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2 I Monday, September 17, 2001 | The Red & Black
NEWS
QuickTake
^ A glance at the morning’s news and the day ahead
Sorority eats chili
for charitable cause
Forum to address
terrorist attacks
Best Bet
> Check out “Aftershock: Coming to Grips with
Terrorism in America,” a panel discussion at the
University Chapel on North Campus, today at noon.
Information: 542-2057.
National & World Headlines
‘Blitz build’ key to Habitat’s ambitions
INDIANAPOLIS — Habitat for Humanity International’s
goal of eliminating poverty housing and homelessness
worldwide doesn’t seem pie-in-the-sky when you walk
through the Flanner House neighborhood.
Less than a month ago, the low-income neighborhood on
Indianapolis’ near north side was dotted with vacant lots.
But the weeds and dirt are now gone, replaced by 25 new
homes dedicated Saturday to mark the completion of a 25-
day “blitz build.”
The project, which included the beautification of two
dozen of the neighborhood’s existing homes, capped
Habitat’s weeklong 25th anniversary celebration in
Indianapolis.
Habitat’s house-building efforts are well-choreographed,
intensive campaigns that enlist volunteer labor and corpo
rate supporters to regenerate entire neighborhoods.
These blitz builds are one of Habitat’s key tools in a
campaign to construct 100,000 new homes worldwide by
2005 — about the same number its volunteers built in its
first quarter-century.
Barges hit bridge,
cause major tragedy
PORT ISABEL, Texas —
A group of barges smashed
a 240-foot section out of the
only bridge leading to popu
lar South Padre Island early
Saturday, and at least four
people died after their vehi
cles plunged into the water
85 feet below.
An unknown number of
people were missing.
Thirteen were rescued from
the Laguna Madre, part of
the Intracoastal Waterway
shipping route along the
Gulf Coast, and three were
hospitalized.
Five vehicles were locat
ed in the 50-foot-deep water
and divers took pictures of
their license plates for iden
tification, said Cameron
County Sheriff Conrado
Cantu. Fishermen who wit
nessed it said five to 10 vehi
cles fell.
Recovery efforts were
suspended midafternoon
when the third 80-foot sec
tion of the bridge collapsed,
said Adrian Rivera, a
spokesman for the
Department of Public
Safety. The search will
resume Sunday morning.
The Coast Guard was
notified around 2:30 a.m.
that the tug Brown Water V
and its four barges, loaded
with coiled steel and phos
phate, had struck the 2.37-
mile-long span, the longest
bridge in Texas. None of the
cargo spilled.
The crash dropped two
adjacent 80-foot segments
of the Queen Isabella
Causeway into the channel
near the center of the span.
The tug operator was ques
tioned and passed a sobri
ety test, officials said.
Three people died at the
scene, and a fourth died at a
hospital. One victim was
identified as Port Isabel Fire
Marshal Robert Harris, said
Desi Najera, an emergency
management coordinator.
One man was hospital
ized in guarded condition,
and two of the injured were
in good condition.
Israel fires missiles at
Palestinian security
JERUSALEM — Israeli
forces fired missiles on
Palestinian security build
ings in the Gaza Strip on
Saturday, strikes
Palestinian leader Yasser
Arafat said were part of an
Israeli effort to scuttle plans
for truce talks.
“This escalation is aimed
at sabotaging the meeting
with Peres,” Arafat said in
Gaza City, not far from the
scene of one attack. He was
referring to plans for talks in
Gaza tentatively planned
for Sunday between himself
and Israeli Foreign Minister
Shimon Peres.
In two other shooting
incidents, three Palestinians
were killed.
Israel’s military cited two
reasons for the missile raids:
a Palestinian attack Friday
that wounded two Israeli
border policemen, and
Israel’s belief that the secu
rity buildings were being
used to train and arm
militants.
Israeli Prime Minister
Ariel Sharon has been reluc
tant to sanction truce talks
at present, saying Arafat
must first crack down on
Palestinian militants.
It was not clear whether
the meeting would take
place Sunday.
The United States wants
truce talk 1- to calm tensions
in the Middle East, and
President Bush called
Sharon on Friday to press
the point.
