Two students accept expulsion for drug violations
By James Zwilling
Staff Reporter

Two male Brachman Hall residents, temporarily suspended for drug violations Monday, accepted expulsion Thursday, Associate Dean of Campus Life Mike Russel said. A female student also temporarily suspended is still under investigation, he said.
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Int’l students’ past subject to INS searches
By Sarah McClellan
Staff Reporter

Immigration and Naturalization Services will implement a database tracking the background of international students, while American students do not face such scrutiny because of protection under federal law.
Laws that protect students’ privacy don’t apply to international students, said Eyleen Schmidt, an INS spokeswoman.
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Grad program helping Fort Worth
By Jordan Blum
Staff Reporter

A four-member team of master’s in business administration students involved in the M.B.A Enterprises program are working for the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce to determine how Tarrant County should market to technology companies in the future, said Jan Titsworth, director of M.B.A. Enterprises.
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Area case urges TCU meningitis awareness
By Aaron Chimbel
Staff Reporter

A University of North Texas student from Fort Worth was hospitalized with meningococcal meningitis Sept. 22, but no cases of the disease have been reported at TCU, TCU Health Center Director John Terrell said this week.
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Welcome to the family
Program links freshmen with TCU alumni and friends
By Erin LaMourie
Staff Reporter

TCU alumnus Steven Harris said he was expecting four students for dinner Thursday night, but the only student who came was freshman elementary education major Courtney McPherson.
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Senate passes anti-terrorism legislation
By Jesse J. Holland
Associated Press

WASHINGTON Ñ The Senate sent President Bush legislation Thursday giving police new and expanded powers to track, punish and detain suspected terrorists.
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Ridge: Anthrax mailed to House ‘altered’
By David Espo
Associated Press

WASHINGTON — A State Department mail handler lay ill with inhalation anthrax Thursday and the besieged Postal Service set up spot checks at facilities nationwide as the bioterror scare widened.
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Economy in recession as GDP, sales fall again
By Martin Crutsinger
Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Home sales and orders to factories for big-ticket items plunged in September, and the number of Americans drawing unemployment benefits now stands at an 18-year-high — the strongest evidence to date that the country has entered a recession.
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