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Rudder: From Leader to Legend, the first comprehensive biography of one of World War II’s foremost heroes who later put Texas A&M University on its path to prominence — Gen. James Earl Rudder — was unveiled during campus ceremonies Thursday with the book’s author, Thomas M. Hatfield, recalling his long association with Gen. Rudder. The unveiling ceremonies were in front of the campus statue of the general. This first public celebration of the Rudder book comes almost a month ahead of the date of its actual release, April 21. Subsequent book-signing opportunities with Hatfield will be on campus.
Faculty members receive awards Texas A&M University and The Association of Former Students have selected 24 outstanding members of the school’s faculty and staff to be honored with 2011 Distinguished Achievement Awards. The awards have been awarded to 906 professionals, including this year’s recipients, who have exhibited the highest standards of excellence at Texas A&M. The 2011 Distinguished Achievement Awards will be presented at 1:30 p.m. April 27 during ceremonies in Rudder Theatre. Staff and wire reports
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Aggie ring survives Texas Panhandle wildfire Katie Marie Pogue
The Battalion Wildfires recently plagued the Texas panhandle, leaving devastation in their path. The wildfires hit the Aggie community closer to home when fires in Lake Tanglewood outside of Amarillo left seven houses burned to the ground. One of the houses was the home of Arthur Garner, class of 1955. Among the ashes Garner’s grandsons unearthed something timeless and meaningful to any Aggie — his Aggie ring. The Lake Tanglewood volunteer fire department ascertained the wildfire was due to wind gusts up to 70 mph that knocked a sheet of metal off a roof, which then severed a power line and caught the surrounding grass on fire. Lake Tanglewood was one of many North Texas communities that suffered from the wildfires. Drought and
high winds spread fires responsible for destroying at least 68 homes, according to the Disaster News Network. On Feb. 27, Garner, along with the rest of the Lake Tanglewood volunteer fire department were fighting to extinguish wildfires in a neighboring community when they received the call that the flames were threatening their own community. The winds whipped up the fire and dispersed it throughout the canyon in unpredictable ways. “We had to hustle back to get the community evacuated,” Garner said. No one knew if they would be coming back to a house or to burning embers. Natalie Merki, a freshman allied health major and Garner’s neighbor, received a phone call from her mom as her family was pulling away from their house. Hundreds of miles away, only a phone connection joined her to her
family in that moment of horror. Her mom asked her if there was anything she would like her to try to run back in and save. “It was terrifying when my mom told me they were evacuating. Everyone wonders how they would react or what they would try to grab in the face of a fire; few people ever have to face the reality,” Merki said. In returning to their home in the next day the Merki family saw that their house only suffered smoke damage. Unfortunately, not everyone’s home was still standing. Throughout Lake Tanglewood, one side of a street was left untouched while the opposite side houses were burned to the foundation. Garner and his wife were one of the families who lost their home in the
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Students lobby Congress against cuts Rebecca Hutchinson
The Battalion Lobbying groups are used to influence the decision-making process on Capitol Hill, and during spring break a group of six A&M students added their voices. These six students participated in the Big 12 on the Hill conference. Representatives from each school in the Big 12 traveled to Washington D.C., to advocate for higher education reform on behalf of college students.
The six Aggies said the experience gave them hope for the future of higher education and conviction about the dedication of Congress. “One of the congressmen that we talked to told us that our voices stay with him when he goes to vote and that we play a big role in his passion for why he does what he does, and that was really cool to hear,” said Marshall Bowen, a member of the Student Government Association and the leader of the group. The first day of the three-day con-
ference began March 9 when students from each school broke off into groups of four and met with members of Congress. The second day, the individual school group met with Texas representatives. Though school representatives did not officially come advocating a specific piece of legislation except for continual funding of higher education, A&M’s six representatives focused on Pell Grants, scholarships funded by the federal government. “It was easy to be non-biased about
Pell Grants, because there are two plans and each would cut funding for students. In the president’s plan, 800,000 students would no longer receive Pell Grants. The Republican plan would cut 1.7 million so it was very easy for us to go up there and talk to members on both sides of the aisle about the importance of this,” said Sarah Andrews, a master’s student in public service and administration at the Bush School of Government and Public Service. See Capitol on page 7
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AggieCon 42, the College Station version of Comiccon, welcomed students and community members this weekend for sci-fifilled festivities.
