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Black Student Leadership conference to meet at A&M Approximately 1,000 African-American college students along with advisers and presenters from throughout the nation will meet at Texas A&M Thursday through Sunday for the 23rd annual Southwestern Black Student Leadership Conference, SBSLC, one of the largest student-led conferences in the nation. The theme for this year’s conference is “The Image of Impact: A Reflection of a Leader.” Each January since 1989, African-American students and advisers gather at A&M to address issues facing the black community, hear speakers and attend workshops that focus on developing leadership skills as well as networking opportunities. The conference will include more than 50 workshops, a career fair featuring diverse companies that do business on virtually every continent, a vendor fair supporting small business entrepreneurs and a spiritual charge that planners said will send participants away spiritually driven.
A&M Faculty share 24 grants Twenty-five Texas A&M faculty members received grants totaling $240,982 through an initiative sponsored by the University’s Division of Research and Graduate Studies. Those awarded represented four University colleges. The Program to Enhance Scholarly and Creative Activities, PESCA, accepted proposals this past fall to endow monetary awards for noteworthy research projects, artistic presentations and scholarly publications. “The PESCA awards deliver institutional support toward faculty engaged in scholarship that is helping build Texas A&M’s top-tier status as a truly comprehensive research University,” reported Texas A&M News and Information Services. Texas A&M Newswire and staff reports
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Revisiting Desert Storm Editor’s note These images from 1991 issues of The Battalion chronicle the effect the Gulf War had on the campus at that time. Over the coming month, The Battalion enterprise desk will examine those issues surrounding the conflict.
‘This will not stand’ 20 years since the Gulf War Story by Ty Petty | The Battalion “This will not stand, this aggression against Kuwait,” said President George H.W. Bush in remarks to reporters in August of 1990 about the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. The invasion ignited international outrage and developed into the defining issue of Bush’s presidency. The fall of the Soviet Union, the emergence of rap music and the Gulf War are all memories of the early ’90s. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Gulf War and the President George H.W. Bush Library is planning a celebration to honor and remember the leaders, the heroes and the conflict. In the evening hours of Jan. 17, 1991, U.S. military forces launched Operation Desert Storm with a massive airborne bombing campaign. The purpose of the operation was to liberate the people of Kuwait from the invading Iraqi army belonging to Saddam Hussein. On Feb. 23, the ground war started as coalition forces moved towards Kuwait City and ended in a 100-hour push across the desert, destroying what was at the time the fourth largest army in the world. This victory was one of the most one-sided military victories in world history. Hostilities ceased on Feb. 28 when Bush ordered a cease-fire and declared Kuwait liberated. Today the President George H.W. Bush Library, the Scowcroft Institute and the Bush School of Government and Public Policy will present a 20th anniversary event at Reed Arena commemorating the conflict. The event will have numerous dignitaries in attendance, including key Kuwaiti representatives such as His Royal Highness, Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, The Amir of the State of Kuwait, His Excellency the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Kuwait, Sheikh Mohammad Sabah Al-Salim Al-Sabah. Top U.S. officials who were in office during this historic period will also attend the commemoration, including former Vice Presidents Richard B. Cheney and J. Danforth Quayle and former secretaries of state James A. Baker III and Gen. Colin Powell. Brent Scowcroft, former national security adviser to
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owdy! Welcome — or welcome back — to Aggieland. It’s nice to see our campus once again buzzing with the activity of our students and faculty. I’d like to share some thoughts with you as we embark on a new semester with many significant milestones ahead. 82nd Legislative Session Much of our focus this semester is on the Legislative Session that opened last week. Comptroller Susan Combs has projected that the state will receive $77.3 billion in general revenue during the two-year budget cycle, with about $72.2 available to spend. The state’s total 2012-2013 budget shortfall is projected to be between $15 billion and $27 billion.
