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Practice to draw students Head Football Coach Mike Sherman invited the student body to attend a football practice as part of “Pigskin Palooza, an Aggie Student Party at Kyle Field.” Practice will be 4 to 5:30 p.m. at Kyle Field. The gates at the four corners of the stadium will open at 3:30 p.m. Sherman said the public is welcome to watch from the track around the field or from the stands. Students can participate in team drills at the conclusion of the formal practice. “The support we receive from our students is unbelievable,” Sherman said. “The students can do various drills with our position groups, maybe catch passes from Jerrod Johnson, throw TD passes to E.Z. [Uzoma Nwachukwu] or Jeff Fuller or do some drills with Von Miller coming off the edge as a blitzing linebacker.” The first 250 students to present an A&M student ID will receive a coupon for a free hamburger. Ticket stubs will be drawn for a chance to win bench passes for home games, a white throwback helmet and a Twelfth Man jersey with the student’s name on the back. Robert Carpenter, staff writer
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The Battalion The Texas A&M Student Senate selected student leaders for the 2010-2011 academic year Wednesday. Off-Campus Senator Chris Esparza was elected as the academic affairs chairman, beating his opponent Mark Womack with a 34-20 vote. During his campaign, Esparza highlighted his continued efforts to engage student opinion and involvement in Student Senate legislation. “Every bill, every issue that I’ve worked on, I start out with the students,” Esparza said. “That’s where the
process starts. We start from there; we start from what the students want.” Senators said academics affect every Aggie, and communication with students was critical to ensure legislation represents the student body. “He stays in constant communication with student organizations,” said Mike Simmons, rules and regulations chairman of the 62nd Session. “He reached out to the community, and he worked with his constituents. He got student opinion back in it.” The theme of communication was also central to the election of an external affairs chairperson. The external
affairs committee works extensively with the cities of College Station and Bryan, the Texas Legislature and national collegiate legislation. Clark Caperton, senator from the College of Liberal Arts, was elected chairman, defeating Steven Crumpley with a 31-25 vote. As the Texas Legislature looks to open another session during the next academic year, Caperton said cooperation on the state level will be a highlight for the work of External Affairs. See Senate on page 6
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The Battalion Holocaust survivor Al Marks relived his experiences in Nazi death camps for students, faculty and community members at the Texas A&M Hillel center Wednesday. Marks made the trip to A&M from his home in Houston as part of Holocaust Remembrance Week. Marks said he speaks to groups out of a sense of duty. “We are only here responding to an interest. This is something we feel, if we don’t do it now, it won’t be too long that nobody will talk about it,” Marks said. At 13 years old, Marks was taken from his home in Hungary and sent by freight train to Auschwitz. There, Marks emerged from the train car to see Josef Mengele, more commonly known as the “Angel of Death,” determining Hungarian Jews’ fate. “After three days [in the train car], they opened the doors. They lined you up and there in front of you was the famous Dr. Mengele. He was standing there in his S.S. uniform, and he was motioning ‘to the right,’ ‘to the left,’” Marks said. “It happened so fast that I did not have time to say goodbye to my parents. That was the last time I saw them.” Unlike his parents, Marks was directed by Mengele to be a laborer. He spent the next two years traveling between several camps including Mauthausen and Melk. While recounting his experiences during this time, Marks told several stories that caused audience members to shift uncomfortably in their seats. One such story involved the punishment of prisoners who attempted escape. “There was no way to escape from the camp. If somebody tried and they were captured, [the S.S.]
