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ding the larges:I a high-rise luxury apartment
es outside the Jji ding for students, investi-
witfun close atprs said Tuesday.
■ Korea, RussMvfire department report said
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iistible materials" to set the
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vitfig room. Investigators
4 a propane lighter and
»ur ted paper in Hajee's bed-
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1 school's Austin campus.
■The 18-year-old from Dal-
Bwas described by friends as
("happy-go-lucky guy" who
It Bs often drunk, smoked
I Brijuana and sometimes
Bnt too far with his pranks,
I B report said.
■Calls to Hajee's family went
■answered Tuesday.
■Officials said Hajee died of
Boke inhalation. An autopsy
■awed his blood-alcohol lev-
Bwas .11, above the legal
limit of .08.
K His roommate, Ab-Latiff Za-
Brdy, a 21-year-old sopho
more from Malaysia, suffered
second- and third-degree burns
H|er45 percent of his body.
H According to the report, Ha
jee had returned from a party
shortly before the fire started.
A security guard let him in be
cause he did not have his keys.
Nation
Rutgers basketball
members may sue
1 NEW BRUNSWICK, N.j. (AP)
• Two former Rutgers basket-
Kjll players and a team man
ner who said they were forced
■ do naked wind sprints can
K their former coaches, an
■pellate court has ruled.
, __ . —’The decision, issued Tues-
overturned a lower court
ufing that dismissed the suit
irbught by former players
arl Johnson Jr. and Josh
ahkes, and former manager
uin Carlos Pla.
■The nude drill followed a
■e-throw shooting contest
luring a 1997 basketball
iractice. The three agreed to
hed a piece of clothing for
vpry missed shot, but they
aid they expected it would
top at undershorts,
pin 1 999, the trio sued then-
tes early- CPO i7.croBch Kevin Bannon, then-as-
• -'istant coach Tod Kowalczyk,
|1 athletic director and the
^ .-'Chool, charging civil rights
icllations.
% appellate panel ruled
/ he three could sue Bannon
ind Kowalczyk, and dismissed
he other charges,
pannon, who has said par-
icipation in the game was vol-
n gglSfl^ntary, was not disciplined by
M . Jutgers over the incident. "Ulti-
nately, this will all come out for
)eel atfgnm enl vhat it is, which is not much,"
aid his agent, Keith Glass.
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Bush's plan based on founders
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Tying his
plan for religious charities to the best
liopes of the founding fathers, President
Busli urged Congress on Wednesday to
allow government funds to flow to
churches, mosques and synagogues that
seek to ease social woes.
“1 hese soldiers in the armies of com
passion deserve our support. They often
need our support. And by taking their
side, we act in the best tradition of our
country,” Bush said in a speech in front
of Independence Hall.
Bush proposes that churches, syna
gogues and other religious groups be
able to compete for government con
tracts in social services without stripping
the religious elements from their pro
grams. The plan has met with deep skep
ticism on Capitol Hill, where some crit
ics say it could erode the separation of
church and state.
If the Declaration of Independence’s
signers were alive today, Bush said, they
would be pleased to see die religious lib
erties they cherished at work every day
in religious institutions that feed the
hungry, treat the addicted and give love
to alienated children.
“Our founders would ... find, amid the
problems of modern life, a familiar
American spirit of faith and good
works,” Bush said. “They would see the
signs of poverty and want, but also acts
of great kindness and charity.”
Bush dismissed criticisms of his pro
posal, saying it merely builds on the
ideals that the nation’s founding fathers
articulated 225 years ago.
“America’s founding documents
give us religious liberty in principle,”
Bush said. “These Americans show us
See Bush on Page 2.
The march to Independence
July 1. 1776
The Continental Congress in
Philadelphia debates whether to declare
Independence from England. This
morning is assigned the greatest debate
declaration, that these colonies are free
and independent states, has been
reported by a committee . . . This day
or tomorrow is to determine its fate.”
Four colonies—Pennsylvania,
Delaware, New York and South
Carolina—are either opposed or In
doubt. Adams delivers a powerful
speech for independence.
July 2. 1776
The colonies vote for independence,
12-0, with Now York abstaining. Despite
an official “bar of secrecy,” the news
spreads rapidly through the city and
Adams predicts in a letter that July 2
State House Pennsylvania
will always be celebrated “with pomp
and parade, with shows, games, sports,
guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations.”
Congress immediately begins
consideration of Thomas Jefferson's
draft of an official Declaration of
Independence.
July 3. 1776
Congress continues debating and editing
the text of the Declaration, making more
than 80 changes In Jefferson's draft. In
his stirring final line, a reference to
Providence is added: “As for the support
bf this Declaration, with a firm reliance*
on the protection of divine Providence,
wo mutually pledge to each other our
lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.”
July 4. 1776
Discussion and revision continues until
about 11 a.m.. when debate is closed
and a vote taken. Again by a 12-0 vote,
with New York abstaining, the Declaration
is approved and Congress immediately
proceeds to Immediately proceeds to
other business. This day only John
Hancock, President of the Congress,
and its Secretary Charles Thomson, affix
their signatures to the document.
assembled troops. This night, at the
toot of Broadway, a roaring crowd pulls
down the larger-than-life equestrian
statue of King George III of England.
The Declaration is finally officially
approved by New York.
