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My favorite thing is getting to have my own house and not having to worry about the dorms. Mason Starnes, sophomore aerospace engineering major

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My least favorite thing is getting the motivation to go to class, because it’s hard to ﬁnd parking. Emily Carlin, junior elementary education major

Rebuilt to last

Despite financial crisis, organization continues to run Facts ◗ As of March 6, CARPOOL has given a total of 183,658 rides. I like that I don’t have to deal with all the foot trafﬁc that’s on campus, but I wouldn’t mind seeing more people off campus. Rohun Kshirsagar, mathematics graduate student

ARPOOL, Caring Aggies R Protecting Over Our Lives, faced financial difficulties this past semester and was shut down for two weekends. CARPOOL has been rebuilding and working to make the organization financially stable.

“I became chair and a lot of people more or less gave up on CARPOOL. It made it difficult to keep morale up. But CARPOOL, Caring Aggies R Prowe did it and raised $115,000 in the few tecting Over Our Lives, faced financial difficulties last semester and shut down for first weeks of the semester with support two weekends. CARPOOL has been re- from the Aggie family,” Negron said. building since then and working to make “People didn’t want to see us disappear; they worked so hard trying to build a the organization better than ever. staff, which was difficult in comparison Phil Negron, a senior chemical ento prior years. The staff this year has been gineering major and the chairman of CARPOOL this year, said it was difficult incredible; it’s incredible how much has been accomplished, rebuilding from the coming into the position just a month after they started having problems. inside out.”

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According to a press release, the organization takes full responsibility for the financial problems they incurred due to “a lack of proper record keeping and a lost tenacity in consistent fundraising.” The organization is a committee under the Student Government Association and is allotted a certain amount based on what they deem necessary each year, usually about $100,000-$120,000. “It’s a good business decision to tackle See CARPOOL on page 2

campus My favorite thing about living off campus is a bigger space for a cheaper price. Damona Woodley, junior civil engineering major

My least favorite thing is that it takes a while to get to school. My favorite things are parties. David Skutt, senior biomedical science major

MSC connects tradition to tomorrow fident that Jordan will do a great job,” Altendorf said. The MSC is one of the largest student unions in the nation, overseeing 19 MSC programming commitKatie Marie Pogue tees and producing more than 300 campuswide programs every year. The Battalion The MSC has an operating budget Jordan Harris, a junior applied of more than $7 million. According mathematical sciences major, has to Luke Altendorf, director of the been announced as the MSC presiMSC, the organization’s purpose is dent. Harris currently holds the office to enhance the lives of students and of vice president of human resources others. The MSC not only provides in the MSC and is a senator reprecampuswide programs and services, senting the College of Sciences in the but also opportunities for leadership Student Government Association. development. “Through our selections processes One of the biggest challenges Harwe choose the best person to fulfill the ris faces as President and CEO is the duties of MSC president. We are con- transition of the organization back

Student union transitions to new president, place

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Nearly 1200 students will be assisting Harris with the move back into the building along with a staff of 45 professionals. Harris will serve on the User Committee of the renovation in order to be part of the logistical management of the transition back into the building. Altendorf sees the transition not as a challenge, but as a responsibility. “In moving back into the building our department will ‘breathe life’ back into the building. It will be important to re-educate our patrons on why the MSC was built in 1951 as a memorial to the Aggies who died in World Wars I and II,” Altendorf said. The mission of the MSC is to be the See MSC on page 7

women’s basketball

student activities

Fourth time’s a charm?

