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Thursday, July 25, 2002 NEI THE BATTALi Jacfc nns Hey Buddy, uje The students IOoOLD APPK£0/>TF it IF You 6<JYS Double rrAieo IT rE> 6ET Doa)^ But The A£Ade/w<c creeps OF ouc VoU/U6» People />/2E 8£fAJ6 //Ufo/uv'fAl/fACED 8y all Th<?> Coaj^TQuCTioa) 1 "N1 ^ R.PeUn a Man arrested for bogus check ' '<L A i KA r»<v T BoT TT's ALf^oS fooTBALL SE^So^J / offers help with terrorism BeemutS by Rob Appling SEAdrian DETROIT (AP) — A man charged with smuggling $12 million in bogus cashiers checks into the United States told agents the man named on the checks may belong to al-Qaida, authorities said Wednesday. Omar Shishani, 47, also told investigators dur ing an interview that “if you want to know about terrorism, I can help you with that,’ Assistant U.S. Attorney Eric Straus said during a hearing. Defense attorney Nabih Ayad denied his client ever made such statements. Shishani, who was born in Jordan but is of Chechen descent, was arrested last week after arriv ing at Detroit Metropolitan Airport on a flight from Indonesia. He was jailed without bond July 17 after pleading innocent to possession of counterfeit secu rities and smuggling merchandise into the United States. He faces up to 15 years in prison. Authorities say they found nine phony cashiers checks during a search of Shishani’s bags. Six were dated June 10, 2002, and made payable to “Baharuddin Masse,” the indictment said. The other checks were dated Sept. 3, Sept. 5 and Sept. 6, 2002. Authorities also found a piece of paper with Arabic writing that appeared to be verses from the Quran, some of which Straus said were suggestive of “cataclysmic or apocalyptic events.” Shishani told agents he believes Masse may belong to al-Qaida, has made pro- al-Qaida state ments and named his daughter al-Qaida, Straus said. The suspect’s attorney said Shishani only said the part about the girl. Two of the checks were for $5 million each; two were for $500,000 each; and five were for Cen $200,000 each, the affidavit said. The cl labeled “cashier check,” were purport; issued by the Pomona, Calif., branch oft America Bank. There is no Pomona branch of the Secret Service agent Clarence T. fastersl: the affidavit. Shishani emigrated to the United State 1979, where he married. He became aU.S.cit in 1989, his lawyer said. From 1974-1} Shishani served with the Jordan intelligences | As the c ice. receiving instruction in spy craft andcoiiE many peop surveillance techniques, court documents shot maintainin Ayad described Shishani as a broker whov skin seem: to Indonesia to work on a deal with Masse.as season, bu broker. The deal fell through, Ayad sakE good now Shishani was instructed to return with thechee in later ye; Shishani didn’t know the checks were ton Accord lent and didn’t bring them to Indonesia, Ayada Administr; He said they originated with a man in Califo: can result whom Ayad would not identify. wrinkles a Shishani told federal authorities that he ha; all the sur closed a deal in four years. Shishani’s fan# amount of Jordan says Shishani is simply a wealthy comp too much. er salesman who has no links to terrorism. Authorities searched Shishani’s home ini by Dearborn. Straus said several financial dtt are many t ments were seized, including a December 2 statement indicating Shishani had roughly Si million, much of that in jewelry and artwork. His attorney said that the statement is false that his client is not wealthy. Shishani briefly a business in Detroit in the mid-1990s deal; with computers. Ayad said. Wireless Continued from page 1 requires a Virtual Private Network (VPN) server and the LDAP serv er which can use the same pass word and account name as Neo. There is a threat of “rogue access points” or “throw- downs” with wireless access, which is one of the disadvan tages of the system. These are ports that are simply installed and not managed under the A&M standards for encryption and security, Marti said. Marti emphasized the differ ence between wireless systems that are simply wired rather than engineered and managed. The advantage to VPN is its success and ability to provide what A&M users need with wireless access, confidentiality and authentication, he said. The biggest disadvantage to the system is the incompatibility with devices such as Personal Data Assistants. The demand from on-cam pus users has spread from Windows and Macintosh com patible devices to a broader range that VPN cannot provide with wireless access. Callaloo Continued from page 1 of Southern California, and poet Reetika Vazirani, winner of the Pushcart Prize for her poem “Daughter-Mother-Maya-Seeta.” Admission to the workshop is extremely com petitive. Screeners evaluate applicants and select the people that will be participating, Rowell said. Students and faculty work