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Deadline: Thursday, June 12, 2003 College Station, TX 77840 (979) 680-3680 Full Moon by R.DeLuna So This is aiv 6R AbuA Ttox) SPEECH fiZon /Mcwst£K Hf(?H School . You Pill Ka>ouJ tab, Tca HARRY. TWV A < UER£ L ^ 0LF - www Xc! e I unoxo m' £3. UHEPE T UiLL Uaj 8TEDL-V Be /MOCKED AMD RlMCDLEb FoR BE itoG A FREAK. /Aon* Mt>. By I. Flores THE YEAR IS 2025 AD. ON A WARM JUNE DAY. A TERRIBLE EVENT SHOCKS TEXAS A4M UNIVERSITY... FORTUNATELY. USING ADVANCED CLONING TECHNOLOGY. SHE IS BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE iW., -m 1 —:i ■ REINCARNATED STRONGER. FASTER' MORE LOVABLEI THIS IS THE BIZARRE TALE OF REVEILLE VIII VERSION 2.01 l k nil Ems\ THUD. UHHHH .. AAA KE THAT VERSION 3.0 WILL SOMEONE PLEASE PUT THAT DOG ON A LEASH OR SOMETHING* MS West Nile Continued from page 1 protective clothing and avoiding times of day and places where mosquitoes are most active,” he said. Sleeved shirts, long pants and light-colored clothing are best, Olson said. Local residents should also use yellow yard lights containing sodium vapor rather than bulbs containing mercury vapor and make sure screens on homes are intact, Olson said. He said people should empty any containers of water, and change their pets’ water dishes after three days. Mosquito dunks also work well to control mosquitoes in larger bodies of water and are available at Wal-Mart and Lowes, Olson said. Dunks are small, donut shaped objects that release bacil lus thuringienisis, or BTI, into standing water and will only kill larvae, Olson said. “BTI creates a toxin crystal toxic to larvae,” Olson said. “It is surgical and slow and will last up to a month.” The toxin has an effect on a mosquito’s stomach, similar to diarrhea in humans, and kills them, Olson said. “Pets should be protected from being fed on by mosqui toes,” Olson said. “Owners should bring them inside or mosquito-protect their environ ment at night.” According to the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, a licensed West Nile Virus vaccine for horses became available in November 2002. Olson said local veterinarians offer the vaccine to horse owners. Somerville resident Windy Hollis said she had two horses vaccinated last summer after outbreaks in Harris County. She said she hauls her horses all across Texas and cannot control the environment once she leaves home. “At around $18, the vaccina tion is pretty cheap,” Hollis said. “West Nile Virus may kill them, and horses are already such a huge investment.” Plitt said the current status of West Nile Virus is quiet due to drier weather. “If we have rain, it’s all going to change,” Plitt said. Olson said West Nile Virus probably won’t be in the news this summer because of the onset of SARS, but the most immediate concern is still the mosquito-borne killer. Online Continued from page 1 sending out an e-mail with each fee statement,” Piwonka said. “Last fall, printed notices were mailed to all students who had not claimed Neo accounts. Now, we think we are close to having a 100 percent claim rate. We ran a large advertisement in The Battalion before students left (in May) informing them of the coming switch to e-state ments. It has been a pretty elaborate process making students aware of the change.” The New Student Conferences this summer include information on how to use the e-statement system. “It puts a lot of pressure on me because the fee statement is coming to me and not my parents," said Gina Nardecchia, a freshman general studies major, who attended a new student conference last week. “It’s a lot of responsibility so I’ll make it my first priority.” Students who have been at A&M longer do not appear to be as concerned. ' “I don’t think it is any different than checking the mail,” said Melissa Leed, a junior biomedical sci ences major. “It will save paper.” Since students pay things such as bills online, officials said the change will not be difficult for many. “(The change) is fine with me,” said Clark Jarvis, a graduate student in electrical engineering . “I pay my statements online anyway. I do pretty much everything else on the computer, too. It’s the way most things are handled now.” SFS did an informal survey last summer during the new student conferences to determine if there were any students who did not have access to the internet to get their fee statement, Piwonka said. “We asked for a show of hands of people who could not get to a computer at home, at a library or anywhere else and not one hand was raised,” Piwonka said. “Georgia Tech went over completely to e-statements last fall and other universities who are interested in starting the process have talked to us. In my opinion, higher