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I E BATTALION »s of the Net* orial Student i W NEWS IN BRIEF Developments in terrorist attacks • Attorney General John Ashcroft warns the “very serious threat" of new attacks may increase if the United States retaliates against suspected terrorists. Taliban say they know location of Osama bin Laden's Afghanistan hide-out. • Pakistani president says even under threat of U.S. mil itary strikes, hopes “very dim" bin Laden would be surrendered. • Afghanistan opposition says territory gained and hundreds of Taliban soldiers defected during three days of fighting in northern mountains. • Saudi ambassador says two dozen members of Osama bin Laden's family evacuated from the United States follow ing terrorist attacks; most were students evacuated under FBI supervision. • New York police tally of missing at World Trade Center drops to 5,219; con firmed dead rises to 314. Death toll at Pentagon remains 189, Pennsylvania crash 44. • Several thousand anti war demonstrators march in Washington, D.C., on the sec ond day of a peace rally. • Trial resumes in Afghanistan for eight foreign aid workers accused by Taliban of spreading Christianity. The top judge assures workers the threat of U.S. military action would not affect their case. "m Attendance at Kyle Field Saturday for the Notre Dame game was the largest in A&M, Big 12 and Texas histories 87,206 PUBLIC EYE TODAY Be very, very quiet Hunting season is here, students should be aware of laws and regulations The UnLuck of the Irish ■ Aggies defeat 0-3 Notre Dame, 24-3 OPINION Page 9 Law is a curious thing Publisher right to sue over use of symbols WEATHER TODAY .r-« TOMORROW p- ** v) Vji V "im ■p' 3k -si 7 / vv HIGH 83° F LOW 53° F HIGH 83° F LOW 54® F FORECASTS COURTESY OF www.weathermanted.com Monies curtail 125th events Risk management a factor in planning By Emily Hendrickson THE BATTALION It only comes along every 125 years, but celebrations for Texas A&M's 125th aniversary are on a tight budget, organizers say. A student coordinating com mittee, comprising student lead ers from many facets of student life, was given the task of organizing anniversary events geared toward students, but some of the lavish plans were canceled because of cost and safety limitations. “We received less than $30,000 in funds, and decided to sell T- shirts in hopes it would help fund What we did not realize was that all of the little things add up. For instance, cleaning up the drill field after the event is costly, so, the fireworks were pretty much out of the question, fu nding- wise. — Veronica Saenz Plane forced to land on FM 2818 By Brady Creel THE BATTALION A twin-engine airplane stalled mid air and made an emergency landing at the intersection of Harvey Mitchell Parkway and Raymond Stotzer Parkway Sunday afternoon. The 1971-model Queen Air propeller airplane took off from Easterwood Airport about 1:50 p.m. When it reached an altitude of about 60 feet, its starboard engine stalled. Pamela Hamm, a passenger aboard the plane, said there were nine people on board, all of whom had attended this weekend's home football game against Notre Dame and were flying home to Odessa. No one was injured. Pilot Maurice Smith said he was going to attempt to land the airplane on FM 2818, but did not have enough airspeed to get beyond the over pass where Raymond Stotzer Parkway meets FM 2818. He brought the plane down along the exit from FM 2818 instead. “Unbelievable,” Hamm said. “He just was doing.” Hamm said she saw when the engine stopped, but there was little time to react. “Scott just said ‘get your seatbelts on,'” she said. As the airplane descended, it clipped the top of a roadsign, and it skidded about 200 yards when it struck GUY ROGERS • THE BATTALION A twin-engine airplane made an emergency landing on Harvey Mitchell Parkway and Raymond Stotzer Parkway yesterday after it stalled shortly after takeoff from Easterwood Airport. knew what he the ground. The portside propreller was still running and tore itself and part of the wing off. University Police Director Bob Wiatt said the airplane landed on University- owned property, west of Research Park. The Department of Public Siifety was handling the investigation until investi gators from the Federal Aviation Administration arrived. 