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scene | 3AggieCon AggieCon 42, the College Station version of Comic-con, welcomed students and community members this weekend for sci-fi -fi lled festivities.

sports | 5On to the Elite EightThe No. 2 A&M women’s basketball team cruised into the regional fi nals with a 79-38 pasting of Georgia Sunday in Dallas.

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Book unveiledRudder: From Leader to Legend, the fi rst comprehensive biography of one of World War II’s foremost heroes who later put Texas A&M University on its path to prominence — Gen. James Earl Rudder — was unveiled during campus ceremonies Thursday with the book’s author, Thomas M. Hatfi eld, recalling his long association with Gen. Rudder. The unveiling ceremonies were in front of the campus statue of the general. This fi rst public celebration of the Rudder book comes almost a month ahead of the date of its actual release, April 21. Subsequent book-signing opportunities with Hatfi eld will be on campus.

Faculty members receive awardsTexas A&M University and The Association of Former Students have selected 24 outstanding members of the school’s faculty and staff to be honored with 2011 Distinguished Achievement Awards. The awards have been awarded to 906 professionals, including this year’s recipients, who have exhibited the highest standards of excellence at Texas A&M. The 2011 Distinguished Achievement Awards will be presented at 1:30 p.m. April 27 during ceremonies in Rudder Theatre.

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Photo illustration by Josh McKenna — THE BATTALION

Aggie ring survives Texas Panhandle wildfire

Self defense club teaches practical skills

“Self defense training is strange in that it’s something that you will spend a large amount of time doing, but you hope you are never forced into a situation in which you must use it,” said Bradley Zemanek, a junior construction science major and founder of the Texas A&M Self Defense Club.

The Texas A&M Self Defense Club helps train those at Texas A&M in Krav Maga and the Keysi Fighting Method in order to defend themselves. Zemanek began the process of making the Texas A&M Self De-fense Club a recognized organization in the summer of 2010. They were able to start training this spring semester.

Zemanek found inspiration to start the club after taking a self-defense kinesiology class. Teri Wenzel, Zemanek’s kinesiology

Josh HarmsSpecial to The Battalion

instructor and faculty adviser of the club, told Zemanek The University of Sidekicks Gym was looking for a student leader to start a Krav Maga club at A&M, and Zemanek jumped at the opportunity.

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Big Event participants work hard, reach goals

As The Big Event partici-pants geared up for a day over-flowing with selfless service, a core value of Texas A&M Uni-versity, President R. Bowen Loftin said: “It’s another great day in Aggieland.”

About 15,000 Aggies gath-ered in front of Reed Arena Saturday morning for food to fuel themselves up for the big day, some motivational words and a yell practice.

Then participants scattered out across the community to rake leaves, paint houses and perform other tasks.

Johnson Elementary School put on a carnival and wanted The Big Event to help out.

“It was perfect. We planned

our biggest event of the year around The Big Event. It al-lows the parents to enjoy the auction with their children and the students were just fantas-tic. We appreciate A&M do-ing The Big Event and getting students to volunteer. It really helps the community,” said Mary Beth Badgett, vice presi-dent of the school’s Parent-Teacher Organization.

A record-breaking number of students came out to partici-pate in this year’s event.

“It was really cool. I always love seeing the big force of stu-dents at Reed Arena. We all worked together and knocked it out. And we made a differ-ence in the community,” said

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Junior Ethan Cartwright, environmental studies major and sophomore John Tee, anthropology major, practice Krav Maga, the Israeli form of self-defense.

See Service on page 2See Defense on page 7

student activities community service

Lobbying groups are used to influ-ence the decision-making process on Capitol Hill, and during spring break a group of six A&M students added their voices.

These six students participated in the Big 12 on the Hill conference. Repre-sentatives from each school in the Big 12 traveled to Washington D.C., to ad-vocate for higher education reform on behalf of college students.

The six Aggies said the experience gave them hope for the future of high-er education and conviction about the dedication of Congress.

