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Why do you think Obama is coming to A&M? Hayden Pottkotter freshman psychology major

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“Because Bush invited him, and you wouldn’t say no if a former president invited you.”

Opinion

Obama’s visit values civic involvement, not politics.

voices | 7 Video For more student responses on Obama coming to Aggieland, visit

Alyssam Schluter sophomore general studies major

thebatt.com KEY GUESTS ■ Ambassador Ron Kirk (United States Trade Representative) ■ Chris Draft, St. Louis Rams

“Because it’s the best school in the state.”

■ Thelma Melendez (Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education)

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■ Mayor Kevin Johnson (Sacramento, involved in Cities of Service)

senior chemical engineering major

■ Mayor Paul Winfield (Vicksburg, MS, involved in Cities of Service) ■ Herbert V. Kohler Jr. (president and chairman of the Kohler Company)

“I think he’s coming to talk about community service. That’s typically what the Bush School has people come and talk about the Points of Lights for.”

■ Marvin Odum (president, Shell) ■ Marian L. Heard (founding president and CEO of Points of Light Foundation)

Robert Lejeune

■ Jean Case (CEO of The Case Foundation)

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Obama and Bush to speak at A&M Meagan O’Toole-Pitts | The Battalion “Publicity and also to show off his Nobel Prize.” Laura A. Sanchez and Rachel Nhan THE BATTALION

Freshman nutrition major Ashley Stewart a member of the Young Conservatives of Texas makes signs to protest President Barack Obama coming to Texas A&M on Friday. Stewart and the YCT were asked to leave because Rudder was being set up for the president’s visit.

In his first visit to Texas A&M University, President Barack Obama will speak to encourage community service at an invitation-only presidential forum Friday. Following the lead of former presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton on stimulating nationwide community service, Obama has filed in suit with his call to action “United We Stand.”

The event, hosted by former President George H.W. Bush and the Points of Light Institute, will take place at 4 p.m. in Rudder Auditorium and will be broadcast live on KAMU-TV. The forum will celebrate 20 years of service achievements stemming from Bush’s inaugural address in 1989, including the creation of Points of Light

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The Texas Forest Service, a state agency with roots in College StaFor more tion, has had a close relationship with Texas A&M since the early times of information the University. on the Texas “The TFS was created under the Forest Service, log on to www. land grant Texas A&M University txforestservice. received to start the school,” said Texas Forest Service fire operations tamu.edu. chief Mark Stanford. The Texas Forest Service educates the Aggie community by allowing A&M students to experience careers in service. Many researchers have given presentations to forestry

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See Obama on page 8

Students plan protests for Obama’s visit

Nicholas Badger — THE BATTALION

Texas Forest Service

Institute and the volunteer service of more than 4,500 Daily Point of Light Award winners. “As president of the United States, I often thought that the big problems we face often has less to do with the differences between us than the indifference,”

and wildlife sciences classes asses on wildfires and prevention methods ethods used by the TFS. “We have also allowed ed meteorology students to come to our headquarters in College Station too see how we use the weather to regulate te wildfires,” Stanford said. The state agency is also so an emergency response center forr natural disasters and environmentall hazards. The Texas Forest Service’s vice’s main purpose is service to the community. Stanford said he remembers how the Aggiee family helped in the Hurricane Ike ke disaster. See Forest service on page 6

The Battalion President Barack Obama is coming to Aggieland Friday, and thousands from across the state are expected to join two protests on campus. The College Republicans are holding a “Hands Off Texas” rally in Spence Park, and are expecting between 5,000 and 10,000 attendees. The event will include food and drinks. “We want it to be a fun event, we want to be respectful and we want people to come away with something and hopefully see the

conservative policies we support will lead our country into a better direction than the Democrats’ [policies],” said Danny Stevens, a senior geography major and College Republicans chairman. The Young Conservatives of Texas protest is titled “Texans Against Obama’s Socialist Agenda,” and organizers expect chapters at the University of Texas at Austin, the University of Texas at Dallas, the University of Houston and Baylor University to attend.

