Final Mini rolls out
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LONDON - The Mini, a boxy
pup of a car that wowed the
Beaties and came to symbolize
the Swinging Sixties, entered
automotive history when the
last of its 41-year pedigree - No.
5,387,862 - rolled off the pro
duction line Wednesday.
Conceived as a thrifty "peo
ple’s car” during a 1950s fuel cri
sis, the 10-foot-long Mini
earned the devotion of legions
of British baby boomers eager to
flaunt their individuality.
John Lennon drove a psy
chedelic red, white and green
Mini, fashion designer Mary
Quant produced a customized
model and Michael Caine used
one to heist gold bullion in "The
Italian Job.”
“In the '60s it was the thing
to be seen in,” said shop assis
tant Trina Davies, who together
with her husband owns four of
the cars. “From the village mid
wife to the celebrity, it was the
car to have. It still is.”
Produced in nearly 140 dif
ferent models, the Mini outlast
ed several corporate owners
before ending its days at the MG
Rover Group factory in
Longbridge, Birmingham.
MG Rover has retooled its
plant to build a luxury sedan, the
Rover 75, and Germany’s BMW
will introduce a completely new
version of the Mini next year at
its factory in nearby Oxford.
But it’s the classic Mini that
endures as an automotive icon.
Turkish-born Alec Issigonis
designed the car for what was
then the British Motor Corp.,
after Britain’s involvement in the
1956 Suez crisis triggered fears
of an oil shortage and the gov
ernment had begun rationing
gasoline.
Issigonis, who was later
knighted for his efforts, devel
oped a practical subcompact
that could hold four people and
their luggage and sold for as lit
tle as $725.
Introduced in 1959, the Mini
sold poorly until celebrities such
as Peter Sellers, who customized
his Mini with wicker trim, began
“It’s cheeky, it’s cute,
and it just puts a big
smile on everybody’s
face."
David Hollis
Mini owner
to give the car an unexpected
cachet. With its zippy handling
and quirky lines, die Mini soon
appealed to Britons regardless
of social class.
"It doesn't matter whether
you’re a dustman or a doctor, the
chances are you’ve driven or rid
den in one,” said Mini owner
David Hollis, 37, of Amblecote in
central England.
“It’s cheeky, it’s cute and it
just puts a big smile on every
body’s face,” said Hollis, who
compared driving a Mini to han
dling a go-cart.
The car’s speed earned it
three Monte Carlo Rally cham
pionships, and at least one ver
sion has topped 165 miles per
hour.
Explorer
holiday
canned
HOLIDAY from pagel
Other options to the tuition
increase could be recruiting more
out-of-state students or working
on retaining current students,
Schafer said.
Students should band togeth
er on what option they feel is best
for them, Schafer said.
"The only way we can affect
what the administration does
with tuition is if we stand united
as students with what we will and
won’t accept,” he said,
■The senate defeated a bylaw
that would require approval of
two-thirds of the senate before
ASUN could take a stand on ballot
issues in state, local or national
elections.
ASUN’s bylaws state that the
senate needs a 50 percent
approval to take a stand on an
issue.
UNL fills IANR position
IANR from page 1
“What a fine university,” he
said. “I didn’t see one negative
thing”
Owens has been at New
Mexico State University since
1977. Before that he was the dean
and chief administrative officer
for the College of Agriculture and
Home Economics.
Before going to New Mexico,
Owens was an assistant professor
of entomology at Iowa State
University. He then served one
year as an associate professor of
entomology at Texas Tech
University.
Owens said he was impressed
with the state support the institute
received and also with the spirit
the student body exhibited.
"It was evident how much
they cared about the university,”
he said.
McBreen said Owens was
familiar with the way the universi
ty functions and would have no
problem making the transition.
Owens said he had no specific
plans for his position yet The first
thing he will do is hold meetings
with the departments so he can
learn more about the programs
and the staff, he said.
The programs are in good
shape now, he said, so he doesn’t
anticipate any major overhauls.
Owens said he also planned to
tour the state so he could talk to
farmers and ranchers to see what
their needs were.
“I’m committed to learning,"
he said.
Interim Chancellor Harvey
Perlman said he was excited about
Owens’ hiring.
“This is a very significant posi
tion for the university,” Perlman
said. “He brings real talent and
experience. We're very lucky.”
Class puts students on red alert
KIP from pagel
"This approach., attacks one
of the main problems in large uni
versities, the non-communica
tion between disciplines,” Miller
said.
So far, Griep’s students have
heard about the color red in poet
ry and art Marjorie Mikasen, an
artist, and Griep’s wife lead the
class in an exercise in abstract
expressionistic art
“The real goal is to interest
them in as many different aca
demic disciplines as possible,”
Griep said.
As a scientist, Griep said,
being married to an artist helped
balance him out, and he would
like his serious chemistry stu
dents to round out their lives with
art and literature.
“She’s definitely more con
nected with what it’s like to be
human,” he said of his wife.
Judging by the students’ in
class discussion and reflective
writing, Griep said, the course
seemed like a success so far.
"From what they’ve written,
they find the reading material
challenging and interesting.”
Aaron Pierce, freshman pre
med major, said he sensed a posi
tive response from his classmates.
Pierce likes the course
because the “diversity keeps the
class interesting.”
In spite of the fun, though,
“The Color Red” will probably not
be offered again.
According to Griep, no honors
theme courses have ever been
repeated.
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Bao’s lead attorney, Tim
Sopinski, countered that the
events leading up to the shoot
ing were anything but clear, and
police neglected to interview
several witnesses until months
later.
“Linh Bao was scared ...
scared for his wife, scared for his
18-month old daughter and for
his 3-year-old daughter,”
Sopinski said.
"He was scared because
three men - three drunk men -
who beat him earlier had fol
lowed him home.”
Both sides agree upon some
of the events earlier in the night
of the murder.
Bao went to a Vietnamese
New Year's party with a friend
that night, but he did not know
many other people there.
At the party Bao and La got
into a fight, though it is unclear
what started the disagreement.
Then both men were asked to
leave the party.
Bao got a ride home to the
trailer park, and near his home,
Bao spotted La's car following
and jumped out.
The defense’s and prosecu
tion’s versions of the facts about
that point in the evening differ.
It is clear that Bao got into
another fight with La and two
other men on the street near
Bao’s trailer.
At some point Bao retrieved
a handgun from his trailer,
which the men struggled over
and later the gun was used to
shoot La.
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HU: Higher tuition
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TUITION from page 1
ASUN President Joel Schafer
said he believed students were
aware they had to help support
a quality institution through
their tuition dollars. But he was
still concerned about increasing
tuition and said he hoped the
university would keep tuition in
check.
Schafer said another prob
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“A lot of students feel that
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