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Paula Harman Pau Special to The Battalion Spec The Fall 2010 Residence Life L Energy Challenge, coordinated by ResLife in conjunction j with the Residence Hall H Association, Sustainability Office, Facilities ServicesUt Utilities-Energy Management and Student Stu Government, kicked off Sept. 13. It combines utilities monitoring, recycling pprojects and a series of events to promote sustainability su awareness. The challenge will run r until National Campus Sustainability D Sus Day on Oct. 20. There are several dimensions to the Th challeng challenge enge th this year, with a competition betwee between een the dorms being the main aspec aspect. c Utilities are monitored an and nd compared to the numbers fro from 2009 as students try to dev develop good habits that hel help cut back on unnecessary usage. C Carol Binzer, director of admi administrative and support servic services for the Department of Residence Life, stresse stresses that the Energy Challe Challenge is about more than ju just saving money. “In the previous years, w hen we said we were doing when an en eenergy challenge, it soundedd lik like we were only interested in savi saving the University money,” she said. “But really, the point of the energy challenge is to foster leaders — if we ll want excellent global leaders, we need to teach and promote sustainability.”

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Thus, the focus in 2010 is on raising awareness and showing students why sustainability is so important. A series of sponsored events such as film screenings, recycling events and farm workshops are available, and students are encouraged to sign an e-pledge to show their commitment to sustainability. All of these aspects allow students to earn points toward the challenge for their dorms. “We have added new elements to the challenge,” said Katherine Gnadinger, senior university studies major, Residence Hall Association president. “Instead of basing the winner purely on a percentage of energy conserved as compared to the previous year, we have allowed students to actively get involved with sustainability initiatives on campus to further their development and knowledge. This allows for a greater understanding and appreciation of sustainability initiatives, as well as ideas and plans for after college, when [the students] have moved out of the residence halls.” The Energy Challenge was typically conducted during the spring semester before being reschedulded in 2010. “This is the first time to do the Energy Challenge in the fall, but we thought it would be better to get on campus students interested in sustainability as early as possible,” Gnadinger said. “By holding it in the fall, we are able to put the thought of sustainable residence hall living in [the students’] minds early on, and our goal is that it will affect how on-campus students live throughout their time here at Texas A&M.” Because of the many new opportunities for involvement, students who do not live on See Energy on page 4

College Station, Texas A&M join together to recycle Katie White The Battalion With the talk about reducing our carbon footprints, College Station and Texas A&M provide students living both on and off campus with easy ways to recycle household items and help save the planet one plastic bottle at a time. Heather Qualls, recycling coordinator for College Station, said students living off campus who want to recycle can sign up with the College Station recycling program at the city’s website. “All single family homes, duplexes and four-plexes receive curbside recycling by the city,” Qualls said. The service does not have any extra cost and is picked up the same day as bulk trash. Upon signing up, students will receive clear plastic bags from the city in which to sort recyclables. “I like doing it because it’s really easy, since all you have to do is put the bags out on the curb,” said

ALS Association event to raise awareness and support The Greater Houston Chapter of the ALS Association will hold its fifth annual Bryan-College Station fundraiser walk to defeat amyotrophic lateral sclerosis at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 2 at Central Park in College Station. ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, affects nerves in the brain and spinal cord. Approximately 5,600 Americans are diagnosed with it annually.The ALS Association holds 150 fundraising walks per year to raise money for research and to spread awareness about the disease. The walk in College Station will have entertainment, a raffle and refreshments. Central Park is located off Krenek Tap Road. Students wanting to participate can form or join a team to walk and raise money for research and community-based patient services programs. Katie White, staff writer

