The Battalion: April 9, 2010

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history April 9, 1865 At Appomattox, VA., Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrenders his 28,000 troops to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, effectively ending the American Civil War. Forced to abandon the Confederate capital of Richmond, blocked from joining the surviving Confederate force in North Carolina., and harassed by Union cavalry, Lee had no option.

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Hidden in plain sight Students compete to find art on campus Robert Carpenter

The Battalion Turquoise shirts dotted campus Thursday as teams of students traversed University grounds in a quest for the artistic roots of Texas A&M. The inaugural Amazing Aggie Art Race used clues to lead teams from art piece to art piece as they competed against one another for gift-card prizes.

Cathy Hastedt, event organizer and director of the University art gallery department, said the purpose of the competition was to showcase some of the art spread throughout the campus.

“The idea was to increase awareness of the art that is on campus because people walk by all the time and don’t pay attention

to it,” Hastedt said. “We wanted them to be aware of where these art locations are on campus.”

Seven clues directed the six teams in turn to the Recreation Center, the Eagle statue at Cain Park, Cushing Library, the “Minos” sculpture beside Blocker, Pi R Square, the “In Between the Lines” sculpture beside Langford and finally to the psychology building. Teams were required to perform tasks including painting Chinese calligraphy, art to artist matching and Pictionary in order to proceed to the following clue.

At the end of the competition the “Water Hillbillies” team, Eric Cousineau, senior mechanical engineering major, Kevin Holte, senior engineering technology and industrial distribution See Art race on page 4

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Students draw Chinese characters Thursday as part of Amazing Aggie Art Race.

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Defeating cancer Aggie Relay for Life to raise funds for cancer research and treatment.

Hispanic affairs The Latino student conference highlights war, peace and politics in Latin communities.

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Rock out The 1970’s all-girl rockband “The Runaways” come to life with the self-titled movie starring Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning.

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Taking back Texas Rick Perry has failed our state in the years he has been governor. Texas needs a leader more concerned about education than appointing friends to positions.

Photos by Sam Smith — THE BATTALION

A&M pitcher Barret Loux averages 18 pitches per inning, striking out more than six players each game.

Pitch perfect (almost) Loux outshines Big 12, draws rave reviews from major league scouts

Brad Cox

The Battalion “Actions speak louder than words” is an adequate description of Texas A&M pitcher Barret Loux.

The often-quiet Houston native is a dominating performer on the mound, opting more toward doing his job than putting on a show.

“It’s something I’ve kind of embraced,” Loux said about his quiet demeanor. “I wouldn’t say I’m very

emotional. Compared to before I got here, I’d say I’m more emotional than I used to be.”

Maybe a little fist pump after a strikeout, of which Loux has many, or a gritting of his teeth after giving up a home run, of which he has few, is about as far as the 6-feet, 5-inch tall junior will go.

But it’s not his emotions that have

How they compare ◗ Barret Loux, Texas A&M, 1.98 ERA ◗ Taylor Jungman, Texas, 2.94 ERA ◗ Chad Bettis, Texas Tech, 4.18 ERA

See Loux on page 5

Students build, invent simple, complex machine

‘Chasing al-Qaida’ discusses new era of war on terror

Brandi Tevebaugh

Two top government officials will be speaking today as part of a panel discussion about public policy issues.

Gen. Wesley Clark, former supreme NATO allied commander and Gov. Tom Ridge, former secretary of the Department of Homeland Security will speak at 8 p.m. today Ridge in Rudder Auditorium during the Memorial Student Center Wiley Lecture Series presentation of “Chasing al-Qaida.”

“Principally it’s an opportunity for the campus to hear public policy issues from the perspective of policy makers,” said Deryle Richmond, the ad-

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A series of switches, rolling balls, snapping mousetraps, magnets, motors and levers complete a simple task: pumping hand sanitizer.

The Texas A&M Rube Goldberg machine team went to competition March 25-29 at Purdue University in IndiContest ana with a contraption to achieve just that. origins “Each year there’s a difThe Rube Goldberg ferent objective that all teams Machine Contest across the board that compete brings the ideas have to do, like this year it was of artist Rube to dispense hand sanitizer,” said Herbert Baumgartner, Goldberg’s a senior manufacturing and “invention” mechanical engineering techcartoons to life. nology major. “Everybody’s has the same end objective.”

