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inside campus | 6 Focus on education Higher education experts fielded questions Wednesday on the importance of education and recent budget cuts as part of the Wiley Lecture Series.

voices | 3 Battle of the sexes Though we live in a world where women still strive for social equality and independence, remnants of old customs persist.

Many women want social and legal equality in addition to the benefits that come with chivalry, begging the question: Do we ask too much of men?

sports | 3 No hard feelings A new chapter in the A&M-Texas rivalry unfolded on Monday as the Longhorns’ athletic director DeLoss Dodds spoke about the renewal of the Lone Star Showdown. The question is: what’s taking so long?

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rven E. “Skip� Wagner was named president and CEO of the 12th Man Foundation Wednesday.

For the past eight years, Wagner served as the president and CEO of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo where he worked with 27,000 volunteers and a full-time staff. Wagner was president and general manager of the Oklahoma State Fair from 2000-2003.

“I’m excited for the people I get to work with,� Wagner said about the 12th Man Foundation. “There’s no greater group of people anywhere.�

Wagner said working for the foundation will resemble his work at the Houston rodeo because both are relationship businesses and many of the key aspects of the job will revolve around rebuilding Kyle Field.

Wagner graduated from Oklahoma State University in 1982 with a chemical engineering degree and from Harvard Business School in 1986 with a master’s degree in business administration, but has had ties to Texas A&M for many years. His daughter Allie is Class of 2008 and his son Jack will enroll as a freshman in the Class of 2017. – Staff report

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Sophomore political science major Chris Woolsey presents a bill about GLBT Resource Center funding Wednesday.

Senate confirms board members, passes 3 bills Aimee Breaux

Bistro, which will be making the dishes for the event and will serve similarly themed foods on campus for students Friday. “It’s kind of in keeping with the ‘Westeros’ theme of the event and it’s a way of supporting the collection, which

The Battalion tudent Senate confirmed the five remaining nominees to the nine-member Student Services Fee Advisory Board, SSFAB, and passed three bills in the Wednesday meeting.

Senators also introduced a bill that, if passed, would request that students who religiously or morally oppose the GLBT Resource Center to not have to pay the portion of student fees that go toward it.

The confirmation votes of the five nominees to the SSFAB were unanimous and followed a brief period of questioning. Senators asked nominees how they would side on financial issues related to the University Advancement Fee, including whether nominees support an increase.

Nominee and graduate student Diego Garcia said he personally understands how difficult it is to pay off loans and that college is becoming more difficult to afford under the current financial climate. Garcia said while neutral, he understands certain things need to be taken into consideration.

When asked which expenditures nominees

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Cushing Memorial Library will host “Deeper Than Swords� beginning Thursday that will display and honor the works of George R. R. Martin — author of the “A Song of Ice and Fire� series of fantasy novels, which inspired the 2011 HBO television series “Game of Thrones.�

Kaitlin Coker, senior engineering major and curator of Cushing Library’s science fiction collection, has been preparing for the event for the last two years. Cushing has been the official repository for Martin’s work since 1993 and will showcase the collection to help fund the continuation of the exhibit. “Partially what this does is it

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Senior agricultural leadership and development major, Michael Sayre, thumbs through a copy of George R. R. Martin’s “A Clash of Kings,� Wednesday afternoon at the MSC bookstore. lets people know who we are and what we do,� Coker said. “When we are making things like this everything is basically being done on donor dollars.�

The two-day event will begin with a dinner with Martin and serving themed dishes from Martin’s novels. Cushing has collaborated with Chef Tai’s Mobile

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would cut, nominee and junior Alex Phillips said he did not want to make blanket statements when information had not been made available to him.

“We have not seen any of the spending or the budgets; we were just put on the board,” Phillips said. “So I don’t think it would be fair to go and say that there are some things that need to be cut, because we haven’t seen the numbers yet.”

Of the bills passed, the Political Science Minor Restoration Bill and the Liaison Establishment Act passed unanimously and the Awareness of Texas Culture Bill — a bill to ask the Department of Multicultural Services, DMS, to promote the history of the Alamo and Texas Independence Day — passed 46-8.

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Members of the Student Service Fee Advisory Board stand before Student Senate at the meeting Wednesday.

Climmino, the DMS has roots in helping minorities advance in leadership and providing academic aid.

“DMS does work with some international students, but it’s not about transitioning them from where they were to

where they are now,” Climmino said.

