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President Murano critical of review ■ Murano sends Chancellor McKinney heated letter in response to job review Kalee Bumguardner

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Members of Company D-2 keep up their fitness during an event where each company runs for 15 minutes around the Quad.

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hile upholding Aggie traditions in preparation for new students and the Class of 2013, some may wonder what is happening with the Keepers of the Spirit, the Corps of Cadets.

“The Corps of Cadets during the summer is a lot different than during the normal school year,” said senior industrial distribution major Andrew Lippman. “During the school year, all members of the Corps are in a specific outfit. In the summer, all cadets are part of the Summer Recruiting Company (SRC) that recruits for the upcoming school year.”

There are approximately 80 cadets in the SRC

that stay on campus during the summer and another 125-150 that are off campus but still participate in the Corps in some way, according to 2009 SRC Commander Kurt Vordenbaum.

Most cadets in College Station for the summer take part in some form of recruitment, which takes place at the new student conferences.

The Corps holds about five functions during each conference to give newcomers a chance to learn more about the Corps and over 30 events both on and off campus including attending Boys State in Austin, the FFA State Convention, and several JROTC camps across the state.

“A small subset of SRC will choose to also serve as mentors for the Corps Summer Mentorship Program,” Vordenbaum said. “The CSMP invites any freshman offered the gateway program over the summer to spend it with the Corps. They are not considered part of the Corps, which allows them to

live like normal students in the Corps dorms, but they get the benefits of the Corps to help them be admitted in the fall.”

What the Corps does during the summer ensures there are new members for the fall, said 2009-2010 Corps Commander Brett Lanier.

“I have a lot of respect for the cadets who serve in SRC,” Lanier said. “They spend a lot of time and energy by staying over the summer to ensure that the Corps has freshmen in the fall. Without their hard work, bringing in at least 600 cadets would not be possible.”

Uniforms are not required during the summer.

“During the summer things are completely relaxed,” said senior human resources development major Cassandra Olsen. “There aren’t regular room inspections, quiet hours, or training time, and we are only required to wear our uniforms to class on New Student Conference days, so it’s really nice!”

The Battalion Texas A&M University System Chancellor Mike McKinney gave A&M President Elsa Murano a critical assessment of her first year on the job.

Annual performance reviews are required of all Texas A&M employees, usually filed by May 31. Murano said that it was her understanding that the review was done out of cycle at the request of the Board of Regents. The review was filed February 9.

McKinney rated Murano Murano’s performance on a wide variety of areas, from management to communication skills to personal attributes, grading her on a scale from one to five – 1 being poor and 5 excellent.

The majority of McKinney’s ratings were 2’s and 3’s; however, Murano received a 1 on “follow through,” “acting decisively and timely” and “team player,” and a 4 on “focus on organizational mission,” “crisis management” and “relationship with colleagues and professional associations.”

In response to her evaluation, Murano sent a letter to McKinney and all nine members of the Board of Regents, directly refuting the contents of the evaluation and defending her job performance.

“I completely and absolutely disagree and reject the results of this evaluation,” Murano said. “Dr. McKinney’s evaluation of my performance is extremely far removed from the facts of my performance.”

Murano addressed many of the McKinney’s ratings individually, stating her evidence as to why they were undeserved.

“Especially troubling, and absolutely inaccurate, is his rating of ‘2’ in terms of my ability to motivate people,” Murano said, “especially given the tremendous turn-around See Murano on page 6

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Bomber’s Fanfest draws community Coming Wednesday

After a 0-2 season opening weekend road trip to Brazos Valley Bombers returned to College Station for their home opener Tuesday. On Sunday they offered entertainment for the community with activities, music, and food.

Student leader profile series Once a week during the summer, The Battalion will be profiling a student leader to gain insight into their lives and what it takes to do their job.

This week Memorial Student Center President Stephanie Burns shares her goals and challenges for the next year.

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TCU takes 3-2 win

Jon Eilts — THE BATTALION

Children play with the Brazos Valley Bombers mascot Kaboom Sunday at Brazos Valley Ballpark before they ran the bases during the Bomber’s Fan Fest.

TCU downed Texas Sunday 3-2 to even their Super Regional series 1-1 and force a winner take all championship game for a ticket to Omaha. This is TCU’s first Super Regional Championship game and chance to go to the College World Series. Texas is the winningest college baseball program with 32 College World Series trips and six national championships.

