University Press (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 80, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, September 26, 2003 Page: 1 of 4
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Fall Fling
Saturday
at LIT
Lamar Institute of
Technology’s second
annual Fall Fling is
set for Saturday on
the LIT campus.
The event is spon-
sored by the LIT
Alumni Association
and will feature spe-
cialties such as a car
show and Motorcycle
Poker Run.
“Fall Fling,” said
Carey Wesley, chair of
the LIT department
of technology, “is a
great opportunity for
folks to get an up-
close look at our cam-
pus and the more
than 50 career pro-
grams the
institute...offers.”
Wesley said, that
it’s a great opportuni-
ty for area families to
enjoy a day of festivi-
ties, food and com-
raderie.
Community
TAN sets
12 th annual
fund-raiser
for AIDS
Friends of the
Triangle AIDS
Network will cele-
brate the ’60s at
“Hairspray ... The
Beehive Ball” -
TAN’s annual “Paint
the Town Red” gala -
Oct. 23 at the
Beaumont Country
Club.
This over-the-top
evening of art, auc-
tions, entertainment
and fine dining is now
in its 12th year as the
major annual fund-
raiser to benefit TAN.
It’s a blast from the
past - a tribute to TV
dance parties, big hair,
outrageous outfits and
colorful kitsch.
Festivities begin
with a champagne
reception, hors d’oeu-
vres and a silent auc-
tion at 6:30 p.m. The
live auction begins at
7:15 p.m., with a ’60s-
inspired buffet at 8
p.m. and the live auc-
tion to resume after
dinner.
Senate approves redistricting map
AUSTIN (AP) — The
GOP won a victory when the
Senate gave final approval to a
redistricting plan, but now
Republicans must settle a dis-
pute among themselves over
how West Texas districts are
drawn.
“I’m kind of an optimist,”
said Republican Sen. Robert
Duncan of Lubbock, who is at
the center of the clash with
Republican House Speaker
Tom Craddick over the dis-
tricts. “I think some end game
will be reached.”
The bill emerged from the
Texas Senate on Wednesday
after four turbulent months,
two Democratic walkouts and
three special sessions. It passed
on a 18-12 vote mostly along
party lines. One Democrat, Sen.
Ken Armbrister, D-Victoria,
voted for the plan, and Sen. Teel
Bivins was the lone Republican
against it.
Democrats fought the
GOP push on redistricting at
every step, arguing that the cur-
rent lines shouldn’t change.
They repeatedly said the effort
was nothing more than a parti-
san power grab led by U.S.
House Majority Leader Tom
DeLay, R-Sugar Land.
“It’s about power, the raw
naked grab for power,” said
Sen. Eliot Shapleigh, D-El Paso.
Republicans control the
Texas House and Senate and
occupy every statewide elected
office.
See REDISTRICT, page 2
Sen. Jeff
Wentworth, R-
San Antonio,
debates in favor
of his version of
a congressional
redistricting
map, left, dur-
ing the Senate
session on
Tuesday night,
in Austin. His
version was
voted down.
AP photoselect •
SSC Organization Fair
Approximately 52
Lamar student organi-
zations participated in
the Setzer Student
Center Organization
Fair Thursday in the
Arbor.
The event, held
from 9:30 a.m. until 1
p.m. gave groups a
chance to introduce
their goals to students
and to attract addition-
al members who have
similar interests.
Groups were
allowed to set up
tables and display
fliers, scrapbooks and
other recruitment and
educational material
describing their pur-
poses, membership
requirements and
accomplishments.
Some 163 student
organizations are offi-
cially registered on
campus this semester,
Valarie Black, SSC .
assistant director of
student organizations,
said.
UPMichelleCate
Lumberton junior Cody
Guediy and Port Arthur
senior Glenda Yamiieth
speak to students about
their group, Circulo de
Espanol, which promotes
learning the Spanish lan-
guage and culture.
Camp Delta
security
probe
widens
Investigations continue
after arrests
of Army chaplain,
Arabic translator
The WASHINGTON POST
WASHINGTON — Military authori-
ties are investigating possible security
breaches by as many as four other serv-
ice members in the wake of arrests of a
Muslim chaplain and an Arabic transla-
tor on suspicion of possible espionage at
the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo
Bay, Cuba, government sources said
Wednesday.
