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With each needle puncture delivering an-other dose of intricately injected ink, the art of permanent body tattoos becomes both more appealing and acceptable in today’s culture. Former student Andres de la Concha, Class of 2008, helps to fuel that trend.

De la Concha, who studied health while a student, began working at Arsenal Tattoo in College Station in 2005, and began his ap-prenticeship six months before he graduated. Although de la Concha knew he wanted to become a tattoo artist, his boss, Cliff Collard, encouraged him to finish school.

“The stipulation with Cliff was he wanted me to finish what I started — didn’t want me to drop out of school. I showed him that I could work hard, showed him I was trustwor-thy,” de la Concha said. “He got to know my family and he knew how important it was to them that I graduate. He was very adamant that I put school first.”

De la Concha said he became a tattooist because of everything that tattoos incorporate, from the artwork to family values.

“I just loved art, drawing, I loved getting tattoos. I loved the artwork. I loved the culture,

too,” de la Concha said. “Once I started work-ing conventions and started hanging out with other tattooers, I liked the camaraderie and the family values within the tattoo community. We hold a lot of stuff close because it’s a trade that you have to earn the right to tattoo.”

De la Concha said tattoo culture is grow-ing in College Station, although there are still some misconceptions. But tattoo artists in College Station take pride in their work, which requires clients to understand what it means to get a tattoo that is done well.

“People are starting to learn a little more about what a good tattoo is,” de la Concha said. “If they just look at the quality of the work of the tattoo shop maybe they would understand why there is a wait, and then they would understand [a tattoo] is forever.”

The culture has also spread to the campus as students get bigger, more detailed tattoos.

“It’s not necessarily Aggie tattoos, but we do get several students, and then, just by word of mouth, the shop’s reputation definitely spreads through the campus,” de la Concha said. “They’re starting to see the [tattooing] shows on TV, which sort of inspire them to see it as more of a popular thing to do. It’s no longer just about very simple designs — [the

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Andres de la Concha, Class of 2008, began a tattooing apprenticeship six moths before graduating from A&M.

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Senior guard Sydney Carter didn’t make a single field goal attempt in her 24 minutes of action, but in dramatic fashion with 2.8 sec-onds on the clock and the score tied at 64, Carter stepped to the free throw line and scored her only two points of the game.

Afterward, head coach Gary Blair had this to say: “Thank heavens for Carter.”

Carter’s free throws sealed a 66-64 win over the Iowa State Cyclones, moving the team’s record to 14-5 overall and 5-3 in the Big 12 conference. The Aggies weathered a three-point barrage from the Cyclones and a 22-point outing by junior forward Chelsea

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Poppens in the process. Carter said she was confident in her free throw ability, even if her shots weren’t falling.

“I knew that if I drew the foul, free throws are like layups for me,” Carter said. “I know if I can’t make any other shot, I can make free throws with confidence.”

Sunday afternoon marked the second meet-ing between these two teams in the last two weeks. A&M won the first meeting 59-33 in Ames, Iowa — part of five consecutive losses to begin the conference season for the Cyclones — but A&M head coach Gary Blair said that Iowa State has changed since the two teams last met.

Students celebrate Lunar New Year

Students from the International Shaolin Wushu Center perform a dragon dance Saturday night during the Chinese Spring Festival Variety Show.

Considered the most important traditional holiday for the Chinese People, the New Year, or Spring Festival, occurs during the first day of the first month of the Chinese calendar. The members of the Chi-nese Students and Scholars Associa-tion, CSSA, shared the occasion’s tradition with other A&M students Saturday.

The Spring Festival is celebrated

during a 15-day period and ends, traditionally, with the Lantern Fes-tival. On campus, the CSSA rec-reated and represented many of the customs and celebrations that would normally take place during the weeks following the Jan. 23 start to the Lunar New Year.

According to tradition, Chinese families celebrate the new year to-gether. Yining Xu, educational phi-

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The world-famous Harlem Globetrotters are stopping by Reed Arena Monday night in its 86th consecutive year of trotting the globe.

