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NATO allies split over Iraq
Faltering unity shadows U.S. push for approval for war
George W. Bush
WASHINGTON (AP) — A
widening split between the United
States and three NATO allies could
impede President Bush’s chances of
gaining support at the United
Nations for war as an option to dis-
arm Iraq.
France, Germany and Belgium
jointly vetoed on Monday a U.S.-
backed measure to authorize NATO
to make plans to protect Turkey if
Iraq attacks it. Russia then joined
France and Germany in demanding
strengthened weapons inspections in
Iraq, which the Bush administration
considers virtually useless.
“I am disappointed that France
would block NATO from helping a
country like Hirkey prepare,” Bush
said. “I don’t understand that deci-
sion. It affects the alliance in a nega-
tive way.”
France’s stand on Tlxrkey could
signal its steadfast opposition or
even a threatened veto to a •U.S.-
backed resolution at the United
Nations that would authorize force
to disarm Iraq and remove President
Saddam Hussein from power.
In Brussels Tuesday, NATO
strove to surmount the standoff —
one of the worst crises in its 53-year
history. A second emergency meeting
of the alliance’s decision-making
North Atlantic Council was post-
poned for five hours while diplomats
held “intensive informal negotia-
tions” to resolve the deadlock, said a
NATO official speaking on condition
of anonymity.
Secretary of State Colin Powell
planned to testify Tuesday on Capitol
Hill to try to inspire more support
from Congress for the war option.
His detailed indictment of Iraq as a
deceptive stockpiler of weapons of
mass destruction at the U.N. Security
Council last week won instant praise
from members of Congress, but
skepticism about going to war
remains strong.
Sen. Joseph Lieberman, D-
Conn., lined up with the Bush admin-
istration in saying he was deeply
troubled by the NATO allies’ move.
Lieberman, a candidate for the
Democratic presidential nomination
in 2004, said “it’s time to tone down
the rhetoric and stop shouting at
each other.”
In Iraq, U.N. weapons inspectors
paid a surprise visit to a Baghdad
missile plant Tuesday as internation-
al experts met behind closed doors in
New York to assess whether Iraq’s
short-range missiles can fly farther
than permitted under U.N. edicts.
In their daily rounds of inspec-
tions, conducted despite a Muslim
holiday in Iraq, a U.N. team went to a
Nissan factory, which makes molds
and casts, including components for
Iraq’s al-Samoud ballistic missiles,
the Information Ministry reported.
See NATO, Page 2
Career Fair Expo
slated for Thursday
in McDonald Gym
Jason White
University Press staff writer
The Lamar Career Center will sponsor its annual
career fair, titled Spring Career Expo, Thursday in the
McDonald Gymnasium from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Pantheia Evans, a counselor at the Career Center,
said the Career began 13 years ago as a solution to the
problem of companies and businesses looking for ways to
recruit Lamar students. Since then, businesses have had the
opportunity to come to Lamar and talk with students, all in
g one place. •— • : : .
The event, hosted and organized by the center, acts as
a meeting ground between recruiters searching for new
applicants and students looking for new job opportunities.
Evans said the purpose of the fair is to give all students
a chance to learn what kinds of businesses might hold their
job interests.
“It gives the students an opportunity to network with
other recruits coming on and maybe an opportunity to find
out what’s out there and what’s available,” Evans said.
For graduating seniors, especially, the fair is a good
start to know what businesses or companies are the right
choice according to the job descriptions.
“Once you come to your graduating level, you want to
at least have an opportunity to know which direction you
would like to go into,” Evans said.
Businesses, both locally and regionally, descend upon
Lamar’s fair every year, offering professional and personal
interaction with students interested in exploring their pres-
ent or future career options.
Each company will have its own booth set up, display-
See CAREER FAIR, page 2
Muslims
gather
to pray
during Hajj
pilgrimage
Some of the thousands of
Muslims gathered at the holy
Mountain Arafat, Saudi Arabia,
near to the holy stone where they
say prayers during the Hajj, on
Monday. The Hajj pilgrimage
peaks Monday with prayers at
Mount Arafat, a gentle hill 12
miles southwest of Mecca. The
time spent at Mount Arafat is
believed to symbolize Judgment
Day, when Islam says every per-
son will stand before God and
answer for his deeds.
