Feb. 24, 2014 Vanguard

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VOL. 54, NO. 7

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

FEB. 24, 2014

INSIDE

Two men plea guilty for student’s murder By EMILY JEANMINETTE Contributing Writer

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► JagLife: ‘All My Sons’ showcases talent at drama department. See JagLife, page 7

n a court hearing Thursday, Feb. 20, two men plead guilty to the felony murder charges of Andrew Saxon, a 25-year-old biology student from USA. Tevin Wells, 21, and Christopher Case, 29, faced Circuit Court Judge Sarah Stewart and both pleaded guilty to charges of murder in the second degree. The two men were participants in the original plan to commit the burglary of Saxton’s house in 2012, according to their plea agreements. Investigators revealed that Case knew Saxon at the time of the

incident. Wells and Case could face possible sentences of 10 years to life in prison for the murder convictions. During the defendants’ court appearance Thursday, Stewart ordered a presentence investigation after a request was made by the lawyers of both defendants. The investigation is to be conducted before their sentencing hearing May 7 in order to acquire more information to post a proper sentencing. Stewart warned both of the defendants that the possibility of a lighter sentence may not be in the future and that the investigation was only to provide adequate support of whatever sentencing upon which the

court settles. According to authorities, Quinten Godfrey, 23, along with Case and Wells, broke into Saxon’s home on North University Boulevard Jan. 11, 2012. Of the three men, Godfrey was

the one in possession of an illegal, unlicensed gun and shot Saxon in the chest. Court reports show that Saxon was robbed of a guitar and several video games at the time of his death. See Guilty plea Page 6

Christopher Case (left) and Tevin Wells (right) both plea guilty to charges of murder in the second degree.

FCC approves radio construction SGA By KANDACE RAYBON Contributing Writer

► JagLife: ELC competes in Olympic-themed event. See JagLife, page 8

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outh Alabama’s student-run radio station, The Prowl, has received the construction permit applied for this past fall. The station has been assigned the frequency 97.1 FM, and Heather

Stanley, the faculty adviser for The Prowl, has requested the call letters WJGR. Within the next few weeks, the federal communications representative who handled The Prowl’s application will be coming to South’s campus to look over the facilities and to give an estimate

► Sports: Men’s basketball tops Trojans in a must win showdown. See Sports, page 9

► Sports: Men’s tennis 4-3 victory over Southern Miss. See Sports, page 12

KANDACE RAYBON | CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Renato Mazariegos co-hosts The Sports Preys, one of the sports talk shows on USA’s student radio,The Prowl.

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as to how much the construction will cost. The construction that will be taking place will include an addition of an antenna to the Communication Building, which is located across from the Humanities Building on campus. The communication department is hoping to get started on the construction as soon as possible, but no start time will be decided until after the visit. The Prowl hosts a variety of student-produced shows throughout the week. These include music shows, talk shows, sports talk shows and live sports broadcasting. The Prowl staff includes students from many different departments and gives the students the opportunity to have fun while building their resumes. “It allows students to get more professional experience because we don’t have anything radio other than here at The Prowl,” JT Crabtree, The Prowl’s sports director, said. Crabtree also talked about The Prowl obtaining a construction permit and frequency. “It’s really cool,” Crabtree said. “Most big universities have a radio station, and so with the school getting bigger, we might as well add as many components to the puzzle

reforms election By SAM ANDREWS Editor-in-Chief

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new reform to the SGA election process could divide the voting power held by the larger campus organizations. According to Elections Chairman Coleman Wolf, USA students will only be allowed to vote for the SGA candidates within their own college in the upcoming election. For example, a student with a declared major within the College of Arts and Sciences can only vote for candidates running within the College of Arts and Sciences. “In the past, and I’m saying this as a member of a fraternity,” Wolf said, “Greeks have had a lot of power in picking who were the officers and who was on the senate because everyone could vote for everyone.” Wolf also hopes the reform will attract candidates who felt the odds were stacked against them.

See Prowl Page 6

In this Issue: Sports, Page 9 Opinion, Page 14

See SGA Page 6

JagLife, Page 7


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