On Sept. 22, 2001, about 70,000 Aggies donned red, white and blue T-shirts for the "Red, White and Blue Out" during the first football game after the Sept. 11 attacks. This movement was deemed "the greatest act of symbolic patriotism in the history of organized sports" by senior history and political science major Kevin Capps, whose parents - Debbie and Oral - were in the Twin Towers when the planes hit, but managed to escape.

A steel structural beam from the World Trade Center made its way to the George Bush Presidential Library Museum on Wednesday and will go on display Saturday as part of the museum's new "Commemorating September 11" exhibit. The exhibit, on display through Nov.

As a freshman coming into the Corps of Cadets, Roxie Pranglin, Class of 1978, didn't know what to expect. The problem was, neither did anyone else. In 1974, Pranglin and 70 other women made A&M history as the first women to be admitted into the Corps. Thirty years later, Pranglin said being one of the first females in the Corps was an experience that changed her life.

The Student Senate elected a new external affairs chair and a new rules and regulations chair Wednesday after the former chairs simultaneously resigned this past weekend. Corey Nichols, a sophomore general studies major, was elected chair of rules and regulations following extensive debate.

WASHINGTON - New documents unearthed in the midst of the presidential campaign fill in some blanks but raise other questions about the sometimes mysterious and spotty story of President Bush's military service during Vietnam when he won a coveted spot in the Texas Air National Guard and avoided the war.

WASHINGTON­ ????­­?? A television writer and fund-raiser for John Kerry is the first six-figure donor to a new group that is criticizing President Bush's National Guard service during the Vietnam War. Daniel O'Keefe, a writer/producer whose work includes such sitcoms as "The Drew Carey Show" and "Seinfeld," donated $100,000 this week to Texans for Truth, an Austin-based group that plans to run anti-Bush ads starting Monday.

NEW YORK - Noah Wyle, the last continuous on-air link to the NBC medical drama "ER's" freshman season in 1994, seems headed for the doctor's retirement home. Wyle, who plays Dr. John Carter, told E! Entertainment Television on Thursday that he will leave the show at the end of this season.

WASHINGTON - The looming end of the session and fights over other tax cut proposals could abruptly end what several members of Congress said Thursday is the best chance in decades for getting a federal deduction for people whose states only charge sales taxes.

Anne Armstrong, former U.S. ambassador to Great Britain and featured speaker at the George Bush Presidential Museum Issues Forum, was unable to attend due to a family emergency. Her daughter Katharine Armstrong spoke in her place about her mother's place in politics.

Ruth Norris Harrington, widow of former president and chancellor of Texas A&M Marion Thomas Harrington, died at age 96 on Aug. 30. Harrington was the recipient of the President's Distinguished Service Award, and the Ruth Harrington Chair in Educational leadership was established in her honor.