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M FliW Continued fromPage 6 'uesday, March 25,11 1,000 or less (price must rs offering personal posses® charge. If item doesn't sell, to end to qualify for the 5 r ad is cancelled early. FOR RENT FOR RENT bwnhouses. 2bdrm/1,5ba., walking dis- ance to campus, bus-route. Also, garage aartment, 20-minutes from campus, w/d vailable, private swimming pool. 979- 96-0091. niversity Tower Apt. 1 bdrm furnished, uarters, Meals, Secure parking. 810/mo. Contact Mr. Gleason 903-489- 982 or Ms. Frankel 979-846-4242. /ashers & Dryers For Rent. Don’t buy, nt a washer & dryer, $30/month (plus .x). UniversityLeasing, Local, Faster, letter! 764-3902 iiww.universityleasing.com lease for May-August, ttatj s duplexes, 2/2, w/d comrei :ed, $695 693-1448. leasing for Aug., 2bte' drm/lbth fourplexes, close to mi it location, nice floorplan. 7K v.aggielandleasing.com leasing for Aug., 2bdrm/1l)#i duplexes. 776-6079, w.aggielandleaslng.com leasing for May &Aug. 4Mroi 2bdrm duplexes &fourpte m/3bth duplexes. Great kjcatv erties. fenced yards, w/d cornea 6079, www.aggielandlMsinp -nights 6-days all inclusive stay for two in )ancun. $299 per person +tax. Valid un- II November. 979-268-4220. 96 Redman mobile home, C.S. 16x80, bdrm/2bth, quiet area, fenced, $18000. ICOtt 979-694-9905, 512-799-8109. w.collegerentals.cc College Station’s lest apartment search for college stu- lents on the internet! FOR SALE 0’ Mobile Home for sale. Set up w/appli- nces, lots of extras, on corner lot, 18,000. Call Hank 979-696-0469. /2 Mobile Home, ancing available 979)324-54 35. No money down. Fi- in Rollingridge. Call easing for May and Vufcar audio m/2bth houses, 3bdrm/2bfi U-i m/2bth fourplexes, IbdmVIMi is, 2bdrm/1 5bth fourplsxis. 1 www.agglelandleasing.coffl 2-new Sony xplode 760w amps 50; new lOin. MTX $40; old amp $40. 196-1447. easing May/Aug. n/1.5bth, w/d included. , fenced yard, $560, lustom crafted domino tables. Solid- icod or portable. 'w.domino-tables.com Cathy 268-':' ase for May. 3bdmV2btti tast Bristol. $1100/mo. 693-1448 [ c oos ball table for sale, $375/OBO. ■anny at 764-6420. Call ase for May. 2/1 duplex, it/paint. 1421 Hillside $523'nic let Ski, 1999 Yamaha GP800. 60hrs., ga- iged, runs great, $4,800/obo. 979-229- 1201 Hollow duplexes. 3bdmV2t# jp May and August leases. M .coking to buy a mobile home? All sizes cheaper than you think. 979-696-0469. IEA-DOO for sale 97GSX, great condi- well maintained, $3,200 obo. 696- 434. ng University Village 2bdm2ti ate leases. Available 5-' al (409)752-7337. senior boots, used. Good condition, size 1/2. Made at Holick’s. $400. 817-235- 7777. aase 1bd/1bth, Signature Pal iit paid. Was $635, no* Sit ible now. 690-7076. ase 2/1, walk/ shuttle to Wt mo.. 696-4664. ase brand new duplex on Oral lock Prairie in CS. starting May available, each w/own batin' $325/room negotiable. 2544! Masher and dryer set, $200. Washer 1150, dryer $100, refrigerators starting at 100. Call 220-3665 or 220-4042. HELP WANTED ICIRCLE ME!! Apply now, entry level po rtions. PT/ FT. Great job experience, fun invironment. 696-7734. (vww.collegeincome.com ler sub-lease 2bd/2bath, w/d.lett ard, mile from campus, neaisk umished, vaulted ceilings, 354. l$$Dancers, Dancers, Dancers$$$. lexible hours. Silk Stocking, 690-1478. 8+ only. er sub-lease. $280/mo. 4/2te rnished. Call Jenny 764-6738. 250 a day potential/ bartending. Training irovided. 1-800-293-3985 ext.625. er sublease 4bdrm/2bth Sie"; led, cable, ethernet, $350/imi3 10-4446. er sublease extension avail , $850/mo +bills. Great to ’66/ 764-3922. 