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Bryan residents arrested in personal property theft at Recreation Center Two men were arrested Sunday for theft at the Texas A&M Student Recreation Center. The A&M University Police Department received several reports of theft of personal items at the center Sunday. At approximately 8:20 p.m. an officer saw Skylar Burrell, 20, and Justin Jackson, 22, on Olsen Boulevard with several backpacks sitting around them, throwing items from the backpacks down a storm drain. One man was arrested at the location and the other after a brief chase. Several of the items had been reported as stolen. The men, both Bryan residents, had other items in their possession that have
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not been reported. “Whether or not they have it, we really want people to come in and report their thefts,” said Assistant Chief Mike Ragan. He said he wanted to remind students to not leave property unattended, report suspicious activity and to use the free lockers available at the Rec Center. “I guess it’s more of a convenience thing, people say ‘well I’m playing basketball I’m just going to lay my backpack down by the court,’” Ragan said. “I know it’s a convenience thing, but honestly, that’s where things get stolen.” Students can report stolen property to UPD at (979) 845-2345.
Women golf players embrace junior Sarah Zwartynski after winning the Aggie women the Big 12 championship Sunday.
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Exxon Mobil gives $1M Pages from Friedrich Kellner’s diary, ‘Mien widerstand,’ or ‘My Oppostion,’ which his grandson promised to translate.
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The Battalion Robert Scott Kellner, a former Texas A&M professor, is a man who keeps his promises. He has dedicated his life to fulfilling his word made to his grandparents after going AWOL from the Navy in 1960 in Germany. “The thing is if I hadn’t done that and made that promise to both of them, this wouldn’t have taken place,” Kellner said. Kellner’s father was sent to America by his parents to avoid forced enlistment in the
Nazi army. He married and had three children before being drafted and deployed to Germany in the U.S. Army. Kellner’s father never returned from Europe after the war, abandoning his family, and his mother left to become a dancer. The children lived in an orphanage, but they knew they had grandparents in Germany. Scott joined the Navy at 17 and was deployed to Saudi Arabia with a layover in Germany at 19. “The only information I had was that
Friedrich Kellner and others in front of the Laubach courthouse in 1948.
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Robert Kellner
■ Donation for scholarships, fellowships in designated department Travis Lawson The Battalion The Texas A&M Foundation received a check from the ExxonMobil Foundation today for $1 million for Operation Spirit and Mind, which provides students with endowed scholarships and graduate fellowships. The donation was made through ExxonMobil Foundation’s 2009 Educational Matching Gift program. For every donation a director, employee, retiree or surviving spouse gives, ExxonMobil matches that amount 3-1. The 3-1 match requires that Exxon give $3 for ever $1 donated up to $7,500 a year. Jim Keller, the senior director of Corporate and Foundation Relations for the Texas A&M Foundation, said the money donated will go to a certain department on campus designated by the donors. “It goes to different sources all over the campus,” Keller said. “A donor from Exxon can give money to A&M, he designates where the money goes, and [Exxon] matches it.” Keller said this check symbolizes how important higher education is to the ExxonMobil Corp. “They are the only ones I know that have a 3-1 match, most corporations have a 1-1 match,” Keller said. “It shows that they have a big interest in higher education.” One of the main reasons ExxonMobil is so generous See ExxonMobil on page 7
