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Texas A&M and its students give a collective “Howdy” to welcome Ag- gie parents during this year’s Parents’ Weekend. Started in 1919 and traditionally held on Mother’s Day by the Aggies Mom’s Club for worried mother’s to check on their sons in the Corps, this weekend has been expanded to en- sconce the entire University as a way for students to show off the campus and share some of their college ex- periences. Not everyone’s parents can make it to College Station to participate in the weekend festivities, but regardless there are numerous events to enjoy. “Maroon and White game,” said seniors Missy McDaniel, a commu- nications major, and Lars Lequire, a sports management major. McDaniel said her parents might come down but whether they do or not she will be taking part in the ath- letic events occurring this weekend. “It’s debatable. Last year they came down, and I think the year before, but it’s all coincidence. We don’t really plan in my family,” Mc- Daniel said. Being a sports management major, Lequire is somewhat of an athletic fa- natic, she said. A spokeswoman for the women’s basketball team, she and McDaniel drove up to Indianapolis friday, april 15, 2011 serving texas a&m since 1893 first paper free – additional copies $1 © 2011 student media the battalion GLBT awareness week takes place every year from April 1 through April 15 to commemorate the courts decision and to promote awareness. Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Trans- gender, GLBT, was recognized as an official student organization at Texas A&M University April 1, 1985 after a legal battle spanning from 1976 to 1985. The court case, known as GSS vs. Texas A&M University, was ap- pealed to the U.S. Supreme Court and served as a landmark case for many GLBT organizations at other universities across the nation. “The organization is a group of GLBT students and their straight supporters, and meetings range from social events to educational presenta- tions about various topics relating to GLBT identity, history and culture,” said Lowell Kane, program coordi- nator for the GLBT resource center. One of the most significant events to take place during this week is the second annual giveaway of 1,000 free T-shirts bearing the words “Gay? Fine by me.” “This T-shirt project takes place at over 300 schools and universities across the nation, and has been coor- dinated by the student organization GLBT Aggies since April 2010,” Kane said. These shirts will be worn today for “National Day of Silence,” a day to raise awareness for the silencing effect of homophobia. Participants wear anti-homophobia messages on clothes and some take a vow of si- lence. Rachel Boenigk, a graduate stu- dent in public service and admin- istration and an officer in GLBT Rebecca Hutchinson The Battalion Katie Marie Pogue The Battalion See GLBT on page 6 See Parents on page 6 Paul Mezier — THE BATTALION Brittany Sikorski, a senior geography major, suffers from Usher Syndrome, a condition that left her legally deaf and blind. She will receive her Aggie ring today. Student earns Aggie ring through focused work and passion As is custom this time of year, thousands of students will have 90 hours of schoolwork rewarded with an Aggie ring. One student, however, accomplished 90 hours without ever hearing a lecture and with hardly any eyesight. Brittany Sikorski is a senior geography major who has a condition known as Usher Syndrome, leaving her legally blind and deaf. “Many people can not tell that I am blind and deaf since I don’t wear hearing aids. I still have central vision and can read small font, but I cannot tell right away if a person is about to pass right by me,” Sikorski said. Many students take for granted being able to read, listen and take notes for class, but Sikorski does not let her condition stop her from getting her degree. To be successful, she found other tactics when it came to inter- preting lectures and studying for each class. During the first two years of her college career, Sikorski was a zoology major and used mostly sign language interpreters. As classes got harder, however, it became more difficult for her to try to understand what they were trying to translate since the vo- cabulary level got harder. She then began us- ing transcribers, which are people who go to class and type the professor’s lecture. As she entered her senior year, the classes became more hands on, so she began using a mix of both sign language interpreters for the lab- focused courses and transcribers for the more lecture-focused courses. “It is hard enough to read and take notes for exams, I really can’t imagine doing that without eyesight or hearing,” said Katelyn Allen, a senior psychology major. “I really impressed that she can do that, I don’t think I could.” Due to her visual problems, she was al- lowed extra time to exams, but most of the Parents visit campus campus A&M sets precedent in GLBT clubs organizations Students share experience and Aggie spirit, events Aggie students pave way for similar clubs across the nation Tunnel vision Usher Syndrome A major symptom of Usher Syndrome is retinitis pigmentosa which causes night- blindness, a loss of peripheral vision and tunnel vision In the U.S., four out of every 100,000 babies have Usher Syndrome. See Sikorski on page 6 Victoria Daugherty The Battalion inside scene | 4 MSC variety show Various student performance groups including HardChord DynaMix and Fade to Black will compete in Town Hall’s annual variety show at 7:30 p.m. today in Rudder Auditorium. sports | 7 Spring football The Aggie football team has a lot to prove after last season. They gear up for the annual spring football game at 1 p.m. Saturday at Kyle Field. voices | 12 Mail call Students and readers give feedback on campus events and Battalion stories. b ! campus news President invites parents into home President R. Bowen Loftin and Karin C. Loftin and Vice President for Student Affairs Joe Weber and his wife will welcome guests at their campus homes during an open house from 10 a.m. until noon Saturday. Aggie families who are on campus for Parents’ Weekend are invited to stop by one or both of the homes where they will be welcomed and served refreshments. The president’s and vice president’s homes are on adjacent sites on Throckmorton Street, with the president’s home overlooking Duncan Drill Field and the vice president’s home across from the Sanders Corps of Cadets Center. Vietnam memorial A miniature replica of a proposed $1.5 million statue planned for prominent placement on the grounds of the state capitol to honor Vietnam veterans will be on public display at the Sam Houston Sanders Corps of Cadets Center beginning Saturday. Staff and wire reports See inside Pg. 1-04.15.11.indd 1 Pg. 1-04.15.11.indd 1 4/14/11 7:48 PM 4/14/11 7:48 PM

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Texas A&M and its students give a collective “Howdy” to welcome Ag-gie parents during this year’s Parents’ Weekend.

Started in 1919 and traditionally held on Mother’s Day by the Aggies Mom’s Club for worried mother’s to check on their sons in the Corps, this weekend has been expanded to en-sconce the entire University as a way for students to show off the campus and share some of their college ex-periences.

Not everyone’s parents can make it to College Station to participate in the weekend festivities, but regardless there are numerous events to enjoy.

“Maroon and White game,” said seniors Missy McDaniel, a commu-nications major, and Lars Lequire, a sports management major.

McDaniel said her parents might come down but whether they do or not she will be taking part in the ath-letic events occurring this weekend.

“It’s debatable. Last year they came down, and I think the year before, but it’s all coincidence. We don’t really plan in my family,” Mc-Daniel said.

Being a sports management major, Lequire is somewhat of an athletic fa-natic, she said. A spokeswoman for the women’s basketball team, she and McDaniel drove up to Indianapolis

● friday, april 15, 2011 ● serving texas a&m since 1893 ● first paper free – additional copies $1 ● © 2011 student media

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GLBT awareness week takes place every year from April 1 through April 15 to commemorate the courts decision and to promote awareness. Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Trans-gender, GLBT, was recognized as an official student organization at Texas A&M University April 1, 1985 after a legal battle spanning from 1976 to 1985. The court case, known as GSS vs. Texas A&M University, was ap-pealed to the U.S. Supreme Court and served as a landmark case for many GLBT organizations at other universities across the nation.

“The organization is a group of GLBT students and their straight supporters, and meetings range from social events to educational presenta-tions about various topics relating to GLBT identity, history and culture,” said Lowell Kane, program coordi-nator for the GLBT resource center.

One of the most significant events to take place during this week is the second annual giveaway of 1,000 free T-shirts bearing the words “Gay? Fine by me.”

“This T-shirt project takes place at over 300 schools and universities across the nation, and has been coor-dinated by the student organization GLBT Aggies since April 2010,” Kane said.

These shirts will be worn today for “National Day of Silence,” a day to raise awareness for the silencing effect of homophobia. Participants wear anti-homophobia messages on clothes and some take a vow of si-lence.

Rachel Boenigk, a graduate stu-dent in public service and admin-istration and an officer in GLBT

Rebecca HutchinsonThe Battalion

Katie Marie PogueThe Battalion

See GLBT on page 6

See Parents on page 6

Paul Mezier — THE BATTALION

Brittany Sikorski, a senior geography major, suffers from Usher Syndrome, a condition that left her legally deaf and blind. She will receive her Aggie ring today.

Student earns Aggie ring through focused work and passion

As is custom this time of year, thousands of students will have 90 hours of schoolwork rewarded with an Aggie ring. One student, however, accomplished 90 hours without ever hearing a lecture and with hardly any eyesight.

Brittany Sikorski is a senior geography major who has a condition known as Usher Syndrome, leaving her legally blind and deaf.

“Many people can not tell that I am blind and deaf since I don’t wear hearing aids. I still have central vision and can read small font, but I cannot tell right away if a person is about to pass right by me,” Sikorski said.

Many students take for granted being able to read, listen and take notes for class, but Sikorski does not let her condition stop her from getting her degree. To be successful, she found other tactics when it came to inter-preting lectures and studying for each class.

During the first two years of her college

career, Sikorski was a zoology major and used mostly sign language interpreters. As classes got harder, however, it became more difficult for her to try to understand what they were trying to translate since the vo-cabulary level got harder. She then began us-ing transcribers, which are people who go to class and type the professor’s lecture. As she entered her senior year, the classes became more hands on, so she began using a mix of both sign language interpreters for the lab-focused courses and transcribers for the more lecture-focused courses.