10 STUDENTS NEEDED to do telephone vork for marketing company in Bryan, day and evening hours no experi- necessary. EARN $10-15/HR WERAGE. Casual attire. Call Cathy 774- !890 9am-1pm or 5pm-9pm 500 er sublease now, townhome, U? rnd year sublease in 3bdmi» tall 903-641-3144, 903-872 ar Sublease, 1-F. $335/mo, tbdr/2ba. University Commons,!/ w/d, pools, bus, near 379)229-2991. 5O6@hotmail.com ir Sublease, 1-M. $400/mo,PiM 2bdr/1.5ba. University Commi sd, w/d, pools, bus, nearWolF? I02@yahoo.com Summer Jobs/ 50 Camps/ You Choose! NY, PA, New England. IN STRUCTORS NEEDED: Tennis, Basket- Roller Hockey, Soccer, Baseball, La- irosse, Gymnastics, Lifeguards, WSI, Wa- -skiing, Sailing, Windsurfing, Archery, Biking, Rockclimbing, Ropes, Piano Accompanist, Drama, Ceramics, Wood- ihop, English Riding, Nature, Nurses. Ar- Streisand 1-800-443-6428; www.summercampemployment.com r sublease, 1bd/1ba $373ri all 680-1091. Aerofit is looking for individuals with life guarding and WSI certification for a part ime position. Previous experience not re quired but preferred. Apply in person at 4455 Carter Creek Pkwy. r sublease, 2-rooms, females nouse in Southgate, $265"! !. Carly 680-8590. leaning commercial buildings at night, l-F. Call 823-5031 for appt. r sublease, 2/1 furnished. 50/mo. Extension available, !'r 1 Josh Did Spring Break break you? $12 BASE/ APPT. Needed: motivated indiv. with a good attitude. Customer sales/ service. Conditions apply. 695-1386. www.workforstudents.com ■ sublease, University Co*# d 1bdrm/1bth in 2bdrm® i. Christy 979-739-6409. Help wanted for new restaurant opening. Immediate openings, flexible hours! Apply person at Cliff’s at 3500 East Highway 21 in Bryan. HELP WANTED Frittella, New Italian Restaurant at 3901 South Texas Ave. Casual but elegant en vironment. Need motivated individuals with good attitudes, neat appearance and personable. We will train. Cashiers/ Food Sales. Apply in person only. Full-Time Receptionist for busy Ophthal mology office. Experience preferred, but not required. Salary based on experience. Busy, warm and friendly atmosphere. Fax resume to 979-776-0873. Koppe Bridge Bar and Grill. Part-time cook & counter help. Harvey Road loca tion. 776-2833 Harvey location, 764-2933 Welborn location. Little Caesars now hiring delivery drivers and pizza makers. Apply at C.S. location. Local business needs part-time ware house help/ delivery drivers. Must have good driving record. Need to be available Monday- Friday. Please call 779-7042 for an application. MOVIE EXTRAS/ MODELS NEEDED. No experience necessary!! Earn from $150- $450/day Call now for immediate expo sure. 1-888-820-0164x1180. Part time help needed. Must be available some mornings and weekends. Apply in person, 3609 E 29th St. Bryan. Part-time help to clean two country homes plus some indoor painting and yard work, 15-20 hrs./wk., $9/hr. Call 979-776-5760. PART-TIME STAFF ASSISTANT needed for a busy real estate office. Must be de tail oriented people person with reliable transportation and good computer skills. This position requires 15-20 hours per week and at least one Saturday a month. Must be available to work summer. Apply in person at Coventry Glen Realty, 1003 University Dr. East, College Station. SALES ENGINEER/ ASSISTANT: Engi- neering background, experience in mar keting & sales. PC knowledge, good oral & written communication skills. Please send your resume to HR, 762 Peach Creek Cut Off Rd, CS, TX 77845 or E-mail to hr@arbin.com. MOTORCYCLE 1985 Honda Rebel 250, 9000 miles, new tires, saddle bags, good condition, school bike, $975. Call John 694-6823. 1997 Suzuki Katana-600, excellent condi tion, 3200-mi., $3700/obo. Call (979)764- 8755. 