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With summer comes the heat.

In College Station, expect to see temperatures at or higher than 100 degrees for the rest of the week.

Remember to drink water, avoid caffeine and alcohol and stay in air conditioning as much as possible.

Aaron Shaw junior business accounting major

“I would have to kill myself…just kidding. No, it definitely would not be cool. I would have to find somewhere else to go, like the pool.”

Jason Moon junior general studies major majo Natasha Sankovich — THE BATTALION

Junior nutritional science major Laporcha Carter is the president of the Black Student Alliance Council. The council supports the black community while creating awareness at Texas A&M of the achievements and needs of the black student body.

“Oh man, that is a nightmare. First, I would fill a bowl with water and put my feet in it and rest until the air conditioner is fixed.”

Allie on Norton freshman man general al studies es major

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“I would probably go to a swimming pool or a friend’s house. I wouldn’t sweat it out. I would go somewhere with air conditioning.”

Taylor Rosser

Student leader profile series

freshman reshman general eneral studies tudies major

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.

“Find a friend’s house that it didn’t go out. Give them a couple of dollars for them to put it on 76 and hang out.”

ot long after admittance into Texas A&M University, junior nutritional science major Laporcha Carter became the leader of the Black Student Alliance Council (BSCA), whose focus is to “support Black students and Black student organizations in reaching their missions, purposes and goals,” according to the council’s Web site.

Originally from Shreveport, La., Carter moved to Dallas, Texas, in 1997. There she attended the School of Science and Engineering at the Yvonne Ewell Townview Center, the second best public school of secondary education in the

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“Haha…I can’t picture myself. Run out of my house somewhere there is air conditioning. Eat a lot of ice cream.”

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See Carter on page 6

Special to The Battalion Since becoming one of the University’s first communication professors, author Charles R. Conrad has been published many times, but now his research has gone north.

On family vacations in the western part of Canada, Conrad rode ferries from one island to another talking to locals about their culture and comparing it to life in the U.S., and many times the conversation would turn to health care. Conrad said he was fascinated by the pride Canadians had for their national health care system.

“They would ask me ‘how can you live with a

system where half of the people in your country file bankruptcy because of lack of health insurance?’” Conrad said.

As a communication researcher, Conrad wanted to know more, and turned this interest into the subject of his research and latest book, “In the Long Run We’re All Dead: Organizations, Rhetoric and Health Policymaking.”

He carried a book about the Canadian health care system with him on the ferry as a reference when talking with locals. He said he sought answers beyond the obvious differences between the two health care systems.

“Why is it Americans believe we have the best

health care when we are No. 1 in cost and 29th in infant mortality, below Guatemala? How did this happen and why does it stay that way?” Conrad said.

Observation incited this particular research, and observation continues to be a skill that inspires many of Conrad’s research efforts, he said.

“I am curious and I have come to realize that there are lots of questions that weren’t figured out,” Conrad said. “I would have to answer them myself.”

The focus of Conrad’s research is organizational rhetoric and communication, analyzing and observing the communication within an organization See Conrad on page 2

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Campus meetings

Digging for dinosaurs

Today — 11:30 a.m.

Rudder Theatre Interim President Bowen Loftin is hosting an open forum to meet with students, faculty and staff to share thoughts about the University and solicit feedback.

Loftin said this will be the first of many open forums.

Today — 7 p.m.

Koldus Governance Room The Student Senate is having a committee of the whole meeting to “to deliver information to Senators and the student body both concerning the events that have occurred and actions that have been taken by the executive branch to represent the interests of the student body.” The senate also will be taking questions regarding these events. For those who cannot attend, minutes from the meeting will be posted at sga. tamu.edu

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Hudson House, 4, digs for toy dinosaurs Tuesday at the Larry J. Ringer Public Library in College Station. Each week the library has a different activity for the Children’s Summer Reading Club; this week’s is the Dinosaur Dig. The children were allowed to keep any of the plastic creatures they found.

Texas A&M facility opens in Costa Rica SAN JUAN, COSTA RICA – The Soltis Center for Research and Education is formally up and running in this lush Central American rain forest, providing classrooms and laboratories for Texas A&M University students and faculty in their quest to learn about the area’s unique ecological setting and devise ways to preserve it and similar forests for future generations.

