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ifRIDAYAPRIL 26, 2002 VOLUME 108 • ISSUE 139 the Br. TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY Ancient artifacts jre 306 fo. soard anii e. ■sea assaui! Caw •es aoi l has a meet Thus , who have. hetherJow with crime! other statei| said :s for al ie said he 3 months i i, and he re! ; him. led beaiir d askina h said. ‘‘H e He was ha i’i get m said he s for real it’s noje ay attention] “Good '1 % :: STUART VILLANUEVA • THE BATTALION Paleoindian projectile points lie on felt as west of College Station. Donald and other archaeology graduate student Charlotte students catalogued thousands of artifacts Donald examines artifacts found south- dating from at least 10,000 years ago. raham to speak at razos Valley Festival By Brittany Hooten the battalion Hard work by local resi- aul$| ents W 'B pay off when Rev. 15 SpHklin Graham, son of Rev. . j tuB'Hy Graham, will speak at li g dn’tniatl4 e no Brazos Valle y Festival ‘<i next week - -f t,’p killer • 111 ex cited about it, look- f nrpcidenl forward to it,” Graham ? 1/2coim'^ Thursday. “I’ve never Aith theFfr 0 ,'’ to CoHege Station.” . ! Brazos Valley Festival ShaddixhW 02 win be he,d at Reed ^ nnlanJr rena Ma y 2-5. An extensive inn ,jnjDi#W Us i c lineup is scheduled. including Michael W. Smith and Jars of Clay. Graham will speak every night. A core group of people formed to ask Graham if he would host a festival at Reed Arena, festival Director Sherman Barnette said. A fac tor in choosing College Station was the number of col lege students in the area, Barnette said. “We want to do everything we can to reach the young peo ple with the gospel,” he said. Graham said the festival is for people who are down and out. FESTIVAL SCHEDULE _ sfypHh.jjJsiizizi ;; . 7 iu/s'Ui Ciciy 5-; iSLixj, jJiZtr/j/V'is’j www. graham ADRIAN CALCANEO • THE BATTALION “I want people to come who don’t know God,” Graham said. “I want drug abusers, peo ple facing a terminal illness, facing failures, girls who have unwanted pregnancies.” The festival is not a church meeting, he said, and every one should feel welcome. “When the week’s finished, when the stage is packed up and the door is closed, I hope that there will be thousands of lives that will be changed for ever,” he said. “I am focused on how you can know God.” Graham said there has been a search for the meaning of life in the nation after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and the government’s war on terror. Graham said he accepted the invitation to come to College Station after talking continu ously with local churches and local student leadership. Director of Breakaway Ministries Gregg Matte said that an executive committee has been working on the festi val since last summer. Bush, Saudi prince create positive bond Abdullah will not use oil as a weapon CRAWFORD, Texas (AP) — Despite differences. President Bush said he and Crown Prince Abdullah of Saudi Arabia forged a personal bond Thursday in five hours of talks at the president’s Texas ranch and Abdullah prom ised not to “use oil as a weapon” to show Arab anger over U.S. support for Israel. The president’s upbeat assess ment contrasted with Saudi com plaints that his backing of Israel had damaged prospects for Mideast peace and threatened the United States’ 70-year alliance with the desert kingdom. “There is a lot of anger at the U.S. for what is perceived as a lack of restraining Sharon,” the Israeli prime minister, said Adel Al-Jubeir, the foreign policy adviser to Abdullah. “The crown prince wanted to make sure the president was aware of this,” the adviser said. “Allowing this problem to spiral out of control will have grave consequences for the U.S. and its interests.” Bush told reporters after ward that U.S.