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Remodel of Evans’ first floor to be completed by fall Emily Peery Special to The Battalion The Reimagine the Library initiative began more than two and a half years ago with an empty floor plan and some dry erase boards so students could draw and contribute ideas to the first floor remodel of the Sterling C. Evans Library. Students were on the minds of those involved in the remodel. Student involve-
“I have a lot of their Apple stuff, but I haven’t heard about it yet. I wouldn’t get it— I like the iPod touch. I think it would be a waste of money.”
ment in the project ranged from drawing the floor plans to testing furniture. “This is my first project that collected that much data from students,” said facilities coordinator Jim Smith. Students requested designated rooms, such as a Quiet Zone and an area devoted to group study. Students rejected an idea that would have added video gaming into the library atmosphere.
The plan includes a makeover-like project of the first floor and new carpeting in parts of Evans. The projects include a coffee shop in West Campus Library, which will serve its first cup by the end of February. The first floor remodel will be completed by fall 2010. Dennis Clark, head of public and
Space redesign ◗ Two entrance and exit points at Poor Yorick’s ◗ Natural tones ◗ Live plants and large windows ◗ Couches, booths, aluminum stools ◗ Laptop hookups ◗ Tablet chairs
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Tim Uhrik sophomore civil engineering major
“Well first off, I think the iPod touch was completely eradicated by the iPhone. There is practically nothing you can’t do with the iPhone, especially on college campuses where there is wireless everywhere. I text on it all the time. So the iPad is worthless.”
Sidney Chen sophomore general studies major
“It’s just an oversized iPhone.”
Tivon Martin junior political science major
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The iPad introduces downloadable iBook technologies for college textbooks, but lacks some of Apple’s signature qualities.
Post-traditional textbooks
“I haven’t seen it yet, but I’ve heard about it. I think it’s pretty much useless just get an iPod touch or a laptop. I personally wouldn’t pay for it. It’s just something else to make money.”
Travis Milner sophomore international studies major
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nderwhelming. That was the general consensus when Apple revealed their “revolutionary” iPad Jan. 27 in San Francisco.
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Anthony Gerhart The disappointment isn’t unreasonable; rumors were spreading throughout Jan. about a brand new Apple tablet, and when Steve Jobs scheduled a keynote address, imaginations spun at the potential for this new device. However, hopes were dashed
“I really haven’t looked into it. I think it’s cool, like a fancy new toy, but I don’t know what use it will have.”
Sterling Parker senior nutrition major
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The Battalion A&M United Methodist Church was in Haiti when the 7.0 magnitude earthquake shook the ground. A portable medical clinic built by church members, two miles from Port-Au-Prince, survived the disaster, and the church is building three more clinics to send to the Haitians. “I learned last year that it had been in Haiti, but that didn’t mean anything at the time- then to hear that it survived the quake and it was still helping people,” said senior history major and
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“What’s an iPad? I don’t even know what an iPad is.”
when we essentially received a large iPod Touch with e-book compatibility. Now that some time has passed and we can take a more objective stance, let’s quickly look at the redeeming factors of the device against its shortcomings and see where Apple can go
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Just like all of Apple’s new iPad products, the iPad is a less than sleek piece of hardware revoluthat’s easy on the eyes. tionary It measures 9.56 inches by 7.47 inches with a depth of 0.5 inches, and weighs in at 1.5 pounds (the 3G model weighs 1.6). This attests to its portability, making it a smarter choice than
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A&M United Methodist church member Samantha Shrauner. “I can’t contribute that much monetarily as a college student, but to know that something I did in the past is able to help people in this horrible situation, it’s something that only God can do.” The clinic from College Station was the only clinic that survived the earthquake in working condition. Before the disaster the clinic was seeing 60 patients a day, but since then that number has increased. “It was not the only clinic in Haiti,” said project manager for the church David Brochu. “Prior to the earthquake, Christian Alliance had eight to 10 clinics in Haiti.” Building the clinics begins with an empty
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Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, was beheaded at Fotheringhay, England, after 19 years as a prisoner of Queen Elizabeth I. She was charged with complicity in a plot to assassinate Elizabeth.