Organization saves wetlands

David Harris: Final

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My least favorite thing is the rent and utilities [for living off campus].

into the MSC. The MSC is under renovations and is scheduled to reopen in the summer of 2012. The Class of 2012 will be the last class to have been in Harris the building, and with their graduation Harris has the task of making sure the traditions are maintained. “I am looking to bridge that gap so the traditions are not lost from the three years of being without a building,” Harris said. Students will have to relearn traditions of not walking on the grass and taking hats off when they enter the building, Altendorf said.

hey say it’s tough to beat a team three times in a single season. If that’s the case, what’s the difficulty level associated with doing it four times? Aggie fans are hoping it borders on impossible as their second-seeded women, a mere game away from an inaugural Final Four appearance, stand toe-to-toe with a team that has been a thorn in their side for the better part of three months — or, you know, three years. In their last eight meetings, Baylor has been victorious every

single time. But that’s not to say it hasn’t been close; that all eight games haven’t been decided by single digits; that, in the biggest, most meaningful game in which these two teams have faced off, the pendulum can’t swing in maroon’s favor. “Folks, I’m not giving up trying,” said Head Coach Gary Blair following A&M’s ninepoint loss in Waco in February. See Basketball on page 5

The Battalion With volunteering comes commitment and hard work. The Texas A&M chapter of Ducks Unlimited showed both of these characteristics as a result of becoming a part of the Ducks Unlimited “Sweet 16,” which recognizes the top 16 collegiate chapters in the nation that raised more than $11,000 in grassroots income during the 2010 calendar year. Out of the chapters that made it to the “Sweet 16,” the A&M chapter finished at the top with the No. 1 rank and has held on to it seven times in the past eight years. The Ducks Unlimited is a non-profit organization that started in 1937 solely dedicated to conserve, restore and manage wetlands and associated habitats for North America’s waterfowl. Bob Locke, a senior spatial sciences major and president of the A&M Chapter of Ducks Unlimited, said approximately 80 percent of the money collected in their fundraisers goes to the national organization. “Getting the No. 1 ranking this past

year was a sigh of relief on our part,” Locke said. “We felt disappointed after losing the No. 1 rank in 2009. We wanted the No. 1 rank back more than ever and we accomplished our goal, all thanks to last year’s officers and members that dedicated themselves for a good cause.” Michelle James, the district chairwoman for the A&M Chapter of Ducks Unlimited, said her role with the A&M chapter is to oversee what the student organization does by following proper procedures and guidelines. She gets together with the officers of the A&M chapter and the regional directors from Ducks Unlimited to set up the fundraisers. “This chapter of the Ducks Unlimited organization features a fantastic group of college kids,” James said. “Bob Locke is a great leader and has great officers to support him. I believe that this chapter is going to do well this coming year and finish first again.” Mitchell Besser, class of 2010 and forSee Ducks on page 7

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Backcountry bakery

An outdoor cooking clinic will be from 6 to 7:30 p.m. today at the Student Recreation Center. Learn how to cook baked goods for a camping trip. Tickets cost $15 and $18. For more information, visit http://recsports.tamu. edu/programs/outdoor_ adventures/.

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“To shake off hunger,” Rec Sports is putting on Zumbathon from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Student Recreation Center. Participants are encouraged to bring canned goods.

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news for you campus Hardy named “tough love” professor by MyEdu John Hardy, a distinguished professor in the Physics and Astronomy Department, has been named one of the 10 “tough love” professors in the nation by MyEdu, a website students use to research professor ratings. A “tough love” professor is one who has been rated highly by students but is known for being difﬁcult and having below a C average. “I try to make my course have as high standards as possible, but try to help people to succeed,” Hardy said. “It’s as simple as that.” MyEdu used more than 1 billion data points on grading trends and 800,000 student reviews to ﬁnd the “tough love” professors. Hardy said he thinks it is great to be named as such. He also said he thinks research is important to education despite what the Texas Public Policy Foundation is saying about how universities should separate teaching and research. “I would like to point out that I have an extensive research program, and I wouldn’t have come to A&M if there wasn’t an excellent opportunity for research here,” he said. Hardy’s students have an average GPA of 2.30 and a student rating of 4.7 out of 5 on MyEdu, said Kathryn Walker, MyEdu coordinator. Megan Ryan, staff writer

