The Battalion: August 4, 2010

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news for you texas More minority teachers needed Experts say a lack of black and Hispanic teachers could hinder the achievement of minorities as their enrollment rises in Texas. The Dallas Morning News reported Tuesday that black and Hispanic students did better on state tests with teachers of their own races because minority teachers understand cultural differences.

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budget cuts

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University President R. Bowen Loftin will be speaking to students at 7 p.m. today in Koldus 144 to answer students’ questions about the budget cuts at Texas A&M. The meeting, named “The Committee of the Whole,” intends to answer any questions about reductions, the process, and impact on student services and the R. Bowen Loftin, University.

University “This is President a good opportunity for students who feel like they may be out of the loop to come in and ask questions directly to the source,” said Speaker Pro-Tempore Scott Bowen, junior chemical engineering major.

The Senate wants to keep lines of communication open as much as possible between the students and administration, and this meeting is a step in that direction, Bowen said.

“This meeting helps us to organize as a representative legislative body to advocate for student opinion as quickly and

Agents rescue immigrant from tree A Mexican man trying to enter the U.S. illegally across the rain-swollen Rio Grande is awaiting medical clearance before he is returned to Mexico after spending five days in a tree surrounded by water. Agents rescued the man Monday after Hidalgo County workers near the river reported hearing screams for help.

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Aggie opens skateboard supply shop in College Station

$2.55 CITGO at 101 S.W. Pkwy. and Wellborn Road. www.texasgasprices.com

nation &world BP begins final step of closing oil well

Photo illustration by Megan Ryan — THE BATTALION

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Crews hoped to begin pumping mud and cement down the blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday in what BP officials said could be a final step toward snuffing the spill for good. Engineers planned to probe the broken blowout preventer with an oil-like liquid to determine whether it could handle the attempt to stymie the oil.

dusty old moose head — the prized possession of an Aggie, class of 1929 — may seem an unlikely inhabitant of a skateshop. Yet, Ross Tisdale, class of 2006, made it a goal to incorporate the quirky bit of taxodermy into his business. Moosegus, named for the eccentric decoration and Tisdale’s beloved canine companion, strives to provide a comfortable meeting space for College Station’s growing skate and wakeboard community. While the store’s atmosphere is distinctly casual, the former student reveals that business is not all fun and games, but with a little passion and the help of the Aggie network, it practically can be.

Megan Ryan | The Battalion

Japanese lose track of oldest woman Japanese authorities admitted Tuesday they’d lost track of a 113-yearold woman listed as Tokyo’s oldest, days after police searched the home of the city’s official oldest man — only to find his longdead, mummified body. Officials launched a search this week for Fusa Furuya, born in July 1897 and listed as Tokyo’s oldest citizen, after it emerged her whereabouts are unknown.

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Loftin to meet with students

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first yell

Bill Engvall to perform on campus Bill Engvall, actor and comedian, will entertain students at First Yell 2010 at 8 p.m. Sept.

3 in Reed Arena. The event takes place on the Friday night before Midnight Yell Practice, and several student talent groups also will be performing.

“We are bringing in some student groups: Singing Cadets, Fade to Black and Aggie Wranglers,” said yell leader David Benac, junior business honors major. “It’s a great to way to feature Aggie students and their talent here on campus.”

Benac said Engvall fits the culture at A&M, making him a good choice for First Yell.

“We’ve had him come in before,” Benac said. “He is fam-

ily friendly and well-liked around A&M, and he is such a good fit for the crowd. After talking to former yell leaders and people who’ve seen him, they seem to always have fun and enjoy the show he puts on. We have only heard positive reviews.”

First Yell kicks off the upcoming football season.

“There is no better way to do that than bringing in a great entertainer to get the Ags excited,” he said.

“I think we all look forward to a fun, entertaining evening,” he said. “Hopefully people will leave with their stomachs hurting from laughing so loud.”

Megan Ryan, staff writer

Tickets ◗ Tickets can be purchased at Kyle Field interior ticket windows, by calling 888-992-4443 or at http://12thman foundation.com.

◗ For more information, call 979-845-3534 or visit http:// yell.tamu.edu.

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education

School teacher of 36 years joins staff Houston ISD superintendent to work at A&M Abelardo Saavedra, who spent 36 years working in public school education and served as superintendent to Houston Independent School District, will be joining Texas A&M University’s Department of Educational Administration and Human Resource Development in the fall.

