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The Batt’s endorsee The Battalion editorial board interviewed candidates and chose to endorse Hilary Albrecht for student body president. Reasons for this endorsement can be found on thebatt.com.
Campaigns began for the 2011-2012 yell leaders, student senate and student body president positions. Voting will be Monday through Tuesday; runoffs, if necessary, will be March 3-4.
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Bike polo shifts into gear Student returns from Spain with spin on old game
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Aggie plane designer dies Leland Snow, former student and founder of Air Tractor Inc., took his last stride on Feb. 20 while jogging near his home in Wichita Falls, Texas. Snow was born on May 31, 1930, in Brownsville, Texas. Snow designed his first plane, the S-1, in 1951, dusting crops from the Rio Grande Valley to Nicaragua. Following with two other models, the S-2A and the S-2B in 1958, he opened his company in Olney, Texas. In 1965, he sold his company to Rockwell-Standard and was appointed vice president of the Aero Commander division. While serving in this position he developed the Air Tractor. Air Tractor produces the most expensive product line of agricultural aircraft in the world. It is used for spraying, seeding, fertilizing and firefighting. In addition to being used as crop dusters, Air Tractor’s planes are outfitted with weapons and advanced electronics for use as warplanes.
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The scan of Steinhuble’s brain shows where he was shot. The bullet remains lodged in his head.
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Fitness fad forms Greek physiques on sorority row
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Students will be given free admission to Saturday’s men’s basketball game against Texas Tech. Guest passes for nonstudents will be $5.
inside sports | 3 Five straight The No. 17 Aggies defeated Oklahoma 61-47 Wednesday at Reed Arena for its fifth consecutive win.
yell leaders | 7 Nelson Ingram Look inside for information about yell leader candidate Nelson Ingram.
The Battalion Texas A&M students don’t need horses to play polo anymore. Some have decided a bike still makes for a good polo match. A group of students play bike polo every Monday at 10 p.m. in the George Bush Library parking lot. Kevin Parks, class of 2009, introduced the game to his friends after he returned home from studying abroad in Spain. “I had no idea bike polo existed until I saw it at a bicycle festival in Barcelona during my study abroad trip,” Parks said. Bike polo is just like polo on horses except that it is on bicycles. Players use mallets and hockey balls. “We play three-on-three games on a hard-court with a street hockey ball, homemade mallets and of course, we are on bikes,” said Will Jarvis, a junior recreation, parks and tourism science major. When Parks returned to the states he saw another bike polo game in San Marcos. He joined the game and began to practice. When he returned to College
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Mark Steinhubl is attending Texas A&M after surviving a gunshot wound to the head and said he understands the therapy U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is going through, because he went through the same
Like injured U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, student survives shot to the head Angela Washeck
The Battalion When sophomore chemical engineering major Mark Steinhubl heard the national headline that broke Jan. 8, he began to pray. U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, a Democrat from Arizona, had been shot in the head, and her life was in jeopardy. Steinhubl understood the seriousness of the situation since he suffered an eerily similar injury two
years ago. The bullet that hit Steinhubl pierced his skull above his right eye and cut through the right side of his brain. Steinhubl’s auditory functioning was lost on the right side, and the bullet took out his right eye. Steinhubl’s roommate and friend, senior civil engineering major Matthew Megally, said he could not believe Steinhubl survived the accident once he
heard the story. “When we were getting to know each other, I asked what happened to him because I was under the impression that he had a lazy eye,” he said. “If someone is shot in the head, where the bullet enters the right side and exits left or vice versa, it crosses the central barrier between the right and left lobes See Steinhubl on page 6
