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COMPUTING AND TECHNOLOGY Coretta Scott King ponders a reporter’s ques- tion in front of a painting of her late husband, civil-rights leader Training begins Martin Luther King Jr., in this Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2003, file photo in Atlanta. Coretta Scott King died Tuesday morning. She was for new system 78.

MyMav, updated software visers in April 2006. He said the old system, MyMav was de- for advisement, will go into Maymester and summer enroll- signed to communicate with dif- ment will be available through ferent systems and will operate campus-wide use in April. MyMav and that stu- more smoothly. dents will still need “MyMav was built BY I’SHA GAINES to be advised but “It’s complicated to talk,” Moore said. AP Photo/File art: John Bazemore The Shorthorn staff won’t be as depen- but, in the long “It will be one big Academic advisers are start- dant on advisers and system.” ing training for the new MyMav faculty. run, it will be Theater adviser system, which will enable all “It’s a more tech- easier to under- Angela Inman said departments and students to nologically advanced stand than the some administra- By His Side do online advising and degree student information tive departments are planning by April. system,” Moore said. current system.” already using the MyMav will track all student “It’s complicated program, but no aca- information, such as degree but, in the long run, Michael Moore demic departments Coretta King’s passing reminds students associate provost plans, student transcripts and it will be easier to will use it until later. tuition balances. understand than the She said she hopes of the civil rights struggle Also, the system will help ad- current system.” they will be able to work the visers and faculty provide infor- He said the current system is bugs out of the system during BY I’SHA GAINES 78. A civil rights activist in ment of her home to carry mation and allow students di- outdated and doesn’t integrate the upcoming training. The Shorthorn staff her own right, King fought on his legacy. rect access to their information. with other programs. Although “Hopefully, there won’t Coretta Scott King, to have her late husband’s Having gained nation- Associate Provost Michael the Office of Information Tech- be many glitches, but I hope widow of Dr. Martin Lu- birthday established as a na- al recognition after the Moore said the system should nology had managed to make ther King Jr., died in her tional holiday and founded be available to students and ad- the systems work together under MYMAV continues on page 3 sleep Tuesday at the age of the King Center in the base- KING continues on page 3

GREEK LIFE Colony causes disorder Interfraternity Council says Pi Kappa Alpha interrupted the rush process.

BY ALEXA GARCIA-DITTA Contributor to The Shorthorn Pi Kappa Alpha disrupted Greek Life unity Monday night at spring rush orientation, Interfra- ternity Council members said. Members of Pi Kappa Alpha, a campus colony chapter of the national fraternity, chalked side- walks with its name and handed out flyers promoting the colony. Julie Murphy, assistant director of student activities in Greek Life, said they handled the situation poorly. “They did nothing wrong,” she said. “There

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TUNING UP TUITION AND FEES Psychology senior Hugo Valdez, member of area band “Saffron,” practices his guitar between classes Tuesday on the Central Library mall. Valdez brings his guitar to school a few times a week to pass the time. SC passes fee NATION for building Fliers call for Coca-Cola boycott The $60 Activities Building fee will go into effect when construction is done.

Bills posted on campus soda poster runners are assigned to vember 2004, which led to the and selling beverages with high BY LARISSA ROBINSON machines blame the company remove any that are unapproved contract’s suspension Jan. 1. levels of pesticides. Contributor to The Shorthorn or outdated. Other U.S. uni- Nishanth Marthandan, bio- Student Congress senators approved a $60 flat for human rights violations. The anti- versities have medical engineering graduate renovation and construction fee for the Activities Coke fliers came For more information from the also responded student, said he was familiar Building at a meeting Tuesday night. BY ALICIA KANIA roughly a month mentioned Web sites, visit: by altering or with the allegations against the The Shorthorn staff Administration proposed the fee, which will after the Uni- canceling con- company in India and that if be implemented when the Fliers posted on campus soda versity of Michi- Pro-Coke Web site: tracts with the they are true, it’s good that ac- building is opened, said Frank machines suggested students gan suspended http://www.cokefacts.org company. tions are being taken. Lamas, vice president for Stu- boycott Coca-Cola products, ac- its contract with A n t i - C o k e “It was in one particular state dent Affairs. The renovation cusing the company of human Coca-Cola after The official Coca-Cola Web site: Web sites accuse in India where they are ruled by and construction is planned to rights violations in bottling fac- the company re- http://www.coca-cola.com Coca-Cola of the Communist Party,” he said. be completed by fall 2007. tories in Colombia and India. portedly failed human rights vi- “They process it with disregard This decision is a revision The fliers were not stamped to investigate Anti-Coke Web sites: olations in India to the environment. The rules http://www.indiaresource.org of the Student Life Initiative, by Student Governance and did conditions in and Colombia, are not strictly followed. Since http://www.killercoke.org which was passed last spring. not stay posted for long. Colombia and such as unfair I’m not there I can’t make a According to state code, stu- Jamie Williams, student or- India. treatment of judgment.” dent activity fees cannot be ganizations associate director, A c c o r d i n g union workers, Nursing junior Latoya Odun- Josh Sawyer SC president collected on a per-credit-hour could not confirm that Student to that university’s Web site, a murder, torture, causing water iyi, said she frequently drinks basis as the initiative originally Governance was responsible for group of students filed a com- shortages for villages, provid- intended, SC President Josh removing the fliers, but she said plaint about Coca-Cola in No- ing farmers with toxic fertilizer COKE continues on page 6 Sawyer said. “The intent was to charge a per-credit-hour “It was in one particular state in India where they are ruled by the communist party. They process it with disregard to the fee, but we have a per-student fee here on cam- environment. The rules are not strictly followed. Since I’m not there I can’t make a judgment.” pus,” he said. “We have to change that so that it all