1998 Suzuki GSXR-600 Red/Black, Per- fect Condition, never dropped, extras in cluded, $6,000neg. Call 936-590-0854. 1998 Suzuki TL1000S, beautiful bike, call on extras, $5,500/obo. 587-1654. 2000 Suzuki SV650, 11.5k miles, some body damage, runs great, lots of extras, $2,100/060. 695-9348. 2001 Honda ShadowVLX. Garage kept, under 300mi., $4200/obo. Call 979-260- 1065 or 281-467-0385. MUSIC Fender Twin Amp ‘65 Reissue Dual 12’’s, Tubed, Awesome Sound, Like New! Can’t Justify Owning Two. Must Sell. $750 847- 3888. Ibanez RG Series Electric Guitar, hard case, Fender amp, Zoom player 4-petal station, lots of accessories, mint condition, $550. 690-0125. Line-6 Spider 112 50-watt amp with sever al effects. 12in speaker, barely used, $400. 575-0088. PETS A.K.C. Golden Retriever Puppies, shots, wormed, $350, call Chase 979-279-2297. Adopt Pets: Dogs, Cats, Puppies, Kit tens, Many purebreds. Brazos Animal Shelter, 775-5755, www.shelterpets.org Mini Dachshund Puppies! C.K.C. regis tered w/papers black/tan male/female. $250-275 6-weeks old on 3/26/03. Very Cute! Must Sell! Call 979-219-2261 To day! Red-tailed Boa & accessories, $100/obo. 694-9596. Weimaraner puppies full-blooded, d.o.b. 1/26, 1st shots, wormed, tails docked, $200-250, exceptional! (979)279-3359. REAL ESTATE Free House Hunting Service reveals best buys in any area and price range you specify! Visit AndrewSmithOnline.com or call (979)693-7653 Broker, Century 21 Beal. REAL ESTATE Free, quick over-the-net home evalua tion! Visit AndrewSmithOnline.com or call (979)693-7653 Broker, Century 21 Beal. Revealed! 7 Costly Mistakes to Avoid Before Selling Your Home. Free record ed message 1-800-951-2018 enter ID#1000 or visit AndrewSmithOnline.com Broker, Century 21 Beal. ROOMMATES $340/mo., 1/2 utilities, 2bdrm/2bth duplex, w/d, Munson and University Oaks in So rority District, M/F needed asap, 412- 3209. 1-F roommate for great 3/2 townhouse, close to campus, shuttle, $260/mo. 764- 8703. 1-F Roommate for summer sublease to share 3bdrm/2bth duplex, w/d, fenced yard, furnished, $300/mo. +1/3bills. Call LaUra 979-846-3017. 1-M for summer only. 4bdrm/2bth house, $350/mo. +1/4bills. Furnished room plus computer, t.v. Bobby at 979-696-4824. 1-M needed for summer sublease, 2bdrm/1.5bth duplex, Lawyer Street, $335/mo. +1/2 bills 229-5028. 1-M roommate needed. $280/mo. +1/2bills. July03’- Jun04’, 218-0447. 1-M/F needed for summer, 2bdrm/1ba. lOOOsq/ft apartment, near campus, $297.50, +1/2bills. 694-6648. 1- Roommate needed, Summer/ Fall ‘03. 2bdrm/1ba, $350/mo. Ethernet, Cable, fur nished. Brian. 694-1794. 2- m/f needed, 3/2 house, 2-rooms availa ble now. $380 +1/3bills. Ethernet. Cable. Unfurnished. Call JR 361-728-1006 2-M/F needed, summer lease, 4bdrm/4bth, University Place Condomini ums, $350/mo., bills included, 214-616- 6348. 2-M/F roommates needed for 3bdrm/2bth house, $325/mo. +1/3 bills. Cable inter net, fenced yard, furnished, in Bryan. Call Bryant 979-571-3776. Female needed, 3bdrm/2bth, $385 +1/3utilities, large backyard. Call Kyla 281-455-6308. Female roommate wanted to share one year's lease beginning in May in big 2bdr/2ba. $265/mo.+ 1/2 bills. Call now 255-1052. Female roommate, new 3/2/2, shuttle, w/d, cable, internet, $350 +1/3bills. 695- 8074, 210-383-8524. Female wanted, summer sublease, can stay through fall, 3bdrm/3ba town house $390/mo. 409-770-4244. Female. 4bdrm/3ba house. 2-rooms avail able May 1-August. $400/mo. +1/4bills. Big closets. In Bryan. 