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'P'tzcCtiet Zo-% ^ ^ % A Festival \7iif r } cf CORN To Get Us Ready To Beat The Hell Outta Nebraska F- T ^, rn IN THE BASEMENT S^oo/c The Hell Outta CORN Fields with 4rt ^rw^g,^ T rwis- ^ - ,. A.L,E Is I\Mit / LiJNtr MSC Film Society's Aggie Cinema in the at 7:00pm F* CC I^illiaicls (h ' 1 '* pfenf^PlII I Revoltilion Free PonC ORN &Soda Win The Hell Outta Cool Prizes •aft in our CORNV Karaoke Contest! The CORNIEST performers win, no talent required Eat The Hell Outta FREE CORNdogs & CandyCORN Show Cheer The Hell Outta performers who we hope are not CORNV in round two of MSC Town Hall’s Battle of the Bands in the Rudder Plaza Area For more information contact 845-1515 A&M ID at Check-in locations around the MSC Friday, October 25 8pm - Midnight Yell In the MSC UUVUT* . T'I£N, tNT/ i Ol l isXfi:.7WI£ I O 979-822-2222 Hall of Fame $$$ BIG MONEY CONTESTS $$$: Karaoke • Mechanical Bull • Pool • Dominoes GREA T DRINK SPECIALS: 25^ bar drinks & $1.50 longnecks til 11 p.m. $2.50 pitchers and $1.50 chuggers all night College Night 25# BAR DRINKS TIL 11 P.M. $1.00 U CALL ITS TIL 10 P.M. $1.50 LONGNECKS TIL 10 P.M. $1.50 CHUGGERS, $2.50 PITCHERS ALL NIGHT ALL LADIES FREE UNTIL 10 LADIES 21 AND UP FREE ALL NIGHT Guys with college ED $1.00 til 10 Friday ♦ $1.00 U-Call-Its and $1.50 LONGNECKS ‘TIL 10 PM! All tickets $6.00 at the door $1.50 CHUGGERS AND $2.50 PITCHERS! $50 and a Flask of Crown” Wednesday. October 23, 2002 NEWS THE BATTAlioJ Bus driver falls prey to sniper’s 13th attack! ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) — A bus driver was shot to death Tuesday as he was about to set out on his morning route in what authorities fear was the 13th attack by the Washington-area sniper. Police also revealed a chilling warning found at a weekend shooting scene: ‘“Your children are not safe anywhere at any time.” Conrad Johnson, 35. was fatally wounded just before 6 a.m. as he stood on the top step of his bus, setting off a police dragnet and snarling traffic in the suburbs north of the nation’s cap ital. He died later at a hospital. The shooting happened in Aspen Hill, the same community where the shootings began. Since Oct. 2, the sniper has killed nine people and critically wounded three others in Maryland. Virginia and Washington. The slaying came after two days of public entreaties by police for the sniper to contact them. Montgomery County Police Chief Charles M oose suggested Tuesday police had received a new message from the killer, and he said authorities were preparing a response. He refused to disclose details about the message, believed to be the fourth authorities have received during the investigation. The warning about children’s safety was discovered by police outside a steakhouse just north of Richmond. Va.. where the sniper critically wounded a man Saturday night. Moose said the warning came in the form of a "post script,” but refused to describe the rest of the note. However, a senior law enforcement official speaking to The Associated Press on condi tion of anonymity said the note demanded $10 million. More than 140.000 students in the Richmond area remained home Tuesday as schools were closed for a second day. School officials cited information from police in shutting down, prompting questions for Moose, whose office is leading the sprawling investigation. Moose said investigators rec- If Co( Washington, D C c PENNSYLVANIA MARYLAND , Nj ifrA .•y Ijl i i ■dWaSfcngfcn. DC \ SOURCES Associated Press. ESRI A? ognized “the concerns of tlie| community” and decidedtopro- vide the “exact language ik| pertains to the threat.” M i u >sc said the shooting\d “v er> similar” to those that farf killed nine other people ari wounded three in Washington! Maryland and Virginia. AOL program to keep kids safe while surfing Internet Dl Parentho followinj fund-rais raiser wc efforts o Bereii inform in clinic, th organize Rathe erfor PU successfi Planned donation $40,000 An estim attended to The E Altho entirely 1 cott, thre method 1 ing peop minds at tion. By NEW YORK (AP) — America Online is launching a new Internet-safety campaign for kids built around an automated “buddy” that dispenses advice on the spot. Kids can add “AOLSafetyBot” to their buddy lists of friends on AOL Instant Messenger. It is programmed to answer, within seconds, such questions as whether kids should agree to meet ings with online acquaintances or reveal such per sonal information as their address and age. Some experts wonder, however, whether a scripted program can work adequately in the online world, given the wide age range of com puter users and their parents’ different prefer ences. The SafetyBot campaign is being launched Wednesday. People who do not use AOL’s instant messaging software can also find the SafetyBot buddy on AOL’s SafetyClicks.com site. Automated instant-messaging buddies, or bots. are not new, but past ones have been mostlydevj ed to marketing and promotions. AOL’s instant-messaging software is the ms popular on the Internet, with more than ISOitfj lion registered users. According to a 2(XX) study by Crimes Agami Children Research Center at the University i New' Hampshire, one in five youths ages lOtolj received unwanted sexual solicitations overikl Internet within the year. Only a quarter of tal told a parent. f Parry Aftab, a leading Internet-safety expail applauded AOL’s efforts to make learning ato| safety fun. “The kids will play with it. and if theyjij with it, maybe they will learn something,’ ‘ said. But she cautioned that conect answersr depend on age and other factors. “There is not always one clear answefi | said. C F No NyQuil? Looks like an all-nighter. The nighttime, sniffling, sneezing, coughing, aching, stuffy head, fever, best sleep you ever got with a cold... D T Advis in twr out ar ior as Arey by otl and is Hage Hr time ] the w T1 whetl (HR! risks ment lions Acco ing t< credi cherr icatu to bii A cond V medicine. ©2002 P&G RPOS02084 WWW.VICKS.COM USE AS DIRECTED I n/ pe. of demic anima becon habita ments Alzhe are he Work than \ Ar savek Th [ y, bu accor Prodi herse lous ( U P qi exact over