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Friday, November 21, 2003
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sity is also about engagin'
globalization and said that
student should realize thatth
competencies are
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leave with social responsii
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proposed plan for changes,
including that lots near student
residence halls be allocated with
priority for on-campus residents,
that existing bus routes be redi
rected to more efficiently move
students between parking and
academic areas and that
Transportation Services continue
to make all possible parking
accommodations for students dis
placed during home football
games.
The bill passed as emergency
legislation.
A Human Rights and Labor
Standards Investigation bill,
intended to allow the executive
branch to look into labor condi
tions of A&M licensee compa
nies through the appointment of
an advisory committee, and a bill
to dissolve the two graduate stu
dent senator seats, introduced by
two graduate senators, passed on
first reading.
The Senate also passed a reso
lution to welcome the Qatari stu
dents, faculty and staff into the
Texas A&M community.
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pose to people everywhere and
to our way of life,” Prime
Minister Tony Blair said in
London, with President Bush
by his side. “There must be no
holding back, no compromise,
no hesitation in confronting
this menace.”
Bush said the bombing
showed “utter contempt for
innocent life.”
“The terrorists hope to intim
idate, they hope to demoralize.
They are not going to succeed,”
the president said.
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an al-Qaida operation,
simultaneous timing and tk!
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