A Texas A&M delegation headed by Ambassador Eric M. Bost (Ret.), the University’s vice president for global initiatives, was on hand Thursday for the formal opening and dedication of the facility.

A key element of the dedicatory ceremonies centered on honoring Charles William “Bill” and Wanda Soltis and their family for their gift of the 40-acre facility – including newly constructed classrooms, laboratories and other improvements – and for offering a longterm lease on the adjacent 250 acres of rain forest.

Ambassador Bost said that, in addition to the opportunities for research and education, the Soltis Center for Research and Education allows students to engage in selfless service, one of the University’s core values.

“Not only are Aggies gain-

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Students from the Lohman Learning Community visited the center in January, teaching English and providing books for the library for the local school while increasing their own Spanish skills. ing valuable academic skills at the Soltis Center, but they are also learning and putting into practice skills in leadership and community service on a global level,” Bost said.

Soltis approached University officials in 2005 about the possibility of donating land adjacent to the Monteverde rain forest and building new facilities on it at his own expense to promote research and education.

He said his vision was to provide Texas A&M students with international experiences, protect the area’s unique ecological setting and increase awareness that ultimately will protect that

rain forest and others like it.

“Wanda, our family and I are very happy to provide a facility in Costa Rica that will give future generations of Aggies an opportunity to understand and learn the importance of conserving the Mondeverde Rain Forest while living and working with the wonderful people of Costa Rica,” Soltis said.

Since the informal opening of the center in January, approximately 100 Texas A&M students have had the opportunity to study and participate in service-learning opportunities there.

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to find whether it has a positive or negative effect on the organization.

Conrad has also offered great insight into how communication that reinforces organizational power and arrogance can contribute to huge mistakes, said Communication department head Richard Street For example, he identified the Challenger space shuttle disaster as potentially preventable had miscommunications between the NASA organization decision-makers and scientists been eliminated.

Conrad received his bachelor’s degree from Northwestern University in 1972 and his master’s in 1979 and doctorate degree in 1980 from Kansas State University.

Conrad spent 10 years teaching at the University of North Carolina before coming to the University to build a communication program from the ground up, he said.

“There really is no better job than being a full professor in a major research university,” Conrad said. “I get to spend my time researching things I am interested in and teaching students who want to be here. It is about as perfect as perfect can get.”

Before his first lectures at the University, Conrad broke his jaw in a car accident — a situation he said provided him the opportunity to observe and come to understand students

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J.D. Swiger — THE BATTALION

Charles Conrad, Texas A&M professor of communication, conducted research in Canada about the differences between Canadian and U.S. health care systems. before entering the classroom.

“A&M students are so obsessive-compulsive and overcontrolling that it is possible to do a discussion with over 100 students,” he said. “They are polite. They actually wait until the other is done.”

Conrad said he knows what teaching style works for him, and doubts it would work for anyone else. It has evolved over the course of 25 years of teaching, he said, but he still tries new things in the classroom, connecting coursework to current events.

“Every day, Dr. Conrad would walk into class with a stack of newspaper articles that were somehow connected to what we were learning about,” said senior psychology major Rachel Plugge. “He always broke down these enormous theoretical concepts into events we were actually living

through and witnessing.”

Conrad received the Most Inspiring Professor award at the University of North Carolina, Outstanding Teaching in Higher Education award from the National Communication Association and the universitywide Distinguished Teaching Award from the Association of Former Students at Texas A&M. “He seems to bring out the best in students, particularly honors students,” Street said. “He is arguably a master teacher.”

Conrad has won more teaching awards than any other faculty member in the communication department.

He spends 25 hours each week doing research. Conrad said he views teaching and research as synonymous, with his research often being stimulated by student questions.

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The Battalion staff writer Rick Rojas is covering the D.C. metro crash as an intern at The Washington Post.

Coverage available at: http://projects. washingtonpost. com/staff/articles/ rick+rojas/

Poll finds economy top concern for Texans Texans overwhelmingly believe the economy is the most important issue facing the country and expect gloomy conditions to get worse, according to the nonpartisan Texas Lyceum Poll released Tuesday. More than two-thirds of Texans don’t have confidence in the stock market and almost half are not very confident about the safety of their retirement funds.

