley, Health Education
and Wellness Office director, said, "In
addition to the two lectures, AIDS
Mike McKinnon/ The Lariat facts will be placed on bulletin
boards throughout campus."
Authors gather to educate about
hunger, poverty in United States
By Theresa D. Jacoby
Lariat Reporter
Authors from around the
country gathered yesterday at
Barnes and Noble Booksellers
stores across the
nation to promote
awareness of
hunger and
poverty in the
United States and
the world.
Share Our
Strength, the
nation's leading
anti-hunger orga¬
nization, annually holds Writer's
Harvest: the National Reading,
to involve the reading communi¬
ty in the never-ending battle of
hunger and poverty. Writer's
Harvest is the largest annual
series of simultaneous readings
supporting the causes of hunger
and poverty.
"The point of this event is to
mobilize the entire literary com¬
munity in the fight against
hunger," Julie Rosenthal, public
relations assistant of Share Our
Strength, said. "Barnes and
Noble has been a
really supportive
ally in making
that happen."
According to
Rosenthal, Barnes
and Noble
Booksellers is a
corporate spon¬
sor that allows
SOS and the liter¬
ary community to collaborate
and provide adequate donations
to local and national anti-hunger
efforts.
"It is a great way to raise pub¬
lic awareness as well as mone¬
tary support of the issues of
hunger and poverty," Rosenthal
said.
According to Brenda Khozein,
community relations coordina¬
tor of the Waco location of
Barnes and Noble Bookseller, the
Barnes and Noble, located at
4909 West Waco Dr., joined the
effort and donate two percent of
yesterday's sales to SOS.
"We think this is one way the
literary community can get
involved with anti-hunger,"
Khozein said.
Local authors and celebrities
were invited to participate in
Writer's Harvest. The year's par¬
ticipants include Robert Darden,
part-time lecturer in the English
and telecommunication depart¬
ments as well as author of The
Way of an Eagle and the soon-to-
be-released /, jesus, and Dr.
Randall O'Brien, religion profes¬
sor and author of I Feel Better All
Over Than I Do Anywhere Else
See WRITERS page 4
Darden
Self-defense teaches prevention, builds confidence
By Russell Reneau
Lariat Reporter
Students can avoid dangerous situa¬
tions and personal harm by learning
self-defense, and they can feel safe
when they go out, jog on the Bear Trail
or simply go to their car in a parking
lot.
By law, self-defense is defined as the
right to use whatever means reason¬
ably necessary to protect oneself
against violence or threatened vio¬
lence.
"Protecting the body from harm is
part of self-defense," said Danny
Passmore, owner of Passmore's School
of Self-Defense. "It is much more than
that, though. Self-defense is not just
protecting oneself physically. It
involves being well-educated and stay¬
ing off of drugs."
Passmore said the best self-defense
is avoidance. Students should not put
themselves in dangerous situations
such as "hanging out at the beer joints"
and "running around on the streets late
at night."
"Don't look like a victim," Passmore
said. "If you look timid and shy then
you are more likely to be a target.
People should also get involved in
something that builds their confidence.
When people look confident then they
are less likely to be a victim."
Chris Cantu, a Waco freshman, has
been training with Passmore for five
years.
"Self-defense is not fighting but the
way you lead your life," Cantu said.
"That means staying away from alco¬
hol and drugs and guiding your life
away from harm. If you lack in some
areas of your life, then you leave your¬
self open for attack."
Local law enforcement officials sug¬
gest knowing your neighbors and the
cars in your parking lot. Neighbors
watching out for each other and being
cautious of strange visitors can help
eliminate harmful situations.
George Brock, the head instructor at
Heart of Texas Self Defense, also spoke
about self-defense.
"Part of self-defense is becoming
aware of your surroundings," he said.
"If I think I'm being followed, then I'll
cross the street and if they follow me I
know there is potential danger."
Instructors at the University were
unavailable for comment.
The schools teach different forms of
self-defense. Passmore teaches hapkito,
See SELF DEFENSE page 4
Chelsa Dunn/ The Lariat
Cherish Wandell, 6, executes a self-defense technique on her instructor Danny
Passmore. University students study self-defense at schools such as Passmore’s
school.
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