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Los Angeles and Alaska to Hawaii, this Web site offers views
fron all over the United States and of the Earth, too.
Hi their computers are fast enough, viewers can feel like
the) ’re actually there.
some Web cams close, surfers can see the
expressions of tourists walking down Broadwax in Times
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weather and a four car pile-up.
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Makes Vac & Sew Shop in Los Angeles and those longing for
the? great outdoors can glimpse the view from atop Big Mountain
in ilontana.
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oldr apartments in various cities letting surfers go almost any-
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and at least three exclamation points in the subject line.
With adiamondisforever.com, neither party loses and every
one involved will be satisfied
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have more cash than most students owe in subsidized loans, adi-
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pelfect ring. The site is educational as well and gives clueless
shoppers a crash course in selecting diamonds, reviewing the
foiB C's (cut, carat, clarity and color) and how to propose.
■The site's proposal ideas are “priceless” and sure beat kneel
ing beneath an old tree. Proposal ideas include having the male
arrlnge the local movie theater to play a videotape of him pro
fessing his love and proposing in front of the entire audience.
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Bl he first step in designing a ring online is choosing the stone.
Lulkily, for those who cannot tell the difference between a
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shippers can choose a band of gold, silver or platinum and, if
wanted, sidestones. After the perfect ring has been designed, view
ers can save their dream ring in their online “jewelry box.” They
can even e-mail the photo of the desired ring to their beloved.
“What are you afraid of?”
Fear.com poses this question and leaves it up to the site’s
visitors to answer it for themselves. Responses range from “If
kangaroos became a dominant species,” and “realizing that you
got hit by a parked car,” to things much more serious regarding
relationships, i.e. “the person that makes you happiest in life can
also make you the saddest,” family, i.e. “the Amber alert being
used for my child,” and national security, i.e. “that Americans
are hated by a third of the world and don't know it.”
Anyone surfing the site can suggest fears not already listed or
choose to agree or disagree with previous responses. The total of
those agreeing and disagreeing builds the top-five fears list.
The site provides a message board and chat room to discuss
fears and what to do about them. Each week there is a question
posed by the site administrator on a specific fear and how it
affects people. The top on-going discussion is former President
Franklin Roosevelt's statement, “The only thing we have to fear
is fear itself.”
Fear.com loads quickly even on the slowest of computers,
and the listing of fears will keep any visitor around for a long
time. It’s a great site to go to for entertainment, as many of the
responses will make visitors laugh out loud. But, it's also a site
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Miss America judge asks Italian
contestant about 'Sopranos'
MORRISTOWN, NJ. (AP) - A Miss America
pageant judge was wrong to ask Miss New
Je|$ey about her views on "The Sopranos,"
the contestant and some italian-American
groups said.
The judge asked Alicia Renee Luciano
what she thought about the show during an
interview segment of Saturday night's pag
eant in Atlantic City. The HBO drama focuses
on fictional mob boss Tony Soprano as he
juggles organized crime and his family life in
suburban New Jersey.
| Luciano, 19, answered that people should
n't take television shows seriously, and that
good parenting should offset violence on TV.
. fit was a question that I don't think they
would ask of anyone, other than someone
with my background," she told The Daily
Record of Parsippany for Tuesday's editions.
The Byram resident is believed to be the first
Italian-American to represent New Jersey in
the pageant.
■'I wasn't expecting that," Luciano said.
"Everyone else was getting questions about
how they felt about performance dance and
the arts."
■Several Italian-American groups agreed,
calling the question insensitive and insulting.
Miss America officials did not immediately
return a message left at their office early
Tuesday.
||T don't think it was appropriate," said
Anthony Marci, vice president of the
North Jersey chapter of Fiery, a group of
students and young adults that celebrates
Italian culture.
|f:"lt's a television show that should be taken
with a grain of salt," he said. "But at the
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same time, Italian-Americans should be cog
nizant that it adds to the stereotypes in this
country."
Actress Kitaen files lawsuit
against estranged husband
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Actress Tawny
Kitaen has filed a $12 million lawsuit against
her estranged husband, St. Louis Cardinals
pitcher Chuck Finley.