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last year’s problems first. There’s so many different aspects to this organization, especially risk management, documenting everything that happens, that if one little thing… isn’t done or gets missed, it can be really difficult,” Negron said. “And since we’re all students, we have our academic life so things can fall through the cracks. This year we’re really focusing on finding ways and communication styles to fix that.” Negron said under the 10 different areas of CARPOOL they have added the position of historian under internal directors this year as part of their new focus on professionalism. The historian will keep up with the operations manual on how to transition each year using past methods and making changes where necessary to save time and effort. To combat the loss of consistent fundraising, Negron said the main thing he wants is unique opportunities for fundraisers. This semester they have had events with ski poling and valet services at the George Bush Museum and Library and MSC office to generate funds. In addition, they promote team-associated fundraisers in each division of CARPOOL. This semester, 365 Deals for U, a new site for daily deals in Aggieland, started on March 24 and donated 10 percent of their first week’s sales to CARPOOL, which will go toward operations. Their biggest fundraising event is the annual gala fundraiser, which occurred on March 5 this year. The event alone contributes to 20-25 percent of the year’s funding as people come to celebrate CARPOOL with dancing, dinner and a silent auction. “We need to offer our sponsors more, including the University as they’re one of our biggest sponsors, not monetarily, but through support. [We can] offer more by becoming more professional and purposedriven [and by] getting more technical, but we’re seen as a fun organization and we don’t want to change that,” Negron said. “We’re the first in the nation to be successful as a safe ride system; we’re the biggest and the oldest. We’re not just for ourselves. We’re part of the Aggie community and beyond that we want to take that same pride next year and show that

to potential sponsors and find a stronger base of fundraising.” The Safe Ride Programs United conference is an annual meeting of safe ride programs from across the nation. Representatives of different schools meet to discuss aspects like funding and risk management tied to running a Safe Ride program. “As CARPOOL, we get asked a lot of questions from other schools. The way other schools are being affected is like us. Part of what I believe went into the financial situation is the condition the prior year, when people can’t spend as much, they aren’t able to donate, [it’s] difficult to find sponsors or they’ll give less and that affects all safe ride programs,” Negron said. The conference used to be at A&M every year, and now other schools have taken the honor of holding it at their schools. This year Drive Safe Kalamazoo held the SRPU conference in Michigan. Jeremy Wu, chairman of the organization, said safe ride programs can be affected by cuts in fundraising, and CARPOOL is fortunate to have the support of dedicated people to keep the organization alive. “CARPOOL was and is incredibly lucky to have an amazing executive board that pulled together along with the community and kept the program running,” Wu said. “Many students, whether they are under the influence or not, do not have the money to spare for a taxi. This can lead to dangerous situations. Programs like Drive Safe Kalamazoo and CARPOOL are essential in creating a safe campus/off-campus life.” CARPOOL has also made it easier for members to sign up for rides and receive updates with information through websites, one that serves as a facepage for CARPOOL and the other that serves as a member website where members can make their own profiles and sign up for rides. Negron said the University considers them the highest-risk organization and that with the new changes, CARPOOL is working even harder to ensure the safety of their members by keeping record of everything while still keeping members anonymous. Jason Earles, a senior finance major, said he is glad such a purposeful organization is moving forward from past difficulties and continuing to provide safe rides to those in need.