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a laptop to take on the go (unless you have a lot of typing to do). The device comes with a microphone, a built-in speaker, an accelerometer similar to that in the iPhone and iPod Touch, a virtual keyboard, 10 hour battery life and support for video up to a resolution of 720p. The screen itself measures 9.7 inches diagonally and showcases its visuals in the same bright, colorful quality we’ve come to expect from Apple, which — if you excuse the inevitable smudges — is a good deal more attractive than the “virtual ink� of Amazon’s Kindle. In addition, Apple has announced that nearly all of the applications on the App Store will be compatible with the iPad. This backwards compatibility means that you won’t have to repurchase apps that you’ve bought for your Touch or iPhone; the apps can be transferred over for free along with your music, photos and videos and can be viewed in their original scale or magnified to fit the screen. While some apps and games may be harmed graphically by upscaling the visuals at the same resolution, there will be a few others (such as crosswords and Sudokus) that will be easier to control with more real estate to manipulate on the screen. One of the main selling points of the iPad (and perhaps the primary reason for its release) is its compatibility with e-books (Apple’s are called iBooks) and its competition with Amazon’s Kindle. You’ll be able to purchase books as easily as you would purchase music on iTunes and have them transferred to a digital bookshelf in your iBook app. The books themselves are displayed in detailed color, can be read while holding the iPad hori-
zontally or vertically, and are manipulated with the same finger swipes that have become second nature to you. Reports show that the iBooks should cost between $10 and $15 for bestsellers, but here’s hoping that Apple implements some sort of textbook rental program for college students like you and me. Negatives Unfortunately, Apple missed a huge opportunity with the iPad by omitting the option to multitask, and it may be enough of a reason to hold off until they release a model that allows this feature. With a device so much larger than the iPhone or iPod touch, it would seem more than reasonable to allow multiple apps running at once. The iPad is supposed to be a replacement of a laptop or a netbook to an extent, and at the moment, the productivity for the computers outmatches Apple’s tablet simply because of their ability to multitask. You should be able to have your Twitter app, your Facebook app, your e-mail and an Internet browser all operating at the same time; a computer’s Internet browser is able to do this easily with tabs, and it’s something we’ve grown accustomed to. The iPhone and iPod touch got a pass because — aside from being quite small — these devices are used intermittently while waiting in line or riding a bus, not for hours on end. The iPad is being advertised as the way to view pictures, videos and the Internet, but until it can view all three at once, it’ll continue to be outranked by the common computer. One weakness that Apple downplays in their products is the inability of their portable machines to use the Flash plug-in in the Safari apps, and the iPad does nothing to rectify it. Flash is what runs most interactive applications on the Internet, including Facebook games such as Farm-
ville, Mafia Wars and Scramble. Without the plug-in, the games are inaccessible, and has Apple seems to have no immediate plans to change this. Another minor quibble is the absence of a camera on the hardware. Combined with the Skype app, Apple Wi-Fi Models — had the Releasing in March potential 16 GB — $499 to es32 GB — $599 sentially 64 GB — $699 bring science Wi-Fi & 3G Models fiction — Releasing in into March your 16 GB — $629 hands. The mere 32 GB — $729 thought 64 GB — $829 about having a video chat with a friend while holding the image of their face in a sleek tablet gets me giddy with anticipation. I have no doubt Apple will add on a camera in one of their future iPads, but its absence here is a disappointment. Moving onward As they have in the past, Apple is sure to improve the hardware with each new product — and there will be many. The machine itself is a fantastic piece of technology, and the potential is still there for it to be one of the best ways to view multimedia and the Internet, but for serious users, the inability to multitask will cast a giant shadow over the iPad. Talk to me when this problem is remedied, Mr. Jobs, and you’ll have yourself another sale. Anthony Gerhart is a sophomore computer science major.
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Teams of four students will test their knowledge of black history in a special version of the Think Fast game show from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Wednesday in Studio 12 of The Commons. The winning team will take home $1,000. Admission for spectators is free.
Attend the Catwalk for HIV/AIDS Awareness fashion show from 7 to 8 p.m. Feb. 18 in Rudder Theater. Students wear items from retailers while learning about HIV/AIDS. Admission is free.
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Peasant hopes to turn heads Courtesy photos
One man act Damien DeRose, who calls himself Peasant, will release his third album on March 2. His music has been featured on “Bones” and his music videos have been shown on MTVU and Fuse TV.
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he young, lo-fi, indie, folk, pop singersongwriter Peasant continues to grow from his humble beginnings and hopes to turn more heads with his newest album, “Shady Retreat,” to be released in March.
