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$16.97 per It uses wheelbarrows and shovels and all sorts of other goodies like that. A thousand shovels and rakes and things that are per person, only 200 wheelbarrows.
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A lot of shovels, probably a million shovels. A million shovels is about enough for a thousand people. And a lot of trees, dead trees that you can make into a lot of wood. Bri Adams, freshman kinesiology major
If they’re planting trees, they’re probably using a couple of tractors.
BIG PLANNING DECK HEADLINE YY DECK HEADLINE HEDLINE YY Trevor Stevens The Battalion This Saturday, The Big Event will consist of 15,000 students completing over 1,500 job requests in Bryan-College Station. Operational costs for student recruitment, outreach resources and all necessary tools and equipment needed for the day continue to rise with this year’s record breaking number of student participants. This year, The Big Event’s operational costs accumulate to approximately $85,000. To match the expected costs, The
Big Event acquires most of its revenue from member dues, Student Government Association allocations, city reimbursements, and profit shares with local restaurants. The Committee also organizes a western themed gala and silent auction in October to raise funds from the community. The leftover expenses are covered by donations from Aggie Mom’s Club, local businesses and A&M alumni. “The operations subcommittee plans and gathers all the materials for the gala and auction, where committee mem-
ber parents, faculty and former supporting students come to donate and bid on items like Southwest Airlines tickets and custom made furniture,” said Erin Weaver, a senior communication major. The average cost of tools for each job site totals $164. Depending on the job, each site needs a multitude of basic tools, including everything from garden shovels to trash bags. Along with generous allowances from supporting organizations and
Get involved Big Event will be allowing students to register on March 26 in Lot 100c of Reed Arena during kick-off ceremonies. Email questions about registration to signups@ bigevent.tamu.edu
See Logistics on page 4
National recognition in Event history
Zach Nelson, freshman mechanical engineering major
have adopted the program and participate in service. “We had identified that we wanted to recruit 1,400 jobs and completed 1,428,” said Mallory Myers a senior political science major and 2010 Big Event director. Christine Perrenot Many of the project’s goals were The Battalion met or surpassed, which made the The Big Event project was preBig Event such a great candidate for dominantly local at its start. Now it is the Point of Light award. a national event and one of the most “We had wanted 13,000 students successful student-run community to participate and had 13,500,” she service projects. Other universities said.
Local organization leads nation, recieves presidential award
Expansion has been and will be a continuous goal for the Big Event. “Our mission is to say thank you,” said Ryan Byrnes, Big Event director. The organization hopes to continue saying thank you by having more students sign up and promote expansion. The organization was presented the Point of Light award by President Obama in 2009. “The Point of Light award gave us national recognition,” Byrnes said.
Schools can come in from all over the nation to get a glimpse of how the event is operated and to begin their own projects. “There are now over 75 Big Events across the nation that started at Texas A&M,” Byrnes said. The Point of Light award will be something the organization continues to have pride in. “We were given the award on behalf of the Point of Light Institute started by H.W. Bush,” said Mallory See Obama on page 4
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No. 6 Aggies fight against streaking SFA
Victoria graduate as program namesake Sarah Smith
Austin Meek
The Battalion After a hard-fought game against the Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks, junior first baseman Jacob House came out to greet reporters with Toby, a large plush monkey, wrapped around his neck. “A couple weeks ago we were struggling a little bit with the bats and I told Josh, ‘We need a rally monkey.’ I remember the [Los Angeles] Angels and they had a rally monkey. I said, ‘Let’s get something going,’ so we named him and it’s just kind of taken off. Every time someone gets a big hit, hands above your head See Baseball on page 7
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Sophomore sidearm pitcher Kyle Martin pitched one inning in relief for the Aggies in Tuesday’s game. The Aggies are now 16-5 after the 7-5 victory over SFA.
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The Battalion It is a great thrill to have a namesake. Some might dream to have their name etched above the most disgustingly humongous sandwich at Jason’s Deli. Others take fancy in remote animal species, interstate highways or infectious diseases. While all these sound intriguing, Dr. Ciriaco Valdez-Flores, class of 1987, is the first man to have a graduating class in his name at The Instituto Tecnologico de Cd. Victoria. Located in Ciudad Victoria, the capital city of the State of
Tamulipas, The Instituto Tecnologico de Cd. Victoria graduated its 64th class on February 25, 2011. Valdez-Flores graduated June of 1980, as a member of the second class admitted to the college. “I studied Industrial Engineering because that was the major that was closest to what I really wanted; applied math was not available in the city,” Valdez-Flores said. However, he had to climb over many obstacles to attain and continue his education upon graduation. See Valdez-Flores on page 4
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Football Spring Practice Preparation for the 2011 football season began Tuesday as spring practices started for the Aggie football team.