846-3134. Looking for 1-or-2 female roommates to share cute 3bdrm. house in Bryan. Call 979-823-6414. One female summer sublease needed in private bedroom, private bath. (979)696- 7286. Summer sublease 1-F at the Exchange, pool side view with private bd/ba, furnish ed. Kristina 764-7503. Summer sublease in private bdrm/bth $280/mo. +1/3bills. Call Jenn 979-694- 2086. SERVICES r AAA Texas Defensive Driving. Lots-of-' fun, Laugh-a-lotl! Ticket dismissal/insur ance discount. M-T(6pm-9pm), W- Th(6pm-9pm), Fri.&Sat- Fri(6pm-8pm) &Sat(10am-2:30pm), Sat(8am-2:30pm). Inside BankofAmerica. Walk-ins wel come. $25/cash. Lowest price allowed by law. 111-Univ. Dr., Ste.217. 846-6117. Show-up 30/min. early. Free Pregnancy Test; Hope Pregnancy Centers, College Station 695-9193, Bryan 846-1097; Post Abortion Peer Counseling 695-9193. Skilled caring mechanic at my shop. Call 777-8711. TUTORS Math tutoring- Algebra through Differential Equations. Grady 696-9113. WEIGHT LOSS Lose weight with Total Control. Burns fat, curbs appetite, boosts energy, ephedra free. 1-888-264-9579. www.nutritionalwellness2day.com SCIJTECH 7 THE BATTALION Tuesday, March 25, 2003 Gridlock science A&M professor uses physics to model traffic flows By Adam Reed THE BATTALION It's 5 p.m. It’s been a long day for students and employees, and now they are just trying to get home. Traffic, however, is at a standstill. Drivers get nearer to the bottleneck, yet discover that there is no car wreck, no construction — nothing to cause the slowdown at all. Sound familiar? Texas A&M nuclear engineering professor Paul Nelson hopes to use his expertise in kinetic equations to end the frustration experi enced during just such days of unexplained traffic delays. Nelson uses kinetic equa tions in the classroom to describe how atomic particles interact with each other on a molecular level in a nuclear nelson reactor. He has used these same formulas to create a model of how traffic flows in the real world. “Vehicles move in response to their drivers,” Nelson said. “So, in kinetic equations, if we replace the atomic particles with individual driv ers, then we can get a statistical description of the drivers and their responses to other drivers and vehicles.” Nelson discussed his findings in a session, “Mathematical Models for Traffic Flow: Phantom Jams and Real Data,” at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Denver in February. Nelson's research creates some interesting possi bilities for the average motorist. A realistic traf fic model would enable researchers to predict delays, allowing them to recomend alternate routes for drivers. They could also use Nelson's research to develop technological advances or suggest highway construction plans to make driv ing as efficient as possible. To determine how reliable models such as these actually are, Nelson has singled out other kinetic models that attempt to describe traffic flow. Nelson said the Prigogine-Herman model, devel oped by Nobel Prize-winners Ilya Prigogine and Robert Herman, can replicate the flow of real traf fic but cannot supply sufficiently realistic predic tions for drivers to use in everyday driving. “In stop-and-go traffic, for instance, the Prigogine-Herman model would predict that cars in stop mode were actually stopped,” Nelson said. “But we know that that's not really the case — the cars usually just slow down before speeding up again.” Other complicated models also fail the test known as Occam's razor, said Nelson in an inter view with Science News Online. Occam's razor says that the simplest theory that explains an occurrence is the best theory. Nelson said complex models “clearly can be tuned to produce about any effect one wishes to produce,” and therefore