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One of the main reasons why Ben was chosen — he will never say it, but I will — is humility. To be humble is one of his greatest aspects and it is absolutely required for the job.

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— John Busch, sophomore accounting major and former mascot corporal

Natasha Sankovich — THE BATTALION

Dog’s new best friend Ben Coffman replaces John Busch as mascot corporal

By Katy Ralston | The Battalion

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he cadet who has the privilege of being Reveille XIII’s handler changed on April 17 when Ben Coffman, a freshman general studies major, became the newest mascot corporal.

Economic activist speaks to campuses

Each year, a freshman is chosen to be the first lady of Aggieland’s primary caregiver for the next year.

As mascot corporal, they are responsible for housing Reveille in their dorm room, accompanying her to events, escorting her to class and keeping the tradition alive.

The 2008-2009 mascot corporal John Busch, a sophomore accounting major, said he had the opportunity to be a part of a unique tradition of Reveille that’s a defining aspect of Texas A&M.

“It’s a living tradition; something you can actually touch and see,” Busch said. “As opposed to that oneton cow over in Austin, you can actually cuddle up with this.”

The mascot corporal comes from the E-2 Company of the Corps of Cadets, more commonly known as the Mascot Company Rebels. As freshmen, cadets are required to learn the history behind A&M’s furriest

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■ John Ikerd, father of

sustainable capitalism, comes to A&M Michael Allen The Battalion John Ikerd, an agricultural economist considered by some to be the father of sustainable capitalism, will give a speech at Texas A&M today on his views on the American economy, its agricultural system and the problems that are possibly to come.

Ikerd has a history as an activist and renowned academic professor of agriculture. He has been published in more than 100 publications and was formerly president of the Southern Sustainability Conference.

Ikerd’s speech will be from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in Rudder 601 and is being put on by the Collegiate Association for Social Entrepreneurship, Texas Environmental Action Coalition, Aggie Community Garden, the Department of Multicultural Services, radio station KEOS and the Texas A&M Sustainability Council.

“After working throughout different universities over the country, I noticed that we are functioning in a society driven by self-interest, and [have] forgotten the focus on the greater good,” Ikerd said.

Ikerd said he believes in a free market economy, but it “needs to function with bounds of ethics and social beliefs, as well as stewardship of goods.”

Ikerd also said the American economy should focus on See Ikerd on page 2

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Texan author, musician and past and future gubernatorial hopeful Kinky Friedman visited Texas Avenue Cigars Friday night. Friedman mingled with supporters, promoted his line of cigars and discussed his coming campaign for Texas Governor in the 2010 elections.

Sports McGee and Goodson go in NFL Draft

Former Texas A&M quarterback Stephen McGee and running back Mike Goodson were drafted during the second day of the NFL Draft. They were taken in the fourth round with McGee going to the Dallas Cowboys. ■ 5

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Voting for City Council begins today Early voting for two College Station City Council members facing re-election begins today, and the election day is on May 9.

Lynn McIlhaney and Dave Ruesink are each seeking to stay on the council, with McIlhaney campaigning for Place 4 and Ruesink for Place 6.

Douglas Cummings, a local manager for Federal Express, and KatyMarie Lyles, the director of college ministries at A&M Methodist Church, are challenging McIlhaney.

Two Texas A&M students are opposing Ruesink: Cliffton Eggers, a senior engineering technology major, and Chandler Salome, a senior mechanical engineering major.

Early voting continues through May 5.

Live election night coverage will be broadcast on College Station’s access channel 19.

The two early voting locations are the College Station City Hall and College Station School District Administration Building To vote by mail, residents must contact the early voting clerk to request an application or download one online at http://www. sos.state.tx.us/elections/voter/ reqabbm.shtml.

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Hampton University shooting hurts three HAMPTON, Va. — A former Hampton University student armed with three guns followed a pizza delivery man into the student’s former dorm early Sunday, shot the delivery man and a dorm monitor, then turned the gun on himself, university officials said.

All three survived.

No current students were injured and both victims and the alleged shooter were expected to recover. Officials could offer no motive for the shooting.

Hampton President William R. Harvey, who said he arrived within 15 minutes of the shooting, told a news conference the campus shooting could have been much worse. “I think we are very, very fortunate. This could have been another — you fill in the blank,� Harvey said.

