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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Yell Leaders' choice to nullify votes disappointing
I was disappointed to
learn that the Senior Yell
Leaders decided to “nullify”
the student body election
results.
It seems everyone ig
nores the fact that the Yell
Leaders agreed, as they had
done for decades, to subject
their elections to the rales
established by the student
body’s representatives in
Student Senate. Not only
did they agree to abide by
these rales, but they agreed
to submit themselves to the
authority of Judicial Court
to resolve disputes.
It is evident that the
votes of the student body
were not counted correctly.
As a result, a lawsuit was
filed with Judicial Court. At
this point the process was
being followed.
But then the Senior
Yell Leaders decided that
they had the authority to
“nullify” the results. While
they wanted to ensure
votes counted, they actively
sought to ensure the exact
opposite by advocating
that the original votes of
10,000-plus students be
ignored. Had they done
nothing, the Judicial Court
would have resolved the is
sue, as they did on Monday
by ordering a recount.
Rather than let Judicial
Court resolve the issue, the
Senior Yell Leaders created
an issue by calling for a spe
cial revote on Wednesday.
Students have no right to
set the process for this elec
tion. Candidates have no
recourse to Judicial Court.
There are no guarantees of
a fair process.
And somehow this is
something to be celebrated?
Surely not. Rather, students
should oppose this revote,
lobby for the election pro
cess to be fixed by Senate
and send a message to the
yell leaders that their elec
tions must be conducted by
the same rales that govern
all campus elections. Stu
dent body elections should
be governed by the rale of
law established by the rep
resentatives of the student
body as a whole, not three
Senior Yell Leaders or gov
ernment bureaucrats.
Cody T. Vasut ’09
Lucky No. 13:
A&M outlasts
Dallas Baptist,
extends streak
By Lawrence Smelser
In its biggest test yet, the No. 11
Texas A&M Aggie baseball team got
its 13th win of the season Tuesday, de
feating Dallas Baptist 7-5.
Texas A&M head coach Rob Chil
dress discussed the hard-fought win after
the game.
“We saw as good a pitching staff as
we’ve seen all year, and may see for some
time,” Childress said. “There were a lot
of punches thrown by both teams and
we were fortunate to come out on top.”
After 13 home games in a row, unde
feated Texas A&M will finally venture
outside the confines of Olsen Field this
weekend for a tournament at Minute
Maid Park.
Childress said he has learned a lot
about his team in the 13-game streak.
“We have come ready to play every
game,” Childress said. “We haven’t tak
en any team lighdy. We have 15 guys
who are capable of producing at the plate
and we have lot of guys who get things
done on the mound. Now we’ll see how
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11 : H tm m
Tim Lai —THE BATTALION
Turner Larkins pitches at Olsen Field Tuesday night as the Aggies won
7-5 against Dallas Baptist.
they react when they are in an unfamiliar
surroundings.”
Four runs in the fourth inning off five
consecutive hits put the Aggies up 5-2.
A solo home run from Logan Taylor
gave the Aggies their fifth run, but Dal
las Baptist would not give up.
After Dallas Baptist tied the game at
5-5 at the top of the seventh inning,
Ryne Birk singled to left field in the bot
tom of the seventh inning and brought
home junior Michael Barash to regain
the lead at 6-5 for Texas A&M. The Ag
gies would add one more in the bottom
of the seventh as a walk with the bases
loaded enabled Blake Allemand to score
and give the Aggies a 7-5 lead.
Starter Turner Larkins went 4 2/3
innings, striking out five and giving up
four runs, three of them earned.
The Aggies next game will be in
Houston on Friday against Nebraska for
the Astros College Classic.
MORE AT TX.AG/BATT9
Tanner Garza — THE BATTALION
Every 18 minutes,
a brain aneurysm
ruptures, causing
death in 40 percent of
cases and permanent
neurological
deficiencies in 66
percent of those who
survive.
RESEARCH CONTINUED
Boyle said. “The most important thing
is collagen, it is a lot more stable and
stronger material. It stabilizes aneu
rysms and prevents a new one from
forming. Years down the line, there is
a healthy tissue and no risk of rapture.”
Maitland said the platinum coils
used in the current method are blood-
filled, balloon-like bulges in the walls
of a blood vessel. If the coil raptures,
it could cause neurological damage
which can be debilitating or even fatal,
especially if near the brain.
Maitland has worked on the mem
ory foam for 20 years. The research
is a collaboration between Maitland’s
Biomedical Device Laboratoty and
the startup company Shape Memory
Therapeutics. Shape Memory Thera
peutics has contracted with BioTex,
Inc., an Aggie founded medical device
manufacturer based in Houston, to
lead product development and manu
facturing.
The recent $2.5-million grant will
be helpful for the research because it is
an important step in bringing the tech
nology to human trials, a step Maitland
said is important to ensure the treat
ment’s safety and success.
“A lot of people don’t understand
that if you create a prototype that is
for medical technology, quite frankly,
in a lot of cases if you don’t take it
to human it will die, nobody will take
it on because it’s too risky,” Maitland
said. “So everything that we do is risk
reduction.”
Maitland’s team includes colleagues
from his department, the College of
Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical
Sciences at Texas A&M and the Mayo
Clinic Medical School.
Hasan said the uniqueness of their
lab is their ability to synthesize the
foam on their own.
“The unique thing about our lab is
that we have taken this material which
is plastic, regular plastic and we are able
to make foam out of them which is a
significantly hard thing to do,” Hasan
said.
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ALLEN CONTINUED
he is ready for the challenge.
“You know, coming in last year ob
viously I learned the system quick, but
as you can see in the first scrimmage it’s
a totally different atmosphere coming
into that — but I can see the guys are
rallying around me a lot,” Allen said.
“We got a lot of chemistry with the
O-line and receivers and stuff and it’s
going well.”
His confidence and improvement
has not gone unnoticed, said teammate
and fellow quarterback Connor Mc
Queen.
“The two biggest improvements to
me are his confidence and his leader
ship,” McQueen said. “After the season
ended, he really took this team over as
his own and stepped into the leadership
role. Even though he is only 18, he has
really stepped up and become one of
the leaders on this team. ”
Allen High School quarterback and
A&M signee Kyler Murray has drawn
buzz from Aggie fans even without yet
setting foot on campus as a student.
“He deserves it, the kid’s never lost
a game in his life,” Allen said. “He’s a
Texas legend. I know everyone here is
from Texas and I’m from Arizona, so I
don’t get that love yet, but I mean he’s
a legend around here. So he’s going to
step in, he’s going to put the work in
just like I did, but it’s going to be a fun
competition.”
That increased leadership role is
especially important given the lack of
quarterbacks on the roster, said offen
sive coordinator Jake Spavital.
“That is a good sign, especially when
you don’t have much behind him right
now and waiting for Kyler to come in
the fall,” Spavital said. “But right now
he is taking it by the horns and running
with it.”
There are plenty of injuries on the
team, including receiver Josh Reyn
olds, but Allen takes that in stride. He
uses this time to develop better chem
istry with his receivers.
“Yeah no doubt, I think that’s big,
I think me and Spav talked about that
coming into spring, I mean not to
knock it, but him being hurt it frees up
other time for other guys,” Allen said.
“So when Josh is tired and we need
other guys to step up it will be better,
because we have that chemistry now.”
Texas A&M will host its pro day
Wednesday.
Jena Floyd —THE BATTALION
Kyle Allen, who started five
games last season, completes
drills during day two of spring
practice Tuesday.
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