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Main St. through December • Live entertainment at The Palace Theater •Towering Carnegie Christmas Tree • All new Main Street & landscaping • Merchants & restaurants open late • Fun for all! DIRECTIONS From Bypass 6, take William J. Bryan Pkwy. west to Main St. Or, from central B/CS, take S. College or Texas Ave. north to 26th and Main St. Only minutes from Texas A&M! tsts 'tsO'TV&'i / Texas A&M University’s 2004 Marshall Scholars The Office of Honors Programs and Academic Scholarships congratulates Texas A&M University’s 2004 Marshall Scholars, Josh Siepel and Maya Weilundcmo. The Marshall Scholarships (sponsored by the United Kingdom) were founded by an Act of Parliament in 1953 and “commemorate the humane ideals"of The Marshall Plan. The program selects Marshall Scholars for their potential as“leaders, opinion-formers, and decision-makers"in their own country; it seeks to foster among the Scholars“an understanding and appreciation of British values and the British way cflife.’’ Mr. Joshua Siepel Ms. Maya Weilundemo Carlsbad, NM / Genetics Major University of Sussex: AdSc in Science ^Technology Policy Jackson, MS / English Major University of Sussex: MA in Creative ^Critical Writing During this year, the 50th Anniversary of the Marshall Scholarship, 44 students were named Marshall Scholars out of a nationwide pool of over 1,000 applicants. Texas A&M also holds the distinction of being the only university in the 6 state Houston Region to have two 2004 Marshall Scholars. The scholarship itselffunds two years ofstudy at any university in the UK, equal to approximately $60,000. Proudly Supporting Texas A&M University’s Tradition of Excellence Office of Honors Programs {^Academic Scholarships - A Department in the Division of Academic Affairs The Association of Former Students makes programs like this possible through its continued support. 8A Friday, December 12, 2003 THE B New air, space museum dedicate By Leslie Miller THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CHANTILLY, Va. — When you’ve circled the Earth and stood on the moon, it takes a lot to be impressed. But John Glenn and Neil Annstrong gaped along with 2,000 others Thursday at the dozens of aviation marvels in a new second home for the National Air and Space Museum. The huge museum 28 miles west of the origi nal’s home on the National Mall opens Monday and features everything from gliders to a sleek SR- 71 Blackbird spy plane, its maximum speed still kept secret by the government. Visitors gasped at the impressive collection: the Enola Gay, the Enterprise space shuttle, the Concorde, Amelia Earhart’s flight suit and various rockets, missiles, satellites, fighters and jetliners. Vice President Dick Cheney, who presided over the dedication, called it "a monument to the great achievements of flight and to the even greater possibilities of the future.” There were cheers and applause for some avia tion pioneers. Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon. Glenn was the first American to orbit Earth. Scott Crossfield was the first to fly at Mach 2 and Mach 3. Burt Rutan designed Voyager, which flew nonstop around the world in 1986. Paul Tibbetts, who commanded the Enola Gay, stood in front of the restored aircraft and chatted about his role aboard the plane that dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, in 1945. Museum officials avoided the controversy that grounded a 1995 exhibit of the Enola Gay because it discussed the effects of the bomb dropped by the B-29 bomber. Japanese survivors say they want the exhibit to focus more on the damage of the atom bomb. For Gale Fitzwater of Fairfax County, Va.. the 82 restored aircraft and 61 large space artifacts reflect the amazing technological change that have occurred in her mother’s 94-year-lifetime. “It’s just unbelievable.” she said. Added her husband, Mike, “This is just the single most amaz ing thing I’ve seen.” For actor and pilot John Travolta, the most moving moment of the ceremony came when the space station astronauts, televised from space via satellite, counted down for a replica Wright Flyer to start gliding from the 10-story ceiling onto the stage. “I started to cry,” said Travolta, who had intro duced the pioneers of flight. “It was the most advanced moment in aviation with the first moment in a heartbeat." It is estimated that 3 million people will visit museum, which is next to Dulles International Airport, in its first year. The original Air and Space Museum, which will remain open, is the most visited museum in the world, averaging 9 million guests a year. Both are free, though park ing at the new facility costs $12. The building in downtown Washington dis plays only about 10 percent of the museum’s By An The n nearly dr emment Chuck Kennidy • KRTCM' ! : Gen Paul W. Tibbets Jr. stands in front of (tie Enola(s (be Boeing B-29 he piloted and used to drop (tie(into ic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, in 1945. The bomber: I ages and Ihe worst Thee ationwi Schools have be doctors’ away drr Some lasily cc 0 fl ivhy the aused sc it seems “If it our dor ould fir odd, Nt The Prevent ir least spo aked r If of t najor e: lave wir i wide Healt display at tbe Smithsonian National Air and Sat Tommy Museum's new Udvar-Hazy Center in Dulles, Vo. irranged shippt priceless collection of aircraft and large spacet* lacts. Some 10 percent is on loan to around the world. The rest has been kepti| museum’s restoration and storage Suitland, Md.. and in hangars at elsewhere. The newest addition to the Institution is named for Steven F. Udvar-Hat), Hungarian immigrant who made a fortune ini craft leasing. Udvar-Hazy pledged for the project in 1999, which is estimated cost $31 I million when complete. At theti was the Smithsonian’s largest-ever indtv donation. Elevated walkways that rise 50 feet allowp pie to get close to biplanes, ultralights, glided stunt planes, suspended as if in maneuvers. Outside the huge hangar, visitors can planes taking off and landing from Dullesii 164-foot-high observation tower, which base® ment like that used in an airport controltowf The facility is not completely finished.It call for another FIX aircraft to be restoredT next four years, the opening of a space hand construction of a renovation and archives st(® building. - Inten presit WASH obbying lis Demi Candida! The c Wednes within 3' Section The hi ndividu. which cr [election The re uOlumbi Dec. 20 NEWS IN BRIEF Pentagon finds Halliburton overcharging WASHINGTON (AP) — Pentagon auditors found that Vice President Dick Cheney’s former company may have overcharged the Army by as much as $61 million for gaso line in Iraq, senior defense offi cials said Thursday. Houston-based Halliburton apparently didn’t profit from the possible overcharges, the officials said. The problem was that Halliburton may have paid a subcontractor too much for the gasoline in the first place. The Pentagon officials said the Halliburton subsidiary involved in Iraq reconstruction work, Kellogg, Brown & Root, also submitted a proposal for cafeteria services that was $67 million too high. The officials said the Pentagon rejected that proposal. The defense officials said they had no reason to believe the problems were anything other than “stupid mistakes” by Halliburton. In an e-mail statement, Halliburton spokeswoman Wendy Hall denied the compa ny had overcharged. She said Halliburton was responding to questions from Pentagon audi tors and was “confidenU 1 responses will satisfy” News of the problems as President George W. worked to justify his decision limit Iraq reconstruction a tracts to companies from f United States or countriesf supported the war. The iw ; angered governments firms were cut out of the f ding process, in France, Germany, Russia Canada. 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