■ Roslynn MixonPhillips (chief community officer, City of Jacksonville, Fla.) ■ James Baker (former secretary of state) ■ Robert Gates (Secretary of Defense) ■ Sen. Harris Wofford ■ Sen. Sam Nunn ■ The Honorable Bruce S. Gelb (former Ambassador to Belgium) ■ The Honorable C. Gregg Petersmeyer (vice chairman of America’s Promise Alliance) ■ Walter Isaacson (president and CEO of the Aspen Institute, former chairman and CEO of CNN and former managing editor of Time)

See Protestors on page 6

New bioengineering techn technology saves lives In many regions of the world, health care is hard to come by, but Rebecca Richards-Kortum is helping to reduce those inequities. A professor of bioengineering at Rice University, Richards-Kortum has developed technology to detect cancer early in low-resource populations. Richards-Kortum spoke at Texas A&M University

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on Tuesd Tuesday, focusing on global health solutions solutions. Her lecture “From Cell Phones to Cell Biolo Biology: High Tech, Low Cost Solutions for Global Health” was part of the University Distinguis Distinguished Lecture Series, established in 1998 to bbring distinguished scholars in various fields to the University. The discussed efforts to integrate advances in bioenginee bioengineering research that the majority of the world has not been able to benefit from, ssuch as cancer prevention in low resource areas. “We develop cos cost-effective optical imaging and spe spectroscopy tools to reduce the inci incidence and mortality of cancer and iinfectious disease through detection at the point-of-care,” early det Richards-Kortum said. Richards-Kor Travis Lawson, staff writer

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n online survey seeking comments about ideal characteristics and attributes of the next president of Texas A&M University attracted more than 11,400 responses from students, former students, faculty, staff and other interested individuals, said University System Regent Richard Box, chairman of the 16-member presidential search advisory committee. The survey, the first conducted by a search committee to solicit input from the university’s various constituencies, was conducted over a six-week period ending Sept. 30. Respondents had the opportunity to select and rank desirable traits for the next president of Texas A&M. The committee is analyzing the data and comments. “The electronic survey provided an opportunity for everyone in the Aggie family to participate in the search process, and we greatly appreciate the large response. It clearly

indicates great interest in helping us find and attract the best possible candidates for the presidency of our flagship university,� Box said. “The survey and other steps taken by the search advisory committee, including open forums on campus and elsewhere, clearly underscore the commitment by the Board of Regents to make this search process as inclusive and transparent as possible.� Texas A&M University System News

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Floral design fun

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The Battalion Every Wednesday night professor Jim Johnson and a class of students convene for Horticulture 454, Special Event Design and Planning. Johnson teaches the students the skills necessary for event planning, from the floral arrangements to the menu. “My favorite part is interacting with the students, hearing their thoughts and ideas and watching that light bulb go off in their head,” Johnson said. The class was created four years ago, spurred by student demand. Johnson said he has had a waiting list for the class every year. “Mr. J makes it really fun to learn and go to class,” said Leslie Berry, a senior horticulture major. “No one misses because it feels like it’s not even a class.” Berry said she plans to go into event coordinating when she graduates, and she enjoys the different opportunities this class gives, includMicah Stephens— THE BATTALION ing the pressure of working on a Professor Jim Johnson tests his students floating floral arrangements in Research Park. deadline for an event. The most recent project the class is working on is floating floral designs. On Sept. 30 Johnson said. “More and more career opportunities they took their floats, with themes of Fish Camp, to are opening up in event planning — weddings are a Research Park to test the mechanics of their design. good example.” The class also designs floral arrangements for outBut weddings are not the only option for future side events. This semester’s project is an arrangement event planners. Johnson said hotels hire event cofor the President’s Endowed Scholars Reception in ordinators to decorate meeting rooms and banquet Reed Arena, which Johnson said is challenging due halls, and large corporations import people to plan to the tall ceiling. events for the company. These career opportunities The class does final projects in which they create have different requirements, and Johnson’s class has a and organize their own event. Johnson said he has variety of guest speakers to talk about them. seen events from duck hunting with the presiRebekah Brown, a senior horticulture and dent, incorporating decorations made from native agriculture science major, is taking the class so that plant materials, to feeding the hungry with biblical she can better her students when she becomes an themes. The students are required to include inforagricultural science teacher. mation such as number of people attending, purpose, “I want to help my students learn skills that could a real menu showing communication with a caterer turn into a career. I want to encourage them to be and all other aspects of event planning to create a creative too,” Brown said. “An event planning class real world experience in the classroom. would teach them to be more organized and more One year the class had the opportunity to design detail-oriented. Basically, I took this class to help the stage of Rudder Auditorium and attend the equip my future students.” event as the guests. Another year they planned an creative too,” Brown said. “An event planning event in the press box at Kyle Field. However, class would teach them to be more organized and these were unique occasions due to the generosity of more detail-oriented. Basically, I took this class to Nicholas Badger — THE BATTALION an anonymous donor. help equip my future students.” Senior horticulture majors Leslie Berry “We focus on the organizational skill it takes to and Rebekah Brown construct their floral put on an event according to the type of event it is,” arrangement prior to floating them.

