tor and fighting for the last word.During a memorable moment that caused

gasps and giggles, Romney rebutted his opponents’ accusations.

“Mr. President, you’re entitled to your own airplane and house, but not your own facts,” Romney said.

Claire Berger, sophomore international studies major, said she thought Romney could have been saving the remark.

“That was probably one of the zingers he had planned,” Berger said.

While some students intentionally came to cam-pus to watch the debate, others simply passed by and were drawn in to stay.

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Students gather Wednesday evening at Rev’s American Grill to view the first presidential debate. The debate dealt with the topic of domestic issues.

The debate between Republican candidate Gov. Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama was shown on the cafe’s large projector screen as part of an event organized by the MSC Wiley Lecture Series.

Megan Mumford, sophomore political science major and member of the Wiley Lecture Series, said the group held the watch party to get students involved with the election season.

“We generally host speakers on campus, events that everyone on campus can come to,” Mumford said. “We mainly deal with political problems. We hosted this [debate watch] as well to encourage discussion.”

Romney and Obama shared their opinions on hot topics such as entitlement programs, the finan-cial deficit, job creation and health care — all while both surpassing the time limit given by the modera- See Debate on page 4

Without a majority vote, freshman class president candidates, Brooke McManus and Anthony Rice, will go head to head in a runoff election Friday.

The election results Wednesday showed Rice winning 18 percent of the vote and McManus 16 percent of the vote. Election rules require candidates to receive 50 percent of the vote to win, therefore a runoff will take place online at 7 p.m. Friday.

To shape the next election polls, candidates will be able to continue campaigning and must submit expense reports by 5 p.m. Friday.

Election commissioner Allison Krenzien said the candidates have to submit a new expense report that must contain any fines received for violations during campaigning. Krenzien said candidates have a $400

budget throughout the entire election process and don’t get a new budget because of a runoff.

Rice, general studies major and member of the Corps of Cadets, said he wanted to make a lasting impact with the Class of 2016.

“I really want to make the Class of 2016 standout and create ripples across campus that will echo for the next 100 years,” Rice said.

McManus, international studies major, said she wanted to speak up for the Class of 2016 and serve them in any way possible.

“In a position of leadership, you have to be a ser-vant above all else,” McManus said.

Krenzien said she was excited about the large voter turnout — 3,865 total votes — and student involvement in the election, especially the freshmen.

Aimee Breaux Special to The Battalion

Freshmen race goes to runoffcampus elections

Tanner Garza — THE BATTALION

Students react after fall election results were announced Wednesday at Academic Plaza. See Elections on page 5

J-Court still operates without chief justice

After the Student Senate meet-ing Tuesday in Koldus, the chief justice position for the Judicial Court remained vacant after Chel-sea Lu was denied confirmation, 15 for, to 25 against.

The Student Government As-sociation is a student-run organi-zation that ultimately serves as the voice of students. It is divided into three branches of government — the executive, legislative and judi-cial. The Judicial Court is set up with nine justices, with one who is approved by Student Senate as chief justice. Lu, senior philosophy

A&M celebrates its 136th year

From the 40 students who made up the first class at Texas A.M.C in 1876 to the 7,300 students who made up the Texas A&M Class of 2012, the Uni-versity has undoubtedly come a long way.

When classes began on Oct. 4 — 136 years ago — admission was limited to white males, all stu-dents were required to be members of the Corps of Cadets to receive military training and the Univer-sity had a total of six faculty members.

Rich with history and tradition, Texas A&M has grown each year, with this year being no ex-ception. From the re-opening of the newly reno-vated Memorial Student Center, the University’s recent move into the Southeastern Conference and the record enrollment freshmen class, Texas A&M continues to grow and change while at the same time maintaining its core values and time-honored traditions.

Jeff Cohen, sophomore meteorology major, said

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Justice Chelsea Lu argues her position to become chief justice Wednesday at Koldus. Lu was not confirmed for the second time.

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major, was running for that posi-tion.

Lu addressed issues she said were left unclear last meeting, where she came up short in a vote of 22 for to 19 against. The chief justice is confirmed by a two-thirds majority vote by Student Senate.

Lu spoke on her leadership po-sitions outside of SGA. She is the president of the Pre-Law Society and Aggie Big Brothers and Sisters. She is also a member of Court Ap-pointed Special Advocate Associa-tion, which is a non-profit organi-

zation that advocates for children’s legal rights.

“I feel like the roles I hold in these three organizations makes me the most qualified person to act as chief justice,” Lu said.

Mark Womack, international affairs graduate student and execu-tive vice president for SGA, said he was disappointed that Lu was not appointed and believed that she was the best candidate for the posi-tion with a vision that was clear and

See Senate on page 4

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Freshman general studies major Carlos Espinola whips out to sophomore economics major Rahul Keeranoor, on the Quadrangle. Freshmen in the Corps approach an upperclassman, offer a handshake and introduce themselves in the proper format.

