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Seventh Day Adventist
1218 Ettle St., Bryan (corner of Coulter)
775-4362
Pastor Bill Davis
Saturday 8:15am- Spanish Worship
English - 11:00 am
Sabbath School - 9:45 am
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Bethel Temple Assembly of God
2608 Villa Maria,
Bryan
776-4835
Sunday Worship 10:15
Sunday School 9:00
www.betheltemplebcs.com
(Baptist
Fellowship Free Will
Baptist Church
College & Career Class
You are invited to a Bible Study
especially for students.
Sunday mornings at 9:45
Wednesday night supper at 5:30,
followed by Bible Study at 6:30
1228 W. Villa Maria
779-2297
For more information contact
Marcus Brewer: 731 -1890
m-brewer@tamu.edu
http://www.fellowshipfwb.org
Fellowship of Christian
University Students
First Baptist Church
2300 Welsh Avenue
College Station
696-7000
Sunday Schedule
Worship Services: 8:30 & 10:55 a.m.
College Bible Study: 9:45 a.m.
Evening Bible Study: 6:00 p.m.
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Weekend Shuttle Route: CS West
http://fbc-cs.tca.net/university
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St. Mary’s
Catholic Center
603 Church Avenue in Northgate
(979)846-5717
www.aaaiecatholic.ora
Pastoral Team
Rev. Michael J. Sis, Pastor
Rev. Keith Koehl, Associate Pastor
- Campus Ministers -
Deacon Bill Scott, Deacon David Reed,
Martha Tonn, Jullie Mendonca
Dawn Rouen, Roel Garza
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Mon.-Fri.: 5:30 p.m. in the Church
Tues.-Thurs.: 12:05 p.m. in the
All Faiths Chapel
Weekend Masses
Sat: 2:00 p.m. (Korean),
5:30 p.m. (English), 7:00 p.m. (Spanish)
Sun.: 9:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m.,
5:30 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.
Confessions
Wed. 8:30-9:30 p.m., Sat. 4:00-5:15 p.m.
or by appointment.
Church of Christ
A&M Church of Christ
1901 Harvey Mitchell Pkwy.
(979)693-0400
Sunday Assemblies:
8 a.m., 10:30 a.m.,
College Bible Class 9:30 a.m.
Sunday Night: 5:45 p.m.
Mid-Week 7:00 p.m.
Aggies for Christ
Call for on-campus pick-up info
www.aggiesforchrist.org
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St. Thomas Episcopal
906 George Bush Dr. • College Station, TX
696-1726
Services - 8:00 (Rite 1), 9:00(Family Service Rite II)
& 11:15 (Rite ll-for late sleeping Ags)
7:30 p.m. Evensong.
Next door to Canterbury House,
the Episopal Student Center
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Calvary Chapel
AGGIELAND
A Non-denominational church that
teaches 6od's Word verse by verse.
Contemporary praise & worship
Coma as you are - casual atmosphere
Currently meeting at:
The Warehouse
1601 Groesbeck in Bryan
just off 2818 north of campus
Currently studying the Book of Acts
Services at 10:30 a.m. Sunday
Pastar Jiff Hijhis '95
(979)324-3972 www.aggieland.ee
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communityCHURCH
SUNDAYS:
Prayer Service @ 10 a.m.
Worship @ 11 a.m.
Meeting in Oakwood
Intermediate School
106 HOUK STREET
JUST OFF GEORGE BUSH
Behind the College Station
Conference Center
FOLLOW THE SIGNS!
Small Groups
Meet Weekly
www.COmCHURCH,com
260-1163
Pentecostal
Cornerstone Church
Mid Week Small Group Meetings
Sunday Service at 3:00pm on George Bush,
just across from campus at the
College Station Conference Center.
485-8744
Victory
United Pentecostal Church
Sunday 2:00 p.m. Wednesday 7:00 p.m.
1808 - H Brothers
(behind the C.S. Wal-Mart)
764-4180
PresByterian
Covenant Presbyterian Church
220 Rock Prairie Road (979) 694-7700
Rev. Sam W. Steele - Pastor
Sunday Service: 8:30 & 11 a.m.