“This is a great organization, because it simply saves people lives,” Earles said. “It reduces the number of drunk drivers by offering people who have been drinking with a safe mode of transportation home and protects other drivers who haven’t been drinking by keeping these drunk drivers off the road.” Chris Salters, a senior telecommunication and media studies major and director of public relations, said the students who give time to working for CARPOOL are unified by the single goal of getting people home safe and sound. “It’s kind of funny cause a lot of people join carpool for a lot of different reasons, they want to be part of the fun, the carpool family, and we also have members who join that have been touched by incidents,” Salters said. “One of my personal experiences, my uncle was killed in a drunk driving incident, and it’s not right to see that happen to anyone. Anything people can do to prevent that is needed. Our members join for different reasons, but we’re all there for one goal and it’s not hard to have to remind them of that.” CARPOOL has already started working to raise a $240,000 safety net toward operation funds to prevent financial difficulties from occurring again. This would cover their funding for two future years. Negron said the organization is working to ensure their stability for years to come and progress after rebuilding by increasing campus-involvement and reminding the community of what they stand for. “I want to say, what happened in the past happened, and we took this year to become more professional, [to] make sure we’re documenting and passing on the right information. It’s super important to prevent these problems from happening again; we’re ready to be that premiere organization again,” Negron said. “I was a good technical chair for rebuilding this year, and Brian DiIorio for this next year is very on the external side, and we’re ready. Ready to show the community we’re back and we need your involvement [and] more campus involvement next year and helping organizations on-campus to show we care. We like to be the service that gets people home intoxicated or not, and we’re going to reach back and bring back that passion that people have to want to save lives.”

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Space seminar

Honglu Wu will discuss space radiation and its induction of chromosome aberrations 12:40 to 1:30 p.m Wednesday in Koldus, room 144.

Outdoor movie

Mic Check will present a movie at 9 p.m. Thursday at Revolution Café in downtown Bryan for $2.

Film festival

The Texas Film Festival will play short ﬁlms and feature-length ﬁlms starting at 6:30 p.m. Friday and will continue until Sunday in Rudder Auditorium.

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Cooking clinic

Rec Sports’ Outdoor Adventures program will have a clinic from 6 to 7:30 p.m. today at the garage of the Student Recreation Center on how to make fresh-baked goods for camping trips. Cost of the clinic is $15 for Rec members and $18 for non-Rec members.

Science café

George R. Welch from the Department of Physics and Astronomy will speak on “From Slow Light to FAST-CARS” at April’s Science Café. The event will take place from 7 to 8 p.m. today at the Revolution Cafe & Bar.

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review

Lacking punch

ucker Punch is by far the most difficult movie I’ve ever had to review, so don’t be surprised if what follows feels like it’s packed full of mixed signals because honestly, this is what the movie is like. Sucker Punch follows the plight of Baby Doll (Emily Browning), a 20 year-old young woman who finds herself committed to an insane asylum by her evil stepfather in the mid-1950s. In order to cope with her gothic and distressing environment, Baby Doll creates a sub-reality in her mind in which the asylum doubles as a burlesque-themed gentlemen’s club. While in the prison/club, Baby Doll teams up with four other inmates/dancers and quickly begins working on a plan to escape because in five days, Baby Doll is scheduled to undergo a lobotomy. The five girls need to obtain five items to break free from the prison: a map, fire, a knife, a key and a fifth “mystery” item. But here’s the catch — in order to get these items the girls construct elaborate fantasy realms with “missions” that parallel their real world goals. For example, while trying to get a copy of the map of the asylum from the warden office, the girls imagine themselves in a World War I battlefield besieged

