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■ Democrats fear legislation will stonewall in Senate WASHINGTON — The glow from a health care triumph faded quickly for President Barack Obama on Sunday as Democrats realized the bill they fought so hard to pass in the House has nowhere to go in the Senate. Speaking from the Rose Garden about 14 hours after the late Saturday vote, Obama urged senators to be like runners on a relay team and “take the baton and bring this effort to the finish line on behalf of the American people.” The problem is that the Senate won’t run with it. The government health insurance plan included in the House bill is unacceptable to a few Democratic moderates who hold the balance of power in the Senate. If a government plan is part of the deal, “as a matter of conscience, I will not allow this bill to come to a final vote,” said Sen. Joe Lieberman, the Connecticut independent whose vote Democrats need to overcome GOP filibusters. Reid will keep meeting with senators to see if he can work out a political formula that will give him not only the 60 votes needed to begin debate, but the 60 needed to shut off discussion and bring the bill to a final vote. The House and Senate bills gradually would extend coverage to nearly all Americans by providing government subsidies to help pay premiums. The measures would bar insurers’ practices such as charging more to those in poor health or denying them coverage altogether. All Americans would be required to carry health insurance. To keep down costs, the government subsidies and consumer protections don’t take effect until 2013. Both bills would provide $5 billion in federal dollars to help get coverage for people with medical problems who are turned down by private insurers. The House and Senate would expand the federal-state Medicaid health program for low-income people. The majority of people with employer-provided health insurance would not see changes. The main beneficiaries would be some 30 million people who have no coverage at work or have to buy it on their own. The legislation would create a federally regulated marketplace where they could shop for coverage. Associated Press
Blood center asks for donations The Scott and White Blood Center will have a blood drive on-campus for victims of the Fort Hood shooting. The donation center will be available from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday in front of Sbisa Dining Center. “It’s very important to donate blood anytime,” said Regina Phinney, manager of donor recruitment for the Blood Center. “But due to such a tragedy within our area, we hope everyone will come out and donate. The military touches everyone’s lives, especially here at Texas A&M where service has been established as a long tradition.” Donations will go to the Scott and White Hospital, where some victims of the attack are being treated. Donors must eat before donating and show ID. Joaquin Villegas, staff writer
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Aggies wing it during flight training Prairie View A&M students, Ursala McCarty, Jennifer East and Texas A&M student Douglas Klembara react during a barrel roll.
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Capt. Rick Burt goes to high altitudes to perform a barrel roll. In this maneuver he flips the plane 360 degrees.
EDITOR’SNOTE Battalion reporter Julie Rambin participated in the Marine Corps Flight Orientation Program Nov. 5. The program
Julie Rambin The Battalion “Come on,” Capt. Rick Birt shouted across the runway. Three women walked toward the plane, apologizing. “We squeezed in this flight — it wasn’t originally on the schedule,” Birt said. Six passengers stood next to the twin-engine
plane. In the next hour all of us would fly this plane. We boarded the plane, with Birt in the pilot’s seat and a passenger as copilot. The propellers started to turn, slowly at first and then so fast they hummed. With headphones on, we could hear the control tower operator talking to pilots on the ground and in the air. Birt grimaced and looked at his watch. “Let’s get the hell out of here,” he said. The engines pulsed and suddenly we were all pushed back in our seats as the plane surged forward. “This runway’s a little bumpy,” Birt said. The plane left the ground with no fanfare other than the excited faces of the passengers, and Birt.
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Powderpuff raises $9,000 for Head Start ■ 16 sororities and women’s organizations played football to benefit kids
■ Project encourages saving money for wells by drinking tap water
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Samantha Johnson The Battalion The Wells Project will begin “two weeks of sacrifice” Monday. The project ct is a 14-day period when they ask students and community members to give up all beverages erages except tap water, and then donate the money that uilding wells they would have spent toward building in developing nations. “The main reason we ask students to give up everything but water is that we don’t realize how privileged we are to have instant access to water,” said Wells Project President Kristen Free. From 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Nov. 12 at First Baptist Church Bryan another part of the fundraising will be a Shane and Shane concert. “We enjoy their music and know they have a heart for the world as well, so we brought them in and knew that they would facilitate worship,” Free said.