Sunday School: 9:45 a.m.
Students Welcome
www.covenantpresbyterian.org
FIRST
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I Helping Aggies grow in faith
New Fall Hours:
ft Worship 8:30, 11:00 a.m.
11| Church School 9:30
11| Fellowship on the Patio 10:30
1 ^ 1100 Carter Creek Parkway
www.fpcbryan.org
United Methodist
A&M United Methodist
417 University Dr. (in Northgate) • 846-8731
Sunday Worship: 8:30, 9:45, 10:50
College Sunday School: 9:30,10:45
Sr. Pastor Dr. Jerry Neff
www.am-umc.org
“1 need it teal. I need ir relevant.
I need it within community.”
CELEBRATION
WORSHIP
at
First United
Methodist Church
• Powerful Praise
• Solid Scripture
• and Real Families
Come see what's worth celebrating
1 1:00 a.m.
in the Christian Life Center
On 27' 1 ' Street, 2 blocks east
of Texas Avenue in Bryan
779-1324
Friday, January 31, 2003
THE BATTALION
SUV sales remain high
By David Crary
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Call it the sport-utility paradox: With their high
profile, both on the road and in the public imagi
nation, SUVs have become the most coveted and
most reviled vehicles in America.
Vandals target them; environmentalists and
safety experts denounce them. Some clergy sug
gest they might be un-Christian, and new TV ads
link them to terrorism. Yet at auto dealerships in
the countryside, the suburbs and in the inner
cities, SUVs remain the nation's hottest-selling
models.
"The reason sales figures are unaffected is that
Americans don't like to be preached to by lifestyle
police," said Eron Shosteck, a spokesman for the
Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers.
The popularity of SUVs has increased steadily
over the past decade. They now comprise up to 25
percent of total U.S. vehicle sales, depending on
whether so-called crossover models are included.
Yet in recent months, SUVs have been the target
of attacks notable for their variety and fervor:
-As part of a campaign launched by syndicated
columnist Arianna Huffmgton, TV ads aired this
month suggesting that owners of gas-guzzling
SUVs are indirectly assisting terrorists, who
obtain financing in oil-exporting Middle East
nations.
-A group of evangelical Christian ministers
launched a "What Would Jesus Drive?" campaign,
urging SUV owners to consider whether they
could switch to more fuel-efficient vehicles to bet
ter preserve the planet.
-Vandals, perhaps motivated by ecological
concerns, damaged SUVs in several communities.
They smashed windshields in King County,
Wash., set fires at a car lot in Erie County, Pa., and
spray-painted "No Blood For Oil" on SUVs in
Newton, Mass. Some Internet-based groups offer
hostile bumper stickers to be pasted on SUVs -
"As a matter of fact, I do own the road," says one.
-Long-running concern about the safety of
SUVs was underscored this month by Jeffrey
Runge, head of the National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration. He said SUVs' rollover
fatality rate is triple that for passenger cars, and -
referring to SUVs with poor safety ratings - said,
"I wouldn't buy my kid a two-star rollover vehicle
if it was the last one on Earth."
Manufacturers say SUVs are safer than pas
senger cars in most types of accidents, and insist
they are working hard to reduce the two most
commonly cited hazards - rollovers and "incom
patibility" that endangers people in smaller cars
colliding with SUVs.
More so than safety, however, it is the SUVs'
low gas mileage that has aroused widespreaddi
dain.
One of the TV ads released this month h
Huffington's campaign, the Detroit Projet:
showed a man filling his SUV gas tank juxtaposi
with footage of terrorist training. "Oil moneysii)
ports some terrible things," the ad said,
kind of mileage does your SUV get?"
Poor mileage doesn’t slow SUV sales
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A&M
Sports utility vehicles - nearty 7.5 million sold in 2002 - are benj
attacked in new ad campaigns for their poor gas mileage anil
emission rates.
