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Leftover meal plan funds will not be returned to students
By Aaron Chimbel
Staff Reporter

Senior marketing and management major Julie Copeland says she doesn’t like to eat on-campus, so to use up her meal plan she caters a Christmas party every year for her friends.
Copeland, who lives in the on-campus apartments, is required to purchase the $400 meal plan, said Director of Residential Services Roger Fisher. A new dining plan requires continuing students living on-campus to purchase a $600 plan and requires new students to spend $800 each semester, Fisher said.
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New limits placed on network access
By Jordan Blum
Staff Reporter

Information Services officials said there have been problems with network congestion because they have had to take steps to limit the amount of network connections for each user during the past three weeks, but they said students only have themselves to blame.
Dave Edmondson, assistant provost for Information Services, said a minority of students were saturating the network firewall when they used file-transmission software that opened up approximately 2,000 file-sharing sessions, or connections, at once from a single user.
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TCU student leaders to address Board of Trustees committee today
By John-Mark Day
Staff Reporter

Intercom Chair Brian Wood said he hopes the Board of Trustees will consider the needs of upperclassmen at TCU, and not just what freshmen experience.
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Candidates to field questions
By Kristin Delorantis
Staff Reporter

Candidates put up posters and signs around campus this week to promote themselves for the Nov. 13 online Student Government Association elections. The candidates will also participate in forums Friday and Monday to express their ideas and goals, said Amy Render, House of Student Representatives vice president.
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Perot focuses on local economy
By Jordan Blum
Staff Reporter

Ross Perot, Jr. said economic growth in Fort Worth following the Sept. 11 attacks is promising and his corporate projects have worked with the local government to stimulate the economy.
Perot gave a speech titled “An Optimistic Outlook for North Central Texas” in front of a packed and appreciative audience as the guest for the MBA Executive Speaker Series’ breakfast Wednesday morning at the Dee J. Kelly Alumni and Visitors Center.
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House GOP budgeters back Bush
By Alan Fram
Associated Press

WASHINGTON — In a turnaround, senior Republicans on the House Appropriations Committee said Wednesday they will support President Bush’s drive to hold emergency anti-terrorism spending to the $40 billion Congress has already provided.
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Industry execs show support for the USPS
By Randolph E. Schmid
Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The Postal Service upped its reward offer in the anthrax-by-mail attacks. The advertising company Advo chipped in $250,000 to boost the reward to $1.25 million, Postmaster General John E. Potter announced Wednesday.
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Taliban denies losing territory
By Don Pathan
Associated Press

JABAL SARAJ, Afghanistan — Aided by heavy U.S. bombing, opposition forces said they seized a district near Mazar-e-Sharif from Taliban forces Wednesday and were closing in on the key northern city.
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Names added to suspected terrorist associates list
By Ron Fournier
Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The Bush administration orchestrated raids on U.S. businesses and arrested a Massachusetts man in a global crackdown on Osama bin Laden’s financial network Wednesday. Overseas, two Arab financiers were questioned by Swiss police cooperating with the United States.
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Kirk seeks to run for Senate seat
Associated Press

DALLAS — Ron Kirk, the city’s first black mayor, resigned Wednesday to run for the United States Senate.
“I’m here to confirm what has been perhaps the best kept-secret in the history of the city,” the 47-year-old Democrat said at City Hall.
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