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. ; '.■.Oir-l'r: A 1 , a- 7: TUESDAY November 7, 2000 Volume 107 ~ Issue 53 10 pages t mmi u rwf:^ * i i>i:i k’i ^rwii’ erson is of public! lions are in BrazosQ 'registered!! ity in orders is and cani said Ward II be openft Jav. LECTION 2000 'mil-College Station vo me PRECINCTS Bushy Gore look for last-minute momentum, race to the finish line the United! reclnct toting Location no to pick Itj nd West Vi re, whe titling fonj don-! Dean isah’J ,3B,3C |recinct4Fire Station ,4B, 79A, 79B lemp School lew Bethlehem Baptist Church ■outh Knoll School lail l v P re College Station Conference Center away wir* ■oliege Station Municipal Court las waged™ d Press. fe'Mrockett School n Kelly, vi™ onvention Banor East Mall Shopping Center ’ BA, 13B ' Benderson School I 4 Ben Milam School 1 entral Church of Christ 96,12 wrthouse Annex 1,47,48,49 razos County Health Department liA, 18B, 18C 'ryan Central Fire Station 0 ilemorial Student Center 146 On-campus residents are in 20) 21,61 A&M United Methodist Church 123 : Johnson School :y stuckit 've got tfl he regul spot in tk Leynoldi AndrelS te 20001 tent team n rough ad some ten i d those 1 College Hills Elementary School 25,43 i G.W. William Tabernacle ! 26A, 26B ] Sam Rayburn Middle School 27A 278,75,76 Bright Light Baptist Church |Peach Creek Community Center [29A, 29B, 29C, 29D, 29E, ,29F 8,62,64,69,70 |Brushy Community Center |30A, 308,30C, 300,78 ' pavarro Elementary School |31 M Church of Christ 132 iCollege Station Public Library 33 iLincoln Center 34 [College Station City Hall Training Room 35 [College Station ISD Admin. Building 36 [FirstFreewill Baptist Church . 37 [College Heights Assembly of God Church "8,44,46A,46B,51A,51B [Castle Heights Baptist Church Rock Prairie Elementary School 7d> Weekend* $14 $17 $20 nr skills ?ne $ - two If Cours e g series® Aldersgate Methodist Church 42,60,77A, 77B, 77C Wesley Methodist Church 45A, 45B, 45C, 450,19,66,81A, 81B, 81C Arena Hall 53A, 53B, 54,55 i Brazos County Courthouse 57,22,50,58 ’ Calvary Baptist Church 158,59,71,73,83,28A Holy Cross Lutheran Church |63A,63B,63C Brazos Center Polls open at 7 a.m. and close at 7 Take your voter registration p.m card or photo ID. If you have ques tions about your voting precinct, * at 361-4490. call Voter Services i WASHINGTON (AP) — George W. Bush and A1 Gore campaigned through the final hours of their run for the White House on Monday, seeking last-minute momen tum in a costly and exhausting race to be come the nation’s 43rd president. The Texas governor said he trusted that Americans had “heard our message” — compassionate conservatism and a less in trusive government. The vice president urged a Democratic vote to maintain the na tion’s economic prosperity. Gore anticipated a long count on Elec tion Night and joked that his first meal as president-elect would probably be break fast. “But I’m going to make it a Happy Meal from McDonald’s,” he told an Iowa audience. In Florida, Bush was confident he would return Republicans to the presidency lost by his father in 1992. “We’ve laid the ground work for victory,” he said, “now it’s up (to us) to get people to the polls.” Candidates for the 107th Congress went through their final paces, Republicans and Democrats focusing their energy and mon ey on four or five dozen highly contested races likely to determine control of the House and the Senate. The airwaves were a blizzard of cam paign advertising, with an advantage to Bush. From the start of his run through mid- October, the Texas governor had spent $ 138 million, including $56 million on radio and television ads, according to the Campaign Study Group. Gore was at $94 million over all, including $41.5 million for broadcast ads. The polls gave Bush a small edge in the popular vote, a position he gained after over taking Gore in public opinion surveys dur ing October. But the decisive Electoral Col lege seemed less predictable. It takes 270 electoral votes, a majority, to win the White House. Key swing states included Florida (25 electoral votes); Pennsylvania (23); and Michigan (18); and an aggressive Bush campaign bid as well for Gore strongholds such as California (54) and Tennessee (11). Some aides worried that Green Party candidate Ralph Nader would damage the vice president’s chances of