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www.vanderbilthustler.com WEDNESDAY THE VOICE OF MARCH 15, 2006 VANDERBILT 118th YEAR SINCE 1888 No. 24 TThehe VVanderbiltanderbilt HHustlerustler STUDENT GOVERNMENT SGA candidates begin campaigning Status Quo challenged by outsider sophomore Joseph Hills. BY SEAN SEELINGER CEO’s all the time,” Hills said. “In this HUSTLER EDITORINCHIEF INSIDE: Read the candi- case, the incumbent SGA has made Th e Student Government Asso- dates’ bios and platforms on some pretty blaring mistakes.” ciation campaign season started at page 3. Weimar and Lancaster both said 12:01 a.m. yesterday as candidates that SGA experience is necessary on and their supporters braved the cold caster, each with three years of SGA each ticket. Lancaster’s running-mate to hang signs around campus. experience will be challenged in the sophomore Cara Bilotta has served Members of three tickets will com- race for president by sophomore Jo- on SGA for two years as a Special pete for the position of SGA President seph Hills who intends to challenge Events Committee member and then and Executive Vice President. the status quo within the organiza- as co-chair of the Student Services KELLY HOCUTT / The Vanderbilt Hustler Two junior Arts and Science sena- tion during his campaign. and Technology co-chair. SGA candidates’ signs compete for attention outside of CX2. Candidates and their supporters were allowed to start campaigning at tors, Bill Weimar and Boone Lan- “Companies bring in outside Please see SGA, page 3 12:01 a.m. yesterday morning. By sunrise, signs supporting the presidential tickets were all over campus. ACADEMICS ASB members refl ect on CRIME Accelerator a spring break of service Morgan off ers real shooting case business will go to trial experience Lawyers say suspects shot in self- Competition for spots increases defense after being harassed. substantially for second summer. BY ROBERT PROUDFOOT BY MEREDITH CASEY HUSTLER SENIOR FEATURES REPORTER HUSTLER NEWS EDITOR Th e Morgan House shooting sus- Imagine working from 7 a.m. until 1 a.m. for pects’ attorneys cited self-defense thirty days straight while dressed in business at- when they declined a plea bargain of- tire. Students involved in Vanderbilt’s Summer fer last Wednesday in favor of a jury Business Institute, called the Accelerator, will trial starting June 26. do just that — participate PHOTO PROVIDED Carlos Branch, 26, and Edward in a uniquely fast-paced ABOVE: Vanderbilt students Michelle Schultz (left) and Will Hubbard (right) play with children at a daycare Allen Jr., 22, still remain in jail as non-traditional MBA-like center in Montreal. The mission of the trip was to work with underprivileged children and the homeless. suspects for the Sept. 25 shooting program. Accelerator is an BELOW: The ASB group in Leland, Mississippi joined forces with the “Care-a-vanners”, a retired group of indi- that injured freshman wide receiver Branch Allen intensive four-week immer- viduals that travel around the country with Habitat for Humanity, in building this house. George Smith in the arm. sion in business for under- Branch and Allen have both been Football players listed graduates and recent college charged with aggravated assault with graduates. a deadly weapon, reckless endanger- as possible witnesses Sicard Competition has in- ment with a deadly weapon and car- Former redshirt freshman running creased substantially for the rying a weapon on school property back Zach Logan 65 slots available for the Accelerator, compared with intent to go armed. to last summer, the fi rst session of the pro- Harold Donnelly, Branch’s attor- Sophomore corner back Khalil gram. Th e underlying concept of Accelerator ney, said that if found guilty, the sus- Sutton is the “learn by doing” method in which con- pects could face roughly six years in Sophomore off ensive lineman cepts introduced in the classroom setting are prison. Susan Niland, spokeswoman Cameron Bradford immediately implemented via projects and real for the district attorney general’s of- Redshirt freshman wide receiver experiences, said to Mike Sicard, director of Ac- fi ce said that each charge has a range George Smith celerator. of years and sentencing depends on Redshirt freshman defensive end Th e largest group project assigned entails prior off enses. Derrius Dowell coming up with a product or service, designing Th e Assistant District Attorney a strategic plan for producing and marketing it, James Sledge off ered the suspects a Sophomore right back Jeff Jennings and implementing a complete business plan in- plea bargain. Sophomore running back Cassen cluding a budget, according to Sicard. Th e fi nal Aft er discussing the case with the Jackson-Garrison product is presented at an actual business expo suspects, both Richard Dumas and Freshman safety Reshard Langford at the Fairgrounds. Donnelly informed Division II Crim- “Th e product can