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Tuesday, March 10, \9Q1/The Battalion/Page3 State and Local leljSilver Taps Hjfceremony honor 3 'go mtoaiffi :la$s andstBThe solemn sound of buglers 7°u hMyH “Tap 8 ” and the sharp rin^ of gunfire will be heard on campus tonight as three Texas A&M students who died during Wily wse youi bess on j roniissionj ird the ill return «harden “riously right arc his Univeif lil aftersp® is shinin'|i the past month are hon ored in a Silver Taps ceremony at 10:30 in front of the Academic Build ing. The deceased students being hon ored are: • Lloyd J. Her- perger, 26, a graduate student in architecture from Stockholm, Saskat chewan, Canada, who died Feb. 12. • Julie Ruth Heidman, 19, a freshman general studies major from Irving who died Feb. 20. • John W. Stallings, 19, a freshman electrical engi neering major from Dallas who di< d Feb. 20. Dating back almost a century. Hie stately tradition of Silver Taps is practiced on the first Tuesday | of each month from September .Hrough April, whenever nec- • Bsary. ■ The names of the deceased stu- 1 dents are posted at the base of the Bagpole in front of the Academic B ulding, and the flag is flown at M staff the day of the cere mony. Lights will be extinguished and lie campus hushed as Aggies pay Inal tribute to fellow Aggies. The Ross Volunteer Firing Iquad begins the ceremony, latching in slow cadence toward the statue of Lawrence Sullivan Ross. Shortly after, three volleys are Bred in a 21-gun salute, and six buglers play a special arrange ment of “Taps” three times — to lie north, south and west. Candidates offer different perspectives Nine vying for student body president By Christi Daugherty Staff Writer Historically, it’s never been con sidered a boring race, and as filing for Student Government positions closed Thursday, this year’s doesn’t promise to be any different. There are 150 candidates overall, with nine candidates for student body president. Campaigning is not allowed at this point in the race, so this article is simply information about the nine candidates. They are listed in alpha betical order. Miles Bradshaw is an agricultural economics junior from Nacog doches. He currently serves as Speaker of the Student Senate and considers his experience to be his strongest attribute in the race. “Student body presidents are transient,” Bradshaw says.“In the past after their victory, they become complacent through the summer, they become oriented in the fall, be gin working on issues in the winter, are overworked and burned-out in spring and disappear in the sum mer.” Because he already knows what is expected of the president, he says, he won’t need the orientation pe riod, and he has an agenda of items he considers imperative. Jose Castro is a senior aerospace engineering major from Wharton. He is currently chairman of the Stu dent Services Committee of the Stu dent Senate. Castro says he’s running because he feels Student Government has potential to be doing a lot more than it is. “The executive branch is not doing what it should, and is screwing up some of the legislation it passes by not following it up,” Castro says. “They need to follow up on the bills they pass.” Castro says he would push for a committee that would make sure bills that are passed are put into ac tion. Chris Davis is a San Antonio ju nior majoring in business. He currently is serving on the ju dicial board, and he considers the protection of the Permanent Univer sity Fund to be his first objective. “The PUF is the main way we at tract quality professors, and it pre vents a brain drain because quality professors keep quality students,” Davis says. He says he’d also lobby to change the senior-finals policy to make the finals optional. Richard deCastongrene, a senior computer science major from Con roe, takes a more light-hearted ap proach to the race, saying he’s run ning for president because it sounds like fun. “I want to find out if Student Gov ernment is really useful, because if it isn’t we ought to get rid of it,” deCas tongrene says, “and if it is we ought to use it properly.” Perry Eichor, a junior marketing major from San Antonio, says he thinks he has a chance because his experience and interests are so di verse. “I’m not making outlandish “A&M seems to be grow ing so quickly but Student Government’s not keep ing up with it. ” — Mason Hogan, candi date promises and predicting what I’ll change,” Eichor says. “The important issues I see are: the senior finals issue, relations be tween Student Government and the Faculty Senate, student service fees — its allocation and spending, and relations between the different stu dent organizations, including the greeks, the corps, the MSC and Stu dent Senate,” he says. Jaime Galvan, a junior accounting major from College Station, says he would work to increase the visibility of Student Government and to de crease the politicking going on around the Student Government of fices. “We’ve been losing a lot of good eople in the Senate and executive ranch because of the politics going on around there,” Galvan says. “And I disagree with the Senate reform plan to cut the size of the Senate in half, it would only hurt Student Government in the long run,” he says. Mason Hogan is a senior from Clyde with a double major of animal science and agricultural economics. He is currently a student senator and the student senate speaker pro- tempore. He also thinks his experience would aid him as student body presi dent. “I’ve seen what Student Govern ment is and I have a realistic picture of what it could be,” Hogan says. “A&M seems to be growing so quickly but Student Government’s not keeping up with it. Our image is up, but our productivity isn’t.” Jody Kay Manley is a junior jour nalism major from Dallas. She is a former student senator and now is serving as public relations chairman for Student Government. She says that to her being student body president is an end and not a means. “This year’s Student Government has tried to convey what student government has to offer,” she says. “Next year’s should convey how Stu dent Government affects students.” Spence McClung is a Denton ju nior majoring in finance and ac counting. He is currently a senator and chairman of the Finance Committee. He says he believes that after three years in student government, he has acquired the leadership abili ties and experience necessary to be student body president. “The student body president must act as a liaison between the students and the faculty and administration,” McClung says. “Because of this the president must be a person with the ability to represent student opinion and effectively communicate it to the policymakers.” There are 12 candidates for the two junior yell leader positions: Dar- ryn Pope, Kevin McDonald, Jon Lee, Scott Williams, Steve Keathley, Jared Hurta, David Armstrong, Scott Hart, Aaron Day, Mike Kamei, Da vid Goldberg and Tom Dwyer. There are six candidates for the three senior yell leader positions: David Mendoza, Kevin Buchanan, Matt Sellers, John Bean, Doug Beall and Craig Meek. Senate approves bill on drinking while driving AUSTIN (AP) — The Senate approved a bill Monday that would make it a minor crime to drink while driving, and sponsor Bill Sar- palius said he is convinced the measure will save lives. Although no one opposed Sarpalius’ bill, which was sent to the House on voice vote, several questioned certain provisions. Sarpalius, D-Amarillo, said tougher DWI laws enacted by the Legislature in recent years already have been credited with saving over 1,000 lives. But he added, “The state of Texas will never get serious about drunk driving until we make it against the law to drink and drive, and that’s what this bill does. “It’s very simple. It only applies to the driver. An officer must observe an individual consuming alcohol while that motor vehicle is moving.” The bill would make it a crime, punishable by a fine of up to $200, for a person to con sume alcohol while driving. “You’re really interested in getting at the drivers, not at passengers,” Sen. Craig Wash ington, D-Houston said. Sarpalius said passengers in the front or back seat could drink while the vehicle was moving. “There’s a time and a place to consume al cohol — behind the steering wheel driving down the road is not the time and place to do it,” Sarpalius said. “I’m convinced that this bill will save lives in this state.” Sen. Bob Glasgow, D-Stephenville, said he was voting for the bill but he told Sarpalius he was punishing 95 percent of the people to get at 5 percent who have alcohol-related of fenses. “There’s less than 5 percent of the people you’re trying to solve a problem with,” Glas gow said. “At the same time, what we’re doing is making it illegal for 95 percent of the peo ple of Texas to do sometning which is legal and they don’t abuse. 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