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It’s Never Tee Late to loin the Corps! MOVE IT ON OVER TO... loupot’s 1 BOOKSTORES Iand get 1 0% MORE for YOUR TEXTBOOKS Cut me out and take me t the movies! ;lj:j * YOU Alii INVI n D ID ATTFND A SPECIAl. ADVANCfc SCREENING Ol LAST SAMURAI DATE: WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 3. 2003 TIME: 8:00 PM LOCATION: RUDDER AUDITORIUM fM I ASI ARRIVE EARLY! * Sell ■■ ' i ..n <rw * M»t, « w. 'vw&b I* wrts***-« m f«f tx/tvi: iUf «m» (hMte stfictiv pfahrtHiKl luy. t* v?»frt). ADMIT ONE. 4 Wednesday, December 3, 2003 Nil THE BATTMIft Soldiers Continued from page 1 “I heard nothing but bad things from peo ple,” Brenner said. “He was tyrannical and they lived in fear. I didn't know people felt that way. I thought they loved him.” Dellinger, who deployed in April 2003, said the Iraqis told him stories of the Saddam regime killing livestock and crops, cutting off water supplies, evicting citizens, forcing young boys to serve in the military and executing dissenters. Dellinger said he has seen great progress in the past few months and that the Iraqis see coalition forces as liberators. 1st Lt. Karl Herbst, Class of 2000 and executive officer of 74th Engineer Company, said the United States is seeing success. “Despite all the bad news that comes out in the newspaper or on TV, we are winning,” Herbst said. “A very large portion of the Iraqi people support what we are doing. Life for them is getting stable.” Herbst, who was deployed in late April along with his battalion, said he has been working on installing military bridges and securing an area near Baghdad. His compa ny constructed the famous “Birthday Bridge” on April 28. Murata said the Iraqis were constantly bringing the troops tea and food and readi ly offering up information about Baath party officials. “While on patrol, kids rush to our sides to stand next to a soldier,” Dellinger said. “They come to us smiling and laughing, they chase our vehicles, waving, and they bring us anything printed in English so we can tell them what the words sound like. The children are full of life and happy.” Dellinger said he hopes the small pockets of resistance that troops are encountering now will not deter the United States from continuing Operation Iraqi Freedom. “We are at the turning part of the war where our offensive operations are about to conclude in order to focus on building a thriving and independent Iraq,” Dellinger said. "The Coalition is winning the war, and we have truly earned the trust and confidence of the people that we are serving on a daily basis.” Dellinger said he is anxious to see his wife, Carmel Allan Dellinger, Class of 1999, who is seven months pregnant with their first child. “I found out she was pregnant while I was in Kuwait, the day before 1 started the jour ney to Baghdad,” Dellinger said. “We are missing a lot of important moments together, but our love is strong and will endure.” Murata, who has already returned, said he is happy to be home with wife,Je®; Murata, Class of 1998, and his threes dren. He said he always kept his fami his mind while in Iraq. “The medical officer in our battalior an Aggie, and when we crossed into Basis 1 asked him if he could hold my Aggie nijj me,” Murata said. "I told him to give it in wife if anything happened to me.” Jennifer Murata said it was wondeifs see her husband with their children. ‘Things now are as perfect as they caul she said. “Our daughter’s birthday wasjs day, and lie put her toys together. He happy to he with her. It's so much better, than it was when he was gone. It'spetfett Brenner, w ho returned home from 1 this summer, said he is trying to get in into college life. "Aggies have fought in every war, ani proud to carry on that tradition,”Brenneis 1 X'llinger said that he is glad the Aggiet® lion has extended into Operation Iraqi Fm “(Aggies) look out for the needsofti ers before we look after ourselves. i| empowering the Iraqis with those same: ues of teamwork, selfless service, prat the community and building trust neighbors,” Dellinger said. “Plus, its some kids to 'Beat the Hell OuttaSadi Now that's progress.” By THE FOF Kansas learn in team, has n quick the No, Whi doesn’i the top means much now, 1 what h — evet Job Continued from page 1 "There is always going to be a demand for students with experi ence in accounting, human resources and auditing,” said Jim Dixey, director of Graduate Business Career Services. ‘There are jobs available, and students are getting jobs. The economy is much stronger than in the past few years.” Banking, consulting and automotive industries are still slow, but jobs related to defense and consumer products should be available, Dixey said. More students are hav ing to work more to find a job rather than relying on employers to come to campus, and more compa nies are relying on Web sites and other strategies to hire new employ ees. Also, many companies are hir ing students just in time to start rather than hiring them months in advance. “Getting a job is a job,” Dixey said. “You have to be prepared and do your homework, but the single most important element of getting a job is networking.” Students such as Nasserfar who are having difficulty securing employment are doing so largely because of the