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Q U OT E W O R T H Y CAMPUS BRIEFS Fair offers information on “The only Time for Goodbyes study-abroad opportunities thing we The Office of International Education holds a Study Abroad Fair today from 11 a.m. to 2 did was rush Retiring assistant police chief receives a warm send-off p.m. in the Palo Duro Lounge. International Studies Director Mary Beth how [the Nell said faculty, alumni and exchange students BY PATR I C K H A R M O N will answer questions from students on the Contributor to The Shor thorn council] told study abroad program. A s s i s t a n t Pol i c e C h i e f Jam e s Fer - She said students will receive information us we could.” g u s o n s a i d go o d b y e Tue s d ay at h i s on scholarship, work, volunteer and internship Josh Usry, re tirement reception, leaving behind opportunities available through the program. Pi Kappa Alpha colony a 28-year legac y of university ser vice. Nell said the office has programs in more member and philosophy senior, A b o u t 2 0 0 o f Fer g u s o n’s f r i e n d s , than 40 countries, and will host faculty-led pro- on their exclusion from f a m i l y a n d c o w o r ke r s w e r e t h e r e t o grams to Greece, France, Italy, Mexico, Spain formal rush activities. w i s h h i m t h e b e s t a n d s h o w h o w and Germany over the summer. See Page 1 much the y appreciated his time here. For more information on the Study Abroad Pol i c e C h i e f B o b Hay e s s a i d Fer - Program, contact the Office of International g u s o n w a s a go o d r o l e m o d e l a n d Education at 817-272-2355, or visit their Web site at http://www.uta.edu/oie. T W O - DAY F O R E C AST that he always did the right thing. He p r e s e n t e d Fer g u s o n w i t h a c l o c k e n - — Elizabeth White cased in an engraved wooden box as a re tirement gif t from the depar tment. Today is last day to add or Today “ We j u s t w a n t e d t o ge t t o ge t h e r t o Slight chance of s h o w h i m h o w m u c h w e a p p r e c i at e drop classes, receive refund thunderstorms him,” Hayes said. Today is the Census Date, the last day to •High 65°F L t . D a r y l B r a d l e y, Fer g u s o n’s f o r - drop a course for the spring semester and •Low 44°F m e r p a r t n e r a n d Far m e r s B ra n c h receive a full refund. p o l i c e o ffi c e r, s a i d Fer g u s o n w a s a Associate Registrar Robert Gunnip said great man and became one of his best that after today, students may not add courses Thursday friends when the y ser ved toge ther at to their schedules except in rare circum- Mostly sunny t h e u n i v e r s i ty. stances. •High 71°F “ I k n o w i t s o u n d s o l d f a s h i o n e d , He said payment plan arrangements must •Low 47°F b u t h e a l w ay s w a s o n e o f t h e go o d be made by today, or students will be dropped guys,” Bradle y said. from their courses, and that students can re- — National Weather Service ceive certification of enrollment after today. at www.nws.noaa.gov Bonnie Boykin, e xec utive assis tant t o t h e v i c e p r e s i d e n t o f c o m m u n i c a - For information, contact the Registrar’s of- t i o n , s a i d Fer g u s o n w a s a n a s s e t t o fice at 817-272-3372 or [email protected]. t h e u n i v e r s i ty, t h e p o l i c e d e p a r t m e n t — Rachel Kirby a n d t o a ny o n e w h o w o r ke d u n d e r POLICE REPORT h i m . Drive’s proceeds will “ He w a s w o n d e r f u l ,” s h e s a i d , “ I This is a part of the daily activity log benefit research in Africa produced by the university’s Police d o n’ t k n o w a ny o n e w h o w o r ke d f o r Department. To report a criminal him that didn’ t like him.” The African Student Organization is hosting incident on campus, call 817-272-3381. Fre d a Mo r r i s o n , Fer g u s o n’s s e c r e - an AIDS Awareness Drive from noon to 1 p.m. tar y until she re tired in Augus t, said today in the University Center. An off icer requested a s s i s- s h e k n o w s h e w i l l e n j o y h i s r e t i r e - The drive is part of the organization’s an- tance from an outside agency ment though he will be missed. nual African Student Organization Weekend, Tuesday at 1300 S. Cooper St. An “ I e n j o y e d w o r k i n g w i t h h i m a n d and there will be an information session on incident repor t was f iled. for him,” she said. “He was a wonder- AIDS and how it affects African students. The f u l b o s s .” goal is to educate organization members and A minor accident occurred L t . Mi ke Mc C o r d , c a m p u s p o l i c e The Shor thorn: Rebekah Workman the campus, President Winifred Uche said. Monday in Lot 49. No injuries were Uche said the organization is also holding repor ted. An incident repor t was o ffi c e r, s a i d Fer g u s o n w a s a n i m p o r - Assistant Police Chief James Ferguson retires from the UTA Police Depar tment af ter 28 years the drive to help its sister organization at f i l e d . tant par t of the depar tment. of ser vice. Ferguson said it’s time for a new chapter in hi s life. “ C h i e f Fer g u s o n h a s b e e n t h e f o u n- The University of North Texas raise money for an AIDS banquet. The organization do- A person was complaining o f d at i o n o f t h e p o l i c e d e p a r t m e n t f o r nates the money to research in Africa. c h e s t pa i n s M o n d ay a t Lot 49. m a ny y e a r s ,” h e s a i d . “ T h i n g s w o n’ t b e T i l l e r s o n s a i d . “ I att e m p t e d t o fi l l h i s h e b e g a n h e r e , h e i s p r o u d o f h i s Because February is AIDS Awareness Emergency Medical Ser vices the same with out him.” s h o e s a s t ra i n i n g c o o r d i n at o r b a c k nearly three decades of police work. Month, the organization will hold a second re s p o n d e d a n d t ra n s p o rte d L t . Jay T i l l e r s o n , c a m p u s p o l i c e o f- w h e n h e w a s i n t e r i m c h i e f, a n d h e “ It h a s b e e n a r e a l p l e a s u r e o n my drive Feb. 8. t h e p e rs o n to J o h n Pe te r S m i t h fi c e r, s a i d Fer g u s o n w a s a c a r i n g i n d i- m a d e m e r e a l i z e t h at d e s k j o b s a r e n’ t par t,” he said. H o s p i t a l . A n i n c i d e n t re p o rt wa s vidual and an inspiration to him. so bad af ter all.” — Alexa Garcia-Ditta fi l e d . “ He s e r v e d a s a m e n t o r f o r m e Fe r g u s o n s a i d t h at a l t h o u g h h e PATR I C K H A R M O N w h e n I b r o ke my l e g b a c k i n 2 0 0 0 ,” d i d n’ t p l a n o n s t ay i n g s o l o n g w h e n news-editor.shor [email protected] An off icer responded to a loud CORRECTION noi se complaint Sunday at 501 Summit Ave. The person was ad- “I know it sounds old fashioned, but he always was one of the Tuesday ’s campus brief, “Business college vised to keep the noise down. An hosts job fair Wednesday, Thursday” should incident repor t was f iled. good guys.” have stated that the College of Business Ad- mini stration will host a job fair for Marketing An off icer obser ved t h a t Lt. Dar yl Bradle y, Research students on Thursday and Friday. s m o ke d e te c to r h e ad s h ad b e e n Ferguson’s former par tner and Farmers Branch police officer removed in a living room and bed- room of a residence Saturday at 404 S. Kirby St. An incident repor t H O W TO R E A C H U S was f iled and a disciplinar y refer- ral i ssued. News Front Desk ...... 817-272-3661 Opinion Editor ...... Shannon Sexton Copy Editors ...... Audai Jackson, Denny Jacob THE UNIVERSIT Y OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON News after 5 p.m ...... 817-272-3205 opinion-editor.shor [email protected] Erika Nuñez, Charlie Robinson, Whitney Inside Ad Manager ...... Priscilla Warren 87TH YEAR, © THE SHORTHORN 2006 An off icer responded to l o u d Advertising ...... 817-272-3188 Spor ts Editor ...... Princess McDowell Shropshire, Jessica Freeman, Kathleen Inside Ad Representatives ...... May Rashid, All rights reserved. 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UT SYSTEM 3 student regent finalists from UT-Austin

