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EMOTIONS Performing Live at THE WAREHOUSE Thursday, January 16 th ONE DOLLAR BEER till 1:00 a.m. Tx. PARTY SONGS AND GREAT MUSIC www.theemotions.com A Dancer’s Trunk Shoes, Dancewear, Accesories Leo • Capezio • Danskin Body Wrappers I’m Yours 10% Student Discount Hours: 12-6 Mon-Fri / 10-3 Sat 211 Rock Prairie Rd., College Station, TX 77845 (979)694-7463 'In W ^ mil YouVe Invited EVERYONE LibFEST 2003 Wednesday, January 22 nd 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. I st Floor Evans Library Common Area & Whitley Suite Meet Reveille and Grab Your Camera 10:30-11:30 9 Learn more about our services <# Meet the Dean and staff 9 Enjoy snacks and drinks 9 Win door prizes 'C* & f CARINGAGGIES fl PROTECTING OVER OUR LIVES • CARPOOL is a completely student run organization that offers safe, free, nonjudgmental rides home to students in need transportation due to the effects of alcohol or other circumstances. • Call CARPOOL and two students (1 male, 1 female) will pick you up and take you home. . Operation begins this Thursday, January 16th. • CARPOOL runs every weekend. • As of January 15, 2003, CARPOOL has given 32,326 rides. Operational Hours: Thursday 10pm-3am Friday 10pm-3am Saturday 10pm-3am To help save lives, please always drink responsibly and designate a driver or call CARPOOL. For more information please access our Web page at: http://carpool.tamu.edu Need a New Creative OutletP lose the air guitar and learn how to play for real Complete listing of classes at uplus.tamu.edu. Register for Classes Now! -i^SPUis located in the MSC basement - 845-1631 2A Thursday, January 16, 2003 NEV THE BATTALIO Fish by R.OeLuna Homeland fc£ALLV E*ClT£b r’At P/)Y/AJt My OL)/d TuiTioaJ This StfAESTEZ Mo AloKE. rtoocHtAJC* OFF Avy P/mE/vT^X Continued from page Cube of Xoe By C.J the national Homeland Secur Project. Carlton said Gov. T( Ridge is a nominee for the % retary position, but said he k ^ yet to be confirmed by if Senate. “The proposal is to fulfill: Congressional language it outlined what a univen; should have to be the bestpj ner for the U.S. govemmeni; we address the myriad ofissii concerning homeland secur Carlton said. Carlton said 1CHS plans: compete with other universi:; to be the National Center Homeland Security. “We plan to compete hard that designation,” Carlton Cheney Continued from page 1 After being re-elected to Congress for five consecutive years, as well as holding the Republican House minority whip position, Cheney received a nomination from former President Bush for secretary of defense, which he held for four years. In 1991, Cheney was award ed the Presidential Medal of Freedom and 2000 brought him the vice presidential nomination from President Bush. The Twanna M. Powell Lecture Series takes place in the spring and is founded by an endowment from the Donald and Twanna Powell family. It is designed to bring distin guished leaders and recognized experts on major public policy issues typically about or related to the state of Texas or A&M. Cheney’s speech is part of the Powell series objective, to share views of interest with the University community and the public, Popadiuk said. Following Cheney’s speech, he will have lunch with former President Bush and his wife, Barbara, at their George Bush Library apartment with about 24 others before flying out to an unknown location, Popadiuk said. University Police Department Director Bob Wiatt said UPD will work with Cheney and his Secret Service to run a full-blown security squad for the visit. “We do defer to Secret Service,” Wiatt said. “Since we have worked with (the Secret Service) so many times in the past, we know what to expect.” Wiatt said if Cheney comes in by motorcade, UPD escorts will bring him into the area. Tickets will be available at The Eagle. WTAW, a local radio station, and the MSC Box Office with a student ID on Monday, Jan. 20. Maybe tin selling those kids started h trotted out co Maybe it < ‘We would love to be design::: donned a gov as the national center, buttk still in the competition levelj has not been decided.” Carlton said he isconfiden:: the ICHS's ability toaidthep eminent with the war on terra The ICHS acts as an unite organization for safety aspect food and agriculture, transport saIes managc tion. information archiving rity, management of biohazar: s g,j rts ant j p 0 health issues and other areas as training of six first-respontf no t lost on th and medical personnel ICHS is part of the fedc Homeland Security Act, wl supports a University-centi research effort to protect nation from terrorist attad anywhere els Funding A&M directs the effort, wos ing with a consortium oflec university systems includi; the University of Housttf Texas Tech, the University North Texas and the Univers of Texas. Carlton said the ICHS’purp; is straightforward and clear. Continued from page 1 Office. “It’s an A&M problem, not a professor or student problem,” Townsend said. He said pos sible solutions for the shortage of spots for stu dents in certain classes are simple, but would be hard to accomplish. A&M could hire more professors, limit admittance of incoming students, and hire more lecturers that do not have tenure within their departments, Townsend said. A&M President Dr. Robert M. Gates announced on Tuesday two awards that have been created for teaching excellence, which are designed as an incentive for lecturers without tenure in their departments. “It’s gonna be interesting to see if we can turn this ship around,” Townsend said. “We’re like a big ocean liner; it’s gonna take a long time to turn us around.” ‘The goals are very simp: Christina Agi lie said. “To make Texas A& SH Mass But by lat and stores of] there could h Goth cult and defiant c the black-cla taunts of the hot new thin ‘‘It's kind showcased ai The irony the societal tl At Web si worry’ that "p underground for those wht John Wirt Chicago Got! for true belie with its own To reduce statement, he “I've seen one friend wl mainstream r friend reservt “He lit he the leader in the nation andliMwirtz says. Initially a: land Bauhaus land is often \ world in all aspects of homelai security.” President Bush signed i Homeland Security Act into la* I celebrates inc in November 2002. This law is™ society, but v largest national security efelr jwasdisgustei the country, sponsoring pros: Best knov that aid the U.S. war on terror Leaders Continued from page 1 as one of the top five business motivators in America, was fea tured in the December 2002 publication of Ebgny magazine and will be the speaker for the closing keynote address on Saturday, Kelly said. Live performances by HBO’s Def Poetry Jam and hip hop artist Amerie will be held throughout the event. Registration will be open until Friday morning for stu dents still wishing to partici pate in the conference. The cost is $35 each for a group of five students, or $50 for students registering alone. SBSLC is still accepting applications for hosts and host esses for the conference. For more information on the SBSLC, go to Bush Continued from page 1 http://sbslc.tamu.edu. party’s appeal to minorities. Fleischer outlined Bush’s phi losophy moments after announcing the president’s plans to commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King’s Jr.’s birthday and increase aid to Africa. The university’s undergradu ate program awards extra points to minority candidates, while the law school uses race as< of many factors that com enhance an applicant’s chancel The president had not givij Iris final approval of the br| early Wednesday, officials sal but he was familiar with its col tents and was expected to gij lawyers the go-ahead befcl Thursday’s deadline. Key details were still beil debated, including whether I use the case to make a sweep* statement against racial quota* ' " " ' 1 MP\ It H' You may qualify for a clinical research study if you have any of the following conditions: <X. tK AT RISK FOR DIABETES? ^ *o Mb, ^ A- " Glucose Intolerance? Anyone, 50 or older, could qualify for testing to determine their risk of developing diabetes Up to $450 paid for time and travel. •o. 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