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Tuesday, November 4, 2003 THE BATTALIO' FI5H 0/ KMLUttA X’M SPR/WiAJk ForA Buddy , I'M An A How Do I KWow Bv6S TpMY , S/K^/ £*TERMiajaToR J This IS/vT A SCAM\ V tfMAEML t Jisn-t The To Rob /ME j> F AaJ 1 Bio van with So/?l?Y, UlTHOorV" I SEE \ The CockRoacH lb There'S OhJ Top ovlV one jP^pe-a/ouoh LMy I'm LE TT IN 0 - A—^ rC/ You IW MY APA R T/M E W il Erl r China Continued from page' Sti noise f PoauTion 89 josh DftRinin will join former U.S.Secteiii of State Henry Kissinger^ Qian Qichen, former vice mier of the State Council0(4 People’s Republic of China, deliver the first keym address on Wednesday. Fot Secretary of State James iy joins Chinese Ambassad; Yang Jiechi, who will al$ speak later that evening. Lane Stephenson, dep director of Univen Relations, said the confer® is an opportunity for stud® to hear world leaders spca about China. “The world is Stephenson said. “Globaiizr is a fact of life and Chinav ieni01 11 continue to emerge as an tant player.” Stephenson said the speech will cover all aspects relationship with the Unite :Colleg States and how to improve it he purpose of the conic: ence is to create better i Kimbei ah ;e aboi ichelen “1 want In the idents v In addi idisjplinai standing to the future of tomorrow," Stephenses said. “Aggies need to knou about this.” Stephenson said good rei; tions with China are for trade and other econoi purposes. “Some Texas A&M studer. might be posted in Chint Stephenson said. ‘‘They’re c» tinuing to be a significant trai! ic slalus 1 partner wiiti ihe I mica v. ; :. pa aa well as other countries.” | F° r he Most of the conference ijwrticipatc invitation only, except for ifel "These keynote speakers. The conferl She sa ence is in conjunction witllore thar China Week, which is currentlsfhool am fore the ir stude chm :o go to iching r Skeltor e plans mg' |e said. She w underway, featuring educational programs, displays and perforo)' oretotl CONGRATULATIONS! Join the Celebration at the Clayton W. Williams, Jr. Alumni Center NOVEMBER 6TH RING DELIVERY Tickets distributed throughout the day, beginning at 7:15 a.m. You must have a numbered ticket to get your Ring. FEsnvmES begin at 2:30 p.m. Ring distribution starts at 3 p.m. and ends at 6 p.m. We encourage you to take the Bonfire or Replant bus routes that stop in front of the building. Prints of The Aggie Senior Ring by Benjamin Knox ’90 available for purchase. You must bring your pink receipt and driver's license to pick up your Ring. If you do not have your pink receipt, please bring your student ID and driver’s license. Continued from page 1 under this program include intersection control, DWI enforcement and occupant restraint. Officers participate in this on an overtime basis, Langwell said. “Head-on collisions are the only form of vehicle- related accidents worse than those occurring at an intersection due to failure to stop at a red light” Cannon said. Cars are not designed to endure this type of collision to the side, Carmon said. “Through the grant program, the Texas Department of Transportation and Texas Department of Pubic Safety have taken every pre caution available,” said Bob Colwell, public infor mation officer for the Texas Department of Transportation. “We have sent out news and press releases to encourage drivers not to run the lights.” Colwell said the issue of motorists running red lights needs to be dealt with through enforcement. “We don’t want to see anyone get hurt,” he said. The law instructs drivers to approach all inter sections at an appropriately reduced speed. Accelerating through a yellow light is grounds for a citation. Cannon said. He said traffic, weather, pedestrians and vehicles are factors that make this law necessary. “I think that traffic laws should be handled with more care,” Holtz said. “But it is difficult to con vince a town full of stressed-out, hurried young adults to not get discouraged.” Iraq Continued from page 1 SPONSORED BY The Association 4 OF FORMER STUDENTS* R\A cm, Ike Aggie Netuuonh! of the rubble, trying to escape, trying to get out of the burn ing metal.” Hundreds of portable, shoul der-fired missiles are unac counted for in Iraq, potential threats to a U.S. occupation anny that relies heavily on the slow, low-flying CH-47 Chinook craft for troop trans port. The U.S. command has offered Iraqis $500 apiece for each portable missile turned in but has refused to say how many have been surrendered. In one search operation Monday, U.S. military police stretched out razor wire and set up checkpoints along the main artery running north from Baghdad, now dubbed “Highway 1,” to look for weapons, includ ing anti-aircraft missiles. “We have had indication that more of stuff like this (missiles) are moving out there,” said Lt. Col. Dave Poirier, commander of the 720th Military Police Battalion. “People know they are taking a big chance in trans porting weapons ... and for some of these large weapons systems, you’d have to have a truck to transport it.” Spc. Andrew Fifield of San Antonio jumped on top of a truck transporting pomegranates and picked through the fruit carefully. ances from the Chinese cute Student Body Preside! Matt Josefy said he challeu^ and encourages studenis t« attend and participate in as many ways as they can. “In an increasingly glotnl society, students need to to about other cultures, especial ly China, which has overW billion people,” Josefy said. The Powell, Kissinger ar: Qian Qichen address will tali place on Wednesday at 9:15 aa in Rudder Auditorium, h Baker and Yang Jiechi addres will be at 6 p.m. at the Bus! Library. Long Yongm, the se® tary-general of Boao Forum fit Asia, will speak at 1:45p.mi the George Bush Presid Library and Museum « Thursday. Tickets for these speeches are available at I Office of the Vice President ot'! Research in the Administration Building, room 310. The conference is A&M and the George School of Government Public Service along wit George Bush Presidential Library Foundation and tlti Chinese People’s Associalioij for Friendship with Countries. Complete program li: for the conference and Week are available http://china-us.tamu.edu http://international.tamu.e( /China_week Jnfo.htm. “If kid Meliss ire wher tcited at “I love Pepper lading bt ave a spt “I will fied for She sa acher ar med in “It’s al idJtf un asses, v Searching for Stability? A Career? A Future? Your search is over! 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