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NATION
GOP hopeful to visit UH Candidate to discuss plans for limited government, ‘restoration of economic, civil liberties’ Cougar News Services
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Republican nominee hopeful, Ron Paul, will bring his campaign to UH at 7 p.m. Friday in the Hofheinz Pavilion. The congressman, who represents Texas’ 14th district, will discuss his limited government platform, restoring American’s civil and economic liberties and “Plan to Restore America,” according to his campaign website. UH is Paul’s last stop in his tour of Texas universities. He was at University of Texas at El Paso on Wednesday and will be at University of Texas tonight
before coming to UH. Paul is one of three candidates left campaigning for the Republican nomination to run for the US presidency. According to both Wall Street Journal and CNN, Paul is behind Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich when it comes to delegate support. The event is free and open to the public, and to register for a guaranteed seat, go to ronpaulatuh.eventbrite.com. For more information on Paul, go to www.ronpaul2012.com.
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STUDENT GOVERNMENT
SGA sends amendment to student referendum Taylor McGilvray
THE DAILY COUGAR The Student Government Association unanimously voted to send a constitutional amendment — concerning the students serving on the Court of Appeals — to the student referendum in Wednesday’s meeting in Rockwell Pavilion. The amendment, which was proposed by SGA Chief Justice Taylor Kilroy, would prevent students from being tried in the Student Government Court of Appeals by the same people in the University Hearing Board for the same incident. “If we had a scenario where, purely hypothetically, two candidates got in a fist fight, what would happen is the election commission would hold them responsible, as candidates. Meanwhile, the Dean of Students would hold them responsible as students,” Kilroy said. “If these two candidates felt that these punishments were unjust or unwarranted, they could appeal them. The penalty as candidates from the election commission would go to the Court of Appeals, whereas the penalty from the Dean of Students office would appealed to the University Hearing Board.” The issue, Kilroy said, is that the same students who serve on the
We can’t have the same people voting twice — that just isn’t fair. At the end of the day, that just doesn’t seem right. Especially in a scenario where there’s accusations of bias or something like that. You want entirely fresh eyes on both sides.”
Taylor Kilroy, on why he proposed the Constitutional amendment. University Hearing Board also sit on the SGA Court of Appeals. “We can’t have the same people voting twice — that just isn’t fair. At the end of the day, that just doesn’t seem right. Especially in a scenario where there’s accusations of bias or something like that. You want entirely fresh eyes on both sides,” he said. Because the SGA Constitution was created by the students, a student vote is required for the amendment to be passed, according to SGA Speaker Stephen Cronin. The referendum may occur during next year’s general election or in a special referendum. Kilroy said the SGA wants to make sure SGA continues on page 9
Raising awareness
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he Muslim Student Association set up a table in the Philip Guthrie Hoffman breezeway for their “Muslim Awareness Week.” Although they regularly set up “Dawah Tables” in the breezeway, this one is extra large, said MSA member Qurat Hassan. The MSA offered henna tattoos to students in order to draw them to the table. One of the purposes of the event was to disband the misconceptions surrounding Islam, Hassan said. Muslim Awareness week will continue through Friday. | Nine Nguyen/The Daily Cougar