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Cake* TAWU Aidkxapal&gy VepaxlmeMl StyaH High Battel Futhtfudcfi Smatt RecepUoH aktexuiMcU Battel Fotkloxim CeteMiat 4 PersoiTS vvlth disabilities please call 845-1515 to inform us of your special needs, We request notification three (3) working days"prior * bilitH to the event to enable us to assist you to the best of our abilities. more reason to //'i i ‘0 Get an early start on preparing for the February exam! fn > jam the jgP* PRINCETON REVIEW Better Scores, Better Schools (409) 696-9099 • www.review.com Federal assistance urged for Texas agriculturists BY JEANETTE SIMPSON The Battalion For the past few months, many parts of Texas have seen lit tle rainfall, and weather forecast ers say they see no relief in sight. Data from the Palmer Drought Severity Index indicates the Bra zos Valley area has experienced moderate drought conditions, leading to lower-than-average crop yields. Wes Sims, Texas Farmers Union president, said he asked the U.S. Congress to provide desperately needed disaster relief to Texas farmers. Sims said Texas will not receive disaster assistance unless Con gress passes legislation to change the Federal Agriculture Improve ment and Reform act (FAIR), a seven-year farm policy effective through 2002. Sims said when Congress passed the 1996 law, it eliminat ed important disaster-relief pro grams and fixed the marketing loan rate at 1995 levels. Because caps were placed on marketing loans by the FAIR act, farmers are receiving loans re lated to the 1995 prices for cat tle, cotton, soybeans and other products. Sims said the FAIR act ap proved changes to farm laws, which are critical during times of disaster. FAIR eliminated emer gency livestock feeding and oth er programs now needed in Texas because of severe drought conditions. “The 1996 farm law was based on the false assumption that farmers and ranchers could de pend solely upon the internation al market to receive a fair price for their product,” Sims said. A $7.3 billion farm-relief package offered by U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, was voted down by Congress. The proposal included funds to cover both disaster and eco nomic losses. Instead, the com mittee adopted a $4 billion Re publican plan. The Farmers Union is calling on Congress to reject the weak legislation and send it back to committee for improvements. Sims said more assistance will be needed to meet the needs of farmers and ranchers in Texas. “Many producers in Texas will not make it through the year if Congress doesn’t get down to business and pass this legislation now,” he said. The union leader said the USDA is doing all it can within current laws to help farmers. “Some people in Texas are mistaken when they claim that Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman is not doing enough to assist farmers and ranchers in drought-stricken areas,” he said. “It is Congress, not Agriculture Secretary Glickman, that is re sponsible for the lack of disaster assistance in our state." A&M OK forYl BY ROLANDO GARCIA The Battalion Although survivalists are prepar ing for a global meltdown if the world’s computers crash on Jan. 1, 2000, life at Texas A&M will be busi ness as usual, officials say. Kim Reverman, an analyst with Computer Information Services and head of the Year 2000 Team, said the University’s computer systems are Y2K-compliant. “The mission-critical systems are ready, and so there’s just a lot of little things that have to be done," she said. The compliant systems are pay roll, administration, the library sys tem, student computing centers, the campus computer network, food services, the University Police De partment and utilities. Work for other systems, such as Aggie Bucks cardlocks at resi dence halls, is in progress and should be completed before the new year, she said. However, Reverman said there may be some problems with Park ing, Traffic and Transportation Ser vices (PTTS). Self-pay stations in parking garages are not Y2K-com- pliant and do not recognize some of the new dollar bills. PTTS director Tom Williams said the machines will be operational but will not accept credit cards. He said the department is in the process of replacing the machines. In a related problem, PTTS’s hand-held ticket writers do not rec ognize February 29, 2000. This day exists only in leap years and will make ticket-writing difficult. “1 wouldn't say we’re not going incompi ion Self-pay stations in parltiiiiin PTTS's hand-held ticHttwfr N Texas Guarantee Student Loan Corporation weren’t compliant, andwe'ir |. n t 0 f tl vestigating,” Revemiansaid | don ’t know if it is a seriouspq She said while no majors er malfunctions are expected various departments are11-,p resu contingency plans to deal wit lems if they should arise. “Disruptions and glitd happen, and we wanttote| to resolve them quickly man said. leadei lay on ike nuc ;al in 1 With t nsive T 'BT) ii w nucl velopei mulati is won ar wea Unfort ft in th JP BEATOl to write any tickets, but we! undergo training sessions year, and we may choose for training,” he said. Reverman said the Stud® mation Management Systet which handles students’regJ Financial aid and grade into: lament is Y2K-compliant. Howe, ijt Cold Texas Guarantee Students Sates air poration, which guarantees.' loapons loans, is not yet Y2K compli W ep the cording to the latest repoitit | Year 2000 Team. “We just recently found a agair |>n or r: Sen. Ji liber a: “The t ftt weef lienfon Blobel wins Nobel Prize for medicine STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) — Dr. Guenter Blobel of The Rockefeller Univer sity in New York won the Nobel Prize for medicine today for protein research that shed new light on dis eases such as cystic fibro sis and early development of kidney stones. Blobel, 63, a native of Germany who became a U.S. citizen in the 1980s, was cited for discovering proteins carry signals