Jeff Cohen, sophomore meteorology major, said A&M’s recent move to the SEC would bring more national expo-sure, students, money and research to the school.

“This new exposure opens up a pleth-ora of possibilities to have A&M be-come a national brand to the point that everyone knows us, like how everyone knows about t.u. or USC or Florida,” Cohen said.

Campus life continually changed over the past year with ongoing con-struction sites.

“I think we are headed in a good direction,” said Matt Millar, senior hu-man resources major. “As much as I hate the construction, I love all of the new

buildings. They look a lot better than the old ones.”

Another important event in A&M’s history was the grand opening of the newly renovated MSC.

“The new MSC is awesome,” said Christina Mathis, sophomore biomedi-cal science major. “The bookstore is more comfortable and there are many more dining options. The atmosphere feels like home and the respect that ev-eryone has for it is very cool.”

The University has undergone more than just changes to its outside appear-ance and structures. The commonly known symbols that represent A&M have also been added to and modified over the years. Since the founding of A&M, the official University seal has changed several times. The seal went from reading, ‘The Agricultural and Me-chanical College of Texas,’ to ‘The Tex-

as A&M University System,’ to ‘Texas A&M University.’

The University has also patented many well-known logos over the years such as the Gig ‘em, the 12th Man, Ol’ Sarge and the T with a five-pointed star.

Traditions Council will be providing free cake at noon in the 12th Man Hall in the MSC. They will also be honoring the University’s rich history by display-ing a timeline of events that have taken place since the founding of the school in 1876.

“Texas A&M has two birthdays. Oct. 2 was the day the charter was signed and Oct. 4 was the first day of classes,” said Jeremy Selvidge, senior English litera-ture major. “[The timeline highlights] important events in A&M’s history and how they relate to events in world history that were happening at the same time.”

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I see it as an ideological endorsement of a particular candidate for a particular moment in time.

With that being said, Wednesday’s presi-dential debate was of vital importance to me. I sat down in front of the television not as a cheerleader for a political party, but as an undecided voter objectively trying to decide which candidate deserved my vote.

So, what did I observe? Well for start-ers, I now know what it looks like when two politicians who have no regard for time constraints or discussion prompts absolutely bulldoze a moderator on live television. My condolences go out to Jim Lehrer, who will probably not be invited back to moderate the 2016 presidential debates.

Of the three scheduled debates, Wednes-day’s event at the University of Denver focused on domestic policy. Naturally, a bulk of the conversation revolved around the pivotal issue of this election: the economy. As a college senior staring down the barrel of a gun chambered with a bullet called “gradu-ation,” the issue hits uncomfortably close

to home.Republican candidate Mitt Romney and

Democratic incumbent Barack Obama have radically opposed plans for the economy, though both of them spent a majority of time on the subject attempting to clarify mis-conceptions. I have to agree with Obama’s assertions that Romney provided no specifics on his economic plan and I struggle to un-derstand how cutting all taxes by 20 percent across the board is going to help the deficit.

Aesthetically, both candidates held up pretty well under duress. Romney and Obama both handled themselves well in front of the camera. However, what Rom-ney lacks in logical inconsistency with his economic plans he makes up for in style points. Romney deftly handled Obama’s re-torts and asserted himself as a skilled debater, which should come as no surprise, as Rom-ney participated in nearly 20 debates during the Republican primaries.

Early exit polling revealed Romney to be the clear winner of the debate, which will garner a marginal bump among undecided

voters. Historically, presidential debates have rarely altered the course of an election, but further polling will probably reveal a dead heat among registered voters in the ensuing days.

To be honest, nothing really occurred during Wednesday night to sway my vote either way. More than anything, I learned presidential debates are more like a series of carefully rehearsed short speeches than com-bative argumentation.

The shadow of Libya hung thick over tonight’s proceedings, but the issue of for-eign policy won’t be addressed until the final debate on Oct. 22. The next debate, a town hall style Q&A, will air Oct. 16.

I also want to apologize for the Nickel-back comment. That was a cheap shot.

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Confessions of an undecided voter

When you hear the political pundits referring to the “undecided voter,” they’re talking about me. I am the elusive and desperately sought after demographic. At this very moment, two political parties are vying for my allegiance using a cocktail of rhetoric, charisma and meticulously crafted arguments.

I’ve researched the issues, tried my best to steer clear of traditionally biased media outlets and angered both sides of the political spectrum during heated dinner table ex-changes with friends and family.

But the day is swiftly approaching when I’m going to have to step into a voting booth and lay down my double-edged devil’s advocate persona by selecting the candidate I believe is best suited to run this country.

