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W SPRINGBREAK HIGHLITES ONLY $ 57.00 • HAIRCUT INCLUDED • MUST MENTION AD TO RECIEVE SPECIAL CALL TODAY FOR AN APPOINTMENT 695-2887 Classic Cuts Plus ‘‘The Plus Is Full Service” KROGER CENTER • SOUTH COLLEGE STATION Page 4A AGGIELIFE Thursdn THE BATTALION Assistant DA says gag order violated Students to th ursd.iy. Mi»i — highest degre \y Stuart mBatuzZ GENITAL WARTS STUDY FOR FEMALES Planned Parenthood of Houston and Southeast Texas is participating in a research study for external genital warts in females. A pharmaceutical company is sponsoring this 3-6 month study. Participation is voluntary. Qualified volunteers may receive related medical services, including: Study-related medical examinations Study-related laboratory blood work • Investigational drug For more information and to find out if you qualify, please call: our Bryan clinic at 846-1744. Research participants will be compensated for their time. ; Texas A & M has received 20 spots for the spring round of Hillel’s Birthright Israel Trip. All bed, boarding and transportation costs are taken care of from the departure hub city (LA, NYC, Chicago) until your return two weeks later. We are tentatively scheduled to leave on June 7-14. Dates will be confirmed as soon as they are available. Register for the trip on line at: wwv\-.israel2000.org/apnlication.htm Registration closes March 6 ,h !! Additional information on the itinerary and FAQ is at: www.israel2000.ora The tentative timetable for recruitment and registration is as follows: Completion of interviews: Friday, March 16 Notification of participants: Monday, March 19 Last day for roster: Monday, March 26 All Forms/deposits at the DC Hillel Tuesday, March 27 All dates are subject to change. Requirements: 1) Identify with the Jewish people 2) Never traveled to Israel in another Jewish affiliated college program 3) Get your own round-trip ticket to an assigned departure hub city 4) Age 18-26 years old For more information contact TAMU Hillel Foundation at: Hillel@startel.net Phone: 696-7313; Web: www.startel.net/Hillel tag lit • r. • 7 i r birthright israol NEW YORK (AP) — A prose cutor complained Wednesday that Sean “Puffy” Combs violated a gag order by issuing a statement saying he would testify in bis own defense on weapons charges and that ex-girlfriend Jennifer Lopez would not testify. Assistant District Attorney Matthew Bogdanos asked state Supreme Court Justice Charles Solomon to hold Combs in con tempt of court for violating a gag or der barring both sides from talking to the press. He asked that Combs be sentenced to 30 days in jail. The gag order does allow Combs to assert his innocence and defense lawyer Benjamin Brafman argued that Combs’ statement fell within that guideline. The judge said he would consid er Bogdanos’ request, and in the meantime he barred all statements and interviews from both sides, promising that any violation would be “swiftly and severely” punished. The morning arguments were made outside! the hearing of the jury. Combs, 31, and his bodyguard, Anthony “Wolf” Jones, 34, are charged with two counts of gun possession. A third suspect, Jamal “Shyne” Barrow, 21, is charged with three counts of attempted murder for allegedly shooting three people at a nightclub near Times Square on Dec. 27, 1999. Prosecutors allege Combs was illegally carrying a gun at the time the shots were fired, and that he lat er tried to bribe his chauffeur into accepting responsibility for a hand gun that police believe was thrown out of their vehicle. Lopez, who had accompanied Combs to the club, is not charged. The statement that Combs issued Tuesday read, in part: “Since I in tend to testify on my own behalf I feel it is no longer necessary for Jen nifer to be involved in these pro ceedings.” Bogdanos claimed that the only reason Combs doesn’t want Lopez to testify is because it would harm his case. Bogdanos revealed that, in her grand jury testimony,' when Lopez was asked if Combs had a gun she repeatedly replied: “1 can’t say one way or the other.” Grads, undergrads have different lives, di By Jason Bennyhoff The Battalion For most Texas A&M students, approximately 37,000 of them, the lives of graduate students are a complete mystery. To undergraduate students, graduate students are usually known as “the weird teaching assistant.” How ever, there are far more differences between undergrad uate and graduate student life. Not the least of the differences between the two lifestyles is that most undergraduates enter college un decided as to what they want to do and learn in college whereas graduate students have clear goals, said Diane Linn, director of undergraduate student services for the College of Liberal Arts. “A lot of what we do at student services is trying to help (under graduate) students