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TCU player Matt Carpenter’s home run helps lead TCU to a 3-2 victory over Texas in the NCAA college baseball super regionals.

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Texas officials urge census

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SAN ANTONIO — Texas stands to lose millions of dollars in federal money for health care and schools if the 2010 census undercounts residents as it has in the past, state officials say. In the last census, 373,567 Texans were not counted, or 1.76 percent of the state’s population in 2000, according to an audit done then.

The undercount could have resulted in Texas missing out on $1 billion in federal funds from 2002 to 2012 if a recalculation hadn’t been done.

Tweet: “Pres Obama you got nerve while u sightseeing in Paris to tell us ‘time to deliver’ on health care. We still on skedul/even workinWKEND” Erica Werne

21 arrests made at Cowboys Stadium ARLINGTON, Texas — At least 19 public intoxication arrests were made during the debut of the $1.15 billion Cowboys Stadium.

A statement from Arlington police said they also made one DWI arrest and one assault arrest Saturday night.

Performers George Strait and Reba McEntire, two of the biggest names in country music, helped open the stadium. At least 60,188 fans showed up, The Dallas Morning News reported.

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Junior nuclear engineering major Matthew Tredinnick begins his summer school homework Thursday in the MSCC Town Hall cubicle inside the Memorial Student Center enjoying the quiet before the MSC closes in August.

Associated Press WASHINGTON — Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley says that President Barack Obama “got nerve” to go sightseeing in Paris while telling lawmakers it’s time to deliver on a health care overhaul.

Grassley, the top Republican on the Finance Committee, is key to any bipartisan health care deal. Using Twitter — the Internet-based social connection service allows users to send mass text messages called “tweets” — the Iowa Republican issued two angry “tweets” Sunday morning as the president wrapped up an overseas tour.

For months Obama had left the details of health care legislation to Congress, then inserted himself firmly into the debate in recent days, including using his weekly radio address Saturday to declare “it’s time to deliver” on health reform.

Grassley’s first tweet: “Pres Obama you got nerve while u sightseeing in Paris to tell us ‘time to deliver’ on health care.

We still on skedul/even workinWKEND.” A short time later: “Pres

Obama while u sightseeing in Paris u said ‘time to delivr on healthcare’ When you are a ‘hammer’ u think evrything is NAIL I’m no NAIL.” A Grassley spokeswoman verified that the senator was the author of the messages.

Asked to respond to Grassley’s Twitter commentary, White House spokesman Reid Cherlin said: “President Obama is gratified that the Senate is working hard to bring a health reform bill to the floor on schedule. He looks forward to continuing his work with them upon his return from the commemoration of Allied heroism at D-Day.” Grassley’s attitude is significant because any hope for bipartisan consensus on health care rests on an alliance between Grassley and Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont. The committee has been laboring to come up with a health care bill that Democrats and Republicans can support.

Despite strong opposition from most Republicans to one of Obama’s key goals for a health care bill, government insurance plan, Baucus and Grassley see a compromise as an option.

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For a look at what goes on behind the scenes of The Battalion’s studentled newsroom, check out Editor in Chief Kalee Bumguardner’s blog.

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Chris Clonts, Class of 2005, performs Thursday night at Paddock’s Lane on Northgate. A small audience enjoyed both covers and original songs from the local singer/songwriter. Clonts plans to perform June 27 at art979 in Downtown Bryan and return to Paddock Lane July 23.

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AUSTIN, Texas — Why wait for France? Lance Armstrong can pop that bottle of champagne now. He announced the birth of son Max during a break between the Giro d’Italia and the Tour de France next month. Max is Armstrong’s fourth child. The 37-year-old cycling great posted a message on his Twitter account Thursday night and included a picture of the newborn, playfully sticking out his tongue at the

camera. “Wassup, world? My name is Max Armstrong and I just arrived. My Mommy is healthy and so am I!” Armstrong wrote, noting Max weighed 7 pounds, 5 ounces and was 20 inches long.

Armstrong Armstrong and his girlfriend, Anna Hansen, announced in December they were expecting a baby in June.

One-woman team repeats track championship win AUSTIN, Texas — When Bonnie Richardson became the first girl in state history to win a team high school track title by herself, she was just a small-town Texas kid who worked on a ranch and trained on a dirt path with potholes.

Then her phone started ringing. A lot.

