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Pope arrives for World Youth Day
TORONTO (AP) — With the world watch
ing, a frail but determined Pope John Paul II
walked down the steps of his plane Tuesday
instead of using a lift after arriving in Canada to
join thousands of young Catholic pilgrims for
World Youth Day.
Clutching a rail and helped by an aide, the 82-
year-old pope inched his way down the 27 steps
to the tarmac, drawing cheers from onlookers,
after a stiff wind blew off his skull cap.
“The very fact that Your Holiness has made
the trip here bears witness to your tenacity and
your courage in pursuing the spiritual objectives
that are at the heart of your pontificate,” Prime
Minister Jean Chretien in welcoming said the
pope for the church’s World Youth Day.
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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funding at that time.
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Trans Texas Corridor i
go through Brazos Cot
feels it will be very i
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University since there are ngest 0 f tl
faculty members who wot ^ es by si
to live in Houston. L, s t ret ch.
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
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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
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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.
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in Australia
SYDNEY, Australia W
giant squid found was^hj
nn an Australian beadf!
trek to the
Ventoux, in 1
his lead.
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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.
Experts at the Tasma
Museum were studying
thin flaps of muscle atta
to each of its eight arms,
like keels — that they
were unique to the si
Santas gather toi
annual conventic
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COPENHAGEN,
(AP) - More than 100 *
Clauses, Mrs. Clauses ande
from around the world f
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near Copenhagen to 1
topics ranging from the *
presents to reindeer fooa
It was the 39th s
year Santas from
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Africa assembled tor
three-day convention
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