“It is hard enough to read and take notes for exams, I really can’t imagine doing that without eyesight or hearing,” said Katelyn Allen, a senior psychology major. “I really impressed that she can do that, I don’t think I could.”

Due to her visual problems, she was al-lowed extra time to exams, but most of the

Parents visit campus

campus

A&M sets precedent in GLBT clubs

organizations

Students share experience and Aggie spirit, events

Aggie students pave way for similar clubs across the nation

Tunnel visionUsher Syndrome◗ A major symptom of Usher Syndrome is retinitis pigmentosa which causes night-blindness, a loss of peripheral vision and tunnel vision

◗ In the U.S., four out of every 100,000 babies have Usher Syndrome.

See Sikorski on page 6

Victoria DaughertyThe Battalion

inside

scene | 4MSC variety showVarious student performance groups including HardChord DynaMix and Fade to Black will compete in Town Hall’s annual variety show at 7:30 p.m. today in Rudder Auditorium.

sports | 7Spring footballThe Aggie football team has a lot to prove after last season. They gear up for the annual spring football game at 1 p.m. Saturday at Kyle Field.

voices | 12Mail callStudents and readers give feedback on campus events and Battalion stories.

b!

campus news

President invites parents into homePresident R. Bowen Loftin and Karin C. Loftin and Vice President for Student Affairs Joe Weber and his wife will welcome guests at their campus homes during an open house from 10 a.m. until noon Saturday. Aggie families who are on campus for Parents’ Weekend are invited to stop by one or both of the homes where they will be welcomed and served refreshments. The president’s and vice president’s homes are on adjacent sites on Throckmorton Street, with the president’s home overlooking Duncan Drill Field and the vice president’s home across from the Sanders Corps of Cadets Center.

Vietnam memorialA miniature replica of a proposed $1.5 million statue planned for prominent placement on the grounds of the state capitol to honor Vietnam veterans will be on public display at the Sam Houston Sanders Corps of Cadets Center beginning Saturday.

Staff and wire reports

See inside

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Pistol Team is having a Spring Open Shoot until April 29. The relays will be at 5:15, 6:00 and 6:45 p.m. Monday through Friday in the military sciences building.

1 Aggie Nights

Free pizza will be served for Aggie Nights from 8 p.m. to midnight today in the Commons Lobby.

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Josh McKenna — THE BATTALION

Think you know every nook and cranny at Texas A&M? The fi rst people to get the answer correct will have their names published. Send your response with your name, class and major to [email protected].

Would you like to suggest a Where on Campus for the staff photographers to consider? Send your suggestion with your name, contact information, class and major to [email protected].

First correct responses:

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Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Building

Parents’ weekendFriday◗ Aggie Ring Day, Association of Former Students◗ Aggie Moms’ Boutique: 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Duncan Dining Hall ◗ MSC Variety Show: 7:30 p.m., Rudder Auditorium ◗ Midnight Yell: midnight, Kyle Field

Saturday◗ Aggie Moms’ Boutique: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Duncan Dining Hall◗ Brunch With The Deans: 10 a.m. to noon, Sbisa Dining Hall◗ Parsons Mounted Calvary Review: 10 a.m., Freeman Arena◗ Maroon and White Game: 1 p.m., Kyle Field◗ Baseball vs. Baylor: 6:35 p.m., Olsen Field ◗ Singing Cadets Concert: 7:30 p.m., Rudder Auditorium

Sunday◗ All University Awards Ceremony: 9:30 a.m., Rudder Auditorium◗ Baseball vs. Baylor: , 1:05 p.m., Olsen Field ◗ Fish Drill Team Performance: 1:15 p.m., Kyle Field◗ Corps of Cadets Individual Awards: 1:45 p.m., Kyle Field◗ Corps of Cadets Parents’ Weekend Review: 2:45 p.m., Kyle Field

correctionsSixty percent of the Student Center Complex fee goes toward the MSC renovation. The other 40 percent goes to the University Center and Rudder Theatre Complex to pay for operation and maintenance of the University Center—which includes the MSC—Rudder Theatre Complex, John J. Koldus Services Building, and All Faiths Chapel.

The Battalion welcomes readers’ comments about information that may require correction. We will pursue your concern to determine whether a correction needs to be published. Please email at [email protected].

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things you should know before you go 5

1 Hands Across

AggielandAggie Allies, the GLBT Resource Center and others, students will gather at 12:30 p.m. today at Cain Hall for a unity walk across campus, ending at the Mitchell Physics Building, to show support for the GLBT community.

5 Step and comedy

showFraternities and sororities from all over the nation will come to College Station to show off their talents from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday in the Bryan Civic Auditorium.

4 Street and art

fairThe MSC Forsyth Center Galleries will have the second annual Downtown Art and Street Fair from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in Downtown Bryan. The event features local artists, live music and street performers in conjunction with the galleries’ exhibit “Elegance and Style.”

2 A&M winds

to performThe student musicians from the Texas A&M Wind Symphony will have a concert at 7 p.m. today in Rudder Theatre. Adult tickets are $5 and student tickets are $3.

3 ‘The Beggar’s

Opera’The Texas A&M Department of Performance Studies will present a showing of Th3 B3ggar’s Op3ra at 8 p.m. today in the Rudder Forum. This student-run production is an avant-garde rendition of John Gay’s 1729 play.

Curbside Recycling program promotes campus sustainability

Gig ’em greenWhy throw away that empty soda bottle, when you can

just as easily recycle it? The Environmental Issues Commit-tee organizes a program called Curbside Recycling from 2 to 4 p.m. every other Sunday in front of Schuhmacher Resi-dence Hall, across the street from the Northside post office, where they accept recycling from members of the Bryan and College Station communities. The final Curbside Recycling opportunity for the semester will be Sunday.

The recycling brought to the Curbside Recycling program is sorted by members of the committee.

Student organization members working at the event accept whatever recyclable items people bring. They also an-swer any questions about recycling, the Environmental Issues Committee or the event and are instrumental in executing the gathering and sorting of the recyclables.

“We’re really convenient for students living on campus, where recycling is less than ideal, and for off-campus students who may not have recycling services come to their house or apartment,” said Melanie Littlefield, a junior management major and the director of outreach for the Environmental Issues Committee.

This on-campus location is important for the Curbside Recycling program. Some students living on campus do not have ready transportation to off-campus locations, and the location is easily accessible to off-campus residents with close parking.

The program is the only recycling conveniently avail-

able to on campus residents besides the recycling bins located throughout campus, but bringing bags full of re-cycling to the bins would be less than ideal. That’s where Curbside Recycling comes in. Curbside Recycling accepts all types of recycling, intermixed or presorted, to aid with the recycling process.

After the recycling is sorted by those working with the program, members of the Environmental Issues Committee take it to a specified location off campus where Brazos Valley Recycling has bins set out to take recycling. Brazos Valley Recycling processes all of the recycling.

“The University is working on opening two recycling centers on campus, one off Agronomy and one off Adri-ance, which we will hopefully be able to use in the future,” Littlefield said.

That might seem like a lot of work, but those working at the event see it as an opportunity.

“For those of us working, it’s a really great feeling to see what an impact we can make. Just the amount of recyclables collect by students living on campus is astounding, and to be able to see every other week how much waste we are able to divert from the landfill is really amazing,” Littlefield said.

Recycling and educating the Aggie community about recycling are main focus points of the Environmental Issues Committee. Recycling diverts waste from landfills and leads to a reduction of methane, a gas that is 20 times more ef-fective at heat-trapping than carbon dioxide being put into the atmosphere. Because of such knowledge, members of

Josh Harms The Battalion

Stephanie Leichtle — THE BATTALION

In addition to Sunday’s the recycling program, the Environmental Issues Committee was also involved with “Aggies Recycle,” the program that brought recycling bins to locations across A&M’s campus.See Recycling on page 4

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Student performers, Town Hall prepare for annual MSC Variety show

Aggieland’s got talent

Any school with a stu-dent population pushing 50,000 is bound to be filled with talented individuals. Texas A&M is no differ-ent, but for today’s average Aggie, finding a way to fit many of the Univer-sity’s diverse collection of student performance groups into their fully-booked social lives can be a problem. Fortunately, MSC Town Hall has a solution: the annual variety show, a mammoth mash-up of the best student acts this cam-pus has to offer that takes place at 7:30 p.m. today in Rudder Auditorium.

Functioning as Ag-gieland’s biggest talent show for more than 25 years, the Town Hall Variety Show has given the student body’s gifted per-formers a chance to show their classmates what they can do.

“There are so many talented people at this school,” said Heather Danielson, a sophomore allied health major and an executive member of Town Hall’s Variety Show subcommittee. “But most students don’t get the op-portunity to see a lot of it. The show gives them the opportunity to see what they might be missing.”

In keeping with Town Hall’s mission of “bring-ing music to campus,” the show’s line-up is a color-ful collection of singers, dancers and instrumentalists, including some of the most popular student perfor-mance groups, local bands and independent solo artists.

Many of this year’s acts have a south-of-the-border flair to them. Ballet Folklorio Celestial and Salsa Fusion will showcase two very different styles of Latin-American dance, one traditional and the other very contemporary, and Ag-gieland Mariachi will give the audience a sample of au-thentic Mexican melodies.

“I think it’s really cool that we have some perfor-mances from other cultures in this year’s line-up,” said Amy Bauerschlag, a sopho-more communication major and variety show subcom-mittee member. “They’re getting some exposure and it makes our line-up a little more interesting.”

