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» By MEGAN MCCANN News Editor
Four men were arrested early Monday, Sept. 15, at Two Rivers Apartments. Earl Brody, 19, Traquille Hopson, 20, DeShaun Palmer, 18, of Madisonville, Ky., and Tyler Stafford, 18, of Clarksville, Tenn., were all charged with aggravated robbery and aggravated kidnapping on $250,000 bonds. According to Police Chief Michael Kasitz, the Clarksville Police Department responded to a call from Two Rivers Apartments at 2:25 a.m. Monday morning. Kasitz sent an email to the APSU community at 2:33 a.m.: “The victims stated the suspects brandished a shotgun and a knife, taking personal belongings from the victims.” Kasitz later said the suspects also had a small baseball bat with them and that the shotgun, a gun that is on average the size of a man’s torso, had
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Between the e n d o f Au g u s t and beginning o f S e p t e m b e r, six locations throughout Clarksville were cited for selling alcohol to minors. One employee of Food Mart was willing to speak on the citation their store received. “I was fined, but will be attending court later on next month to find out how much my fine is,” the employee said. The storeowner of Tony’s discount tobacco and alcohol, Amir, said, “There is a lot of community judgment from the citation. I am embarrassed and do not agree with underage drinking.” There are also potential health problems connected to underage drinking. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,
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been modified to a smaller size. The suspects were also in a vehicle, making the shotgun not visible. APSU had units patrolling at the time, and an additional officer was brought in after the report. “Shortly after the report of this incident, Clarksville Police detained four male suspects who were positively identified by the victims and taken into custody. The weapons and items taken were recovered.” Kastiz said. As of 5 p.m. Monday evening, no police report had been received. Neither CPD nor APSU police could explain the kidnapping charges of the four men. Despite arrests being made, Kasitz said the investigation is ongoing and that Clarksville Police Department is “taking the lead” on the case. The men charged are not APSU students and, as of 5 p.m. Monday, have not been released from jail. APSU police are asking those with additional information to call 931-221-7786. TAS
6 stores cited for
selling alcohol to minors » By CHARLIE MARCH Guest Writer
“A young person’s brain and body are still growing. Drinking alcohol can cause learning problems or lead to adult alcoholism.” Some APSU students have expressed harsh feelings about underage drinking and the stores cited for selling alcohol to minors. “The businesses that do sell to minors are not doing their job,” said Joe Moore, 21. “Even if
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Student Government Association ratifies new senators, makes plans
SGA ratified new senators Friday, Sept. 12. MEAGHAN MALONE | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
» By LAUREN COTTLE Assistant Features Editor
The Student Government Association held ratification for its new senators Friday, Sept. 12, at 4 p.m. The Internal
Affairs Committee oversaw ratification. Members include Sen. Faith Merriweather and Tabitha Montague and Justices Brice Lewis and Lucas Bearden. Freshman senators elected include Waqas Ahmed with 158 votes, Gary Brewer with 193 votes, Julia Matthews with 223 votes, Jesse McGaha with 148 votes and Austin McKain with 164 votes. Graduate senators elected include John Dugger with 255 votes and Linda McIntosh with 287 votes. The overall vote in this year’s SGA elections is 730 compared with fall 2013 elections’ total vote of 579. Two APSU students, Patrick Grady and Daniel Anderson, addressed the SGA with concerns during the campus community section of the SGA meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 10.
Grady asked senators to consider writing legislation to turn on the lights for the intramural fields at night so students can use it, or to open another intramural field for students to use. Grady also told senators he believes there should be more options for the two fine art classes needed for core requirements, such as acting, guitar, or sculpting. During Executive Committee reports, Executive Secretary Brena Andring announced she would like to bring back the public relations committee, which would help with advertisements and spreading the word on SGA events. Andring also told senators to send legislation to the Chief Clerk, Lauren Lynch before sending it to her. Vice President Daniel Pitts announced the G.H.O.S.T.
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Power outage leads to canceled classes » By DAVID HARRIS
Staff Writer
On Monday, Sept. 5, three areas in Clarksville were without power for three hours. The power outage lasted from 9:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The cause of the power outage is unknown. According to Jim Manning, Clarksville Department of Electricity manager of the Administrative Division, it started with a faulty 69 kv transmission, which triggered the failure of a relay device in CDE’s primary substation. This led to the power outages at the East and Ladd Substations. The downtown area, APSU,
Riverside Drive and Memorial Drive experienced power loss. On the north side of Clarksville, Jack Miller Boulevard, Fort Campbell Boulevard and Lafayette Road were also affected. Around 11:30 a.m. Friday, APSU cancelled all remaining classes. Clarksville Academy also dismissed early at about 10:30 a.m. “It’s happened before,” said library assistant Stephanie Porter. “When it happened, we were hoping it would only be down for a few minutes, but, obviously, it was down a lot longer because it was a city wide problem.
I felt really bad for the students that were working on papers and projects, because they lost all their work that they had not saved. When they decided to close down we had made a joke that, as soon as we left, the power would come back up. It was unfortunate.” Some students said they felt APSU’s backup generators were not prepared. “I think APSU should definitely maybe think about some backup generators,” said business administration major Bryan Bentley.
“Power outages seem to be happening a lot more these days in the city of Clarksville.” Communications Professor Dale McCarver said he believes that when you’re in education you “have to be able to roll with the punches, be very flexible, and expect the unexpected.” McCarver said he enjoyed the rest of the Friday afternoon and starting the weekend early and hoped his students did too. McCarver intends to get his students caught up overtime with the missed class. TAS