Campus funding and expansion plans highlighted during campus tour
Students need skills for good jobs as funding varies with lottery revenue. Six to eleven credit hours earn $39 per hour in lottery aid, with fall and part time amounts to be set. CSRA Manufacturing and Technology Training Center adds a chemical lab and a health science facility slated for 2003, while Graham tours the campus expressing excitement for the new year.
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Csra Manufacturing and Technology Training Center
Bush pledges to explain Iraq decision to nation
White House aide Dan Bartlett says President Bush would fully explain any move to remove Saddam Hussein if action is taken. Cheney joins a White House meeting on military transformation and missile defense. Bush stresses no timetable, promises consultation with Congress and allies.
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Saddam Hussein
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Saddam
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Richard Myers
Claire Buchan
Ses
Sion
Pentagon
Bush Administration
Congress
Sen
Chuck Hagel
R-Neb
CNN
Bartlett
ABC
Nuclear plutonium shipments stir security debate
Officials from the Bush administration and lawmakers acknowledge sealed details as about six metric tons of weapons grade plutonium move from Rocky Flats to South Carolina over 18 months. Armed federal agents guard trucks and a national center tracks convoy movements. Delays stem from protests and legal actions, with DOE intent to finish by 2006 and to remove waste by 2008, cost concerns cited for security and cleanup funding.
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Jim Hodges
Fritz Hollings
Lindsey Graham
John Spratt
Columbia
Rocky Flats
Sas
Matthew Bunn
Harvard University
Clinton
New Mexico
South Carolina
Abraham
Sen
DOE
Energy Department
Denver
Allard
Rodges
Ater
4Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Blood drive honors Robbie in memory of leukemia battle
Culbreath leads annual blood drive with Red Cross to ease shortages in Aiken and honor Robbie Culbreath who died in 1998 after a two year leukemia struggle. The event aims to collect at least 32 pints of blood during the birthday week, with emphasis on platelets and bone marrow testing. The drive runs Friday from 10 am to 5 pm at the Red Cross mobile unit beside the New Moon Café.
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Culbreath
Aiken
Red Cross
Culreath
Red Cross Bloodmobile
New Moon Café
Willcox hosts wine dinner pairing vintages with gourmet fare
The Willcox offered a sold out wine dinner with five courses and over five wines for 52 per person. Harvard's Wine and Beverage curated the selections from New Zealand and California producers as guests learned from staffers Dave Commons and Sam Bradford. The event drew local wine enthusiasts and will return at future venues including the Aiken Hotel Tuscany Grill in late September.
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Will Cox
Libby Cook
Harvard
Wine and Beverage
Whiskey Road
Aiken
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Cook
New Zealand
California
Russian River Valley
Napa Valley
Livingston Moffett Vineyard
Evangelio Vineyard
Dave Commons
Sam Bradford
Weather Outlook: Heat and Thunderstorms Forecast This Week
Forecaster Hunter warns of hot sticky afternoons with a strong chance of storms. Temperatures expected mid 90s today and tomorrow, then low 90s later in the week as humidity remains high.
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Midland Valley adopts new daily schedule for students
The Midland Valley students will follow a revised day from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. with a lunch and recess hour. All grades will have daily art and Spanish and engage in more outdoor activities, with an afterschool program from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. for working parents, said Thomas.
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