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Texas A&M will kick off the 17th an
nual Military Weekend today.
K.at Jones, chairperson of the Military
Weekend Committee and a senior histo
ry major, said cadets from institutions na
tionwide come to learn about
the A&M Corps of Cadets
program.
“The basic goal of Mili
tary Weekend is for cadets
from other universities and
military academies to dis
cuss things pertinent to oth
er ROTC programs and to
the future of the military be
cause we are all about to en
ter the military,” said Greg
Martin, Military Weekend
Vice Chairperson and a ju
nior information and opera
tions management major.
According to the Mili
tary Weekend Committee,
Military Weekend consists
of “roundtable discussions.
will be interested in attending.
“Everyone is welcome to come and
participate in the roundtables. This year
we’re trying to increase civilian turnout,”
Martin said.
Major Lucy Fernandez, the A&M’s
Cadet Training Officer, said Military
Weekend originated as a weekend during
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The Corps of Cadets will host other cadets from military
schools around the country for Military Weekend.
centering on current issues relative to
the military and its institutions, view
ing daily cadet life, comparing differ
ent leadership practices and structures,
as well as observing special unit and
social activities.”
The roundtables are open to the gen
eral student body, but organizers said
there is usually not a big civilian turnout,
even though professors attempt to notify
people in their classes who they think
which the entire Corps underwent feder
al inspection and concluded w ith a formal
military ball. In the ’70s, federal inspec
tion was no longer required and A&M in
vited other institutions to participate.
According to Fernandez, more insti
tutions are invited to attend Military
Weekend every' year. This year. 40
cadets and 12 officers from 15 schools
are expected to attend.
Some schools sending delegates in
clude: The Citadel, United States Mili
tary Academy, Virginia Women’s Insti
tute of Leadership, Prairie View A&M
University and Texas A&M-Galveston.
Cadets from Virginia Tech University
will also be attending Military Weekend.
“Virginia Tech is the only other civil
ian school with a seven day a week
Corps of Cadets program.
Their program is almost
identical to ours.”
“The schools are great
about participating [in
Military Weekend]. They
send next year’s selected
leaders so it’s beneficial to
the entire corps,” said
Jones. She added that
everyone involved leams
how military programs are
run at institutions around
the country', and this new
knowledge can be applied
at the conference atten
dees’ institutions.
Jones said Military
Weekend affects the entire
Corps of Cadets because
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all outfits are asked to host the visiting
cadets and all cadets are invited to the
roundtable discussions. Jones also said
that by involving all cadets at A&M,
visitors are provided an opportunity to
see every aspect of Corps life at Texas
A&M. " ♦
“In the past, Military' Weekend has
been really successful, and we’ve got
ten a lot of good insights from cadets,”
Martin said.
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The only woman to hold the position of Secretary of U.S.
Air Force will speak Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in the Presiden
tial Conference Center.
Sheila Widnall, who has experience in academia and in gov
ernment, will discuss the skills and attitudes that academics can
contribute to heading a large military organization. She w ill also
address the differences between academic and military' institutions.
Widnall headed the Air Force from 1993 to 1997 and was
responsible for the recruitment, organization, training, admin
istration, maintenance and all other Air Force affairs. Widnall
was also responsible for the Air Force’s program and policy
formulation, and coordination and with other military depart
ments and agencies of the Department of Defense.
She resigned in 1997 to return to the position of Massa
chusetts Institute of Technology ‘s (MIT) aeronautics and as
tronautics professor and associate provost.
In November 1998, she was named Institute professor, the
highest honor awarded by faculty and administration at MIT.
Widnall, originally from Tacoma, Washington, received her
bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees in aeronautics and
astronautics from MIT.
She has also received recognition for her work on fluid me
chanics and is the Vice-President of the National Academy of
Engineering and President-Elect ofthe American Institute for
Aeronautics and Astronautics. Widnall was also the first fe
male president ofthe American Association for the Advance
ment of Science.
Other distinguished lecturers on the agenda at the confer
ence center this semester are Nobel Chemist Sherwood Roland,
scheduled for April 6 and A&M history professor, Albert
Broussard, on April 26.
Tickets to this event, the first of the three Distinguished Lec
ture Series this semester, are at the MSC Box Office on the
ground floor of Rudder Tower between 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and
are free of charge.
assistant director for resii
education in the Departiuij
Residence Life. “Thereis
dence to show that people's;
imity to things affects their;
to be involved. You have 111
portunity to become a pan
community, so you aredcir
ing your friendships.”