“One of the congressmen that we talked to told us that our voices stay with him when he goes to vote and that we play a big role in his pas-sion for why he does what he does, and that was really cool to hear,” said Marshall Bowen, a member of the Stu-dent Government Association and the leader of the group.

The first day of the three-day con-

ference began March 9 when stu-dents from each school broke off into groups of four and met with members of Congress. The second day, the in-dividual school group met with Texas representatives.

Though school representatives did not officially come advocating a spe-cific piece of legislation except for continual funding of higher education, A&M’s six representatives focused on Pell Grants, scholarships funded by the federal government.

“It was easy to be non-biased about

Pell Grants, because there are two plans and each would cut funding for stu-dents. In the president’s plan, 800,000 students would no longer receive Pell Grants. The Republican plan would cut 1.7 million so it was very easy for us to go up there and talk to members on both sides of the aisle about the im-portance of this,” said Sarah Andrews, a master’s student in public service and administration at the Bush School of Government and Public Service.

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Students lobby Congress against cuts

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politics

Wildfires recently plagued the Texas panhandle, leaving devastation in their path. The wildfires hit the Aggie com-munity closer to home when fires in Lake Tanglewood outside of Amarillo left seven houses burned to the ground. One of the houses was the home of Arthur Garner, class of 1955. Among the ashes Garner’s grandsons unearthed something timeless and meaningful to any Aggie — his Aggie ring.

The Lake Tanglewood volunteer fire department ascertained the wildfire was due to wind gusts up to 70 mph that knocked a sheet of metal off a roof, which then severed a power line and caught the surrounding grass on fire. Lake Tanglewood was one of many North Texas communities that suf-fered from the wildfires. Drought and

high winds spread fires responsible for destroying at least 68 homes, according to the Disaster News Network.

On Feb. 27, Garner, along with the rest of the Lake Tanglewood volunteer fire department were fighting to extin-guish wildfires in a neighboring com-munity when they received the call that the flames were threatening their own community. The winds whipped up the fire and dispersed it throughout the canyon in unpredictable ways.

“We had to hustle back to get the community evacuated,” Garner said.

No one knew if they would be com-ing back to a house or to burning em-bers. Natalie Merki, a freshman allied health major and Garner’s neighbor, received a phone call from her mom as her family was pulling away from their house. Hundreds of miles away, only a phone connection joined her to her

family in that moment of horror. Her mom asked her if there was anything she would like her to try to run back in and save.

“It was terrifying when my mom told me they were evacuating. Every-one wonders how they would react or what they would try to grab in the face of a fire; few people ever have to face the reality,” Merki said.

In returning to their home in the next day the Merki family saw that their house only suffered smoke dam-age. Unfortunately, not everyone’s home was still standing. Throughout Lake Tanglewood, one side of a street was left untouched while the opposite side houses were burned to the founda-tion. Garner and his wife were one of the families who lost their home in the

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NATO to assume command of Libya air operations BRUSSELS — NATO will assume command of all aerial operations in Libya from the U.S.-led force that has been conducting air strikes against Moammar Gadhafi ’s forces, offi cials said Sunday.NATO jets on Sunday already began enforcing the no-fl y zone, Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen announced. Diplomats said the full transfer of authority would take several days. “NATO allies have decided to take on the whole military operation in Libya under the U.N. Security Council resolution,” Fogh Rasmussen said in a statement. “NATO will implement all aspects of the U.N. resolution. Nothing more, nothing less.” The North Atlantic Council — the alliance’s top body — took two hours to approve a plan to expand a previously agreed mission to enforce the U.N. arms embargo and no-fl y zone. It agreed to protect civilians from attack.