Sports Illustrated put her in the magazine after last year’s title. TV networks set up interviews. Texas A&M, which would normally go nowhere near a tiny community like Rochelle looking for track athletes, even threw a scholarship at her.

Richardson of Rochelle High School scored 42 team points to win the Texas 1A track title — again.

She was the only Rochelle athlete to qualify for the state meet and stunningly won the team title. University Interscholastic League officials said it was the first time they can remember a Richardson single athlete winning a girls’ team title.

“It was good that now people kind of know where Rochelle is. It helped my school,” she said. “But all it was pretty weird. I’m not used to talking to people.”

She started off Friday by winning the gold in the long jump (17 feet, 4 inches) and high jump (5-8), and taking silver in

the discus (126-9). She had a 28-10 lead over second-place Quanah.

On Saturday, she won the 200 meters in 25.03 seconds and nearly pulled off a huge upset in the 100 before finishing second (12.19) to defending champion Kendra Coleman of Santa Anna. Richardson, a junior, earned a total of 42 team points to edge team runner-up Chilton (36).

Richardson — the only girl who runs track at the 59-student school — said the team trophy is not her goal. In fact, she sounds kind of bored talking about it.

“That’s never been part of the plan,” Richardson said. “I just want to go out and do well and maybe win a couple of medals.

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Who cares about a team title?”

They cared enough in Rochelle, a town of less than 200 people located about 85 miles east of San Angelo. Folks threw her a victory party after the 2008 crown. TV networks tried to set up on-camera interviews only to find the school and town couldn’t set up a satellite connection.

Richardson had instantly gained celebrity status and Texas A&M track scholarship. “I still get phone calls, and that kind of creeps me out because I don’t know how they got my number,” she said.

Richardson is heading to Texas A&M in the fall.

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Strength of arms

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After A&M’s first championship, here are some points to remember.

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week after Texas A&M’s first national championship since 1987, I am still a little giddy and unsure of how to act. As a Houstonian and an Aggie it has been a long time since I could associate myself with an actual championship that doesn’t involve minor league hockey or MLS. However, outside of lots of fist pumps and dousing the newsroom in champagne, I have struggled a bit in how to conduct myself from here. I figured our University, starved for championships, is going through the same collective feeling. So here is my fourpoint plan on how to act like a champion.

1. Don’t let the haters get you down. The minute golf won its championship the Internet filled with Aggie haters, only half of which were from Tech! There were even a few Texas fans, jealous of the fact that for the first time since Reagan was president, A&M has the most recent national championship.

2. Build on it. Don’t let golf’s improbable championship seem like an aberration on A&M’s recent hard luck playoff record. Look at it instead as a foundation or an icebreaker. Texas A&M has done a great job of providing the coaches and facilities to be a world-class athletic competitor; all they were missing were on-the-field results. Well, now those results are starting to come in. A championship in golf, a highly favored track team, a world-class swim team, a basketball team reaching never-before-seen success.

This isn’t a fluke, this is hard work paying off by everyone from the administration to the athletics to the Twelfth Man; and there is no reason more success can’t be in the future.

3. Be a good sport. What separates us from the panhandle is the fact that A&M does not riot after major victories or rub success in the loser’s face. Remember to take the high road College Station, if for no other reason than to keep karma on our side. Also, I don’t want to see any more golf-related riots in town. It reflects poorly on us all.

4. Don’t forget your roots.

Namely, don’t forget the hard work involved in winning at the highest level. Practice, whether it be running laps or yelling, is crucial to success.

Don’t start going all rock star with your golf championship; remember the traditions and people involved that got you to where you are.

So stay classy College Station, and enjoy being the best.

Brett Sebastian is a senior Geography major.

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Geoff Lomax, Josh Choham, and Andrew Velez poise during fanfest. Pitching should be the team’s strength.

David Harris The Battalion It is no secret in baseball that the key to winning is pitching. For the Brazos Valley Bombers, that mantra is especially true this season. The Bombers’ pitching staff will be key to whether or not the team is competing in the playoffs come August. “With a potent offense, the expectations are pretty simple,” said Head Coach Brent Alumbaugh. “Throw strikes and keep us in ballgames.”

The Bombers took this lesson from their coach to heart in the opening season game against McKinney. The

Bombers’ pitching staff held McKinney to only two runs through 15 innings. Only in the 16 did they give up the game-winning third run.

The Bombers, however, have some room to grow. Against Coppell they allowed 13 runs.

