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Obama 44th President of the United States January 21, 2009 XAVIER NEWSWIRE Volume XCIV Published since 1915 by the students of Xavier University Issue 17 Campus News, pg 3 Feature, pg 12 Publishing spree The ‘New Classics’ ALwaYS ONLINE: New book, new work from Dr. Hoferer and Chestnut proffer xavier.edu/ Tyrone Williams due soon their pop culture prowess newswire inside @ Senate revises rules for SGA elections BY KATHRYN ROSENbaUM during the process, said that chang- News Editor ing the penalty to a monetary fine Hoping to address issues and was a “huge change, which shows disputes that arose in previous that Senate is listening more to the elections, Xavier’s student Senate voice of students.” passed a revised election code on “Including the fine in the bud- Monday, Jan. 19. get raises the stakes and equalizes The Student Government the playing field,” Baldwin said. Association president, Craig “Many of the changes that Scanlon, has a week to veto the took place were changes that ab- revision. solutely needed to be made,” said The principal change to the Gamboa. “This document, like code creates new penalties for many documents, had loop holes campaign violations. Under the and had a great deal of room for new rules, after first receiving a misinterpretation, and I believe warning, minor campaign viola- that we have cleared up sections tions are assessed a monetary fine that have caused conflicts in past to be deducted from the candi- elections,” he said. date’s campaign budget. Additionally, Richardson be- Had they been enacted before lieves that the other revisions ad- last year’s executive elections, the dressed all the important issues revisions could have disqualified that they found with the old elec- the current Student Government tion code. Association executives, Scanlon, The campaign budgets in- Legislative Vice President Carter creased this year, since they had Johnson and Administrative Vice not been increased since 1994. President Josh Badall. Budgets for senate elections in- In a violation of the rules, the Newswire photo by Erika Bresee creased from $100 to $150 and Scanlon, Johnson and Badall ticket Had the new election rules been enacted a year ago, the current SGA executives (from right, Legislative Vice executive tickets can now spend handed out cans of energy drink President Carter Johnson, Administrative Vice President Josh Badall and President Craigh Scanlon) could have $450, instead of $300. while wearing campaign t-shirts, been disqualified. Should he choose to, Scanlon has one week to veto the measure. The election code now has offi- creating the impression that they et, later appealed this decision. A the fine will come out of the Richardson and committee mem- cial procedures that govern online were campaigning. The event, Senate hearing denied Gamboa’s candidate’s campaign budget and bers sophomore Neil Heckman voting. “Implementing online vot- according to the ticket, was not appeal, and Scanlon, Johnson and will be assessed at the discretion and senior Carrie Whelan, was ing was an uphill battle, but this meant to be a part of its official Badall won the election. of the Board of Elections. These debated and voted on at an emer- code shows that Senate supports campaign. Depending on the size of the fines can range from 5 percent gency meeting last Sunday night, it,” said Baldwin. This violation penalized fine, the punishment under the to 30 percent of the candidate’s so that it could be implemented Another revision to the elec- Scanlon’s ticket with a 30 vote new rules could have disqualified budget. before the February executive tion code allows candidates to be deduction. Senate Coordinator the Scanlon ticket by over-running The new code, which was writ- election. written in, but now write-in candi- Esteban Gamboa, who was then his budget. ten by the Association Affairs Board of Elections chair senior running against the Scanlon tick- The revised code dictates that committee, led by junior Kiki Katy Baldwin, who was consulted Continued on page 2 2007 CAMPUS CRIME REPORT* Witness: Sophomore Chris Hale gives a first-hand account of Barack Obama’s historic inauguration as the 44th President. More on News, pg. 2 ©2008 THE XAVIER NEWSWIRE All rights reserved Number of Reports Number of Arrests\Citations Robbery (2) Liquor Law Arrests (0) Fax (513) 745-2898 Motor Vehicle Theft (2) Liquor Law Ctns. (606) Advertising (513) 745-3561 