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Tuesday,
October 30, 2001 News |
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Suspension
terms reduced for Brachman Hall resident The female student
who had drugs found in her Brachman Hall dorm room Oct. 22, resumed
classes Monday and continued her extracurricular activity schedule
after being temporarily suspended by the university, Associate Dean
of Campus Life Mike Russel said. |
FBI
confiscates suspicious letter The FBI is testing
the contents of a suspicious letter that caused the temporary evacuation
of the radio-TV-film department offices in Moudy Building South
and the TCU Post Office Monday morning, said TCU Police Detective
Kelly Ham. |
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College
crash course Zak Pena, 9,
spilled flour on himself after dropping a rock into a mound of flour
to simulate a crater caused by a meteor hitting earth. |
SGA
proposal could reduce fines for parking violations A House of Student
Representatives proposal could reduce parking fines by 50 percent
for first-time violations.The University Parking Committee and Vice
Chancellor Don Mills are currently reviewing the plan to lower first-time
fines for all parking violations excluding parking in fire lanes,
said House University Affairs Committee Chairperson Karl Kruse. |
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| NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL | ||
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National Briefs Bomb threat diverts DFW-bound plane |
FBI
warns more terrorist attacks possible this week WASHINGTON —
The FBI issued a new terrorism warning Monday asking Americans and
law enforcement to be on the highest alert for possible attacks
this week in the United States and abroad. |
College-age
smokers increasing numbers MADISON, Wis.
(U-WIRE) — Smoking among college-age people continues to pay
tobacco companies’ bills. Over the past six years, smoking
rates among 18- to 24-year-olds have increased by 11 percent, from
25 percent to 36 percent. |
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Rumsfeld:
Al-Queda leaders killed WASHINGTON
— U.S. military strikes in Afghanistan have killed some leaders
of the al-Queda terrorist network but not the most senior ones,
Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Monday. |
High
school shooter kills self in jail cell SAN
DIEGO — An 18-year-old student who admitted wounding five people
at his high school earlier this year committed suicide early Monday,
hanging himself in his jail cell. |
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U.S.
surplus shrinks as economy falters, spending increases WASHINGTON
— After nearly a decade of an improving bottom line, the government’s
budget surplus shrank to $127 billion for 2001, about half the previous
year’s record total. |
Berkeley
mayor asks school to cover riot damages BERKELEY,
Calif. (U-WIRE)-- Two months after an on-campus dance spilled over
to Berkeley, Calif., streets, costing thousands of dollars in damage,
Mayor Shirley Dean is asking University of California-Berkeley to
reimburse the city if events with similar results occur in the future.
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