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Page 8 TCU DAILY SKIFF -t ^^^ ^^y 100 years of service to Texas Christian University Vol. 100 • Issue 90 • Fort Worth, Texas www.ikiff.tcii.edu Thursday, March 27. 2003 Alumnus lands job in Homeland Security l» BRENT YAMNA cies with an annual budget of $40 billion. was crucial to the development of his career said she got to know England as a trusted as depuly secretarj He said England is a ter- Stall Reporter The department, which represents the because it allowed him to leave the engi- friend and adviser while she m the mayor rific leader who has been involved in serv- Inside the walls of the Pentagon are the of- largest government reorganization since neering field for the business of engineering. of Port Worth. She said England has terrific ing his country for decades. fices of the people responsible lor protecting 1947. is devoted to defending America's England said he had a degree in engi- management and administrative skills. "The country is lucky to have Gordon the American public. Gordon England, a freedom and security — especially now neering but realized a separate degree in amazing v ision and perfect locus. England serving as deputy secretary because TCU business graduate, that the nation is under constant threat of business was necessary to Iced his constant "Gordon could have retired and gone fish- he is the perfect person (or this tremendous calls one of these presti- terrorism because of its involvement in craving for business knowledge. ing or whatever it is men like Gordon England undertaking,'' Wensing said. "The Navy's gious offices his own. war with Iraq, he said. "I always enjoyed the business side of en- do when they decide to retire." Granger said loss is the nation's gam." England, who received a gineering more than engineering itself and England said he credits the education "Instead he answered the call for service England said in all the positions he has master's degree in business wanted to improve my management skills," "He gave Ins skills, his vision and his pa- held — from consulting firm owner of Lock- he received from TCU and its professors from TCU in 1975. was sc- he said. triotism to the nation as secretary ol ilk- heed Martin aircraft company to vice presi- with providing him the "foundation" for lectcd by President George England said the leadership abilities and Navy. Now. he has accepted a new assign dent ol General Dynamics to secretary of the much of the success he has experienced. Bush to form the Depart- management skills he acquired during his ment in service to our country and today, in N.ivy - that he has always tried to focus "The faculty was very professional, ex- ment of Homeland Security seven years at TCU are important to his great America, no task is more important than de- solely on his job and to become more fa- AMJLA perienced and ethical, which are impor- with Secretary Tom Ridge. ENGI success. He said ever) experience he has en fending our homeland." miliar with its duties. Deputy Secretary England tant characteristics to pass on to students. countered since leaving the university has Navy Capt. Kevin Wenring, who worked "I've never viewed myself as particularly said inane-mail that he is attempting to build even for those who had considerable expe- been to prepare him lor his "latest service In with England for 211 months in the Navy, successful and am frankly always surprised the foundation for a new government de- rience like me." he said. the nation." said England's exceptional leadership prin- partment that will integrate 22 separate agen- England said having a master's degree Fort Worth Congresswonutti Kay Granger ciples provided him the opportunity to serve IfdK OH ENGL \\H. /«>: Paratroopers land in Iraq; aid arrives Bidwell to BY IIWII) ESP0 \ iated IV- receive 1st Army airborne forces parachuted into northern Iraq on Wednesday, seizing an airfield as a prelude to opening a north- ern front against Saddam Hussein. British w arplanes bombed an enemy convoy flee- Brite Ph.D. ing the besieged city of Basra in the south. One week into the war, the possibility i;\ Msini k\ luitnw of a major battle loomed within 100 miles N.,11 Reportn of the capital as a larger convoy — this I ni live veils. Duane Bidwell has gone through one made up of elite Republican Guard course work, exams and writing a 400-page dis- forces — moved in the direction of Amer- sertation. Km now his hard work must be put ican troops aiming for Saddam's seal of ■ power. through anothei test In order to become the first student in ever earn Jumping from low-flying jets into the ,i doctorate decree from Brite Divinity School, Iraqi night, an estimated l.(KX) paratroop- Bidwell w ill have to pass the process ol defending ers landed near an airstrip in Kurdish-con- Ins dissertation in members ol Brite faculty today trolled territory less than 30 miles from Bidwell said he is nervous because he'll be pre- the Turkish border. senting to a community ol scholars that he respects Hundreds of miles to the south, the un- and has known lor a long lime He said it is a hum challenged bombing of Iraqi forces leav- Ming situation because they will decide it he be- ing Basra raised hopes that ground troops comes then professional equal or not. could soon enter the city, feared at risk for a humanitarian crisis. HIM BRITE, The military developments unfolded as the first humanitarian delivery of supplies rolled into southern Iraq, greeted at the border by hungry children. With American and British forces mass- ing to the south, west and now the north of Baghdad, the Iraqi regime kept much of the news from its own people Instead, it emphasized a claim that two American cruise missiles had killed 14 civilians in Chml Diaz Vtytr/Dallas Homing Von Baghdad and wounded dozens more. U.S Marine Staff Sgt. Brian Flaherty of New York, Delta Company of the Second Tank Battalion, disconnects a fuel bladder from a tank as a dust storm rages "This war is tar from over." President in preparation for an advance to the north of Iraq Tuesday. The move north has been one of the most aggressive tank road marches in Marine history. Bush said in a quick trip to the Florida headquarters of U.S. Central Command, which is overseeing the war. Still, he said Iraqi regime, and that day is drawing near." The bombing campaign was crimped, as sions were heard, as well, near the oil-rich 1/ ..i./.i GoodshelUl victory was only a matter of time, adding. For the second straight day, swirling well, but Baghdad television was knocked city of Kirkuk in the north. Duane Bidwell should become the first student to earn a Ph d "There will be a day of reckoning for the sandstorms hampered American units. off the air for several hours, and explo- i \hnr ..ii Hi \0. page 6) from Bnte Divinity School after presenting his dissertation Global focus What rhymes with spring!? Groups raise BY BRENT YAMNA Goudie, the elected president-desig- $70,000 for Stall hVportei nate of the International Association of Green Honors Chair lecturer An- GeomorphologisLs, said he was invited drew Goudie will focus his speech on to speak at TCU primarily to share his St. Jude event global warming as an environmental ideas regarding global wanning. He issue and its future impact on the said Texas, especially the Padre Is- Hi I VK\IIK\l>KI(kM»\ lands, will be the most affected by world's landscape said Mike Slattery, Stall Reports an associate professor of geology. global wanning. Nearly 500 students will probably be sleeping Slattery said Goudie. the head of "The science adds up and I think most ol Saturday, after slaving up all night to raise geography and environmental stud- there are some sensitive hot spots money lor St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. ies at Oxford University, will speak that will be affected in the future by Participants of I'p 'Til Dawn will stay awake at 7:30 p.m. today in Sid Richardson, global warming in the high plains of from 7 p.m. Friday to 7 a.m. Saturday in the Uni- Lecture Hall I. He said Goudie will Texas," Goudie said. veisity Recreation Center as part of the fund raiser. be available to field questions fol- In the next 40 to 80 years, as the Those participating has c raised more than $70,000. lowing the speech. Earth's atmosphere gets hotter and which is easily the most raised since the program's He said geology graduate students produces more energy, the soil will inception, said Abby Craw lord, public relations di- are urged to attend but that geology dry and the sea level will rise, re- rector lor the event. majors and any other interested stu- sulting in more hurricanes, he said. "This is the tourth year at TCU. and the highest dents are also invited. Whether this process takes that long previous amount raised was $40,000 last year," "This will be a talk that is relevant depends on how much energy is Crawford said "Our goal for this year was to everyone at TCU.