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lant. have cancer, diabetes,
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led to receive the shot
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Maryland subway
TEMPLE HILLS. Md. (AP) -
in armed man sprayed a
ubstance into a subway sta-
Son Tuesday during a scuffle
police, leaving some 35
passengers and transit work-
js suffering from nausea,
headaches and sore throats.
Authorities said it did not
appear to be a terrorist act.
htthe next train stop, addi-
onal transit police boarded,
ndtheman pulled out a gun
ad fired a single shot at
ice. No one was hit.
Mice said he was also car-
Wa large steak knife and
material in an
unidentified language.
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Domestic violence
cases reported in
the Brazos Valley
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Footing
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Students juggle
academics,
employment to keep
grades, finances afloat
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Speak
or use
the big stick?
‘America should tread
lightly on war, not use
terrorist attacks
Williams
PTTS post
By Amanda Smith
THE BATTALION
Assistant Vice President for
Administration Bobby Bisor took the
reins as the interim director of
Parking, Traffic and Transportation
Services (PTTS) Monday.
Bisor replaced Tom Williams, who
has served as PTTS director since the
department’s inception. University
Police Department handled parking
before PTTS was created.
Bisor said he plans to look at ways
to improve customer service during his
interim period as director.
“In a nutshell, what I have been
charged to do in the interim is to
recommit the office to our customers,”
Bisor said. “We will be looking at cus
tomer service issues regarding delivery
and performance. What that boils
down to specifically right now, 1 can
not say. There are a number of issues
out there.”
PTTS reports to the vice president
for administration, and in his previous
position. Bisor oversaw PTTS.
Charles Sippial, vice president for
administration, said PTTS will contin
ue to work on improvements.
“Students are our biggest cus
tomers,” Sippial said.
In an email, Williams said he had
“been reassigned to the office of vice
president for administration,” effective
Monday.
Sippial declined comment on
Williams’ new assignment.
“It is a University policy that we
cannot discuss personnel matters of a
personal nature,” Sippial said.
Other administrators said
Tuesday that Williams will work as
a project manager under Sippial,
specifically assigned to manage
the new pedestrian passageway
project.
PTTS comprises Bus Operations
and Parking Services, which oversees
permit distribution, citation payment,
appeals and administration.
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Reveille VII
celebrates
birthday
A&M’s first lady
turns 1 year old
By Sommer Bunce
THE BATTALION
The Corps of Cadets’ high
est-ranking member turned one
year old Tuesday.
Company E-2 held a birthday
party for Reveille VII Tuesday
night. Bred and donated by Dr.
Cindi Dossart, her husband Jim
Efron and breeder Nancy
MacDonald, Reveille, was born
Oct. 9, 2000. She came to cam
pus Feb. 16, 2001, and officially
took over duties from Reveille
VI at the Corp of Cadets Final
Review on May 12.
Mascot corporal Javier Aguine,
a sophomore political science
major, said Reveille VII is still just
a pup. Aggies may have seen —
and heard — their mascot barking
during yell practice and football
games, but Aguirre said crowds
and excitement are still something
new to Reveille.
“She still gets very lost in big
crowds,” Aguirre said. “She’s a
great puppy, but she’s two differ
ent dogs at once. The soft side of
her is adorable, but you take her
from a quiet environment in the
dorm to the extreme with the
band, yell leaders and 80,000
fans, and she gets nervous.”
Reveille VI, inducted at the
Louisville game in 1993 at an
age younger than Reveille VII,
went through a similar puppy
stage, Aguirre said.
Reveille I was brought to
A&M in January of 1931 after a
group of students hit a small
black and white dog on their
way back to campus from
Navasota. They brought the dog
back to school to care for her.
The next morning, she barked
along with the bugler playing
“Reveille,” and the name stuck.
Reveille I was named the official
school mascot when she led the
band onto the field at half-time
the next football season. She died
on Jan. 18, 1944, was given a for
mal military burial in Kyle Field,
and was later reburied at the
north entrance to the field, facing
the scoreboard.
See Reveille on page 2.
GUY ROGERS • THE BATTALION
GUY ROGERS • THE BATTALION
Above: Reveille
VII celebrates
her first birth
day with mem
bers of
Company E-2 in
Dorm 5. Left:
Dean Pace, a
sophomore
general studies
major in
Company E-2,
puts a party hat
on Reveille VII
in preparation
for her birthday
yesterday.
Al-Qaeda vows holy war against U.S.
