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AREA-WIDE AREA-WIDE.com The Battalion EWS Friday •January30, MEDALS Continued from Page 1 Thomas Williams, housing direc tor and a senior finance major, said student attendance at the conference increases every year, presenting a great need for on-campus volunteers to provide housing for the students. “We want the students to stay on campus to have an idea of what col lege and dorm life is like, but also for safety reasons,” Williams said. Williams said there is a great need for females to help house the 500 female students who are at tending the conference. “We do not want students to miss the opportunity to see what college is really like because there was not enough housing available," he said. “We get a lot of help from the Corps of Cadets in sponsoring male students, but they can only house so many students.” The conference students will attend a mixer Friday night, and all housing sponsors are invited to attend. Students interested in providing housing for high school students Friday night may visit 229 and 230 MSC Friday at 8:45 p.m. Endeavor leaves last U.S. visitor to Mir SPACE CENTER, Houston (AP) — The space shuttle Endeavour pulled away from Mir today, leaving behind the seventh and final Amer ican to live on the Russian station. After five days of linked flight, Endeavour sepm aXed from Mir a lit tle before noon EST as the space craft soared 240 miles above Earth. U.S. astronaut Andrew Thomas, who’s been criticized twice this week by the Russians, said goodbye to the last Ameri cans he’ll see for months when the hatches between and Endeavour and Mir were closed Wednesday. “This is a day of mixed feelings for me,” Thomas said before bid ding farewell to his six shuttle crewmates and to David Wolf, his American predecessor on Mir. “It’s time to get on with work, and that’s what I’m ready to do.” The 46-year-old Australian- born engineer will spend the next 4 1/2 months living on the station and conducting science experi ments. Wolf just finished a four- month mission and is due home Saturday aboard Endeavour. Less than a half-hour before the undocking, the two Russian cosmonauts who will be Thomas’ crewmates were launched to Mir. The cosmonauts, along with a Frenchman who will stay just a few weeks, should arrive at the or biting outpost this weekend. The soon-to-be Mir comman der, Talgat Musabayev, com plained to reporters at the Russian launch site in Kazakstan on Wednesday that Thomas’ poor command of Russian could create problems. The two cosmonauts speak little English. Musabayev’s comments came two days after a Russian space of ficial called Thomas “capricious” because the astronaut told ground controllers that his emergency spacesuit was too tight. After hearing about the latest re marks, Thomas admitted he wished his Russian skills were better. He said he expects the barrier to “slow us down a bit, particularly initially.” “But I think after a while, we’ll learn a basis for communication which will be acceptable,” he said. Thomas, who was just a back up for the Mir program until a fel low American was dropped from the lineup last summer, said he wished he’d had more language training but that wasn’t possible. As for the spacesuit ordeal, the problem was solved when Thomas snipped some stitches and loosened a few straps. Americans have been living continuously aboard Mir since March 1996; the first American to be sent to the Russian outpost ar rived in March 1995 for a four- month stay. The visits are practice for die international space station, to be assembled in orbit begin ning at the end of June, just after Thomas returns to Earth. ALPHA GAMMA DELTA — Jb>ocLaL ^Soioiitu — Invites the ladies of Texas A&M to Spring Rush Date Event Time Mon. 2/2 Dinner with the Alpha Gams 6 - 7 pm j Tues. 2/3 Aggie Night 7 - 8 pm j Wed. 2/4 Western Night 7 - 8 pm Thurs. 2/5 Pref. Ceremony* (Invitation Only) 6 - 7 pm All events will take place at the Alpha Gamma Delta House 1400 Athens Drive Information/Questions Call: Rush Chairman - Jeni 694-9579 President - Jen 694-0734 OPEN 2 a.m. Mon-Wed, 3 a.m. Thur, Fri, Sat LATE! 1 a.m. Sundays U9 Pizza BACK TO CLASS BLOWOUT! HUGE 20” PIZZA W/ 1 TOPPING $7.99 +Tax ^ y a j-j h e f ore midnight only. BIQQEST PIZZA IN THE COUNTY! Special for two weeks only. (Reg. Price $10.62+T ax ) CALL 7 6'GUMBY FREE DELIVERY! (Tips greatly appreciated) Immunity talks s as Starr seeks to Paula Jones laws WASHINGTON (AP) — Monica Lewinsky’s attorney signaled an im passe Thursday in the high-stakes pursuit of her cooperation in the in vestigation of an alleged presiden tial affair and coverup. A judge in Arkansas blocked the sensational accusations from President Clin ton’s sexual harassment trial. In a victory for a beleaguered White House, U.S. District Judge Su san Webber Wright ruled that wait ing for evidence in the Lewinsky af fair would not be worth a delay in the Paula Jones civil trial slated for May because it is “not essential to the core issues in this case.” "This weighing process compels the conclusion that evidence con cerning Monica Lewinsky should be excluded from the trial of this matter," the judge wrote in Little Rock, Ark. Jones’ attorneys—hoping to prove a pattern of improper sexual behavior by Clinton—promised an immediate appeal. If the ruling stands, they would not be allowed to question Clinton about Lewinsky during the trial. In Washington, legal maneuvering proceeded in Whitewater prosecutor Kenneth Starr’s criminal investigation. Attorney William Ginsburg, who represents Lewinsky, met face-to-face with Starr’s staff for less than 45 min utes, and emerged expressing frustra tion witli negotiations designed to se cure her testimony in exchange from immunity from prosecution. “If you asked if we made any progress, we are making progress today on preparing Monica a de fense,” Ginsburg told The Associat ed Press. At midday, he and Lewin sky left her apartment at the Watergate complex together. Starr’s spokeswoman, Deborah Gershman, declined comment. A document made public Thurs day by a federal court underscored the jeopardy Lewinsky faces without im munity. It showed prosecutors are considering charging the former White House intern with lying in her sworn affidavit imthe Jones case — when she. denied she had an affair ie with Clinton—andwithi a friend to lie under oath “In a taped converse operating witness, M;|* states that she intended! ^ urr deposed," Attorney G Reno wrote in herappl .m over the invest!- eat inn to Starr. d ! the « same conver- I a J sat ion, she | urged the co- I operating wit- I ness to lie in I her own up- I coming testi- I mony,” Reno I wrote. Lawyers | have con firmed the co- oneratiniz witnes os Rf 105 affer Linda! sky. document hb4 tion of allegations that! lied in his testimony and Lewinsky to do the sain dent has denied a sexual with the young woman J i lied either he or his frier : I dan tried to influence But in his six-hon: Jan. 17 by Jones’ attom reportedly admitted t Lime magazine repot tornet web site Wednesdd ton answered “Once, ini asked how many trail with Flowers. 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