125th committee Walesa: America must respond cautiously By Emily Hendrickson Former president of Republic of Poland speaks TH - E -- B - T -- T - ALIQN about democracy at Rudder Auditorium chairwoman projects even more so we would not have to charge admission to the 125th events," said Veronica Saenz, chairwoman of the com mittee and a junior finance major. “It's a celebration, students should just be able to come and enjoy it.” Plans for a fireworks display were dropped because a 10-minute display would have cost $10,000, a sum the committee could not afford and still adequately fund other events, Saenz said. “What we did not realize was that all of the little things add up. For instance, cleaning up the drill field after the event is costly, so, the fireworks were pretty much out of the question, funding-wise,” Saenz said. The Oct. 3 festivities also are restricted by safety concerns, said Luke Altendorf, a commit tee advisor and associate direc tor of the Memorial Student Center. Fireworks may have dis turbed city residents, and would have posed a fire hazard because several fuel tanks located near the proposed display site, Altendorf said. See 125TH on page 5. America must respond cau tiously and prudently to the recent terrorist attacks to avoid perpetuating the cycle of vio lence, said Lech Walesa, the for- STUART VILLANUEVA • THE BATTALION Former President of Poland Lech Walesa speaks at Rudder. mer president of the Republic of Poland who spoke Friday to an audience that filled Rudder Auditorium. “The natural reaction is to take vengeance and hit back, but what do you hit? The rocks and dirt?” Walesa said. “We must be strong, but we must struggle peacefully, not by violence or vengeance.” Walesa said he would always be grateful for the support of the American people during Poland’s struggle against Communism and that he would stay in the United States for the next two months to demonstrate Poland’s solidarity with America. “When times of challenge come, I want to be with the American people,” Walesa said. Walesa, whose speech was titled “Democracy: The Never Ending Battle,” rose to interna tional fame in 1980 when he led the Lenin Shipyard strike in Gdansk, Poland, while the nation was under Communist rule. At that time, Polish workers were upset over an increase in prices set by the government and were demanding the right to set up independent trade unions. On Aug. 14, 1980, the workers were on the verge of abandoning their strike when Walesa, an electri cian active in the underground labor movement, delivered a stir ring speech from the top of a- bulldozer. The workers were revitalized by his passion and the See Walesa on page 2. Dettwyler speaks about breast health awareness By Christina Hoffman THE BATTALION Katherine Dettwyler, a former associate professor of anthropol ogy at Texas A&M, specialized in anthropological studies of breast feeding and spoke fre quently about breast health awareness. She researched affects of using formulas over breast-feeding, finding that women who choose not to breast feed greatly increase their chances of breast cancer. But in Fall 1999, Dettwyler was diagnosed with breast can cer. She left her tenured A&M faculty position to move closer to her family in Delaware, under going surgery and chemotherapy that fall and radiation the next spring. “We decided that life was too short to live so far away from family,” Dettwyler said. “I really miss Aggies and Aggieland. But in Delaware, we are closer to my family, so that in the event my cancer recurs and I don’t get to see my kids grow up, at least they will be close to extended family.” Dettwyler’s diagnosis still affects her and her family because of the chance of recur rence. Once she reaches the five- year mark after her diagnosis in September 2004 without any fur ther detection of cancer, Dettwyler may consider herself “cured,” she said. Dettwyler said smoking and breast surgery, in addition to for mula-feeding, increases the chance of breast cancer. “Expect breast cancer to affect many people you know and love, so become educated,” she said. One of every eight women in the United States is expected to develop breast cancer during her lifetime, according to figures released by the American Cancer Society. Each year, the cancer society estimates 182,800 women will be diagnosed and nearly 41,000 will lose their lives to the disease. See Cancer on page 2. Nelson promotes Farm Aid NOBLESVILLE, Ind. (AP) — Willie Nelson, who brought a flag-waving crowd to its feet Saturday with “This Land is Your Land” at Saturday’s Farm Aid concert, said keeping fam ily farms strong will keep America strong. “1 think it’s important to take care of the people who grow our food,” said Nelson, who co-founded Farm Aid in 1985 with John Mellencatnp and Neil Young. The nonprofit group's 14th benefit concert in 16 years highlighted American farm ers’ role in helping the nation fight terrorism. Farm Aid per formers said the concert has always been about keeping America strong by helping the farms that feed the country. “We’re at a moment when a lot of people are asking what is America, what repre sents America,” said Dave Matthews, one of the per formers. “Certainly, 1 think that the family farm is a main ingredient of what made America.” In light of the Sept. 1 I ter rorist attacks. Nelson called for the federal government to renew support that farmers, oil and steel producers received during World War 11 — special subsidies to help them cover production and labor costs. See Farm Aid on page 2.