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Seniors remember the past four yearsClass of ’11 looks back to ’07

Former students might benefit from an improving economy

Four days from now, Aggies will be walking across the stage of Reed Arena, rings shimmering in the spotlight and di-plomas in hand.

With the overwhelming satisfaction of having completed an education at Texas A&M comes a sense of anxiety and a fear of the unknown.

The economic downturns of the past couple of years have made it difficult for recent graduates to find a job. However, things are looking up.

“The job market has improved. The National Association of Colleges and Em-ployers just released a preliminary statistic stating that employers expect to hire about 20 percent more new college grads this year than they did last year [NACE Job Outlook Spring Update],” said Samantha Wilson, di-rector of campus programs.

For those still looking, the Career Cen-ter offers many opportunities for Aggies to find a job.

“Students can access the Career Center’s online job site that connects you to employ-

ers seeking Aggies for full-time, internship and cooperative education positions region-ally, nationally and globally. Through this system, students can submit their résumés to employers specifically seeking Aggies. Many of these employers will actually inter-view selected candidates on campus in the Career Center throughout the semester,” Wilson said.

One of the hottest fields right now is com-puter science and information technology. This past summer, senior computer science major Carla Villoria headed out to Seattle for an internship with Microsoft and was soon offered a job pending her graduation.

“I am going into a two-year rotational program, for which I will be doing four rotations, changing positions and teams ev-ery time. During my first rotation, I will be working as a program manager in the information and security team of Microsoft IT,” Villoria said.

The time spent at A&M proves to be in-valuable as the transition from life in College Station to living out one’s dreams begins.

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Aggie singer takes different career path

The comment “Wow, what an interesting major. So what exactly are you going to do with that?” is one college stu-dents have heard a few too many times. Students politely nod and formulate something reasonable as our stomachs be-gin to knot in fear of the future; some have yet to discover their passion.

This sensation rang true for senior urban planning gradu-ate student Brad Cooper, who decided to build a slightly dif-ferent path for his life. From The Republic Steakhouse in College Station, Texas, to The Brown Owl Studio in Nash-ville, Tenn., the journey for this Aggie singer-songwriter has been an illustration of faith, friendship and funky music.

While Cooper obtained his bachelor’s degree in construc-

tion science in 2009, his love of music stemmed from an early age. At five he began to tickle the ivories and continued to learn and grow with piano, picking up the guitar his senior year of high school. However, it was during his experience at Texas A&M that music began to transform into a career rather than a hobby.

“I was on the phone, catch-ing up with one of my good friends who lives in Nashville. He asked how my music was and offered to take a look at the songs I’d written,” Cooper said. “I was completely shocked and thrilled at the same time.”

His colleague, music pro-ducer Jacob Schrodt, got the ball rolling on his friend’s future music career. He offered to be Cooper’s producer and subse-quently contacted a variety of

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Frozen yogurt obsessionSpoons Yogurt, Fro Yo-yo, Red Mango, Yogurtland and Happy Yogurt represent some common places students frequent for frozen yogurt.

ConstructionTexas A&M University’s main campus, originally founded in 1876, has many outdated buildings and roads on campus. Improvement projects mark many landmarks.

Coach Mike ShermanIn November of 2007, Sherman replaced Dennis Franchione at the helm of a struggling football program.

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Rebecca Bennett: Music provides a memorable backdrop to college years

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rom the iconic Aggie War Hymn to Fish Camp’s choreographed moves to Soulja Boy Tell ‘Em’s “Crank That (Soulja Boy),”

members of the Class of 2011 have enjoyed a varied yet memorable musical backdrop throughout college. Outside of Aggieland, a number of artists have made their names known in the past four years. Here’s a journey through an eclectic playlist of notable or simply memorable performers.

In June 2009, the world halted to mourn the loss of musical royalty — none other than the King of Pop, Michael Jackson. But as one star faded, another quickly shined with all the glory of outrageous costumery and frustrat-ingly catchy lyrics to such hits as “Bad Romance” and “Alejandro.” Earthlings, meet Lady Gaga. With a trademark otherworldly appearance and a penchant for controversial music videos, Gaga’s album The Fame Monster quickly ruled the music charts follow-ing its release in November 2009. With her third album Born This Way coming out on May 23, it seems this daring diva is here to stay.