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Melanie Weiser, program director for Texas A&M Hillel, reads the names of people killed in the Holocaust Wednesday in front of Sul Ross. brought the prisoner in by the barbed wire until, a few hours later, came the execution,” Marks said. “And the rest of the prisoners had to not only watch, but in some cases, do the execution. Imagine beating one of your friends, one of those there with you, just because he tried to escape. Beating him to death.” As his story drew to a close, Marks paused periodically to fight back tears while recounting his liberation See Holocaust on page 6
The Battalion Texas A&M defensive lineman Adren Dorsey was arrested Tuesday after a fight with his ex-girlfriend outside the Student Recreation Center, according to a Brazos County police report. Dorsey, a redshirt sophomore who was competing in spring practice for a starting position, was jailed at 1 a.m. Tuesday and released Wednesday. He was charged with assault in addition to having two outstanding warrants for failure to provide a driver’s license or liability insurance. “I am very disappointed that one of our players would even be involved in something of this nature,” said Head Coach Mike Sherman in a statement. “Adren is suspended indefinitely pending further investigation into this matter.” Dorsey declined to comment. According to the police report, the 6-footDorsey 2-inch, 305-pound Dorsey came to the Rec Center to talk to his ex-girlfriend despite being asked by her not to. The two argued before the woman “muffed” Dorsey by placing her palm to his face and pushing his head to the side. The report stated that in retaliation, he put his hand around her neck and “picked her up off the ground.” She said he then slammed her on the trunk of his vehicle and threw her to the ground. Officers called Dorsey after the incident and he agreed to meet them at the Rec. Dorsey said he pushed her into the car and threw her, but that he had his hands around her throat for “maybe five seconds.” The woman had no visible injuries and, despite complaints, was not transported to a hospital. Dorsey posted $5,495 bail Wednesday. He played in three games past season, making one tackle. Amanda Casanova contributed to this report.
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The Battalion The Texas A&M University Kendo Kyokai is an organization that allows students interested in Japanese swordsmanship to practice and compete against other schools. The club was founded in 1999 by a Korean graduate student named Joohyun Her. She was interested in the art of kendo and decided to find fellow Aggies who shared the same passion. Vice president Nicole Mendoza, an aerospace engineering graduate student, said the club emphasizes more than fighting. “We are really big on fundamentals, tradition, technique, making sure we get the basics down right,” Mendoza said. “It is a true martial art form and you gain mental discipline and character.” The club is involved in a rivalry with the kendo organiza-
tion at the University of Texas at Austin. In Houston, the two universities meet annually for a tournament. The previous tournament with UT ended with A&M winning by a slim margin and the final results coming down to a points count. Each team won two individual duels and tied the final duel. The swords used in kendo are made out of flexible bamboo. Protective gear is required to be worn in battle. The club has four beginners, 12 junior members and six senior members. Senior member and club treasurer Keith Rodriquez, a sophomore mechanical engineering major, said kendo is more about battling one’s mind than an opponent. “I am not merely trying to kill this person in front of me, but I might be trying to kill my ego,” Rodriquez said. “I’m trying to kill parts of me that hold
me back.” Junior member Victor Lee, a freshman physics major, said he has always been a fan of kendo and stumbled upon the club when he came to A&M. “I’ve always done a lot of martial arts like karate and stuff like that,” Lee said. “When I got here I For heard about kendo at more [MSC] Open info House and that’s how I Visit the club’s got started.” Web site at Lee said http://kendo. an importamu.edu. tant aspect of kendo is the philosophy behind it and how the mind plays the largest role in the fight. “When you want to attack you can’t worry about what is going to happen after you attack,” Lee said. “Don’t hesitate and have a clear mind.”
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One in three rapes occur while the perpetrator is under the influence of some type of drug or alcohol. Smith’s assailant was taking pain medicaContinued from page 1 tions, and she said he was not aware of himself. “He kept trying to play it off like a friend thing, In 2009, there were 48 rapes, 26 robberies, 90 like he wasn’t doing anything wrong, but he was,” aggravated assaults and three murders reported Smith said. “I was uncomfortable and telling him in College Station. College Station is not withto stop. I kept trying to push him away.” out crime. Wenzel said one of the best ways for Smith grabbed her phone, thinking she could students to prevent violent crime is to be aware call for help. of surroundings. “He was a big guy, short but big, stronger than “Regardless of the situation, I try to teach them just to be aware,” Wenzel said. “Be aware of I am,” Smith said. “He took my phone away from me and wouldn’t let me have it back.” their surroundings, not paranoid, but aware.” Unlike many other victims, Smith was able to Sometimes being aware is not enough. Seventyget away unharmed through her suitemate’s room. three percent of sexual assault victims know the “He never hurt me except in just holding my assailants. Sarah Smith (identity withheld for conarms still so I couldn’t fight him,” Smith said. fidentiality reasons), a junior at Texas A&M, was “He was not physically aggressive except in that attending another school her freshman year when he was trying to grope me, touch me in places a friend put her in an uncomfortable