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To accommodate the student interest in private bedrooms and private baths, Hughes Hall will hold a trial suite facility with one floor for women and one floor for men, Sasse said. The residence hall will hold one person in each bedroom with a shared bathroom. This suite type of residence will limit the shared bathroom to two people. Davis-Gary, Moses, Crocker and Moore halls will have in hall laundry facilities. Fire and safety improvements will con- Debt Continued from page 1A 4.3 percent in March 2001, and the unem ployment rates for Texas are nearly identical. In Texas, rates are slightly more optimistic, with Houston’s unemployment rate for March holding steady at 5.1 percent. “Obviously, unemployment has gone up,” said A&M economics professor Dennis Jansen. “It’s going to be harder for graduates to find employ ment this year.” Other factors involving problems with Enron Corp. and accounting firm Arthur Andersen will have short-term effects on the local job market, Jansen said. Senior aerospace engineering major Brian Mente is graduating this spring with a loan to pay off and no job lined up to help pay for it. “1 know that just out of graduating seniors in aerospace, most are going to graduate school because jobs are scarce,” Mente said. “These are tough times to be graduating.” He plans to continue sending resumes and interview with small engineering companies in search for a job, but said that there are other options for unemployed graduates with loans to tinue in those halls. Fire alarms have been updated in each resi dence hall, and sprinkler sys tems will be put in. A new Residence Life and Student Services Building is u Residence Life has and will con tinue to renovate each residence hall to meet the demands if — Ron Sasse ResLife director scheduled to open in the sum mer of 2004 at a Northside location.The first two floors of the new building will be given to Residence Life for offices and the third floor to Student Counseling Services. The extended wing of this pay, such as the community service program, Americorps. Created in 1993, the Americorps program places volunteers in locations throughout the country working in education, public safety, health and environment for a 10- to 12-month period. Full-time volunteers receive $4,725 to go toward college, graduate school or repayment of student loans in addition to training, loan defer ment and an annual living allowance of $9,300. Taking out a loan for school has been a worth while investment for graduating biomedical sci ence major Shane Lechler. “People Uike out a loan for a house or a car in a heartbeat but aren’t as apt to take one out for higher education,” Lechler said. A certified pharmaceutical technician work ing at a Wal-Mart pharmacy, Lechler plans to attend a four-year program in the pharmacy school at the University of Houston and become a clinical pharmacist. Jansen said the issue facing graduates is not necessarily finding employment, but rather find ing the job they really want and that provides the pay they would like. He said the job market should not get any worse than it currently is and slowly will begin to improve over the coming year as the economy comes out of recession and into recovery. Veterinarians Continued from page 1A “We have deployed to all parts of the world,” he said. “In the last two years, we did humanitarian missions in Alaska, several South American countries, Africa and more.” Despite his extensive train ing, there are still parts of the job that Carter finds difficult. “The hardest part,” he said, u is working with poor commu nications in adverse conditions. There is also a constant threat of hostile fire and kidnapping.” Carter said although some of the people he interacts with speak English, there is a lan guage barrier that hinders com munication. “The primary language spo ken in the theatre is Arabic, and this can be a problem as none of us are fluent in this language,” he said. “But there are interpreters available in some locations.” Because of the specialized nature of his mission. Carter is relocated frequently. “There are many more bases with dogs than we have veteri narians to cover them,” he said. “In addition, my veterinarians must inspect any vendor sup plying food for the troops, so we move around a lot.” Carter said he is honored to serve his country and enjoys the unique experience of traveling with the military. “There is a sense of adven ture in being immersed in a new, complex and interesting set of cultures,” he said. “Many of us have been in more than five countries since arriving in early February.” Carter said his unit likely will return to the United States in a few months, if replace ments are found. “We are all looking forward to reacquainting ourselves with our families and friends,” he said. “We want to return to our jobs and once again be produc tive in the civilian sector.” COFFEEHOUSE <?#££ J10V£ Atvsye MSC The Letter 3 Russell Huie «J Goodin MAY 1st 12'4pm Law /Pur year Field (Next to All-Faiths Chapel) § | A building will contain the stu dent area. This section will house the Residence Hall Association councils and organizations, a kitchen, 24- hour help desk, computer room, conference room and possibly an amphitheater. “The idea is that the building resemble the YMCA Building and resemble the facilities of the Commons on the Southside,” Sasse said. In the future, the Department of Residence Life hopes to convert the corridor- style residence halls into two- room apartments, holding a bedroom shared by two people and a living room. The depart ment also hopes to build a cov ered pavilion on Northside to hold outdoor residence hall programs. More than $2.5 million will go to renovations each summer. There will be upgrades in furni ture, painting, lighting and fire alarms. Sasse said he hopes to increase the amount of money toward these renovations each summer. Mu 111 TH E BATl! Protest Continued from ' We were surpn*; reaction,” said Abei I'itch spokesperso Carney. “But once aware of the fact that[4 were offending pe 0 r. removed them from i the Website.” Carney would not the type of diversityarcf; tivity training currently I t i 'i Alvicmmbie cmr. 1 assured that proper ste; 9 be taken to address the' 'M “You will not find jfc anything to offend the b C-/-4 i I,ui nit> ever again. - 'Car: 0 L M Camey said it woukjfl mature to sav Abercrombie would metU of demands because ;j|| efforts have been foe. S removing the shirts stores and replying toe “We will call rackwi^whe, son who has called 1 , emailed." he said. me » nal ‘ About 150 comp.:' . ll g h,in .- yet to be addressed would le Tran said he hasnooJ . a personal response fri the fret company. Mull hoi Saturday, more than done ev University of Houston:my ere; and University ofTexa: .build a representing numerous a ties protested at (tel Galleria mall. ■ cla Houston protest co •. ,5 , Stephen Chao said the':' ^ alerted of the protest .: ? orKl l ' extra security pr;>r lt . Can a group peacefully ha . 8 1Vt1 a 1,100 fliers and tv., semestei tive feedback from p.:".- fixture t “Racism is somethin: the bans affects everybody, this is P"1 c; an Asian issue.”Chaoep when Jil Post Oak Mall Aberc; kinds of store manager Chris Ce Ray/aqe said the shirts are no lout a Tgif , sale in College Station.- Cjl sh( since the uproar hep jyu, p ro j, week, many shoppers are ^ f() | for the shirts. . Cemosek said the office has alerted them a/z possibility of protests.' den [ s ' e would not comment osl J tn store’s policy regarding the students 1 ran said protests cet to see h to ensure that a line ofdi and hov natory female T-shirts Razzaqi come out next season: Krist make the shelves. The protest Websites »j ■ Asian graphics perpetuate: tive stereotypes. Tran explained t stereotype ol Asians a> ers come from the late when Chinese immigrant- discriminated against and into menial labor " J - clothes of the transcontu railroad men. He also said the Bash” shirt makes flin A Buddhist religion toll percent of the Chinese pop The protest site ^ cottaf.com explains love long time 4. e H* “Pizza Dojo” shirt is afnjl erence to a pros* 111 i Stanley Kubrick s cull ; ill"'- Eu!l-Ms»UsJ Vietnamese prostitute American GIs. . ^ Tran said the T-shirt^ all Asians with the stere T “In the year A- shouldn’t be facing ^ of issues, _ ‘r 311 “Abercrombie is trying us back to our past- Abercrombie has P* been targeted by ^.J groups for y° ung ’ cati'C models posed pr catalogues. In ' . ■ pr « Against Drunk Driving J an adverttg ^, “Drinking 10! thJ hoi recipes. 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