Attacks were a huge
blow to legal industry
NEW YORK — Nearly one-
fifth of New York City’s
lawyers have been unable to
return to their offices since
the attack on the World
Trade Center, and reams of
legal documents — from
death penalty appeals to
white-collar investigations —
may be lost or destroyed.
It is unclear how many
lawyers were among the
dead and injured in the
attack Tuesday.
Tenants that have been
displaced include the U.S.
Attorney’s office, the Legal
Aid Society, the state
Attorney General’s office,
the Securities and Exchange
Commission’s enforcement
office and many private
firms.
“We fear we may have lost
some irreplaceable records,
but we just don’t know,” said
Pat Bath, spokeswoman for
Legal Aid, located on the top
three floors of the Post Office
Building, near the Trade
Center. There was damage
to the windows and roof, but
the extent was not immedi
ately known.
The part of Legal Aid’s
offices that may have sus
tained the most damage —
on the top floor facing the
Trade Center — is where the
stakes are the highest: That
is where the unit represent
ing more than a dozen defen
dants on death row is
located.
Unlike the devastated
financial-service industry,
the legal field still relies
heavily on paper files. While
much is now computerized,
subpoenas, motions filed
between lawyers and evi
dence retrieved from crime
scenes are not, and recreat
ing the paperwork will be
difficult.
To address the problem,
Gov. George Pataki suspend
ed all statutory time limita
tions on criminal and civil
proceedings, as well as on
deadlines for filing appeals.
— Associated Press
UGA Today
Announcements
► Rosh Hashanah Services,
with Congregation Yad Shmuel
(tonight at 8:15, 449 Bloomfield
St., 546-1096) or Campus Center
for Jewish Life (tonight at 7:30,
1155 S. Milledge Ave., 543-6393).
► Watchdawgs Meeting,
looking for volunteers. Every
Monday at 9 p.m., Tate Student
Center, Room 137. Information:
Elizabeth Granger at 543-4774.
► Debajo del Sol, Latin danc
ing Mondays at Tasty World,
10 p.m. Information: 543-0797.
► “Wealth and Poverty: A
BibScal Perspective,” Shannon
Lewis speaks to World
Discipleship Association. Tonight at
6, Tate Room 154. Information:
Shannon at 548-6655.
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available.
By MELANIE HORTON
mhorton@randb.com
Friends and family of the
Gamma Phi Beta sorority
gathered Sunday afternoon to
eat chili and support the
American Red Cross in its
relief efforts.
The sorority is donating a
portion of the profits from the
chili dinner to the Red Cross
and to the Clute Barrow
Nelson Life Fund — a charity
to help parents of children
with cancer pay for medical
expenses.
“Everyone really responded
to the fact that we would be
giving money to the Red
Cross,” said Courtney
Wondrasek, a sophomore
from Marietta.
She said the sorority
considered not having the
event, especially after the
weekend football game was
canceled, but members con
sidered it a way to move past
the tragic events of last week.
“This is a great way of
coming together after such a
traumatic experience,” said
Haley Robertson, a sopho
more from Roswell and the
Gamma Phi Beta philan
thropy chair. “We want this to
be a fun day and a way for us
to reach out to the
community.”
She said she thinks the
event raised more than $1,000.
Michael Blank, a senior
from Marietta, said he was
glad the event proceeded as
planned and that money from
the event is being used to sup
port the Red Cross.
“It feels good to do some
thing to help the victims of
the tragedy in New York,” he
said.
Profits from the event
come from the $4 admission
fee for everyone in
attendance, the $25 entry fee
for each fraternity and restau
rant that set up a table and a
$1 charge for the moonwalk,
dunk tank and raffle.
Eleven fraternities
purchased tables at the
event, each providing their
own type of chili.
A forum discussing last
week’s terrorist attacks and
how members of the
University can help will be
held at noon today at the
Chapel.
Gary Bertsch, director of
the Center for International
Trade and Security, will
moderate “Aftershock:
Coming to Grips with
Terrorism in America.”
He said the forum may
answer questions students
and faculty have about
Tuesday’s attacks.
“We’re going to talk about
what members of the com
munity can do to address
these horrible events,” he
said. “I think it’s an oppor
tunity for members of the
community to think togeth
er. Discussion and dialogue
during these times of crisis
are critical.”
Panelists include several
professors and experts.
Bertsch said the forum
will enable people to learn
from each other.
— Amber Billings
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