situation. “The reason he was able to do what he did was that weren’t appropriate, but he was never forceful, like forcing me on the ground or on the because he knew me. He knew my roommate bed. Then I told him that I needed to use the and my schedule,” Smith said. “He knew that she bathroom, and I went to my suitemate’s room was leaving for the weekend, and he knew that and told them I needed to get out.” no one would come by to see me for a couple Smith’s suitemates never asked why she needmore hours. He was handed the opportunity, and ed to use their door to leave. When she returned he wouldn’t have had that opportunity had he a few minutes later, he was asleep on her bed. not known me.” Smith’s friends escorted him out, but she still How it happens had to see her neighbor on a daily basis. Wenzel said opportunity is a major factor in “He knew he was no longer my friend,” Smith rape and assault cases. said. “It was never brought up again between us, “If somebody is trying to attack them, wheth- nothing ever happened again. I never spoke to er it’s just a regular assault or a sexual assault, him again. Left my door locked all the time.” we don’t have any control over their desire nor Subsequent emotions their ability,” Wenzel said. “If they want to do it, Smith found it difficult to report the incident they’re going to do it. What we do have control even though she was able to get away from him. over somewhat is the opportunity, providing She was prompted by her mom to tell the resisomeone the opportunity.” dent adviser. She reported the incident because Smith provided the opportunity. Her dorm she did not want other women in her hall to be room door was unlocked with the bolt cracking it open after her roommate left town for the in the same situation. “It was uncomfortable for me, but someone weekend. She was in the room alone. needed to know what I felt like,” Smith said. “It “The door was open, as it always was. I walked was early in the year, and we were freshmen. I [Smith’s roommate] out, and came back and he didn’t want anything like that happening to me came in the room,” Smith said.“I thought,‘This is or to someone else again.” a little weird’ just because normally we’d College women are four times more never hang out one-on-one, but it likely to be sexually assaulted than didn’t trigger anything immediately.” “The reason other age groups. Self-defense classes After Smith’s assailant closed he was able to and awareness offer students an her room door, it automatically do what he did opportunity to protect themselves locked, so no one from outside was because he from violent crime. could come in. “You feel embarrassed that it did knew me.” “I went and opened [the happen to you,” Smith said. “It was door] again,” Smith said. “He preventable. My door had a peephole. shut it again, and that’s when I It had a lock on it. I could have kept knew something was up. Because as it locked the whole time. I should have I kept trying to open it, he blocked it.” known who I was hanging out with, especially, Because she was unable to reopen her door, in college you hang out with so many people Smith said she tried to act normal and went to you don’t know and you have no way of gaugsit on her bed. ing whether they’re a decent person or not.” “Then he came over and started trying to kiss According to a Department of Justice reme and touch me and put his hands up my shirt port, rape is the No. 1 violent crime on college and things like that that I was not OK with at all,” Smith said. “I tried to get to the door again. campuses. Many rapists are acquaintances of their victims or under the influence of drugs or alcohol. I kept pushing him away.”
Wenzel said students should always keep an eye on drinks, have a designated sober person and never take a drink from a stranger. “When we do see college students, it’s pretty common that it’s drug-facilitated sexual assault, which means drugs or alcohol were involved,” said Anna Chowdhury, who works with the Sexual Assault Resource Center of Brazos Valley. The center is available for people who have been impacted by sexual assault whether as a victim, a friend or family member of a victim. The center offers counseling, 24-hour services and preventative education programs. “When it comes to primary prevention, that’s stuff like bullying, healthy relationships, kind of addressing indicators that give rise to violence later in life,” Chowdhury said. “We also do presentations over sexual harassment like forming healthy relationships, dating and violence. Everything we do is free, confidential.” Staying safe Violent crimes happen on campus and in the community. “We don’t really say that there’s one area that’s safer than another area on campus. We’ve had violent crimes that have happened, but I’ve never seen one area be more prevalent than others,” said Sgt. Allan Brown of the University Police Department Crime Prevention Unit. Because no area of campus is more likely to have crime, students should always be aware, Brown said. “In general, to protect themselves from violent crime, they always need to be aware of their surroundings,” Brown said. “Always just stay alert, be aware of your surroundings and trust your instincts. If you think you might be in trouble or you think there’s a problem, create some distance. If you feel it’s necessary, contact the police … If you witness or observe any criminal or suspicious activity you should report it to the police immediately.” Mace, keys and your body are good weapons if you are being attacked, Wenzel said. “They make great stocking stuffers or little gifts,” Wenzel said. “A boyfriend can give his girlfriend for Valentine’s Day a little thing of mace. It’s just another way of saying, ‘hey, I love you.’” Still, Wenzel said the first step to prevention and protection is awareness. “Don’t get in the mindset where you think you’re in little College Station, Texas, and nothing can happen here, because it does happen,” Wenzel said. “Don’t think ‘it won’t happen to me’ because it’s happened to other people.”
