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SPRING ‘99 RESULTS
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tudent Body President:
Will Hurd
Ejlandon Neff
enior Yell Leaders:
Kj^Hty Batsell
Bloss
"Y; Bailey
I ; »ior Yell Leaders:
4ipba Moser
Ja ies Leiskau
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Ricky Wood
Allege |J SS of 2000 President:
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png atie Henselka
000 Vice-President:
lelissa Dablo
retlEoOO Secretary:
c ie ania Fongemie
ilki, 000 Treasurer:
eather Johnson
lesle: 000 Social Secretary:
Candidates face
runoff elections
20% of turnout attributed to senior ballots
MONDAY
Aprils, 1999
Volume 105 • Issue 120 • 10 Pages
College Station, Texas
BY EMILY R. SNOOKS
The Battalion
Approximately 9,500 stu
dents voted in the 1999 student
government elections last
week, and runoff elections for
several positions will be
Wednesday and Thursday from
9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Seniors Will Hurd and Bran
don Neff came out on top in
the student body president
race, and one will be chosen in
the runoff.
Election commissioner
Dawn McGill said Neff had a
slightly higher percentage of
votes than Hurd, but if no one
holds a majority in the student
body president positions, a
runoff is required.
Senior Kendall Kelly was
not far behind in the number-
three spot, and junior Brandon
Clarke took fourth.
Jeff Bailey, Dusty Batsell
and John Bloss won the three
senior yell-leader positions.
Bubba Moser won one of
the two junior yell-leader posi
tions.
James Leiskau and Ricky
Wood will compete for the re
maining junior yell leader spot
in the runoffs. Some class
council positions will also be
included in the runoff elec
tions.
McGill said there was a
higher senior voter turnout
than in other years; seniors
made up 20 percent of the vot
ing pool.
McGill said the student-elec
tion runoffs usually draw few
er voters than the primary elec
tions, but that may not be the
case this year.
“In previous years, the
runoff elections have had a
SALLIE TURNER/The Battalion
Will Hurd (L) and Brandon Neff are the runoff candidates for
student body president. The results were announced Thursday
night at the Lawrence Sullivan Ross Statue.
smaller turnout because they
were right before the Good Fri
day holiday,” she said.
The election results and per
centages are posted outside the
Student Activities Office in the
Koldus building.
McGill said the voting loca
tions for the primary elections
will be open for the runoff elec
tions.
Results will be announced
Thursday at 10 p.m. at the
Lawrence Sullivan Ross statue.
from be' ance Richards
nson 000 Historian:
ummer Harbert
(An (*) indicates a runoff)
For further election results see Page 5.
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g offenses
BY RICHARD PADDACK
The Battalion
^ne number of drug violations for 1998 are higher
^they have been in the last four years.
pb Wiatt, director of University Police Department
), said 43 drug violations by students on campus
?re reported for 1998, compared to 30 violations for
97.
^■’hese numbers show a significant increase in the
of drug violations on campus in the past few
Wiatt said.
^VD also works with local law enforcement agen-
sto monitor crime at off-campus sites of recognized
A&M organizations. UPD then reports incidents
A&M administration.
Ih’D publishes daily and monthly reports of on-
llUfflBwus crimes for the media, the public and various
fices on campus. Anyone may request the monthly
Senator lament.
,j ce s Corn 11 " “It is unfortunate that we cannot compile a list of
^Htions by students off campus as well,” Wiatt said.
J|H process would be difficult to do, but the public
uld see just how significant the numbers really are.”
HHl major crime statistics are submitted to the FBI
dthe Texas Department of Public Safety, as required
see Drugs on Page 5.
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Easter excitement
TERRY ROBERSON/The Battalion
A student at Rock Prairie Elementary School rattles then listens to the egg for a hint of
what is inside. Over 50 first-grade students participated in the Easter Egg Hunt sponsored
by Lambda Chi Alpha and area grocery stores last Thursday.
Law degree
plans denied
STAFF AND WIRE REPORT
State District Court Judge
Suzanne Covington ruled that
the affiliation agreement be
tween Texas A&M and the
South Texas College of Law is
a violation of authority.
The ruling Wednesday,
which the South Texas Col
lege of Law plans to appeal,
agreed with a ruling by the
Texas Higher Education Coor
dinating Board and said the
Texas A&M Board of Regents
exceeded its authority.
The affiliation was de
signed to allow A&M a law
curriculum and degree and to
give South Texas greater
recognition. A dispute over
the affiliation was sparked be
cause some believe such an
affiliation would create a third
public law school in Houston
and that South Texas, a pri
vate institution, could acquire
state funds.
A lawsuit arose among the
coordinating board. South
Texas and A&M over whether
or not permission was need
ed for A&M and South Texas
to enter into the agreement.
Psychologist
encourages life,
death awareness
BY APRIL YOUNG
The Battalion
Common college stress and
tragic occurrences this semes
ter have put a strain on stu
dents, forcing many to exam
ine mortality and the frailty of
life.
Dr. Mary Ann Moore, psy
chologist for Student Counsel
ing Services, said students
should be aware of the realities
of life and death.
Moore said students often
feel invincible and take risks,
including drinking and dri
ving and unprotected sex.
Thus, when a tragedy occurs,
they are shocked, she said.
Moore said students have
experienced more tragic inci
dents this semester than usu
al. She said it is unusual for
students to have to deal with
excessive grief.
Moore said students
should not feel compelled to
follow a specific grieving
process.
“Students see something
that lists stages, and they feel
pressured that they should be
doing it in those stages,”
Moore said. “There is an in
credible amount of flexibility
within the grieving process,
and people go through these
stages at different times for
different lengths of time.”
Moore said one sign of grief
is excessive drinking.
“If you see someone over
drinking in their grief, help
them realize that drinking
won’t make it go away; it’s
just going to prolong it,” she
said.
Moore said students often
place too much responsibility
on themselves when a tragedy
occurs.
“Anyone can take a tragedy
and figure out a way we could
have prevented it, but the bot
tom line is that we don’t have
that much control,” she said.
Moore said there are many
different ways to grieve, so
students should be supportive
of each other and not critical
of how people grieve.