Gov. Perry can choose tin student newspaper, identify- were reviewed by the Student isn’t limited to the final candi- Yudof. that UT-Austin students would any applicant as the first ing three out of five applicants Regent Selection Committee dates recommended to him, and “Some people applied and dis- be shown preference, but the al- as UT-Austin students, doesn’t composed of student leaders. he can choose from the entire cussed parking,” he said. “Park- ternating system prevents that UT System student regent. eliminate UTA’s chances of hav- Then the SC Executive Board pool of applicants. ing is not an issue with the Board problem. ing someone selected from this made recommendations to the “Despite what the paper said, of Regents.” Sawyer said the person se- BY TRACIE MORALES campus. He said he is optimistic UT System Chancellor Mark we believe we are still in the run- Sawyer said the position will lected would be the first voice to The Shorthorn staff that someone from UTA may be Yudof. The final decision will be ning,” he said. allow student representatives represent all students, regardless The first student member of selected. made by Gov. Rick Perry. Bryant Robertson, communi- from different schools to serve as of the school he or she attends. the UT System Board of Regents The position will be a form The student selected will be cations junior and Student Re- student regent. He said that if a “It’s going to be our goal to could be appointed as early as of student representation on the a nonvoting member of the UT gent Selection Board member, student is selected from UT-Aus- work with that student to try to today, Student Congress Presi- board, which makes decisions on System’s governing body and will said campus involvement and tin, then a student from another lobby for our interest,” he said. dent Josh Sawyer said. tuition in addition to other is- serve a one-year term starting knowledge of issues like flat-rate campus must be chosen next Sawyer said a report from sues. this month. tuition were essential in select- year. He said there was a fear, TRACIE MORALES The Daily Texan, the UT-Aus- The applicants from UTA Sawyer said Gov. Rick Perry ing the applicants submitted to especially from smaller schools, [email protected]

