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insidevoices | 3Like a scarlet letterGuest columnist Andrew Roblyer shares his experience as a supporter of the GLBT community on campus.

voices | 3You’ve been punk’dRepublican Congressman and former student Louie Gohmert fi les legislation titled “American Jobs Act,” stealing Obama’s jobs plan’s name. Mr. President, you’ve been punk’d.

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Homeland Security chief visits Bush School

Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano visited the Bush School Tues-day to discuss homeland security ten years

after Sept. 11.“The idea is to

connect homeland security with what is going on in our col-leges and universities because I believe that the students are the future of our securi-ty,” Napolitano said.

Nathaniel Hick-man, a graduate student at the Bush

School, said he liked the focus of Napoli-tano’s speech.

“She laid it all out and asked us the ques-tions, because we’re the future,” Hick-man said. “I think it’s great to put the re-sponsibility to help solve these problems on ourselves.”

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was created in response to the 9/11 attacks. Napolitano reminded students of

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the ongoing and ever-evolving risks the country faces daily, but emphasized that the U.S. is safer now than ten years ago.

“Terrorism did not begin on Sept. 11, and it did not end with the death of Osama Bin Laden,” Napolitano said. “Terrorist threats are real, constantly evolving and need our constant attention.”

Among the many problems faced by DHS, Napolitano said, is that threats are coming not only from without, but also

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Pac-12 commissioner not interested in UT, OU

The Pac-12 athletic con-ference announced Tuesday that it will not extend invita-tions to any institutions, de-spite widespread rumors of league flirtations with Big 12 members Oklahoma, Okla-homa State, Texas and Texas Tech. Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott said in a statement that the league preferred to maintain its 12-team status to benefit students and uphold television contracts.

“While we have great re-spect for all of the institutions that have contacted us, and cer-tain expansion proposals were financially attractive, we have a strong conference structure and culture of equality that we are committed to preserve,” Scott said.

This leaves Oklahoma and Texas to with disagreements about the Longhorn Network — namely, the airing of high school game highlights. OU has demanded reform of the

contract before it will commit to the Big 12.

The Atlantic Coast Confer-ence also made a splash in the conference realignment tsu-nami during the weekend after it raided the Big East Confer-ence, stealing member institu-tions Pittsburgh and Syracuse.

ACC president John Swof-ford told ESPN in an interview that he is happy with 14 mem-bers but will not rule out fur-ther expansion.

“We are very comfortable with the addition of Syra-cuse and Pitt,” Swofford said. “We’ve landed in a good spot, I think, with 14. We’re not ruling out 16. We’re not philosophically opposed to 16, but we’re happy where we’ve landed with 14.”

Swofford explained that the additions strengthen the con-ference as a whole because the two institutions have a desired balance between academics and athletics. He went on to say

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Janet Napolitano, secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, spoke Tuesday to students and faculty at the George Bush School.

See Conference on page 4See Napolitano on page 4

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Once home to thousands of me-andering students and more than half a century of tradition, the Memorial Student Center has stood bare and empty for the last three years due to the $100 million MSC Expansion project. When it opens on April 21, 2012, students and visitors will expe-rience a new MSC, merging immor-talized memories with state-of-the-art utilities of the modern era.

First opened on Muster in 1951, the MSC has been the center of a number of traditions, many of which renovation authorities hope will continue when the building reopens.

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Students might consider the onset of construction across campus to be a nui-sance. With traffic inside and outside cam-pus, and different sections of the University blocked off, the intersection of Wellborn and Old Main will be add to the number of construction sites interfering with pedes-trian and vehicle crossings.

The Wellborn Road Grade Separation project, a $34 million plan, will reroute Old Main as it crosses under Wellborn Road.

The grade separation will involve creat-ing two bridges: one for Wellborn Road and one for the railroad track. Once com-pleted, traffic will avoid the train tracks, preventing delays crossing between West and Main Campus.

Bob Appleton, director of transporta-tion, planning and development of the

Texas Department of Transportation Bryan District, said the project was devel-oped by the University as a result of federal earmark funds.

“This project will enhance the growth on campus and provide efficiency and safe-ty to people traveling through Wellborn and Old Main,” Appleton said. “In addi-tion, the project will reduce conflicts be-tween the railroads and people commuting through the area.”

