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Who is Matt Johnson? Student captures Aggie Spirit Rachel Latham | The Battalion Matt Johnson, a senior education major, is using his ability to make videos to promote Aggie values. “Matt Johnson has taken his passion and figured out how to bless the Aggie community with what he is good at,” said Bryan Sims, a senior industrial distribution major, Johnson’s friend and president of Brothers Under Christ. In the spring Matt saw a flyer advertising a “Why I’m an Aggie” video competition sponsored by Texas A&M University Marketing and Communications and Flip Video. “I could win this,” Johnson said. “I’m going to win this.” Johnson said he was brushing his teeth one night and that is when the idea came. He had two weeks to film and edit the video before the due date. “I just started grabbing people and taking shots of them in places around campus,” Johnson said. His dad, a pilot, flew into town so Johnson could film an aerial view of the campus. “Matt’s ‘Why I’m an Aggie’ video was selected because it captures the Aggie Spirit,” said Diane McDonald, the associate director for Texas A&M marketing. “It showcases the diverse reasons why students are here and why our traditions are so meaningful. It also shows that we are a campus of student leaders, and someone may be inspired to follow in your footsteps.” Johnson acquired his first camera during his sophomore year and started
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Volunteer for Special Olympics’ ‘Fall Classic’ Special Olympics Texas is in need of volunteers this weekend for the “Fall Classic.” From Thursday to Saturday, athletes from Texas will compete in sporting events on the Texas A&M University campus and around Bryan-College Station. Aggie Special Olympics Texas president and senior accounting major Brittany Bongers promises a great experience. “We are trying to make a human tunnel when the athletes get off the bus,” Bongers said. “We would love to have a lot of people for that, because no number is too small for what we are trying to do.” The athletes will compete in sports such as golf, softball and aquatics at the Texas A&M Golf Course, College Station Veterans Park and the Texas A&M Natatorium. Opening ceremonies will take place Friday from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. and will be followed by a Celebration Dance. The competitions will begin on Thursday with a softball game from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. “It is really an amazing experience and anyone who has a couple hours should come out,” Bongers said. Volunteer For information on how to volunteer, go to the Special Olympics Texas Web site www.sotx. org or call 1-800-8765646. Travis Lawson, staff writer
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Campus Sustainability Day has been postponed to 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday at Sbisa Plaza. “Due to the threat of rain, Sustainability Day has been rescheduled,” said Kelly Willman, campus sustainability officer. Willman hopes that students will get involved and take some time to learn about environmental issues. “Sustainability Day is part of a national campaign to raise the awareness about sustainability,” Willman said. Willman defined sustainability as “meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.”
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Chancellor Michael McKinney speaks to the Senate about Bonfire.
The Texas A&M Student Senate met on Wednesday and discussed issues including the return of Aggie Bonfire to campus. Texas A&M Chancellor Michael McKinney spoke after an open forum to address student concerns. Students at the meeting said they were in favor of the return of Bonfire to campus. “Student bonfire is not affiliated with Texas A&M University anymore. It’s not an A&M tradition, it’s an Aggie tradition. No matter whether it comes back on campus or not, we will still build this. If Bonfire comes back to campus, and it is not student built, it would just be a fire on campus. There will be no magic, no accomplishment, no unity,”
said senior agricultural communications and journalism major Kasey Miller. It is important for Bonfire to be built by students, not professional contractors, said junior business honors major Eric Newman. “If it does get brought back on campus, as rumors have been floating around, I would like to see it student-built,” Newman said. “If it’s not student-built, it’s not the Aggie Bonfire.” Chancellor McKinney gave advice to students regarding Aggie Bonfire. He reminded students to be responsible while upholding Aggie traditions. “You can do a bonfire, but the only way the Bonfire will come back to campus is at your insistence. When you do it, come to See Senate on page 4
Scholarship initiative raises $185 million Jane Lee The Battalion The Texas A&M Foundation has raised $185.6 million of the $300 million scholarship goal for “Operation Spirit and Mind,” a scholarship initiative at Texas A&M University. Formally launched October 2008, “Operation Spirit and Mind” raised $60.6 million in 2007 and $75.5 million in 2008. As of Sept. 30, the Foundation has accumulated $49.4 million, $28.2 million from cash and corporate funds. “Since January 1, 2007, the Texas A&M Foundation has been working with donors to raise not only money, but awareness of financial assistance for Aggies,” said Kathy McCoy, the director of marketing for the Texas A&M Foundation. The Texas A&M Foundation is a private non-
