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Today'sNews STATE NEWS Theatre program teaches assault prevention SAN MARCOS — The San Marcos City Council has rape for students at the University fessor in the Health Department at "The script is excellent and the Students present skits that show approved two ordinances aimed Students travel of West Florida to emphasize the UWF, invited Assault Prevention cast was very capable of providing real-life situations where a sexual at reducing noise at parties, pri- severity of date rape at colleges, Theatre to his university after the information I desired," assault might occur and audience marily those hosted by students to Florida performing said Jaime Castaneda, a junior the- working with the group in 2001 as Thatcher said. "Several UWF stu- members are encouraged to ask at Southwest Texas State ater major and Assault Prevention a visiting profes- dents ap- questions or offer comments con- University. play about date rape Theatre student director. sor to TCU. "People see rapes in film and proached me cerning the events they witness on The Pulse on Pag* 2 "People see rapes in film and on Thatcher said he on TV, but its not the same after the event to stage. BY ANTHONY KIRCHNER TV, but it's not the same when it's wrote a grant to when it's live and on stage. express their Christian went with the students Staff Reporter live and on stage," Castaneda said. evaluate the ef- amazement of to UWF and said she was excited Our performances are so true NATIONAL NEWS Five TCU students returned "Our performances are so true to fectiveness of a the power and that the students and their play was WASHINGTON — Two men from Florida Monday night after life, they really make you think one-time theater to lih tne7 rea% mahe You effectiveness of seen at another school. under federal investigation for spending this past weekend edu- about how horrible rape really is." presentation on think about how horrible rape the program." "This play is a great education possible ties to terrorist groups cating other college students about Assault Prevention Theatre is a date rape, which really is." According to tool and for me, educating others is were denied entry to Israel in the effects of sexual assault, said joint educational program between was funded this - Jaime Castaneda the Web site for exciting," Christian said. December after one was carrying TCU Crime Prevention Officer the TCU Police and the TCU theatre past semester. the Assault Pre- Thatcher said he will be starting a a letter that the FBI believes Pam Christian. department designed to educate stu- Thatcher said vention Theatre, similar group at UWF. indicated they planned to com- Assault Prevention Theatre, dents about date rape and sexual as- approximately 100 UWF students the program began spring of 1998 to mit a suicide attack there, which consists of five TCU stu- sault, Christian said. attended three separate Assault portray issues surrounding sexual as- according to sworn court papers. Anthony Kirchner Newt Digest on Page 4 dents, performed a play about date Greg Thatcher, an assistant pro- Prevention Theatre performances. sault through dramatic presentations.

OnCampus ly Chest pains prompt English STRIVING FOR COMMUNICATION ^^ professor to visit hospital David Vanderwerken, acting chair of the English department, was transported to Harris support Methodist Downtown Tuesday for observation, said TCU Police BY KELLY MARIA HOWARD officer Fred Pruitt. Stall Ke|Kirtei He said an ambulance was Lindsay Putchinski says she feels dif- called after Vanderwerken began to complain of chest pains. The ferent than most people, and she plans to ambulance arrived beside the do something about it. Reed-Sadler mall around 5 p.m. Putchinski, a junior nursing major, suf- Pruitt said Vanderwerken, who fers from epilepsy. According to has had triple bypass surgery, (www.epilepsy.com). she is one of 2 mil- asked that an ambulance be lion people in the United States who has called as a precaution. the chronic illness. Vanderwerken's condition was Now, she is starting a support group for stable Tuesday night and hospital people at TCU who have chronic illnesses officials were still running tests, or disabilities. Karen Vanderwerken said. Putchinski said she wants to give people —Kelly Maria Howard a place to express their feelings in a con- fidential atmosphere and help eliminate School refuses to negotiate negative attitudes toward such sufferings. with resident assistants "I wanted a place that people could feel AMHERST, Mass. (AP) — comfortable venting about the pressures of University of Massachusetts living with a chronic illness and trying to administrators are refusing to make it through college classes, or the dis- negotiate with a group of resi- appointments and lack of support from dent assistants who recently family and friends," Putchinski said. voted to unionize. The group will talk about personal is- The union filed a complaint sues and rights, and give the support to against UMass with the each other that can't be found in other Massachusetts Labor Relations places, Putchinski said. Commission on Tuesday. "I've been searching for a place to talk The RAs, students who super- vise dormitory residents and activ- with people that understood what 1 was go- ities, voted earlier this month to ing through and weren't just being sympa- join the United Auto Workers. thetic." Putchinski said. "My family really Organizers said the March 5 doesn't like to talk about what I'm going vote made them the nation's first Erin Munger/SKIFF STAFF through and they act most times like my undergraduate students to unionize. Members of Student Government Association, Faculty Senate and Staff Assembly put their heads together to come up with ideas on how the groups can converge illness doesn't exist, which makes me feel Administrators have argued to improve the student experience at TCU. worse and embarrassed for them because that the RAs are primarily stu- they are obviously embarrassed for me." ulty and students to more informal gatherings. dents and not employees, and the a visual statement," said Hudson, referring Putchinski said that she has tried to find 70 people gather Hudson said the reason for this joint meet- law does not allow undergradu- to the turnout. support groups but she isn't sick enough to ing is to gather people from different places ates to unionize. Cagle said the three groups have the same feel a part of them. together to discuss and hear their ideas. "Collective bargaining laws ideas, but have always been separated by dif- "I found one support group in Dallas but Debbie Mar, a graduate financial aid ad- were not meant to apply to ferent meetings and discussions. I wasn't sick enough for those people," undergraduates," said UMass campus unity "We're doing triple the work, this is part visor, said the joint meeting is a good way Putchinski said. "It was ironic to me that spokeswoman Kay Scanlan. to get together and share ideas. BY AUSHA WASSENAAR of making it efficient," she said. people that had epilepsy just like me, "Their job is tied in with their Mar