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Page 2 Travis B. Bryan III, Attorney at Law Former Brazos County District Attorney Certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in Criminal Law TAMU Class of 1969 Craig M. Greaves, Attorney at Law Licensed by the Supreme Court of Texas in the Area of Criminal Law No Optional Certification by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization TAMU Class of 1995 , S' SPECIALIZING IN THE DEFENSE OF: ^ Driving while intoxicated Driving while under the influence Possession of controlled substance Driving while license suspended Assault Theft V All other felony and misdemeanor charges ^ 1716 Briarcrest Drive, Suite 206, Bryan (979) 260-7030 (979) 255-9388 Contact Georgia Dozier to arrange an appointment for an initial consultation Bryan / College Station Metropolitan Planning Organization is conducting a Rail Study Under the Local Rail Economic Feasibility and Location Study, options are under consideration for the railroad tracks in the Bryan/College Station area. A wide variety of options are being evaluated as part of the study. A traveling display ©f the current set of options under consideration by the BCSMPO will be acces- (ble at the following location: lepras AJLM Main Campus; Memorial Student Center (MSC) wary 16-19, 2001 po//ege Station TX Maps may be viewed during normal business hours. For more information call (979) 260-5298 or toll free 1-877-394-9321 or on the www.bcsmpo.org career center WEEKLY PR week of: January 16 - * Career Fair Information for Engineering Students Wed. 1/17, 7 p.m, Zachry 342 * Southwestern Black Student Leadership Conference Career Fair - Fri. 1/19,9 a.m. - 4 p.m. MSC Fiagroom Orientations for On-Campus Interviewing lues. 1/16 - 4 p.m. MSC 292A Wed. 1/17 -10 a.m. Koldus 111 - 5 p.m. MSC 292B Thurs. 1/18 -11 a.m. Koldus 110 -1 p.m. Rudder 301 (Engineering students) - 4 p.m. Wehner 128 (Business Students) - 5 p.m. Koldus 110 Resume/Letter Writing Seminar Tues. 1/16 - 5 p.m. MSC 292B‘(Featuring: Tivoli) Wed. 1/17 - 4 p.m. Koldus 110 Behavioral Interviewing Thurs. 1/18 - 5:30 p.m. MSC 292B (Featuring: Dynegy) Internship Search Strategies Wed. 1/17 - 5:30 p.m. Koldus 110 TAMU Career Center 209 Koldus 845-5139 http://careercenter.tamu.edu A place to meet your next employer THE 12TH MAN FOUNDATION IS NOW HIRING FOR POSITIONS IN ITS 2001 TELEMARKETING CAMPAIGN Earn $6.00 per Hour* Plus Bonuses Gain Valuable Work Experience Flexible Scheduling * after the first 30 days To apply, visit the 12th Man Foundation Office at the North End of Kyle Field, or fill out an application online at: www. 12thmanfoundation.com/telemarketing NEWS THE BATTALION Tuesday, January 16,2001 Tuesday, January 16.200 FISH X'm ThiaJKiM /)gouT Mot E\/Ba) \(yO\A)(o To CiASb 1 7oD4Y K>o$obi Ever Does Pivithwg The Fikst d/w of SCHOOL. /^YgE H/\a)D out The sium That'S) if- by R.DeLuna 7ou FoRkor To Loon U)HFKE VouK CLOSES DiPa)T L X Doa)T SEE r Hou) RtLEVMT To W CoMMfiTio*)... UP www.rdeluna.com fkthe Wuss Cookie Adrian Ashcroft Continued from Page 1 “Advise and consent doesn’t mean advise and rubber stamp,” said Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy, the judiciary Com mittee’s senior Democrat and temporary chairman. Democrats opposed to Ashcroft’s nomination say his conservative opinions are ill-suited to the job of being the nation’s top law enforcer. “Right now we need a healer in ASHCROFT Washington, in the form of our pres ident,” said Sen. Barbara Boxer, D- Calif., on ABC’s “This Week.” Boxer, who has announced her intention to vote against Ashcroft, said of him: “This is an extremist, not a healer.” Most Democrats were more cir cumspect than that, including Leahy. He called Ashcroft a “divisive choice” by President-elect Bush, but disagreed with critics who have tried to paint the former Missouri senator as a racial or religious bigot. “I think all of us who know him, know that charge would not stick,” Leahy said on CNN’s “Late Edition” of either allegation. Ashcroft's confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Commit tee, where he once was a member, begins Tuesday. Interest groups are piling on. On Sunday, the board