For something a little closer to home, fans of Glee are sure to enjoy the voices of coed a capella group HardChord DynaMix and the slick moves of Fade to Black, A&M’s premier hip-hop dance collec-tive. Other musical acts include The Jeremiahs and the stomp-along beats of Percussion Studio.

The show will also have its share of laughs, courtesy of comedian and senior industrial engineering student Alex Ravandi and local improv troupe Freud-ian Slip.

“We’re real excited to be emceeing the MSC Town Hall Variety Show again,” said Brian Grey, a sopho-more accounting major and member of Freudian Slip. “We’ll be doing some short improv bits in between the performances. It should be a lot of fun. We’ve done the show a few times in the past and it always draws a big crowd.”

MSC Town Hall selected this year’s 12 performers after they auditioned for the variety show subcom-mittee’s members earlier this semester.

“We judged try-outs based on things like audi-ence response and the tech-nical difficulty of the acts,” Danielson said.

Like in any good talent show, performers will be competing for more than a bigger fan base: a $300 cash prize. Taking a page out of the America’s Got Talent playbook, the show will have a panel of three guest judges representing other student organizations from around campus who will decide the winner of the evening.

Last year’s champions, a group of musicians known as the Aggie Fiddlers, who combine singing and dancing with flourishes of virtuosic fiddling, will be making a special appear-ance at this year’s show as well, though they will not be competing.

Of course, as the old cliché goes, no matter who ends up taking home the grand prize, the night’s real winner might just be the audience.

“It’s cheap entertain-ment,” Bauerschlag said. “You get 12 great acts for the price of one, and you get to come out and sup-port other students. What more could you want?”

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the Environmental Issues Committee strive to let others know about recy-cling opportunities in the community.

“Recycling should be a natural routine, instead of constantly throwing things away. Most items we use can be recycled to reuse the resources, rather than be sent to a landfill. The continuous reproduction of products is truly waste-ful, use valuable resources and cause more pollution, when we can just recy-cle,” said Jasdeep Sandhu, senior international stud-

ies major and chairwom-an of the Environmental Issues Committee.

The committee pro-motes recycling with other programs besides Curbside Recycling as well. In the fall, the committee has Kyle Field Recycling, a program for which members clean up the recyclables from Kyle Field after each home game. The committee also sits on several University-wide recycling and sustainability committees to offer input and support to the Texas A&M sustainability effort.

This commitment to recycling has caused the Environmental Issues Com-mittee to bring recycling to the Texas A&M cam-

pus, including the “Aggies Recycle,” program, which helped outfit the campus with the recycling bins that currently adorn the campus.

Past programs include Clean Energy Now, Galveston Beach Cleanup, Renewable Energy Policy, Texas Recycles, Focus the Nation, Aggies Vote YES!, Energy Action Coalition and Take Action!

The Environmental Is-sues Committee continues to make recycling easier for the Aggie community with continuing efforts, like the Curbside Recycling program, so that after you’re through with this paper, you can throw it in a recy-cling bin, not the trash.

RecyclingContinued from page 3

Ticket info◗ Admission is $8, and tickets can be purchased at the MSC Box Offi ce in Rudder Tower.

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communityBroomball fundraiser against home abuseFor the Brazos Valley Police and Fire departments, it was off duty and onto the ice to support the Brazos Country Coalition Against Domestic Violence, a leading organization against domestic violence. The teams went head to head April 8 in the sixth broomball tournament at Arctic Wolf Ice Center. Hundreds of guests attended, contributing more than $2,000 to aid Love is Not Abuse and Silent Witness, prevention and education programs. “It’s a blast getting to play with our fellow offi cers,” said Offi cer Agnew of the Bryan Police Department. “My hip is still sore.” Since its creation in 1994, the Brazos Country Coalition Against Domestic Violence strives to educate and protect those affected by domestic violence, a harsh reality that many men, women and children face in Bryan-College Station. In addition, both police and fi re departments of the area create promotional videos and assist with fundraising and education. “It’s a great opportunity for the community to come out and support not just a great cause but some heroes of our community,” said Alison Cohn, Brazos County Coalition Against Domestic Violence chairwoman. The College Station Police Department received the coveted Golden Broom as the champions for the fi rst time since the tournament’s creation. “We all take pride in participating and can’t wait for next year,” Agnew said.

Sarah Smith, staff writer

campusDickey appointed as Defense Health presidentDr. Nancy Dickey, president of the Texas A&M Health Science Center and vice chancellor for health affairs for the Texas A&M University System, was appointed as president of the federal Defense Health Board on April 4. Secretary of Defense and former president of Texas A&M Robert M. Gates appointed Dickey to the position. The Defense Health Board is a Federal Advisory Committee to the Secretary of Defense. The mission of the Defense Health Board is to provide independent, scientifi c advice/recommendations on matters relating to operational programs, health policy development, health research programs, requirements for the treatment and prevention of disease and injury and promotion of health and the delivery of health care to Department of Defense benefi ciaries. Dickey has a long resumé of service to Texas A&M University. She served as interim dean of the TAMHSC-College of Medicine from June 2000 until Dec. 31, 2001. She was also a professor of family and community medicine in the TAMHSC-College of Medicine. She took offi ce as president of Texas A&M Health Science Center Jan. 1 2002. Dickey will serve a two-year term as president of the federal Defense Health Board.

Katie Marie Pogue, staff writer

MSC Forsyth Center Galleries will support the second annual Downtown Art and Street Fair in Bryan, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday. The event will feature entertainment for stu-dents, children and parents. Artists, musicians, street performances and demonstrations will line the streets of the 200 Block of West 26th Street surrounding the Forsyth Galleries latest exhibition, “Elegance and Style”, a collection of English and French Cameo Glass from the Runyon and Smits Collection.

The MSC Forsyth Center Gallery was es-tablished in 1989 to house the art collection of Bill, class of 1935, and Irma Runyon. The center houses one of the world’s leading col-lections of English Cameo glass. The current exhibition contains a vase worth over a quarter of a million dollars. During the reconstruc-tion of the MSC, the Forsyth Gallery has been temporarily relocated to historic downtown Bryan. Due to the move, students are not al-ways aware of the exhibit or have as easy access to the collection.

“One of our number one goals is to bring students into downtown to be part of the A&M experience off campus,” said Kristy Petty, communications specialist for the MSC Forsyth Center Gallery and organizer of the

Downtown Art and Street Fair. “The MSC Forsyth Gallery made it possible for the fair to happen.”

The MSC Forsyth Center is always open, and Petty encourages students to visit and ap-preciate the art donated by a former student even though the exhibit is not on campus for

the moment. The Downtown Art and Street Fair will be

doing things a little differently than last year. In the street next to The Village Café, a variety of live music will take place.

“Everything from a bagpipe guy, folk music, maybe even a slam poetry group,” Petty said.

Along the streets, artists will set up shops to display and sell work. Among the artists there will be demonstrations of forging metal, jew-elry making, portrait painting and the Order of Illusionist student group from Texas A&M. The goal is a carnival-like atmosphere with face painting and brightly colored streamers.

This year Scotty’s House is partnering with A&M student groups to provide fair-goers with a children’s tent. Children will be able to participate in art activities geared specifically towards them. Also, in the downstairs por-tion of the MSC Forsyth Center Gallery there will be an exhibit of children’s art from the art therapy project put on by Scotty’s House in honor of Child Abuse Awareness month.

Another new feature this year will be the Student Relief arm of the fair; there will be an art relief section where paintings donated by artists will be sold and all proceeds will go directly to Japan disaster relief efforts.

“There is a big movement in Bryan to make downtown a center for art,” Petty said.

This movement will be easy to see Saturday as over twenty-five local artists will have their works on display. Petty invites A&M students and families, as well as the Bryan-College Sta-tion community to come out and see the MSC Forsyth exhibit and all the fair has to offer.

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Forsyth gallery to show art at Bryan street fair

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Brian Anderson

Colton Atkins

Mark Barreras II Bradford Barrett

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Lindsay Calvert Kristen Carter

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Mary Colligan Cody Cooper

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Wesley Tobola

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Kelsey Van Gorkom Luke Vierus

Cody Waidelich

McKenzie Watkins

Matt Way Bryan Weaver

William Weiner

Kyle Weldon

John Welkener

Haley Wendler Weston Wilcox

Bryan Yaggi

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Spencer Gunderson

Zeaid Hasan

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Mary Odum

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time chose not to. “I wanted to overcome the

challenge and still be able to compete with anyone else, just like it will be in the real world,” Sikorski said.

People often ask her why she challenges herself so much, to which she says that she is too stubborn and independent to care for special treatment. This past August, Sikorski re-ceived a guide dog from the LeaderDog program in Michi-gan to help further her inde-pendence.

“It has been a tough jour-ney for me, but I love it and wouldn’t change any of my experiences, both good and bad,” she said.

Sikorski also said the dis-abilities department has been great in helping her with ac-commodations and support-

ing her in any way that they can. Those who know of her accomplishments are encour-aged and impressed.

“I’m very proud of her and proud of all the hard work that she does. I am so excited that she is getting her Aggie ring,” said Alicia Guevara, her coun-selor at the disabilities office.

Sikorski’s hard work and determination serve as an in-spiration to others, and her positive attitude reflects her success in joining her class-mates Friday at the Clayton W. Williams Jr. Alumni Cen-ter.

