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Rail
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Wentrcek said.
Wentrcek said a faculty
member who lives in Dallas or
San Antonio and teaches two
to three times a week could
quickly and easily travel to
College Station by rail as
opposed to driving.
“When you envision high
speed rail, don’t think of it as
you do today,” Wentrcek said.
“These trains could he set 20
feet above the ground and run
between 300 and 400 mph.”
Wentrcek said a possible huh
in Houston for the high speed
rail could be the George Bush
Intercontinental Airport. From
there, passengers could travel to
destinations such as downtown
Houston and Reliant Stadium,
Wentrcek said.
John Happ, vice chairman of
the THSRTC and College
Station city councilman, said
Brazos County missed an
opportunity in the 1950s to he
part of the Interstate Highway
system. The Interstate Highway
system was originally intended
to aid in the movement of troops
and supplies for deployment to
war, Happ said.
"This (high-speed rail) will
allow for better movement of
trexips from Fort Hmxi to the
coast,” Happ said. ‘That is the
premise for starting this project.”
Fort Hood, located in central
Texas along 1-35, is the largest
military base in the world.
Kenny Mallard, THSRTC
board member and Brazos
County commissioner, said it is
possible that the technology to
produce the proposed high
speed rail system has not yet
been developed.
“A lot of what we’re talking
about today could take 20 to 30
years to reach fruition,”
Mallard said.
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Mallard said it is posstj
increased population grot;|
the Bryan-College Station
“You might havepeopJ
work in the big city that.]
want to live in a smallet,
munity like this and cot;
Mallard said.
Wentrcek said another*
tage of the proposed high
rail would be increased
and attendance at sporting
"One day Kyle
seat over 100,000 people j I
demand and access incra, |
Wentrcek said.
Wentrcek said the highs
rail project could takeonet
decades before it is staitei
The $284 billion Hoiist
portation bill, along wi
Senate’s recently approved!
billion transportation legit
is awaiting a joint Hots
Senate conference con®:
decision before being sen
President Bush for finalajfr
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RHA
Continued from page 1
most items to take to the Driscoll Children’s
Hospital in Corpus Christi, Texas, Dunbar said.
A&M’s RHA also dedicated its time to
serving others and achieved goals it made at
the beginning of the year, Mahaffey said.
“We established our goals at the beginning
of the year, and we worked to complete them
throughout the year.” Dunbar said.
Most of the improvement steps on
Mahaffey’s Vision Plan were accomplished
this year. Dunbar said.
“Chris Mahaffey’s Vision Plan pulled us
together and made sure each of us was doing
what we were supposed to he doing for on-
campus residence," Allen said.
Diversity was another main focus, Dunbar
said. The RHA received the Champion of
Diversity Award from the Student Government
Association.
“W'e also focused on developing leaders on
campus,” Mahaffey said.
Five of the A&M delegates to the Texas
Residence Hall Association Confe
received I RHA outstanding service pits
being dedicated to RHA, Dunbar said, 1
recipients include Mahaffey, Dunbar, La.
Chrismer, Robert Garza and Grade Arena |
“Everyone that is part of RHA thisyer
dedicated to their job and cares aborts;
being of RHA,” Dunbar said.
A&M’s RHA won five of the lOawards:
were given for best residence hall progc-
Dunbar said.
“We’ve been holding a lot of programr
to help people get involved,” Allen said.
Some of the key programs RHAhostaf
year were Rock Varsity’s Homs Off, to I
All and Adopt a Family, Dunbar said.
Dunbar said next year’s goals will inck >
getting people more interested in RHA.
increasing its publicity.
"The challenge for next year’s RHAak |
istration will he to keep growing." MM 1
said.
“This includes continuing to build le»
focusing on individual halls, getting [J
involved and building the Aggie Spirit.'' I
Wiatt
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convicts in the incident, and a
bullet-proof vest save! his life.
shot in the chest two
times; it was a bloody thing,”
Wiatt said. "I have lived a vio
lent life.”
Wiatt also played the hero
role by trading places with a
hostage to plead with the suspect
to surrender.
Wiatt said UPD used to be
known under the alias “kanipus
kops,” and said he is glad to
have changed that image in peo
ple’s minds.
Wiatt said that after retire
ment he w ill still he around to be
involved in the Rape Crisis
Center, which he founded.
Wiatt is also a founding member
of Scotty’s House, a child advo
cacy center for victimized chil
dren to be interviewed in a
relaxed environment.
A&M President Robert M.
Gates said he appreciates Wiatt
for his selfless service to A&M.
“His vast experience in law
enforcement and his leadership in
his department have been instru-
mental in creating a ^
law enforcement team at
environment fprallof ust
campus,” Gates said.
Wiatt said his retire®
effective June
Schneider, associate dii
UPD, will take overasi
until a new one is found
Wiatt said law enfod
has been his life, and tied
know what he will doc
his time as he has few lid
“Maybe I’ll becomeasj
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crossing guard" he said H DI\
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Shiite militias withdraw from police stations in three citie$ isuil
BAGHDAD, Iraq — As a tenuous cease-fire held Monday in the restive Sunni city of Fallujah, a radical wnev
ic pulled his militiamen out of police stations in three southern cities in an attempt to ease a standoStrp
United States.
With quiet on both fronts, the scale of Iraq’s worst fighting since the fall of Saddam Hussein becamecterl
military reported about 70 coalition troops and 700 Iraqi insurgents killed so far this month. It was the
of life on both sides since the end of major combat a year ago.
A hospital official said more than 600 Iraqis were killed in Fallujah alone - mostly women, clii
the elderly.
The withdrawal of radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr’s al-Mahdi Army militia from police stations
buildings in Najaf, Karbala and Kufa was a key U.S. demand. But al-Sadr followers rebuffed an American
to disband the militia, which launched a bloody uprising in Baghdad and the south this month.
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