of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers took what it called an un precedented step in voting to op pose Ashcroft. “Ashcroft’s legacy on criminal justice issues is demagoguery and opportunism,” said Edward Mallett, the group’s president. Evers, a former mayor of Fayette, Miss., was a Mississippi delegate to the 2000 GOP convention. MLK Con tinned from Page I King Jr. Day with a project called “Campus with a Dream”. The cele bration will run from until JanJ, and begins today with Jazz Interlude at noon at Rudder Fountain. Inmates Continued from Page! Residence hall doors have re mained unlocked during daytii move-in periods. During the seme- ter, the doors are always locked an can he opened only by students fil ing in the hall. Foster said the residence lial and the A&M campus as awliefi offer little of the protection fug lives seek. The campus will come- ue to become more crowded c Studet King] Bv Matthew Park The Battalion The powerful r Martin Luther Kin his speeches and his lie life made hint; dents at A&M loo! torchbearer who li students, faculty and staff, mafe the environment unlikely to fit: safe haven for convicts rune from the law. The University Police Depit ment has 54 sworn or commissk officers, all of whom are armedii working on campus, and62iK commissioned officers. Thecit;; College Station has lOOswomoi cers and several tactical unitsanda tectives on patrol. Jones said he remains coni' the fugitives will be captured. The Texas Department of te nal Justice has posted compost sketches and mug shots of thefts lives at www.tdcj.state.tx.usJ: one who believes they havese any or all of the fugitives may rep the information to Crime Stopp at 1-800-737-8143. Student Continued from Page: stages, was important to lot] agriculture. “Shannon’s research woul have been very important, and: we had varieties of cotton tk could tolerate the state’s df weather, we could greatly incrti 1 ! crop production,” Smith said. Alston came from a family 1 professional plant breeders.: Smith said the decision to ink™ take a doctorate program inthefi* was something Alston grew inti 1 Smith taught Alston as antl dergraduate. When ajobtranstl brought the Alstons back ’ Texas more than a year ag! Smith said, his former studti sought him out. “He was working in agrics ture and had grown up mi it,” Smith said. "He told met wanted to follow in the stepst his father and his uncle, sd evolved with him to pursuel graduate degree, to do motet! peace and unity fc gardless of race. For the nexttwi ond “Campus Wit gram will celebra ful teachings u illuminating the c of the Aggie spirit Ravyn Miller,; ical science majoi the purpose of the brate the hope Kin ican people. “The problem; African-America! out the 1960s were pared to the social front today,” Mille Miller won t Word" oratorical c by the Black Awar (BAC). Her rew $1,000. and she is begins all the “ dream events. Miller said Kir her and give her 1 some things can c and age.” Samecia Bloo director ofcultura the Memorial Stuc his field.” Smith said Alston would* to be remembered as a person#! \ loved people. "He did everything he cot® help out, to make it easier forot! ers,” he said. Alston’s funeral, held Rockdale Dec. 29, “was lib ! mini-Muster,” his widow si | Members of Alston's Cotpsc- fit attended, and his senior to were on display. • Alston will be honored the Feb. 6 Silver Taps infi | Academic Plaza. ‘ Paid Advertisement Everyone lives by faith Jeff Kempf, Editor in Chief Some people object to faith in favor of reason. But how do we know there is such a thing as reason? (Certainly not by reason!) Only by faith do we know that reason exists. So we see that even reason itself is based on faith, and those who say they live by reason actually do live by faith of some kind. Are you interested in getting to know God? He loves all persons. He loves you and me. Almost 2000 years ago, he sent his son Jesus Christ into the world to die on the cross for our wrongdoings and sins and return to life through the miracle of the resurrection. God’s plan for each of us is that we turn away from our sins and believe in Christ. 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