Peasant consists of just one man, Damien DeRose, who records all the instruments and vocals himself. DeRose has been on the music scene for a few years now, and “Shady Retreat” will be his Clay Harley third release. ends of songs DeRose intends to fade the music out. The fadeThe album opens up with the track “Thinking,” which dives outs aren’t well defined, leaving the listener unsure whether the abruptly into a verse of lyrics without much of an intro — a song is ending or their speakers are dying. nice touch for an opening song. “Thinking” sets the The second track, “The Distance,” is the most tone for the album with DeRose’s soft, high voice memorable on the album, exhibiting the power singing out the melodies and backing harmonies. of good melody. A couple of short call-andThe instrumentation on “Shady Retreat” response verses put the listener into a state of typically consists of acoustic and clean electric Indie and folk artist Damien guitars, piano or organ, minimal percussion DeRose, also known as Peasant, anticipation while a pleasant acoustic guitar and vocals — simple, nothing superfluous, hopes “Shady Retreat” will help strums along keeping 6/8 time. Then, with the chorus, the song reaches its subtle climax and it works for this style of music. DeRose’s expand his fan base. as DeRose sings “Where have you been, my songs are honest and sincere, and don’t need lover?” in a melody that perfectly satisfies the more than what he uses. tension built in the verse. The recordings themselves aren’t of a particu“The Distance” is a short song, as are all of the larly high quality either (hence, “lo-fi”) which adds songs on “Shady Retreat.” Most of them sit at about character to the songs. It is only a hindrance when at the
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two and a half minutes. This is a good judgment call by DeRose — most of his pieces have a similar sound, but keeping them short prevents them from growing tiresome. Repeated choruses and dragged out intros and endings aren’t effective with this sort of simple, introspective music. DeRose’s music hints at his influences throughout, especially in “The End” and “Into the Woods.” “The End” immediately takes on a Death Cab for Cutie feel with the acoustic guitar strumming progression and use of minor chords. And the melodies and double-voice tracking in “Into the Woods” is sure to make you think of Elliot Smith. DeRose actually double-tracks his vocals throughout the album, but it’s particularly noticeable in this song. His music’s best quality is that it is very intimate and honest. The listener can be confident that DeRose wrote these songs from real experience and truly feels what he sings. It is the subtle things like the scratch of fingers sliding up and down the strings in “Tough” and the lazy snare accompaniment in “Well Alright,” that, when mixed with solid writing skills and DeRose’s unique voice, make this album believable. I say I like it and if you like folk music, you probably will too.
Clay Harley is a senior management information systems major.
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T.D. Durham The Battalion Texas A&M men’s basketball Head Coach Mark Turgeon said the number of students who camped out in front of Reed Arena before the Aggies’ game against the No. 20 Baylor Bears sure got their money’s worth Saturday. The Aggies, now 17-6 overall and 6-3 in Big 12 conference play, defeated the Bears 78-71 in a wire-tight game just hours after devoted Reed Rowdies set up tents and waited in the cold weather to be the first inside the sanctuary of their namesake. A&M senior forward Bryan Davis opened the game for the Aggies with a string of dropped passes and turnovers that held A&M from scoring a field goal until the 16:01 mark. “Bryan was about as bad as you can get in the first ten minutes,” Turgeon said. “But then he was about as good as you can get in the rest of the game.” Davis turned his game around and finished with a team-high 22 points, eight of which came out of his nine free throw attempts. Davis and the Aggies finished shooting a season-high 85 percent from the charity stripe. “We’ve put in a lot of work in the past week shooting them,” Davis said. “Guys are coming up here late at night and shooting, or before practice, after practice, even during practice. That’s just one reason we were successful from the line tonight.” The Bears led the entire first half and at one point were up by a 12-point margin. But senior A&M guard Donald Sloan got the Aggies some momentum back
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Aggie forward Bryan Davis dunks in A&M’s 78-71 win over Baylor. with a fast break dunk around three Baylor players to bring his team within 10. Freshman forward Ray Turner, who laid an emphatic dunk over Missouri’s Kim English just three days earlier, picked up on Sloan’s lead and scored the Aggies’ next seven points to bring the score to just a two-point difference. The Aggies were unable to take the lead, however, and went into halftime trailing 35-32. In the second half, A&M took its first lead of the game almost immediately after
a strange foul on senior Baylor center Josh Lomers. After a play that left A&M’s Davis on the ground, Lomers tripped over him and clipped his head with his foot. Davis was shaken up, but was able to drain two technical free throws and finish the game. “Obviously Josh didn’t do anything intentionally,” said Baylor Head Coach Scott Drew. “It’s hard for him to jump over people, he’s vertically challenged as they would say.” Just after the play, sophomore forward David Loubeau scored a layup to put the Aggies up 36-35, the first lead of the game. Throughout the game, the Aggies were consistently poor from 3-point range, making only one trey in the first half. But junior guard B.J. Holmes would find his stroke with 5:19 remaining in the game and sink two long balls in back-toback procession. Holmes finished with 10 points and was 3 for 7 from behind the arc. “He’s our shooter,” Sloan said. “He’s our go-to guy when we need a three. Just because he misses a couple, that’s not going to change. I felt like if he could get the ball with any kind of space, even an inch, he should be able to put it up.” The Aggies closed down defensively in the final seven minutes of the game, allowing just seven points in the span to close out the game with its third upset of a Top25 ranked team in the 2009-2010 season. The win is A&M’s third in a row and its fifth out of its last six games. A&M has a break from mid-week action before returning to road Saturday with a contest against Texas Tech in Lubbock.