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profit organization that manages investments from donors to the University’s various academic and leadership programs. The Foundation has been working with individual donors such as former students as well as major corporations such as Exxon Mobil. See Scholarship on page 4
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Conference brings Aggie women together Travis Lawson The Battalion Texas A&M Women’s Leadership Conference “Leadership, In Heels” brings Aggie women together to discuss women’s roles at A&M. 100 students will be selected to be delegates at the conference where they will learn skills needed to succeed in a professional setting. The application is due to the Women’s Resource Center in Koldus room 226 Friday. Faculty members and former students will speak at the conference on Nov. 14. The conference teaches women strategies for leadership and success in the corporate world. Senior psychology major and Women’s Leadership Conference Marketing Committee member Crystal Williams said the event was a way to build skills needed for the work place. “Women’s Leadership Conference is targeted not only to women but anyone involved in promoting professionalism,” Williams said. She was a delegate on the council in 2008 and is now on the 2009 executive board. The conference helped her gain valuable skills for the workplace, she said. “I felt the conference was so phenomenal,” Williams said. “In corporate America that is what you need: leadership.” The application is available online at wlc. tamu.edu. “The application consists of a few simple questions regarding what leadership positions you have and are planning on having,” Williams said. “Just to get a feel of where our delegates come from.”
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The Battalion In College Station your jack-o-lantern could help a family get a home. A pumpkin patch on Rock Prairie and Wellborn Roads is Aggie Habitat for Humanity’s fall fundraiser. The proceeds will contribute to the construction of a home for a Bryan family in need. Volunteer workers rotate on two–and-a-halfhour long shifts each day. One Aggie Habitat officer and at least one general volunteer from the organization serves each shift, although other members show up. “Our volunteers have been really awesome with being willing to come out…it takes so many man-hours to staff it,” said Ashlyn Kelbly, a junior civil engineering major and one of Aggie Habitat’s two directors of special events. Student volunteers handle transactions, carry pumpkins to customers’ vehicles and ensure all rotten pumpkins are disposed. They are also available to answer questions about the organization’s work. “People usually ask who we are exactly, so we explain that we’re the University chapter, that we’re for a good cause and by coming out, they are helping us,” Kelbly said. This year’s goal is $6,000, which will aid in building a house in a Bryan neighborhood called Angel’s Gate. The University chapter of the organization has completed the construction of 10 houses in the subdivision. As the customers meander through the rows of ripe gourds and pose for photographs, many are unaware their purchases will help provide a family with housing. “It’s a good deal, as long as the money stays local,” said Tommy Tharp, a College Station resident, who was roaming the patch with his young son and daughter. Tharp has brought his children to the fundraiser each Halloween season for several years. Rachel Albin, another College Station
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Will Arnold picks out pumpkins with father James on Sunday at the Aggie Habitat for Humanity pumpkin patch on Rock Prairie Road. resident, said she didn’t know of any other pumpkin patches in the area. She said she liked being able to bring her two children to the patch and take pictures of them in costumes as they pick a pumpkin. Aggie Habitat has a variety of carnival-type activities for school children visiting on field trips, including beanbag tosses and pumpkin painting. Elementary students and day care groups are expected to stop by the patch this month. Additionally, Habitat is planning an October fest in conjunction with Covenant Presbyterian Church, which provides the space for the pumpkin patch. The festival is scheduled to include numerous games as well as a hay-ride. Junior education major Hannah Trochta said the youngest customers are the most enjoyable aspect of volunteering with the event. “My favorite part is seeing all the kids come out and pick out pumpkins. They’re really cute,” she said. Coming to the pumpkin patch with their families allows the children to “really get excited about the upcoming holiday,” said Judy Boley of Granbury, Texas. “Running around outside through the rows of pumpkins allows them to have something special to remember and look back on when they grow up.” “They can get the idea they’re not raised in Wal-Mart,” said her husband Carol Boley. Aside from the fun aspect of a pumpkin
patch, the fundraiser gives children an opportunity to help out the community and learn about charity. Elementary student, Sydney McCorkle, said she felt good about doing something that could help others. College students can join in on the festivities and good will as well. “I love when people bring their groups of friends out. The other day there was a group of junior and senior girls who came together to get pumpkins. [My friends and I] had a pumpkin-carving party last year. It’s super fun,” Kelbly said. The Rock Prairie location is open to the public every day starting at noon — earlier on the weekends — until dark. The patch will continue sales until Halloween or until pumpkins run out, whichever occurs first.
