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- JUS * October 5, 1999 IVERSITY College Station, Texas Volume 106 • Issue 27*16 Pages reshmen run offs begin BY CARRIE BENNETT The Battalion plK' Class of ’03 elected five student ena ors in last week’s elections and ^nold run-off elections today and to- (loftow to decide who will hold the lass council positions of president, vice (resident, secretary, treasurer, social ecrt tary and historian. Hshlea Jenkins, election commis- ^er and a junior political science ma- rlsaid the number of candidates in- olled in the run-off elections is not a |Hrise since there were over 70 stu- lents running in the first election. ■t was no surprise [that there was a rflMoff election] for president, because we [HlZ people running,” she said. “For the itlifr positions it wasn’t really a surprise jth( '. The votes were really dispersed.” Henkins said over 1,500 freshmen voted in the elections last week, which was equivalent to last year’s turnout. Students elected to senate positions include Jenny Isgitt, Brad Knox, Chris Collins, Lara Pringle and Katie Chas- taine. Students participating in the run-off elections include: • President—Marke Tharp and Alli son Lynch • Vice president—Sarah Queen and Dustin Hammit • Secretary—April Smith and Melis sa Tyroch • Treasury—Ryan Nolan and Michael Ramos • Social secretary—Melissa Abshier and Sara Rogers • Historian—Ramando Garcia and Seth Peters Freshmen can vote from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Sbisa Dining Hall, Blocker Build- Potts will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the following locations. -Sbisa Dining Hail -Blocker building -Sterling C. Evans Library -Duncan Dining Center -Zachary Engineering building -Memorial Student Center -Commons Lobby ROBERT HYNECEK/The Battalion ing, Sterling C. Evans Library, Duncan Dining Center, Zachry Engineering Build ing, the MSC and the Commons Lobby. The results of the run-off elections will be announced at 10 p.m. tomor row in front of the Lawrence Sullivan Ross statue. ne-car crash kills 2 Aggies Y CARRIE BENNETT The Battalion USIfc'J nringswJTwo Texas A&M students ' ihe /V« e killed and another stu- iuon Ml Bit was injured in a car ac- inSkube »t i nt Saturday afternoon on in( j ^ nkrstate 45, one mile north , me - DfCenterville. (teshmajBrfie students were in a :»omen'B us sports utility vehicle, iomen'sBaling south, when the fci^ton-Bek tire hit a patch of grass forMAtBl then rolled down the mifiadBbankment. The vehicle ■Q-ejghittlen flipped and passengers '^y ers Carolina Gonzalez, a fresh- dn'fkno.fi 30 business administra- waS g re Mm major from Bellaire, i«ownPd Robert Daniel, a fresh man computer engineering major from Dallas, were thrown from the car. “When he [Daniel] moved in, the whole floor bonded/' — Sarah Rogers Friend of the accident victims Gonzalez was pro nounced dead at the scene and Daniel was taken to East Texas Medical Center in Fairfield where he was later pronounced dead. Lisa Whalen, the driver and a freshman education major, was treated for minor injuries at East Texas Medical Center and released Saturday. The accident is still under investigation. Sarah Rogers, a friend of the car accident victims and a freshman general studies ma jor, said Gonzalez, Daniel and Whalen had been visiting friends and family in Dallas. Rogers lived on the fourth floor of the University Tower along with Gonzalez and Daniel. She said Daniel bmestic violence cus of task force, [andlelight vigil 3rd Annual moved in a week late after choosing to leave the Corps of Cadets. “When he moved in, the whole floor bonded,” she said. “He was the center of everyone’s attention.” Rogers said all the resi dents of the fourth floor have been shaken by the accident. She said they have good memories about their friends. “They were both very, very full of life and very car ing about everyone else,” she said. Daniel and Gonzalez will be honored at Silver Taps on Nov. 2. Violence i,g h t Sail away ANTHONY DISALVO/Thh Baitauon Alejandro Lalor, a graduate agricultural economics major and president of the TAMU Sailing Club, and Philip Augustine, a junior biomedical science major, hoist up the sail of their boat Coronado 15, in front of the Rudder Fountain Monday. BY RICHARD BRAY The Battalion The 3rd annual Candlelight Vigil will take place tonight at the Bryan High School Silver Campus Cafeteria and Sponsored by the Brazos County Domestic Violence Task rce and task forces from the seven counties in the Brazos lley, and Phoebe’s Home Outreach, a branch of Twin City jssions. [Brenda Wilkinson, the lead training specialist at Phoebe’s |)me Outreach, said tonight’s vigil has numerous goals and ere will be speeches about domestic violence research and Irvivors. “It is to increase awareness to the public about the prob- ms of family violence, to honor those who have died and [celebrate the work being done to stop violence,” she said. Nikki van Hightower, a visiting professor from the School [Public Health who co-founded the Houston area women’s Inter, said the media and the public often overlook do- [estic violence. “It’s an under-reported and overlooked crime,” she said, /e’re doing a lot better in the last few years, but re- larchers agree that about a quarter to half of domestic vi- tonight 7pm Bryan High Silver Campus Cafeteria