The Battalion In an effort to stay healthy, many Texas A&M students rely on the Student Recreation Center in hopes of finding an exercise machine. Since October 2009, Fitness Forever has been going house to house on sorority row and training young women in boot camp sessions to help tone bodies, teach proper eating habits and spread the news about healthy body image issues. “My favorite age group to train is between 18 and 24, because it is when young women look the best but feel the worst, and I want to change that. I want them to feel confident in who they are today,” said Brandi Reichert, co-owner and certified personal trainer of Fitness Forever. Reichert and her business partner and certified personal trainer, William Hurst, started Fitness Forever through personal training sessions with memSee Bootcamp on page 8
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That was pathetic. Atrocious. Appalling. Embarrassing. I’m not usually one to gripe and complain about attendance but last night’s showing at A&M’s 61-47 victory over Oklahoma was, in a word, weak. Those of you that found the available two hours to go sit in an air-conditioned stadium and yell for the No. 17 team in the country who has, now, won five consecutive games, give yourselves a pat on the back. The rest of you, spare me the excuses. Did you have to study? Just HAD to watch who would become America’s Next Top Model? Maybe wanted to work the bod at the Rec? Give me a break. It was 6:30 p.m. on a Wednesday night. The game lasted exactly one hour, 56 minutes. Definitely throws a wrench in the evening plans, eh? For a student body that seemingly prides itself on being the best fans in the country, I chuckle. Of the 8,315 announced in attendance, there were approximately 1,700 students. Yeah, the former students living in Houston and Austin drove 90 minutes on a work-day to come watch their team. The current students? Nah, you couldn’t muster up the energy to walk to West Campus. Don’t tell me that A&M is a football school. This is college basketball, one of the most profitable sports in the country. And, guess what? Your team is
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Aggies lock up NCAA bid with 61-47 victory Beau Holder
David Harris thriving in it. Quick, name me the only programs to get to five consecutive NCAA Tournaments and win a game while there. The answer: Pittsburgh and … A&M. With a dominating win last night, these Aggies guaranteed themselves a sixth consecutive appearance in the Big Dance. Most people love the underdog. Apparently not us here in Aggieland. Yeah, this team, the “little engine that could,” began the season receiving zero votes in either of the polls. Now, they’re 9-4 and third place in the third most difficult conference in the land. At 225, they are on pace for a top-6 seed. And it all came out of nowhere. Turgeon has coached this team into becoming one of the most overperforming squads in the entire country. And a solid 1/47th of the student body has been there to watch it unfold. In November, 31,000 students packed into Kyle Field to watch A&M defeat Nebraska. It was an incredible atmosphere that restored this student body as the best, most raucous fan base in the land. Last night, that distinction took a major hit. David Harris, senior economics major, sports editor
The Battalion The Aggies are who they are, as Head Coach Mark Turgeon recently said; at halftime Wednesday night, that didn’t seem apt to change. Another slow start, but Aggies of all kinds broke streaks in No. 17 A&M’s 61-47 home defeat of Oklahoma — the team won by double digits for the first time since Jan. 12 and the Reed Arena crowd, though still only 8,315 in number, grew louder in stretches than it had in many a contest. Sophomore swingman Khris Middleton’s 13 points led nine Aggies who scored in the contest while A&M (22-5, 9-4 Big 12) ran away with the second half, turning a 26-25 hafltime deficit into a quick 10-point lead that dipped into single digits only once more before game’s end. “We came out with more energy,” said senior guard B.J. Holmes. “That’s one of the biggest things coach talked about at halftime, coming out with energy. We were flat in the first half. In the second, we were able to get a lot more running going, get fast-break points, and it makes games more easy.” Freshman forward Kourtney Roberson sparked the 10-2 A&M run that opened the second half with a layup set up by Middleton. Sooners’ (12-15, 4-9) guard Cade Davis hit a 3-pointer while being fouled and made the ensuing free-throw; the Aggie lead shrunk to four with 12:07 remaining after an OU layup.