succeeding Bill Clinton by diluting the Democratic vote in swing states like Oregon and Wis consin. Under pressure from Democratic liberals to back off, Nader countered: “...The only wasted vote is for someone you don’t believe in.” See Election on Page 2. Brazos County ready for voters By Brady Creel The Battalion SELSO GARCIA & BRADY CREEL/The Battalion The atmosphere in the Brazos County Courthouse Monday afternoon was hus- tle-and-bustle as County Clerk Mary Ann Ward and her staff prepared to manage 44 polling sites for today’s election. “I’ve got my hopes high,” Ward said as she issued a set of election materials to an election judge from one of the voting precincts. Ward said Brazos County boasted more than 18,000 early voters, a record-breaking num ber. Only 16,000 people voted early in the last election. As of Monday afternoon, 85,252 vot ers were registered in Brazos County, leaving less than 70,000 to vote today. Voters must vote according to their designated precincts. Stu dents living on campus will vote in precinct 20 in Memorial Stu dent Center (MSC) 146. To vote today, voters will be required to present their voter registration cards, driver’s li censes or other official photo identification. Ward said voters can contact See Voting on Page 2. ruben deluna/the battalion 2S sub plies Jayson Alan Clubb Freshman General Studies Major Box facilitates condolences to families of Silver Taps honorees Katherine Anne Keller] Senior Biology Major By Marium Mohiuddin nds! fit' Loca0 * 0 rerthyl 4ec #5- 1 ' r)l Rang® d Court* B5 rf*A5A)l' !ec The Silver laps ceremony be held tonight at 10:30 inTroH oHhc Academic Building. Tiie ccrenrion*is to honor those stuocnLswho have passed awa while enrolled. ^) /? rs The Battalion At 10:20 tonight, lights on the Texas A&M campus will be dimmed and students and loved ones 'will gather at the Academic Building Plaza to remember Katherine Keller, a senior biology major, and Jayson Clubbs, a freshman general studies major. The Ross Volunteers honor guard will march across campus to the plaza area and fire a volley salute. Buglers from the Aggie Band will then play a special arrange ment of “Taps,” with the toll of the Albritton Tower signaling the end of the ceremony. Adding a more personal touch to the tra dition, the Silver Taps Subcommittee of the Traditions Council has placed a box in the Academic Plaza at the base of the flagpole for students, faculty and friends to leave notes and cards for the families. “My subcommittee began to think about what these families must be going through to lose their loved one,” said Christy French, chairwoman of the Silver Taps subcommittee and a junior psychology major. “Students do not really get the opportunity to express to the families how much it means to them that the families have come or how sorry they are about the death of their loved one. “Obviously, it is not always the most ap propriate of timing for a stranger to approach that family after such an emotional ceremo ny to express their sympathy about that fam ily’s son or daughter. This way they can ex press their emotions and sympathies to the families without having to worry about actu ally approaching the families during such a hard time for them.” Monday the box was placed by the flag pole for the first time. Accompanying the box is a card with information about the stu dents, including their names, classifica tions, majors and hometowns. The box will picked up at dark tonight, and the notes will be given to the families. Schuyler Houser, chairwoman of the Traditions Council and a senior industrial engineering major, said if the response to the box is favorable, the Traditions Council hopes to have the box available for future Silver Taps ceremonies. French encourages all students, not just people who knew the students being honored, to leave notes. “It is said that once a member of our Aggie family leaves us, their spirit lives on and they will always be a part of our Aggie family,” she said. “We are hoping that students will be able to put into words to the loved ones of those be ing honored what the Aggie spirit is and how it hurt us to lose a member of that family.” French added that leaving a note in the box can help students through the healing process because they can share their feelings about the deaths of their friends.