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Wayne Stark Galleries, 6:30 pm March 2 Renaissance Carnival MSC Flag Room, 11 am-2 pm Will & Co. presents “Not Without Right: The Life of Shakespeare” Rudder Theater, 7:00 pm March 3 Film showing, “Scotland, PA” MSC 292A&B, 8:00 pm March 4 “Roman Scandals: Anthony & Cleopatra Got the Blues” by the 7F players MSC 201,7:00 pm http://litarts.tamu.edu All events are FREE and open to the public SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR SUPPORTERS & SPONSORS MSC LITERARY ARTS COMMITTEE - MEMORIAL STUDENT CENTER - ARTS COUNCIL OF BRAZOS VALLEY - GLASSCOCK CENTER FOR HUMANITIES RESEARCH - WORLD SHAKESPEARE BIBLIOGRAPHY - TEXAS A&M DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH -NORTON PUBLISHING - CALLAI.OO JOURNAL - MSC FILM SOCIETY FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO ARRANGE FOR SPECIAL NEEDS TEL: 979 845 9251 E-MAIL LAC@TAMU.EDU Wednesday, March 3, 2004 m THE BATTALII Kerry Continued from page 1 took a congratulatory call from Bush. “You had an important victory tonight,” the president told Kerry, adding that he looked for ward to a “spirited fight.” Hours earlier, Bush had dispatched Vice President Dick Cheney to TV studios to criticize the presumptive foe. “He very clearly has over the years adopted a series of positions that indicate a desire to cut the defense budget, cut the intelligence budget, to eliminate many major weapons programs,” Cheney said of Kerry, a 19-year Senate veteran. Kerry called Edwards, whose lone win before Super Tuesday was South Carolina, “a great voice for our party.” He commended another fallen rival, Howard Dean, in an effort to unite the party. Calling Kerry “my friend,” Edwards told sup porters in Atlanta, “He’s been an extraordinary advocate for causes that all of us believe in.” The freshman senator from North Carolina stopped just short of conceding, but two Democratic officials said on condition of anonymity that Edwards would step aside Wednesday in Raleigh, N.C. Kerry rolled up huge Super Tuesday triumphs in California, New York, Ohio, Maryland, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Minnesota and his home state of Massachusetts, as well as a razor- thin win in Georgia. Dean denied Kerry a sweep, winning his home state of Vermont two weeks after dropping out of the race. In all, 10 states with a combined population of 94 million — one-third of the U.S. total — award ed 1,151 delegates, more than half of the 2,162 needed to seize the nomination. Kerry, a 60-year-old senator, had 1,039 dele gates to Edwards’ 349. Dean had 182 and Al Sharpton 22. “The issue that drove me is getting rid of Bush, and that led me to Kerry,” said Ron Debry, 47, of suburban Cincinnati. “Maybe Edwards someday, but I don’t think he’s ready yet.” Exit polls showed Kerry dominated among Democrats of all philosophies and all stripes. No matter who they picked Tuesday, voters comfortable with Kerry as the nominee: Ain eight in 10 voters said they would be satisfiedii won the Democratic race. And his support came from across scape: from men and women, blacks, whites^ Hispanics, and voters of all age and incon groups, according to exit polls conducted fori Associated Press and TV networks by E Media Research and Mitofsky International. Edwards made U.S. trade agreements a cent piece of his campaign, and exit polls show if were sympathetic to his arguments: Some% cent said trade takes jobs from their states. But even among these voters, some six ii voted for Kerry, double Edwards’ take. Democratic interest groups, required to independently of the Kerry camp, plan to soon ads critical of Bush. Kerry declined to talk about his advertisin| other general election strategies, but said ben be able to compete against the cash-flush Bui “The president has an enormous lead. Hei< extraordinary sums of money... and we’re have to fight hard to raise money and compeii Kerry told The Associated Press. He said several of his former rivals to help raise money. In a preview of a potential general eleciii fight, Kerry and Edwards took a Super Tuest time-out in the Senate to vote for extending I ban on military-style assault weapons. Two other candidates. Rep. Dennis Kucinii of Ohio and Sharpton of New York, chance of winning the nomination. In a bit cold comfort, Kucinich won his primary fa election to the House. Kerry was the last man standing frou crowded field. Among those eliminated along the way:Sa Bob Graham of Florida, former Illinois Sen Cr Moseley Braun, Sen. Joe Lieberman Connecticut, retired Army Gen. Wesley Clarl; Arkansas and Dean. Dean entered the year the undisputed front ner, but finished behind both Kerry and Edwaii in Iowa on Jan. 19. His candidacy imploded Kerry’s soared. Carroll