so grab the ‘nexes

1. Iron & Wine w/ Calexico “Sixteen, Maybe Less” |regret|

2. Death Cab for Cutie “Your New Twin Sized Bed” |brilliantly crafted|

3. Billy Joel “And So it Goes” |a classic of classics|

4. Straylight Run “A Slow Descent” |this song really pumps some people up|

5. The Weakerthans “Virtute the Cat Explains Her Departure” |personification|

it’ll get ya

6. Don Mclean “The Grave” |jeez, Don|

7. The Early November “Everything’s Too Cold… But You’re So Hot” |early emo|

8. Johnny Cash “Hurt” |more regret|

9. Richard Buckner “Ariel Ramirez” |broken love|

10. Michelle Featherstone “Coffee and Cigarettes” |blah|

Buy them. |and cry your own tears|

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Hart lacks heart Clay Harley

Artist needs to work on writing rather than selling out

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inger and songwriter Phoenix Hart, from Dallas, Texas, will be one of the performers playing at the Rock the Republic festival in Bryan this weekend. Hart’s album “Save Love” is in production. She will be performing from 10-11:30 p.m. Saturday Oct. 17 at The Village. Phoenix Hart is a new act on the music scene, and there isn’t much talk about her. From her artist bio, her Myspace page and videos on YouTube, this is what I have been able to conclude.

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Phoenix Hart is a girl who likes to write and sing songs and accompany herself with an acoustic guitar. Within the past year or so, she has come across connections with some big names in music production. Phoenix’s bio explains that she recently went to Sweden to work on her songs with two well-established writers and producers. Her label presented her with an accompanying rock n’ roll band. The album’s only available song thus far, titled “What Have We Become,” is about as standard as they come. Clearly produced by businessmen rather than artists, this is Hart’s mediocre song handed over to the studio to be dressed up in a clean recording wrought with computer enhancements. It’s as transparent as the stage name Phoenix Hart. That observation aside, Phoenix’s live performance this weekend may not be something to write off completely. Judging from YouTube videos of her past performances, the girl can sing. Her songs aren’t great, but they aren’t abominations. They’ll

probably be enjoyable as you cruise around the festival. I do not know whether her band will be there, but they can play just fine, too. They are professionals, after all. No, she’s not void of talent. However, Hart lacks charisma and confidence in her performances, probably because the songs hold little significance. Neither she nor the band seems to believe much in what they are playing. And how could they? The music was written in Sweden by hired hands. It seems Phoenix Hart Music, Inc. — as those in charge no doubt view it — will likely head in one of two directions. Luck could see it through the narrow, narrow doorway to mainstream music, presenting the opportunity to pump out bunches of empty songs for bunches of empty money, with pop sensation Phoenix Hart as its figurehead. Or after enough failed attempts at option one, those in charge could make the decision to cut this candidate, drop her as quickly as they picked her up and

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Phoenix Hart, a new musician from Dallas will be at Rock of Republic on Saturday. move on to the next. So what’s a Hart to do? Well, if she really likes writing songs, she should continue to do so no matter what happens, but only if the songs are her own creations. They may be less than remarkable now, but if she keeps writing, her abilities will grow. If she continues to hand them over to people who have no interest in what they

mean, she can’t expect to improve. This idea that music is a quest toward fame and fortune or even distinction and prestige is a perversion. Music is a means to communicate what words alone cannot. Phoenix Hart would do well to understand this. Clay Harley is senior management of information systems major.

