European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 8, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday october 8, 1991 a the stars and stripes a Page 5assaults on women cadets probed by Roberto Suro the new York times College station Texas a Texas a amp a University has opened a special investigation into the treatment of women in its corps of cadets one of the largest military training programs in the country. The action comes in the Wake of repeated complaints by women cadets that they suffer harassment and abuse at the hands of men who Are resentful of their presence in the corps. One elite cavalry unit has already been disbanded temporarily and 20 male cadets Are facing disciplinary charges. The widening scandal has polarized the Campus of the nation s seventh largest University and threatens to tarnish the institutions image. On Friday University president William h. Mobley moved quickly to create an Independent fact finding panel after some students and faculty members protested that Normal disciplinary measures had failed to Stem violence against women in the corps a formerly All male bastion that remains Loyal to its unique traditions. Allegations of sexual harassment and discrimination have periodically generated controversy and even one lawsuit since women were first allowed to join the corps in 1974. Quot but this is the first time that an outside group has been formed and Given the authority to examine the corps treatment of women and to suggest policy changes. Concern Over the treatment of women began when a female Cadet reported that she was assaulted in a Busy student parking lot on sept. 17 and threatened with a knife by male cadets who told her to withdraw her a i will admit that some members of the corps Harbor animosities towards women but they Are a minority a John Sherman corps commander plication to join the Parsons mounted cavalry a select and privileged group of cadets. The unit has been temporarily disbanded since the complaint. Charges in the incident have been brought against 20 cadets reported to include upperclassmen who ordered sophomores to get rid of unwanted applicants. The week after the assault four women cadets went to Mobley with a list of specific allegations against male dates that included rape and social ostracism. And last week reporters and columnists for the battalion the Campus newspaper publicly complained of a harassment Campaign against them that began after articles on the incidents were published. John Sherman the Cadet colonel who is the corps commander said �?o1 will admit that some members of the corps Harbor animosities towards women but they Are a minority. The attitude does not predominate and it has been made very Clear that no discrimination or harassment will be  University officials said the juror reflects the crisis of sexual violence in society As a whole and the frictions created by the new role of women in the military. But they said the allegations also raise questions about the identity and function of the corps. Although the corps is a civilian organization membership is obligatory for anyone who wants to participate in a amp mrs prestigious and successful Reserve officer training corps programs. The state supported military education program supervised by University paid former servicemen produces More commissioned officers than any institution except the service academies. A the issues Are so significant a possible rape and assault Quot Mobley said in an interview a that we have to bring about immediate changes in certain attitudes and Behaviours. And we have to look at the situation More broadly As Well so that we can restore Confidence to  founded in 1871, a amp a was the first Public institution of higher learning in Texas. A baggies Quot As students and alumni Are known form a powerful network especially in ranching and the Oil Industry. Until 1963, a amp a was an All male All military institution with a limited curriculum. It has grown with income from state Oil and natural Gas leases adding prestigious faculty especially in the sciences and More than doubling its enrolment in the 1970s. Of the nearly 41,000 students at the University this year 1,880 Wear corps uniforms and just 76 of them Are  director backs confirmation of Gates by the los Angeles times Washington former Cia director William e. Colby added his voice sunday to those supporting Robert m. Gates nomination to head the intelligence Agency. He argued that Gates had successfully disproved allegations that he tailored analyses to suit his political Bosses. Gates also came a lawfully close to predicting the aborted August a coup in Moscow Colby said on in no a news maker sunday interview program. The stars and stripes a if the coup had succeeded a Gates would be a bathing in glory Quot now he added. Colby appeared with Senate intelligence committee members Howard m. Metzenbaum a Ohio and John h. Cha fee r-r.i., both of whom held fast to their positions on the nomination a Metzenbaum opposing Gates and Chafee supporting him. It was anticipated that the committee vote on Gates expected next week will be close but narrowly in favor of recommending his confirmation. Reflecting the division within the committee  expressed doubt that Gates would be approved while Chafee said he was sure of approval. Metzenbaum argued