A Rube Goldberg machine completes a task in an inefficient manner with multiple steps. The A&M team’s project had about 75 steps before the final step of pumping the hand sanitizer, said team leader

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Tom Carney, Charles Rubach, Herbert Baumgartner and Ben Baumgartner are part of the A&M Rube Goldberg machine team.

Baumgartner.

“A step is a transfer of energy,” said Charles Rubach, a senior engineering technology major.

“There’s ambiguity between the judges when there’s things like dominoes. If a 100 dominoes fall over, that’s not 100 steps but one step. If one domino falls over and knocks something new, and that knocks over dominoes, then those steps count.”

Despite its intricacy, the machine has to run efficiently. With the intricate details of each step, precision is necessary.

“There’s a lot of subtleties and nuances, like it’s supposed to be on the edge of not working every time, and the more steps in it, the cooler it is,” said See Goldberg on page 8

viser for Wiley Lecture Series.

Marlene Wyatt, the chairwoman of the Wiley Lecture Series, said the panel discusses various issues regarding alQaida.

“The panel will discuss the new era of the war against alQaida. Not only is it solely about Afghanistan, we are now concerned with the role of Pakistan and Yemen,” Wyatt, a junior supply Clark chain management major, said.

“This panel is going to show us the difficulties they have with the spread of al-Qaida, and how our intelligence agencies are trying to combat the new wave of al-Qaida attacks.”

Sarah Hall, research director

Memorial Student Center Wiley Lecture Series Tickets are available at the MSC Box Office, online at http:// boxoffice.tamu. edu or by phone at (979) 845-1234.

Student tickets are $10 and general admission tickets are $20.

See al-Qaida on page 8

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Chilifest begins The 19th annual Chilifest kicks off today at the Starlight Ballroom in Snook, 15 miles southwest of College Station off Highway 60. Today, 475 teams will get the weekend rolling as they cook chili for Saturday’s competition. The music starts at 11 a.m. Saturday and features Corey Morrow, Roger Creager, The Eli Young Band, Aaron Watson and Dwight Yoakam. Bryan Moore, Chilifest chairman and a senior finance major, said he’s looking forward to the event. “I’m hoping to have a good turnout, to have a lot of people and a safe weekend,” Moore said. “I hope everybody enjoys it, enjoys the bands, enjoys the chili and the company.”

Buses will be available to take attendees back and forth from The Texas Hall of Fame on FM 2818. From 4 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday, CARPOOL will be offering free rides home from the Hall. “From 4:30 to 8:30 we’re not going to be taking phone calls or picking people up from houses,” said Rebecca Orth, public relations officer for CARPOOL and a senior health major. “We’re going to run as many cars as we can, but there’s probably going to be a lot of people so just be patient and enjoy your time while you’re waiting for CARPOOL.” Tickets for Chilifest are $30 in advance and $35 at the gate. Visit http://www. chilifest.org for more information.

Running for compassion

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Fundraising for camp

A fundraising event for Camp of the Hills, which was damaged by a March 23 fire, will be at 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Saturday at the camp site.

Lunch and entertainment will be provided. Visit http:// www.campofthehills.org for more information.

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Asian heritage

As part of Asian Heritage Month 2010, the Philipine Students Association will have a Tiniking traditional folk dance workshop. The workshop will be from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Student Recreation Center.

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Mosque open house

The second annual Run for Compassion will begin at 8 a.m.

Saturday at the BCS Abundant Life Family Practice at 2803 Earl Rudder Freeway and running through the Emerald Forest subdivision. The run includes both a 5K and 10K. Proceeds benefit Compassion International, a Christian child advocacy program. “Compassion serves impoverished kids in 26 countries around the world, and their goal is releasing children from poverty in Jesus’ name,” said Meredith Gilbert, a program volunteer and sophomore international studies major. “The Child Survival Program, which is the part that Run for Compassion is supporting, is basically the first stage of the whole ministry. It’s working with moms and babies, and its goal is to combat the high mortality rate.”

Compassion’s primary ministry is child sponsorship, but children cannot be sponsored until age 5.

The run benefits the program to help children reach 5 years old in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and Haiti.

In 2009 the race raised nearly $4,000, and this year the goal is to double that amount. Visit http:// runforcompassion.com for more information or to register.

Aggies fight cancer with all-night relay Robert Carpenter

The Battalion When several thousand A&M students pull an all-nighter tonight, it will not be to cram for midterms but to combat cancer.

The Aggie Relay for Life event is one of almost 5,000 nationwide fundraisers for the American Cancer Society. Since the inaugural relay in 1985, Relay for Life has raised more than $3 billion for cancer research.

