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U.S. rebuilds security barrier in Saudi
DHAHRAN, Saudi Arabia (AP) —
Workers built a new security barrier Sun
day 400 feet from a U.S. military housing
complex — a move Saudi authorities had
refused in the months before last week’s
deadly truck bombing.
Seven trucks carried concrete barriers
into the parking lot as work began early
Sunday morning at the Khobar Towers, site
of the terrorist bomb blast Tuesday that
killed 19 Americans and injured hundreds
of people.
“They stopped work a little while later
due to the heat but will be resuming when
it gets cooler,” U.S. Air Force spokesman
Capt. Scott Vadnais said Sunday afternoon
as temperatures soared to 106 degrees.
In Florida, President Clinton presided over
a memorial service at Eglin Air Force Base,
home of 12 of the Americans killed. A lone
bagpiper and a military orchestra played, and
four jets roared overhead in a “missing man”
formation before Clinton intoned the names
and ranks of the dead servicemen.
At the time of the bombing, the security
barrier was just 100 feet from buildings
housing American personnel. Shortly after
the attack, security checks were moved out
to 400 feet, without the barrier in place.
The commander of the U.S. Air Force in
Dhahran, Brig. Gen. Terryl Schwalier, said
that before the bombing Saudi officials
twice refused to allow the barrier to be
moved to 400 feet.
“We asked them to move it to the outside
of the parking lot,” Schwalier said Satur
day. “The answer was, ‘Not at this time.’”
He explained their refusal by saying “the
pace is different” in the kingdom.
Schwalier said that after a November
bomb attack that killed five Americans and
two Indians in the Saudi capital Riyadh,
Dhahran base officials conducted a “vulnera
bility assessment” and identified 40 neces
sary measures for beefing up security — in
cluding moving the perimeter.
Measures taken included moving the
main gate; erecting barriers to slow vehicles
approaching the entrance; stringing a sec
ond tier of concertina wire around parts of
the perimeter fence; and increasing patrols.
Since the blast, Americans also have been
moved from exterior rooms to rooms closer to
the center of the buildings, where they are
safer in the event of a bombing.
U.S. and Saudi investigators pushed
ahead with their search for clues that could
lead them to the bombers, though no new
details were announced Sunday.
The chassis of the deadly fuel truck —
complete with serial number — was among
the parts FBI agents from the United
States had discovered. Saudi authorities re
portedly have the license plate number and
plan soon to release composite sketches of
two suspects.
Suspicion is focused on Muslim militants
who want to drive the roughly 5,000 U.S.
troops out of the kingdom, home to Islam’s
holiest shrines.
Clinton vows a
war on terrorisir
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Clink:
said it at the White House. He said it duri;. I
endless meetings at the economic summit
France. And, most movingly, he said it at to
memorial services in Florida.
While the locales varied, the message rt|
mained constant: The United States willwaj: |
an all-out battle to defeat terrorism.
Paying his last respects Sunday at servicti |
for 19 U.S. airmen killed in a bomb bias
Tuesday in Saudi Arabia, Clinton declared
“America must not and America will not it I
driven from the fight against terrorism."
As relatives and wounded comrades of tin
slain servicemen sobbed during the tributes
Clinton said, “America stands with you in you
sorrow and your outrage ... We will not rest©
til our efforts to capture, prosecute and punis:
those who did this evil deed are successful.”
The president cut short his European trip
to devote Sunday to consoling the families o'
those killed in the truck bomb explosion ati
military housing complex.
At both Eglin Air Force Base and Patrick Ai'
Force Base in Florida, Clinton spent time visit
ing individually with victims’ families befort
delivering the eulogy at services that featurci
flyovers by Air Force fighters in the “missk
man” formation and a bugler playing taps.
Financial aid not as scary as it seems
Most students can find assistance through bans, grants or scholarships
I r e a 1 i z e
over the
past year
there has
been an in
crease in the
cost for Ag
gies to attend
this Univer
sity. This has
resulted in a
greater need
for financial
aid.
Most stu
dents feel fi
nancial aid is
accessible to
only a few
students. We
currently do not have as much
financial aid for students as
we would like, but there is
$100 million in financial assis
tance available to A&M stu
dents, and the figure continues
to increase. Since 1991, grant-
in-aid to students has in
creased by about 15 percent
and scholarship support has
increased by 27 percent —
about twice the rate of tuition
and fee increases during that
same time period.
Financial aid is available to
students at Texas A&M in the
form of scholarships, grants
and loans.
Currently, 9,379 students
share in 16,580 scholarships
totaling $22,552,481. These
scholarships are awarded by
four major entities: academic
colleges (3,000 students), the
Honors Program (3,000 stu
dents), the Corps of Cadets
(414 students), and financial
aid (1500 students). Scholar
ships from the Athletic De
partment and outside sources
are also awarded to about
1,500 students.
Grants are also a vital av
enue for undergraduates
striving to afford an educa
tion. There are 6,930 students
who share 9,708 grants total
ing $13,174,690. The largest
grant programs at A&M in
clude the Pell Grant (5,700
students), the Texas Public
Education Grant (3,000 stu
dents) and the Supplemental
Educational Opportunity
Grant (748 students).
Loans are another option —
10,998 students receive 16,621
loans valued at $49,377,423.
The major type of loans taken
out by students consist of
Stafford Loans (3,000 stu
dents), College Access Loans
(1,200 students) and Perkins
Loans (1,400 students).
"Although financial aid
may seem a labyrinth with
a lot of dead ends, it can
really be simplified."
There are excellent oppor
tunities for all of you interest
ed in financial aid, but most of
you probably do not know
where to begin looking. Al
though financial aid may
seem a labyrinth with a lot of
dead ends, it can really be
simplified.
At the Student Financial
Aid Office, located on the sec
ond floor of the Pavilion, you
can pick up a Financial Aid
Application for every grant
and loan available. Each ap
plication is then processed
and divided into need-based
and non-need-based types.
Even if you do not qualify for
need-based financial aid, you
should still fill out the form so
you can qualify for non-subsi
dized loans.
Also while at the Pavilion,
be sure to go to the Scholar
ship Resource Center, where
students have access to com
puters to perform a nationwide
scholarship search. The stu
dent is given a printout will:
the name of each scholarship
he or she is eligible for, the or
ganization giving the scholar
ship and the way to get in
touch with the organization,
Not many students know about
this useful resource, and I en- 1
courage everyone to try it. '
Even though the cost ofht- J
tending A&M has increased,
the resources to find financial
aid are accessible to all stu
dents. This is the right time to
utilize those resources to bene
fit yourself. If you have any
questions please don’t hesitate
to call the Student Financial
Aid Office at 845-3236 or me at
845-3051.
Carl Baggett is a Class of
’96 accounting major
Carl
Baggett
Student
Body
President
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