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Ki HiMfei: ! -’t MiSi privileges dr f tomey-clieni i in the faceoi;| na seeking?:] iminal offers;] privilege cos ] needs ofpws. \e Clinton adir:| reckless in it j each of these: tote possibfli: v professor te presented fonj tneral opposes privilege. WEDNESDAY February 17, 1999 Volume 105 • Issue 94-14 Pages College Station, Texas m aggielife •Students who resemble celebrities handle perks and quirks of constant comparison. PAGE 3 today’s issue Toons 2 Opinion 13 Thursday’s issue Lying may be deemed unethical but it has become a necessary evil for Americans sports • A&M Baseball moves to 5-2 with Tuesday win over Southwest Texas State University. PAGE 14 Speaker in courages )eace in kiddle East BY APRIL YOUNG The Battalion Rep. Kevin Brady stressed the iportance of the United States’ re- tionship with Israel during a din- I er yesh'iday at thr 1 lillel lewish udent Center. If Brady spoke to the Jewish Stu Rnt Association, students, t'acuh p , stall and members of the eom- I unity. ' Du t i ng the speech, Brady t * ie ’ m P ortance of the Unit- 3 iStates’ relationship with Israel. DfivinO * su PP° rt for Israel is critical,” •''ady said. “It is important to foster with q id facilitate Israel, not dictate.” Listeners expressed concern unch (Lir m e ff ects of international j, . Kor ism. i y S25 wrihu.‘<j nternat | ona j t error j sm d e fi- “ ,anm5Colnt ' tely had an impact on the Mid- ATURIWCWfStf.’ Brady said. insurance redor'^The newest threat to terrorism Bernshaus«(!■ here in the U.S. I want to fight rrorism while it’s abroad, before gets to our neighborhoods, by re eling military and national secu- ^ (778-47^ t0 hghf terrorism threat.” ’ Brady also explained the main >al is improving United States-Is- ^.el relations. “My main goal is to secure peace the Middle East,” Brady said, ’here is no other goal. This is crit- al to America as well as to Israel.” Aaron Horvitz, coordinator of e dinner and a senior political ience major, said he hopes Us hers gained an understanding of e accessibility students have to embers of Congress. “I hope that students gained a ihter connection with the Con- essman and learned that he is a rson here for our interests,” rvitz said. Peter Tarlow, rabbi for the Jew- h Student Association, said re- ?nt events in Washington made ie program important. “So much has gone on in Wash- tgton that this is a chance for rec- nciliation between the govern- lent and the United States,” irlow said. Brady said U.S.-Israel relations npact students and the country as whole. “Instability in the Middle East r war would be costly, not only in loney, but in human lives,” Brady lid. “Students should understand lat a peaceful world means more ade, better jobs in America and a igher standard of living.” rated /-grin p.m. it TUES. B 840 Bookstore) m 12-5 LOO LOO LOO' LOO LOO 00 Ready ready CARINO CASAS/The Battalion Jacob Grauke 9 (Left) , Natuan Belford, 12, and Mike Belford prepare a rocket for flight on the polo fields. Mike Belford said they had tried shooting the rockets at Lamar Elementary but the area was too small to contain the rockets, one of which can reach an altitude of 2,000 ft before descending. Planned Parenthood celebrates opening • Independent ribbon cutting ceremony held after Planned Parent hood pressured to pull request from Chamber of Commerce. BY MEREDITH MIGHT The Battalion Planned Parenthood will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony today for its new Bryan clinic, despite being discharged from the Bryan-College Station Chamber of Commerce. The chamber canceled the memberships of Planned Parent hood, Brazos Valley Coalition for Life (BVCL) and Hope Pregnancy Center after controversy erupted over Planned Parenthood’s new Bryan clinic, which will offer abor tion services. The controversy prompted BVCL to start a fax campaign urg ing other chamber members to op pose the clinic. Planned Parenthood withdrew their request for a ribbon-cutting ceremony after the faxes flooded the chamber. The chamber termi nated the memberships of all three organizations the following day. The new clinic will have an un official ribbon-cutting ceremony and an open house. The ceremo ny and open house are open only to those who have been sent invi tations. Dyann Santos, executive direc tor for the clinic, said she expects about 100 people at the event. “We invited supporters, dona tors and our board of directors from Houston, as well as volunteers,” she said. Santos said supporters in the community have signed “yards and yards” of ribbon to be cut during the ceremony. “We are going to celebrate the fact that we opened our new build ing,” she said. “We are glad to be a part of the community. Really, it’s a celebration. We’re very proud of our new facilities.” The Rev. Howard Moody, a sup porter of abortion and recipient of a national Planned Parenthood award in 1998, will speak at the ceremony. Lauren Donahue, executive di rector of BVCL, said there will be a prayer vigil and a peaceful protest at the clinic during the open house and ceremony. Santos said pro-life demonstra tors have been peaceful and re spectful at other events. “They are entitled to demon strate if that is what they want to do,” she said. “We hope there won’t be any problems.” The new clinic has an in-house security advisor. Santos said secu rity systems will be in place. Bryan Police Department Sergeant Ernie Montoya said police officers are aware of the potential for trouble, but the biggest con cern will be traffic. “We want everyone to be safe,” he said. “Parking is limited, and we’re concerned about the traffic flowing without interruption.” Montoya said BPD is not plan ning to send officers unless a prob lem arises. “We’re prepared to