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Poor choices follow candidates Matt Woolbright
The Battalion A junior yell leader candidate received deferred adjudication for minor in consumption in 2010. He was found innocent by the Corps. Joshua Light was arrested with a minor in consumption in January 2010. Light, a sophomore chemical engineering major, consumed a few drinks at a friend’s house before heading to Harry’s on Northgate. Voting begins today for student senate, student body president and yell leader positions. Joshua Light is a ju-
nior yell leader candidate with the group “5 for Yell,” a group of five Corps Cadets that runs as a team every year. After arriving at Harry’s, Light said they grabbed beers from the back of the truck, but saw a cop and “hustled” away. Light was given a minor in consumption charge and arrested. Usually, a ticket is the extent of punishment unless there are extra circumstances from the individual, said an officer with the College Station police department. Light said he argued with the officer. “I didn’t actually drink in the parking lot,” Light
said. “I thought it was ridiculous and I was just frustrated.” Light said he was drinking in public, and referred to drinking in the parking lot at Harry’s that night. “Drinking in the parking lot — terrible,” Light said. “Drinking in general Light — it wasn’t to get drunk. I think it was just my buddy wanted to have a beer is why I drank. I guess to make him feel better; I don’t See Yell Leaders on page 2
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What is the best part of being president? Brett Davenport, junior agricultural economics major
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In Jacob Robinson’s final days as Texas A&M’s student body president, he reflects on the past year as being the biggest learning experience of his life. Not only did he learn how to communicate with others and how to lead, but he said he also learned how to take a firm stance during tough times with difficult issues. “The next student body president definitely has big shoes to fill,” said Erin Taylor, a junior allied health major. From making the switch to Pepsi products, to sitting on the budget reallocation committee, to being a member of the Vision 20/20 group – Robinson tackled many important issues, including one of the most controversial decisions of the year
regarding the immigration bill. “I firmly believe that we made the right decision to veto the bill and I will stand by that. Looking back I have no regrets, I stood up for a cause and whether people agree or disagree, that’s their personal opinion and I respect that,” Robinson said. Despite facing these tough decisions, Robinson has many memories of meeting and working with students and faculty, but his favorite memory during his time as student body president was when he got to speak at Midnight Yell. “I grew up wanting to be a Yell Leader, but when I got here that didn’t happen. So for me, speaking at Midnight Yell was fulfilling a childhood dream. I’ve given a lot of speeches, but I truly felt sick before I gave that one because of how ner-
vous I was. I am forever grateful to the Yell Leaders for letting me speak that night,” Robinson said. There are a lot of expectations set for the student body president when serving 50,000 students, and there will always be times when students disagree with decisions being made. “At end of day, despite having different opinions we are all on the same team. Whether you agree with the next student body president or not, it is important to support them. There will be times when it is hard, but we all love this school and want it to be the best it can be. It is important to remember that student leaders are here to make that happen,” Robinson said. Robinson stressed the importance of choosing a true leader when conSee Robinson on page 4
The Battalion Younger and inexperienced, the Texas A&M’s men’s lacrosse team is looking to hit their stride and make a run at the conference title after falling short last season in an overtime thriller. Once a top-tier program in the late ’90s and early 2000s, Head Coach Tony Scazzero’s squad has taken a bit of a dip in recent years due to increased competition from surrounding schools in the area. With promising and eager talent looking to develop, the next few games will be important in gauging where the team stands. The spring season started with a 5-14 loss to Texas State, but the Aggies rebounded with victories over North Texas and Texas Tech. Team President Cory Hartstein felt the team needed a few more games to shake off the rust. “Texas State was the team that knocked us out last year. That’s what has been driving me. We really weren’t ready for the first game this season. They had played a couple already, and we really were not game ready. It’s hard to go from practice to a game. Hopefully, we’ll see them again in playoffs,” Hartstein said. Their biggest test thus far will take place March 4-6 when the team travels to Phoenix, Ariz. to face Boston College, Arizona and Arizona State, the last of which lost the championship game the previous year. The road trip will be an experience the team’s long tenured head coach knows all too well. As the definitive figurehead of A&M lacrosse, Scazzero’s history with the program dates all the way back to its inception when the University became the first team in Texas See Lacrosse on page 8
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know why I did it. It was a bad decision.” The Corps found Light innocent because the charge was a minor in consumption, and he said he did not drink in the parking lot. A minor in consumption requires that the officer must prove the minor consumed the beverage — possession is not enough. Head yell leader Brett Bergamo, a senior supply chain management major, said Light has matured and that he informed the Corps interview committee of the offense.
