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US Army psychiatrist Major Nidal Malik Hasan is in custody and in stable condition after killing 13 and wounding 30 in a killing spree at the Soldier Readiness Center (SRC) at Ft. Hood near Killeen, Texas.
Ft. Hood is the largest US military installation in the world, measuring approximately 360 miles across.
Hasan used two handguns which were not military issue, one being semi-automatic, said Commanding Officer Lt. Gen. Robert W. Cone in a press conference late Thursday night.
Current university housing residents will have to draw lottery tickets early spring semester if they want to live on campus next fall.
The Department of Housing and Residential Life introduced a housing policy that will require students under the age of 20 with fewer than 30 credit hours to live on-campus. The students who graduated from high school within a year will be required to live on campus regardless of their credit hours. The new policy will take effect next fall.
The winner of the Place 5 City Council seat has yet to be determined, but officials say a runoff election may not be necessary.
The Hays County Elections Office is waiting on 32 ballots coming in from residents living outside the country, which could be all candidate Ryan Thomason needs to clinch the seat.
Thomason needed three votes to avoid a runoff with Lisa Marie Coppoletta based on early voting and Election Day results. Thomason is 0.1 percent of the votes shy of winning. He will have to wait until Monday to hear if there will be another round of elections.
Voter attendance on Election Day was low, said Joyce Cowan, Hays County elections administrator.
“A lot of people didn’t turn out,” she said.
Election day was Tuesday, and 8.11 percent of registered voters participated at the polls.
Cowan said one of the main reasons she believes the turnout was small is because people do not educate themselves about the candidates or propositions.
A campus-wide smoke ban is being discussed in an ASG committee meeting.
At least 365 campuses in the United States are smoke-free, according to the 2009 report taken by American Nonsmokers’ Rights Foundation.
Lights are out at Harris, and maintenance is not rushing to fix them. It is part of a new money-saving initiative at Harris Dining Hall by Chartwells.
Upon entering Harris, students may notice a poster explaining the “Dine-in-the-Dark” concept — a program aimed at conserving energy and saving the university money by turning off the lights.
Leslie Bulkley, resident district manager of Chartwells, said the initiative is expected to save the university “countless dollars” in the course of a year.
The City of San Marcos is funding a transportation partnership with Capital Area Rural Transportation System in order to better mobilize residents without vehicles.
Lyle Nelson, chief officer of operation at C.A.R.T.S. said he will be working in conjunction with Texas State buses in order to “mitigate some of the parking needs around the city.” Council members at Monday’s meeting agreed to fund Nelson’s transit project in the amount of $100,000.
All eyes are on the San Marcos Observing System as the proposed project becomes a reality.
The Observing System is essentially a continuous monitoring project of the San Marcos River. Various aspects will be under constant surveillance because of this new project, said Thomas Hardy, research professor at the River Systems Institute.
City Council hopeful Ryan Thomason was three votes shy of avoiding a runoff with Lisa Marie Coppoletta Tuesday night.
“When you are three votes shy of 50 percent and others are in the 20s, you are obviously in the better position,” Thomason said.
Thomason carried 49.9 percent of the total vote, needing only 0..1 percent to clinch Place 5. Coppoletta, Thomason’s opponent in the unscheduled runoff, came in second with 26.2 percent. Shaune Maycock’s chances for election ended last night, as he received 23.91 percent.
Incumbent John Thomaides won City Council Place 6 with 1,228 votes — 63.36 percent of the total.
Thomaides ran against Monica Garcia, who received 560 votes accounting for 28.9 percent, and Anita Fuller, who received 150 votes with 7.74 percent.
“I think it proves we have a broad base of support, and the citizens believe in the ideas put forward in the campaign,” Thomaides said. “We didn’t leave any stone unturned. I’m so proud of the effort of the team.”
Thomaides said his campaign was successful because of his past experience.