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n honor of the first Super Bowl in the history of a tormented New Orleans franchise and the chance for Peyton Manning to cement his legacy, this game had to be broken down with a running diary, Bill Simmons style. History, brought to you by CBS: 5:26 — Carrie Underwood sang the national anthem. I was happy to see her; oddly, not as much to hear her. A lot of things about her are pretty. That wasn’t. 5:34 — Three-and-out for the Saints. This doesn’t bode well for them because … well … now they have to play defense. 5:42 — First round of commercials. Budweiser has had better efforts. I’m having trouble remembering anything after the commercial featuring one of the most overexposed athletes of our generation — Tim Tebow — spearing his mother in a spontaneous bout of terrible acting. 5:46 — Our current clubhouse leader for best showing: Doritos. Keep your hands off my mama, keep your hands off
my Doritos! What? There’s a game going on? 6:01 — 10-0 Colts on a beautiful pass by Manning. The Saints look more overmatched than the slave traders in “Taken.” 6:06 — How much money do Doritos and Bud Light have, exactly? I thought these advertisements cost millions each. After that thought, they brought in T-Pain. He did manage to inspire a round of “The auto-tune just missed Carrie Underwood” jokes. 6:20 — It’s 10-3 in the second quarter. Already? 6:22 — Can a joke about Brett Favre being the 2020 NFL MVP be funny when there’s a legitimate fear that it could happen? 6:28 — Brees hasn’t looked too sharp unless he’s throwing into the flat repeatedly. Somehow we’re already nearing halftime. 6:33 — As I was saying, Brees is one of the best in the business for a reason. After a great 11-play drive, it’s about to be even. 6:42 — Going for it on fourth down was a good idea. That play call was not. 6:50 — 10-6 halftime lead for the Colts. 7:11 — The Who sure has gotten old, but you couldn’t tell by the way they play. Anything would beat the year they carted the Rolling Stones’ corpses up there. Somehow, somewhere, even Prince was impressed. 7:23 — WOW! Sean Payton! Making up for that failed fourth-down try before the half. I think you’d be hard-pressed to find someone willing to do an onside kick to start the second half of the Super Bowl, already trailing.
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7:56 — End of the third. One of the most important fourth quarters in sports is on the way. I’m not sure if it’ll be one of the most entertaining though. 8:04 — In the first quarter, the announcers casually mentioned Matt Stover being the oldest player to ever participate in a Super Bowl. Five minutes into the fourth, it’s still 17-16 after Matt Stover missed a field goal to the left. I feel like there’s a correlation. Oh CBS ... In all seriousness, this should be commended. Although the fact the announcers got something right being commendable is a teeny bit of an indictment on the state of sports commentating. You hear me, Joe Buck? 8:13 — Touchdown Saints after a masterful drive by Brees. This guy could’ve come to A&M, right? For one shining moment, Jeremy Shockey mattered again. Going for a two-point conversion was still a good call, whether they got it or not; even
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if it wasn’t, Sean Payton is untouchable after the onside kick. 22-17 Saints with 5:42 left in the game. 8:19 — The referees just announced that the two-point try was good after all —video evidence confirmed that Lance Moore broke the plane with the ball. 24-17 Saints, but 5:34 is a lifetime for Peyton. 8:29 — Only in a world like this could the New Orleans Saints become Super Bowl champs. It would have to happen during a season in which a rookie who threw 20 interceptions leads a 9-7 Jets team to the AFC Championship and Peyton Manning
throws a pick-six in the fourth quarter of the Super Bowl. Nothing is certain anymore. Do we need to reexamine this 2012 myth? Is there eternal life? Will the Texans finally make the playoffs? No on that last one? Shut up. 8:30 — Hopefully by now you’ve forgotten how readily I sung Peyton’s praises. 8:39 — With 1:34 left in the game, everything feels a little anticlimactic. This is what you get for rooting against the Saints, Manning family. Shame on you. 8:44 — With 0:44 left, all that’s left is for Brees to come out and take a
knee, that one moment encompassing and erasing everything this team has been through with their city. It feels right for the Saints to win. 8:46 — The Saints are the 2010 World Champions in the NFL, and Doritos is the 2010 Advertising Champion. Everybody wins. In the end, I look at the emotions on these players’ faces, and on the faces of their fans in the stands, and I look at Drew Brees and I think, “Shouldn’t somebody besides Purdue have recruited this guy?” Beau Holder is a freshman English major.
