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SBP campaign admits to buying domains ly regret this.” The tactic could be a violation of federal law, as well as two tier-three offenses with the election commission at Texas A&M. “If it costs me the election, it costs me the election. But it is not going to do so at the cost of my character,” Bowen said during a meeting with his campaign staff Wednesday night. Voting for campuswide elections will be Feb. 28-March 1, and runoff elections, if necessary, will be March 3-4. There are five candidates for stu-
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The Battalion Marshall Bowen’s campaign elected to purchase domain names they expected other student body presidential candidates to use as a campaign strategy in October. “Marshall’s team and Marshall did know about the domain names,” said a head campaign manager for the Bowen campaign. “They did not understand how it could hurt the other candidates in the way that it did. Now, we at the team, and Marshall specifically, sincere-
dent body president: juniors Bowen and Hilary Albrecht, political science majors, Jeff Pickering, communication major, and seniors Chris Tucker, university studies major and Justin Pulliam, animal science major. Blake Mayhall, registrant of hilaryalbrecht.com and pickpickering.com, is the roommate of Clark Caperton, who was a campaign manager for student body president candidate Marshall Bowen at the time of purchase. Juniors agribusiness major Mayhall and political science major Caperton
share the address registered with the websites, while the registered phone number is Mayhall’s and the registered e-mail belongs to Caperton. Caperton once considered running for student body president, but decided not to because of the time commitment. Caperton then joined Bowen’s campaign as a campaign manager. He resigned his position with the campaign Friday. “I needed some time back from the campaign,” Caperton said. “I wasn’t going to openly support any candidate.
I withdrew for personal reasons.” Intentional campaign sabotage is a tier-three offense under the election commissions’ rules and regulations at A&M. According to multiple sources, multiple tier-three offenses often result in disqualification. “We don’t regret this because we got caught,” Bowen’s campaign manager said. “We regret this because we are a team who does care about our integrity significantly.” See Election on page 7
Between a prof and a tutor place Professors and tutors discuss tension between the two parties and students give opinion on the matter
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The return of Saw-Dog, Lindsey Sisk’s arrival in Aggieland, season previews for both teams, a look at All-American John Stilson and what makes coach Jo Evans tick.
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Code maroon advances alert system
state director. Daniel Crocker, southwest diThe Battalion rector for Students for Concealed Texas Students for Concealed Carry on Campus, said he became Carry on Campus, an organization involved after he recognized the designed to inform students of the gravity of the issue. right to self-protection, had hopes of “Over 45,000 members started holding a debate on campus, but the the organization after the Virginia proposition was voted down by the Tech incident. Two percent of the faculty senate. The members quesnation’s college students attend camtion why they have to be disarmed puses where concealed carry is alon campus in light of the lack of argu- lowed,” Crocker said. ments against their case. The issue will appear before the In a world where anything can Texas Legislature, and the Students happen, some students feel an infor Concealed Carry on Campus said creasing need to be able to protect they want a chance for both sides of themselves on campus. the issue to be heard. “Everybody wants to be able to “We have tried to get people to defend themselves and be safe. You debate us and can’t find the people. should be able to defend yourself on campus,” said Chase Jennings, See Carry on page 7
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Concealed carry is allowed on 2 percent of college campuses nationwide. Students can vote on the issue in the future.
The Battalion On April 16, 2007, a student opened fire and killed 32 people in the deadliest college campus shooting in U.S. history at the Virginia Tech campus. Schools across the country set out to create a medium through which to communicate emergencies to people across the campus after the incident. “The tragedy at Virginia Tech was the main thing that told us we needed to do something,” said Charley Clark, Texas A&M University risk and compliance vice president. “When that happened, the interim president [Davis] asked for an emergency notification method.
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See the photographers from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. today or Friday in Training Room 027 of the Clayton W. Williams Jr. Alumni Center. Walk-ins welcome; no appointment necessary. There is no charge to get your senior or graduate student section photo in Texas A&M University’s 109th yearbook.
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