bring it down,” Murphy said. Kyle Pemberton, criminal Pikes justice senior and Pi Kappa continued from page 1 Alpha internal vice president, said members think the coun- is frustration on both sides, cil is not supporting the colo- and it was disruptive to the ny’s goals in expansion. ultimate goal of building up “[The council] is hinder- the Greek system. It was the ing our progress and is not manner of the situation.” supporting Pike in the direc- The colony petitioned for tion we want to go or our council membership and was goals,” he said. denied because it has not re- Pemberton said in address- ceived a charter as a registered ing colony members, Murphy fraternity. alluded to the fact that they Monday night, during the were only hurting themselves formal Interfraternity Coun- and their future relationship cil orientation, members of Pi with the Interfraternity Coun- Kappa Alpha, which is not cil. currently a council member, “From a [council] stand- stood in the pathway of rush- point, I fear that this is feed- ees in front of the University ing the fire,” Murphy said. Center and handed out fliers Beta Theta Pi was one of and rush schedules. the many fraternities partici- Murphy questioned the pating in the orientation and colony’s actions and requested affected by the situation. a permit for the signs and Michael Cast, mechanical chalk. engineering sophomore and The colony had received member, said the colony was permits from the university an annoyance to the formal for both, said Josh Usry, Pi council activities. Kappa Alpha colony member Their chalking and hand- and philosophy senior. ing fliers out was not right, he The colony had 20 mem- said, because they are not part bers with letters and flags, of the council. planning to talk to rushees “They were taking away before and after the orienta- from other frats,” he said. tion, he said. Kendall Farrell, Pi Kappa Members claim they did Phi president and history nothing wrong, citing a com- junior, who approached the ment by Murphy in “Colony, colony members on Monday council clash on national by- night, understands both sides laws” in the Jan. 25 issue of and said everyone needs to The Shorthorn: “The colony’s cooperate. members are free to rush in “Guys on the inside see it whatever way they please.” differently than the guys on “The only thing we did was the outside,” he said. “Every- rush how [the council] told us one needs to work together The Shorthorn: Megumi Rooze we could,” Usry said. to get Pike into [the council] Colony members were ap- and to improve Greek Life as a proached by Murphy while whole on the UTA campus.” ONE-TWO STEP they were recruiting members. The Black Student Association Step Team rehearses on Tuesday in the Fine Arts Building. The group has been together since last fall and practices several “They had a bullhorn and ALEXA GARCIA-DITTA times a week for their upcoming performance during Homecoming Week. sidewalk chalk, I just tried to [email protected]