“It was a mistake and he has learned from it greatly,” Bergamo said. “We just felt he was still a great guy for this position.” Light is running with Nelson Ingram, a sophomore business major, and juniors David Benac, a junior business major, Austin Walker, an industrial distribution major, and Patrick Ivey, an economics major. Austin Trahan, a junior general studies major and yell leader, was not put back on the ballot for “5 for Yell” because his performance this year. Trahan missed the Kansas game because he slept late after going out the night before, and there were other incidents throughout the year, Bergamo said. “We feel like the person who needs to be representing Texas
A&M as a yell leader is representing it to the best of their ability both in and outside of the uniform,” he said, “and we didn’t feel Austin Trahan was doing that.” Trahan agreed with the decision. “I definitely don’t think my actions in the public were how one should have acted,” Trahan said. In 2009, Cody Howdeshell, a junior yell candidate, was pulled off the “5 for Yell” ballot after a DWI and possession of marijuana charge came to public attention. Bergamo said the incidents were a mixture of bad luck and unforeseeable circumstances, but they were handled promptly.
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Fighting for futures Former abortion advocate defends life Caroline Ward
The Battalion As Abby Johnson described her two abortions on the stage of Rudder Theater, her 4-year-old daughter, Grace, loudly sang the ABC’s on the front row. The scene was representative of two different people: Abby Johnson, prochoice supporter and director of Planned Parenthood in Bryan, and Abby Johnson, pro-life advocate, author, speaker, as well as mother and wife. When she witnessed an ultra-sound guided abortion at the clinic in Bryan in September 2009, her world was turned upside-down. She left the clinic and began fighting for the unborn. Friday, Johnson shared her story at Texas A&M with the support of St. Mary’s and the Catholic Student Association. Many students attended the talk, filling most of the first floor of Rudder Theater on a weekend night in College Station. “For me it’s not just about the unborn, it’s about fighting for life and being for life-affirming things. I am against abortion and keeping our kids safe and healthy. I am for programs to help kids and adults.
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It goes beyond the unborn. We’ve got to look at not just being pro-life, but being pro-quality of life. It doesn’t just stop at birth,” Johnson said. She began telling her story as it related to abortion, including her opposing opinions of abortion throughout the years and why they have changed. She spoke of her life in high school and college, her relationship with God and her history with Planned Parenthood. Johnson addressed the organization’s core greed for money, statistics about abortions and how abortion procedures work. “I was drawn to Planned Parenthood in the movement, because I thought that I was helping women by helping them have safe abortions. I would never feel comfortable sending them off to a place where they would have a back-alley abortion. I thought that I was saving their lives: I really believed that,” Johnson said. Since October 2009 when Johnson resigned from the abortion clinic, her life and stance on abortion have transformed. “I feel like I’m almost in just a constant state of prayer. I feel like I have to be, otherwise I think it would be easy for me to feel overwhelmed with work and the
book and the media and being a mom and a wife and a friend. I can honestly say that there has never been a time where I have thought ‘Why did I do this?’ or ‘Why did God pick me to do this?’ I always felt like He’s given me just enough grace. He’s been so merciful,” Johnson said. “For so long I tried to do it on my own and I failed. I learned a very hard lesson that I have to lean on Him and trust that he knows what’s best for me.” Johnson has written a best-selling book called Unplanned, has been interviewed by Bill O’Reilly, Mike Huckabee, Focus on the Family, has articles published about her on the Fox News website, ABC, the Houston Chronicle , Christian Broadcasting Network, 40 Days for Life: News , NewsBusters, LifeNews.com, WorldNetDaily, Global Catholic Network , OurSundayVisitor and many more. “[A bill] just got passed in the House and is going to the Senate. What it would do is cut funding for Planned Parenthood, which receives millions of taxpayer dollars currently. When it was on the floor of the See Johnson on page 8
