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OCTOBER 11, 2005

ASG discusses scheduled City Council debate

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VOLUME 95, ISSUE 19

INDEPENDENTS GET KINKY

By Clayton Medford News Reporter The upcoming debate for Place Four of the San Marcos City Council was discussed at Associated Student Government’s meeting on Monday. Newly-appointed special assistant to President Jordan Anderson, Sean Wardwell, addressed the senate about the debate. “We will be having a debate on campus on Oct. 25 at 7:30 in the (LBJ) Student Center teaching theatre,” Wardwell said. “We have not agreed on a format or a moderator yet. I have sent letters to the large group speech communication 1310, large group political science and large group mass communication. Frankly, I think we can put this together; I’m just worried about not having students in the seats.” The debate will be between Moe Johnson, health, physical education and recreation professor; Chris Jones, former ASG vice president and public administration senior; and incumbent Bill Taylor. During his report to the senate, Anderson mentioned that four students had approached him to apply for the position of student regent on the Texas State University System Board of Regents. As of the last ASG meeting, no student at Texas State had applied. Anderson expressed concern that with the Friday deadline looming, Texas State may not have a candidate for the nonvoting position on the board. The student selection committee will review the applications and make five recommendations to the chancellor. The chancellor will in turn select three candidates from the nine schools in the Texas State University System and submit them to Gov. Rick Perry for appointment. Senate clerk and economics senior Kyle Morris reported to the senators that San Marcos Mayor Susan Narvaiz has expressed a desire to appoint students to serve on ad hoc committees for the newly formed economic development board. Morris, who was recently made student liaison to the San Marcos City Council, also notified the senators of the State of the City address to be given by Narvaiz on Thursday at the San Marcos Activity Center.

Armando Sanchez/Star photo Governor hopeful Kinky Friedman was inducted as an honorary member to Independent Texas, a political reform organization, by founder Linda Curtis on Saturday at Mojo’s Daily Grind in Austin. After his speech, Friedman took time to talk to the audience and answer their questions.

Independents: ‘Kinky is bringing independent voters onto the stage this election’ By Andi Beierman Special to The Star Gubernatorial candidate Kinky Friedman received an honorary membership to the Independent Texans Saturday morning at Mojo’s Daily Grind in Austin. Nearly 40 people crowded inside the coffeehouse to see Friedman, spilling over the couches and chairs, leaving standing room

UPD cautions students concerning recent spike in car, university thefts By April Zapata News Reporter The University Police Department is cautioning students and faculty after a recent increase in crimes on both the Texas State and Round Rock Higher Education Center campuses. UPD Chief Ralph Meyer confirmed that there have been a number of thefts on the two campuses. At least 10 vehicles

have been vandalized and burglarized on all areas of the Texas State campus. Items stolen include CD players, CDs, a radar detector and stereo equipment. At the RRHEC, classrooms were the main target of theft. In three separate incidents, items stolen included a projector and two Dell computers, totaling $10,000. The increase in crimes has some students concerned. Lau-

ren Heinsohn, political science senior said she uses the commuter parking. “I had my car broken into about two years ago, but I thought it had kind of settled down since I see more police around,” Heinsohn said. Amanda Garibay, criminal justice freshman, lives on campus and uses the residence hall See CRIME, page 3

only. Linda Curtis, founder of the Independent Texans, inducted Friedman into the group with a giant membership card. “Kinky is bringing independent voters onto the stage in this election,” Curtis said. Independent Texans is an organization that has been fighting for electoral reform in Texas for more than two decades. “We exist — 4.2 million independent vot-

ers,” Curtis said. “We deserve an open and fair process; we deserve recognition. Kinky is bringing us into play. We are going to decide who the next governor of the state of Texas is going to be.” The Independent Texans are fighting for changes that would make it easier for independent candidates to be put on Texas elecSee KINKY, page 3

Rewards offered for saving gas in the Commuter Solutions Coalition challenge By Jason Buch News Reporter Residents of Central Texas will be challenged to reduce commuter traffic during the month of October. The Commute Solutions Coalition is hosting a Commuter Challenge for anyone who lives or works in Hays, Travis or Williamson Counties. “Basically, we are encourag-

ing people to try commute solutions in their daily commute,” said Candace Baker, Commute Solutions program manager. “We want to reward people who do use Commute Solutions.” Commute Solutions’ Web site www.commutesolutions. com offers a list of approved commute solutions intended to limit the number of singleoccupant vehicles on Central Texas roads.

Commuters can log on to the site and click on the commuter challenge link to register. From today through Oct. 22, contestants can keep a log of commute solutions they use when they go to work or school, eat lunch or take part in a business meeting. A contestant can log one solution in each of the three categories per day. See COMMUTER, page 3

Rollover accident near campus sends driver to the hospital No fatalities in e heard a evening incident “W customer yell ‘Oh my God,’ By Emily Messer News Reporter

Danny Rodriguez/Star photo Firefighters give medical attention to a woman pulled from an overturned vehicle yesterday evening at the intersection of North LBJ Drive and University Drive.

Today’s Weather

Isolated T-Storms 85˚/ 65˚

Precipitation: 30% Humidity: 72% UV: 6 High Wind: NE 7 mph

An accident that occurred Monday around 6 p.m. at the intersection of North LBJ Drive and University Drive caused one of the cars involved to roll over, and the driver of that car to be sent to the hospital. The injuries of the driver are unknown. According to one witness, the accident occurred when a maroon Mitsubishi Outlander was struck by a maroon Ford Escort LX on the passenger side. When the driver of the Mitsubi-

and everybody turned and saw the car flipped over.”

—Jose Ramirez Subway employee

shi Outlander tried to correct herself, she flipped over, said Meg Guillory, who witnessed the accident. The Outlander was traveling down North LBJ Drive and the Escort was driving down University.

Two-day Forecast Wednesday Partly Cloudy Temp: 86°/ 62° Precipitation: 20%

Thursday Sunny Temp: 86°/ 61° Precipitation: 20%

Guillory, fashion merchandising senior, said she believed the driver of the Outlander was at fault because she may have ran a red light. She also said the accident looked bad because she did not know how fast the cars were traveling. “They put her on a backboard and took her away,” Guillory said about the driver of the Outlander. “They wouldn’t let her move. She was pretty much laying around with her head taped to the backboard. Todd Harrison, the San Marcos Police Department officer in charge of the investigation accompanied the driver of the Outlander to the hospital to complete the report. Harrison could not be reached. The driver of the Ford Escort

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would not comment. The accident was heard or observed by several witnesses around the area. Most saw or heard the tail end of the accident. “We heard a customer yell ‘Oh my God,’ and everybody turned and saw the car flipped over,” said Jose Ramirez, Subway employee. Aaron Fink, an MBA student, said he was at Jack in the Box when he heard the impact and saw the Outlander flip over. Fink said he could not see who was responsible for the accident. “The rollover was relatively gentle as far as rollovers are concerned,” Fink said. “It didn’t look that terrible. She (the driver of the Outlander) was obviously shaken a lot.”

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