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Democrat steps away

Victims of DC metro crash identified WASHINGTON — Officials are identifying five of the victims killed in a subway train crash in Washington, D.C. Metro officials said at a special board meeting Tuesday that four passengers ranging in age from 23 to 64 were killed when a train barreling down the tracks hit a stopped train a day earlier.

The operator of the train that was moving has been identified as Jeanice McMillan, 42, of Springfield, Va. The passengers who were killed were Mary Doolittle, 59, of northwest Washington; Ana Fernandez, 40, of Hyattsville, Md.; Dennis Hawkins, 64, of southeast Washington and Lavonda King, 23, of northeast D.C.

Plane crashes into pond in Mineola MINEOLA, Texas — A 65-year-old pilot survived the crash of his small plane into an East Texas pond in an accident that killed a cow in a pasture.

Mineola Emergency Management Coordinator David Stevenson says Tuesday’s crash happened near Mineola Wisener Airport.

Department of Public Safety Trooper Paul Noble identified the pilot as Johnny Hearon of Mineola. Noble says witnesses say Hearon tried to land twice, and on the third attempt the plane stalled.

A spokeswoman at East Texas Medical Center in Tyler said Tuesday that Heron was in good condition. Mineola is about 80 miles east of Dallas.

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In this image released Tuesday by the Fars News Agency, an Iranian protestor, holding an antiBritish placard, kicks the burnt representations of flags of some western countries including U.S., France, Britain, Italy, and Israel, during a demonstration in front of British embassy.

Intensified crackdown mutes protests in Iran CAIRO — Overwhelmed by police and left with limited alternatives, Iranian demonstrators resorted Tuesday to more subtle ways of challenging the outcome of the presidential election: holding up posters, shouting from rooftops and turning on car headlights.

But the restrained expressions of discontent appeared to be scattered as Iran’s ruling clerics dealt the opposition new setbacks, making clear they have no intention of holding a new vote and setting up a special court to deal with hundreds of protesters arrested in more than a week of unrest.

Iran also expelled two diplomats from Britain — a nation it bitterly accuses of meddling and spying — and Britain in turn sent two Iranian envoys home.

The latest moves, and a fresh deployment of riot police and militia to break up any street gatherings, signaled the regime’s determination to squelch dissent and mute the voices of those whose protests have been the largest since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

“People are calmly protesting, more symbolically than with their voices,” a Tehran resident said in a telephone interview, speaking on condition of anonymity for fear of government retribution.

No rallies were reported Tuesday. Many in Tehran seemed hesitant to confront the feared Revolutionary Guard and members of the Basij militia, suggesting the harsh response wrought by hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to demonstrations may have weakened the opposition’s resolve.

In Tehran’s sprawling Grand Bazaar market, shopkeepers said customers frightened away by the violent crackdown were venturing back outdoors.

“These past few days the situation was not good,” said a vendor who gave his name only as Ali because he feared retaliation.

“People were scared because there

In this image issued Tuesday by the semi-official Iranian Students News Agency, Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, left, attends a meeting with lawmakers. was not any security and people didn’t come out. But thank God, in the past two or three days the situation has gotten much better and business is good.”

Severe restrictions on reporters have made it almost impossible to independently verify reports on demonstrations, clashes and casualties. Iran has ordered journalists for international news agencies to stay in their offices, barring them from reporting on the streets.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry said it expelled the two Britons for “unconventional behavior,” state television reported without elaborating. Tensions between Iran and Britain, which has urged the Islamic regime to respect human rights, have soared in recent days.

During Friday prayers at Tehran University, Khamenei lashed out against Western countries he said were displaying their “enmity” against the Islamic state, “and the most evil of them is the British government.” Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki has accused Britain of sending spies to manipulate the June 12 election.

“I am disappointed that Iran has placed us in this position but we will continue to seek good relations with Iran and to call for the regime to respect the human rights and democratic freedoms of the Iranian people,” said British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

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Obama lays down harder line on violence WASHINGTON — Dramatically hardening the U.S. reaction to Iran’s disputed elections and bloody aftermath, President Barack Obama condemned the violence against protesters Tuesday and lent his strongest support yet to their accusations the hardline victory was a fraud.