Laura Carr, a senior biomedical science major and Aggie Relay for Life chairwoman, said the event is a tremendous show of support for those whose lives have been affected by cancer.

“The mission of Relay For Life is to celebrate the lives of people who have battled cancer, remember loved ones lost, and fight back against a disease that takes too much,” Carr said. “Relay For Life represents the hope that those lost to cancer will never be forgotten, that those who face cancer will be supported, and that one day cancer will be eliminated.”

The relay comes after months of fundraising efforts led by student leaders and student organizations groups. Ruston Juneau, a junior biomedical sciences major and marketing executive for Aggie Relay for Life, said the event shows appreciation for the thousands of Aggies who donated or fundraised.

“The night of the event is meant to be a celebration to thank everybody for the fundraising they’ve done and to encourage fundraising to continue,” Juneau said.

This is the fifth year since Aggie Relay’s initiation, and event directors are optimistic about the final fundraising figures. Nearly 2,000 participants on 181 teams have raised

more than $62,000, and fundraising is expected to get a boost at the event.

Carr said the money raised will be used for cancer research and patient support programs. The event is sponsored by Scott & White.

“All of the money raised by Aggie Relay For Life stays here in the Brazos Valley providing patient services and funding cancer research,” Carr said. “Our If you local office funds two professors here on camgo pus and nationally, the American Cancer Society Aggie Relay for Life begins has funded more than 40 at 7 p.m. today Nobel Prize Winners.”

The event begins when at Anderson cancer survivors step off Track and for the Survivor Lap. For Field Complex, the following 12 hours, and continues fundraising team memuntil 7 a.m. bers will take turns walkSaturday. ing around the track and relaxing in the infield.

Amber Gossett, a senior marketing major, said participants also will have the opportunity to participate in games such as a volleyball tournament, tug-of-war, a rock band competition and dominoes. There will be live entertainment featuring several bands, the Aggie Wranglers and a yell practice led by the 2010-2011 yell leaders.

Gossett said one of the most popular events is the Miss Relay competition.

“The last few years we’ve had a Miss Relay pageant where guys dress up as girls, and that’s been popular,” Gosset said. “There is a talent portion and they have to do a runway walk in eveningwear. It’s always really entertaining to watch.”

Latino affairs student conference begins something people have needed to focus on.

“Although the violence has escalated reThe Battalion cently, it was not something that took us by The MSC Committee for the Awareness surprise. The conference will give an insight of Mexican American Culture will have the to our delegates of what If you 22nd Student Conference on Latino Affairs, is going on at the border “War, Peace and Politics: An American Cri- and what measures are go sis” today and Saturday. being done on our side,” Conference Deniece Dortch, adviser for the commit- Chapa said. “This is what registration tee, said the goal of the conference is to bring we plan to accomplish continues issues to discussion. through the conference, “The point is to come up with solutions through so that our delegates and talk about what kind of issues and crises leave more knowledgetoday. For are existing nationally and locally and talk members of able of the problem and about how they can effect change in the the committee how it’s not only affectcommunity,” Dortch said. ing border towns, but the the price of the Sarah Rodriguez, a sophomore internaentire nation as a whole. conference tional studies major and SCOLA director Since that is a misconis $45, and for explained the topic for this year. ception by most, that the non-members “At the beginning of the year, when we problems stay on the bor- it is $90. were coming up with a conference topic we der and don’t spill onto tried to think of something that had not been our side, it is a topic that will be discussed discussed in previous conferences,” she said. throughout the conference.”

“We decided to focus on the drug wars in The conference is open to high school Latin America. Most of us are from south seniors.

Texas, so we see the violence and destruction “It is not only a professional event to learn of young lives because of the drug trade.” life skills, but also a preview of Texas A&M, Jose Chapa, a senior entomology major and what they can look forward to as proand committe chairman, said the topic was spective students,” Rodriguez said.

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Living green

The City of College Station’s recycling program will have miniseminars for College Station residents and students pertaining to green living at 6 p.m. in the Public Works Office located on the second floor of the College Station Municipal Court To sign up, visit http:// cstx.gov/recycle.

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Kate Flint will lecture on “Emotional Baggage: Reading, Affect, and the 19th-Century Woman Traveler” as part of the 18th and 19th Century Women Writers Conference from 6:30-8 p.m. tonight in Preston Geren Auditorium and Langford B Exhibit Hall.