In the lawsuit made public Monday, Kitaen
accuses her husband of breach of contract,
saying Finley broke his promise to support
her financially for the rest of her life. Finley
filed for divorce in April, three days after
Kitaen was arrested for spousal abuse.
The 41-year-old actress, who appeared in
the movie Bachelor Party, was accused of
attacking her husband April 1 as the two
were returning home from dinner. Police
said they saw scrapes on Finley's body.
Kitaen pleaded no contest to a misde
meanor count of spousal abuse and was
ordered to undergo a year of counseling,
avoid contact with her husband and
make a $500 donation to a battered-
women's shelter.
Finley, 37, was playing for the Cleveland
Indians at the time; he's since been traded
to St. Louis.
In court documents filed Sept. 17, Kitaen
said that when Finley proposed to her on
Valentine's Day 1991, he gave her a Cartier
diamond engagement ring and a key to his
home. He soon gave her unlimited access to
his personal bank account and told her to
spend away, the lawsuit said.
When Kitaen became pregnant with the
couple's first daughter in 1992, Finley
requested she become a full-time mother
in exchange for financial support, the law
suit said.
Kitaen gave up her career of making
$15,000 a week on the syndicated sitcom
"WKRP in Cincinnati" and $22,000 an
episode as host of "America's Funniest
People," the lawsuit said. She stopped work
ing full time in 1993.
Kitaen was Finley's nurse and homemaker
and managed his day-to-day business, the
lawsuit said. She also boosted his career by
lending him her own celebrity, and even
picked out his hair color to burnish his boy
ish image, the lawsuit said.
Since filing for divorce, Finley has ignored
Kitaen's repeated requests for money, and
seized $4.1 million from a joint personal
account, the lawsuit said.
Supreme Court judge donates
building to Loyola Law School
LOS ANGELES (AP) - U.S. Supreme Court
Justice Anthony M. Kennedy dedicated the
latest creation from architect Frank Gehry,
the Loyola Law School's Albert H. Girardi
Advocacy Center.
Kennedy said Monday that his profession
and Gehiys are similar. "We... recognize the
need for experimentation, creation and new
ways of doing things."
The center is the latest in a series of con
temporary buildings in a central plaza on
campus, each of which Gehry designed over
the past two decades.
The three-story rust colored structure with
its 65-foot conical silver tower contains a 90-
person courtroom for mock trials, a jury
deliberation room, a 70-person appellate
courtroom, a 36-person Center for Ethical
Advocacy classroom and video training labs.
It's already booked for lectures and an
upcoming moot court later this week.
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Today 37 Aggies are serving. Are you next?
Talk to former Volunteer & TAMU Recruiter Dr. Nelson Jacob
at the TAMU Career Center, Koldus Bldg, Room 209:
• Monday and Wednesday, 3 to 4:30 p.m.
• Tuesday and Thursday, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
• Friday, 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
• or call (979) 862-7966 or e-mail peacecorps@tamu.edu
You’re invited to a Peace Corps Film Show and Presentation
on Thursday, September 26, 5:30 p.m., in 502 Rudder Tower.
www.peacecorps.gov • 1-800-424-8580
* Turkish Lessons
* Russian Conversation
Partners
By
Association for Language Learning (ALL)
Limited seats!
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Fall Activities Council &
TAMU Food Services
Is proud to present:
Aggie Invasion at Baylor
Texas A&M vs. Baylor
October 12
$10 Bus Ride to Waco (Includes Lunch)
Come ami join other students, faculty, and members of the
community as we take a bus trip to Waco to watch the
Fightin' Texas Aggies beat the hell out of the Baylor Bears.
When: Saturday, October 12
Cost: $10 (available at MSC Box Office until 9/30)
*** Tickets to the football game sold separately. ***
Buy football tickets by calling 979-845-2311 or going to the
TAMU Athletic Ticket Office upstairs in Koldus.
Bring participant wavier/release form to buses
Buses will begin loading at 9AM
Buses will leave for Waco at 10AM
Buses will return for College Station
1 Vi hours aftergame
Don't forget to Maroon-Out!!!