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Show May 7, 1993 Signpost JME Koresh From front page They told lawyers that Koresh was alive when FBI agents started pummeling the compound with tear gas. They said Koresh spent his final hours making sure the women and children were wearing their gas masks properly. No attempts were made to gather the group from Bible study and laundry chores as the FBI's assault tightened, the survivors said. Then the fire started. The survivors said a tank ramming thecompound walls ignited the blaze when it knocked over a lantern. An independent investigation concluded the fire was set by cult members. "Fire is by far the most horrifying death any of us can imagine," said Balenda Ganem, whose son, David Thibodeau, was among the survivors. "As to what any of us would do when confronting something of the magnitude of a fire, who's to say what any person would do?" Koresh's mother-in-law, Mary Jones, said he wouldn' t have committed suicide. Recycle From front page and teachers for those classes requiring heavier paper usage." Paul Roskelley, head lab assistant for the education building Macintosh lab, said, "I think if students were aware and helped us out it would be easier." He said if both sides of the paper were used it would not be as wasteful. Roskelley said that if the teachers would "make it clear you would accept a paper printed on the back American Heart Association WERE FIGHTING FOR MDURUFE Medical Insurance Open Enrollment Meetings For WSU Faculty & Staff Please join us at one of the "Open Enrollment" insurance meetings to be held on the following dates: Wednesday, May 5, at 3p.m. Thursday, May 6, at 2p.m. Tuesday, May 11, at 1p.m. Thursday, May 13, at 2p.m. Wednesday, Mayl9, at 2p.m. Thursday, May 20, at 2p.m. Thursday, May 27, at 2p.m. Please call the Human Resource Department if you have any questions about your health insurance coverage. 626-6035 "God the Father told him you can't do that. He says under no circumstances are you to kill yourself," said Jones, whose son, David; daughters, Rachel and Michelle; and several grandchildren died in the fire. Authorities have removed 72 bodies from the rubble. Koresh claimed 95 people were inside and wanted to stay with him. FBI figures place that number at 86. The standoff began Feb. 28 as agents from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms were attempting to serve arrest and search warrants because of suspected illegal weapons, drugs and child abuse. A gunfight killed four federal agents and an estimated six cult members. For the next 50 days, law en-forcementoffirialssurrounded the cult and tried coaxes and warnings to get the Da vidians out. Koresh responded with promises, preachings, curses and threats. Koresh built his teachings on the biblical Seven Seals, the section of the Book of Revelation describing Armageddon. The doomsday prophet taught that only he had the authority to open them. of a pre-printed page and possibly even score (the paper) with a higher score." ' Tucker said to save paper it would help if instructors accepted homework on disk or E-mail and accepted less-than-perfect printing. He said students should print previews before printing. Kelly Farnsworth, editor in chief of The Signpost said: "Our secretary will be taking left-over papers to the recycling bin at Smith's. However, unfortunately, The Signpost hasn't discovered an organized method of recycling its papers." Support Your Signpost Little Theatre, UB Wattis Building., Rm. 206 Union Building, Rm. 417 Wattis Building, Rm. 206 Little Theatre, UB Wattis Building, Rm. 206 Wattis Building, Rm. 206 Panel From front page In the case of the Branch Davidians, it's not clear why they joined," Thompson said. Thorn Kearin, adjunct sociology instructor, said, "We all seek other groups to associate with. Those who join cults are ordinary citizensrecruitedata point in their lives when they need to belong to something." Peopleseeksolutions to their problems, Kearinsaid, and "if everything is lost to you, and a solution is offered, then you join." Sociologists also look at the charismatic qualities of the group leader and the ways participants perceive the leader. A charismatic leader is defined in sociology as someone who is "believed," he said. As behavior of the leader becomes bizarre, the group rationalizes and succumbs to it. "The people in Waco were absolutely convinced the Apocalypse was coming." Howell, an 18-year police veteran trained by the FBI, said preserving life, apprehending the suspect and recovering or seizing property and evidence are goals of hostage negotiators. Howell named elements to make ahostage-taker surrender: The hostage negotiator must identify the leader; the leader must have a need to live; an available resource must exist to force him to give up; there must be communication between him and police; he must have demands and needs; he must not be able to get away and must be forced to communicate with police; there must be a limit on who Advertisers! DANIELLE MABEYTHF SIGNPOST PHIL HOWELL, from the Ogden Police Department, discusses some of the facets of hostage negotiations. can talk to him; it must be done quickly the average hostage si tua tion las ts an average of nine to 12 hours. The more time that goes by the more of a chance for the hostages to escape. Negotiators and police must deal with heat, cold, boredom and loss of objectivity, he said. On the other hand, the more time goes by the more increase in there is in the need for water, food and heat. Negotiators can gather more information and thehostage-taker's expectations are reduced.Howell said hostages are usually taken by someone who has committed a criminal act and wants to live, a terrorist who wants to get a message across or a mentally disturbed person who has J; V LO. 1 Q . pOD ' "I J I 1 J SIS JrlilD n I J I 1 V J V J Sale Prices S, fTn r-i ExPire 53193 mf ( Q 1(0 fW' I I II I i r-l I . mo vwnnn wemrn: HPKTrn We're Entertainment! The Family Center at Five Points in Osden 411 W. 1500 N. on Hill Held Rd. in Layton The Wal-Mart Center at 1050 W. Riverdale Road in Riverdale r. i ' I demands. He said most hostage negotiation teams spend a great deal of time exploring thehostage-taker's personality and "trying to find out what makes rtns guy tick." ( . "If federal officers had not been killed initially, sociologists could have pointed out the differences in the ways cults are viewed, Kearin said. "In the eyes of the government, the law was broken by the collection of arms. There was only one outcome: the federal government would prevail," Kearin said. But Howell said, "I think that sociologists aren't exactly in touch with reality. I don't know what was done in Waco, but an attempt b was made to get as much information as possible." |