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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. You’re taking that right
away from the good honest folks that don’t
abuse it.”
Sarpalius said a similar bill had passed the
Senate twice before but died in the House.
“We feel like we’ll have the speaker’s sup
port . . . and that any changes in that bill will
put it in jeopardy,” Sarpalius said.
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