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—-—' ANNOUNCING THE 2002 BOOK5ALE Texas A&:A4 University Libraries In the EVANS LIBRARY, 2 nd FLOOR ROOM 208 Silent Auction THURSDAY, APRIL 11 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. G-enerat Booksale THURSDAY <& FRIDAY, APRIL 1 T12 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. HOT DOGS versus #21 Texas A&M EH Wednesday - 5:00 & 7 •It r' '^1 Inter-religious Dialog Student Association DIALOG SERIES - 2 ‘‘God, Law, and Ethics” Speakers: Richard W. Stadelmann Zeki Saritoprak Kathleen T. Ellis Saturday, April 13, 2002 3:00 p.m. - Rudder 410, TAMU Biographical Sketches: Richard W. Stadelmann is an associate professor of Philosophy and Humanities at Texas A&M University. He holds a M.Div. in Religious Studies -Philosophical Theology from Yale University. He teaches a variety of courses, including Near Eastern Religions, Military Ethics, Concepts of Love, Introduction to New Testament, and Contemporary Moral Issues. His principle research interests arc in Old Testament, New Testament. Indian and Oriental Religions. Near Eastern Religions, Philosophy of Religion, Philosophy of Love, Metaphysics, Logic. History of Modem Philosophy. Ethics, Comtempory Moral Issues, Epistemology, American Philosophy. Existentialism, Plato, Augustine, History of Christianity, Mysticism. Zeki Saritoprak holds a Ph.D. in Islamic Theology from the University of Marmara, Turkey. He earned his Master’s degree in Islamic Theology and Philosophy, and his B.A. in Divinity from the same university. He also attended Al-Azhar University in Cairo for several years while researching for his dissertation. He researched and taught courses at Hamm University (Turkey). Georgetown University, the Catholic University of America, and the Inlingua School of Languages. Some of the subjects he has taught include the science of Kalam, World Religions, Biblical Elements in the Qur’an, Sufism, Islamic sects, contemporary Islamic movements. al-Ghazzali, Said Nursi, and interfaith dialogue. Currently, he teaches World Religions at Berry College, Department of Religion and Philosophy. Rev. Kathleen Ellis is in her ninth year as minister of the Unitarian Univcrsalist Fellowship. She graduated from SMU’s Perkins School of Theology and was ordained in 1993. She is married and has two adult sons. For additional information, contact: IDSA@stuact.tamu.edu or visit us at http://stuact.tamu.edu/stuorgs/idsa kj ^'W—^r'W—'w—^^—1 Try All The Winning Varieties! 0 HOT POCKETS Brand Stuffed Sandwiches ^ LEAN POCKETS* Brand Stuffed Sandwiches ^CROISSAOT POCKETS’ Brand Stuffed Sandwiches HOT POCKETS®, LEAN POCKETS®, CROISSANT POCKETS®Br*<d StufW Sandwich,* I C0X$>J!>S£f<-. Coupon good osiy O') (rote MisiW ^ «« C « 1 P^ V* . s*» Iib RETAHEfi: CMArrenw «:! roertart* yoo!«the Sw rafen (*» $08 han- I dSno i K*o*t*i * «***>*.! wth cw Aowca, ire Pokey, kbit to CW , Amonc*, CMS OtSWlfferf 43655. Dot ktic. IX 78940 Coqjoo ova-kKb * MR* I address. Cash vakw Of U (»1UU)U 6A Wednesday, April 10, 2002 pWS internat# he batt; THE BATlJ Rec< Queen appreciates sympath Broadcast message relays thanks for outpouri LONDON (AP) — In a broadcast message of thanks. Queen Elizabeth II told the nation Monday that she had been “deeply moved” by the outpouring of affection and sympathy that followed her mother's death. “I have drawn great comfort from so many individual acts of kindness and respect,” the queen said in the message filmed at Windsor Castle, where the queen mother died March 30 at age 101. “My family and I always knew what she meant for the people of this country and the special place she occupied in the hearts of so many,” she said on the eve of her mother’s funeral at Westminster Abbey. “But the extent of the tribute that huge numbers of you have paid my mother in the last few days has been overwhelming.” More than 200,000 people have paid their respects at the coffin of the queen mother, lin ing up for miles, day and night, since Friday at Parliament where the royal matriarch lay in state. Officials said 2,000 people per hour were passing through after waiting for up to five hours. The young, the middle- aged and the old were there, from London and other parts of the country. Thousands still waited their turn as the queen spoke, stand ing patiently in the chilly evening air. The queen mother, who won the loyalty and support of the nation during World War II, maintained that bond through half a century, appealing to new generations with her humor and dignity. “I count myself fortunate that my mother was blessed with a long and happy life,” the 75-year-old monarch said in her broadcast. “She had an infectious zest for living, and this remained with her until the very end. “I thank you for the support you are giving me and my fam ily as we come to terms with her death and the void she has left in our midst,” she said. “I thank you also from my heart for the love you gave her during her life and the honor you now give her in death. May God bless you all.” The queen, who often appears ill at ease when she speaks on television, seemed more relaxed and spoke in an unusually personal manner. Twenty minutes before the nationwide broadcast, the queen mother’s four grandsons held