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Jill Beathard The Battalion Col. Jake Betty, class of 1973 and chief of staff for the office of the commandant, has agreed to serve as interim commandant of the Corps. Lt. Gen. John Van Alstyne, class of 1966, resigned from that position Friday. President-elect R. Bowen Loftin asked Betty to fill the position and said Betty will report directly to him. “The Corps deserves continued strong and inspired leadership,” Loftin said in a memorandum. “I am confident that the Corps is in great hands during this interim period, and I have pledged to him my full support as he takes on this challenging role.”
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Derrick Roland broke his leg during the Dec. 22 game between Texas A&M and the Washington Huskies.
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Senior basketball player Derrick Roland plays final Aggie game Kyle Cunningham The Battalion The Dec. 22 matchup between No. 19 Texas A&M basketball team and the No. 22 Washington Huskies seemed like a game that would be a solid, uneventful matchup. By the end of the game, however, it was a historical moment for the Aggies. Unfortunately, it is the kind of history nobody wants to live through, especially the person who lived it firsthand. With about 17 minutes to play in
the contest, the Aggies were down 3433. Guard Dash Harris passed the ball left to Nathan Walkup, who waited one beat then passed the ball down low for Derrick Roland, who took a couple of steps before attempting his shot. It was, most likely, the last shot he’ll ever take as a Texas Aggie. “When I initially fell, I heard [the bone break],” Roland said. “I instantly looked to the top of the arena.” Roland hit the floor, and a popping sound filled the arena in Seattle. The cheers that started when Washington
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got the rebound turned to groans and gasps when the fans closest to Roland saw the leg. The tibia and fibula of Roland’s right leg were broken, and although Roland lied on his back, his foot was almost completely planted to the ground with an almost crowbar-like bend to the leg. After the play, seniors Bryan Davis and Donald Sloan were near inconsolable, Davis muttering “Oh my God,
The Battalion David Parrott will be traveling to his home state this week, but this top Texas A&M administrator is not going on vacation. Parrott, the executive associate vice president for student affairs and dean of student life at A&M, will be interviewing at the University Parrott of Kentucky. Parrott was nominated by an individual to head the student affairs department as vice president at Kentucky. Carol Binzer, A&M’s director of student life, has worked with Parrott for eight years said he is the main reason she came to A&M. “I’m a big fan of his,” Binzer
See Roland on page 6 See Parrott on page 8
Chinese new year celebrates year of tiger Travis Lawson The Battalion Sunday, Feb. 14, some students will celebrate a holiday they hold near and dear to their culture. No, not Valentine’s Day — Chinese New Year. This upcoming year is the year of the tiger, and many Chinese students will celebrate with a feast and a phone call home. Chinese New Year is re-
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garded as one of the most important Chinese holidays. The celebration starts on the first day of the first month in the Chinese calendar and ends on the day of the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth. A big feast marks the Eve of Chinese New Year, complete with traditional Chinese dishes. The next day children receive See Chinese on page 8
Undergrads explore research opportunity Travis Lawson
JD Swiger— THE BATTALION
Chinese New Year will take place Thursday, Feb. 4. The Chinese calendar utilizes both the Gregorian and lunar-solar calendar systems.
The Battalion The research journal “Explorations” gives undergraduates at Texas A&M University a chance to publish works in their field of choice. The Undergraduate Research program, controlled by a largely student-run board, published the first volume of the journal in October 2009. “Explorations” is different from a normal research journal because it covers a variety of topics. See Explorations on page 8
Online version A copy of the first issue is available in PDF format at: http://ugr. tamu.edu/ explorations/ explorations. pdf/view.
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A 1.7 million pound generator sits parked at the intersection of Texas Avenue and Highway 6 in Bryan Sunday. The generator is headed to a new coal-fired power plant under construction in Riesel and caused traffic to be detoured.