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Rock (Jena Malone), Babydoll (Emily Browning) and Sweet Pea (Abbie Cornish) are asylum inmates who Rocket escape into fantastical, video game-esque conflicts, including World War I trench warfare. by Nazi zombies, with their “mission” being to cross the No palette, detail-packed set designs and stylistic camera maneuvering. One will never be able to say that Sucker Punch doesn’t Man’s Land in order to steal a map from the enemy base. look great. And it offers at least one standout action scene, Confused yet? Don’t be. The plot is actually paper thin, easy to follow and where the girls storm a futuristic monorail train full of killer robots and a nuclear weapon. allows no room for the audience to ask questions about what’s To be honest, if I were 13, this would be the best movie occurring onscreen. The film unfolds like a video game, with ever. But because I’m older, I’m able to see beyond the smoke each fantasy/action sequence operating as a “level.” Each of and spectacle and see the movie for what it truly is: pretenthese sequences is frenetic, violent and filled with dazzling imagery. A movie that combines samurai, World War I trench tious. It’s as if Snyder, who also wrote the film, thought that if he threw enough cool elements into one film, then we warfare, giant mech suits, zombies, dragons, castle sieges and wouldn’t notice that he didn’t actually make a movie. It is robots into one narrative definitely deserves commendation. glaringly obvious from the first to last reel that all Snyder is So how come I’m not falling head over heels for this film? concerned with is topping everything that has been done Before we dive into that, let’s continue with the good. before. But the film’s worst offense is when it tries to trick us This movie is gorgeous. Director Zach Snyder — who gave us Dawn of the Dead, 300 and Watchmen — brings his unique visual flair to the film, which emphasizes a fully saturated color See Sucker Punch on page 7

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Frenchman climbs world’s tallest tower

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A tiny speck more than half a mile (800 meters) in the air, a French skyscraper climber successfully scaled the world’s tallest building Monday, even navigating the tapered spire that extends beyond the top ﬂoors of the Dubai structure. Alain Robert’s climb up the 2,717 foot-tall (828 meter) Burj Khalifa, took just over six hours. As night fell, a row of powerful spotlights shone on the side of the tower as Robert climbed. Unlike on many previous climbs, the 48-year-old daredevil used a rope and harness to comply with organizers’ requirements in the Gulf sheikdom that opened the tapering metal and glass tower in January last year. An ambulance, with a stretcher at the ready, was parked alongside other emergency vehicles at the Burj’s base.

Robert has climbed more than 70 skyscrapers, including the Empire State Building, Chicago’s Willis Tower and the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, according to his website. Associated Press

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No. 2 Texas A&M vs. No. 1 Baylor 8 p.m., today (ESPN) American Airlines Center, Dallas

Basketball Continued from page 1

“I’m going to keep banging on that door until we get it done and that’s how much respect I have for Baylor and how much respect I have for my team. We’ll keep finding a way, but I can guarantee Baylor doesn’t want to jump in and play us tomorrow or anything like that.” Blair, the most charismatic and likeable coach on this campus, is assuredly correct because each time the Lady Bears have jumped in with the Aggies, they’ve encountered a battle. All three games were decided in the final minutes as National Player of the Year candidate Brittney Griner has proved her mettle. She notched a huge double-double in the teams’ first meeting – a 63-60 Baylor victory. She scored 23 of her 26 points in the second half as the Lady Bears overcame a second-half deficit in Waco. And she flat-out carried her team on her broad shoulders during the Big 12 Championship, scoring 31 points to go along with eight boards and seven blocks. More importantly, she has drastically outplayed the engine to this A&M locomotive – Danielle Adams. The Big 12’s second leading scorer at nearly 23 points per game has averaged just more than 11 points in each of the three prior contests. The Aggies need that lopsidedness to change, because right now, the team as a whole is firing on all cylinders. A&M comes in playing its best basketball of the season, having dispatched of McNeese State, Rutgers and Georgia by a combined score of 236-133. The identity of this team – their gritty, hard-nosed defensive style – is wellestablished and is the reason they’ve been so dominant. They come in on the heels of their best performance of the season in sending the Bulldogs to the pound with an emphatic 41-point pasting. Simply put, doubt this squad’s legitimacy and chances against their Brazos Valley brethren at your own peril. In 2011, Baylor Head Coach Kim Mulkey has gotten the better of Blair. Griner has gotten the better of Adams. Baylor has gotten the better of A&M. However, rarely in sports does a team, does a coach, does a program get a fourth opportunity to make right; to revenge three heartbreaking defeats. Tonight in Dallas, on the main stage, A&M – a top-five mainstay and undoubtedly one of the best six teams in the country – has the opportunity to put itself on the map; to take down a giant; to cut down the nets; to book its trip to Indianapolis. “The sky’s the limit for us,” said senior guard Tyra White. Right now, a win over their perpetual adversary will suffice. David Harris, senior economics major and sports editor.