said she would like to see more Staff Reporter Paul Harral, vice president and editorial would ostracize me because I wasn't sick academic experience." fundraisers and benefit functions within the The joint meeting between the Faculty director of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, enough, so I decided to do something But James Shaw, president of TCU community such as Senate, Staff Assembly and Student Gov- gave a keynote speech fo- about it." UAW Local 2322, said: "Once the current 5k walk/run ernment Association Tuesday may only be cusing on building a TCU ^ communication inside the Monica Kintigh, a licensed professional workers vote in favor of the that raises money for the union, the employer has to sit the beginning of addressing issues facing the community. . . . counselor at TCU, said support groups are Rise School. down and bargain. We will be three governing bodies, but SGA President Junior political science classroom between students good if they are led by a therapist or facil- "It builds a closer and bargaining with them sooner or Chelsea Hudson said one problem was major Taylor Hart said and professors is great, but itator, or if it is structured. healthier community," later. That's the law." solved. students are divided even lacking outside the classroom." "Support groups offer the participant an Mar said. "We got everybody in the same room," though there are so many — Taylor Hart opportunity to learn from others' experi- Hudson said the infor- Hudson said. organizations. The cam- ences, offer empathy toward others who mation collected at the Participants said Tuesday's first ever joint pus is divided into seg- have similar experiences and gain infor- meeting will be looked at and discussed by meeting between the faculty, staff and stu- ments such as Greeks, faculty, SGA, and mation," Kintigh said. InsideSkiff the three governing bodies. On April 8, Hud- dents was a success. Seventy people packed other organizations, he said. Putchinski said there are about 15 peo- The Pulse/Campus Lines 2 son said she will meet with Cagle and Staff the Faculty Center in Reed Hall to brain- "The communication inside the classroom ple from different backgrounds interested Assembly Chairman Bob Seal. Opinion 3 storm ideas to unite and improve TCU, said between students and professors is great, but in the support group and not all have a National Digest Carolyn Cagle, chairwoman of the Faculty lacking outside the classroom," Hart said. chronic illness or disability. International Digest Senate. Hart said he hopes this meeting will help Alisha Wajsseriaar "I have some people (interested) that are a a. [emailprotected]. edu Etc. "People talk about community, but this is facilitate unity in the future by inviting fac- family members or friends, and a few nurs- ing majors that want to get a feeling for Sports 6 how their patients feel," Putchinski said. People will introduce themselves and Greetings Earthquake rocks Afghanistan and Pakistan their illness at the initial meeting, and theWeather Putchinski said she will reinforce confi- BY NICOLE WINFIELD region already hard-hit by the high death toll. dentiality at meetings. THURSDAY Associated Press drought, war and food shortages. "People were caught in their "I think that right now a lot of people High: 75; Low: 55; Cloudy KABUL, Afghanistan — A At the scene, regional com- homes," said Nigel Fisher, a sen- are just looking for a group of people that powerful earthquake rocked mander Gen. Aider Khan said as ior U.N. official in Afghanistan. won't judge them and that they can call FRIDAY Afghanistan and northwestern many as 1,500 Yusuf Nuris- when they need someone to talk to," Putchinski said. "I know there are a lot of High: 78; Low: 58; Mostly cloudy Pakistan, killing about 1,800 peo- to 2,000 people "People were caught in their tarn, a people out there suffering in silence and I ple and injuring 2,000, Afghan of- were missing. homes." spokesman for the interim hope that this will urge them to come for- ficials said Tuesday. The Afghan Many of Nigel Fisher Defense Ministry said 600 bodies Nahrin's resi- Afghan admin- ward." LookingBack were recovered from villages still dents spent the istration, said There are support groups for all kinds of shaking from aftershocks. night without food or shelter be- the quake measured magnitude at problems and issues, and listings can be 1885 — Manufacturing begins ACTED, a private aid organiza- cause nearly all of their homes 6.2, though the U.S. Geological found in the phone book, Kintigh said. on first movie film was made by were destroyed. Survey in Golden, Colo., said it The first meeting for the chronic illness Eastman Dry Plate and Film tion, estimated 10,000 people had been left homeless, basing its Officials said many people was magnitude 5.9 and centered support group will be 4 p.m. April 4 in the Company in Rochester, New York. Hemi Ahtuwalia/PHOTO EDITOR Student Center Basem*nt, Room 9. 1958 — Soviet First Secretary numbers on reports from staff in were at home when the quake 105 miles north of Kabul. The Ric Moseley, a senior electrical engi- struck at 7:26 p.m. Monday, and quake was relatively shallow, just Khrushchev becomes Premier and neering major, designs an Easter the devastated area near Nahrin, 90 the first official since Joseph Stalin card for children at Cook's Children miles north of Kabul on the slopes during the frequent strong after- Kelly Maria Howard (More on EARTHQUAKE, page 4) k. m. howard@sludenL tcu. edu to hold the USSR's top offices. Medical Center. of the Hindu Kush mountains, in a shocks overnight, accounting for

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CampusLines Campus/StateRoundup Your bulletin board for campus events Andersen asks judge to bar more than a week in the churches and Officials of the Fort Worth-based sity of Arizona's history, educating Announcements of campus events, public meetings and other general campus in- neighborhoods they represent. company decided last year to close formation should he hrought to the TCU Daily Skiff office at Moudy Building South, employee subpoenas students about the people who have Room 291, mailed to TCU Box 298050 or e-mailed to(skiffletters#tcu.edui. Dead- the plant and move its operations to shaped the university since its opening HOUSTON (AP) - Arthur An- Noise ordinances made for their bigger, more modern plant in line for receiving announcements is 2 p m. the day before they are to run. The Skiff in 1889. reserves the right to edit submissions for style, taste and space available. dersen LLP has asked a federal judge Fort Worth. Southwest Texas parties The one-credit class, which is being to bar prosecutors from subpoenaing When the Dallas bakery opened in SAN MARCOS (AP) — The San offered by the College of Agriculture • Chapel service is in honor of Holy Week noon today in its employees to appear in front of a 1953, it was the world's largest au- Marcos City Council has approved and the Arizona Alumni Association, Robert Carr Chapel. The passion story will be read by TCU stu- grand jury before the accounting tomated bread bakery. Now, it