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I did have grandparents and that he was a justice inspector during the time of the Third Reich, and he lived in a small town named Laubach,” Kellner said. “I didn’t realize there were six different Laubachs in Germany. I was lucky. It took three days to locate them.” Friedrich and Paulina Kellner were still griefstricken by the suicide of their only son years earlier and knew nothing of his children. During Kellner’s first visit with his family, Friedrich showed him a journal with the words “Mien Widerstand,” meaning “My Opposition,” penned on the cover. Friedrich had kept the secret diary during World War II, and he wanted his grandson to get the message to the public. “My grandfather wanted me to translate the diary and bring the diary to the attention of the public to fight totalitarianism. That’s one promise that he made me make to him, but my grandmother made me make another promise to her,” Kellner said. “She said because I had been a ward of society that I had grown up in a children’s home, and I had gotten all that help from society, it was important that I found a way to pay society back for having taken care of me as a child. She wanted me to do something with children, to help children. ” Kellner returned to the Navy after four days, assuring his grandfather he would return to school and become more educated and his grandmother that he would repay his debt to society. In 1968, when Kellner was receiving his bachelor’s from the University of Massachusetts, he returned to Germany and retrieved the diary. Two years later he began the nearly 40-year-long process of translating the almost 1,000 page diary. “I first had to translate it into modern German, Latin lettering, and then I had to translate it into English, so it was such a tremendous task I could only work on it part time.” After earning his doctorate, Kellner began teaching, and in 1983, Kellner began to fulfill his promise to his grandmother at Texas A&M by raising money for the Christian Children’s Fund. “For the next year I got almost 1,000 students at Texas A&M from different organizations including fraternities, sororities, all sorts of groups, religious groups, nonreligious groups, to raise money.” In February 1984, a check for $25,000 was sent to sponsor 125 children in Amaga, Colombia. The project was called the Village of Hope Project and continued for another year, raising $40,000 total. The Texas Senate recognized all the students at A&M for the work. Kellner had
fulfilled his promise to his grandmother. Kellner retired from the University in 1985 to open a construction company, hoping to retire early to work on the diary full-time. In 2005, the diary was on display at the George Bush Presidential Library and followed by a documentary in 2007. “As you can imagine, we have all kinds of people who would love to have their items displayed here; but the nature of his collection, it was very interesting,” said Suzy Cox, a curator at the library. “It was a very historical, interesting subject matter. He had his grandfather’s diaries that he kept, which we displayed, and then small pieces of memorabilia out in the history. ” Since then the diary has traveled across the nation and world fighting against totalitarianism and will be displayed in the Dwight Eisenhower Presidential Library in Abilene, Kan. in May. Kellner said it is still relevant today because society is always fighting against infringement of rights. “That did not come to an end with the end of the Nazis, now today in our own time we have this other threat by another form of totalitarianism which is a Sharia form of government that the Islamic fundamentalists would like to impose on every country they could,” Kellner said. Friedrich Kellner was known for rallying against Hitler, standing for what he believed in, and now his grandson is continuing the legacy by trying to capture the attention of the Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. When the documentary was shown at the United Nations in 2008, Kellner carried a copy of the diary to the Iranian ambassador. “I told them they needed to read the diary because they needed to stop being historical revisionists, that they needed to stop denying what happening during the second World War, that they needed to stop threatening our government and threatening Israel, and they needed to stop this nonsense of their own totalitarian regime of Sharia, the Islamic government,” Kellner said. “They didn’t care for me very much.” Kellner has devoted his life to his promises, and he has fulfilled them. His story continues to inspire students to stand for what they believe is right. “He’s done as much as he possibly can to get his message out to the world,” said Alpa Khatri, a senior accounting major. “I want to help him. It’s not just about his grandfather fighting against totalitarian leadership, it’s just about going with your gut instinct, just doing something proactive even if it’s not going to be life-changing. He followed what he believed, and I think that’s impact enough.”