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“Date Night� stars Tina Fey and Steve Carrell as Claire and Phil Foster, a couple with two children in a rut whose weekly date night goes unexpectedly awry. chronically shirtless Mark Walhberg. The film has its share of hilarious moments, but it succeeds on the strength of the two leads, Carrell and Fey. While neither offer any surprises as far as character portrayal, the film succeeds on the strength of their onscreen chemistry. Director Shaun Levy packed the film full of supporting characters - stars like Mark Ruffalo, Walhberg, Leighton Meester, James Franco and Mila Kunis. Joe Terrell Unfortunately, their characters are demoted to cameos as a large majority of the film focuses solely on Carrell and Fey. here comes a point in all relationships when A car chase in the middle of the film, which the spark flickers, the puppy love melts away is way more creative than it should have been, is and the infatuation starts to fade. also a nice surprise. As in any comedy, you have Phil and Claire Foster, Steve Carrell and Tina to suspend disbelief with regarding the characters’ Fey, find themselves in such a rut in the actions, which is the where the movie really comedy “Date Night.� Every Friday loses its footing. night, the weary couple takes a break The film suffers from a predictable The stars of “Date from their hectic work schedule script, glaringly obvious overacting Night� outshine and two young children by hiring and tremendous plot holes, particua baby sitter and going to the same the plot with larly in the severity of the Fosters’ New Jersey steakhouse. Slowly amusing antics and situation. If they had just acted like but surely, they fall into the same solid chemistry. normal human beings they could’ve routine every week. They order the easily fixed everything. same food, talk about the same things Overall, “Date Night� is a predictable and go home. romp through the streets of Manhattan with Frightened that the passion may be leaving moments of true hilarity and a little something to their marriage, Phil and Claire decide to shake things up. Instead of going to the same New Jersey say about relationships. It’s nothing you haven’t seen before, but it’s a romantic comedy, so you resteakhouse, they head into Manhattan to try out a seafood restaurant. When they get to the restaurant ally can’t accuse it of being unoriginal. When you go buy a ticket for this movie you should already they discover that it is booked in advanced and know what you’re getting yourself into. And in they have made no reservations. that sense, it delivers. In an act of uncommon spontaneity, Phil decides that they should assume the identity of another couple that seems to have failed to show up. While enjoying their dinner, two thugs show up to the table assuming that they are the couple with the reservation asking for a flash drive that was apparently stolen from a dangerous criminal kingpin. Thus begins a night full of dangerous Joe Terrell is a sophomore telecommunications major. confrontation, misunderstanding, dirty cops and a
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Special to The Battalion Fusing together the musical styles of both eastern and western music, Swaram A Capella creates a unique sound, the founder of the choral group said. “We choose Indian and American pop songs and blend them together so that students from different cultural backgrounds can enjoy our music,” said Shanil Wazirali, a junior industrial distribution major. “Here in Your Arms,” “Viva La Vida” and “All the Right Moves” are a few of the western songs Swaram A Capella blends with the style of South Asian music. “Since they’re an a capella group, you can really tell how talented they are. The way they take If you go A m e r i c a n or western The group’s songs and concert is at 8 sing them p.m. Friday in with some Wehner 113. Indian flair Tickets will be is very $7 at the door. cool,” said “Alchemy” will C h a m i l a be available for Pannila, a $10. sophomore biology major. The group was founded in 2007 and will have a concert
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Swaram A Capella is a new student choral group at A&M. debuting their first album at 8 p.m Friday in Wehner 113. “The purpose of starting the organization was for students of South Asian descent to connect to each other, and also to connect to both the American and South Asian cultures they have experienced,” said founder Mansi Gaitonde, a senior biomedical science major. The show features performances by Charun, Texas A&M’s Indian whistler and Turbulence, the University of Texas at Austin’s Indian fusion dance group.