The past four years also witnessed a number of teeny-boppers attempting to pave their way to ever greater fame. It turns out that Bieber Fever is highly contagious. You can scoff at the Bieb’s unnervingly high-pitched voice all you want, but with music video guest appearances by Ludacris and Usher, a documentary that grossed nearly $30 mil-lion on its opening weekend, a multi-platinum award for My World 2.0 and millions of squealing Twitter followers under his belt, there’s no de-

nying Justin Bieber (or at least his trademark hair) has left his mark on pop culture history.

Miley Cyrus, formerly frequently referred to as her television alias “Hannah Mon-tana,” set out to break free from her mold of bubblegum pop. Cue “Party in the USA,” as Cyrus shockingly dons Dai-sy Dukes and a low-cut top à la every Disney Channel star who has previously shed their girl-next-door image. By June 2010, as the then-17-year-old released her album Can’t Be Tamed, the message was quite clear: no more riding along on Daddy Billy Ray Cyrus’ coat-tails. Even if it meant breaking his achey breaky heart — and that of preteens’ parents across the nation.

Now for the good stuff: Canadian indie rock band Arcade Fire won the 2011 Grammy for Album of the Year for The Suburbs, leaving mainstream devotees dis-concerted and sparking the In-ternet meme “Who is Arcade Fire?” Equally surprisingly, rapper Kanye West charmed his way into the hearts of hipster music reviewers on independent music resource Pitchfork.com with his 2008 release of 808s & Heartbreak and the 2010 release of My

Beautiful Dark Twisted Fan-tasy, earning unparalleled top marks. I guess his scorned and frequently parodied intercep-tion of country sweetheart Taylor Swift’s Grammy accep-tance speech in 2009 has been long forgotten. That said, Kid Cudi’s Man on the Moon series and B.o.B.’s The Adventures of Bobby Ray redeemed hope for the existence of quality rap music. Hip-hop duo Chiddy Bang and mashup artist Girl Talk further confirmed that there is artistic merit to music of all genres.

Indie darlings got their fair share of the spotlight too, although someone is bound to tell you this means these bands lost their “indieness.” Acous-tifolk favorite Sam Beam of Iron & Wine received unprecedented attention from teenage girls and their middle-aged mothers after his song “Flightless Bird, American Mouth” was featured on the Twilight soundtrack. Fans of techno-pop artist Owl City were forced to repeatedly hear the name of Ben Gibbard, who I still faithfully uphold started the whole electronic indie pop sound with The

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Lady Gaga will release her latest album, Born This Way, later this month, following a flurry of attention surrounding the accompanying music video.

Select video games prove to be classics

Game, set, match

2007: Many thought it would be another run-of-the-mill shooter in a franchise of traditionally World War II-themed games but they were proven wrong and wowed by Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare’s innovative style of leveling up in the multiplayer. For the first time in shooter history, players were actu-ally rewarded for being more skilled. The photorealistic graphics and overall realism of the game definitely helped.

2008: For the longest time, the Grand Theft Auto series was the undisputed king of sandbox games, which are basically games that let you explore an open world and let you do literally anything you want and go anywhere you want. The series became par-ticularly popular for that style of game play in the 2000s, particularly with the release of Grand Theft Auto III in 2001. Grand Theft Auto IV basically

took that formula and added in the high-definition graphics that the Xbox 360 and Play-station 3 are known for with an online multiplayer compo-nent. The result was one of the most critically acclaimed games of the decade.

2009: Its immense popular-ity and the fact that it took everything good from Modern Warfare and made it bigger and badder makes Modern Warfare 2 worthy of mention, but the real star of 2009 was Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. What made this Playsta-tion 3-exclusive title worth it was its rich storyline and single player campaign, a true breath of fresh air in a market crowded by mostly multiplayer-focused titles. Playing Uncharted 2 is literally like having an interactive sum-mer blockbuster movie. On that note, if it was a movie, it would probably be better than most summer blockbusters.

Notable filmsOn the silver screen

2008◗ Everyone who saw The Dark Knight knows it was a new age in fi lm history. A comic book superhero had hit the silver screen, and most surprisingly, it stuck. The movie brought acting greats such as Christian Bale and the late Heath Ledger to a new status of stardom. The Dark Knight proved to be both an action movie and a nod to the philosophical nature of intricate characters.