-Saudi relations were strong. “A strategy by some would be to split the United States and Saudi Arabia. It’s a strong impor tant friendship and he knows that. I know that, and we’re not going to let that happen,” he said. He took a personal view of that friendship after he and Abdullah, who spoke in Arabic See Bond on page 2 KRT CAMPUS President George W. Bush, left, welcomes Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah to his ranch in Crawford on Thursday. Neglect played role in terrorist attacks By Amy Dosch THE BATTALION American neglect and inaction is largely respon sible for Afghanistan becoming a haven for Osama bin Laden’s terrorist network, and the United States must not make that mistake again, former Sen. Hank Brown said Wednesday while speaking at Texas A&M. “Our role in Afganistan should be to help them develop a stable government and give them modest financial assistance,” Brown said. Brown, a Colonel Republican, discussed American policy toward Afghanistan at the George Bush Presidential Conference Center. The United States, after helping Afghans fend off a Soviet invasion, failed to help rebuild the coun try devastated by war. When the Russians pulled out of Afghanistan, so did America, Brown said. “The U.S. has been skeptical of Afganistan and our involvement in assisting them, because we don’t understand their culture,” Brown said. The United States did not open an embassy in Afghanistan, and when civil war broke out between competing tribes, America made little effort to broker a truce. “Even when the tribes came together in 1996, we were not willing to help negotiate peace,” Brown said. The Taliban, armed and funded by fanatical Muslim groups throughout the Arab world, took advantage of the chaos and filled the power vacuum. Brown said, installing a terrorist-friendly regime. Brown also said the United States must take a proactive stance in international affairs and move against those who pose a serious threat to national security. He faulted the Clinton administration for failing to retaliate against bin Laden even though he was responsible for a number of terrorist acts against Americans during the 1990s. “People have said that the missing element in predicting the 9-11 incident was intelligence. It wasn’t intelligence, but our unwillingness, as a country, to go after him,” Brown said. “As a coun try, we can prepare for future threats by being on the offensive and taking immediate action in the face of danger.” In the Senate, Brown served on the foreign rela tions committee and is now president of the University of Northern Colorado. Remaining officers selected for Senate By C.E. Walters THE BATTALION The 55th session of the Student Senate elected the chairs of the Academic Affairs, Student Service, and External Affairs commit tees unanimously and unopposed. Natasha Eubanks, a sophomore biomedical sciences major and new Academic Affairs committee chair, said that among her many goals she hopes to improve the College of Liberal Arts and help student leaders attain class credit for their involvement. Eubanks lost the election of speaker pro temp at the last Senate meeting two weeks ago. See Senate on page 2 Sports Pg. 5 Hitting her mark Bloodlines, natural skill help A&M’s Mary Zorn become world-class archer ew Beutel director looks to improve health center By Sarah Darr THE BATTALION Dr. Linda Lekawski was once an I'ggie mom who cheered her son on as . £ Clo' v|1 i r e Cor npeted with the Texas A&M rench^l ,< W'^ cbn g Team. Now, Lekawski is the icense ^ewly appointed student health director puzzle 0r the A.P. Beutel Health Center. |J Lekawski has been involved with /lobil# ^ W° Be g e health for the past 12 years. She lautf P'fj s P en t the last nine years as the student health director at Texas Women’s University in Denton, and she worked with student health at the University of North Texas before that. She holds a DO (doctor of osteopath ic) and is a board-certified physician in family practice. Women’s health care is Lekawski’s special interest area. LEKAWSKI Lekawski attended Oklahoma State University for a bachelor’s degree in biological science, earning her master’s at OSU in microbiology. She then went on to Lort Worth to attend medical school at the University of North Texas Health Science Center. Lekawski is the mother of two sons who have made her a grandmother. “I can’t talk about myself without talking about my boys. One is expecting twins in the summer, so I get to be a grandmother again,” Lekawski said. She is currently commuting to see her husband, who lives in Dallas. One of her sons attended A&M, allowing her to visit the A&M cam pus many times. “There are wonderful people here and I am so excited because I know it will be a wonderful experience,” Lekawski said. Lekawski’s first goal as director is to See Director on page 2 TODAY \ 30% HIGH . LL o CN 00 LOW 64° F SATURDAY -A , HIGH 85° F Li LOW 70° F FORECASTS COURTESY OF www.collegeweather.com