CARPOOL services to return to students in coming weeks Melissa Appel The Battalion The Texas A&M student organization CARPOOL is making progress toward the goal of reopening their services to the Bryan-College Station area within the following weeks. CARPOOL member Paige Urban said the group will soon begin offering weekend rides again. “Hopefully, in the next couple of weeks, we will be operating again,� said Urban, a sophomore nutritional sciences major. “We’re working really hard to come up with the money for operations. We’re making a lot of progress, so I would expect in the next couple of weeks to be up and running.� Caring Aggies R Protecting Over Our
Lives has offered free rides home for Aggies on weekends since its creation in 1999. In January, CARPOOL announced it would temporarily suspend services while it worked out internal financial issues. The student organization had a gap in payments to Enterprise, who rents vehicles to the organization, and has been working to collect funding to correct this issue and prepare for future operational expenses. Students will have the opportunity to donate to the cause in the next few days. CARPOOL members will be collecting donations from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Tuesday through Friday outside Sbisa Dining Hall, Wehner Building, Rudder Tower and the Commons Lobby.
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Junior construction science major Cody Koening and senior political science major Philip Ballard are among the T-camp participants playing the yarn game. As each transfer student passes the ball of yarn they tell what they are looking forward to at Texas A&M.
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exas A&M is rich in tradition and history, and students take pride in teaching those traditions to incoming students every year. For transfer students, the story is no different. Every year, thousands of transfer students come to A&M, many of whom will attend an extended orientation camp. In the fall students attend T-Camp. Howdy Camp is held during the spring semester and takes place in January. Both camps are held at Trinity Pines. Senior education major and T-Camp executive director Mallory Farris said the programs were designed to educate students on the facets of student life, from academics to extracurricular. Both camps were designed to bridge the gap between life at another college and being a member of the Aggie family. “T-Camp focuses more on the transition into a new institution, so the programming efforts are about life in Aggieland,� she said. “T-Camp is all about finding your place in the Aggie Family, and there is a place for everyone.� Howdy Camp co-chairwoman and psychology major Yolanda
Barnes said Howdy Camp and T-Camp are similar and grow every year because they give transfers an opportunity to connect with to University. “For most students, Howdy Camp is the first exposure they have to the traditions of Texas A&M,� Barnes said. “Our mission is to have our campers walk away with knowledge about Texas A&M, find a place in our Aggie family and gain many lasting friendships.� Participants attending T-Camp and Howdy Camp have the opportunity to connect with one another through participating in skits, dance and costume parties, and discussion group times. The group times give the campers the opportunity to get to know each other on a personal basis. The leaders are upperclassmen who share knowledge on academics, campus life and traditions. T-Camp participant and senior communication major Emily Perkins said her two leaders played an instrumental role in her first weeks at A&M. “The two nights before the fall semester, they took me around campus and showed me where my classes where going to be,� Perkins said. “When I got to campus for my first day of class, I was lost, but I called my leader, and he helped me get to my classes.� Perkins said T-Camp helped her make an easier transition to A&M and taught her A&M’s traditions. “The most rewarding part of going to T-Camp for me was
learning all of the traditions,� Perkins said. “If I hadn’t gone, I would have been completely clueless at the first football game.� For many students, these camps have had an impact on their collegiate experience for those who attend and lead. Senior economics major Brennan Oliver said going to T-Camp helped his transition into A&M. “If I had not gone to T-Camp, I would have been so lost,� Oliver said. “It was also beneficial because I ended up having class with many of the transfers I met at camp.� To apply to be a Farris said every transfer should attend. “It’s never too late to attend an oriencounselor at Howdy tation camp,� Farris said. “Any current or T-camp visit student is welcome to attend T-Camp their web sites at as long as they have not attended Fish howdycamp.tamu. Camp or Howdy Camp.� edu and t-camp. Farris and Barnes said their involvetamu.edu ment with T-Camp and Howdy Camp has made an impact on their time at A&M. “The most rewarding part is the last day of camp,� Barnes said. “The months of preparations have nothing on seeing our campers truly feel that they are a part of something, the Aggie family.�
