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Less
scholarships awarded The Community
Scholars Program, which awards scholarships to minorities from five
area high schools, will decrease its number of participants next
year because of a lack of outside funding, said Cornell Thomas,
special assistant to the chancellor for diversity and community.
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Faculty
seminar will emphasize diversity The fifth and
final faculty enhancement seminar of the year Thursday will focus
on the importance of bringing more inclusiveness into the classroom,
said Cornell Thomas, special assistant to the chancellor for diversity
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CUE
writing requirement under discussion by faculty Many faculty
members feel the current core writing experience is not necessarily
effective, but simply reducing the hours of required writing is
not likely to improve the situation, said Don Nichols, professor
of accounting. |
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Burglary
suspect remains in custody A suspect remains
in custody by Fort Worth police nine days after being arrested for
breaking into a vehicle at TCU, said Detective W.A. Hix of the Fort
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Pakistani
government may hand over kidnapping suspect KARACHI, Pakistan
— A Pakistani court on Tuesday set aside a petition to prevent
the handover of the key suspect in the slaying of Wall Street Journal
reporter Daniel Pearl to the United States, after the government
promised not to do so in violation of the law, the prosecutor said. |
Jet
fighters summoned often following Sept. 11 WASHINGTON —
It doesn’t take much these days to draw a pair of jet fighters
off your wingtips — an unruly airline passenger, a wrong turn
into restricted airspace or deviation from a flight plan. |
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More
charges in corpse incident LaFAYETTE, Ga.
— Authorities filed 56 additional charges Tuesday against a
crematory operator accused of discarding hundreds of corpses he
was paid to cremate. |
Memorial
to mark WTC anniversary NEW YORK —
The passage of six months since the World Trade Center attack will
be observed with a bronze sculpture damaged on Sept. 11 and with
twin columns of light beamed skyward from a spot near ground zero.
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White
House briefs top Congressional leaders on ‘shadow government’ WASHINGTON —
After lawmakers complained that they were kept in the dark, White
House officials on Tuesday briefed top members of Congress about
the “shadow government” that President Bush set up outside
Washington as a safeguard against terrorism. |
Cycle
of attacks bloodiest in months JERUSALEM —
In rapid succession Tuesday, a Palestinian man opened fire on a
crowded Tel Aviv nightclub, a suicide bomber blew himself up on
an Israeli bus, gunmen ambushed Israeli motorists in the West Bank
and a mysterious blast went off in the Gaza Strip. |
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ABC
mulling over idea to replace Ted Koppel’s ‘Nightline’
with David Letterman show NEW YORK —
In his first public comments on ABC’s effort to replace his
program with David Letterman, “Nightline” host Ted Koppel
said he hopes to stay with the network but criticized an ABC executive
for questioning the show’s relevance. |
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