and European aircraft, including long-range stealth B-2 bombers — had succeeded in heavily degrading Gadhafi’s air defenses.

The international campaign went beyond hitting anti-aircaft sites. U.S., British and French planes blasted a line of tanks that had been moving on the rebel capital Benghazi, in the opposition-held eastern half of the country. Sunday, at least seven demolished tanks smoldered in a field 12 miles south of Benghazi, many of them with their tur-rets and treads blown off, alongside charred armored personnel carriers, jeeps and SUVs

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music | 3Woodie AwardsMTV presented the Woodie Awards over spring break for the fi rst time in Austin as part of the South by Southwest music, fi lm and arts conference and festival.

sports | 5Women’s basketballThe Aggies beat McNeese State 87-47 in Sunday’s game. Read the recap on page 5.

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A&M places top 10 in surveyU.S. News & World Report released its 2012 survey of higher education institutions Tuesday. The survey gave three Texas A&M engineering programs top 10 spots nationally in their respective areas. Biological/agricultural engineering placed No. 3, nuclear placed No. 4 and industrial/manufacturing engineering placed No. 8. Texas A&M placed No. 8 for doctor of veterinary medicine programs and No. 24 in political science. Mays Business School moved to No. 32, and Texas A&M placed No. 14 among public institutions. Dwight Look College of Engineering placed No. 13 this year. The College of Education and Human Development took No. 34.

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29 years later, The Big Event still fosters friendships

TRADITION OF SERVICETRADITION OF SERVICE

Breaking records and continuing a nationally recognized tradition, the 29th The Big Event will kick off its annual service project Saturday to say thank you to Bryan-College Station residents for all their support for the University.

When Joe Nussbaum, then vice president of Student Government As-sociation at Texas A&M, started The Big Event in 1982, it was a simple ser-vice project of a couple hundred stu-

dents doing a handful of jobs. The Big Event is now the largest one-

day student-run service project with more than 70 participating universities across the nation and one overseas. In the fall of 2009, The Big Event gained national recognition when its 2010 direc-tor, Mallory Myers, received the Daily Points of Light Award presented by Pres-ident Barack Obama at a service forum at A&M. President George H.W. Bush was also in attendance.

This is the first year online sign-ups were implemented. The Big Event’s goal

for student participants was met with more than 15,000 students assigned to approximately 1,500 jobs on Saturday.

“It is very important to remember that although The Big Event’s num-bers continue to grow each year, it is the relationships fostered by student service that makes The Big Event so special. And without Mr. Nussbaum’s vision 29 years ago, none of what The Big Event is able to do today would be possible,” said Ryan Byrne, a senior

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Western forces air strike Libya

TRIPOLI, Libya — Moammar Gadhafi vowed a “long war” as allied forces launched a second night of strikes on Libya Sunday, and jubilant rebels who only a day before were in danger of being crushed by his forces now boasted they would bring him down. The U.S. military said the international as-sault would hit any Gadhafi forces on the ground that are attacking the opposition.

The U.S. military said the bombardment so far — a rain of Tomahawk cruise mis-siles and precision bombs from American

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Former A&M coach heads west to Tech

Former Texas A&M Uni-versity basketball coach Billy Gillispie has been hired by Texas Tech University.

Prior to coaching the Aggies, Gillispie revitalized the Uni-versity of Texas at El Paso. He led the program from a six-win season his first year, coaching to a 24-8 record the following year. Gillispie then caught the attention of Bill Byrne, A&M’s athletic director.

After three seasons of suc-cess, Gillispie stunned Aggies in 2007 when he announced his departure. Gillispie helped pull the Aggies out of the Big 12 cellar into Big 12 relevance, starting A&M’s current six-year streak of earning a bid in the NCAA Tournament. Lead-ing A&M to the Sweet 16 and

a top 10 rank-ing, Gillispie also became the first Big 12 South coach to beat the Kansas Jayhawks at Allen Field-house. The Ag-gies had a 70-26

record during Gillispie’s tenure.Earning a reputation as a

program turnaround specialist, Gillispie caught the attention of the University of Kentucky, one of the nation’s premier col-lege basketball programs. Gil-lispie began his career with the Wildcats by picking up some of the nation’s top high school recruits. However, his legacy would soon be tarnished. The Wildcats were inconsistent, as they suffered embarrassing losses to Gardner-Webb Uni-

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Student Research Week is part of Texas A&M University’s commitment to provid-ing research opportunities to both graduate and undergraduate students. The 14th annual Student Research Week starts today and will occur throughout the week.