“It has been quite a chal-lenge for me to overcome and to fully accept and embrace who I am,” Sikorski said. “I have the best support system anyone could ask for with my family and friends. Being a second-generation Aggie, I fell in love with the traditions and the Twelfth Man growing up, and am thrilled to be getting my Aggie ring.”

for the championship game and is now looking forward to the other sporting events: baseball, softball, equestrian, and golf.

“Baseball is going to be re-ally good,” Lequire said.

Besides sports, there are oth-er events planned as well, such as Ring Day, a concert by the Singing Cadets, refreshments at the President’s house and an award’s ceremony.

Parents’ Weekend is now presented by a specific com-mittee made up of 28 mem-bers, a team of six executives and four subcommittees.

Each year, students select a couple to bestow the title Par-ents of the Year.

Those parents and family who are able to come every year often create traditions

of their own; some go more smoothly than others.

“My mom has to have the BLT at Harvey Washbangers,” McDaniel said, “so we go there every time they come down.”

For Lequire’s aunt and un-cle, the Chicken Oil is their go-to place to eat.

“One year I got really red ass and decided I wanted to show them around campus,” Mc-Daniel said, “but my mom was wearing really uncomfortable shoes, so, I don’t think she was too happy about that.”

The weather is forecasted to be in the ’80s over the week-end, so it is advised that people dress appropriately and drink plenty of water if they are plan-ning on being outside for ex-tended periods of time.

A&M offers shuttle ser-vices, though this can become crowded, said Ashley Bell, a shuttle bus driver and a sopho-more agriculture science major.

Aggies said she does not ex-pect opposition to the shirts, but does expect some strange looks from students who are not used to people who don’t fit the “normal” look.

“It’s interesting that not ev-eryone is hetero-normative,” Boenighk said.

John Wiese, an officer of the GLBT Aggies and a senior computer science major com-mented on his experiences with the event. “I’ve encoun-tered very little outward op-position,” Wiese said.

GLBT Aggies consists of

about a hundred members, but this number is not reflective of the GLBT population at Texas A&M.

“In current research litera-ture, I often see a range of any-where from 7 to 13 percent of any population identifying as GLBT. Data gathered from campus climate research at Texas A&M University has fit within this range,” Kane said.

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More detailsInformation about events and GLBT Aggies can be found online at http://glbta.tamu.edu or in the GLBT Resource Center in Cain Hall C103.

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Saturday Night of Parents’ WeekendApril 16, 2011 in Rudder Auditorium at 7:30 PM

Annual Spring Concert!THE TEXAS A&M SINGING CADETS

Tickets $5 at MSC Box OfficeCall 979.845.5974 for more information.

Tickets can be purchased online atboxoffice.tamu.edu or at the door.

Go to singingcadets.com for audition and group information.

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How do you replace an All-American?You can’t put a Band-Aid on a bullet hole. Von Miller’s departure for the NFL presents a huge problem, no matter who’s waiting in the wings — Miller was a two-time All-American, led the nation in sacks in 2009 and may end up as the most revered player in Texas A&M football history. No one on this team will be able to reproduce his numbers, plain and simple. That being said, the Aggies do have a nice consolation prize. Sophomore Damontre Moore spent all season learning Miller’s special joker position, and fi nished the year second on the team in sacks (6.5). Moore has had an up-and-down camp and is in competition with oncoming Caleb Russell to take over Miller’s spot on the fi eld.

Spring in their stepMaroon & White Game

1 p.m. SaturdayKyle Field

How good can this off ense be?This past year, A&M averaged 276.8 passing yards per game, good for 20th in the nation. And that was with an ugly quarterback switch midway through the season and an inexperienced offensive line starting two freshmen. The A&M offense also averaged 165 yards per game on the ground (46th overall), even though Michael suffered a season-ending leg injury and opposing defenses only had to game plan one ball carrier. This offense has the potential to be one of the most prolifi c in school history. The Gray/Michael backfi eld combination is a proven commodity. Junior wide receiver Jeff Fuller was an all-conference selection by the coaches and is considered one of the top players at his position in the nation. Junior Ryan Tannehill benefi ts from his fi rst offseason playing quarterback instead of wide receiver, and the offensive line is vastly improved from where it was at the start of last season. For the fi rst time in many years, the Aggies have a team that can win games solely based on their offensive fi repower.

Who can fi ll in Michael Hodges’ shoes?Anchored by senior Michael Hodges and junior Garrick Williams, the linebacker core stopped any ball carriers that slipped into the second level. Hodges and his team-leading 115 tackles are graduation bound, but Williams, who fi nished second in tackles (112) returns for the Aggie defense. Finding the player to play inside linebacker alongside Williams has been a top priority for Sherman and his coaching staff. Sophomore Jonathan Stewart has had a good offseason, fl ashing at times but not playing with enough consistency, said defensive coordinator Tim DeRuyter. Sophomore Kyle Mangan has been playing with the fi rst team defense and has impressed. Another guy to watch out for is incoming freshman Donnie Baggs: the Clear Springs High School product has come to College Station early to get a jump on the steep learning curve of DeRuyter’s complex defensive scheme.

How is Christine Michael’s leg and what will be his role?Things looked grisly when sophomore running back Christine Michael broke his right tibia during the third quarter of A&M’s win over Texas Tech last season. Junior Cyrus Gray’s emergence proved to be a benefi cial residual effect, but it defi nitely hurt the team. At the time, Michael and Gray were considered one of the best one-two punches in the Big 12.Michael appears to be fully recovered, making hard cuts and bursting through holes with his normal fl air in spring practices. In one play of team drills, on day fi ve of spring camp, Michael shot through the defenders for a 50-yard run, showing no signs of a limp. He and Gray will once again form a versatile platoon, which Sherman can run the ball and catch passes out of the backfi eld.

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The Texas A&M Football team entered spring ball with high expectations after running off a six-game winning streak to cap off a magical season before losing to LSU in the Cotton

Bowl. Even though Head Coach Mike Sherman has 18 return-ing starters to provide veteran leadership, questions remain going into the Maroon and White Game Saturday.

File photos — THE BATTALION

Top: The Aggies have gone through countless drills this spring leading up to the Maroon & White game. Bottom: Sophomore Damontre Moore will look to fill the void at the joker position left by Von Miller.

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ETYMOLOGYDue to the poor harvests during the Irish Land War, Lord Erne decided to offer his tenants a ten percent reduction on their rent. The tenants who were unable to afford the amount charged asked for a 25% reduction. Lord Erne turned them down and had his land agent Captain X evict those tenants. The people decided that when dealing with greedy landlords and agents, instead of fighting them, everyone in the locality should ostracize them. Captain X, whose name X gave rise to the current meaning of the word, was the first person to be ostracized. What is the good word?

ANSWERS TO YESTERDAY’S PUZZLE:

The country was Slavonia (part of Yugoslavia) and the word is “slave”.

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2-story 4bd/2ba/2car garage. Bigbackyard. $1350/mo.979-777-2849.

2bd/1ba duplex in Wellborn area.Best suited for individual or cou-ple. Rural setting, pets ok.979-690-6161.

2/2 Available Now! Remodeled,wood floors, tile entry,walk-in-closets, fenced yard, cov-ered deck, close to campus, petsok. 979-204-1950.

2/2 duplex, like new, high ceil-ings, huge closet, large frontporch, tile floors, all appliances,many extras, $950/mo, preleasingfor August 979-229-6326, seephotos and info atwww.texagrentals.com

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, $575/mo. Call210-387-5030.

2bd/2ba unique floorplans w/bal-cony views of Kyle Field. Brandnew luxury apartment condos.Fullsize stainless steel appliances,W/D, designer ammenities gran-ite/wood/tile, bus stop. Only 36u-nits on Holleman at Wolf Pen.www.broadstoneranchat-wolfpen.com 979-776-6079.

2bd/2ba Wolf Creek Condos. PaidInternet/Cable, W/D, Granite, Tile,Shuttle, $1190/mo. Wolf PenCreek area off Harvey. Parentsweekend open-house Firday-Sat-urday. Call Kim 979-203-7887.

2br/2ba On Bus Route! Fencedyard, W/D, Lawn incl. $800gwbcs.com

3 or 4/bdrm. house. Fenced yardw/spa. $1200/mo for three,$1500/mo for four. 979-777-2849.

3/2 Duplex with large backyard,Enloe Ct. Great floorplan,sub-lease available in May,$895/mo. or best offer.(979)595-5009.

3/2 duplex, 1922 Holleman Dr.West. Available August. Great lo-cation, new wood floors, tile, newcarpet, newly updated, fencedbackyard, W/D, shuttle, bike tocampus. Pets ok. $1150/mo.979-731-8257.www.brazosvalleyrentals.com

3/2 duplex. 5-minutes from cam-pus, fenced yard, bus route, fairlynew. Call 214-505-6534,469-233-4653.

3/2 Duplexes. Prelease May andAugust. Very nice. 5mins to cam-pus. W/D. Lawn care, security sys-tem. $925-950/mo. 979-691-0304,979-571-6020.

3/2 Houses, Townhouses &Apart-ments, 1250sqft. Very spacious,ethernet, large kitchen, walk-inpantry &closets, extra storage,W/D, great amenities, on busroute, now pre-leasing, excellentspecials. 979-694-0320,[email protected]

3/2/2 2700 Normand Circle Col-lege Station. $1225/month.979-822-1616.

3/2/2 for lease. All appliances,W/D, alarm system, on bus route.Available June 1st. 1431 MagnoliaDrive. $1200/mo. 214-914-4305.

