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The Battalion
Lime 110 • Issue 177 • 6 pages
A Texas A&M Tradition Since 1893
OPINION:
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PACE DESIGN BY: RACHEL SMITH
ranchione dismisses player for assault charges
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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
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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.
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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