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Check our web page at http://www.4.0andGo.com or call 696*8886(TUTOR) Monday, April 14, 2003 NEl| I THE BATTALI Fish by R.DeLuna NEWS IN BRIEF Well, another P4REA>T S' W£EkE/OD Mas Co/me AMb rOfiJE. VES. PAREaJTS^ ^ WEEK^A/b... A TfAdE UjHEaJ^ PnRENTS CAaJ Co/mE SPEAib A Coo RLE Days uith Their CHlLb- Buy Them Lots of 6RoCER ies, A/ub The ai LEAVE PRonPTcy osi Su/obAY. I Dom't Thiajic they're^ Taio/ug the Af AFU: You’ People 5,r/lL . HERE'” ' A&M among topi schools for Hispanii Cube of Xoe By C.J. OA$P! YOU'RE SO QUICK TO JUVOt! I JUST w/wret? to KNOW HOW MY Best FRIBNP IN TH6 WORLP WAS POIN0. IS THAT HMFH. EIN£. YOU JUST RBMeMBeR THIS N6XT TiMe you SAY ’‘HI* TO Me! PON'T BROveL PONT (SROV&L PON'T C/ROVet- PON'T JROVeU pon't SRovee PON'T (SROVeU OWOOH... oh, ANjeu.' RueAse oh PieASe TRY ON MY PROTOTYPE SUPeR AAONKeY BATTUe SUIT/ NSis£ pollution Hispanic Magazine ram Texas A&M No. 21 among its 25 colleges and universities Hispanics in its annual Mf rankings issue. Other Texas schools on list include Rice Universitj No 2; the University of Tew No. 6; Southern Mettioi University at No. 24 andli University at No. 25. The magazine said thetof i colleges "offer studentsac 1 plete package: superior demies, a Hispanic presa and an all-around exempi experience." A&M is for students crave passionate collegetnj tion, school pride and 0 raderie," according to His| Magazine. Benefits include-: demies, environment vast alumni network, as wet student merit scholarships by J9sh Dsrwm I AM So EYClTtpf TIME FOR the biq game! I CANT BEU EVE YOU FUEFE* TO fWo as 'THE BUq GAME! s«h! t think f Sweu WHAT THE ROCK Cookin'/ \ Kerlees named A& parents of the yea: 11 It's hard e till alive. Chester 1 00m mates, ous uncoml n the last n tuffed to th reen. Ches tudent. In I oom mates hester is c aps in his a Chester / )ne of the n y Texas A<! wner, Russ based him about a mor Hurst, a Protest Continued from page 1 “The demonstrations and peace flags are a way for the people to say to the govern ment, ‘No, we are not for this war,”’ Capacci said. It is common for students abroad to become engaged in political conversations with locals. Italians and citizens of other European countries are curious about Americans’ thoughts on the war and often approach students to inquire about their opinions. Junior architecture major Jenna Dee Miller said that when Europeans find out she is from Texas, they assume she knows what is going on in the United States. “Public opinion in Europe is that America is wrong. I’m not sure it is, but I’m not sure it isn’t either,” she said. “It’s really strange to be so removed from what’s going on.” Matthew Petrie, a senior bio medical sciences major, said Americans abroad are often associated with decisions and actions of the U.S. government. “It embarrasses me when the government wastes its time renaming french fries,” he said. “I think their time could be bet ter spent.” Still, most students said being abroad during the war has opened their eyes to a more worldly perspective. “I like being out of the conser vative atmosphere of A&M,” said sophomore political science major Carin Compton. “We get to see things through different eyes.” Kansas State University sen ior landscape architecture major Deon Glaser said she appreci ates experiencing views from another part of the world. “When you’re in America, you only hear about how current events affect America,” she said. In a setting where news is spread in a foreign language, students rely on limited English newspapers and CNN World from a single television set to find out what is going on around the world. “It’s hard in this setting to be totally informed on everything,” Compton said. Despite unrest in Italy and throughout Europe, students said they do not feel that they are in any immediate danger, although they are often easily identified as Americans. “The sentiment here is much more anti-war and anti-Bush than anti-American,” said junior architecture major Morgan Rhea Nixon. Chase Clay, a junior architec ture major, said he tries to be cautious while traveling, but isn’t worried about his safety. “I can feel people watching me sometimes,” he said, “but that’s the extent of my discomfort.” Although most students at Santa Chiara say they share the sentiment of feeling safe, it doesn’t stop them from trying to keep attention away from the fact that they are Americans. When approached by a group of men in the subway in London, Katie Hogan said she felt admitting her nationality would be a little risky. “I told them I was Canadian,” fish are the llowed. Hu verfeed Ch eturned to Chester’s w |urned greei It turns e a good it kittle was ourse it tur idn’t kill a iasco well.’ While fits Jive on cam Timothy and Janice Kf were honored as Texas Ml lia j° r ' sa id "Parents of the Year" foY fut dorm ru 2003-2004 school yea Sunday. The couple moved toco# a ppy with Station from Barlett, Tena; J r ' en d s ' n jj' their 17-year-old son Tim died from injuries sustaine: the 1999 Aggie Bonfire lapse. The couple opened I home to several A&M stud: in hopes of assisting stud;' in the transition from I hometowns to College S® said the Parents' Week Committee. "Moving to College SWU. and working with students' s t L V. has been the greatest blesr eve r( of our lives," Janice Kerlees "The love that we woulilfcf given our son, we wwp- hundreds of others, and® quently, that love is recip# ed many times over. Wet honored and humbled bft award." The Kerlees organize a i)i nual barn dance, an an# cookout, and in Novemi 2001, they pioneered a"wii God" study to help studr cope with the Bonfire trad They also cook "welcomed meals for students each! and host "fish Fridays" ini home for freshmen in' Corps of Cadets. prised his rc new dog, Cl War Continued from page 1 The seven walked — some ran — into a transport plane that flew them to Kuwait for checkups, treatment for those who needed it, and briefings. The prisoners gave an account of their capture and captivity to reporters from The Washington Post and The Miami Herald who were on the flight. The sight of their loved ones, bedraggled in their pajama-like POW garb, electrified fami lies and communities back home. “It’s him, and I’m just so happy that I could kiss the world!” Ron Young Sr. of Lithia Springs, Ga., said after spotting son Ronald D. Young Jr., 26, a helicopter pilot, in choppy video of the free POWs. The prisoners, held in a Baghdad prison for about the first two weeks, told of being be# when captured and interrogated while! folded, but said their treatment impl somewhat as time went on. As U.S. tf closed in on Baghdad, they said they"' moved over and over to keep ahead of' advancing Americans. “We could feel the whole thing collapsif said Chief Warrant Officer Young, one off helicopter crewmen among the prisoners.; . Do you have a syllabus for life? Within 5 years of graduation, 83% of graduates are not working in their field of study. Your degree will only get you so far. The rest is up to you... 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