“What they do is not transition students who get into Texas to make them more comfortable on campus, but make them leaders and more academically successful.”

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Woah, man Elise Brunsvold: If you want equality, stop expecting men to hold the door

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I can’t help it — the irritation amplifies.

I’m a girl, after all. I should be the one sitting down, shouldn’t I? From my conservative family to an impressive collection of Disney movies and “Gone with the Wind” special editions, I grew up in a world that marketed patriarchal romance and chivalry. I was instilled with certain rules and customs, especially when it came to men, women and their proper behavior. I was taught that men should hold the door, pay for the date, give up the seat and make the first phone call from the beginning.

Now, as a woman in the 21st century, a huge supporter of my main lady Lilly Ledbetter and — to my grandmother’s chagrin — a fan of everything Cosmopolitan and independent woman-inspired, I’ve begun to question these social rituals, these customs I was raised to hold standard.

Women have come so far in the past century. We’ve burned bras, campaigned and marched our way to the numerous rights and freedoms we have today. And we’re still pro-

gressing toward equality, working for the full dollar instead of the 77 cents and the social positioning to allow women the same social norms as men.

We’ve come so far, and yet I feel like we can only get to a certain, limited point with some of the age-old traditions we so desperately cling to.

Some women I know expect equality at an unfair price. If dinner isn’t paid for, the door held open and the seat on the bus given up, good luck getting a second date. They expect these things on top of social equality as well as financial equality in the job market. These women want the 75 percent, not the fair 50/50 split. They’re asking more than they’re paying for, and have to sacrifice something to balance the equation.

I’m asking these women to think about their aspirations, and for the women who want equality and the seat on the bus to think about all they ask of men. Is it really fair to expect so much?

We should be propelling an image of

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examine the bus for an empty seat, fingers crossed, as I haphazardly attempt my morning coffee-and-iPod balancing act. I’m late for class again, and the bus is full. I make my way to the back and stand next to three relaxed and very sedentary men.

equality and independence, not one of greed, where women want the full package, chivalry included. These customs shouldn’t be expected anymore, and they certainly shouldn’t be standard.

I want to be an independent woman and want total equality to men, even more so than the chivalrous Disneyland painted for me at a young age. The idea of never standing, paying or opening a door sounds nice, but it just doesn’t seem worth it. I don’t think that we, as women, should expect so much of men anymore. If we want to have real equality, we should behave as equals and not expect men to hand us everything on a silver platter.

I have conflicting emotions, of course, run-off from a childhood full of southern customs and listening to the stories of an era my grandparents grew up in. The doting man is attractive for a relationship, but excessive expectations of men shouldn’t be the standard.

To be considered equal, we have to start acting as equals in all ways.

Elise Brunsvold is a sophomore English major and Lifestyles editor for The Battalion.

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Michael Ayo: Blind arrogance source of rivalry delay

ver since Texas A&M bolted the Big 12 to join the highly competitive SEC, the legendary A&M-Texas football game has created some in-state drama.

While parties from both sides of the rivalry expect the Lone Star Showdown to eventually resume play, the timing of when the rivalry might continue remains unclear.

On Monday, the University of Texas athletic director DeLoss Dodds added another chapter to the already taxing break-up, saying the Longhorns hold the fate of the rivalry.

“They left,” Dodds told The

Daily Texan. “They’re the ones that decided not to play us. We get to decide when we play again.

I think that’s fair. I think there’s too many hard feelings.”

From my perspective, Dodds’ blunt arrogance regarding Texas’ relationship with A&M is beyond unhelpful, it’s spiteful.

A&M left a conference that, at the time, was struggling to stay afloat following the loss of Nebraska and Colorado and was

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entertaining talks of merging multiple powerhouse programs with the Pac-12. All across the country, conference realignment swirled and no one was certain which conferences would survive and which would fall apart.

Instead of risking a continued stay in a league that was on the brink of becoming history, the Aggies took their talents to the highly stable, extremely lucrative Southeastern Conference. A&M valued security over an affiliation with the Big 12, which had nothing to do with the University of Texas.

For former Texas A&M athletic director Bill Byrne, the move to the SEC was more about finding A&M stability — something he felt was missing in the Big 12.

“I think it was a brilliant move to go to the Southeastern Conference, which screams stability,” Byrne said in March 2012. “No one is trying to get out of the Southeastern Conference.”