His broad grin showed his love for flying, and for introducing it to others. “We’re going to level off at 6,500 feet,” he said to the student sitting next to him. “I’ll get it stable here and then I’ll give it over to you.” The student cradled the yoke as though she was afraid to hurt it. At Birt’s direction, she turned the yoke gently. The plane turned with it and she smiled, relieved. “Give it a little more,” Birt said. “That’s good.” The students in the cabin looked out the window at the familiar roads and
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Concert tickets are $5, and can be bought online at thewellsproject.tamu.edu up to two days before the concert. After that tickets can be purchased at the door. The money raised will go to Living Water International, an organization that partners with churches in communities in need of wells. “In certain areas, if the well wasn’t on church property, not everyone would have See Wells on page 4
The Battalion The Old Army Gentlemen’s Society had its eighth annual Powderpuff tournament on Saturday at Penberthy Fields. The event is an all-day flag football tournament featuring 16 sororities and women’s organizations on campus. Proceeds of the event benefited Head Start, an early childhood education center for children of lower income families in Bryan. Ol’ AGS raised almost $9,000 for the philanthropy Saturday. “I think it was one of the most successful events we’ve ever had. It seemed like all the girls out there were having a ton of fun. Overall, everybody’s out there to just have some fun and enjoying being out in the sun and playing some football
and ready to help out a good cause,” said Ol’ AGS President Scott Hayter. “I think everybody’s really happy with the outcome of all the hard work we put in,“ he said, “even the teams that didn’t do that great, I think they still had a wonderful time.” The tournament competes with double elimination rounds and about 25 matches were played. Each team was made up of women and assigned three or four coaches from Ol’ AGS. The teams practiced and trained for about two months prior to the tournament. “Over the past two months they basically play like a full cycle of the game,” said Ol’ AGS Public Relations Chairman Jonathan Mock. “They have plays, they have all types of defenses, and they have practices during the week.” On game day, the coaches of the teams are at the tournament and coach their respective teams through each match. See Powderpuff on page 4
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Madiha Rizvi The Battalion Five locations in the Bryan-College Station area opened this weekend modeling re-creations of complex railroad systems. Every November as part of National Model Railroad Month, area households open layouts to the public, said Chuck Lind, a resident in College Station and a railroad modeler. These ultra-realistic models can take six years or more to build. According to Lind, there were four homes and one club open to the public this weekend in College Station. There are about 80 layouts spread out geographically, located from the city of Beaumont through Bryan. Some of these layouts will be open in Houston next weekend, Lind said. After laying out a model train set one Christmas morning, Lynd said he realized he was hooked on model train railroads. Lind’s layout models the Westside Lumber Co. in California, from the 1930s. “I chose my particular layout because
of the time aspect. I like steam engines [depicted in the model]. It has buildings and structures in there. It is my little empire and that is what I am interested in,” Lind said. “It is a time period coming right out of the Great Depression and [my layout] shows the progress of America. It just seemed fitting.” Lind’s wife, Laurie, is supportive of her husband and his love of trains. On most every vacation they can, the Linds travel around the country, especially to Colorado, visiting railroad stations. “There is a spectacular amount of detail in these layouts,” she said. “Chuck is known to be a master modeler. There are about 11 steps — you have to have so many structures, cars and miles of track.” Carl Lester, a railroad modeler and Air Force veteran, said his depiction is one of the scenic branch lines of Northern Pacific. “It is a scale model of railroads. It looks and sounds like a real one,” Lester said. “All the lights and sounds and figurines, see what they are doing, what their actions are.”
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His model took him six years to build and he said it is 80 percent complete. “A model railroad is never finished,” Lester said. “There is always something you want to change or make better.” After the exhibition this weekend, Lind is already preparing for next year. “I already have new building additions planned. I will keep adding detail,” Lind said. “Hopefully we will have new homes open for people to visit.” Ann Littmann contributed to this story.
