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VISIONS Your Headquarters For Rock. Novelty, and Aggie T-shirts! Not to mention PATRIOTIC AND FLAG T-SHIRTS W E ALSO CARRY DECALS. INCENSE. | BLACKLIGHTS. JEWELRY. POSTERS.I AND MUCH. MUCH MORE! Located in the Sears Court ,S|J in post Oak Mall CONGRATUUTIONS TOTHEFIGHTIN TEXAS AGGIE CORPS OF CADETS For 125 years of excellence from VICTOR’S Quality Mens & Ladies Boot & Shoe Repair www.seniorboots.com 3601 Texas Ave. 1 mile north of campus S4o-4l 14 'HtUveteity BOOKSTORES Off-Campus at Aggieland www.shopaggieland.com 20% Off Any Western Pack Bag or Briefcase Northgate Culpepper Plaza Village Center Expires September 30th - Not Combinable with other offers Campus THE BATTALION Senate meeting focuses on approving attack resolutions By Elizabeth Raines THE BATTALION At the Student Senate meeting Wednesday, senators voted on two resolutions on last week’s tragedy and a resolution dealing with the move ment of the railroad. Although the meeting began with the approval of Student Body President Schulyer Houser’s budget for 2001-2002 student government alloca tions, most of the meeting was spent approving resolutions made by the senate in regard to last Tuesday’s terrorist attacks. The letter to the American people was the first resolution passed. The letter, written by multiple senators, expressed the Senate’s sympathy to the American people, their denouncement of the ter rorist acts as “cowardly” and “vicious acts of war’” and their pledge of support to President Bush. It will be given to New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani on October 4. Courtney Eschbach, an off-campus student senator and senior political science major, will hand deliver the letter to the mayor. Eschbach, who interned this past summer for the Nation Association of Women’s Judges will be in New York for the national conference. Giuliani will attend a reception following the conference and be available to meet guests. Eschbach, whose uncle was in the Pentagon during the time of the attack, said the idea for the letter came after realizing that she and another senator whose parents were in the World Trade Center during the attack had been personally affected by the attacks. “We realized that if just the sixty of us in the senate already had connections, the campus wide impact must be phenomenal,” Eschbach said. “As the representative body we felt com pelled to speak.” Along with the letter, the Student Senate also passed the spirit of Aggieland resolution, which encourages Aggies to come together regardless of national origin, religion or creed. The Senate also stated in the resolution their admiration for the “Aggies who exemplify the essence of ‘The Spirit of Aggieland’ by donating money, blood and time to assist Americans in crisis.” The resolution also states that the senate will not support any actions that contradict that spirit. Finally, a resolution was passed that stated that the senate will support alternative railroad route 10-2, which runs across the Brazos River into Burleson County. This is the same route that Charles Sippial, Texas A&M Vice President for Administration and member of the metropolitan planning organization policy board, supports. “I think in the purest sense, that the Burleson County route is the best for Brazos County,” Sippial said. “However, it is also the most expen sive route.” External affairs chair and and sophomore his tory major Kevin Capps said that although this route is the most expensive at $162 million, the federal government will cover 80 percent of the cost, leaving the remaining 20 percent to be divided by Brazos County, Union Pacific Railroad, Texas A&M, the City of College Station and the*City of Bryan. Capps encouraged the senators to pass the res olution and show support for the 10-2 route. “We had the opportunity to do this 20 years ago and we passed up on it because we couldn’t come to a decision,” Capps said. “There wasn't enough support and there was enough people that were pushing against any change at all.” There are currently four alternatives being looked at to move the railroad, including a no build. However, Capps said that even though there is a no-build option that does not mean construction will be avoided. He said grade sep arations, like the one that is currently being built at Wellborn and Joe Route will have to be in place at all major locations where the railroad and road meet. Corps book author celebrates 125th with book signing aw By Courtney Stelzel THE BATTALION John A. Adams, Jr., Class of 1973, will be one of many alum ni in town this weekend celebrat ing the 125th anniversary of the Corps of Cadets. But one thing sets Adams apart from the rest — he is the author of a new book titled Keepers of the Spirit: The Corps of Cadets at Texas A&M University, 1876-200!. This non-fiction novel expounds on the many traditions within the Corps, as well as its history and conception. Adams said that he drew on his understanding of school tra dition and the Corps to help him write this, his third book. As a former cadet in the Corps, Adams said he has an inside grasp of the importance the Corps has played in the develop- ment of Texas A&M Unive- since its establishment in If Adams said that he amazed that no one had w hook about this before now “1 began researching fa book about 12-15 yean Adams said. “I started [resea- ing] when they just hadap;: boxes in the basement [of Cushing Library].” Adams also read many sonal diaries, memoirs and; ducted*dozens of interviews. Due to all of this Adams said he was able to cover many unknown and stated facts about the the University. Adams will hold two signings today, from l-4p.it the Sanders Corps of 0 Center and at the Barnes Noble Bookstore on Avenue from 5:30 to 7:45 pr lays re'c.-; 101 Corps: Anniversary Continued from Page 2 to A&M including a long line of Aggies; my father, me, my two sisters, my uncle, and my cousin all graduated from A&M. He set the precedent for graduating from college,” said Travis Dabney, Class of 1996, who is the grandson of Virgil Dabney, Buh and development officer 12th Man Foundation. Also standing with Dabrc halftime will be Joe L. Class of 1945, represenr. World War II, J. Til ford to Class of 1948, representing Korean War, George A. Kiicte Class of 1962, representing Vietnam War and Bobby Driesner, Class of 1980, senting the Persian GulfWar. 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