is two ordinances aimed at reducing dents and singing will be provided by the chapel choir and firm goes on trial in May on ob- about one-fourth the size of the Fort is titled "Heritage and Traditions of noise at parties, primarily those Danny Andre Dixon. struction charges. Worth plant. the University of Arizona." hosted by students at Southwest "You can't use a grand jury to Mexico's largest bread and cookie The class will cover topics such Texas State University. • Easter card drive for Cook Children's Medical Center will be help prepare for trial in a case where baker, Grupo Industrial Bimbo, as the Land Grant system that Under the ordinances approved 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. today through Thursday in the Student Center. The a defendant has been indicted al- bought Mrs Baird's in 1998. helped establish the university, Monday, landlords and property own- event is sponsored by the Residence Hall Association. Students are in- ready," Andersen lawyer Rusty which is in danger of being cut to ers could face $100 fines for failing vited to stop by the table and make cards for children in the hospital. Hardin said Tuesday. University of Minnesota pay off a state deficit. Andersen submitted Monday a pro- to curtail tenants' loud parties. If own- The class will not have a professor. ers continue to ignore the problems, students streak across campus Instead, students will hear lectures • KinoMonda film series presents The Road Home" 7 p.m. posed order that, if approved by U.S. District Judge Melinda Harmon in liens can be slapped on their homes MINNEAPOLIS (U-WIRE) — For from different administrators and today in Sid W. Richardson Building, Lecture Hall 1. For more Houston, would quash subpoenas is- and injunctions can prevent them some students, the first day of school campus leaders every week. The information call (817) 257-7292. sued to firm employees and prevent from using the property as residences. after Spring Break means the end of schedule of lecturers includes UA prosecutors from questioning wit- Hosts of parties could face mis- public nudity. i President Peter Likins, Provost • RTVF film series presents "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" 7 nesses before trial. demeanor criminal charges and a But six University of Minnelota George Davis and Alumni Association p.m. Thursday in Moudy Building South, Room 164. The film Justice Department officials said $500 fine if their parties are too students prolonged the debauchery for Director Sandy Ruhl. stars Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell For more information call they would file responses to Ander- loud, if streets and driveways are one more day by running naked Class activities will include re- (817)257-7630. sen's requests by Thursday. blocked, if alcohol laws are violated through Northrop Mall at approxi- searching new traditions and inter- Andersen is accused of obstruct- or if trash is not cleaned up by 10 mately 12:15 p.m. Monday. viewing alumni about their • Writing for an American Academic Audience workshop ing justice by shredding documents a.m. the next day. The male students ran through cam- experiences at UA. Students also will will be 2 to 3 p.m. Thursday in Student Center, Room B-16. It and deleting computer files related to Another provision allows police to pus wearing nothing more than wigs, get together to propose the adoption of will consider the expectations, requirements and strategies for de- Enron Corp. cut power to homes where they believe hats, shoes and sunglasses. The event, new traditions. veloping effective papers in various disciplines. It is open to all drug or alcohol laws are being vio- known as the Jack Mytton Run, is in students, but international students who are learning to write pa- Negotiators for golf resort lated or partygoers refuse to quiet its fourth year. University of Illinois creates pers for an American academic audience are particularly invited. granted more time down. The power could be restored After the students were dropped restraints on press freedom Attendance is limited to 20. Register at the Writing Center in the once the party is under control. off on Washington Avenue, they ran SAN ANTONIO (AP) — City of- The city is protected from liability through the mall area and into the CHAMPAIGN, 111. (U-WIRE) — basem*nt of the Student Center or call (817) 257-7221. ficials have given negotiators in- because the tenants in essence choose circle drive next to the auditorium, When it comes to advertising and volved in the PGA Village golf resort to have their power turned off by ig- where they were picked up. Beside distributing leaflets on the University • FrogStock 2002 will be 4 to 8 p.m. April 3 at Frog Fountain. more time. noring police warnings, the city attor- the regular students walking near the of Illinois campus, free speech has FrogStock, the first all-campus organizational fair, will feature A financial and environmental ney's office said. mall, approximately 30 people gath- its restraints. free barbecue and bands. agreement for the resort is being pre- San Marcos is a city of about ered to watch in front of Northrop Student groups must go to the pared for an April 4 review by the 36,000 and has about 8,000 noise Auditorium. Registered Student Organization of- • Sigma Xi will sponsor a lecture by award-winning author and City Council. complaints a year, San Marcos Police The real Jack Mytton was born in fice and fill out a form several weeks Dallas Morning News Science Editor Tom Siegfried 8 p.m. April Negotiations were initially intended Chief Steve Griffith said. Halston, England, in 1796. He was a in advance before distributing leaflet 8 in Sid W. Richardson Building, Lecture Hall 1. The lecture, en- to come to an end with a vote this notorious prankster famous for his in- information, RSO Director Yuki titled "Science and the News," is free and open to the public. Thursday. telligence, courage and wit. Llewellyn said. City Manager Terry Brechtel said Mrs Baird's Bread bakery Handing out information is allowed along freeway closes Moments before the naked stu- she pulled the public hearing and vote dents ran through the mall, police outdoors without advance permission off this week's agenda when she saw DALLAS (AP) — No more will the sirens could be heard on the as long as it's noncommercial speech, that contractual changes already en- smell of fresh-baked bread waft over Northrop Auditorium steps. 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Fort Worth, Texas Business Manager (KIT) 257-6274 Service and Metro Alliance, sister ac- been offered retirement or jobs at the anything, but there can be no "spe- 76129 Student Publications Director (817) 257-6556 tivist organizations, have circulated Fort Worth bakery or other plants TUCSON, Ariz. (U-WIRE) — A cific reference to alcohol," location: Moudy Building South. Room 29-1, f-niuil .kiTtl.'iu-iM« i. ii edu 2803 S University Drive Fort Worth, TX 76109 Web site http://www.skiff.lcu.edu petitions opposing the project for around North Texas. new class this fall will survey Univer- Llewellyn said.