The 18-year-old former student, who is from New York City, apparently parked his car off campus to avoid a vehicle checkpoint at Hampton’s main gate, then followed the pizza delivery man on foot and inside a freshman dormitory, Harkness Hall. Once inside, he shot the pizza man and entered the monitor’s office and fired three shots at him, then shot himself,

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Hampton University Police Chief Leroy Crosby said.

Crosby said he didn’t know what prompted the shooting.

The monitor, who suffered two gunshot wounds in his arms and a third in the leg, has been released from the hospital, Harvey said. “He feels, as I do, that he was extremely lucky and blessed,�

Harvey said of the monitor.

The other two, including the alleged shooter, were in stable condition.

The shooting victims are 62 and 43. The university did not release their names.

Hampton police are leading the investigation and requested that details be withheld at the news conference, Crosby said.

Hampton officials said the first alert was issued at 2 a.m. They defended the timing of the alerts but Harvey said: “We’ll go over every aspect of this.�

Hampton University is a private school in southeastern Virginia with about 5,700 students. It was founded in 1868 during Reconstruction to educate black leaders for the newly freed slaves.

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other means of energy, as well as work on making trade a more “classical, free market,� because there is too much corruption and dominating traders in the system now. The agricultural makeup of the economy should focus more on the production of local farmers. “[It] is not in a world where convenience takes precedence over things, because this is essentially ripping us off, so large companies profit,� said John Betik, a junior sub-biology major and representative from the Sustainability Council.

Betik also stressed how the speech is a must-see for students, especially because of the ties A&M has with agriculture, as well as the current economy.

Andrew Pittz, senior sociology major and lead coordinator for the event, explained how Ikerd’s speech will focus on the intersecting circles of social, economic and environmental issues, and how they all interlock and work together. “Economics is more then money; it’s environment, wellbeing and the quality of life,�

Pittz said. “This goes back to Adam Smith and Thomas Paine, much of where Dr. Ik-

erd gets his ideas from.�

Ikerd said his speech will include ideas and theories about fossil fuels and a search for alternative energy sources.

He will also talk about global climate changes, while focusing on the agricultural structure of what would make our ecosystem more compatible and sustainable. “We have created economic illusions during the ‘90s because we couldn’t create actual economic growth,� Ikerd said. “We also have a financial house of cards because people can’t pay their money and loans back. This proves our ecosystem is unstable and not sustainable.�

Ikerd’s standpoint challenges the ideas of business cooperations with the idea of local growth to eliminate the possibilities of inflation and unfair trade, as well as using different means of energy.

Betik said the speech will be important to students because it will help them see how everything is affecting the economy and ecosystem. “Ikerd is a world-renowned speaker and activist who is graciously granting us his time,� Betik said. “He isn’t just a blogger or someone with random ideas; he is someone who has been internationally recognized with his ideas and publications, and is giving us his time.�

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Last dance MSC has final Ring Dance before renovations Megan Ryan The Battalion The first Ring Dance took place in a mess hall 73 years ago. Eventually the annual tradition was moved to the Memorial Student Center. Because of the upcoming renovations, the Ring Dance Saturday for the Class of 2009 was the last one in the original MSC. “I think it is really sad this being the last Ring Dance in the MSC, especially because my Ring Dance will have to be somewhere else,” said Lauren Lognion, sophomore recreation parks and tourism science major and Ring Dance co-director.

Lognion’s co-director, Nelia DuChamp, is a senior this year and considers it an honor to be in the last class to have their dance in the untransformed MSC. “As a member of Class Council for the past four years, I have been involved with the planning and implementation of Ring Dance,” said Duchamp, senior communication major.

“Throughout my college career I have awaited the 2009 Ring Dance. I feel that the Class of 2009 Ring Dance will be a great part of MSC tradition here at Texas A&M.” As in years before, the MSC and Rudder Tower had to be reserved 10 years in advance.

“Today Ring Dance is held on a much larger scale than when it began,” DuChamp said.

“Each year, the MSC and Rudder Tower are transformed by fabulous decorations, food, a casino, live bands and all of your college friends in one place at one time.”