together for the workshops, meeting as a group for three hours each day. They have the afternoon off to read, write or have individual conferences with the fac ulty, Rowell said. If any of the attendees show promise, they may be featured in a future issue of Cailaloo. “If [any attendees] are publishable, we will pub lish them,” Rowell said. “In fact, three of the partici pants from last year will be appearing in the journal.” The faculty will hold a public reading during the first week, and on the last evening of the workshop, there will be a public reading for a small audience made up of participants and invited guests. Krissa Fritsche, a junior history major said she is familiar with Callaloo. “I think [the Callaloo workshop] is a great avenue for new writers to get useful advice,” Fritsche said. “I’ve heard a lot about it and I think it’s great that Callaloo is having their workshops right here at A&M.” Cass Continued from page 1 here that still have a work ethic and a will to win.” After his dad signed him up for a tennis camp, Cass became interested in the game and began focusing on building a tennis career. His focus helped him become an All-American his senior season at New Mexico. “I had always wanted to keep playing tennis after college,” Cass said. “But after I graduated I realized I probably wasn’t good enough to make a living playing pro tennis, so I turned my sights to coaching.” Months after graduating, Cass was hired as the head coach of the Lobos’ tennis team at the age of 23, one of the youngest head coaches in NCAA history. After rebuilding the program for two years, including his first season when he ran an ad in the school newspaper just to find enough players to finish the sea son, Cass guided New Mexico to its first ever WAC Championship and began a string of six consecutive trips to the NCAA Championships before coming to A&M. At A&M, the job was not much easier, but Cass started quickly and his first recruiting class in 1997 was ranked No. I in the nation by College Tennis Weekly. In 2001, the Aggies reached the Elite Eight in the NCAA Championships and were ranked No. 4 in the nation. “There are jobs that you will always be interested in no mat ter what kind of career you have,” Cass said. “A&M is cer tainly one of those jobs for a coach. 1 had always liked Texas A&M, and it was a spot that had a great tradition of supporting their sports programs. I pursued the job when it came open and I was excited that A&M was interested.” Cass remains one of the youngest coaches in NCAAie: nis despite his 14 years,ofb se em impr class coul sun, but sun is the harmful ul time out n beach or making the skin needs The Ai (AAD) has considered first thing be used ev the sun fc coaching experience. “Being the head coach, kind of get thrown into being Ik f r j en dly. IS bad guy every once in a while Cass said. “But I always war; my players to be able to me and trust me. Whether il problems with a girlfriend, parents, a teammate or in tk classroom, I think my players know they can sit in here and talk to me about it.” Now married with an phi month-old son, Cass is not set ting any immediate plans to leave A&M. “If we had won the nafitw championship this seaM might have retired,” Cassjote “There might come a poj where I feel like I’ve done air can do here and it is time toga someone else an opportunity “I don’t see myself coachu when I’m 60, but atthesamet® I really have no idea what it won take to get me to move on when it might happen today tha Sunscreen: including wax sticks The key the Sun Pr to the prod sun’s burn more prol sunscreen important ^minute: ’ he said. Professor Continued from page 1 entitled Donald Barthelme: The Genesis of a Cool Sound, was featured at the 2001 Texas Book Festival. In her book, she wrote the memoirs of her ex-husband, Donald Barthelme, who was also an award-winning author. 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Anyone wishing to donate can write a check to the Texas A&M Foundation, write Barthelme’s name on the memo line, and send it to A&M’s English department, Ives said. “Texas A&M really meant a lot to her,” she said. TEEX Continued from page 1 destroyed building used to train the firefighters in how to handle a natural disaster such as a tornado or hurricane. Sometimes college students are recruited to play victims in these scenes and the firemen must rescue them from “Disaster City,” Roccaforde said. The students at the training school start their day at 8 a.m. and work until 8 p.m. During train ing, the students rotate between different types of fires and listening to lectures on how to assess different situations. Heather Allen, a volunteer firefighter since the age of 16, said this is the first time she has ^ able to attend Brayton. 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