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Kerri Ward, speaker tempore of the Senate t sophomore business majti. asked Gates if he had cons, ered what leaving a Bonfires! out of the campus master pit- fa design plan architects fc up last year to pinpoint areas ft growth) said to A&M students “There’s no future Bonliii T/ie 7b CVcl OW Army Supply Co * fO foox I, C'ollcgc ^Station, TX * (.97?) 779-I +?-» : 7 J’ i fee Z)y Mou$e Robert Rudduc site on the master plan,” GaiAiias when he sa said. “It s impossible to dele: fj the rest of his mine a particular site whenyo.ILj when one car have no idea what it's goin»'IL wreck, look like l“When you se Construction on the Bonfir;Lp n g p ar t j n tha Memorial, displayed in minii| do ] don ' t agI tme in the Architotmtlatyou can’t cot Building, is set to begin withiilg e [ se< » the next two months, Gatel W u:|p n Nov. IS. 2004. rhe c CT ieiol| ta altenlativ , the memorial is where center* Aggie fashions for Aggie Ladies ^ jm* -800-321-4466 Lady Aggie Wear.Com We have your size! 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Robert Duncan of Lubbock has pushed a plan that keeps Midland in a district with the larger agriculture-oriented city of Lubbock. Neither side showed signs of budging. “I think we’ve got to deal with West Texas first,’’ said Rep. Phil King, R- Weatherford, author of the House map and leader of the House contingent on the con ference committee. He predict ed slow negotiations. Craddick said there are other discrepancies between the two versions that must be ironed out. His spokesman, Bob Richter, cited differences over Central Texas, the Dallas- Fort Worth area and Webb County. Craddick contends the Senate’s last-minute decision to split Webb County, where Laredo is located on the Texas- Mexico border, may not win approval from the U.S. Justice Department, which enforces protection of minorities under the federal Voting Rights Act. pole was, and each of the 1! archways contain a brass sil houette of one of the students killed Nov. 18, 1999, aswel as a phrase written on the brass that commemorates themindi vidually. Gates said the only memoi al worthy of comparison wi| this one would be the Vietnam Memorial in Washington, D.C. “It’s an extraordinary memorial,” he said, mean to sound irreligious, hit l eet new people v it’s almost a holy place. It’s not 1 Stroh gradual!; a place anyone will ever thro# pd now represen a frisbee.” lutomotive Engi Chad Wellington, a sopk Ihools compete, more computer science may | Stroh said evei and student senator, asbklnvers by preparin Gates whether the risk manaet-1 series of timed r ment procedures emphasized in llesignated by cone several departments since “Auto crossing Bonfire fell are merely to ike last-minute lar improve the University’s image Atthebeginnin; at the expense of students'fun. fee instructional “None of it has to do with which attendees ca the University's image. Jay Kannaiyan I lability is not a trivial issue, said he thinks Oil We are a terribly litigious socie-!of his car. ty, and it isn’t going to get any! “it taught me to better any time soon, “Gates W car’s limits nov said. “Forty-five thousand stu-1 dents can think of many creative ways to have fun, and some of them are even legal.” Gates said he could not thin of any traditions that matter t the A&M community that have been lost in the past three years, other than Bonfire. “Absent Bonfire, what else is missing?” he said. OZONA GRILLE BAR tmmit nmnnvivuwMR BLOODY MAHYBAU SAT & SUN SAM - 2PM WE'RE OWN IATE £0 JOIN BEFORE Y AFTER MIDNICHT YEII l THE CAME!!! 520 HARVEYROAD G9W618 WHY PAY RENT? Ask me about the benefits of buying vs. renting! Two Great Student Properties! GREAT house for students! 3/2.5 with in-ground pool! ,^4 *139,500 MLS# 19447 2/2 townhouse on bus route! 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