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Easterwood Airport College Station, TX 409 260-6322 THE WAY IT PLAYS OUT T Monday Live at The Fillmore East Starts at 9pm No Cover Jimmie Hendrix on DVD) T Tuesday - Texas Music Night -Texas Music Acoustic Performers only Hosted by Michael Shipley No Cover T Wednesday - Oddibe 1 ^Cover $ 3.00 i T Thursday - Houseband: Speakeasy T Friday - Seth W/alker '"Cover $ 5.00 Where real musicians play! 201 W. 26th Street, Downtown Bryan 775-7735 Arati Bhattacharya The Battalion Wellborn Road, south of College Station which inter sects with Highway 6 may soon get a facelift because of heavy traffic heading toward Houston. The expected construction plan will connect Wellborn Road with State Highway 40, which is also in initial plan ning stages. Chad Bohne, a Brykin District advanced planning engi neer, said a definite need was seen for this project because Wellborn Road has had more traffic than its capacity. “Wellborn [Road] is one of the fastest growing areas in the community,” Bohne said. “There is a significant amount of traffic in the area — more lanes are definitely needed.” Bohne said research suggests it is necessary to add two lanes in each di rection, as well as a need for a more ur ban roadway, instead of the open rur al ditches in the area. “We plan to also calculate in curbs and gutters on the sideways, along with medians,” Bohne said. Meetings for the expansion of Well born Road were first held a year ago, and follow up meetings were held in October. Bohne said the development of the project is being studied. “We’re figuring out the basics now,” Bohne said. “We have to come up with the initial designs and utility adjustments, etc.” No approvals have been passed yet by the College Station city council, but Bohne said he is hoping for consent within the next 12 to 18 months. Bohne said monetary construction estimates are rough right now, and construction will hopefully start in 2005. Highway 40, another construction task being planned, will connect Highway 6 to Wellborn Road. These devel opment plans have been talked about since the early 1990s and construction is expected to begin soon — Bohne said he hopes by 2003. Nicole Castro, a frequent West Campus commuter and a sophomore business major, said she thinks Wellborn Road is one of the main roads of travel for students. “I always travel on Wellborn,” Castro said. “It’s very convenient, definitely a better route than Texas Avenue. Construction can definitely be frustrating, but the end re sult would be well worth it.” safety week S Puerto Rican Student Association sponsors week of cultural events By Courtney Stelzel The Battalion Country and Western dancing is not the only option in College Station — The Puerto Rican Student Association (PRSA) will host its 21st annual Cul ture Week from Nov. 14-18, and salsa lessons are on the agenda. An array of events are lined up for the celebration and will lead up to Nov. 19, the day Puerto Rico was discovered by Christopher Colum bus in 1493. Leslie Quiros, presi dent of the PRSA and a sophomore business'major, said, “We hope to teach everyone about our culture and heritage and answer any ques tions students might have.” Puerto Rico was ceded to the United States by Spain in 1898 fol lowing the Spanish-American War. In 1917, inhabitants of the island were given U.S. Citizenship, and it was renamed the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico in 1952. “Puerto Rico is not just an island to throw parties at or a vacation spot; it’s a lot more, and we want to show that,” Quiros said. The week will begin with two days of cultural displays in the Fla- groom of the Memorial Student Cen ter (MSC) from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. PRSA will host a guest speaker on Wednesday night in MSC 201 from 7 to 9 p.m. On Thursday night a Salsa workshop will be held from 8 to 11 p.m. in the Garden Room of the Student Recreation Center to teach students how to properly dance the Salsa. To close the week, the asso ciation will play host to Folklori- co, a cultural dance group from Houston, which will be perform ing Friday in Koldus 110 and 111. Alexandra Velaquez, vice presi dent of PRSA and a chemistry grad uate student, said, “Our final party will be held Nov. 30. It was pushed back in respect to the Bonfire Memo rial and Thanksgiving.” The event will be held at Brazos Hall at 9 p.m. -WE -WANT TO LiKP A ROCK STaR. How does ‘No Lines, No Cover’ at your favorite nightclubs sound to you? Become a VIP at all SoundCheck events - go to the front of the line, get in for free and enter to win nightly prizes! www.verizon-ld.com/soundcheck v PJ Harvey Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea Island Records, by Steve Lichtenstein It's not like anyone wrote PJ Harvey off, but after 1998's semi lackluster endeavor. Is This Desire, things weren't looking great. She returns then, with Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea, a brilliant record that boils over with intensity and importance. "A Place Called Home" and "You Said Something" might be as radio-friendly as she'll get, while "Big Exit" exudes all the fury and hellfire you’ve come to expect. Add in the mesmerizing duet with Thom Yorke, "This Mess We're In," and Stories might be one of the best albums of the year, and possibly the best of Harvey's already solid career. CPA: 3.G Rock out to: "Big Exit," This is Love," "This Mess We're In" COLDPLAY Parachutes Nettwerk, by Steve Lichtenstein If you listen to "Shiver," listen real close with an attentive ear, you might notice that Coldplay lead singer Chris Martin strains his looping free-range falsetto just a little bit like the late Jeff Buckley. OK, you really don't have to listen that close. Parachutes is ripe with the kind of earnest guitar-induced pop that made Radiohead, The Verve, and Travis the toast of the UK, but on superb tracks like "Sparks," "Yellow," and "High Speed," it doesn't matterwho they sound like: a gut-wrenching album this impressive speaks for itself. CPA: 3.4 Warm-up to: "Sparks," "Yellow," the epic "Everything's Not Lost" FEEDBACK: HOW ARE WE SURVIVING IN THE DOWN TIME BETWEEN GRAMMY AWARDS SHOWS? 