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THE BATTALION
Volume 109 • Issue 23 • 10 pages
www.thebatt.com
Tuesday, October 1, 2002
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VIENNA. Austria (AP) — Staking
^ut a tough position, U.N. weapons
inspectors opened talks Monday with
Iraq over a return to Baghdad by hold
ing Saddam Hussein to his pledge of
unfettered access to suspect sites.
Chief inspector Hans Blix told
reporters at the Vienna headquarters of
the International Atomic Energy
Agency that the talks would operate
under the assumption that nothing in
Iraq will he off-limits to inspectors
hunting for nuclear, biological and
chemical weaponry.
“The purpose of the talks is that if
and when inspections come about, we
will not have clashes inside” over what
the inspectors will do, Blix said. ”We’d
rather go through these things outside
in advance.”
Both sides will discuss “practical
arrangements” with the Iraqis for
inspections, he said, such as where the
inspectors would be based, their
accommodations and security, and how
samples would be taken out of the
country for analysis. Blix said he would
report back to the U.N. Security
Council on Thursday.
Briefing journalists 2 1/2 hours into
Monday’s talks, chief IAEA
spokesman Mark Gwozdecky called
the atmosphere “businesslike” and said
the discussions were “very thorough.”
“We’re moving along nicely,” he
said. “They’re all aware of the
importance that there be no misun
derstandings.”
IAEA spokeswoman Melissa
Fleming said the success of a new
weapons inspection mission would
hinge on Saddam’s promise of full
cooperation.
On Saturday, Iraqi Vice President
Taha Yassin Ramadan rejected any
changes in the inspections regime.
“Our position on the inspectors has
been decided and any additional proce
dure is meant to hurt Iraq and is unac
ceptable,” Ramadan said.
British Prime Minister Tony Blair
has signaled, meanwhile, that he might
be open to a strategy of using two,
rather than just one, U.N. resolutions to
establish a new international legal
framework for disanning Saddam.
Blair, who is the United States’
staunchest backer for stern measures
against Iraq and who has served as an
intermediary with less-supportive
European governments, made his com
ments in a BBC television interview
Sunday.
“We can leave that open for the
moment. The most important thing is to
get a very clear determination from the
United Nations Security Council say
ing ... these chemical, biological,
potentially nuclear weapons pose a real
danger to the world,” Blair said.
London and Washington have draft
ed a U.N. resolution that would force
Baghdad to move quickly on supplying
See Inspectors on page 2
Sharon criticized
after troops leave
Arafat’s compound
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JERUSALEM (AP) —
Critics from all sides decried
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel
Sharon on Monday for his han
dling of the siege of Yasser
Arafat’s headquarters, after U.S.
pressure forced him to pull back
Israeli troops and end the 10-day
standoff.
Meanwhile, violence flared
in the West Bank city of Nablus,
where Israeli troops killed two
Palestinian boys, ages 10 and
11, Palestinian officials said.
Israeli soldiers enforcing a cur
few in the city and a neighbor
ing refugee camp clashed first
with stone-throwing youths,
then with Palestinian gunmen,
witnesses said.
Sharon was in Moscow on
Monday as the criticism swirled
over the decision the day before
to pull troops out of Palestinian
leader Arafat's compound in the
West Bank town of Ramallah.
Some said Sharon and his gov
ernment had underestimated
Washington's determination to
keep the Israeli-Palestin ian con
flict from undermining the cam-
paign against Iraqi leader
Saddam Hussein.
Sharon is leaving behind a
colossal failure, the most
notable failure since the begin
ning of his term in office,” com
mentator Hemi Shalev wrote in
the newspaper Maariv.
A new threat to his coalition
emerged at a convention of his
senior partner, the moderate
Labor Party, over a domestic
issue — the state budget. Sharon
has said that if the budget is not
passed by the end of October, he
will call an election.
Labor members of the
Cabinet had already decided to
support the budget — and thus
stay in the government — partly
because the possibility of a U.S.
war with Iraq makes it an awk
ward time to display political
divisions. However, party dele
gates on Monday voted to force
their ministers to convene
another convention to report on
the budget negotiations before
the vote in parliament, challeng
ing the authority of the party
leader, Binyamin Ben-Eliezer.
Outbursts of violence contin
ued in Palestinian areas.