a somber vigil beside her coffin, replacing the armed guard that has stood watch around the clock since the cof fin arrived. Prince Charles, Prince Andrew, Prince Edward and Viscount Linley, son of the late Princess Margaret, stood at the four corners of the platform where the coffin rested on a pur ple-draped bier in Parliament’s medieval Westminster Hall. Watched by hundreds of ordinary Britons filing past silently, the four men stood straight and with heads bowed during the 20-minute vigil. Prince Charles’ sons. Princes William and Harry, were among I The secot 'exas A&M Education L jPeter Bishop possible fut ui and the Britain's Queen Elizabeth, Prince Harry and the Dw< ! |face i n the Edinburgh stand outside of Westminster Abbey during fulcenterTuesd services for the Queen Mother in London on Tuesday. | “As a card can’t tell you 1/8 km Queen Mother’s final journey to Windsor The Queen Mother was * i«mi interred next to her husband, King George VI, in Windsor. The funeral cortege traveled from Westminster Abbey to Windsor with up to 1 million people lining the route. St. James’s Palace i Westminster Hall * l Westminster _ Abbey Buckingham Palace 9 • Slough London Thames River A/*-* . #»• X nit's 0 5 mi s Windsor 0 5 krn SOURCES: The official Web site of the British monarchy; Associated Press; ESRI those watching as their father — dressed in the uniform of a navy rear admiral — and the others entered the hall in a slow, dignified line. Shortly before the vigil began, the queen's daughter Princess Anne talked with the waiting crowds outside Parliament, joined by her hus band and son and Prince Edward’s wife Sophie, Countess of Wessex. “It was such a nice gesture for them to make. I think it’s something that people will real ly appreciate,” said 60-year-old Tom Chamberlain, who had come down from Leicester in central England. The huge demand from the public to pay their respects to the queen mother prompted officials to extend the opening hours of Westminster Hall until dawn on Tuesday. Growing numbers of admir ers were already camped on streets around Westmin: Abbey, where the coffin will taken in a procession Tuesc | morning for the funeral Some labor unio announced they had suspend protests out of respect to queen mother. The Public a Commercial Senices union st wal kouts planned for Tuesdi} navy bases in Scotland to pro's planned layoffs would be back to Friday. London’s Heathrow m said it would hold two Win, of silence Tuesday asama respect, but air traffic would be interrupted. . In addition to Laura Du wife of President Bush leaders of Australia. 1 Zealand and Canada, kings* queens, princes and dukft other royal families aroiffl world will travel to Lond« the service. higher educa can't predic impossible,” associate pri Sciences at Houston-Cle; can tell you i hold for high- Bishop e: htaist, his j about the ful the “what if along. "If none talked about n’t it be nic were prepar “If none of cussed happi to face func Gr Powell to meet Arafat, Sharon CAIRO, Egypt (AP) — Secretary of State Colin Powell called Tuesday for accelerated negotiations to establish a Palestinian state, even as he pressed for a cease-fire to Middle East violence between Israel and the Palestinians in the meantime. Setting no deadline to complete his peace mission, Powell said he would meet Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat as well as Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon later this week in an effort to broker a truce. “We are going to have to act more quick ly,” he said, though adding, “I am prepared to stay for some while.” Powell said the United States was pre pared to contribute a small detachment of State Department or other civilian govern ment employees to monitor any cease-fire agreement. For the Bush administration, Powell’s emphasis on Palestinian statehood marks a shift in tactics. For more than one year, the administration has focused on establishing a cease-fire as a condition for deeper peacemaking. But Powell said all the Arab leaders with whom he has met have underscored the urgency of getting started on an accord. And he said he would deal with Arafat as the representative of the Palestinian people. Powell said he talked to Sharon on Tuesday and was told Israel would expedite its withdrawal of troops from the West Bank, where they are pursuing Palestinian mili tants. “The sooner the better,” Powell said. “Time is of the essence” for ending the violence, he said after meeting with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Powell is seeking greater Arab participation in the peace process as well as an immediate end to Israel’s military offensive. It was the first time Powell had said expressly that he would meet Arafat during his trip to Israel, where he arrives Thursday night and plans talks with both through the weekend. • j The Palestinian leader has been ed by Israeli forces in his headqua the West Bank city of Raniallah said it would not try to stop tie Arafat meeting. Earlier, Powell had hedged’ he would meet with Arafat on y stances permit.” t Qh!ir0 Powell said he had spoken o Tuesday and the Israeli had tei ^ commitment to bring this f° . e |: quick as he can." 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