Lognion said the Ring Dance is a great way to unite the members of each class at the end of their college experience.

“I love the way Ring Dance brings the senior class together,” she said. “Over the four years

Aggies meet many new people, it is nice to bring them all back together for a huge celebration before they go off into the real world.”

The dance had two live bands, three DJ’s, a casino, karaoke and food. Prizes were raffled off at the end of the night including a Benjamin Knox print and a diamond from David Gardner’s to be placed in the winner’s Aggie ring.

“Overall, Ring Dance is an amazing tradition, and it was neat and weird knowing that it was the last time the event would be held in the current MSC,” said Ashley Temperton, junior construction science major, who attended the dance. “We had so much fun playing in the casino. It was blast.”

There were many committee members dedicated to putting Ring Dance together.

“The members of our committees have worked extremely hard and the decorations looked great, not to mention all amazing the entertainment we had booked for the night,” Lognion said.

The tradition of Ring Dance started in 1936 and much has been done since then to make the tradition the way it is today.

“A group of seniors got together and decided that since the Aggie ring was the traditional mark of a student whose days at Texas A&M were coming to a close, it was only appropriate to have a time to celebrate this transition of their lives,” DuChamp said. “With that, they decided to have a formal dance and make the Aggie ring the central theme of the evening.”

Changing the location of the Ring Dance is not the only change the tradition has faced over the years.

“During World War II, Aggies decided that they would have a dance traditionally in the spring, but they also offered a dance the next

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Seniors dance at the 74th Annual Ring Dance in the MSC Saturday night. Seniors and dates entered the MSC to find it transformed into six different iconic American locations: New York City, Nashville, Miami, New Orleans, Las Vegas and Hollywood. fall in order to allow the returning soldiers a chance to attend their senior Ring Dance,” DuChamp said.

However, DuChamp said some things about the tradition have remained the same.

“Generations of Aggies have taken their picture within a giant plaster of the ring, and we still do that today,” she said. “Many people have generations of pictures hanging in hallways and homes around the country. As tradition has it, seniors step into the giant ring and they then

turn their ring so that the class year no longer faces them but now faces the world and seals this tradition.”

Even with changes in detail, the tradition and meaning of Ring Dance will remain the same — to bring Aggies together.

“There is no way to express the way this University and the Class of 2009 has impacted my life,” Duchamp said. “I am grateful that I have had the opportunity to give back to those who have given me so much.”

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‘Golden Girls’ star dies at 86 LOS ANGELES — Beatrice Arthur, the tall, deepvoiced actress who considered herself lucky to be discovered by television executives after a long stage career that included a Tony award for the musical “Mame,” died Saturday at age 86.

The star of the TV shows “Maude” and “The Golden Girls” died peacefully at her Los Angeles home with her family at her side, family spokesman Dan Watt said. She had cancer, he said, but declined to give details.

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‘Obsessed’ tops box office LOS ANGELES — Audiences are in the mood for some fatal attraction action at the box office.

Beyonce Knowles and Idris Elba’s “Obsessed” debuted as the top weekend movie with $28.5 million in ticket sales.

The movie stars Knowles and Elba as a couple whose ideal marriage is put on the rocks after a psychotic temp played by Ali Larter begins stalking the husband. Zac Efron’s “17 Again” and Channing Tatum’s “Fighting” are neck-and-neck for the No. 2 spot. With Sunday estimates of $11.7 million, “17 Again” had the edge over “Fighting,” which debuted with $11.4 million.

The two movies are close enough that rankings could change when final numbers come out Monday.

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‘17 Again’ mediocre, yet good for family laughs

Special to The Battalion | Megan Clark

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s I watched the movie theater flood with other women anticipating the newest Zac Efron movie, “17 Again,” I couldn’t help but wonder if it would meet everyone’s expectations. Even after seeing the movie, I am still asking myself that question.

“17 Again” revolves around Mike O’ Donnell, a man who gave up his high school dreams of being a collegiate basketball star when his girlfriend told him she was pregnant. Older Mike, played

by Matthew Perry, gets a chance to do it all again when a suspicious janitor at his children’s school catches him trying to relive his glory days.