education has been a little slow in adopting electronic fee statements.” Weapons Continued from page 1 was known before the U.S. inva sion as Saddam City. Two weeks ago, Iraq’s American occupiers issued an order demanding citizens hand in everything but light weapons, which are permitted for protec tion in homes and businesses. Anyone who doesn’t comply by sunset on June 14 could be sen tenced to a year in prison plus a $ 1,000 fine. Under the order, only coali tion forces, police officers and other uniformed officials under coalition authority are allowed to possess most automatic or heavy weaponry. A few other groups are exempt from certain parts of the order, such as the peshmerga, a Kurdish fighting force that helped the United States during the war. The guns handed in will either be destroyed or used by the new Iraqi army and police. But on Sunday, the first day of the gun handover period, few Iraqis seemed to be taking the U.S. order very seriously. Barely anyone showed up at Baghdad police stations, the city’s main weapons collection points. Land Continued from page 1 my dream,” said Bosnia AWj Rahim Shatarat, whose Bed the village of Deir Nalls when she was 10. Now she lives in Baqaacai| in Jordan along with anoitj 120,()(K) Palestinians. In her spotlessly clean, derblock house at the backofi furniture store in the Deheii) refugee camp, on the edgeoffe West Bank town of Bethlefc Fatima Jafari recounts her fat. ly’s flight from the village! Deir Rafat. On that night in 1948, Jafari, parents heard the battle ben® Israeli soldiers and troops fra the Egyptian and Jo armies approaching li Palestinian villages strung ate their valley. They were homtk by news of a massacre by Jew gunmen, and at first light them day they fled into the hills So began 55 years of wands ing for the Jafari famil; Fatima’s father searched work. After Israel captured i West Bank from Jordan 1967 Middle East war, Jafariv- ited Deir Rafat seven times. “The houses were destroyed,” she said. Under the so-called “in map,” a U.S.-backed peacepl agreed to by the Palestine and Israelis, the refugee i« will be tackled in the thirds final phase, although already has registered its objs; tion to the right of return. 1 road map envisions an end: violence and the creation of Palestinian state in 2005. Fails Continued from pagel For the next month,Fail: was treated by A&M athletit trainers, who used varioif types of therapy for his knee Fails complained Iff breathing problems and dies pain on Nov. 21 and w diagnosed by Smith as hav ing an upper respiraton infection. He was prescrft' antibiotics and inhalers. On the morning of No' 25, Fails said he was havin: difficulty breathing and col lapsed in his Cain Hall do* room. He was pronounced deati at St. Joseph Regional Heallk Center later that day. Darrell Keith, the Fails attorney, told the Bryan- College Station Eagle Iasi month that Fails died a terri ble, agonizing death. “No one, much less some one like Brandon, should have suffered,” he said. “This has been a tremendous loss for them (the Fails’ family).’ Keith said that almost nothing was done to prevail Fails from suffering and be was given the wrong treat ment when he went for help. A Travis County medical examiner concluded that Fails died of natural causes as a result of a blood clottbat moved from his right leg to his lungs. Charles and Valerie Fails were unavailable for com ment. COLLEGE STATION POLICE DEPARTMENT BLOTTER 5/31/03 7:48 a.m. Warrant arrest, 301 E. 26th, Bryan. One arrest. 5/31/03 9:49 a.m. Burglary of a vehicle, 9310 Amberwood Ct. Taken-pocket knife. 5/31/03 12:10 p.m. Burglary of coin machine, 811 Harvey. Taken-U.S. currency. 5/31/03 1:06 p.m. Major accident, Agronomy/Raymond Stotzer. Air bag injuries. 5/31/03 1:06 p.m. DWI, Agronomy and Raymond Stotzer. One arrest. 5/31/03 2:10 p.m. Burglary of a habita tion, 601 Luther St. W. Taken-Playstation 2 and DVDs. 5/31/03 4:49 p.m. Accident hit & run injury, 4722 Shoal Creek. Complaint of pain. 5/31/03 5:36 p.m. Major accident, George Bush E./Harvey. Complaint of pain. 5/31/03 7:25 p.m. Driving while license suspended, 2717 Texas. One arrest. 5/31/03 9:24 p.m. Driving while intoxicat ed, SW Pkwy/Southwood. One arrest. 5/31/03 9:32 p.m. Warrant arrest, 18 Potomac Place. One arrest. 6/1/03 12:05 a.m. Making alcohol aw able to minor, 300 University. One arrest 6/1/03 12:37 a.m. Driving while lisceu suspended, Valley View/Texas. One arrest 6/1/03 1:32 a.m. Evading arrest, 7! University Dr. E. One arrest. 6/1/03 3:29 a.m. Driving under i Hardwood/Munson. One arrest. Jlofie P*ieq*touuiu, Ge*tiexid, 1 * * OF BRAZOS VALLEY WANT SOMETHING FREE YOU CAN REALLY USE? 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