“River Bridge Jams” is a new concert that will kick off at 7 p.m. today at the Palace Theater with Midnight Express, a six-piece band with a three-piece horn section.

They plan to continue the concert series the second Friday of the month through October.

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Band concert

The University Symphonic Band and Concert Band will perform at 7 p.m. today in the Bryan Civic Auditorium to benefit “Honor Flight,” an effort to assist veterans to Washington, D.C., to view monuments. Tickets can be purchased for $10 at the Conference Center on George Bush Drive, Carriage Inn and Prosperity Bank.

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Asian culture day trip

The Department of Multicultural Services will have the third Cultural Day Trip April 17 to Asian cultural attractions in the Houston area. Registration deadline is April 13. Visit http://dms.tamu.edu/ daytrip/2010asian for more information.

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Born to be bad T

he Runaways,” better known as the new movie with Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning, chronicles the rapid rise and fall of Joan Jett’s first band. In a crude attempt to break away from her “Twilight” role, Kristen Stewart plays Joan Jett, a background character to a story more about Cherie Currie, played by jailbait Christina Miranda Dakota Fanning. True enough, Cherie Currie is an integral part of the history of the Runaways, better in the outfit. but more about the better-known Joan Jett’s The movie tries and fails to glamorize drug history would have been preferred, especially usage — supposedly, being on drugs puts a since her character was equally, if not red filter on your vision and makes ev“The more, publicized. erything slower and slightly blurry.

Runaways” The story is fast, dark and atThey do succeed, however, in doesn’t impress tempts to be alarming; it appears fusing indie and traditional based on that the best way to stray from production movie styles. It was “Twilight” is to go girl-on-girl artistic merits made with a decent budget, but with short hair and cocaine. The some parts are of the low quality but it has alteration does not complete itself, necessary for a film on such a enough history because while Stewart makes an grungy subject. to entertain. admirable attempt to mimic the voice A comment must be made about and hunched-over style of rock and roller the eccentric Kim Fowley, portrayed by Joan Jett, she can’t escape Bella and audience Michael Shannon. This crazy cat is the most members are left wondering why she cut her enjoyable aspect of the movie, because while hair and where Edward is. his actions are not exactly lovable, his quick Fanning, however, makes a full-on transforone-liners are worth the intervals of non-cohemation from lovable little girl to sex kitten, all sive “plot.” The movie’s fast pace emphasizes in one movie. The audience cannot help but the fast rise to stardom, but leaves something feel like a group of pedophiles while watching to be desired. Apparently all an aspiring musiher parade about in lingerie with controlled cian has to do to become a hit is talk to a substances. Her acting is not the best, but producer. Once. has come a long way from her child roles. As The story begins with some character backemphasized by scenes in the movie, she does a ground and the band’s beginnings, and contingreat job of copying the actual moves used on ues quickly from concept to concept, or rather stage by the real Cherie Currie. She even looks incident to drugs to sex to incident, and so on.

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This rapidity is demonstrated through basically no plot development. The ending is unprecedented to those unfamiliar with the story of the actual band. The music, undoubtedly, is an accurate-as-possible portrayal of the Runaways’ sound, and, with help from Kim Fowley, goes quickly from adolescent prowling to real punk, sexy rock-and-roll.

The one thing I would have added are those characters put next to actual-person scenes at the end of a film that really show how much effort was put into making the film, because when you look at their pictures, it isn’t so far off.

Even though the film itself isn’t anything to write home about, it isn’t a waste of your life to watch, if only for the music and the history behind it. You gotta love rock ’n’ roll.

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Dakota Fanning and Kristen Stewart portray real life Christina Miranda is a musicians Cherie Currie and Joan Jett from the 1970s all-girl sophomore English major. rock band in “The Runaways.”

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Above: The Amazing Aggie Art Race requires students to complete activities as quickly as possible. Below: Participants create an original piece of Chinese art to win.

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major, Alex Harwell, senior international studies major and Victor Holcomb, junior psychology major, were named the winners with a time of 38 minutes. For the performance, each member received $65 in gift cards.

Cousineau, a sophomore mechanical engineering major,

said the competition aspect of the event made it enjoyable.

“The fact that it was a race with puzzle solving and having to run around, it was kind of fun,” Cousineau said.

“It was kiddishly smart fun, but enjoyable.”

David Castillo, a junior computer science major who competed with team “Boss,” said he learned much about the University and its art.

“I learned a lot about where things are on campus that I

didn’t know,” Castillo said.