Reincarnated as a 17-year-old Efron, Mike — who assumes the alias Mark Gold — analyzes the reasons behind this new opportunity and realizes it is really the lives of his children and wife he is supposed to influence. He had been an inactive dad and an almost-divorced husband, and he comes to terms with the classic lesson of what is most important in life: rekindling relationships with his children and wife.

The script, while predictable, is nonetheless enjoyable. It is lighthearted and well-written, but not exactly destined for award nominations. The start of the movie seems to overwhelm itself in the cheesy factor with unsophisticated dialogue, but the storyline picks up as the plot thickens.

Toward the middle of the movie, the film begins to bear an odd resemblance to a random combination of “The Kid,” “Freaky Friday” and “The Mask.” The idea of meeting the younger you is, of course, nothing new to the film industry.

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“17 Again” lacks originality, but the audience can find pleasure in respectable acting, a humorous script and a lesson that everyone could use a refresher course in.

When approaching the cast, I tried to separate Efron from the stereotype of his Disney past. I tried to give him the benefit of the doubt and allow him the chance to prove himself a talented actor.

Yet casting Efron as the lead still allows the audience to continuously compare the movie with his usual roles.

I was, however, impressed by his ability to attach to the father side of his character and the genuine feelings behind Mike’s love for his wife. Efron proves himself a respectable actor beyond the limitations of his “High School Musical” origins.

Giving credit to the movie for humor, Thomas Lennon (“Reno 911”) gives an entertaining performance as Ned, Mike’s nerdy best friend. His witty banter and dorky character gives the comic relief to a movie with an intentionally serious subtext.

The audience could see reality in his character, who lives vicariously through his comic books and “Lord of the Rings” movies. His new-found romance with the school principal, played by Melora Hardin (“The Office”), entertains the audience through their odd courtship and union based on their passion for Elf-like culture and language. Ned is, by far, the best character in the entire film.

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The emotions behind her relationship dilemma seem scripted and lifeless. Her forced acting and lack of personality make the audience question the casting crew.

This movie is overall a mediocre and typical film. Despite the guilty pleasure aspect from the female perspective, there is nothing significantly identifiable about this movie versus any other family film in theaters. Still, “17 Again” is a good laugh and worth seeing.

Megan Clark is a sophomore English major.

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Freeman wins individual Big 12 title Texas A&M junior Ashley Freeman birdied the second playoff hole Sunday at the Big 12 Women’s Golf Championship in Lubbock to win the individual tournament title. Freeman, who is the third Aggie to ever win the Big 12 championship, led A&M to a second place finish overall.

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Michael Teague The Battalion The Texas A&M men’s and women’s tennis teams suffered 4-2 semi-final losses Saturday to rival Texas in the Big 12 Championship Tournament.

The men’s team fell behind after the Longhorns took the doubles point with two wins.

“They are a very good team,” Texas A&M men’s Head Coach Steve Denton told AggieAthletics.com. “We knew the doubles point would be crucial today. We had our shot to win the doubles, but they stepped up and we didn’t.”

In singles, Texas A&M sophomore All-American Austin Krajicek took two 6-3 wins for a straight set victory against Ed Corrie of Texas. The Aggies scored another point from sophomore Alexey Grigorov’s win in straight sets against Olivier Sajous.

A&M failed to keep the momentum as senior Conor Pollock, sophomore Wil Spencer and Freshman Colin Hoover lost their singles matches.

“It was just another close match with Texas,” Denton said. “We were in a couple of the matches in singles. We were up 4-0 in Colin Hoover’s match at No. 6 and couldn’t quite close the door in the second set. That’s the way these close matches go, a few points here and there. They handled it better than we did today and won the game points.”

Texas dominated the Aggies in the women’s doubles. Amanda Craddock and Krista Damico of the Longhorns opened the match with an 8-3 win against sophomores Stephanie Frank Davidson and Morgan Frank. Vanja Corovic and Marija Milic then clinched the point for Texas with a 8-5 victory against freshman Janelle Cuthbertson and sophomore Christi Liles.

In singles competition, the Longhorns kept the upper hand. Texas’ Caroline Larsson beat Liles, while Sarah Lancaster took down freshman Sheri Olivier. Maggie Mello capped it off for Texas with a win against Cuthbertson in straight sets.