Globetrotter Slick Willie Shaw said this year the Glo-betrotters have a great rookie class. Monday’s game will feature players such as Jacob “Hops” Tucker, the 2011 College Slam Dunk Champ, who sports a 50-inch vertical leap.

TNT Maddox, the first female Globetrotter in near-ly two decades, and just the ninth female in Globetrotter history, will play Monday night, as well as 7-foot-4-inch Stretch Middleton — one of three 7-footers on the team this year.

“Like the NBA, we are going to play basketball, but we are going to mix it up at the same time,” Shaw said. “We activate the crowd, get the crowd involved; it’s bas-ketball with entertainment in the mix.”

Shaw said it doesn’t matter who the Globetrotters play, they are going to whoop up on them, but that the other team is still full of talented basketball players.

“These guys can play bas-ketball, you know, they’re basketball players; they can shoot the ball really well, they can run, they can dunk, they

can play the game of basket-ball,” Shaw said. “So, we’re going to have to go out there and play.”

Every Globetrotter’s game includes the 4-point shot, 35-feet from the basket nearly 12 feet beyond the NBA’s three-point arc.

The North American leg of the 2012 World Tour runs through mid-April. Until then, the team will play near-ly 270 games in more than 230 cities, 46 states and five Canadian provinces.

“Harlem Globetrotters — we trot the globe,” Shaw said. “I’ve been blessed in my eight-year tenure as a Harlem Globetrotter. I’ve personally been to 60-plus countries.”

Shaw said the Globetrot-ters have scouts to recruit players like any other team.

“Personally, I was in Las Vegas playing an All-Star game eight years ago and was recruited by the Globetrot-ters,” Shaw said.

Shaw said the Globetrot-ters are known as a basket of good will in addition to being basketball players.

“We go to children’s hos-pitals, schools; those are the things I like personally doing, because you go see children in the hospital fighting for their life, and they haven’t smiled in a month because they’re going into surgery,” Shaw said. “I go in there and spin the ball on my finger, and I’ll never forget when a

mother literally shed a tear-because she’d seen her child smile.”

Zaid Siddiqui, junior psy-chology major, said he is ex-cited to see the Globetrotters perform.

“They’re always so inno-vative and creative, bringing excitement and something different to the normal realm of basketball,” Siddiqui said.

Reed Arena general man-ager Leslie Lamkin said stu-dents can purchase tickets through the Twelfth Man Foundation website. Tip-off is at 7 p.m., and doors open at 6 p.m. for the public. Ticket prices start at $15.

“We’re going to have a good time out there, and it’s going to be something you will remember for the rest of your life,” Shaw said.

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Injured and dressed in sweaters and jeans rather than maroon jer-seys, senior point guard Dash Harris and junior forward Khris Middleton began a chant while walking into the locker room after the Aggies’ 76-61 victory over Oklahoma State.

“Keep the lights on,” Harris and Middleton shouted, effectively tell-ing the world that even though it may have written off the Aggies af-ter stumbling out of the gate into conference play, the team isn’t quite ready to turn off the lights of its sea-son.

“We talked about it all week,” head coach Billy Kennedy said of the team’s effort. “‘We’re beat up, we need everyone to give a little more.’ Obviously I’m real proud of our guys. This is what A&M is all about: character, toughness.”

Junior guard Elston Turner scored 23 points — the third consecutive game in which he has broken the 20-point plane. Senior forward Da-vid Loubeau chipped in 13 points and two steals. But the real story of the game was the production out of A&M’s bench.

“I feel like everyone stepped up,” Turner said. “We preached it all week, if Dash doesn’t go, then we’ll rely on us and our bench. Ev-erybody stepped up today, and we get that consistent effort then we’re going to be a tough team to beat.”

Harris’ foot injury and freshman Jamal Branch’s recent withdrawal from school for personal reasons left the Aggies very short-staffed in the point guard department. Turner

started the game at point, but when the offense mired, Kennedy turned to seldom-used senior guard Alex Baird, a walk-on who had played a total of six minutes in two years of service. With Turner at shooting guard spot and Baird running the show, the Aggies finished the first half strong and eventually outscored the Cowboys 46-32 in the second period.