“There was a couple statues, like the big eagle, I didn’t even know that was there. I did get to see a lot of art that you don’t take note of as you rush in between classes.”

Looking back on the event, Hastedt said turnout could have been higher, but she is still looking forward to future events.

“We had wonderful support from the community and we’re going to do it again next year,” Hastedt said.

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No. 20 Aggies welcome Oklahoma for weekend series Courtney Nelson

The Battalion The No. 20 A&M softball team is coming off a huge win against Texas and will be in action again Saturday and Sunday as they play the No. 11 Oklahoma Sooners.

With the upset over Texas, the momentum will be on A&M’s side as they face the tough Sooner ball club.

“It helps us with momentum going into OU, it sure would have felt a whole lot worse to drop a game and then face the team that is predicted to win the whole thing,” Head Coach Jo Evans said. “It’s great for us to get a win heading into this weekend.”

Oklahoma is coming off Wednesday’s one-run loss to Oklahoma State. After the loss, the Sooners are ready to come back strong against the Aggies, from whom they stole both games last season.

The Sooners have one of the best players in the Big 12 in senior Amber Flores, who is hitting .406 with an on-base percentage of .567. Flores can score with the long ball but she also holds the Oklahoma career record for walks, proving that she will be patient and wait for her chance to get on.

Sooner pitcher Keilani

Loux

Ricketts boasts a 1.38 ERA. She is third overall in the Big 12 in pitching and will be looking to improve her 18-8 record this weekend.

For the Aggies, freshman Meagan May paces the team with a .412 batting average and conference leading 17 home runs.

Both A&M pitchers have had good showings in their recent outings, including Becca Arbino’s most recent shutout against Texas. Mel Dumezich is 8-0 on the season with a 1.62 ERA in 65 innings of work, while Arbino’s 1.93 ERA in 152 innings has given her an 18-6 record.

A&M is 19-4 at home this season, which Evans said is an advantage to her team. She said her team is confident when they are at the Aggie Softball Complex and does not ever expect to lose at home.

“I think the fans are really great,” Evans said. “It’s a huge advantage to play here. You cannot believe the difference in their confidence. There is a feeling of relaxation, and they can just play loose. It’s home and it feels like home.

Nicholas Badger — THE BATTALION We know it is going to be tough with some really good Sophomore pitcher Rebecca Arbino threw a twoteams, but we expect to win hit shutout in the Aggies’ 1-0 victory over Texas at home.”

Wednesday at the Aggie Softball Complex.

1.98 ERA and 64 strikeouts. Loux was our defense is starting to come around projected by some media outlets as being and play really well.” drafted in the first few rounds.

In true Nolan Ryan style, Loux’s Continued from page 1 The one thing stopping him from be- favorite pitch is his fastball. He said his ing in the national spotlight is his pitch curveball and cut fastball have improved been turning heads around the Big 12, count. Being a strikeout pitcher, Loux’s this season and his changeup is stable. it’s his numbers. pitch count is often more than 100, Cheering on that fastball is Loux’s Leading the conference with 64 which could lead to shorter outings and parents, Debbie and Steve, who can ofstrikeouts, Loux sometimes pitches more a tired arm. ten be found in their second-deck seats like former Houston Astros and Texas But while averaging more than 105 at every A&M game.

Rangers great Nolan Ryan than fellow pitches per start and 18 pitches per inBeing from Houston, playing baseball Texas native Greg Maddux. ning, Loux has said his arm felt fine after for A&M was a unique opportunity that He averages slightly more than nine one of his longer outings.

It’s also a part allowed him to be close to home and strikeouts per start, has a strikeout to of his game he’s trying to improve. have his parents see all of his starts. walk ratio of 4.92 and has an opponent “It’s really nice to just get some food “It’s nice to have strikeouts but it’s batting average of .192, making Loux from home sometimes,” he said. “It’s alnice when guys put some balls in play one of the premier pitchers in the Big 12. ways nice to have that cooler waiting in and get your pitch count down,” Loux Against Missouri on March 26 at Oltheir car.” sen Field, Loux was his usual self, strik- said. “It’s something I struggle with a ing out 11 Tiger batters in seven innings little bit, but we’re working on that and of work and allowing just one run on three hits.

“That was about as good of pitching against us that I’ve seen in awhile,” Missouri Head Coach Tim Jamieson said.

“Our hitters battled and competed, but we were just overmatched tonight.”

Kansas Jayhawks starter T.J. Walz, who had one of his better starts of the season with eight strikeouts against A&M, said the hitters made the difference in the 5-2 win.