Libya raids hit Gadhafi stronghold of Sirte RAS LANOUF, Libya — International air raids targeted Moammar Gadhafi ’s hometown of Sirte for the fi rst time Sunday night as rebels made a high-speed advance toward the regime stronghold, a formidable obstacle that must be overcome for the government opponents to reach the capital Tripoli. A heavy bombardment of Tripoli also began after nightfall, with at least nine loud explosions and anti-aircraft fi re heard, an Associated Press reporter in the city said. Earlier in the day, rebels regained two key oil complexes along the coastal highway that runs from the opposition-held eastern half of the country toward Sirte and beyond that, to the capital. Moving quickly westward, the advance retraced the steps of the rebels’ fi rst march toward the capital. But this time, the world’s most powerful air forces have eased the way by pounding Gadhafi ’s forces for the past week.

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Yves Chemisky, postdoctoral research associate of aerospace engineering juggles pins on Simpson Drill Field Sunday afternoon.

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More than 15,000 students gather for The Big Event Saturday.

Justin Anderson, senior information and operations management major.

Anderson and his organization, Keep-ing Under Christ, picked up trash and tidied a resident’s home.

The Big Event staff completes any projects groups are unable to finish dur-ing the day.

“If a student organization is unable to complete a job and the community resident is unhappy with the results, we try to complete any work we can by sending back-up organizations that have selected to serve in that role or The Big Event Committee members,” said Ben Bates, a junior accounting major and The Big Event outreach executive.

Additionally, The Big Event is look-ing to expand its reach outside of the

Bryan-College Station area. The Big Event committee had a conference ear-lier this year in which schools across the nation interested in a similar service-ori-ented event were invited to learn about the preparation that goes into putting on a similar type of project.

“In terms of other projects that The Big Event is trying to put together is ways in which we can increase col-laboration and communication between other events similar to ours that are spread across the nation,” Bates said.

With a long list of service organiza-tions and volunteer opportunities pres-ent at A&M, what separates The Big Event from the rest is the chance for every student to get involved. Thou-sands come together one Saturday every March to say thank you to a community that has given so much to its students. And hopefully, this day of service will resonate into a lifetime of service. For most Aggies, it already has.

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Dr. Honglu Wu will discuss space radiation and its induction of chromosome aberrations 12:40 p.m. to 1:30 p.m Wednesday in Koldus, room 144.

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George R. Welch from the Department of Physics and Astronomy will speak on “From Slow Light to FAST-CARS” at April’s Science Café. The event will take place from 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Revolution Cafe & Bar.

4 Cooking clinic

Rec Sports’ Outdoor Adventures program will have a clinic from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the garage of the Student Recreation Center on how to make fresh-baked goods for camping trips. Cost of the clinic is $15 for Rec members and $18 for non-Rec members.

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Mic Check will present a movie at 9 p.m. Thursday at Revolution Café in downtown Bryan for $2.

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The Texas Film Festival will play short fi lms and feature-length fi lms starting at 6:30 p.m. Friday and will continue until Sunday in Rudder Auditorium.

Many people who have even a passing interest in science-fiction have probably heard of Comic-Con, the multi-genre convention for anything in pop culture that takes place every summer in San Diego, Calif. AggieCon is similar to its much larger cousin except for one notable detail: it is entirely student-run and it is also an event exclusive to College Station, as the name might suggest.

“It’s beautiful. I volunteer at cons wher-ever I go but I like having something in

our own backyard,” said Mike Petersen, a sophomore astronomy and physics major and AggieCon 42 volunteer.

Like any sci-fi convention, there were various sections devoted to specific purposes. There was a dealer section where various shop owners from aroundTexas came to sell products, ranging from action figures to vintage comic books to T-shirts and even swords. There were also tabletop and console gaming rooms for visitors looking to play

against each other. There was even a live reenactment of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Most notably, AggieCon had panels, in which well-known people from the sci-fi community were able to talk and showcase their works. Notable panels included Dr. Who and one called “Wanna see my spaceship?” which dealt with dating advice for people who might consider them-

selves “nerds.” However, some people were a little let down by the panels.

“I came here to see Dr. Who things but there will probably be a lot more next year,” said Hannah Brown, a senior landscape design major.

