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Page 2 Wednesday, September 6,2006 At £ Glance The Signpost ...AND \x>m te OKAY, 6ORRY- THIS I S A U I CAN PAY FOR. WE PONT HAVE SOrtE TABLES AT THAT DINER AFRAID TO SHAKE I T FOR Of THE TURNPIKE/ I ' M THOSE TRUCKERS. BUSY/ I HAVE STUFF T o p o / THIS APARTMENT SMELLS. Campus Calendar Services for Women Students Single Body Image Support Group; 1:30 p.m.; Student Services Center Room 152. Monday, September 25 • Department of Performing Arts Marching Band Review; 4 p.m.; Stewart Stadium; $25/$5; Call 626-6431 for more information. WSU Alumni Association toastmasters International; noon; Alumni Center. • Services for Women Students Single Mom Support Group; noon; Student Services Center Room 167. • Anthropology: panel discussion: "As Rich as Croeseus: Traders in the Ancient World"; Social Science Building Room 103; 12 p.m. Greek Readers Theatre presents"Tragedy Tomorrow, Comedy Today: Aristophanes' Peace"; Contains mature themes. Stewart Library Special Collections; 1 p.m. Wednesday, September 27 Tuesday, September 26 • • Latter-day Saint Student Association devotional; 10a.m.;OgdenLDS Institute of Religion; free. "Time Management and Goal Setting" presented by WSU Nontraditional Student Center; presented by Randy Reid and Jennifer O | i r l / \ l # r | I see Solutions page 10 u d 0 k u 6 2 4 9 5 2 4 7 9 1 3 9 5 1 Grandi; Stewart Library Special Collections; noon, Goddard School of Business & Economics Toastmasters International; 12:30 p.m.; Wattis Business Building Room 111. WSU Department of Performing Arts presents Greek Readers Theatre; Euripides' Electra; 6:30 p.m. Val A. Browning . Center Garrison Choral Room; Free; 7:30 p.m. Val A. Browning Center Austad Auditorium S8.50/S5.50. For more information call 626-6431. Department of Performing Arts Marching Band Review; 4 p.m.; Stewart Stadium; $25/$5; Call 626-6431 for more information. Greek Music; David Feller lecture/demonstration; Val A. Browning Center Room 210; 1 p.m. "Everything You Need to Know to Understand the Show"; Jim Svendsen; Val A. Browning Center Room 210; 6:30 p.m. Classical Greek Theatre presents Euripes' Elektra; 7:30 p.m.; Val A. Browning center Austad Auditorium; tickets $8.50/$5.50 3 7 2 5 Every Wed.; Ott Planetarium Show;$2/$1; 7 p.m.; "Legends of the Night Sky; Orion." 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The train was undergoing a test run when it ran into a maintenance car that was accidentally on the tracks. The cars are routinely used for clearing debris such as tree branches from the rails. Two maintenance personnel were onboard the maintenance car when the incident occurred; details of their fate have not been released. NASHUA, N.H.-A Nashua middle school had quite a scare Wednesday when a 13year-old student pulled a knife on one of his classmates. The two were arguing, according to police, when the boy took a small knife from his pocket. The blade was open. A teacher and witnesses quickly diffused the incident, and the 13-year-old was charged with first-degree assault and criminal threatening. He was released to his parents. BAGHDAD, IRAQ - An explosion rocked through the city of Sadr, Saturday, killing at least 34 people. The tragedy coincided with the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Crowds of shoppers were purchasing supplies in larger-than-usual numbers in order to stock up for the holy month. The bomb went off as the shoppers gathered behind a fuel tanker. The Sunniextremist group Jamaat Jund alSahaba claimed responsibility for the attack, citing it was a retaliation to recent attacks on Sunni Arab homes and mosques in Baghdad, although the claim has not been verified. SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH-An outbreak of canine influenza was reported in a Salt Lake City kennel. The dog that contracted the possibly fatal disease was discovered by the . kennel's owner to be exhibiting symptoms, :'•' which include loss of appetite, moist coughing and fever. The virus, according to • Utah Department of Agriculture and Food Veterinarian Dr. Warren Hess, can kill in five to eight percent of dogs, although most dogs can recover without any treatment. Call [phone] to report any suspected case of the virus. House Passes border security measures By Dave Montgomery, McClatchy-Tribune WASHINGTON _ The House of Representatives voted Thursday to armstateandlocallawenforcement