Miles per
Sales rank gallon*
Annual greenhouse
gas emissions, in tons
Ford Explorer 17
Ford Taurus 23
Honda Accord 23
Toyota Camry 23
Chevrolet Trailblazer 18
Chevrolet Tahoe is
Jeep Grand Cherokee 17
Chevrolet Impala 25
Honda Civic 33
Ford Expedition IS
NOTE Top selling vehidea for December 2002. excluding pick-ip tnxis
'Based on 45 percent highway driving end 55 percent dty dnving
SOURCES: Aulodala Corporation: Fuafeconomygov
Several TV stations refused to air the ads.whic
have kindled a backlash among some SUV owner:
"It is not gargantuan, nor is it a bauble; ii fi.
our needs," wrote Tampa Tribune columnist Tor
Jackson of his family’s SUV.
According to federal figures, four-wheel-dni;
SUVs average 17.3 miles per gallon, andsevei
large models - such as Chevrolet's Suburban ait
GMC's Yukon - get about 12 mpg. By contrast,fe
gas-electric sedans touted by environmentalists
the Toyota Prius and Honda Civic Hybrid - get
mpg.
U.S. automakers have pledged to improvefc
economy and develop their own hybrid vehicle:
including SUVs.
Jason Mark, director of the Union
Concerned Scientists' clean vehicles prograr
said SUVs have deservedly become the "posi:
child" in the debate over gas-guzzling. "They ref
resent the worst," he said.
But Mark also said that environmentalist
rather than exhorting SUV owners to drive
er cars, should pressure automakers to prodtut
roomy, versatile vehicles that get far better p
mileage than today's SUVs do.
"Consumers aren't in a position to expresstki
choice." Mark said. "The average SUV couldgi
from 20 mpg to 40 mpg using available technolo
gies, but the industry needs a nudge - Congress
needs to act."
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HEMPHILL, Texas (AP) •
By Pam Easton
THE BATTALION
HOUSTON — The teen-ager
who was in the passenger seat
when her father was run over will
not be satisfied until the driver —
her stepmother — is held respon
sible for his death, a relative said
Thursday.
Lindsey Harris spent
Wednesday testifying in step
mother Clara Harris’ murder trial.
Clara Harris is accused of run
ning over David Harris on July 24
with her Mercedes-Benz after
finding him at a hotel with anoth
er woman.
“This situation was between
three adults and Lindsey should
not have been put in the middle,”
stepfather Jim Shank said outside
the Harris County courthouse.
“We feel that Clara was wrong in
her actions and for involving our
daughter. We will not be satisfied
until justice is served.”
Lindsey Harris, who lives
with her mother and Shank in
Ohio, has sued her stepmother
for wrongful death.
“It does not matter how angry
you get,” said Shank, standing
beside his stepdaughter, wife and
the family’s lawyers. “You do not
have the right to kill anyone, for
any reason, especially in front of
an innocent child.”
Shank’s comments came on a
day when jurors were asked not
to report to the courthouse so
state District Judge Carol Davies
could consider whether a defense
witness is qualified to testify as
an expert in accident reconstruc
tion.
Attorneys for the teenager said
they tried unsuccessfully to get
her released as a witness in the
trial.
Defense attorney George
Pamham said he likely would not
recall the teenager to the stand
when testimony in the case
resumes Friday.
“I would expect her to say
such a thing,” Pamham said of
the statements on behalf of
Lindsey Harris. “I’m not going to
rest until justice is done. Clara did
not intend to cause the death of
her husband.”
Clara Harris, a dentist, has
said she accidentally hit her
husband.
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Blake Tyrone Little was convic
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Jan. 19, 2002, death of Kf
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Authorities said Tillery, 4
caught a ride with Little at
Jasper home being investigate
as a drug den. After a 20-mile tit
north to Pineland, the mf
stopped at a gas station when
Tillery ran from the car and 'M
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Tillery was dragged for 20 toil
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car's undercarriage to the road
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Crown Victoria info
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with information about the saftf
of Crown Victoria police cars,tltf
city attorney said Thursday.
Dallas sued Ford for the info
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was hit and caught fire. At
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since 1983 in Crown Victorias,
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