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The journal has seven student authors who were selected among more than 50. The journal is geared toward a general audience, so no matter what field is being explored, anyone can to understand the research. “We would love to see creative writing, sculpture, art, music, and we are putting together a Web site so we can actually have YouTube videos of a performance, for example,� said Sumana Datta, the associate dean for undergraduate research. Datta said “Explorations� shows students anyone can do research, no matter what they are studying. “What would really be wonderful is a journal that represented everyone at A&M, not just one group,� Datta said. “We really want the students to be involved.� Datta said she encourages students to send in a proposal no matter how little research experience they have. “We had really excellent proposals from people who are sophomores,� Datta said. “If you have an idea, send it in.� The Undergraduate Research program began the second volume of the journal and needs for students to do research for the publication. Undergraduate Research board
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money from their parents and everybody wishes each other good health in the New Year. However, Chinese New Year is not all about food and cash. “The first day of Chinese New Year is a time when families visit the oldest and senior members of their extended family, usually their parents, grandparents or great-grandparents,� said Yang Jie, a senior accounting major and member of the Chinese Students and Scholars
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member Erin O’ Brien, a junior biochemistry and genetics major, works on the journal said students should be excited to have work be seen by others on campus. “As an undergraduate it is really hard to be published with anything on a professional level,� O’ Brien said. “It is kind of nice to have a step in between and have a campus as large as A&M to be able to read your research.� Robert C. Webb, associate dean for undergraduate research, was involved in starting the journal. “The increasing emphasis on engaging our undergraduates in independent scholarly activity as part of their capstone experiences clearly called for a new venue to present and celebrate that scholarship,� Webb said.
How to submit Students must submit ideas for the second volume by Wednesday at 5 p.m. Proposals should be 200 to 400 words about what the student plans for their research article, name and contact info, and department. Students can submit ideas to The Explorations Journal Board at ugr@tamu.edu.
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Association. Not everyone follows the same traditions for Chinese New Year. In northern China, families eat dumplings after dinner, while in southern China they eat rice cakes. Dumplings symbolize wealth, and rice cakes symbolize a prosperous year. “What we usually do is get the whole family together and prepare a delicious dinner,� said Emily Liu, a graduate chemical engineering student. “I always like the famous dumplings.� Some rituals go beyond food and gift giving and can include dances to ward off bad entities. “Some communities may invite a lion dance troupe as a symbolic ritual to
usher in the Lunar New Year, as well as to evict bad spirits from the premises,� Jie said. The Chinese Students and Scholars Associations will be celebrating the holiday with a feast at 5:30 p.m. Feb. 13 in Rudder Theater. “It is a great opportunity for A&M’s Chinese to know each other and for other people to learn about Chinese culture,� Jie said. “People will get together and celebrate the year of the tiger.� Students at the University of Texas at Austin are having a celebration similar to that at A&M. UT sophomore psychology major Sean Wen said he will be calling family back in Taiwan.
“I am really looking forward to talking to family that I don’t get a chance to see over there,� Wen said. “I think we are having a dinner in Austin around then to celebrate.�
A&M with a bacherlor’s in agricultural economics and a master’s in education administration. He entered active duty as a second lieutenant in the infantry, serving from 1973-1977. Loftin thanked Van Alstyne for his service: “Gen. Van Alstyne has served our university — his alma mater, class of
1966 — with great honor and unquestioned dedication after an Army career in which he distinguished himself as well as his country and his University. He has truly made a great and positive difference in the lives of many young men and women who have chosen to be in the Corps of Cadets during his period of
leadership.� The president-elect said he will begin communication with the Corps Board of Visitors and groups of students, faculty, staff and former students to initiate the search for a commandant.
