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hough Aggieland has already endured hot weather for weeks, the driest month of the year, July, is still to come and with it come the “dog days of summer,” the hottest days of the year. “Ordinarily in June, it’s a bit windier and not as hot,” said John Nielson-Gammon, atmospheric science professor and local climate specialist. “But this summer there seems to be an exception to that.” The lack of rainfall during May and June is historically unusual, Nielson-Gammon said. The most recent summer on See Weather on page 6
Nine teams to look for shared service opportunities
Summer serenade
■ Institute commends College Station for excellence
■ Board of Regents asks for report from faculty and administrators by August
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Kalee Bumguardner The Battalion The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents formed nine teams Friday to gather feedback about the initiative and look into ways to implement it. “The shared services initiative will lead to reduced costs, economies of scale, increased expertise, and expansion of shared resources,” Chancellor Mike McKinney said. “We will maintain our commitment to the highest quality educational experience at Texas A&M University while working to keep control of costs for students and families paying the bills.” Frank Ashley, vice chancellor for academic affairs and a former faculty member and administrator at the University, will direct the initiative. The teams have 60 members from around the System, including at least one faculty member in each team. Ashley said the team members were ASHLEY selected for knowledge in specialized areas, including business services, federal government relations, human resources, information technology, marketing and communications and research administration. “To be an honest, I’m not an expert in those areas. All I’m good at is leading the groups,” Ashley said. “I’m in academic affairs. That’s why it’s important for me to be in my role, I’ve got to look at how it impacts the academics and the students. I’m very, very protective of the impact on the faculty, and the students. That’s my No. 1 job. [Shared services] is my No. 2 job.” The teams were asked to have reports completed by mid-August for submission to the Board of Regents at the Sept. 24-25 meeting. “All we’re doing is preparing a report to the board,” Ashley said. “We can give this to the board and the board can say, ‘we don’t agree with any of this.’ The bottom line is we’re saying we believe that these will be opportunities for us to share services. It’s sort of like a presidential search. We make recommendations, but it’s ultimately the decision of the board.” The teams will be collecting comments and opinions See Initiative on page 6
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City wins awards for public service
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Clarinet player Randall Griffin performs Monday at the Presidential Conference Center as part of the Festival Artist Series of the Texas Music Festival. The performance was titled “Blockbusters by Request” and featured music from Ludwig van Beethoven and Felix Mendelssohn.
Celloist Edward Arron plays Septet for Strings and Woodwinds in E-flat Major, Op. 20 by Ludwig van Beethoven Monday at the Bush Presidential Conference Center as part of the Texas Music Series. The Texas Music Series’ next performance will be July 3 at the University of Houston.
The Battalion The City of College Station’s public communications department won a record three awards at the Texas Association of Municipal Information Officers, or TAMIO, conference. “We’re always excited when our public communications committee wins awards,” said assistant city manager Kathy Merrill. “They do a lot of good work with public service.” TAMIO members competed in the conference from June 17 to 19, in Lewisville, Texas. Each member submitted the best public communications campaign and was judged by non-TAMIO members. College Station received first place for smoke detector safety public service announcements for populations more than 75,000. The announcements were developed in conjunction with United Way, which gave smoke detectors to people who needed them. “It was very successful,” said Wayne Larson, public communications director and TAMIO member. “[United Way] gave away all the smoke detectors they had allocated for the program.” The department also won first place for its 2008 bond referendum marketing campaign for populations more than 100,000. These bonds, voted on during the 2008 presidential election, could not use taxpayers’ money to advertise the campaigns. The department employed low-cost methods to spread the word, such See Awards on page 6
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Reports: Yao may miss season
corrections Don Gilman is a Texas Engineering Experiment Station assistant research engineer with the Energy Systems Laboratory. Tuesday’s Battalion gave the wrong title.
HOUSTON — Rockets center Yao Ming’s broken left foot could be a “career-threatening” injury. Dr. Tom Clanton, the Houston Rockets’ team physician, told the Houston Chronicle on Monday that Yao’s injury “has the potential for him missing this next season and could be career-threatening.” Yahoo! Sports first reported the Rockets and Yao’s representatives Ming were concerned the 7-foot-6 All-Star would never play again. Yao suffered a hairline fracture of the tarsal navicular bone late in a May 8 playoff game against the Los Angeles Lakers.
