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La Fogata The Best Homemade Mexican Food in Bryan • College Station 20% OFF • Enchilada Dinner • Chicken Fajita’s Tacos al Carbon • Chiles Rellenos 1315 South College Ave. - Bryan ATTENTION STUDENTS!! If you use the library and check out books, this applies to you!! LIBRARY NOTICES VIA The library now delivers your circulation notices (recalls, overdues, item availables, etc.) via email to your Neo account. You receive these important notifications faster and more reliably than ever before. Paper notice delivery through the US Postal Service has ceased. Still need to activate, setup, or learn to use your Neo email account? Go to any CIS Help Desk or check the web at neo.tamu.edu. THE BATTali Saboteurs Continued from Page] Scanning Continued from page 1 Since the new technology’s initiation nearly three months ago, over 2,000 customers have taken advantage of this time-sav ing option. Herrick hopes other Kroger stores will follow the B-CS lead and initiate the use of this tech nology. “Besides being convenient, SecureTouch-n-Pay speeds up transactions and cuts down on lost checks,” he said. The majority of customers’ responses have been positive, Herrick said. Store employees, like senior Spanish major Tiffanee Peterson, enjoy the convenience of the fin- are some gerprint imaging machines. “It’s good to give people options,” Peterson said. SecureTouch-n-Pay can be beneficial to the time-conscious shopper, but there drawbacks that might counter act its alleged convenience. Currently, inter ested customers need a valid Texas Driver’s License or Texas I.D. The SecureTouch-n- Pay system is being updated to accept other states’ licenses, but presently only identification issued from Texas will be accepted at the u The majority of customers’ responses have been positive. — David Herrick Kroger store manager stores in town, Herrick said. Also, having a driver’s license in the system does not make its possession unnecessary. If a cus tomer of the system wishes to purchase alcohol or tobacco products, it still must be presented during checkout, Herrick said. The capture window of the machine is not dependable, and there are some factors that might affect the effec- tiveness of the machine to scan a customer’s finger. Persons with dry or cracked skin on their fingertips can have problems with consistent finger- often hears while praying ait nail incident has stopped him! going to the clinic. “It’s hard to separate work from your faith life,”Aj said. “It was difficult for met there because you never when people would yell prof; tirades or do such tactics as nail incident.” Agnew also surmised fc incident created a difficult s: tion for him in keeping his: gious life and his career separ^ “1 realized that I didn't my role as a public servant to in the way of my faith Agnew said. “I want to per my job as a public servant as ly and as partially as I canai the same time be able toe.\f my faith. There is a fine between both.” David Bereit, executive tor of the Coalition for Life, this incident will not silence organization. “This type of action ha> served to invigorate the coalr goal,” Bereit said. “It is tragx someone is apparently resoitr violence and intimidation to I silence those who peacer oppose the killing of inno children. If anything, we increase our efforts to end ate in the Brazos Valley, prayer and peacefully.” The award hopes to brinji one forward who may haverj mation about either of these: dents, he said. They should i tact the Bryan Police Depatj or call the Coalition for Life print readings, and it hasca a couple of concerns for sort the Kroger customers. Also, the stores are not rently equipped with accon dations to help people inwl chairs reach the SecureTouc Pay screens. Herrick said the store* constructing a way for these to be accessible to those that not reach the checkout con machines. Customer Jodi Whitley,as ior construction science thinks paying for her gvoc| with her fingerprint is a idea, but it is not presently sary for her to use. “It’s not that inconvenia| me to take 20 seconds to si my credit card through machine,” Whitley said. Tex. wit! THE 12TH MAN FOUNDATION IS NOW HIRING FOR POSITIONS IN IT'S 2002 CALL CENTER CAMPAIGN • Earn $6.00 per Hour* Plus Bonuses • Gain Valuable Work Experience • Flexible Scheduling To apply, visit the 12th Man Foundation Office at the North End of Kyle Field, or fill out an application online. www.12thmanfoundation.com/callcenter * after the first 30 days Cameron Reynolds Attorney At Law Licensed by the Texas Supreme Court Not Board Certified Class of‘91 Jim James Attorney At Law Board Certified Criminal Law Class of ‘75 /f* SPECIALIZING IN THE DF.FFNSF. OF CRIMINAI. 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