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said. “His experience is awesome; he’s a good teacher and mentor; I have learned a lot working for him over the years.� One of Parrott’s areas of expertise is the First Amendment and legal issues in higher education — something Binzer was not taught in school or job training. “Those things were not part of my course work in graduate school, but much of those things have been asked of me,� Binzer said. “I have learned an invaluable amount from him about how to properly handle and address those areas as they arose over my career.� UK’s search began with more than 60 applicants and is down to four finalists. While he is excited about the prospects at the University of Kentucky, Parrott said nothing is final, and the visit was solely “exploratory.� “I am just going for an interview,� Parrott said, “but if what they are looking for and what I want to do match up, then we will go from there.� Parrott served as the interim vice president for student affairs at A&M two summers ago, following the resignation of Dean Bresciani and before the hire of Lt. Gen. Joseph Weber. A University official confirmed that former President Elsa Murano did not conduct a search or accept applications for the position of vice president for student affairs before submitting her nomination to the Board of Regents. Parrott said he loves working at A&M and would have loved to serve as the vice president of student affairs. “Me and my wife love living and working in College Station,� Parrott said. “I think Texas A&M is the best institution in the world to work at.�
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e’ve all been there, sitting in class listening to the repetitive drone one of an 8 a.m. professor. Your head feels a little heavy, so you rest it on your hand. Perhaps you shouldn’t have danced the night away, or capped the night off ops in time, with a few hours of Facebook maintenance (If I didn’t harvest my crops hem for just they would have died). Your eyes start to droop. Maybe you close them he sound of a tiny moment, and you wake up in a puddle of your own drool to the your fellow students shuffling notes and hurrying out of class. if you are pressed for time: granola, la, Skittles, habañero peppers … just whatever er works to help perk you up. Chewing gum um can also help keep you occupied. It can help to jog, or exercise, for 10 to 15 minutes in the morning. You don’t on’t have to train for a marathon or break anyy records, Camaryn Bolton just get up and get moving before class. Not only will you feel more alert and focused ocused It is rude to sleep during a lecture, and it especially irri- in class, you’ll look simply amazing come swimsuit season. Also, carry a waterr bottle tates professors. Some will openly voice their displeasure, with you all the time. Taking sips from it waking students in humorous ways, while others may whenever you feel drowsy will stop top you hold a silent grudge. from drifting off so easily. “I won’t lecture in your bedroom Making friends in class ss is anif you don’t sleep in my class,” said 8:00 a.m. other effective tool in conquering nquering performance studies professor Roger comes early. the coma because sometimes, imes, no Schultz. Spend some matter how hard you try, y, the class It seems inevitable that nearly time the night just can’t hold your interest. rest. Get to every college student, at one point before getting know some of your fellow ow classmates or another, will be faced with takprepared. early on. ing an 8 a.m. class. Maybe it was the “What you have to do iss find the only class left during registration, or cutest girl in the class and get to know you want to be done with classes before her,” said Keaton Braud, a sophomore more genlunch, or perhaps you’re trying to accomplish eral studies major. “That’s the only way I some masochistic ideal. My roommate and I both regcan stay awake — if I’m on a mission.” on.” istered for one Fall semester with the goal of being acNot only does chatting with them hem countable to each other for rising early, getting in some ard give you something to look forward exercise, then returning in time to get ready for class. to, friends can also help keep you Regardless of how we ended up sitting there, many awake and “focused” during of us will find ourselves drifting during even the most riveting of lectures. After suffering enough 8 a.m. classes class, and make for potential study group partners later on. myself, I have found several things helpful in tackling If you’re on the shy side, and what I like to call the 8 a.m. coma. don’t meet people right away, Although it seems obvious, try to get some sleep. When you know you have to wake up early the next day, try sitting toward the front of the class. It’s easier to stay awake try to go to bed at a decent hour, by at least 1:30 to 2:00 when the professor’s standing a.m.. In all seriousness, one of the most important things a few feet away, forcing you to we can do for ourselves is to get a good night’s sleep. make eye contact. Sit up straight, The average college