Self defense club teaches practical skills
Big Event participants work hard, reach goals
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Special to The Battalion “Self defense training is strange in that it’s something that you will spend a large amount of time doing, but you hope you are never forced into a situation in which you must use it,” said Bradley Zemanek, a junior construction science major and founder of the Texas A&M Self Defense Club. The Texas A&M Self Defense Club helps train those at Texas A&M in Krav Maga and the Keysi Fighting Method in order to defend themselves. Zemanek began the process of making the Texas A&M Self Defense Club a recognized organization in the summer of 2010. They were able to start training this spring semester. Zemanek found inspiration to start the club after taking a self-defense kinesiology class. Teri Wenzel, Zemanek’s kinesiology
The No. 2 A&M women’s basketball team cruised into the regional finals with a 79-38 pasting of Georgia Sunday in Dallas.
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Junior Ethan Cartwright, environmental studies major and sophomore John Tee, anthropology major, practice Krav Maga, the Israeli form of self-defense. instructor and faculty adviser of the club, told Zemanek The University of Sidekicks Gym was looking for a student leader to start a Krav Maga club at A&M, and Zemanek jumped at the opportunity. See Defense on page 7
The Battalion As The Big Event participants geared up for a day overflowing with selfless service, a core value of Texas A&M University, President R. Bowen Loftin said: “It’s another great day in Aggieland.” About 15,000 Aggies gathered in front of Reed Arena Saturday morning for food to fuel themselves up for the big day, some motivational words and a yell practice. Then participants scattered out across the community to rake leaves, paint houses and perform other tasks. Johnson Elementary School put on a carnival and wanted The Big Event to help out. “It was perfect. We planned
our biggest event of the year around The Big Event. It allows the parents to enjoy the auction with their children and the students were just fantastic. We appreciate A&M doing The Big Event and getting students to volunteer. It really helps the community,” said Mary Beth Badgett, vice president of the school’s ParentTeacher Organization. A record-breaking number of students came out to participate in this year’s event. “It was really cool. I always love seeing the big force of students at Reed Arena. We all worked together and knocked it out. And we made a difference in the community,” said See Service on page 2
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BRUSSELS — NATO will assume command of all aerial operations in Libya from the U.S.-led force that has been conducting air strikes against Moammar Gadhafi’s forces, officials said Sunday.NATO jets on Sunday already began enforcing the no-fly zone, Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen announced. Diplomats said the full transfer of authority would take several days. “NATO allies have decided to take on the whole military operation in Libya under the U.N. Security Council resolution,” Fogh Rasmussen said in a statement. “NATO will implement all aspects of the U.N. resolution. Nothing more, nothing less.” The North Atlantic Council — the alliance’s top body — took two hours to approve a plan to expand a previously agreed mission to enforce the U.N. arms embargo and no-fly zone. It agreed to protect civilians from attack.
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Libya raids hit Gadhafi stronghold of Sirte
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RAS LANOUF, Libya — International air raids targeted Moammar Gadhafi’s hometown of Sirte for the first time Sunday night as rebels made a highspeed advance toward the regime stronghold, a formidable obstacle that must be overcome for the government opponents to reach the capital Tripoli. A heavy bombardment of Tripoli also began after nightfall, with at least nine loud explosions and anti-aircraft fire heard, an Associated Press reporter in the city said. Earlier in the day, rebels regained two key oil complexes along the coastal highway that runs from the opposition-held eastern half of the country toward Sirte and beyond that, to the capital. Moving quickly westward, the advance retraced the steps of the rebels’ first march toward the capital. But this time, the world’s most powerful air forces have eased the way by pounding Gadhafi’s forces for the past week.
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More than 15,000 students gather for The Big Event Saturday.
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Bryan-College Station area. The Big Event committee had a conference earlier this year in which schools across the Continued from page 1 nation interested in a similar service-oriJustin Anderson, senior information and ented event were invited to learn about the preparation that goes into putting on operations management major. Anderson and his organization, Keep- a similar type of project. “In terms of other projects that The ing Under Christ, picked up trash and Big Event is trying to put together is tidied a resident’s home. ways in which we can increase colThe Big Event staff completes any laboration and communication between projects groups are unable to finish durother events similar to ours that are ing the day. spread across the nation,” Bates said. “If a student organization is unable With a long list of service organizato complete a job and the community tions and volunteer opportunities presresident is unhappy with the results, we ent at A&M, what separates The Big try to complete any work we can by Event from the rest is the chance for sending back-up organizations that have every student to get involved. Thouselected to serve in that role or The Big sands come together one Saturday every Event Committee members,” said Ben March to say thank you to a community Bates, a junior accounting major and that has given so much to its students. The Big Event outreach executive. And hopefully, this day of service will Additionally, The Big Event is look- resonate into a lifetime of service. For ing to expand its reach outside of the most Aggies, it already has.
