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Failure to file or publish a statement of ownership may lead to suspension of Periodicals authorization. PS Form 3526, October 1999 (Reverse) Wednesday, October 1, 2003 F/$H W RmUNA FIoueR, 1 DEtlbEb That x E*>n'T cake That tx from a/m AaJD V*u TRA/uSFERREb HERE FRom of AND Just To Stfou/ Too X DowT CARt WHAT AnYoNZ- THfA/KS-. 1 AtAbE You This Computer 6fA/El?ATeD \MAGE pc WHAT ctfSPR'a/G MGHT Look LIU.E AS IF HAVI/V6 OFFSPRING lyJAiN'l USTuRBIMfe Ea/ooch, 'You HAD To Toss IN DEaIoa/ SFAUaJ >> noise f poiuirion BO JOSH DARUJIO CVa.z:^ By ^lou^e SOUTH RUSTIN JUO BRND Pfff Boom Pfff Boom Pfff Boom Pfff Boom Pfff Jigga Jigga Jigga Pfff Boom Pfff Boom oom Pff om Pff Tigga Jigg Boom Pfffj oom Pff Boom Pff igga Jigg For the last time, stop trying to Beat Boxl Vou're no good at it! Sure I ami You’re just jealous of my mad skills! BY: mi U6YP Journalism Continued from page 1 Johnson said he believes a degree from A&M will maintain its value despite the closure of the department. South said there has been a nationwide movement towar defining journalism education, started by the president of Columbia University. Four of six schools that A&M is striving to emulate in the Vision 2020 plan do not have journalism programs, Johnson said. Overall, Johnson said a budg et reduction on $400,000 led him to the decision to cut the department. “If I wouldn’t have cut it from journalism, I would have had to cut from political science, psychology or English,” he said. However, the College of Liberal Arts Web site also cites “University priorities” as a fac tor in the decision. Kempe and Hall questioned why A&M has focused on elim inating journalism. “1 don’t know why they’re centering on journalism,” Kempe said. “Other depart ments like mathematics and psy chology are not as well known either.” Hall said the recommenda tion seems to point to a train of thought detrimental to the field of journalism. “(They must be thinking) let’s give up on having journal ists,” he said, “and just make engineers.” NEWS THE BATTALIOS NEWS IN BRIEF Academic Convocatioi begins at Cushing Texas A&M’s 2003 Acaden Convocation will begin today 1:40 p.m. in front of the Cushing Library. Faculty and administe tion will march across campus to Rudder Auditorium. Viewers will be addressed in the auditor um at 2 p.m. by James 1 Dunderstadt, president emeritus of the University of Michigan. Former chancellor of Germany to speak Helmut Kohl, former chancel lor of Germany who oversaw the fall of the Berlin Wall, wii give a lecture to students today during his visit to Texas P Kohl will receive the first al George Bush Award for Excellence in Public Service from the Bush Foundation According to the Bryan-College Station Eagle, the recipient ol this award is chosen by former President George Bush. Kohl held his office as chan cellor from 1982 to 1998, when Social Democrat Gerhard Schroeder was elected. The ceremony will begin at 6 p.m. today in the Annenberg Presidential Conference Center at the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum. Free tickets can be through the Memorial Student Center box office. Freshman elections start tomorrow Freshmen elections will take place today and tomorrow, start ing at 9 a.m. Wednesday and running through 5 p.m.Thursday. Members of the Class of 2007 can vote online at vote.tamu.edu. Candidates running for the offices of presi dent, vice president, treasurer, social secretary and freshman senator have posted profiles that can be viewed under the election guide a! election.tamu.edu. If necessary, runoff elections^ i be held next week, Oct. 9 and tti. Al-Qaida supporters convicted in Belgium BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) — A court Tuesday convicted 18 Muslims — including one planning to blow up a base believed to hold US. nuclear weapons — for involvement in a European terror ring recruiting for al-Qaida and the Taliban. The defendants were sen tenced to up to 10 years in prison. tffteet filgn. §ale! Custom Aggie Street Signs Custom Aggie Road Signs Taking Orders Wednesday, October 1, 2003 11:00am - 1:00pm Or print out an order form at our Off Campus Aggies web site: http://oca.tamu.edu "I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I J |/// College SMI a. 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Come enjoy a home — cooked meal and service every first Wednesday of the month beginning October 1 st, 2003, 5:30 to 7:00 pm Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church (979) 846-5011 Pastor Erich M. Schaefer E-Mail: oslc@txcyber.com Amy Maslowski - Student Ministry Assistant E-Mail: amymas@cedar.tamu.edu Sunday Service Times: 8:15 & 10.-45 am Sunday School: 9:30 am THE BATTALION Sommer Hamilton, Editor in Chief The Battalion (ISSN #1055-4726) is published daily, Monday through Friday during the fall and spring semes ters and Monday through Thursday during the summer session (except University holidays and exam periods) at Texas A&M University. Periodicals Postage Paid at College Station, TX 77840. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Battalion, Texas A&M University, 1111 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843-1111. News: The Battalion news department is managed by students at Texas A&M University in the Division of Student Media, a unit of the Department of Journalism. News offices are in 014 Reed McDonald Building. Newsroom phone: 845-3313; Fax: 845-2647; E-mail: news@thebattalion.net; Web site: http://www.thebattalion.net Advertising: Publication of advertising does not imply sponsorship or endorsement by The Battalion. For cam pus, local, and national display advertising, call 845-2696. For classified advertising, call 845-0569, Advertising offices are in 015 Reed McDonald, and office hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Fax: 845-2678. Subscriptions: A part of the Student Services Fee entitles each Texas A&M student to pick up a single copy of The Battalion. First copy free, additional copies 25