“That guy is an unbelievable pitcher,” Walz said. “To do that against him is great.”

Though he hears compliments from fans, opposing teams and professional scouts, Loux takes them in stride.

“I’m just focused on pitching out here,” he said. “When you start to worry about other things you can’t control, bad things might happen.”

What Loux and many Aggie fans are aware of is his impending eligibility for Sam Smith— THE BATTALION the MLB Amateur Draft. As a junior, Loux will be eligible for the draft in June after playing the requisite three years for Junior pitcher Barrett Loux has had a great start to his 2010 campaign.

The Houston native has given up an opponent’s batting average of .192 to NCAA players. go along with 64 strikeouts and a 1.98 ERA. Some scouts are salivating over his

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ou’ve just completed one of the most exciting, rewarding, at times harrowing and ultimately memorable years of your life.

You accomplished things you set out to do, things you didn’t expect to do and things that nobody Beau Holder thought you could do. Maybe evment by the students since his ery little thing didn’t end the way arrival, and it truly took root this you planned, but you’re proud year. The Reed Arena attendance anyway, because you worked record was broken three times. In harder than any other to get there, the eyes of many, certain games and you achieved so much along like Oklahoma, Baylor and Kansas the way. Others around you recwere swayed or affected by the ognize this; an event is organized crowd. in your honor. Yes, an event “I have been very pleased to celebrate and showcase your by the response from the Texas achievements, yours alone, the A&M student body all year ones you fought tooth and nail for. long,” Turgeon said Wednesday.

Isn’t it exciting?

“Reaching the student body was Wouldn’t you want the people one of my priorities. It is my who supported you on this jourhope they know how important ney to care? Wouldn’t you love they are to me, the team and our for them to be there? basketball program. The Twelfth Picture that you are the Texas Man makes Reed Arena one of A&M basketball team. Unranked the toughest places to play in the in the preseason, the Aggies rose Big 12 Conference.” to a 10-3 non-conference record, I’d go one further. It’s one of felling ranked teams in the 76 the toughest to play in the entire Classic and earning a ranking nation. The Aggies went 15-1 at along the way. home, the one loss coming By the way, that third by five to No. 1 Kansas loss…

The Aggies — and A&M led for That was to Washcelebrate the most of the game. ington, where senior, 2010 basketball All of that is owed team leader and season at 5 p.m. to the students. all-conference deLove and support for Sunday in Reed fensive guard Derrick basketball at A&M Arena.

Roland’s leg bent ways is growing rapidly, legs should never bend. and everyone who cares That, too, was supposed about the program is excited. But to doom the Ags. really, where would we be right They picked themselves up off now without Turge, and more the mat and to an 11-5 record in importantly, without Roland, the toughest conference in the Sloan and Davis? They gave their country. Senior guard Donald all for a school they loved with Sloan became an All-Big 12 Firstall their hearts, and they deserve a Team performer. Senior forward fitting finale.

Bryan Davis was named to the So why not show up for this?

All-Big 12 Defensive Team. RoThere’s no reason not to. You land was named a finalist for the supported this team, you watched Chip Hilton Player of the Year it and cared about it and felt elaAward, which recognizes a senior tion with each win and pain with who demonstrates “outstanding each loss. Now you can join in character, leadership and talent.” remembering the contributions Head Coach Mark Turgeon that your classmates made to was nominated as a finalist for Texas A&M, Aggie basketball and the Clair Bee Coach of the Year the Bryan-College Station comAward, given annually to the munity. You can see these seniors coach “who through his actions one last time, in an environment on and off the court makes an where they seem more like us outstanding contribution to the than they ever will otherwise — sport of college basketball.” among peers, friends and family, On Sunday at 5 p.m., the team speaking from the heart. will celebrate its season inside They want people to care. And Reed Arena. Individual awards they want people, all the people will be presented and Turgeon who were there to support them and his seniors will give speeches. and even the ones who weren’t, Season highlights will be shown. to be there.

It will be a special, emotional, “This is the last chance to celmomentous occasion, and we’re ebrate and to thank a great group all invited to participate in it. of seniors,” Turgeon said. “They And — it’s free to attend. are the winningest group of playYou know who really deserves ers in Aggie history and they are an award? even better people. I hope we You fans, the Reed Rowdies. have a great turnout.”