Obama said he was “appalled and outraged” by the deaths and intimidation in Tehran’s streets. He suggested Iran’s leaders will face consequences if they continue “the threats, the beatings and imprisonments” against protesters. But he repeatedly declined to say what actions the U.S. might take, retaining — for now — the option of pursuing diplomatic engagement with Iran’s leaders over its suspected nuclear weapons program. “We don’t know yet how this thing is going to play out,” the president said.

“It is not too late for the Iranian government to recognize that there is a peaceful path that will lead to stability and legitimacy and prosperity for the Iranian people. We hope they take it.”

AUSTIN, Texas — Sen. Leticia Van de Putte, a rising star in the Democratic Party, said Tuesday she won’t be running for governor in 2010.

The pharmacist from San Antonio, who has said she was considering a run, sent an e-mail to reporters saying she’s not willing to put her family through the expected vitriolic campaign. Instead, the mother of six said she’s encouraging state senator and former Austin Mayor Kirk Watson to seek the nomination.

Watson said in an online statement that he hasn’t yet decided what to do.

“Over the next several weeks, I will evaluate the role I intend to play in serving Texas after 2010,” Watson said in the statement.

Earlier this year, Van de Putte, who has also been mentioned as a potential U.S. Senate candidate, said her decision will be based on whether she thinks she can win.

“If I believed for a second that it would result in a healthy debate of the issues of most importance to Texas families, I would today be announcing my candidacy for governor of Texas,” she said.

But she expects Republicans to launch more bitter attacks.

“I decline to put my family through it,” she said. “That I am a Latina would only serve to amplify their attacks.”

State Republican Party spokesman Bryan Preston said next year’s gubernatorial campaign will be rowdy and the GOP “would have welcomed her to the race.”

But he called her suggestion that race would play a factor an “unfair, belowthe-belt attack.”

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Who’s running Former ambassador Tom Schieffer, brother of veteran newsman Bob Schieffer, is scheduled to formally launch his campaign for the Democratic nod on Wednesday.

Author and humorist Kinky Friedman, who ran for governor as an independent in 2006, also has said he’s considering running for the Democratic nomination.

On the Republican side, Gov. Rick Perry is running for re-election and U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison has said she’ll challenge him for the GOP nomination.

Obama squares off with insurance lobby WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on squared off with the insurance lobby Tuesday over industry charges that a government health plan he backs would dismantle the employer coverage Americans have relied on for a half-century and overtake the system.

The exchange came after months of White House photo-ops at which the administration and insurers emphasized their search for common ground.

“If private insurers say that the marketplace provides the best quality health care ... then why is it that the government, which they say can’t run anything, suddenly is going to

drive them out of business?”

Obama said in response to a question at a White House news conference.

“That’s not logical,” he scoffed, responding to an industry warning that government competition would destabilize the employer system that now covers more than 160 million people.

Obama made his comments as officials disclosed that Senate Democrats had whittled more than $400 billion off the cost of a health care plan that carried a $1.6 trillion price tag last week. The new cost is below $1.2 trillion, but still above the informal target lawmakers have set.

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Ed McMahon 1923-2009

‘Tonight’ show sidekick dies LOS ANGELES — Ed McMahon, the loyal “Tonight” show sidekick who bolstered boss Johnny Carson with guffaws and a resounding “H-ee-e-e-e-ere’s Johnny!” for 30 years, died early Tuesday. He was 86.

McMahon died shortly after midnight at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center surrounded by his wife, Pam, and other family members, said his publicist, Howard Bragman.

Bragman didn’t give a cause of death, saying that McMahon had a “multitude of health problems the last few months.”

McMahon broke his neck in March 2007, and battled financial problems as his injuries prevented him from working.

Doc Severinsen, “Tonight” bandleader during most of the Carson era, said McMahon was a man “full of life and joy and celebration.”

“He will be sorely missed. He was one of the greats in show business, but most of all he was a gentleman. I miss my friend,”

Hasselbeck accused of plagiarism BOSTON — The author of a health book has sued Elisabeth Hasselbeck, accusing the co-host of ABC’s “The View” of plagiarism.

