Colleges installing software to deter Web-surfing during class
By Jordan Blum
Staff Reporter

Junior political science major Aaron Christian said he sometimes ended up surfing the Internet instead of paying attention to the lecture during one of his business classes.
“Instead of listening to the lecture, I would either mess around on the Internet or do instant messaging,” Christian said.
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House committee tackles campus security, other issues
By Kristin Campbell
Staff Reporter

TCU Police Chief Steve McGee Wednesday told the House of Student Representatives that campus safety depends on input from faculty, staff and students.
Students can help make the campus safer by reporting anything suspicious immediately, McGee said to students in the University Affairs committee.
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Today in history
1940 — The Tripartite
Pact was signed in Berlin
by Germany, Italy, and
Japan to form the Axis
powers.

Community worship

Erin Munger/PHOTO EDITOR
Members of Beth-El Congregation leave after observing Yom Kippur, which began at sundown Wednesday.

Abandoned U.S. embassy stormed
Fighting reported between opposition, Taliban forces
By Amir Shah
Associated Press

KABUL, Afghanistan — Shouting “Long Live Osama!” and “Death to America!” thousands of protesters burned an effigy of President Bush, then stormed the abandoned U.S. Embassy in the Afghan capital, torching old cars and a guardhouse and tearing down the U.S. seal above the entrance.
In northern Afghanistan, where an opposition alliance is fighting troops of the hard-line Taliban government, heavy new fighting was reported.
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Delta Air Lines to cut jobs, flight schedules over next few months
Associated Press

ATLANTA — Becoming the last major airline to slash jobs in the economic aftermath of the terrorist attacks, Delta Air Lines said Wednesday that it will eliminate up to 13,000 jobs over the next few months and cut its schedule by 15 percent.
The job cuts represent nearly 16 percent of Delta’s 82,000 employees. Chairman Leo Mullin said the steep decline in travel after the Sept. 11 attacks threaten the very survival of the nation’s third-largest airline.
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U.N. agency asks for $252 million in aid
Associated Press

GENEVA — The U.N. refugee agency said a U.S. assault on Afghanistan could send up to 1.5 million Afghans fleeing into neighboring countries and appealed Wednesday for $252 million to care for refugees.
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Iran will not support American, allied attack
By Ali Akbar Dareini
Associated Press

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s supreme leader ruled out Iranian help for any U.S.-led attack on neighboring Afghanistan, saying Wednesday that the United States was not “competent” to lead a global campaign and calling U.S. behavior “disgusting.”
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Two students dead in Maryland tornado
By Etan Horowitz
The Diamondback

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (U-WIRE) — A fast-moving tornado ripped through College Park Monday, killing two University of Maryland students, forcing the evacuation of most of North Campus, destroying buildings and wreaking havoc throughout the campus.
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Companies going easy on customers
Associated Press

NEW YORK — Late charges are being forgiven, grace periods extended, credit limits raised and some payments waived.
In the wake of the terrorist attacks, major banks, insurance companies, credit card issuers and utilities are going easy on customers, especially those in the New York and Washington areas whose lives have been turned upside down.
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GM to discontinue Camaro, Firebird
Associated Press

DETROIT — Two of America’s favorite sports cars are nearing the end of the road.
General Motors Corp. announced Tuesday that the 2002 model year will be the last for the Chevrolet Camaro and Pontiac Firebird.
GM blamed the demise of the Camaro and Firebird on a 53 percent decline in the sports car market since 1990.
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