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TheSkiffView Strive for rating excellence have ening UNITED despite risks being Meeting first step in campus solidarity Ahh, the Oscars... ulture Amidst all the pomp and circum- ation, Our campus has never been known for working together as a whole. stance, J. Lo's horrific hairdo and ns of The student body alone is divided enough. We are divided through classi- Joan Rivers' attempt to make it all about her failing ca- fication, major, Greek affiliation, race, nationality and countless other sects. such reer, it's really quite COMMENTARY that There are also just as many divisive factors that separate faculty mem- easy to forget the rsity, bers through departmental differences and, recently, varying Common reason everyone's :ut to Undergraduate Experience viewpoints. In terms of staff, it's hard for re- there in the first place is to honor C) ceptionists and grounds crew workers to find a lot in common as well. the art of making essor. However, the joint meeting Tuesday between Faculty Senate, Staff As- ;tures film. Apparently the and sembly and Student Government Association definitely represents a first Academy forgot step in the right direction. Seventy people working together with a vision The that too. Tim Dragga i UA of campus unity in sight is one that is long overdue, but one that has the The only thing ovost right idea in mind. more conservative than the dress at iation SGA president Chelsea Hudson helped organize the event that may help Sunday's Academy Awards was the limp and unimaginative choice for this university move away from several somewhat similar, but also some- e re- best picture. inter- what self-serving visions and, instead, work together on the same page. But before we get into the perpet- their The only problem is that the student body still needs to be more rep- uation of the status quo, it's worth o will resented. Although SGA is ideally elected to serve the student body, only mentioning that the Academy ion of a small portion of students actually vote due to general apathy and unin- Awards got a few things right. Halle Berry and Denzel Washing- formed beliefs that SGA can't make a difference. Other student organi- STAINED GLASS ton both wholly deserved their ac- tes zations need to be represented to some degree in these meetings as well. knowledgments, not because of the m Interfraternity Council, International Student Association and others de- statement it made about the Acad- serve a voice as well. emy's (and to a larger extent soci- E)- However, in order for these joint meetings to work they can't be ety's) final acceptance of » and Average Horned Frogs mainstream African-American leads, forced. They can't be like the upcoming FrogStock 2002, where cam- ersity but because there were no two better pus organizations will be brought together in the name of supposed h has individual performances this year. unity, when in reality they will lose their status as a recognized campus And how about Sidney Poitier? o the lack desire to help others organization if they don't participate. There's a man with more class than >n of- For these joint meetings to work, the people involved have to want the entire room. Ans represent the opinion otthe writers and do no' necessarily retlecl the It's "Sex and the City," the parties). And Carrie, her relation- There are the drawbacks to 11, liberals and conservatives have opinion of the editorial board. best television ships with men and questions my obsession. The show does COMMENTARY been rushing for cover faster than promote unbridled promiscuity Utters to (he editor: The Skiff welcomes letters lo the editi>r for publication. Letters mu>t be lyped. show in the about life never fail to remind us Billy Graham at a bar mitzvah. The double -spaced, signed and limited to 250 words. To submit a letter, bring it to the Skiff, Moudy 29IS; world. of our own stupid decisions or and numerous examples of poor middle right has become the new mail it toTCU Box 298050; e-mail it to [emailprotected] or fax it lo 257-7133. Letters must include If you're a guy, past relationships. decision making on the part of the author's classification, major and phone number. The Skiff "reserves the right to edit or reject letters for camping ground for anyone desper- style, taste and size restrictions. you might not Not to mention the fact that its characters. Though we are ate to hang onto their job. want to read this no die-hard fan can resist the convinced that they are good But where does this leave our po- EDITORIAL BOARD article because references to clothes and fash- people as a whole, they probably litical and cultural climate? Of you probably ion. Granted, sometimes the en- should not be held up as exam- course extremism can be exceedingly Editor-in-Chief Melissa DeLoach aren't familiar sembles are a little off-the-wall, ples of high moral integrity. But harmful, and we've all witnessed the Managing Editor Jonathan Sampson with this wonder- Lauren Gates but I think we can all identify then again, it's HBO. result of radicalism left unchecked. Co-Advertising Manager Brian Schneider ful show that em- with the shopping addictions. It The thing that keeps women But great acts and great ideas are Bradlev Bennett Co-Advertising Manager bodies practically everything may reek of materialistic con- tuning in to HBO every Sunday made by people unafraid to stand up, Associate Editor Angie Chang about being a girl. I don't think I sumerism, but sometimes a new at 8 p.m., obsessively watching say what they mean and take the News Editor James /willing have a friend who doesn't love dress/skirt/top/pair of shoes can the past seasons, and begging Associate News Editor Aaron Chimbel flack for it. The dissent is the great- the show or want to be one of make any day seem brighter. for bonus seasons is the underly- Design Editor Leslie Moeller est American virtue we posses. ing message of the show: Rela- Features Editor Erin LtMonrie the characters. I think it should These characters are lovable The mentality in art (and