Dancing Into Dallas Aggies advance to Sweet 16 in route of Rutgers
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The Battalion The Aggies have booked their ticket to Dallas. For the fourth time in school history, Texas A&M’s women’s basketball team is headed to the Sweet 16. The second-seeded Aggies advanced after a 70-48 victory over seventh-seeded Rutgers in Shreveport Tuesday. Texas A&M (29-5) blew out the Scarlet Knights for the second time this season. Tuesday’s second-round matchup in the NCAA was similar to the Aggies’ 79-50 win over Rutgers in December at Madison Square Garden. “It’s a shame our season had to end as it did, especially against this team,” said Rutgers head coach C. Vivian Stringer. “We wanted to see a big difference in the way we played, but it looked like the same old team. Maybe A&M got better.” Stringer was impressed with A&M’s performance and believes that they are a Final Four caliber team. “I wouldn’t bet against them playing for a national championship,” she said. “It’s kind of interesting that they’re playing Baylor, but in my opinion, they’re probably one of the four top teams in the country. No question.” Senior center Danielle Adams led the way for the Aggies with a postseason-high 28 points and was a perfect 8-for-8
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from the free-throw line. Adams also hauled in a team-high 11 rebounds to record her second postseason double-double in only four NCAA tournament games. “I try to help the team out anyway possible,” Adams said. “When they throw me the ball, I try to finish as much as possible or draw fouls. My teammates do a good job of getting me the ball. As soon as I start to score, the team gets hyped up and they start scoring.”
round performance against McNeese State, the Aggies’ defense held Rutgers to 35.8 percent shooting from the field and snagged 10 steals. The Scarlet Knights turned the ball over 20 times leading to 12 A&M points. “We hit them early in the second half and got a couple of easy baskets off of steals,” said A&M head coach Gary Blair. “I think they ran out of gas a little bit due to our pressure. It was our halfcourt defense. That says a lot about Carter, Colson and White. Great defensive ballgame.” Rutgers (20-13) followed the lead of junior guard April Sykes who scored a team-high 22 points on 9-of-20 shooting and picked off four steals. Junior forward Chelsea Lee led the Scarlet Knights on the boards with a team-high 11 rebounds. Both teams started the game with strong defense and found it difficult to find their shots. A&M took a 13-12 lead that cued three minutes and 24 seconds of no scoring from either team. “I told the team before the game started that the first 10 minutes would be sort of like a heavyweight fight,” Blair said. “Both teams tried to find out Backing up Adams were what would work, low shootstrong performances by junior ing percentages, charge calls, guard Sydney Carter and senior blocked shots and that’s exactly guard Sydney Colson. Carter what happened.” scored 14 points and Colson A&M will face sixth-seeded tallied nine points and a gameGeorgia (23-10) in the regional high five assists. Junior guard semifinal game in Dallas on SunTyra White added 11 points and day. The Bulldogs upset thirdfour rebounds. seeded Florida State Tuesday in Duplicating their pesky first- their second-round matchup.
I told the team before the game started that the first 10 minutes would be sort of like a heavyweight fight...and that’s exactly what happened.” Gary Blair A&M Head Coach
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award on Oct. 16, 2009. “It was incredibly humbling to sit in the audience Continued from page 1 alongside dozens of other recipients of the award and Myers a senior political science major and this past year’s watch as our director accepted the honor,” said Emma Big Event director. Myers accepted the award Fisher, 2010 Big Event operations executive. for all of The Big Event and The Point of Light award the thousands of Aggies that was started by George H. W. had participated in the projBush to recognize the work ect. and participation of people “The award is designed making extraordinary differto recognize and celebrate volunteering in the commu- ences. Bush chose to hold the award ceremony and event nity,” Myers said. last year at Texas A&M. Big Event accepted the
“I believe that the award holds the same meaning as it did at its inception and shows how many people are making a difference in their communities, state and nation,” Fisher said. The Big Event was honored to accept the award and to gain the recognition for participants and the University. “Obama spoke specifically about Big Event and his speech was about service being a lifestyle,” Myers said.