3/2/2 large home. Near TAMU,available June1, central air/heat.979-255-2423.

FOR RENT

3/3 duplex on 2818 and VillaMaria, close to campus , W/D, ca-ble, internet, fenced, $350/[email protected]

3/3 Duplexes BRAND NEW! NearTAMU, very spacious, appliancesand lawn-care included, pets ok,pre-leasing available, $1200/mo.aggieacres.org 979-693-6699, [email protected]

3/3 newer duplex includes all ap-pliances, tile floors, backyard,pets allowed. $1200/mo. AvailableAugust. Call Tia 979-739-1160.

3bd/2ba condo, on shuttle route,on resturant row, $1350/mo,281-208-0669

3bd/2ba duplex. Available Sum-mer. Close to campus. W/D.$900/mo. 832-265-2460,[email protected]

3bd/2ba Duplex. Reasonable. Onbus route, W/D. dexterplace.net979-690-9466.

3bd/3ba duplex, pet friendly,available July, 927 Crepe Myrtle,Dawn 936-499-7183, $1050/mo.

3bd/3ba duplex, prelease August,fenced yards, appliances included.call 979-571-3036.

3bd/3ba duplexes. Great floor-plans, fenced yards, W/D, tilefloors, icemakers, alarm systems.979-776-6079.www.aggielandleasing.com

3x3 duplex @ 2306 Antelopeavailable 8/1/11. $1,100/mo. CallBrandon Meek, 214-334-0032.

3x2 duplex @ 907 Camellia avail-able 8/1/11. $950/mo. Call Bran-don Meek, 214-334-0032.

3x3 duplex @ 1814 Woodsman.Spacious floorplan, W/D included,large fenced backyard, pets wel-come, on shuttle route, call Bran-don Meek 214-334-0032.

3x3 duplex @ 2306 Axis available8/1/11. $1,200/mo. Call BrandonMeek, 214-334-0032.

4/2 House, August rental,Lincoln/Churchhill, $1300/mo.281-467-1427.

4/2/2 house Prelease for August.1013 San Saba in C/S, great floorplan, bus route, tile & woodfloors, ceiling fans, fenced yard,covered patio, pets OK.$1450/mo. 979-255-9432.

4/2/2 house; 3003 Durango, CS.,no pets/smoking, near shuttle,Available 8/6/11, $1500/mo.979-450-0053.

4/2/2 off Dominik. Large updatedhouse, tile, carpet, with W/D, petsallowed. $1800/mo. Tia979-739-1160. Available August.

4/2/2, 1508 Austin, availableAugust, great floor plan, W/D, nopets, $1550/mo, 979-731-8257www.BrazosValleyRentals.com

4/3 house in Dove Crossing, CS.Like new. Tile floor all exceptfor bedrooms. W/D, appliances.Granite kitchen counter tops.Two car garage, fenced yard.$1570/mo. 979-574-0040 [email protected]

FOR RENT

4/3, 3/3 &3/2 Houses, Townhouses,Duplexes &Fourplexes,1250-1700sqft. Very spacious,ethernet, large kitchen, extrastorage, W/D, great amenities, onbus route, now pre-leasing, excel-lent specials. [email protected]

4bd/2ba house, 1311 Timm (offGlade), available August, close tocampus, great floor plan, remod-eled, W/D, no pets, $1895/mo,979-731-8259,www.BrazosValleyRentals.com

4bd/2ba house. Close to campus,wood floors, tile floors, ceilingfans, W/D, fenced yards.979-776-6079.www.aggielandleasing.com

4bd/3.5ba house at Harvest Drive,available June, $1400/mo, Dawn936-499-7183.

4bd/3ba/2 Car garage. Updated,wood floors, fenced, pets ok, 2masters! Lawn services included.$1650/mo. AggieLandRentals.com979-776-8984.

4bd/4ba condo for rent. $385/person. Wood laminate flooring,kitchen and living area, outdoorpatio, close to campus. Call713-548-6248.

4bd/4ba Gateway Villa. Granite,pool, W/D included. $1795/mo.gwbcs.com

4bd/4ba Gateway Villas condo.Leasing now for August. W/D andall appliances provided. Will con-sider pets. Call Justin469-273-0637 or land-lord469-964-8103.

4bd/4ba house, 3526 Wild Plum,refrigerator, W/D, huge backyard!$1,650/mo. 361-290-0430.

4bdrm/2ba house, available 8/2,2-car garage, hot-tub, $1600/mo.bike to campus, 979-229-7660.

4bdrm/3ba. home with w/d, onshuttle route. $1650/mo. Warren979-574-1722.

4bdrm/3ba., with w/d, yardcareprovided. $1500/mo. Warren979-574-1722.

Pre-leasing for August!4bdrm/3bth house. Close to cam-pus, wood floors, tile floors, ceil-ing fans, W/D, fenced yards, re-frigerator, icemaker, lawn-care.979-776-6079,www.aggielandleasing.com

4bed/4bath Waterwood Town-homes, 1001 Krenek Tap Roadacross from Central Park. Gatedcommunity, bus route, appliances,W/D included. Available Fall 2011.Contact 281-793-0102 or [email protected]

4br/4ba Condo, pool and hot tub,979-705-8627,[email protected]

5/3.5 House, Southside Historic,All Appliances, summer termsonly. 817-773-7214.

5bd/2ba house, 1112 Berkeley,available August, two living, closeto campus, new tile, W/D, no pets,$1795/mo, 979-731-8257,www.BrazosValleyRentals.com

704 Gilchrist near College HillsElementary. Share secluded 2+acre lot with huge living/dining,looks out down woods to creek.All appliances, including W/D,CA/CH, dishwasher, and micro-wave. 2/1 upstairs with outsideentry, master +bath downstairs+study &bath off kitchen.$1400/mo. Leave message withowner at 512-477-8925. AvailableAugust.

August-4/2 with large fencedyard, W/D connections, 1217North Ridgefield. $1400/mo.979-693-1448.

August-4/2/2 House with largefenced yard, W/D, large deck, up-dated kitchen. 1217 Berkeley.$1500/mo. 979-777-9933.

Available May7. 3bd/2ba.Fenced-backyard, 2-car-garage.W/D. $1350/mo. Tile living-room.407-721-3300.

Available now! 2bd/1.5ba onshuttle, updated 1100sq/ft, 402Fall $650/mo.AggieLandRentals.com979-776-8984.

FOR RENT

Bike to campus. 2/1 duplex, w/dconnection, fenced backyard,pets allowed. E-Walk shuttle.Available May. $625/mo.979-218-2995.

Close Health Science Center. 4/2fenced, fireplace, w/d connec-tions, 2622 westwood main.$1395/mo. AggieLandRentals.com979-776-8984.

Cute 2br/2ba houses built 2008.Under 3-minutes to campus. W/D,lawn incl. $1900. gwbcs.com

Great Deal! 4bd/2ba. Close tocampus. Wood floors, W/D conn.,fridge, fans. December endedlease. Ready to move May 1st.Only $795/mo! [email protected]

Great Leasing Specials! Call979-693-1906. Free Cable andInternet.

Huge 3 or 4 bedroom/2ba. House!Walking distance to A&M, W/D,fenced yard, 3904 Oaklawn $1450979-693-5885.

Individual Lease. Campus Village.$545/mo. Includes utilities. $1000cash given if lease is taken!713-392-1525.

Large 3/3 duplex 11347 NorthDowling Rd. College Station$1000/month. 979-822-1616.

Large house, double garage,$1100/mo. Available Summer orFall. 832-425-2945.

Like New Luxury Townhome.4bd/4ba. $520/month. All BillsPaid. On Bus Route, Near Campus,Gated. Purchase $175,000936-448-6323.

Myrtle Estate: A peaceful countrysetting perfect for special occa-sions! Ring Day,Graduation/Game weekends, andsocial events. Home sleeps 16 andhas a large in-ground pool withpatio. Photos and pricing can befound at www.bcseliterealty.comor call Dawn @ 979-324-4477 nowtaking reservations for 2011 foot-ball season!

Need female sublet forMay-August 2011. 1bd/1ba.$409/mo. Contact Brianne972-672-6752.

FOR RENT

New Condos! 4/4, W/D in unit,private bathrooms. Summer rent$240. From Fall-Spring, minimum12mos. $325/mo and $295/mo.979-574-0040, 281-639-8847. Uni-versity Place at Southwest Park-way.

New homes for rent! Close tocampus! 4bd/4ba, 3bd/3ba. CallToday! 254-721-6179. Broker.

New House For Rent. 4bd/3ba offRock Prairie. Available June 1st.All bills paid. Semi-furnished.2bdrms at $525/each (sharedbathroom), 1bdrm at $550 (pri-vate bathroom), master bedroomat $575 (private bathroom). Call361-463-6613.

New/Newer 1/1, 1/1.5 lofts, 2/2,3/3. Available May and August.www.jesinvestments.comBroker/owner. 979-777-5477.

Newly remodeled 4/2 house.Walking distance to campus, tile& wood floors, great location,nice big deck & yard.979-776-6079, www.aggie-landleasing.com

Northgate area, 3/2, 2/2 and new2/2 available for summer and fall.W/D connections, walk to campus,big living rooms and bedrooms.Call 979-255-5648.

Oak Creek Condos, high-speedinternet and basic cable.2bdrm/1.5ba. $515/mo. Water,sewer, trash paid. Fireplace, ice-maker, pool, hot-tub.979-822-1616.