Members of the Air Force and Navy
are the focus of two of the newly dis-
closed investigations, according to U.S.
officials, who would not say whether any
of the cases involve personnel who have
served at the prison on the U.S. naval
base where the government is holding
660 alleged terrorists.
Marine Gen. Peter Pace, vice chair-
man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, suggest-
ed Wednesday that the investigation has
expanded beyond the espionage-related
arrests of Army Capt. James "Yousef”
Yee, an Islamic cleric at Guantanamo
See CAMP DELTA, page 2
Hillary Clinton memoir altered by Chinese publisher
China changes segments of its hottest seller, claiming political sensitivity
BEIJING (AP) — The
Chinese-language version of
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s
autobiography has been cen-
sored for mainland readers, an
action that “amazed and out-
raged” the former first lady. Her
American publisher demanded
Wednesday that the edition be
recalled.
Clinton’s memoir, “Living
History,” one of China’s hottest-
selling books, runs 466 pages in
Chinese and contains at least 10
segments where politically sen-
sitive topics were changed or
deleted. They include material
on Harry Wu, a Chinese-
American human rights activist,
and the 1989 Tiananmen Square
pro-democracy protests.
Such retooling is a common
practice by Beijing’s authoritar-
ian communist government,
which tightly controls all media
and the Internet despite prom-
ises of growing openness in an
increasingly free-market econo-
my.
“We have made technical
changes to the content in some
parts of the book in order to
win more Chinese readers,” said
Liu Feng, deputy editor-in-chief
of Yilin Publishing House, the
publisher of the Chinese ver-
sion.
“But,” Liu insisted, “the
changes do not hurt the integri-
ty of the book.”
Since the memoir was
released in China on Aug. 3,
more than 200,000 copies have
been printed in at least four edi-
tions.
“Unbelievable! I was
amazed and outraged that they
would censor me again,” the
New York senator told The
Associated Press outside an
unrelated Senate hearing in
Washington on Wednesday
morning.
Clinton said the publisher
is putting up an English and
Mandarin Web site so people in
China can access censored por-
tions.
Asked why she thought the
censorship occurred, Clinton
replied: “Why does any govern-
ment keep information? They
want to control the opinions
and minds of their citizens.” She
called such an attempt “increas-
ingly futile” in the Internet era.
Simon & Schuster, the mem-
oir’s U.S. publisher, has in-
formed Yilin that its actions are
a “breach of contract.”
“Yilin Press represented
their edition to be a complete
and accurate translation of the
See HILLARY, page 2
U.S. soldiers of the
101 Airborne divi-
sion pass by
destroyed Humvees
after an explosion in
Mosul, Iraq, 400
kms (250 miles)
north of Baghdad,
Thursday. Seven
American soldiers
were wounded when
two roadside bombs
exploded as their
convoy passed at
about 9 a.m. on the
western side of the
city.
AP photoselect
Suit dropped accusing 66-year-old woman
downloaded 2,000 songs — even 6I’m a Thug’
BOSTON (AP) — In a possible case of
mistaken identity, the recording industry has
withdrawn a lawsuit accusing a 66-year-old
woman of illegally downloading and sharing
more than 2,000 songs online, including the rap
song “I’m a Thug.”
Sarah Seabury Ward and her husband use
their computer and Internet connection to send
e-mail to their children and grandchildren, said
Electronic Frontier Foundation attorney Cindy
Cohn, who has worked with the family.
And the Wards use a Macintosh, which
cannot run the software needed for the Kazaa
file-sharing service they are accused of using
illegally.
The Newbury woman was one of 261
defendants sued by the Recording Industry
Association of America this month for alleged
illegal file-sharing of copyright material. The
industry threatened to hold her liable for up
to $150,000 for each song.
The RIAA withdrew the case Friday, call-
ing the move a “gesture of good faith” but
telling Ward’s attorney the organization will
continue to investigate and reserves the right
to refile the lawsuit.
RIAA spokesperson Amy Weiss said
Wednesday the group still believes it traced
See SUIT, page 2
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