Student Research Week, originally formed in 1994, has evolved over the years into a week-long experience loaded with oppor-tunities for students to present their research and to earn recognition. Texas A&M Gradu-

ate Student Council funds and puts on SRW. University departments provide the different awards.

According to the website, Student Re-search Week aims “to recognize and celebrate student research at Texas A&M University by providing an opportunity for students to pres-ent research and to foster an environment for students, faculty, staff and administration to learn about the research occurring at Texas A&M University and the resources available on campus.”

The week offers various events, such as expert lunch panels, resource tables, research

symposiums and esteemed speakers all geared toward communicating the benefits of under-graduate research and aiding those students already involved in research.

In an email sent out by the dean of liberal arts, Catherine Marr, class of 2009, was praised for her undergraduate research and how her position as a research assistant at Texas A&M not only prepared her for her job as a sales consultant for Physician Sales and Service, but also led her to that career path.

“Because most of my work was done alone, I learned how to manage a large project on my own. This has helped me because in the sales

world, what I do with my time will inevitably be reflected in my numbers,” Marr said.

Marr’s research was conducted under the College of Liberal Arts and provided her with hands-on experience with doctors, introduc-ing her to a quality patient care.

“A&M’s research department gave me an opportunity to study a line of work more in-depth that I would of otherwise never been able to experience,” she said. “Remembering the doctors’ passion and concern for their pa-tient’s health keeps me motivated to help the

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So it came as a shock when the network presented its an-nual Woodie Awards program in Austin, Texas in the middle of the South by Southwest (SXSW) con-ference, which is world-renowned for its ability to make or break up-and-coming musical artists.

The Woodie Awards have been presented by MTV since 2005 as an awards program dedicated to “college music,” namely hip-hop and indie rock. The awards are voted for by college students across

the country and feature categories similar to the network’s other, longer-running music awards program, the Video Music Awards, or VMAs. Alt-rock legends Foo Fighters kicked off the ceremony with a bang by performing “Rope,” a rocker of the kind the group has produced for nearly two decades and the first single off their upcoming album Wasting Light.

The performance was followed by a quick intro by host Donald Glover, known for his role as

Troy on the genre-bending sitcom “Community,” which showcased the young star’s talents as a stand-up comedian and rapper and set the tone for the rest of the evening. Glover came across as a capable and charismatic host, though his rapping style, which he puts to use under the performing name of Childish Gambino, was noticeably lacking in comparison to some of the ceremony’s later performers.

Glover’s offbeat intro was just the first of many highlights featur-

ing up-and-coming hip-hop artists, a group that ended up taking home half of this year’s awards. Chiddy Bang won the first award of the evening, Best Video, for their video for “Opposite of Adults.”

Fellow Pennsylvania-based rapper Wiz Khalifa, who also performed his oft remixed No.1 hit “Black and Yellow” midway through the evening, became the evening’s big winner when he took home the night’s final award, Woodie of the Year.

Other winners included Matt & Kim, who presented the Woodie of the Year award and took home the Woodie for best live performance, and Two Door Cinema Club, who won the Breaking Woodie. WVUM of the University of Miami took home the College Radio Woodie, beating out local favorite KTSW of Texas State University.

Winners Matt & Kim previ-ously won the 2009 Woodie for best video for their song “Lessons Learned,” and featured the couple stripping as they ran through Times Square, which put them in a unique position among this year’s presenters as one of the only previ-ous winners to attend.

“It’s pretty cool [that we’re presenting this year], but we’re a little nervous about reading from a teleprompter,” said the bubbly Brooklyn duo on the red car-pet before the show. “We know we’re going to blow it because we always blow it, but it’s kind of our thing. We just laugh it off and get through it. People seem to really enjoy that kind of honesty, or at least that’s what we tell ourselves after the show.”

Hip-hop was also the source of the evening’s most memorable, irreverent moments.

Lil B gave Kanye West a taste of his own medicine when he inter-rupted presenter Pete Wentz, who accepted the Left-Field Woodie on the egotistical superstar’s behalf, and declaring that he had “the best left field [expletive] of all time.”