The Bombers have the talent coming in to have one of the better staffs in the Texas Collegiate League. The Bombers also have one of the more veteran pitching staffs with four juniors and four sophomores. Only the East Texas Pump Jacks have more experienced pitchers.

One of the key starters is Texas

A&M redshirt sophomore Aaron Daab.

The southpaw, coming off Tommy John surgery in September, is looking forward to getting his arm back in shape for next spring while helping the Bombers compete every fifth night and eventually land a playoff spot come August.

“We’ve got a lot of talent coming in from the big schools,” said Daab. “For me, though, it’s about getting some innings under me after the surgery.”

Another new member to the Bombers, sophomore pitcher Joaquin Hinojosa, has been all over the map from Texas Tech to California to Texarka-

na. He, however, is joining the Aggie baseball team this coming season and is excited about the challenges that both the Texas Collegiate League and A&M will bring.

“This summer is about competing,” said Hinojosa. “That and getting myself ready for A&M.” In addition to Daab and Hinojosa, the Bombers’ tout juniors Jacob Liedka, Brian Watson, Andrew Velez and Drew Flaniken. Leidka started three games for the Bombers last season, posting a 3.31 earned run average, and transferred to Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. Watson made one start for the Bombers last season after coming to the team near the end of the season.

In his one start he shut out eventual champion McKinney as the Bombers won 3-0. Despite earning a loss in relief for the Bombers Friday, he struck out seven and posted a 1.42 ERA. Velez has nearly 30 games of pitching experience for Southeastern Louisiana, accumulating a 3.31 ERA and holding opposing batters to under .230 average. His success on the mound led to him being signed by the University of New Orleans. Flaniken just transferred to Tennessee-Martin University after acting as Cleveland State’s setup man recording 38 strikeouts.

Outside of veteran collegiate talent, the Bombers also feature several promising freshmen such as Mitchell Pitts, Garret Fanchier, Josh Cotham and Kennedy Winn. Sophomores Travis Smith, Tyson Seng and Geoff Lomax also show talent. Smith was a consistent starter for Michigan, posting a 5-1 record and 4.40 ERA. He also got the start for the Bombers opening night at McKinney and pitched three innings of no-hit ball. Seng split time on the mound and the field for Oklahoma but posted a 4-0 and 4.60 ERA record as a relief pitcher. Lomax led Hendrix College with five saves and 11 strikeouts in 22 innings.

TCU holds on against Texas 3-2

Bombers return 0-2, prepare for opening day

Brett Sebastian

The Brazos Valley Bombers held their second annual Fan Fest Sunday afternoon at the Brazos Valley Bank Ballpark. The Fan Fest was the first opportunity for fans to see the Bombers on their home field. Nearly 500 fans arrived to enjoy carnival style games for children and live music, including Ben Morris and the Great American Boxcar Chorus, for the older crowd.

The evening was topped off with a run of the bases by fans and a home run derby which Aggie junior Brett Parsons won 6-5 over Alan Harris in comefrom-behind fashion.

The trip home comes in the wake of a 0-2 road trip to start the Texas Colligate League season off on the wrong foot. The Bombers narrowly lost to McKinney Friday 3-2 in a game that set a TCL time record.

Bomber pitcher Brian Watson pitched six shutout innings out of the bullpen but gave up the game winner in the sixteenth. On Saturday the Bombers lost a slugfest 13-8 to Coppell to put them last in the TCL standings.

The Bombers’ first home game is Tuesday, when they host the McKinney Marshals.

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TCU starter Paul Gerrish held Texas to five hits through seven innings before relinquishing to closer Eric Marshall.

TCU’s offense took advantage of opportunities to put runs on the board. Matt Vern hit his seventeenth home run of the season to put the Frogs up 2-0 in the fourth inning. Matt Carpenter provided the only other

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UT’s Travis Tucker tags out TCU’s Aaron Shultz Sunday. run with a homer of his own in the sixth to put TCU up 3-0.

Texas made the game interesting, with Kevin Keyes scoring a lone run in the seventh, resulting in Marshall taking the mound. Marshall would allow a run in the eight, but locked down the save in the ninth to secure the 3-2 win. The win

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In this photo released Sunday by Brazil’s Air Force, officers recover debris belonging to the Air France Flight 447 in the Atlantic Ocean. Four more bodies were found Sunday in the ocean near the spot where an Air France jet is believed to have crashed a week ago, bringing the total number of bodies to six.

