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- lNl nr"1 '■“A Wednesday, July 28,2004 The Battalion Lime 110 • Issue 177 • 6 pages A Texas A&M Tradition Since 1893 OPINION: Big budget bike racks Page 7 www.thebatt.com PACE DESIGN BY: RACHEL SMITH ranchione dismisses player for assault charges M iS By Shawn C. Millender THE BATTALION otball coach Dennis Franchione, who is in | Mexico for a coach’s clinic, said wide re- r Nick Rhodes was dismissed from the team saulting a former teammate, diodes declined to comment on the incident at ehest of his lawyer. \ cording to a police report, Rhodes got into a dis- over rent money with roommate Luke Ramsay | eportedly assaulted his roommate with his fists guitar. Police arrived at the scene on the 1200 block of Westo- ver Road at 6:51 a.m. Thursday and arrested Rhodes for a class A misde meanor assault. Rhodes was released Friday afternoon after posting a $7,000 bond, police officials said. College Station Police Department spokesman Lt. Mark Langwell said the charge is relatively minor and RHODES RAMSAY is usually dependent on the amount of bodily injury inflicted on the victim and the weapon used. A guitar is not listed in the penal code as a deadly weapon. “Although he used a guitar to inflict injuries, the injuries were not serious enough to warrant aggra vated assault charges,” Langwell said. Ramsay, a former walk-on running back who left the team in the spring, declined medical atten tion at the scene. If convicted, Rhodes could face a year in jail and a $4,000 fine. “Ramsay said he was struck with what was left of the guitar after the defendant smashed it against several objects in the living room while swinging it at him,” according to the report. Rhodes was locked in his room when police ar rived at the scene. Police kicked in the door and handcuffed him, according to the report. Associate Athletic Director Alan Cannon said Rhodes could be termed a reserve wide receiver. “Most of the time when a player leaves it is un fortunate, but you go to battle with who you’ve got,” Cannon said. A third roommate, walk-on offensive lineman See Assault on page 2 d'-t l HE BAIT' 1 popul!' rer caw oncept approved )r new maritime rchaeology center :entrate ma Soa 1 By Emily Guevara THE BATTALION confera ie Texas A&M Board of Jttheyl snts approved a concept aroseatfosal Friday to establish the ter for Maritime Archaeol- and Conservation. [hey accepted our concept, ig us the authority to proceed our planning,” said Charles son, dean of the College of ;tal Arts. full proposal will be present- it a subsequent board meeting that is when the board will on whether or not to es- ish the Center, said Donny nilton, president of the Nau- 1 Archaeology Institute, lamilton said the first thing Board of Regents wanted to iw was how much the Center uld cost. he Center would unite the tropology department, the In- ite of Nautical Archaeology, the oceanography depart- it in research endeavors and tld need no additional facili- No added funding would be ded either, Hamilton said. “A Center for Maritime haeology and Conserva- would be an organized ^arch unit within the Uni- iity and College of Liberal Johnson said. IDS aiott irselfl om m s A&M’s Board of Regents approved a concept proposal to establish the Center for Maritime Archaeology and Conservation. The Center would: ♦ Integrate the Institute of Nautical Archaeology with A&M’s anthropology and oceanography departments Provide employment opportunities and research data to students Allow better pooling of information between the institute and the departments The Center will require no additional funds Ruben DeLuna • THE BATTALION Source: DONNY HAMILTON, PRESIDENT, INSTITUTE OF NAUT. ARCH. CHARLES IOHNSON, COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS Texas A&M is already home to the Institute of Nautical Ar chaeology, a private non-profit research institute that has been See Center on page 2 On the run BRIAN WILLS • THE BATTALION Senior linebacker Blake Kendrick runs foot drills at the practice field during Aggies will be playing the University of Utah on Sept. 2, and the team’s first a preseason workout for his fifth season with the Texas A&M football team. The home game will be on Sept. 11 against the University of Wyoming. r oIP center to come to campus Regents embrace Master Plan By Kirk Ehlig THE BATTALION September 2004 Texas A&M will have a r center that will evaluate lnternet2 technology, an emphasis on Voice over Internet Protocol IIP). The center will be located at Research Park lie Hewlett-Packard/Schlumberger building. Jlnternet2 is a collaboration of 206 universi- 1 [Ithat are working together to provide advanced Tmet infrastructure,” said Walt Magnussen, di- lor of telecommunications for A&M. Jlnternet2 is working in partnership with in- jtry and government to develop and deploy lanced network applications and technologies, plerating the creation of tomorrow’s Internet,” Tiffany Inbody, Communications Coordina- 'Ifor the Vice President of Research at A&M. me network A&M is a part of, called