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Wednesday night, an electrical charge in this car in caused it to catch fire. Samantha Virnau — THE BATTALION
Fire burns car in Thompson Ty Petty The Battalion Code Maroon alerts buzzed, the sirens from fire engines wailed, and security officers and the campus police ushered onlookers to move to the other side of the Harrington Building or H2O fountain as smoke
poured out of Thompson Hall Wednesday night. The College Station Fire Department answered a 911 call to Thompson Hall about 8 p.m. yesterday to find a burning engineering project in one of the bays on the south side See Fire on page 7
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certain now. He has been a constant presence at Giffords’ bedside since rushing to Tucson after first getting word of the attack. Giffords was gravely wounded by a gunshot to the forehead on Jan. 8 as she was meeting with constituents outside a grocery store in Tucson. The gunman shot 18 other people, killing six and wounding 12 more. Since then, Giffords has been at University Medical Center in Tucson where her condition has improved almost daily, doctors have said. Word of the move was met with elation from Giffords’ friends and others who have been visiting the three-term Democrat at the hospital. “It’s good news for all of us and for all the people who have been praying for wisdom and strength for the surgeons and others who have been helping her,� said Stephanie Aaron, Giffords’ rabbi at Congregation Chaverim in Tucson. “It’s nothing short of a miracle, but it’s also Gabby’s will to fight.
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Jennifer DuBose The Battalion “People have been talking about these questions since the ancient Greeks,” said actor Rainn Wilson of The Office, talking about his New York Times bestseller: SoulPancake. “We’re continuing the conversation that is thousands of years old.” The book — a colorful, soul-probing compilation of art and philosophy — is meant to be a guide to help us explore the deeper, more meaningful questions in life, but without solely using words. “We wrote it for all of the thinkers, innovators, misfits, creators, artists and writers, as a tool for all of us to dig into life’s big questions in creative and innovative ways,” said Devon Gundry, a co-author of SoulPancake, along with Golriz Lucina and Shabnam Mogharabi. The book is inspired by the blog SoulPancake.com, a place where everyone can engage in or pose insightful questions about a number of things such as the soul, identity, creativity and living. But it’s not dull at all, considering that a lot of members answer with postings of paintings, sculptures, poetry and videos. In addition, the website provides hope of there being anything mentally and spiritually productive on the Web. (See Snooki’s Twitter page.) Naturally, I was ecstatic to participate in a Q&A session with both Wilson and Gundry about the brain-child of the online intellectual endeavor: the book, SoulPancake. Q: The first few pages of the book say that SoulPancake is meant to redefine what it means to be human. What would “being human” be
before reading SoulPancake, and what would it be after? Wilson: I think that obviously our little book and Website does not redefine what it means to be a human being. But I think that a lot of people in our culture don’t really dig into life’s big questions. Take death. When is the last time you had a conversation with someone about death? But it happens every day, all the time, and it’ll happen to us. It’s a much more real part of life than the Kardashians. Hopefully, by engaging and looking at the intersection of creativity and spirituality, you’ll have a renewed perspective on what it is to be a human being, what is important to you and what you might want to focus on. Q: What first sparked your interest in getting people engaged in these discussions? W: I always talk about this stuff — people look at me so weird. Why are deep conversations only for when you’re stoned? Why can’t you have substantial conversations with people in the real world? I just noticed that these conversations weren’t happening when I would bring them up, especially with young people; they just looked at me and didn’t know how to answer. I was like, I bet you if we had a safe place where people could do it, where they could come together and grapple with the stuff of life, that it would work. And it has been working. Q: What is one of the most interesting questions you’ve seen in SoulPancake? Gundry: “How do you determine truth?” It’s kind of the catalyst for all of SoulPancake. What we believe and what we take in from the world around us is going to shape every action we make every day. I think a really important part of that is understanding where information comes from. Q: You have a son, Walter. Has he ever come up with a “life’s big question”? W: “Where do we go when we die, and what is God?” So, he’s six years old and already full of life’s big questions. Q: What is your favorite aspect of SoulPancake? W: Interaction and collaboration. In the book, I’m most proud of the “Soul Scribble.’’ Q: The book itself has lots of color, pop art and just a whole bunch of images. What were some of the main reasons for creating the book this way? W: Artistic expression is vital to what SoulPancake is. So, having a book filled with art and vibrant colors and interactivity is what we’re about — we couldn’t really have a book that was just dry text. Q: What was the process for creating each page and how did you find artistic contributors? G: The task in this book was figuring out what sort of questions to include. We have enough questions for about 10,000 more books so, get
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ready. For the art, we scoured the Internet and many different art communities for pieces that fit the questions. We wanted to focus on artists that had not been discovered yet so that we could share a bunch of new creative minds with all the readers. Q: Who is a musical artist who has influenced you in terms of your philosophy and general outlook on life? W: For me, Bob Dylan is probably the biggest musical influence on my life. I discovered him when I was about 18 and I’ve been listening to him ever since. G: There’s an artist that I’ve been absolutely loving lately: Jonsi. He doesn’t really like words. He tries to convey emotion as much as he can
solely with the music, melody and sounds, then he uses the words to supplement it. Q: What advice would you give to young college students trying to figure their own spirituality? W: I would say to young students wanting to purge their spirituality that they look at life as a spiritual journey and that spirituality is part of everyday life; it’s not a concept, it’s something we all live. It’s not to be found when looking at a crystal or in a yoga class. Yearning to express your being? Wilson and Gundry’s question for college students is “What is one thing that blew your mind?” Feel free to answer this on SoulPancake.com. Words not required.