Every one of you 13,657 who Coach Turgeon wants to showed up against Kansas and led unite the team and the student Brent Musberger to say that he body and raise the Texas A&M had never seen such an atmobasketball program to a new level. sphere in all of his years covering He wants you. If A&M wants to college sports. Every single person become a basketball power, the who was in the crowd of 13,717 fans need to give their all just as that led a convincing beatdown he is, just as these seniors did. It all of Texas deserves an award. Give ends for Donald, BD and D-Ro one to each of the 13,648 in aton Sunday. It all starts for “the tendance for a 15-point smashing future” on Sunday. Keep doing of Texas Tech. your part for Aggie basketball.

Of all the things that were remarkable about this season, Beau Holder is a freshman student support might top the list.

English major.

Turgeon has preached involve-

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Ending an era

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s the heated gubernatorial race continues, Gov. Rick Perry continues to be the main object of public humiliation.

When faced with dilemmas, Perry simply sideswiped the questions, saying with a smirk: “Texas is a land of opportunity.”

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more than strongg rhetoric, Mayor Bill White has produced actual progress in the fourth largest city in the nation andd has proved time and time again he is ready to lead ad our great state.”

Our governorr isn’t really an influential role, Perry passed a bill to cut all state agencies, just a representative tive of the state. However, I want including schools, financial expenditures by 5 ares about education in office someone who cares percent. This isn’t the first move the governor over helping cronies onies and profit. has made in terms of degrading education. In Perry continues ues to waste hundreds of 2008, Perry created the “margins tax” which was ailed “merit pay” system that millions on a failed supposed to help pay for education, but instead allowed the Houston ouston I.S.D. superintendent was used for oil and gas tax cuts. to get a $67,2500 bonus, an amount 35 times In 2006, Perry froze state the average teacher bonus, according to the school funds. While oil Houston Chronicle. We get the privilege of companies benefited, paying higher taxes. it raised taxes for Rick Perry’s n’t lower taxes the point of Aren’t residents, and lead reign as havingg a Republican in office? Yet to job loss and salgovernor of re paying more then we we are ary cuts. d, because of should, Texas needs Since Perry has inancial bad financial been in office, to end in distribution. ution.

Texas has had November.

Evenn among the lowest erry worse, Perry standardized national appointed test scores, student the conservativee retention and graduation rates and achievement statistics of all the states leaders on the Texas Board off in the country.

Education who Perry continues to push failed voucher passed amendschemes and standardized testing. He gave ments to take $100 million a year to private companies to away Thomas administer the tests, despite the fact that acJefferson and cording to Rice University studies, Texas’ incredibly high dropout rate is directly related other liberal and unimto our failed standardized-test system. portant figures After his joke to secede from the union ks. in history books. during the stimulus crisis, and his justifications ne of the upon innocent death sentencing, Perry has been Jefferson was one i ’ most influentiall men iin A America’s under fire. history, and politicians should not be able to With the use of his vocabulary, or Bushchoose and pick who hears what in history. isms that he learned from former governor and Let’s not forget that Perry is a fellow Aggie, president George W. Bush, Perry’s rebuttals and the second longest current governor in our are surface-level and uninformed. But for some country, Perry is nearing the end of his reign … reason he still has a lot of Texans’ votes.

I hope.

“Perry has not only cast Texas as a backWhile it is great to have someone represent wood secession-seeking state. He has completely Texas A&M in a high government position, his ignored the immense and embarrassing state of representation is inadequate. He is not helping what one can only call the worst public educaA&M continue to strive and excel, but rather tion system in the nation,” said Cole Felder, a senior political science major. “While Gov. Perry cutting our funds.

The assertion that Perry puts his cronies in seems to have remained popular for nothing

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even minutes after the health care bill was signed into law, a quarter of the state attorney generals sued the federal government, and several more states are considering filing independently. The controversial legislation holds many implications for our country’s future, both in the law’s content and the methods used to pass it. There are fundamental problems with the legislation, and the methods employed in the process were improper and reprehensible.

The U.S. health care system obviously needs work, so how can providing 30 million uninsured Americans access to health care be wrong? Helping your neighbor does not mean giving him your life savings. You should only give what your ability permits. At $12.6 trillion in the hole, our ability does not permit.

There also appears to be conflict of interest by directly competing with the same companies they are regulating.

