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Panel
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‘‘I thought there would be peat?
last when Yasser Arafat shookht
with [Yitzhak] Rabin on thelft
House lawn,” Shapiro said. 1
Arafat has not stopped terrorist
has shown intent to destroy Israd'
Khali Sakakini, anotherpanei
is from Jerusalem and a memta
the Arab-American Anti-Discrii
nation Committee. He discusii
how important it is forthefigbj
to stop and peace to be found.
“This is an old cliche thai
Arabs want to destroy Israel,
said. “It is not true. Jerusalemisl
core of the pea'ce process.Itisj
much Palestine as it is Israel’
Larry Rushton, program cocs
nator for the Jordan Institutes
the panel arrangement wasoij
nized to present different poii
view to the audience.
“It is a good opportunityforp
pie to understand thecomplett|
the issue,” he said.
Rushton added that the disci
sion shows the difficulties facing
two groups in making peace.
Aggieland
Continued from Pagel
Benson wants the yearbook!
lustrate that even through dif
ences and disagreements, A&M
dents still can respect eachoi
and love the fact that theyarepa
the Aggie family.
“We need to be able tositdi)
and talk and celebrate our
ences and be glad they are thi
Benson said. “Otherwise, thisw
be one really boring university.’
Some of Benson's tenia;
changes include having justt|
class have their pictures taken,f
ing the cover a more traditional!!
and adding a Greek section.!*
mally, the Greek organizations
listed in the organization
the yearbook.
“Fraternities and sororities
becoming a big part ofA&M’sG
pus,” Benson said. “TheyrepreZ
a lot of diverse students. They
lot of fun things that addtotki
cial life at A&M.”
Eric Pargac, 1997 Aggielana:
tor and a senior journalism®!'
said Benson likes to get things^} r Nl
the right way and works wellc, bght
layout and design. )f ret
“I think she’s willing it id-
chances and have a visuallyap^
ing book,” Pargac said.
Pargac said it is importani't
his successor to realize
responsibility that comeswitiii
job, especially as the yearli#
nears completion.
“I’d tell her to make sureshesi
on top of things and doesn’t sit bp bf|
and wait until the end,” Pargacs£
Benson said the hardest pafl
the job is knowing 20 to 50 y®
down the road people still
looking at her work.
“Our work is going to be in®
hands of old Ags and otherpeoplf
a long time—they’re more collects
items,” she said. "So I thinkifsi®
portant to do your job well andp'
an accurate picture of what life" 1
like during that year at A&M. 1
Benson said her biggest cM
lenge will be asking theyearW
staff and students to put asideth
beliefs about what the Aggiel®
has been like over the years®*
have faith that 1998’s willbeone 1
the best they have ever seen.
“The challenges will bef
staff to make it the best book,
son said, “and for the student^
to have the faith in us tobuytl 11
book. I think they’ll be ret
antly surprised when it Gomeso®
In fact, I guarantee it.”
Lawsuit
Continued from Page
He cited a U.S. Supreme Co®
case in which an abortion clinics 11 *
fered economic losses because 0
racketeering that caused person
injuries to workers.
“Your property injury cana^
out of someone else’s personal! 1
jury,” he said.
He said state product liability! 0 '
bars only individual smokers’s""
against tobacco companies,
theory that smokers knew the d® 1
gers of their actions.
Texas taxpayers, Tribe said,^
no decision to absorb the
smoking. Thus, they are entitle 1 !
sue, he said.
Folsom said he would try
decide soon whether to disnii
the case because a trial date is
for September.
An afternoon hearing was sd
determine whether Texas has fail 1
to turn over to the tobacco con?
nies the medical documents on 1
dividual smokers’ cases that®
companies have requested.
Another defendant in thee?
Liggett, which makes Chester?
and L&M cigarettes, struck a ?
last month that ends its liabtl?
the Texas case and 21 other sim
state lawsuits.