that Gates a 48-year-old career intelligence officer had politicized the intelligence analysis process by supporting positions favored by the Reagan administration and its controversial Cia chief the late William j. Casey. Chafee contended that such charges were a totally unsubstantiated. Colby agreed with Chafee. Colby who served almost two decades ago was the last career Cia officer to become the Agency a director. After his tenure the Job was Given to political appointees including George Bush in 1975-76, in the Wake of the Vietnam War and the watergate scandal. Now president Bush wants to return the Job to career officers according to Colby and other knowledgeable officials. Colby said Gates had a pretty Well smashed the allegation Quot that he had politicized the intelligence process.10 years ago oct. 8,1981 a As the body of slain president Anwar Sadat was readied for burial the egyptian parliament met in emergency session to Transfer Power to vice president Hosni Mubarak. Patient to patient aids transmission suspected in acer Case official says. It i. I a _ a. A .1 u. I la. A m aaait20 years ago oct. 8,1971 a the Senate upheld president Nixon a action postponing for six months a scheduled Federal pay raise of 6 percent for civilian employees and members of the armed forces. The delay was ordered As part of Nixon a new economic program.30 years ago oct. 8,1961 a at a White House meeting president Kennedy told soviet foreign minister Andrei Gromyko to make it Clear to soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev that the United states and its allies would not knuckle under to communist demands that they abandon their position in West Berle and the Access routes to it. Seattle a a dentist blamed for giving five patients the aids virus May have passed it from one patient to another in at least one instance health and human services Secretary Louis h. Sullivan said sunday. Sullivan s comment was the first suggestion by a top Federal official of patient to patient transmission by or. David j. Acer of Stuart fla., who died of acquired immune deficiency syndrome in september 1990. A unfortunately this dentist did not use very Strong aseptic techniques did not use rubber gloves for instance a Sullivan said at a news conference. Investigators found that at least one of the five patients believed to have contracted the human immunodeficiency virus in acers office had a different Strain from that of the dentist Sullivan said. That could mean there was a sixth patient who already had aids and whose virus was passed on by acer. But Sullivan stressed that the idea of transmission from one patient to another is far from proven. A we do not know that this is the ease in fact a Sullivan said. Sullivan did no to name the investigator who developed the theory but noted that the acer Case has come under intense scrutiny since it came to Light earlier this year. He also did no to say which patient or patients had shown different strains of the his virus which causes aids. It Wasny to Clear when the theory of different strains was established. The Federal centers for disease control in Atlanta reported in june that the live patients apparently were infected by acer and that All five had the same Strain. Two other patients were also shown to be infected with his but investigators had said those patients had Quot other risk Fae Torso and acquired the infection elsewhere. Cd officials did no to return Telephone Calls from the associated press on sunday night. A cd epidemiologist or. Harold Jaffe said in july that the disease might have been passed through a dirty Drill Han piece in acers office. The Han piece is an instrument to which a Drill Toothbrush and other gear May be attached. He cited research showing internal parts of the equipment could become contaminated with blood saliva and tooth fragments. Or. David Lewis a senior research associate at the University of Georgia said at the same time that acers Han piece could have been contaminated with blood from acer one of the dentists sexual partners or an his infected patient. Nurse 7 aides suspended after Man suffocates40 years ago oct. 8,1951 a the communist command told Gen. Matthew b. Ring Way commander of Allied forces in Korea that it was willing to agree to changing the truce talk site from Kaeson to Panmunjom. New York a a prisoner who was restrained by eight workers in a Hospital psychiatric w Ard died of suffocation in a Case authorities have ruled a homicide. One nurse and seven nurses aides at Kings county Hospital were suspended without pay after an autopsy showed Roger Wade 27, died of asphyxiation. Three witnesses said they heard an aide say a Cut off his air Quot As they struggled to tie the Man to a bed according to Hospital documents quoted in the new York times. The times said that a sedative prescribed by a physician was apparently injected after the Man w As already dead and that records might have been falsified to try to cover up the cause of death the limes obtained the documents from Hospital officials who Are concerned that budget cuts have eroded the Quality of care at the Hospital. Ward in prison for Selling Ciack to undercover of i ice is was brought to the Hospital in August alter he tried to kill himself m jail he Lem amed in the psychiatric unit until he died sept i officials said