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total renovation of two classrooms in
Gambrell Hall.
If approved by the full board,
classrooms 005 and 006 will be
renovated, including new seating,
interior and exterior finishes, and
multimedia equipment.
“It is very important that we not only
keep our rooms up to par for students
and parents that come, but for the
technology sake as well,” Kelly said. “A
lot of classrooms are getting their face
lifts for the first time.
The full Board of Trustees will meet
Dec. 13.
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A graphical view of the Bates House walkway, which would be
renovated with plants and covered walkways for spectators.
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“We moved in and nothing was
finished,” said Moody, a second-year
electronic journalism student.
Luna explained that housing officials
decided to open the nearly completed
residence hall this fall rather than
temporarily place students in hotels.
Moody said malfunctioning fire alarm
systems — alarms have awakened her on
a handful of occasions in the early
morning hours this semester — and
plumbing problems have made her regret
choosing the apartment-style hall. Last
week, Moody said a pipe burst in her
bathroom, and water flooded her
apartment, ruining rugs and some of her
clothes.
To make matters worse, Moody
continued, she has had to contend with
hoots of “hey, baby” and “mamacita”
from some contractors working on West
Quad.
“It’s something you shouldn’t have to
deal with when you’re walking to class,”
she said.
Luna said that before campus projects
begin, housing officials spell out clear
guidelines governing contractors’
conduct.
“If there’s any inappropriate
comments by the contractors to students,
and we can identify who that contractor
is, we expect them to be removed
immediately,” * he said. “That has
happened at West Quad.”
Luna also said students have a right to
be upset over frequent alarms and burst
water pipes.
“Some of those students that are upset
in my view have legitimate complaints,”
he said. “If I’m in their shoes, I would
find it not very good either.”
Luna said the problems, particularly
the false fire alarms, were typical of new
buildings on campus.
“It seems to take a bit of time to get all
the bugs out of those systems,” he said.
He said housing officials met with West
Quad student staff members last week to
address complaints.
While Moody plans to move out in
the spring, other West Quad residents say
their experience has been positive.
“A lot of people complain about all
the stuff that’s going on in West Quad,
but I really like it,” said Diana Chen, a
second-year pharmacy student who lives
in building C. “I understand that it’s a
new building, and there’s a lot of
problems in the beginning.”
And Moody’s roommate, second-year
hospitality student Valerie Rubenstein,
said she’s enjoyed her time in the “green”
residence hall.
“I don’t have that many complaints,
besides the flooding and all that,” she
said.
West Quad, which includes an
outdoor amphitheater, a learning center
powered partly by a hydrogen fuel cell, a
turf roof and a cafe, is the second
residence hall of its kind worldwide.
Carnegie Mellon University opened the
first “green” hall last fall.
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Aide says Arafat ‘sleeping’
By LARA SUKHTIAN
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CLAMART, France — Yasser
Arafat was not in a coma but
remained in intensive care Saturday
after undergoing more medical tests,
a senior aide to the ailing Palestinian
leader said. Test results were
expected within days.
Nabil Abu Rdeneh, Arafat’s
spokesman, would not say whether
his announcement meant Arafat
had emerged from a coma or
whether he had not been comatose
at all. He also refused to say whether
he saw Arafat personally, and he did
not specify the nature of the new
medical tests.
“He is not in a coma,” Abu
Rdeneh told reporters after coming
out of the French military hospital
where Arafat has been treated for more
than a week.
“He is under strict medical
observance. We hope that in the
coming few days we will be able to
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know exactly what he is suffering
from. So far, nobody could diagnose
the situation,” he said at about
midnight, adding that Arafat’s
condition was stable.
“Right now he is sleeping.”
Doctors have not yet made public
any diagnosis, but the Palestinian
envoy to France, Leila Shahid, said
Friday that the 75-year-old Arafat
was in a coma and “at a critical point
between life and death.”
Earlier, hospital spokesman Gen.
Christian Estripeau described Arafat’s
condition as unchanged from Friday.
Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed
Qureia, in a bid to preserve calm, made
a rare visit to the Gaza Strip for talks
with rival Palestinian groups.
Qureia met for four hours with
representatives of the 13 major
Palestinian factions, including
Hamas and Islamic Jihad, as well as
security chiefs, lawmakers and
officials of Arafat’s Fatah faction.
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“maricon,” a Spanish slur for gays.
“In a way, not much has changed in
40-plus years,” Klores said. “How
many openly gay male sports figures do
you know?”
Klores describes his film as a story of
both love and violence.
“There are some very sweet and
loving moments because it is a story
about the love these men had in their
lives, but it is also very violent,” Klores
said.
Klores said he had considered
making a documentary about this
event for many years.
“I was always intrigued by the story
because there are so many layers and
elements — love, violence, sexuality,”
Klores said. “I think if one of those
layers had not been there I would not
have been so interested.”
Although Klores said he does not
know how students will respond to the
film, he anticipates seeing their
reaction. He said he thinks students
who enjoyed his first documentary,
“The Boys of Second Street Park,”
which he screened at USC last fall, will
also appreciate “Ring of Fire.”
“In many ways this film is a better
film because it is more layered, but
there is a similarity in terms of
emotion,” Klores said. “If you liked
‘Boys,’ you’ll really love this.”
Matt Sefick, a media arts graduate
student who is helping to coordinate
Klores’ visit, said the opportunity to
see a filmmaker premiere his film
months in advance should attract
viewers.
“Not only do students have the
chance to see the film before anyone
else, they also have the filmmaker on
hand to answer questions,” Sefick said.
“Anyone interested in film or television
should be interested in being a part of
that experience.”
Media arts professor Karla Berry,
coordinator of media arts, said viewers
would not have to be boxing fans to
enjoy the documentary.
“Yes, it is a boxing film, but the
characters are really the heart of this
story,” Berry said. “The film invites
you into their lives, and you see their
past.”
Berry said the film evokes the past
through the use of footage and music
from the time, allowing people to see
and hear what the era was like.
Klores said the documentary has
been purchased by a major network
and would air in early spring. The film
will also be shown at film festivals
starting in January.
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• Kurdish-ruled areas in the north.
Iraqi interim Prime Minister Ayad
AJlawi said the state of emergency is a
“very powerful message that we are
serious” about reining in insurgents
before elections set for late January.
“We want to secure the country so
elections can be done in a peaceful way
and the Iraqi people can participate in
the elections freely, without the
intimidation by terrorists and by forces
who are trying to wreck the political
process in Iraq,” he told reporters.
Allawi said nothing in public about
the beginning of the attack in Fallujah,
although U.S. commanders have said it
would be his responsibility to order the
storming of the city.
Insurgents, meanwhile, waged a
second day of multiple attacks across the
restive Sunni Triangle north and west of
Baghdad, storming police stations,
assassinating government officials and
setting off deadly car bombs. About 60
people have been killed and 75 injured
in the two days of attacks.
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