Four Aggies scored four separate baskets to answer with an 8-0 run. Middleton’s 3-pointer a minute and a half later bolstered the lead to 15, putting the game seemingly out of reach with 6:12 left to go. “It was a good win,” Turgeon said. “We weren’t great early. I thought Oklahoma played real well, got control of the tempo. We talked about having fun [at halftime]. Just don’t panic and have fun. We were really good in the second half. We rebounded, we defended, we executed.” Senior forward Nathan Walkup scored 11 and pulled down nine rebounds. Junior point guard Dash Harris tossed in eight points of his own with two assists and no turnovers for A&M, winners of five straight and sole possessors of third place in the Big 12. Three regular-season games remain with the Aggies two wins away from equaling their win total from 20092010 — including the Big 12 and NCAA Tournaments. Davis scored 21 in his effort to keep Oklahoma afloat. No other Sooner scored more than nine. “They took control from the start [of the second half] and never let us back in it,” said Sooners’ Head Coach Jeff Capel. “We just couldn’t finish plays. That allowed them to get out in transition, and it deflated us. Give them credit. Their bench really came in and did a good job for them.” OU’s 47 points were the least A&M has allowed in a Big 12 game this season. The Sooners shot 33 percent to
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Senior guard Andrew Darko goes up for a layup in No. 17 A&M’s 61-47 victory over Oklahoma Wednesday at Reed Arena. The win was the Aggies’ fifth consecutive victory and moves them to 9-4 in Big 12 play. A&M’s 48 percent — and only 25 percent from beyond the 3-point line. During the current fivegame winning streak, no opponent has broken 70 points against the Aggies. “I think we’re really defending,” Turgeon said. “We’ve defended well threeand-a-half of the last five games. We’re really getting there. We’re getting back. We’re more consistent. You don’t see me up here complaining about things I was
complaining about in late January, early December. Getting back to playing A&M basketball.” The timing would appear fortuitous for A&M, with games at Baylor and Kansas remaining. Still, the Aggies fended off questions about the NCAA Tournament postgame, but the prevailing sentiment was clear — regardless of what happens, Wednesday night solidified the team’s status as a Tournament lock.
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The two major feel like the pros outeReaders on the marweigh the cons in this ket are, unsurprisingtechnical aspect. ly, not that different. As far as overall Both have almost experience goes, the exactly the same both eReaders allow design: a large screen people to essentially rimmed by a black Matt Bizzell carry thousands of border. Both are able books virtually anyfreshman English to hold hundreds, major where. They allow if not thousands of you to bring your books, but that is entire library on a where the similarities end. vacation or to the pool. Yet The Nook, developed by I’m inclined to go again to the Barnes and Noble, is the maNook in this area. The Nook jor opponent to the Kindle and has a touch screen, which in uses an LCD screen, while the today’s world, is almost a preKindle uses E Ink. The main requisite for a successful new difference between the two device. When you’re able to screens is the functionality in quickly and comfortably navisunlight. The Kindle is hard to gate through screens and pages, see in any kind of light beyond a you’re able to immerse yourself dull desk lamp, while the Nook in the book. If you have to press uses the LCD screen to allow a page button every couple of people to read anywhere. An minutes, it’s going to turn you LCD screen has a higher refresh off to the product. rate and has a backlight, which What it all boils down to is for any constant reader, should the Nook devotes all available be a major plus. I can’t imagenergy to functionality. Instead ine having to read something of a keyboard and buttons, it dedigital with a flashlight. The E cided to go with a touch screen. Ink, however, retains the look When you own a Nook, you of actual printed material. My can read anywhere. This might qualm with that is if you’re alnot be a big deal to casual readready going to upgrade past a ers, but if you plan to read every book, then why go through the day and in as many locations as trouble to make it still look like you see in a day, the Nook is for a book? I understand that some you. Kindle is a nice try, but the people — present company in- most important factor has to be cluded — tend to fall asleep accessibility, and Nook trumps when staring at a screen, but I in this area.
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NEW YORK — A rapper who once was signed to a label run by Jay-Z has admitted taking part in a deadly stabbing in a New York apartment building lobby. Tru Life, born Robert Rosado, pleaded guilty Wednesday to gang assault in a June 2009 attack that killed Christopher Guerrero and wounded another man. The rapper’s brother Marcus Rosado pleaded guilty to manslaughter in Guerrero’s death. The 34-year-old rapper’s plea deal calls for eight years in prison. His older brother is expected to get 10 years. The brothers’ lawyers say their clients hope their acceptance of responsibility provides some closure for Guerrero’s family. Tru Life was once being groomed to be a linchpin of Roc-La Familia, a Latin-oriented arm of Roc-A-Fella Records. His lawyer says he no longer has a recording deal. Associated Press
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Maggies and Aggie Men’s Club will have the annual Giving to Light Others’ Way (G.L.O.W.) 5K to raise money for the organizations’ philanthropies at 8 p.m. Friday, beginning in Lot 50 on campus. Preregistration cost is $10 and can be paid at the promotional tables in the Commons, Wehner and Koldus this week.