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Stephanie Massey Special to The Battalion Steven Block, the S.W. Ascherman chairman of sciences at Stanford University, spoke on biological warfare, the U.S. government’s involvement and potential methods to reduce biological warfare in a lecture Sept. 16. Block gave his lecture, “Facing the Growing Threat of Bioterrorism,” at the Annenberg Presidential Conference Center in the George Bush Library. Block is a professor in the department of applied physics and biology at Stanford. “Biotechnology is very powerful … It is cheap. It doesn’t require special infrastructure. It’s not like building a nuclear weapon. It’s based on public knowledge, and it doesn’t require rare materials either,” Block said. Jay Szule, a post-doctoral fellow in the biology department with a PhD in neuroscience, attended the address and emphasized the significance of such lectures in educating the public. “These lectures are important so that the general public feels that the government agencies are doing what they can to protect us from such a threat either through pre-emptive measures or preparedness through public health measures,” Szule said. Biological terrorism, although not a new form of warfare, is an escalating issue in the U.S. “After hearing the talk, I am a firm believer that bioterrorism is a growing problem, and the issues seem to present themselves as needing attention,” said Annamarie Cowart, sophomore engineering major and member of the Undergraduate Science Research Club. “To think that all of these things are going on without our knowledge is beyond belief.” Better informing the public will prevent prevalent panic of perverse pathogens. “I think that the general public does need to be educated about bioterrorism because ignorance of a topic as emotionally-charged as terrorism — in general — can lead to fear and paranoia, which in my opinion, is not very useful to our society,” Szule said. Deadly bacteria and viruses, like smallpox, will have devastating consequences to a country’s population and economy if unleashed in an unethical man-

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Students react to International Justice Mission’s video on human trafficking Joyce Go Special toThe Battalion When Americans think of crime, human trafficking is not one of the first thoughts that comes to mind. Texas experiences human trafficking in the forms of forced labor and commercial sexual exploitation due to its geographic location, demographics and large migrant labor force. International Justice Mission held an awareness event on human trafficking at Muldoon’s coffee shop Thursday in College Station. Jessica Birdwell, sophomore finance major and treasurer of the organization, helped to enlighten guests about human

trafficking at the awareness event. the documentary for reasons ranging “There are 27,000,000 enfrom representing other social justice orslaved just for human ganizations to mere curiosity about “Human trafficking,” Birdwell what human trafficking is. trafficking said. “People just “I’m coming into this event is what piqued my don’t know about with no expectations,” said that, and I think Sierra Kedroske, sophomore interest, because it’s people should biology major. “There is something that’s not close be more aware so much we don’t know to us, so we don’t think of it.” about it on a daily basis, but about human trafficking, Social juswhat it involves, and what it is a big problem” tice seems to be organizations can do to help. a growing interest I just want to learn how I can -Sierra Kedroske in the Bryan-Colbe involved so that I can help lege Station area. The the situation.” event’s guests consisted of See Trafficking on page 9 students and faculty who came to watch

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Jake Moore (Shia LaBeouf) is a smart, young stockbroker at a venerable Wall Street firm headed towards disaster. nothing annoyed me more than her attempt at a New York accent. Some of the socio-leftism in the movie I found to be a bit predictable. Winnie also happens to be one of those typical socio-leftists: she drives a Prius, she’s big on green energy and she runs a leftist blog. Moore is trying to sell a form of green energy that uses seawater to power lasers and uses remaining energy to power our world. Eventually, that’s what Gekko invests in while everyone else fails. So going green will save our economy?

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a 2008 First Team All-American, ranks third in the nation with 157.7 rushing yards per game. Wide receiver Justin Blackmon leads the nation in touchdown receptions, receiving yards per game and scoring. Junior safety Trent Hunter said he isn’t backing down from the challenge. “We’re ready to prove ourselves against somebody who’s putting up the big numbers,” Hunter said. “To have a successful week against somebody who is the No. 1 offense in the nation will kind of put our name out there. “I feel like the way our linebackers and our defensive line are getting a push right now — I’m not saying I’m not worried about them because that is the No. 1 offense in the nation right now, they’re putting up big numbers — but at the same time I trust the guys up front, and I’m putting all my faith in them that they’re going to do the job and I know they will.” The Aggies will attempt to establish the rushing attack early on to combat the Cowboys’ high-octane offense. Running backs Cyrus Gray and Christine Michael have combined to rush for 519 yards and five touchdowns on 95 carries this season and are both early candidates for the Doak Walker Award given annually to the nation’s top tailback. “They’re a good combination though because they are different,” Sherman said. “I think any time either one of them touches the ball there’s a chance to take it to the end zone.” The matchup will be the Aggies first televised game of the season and will be featured on ESPN. “This is a conference game,” Sherman said. “For our fans it [having the game televised] is hugely important, there’s no question, because they’ll all be tuned in and watching.” The Aggies will try to erase the memory of their last voyage to Stillwater when they were trounced 56-28 two seasons ago. Junior guard Evan Eike remembers it well and knows that what his team needs to do to achieve a different result this time around. “If we start and play well early offensively — and kind of get in a rhythm and score some points — I think that’ll help quiet them down and help us play better,” Eike said. “We want to start fast and start well from the get-go.”

