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Account ability MANN FRANKFORT w The intelligent alternative. STEIN & LIPP £ ' Advisors, Inc. A Centerpfise Advisors Company lunch for 300 students = $2500 Keynote speaker = $1000 Batt ads = $1500 Program booklet = $1500 Creating a new tradition^ PRICELESS http://igsa.tamu.edu/unidiversity CELEBRATE HONORS IN AGGIELAND! APRIL 7 THROUGH APRIL 12 HONORS WEEK IS SPONSORED BY THE OFFICE OF HONORS PROGRAMS AND ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIPS, A DEPARTMENT IN THE DIVISION OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS. TIMES AND EVENTS LISTED ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. MONDAY WEDNESDAY Crossroads: The Future of Hip Hop Culture Amanda Diva, renowned Spoken Word Poet will join Dr. Finnic Coleman, Assistant Professor of English, and members of A&M’s Hip Hop Society to discuss the future of Hip Hop Culture. Ms. Diva has been featured on HBO’s Def Poetry Jam and will also give a performance of her work. Crossroads forums examine the future of American Culture. 5:30 to 7:00 pm, Rudder 701 Religions of Peace in a World at War C* HI Learn the viewpoints of different religious traditions during this session of Kaffeehaus Dialogues. 7:00 to 8:30 pm, J.Wayne Stark Gallery Co-sponsored by Honors Student Council THURSDAY Space Exploration & Research Space?Yeah, we’ve got that. Free pizza? Yup, we’ve got that too. Panel Discus sion. 7:00 to 8:30 pm, Rudder 701 National Scholarships Presentation All students welcome! Learn the ins-&-outs of national scholarship opportunities. 5:30 to 6:30 pm MSC 203 FRIDAY TUESDAY Callaloo Presents: The Role oj Ebonics in the Production of American English Presented by linguist Salikoko Mufwene 7:30 to 9:00 pm, J. Wayne Stark Gallery Chemistry Cave Art University Distinguished Lecture with Dr. Marvin Rowe Free, ticketed event. 7:30 to 9:00 pm. Bush Presidential Conference Center Contact MSC Box Office at 845-1234. Honors Open House Drop in lor coffee & donuts & chat with your Honors Advisor. Register for a $200 scholarship! 8:00 to 1 1:00am, 101 Academic Honors Day at the Fountain! Show your colors and wear an Honors Shirt! Listen to the musical stylings of Free Parking. 1 2:00 noon to 1:00 pm Rudder Fountain WEDNESDAY Honors Early Registration Office Hours Get answers about registration questions before it begins on Thursday! 5:30 to 7:00 pm 101 Academic Building Texas A&JM University Parent’s Weekend Concerts The campus band, concert band, and symphonic band will give their last perfor mance of the year! 7:30 to 10:00 pm, Rudder Theater SATURDAY Parents Weekend Brunch Picasso at the Lapine-Agile Discover what transpires when Einstein and Picasso chat at a bar in this aclaimed comedy by Steve Martin! 8:00 to 10:00pm, Rudder Forum Show runs through April 17th. Contact MSC Box Office at 845-1234. FOR MORE INFORMATION Call: 845-1957 Email: honors@tamu.edu Visit: IOI Academic M Monday, April 7, 2003 THE BATTAl POW Lynch reunites with fam By Colleen Barry THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LANDSTUHL, Germany — After everything she’s been through — an Iraqi ambush, a daring rescue and several sur geries — Pfc. Jessica Lynch had nothing but smiles for her fami ly during a long-awaited reunion in the hospital Sunday. Her parents, Deadra and Gregory; two siblings and a cousin paid Lynch two brief vis its after arriving early Sunday from West Virginia, said U.S. military officials at the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in southwestern Germany. “Lynch had a big smile on her face when her parents arrived,” the hospital said in a statement. Lynch, a 19-year-old supply clerk, was in stable condition in intensive care, where she was being treated for a head wound, an injury to her spine and frac tures to her right arm, both legs, and her right foot and ankle. The hospital also said gun shots may have caused fractures to her upper right arm and lower left leg. The hospital command er, Col. David Rubenstein, pre viously said no entry or exit wounds consistent with gunshot wounds had been found. “The medical staff says, after LYNCH more closely examining those wounds, there is a possibility they were caused by a low velocity, small caliber weapon,” the statement said, stressing that treatment would have been the same no matter what the cause. Lynch underwent back sur gery Thursday to correct a slipped verte bra that was putting pres sure on her spinal cord. Since then, she has under gone several more surger ies to stabilize the fractures, the hospital said. Doctors have said the prog nosis for Lynch’s full recovery was