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They’re not in Kansas anymore Out-of-state students find home away from home at Texas A&M By Erica York THE BATTALION I Erin Schwertner had visited many universi ties before she decided to step outside Iowa’s State line. An Iowa native, Schwertner found her match when she attended Texas A&M’s three-day honors program. I “I had been to a lot of other schools but as soon as I stepped foot on the A&M campus I knew this was a special place,” Schwertner Ihd. “The one thing that really made A&M land out was the program about traditions. mw HE BATTALK •<.1 from pagel to a January 3 c. n sells millions nch term. Foumfei he company is ow e world's largest p e trading comma' :s the purchase o games and mo buyers and 35i \as alone, m has over 200] in stock everyday, :ocxl chance werj m are looking fou t 40 percent off: sail! David Felj irector of martej the ranks of ota .Mailers, local tv| established Web ] \. | her s Bookstore a • late l JOs and adtkj ed textbook expJ Mers ago. 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Feller said pirn very one made me feel so welcome.” nents between buy* For Jong Lee, a sophomore construction sci- are on an individuBnce major, the weather played a major role in >me sellers do alio his decision to attend school in Texas instead ■/Ms other choice, Purdue University, i does, however,^! rogram in which ^ : books for sale, a 5 to 15 percent SL e selling price i Bryant's wife gives birth j so,d 15 % daughter early Sunday L05 ANGELES (AP) — Kobe Bryant, the -trader.com, a Jbperstar guard for the Los Angeles by two Aecie swkers, missed practice over the week- ons as a place forAd for the best of :ommunicate alxyeasons: His wife was aks. All transactk® labor with their between individMst child, sellers, who set I Natalia Diamante ieting times andpyryant was born early i. ISunday. 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Aggielife The Battalion Page 3 • Tuesday, January 21, 2003 “I did want to be an engineer and 1 was accepted to Purdue and A&M,” Lee said. “ didn’t like cold weather so I thought Texas would be a better choice.” Lee, who moved to North Carolina from Korea when he was 14, said he thinks he made the right decision in coming to A&M. “A&M definitely turned out to be the better choice,” Lee said. “I really like it here.” While many students instantly find a home away from home at A&M, others need more convincing. Joey Wood, a jun ior economics major from South Carolina, was not expecting a change of culture when he moved to Texas to attend A&M. “I was caught off guard at first,” Wood said. “Texas culture was strange at first, but now I like it.” Although some out-of-state stu dents are instantly enticed by hot weather and a friendly campus, others discover A&M’s appeal after experiencing college life at another university. Billy Huckaby, a junior agronomy major from Arkansas, was attracted to A&M after attending a semester at the University of Central Arkansas. “I wasn’t happy (at the University of Arkansas),” Huckaby said. “I had a lot of friends down here. I had visited and enjoyed myself, so that’s why I moved.” Huckaby said A&M’s size and atmosphere was a major drive behind his transfer. “It seemed like high school at UCA. A&M is bjg, but at the same time, most everybody here is friendly,” Huckaby said. “There’s no chance of any rumors being spread about you.” ne limit to listabol BRYANT "With kids you've got to hold them, rub their heads, stand there through all their pain," O'Neal said. "But Kobe's a tough guy, he'll be fine." Ex-heavyweight champion turns himself into police KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Former heavyweight champion Trevor Berbick turned himself in to police and was arrested for breaking into a neighbor's home and stealing several items. Berbick, charged with breaking and entering and theft, surrendered in eastern Port Antonio on Saturday, offi cer Glenford Miller said Sunday. Police issued an arrest warrant for Berbick last week, after a search of his home turned up items that were reported stolen by a neighbor — including an electric drill, a pickax and some clothes. Berbick, who won the WBC heavy- PEOPLE IN THE NEWS weight title in 1985 and lost it to Mike Tyson a year later, was scheduled to appear before a judge Tuesday. Berbick was deported from the United States to his native Jamaica in December after the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service deter mined he illegally re-entered the country after being deported to Canada in 1997. Berbick, 48, was deported after breaking the conditions of his 1994 parole and serving 15 months of a four-year sentence for rape, theft and misdemeanor assault in Florida. Berbick, who beat Muhammad Ali in 1981 and won the heavyweight crown in 1985 on a decision over Pinklon Thomas, was convicted of assault in 1991 for holding a gun to his former business manager's head and accusing her of stealing $40,000. A year later, he was convicted of raping a family baby sitter. The same year, he was convicted of second-degree grand theft for forging his ex-wife's signature to get a $95,000 mortgage on a house in Miramar, Fla. Lee: 'Barbershop' gives negative impression of civil rights movement LAUDERHILL, Fla. (AP) - Filmmaker Spike Lee says he's concerned that young moviegoers will form their first impressions of civil rights Jcons Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr. from a bitter character in last year's comedy "Barbershop." The keynote speaker at two events Saturday honoring King's birthday, LEE I.EIfJH RICHARDSON • THE BATTALION Lee told hundreds of teenagers at the Lauderhill Boys & Girls Club that he didn't laugh when he heard a charac ter played by Cedric the Entertainer belittle Parks' refusal to move to the back of the bus. Lee, the maker of films such as "Malcolm X," "Do the Right Thing" and the recently released "25th Hour," also didn't find it funny when the character accused King of being sexu ally promiscuous. But Lee said too many adults do laugh at those scenes. Instead, he said they should be teaching young children about the accomplishments, challenges and sacrifices of the lead ers of the civil rights movement. "To me, some things aren't funny," said Lee, 46, a native of Atlanta who grew up in Brooklyn, N.Y. "If our young children grow up thinking this, and that's all they know about (Parks and King), then we're in trouble." 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