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Interim President Loftin said during his open forum that he asked that nonfaculty members making more than $175,000 be excluded from merit increases. We regret the error in Thursday’s Battalion.
Fans moonwalk to honor Jackson PARIS — Michael Jackson fans lauded his talent, moonwalked in his honor, sang his lyrics and awaited word Monday on the possibility of a global memorial to the King of Pop. In Paris, fans and Jackson lookalikes held what they claimed was the world’s biggest moonwalk, organized on Facebook. Gliding backwards beneath the Eiffel Tower, they Jackson sang, cheered and chanted Sunday in homage to the singer, who died Thursday in Los Angeles. “Michael forever in our hearts,” read one banner.
Leaders blast Honduras coup
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TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Police and soldiers clashed with thousands of protesters outside Honduras’ national palace Monday, leaving at least 15 people injured, as world leaders from Barack Obama to Hugo Chavez demanded the return of a president ousted in a military coup. Leftist leaders pulled their ambassadors from Honduras and Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega said El Salvador, Nicaragua and Guatemala would cut trade with neighboring Honduras for at least 48 hours. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez called for Hondurans to rise up against those who toppled his ally Manuel Zelaya.
US troops to leave Iraqi cities BAGHDAD — Iraqi forces assumed formal control of Baghdad and other cities Tuesday after American troops handed over security in urban areas in a defining step toward ending the U.S. combat role in the country. A countdown clock broadcast on Iraqi TV ticked to zero as the midnight deadline passed for U.S. combat troops to finish their pullback to bases outside cities. The Pentagon did not offer any comment to mark the passing of the deadline. Fireworks, not bombings, colored the Baghdad skyline late Monday, and thousands attended a party in a park where singers performed patriotic songs. Loudspeakers at police stations and military checkpoints played recordings of similar tunes throughout the day, as Iraqi military vehicles decorated with flowers and national flags patrolled the capital. Leaders declared a public holiday and proclaimed June 30 as “National Sovereignty Day.”
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Race a factor in promotions WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has ruled that white firefighters in New Haven, Conn., were unfairly denied promotions because of their race. New Haven was wrong to scrap a promotion exam because no African-Americans and only two Hispanic firefighters were likely to be made lieutenants or captains based on the results, the court said Monday in a 5-4 decision. Associated Press
Associated Press Iran’s election oversight body on Monday declared the hotly disputed presidential vote to be valid after a partial recount, rejecting opposition allegations of fraud and further stiffling calls for a new vote. State television reported that the Guardian Council presented the conclusion in a letter to the Interior Minister following a recount of what was described as a randomly selected 10 percent of the almost 40 million ballots cast June 12. The “meticulous and comprehensive examination” revealed only “slight irregularities that are common to any election and needless of attention,” Guardian Council head Ahmed Jannati said in a letter, according to the state TV channel IRIB. Opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi claims he, not incumbent President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad, was the rightful winner and has called for a new election, something the government has repeatedly said it will not do. “From today on, the file on the presidential election has been closed,” Guardian Council spokesman Abbas Ali Kadkhodaei said on state-run Press TV. Mousavi supporters have taken to the streets in protest after the election, outraged by official results that gave Ahmadinejad the victory by a roughly 2-1 margin. Police and the feared Basij militia have taken increasingly harsh measures against the demonstrators, prompting widespread international criticism. The recount conducted Monday had appeared to be an attempt to cultivate the image that Iran was seriously addressing fraud claims, while giving no ground in the clampdown on opposition. Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and the Council already had pronounced
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comes as Ahmadinejad on Monday ordered an investigation of the killing of a young woman on the fringes of a protest. Widely circulated video footage of Neda Agha Soltan bleeding to death on a Tehran street sparked outrage worldwide over authorities’ harsh response to demonstrations. Ahmadinejad’s Web site said Soltan was slain by “unknown agents and in a suspicious” way, convincing him that “enemies of the nation” were responsible.