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What a win No. 24 women’s golf team makes up 11-shot deficit on final day to capture Big 12 crown Beau Holder The Battalion The Texas A&M women’s golf team began Sunday’s final round of the season’s Big 12 championship tournament 11 strokes behind the first-place Oklahoma State Cowgirls. They finished it as Big 12 Champions for the third time. After winning the conference title in 1998 and 2006, the No. 24 Aggies took the 2010 championship with a recordbreaking surge on the final day. The team entered the last round tied for third place with Kansas State but completed the 11-shot comeback — the largest in the history of the Big 12 women’s tournament — on the final hole, when junior Sarah Zwartynski’s 10-foot putt for par fell in to clinch a one-stroke win for the Aggies. “We call Sarah the ‘10-foot queen’ because she’s so good
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from that distance,” said A&M Head Coach Trelle McCombs. “I asked her if she was ready, and she said, ‘I am,’ and I knew she was going to make it.” OSU sophomore Caroline Hedwall was the tournament’s individual champion, winning the title by a convincing eight strokes. Her birdie on the last hole brought the Cowgirls to within a shot, forcing Zwartynski to make par or better to preserve the win. Freshman Sarah Beth Davis shot a final-round 69, three under par, to lead the surge. Senior Julia Boland’s final round ended with a two-over 74; senior Ashley Freeman and freshman Chloe Garner both shot 78s. McCombs was quick to point out that every Aggie played an integral part in the victory. “Today was such a total
team effort,” she said. “Before the round we talked about focusing on what we wanted to happen, rather than being scared or worried about what could happen. We started with the first hole and continued that philosophy on every hole.” Finishing behind Hedwall in the individual rankings were Baylor’s Hannah Burke (+2 overall), OSU’s Victoria Park (+3), Missouri’s Julia Potter (+5), and Colorado’s Emily Talley and Zwartynski tied for fifth at +6. Davis tied for seventh, Boland for 11th, Freeman for 20th and Garner for 44th. A&M, the only team from the Big 12 ranked in the top 25 by the latest Golfweek polls, will head next to the NCAA regionals, which begin May 5. The Aggies finished 11th in last season’s NCAA West Regional.
debate. In counting down the top 15 players in NBA history, we finally embarked on the No. 1 slot. I instinctively uttered, without hesitation, “M.J.” You know, the guy who won six rings and five MVPs. The guy who is indisputably the greatest to ever lace up a pair of sneakers. Easy choice, right? He responded with a simple “LeBron.” I remember thinking, ‘Is he drunk?’ — he was. But his argument was: Barring an unforeseen major injury or Armageddon, King James will go down as the greatest to ever play the game. I was in shock. Disbelief. Expletives flew. Beer bottles were broken. It nearly came to blows. Not really, but I mean, come on. He was dissing my boy Mike. The sole reason I walk around with my tongue out. The main culprit for my sneaker fetish. The transcendent athlete of my young lifetime. But, the more I’ve bared witness to the greatness of the new No. 23, the more I’m beginning to think this changing of the guard may, in fact, be inevitable. First off, let’s take a look at the things that made M.J. so incredible. There were his physical gifts. The athleticism and length that earned him the name Air Jordan. There was the intimidation and confidence factor that comes with being the best. But most of all, the thing that separated Jordan from Magic Johnson, Larry Bird and anybody who has ever stepped on a basketball court was his unmatched willingness and desire to compete. That attitude of ‘no matter what happens, I
David Harris am NOT losing. No way, no how.’ When it comes to King James, the physical attributes are unlike anything we’ve ever seen. He is the most blessed physical specimen we’ve ever seen in the history of sport. It’s like he was made in a lab. 6-foot-9 inch. 260 pounds. Built like an NFL linebacker. Athleticism reminiscent of … well reminiscent of nobody we’ve ever seen. He has the physique of a power forward, yet he possesses the gifts of a point guard. His court vision is unparalleled. His power and first step is unrivaled. I mean, do we fully realize that James hasn’t harnessed all of the immense gifts he has, yet he’s still on the cusp of an assured second-straight MVP award? What’s going to happen when he discovers a low-post game? He literally has no ceiling. He could win 10 straight MVPs. He could average a triple-double. It’s unlike anything we’ve ever seen. Another thing James has going for him is his command of the room. That sense of when he walks into the room, all eyes are on him. Whether he’s dunking in warm-ups, stretching out his legs, joking with teammates or simply sitting on the bench. If LeBron is in the arena, there’s a definite feeling of mystique evident throughout the building. It’s the same thing Jordan possessed. It’s something only once-in-a-lifetime athletes are blessed with. But the thing that remains in question. The thing that will decide whether or not James’
physical gifts go to waste is his desire to win. Does he possess that unquenchable thirst that made Jordan so famous? In the playoffs, Jordan averaged 33.4 points per game and shot nearly 50 percent. He hit game-winner after gamewinner. He expected perfection from his teammates. ‘Lose’ wasn’t a word that ever entered his mind. Hence, the six championships. James, on the other hand, hasn’t shown that attitude. That longing to get his hands on the trophy, no matter the cost. He’s put up gaudy statistics — 30 points, eight assists and eight rebounds per game — but still hasn’t had that memorable, career-altering moment. The good news: Jordan didn’t win a championship until his eighth playoff appearance. He experienced failure after failure that built up that craving for victory. James is only in his fifth playoff. He hasn’t yet experienced those gut-punches that leave long-lasting impressions. Those losses that create the yearning to do whatever it takes. But will those consistent failures have the same affect on James as they did Jordan? Will he be transformed from charismatic and playful into take no prisoners, win at all costs? Nobody has a clue. But if he does, in fact, put it all together? Then … then there are no limitations. Realize that LeBron is 25 years old. He’s still a baby. If he harnesses all of those gifts, then King James will, without a doubt, take his place on the throne above Jordan. Above any and all who have ever played the game of basketball. David Harris is a junior economics major and sports editor.
