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y. February 7jl IVednesday, February 7, 2001 NEWS THE BATTALION Page 5A )WsNeo-Nazi leader bankrupt after losing civil rights lawsuit COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho (AP) Like his hero Adolf Hitler, Richard Butler finds himself be- The founder of the neo-Nazi rcoun "7-98 («.„ ers bavins tf Sie § ed on a11 sides - oSpatal The founder < • b ave sexsi rou P Ar y an Nations is losing his the risks opF 0me and some °f his followers af- trogranb ter being bankrupted by a civil r jhghts lawsuit. No lawyer will rep- se TV is anil ivelopingtk !ad engagedj :d by the fa )n the subjf.: ay fill this {i it said, ixually orieJ it intheprej ave mores om 58 peraj found that! etentions »f illegals ntering r .S. decline 27 percea:! 1 content..I LAREDO (AP) — Arrests of il- ftgal immigrants have dropped all vogenreslifflong the Mexico-U.S. border in it: The set: |hat experts say could be a sign that percent to! Mexicans are staying home to enjoy I growing economy and rising hopes jnder the first opposition president in even decades. I From October through January, |etentions were down 22 percent ver the same period a year ago. he decrease marked the largest percentage drop since the U.S. Bor er Patrol started beefing up its > percent to; or the top'! shows for Jresence in 1993 to stop a growing tide of illegal immigration across the 2,100-mile border, fljj Even in January, when the num- lers traditionally go up as undocu- .liented workers return to their U.S. jobs after visiting their homeland for the holidays, agents caught 33 ^percent fewer people than during Hie same period last year, jfj U.S. officials gave several possi- Raymoncfle reasons for the decrease, in- 13 cluding increased patrols in some ffeas, better technology such as 13 ground sensors and infrared cam- ~ eras, an advertising campaign about Ujthe perils of crossing illegally and an unusually cold winter isday <tra 12.( fZAI 'They also say some of the credit — may go to the Mexican economy — which is stronger than it has been in ■even years — and to President Vi cente Fox, who on July 2 ended the 12 'listitutional Revolutionary Party’s /, 022,000 T ' 71 -year grip on power. e percenW i d a given sH (S) Spec; ratings .VISION Continued from Page 1A rch 63 The results of Target 2000 were significant, but not as visible as Rose of the Aspirations Study, ffi/endler said. j “(Target 2000) set a tone and a gen- Ral goal for the University,” he said. I International and study abroad irograms were also a central part of larget 2000. I “One reason Moeser was interest- ► ed [in Vision 2020] was because of / fV S 16 (wo previous 20-year plans,” wendler said. “We were able to do it liccessfully twice.” | At this point, A&M, like UNL, legan looking at the plans of other universities before drafting Vision arvey 2020. Cornell, the University of DAVE t orth Carolina and North Carolina tate were among the schools &M studied in its planning rocess, Wendler said. However, even though Vision 020 was influenced by other schools, A&M had to make its own plan, Wendler said. “We didn’t want to lose our niqueness, like the emphasis on stu- ent leadership,” he said. “We didn’t want to give that- away. I think we ere reasonably successful.” A&M has changed a lot since he rst arrived, Wendler said, but the iverall spirit remains the same. “I’m enamored by the Universi- ,” Wendler said. HOLLYWOOD USA For showtimos call 764-7592 Hwy. 30 @ E. 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Supporters of Aryan Nations once regarded northern Idaho as a minor ity-free homeland supposedly filled with kindred spirits. Now they dis miss the state as “Idawhore,” its res idents as “cracker spuds,” and its hu man rights activists as “hue man rights task forces.” Instead of moving away, as many Idaho civic leaders had hoped, the 82-year-old Butler is digging in. He has announced an unprece dented series of public events this year, including marches in Coeur d’Alene, Sandpoint and Rathdrum. His annual Aryan World Congress, which used to draw more than 100 skinheads and the like to Butler’s compound, will be held instead at a park nearby. “Pastor Butler has been here for 30 years,” said Shaun Winkler, staff- director for Butler. “The Aryan Na-! tions is not going to leave now.” ; The prospect of blue-shirted! neo-Nazis marching through the streets of these tourist-dependent towns is not what human rights groups expected after Butler was bankrupted last year. LITERACY VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA *0 ElFmEn/TAP-V CH/LDLFn/ IM LOiA/'-fMCOmF AMrAr A^F LFAD/MG THM:F GfcADFf &FHIWD ~rHSl P- fO&uMAw PFFLf. £WVFL f THifLO G/LADFLf RFGAn/ THE VEAL THAT FAL REHin/D. (n/ OmE VEA^ fHE f CAUGHT TH£fv\ Up An/D PUT THEM OM A LEVEL PLAVt/s/G F/ELD. We KIged Moilg Liz. Oix/yew INFORMATION SESSION Thursday, February 8, 2001 • 7:00 p.m. Texas A&M University Rudder, Room 407 TEACHFORAMERICA i - Po o -tfa- 1230 vviA/kV.-reAcHPoi^AMeiu ca.o*-g rECON/O APPi-iCATiOM DEADLINE (f Pe&ICuAILY 2fi / 200