The absurdity of the moment was only be surpassed by the final performance of the evening by newcomers Odd Future Wolf Gang, which featured a diminutive impersonator of the crew’s leader Tyler, chicken suits, a group of surly security guards and aggressive

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5 Plant fair

The Texas A&M University Horticulture Club and The Holistic Garden will present the 29th Annual Spring Plant Fair sale from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the Horticulture/Forest Science Building.

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AggieCon 42, a science fi ction, fantasy and gaming convention, will be from 12 to 4 p.m. Friday through Sunday at the Hilton Hotel and Conference Center and will include a dealer’s room, art show, a Japanese gaming marathon and Rocky Horror Picture Show.

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Neeley and Hobby Hall Councils will present the 4th Annual “So You Think Ags Can Dance?” program, one of Texas A&M’s largest multicultural dance competition, from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday in Rudder Theatre Complex.

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MSC Aggie Cinema will show True Grit from 7 to 11 p.m. Friday in Rudder Theatre Complex.

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Alec Goetz: MTV brings Woodie award show to Austin

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game shows, and, um, Snooki, MTV has largely lost its place in pop-culture as a musical tastemaker.

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The Big Event consists of an executive staff, assigned to lead a 185-member commit-tee. To complete all the tasks, the committee is broken into four parts: recruitment, op-erations, programs and out-reach. Staff assistants are also recruited in the spring to help with extra work the semester of the event. Lauren Brooks, a junior biology major and re-cruitment executive, said The Big Event could not happen without the hard work of the committee.

“They do everything. They recruit students, allo-

cate tools to jobs, meet com-munity residents, contact businesses for donations and everything else needed to make the day of a success,” Brooks said.

Shannon Wayne, a junior education major and recruit-ment committee member, said this day is a chance for A&M students to give back to the community.

“With all the students here in College Station, we have the resources to help the peo-ple who might not have the time or ability to paint their house or rake up all their leaves,” Wayne said.

The day of The Big Event, staff and committee will meet in the Kyle Field press box, as tradition, at 6 a.m. to be-gin preparations. By 9:15, after approximately 15,000

students are checked in, the kickoff ceremony will begin with speakers and a yell prac-tice. After kickoff, students will spend the day working and developing relationships with the people of the com-munity residents.

“The students enjoy the feeling they receive when serving and saying thank you to Bryan and College Station, and the community residents are very happy to receive the help and sentiments of grati-tude from the Texas A&M student body,” Byrne said. “Our hope is that students would look beyond March 26 and use The Big Event as a way to begin incorporating service into their everyday life. There are still 364 days left in the year to continue to serve others.”

doctors do what they love most.”

Research opportunities are not limited to the College of Liberal Arts or geared specifi-cally for communications ma-jors. SRW aims to showcase research in all fields and ma-jors. Matt Lafitte, a freshman aerospace engineering major, said undergraduate research in

his chosen field would greatly benefit him in the future.

“As an aerospace engineer-ing major, I would love to do research with a professor,” Lafitte said. “I would gain real world experience [and] it would give me the oppor-tunity to see how my educa-tion applies to the aerospace industry, and motivate me to do well in my classes.”

In preparation for Student Research Week there are several other events taking

place such as Research Poster Production workshop and Effective Presentation Slides workshop, as well as volun-teer opportunities during the week. Students will present research in either the oral or poster section of the competi-tion. Alternatively or in addi-tion to competing for awards, the various lectures and infor-mational sessions can benefit anyone considering research or someone in the process of conducting research.

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stage-diving seen more often at hardcore punk shows than hip-hop performances.

The Woodies were only one stop at SXSW for many of the presenters and per-formers in attendance. Odd Future’s performance at the end of the week attracted some of the other stars at the show, including Aziz Ansari, who introduced the rap crew at the ceremony. Matt & Kim went on to perform at the MTV Garage,

a free showcase organized by the network the following afternoon, along with fellow presenters Friendly Fires, and host Donald Glover was spotted at the show with an entourage in tow.

“You do so many gigs here that they all sort of blend together,” said Friendly Fires’ front man, Ed Macfarlane. The dance-rock group had come all the way from their home in England to perform at the festival. “The MTV set is one of the longer ones we’re going to get to play, so we’re excited about that. It always feels good to get to play for more

than 20 minutes.”Overall the Woodies was

a fun, surprisingly short way to kick off the music portion of SXSW. While it was clear that for most of the acts in attendance that the show was one small part of a much bigger industry event, the wide variety of musicians who were nominated and se-lected to present or perform showed that the network is still somewhat serious about staying involved in the col-lege music culture that it helped so much to cultivate in the ’80s and ’90s.