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FOR RENT Very cute 2/2.5 townhouse $850/mo. 1200 sq ft, W/D, attached carport, fireplace, tons of storage. Bike or bus to campus 15 min or less. 817-473-7520 or 817-937-3872.
FOR SALE 3/2 doublewide near TAMU, 2 living areas, large island kitchen, walk-in closets, $52,500 OBO 979-777-0335. Baseball/Football/Basketball cards for sale/buy/trade. Sports Card Show May 2nd, 9am-5pm. Hilton Hotel, 801 University Dr. aggielandsportscards@gmail.com 979-204-9526. Beagle puppies AKC, shots, wormed, $350 to $400, 979-884-0017, can email pictures upon request. Miniature Pinscher Puppies; CKC, shots, wormed, brains/ beauty. $275. 979-535-4052.
HELP WANTED 7F Lodge. Part-time housekeeper/clerical needed. 15 to 20 per week. Some weekends. Call 979-255-3310. Ags! Looking for summer work? Earn $9000.00 this summer, build your resume, great experience, call Taylor, 214-707-9145. ARE YOU READY FOR SOME SOFTBALL? Registration for C.S. softball leagues are forming now, so get your coed, women’s or men’s team together. Individuals also welcome. Call 979-764-3486. Athletic men for calendars, books, etc. $100-$200/hr, up to $1000/day. No experience. 512-684-8296. photoguy@io.com Bartenders Needed, earn up to $250 per day, no experience required, will train, Ft/Pt. Call Now 877-405-1078. Chedder’s Casual Cafe and Fish Daddy’s on University Drive are now accepting applications for server and hostess. Come be a part of our friendly team! Apply in person. EOE. City of College Station Conference Center, 1300 George Bush Dr. hiring part-time Program/Event Assistant @-$8.70/hr. Schedule and coordinate client events. Must be dependable, excellent people skills, computer literate, accounting experience or accounting classes, a plus. Work 10-18 hrs/week M-F, between 8am-5pm. Apply by Friday April 30, 2010 at city of College Station Human Resources, 1101 Texas Ave. College Station, Texas or online at cstx.gov Cleaning commercial buildings at night, M-F. Call 979-823-5031 for appointment. COACHES WANTED! We need enthusiastic, positive, motivational coaches for YOUTH VOLLEYBALL. Season begins May 6, 2010! Call 979-764-6386. Downtown Uncorked looking for experienced waitstaff, 21 and over. Ask for Melba. 979-204-6030. Downtown Uncorked seeking weekend line cook. Ask for Melba, 979-204-6030. Full time medical technician for growing allergy practice wanted. 4 year degree and 1 year commitment required. We are looking for an intelligent, positive, friendly person to join our team. We teach skills that are an asset for anyone interested in a career in health care and can help a candidate get into medical school. E-mail resume to docmgr@yahoo.com Household cleaning, ironing, organizing help needed. Minimum 6/week $10/hr. Heavy detailed cleaning inside and out, year-round commitment necessary, begin work immediately. Fax info to 979-690-8075. J. Cody’s hiring kitchen help and cashiers. Apply within, 3610 S. College. No experience necessary, just common sense! Kingwood Country Club Hiring life guards and pool managers, No previous experience required. Call us at (800)210-0049 to apply.
