STILLPOINT
Evening Prayer Peace
5un4ay Evenings, 6:30 p.m.
A short service of quiet prayer
Come as you are
wherever you am on your journey of faith
Peace Lutheran Church
Rio Grange <§r Harvey Mitchell Pkwy.
cMofie. Pneatuutcs* GetUeM,
* * 9OF BRAZOS VALLEY
YOU THOUGHT ABORTION
WOULD SOLVE YOUR PROBLEM...
but the emotional pain is still there.'
Regret, guilt, sleep problems, depression, anger,
emotional numbness, broken relationships,
painful ''anniversary" remembrance
Please call us...we care
1 7 years of personal and confidential care
695-9193
205 Brentwood
College Station
uieb Pore/
and NOT
just
online
London $308
Paris $339
Amsterdam... $3 7 9
Rome $424
Fare is roundtrip from Dallas. Subject to change and availability. Tax not
included. Restrictions and blackouts apply.
721 Texas Ave. S.
(979) 696.5077
ISIC
www.sCadravel.com
STA
TRAVEL
on the PHone
on cnmpu/
on THE /TREE!
iCc-JL PaslS^jl^
A
ms
T T P : / / / T
DevTArFfitRS.Tfi*o. goo
ORX\_Y_ ^
MONPAY - 9UNPAY 11:00 AM TO 1:00 AM
WEPNE9PAY POMEST/C P/NTPS ALL PAY
THURSPAY-4M WELLS ALL PAY
fcRUNCtf SAT 9- SUN 8:00 AM TO T-.OO PM
THE BEST BLOODY MAPY BAR
HARVEY ROAD 494-4^16
4B
NATION
Thursday, February 27, 2003
THE BATTALION
Supreme Court OKs
abortion protests
By Gina Holland
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — The
Supreme Court ruled
Wednesday that federal racket
eering and extortion laws were
improperly used to punish
aggressive anti-abortion protest
ers, lifting a nationwide injunc
tion that barred people from
interfering with clinic business.
The court’s 8-1 ruling applies
to protests of all sorts, not just at
abortion clinics.
Chief Justice William H.
Rehnquist, writing for the
majority, said that when protest
ers do not “obtain” property,
they cannot be punished under
federal extortion laws.
The court’s ruling is a victory
for Operation Rescue, anti-abor
tion leader Joseph Scheidler and
others who were ordered to pay
damages to abortion clinics and
were barred from interfering
with their businesses for 10
years. The ruling ends that
injunction.
Rehnquist said their protests
did not qualify as extortion.
That outcome had been
sought by activists and even
some organizations that sup
port abortion rights. They
argued that protesters of all
types could face harsher penal
ties for demonstrating, if the
court ruled otherwise.
“This opinion is a green light
to the people who have been
orchestrating this violence
behind the scenes to proceed full
speed ahead,” said Kim Gandy,
president of the National
Organization for Women.
Scheidler said the ruling will
probably draw new adherentslo
his cause, but is not likely to
mean a new round of violent
activism outside clinics.
“That’s in the past,"
Scheidler said. “Now we cango
on protesting and counseling at
the clinics,
doing
South
REHNQUIST
fll!
things that we‘
do. We’ll have
much more
freedom.” j
The ruling
ends a case
begun in
1986, when
NOW and two
abortion clinics in Wisconsin
and Delaware went to court
claiming racketeering and extor
tion laws should protect busi
nesses from violent protests that
drive away clients.
They accused the groups of
blocking clinic entrances, men
acing doctors, patients and clin
ic staff, and destroying equip
ment during a 15-year campaign
to limit abortions. The demon
strators were ordered to pa;
about $258,000 in damages.
Rehnquist said there is no
dispute that abortion protesters
interfered with clinic opera
tions and in some cases
mitted crimes.
“But even when their acts
of interference and disruption
achieved their ultimate goal of
‘shutting down’ a clinic that
performed abortions, such acts
did not constitute extortion,”
he wrote.
NEWS IN BRIEF
Antiwar protestors
call, fax legislators
WASHINGTON (AP) - Antiwar
protesters on Wednesday made
hundreds of thousands of phone
calls and sent faxes and e-mails
to senators and the White House
to voice their opposition to a war
on Iraq as part of a "virtual
march" on the nation's capital.
Senators, regardless of their
position on the war, were bar-
raged with calls. Other calls to
both Democrat and Republican
Senate offices could not be com
pleted because of busy circuk
"We will let out fingers (
lengthening
jin to their cc
South Kore
ilththe North
msions will t
iesto build a
lements of th
[ orth Korea, c
[lowing famil
cording to T
Korea h
iven any re as
igfora peace
eonly way t
continue
ales in stand
nuclear wea
I In fact, Sou
iatit would d
capons. Accc
believes
[uclear weapo
lieves that N
weapon:
or of its wa;
underm i
,orea would r;
lorea than def
I If Soutl
on app
T
marching and demand thW 'Ofada joint j
u. govemme
move its troc
voices be heard," said
Andrews, the national di
for Win for War, the group thsl outh Korea de
organized the protest.
Andrews said about 400,
people had registered
the group's web site for the call-
in campaign. By Wednesday
afternoon, he projected the
number of calls made and faxes
sent exceeded 1 million.
er
ec Cente
lenefit st
ONE ♦ARMY
4 th Annual 3-on-3
Basketball Tournament
Saturday, March 1 st
10arn-4pm (30 min. games)
@ the REC Center
Sign ups: Rudder Fountain, One Army
Cube (Koldus), onearmy.tamu.edu or the
REC Center day of tournament
$ 12 per person
Mens and Womens Teams of 4
In response
litorial:
$2500 in PRIZES
Benefitting the Still Creek Ranch
Saturday, March 1st
Registration Begins at 7:45 am
at the Alumni Center
SK Fun Run/Walk through campus starting at
The Association of Former Students Bldg
All participants will receive a t-shirt and be
entered into a drawing for at least one male and
one female Aggie Ring
Already have one? Win a Diamond Certificate
or a Ring Certificate for someone else
Ca$h prizes for the winners of the
race as weU as many
other great "door prizes"
h a full-timi
Jdent worke
iyone that fr
iring these
fore you vo
ferendum, l<
w key poin
litorial.
-The Rec Cent
•tie signs that
id use.
low many ot
helping stud
anted, tuitio
it how many
ss about a 5
(>t a $300 one
Hie expansi
one could
tween payin
r a less crov
e more ex
's Gym am
It would also
instead ot
you play ir
sc, work at tf
ob, this choic
Jt even if th
tails, lakes an
ing anyone c
In short, vote
hie meals at
Registration forms and official
rules available at http://traditions.tamu.edu
or by calling 862-f ‘