“Dr. Saavedra is one of the most outstanding educators we have in the nation, especially in the public schools,” said Fred Nafukho, department head of educational administration and human resource development.

“I learned of him a few years ago and have been interested in his work ever since.”

At A&M, Saavedra will be co-directing the Administrative Leadership Institute, which has been each November for more than 25 years. The institute is an annual conference was designed to focus on a critical issue that will help school leaders create or transform schools to help children become successful students.

“We were very happy to hire him because our students will get hands-on work with one of the nation’s leading educators,” Nafukho said. “He’s going to use his years of experience to improve the quality of our K-12 program and to help those students who wish to become school superintendents as well.”

For his part-time teaching and administrative position, Saavedra accepted a salary of $75,000, despite the fact that he was paid more than five times the sum as Houston ISD superintendent.

Austin Meek, staff writer

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Volunteers are are needed to assist students The 56th Annual and parents in moving their Texas A&M belongings into the residence Beef Cattle halls on Aug. 22, Residence Short Course, Hall Move-In Assistance Day. sponsored by Volunteer application forms the Texas AgriLife Extension Service, are available at http://reslife. is scheduled Monday tamu.edu and are due Friday. through Wednesday.

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The Goodbye Summer Party will be at 9 p.m. Thursday at Schotzi’s. Admission is $10.

Chip Tha Ripper as well as strawberryJAM, Charlie Gore, Caleb Mak, Josef Pierre, The Conglomerate and Amir Safi will play.

Today sunny and hot High: 99 Low: 78

The Battalion welcomes readers’ comments about published information that may require correction.

We will pursue your concern to determine whether a correction needs to be published. Please e-mail at editor@thebatt.com.

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University schedule

The University holiday schedule for FY 2010-2011 has been approved by the Board of Regents. The schedule is posted at http://employees. tamu.edu/employees/benefits/ leave/holidays.aspx on the HR website along with other information.

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Employee & Organizational Development is now accepting applications for the 2010 Leadership Institute.

Applications are due by 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 20. For more information, visit http:// eodinfo.tamu.edu/training/ certificateProgram/li/Default. aspx.

Thursday sunny and hot high: 99 low: 78 Friday 20% chance of thunderstorms high: 99 low: 78 Saturday 20% chance of thunderstorms high: 98 low: 78

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Aggie opens skate, wake and snow shop in College Station Megan Ryan | The Battalion Skateboards, snowboards, wakeboards, a moose head and a dog named Gus are the passions of Ross Tisdale, class of 2006. So naturally, he wanted to include these things in the store he opened on Southwest Parkway in College Station. The merchandise he sells takes care of the skating, snowboarding and wakeboarding, and the name of the store is a combination of the moose head and Gus — Moosegus.

“The moose, shot by my grandfather who was the class of 1929, was in the garage for three and half years just taking up space and I wanted to put it in the store,” Tisdale said. “I knew it would be weird if there was just a moose in there, so I thought about how to incorporate it.”

After about a month of playing around with words, Tisdale combined the word “moose” with the name of his five-year-old English Bulldog, Gus. The name was just one of the many ideas Tisdale had for the store, but he said he knows running a business takes much more than a simple idea.

“You have to put it on paper,” he said. “My business partner, Joey King, is brilliant and knows finance so well. I can’t do it without him.

You’ve got to have the right people.

You have to be able to rely on friends and family and then you have to be able to do finance. You have to sit down, plan it all out and see if it’s doable. If it’s not doable, re-work it.”

Tisdale said his time at A&M helped prepare him to run his business, but he said there were some classes he wishes he had taken.

“I was a business minor, and some of the business classes did help,” he said. “The main thing about college is that it makes you think and helps you solve problems — you’re able to look at things differently. You get through A&M and you think you can conquer the world, so you come out with confidence and that always helps. Looking back there are so many things I wish I would have done. There are so many opportunities at A&M.” Tisdale said being an Aggie has helped his business so far.

“The Aggie network is always fun,” he said. “I don’t wear my ring, I keep it in my pocket. I don’t want someone to buy something from me just because I’m an Aggie, but it never hurts.”

Joseph King, who graduated with his MBA in 2006, is chief of staff at the Norman Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture, and he helped Tisdale get Moosegus up and running.

“This is something we had talked about for quite a while,” King said.

