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THE BATTALION
Senate confirms Ashcroft’s nomination
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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.
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Despite what evidence would
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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-
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All the votes in opposition came
from Democrats. They included not
only liberal stalwarts such as
Kennedy, but also the roster of po-
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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.”
Edward M. 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.”
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Sen. Jean Carnahan, D-Mo., op
posed Ashcroft in her first high-pro
file vote since taking the seat that her
late husband won from Ashcroft last
November. Ashcroft, she said, “was
just too divisive for our country."
Republicans bristled at the attacks.
“I have absolute, total, complete
confidence that he is going to be one
outstanding attorney general of the
United States,” said Sen. Don Nick-
les of Oklahoma, the GOP whip.
And Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah,
chairman of the Judiciary Commit
tee, scoffedat Democratic claims. “If
that’s the way you’ve got to send a
message, by trashing a person’s rep
utation, distorting his record... that’s
pretty pathetic,” he said.
Liberal opponents, he charged,
“want a litmus test society.”
Even before the vote. 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
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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-
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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
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