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2009◗ This was the year that brought blue space natives to the big screen with a straight face. The cinematic beauty of Avatar was as successful as it was historic. Not only was it the highest grossing movie ever, but it was also the movie that truly brought 3-D movies to the point they are today. The gorgeous landscapes and imaginative background carried the audience throughout the movie. The story might not have been the best, but Avatar will always be known for its breath-taking scenery.

◗ The story of Up was a new page in the book of digital animation. The characters and world of Up were far more in-depth than any had seen in a children’s movie and continue to be a hallmark of technology. The true glory of Up was its powerful story and heartfelt plot. The children’s movie was and still is enjoyed by people of any age.

2010◗ The fascinating movie, Inception, forced audiences to return to movie theaters again and again to better understand the story and to relive the intense action sequences. Though the movie totaled almost three hours, people were gripped by the suspense and the mystery. Inception is a movie that you would swear was based on a book, and the fact that it was actually an original screenplay tells a lot about the blockbuster.

◗ Tangled was a wonderful movie for all ages. It specifi cally addressed our generation and brought us along on an epic adventure of heroics and love. The action sequences were extraordinary and the character interaction was enough to keep audiences in their seat.

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2011◗ Although we haven’t seen the half of 2011 yet, we know it will be another year of history for the world, including movies. Sucker Punch was a movie that used the mind-bending realities audiences saw in Inception and upped the ante of action by a couple hundred percent. The soundtrack made it seem like the audience was watching a music video, but it all worked together in a magical realism state of mind. There was not a single time you could watch the screen and be bored.

Matt Bizzell is a freshman English major.

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Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare was the first shooter game in which players were rewarded for skill level.

2010: Many people would argue that the original Starcraft is the most popular real-time strategy game of all time. After all, it takes a special kind of game to be considered a sport — yes, Starcraft tourna-ments are prevalent in South Korea. What made Starcraft 2 so great was that it managed to live up to fans’ expectations and be similar to the original while being “new and shiny.” Living up to the expectations of fans is always a big deal, but it is an even bigger deal when those fans had to wait more

than 10 years for the game to be released.

2011: Pending but so far there are a few that could really take game of the year, such as Battlefield 3 or Rage, which is from the makers of Doom. However, Portal 2 seems like an early contender because of its innovative and addicting game play, but it is still far too early for 2011 to claim a winner.

John Tee is a sophomore anthropology major.

Postal Service album Give Up in 2003, far before Adam Young decided to pen an en-tire song about fireflies. That, and Mr. Gibbard also wedded hottie Zooey Deschanel of She & Him and 500 Days of Sum-mer fame. English folk rock group Mumford & Sons’ Sigh No More sold more than 1 million copies in the U.S. and the U.K. and earned Grammy nominations for its catchy string instrumentals. Radiohead returned with the release of The King of Limbs in February 2011; Vampire Weekend became absurdly popular and LCD Sound-system came to an end with a sold-out show in Madison Square Garden in NYC. With loyal fans among hardcore music junkies, alternative and independent artists found their niche and rocked it.

As for me, I got through many a late night of studying and lazy afternoons listen-ing to the likes of supergroup Monsters of Folk’s self-entitled album, Sufjan Stevens’ Songs for Christmas (year-round), Neutral Milk Hotel’s In An Aeroplane Over the Sea and First Aid Kit’s The Big Black and The Blue. But that’s just me.

Everyone has those favorite songs they will rediscover years from now and remember the all-nighter in Evans, the bus rides to and from campus, those coffee shop conversa-tions with good friends, those trips around the dance floor at the Hall or Harry’s and those Fightin’ Texas Aggie football victories. Each helped form the soundtrack of our college lives, and each deserves the op-portunity to play on repeat.

Rebecca Bennett is a senior communication and English major.


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“[My time at A&M has had a] huge impact. I am from Venezuela and moved to the U.S. three years ago. Being exposed to such a dif-ferent culture and way of liv-ing has made me grow a lot as a person,” Villoria said. “Furthermore, I was able to be part of amazing organiza-tions on campus, do research and write a thesis as an un-dergraduate and meet people from all around the world. I am thankful to Texas A&M University for exposing me to all of that.”

