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SO MAVBE IF WE GO to the strokes shod AND GIVE them OUR DEMO, THEV'U. HELP US GET SIGNED' \S THAT WHV THIS NEu) Song vs called "houj THE STROKES SAVED CHRvSTNAS"? by Will Uoy^A luck, he’s had a hard-foujli paign as well, and we’llji what happens come Tin night,” Hildebrand said. Hildebrand finished with 4,559 votes (35 pet and McAdams received votes (20 percent). Nu* Carter finished third with votes (17 percent); Herreth received 1,987 (15 percent); Mark \\ received 692 votes (5 pet; and Royd Hernandez votes (4 percent). Haley, with 8,120 vote* percent), was close to lean “There are too many [o thank; I’m just speeds Haley said. Bishop won by the» margin with 10,010 vote percent). “All I can say is the Lor timing for everything was the time for us to bekV e - Bishop said. “It seems lib was a tough race to know the Lord had a iorthw lie abo Terrell won with 9,47h ng atn (2S percent). Thefourthc! date in the senior yell Taylor Baumgartner, rece inglish lean’s Reflections Continued from page 1 Shannon Vogt, roll call and families sub-chair for Muster 2004 and a senior marketing major. “You can walk through and look at the pic tures and the items that have been submitted and realize that these people were Aggies, and they had loved ones and lives and goals and dreams,” Vogt said. “When you hear their name on the roll call that evening, hopefully you’ll remember something you saw about them.” Ivison said she was glad she could share parts of her daughter’s life at Reflections. “1 think it’s a very great idea to let other peo ple know what a wonderful person she was and what a dedicated Aggie she was,” Ivison said. Ivison said her daughter’s legacy was her dedication to God. “She wanted God to have all the glory,” Ivison said, “Her last written words were ‘God’s grace is sufficient for me.’ Her last ver bal words were. Remember, I’ve laid it at the feet of Jesus.’” Fox Continued from page 1 and we hope it arrives at a process of justice happy ending.” The comments struck a more conciliatory note than statements Friday, w hen Fox said the world court and the United Nations will have to take action if the United States doesn’t comply with the world court ruling. The ruling by the United Nations’ highest judicial authority could mean a reprieve or another chance of appeal for the inmates, including one scheduled to in May in Oklahoma. But the decision also offered no assurances that the states will try to address the court’s concerns. The U.S. government has ignored the court's rulings in the past. Asked Sunday if he had contacted U.S. President Bush, Fox said, “We’ll do it in its time ... to insist in this act of basic justice.” The death penalty has been a sore point in Mexican-U.S. relations, with Fox canceling a trip to meet with Bush in 2002 after Texas executed a Mexican man convicted of killing a police officer. Fox is a strong opponent of the death penalty. 6,197 votes (18 perceni), The junior yell caodijAew bo had a closer race withHti md thi getting 7,518 votes (33 cent) and Askew recti 8,538 (38 percent). Jacobi finished third with 6,465 ( 28 percent). “This is one of the most! bling experiences of my Hebert said. Askew said he wasecstt0 a,1le 11 “I’m speechless ai w helmed.” Askew said. The Memorial Sw Center President Referer; it the F and Student Service nent lit Referendum were also a p* leavyw But ongest ontend bad r; ichildi Thi iirltural CARPOOL Continued from page 1 Tijerina said. Ben Carter, a senior finance and marketing major and CAR- POOL chair, said it was inspir ing to reach this many rides, and that CARPOOL has been focusing on not just giving rides to people, but promoting the message of making respon sible decisions. “I think this is a great mile stone for CARPOOL; it shows our members hard work and shows dedication and the com munity’s continued support,” said Carter, who has been a member of CARPOOL since its second semester of operations. Carter said CARPOOL has helped start seven sister pro grams at different universities in the nation, including Watchdawgs (University of Georgia), SWAT (Texas State University), STRIPES (Univer sity of Missouri), CatsRIDE (Arizona University) and RamRides (Colorado Univer sity), with 15 more such pro grams at different locations in the works. CARPOOL runs Thursday through Saturday from 10 p.m to 3 a.m. CARPOOL will run through the remain der of this semester with its last day of operations on May 8. CARPOOL will not run during the summer, but will return in the fall. Currently, CARPOOL has 275 student volunteers and has increased the number of cars it runs to 14. CARKJOL averages about 180 rides each night. “We really hope to keep growing; we know that there always is going to be students in this community who will bene fit from this service,” Barbier said. “We want students to make responsible decisions.” Barbier said reaching this number of rides is encouraging to the volunteers and hopes that those who use the service con tinue to use it. She encourages those who have not taken advantage of the service to try it if they become intoxicated and need a ride home. the voting results. The Student Service Referendum and the Referendum both did not unofficially, with 7,829 votes (61 percent) and 6,318 votes (52 percent) respective! Michael P. Vargowaseta T'.' Residence Hall Associa president and Greg Bergeta RHA vice president foraiii istration. In other races, Com Wall was elected Class of president; Jared .L Pa vice president; Blake treasurer; Brandi Weisis mltura social secretary; Ez ‘Surviv Hodges, historian; andLim la. mal Leissner, secretary. For the 2006 Class Con lassie Austin Bird was named f? dent; Monique Rochon. president; Rodriguez, secretary; Peoples, treasurer; Ortegon, social secretary Melodic Jordan, historian. For the 2007 Class Coi Justin Bryan was elected f dent; Anthony Justin Griffin will compel; runoff for vice presii Meredith Novak, seerfi Corey Nichols, treasurer;ft West, social secretary: Celena Adkins, historian. Chilifest Continued from page 1 The extra police presence and the rented lights at certain intersections were two things that cut down on accidents this year, Gaas said. There were 27 arrests made on the Chilifest site and 94 arrests made through out Burleson County on Friday and Saturday, Gaas said. In 2003, Gaas said, officers issued 125 citations, 80 of them for underage drinking. Not all the county arrests are necessarily a direct result of Chilifest, Gaas said. Gaas said there were mostly minor injuries reported, and there were two injuries that officials said were major. “There was a seizure victim and a man who got a cut to his head, and those were the only major injuries that were reported,” Gaas said. The seizure victim was a staff worker, and the seizure was attributed to heat and dehydration since the victim was not report ed to be an epileptic, Gaas said. Gaas said the victim was treated and recovered later on site. The man who received a cut to his head did not know how he received the cut and was taken to a local hos pital where he received stitches, Gaas said. This year’s Chilifest site was not left lit tered with as much trash as it had been in the past, Gaas said. “The staff brought more trash cans for each of the team’s tents, and they were able to get them emptied late Friday evening,” Gaas said. “This really helped to keep the garbage down.” [ n Attendees from all over the stated hear performers Jason Boland Stragglers, Cross Canadian Ragweei Green, Sammy Kershaw and hezfff George Jones. “I think that Cross Canadian did the best performance outofalld bands,” said Marty McGee, a com tion major from San Angelo University. “All of the bands weregid 1 am just a really big Cross fan.” Connor Nix, a sophomore ence major at Texas A&M, said his first Chilifest was the best. “It was going to be hard for Chilifest to live up to the expectation we hyped it up to be, but I i enjoyed it nonetheless,” Nix said. 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