Though most people would probably not think of a sci-fi convention as a philanthrop-ic event, AggieCon 42 put on an art auction in which the proceeds benefitted Scotty’s

House, a child advocacy center in Bryan. Finally, a big part of AggieCon was the

interaction between current and former stu-dents. Cepheid Variable, a student organiza-tion started in 1969 and devoted to all things science-fiction, runs AggieCon every year. As a result, a lot of former students who were members of Cepheid Variable still flock to College Station for AggieCon. Clearly, the organization’s members, current and former, are all very dedicated individuals.

“My favorite part [of AggieCon] is meet-ing former members of Cepheid Variable,” said David Spellman, a junior computer science major. “Last year I worked here for almost 30 hours. It was very busy but it was also very fun.”

AggieCon is a very unique experience because it is one of those things that will

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Accounting graduate student Tiffany Bell and biochemistry graduate student Whitney Morlatt look at a shop with homemade sci-fi items. This weekend, the Hilton welcomed

some rather interesting guests. The hotel looked like it could

have been a scene straight out of the hit science-fiction television show Firefly with people dressed in full steampunk, a mix of science-fiction and Victorian-era England attire. However, it was not Firefly or even a film set, it was AggieCon 42.

John Tee: AggieCon 42 unites sci-fi community in Bryan-College Station

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The home of Arthur Garner, class of 1955, was burned down by wildfires in the Texas panhandle. Amongst the rubble, Garner’s grandsons found his Aggie ring. Garner took his Aggie ring to get it cleaned, and the jeweler refused Garner’s payment for the jewelry many Aggies deem priceless.

blaze. Garner is a well-loved

citizen in the community of Lake Tanglewood, a dentist as well as a volunteer fire-fighter. Coincidentally, his favorite tradition during his days at Texas A&M Univer-sity was bonfire.

“I miss bonfire. I’m sorry it’s gone,” Garner said.

While at the University, Garner was in the Corps of Cadets, B Infantry.

“When I was in the Corps, everyone was in the Corps; some of my best friends are Aggies,” he said.

“I’m not so emotional about the fire as I am about A&M,” he said as he vividly remembered his days in the Corps.

His two sons used screens and spent several days on their hands and knees sifting through the ashes of what was once their home. Sev-eral pieces of Mrs. Garner’s jewels were found, yet the only thing found of Garner’s was his Aggie ring. He took the ring to McFarlin’s jew-elry store in Amarillo to be cleaned. When he returned to pick it up, McFarlin re-fused to allow Garner to pay.

“Everyone’s been really good: giving us food, clothes, gift cards,” Garner said.

When asked what he and

his wife plan to do for the fu-ture he recounted how their home had originally been built around family heir-looms. Now that it’s all gone, the Garner’s do not look at this situation with sorrow, but as an opportunity to re-build and make the house dif-ferent this time around.

Days after the fire, Garner proudly wore his Aggie ring along with his Lake Tangle-wood volunteer firefighters hat as he visited neighbors. He is truly an example of the infallible and eternal Aggie spirit.

When asked if he had any-thing to say to the students at A&M, Garner simply said, “Gig’em.”

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No. 6 Aggies sweep weekend set with Kansasbaseball

The No. 6 Texas A&M baseball team (19-5, 5-1 in Big 12) earned a three-game sweep against the visit-ing Kansas Jayhawks thanks to out-standing starting pitching and clutch performances by a trio of freshmen.

Friday, junior starting pitcher John Stilson took the mound against KU’s T.J. Walz, and both hurlers threw outstanding games. Stilson lasted eight innings while allowing no runs and striking out seven.

Walz was nearly as perfect on the night, but the Aggies made him pay for his mistakes in the bottom of the third. After freshman sec-ond baseman Charlie Curl was hit by a pitch and proceeded to steal second, his fellow rookie Krey Bratsen brought him home for the first score of the night with a hard chopper that the shortstop couldn’t convert into an out.

The Jayhawks finally got on the board in the top of the ninth, tying the game at one. After the Aggies failed to score in the bot-tom of the inning and shut down the Kansas attack in the top of the tenth, Head Coach Rob Childress made a gutsy move.

