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expensive to go to school here
next year,” he said. “So that
might be another reason why
students are saying, ‘I may
need to work a little bit more
and get a little more money this
summer.’”
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session enrollment increased
over last year’s. Second sum
mer session figures for UT will
not be available until mid-
August, she said.
This year 16,325 students
were enrolled in UT first sum
mer session, nine- and 12-week
courses.
During 2002, UT had
16,123 students enrolled for
first summer session, nine- and
12-week courses. Ruddock
said.
Rozier
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a second lieutenant upon his
graduation, Jessica said.
When he was a junior he
met Jessica, a freshman at the
time. They married on Dec. 18,
2001 and she gave birth to a
son, Justin, on Oct. 24, 2002.
For his service in Iraq,
Rozier was awarded a purple
heart and two bronze stars, one
for valor.
During a battle at A1 Hillah,
the infantrymen riding on the
tanks in Rozier’s platoon
became pinned down by enemy
fire. Rozier positioned his
tanks between those soldiers
and the oncoming enemy
forces and wiped out the
attackers, Jessica said.
“At his service in Ft. Riley,
troops who knew him came up
to me crying, telling me stories
like that,” she said. “One sol
dier, for example, said that he
was about to open a door to a
building they were clearing out
when, through a window,
Jonathan saw a bomb and
dived to push the man out of
the way in time. That just says
what kind of man Jon was.”
Liberia
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his support of rebels there in a
brutal civil war.
The United States demands
the departure of Taylor, blamed
in 14 years of conflict in Liberia
that have killed more than
100,000 since 1989, and
accused of weapons trafficking
and arming insurgents across
much of the region.
Taylor made, and broke,
repeated cease-fires, peace
accords and power-sharing deals
in the 1990s, often launching
attacks on past deployments of
West African forces here.
His government said Saturday
that Taylor would leave Liberia
only when an adequate number of
peacekeepers are on the ground,
and when the war-crimes indict
ment is dropped.
U.N. prosecutors are adamant
that Taylor face justice, raising
the prospect of a standoff with the
international peacekeepers and
foreign powers.
On Sunday, a small West
African assessment team laying
the groundwork for the peace
keepers was gathering generators,
food and fuel. Some of the goods
were provided by U.S. suppliers
through an already-announced
$10 million U.S. support contract
for the mission, said Col.
Theophilus Tawiah of Ghana, the
force’s chief of staff.
Debt-strapped Nigeria says it
need far more international
backing for the mission, expect
ed to eventually cost at least $2
million daily.
The military team also was
surveying the main airport for
camp sites, Tawiah said.
Desperately needed food for
Monrovia’s people began trick
ling in. A half-ton of high-energy
biscuits, part of an eventual 12-
ton shipment, arrived in
Monrovia on Saturday, the World
Food Program said.
The French group Medecins
sans Frontieres also flew in bags
of rice on Saturday. Save the
Children said it planned to bring
in 30 tons of supplies, including
cholera medicine and rehydration
kits and baby clothes later
Sunday.
Fighting since early June has
killed well over 1,000 civilians in
the capital. Combat has cut off
the port and the main water plant,
leaving the city of more than 1
million — now crowded with
hundreds of thousands of
refugees — desperately short of
food and water, and wracked by
cholera.
A West African military offi
cial said the force expected rebels
to withdraw from Monrovia’s
port soon after the peacekeepers
arrive, allowing more supplies
into the nearly cutoff capital.
COLLEGE STATION POLICE DEPARTMENT
7/31/03 8:25 a.m. Burglary of vehicle, 2101
Harvey Mitchell. Taken: CD player.
7/31/03 11:57 a.m. Major accident, 700 Blk
Texas. Complaint of neck pain.
7/31/03 12:37 p.m. Burglary of vehicle, 550
Fraternity Row. Taken: CD player, radar detector,
amp.
7/31/03 12:38 p.m. Burglary of vehicle, 1601
Holleman. Taken: amp, speaker box, CDs.
7/31/03 12:14 p.m. Major accident, 4090 SH 6.
Complaint of pain.
7/31/03 4:01 p.m. Major accident, Southwest
Pkwy/Dartmouth. Complaint of pain and airbag
burns.
7/31/03 11:14 p.m. Warrant arrest, Southwest
t Pkwy/Anderson.
8/1/03 1:00 a.m. Public intoxication, 815
Harvey. One arrest.
8/1/03 1:01 a.m. Unauthorized use of motor
vehicle, 1903 Dartmouth.
8/1/03 2:50 a.m Warrant arrest, 1403
University.
8/1/03 4:33 a.m. Criminal attempt burglary of
vehicle, 401 Anderson.
8/1/03 5:39 a.m. Burglary of vehicle, 1501
Holleman. Taken: CD player, amp.
8/1/03 5:46 a.m. Public intoxication, 430
Southwest Pkwy. One arrest.
8/1/03 7:34 a.m. Unauthorized use of motor
vehicle, 932 Crepe Myrtle.
