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Volume 84 Number 22
ACU Deportment of Journalism and Mass Communication
Wednesday Nov. 8 19.95
F
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Such praise was rare.
of the day contemplating the dircc-
Most Palestinians willing to discuss tioh of peace efforts without Rabin as
the assassination expressed mixed feel- a partner. ' '
ings about the incident. '"His disappearance is going to be a
They said it indicated that Israel is bic problem for us" said a senior Pal-
hiixcd feelings Sunday about Saturday's deeply divided over the dianges bro- cstinian security official.
ssasunatton or Israel Prime Minister up.ht by the peace aerecment. He was the Guarantor of continuity
itzhak Rabin. "We have felt a solit in Israel - now in this process and the onlv one strone
The whole Middle East lost a great we sec how big the split is" said a 47- enough to impose his views on a divid-
MALLAH ISRAELI-OCCUPIED
PEST BANK - Palestinians in the
SWcst Bank and the Gaza Strip expressed
Family friends of assassin ""
report twisted background
By Jat GrMnbarg
New York Tttiei
man. said Issa Albuchctde a marble
supplier from Bethlehem echoing the
rccntiments of family members.
He was a very good man. He did
jmcthing nobody else could do: He
imadc peace with the Arabs" Al-
jbuchcidc said.
year-old gold merchant in Ramallah ed country" the official said.
insisting on anonymity. A great majority of Palestinians
In Gaza where Palestinian sccurit ' however displayed little empathy with
forces have been on high alert since the death of a man many had viewed as
Saturday night officials of the Palestine an iron-fisted ruler of the West Bank
Liberation Organization including and the Gaza Strip both as defense min-
Yasscr Arafat were cloistered for most istcr and then prime minister.
crnment and its self-rule accord with
the Palestine Liberation Organization.
He organized right-wing protests at
Bar-Ilan University and in the West
Bank and led student visits to Jewish
settlements. v
He was more reticent at home. The
second of eight children and single he
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HERZLIYA ISRAEL - At 7:45 p.m.
Saturday investigators say Yigal Amir
the confessed killer of Prime Minister
Yitzhak Rabin left this suburban
town north of Tel Aviv aboard a south
bound bus carrying a pistol he had lived with his siblings and his strictly.
loaded at home. Urthodox parents. His mother runs a.
Near City Hall in Tel Aviv Amir nursery school in the family house and
25 moved amonc the 100000 people bis father is a religious scribe.
1 his was a classic case in which the
education at home had no effect" said.
in
the crowd that had gathered for a
peace demonstration addressed by
Rabin and Foreign Minister Shimon
Peres. After inspecting the area he
stood in a parking lot where he seemed
to be a waiting driver.
Amir's plan as he told investigators
was to shoot both Peres and Rabin
an uncle of Amir "His parents support
the idea of Greater Israel but they al-
ways preached brotherhood and unity
and said Jews should not 'fight one
another."
"At Bar-lkta 'University a religious
Club Nelson Gos 80s
The women oT fhe first floor of Nelson Hall sing out during fhelr act In Freshman Follies Friday evening.
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When they left the rally. But when the school neatf Tel Aviv where many stu-
two waiKca separately rrom me pool- dents are on the political right those
urn Amir zeroed in on Rabin. who knew Amir described him as afire-
His goal was to stop the planned brand frustrated with the government
handover of much of the Wesr Bank to peace policies.
Palestinian self-rule a step he said "He would say that something has
would lead to "another Yom Kippur" to be done to stop the peace process
the 1973 Arab-Israeli war in which and things like 'Rabin has to die M
Israel suffered heavy casualties. sald student Shmuel Roscnblum. "But
The fatal shots fired at Rabin shat- no one believed he would actually go
tered Israel left Amir's family broken that way. He did it out of despair."
and his acquaintances shocked that a Police said a search of Amir's room
Whom they believed they had uncovered a ronv of a Iinnk nniin
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Baruch Goldstein a follower of the ex-
treme anti-Arab Kach party who mass-
acred 29 Muslims at oraver in Hebron
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man wiui two races un campus in nis in February 1 994 in an attempt to stop
third year of studying law computers peace efforts. Another book reportedly
and Jewish studies he was known as a found was "The Day of the Jackal" a
devoutly religious and capabje student fictional account of an attempted prcs-
but also as a militant critic if the gov- fdcnrial assaainatlon in France.
man
known seemed to have done the
unthinkable.
.Their accounts of Amir depict a
VP to discuss club system
By Kit Morgan
AAonoging I4ews Editor
A meeting for all interested in the
ACU social club system will be
held Wednesday evening at 9 p.m. in
Moody Coliseum to discuss the
future of clubs at ACU
The meeting comes in the wake of a
troubling pledge period that saw five
of six men's social clubs and two
women's clubs investigated by
Campus Life.
Further nine social clubs have
dropped out of the Inter Social Club
Council leaving GATA Tri Kappa
Gamma Zheta Rho and men's club
Phi Quag Mire
The ISCC served as an advisory
organization comprised of all club
presidents and junior and senior rep-
resentatives from each club.