“We needed that,” Turner said of Baird’s three assists, four rebounds and zero turnovers. “We’ve always had confidence in him and have seen him play. He was just waiting for his time, he finally got it and used the best of it.”

Baird described his time on the court as “pretty surreal.”

“Probably the most insanely awe-some thing I’ve ever done,” Baird said. “I just wanted to win because we were down two players. They gave me the ‘you might need to be ready to go’ and I gave everything I had for my team.”

Help came from all kinds of un-expected places for the Aggies on Saturday afternoon. Freshman for-ward Jordan Green used his length to force OSU’s Keiton Page into a 2-for-13 day from the field and strong defense from freshman for-ward Danny Alexander minimized the impact of the Cowboys’ fresh-man phenom, Le’Bryan Nash. Coming off a 27-point outing in a win against No. 2 Missouri, Nash was held to 13 points on 5-of-15 shooting and committed four turn-overs.

“[Turnovers] allowed them to get easy baskets, and we had a 7- or 8-point lead and we turned it

over,” OSU head coach Travis Ford said. “When you’re playing a team at their court, you don’t want to give them anything to build on. And they forced them, their kids are feisty, and that’s dangerous.”

Junior guard Zach Kinsley con-nected on half his attempts from the three-point line en route to eight points while Alexander scored 11 and pulled down six rebounds. Two

of his 11 came on an alley-oop from Green that drew the 9,027 fans in Reed Arena out of their seats.

“It was cool because we were playing almost kind of like a pick-up game,” Alexander said. “I pointed up, he saw me, we both smiled and it was easy from that point on.”

Kennedy hopes that the win, his team’s third consecutive at home, “breeds confidence” for Wednesday

night’s battle against No. 7 Baylor.“Baylor obviously is very confi-

dent; they’ve only lost two games this season,” Kennedy said. “I think we’re a much better team than when we played them last. I think we’re going to have to have a spec-tacular effort against a good team.”

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Senior guard Alex Baird drives to the bucket past Oklahoma State’s Keiton Paige in the Aggies’ 76-61 win over the Cowboys.

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Game Review

◗ The Aggies held the Cowboys to a 33.3 shooting percentage in the second half.

◗ A&M’s victory over Oklahoma State was its third in a row at Reed Arena.

◗ Junior guard Elston Turner has averaged 23.3 points in his last three games. His fi ve assists were a career-high.

◗ A&M’s 58.3 fi eld goal percentage was its highest in Big 12 play.

◗ Daniel Alexander had a career-high eight points Saturday.

◗ Senior walk-on Alex Baird totalled six minutes through eight games before his career-high 21 minutes against Oklahoma State.

Up Next

◗ A&M’s next opponent will be the No. 7 Baylor Bears at 8 p.m. Wednesday at Reed Arena.

◗ The game will be televised on ESPN2.


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Taylor Brack, junior com-munication major, said tattoos are still seen as taboo in con-servative settings like A&M, but that he hasn’t received negative feedback for his ta-toos. As a Christian, Brack said tattoos allow people to express their spirituality.

“If someone asks about [my tattoos] it opens the door to my life, to my spiritual-ity,” Brack said. “I’m going to get tattoos that mean a lot to me. It gives an opportunity to share about my life and my spiritual walk.”

Brack said tattoos are be-coming available to more groups because they won’t change a person’s personality.

“It’s not limited to the lib-eral group anymore,” Brack said. “A lot of people think they’ll become a social out-cast. It changes your appear-ance, but it doesn’t change your character.”

Ryan Bray, junior tech-nology management major, said tattoos are an art form that uses the human body as the canvas and allows people to express who they are.

“A tattoo should have meaning,” Bray said. “If you’re getting tattooed, you have to treat your skin as a canvas, not a high school spi-ral that you’re just doodling on.”

Although he doesn’t have any tattoos, Bray said he would get tattooed in College Station as opposed to a big city, because location doesn’t define artists’ talent.

“I think it’s about the art-ist, their reputation and work, not about location,” Bray said. “There is hidden talent everywhere. It’s just a matter of finding someone’s work you like, putting your confi-

dence in them as an artist and laying the ink down.”

