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2 Wednesday, December 4, 2002 Fish by R.DeLuna / V 1R. Slocum, CAa) I CALL Vou R c ? XT HAS C°A1£ To' /My ArreAir/o/o^ That vbu ARE A Coach lAi SEARCH OF A > At AJOLO Ooe TEaaA IS Rou6H, 5or Oa>&ER VooC t-MDCRSHlP 27 T^i/otc MJ£ CaaJ^ SECo>ME REAL, CHAAtP'OAjS / TP WE L01 a) The ChamPIoa)- SHlP 6AAte, You'll SoaiETH/a/G /more V/A LOA&IE ThAaj Aa)V go lu u t^AAVE ^UJI/O / X 'A* AJo T Go/OaJA Coach lfi>TRAA*UK.AL Foot&ALL- TbAsA Beernuts by Rob Appling Byrne Continued from page 1 I CANT BEUEVE THIS HAPPENEDI! ESPECIALLY AT A SCHOOL UKE TEXAS AS.MII THAT'S NOT HOW WE DO THINGS HERE!! DONTCRY DUEY MAKINOCHANGES IS JUST A PART OF LIFE I MEAN. IT'S ONLY DECEMBER. AND OUR BASKETBALL TEAM PART OF ME KNEW IT WOULD HAPPEN BUT I NEVER THOUGHT IT WOULD COME JEWS FASTS U.S., Israeli battles against terrorism overlap in Africa annually to the athletics direc tor who demonstrates superior administrative abilities and has shown dedication to college athletics. Cocanougher said Nebraska’s all-around achieve ments throughout a broad range of sports played a role in the committee’s decision. “Essentially, when we talked to Bill Byrne, we talked about excellence in athletic pro grams,” he said. “Football is obviously a very important part of that, but it’s just a part.” Byrne said he guessed he would not assume his role at A&M until the first of the year, but said he would probably have to “wear two hats” while finish ing up at Nebraska. He said he did not know when he would be visiting College Station again. “It was an extremely difficult decision,” Byrne said. “I have great affection for Nebraska. I looked at A&M being much like Nebraska with great opportuni- JOHNC. LIVAS • THE BAH Marketing professor Dr. Benton Cocanougher, headofthe'-J director search committee, announced Bill Byrne from theIfe of Nebraska would be the new athletics director. Ctxanoir serves as the special assistant to the president of the Universt tics. It will be extremely hard to leave, but 1 U>ok forward to the challenge.” Gates, who was unavailable during Tuesday’s press confer ence. released a statement defending his decision to fire Slocum before Byrne was named as athletics director. "Asking a new athletici tor to fire an A&M icor .a place a burden on thenev.q or she shouldn’t havetobeaf] said. "I decided I neededt the action myself, take thea quences. and to do so a, enough to give us agoodcfi at a high quality new coal Search JERUSALEM (AP) — U.S. authorities and Israel’s Mossad spy agency are both investigating last week’s twin attacks in Kenya, and both sus pect al-Qaida. The largely separate U.S. and Israeli battles against terrorism now overlap in the east African nation and will require a closely coor dinated response, analysts said Tuesday. The United States and Israel have backed each other’s fights against terrorism, though the Bush administration has drawn a distinction between the U.S. campaign against al-Qaida and the Israeli conflict with the Palestinians. In contrast, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon says it’s all part of a single, worldwide effort against terrorism that has its roots in radical Islam. The line drawn by the United States blurred Thursday with the suicide bombing at a hotel in Kenya filled with Israelis, and the near simulta neous missile attack that narrowly missed an Israeli charter plane taking off a few miles away in Mombasa. “The paradigm has now changed dramatical ly,” said Martin Indyk, the former U.S. ambassa dor to Israel. “The terrorists are busy erasing the boundaries between al-Qaida, Hezbollah and Hamas, as the attack in (Kenya) demonstrated.” A statement attributed to al-Qaida and posted on an Islamic Web site claimed responsibility for the attacks, and U.S. officials said they considered the claim credible. “We suspect al-Qaida, or one of the organizations that operates under the cover of al-Qaida, is responsible,” said Lt. Gen. Moshe Yaalon. the Israeli army chief of staff. If an al-Qaida link is confirmed, it would mark the first time the group has hit an Israeli target, after years of threats by Osama bin Laden. It also suggests al-Qaida is attempting to draw' Israel directly into the U.S. war against the group, analysts said. The chief of research in Israel’s military intel ligence, Brig. Gen. Yossi Kupperwasser, said Israel knew' terror groups were operating in Kenya but didn't have specific