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AGGlELlff E BATTaljos 5A E BATTALION .uk igh school itudents ested for obacco use Internet that is a site tha ns that it h< r surfing the site, ck up their clanrj es, shirts andpir t . orating in a p photo posters o! nade up of albt •nd gig posters large selection if ke Britney Spe^ generic postesd ■s, they also ci- and albums. He ill decor, tans of Europea nerchandise fi» is inclined towar an artists such a tal and punkroa ■ variety of class:; mists all thesu lade even cods •oster is priced! acians such as tie »h. toked a few real: ch to offer. -Nishai Fatim t. d On ark iti mts to name i million student him, school me Litfin said Sieved to have se just befoit Flight 93 appar- terrorist hijack d it from crash mded target i.C The P^ Pennsylvania. VESTAV1A HILLS, Ala. (AP) Breath mints won’t cut it any- jre for students who have been loking in the bathroom — some iools around the country are [ministering urine tests to jnagers to find out whether they Ive been using tobacco. Opponents say such testing ilates students’ rights and can ipthem out of the extracurricu- activities they need to stay on iclc. But some advocates say loking in the boys’ room is a :ket to more serious drug use. “Some addicted drug users ok back to cigarettes as the art of it all,” said Jeff —cAlpin, director of marketing ,1ltei ; ^ tale ' irEDPM. a Birmingham drug- K ula Shaker.a j s[ j n g corn p an y. Short of catching them in the school officials previously id no way of proving students id been smoking. Testing students for drugs has iread in recent years and was Iven a boost in June when the ,S. Supreme Court affirmed ndom testing of those in aracurricular activities. Tobacco in easily be added to the usual ittery of tests. “I agree with it.” said 16-year- I Vestavia Hills High School nior Rosemary Stafford, a mem- irofthe marching band. “It’s legal, it’s addictive. Maybe the unishment shouldn’t be as :vere, but they should test for it.” In most cases, the penalties for :sting positive for cotinine — a ictabolic byproduct that remains the body after smoking or [hewing tobacco — are the same Is those for illegal drugs: The stu- |enfs parents are notified and he p: she is usually placed on school “Probation and briefly suspended vm sports or other activities. Alabama's Hoover school sys- w randomly tested 679 of its ,500 athletes for drug use this jast school year. Fourteen high thool students tested positive, 12 if them for tobacco. | Elsewhere around the country, ♦ u inni ^ 00 * s ' n Blackford County, Ind., n ^ e P q ampr's st / or to ^ acco use athletes, e 8 e ' F^’P^ts in other extracurricu- T activities, and students who f e driver’s education or apply F Parking permits. In Lockney, Texas, a federal Fge recently struck down the Psinct s testing of all students for ’a use of drugs, alcohol and ibacco. In Columbia County, Fla., the nool board will vote Tuesday on testing policy that would include bacco. Teenagers who take part extracurricular activities or W for permits to drive to nool would be screened. Screenings can detect cotinine )ru P to 10 days in regular smok- s °f about a half a pack, or 10 Earettes, a day, McAlpin said. x Perts say it is unlikely that coti- lne would collect in people I t0 sec ondhand smoke. : obacco is illegal for them to Ve 7~ ^„ s a * so a h e alth and safe- issue, said Phil Hastings, Pervisor of safety and altema- education for schools in aur, which recently adopted a ob ln ? Program that includes liitw 0- , ^ e ve g°t n responsi- V to let the kids know the dan- foftebacco use.” jveral| le random . dru g testing ^mp • 1S bein 8 fought by the I Liberties Union Undents’ rights groups, the fflrau '°r n l co tine testing has I^n httle opposition, ouidehnes published last fficp h ^ t * 1C ^ b ' te House drug Qbacco^e^ 1 Specitkally address LP n |°bacco, we have the inies P ° - Cy as on tes ti n g for (very ” lay not be right for isairl t a0 ° and community,” K™ if ? de Vallance . p^ s Lco,^ f ° r tbe °ffice. “We ifeess of 6 parents anc t officials to P'0p r Skm.“ dna ‘ UreOf ‘ he L ';t rl 1 ,le "<= r . cx ccunve direc- folia i' U fe. for Sensibl « I 0 use K ^ asbln gton, said tobac- | rob lem y buM n ~?- 8ei V S a rnaj ° r | n °ther sten e K tlng f ° r 11 18 Just Penis’ n • 8 m tbe lnvas ion of stu- 'WeVe^.v l )r isom;”u ma ^ in g schools like P uns > he said. 9 e 14 foot rocket goes up after wind delay HOUSTON (AP) — A 12- year-old girl has died after she was apparently accidentally shot and killed by her 17-year-old brother, police said. Jeanette Sosa was shot in the chest by her brother, Victor Manuel Salinas Jr., Saturday night at their Houston home. She died after being taken to Ben Taub General Hospital, the Houston Chronicle reported in its online edition Sunday. Salinas told police that his sister was in his bedroom by herself, and when he returned he discovered she had found his pistol that he kept hidden under his mattress. He said he took the gun from her and noticed that the clip he had removed earlier was still on NEWS IN BRIEF his dresser. Salinas said he for got there was a bullet in the chamber and pulled the trigger. His sister was struck in the chest as she got up from the bed, Salinas told police. Border health Issues discussed by doctors SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas (AP) — Doctors and pub lic-health officials will meet this week to discuss lead poisoning, diabetes, heart disease and other health issues that affect the U.S.-Mexico border. The Border Health Symposium will be from Wednesday through Friday on South Padre Island. It is scheduled every two years to bring border health pro fessionals together to share Tuesday, October 8, 2002 ideas. Among other discussions at the conference will be preven tion of childhood lead poison ing, infant-feeding practices affecting childhood obesity, improving cardiovascular health through policy and environmen tal change, and addressing health disparities in the Lower Rio Grande Valley through case management and education. Enjoy a good challenge? You want a personal life, but you also want a career that challenges you. At Ernst & Young, you can have both. True, we have high expectations. And some tasks will no doubt rack your brain. But rest assured. We help our people face assignments with some remarkably handy tools, such as the most advanced technology, information, and resources, bar none. 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