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Announcing LibFest 2003 *“ h'v Tuesday, September I I a.m. to 3 p.mli Sterling C. Evans Library - Room 106 West Campus Library Medical Sciences Library Policy Sciences & Economics Library Food • Fun • Prizes \ • Check out the Libraries’ web site - Customize your own portal • Get requested documents delivered electronically • Sign up for the usability survey A C A~D EW Y College Vance C\a&ee& Int — Adv. Jazz & Hip Hop Beg. - Int. Jazz, Hip Hop & Ballet Aggie Dance Team Try-Out Prep Classes Now Enrolling 690-1 81 3 Jennifer Hart Direcfcor of the Texas A & M Aggie Panes Team Carney W Pub & Grill Thursdays w/ Aaron Holt This week's special guest Tommy Alverson $ 2 75 Big Domestic Beer $ 4 75 Domestic Pitchers till 10 Come watch A&M this Saturday Live on Pay-per view 3410 S. College Ave., Bryan • 823-1294 / \ Congratufations to the New fledge Class of Xappa Xappa (jamma Xenyon Mien Catherine (Hearn Natalie Mlert Jennifer Heimann Betsy Baker Tyler Hewlett Jena Barnard Xristyn Hobbs 1 Blaire Bass Jennifer Jurica Carah-Beth Bass Renee Xinsey Courtenay Berry Jennifer Leach Sally Birdsong Britni LeBoeuf (Morgan Brasier Darby Lehmann Mlison Buchanan Lauren Liljenwall (Melissa Cain Haley (Macey (Melinda Calder Shayna (Mahan lllen Campbell (Marcie (McSwane (Mary lllen Childers Callie (Mortimer faige Clark (Morgan (Murphy Christine Cloud Christin Neichoy (Amy Corniest Imily Nunley Stephanie Duval Shannon O'Brian Colleen Ingen (Adria Ramirez Laura Jischer Connie Richardson (Marti fleming Catherine Roark Mlison fuller Natalie Snyder Xate furst Olivia Thomas Ivonne (Jarza Jody Earner (Amanda (jieseke Imilie Teissier Rachel (Juthrie (Ashley JViCcox ^Laura Nansen Suzy Wilson ^ A(;GIELi|iiT()N III! 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H'.ine Hill s ia|e him a man lole violence a To submit calendar itr hn Ls - i be go\ please e-mail aggielitec" 70 !! Id not be battalion.net or stop by tolping the exec Reed McDonald Buildin; ®‘PauI Hill i- 'syi hopath.' -/IcKenzie, spol Universal slashes CD prices Music giant hopes to revive faltering sales PEOPLE IN THE NEWS enzie. )r. James S. P e ■ clinics in C ■pa and Fort L Hill, a forme a as * 11 mn ster, had tma bells for Ben andl^fe ;tnd S on. h ather and two s LOS ANGELES (AP) -lighters visited Source: Wedding By Alex Vega THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES — The world’s largest recording company said Wednesday it would slash wholesale compact disc prices in hopes of reviving music sales, which have dropped 31 percent industrywide in the last three years. The suggested retail price on a majority of its CDs will be cut by $6 to $12.98, said Universal Music Group representatives. Retailers have the final say on pricing, and UMG hopes the actual sales price will drop to about $10 or less. Consumers could begin seeing the price changes as early as Oct. 1. “We expect (this) will invigorate the music market in North America,” said Doug Morris, UMG Chairman and CEO. We expect (this) will invigorate the music market in North America — Doug Morris Universal Music Chairman and CEO UMG, the market leader among the world’s five major recording companies, said some multiple disc packages or CD box sets would not be included in the pricing change. Officials at EMI, BMG and Warner Music Group declined to comment. Sony Music Group officials could not be reached immediately. UMG’s current wholesale price for a CD album is $12.02. Under the new pricing struc ture, the wholesale price would be $9.09. UMG’s artists include U2, Sting and Jimi Hendrix. The wholesale price for CDs by a handful of performers, including Eminem and Shania Twain, will be about a dollar more, said Jim Urie, president of Universal Music & Video Distribution. The company also plans to cut wholesale prices on its cassettes and change the suggested retail price to $8.98. Josh Bernoff, an analyst with Forrester Research, said the decision to cut prices underscores how badly the industry has been hurting. ‘That is very significant. That’s basically saying. ‘We give up,”’ he said. Revenue from alburn sales declined from $14.6 billion in 1999 to $12.6 bil- ifs not official. But it might as well be - lied sources told the New News and Us Weekly magar Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck will finally tie the knot on Sept. 14. Affleck's publicist, Ken Sunshine, refused to comment Wednesday about any wedding plans. But very close gassi be; ■W YORK (Al rivirg two rain Agassi defeat Amt can Taylor I I, 1-5, at the U >, )en: retiring be< ess m his lower LOW n the fourth-roun With the men’ 99 lion in 2002, according to the Recording Industry Association of America, a trade group that represents the largest recording companies. The recording industry blames the slump largely on illegal music swapping over peer- to-peer networks. “friends" and an incredibly r ebind, Open o “source" told the newspaper anc ack top-seedec magazine, respectively, thaltfieauarterfinal dat( pie plan to exchange vws nelauresmo, later Santa Barbara. >r the day altog About 400 guests received ir tions by phone, but final details' be hand-delivered four days the grand event, the magazines; It remained a mystery as tf exact location of the biggest wee: since ... Lopez's last wedding. The 33-year-old star of sis screen and the block has been' ried twice: to waiter Ojani No; 1997 and to dancer Cris Jutf 2001. 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