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STUART VII.LANUEVA •THE BATTALION
members of their leadership development class
to remove a can of water from a circle using vari
ous objects without touching the can.
Noise violations
top police calls
By Anna Chaloupka
THE BATTALION
When searching for the perfect place to
hang their hats, most college students are
drawn to apartments with low rent, plenty of
room and quiet neighbors.
But, according to the College Station Police
Department (CSPD), noisy neighbors are hard
to avoid at some apartments and can attract the
attention of the police department.
Lt. Rodney Sigler, public information offi
cer of the CSPD, said complaints about loud
parties consistently top the list of calls made to
police officers by large apartment complexes in
College Station.
Minors in possession of alcohol (MIPs) and
false alarms come in second and third, respectively,
on the number of calls for service, Sigler said.
A call for service refers to any request for
police service made by private citizens or
police officers, including non-emergency and
91 1 calls.
The Crime Analysis Unit of the CSPD
releases monthly reports of the number of calls
for service for each apartment complex. The
apartments are ranked according to the number
of calls made to the number of units in the
complex.
For the month of March, Southgate Village
Apartments ranked first with 71 calls to 200
units. Windsor Point Apartments and Sausalito
Apartments came in second and third with 54
calls to 192 units and 30 calls to 148 units,
respectively.
Although they may not be ranked at the top
of the list of calls for service, Sigler said some
of the larger apartment complexes make sig
nificant numbers of calls for service, typically
for loud parties, MIPs and alarms.
“If you’re looking at physically dangerous
stuff,” Sigler said, “there’s not a whole lot to
worry about.”
Jennifer Hernandez, assistant manager of
Sterling University Village, said she was not
aware of any major criminal issues at her com
plex aside from noise and MIP violations.
She said she does not like to use the words
“safe” or “dangerous” when referring to the
apartment complex.
“I don’t use the word ‘safe,’” Hernandez
said. “But, I encourage all my residents to call
the police department if there is anything they
feel uncomfortable with.”
Hernandez said the complex has one
entrance and one exit, designed to discourage
people from mischievous activity, and the com
plex employs a courtesy officer who walks the
property and completes routine checks.
Cabrina Scott, crime analyst for the CSPD,
See Apartments on page 2
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CHAD MALLAM • THE BATTALION
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INge the way students learn
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1 f 2020, said John Hoyle,
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I ministration at Texas A&M.
J /laseries of lectures exam-
1 ln g the future of education,
H tyle will address how chang-
te chnology might erase
at the college experience has
been perceived to be.
With increasing use of the
(ernet and global technolo-
I ltr 111 any more Internet-based
11 "iteractive learning courses
Jr available for students
( °mid the world, he said.
owever, Hoyle said there is
a fear that quality will be lost in
the translation of information
and interruptions because of
some inadequate technologies.
“The learning and caring
community is the heart and
sole of a university,” Hoyle
said. “How do you make an
Aggie by wire?”
Hoyle teaches in a traditional
classroom setting at A&M while
teaching a class through real
time interactive video confer
encing over the Internet to stu
dents who are pursuing a mas
ter’s degree in education.
Every other week, Hoyle
travels to conduct his video
class in person and uses
examples of A&M traditions
See Education on page 6
By Melissa Sullivan
THE BATTALION
Hip-hop is a serious sociological topic that
contains several artistic aspects, including rap,
philosophy and graffiti art, English professor
Finnic Coleman said Tuesday in a discussion
titled “Rap, Rhetoric and Revolution.”
Coleman introduced culture in the form of
hip-hop and rap music and discussed specific
musicians and how each of their styles con
tributes to the hip-hop movement. For exam
ple, he said, Busta Rhymes is known for
singing over the music and creating a nega
tive message.
“[Rhymes] was criticized for doing that,”
Coleman said. “People said he had nothing
positive to say about the issues that affected
the people.”
Opinions and debate concerning cultural
origins of African communities tend to center
around two competing ideas. Black
Atlanticism and Afrocentrism, and a new hip
generation is adding to the debate, he said.
“It is important to let the youth provide
leadership.”
Coleman said many have a misconception
that buyers of rap and hip-hop music are typ
ically African-Americans. However, he said
70 percent of hardcore rap is purchased by
white males.
Coleman began to study the topic of hip-
hop across the United States and then contin
ued studying abroad in Mexico and India.
“It began when I accompanied a friend to
a conference in Thailand,” Coleman said. “We
went on interviews and what I imagined hip-
hop to be was totally different than I thought.”
Coleman was reluctant to introduce his
See Coleman on page 2
Al-Qaida capture valuable
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CHAD MALLAM • THE BATTALION
WASHINGTON (AP) —
The capture of a top al-Qaida
leader is a victory in the war
against terrorism that could lead
to valuable information about
Osama bin Laden’s network,
U.S. officials said Tuesday.
White House spokesperson
Ari Fleischer said Abu
Zubaydah was a member of
bin Laden’s inner circle, a top
terrorism plotter and recruiter
of al-Qaida operatives.
“He will be interrogated
about his knowledge of ongo
ing plans to conduct terrorist
activities,” Fleischer said.
“This represents a very seri
ous blow to al-Qaida.”
Authorities in Pakistan
captured Zubaydah on
Thursday and turned him over
to U.S. authorities. U.S. offi
cials would not say Tuesday
where Zubaydah was but said
he was not expected in the
United States any time soon.
Like other alleged al-Qaida
leaders, Zubaydah could even
tually be held at U.S. military
detention facilities in
Afghanistan, aboard a Navy
ship or at the U.S. base in
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Pentagon officials said Tuesday
that Zubaydah was not in U.S.
military custody, however.
Zubaydah also could be
transferred to a third country
where U.S. laws prohibiting
mistreatment of prisoners do
not apply.
Zubaydah was convicted in
absentia on terrorism charges
in Jordan in 2000 in connec
tion with a foiled plot to bomb
a tourist hotel during the mil
lennium celebrations.
Defense Secretary Donald
H. Rumsfeld said Tuesday that
Zubaydah was in custody and
receiving medical care for
several wounds that “seem
not to be life-threatening.”'
See Capture on page 2
Kennedy relative goes on trial in Connecticut
Conn.
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akpi nd Was as ked how the day went,
replied; “It was good.”
jurors were chosen, but lawyers
said it could take over a month to seat
all 12 and the four alternates. The rest
of the trial may take up to two months.
Skakel, 41, is accused of beating
Martha Moxley with a golf club in their
wealthy Greenwich neighborhood in
1975. The nephew of the late Sen.
Robert F. Kennedy was arrested in
January 2000 after a one-judge grand
jury investigated the murder following
articles and books about the old case.
He was arraigned as a juvenile
because of his age when the crime was
committed, but the case was later trans
ferred to adult court. If convicted,
Skakel could face life in prison.
There were no Kennedy’s or
Moxley’s in the courtroom Tuesday.
The jury pool included several
executives, a teacher and TV financial
analyst Louis Rukeyser, recently oust
ed from the Public Broadcasting
Service series “Wall Street Week”
after 32 years.
Rukeyser was excused after a
humorous exchange with Superior
Court Judge John Kavanewsky Jr.
Asked if he was needed at his job,
Rukeyser replied, “I’m irreplace
able,” drawing laughter from others
on the panel.
Lists of potential witnesses were
released Tuesday. Courtney Kennedy,
Skakel’s cousin and a daughter of the
See Trial on page 2
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