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filming. After filming a variety of sequences, he started editing his videos. “Filming is his way of giving back to the University,” Sims said. Johnson won the video competition and began interning for the Marketing and Communication Department. This allowed him to use his passion for making movies and share it with the Aggie family and beyond. “Matt is helping the University to become a leader in social media,” McDonald said. “His work is featured on the largest university Facebook fan page in the world. In addition, his videos are very popular on our University YouTube channel, TAMUmobile apps and iTunes U Site.” Johnson has been a large part of filming and editing the Face-to-Face videos featured on A&M’s Facebook page. He has been able to film the Aggie yell leaders and Interim President R. Bowen Loftin. “My favorite Face-to-Face to work on so far was with Interim President Loftin,” Johnson said. “He’s a really laid back guy, and I got to tour the president’s house on campus.” Since winning the competition, Johnson has made videos for different groups and people. He was asked to make a video for the 40th anniversary of the College of Education and Human Development. He was also enlisted to film campaign videos for people running for yell leader and student body president. Most recently he filmed a video for Dining Services called “Buy A Meal Plan, Fall In Love.” Johnson helped Brothers Under Christ ad-
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Senior education major, Matt Johnson, carries on the Aggie Spirit through videos. vertise the Island Party by filming several commercials. “When he grabs an idea, he takes it and runs with it further than anyone I know,” Sims said. “He has so many ideas and not enough time to do them.” Johnson’s Web site www.whoismatt.com features his “Why I’m an Aggie” video, as well as many other videos he has shot throughout his filming career.
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us with a plan, don’t come to us with a dream,” he said. “Understand the difference. A plan is a dream that has a timeline, has rules, and has a budget. Remember there are 12 Aggies who died on the stack, and that’s not to be taken lightly.”
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“The Texas A&M Foundation is trying to find a wide range of scholarships for the University’s diverse range of students,” McCoy said. “Operation Spirit and Mind” awards scholarships through the Scholarships and Financial Aid Office and the Honors Program. The Foundation also has been focusing on obtaining scholarships for study abroad programs and
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The Student Senate announced that there will be an open forum regarding Aggie Bonfire on Oct. 29 at 3 p.m. in Koldus 144. The forum is open to all students who would like to voice their opinion about the issues regarding Aggie Bonfire. Other issues discussed at the senate meeting included the tuition increase, basketball game ticket pulling, and the passing of a veto on the red light cameras.
For more information on “Operation Spirit and Mind” scholarships, log on to http://giving.tamu.edu Aggie leadership programs. “We have tried to focus priorities to not only undergraduate students, but also to graduate students seeking scholarships and fellowships,” McCoy said. “Operation Spirit and Mind” has not set an end date for the scholarship goal, but will continue raising financial awareness for the Aggie community.
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divers he has had. It has really been a great thing for us and he has really just gotten started.” The biggest challenge facing the men’s diving team this season will be replacing the winningest athlete in Texas A&M history, Eric Sehn. In his four-year career with the Aggies, Sehn won 11 Big 12 Championship titles, was named Big 12 Diver of the Year three times, and was a three time All-American in all three diving disciplines. Sehn holds the school record in all three diving disciplines as well as the record for most points scored at the NCAA Championships with 151 total points. “Replacing someone like [Eric] will be difficult and we will definitely miss him and his points,” said senior diver Henry Stevens. “The best we can do is put in the work that we can and try to take advantage of the fact that he is still around to guide us for another year. I just hope that we can use his success to help us do what we need to do.” Helping to fill the void left by Sehn will be Stevens and sophomore divers Cam McLean and Grant Nel. Stevens is a three year letterman who has contributed points in the Big 12 Championships the past three years by finishing seventh, eighth and ninth places in the 1 meter springboard. As a freshman, McLean posted points for the Aggies at both the Big 12 Championships and at the NCAA Championships. Nel contributed at the NCAA Championships by finishing fourth place on the 3-meter springboard, two places ahead of Sehn who holds the A&M record in the event. The men’s swimming team returns four starters who set records last season in at least one event. Most notable include senior Jason Bergstrom and junior Balazs Makany. Bergstrom, a two-time AllAmerican, holds the school record in the 100-yard back-
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Senior diver Henry Stevens and senior swimmer Jason Bergstrom are members of the Texas A&M men’s swimming and diving team. They helped A&M earn a third place finish in the 2009 Big 12 Conference Championship.