De la Concha said there are things to consider when get-ting your first tattoo.

“Wait. It’s not a spur of the moment thing,” de la Concha said. “Definitely start where you can keep stuff a little bit hidden. Think about your future. If you’re not sure what you’re going to be do-ing, make sure it’s not going to keep you from being able to do what you want to do.”


Matt Short, former student psychology major, getting his first tattoo at Arsenal Tattoo on Jan. 26.

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losophy graduate student, equated it to a more familiar American holiday.

“It’s a lot like Christmas here, with you and your family coming together to eat and party and spend time together,” Xu said. “On the next day, aunts and uncles and oth-er family join in. It’s a very happy way to start the new year.”

The Spring Festival allows Chi-nese Aggies — as well as those from other cultures that recognize the Lunar New Year — who did not return home to their families to celebrate with friends on campus. Performances by traditional dance and musical groups gave attendees a glimpse into the festival’s cultural roots, while other student groups, including a four-handed piano solo — during which two pianists share an instrument — and come-dic ensembles, offered their skills to round out the entertainment for the evening.

Since this year marks the Year of the Dragon, according to the Chi-nese zodiac, a plethora of powerful colors and symbols set the mood for the festival in Rudder Audi-torium. The Dragon is primarily known as a symbol of good for-tune, luck and the embodiment of the Chinese people.

“We view the dragon with rev-erence and awe, as it symbolizes

luck and power for the Chinese,” said Jianchao Ge, geophysics grad-uate student. “This is not the same dragon from medieval legends. Ours is unique and special to our people.”

The CSSA first began the local Spring Festival in 2005 as a way to offer homesick international stu-dents a way to take part in such an important event. Initial turnouts of 500 students burgeoned with each year, and approximately 2,000 stu-dents attended Saturday’s event.

As the celebration grew on campus and more students became enamored with the bright colors, lively music, and welcoming gen-erosity, CSSA turned its influence toward educating fellow Aggies about the heritage and cultural importance of the event. Now, CSSA uses the Spring Festival as a way to thank the Texas A&M community for its acceptance and love toward the many students far from home.

“I saw a sign on campus and was simply curious about the event,” said John Lisle, junior history ma-jor. “When I got there, the smells and the sights nearly overwhelmed me. It was a fantastic experience, and the people were more than happy to have everyone there.”

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To get involved◗ CSSA works with classes on campus to offer tutoring in Chinese languages courses as well as many other subjects. Aside from the Spring Festival, the group plans to host a Dumplin Making session on Feb. 2, which will include traditional eatery and activities like puzzle solving.

◗ Interested students can learn more about the CSSA at www.tamucssa.com, or by attending any one of the many celebrations or tutoring sessions on campus.


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“That’s so much differ-ent than the team we saw at Iowa State,” Blair said. “The reason is that they went 0-5, and they have a great coach-ing staff. They went back to the board and said ‘We have a little pride.’ They’ve been playing that way ever since.”

The game was knotted at 64 with two minutes remain-ing, but neither team scored until Carter’s free throws. The Cyclones had a chance to take the lead as they in-bounded the ball with more than 30 seconds remaining, but freshman point guard Nikki Moody dribbled the clock out for a shot-clock vi-olation, giving the Aggies the chance they needed to win the game. Iowa State head coach Billy Fennelly said his team practices late-game situ-ations every day.

“She made a freshman mistake,” Fennelly said. “We knew how much time was on the clock and we talked about the difference. They defend-ed it very well; [Moody] just couldn’t get a shot off.”

Moody accounted for eight of her team’s 18 turnovers, but scored 12 points and had success penetrating the Aggie defense off the dribble.

In a matchup of freshman point guards, Alexia Standish had eight points and zero turnovers. Blair said Standish’s ball protection has been good, but added that there is room for improvement.

“She has been safety con-scious,” Blair said. “Some-times that’s good, but against a zone and in transition, I need her to be a little more creative. She’s not turning it over, and I love her for that. In the first half, she kept us in it with her eight points.”