Intemet2 jhnology Evaluation Center (ITECs), is connect- i ITEC-Ohio at Ohio State University, NC-ITEC Jorth Carolina State University’s Centennial bipus and San Diego Supercomputing Center, these research centers are connected with the pose of sharing communication-based research |)rmation through the Internet. ^&M’s ITEC, which is anticipated to have $1 INTERNET2 TECHNOLOGY# A&M and Internet2, a corporate partner of Microsoft Research, signed an agreement to create the first !nternet2 Technology Evaluation Center (ITEC). m ITEC will focus research on low voice over internet protocol, or VoIP B The center hopes to advance voice communication beyond regular telephone service E ITEC will be housed in the Hewlett-Packard/Schlumberger building in Research Park Will Lloyd • THE BATTALION Source: TAMU ITEC million worth of work done in the first year, will emphasize VoIP, researching the security of VoIP, assurance and the interoperability that guides the Internet2 community. Magnussen said, VoIP is a technology that See VoIP on page 2 By Lacy Ledford THE BATTALION Texas A&M’s Campus Master Plan was for mally embraced by the Board of Regents Friday. “The Master Plan is a road map for the next 50 years, but is a flexible document that may be up dated to reflect current needs,” said Vice President for Administration Charles Sippial. The plan is centered on eight goals articulated by the campus community to reinforce campus identity, reinforce campus community, establish connectivity, create architecture that contributes positively to campus community, promote spatial equity and appropriateness, establish an acces sible, pedestrian campus, promote sustainability and develop a supportive process. Following one year of discussions within the University, design and campus planning teams began their phase of the process. Barnes Gro- matzky Kosarek Architects and Michael Dennis and Associates joined to form the core campus planning team, conducting a reconnaissance that gathered information necessary to the plan ning process. “In addition, consultants were hired to do work and talk to administrators, faculty, and student leaders to see what needed to be im proved. This process went on for over two years,” Sippial said. Associate Vice President for Student Affairs Janet Winniford said there was significant student input involved in the plan. “There were several students on the Campus Master Plan Steering Committee, representing both undergraduate and graduate students,” Win niford said. “We also held lots of open forums at which students could give input.” Sippial said the Master Plan reflects the goals of Vision 2020. “The Master Plan is the vehicle that will allow the infrastructure to grow in accordance with the campus vision,” Sippial said. There are several options for funding the Cam pus Master Plan. “Funding could come from the permanent uni versity fund, designated tuition, gift funds, auxiliary funding or some combination of these,” Sippial said. One policy of the Master Plan strives to unite Main campus and West Campus by developing two additional underpasses under Wellborn Road and the railroad. These will be accessible to buses, See Regents on page 2 ^adrid terror suspect says he wanted to give Spain a lesson By Mar Roman THE ASSOCIATED PRESS JADRID, Spain — A Moroccan who was one he prime suspects in the Madrid train bomb- atiof once told a police infonnant that he wanted to w up Madrid’s biggest soccer stadium because lain needed a lesson,” a paramilitary officer tes- ; d to a parliamentary commission on Tuesday. Civil Guard officer identified only as Agent tor said that on March 16, shortly after the bombings, his Moroccan informant Rafa Zohuier called him to say Jamal Ahmidan had once told him he wanted to blow up the Real Madrid team’s Santiago Bernabeu stadium because of Spain’s support for the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. Ahmidan, a Moroccan, allegedly bought the explosives that were used in the Madrid attacks, which killed 191 people on March 11. He was one of the suspects who blew themselves up in an apartment on April 3 as special forces pre pared to storm it. Islamist militants with possible links to al-Qa- ida arp blamed for planting 10 backpack bombs on four commuter trains in the attack, which also wounded some 1,600 people. The conversation between Agent Victor and Zo huier was described in one of the documents pre sented to the commission Tuesday by Judge Juan del Olmo, who is investigating the attacks. “It’s true,” Agent Victor told the parliamentary commission when asked about the conversation in the documents. “At that moment we believed that he knew people (linked to the attacks) and we im mediately gave the information to the Civil Guard terrorism department,” the officer said. He added that Zohuier called him because he recognized other suspects close to Ahmidan whose photos ap peared in newspapers and wanted to provide po lice with information. “He thinks that the Chinese (nickname for Ahmidan) is the main person behind the attacks,” See Spain on page 2