Curl began the inning with a sin-gle and moved to second on a bunt

from freshman Jace Statum. Bratsen was then walked, and sophomore Tyler Naquin took first after be-ing hit by a pitch, loading up the bases for the home team. That’s when Childress decided to send in a pinch hitter — freshman catcher Troy Stein, who up until that point had watched the entire game from the dugout. Stein ripped an off-speed pitch over the outstretched arms of KU’s left fielder and, after Curl crossed home plate for the game winner, was mobbed by joy-ful teammates in shallow right field in celebration of the team’s dramatic 2-1 victory

“Stein’s one of our best hitters on the team,” Childress said. “We wanted to make sure we put the ball in play right there, and he’s got a swing that’s going to lift the baseball and get it to the outfield. He’s a great kid, one of the hardest workers on our team and usually good things happen to those who work hard.”

Another freshman took the torch Saturday as Krey Bratsen notched a career-high four hits in the Aggies 11-1 win over the Jayhawks.

Sophomore pitcher Michael Wa-cha continued his dominance, toss-ing his second consecutive com-plete-game victory. The Texarkana product struck out nine while not

giving up an earned run.Sunday’s third and final matchup

against the Jayhawks stayed true to the script, featuring another overpowering performance on the mound and important contributions from a few diaper dandies.

Junior Ross Stripling, who last Monday was named Big 12 Pitch-er of the Week, continued his hot streak by giving up only six hits while striking out seven. The Southlake native is now 5-1 on the season and did not allow an earned run, bringing his season ERA down to 0.76.

Curl hit a perfect 3-3 on the af-ternoon, earning a run in the bot-tom of the third when his squeeze bunt brought home Smith.

“Our team was doing a good job of getting us in those situations,” Curl said. “I was lucky enough to be in the batter’s box when we needed it.”

Curl’s heads-up base running al-lowed him to score later in the fifth when Bratsen smoked a pitch into the center field gap. For the week-end, Bratsen batted .583 (7-12) with five RBIs and two stolen bases.

After Stripling was pulled with one out in the eighth, and the Ag-gie defense gave up two errors, the home team found themselves in a

jam with the bases loaded. Childress called upon the talents of senior re-liever Nick Fleece, who came in and promptly struck out the next KU batter to get the Aggies out of the jam. Senior closer Joaquin Hi-nojosa’s perfect ninth ensured the 3-1 victory for the Aggies.

“The biggest out of the game

without question,” said Childress, referring to Fleece’s relief work. “The kid [KU’s Brandon Mascias] had doubled in his prior at-bat and he was seeing the baseball really well. [Fleece] got ahead of him and was able to throw two sliders down and away where they needed to be.”

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Freshman outfielder Krey Bratsen and the Aggies swept the Kansas Jayhawks in their weekend series at Olsen Field.

Aggies get out to 27-2 lead, roll over Bulldogs for 30th win and berth in regional final

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No. 2 Texas A&M 79, No. 6 Georgia 38

DALLAS — For the second time in school history, Texas A&M’s women’s bas-ketball team is headed to the Elite Eight. The second-seeded Aggies advanced past the Sweet 16 with a 79-38 blowout of Geor-gia Sunday at the American Airlines Center in Dallas.

“It just wasn’t pretty and if you’re Geor-gia, it wasn’t any fun,” said Georgia Head Coach Andy Landers. “But you have to give Texas A&M just a lot of credit. They did what they do. They came out, they get in your face defensively and they did that very well tonight, disrupted very well and created early turnovers.”

A&M assistant Head Coach Vic Schaeffer had the Aggies’ defense ready to play Sun-day with one of the best performances of the season. A&M’s intense defensive pres-sure forced the Bulldogs to shoot 25 percent from the field.

“The intensity that we play the game with, just come to a practice,” said A&M Head Coach Gary Blair. “We never let up. We never let up ... I kept looking up at halftime and I was telling [people]: ‘I can’t believe it.’ I was telling the officials: ‘I don’t know what happened.’ I’ve never had an NCAA game like this against this quality of a team.”