be anything but food,” Si- inal Court Judge J. Randall Wyatt Jr. Junior wide receiver Marion White card said. “Also, nothing illegal or porn related.” of the defense’s desire to take the case Senior strong safety Kelechi Ohanaja Please see ACCELERATOR, page 7 PHOTO PROVIDED to a jury trial. Freshman defensive back Darlon “Th is is an issue of self-defense,” Spead said Dumas, Allen’s attorney. “I be- Redshirt freshman corner back Josh CRIME lieve that when the facts come out, Allen and I mean not just the facts that can be seen on the video, that it will Redshirt freshman wide receiver Students break into Branscomb Varsity Market become clear that my client was pro- Sean Walker tecting himself.” Source: Court documents, Metro Police reports BY MEREDITH CASEY 11:53 p.m. ishment depends on circum- Marts, especially if they are in- Sledge and Niland were not will- HUSTLER NEWS EDITOR All three individuals were ar- stances. toxicated and not thinking clear- ing to discuss the details of the case. the videotape footage is only one side Several Vanderbilt students rested by Vanderbilt Police and “We investigate the items in- ly... perhaps the students who “We are not going to comment of the story,” Donnelly said. “It is not had a severe case of the munchies booked downtown. volved, how it happened and the stole those items were not in their about the case,” Niland said. “Th e the whole story.” before spring break. “Any sort of policy violation intention of the student...the law right mind,” said sophomore Jes- evidence will be released at trial.” Metro Police records said that the Th ree Vanderbilt students or action like that on campus will may consider breaking and entry sica Schwartz. Police records made public by football players were celebrating the broke into the closed Branscomb be investigated by our offi ce,” said as something we may not,” Na- Th e names of the students court proceedings give more infor- birthday of off ensive lineman Cam- Munchie Mart and stole soft Ruth Nagareda, director of Stu- gareda said. involved could not be released, mation about the night of the shoot- eron Bradford and the football team’s drinks, cigarettes and snack food dent Conduct and Integrity. “More students than you’d according to Andrew Atwood, di- ing. fourth win of the season against the on the evening of March 5th at According to Nagareda, pun- think steal from the Munchie rector of Crime Prevention. ■ “Th e things the public has seen in Please see SHOOTERS, page 5 OUR VIEW LIFE BASKETBALL NOTABLE POLL WEATHER INSIDE Read why the Life writer Brandon Be sure to check out The College Board, In the Bubble 2 THE editorial board feels Duncan previews Vanderbilt men’s which owns the SAT that federal pri- the Vanderbilt basketball as they college entrance 3388% In History 2 vacy laws such as the Juggling and take on Notre exam, disclosed last Crime Report 2 WALL Federal Educational Physical Arts Dame in their first week that scoring Percentage of Rights and Privacy Club’s upcom- contest of the NIT errors had been Americans who said Opinion 8 Act had unforseen ing Juggleville tonight at 6 p.m. discovered on 4,000 they believe the 64 44 Our View 8 negative effects show, a first for the on ESPN2. Look out of 495,000 tests nearly 3-year-old HI LO Life 10 on the handling of young group. for more information taken during the war in Iraq is going » Extended forecast on page 2 the Morgan House See Page 10 on both basketball October sitting. well for the United Fun & Games 14 shooting. teams’ post-season States, down from 46 See Page 8 play in Friday’s issue. percent in January. » CNN.com 2 NEWS The Vanderbilt Hustler | Wednesday, March 15, 2006 WORD OF THE DAY THIS DAY IN HISTORY FORECAST 44 B.C. Roman dictator Julius Caesar was assassinated by a group of THURSDAY nobles that included Brutus and Cassius. Mostly Cloudy COMELY High: 64 PAGE 2 1493 Christopher Columbus returned to Spain, concluding his fi rst voyage to the Western Hemisphere. Low: 43 Today is Wednesday, March 15, 2006 adj. pleasing/agreeable to the sight; good-looking; suit- FRIDAY 1820 Maine became the 23rd state. able; agreeable Partly Cloudy IT IS THE THERE ARE 1913 President Woodrow Wilson held the fi rst open presidential news High: 54 th conference. Low: 32 40 36 34 58 1964 Actress Elizabeth Taylor married actor Richard Burton in Mon- SATURDAY treal; it was her fi fth marriage, his second. day of classes class days class days calendar Partly Cloudy until exams until Rites of days to com- 1975 Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis died near Paris at age 69. High: 52 Spring mencement Source: Webster’s Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language Compiled by the Associated Press Low: 33 TODAY IN THE BUBBLE Compiled by Katherine Foutch Lotus Eaters Sophomore Honorary Applications Founder’s Week celebrates Cornelius Members of the class of 2009 with a 3.5 GPA are eligible to join Lotus Eaters.