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the state’s two flagship public universities, and in particular, the fact that every dollar spent on our campuses generates about $16 back into the Texas economy. I also have been emphasizing our three main priorities for the Legislative Session: (1) no disproportionate cuts to higher education funding; (2) support for the Research University Development Fund (previously the Competitive Knowledge Fund); and (3) Tuition Revenue Bonds for a new building for the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences to address our state’s critical shortage of veterinarians. How can you get involved? Aggies and Longhorns are collaborating in the Together For Texans campaign, which will once again culminate with Orange and Maroon Legislative Day at the State Capitol on Feb. 15. You can find more information and a schedule of the day’s events at http:// orange-maroon.com/. Provost Search We have identified two finalists for the position of Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs. This key position — in essence,
our second-in-command — oversees all matters related to teaching, research and related academic activities and acts on my behalf in my absence. You are invited to participate in the campuswide interview sessions for the two finalists, James Coleman (currently Vice Provost for Research at Rice University) and Karan Watson (Interim Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs at Texas A&M). The session with Coleman was Wednesday afternoon, and the session for Watson will be Jan. 28, with time and location to be announced. You can find information about the candidates and leave feedback about them at http://provostsearch. tamu.edu. Aggie Athletics After an exciting football season, we are now in the midst of an equally exciting basketball season, with our women’s team in the top five and our men’s first top-10 ranking in more than three years (and only the fifth time in our history that we have broken the top 10 in a season). I hope you’ll join Karan and me to help our Aggie men’s and women’s teams BTHO our opponents at Reed Arena and on the road this season. Construction Construction has begun on the new Arts and Humanities building, the first at Texas A&M devoted strictly
to the humanities. The YMCA Building — site of the first Midnight Yell Practice — is undergoing extensive remodeling and expansion and is set to reopen later this year, and the MSC renovation is progressing according to schedule for reopening next year. New construction slated to open this year includes the agriculture program headquarters and the Emerging Technologies and Economic Development Interdisciplinary Building. Staying connected As your president, I pledge to communicate with the entire campus community in a timely manner on issues of importance to all Aggies through special columns in The Battalion and through the e-mails I send every Tuesday afternoon (which are archived under the News tab on my Facebook fan page at http://www.facebook. com/bowen.loftin?ref=search). You can keep up with campus news through our Twitter feed (TAMUTalk) and through our website at http://www. tamu.edu/. I’d also like to hear from you. Please let me know what’s on your mind by e-mailing me at president@ tamu.edu. By working together, we can continue to expand the culture of excellence that already exists at Texas A&M. I am confident that we are up to the challenge. Gig ’em, Aggies!
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uring the first week of school, as students sit in class wondering when exactly the break disappeared and how much money professors make by assigning their own books, one thought that crosses everyone’s mind is how difficult courses will be. With professor rating websites by companies such as MyEdu, that question can be easily answered before the semester begins.