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Distinguished Faculty Lecture Series
Committee seeks nominations
Lamar University is seeking
nominations for the 2003 honoree
in the Distinguished Faculty
Lecture Series, sponsored by the
Lamar Faculty Senate*
Lamar faculty, staff, students,
alumni and the retired faculty and
staff are being invited to nominate
outstanding teacher/scholars for the
award, which is now in its 17th year,
said' Dianna Rivers, chair of the
Distinguished Faculty Lecturer
Award Committee.
Friday is the deadline for nom-
inations.
“This award, which includes a
$1,500 stipend, is one of the highest
honors accorded a Lamar faculty
member,” Rivers said.
The recipient for 2003 will be
announced May 7 at a meeting of
the Faculty Senate. During the fall
semester, on a date to be
announced, the honoree will pres-
ent a lecture to the Lamar commu-
nity and university guests in the
University Theatre. The text of the
lecture/presentation will be pub-
lished and distributed to those
attending the event. Copies also
will be sent to each Texas
University library and to other uni-
versities throughout the United
States.
Each nominee must be a full-
time faculty member at Lamar
University “who clearly expresses
the university ideal of searching for
knowledge through critical inquiry
on his or her own discipline, and
who supports and appreciates criti-
cal inquiry in the other disciplines
of the university,” according to
selection guidelines. Nominees
must have completed one year of
service and be currently teaching at
least nine hours.
Jim Sanderson, professor of
English, was the honoree in 2002.
“The committee that selects
the lecturer is unique in that it is
composed of faculty members and
representatives from the student
body, staff administration, alumni
and faculty retirees,” Rivers said.
“The entire university and the
general community are invited to
nominate prospective lecturers, and
the committee selects the honoree
based on the professor’s proposed
topic and on his/her professional
background and recognized teach-
ing/presentation skills.”
Rivers, assistant professor of
nursing and a faculty member since
1996, is serving her first year as
chair of the Distinguished Faculty
Lecturer Award Committee.
The Lamar Faculty Senate cre-
ated the committee structure and
guidelines for the lecture series,
which Lamar initiated in the spring
of 1987 and selected John Storey,
Regents’ Professor of history, as the
first recipient. Other Distinguished
Faculty Lecturers have included
Regents’ Professors William Pampe
(geology), Joe Pizzo (physics),
Naaman Woodland and John Car-
roll (history), Sam Parigi (econom-
ics) and Jerry Newman (art) and
University Professors Jean An-
drews (deaf education), Keith
Carter (art), Ronald Fritze (history)
and R.S. “Sam” Gwynn (English).
Other honorees have been profes-
sors Donna Birdwell-Sykes (an-
thropology), James Esser (psychol-
ogy) and Jim Jordan and Jim
Westgate (geology).
Nominations must be submit-
ted in writing and mailed to Dianna
Rivers, Chair, Distinguished Faculty
Lecture Award Committee, P.O.
Box 10081, Beaumont, Texas 77710.
Additional information may be
obtained from Rivers, phone, (409)
880-8826; fax (409) 880-1865; or
email riversdl@hal.lamar.edu. v
New regulations set
for foreign students
Justin Ward
University Press staff writer
A meeting was held Friday to
inform international students about
recent changes made to immigra-
tion law. The changes are a result of
a mandatory implementation by all
colleges and universities of the
Student and Exchange Visitor
Information System (SEVIS), an
Internet-based program used to
track international students who are
studying in America on a student
visa, according to a press release
from the INS.
SEVIS is used to collect infor-
mation about students regarding
their enrollment, including the
number of hours they are taking
and their current address.
“We need to have you enrolled
to ensure that you are still a student
and in good standing with the INS,”
Jerry Bradley, dean of graduate
studies, said.
New regulations require gradu-
ate students to be enrolled for a
minimum of nine hours and under-
graduates to be enrolled for a mini-
mum of 12 hours, Bradley said. With
the recommendation of their
department heads and the approval
of the dean, graduating scholarship
students may take fewer than 9
hours during their last semester
only.
“Failure to maintain continuous
enrollment will result in students
being out of status with the INS,”
Bradley said, “the consequences for
which include termination of
employment. If you’re out of status
and you work on campus you will
lose your job.”
The system also requires that
students from certain countries,
including but not limited to Iraq,
Syria, Saudi Arabia, and others, go
through a process of special regis-
tration.
SEVIS requires all colleges to
issue 1-20 forms that certify both a
student’s acceptance to a college
and enrollment.
An electronic system that
would allow information on stu-
dents to be shared instantly was
developed in the mid 1990s but did
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