“We are not satisfied,” Aggie women’s Head Coach Bobby Kleinecke told AggieAthletics. com. “This was not a match that we came in to play close and lose. We were close, but close isn’t good enough. No matter how you look at it, we can’t be satisfied with that.”

In the opening round of the Big 12 Tournament, both teams cruised to 4-1 victories. The men outplayed Nebraska, winning the doubles and three singles matches.

The women advanced against Oklahoma State.

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Junior second baseman Brodie Greene fields a chopper in the infield Sunday against Oklahoma State at Olsen Field. Green batted .462 in the three-game series against the Cowboys.

First place Aggies top conference with series win Brad Cox The Battalion Texas A&M needed two home runs and clutch pitching to take sole possession of first place in the Big 12 Sunday.

In the deciding game of a series against Oklahoma State, the Aggies won 6-4 to win the series.

A&M shared first place with Texas before the game, but the Longhorns tied Kansas State 6-6 to fall to second place.

“Things are going our way a little bit,” A&M Head Coach Rob Childress said. “Ever since we came back from [Kansas State] we’ve played the way we’re capable of playing and we can continue to play even better.”

A&M improved to 28-15 overall and 13-8 in Big 12 play. There are two conference series remaining in the regular season schedule with a split location series against Texas and a road series at Oklahoma.

The Aggies took the lead in the first inning when junior second baseman Brodie Greene was sent home from third base on a balk by Oklahoma State junior starter Tyler Blandford. It was Blandford’s first of two balks in the game.

“We’ll take as many balk calls as we can get,” Childress said. “He

wasn’t coming set to a discernable stop and felt like it was the right call. There were other opportunities for them to call that and we got the other one later in the game.”

Senior center fielder Kyle Colligan stretched the lead with a two-run home run over the left center field wall in the bottom of the third inning. With the wind pushing out to left field, Colligan’s hit went over the scoreboard.

Junior designated hitter Joe Patterson followed with a home run over the center field wall one out later.

Sophomore Barret Loux started the game for the Aggies. Loux has had elbow problems during the course of the season and was pulled from the game one out into the third inning.

“I didn’t know I was going to be needed this quickly,” said A&M junior reliever Alex Wilson, who replaced Loux on the mound. “I knew for a fact today that I was going to pitch at some point, which helps a little bit, but I had no idea I was going to come in in the third inning.”

Wilson pitched five innings, giving up nine hits, four runs and striking out seven.

The Cowboys scored their first run in the sixth inning when senior third baseman Tyrone Hambly scored from third base on a sacrifice fly by freshman designated hitter Jared Womack.

A&M answered in the bottom of the sixth thanks to a two-RBI double down the left field line

by Greene.

“At that point I was trying to get something into the outfield to bring them home,” Greene said. “I battled, kind of got out of myself on the first swing chasing the slider, but I was able to find the hole.”

Oklahoma State chipped away at A&M’s lead in the late innings.

Sophomore catcher Kevin David hit an RBI single in the seventh inning and Womack hit a two-run home run over the right field wall in the eighth inning.

“I’m not really sure how he hit that ball out,” Wilson said. “It was about three or four inches off the ground, so it was just one of those things you shake your head at and move on.”

Sophomore closer Nick Fleece started the ninth inning on the mound. He gave up back-to-back singles, but escaped the inning with a strikeout and a double play to end the game.

The Battalion The Texas A&M softball team played its final two home games of the 2009 season during Senior Weekend.

On Saturday, the Aggies lost their first game of the series against Iowa State 3-0.

Freshman center fielder Kelsea Orsak recorded A&M’s first hit of the game in the bottom of the third inning, but was later caught stealing for the final out of the inning.

The Aggies had three more singles in the game, but A&M failed to advance a runner to second base.

Freshman pitcher Rebecca Arbino pitched all seven innings, allowing five hits, three runs, striking out four and walking none.

“I didn’t like what I saw from us today,” A&M Head Coach Jo Evans said. “We’re trying to make a push in the conference standings and then we came out and let one get away.”

The Aggies played with a different approach in the Sunday game, run-ruling the Cyclones 9-1 in five innings.

“It’s great that we played well, but it makes me mad that we weren’t consistent,” Evans said. “For us not to come out yesterday and take care of business was very frustrating.”