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Dr. Honglu Wu will discuss space radiation and its induction of chromosome aberrations 12:40 p.m. to 1:30 p.m Wednesday in Koldus, room 144.
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Mic Check will present a movie at 9 p.m. Thursday at Revolution CafĂŠ in downtown Bryan for $2.
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The Texas Film Festival will play short ďŹ lms and feature-length ďŹ lms starting at 6:30 p.m. Friday and will continue until Sunday in Rudder Auditorium.
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George R. Welch from the Department of Physics and Astronomy will speak on “From Slow Light to FAST-CARSâ€? at April’s Science CafĂŠ. The event will take place from 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Revolution Cafe & Bar.
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his weekend, the Hilton welcomed some rather interesting guests. The hotel looked like it could have been a scene straight out of the hit science-fiction television show Firefly with people dressed in full steampunk, a mix of science-fiction and Victorian-era England attire. However, it was not Firefly or even a film set, it was AggieCon 42. Many people who have even a passing interest in science-fiction have probably heard of Comic-Con, the multi-genre convention for anything in pop culture that takes place every summer in San Diego, Calif. AggieCon is similar to its much larger cousin except for one notable detail: it is entirely student-run and it is also an event exclusive to College Station, as the name might suggest. “It’s beautiful. I volunteer at cons wherever I go but I like having something in
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Accounting graduate student Tiffany Bell and biochemistry graduate student Whitney Morlatt look at a shop with homemade sci-fi items.
our own backyard,� said Mike Petersen, a sophomore astronomy and physics major and AggieCon 42 volunteer. Like any sci-fi convention, there were various sections devoted to specific purposes. There was a dealer section where various shop owners from aroundTexas came to sell products, ranging from action figures to vintage comic books to T-shirts and even swords. There were also tabletop and console gaming rooms for visitors looking to play
against each other. There was even a live reenactment of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Most notably, AggieCon had panels, in which well-known people from the sci-fi community were able to talk and showcase their works. Notable panels included Dr. Who and one called “Wanna see my spaceship?� which dealt with dating advice for people who might consider themselves “nerds.� However, some people were a little let down by the panels. “I came here to see Dr. Who things but there will probably be a lot more next year,� said Hannah Brown, a senior landscape design major. Though most people would probably not think of a sci-fi convention as a philanthropic event, AggieCon 42 put on an art auction in which the proceeds benefitted Scotty’s
House, a child advocacy center in Bryan. Finally, a big part of AggieCon was the interaction between current and former students. Cepheid Variable, a student organization started in 1969 and devoted to all things science-fiction, runs AggieCon every year. As a result, a lot of former students who were members of Cepheid Variable still flock to College Station for AggieCon. Clearly, the organization’s members, current and former, are all very dedicated individuals. “My favorite part [of AggieCon] is meeting former members of Cepheid Variable,� said David Spellman, a junior computer science major. “Last year I worked here for almost 30 hours. It was very busy but it was also very fun.� AggieCon is a very unique experience because it is one of those things that will See Aggiecon on page 7
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“I’m not so emotional about the fire as I am about A&M,” he said as he vividly Continued from page 1 remembered his days in the Corps. blaze. His two sons used screens Garner is a well-loved and spent several days on citizen in the community of their hands and knees sifting Lake Tanglewood, a dentist through the ashes of what as well as a volunteer firewas once their home. Sevfighter. Coincidentally, his eral pieces of Mrs. Garner’s favorite tradition during his jewels were found, yet the days at Texas A&M Univeronly thing found of Garner’s sity was bonfire. was his Aggie ring. He took “I miss bonfire. I’m sorry the ring to McFarlin’s jewit’s gone,” Garner said. elry store in Amarillo to be While at the University, cleaned. When he returned Garner was in the Corps of to pick it up, McFarlin reCadets, B Infantry. fused to allow Garner to pay. “When I was in the Corps, “Everyone’s been really everyone was in the Corps; good: giving us food, clothes, some of my best friends are gift cards,” Garner said. Aggies,” he said. When asked what he and
his wife plan to do for the future he recounted how their home had originally been built around family heirlooms. Now that it’s all gone, the Garner’s do not look at this situation with sorrow, but as an opportunity to rebuild and make the house different this time around. Days after the fire, Garner proudly wore his Aggie ring along with his Lake Tanglewood volunteer firefighters hat as he visited neighbors. He is truly an example of the infallible and eternal Aggie spirit. When asked if he had anything to say to the students at A&M, Garner simply said, “Gig’em.”