HELP WANTED Part-time job helping handicapped. Male student preferred. $330/mo. 30-hours/mo. 979-846-3376. Part-time summer help. Apply in person. Conlee-Garrett Moving and Storage. 600 South Bryan Ave, Bryan. STUDENTPAYOUTS.COM Paid survey takers needed in College Station. 100% free to join. Click on surveys. Want to work in a fun environment? Garpez Mexican Restaurant Cantina seeking experienced only waitstaff, bartenders and assistant manager. Apply at 4353 Wellborn Road in West Gate Center or contact 979-691-8154.
MISCELLANEOUS SELL YOUR USED FURNITURE! Are you leaving this semester? Quality Used Furniture will buy your furniture. Free estimates and moving. Call Quality Used Furniture, 979-693-8669 or visit www.qualityusedfurniturebcs.com Mon-Sat. 9:00-5:30.
MUSIC Party Block Mobile DJ- Peter Block, professional 22yrs experience. Specializing in Weddings, TAMU functions, lights/smoke. Mobile to anywhere. Book early!! 979-693-6294. http://www.partyblockdj.com
PETS A+Teacup puppies: Maltese, Shorkies, Maltipoos, Yorkies &Poodles. $500 &up. 979-324-2866, linda_d_54@yahoo.com Adopt Pets: Dogs, Cats, Puppies, Kittens, Many purebreds. Brazos Animal Shelter, 979-775-5755, www.brazosanimalshelter.org Looking for a pet? Loving dogs and cats at the Pet Adoption and Animal Welfare Society in Lyons, Texas. Call (979)535-4059 or visit www.paaws-tx.org Pomeranians. AKC. Shots. Only 2 males left. $450. 979-575-3130.
REAL ESTATE We Buy Houses. Cash or take over payments. 979-220-3700.
ROOMMATES 2 roommates needed, nice 4bd/4.5ba house with fenced yard, all appliances, W/D. Each roommate has private bedroom and bathroom. Catie 214-460-3608 or cstewman@yahoo.com Female roommate needed. Available 6/1. 2bdrm/2ba., less than 1-mile from campus. Community pool. $425/mo. +utilites. 979-220-9036. female roommates needed for 3/2 spacious Antelope Ln duplex, all appliances, W/D, ethernet, fenced yard, campus shuttle 150 ft away, $330/mo. 979-402-3413 or pages.suddenlink.net/hrtproperties/ Gateway Villas. 4bd/4ba, need 3 roommates for Fall semester. Living room, dining room, w/d, furnished, private bath for each room. $450/mo +utilities. 469-964-8103. Looking for roommate to rent 2bd/2ba w/fenced yard for pet. Amber 832-860-0347. Roommate needed, 2bd/2ba apartment. $307.50/mo. Starts August w/half off. On bus route. Free cable/internet/pool. 979-436-3466. gnyambi@yahoo.com Roommates needed. 4bd/4bth $325/mo., washer/dryer. University Place on Southwest Parkway. 281-844-2090. Seeking 3 m/f roommates, 2-story 5bd/4ba house. $550/mo, 2 miles from mall. Call Brock, 817-675-4452. Two female roommates needed. 4bd/4ba townhome in Waterwood. $565/mo. Utilities included in rent. W/D, cable included. 214-263-2555.
SERVICES A&M Alterations, professional clothes alteration same-day service, 30-years experience, guaranteed lowest prices, 3601 East 29th, #12, in Bryan, 979-260-2400.
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Local Analytical and Environmental testing laboratory looking for part-time lab technicians. No experience necessary, but a science background is helpful. Flexible scheduling. Email resumes or inquiries to info@thomasanalytical.com or call 979-774-7485.
