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Dixie Chicken Offering Items For Auction The owners of the famous Dixie Chicken are giving patrons the opportunity to take home a piece of their favorite bar. Hundreds of items, including graffiti-carved domino tables, ladder-back chairs, stuffed deer heads - even a walk-in cooler and an old upright piano - will be on sale March 25 during a "spring cleaning" auction. Auctioneer Craig Conlee digs through some of the items from the Dixie Chicken that will be up for auction. Bidding on taxidermy items, domino tables and an assortment of chairs will take place March 25. The sale is merely...

A local district judge on Monday signed a temporary restraining order against the Seattle Seahawks, directing them to stop using the 12th Man slogan until a ruling is made on whether it is a licensed trademark belonging to Texas A&M University. The restraining order, filed by A&M and signed by District Judge J.D. Langley, sets a 1:30 p.m. Thursday hearing in the 85th District Court at the Brazos County Courthouse. Seattle, which will play Pittsburgh in Super Bowl XL on Sunday in Detroit, has received national attention in recent weeks for its devoted fans, whom it calls the 12th Man....

The Seattle Seahawks are facing the Pittsburgh Steelers in the Super Bowl, but they have an off-the-field battle brewing with Texas A&M University. School officials are upset with the Seahawks' use of the "12th Man" theme to recognize their fan support. A&M has legal claims to the "12th Man" moniker, a school tradition that dates to the 1920s. The Seahawks have celebrated their fans as a "12th Man" since the 1980s, when they used to turn the now-demolished Kingdome into one of the NFL's loudest venues. The team retired the No. 12 in 1984. Now, a No. 12 flag waves...

Families try to revive lawsuit over deadly 1999 bonfire collapse PLANO – The families of those killed or injured when a bonfire collapsed at Texas A&M University several years ago asked the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday to revive their lawsuit. Attorneys representing 11 deceased and injured wanted the court to reconsider a lower court's May 2004 decision that dismissed the suit. The families allege the university failed to oversee the 59-foot bonfire, resulting in a "state-created danger." The judge who dismissed the case in May said the concept of "created danger" did not exist in 1999....

OPINION SPACE Bernard Schriever's Stifling Shadow 'Schriever's management techniques have stood the test of time while von Braun's have proven a dismal failure'. 'Schriever's management techniques have stood the test of time while von Braun's have proven a dismal failure'. by Jeffrey F. Bell Honolulu HI (SPX) Sep 28, 2004 With the launch of the 476th and last example of the Atlas booster family, it's time to take a look back at this vehicle, its siblings Thor/Delta and Titan, and its father, USAF Lt. Gen. Bernard Schriever. If you just said "Who?", you aren't alone. Most Space Cadets can...

Preserving the buffalos Fate of Texas herd rests with donated bulls By BETSY BLANEY Associated Press CAPROCK CANYONS STATE PARK, Texas The rumble from stampeding bison used to shake the earth as thousands of the majestic animals thundered across these parts centuries ago. That sound has faded almost entirely now, and the fate of one of the last pure herds in North America begun by famed cattleman Charles Goodnight rests with a trio of bulls donated by media tycoon Ted Turner. The herd, once 250 strong, has dwindled to 53, and more than a century of inbreeding threatens it survival....

We are currently running a campaign to put an ad in as many college newspapers as is possible, which points out that the war on terror is seamless: the Islamic radicals who want to destroy the state of Israel are the same radicals who want to destroy us. This is a vital point to understand in the war on terror because the principal way our enemies seek to divide us and sap our will to resist is by arguing that our policies are a "root cause" of the attacks against us. Many who do not support the terrorists nonetheless will...

WESLACO, Tex., Nov. 18 - It's a burning issue for some hot-pepper lovers: Whatever possessed Kevin M. Crosby to create the mild habanero? For Dr. Crosby, a plant geneticist at the Texas A&M Agricultural Experiment Station here near the Mexican border, the answer is simple: "I'm not going to take away the regular habanero. You can still grow and eat that, if you want to kill yourself." But for those who prize the fieriest domesticated Capsicum for its taste and health-boosting qualities, Dr. Crosby and the research station in the Rio Grande Valley have developed and patented the TAM Mild...

Universities must wait one year before making changes UT considers race-based college admissions policy AUSTIN (AP) — Ethnic diversity at the University of Texas at Austin remains low more than a decade after four white students filed a lawsuit against the nation's largest university, setting off the demise of affirmative action in Texas. The university is considering a new admissions policy that would include race as a factor in selecting students in an effort to boost minority enrollment — a move allowed by a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in 2003. "We've seen significant improvement in diversity on campus, but I...

Gay tolerance brings controversy to faculty By Rolando Garcia March 26, 2003 A bitter controversy that erupted last month in the College of Education regarding a proposed tolerance statement for homosexuals has prompted faculty members to accuse each other of bigotry, and some to question whether Dean Jane Conoley is imposing her political views on the college. The college's faculty advisory committee will meet today to vote on a final draft of a diversity statement it first proposed Feb. 4. Eight professors, including Stephen Crouse, associate dean of the college, signed a letter objecting to the statement, which says faculty...

COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- In the early 1980s, college students helped to eliminate the apartheid regime from South Africa through a divestment campaign, according to Time and Newsweek. This is a movement by students to pressure their universities to review their investment portfolios and eliminate stocks of companies they believe are aiding human injustices. The anti-apartheid divestment movement is a shining example of how focused and passionate college students can organize and make a difference in the world. Now a new divestment movement is sweeping campuses from coast to coast. According to Time, the campaign involves students' efforts to pressure...