the morning, if he liked his her generation. eggs scrambled or over easy Finance freshman Joshua King — just the things that you Hunter said he feels the death MyMav continued from page 1 would want to know about of black leaders should prompt continued from page 1 somebody great.” black youth to work to pre- assassination of her hus- Computer science sopho- serve their liberties. He said he students will be patient with us band, Coretta King’s death is more Romalice White said thinks it took a lot of character during the transition,” she said. mourned across the country major civil rights leaders re- to be the wife of someone who Raymond Jackson, gradu- and has impacted many at the mind him of the past because received publicity in the civil ate studies associate dean, said university. they helped fight for rights. rights movement. MyMav will affect the entire Biochemistry junior Keona He said he saw her as Dr. “That’s what made her a campus because the system Lambert said King’s support sys- great woman,” he said. will be good for degree plan- Coretta King’s For more on Coretta tem when he was Hunter said Coretta King ning. The system will not have death saddens her Scott King, see struggling and probably received a lot of crit- as many limitations as the cur- because she was World View, page 4. stressing. icism and death threats but rent 20-year-old system, cutting the closest person “She was there that she always stood by her back on the amount of manual to Dr. King. Lam- to hold his hand husband and shared his be- labor advisers and faculty have bert also said she and give him hugs,” liefs in equality. to perform to get information to finds it ironic that she died he said. “Sometimes you just “The handful of us at UTA the students, he said. around his birthday. need a hug.” wouldn’t be here today, if it “Right now, we have people “She was his backbone. I Nursing sophomore Bran- wasn’t for them,” he said. “She doing the work of computers,” can visualize Dr. King read- nigan Maxwell thinks some- was his lady, standing by his Jackson said. “Computers are ing his speeches aloud to his one should step up to the side.” AP Photo: Gene Blythe faster.” wife, or having her proofread plate. She said the death of them for him,” she said. “We’ll King and other black leaders I’SHA GAINES King Center employee Bobby Blacklock arranges flowers in front of the crypt of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at the center in downtown Atlanta on Tuesday. I’SHA GAINES never know how he was in should be a wake-up call for [email protected] [email protected] The civil rights leader’s widow, Coretta Scott King, died Tuesday.

