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FALL BRIDAL EVENT OCTOBER 15 & I 6 Incredible Selection 0% Financing for 12 months Fantastic Prizes cJavioI qarcIner's Jewelers ♦ Gemologists 764.8786 ■ 522 UNIVERSITY DR EAST CALL TODAY FOR YOUR APPOINTMENT 4A Thursday, September 30, 2004 NEWS THE BATTAL10 Promenade Continued from page 1A Under state law, bartenders can be held liable for individuals who drink too much and then in jure other people. “When people order a drink from a bar, there’s a bartender who’s held accountable, and an indi vidual who can cut someone off,” Friedman said. “There’s no way to do that right now.” The majority of students have reacted nega tively to the proposed ban. “I don’t think it would work, because it would take away from the Northgate experience,” said Shay Mariani, a senior agricultural systems man agement major. “One of the reasons the prom enade is so popular is because people can buy their own cheap beer.” Although many bars in Northgate agree that the situation poses liability issues for them, man agers have had mixed reactions toward the pro posed ban on open containers. “I think it’s bad since you can no longer do your own thing,” Freeman said. “I think that’s the unique thing about Northgate, and one of the main reasons people come out here.” McCollum said the CSPD is in the consulta tion stage, and nothing has even been presented to the City Council. “We’re in a evaluative phase, and I want to emphasize again that nothing has been decided,” McCollum said. “We’ve consulted other cities including Austin, to see how they have handled areas such as 6th street.” McCollum said students can expect an official proposal to be in front of the City Council in the next six months. “Northgate is changing very, very rapidly,” McCollum said. “It used to be four-to-five bars in that area, and now there’s about 12 over there. We just want to make sure that it remains a safe place for everyone.” Commons Continued from pagelA electrical and all other codesai triggered,” Beard said, “TI5 the entire building will haven be repaired.” The cost of repairs major part in the closingofilt dining center, but Food Seme, es also attributes this to turnout. “Attendance also played a Inlay Concepts iquare-foot Bryan/C mveiled to thefc role in closing. There werem angford Arc exas Ai iho designe The new enough visits to justify the pairs,” Zawieja said. Instead, Food Services... decided to close the dining ceii ^ ^ ore: j Won by pi md John urrent facil ter in favor of improving an; enlarging the food court on first floor of the Commons, Beard said this was phaseoneo: Congress Continued from page 1A redistricting plans. “I think Tom Delay is the most corrupt politician in America today,” Bell said. “Not for the redistricting, but for the way he went about do ing it. The Texans for Republi cans misused corporate money, (a law) which has been on the books for 100 years ... they re categorized (the money).” Bell said he is angered by the redistricting and the time frame in which it occurred, which was nearly minutes after Bell was sworn into office. “I was elected to Congress in 2002,” Bell said. “About one day in Congress there was an ugly little plan for redistricting in the Houston area to be pre dominantly African American. That would have Democrats fighting against each other.” Greg Mikeska, a sophomore engineering technology major, said that’s not true and that the decisions were made in a dif ferent way than Bell believes. “From what I understand the last time redistricting was done, it was done by a court, and I don’t think that’s right,” Mikeska said. “I think the peo ple need a voice in that issue.” Bell said the main idea of the war against Delay is to bring change into Congress. “We need to change the ethical climate (of Congress),” Bell said. Bell closed, saying that even though there is much work to be done in Congress, things can improve. “A brighter day will come,” Bell said. a larger plan to address the dit ^ythesti ing center problem. There are currently no m Crete decisions reached on hot ^rdisciplin the dining hall will be used,! there are no further plans to k- esented in reate the dining center. Beard said the Student Got- eminent Association is taki?;|^ steps to arrive at a decision “The president of the studei body. Jack Hildebrand,appoim ed a committee to look intotk !a * ures 36 Hurricanes Continued from page 1A “We’ve already heard anecdotal evidence of industrial reemiting in Florida, and the compa nies say, ‘We’re going to drop you off our list,”’ said Mark Soskin, an economist at the University of Central Florida. “Now you’re actually hearing people talking about, ‘Maybe this isn’t the best place to live.’ There’s a lot of stress here, you can see it in people’s eyes.” For most Americans, the most visible effect of the hurricanes has been their contribution to a surge in oil prices, which broke $50 per barrel for the first time Tuesday. Florida isn’t a major refining center or transportation hub for gaso line, but Hurricane Ivan shut down 39 produc tion platforms and two drilling rigs in the Gulf of Mexico. Nearly 12 million barrels of oil, or 2 percent of annual output there, have been lost since crews were evacuated ahead of that storm earlier this month. Americans will also feel the storms’ impact at the grocery store. Orange juice prices at the Winn-Dixie supermarket chain are currently no higher than a month ago, the company says, but orange juice futures are up more than one-third on commodities markets since the beginning of August, suggesting prices will rise. Tomato prices have jumped 50 percent in recent weeks, and squash has nearly doubled, said David Bova, an owner of Produce Source Partners, a wholesaler in Roanoke, Va. The hur ricanes hit just as many crops were coming out of season in the rest of the country — a gap usu ally filled by Florida suppliers. The problem was compounded by hot weather in the West that shortened the growing season there. “Chances are, high prices on these products will not really stabilize for at least 30 to 60 days,” Bova said. The storms also are expected to delay the har vesting of peanuts in Georgia, where the pecan crop was hard hit. options,” Beard said,.“Thei will be a forum held on Oct. to gather ideas.” Cyndi Lawson, executived rector of University Relations, said the University was aware of the doubts over safettf 10 ^ 3111, anc to, sketcl ill be preset regulation “If the safety was an issue.-® 1 would do everything to cormi it,” Lawson said. Beard assures that all otbtf dining conditions are operatinj, in good condition. Howev some facilities are scheduled be closed or converted due to nancial reasons. Zawieja said the Golf Courstl^) Snack Bar may be converted Wningre ceremony, the into vending machines, anc some other facilities are undei considerations. “All operations are being re viewed for efficiency,” Zawieja said. “There may be possible changes made.” 1 Pracl .plan to ibowill dev< "This stud ipot from the ere into hot on solutions essor of Hea tor of the Tocomple is sti i their clie re, They vis ind other far frearea, ana ite, develop MSCC presen hiince Comn Mexican pre: White House Continued from page TA seen in a long time, Peterson said, and candi dates need to use this advantage to get their points across. Peterson said neither candidate has taken lessons learned from Bill Clinton’s presiden tial campaigns. “Kerry had an early lead and played de fense and talked about the past for a long time,” Peterson said. “Clinton had that early lead and relentlessly talked about the future.” Peterson said Bush has also made the mistake of neglecting his domestic agenda and concentrating more on foreign policy. Bush also paints a rosy picture with the is sues in the Middle East, Peterson said, and even with elections close, this could be po tentially dangerous. “We don’t know what will happen in the upcoming month with Tony Blair and Par liament voting soon whether or not to pull out of Iraq and Afghan elections,” Peterson said. “Both events could be detrimental or encouraging to the Bush campaign.” In a question-and-answer session, Peter son said both parties have been atrocious it representing and reaching minority group: at their respective conventions, but that the Senate races in some states will have minor ity representation. 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