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by R.DeLuna THE BATTALK HEII33IZQI Student.senates! Kyle Field tot smokeless tobaco the wild life The Texas A&M Studentfe heard the student bodfp! dent candidates Wednesday night i duced three bills. The Senate passed a bit! would ask the facilitiesii», er of Kyle Field and otheispj ing venues to ban the use smokeless tobacco duett messy nature. Two other bills on the a} were referred to comm One would create tempi parking along Coke Sheet the Corps of Cadets resit halls in the area. The other would < map kiosks around campus conjunction with bus open and the visitor's center.Hie would also redesign the pres campus and bus route map VJi By Shen, THE BA1 Robert Eteri Keen Thursday, March 27th Rat Green Concert floor tickets available! Saturday, April 5th Tickets may be purchased at Austin-area HEB stores, online at staroftexas.org, or charge by phone at 512-477-6060. sm Tt^S Hold on for the Ride. 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Virginia Knott said she had to accept her son buying his 1999 Kawasaki Ninja motorcycle a month ago, but didn't support the decision. “He is old enough to make up his own mind,” Virginia Knott said. HAIR • SKIN ■ NAILS ■ COSMETICS • BATH & BODY . ACCESSO nioxin Jolco rusk tlgl bgmg Sebastian matrix redken nexxus kms nail one curatives bain de terre american crew graham webb goldweil body drench paul mitchell urban essentials back to basics creative nail and more! Continued from page 1 Noland said, “and we demand this act of military aggression be stopped.” Noland said America is iso lating itself from the rest of the world and will suffer the conse quences of this for many years to come. “The actions and words of President Bush have caused this country to be at odds with most of the world, and we hold our government accountable and responsible for the lives of each and every Iraqi citizen,” Noland said. Jeff Graham, president of the College Republicans, disagrees and blames Saddam Hussein for the conflict. “War is never anybody's first choice hut Saddam has forced us into this situation,” said Graham, a sophomore business administration major. Tekleab said this is close to the last stand protesters are going to make, but they will continue to pray and “remember those who die on all sides with out discrimination.” Iraq Continued from page 1 spring 2003 : College Station 2050 Texas Ave S. 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Troops eager to cross the border into Iraq cheered — and units were soon on their way. The 101 st Airborne Division rumbled across the desert in a vast convoy — trucks, tankers, Humvees and more rolling along under a round white moon. Iraq sent missiles toward Kuwait in retaliation for the pre-dawn attack against Saddam, and American offi cials said the Iraqis had set fire to some of their own oil wells. Protecting the oil-rich Basra region was one of the American military’s goals as Marines and Army special forces headed into Iraq. The Iraqi missiles landed harmlessly in the Kuwaiti desert. Officials said none of the Iraqi missiles caused injuries, and one was intercept ed by a Patriot missile. Thousands of American and British troops donned protec tive gear, but there was no evi dence the missiles carried chemical or biological weapons. Prime Minister Tony Blair, Bush’s staunchest ally in the war effort, went on television to tell his country that British forces were “engaged from air, land and sea. Their mission: to remove Saddam Hussein from power and disarm Iraq of its weapons of mass destruction,” he said in the recorded address. It was the second straight night that cruise missiles and bombs penetrated Baghdad. This time, officials said the targets included facilities of the Special Republican Guard and the Special Security Organization. The organiza tion, run by Saddam’s younger son, Qusai, oversees most security and intelligence activ ities in Iraq. Red and white anti-aircraft tracers lit the night sky and a huge plume of smoke rose from the west bank of the Tigris River in central Baghdad. A senior defense official with direct knowledge of the operation said about two dozen Tomahawk missiles were fired from two American and two British submarines, plus one American surface ship. The vessels were in the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea. But two officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the night strikes were not the beginning of the massive air assault that Pentagon offi cials have said they plan to unleash. In Washington, the Senate unanimously approved a reso lution supporting U.S. military forces, while protesters briefly blocked one of the Potomac River bridges carrying traffic into the capital. Outside the White House, demonstrators shouted, “No blood for oil.” destroyed in Worth Con Tompkins said damage woti in the millions of dollars. In Mitchell Count), twister carved a quarter-: swath of damage soul Camilla, knocking down 6 and destroying buildings, This was the same area si: a tornado struck on Day 2000, killing I Camilla. It was one of I deadly twisters that r§ through the region beforete killing 20 people in all "It’s a mess, but notquitr bad as last time,” said Cai water department ei Joseph Willingham, w mated that 25 homes werefc aged and five destroyed. Dontressia Williams’ ta — built after the 200C on land that had been before then — was one of: destroyed Thursday. Sheand ! 2-year-old daughter survive; taking refuge in an intfl room. “I was scared,” she said. I was going into that roi things were falling in, glass 1 breaking.” Some of the victims In mobile homes. Eric Moore’s trailer blown 100 yards awayi crashed into a brick house, survived the tornado by lal shelter in his mother’s m solid house across the street “I know I can’t run from Lord, but 1 think we’ll be; safer if we get out of that mot! home” Moore said. About 50 people were at the Mitchell County Hospi in Camilla for serious chest injuries, broken boness' cuts, said hospital spokesi Rick Ivey. Others were taken hospitals in Albany Thomasville. Gov. Sonny Perdue dt a state of emergency in M and Worth counties, to visit Camilla on evening. The Georgia Emergen Management Agency was cot dinating help efforts betweenf state, the Red Cross, if Salvation Army, police and'd unteers, said GEMA spofc woman Lisa Ray. “Probably a disasterresoi- center will be set up, sopeof can go in and have a one-.* With a Disne small screen Fri is one step close mph and fulftllii becoming a Top Enders, a fre: marketing majoi began drag racit years old, winni throughout her j including Drivei 1995. In 2000, I the Super Comp was 16 to becon national event ft Hot Rod Associ ing to world cha Lewis by only 0 the final round. Enders went races that year a her Rookie of th Tonight, The will air an origii on Enders’ juni career up to her “Right on Tn at 7 p.m., follow sentations of the during March ar Enders said a added to make t interesting for y but Just Singer I Salty Pictures at good job. 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