type of employer they are seeking, not because of their major, Turner said. Many students should also rethink the steps they have taken to market themselves to employers, she said. For exam ple, life sciences students who are looking for jobs in pharma ceutical sales find that this field is competitive in contrast to life sciences students who seek work in the biotechnology sector, where jobs are more plentiful. Similarly, a political science student will experience more success in securing employment with a government agency ver sus a consulting firm. “I think it's imperative that students begin looking for employment at least two semes ters before graduation," Turner said. “Obviously, this maxi mizes their opportunities and provides them with more time to research opportunities and to make networking contacts that will translate into interviews." Students who have work experience such as an intern ship, cooperative education or a part-time job that is related to their career interest are valued highly by employers. Also, students who maintain a respectable grade point ratio and are flexible in considering a variety of loca tions and career options will be able to find a job much more easi ly, Turner said. “Students that are actively seek ing employment through network ing, employer research and on- campus interviews and job listings are more likely to be employed upon graduation,” Turner said. The Career Center teaches students how to network with former students and how to research employers. The Center also provides students with access to more than 700 fonner students in our network of Aggies Helping Aggies and works closely with The Association of Former Students. Although many graduating seniors are still struggling with the process of finding a job, the economy seems to have prom ise for them. “Graduating students in 2004 should do very well,” Dixey said. ' / think it is imperative that students begin lookingfor employment at least two semesters before graduation. — Leigh Turner, director Texas A&M Career Center Study: Prostate screenin; for older men unnecessar By Paul Recer THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON - Millions of dollars are spent annually to monitor prostate health in men over 75 even though research shows little benefit in screening such men for prostate cancer, a study says. Prostate screeii for the elderly A recent study shows ttialiw one-third of men over75aie screened for prostate canca: despite general agreement:’ cancer screening test pro® little benefit for elderly men “Ik smart time, t Self sa: TCU ! their fit got to but I d< Wit \y for pressui game, formar guards coming “There is no evidence that screening men of this age would be beneficial to them, so this may not be the best use of health care resources,” said Dr. Siu- Long Yao, a genital-urinary oncologist at the Cancer Institute of New Jersey in New Brunswick, N.J. He was senior author of the study appearing this week in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. “If you take all elderly men who die and do an autopsy, 30 to 70 percent will have prostate cancer, but they died of some thing else,” said Yao. “Diagnosing the prostate cancer may lead to unnecessary com plications in elderly patients who are more likely to die of something else, such as cardio vascular disease.” However, Dr. Richard G. Middleton, chairman of urology at the University of Utah Medical School and a contribu tor to the prostate cancer guide lines for the American Urological Association, said the study was “too simplistic.” “A routine PSA (Prostate Specific Antigen test) in a man over 75 would ordinarily not be neces sary,” but the blood test would be useful for a man witJi a history of prostate problems, he said. “There are many situations where the PSAs are helpful in monitoring and following an elderly man,” said Middleton. “I object to the idea that it was somehow bad form to order a Percentage of screenings by age 32.5% 75 or older 65to?f 31.2% Men lose KNC Scooti points added Tenne overT The tailed remati 55 to 64 45 to $ NOTE: Percentages from a naW representative sample of 7,885® the A using late Te SOURCE: National Cancer Institute PSA on an elderly patient.' Middleton said PSAs5 needed to monitor for the wi rence of tumors in elderly® who have had surgery ortsi' t ion for prostate cancel eaife life. PSAs also are appropr; he said, for elderly men" 1 * have a suspicious-looki : prostate on examination,"! have a known tumor, ot« have a previous history (U elevated PSA count. In a survey of 10 m researchers found that 32,5(* cent of men over 75 recei't PSA blood tests, an esliw“ 1.5 million men a year. Medicare typically p? $25.70 for the lab work, 1$ officials said, suggesting i more than $38 million is sp* | on those tests. C \ 1 MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY 1 THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY 1 LARGE 1-TOPPING $C 99 — • pu/only 2 LARGE 1-TOPPING $|2 W " pu/delivery 1 EX-LARGE 2-TOPPING $ I0. 50 pu/dclivery 1 LARGE 2-TOPPING & 2 liter drink $11 99 1 1 • pu/delivery PICK YOUR SIDE LARGE 2TOPPING AND 1 SIDE $|7 78 I pu/delivery FAMILY SPECIAL 1 LARGE SPECIALTY 1 LARGE 2TOPPING $ 16." ANY LARGE SPECIALTY HI." 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