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CORRECTION
Correction to Wednesday's story “PITS raises parking garage prices for fall semester"
The article reads, "For students who commute to campus, free parking is offered to those want
ing to use the garages in the evening hours."
Free parking is only offered for commuters wanting to park in the University Center Garage adja
cent to the John R. Koldus Building from 5:30 p.m. to 12 a.m.
In addition, the article is misleading when it states, the higher prices for parking will help to cover
expenses needed for repairs and maintenance for all garages, including the West Campus Garage
being built near the Student Recreation Center.
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freshmen and sophomores. The
class became so popular it is
now limited to freshmen and is
not included in the semester
course catalogs.
“A compliment toward the
class is that because of the popu
larity, we don’t even put it into
the schedule book,” Welch said.
‘‘We just open it to incoming
freshman in business and incom
ing freshman in general studies.
They open about 50 seats for
each new student conference.”
Anyone who has taken this
course will remember what
occurs at the beginning of every
class; yes, Welch still does the
“bad joke of the day.”
“One of my favorite bad
jokes is, ‘What did the fish say
when it hit the wall? Dam,”’ he
jokingly said.
MGMT 105 and the bad joke
of the day is only one aspect of
Welch’s impact on A&M.
Welch also teaches MGMT
309 and 363 and some graduate
courses. He is also the adviser to
the Aggie Men’s Club.
“One of my greatest pas
sions is being the adviser to the
Aggie Men’s Club,” he said. “It
is a Christian service-driven
organization.”
Welch also served as the
director of the Business School
Fellows & Honors Programs,
the associate director of the
Center for Teaching Excellence
and the director of student
activities.
As director of student activi
ties, Welch was responsible for
the leadership of over 750 recog
nized student organizations.
Welch said he greatly enjoyed
serving as the director because he
was able to work with students
from all areas of campus, includ
ing student government and the
student body president.
Welch has received many
awards and honors including
being a Fish Camp namesake in
1991 — the year after he began
teaching at A&M. He also was
a T-Camp namesake in 1992.
He received the Corps-wide
Outstanding Academic Adviser
and two University-wide
awards. He was also named
Teacher-of-the-Year by the
Student Government and
Professor-of-the-Year for
Greek affiliates.
Welch appreciates all his
awards but said his two highest
honors were in 1994 when he
received the University-wide
Association of Former Students
Award for Student Relations and
in 1999 when he received the
University-wide award for men
tor of the year.
He said his mentor award
stands above the others because
the award is associated with stu
dents and impacting their lives.
Welch has also been a
speaker at many Aggie Musters
in Houston, Los Angeles,
Atlanta, Texas A&M-
Galveston, Baytown and more.
“There is nothing more
sacred than honoring the lives of
Aggies at Muster,” he said.
Welch’s list of awards is cer
tainly impressive, but his love
for A&M and his family seem
much more prevalent.
Welch said the College of
Business has been especially
good to him and he plans to
retire from A&M after many
years of service. He said he still
has many goals to achieve.
“My ultimate goal...I would
like to be an assistant dean for
student affairs in the Business
School,” he said.
Welch married his wife,
Sherri in 1991; they have three
children whom he never shies
away from talking about —
Rachel, 7; Ryan, 5; and
Graham, 2,
“[My children] are immersed
in the Aggie Spirit,” Welch said.
“(When learning the alphabet),
they say A is for Aggie, B is for
Bonfire, etcetera.”
Welch said he is so apprecia
tive of what Aggies have given
back to his family. Last year
Rachel was diagnosed with a
rare muscle disease and Aggies
responded by sending thousands
of emails and letters to Rachel
and the family, wishing prayers
and wellness.
“I love the quality of stu
dents that impact this campus,
and that A&M is truly a family,”
he said.
Spanish forces evict Moroccan
JEBEL LEILA, Morocco (AP) — Elite
Spanish soldiers swooped in aboard helicopters
Wednesday, capturing a disputed Mediterannean
island occupied by Moroccan soldiers tor more
than a week. Neither side fired a shot.
The Spanish soldiers quickly detained the
troops in the surprise assault on the island claimed
by both countries, supplanting the Moroccan flag
with their own. Morocco said the operation was
tantamount to “an act of war’ and demanded that
Spain withdraw.
Tensions have escalated in the week since
Morocco established an outpost on the tiny island
known in Spanish as Isla Perejil — Parsley Island
— and in Arabic as Leila — Night.
Relations between the two countries, which
face each other across the Strait of Gibraltar, have
soured since Morocco recalled its ambassador to
Madrid last fall.
The countries have bickered over illegal immi
gration and fishing rights, as well as Madrid’s
insistence that a U.N.-sponsored referendum
should be held on the Western Sahara, a fonner
Spanish colony annexed by Morocco in the 1970s.
Madrid-based political analyst Charles Powell
said the response of the government of Spanish
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One of the most dynamic
possibilities outlined by the plan
is the integration of “Wi-Fi”
technology, or wireless ethemet.
College officials envision a
facility where students are able
to connect to the Internet any
where at anytime throughout the
building.
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engineer and co-author of the report admitted
there are some problems with the methodology,
but dismissed the idea that the report’s finding
were any less relevant.
