The Battalion: July 01, 2009

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couldn’t irrigate,” he said. “The problem being that if you’re depending on irrigation water now, you’re in trouble.” Even in the Brazos Valley, crop yields are down to approximately half of normal yield, Nelson said. “We did get some rain earlier in the spring and early crops are OK, but still about half,” he said. The rain in College Station on Tuesday might have brought temperatures down, but the drought is not over, said Texas Agrilife Extension Research spokesman Blair Fanning.

“Certainly the rain is welcome and it has cooled things down, but it’s temporary,” Fanning said. “It doesn’t do much for crops that have been out there baking in 100-degree heat.” “It’s a pretty substantial drought,” he said. “On a scale of one to 10 it’s probably a nine.” This drought is likely part of a recurring cycle, Redmon said. “The climatologists tell us that we’re a little past midway in a 20- to 25-year dry cycle. That cycle started in 1995 or 1996,” Redmon said. “These cycles are usually about 25 years, so they aren’t unheard of or unusual, but they sure do make it tough on our producers.”

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“He’ll be remembered by his students as one of the greatest teachers they had. Jeff was a student’s professor; he loved working for the students. No one cared more about the students than Jeff Conant,” Berry said. “It’s just a great loss for the students at A&M, for the faculty, his colleagues and friends.” Conant focused his research on marketing strategy and the scholarship of teaching and learning. He received the Journal of Marketing Education’s Outstanding Article of the Year Award in 1989, 1999 and 2003 and earned the Best Article Award from the Marketing Education Review in 2003. “He has always been an excellent professor; he won more teaching awards than perhaps anyone at A&M. He fully deserved all of those awards,” said William Pride, marketing professor. “I’ve known him as a friend a very long time. He has the highest integrity possible. He was highly respected by his colleagues here at A&M as well as other institutions. He was a very good leader for our department, not just very good, I would say he was an excellent leader.” Having been published in numerous scholarly publications including Strategic Management Journal, Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, Journal of Marketing Education, Industrial Marketing Management, and Journal of Retailing, and authored two book chapters, Conant received multiple awards in his tenure. “As a department head he played a major role in the Mays Business

For more information on Jeffrey Conant’s impact on the Mays Business School at Texas A&M, view his biography at http:// wehner.tamu.edu/mktg/faculty/ conant/ School in getting class sizes down to very manageable levels. Generally speaking students in smaller classes will have a better opportunity to participate and interact during class — he took action to help make that happen,” Pride said. “He was a very genuine, nice individual that was very willing to help students and faculty members.” As a leader, a teacher and a dear friend, Conant will be missed. “I’ve known Jeff ever since he arrived here as an assistant professor. On a personal level he’s very much a family oriented person. He was always very positive, upbeat type of individual — very enjoyable to work with. Clearly we will miss him a great deal as a friend and as a department head,” Pride said. “[His death is] beyond a surprise, I would say shocking because we believed that he had a medical problem that, although serious, was in fact a problem that could be managed and treated. All of us here in the department were just terribly shocked and so saddened.” E-mails have already started to pour in from students expressing their condolences and gratitude for Conant’s commitment to them, Varadarajan said. “He was a role model, really worthy of emulation from all of us,” he said. Funeral arrangements are pending with Hillier Funeral Home in Bryan.

Plane crashes, 1 teen survives MORONI, Comoros — A Yemeni jetliner carrying 153 people crashed into the Indian Ocean on Tuesday as it attempted to land amid severe turbulence and howling winds. Officials said a teenage girl was plucked from the sea, the only known survivor. The crash in waters off this island nation comes two years after aviation officials reported equipment faults with the plane, an aging Airbus 310 flying the last leg of a Yemenia Airlines flight from Paris and Marseilles to Comoros, with a stop in Yemen to change planes. Most of the passengers were from Comoros, a former French colony. Sixty-six on board were French nationals. Khaled el-Kaei, the head of Yemenia’s public relations office, said a 14-yearold girl survived the crash, and Yemen’s embassy in Washington issued a statement saying a young girl was taken to a hospital. It also said five bodies were recovered. There were earlier statements from officials that a 5-year-old boy survived. Associated Press

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