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Sophomore entomology major Emily Bennett, playing Titania, mocks Oberon while her fairies look on in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”
Cast members playing fairies dance to open the show. Flying above the actors are robotic fairies, controlled by students from the computer science and computer engineering departments.
A dream come true If you didn’t take the opportunity to attend Texas A&M’s production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” this past weekend, cancel your plans for this upcoming one. Your “Saw” marathon, your “Street Fighter” tournament and your “studies” can be put on hold. You missed a highly entertaining rendition of the classic Shakespearean play that’s highlighted by the addition of flying robotic fairies, Wii Remote controlled sound effects and choreographed dance routines. “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” directed by Amy Hopper, performance studies assistant lecturer, is the result of the teamwork of the departments of performance studies, computer science, computer engineering and the Texas A&M Dance Program. “The idea of flying robot fairies was one I had early on, as soon as I heard about the possibility of a collaboration with the Department of Computer Science and Engineering,” Hopper said in a press release. “What’s great is that they have been a part of the production from the beginning and the robots seem more and more like characters that have always been a part of the story. To see them flying, spinning and bouncing through the air just adds to the magic and mystery of the world Shakespeare created.” The flying robotic fairies are present in two forms. There are five “Micro-Helis,” which are small, colored robot helicopters, and one “Quadrotor,” which junior international studies major Andrew Roblyer, who plays Snug, referred to as a “giant-flying-weed-wacker-of-death.” The robots are operated by student volunteers, including seven undergraduate flyers and two middle school flyers, assisted by four graduate flyers. The robots accompany the actors who play fairies as they dance around the stage. During the
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Departments make play happen with flying robots, sound tricks play, the small robot fairies are occasionally cued to land in a fairy actor’s hand. “Each person was assigned their own MicroHeli,” sophomore entomology major Emily Bennett, who plays Titania, said. “They told us that our fairy is our own baby. Don’t let it crash.” While the robots typically float effortlessly to their human destinations, there were a few technical complications Sunday when the robots lost communication with their operators, but the actors humorously played such occasions off, pretending to discipline their little baby robots before they lifted them back into the air. The robot fairies capture the attention of everyone in the audience and don’t let go. Their addition is an interesting and well-thought out decision by Hopper that pays off in the end by adding a fresh, cutting-edge feel to a play that’s been retold many times. Another intriguing technological addition is found in the use of Nintendo’s Wii Remote to create sound effects. Three remotes are used in the play; two behind the scenes in the sound deck and one on the broom belonging to the character
Puck. As Puck twirls and prances while holding her broom, the Wii Remote responds in turn by prompting appropriate sounds heard through the Forum’s stereo. “The accelerometers in the remote sense the different changes in gravity and speed to trigger different sound effects,” said freshman theater arts major Bree Bridger, who plays Puck. Finally, the Texas A&M Dance Program lent their talent with dance sequences courtesy of choreographer Carisa Armstrong, kinesiology assistant professor. The dancing brought a musical-like feel to the play, and while there’s room for improvement where the actors’ timing with each other is concerned, the sequences brought a welcomed dimension of entertainment to the production. Each department contributed an essential part to the play, but what kept a grin on my face was the phenomenal acting and charm shown in particular by Bridger and Bennett, as well as sophomore theatre arts major James Kennedy, who plays Bottom. Their performances were outstanding, and they elevated every scene they were in. “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” is a retelling of a classic tale that’s made unique with the successful collaboration of multiple academic departments. You’ll be intrigued with the play’s use of robotic technology and entertained by the charm of the actors and dancing. Make some time this weekend to see this gem of a production. You won’t regret it.
3.5 out of 4 gig ’ems Anthony Gerhart is a sophomore computer science major.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream Performances are at 8 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday and at 2 p.m. Sunday in Rudder Forum. General admission is $10 and student tickets are $5, available at the MSC Box Office.