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Eight it great? Aggies get out to 27-2 lead, roll over Bulldogs for 30th win and berth in regional final Mike Teague
The Battalion DALLAS — For the second time in school history, Texas A&M’s women’s basketball team is headed to the Elite Eight. The second-seeded Aggies advanced past the Sweet 16 with a 79-38 blowout of Georgia Sunday at the American Airlines Center in Dallas. “It just wasn’t pretty and if you’re Georgia, it wasn’t any fun,” said Georgia Head Coach Andy Landers. “But you have to give Texas A&M just a lot of credit. They did what they do. They came out, they get in your face defensively and they did that very well tonight, disrupted very well and created early turnovers.” A&M assistant Head Coach Vic Schaeffer had the Aggies’ defense ready to play Sunday with one of the best performances of the season. A&M’s intense defensive pressure forced the Bulldogs to shoot 25 percent from the field. “The intensity that we play the game with, just come to a practice,” said A&M Head Coach Gary Blair. “We never let up. We never let up ... I kept looking up at halftime and I was telling [people]: ‘I can’t believe it.’ I was telling the officials: ‘I don’t know what happened.’ I’ve never had an NCAA game like this against this quality of a team.” Georgia fell out of contention early after scoring only two points through the first 10 minutes of play. The Bulldogs went down 35-5 before regaining their composure and cutting the deficit to 48-17 going into the locker room at halftime. “I think it was the most complete game we’ve played on the defensive end,” said A&M junior guard Tyra White. “The key coming into the game was defense because they play just like us. Our defense was tremendous today, so I think if we go in with this mind set, the sky’s the limit for us.” With Sunday’s victory, Texas A&M (305) clinched the first 30-win season in Aggie basketball history. A&M returns to the Elite Eight after losing to eventual national
Up next The Aggies will take on Baylor at 8 p.m. Tuesday in Dallas. champion Tennessee in their first appearance in 2008. “It’s great, I’ve never been to an Elite Eight,” said A&M senior center Danielle Adams. “This is my first one, and I’m pretty sure these girls are happy to get back to the Elite Eight. So it’s all a dream come true to us. We just have to keep our focus and keep pushing towards the next game.” Adams scored a game-high 23 points for the Aggies and pulled down 14 rebounds for her second double-double of the NCAA tournament. Adams got off to a slow start but things opened up when A&M started hitting outside shots. “Adams, who is the key to their team, and of course we tried to stop her inside but it’s hard to stop her from the inside,” said Georgia senior forward Porsha Phillips. “And they’ve got great 3-point shooters so I was trying to do both.” Dishing the ball out to Adams and company, A&M junior guard Sydney Carter tallied a game-high six assists to go along with two 3-pointers. Senior guard Sydney Colson scored 11 points and knocked down 3-of-4 from beyond the arch. “The last thing I expected was Colson,” Landers said. “The very last thing I expected was Colson going 3-for-4. That really put us on our heels early in the game.” A&M’s 41-point win over Georgia (2311) was their largest margin of victory in an NCAA tournament game. The loss was also the Bulldogs’ worst of the season. The Aggies will be back in action at the American Airlines Center Tuesday for their Elite 8 matchup with No. 1 Baylor (31-2). Baylor won the previous three meetings this season. “That’s been in the back of our minds,” Carter said of a rematch with Baylor. “We’ve played them so close and we’ve never been able to finish.”
Top left: Head Coach Gary Blair leads the Aggies to a 79-38 victory over Georgia in the Sweet 16 Sunday. Top right: Sophomore guard Adrienne Pratcher dribbles during the victory. Left: Senior center Danielle Adams goes up for a shot in the blowout win. Adams finished with 23 points. Bottom: Junior forward Kelsey Assarian hustles for a loose ball.