JEFF SIVIITH/The Battalion olence [is reported on]. As a result, when you don’t have numbers in a number-oriented society we don’t pay much attention to it.” Van Hightower said domestic violence is a problem at Texas A&M even if students do not hear about it often. “We assume that when people go out voluntarily that they treat each other right, but that’s not necessarily so at all,” she said. “There are a surprising number of students, mainly women students, who in the course of a relationship get bat tered by their partner.” Wilkinson said it is important for students to come if they are interested in helping in the fight against domestic violence. “Eighty-two percent of Americans say that they would like to help if they knew how,” she said. “It would be important to come if you have any interest in making a difference in your community.” Plane accident victims to be honored at service BY ERIKA DOERR The Battalion A memorial in the Rudder Theater Com plex at 7:30 p.m. will honor the memory of the five skydivers who died when the Cessna model 182A plane they were traveling in crashed on Sept. 18. The Aggies honored include Sarah Miller, a freshman biomedical science major, James Puryear, a senior management major, Jonathan Warden, Class of ’97, Mark Woodings, owner of Ags Over Texas and a former student, and Lela Futch, who is also a former student. On Saturday, Sept. 18., a plane known as “Duct Tape” crashed in a private pasture by Coulter Field in Bryan. This plane, which was the property of Ags Over Texas, was carrying Miller, Puryear, Warden, Woodings, and Futch who were preparing for a skydiving jump. Kristen Beard, vice president of the sky diving club and a senior journalism major, said this memorial is open to anyone who wants to remember and reflect on the lives of the five who were killed in the crash. “At 6:30 p.m., prior to the Memorial at 7:30 p.m., parents and family will be at several tables with photos of their family members,” she said. “ [They will be] available to talk with anyone who wants to discuss the crash, the lives of the indi viduals and offer their condolences,” she said. Travis McHam, director of public relations for the A&M skydiving club and a senior jour nalism major, said many friends and family see Memorial on Page 2. INSIDE Aggielife • Teacher’s dirty looks ,Professors sound off about students’ 'actions that get under their skin. Page 4 Sports intimidating presence [Goalkeeper Melanie Wilson [makes an impact on the field. Page_ll Opinion •Education Superhighway I Courses offered I online offer advantages. Page 15 Batt Radio Listen to KAMU-FM 90.9 at 1:57 p.m.for details on the Bryan Texas Utilities’ system check. Study Abroad Programs to promote opportunities outside U.S. at event BY KENNETH MACDONALD The Battalion The Texas A&M Study Abroad Program will hold Overseas Day to day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the MSC to promote opportunities for students to study outside the United States. Catherine Frysinger, staff assistant and program liaison for the Study Abroad Program, said interested stu dents can get information about the programs and sign interest sheets. “Professors will be [at the fair] to promote the programs, along with students who have been abroad be fore,” she said. “We send about 1,000 [students] a year to Mexico, Spain, France, Switzerland, Ger many, Costa Rica and Italy.” Students can study in 11 foreign countries while taking courses rang ing from native languages to engi neering. According to the Study Abroad Office, students may enroll in any college’s program to study in any today In the IHSC 10am to 2pm sponsored by the study abroad program JP BEATO/The Battalion country, or apply directly to foreign in stitutions and the credits will transfer. Leana Devine, a junior interna tional studies and history major, took advantage of one of these programs spending last summer living and studying abroad in what she de scribes as a rewarding experience. Devine spent the first half of the summer studying Spanish in Pueblo, Mexico. She was back in the U.S. for the Fourth of July but left the next day to continue her education in Normandy, France. She said the family she stayed with in Mexico helped her better under stand the language, and being so near battle fields of World War II while in Normandy made the history courses she took much more rewarding. “We were staying in a 12th-century abbey that was originally occupied by monks and then used by the Nazis dur ing World War II,” she said. “I had two history classes in the morning and in the afternoon we took field trips to important sites like Paris and Belgium.” After her classes were over, Devine traveled to Barcelona, Spain, and the south of France. While there, she made an Aggie connection half a world away from College Station. While in La Havre, France, for Bastille Day, she met Ag gies visiting France aboard the USTS Texas Clipper II, the training ship from the Texas A&M Merchant Ma rine Academy in Galveston. Overseas Day will conclude this afternoon with an informational meeting for students interested in the program from 3:30 to 4:30 in Rudder 502. c0 Cx The follwing students will be honored: Mark Dennis Klockentager (Senior Marketing major) James Robert Puryear (Senior Management major) Sarah Rebekah Miller (Freshman Biomedical Science major)