Sophomore theatre arts major James Kennedy, as the weaver Bottom, imitates the way he will play Pyramus in a play for the duke of Athens’ wedding.
Flyleaf releases CD Tuesday T
exas-based rock band Flyleaf has risen from humble beginnings in Temple, Texas, to an internationally recognized delight. To commemorate this feat, the band is releasing their second full-version album “Memento Mori” Tuesday. “It feels like yesterday,” said bassist Pat Seals of the band’s quick rise to success. Flyleaf formed in 2002 and after playing local shows, got some attention at the South by Southwest Festival in 2003. The band released their first self-titled album in 2005 and has been on the go since then with tours and traveling. “You can put 10 years into those four. We were able to figure out who were as a band and see a lot of the world and the U.S. a couple times over,” Seals said. The band, which consists of lead vocalist Lacey, guitarist Sameer Bhattacharya, guitarist Jared Hartman, bassist Pat Seals and drummer James Culpepper said they were excited to work with producer Howard Benson and his crew again on the new album. “He makes it so unbelievably easy for me to do to my job, which isn’t all that hard to begin with,” Seals said. Seals, who is not a fan of the recording process, said that Flyleaf was able to try some new things with the album since they had more room to write the songs and more time, with no immediate shows to play after the recording. “We were a little more focused on this one with a more cohesive idea behind the whole thing,” Seals said. The members decided to take a look at the music to find a common thread when it came to naming the album and chose “Memento Mori,” which, roughly translated, means “remember that you are mortal.”
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Hypnotic ‘Memento Mori’ shows growth for Templebred rock band “There have been a lot of personal situations that made us really think that our time here is precious. We thought it was important to say,” Seals said. The band started their “thank you to our fans tour” at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles Oct. 29 to support the album. Seals said he is happy to be with the band. “We’re like a big family, always there for each other. A lot of great songs came out this time around and it’s good to have someone to share it with,” Seals said. “Memento Mori” is toned down in terms of heavy vocals from Lacey and although fans may not be, her throat is probably thanking her. Nevertheless this tiny girl is still a powerhouse of sound as well as writing. “Lacey wrote this song called ‘Beautiful Bride’ and I wasn’t sure about it at first but it actually turned out to be one of my favorite songs from this album,” Seals said. The best way I can describe the songs of “Memento Mori” is hypnotic. You are enticed by the seductive lure of female vocals when suddenly, the bold guitars keep you locked in
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Female-fronted rock group Flyleaf releases their second album after four years of touring and developing as a band. The album, “Memento Mori,” will be released Tuesday. with every chord and then you are forced to bang your head with the rhythm of the drums. Though the female-fronted rock group is not traditionally what people think of when they think rock band, it is definitely a rising trend the band has been able to step into beautifully through their songs that make a connection with everyone who listens to them.
3.5 out of 4 gig ’ems Lorelei Willett is a senior history major.