Gunfire broke out Monday in
downtown Nablus on the West
Bank. Witnesses said
Palestinian gunmen apparently
fired on soldiers and the Israelis
fired back. Black smoke rose
See Sharon on page 2
Jason Kendrick, a senior recreation and parks tourism major
and member of Company N-l of the Corps of Cadets, laces
JOHN C. LIVAS • THE BATTALION
up a senior boot Monday afternoon at Holick's. Kendrick has
been an employee of Holick's for just less than a year.
Continental brings jet service to Easterwood Airport
JP BEATO III * THE BATTALION
Sarnie Kelly, a resident of College Station and the first passenger of Continental
. xpress, wa its to board the 50 passenger commercial jet out of Easterwood Airport
0 ouston. Kelly also cut the ribbon for yesterday's inaugural flight.
By Jeremy Osborne
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Residents of Bryan-College Station,
once faced with the daunting task of
driving to Bush Intercontinental
Airport, can now fly on Embraer ERJ-
145 jets from Easterwood Airport to
Houston.
At a ribbon-cutting ceremony on
Tuesday, University and community
officials celebrated the first flight.
“This is going to be really important
to the community and the passengers
that fly in and out of the community,”
said Ron Silvia, College Station mayor.
Chuck Sippial, vice president for
administration, said the new jet service
“opens up the world to us.”
“To be able to jump on an airline here
and be in Houston in 20 minutes — its a
great thing,” Sippial said. “There’s so
many places you can go from Houston.”
Happ said Easterwood was chosen to
receive the jet service a year early.
“We’re one of six airports to get RJs
this early,” said John Happ, aviation
director for Texas A&M. “We planned
air bridges for the airport, and we have
good passenger service. This was an
obvious place for the RJs to start their
service.”
Initially, Continental will offer one
flight a day on the Embraer jet, which
seats 50 passengers. Later, the airline
will increase the number of flights.
“Continental announced last week
that they hope to have all flights
swapped out by March if not sooner.
We’re hoping sooner,” Happ said.
Many believe the jet service will be
beneficial to the local economy.
“I think it will help it a lot. It sends a
signal that the Bryan-College Station
community is growing,” said James
Massey, College Station mayor pro-temp.
Happ said the jet service will attract
new businesses.
“Hopefully it will also entice
development. People who know we
have jet service won’t mind bringing
their companies here,” Happ said.
Officials say the new service might
lead to more jets and destinations at
Easterwood.
“Hopefully, eventually it will offer
flexibility to destinations other than
Houston. That’s our goal,” Happ said.
Happ said future destinations would
depend on customer needs, but the air
lines will make that decision.
“We hope American Airlines will
become the second carrier to offer jet
service at Easterwood,” Sippial said.
Passengers are also excited about the
new service.
Vergil and Mary Sue Stover were
passengers on yesterday’s inaugural
flight and said they will both make
extensive use of the jet service.
“We did not know (about the jet serv
ice) until yesterday when we read yester
day’s paper. That’s neat. It won’t be quite
so crowded,” Mary Sue Stover said.
Young women unaware of breast cancer risks
B Y Melissa Sullivan
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recent study conducted by the
Komen Breast Cancer
Susan G.
Foundation found that 60 percent of
young women do not believe they
are at risk for breast cancer.
“If they have a mom or even an
aunt who has had breast cancer, they
need to let their health care provider
* Breast cancer is the leading cause
of cancer deaths among women
20-39 years old
* 50% of women do not perform
monthly breast self-exams
* 60% of young women don't feel
at risk for breast cancer
Breast Cancer Foundation
TRAVIS SWENSON • THE BATTALION
know because they are at a higher
risk,” said Margaret Griffith, health
education coordinator at A.P. Beutel
Health Center.
Griffith said two methods can be
used besides mammograms to check
for lumps: a monthly self exam and
an annual exam administered by a
health care provider.
Fifty percent of young women
do not perform monthly breast
self-examinations, according to the
survey.
The Komen survey says most
women are not aware that breast
cancer is the leading cause of cancer
deaths in women ages 20-39.
“You can prevent yourself from
getting cancer by remembering to
stay healthy,” said Beth Tymrak,
director of the American Cancer
Society in Bryan. “If you are in a
physical activity and watch how
many alcoholic drinks you con
sume, then it decreases the risk of
getting cancer.”
Though the risk for breast cancer
increases with age, it is possible for
women in their 20s to get the dis
ease. That means it is important to
get checked out, Griffith said.
Not all lumps found may be of
concern.
Some lumps may lead to a dis
ease called Fibrocystic Breast
Disease. In this condition women
respond to changes in hormones and
See Cancer on page 2