Texas A&M’s Facilities, Planning and Construction Unit received bids last week in which design engineers provided draw-ings and specifications on behalf of compet-ing firms. The Wellborn Road Grade Sepa-ration construction could begin as early as November or as late as January 2012.

James Riley, director for Utilities and Energy Management, said the project will dramatically improve the connection be-

tween main and west campus, merging the two into one continuous campus.

“This project will provide the means for vehicles, bicycles and pedestrians to traverse underneath both Wellborn Road and the railroad tracks much more easily and safe-ly,” Riley said.

The University received $23.8 mil-lion for the project from a federal grant,

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MSC renovations honor the

past

Wellborn tunnel to unite Main and West Campus

Since the summer of 2009, the Memorial Student Center has remained under timely renovation and is ahead of schedule. The center is due to reopen on April 21, 2012 — to coincide with Muster.

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coming thursday

Dubstep crosses culturesThe loud bass and distinctive sounds of Dubstep are starting to turn heads. What started in the Jamicas in the 1950s has now infi litriated the mainstream. Popular acts like LMFAO and Britney Spears are incorporating the techno genre into their music. We’ll dive deeper into the this growing music scene Thursday.

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◗ Funding despitecuts A&M suffered $39 million in budget cuts this summer. Grab a Battalion Thursday to fi nd out how A&M can afford to continue campus construction projects.

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enhance the growth on campus.”

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Funeral dirge commemorates the unborn

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The student organization Pro-Life Aggies walked through campus with a casket and bagpipe processional as a memorial to aborted fetuses and to raise awareness in the student body.

campus newsFlu shots availableStudent Health Services will have their annual Flu Shot Campaign on Wednesday and Thursday. The fi rst 5,200 enrolled students will receive free fl u shots. SHS will have four fl u shot locations across campus: West Campus Library, Zachry and the Commons from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and the Rec Center from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Faculty and staff fl u shots will be $24.

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Students set sail An Overseas Day exhibit is open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m today in Rudder Exhibit Hall, about study, research, intern and volunteer opportunities abroad. A&M program providers and professors will be available at the event to answer questions and explain programs scheduled for the 2011-2012 academic year.

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news for youcorrectionsA Sept. 20 article incorrectly reported the class hours of the Mays MBA program in Houston. Classes will meet every other Friday for four hours and every other Saturday for nine hours.

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In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel, The Scarlet Letter, Hester Prynne’s scarlet letter was forced upon her by the towns-people to marking her as an adulteress. The letters I wore today were of my choosing. However, I cannot control the meaning ascribed to them by the hundreds of people who walked by me today, and in that way, Hester and I share a similar experience.

The letters I’m talking about are written on a shirt, a shirt that says:

GodAcceptsYou The first letter of each word is bolded and hot pink. Not

difficult to understand.

I love that shirt, but it takes a lot to put it on in the morn-ing. You see, Texas A&M is the 10th most GLBT unfriendly campus in the country (according to the Princeton Review). It doesn’t matter that the shirt doesn’t actually say I am gay... that’s the default assumption. Because on this campus, it’s unfathomable for a straight, white, Christian, male Aggie to be supportive of the GLBT community.

And it’s pretty obvious that most people do not appreci-ate me wearing it. I’m a pretty perceptive person. When your eyes are boring into my chest and I hear “I can’t believe someone would wear a shirt like that” as you pass by, I can hear the disgust in your voice. Instead of confronting me directly, you resort to spitting the words “God doesn’t accept YOU ‘cause you’re GAY” in my ear as you walk past me. I know what’s going on.

And yes, both of those things happened to me today. I usually don’t forget that I have this T-shirt on. The

people I pass on campus won’t let me. Today, as I left my two afternoon theater classes, I had actually forgotten which shirt I was wearing. All it took were two ugly looks as I

joined the throng of students moving to their next class and I was once again reminded of my clothing

choice. The heat was not the only thing I felt beating down on me as I made my way to the bus.

