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NATION ag gieli1he battalion L BATTALI 7A Thursday, September 26, 2002 >d tunti ' accented Hus some of the adience, they >Tong angle, as the chair. iation. That's Yhen it’s $70 ound the the positionirj neeting, meeij >r American'] / are so prou Hollywood, films. Theyrl like Rushil Jrts me. But ,ayer of ash covers roofs after ildfires destroy forest areas s, then tw (he’s rumoresl >vide anistii Her, often) ght gags. I duced Arc* t, where he nd charmin ith the tone :reate thisLf rreographinp o. ChoreognJ 3 please Jacfe rd Nosebltti a window» .'ear in Ch;.„ •erg called iK5 e idea, thenlr -ha-ha - the! irity.*" t than the av« place the sn MOUNT BALDY VILLAGE, Calif. (AP) — A wildfire that has destroyed yzens of cabins and forced the closure of ko,000-acres in Angeles National Forest bmpted mandatory evacuations as smoke spread across communities northeast of ,os Angeles. The fire had scorched about 22,000 acres f the national forest by Wednesday morn- irg, equal to about 1 1 square miles. The ■laze was only 10 percent contained early Wednesday. I The fire was the larger of two big blazes in California. The other raced over 1,850 Jcres in a park south of San Jose, destroying |5 structures and threatening 50 homes. It fas 25 percent contained early Wednesday. The blaze northeast of Los Angeles more han doubled in size Tuesday. Some 2,000 efighters were hampered by rugged ter- n and temperatures that soared into the |igh 90s. A fine layer of ash fell on cars and yards several San Gabriel Valley communities in the eastern edge of Los Angeles, p ompting air quality authorities to issue a aming. Forty cabins and four federal research buildings were destroyed, and residents reported seeing 30-foot flames in some areas. The cost of battling the blaze has reached $1.5 million. I he cause of the wildfire was under investigation, although officials ruled out barbecues or campfires as a possibility. Despite a mandatory evacuation issued at 8 p.m. Tuesday, about a dozen of the 600 residents in Mount Baldy Village stayed put. "Why would we be nervous? We don’t see any tire," said Ron Ellington, proprietor of the Mount Baldy Lodge built in 1914. “ I he lodge has always been a place where people go in a time of crisis. The lodge has to stay open so people can find out what’s going on.” On the northern edge of Claremont, res idents of 40 homes in Palmer Canyon were ordered to leave because the fire was fast approaching. “I can see flame right from my back yard. We got ash in the back yard, on the sidewalk and the pool,” said Los Angeles Dodgers manager Jim Tracy, who lives in Claremont, 40 miles east of downtown Los Angeles. The fire, which began Sunday evening near privately owned Camp Williams and Camp Fellows, had destroyed 40 of 77 cab ins and four federal buildings in the San Dimas Canyon area. It burned just three miles southeast of an area scorched earlier this month by a 16,000-acre fire. California’s other major wildfire roared toward 250 threatened homes along the lushly forested Santa Cruz Mountains, destroying at least 15 structures. More than 1,000 firefighters were deployed. Dozens of residents voluntarily evacuat ed their homes and officials warned those lingering to pack their cars so they could leave at a moment’s notice. Officials believe the blaze was sparked Monday by a fire within a mobile home along the eastern side of the mountains. The fire’s thick smoke has hampered firefighting efforts. Air tankers were grounded for much of Tuesday until the smoke cleared a bit in the afternoon. The smoke was visible from downtown San Jose, 20 miles to the north. ourt rules that prisoners who ere exposed to drugs cannot sue I PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Prisoners who were deliberately Ixposed in diseases and given mind-alicrme drugs during jail- house medical experiments from the 1950s through the 1970s :annot sue the city and the university that conducted the tests, a ederal appeals court ruled. A three-judge panel of the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals )n Tuesday upheld a lower court’s ruling that the 298 fonner nmates waited too long to bring their lawsuit. In most circumstances, state law requires that the type of law- >uit filed by the prisoners be brought within two to four years. unt. I don't say n a 120-foo:' The experiments stopped in 1974. h theworsihH “The experimentation programs were widely publicized from 3r the widest: he mid-1970s until the early 1980s and a number of inmates filed 3uble.” iu ' ts in the years following the publicity,” the court said. “It is Vayne and CL (imply not reasonable to believe that plaintiffs