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Lawmaker Students vote for senators, amendment
proposes
BY SARAH DALE SIMPKINS different parts of the student population raises money for their conflicts of interest,” he said.
Assistant News Editor at MSU according to scale. particular class senior SA Attorney General Blake Jeter said
“The College of Education, for gift,” Stowe said. the amendment will help get rid of any
example, can elect up to three senators SA President Braxton thoughts of unfair election practices.
Today Mississippi State University
IHL reform
because of the population of students Coombs said the recus- “The recusal bill’s intent is to give an
students will cast ballots to decide who
in that college,“ he said. “There are 12 al amendment students officer a chance to recuse his or herself
this year’s Student Association senators
spots for people off campus and that will be voting on began from a situation that would be a con-
will be.
making its way to the Stowe
gives equal representation to people [liv- flict of interest,” he said. “Recuse liter-
Polls will be open from 7:30 a.m. to
ing] on campus.” ballot last year. ally means: to withdraw from a position
6 p.m. in the Colvard Student Union
BY AUBRA WHITTEN Stowe also said students will be voting “This is a process that was passed in of judging so as to avoid any semblance
Dawg House and the Drill Field entrance
Staff Writer on two other things: class council repre- Senate last year by Matt Bramuchi and of partiality or bias.”
to the Mitchhell Memorial Library.
sentatives and an amendment to the SA will better serve as a source of account- Jeter said the main benefit of vot-
Student Association Vice President
Lawmakers discussed a proposal
Senate Constitution. ability for Student Association executive ing on the recusal and getting it into
Braxton Stowe said students have a
that would replace the existing College
“[The class council] representative officers in order to prevent possible
chance to elect 46 senators representing ELECTION, 3
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Board and give each of the state’s pub-
lic universities a board of trustees last
week in Jackson.
The 12-member
College Board, which
oversees the eight
Successfully Bashed
Mississippi public
universities, would be
converted into a board
of governors, oversee- Davis
ing budget issues and
working as a liaison between the legis-
lature and universities.
Each university would gain a seven-
member, non-paid board of trustees.
The governor and board of governors
would appoint four and three mem-
bers, respectively. All seven would have
to be affirmed by the state Senate.
Faculty Senate presidents and stu-
dent body presidents would join the
trustees, acting as non-voting mem-
bers.
The proposal, discussed Wednesday
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College
receives
major
donation
PACCAR gives
$2 million to
engineering
BY LAWRENCE SIMMONS
Staff Writer
PACCAR, a recognized leader in
truck design and manufacturing,
endowed $2 million to the engi-
neering department
in a ceremony Friday
morning.
Interim MSU
President Vance
Watson said an occa- WHITNEY SISCO | THE REFLECTOR
sion like this is a spe- Bulldog Bash headliner Gavin DeGraw performed his signature hits “Chariot,” “In Love with a Girl” and “I Don’t Want to Be” Friday night.
cial time for the uni- Watson
versity.
DeGraw, Wertz and other acts entertained fans at Friday’s Bash
“The gift is going to help us to move
forward to become the most respected
land grant university,” he said. “Once
we get an endowment like this, it
BY PATRICK YOUNG | Staff Writer
should encourage the opportunity for
other internationally known compa-
T
nies to partner with us.”
he ninth annual Bulldog Bash welcomed a near record crowd of MSU students, Starkville residents and visitors from all
PACCAR plant manager Lex
Lemmers said the grant funds would over the Southeast Friday night.
be used to establish the new PACCAR
Student Association Secretary Whitney Holliday said the SA was happy with the event’s set-up and outcome.
chair in the engineering college.
“The presence of an excellent teach- “We have been setting up for the concert since 7 a.m. this morning and will be here all night cleaning up,” she said on
ing university helped bring PACCAR
Friday, “but it’s all worth it for the university and the students.”
to northern Mississippi,” he said.
“The area was chosen because of MSU students appeared just as happy with this year’s show. Senior communication major Michelle Wood said this year’s event
brought out a higher quality of musical talent.
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