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Log On To www.verizon-ld.com/soundcheck Chelsea Street Pub & Grill 1500 Harvey Road (979)693-6429 Rock, Pop Cow Hop 317 University Drive (409) 846-2496 Country Crooked Path Ale House 329 University Drive (409) 691-4624 Rock Disc Co-Round 113 College Main (409) 846-6620 Rock Double Dave's Pizzaworks 211 University Drive (409) 268-3283 Rock This week women on Ten A&M’s campus will have an (unity to learn skills that couIdv^ Y Bri their lives. WheBr Memorial Student Center (MSI The Aggie Leaders ofTomorrow(ALO team c will sponsor Women’s SafetyAwqshockii ness Week Nov. 13-17, which will] ei sand elude guest speakers from the Gt 'orId der Issues Committee and Univets Police Department (UPD)onTlie day. Tables will be set up in theln eason FILE PHOTO/The Battalion Chad Bohne, a Bryan District advanced planning engineer, hopes the College Station city Council will approve plans to widen Wellborn Road. way of the MSC throughout the to provide women with informal! regarding campus safety, saidloi Venhaus, a group leader inAIi and a sophomore computer eni neering major. “The outreach committee ti there was a need to bring together! ganizations on campus to speaks; to increase women’s awareneh| A&M I safety on campus,” Venhaus si "We In the I Tinner ies th Trai lan th uarter aylor oal pr ack N ass en ity to ggies “This is the first time that ALOT organized something like this.” Melanie Vinson, a group leadeij ALOT and a sophomore businessn jor. said the information available! the MSC throughout the weekwil] provided by the Brazos County! Crisis Center, UPD and Stude i'hen Counseling Services (SCS). Shesai kooks this information will make peer heSoo aware of safety issues on campus. “ALOT wanted to do this type ( )U 12- ;uson ater, F ight gt ind lea] 'ard toi Wit! external programming to benetta dents on campus,” Vinson Bob Wiatt, director of UPfysai students need to be informedabor safety issues. “We emphasize the need to It Heupel aware that this campus is more than a microcosm of societi Wiatt said He also said UPD often sendsl department’s crime prevention of, cers to talk to women about safe!) sues on campus. One ofthekeytli) they stress to women is to not maki themselves available to opportunist! Sergeant Allan Baronisoiteofthlof the q UPD officers in crime preventioi uinutes who speaks to students about th^rs 7-3, i principles of safety awareness “College campuses are notini mime to crime,” Baron said “Crime ice 1CU Normal '^gain of 14-yard fense hi make t andfon offense kuncai The i occur every day, anytime, anyplace otal off Ok la 'hatche tint anc he Soot f Just because you're on acollegeci pus, don’t let your guard down. Ali#feupel of students develop the Supermi complex - T’m on campus, is going to happen to me,’” Baron said students can a tures on safety, but all situationsl different and people will respond! ferently to them. “Personal-safety training gut them options, but we encourage thee to have many instead of justonepl to help themselves in certain sin tions,” Baron said. During the 1999 academic yet there were no sexual offenses repoit ed, a decrease from the five reporte sexual assaults in 1998, Baron said Baron said the decrease insert assaults could be partly due to safe! awareness education. An important part of avoiding; assault is to trust your instincts and! be assertive, Baron said. “A lot of times when confronted we tend to be soft-spoken,” Baronsail )utside “We encourage people to be assort Josh He when confronted with a situation thJ jeopardizes their personal safety" Another part of being safe<> ! . campus is knowing there is no set! \ \ scription of a criminal, Baron said. “There are common misconcef tions of what a criminal lookslikt hair and skin color, the way th? dress, Baron said. “We stress lh vA * point that an attacker could be just* easily wearing a suit and tie asv? Staff ai as blue jeans.” The focus of crime prevention 1 p exas ^ to eliminate an attacker’s opport# team m ty to violate a victim. n j niT ^ “There are crimes of opportuni £ ei q 0IU ty on all college campuses," Ban 11 GotfCc said. “If you take away the opport 11 nity, the chances of being a victh 1 are decreased.” Arkansi Lilli Kli Fitzwilly's Bar & Cril 303 University Drive (409) 846-8806 Local, Rock H Rodeo 2000 1600 S College Avenue, Bryan (409) 823-6111 Country Shadow Canyon 217 University Drive (409) 846-4440 Country BRAZOS CoiiEwm® 1 1/2 PRICE OPTION EVERY THURSDAY DOOHSOPffl TOON ffl lorara® luodiv iJOPM Wcdndjy 5 JO PM Tlimdiv S:00 PM Friliy ' jiWPM Situriay 5:00 PM Sunliv iOO PM 6:15 PM MS PM Hi PM 7:15 PM Hi PM WPM MO PM W»PM MO PM MO PM 600 PM N’on-Smokin jArea. Door Prizes .Great Food. Security. Pull Tabs aid llri W ■ -•: ' ■ • : race, bu ners in i fending The"' in schoc ountry title anc team fn the natic sanction “Obv achievei