Tuesday, October 9, 2012 // Issue 25, Volume 78
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Robbery at Calhoun C-store
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OPINION
Joshua Mann Editor in chief
A black male, about 5-feet-7inches, robbed a Calhoun Lofts Cougar Xpress Market clerk at about 9:30 a.m. Monday and escaped in a stolen truck from La Marque, said UH Chief of Police Ceaser Moore in a press conference later that day. The man acted like he was carrying a weapon, although none of the witnesses saw a gun, Moore said. According to Moore, police know the man’s identity. “I have a good idea of who he is, but because of everything we’re working on at this time, I’m not prepared to release his name or photograph,” Moore said. Officers of the Houston Police Department found the truck in the parking lot of the Red Carpet Inn on the Gulf Freeway, Moore said. According to Moore, the suspect fled with a passenger in the truck but crashed the vehicle during the chase. He then exited the truck, carjacked another vehicle and escaped the police, Moore said.
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The Calhoun Lofts convenience store (above) was robbed yesterday morning. | Rebekah Stearns/The Daily Cougar Police have apprehended the passenger and also returned to the Red Carpet Inn on a tip and apprehended another suspect, Moore said. Charges on both suspects are pending and police are still
searching for the man who committed the robbery. No one has been injured in any of the crimes. “We’re trying to do the best job we can in putting the pieces of these
crimes together. The students know that we will follow all the leads and bring this person to justice,” Moore said.
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ELECTION 2012
Today last day to register to vote Julie Heffler News editor
Today is the last day for would-be voters to register to vote in the presidential and congressional elections taking place in November. To be eligible to vote in Texas, a person must a U.S. citizen, a resident of the county in which the registration is completed, at least 18 years of age, mentally competent and not convicted of an unpardoned felony, according to the Texas Secretary of State’s website. Texas Public Interest Research Group — a branch of a national organization targeting college campuses to encourage students to register as voters — held booths across campus. “I think students should vote because they’re very, very much underrepresented as far as what demographics vote in the U.S.,” said Taylor Thompson, UH campus organizer for TexPIRG’s New Voters
Project. “Elderly people and middle aged people are voting. Anyone who has access to register to vote does vote except for students because a lot of students are on campus, where they don’t know where specifically they can register.” Students don’t vote, and the consequence has been a lack of representation in government, said Ilya Slavinski, lead organizer of the New Voters Project. “It’s important for (students) to have their voice heard. Politicians, for so many years, have not paid attention to the youth just because young people have not been getting out and voting,” Slavinski said. “We believe that if students really come out and make their voice heard, then (politicians) will have no choice but to pay attention to them.” “(The voting project) started awhile ago. We’ve registered almost two million people over the years.” In this election, issues that
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TOMORROW Taylor Tompson (center) helps a student register to vote. Students can stop by any booth today to register to vote for the November 2012 presidential and congressional elections. | Rebekah Stearns/The Daily Cougar concern students are a hot topic and should be on students’ minds, said Thompson. “I personally think that one of most important issues is education. Every person here that we’re trying to
register is a student at the University, and they’re involved in education, and education is a big topic this presidential election. It’s about student loans. VOTING continues on page 3
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