student needs around eight hours of as opposed to slouching. Take a sleep at night, however impossible that may seem given the habits of the typical college lifestyle. These days, most lot of notes to keep you attentive and moving. Write questions to Americans find themselves sleep-deprived, including colyourself about the topic to look lege students. Without sufficient sleep, the body’s ability up later on. Truly listen to to regulate itself becomes hindered, affecting a person’s what the professor is saying appetite, concentration, memory, and even physical and think about how it might health. So be good to yourself and go home a bit earlier, connect to you specifically. put up your laptop, silence your cell and get some sleep. If you do happen to find Getting to bed early will keep you from having to yourself frequently sitting in that make the choice between breakfast and sleep. Critical to surviving the 8 a.m. coma is to eat a good breakfast, even 8 a.m. lecture, words in front of you blurring over, then actuif it’s just a piece of fruit, cereal or a protein drink. Sheer ally putting many of these into desperation might even call for that cold pizza from last practice will help you banish that night’s “study party.” early morning fog. If all else fails, “When I don’t have a lot of time, I’ll just grab a you can always sing your favorite Starbucks frap on my way out,” said Demaree Hukill, song, quote your favorite movie sophomore communications major. lines or think your funny thoughts. ts. While that may help temporarily, eating a good As long as these stay in your head, d, breakfast is best because it helps to jump-start your this works like a charm. Finally, metabolism, telling your body that sleep is over and under notes to self determinedly jot, ot, it’s time to get the day started. If nothing else, eating er breakfast can keep you from daydreaming of bacon and “Never, never, never again register for an 8 a.m. class.” pancakes when you ought to be focusing on calculus. However, if pancakes aren’t on your morning itinerCamaryn Bolton is a sophomore music ary, joining the drowsy-eyed masses clutching their major and special to the Battalion. talion. Starbucks or Red Bull is always a temporary remedy, but beware of the inevitable addiction. Bring a snack
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t’s the start of a new semester again at Texas A&M, in case you forgot where you’re attending. Anyway, a new semester means lots of new things to do, like registering for classes, ignoring homework, Facebook stalking new classmates, remembering to feed your rabid weasel collection, etc., etc. Well, there’s one thing we’re forgetting that’s infinitely more important than the others. That’s right, without it, we wouldn’t be able to do any of this. No one I am speaking, of course, likes waking about waking up. up early This action is a heck of a because of a lot easier said than done. And clamouring speaking as someone who just clock. rolled out of bed to find this article was five hours overdue because it was in fact, 6:27 p.m.; I know what I’m talking about. For the sake of this article, I am going to assume that you, the reader, like other rational human beings, are not a morning person. If you are a morning person, just stop reading right here and go exercise or contact the mothership or whatever it is you do at 11:30 a.m. when all of us normal people are trying to get some shut-eye. (Does that phrase sound weird to anyone else? Shut-eye? It always sounded vaguely obscene to me: “Oh yeah, Daddy’s gettin’ some shut eye tonight.”) Anyhow, what I was trying to say was waking up is a difficult and strenuous procedure, requiring fortitude and dedication ... or a
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James Cavin roommate with the Alarm Clock of Doom. You know what I’m talking about — an alarm clock that is so grating, so loud it wakes not only everyone in your ZIP code, but it is also actually capable of contacting intelligent life on other planets. “Holy crap!” says the intelligent life, “Turn that off! We’re trying to get some shut eye-comparable-ocular-organ up here!” The one person it does not wake is, of course, its owner, ensuring that everyone in several adjacent zoning districts will be subjected to the soundtrack of World War III for a good 20 minutes. This is because the Alarm Clock of Doom can read its owner’s genetic make-
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up and adjusts its caterwauling death shrieks to a pitch just outside of their hearing range. At the same time, it adjusts itself for maximum efficiency on others, hitting that perfect sweet spot of agony like a million fingernails dragging down the longest chalkboard in the universe. The Alarm Clock of Doom also secretes a subliminally behavior altering hormone that causes the owner to lock their bedroom door. Which is why, at 6:45 a.m. every morning you are awoken by the sound that’s usually used to warn of impending nuclear annihilation in Cold War movies. You fall out of bed screaming “The Russians are here!” But after 5 minutes of hiding under your desk waiting for borscht-flavored uranium to melt your eyeballs, you realize the sound is your roommate’s alarm clock blaring from the adjacent room so loudly that large chunks of drywall are falling on your head. “Ha ha ha,” chuckles the Alarm Clock of Doom, “Got ya.” So, after a quick change of underwear, you march over to ground zero and start banging on