Alec Goetz is a junior Eng-lish major.

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versity and Virginia Military Institute, while also routing SEC foes. In Gillispie’s sec-ond year at the helm, the Ken-tucky Wildcats failed to earn a spot in the NCAA Tourna-

ment for the first time in 17 years.

Gillispie’s ability to recruit in Texas was appealing to the Red Raiders, who will be led by their third coach since 2008. A program with five Sweet 16 appearances, Tech finished No. 11 in the Big 12 during the past season.

“It’s hard not to be [im-pressed with Gillispie’s ré-sumé]. He’s won coach of the year in the Big 12 three times. He’s a west Texas guy and we’re excited for him to be here,” said Jose Rodriguez, sports editor of The Daily To-reador, Tech’s student news-paper.

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Longhorns upsetTexas (four seed) lost to Arizona (fi ve seed), 70-69, Sunday. The Longhorns had the ball and lead with 14.5 seconds remaining before a fi ve-second violation and Arizona score.

baseball | The Aggies welcome the Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks to Olsen Field for a game at 6:35 p.m. Tuesday.

softball | The Aggies will take on Sam Houston State at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Aggie Softball Complex.

men’s swimming | The Aggies will be traveling to Minneapolis, Minn. for the NCAA Championships Thursday.

No. 2 Aggies beat McNeese State 87-47

Mastering McNeeseKicking off the 2011 NCAA Tour-

nament in style, Texas A&M’s No. 2 women’s basketball team cruised to a 87-47 victory over No. 15 McNeese State Sunday at the CenturyTel Cen-ter in Bossier City, La.

Avoiding any possibility of a first round upset, A&M jumped out to a 41-15 lead going into halftime. The Aggies’ stifling defense held McNeese State to only four points through the first 15 minutes of play. The Cowgirls began the game missing 19 of their first 20 shots from the field and turned the ball over six times leading to 10 A&M points.

“We took McNeese very serious, and I think we played very well, par-ticularly in the first half on transition basketball,” said A&M Head Coach Gary Blair.

Although she was given plenty of rest once A&M took a commanding lead, senior center Danielle Adams led the Aggies with a team-high 18 points and six rebounds. Adams knocked down 6-of-11 from the field and sank all six of her free throws.

“I just have to come in and play my game each game,” Adams said. “I just have to play aggressive and be that dominant player that I am. Having my teammates there to back me up each game is a great thing for me. I know my teammates are going to give me the ball so I just have to go to work in each game that we play.”

It was the Aggies’ bench that stole the show for a majority of the game. A&M received 35 points from their bench including nine from sophomore

guard Adrienne Pratcher. Pratcher also recorded four rebounds and five assists in her 23-minute performance.

“I think I had a good game,” Pratch-er said. “I just got my mind ready to go in and do what [Blair] needed me to do and help my team in any way I can. As far as me being the player that I am, over the season I’ve gotten bet-ter. I have no option but to prepare myself for the upcoming games that we have.”

“Pratcher came in and answered the bell,” Blair said. “Balanced scor-ing is what we’re looking for in this team. We got 80 minutes out of a very good bench and I think that will help us with the rest for Tuesday night. I’m proud of those kids for what they did. I’m proud of how controlled my bench played during the game.”

McNeese State sophomore guard Ashlyn Baggette was held to 3-of-17 shooting and 1-for-6 from beyond the arch. Baggette’s twin sister and fellow sophomore guard Caitlyn led the way for the Cowgirls with a game-high 22 points.

“(Caitlyn Baggette) was as good as advertised,” Blair said. “She has sort of an awkward move when she pen-etrates the lane. It’s not a step back move, it’s sort of a throwback move. Until you’ve worked against that, you can’t demonstrate that in practice. She’s just very good.”

Texas A&M (28-5) will stay in the Shreveport area for their second-round matchup Tuesday at 8:30 p.m. at the CenturyTel Center in Bossier City. A&M will take on the No. 7 Rutgers (20-12) after their victory over No. 10 Louisiana Tech.

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2bd/1ba apartment, 800sq.ft. Newappliances, carpeting and tile.W/D. Bus route. $550/mo. +$300deposit. 210-391-4106.

2bd/2ba 4-plex. Spacious floor-plan, W/D connections, close tocampus. $550/mo.www.aggielandleasing.com979-776-6079.