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Singer Leona Lewis punched during UK book signing LONDON — A young man punched singer Leona Lewis in the head as she signed autographs and posed for photographs at a book signing session in central London on Wednesday, her spokesman said. Stuart Bell said Lewis, 24, had been meeting members of the public at Waterstone’s book store in Piccadilly in central London LEWIS for about 90 minutes when a man from the line came up and hit her. He was immediately led away by security guards and later

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Aggie golfers prepare for Texas tourney Michael Sullivan The Battalion

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Texas A&M players huddle during a 3-0 loss against No. 13 Iowa State Wednesday in Ames, Iowa. The Aggies were within two points of the Cyclones in two of the three sets played.

Aggie win streak ends Michael Teague The Battalion Texas A&M’s volleyball team suffered a tough loss to No. 13 Iowa State Wednesday, ending a 3-game winning streak dating back to Oct. 3. The 22nd ranked Aggies fall to 12-4 on the season and 5-3 in Big 12 play. Despite suffering a 3-0 (26-24, 25-21, 26-24) sweep at the hands of the Cyclones, A&M played a fairly even match with almost identical numbers to their opponent. “Overall, we don’t feel like we had a great night,” said A&M Head Coach Laurie Corbelli. “We’re very frustrated that we weren’t able to close it out. Honestly, all of the numbers don’t tell the story. We felt like we could win but it was just one of those nights. It’s not easy on the road in the Big 12. We just have to get back to our winning ways.” A&M’s offense struggled throughout the match. The Aggies only totaled a .211 hitting percentage as a team and committed 19 hitting errors.

“We made more unforced errors on serving and blocking than we have been making,” Corbelli said. “Those were some of the big differences that caught us off guard. We had some hitting errors in inopportune times. I never really felt like we our offense was in rhythm.” Senior Jennifer Banse once again led the Aggies in kills with 13. The outside hitter was consistent in her attacks, finishing the match with a .611 hitting percentage. The Aggies’ success was due in large part to the play of freshmen. Libero Tori Mellinger led A&M with 13 digs. Middle blocker Alisia Kastmo racked up 5 kills. “I just see a lot of progress with our freshmen,” Corbelli said. “They’re doing their very best. We try to keep their roles simple and limited so they can be successful. They were fighting back and the team really rallied behind them. It was fun to see that happen.” Iowa State (15-3, 7-2) was led by Rachel Hockaday and Victoria Henson. The two players combined for 27 kills

and 19 digs. In the opening set, Iowa State quickly took a 16-10 advantage. Despite several attacking errors, the Aggies were able to climb back into the game and tie it at 24-24. Following a timeout, Iowa State’s Kelsey Peterson put down a kill to take the 25-24 lead. The Cyclones finished off A&M via a Batis blocking error. Iowa State was out and running again in the second set. The Cyclones extended their lead to 18-11 before the Aggies caught their breath. Behind Kastmo, A&M pulled within one before committing a costly service error. Two more Aggie hitting errors and Iowa State headed into the locker room with a 2-0 lead. Following the break, the Aggies got off to a good start and claimed a 10-7 lead. After a tight set that went back-andforth, Iowa State clinched the sweep following one last attacking error by Batis. A&M will look to stay undefeated at Reed Arena Saturday as Colorado comes to town.