4 more bodies found in Brazil plane crash RECIFE, Brazil — Search ships methodically worked through a “sea of debris” from a doomed Air France jet Sunday, recovering four more bodies near the spot where the Airbus A330 is believed to have gone down a week ago.

Six bodies have been retrieved since Saturday and ships were headed to pick up more Sunday afternoon after pilots participating in a grid search reported additional sightings. The bodies have been found in an area about 45 miles (70 kilometers) from where the jet sent out messages signaling electrical failures and loss of cabin pressure.

“We’re navigating through a sea of debris,” Brazilian Navy Capt.

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The French agency investigating the disaster said airspeed instruments on the plane had not been replaced as the maker had recommended, but cautioned that it was too early to draw conclusions about what role that may have played in the crash.

The agency, BEA, said the plane received inconsistent airspeed readings from different instruments as it struggled in a massive thunderstorm.

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Iraq detains, investigates 5 US contractors in Kitterman death BAGHDAD — Five U.S. contractors have been detained in the investigation of the slaying of another American in Baghdad’s Green Zone, officials said Sunday, in what may become the first case of U.S. citizens facing Iraqi justice under a security agreement that took effect this year.

U.S. and Iraqi officials said the five have not been charged in the death of Jim Kitterman, 60, a construction company owner from Houston, Texas, whose body was found May 22 in his car in the Green Zone. He had been blindfolded, bound and stabbed.

Police spokesman Maj. Gen. Abdul-Karim Khalaf said the Americans were being held at an Iraqi police station inside the Green Zone “in connection with a joint U.S.-Iraqi investigation” into Kitterman’s death but gave no details.

“Until now, the detained persons are suspects and no formal charges have been filed against

them,” he said.

U.S Embassy spokesman James Fennell confirmed that five Americans were in Iraqi custody but said no formal charges have been filed so he couldn’t provide further details about the detention.

A U.S. official said the five were being investigated for allegations other than murder. He spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation was continuing.

Interior Minister Jawad al-Bolani, who supervises Iraqi police, said it appeared that Kitterman was killed because of an undisclosed “financial situation.”

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Shootout kills 16 in Acapulco resort ACAPULCO, Mexico — Mexican soldiers fought a two-hour battle with heavily armed men holed up at a house in an Acapulco hotel zone, killing 15 of the gunmen as Mexican tourists cowered in rooms nearby. One soldier was killed and the wounded included three soldiers and three bystanders.

Several tourists were evacuated from hotels in a neighborhood once frequented by Hollywood stars.

N. Korea might be back on terror list WASHINGTON — Concerned by North Korean behavior that she called “very provocative and belligerent,” Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said in an interview aired Sunday that the U.S. was considering putting North Korea back on its list of state sponsors of terrorism, a clear signal that any slim hopes once held for improved relations had been dashed.

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Chrysler dealers scramble to unload vehicles Bree Fowler Associated Press Peter J. Walsh, the owner of Walsh Dodge in Jersey City, N.J., started out selling used cars in his hometown 28 years ago after the birth of his daughter. He slowly built his business, and felt as if he’d finally made it when he earned his Chrysler shingle in 2000.

But on Tuesday, Walsh Dodge will lose that shingle — as will 788 other dealers across the country. Auburn Hills, Mich.-based Chrysler has asked a bankruptcy court for permission to terminate the franchise agreements of about 25 percent of its dealers.

For Walsh and the others on the “hit list,” the last days of selling Dodge, Jeep and Chrysler vehicles have been filled with quick sales at deep discounts, along with sad goodbyes from longtime customers and feelings of dismay and anger toward the automaker they worked with for years.

“It is what it is. It’s just a tough situation,” Walsh said, speaking inside his dealership

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HERMOSILLO, Mexico — Grieving parents buried their children Sunday after a devastating daycare fire killed 40 infants and toddlers, stunning Mexico and prompting its president to promise a thorough investigation.

President Felipe Calderon arrived in the city late Saturday. The death toll rose to 40 on Sunday after two children died in hospitals. Most of the victims died of organ failure caused by smoke inhalation.

Saturday morning. “It’s been difficult mentally the past couple of months, but we’ll be OK. I don’t feel as bad for myself as I do for the young guys with families that work for me.”

Chrysler maintains that the franchises singled out for termination were chosen because they weren’t profitable or were located too close to another Chrysler dealer.