It’s easy to understand why the Longhorns would be reluctant to renew the century-old rivalry. Not only does A&M have one of the most high-powered offenses in the country, led by Heisman Trophy winning quarterback Johnny Manziel, but the Aggies also went 11-2 in a conference that has won the past seven national titles.

Not to mention the 41-13 pounding Manziel and A&M put on Oklahoma in the Cotton Bowl

— the same squad Texas lost to, 63-21 in October.

The point, though, is that a rivalry has two sides. Neither Texas nor A&M solely “controls” the fate of the nation’s longest in-state battle for bragging rights.

For the rivalry to renew, both sides are going to have to cooperate. Each school’s priorities are faulty. The blame game may be entertaining for the media, but throwing mud back and forth has no hope of reigniting the Lone Star Showdown. In fact, it more than likely will force the renewal further into the future.

According to A&M Chancellor John Sharp, the Aggies will “play the game anywhere, any time.”

Meanwhile, Dodds says, “I think we’ll play sometime.”

So what’s the problem?

When the Texas state government has the time to introduce a bill requiring the two programs to play, the process is officially taking too long.

The Aggies will once again take the field to square off against the Longhorns — there is no doubt about it. Texas is too football-oriented to miss its most distinguished rivalry.

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College Station: 3/2, 1240sqft.

Newly remodeled! New stainless steel appliances, tile, cabinets!

Close to shuttle, W/D, lawn/pest/maintenance included. 905 Balcones (off Welch), $1,000/mo. KAZ Realty 979-324-9666.

Duplex, CS, nice 2bd/1ba, 3-minutes from campus, W/D, remodeled, fenced front and backyard, beautiful with many extras, one week free, $570/mo, 979-422-3427.

Free locatoring service, Houses Duplexes and Apartments, 979-693-4900.

FOR RENT Newer 1/1, 1/1.5 loft, 2/2, 3/3.

Granite, ceramic, w/d, walk-in closets, cable and internet, shuttle. $820-$1560. Broker owner 979-777-5477.

Christopher’s World Grille is now hiring Waitstaff, Service Assistants, Hosts and Kitchen Staff. Please apply at 5001 Boonville Rd., Bryan.

Nice! 4/2 2013-Rayburn. $1550/mo. Available Aug1st. Call Scott at 979-229-5007.

Cleaning commercial buildings at night, M-F. Call 979-823-5031 for appointment.

Northgate. Newer 1/1, 2/2, 3/3 and 3/2. Washer/dryer. Walk to campus. Summer and 1 year leases okay. aggievillas.net. Call 979-255-5648.

Data entry w/excellent computer skills. Part-time, South College Station. 979-574-3910.

Now Leasing and pre-leasing for August! 4bdrm/2bth houses. Spacious floorplans. Great Location.

Close to campus, wood floors, tile floors, ceiling fans, w/d, fenced yards, refridgerator, icemaker,lawncare.

979-776-6079, www.aggielandleasing.com Now preleasing large 3/2 duplexes, May-Aug leasing options, off of Holleman, on shuttle, view duplexes seven days a week, 979-774-4575.

One month free rent on efficiencies and 2-bdrms, great move-in specials, free cable and ethernet. aggieapartment.com. Tamu shuttle route. 979-693-1906.

Great 4bd/2ba house in popular area. 400 Pronghorn Loop. W/D, refrigerator, large fenced backyard, 2-car garage. Available June. $1650/mo. Call Joey at 979-218-4091.

Pre-lease 4 and 5 bedroom houses, available August, great floor plans, close to campus, updated, W/D, all appliances, no pets. www.brazosvalleyrentals.com 979-731-8257.

Horse Lover’s Dream. 3bd/1ba, covered carport on 4acres wit pond and horse facilities. Minutes from TAMU. Recently updated all appliances including W/D. Pet and livestock friendly.

Available August. Rent $1399/mo. aggielandrentals.com 979-776-8984

Pre-lease for May or August 2/2 Duplex with large fence backyard.

Pets ok, walk-in closets, great location, and shuttle. $775/mo.

979-693-1448.

Immediate move-in’s and pre-lease fall. Free cable/internet ! Spacious 2bd/1ba. Close to campus, on shuttle route. Large kitchen with full appliances. W/D connections. Front and back patios. Ceiling fans. Hillstone On The Parkway, 528 Southwest Parkway.

979-693-6102. Open 9-4 Monday-Friday. hillstoneonthepkwy@yahoo.com Just available! Close to campus, College Main and Eastgate areas.