politics) Opinion Editor Jordan Blum be adopted as a national pastime. because they're realistic. They tionships, jobs, and life's should be to risk failure by striving Snorts Editor Bam l.uthra The reason so many girls can talk about real issues and they circ*mstances are always chang- for excellence, not simply to protect Assistant Sports Editor Nathan Loewen identify with "Sex and the City" make it funny. They speak like ing, but the good friends, the fun mediocrity. If we're afraid to be Photo Editor Hemi Ahluwalia is because of the friendships be- we do, uncensored, over your and the new shoes along the way courageous and visionary and break Copy Desk Chief Bethanv McConnack tween people who seem so simi- drink of choice on any given make it all worth it. from the traditional roles we place Wire Coordinator Julie Ann Matonis lar to ourselves and people we night when you're surrounded by Who can disagree with this? on ourselves it could very well be Jaime Walker Senior Reporter know. your best girlfriends. Any guy It's an obsession we don't mind another 39 years before another Production Coordinator Blair Busch Who doesn't know a Miranda, who thinks women don't actu- being hooked on. African-American man is justly rec- Web Editor Ben Smithson the sensible, smart, if not anal- ally talk this way is naive or any ognized for his work. Co-Web Editor Megan Stroup retentive friend who keeps every- girl who denies that we do is too Lauren Cotes is a sophom*ore advertis- Production Manager Jeanne Cain Pressler ing/public relations major from Houston. Tim Dragga is a junior political science Business Manager Bitsy Faulk one in line? Or Charlotte, the conservative. She can be contacted at (l.e.cates@stu- major from Lubbock. He can be contacted Student Publications Director Robert Bonier sweet naive friend who is unfail- On second thought, maybe dent.tcu.edu). at (Lc.dragga<&studenLtcu.edu). Journalism Department Chairman Tommy Tnomason ingly optimistic. I know every- guys should watch the show

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the disaster, Nuristani said, EARTHQUAKE adding that officials had allocated National/IntematiQnalRQundup From page 1 $600,000 for immediate aid. Bush appoints Arizona were expected back later Tuesday. comparable period since October. — to 118 in 2001 from 81 the year be- Karzai planned to visit the af- doctor as surgeon general The squadrons, deployed follow- Nearly 3,000 body parts have fore, the report said. That increase re- 40 miles below the surface and fected area soon, a government min- ing the September attacks on the been discovered since March 1, versed four years of steady decline. likely to cause heavy damage. ister told the Afghan Islamic Press. WASHINGTON (AP) — Presi- World Trade Center, spent a record when workers began concentrating Much of the increase resulted Nuristani said about 1,800 peo- The U.S. Army at Bagram air dent Bush on Tuesday selected an 161 days at sea without a port call. on the last heaps of rubble, includ- from crackdowns in Eritrea and ple were killed in Monday's base sent a small assessment team Arizona trauma surgeon and sher- In all, the squadrons flew 2,100 ing the footprint of the south tower, Nepal. In addition, China, already quake. Earlier, in Geneva, U.N. to the affected area to decide if iff's deputy to be surgeon general combat sorties. Some of the mis- the first skyscraper to collapse. the world's leading jailer of journal- spokeswoman Elisabeth Byrs said American troops could play a role and a top administrator at Johns sions lasted up to eight hours, while Until this month, a large moun- ists for the third year in a row, ar- Afghan authorities had initially in rescue and recovery efforts, said Hopkins University to direct the Na- a few required the jets to be refueled tain of debris where the south tower rested eight more, ending the year told them the death toll could spokesman Maj. Bryan Hilferty. tional Institutes of Health. in midair up to five times. stood was largely untouched be- with 35 journalists behind bars, the reach 4,800. No Americans or for- The Bush administration also Dr. Richard Carmona of Tucson During the mission, there were no cause it was used to support a road report said. eigners were known to be among has pledged assistance to the in- and Hopkins' Dr. Elias Zerhouni must injuries to any squadron members or for trucks hauling broken concrete the missing or dead. terim government and local peo- be confirmed by the Senate before fill- their support people. and steel. But a metal ramp has Papers from suspicious By early afternoon, 600 bodies ple dealing with the tragedy, said ing the two top health positions. since been installed, enabling work- airline passengers released had been pulled from the wreck- U.S. special envoy Zalmay "These are distinguished physi- Man kills self and four ers to begin taking the pile apart. age of collapsed homes, said De- Khalilzad said. cians who have worked tirelessly to WASHINGTON (AP) — Two children while ex-wife gone Workers are also picking through fense Ministry official Mira Jan. Health Minister Dr. Suhaila save lives and to improve lives," the a smaller pile of rubble where the men under federal investigation for MERCED, Calif. (AP) — A man "I can say that 90 percent of Sidiq and Gen. Mostapha of the president said in an East Room cer- north tower once stood. possible ties to terrorist groups shot his 5-year-old daughter and his Nahrin has been destroyed," Jan Defense Ministry had reached the emony at the White House. During the round-the-clock opera- were denied entry to Israel in De- ex-wife's three other children to said. "We asked (peacekeepers) quake area. Interior Minister The two doctors and their fami- tion, firefighters who comb through cember after one was carrying a death Tuesday, then turned the gun and all other humanitarian non- Yunus Qanooni also planned a lies were at the White House for the the debris with rakes and shovels letter that the FBI believes indi- on himself while the woman was on governmental organizations to visit soon. ceremony