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Caddo cultural exhibit: The Brazos Valley Museum of Natural History is currently exhibiting “The Caddo: Traditions and Heritage.” The exhibit premiered June 18 and will be open until Aug. 30. The museum is open 10 a.m.- 5 p.m. Monday- Friday. Student admission is $4; adult is $5.
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Blue Earth for a greener world
Hemali Tanna— THE BATTALION
Phone combines technological, eco-friendly needs for users
Romy Misra
Samsung releases Blue Earth mobile phone to promote environmental friendliness
better and goes with the name and the theme of symbolizing the protection of Earth. The design is smooth and ro rrounded unded at the edges to resemble a flflat and shiny pebble. The Blue Earth is a touch-screen phone, with capabilities ca apabilities not compromised even though it concentrates
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ove over battery chargers. No more ore outrageously priced replacement batteries. The world’s first solar charging phone, Blue lue Earth, is meant for users who are concernedd for the environment. The Samsung gadget was unveiled in February in the Mobile World Congress and is set to be released in July. Price Samsung has yet to publish a price, but it looks like it will be more expensive than other phones with the same specifications. Strengths The phone has a sleek design and comes in two colors: black and blue. The blue looks
on being environmentally friendly. The Th phone h iis environmentally i ll ffriendly i dl starting from the packaging. The exterior is made up of plastic water bottles that help reduce fuel consumption and carbon emissions from the manufacturing process. The mobile has a solar panel on the back for charging. This charging capability can deliver power to the user to make
a call anytime. The handset can be charged with an adapter that has up to four hours of talk time. Both the handset and the charger are free from harmful substances that are used in the manufacturing of regular mobile phones. The best feature of this phone is the ability to measure the impact on tthe on h environhe ment. Generally, we tend to believe that one person’s action alone is not significant enough to create an impact. This scores, bby making iis where h the h phone h ki the h user more sensitive to the environment. An “Ecowalk” function calculates the amount of steps you take (the phone has a built in pedometer) and the carbon dioxide you save by not traveling by car. This feature also calculates the number of trees you save.
An eco mode, or energy-saving mode, allows the user to conserve power. Features such as backlight duration time, brightness and Bluetooth can be run on energy saving mode. Weaknesses The negatives of the gadget only will be realized after it is released. The device sounds great, but the price is unknown and it has yet to be tested by users. Conclusion The Blue Earth has arrived at a good time, because frequently changing cell phones has a high environmental impact. The phone is not a silent, eco-friendly device but encourages users to be more environmentally conscious all the time through its features. It’s worth a look if you are planning to purchase a phone. “Samsung’s ‘The Blue Earth Dream’ demonstrates our small but meaningful commitments for the future and our environment,” said JK Shin, executive vice president and head of Mobile Communication Division of Samsung Electronics. “We are committed to achie achieving Electronics ing the highest eco-status with our customers and business partners by providing the best ecoproducts and promoting eco-activities.” Romy Misra is an industrial engineering graduate student.
Film remains true to book’s message Tracey Wallace
“My Sister’s Keeper” brings tears of desperation, joy and everlasting hope and love
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t’s been the same with movies and books for as long as Hollywood has tried to recreate the diction we love into visuals we love: the movie is never as good as the book. Nor does the movie ever quite follow the book, and more often than not the overall feeling, idea and ending of the book is dramatically changed. “My Sister’s Keeper,” based on the novel by Jodi Picoult, is no different. Major parts of the novel are left out and the ending is changed. Yet, for the first time in my movie-going experience, I left the College Station theater feeling the same way I did when I turned the last page of that book: finding hope in desperation.