2bd/1ba., some w/dishwasher, 1-fenced, some bills paid. $325-$450/mo. 979-219-3217.

Large 2bedroom with office or 3bedroom. Recently updated, fenced, 2car carport, W/D, biking distance to TAMU. Rent $750-799/mo. Available August.

4units available! aggielandrentals.com 979-776-8984.

Large 4bd/2ba with gameroom.

Granite, 2car garage, large patio/deck, fenced, updated.

Lawncare included.

1404 Dominik. $1799/mo. aggielandrentals.com 979-776-8984.

New Renovations! Large 1800sqft house, 4bd/2ba. 2-car garage, storage shed, eat-in-kitchen, diningroom, familyroom w/fireplace.

Tile floors, laundryroom with W/D, 2 refrigerators, large patio, fenced yard. Lawn maintenance, pestcontrol, wireless, cable.

Windwood. $375/room, 4rooms available Aug.2013.

832-326-3215.

HELP WANTED

Sub-lease 2bd/1ba. Second floor corner apartment. $640/mo, on bus route, and pets welcome.

Contact (979)777-1308.

Sublease room in 4bd house, April through June30th, $350 +utilities, 936-499-7183.

Two newer built 5/4’s for lease.

Available 8/1. Northgate area!

281-814-0665

GARAGE SALES A&M items, collectibles, furniture and more! Antiqueables 1301 South College Bryan, TX. Extended hours: Sun(1-5), Mon(10-5).

HELP WANTED Administrative assistant to work full-time w/benefits. Good computer and phone skills are a plus. Contact 979-574-3910.

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Earn $9000.00 this summer, build your resume, great experience, call Taylor, 214-707-9145.

Athletic men for calendars, books, etc. $100-$200/hr, up to $1000/day. No experience. aggieresponse@gmail.com Be a Ninfamaniac! Ninfa’s Mexican Restaurant has immediate openings for Servers and Hosts. Apply at 1007 Earl Rudder Freeway South. EOE. Cheddar’s and Fish Daddy’s now accepting applications. Apply within, University Dr.

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Immediate opening. Energetic, high-energy office assistant for tele-marketing and busy real-estate office. 12:00-5:00pm.

Call 979-693-3700 and ask for ext 437 King Ranch Turfgrass has immediate part-time opportunities for experienced farm laborers. Responsibilities include general agricultural duties associated with sod farming such as equipment maintenance and operation. For consideration, call (936)825-6330 or apply in person at 28132 Tom Moore Rd. Navasota, Texas 77868.

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Little Guys Movers now hiring FT/PT employees. Must be at least 21 w/valid D.L. Apply in person at 3209 Earl Rudder Freeway.

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Lochow Exotic Game Ranch part or full time staff. Flexible hours with school schedules. Must have experience with Tractor work.

Duties include feeding exotics and horses, shredding , mowing , minor equipment maintenance, cleaning up grounds and barns.

Must be able to take responsibility for ranch when owner not present. References. $12 hour in Milano . jlochow@lochowranch.com 512-484-1535 Lochow Ranch need horse exercise/rider and trainer. Set your own hours. 8 horses total . Reining horses all sired by world champions. Basic training on 22 month old colt. Regular Grooming , work with ferrier and vet. $50 half day $100 for full day , Milano jlochow@lochowranch.com 512-484-1535 Looking to hire highly skilled web creator and graphics designer.

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Part-Time helper for draft department, 20hrs/wk, flexible schedule.

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Apply at Jack Hilliard Distributing Co., 1000 Independence Ave., Bryan.

PT leasing agent, Saturdays a must. Call 979-693-1906.

HELP WANTED Stoney Creek Ranch Christian camp, in New Ulm, TX is hiring energetic college-aged students who have a love for Christ.

Needed Spring and Summer 2013.

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Seeking candidates interested in becoming ropes-course certified and/or lifeguard certified. If interested, contact Michael Riedl, Camp Director, michael@stoneycreekranch.org, 806-407-1945.

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REAL ESTATE B/CS. Sell/Buy/Invest! Michael McGrann TAMU ‘93 Civil Engineering 979-739-2035, mike@aggierealtor.com Nadia McGrann 979-777-6211, Town & Country Realty.

ROOMMATES 2 or 3 roommates needed for 4bd/4ba apartment. Fully furnished with W/D. $475/mo includes utilities. Contact Kendall at k_aggie14@neo.tamu.edu.