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to overthrow President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as terrorists. Verifying these reports is important but seemingly impossible, as Iran has done Although the U.S. has yet to indepennothing but impede dently confirm the reports by the MujaIan McPhail and inhibit U.N. hedeen Khalq, the opposition group has senior history weapons inspectors. serious credibility. In 2002, they were first major, voices editor Yukiya Amano, Dito reveal a secret uranium enrichment facilrector General of the ity in Natanz, and have been enormously helpful in gathering evidence. In the confer- International Atomic Agency, has strongly criticized Iran for barring his watchdog ence held by the Iran Policy Committee, agency’s attempts to monitor the counMujahedeen Khalq used satellite imagery, try’s nuclear program. Iran has continued collected after years of extensive research, to enrich uranium in defiance of five U.N to prove Iran has spent $100 million on an security resolutions, and has banned more underground nuclear weapons program. than 40 inspectors over the past four years. However the U.S. still considers MujaSince 2007, Iran has refused to accept inhedeen Khalq a terrorist group, although spectors from the five U.N. Security the European Union has removed this Council nations. Interestingly dubious distinction. While conenough, inspectors from these troversy can follow the group, nations have experts who’ve resisting Iran’s regime requires Iran needs to worked with nuclear less than clean hands. Given be stopped weapons, training the IAEA our country’s failure to find before they doesn’t have the resources weapons of mass destruction in get the to provide. Sanctions and Iraq, our government might be bomb. chiding from the U.N. hasn’t best outsourcing intelligence opbeen effective in preventing erations to those also fighting for Iran’s nuclear proliferation or even freedom in the Middle East. That is, in gathering intelligence. if we can cooperate with the resistance, inMajahedeen Khalq was the first to stead of condemning the Iranians who want

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The University proposal requiring all students living on campus to buy dining dollars will negatively affect student’s budgets, schedules and health. The food options on campus aren’t healthy or varied, and the dining facilities aren’t able to handle the number of students the University will be forced to accommodate. The Commons food court is not capable of handling the kind of increased foot traffic that would occur if students were required to buy their food on campus. The Commons is already crammed daily to the point where the wait times are unmanageable for students who might only have 30-45 minutes to eat. The lines are too long and the tables are too crowded, so students have no choice but to skip a meal. The Commons area would have to be either enlarged or redesigned, and it’s highly unlikely Dining Services will spend money on that. While Sbisa has a larger area and more options, what student is going to prefer to spend close to $9 on a meal rather than one meal plan? For those students who are not going to go back through the line two or three times to get multiple plates of food, the price is simply outrageous for one meal. Without the option of Sbisa, students have very few healthy options. For students who want to choose a greasy piece of pizza, that’s their choice. But mandating students to pay for food they feel isn’t the healthiest option, just isn’t right. I hope President Loftin will allow for more discussion on this decision because it seems counterproductive to the student-centered actions that so often define Texas A&M.

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Trafficking Continued from page 1

IJM chose to show a documentary on child trafficking called “Born into Brothels” which won the 77th annual Academy award for Best Documentary Feature. It portrays enslaved children whose mothers work as prostitutes in the red light district of Calcutta. Viewers were silenced and shocked at what was portrayed to them. “What shocked me the most was seeing all the kids that were there,” said Farida Akberali, class of 2010. “I think it hits the most because it is children that you are seeing enslaved. In my mind, I never imagined it would have been children. I thought it would be more women or adults in general. “I feel moved and touched by the entire thing, because it’s different hearing about what’s going on from actually seeing the kids and seeing a video of the people who are actually there. It hit home a lot more and I want to

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be able to go out and do something about it.” The event imparted knowledge about human trafficking, and gave guests the opportunity to be proactive. IJM provided resources for social justice internships for those who wanted to become more involved with social justice issues. “The first thing is getting more people to do things like watch documentaries about global issues, because you see more of a reason to try and make a difference,” Akberali said. “It enhanced my opinion of how bad human trafficking is. Now I want to go out and try and go do something.” Guests left the event more knowledgeable about human trafficking and feeling enthused about helping the cause. Some even voiced a desire to become members of IJM. “Human trafficking is what piqued my interest, because it’s something that’s not close to us, so we don’t think about it on a daily basis, but it is a big problem,” Kedroske said. “[Now], I want to do something the deals with social justice. This was definitely a good thing.”

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