your roommate’s door. After about 15 minutes, they answer. “Yeah, what is it?” they ask, bleary eyed. “Your alarm clock is going off,” you shout over the cacophony blaring at decibels usually only heard at nuclear test sights. “What?” they say, because they are physically incapable of hearing the Alarm Clock of Doom. Just in case you think of taking matters into your own hands, the Alarm Clock of Doom has been outfitted with an interface that is only decipherable by it’s owner. (Woe betides you should they leave it on whilst out of town). Invariably, this roommate reappears sometime mid-day-ish. “Man,” they say, “I missed two classes. I don’t understand how I overslept. At which point, you stab them in the eye with a fork and feed their body to rabid weasels. Well, I hope this has been educational. If you’ll excuse me, I’ve got to go smash this alarm clock with a mallet. Now that my roommate is dead I have no idea how to turn it off. James Cavin is a senior English major.
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communities across the country. The company has become one of the nation’s largest providers of teachers for low-income communities, and has been recognized for building a pipeline of leaders committed to educational equity and excellence. Dike said an instructor working for Teach for America learned that a student in her fourth grade class had a first grade reading level. After nine months of work, the student improved their reading level to third grade. “We have different statistics with each student,” Dike said. “But gradually, over time students improve in reading, writing, and math.” The program not only benefits the students, but the instructors as well. For many instructors, this is a life changing experience. Helping children become better students is their goal. This also prepares them for life and gives corps members an exposure to teaching and how to make a difference. “This is going to be able to open my eyes to another side of American life I’ve never been exposed to,” said senior applicant, Maria Garnett. She will begin her term teaching elementary school kids in summer school. Arie Floyd, an education major from the class of 2008, recommends this program to any student that is interested in the field of education and who is ready for an opportunity of a life time. “I knew that I wanted to do something for two years after college that I wouldn’t have gotten the opportunity to do again,” Floyd said. “I wanted to do something that would be serving the community and giving back.” As advice Floyd would give to students entering in this program she said that it will be the hardest two years of your life but it will also be the most rewarding.
Longterm effects of the program The study, “Assessing the Long-Term Effects of Youth Service: The Puzzling Case of Teach for America,” is the first of its kind to explore what happens to participants after they leave the Teach For America program. Instructors commit two years of their lives to low income schools around the country. Studies show that some of these instructors dropout of the program, finding out in the process that teaching is simply not their calling. “If it’s something that interests you in doing good for the world or education then this is a fabulous opportunity,” Kraft said. “But it has to be something that draws you.”
A&M libraries go high tech, implement texting Katy Ralston The Battalion Gone are the days of index card catalogs and manual checkout stamping. These days, library users can search online databases and automatically browse for books. Now Texas A&M University Libraries are adding more technological capabilities in their quest for “going tech.” “I think we are definitely ahead of the game, especially ‘Get it for me’ services,” said Document Delivery Services head Lan Yang. “We are the only library in the nation who offer such a large scale of book services, for our staff, faculty, undergraduate, graduate and business education.” The “Get it for me” program offers free electronic article delivery and book retrieval for library patrons. The program is not new, but the library frequently adds new features to the service, Yang said. The program formerly notified users of their request via e-mail messages, but now text message notifications are also available. Students and faculty can be notified on their way to class, stop by the library and pick it up on the way. “We wanted to take advantage of all the new technology. It seems like now text messaging is permissible in our current generation so we want to stay on top of it,” Yang said. Sophomore petroleum engineer major Andrew Nguyen uses “Get if for me” and said he
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