Image provided by: Texas A&M University
About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 22, 1999)
I Congratulations On a Successful Internship! Kevin Chadwick’OO, Paul Santoyo’99 Jennifer Bristow’OO, Barry Guinn’00 Christine Reedy’99 & Ben Steed’00 A college internship with Northwestern Mutual Life could be the break you’ve been hoping for. You’ll be your own boss, get paid for your productivity and gain practical business experience. Potential for full-time career after graduation. For more information about a sales career or internship contact: iutua! tern The Norihwi»tem Mutual Ltf* Inauranc* Company • Milwaukee. Wt www.northwesternmutual.com/sales Leigh Jones Angeli And Associates 1-800-TEAM-NML Visit our booth at the career fairt ■ ■ i'C 13e I oft in tlio CSSt'CACj S r S/?S , 7' mrmz SAAK*- *<$£4. KC7CSJ? £jr*4S?/AfC? C?lS£^^7~/C?ArS^ rajMis s’T-iszr^'Asr TSSJT £ OCT^tX saS^STT-y+f^A/T- j$S , S , C?CVs<t7'SOA/. ate «& Off CamptiM Smclent Services J. Ko Id us 112 409) H4S-1741 Class of 2000 You have been a part of the Aggie family. Now be a part of its family album. AGej ELAND Get your FREE Senior picture taken at AR Photography today. Extended sitting also available for $10. Visit 1410 Texas Ave. South or call 693-8183. Open 9-12 and 1:30 M-F. World Dili residents return home DILI, East Timor (AP) — With East Timor’s capital secured by an international peacekeeping force, Dili residents returned from makeshift refugee camps yesterday to find a looted, burned city. There was almost no water and no electricity. All the windows were smashed, most buildings had been burned down and the only signs of life were the throngs of homeless at the city’s dockside. Even the hunched vendors who used to sell soft drinks from rickety carts outside the port were gone. “Indonesia will have to pay reparations for the loss of our hometown,” 34-year-old Filomena Bianco said. Jose Alexandre “Xanana” Gus- mao, the feisty East Timorese in dependence leader, said he never expected his foes were prepared to destroy East Timor before aban doning it. “We didn’t suspect the violence would take such dimensions,” he said yesterday while visiting refugees who were evacuated to the northern Australian town of Darwin. Tanks, trucks and armored per sonnel carriers rumbled off warships yesterday in East Timor, and troops from 10 countries poured in for the second day without resistance from pro-Indonesia militias. 'We didn't suspect the violence would take such dimen sions." — Jose Alexandre Gusmao East Timorese independence leader About 3,000 multinational troops will be on the ground by today, near ly half the total contingent of 7,500. But force commander Maj. Gen. Peter Cosgrove cautioned that the rest of East Timor will not be under full control for some weeks and will remain dangerous until then, partic ularly with villages still burning. He said his troops were to begin moving outside the capital on today. “It is too early for us to assert that the security situation overall is any thing approaching benign,” Cos grove said. The multinational force is at tempting to restore order to a province where militias — aided by some elements in the Indonesian army — engaged in a campaign of arson, terror and murder, driving tens of thousands of people from their homes. Human rights workers and refugees say hundreds, perhaps thousands of people, were killed. The militias had hoped to nullify an Aug. 30 vote, in which nearly 80 percent of the East Timorese people opted for independence from In donesia. Indonesia invaded East Timor in 1975 after Portugal abandoned its former colony. The peacekeepers’ task of secur ing the entire province is daunting in a jungle climate filled with rugged hills and mountains. In many villages, troops may have to conduct house-by-house searches to flush out the militias. Bank funds frozen in laundering case BERN, Switzerland (AP) — Swiss banks have frozen $16.8 million in Russian accounts suspect ed to be linked to the Bank of New York money laundering case, officials said yesterday. Folco Galli, spokesperson for the Federal Office for Police Affairs, told the Associated Press the banks had reported the action as required under a new Swiss law. Under the 1998 law, banks are required to freeze accounts and report their action to the Swiss govern ment when they have well-founded suspicion of mon ey-laundering. Galli said “a number of such reports" had been re ceived in the Bank of New York case. American investigators reportedly believe that up to $10 billion was illegally channeled by the Russian mob through the Bank of New York, possibly includ ing loans from the International Monetary Fund. No one has been charged, but the case has been de scribed as potentially one of the biggest money-laun dering affairs ever uncovered in the United States. Galli said federal authorities had referred “about a dozen” reports of bank accounts to cantonal (state) authorities