G&M Haulers Co. Aggie owned and operated moving company. $130/load, 16ft enclosed trailer flat rate or $40/hr to load/unload uhaul truck, etc. 979-324-6617 www.gmhaulers.com
Looking for TAMU student to help show how to use computer and web sites. Pay by the hour. 832-242-4917. Medical office now hiring F/T Medical Tech/ Injectionist/ Lab Tech. Great experience for student applying to medical school. Science Degree and one year commitment required. Call 979-485-0571 to inquire. Apply in person at Allergy Associates, 3306 Longmire Dr., College Station, TX 77845. P/T service station attendant and lube tech. Basic Automotive knowledge. Villa Maria Chevron, Villa Maria & E.29th. 979-776-1261. Part Time M-F Clerical with multi-phone experience, must be able to work through summer, Apply in person, 1602 Rock Prairie west building suite 430.
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to A&M is because of large amount of recruiting that they do at the University. Keller said Exxon employs a large number of A&M graduates. Since the matching program began in 1962, ExxonMobil has given $10.8 million to A&M and gave more than $36 million to educational institutions in 2009. “There continued generosity is very important to the University,” said a spokeswoman in the marketing department of the Texas A&M Foundation. “Even in bad economic years, the ExxonMobil foundation has been very generous to Texas A&M.” Jason Cook, the Vice President for marketing and communications, said the University was extremely thankful to ExxonMobil for giving to the scholarship program. “Texas A&M is of course very appreciative to ExxonMobil for their generous gift and support of Operation Spirit and Mind,” Cook said. “What is unique about this gift is it combines the generosity of our former students, many of which enjoyed long standing careers with ExxonMobil, with matching gifts from the company itself.”
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officer of Spearhead Co. The senior political science major said Spearhead Co. has a rigorous training schedule. Members meet two days a week for Marine Corps style physical training and one day a week for the academic aspect of training. “It is one of the hardest things that I have had to do, not only physically but mentally,” said Corey Boudiette, gunnery sergeant and junior industrial distribution major. “It is really about us helping people make the right decisions and make sure they know this is what they want; it is a rough ride.” Boudiette and Garza have already started training for Officer Candidate School. They said they will try to relay as much information from the intensive summer training sessions back to their company as possible to help students prepare themselves for the challenge of being accepted. “I was able to bring back first-hand experience to this organization, if you have good legs to stand on you can tell kids exactly what they are going to have to do and give them helpful hints so that they can get accepted to the program,” Boudiette said. “Spearhead Co. is a Corps organization, but we are a University organization as well, therefore membership is open to any A&M student,” Garza said. “We work with the full cooperation of the NROTC, and exist, in part, thanks to the efforts of Colonel Smith and Major Downing.” Member Christopher Harrison, a sophomore environmental science major, said it is a physically demanding company. “They always have really difficult workouts for us but they have really prepared us,” Harrison said. “I am very thankful they help us, otherwise I would be on my own in this.”
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Air, life quality lower than previously thought ■ Student presents findings indicating underestimation of pollutants in urban areas Amber Jaura The Battalion Graduate student Changhyoun Park’s research “Why does anthropogenic isoprene need to be included in EPA National Emission Inventory?” analyzed a long-term data set of Houston air quality. He was honored as a Session Winner for his efforts in the College of Geosciences division in Student Research Week 2010 at Texas A&M. Park, a doctoral student graduating in May, presented his research findings on manmade and tree-canopy-related isoprene emission measurements taken from a tower near downtown Houston and measuring the eddy flux of volatile organic compounds. Over time, Park said the measurements he collected revealed cars may be a much larger source of this naturally occurring chemical than previously thought. “In the air quality study area, the establishment of exact emission inventories is important for the decision making on proper air quality controls
or regulations, considering the impact on public health especially in a huge metropolitan area,” Park said. “We wanted to know how close the EPA’s emission inventory model is to real-world emissions, because the model data enter into predictions of past, present and future air quality.” Park said his goal was to calculate the accuracy of emission inventories by comparing his data with the EPA emission inventory numbers. He found that because the EPA model underestimates the amount of certain pollutants emitted into the atmosphere by as much as three to five times and doesn’t include anthropogenic isoprene, the emission inventory might need adjusting. He and his adviser Gunner Schade are among the first researchers to use eddy flux measurements to record the surface-atmosphere exchange of gases in an urban environment. Karen Kriedel, communications coordinator for the College of Geosciences, said Park’s research helps quantify air pollution and air quality.