From its title alone, you might blow this film off as a regular chick flick, but you’d be wrong. True, tears fall from nearly every female’s face, but it isn’t due to the hopelessly romantic way the movie ends, because it doesn’t. Instead, the film, and the book alike, both emphasize the human right of freedom of choice and with that, the inevitable consequences that those COURTESY PHOTO choices bring. Kate, played by Sofia Vas- Suffering from leukemia, Kate depends on her sister Anna to silieva, was diagnosed with give one of her kidneys to save her life. leukemia at an early age. some bone marrow there. But by age 11, Anna Doctors tell her mother Sarah (Cameron Diaz) has been told that she will have to sacrifice one that Kate’s life expectancy is short and that even of her kidneys in exchange for Kate’s life. Anna with chemotherapy, there isn’t much hope. refuses and decides to sue. Sarah quits her job as a lawyer, after all having a The official terms of the case states Anna sick child is a full time job they say, and searches as suing her parents for medical emancipation for any possible cure for her daughter. And she and the right to decide how her body is used. finds it: create a sibling with perfect matches The only problem is that if Kate doesn’t get the who could donate everything Kate will need. kidney, she dies. So along comes Anna (Abigail Breslin), the testAnna’s decision is tearing the family apart. tube sibling, a literal spare-parts factory. Sarah, who has given up her law practice and At first, Anna’s required donations to Kate who has forfeited concern about her other are simple enough: some umbilical cord here, children in order to take care of Kate, is up in
arms. Kate, however, is quite indifferent to the whole situation and portrays both the ugly and beautiful sides of cancer: the oncoming of death but the appreciation of life, a lesson she hopes to teach her family before her time comes. With the constant transitions between present and past, back to present, the movie’s timeline exposes each character’s inner thoughts, past wants and future hopes, leaving the audience sympathizing with every one of them. After all, we all have to make choices, and with those decisions come the consequences of the options you chose to put aside. Some decisions are right, some are wrong, but most are ambiguous. And it’s the ambiguous ones that make, or break, our lives. Overall, I’d give this film 3.5 out of 4 gig ‘ems. The minus .5 comes from having to listen to all the sniffles throughout the movie. Bring tissues, you’ll save the day. Tracey Wallace is a senior English and French major.
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Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs is lukewarm at best
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Lackluster performances and outrageous plot lines sink this movie.
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lthough I have not seen the previous two Ice Age movies, I cannot help but think the third one is a way for 20th Century Fox to get a cut of the 3-D animation profits of Disney and Pixar. I doubt the children targeted care about the profit increase movie studios have seen this year, despite lower ticket sales. I went into the movie hoping to see a good film because I had heard good things about the previous movies. However, I could not get into the story, which has a few holes. First off, even the target audience of 7-year-olds would not believe that there is a secret world of dinosaurs still living below ground (yet still getting sunlight) during the ice age. It is also quite convenient that Sid happens to find the secret entrance to the dinosaur world while feeling left out of the ragtag family the Ice Age series has followed for two films. I wish the chronological brain lapse this movie expects audiences to believe was the only problem, but poor acting sinks this film. Once again, the target audience might not notice, but for older viewers, I must say Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs is an example of
why no one should hire Ray Romano for films. I wish I could say everyone else gave a better performance, but Queen Latifah checked her trademark attitude at the door and Denis Leary left his cigarettes and booze at home. One semi-bearable performance was given by the gifted Simon Pegg playing the weasel known as Buck. This swashbuckling weasel lives the life of adventure, freedom and sometimes insanity in the lost dinosaur world. When the original gang gets into trouble, Buck bails them out and becomes their guide to finding Sid. Also, a toast to the animators for their work on Scrat the squirrel, whose storyline was better than the rest of the film. Watching Scrat find love and being torn between his new love and the acorn was like Disney and Pixar animated shorts, but interwoven into the movie.