I choose to wear the shirt in spite of these kinds of reactions. That doesn’t

mean that I enjoy it. In the past, I’ve had people ask me why I feel the

need to “throw the gay issue in everyone’s face.” I ex-plain that wearing a T-shirt stating that God accepts gay people is not “throwing it in everyone’s face.” They ask why I feel the need to do even that, why I can’t just leave it alone. To that I simply reply, “Because it’s not right.”

As I went home today, a fellow student approached me at the bus stop. He asked me where I got my shirt, and I explained. He said, “It’s cool, I like it.” I encouraged him to visit the website of the group that

made it, and he said he might. Then came the angle: “After all, if God doesn’t accept sinners, we’re all in trouble.” I sim-ply agreed, unwilling to begin a debate about the sinfulness of being gay. I was waiting for the question, the three little words that usually make their way into a conversation about my equality-minded T-shirts: “Are you gay?”

To my surprise, they never came. They were clearly there, under the surface, anxious to

be asked. But to his credit, he never asked them. Small talk followed, inquiring about majors, interests and career plans. He mentioned a philosophy class that he was taking, called “Contemporary Moral Issues,” and we began a discussion about the Bible, absolute morality and C.S. Lewis’ Mere Christianity before I had to leave to go home.

I wear the T-shirt for moments like that. I wear the T-shirt in the hope that a dialogue will begin. I don’t throw it in people’s faces ... I walk silently to class, choosing to ignore the stares and comments in the hope that the message on that shirt gets to at least one person.

But the fact is that to most people on this campus, that shirt is something like a scarlet letter.

Andrew Roblyer is a senior international studies major.

Americans first heard of the president’s new jobs plan shortly before his vacation in Martha’s Vineyard. The president urged Congress 17 times to “pass this bill” in one form or another (my favor-ite being, “Pass this jobs bill, and starting tomor-row...”). The only problem: there was no bill.

On Sept. 9 at the University of Richmond, President Obama declared 18 times that this bill needed to be passed. Still no bill.

In the White House Rose Garden on Sept. 12, Obama told us to pass this bill 12 times, as he as-sured us, “I’m sending this bill to Congress today, and they ought to pass it immediately.” Still no bill.

Two days later at North Carolina State, Obama urged supporters to pass this bill 24 times. It’s im-

portant because “There’s work to be done. There are workers ready to do it. Let’s pass this jobs bill right away and let’s get it done.” After all, “we could pass this thing, but we need Congress to help us do it.” Still no bill.

From the presidents 961st day in office to his 967th day in office, he advocated at least 71 times for a non-existent “American Jobs Act” to be passed.

Enter Congressman Gohmert, fightin’ Texas Ag-gie class of 1975 and former student body president of Texas A&M.

On Sept. 14, Gohmert did what President Obama said he’d done days earlier and actually filed a bill under the name the “American Jobs Act.”

Gohmert’s plan is a modest two pages, with two action items: repeal the corporate income tax and repeal the alternative mini-mum tax.

Gohmert’s stunt succinctly displays how disingenuous this administration is.

The president’s projected message was, “I have a plan that Congress isn’t passing.”

The reality was that our president was promoting a jobs initiative that didn’t exist and doing so in a way that, intentional or not, implied Congress was delay-ing the legislation.

Gohmert did us all a service by pointing out our president’s sad lack of honesty.

Mr. President, you’ve just been punk’d.

Taylor Wolken is a senior economics

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EDITOR’SNOTE

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Andrew Roblyer: Being

a GLBT supporter on campus

You’ve been punk’d

T oday I wore a scarlet letter. Well, the

letter is in fact three letters, and they’re

actually hot pink. But the same princi-

ple applies. It’s something like a scarlet letter.

I n his umpteenth pivot towards jobs, President Barack

Obama spoke out on Sept. 8, forcefully telling Congress

they should “pass this bill,” referring to the American

Jobs Act. Little did the president know that the “American

Jobs Act” would soon be a Republican bill filed by Texas

Congressman and Aggie, Louie Gohmert. This move was

the political equivalent of Ashton Kutcher frolicking up to

the president to say, “You’ve just been punk’d.”

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approximately 70 percent of the total price tag. Appleton said Phil Gramm, former U.S. Senator and economics pro-fessor at A&M, was helped secure the earmark grants for the project.