Other ◗ UT Arlington: goal of 800 volunteers to grow annually (currently 708 signed up for this year’s event) http://www.dosomething.org/project/big-event-university-texas-arlington
◗ Virginia Tech: numbers started at 475 volunteers in 2002 and have grown to 6,145 last year. They are hoping to have 8,000 volunteers this year. http://www.vtbigevent.org/index.php/about-tbe/history ◗ University of Nebraska-Lincoln: expected 2,500 students and staff to volunteer http://bigevent.unl.edu/ ◗ University of Oklahoma: 5,000 students and faculty http://bigevent.ou.edu/OUs_Big_Event/Home.html ◗ Florida State University: goal of 1,000 students and 250 faculty and staff participate (community service project this year for student government) http://thebigevent.fsu.edu/
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“I had a scholarship since seventh grade all the way through college,” ValdezFlores said. “Then, after graduating from college, I was offered a Mexican federal government scholarship [CONACyT – Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnolo-
gia] to study a master degree in the U.S.” Valdez-Flores began his master’s program at A&M in the summer of 1981 and went on to achieve his master’s degree and doctoral degree by May 1987, both with a 4.0 GPR. While Valdez-Flores had planned on returning to Mexico upon his degree certification, he began employment at Sielken & Associates Consulting, Inc. one year later. “Here, I have the opportunity to use applied mathematics to solve real-life problems related to the environment and human health,” ValdezFlores said. “I am not sure if
I chose this field of work or the work chose me because I have always feel attracted to using applied math.” Valdez-Flores has also worked as a visiting professor in the industrial engineering department at Texas A&M. As an educator, problem-solver and family man, Valdez-Flores continuously thanks those who have shaped him to become the man he is today. “Nothing would have been possible without Jesus, my wife, my children, my parents, my brothers and sisters, my professors at A&M and in Mexico,” he said.
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dowment, was created to fund outreach efforts from the immediate College Station area to communities across the nation. Lauren Brooks, a junior biology major, said the hard work of the committee does to acquire funds is important to make this great service project possible. “A core value of Texas A&M is selfless service, and The Big Event is one outlet that we have as Aggies to showcase that. I love how it shows what a unique university A&M is,” Brooks said.
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Taylor Wolken: How the world’s largest information superhighway failed us
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n the 1990’s the term information ion w superhighway became the new olars buzzword for the internet. Scholars ld and visionaries saw a bold new world with information at your fingertips as the web would surely become the greatest educational tool in human history. No one predicted that the web would become a barren wasteland of time killing memes, lolcatz and Farmville-esque applications. Few imagined the vast amounts of time that would be dedicated to refreshing Facebook pages and posting pseudointellectual status updates, and even fewer imagined that the internet could accumulate so much information it could be a detriment to rational and thoughtful dialogue. According to research by The Nielsen Co., Americans spend about two and a half hours a day on the internet with 22.7 percent of that time social networking and 10.2 percent playing online games. Those are the top two time expenditures listed. In the top 10, only two
items could conceivably be productive; email, at 8.3 percent and search at 3.5 percent. Missing from the top 10 is any reference to work, research or education. Admittedly it is difficult to argue that the internet has had a negative net affect. It has made communication and dispersion of information much quicker and easier. It has changed business models and added efficiency in almost every industry imaginable. Still the unintended consequences are disheartening. Besides the near infinite distrac-
a tions available on the internet the near infinit information has also turned us infinite into a hyper-partisan society. Through the use of search engines and intelligent softwa the internet has turned largely software into a personal propaganda machine. It is no surprise that people gravitate towar towards those they share commonalitie alities with. Social media sites like Fac Facebook meld technology with ou our own self selective qualities. Yo Your feed automatically gravitates to those individuals you normally int interact with and to links you nor normally click. Without knowing it yo you form your own little sphere of influe influence. This is more disconcerting when it comes to search engines like Google which can adjust their search results to your preferences. This is all fine and dandy for the lolcatz fans and viral video addicts but when it comes to intellectual stimulation it puts individuals in a virtual rut. Friend conservative individuals on Facebook, click conservative links and Google information and the entire internet will cater to your bias. There is so much information out there that virtually every point of view has significant representation whether it deserves it or not.
Want to know why guns are bad? Google has 74 million results to explain why you are right. Want to know why Obama is Kenyan? More than 3 million results to reinforce your disposition. This wouldn’t be such a bad thing if people’s natural disposition was to search for the truth but most people just want to know why they are right. The internet may have all the information in the world to make an informed opinion but too many folks don’t care to. Search engines are great for finding out dates of important events or common matter of fact information but when it comes to issues with complexity search engines can’t give the whole picture. This deficiency leads too many individuals to false conclusions on half- truths and misinformation. It’s hard to say whether the internet failed or if we failed the internet but for a large portion of Americans the internet is at best an entertaining diversion and at worst the misinformation superhighway. Taylor Wolken is a junior economics major.