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The members of Swaram A Capella have been preparing for the concert and debut of their album, “Alchemy,” since fall. “The album title, ‘Alchemy,’ literally means combining two metals and transforming them into gold. That’s what we do when we incorporate different elements of South Asian and American songs and blend them together into an even better art form than the original,” Wazirali said. “We make something bigger and better than what was.”
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PHOENIX — Civil rights activists Wednesday warned that Arizona is inviting rampant racial proďŹ ling and police-state tactics if it enacts what would be the toughest law in the nation against illegal immigrants. The measure — on the verge of approval in the Legislature — would make it a crime under state law to be in the country illegally. It would also require local police ofďŹ cers to question people about their immigration status if there is reason to suspect they are illegal. Immigrants unable to
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“We are going to face some difficult issues. Higher education is going to be at the forefront,� Caperton said. “We have to prepare quickly to gather student opinion, so we can go to Austin and we can work with our legislators.� Chris Russo, College of Engineering senator, was elected as student services chairman in an uncontested race. As an officer who will deal with programs that impact students daily, Russo emphasized the importance of a senator acting as a representative of the opinions of the constituents. “All of this must come with student input,� Russo said. “This is not my decision.� Leaders of the Student Senate and the Student Government Association, the senators said the focus was on serving students.
The senate meeting ended after production hours Wednesday. To read the rest of the article visit thebatt.com. For more information about the legislation and work of Student Senate, students can visit the Web site at http://senate.tamu.edu or contact senators directly. “This is not about me,� Caperton said. “This is about what we can do to present the voice of the students.� Off-campus Senator Greg McDuffie defeated opponent Robert Scoggins in a close 29-28 vote for the position of constituency affairs chairman. “Constituency Affairs serves as a conduit for gathering student opinion in all matters and concerns,� McDuffie said. “Constituency is purely focused on gathering opinion, which will be translated into legislation.�
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high school sweetheart. After serving in the U.S. military, Marks settled down in Houston to teach music, and has lived there ever since. Continued from page 1 Enoch Medina, a freshman general studies major, said hearing a firsthand account of the Holofrom imprisonment. After one last failed attempt caust adds a different dimension to history. by the S.S. to exterminate the 1,800 prisoners in “In a first person account, it is so much more his camp, Marks said he awoke the next morning enriching and we can take from that experience to see an American tank breaking down the gates. and use it in our everyday lives to know we can “A nice farm boy from Illinois by the name of Bob Hersinger, ‌ the first GI, came into the camp go through our easy stuff even if it seems hard,â€? followed by four jeeps,â€? Marks said. “So that was Medina said. Marks travels to schools to speak about his exthe liberation.â€? periences. He said he witnessed a beautiful sight Freshman electrical engineering major Ben when speaking to 600 students at an elementary Loeb, said he was moved by Marks’ emotion. school Tuesday. “I’ve heard a lot of people speak, and it seems “I looked them over and they were so attenlike not their time in the camp, but when they tive,â€? Marks said. “I said ‘Take a look, 600 kids. were liberated was the most emotional part. That Some of them white, some of them yellow, some stands out to me,â€? Loeb said. “I think it’s amazof them Indians. Some of them Christians, some ing to think you could go through all that, and it seems like forever, then one day, your life changes of them Jews, some of them Muslims. But they are all wonderful kids. They all sit here, and they again.â€? After liberation from Nazi imprisonment at 14, all respect each other. Why can’t we all have this? How beautiful of a world would it be?’â€? Marks began what he described as “the beautiful partâ€? of his life story. He moved to the U.S., received a high school education and married his
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Seniors Alex Reynolds, Bailey Schroeder and Macie Morrow are the veteran leaders on the 2010 Aggie softball team. A&M sits at 4-1 in Big 12 play.
