Wednesday, January 30, 2002


CAMPUS AND LOCAL

Swearing in...

Daniella Munguia/SKIFF STAFF
Tuesday evening, the new members of the Student Government Association, were inducted. The House of Student Representatvies officers, and the Programming Council officers, are being sworn into their new positions.

Hanna awarded grant
Money to double size of catalyst research
by Laura McFarland
Staff Reporter

Tracy Hanna, an assistant professor of chemistry, will double the size of her research effort over the next five years with a $465,000 grant she received from the National Science Foundation, Hanna said.
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NYU requests name protection in public lawsuit

Hearing-impaired college students file lawsuit

Nationwide manhunt begins for Texas prison escapees

Hutchins woman to face five years to life in prison

Austin Mardi Gras parade canceled due to violence

NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL
 
 

Supreme Court to hear student record case

WASHINGTON (U-WIRE)—The Supreme Court announced last week it will decide the reach of federal legislation that protects student records. The Court will hear a case involving a Gonzaga University graduate who wants to sue the school for disclosing a rape complaint to a teacher certification board.

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Bush pledges victory over terrorism, urges country to stay patient in time of recession
By RON FOURNIER
Associated Press

WASHINGTON — President Bush said Tuesday night that tens of thousands of terrorists still threaten America — “ticking time bombs, set to go off” — and unveiled his plans to hunt them across the globe. He pledged a battle of equal vigor to revive the nation’s ailing economy.
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Expert picked to guide Enron
By Kristen Hays
Associated Press

HOUSTON (AP) — Enron Corp.’s board on Tuesday selected a reorganization expert to guide it through the largest bankruptcy in history and a slew of criminal and congressional investigations into the company’s collapse.
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ACLU files suit for removal of religious signs in LA

National disaster declared in Nigeria, 600 dead

Ecuadorian airliner crashes, 92 on board

Gales over Europe kill 16, leave many without power

World Trade Center survivor released from hospital


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