For all the marbles Aggies battle Bears for Final Four berth Mike Teague

The Battalion DALLAS — The fourth time is a charm. That is what Texas A&M’s second-seeded women’s basketball team is hoping for Tuesday as they face-off against the No. 1 Baylor Bears at 8 p.m. the American Airlines Center in Dallas. Playing in their second Elite Eight in school history, Texas A&M (30-5) can advance to the program’s first ever Final Four with a win Tuesday. The Aggies fell to eventual national champion Tennessee in their first Elite Eight appearance in 2008. Arguably the biggest contest in the history of Texas A&M basketball, men or women, Tuesday’s game is sure to draw a large crowd. Sunday’s Sweet 16 audience however, noticeably featured more than twice as many Baylor fans than those from A&M. “I really want the Aggies to come out,” said A&M Head Coach Gary Blair. “I saw a lot of green and gold [Sunday] in the stands. Now we need the Aggies to realize we’re here now and to come on out.” Making their third Elite Eight in program history, Baylor (34-2) will look to complete the rare four-game sweep over the Aggies. The Bears claimed both regular season matchups before beating A&M 61-58 in the Big 12 tournament championship.

“We’ve looked forward to this opportunity since we lost to them in the Big 12 championship,” said A&M senior center Danielle Adams. “We were hoping we’d get this matchup again just so we can get over that hump. The first three times we played them, we weren’t quite there. We’ve played close games all three times. We know we can beat them, and we know what we have to do.” Although the Aggies haven’t beaten the Bears this season, senior guard Sydney Colson is confident that A&M has improved in each game and can claim victory Tuesday. “Just looking at each game that we’ve played, I think we’ve done things better each time we played them and I think that shows in the final score,” Colson said. “How we’ve come out in the games and how we’ve defended, I think what we’ve learned the most is that we have to play 40 minutes through. We have to play start to finish.” Coming into the game, all eyes will surround Adams and Baylor sophomore center Brittney Griner. The two State Farm All-American candidates both rank in the top-10 in the nation in scoring with Griner averaging 23.1 points to Adams’ 22.7 per game. The difference this season has been the success of Griner and the struggles of Adams when the

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Senior center Danielle Adams meets with the media Monday in Dallas. two teams get together. “Danielle knows that she is capable of having a really good game against them,” Colson said. “If she just plays her game and doesn’t focus on it much then we’ll be fine.” Although Griner is coming off a 40-point performance in Baylor’s Sweet 16 win over fifth-seeded Green Bay, freshman guard Odyssey Sims has been the key to the Bears’ success. Sims averaged 20 points per game against A&M in the regular season but was 2-for-

14 from the field in Baylor’s narrow victory in the Big 12 tournament championship. “I matched-up with her in the Big 12 tournament and guarded her in the first two games,” said A&M junior guard Sydney Carter who was named to the All-Big 12 defensive team. “She’s a great player and I can’t take anything away from her. I’m looking to give my best defensive effort tomorrow and we’ll just see how that goes.”

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WHO? You Grab a team of ďŹ ve to participate in our fourth annual tug-of-war competition. WHAT? Delta Zetaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Turtle Tug WHEN? Sunday, April 3 Lunch will begin at noon. The tug-of-war competition will start around 1:00 pm. WHERE? Southwood Park Pavilion 1600 Rock Prairie Road, in the Southwood Athletic Park.

