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Gold flute mu£/ m uzAKb-Boy rifcmy rm somz pncAte no the HOC n*ZAK TUC Hous<r or rtmxY CIDS£S IK 7ZM Campaign Continued from pagt "He's absolutely lyino my record as a conserl Republican, and I think votal see it for the desperate cairl tactic that it is," WareingsaJ Carter, a former state ij judge in Williamson Coil attacked Wareing for beingj pet bagger and a closet lJ citing Wareing’s contribute! Democrats, including onto liberal Congresswomans Jackson Lee. Harris defended tf saying Wareing’s Democrats, which documented, Wareing’s claim t live Republican. "Voters have a ugiuiu™ whether a candidate's rtl substantiates what they! 11 arris said. 1 iarris also said lated his own cle pledge by empl polls,” in which attad SUpppr i is put contra^ beacon* ft Jazz thro Gates Continued from page 1A in the early 1990s, but was honored to be an invited candidate and supports the University’s goals. Gates said adding esteemed faculty is an inte gral part of realizing Vision 2020. To support the changes and address the finan cial crunch A&M faces from dwindling state funding. Gates said he would have A&M work with the University of Texas-Austin to educate the state legislature on the economic and educa tional importance of funding the state’s flagship universities. He said he would also work to iden tify influential business executives to act as high er education advocates to the legislature. Gates said aggressive pursuit of a diverse campus is important, and that as president, he would need to learn more about diversity issues in Texas. Gates supports Bowen’s recent decision to cancel plans for a Bonfire in 2002. “His handling of Bonfire was downright heroic,” Gates said. “Ray Bowen’s instincts were all just right in terms of compassion and openness.” Rumors of the two unnamed candidates have not fazed him. Gates said. “The Board of Regents should have all the latitude they need to make the decision that will be in the best interest of this University,” he said. Gates touted his leadership skills with the CIA and his relationships with legislators. He also said he gained administrative experience as dean of the Bush School through interacting with faculty, building programs and working on budgets. In Gates’ two-year term at the Bush School, the faculty grew 20 percent and the endowment tripled. Search committee chair Dr. John L. Junkins boasted Gates’ achievements with his 30-year career in the CIA, including his advising to 6 U.S. presidents, his leadership to modernize and restructure the agency and his diversification of the CIA’s historically all-male, all-white public work force. “This is a man who knows about management and ambition,” Junkins said. SAT Continued from page 1A misleading answers. Estrada said the committee also is reviewing for economic biases in light of controversy that the test caters toward students from higher income areas who can afford expensive SAT preparation courses. “We are looking at cultural biases as well, like specific words that may be unfamiliar to specific populations,” he said. The revision committee is comprised of 14 university administrators, high school counselors, statisticians and test developers and sits under the nonprofit College Board that owns and administers the SAT. In 2000, 1.3 million students took the exam. More than 111,000 college-bound Texans took the test, second only to California. Estrada is the only Texan on the committee. Estrada said the changes were prompted last year when the University of California sys tem president proposed that his system drop the SAT for an exam that would better test what students learned in high school. After the UC system began research for its own testing system, the College Board quickly put together a revision board to try and address the changes before its biggest customer bailed. "Since the UC said what they said about the test, we have talked to lots of people, and it became real clear to me that we needed to come to some conclusions quickly,” College Board President Gaston Caperton told the Los Angeles Times. So far, the UC system is still a customer and has publicly expressed satisfaction with the direction of the SAT’s revisions. Estrada said the revisions are not just being made to appease the UC system. “We will be looking at an exam with higher predictive power” he said. “We will be able to get a better idea if a stu dent can meet the academic rig ors of university.” A spokesperson for the ACT. the SAT’s major competitor, said the ACT will not be revised in response, but a writing sec tion is being developed solely for California schools. Wareinj ■an cam: oying anonyt call crs. under the guise of J takers, spread negative infci tion about an opposingcandsj The mudslinging wasjoa by Wareing nemisis Rep. .1 Culberson, R-Texas, J defeated Wareing in j Republican nomination Houston-based congressil seat in 2000. Wareing spent million, much of it his money, in the unsuccessfulm In a March 25 letter toll Bryan-College Station Em Culberson criticized Wareinsi changed A his long-time suppon I Haschke s Democrats, pointing out tliai| through tht 1998 Wareing gave $5,1 Democrat state comptrollernorj inee Paul Hobby while Warn, was spearheading GOPfund-raij ing efforts in Harris County w; ■ l Os rvnvnf i) J azz niUSlC t Wareing said 95 percent »■ his campaign contributionsb* been to Republicans and he to attempted to shore up his conser vative credentials by ton/ins endorsements from fop- P £le Sessions, R-Texas. Fred Brown. R-Colle^\»n. and the Texas R'#\# Committee. , The runoff is April 9, winner will face Denton David Bagley in the general elections. MSC Continued from pagel' amount of explosives to - much damage to the pop-' A&M gathering places. police unlocked the doo reopened the buildings a Ik Sed.* said lie kept in mind that 95 percent of all threats type are false. When Jt engineering for her clan Jazz Societ “When alternative played a li and I real! that kind o love for t music and Society.” Jazz mu mation of European s was an ear phenomenc others will (unity to < style of mu: “Texas Society is _ those w. appreciate said. “I enjc people beca dancing to t! were youngi The A&IS few ^gies matteing ha pkyjazp mu alternative. David Lui passion for jc lily to play h Low Summer Lease Rates • I Bedroom I Bath $ 300 a month • 2 Bedroom I Bath $ 325 a month - I mile from campus - Lease term June 1st - Aug 20 th - No Pets Casa Blanca & Academic Village Apartments 4110 College Main Call 846-1413 http://users3.ev I .net/~hannenenterprises/ Attention All Members of NSCS National Society of Collegiate Scholars GENERAL MEETING When: April 4, 2002 Where: Rudder 308 Lime: 5:30 p.m. For more information, contact us at: nscs_tamu@yahoo.com ^ ^ ^ ^^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ *Sv. ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ TIOlSr^LL. STLir>E]VT EMI»Z.OYlV{E7VT WEEK JRersidcznEif 'ec says EFE4/V2CS/ f f Please join the Department of Residence Life in saying, “Thank You” to the many student assistants who work in Residence I if Not everyone is cut out to be a student assistant, so we are very grateful to these men and women for their willingness to share C their time and talent with our department. They are essential to the operation of our day-to-day tasks and we would be lost without them. Vanessa Artefberry Chris Bernhardt Sara Birdsong IVIeagan Brown Pal on Cardinale Nicole Carlson Jana Cassity Melissa Castillo Melissa Cox Rachel DeBruler Omon Dibua Rong Fang Erin Forehand Eddie Garza Timothy Graves Samuel Guirgus Krystal Flager Andy Herreth Tansy Hoch Kuy Houser Jennifer Howard Bert Hruska Joseph Humke Russell Jeanis Vlichelle Jimenez Geoff Keogh Jane Khoury Patrick Knickerbocker Haiwen Liu Josh NJcWi 11 iams Mutthew McWilliams Jeff Miller Donnie Morrison Lindsay Mosley Hanna Tvluldowney Niki Owen Sung Young Park Alicia Penning Aaron Rigamonti Alisha Pitrowski TH^USTKS EC? R si ./C?R Anthony Schneider Mike Shaw Marshall Shepard Amy Sidora Ryan Smith Joseph Sodolak Chad Sosna Jeff Stokes Randy Symank Keith Thomas Ryan Thompson Donna Trevino Amanda Trimble Kristin Ware Brooke Williams Eric -Wilson Yang Yang Li Zhang WEEE I? 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