8/1/03 7:34 a.m. Burglary of vehicle, 932 Crepe
Myrtle. Taken: stereo.
8/1/03 7:17 a.m. Burglary of vehicle, 1003
Oakhaven. Taken: laptop computer, cell phone,
tools.
8/1/03 7:51 a.m. Burglary of vehicle, 1702
Ponderosa. Taken: two-way radio.
8/1/03 8:33 a.m. Burglary of vehicle, 3005
Normand. Taken: two guns with clips, cell phone.
8/1/03 9:13 a.m. Burglary of vehicle, 3007
Normand. Taken: change.
8/1/03 9:43 a.m. Burglary of vehicle, 2301 Trace
Meadows. Taken: stereo.
8/1/03 10:24 a.m. Burglary of vehicle, 1901
Holleman. Taken: clothes, CD, stereo, cell phone.
8/1/03 10:17 a.m. Burglary of vehicle, 1901
Holleman. Taken: stereo.
8/1/03 10:41 a.m. Traffic arrest,
Wellborn/Harvey Mitchell.
8/1/03 11:30 a.m. Warrant arrest, 1122 Georgia.
8/1/03 2:00 p.m. Burglary of habitation, 400
Onyx. Taken: golf clubs.
8/1/03 2:59 p.m. Warrant arrest, Rose/Munson.
8/1/03 3:32 p.m. Burglary of vehicle, 2005
Longmire. Taken: stereo.
8/1/03 3:59 p.m. Major accident, Harvey
Mitchell/Earl Rudder Frwy. Injured foot.
8/1/03 3:52 p.m. Burglary of vehicle, 2807
Henry. Taken: wallet, CD player.
8/1/03 4:11 p.m. Burglary of vehicle, 550
Fraternity Row. Taken: CD player.
8/1/03 4:12 p.m. Warrant arrest, 1700 George
a.m. Warrant arrest,
to identify,
Bush.
8/1/03 10:25 p.m. Burglary of vehicle, 2808
Henry. Taken: generator.
8/1/03 11:38 p.m. Possession of marijuana,
Richards/Lassie.
8/2/03 12:07 a.m. DUI, Balcones/Welsh. One
arrest.
8/2/03 12:16 a.m. Liquor law violation, 307
University. One arrest.
8/2/03 12:12 a.m. Recovered stolen vehicle,
Harvey Mitchell/28th
8/2/03 12:30
Richards/Lassie.
8/2/03 12:53 a.m. Failure
Harvey/Dartmouth. One arrest.
8/2/03 1:43 a.m. DWI, Han/ey/Dartmouth. One
arrest.
8/2/03 1:43 a.m. Public intoxication,
Harvey/Dartmouth. One arrest.
8/2/03 1:45 a.m. No driver's license, 1725
Texas. One arrest.
8/2/03 2:26 a.m. Driving while license sus
pended, 208 George Bush. One arrest.
8/2/03 3:52 a.m. Recovered stolen vehicle,
2611 Texas.
8/2/03 5:20 a.m. DWI, Coke/George Bush. One
arrest.
8/2/03 8:58 a.m. Unauthorized use of motor
vehicle, 2611 Texas.
8/2/03 12:55 p.m. Driving while license sus
pended, Stonewall/Raintree. One arrest.
8/2/03 2:25 p.m. Burglary of vehicle, 2250
Dartmouth. Taken: purse,
8/2/03 5:24 p.m. Burglary of vehicle, 1511
University. Taken: CDs, bag.
8/2/03 5:50 p.m. Burglary of vehicle, 1500
Harvey. Taken: checkbook.
8/2/03 7:12 p.m. DWI, Highlands/George Bush.
One arrest.
8/2/03 8:41 p.m. Burglary of vehicle, 1500
Harvey. Taken: credit card, cash, fishing equip
ment.
8/2/03 10:19 p.m. Warrant arrest, Harvey
Mitchell/Texas.
8/2/03 11:19 p.m. Driving while license sus
pended, 2801 Texas. One arrest.
8/2/03 11:36 p.m. Warrant arrest, Walton/Texas.
8/3/03 1:36 a.m. Major accident, Texas/Harvey.
Complaint of pain.
8/3/03 2:05 a.m. DWI, Texas/Harvey. One arrest.
8/3/03 2:18 a.m. Public intoxication, 309
College Main. One arrest.
8/3/03 2:27 a.m. Public intoxication, 309
College Main. One arrest.
8/3/03 3:00 a.m. DWI, Harvey Mitchell/Texas.
One arrest.
8/3/03 3:11 a.m. Aggravated assault, 1604 Rock
Prairie. Cuts to arms.
8/3/03 3:55 a.m. Possession of marijuana, 1902
Dartmouth. One arrest.
8/3/03 4:03 a.m. Possession of controlled sub
stance, 1902 Dartmouth. One arrest.
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consist of math, science, social studies and humanities, Slater said
The students will work on their projects all week and then pres
ent them to the school during a Friday presentation.