Engineers also have a prom-ising future to look forward to.

“After graduation, I will be moving to Midland, Texas to work for an oil and gas cor-poration as a petroleum en-gineer. I wouldn’t be able to make that statement without recognizing what a huge im-pact attending university at Texas A&M has had,” said Grady Meloy, a senior petro-leum engineering major.

Meloy credits the organi-zations here on campus, spe-cifically Engineers Without Borders, for developing the leader he has become. He was awarded the 2011 Engi-neers Without Borders-USA Student Founders Award, af-firming the dedication Aggies have in improving the lives of others in any field of study.

Another route some Ag-

gies are taking is that of con-tinued education.Graduate and professional schools have long enticed students who want to equip themselves with a specific set of skills.

“I’m attending graduate school at UT-Austin to get a PhD in microbiology. I’m pursuing a career in research and academia. Texas A&M has given me the opportunity to start developing the skills needed as it has made it pos-sible for me to participate in undergraduate research and be part of the Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Partici-pation,” said Alvaro Rodri-guez, a senior molecular and cellular biology major.

“Not only that, but its faculty in the biology de-

partment, mainly Michael J. Benedik and Rodolfo Ara-mayo, have supported me in several opportunities that were available here at Texas A&M,” Rodriguez said.

And still others are heading to the great wide open.

“I honestly would like to go and do something random. Find a job for six months to a year and try to figure out what I would really enjoy do-ing,” said student body presi-dent Jacob Robinson. “A&M has taught me so much about leadership and myself. The things I take away from my time here will help me for the rest of my life. A&M is a spe-cial place, and I am lucky to have served in this role.”

musicians such as Gabe Dixon of the Gabe Dixon Band to play on the record. Before recording could be done, however, Cooper re-alized he needed the funds to reimburse his already generous friend.

“Well, I prayed a lot about it first and then sent letters to friends and fam-ily describing my story and asking for donations of any kind. With their funds, I was able to make the record without taking out a single

loan,” Cooper said. “I’m so blessed.”

Schrodt enlisted the help of Jared Fox and Shane Wilson to engineer and mix Cooper’s EP. Brad Black-wood offered to master the record, known for his work with artists such as Maroon 5 and The Black Eyed Peas.

“Brad complimented my album on his Facebook page right after he posted a video of a track he mastered by Maroon 5,” Cooper said. “I thought to myself ‘Wait. I’m on the same page as Maroon 5? This is nuts.’”

Cooper and his entou-rage recorded the first seg-ment of his five-track EP in

January 2011. He returned in February to record the last two tracks and came to Schrodt with an idea gleaming on his face.

“I wrote ‘The Way I Feel’ a few days before I went back to Nashville,” Cooper said. “After talk-ing with Jacob, it ended up being the title track for the album.”

Cooper’s album “The Way I Feel” debuted May 3, hitting the iTunes overall Album Charts at No. 88 and climbing to No. 68 in a few hours. His album exploded in the Pop genre, chart-ing out to No. 16 around Ke$ha and Katy Perry.

“To see your face next to Justin Bieber’s face is way cool,” Cooper said.

Cooper was pleased to see Aggies come out to Schotzi’s Saturday for his Record Release show fea-turing Cooper, Jillian Ed-wards, The Conglomerate and Daniel Crawford. The soothing, blues-infused voice of Cooper was a fan-tastic and well-deserved break for students studying for finals.

“Its so great to be in the Aggie Network,” Cooper said. “I’m surrounded by the support and friendship of my fellow students.”

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MSC RenovationsIn August 2009 the University began renovations on the Memorial Student Center, scheduled to be complete by April 21, 2012.

President visits campusOn October 16, 2009, President Obama visited Texas A&M main campus to present the Points of Light award to Mallory Meyers, a former director of The Big Event.

Aggie conservativesMembers of Young Conservatives of Texas organized a demonstration to throw “nest eggs” at a picture of then presidential candidate Obama’s face; the event gained national attention.

Al-Qaida confirmed the killing of Osama bin Laden Friday and vowed revenge, saying Americans’ “happiness will turn to sadness” in the first statement by the terror network since its leader was slain in a U.S. commando raid against his Pakistani hideout.