One bedroom for rent in 3bed-room house. M/F, 1mi to campus.On bus route. $400/mo., all billspaid. Hot tub and game room.(979)739-7717.

Pre-leasing 4bdrm Houses, up-dated, fenced pets, ok. Starting at$1395/mo. AggieLandRentals.com979-776-8984.

Pre-leasing for August!4bdrm/2bth houses. Great Loca-tion. Close to campus, woodfloors, tile floors, ceiling fans,w/d, fenced yards, refridgerator,icemaker,lawncare.979-776-6079,www.aggielandleasing.com

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FOR RENT

Pre-leasing for August. 3bd/2ba/2car garage house. Updated,fenced, pets ok, on shuttle route.$1099/mo. 3401 Coastal C.S.AggieLandRentals.com979-776-8984.

Pre-leasing for May or August!4/2/2 Fenced, totally remodeled,granite, 1312 Timm, $1799/mo,W/D, biking distance to campus.AggieLandRentals.com,979-776-8984.

Prelease for May or August, 2/1fourplex. W/D connections, waterpaid. 609 Turner. $465/m.979-693-1448.

Prelease for May or August. Large2/2 with fenced yard, W/D con-nections, large closets, great loca-tion. University Oaks. $775/m.979-693-1448.

Prelease for May or August: 2/1duplex, fenced back yard, w/dconn. 3 locations to choose from$600.00, 693-1448.

Pre-leasing 3/1.5/2carport, Up-dated, Fenced, biking distance tocampus, on shuttle, pets ok.$750/mo AggieLandRentals.com979-776-8984.

Remolded 3bd/1-3/4ba house!Bike to A&M, W/D, fenced yard,near Thomas Park 300 Gilchrist$1225 979-693-5885.

Ridgewood Village efficiency withloft. Uniquely designed floorplan. No pets, $395/mo, $350 de-posit. 1211-1213 Holik.979-696-2998. Some short termleases available. $455/mo.

Ridgewood Village, large veryquiet tree-shaded 1bdrm/1bthstudio, no pets. $445/mo, $350deposit, 1201-1209 Holik.979-696-2998. Some short termleases available $515/mo.

Summer lease available. 3bdhouse. 0.3mi from campus!$1200/mo. Call Preston903-330-1935.

FOR SALE

Double Wide Mobile Home.$35,000. 109 Ridge Loop. 3/2,Patio, Deck, Covered Porch, LargeFenced Yard. 979-412-4755.

Spurs for Senior boots! Real U.S.Calvary spurs (circa 1898-1938)$100/pair 979-775-9844.

HELP WANTED

Artist needs female canvas sub-jects, body image project. $40/hr.Aysia 281-678-4050.

Athletic men for calendars, books,etc. $100-$200/hr, up to$1000/day. No [email protected]

Building Maintenance. Part-Timeposition with flexible schedule.Duties include painting, carpen-try, plumbing, minor electrical,general maintenance, including:1.checking light fixtures 2.chang-ing locks 3.inspecting for obviousproblems and needed repairs. Re-spond to tenant request via on-line system. Some knowledge ofHVAC maintenance. Basic com-puter knowledge. Constructionscience major preferred. Pleasesubmit resume [email protected]

Now hiring waitresses and bar-tenders, apply in person after3pm at Carney’s Pub and Grill,3410 South College Bryan.

Child Care- FT & PT shifts avail-able. Some nights & Saturdays re-quired. Apply in person at 3609 E.29th St., Bryan.

Cleaning commercial buildings atnight, M-F. Call 979-823-5031 forappointment.

HELP WANTED

COACHES WANTED! We need en-thusiastic, positive, motivationalcoaches for YOUTH VOLLEYBALL.Season begins 5/5/11! Call764-6386

Executive office looking forpart-time receptionist. Decorumnecessary. Please send cover let-ter, resume, availability, and ref-erences to [email protected]

Full-time medical technician forgrowing allergy practice wanted.4-year degree and 1-year commit-ment required. May graduateswelcome! We are looking for anintelligent, positive, friendly per-son to join our team. We teachskills that are an asset for anyoneinterested in a career in health-care and can help a candidate getinto medical school. E-mail re-sume to [email protected]

Full Year Ministries Internships:Youth and College. A&M UMCseeks individuals for the youthand college ministry intern posi-tions. Candidates should have adesire to connect youth/collegestudents with the heart of God.They should be administrativelyorganized, creative, playful, andrelational. They must have theability to equip volunteers formeaningful ministry. An excellentcandidate would also be consider-ing vocational ministry. For moreinfo about positions, please checkout http://www.am-umc.org/col-lege/announcements-events.htmlorhttp://www.am-umc.org/youth/an-nouncements-youth.html Send re-sume, cover letter, and referencesto [email protected]

Help Desk/ Telephoning: Lookingfor friendly, supportive staff whoare able to speak both Vietnam-ese and English Fluently. PT/FT(Flexible hours). Please [email protected]@gmail.com In-clude profile picture with briefpersonal description.

Help Wanted on website andcomputer development. Call J.C.254-721-6179.

Hostesses, waitresses, bartendersneeded, females 18-23 only, forhigh luxury bar, call512-680-4617.

Household cleaning, groceryshopping and cooking. Must havecar and be available year-round.Start before end of April. $10/hr.Call 979-739-1645.

J. Cody’s hiring at all positions,apply within, 3610 S. College. Noexperience necessary just com-mon sense!

Little Guys Movers now hiringFT/PT employees. Must be at least21 w/valid D.L. Apply in person at3209 Earl Rudder Freeway.

New! Live online tutoring sessionsin math and statistics. Enter a vir-tual classroom and getone-on-one help with yourclasses. For more information visitwww.katetutoring.com or call979-220-0874.

Office of chiropractic seekingsales professional, please apply at3733 East 29th Street Bryan, TX.

Part-Time job helping the handi-cap. 846-3376.

Part-time summer help, apply inperson, Conlee-Garrett Movingand Storage, 600 South BryanAve, Bryan.

PT help needed. Local huntingclub needs PT guides. Freshmanand Sophomore only. Average 1-2weekends/month in offseason;2-3 in Fall and Winter. Limitedhunting privileges. Applicationsat www.yardbirdhunting.com

Special Projects Assistant Wanted.PivotPoint is searching for anintelligent, organized, andcreative individual with a strongwork ethic. 20+hours/week$10-$15/hour. Located inDowntown Bryan.www.facebook.com/pivotpointso-lutionsEmail [email protected]

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Tutors wanted for all subjectscurrently taught at TAMU/ Blinnand Sam Houston State startingat $8.25/hour. Apply on-line @www.99Tutors.com,979-255-3655.

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Wanted: Horticulturist for a newArboretum that is being built inthe Plantersville area- 45milesNorthwest of Houston, TX. Mustbe a non-smoker, speak fluentEnglish and computer literate.Good pay and benefits for theright person. Please e-mail yourresume, references and salary re-quirements [email protected]

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1-2 roommates needed. 4bd/4baat Waterwood on SW Parkway.W/D, private bath, on bus route.Short or long term leases avail-able. $400/mo. includes utilities,cable/internet. Call 254-721-2716.

2-Female Grads Wanted For FallHouse. Rent $350. Utilities $80.On bus route, 4/2 house, dogs al-lowed. MUST renew leaseApril-30th. Call 817-228-8529.

6mos. lease beginning 6/1/11.1-male to share nice 4bdrm. inC.S. Partially furnished, w/d.$430/mo. +1/4utilities.817-559-2942.

Female roommate wanted,$450/mo. plus utilities, Wood-brook Condos. Call 281-795-4110.

Need 3rd renter. 3/2 house.Bryan, near campus. $325/mo.+utilities. Call Jerome979-324-5170. A must see!

Roommate needed. 4/4 UniversityPlace condo, W/D, private bath,pool, volleyball court, on shuttle.$300/mo. Call 979-690-8213 or979-422-9849.

Roommates needed. 4bd/4bth$350/mo, washer/dryer, phone &internet, University Place onSouthwest Parkway.281-844-2090.

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M&R lawn services, professionalquality, free estimate, “We’ll beatanyone’s price” 713-884-0710.

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Historically started by black fraternities, the Na-tional Pan-Hellenic Coun-cil had the 13th Stompfest on Wednesday in Rudder Auditorium. The event was to help fundraise money for leadership programs put on for the general community such as the Distinguished Gentlemen’s Club and the United Divine Sisters.

“Not as many people at-tended as we would have liked,” said Justin Hale, a se-nior Sports Management ma-jor and master of ceremony for the event. “But we had a great show.”

Seven sororities had the chance to compete in the “Back To Basics” event. Each fraternity teamed up with one of the sororities that compet-ed and helped coach routines.

Zeta Tau Alpha took first, Kappa Kappa Gamma was awarded second, and Pi Beta Phi won third.

“We choose the ‘Back to Basics’ theme because we wanted to assure that we fo-cused on the stepping,” said Antonio Williams, a senior electronic engineering major and chairman for the Stomp-fest committee. “We wanted to remember the reason why it started.”

About 2,000 people were accounted for in the audi-ence. Tickets were sold for $8 if they were pre-purchased and $10 at the door.

“It was a good event,” Wil-liams said. “We had a lot of support and gave us a chance to get to know each other.”

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World’s oldest man dies in Montana at 114

GREAT FALLS, Mont. — Walter Breuning, the world’s oldest man and second-oldest person, died Thursday. He was 114.

