1.16.2012 Vanguard

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VANGUARD

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USAPD apprehends bounty hunter on campus: pg. 8

“If it matters to the USA family, it matters to us.”

JAN 16, 2012

VOL. 50, NO. 1

Renovations: Student Center and The Market

ROTC makes difference on campus BY PATRICK HERRING Staff Reporter

The Terrace door is propped open during renovations to the USA Student Center and The Market. The new food court is set to open in a week, according to Dining Services.

MATT WEAVER / SENIOR REPORTER

Inside the construction: pg. 18

There is an organization on campus that helps you gain valuable leadership and organizational skills, keeps you in peak physical condition and pushes you towards getting your degree. On top of that, they can even pay for your school sometimes. The organization is called Reserve Officer Training Core, or ROTC. According to Captain William Hurd, recruiting operations officer at USA, it is designed to be a commissioning program for the military. “The ultimate goal of the ROTC program is to train recruits to become military officers while they are getting their degree,” Hurd said. The ROTC program on campus currently consists of 141 students. These students are going through training and learning what it takes to be an officer in the military. But at the same time, they are being productive members of the society that is USA. They can be seen all around see ROTC page 4

USA student killed at residence on University Blvd. BY CAREY COX Copy Editor

Andrew Saxon Biology major

A man who went to USA was found dead on Jan. 12. His body was discovered at a house across the street from the ILB Building at University Boulevard and Mary and William

Street. According to a Mobile Police Department press release, Mobile police

responded to the 400 block of North University Boulevard at 4:30 a.m. for a report of a man lying in the carport of a residence. Mobile Fire Rescue responded, and the victim was pronounced dead on the scene. Andrew Levi Saxon, a 25-year-old biology major, was identified as the victim. He was found with an apparent gunshot wound to the chest in the carport next to his residence. Chelsey Ruth, an anthropology student and friend of the victim told The Vanguard that Saxon “was very loved and will be sorely missed.” see KILLED page 5

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COX / COPY EDITOR

Saxon was killed in what authorities call a homicide adjacent from campus off of University Boulevard on Thursday, Jan. 12. It is the fifth murder of the year in Mobile.

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