Georgia fell out of contention early after scoring only two points through the first 10 minutes of play. The Bulldogs went down 35-5 before regaining their composure and cutting the deficit to 48-17 going into the locker room at halftime.

“I think it was the most complete game we’ve played on the defensive end,” said A&M junior guard Tyra White. “The key coming into the game was defense because they play just like us. Our defense was tre-mendous today, so I think if we go in with this mind set, the sky’s the limit for us.”

With Sunday’s victory, Texas A&M (30-5) clinched the first 30-win season in Ag-gie basketball history. A&M returns to the Elite Eight after losing to eventual national

champion Tennessee in their first appear-ance in 2008.

“It’s great, I’ve never been to an Elite Eight,” said A&M senior center Danielle Adams. “This is my first one, and I’m pretty sure these girls are happy to get back to the Elite Eight. So it’s all a dream come true to us. We just have to keep our focus and keep pushing towards the next game.”

Adams scored a game-high 23 points for the Aggies and pulled down 14 rebounds for her second double-double of the NCAA tournament. Adams got off to a slow start but things opened up when A&M started hitting outside shots.

“Adams, who is the key to their team, and of course we tried to stop her inside but it’s hard to stop her from the inside,” said Georgia senior forward Porsha Phillips. “And they’ve got great 3-point shooters so I was trying to do both.”

Dishing the ball out to Adams and com-pany, A&M junior guard Sydney Carter tallied a game-high six assists to go along with two 3-pointers. Senior guard Sydney Colson scored 11 points and knocked down 3-of-4 from beyond the arch.

“The last thing I expected was Colson,” Landers said. “The very last thing I expected was Colson going 3-for-4. That really put us on our heels early in the game.”

A&M’s 41-point win over Georgia (23-11) was their largest margin of victory in an NCAA tournament game. The loss was also the Bulldogs’ worst of the season.

The Aggies will be back in action at the American Airlines Center Tuesday for their Elite 8 matchup with No. 1 Baylor (31-2). Baylor won the previous three meetings this season.

“That’s been in the back of our minds,” Carter said of a rematch with Baylor. “We’ve played them so close and we’ve never been able to finish.”

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Top left: Head Coach Gary Blair leads the Aggies to a 79-38 victory over Georgia in the Sweet 16 Sunday. Top right: Sophomore guard Adrienne Pratcher dribbles during the victory. Left: Senior center Danielle Adams goes up for a shot in the blowout win. Adams finished with 23 points. Bottom: Junior forward Kelsey Assarian hustles for a loose ball.

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Renee Nolte, owner o f Sidekicks Gym, was very in-strumental in the founding of the Texas A&M Self Defense Club as well. Nolte person-ally provides all of the club’s instruction, and her gym pro-vides the organization with event and fundraising op-portunities. Since the Texas A&M Self Defense Club is a new organization, she also acts in an advisory capacity to the student leadership.

The primary mission of the Texas A&M Self Defense Club is to provide first-rate training in Krav Maga and the Keysi Fighting Method. To achieve this mission, mem-bers learn to defend them-selves or other victims against a real-life threat and have the opportunity to obtain the first belt for each style.

“The training starts from the beginning, so that we can train the inexperienced stu-dents who have never learned to defend themselves, and so that students can obtain the first belt. However, training picks up very fast in both of these styles, and I can guaran-tee that a student of any prior experience level will learn something new from Master Nolte,” Zemanek said.

Krav Maga, one of the styles taught by the Texas A&M Self Defense Club, is a brutal style of martial arts that was developed and refined by the Israeli military. The other style taught is the Keysi Fighting Method, a form of street fighting developed in Spain. While the styles taught are not the most well-known fighting methods, they are practical for self-defense.