For the first time in school history, the No. 18 Texas A&M men’s golf team will tee it up against a field of teams only from Texas. In fact, the Lone Star Invitational will be the first collegiate golf tournament to include an entire field with teams from a single state. “We want to show that we are the best team in the state and this is a chance to do that,” said A&M Head Coach J.T. Higgins. “This is the first year they are having this tournament and we would like to be the first name on the top of that trophy.” Joining the Aggies for the 54-hole contest in San Antonio from the Big 12 conference will be rivals No. 7 Texas and Baylor. Other notable teams entering the tournament will be No. 15 Southern Methodist University (SMU) and tournament host University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). The Lone Star Invitational not only brings another chance to compete, but also the ability to showcase talent to prospective recruits. “We are playing a great golf course that a bunch of the guys have played before, and we are playing against the best competition in the state which is all pretty exciting,” Higgins said. “There will be recruits watching, players all over the state will get to come out and see the golf tournament and will definitely be following the scores.” During the final round of the Ping/Golfweek Preview on Sept. 28 in Seattle, Washington, the Aggies were able to move up the leaderboard five spots for a fifth place finish. The Aggies posted a final round score of 293, which was second best amongst the 15-team field and eight strokes back of tournament winner No. 1 Oklahoma State. A&M, which has yet to win a tournament this season, will look to carry its recent success into this weekend. “I think during the final round in Seattle we really started to show what we are capable of,” Higgins said. “Although that last round in Seattle was fantastic, we definitely were not happy with the overall result, so we are anxious to go out and prove that we are [a great team].” In order for the Aggies to take steps toward another National Championship title, they will need the upperclassmen to re-establish the high standards set in the 2008-2009 season. After two tournaments, the top three scoring average leaders are freshman Cameron Peck

(73.17), and sophomores Geoff Shaw (73.67) and Jordan Russell (73.67). Senior Andrea Pavan and juniors John Hurley and Conrad Shindler, all a part of the National Championship team, are scoring on average a stroke below or more behind the underclassmen with averages of 74.17, 74.67, and 76.00 respectively. “If the [upper classmen] play the way they are capable of, then we can hang with anybody in the country,” Higgins said. “This is their team, they built us to a National Champi-

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We want to show that we are the best team in the state and this is a chance to do that. This is the first year they are having this tournament and we would like to be the first name on the top of that trophy.” — J.T. Higgins Texas A&M men’s golf team head coach

onship program and they take ownership of that. I am looking for them to play a lot better and really help to take a little bit of pressure off some of these younger guys.” The Aggies will wrap up the fall season with the Lone Star Invitational this weekend and Baylor Intercollegiate Invitational on Oct. 26-27. In 2008, the Aggies captured the Baylor Intercollegiate tournament to conclude their fall season. Shindler said the Aggie golfers are placing high expectations on remaining competitions. “We definitely feel like these are two tournaments we could go into and come out on top,” Shindler said. “The biggest thing that you try to do in the fall and really try to do tournament to tournament is try to improve on the previous tournament. If you keep improving on where you fall short eventually you will put all of the pieces together.”

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Senior political science major Tony Listi makes signs Wednesday in Rudder Tower in protest of President Obama’s visit. student who’d like to counter protest is welcome,” Pulliam said. “Obama’s creating a good debate on campus.” The president’s visit is stirring up debate on campuses across the state. President Obama’s visit falls on the same weekend as the annual Red River Rivalry game between Oklahoma University and the University of Texas. “This is a tough weekend for our chapter, because we love our football, but we’re still

coming,” said Dustin Matocha, chairman of the Texas YCT chapter. “This is an opportunity to get our voices out and show that there are people in opposition.” Stevens emphasized that his group’s focus was not on President Obama, but on his policies. “We’re not hear to degrade Obama, or dishonor A&M, President Bush or the Points of Light Institute,” Stevens said. “We just want to convey our conservative message.”

state forests. The objectives of the Texas Forest Service include providing technical assistance and education to land owners. The TFS gives direction if the landowner wishes to sell, care for, or use the land for recreational purposes. “The TFS aids people from family forest owners to urban foresters on the logistics and procedures of forest land care,” said TFS interim state forester and director Thomas Boggus. “We want to educate people on the delicacy of nature and how to care for the environment.” The Texas Forest Service also conducts various inventories of the forest life in the state of

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Putting yourself aside Steve Humeniuk

This Friday is about peoples’ selflessness and commitment, not political issues and debates.