2-rooms available in 4bdrm home off of Graham. Female, non-partiers, mostly furnished. $450/mo. 903-456-6543.

Female roommate wanted, $499/mo utilities included, pets welcomed, call 281-380-8428.

Need female roommate, 4bd/3ba, 2400sgft house, Dove Crossing, huge closet, $450/mo, 713-516-2044.

Roommate wanted, $450/mo 3bd/2ba condo, front parking, on A&M bus route, call 713-858-1740.

Roommates needed 4bd/2ba home with large backyard and new flooring. Pets welcome. Call if interested 361-463-6763.

Three roommates needed.

4bed/2ba. 606 Abbey Lane. College Station, 77845. For more information, 817-915-9258.

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these fears in videogames and watching others triumph over them in movies.”

Miller said the current appeal to zombies as a “macabre fantasy.”

“Audiences see the hero or antihero do something, and they wonder what they would have done in the same situation,” Miller said.

The popularity of zombies has turned into somewhat of an obsession in popculture. With the successes of A&E’s TV series “The Walking Dead” and various media spin offs leading the movement, today’s zombies are very different than those of the past — like in George Romero’s “Dawn of the Dead.” Classic zombie flicks focus more on the struggle between humans and zombies, but shows like “The Walking Dead” place more focus upon human-to-human interactions and the morality of living in a post-apocalyptic society.

Kattari said this perspective is causing the genre to become more realistic.

“The dead rising from their graves is unlikely, but more people are starting to see the reality of a breakdown of society,” Kattari said.

Megan Troy, freshman special education major, said she likes the complexity of the zombie-human relationships in “The Walking Dead,” calling it one of her favorite TV shows.

“It’s insane to think how the zombies used to be people, but they become something so inhuman,” Troy said.

“When seeing a character you know become a zombie, it can be hard to watch.

You know who they were before, but know they have no feelings and just attack.”

Zombie reality But could the idea of a zombie takeover ever really happen? The answer, surprisingly, is yes. James Midkiff, Class of 2012 who received a master’s degree in biology, said an infection similar to the rage virus in the movie “28 Days Later” is possible.

“There are many known substances that affect the human nervous system, so it is possible that a virus could develop the ability to do so as well,” Midkiff said. “The virus would have to block our brains from being able to do higher thinking processes and the feeling of fear leaving the infected as nothing more than a mindless animal whose only goal is to

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Nathan Zuck attacks Corrine Baumgartner, Mason Kuzmich and Ryan Schmidt during a Humans vs. Zombies game at the end of the fall semester.

“The dead rising from their graves is unlikely, but more people are starting to see the reality of a breakdown of society.”

—Kim Kattari, Department of Performance Studies professor

infect others.”

Midkiff said the infected would be very different from the undead that are portrayed in movies and television.

“They wouldn’t be dead. A virus needs a living host to survive,” Midkiff said.

“They wouldn’t be trying to kill everything that moves. A virus’s only goal is to grow and spread. So to have its host kill all other potential hosts would not be a wise move on its part.”

Instead of trying to consume or kill other humans, zombies infected with the potential virus would only try to infect more people and then flee, leaving the human alive but doomed to become another zombie.

In addition to viruses, the fungus Ophiocordyceps unilateralis is known to show zombie-like behavior in the living. The fungus, which occurs in tropical forests, infects ants and “takes over” their bodies.

The fungus affects the ant’s brain and causes it to attach itself to a leaf until it dies, only to have a fungal stalk sprout from its head soon after.

But Midkiff said a virus, not a fungus, is the most likely means for a zombie apocalypse.

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“Bacteria are easier to cure with antibiotics, and fungal infections are hard to spread,” Midkiff said.

Another movement infected with zombie culture is the “physcobilly” music scene, a rock genre that often references subjects such as a zombie apocalypse.

“Instead of identifying with the survivors of a zombie apocalypse, physcobilly identifies with the zombies themselves,” Kattari said. “To [performers and audiences], it is an escape from their chaotic lives and from responsibility. You are at a bar and the bartender asks you to pay your tab, but instead you eat him.”

Humans vs. Zombies Even A&M is not safe from infection, as zombies sometimes roam the campus and students fight them off with nerf guns in the popular Humans vs. Zombies roleplaying game.

HvZ is an elaborate game of tag in which zombies try to tag students to create more zombies, and humans keep them at bay by shooting nerf guns. Aggieland Urban Gaming Society holds games of HvZ twice a semester — once at the beginning and another during dead week, or as the gaming society refers to it, “undead week.”

