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Wright said the closed discus sions will pertain to the $341 million in projects not yet in construction. George P. Mitchell, Class of 1940 and a tennis letterman in 1938-40, will again be associ ated with the A&M tennis pro gram when the regents approve the naming of the George P. Mitchell ‘40 Outdoor Tennis Center. Mitchell, founder of Houston-based Mitchell Energy and Development, pledged $500,000 to the 12th Man Foundation in 2002 in addition to $2.7 million he has previously given to the Department of Physics. Plan Continued from page 1 Dennis also said surface parking lots will be a thing of the past in years to come, as the increased load will be shifted to parking garages. Dennis said planners are rec ommending two car-and-pedes- trian underpasses be built under the train tracks next to Wellborn Road, reducing train interference with student schedules. NEW THE BATTALION NEWS IN BRIEF Texas Avenue right lane closed Thursda College Station's water div sion will begin repairing a b ing 12-inch water line on Tei* Avenue Thursday. The right If of Texas Avenue will be dost: from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and res dents of University Tower mt experience an interruption water service. Services honoring Charles Page to be held Friday mornino Visitation was hs Wednesday for Charles Raj the former head of the Ten Engineering Extension Servio fire school program. Page dir: Tuesday at the age of 68atS Joseph's Regional Health Cente Page served as the divisr head from 1986 to 1996. Priort that, he was a guest instruct: for four years. He became a pa: instructor in 1971, and heipe: develop programs on terrorr arson investigation and passe ger train emergency response Page's funeral will be he* Friday morning at 10 a.m. 5 Christ United Methodist Chore “The railroad is going: stay,” he said. “We are worki': to make it as good a space as* can make it.” Another change planners Im discussed to mitigate the opr space on West Campus is tomai Wellborn Road a tree-line; boulevard. Dennis said. Presenters also said they war ed to make a single camp, entrance that would be clears visitors, and that they wouldi to limit the amount of traffic it the inner core of campus. Penalty Continued from page 1 time a prisoner is executed, said Rich Woodward, chair of the local chapter of TCApP. Four main controversial issues surround ing the'’death penalty in Texas are fairness, innocence, cost and effectiveness, Woodward said. Income plays a large role regarding the fairness of the death penalty. Woodward said. “If you have the capital, you don’t get the punishment,” he said. When a case is sent through the appeal process, the case is more likely to get lost, postponing one’s chance of escaping execu tion, Woodward said. Since 1976, 220 death row inmates in the United States have been grunted general clemency due to doubts about the defen dant’s guilt or conclusions of by the gover nor regarding the death penalty process, he said. NEWS IN BRIEF Woodward said the cost of an execute is much higher than the cost of puttingapei son in prison for life. Currently, Texas is the only state in tk country that carries out executions withal Offering jurors the option of life wvffio. parole as a punishment for prisoners. Other states offer 40 years wii»\ parole, life without parole, or executionai alternatives to the death penalty. But for Lookingbill, it’s already to: late. I Host, Dobbs arrested at airport checkpoint NEWARK, NJ. (AP) - The wife of CNN "Moneyline" host Lou Dobbs was arrested Wednesday at an airport security checkpoint after a loaded gun was alleged ly found in her handbag. Debi Dobbs, 49, was charged with criminal possession of a weapon and released on her own recognizance after the incident at Newark Liberty International Airport, authorities said. She did not tell officers why she had the gun, said Allen Morrison, a spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which operates the air port. Dobbs, whose husband hosts the nightly CNN business show "Moneyline," lives in Sussex. Wall Street falls for fifth session in a row NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street gave up the last of its New Year's rally Wednesday, falling for a fifth straight session as investors unloaded shares fol lowing tepid earnings reports. The Dow Jones industrials, which had risen nearly 501 points in early January on hopes of better prospects for 2003, fe 124 points and sacrificed tk last of its advance. The Dow gains were wiped out over tk last five days amid growing pe simism of a sluggish economy The Standard & Poor's 50( index, the benchmark followe by professional traders, also los all of its gains for the year, whl the Nasdaq composite clung to about 24 points. MSC Open House Super Bowl Party January 26, 2003 ♦ 1 to 4 pm (home in time for kickoff) g3g m m.. Don*t be a couch potato. " a Get off your duff and fief involved! For more info, contact MSC Marketing Executive Director Amanda Land at 845-1515. The MSC Box Office accepts cash, check, credit card and Aggie Bucks. A C A' D College Dance Classes Int — A civ. Jazz & Hip Hop Beg. - Int. 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