1-1 ****** NEED TWO-PAGE HEADER ****** 1-2 SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 576 1-3 WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased 1-4 to recognize Marshall Maher, who has recently won election as 1-5 Editor of The Daily Texan for the 2001-2002 academic year; and 1-6 WHEREAS, The Daily Texan, the student newspaper of 1-7 The University of Texas at Austin, is Austin's second largest 1-8 daily newspaper, with a circulation of 30,000; and 1-9 WHEREAS, Competition for the editor position is always 1-10 fierce, and this year's race was no exception; Marshall won the 1-11 editorship with 59 percent of the vote of the student body; and 1-12 WHEREAS, Marshall's past work experience has prepared 1-13 him well for his new duties as editor; he currently works 1-14 as News Director for The Quorum Report, Texas' oldest political 1-15 newsletter, and he has held other positions on The Daily 1-16 Texan; also, while working as a media assistant for 1-17 State Senator David Sibley, Marshall made valuable contributions 1-18 to the running of a legislative office; and 1-19 WHEREAS, Marshall has been recognized by professionals in 1-20 his field as a talented young journalist; recently, his work 2-1 as a general column writer was given first-place honors by 2-2 Region 8 of the Society of Professional Journalists; and 2-3 WHEREAS, As editor of The Daily Texan, Marshall will write 2-4 a daily column for the newspaper's opinion page and will plan and 2-5 supervise all news coverage; a hardworking and talented individual, 2-6 Marshall will perform these duties expertly; now, therefore, be it 2-7 RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 2-8 77th Legislature, hereby congratulate Marshall Maher on 2-9 being elected Editor of The Daily Texan and wish him best 2-10 of luck in his future professional endeavors; and, be it 2-11 further 2-12 RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for 2-13 him as an expression of high regard from the Texas Senate. 2-14 Sibley 2-15 ______________________________________ 2-16 President of the Senate 2-17 I hereby certify that the above 2-18 Resolution was adopted by the Senate 2-19 on March 26, 2001. 2-20 ______________________________________ 2-21 Secretary of the Senate 2-22 ______________________________________ 2-23 Member, Texas Senate