“The zombies make the game,” said Garret Wilson, freshman petroleum engineering major. “Without them there wouldn’t be that fear that comes with them. Being chased by other students isn’t that scary, but the idea of the zombie horde is there and provides that sense of fear that makes the game so much fun.”

is very limited,” said Todd Samuelson, curator of rare books and manuscripts for Cushing Library, who is collaborating with Coker on the event.

Those with tickets to the sold-out dinner will also be able to see a preview of the exhibit that will be open to the general public Friday. The exhibit will present items and manuscripts from Martin’s career, including early letters and stories. Samuelson and Coker wanted to select items for the exhibit that would showcase the full range of Martin’s work.

“We wanted things that would be visually interesting,” Samuelson said. “Things that were unique and things that would really show people who are getting into his work for the first time, and people who have been fans for a long time, a picture of the richness of the collection.”

During the exhibit on Friday, Martin will be available to autograph up to two items from 4 to 6 p.m. He will give a short lecture on his life as a writer with a moderated questionand-answer session at Rudder Auditorium at 6:30 p.m. An advanced screening of George R. R. Martin HBO’s “Game of Thrones” season three premiere will follow.

“I think that the author being invited to do a meet-and-greet with the fans is really superb and classy,” said Kyle Smith, junior poultry science major. “I believe it will give a more personal touch to the audience since we know that Mr. Martin is a real person and actually cares about his fan base. As a reader, I want to know that the author cares about the ideology he is creating in his works.”

Cushing Library approached Martin with the proposition of being a repository for his work in 1986. Martin continuously donates new material to the repository and has a variety of media that will be displayed at the exhibit, including works beyond the five written novels in “A Song of Ice and Fire.” Coker said exhibiting Martin’s work provides much more than just entertainment for the public.

“Martin’s not just a fancy author,” Coker said.

“He is constantly commenting on what is going on in contemporary culture right now and so I think that teaching people how to not just reconsider how they view work, but to reconsider it within that academic framework, is one part of what we do.”

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rofessionals in the Texas education system fielded questions Wednesday on challenges facing public and higher education as part of a lecture titled “Cost vs. Quality: The Future of American Higher Education.”

During the lecture, presented by the MSC Wiley Lecture Series and the Student Conference on National Affairs, Mary Smith and Robert Scott — professionals in the Texas education system — discussed topics from education reform to budget and research cuts.

Smith, assistant deputy commissioner for academic planning and policy for the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, said a diploma is non-negotiable in the modern world.

“I believe the only way to do what you want with your life is to get an education,” Smith said. “Education is necessary, whether that be vocational training, high school or a college degree.”

Scott, former Texas commissioner of education, oversaw all of K-12 public education in Texas during his tenure. He said that the distinction between a high school education and a college education should not be so clear.

“We want to blur the lines between high school and college,” Scott said. “We want to see high school students fully prepared to go to college and succeed, and with dual credit and standardized tests we have already seen significant gains.”

After opening remarks, students and University employees asked questions of Smith and Scott, many of which dealt with the topic of budget cuts and online classes.

Scott said the fine arts as well as trade schools have been

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Robert Scott, a former Texas Commissioner of Education, addresses students and faculty in a lecture presented by MSC Wiley Lecture Series and SCONA. severely impacted by recent budget cuts.

Students raised their hands when Smith asked audience members if they had taken an online class.

“Right now, the coordinating board is seeing a big movement toward online classes,” Smith said. “We feel that by 2020, a large percentage of students will be enrolled in both online and lecture classes.”

Both speakers said Texas is making progress to become one of the top states in terms of high school and college graduation rates.

Sarah Armstrong, chair of the Wiley Lecture Series and senior economics and political science double major, said the topic of higher education was an obvious choice when planning the lecture series.

“It is a common issue that

affects all students on campus,” Armstrong said. “We wanted something that everybody could have an opinion about and bring that to the conversation.”

Armstrong said Smith and Scott were chosen to bring diversity to the issue.

“We wanted a comprehensive perspective that would be informative for all students,” Armstrong said. “Dr. Smith is extremely knowledgeable about the costs and quality of higher education and Robert Scott brings in another dimension about K-12.”

Armstrong said the information Smith and Scott presented is applicable to all A&M students.

“We are all students and we all care about higher education,” Armstrong said.

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