Forcible Sex Offenses (4) Drug Abuse Arrests (2) Circulation (513) 745-3130 Burglary (6) Drug Abuse Ctns. (56) Editor-in-Chief (513) 745-3607 Arson (4) Weapons Possession (2) www.xavier.edu/newswire * From Campus Police’s ‘Campus Safety and Security Information’ document FIAT JUSTITIA, RUAT COELUM 2 January 21, 2008 News XAVIER NEWSWIRE Senate revises rules for SGA election Inauguration celebrates Obama and inspires Americans BY CHRIS HALE Mom and I spent nearly six Contributing Writer hours in sub thirty degree weather On Tuesday, Jan. 20, I had the before we finally arrived at our rare privilege of seeing Barack seats. H. Obama, 47, inaugurated as Our reward was the late arrival the 44th President of the United of President-Elect Obama and his States. Obama is the first African family at 11:15 a.m. There was a American President in the history still hush across the two million of the United States. gathered on the National Mall as It was an indescribable scene in Obama took the Oath of Office Washington, D.C. as over two mil- just past noon. He then addressed lion people from across the world the crowd with his inaugural crowded the nation’s capital to address. view the Inauguration. I was humbled to be a part I met Katherine DeMello who of the experience and Obama’s traveled over 2000 miles from movement. Hawaii to witness the event. This movement was shown by DeMello traveled over 2000 miles the number of people around me Newswire photo by Erika Breese from Hawaii to witness the event. who wept as the President gave his Esteban Gamboa (left), Chris Hale, and Bianca Callejas ran for executives last year in an election that faced controversy. De Mello flew into California and inauguration speech, which em- Under the new code, candidates for senate and executives face new rules regarding penalties, budgets and appeals. hitchhiked across the country for phasized that the message of re- four days to make it just in time sponsibility lies within everyone. for Tuesday’s inauguration. As Obama said in his address, Continued from page 1 the feedback and responses more examination of the theory DeMello traveled from Hawaii “For as much as government can written in, but now write-in candi- that Executive Director Student of why they were changing the because “she wanted to see a do and must do, it is ultimately dates must follow the same rules Involvement Dr. code instead of miracle happen and was willing to the faith and determination of the regarding campaigning and bud- Kimberlie Goldsberry, “This document, getting caught up travel any distance to see a miracle. American people upon which this gets as registered candidates. Dean of Students Dr. like many in the details.” Today Obama was a miracle.” nation relies.” Richardson agrees with the Luther Smith, Board of “Since these documents, DeMello was one of thousands Obama continued, “It is the changes regarding write-in candi- Elections and senators SGA members had had loop holes of people to spend the night on kindness to take in a stranger dates. “We wanted to continue to gave her. so much exposure and had a great the National Mall in hopes of get- when the levees break, the self- provide the opportunity to write Richardson said that to this document ting a decent view of Tuesday’s lessness of workers who would candidates in, but we felt that they there was good discus- deal of room for in the past week festivities. rather cut their hours than see a should abide by the same cam- sion and participation misinterpretation, or so, I would not In fact when my mother and friend lose their job which sees us paigning rules that other candi- both prior to the meet- and I believe that say that bringing I arrived there at 4 a.m. Tuesday through our darkest hours. It is dates do,” she said ings and at the actual the document was we have cleared morning, we discovered we were the firefighter’s courage to storm Baldwin, however, believes that meetings themselves. absolutely neces- up sections that ‘late’ and were relegated to a spot a stairway filled with smoke, but this change “defeats the purpose However, at the emer- sary, yet I would have caused near the end of the line. We re- also a parent’s willingness to nur- of a write-in candidate.” gency meeting held to recommend that ceived tickets from our local con- ture a child, that finally decides Addressing another issue that pass the revised code, a conflicts in past it is important for gressman Bart Gordon (D-Tenn).