The confirmation came as newly uncovered docu-ments found in bin Laden’s

residence revealed al-Qaida plans for derailing an Ameri-can train on the upcoming 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.

Terror experts have said bin Laden’s death on Monday was a setback for al-Qaida but the threat of attacks remains and could even spike in com-ing days from individuals or small extremist groups in-

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Bonfi re anniversaryNovember 18, 2009, marked the 10-year anniversary of the tragic collapse of Aggie bonfi re.

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Adviser runs for city council

An A&M administrator could soon join the leader-ship of College Station. Di-rector of Advising for Gen-eral Academic Programs Karl Mooney is running for Place 3 in City Council in the up-coming municipal elections.

Mooney said he would like to see the city and University work together in more ways that are mutually beneficial.

“One of the things that has struck me is that both are facing shortfalls in revenue or — in the case of the Uni-versity, state support — and that’s going to have an im-pact. It makes it harder to not only keep people employed but also to maintain facilities and services in both places,” Mooney said.

Mooney, a former chair-man of the College Station Planning and Zoning Com-mission, said the city and the University have been discuss-ing building a convention center, and he thinks collec-tively the two organizations could build a better facility at lower cost to each.

He also would propose us-ing the city’s hotel tax to rent University facilities for com-munity sporting events.

“They’ll come in and they’ll stay overnight, they’ll eat in our restaurants, they’ll buy our stuff, all that, every-body wins. At the same time, because those facilities are being used more frequently, the athletics [department’s]

and the University’s cost of running those facilities goes down because they’re not sit-ting idle,” he said.

Mooney is running for the place currently held by Den-nis Maloney, who according to The Eagle can’t run for re-election because he has reached his term limit.

Mooney became the first in the race when he filed for election Feb. 18. The elec-tion is Saturday, and early voting began May 2.

Mooney said College Sta-tion has reduced its budget over the past two years by not filling positions in the fire and police departments, not repairing roads as frequently and not replacing city equip-ment. He said the city needs to find ways to maintain core services, such as fire, police and animal control, with the existing budget.

“We need to make sure that we are doing the best we possibly can with the dol-lars that we have to maintain those things, the health, the safety, the welfare; make sure that College Station is still a very attractive place to live,” Mooney said. “It must be because we’re growing faster than almost any other city in the state of Texas.”

Mooney’s long-time friend Steve Aldrich, a fi-nancial planner and former school board trustee, said he thinks the biggest challenge Mooney will face will be bal-ancing the budget with the community’s need to grow.

“I think Karl will knock out a good compromise be-tween what we want to do and prioritizing what we need to do and what we can actually afford to do,” Aldrich said.

Mooney said he wants to increase communication with constituents by holding monthly town hall meetings, held in different neighbor-hoods each time.

“That’s the council reach-ing out to the folks, and when a councilperson does that, folks can’t help but think they’re concerned about where they live,” he said.

Mooney has worked in general academic programs since last year. He first started working at A&M in 1989 as the assistant athletic director for academic services, and in 1999 transferred to the Col-lege of Education. He then moved to Orlando to serve as assistant athletic director at the University of Central Florida. He was promoted to senior associate athletic direc-tor, and when the athletic di-rector transferred to SMU, he went into private business as a realtor and property manager.

Campaign treasurer Danny Stribling said Mooney thinks through everything.

“He studies all sides of the issue, not only how it would affect the University; his pri-mary focus is how it would affect the city to keep the city moving forward,” he said.

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“I was determined to get into a major university,” Peter said. “I didn’t know anything and I was poor and wanted an education.”

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Many memories and op-portunities have faced the Wingate family. While in College Station they ran three businesses one of the being a snow cone business, Mount Aggie Snow Cones, that was in front of Fat Burger, where the Cajun restaurant stands now. Peter also shared a story of smuggling his brother Clay and nephews into the dorm so they could visit the Texas A&M campus.

Now, 23 years later, the next generation of the Wing-ate family is on the A&M campus. Suter came out of retirement 25 years after Peter first enrolled and lent a hand to his son Bryce and helped him become the first of the

next Wingate generation to become an Aggie.