A&M took an early lead, scoring a run in the bottom of the first inning after sophomore pitcher Rhi Kliesing singled to right field.

Defensively, Kliesing had a no-hitter going into the fourth inning. She pitched 4.2 innings, allowed one run, four hits, struck out four, and walked none.

Senior pitcher Savannah Lloyd then entered the game with two outs in the top of the fifth inning. Lloyd struck out the final batter with a changeup.

“It was such a great moment, one of my favorites here at Texas A&M,” Evans said.

“I can’t think of a better way for her to end Senior Day.” Lloyd was one of three A&M seniors honored after the game. She was joined on the field by outfielder Holly Ridley and catcher Erin Glasco.

Evans gave three short speeches to commemorate the time spent by each of the players at Texas A&M and thanked a multitude of members of the softball program.

The Aggies start a four-game road trip Tuesday with a make-up game against Baylor.

A&M will then play in a midweek doubleheader against Kansas on Thursday.

“We have the possibility to have great momentum going into the away games,” Evans said. “We need to take it and run with it and our kids need to feel good about their performance.”

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Freshman center fielder Kelsea Orsak lays down a sacrifice bunt against Iowa State on Sunday at the Aggie Softball Complex.

Cowboys dream comes true for McGee David Arno

Doug Klembara — THE BATTALION

Former Texas A&M quarterback Stephen McGee rushes the ball against Army on Sept.

27, 2008, at Kyle Field.

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The Battalion The first two rounds of the 2009 NFL Draft in New York City passed without a Texas A&M football player crossing the podium.

That changed Sunday when quarterback Stephen McGee and running back Michael Goodson were selected in the fourth round.

The Dallas Cowboys selected McGee with the 101st overall pick, first in the fourth round. Playing for the Cowboys was a lifelong dream for McGee, and he said there is nowhere else he’d rather play.

“In my mind there are the Dallas Cowboys and 31 other teams,” McGee said. “It’s a dream come true for a Texas kid like me.”

McGee will have the opportunity to learn from veterans and established players in Tony Romo and Jon Kitna in Dallas.

“Stephen McGee will be a great fit for the Cowboys,” A&M Head Coach Mike Sherman said. “He is very much in tune with what it

means to be a Dallas Cowboy and I am confident he will surpass all expectations.”

Some analysts project McGee to be the quarterback to run the Cowboys’ Wildcat offense. In the Wildcat, the quarterback is more of a threat to run the ball as opposed to passing it, but McGee said he plans on being a drop-back quarterback.

“I don’t view myself as that good of an athlete,” McGee said. “I think I ran a good 40 time.

I see a Wildcat guy as a tailback. The Cowboys guarantee they see me as a future quarterback dropping back and throwing passes.”

Draft experts projected McGee to be drafted in the second or third round, so waiting until the fourth round was difficult. McGee said he had left his house out of frustration before Dallas owner Jerry Jones made the call.

“At the time, I was pretty frustrated and disappointed,” McGee said. “I had expected to go in the third round. I had always viewed myself being a first round quarterback. There were some things that happened to me in my career

that I couldn’t control, but I’m so excited to be in Dallas.”

Goodson went as the 111th overall pick and 11th in the fourth round to the Carolina Panthers, where he will play behind DeAngelo Williams and Jonathan Stewart.

“I can’t wait to get under those guys,” Goodson said. “I think I worked pretty hard in college, and coming in with some guys who I have heard of and know work real hard, I can’t wait to get under their wing and take in everything that they know.”

Goodson said that the Panthers coaches told him he will play running back for them, but they talked about the possibility of playing him as a slot receiver.

“I plan on being in the backfield, but anywhere they put me, I’m just ready to play,” Goodson said. “I can be a pretty good slot receiver, so wherever they throw me, I’m ready to play.”

Texas A&M defensive end Michael Bennett, punter Justin Brantly and full back Jorvorskie Lane went undrafted.

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Registering a complaint Katie Gajdica

“Howdy, dammit” takes on a whole new meaning with the latest registration system.

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his morning, I arrived on campus after a long battle with http://howdy.tamu.edu when I attempted to register for classes. Disgruntled and in need of caffeine, I encountered a friend limping through the Psychology building.