in Geneva, who are conducting the main Swiss investigation into money-laundering and cor ruption from Russia. He stressed that the federal office only acted as a relay point and that so far the banks had only operat ed on a basis of suspicion. Swiss authorities have expressed eagerness to help the United States in its Bank of New York case as soon as U.S. authorities send a request for judicial assis tance, but Galli said so far no such request had been received. Under international treaties the Swiss must receive such a request before they can start investigating. Daniel Devaud, the investigating judge looking into allegations of money-laundering in connection with Russian corruption, told The Associated Press Tues day that he had found no direct link between the Bank of New York case and a Swiss construction company that had carried out work for the Kremlin. He said names of companies which were linked to the Bank of New York case had also appeared during the investigation of that affair. Last January, Swiss authorities raided the Mabetex construction company in Lugano in connection with suspicions that several high-ranking Russian officials received “a great deal of money” for helping the firm get large contracts for renovating the Kremlin. Blair: Dial memorial ti irsch built in Bril LONDON (AP) — Pq ister Tony Blair saidaf memorial to PrincessD:J be built in Britain, al based tabloid reported!: “it is very importam: honor the memory ofd who not only is verydeij pie in this country achieved a lot,” Blaird ed as telling TheMimi i working on somethin-J both permanent and which the princess wo* ., approved and been pro'.lf , Since Princess Dtai#' 15 ," on Aug 3,, 1997 crash, there nave bet:* r calls for a memorial toM u ■e opt ■Clos ed in her honor. A memorial commit last year had proposed memorative garden nei’M^ js , former home ■ ner . CJI1 Palace, but the plan was 1 e 1( sa put on hold after local' Eliza vii e pre ate and Htion Bmpii! Fo ce w ■rdinp ■ The Cl rk Si md, cl( :ted. In the weeks leadings second anniversary oil death. The Mirror led cal vive the memorial can The tabloid said todayii: ceived 193,000 phonec support. Chancellor Gordon; who heads the govermrMj f eav mittee looking into }J ton stre< memorial, was quotedi.-Mg j 0 e F new plans for a memrMo cla under discussion. Beating He did not specifyv ^hind . plans were, but saidhe?.:®ving i taking the ideas to Dian; Routt B< ily and the |urks agencyi»ngar ■and or ■ Sen.: fceech c fhe Joe ill clos ouleva sultation. The Mirror said Diana; lives were pleased tota government's renewedluc for a memorial. Frances Shand KyddJ mother, was quoted is sa*am pus “This news will beitwedifl “As a pily by many, manr/wp/e-Renter, I which I am one." su B uckingham I no objections. NFL GameDay 2000 gives you 1,200 new plays and 200 new motion captured moves designed and performed by 45 Nil. players. There’s a Training Camp Mode to practice plays,and a GM Mode to manage your team over multiple seasons. We've even added a revolutionary telestrator along with Dick Lnberg and Phil Simms commentary. Now everyday is game day. www.989sports.com <01999 Nfl.p Team names and logos are trademarks of die teams indteated. All other (MR. related marks) are trademarks ot the National Football teayuft arid UfL p,operties. OBIcialty licenser) product of PLATERS INC, The RAVERS INC logo to a registered trademark of the NFL players. Jww.nflplayers coin. .31999 PLAYERS INC tlmrelope'l try 989 Studios and Red &>ne interactive lm. <589 sports and the 989 Sports logo are trademarks of Sony Computer Entertainment America me: L; 1999 Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. licensed for use witti the PlaySURton game connote. PlayStation and tire PlayStation logos are registered trademarks of Spny;Computer Entertainment !nc \ x XICOR ci Xicor is a leading provider of reprogrammable smart analog and ft products used world wide in telecommunications, consumer electro computers and peripherals, transportation and instrumentation. Wed state-of-the-art technology with a commitment to new researcti i development in a creative and positive environment. Visit our Wed at www.xicor.com for more information about the company. ■ We are looking for: fflunen’^ Tesent a ■out tl ANALOG I.C. DESIGN ENGINEERS^ (Positions require MSEE or Ph.D.) at ; 30 . K Jenn We will be on campus for Fall recruiting October!! |ies Prog p; said lot alw, Ission I “We glossed Every c Xicor, Inc. 1511 Buckeye Dr., Milipitas, CA 95035 Xicor is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. ®nd*tl- Bart |es Pro£ lies of t “Ma >oes at Study Abroad in MEXICO You can spend SUMMER SESSION I or II in PUEBLA for SPAN 221 and SPAN 222 MEXICO CITY for JOUR 273, JOUR 406, & JOUR 484 or for SPAN 301 & 303 While experiencing the exciting culture of MEXICO MSC MAIN HALLWAY Overseas Day October 5 10:00 - 2:00 pm Study Abroad Programs 161 Bizzell Hall West 845-0544