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REPORT FINDS IRAN HALTED NUCLEAR ACTIVITY IN 2003
WASHINGTON — Iran was attempting to build a nuclear weapon but halted the effort in the fall of 2003 and doesn’t appear to have restarted it, the declassified key judgments of a comprehensive new U.S. intelligence report said Monday. The report said that Iran’s decision to halt its nuclear weapons program suggested that “it is less determined to develop nuclear weapons than we have been judging since 2005. Our assessment that the program probably was halted primarily in response to international pressure suggests that Iran may be more vulnerable to influence on the issue than we judged previously.” The long-delayed report is a stunning reversal of the U.S. intelligence community’s previous assessment that Iran is seeking nuclear weapons, and it could slow the Bush administration’s drive to tighten U.N. sanctions on Tehran for defying U.N. orders to suspend its uranium enrichment program. — McClatchey Newspapers
sports FAMILY, TEAMMATES MOURN TAYLOR Over 3,000 mourners attended Sean Taylor’s funeral in Miami on Monday, to pay respects to the murdered Washington Redskins safety. All of Taylor’s Redskin teammates were present as were many of his former teammates from the University of Miami. Taylor, who was shot in the bedroom of his Miami home early on the morning of Nov. 26, died last Tuesday. Four people have been arrested in connection with the shooting.
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Quarterbacks Sean Glennon and Tyrod Taylor hold up trophies from the ACC Championship game on Saturday. Glennon was named the most valuable player of the game.
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30-16 win over Boston College has landed the Virginia Tech Hokies in the FedEx Orange Bowl, the team’s second BCS bowl in four years. The Hokies will take on the upstart University of Kansas Jayhawks, a team that its eyes set on a national championship berth before losing to the University of Missouri two weeks ago. “We’re honored to be coming to the Orange
Bowl to represent the ACC,” said Tech head coach Frank Beamer on a Sunday conference call. “We’re honored to be playing Kansas — a team that has had a great year. I got some of their stats here a while ago and I’d say (they’re) very scary … We’ll try to uphold our end of the deal (to) have a great game there for the Orange Bowl. I think it has the makings of that.” Tech (11-2) finished No. 3 in the final BCS rankings before bowl season begins, behind LSU and Ohio State who will vie for the national title. Kansas (11-1) finished No. 8 in the BCS standings. The Hokies locked up a BCS berth and a
ct sports reporter The Virginia Tech men’s soccer team’s first ever win over the Old Dominion Monarchs couldn’t have come at a better time for the Hokies. Tech — who prior to Sunday’s game was 0-4-4 all-time against the Monarchs — won 1-0 Sunday afternoon, and in doing so the team earned a ticket to their first NCAA Tournament quarterfinal match in school history. “(I’m) very pleased with the entire game today,” said Tech head coach Oliver Weiss. “It’s obviously another milestone in our season — advancing to another round.” The Hokies’ defense kept Old Dominion’s offense in check the entire afternoon, limiting the Monarchs to just one shot on goal. Tech goalkeeper Markus Aigner turned away the lone shot he faced to record his fourth shutout of the season and improve his record to 8-2-5 on the season. Junior forward Patrick Nyarko scored the lone goal of the game at the 22:13 mark of the
see SOCCER, page nine
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seemingly surefire trip to Miami. But after then-No. 1 Missouri fell to Oklahoma in the Big XII title game and then-No. 2 WVU suffered a shocking upset to rival Pittsburgh, Tech saw its national championship hopes revived. But LSU, which beat Tech 48-7 at the begin-
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The story “Food drive gives students reason to return to Norris” (CT, Nov. 29) was incorrect. The canned food drive ends Dec. 7. The Norris Hall Task Force announces the decision between two final proposals on Dec. 5. The Collegiate Times regrets this error.
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No. 3 Virginia Tech vs. No. 8 Kansas WHEN: Jan. 3 at 8 p.m. in Miami, televised on FOX
Tech beats ODU to reach Elite Eight
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Forward Patrick Nyarko keeps the ball away from an Old Dominion defender. Nyarko scored the game’s lone goal to lead the Hokies to the first Elite Eight in the program’s history.
Tech sixth in Academic BCS MICHELLE RIVERA
ct news reporter During this time of year, the Bowl Championship Series rankings are on everyone’s minds and tongues. This year, however, ESPN columnist Gregg Easterbrook sought to address how the top 25 BCS teams would fare if they were evaluated on academic performance instead of athletic achievement. Easterbrook put the question to Lindsey Luebchow, policy analyst for the New America Foundation and a contributor to the Higher Ed Watch blog. After a couple months of planning, Luebchow devised a strategy for deciding the Academic BCS rankings. The rankings are based on a give-and-takepoints method, and there are three categories in which schools can receive and lose points: the football team’s federal graduation rate in comparison to the school’s overall rate, the team’s black-white graduation rate gap in comparison
to the school’s black-white graduation rate gap, and the team’s academic progress rate (APR) in comparison to the national median. With the new criteria taken into consideration, Boston College topped the chart of BCS hopefuls and Virginia Tech ranked No. 6 overall, just under UVa, which came in at No. 5. Of all the BCS-bound bowl teams announced on Sunday, Tech was the highest ranked team academically. “I worked with Gregg at ESPN, and we thought it would be interesting to bring attention to the issue if we timed the rankings to come out with the BCS rankings,” Luebchow said. “We thought it would be an interesting exercise and hoped it would give credit to the teams who are doing well and bring attention to those not doing so well.” The larger point of the rankings, according to Luebchow, is that the football players who carry their schools to big, prestigious bowl games are actually student-athletes, but colleges treat them as athletes only.
see BCS, page three
NCAA TOURNAMENT QUARTERFINAL WHAT: No. 11 Virginia Tech at No. 3 UConn WHEN: Saturday, Dec. 8 at 1 p.m.
ning of the season, vaulted from No. 7 to No. 2 in the BCS and earned a spot in the title game against No. 1 Ohio State. “You always think what if,” said senior wide receiver Eddie Royal. “You see them out there celebrating and how excited they are to be in the national championship and you do think what if, but it’s pretty hard to be upset about this when you’re going to the Orange Bowl in Miami to play.” The Jayhawks were awarded an at-large BCS bid after flying a bit under the radar as they
see ORANGE, page seven
Safety measures still not in place LIZA ROESCH
ct staff writer With a handful of new safety implementations this year, Virginia Tech claims to be a safer place. Some students, however, have reason to feel unconvinced. After the shootings on April 16, 24-hour keycard locks were installed in all residence halls so that only students who live in each particular building can enter. Some buildings on campus, such as Hillcrest Hall, are used for academic and residential purposes and have keycard locks on the second and third floor. However, the five locks that were installed for the top two floors have never worked. “They said there was a problem with the locks when we moved in,” said Aimee Fausser, a sophomore international relations major and Hillcrest Hall resident. “They said they would get it fixed soon, but nothing was ever done.” Fausser said many students who live in Hillcrest weren’t bothered by it, but she decided something should be done after an alleged stalker followed her into the building and was
see SAFETY, page two
Hitting the books
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Junior English and Spanish major Annamarie Ammen studies on the fourth floor of Newman Library in preparation for the end of the semester.
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