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IN TEXAS ‘U.S. addicted Alito takes Lawyers: Enron chiefs not guilty HOUSTON — Lawyers for former Enron Corp. chiefs Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling insisted Tuesday the men were guilty of no crimes, arguing the company was never infested with fraud and instead fell victim to Supreme a sudden crisis of market confidence. Lay and Skilling were pioneers in the energy trad- to Mideast oil’ ing industry who deeply loved their company — which BY TERENCE HUNT not act a year ago stands to this day, Lay lawyer Michael Ramsey said, as “one of the finest free-market institutions the world AP White House correspondent “on my proposal to has ever seen.” WASHINGTON — A politically save Social Securi- Court seat A federal prosecutor laid out a different version weakened President Bush declared ty.” Bush got a be- of events, telling jurors in opening statements in the Tuesday night that America must mused look on his BY DAVID ESPO He was men’s trial that they lied to Wall Street and their own break its long dependence on Mideast face, shook his fin- AP Special correspondent sworn in employees to cover up the crumbling finances that oil and rebuked critics of his stay-the- ger and continued, WASHINGTON — Samuel about an drove what was once the nation’s seventh-largest course strategy for the unpopular war “yet the rising cost Alito took his place on the Su- hour later company into bankruptcy protection in December in Iraq. of entitlements is preme Court Tuesday after win- in a low-key 2001. “America is addicted to oil, which President George a problem that is ning Senate confirmation, a per- ceremony at Daniel Petrocelli, arguing for Skilling, went so far is often imported from unstable parts Bush not going away.” sonal triumph for the son of an the Supreme as to suggest 13 of the 16 Enron executives who have of the world,” Bush said as he sought S w i t c h i n g Italian immigrant and a political Court build- pleaded guilty to federal crimes were innocent but to drive the election-year agenda in gears, Bush asked milestone in President Bush’s ing across the caved in to intense pressure from zealous federal his annual State of the Union ad- lawmakers to join him in naming a campaign to give the judiciary a street from prosecutors. Samuel Alito dress. commission to examine the impact more conservative cast. the Capitol. Rejecting calls for the withdrawal of Baby Boom retirements on So- The 58-42 Senate vote was Chief Justice Judge dismisses smuggling charges of troops from Iraq, Bush said, “There cial Security, Medicare and Medicaid largely along party lines as Dem- John Roberts, Bush’s first nomi- is no peace in retreat.” He also slapped spending. HOUSTON — A federal judge Tuesday dismissed most ocrats registered overwhelm- nee for the high court, adminis- of the counts against three people accused in con- at those who complain he took the He declared that the “the state of ing opposition to Bush’s choice tered the oath of office. country to war on the erroneous our union is strong” despite Ameri- nection with the nation’s deadliest human smuggling to replace Justice Sandra Day Alito’s confirmation has been attempt. grounds that Iraq possessed weapons cans’ anxieties about the war in Iraq, O’Connor, whose rulings have a certainty for days, and all Re- U.S. District Judge Vanessa Gilmore said there was of mass destruction. the economy and soaring energy helped uphold abortion rights, publicans except Sen. Lincoln no evidence the three defendants were responsible “Hindsight alone is not wisdom,” costs. Oil prices are inching toward affirmative action and other Chafee of Rhode Island voted for what happened to a large portion of the immi- Bush said. “And second-guessing is $70 a barrel, throwing a cloud over legal precedents of the past 50 for him. Only four of 44 Demo- grants who were named in the indictment because not a strategy.” the economy and pinching Ameri- years. crats voted in favor of confirma- they had no contact with them. In an unscripted moment, anti- cans’ pocketbooks. Bush hailed Alito as “a bril- tion, the lowest total in modern After the prosecution rested, defense attorneys war activist Cindy Sheehan, the Bush called for increased federal liant and fair-minded judge history for an opposition party. asked Gilmore to dismiss all charges, arguing the fed- mother of a fallen soldier in Iraq, was research into alternative fuels such who strictly interprets the Con- “There is no consensus that eral government had not proven its case against the taken into custody by police in the as ethanol made from weeds or wood stitution and laws and does not he will allow the court to per- defendants. House gallery just before Bush spoke chips instead of corn. legislate from the bench.” form its vital role in continuing to a joint session of Congress. She was Bush’s address came amid a chang- “It is a seat that is reserved for the march of progress toward Woman sues Texas Lottery Commission escorted from the visitors gallery after ing of the guard elsewhere in Wash- few but that impacts millions,” justice and equal opportunity,” she caused a disruption, a Capitol Po- ington. Conservative judge Samuel said Senate Majority Leader Bill said Sen. Edward M. Kenne- AUSTIN — A former Texas Lottery Commission employee has sued the agency, alleging she was fired lice official said. Alito was sworn in as a new Supreme Frist moments before the Senate dy, leader in a final attempt With Congress facing midterm Court justice, replacing Sandra Day after accusing her boss of mistreating her because she sealed Alito’s place in history as to derail the nomination that is Hispanic. elections in November, there was a O’Connor, who has been a moder- the nation’s 110th justice. exposed Democratic divisions partisan mood in the chamber as ate swing vote. The Senate also con- Cindi Suarez, a former administrative assistant in Alito, 55 and a veteran of instead. the lottery’s human resources department, was fired Bush, hampered by big budget defi- firmed Ben Bernanke to be chairman 15 years on the appeals court, Roberts was confirmed by a cits, offered a modest program. of the Federal Reserve, replacing Alan in June, two weeks after she’d gotten a nearly perfect watched on television alongside far wider margin, 78-22, late employee evaluation. Democrats stood and cheered Greenspan after 18 1/2 years in the Bush at the White House as the last year, replacing the late Wil- In a letter informing Suarez of her termination, ad- when Bush said that Congress did influential job. Senate voted. liam H. Rehnquist. ministrative division director Mike Fernandez gave no reason for her dismissal, saying only “it is in the best interest of the Texas Lottery Commission that your ‘at will’ employment be terminated as of July 1, 2005.” Suarez, who filed the lawsuit Thursday, is seeking reinstatement, lost wages and compensatory damages. Coretta Scott King, She said it took her five months to find another job.

