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Joy-Lena Waites, publics ; tions officer of the BAC, said contest gives students a r> um to participate in speecln f rhetoric-related activites. The first-place winner wii j ceive $1,000, the second-pi;; winner will receive $750,«1 the third-place winner ceive $500. Senate consider regulation bill Following the confusion ;| rounding the Spring 2000 leader elections, the Student: ate considered a bill Wednesd that would clearly define a nda| ity vote in the election regulafcl The bill was written after thejl cial Board of Texas A&M man® ed last year that election ret.-; tions be made more clear. The yell leaders appealedT outcome of the Spring 2000etf tions because they were cl cerned about how the mm was calculated by the electl commission. 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