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The Battalion The No. 6 Texas A&M baseball team (19-5, 5-1 in Big 12) earned a three-game sweep against the visiting Kansas Jayhawks thanks to outstanding starting pitching and clutch performances by a trio of freshmen. Friday, junior starting pitcher John Stilson took the mound against KU’s T.J. Walz, and both hurlers threw outstanding games. Stilson lasted eight innings while allowing no runs and striking out seven. Walz was nearly as perfect on the night, but the Aggies made him pay for his mistakes in the bottom of the third. After freshman second baseman Charlie Curl was hit by a pitch and proceeded to steal second, his fellow rookie Krey Bratsen brought him home for the first score of the night with a hard chopper that the shortstop couldn’t convert into an out. The Jayhawks finally got on the board in the top of the ninth, tying the game at one. After the Aggies failed to score in the bottom of the inning and shut down the Kansas attack in the top of the tenth, Head Coach Rob Childress made a gutsy move. Curl began the inning with a single and moved to second on a bunt
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from freshman Jace Statum. Bratsen was then walked, and sophomore Tyler Naquin took first after being hit by a pitch, loading up the bases for the home team. That’s when Childress decided to send in a pinch hitter — freshman catcher Troy Stein, who up until that point had watched the entire game from the dugout. Stein ripped an offspeed pitch over the outstretched arms of KU’s left fielder and, after Curl crossed home plate for the game winner, was mobbed by joyful teammates in shallow right field in celebration of the team’s dramatic 2-1 victory “Stein’s one of our best hitters on the team,” Childress said. “We wanted to make sure we put the ball in play right there, and he’s got a swing that’s going to lift the baseball and get it to the outfield. He’s a great kid, one of the hardest workers on our team and usually good things happen to those who work hard.” Another freshman took the torch Saturday as Krey Bratsen notched a career-high four hits in the Aggies 11-1 win over the Jayhawks. Sophomore pitcher Michael Wacha continued his dominance, tossing his second consecutive complete-game victory. The Texarkana product struck out nine while not
giving up an earned run. Sunday’s third and final matchup against the Jayhawks stayed true to the script, featuring another overpowering performance on the mound and important contributions from a few diaper dandies. Junior Ross Stripling, who last Monday was named Big 12 Pitcher of the Week, continued his hot streak by giving up only six hits while striking out seven. The Southlake native is now 5-1 on the season and did not allow an earned run, bringing his season ERA down to 0.76. Curl hit a perfect 3-3 on the afternoon, earning a run in the bottom of the third when his squeeze bunt brought home Smith. “Our team was doing a good job of getting us in those situations,” Curl said. “I was lucky enough to be in the batter’s box when we needed it.” Curl’s heads-up base running allowed him to score later in the fifth when Bratsen smoked a pitch into the center field gap. For the weekend, Bratsen batted .583 (7-12) with five RBIs and two stolen bases. After Stripling was pulled with one out in the eighth, and the Aggie defense gave up two errors, the home team found themselves in a
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Freshman outfielder Krey Bratsen and the Aggies swept the Kansas Jayhawks in their weekend series at Olsen Field. jam with the bases loaded. Childress called upon the talents of senior reliever Nick Fleece, who came in and promptly struck out the next KU batter to get the Aggies out of the jam. Senior closer Joaquin Hinojosa’s perfect ninth ensured the 3-1 victory for the Aggies. “The biggest out of the game
without question,” said Childress, referring to Fleece’s relief work. “The kid [KU’s Brandon Mascias] had doubled in his prior at-bat and he was seeing the baseball really well. [Fleece] got ahead of him and was able to throw two sliders down and away where they needed to be.”