Funding is a huge problem. The Congressional Budget Committee predicts it will cost $940 billion over 10 years, but will save $130 billion more the old system; by their logic, the national deficit is reduced. This is simply not

Scott Lassiter true. Even if the program costs only as much as predicted, the logic is flawed. When you buy groceries at H.E.B. for $10, but have a coupon that saves 20 percent, you did not earn $2, you spent $8. Likewise, this program will not reduce our national debt, just the annual

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high places, especially at A&M, is arguably true after looking at the track record. Perry is close friends with Chancellor Mike McKinney and former President Elsa Murano. He was a roommate of Lt. Gen. Joe Weber, who became vice president of student affairs after his predecessor was hastily forced out. Makes me wish I was a friend of his.

The race for governor is definitely one of a kind. Can Perry maintain his current posi-

tion, or will Democrat Bill White, whose track record is clearer and more successful than Perry, take his throne?

While we all are human and make mistakes, we need someone to represent the state of Texas.

Only by keeping education a top priority can we keep Texas a land of opportunity.

Cole Allen is a junior political science major.

budget deficit. has strong potential to pull away votes from And this deficit is the problem. There will both parties come November. Increasingly, be an extra $130 billion the government has at politicians are perceived as disconnected from its disposal, and Congress has not had a good their constituencies. Even the Supreme Court track record of financial responsibilJustices, immune from reelection politics ity. President Barack Obama’s by lifetime appointments, are not blind proposed spending budget for to the outrage. Their decision in The lack of 2010 is $3.81 trillion. Tax Citizens United vs. Federal Elecbipartisan revenue does not come tion Commission was received support for the close to covering it. This with bipartisan unpopularity to a health care bill unhealthy spending habit majority of Americans. has already has caused many Americans Despite the connections, polarized the to lose faith in Washington violence is neither imminent nor nation. politicians, and it is pushing inevitable. The states’ lawsuits will in America to conditions fascinatall likelihood result in federal authority ingly similar to revolution. being upheld, and the Civil War resolved This bill passed the House and the legality of nullification and secession, Senate without any Republican support. This contrary to Texan popular belief. The best course level of partisan political animosity has not been now is to adapt, because the rules of the game seen since Lincoln’s election without a single have changed. The health care package, though Southern vote. More than 13 states have chalnobly intended but far from ideal, can be worklenged its constitutionality. Some states, such able. It would be prudent to make the best of the as Virginia, have gone even further and passed law while striving for improvements. state legislation that rejects the bill within their Is the law just? Not particularly. Will it borders. It is not Congress’ constitutional right destroy America? Probably not. Should it to enact such health care legislation. have been railroaded through and sealed with We are seeing states essentially nullifying a backdoor bargaining? Absolutely not. Our federal law. These same conditions immediate- politicians have crafted a dangerous game. The ly preceded the Civil War. Now, Gov. Rick road to another revolution still has many paths Perry’s sarcastic comments of secession do not not yet traveled, but it is foolish to believe that seem to be such innocent humor. Democrats a second civil war is impossible. After all, the celebrated in the chambers over the sounds of road to hell is paved with good intentions. audible protests from thousands of angry citizens outside. The Tea Party has risen from the Scott Lassiter is a senior mechanical grass roots, unorganized, yet a furious mass that engineering major

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At competition the A&M team had three interventions, which is when a piece sticks and the team has to touch it. Purdue had eight interventions on one run. Three runs of the machine are allowed at competition, and the judges score the best two out of three.

“They had nothing bad to say about our machine,” Rubach said. “All was positive.”

The team did not place within the top three places in the competition.

The team drove to Indiana with the machine that required a trailer and was able to make the trip and return with no damage to the project. The team worked on the project for six weeks prior to competition.

“It’s 1,250 miles up to Indiana, and we had this thing bouncing around in the back of a U-Haul,” Baumgartner said. “Overall hours, mine was around 250, it was probably 1,000 to 1,200 man-hours that went into it.”

Twelve schools were represented at the competition with most teams coming from the north. Each team’s project was themed. The A&M project was space-themed with the addition of a small rocket. The A&M team included eight people with no prior experience constructing Rube Goldberg machines.

A&M did not compete in 2009 due to a lack of participation.

“I’d actually heard of it when they competed with the orange juicer,” Rubach said. “I really wanted to do it, but I didn’t do it. The next year is when I really got into it. I went to everything we did. I went to every build, and then my heart was crushed when they said there was not enough participation.”

Past objectives accomplished by an A&M team include juicing an orange, making a hamburger and changing a light bulb. The team plans to continue to compete next spring and has been given the task of flipping over a record and playing it. The team is open to students of all majors.

“You can’t think like an engineer because you’re doing something that’s inefficient and makes no sense,” Rubach said.

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