may not explain traffic as much as one might think. “Of course, we'll never be able to make 100 per cent accurate predictions because there are always unforeseen circumstances in traffic,” Nelson said. “But we can hope to be right more often than we're wrong.” A perfect answer may not be available for Nelson's ongoing research at A&M and the efforts of his colleagues abroad, but their work does promise many improvements for kinetic models and, in effect, highways worldwide. Hopefully one day soon, the term “rush hour traffic” will be all but forgotten, and commuters will enjoy as much freedom on their drive to work as they would a peaceful drive in the country. NEWS IN BRIEF Bioterrorism systems tested in Oklahoma GOLDSBY, Okla. (AP) - A crop-duster sprayed a harmless substance above a field of cat tle and oil pumps Monday in a test to see if weather radar sys tems could detect a bioterrorist attack. It was the first spray of a three-week Army test over cen-i tral Oklahoma. The plane will make 261 runs, dropping grain alcohol, day dust and a mix of water and polyethylene glycol - a common ingredient in lotions and mascara. The harmless materials were chosen to produce a mist resembling the airborne parti cles that might be produced by a bioterrorism attack. The test, taking place in Oklahoma because of the state's advanced weather radar system, will help Army and Environmental Protection Agency scientists determine how well radar can detect such toxic materials. The new system would keep track of small planes and tiny puffs of particles that typical radars ignore. It will take weeks to analyze the data and determine how successful the test was, Army officials said. The goal is to develop com puter technology for a nation wide bioterrorism detection system, said Robert Lyons, with the Army's nuclear, biological and chemical detection pro gram. The government hopes to install high-tech software in about 150 radar stations across the country. The EPA has conducted simi lar tests in Maryland, Utah and Florida since early 2001, before the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the United States. US Technologies CEO charged in scandal NEW YORK (AP) - The chief executive of U.S. Technologies was charged Monday with mis using $15 million entrusted to him by investors, including tun neling some of the money into a trust fund for his children. A federal grand jury handed up a 22-count indictment charging C. Gregory Earls, 58, with multiple counts of securi ties, mail and wire fraud. The indictment says Earls controlled an investment com pany called USV Partners and claimed he would use investors' money to buy shares of U.S. Technologies. Instead, he allegedly used it for the trust fund and to repay investors from other business ventures. It also says Earls stole $1.3 million from investors, claiming he would finance an Internet company but pocketing the money for himself. The new indictment encom passes allegations first made by federal prosecutors in December, but adds new charges related to the alleged Internet scheme. "Innocent investors entrusted tens of thousands of dollars to Earls," U.S. Attorney James Comey said of the scandal. "The indictment alleges Earls repaid that trust with a naked theft of investors' money." Sublease. 1/1, No deposit $ ts. Call Jason, 4927460, -Fall, 2bdr/1ba, 2 story. $595fl od Village. Call Jen or A# 1-0987. Mill 2bdrm/1.5bth CoS Get a Life!! Comey join us,.. electricity, water paid, tv/d P >1, dogs ok. 979-778-2177. er Side Christian Private DY son shared room. $425/™./ n. 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