Breuning died of natural causes in a Great Falls hospi-tal, said Stacia Kirby, spokes-woman of the Rainbow Se-nior Living retirement home where he lived. Breuning had been hospitalized since the beginning of the month with an undisclosed illness.

Breuning was 26 days younger than Besse Cooper of Georgia, whom the Ger-ontology Research Group in Los Angeles lists as the world’s oldest person at 114.

In an interview with The Associated Press last fall, Breuning attributed his lon-gevity to eating just two meals a day, working as long as he could and always embracing change — especially death.

“We’re all going to die. Some people are scared of dying. Never be afraid to die. Because you’re born to die,” he said.

Breuning was born on Sept. 21, 1896, in Melrose, Minn., and spent his early years in De Smet, S.D. That first decade of the 1900s was literally a dark age for his family. They had no electricity or running water. A bath for young Wal-ter would require his mother to fetch water from the well outside and heat it on the coal-burning stove.

He lied about his age and got a job in Minnesota with the Great Northern Railway in 1916 at age 16. He moved to Great Falls two years later and remained a loyal railroad man for the rest of his life, working there for 50 years,

marrying co-worker Agnes Twokey and traveling by air-plane only once in his life.

He earned $90 a month for working seven days a week at the beginning, and amount that he said was “a lot of money at that time.”

In 1919, he bought his first car, a $150 secondhand Ford. Breuning remembered driving around town and spooking the horses that still crowded the dirt streets of Great Falls.

“We had more damn run-aways back in those days,” Breuning said. “Horses are just scared of cars.”

He and his wife bought property for $15 and planned to build a house, but it all went off the tracks when the Great Depression struck.

“Everybody got laid off in the ‘30s,” Breuning said. “Nobody had any money at all. In 1933, they built the civic center over here. Sixty-five cents an hour, you know. That was the wage — big wage.”

Breuning was able to hold onto his job, but he and Agnes never built their house. They sold the lot for $25, making a tidy $10 profit. It turned out to be the only time Breuning ever owned property — he was a renter for the rest of his life.

Agnes died in 1957 after 35 years of marriage. The couple didn’t have any children, and Breuning never remarried.

In 1963 — the year the Beatles released their first al-bum — Breuning decided it was time to retire at age 67.

But he stuck by his philos-ophy and kept working. He became the manager and sec-retary for the Shriners, a posi-tion he held until he was 99.

Matt Volz Associated Press

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At the headwaters of a small creek, at the Debra L. Friedkin site northwest of Austin, an archeological team began to prepare for a dig that would defy all findings regarding early life in Texas. Michael Waters, the lead author of the team’s paper and professor at Texas A&M, is the director of the Center for the Study of the First Americas. Waters and two doctoral students, Jessi Halligan and Tom Jennings, joined researchers from Baylor Uni-versity, Texas State, University of Illinois and the University of Minnesota, and performed a dig and discovered artifacts that date human occupation in Texas back as much as 2,500 years earlier.

“We found evidence of early occupation of 2,500 years older than what we previously thought. Now we have evidence that people have been on this continent for a much longer time,” Waters said.

Previously, the Clovis hunters were be-lieved to be the first people in America; how-ever, Waters and his team declared that the Clovis-first model might be abandoned. As the team dug into the clay, they began to find stone tools and artifacts ranging from Late Pre-historic artifacts in the uppermost horizon to Folsom, Clovis and finally to the pre-Clovis. The team used tools and luminescence to date the tools and artifacts back 2,500 years earlier.

“The many distinct and superbly docu-mented lines of evidence offer pretty unequiv-ocal confirmation that people were in interior North America south of the ice sheets before the Clovis radiation,” said David Anderson of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, founder of the online Paleoindian Database of the Americas.

Jennings and Halligan worked on collect-ing, interpreting and recording data. Jennings is studying the Late Paleoindian, Clovis and

potential pre-Clovis stone tool debris from the Buttermilk Creek site, Texas.

“The cultures we recognize, from oldest to youngest are: pre-Clovis, Clovis, Folsom and Late Paleoindian,” Jennings said. “The earliest materials we have recovered date to around 15,500 years ago, and the Paleoindian period ended approximately 10,000 years ago. From these levels, I’m counting, measuring and identifying and describing the stone tools and debris from making stone tools in order to better understand how these earliest peoples organized their stone technology.”

The team consisted of researchers from dif-ferent universities with different expertise and a variety of students from A&M. Both un-dergraduate and graduate students worked on the dig.

“What was really nice about the project is we were able to bring colleagues from other universities and from our University, and we have graduate and undergraduate students that excavated at the site. What happens in science is you need certain aspects of expertise so you get to know people in different fields from all around,” Waters said.

The Debra L. Friedkin site is one of the oldest sights in North America. The discovery found there also changed the beliefs of how and when people lived in Texas. Researchers are moving past the possibility of pre-Clovis and are now seeing it as reality and are search-ing for more patterns and artifacts that date back to this time.

“This site is helping redefine our under-standing of the earliest colonizers of North America,” Jennings said. “The Debra L. Friedkin site provides new evidence of stone technology 15,000 years ago and is helping us understand how these earliest colonizers are related to later cultures that developed throughout the continent.”

Texas A&M University and The Asso-ciation of Former Students announced seven prestigious recipients for the 2011 Distin-guished Alumnus Award Wednesday. Estab-lished in 1962, the award is the highest honor bestowed upon a former student of Texas A&M. To date, 204 individuals received this distinguished award for contributions to the University, their local communities and their professions.

Texas A&M President R. Bowen Loftin, class of 1971, said he and Texas A&M are proud to recognize the seven former students that stood out within the Aggie family as well as their communities, states and nations.

“They exemplify what makes Texas A&M University unique — a rich history and tradi-tions and a culture that instills life-long val-ues such as leadership and selfless service in our students,” Loftin said in a press release. “Through their actions, these Distinguished Alumni represent the very best of what it means to truly live the Aggie Spirit.”

Texas A&M University and The Associa-tion of Former Students will recognize post-humously J. Wayne Stark, class of 1939. Stark graduated from A&M with a bachelor’s de-gree in accounting and history. He served as an Army officer in World War II and then worked for Anderson Clayton Corp. before returning to A&M in 1947 as director of the Memorial Student Center until 1980. He con-ceived the mission of the MSC and supervised construction of the MSC building, which is dedicated to all Aggies who have died in all wars.

Stark mentored thousands of young Ag-gies, encouraging both overseas travel and involvement in student organizations. He so-licited millions of dollars in gifts and endow-ments for A&M and the MSC, increased the number of pieces in the University Art collec-tions and created numerous student organiza-tions. He was a recipient of the Distinguished Achievement Award from The Associations of Former Students, and the J. Wayne Stark Galleries is named in his honor. He died on January 18, 1993.

Jorge Bermudez, The Association of For-mer Student’s 2011 chairman of the Board of Directors and class of 1973, said the true mea-sure of a university’s greatness is found in the achievements of its alumni.

“This year’s Distinguished Alumni con-tinue a long tradition exemplifying why Texas A&M is a world-class institution,” Bermudez said.

Association President and CEO Porter S. Garner III, class of 1979, offered his congratu-lations on behalf of the Aggie Network.

“Our 2011 Distinguished Alumni represent a group diverse in professional calling, yet each sharing the common characteristics of excel-lence, integrity, leadership, loyalty, respect and selfless service,” Garner said.

The recipients found out about the promi-nent award when surprised by a group of University and Association representatives. Members included Loftin, Bermudez, Garner, Association Vice President Marty Holmes, a Ross volunteer and Reveille with her handler, Cody Guffey, a senior political science major.

The Association of Former Students will further honor all recipients of this award dur-ing its annual Distinguished Alumni Gala on Oct. 14. In addition, the 2011 recipients are invited to attend a dinner with Loftin on Oct.13 and recognized during the Texas A&M football game against Baylor on Oct. 15.

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Seven alumni awardedRecipients of the 2011 Distinguished Alumnus Award Recipients◗ Clifton J. “Clif” Bolner, class of 1949, of San Antonio, Texas◗ Dan A. Hughes, class of 1951, of Beeville, Texas◗ Gerald L. Ray, class of 1954, of Dallas, Texas◗ Dr. Joe E. West, class of 1954, of College Station, Texas◗ Harold L. Adams, class of 1961, of Baltimore, Maryland◗ John E. Bethancourt, class of 1974, of Alamo, Calif.

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Ilse Barrios Perez, Outstanding JuniorBhoja Basnet Mark Baxter Christian Davey Casey Drews Dipankar Dwivedi Julie England Seth Foster Ashley Hinojosa John Hoffman Holly Jarvis Niraj KC Ji Yeon Kim John Klingemann Jessica Koepp Brooke Korenek Christine Laas Sabrina Luensmann David Mathai Maeve McFall Samantha Monier Taylor Moore Anh Nguyen Leslie Pate David Pratt Kala Rhoades Courtney Ritchey Samantha Rosenbaum Gretta SharpMelissa Shehane Jonathan Shnitzer Ricki Vernor Logan Vincent Jessica Wild Kelsey Witt Maureen Wright

Bailey Brown, Outstanding JuniorBrianna BlackwellBryan JohnsonDaniel KellySamuel LampeMelissa LewisErin PeaveyJordan PenningtonEllen SampsonRobert C. SmithElizabeth TschirhartAaron Uselton

Raheem Farishta, Outstanding JuniorAmber Adams Marcus Blackwell Sarah Bradley Cameron Capriotti Elizabeth Cloud Virginia Davis Claudia De Ugarte Katherine Eichhorn Allison Farrell Clark FiedlerKate Flournoy Kyle Hall Lacey Hansell Alexis Havens Michelle Horrocks Kalub Kovar Ann Martin Kasey Matejka Tempestt Parker Elizabeth Roberts Megan Roepe William Smith Sr.Diana Snoyer Morgan Strong Sommer Terry Janvi Todai Samuel Totusek Justin Tsuei Kori Wilson Brooke Worley

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The opinions, beliefs and viewpoints expressed by the various authors and forum participants in this paper do not necessarily refl ect those of Texas A&M University, The Battalion or its staff.

