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A&M students will have the opportunity to hear candidates’ positions at the RHA candidate forum, which will be held at 4:30 p.m. March 23 in the Sbisa Dining Center quiet room. A student body president and yell leader forum will be held in the Memorial Student Center Flag Room March 30. If needed, runoff elections will be held on April 7 and 8. Eddie Garcia, a senior accounting major, said he voted online for the first time last year and found it more convenient than voting with a paper ballot. “I think publicizing the online voting more would make more people vote because it’s so much easier to get to a computer than to get to the MSC,” Garcia said. Election results will be announced at midnight on April 2, and runoff results will be announced at midnight on April 9 at the Sul Ross Statue in Academic Plaza. Candidates Continued from page 1 and when the administration discusses where money is going, he is the students’ liaison to the administration. “I hope someone in that position has the stu dents’ best interests in mind,” Mahaffey said. Robert Strawser, chair of the vice president for student affairs search advisory committee and accounting professor, said that the new vice president for student affairs will need to under stand and appreciate the different role of stu dents governing A&M. “We need to attract the best person to fill this position,” he said. “They have to also value our unique tradition-rich campus while being able to promote change within that context.” Josefy said the vice president for student affairs plays a vital role in determining the future of the University, from what the campus looks like to any major University decision. “This is a person who will be there year after year while student leadership changes,” Josefy said. “This is a person who remains in the posi tion to directly report to the president about the role of student involvement.” Fourth student suicide at NYU By Amy Westfeldt THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Cflllfor details on classes and registration wfo. NEW YORK — A 19-year- old New York University student committed suicide by jumping from a high-rise roof, the fourth student to die in a plunge this academic year, officials said. Diana Chien, a transfer stu dent from California, jumped from the 24-story, off-campus building Saturday, officials said. The city medical examiner ruled her death a suicide. University officials notified students of Chien’s death via e-mail Monday. “People are sort of angry and bitter,” freshman Dana Delger told The New York Times for a story in Wednesday editions. “They don’t understand why this keeps happening.” The New York Post tabloid published a front-page photo of Chien’s plunge off the building, and university officials said Wednesday the decision to rerun the photo worsened the commu nity’s pain. The photograph was used inside the newspaper Sunday with a story quoting witnesses to the woman’s fall, and it was republished Wednesday on the THE BATTALIO 1 W K.PELUNA Gas front page with Chien’s identity. “Given that this had already been in the paper once, it seems to show an appalling lack of judgment and insensitivity to the young woman’s family and a disregard for the feelings of stu dents at NYU,” university spokesman John Beckman said. The newspaper's Sunday edi tion quoted the photographer, Scott Schwartz, saying the person in the photograph had her back to the street when she leaped and stayed completely still as she fell. “1 saw one shoe go flying into the air after the impact,” Schwartz said. Continued from page “Gas prices will continue go up this year no matter win he said. Loveless said gas prit always go up during the sunn because gas stations arerequiiei by the federal government toils a lower emission gas, costs more to produce. “It’s an urban myth t prices go up during the: because of increased travel,an that’s just not the case,” he sail “People travel just as muchdu ing the summer as theydol rest of the year.” Warren Mclver, invente manager for H&M Wholes! which distributes Shell the Bryan-College Stati# m M area, said the amount of fuelfc tributed has not dropped! gas prices have increased. “People still need to around, and they need fuel top on the road,” he said. Mclver said he doesn diet any drastic changes in ik amount of fuel distribute! because of favorable trends u fuel consumption. Loveless said the amount gas consumed is not going i change. “Bottom line is that are buying the same amountol gas as they always have,” said. “They are also griping just Jj" an as much as they always hav e f or when prices go up.” Som eedon ice bt y l Greek Continued from pagel ijor. As part of the exchange, fivesti- dents from Texas 4-H Clubi spend part of June and Greece, said Dan James, Club specialist in charged international programs. Sixteen-year-old Manolc Karakousis said he wants to bet fanner mainly because he likesil and secondly, because he want! to help Greece be less dependen; on other countries for its food. “In Greece we import a lota things,” he said, “I don’t like tin I want to support my country Konstantoulakis said wta he returns to Greece that lie going to tell his friends about the tall buildings he saw. Eighteen-year-old Geori Poursaitidis said he was awed the “big, fast cars” in Texas, The students said they amazed by the sodas tht served at American restauraui Karakousis said he tffl impressed that they were and came with free refills. “Everything here is big,” he said. anyb My round irious ami Acc< irking to a NEWS IN BRIEF Teen sniper, Malvo, sentenced to life in prison CHESAPEAKE, Va. (AP)-le Boyd Malvo, the young man tlf teamed up with John Muhammad to terrorize ft Washington area in a sniper spa that left 10 people dead, was I mally sentenced Wednesday toS in prison without parole. Malvo, 19, was sentenced at! after Muhammad was giveuS death penalty by a judge in esthetic dermatology experience at Terry quick, affordable, physician supervised, laser hair removal now available i dermatalOTe" Tbo arftoffc ctormatatogy expeiteno* at Terry Jonm. M.D. Terry Jones, M.D. 1707 Broadmoor ♦Bryan • www.dermataloge.com • 776.7546 The Battalion Elizabeth N. 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