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n Friday the president of the United States of America will be in Aggieland. Though the face has changed, the office has not, and Aggies should respect the tremendous honor bestowed on the University in receiving the leader of the free world. By the request of George H.W. Bush and the Points of Light Institute, President Barack Obama will be delivering a speech in Rudder Auditorium on behalf of the value and merit of civic involvement and engagement. The focus of the day will be to recognize the roughly 4,500 Daily Points of Light winners from the Institute’s 20 years of existence, and also to highlight the importance of community service in the world. This day is meant to be exclusively about the value of putting others first. It is not about party politics, political agendas, individual ideology or even Texas A&M University, though we are lucky enough to be the chosen venue to host the Presidential Forum on service. Obama is coming to recognize individuals from across the world that have chosen to put themselves last. Service is a commendable act of selflessness that is often taken for granted, and to receive praise from the supreme leader of America is the ultimate form of gratitude from the nation. To these people that have given so much, Friday they have earned the gesture of a simple “Thank You.” The president is coming to recognize outstanding efforts by extraordinary individuals

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in service to the world around them. As Aggies I feel like we already foster a spirit of togetherness and service by our mere nature. We are after all, the home of magnificent programs such as Big Event and Replant that stress giving back to the community. So we of all people should be able to savor this day for what it is meant to be. Sadly, however, it appears as though there will be Aggies that don’t see this day for what it is meant to be. Instead of welcoming the president of the into Aggieland, they are going to make this day about political agendas by

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protesting his presence. “The president, his ideas and policies far surpass the event,” said Danny Stevens, a senior geography major and chairman of the College Republicans of Texas A&M—an organization with plans of protesting. To them, I say that is Bad Bull. I am all for freedom of speech, but this day is not that time or venue. Just because the president is coming to Aggieland, does not mean students should steal the moment from others by promoting highly partisan protests. This day is about others. That is why it is

appropriate that this event is here, because as Aggies we value putting others first. By trying to make this day focus on what you want to see out of government, you are missing the point at a time where a lot of eyes are going to be on this University, and we have been embarrassed before. The previous time Young Texas Conservatives protested Obama it wound up on CNN as a fiasco. Do you have faith in their competency in representing the values of this institution when Fox News’ cameras are rolling? Stevens said the College Republicans will be staging a “Hands off Texas” rally in conjunction with the Brazos Valley Republican Party, Republican Women of Brazos Valley and the Young Republicans of Brazos Valley. Other conservative organizations from San Antonio, Dallas, Houston and other major cities will commute to join the protest. Granted they pledge to be more civil in their actions than the Young Conservatives of Texas were last year, however just because you are granted a right to free speech does not mean you have to impose it when the purpose of the day is not about partisan ideology. On Friday, by all means head out to Rudder Auditorium to welcome the president to Texas A&M. But please don’t selfishly use this day to take away from others. By all means if you protest, do it respectably. Before and after Obama comes, we are still A&M and all we have is our good name and reputation. Don’t tarnish it by acting selfishly to serve your political interests. Do as the nature of the day dictates—put others first and show the world the true Spirit of Aggieland. Steve Humeniuk is a senior political science major.