The lawsuit, filed Monday in federal court in Massachusetts, alleges that Hasselbeck Hasselbeck lifted “word for word” content from a book written by Susan Hassett, a self-published author on Cape Cod. Hasselbeck’s book, “The G-Free Diet: A Gluten-Free Survival Guide.”

Severinsen said.

Don Rickles, a frequent “Tonight” guest, said McMahon was “a friend from the day I first McMahon walked” onto the show’s stage.

“That kind of fun will never be repeated. Ed was the best at what he did and will never be replaced. Another giant is gone,” the comedian said.

David Letterman paid tribute to McMahon as a “true broadcaster” and key part of Carson’s show. “Ed McMahon’s voice at 11:30 was a signal that something great was about to happen.

Ed’s introduction of Johnny was a classic broadcasting ritual — reassuring and exciting,” he said.

Jerry Digney, who was McMahon’s longtime publicist, said McMahon was the most “courtly, good-natured person you could ever meet” and that he brought “elegance, humor and a new sense of importance” to the role of second banana.

More about Ed Born Edward Leo Peter McMahon Jr. on March 6, 1923, in Detroit, McMahon grew up in Lowell, Mass. He started on television playing a circus clown on the 1950-51 variety series “Big Top.” But the World War II Marine veteran interrupted his career to serve as a fighter pilot in Korea. He joined “Who Do You Trust?” in 1958, its second year, the start of his long association with Johnny Carson. He was host of several shows over the years, including the amateur talent contest “Star Search,” whose competitors included Justin Timberlake, Usher, LeAnn Rimes, Adam Sandler and Rosie O’Donnell. He was a longtime co-host of the Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Association Telethon, and was co-host with Dick Clark of “TV’s Bloopers and Practical Jokes.”

Jon, Kate plus 8, minus 1 ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Kate Gosselin says in divorce papers that she and her husband Jon have lived “separate and apart” for at least two years.

Gosselin filed for divorce Monday in Montgomery County Court in Pennsylvania, saying in papers that her 10year marriage is “irretrievably broken.”

The star of TLC’s “Jon Jon & Kate Plus 88” also says they have been unable to agree on dividing their assets.

The Gosselins hadd portrayed themselves as happy until the past few months, even renewing newing their wedding vows in Hawaii waii last year.

The divorce filing was obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press.

The co-stars of “Jon on & Kate Plus 8,” who are re parents of 5-year-oldd sextuplets and 8-yearrold twins, spoke of their heir decision to separate during Monday’s episodee of the TLC reality series. s.

The network had been promising a major on-air n-air decision from the couple, uple, whose increasingly troubled roubled marriage has dominated ted the series in recent weeks, s, as well as fueling a firestorm torm of tabloid coverage.

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The rules do not apply CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — At the National Basketball Players Association’s Top 100 Camp, the players were asked the following two questions, at the request of The Associated Press, in an anonymous survey.

1. Do you agree or disagree with the rule that prevents 18-year-old players from entering the NBA?

2. If the age limitation is raised to age 20, will you go to college for two years or will you consider playing professionally overseas or elsewhere?

AGREE: 23 DISAGREE: 85

COLLEGE: 87 PRO: 19

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Keep the student in the athlete Patrick Hayslip

Whether or not players deserve to be paid, they shouldn’t be.

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et’s face it, college athletes deserve to get paid considering the kind of money their respective colleges rake in. However, there are a multitude of reasons why those very same athletes do not deserve to get paid.

From a sports fan fan’ss perspective, ve, most people will tell you that hat one of the main reasons

they enjoy college sports more than the pros is that college athletes compete for the love of the game and aren’t driven with the figurative cash carrot hanging at the end of the stick.

Taking that away will shake the foundation of sports. Look at March Madness. The aura of a college basketball game with the tournament right around the corner is electric, you rarely see that in the NBA. For A&M, it doesn’t matter how terrible of a season they have had, playing Texas is the highlight of the year and a rivalry like that brings out the passion in every fan.