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MAILCALLFrom Adam Davies, sophomore history majorThe Texas State Senate is dragging its feet on a very important bill, and one of the senators doing that is our own Senator Ogden. The student body needs to mobilize to force Senator Ogden to support Senate Bill 354, allowing those of us who can carry our concealed handgun for self defense on one side of University Drive to carry on campus and into the buildings. We do not want everyone to be carrying, just those who are already licensed by the state of Texas to carry almost every

single other place in the state. We are supposedly in a ‘gun-free’ zone when in class, but so were those in classes that Seung-Hui Cho went into when he killed 32 and injured 25. The 71 campuses that now allow it have seen no consequences of allowing it, and some Colorado campuses even saw a crime decrease. Concealed carry causes a lower crime rate, but campuses do not allow it. We know that criminals by defi nition do not care about the law. They will not follow the law making a campus “gun-free.” CHL holders just want to be able to defend ourselves on-campus as we do off.

From Britney Coody, junior accounting majorAfter reading the Stripper article, I just wanted to ask why and how did The Battalion see this as a newsworthy story? Trying to glorify and gain respect for strippers? I couldn’t even take this article seriously. Do I hate all strippers? No. Do I respect stripping as a profession? No. I know plenty of people paying their way through college, working full-time at a decent, respectable job(s). I’m sure $1000/night, versus minimum wage at McDonald’s sounds very tempting, but would they resort to stripping? No. How about you write an article

about these amazing people? They were raised with morals, self-respect, and a strong, positive work-ethic, some things that “Summer” is obviously lacking. To have the nerve to say stripping makes her “want to alter her body… always trying to be a sexier girl…” is disgusting. I would never even want to attract a “man” who would step foot in a strip club. So while I appreciate you always trying to press for acceptance and diversity on campus, I would appreciate if at least every once in a while you’d write something about someone that’s actually worth reading. Thanks and gig ‘em.

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Christian group sends support to troops with care packages

The Christian Business Leaders group has worked on many service projects in the past. In the spring of 2010, they raised money for Re-lay for Life and donated care packages for U.S. soldiers overseas in December. This year, things were a little more close to home.

“My future brother-in-law is in Iraq right now,” said Turner Dawson, co-director for Christian Business Lead-ers and senior accounting major. Dawson is marrying his fiancée Kelly Bates in July, and her brother Cory Bates is currently serving in the U.S. army. Dawson said that this past Christmas, CBL raised money to provide care packages for Bate’s unit, but this time around, Bates had a special request.

“He just emailed me and said that he’s got a buddy in Afghanistan, and they’re fac-ing some tougher challenges there,” Dawson said. “We wanted to honor those who are serving overseas and offer them some encouragement.”

Dawson said the CBL ser-vice committee is working on getting care packages to this specific unit in Afghanistan.

The packages contain items that soldiers would not be able to obtain on a regular basis while overseas. For ex-ample, powdered drink mix, snacks and candy.

“We’re supplying care packages that will contain food, supplies, a Bible and a personal letter that we write

just thanking them for their service and to let them know that we are thinking about them,” said Megan Knoll, a CBL member and freshman business administration major.

Knoll said the fundraiser’s goal is to provide enough supplies for 430 packages, with each package costing around $10. Dawson esti-mates that they will meet this goal before the fundraiser’s end on April 25.

Senior accounting ma-jor Kelsey Hermanson is the committee chairwoman for the outreach committee, one of 15 committees in CBL. The outreach committee or-ganized the fundraiser, and Hermanson said its main pur-pose is to provide support for the U.S. troops overseas.

“We feel it’s very impor-tant to show these troops that even though we didn’t have 9/11 last year, we still do ap-preciate what they’re doing, and it’s very important to us as Americans that they are out there protecting our free-dom,” Hermanson said.

Hermanson said Christian Business Leaders is about much more than just out-reach programs.

“I joined CBL my soph-omore year,” Hermanson said. “I wanted an organiza-tion that supported my faith and also gave me the skills I needed in the business world, and Christian Business Lead-ers seemed like the perfect choice because their mission is to teach us how to live out our faith once we move into the workplace. That was the

big draw for me.”Hermanson said her time

with CBL has given her a greater understanding of the challenges that one might face in the workplace.

“A lot of times you will be presented with situa-tions where it will be easy to compromise,” she said. “How do you fit into the workplace without compro-mising your faith?”

Hermanson said CBL wel-comes guest speakers who are Christians working in the business world, and at-tend Bible studies after their Thursday meetings.

“It’s been an awesome ex-perience just to be in a leader-ship role and to learn the dif-ferent skills that I’m going to use in the future,” Hermanson said. “It’s offered me the op-portunity to expand my skill sets. You learn to rely on ei-ther people, and to delegate.”

Dawson said the fundraiser is being advertised with flyers and by word of mouth. Stu-dents are encouraged to do-nate before April 25. Dona-tions can be made at the cube in the Wehner building on West Campus, but a collec-tion booth on main campus is pending.

Dawson said the CBL out-reach committee hopes to have all 430 packages mailed by May 1.

“A lot of times I feel that in times of peace, we tend to forget about the troops and what they are doing for us,” Hermanson said. “They deserve to be recognized for what they do.”

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Three-game set starts in Waco Friday and moves to Olsen Field for Saturday, Sunday

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The No. 5 Texas A&M baseball team (24-9, 9-3) comes into the weekend having dropped four of their last six games. The Bay-lor Bears (19-15, 5-7) are backed up against a wall and looking to gain momentum heading into the second half of conference play. This season, the Battle for the Brazos gets serious.

“We’re looking for-ward to this weekend,” said Head Coach Rob Childress. “There are no easy week-ends in this league. Baylor is 5-7 and this is a very impor-tant weekend for them.”

Because of the schools’ proximity, many of the play-ers know each other from high school, select teams or met each other during the recruiting process. For ex-ample, sophomore pitcher Dylan Mendoza and Baylor pitcher Max Garner both played for Head Coach Roy Kinnon at Lake Travis High School in Austin.

Baylor boasts an offense with six left handed hit-ters, all of whom are cere-bral ballplayers with a knack for smart baserunning. The Bears’ small ball approach will be boosted by one play-er in particular who’s been forced to the bench for the last 12 games with a ham-string injury.

“They get [left field-er] Logan Vick back this weekend,” Childress said. “He’s been gone for the last month, you know. He was a freshman All-American with them last year, came back Tuesday against UT Arling-ton and hit a home run.”

The Aggies need strong outings from the starting pitching and bullpen if they plan to come out on top; Bay-lor is 19-2 this season when scoring four or more runs.

A&M’s pitching staff leads the Big 12 with a minuscule 2.06 ERA. They also sit at the top of the leader board in fewest home runs allowed (8) and walks allowed per nine innings (2.18). Thus far, ju-nior John Stilson tops the conference for most strike-outs (61), sophomore Mi-

chael Wacha has the fourth lowest ERA (1.23) and ju-nior Ross Stripling is tied for the fourth most wins (6).

The Aggies are also light-ing up the leader board on the offensive side of the ball. The team ranks fourth in the Big 12 in batting average (.287) thanks in large part to sophomore right fielder Ty-ler Naquin’s sparkling sea-son. The Spring native leads the team with a .389 batting average, good for third in the conference. He’s also second in triples (5) and runs scored (32) and third in hits (51).

Both offense and defense will need to be firing on all cylinders in order to best the Bears this weekend and claim the crown of “Best in the Brazos.”

“They’re going to test our pitching staff,” Childress said. “They have a very offensive team. Their Friday night pitcher Logan Verrett is a guy that’s given us fits as long as he’s been at Baylor. He has an outstanding slider, very competitive, and we’re going to have our hands full. We’re going to have to play much better than we did last week-end if we’re going to have a chance to win this series.”

Friday night’s bout in Waco will end a brutal part of the schedule that saw the Aggies play nine of their last 10 games on the road. The Aggie faithful will welcome the team back to Olsen Field for Saturday and Sunday’s matchups.

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Sophomore pitcher Brandon Parrent and the Aggies take on Baylor in a three-game set this weekend.

The seriesThe Bears are one of the Aggies’ oldest rivals with the two schools having fi rst faced off on the baseball diamond in 1904. Texas A&M holds a 178-130-4 advantage in the all-time series which has featured at least one game between the schools continuously since 1946. Since the former Southwest Conference rivals joined the Big 12, the series has been tightly contested with Baylor holding a slim 24-23. The Aggies, however, have won 11 of their last 15 meetings with Baylor.

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Aggie athletics

April Baltensperger — THE BATTALION

The Aggie football team practices Thursday on Kyle Field during Pigskin Palooza; students watched and got autographs following the practice.

Paul Mezier— THE BATTALION

The A&M women’s basketball team signs posters in Evans library Thursday.

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