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The fall 1999 schedule can also be found in printed form in each department and in Open Access Labs throughout campus. Descriptions and course outlines are available at http: //cis. tamu. edu/ shortcourses/. You may also view the schedule, and register for classes from this website. For more information about short courses or other TAMU computing resources, send e-mail to helpdesk@tamu.edu or call Help Desk Central at 845-8300. To learn more about computing resources, visit the Student Computing Information Page at www. tamu. edu/scip/. ■: — - RUSH Phi Beta Lambda Informational Tuesday, Sept. 7 th 7-9 Rudder 501 Professional dress Pool Social Thursday, Sept. 9 th 7:30-9 Yesterday’s Casual Dress Pot Luck Dinner Sunday, Sept. 12 th 7-9 C.S. 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The former CISNEROS Clinton Cabinet member must pay a $10,000 fine but will face no jail time or probation. The court accepted his plea agreement just as his trial on 18 felony counts of conspiracy, ob struction of justice and lying to the FBI was set to begin. In exchange, Cisneros admitted in court that he falsely told the FBI, while under consideration for the Cabinet post, that he had never paid his ex-mistress more than $2,500 monthly. He gave Linda Jones more than $250,000 between 1989 and 1994, prosecutors said. “I accept responsibility for the conduct as outlined," Cisneros told U.S. District Judge Stanley Sporkin, his lawyer at his side. His wife, Mary Alice, was not in the courtroom. Cisneros, a former San Antonio mayor who is now president of the Spanish-language television net work Univision in Los Angeles, ducked out of the courthouse with out talking to reporters. But in a pre pared statement, he said: “I regret my lack of candor ... I hope that all who follow me in public service learn the lesson that truth and can dor are important in the pi 'OC6SS of selecting our leaders." In accepting the plea agreement, which Sporkin said he initially thought was too lenient, the judge said: “1 know there will be some second-guessing about this plea. There will be some who will say that the sanction is not tough enough and others who will say here is more evidence of the Inde pendent Counsel Act as not serving the public interest." But, he added, "We cannot per mit an individual to lie his way into high public office... The work of the independent counsel in this case reaffirms the importance of telling the truth." Her is I AUSTIN (AP) — Thi-T people were killed a ' jured in traffic crashesc - ^ ..i I .a hoi Day wee! WASl IINC Ik doxas Department of Pi, net ^ eno tv reported yesterday. !n - -* 0 ! 111 Danf According to prelim;;‘P e ^entinqL ports, the tw ur au id one Then man: 14-year-old killed in tunnel collapse GRAND PRAIRIE (AP) — A 14-year-old boy died yesterday after being buried in a pile of sand on a con struction site, authorities said. The boy and a 13-year-old friend were digging tunnels in the wet sand pile when one of the “tun nels” collapsed, completely burying and suffocating the older boy. The 13-year-old boy, who was standing up, was buried up to his neck when police officers arrived, said John Brimmer, a police detective. Officers began digging with their bare hands to free the boys, said Brimmer. The 14-year-old boy, John Reynolds, was not breathing when officers finally reached him. Reynolds was airlifted to Methodist Hospital in Dallas, where he died early Tuesday. The second victim was airlifted to Parkland Health & Hospital System, where he was treated and later released. 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