“This is something he is really passionate about, and he really thinks more Aggies and more kids in the community should get involved in these types of sports. In the past few years, he’s seen a real increase around the world in snowboarding, wakeboarding and skateboarding, and it

was something he wanted to do in College Station.”

Tisdale wanted the primary characteristic of his store to be a friendly atmosphere. On the wall, there is a television set up for people to come in and play video games. He also said many of his customers will come by simply to ask questions or talk about the sports.

“Overall, the community has been dying for something like this,” Tisdale said. “We want to be a facilitator for the community. We have plans for creating a community where people come in and find friends they can ride to the lake with.”

Tisdale’s brother Rhett, class of 2010, worked in the store and said he liked the social aspect of the store.

“I think we’re pretty chill, so it doesn’t matter what kind of person you are, you’re welcome,” he said. “I think it’s a cool atmosphere, there’s something for everyone. We’re always willing to hang out and have a conversation.”

Tisdale said he is excited about making his dream become a reality, and he wants all Aggies to be able to go after what they want.

“Go get involved in what you want to do,” he said. “If you don’t know something, ask questions; find out. Continue to learn. There’s nothing wrong with starting somewhere small and working your way up. You have to put the time in to learn about it.”

Megan Ryan — THE BATTALION

Moosgus’s namesake Gus, a five and a half year old Engish Bulldog, has yet to learn to skateboard. However, owner Ross Tisdale says he’d like to teach him one day.

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school year starts. It is important because it lets us hit the ground running while our input in the process is most effective,” said Christopher Russo, student services chair and junior aerospace engineering major.

A live video stream of the

meeting will be available at http://senate.tamu.edu. A video recording of the meeting will be available online after the meeting ends. More information on the budget reductions can also be found at http://senate.tamu.edu.

Paid parking is available in the attached University Center Parking Garage Sarah Ammerman, staff writer

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Already five states and the District of Columbia recognize some form of gay marriage, and political battles over the issue are waged across the country. “We are seeing more and more people becoming aware of the issue about the inequalities that go along with the absence of same-sex marriage,� said Lowell Kane, program coordinator for Texas A&M GLBT Resource Center. “This includes over 1,100 federal rights that are denied to gay couples.�

Although more and more voters are pushing pre-conceived prejudices toward homosexuality out of their heads at the ballots every election, opponents have tried to pass laws and amendments to stall equality for another minority in America. “The war has been won, it’s now just the little battles we are facing,� Kane said. “We will absolutely see marriage equality in the very near future.�

For those in Hawaii anxiously awaiting civil rights, soon might not seem soon enough. But Hawaii’s struggle with same-sex unions over the past 20 years shows the progress gays have made. Even the anti-gay rhetoric of opponents like Lingle has been watered down to politically correct nonanswers. “The subject of this legisla-

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tion has tion is no guarantee. While the touched clause requires states to recogthe hearts nize laws and rulings of other and states, including marriage, it minds could take years before a ruling of our forces every state to recognize citizens as gay marriage. no other “For example let’s say I Ian McPhail social get married in Massachusetts, which recognizes same-sex senior history issue of marriage, and then travel back major, voices editor our day,�

Lingle to Texas. Here in Texas my told the marriage would not be recogAssociated Press in her news nized,� Kane said. “Potentialconference. “It would be a ly it would take a challenge at mistake to allow a decision of the state level up to the fifth this magnitude to be made by circuit and up to the United one individual or a small group States Supreme Court, so it of elected officials.� could be quite a long Ironically, Lingle period we are has a problem with talking about Even though elected officials if that’s the Hawaii’s making deciroute.� governor vetoed sions for their Undera civil union bill, constituents, standably marriage equality while in the same gay rights breath making a activists and is gaining ground. decision overrulsupporters ing the larger, more are incensed by representative legislacoming so close tive branch. Lingle also stated to achieving marriage the civil unions proposed by equality in another state, but the bill was gay marriage by the writing is on the wall, or another name, the obvious at least on the House Bill 444. definition of civil unions.

Already Mexico City and ArSlowly the country is gentina have recognized some extending marriage rights by form of gay marriage. Progress any name on a state-by-state has been made for gay rights basis. But equality across the by changing the hearts and nation cannot come quickly minds of Americans. Lingle enough for those affected by can buy time with her veto, discrimination. Unfortunately, but it is only a matter of time enforcing the Full Faith and before the U.S. catches up Credit clause of the Constituwith the rest of the world.

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