A glance down revealed his bloody toe.

“What happened?” I asked.

His response: “Howdy.”

Turns out the poor guy had been rushing around to various offices all morning trying to fix problems caused by the oh-so-modern-andupdated program, Howdy, and somehow fell on something sharp in the process. And I thought my registration experience was bad. Those of you who haven’t registered yet, be warned. This new system is filled to the brim with confusing functions and kinks that haven’t quite been worked out yet. Why our wonderful University decided to replace the joys of MyRecord with a program that seems like it’s never been tested is beyond me.

My enmity toward Howdy began weeks ago when I was prompted to enter something called a “Compass PIN.” What is that? Who even has one of those? I dialed up the Computing Help Desk, and was told that the system “has been doing that lately” and that I should just wait a day and try again. Excuse me? I want to plan my schedule!

When I was finally allowed entry into the fabulous new system, I quickly developed Gripe No. 2 against Howdy: Why must we choose College Station from the drop-down menu after every single course search? If I don’t want to take PSYC 306 in Qatar, then I probably don’t want to take EPSY 430 there either! And while

I’m ranting, is there no way to search for honors courses? If there is, I can’t find it, which brings up another complaint – why is everything in Howdy so hard to find? All this from the system that was supposed to make our lives easier and save time. Ha! After many trials and tribulations, I emerged with a list of course and section numbers.

Triumph — or so I thought. Turns out, Howdy is too good for those six numbers and instead wants a five-digit CRN number. Back into the depths of Howdy I ventured, eventually retrieving the elusive CRNs. I typed those bad boys in and clicked the button marked, “Submit Changes.” Up popped a list of classes.

I was momentarily uncertain of whether or not I had actually registered. Was “submitting changes” the same as “adding classes?” I set out on a quest to find my schedule and make sure it was correct. Then I discovered Gripe No. 1,398,786.

Where’s my graphic schedule?

Where are the boxes of yellow and green nicely displayed on the correct hours? The ones that give me the satisfaction of seeing my future brightly displayed in pretty colors?

Gone. Howdy, you have taken away my favorite part of registration. Congrats.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for change. MyRecord needs updates? Fine. You want to add new features?

Great! But is it too much trouble to test out the systems before they are implemented? You’d be hard-pressed to find an Aggie who doesn’t wish MyRecord would come back. A few trials would have been enough to know that this system is much too flawed and user-unfriendly to help our campus.

Also, why are MyRecord and Howdy operating simultaneously? Howdy should not have

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been mandated until it included the features we expect from our online systems — things like Degree Audits and Viewing Blocks. We thought Blackboard Vista was a pain, but Howdy has achieved a whole new level of frustration-inducement.

We’re stuck with Howdy now, so here are some registration pointers. First, look up the CRN numbers ahead of time. Howdy will be much friendlier if you just type them in and click Submit Changes. Second, check for blocks ahead

of time. This is confusing because your blocks are still in MyRecord, but do it. Third, buy some ice cream prior to registration. It’ll be useful for cheering yourself up once you’re done.

“Howdy” used to be a friendly Aggie greeting. Now the word “Howdy” brings to mind a whole collection of online annoyances and complaints. At least the word’s back in campus vocabulary.

Katie Gajdica is a sophomore psychology and English major.

A wake up call from the high seas Tracey Wallace

A surge of piracy reminds the world how fragile freedom and prosperity can be in the face a determined foe.

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his just in: Robert Gates, the secretary of defense and the former president of Texas A&M, said on Tuesday, according to U.S. News & World Report, that for the most part, U.S. intelligence is not yet good enough to pursue pirates in Somali.

That’s right! The pirates are smarter than we are. Which, in all honesty, isn’t surprising.

The world was taken aback, accompanied by giggles and just plan amazement, when word got out about pirate attacks in the Philippines.

They were taking tankers. They were taking cruise ships. And they were taking captives!

It was a flashback to the 18th century in which pirates were like Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow and the captives were the evil British, a theme all too recurrent in American culture. Except this time, the pirates were all over CNN, not the Disney Channel.

The newscasters themselves had difficulty maintaining straight faces as they described the small boats full of pirated men carrying guns commandeering, for lack of a better time to use the phrase, modern day vessels.

