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Bell Ranch Steakhouse At the Hilton Colleye Station • Reservations: 979-694-4929 2A Friday, May 7, 2004 NEWS THE BATTALION FISH MRmilNA Wenlification MV FAmy SAT ATE "N Down last night To SAV THEV WERE PROUD I UiAS GPADuaTiwG 7 T GAVE The* "UNI, HELLO ^ TM Trying To UlATCH the Final EPiSodE oF FRIENDS''// I've CHERiSHEfl AAV TiME in College /FRom being'''' I CAN'T RECALL EVERV Single . • Class.. BuT I WILL Always RfMfMSCR Thank Vou For Allowing /he To BE A part OF YooR L>vES FoR ~ r ^E Past so tears r//£ BNP noise r pollution es josh DttRUJin ^ V y.v by Will lloy^A •op. ooes ev«CVT>*i# HAW to ae Aftovt yc*P ^ Audio Books Continued from page 1A Continued from page 1A on Bin Laden’s head now stands at $50 million — far more than the nearly $125,000 that 10,000 grams of gold is worth. The recording promised the same reward for the deaths of U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan and his envoy to Iraq, Lakhdar Brahimi. “The United Nations is noth ing but a Zionists’ tool, even if it worked under the cover of pro viding humanitarian aid,” the voice said. ”... Whoever kills Kofi Annan or the head of his commission in Iraq or a repre sentative like Lakhdar Brahimi, he will be awarded the same prize of 10,000 grams of gold.” The speaker promised a less er prize — 1,000 grams of gold — to anyone killing a citizen of countries he called “the masters of the veto like Americans and Britons” — a reference to nations with veto power on the U.N. Security Council. Parchure suggests that students write their names on a random page in each of their textbooks so that in case one of their books is stolen, they could easily prove which book belongs to them. "There are always people who will do anything for a few bucks ” Parchure said. "Simple precautions need to be taken." Chuck Rheay, general manager of University Bookstore, said the store generally IDs people so that if suspicious activity arises, the police can be contacted right away. Last semester, there was a case at University Bookstore involving illegal sell-backs, and this semes ter there has been a similar case involving a local sorority house worker, Rheay said. “One guy was shoplifting and selling (back to) different book stores last semester,” Rheay said. At the MSC Bookstore there have been some investigations this semester, but they have not found anyone illegally selling books back, Scott said. It is initially hard to tell when someone is selling books that are not theirs, but if they are selling back an unusually large quantity of books, it does seem suspicious, Rheay said. "Don't leave your books lying around at the library” Rheay said. Rheay said putting your name in your books can only do so much because once a book is in the system, there is no way of really know ing whose book it is. It is important for students to keep your books in their posses sion, Scott said. “Unfortunately, there are people out there that take advantage of others,” Scott said. Continued from pagelA be replaced. Current Ajjit Cards contain Social Security numbers embedded in themaj. netic stripe. He said anyone mi a card reader can reveal the card holder’s Social Security number. Bob Mask, Aggie Card supervisor, said the new cardt will no longer contain Social Security numbers. “When we get students into the system, their U1N will be stored and the computer will generate a random number that will be put on the card toidenti fy that student," Mask said. Mask said when the card is swiped the random number is al that can be read. He saidanunau thorized person with a card read er would not be able to determine the significance of the number. Mask said a schedule will be set up for students to replace their Aggie Cards. "The replacement of card will be done in phases, and there will be a major use of Neoto alert students," Mask said. Hie biggest thing we're trying todo is to keep people from waitingii long lines.” Mask said that if there are no problems, distribution of the new cards will begin May24ai New Student Conferences. Wu said that after May24.no cards will be issued using the old format. Putnam said that during the conversion process, all card readers w ill be able to read the old and new Aggie Cards. "We want to make people aware that if they have old cards, eventually the cards won’t work ” Putnam said. Professors are no longer allowed to use Social Security numbers for grade reporting. Putnam said. Many professor', he said, will begin using UINs for grade recording. Putnam said UlNs should not be used for authenticating putpov es. The Net ID and password used by Neo and MyRecord, he said, should be used in any instance where authentication is required. “Just having the UIN by itself w ill not give you access to any thing,” he said.- ♦ « * Putnam said that in the many interdepartmental fur tions were linked using Socii Security numbers. "The UIN will be a linking value for things like financial aid and admissions and records." Putnam said. “As a linking value we hope people won’t see it" NEWS IN BRIEF Adidas creates new ‘smart shoe’ PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Adidas says it has created the world's first "smart shoe" by mating it with a computer chip that adapts its cushioning level to a runner's size and stride. The Adidas 1 is the product of a three-year secret project the German company devel oped at its U.S. headquarters, The Perfect Gifts for Your Aggie Graduation! (actual size) 14K Gold Aggie Pendant $24 95 Citizen Watches with Official A&M Seal I Gold-Tone $179 95 Two-Tone $159 95 Quartz Movement. 3 yr. 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