78, dies Tuesday IN THE WORLD

BY ERRIN HAINES institute devoted to the civil rights German hostages in Iraq in video Associated Press writer leader’s legacy — were lowered to BAGHDAD, Iraq — A roadside bomb killed a British ATLANTA — Coretta Scott half-staff. soldier in southern Iraq Tuesday as a new video from King, who worked to keep her “She wore her grief with grace. kidnappers threatened to kill two German hostages if husband’s dream alive with a chin- She exerted her leadership with Germany fails to stop cooperating with the Iraqi govern- held-high grace and serenity that dignity,” the Rev. Joseph Lowery, ment. made her a powerful symbol of the who helped found the Southern In a series of apparent sectarian killings, police Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s creed Christian Leadership Conference found the bodies of 16 handcuffed and blindfolded of brotherhood and nonviolence, with King’s husband in 1957. young men around Baghdad, and gunmen shot dead the died Tuesday. She was 78. Former Atlanta Mayor An- wife and two sons of a Sunni Arab cleric north of the The “first lady of the civil rights drew Young, one of Martin Luther capital. movement” died in her sleep dur- King’s top aides, said Coretta Scott ing the night at an alternative King’s fortitude rivaled that of her U.N.: Iran holds illicit nuke papers medicine clinic in Mexico, her husband. “She was strong if not family said. Arrangements were stronger than he was,” Young said. VIENNA, Austria — The U.N. nuclear watchdog agency being made to fly the body back to Coretta Scott King was a sup- said in a report Tuesday that Iran obtained documents and drawings on the black market that serve no other Atlanta. portive lieutenant to her husband purpose than to make an atomic warhead. during the most dangerous and She had been recovering from a Tehran warned of an “end of diplomacy” if plans to serious stroke and heart attack suf- tumultuous days of the civil rights refer it to the U.N. Security Council are carried out. fered last August. Just two weeks movement, and after his assas- The report by the agency, ahead of a meeting of its ago, she made her first public ap- sination in Memphis, Tenn., on 35-member board Thursday, also confirmed informa- pearance in a year on the eve of her April 4, 1968, she carried on his tion recently provided by diplomats familiar with the late husband’s birthday. work while also raising their four Iran probe that Tehran has not started small-scale Doctors at the clinic said King children. AP photo: Gene Herrick uranium enrichment since announcing it would earlier was battling advanced ovarian “I’m more determined than ever this month. cancer when she arrived there on that my husband’s dream will be- The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is welcomed with a kiss by his wife Coretta after leav- Thursday. The doctors said the come a reality,” the young widow ing court in Montgomery, Ala., in this March 22, 1956 file photo. Coretta Scott King, Hamas searching for new donors cause of death was respiratory fail- said soon after his slaying. who turned a life shattered by her husband’s assassination into one devoted to en- ure. She pushed and goaded poli- shrining his legacy of human rights and equality, has died. She was 78. RAMALLAH, West Bank — A senior Hamas official said News of her death led to tributes ticians for more than a decade Tuesday that the Islamic militant group is already looking to King across Atlanta, including a to have her husband’s birthday cial Change in Atlanta and used was with her husband when he was for new sources of funding after the international community threatened to cut off aid, warning that Hamas will not moment of silence in the Georgia observed as a national holiday, it to confront hunger, unemploy- assassinated, said Tuesday that she Capitol and piles of flowers placed achieving success in 1986. In 1969 be “blackmailed.” ment, voting rights and racism. understood that every time her Osama Hamdan, a member of the group’s exiled lead- at the tomb of her slain husband. she founded the Martin Luther “The center enables us to go out husband left home, there was the Flags at the King Center — the King Jr. Center for Nonviolent So- ership, spoke a day after international donors said millions and struggle against the evils in chance he might not come back. of dollars in aid could be in jeopardy if Hamas does not our society,” she often said. Jackson pronounced her a “free- change its violent ways. A life and a legacy to remember She also accused movie and dom fighter.” Coretta Scott King continued the legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. for almost 38 years. Hamas will likely find it difficult to persuade Muslim June 18 Jan. 30 February 1959 Aug. 28 Dec. 10 June 26 Nov. 3 Jan. 31 TV companies, video arcades, gun “Like all great champions she nations to make up a shortfall from a Western aid cut, Marries Bomb thrown A month with King King receives Founded the President Family the Rev. onto the husband in India delivers “I Nobel Peace Martin Luther Reagan announced manufacturers and toy makers of learned to function with pain and and the threat of no money remains the international Martin Kingsʼ Ala. studying Gandhiʼs Have A Prize King Jr. signed bill, death promoting violence. keep serving,” he said, adding: community’s best weapon to get Hamas to moderate its Luther home. No one techniques of Dream” April 4 Memorial Martin Aug. 16 King Jr. injured nonviolence speech King Center in Luther King Suffered King became a symbol in her “She kept marching. She did not ideology. assassinated Atlanta Jr. National Holiday stroke own right of her husband’s struggle flinch.” Hamas, which has killed hundreds of Israelis in suicide