Now, in 2009, according to World News, the number of pirate attacks have jumped up nearly two times their original rate, and as of this week, a Somali teen is facing the first U.S. pirate charges in over a century. The headlines from the Associated Press, the Guardian and New York Magazine read, “Pirate arrives in NYC,” “Somali Pirate expected in court,” and “Mum

pleads for Pirate.” I swear, this stuff is better than the movies. Pirates of the Caribbean obviously have nothing on these Malaysian thieves of the sea. And as a country — heck, as a world population — neither do we.

It’s a dog-eat-dog world again. Well, maybe parrot-eat-parrot, but either way, I think it’s about time. Here we are, worried about terrorists attacks, cancer and that missile North Korea fired —all, of course, no laughing matters. But, when it comes to pirates, it seems to be only those who are getting attacked who don’t think it isn’t a little humorous. People have forgotten the good old days of sea-fearing, sea-faring adventures that had you on the edge of your seat.

Even from the legends of sea monsters, Titanic, u-boats, the Bermuda triangle and “Jaws,” we have come to underestimate the power of no land ahoy, which is a little less than smart on our part.

It’s about time we finally take a couple lessons from history and remind ourselves that it has always been when a people feel as though

they have conquered a particular area of life — be that victory, monetary, transportation or natural over-confidence — that the worst always comes.

Remember: Troy wasn’t ruined in a day.

The Greeks plotted, they planned and they perspired in that horse for quite a while.

Over-confidence leads to fatality is the lesson Troy beacons to the world, for where there is over-confidence, there is a slacking on the part of those who worked so hard to achieve that.

Our seas aren’t safe, this we now blatantly realize. Neither are our skies, subways or any man-made method for conquering this world.

Gates is right, our intelligence hasn’t yet reached the level required to put an end to the piracy. That would require a recall on our part of our imaginary lands where life is safe, where people don’t do wrong, where happiness is unalienable.

How easy it is to forget that freedom, whatever form it takes, is never free.

Tracey Wallace is a junior English major.

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tradition, and every cadet in this company has a behind-the-scenes role in the care of “Miss Rev.” “I joined the Corps in the first place to be a part of the E-2 outfit because they were unique and had a defined purpose,” said Coffman about the exclusive duty of his outfit.

Coffman went through a rigorous selection process to become the 2009-2010 mascot corporal. In the final two months, candidates endured tasks such as uniform inspections, essay assignments and library record research at the Cushing Library.

The various tasks looked at whether the candidates could work well with people and ensure that the cadet picked viewed the responsibility with utmost importance, said Busch, who had a final say on his replacement.

“One of the main reasons why Ben was chosen — he will never say it, but I will — is humility,” Busch said. “To be humble is one of his greatest aspects and it is absolutely required for the job.”

The mascot corporal position is a selfless service job and Busch joked that Coffman could claim the superlative of having “the most famous legs in Aggieland,” because of the pictures focusing on Reveille, who will soon always be at his side.

Now that Busch’s time as

mascot corporal has ended, he has become a “mascot sergeant,” mentoring and helping Coffman adjust to his new job. Busch, who was elected as a junior yell leader for next year, said he is looking forward to passing down the tools of the trade, especially lint rollers.

The mascot corporal devotes a large chunk of his time to Reveille — taking her to class, bringing her on dates and even giving up his own bed. As the tradition goes, if Reveille falls asleep on the cadet’s bed, they must give it up and sleep on the floor.

“I’m looking forward to two things,” Coffman said, “meeting interesting people and the football games.”

At the football games the mascot corporal walks Reveille out onto the field and then spends the rest of the game touring the private boxes.

Last year, Busch met Aggies from all walks of life: Governor Rick Perry, military generals and distinguished former students, as well as an adopted Aggie, President George H.W. Bush. The greatest experience, he said, was meeting Rudy Ruettiger, the legendary Notre Dame football player who the movie “Rudy” is based on.

“Rudy was so excited to see Reveille and kept saying, ‘It’s the real Reveille!’ while the whole time I was saying, ‘It’s the real Rudy!’” Busch said. “It was a neat experience to see two legendary traditions from two different colleges there together.”

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