handle it as it comes,” he said. Religious debate addresses concerns BY EMILY R. SNOOKS The Battalion The idea of objective morality, the origin of evil and God’s role and exis tence were among topics discussed by a panel Tuesday night. The question-and-answer session was in response to the “Meaning of Evil and Suffering” debate presented at the Faith and Science Forum last Thursday. The panel consisted of advocates from the naturalistic view, Hindu view and Christian view. Michael Neely, local director of the Christian Leadership Ministry, and Ja son Romero, president of A&M Atheist & Agnostic Student Group and a senior computer science major, collaborated on the production of the event. Neely said he wanted to make sure students’ questions and concerns from Thurs day’s event were answered in front of a more diverse audience. Romero addressed questions from a naturalistic viewpoint. Dr. M.M. Rao of the Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Lab and Dr. N.K. Anand, mechanical engineering professor, both fielded questions from the Hindu viewpoint. The fourth panelist, A&M philosophy professor Richard Stadelmann ad dressed questions from the Christian viewpoint. Neely introduced the four guests and allowed each 10 minutes for opening statements. Questions were taken from the audience and from questions writ ten during the debate last week. Romero’s recurring statement was the naturalistic universal way of per ceiving morality. “The rational way to look at morali ty is the way humans try to maximize pleasure and minimize pain,” he said. Anand and Rao defined the basic el ements of the Hindu religion and how it cannot be simply labeled as Eastern. Anand stressed that Hinduism, like Christianity, believes in one God, whom they are trying to reach throughout their lives. Stadlemann emphasized his belief that God empathizes with humans’ pain. “God feels suffering right along with us,” he said, “and God helps us to cope, especially when we are faced with the three d’s — divorce, disease and death,” he said. Carino Casas/Tiil Battalion Richard Stodelmann (right) presents a Christian view point in his opening arguments to Agnostic (far left) and Hindu (middle) representatives Jason Tomero, Dr. Reo, and Dr. Anend at a question and answer session held in response to the “Meaning of Evil and Suffering" debate last Thursday. acrylic or. /15/99, m 9 a.m. to IU k-a-M iscount. P-m.-9 p.nk -2:30 p.m.) ) $25 Cash I'll? BY RACHEL HOLLAND The Battalion P~eek Week begins today as fra- irnities and sororities compete in pllecting pennies for the Brazos alley Chapter of the American IrCross. TWelve sororities and 11 frater- ities will participate in a penny /ar, trying to collect the most pen- ies outside the MSC today through riday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Matthew Widmer, Greek Week o-di rector and a senior manage- lent information systems major, aid competing fraternities and ororities can put money other Han pennies into each other’s jars a subtract from the total number f pennies. “For instance, if l put a quarter ions kick off Greek Week into another fraternity’s jar, 25 cents will be subtracted from the chapter’s total,” he said. “But, of course, all the money still goes to the Red Cross.” Widmer said Greek Week is an opportunity for A&M fraternities and sororities to work together and demonstrate their service role on campus. “We want to work together to show not only the positive aspects of being Greek, but also the posi tive aspects of being an Aggie,” he said. “People think of the good times and socializing that come with being Greek, but there is also a big service and leadership aspect of being Greek.” All Greek Week fundraising ac tivities will benefit the Brazos Val ley Chapter of the American Red Cross. TOpping Daisy will perform at the Texas Hall of Fame Thursday at 8 p.m. as part of Greek Week. Tickets are $8 in advance and are available at the Texas Hall of Fame, Disc-Go-Round and Rother’s Bookstore at Southgate. Tickets will cost $10 at the door. Greek Week will end Saturday when the fraternities and sororities assemble care boxes for the Brazos Valley Chapter of the American Red Cross. “We are going to be collecting items for basic care boxes that the Red Cross gives out as a first re sponse in emergencies,” Widmer said. “These boxes have basic toi letry items including toothpaste, toothbrushes, wash cloths and see Greek on Page 2. Greek Week Events •Intramurals (Thur. & Fri.) •Intramural Finals (Sat.) •Wacky Olympics (Sat.) Benefiting Red Cross: •Penny Wars (Wed. - Frl: 10a.m. - 2p.m.) •Tripping Daisy (Thur.) •Care Packages (Sat.) Students practice, fine tune illegal hacking skills BY SALLIE TURNER With the goal of learning how computer hackers work, students in Computer Science 635, Ad vanced Network Security, are de veloping the skills needed to de fend their organizations against breakdowns in security. Willis Marti, director of the pro gram and a senior computer sci ence lecturer, said the graduate-lev el class includes a lecture and lab called “the sandbox” where stu dents may ignore regulations against illegal hacking activity and invade their classmates’ systems. “The class is divided up into a ‘gold team,’ the good guys, and four ‘black teams,’ the bad guys,” he said. The black teams begin their at tacks on the gold team’s networks security systems today. Marti said Texas A&M is the only university that offers hands- on network security practice. “[The class] is isolated from the rest of campus,” he said. “People need to practice, but a lot of the things they are doing are damaging and illegal.” He said students learn about the vulnerability of systems and how to protect them. “Part of the difficulty in the real see Hacking on Page 2.