“I meet with Suter and he sat down with me,” said Bryce Wingate, a sophomore biological and agricultural engineering major. “He sup-ported me because he knew my dad was a good person and saw similar traits in me as well.”

Bryce and Zach both at-tended the Aggie Sum-mer Institute while in high school. As kids, they were brought down here several times where they attended football games and Midnight Yell. They grew up talking about college and will highly recommend A&M to anyone.

“This is the best school there is,” said Zach Wingate, a freshman nuclear engineer-ing major. “I considered oth-er places, but then came to visit and I loved it. Both my parents came to A&M and we always had the Twelfth Man towel hanging with the other towels.”

The Wingate family is one of the many unique stories among the Aggie family. The story is an inspiration for oth-ers seeking a college education without money, but also goes to show the impact and life lessons A&M teaches students.

“This story is one of the things I am most proud of besides my marriage and children,” Peter said. “But my siblings and children getting a college degree is a source of pride.”

Luz Moreno-Lozano The Battalion

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we always had the Twelfth Man towel hanging with the other towels.”

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World record attendanceIn the football game against Nebraska, in November 2010, the Fightin’ Texas Aggie Twelfth Man attended with 30,000 students, 90,079 total attendance.

Budget cutsThe Texas Legislative Budget Board requested educational budget cuts in January 2010, asking for further cuts again in May 2010.

Groups opposed to the an-nexation of Wellborn have organized a recall election for Mayor Nancy Berry and two council members, mean-ing citizens will vote whether or not they should stay in of-fice. According to The Eagle, Mooney’s opponent Arthur Pinto joined a “conservative coalition” with Place 1 candi-date Shawn Rhodes and Place

5 candidate Hal Hawkins, which has the endorsement of the Wellborn groups and Councilwoman Jana McMil-lan, who is not running for re-election.

“Recall, the way it’s being used here, is a complete mis-use,” Mooney said.

The College Station city charter does not state what grounds recall is limited to. Mooney said a committee of College Station residents has been appointed by city coun-cil to review the charter, and

he hopes they will amend it to state more clearly what the reasons for recall are.

“I just hope that the citi-zens of College Station will look at the facts, understand the misleading facts that are being misrepresented by a coalition of candidates and one soon-to-be non-coun-cilmember and express their displeasure with that activity by their vote against recall and their vote for any of the candidates who are not in that coalition,” Mooney said.

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The 2010-2011 academic year might be looked back upon as the historical moment when a well-oiled Aggie sports machine finally kicked into gear.

Aggies and A&M fans enjoyed a run of success without precedent in the school’s athletic history; teams in all sports thrust them-selves into a level of national dis-cussion and prominence or con-tinued runs there.

A&M planted its flag at the top of the women’s basketball moun-tain, bringing home a national championship in the sport that sits third in the NCAA hierarchy in terms of television exposure. The Aggies were mainstays in the top-5 for the entirety of the season but just barely failed to eclipse top teams on four separate occasions — in an early-season matchup at Duke, against Baylor in College Station and Waco and against the Lady Bears a final time in the Big 12 Championship. Fans were left to wonder if it would be close but just not enough once more.

In the NCAA Tournament, those fears were definitively nixed. After blowing the first three oppo-

nents out of the water, the Aggies ran Baylor out of Dallas to make the Final Four and beat heavyweights Stanford and Notre Dame in two classics to take the title.

Seniors and All-Americans Syd-ney Colson and Danielle Adams were both taken in the WNBA Draft. The buzz about Head Coach Gary Blair’s program will continue into the upcoming season as much of the core of that team returns and the one-time No. 2 overall high school recruit, South Carolina transfer Kelsey Bone, makes her homecoming.

The title became A&M’s sixth in an NCAA-sanctioned sport in the last three years, following golf, men’s and women’s outdoor track in 2009 and 2010.

It was a football season that won’t soon be forgotten either. Following a sustained run of mediocrity in the sport for the better part of a decade, Head Coach Mike Sherman’s Ag-gies busted out to a six-game win-ning streak at the end of their sea-son, defeating Oklahoma, Nebraska and Texas. The Twelfth Man was re-awoken from a deep slumber; against Nebraska, more than 90,000 fans filled Kyle Field for the first time and the more-than 30,000 students

in attendance set a world record.Linebacker Von Miller carved

his own bust in the Aggie sports pantheon, leading the Big 12 in sacks again, earning his second All-America billing, bringing the But-kus Award back to Aggieland and becoming the second overall pick in the 2011 NFL Draft — widely publicizing A&M all the while.

