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Come see what premier student living is all about! 979.260.7700 CALLAWAY 301 GEORGE BUSH DRIVE WEST COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS 77840 HOUSE WWW.CALLAWAYHOUSE.COM Friday, April 11, 2003 THE BATTALIC Interfaith lecture promotes peace among all cultures By Janet McLaren THE BATTALION sAWiiimmieMswGmm aim Tickets: 979-845-2311 Xpl Buddha’s statement that “bet ter than a thousand hollow words is one word that brings peace,” quoted by Erik K. Heard at a Peaceful Heroes Colloquium, was applauded by more than 100 students who attended the two- hour lecture Wednesday about the lives of peaceful leaders from dif ferent religions. The program was sponsored by the Inter-religious Dialogue Student Association. Suzan Mertyurek, a staff member in the Office of Graduate Studies who helped organize the event, said the overall goal of the program was to promote peace among the world’s religions. “The main reason for this is to talk about the lives of people who strived to promise peaceful dia logue, tolerance and understand ing,” Mertyurek said. Seven speakers, including professors and students, dis cussed peaceful actions in the lives of religious figures such as Jesus, Buddha, Mother Theresa and Mahatma Gandhi. Nearly all of the lecturers dis cussed a person from a faith other than their own. Juliet Jurkovskis, a senior engineering major and member of the Ba’hai faith, spoke about Catholic nun Mother Theresa. u This is more about how to keep inner peace and non-violence even is right can have on others, “These peaceful heroes many of the same charactenst that we can incorporate into own lives,” said Betty Dal speaking on Bediuzzaman Nuris, a Turkish Muslim nized as the 20th century i of peaceful dialogue betwi Muslims and Christians. The Inter-religious Diali Student Association was foi last fall to provide a forum for peaceful discussion of dr ideas, said member Isil Dui when you don't agree. major — Patricia jasse lecture attendee “Mother Theresa herself said she loved all religions, but was in love with her own,” Jurkovskis said. The speakers emphasized the common themes of peace and love in every faith and the impact one person who peace fully stands by what he believes junior engineering Turkey. “It provides a chanctj meet people with diffen beliefs and backgroundsaml| discuss different ideas fully,” Durma said. Patricia Jasse, a seniorco; puter engineering major fra | &M junior Brj Angola, attended the dialop | ouston State t because a Turkish friend M ed her. “I thought it would be to convert other people to Tub | Islam,” Jasse said. “But this more about how to keep ira peace and non-violence when you don't agree.” Term Edwards joins Republicans to expand nuclear controls By T NEWS IN BRIEF 'Girls Gone creator arrested By Suzanne Gamboa THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Department of Energy’s program securing nuclear materials in the former Soviet Union and in other WASHINGTON — The nation needs to bolster, broaden and speed up its nuclear prolifer ation prevention program in Russia and other countries to keep nuclear materials out of the hands of terrorists, Rep. Chet Edwards said Thursday. Although the United States spends l percent of its national defense budget on preventing nuclear proliferation, Edwards said there is enough nuclear material in Russia to build 41,000 nuclear bombs. “Homeland security begins by preventing terrorists overseas from getting their hands on dead ly weapons that could be used against our citizens,” Edwards said. “But we have only scratched the surface in doing what is necessary to protect our selves from nuclear terrorism,” Edwards, a Waco Democrat, has teamed with Rep. Curt Weldon, R-Pa., to expand the countries. It would provide another $331 million over two years and take a number of steps to further secure nuclear materials. The money also would be used to secure chemical and biological materials and weapons. The budget for the program is about $l billion. President Bush has requested $1.3 billion for the program in 2004. The Edwards- Weldon proposal would raise that amount to about $1.6 billion. Weldon said the legislation is meant to control materials that are available to terrorists not from Russian government officials, but former members of its military and other individuals who “can feed their families” by selling off technology and materials that were built up during the Cold War. “To me from the standpoint of homeland security, we could do nothing more important than this,” Weldon said. PANAMA CITY, Fla. (AP)-I? man who makes "Girls Go r ^ith Big 12 Wild" videos is facing sex-}' corn er for drug-related charges after pt ‘ n £ William <£ ents complained to police lli tk.!.!! e ?f 1 he told minors to lie aboutto age on camera. Joe Francis, chief executive: Mantra Entertainment, w The Texas this Saturda> William & M the No. 30 A the Aggies' Fn Thanks to the start of t marks the firs one another. Kalbas said h rearrangemen arrested last week after searerc 5 U ( William of five locations and a private* turned up videotapes that( roborated the stories of four! year-old girls and a 16 yearn police said. In the "Girls Cm Wild" videos, college-} women bare their breastsr partying. Francis, 30, was charged* drug trafficking and racketeeri: related to prostitution. He cot face up to 35 years in prison convicted on both counts. Din of his employees also we charged: one with racketeer: and the others with drug |)« session. 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