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access, it allows more people to have access, and the churches use it as an opportunity to share the gospel,� Free said. “Human rights and social justice are very important as to us as Christ followers. We hope to impact their eternity, as well as their everyday lives.� Wells Project Campus Outreach Director Eric Newman said the appeal of the two weeks of sacrifice is its compatibility with the college lifestyle. “I love the concept of the two weeks of sacrifice, because as college kids two things we don’t have are time and money, and you’re not really giving up either. You’re just saving money and giving what you saved.� Newman also said it is a cause that is easy to get behind. “There are a lot of controversial issues out there, it’s really hard to argue about whether or not somebody should have access to clean water,� he said. Sophomore Wells Project member Valarie Whitt said the simplicity is what drew her to the project. “It’s such a beautiful representation, and it’s so simple, it just blows my mind that $1 will give one person clean water for an entire year.� The Wells Project raised $18,000 to go toward building the wells in 2008. Newman said the people receiving wells aren’t the only ones to benefit from this project. “We raised $18,000, which saves 18,000 lives,� he said, “but during those two weeks, every person participating was constantly thinking about that issue and how blessed they are. I love that almost as much as I love the main point of the project itself.�
“I think that something that everyone always takes away from this is the relationships that you build like with the coaches and their players and vice versa,� Hayter said. “It’s really helped our organization create a strong bond with other organizations on this campus.� The tournament lasted from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. The first place winner was Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. Second place was Tri Delta, and third was Sigma Phi Lambda. Kate Terry, of the Kappa Alpha Theta, who has participated in the event for three years, was named the Most Valuable Player in the tournament. “The entire team deserves an award, 100 percent. Our efforts this year as Theta, was 100 percent team effort. Every single girl on that field played their heart out and I could not have done anything without them,� Terry said. “Receiving the award was an honor for sure, but it definitely felt like it could’ve tied to multiple girls
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snapped photos in the cabin and through buildings beneath us. The whirr of the propellers prevented conversation except in shouts. Some snapped photos in the cabin and through the windows. Birt called back, “Everyone feeling OK? Y’all want to do a barrel roll?� The shouts of “Yes� convinced him, and suddenly the horizon shifted. We were upside down and screaming. He was laughing. The horizon flipped again and the world was right side up. We were flattened in our seats, exhilarated and out of breath. We shouted for another one, and he obliged. The world spun beneath us, and nothing had ever been so exciting. Then it was time to return to Earth. We were 1,500 feet over the A&M campus, and the view was striking. Birt counted off, “Three, two, one — here we go,� and the plane turned. We were
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flying sideways over the Bush Library and feeling some serious G-force. The runway appeared, and that was our landing. Capt. Tomas Cantu greeted us on the runway. “You feeling OK?� he said. We were. He runs the Marine Corps Flight Orientation Program, the program that put us in the air. He’s mainly interested in finding people who want to be Marines. “It’s a calling,� he said. Cantu has been in the Marines for 14 years, and he said he still loves it. “It was the best decision I ever made in my life,� Cantu said. He gestured toward the clipped black hair on his head. “The hair, well, you can’t do nothing about it.� “It was unbelievable,� Elizabeth Mitts, a sophomore general studies major said. “It was just such an adrenaline rush.� As for Mitts considered being a Marine? Mitts said she’s keeping her options open, but the experience of being in the cockpit was “beyond words.� Cantu said he has heard that from
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on the team. I know that the team deserves that as a whole.� The event raised money for Head Start by having each player pay $20, which includes a shirt for the team and registration for the games. Future plans for the tournament include involving other women’s organizations on campus and having audience participation games. “We’re always looking for improvement and ways to make more money for our philanthropy. This year is one of our record years in terms of ticket sales and PR,� Mock said. “I think that in the future we can build on the foundation that we did this year to try to make it better and better.�
students before. He brings the program to A&M every semester. “People that come to this program don’t have to be in the Corps,� he said. Only 15 percent of the officers in the Marines were ever in an ROTC program, he said, and a person’s major doesn’t matter. “We’ve got pilots who are music majors. We’ve got pilots who are history majors,� Cantu said. “We’ve got Marines from all walks of life.� Cantu was a kinesiology major in college. “I train snipers. I do intelligence with the Marine Corps,� Cantu said. “Never in my wildest dreams did I think I’d be doing what I’m doing now.� Wildest dreams seemed to be a theme of the day. We were all strangely quiet as we left the airfield. There really isn’t anything like flying, we said. Elizabeth was right: it’s beyond words. Julie Rambin is a junior philosophy major.
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Date: Saturday, November 14, 2009 Time: Race starts at 9:30am Location: Zachary Parking Lot (next ( t tto Bonfire B fi Memorial) M i l) Pre-Registration: October 26 – November 13 Race-day Registration starts at 8:30am Registration Forms: • Room 159 of the A.P. Beutel Health Center • http://healthed.tamu.edu • 11am-1pm: Nov 9 – Rec; Nov 10 – Wehner; Nov 11 – Koldus Plaza
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Aggie riders take third straight win The Texas A&M equestrian team won a 15-13 decision against No. 4 Oklahoma State Saturday at the Animal Science Arena in Stillwater, Okla. The No. 3 Aggies defeated the Cowgirls in both hunter seat events and tied in the horsemanship event to take the overall win. The team closes out its fall season against South Dakota at 10 a.m. on Nov. 21 at the Brazos County Expo Center in College Station.
