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I 10 College Main • 846-7000 This store not affiliated with Texas Avenue location. 2 Tuesday, February 18, 2003 NEWS THE BATTALIOI Fish I WoaJDER U)H/*T Actual CofOsTRuCfios UJoRK-ERS THoubH? of Afiuio/g/uuf, Bur uhere 'V" CA/U CUE N A Work sire o/o XA/^PUS... by R.DeLuna Did Yol> 6oVS UPiXCLt TM£ Toe; /M i L L lo a) A F/aJALEJ/^-- / You KiDDIaJ' rig Tj ("That Guvs a t>iS6RAC£ ' WW' rfAH, /^AMA! Daddy likeV/, I /MEAN, THE UAY HE TREATED THobE H£ mmmm! ^flCTuALlV __ TALKED To ThE/A AND STutF- rr~y K 'vvww.rdeluna'coml Cube of Xoe By C.J. CRAP, I CAN'T even C-ET COOO SLEEP IN JAIL AND COUNTINS HANCED C. J.'S AIN’T HELPING- EITHER. I WONDER IF TIFF AND JAVNE DISLIKE THAT CRAP-ON-A- STICK AS MUCH AS I DO. GRR, IF I COULD JUST GET MY HANDS ON THAT HEART LESS FIEND... HEY! YOU HAVTN TROUBLE SLEEPIN'? X GOT A GOOD CURE FOR THAT. NSisS PSllHtiSn by J2sh Darwin Slocum Continued from page 1 midst of its conference schedule and in preparation for’the Big 12 Tournament in mid-March. The Aggies have gone 3-4 since los ing Slocum to suspension, though injuries limited the junior’s action to only seven games prior to the off-court incident. Laura Sosh-Lightsy, coordi nator of Student Judicial and Mediation Services, said that decisions concerning student athlete suspensions are dealt with internally by the Athletics Department. “A student in our process is not exempt from any activities unless we interim-suspend them,” she said. “Athletics has its own process in terms of sus pending an athlete, and then they have their own require ments as to whether they allow them to resume play.” Assistant Athletics Director Alan Cannon said any case involving a suspended student athlete would be examined according to individual circum stances. It would take agree ment among each of the parties involved to allow Slocum’s return. “(Situations are) usually handled on a case-by-case basis between the student ath lete, the respective head coach and the athletics director,” Cannon said. The Aggies’ next game is Wednesday at 7 p.m. against Iowa State University. Cloning Continued from page 1 Higginbotham, professor and extension wildlife and fisheries specialist for A&M. Hunters in Texas spend more than $3.6 billion annually, according to the Congressional Sportsman’s Foundation. “Hunting as an industry in Texas provides 31,711 jobs, salaries and wages of over $864 mil lion, and generates $93 million in state sales tax revenue,” Higginbotham said. Although Texas has the largest deer herd of any state, at an estimate of three to four million head, it does not mean the entire range in Texas is over-pop ulated, Higginbotham said. Some regions in Texas have larger deer populations than others, he said. Important reasons Texans give for going hunt ing are family and friendship networks, obtaining meat and escaping urban environments, he said. “Pursuit of trophies ranked way down on the list as a reason given by Texans to hunt,” Higginbotham said. “Quality hunting experiences revolve around the hunt, not the kill.” A trophy is something that should be worked for, involving skill and persistence, he said. If the pursuit of the trophy is reduced because large deer and big antlers can be cloned, the essence of pur suing that trophy is lost in the process, Higginbotham said. In Feb. 2002, A&M scientists produced the world’s first cloned cat, nicknamed “Cc” for “car bon copy.” In November, A&M announced the end of its “Missyplicity Project,” an unsuccessful attempt to clone Arizona businessman John Sperling’s pet dog. Westhusin said that all the deer clones have been implanted in the surrogate mothers, and the timeline of the project will remain unknown until the first deer clone has been born. Panel Continued from page 1 their kids to come to A&M," Gates said. Matthew Maddox, presidem of the Young Conservatives ai A&M and a panelist, voicedi dissenting opinion. Maddox, also a Battalion opinion columnist, said lit believes in a color-blind societj and that race recruitment is blatant discrimination. “Saying that A&M mustlool; more like the state of Texas is nothing but looking at skin color.” Maddox said. Gates said he believes tliai making the population of A&M represent the actual population of Texas is part of the solutionio lead A&M into the future. In defense of his opinion columns published in Ttii Battalion this semester, Maddos said, “I don’t believe in multi- eulturalism — looking at peo ple’s differences and highliglu- ing them." Student Body President Zat Conventry said it is “everyone's responsibility” to help crealea more welcoming environmental A&M. Coventry said “(doinj) something every day that makes you uncomfortable” would aid diversity efforts at A&M. Gates said he will careful) consider future decisions about improving diversity on campus. “The notion that some of At is going to pressure me to do something that I don’t think is right — you don’t have to worn about that,” Gates said. Budget Continued from pagel students of the state of Texas... and also meet really important priorities like the Baylor College of Medicine?” Brosvn said. “They’re really bard dilemmas.” High school graduates/'Ao passed a -college prepar*? curriculum are eligible folk Toward Excellence, Access Si Success grants if they attendi Texas institution. Led by Sen. Rodney Ellis,Ibe Legislature created the progrl in 1999 to cover full tuition and fees at public schools anddetraj costs at private universities, Brown said it would taki $462.8 million, up from the cur rent $300 million, to meet tin projected demand for the granii in the next two years. Undei proposed cuts, the board would get $194.8 million. Ellis, D-Houston, said Ik feared the cuts would mean as many as 20,000 students would be denied college aid. He called the proposal “a full fronial assault on higher education.” Michelle lude of color rings and gn to express he and many ex more subtle, her personal] “I have al doesn’t like i and be darin; major. “Whe buy a new H get a car wit! Between cl a: social life, it worry about. Royder sa able car, she ordinary veh “When I j was bright re sporty look,” details on it, mers on the t sure that my Royder sa mark differer “I used to and it was a said. “I put a wheel cover more. 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CLARIFICATION In the Page One story titled “New top 40 radio sta tion hits B-CS” on Feb. 17, KNDE 95.1 will officially launch March 1, and KTSR 92.1 will officially go off the air on the same day. KTSR 92.1 is owned by Bryan Broadcasting. NATIONAL ENGINEERS' WEEK: FEBRUARY 15 -22 SmtwrflaYl February “«9*H 8:00am SWE Fun Run Research Park Hofd#y % February 17th 10:00am - 4:00 pm Kickoff Celebration Academic Plaza Play Games & Win Prizes @ Raffle: XBOX*PALM*DVD PLAYER*MORE 5:OOpm - 9:00pm AIChE Basketball Tournament XM-egdey* February ISth 10:OOam - 2:00pm Engineering Projects Day 11:00am - 1:00pm FREE Pizza Lunch 7:30pm Dr. Bennett: Dean of Engineeering RoUie 351 Zachry Lobby Zachry Lobby Zachry Rm. 102 9 DAYS AT GROUND ZERO Wednesday. 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