information point ing to attacks on Israeli targets.U.S. investigators are also taking part in the Kenya inquiry, said a diplomatic source, speaking on condition of anonymity. Al-Qaida is also blamed for the dead ly 1998 bombings at the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. If Israel openly launches a hunt for al-Qaida members, it could create a backlash in moderate Muslim nations. They could be discouraged from assisting the United States in tracking down al- Qaida members and might be less inclined to sup port a possible U.S. war with Iraq. “This is not a case where Israel can strike on its own and retaliate as it did in the past,” said Joseph Alpher, an Israeli policy analyst. Continued from page 1 season. Solich led the Comhuskers to a BCS title game appearance in the Rose Bowl. “We have not gone into any depth (of possible candidates) with him.” Cocanougher said. “Obviously, I think he plans to get up to speed and actively involved as early as possible.” A&M President Dr. Robert M, Galesi unavailable for comment Tuesday nislii! released a statement saying he expected Byl not himself, to announce a new coach. G.tu ^ Niatcment leave no timetable, .{ say mg the decision would be made “soon. Gates also said Slocum has accepted!^ tion of special adviser to the president, tea details are still beins worked out. Berry Continued from page 1 care that really cares about their needs, he said. Berry encouraged medical experts to work at the high end of their expertise. He said physi cians need to do less of the work nurse practitioners can do and nurses need to do less of the work untrained staff can do. Berry recommended that patients be allowed to make office visits wdth non-physician clinicians and telephone appointments with doctors. These practices would enable the health care systems to become much more efficient. Berry said. Doctors are rarely paid for questions they answer over the phone. After a full day of treat ing patients, physicians are often asked to call back the many patients that call them throughout the day. Berry said. Berry suggested solving this problem by paying doctors to answer medical questions over the phone or by e-mail. This should also give phy: more time throughout eliminating patients wte appointments just toaski questions, he said. Offering more rera initiatives to health carepwil could also help to improve care serv ices. Berry said He & ommended giving thetatto tors, staff and nurses moreta* es and day s off. “The system we have nor crazy,” Berry said. Wco improve health care sen while reducing its overall® Library Continued from page 1 Blake said the library muse um took three years to build. The process began in November 1994 and was completed in November 1997. Laura Bush received her bachelor’s degree in elementary education from SMU in 1968. In 1999, Bush, then governor of Texas, donated $250,000 to establish the Laura Bush Promenade and Garden at the entrance of school’s library, according to The Dallas Morning News. Nye said some think A&M would be a natural location because of the potential for side by side, father-son libraries. “The location on the A&M campus would likely be in some proximity to the existing George H. W. Bush Library,” Nye said. There are no ideas yet as to how much the new library will cost. Iraq Continued from page 1 In a speech Monday, Bush contended that so far “the signs are not encouraging” that the Iraqis will “cooperate willingly and comply complete ly” in the inspection process. The inspectors, however, report the Iraqis have fully cooperated thus far. In New York. U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan underlined that point. “There is a good indication that the Iraqis are cooperating, but this is only the beginning,” he said Tuesday. The declaration the Iraqis are required to sub mit by Sunday — reporting on any weapons of mass destruction, along with chemical, biological and nuclear activities they say are peaceful — 1 will help shape the inspectors’ future work in Iraq, as they seek to verify Baghdad’s claims. Gen. Amin indicated the report, which may run to thousands of pages, would include'/*" ments.” but “those new elements don mean Iraq has weapons of mass destruction. Iraqis of weapons of mass destruction. I he U.S. administration is expected to i that. The Iraqi report "must be credible an u plete.” Bush declared Monday. 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