The readily accessible information results in many students simply seeking to pad their GPR. Those against inCaleb Wilson tentionally taking fluff courses consenior history major tend that they are a waste of time and money and ill prepare students for future professions. However, registering for easier classes can turn out to be beneficial in each of these areas. “Gimme” grades mostly come from electives so it’s impossible to entirely avoid wickedly difficult courses. Even if someone takes all kinesiology and introductory classes one semester, he or she will eventually have to face those black mamba 400 level beasts. Easy A’s can’t offer a complete escape, but they do lighten students’ workloads. Tak-
ing an easy class isn’t so much a time waster as it is a time saver. They free up students’ time and allow them to concentrate on more difficult, important courses, which can result in better grades all around. Cupcake courses aren’t necessarily a waste of money either. One argument against taking no-sweat classes is that they don’t give you the best bang for your buck, especially with rising tuition costs. Some students want to get their money’s worth by enrolling in “beneficial” courses instead of blowoffs. They believe that there’s little learning to be done in classes where a very large amount of students receive excellent grades. While this can be true, it isn’t always the case. I admit, I once registered for a linguistics course for no other reason than that 60 percent of the students made A’s in it. Although the class wasn’t exactly daunting, I learned more from that professor than I did in all my
other classes combined that semester. Particularly with electives, what’s worse than taking an easy course that doesn’t involve a boatload of effort is failing a demanding class and having to pay more money for another one. A chief consideration when choosing courses is how well they will prepare you for a future job, or graduate or professional school. Classes can help to equip students with the knowledge and skills they need to succeed at the next level. A complaint about easy-A courses is that they fail to do this. Although easier classes might not provide the best preparation for future endeavors, they are certainly not worthless. A few better grades to improve your GPR might be the difference between getting hired or being admitted to grad school and living in your parent’s basement. Once you receive your degree, the courses you take in college are going to matter less and less to future
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Junior forward David Loubeau and sophomore forward Khris Middleton get their hands up in defense of Texas’ Jordan Hamilton. Hamilton combined with Texas forward Gary Johnson led an attack that A&M could not seem to stop.
In one of their hardest fought games thus far in the 2010-11 season, the No. 5 Texas A&M women’s basketball team pulled out an 80 - 65 win over archrival Texas Wednesday at Reed Arena. A&M (16-1, 4-0) remains undefeated in Big 12 play despite trailing the Longhorns by nine in the second half. “We hadn’t had a close game since Duke when we lost,” said A&M senior guard Sydney Colson. “This was finally a test for us. Usually we’re up on Texas by at least double digits. This was a different scenario and we realized it was time to buckle down and get the victory.” Scoring a career-high 34 points in 39 minutes, senior center Danielle Adams led the way for the Aggies with a dominant second half performance. Adams picked up a double-double with 12 rebounds and added three blocks to her effort. “Danielle Adams, we had no answer for her,” said Texas Head Coach Gail Goestenkors. “On the inside and on the outside she did pretty much what she wanted to do.” The Aggies fell behind with 4:22 left in the first half and went into the locker room at halftime trailing 33-29. Texas continued to pile on the pressure after the break by jumping out to a 43-34 lead with 14:52 remaining. “We finally realized that we were letting them get too far ahead and getting a little too much confidence,”
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A&M senior guard Maryann Baker said. “We had to start playing our game. We had to find a way to bear down and with the pressure on we knocked down some shots.” Gaining a sense of urgency, the crowd got behind the Aggies and lifted them out to a 9-0 run that tied the game with 13:21 remaining. Adams hit a three-pointer that gave A&M a 48-45 lead and sent the 6,557 fans in attendance into a frenzy. “Our crowd was tremendous,” Blair said. “That is what a basketball
crowd is supposed to do. That’s how you can make such a difference in basketball. Reed Arena is one of the top three in the conference because of what we can bring.” The Aggies went on to outscore Texas 29-18 in the final 10 minutes of the game, clinching their ninth straight win over their arch-rivals. A&M will try to remain undefeated in Big 12 play Saturday at Iowa State. The game will be televised by FSN and tip-off is set for 11:00 a.m. CST.