But the dealers argued in court that a smaller dealer base won’t save the company any substantial money. They say the dealers cover their own costs, paying for everything from the vehicles on their lots to employees, advertising and tools.

And while he might have been underperforming some of Chrysler’s sales criteria, Walsh claims some of that was the automaker’s fault, pointing to its insistence that he sell more pickup trucks — a vehicle unsuited to the densely populated urban strip he serves across the Hudson River from New York City.

“How many Dodge pickups can I sell in Jersey City? It’s not Waco, Texas,” Walsh said.

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As Aggies face the loss of our living room, we need to protect the Aggie Spirit by not settling into cliques

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or the past 133 years, Texas A&M, as College and University, has shaped its students and our environment. One essential element, one key ingredient in the glue that has held our identity together for more than a century, has been a sense of community.

Today, A&M faces challenges symptomatic of any large institution that is growing into maturity. One of these, and the most important in my mind, is the challenge to the Aggie Spirit presented by several factors, the latest of which is the looming loss of our Memorial Student Center for a

period of at least three years.

It may seem silly to us now, but this renovation project presents as much of a challenge to the Aggie Spirit as the dwindling presence of Howdy or any other tradition, and needs to be addressed.

For most of the first century of A&M’s existence, Aggies’ sense of community had organic support because of the military organization of a student body comprised almost completely of the Corps of Cadets.

Paramilitary units from squadron on up shared a hierarchy and a sense of purpose — education and military service. In addition to the organization of authority and progress within the Corps, cadets shared living spaces, dining spaces and activities.

Together they learned, worked, ate, slept, played and went to the women’s schools on the weekend to pick up dates for the football game or dance. They shared the needs of young men at school through four wars and the beginning of a fifth.

When the university was opened to women and non-regs and the military academy atmosphere began to show signs of relaxation, Aggies did not let go of their sense of

service. The student body was still small enough that everyone at least had the opportunity to feel like a part of something much larger, in terms of importance if not of numbers.

That has worked well for the past four decades, even as the population has expanded, and the number of interests, organizations and activities has likewise expanded. Up until this year. Part of what kept the various constituent groups of the student body together as it grew and diversified was continued access to a shared space through which most undergraduates passed on some kind of a regular basis.

The mission of service that has been heralded to each incoming class is fueled by the physical realization that we are a part of a larger, more diverse group of individuals and organizations. Each organization has a niche purpose and membership, but all coexist.

For the next three, probably more, years, we will not be forced to coexist. And while it might seem laughable, this means students face something we have never faced before: a large variety of very differ-

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MAILCALL From Torrey Ognoskie, class of 2008 In Tuesday’s opinion piece “Justice Sotomayor deserves a fair trial,”conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh is accused of “old fashioned racism” for playing the “Barack the Magic Negro” song during his show. The fact that the song is a parody of a Los Angeles Times opinion piece where “Obama the Magic Negro” actually originates is not mentioned.

It is very easy to paint a person like Limbaugh as a mean, bigoted, conservative bogeyman. It is more difficult to actually do a little homework and understand the context of his parodies and what they are intended to do. In this case, the parody was

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meant to poke fun at an instance of racism on the left because many Americans are led to believe that racism is something that is unique to the right wing of politics.

I don’t have a problem with anyone taking shots at Rush. He lays out his opinion for three hours a day and he should be subject to fair criticism from people who disagree with him. What he should not be subject to is being labeled a racist by anyone who is too lazy to go on his Web site and read a transcript or two.

Limbaugh has been subject to numerous attacks over this parody, and he has explained the whole thing numerous times. This is an instance where the truth is easily accessible, but it was ignored because it did not suit an agenda.

ent identities, and a lack of a central space in which to live them out alongside each other.

Despite the best of intentions, nothing is going to replace the heart of A&M’s campus. Studio 12 has plenty of open space, which is even more open than that of the MSC, and it has a piano. It is accessible to people who live in the Commons and other Southside dorms, and upperclassmen inclined to day-cations from the Quad, but it is not convenient to many others.

The need to rearrange the cavernous heap of Rudder’s first floor every time a show comes to town will do as much to negate any possible feelings of comfort and coziness as the building’s architecture and interior design. One can only wonder what effect the closure of the breezeway area and streets adjacent to the MSC will have on foot traffic to the tower. Time will tell.