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The Battalion Student Government Association presented Congressman Bill Flores, class of 1976, with Student Senate Resolution 6317 Friday congratulating Flores on winning the November election. Flores is in his first term in the House and a distinguished alumni of Texas A&M. Student Senator Ryan Davenport, a junior education major, presented a framed copy of the resolution SR 63-17, intentionally numbered after Congressman Flores’ district 17. “We realize this is a big change for Texas A&M; we were once represented by a Democrat and now we are represented by a Republican. So we wanted to make sure Bill Flores … got the welcome he deserved from Student Senate,” Davenport said. Flores said he was flattered and honored to receive the resolution. Friday was also his birthday and representatives from Student Senate wished him a happy birthday. Flores then took time to answer questions and discuss the relationship between Texas A&M Student Senate and Congress. “Keep me posted on the things that are critically important to you ... remember you are not here just to get an education you are here to set the stage for your career. What I’d like feedback on is how your career opportunities are looking,” Flores said. Flores also talked about his
concerns with the rising cost of education and the impact of the federal government’s fiscal difficulties on Flores the financing of education. Amy Loyd, assistant director of Student Government Association, attended and discussed the importance of a relationship between the students and politicians. “Our students take a lot of time and a lot of pride in drafting legislation here that speaks for the students of A&M. I think it’s important that the politicians are here showing that they care and that they are listening,” Loyd said. Flores graduated with the class of 1976. While attending A&M he was active in many leadership roles. He came to the University, joined the Corps of Cadets and he said ended up loving Texas A&M and everything the University stands for. He was active in the Corps Staff, and was a student senator as well as the student body president of finance. Flores talked about how his experience on Corps Staff helped to change the trajectory of enrollment in the Corps prepared him for his office in Congress. “[It was] one of my first adventures as sort of Mr. Fix it … and the reason I am in Congress today, I decided I wanted to go fix something,” Flores said . Flores said Midnight Yell Practice is his favorite Texas
A&M tradition, but that what really strikes him about A&M, is Aggies’ desire for servant leadership. “What I noticed about Aggies is the servant leadership attributes that you see in most of the students here. It’s part of the culture here; you know you have to give back. That’s just what I love about A&M, how gung-ho the students are about going out to change the world … it’s not one of the traditions, it’s just one of the attributes I see in the student body and I hope that never goes away,” Flores said. Flores credited the University’s high ranking in Washington Monthly to A&M students attitude of servitude. “Because we go out, serve in the military, we serve in the CIA, we serve society. That’s the reason I’m in Congress. That’s one of the things I’ve learned here, you see something is wrong and you want to go fix it,” he said. The desire to serve in politics is not limited to Flores, Aggies make up 1 percent of the House and the Texas A&M Club in Washington, D.C. is the largest outside of Texas. After meeting with student senate, Flores participated in a town hall meeting later that evening at Sam Rayburn Middle School and was accompanied by his Washington DC team. Flores hoped to unite his D.C. team with his district team in order to bring together common values and culture.
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together. “It is very important to vote for the student body president Continued from page 1 this year more than ever besidering the student body presi- cause this year the student body dent candidates. He also said the president is going to be faced with a lot of tough issues,” said position needs to be filled by Katelyn Allen, a senior psycholsomeone who is able to tackle tough issues, and who can build ogy major. When reflecting on the past the student body by bringing it year, Robinson hopes that peo-
ple will think of the 2010-2011 school year as a success. “I know I’m not perfect, but I hope I’ve done a good job. I gave it my all and it has been my intention to serve the student body each and every day. I hope people look back and have good memories about the past school year.”
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women’s golf | The team will be in Lousiana today and tomorrow competing in the Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate.