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EDITORIAL/OUR VIEW They’re on Our Side Health Services remembers its patients, we should remember our patience

On Jan. 19 Student Health Ser- EDITORIAL Student Health Services substance stepped out of their doctors and However, students should not vices announced that it would be abuse education coordinator, center nurses shoes and into the shoes of see this as an opportunity to jump ROUNDUP moving to an appointment-only sys- officials plan to conduct surveys and students. This deserves our thanks. up and down, ranting and raving at The issue: tem. Less than a week later, student meet with students for suggestions Although the center’s staff every proposal because we’ve won The Health Center concerns about the policy surfaced on the proposed policy. He also said showed respect for student opin- two for the team. Not all decisions postponed the appointment-only policy and it opted to postpone the plan a Student Health Advisory Com- ions, it was also the students who should be made based on student until the summer to until summer. Health Service ad- mittee will convene once a month to showed self-respect. By voicing our opinions, but it’s nice to know that get more student ministrators lent a sympathetic ear, discuss student concerns on many concerns, we let the center know our voice is heard. Students should feedback. We suggest: just as a good doctor would do and issues, not just the appointment the policy made many apprehen- continue to speak up. The Health Center made a decision that students can system. sive. This is the second time within For now, the Health Center deserves thanks for appreciate and respect. Taking time out of an already the past two weeks that the student will accept walk-ins, and students listening to students’ concerns. Health Services decided to gather busy schedule to discuss specific body has affected the outcome of should do their best to demonstrate student input and clarify the policy issues with students face-to-face a significant issue. Students also patience while the kinks are worked before going forward, sending the shows dedication and courtesy on spoke up about the Plus Minus out. By the time summer arrives, message that students come first. Health Services’ part. They, in a grading system, which was turned there will hopefully be a policy hos- According to Greg Bateson, sense, hung up the white coats and down on Jan. 20. pitable for all.

GUEST COLUMN Eavesdropping on Terror National Disinterest Politicians decide what is best Government snooping serves to keep us safe for the whole world

arning: by read- by members of ou’ve got to give George W. based on unreliable data? ing this you may Congress have YBush credit. No matter what We in Third World coun- be watched. No, supported this happens, no matter how his tries are inured to the “greater not really, please statement. policies go wrong, he is always good”—here it’s called “national Wgo about your daily activities. Bush con- optimistic about them. interest.” When a government The National Security Agency tinues, “If [a His simplistic and child- attains power, it’s in the national isn’t watching you, and no, the suspected ter- ish version of the world always interest. When it is sent home president doesn’t read your rorist is] making a phone call seems to keep him happy. packing, it’s in the national inter- e-mail. in the United States. It seems For a while he did not want est. For some reason, the person Both print and broadcast like to me we want to know to listen to criticism about his in power always knows what the news would have you believe why.” policies. Had he been a leader national interest is and almost that every international call or Sure, the techniques make in a Third World country, he always makes sure it is not dis- e-mail is being recorded and privacy advocates and con- could’ve taken advantage of turbed. analyzed by President Bush. cerned citizens’ skin crawl, but censorship. Due to the obstinacy It seems like the same kind Well, it’s true, but only if your take note — there has not been of the western press, he had to of mentality has crept into Brit- conversation is about attacking another attack on America on change his tactics a bit. Now he ish politics, or it may be that all Americans. the scale of 9/11 since that listens, or at least pretends to lis- politicians are made of the same For example, if I’m convers- date. These wiretaps have ten, to his share of criticism. clay. When they cannot make ing with an Arabic newspaper led to arrests. It’s working. But that has not changed his plausible excuses, they turn to in Qatar, do I expect privacy in The brass tacks about thinking. He still speaks of the vague phrases — terrorism, my cor- this is that Bush says he “greater greater good, the right thing, etc. respon- kept wiretaps on a very select good,” — and I fail to understand why a dence? group of individuals, namely pointing person wielding power could be No. those on the terror watch out that any wiser than me. Why can he Ac- list. If you think e-mails to a British see the benefit of something that