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Texas A&M volleyball players huddle during the 3-2 loss to Baylor Saturday at Reed Arena. The Aggies are 14-8 overall in 2009 and 7-7 in the Big 12 conference.
Heartbreaker in Waco Michael Teague The Battalion Texas A&M’s 23rd-ranked volleyball team lost a tight match Saturday as No. 20 Baylor dropped the Aggies at home, 3-2 (18-25, 25-13, 25-27, 23-25, 18-16). “Obviously we are really disappointed,” said Texas A&M Head Coach Laurie Corbelli. “We didn’t play sharp enough to get the win. I thought we played with a lot of heart, a lot of desire and a lot of fight. It was a great team effort. We needed a little more luck and a lot fewer errors.” After starting the season 12-3, the Aggies (14-8, 7-7) have lost five of the
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last seven matches. Following the loss to Baylor (20-6, 9-6), the Aggies sit at sixth in the Big 12 standings and are a game back of the Bears for fifth. Once again, the A&M defense put forth a top-notch effort that hampered the Baylor offense. Five players racked up double-digit digs, including a team-high 22 from senior Mary Batis. Corbelli said she was proud of her team’s effort on the defensive end and highlighted it as a key to her team’s success for the rest of the season. “Defensively we were all over the court,” Corbelli said. “I thought we had
a good start then a slow game two. They made a few changes with how often they were going to use their middles, that threw us off a little bit. I think we adjusted and played some awesome defense.” Seniors Batis, Sarah Ammerman and Jennifer Banse supplied 54 of the Aggies’ 70 kills in the match. Ammerman put up her best offensive performance of 2009, scoring a season-high 26 kills. Baylor found a majority of its production coming from the middle of the floor. Senior Anna Breyfogle and freshman Torri Campbell both scored team-highs See Volleyball on page 6
The No. 20 Texas A&M soccer team was unable to secure its sixth Big 12 Tournament championship Sunday in San Antonio after the Oklahoma State Cowgirls shutout the Aggies 1-0 for the second-straight Big 12 Tournament title. The Aggies advanced to Sunday’s final after they defeated both Baylor and Texas in quarterfinal and semifinal play. On Wednesday, A&M shutout the Bears 2-0. Junior midfielder Rachel Shipley scored a goal and assisted on the other one as sophomore defender Bri Young scored her sixth goal of the season. The shutout was A&M’s fourth in a row and 10th of the season as the defense continued its stellar play. Friday night in the semifinals, the Aggies looked to beat their rivals from Austin for the second time in a week. A week prior, A&M shutout the Longhorns 4-0 on Senior Night at the Aggie Soccer Stadium. The margin of the victory Friday was the same as the Aggies cruised to a 5-1 victory. The star of the night was sophomore midfielder Katie Hamilton who scored two goals including the game-winner. The other three goals were scored by Shipley, junior forward Whitney Hooper and senior forward Cydne Currie. The win put the Aggies in their ninth Big 12 Championship match. Sunday, the Aggies outshot
the Cowgirls 12-11 and seemingly controlled the game. A&M fired seven shots on goal during the match to Oklahoma State’s two. In the 54th minute, though, the Cowgirls’ Carson Michalowski headed in a shot off of a corner kick and Oklahoma State held a lead that they did not relinquish. Texas A&M Head Coach G Guerrieri said his team didn’t play up to the standards it has set for itself. “We have to play for 90 minutes and I think we played for about 40, and that’s not good enough for a team of this caliber,” Guerrieri said. “Oklahoma State did a good job of battling and scraping to keep us off the scoreboard.” Guerrieri also gave credit to Oklahoma State’s goalkeeper for holding a shutout. “Their goalkeeper was great,” Guerrieri said. “The second half we came out and created some good chances and their goalkeeper came out and made some big-time saves that you have to give them credit for.” Shipley was named the offensive MVP of the tournament with two goals in the three games and senior defender Emily Peterson, freshman defender Mary-Grace Schmidt and Hooper joined her on the All-Tournament team. The win earned the Cowgirls an automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament. The Aggies will discover their fate when the 64-team bracket is released at 7 p.m. Monday.