Continued from page 1 that they eat and not write them down. Other people may cheat and not record everything that they eat, causing significant error in the measurement of their diet. People also complete questionnaires differently, so there could be discrepancy in the results of food frequency questionnaires. “Even though we eat the same things, we report it differ ently,” Carroll said. Carroll said scientists sus pect that fat intake may be linked to breast cancer in women. Studies have been done showing that countries with overall higher fat intake have a higher occurrence of breast cancer. No individual study, however, has been able to accurately prove this link. Carroll said. A study is currently being done involving 60,000 women to observe the difference in the occurrence of breast cancer in women with healthy diets and women with typical high-fat diets. Scientists are hoping to find the link they have been searching for between fat intake and breast cancer, Carroll said. “Even if the study is success ful, difficulties in measuring diet mean that we will not know what components lead to the decreased risk (of breast cancer in women with healthy diets),” Carroll said. “What component of this diet is the one that is real ly giving the effect?” The government spends mil lions of dollars conducting research to find if there are links between certain foods and can cer, but the results of such research programs are all sub ject to the error involved measuring diet and may not b accurate, Carroll said. Attendees said the lectim was educational, concern: research methods. “Dr. Carroll demonstrate; the importance of careful stmt ies in order to reach sions that can be substantial, said A&M Department Head Longnecker. “(The) naires (that scientists use measure diet) may be very mis leading (because) people do no always report what really hap pened or what they really did. Michael Hall, an A&) chemistry professor, said I was surprised by what Carrol had to say. “We know less about dfl and cancer than I thought« did," Hall said. S< By J For m rides art amusemt Texas Ai njoyed i came in Tuesday “We c said A&l “But we wer the plate. The A the game fr JillWeyn (16-5) in Jai achieve making a line drive The / is of th the first an A&M fre a hard infield, st ond and Nicole R field com Durham f Durhai tie high offense, b on the nil TheBt second in on the d toller coa With Bobcat s Trahan hi over the Texas Sta U.S. Mint ships new nickel WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of shiny nick els sporting their first new look in 66 years are being shipped to the Federal Reserve, the supplier of the nation’s cash, officials of the U.S Mint said Tuesday. The new nickels — which honor the 1803 Louisiana Purchase on the back but retain Thomas Jefferson on the front — should start showing up in cash registers in several weeks. Mint officials said. A total of 180 million new nickels had been sent to the Federal Reserve as of March 1, said Mint spokeswoman Becky Bailey. Another nickel honoring the 1804-1806 Lewis and Clark expedition will be released in the fall. The new commemorative-themed nickels, part of the Mint’s new Westward Journey Nickel Series, replace the image of Jefferson’s home, Monticello, now on the back of the coins. The cur rent design was introduced in 1938. The back of the new nickels now headed® circulation bear the words “United States d America,” “Louisiana Purchase” and There is an image of hands clasped in — one with a military cuff to symbolize theU.S government, and the other with an ornatebracelf to represent American Indians. Above the clasped hands is a crossed by a peace pipe. The images are those on Jefferson Peace Medals, which werepff sented ceremonially to Indian chiefs and important leaders. Below the clasped handsarellt ^ Latin words “E Pluribus Unum” (meaning"Ol of many, one”). 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I W ; on the rig Blair s '■d to the will be a started the “If yoi §°tng (ti ttnless yo B Attention Juniors, Seniors and Graduate Students Accelerated Teacher Certification Programs Informational Meetings March 3, 2004 Harrington Tower Room 446 3:00 p.m. Rudder Tower Room 410 7:00 p.m. Ga Accelerate Online Secondary Certification in Science and Math Convenient Online Instructional Modules I information contact ^J-^f^Beason at 458-3968 Accelerate On-Campus Secondary Certification in Math, Science, Computer Science, Social Studies, History, English, Journalism, Speech Communication) Foreign languages or Health For more information contact Cheryl Schulman at 862-7022 I L_ http://acoelerate.tamu.edu Offered through Texas A&M Office of Continuing Education and Public Outreach, eEducation Group, and the College of Education and Human Development