Though the Aggies lost the Cot-ton Bowl to LSU, they made it there for the first time since 2005 and finished ranked — at No. 19 — in the final polls for the first time since 1999.

B.J. Holmes and Nathan Walkup made the most of their final year at A&M, teaming with Head Coach Mark Turgeon to ensure the men’s basketball team made its sixth con-secutive NCAA Tournament. Dur-ing a particularly rough stretch of the season, when the team was fal-tering after achieving a temporary top-10 ranking, Holmes hit a 25-foot 3-pointer against Colorado to send a pivotal game on the Aggies’ schedule into overtime. The team eventually won the game.

The Florida State Seminoles bounced the team in the round of 64, ending a five-year A&M streak of winning at least one game in the

tournament, but the seniors left a rock-solid foundation to the classes after them and took with them their own share of memories.

In the fall, the soccer team won the Big 12 regular-season title and visited the NCAA Tournament for the 16th consecutive season; meanwhile, the men’s and women’s swimming teams were finishing in the upper echelon of their respective championship meets once again.

Several sports are still ongoing — the men’s tennis team, a top-10 fix-ture, won the Big 12 championship a week ago with three straight 4-0 victories in a dominant tournament performance. The team earned the No. 9 overall national seed in the NCAA Tournament, making it one of 16 squads that will host the first two rounds. The story goes much the same for the baseball team, a top-10 mainstay since the preseason. The Aggies have two conference se-ries remaining and are attempting to hold on to a regional host spot.

It might not appear that such a widespread streak of success could continue, but the current A&M athletic department is stocked to do nothing but get better. After the College World Series’ June end, it all begins again in the fall.

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Home sweet home

Home is where the heart is; it is often written in songs, under-scored in movies and used as a

general feel-good expression. But after living away from home for four years, moving back home with parents might be an option some Aggies have to take.

It might be the best option, said Thom Fox, community outreach director at Cam-bridge Credit Counseling.

By and large, the biggest issue facing recent graduates is the economy and the lack of jobs that are out there, Fox said.

Living at home erases all sorts of expenses recent graduates might find, such as rent, utility bills and vari-ous odds and ends that most parents will gladly take up.

Furthermore, living at home can be a great way to start a routine conducive to starting one’s first job.

“Moving home can be test run of an adult life. The young graduate has the op-portunity to adjust to a ‘9-5 life,’ a style of living that’s much different than what they likely had in college,” said Christopher Viale, CEO of Cambridge Credit Coun-seling.

“You have to be in survival mode, you have to weigh your decisions and plan out your course of ac-tion,” Fox said.

Although, moving back home to a house full of par-ents and rules might not seem ideal, in tough economic times it might be necessary.

A concern for most graduates might be deal-ing with their parents. The dynamic in a household will change now that the child is no longer a child.

Graduates won’t want to have an 11 o’clock curfew, as they did in high school, so reconciling habits in college with parent’s expectations will be a challenge, Fox said.

There will be a change in house. Parents are more inclined to make adjustments if they are involved in the decision-making process, Fox said.

Talking to parents and cre-ating a timeline for how long one plans to live at home and what one will be doing while at home could be beneficial.

It’s important to start the job search as quickly as possible and leverage social media more than in the past.

“Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn all are useful in finding jobs, places to live and contacts in general. On

LinkedIn, one can host their résumé for free as well as add in projects and videos of themselves. Basically, market yourself. Social media can bring a lot to the table,” Fox said. “However, it’s impor-tant to remember to manage your social profile. It’s commonplace for potential employers to Google indi-viduals before hiring them,” Fox said.

Despite reservations some might hold about moving back home, it’s worked for Nida Momin, class of 2010.

“For me, moving back home after graduation was a great decision. I had planned to take a year off before starting medical school, so I spent that year pursu-ing other interests in my hometown while applying and interviewing at med schools,” she said.

