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2 “Amazing!” NIGEL TRIFFIH April 28 & 29 at 8 PM Rudder Auditorium Call 845-1234 Don’t Miss Messina Hof ’s 98 Wine & Roses Festival Saturday April 18 10am-5pm Food & Fun For The Whole Family World Famous Tours & Tastings Team Grape Stomping Artist Competition Classic Car Clubs Arts, Crafts & Food Vineyard Hayrides Carriage & Pony Rides Petting Zoo Aggie Wranglers Lots of Live Music It’s Mind Boggling ...AND THAT’S BEFORE THE WINE. Saturday, Evening, April 18, you should come to Messina Hof’s Unforgettable Parents Weekend Wine & Roses Gourmet Dinner... a four-course feast for only $30 per happy person. Call (409) 778-3138 for reservations/info. Messina Hof 4545 Old Reliance Road Bryan, TX (409) 778-9463 The Battalion -J-STERA Wednesday • Journalism, art pulitzers awarded NEWYORK (AP) — The Grand Forks Herald, which published through floods that devastat ed the North Dakota city and its own plant, won the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for public service Tues day. The New York Times won three of journal ism’s most prestigious awards and the Los An geles Times won two. It was the first Pulitzer for the Herald, whose building was destroyed a year ago this week by a fire that swept through Grand Forks in the midst of the flooding. Most of the newsroom’s 57 employees were flood victims. The paper continued publishing with help from other Knight Ridder newspapers, includ ing the St. Paul (Minn.) Pioneer Press, which provided computer equipment and printed the Herald during the crisis. “It would have been worth it, even if we had n’t gotten the prize,” said Jeff Beach, news edi tor of the 37,000-circulation Herald. “People in the community are starting to talk about re membering the Herald again, from that special time during the flood when it was being snapped up at all the refugee centers and how very important it was to people. I think that meant more than the prize.” Also receiving a Pulitzer was The Riverdale Press, a New York City weekly with a circulation of 11,800. Editor and co-publisher Bernard L. Stein was honored for editorials on politics and city issues. Tipped in advance that he had won, but not sure whether to believe it, Stein sent a reporter to Columbia University for the announcement. “Nobody wakes up in the morning and says, Tm going to win a Pulitzer Prize today,”’ Stein said. “I wasn’t willing to believe it and now we’re all drinking champagne.” The New York Times won for beat reporting. international reporting and criticism, and the Los Angeles Times was honored for breaking news reporting and feature photography. The beat reporting prize went to Linda Greenhouse for coverage of the Supreme Court, while the international reporting prize went to the Times’ staff for a series on the ef fects of drug corruption in Mexico. Michiko Kakutani’s writing on books and contemporary literature was honored with the criticism prize. Greenhouse said she had been tipped in ad vance to her victory. “There’s not too many se crets in Washington,” she joked. “I hope the award might inspire editors and news directors to take the beat seriously,” she said. Craig Pyes was one of the four reporters who worked on the Times’ Mexico series for a year, during which they received death threats and were sued by politicians they had linked to drug trafficking. “I hope it sends a message to reporters in Latin America who have been brutalized by governments while they were covering stories,” Pyes said. The Los Angeles Times won in the breaking news category for coverage of a botched bank robbery and bloody police shootout in North Hollywood. The paper also captured a feature photography award for Clarence Williams’ pic tures illustrating the problems facing children of drug- and alcohol-addicted parents. “It’s very humbling,” Williams said as col leagues hugged and congratulated him in the newsroom. “I’m glad the issue is getting the at tention it deserves.” Ardith Hilliard, editor of the Los Angeles Times’ San Fernando Valley edition, called cov erage of the shootout “an extraordinary effort on everybody’s part.” Time for work HbS ' o m JAKE SCHRICKUNG f Johnny Lister, an employee of the University Physical Plant - Heavy EquiptRi tion, fills his street sweeper early Tuesday morning. b —m u Wednesday ATM Womens Rugby: Come join! No experience needed. Practices are from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the pitch on the cor ner of Texas Ave. and University Dr. Call Nikki at 6940084 for information. ATM Roadrunners: Meet at 6:00 p.m. in front of G. Rollie White. We will run three to four miles. All stu dents and skill levels are welcome. Call Steve at 847-7905 for details. Catholic Students Association: “Hot Topics” discussion session from 6 to 7 p.m. in St. Mary’s Student Center Li brary, followed by Newman Mass at 7:15 and a Bible study in Rudder Tow er. Study Abroad Programs Office: There will be an informational meet ing from 9:30 to 10:00 a.m. in Bizzell Hall West 154, 161. The meeting will promote the Italy Spring ‘99 pro gram. TAMU Sailing Club: There will be a general meeting at 7:00 p.m. in Rud der 707. All students interested in sailing are welcome to attend. Call Daniel at 847-2205 or Ellen at 847- 8642 for more information. Episcopal Student Center: There will What's Up be a celebration of holy eucharist fol lowed by free dinner at 6:15 p.m. at 902 George Bush. Call Father Mark at 696-0774 for details. Aggie Wranglers: There will be a try out informational meeting will be held from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in MSC 292B. For more information look at www.tamu.edu/aggie_wranglers. MSC Visual Arts Committee: There will be a reception tonight in the MSC Visual Arts Gallery, room 289, tonight at 7:30 p.m.. The reception will hon or the Italian artist, Ivana Candiago, and her exhibit, Polyopsia. Refresh ments will be served. Call Agnieszka Mlodnicka at 845-9251 for details. Mexican Student Association: There will be a movie “Mexico" at 3 p.m. in MSC 206. Call Paco Rangel at 693-0140 for details. Aggie R.E.A.C.H: Part of a three day lecture series that focuses on weight management will be held in Rudder 402. Topics discussed will be im proving self image, decreasing fat composition, increasing lean muscle mass, and increasing metabolism through exercise. Call Judy at 696- 4603 for details. Kappa Theta Epsilon (Co-op Honor Society): There will be;pu Bullwinkle's at 7:00p'S info call Laurie at693$>ici at 260-1040. MSC Hospitality: Los! auction will be held fro,t 2 p.m. in MSC Ragroom What's Up is a Battafas* lists non-profit student ml events and activities. Iters! 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