Overall, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs is mostly unentertaining, hard to believe and will give you the feeling that you have better things to do in your life. Just as the dinosaurs are extinct and going to stay that way, I believe Ice Age 3 is the meteor that is going to make this series extinct. Logan West is a senior politcal science major. 1 out of 4 gig ’ems
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Don’t cry for him, America A fter a week of dominating news headlines with his affair in Argentina, South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford stands firm in his decision not to resign from office. Citizens and leaders of the political right are justified in their unanimous clamor for Sanford’s resignation, but lost in the media firestorm over his affair is the real irresponsible behavior that left his state temporarily without a governor. While sex scandals are routine to politics, a governor should put the well-being of his state over a South America fling. An affair in itself is bad enough for a Republican party claiming to support traditional family values, but what is worse is that Sanford’s attempt to hide his tryst in Argentina played out like Professor Brody hiding with the map from the Nazis in “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.” Sanford left his staff and security detail, lying about a hike in the Appalachian Trail as he left the country and turned off his phone. The governor was unreachable in case of an emergency requiring a decision, and left staff to uncomfortably lie to reporters. For nearly a week, Sanford forced South Carolina’s caretakers to gamble with the state’s security because the governor was too selfish to chance revealing his affair to even close staff members who needed to know. Sanford’s emotional press conference certainly has aroused sympathy for his situation. Sanford and his wife were all but separated, playing pretend to a ravenous media. America’s consciously hypocritical opinion on divorced politicians kept his marriage together for years longer than it should have, with the couple obligated to live a lie to keep high poll numbers. Sanford’s wife already knew
Ian McPhail
Gov. Mark Sanford owes constituents an honorable letter of resignation. about what was a long-running affair, which Sanford went to Argentina to end. The couple should have been allowed to divorce without fear of a massive public backlash. Politicians certainly deserve to be given the same allowance that about half of the country has in their personal lives. Personal problems have plagued many of our best politicians, and certainly they deserve some semblance of a private life. But Sanford’s behavior allowed a private indiscretion the potential to derail the government should his state have needed him. Sanford should resign because he has proven himself unable to place the interest of his state above his personal problems. It is easy to feel sorry for Sanford; the pressure America places on its politicians in the media spotlight is extreme. Divorce is a problem for many people, and it is wrong to punish politicians for having the same flaws the rest of the country does. Politicians deserve to be judged on their performance in office, like any other job. And like any other profession, deciding to skip a week of work without notice is grounds for termination. Sanford should do himself and South Carolina a favor by quietly resigning. Ian McPhail is a sophomore history major.
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And the winner is:
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or years, writers and photographers have made Hollywood seem fabulous. That is, if fabulous is defined as exciting, dramatic, spontaneous and a little insane.
Celebrities are portrayed as thieves, as people who should be locked up and as people who need to eat. Wynona Ryder, Brittney Spears and Mary-Kate Olsen — just to name a few. Basically, Hollywood is a land foreign to reality and oblivious to social standards. Generally, Hollywood stories are taken well because we love the drama, we love the scandals and we love thin, hot women getting pregnant, losing their minds and shaving their heads. Who wouldn’t? Historically, reading a People magazine has been the equivalent of going to a Shakespearean play. Perhaps not as fancy, but it’s the same general idea: hear the latest rumors of the famous folks and laugh about how miserable their lives are, despite how much more miserable yours is, but end the event with an upbeat, “but we still love you,” tagline so as not to be sentenced to death, or slapped with a libel suit. Oh, what would we do without satire? But recently, Hollywood has become desperate. Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise are no longer puzzling our minds with scientology babble. John Mayer is no longer messing around with the most beautiful women in the business. And, amazingly, no one is pregnant. News is sparse. What to do? What will grab the attention of millions of self-loathing Americans and have us spontaneously buy the newest issue while in the checkout line with
Tracey Wallace
As its gossip supply runs dry, Hollywood looks to turn things upside down. our candy bars and beer? Celebrity cellulite? Done before. Anorexia attacks on young Hollywood? Old news. Bat boy? No, no, people finally caught on to that one. Just as any good advertising company’s minions, the paparazzi of Hollywood have pushed the envelope and done something never done before. Headline: “The Good Girl Wins.” And that’s not referring to the 2002 semi-decent failure that Jennifer Aniston starred in, nor is it an actual headline. But, that’s exactly what is happening. In case you haven’t heard or read the passing headlines at the grocery store, let me catch you up: Brad and Angelina are momentarily split up. Shocker, but wait, it gets better: Brad is secretly paying visits to Jennifer. OMG! Time to IM the BFF. Of course, no one really knows if this is true, and I for one don’t really care if one celebrity is talking to another celebrity again. But here’s what gets me: since when do the good girls in Hollywood win? The advertising industry portrays women as objects, as man’s prosthetic play toys, as beings whose only power is in manipulation and sex. And with that in mind, it’s impossible for the good girl to win. Sadly, it’s our culture.
