The Battalion: July 1, 2010

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news for you texas State loses air permit program The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has overturned a 16-year-old Texas air permitting program it said violates the Clean Air Act, leaving some of the country’s largest refineries in a state of limbo. The decision will force some 140 refineries and petrochemical plants to invest millions of dollars to get new permits.

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Cream of the stop Making the drive down to Brenham takes only about an hour, so the trip is a relatively quick way to get one’s special sugar fix.

Military medic campus opens The U.S. military has opened the first buildings at a new training campus at the Army’s Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio that will consolidate all medic training across the various service branches

by September 2011.

The Army currently trains about 4,500 of its own medics a day at Fort Sam but will add another 3,500 Air Force medics and Navy corpsmen.

Brazos Valley is not predicted to face severe weather

A young boy plays next to the oldfashioned ice cream van situated outside of the Blue Bell factory.

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The Southern Flyer Diner of the Brenham Municipal Airport is frequented by town residents and pilots alike.

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nation &world Hurricane Alex brings in more oil Rough seas generated by Hurricane Alex pushed oil from the spill onto Gulf Coast beaches Wednesday as cleanup vessels were sidelined by the storm’s ripple effects. Six-foot waves and 25 mph winds were forecast through Thursday offshore from the Mississippi Delta to the Florida Panhandle.

Graphic by Evan Andrews, Photos by David Harris — THE BATTALION

Staff and wire reports

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This morning, Hurricane Alex was headed for a collision with the Mexican Gulf coast. Earlier this week, there was concern about the Brazos Valley seeing effects from the hurricane, but no severe weather is predicted for the weekend.

“There is a chance of thunderstorms, especially Saturday,” said John Nielson-Gammon, state climatologist and professor of atmospheric sciences.

“But overall, there will be southeast winds, as well as heat and humidity.”

The Brazos Valley was put under a tornado watch, as caused by the tropical storm, but now tornadoes are not likely for the area, Nielson-Gammon said.

The National Hurricane Center has classified Hurricane Alex as a Category 1 storm, with a chance of becoming a weak Category 2. The center of Alex is predicted to hit Northern Mexico between late Wednesday night and the early hours of Thursday morning, with South Texas being heavily affected from the potentially 200 mph winds.

While other areas of Texas are predicted to experience heavy rains and possible flooding on the weekend of July 4, Hurricane Alex is predicted to have minimal impact on the Brazos Valley.

Sarah Ammerman, staff writer

A trip to Brenham, home of Blue Bell Creameries, requires an empty stomach.

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uying ice cream from a supermarket freezer may taste delicious, but it’s not nearly as satisfying to eat as when you are aware of all of the hard work that went into each sweet spoonful. Visitors to the Blue Bell factory receive both a history lesson on the beloved Texan product and a free sample of the summertime treat. For the traveler craving more than just desserts, the Brenham Municipal Airport’s restaurant serves tasty Southernstyle meals in classic diner style.

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98 miles Tank of gas ◗ This story is part of a series “There and back on a tank of gas.” A staff member will travel to a different city each week and document the trip. To suggest a great place visit, send ideas to metro@thebatt. com.

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Scientists discover ancient whale Scientists have discovered an ancient predatory whale dating back 12 million years.

They’ve named it Leviathan melvillei, after the author of “Moby Dick,” Herman Meliville.

The prehistoric sperm whale sported vicious, tusk-like teeth.

Alex fails to threat

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July begins National Park Month Austin Meek | The Battalion This year, the National Recreation and Park Association is encouraging Americans nationwide to celebrate July as National Park & Recreation Month.

Texas is the second largest state in the U.S., with more than 268,000 square miles of land offering many state and national parks.

Gary Ellis, head of the recreation, park and tourism sciences department at Texas A&M, said he appreciates the national park system because it makes territory available to anyone interested in visiting.

“Texas has about five percent public land,” Ellis said.

Ellis suggested the Texas Big Thicket National Preserve and the San Antonio Missions National Historic Park as locations that offer great attractions.

