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A&M
mascot, Reveille 7, sent to obedience school
HOUSTON
(AP) — Reveille, the Texas A&M mascot considered to be
the highest-ranking member of the school’s Corps of Cadets,
has been shipped off to a boot camp of her own.
The
18-month-old American collie, who became the university’s seventh
mascot last year, has been sent to obedience school to turn down
her volume. It seems Reveille is a bit excitable.
“She’ll
bark, which is not exactly what she’s supposed to do,”
A&M sophomore Javier Aguirre told the Houston Chronicle.
This
spring semester, with the all-important football season behind her,
Reveille began a five-month stint at Puppy Love obedience school
in College Station.
“She’s
just very distracted,” said Aguirre, who as A&M’s
Mascot Corporal is responsible for keeping Reveille standing at
attention during sporting events and other functions.
“She’ll
bark at the football players; she’ll bark at the band and will
try to leap. We’re trying to get her to not pay attention to
that and to pay attention to me.”
Obedience
school for Reveille seems to be growing into yet another Aggie tradition.
Aguirre
said her predecessor, Reveille 6, also spent a few weeks away for
training.
Enron
executive Skilling to testify before Congress
WASHINGTON
(AP) — Former Enron chief executive Jeffrey Skilling, whose
testimony has been challenged by lawmakers, faces questioning before
a skeptical Congress again Tuesday — this time along with other
Enron officials whose versions of events conflict with his.
Sherron
Watkins, the vice president who warned former chairman Kenneth Lay
in August of potentially serious accounting problems, is testifying
at the same time as Skilling — who has stated he knew few details
of questionable transactions involving a partnership used to hide
more than $1 billion in debt.
Lawmakers
want to bring together Skilling, Watkins and Jeffrey McMahon, Enron’s
current president and chief operating officer to put the same questions
to each of them and compare their answers at a hearing of the Senate
Commerce Committee.
All
three testified, separately and under oath, this month before a
House investigative panel. Other top Enron executives, including
Lay, have invoked their Fifth Amendment right against potential
self-incrimination and refused to testify.
Fort
Worth Marine reserves to join war on terrorism
FORT
WORTH (AP) — More than 60 Marines and two Marine tanker aircraft
are scheduled to leave the Fort Worth joint reserve base Monday
to join the war against terrorism.
Base
officials would not disclose where the Marines are headed.
The
deployment includes two Marine Corps K-C-130 refueler planes and
flight crews.
The
planes can refuel helicopters and other aircraft, as well as transport
personnel.
The
crews — activated last month — are the first Marines from
the Fort Worth base to be recalled in Operation Enduring Freedom.
Smoke
causes evacuation of Nebraska dormitory
LINCOLN,
Neb.(U-WIRE) — Smoke, not fire, was police and fire officials’
main concern when fire alarms in Abel Residence Hall sounded Sunday.
Abel
residents were evacuated around 2:34 p.m. after the garbage chute
in the basement level caught fire, University of Nebraska Police
Sgt. Jerry Plessel said.
The
fire was contained almost immediately because of sprinkler systems,
but smoke went up the chute and spilled into the halls, he said.
Plessel
said officials were concerned with ventilation, so residents were
not allowed back into the building until the smoke cleared at about
4 p.m.
Dean
Staberg, deputy chief of the Lincoln (Neb.) Fire Department, said
the cause of the fire is still under investigation.
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