Let me be clear, I am going to write this one time and one time only, no matter how many rebuttals and refutes are written. I am writing this solely with the intent of addressing some things and defending my name.

Dr. Judy Rashid often says from one of her many proverbs, “as it is written, it is so.” Well, a lot of things written about not only me but the rest of this executive board were not accurate.

I deliberately waited until the end of our term to address the matter for several reasons. First, my situation has been settled since December 1, 2009. The Senate tried me and voted to NOT to impeach me. Second, I waited because I do not want this to remain on people’s hearts and minds when we all have much more important things to deal with in our lives.

Lastly, I waited because I hoped that The Register’s coverage of this administration would at some point become more positive, because there have been many positives this year. Both Mr. and Miss A&T placed extremely high in their respective pageants (and in my opinion) should have won. Travis has put on an excellent Spring Fest and to all of our credit, I am pleased to announce that there have been ZERO casualties this year to gun violence. If these all are not positives then I don’t know what is.

Now don’t get me wrong, I understand that as journalists you have a job, to report the news and this administration gave you all plenty to report…cool. My problem lies with the fact that it appears as if some of you look to taear us down rather than build us up, and that is simply not right. Did I compromise the integrity of my position, as well as the University’s?

The answer is yes, but so is repeatedly slandering my name and my fellow e-board members. I fully support the people working for The Register, from the top down, however I do not like the direction this paper is headed in. As I flip through its pages and read some of the articles, I can only think of what “Juicy Campus” used to do and say about our students.

Now they are no longer needed because we can talk/read about our fellow students in the school newspaper. The Register should not only be viewed as a gossip column, or the students’ source for the juiciest rumor. Each and every one of you that work for The Register are too talented and are much better than that. Through it all, I remained optimistic and vibrant and I continued to love and care for my student body and always will.

Now let me clarify one thing once and for all, I did not touch a P-card, a dollar, a coin or ANY form of currency. My word and my name was all that was needed for the service to be done. I DID NOT touch any money. Also, I have paid back the cost of the service performed. This is all I am going to say about the situation.

I am wise enough to know that as a student leader, you lose some of your privacy. Yet, I feel like sometimes you all have gone too far into our private lives with some members of this administration. Mr. Jasmin said it very well last week in his piece when he said that we are students first.

I am going to take it one step further, even beyond being students, we are human and we have the right to privacy and some sort of personal liberties even though we do lose SOME of our privacy. With this said I want to wish the Kimball Administration all the best. Be smart, be careful and be better. To The Register, be better. Aggie Pride!

• Daniel Davis