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The ban on the burqua is pushed as progress for women’s rights, but women should have the right to wear what they want. France should not restrict religious freedom.
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ince midsummer a constant debate in France has been over a potential ban of the burqua, a head-to-toe coverage garment worn by some Muslim women in public spaces. The Dutch already instigated a policy last month, and it seems likely the French will follow. Although religious discrimination issues obviously dominate the debate, the French insist it is a matter of women’s rights and the maintenance of their secular state. The movement in France, championed by President Nicolas Sarkozy, is not as out of place within the French culture as it sounds to American ears. In 2005 the French government banned religious garments in schools, notably Muslim headscarves, Jewish skullcaps and large Christian crucifixes. The mandate was met with little resistance, for the most part, and the controversy faded quickly. The professed motivation behind such laws is a French quest for total separation of church and state, called laïcitÊ, which is pretty much the nearest thing they have to a state religion. However, while many arguments in the burqua ban debate have centered around women’s rights, some advocates of the ban have hinted at a goal of ostracizing Muslims, in order to quell the massive influx of Muslim immigrants to France.
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The issue of a woman’s right to choose to wear the burqua is morally fraught and highly individualistic. But even if women are being forced to wear these garments by their husbands, how would it be better for the government to tell them how to dress? Both are cases of authority figures who believe they’re right and therefore, have the right to decide for the women in question how they should dress. If France really wants to be progressive, they should find a way to let women dress themselves for a change. The heart of this debate is the question of France’s interpretation of separation of church and state. The goal of laĂŻcitĂŠ, like its American counterpart, is to reach a sort of zero-state where there is no religious influence on the government and the government isn’t interfering in anyone’s religion. Of course, it’s very difficult if not impossible to eliminate all mutual influence. But whereas Americans tend to err on the “religious freedomâ€? side of the issue, the French prefer to have total secularism of state. Lately, in their zeal for separating religious expression from public life, they’ve crossed the line into greatly interfering with individual’s religious practices. Women who wear the burqua, or Jewish boys who wear skullcaps do so because they believe it is mandated by their religion. By forcing them to go without their religious garb the government makes them betray their beliefs. It’s not separation of church and state if you are using the state to interfere with someone’s church. What goes on in a small country across a very large ocean is normally of little concern to Americans. However, similar bans are being urged by Muslim groups in Canada and even considered by some individuals in the U.S. We can’t let our country succumb to the kind of presumptuous arrogance that governs France, because we, in fact, don’t always know what’s best for everyone. People have a right to dress themselves according to the requirements of their beliefs. If we’re so convinced Muslim women are oppressed, maybe we should try asking one for a change instead of deciding for her.
Thursday’s shooting at Fort Hood was a tragic event that did not need to happen. However, I am extremely disappointed in The Battalion’s article, “OfďŹ cer opens ďŹ re at Fort Hood.â€? The article says, and I quote, “Investigators did not know whether Hasan is his given surname or if he changed it as part of a conversion to Islam.â€? This makes me sick to my stomach. Major Hasan was highly ranked, had a medical degree, and was born and raised in America; yet the article had to point out that he is Muslim. Media outlets
around the country are eating up the fact that Hasan is Muslim. Why? This only furthers racism and hatred. Pointing the ďŹ nger at Islam, one aspect of Hasan’s life, only creates a polarization between Christianity and Islam that isn’t there; a polarization that, in this post-Sept. 11 world, has become more deďŹ ned and more violent. Not enough time has passed since the tragedy to know why Hasan did what he did, and it is too soon to jump to conclusions. It is upsetting that even in Aggieland, a place of diversity and knowledge, Islam has become the scapegoat of all things wrong with America.
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