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The Battalion In any collegiate sport, the seniors are the integral parts that keep the team together and serve as an example for the younger players. This statement could not be more true for the Texas A&M softball team. Macie Morrow, Alex Reynolds and Bailey Schroeder lead the Aggies in their search to get back to the NCAA Championships in 2010. All three are four-year letter winners who have made a tremendous impact on the way Aggie softball is portrayed in the A&M network. The freshman on the team say the senior ladies are a huge part of the team and they look to the three for guidance and presence on and off the field. They know that the seniors know what it takes to be the best, and they want to learn their ways and take every piece of advice they can get. These three players have had a great effect on Texas A&M softball since the beginning of their careers in 2007 and have helped shape the team to what it is today. Although last season was a rebuilding year, the players say this season looks very promising and they plan to make it back to the World Series, just like in 2008. Question: What has been your favorite part of being on the team, off the field? Bailey Schroeder: “I love just being on the team and getting to form friendships with these amazing girls. Also, being able to have the resources that we, as athletes, have is such a blessing.” Alex Reynolds: “The people that you meet and especially the ones that love Aggie sports and that will just always support you because you’re an Aggie athlete.” Macie Morrow: “Getting to play at Texas A&M and be around the other student athletes who know what we are going through is an awesome feeling.”
Question: How did you get into softball in the first place? Schroeder: “My older sister played and I was always around it. I can remember playing ever since I started in T-ball.” Reynolds: “I didn’t start until I was seven in first grade, and I had a best friend who played fall ball. The neighbors’ dad coached us and ever since then it just progressed.” Morrow: “I started playing baseball because all my guy friends played from machine pitch until pony league, and then my mom made me start playing softball.” Question: As a senior, what do you hope the younger players have learned from you? Schroeder: “Just to always give it your all and leave everything on the field. Have fun playing the game and love it.” Reynolds: “To work hard and have fun. Having fun is winning, so put in the hard work at practices to have fun in the games. There are definitely reasons to follow the rules and the end result will be better.” Morrow: “Work hard. We try to show what it takes to win because we’ve been on both kinds of teams in the past: advancing to the World Series one season and struggling the next.” Question: What is the biggest lesson you have taken from Head Coach Jo Evans? Schroeder: “Respecting the game and being a genuine and honest person. She is very honest with us, and has been from the very start, which teaches us to be a dependable and honest people.” Reynolds: “Don’t make assumptions about anyone on or off the field and respect the game. If you go to play a team and they’re playing like they have nothing to lose and then we’re playing like we are entitled to something, they will come out with the win.” Morrow: “Discipline and hard work are big ones. Also, the way she handles conflict, teaching us to always just go to the source.”
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Church suspends priest Indiana man says he was abused more than 30 years ago KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The Knoxville Diocese suspended a retired Roman Catholic priest and contacted police after a 44-year-old man told church officials on Wednesday that he was sexually abused as a boy more than 30 years ago. Deacon Sean Smith, chancellor for the diocese, said in a news release that Bishop Richard F. Stika suspended the priest, which means he can’t present himself as a priest, wear clerical garb or to serve as a priest in any capacity.” The diocese didn’t name the priest and said only that he lived in East Tennessee. Detective Jennifer Trantham of the sheriff’s office in Marion, N.C., identified him as the Rev. William Casey of Greene County, Tenn. She said he is being investigated for sexually abusing a boy during a trip to North Carolina and the case likely will be presented to the grand jury for possible indictment. The allegations were made by Warren Tucker of Jeffersonville, Ind. Tucker said he was abused for five years, beginning in 1975 when he was a fifthgrader at St. Dominic’s church in Kingsport. The Associated Press has a policy not to identify victims of sex abuse, but Tucker agreed for his name and hometown to be used. “I was abused in every manner possible,” Tucker said during a phone interview. “I wanted to come forward because while I never wanted to be one of those adults who blamed their problems in life on their childhood, this kept coming back and eating at me and causing me problems.” Tucker said he was molested until he was about 15 years old. He claimed that Casey, while a priest at St. Dominic’s, took him on trips, including to Marion, N.C. Tucker has filed a criminal complaint against Casey there because North Carolina doesn’t have a statute of limitations when a felony is involved but Tennessee does. Bishop David R. Choby of Nashville also was alerted to the investigation because the allegations date to before the creation of the Knoxville diocese, Smith said. Associated Press
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he health care bill has been signed into law. We can complain, but there is little we can immediately do to change it. Focusing on the negative aspects of the bill masks the real problems of the U.S. health care system. Instead, let’s look at the positives the bill brings us. Many good things can come out of the bill.