Charles Trcvathan vice president of
Campus Life called the meeting at
Daily Assembly last Thursday.
On Tuesday Trcvathan said he would
present his observations at Wed-
nesday's mecing about the pledging
period which ended last week for
most dubs.
ISCC president and Sigma Thcta
Chi representative Kristin Moreland
senior interdiscplinary studies major
from Amarillo said that while the
organization is disintegrating she said
she would like to see "something new
established before we disband."
Moreland said she was considering
trying to organize a similar system as
a committee within the Students'
Association.
SA president Stephen Haynes
senior accounting major from Brown-
wood said that while he does not
mind helping to begin such an orga-
nization he said he does not believe it
should reside with SA for long.
Haynes who is a member of Frater
Sodalis said he does not think social
clubs fall within the interest of SA.
SA to help victims of dorm fife
ly Kit Morjan
Managing News Editor
7all holiday begins after classes
iccausc of possible miscommunica- begins Nov. 21 after the end of all
tion in a calendar that was mass- Tuesday classes not at 5 p.m. as the cal-
listributcd to most students the Aca- endar states. In years past the holiday
"demic Affairs Office would like to con- began at 1 p.m. on the Wednesday
"'firm that the Thanksgiving holiday before Thanksgiving.
Students' Association plans to coor-
dinate ACU efforts to help Lub-
bock Christian University students
who lost many possessions in a dor-
mitory fire Saturday evening.
SA President Stephen Haynes said
SA will collect money from students
after Daily Assembly Thursday. Also
he said SA will put collection banks
around town.
Steve Eckman vice president for
student services for LCU said nearly
65 students had to be relocated be-
cause of a fire that seriously damaged
a wing of Johnson Hall. Eckman said
the fire occurred about 8 p.m.
Saturday
Though Eckman said investigators
know where the fire started he said
they did not have "much hope for
finding a cause."
Eckman said investigators will "find
several different scenarios and then decide which is most
likely.
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specific amount he said.
The fire destroyed the top floor of
one wing of the two-story men's resi-
dence hall. Though the rooms below
sustained extensive smoke and water
damage Eckman said it was a possi-
bility the first floor could be salvaged.
The other wing Eckman said was
undamaged and students continue to
live there.
Single occupants in the undamaged
wing were asked to double-up with
roommates to free rooms for students
who lost their rooms Eckman said
Residents without roommates in
Mabce Living Center a women's dor-
mitory were also encouraged to find
partners Eckman said He said the
first two floors of Mabee were blocked'
off7 to provide housing for the hewly
displaced students.
Repairs to Johnson Hall he saidr
would begin in the near future.
"We won't go into the next semester.
like this" he said. '
Although no one was injured in the blaze many students;
Though investigators arc unsure of a cause Eckman said lost their possessions Eckman said. He said homeowner
they know specifically in which room the fire began. insurance policies bought by cadi student's parents should
Eckman said the resident of the room had been questioned cover the damage. Eckman said "four or five" students were
by both the school and investigators. "We believe it was an either uninsured or did not know if they were insured
accident" Eckman said. "We're just trying to put it behind A "substantial amount" of money and clothing had been
us." donated to help students replace their belongings and the
Estimated damage caused by the fire ranged between campus bookstore had donated books to students he said.
$500000 and two-and-a-half million dollars Eckman said. "People have really pulled together" he said "It's phenomenal.?
Week of dating to switch roles of men and women
Shawn Wright
Student Reporter
Kfcntlemen attention please! Arc you tired of
IJthc pressure to find a date every weekend and
rhair-washing" responses that leaves you dressed
' with no place to go? Men keep your calendars
sen and women save your pennies. The tables
Kre about to turn regarding dating at ACU.
ISadie Hawkins Week begins Monday and con
tinues through Nov. 17.
The week serves as a time for women to ask out
a guy they may have been apprehensive about ask-
ing because they were unsure of what to do on a
date said Amber McElyea Students' Association
social director.
"Sadies Week is a great time for girls and guys to
switch roles" said McElyea senior public relations
major from Abilene. "We offer a variety of dating
things to do with a date of their choice."
Monday is Sadies night out at the basketball
game at 7 p.m. prc-gamc dinner of one large pizza
and two drinks at Moody Coliseum.
"We're also asking students to sit in Section L this
year to be closer to the floor" McElyea said.
Free admission at the Paramount Theatre is
scheduled for Tuesday night. The movie begins at
7 p.m. and wilt be announced later and a devo-
tional wilt around 9 p.m.
Wednesday dates may enjoy Party on the Patio
and lunch catered by the Olive Garden at the Hard
Wood Cafe.
This night will be left open for couples to go to
church or Bible studies.
"Thursday night is totally up to the girl. It's their
chance to create their own date" McElyea said. '
Activities for Friday are still undecided. However
the SA is planning an all-school bonfire and cook-
out. Tliis may also include student entertainers and
a movie. Announcements will be made when every-
thing is finalized McElyea said
"If everything works out the cost for Friday
night should be about $5" she said.
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