I’m under no delusions. I live in Texas, so no matter which party I grant my vote, its impact will be nonexistent. The year Texas swings blue is also the year Nickelback wins a Grammy for Artist of the Year.

But it’s not about whether or not my vote will count. It’s about the official declaration of a decision I will carry with me for the next four years with affirmation or regret. I’m not voting to sway the outcome of an election, I’m voting to draw a line in the sand for myself. Instead of viewing my vote as a lifelong commitment to a political party,

Joe Terrell is a senior telecommunications major and managing editor of The Battalion.

Autumn Rizzo — THE BATTALION

Joe Terrell: Presidential debate failed to determine front-runner

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“The reason why Chelsea is such a qualified candidate for chief justice is because of

her vision for this position,” Womack said. “She sees the bigger picture, which is that student government does not exist for student government’s sake, but it functions to serve the students.”

The portion of the meeting dedicated to the election of chief justice, was set up with

SenateContinued from page 1

“I think that a lot of peo-ple might not have come just to watch it, but they got sucked in as they walked into the MSC. It’s a good loca-tion,” said senior architec-ture major Erik Larsen.

Larsen and his roommates watched the debate on cam-pus because they don’t have a television at home. Larsen said he was glad the event was held on campus.

“I know for my room-mates and I, we don’t know a ton about politics, so it’s great that they have [the de-bate] on campus so we can all check it out,” Larsen said.

Berger said the debate had been lengthy but remained a good one.

“They tended to call each other out on the facts a lot,” Berger said. “But it was pret-ty repetitive as far as their at-tacks on each other. I think it was a good debate.”

As the Nov. 6 election quickly approaches, fresh-man architecture major, Syd-ney Ritter, seeks to make an informed decision as a first-time voter in the presidential election.

“I don’t think that a lot of my peers have a huge edu-cation on [politics],” Ritter said. “But I think that with the elections coming up, people want to be better in-formed. I know that I do.”

The crowds that gathered Wednesday to watch the de-bate reminded Ritter of the community that is so present at Texas A&M.

“I do think that there’s a

great community here,” Rit-ter said. “This [debate watch] is something that I’ll look back on and remember how we are having an impact on the world.”

Ritter emphasized the importance of being well informed of the current po-litical events worldwide and nationally.

“I think that it’s really im-portant now that we are old enough to vote, that we are educated about who we are voting for and who is going to lead the country,” Ritter said.

Freshman biology major, Tina Nguyen, said she was moved to act after watching the debates.

“I haven’t registered to vote yet, but I think that after this I might register and then look up everything before

DebateContinued from page 1

Roger Zhang — THE BATTALION

The next debate will present Vice President Joe Biden and Rep. Paul Ryan in a debate over foreign and domestic policy on Oct. 11.

a five-minute presentation from Lu, followed by a five-minute question and answer session between Lu and the fellow senators. Lastly, a debate between the senators took place to speak for or against the candidate.

Senior chemical engineer-ing major and speaker of Student Senate Scott Bowen spoke against Lu in the debate period following Lu’s presen-tation. Bowen said he did not agree with Lu being up for the position for the second meet-ing in a row.

“I have a big problem with the idea bringing up the same thing over and over,” Bowen said. “I saw the presentation and it was decent, but I did not see anything that changed since last time. There was nothing in there that would make me change my outlook on the situation and I can’t imagine there is much else that would make anyone else change it.”

Lu was selected by Student Body President John Clay-brook as the number one can-didate out of three justices to apply for chief justice. A vet-eran justice who has served three years applied along with Lu and another justice, both of whom haven’t served a full year on the Judicial Court. Sophomore political science major and Finance Chair Fer-nando Sosa it was Lu’s expe-rience that ultimately cost her the position.

“She lacked the experience I was looking for,” Sosa said.

Sosa said he suspected Claybrook’s nomination of Lu — despite her lack of ex-perience — was motivated by political reasons.

“There is no reason other than political motive why someone who had experience in J-Court wasn’t appointed,” Sosa said.

Senior economics major Charles Arvin, currently holds the position as interim Chief justice because he has been in the court the longest. With Lu’s loss, Arvin will remain as chief justice until a new justice is selected to run.

Any one of the justices on J-Court can apply for chief justice. One applicant is se-lected by the student body president and then presented to Student Senate.

Student Senate will now look to the other eight justices in the upcoming weeks to fill the Chief justice position. The same process that Lu went through will be followed to select an appropriate candidate to run.

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Election commissioner Allison Krenzien announces winners for the fall election Wednesday at Academic Plaza. This is the first year fall elections were held to fill vacant senate seats.

Seventeen freshmen filed for candidacy for class president.