The majority of college athletes continue their sports careers in college from high school to help them get an education and if they are good enough, the education comes free. A free education should be the extent

of the athletes’ compensation.

There is also room and board included along with books and other expenses, but anything more can be easily misconstrued as a bribe and get both the contributor, often times the coach, and the athlete in big trouble.

USC has been at the heart of this debate lately with allegations that former USC players Reggie Bush and OJ Mayo were paid to play and attend USC. It’s hard not to see that college athletes are paid to go to certain schools and perform a certain way. The difference between the pros and college is that college disguises their payments in various forms, most frequently under the table.

So imagine that we want to eliminate all the sneaking around and we decide to pay the athletes. How would we decide

who gets paid and how much?

Is it done by performance or what sport or player brings in the most revenue for the school?

If we are going by performance, we should give the entire A&M men’s golf team a hefty bonus and both the A&M men’s and women’s track and field teams a statue. The dual outdoor championships for the teams haven’t been achieved since 1990. I’d say if you were going to pay anyone, the teams and players that bring championships and publicity to the schools are deserving. However, it is not that simple.

Because we are talking about money, and universities have something to say about it, there will never be a fair way to reward the correct athletes.

If it were up to the universities they would award the

money to the sports that bring in the most money. ESPN just agreed to pay the SEC $2.25 billion over the next 15 years.

If colleges starting paying their athletes, not only would there be a problem with who to pay but there would be certain universities, such as the ones in the SEC, that would be able to pay more and to more athletes. That would change how recruiting is carried out; a problem that no one should have to deal with.

To set standards and regulations for paying athletes would be a whirlwind of trouble.

Think about it. The NCAA can’t even figure out a playoff set-up for an obviously flawed BCS bowl system. Do you know why? You guessed it, money.

Patrick Hayslip is a senior communications major.

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To pay or not to pay, that is the question Brett Sebastian

The debate continues as to whether or not student athletes should get a “living” stipend.

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ousing, tuition, books and almost every collegiate expense one can think of are included in a full-ride athletic scholarship, everything except one noticeable expense: living. Food, gas and going-out money are all not factored into the typical scholarship. With all their time going into practice, workouts, meetings, games and class, an athlete holding down a part-time job isn’t feasible.

Most of the time athletes can manage to squeeze by, but sometimes the circumstances become enough to push athletes to desperate measures. Many Aggie athletes also have children and other adult responsibilities that their scholarships don’t cover. A number of athletes throughout the nation take under-thetable payments and gifts that go against rules. It is also important to remember that many athletes come from poor backgrounds and money is tight for them and their families, regardless of scholarships.

Paying student athletes brings an image of athletes cashing a check, or even worse, making more than their teammates based on performance on the field.

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best high school athletes to get them to sign with their school can’t help but be thought up.

However, paying a student athlete would be a much cleaner process than many think. The addition of a “living expenses stipend” isn’t unreasonable and would be highly regulated by the NCAA and universities to prevent illegal actions, corruption or payment differences between athletes or different programs.

It isn’t like the major universities don’t have the extra moneyy to make such livingg expense attachments a reality. In 20042005 Texas A&M made over $5 million in athletic profit. With a living scholarship of $2,000 per year, the total cost for A&M’s nearly 650 student athletes would be just over $1 million. For a school that commands more than $64 million in total revenue a year and has the ability to construct multi-million dollar basketball practice facilities with only days of notice, this isn’t unreasonable.

The only issue with a stipend is fairness. The top 10 profit gainers for athletics reads like a who’s who list of powerful state schools. Texas A&M, A&M M, Michigan, Texas, Georgia and other schools of that nature may be able to afford such a cost, but smaller schools have thin margins and the extra cost of a stipend would require cutbacks at another location.

Whereas Texas led the Big 12 in total profit with over $7 million, Iowa State

made a total profit of a little over half a million; and Iowa State is a major BCS school. Small schools especially at the Div.-II and Div.-III level would be hard hit. Equality would be hard hit, and the major state and private schools with huge endowments, sponsorships and other cash cows would have a marked advantage over the little guys.

Then again, the NCAA has had little interest in fairness, with such institutions as the BCS and disproportionate TV time and exposure for the major p j schools and conferences among other things.