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Audiences feel the beat from the tambourine in ‘Mamma Mia!’
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hat do ’70s Swedish pop quartets and secluded Greek islands have in common? Well, nothing. But you’ve got to hand it to Mamma Mia! for making every creative effort to mesh the two into one cohesive, theatrical unit. The premise of Mamma Mia! is a bizarre collage of elements from the overhyped reality show Survivor, that one episode of Jerry Springer you won’t admit to watching and The Sisterhood of the Traveling Rebecca Pants — or was that The Bennett Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood? At any rate, senior English and there’s an island, there are communication major multiple possible results for a paternity test that never actually happens and a gaggle of giggling females rejoicing in being, well, female. Note: Those audience members short a couple of ovaries might not be as prone to enjoying the show. Before the Spice Girls plodded around in too-high platform shoes, Donna and the Dynamos dazzled crowds with their catchy tunes and heavily sequined, bell-bottom pant suits. This fictional “girl power” trio — consisting of hotel manager Donna (Kaye Tuckerman) and her two life-long gal pals Tanya (Alison Ewing) and Rosie (Mary Callanan) — easily steals the show. Single motherhood, nasty divorces and back cramps do nothing to cramp these ladies’ discofabulous style. They stand true to the “forever” half of those kitschy friendship necklaces that ornament youth and inspire teeny boppers everywhere to find friends with whom they, too, can belt out “Dancing Queen” into a blow-dryer during those wearisome middle-aged years. Major props to Ewing as the overly surgically enhanced, billionaire divorcée Tanya; with her shameless flirtations with much younger groomsmen, never has being a cougar seemed so fierce (wildlife pun fully intended). Chloe Tucker pulls off endearingly naïve bride Sophie, who, much to her mother’s feminist chagrin, is to wed her Prince Charming at the tender age of 20. She’s so petite, she practically disappears into her fiancé’s arms when they embrace. She bounds back and forth across the stage, in a manner that would be irritating if it weren’t so adorable, as she frantically attempts to discern which of her mother Donna’s lov-
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The Mamma Mia! cast dances a dizzying pop number, one of many in this adrenaline-pumped, happy-go-lucky musical. ers is her true father, the man who will rightfully walk her down the aisle. The music, as expected, is wonderful. The cast knows how to belt out some ABBA tunes, and sometimes the familiar songs lend themselves well to the story. When Harry (Paul DeBoy) and Sophie perform a lovely acoustic duet of “Thank You for the Music,” the scene seems natural, at least by Broadway standards. Here is one potential father-daughter pair, strumming at each other’s heart strings by melodiously sharing happy memories of their separate lives with Donna. When Donna aids Sophie in preparing for her anxiously awaited wedding day, “Slipping Through My Fingers” seems an appropriate ode to a parent’s bittersweet realization that an only child is growing up and moving out. In these moments, the song is the story. But at others, not so much. Here are male cast members donning neon scuba suits, scuffling in sync amid a swirl of fog in a dream scene around Sophie’s bed, providing backup to “Under Attack.” This bit of silliness can be easily dismissed as the understandably bizarre blooming of Sophie’s panic-stricken subconscious, yet I couldn’t help but ask myself if I’d missed something. What, pray tell, is this?
