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I SAlp THE CAT GAME ME SomETHIWQ TO REMEMBER rf BY. \ TWtNK I NEED SOME AueRG'f MEPtClNE. t Consul Continued from page 1 HAIR • SKIN • NAILS • COSMETICS • BATH & BODY . ACCESS© ability to adhere to the aims of the economic, political and monetary union. Thirteen Eastern European countries are cur rently seeking admission into the EU. Simonneau said this potential enlargement is an historic occasion because the candidate states would bring differing economic, social and his torical situations into the union . Negotiations have been closed by the Commission concerning Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Malta, Poland, the Slovak Republic and Slovenia, with these new members expected to join the EU before the June 2004 European Parliament elec tions, according to the EU Web site. Negotiations have not yet begun with Turkey, because the coun try does not yet meet the political criteria to join the EU. Simonneau said he supports Turkey’s admis sion into the EU because the country is more geo graphically tied to Western Europe than other countries that have applied for membership. Opponents of Turkey’s accession into the EU cite religious differences and the country’s non- compliance with human rights issues essential to the EU as reasons Turkey should not be allowed to join the union, Simmonneau said. Arif Oduncu, a senior electrical engineering major from Turkey, said he was disappointed with Simmoneau’s prediction that it will take Turkey 10 years to join the EU. Oduncu said he hoped the wait would be five years or less. Simonneau works at the French Consulate in Houston. His speech was in accordance with the first French forum sponsored by the consulate general of France in Houston, the French Section of the Department of Modern and Classical Languages and the European Union Center. Obviously we’re be able to do that," ties One proposed con between budget cuts anil ulation is differential which would setdi for classes based department, and which would set a tat| semester for students less of the number ofl they choose to take. “The hybrid of den is differential tuition.' said. “Personally, I’m favor.” A&M System Q Howard Graves is supporting a deregulatej sponsored by Florence Shapiro, schools to raise times the amount charged at all state Students realize will rise eventually, would rather a goven institution implement! “I’m against deres because eventually, going to go up any Lindsay Shanklin, aji keting major and stu ernment representative. “1 having the government d rate instead of deregulaliff Take thousa icathing judge if high-profile :vision series, locals, the not- lentury Schoh lix it with son Inlike its mair Idol’s main pin taday. Rather, 1 (anticipants, it the Aggies of t Luis Lugo, < member of th ,ugo, also a C< the event came |Century Schola “One of my Igested that we theme into the interesting and more chemical in Alpha Phi A the idea back t( (and decided to Shasta Porct jco-coordinator Programs and / jevent came to f (decided to raise (Scholars. “Since we ai Century Schola service events 1 ‘yes,’” she said Porchia said [have a fund-rai: who are seniors already been ac not have the me Regents Continued from page ( Iraq Continued from page 1 the center of Iraqi power on sev eral other routes. Lt. Col. Thomas Collins, spokesman for the U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, confirmed that paratroopers were on the ground in northern Iraq, many of them elite Rangers. “I can only tell you yes, they’ve gone in. They’re on the ground,” he said. Other officials said tanks, other vehicles and supplies would be airlifted in behind them. Combat planes from the USS Theodore Roosevelt gave cover for the deployment by pounding Iraqi ground troops and bunkers in northern Iraq, U.S. military officials said. American commanders had hoped to move a large force into northern Iraq from Turkey. But the Turkish parliament refused to allow that, an the parachute drop was the begin ning of an alternative plan. U.S. and British warplanes, as well as ground units, hit the column leaving Basra. A British military source, speak ing on condition of anonymity, said the column included as many as 120 tanks and other armored vehicles. The Pentagon’s No. 2 gener al, Marine Gen Peter Pace, said that Iraq has executed prisoners of war in the half week since the war began. Pace, apparently referring to some of the U.S. Army troops captured Sunday by Iraqi forces in the city of An Nasiriyah, said Iraqis had engaged in many atrocities in the six days since the war began. Iraq, in turn, accused U.S. and British forces of “kidnap ping civilians, shackling them, and regarding them as POWs.” Irregular Iraqi troops have prevented British troops from entering Basra, Iraq’s second- largest city and site of a report ed uprising by local civilians against Saddam’s defenders. International aid officials have repeatedly expressed fears of an outbreak of disease, given the interruption of power and water supplies. Details were sketchy as well about Iraqi troop movements to the north. Some officials said a huge convoy of perhaps 1,000 vehicles and members of Saddam’s elite Republican Guard were moving south, in the direction of Marines making their way toward the capital. Gen. Richard Myers, chair man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said a “few vehicles” were moving south toward Karbala, site of a major land battle on Tuesday. “They're being engaged as we find them,” he said. U.S. officials blame the Fedayeen units for much of the resistance that has hampered the American-led advance through Iraq, accusing them of faking surrender only to shoot Americans and enforcing disci pline among regular Iraqi army troops who may be less willing to fight. One Defense Department offi cial said commanders were sur prised by the Fedayeen’s capabil ity and military commanders were changing their tactics. “We're going into a hunting mode right now,” said Marine Lt. Col. B.T. McCoy in Iraq. Iraqi officials said 30 civil ians were injured, some badly, when two American missiles landed in a residential Baghdad neighborhood. Associated Press Television News video showed bodies wrapped in plastic sheeting in the back of a pickup truck and streets that had flooded after water pipes ruptured. Flames rose above burning buildings, mixing with smoke from fires Iraqis have lit to try to obscure targets for American combat pilots. Regents, the highest body at A&M. Onlyo showed up to do so. Jessica Daniel, a so psychology major, on computers and ur signs in classrooms as eta of how the University spend money more before raising fees. “Fees may have to increased, but maybe if if was spent more efficiently wouldn’t be (as many)tel problems,” Daniel said. TH II Madeleine Albrf to speak on camp Former Secretary of Stati Madeleine Albright and fo’ Ambassador to Israel anil! Edward P. Djerejian will stability in the Middle EasL 4 at 8 p.m. ii Auditorium as part of Lecture Series. Albright served as thef U.S. Secretary of State andi! : first woman to holdtlief 1 ' tion. She is also the # ranking woman in the hist! the United States. Djerejian is an expertonf ical, economic, security and gious issues in theMiT r Tickets are available al MSC Box Office, ran L $5-7 for students and SlO-h non-students. For mote mation, call 845-1234, 10% Discount with Student ID Texas Ave. S WE ARE HERE BRENTWOOD SQUARE SHOPPINGCENTER 2402-D Texas Avenue S. 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