The NCAA embraces neither fairness nor the vast sums of cash they get every year, choosing instead to live in a middle ground of hypocrisy.

Condemning universities for rules violations and promoting the equality of all student athletes while selling TV rights to major conferences for billions and setting up

an environment for the already wealthy schools to make much more offf the hard work of student athletes isn’t exactly an equal system. The trade off is a free education, which is all well and good, but at the cost of little to no personal funds and a strict rule book keeping athletes from making potential income off such deals as sponsorships.

None of this factors in the fact that

many athletes chose to forego their degree and declare for the pros. For every college junior who makes millions, many more fall through the cracks. With the controversial NBA rule requiring one year between high school and the pros, many basketball players are more willing to go overseas to make their paychecks than take a year in college.

If the NCAA wishes to walk the line in the middle, choosing neither side, then it might consider loosening its rulebook. Obvious offenses like cheating and an boosters paying athletes would be enforced, but if a student athlete were enf offered offere a sponsorship of some kind then they sshould have all the right to take it; they aare adults, after all. A&M enjoys a lucrative lucrati sponsorship by Adidas and sells ads at football and basketball games. Even schools schoo like New Mexico and San Diego State eenjoy sponsorships from such academically pertinent institutions as casinos. demic The A A&M archery team, which isn’t subject subjec to NCAA rules, has athletes who enjoy sponsorships. The extra cash and equipment equipm hasn’t diminished the scholastic and on-the-field prowess of that team.

How bad would it really be if the Aggie tennis team took up sponsorship or if the track tteam had an Adidas scholarship the athletes athlete themselves could enjoy?

At the end of the day it comes down to pra practicality. A stipend or compensation would be nice, and in some cases might even eencourage an athlete to stay all four years. Still, only a handful of schools could actually afford the added expense.

Regardless, as pros make millions and Regar amateur amate athletes become more and more like professionals themselves, the debate will continue.

Brett Sebastian is a senior geography major.

From the athlete’s view When faced with the empirical question on whether or not collegiate athletes should get paid, one will find opposing opinions on every corner. The issue has become one of the more hotly contested debates around the collegiate sports landscape. With roughly $1 billion being dispensed by colleges for athletic scholarships, it is also an expensive question.

In a full scholarship, athletes receive money for tuition, books and stipends for housing.

They also don’t have to pay for travel, tutoring or uniforms.

Many of the athletes are content with the system currently in place.

“The system in place is fair,” said senior volleyball player Sarah Ammerman.

“With what they pay for, and the opportunity that is given to us, everything works out.”

Ammerman’s teammate also concurred that the opportunities and compensation they receive are fine. “ I believe it’s fair,” said sophomore volleyball player Kelsey Black.

“Many don’t have the opportunity to attend college, and they’re paying for our education and everything that entails.”

Student athletes outside of volleyball agreed with their position as well.

“It would be nice to get paid,” said junior tennis player Kayvon Karimi. “But, I do think the system is working. We’re representing our school. Individuals shouldn’t get money in something so team oriented. With the school already paying for traveling and such, it seems to be very fair.”

When one looks at the hours these collegiate athletes give up, and the sweat each individual pours into their sport, it’s hard to imagine them needing something extra to continue doing it outside of the benefits already offered to them.

“We play for the love of the game,” Ammerman said.

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President, Black Student Alliance Council Laporcha Carter junior nutritional science major

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What do you love most about being an Aggie? The thing I love most about being an Aggie is definitely the traditions. There is a tradition for almost everything. I enjoy attending a major University that still manages to sustain the rich heritage of a small college. The Aggie community is like no other. There is a place for every person.

If you had three hours of free time, what would you do?

I would sit down and reflect on my life up until now and imagine my future. I would write down my concrete goals and the plan I want for my life. I would pray, meditate and thank God for my blessings. I would also spend time with the people I most care about and laugh with them until my stomach hurts and tears are rolling down my face. The little things in life make me happy.

