Lab assistant and junior philosophy major Nathan Osbun, transfers Arabidopsis thaliana, a small plant grown in a petri dish, to a control sample of dirt Monday afternoon in the Norman E. Borlaug Center of Southern Crop Improvement. The plants are primarily used for studies of cross-breeding to grow and test mutant plants.

At the request of District Attorney Bill Turner, the State Fire Marshal has blacked out portions of the final report issued by investigators of the July 31 fire at the University Apartments. Among the portions blacked out by the Fire Marshal's office was testimony from Texas A&M maintenance employee Todd Hubacek.

Hurricane Ivan, which caused at least 52 deaths in the United States and 70 in the Caribbean, brushed through College Station as a tropical depression Friday night. "(Rebirth) of a hurricane rarely happens. As Ivan made a turn coming back to the coastline of the United States, the National Hurricane Center was almost going to name it Matthew but found the hurricane had enough Ivan DNA," said Courtney Schumacher, assistant professor and a tropical storms expert at the Department of Atmospheric Sciences.

Juliette Rizzo has devoted her life to paving a bright and empowering road for the 54 million-plus Americans with disabilities. Rizzo, Class of 1991, was crowned Ms. Wheelchair America 2005. The pageant was held in Richmond, Va., in July, where 27 contestants vied for the title, said Pat O'Bryant, the Ms.

In honor of the 200th anniversary of the first federally funded research project, the Lewis and Clark expedition, the Cushing Memorial Library and Archives opened a Lewis and Clark exhibit titled, "The Longer Road: Reporting the Lewis and Clark Expedition" Thursday.

In the MSC Flagroom, intense faces sized each other up in a Texas Hold 'em tournament while, downstairs, paintbrushes flew to the background music of the Dance Dance Revolution machine. Friday nights are Aggie Nights at the MSC, a free late-night student program that features a multitude of events, including movies, arts-and-craft sessions, food and occasional special events, such as a poker tournament - but all of this may disappear next year if Aggie Nights doesn't get financial support, said David Salmon, assistant director of MSC and the chief adviser of Aggie Nights.

Sept. 27, 2004 - During a time when the focus on security and law enforcement is at an all-time high, Texas A&M University anthropology professor Vaughn M. Bryant Jr. believes there is a forensic tool the United States has all but ignored: pollen analysis.