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research services said the first floor renovation has been designed around the new age of studying and learning. “We analyzed the Barnes and Noble effect as they have re-envisioned the idea of a book as a social experience and looked to create a space with comfortable furnishings and an overall more restful area,” Clark said. Hoping to create an area that provides a more collaborative workspace that is more current with the applied learning pattern that students are utilizing today, additions to the first floor of the library include larger workstations with Open Access Lab computers and large spaces for group projects.
With a decrease in 95 percent of the displayed reference books, space will be available for 25 percent more seats and add 25 percent more computers, part of the initiative to update the space with more technology and power. A café-style area connected to Poor Yorick’s Coffee House and another study area similarly designed in the back of the first floor are still to come, expected to be completed by next fall. The first phase of the remodel was finished over winter break and is open to students. It includes the designated Quiet Zone in the back of the first floor with circular seating featuring a “non-library white” color scheme that provides a calmer environment. “It seems more spacious and a more relaxing environment that is more conducive to studying,” said sophomore chemistry major Kelly Kilfoyle.
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ping container, sent to the work site by Christian Alliance for Humanitarian Aid. Volunteer workers will equip the container with air conditioning, a refrigerator, electricity, and plumbing. There is a waiting room, two exam areas and a lab area when it is finished. “It’s just a big empty box at first,” Brochu said. “When you look on the inside once it’s finished, it’ll look like a little doctor’s office. It is able to provide a secure and somewhat clean place to treat people.” The church has been involved with the project for about two years. The second clinic was ordered before the earthquake hit, but after media attention, the church is expanding the project. Last week, $10,000 in donations were received. “We just got a tremendous response,” Brochu said. “Everybody was getting so fired up about it that we thought maybe we need to think about expanding this project a little bit.” After a meeting last week, the church decided to build three clinics instead of one. With continued media exposure, the church kept receiving checks, calls and offers to help. The offers to help came from all over the community, including student organizations and other churches. “It’s really cool that they’re doing three. We’re doing something that we couldn’t do by ourselves,” Shrauner said. “We need God for this. It’s not just this one little church anymore,
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These portable medical clinics were built by A&M Methodist Church for Haitians. Some portables were already in Haiti when the earthquake hit, and the church is building three more clinics to send to Haiti. it’s all of the community that has come together to work on this project.” The three clinics have arrived in the church parking lot, and the work is set to begin on Saturday. Brochu expects to have three teams laying flooring, while three other teams build frames. He hopes to have 25 to 30 people working simultaneously in order to complete all three clinics in six weeks. Engineers Without Borders is helping the church to achieve that goal. “The whole idea of Engineers Without Borders is to help people worldwide,” said senior civil engineering major Robert Sudbay. “Our goal is just to provide our time and our service. They had the money; they just needed the help.” Each clinic shell costs $6,000, and furnishing it costs approximately $5,000. The church is nearly able to pay for all three clinics to be delivered and furnished, but they are still accept-
ing donations. Any money received above what is necessary will be used to equip the clinics with first aid supplies. On Saturday, Slovacek’s will be donating half of their receipts to the portable medical clinics and the other half to CARPOOL. Senior pastor Kip Gilts said he is excited about the possibility of providing students and community members a way to serve the people of Haiti with more than just monetary contributions. “Being in a university community, we want to make the ministries we do have some relevance and make an obvious difference,” Gilts said. “We want to be relevant to students who are really looking for religion to have some relevance about it and not just people meeting together on Sunday and singing the same songs they’ve been singing for hundreds of years, but also doing something that makes a difference in people’s lives.”
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