2bd/2ba apartment. Available8/11. Approx. 900sqft. W/D in-cluded, $600/mo. Call210-387-5030.

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An enormous 9.0 magnitude earthquake and a subsequent ferocious tsunami struck the northeast coast of Japan and within a few minutes, everything changed. The raging tsunami waves gushed in through the coast and found its way into the city carrying vehicles, ships and houses, leaving parts of Japan completely devastated. Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan said the tsunami disaster was the worst crisis in since World War II.

The aftermath of such a disaster is mani-fold. The disaster has left more than 10,000 people dead, thousands homeless and millions without water, power, heat or transportation. Humanitarian relief efforts have come from over the world to serve the challenging cause of resurrecting the paralyzed economy. With Japan’s nuclear meltdown, energy supply and power outages have affected manufacturers. With infrastructure and factories destroyed, major automotive and technology compa-nies have frozen production and exports. In this age of interdependence between world economies, Japan’s disaster has worldwide affects. However, pronounced economic repercussions can be, time can still heal. But what remains permanently etched is that the disaster has changed the distribution of the planet’s mass and has caused the Earth to spin a little bit faster according to NASA.

But what can humans really do to prevent or counteract such tremendous forces of

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earthquake and tsunami drills are routine for every Japa-nese citizen. Japan is in-deed the best prepared to handle the

twin disasters. Such advanced technology cannot guarantee to forestall a disaster but it can save millions of lives.

Natural calamities have come and gone many times in the past and will keep coming more aggressively in the future owing to global warming, climate change, meltdown of ice caps, etc. Humans are handicapped in the face of such calamities. All we can do is to stay within our limits using the resources provided by Mother Nature. Efforts toward reducing carbon emissions, deforestation and pollution have already begun. We have to know when our economic development is jeopardizing nature so that we can slow down and stay within our boundaries. Trea-ties pertaining to climate change and global warming have been signed, debated and withdrawn. It certainly looks like a humun-gous sacrifice on man’s part to stay within his limits and respect Mother Nature, but maybe this is all that we humans can do to save our planet.

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of the kind used by Gadhafi fighters.

A building in Gadhafi’s compound was hit and badly damaged late Sunday. An As-sociated Press photographer at the scene said half of the round, three-story building was knocked down, and smoke was rising from it. About 300 Gadhafi supporters were in the compound at the time. It was not known if any were hurt.

“I feel like in two days max we will destroy Gadhafi,” said Ezzeldin Helwani, 35, a rebel standing next to the smolder-ing wreckage of an armored personnel carrier, the air thick with smoke and the pungent smell of burning rubber. In a grisly sort of battle trophy, cel-ebrating fighters hung a severed goat’s head with a cigarette in its mouth from the turret of one of the gutted tanks.

The strikes that began early Sunday gave immedi-ate, if temporary, relief to

Benghazi, which the day be-fore had been under a heavy attack that killed at least 120 people. The city’s calm on Sunday highlighted the dra-matic turnaround that the allied strikes bring to Libya’s month-old upheaval: For the past 10 days, Gadhafi’s forces had been on a triumphant offensive against the rebel-held east, driving opposition fighters back with the over-whelming firepower of tanks, artillery, warplanes and war-ships.

Now Gadhafi’s forces are potential targets for U.S. and European strikes. The U.N. resolution authorizing inter-national military action in Libya not only sets up a no-fly zone but allows “all nec-essary measures” to prevent attacks on civilians.

But the U.S. military, for the time being at the lead of the international campaign, is trying to walk a fine line over the end game of the as-sault. It is avoiding for now any appearance that it aims to take out Gadhafi or help

the rebels oust him, instead limiting its stated goals to protecting civilians.

At the Pentagon, Navy Vice Adm. William E. Gort-ney underlined that strikes are not specifically targeting the Libyan leader or his residence in Tripoli. He said that any of Gadhafi’s ground forces advancing on the rebels were open targets.

“If they are moving on op-position forces ... yes, we will take them under attack,” he told reporters.

“We judge these strikes to have been very effective in significantly degrading the re-gime’s air defense capability,” Gortney said. “We believe his forces are under significant stress and suffering from both isolation and a good deal of confusion.”

A military official said Air Force B-2 stealth bombers flew 25 hours in a round trip from Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri and dropped 45 2,000-pound bombs.

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