Aggies get dominated on each end of the court, fall to No. 11 Texas Beau Holder The Battalion Critics pondered how Texas A&M would fare in its first real road environment. Wednesday night, No. 10 Texas A&M dropped an 83-57 decision to No. 11 Texas in the Frank Erwin Center. The Aggies’ 13-game winning streak — third best in school history — crashed just after it brought the program’s first top-10 ranking in three seasons. The Longhorns (15-3, 3-0 Big 12) jumped ahead early, romping to a 20-8 lead behind freshman forward Tristan Thompson A bizarre span of eight
Aggie fouls from the 14:56 to 13:05 marks, followed by a technical assessed to Turgeon, spurred Texas’ stretch of dominance. A brief 11-4 Aggie run brought the deficit down to five, but Longhorn forward Gary Johnson’s dunk set the fans off with 8:03 remaining and the team took it from there. Texas led 39-27 at halftime. “It was our first true tough road game, and I’m still shocked,” Turgeon said. “I had to make an absolute fool out of myself just to try and get us going. I don’t like acting that way, but that worked for about four minutes. You have to give Texas a lot of credit. They were really good. They did a great job on the boards. They had
a great game plan and it worked, and ours didn’t.” The climb grew steeper for the Aggies (16-2, 3-1) in the second half. Sophomore swingman and Longhorns leading scorer Jordan Hamilton came alive with 18 in the second half; he finished with 27 and sat while Texas played its reserves near the game’s end. Thompson’s final mark rested at 18. Johnson also contributed 14 points for the Longhorns. A&M sophomore forward Khris Middleton had 12 points at halftime, then failed to score another point between the 17:48 and 5:19 marks of the second half, finishing with 16. No other Aggie scored in double figures;
senior forward Nathan Walkup added eight, junior forward David Loubeau seven and sophomore guard Naji Hibbert seven as well. “We just got out-toughed,” Walkup said. “Whether the officials call fouls or not they just out-toughed us tonight. They were more physical than we were tonight and that can’t happen. Our program is built on toughness and defense.” The Longhorns out-rebounded the Aggies 34-25 and outscored them 4233 in the second half. It marked the first time this season the Aggies — second nationally in rebounding margin — lost the battle on the boards. Texas
shot 58 percent from the field and 86 percent from the free throw line. “We got whipped,” Turgeon concluded. “From the first possession to the last possession, that was just a whipping. Tristan Thompson was off the charts. It was a six-point game before the half and Jordan Hamilton started doing his thing. It felt like we never stopped them. It felt like they scored every time they had the ball. They played in the comfort zone all night; we never stopped them. They just whipped us.” A&M last beat Texas in Austin in 2002; the loss was its ninth straight in the Frank Erwin Center.
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of the building. The project, referred to by students in the mechanical engineering department as the “Ten Car,” is a hybrid formula car designed and built by senior mechanical engineering students on the SAE formula hybrid team. Students from the Class of 2010 completed the car that burned. This particular car debuted on the packaging and posters for 3D design software called “Solid Works” according to a student familiar with the project. Sergeant Mike Johnson of the University Police Department said no injuries and no serious damage occurred other than to the racecar. He said the front of the building was opened to ventilate the hall, but classes and other activities in the building were not affected. “We’re not going to have it closed for any extended period,” Johnson said. Johnson also said that at the time, there was no investigation for criminal charges. Professor Make McDermott,
the faculty adviser for the project, said it was an oversight in design. “We didn’t have the appropriate battery management system in there that would turn off the charging system if a cell overheated,” McDermott said. “We’d been checking them manually, but this year we’ve got an electronic system.” However, McDermott was optimistic about the continuation of the project and said the team could quickly resume work. “However long it takes to get the lab cleaned up, we’re back in business,” McDermott said. “Our lab is a mess, it’ll be a day or two. It’s not a major impact.” McDermott pointed out that it is a $1 million project in terms of man-hours, and he was happy there was more than 5,000 dollars in salvageable parts on the car. According to a student familiar with the project, there were no students present when the accident took place. There were no faculty members working with the students at the time of the accident. According to the student, it is not uncommon for
students to work on the project unsupervised by faculty. “It’s just a routine thing done on the car; totally safe,” the student said. “[It’s] just a routine thing that went wrong. A huge accident and not a huge mistake.” The “Ten Car” was supposed to attend a conference this weekend. However, the team will send one of the team’s other older cars in its place.
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