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Preparing leaders for all Aggies

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exas A&M University prides itself on building leaders and fortifying each and every student to prepare them for life after college. This University focuses heavily on the needs of the general student body, trying to leave no student behind. However, being the large major institution that it is, it is literally impossible to reach each and every individual personally. That is where student leaders and organizations come into play. A majority of these student organizations serve to listen to the needs of the groups that they reach in order to voice them to the rest of campus. As of fall 2008, there were more than 38,000 undergraduate students here at Texas A&M. Of them, only a little over 1,000 were African-Americans. The Black Student Alliance Council serves as that bridge between the AfricanAmerican Aggies and the student body as a whole. We are there to serve, enhance and unify the AfricanAmerican students, as it might be easy for them to get lost in the shuffle of college life. We also serve to make the campus aware of the achievements, accomplishments and everyday actions of African-American student leaders and organizations.

Although we are mainly a political council, we work to serve the other black student organizations. We are an alliance because we work together with other organizations to edify and better the black community of students. Yes, we are AfricanAmerican students, but more importantly, we are Aggies.

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When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grew up? When I was a child, I always wanted to be a medical doctor so that I could help people in need, because I hated seeing members of my family sick. Being the child that I was I also dreamed about being a famous singer. I even used to write my own songs and perform them for my friends.

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What are your goals for after graduation? After graduation, I plan on attending medical school either in Texas or Tennessee. I want to focus on endocrinology, studying insulin production in the pancreas because I have a passion for diabetes research.

Ultimately I want to either work for a pharmaceutical company or open my own medical practice in Atlanta.

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What is your favorite memory made at Aggieland so far? My absolute favorite memory of Aggieland so far is attending Midnight Yell with ExCEL my freshman year. I had so much fun meeting all those new people, learning the yells, and doing the freshman wildcat. It was one of my first major experiences of the Aggie traditions. I still love Midnight Yell to this day. It is by far my favorite Aggie tradition!

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Laporcha Carter is a junior nutritional science major.

Laporcha Carter plans to attend medical school and work in endocrinology after graduating from Texas A&M University.

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nation, according to Newsweek magazine. High school, she said, more than prepared her for adulthood.

“Actually high school for me was like four years of college before college,” Carter said. “I was on Drill Team, served on our Senior Board, [was a] representative of the senior class with the PTSA and Prom Queen. I was also on the Superintendent’s Honors List.”

Her greatest accomplishments, however, were good grades, she said.

“Mrs. Aday, my calculus teacher in high school, placed stars on her star wall for her students who received a 5 on the AP exams. You received a small star for AB and a large one for BC. I was so

happy when I realized I got both of my stars on the wall,” Carter said. “She even held a little star ceremony after school one day.”

In 2007, Carter had accumulated enough credits from the School of Science and Engineering Magnet to enter the University as a sophomore.

Carter attributes her success to her parents, she said.

“I truly appreciate my upbringing,” Carter said. “[My parents] allowed for me to make my own mistakes so that I could grow into my own person. They encourage me, uplift me and inspire me.” Carter is outgoing and displays excellence in whatever she does, said Carter’s mother Cynthia Carter.

“She is a leader and a devoted team player,” Cynthia said. “She has an ability to set goals for

herself and achieve them.”

When considering colleges, the Aggie way of life was love at first sight, Carter said.

“I randomly received a letter from the Dallas Branch of the Texas A&M Prospective Student Center inviting me to visit the campus. When I arrived, I fell in love with the feel of home, and the warmness I was invited with,”Carter said. “It was very different from any other college visit. I absolutely adore the traditions and I can honestly say I saw the love for A&M that so many Aggies share.”

Carter is a strong individual, said Carter’s father Alvin Carter. “I am a father that is glad to have her as my daughter,” Alvin said. “She was raised to be a good person and she turned out great.”

Starting out in the Girl Scouts and beauty pageants as a young girl, Carter became involved in

many organizations as a college student.

“One main thing that I did was get involved in student organizations in campus. I joined ExCEL and other organizations and I got a chance to work with the African-American community on campus,” Carter said. “I got to encounter many of the issues that we are dealing with on this campus and this put me in a position to run for president of the Black Student Alliance Council.”

The council helps encourage African-American students to become involved, Carter said.

“We are currently partnering with the Woodson Black Awareness committee to create a general membership body for African-American students called the CU [Community of Us] where students will be able to actively serve their community,” Carter said.

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