were not aware of es. butthes w the facts underlying this litigation many, many years before bring ing suit.” The prisoners — all of whom finished serving their jail time long ago — sued in 2000 after Temple University instructor and rcalluHi'^lP^bn activist Allen Hornblum wrote about the testing in his 1998 2 aboutkfrnsb| book “Acres of Skin.” ‘ s t ra jghtdr®I F° r decades, the University of Pennsylvania and dermatolo- which“could$til gists led by Dr. Albert Kligman, who is credited with developing the acne and anti-wrinkle treatment Retin A, performed experi ments on inmates at Holmesburg Prison, a city jail that closed in 1995. Many of the tests were harmless, but at city hearings conduct ed earlier this year, one former prisoner said his hands and feet swelled grotesquely. Others said they lost feeling in limbs or had bad reactions to psychotropic drugs. The lawsuit said the inmates had not been informed of the risks or properly asked for their consent. “Some of the people were tested with LSD. Some were tested with dioxin. They didn’t know what they were getting into,” said Thomas Nocella, the prisoners’ attorney. He said the group has not decided whether to appeal. After Hornblum’s book was published, Penn offered to exam ine any former inmates who thought they were harmed by the school’s studies. “That offer still stands,” Penn spokeswoman Rebecca Harmon said Wednesday. “Thirty or 40 years ago, it was common practice. But we’ve all grown up since then,” she said. “It’s understood globally that prisoners are not appropriate subjects for testing.” At least six other lawsuits filed by prisoners against the school were settled out of court. ; come in >nes and I stji nd. I say. 'fe d.”’ _ee. Jackie ie did Croucki' says, Man stabs and shoots family members I „ „ . .. .. , on; 1 want to LAKE WORTH, Fla. (AP) — Authorities charged a 29-year-old man Wednesday with think ofanol murdering five members of his family over he weekend, saying he believed some of the victims were molesting his daughter. Michael Roman, 29, made incrimina - n g statements to police after he was crested Tuesday o on a charge [dated to his probation for auto theft. like Spy Gw : needn't wot osition as dedicatee riffith N.C. (AP) coming bad 1 lucratiVC “* Poli ce Chief William Smith said. BOOM!-* his in Ament things in Joel job.’" Police had been searching for Roman since Sunday, when they discovered the bodies of his uncle, his uncle’s girlfriend and her three grown children, including a pregnant woman. Smith said the victims were stabbed and shot to death. He also said Roman indicated he believed some of the people who were killed were responsible for molesting his 1 1/2-year-old daughter, who lived in the home with him and his girlfriend. Roman was charged with first-degree murder in the slayings. It was not immedi ately known whether Roman has a lawyer. The public defender’s office in Orlando, 150 miles north of here, did not immediate ly return a call seeking comment. The body of Carmen Valentin, 42, was discovered by police in a roadway in Lake Worth, south of West Palm Beach. STUDENTS and FACULTY/STAFF' •PLUS GUESTS' led to distribute? jrbook and ctory. Should C! in RIDE THE SHUTTLE BUSES TO KYLE FIELD The Texas A&M Athletic Department will be running student shuttle buses to home football games again this season! The buses will run on their normal routes. Students and TacuUy/Staff plus their guests may ride FREE!! Just show your game ticket to board the bus. The Student shuttle buses will start their regular routes 2 hours before kickoff and d e part campus for 1 hour after the game is over. RIDE THE STUDENT SHUTTLE BUS TO HOME FOOTBALL GAMES 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 and 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 <tame sold separately. Buy football tickets by calling 979-845-2311 or going to the TAMU Athletic Ticket Office upstairs in Koldus. Bring participant ivavierlrelease fom 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!!! >ANCH Thursday Night Steak for Two Special *19.95 plus Live Local Texas Artist’s Happy Hour 4-8 plus *1.50 Longnecks ALL NIGHT LONG! 520 Harvey Rd. (979) 694-4618 Hoyrs: Mon-Thurs llam-lOpm Frit lam-11pm Sat 11 am-11 pm Sunllam-9pm Ad not required CAKt'B 1227 S. College 779-0809 SALSA/MERENGUE CLUB OPEN FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHTS FROM 10 P.M. - UNTIL FRIDAY ALL LADIES FREE TILL 11 $1°° v/ell Drinks M 00 Long Necks } TILL FREE DANCE CLASSES on Friday 8-9:30 Door Prizes Private Parties Welcome WELCOME BACK AGGIES! Start the semester off right and make sure your eyes are ready for class! 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