Women are taught from young ages to be the perfect object of a man’s desire. The gender construction in this country commands women to be two things in one: a virginal sex machine. Women must act innocent but be coy. She must act submissive but be aggressive. She must be hormoneless without sexual desire, but dress so that she draws that spark of desire from men. She must be good at being bad. And still, we are taught that stealing another woman’s husband is wrong. We are taught that babies sans marriage are a sin. We are taught that private life should be kept private. And in most cases, famous women who abandon these stereotypes are labeled for life. Thus Aniston, the hurt and abandoned Hollywood ex-wife, is the spokeswoman for any woman who is afraid of not fulfilling her gender prerequisites and consequent spousal betrayal. Yet, in this flip-flopped world of Hollywood, Aniston is being vindicated. Finally, the woman who lost it all is gaining speed, but what message does that send to women? Wait and he’ll come back? Don’t worry; he cheated on you so he will cheat on her? Good girls: Hollywood is a lie, just like the original Cinderella story. The Brad Pitts or the Prince Charmings of your life are no more than a child’s fantasy. The reality is that you have no prerequisites to fulfill and that any man who finds solace in the woman who is too weak to know that, is no man at all. Besides, no one really thinks Brad is hot anymore. Even Prince Charming with a mistress and six children wouldn’t be that attractive. Tracey Wallace is a senior English and French major.
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as using community forums and attaching messages to various brochures. “You can’t do flashy ad campaigns,” said Peggy Calliham, public communications community relations manager. “[The campaign] is a comprehensive means of getting word out to the public. We used every media trick in our bag.” The action resulted in four of the six bonds passing. A new city hall and a senior community center did not pass, but building a skate park did. “It’s the first time the young citizens came out for an issue,” Calliham said. “And they do have needs for appropriate recreation.”
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Senior electrical engineering major Jacob Helber takes a swing at the Golf Course driving range Monday afternoon. Helber visits the range once or twice a week to work on his golf game.
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record that it was this dry in College Station was 1998. Conditions such as this, he said, only happen once or twice a century. “We’ve had high pressure preventing rain,” Nielson-Gammon said. “And the less rain we get, the more the ground dries out and heats up during the day.” With temperatures already in the mid-90s by morning and no measurable rain since May 24, Nielson-Gammon said, College Station is experiencing severe drought conditions. College Station is classified as a D2 drought. The highest drought classification is D5. “At the rate we’re going were going to get to D4,” he said. Consequently, College Station residents should prepare for above-normal temperatures in the upper 90s throughout July and August, Nielson-Gammon said. Though summer 2008 was also fairly warm and dry, Nielson-Gammon said, the big difference this summer season is the historically low amount of rainfall. May showers usually measure up to an average of five inches, he said. Last year, it rained four inches in May in College Station. This May, College Station received 1.14 inches of rainfall. The longer we go without rainfall, the number of 100-degree days will increase, Nielson-Gammon said. The only chance for rain and consequently lower temperatures in July and August depends on the formation of a front or tropical system, said atmospheric science graduate student Larry Hooper. “It’s one thing to be very warm and hot, but it’s another thing to be hot and dry,” Hooper said. “And we’ve definitely been both for several weeks now.” However, Hooper said, the weather in July and August may go above or below normal in temperatures and rainfall — it is hard to tell yet. “If we don’t have a tropical system for this summer, we’re probably going to be above normal conditions,” he said. Despite conditions, Aggieland is not as dry as central and south Texas cities, which are in
extreme drought. College Station will likely be in a drought until fall, Hooper said, and residents should be aware of the risk of heat exhaustion in this dry, sultry climate. “It’s already in the 90s by 9:30 a.m. Don’t go jogging at 3 in the afternoon,” he said. “I see some people with their Facebook [statuses] saying ‘that wasn’t a good idea,’ [after exercising mid-day].” It’s best to exercise outside before 9 a.m. and after 9 p.m., Hooper said. Also, water the lawn in the evening because if it is watered mid-day, he said, the water will evaporate.
