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After four months of bland, canned food, the space station’s lone American, Peggy Whitson, had requested some spice. “We’ve got your salsa,” Atlantis’ skipper, Jeffrey Ashby, radioed as the shuttle drew near. “OK, we’ll let you in then,” Whitson replied. The docking took place more than 240 miles above central Asia. Mission Control congratulat ed Ashby and his crew on “an impressive, flaw less rendezvous and the smoothest docking sequence we’ve seen in quite a few flights.” THE BATTALUi RHA urnti By Kelt THE B> (Many Aggies a ning of age am Continued from page happened,” Harper said don’t just read the report issue sanctions.” Residence Life DirectorRrr, Sasse said drawing the H between horseplay and can be difficult. “There’s a big gray areaj you just have to look at t individual case,” Sassesaid. When residence hall leafe commit hazing, it could creat the incorrect perception University’s anti-hazing e*.., n does r are not working, Sasse said, r,!!., u.^mo “We try to educate stud® about hazing and hope tin make the right decision," Sass said. D’Olive said he and ol student leaders have been onfe front lines of the University anti-hazing efforts, and saidk feels betrayed by University’s attempt to friendly stunt into a hazing inci dent. “We’ve had serious problems in the past, and weV done our best to get ridofttoi D'Olive said. NEWS IN BRIEF LA report outlines proposals for anti-terror readiness k Less than two hours later, the hatches between the two spacecraft swung open and Whitson and her two Russian crewmates embraced their first guests. Cheers, shouts and laughter filled the orbiting complex. “You guys look great!” one of Atlantis’ crewmen said. Whitson shared an especially long hug with shuttle astronaut Sandra Magnus, a fellow class mate and good friend who lugged a big brown bag, presumably filled with goodies. Besides salsa, the six shuttle astronauts brought onions, garlic, fresh fruit and a pecan pie. “We hope you’re enjoying the company,” Mission Control radioed. The $390 million girder delivered by Atlantis is equipped with three radiators and 15 miles of wiring. It also has more than one-third mile of fiber optic cable and 426 feet of stainless steel tubes for ammonia, which will serve as a coolant, and nitrogen, which will maintain the ammonia pressure.The cooling system will not be activated until next year. LOS ANGELES (AP) nation's second largest dty improved its anti-terror readines but remains deficient in mm areas, according to a repoi issued Thursday by a citycound man. Councilman Jack Weiss gested a series of changes forli Angeles and surrounding mumo- palities. His proposals strengthening the disease » veillance system to detect biolof ical and chemical upgrades of radiation detecte equipment; designating neigli borhood disaster coordinatois; and planning for evacuations vaccinations, antibiotics quarantines. He also called for equipT improvements, citing fire dei ment radiation detectors da: from the 1950s. Weiss said various governing communications systems use. ferent radio frequencies, maW it difficult for emergency agent? to communicate during a crisis He said an upgraded 911 s'-j tern should be augmented o, ■ system for non-urgent calls, emergency operators should - trained in passing on tips abc. suspicious activity. Plans already in the wr include a $120 |C Emergency Operations Cen and a 911 call center thatjs • begin operations this month. 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