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James Bonner and Cheryl Page, Advisors College of Agriculture and Life Science Sarah Dunlap - Immunology & Neuroscience Division (Honorable Mention); Dr. Lisa Denzin. Advisor Bret Evers Genetics Division (Second Place); Dr, Jorge Piedrahita Advisor Jerome Quintero, Jr. ~ Genetics Division; Dr. Vlad Panin, Advisor Kris Rakowitz - Genetics Division (First Place); Drs. Clare Gill and Colette Abbey, Advisors Stephanie Swanson - Cellular Biology Division (First Place); Dr. James Sacchettini, Advisor Michael Zettel - Genetics Division; Dr. Michael Polymenis, Advisor College of Science Kathryn Connell Ecology & Geosciences Division (Second Place); Drs. Ira Greenbaum and Rodney Honeycutt, Advisors Kristin Hamann Ecology and Geosciences Division; Dr. Mary Wicksten, Advisor Michael Irwin Chemistry Division; Dr. John Fackler, Advisor Emily King ™ Math and Computer Science Division; Dr. David Larson. Advisor Marta Kobiela- Math and Computer Science Division; Dr. Rolland Trapp, Advisor Megan Lambert - Genetics Division (Second Place); Dr. John Bickham, Advisor Ashli Moore - Ecology & Geosciences Division; Dr. Ira Greenbaum, Advisor John Stewart - Physics Division (Honorable Mention); Dr. Thomas Walther, Advisor Marcus Teague - Physics Division; Dr. Glen Agnolet, Advisor College of Veterinary Medicine Raul Grajeda - General Biology Division (Third Place); Dr. Louise Abbott, Advisor John Hershman - Genetics Division; Dr. David Adelson, Advisor Cristalie Martin - Ecology and Geosciences Division; Dr. Karen Snowden; Advisor Daniel Zeve~ Immunology & Neuroscience Division (First Place); Dr. Louise Abbott, Advisor 8 Monday, January 13, 2003 WORLI | THE BATTALIO!E Israeli attacks continue despite upcoming elections By Ibrahim Hazboun THE ASSOCIATED PRESS RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Yasser Arafat called for an end to attacks against Israeli civilians in the two weeks before Israeli elections, but an Israeli official on Saturday rejected the gesture as inadequate. Early Sunday, Israeli tanks and troops moved into the Gaza city of Khan Younis and an adjacent refugee camp, with clashes between Israeli forces and gunmen, Palestinians said. Seven people were wounded, hospital officials said. The Israeli military would say only that an operation was under way there. Palestinian security chief Maj. Gen. Abdel Razek Majaidie said it was one of the largest and “most dangerous” Israeli opera tions in recent months. On Saturday, a Palestinian was killed in a clash with Israeli soldiers in the West Bank and two Palestinian teenagers were caught infiltrating a Gaza Strip settlement. A statement released by Arafat’s Cabinet late Friday was a rare reference to Israel’s Jan. 28 elections. It called on Palestinians “to show their restraint and not to allow them selves to be dragged along by the Israeli elections and (Israeli) provocation.” As in the past, the statement did not define “civilians.” Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and others often have con demned suicide bomb attacks inside Israel, but they rarely speak out against attacks against Israeli settlers in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Palestinians consider the set tlers trespassers on land they claim for a state. Israeli official Done Gold rejected the statement. “What Israel needs is a cease-fire and a cessation of violence — full stop,” he said. “A halt to vio lence cannot be limited geo graphically or within a certain period of time.” Upsurges of Palestinian vio lence have benefited hard-line Israeli parties, like Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s Likud. Sharon, once favored to win re- election easily, has seen his party’s lead evaporate in the wake of scandals over alleged election corruption. Also Saturday. Israeli sol diers opened fire at Palestinians throwing stones and firebombs at their armored vehicles in the Askar refugee camp next to the West Bank city of Nablus. Basman Shanir, 20, was killed and nine other people were wounded, witnesses said. The army said Shanir threw a firebomb at troops. Soldiers have permission to fire at Palestinians throwing firebombs, considered lethal weapons by the Israeli military. A double suicide bombing in Tel Aviv on Sunday that killed 22 people led the Israeli govern ment to ban a Palestinian dele gation from attending a confer ence in London next week of foreign diplomats to focus on Palestinian reforms. Instead, the Palestinians will have to com municate from home. Representatives of the European Union, the United States, Russia and the United Nations will meet with British Foreign Minister Jack Straw and Prime Minister Tony Blair in London on Tuesday. Straw said Palestinian Information Minister Yasser Abed Rabbo, Minister of Planning and International Co operation Nabil Shaath and Gaza City, Israeli forces killed four Palestinians in military strikes Sunday Rafah ISRAEL 0 10i EGYPT 0 10km Mcditcn St; LEB. Gofer ,srael ^ 7 ! \ Detail l West Bank # Rarryallah Jetusalem O J0RDM Gaza Strip SOURCES Associated Press; ESR! 4 Finance Minister Salam Fayip would participate in the talii via telephone. Abed Rabbo told reponei in Ramallah that two session! would he held, one on Tuesdii and another after the Isras elections on Jan. 28. He said the Palestiniaa were determined to overcom Israel’s obstructions, ari Palestinian minister Saeb Erel: [ criticized the Israeli ban. “We appreciate Britii efforts, but it’s obvious till Prime Minister Ariel Sharon Ik managed to sabotage theconfr ence. Prime Minister Bl; should speak openly that Sharo is sabotaging efforts to revi'! peace,” Erekat said. 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