Venturing out into new passions might prove to be far more beneficial than instantly beginning an all-consuming career. Some time off from school spent with family and friends can rejuvenate a person who has

been in school for the past 20 or so years.

“This may not necessar-ily hold true for every grad, but one of the reasons why I moved back after graduation was that I wanted to spend a lot of time with my family before jumping into the next chapter in my life. As an added bonus, I reconnected with my old high school friends,” Momin said. “Liv-ing back home has made me more involved in my family life and religious community than ever. It’s just nice to be around my support system.”

Naila Dhanani is a junior biomedical sciences major

You have to be in survival mode, you have to

weigh your decisions and plan out your course of action.”

Thom Fox,community director at Cambridge Credit

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Call for carry

On April 7, Texas Sen. Ogden (R-College Station)

took the Senate Floor to explain why he opposes at-tempts to legalize licensed concealed carry (of handguns) on Texas college campuses.

Not once during his 15-minute speech did he suggest that legalizing “campus carry” might make Texas colleges less safe. Instead, he argued that because foreign nationals and most individuals under the age of 21 are in-eligible to obtain a Texas concealed handgun license, it would be unfair to allow concealed carry at Texas colleges.

Of all the misguided reasons to deny trained, licensed adults the means to protect themselves on college campuses, the sugges-tion that doing so would be unfair to anyone ineligible to obtain a concealed handgun license is possibly the most bizarre argument to come out of this already bizarre debate.

Ogden’s desire to handicap license holders in the name of equality sounds eerily like a cross between Kurt Vonnegut’s satirical short story “Harrison Bergeron,” in which a future society ensures the equality of the masses by handicapping any individual who possess an ability not shared by everyone, and the teachings of Karl Marx.

Does Ogden’s desire for equality extend beyond college campuses? Is he bothered by the fact that current state law allows some people (trained, licensed, carefully-screened adults age 21 and above) but not others (chil-dren, the mentally ill, convicted felons, etc.) to carry concealed handguns at locations such as churches, movie theaters, shopping malls, office buildings, grocery stores, restaurants, banks and the Texas Capitol?

Is he equally concerned that most high schools allow licensed students over the age of 16 to drive to school but do not allow the same of unlicensed students under the age of 16?

Continuing with his theme of fairness, Ogden went on to suggest that pending cam-pus carry legislation would unfairly require public colleges to allow concealed carry on campus, while allowing private colleges to create their own firearms policies.

Does Ogden also believe that public col-leges should be allowed the same freedom as private colleges to incorporate religious doctrine into core curriculum?

Perhaps Ogden thinks private colleges only exist so students have the option of paying more for a higher education. But in reality, private colleges exist so that students

have the option of attending schools not bound by the same restrictions as public col-leges.

The State of Texas doesn’t allow any other state institution to restrict licensed concealed carry. From municipal govern-ments to state agencies, the law of the land is that state institutions must honor state-issued licenses. So why does Ogden think that state colleges deserve special consideration? Why does he believe that a public college’s right to self-govern trumps a private citizen’s right to self-defense?

The facts supporting campus carry are undeniable. Outside of Texas, 71 public col-leges have allowed licensed concealed carry on campus for an average of more than three years. Not one has seen a single resulting in-cident of gun violence (including threats and suicides) or a single resulting gun accident.

Throughout Texas, one person out of ev-ery 55 is licensed to carry a concealed hand-gun (among persons of typical college age, the rate is closer to one person out of every 300). Yet a Texan is 20 times more likely to be struck by lightning than to be murdered or negligently killed by a concealed handgun license holder.

Every peer-reviewed study on the subject of licensed concealed carry — including studies by the National Academy of Sciences and the Harvard Injury Control Research Center — has concluded that licensed concealed carry cannot be shown to lead to an increase in either violent crime or gun deaths.

The vice president of the Houston Police Officers’ Union, the largest police union in Texas, recently dismissed concerns about campus carry impeding police and said his organization would support the legalization of licensed concealed carry on Texas college campuses.

In light of those facts, what possible reason could Ogden have, beyond his bizarre views on fairness, for opposing campus carry? What legitimate reason could anybody have?

Madison Welch is a sophomore agricultural communication and journalism major and the

assistant Texas Legislative director of Students for Concealed Carry on Campus.

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