This awkward forcing of yet another ABBA hit into the story seemed inexplicable at several points. While the dialogue was genuinely humorous and the music no less entertaining than the original ABBA recordings, the song lyrics were only vaguely connected to the story. The 2007 musical film Across the Universe took an approach similar to that of Mamma Mia!: redo beloved favorites from an iconic band of yesteryear and somehow work them into a story. Across the Universe succeeded by smudging shoddy plot points with psychedelic film effects that aligned with the focus on the rebellious counterculture of the ‘60s. Even if having characters named Jude and Lucy was a bit campy, the various Beatles’ songs meshed well with the film’s overarching trippiness. It is difficult to pinpoint, in comparison, the purpose of having decided an island wedding would be the perfect accompaniment to ABBA’s greatest hits. One can only presume that such Mediterranean isles are magical places full of disco balls and stranded Scandinavian singers just waiting for the perfect moment to explode into a rendition of “Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!” Perhaps it is best not to dwell too much on the incongruity of the musical elements and plot-
line in the decidedly light-hearted tale. In many ways, Mamma Mia! is like a favorite childhood Disney movie. There’s a lot that doesn’t make sense, even once you accept musical theater’s realized fantasy of spontaneous choreographed dance, but you can’t help but smile throughout the whole thing anyway. It’s like the Nicholas Sparks novel of Broadway musicals: predictable yet touching, and a much needed break from all that heavy existential theater stuff Samuel Beckett insisted on imposing upon the masses. There’s nothing wrong in wanting to see a stage production that is content with, even celebratory, of its completely selfcontained fantasy world. To put it simply, Mamma Mia! is the theatrical equivalent of an ice cream sundae for dinner. There’s no long-lasting nutritional value or anything of much substance, but it’s sweet and satisfying while it lasts. Don’t be surprised if you find yourself craving seconds.
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was a senior at Strake Jesuit College Preparatory and a player on the varsity rugby team. Court records show that Continued from page 1 a fellow classmate shot Steinhubl at a friend’s house on the morning of Jan. of the brain and is almost always fatal.” 4, 2009. Despite the shooting and the Not only did the bullet damage half daunting recuperation he faced, Steinof Steinhubl’s brain, it also caused a po- hubl graduated high school in May and tentially fatal upsurge of spinal fluid. A achieved his goal of beginning classes at piece of his skull had to be surgically Texas A&M that August. removed due to the pressure it was Megally is inspired by his friend’s causing. perseverance and is excited that more Immediately after being shot, Steipeople are hearing his story. nhubl was transported to Ben Taub “Now Mark is in great shape and is General Hospital where a number of completely independent. It is only beneurological tests were performed on cause a congresswoman got hurt that him. After four major surgeries in four Mark [gets] to tell his story, which I weeks, Steinhubl was taken to the re[think] is a shame,” he said. “He is givhabilitation center where Giffords is ing everyone a good reminder that guns being treated now – The Institute for are dangerous and should be handled Rehabilitation and Research Memorial more carefully.” Hermann in Houston. The rehab facilUnlike Giffords, the bullet that hit ity is the fifth-best hospital in the naSteinhubl remains in his head. After tion, according to U.S. News and World months of recovery and learning how Report Magazine. to perform simple tasks like tying shoes At the time of his accident, Steinhubl and getting dressed, Steinhubl was able AN AD Phone 845-0569 or Fax 845-2678 The Grove, Bldg. #8901 Texas A&M University
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Yelling for attention Nelson Ingram The Fightin Fightin’ Texas Aggie Yell Leaders are a symbol of Aggieland, radiating rad 12th man pride from Kyle Field and other venues on game days. But for junior yell candidate Nelson Ingram, Ingram ďŹ nance major, being a yell leader is more than just white whit coveralls- it’s about family. Ingram’s love l for A&M and the Corps of Cadets comes from his h father, class of 1976. As a part of Company D2, Ingram looks back on his Aggie ďŹ lled childhood in Tuscola, T Texas. As he grew up in maroon and white, Ingram Ingr couldn’t wait to carry on the family tradition. “I think the ďŹ rst song I learned how to sing was the War Hymnâ€?, Ing Ingram said. “When it came down to decide where to go to college, A&M was the only place I’d ever wanted to go.â€? The Corps of Cadets selects members from each class as candidates can for the position. Being a yell leader is something somethin Ingram has dreamt about and he said he cannot wait wai to see what the future holds. “To be selected s by the Corps to be put in this position is an amazing honor,â€? Ingram said. While the t beneďŹ ts of yell leaders include football games and fancy hand signals, Ingram realizes how important and a respected the position is and hopes to do it justice justic if he is elected. “The yell leader position is about serving and honoring honorin our beloved Texas A&M,â€? Ingram said. As Ingram runs for junior yell leader, he radiates radia pride in his university and only wants the best for the school he’s grown up with. “It’s not about anything I’ve done, it’s about putting Texas A&M in the brightest light possible,â€? Ingram said. Sarah Smith, freshman international studies major
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