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Innocent man waits in prison DALLAS — Ben Spencer sits in prison three years after a judge ruled him innocent of a deadly March 1987 Dallas carjacking. Now 46, Spencer’s in his 24th year in prison as he waits for an appeals court ruling on the judge’s recommendation that his conviction and life sentence be overturned. The Dallas Morning News reports the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has given no timetable for ruling on state District Judge Rick Magnis’
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Renee Nolte, owner o f Sidekicks Gym, was very instrumental in the founding of the Texas A&M Self Defense Club as well. Nolte personally provides all of the club’s instruction, and her gym provides the organization with event and fundraising opportunities. Since the Texas A&M Self Defense Club is a new organization, she also acts in an advisory capacity to the student leadership. The primary mission of the Texas A&M Self Defense Club is to provide first-rate training in Krav Maga and the Keysi Fighting Method. To achieve this mission, members learn to defend themselves or other victims against a real-life threat and have the opportunity to obtain the first belt for each style. “The training starts from the beginning, so that we can train the inexperienced students who have never learned to defend themselves, and so that students can obtain the first belt. However, training picks up very fast in both of these styles, and I can guarantee that a student of any prior experience level will learn something new from Master Nolte,� Zemanek said. Krav Maga, one of the styles taught by the Texas A&M Self Defense Club, is a brutal style of martial arts that was developed and refined by the Israeli military. The other style taught is the Keysi Fighting Method, a form of street fighting developed in Spain. While the styles taught are not the most well-known fighting methods, they are practical for self-defense. “The training itself is the best benefit,� Zemanek said. “Krav Maga and the Keysi Fighting Method are both geared towards pure self defense. There is no sparring or one-on-one competitions, only learning to defend yourself or others against a real threat. With this training, the benefits include but are cer-
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Cuts on Pell Grants are part of an overall plan by the government to cut federal funding for higher education, which is included in President Obama’s federal budget cuts, and will ultimately affect some individuals’ abilities to attend college. Macie Rushing, a senior political science major said the conference was a chance for each student to share his or her personal reasons for why higher education funding is essential, and the impact these decisions would have on them and those they know at A&M. The Aggies involved said they were a good group to represent the A&M student body on a social issue they care deeply about and want to see dealt with responsibly, because of their diverse backgrounds and experiences.
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◗ The Texas A&M Self Defense Club meets twice a week at 7 p.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays at The University of Sidekicks. Each session lasts about an hour and 15 minutes. tainly not limited to intense exercise, personal protection, the ability to help others in need and steep increases in your personal sense of physical security, pride and confidence.� Membership for the Texas A&M Self Defense Club costs $100 for the Keysi Fighting Method training and $95 for the Krav Maga training. Members consider this to be a good deal for martial arts training, especially considering the amount of personal attention they receive. “The dues are used to purchase T-shirts and to pay our instructor, Master Nolte. We have tried to make it as cost effective as possible. It’s $100 for 14 classes, Monday and Wednesday for seven weeks, and that is really a good deal when you start to look around for martial arts schools,� said Amelia Mitchell, a junior English major. Any student, faculty member or A&M employee is allowed to join. Membership in the Texas A&M Self Defense Club includes high-quality martial arts training twice a week and opportunities to serve the Aggie community. For example, the Texas A&M Self Defense Club participated in The Big Event this year. The Texas A&M Self Defense Club also offers members a social sphere for other fans of martial arts. “[The organization] is really great stress relief, having a good place to show up and work out while acquiring real-life useful skills. It’s also full of great, enthusiastic people,� said Rose Graham, a senior anthropology major. Graham also said that the main benefits of the Texas A&M Self-Defense Club are improved fitness, greater peace of mind and making friends.
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Reese Witherspoon weds agent beau in California LOS ANGELES — Reese Witherspoon has walked down the aisle. A spokeswoman for the actress says the “Walk the Line” star wed her fiance, Hollywood agent Jim Toth, in Ojai, Calif., about 90 miles north of Los Angeles. Publicist Nicole Perna did not reveal details about the Saturday ceremony. Usmagazine.com first
reported the nuptials. The Oscar-winning actress and Toth announced their engagement in December. Toth is an agent for Creative Artists Agency, which represents Witherspoon through another agent. The 35-year-old actress won an Academy Award for her portrayal of June Carter in 2005’s “Walk the Line.” Witherspoon’s other film
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‘Wimpy Kid’ rules weekend with $24.4M opening LOS ANGELES — A wimpy kid has delivered a knockout punch to a band of warrior vixens at the weekend box office. The 20th Century Fox family sequel “Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules” debuted
as the No. 1 movie with $24.4 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. The girl-power action fantasy “Sucker Punch,” released by Warner Bros., opened at No. 2 with $19 million. The previous weekend’s top
movie, Relativity Media’s sci-fi thriller “Limitless,” slipped to third with $15.2 million, raising its total to $41.3 million.
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