Senior forward Adaora Elonu scored a game-high 14

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points in the prior meeting, and led the Aggies again to-night with 19 points on 7-of-12 shooting and a team-high four assists. Senior guard Tyra White added 14 points. Blair praised Elonu’s consistency.

“Adaora was solid as usu-al,” Blair said. “Don’t ever forget about her.”

Poppens, who came into the game leading her team with 13.6 points per game and a Big 12-best 11.4 re-bounds per game, made nine of 15 shots and brought down five of her nine rebounds on the offensive glass. Blair called Poppens is one of the best players in the conference.

“Everything is Poppens, Poppens, Poppens,” Blair said. “She’s just a good player whether she gets the ball or not. She takes people away. She’s constantly going hard after the ball. Poppens is one of the five best players in our league and she proved it again tonight.”

The Cyclones made seven three-pointers on nine at-tempts in the first half, flip-ping a 17-10 deficit into a 39-32 advantage. Poppens said ball movement was the key to the early perimeter success.

“We just tried to make hustle plays and get the out-side shooters open,” Poppens

said. “Everyone was moving the ball really well and people were hitting screens, just get-ting teammates open.”

In a game that could have gone either way, Carter said the team doesn’t consider the victory a “steal.”

“You can’t afford to lose any games in the Big 12 because the league is so bal-anced this year,” Carter said. “I don’t think it’s a steal; you just have to win at home. It’s all or nothing for these last few games. If it means getting a black eye, a black eye and a win is better than a loss.”

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Senior Adaora Elonu drives in for a lay up past defending Iowa State

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‘Relentless’ offers encouragement to Aggie Christians

Picture a bunch of college guys laughing, having milk chugging contests, enjoying the company of brothers in Christ and worshiping Jesus ferociously in a gym that echoes and am-plifies every sound. For the hundreds of men gathered in the Family Life Center of Cen-tral Baptist Church-College Station on Friday night, Relentless Conference presented the opportunity to relax, let down person walls and experience spiritual renewal.

“The conference was a flood of wisdom and great worship,” said Jordan Stubbs, senior ki-nesiology major.

The purpose of the Relentless Confer-ence — now in its second year — is to teach college-aged men biblical truths so that they can become who God is calling them to be. The conference used contemporary wor-ship, speakers and smaller breakout sessions to achieve this goal.

Joe White, former Aggie assistant football coach, opened the conference. White rode his Harley into the building and down to the stage. He spoke about the void in the men’s hearts where pain, anger and hurt are hidden. White chal-lenged every man in the room to give his heart to God and receive a new one.

“Hearing [Joe] talk about the power of having a ‘new heart’ and the impact of something like that on your life got me excited to start [my] new job,” said Neal Spencer, Class of 2011.

Russell Moore, dean of the School of Theology at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth and senior pastor of Highview Baptist Church, followed White. Moore spoke on temptation and a believer’s identity in Christ. Moore also addressed how satanic powers try to trap Christians, especially

men, to identify with struggles and sins, rath-er than accepting their true identity as sons of God.

Stubbs said Moore gave him a new perspective.

Interspersed between worship and speakers, in-depth “breakout sessions” analyzed topics including evangelism, goal setting, Christian ministry and spiritual intimacy.

“I went to the breakout session on goal setting and got some good advice,” said Anthony Clay, junior anthropology major. “Now because I have tangible goals, I’m mo-tivated to live for God all the time, not just when I’m going to church or feel like people are watching.”

Ben Stuart, executive director of Break-away Ministries, closed the night of teaching with a talk on Christian brotherhood and the need to be focused and united in the fellow-ship of the gospel.

“Relentless helped me realize how much I

really need my brothers in Christ,” said C.J. Cottey, junior allied health major. “We need each other to survive in this world.”

Christian artist and A&M former student Jimmy Needham kicked off his Grace Amaz-ing tour with Christian rapper Trip Lee at the conference.

“Thanks to Jesus’ sacrifice we shouldn’t worry about the history of the sin in our lives. It’s amazing how easily you can forget about that,” Spencer said.

Tim BardinThe Battalion

I’m motivated to live for God all the time, not just when

I’m going to church or feel like people

are watching. — Anthony Clay, junior

anthropology major

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