“Students in the College of Geosciences are able to participate in many exciting research projects that contribute to our understanding of the world around us,” Kriedel said. “We are proud of Park, and I have no doubt that when he graduates from Texas A&M, he will have a brilliant career and will continue to make advances in his field.” Park said he intends to further his research as he seeks improvement in the overall quality of life for people in urban areas. “Our research has still a lot of uncertainties due to the physically and chemically complicated mixed urban area,” Park said. “For a more detailed study, we are about to deploy improved equipments and other coworkers in our and other departments.” Sarah Jaks, director of Student Research Week and graduate student in student affairs administration, said the increased student participation in the event each year brings breakthroughs in research. “We had students representing every college on campus, which allowed for a variety of research projects from both graduate and undergraduate students. This year we gave out 344 awards.”
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EL CAJON, Calif. — An 11-year-old girl told police a man followed her home from school the day before registered sex offender John Albert Gardner III raped and murdered a 17-year-old girl in a nearby park, according to search warrants unsealed Monday. The documents also indicated that two women joggers encountered Gardner on the afternoon of Feb. 25, the day he attacked and killed Chelsea King when she went for a run in the park. One woman said she was convinced a man she briefly spoke with about coyotes and snakes was Gardner. Investigators linked Gardner to King’s murder through semen found on her underwear, according to the search warrants unsealed in response to a request by The Associated Press and other news organizations. King’s body was discovered in a shallow lakeside grave five days after she vanished. The warrants said authorities seized 11 shovels, three pickaxes and other digging tools from Gardner’s home in Lake Elsinore along with a “Hard Rock Cafe Baghdad” T-shirt and other clothing. They also found a tool case with black electrical and duct tape in a storage unit in suburban Escondido; black duct tape and a fast-food receipt from Feb. 25 in his girlfriend’s car; and several “Hard Rock Cafe” shirts and a shovel at his mother’s home in San Diego. Gardner, 31, pleaded guilty April 16 to raping and murdering King and 14-year-old Amber Dubois, who was abducted while walking to school in Escondido in February 2009. Gardner had served five years of a six-year prison sentence for molesting a 13-year-old San Diego neighbor in 2000. The search warrants said the 11-year-old girl told San Diego police on Feb. 24 that a man in a black car slowly drove by and parked as she walked home alone from school in the Rancho Bernardo area. The driver made no effort to speak with her. A woman then pulled up beside the girl, told
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her the man looked suspicious, and offered to follow her two blocks to her house. The man then made a U-turn and drove away. The girl told a family member the man had stared at her before pulling forward, and that she later recognized Gardner from a photo published after his arrest in the death of King. Investigators then asked her to identify the man from among six photos. She picked two of the pictures, and one was Gardner, according to the documents. One of the women joggers told investigators she spoke with a man in a “Hard Rock Cafe” Tshirt who was drinking beer and smoking a cigarette when she went for an afternoon run on the day King was attacked. After Gardner’s arrest, she told authorities she was positive he was the man she saw along the running trail. “The person told her to watch out for the snake and she noticed there was a rattlesnake,” the affidavit reads. Another runner, Jacquelyn Maxton, also told authorities she saw Gardner that afternoon in a “Hard Rock Cafe Baghdad” T-shirt. “She was 100 percent positive the person she saw on the trail was the person she saw on television because his haircut and eyes looked exactly the same,” the affidavit reads. The affidavits also describe a Dec. 27 attack on another jogger in the area. Gardner pleaded guilty to attempted rape in that case. The jogger, Candice Moncayo, reported saying good morning to a man who returned the greeting then tackled her and began to climb on top of her, pinning her shoulders to the ground. Moncayo screamed for help, believing she was going to be raped. The assailant told her to shut up and she responded, “You’re going to have to kill me,” according to the documents. “That can be arranged,” her assailant said. Associated Press