de cide what they want to do with their lives,” Linn said. “You have got to consider the small percentage of stu dents who go on to graduate school. With graduate school, you are dealing with a very focused group.” Linn said that much of her department’s respon sibilities are keeping stu dents in school and help ing them graduate, as well as helping them find their niches. These are services almost non-exis tent in the world of the graduate student. Linn said helping un dergraduate students ad just to college life and succeed in college is an important part of the work Student Services Ask an c juniiy and Mar to a Ask Tex |jn example grou | Giardino said the graduate student’s( ot at their lighter than the undergraduate’s,butcomalhangoui only thing graduate students are requiredtoi Sociolog Giardino said graduate students must take//ho share a load of nine to 12 hours, teach or work in ike mother on ; for at least 20 hours a week, and do researchtliscpsion of this, the graduate student also gets the pn'7 an jf IK ' ^ ' ing about double the tuition of the imdergrai' 16 11 l|,/e John Degenhardt, a geology graduateslukJPJ"^ 11111 - s who also did his undergraduate studies here.v ^ course load may sound enticing at first, but 1 ! . ^ ^ ^ the other responsibilities of being a graduate k ^ ^ V’ 1 “By design, the course load is lighter as L; * hour loadK«F Many . zes human you have 3 ron/e anc withresearcv proye ingresponu • e g arc |] ess c genhardt said » ether and Degenhai:|m, tions ^ ( biggest difemportant ci tweenundetm The imp graduate cop ercoininL , less-structuphat rooms. ment in grade:; iThis isi "You are oletely dift'e greater responust about tl get the works :here are thr genhardt said place. Thei i not guided fhey are th completing i Asacoi More of the s % baby s is spentputtkll® bust ba presentations."ybci conn ipating in set® class discuss™ undergraduate B students arefesl ADRIAN CALCANEO/Thf Battalion does. This work is so important, in fact, that it can deter mine whether a student stays in the University. Linn said University officials want students to stay and succeed, if not for altruistic motives, then because universities can be rewarded by the state legislature for recruiting students and graduating them. Linn said these concerns are sim ply not present in graduate school. While undergraduate students’ lives often focus on taking tests, fitting in and having fun, the life of the grad uate student is far more dedicated to the University. Rick Giardino, dean of graduate studies at A&M, said graduate students are more than students — they are in tegral parts of the University and they devote enormous amounts of time to the school. “Graduate students are a vital component to any uni versity. They help enhance the teaching aspect of the Uni versity and assist in research.” that I hi Gaston c with others ' aston, stream of iiof everyone and then tested volved will DegenhardUised during nearing the et "(The sh graduate studif P'llcd my fa his work loadi'.one day and ing. However, he is not far removed from a title & rou P c was working full time and taking nighjclassestoi master’s degree. Though Degenhardt has spent many years diligently toward his doctorate, he has been Inti? 8 s ie , e oes to accrue only about $5,000 in debt. Howeve: JF lhat - this is unusually low for graduate students. F nvei sall< ; “I have talked to a lot of people who have? e ' l l ' )W ' ‘r $20,000 in debt; that is not uncommon.” DegeilG 0 a lons “1 have pretty much lived off of savings, grant® ’■! aic ies fellowships, but that is at the low end.” u , Wa ^ Despite the more difficult and independenr a j e su - graduate school, in Fall 2000, A&M had7,328|r' l l /\ cas ‘ students. This was an increase of 467 student' „ u a ., 'S previous fall, according to statistics from the Institutional Studies and Planning at A&M. COMMUNICATIONS CAREER FAIR Meet professionals, Learn the field, Land a Job March 2 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM MSC Flagroom Internships Permanent Positions Co-Op Positions Bring your resume All majors welcome Networking opportunities Nsno^was Gaston said lationships were going it which Hhool setti Gaston e of the women con [rcent of t The wo definitely t! Roman Si® nant S p ea ^ e she said. “1 ;• Europeanfo^Bal organh unusual on the current computers; [ Gastons: community Corner of ViuaM'kp.: Most C & Cavitt Gift CenrificATES AvAiUbh DECISION 2001 ON THE RESIDENCE LIFE WEBPAGE For Fall 2001 — Spring 2002 ALL current on-campus residents are required to renew or cancel their housifl: for the Fall 2001 — Spring 2002 academic year Advertisement Agencies • Public Relations Firms • Marketing Firms Newspapers • Radio Stations • Television Stations March 1 (8:00 a.m.) - March 2 (5:00 p.m.) at the Residence Life Homepage http://reslife.tamu.edu