excellent. Lynch was rescued Tuesday from a hospital in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah by a team of Navy SEALs, Marine com mandos, Air Force pilots and Army Rangers. The commandos found her after an Iraqi lawyer saw Lynch being slapped by a security guard in the hospital, and alerted U.S. forces. While troops engaged the Iraqis in another part of the city, the rescue team persuaded an Iraqi doctor to lead them to Lynch, who had been held since her unit was ambushed a week earlier. By Chris Kahn THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BLACKSBURG, Va. — Virginia Tech reinstated its affir mative action policy Sunday, despite assertions from the attor ney general’s office that some of its diversity programs are uncon stitutional. The school's Board of Visitors voted 8-5 to rescind a March 10 ban on preferences for racial minorities and other underrepre sented groups in hiring, admis sions and scholarships. The vote came after a four- hour meeting punctuated by out bursts from a crowd of about 250 people, most supporters of affir mative action. The board called Sunday’s special meeting after weeks of protest over its resolu tion in closed session to disman tle affinnative action. “We love diversity as much as you do,” Vice Rector William Latham said to a choais of hiss ing from the crowd. “But we have to do it within the frame work of the law, and you only have to do it politically.” Parent’s Weekend Special Honor your Mother with 1 dozen roses $ 35 induding delivery only at 1921 Texas Avenue S 4 College Station 696.6713 M-F 8-6 The commandos who cued Lynch also uneurtk bodies from a nearby hurt eight of which were idemii: members of Lynch’s urn; 507th Maintenance Coir; based in El Paso, Texas. The ninth was a soldier a forward support groups Army’s 3rd Infantry Dhj The remains of all ninei been transported back u United States. Lynch’s parents leamj the deaths of other membt her unit just before departi| Germany. Among them Lynch’s friend and fi roommate, Pfc. Lori Pies who became the first Aim servicewoman killed initie "Our hearts are really: dened for her other troops hers and the other fani Lynch’s father managed It before choking up. Piestewa, 23, was a me of the Hopi Tribe, whosei vat ion is near the Reservation community City, Ariz. She had a 4 son and a 3-year-old da “Our prayers are Lynch family," said Taylor Jr., chairman of the Tribe. "We thank God survived her ordeal. Her speaks volumes of her cha and we wish her a coni speedy recovery." returr lengthened Virginia Tech officials restore affirmative action policy By Blak THE BA NEWS IN BRIEF NBC correspond dies of clot in Ira The board also created a com mittee on Sunday to review Tech’s diversity programs and make sure they don’t violate the Constitution. Attorney General Jerry Kilgore will continue examining diversity policies at Tech and other schools, spokesman Tim Murtaugh said. “If they have pro grams that continue to be based on race, then yes, they are” acting illegally, he said. “That would be unfortunate.” Several board members lamented that their earlier deci sion came too quickly, and that they should have waited for guid ance from the U.S. Supreme Court to rule on affirmative action policies at the University of Michigan. Others said they changed their mind after realizing there were other interpretations of federal law that may allow the school to continue its diversity policies. The university had reviewed its diversity program at the request of Attorney General Jerry Kilgore, who warned Virginia schools that race-conscious poli cies violate federal law. NEW YORK (AP) - NBC! correspondent David Bli who had been reporting or war from the Iraqi desert, Sunday from a blood clot network said. He was 39. The co-anchor of the wee "Today'' show was traveling troops about 25 miles soif Baghdad when he sudden! lapsed. He was airlifted to a is field medical unit, where frt pronounced dead from a: monary embolism, a newt* representative said. Shesai; death was not combat relaii Bloom, a native of Ed Minn., had been on assignu in Iraq for several weeks,ief ing from the middle of dt sand storms and while cols of military vehicles runi toward Baghdad. Bloom had been the anchor of the weekend "Is show since March 2000. Hi joining the "Today" show! Bloom was a White House respondent for NBC. Heh there in 1997, during the Cl administration. I This past Si •l&M women’s ■leted its sev Stand, losing 4-3 ■f South Alabai loss rounded out cessful weekend I The No. 30 A B/eekend by seq ■ing each of tf opponents in cc on Friday. 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