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Some aides have expressed concern that the 1 1-day trip, which will continue to Guatemala and Mexico, may be too challenging for a man suffering from the ravaging symptoms of Parkinson’s disease and hip and knee ailments. John Paul boarded the Alitalia plane in Rome using a lift, one of several accommodations the Vatican has made because of his frail condition. “I wish I was a fly on the wall in that plane. He must have told them he was going to walk down those stairs. That was astounding,” said Archbishop Anthony Meagher of Kingston, Ontario. In recent months, the Vatican has repeatedly rejected suggestions that the pope is considering stepping down because of his ailments. On the flight from Rome, the pope’s spokesman, Joaquin Navarro-Vails, said the pope wanted to accept an invitation to the Philippines in January. Chretien and other Canadian and church digni taries greeted the pope outside the plane, and he climbed a moving platform to ride to a welcoming ceremony in a hangar a few hundred yards away. Speaking in English and French in this official ly bilingual country, John Paul thanked Toronto for welcoming the almost 200,000 pilgrims registered for World Youth Day, calling the event a crucial way to preserve hope in the young. Graduation Continued from page 1 numbers, officials said. Players who are drafted pro fessionally count against the graduation rate, which is a problem for a program that pro duces championships. “The better your football program is, the more guys you have going into the NFL,” Slocum said. Currently, there are 36 Aggies playing in the NFL, he said. Players in good academic standing who transfer to anoth er school also count against the graduation rate. Former A&M quarterback Colby Freeman is an example of how current NCAA rules do not reflect a school’s commit ment to academics. “He felt like it would be bet ter for him to transfer to Abilene Christian to play more football,” Slocum said. “So he counts as a negative here even though he would have graduated from A&M in two more years.” In order to address these problems, new NCAA legisla tion received support from the Knight Commission, a special commission focused on reform, on Monday July 22. A key idea is the 40-60-80 Rule. It would require student- athletes to complete 40 percent of course requirements by the start of their third year, 60 per cent by the start of their fourth, and 80 percent by the start of their fifth. Slocum said he believes schools will begin quoting the percentages of student-athletes on track to graduate rather than those who have graduated in the six-year window. The proposals will be voted on in October when the Division I Management Council meets. “I think it is going to pass,” Slocum said. In recent years, many former A&M players have come back to finish their education. Slocum pointed to players like first-round draft choice Richmond Webb, College Station native Cliff Groce, who will be playing for the Houston Texans this season, and Tennessee Titan Jason Mathews, who played in Super Bowl XXXIV. For A&M, 81 percent of all student-athletes receiving financial aid graduated in a 10- year window. A&M is tied with the University of Kansas for sixth place in that category and is 13 percent behind the first place University of Missouri Milton Overton, assistant athletic director for academic services, said this is the statistic that makes the most sense. “It does not get quoted as much but it takes into consider ation all the athletes who finish during their off-season or through correspondence after the six years,” Overton said. 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Council members sai; such a lai corridor will provide a L y haV e tal faster and more reliable;; tf Armstrom to travel across the stale L t even t hat will help support the gre L American the city. r j-j e gave < lie line jus —■locking the Xerall advar _Jl seconds Inchanged, a [Bourse for [title. “Les Deux lard, it’s not j Armstrong sr Lhich Colom lotero won ii Armstrong NEWS IN BRIEF Suspected terra leader arraigned ATHENS, Greece (AP) year-old Paris-born 0 pleaded innocent Tuesdj multiple murder chargesai out of his alleged creator leadership of November 11: ^ pace. left-wing terror group t assassinated 23 people The mou i/aison-la-R< including four Americanoffo >outhern Pt ■ • his ski statii — over nearly three decade After a 30-minute, dost ^ A*P S door arraignment, Alexand 1 : as hard as tl Giotopoulos was returnedl ' n Pyre jail to await trial. No datew which Armst set. His lawyer, Rahiotis, said Giotopoulc "rejects the accusatior against him, which co result in a life prison term. Giant squid fount in Australia SYDNEY, Australia W giant squid found was^hj nn an Australian beadf! trek to the Ventoux, in 1 his lead. Also, it wi Wednesday’s Deux-Alpes t features three ficult climbs. Armstronj , aggressive a on an Australian bea not a new species as thought but a damaged: imen, a scientist said TuesC The 550-pound creature® found dead Saturday o' 1 beach in Hobart in Tasm state. It had lost its two te cles but would have about 50 feet long. 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