The Battalion The Texas A&M men’s swimming and diving team enters the 2009-2010 season looking to extend its streak of 14 years of Top 25 finishes at the NCAA Championships. Not only do the Aggies want to be at the NCAA Championships, but they want to return to the Top 10 in the country for the first time since 1999. “In our mind, the Top 10 is where we want to go, which has happened only one time during that stretch,” said A&M Head Coach Jay Holmes. “We are trying to be Top 10, and that is what we are really shooting for. In our mind, we have been there and done that Top 15 thing.” The Aggies enter the new season with many new faces, including 13 freshmen who make up nearly half of the men’s swimming and diving roster. Although the freshmen are still making the adjustment to collegiate level swimming, Holmes expects them to step up and help fill holes in the freestyle relays and distance races. “We do have some holes at freestyle, but we are counting on some freshmen to step up,” Holmes said. “We have had freshmen come in and do that before, and we have some freshmen who have a great opportunity and the capability to do that.” Also joining the Aggies for the 2009-2010 season will be interim diving coach Kevin Armstrong, a three-time Olympic coach. Armstrong will replace the 2009 Big 12 Championship Coach of the Meet, Kevin Wright, who was relieved of his duties on Oct. 2. Armstrong is the current overseer of the Woodlands Diving Academy, which has produced several diving champions at both the junior and senior levels. “Everyone is really excited that he is here helping us,” Holmes said. “He brings some real structure and a great game plan for our divers. Everyone knows his reputation and all the great
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stroke with a time of 46.31 seconds that he set at the NCAA Championships. Bergstrom is also a part of the relay team that holds the school record in the 200 and 400-yard medley relays which were set during the NCAA Championships. Makany, a Hungary native, is a two-time Olympian who represented his country in the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the 2004 Sydney Olympics. In his first year with the Aggies, Makany set four school records in the 100-yard freestyle, 200-yard freestyle, 400-yard free relay, and 400-yard medley relay. The Aggies open their 2009 season at the Southwest Collegiate Plunge this weekend in Mansfield, Texas. Joining A&M at the meet will be Texas, Missouri and Southern Methodist University (SMU). The meet will provide the opportunity for the Aggies to gauge themselves against Missouri and Texas, who finished ahead of the Aggies in the Big 12 Championships last year. “The guys that we are going against this week are our main competition,” Stevens said. “It is the main competition in the Big 12 and SMU is also a big competitor of ours during the season. In the beginning of the year and up until the championship meets we go to the meets and give it our all, but we are preparing for the end of the year. If the results aren’t great, that doesn’t mean at the end of the year we won’t be ready.”
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Texas A&M freshman middle blocker Lindsey Miller jumps for a block in the Aggies’ 3-0 loss to Oklahoma Wednesday in Reed Arena. Miller had seven kills in the match.
A&M volleyball home streak ends Courtney Nelson The Battalion The Texas A&M volleyball team, which have been undefeated at home in 2009, suffered their first loss at Reed Arena to the Oklahoma Sooners in three tight games 23-25, 21-25, 23-25. Head Coach Laurie Corbelli said that the team went in expecting to win, so it was a tough loss to handle against a good Big 12 conference team. “We are obviously really disappointed,” Corbelli said. “We brought too little too late. We didn’t have the urgency and could not get strings of points. It frustrates us when we can’t get strings of points. We just could not find a way to get it done tonight.” Because of bad passing and isolated hitters, the setters went predominantly to Sarah Am-
merman, who led the team with 13 kills. “Defensively we weren’t at the top of our game where we’ve been in the past,” Ammerman said. “We were one step off. I think the team was just looking for me to perform.” While many of the problems were on A&M’s side of the court, Oklahoma’s play was a large factor in the shutout. “They answered a lot of our attack patterns with great defensive effort,” Corbelli said. They are the leading defensive team in the Big 12 and they scouted us really well apparently. I have to give them credit. We had the middles going early, but then something just stopped working with ball control.” The Sooner offensive attack boggled the Aggie defense, which led to rushed passes and a hit percentage of only .185 for A&M. Oklahoma hit .257 for the night. “We weren’t putting balls on target,” said senior outside hitter Jennifer Banse, “We were only giving ourselves one or two options with hitters, and that is hard to win with.” The first set of the match began very evenly, with A&M hitting .316 and Oklahoma .317. At set point for the Sooners, the referee called two hits on Sarah Ammerman, giving Oklahoma the win 25-23. In the next set, the Sooners