announcing the long- stop frequently to stow remains into cated they planned to commit a sui- her morning walk, authorities said. cide attack there, according to help the people there because they U.N. spokesman Yusuf Hassan awaited nominations. red biohazard bags. Bags are placed lost everything. They need tents, said five villages in the quake area Zerhouni said he never dreamt of Christine McFadden returned sworn court papers. onto stretchers and draped with medicines, everything." were destroyed. The region, which such a privilege when he and his from her walk in an affluent suburb The papers, made public by the American flags. Rescue workers By late afternoon, about 400 has been hard-hit by drought and wife immigrated here from Algeria of Merced shortly after 7 a.m. to U.S. attorney's office in Alexandria, salute as the stretchers are carried out people had been wrapped in white food shortages, is home to an esti- 27 years ago. Carmona, his voice find her 17-year-old daughter lying Va., Tuesday, accused one of the of the site and into ambulances. cotton shrouds and buried in and mated 82,000 people. dead in the hallway near her bed- two men, Mohammed Osman Idris, breaking as he alternated between The remains of 166 firefighters around Nahrin — some of them in Hassan said aid groups were room, Merced County Sheriff's Sgt. 24, of Annandale, Va., of lying to a speaking Spanish and English, have been located, nearly 20 in the mass graves, said Nurullah, secre- trying to get tents and other emer- called his own nomination the Tom Cavallero said. grand jury. He and his traveling past three weeks. But that is still less tary of commander Haider Khan, gency supplies to the homeless American dream for "a high-school McFadden called police from a companion, identified as Mo- than half of the 343 killed. speaking from Nahrin. there. dropout and poor Hispanic kid." neighbor's house and returned to hammed El-Yacoubi of Fairfax, Va„ About 200 wounded were taken Acted was providing 2,000 find her three other children and her were stopped by authorities in New Increase in number to Pul-e-Kumri and Baglan by hel- tents and 1,000 blankets, U.N. F/A-18 fighter jets return ex-husband lying in separate bed- York while trying to fly to icopter, bus and trucks, while spokeswoman Rebecca Richards to cheering crowds in rooms dead with gunshot wounds, of journalists killed, jailed Jerusalem, the papers said. Cavallero said. some 70 people were treated in said in Kabul. The World Food U.S.BEAUFORT, S.C. (AP) — WASHINGTON (AP) — The In the documents filed in U.S. Nahrin. Gen. Khalil, a military Program was sending 175 tons of The man's body was found in the number of journalists killed last year District Court in Alexandria, the Friends and families cheered as a bed of the master bedroom, holding commander from Pul-e-Kumri, food to the area. squadron of F/A-18 fighter jets rose to 37 from 24 the year before, FBI said that El-Yacoubi was carry- said rescuers didn't have enough U.N. spokesman Manoel de the 5-year-old in his arms. The others, partly because of the war in ing a four-page letter, written in roared over the Beaufort Marine including a 15-year-old boy and a 14- helicopters to transport all the Almeida e Silva said the United Corps Air Station on Tuesday, re- Afghanistan, a U.S. press group says. Arabic, apparently from his younger wounded. Roads in the area were Nations also was rushing emer- year-old boy, were not his children. Eight journalists were killed in brother, Abdalmuhssin El-Yacoubi, turning from a six-month deploy- The couple had been divorced for blocked by rubble and impassable. gency aid to the scene. He said ment in the war against terror. Afghanistan in 2001, the New a student at the University of Vir- "The condition is very terrible," preliminary reports indicated about a year and the man, whose York-based Committee to Protect ginia at Charlottesville, Va. The fighters were the first of three name was not immediately released, Nurullah told The Associated Press more than 200 houses were dam- 12-plane squadrons to return from Journalists says in its annual report, The pair also was carrying $2,000 by satellite telephone. "The people aged around the village of was living in Kern County, near out Tuesday. in cash, a cellular telephone, a com- the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Bakersfield, Cavallero said. are in a very bad condition." Nahrin. Roosevelt, their base for missions But most of the journalists killed pass, calculator and video camera, "Everyone is trying to find the The Nahrin offices of ACTED, a the bureau said in its affidavit. over Afghanistan. Large amount of human worldwide were not covering wars members of their families to bring French organization, were destroyed. Children waved American flags or other conflicts, the group said. In- Although U.S. investigators al- them out of the destroyed walls or "Each five or 10 minutes there and families taped the return on remains found in rubble stead, they were murdered in lowed them to board the El Al flight collapsed areas," he said. "The is a shake still going on," said video cameras as the jets pulled up NEW YORK (AP) — Recovery reprisal for their reporting on sensi- from JFK International Airport in earthquake is going on, and each Shoja Zare, an ACTED radio op- in front of a hangar. crews searching through the last tive topics, such as official crime New York, authorities in Israel de- time, the people are very afraid." erator in Kabul who was in con- The first group to touch down mountains of World Trade Center de- and corruption. nied them entry, and they were Interim Prime Minister Hamid tact with colleagues in Nahrin. was Marine Fighter Attack bris have found more human remains In addition, the number of journal- forced to return to the United States, Karzai canceled a trip to Turkey "There is no hospital, there is ho Squadron 251. Two Navy squadrons in the past three weeks than in any ists in prison jumped nearly 50 percent the papers said. scheduled Wednesday to manage doctor to help these people."