Sarah Goldston, a junior
cal science and journal ism nt
still living on-campus becaa
convenience.
Goldston said since shehasi
es in the Bush School, her res)
hall’s easy access to the Fislil
bus stop is enough incentive fa ^
to live on-campus.
Yet, Goldston said she pi
move off-campus next year in pc
of personal space and an emir
that would allow her to live her
lifestyle independently.
"I don’t mind dorm life,”
ston said. “But, classes are
and I need my own personals|
as 1 try to balance timewithsd
and activities.”
Overcrowding and overass
merits often discourage studenls
living on campus.
Chareny Rydl, associate dir;
in the Department of Residence;
said because a number of stmi;
w ho are registered to live on can:
do not show up, it is hardtoest®
how many students will move
residence halls.
Ry dl said they make project!
each year, but iftheyareoffbylj
cent either way, overcrowding or
derassignments will result.
Foster said living on-campusa
ten prepares students for the nes;
of living off-campus.
Goldston said she lived offcamp
during the summer once before.a
found bill-paying to be frustrating
“I didn't really knowmyrooi
mates that well and. althoughtti
w ere nice girls, it wasawkwardtoli
about money and split up bills,'
ston said.
McReary said paying billsisadi
ficult issue many students face whet
moving off-campus.
Students who move from a resi
dence hall are used topsmon/ioni
bill each semester, butuhenastafai
moves off campus, thefyw'sW
numerous bills and deposit,sot
rent, telephone and utilities. StmteJ
also have to consider furnishing
apartments.
She warned students to carei
ly read lease contracts before si;
ing them.
“Most ofthe property owneB
pretty good, but there are a few«i
are worried about the bottom line!
getting their money,” McReary a
Settlement talks not impeding Microsoft trial
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Settlement
talks in the Microsoft Corp. antitrust law
suit are going so poorly that the trial judge
is moving ahead with plans for final court
room arguments before his verdict.
U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield
Jackson did not see any need to delay the
last round of arguments, set for Tuesday, to
accommodate ongoing secret negotiations
in Chicago between government lawyers
and Microsoft officials.
Jackson previously told lawyers that if
U.S. Circuit Judge Richard Posner, who
agreed to serve as mediator, “seems to
think that more time is needed, that cer
tainly is something I would be willing to
consider too.”
But no such request for more time ever
came, and there are not ongoing face-to-
face talks. Posner, who recently demanded
renewed secrecy about the talks because of
news leaks, has met separately with the
sides in every meeting to date except once,
during an introductory session.
Though sources indicate little progress,
negotiations are aimed at averting an ago
nizingly slow appeals battle that could
wind through the federal courts for years.
Jackson, who limited witnesses and oth
erwise engineered the trial to progress rela
tively quickly, has strongly urged the sides to
settle. Microsoft, whose software runs most
of (lie world’s personal computers, is accused
of using its influence in the technology in
dustry to illegally undermine rivals.
These final courtroom arguments come
on the heels of a dispute last week on
whether Microsoft’s billionaire chainnan,
Bill Gates, was inclined to offer a key con
cession to government lawyers to settle.
Bloomberg News reported that it asked
Gates moments after a televised interview
had ended whether he would be willing to
disclose the secret blueprints for the com
pany’s flagship Windows software, which
has earned Microsoft billions of dollars.
Bloomberg said Gates answered,
“yes, if that’s all it took.” But Mi
crosoft later forcefully insisted Gates
never made the remark.
It was not the first time there has been
confusion about Microsoft’s willingness to
disclose its so-called source code for Win
dows. Steve Ballmer, now the company’s
chief executive officer, hinted to a group of
software professionals last May that Mi
crosoft was studying the benefits of open
ing its blueprints, necessary for outside ex
perts to make changes or improvements to
Windows.
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policy lecture
The Memorial Student Cefll
Wiley Lecture Series will presei
lecture on the changing foreif
icy of China at 7 p.m. in
Memorial Student Center.
The lecture, titled “A Difff
Shade of Red: Chinese Con 1 *
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be hosted by a panel of foreign!
icy experts including Dr.
Wilhelm Jr., director of the A®
and Pacific Program of the A®
Council of the United States.
Dr. Stephen W. Lewis,
the Transnational China
the James A. Baker
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