“This grant was a needed one for the University in or-der for campus to continue growing,” Appleton said. “Thanks to the grant, the University can use less state and university funds.”

As the grade separation project progresses into its

construction phase, universi-ty officials said they anticipate problems and inconvenienc-es. These include frequent changes to traffic patterns and lane closures on Wellborn, Olsen and Old Main.

Stuart Hightower, assis-tant director for Texas A&M Utilities and Energy Manage-ment, said the change in traf-fic flow will be highly coordi-nated and monitored during construction.

“Before the construction begins, an engineering traf-fic plan is in place in order to prepare for these kinds of situations,” Hightower said. “The plan consists of traffic

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that the move was a reaction to the current state of insta-bility among athletic confer-ences.

Further complicating mat-ters, several Big 12 sources told ESPN that the confer-ence is looking to grab teams from the Big East. Potential targets include Louisville, South Florida and TCU, which is scheduled to com-

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the country,” Starr wrote.Starr also aired his con-

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Sources have indicated that an SEC announcement con-cerning Texas A&M may oc-cur within the week.

ConferenceContinued from page 1

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“It’s not Orwellian,” Na-politano said, “but a rather a useful way of maximizing our efforts in securing our nation as a whole, together.”

A former Arizona gover-nor, Napolitano addressed the issue of border security.

“Mexico and Canada are our two biggest trading part

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Students and faculty gathered Tuesday at George Bush School to hear a speach from Janet Napolitano, secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.

ners,” Napolitano said. “How do we provide security with-out sacrificing our rights and liberties?”

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Napolitano said. Sarah Saunders, graduate

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“She has built up so much credibility in her career of public service,” Saunders said. “You have to have a heart of service to jump into the government.”

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One of these traditions is keeping off the grass sur-rounding the MSC as a trib-ute to Aggies who have died in combat.

Sherry Wine, process cor-dinator for the project, said a section of the MSC grass is currently located at the Bon-fire Memorial and will be re-located by the opening date.

Additionally, the Flag Room — known by many seniors and former students as an MSC centerpiece — will reclaim its place at the heart of the building.

Designers added 70,000 square feet of floor space, ex-panding the size of the MSC by 21 percent.

“Major changes include the Twelfth Man Hall, which is a north-south connector in the building. There is also the new ballroom, approximately 16,000 square feet with addi-tional pre-function space that has an iconic view of Kyle Field,” Wine said

Shine said visitors will no longer have trouble finding the main entrance or the help desk.

“The entrances into the building are now called out, whereas before the en-trances were rather hidden,”

Wine said. Another staple of the MSC

is its role in student organiza-tions. The building was once home to many of the student organizations that are found in Koldus.

“There will be a new stu-dent activities lounge on the west end of the renovated MSC that will feature a com-munications wall for recog-nized student organizations to promote their events and activities,” Wine said.

Some students said they are apprehensive about the ongo-ing renovation.

“I loved knowing that so many other Aggies walked the very same halls,” said Sergio Espinal, senior agron-omy major. “I hope that the feeling of the Aggie Spirit you

got as soon as you set foot in the MSC is not lost with the renovations.”

Junior Micah Scott, vice president of services and facil-ities, has been involved with the project for more than a year and said he is excited to welcome Aggies to the MSC.

“As a student at Texas A&M, I can attest to the fact that there is no substitute for a student union,” Scott said. “Although I have never ex-perienced the MSC while a student here, I feel that it is clear that there is no central place for students to gather, study, hang-out, eat and en-gage in programs. I would encourage students to not think of the MSC as just the building.”

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Q: What do you think about the construction progress on the MSC?

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I’m ready for it to be done. It looks pretty niceDavid Stalling, international agricultural development graduate student

It’s so sad; I graduate in December so I won’t get

to see it fi nished.

Stacy Saxon, senior agricultural systems

management major

I hope they incorporate a lot of the original

elements.Hannah Cutbirth,

sophomore parks, recreation & tourism major

It’s looking pretty good; I like it. It’s a good investment.Rachael Stron, freshman general studies major

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The Twelfth Man Hall is one of the major improvements made to the MSC, scheduled to open on Muster 2012.

Kendall Kolker, staff writer, photographer

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