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TheSideline Women's tennis tops No. 42 Coaches: high expectations for signees Oklahoma State, 4-1 Ortega's teammate Wynn also winning a national title," said Tidwell. Along with the new recruits TCU and make mine a whole lot easier," The No. 29-ranked TCU women's Tidwell and Mittie both said that will welcome Amy Pack who trans- said Tidwell. "This is by far the tennis team defeated No. 42-ranked Lady Frogs recruit 3 inked with TCU during the early sign- Oklahoma State, 4-1, Tuesday at the ing period. Forward Ashley Davis is TCU can recruit competitively with ferred to TCU last season from best coaching staff I have ever Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center. players; Payne back the incoming freshman who played other schools like Texas, Oklahoma Texas-El Paso and sat out 2001- worked with." The match was called after TCU for San Antonio Taft High School, and schools in the Southeastern 2002 season due to NCAA regula- Tidwell said he expects excitement picked up its fourth point with Karla for 2002-2003 which lost to Mansfield High School Conference. tions. Pack was named to first team and competitiveness among the team- Mancinas' win at No. 6 singles. in the championship game. "With commitment from the ad- all-Western Athletic Conference for mates next season. TCU advances its record to 14-4, 2- BY NATHAN L0EWE1N Both Tidwell and Mittie said they ministration, we are put on a level two years and was named WAC "If you want to see excitement 0 C-USA, while Oklahoma State Assistant Sports Editor have high expectations. playing field," said Tidwell. "That's Player of the Year for the 2000- come to the workouts, there is going falls to 6-7. The Lady Frogs are predicting an- "Ashley Davis could be another all we need is a level playing field. 2001 season. In that season, she led to be some competitiveness in work TCU swept the doubles match- other Top-20 recruiting class for Sheryl Swoopes," said Tidwell. Our administration gives us that." the WAC in scoring and was second outs for positions," said Tidwell. es against the Cowgirls. Rosa TCU, associate head coach Larry Tid- Mittie said Davis is an excep- Tidwell said TCU goes head-to- in rebounds. Perez and Paty Aburto, ranked well said Monday. tional player. head with a lot of major schools. The Lady Frogs will also welcome No. 29 in the nation, made short Nathan Ijjewen The 2002 TCU Lady Frog re- "We have high expectations for "(Texas and Oklahoma) have more back the return of guard Tricia Payne rkoJMBfn

student.tcu.edu work of No. 10-ranked Linda Faltynkova and Katia Kolodynska cruiting class consists of two junior Davis," said Mittie. "She has a lot of tradition," said Mittie. "More kids are who has decided to return for her fi- at No. 1 doubles by a score of 8- college transfers and one incoming the same qualities as Swoopes had." seeing (TCU) as a good choice." nal year of eligibility. 2002 TCU Recruiting Class 2. The win over the lOth-ranked freshman. Kimmie Ortega, a guard, Despite the fact that all three of the Tidwell said he expects the new re- "(Payne) is just as good in the duo is Perez and Aburto's third and Tracy Wynn, a forward are both players signed with TCU in the early cruits to contribute immediately. locker room as she is on the court. Ashley Davis F 6-2 victory this season against a dou- coming from Seward County Com- signing period, Tidwell said recruit- "We aren't recruiting for you to sit She will bring leadership to the Fr.-HS 22.0 ppg, 12.1 rpg San bles team ranked in the top 20. At munity College who just finished ing is ongoing. on the bench and look pretty," said Tid- team," said Tidwell. "She is the Antonio, San Antonio Taft H.S. No. 2 spot, No. 34-ranked Saber winning the national junior college "Recruiting nowadays is 24 hours well. "With the system we have, every- best shooting guard in the coun- Kimmie Ortega G 5-8 Pierce and Leoni Weirich defeated championship this past season. Or- a day, seven days a week, 365 days a one plays almost equal playing time." try that we could have signed." Jr.-JC 17.7 ppg, 6.5 apg, 4.7 Erin Pauchnik and Ashleigh tega was named Women's Basket- year," said Tidwell. "We are out Mittie said that generally they like Tidwell, who is the primary re- spg Logandale, Nev. Seward Dolman, 8-4. Katrin Gaber and ball Coaches Association player of watching juniors and sophom*ores (in to bring in high school players but that cruiter for team, said he gives a lot of County C.C. Karla Mancinas fought back from the year. high school)." does not always work out. the credit for recruiting to the coach- an 0-5 deficit to top Kate "Ortega will be a good addition Tidwell said that TCU is easy to sell "We only look at recruits one way, ing staff as a whole. Tracy Wynn F 6-3 Jr.- Vasylyeva and Dominika for our team," said head coach Jeff the program to prospective recruits. can they help us," said Mittie. "Either "(Mittie) is one of the few head JC 15.4 ppg, 8.9 rpg Booker, Olszewska, 8-6, at No. 3. Seward County C.C. The Frogs swept three of the four Mittie. "We will have depth at the "TCU has both great academics we need them to fill a hole or we just coaches that likes to recruit. The singles matches that were complet- guard position." and a great team that is committed to need (to make an addition to the team)." other assistants also do a great job ed. At one singles. No. 99-ranked Paty Aburto defeated Dominika Olszewska, 6-1, 6-2. Rosa Perez picked up her 12th win of the spring with her 6-1,6-1 victory against Katia Kolodynska at No. 4. Karla OU men, woman Mancinas completed the Frogs' vic- New diamond shines tory as she picked up the 6-4, 6-2 win at No. 6 singles over Erin Pauchnik. head to NCAAs Men's golf surges into third for baseball recruits at Morris Williams BY JUSTIN J10ZAPAV1CIUS ketball tradition? Sooners guard BY DANNY CILLHAM fundraiser for the new stadium, 'It's huge for the program," Garrido Associated Press Hollis Price, who's averaging AUSTIN — The Horned Frog Skill Stall Williams said the project is re- said. "There are a lot of good Division NORMAN, Okla. — Okla- 18.2 points in the men's NCAAs, men's golf team made a strong In basketball, the big story is about warding after 20 years of lobbying. I programs out there, and a good sta- homa prides itself on football. said he "didn't even know we push over the final two rounds of Just as that team starts spring played for a national title against the Morris Williams Intercollegiate a 