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Consequently, many departments have chosen to enact faculty and administrative hiring freezes, as well as forgoing the renewal of contracts to basic-level instructional positions. To some departments, this might mean less instructors to educate a growing number of students, as A&M has once again projected the largest incoming freshman class. As A&M continually strives to build better facilities with increasingly more classrooms, some departments may not have adequate numbers of instructional personnel to physically teach the number of courses freshmen require. More students, larger classes, even more classrooms with less educators available to meet these demands equals a glaring problem. So enters the apocalypse, as Kurt Vonnegut once satirized in “Player Piano,” where machines replaced the jobs of the average worker. Online courses appear to be an attractive and viable option as a replacement to the lack of instructional capabilities for some departments. Karen Watson, interim executive vice president for academics and provost, said A&M offers 3.7 percent, or 836 of its courses online. Of course, many of these are designed for distance learning programs, but 290 web-based courses were offered to students attending classes in College Station, and 122 of these courses allow for the student to choose either an online option or in-classroom format. Watson categorized all courses as either passive or active. A passive course does not incorporate a dynamic classroom experience where the student and instructor need interaction. Active classes benefit from an exchange of ideas from either student to student or student to instructor. Paul Christensen, an English professor at A&M, described active courses as an environment where “a professor can ask a provocative question which a group of students can then answer, and the professor can entice conversation.” Online courses lack this capacity, but passive courses aren’t necessarily structured to meet this demand in the first place. “If the only thing you learn from is a lecture, then online courses are the perfect solution,” Watson said. She said despite budgetary cuts, online
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to provide students with the best educational talent possible. Despite budget cuts, A&M should continue to provide students with educators who will inspire and bring out the best within each student, passive classes or not. The best course format is one where students are chalStephen Humeniuk lenged to bring their “A” game to class every day, and can rely on each other and the instructor to exponentially enhance the courses are not becoming a premium solueducational opportunity. After all, tion to larger enrollment and halted college and the opportunities for instructional capacity. My fear is Classroom learning only happen once. that one day online courses will interaction between Hopefully the freshmen will with advancements in technolprofessors and learn A&M is the best eduogy. students is an cational experience in Texas. A&M might not be reessential part of the Flooding the collegiate nowned for its dazzling college experience. experience with web-based architecture, but it is what’s learning is not the solution to inside those buildings that matters shaping inquisitive minds. the most, the classroom experi“In the classroom there are moence. Replacing passive classes, taught ments of discovery that a professor could not by equally boring research obsessed profeshave planned, and the class takes off to a new sors who possess little educational ability, place,” Christensen said. “A freshman is the with online course options would probably most impressionable and the best professors be astoundingly welcome by the student should be placed in front of them.” population — especially those who brave the headaches of the process of taking these Stephen Humeniuk is a senor political courses online at other schools anyway. This science major. shouldn’t be the case, as A&M needs to strive
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While Tuesday’s article mentions the debate on marijuana legalization, and even the reasons supporting one side of it, I felt compelled to share some facts for legalization. Marijuana use has been widely correlated with a decrease in cancer, regardless of the levels of carcinogens in it. Legalized marijuana would greatly reduce the capital available to gangs. Marijuana was made illegal due to racial bigotry, and has remained so largely due to inertia. It’s laughable to us today that former President Ronald Reagan once said, “I now have absolute proof that smoking even one marijuana cigarette is equal in brain damage to being on Bikini Island during an H-bomb blast.” This University is complicit in advocating alcohol as less harmful than pot, which is undeniably false. Simply compare the repercussions of a minor who is convicted of a DUI, suspended license, $500 fine, to the Class B misdemeanor, 180 days in jail, $2,000 fine. This implies the danger of dried plant material in a plastic bag or wrapped in paper is greater than that of a minor operating a 2,000 pound vehicle under the influence of alcohol.
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