Spokesman: hijackers
c did something good’
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) — Osama bin Laden’s
spokesman on Tuesday called for a holy war
against U.S. interests everywhere and said the
hijackers who flew planes into the World Trade
Center and Pentagon “did something good.”
“America must know that the storm of
airplanes will not stop, and there are thou
sands of young people who look forward to
death like the Americans look forward to
life,” Sulaiman Abu Ghaith said.
The message from Abu Ghaith, delivered
in Arabic, was the second statement from al-
Qaeda since the launch of U.S.-led airstrikes
against Afghanistan on Sunday. Bin Laden
issued a videotaped message that same day,
though it appeared to have been recorded
before the attacks began.
Abu Ghaith, who addressed his message
“to the entire Islamic nation,” said that
President Bush had launched a “crusade”
against Afghanistan with the launch of strikes
and Muslims worldwide must respond.
Well before the attacks on Afghanistan
began. Bush had called his war on terrorism
a crusade, but a day later the White House
apologized for using the loaded term which
recalls the Christians’ medieval wars against
Muslims in the Holy Land.
Jihad, or holy war, “is a duty of every
Muslim if they haven’t got an excuse,” he
said in the videotaped statement broadcast
on the Arab television news station Al-
Jazeera.
“The American interests are everywhere
all over the world. Every Muslim has to play
his real and true role to uphold his religion
and his nation in fighting, and jihad is a
duty,” he said.
If Muslims do not take up their duty, “it
will be shameful,” he said. “This battle is a
decisive battle between atheism and faith.”
He praised the Sept. 11 attacks on New
York City and Washington, D.C., saying the
hijackers “did something good” and took the
battle to the heart of America.
Panel:
COW
promotes
tolerance
By Tanya Nading
THE BATTALION
Tuesday night’s religious
tolerance panel, a component
of Speak Out Against Hate
and Coming Out Week, pro
moted a simple, yet complex
topic: tolerance.
Dr. Barbara Finlay, director
of women’s studies and an asso
ciate professor of sociology
wants a more proactive, positive
attitude toward others.
“We ri'eed to have the knowl
edge, appreciation and under
standing of those around us. In
order to do these things, we
need humanity and a genuine
desire to get to know others of
different groups.
“People are unaware that some
of the things they do or say can be
offensive and hurtful to others,”
said the Rev. Jo Hudson, pastor of
Friends Congregational Church.
“As a community we need to
know people of other ethnic
groups and be tolerant of them.”
Being tolerant and accepting
of others is the purpose behind
Coming Out Week, said Beatriz
Arniolas, coordinator of
Gender Issues and Education
Services.
“We want the right for any
individual to have complete
safety and dignity,” Arniolas
said. “Coming Out Week
allows an open announcement
to students who are closed off
by homophobic feelings in this
community. It is a venue for
students to see and relate to
others to make themselves feel
comfortable.”
Arniolas said some students
get confused by Coming Out
Week, and see it as a way to pro
mote a certain sexual orientation
or life style.
“We are not promoting a cer
tain life style — we are promot
ing respect,” Arniolas said.
Tracey Forman, chair of the
Aggie Allies program, said the
Gay Lesbian Bisexual and
Transgendered (GLBT) com
munity wants to feel welcome
and accepted. The Aggie Allies
program provides one venue
for students who want someone
to talk to.
See Panel on page 8.
Bromley: President Bush should focus more on science, technology
By NONI SRIDHARA
THE BATTALION
America can no longer
ignore (he fact that its students
rank near the bottom in science
and math abilities said Dr. D.
Allan Bromley, a leading
nuclear physicist who spoke
Monday at Texas A&M.
“This is scandalous,” he said.
“This is something we have to
fix or we are doomed. We can’t
expect foreign students to fill
the gaps in our economy.”
As part of the academic con
ference, “The Future of Citizen
and Government Interaction in
the Information Age,” Bromley
spoke on the importance of sci
ence, technology and politics in
the 21st century and how crucial
it is that these three fields inter
act with one another.
Bromley, who is considered
the father of heavy ion science,
teaches at Yale University and
was the first person to hold the
cabinet-level rank of assistant to
the president for science and
technology, where he increased
the staff and budget of the White
House Office of Science and
Technology Policy during his
tenure from 1989 to 1993, under
former President Bush.
Bromley said that in the big
picture, science and technology
are relative newcomers on the
world scene and there is still
some skepticism surrounding
new discoveries.
“More than 80 percent of
Americans believe that science
deserves federal support, but
See Bromley on page 8.