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November 7, 2000
Volume 107 ~ Issue 53
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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
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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.