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The Star-Telegram talked to a few guardsmen about the upcoming mission to the border with Mexico:

National Guard Sgt. Douglas Salley said he will volunteer for deployment to the Mexican border because he wants to stay on active status.

Salley, who served in Iraq, said that his wife is about have a baby in Fort Worth and that he does not have a job to go back to.

“I got to do what I got to do. I’ve got a family to support,” he said. “You have to work 12 hours a day every day just to get the money that I make on active duty.”

Sgt. Alfred Bethea said he will not volunteer to go because he served in Iraq for a year and fears that border service could turn into another yearlong deployment.

Capt. Cameron Lenahan said he will not volunteer because he served in Iraq and is trying to restart his career as a lawyer, this time in Paris in East Texas.

“If they asked me and tell me they desperately need me, I’ll go of course. But I’ve got to get my life back together here,” he said.

See: Guard troops deployed to southern border, By JOHN MORITZ, STAR-TELEGRAM AUSTIN BUREAU, with contributions from staff writer Patrick McGee (Fort Worth Star Telegram: June 6, 2006)

AP (May 30, 2004) The race or ethnicity of applicants to Texas A&M University System Health

Science Center will be among the factors considered for admission beginning with the class of

2006.

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http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/news/state/053004_APstate_admissions.html
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-excerpt from Houston Chronicle—–

by LA MONICA EVERETT-HAYNES (May 29, 2004)

“This is an acknowledgment that we don’t live in a meritocracy and that race can be a

detriment,” Coleman said. “Now A&M should go back and look at its other

policies.”

But board members on Friday said they didn’t believe there were any

inconsistencies in banning race-based decisions at one school while allowing them at

another.

“There are different issues at different institutions and we need to take that

into account,” said Erle Nye, vice chairman of the board. “We need bigger numbers, and we’re

committed to that.”

Gates concurred: “We all have the same goal, and that is to

increase diversity,” he said. “What matters are results, and each institution must develop its own

path. We’ve done that; the Health Science Center has done that.”

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/front/2598182

—–excerpt from

The Batt—–

By Shawn Millender (June 1, 2004)

Rachel Alderson, a senior

biology major is enrolled in medical school for the fall.

“I can see why they made that

decision,” Alderson said. “(Promoting diversity) gives you a unique perspective on different groups

of people and produces a wider variety of practicing doctors for people to choose

from.”

http://www.thebatt.com/global_user_elements/printpage.cfm?

storyid=683803

Hutto Vigil Nine: Please join us in our ninth effort to end the incarceration of families with children in prison cells 35 miles to the northeast of us in Taylor, Texas.

WHEN: Saturday, June 9, 2007, 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM

WHERE: T. Don Hutto Prison, 1400 Welch, Taylor

Humanity has no Borders

Humanity is priceless. No matter how rich and powerful corporations may be, they do not own our Humanity. Being financially well off does not make you more of a human, just as being an asylum-seeking refugee does not make you a lesser human. We have one thing in common, one thing that makes us all equal: our fragile humanity.
We Native People know of the inhumanity of this government. Our ancestors were the first people in America’s prison camps. The reservation system has been and continues to be a horror. Today’s Private Prisons for Profit may not be murdering people outright, but the imprisonment of families, children in particular, kills the human spirit in all of us: victims, perpetrators, exploiters, facilitators, and all those who do nothing to stop it.

We invite musicians, artists, poets, rappers, comics, street writers, students, teachers, activists, mothers, fathers, aunts, uncles . . . people who care to join us this coming Saturday. Take a stand for JUSTICE and help Free The Children!!

Contact: Antonio Diaz, San Antonio, Texas Indigenous Council, 210-396-9805 or call 866-598-0699 for car pooling from Austin.

SPONSORS: Free the Children Coalition: Cesar E. Chavez March for Justice, Texas Indigenous Council, MADRES, LULAC District 7, Brown Berets of San Antonio, Southwest Workers Union, Children and Families Humane Treatment Alliance, Fuerza Unida, Texas Criminal Justice Coalition

DIRECTIONS: Take IH35 exit 253 for 79 east to Round Rock. The town of Hutto is a few miles west of Taylor and not to be confused with Hutto prison. Keep driving. One mile past Maxwell Dodge on right, take exit 79 North/Rockdale. Continue .7 mile, look for Williamson Co. Equipment Co, and turn left on Edmond shortly thereafter. Edmond ends at Welch. Right onto Welch, parking lot is about 1/10 mile on right.

Let’s close Hutto Prison and let the Children and Their Mothers Free.

Esta es Nuestra Tierra. Esta es Nuestra Lucha;

This is our Land. This is Our Struggle. Si se Puede.

Coming soon: Hutto Vigil Ten, a nationwide gathering to be cosponsored by Amnesty International and a coalition of other human rights groups at T. Don Hutto on June 23rd. Details in coming weeks.

See Hutto:
youtube.com/watch?v=Q8goTR8LUIA

Any recommendations for expert witness to describe West Bank conditions under Hamas government would be appreciated. Trial is July 13, so there is
not much time.

John Wheat Gibson