July 19. 1776
Congress orders that a fair copy of the
Declaration bo elegantly engrossed on
a single largo sheet of parchment by
secretary of Congress. ,
August 2, 1776
The actual olgnlng of this official copy
of the Declaration begins, with most
members of Congress signing it this
day, and others later as they return to
town from trips Eventually there are
56 signers, all of them diking their lives
for the crime of high treason against
the British croWn. (This is the copy on
display at the National Archives in
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A day at the grill
BERNARDO GARZA/The Battalion
Adrian Gardea, Erika Rincon, Shannon Ario, Graham Criglow and Jennifer Stinson spend an afternoon
grilling and celebrating July 4.
Africanized bees in Brazos County
Jason Bennyhoff
The Battalion
Brazos County was placed
under quarantine Tuesday
when state officials confirmed
that Africanized bees are inhab
iting the county.
The quarantine restricts the
movement of commercial bee
populations in counties where
the Africanized bees have
been found.
132 other counties in Texas
have been placed under the
quarantine, but it is expected
to have little real effect in Bra
zos County because there are
no commercial beekeepers in
the area.
Under the quarantine, com^
mercial beekeepers must ob
tain a permit from the Texas
Apiary Inspection Service
before moving any bees out
side of a quarantined county.
Before a permit can be issued,
the bees must be certified as
European bees, which are not
as aggressive as the African
variety.
Paul Jackson, chief inspec
tor for the Texas Apiary In
spection Service, destroyed a
colony of Africanized bees af
ter a Brazos County resident
was attacked and stung nu
merous times outside his
home. The bees were later
confirmed to be Africanized by
Texas A&M researchers.
Jackson said Africanized
bees are far more aggressive
than European bees and people
should be educated about them
and treat them with respect.
“Education is a positive
force in preventing injuries,”
Jackson said. “If a swarm of
bees does attack you, the
most important thing to do is
flee the area and seek some
shelter..
“Once inside, go to a
room, close the door, turn off
the lights and turn on the air
conditioner.”
Tanya Pankiw, an entomol
ogy professor at Texas A&M,
said it was inevitable that the
See Bees on Page 2.
RUBEN DELUNA/rwf Battalion
Tech's
Montford
will resign
LUBBOCK (AP) — Texas
Tech University Chancellor
John Montford will resign in
two months, leaving the legacy
of a wildly successful capital im
provement campaign and the
hiring of Bob Knight as the
men’s basketball coach.
Montford has notified mem
bers of the Board of Regents that
he will step down Sept. 3 to ex
plore opportunities in the pri
vate sector.
“The lexas Tech students,
faculty and staff are the best in
the world,” Montford said in a
statement released Tuesday. “It
has been a privilege to work
alongside them.”
After serving 14 years as the
state senator representing Lub
bock, Montford became the
university’s first chancellor, a
position created after the depar
ture of previous President
Robert Lawless. Montford was
called on to become the school’s
primary fund-raiser and gov
ernment liaison.
Montford attacked the role,
inaugurating the university’s
first-ever capital improvement
campaign, a five-year plan to
raise $3.00 million. He reached
that goal in three years and
raised the total to $500 million,
said Texas Tech spokeswoman
Cindy Rugeley.
Regent Carin Barth of Hous
ton praised Montford’s fund
raising and strategic planning.
“It has been an extremely
tremendous ride for the univer
sity to have his leadership. I’m
upset about losing him,” she
said.
Another regent, Nancy E.
Jones of Abilene, noted that a
chancellor’s tenure is generally
five to eight years because of the
high-energy demands.
“So we knew it would come,
but it’s just one of those things
where we were really reluctant
to accept his wishes,” she said.
“What he’s told me is that he has
a real outstanding opportunity
or two that the private sector was
See Tech on Page 2.
Hutchison does not expect Navy to pursue
Navy may abandon proposal to use Padre,
South Texas coast as warfare training site
CORPUS CHRISTI (AP) — Many
state and local officials expect the Navy
to abandon its proposal to use part of
Padre Island and the South Texas coast
line as a warfare training site after a num
ber of high-ranking officials publicly
spoke out against the plan.
After U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison
expressed reluctance Tuesday to support
the Navy’s plan, many consider the pro
posal dead on arrival.
“Sfte carries more leverage than all of
us put together, you could say, in regards
to the (Bush) administration,” state Sen.
Carlos Truan, D-Corpus Christi, told
the Corpus Christi Caller-Times for its
Wednesday editions. .
Hutchison added her name to a grow
ing list of people against the plan.
Earlier Tuesday in Austin, Texas
Comptroller Carole Keeton Rylander
cited environmental concerns and
doubts about an economic boon in her
opposition.
“Bombing Texas beaches just doesn’t
make sense,” Rylander said. “I think
some may think there’s economic bene
fits. I don’t.”
She ordered an economic impact
study of the plan.
“We’ll see if the numbers back me
up,” Rylander said.
Pat Veteto, an engineer and retired
Marine who helped come up with the
plan for the lexas coast, said that he be
lieves the plan has little chance of sur
vival without Hutchison’s support.
“I think it’s worth a good look and I
don’t think any of us have given it a good
look yet,” he said. “My feeling is that it’s
probably, not going much further. I
thought we had a pretty good idea. And
in our discussions with the Navy, they
thought we had a pretty good alterna
tive, too. But I defer to our leadership.”
Hutchison also believes the Navy is
See Navy on Page 2.