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is that they have long been using and exploiting people to make profits. This government control is a function that has been used many times before, like in the accounting industry in the early 2000s. Known as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the government regulated the private accounting sector to reduce fraud. It worked, and this government intervention in the health care industry will help prevent insurance firms from exploiting people. For those who don’t support this reform, there is a simple fix. Since much of the bill does not go into full effect until 2014, vote against President Barack Obama and the Democrats. If you don’t like it, there will be a chance to change it. Cole Allen is a senior political science major.
Few question the need for health insurance for the estimated 20 million Americans who go without it, but with the projected $2.6 trillion the bill calls for and the government’s extensive intrusion into our free market economy, the costs Camaryn Bolton outweigh the benefits. Americans should be asking if the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility government truly has the right to take Act, which the Congressional Budget over the large portion of our economy Office estimated to save the federal govcurrently devoted to health insurance. ernment up to $7 billion per year. While Many view this as an attack on personal this takeover will secure loans from being freedom and an intrusion of governsold to other banks and caps monthly ment authority. The Bloomberg News payments from 10 to 15 percent, it is still National Poll in March showed that a takeover of the banking and private only 38 percent of Americans favor the lending sector. bill while 58 percent see it as a govern“It’s a very bad idea,” said Senate ment takeover. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. “There are many things this federal “We now have the government running government is doing that are outside the banks, insurance compaThe realm of the enumerated powers of the nies, car companies, government constitution,” said Sen. Jim DeMint, R[and now] the stuhas too much dent loan business.” S.C. “I think the states may be our only control under hope to stop this rampage of governI shudder to think ment takeovers at the federal level.” the new health of what the governThe latest government intervention ment will be entitled care bill. in the private sector has caused more to take over next. government involvement to cover the President Barack Obama bill’s shortcomings. The massive size has been pointedly disrespectful of of the bill left lawmakers scrambling to Americans through the passage of this correct its giant insufficiencies. Under bill. The opinions and attitudes of a the bill, tax dollars could be used to pay majority of Americans have been pushed for Viagra for convicted sex offenders aside, while the president has rammed and rapists while later in the bill, it states this bill through by partisan means, that children with pre-existing medical leaving concerned Americans with no conditions would not be covered by the reassurance or answers. national health plan until 2014. “After I signed the bill,” our comWhile a little girl next door with cystic mander-in-chief said. “I looked around fibrosis has to seek treatment on a private to see if there were any asteroids falling.” health plan for the next four years of her While this might not be the end of life, a convicted child molester can go to the world as we know it, this is only the the doctor and, on our taxpayer-support- beginning of government interference in ed national health care plan, get himself private matters. Even with the noble goal medications to help with his erectile of providing health care to all or helping dysfunction. Recently, Sen. Tom Costudents with loans, such a widespread burn R-O.K. proposed an amendment government takeover is outrageous that would have prevented sex offenders enough to make our Founding Fathers from receiving taxpayer-funded drugs roll over in their graves. like Viagra, but Democrats shot it down, claiming the proposed amendment was Camaryn Bolton is a sophomore “not serious.” performance studies major. The health care bill is not completely detrimental. Joined with the bill is the
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The U.S. is ranked 37 in health care, according to the World Health Organization, and 24 in life expectancy. To remain a world power, we need to adapt to changes. Given time, everything needs to be reformed at some point. “We can either refuse to treat people, which is unconscionable, or mandate care for everyone, which is costly,” said Justin Freebourne, a senior aerospace engineering major. “I don’t see fit to put a price on people’s health any more than some people would see fit to put a price on a war.” It is a civic and humanitarian duty to help others. Every religion I can think of, and even great philosophers like Socrates, Dewey and Hume, believed in giving everyone in society certain equal freedoms, as well Cole Allen as helping the impoverished as Many are scared their docan element of a successful state. It’s amusing how many peo- tors will leave because of a reduction in pay, or that taxes ple who know nothing about and premiums will change. First politics suddenly feel the need off, premiums will not drastito become involved. A lot of cally change if patients have Americans against the bill are insurance through the company getting information and data they work for. Patients