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The Battalion The Texas A&M men’s track team won the first conference championship since 1980 and the women’s side placed second this weekend at the Big 12 Championship meet at the Bob Devaney Sports Center in Lincoln, Neb. Head Coach Pat Henry emphasized the team’s goal to have every athlete compete at the top level on the same day to have team success, and commended the effort of his athletes to reach that goal at the Big 12 meet. “It’s a big win for our men and great meet by our ladies, who just ran out of bullets,” Henry said. “On the men’s side we really hit well and did the things we were capable of doing. Nebraska did a great job to win the women’s title.” The Aggie men won the meet with 134.2 points, almost 30 more points than second place finisher Oklahoma (106.3). The score is the second best in Big 12 history behind a score of 141.64 set by Nebraska in 2004. The Aggie women, on the other hand, had a streak of four-consecutive titles snapped by finishing second in total points (101) to Nebraska (115.5). “We had big performances across the board and had some surprises from a couple of athletes,” Henry said. “Joey Roberts is one guy I’m as proud of as any-
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Members of the men’s track team celebrate Big 12 Championship win this weekend. body. This time last year he was laying on the track knowing we could have won this meet if he just would have done what he was capable of doing. Then he comes back and wins the race this year. That’s big.” The Aggies started early as Wayne Davis II recorded a career best of 7.75 to claim a silver medal in the 60 hurdles. The team then scored double digits in the triple jump, 60-, 600-, 400-, 800-, and 200-meters before winning a second consecutive Big 12 Indoor title in the 4x400. Highlights of those scoring events for A&M include Tabarie Henry winning the 600 yards, and Joey Roberts lowering his school record in the 800-meters with a first place time of 1:48.89. “This has been a process and a learning experience,” Roberts said. “Finally I have the recognition to know what I’m doing. Finally I got it, and did it when it mattered. What an accomplishment for our team. I’m honored and thankful that I was able to contribute to this team championship.” Although the women’s side fell
short of the title, senior sprinters Jessica Beard and Jeneba Tarmoh shared individual high-point honors, as each totaled 20.5 points on the weekend. Beard finished first in the 400-meters with a commanding time of 51.68, becoming the first woman to claim four titles in an event in the Big 12 meet, and placed second in the 200 for the second straight year. “Jeneba and I always push each other, so it’s special to share the high-point honor with her,” Beard said. “We didn’t win the team title, but we did our best. I wanted to lower my school record on this size track, so that was the main goal of mine in the 400.” Tarmoh won the 200-meters in world-leading fashion with a time of 22.88, and earned silver in the 60-meters. The two would help Ibukun Mayungbe and Andrea Sutherland set a Big 12 meet record in the 4x400 relay team, as the Aggie women won the event for the fifth year in a row. “I didn’t reach my PR in the 60, but I was able to in the 200,” Tarmoh said. “I still feel I have a little more. We’ll see what happens at nationals.”
The Battalion There’s not a whole lot one can do in .07 seconds. But ask a Texas Aggie and they’ll tell you that is all they need to win a race; ask a Texas Longhorn and they’ll tell you that is all they needed to lose one Saturday at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center in Austin. With the crowd on its feet, A&M freshman Kyle Troskot held on to his lead to out touch Texas sophomore Dax Hill in a stunning upset of the 400 free relay, the last event of the 2011 Big 12 Swimming and Diving Championships and the same event the defending National Championship Longhorns took second place in at last year’s NCAA meet. The A&M quartet of senior Balazs Makany, sophomore John Dalton, freshman Henrik Lindau and Troskot dealt Texas its first ever loss in the 400 free relay since the inception of the Big 12 meet 14 years ago. Touching in at 2:57.76, they also took down the school record by .13 seconds. “We’ve always viewed our 400 free relay as our strongest relay,” Men’s Head Coach Jay Holmes said. “We had some ups and downs in this meet, but we always knew the 400 free relay was coming. We asked the guys to stand up and do something great. It was a great race and a great way to get it done. It was a battle the whole way and a lot of fun for our guys to be in that situation.” Dalton and Makany also finished third and fourth respectively in the 100 free and fifth and second in the 200 free. Junior John Ariens took third in the 100 back and seventh in the 200 back. Senior Nathan Lavery, junior Amini Fonua, and senior Bryan Snowden nabbed a 3-4-5 finish in the 100 breast. Makany, Dalton and Troskot took home big points with second, fourth and fifth place finishes in the 50 free. Sophomore Omar Enruiqez took fourth place in the 500 free and third in the 1650 free,
