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Audience members Judi and Vince Sweat said they recently changed their opinion on the death penalty after seeing Sister Helen Prejean, the author of Dead Man Walking, speak in Kansas advocating a moratorium on the death penalty. “I think more people would support the death penalty if we could be assured a life sentence real ly meant life without parole,” Vince Sweat said. Sophomore general studies major Nazer Taqui said that Pickett’s speech was moving, and made him look at both points of view: the victim’s fami ly and the murderer’s family. Taqui. a practicing Muslim, asked Pickett what the Christian viewpoint on the death penalty was and why so much atten tion had recently been focused on potential change. Pickett said the Old Testament teaches “eye for an eye” but that most Christians today follow the New Testament: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” a more forgiving mes sage of love, he said. Pickett’s talk was sponsored by the Memorial Student Center (MSC) Current Issues Awareness (CIA) committee and the Catholic Student Association (CSA). Four executions are scheduled for this month. A Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (TCADP) member who declined to be identified said the group will protest Nov. 6, 19, 20. and 21 at the comer of Texas Avenue and New Main Drive at 6 p.m., the $ame time as each scheduled execution in Huntsville. Bush says North Korea must scrap nuclear weapons program SPRINGFIELD. III. (AP) - The Bush administration showed little interest Sunday in renewing official dialogue with North Korea unless the commu nist government first scraps its nuclear weapons program. A senior North Korean diplo mat was quoted as saying his country was willing to negotiate with the Bush administration over the newly disclosed weapons program, which vio lates a 1994 accord with the United States. “North Korea knows what it needs to do. It needs to disman tle its nuclear program and honor its treaty obligations,” White House spokesman Ari Fleischer said aboard Air Force One as President Bush headed to Illinois on a political trip. “North Korea in 1994 entered into a quid pro quo, and it’s inappropriate for North Korea say that we will walk away from our quid, and ask for more quo. They entered into an agreement, they should abide by the agreement, and that’s why we’re working in concert with our allies.” North Korea’s ambassador to the United Nations, Han Song Ryol, was quoted by The New York Times as saying, “Everything is negotiable.” He added, “There must be a continuing dialogue. If both sides sit together, the matter can be resolved peacefully and quickly.” But Fleischer said: “It’s not a question of talking. It’s a ques tion of action,” getting rid of the nuclear weapons program. “North Korea should not have abandoned its obligations, and that’s what they’ve done. ... North Korea gave its word and didn’t keep it. North Korea needs to keep it.” The North Korean diplomat said his government would con sider allowing international inspections of the uranium facil ities. Asked if North Korea would consider shutting down its uranium enrichment pro gram, Han said: “Yes, I believe our government will resolve all U.S. security concerns.” Parsons Continued from This incident is series of high-p roflle “ allegations against the Com 11 one incident that F incident that ing the summer, cadets fl photographed naked and b with duct tape. However,, criminal charges were filed 1 he cavalry previously 14 disbanded in 1991 w4 woman cadet claimed she J \ , attacked by other members, cavalry was reinstatedwhe^ recanted her story. The Fish Drill Team, win was reinstated in January, suspended in 1997 afterafej nnTue s< man reported being hazed b ,, L hp . lt upperclassmen. ’ ,vlllbe ' t m Texas A&M Election Da Cadet I Jay Slovi ^ , , lie will cast Continued frompagel V -sadly, i nthe good there are any other victims»|, wish to press charges, he said As of Thursday, no other reports havebeenfii with the UPD. “The Corps does notco done public misconductol of our cadets,” Mills said." we don’t condone this incida NEWS IN BRIEF ire excessi\ tsil hink more :ians of the ng' of issue Slovacef s original 1> ered to vot< t have thi •eason polit Seriously, s; “Candid; Earthquake of 7.9 laid.Tve t- magnitude rocks rs byo "l -z gypsy vote interior Alaska ■or election: ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP)-! iidates coul major earthquake rocked nanystudei sparsely populated areaofrt Lacy Do rior Alaska early Sundays snotvotin noon, cracking highways id ered in his roads, knocking over fueltzx “Not on 1 and shaking rural homes, mtonio, hi The magnitude 7.9 quake ( » iy the polit tered 90 miles south i j 0 | se n sait Fairbanks, was strongly ieli Allege Sta Anchorage about 270 mife. ;un-ent legi the south. It hit at 1.131 Althoug Alaska Standard Time,» ifmakinei Bruce Turner of Alaska a j t j s Tsunami Warning Center Mild earthquake! Nebraska felt i Midwestern states O'NEILL, Neb. (AP) -f earthquake centered ne^ Nebraska-South Dakota line was felt in parts of states Sunday. No major damage was« ed, but callers reported tures were knocked off wan O'Neill and some othertowfi the region. The 4.3 magnitude eartfi(|i hit about 2:45 p m. CST, 5 30 miles northwest of 0 and lasted about 10 set said John Minsch, a geop with the U.S. Geological "It was felt in P art J Nebraska, Iowa and 1 Dakota," Minsch said from National Earthquake Informs' Center in Golden, Colo. “Some c lobs within \ave to dea adults. It is ,a voice in g 1 in 4 Florida students have given up private scho( - More than one in four a voucher to attend pri- MIAMI (AP) - students who took vate school in Florida this semester have transferred back to public education, a newspaper reported. This summer, 607 students requested taxpayer-funded vouchers to leave public schools that received failing grades. As of last week, 170 had returned to public schools. The Miami Herald reported Sunday. In one county, Miami-Dade, 90 of 330 stu dents who requested vouchers have returned to public school — and more than two in three were back in their original school. Many returning students said they felt more comfortable at their neighborhood schools, even those labeled as failing. They also cited trouble with transportation, and more demanding curricula or firmer disci pline at their new schools. “I didn’t know the teachers and the prin cipal there,” said junior Michael Seymour, 16, who returned to Miami Edison Senior High from Archbishop Curley/Notre Dame High. “I had to learn a whole new system there, and I’ve already been through that process once at Edison.” Critics of vouchers, a cornerstone of the education policies implemented by Gov. Jeb Bush, said the returning students show that vouchers are misguided. But a spokeswoman for Bush trend a triumph of school choice. “No longer are these children failing schools,” Katie Muniz sai . ( they have a choice — and sorne P stay in their home school. These w es they never had before.” „ tc rfl A 1999 state law allows students y lie schools that earn a failing g years out of four to get a voucher tu private school. Students m County that year became Horiua ^ ( use vouchers. About j e Qraf] schools in Escambia, Miami- ’ and Palm Beach counties becam this summer for the first time. Curious about the Corps? 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