“Normally there’s two, three, six at most,” Krenzien said. “It was really exciting to see the freshmen really get-ting excited.”

In addition to coming closer to determining the president of the Class of 2016, more than 20 Stu-dent Senate positions were filled by student votes. The results for winners ranged from write-in votes for Uni-versity Apartments and gen-eral studies to more than 200 votes for candidates in the Business caucus.

Jose Zelaya, graduate stu-dent and recently elected senate representative for education, said he was happy with his chance to serve on

the Student Senate.“We want to be able to

serve the University and just really see how we can im-prove student government,” Zelaya said.

The new task of elect-ing student senators as well as the increased number of class-president candidates has left the Student Election Commission with more pa-perwork.

“It has been a lot more work than it usually is,” Krenzien said. “It has been a really great learning experi-ence for me and for the can-didates and student body.”

Krenzien said part of this learning experience has been dealing with the potential for runoffs in the Student Sen-ate, which is decided by the candidate with the highest number of votes.

“This year we had two people with the same num-

ber of votes for a second seat in a caucus,” Krenzien said. “We are in the process of fig-uring out how we are going to handle that situation.”

Elected student senators Megan Zhang, architecture; Hudson Hoyle and Foster Daly, business; Jose Luis Zelaya and Rich Pringle, education; Gustavo Garcia, engineering; Matt Green, Miles Kocurek and Alycia Ovalle, general studies; Thomas McNutt, liberal arts; Andrew Marlow, sci-ence; Sierra Mountain, vet-erinary medicine and bio-medical sciences; Hannah Weger, Gus Blessing, Gracie Wood, Joseph Puente and Robbie Cimmino, off campus; and Aaron Mitchell and Patrick O’Neal, fresh-men senators. Senate-elect for University Apartments is pending eligibility.

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In an age of auto tune and empty beats, a group of men strive to create more organic music. The Dirty Guv’nahs plan to bring their rock and blues-inspired sound to the Grand Stafford Theatre on Thursday.

“They kind of remind me of Kings of Leon,” said Emily Moore, sophomore biomedical sci-ences major. “More rock than country.”

The Dirty Guv’nahs’ music style follows a classic southern blues tradition. There’s soul there, plenty of it, and just enough grit to enchant. And in the South, they’ve got a lot of people enchanted— a homegrown fa-vorite, their newest album, Somewhere Be-neath These Southern Skies, was put together from funds drawn from a wildly successful Kickstarter cam-paign.

After setting a goal of $20,000 the band was shocked when fans amassed the funds in just three days. By the end of the drive, they had $37,000 for the recording, promotion, and the start of a tour.

“We recently did a CD release show in Knoxville,” said lead singer James Trimble. “We wanted to give a free show as a big thank you to the folks who helped us create this al-bum, because a lot of the folks on the Kick-starter campaign came from east Tennessee.”

The Guv’nahs began as a band over five years ago.

“We had an opportunity to play a show, and a couple of us had always thought we might be in a band, but we weren’t really sure,” Trimble said. “Over that first year we only played a handful of shows, but by that third year, it really started changing from a hobby to what we did for a living. None of us had been in a band before we started this band. We were all big music appreciators, but we hadn’t really played with other people. At first it was very much a hobby thing, and then as time progressed, we ended up taking it more and more seriously.”

Trimble said playing at Bonnaroo, a mu-sic festival, in 2009 made everything fall into place.

“By this time, we’d played a lot of South-eastern cities, played a lot of good shows, had

some bad shows,” Trimble said. “Seeing that much high quality music in one weekend was something for me. It really encouraged me to want to pursue this whole thing.”

Trimble said that he would describe their live show experience with two phrases: ‘very wild’ and ‘high energy.’

“I can see it being a really big sound,” said Brittany Moore, sophomore animal science major. “I think they sound really 80s funk.”

Trimble said that most of their influence is drawn from the same rock and roll vibe that is prevalent in the new album.

“We’ve been kind of driving our new al-bum as a modern, southern rock album. Peo-ple call it southern rock or roots rock. We’re a band that loves to play live shows,” Trimble said, “And we love making records. We like it all. We’re definitely a touring band; we’re

not strictly a studio band.”

The Dirty Guv’nahs will per-form at 8 p.m. on Thursday in the Grand Stafford. Tickets are on sale now, online and at the door. CDs and koozies are on sale

for $5 at the show.“We just want people to feel the joy that

we have in making music and, hopefully,” Trimble said. “[We want them to] be encour-aged in their own lives.”

Gabi NintunzeSpecial to The Battalion

Southern rock band takes Stafford stage

True riff

Performing really started changing

from a hobby to what we did for

a living. As time progressed, we ended up

taking the music more and more seriously.”

—Dirty Guv’nahs Lead singer James Trimble

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