along with sophomore Max Lewis’s second place swim in the 200 fly which also highlighted the meet for the Aggie men. The Texas men captured the Championship with 1,052 points, A&M taking second with 817, and Missouri finishing third with 707. On the women’s side, the battle was tighter with the defending Big 12 Championship Aggies handing down dominant performance after dominant performance and heading into the final day of competition holding a slim seven-point lead. Freshman Camille Adams garnered the only meet honors for the Aggies, taking home Outstanding Newcomer of the Meet, for capturing first place in both the 500 free and 200 fly, breaking both school records and also nabbing silver in the 400 IM. Sophomore Maureen McLaine grabbed her first Individual Big 12 Championship in the 1650 freestyle, with freshman Sarah Henry taking the silver. Senior Maria Somer closed out her Big 12 career, with a second place finish in the 100 free and 50 free. Freshmen Paige Miller and Sarah Henry made their mark in their championship debut, breaking school records and taking home wins the 100 backstroke and the 400 IM. “We graduated some really good people and for Paige to come in and break Julia’s (Wilkinson) school record and win a conference championship is pretty impressive,” Women’s Head Coach Steve Bultman said. Miller’s Friday win is what sent the Aggies into the lead before the final day of competition, but they couldn’t hold out as the Longhorns finished meet out with a 17 point win, 948-931. “Texas was ranked fourth in the country and I don’t think people around the country gave us much of a chance this weekend,” Bultman said. “We’re right there. Texas is our rival and battling against them inspires us to swim faster.”
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House during the debates, they read part of Abby’s book and they were less supportive of the issues. That bill is going to the Senate now,” said Emily Goodrich-Gazda, a senior history major, member of the Catholic Students Association and volunteer for St. Mary’s Distinguished Speaker series. In addition to impacting Congress and students at Texas A&M, Johnson has impacted employees at the Planned Parenthood clinic in Bryan. Seven months after Abby left the clinic, “35 clinic workers [had] left their jobs and found new employment with the help of the organization,” as stated in EWTN (Global Catholic Tele-
vision Network). The organization they are referring to is 40 Days for Life, which “takes a determined, peaceful approach to showing local communities the consequences of abortion in their own neighborhoods, for their own friends and families. It puts into action a desire to cooperate with God in the carrying out of His plan for the end of abortion in America,” as stated by abbyjohnson.org. Abby’s background, knowledge and strong opinions are furthering the pro-life movement. Her perspectives are changing people’s hearts and minds every day. “There is not an easy solution because we are living in a culture where life is not regarded as precious and we have to start changing that,” Johnson said. “We live in a time when people are more concerned about animals in shelters than they are our children. They’re more concerned about eagles and eagle eggs than the children in our womb. They’re more concerned about trees and it’s really a scary time.
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to have a lacrosse team. “There was very few Division I players when I first came down here. I think there was maybe four at the time. That’s basically when we started high school lacrosse here too, and A&M was the first team to play down here. So, we’re the longest standing college program in Texas,” Scazzero said. In addition to coaching duties, Scazzero is also president of the Men’s Collegiate Lacrosse Association that oversees more than 200 teams across two divisions and 10 conferences. His status and longevity in the sport has commanded the respect of old and new players alike, including Norwegian transfer student Christopher Tybring-Gjedde, who joined the team a few weeks ago. “It’s awesome to play with these guys, because some of them have played for eight years. In Norway it’s a college sport like here, and this is my second year playing. I’m going to take over my team as a leader when I get back home, because we don’t have a coach there. What I learn from my coach here is going to help a lot,” TybringGjedde said. With his players practicing passes and formations in the distance, Scazzero analyzed his team’s chances and expectations for success this season. “We’re trying to win our conference. We’ve already lost to Texas State, and they won it last year,” Scazerro said. “I’m sure we’ll have to deal with Texas too. If we can get into the conference tournament, then we’ve got a chance to go into the big show. Hopefully, we’ll have gelled by then and stepped our game up to the college level.” Scazzero acknowledged the need for his team to adapt to a higher level of competition. “It takes a long time to get used to this game. In high school there are usually three or four good players. Now, just about everyone you see is a good player, and you have to learn how to play against them. It’s not a one-man show anymore. It’s a team sport, and this is a great opportunity for these guys to put academics first and athletics second. Play because you love it,” Scazzero said.
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