“I went camping at Big Bend with my family a couple years back,” said Camer-

on Pybus, junior architecture major. “It’s amazing that there’s so much life, considering how rugged the terrain is.”

More than 1,200 species of plants, 450 species of birds, 56 species of reptiles and 75 species of mammals call Big Bend National Park home.

“Looking down on the park from the top of Emory Peak was one of the coolest moments of my life,” said Forrest Bowen, sophomore management major who spent last year’s spring break at Big Bend. “I had no idea we had those kind of vistas in Texas.”

Michael Allen, class of 2010, spent the summer of 2008 on the road while filming the documentary One Nation Under God. He and the movie crew camped in parks along the way.

Allen said Glacier, a national park that rests on the border of Montana and Canada, was the prettiest place he had seen.

Matt Young — THE BATTALION

Brison Park of College Station features a nature trail and is completely protected from development.

“We hiked, camped out and went swimming in a glacier lake. It was about 80 degrees — and in July.”

entertainment

‘Eclipse’ exceeds rest of series Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah, Taylor Lautner’s abs are glorious, Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah. He’s 18 now, so it’s perfectly OK for me to objectify him like that. That’s all you really need to know about The Twilight Saga: Eclipse Alexandra to buy a tickWelch et. If I hadn’t seen the en- junior business major tire town at the theater Wednesday at midnight, I would almost deem this review necessary. But here we go anyway.

We left off the last movie, New Moon, with Mr. Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson) awkwardly proposing to the love of his insanely long life, Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart). Bella is now desperate to become a vampire and lose her virginity, without the pesky institution of marriage ever coming into the picture.

Edward, always the gentleman, so virtuous and chaste you never even see him shirtless for the whole two hours and four minutes, is not having any such thing unless he can put a ring on it.

But wait! Does Bella love Edward or her furry hot, hot, hot, See Eclipse on page 3

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Blue Bell Creamery is in Brenham, Texas and offers tours Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. it’s pretty obvious that the city’s main attraction is the delectable ice-cream maker.

The beginning of the tour starts in an old-style brick town building. At first, you’re greeted by three tour guides as they welcome you into the miniature movie theatre to show you a production on the history of Blue Bell.

Little Will, our four-year old co-tour guide, couldn’t stop smiling as he entered the hallowed doors and continually repeated, “Wow, it’s amazing!”

What started as the Brenham Creamery Company more than 103 years ago has since morphed into Blue Bell Creameries. through the years, a couple of things have stayed constant: a quality product and

a family-friendly atmosphere that is shared from the top of the company all the way down.

“My grandfather for about 30 years drove their 18-wheeler,” said Stacy Liere, tourguide and Brenham resident.

“A couple years ago, he passed away. We were really close, and it was hard on me. It’s my way of still having something in common with him and having a connection with him.”

Once the tour comes to an end, the real treat begins as you’re presented with a scoop of freshly-made Blue Bell Ice Cream. It’s the cherry on top of a full day of small town enjoyment.

And as Will put it, it really is amazing.

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werewolf protector Jacob (Lautner)? Team Edward or Team Jacob? Team Hair or Team Abs? It’s the question that plagues an entire generation of women, including Miss Swan. I am personally Team Carlisle — Peter Facinelli, my cup of tea — but with the evil Victoria (Bryce Dallas Howard) still on a revenge hilt to kill Bella after Edward killed her mate James, the poor heroine is so chased and distracted by her impending doom, she barely has time to decide which team she is on.

Victoria is running all over Seattle, puppet mastering a vamp, Riley (Xavier Samuel), to bite his way into forming a newborn vampire army powerful enough to take on the Cullen clan. But thankfully,

the Cullens have something Victoria doesn’t see coming, an alliance with a pack of werewolves also hell-bent on keeping Bella safe.

All the sexual tension comes to a boiling point atop a snow-peaked cliff, where Jacob and Edward take Bella to keep her off Victoria’s radar and out of the fray of war happening down below. When tall, dark and handsome Jacob finds out that tall, pale and handsome Edward has asked for Bella’s hand in marriage, all Bella apparently can do is makeout with Jacob in order to get him to stay and not return to the dangers of the battle. That would, of course, be every other girl’s solution as well.