“The training itself is the best benefit,” Zemanek said. “Krav Maga and the Keysi Fighting Method are both geared towards pure self de-fense. There is no sparring or one-on-one competi-tions, only learning to defend yourself or others against a real threat. With this training, the benefits include but are cer-

tainly not limited to intense ex-ercise, personal protection, the ability to help others in need and steep increases in your per-sonal sense of physical security, pride and confidence.”

Membership for the Texas A&M Self Defense Club costs $100 for the Keysi Fight-ing Method training and $95 for the Krav Maga training. Members consider this to be a good deal for martial arts training, especially consider-ing the amount of personal attention they receive.

“The dues are used to pur-chase T-shirts and to pay our instructor, Master Nolte. We have tried to make it as cost effective as possible. It’s $100 for 14 classes, Monday and Wednesday for seven weeks, and that is really a good deal when you start to look around for martial arts schools,” said Amelia Mitchell, a junior English major.

Any student, faculty mem-ber or A&M employee is al-lowed to join. Membership in the Texas A&M Self Defense Club includes high-quality martial arts training twice a week and opportunities to serve the Aggie community. For example, the Texas A&M Self Defense Club participat-ed in The Big Event this year.

The Texas A&M Self De-fense Club also offers mem-bers a social sphere for other fans of martial arts.

“[The organization] is re-ally great stress relief, having a good place to show up and work out while acquiring re-al-life useful skills. It’s also full of great, enthusiastic people,” said Rose Graham, a senior anthropology major.

Graham also said that the main benefits of the Texas A&M Self-Defense Club are improved fitness, greater peace of mind and making friends.

Cuts on Pell Grants are part of an overall plan by the government to cut federal funding for higher education, which is included in Presi-dent Obama’s federal budget cuts, and will ultimately affect some individuals’ abilities to attend college.

Macie Rushing, a senior political science major said the conference was a chance for each student to share his or her personal reasons for why higher education funding is essential, and the impact these decisions would have on them and those they know at A&M.

The Aggies involved said they were a good group to represent the A&M student body on a social issue they care deeply about and want to see dealt with responsibly, because of their diverse back-grounds and experiences.

“I’m passionate about all areas of education. I feel like it’s my mission to make sure that education is affordable for all communities, especial-ly minority students who are often disenfranchised and also overlooked. It’s just a huge segment of the student body and population throughout America,” said Alton Ward, a senior communication major.

Understanding that fund-ing is a necessary compo-nent of higher education and believing that investing in students is investing in the future, the students said this trip was worthwhile and ef-fective; they said it showed them how accessible our U.S. congressmen are.

“We could make an ap-pointment and walk in and tell them what our concerns were, and they wanted to hear our stories and what’s going on at A&M,” Rushing said.

Want to join?◗ The Texas A&M Self Defense Club meets twice a week at 7 p.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays at The University of Sidekicks. Each session lasts about an hour and 15 minutes.

DALLAS — Ben Spencer sits in prison three years after a judge ruled him innocent of a deadly March 1987 Dallas carjacking. Now 46, Spencer’s in his 24th year in prison as he waits for an appeals court ruling on the judge’s recommendation that his conviction and life sentence be overturned. The Dallas Morning News reports the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has given no timetable for ruling on state District Judge Rick Magnis’

recommendation. However, Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins and the family of Jeff Young, who was beaten to death in the carjacking, stand by the conviction. That’s even though it’s largely based on testimony of three who identifi ed Spencer on a moonless night from 100 to more than 200 feet as the man who stepped from Young’s car.

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Innocent man waits in prison

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LOS ANGELES — A wimpy kid has delivered a knock-out punch to a band of warrior vixens at the weekend box offi ce. The 20th Century Fox family sequel “Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules” debuted

as the No. 1 movie with $24.4 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. The girl-power action fantasy “Sucker Punch,” released by Warner Bros., opened at No. 2 with $19 million. The previous weekend’s top

movie, Relativity Media’s sci-fi thriller “Limitless,” slipped to third with $15.2 million, raising its total to $41.3 million.

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‘Wimpy Kid’ rules weekend with $24.4M opening

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