“We’ve had high pressure preventing rain, and the less rain we get, the more the ground dries out and heats up during the day.” — John Nielson-Gammon atmospheric science professor and local climate specialist
from everyone willing to give them, Ashley said. “When I gave the leaders their charge, one of the things that I told them is they had to identify who all the stakeholders were in that specific area, and they had to get input from all of their stakeholders,” he said. The purpose of the shared services initiative is to avoid duplication of duties, and share resources, Ashley said. “First of all, this isn’t any type of merger,” he said. “What we’re looking at is there are some things that we do at the system and they do at the University and we can share what we do. We do a lot of this already.” Ashley said he is for the initiative. “If you look at the big economy, I think we have to be smarter. I think it’s a great idea, to be able to share resources versus each individual group doing their own thing.” Ashley said he wished to dispel the idea that the initiative is a coup by the University System to take over the affairs of the flagship University. “My life is an Aggie, class of 1984. I love this University,” he said. “The last thing I would want to do is to recommend something that would be harmful to this University. I
Landscape irrigation using automatic inground or hose-end sprinkler systems is discouraged between the hours of 10 a.m. and 6 p.m., in accordance with College Station Water Services’ Drought Contingency Plan, updated in April. However, exemptions apply. To learn more visit www.cstx.gov/index. aspx?page=1058. To save energy and money while beating the heat, keep the thermostat as high as comfortably possible, said College Station Utilities energy auditor Bryan Henry. Air conditioning contributes to 48 percent to 50 percent of energy usage in the average College Station home during summertime, he said. Air conditioning systems should be serviced to ensure they run efficiently while keeping the air filter clean. Also, washing clothes and using the dishwasher after sunset decreases the heavy load mid-day activities bring to their energy system, he said. “[However] you can only do so much with the intense heat we’re experiencing now,” Henry said.
The third award the public communications department won was second place for the “Access” e-newsletter, developed in 2008. “We have an electronic newsletter that goes out weekly,” Calliham said. “Our younger citizens communicate more electronically than written. This is a way to reach a wide range of audiences and save paper.” Though this year more awards were won for College Station at the TAMIO conference than any other year, it is not the first time the public communications department has won an award. “In addition to these [awards] we won some for our videos [in 2008],” Larson said. “We did a public service announcement for a water quality report. It was shot in a saloon in the Northgate area.”
think everyone’s trying to paint a picture that we’re trying to take something over.” The changes made should be unnoticeable by many at the University, Ashley said. “When I look at the charge that I gave to the leaders, I said, this should be totally transparent to the faculty and the students. They really shouldn’t know anything has changed,” he said. “We’re trying to increase efficiency, so, if anything, you’ll notice that something’s a little better.” It is uncertain if the initiative will eliminate a significant number of jobs, Ashley said. “Hopefully it won’t,” he said. “One thing we’re doing is we want to try to protect people. To be honest with you, I really don’t know what’s going to come out of this. The initial thing is, oh yeah a lot of people are going to get fired. But I was talking to one person, and they said, ‘can we look at some of the process? I think I could save a couple of million dollars if we look at the process.’ “The charge to the group is they need to look at everything. Don’t ignore processes, because I think a lot of the processes add costs. Is there duplication? Do they do something at the University that we do at the System, too, and it’s not necessary?” Leo Paterra, president of the Texas A&M Research Foundation and team leader of the research administration task force,
said that the committee’s goal is that any changes made are seamless and allow the researchers to focus on what is most important — their research. “The short reporting timeframe does make this a challenging project,” Paterra said. “However, the committee is made up of a diverse group which will bring a wide range of ideas to be considered.”
“The last thing I would want to do is to recommend something that would be harmful to this University. I think everyone’s trying to paint a picture that we’re trying to take something over.” — Frank Ashley vice chancellor for academic affairs
Board chairman Morris E. Foster said that sharing services is critical “to trim costs in order to keep our flagship University affordable. Rapidly escalating operating budgets and tough economic times have combined to make prompt action necessary if we want to continue to attract the best and the brightest to Texas A&M.”
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Existing Shared Services • Administrative Information Technology • Economic Development and Technology Commercialization • General Counsel • Governmental Relations (State) • Internal Audit • Real Estate • Treasury Services
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Proposed Shared Services • Business Services • Human Resources • Information Technology • Marketing and Communication • Training • Risk Management • Research Administration • Other
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