Maybe Northgate will see more business from Northside residents, but even the liquid-induced conviviality produced by A&M’s finest bars won’t be able to replace the Aggie-ness of the MSC. We face a problem, and there is

no easy solution. There is, however, something we can do to confront it. We can choose not to settle for seeking interactions with people only from our comfort zone. This means refusing to settle in with cliques determined by organizational affiliation, residence, or academic discipline, to the exclusion of others.

If we give in to the ossifying effect of geographic separation upon lines already separating this or that group of people, type of organization, residence area, or other classification, we will surrender what makes us the friendliest campus in the nation.

Summer is well on its way, and with it has come the waning of the student population. When our fellow Aggies come back this August, after our student center’s doors have closed for the last time in three years, welcome them back, and not just the ones you know. Let us make an extra effort to reach out and know the unknown amongst us.

Let’s give a “Howdy” to as many people as possible.

Jason Staggs is a senior history major.

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President’s response displays lack of professionalism

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e were disheartened after reading the exchanges between Texas A&M University President Elsa A. Murano and Chancellor Mike McKinney regarding her performance in her first year in office.

As much as we regret that the chancellor began the process of airing the University’s and System’s dirty laundry by including very personal remarks in his review of Murano, we are even more disappointed by our president’s response and her decision to forward it to all members of the Board of Regents.

In her 10-page response to McKinney, our president appears to use the rather juvenile method of throwing every possible defense at a perceived threat, regardless of the threat to her job that the review might have posed before she responded to it.

If the decision to release a document displaying such unprofessional reasoning was not simply the result of a clerical error, it leads us to doubt the ability of this administration to separate personal from personnel issues and judge which are appropriate to respond to publicly.

We further lament Murano’s refusal to comment on the subject and her assertion that her response is “self-explanatory.”

The “long-standing practice” of not discussing personnel matters has not prevented our University’s president from straying from protocol in the past, and it should not constrict her public statements now.

Now that these documents have been made available to the public, students, faculty, staff and others affected by Murano’s administration deserve to hear from her.

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in the morale of the faculty and staff from where it was a year ago during the controversy surrounding the search process for president.”

She also explains the meaning of such low ratings, and is personally affronted by some of the implications of the ratings, including McKinney’s rating of a 2 for honesty and integrity.

“Only a president who is deceitful, malicious, or who is known to break rules or even the law would rate this low on these very important character traits,” Murano said. “Such a low rating regarding my honesty and integrity goes beyond the pale and I consider personally insulting.”

Murano lists multiple people who can vouch for her integrity and honesty, including Defense Secretary Robert Gates and former presidents George W. and George H.W. Bush.

“Given the complete disconnection between Dr. McKinney’s perception of my performance and all the evidence to the contrary,” Murano said, “I can only conclude that this review was not based on facts.”

The review, which came out in February, was preceded by a self-evaluation from Murano in which she rated herself highly, and extensively listed her achievements of the year.

McKinney applauds Murano’s Aggie Assurance scholarship program, and her management of the Hurricane Ike crisis and move of the Galveston students. He is disparaging of her elsewhere, however. “[Murano] fails to assume responsibility for decisions,” McKinney said.

McKinney said Murano

does a good job on things she likes but is very poor on carrying out decisions with which she disagrees.

Murano, however, said that being a team player requires that each team member have the freedom to point out potential problems, and even disagree with the direction that the team leader wants to go.

“Being a team player also means that once decisions are made, everyone moves forward together,” Murano said.

“There have been several initiatives that I have disagreed with. However, after voicing my opinion as a member of the team, once the final decision was made by the Board, I have abided with the decision.”

After Murano sent her rebuttal to the Board of Regents, she received a reply from Board member Gene Stallings, questioning her decision to share her arguments regarding the review with the board, rather than keeping it strictly between McKinney and her.

“I must admit I was surprised that you set a copy to all nine regents,” Stallings said. “Would it not be more appropriate for your remarks and questions to be made privately to Dr. McKinney? He then could present his evaluation and your remarks to the Board.”

Stallings said that he understands the challenges Murano faced her first year as president, but that a good working relationship between the presidents and chancellor is a must.

“We understand that it is the responsibility of the Presidents to report to the Chancellor,” Stallings said, “and we remember it was Dr. McKinney who recommended you to the Board to be the President of Texas A&M University.”

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BILLY ELLIOT, THE MUSICAL Nominated for 15 awards, Billy Elliot, the Musical took home multiple titles including Best Book of a Musical, Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical, Best Choreography, and Best Direction of a Musical.

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