The presentations must take some sort of multimedia form sucli
as a PowerPoint presentation, a Web page, digital media or a com
bination of these.
Students can choose to work alone or in teams, with each mem
ber of the team sharing the same grade. Slater said. After the assem
bly, the grading sessions will begin.
“In the grading sessions, students again present their week’s
work one by one or in teams, but this is a private session with two
teachers who discuss the work with them and involve them in the
grading,” he said.
The curriculum follows the Texas Education Agency’s guide
lines, and diplomas from AISIC will be recognized just like any
other private school diploma. The school will follow the same
schedule as A&M, but because everything is done online, students
will be able to submit work during breaks and summers as well,
Slater said.
Another opportunity students will have is the exchange program.
According to the school’s Web site, there is a branch of the school
in Hyderabad. India, with others under development in Europe,
Mexico and South America. Students will be allowed to transfer
between campuses for a semester or a year.
“AISIC will be a high-quality, high-tech, college-preparatoiy
inquiry-creativity school, a middle-high school with the atmosphere
of a little or mini- college or university,” Slater said.
Iraq
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In fact, al-Jaafari is Iraq’s
first president since Saddam for
a very simple reason: Of the
nine leaders in the rotating pres
idency, his name comes first in
the Arabic alphabet.
On the streets, al-Jaafari’s
appointment hasn’t caused
much of a stir. In an entirely
unscientific survey of 10
Baghdadis asked Sunday to
name their president, only one
came up with al-Jaafari’s name.
Most people said they didn’t
have a president or they didn't
know who he was. One named
L. Paul Bremer, the American
administrator of Iraq. One
named President Bush.
Many Iraqis don’t trust al-
Jaafari and other former exiles
on the council, saying they
spent so long abroad that they
have lost their connection with
Iraqis who suffered under
Saddam.
“I don’t know anything about
his background, but he came in
on the American tanks;” said
driver Wa’ed Hussein, 51. Of
the council members, he said:
“They’re supposed to represent
the Iraqi people, but they have
no roots.”
Al-Jaafari insists Iraqis sup
port him.
“I have no statistics, but peo
ple love me. They see that I am
not very happy about being
president, because I love to live
a normal life,” he said in an
interview this weekend in the
council’s new offices.
The offices, one of the few
places in Iraq where men wear
suit jackets, boast manicured
lawns and marble floors. The
luxurious building once was a
resthouse for Lt. Gen. Hussein
Kamel, a cousin and son-in-law
of Saddam who defected to
Jordan, then was lured back to
Iraq and killed in 1996.
It was heavily looted after
the Americans entered Baghdad,
and has been restored by coali
tion political consultants.
Brand-new computers sit on
brand-new desks amid freshly
painted rooms and newly
installed air conditioners.
American armored vehicles
guard the compound, and visi
tors are shuttled to the offices in
a military zone aboard a Toyota
Landcruiser with 3,537 miles on
the odometer, its seats still
wrapped in factory plastic.
Inside, workers — Iraqi
bureaucrats and American
“facilities consultants” — chat
away on cell phones, which are
still illegal for the Iraqi public.
Al-Jaafari’s cell phone, like
Iraq’s president
for August
Ibrahim al-Jaafari, a shy doctor
who moved back to Iraq from
London, is Iraq’s new president
until the end of the month. Iraq's
Governing Council has chosen
nine leaders to rotate into the
position through April.
Profile
Office - Former
resthouse of
Saddam's son-in-
law transformed
by the U.S. forces
into government
headquarters
Position -
Presides over Iraq’s Governing
Council: the U.S. military has
veto power over its political
decisions
Priorities - The council is now
meeting daily and has been
discussing ways to establish a
constitution and appoiot a
Cabinet
Government - Says he
envisions a government that
blends Islamic political traditions
and Western-style democracy
Personal - Is married and has
five children who remain in
London. He is currently staying
at a friends house
SOURCE: Associated Press AP
those of U.S. administrators and
military officers, can be reached
only by dialing the United
States. It has a 914 area code-
Westchester County, an area of
wealthy New York suburbs
where Bill and Hillary Clinton
have a house.
Al-Jaafari said he has a good
relationship with the Americans.
Bremer has been to his house
for lunch. Al-Jaafari said the
American promised not to use
his veto power unless there is a
“crisis situation.”
“There is a development in
his understanding of Iraq,” al-
Jaafari said of Bremer, “I think
he wants success for the
Governing Council.”
But the Iraqi president made
clear the Americans are expect
ed to leave soon — “in one year,
more or less.”
“The Americans fulfilled
their promise to topple Saddam
Hussein,” he said. “They also
have to fulfill their promise to
leave.”
Al-Jaafari’s relationship with
the Americans goes only so far.
He boycotted a U.S.-organized
meeting of Iraqi politicians near
the biblical city of Ur in April,
saying at the time: “We have our
reservations against attending a
meeting called for by a military
side.”
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