that act as zip codes, helping them find their correct lo cations within the cell. Some hereditary dis eases are caused by er rors in these signals and the associated transport mechanisms, the Nobel Assembly said in an nouncing the prize. The work has helped Shepard murder suspect goes on tri NOBEL Medicine • 1999 Winners since 1989 1999 Guenter Blobel, U.S. Robert F. Furchpott Louis J. Iqnarro and Fend Murad. US. 1997 Stanley B Pruslner. U.S. Peter C. Doherty. Australia, and Roll M Zinkemagel. Switzerland Edward B Lewis and Eric F. Wieschaus. U.S . and Chrlatlane Nuesslein- Volhard, Germany Richard J. Roberts. Britain, and Phillip A. Sharp, U.S. Edwin G Krebs, U S., and Edmond H. Fischer, U.S. and Switzerland Erwin Neher and Bert Sakmann, Germany 1990 Joseph E Murray and E. Donnall Thomas. U.S. LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) — A year after the beating death of Matthew Shepard, the man ac cused of instigating the attack chatted quietly with his attorneys today as jury selection got under way in his death-penalty trial. Aaron McKinney smiled occasionally and briefly looked at his notes as prosecutor Cal Re- rucha outlined how a jury will be chosen. Rerucha reminded prospective jurors they must set aside passion and treat both sides fairly. McKinney’s father, William McKinney, along with three other family members or friends, sat behind the defendant. Shepard, a gay college student, died a year ago today after a beating that sparked national outrage. As McKinney’s trial got under way, small groups of anti-gay protesters and people dressed as angels demonstrated outside the courthouse. Seventeen people wearing golden halos and costumes made of white bedsheets stood silent ly in a street near the courthouse. Romaine Pat terson, 21, of State College, Pa., said her col leagues wanted to send a message of love. They faced a half-dozen protesters from ates to ity that ir nucl< What dear \ advan ams th reactic The o a Jfety te: nt wea fence 1 ie Unite lore bo i Kansas who waved signs with anli-gaysb The Rev. Fred Phelps, 69, of Topeka, Kar his followers wanted “to insert a little sail truth into this mad orgy.” At midmorning, eight prospectivejuit' been dismissed tor reasons such asd duty, medical problems or job issues. U 51 prospects in today’s pool. McKinney, 22, is charged with first-2 murder, kidnapping and aggravatedrobtf convicted, he could be sentenced His alleged co-conspirator, Russell Het^T son, 22, received two life sentences after y ing guilty in April to felony murdieT awBw X napping. Shepard, 21, was lured from a bar onOi \ ect 1998, driven to a remote prairie, tied to ai ^ evt pistol-whipped into unconsciousness aii( VRu to die on the freezing plains. He died five wide later in a hospital. :t exan McKinney, who said he had no ideaShe w regi was gay and does not hate homosexuals Machi pleaded innocent. n the ’ His trial date coincided with set sbeco memorials commemorating the first anti p e vas sary of the slaying. a seri —srorist J. Michael Bishop and Harold E. Varmus, U.S. scientists use cells in laboratories to churn out drugs and has had an “immense impact” on studies of the cell, the assembly said. Blobel said he initially thought the call from Stockholm telling him he had won was a prank. “I’m very excited,” Blobel said at a news con ference in New York, where he lives with his wife. Blobel, a founder of Friends of Dresden, a group that helps collect money for the German city, said he would use the $960,000 he won to help pay for the restoration of Dresden’s famed Frauenkirche church, which was destroyed dur ing World War II, as well as to fund restoration of a Dresden synagogue. Blobel was born in the town of Waltersdorf, Sile sia, in present-day Poland, in 1936. His family moved to Freiberg, in Germany’s eastern Saxony state, after World War II. San Francisco security guard kills neighbllX he wanted to grab you. It was AI —* 1 ' m on ^ ec * like he was drowning. He looked like he was seeing a ghost.” SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A mentally ill security guard marched upstairs and killed three neighbors before taking his own life, leaving a wound ed 2-year-old girl sitting in her high chair amid the bloodbath. Lorenzo “Sol” Silva, 63, had been friendly with the young family who lived on the second floor of the two-story home he shared with his mother. But recently his mental con dition worsened, and he could not sleep without his mother in the room and a light on, his brother, Silvestre Silva, said. “He had been nervous for years,” the brother said. “I saw him last week — he looked like ame ai jainst t Over public '7 saw the four bod ies and the baby crying.” — Buen Liriors murderer’s brother in law Police said they do not know what prompted the shooting. Police said Silva finished the graveyard shift at the San Fran cisco airport and came home early Sunday. About l:30 p.m. marched upstairs withe gun — one of the guns he kept in his apart He fatally shot Noel ft his 28-year-old wife,Jo$ Jssi ‘ in and a friend, Ola Mai? J i ve l kl ** 32, who lived with them aecher The Riduals’ daughtf ‘ lom ^ sica, was wounded in Toda’ shoulder and was in faitfl 3v ' e t L tion yesterday. on > s n Downstairs, members* fe for < Silva family heard thegur* ne inm and went upstairs. nother “I saw the four bodies Until the baby crying” in her chair, Silva’s brother-rt’ Buen Liriors, said. “There blood all over.” Searching the for Key to Success? Join Us for Islam lOI - An Intro to Islam -FREE Admission & Refreshments!! Next Session: Oct \4 (i 7:30 PM in MSC 231 Coming Soon: Islam Awareness Week Nov 1-4 For more info and questions, e-mail: Islam 101 (ipiamu. edu or call 846-7718 or visit our table in MSC on Wed. from ll:30-3pm Sponsored by the Muslim Students’ Association r INTERN ^TRAVEI ABROAD ^ n 9lan(j \caTv 0 t>Y\c be Gett 1 art MSC L.T. 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