held the Aggies to a .114 hitting percentage and forced the Aggies into a 2-0 hole. Oklahoma pulled ahead 7-2 in the third, behind the serving of sophomore Caitlin Higgins. After breaking the serve, the Aggies gained momentum and outscored the Sooners 10-2. Banse came alive, but it was not enough to pull ahead as Oklahoma won 25-23 to sweep No. 21 A&M, their second straight victory over a ranked opponent. “We defeated ourselves,” Banse said. “It was not them playing great, it was us lacking ball control and not being there defensively.” Corbelli said the team was not playing as well as they could have. “I never really saw everybody at one time in it,” Corbelli said. “When this whole team is in there together, they are really hard to beat against anybody. The team we typically rely on to play just was not there.” With the loss, the Aggies go to 13-5 overall, and 6-4 in Big 12 play. More notably, they go to 7-1 at home. A&M will now face each Big 12 team for a second round of conference play. The Aggies will take on the Texas Longhorns, who defeated A&M 3-0 earlier in the 2009 season, at 7 p.m. Wednesday in Reed Arena.
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voices The evolution of a prize EDITOR’SNOTE
The opinions, beliefs and viewpoints expressed by the various authors and forum participants in this paper do not necessarily reflect those of Texas A&M University, The Battalion or its staff.
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he passing of time changes language to reflect the needs of those speakers who utilize it, and President Barack Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize best reflects a similar change in definition. Just as English 50 years ago is by no means English today, the Nobel Prize holds a different meaning. When Alfred Nobel took pen to paper in order to preserve the integrity and honor of those human beings who dedicate their lives to something beyond themselves, he could not anticipate the dramatic changes in the definition of his prize. The Nobel Peace Prize is considered by some to be the “world’s most prestigious award.” According to Nobel, whoever “shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses.” Since its first annual reception, the Peace Prize has presumably done just that. But again, language refuses to be a static force. Definitions change and different priorities make themselves known. The Peace Prize’s definition, though laid out by will to bequeath as justly written, has indeed changed. But don’t take my word for it, for the proof can be found on the Nobel committee’s Web site. Up to World War I the prize was “often awarded to pioneers of the organized peace
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movement” and those mitted “who had committed themselves to working orking to resolve conflicts cts on national al the basis of international law and arbitration.” on.” Some m of these winners’’ names you may recognize: ize: Theodore Roosevelt for drawing up the 1905 peace treaty between Russia and Japan, and Jean Henri Dunant, ant, founder of thee International Committee mmittee of the Red Cross, Geneva. During wartime, me, the “focus shifted to acti active tive ve ought to promote peace and politicians who sought détente by meanss of diplomacy and international agreements, but prizes were also awarded for ork.” Again, you may recognize humanitarian work.” mes and organizations such as the some of the names h Redd Cross, GeInternational Committee off the neva, and Thomas Woodrow Wilson, founder of the League of Nations. However, significantly fewer awards were given out during wartime, as one might expect. Since World War II, the focus has shifted to the areas of “arms control and disarmament, peace negotiation, democracy and human rights, and work aimed at creating a better organized and more peaceful world.” These winners include: Emily Green Balch, Honorary Inter-
national President Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, and Linus Carl Pauling, campaigner for an end to nuclear weapons tests. But the prize has matured to fit the ages and in 1970, one of our very own professors, the late Norman Borlaug, received the Nobel Peace Prize for his research in international maize and wheat improvement. Many believe that he has saved more than one billion people from starvation for his invention of disease-resistant wheat. The Nobel committee Web site states that since 2004, the award has gone to more and more people who dedicate their life to environ-
mental issues and “efforts to limit the harm done by man-made climate change and threats to the environment.” These winners include Al Gore and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which includes a current professor at A&M, Bruce McCarl. However, as all now know, the 2010 award has been given to President Obama, who said he did not think he deserved the prize. After only eight months in office upon which the committee could judge, many have questioned whether he deserves it. It isn’t 1901 anymore. Recent winners of the contemporary Nobel Prize have changed more than international relations. They have been active; changing the minds of not only America but of all world citizens. They have written books, given speeches, and been ridiculed about their beliefs and their research all in hopes that the world can see the environmental problems that are fast approaching. Whether or not the award is earned, the prize doesn’t hold the same definition as it did before Gore, before McCarl, before Borlaug. It has changed to incorporate different priorities. No longer does that include merely good international relations, the abolition of arms, and the calling together of peace congresses. Today, the Peace Prize means more. Tracey Wallace is a senior English major.