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Students observe Holi, the Indian festival of colors, by tossing pink and blue powders on the crowd. Holi is a playful celebration of goodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s victory over evil and also notes the beginning of spring. Paul Mezier â&#x20AC;&#x201D; THE BATTALION

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The Battalion As students, green in our 20s and starving for a world perfectly blended with diversity and acceptance, we fantasize about a time when all of humanity will come together as one to celebrate life and the art of being. At A&M, this fantasy became a reality Sunday afternoon on Simpson Drill Field as Holi, the Indian festival of colors, was celebrated in collaboration with the India Association, Deaf Aggies and Friends (DeAF) and other students. The field was a cultural canvas as everyone danced together in large circles, tossing powdered hues of blue and pink in the air while buckets of water were emptied on the crowd. DJ Jag from Austin was also in attendance and played a series of catchy Indian beats, including â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rangbarse,â&#x20AC;? a song written for Holi that literally translates: â&#x20AC;&#x153;colors are dripping down.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;[Holi] is a joyful, playful, cultural activity cherished by our Indian students, and having the program on campus is a way to bring a little taste of home to College Station,â&#x20AC;? said Suzanne Droleskey, assistant vice president for international operations at Texas A&M. An abundance of free food was provided at the event, catered by TAZ Indian Cuisine. The dishes included samosas served with tamarind and mint sauce, and pav and chole, which are buns and chick pea curry. In addition, students from the India Association took time to prepare gulab jamuns, a dessert of cooked balls of flour dipped in sugar syrup. â&#x20AC;&#x153;An event like Holi gives A&M students a great opportunity to experience other cultures without leaving campus,â&#x20AC;? said Jared Artho, project analyst. The celebration itself, however, harbors a deeper and more spiritual meaning than simply dancing with paint and water. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The festival celebrates victory of good over evil,â&#x20AC;? said Chandan Jethani, a graduate student and member of the India Association. â&#x20AC;&#x153;On day one, there are prayers and rituals performed around a bonfire, symbolizing the deity Holika, from which the festival derives its name. On day two, people celebrate by smearing powdered colors called â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;gulalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; and colored water on each other. Holi also marks the beginning of spring,â&#x20AC;? Jethani said. Many A&M students with Indian backgrounds have been participating in Holi with

their families since childhood. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Holi is something that I always look forward to, as it has been an occasion for my family to take a break from our daily lives and get together to celebrate something we really enjoy,â&#x20AC;? said Siddharth Thawrani, a junior accounting major and president of the India Association. It is safe to say that non-Indian students also had a wonderful time at the festival. â&#x20AC;&#x153;After experiencing my first Holi celebration, I realize it does not matter how bad of a dancer you are or how shy you are. Celebrating your life without worrying what others think is what counts the most,â&#x20AC;? said Sachiko Flores, a junior wildlife and fisheries major and president of DeAF. Members of DeAf had a booth at the festival, selling T-shirts and providing pocket American Sign Language (ASL) alphabet cards to help raise awareness of the relatively new organization. â&#x20AC;&#x153;DeAF is an organization that creates a bridge for the hearing and deaf community. We teach sign language and the deaf culture through games and activities and have deaf socials in the community for anyone to join to further that bridge of communication,â&#x20AC;? said Danielle Wood, a senior psychology major and vice president of DeAF. Two students from DeAF also gave a performance of Lady GaGaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Papparazziâ&#x20AC;? in ASL, showing that communication and language is never limited to tongues alone and that anyone can learn sign language. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Most of our members are hearing and level-one signers,â&#x20AC;? said Jess Gengo, a junior kinesiology major and secretary of DeAF. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never had a class in ASL; I just picked it up from my friends and have been doing it for a few years.â&#x20AC;? The collaboration of the India Association and DeAF resulted in a delightfully mixed crowd of Indian and American descent, and succeeded in raising awareness of both the Indian culture and the American Deaf culture. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Last year, we were lacking in awareness,â&#x20AC;? said Atul Chavan, class of 2010 and former member of the India Association. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Now it looks to be about 50 percent Indians and 50 percent Americans here, proof that we are coming into our responsibility of spreading knowledge of our culture.â&#x20AC;?

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