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Bush said. “But on the bright side, I have also seen the tremendous impact that is made by ‘The Big Event’ and other programs where people roll up their sleeves, and get off the sidelines, and pitch in helping to make their communities better places to live, work and raise their families.� Bush said the A&M campus was chosen because of its reputation for community service. “I was very happy when President Obama entered his presidency voicing strong support for this community service concept in his own way,� he said, “and I couldn’t think of a better place for us to shine a spotlight on community service than the campus of Texas A&M with it’s own rich tradition of service and spirit of volunteerism.� Whether democratic, republican or independent, Americans can agree on the importance of community and national service, said Points of Light Institute Chief Executive Officer Michelle Nunn. “As we go forward we have enormous needs across the country and I think that most everyone can agree upon the importance of people being involved in solving those problems and being change agents in their own communities and across the country and in our democracy,� she said. “At this event we have a really wonderful joining together of visions across party divides, across differences and across generational gulfs.� The University will be open Friday, said Jason Cook, vice president of marketing and communications. A security perimeter around the University Center Complex, including Rudder Tower and Koldus Building, will be enforced at 11 a.m. Traffic on Lewis Street, Throckmorton Street, Coke Street and Houston Street will be restricted from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Friday. Rudder Auditorium, which seats 2,500 people, was chosen to accommodate more than a thousand guests, said Points of Light Account Executive Sarah Kelleher. Bush created the Daily Points of Light Award in 1989 honoring volunteers around the country, and initiating a service movement that has made community service a part of American character. “President Bush’s speech in 1989 in which he evoked the Points of Light really [was] a Kennedyesque kind of call to the country and launched what has really become the modern national service movement,� Nunn said. “Through legislation he passed in 1990 he initiated a set of pilot programs that actually through President Clinton’s leadership became the AmeriCorps program.� AmeriCorps, a network of national service programs that engage Americans in intensive service to meet needs in education, public safety, health and the environment, was launched after Bush signed the first National Service Act in 1990 and realized in 1993 when President Bill Clinton signed the National and Community Service Trust Act, bringing domestic community service programs together under one organization – AmeriCorps. “We’ve seen over 500,000 AmeriCorps members who have completed over a year’s worth of service to their nation. I think we’ve really seen a shift in the culture of service across the nation,� Nunn said. “We actually have more than 23 million Americans volunteering today

than we did back in 1989. We’ve seen huge increases in service among teenagers Since the Points of and among baby bombers.� Light Institute was Corporate involvement founded 20 years has been a part of the service ago: movement too, Nunn said. “We’re seeing rePercent of teen ally amazing partnerships volunteers has through corporate engagedoubled ment, and through multiPercent of 45 to 65 spectral engagement of federal, state government and year-olds serving youth has doubled local city municipalities and the non-profit communiNumber of Older ty,� she said. Americans Obama continues the engaged in service service movement with has risen 50% his call to service “United We Stand,� Nunn said, and For more works to ensure the needs information about of the country in educavolunteering, visit tion, the economy and the handsonnetwork. environment are met in org/getinvolved. the future. “We’re thrilled that momentum has continued and actually even been expedited over the last year during President Obama’s administration,� Nunn said. “He has both in his words and in his actions continued to build a bond to service legacy that started with President Bush and for the pass of the Edward M. Kennedy legislation we have seen an exponential federal investment and increase that includes the Volunteer Generation Fund, Social Innovation Fund and others.� The Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act, which was signed by Obama April 21, went into effect Oct.1. The act reauthorizes and expands national service programs administered by the Corporation for National and Community Service by amending the National and Community Service Act of 1990 and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973. Several protests are scheduled for Friday, including “Texans Against Obama’s Socialist Agenda� in which Young Conservatives of Texas members from across the state will be participating. “I have heard that’s a possibility, and we’re focused on the coming together of these two presidents,� Nunn said in response to the protests. “It’s a particularly relevant, timely and important opportunity to celebrate the commonality that exists across presidents and across the country.� Though Student Body President Kolin Loveless said he doesn’t want to discourage anyone from protesting, he said students should be respectful. “Not everyone may agree with his policies but he’s our president and it a huge honor for him to be visiting our campus,� Loveless said. “Respect is one of the core values of our University and I fully expect our student body to uphold that— it is too important to the thread that stitches together who we are as Aggies. We’re known throughout the nation for those core values that we stick to and the amount of selfless service we give. Like or hate Obama, he’s talking about selfless service and that’s what a lot of Aggies are passionate about.� Americans from across the nation will be awarded the Daily Points of Light award, including local residents, at the forum. Winners will be announced at forum.

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