“There are definitely shortcomings in the
methodology,” he said. “There are changes we are
making. I don’t think that they change the inter
pretation or bottom line of the report.”
Lomax said WSDOT is currently reviewing
methodology changes in the Urban Mobility
Report.
“We had been in contact with WSDOT since
before they pulled out,” he said. “If our revisions
fit into their time schedule, they will rejoin.”
In addition, the Surface Transportation Policy
Project (STPP) released a statement questioning
the reliability of the report.
According to the STPP, TTI’s report fails to
In addition to the possibility of
Wi-Fi, the new expansion will
have the latest in digital technolo
gy, including high-speed network
connections, broadband Internet
access, wireless local area net
work (LAN) and advanced audio
visual equipment.
The auditorium will have
seating complete with micro
phones and network connections.
Ford, Powell and Carson
Architects and Planners, Inc.,
Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar was comparj;
to Margaret Thatcher’s attitude toward Argent
1982 attempt to take the Falkland Islands by f
which led to a British-Argentine war. Howe'
the island in the Mediterranean is unoccupied
unlike the Falklands.
Although Powell said it was inconceivable:]
Spain and Morocco would go to war, he si
Aznar was sending a message: “You don’t tie;
major European power like this and think you;
get away with it.”
Spain says it has controlled the island sin
1668, even though it abandoned a permanentpri
ence four decades ago. The island lies abouttbi
miles from Ceuta, one of two Spanish ci
enclaves along Morocco’s northern coast.
Morocco also claims title to the island andsi
it set up the “observation post” to combat she
gling of drugs and illegal immigrants.
On July 11, a 12-member Moroccan police:! 1 ‘ ‘ W ".‘ V
landed on the island, set up tents and raised® sumi ^
national flag They were later replaced of ‘
Moroccan soldiers. ■ ■
Spain responded by deploying five wrfg'approxi,
and initially saying it wanted to resolve the er f ^ roo
pute through negotiations. l ed Minute
Ig in the late
I Aug. 9, is
has been put in charge of desigE^ with api
ing the 16,000 square-f(x! ats blockec
expansion that is scheduledtotJf orm jn(> an A
complete in the spring of 2004k tros take
One of the major decisiotfi raV es.
facing the design team co:F Christine
cerns the location of the fac. Lst network
ty itself. The expansion can tJL t h e Astros
a stand-alone structure withn;Ljd t p, e y tr y
connection to the existinjL eme by havi
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distinguish among cars, buses and vans, resulting
in a measure of vehicle mobility, not themobilit;
of people.
“I sympathize with TTI and anyone else trying
to better understand our transportation system,
said Sarah Campbell, chair of STPP’s board of
directors. “But in this case, as in many others, the
data just isn’t there.”
Several years ago, STPP had begun publishing
a companion report to the Urban Mobility Report
because of concerns over the data’s reliability, it a
June 19 press release, STPP announced inn//no
longer publish the companion analysis'to®
of doubts about the validity of the data in accu
rately measuring congestion and accoffito^
investments to combat it.” * J
Lomax said many of the cnlicisin* drea <
have been taken into account and aremenuonedf
the methodology of the report.
“STPP’s concerns are different,” Lomax said
“They have an agenda. They want to endorse «!•
tain programs or projects.”
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First Yell
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Virginia Tech,” said junior yell
leader Tim Bailey.
First Yell began four years
ago as a way to start the Aggie
football season with a week
end of activities leading up to
the first Yell Practice.
However, due to classes
beginning on the Monday,
Sept. 2, following the first
game this year. First Yell will
be held prior to the second
football game.
“There is a big Aggie joke
about how Aggies do first
things second,” Thompson
said. “But we wanted parents
to come back and it gives us
three weeks to promote the
weekend.”
Tickets will go on sale
beginning Aug. 19 through
Ticketmaster.
From now until Aug. 9 a
form is available online at
http://yell.tamu.edu that stu
dents can fill out and mail
back to the MSC Box Office' 1
reserve their seats before the;
are available on Ticketmasw
Thompson said.
Thompson said that
expects a sell-out crowd o
8,000 similar to last yearwl
comedians Bill Engvall
Jeff Foxworthy performed
“Each of the comedians
managements say they anj
very excited about perfornwi
for 8,000 people and an
familiar with this kic
event,” Thompson said.
NEWS IN BRIEF
IRA apology for killing 650
divides Northern Ireland
BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) — The citizens
of Northern Ireland agonized Wednesday over
the Irish Republican Army's apology for killing
hundreds of civilians — but not for more than a
thousand other people deemed "combatants."
Analysts and IRA veterans argued that
Tuesday's unprecedented gesture demonstrated
that IRA commanders want their self-declared
war to be seen as finished, not merely on hold.
The IRA has been observing a cease-fire since
1997, but remains heavily armed and has n0
achieved its goal of abolishing Northern Irelan
as a British territory. i !
"This is another step along that path tovvar , e
eventually saying, "Yes, the war a 8 a ' nS j..
British state in Ireland is over. And we di
win." It is significant and painful," said Tomr F
McKearney, a former IRA member who
three brothers and an uncle killed in the con 1
In Tuesday's partial apology, the IRA sai
wanted to demonstrate "the acceptance ot p
mistakes and of the hurt and pain we na
caused to others."
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