40-year-old assistant being hired as "This will move TCU up in to the dium serves as a catalyst for improv- to leap from No. 12 place into men's basketball head coach who top tier of baseball programs," ing your team. Once you develop a practice, though, the school's Kansas until I got here." third at the 15-team event. Adam has a niche for recruiting. Williams said. "It will enable the facility, it allows for the school to bring basketball players are getting all Still, men's coach Kelvin Samp- Rubinson led the charge, as he In baseball, there is a 41-year-old team to improve by going after any in better players and improve." the attention. son said his team has carved itself fired a five-under par 67 in round stadium being replaced with a new player in the country, as well as the In addition to the attention-gar- A sea of red Sooners hats and a niche at the school, which won two en route to his third-place field. It would also be key in recruiting. state. When you look at how the new nering stadium, publicity is also Final Four T-shirts bobbed across its seventh AP college football na- showing individually. The TCU Diamond, open since facilities at Texas Tech, Rice and gained by being in Conferece USA. campus Tuesday in celebration of tional title in the 2000 season. As a team, TCU shot a 27-over- 1962, is in its last year of being the Baylor helped their programs, its an With schools in the conference be- a rare double: Oklahoma's men's "I think we've got our own great par score of 891 in the 54-hole home of the Horned Frog baseball exciting time for the university." ing spread out across the country, and women's teams are headed to basketball tradition here," Sampson event. Texas, the host school, won team. It's being replaced by the One person who would know Brown said it will allow for more the Final Four. said. "We the tournament with a card of 883 Charles and Marie Lupton Baseball about the ability of a high-class fa- people to notice the Frogs. It's just the third "We're not a basketball school, don'< have me (+19). Nine of the tournament's Stadium. The stadium is slated to cility to ascend in a club is Univer- "When you think about it our time that a school seve cham i 15 teams were ranked in the top but we've got a chance to show " P - open next season for the Frogs. sity of Texas head coach Augie scores never got in to the paper in has sent teams to , . „ onships, but 25 in the most recent the (Western Athletic Conference)," both college bas- our dominance. we've worked Golfweek/Sagarin poll. The final Construction began for the $7 Garrido. Garrido, the Longhorns' -ft*" Willes hard t0 create placing was TCU's fifth top-three million stadium in December 2001. head coach since 1997, has one of Brown said. "We were always hours ketball national finish in eight events. It will host 2,200 permanent seats, the top teams in the country. UT late on the West Coast, so nobody semifinals in the an identity for "The guys made a great charge three skybox suites and a can- plays its home games at Disch- could follow us. I think we will get same season. Duke did it two years ourselves here." over the last 36 holes," head coach tilevered roof system. There will Faulk Field, a large facility that a lot of inquiries from people back ago, and Georgia did in 1983. That identity was in evidence Bill Montigel said. "We will get a also be top-notch improvements in hosts the UIL state baseball tourna- east now that are interested in play- "We're not a basketball at Frank Mize's tiny barber shop lot out of competing in this tourna- the dugouts, press boxes and con- ment, and may have the opportunity ing here. It may open up some new school," zoology major Ryan across from campus on Tuesday, ment. Not only did we play against cession stands, to name a few. to host an NCAA Super Regional. avenues for us in recruiting." Willes said while watching game the first day of football spring great competition, but we also Head coach Lance Brown said highlights on a TV in the OU stu- practice. The talk in the shop usu- played a very tough course under the Lupton Stadium will give a dent union, "but we've got a ally veers toward quarterbacks some difficult conditions." chance for the Frogs to reel in some chance to show our dominance." and offensive sets. Baseball commissioner high-profile recruits. Oklahoma's women beat Col- Now they're talking about re- "We've already signed a couple orado 94-60 Monday to win the bounding and shooting. pledges no baseball lockout of players this year," Brown said. West Regional and will play "Since the tournament began, NEW YORK (AP) — Baseball 'They are real good players. But Duke in San Antonio on Friday that's all I've heard," Mize said. commissioner Bud Selig pledged it's not the same as telling them that for a berth in the national title Local businesses post signs of Tuesday not to lock out players its being built. I think that next year, game. It's the first Final Fourth support in windows and fly the through the World Series but left once you bring them in and they berth for any women's team from school's crimson and cream col- open the chance that owners would can actually see it, then its different the Big 12 conference. ors outside storefronts. Along impose new work rules during the from even talking about it." Oklahoma's men defeated Mis- some streets, OU flags outnum- offseason, a move that could trig- TCU alum Roger Williams said souri 81-75 Saturday to win the ber U.S. flags. ger another strike this summer. West Regional and face Indiana on "There's an electricity in the The players' union, operating he is thrilled, like many supporters, Saturday in Atlanta. The Sooners air and you can feel it," said Luke without a labor contract since Nov. about the new stadium. Williams, 7, quickly interpreted Selig's state- who graduated in 1972, played hadn't been to the Final Four since Canon, co-owner of Suzy's Cre- ations, an embroidery and screen- ment as a veiled threat to impose baseball for the Frogs and coached Erin Munger/ SKIFF STAFF 1988, when they lost to Kansas in vast economic changes as soon as the team back in 1976. As the chair- The new baseball stadium, Charles and Marie Lupton Baseball Stadium, will attract high- the championship game. printing shop. "It's almost as the postseason ends. man of the Capitol Campaign, the profile high school recruits, head coach Lance Brown said. How muted is Oklahoma's bas- good as football electricity."

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