Besides a few inexplicable plot points, like the aforementioned “kiss your friend when he gets jealous in order to protect him” scenario, meant only to raise the blood levels and illicit shrieks from

the teenage audience, Eclipse is otherwise more seamlessly pulled together than the previous two films.

The script is tighter and more witty, with Charlie Swan (Billy Burke) once again delivering the best one-liners. The actors have grown more into their characters.

Stewart has put a stop to her constant lip biting and hair touching, and you now see only Bella, rather than Stewart fidgeting around pretending to be Bella. It might have been the editing in the previous movies that seemed to leave Pattinson and Lautner’s lines dangling weirdly at the end of scenes while they stared into Stewart’s eyes for an extra 10 seconds, but this time I didn’t find my self laughing at the awkward delivery. Lautner deadpans the funniest line of the movie perfectly, and Pattinson only exhibits a few odd facial expressions

this time around.

While the wolves appear weightless onscreen, bouncing airily about unaffected by gravity, and a few of the actors have taken it upon themselves to add accents to their characters which previously did not exist , the film is by far the best of the three. A bigger budget for special effects and a better flow due to a good script, sharper editing and a new director who keeps the transition between soap opera and horror movie from just barely jarring, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse definitely lives up to the hype. Its midnight showings alone grossed over $30 million, breaking the box office record set by the franchise’s predecessor New Moon. If you’re one of the four people who somehow escaped the phenomenon, you might as well hop on board now, as you are sure to enjoy it.

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Kyle Cunningham The Battalion At 12:01 a.m. EST Thursday, various NBA players including LeBron James, Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh become free agents, opening up what could be the biggest class of free agents in the history of the NBA. James, 25, is coming off a 2009-2010 campaign in which he averaged 29.7 points, 7.3 rebounds and 8.6 assists. The 6’8” small forward completed his seventh year with the Cleveland Cavaliers, losing in the second round to the Boston Celtics.

Interested teams include the Chicago Bulls, New York Knicks, New Jersey Nets, Dallas Mavericks and Miami Heat.

Bosh, the 6’10” power forward from Toronto, ended the 20092010 season averaging a doubledouble with 24 points and 10.8 rebounds. Those averages give him a double-double for the second straight year, and his third in four years.

Many teams are interested in Bosh, including the Chicago Bulls, New York Knicks, Miami Heat and Los Angeles Lakers.

However, the only way the Lakers could acquire Bosh is through a sign-and-trade since they are over the salary cap.

At 28, Wade is the oldest of the big three free agents. Born and raised in Chicago, rumors surfaced as early as 2008 that Wade was going to move to his hometown Bulls. However, ESPN has reported that Wade would prefer to stay in Miami if he can win.

ASSOCIATED PRESS The 6’4” guard scored 26.6 points last season, bring his career LeBron James and Dwyane Wade are two of the multiple marquee names who are scoring average up to 25.4 points unrestricted free agents. Beginning Thursday, teams could start contacting them. per game. letting 27-year-old PF/C David Lee go to free agency. Lee, a After those three sign contracts, teams with salary cap space available will be chasing multiple All- 6’9” fifth-year player from Florida, averaged 20.2 points and 11.7 Star free agents, including Amar’e Stoudemire of the Phoenix rebounds per game last year under Head Coach Mike D’Antoni.

The Nets, Bulls and Heat each have enough for one maximum Suns, Carlos Boozer of the Utah Jazz, Joe Johnson of the Atlanta contract, with extra money to go after other free agents. The Hawks, and Dirk Nowitzki of the Dallas Mavericks.

The New York Knicks have the most salary cap room, with Heat could have enough for two, but the only way that would enough for two maximum salary players if they refuse to resign happen is if Dwayne Wade actually does opt out of his 2010-2011 any players heading towards free agency. That would include player option.

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