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YouVe Invited to enjoy Live Classical Guitar Imported Beer Fine Wine Creative Continental Cuisine at Epicures Cafe Saturday, Feb. 3 5pm - 9pm Reservations are welcome 695-0985 Page 8 NEWS Yiday, Feh THE BATTALION Senate confirms Ashcroft’s nomination r&tfeea Stte e/ dPub&gUll' Post Oak Moll * 693-6429 [ENTERT &Y0U! Featuring Your Hosts Pete & Cedric Tuesday - Saturday 9 PM mm WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Sen. John Ashcroft won confirma tion as attorney general on Thursday, completing President Bush’s Cabinet and overcoming a ferocious Democ ratic assault on his conservative views and personal integrity. The Senate vote was 58-42. ‘The president of the United States, George W. Bush, is entitled to have his selection as attorney gener al,” Majority Leader Trent Lott said a few moments before the roll was called on the most contentious con firmation fight in a decade. Vouching for the nominee’s hon esty and integrity, he brushed aside weeks of attacks by Democrats, in cluding many of Ashcroft’s former Senate colleagues. “I don’t know that person they’re depicting,” said Lott, R-Miss. Democrats claimed a consolation prize, saying the 42 votes against the nomination would be enough to sus tain a filibuster against future Bush ad ministration nominations thpy deemed too conservative. The votes in opposi tion were the most against any attor ney general in the nation’s history. “He’s wrong on civil rights, wrong on a woman’s right to choose, wrong on needed steps to keep guns out of the hands of criminals and children,” argued Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., who led the fight against confirmation. “And he’s the wrong choice to be attorney general of the United States.” Within hours of the vote, Ashcroft was sworn in at the Supreme Court by Justice Clarence Thomas, a long time friend who survived a brutal confirmation struggle of his own a decade ago. In a statement, the new attorney general pledged he would “confront injustice by leading a professional Jus tice Department that is free from poli tics, that is uncompromisingly fair.” Even with Democrats claiming success, the result was a victory for Ashcroft and the president. All 50 Senate Republicans and eight De mocrats voted for confirmation of the former Missouri senator, whose long political career seemed over when he lost a re-election bid last November. Birds Continued from Page 1 <fd fJ** 1 If You Have Something To Sell, Remember: Classifieds Can Do It Call 845-0569 The Battalion time in March. Despite what evidence would suggest, Sippial said the Physical Plant cleans up affected areas on “a very frequent basis.” Parking Area 56, the lot across from the Rec Center, is scheduled to be cleaned Monday. However, the parking lot will have to be closed, po tentially exacerbating parking prob lems. Student complaints have raised the University’s attention, and offi cials have started to look deeper into the situation. "At a meeting this afternoon, of ficials met and began developing a plan to gently urge the birds off cam pus,” King said. Many University departments attended the meeting, including the University Police Department; the Department of Wildlife and Fish eries; Residence Life; and Parking Traffic and Transportation Ser vices. Sippial also attended the meeting. Birds living in an agricultural re gion tend to feed heavily in the day and roost at dusk, and apparently, the live oak trees on campus are a popular location for the birds. Most of the major fecal activity occurs af- Nati.onui.de, more uireless customers choose Verizon Nireless. Choose your free minutes Nou choose free Moblle-to-Mobile Minutes or free Night & Weekend Minutes. 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Kennedy U.S. senator tential presidential contenders who would need support from women’s groups and black voters to prosper in a 2004 campaign — Joseph Lieber- man of Connecticut, John Edwards of North Carolina, Evan Bayh of In diana, John Kerry of Massachusetts and Joseph Biden of Delaware. ter the birds roost. If they were frightened away from campus be fore they settled in for the evening, the excrement would not be as heavy. King said. Gary Jackson, manager of Bus Op erations, acknowledged that the bird feces are a problem, but said no stu dents have voiced their concern to him. “So far, we haven’t had any com plaints from the students,” he said. Sippial said that in the five and a half years he has been with A&M, there have “always been complaints off and on,” about the fecal material. Even though there have been more complaints this year, the issue is “not a new problem.” VERIZON WIRELESS AUTHORIZED AGENTS Products and prices may vary. College Station Advanced Wireless 2230 S. 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Republi can sources circulated the names of likely top-ranking officials in a Jus tice Department headed by the Ashcroft. These included Larry D. Thompson as deputy attorney gen eral, the No. 2 spot in the agency, and Theodore Olson as solicitor 1 Rec general, the lawyer who rq the administration bef® Supreme Court. Thompson, a black law; was U.S. attorney in Atlanta the Reagan administration,w adviser to Clarence Thoinat his bitterly fought confirmai Supreme Court justice in 1^ Ashe ro ft’s co nservati ve viet eluding his opposition toa!>| and gun control and hisM|| a desegregation plan in St more than a decade ago, weiti in doubt during the confirm; tie. In four days of bean month, the former state attoifi| ARI | eral, governor and senator — . reassure his critics, saying Ikf* / “ n serve “all the people " andenf(|J ons F nation’s laws despite hismBie M preferences.” In particuijnt y ar pledged not to seek a Supa: ;g the A_ reversal of a woman’s rightijw'ollo'- tion, said he would defendironfire c“ stitutionality of gun contr immistf posed in the Senate, and sa ;nsing ct i ights di\ ision was of paitfafl|oLU >- portance to him. 1 impor )r Aggie use me: ems duil ontinued fronf^f 01 ^}* Btespij adjust student lees within that cap without asking for the fexaS se’the A : lure’s consent. )gos on| Problems with equipment at the Rec Center are not included inti ration cC the Rec Center is seeking, Corrington said. Rec equipment is fixed as not 1C but recent delays in shipping have kept needed parts from arriving: outique Station. Corrington hopes to stockpile equipment parts in the futua an. vice= the "out of order” signs posted on various machines in the weight a outiques During its lifetime, exercise equipment is cycled through theRfiB ast y- as it ages. Older machines are placed on the second and third floor lost $5C machines arrive first in the weight room. Equipment on its last leg nd stude surplus for scraps or for other state institutions’ use, Corrington saidRtraha The bill to raise the Rec Center Fee cap will be placed on thecateH sent to the Higher Education Committee of the Texas Legislature fot.|p eration this session. Brown, a vice chairman of the committee, sa:; pects the bill to pass. Join the NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Firefighting Team for CAREER ADVENTURE? 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