will largely from Fox News, which is becoming a far-right and er- also have an option for private insurance. However, if roneous news source. they make $88,000 It’s even more a year, they might ironic that The health care be paying more Republicans bill provides to help cover the are complaina basic right cost of expanded ing. This bill is to treatment coverage and close to the one for millions of subsidies. the Republican Americans. Those angered house pushed back by these changes against the Clinton need to look at the reform, when former whole picture, not just their President Clinton approached individual situations. We are the issue of health care. The giving a right to people who Republicans proposed that all have been deprived of care people meeting certain criteria because of their health condibe required to purchase private tion, salary or race. By no insurance, or that low-income means are we taking away any individuals be provided with personal freedoms by extendgovernment-funded vouchers. ing opportunities to others. While the bill won’t go Health care is on the same into full effect until 2014 because of financial reasons, par- page as public education — available to everyone and ents can keep their children paid for by our tax dollars. on their medical plan until Like education, health care they are 26. For 2014, Pell is a right everyone should Grants for college students in be entitled to. Just as private need will increase. universities with their own Seniors concerned about curriculum have to meet some their futures will not have to state regulations, private inworry about lifetime caps on insurance coverage, and are im- surers will have to meet a few mediately eligible for $250 pre- regulations as well. This sector scription drug rebates. In 2011, is not meant to make capital, but to help others live and they will have a 50 percent have the same chances that discount on prescriptions. some are fortunate enough The best part is everyone to get. gets free preventative care, The problem with privatizawhile consumers still have a tion and insurance companies choice of doctors and plans.
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The death toll from a series of earthquakes in China rose to 589 by early Thursday, with more than 8,000 others injured. About 15,000 houses collapsed and 100,000 people need to be relocated.
Quakes flatten areas in China XINING, China — Rescuers combed through the rubble of collapsed buildings for survivors Thursday, more than a day after strong earthquakes shook a mountainous Tibetan region of China, killing nearly 600 people and injuring thousands. The series of quakes flattened buildings across remote western Yushu county and sent survivors flooding into the streets of Jiegu township. State television showed block after devastated block of toppled mud and wood homes. Officials said 85 percent of the buildings were destroyed. Residents and troops garrisoned in the town used shovels and their hands to pull survivors and bodies from the rubble much of Wednesday. Several schools collapsed, with the state news agency saying at least 56 students died.
Worst hit was the Yushu Vocational School, where the officials Xinhua News Agency cited an education official as saying 22 students died, 20 of them girls. The destruction of schools was an eerie echo of the massive magnitude-7.9 quake that hit Sichuan province two years ago, leaving nearly 90,000 people dead or missing. Thousands of students among the dead were killed when their schools collapsed. Poor design and the lax enforcement of building codes were found to be rampant. However, in affected areas of Qinhai this week most of the buildings fell, unlike in Sichuan where schools collapsed while buildings around them remained standing, giving the impression that schools were built to lower standards. Associated Press
SC keeps lone black trustee on board COLUMBIA, S.C. —The University of South Carolina will retain its only black member of its board of trustees. State lawmakers voted 80-77 on Wednesday to keep trustee Leah Moody on the school’s governing board. The attorney and graduate of the University of South Carolina law school said she’s proven herself during an interim stint on the board that started in the summer. Black lawmakers said members of the black community were telling University of South Carolina recruits to question committing to the school because of its lack of nonwhite trustees. No recruit left.
Calif. president says Palin contract stolen SACRAMENTO, Calif. – A California university president said Wednesday a portion of a contract between a school foundation and Sarah Palin for an upcoming speech was stolen from a campus administrator’s office. California State University, Palin Stanislaus president Hamid Shirvani said the five-page document was taken from a recycling bin inside the office of the vice president for university advancement. The matter is under investigation.
NJ proposes $173 million cut in college aid TRENTON — Proposed state aid cuts to higher education would result in tuition increases, bigger classes and fewer scholarships, according to nine public college presidents who decried the cuts at a legislative hearing Wednesday. Gov. Chris Christie’s budget proposes cutting $173 million in aid for the fiscal year beginning July 1, on top of a midyear cut in 2010. The governor has proposed sweeping cuts in school and municipal aid, as well as higher education, to close a multibillion dollar budget gap. Associated Press
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