With threat of a new zoning ordinance, the "Bee A Good Neighbor" block party was held Wednesday in Villa Maria West Park to inform residents of local services, rules and ordinances in Bryan.

Barry Ivins, owner of The Corner bar on Northgate, said Student Body President Jim Carlson erroneously labeled The Corner as a discriminatory bar Tuesday at a meeting with the Northgate District Association.

Texas A&M and Brazos County officials denied that whooping cough is going around the area, despite stories circulating A&M's campus.

A robbery took place on Monday in the Northgate area, and the suspects have not yet been apprehended, said Lt. Mark Langwell of the College Station Police Department (CSPD).

Mexican-American fiction author Lionel Garcia, Class of 1956, has donated his published and unpublished works, including manuscripts of television shows, operas and books, handwritten notebooks of early drafts, photographs, correspondence and newspaper clippings to Texas A&M.

The United States is at a turning point in history as President Bush is facing challenges reminiscent of those faced during World War II, said David Abshire, former special counselor to President Ronald Reagan, Wednesday.