officers with powers to arrest undocumented immigran ts as Republicans continued to stitch together pre-election initiatives to fortify the nation's porous borders and get tough on illegal immigration. The Republican-led House also voted to impose stiff penalties for the construction of border tunnels and declared the United States offlimits to immigrant gang members. The bills were the latest in a series of border security measures that House GOP leaders hope to push through Congress before lawmakers break next week to campaign for the Nov. 7 elections. The Senate is considering a House-passedbilltoconstructmore than 700 miles of fencing along the SouthwestborderbuLisn't expected to vote on the measure until early next week. President Bush said he'll sign the bill but he wants Congress to revive efforts aimed at a more comprehensive retooling of the nation's immigration laws, including the creation of a temporary guest worker program. The proposed Immigration Law Enforcement Act of 2006, which House members sent to the Senate by a vote of 277-140, would enable state and local law officials to help enforce federal immigration laws. They would be empowered to make arrests and detain illegal immigrants for transfer to federal immigration officers. Sponsors of the bill said police and sheriff's deputies already have an inherent authority to make immigration arrests but added that their bill clarifies and reaffirms that authority. Opponents argued that the measure dangerously expands the powers of local officers and could interfere with more pressing crimefighting duties. Democrats and immigrant advocacy groups said the bill was part of Republicans' strategy to send a get-tough message on illegal immigration before the elections. Rep. Zoe Lofgren, DCalif., denounced the strategy as political "fluff." But House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., and other members of his leadership team said Republicans are responding to what they said is an overwhelming public demand to protect the border and halt the flow of illegal immigrants. More than 11 million illegal immigrants have entered the country over the past two decades. House leaders also have indicated that they'll attempt to attach thebordersecurity initiatives to a must-pass appropriation bill for the Department of Homeland Security in an attempt to overcome expected resistance in the Senate. A broad immigration bill that the Senate passed in May would create a guest worker program and put many illegal immigrants on track toward U.S. citizenship. A more narrow bill passed by the House in December focused on enforcement and included several of the provisions that Republicans leaders are now recycling as separate measures. House leaders have balked at appointing conferees to negotiate the differences between the two measures, saying that Americans wants Congress to toughen the border first before dealing with a guest worker program. By a unanimous vote of 422-0 on Thursday, House members called for criminal penalties of up to 20 years in prison for anyone who constructs tunnels or finances their construction under the U .S. border. Those who allow the construction of tunnels on their property would be subject to 10 years in prison. The measure is virtually identical to a proposal by Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., that was included in the Senate bill. Rep. James Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, said smugglers increasingly have been using tunnels to ship drugs and human cargo into the United States. He said the tunnels range from "rudimentary gopher holes" to ones with electricity and rails for electric carts. The third measure, passed by a vote of 225-195, calls for the deportation of immigrant gang members and bars them "from receiving asylum or temporary protected status. The bill also allows authorities to keep dangerous immigrants who can't be deported in detention for longer than the current six-month limit. Religion A Ethics Weekly Forum Tuesdays at 1:00 PM Wattis Building Conference Room 218 You are invited to join us each week as we watch and discuss the award-winning PBS program Religion & Ethics Newsweekly. Topics this week: the Catholic Church and Islam; Episcopal Priest, former U.S. Senator and U.N. Ambassador John Danforth; and the Rev. Janie Brooks, Children's Hospital Chaplain. 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