Aggies to endure 60-hour poverty demonstration
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uring our Poverty Demonstration, several Aggie women from W (Power in Women) will become homeless in Chemistry H2O Fountain Area at 7 a.m. on Tuesday until 7 p.m. Thursday. This 60-hour long poverty demonstration will call attention to the crippling effects poverty has on women throughout the world. The campus community is invited to stop by anytime during these days to learn more, donate goods, and to see the face of poverty. One-third of deaths, 18 million people per year or 50,000 per day, are due to poverty related causes. The majority of those affected are women and children. The prevalence of women’s poverty is astounding. More than two-thirds of the world’s unpaid work is done by women—an equivalent to $11 trillion. Seven out of 10 of the world’s hungry are women and girls. Seventyfive percent of the world’s illiterate adults are women. Poverty hits women especially hard. Women do two-thirds of the world’s work yet they are among the poorest citizens of the world. Not only do they face gender discrimination in most societies, they are often excluded from jobs and opportunities that could raise their status in life and secure their futures. In countries scarred by violence, disease, natural disasters and other crises, women are especially vulnerable to the oppression and poverty that arises from such instability.
You do not have to contribute money to take meaningful action against poverty. What is really needed is awareness, time, commitment and especially compassion. At Texas A&M we do not have to face poverty if we choose, but we are bringing a demonstration of poverty to campus so that Aggies can realize that impoverishment does hit close to home. Participants in the demonstration will live and sleep in Chemistry H2O Fountain Area for a full three and a half days. They will only be able leave to attend class, coming with nothing but the clothes on their backs. Students will spend their days with only donated food, no shelter and no cell phone or laptop. Students will eat only if offered food and plan to sleep outside on brick unless given blankets. They will be completely, 100 percent dependent on the A&M campus for support during the poverty demonstration. All donations that W members do not use, as well as canned goods, blankets and pillows will be donated to Twin City Missions immediately after the demonstration. Armed with only hope and trust in the Aggie family to see poverty and make a difference, the 60-hour demonstration will put a face to poverty for the students at A&M. The message is to reach out and help those in need, reminding them to be thankful for what they have, and encouraging them to share their blessings. After two years of doing poverty demonstration, W has seen the increase in awareness on campus
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Members of W: Power in Women eat donated sandwiches for dinner Wednesday evening outside Evans Library while taking part in a poverty demonstration. Participants live outside during the 60-hour event and only use donated supplies. and in the community. W:Power in Women was formed in 2007 as a Texas A&M student organization to raise awareness and funds to address the pressing needs of women in poverty. We want to stand up for those women locally and globally who are oppressed by poverty simply because of their gender. We hope to unite the women of Texas A&M through campaigns on campus and shed
For more information contact sevans87@sbcglobal.net or visit our Web site at http://powerinwomen.tamu.edu/ light on the general issue of poverty and its crippling effects on society. Stacy Evans is a senior school health major and executive chairwoman of women in planning for W.
Law School Caravan
Tuesday, October 27, 2009 11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Rudder Exhibit Hall **Come talk with deans and directors of admissions from over 100 accredited law schools from all over the country! THIS EVENT LASTS ONE DAY ONLY! Don’t miss this incredible opportunity for important information and networking!**
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NEW YORK – Lil Wayne is appearing in a Manhattan courtroom, but DNA science is taking center stage. A hearing on a DNA profiling technique used in the rapper’s 2007 gun-possession case started Wednesday. It concerns a process used for identifying people from tiny amounts of DNA — including some that prosecutors say ties the Grammy Award-winner to a gun found on his tour bus after a concert. The 27-year-old has pleaded not guilty. He faces at least 3 1/2 years in prison if convicted. The hearing aims to establish whether what’s known as low copy number DNA profiling has general scientific acceptance. Lil Wayne, born Dwayne Carter, won last year’s best rap solo performance Grammy for “A Milli.” His albums include “Tha Carter,” “Tha Carter II” and “Tha Carter III.” Associated Press
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