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because when we hang him in the dugout his hands are above his head. It’s just something kind of fun to keep it loose.� The No. 6 Texas A&M Aggies come-from-behind win could be pegged on either Toby’s presence or Olsen Field Magic, but the man deserving the most credit is House, who’s triple with two outs down in the eighth inning gave the home team a lead they wouldn’t relinquish to beat Stephen F. Austin by a tally of 7-5. Aggie starting pitcher Brandon Parrent came out strong, tossing four scoreless innings before giving up his lone run in the fifth inning. The sophomore southpaw scattered four hits and struck out four in his five innings on the mound. But heading into the fifth inning with a 4-0 lead, the Aggies lost focus while the Lumberjacks took control. The visitors proceeded to score all five of their runs in the next four innings, resulting in a 5-4 Lumberjack lead heading into the bottom of the eighth inning. “We got off to a great start,� Head Coach Rob Childress said. “Parrent was outstanding. We built
a 4-0 lead and just like that we let the momentum ate moniker for the hard-hitting trio of sophomore get away from us in the fifth inning. The things that right fielder Tyler Naquin, junior third baseman we’ve been so great at on the mound all year long, Matt Juengel, and House, rose to the challenge. throwing strikes and making them earn everything After Naquin took ball four and walked to first, that they get, got away from us. Juengel ripped a grounder to center field. With the “We give the momentum away and eventually go-ahead runs waiting on first and second, House give the lead away and you know, they’ve got a air-mailed a change-up to deep right center field, very good team. They’re 16-5 for a reason.� bringing in both Naquin and Juengel while adding Sophomore side-armer Kyle Martin and junior Lumberjack pitcher Colton Eubanks’ name to the Estevan Uriegas were brought in to relieve Parrent, list of hurlers dominated by the Terror Squad. but neither was able to keep SFA off the bases. “I just try to get in there and do what I can,� Martin gave up two earned runs, and it wasn’t until House said. “You’ve got to get the hits when it senior Joaquin Hinojosa stepped up in the ninth matters. inning that this normally dominant pitching staff “Everyone’s got a position on the team and that’s showed its true colors. my role. I just want to try to do the best I can with “Today was the best that I’ve seen him [Hinoit.� josa] throw in a pressure situation at the end of the Toby and the rest of the Aggies will take on Kangame,� Childress said. “And it’s just a matter of sas this weekend for the Aggies’ first home stand in putting him in those spots, just as far as his comconference play. Junior All-American John Stilson mand of the game and control of the game. His will toss Friday night’s first pitch at 6:35 PM. stuff is always there, but him just being comfortable being in the end of the game and in that spot, that’s the best I’ve seen him.� Trailing 5-4 with two outs down in THE TEXAS A&M STUDENT MEDIA BOARD the bottom of the eighth inning, the heart INVITES APPLICATIONS FOR of the Aggies lineup waited for its big shot. The Terror Squad, an affection-
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The Affordable Care Act ensures that college students and young adults can stay on their Courtesy Photo parents’ employer-provided health care plans Hilda S. Solis until age 26. Before, many health plans and isU.S. Secretary of Labor suers dropped young adults from their parents’ policies because of their age. That left countless college students, recent college graduates longer live with your parents, are not a deand other young people with little recourse, pendent on their tax return or are no longer and worse: no health insurance. Historically, a student. The new flexibility even applies if some 30 percent of young adults have been you are married. You are guaranteed the same uninsured, a rate far higher than that of any benefits and at the same price that is available other age group to other dependents. But young people More health care imdon’t need health insurprovements are on the Annual dollar ance, right? The statisway—and many may also caps on care, tics say otherwise: onedirectly benefit you. Alin-six young adults today which are already ready, coverage cannot be is faced with a chronic denied for those under age limited, will be illness such as cancer, because of a pre-existing prohibited; and state-based 19 diabetes or asthma. And condition. By 2014, denynearly half of uninsured health insurance exchanges ing coverage to anyone young adults report will create a new marketbased on a pre-existing problems paying medicondition will be banned. place, giving more employcal bills. Annual dollar caps on care, ers and millions of AmeriThe new law ensures which are already limited, you have an option when cans the ability to purchase will be prohibited; and it comes to your health state-based health insuraffordable coverage.” care. This is important ance exchanges will create Hilda S. Solis as you continue through a new marketplace, giving U.S. Secretary of Labor school, and as you transimore employers and miltion into the job market, lions of Americans the abilsince you may find that health care coverage ity to purchase affordable coverage. is not immediately available through your emThe Affordable Care Act is based on the ployer. Or you may work part time. You may simple belief that every American--and that choose to continue your education and go to includes college students—deserves access to graduate school, or take time off to travel and high-quality, affordable health care. One year pursue volunteer opportunities. after it has become law, that belief is becomIt allows you to remain on your parents’ ing reality. plan, or rejoin it until age 26, even if you no
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