The Battalion: March 21, 2014

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(Top) First-year A&M nursing students Heather Foster, Kyla Jo Gresham and Kristen Lee treat Devon Oechsle’s leg wound at this year’s Disaster Day. (Bottom right) Angelina Naspretto, senior agriculture and life sciences major, is prepped with a head injury before she enters the simulation.

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he room is, in essence, controlled chaos.

Groans and yells of a woman in labor echo from one side and a nurse calls a Code

Blue from the other, setting another five people into action. Disaster Day is in full swing.

Disaster Day, organized by the Texas A&M College of Nursing, completed its seventh annual event Thursday. The day, planned and largely coordinated by students, simulates a largescale disaster and includes student participants from EMS, radiology, physical therapy, the Blinn nursing program, the College

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s the Texas A&M water ski team gears up to host the annual Polar Bear Tournament, skiers remember Amanda Hoffman — a four-year veteran of the team and May graduate who passed away last June.

Started in 1975 with help from a former club skier Elgin Fochner, the Polar Bear Tournament was originally held in February and got its name from the chilly weather, said Jim Norton, club president and senior electrical engineering major.

Landen Ehlers, club vice president and senior construction science major, said holding this year’s Polar Bear Tournament in memory of Hoffman simply seemed like the right thing to do.

“Even though [Hoffman] had technically graduated at the time she passed

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of Pharmacy and the College of Medicine. This year was the largest event so far, with 276 students from medical programs participating and more than 500 volunteers from the community acting as injured patients.

Nancy Dickey, former president of the Texas A&M Health Science Center, first brought up the idea of Disaster Day in 2009.

She said in a real world situation, See Disaster day on page 2

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away, she was such an influential part and she had such a passion for our club and our team that we felt it appropriate to recognize that at the first Polar Bear since her passing,” Ehlers said.

Brooke Tolson, club member and senior wildlife and fisheries sciences major, said the Polar Bear Tournament had been one of Hoffman’s personal projects.

“She ran the show for three or four years,” Tolson said “She was just bursting with personality all the time. She literally glowed.”

Ehlers said Hoffman’s love for waterskiing translated easily into a passion for the club.

“She was really active in the club,” Ehlers said. “She loved waterskiing and she See Hoffman on page 4

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ulfilling its mission to bring the world to A&M’s door, the MSC Wiley Lecture Series will host Condoleezza Rice, former secretary of state and U.S. national security advisor, on April 1 to discuss the effect of hyper partisanship on American politics and foreign policy.

Taylor Arnold, chair of the Wiley Lecture Series, said Rice will address how modern politics has impacted U.S. international policies.

“Partisanship has had a great effect on how we as a country conduct ourselves internationally,” Arnold said.

“Dr. Rice’s extensive career in politics over the last decades makes her one Rice of the experts on the topic as she has been in Washington.”

Reid Geissen, Wiley Lecture Series’ main program director, said Rice’s experience in government lends her a unique perspective into current political affairs.

“Everyone is aware of a lot of the issues we face in the world,” Geissen said. “Everyone is aware of the gridlock in congress and even in the executive branch, and the repercussions. Condoleezza Rice has a lot of insight, specifically on the international side of this topic.”

Tickets are available through the MSC Box Office.

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he No. 15 Texas A&M women’s basketball team will face off against North Dakota for the first time in school history in the first round of the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Tournament on Sunday.

The Aggies (24-8, 13-3 SEC) are the 3-seed in the Lincoln Regional and are making their ninth-straight NCAA tournament berth.

North Dakota (22-9, 15-5 Big Sky) is making its first NCAA tournament appearance fresh off a 72-55 win over Montana in the Big Sky Conference Tournament championship, which gave the team an automatic bid to the “big dance” and its second 20-win season since joining NCAA Division I play in 2008.

“They just play a good brand of ball up there,” said A&M head coach Gary Blair.

“I always look forward to playing somebody for the first time.”

North Dakota comes in as the 14-seed and leads the Big Sky Conference in rebounding margin with a plus-11.3 average that ranks sixth in the country.

Blair said his primary focus is improving his team before worrying about what the opponent brings to the table.

“We’ve got to worry about Texas A&M first,” Blair said.

“Our practices have been shorter but they’ve been good. The one thing we’ve got to improve on is our rebounding. We gave up 22 rebounds against Tennessee See Basketball on page 3

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Head basketball coach Gary Blair instructs his squad during the Feb. 9 game against LSU.

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The Battalion s students race toward graduation, receiving their Aggie Ring is a major mile marker. Helping give their peers a push toward that finish line, Sunday’s Run for the Ring will give students the opportunity to ensure a few more Aggies graduate with gold on their right hand.

Elise Featherly, public relations subcommittee chair for Traditions Council and junior telecommunications media studies major, said the purpose of Run for the Ring is to give students the opportunity to assist their fellow Aggies financially while having fun at the same time.

“The whole reason we do Run for the Ring is to raise money for our future Aggie Ring Endowment to help fellow Aggies get their Aggie Ring,” Featherly said.

“We want people to have fun at Run for the Ring, all while getting a chance to win a prize as special as an Aggie Ring Scholarship.”

David Dang, senior biology major, is someone who knows the emotions behind receiving the Aggie Ring scholarship.

Last year was his first race of any kind, and he was one of the four recipients of the Aggie Ring scholarship. His friend Sarah Paik entered her name in the drawing, and said she was running on behalf of Dang. Dang said when he heard Paik’s name called, his and Paik’s reactions were

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these students would be filling a leadership role as well as a medical one.

“Health care professionals have a high likelihood of not only being called upon to respond to unplanned emergencies, but are often times looked at to be the planners and the leaders,” Dickey said. “I think this is an invaluable part of our students’ curriculum.”

This year’s simulated disaster was a hurricane that hit the coast and resulted in several tornadoes, including one that went through Bryan-College Station.

A step removed from the chaos was Ellyse Lamont, faculty advisor for Blinn nursing students. Her role in Disaster Day was to support the students as they decided how to prioritize patients based on the severity of wounds.

“Disaster can happen in any town, in any community, at any time, and if [the students] are comfortable in triaging and learning how to treat patients in this kind of a setting somewhat or at least been exposed to it, God forbid if disaster does happen, they’ll be more likely to volunteer and go out and help,” Lamont said.

Mary Alice Middlebrooks, assistant professor in the college of nursing, also acted as a faculty advisor during the

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David Dang, senior biology major, received the Aggie Ring scholarship after the Run for the Ring in 2013. anything but quiet.

“When I heard my friend’s name get called out, I looked at her — me and her started screaming because it was a pretty exciting moment for us,” Dang said.

Dang said he would have bought an Aggie Ring eventually, but he probably would not have received one now without the scholarship.

“I’m a first generation VietnameseAmerican,” Dang said. “My parents don’t really understand the importance of the Aggie Ring, so that means I would probably have to pay for it myself.”

Ryan Johnson, Traditions Council campus relations executive and senior mechanical engineering major, said it is

simulation.

“From one perspective, what I’m looking for is, ‘Did the students diagnose and treat each patient appropriately?’”

Middlebrooks said. “We don’t just look at utilization of skills but also the ability of students to think out of the box. In situations like this, resources are limited.”

Lamont said prioritization is key as new situations are constantly added.

“It’s easy to want to take care of the loud patients early when they’re hollering in pain and forget the quiet one that’s slowly dying and may actually need more attention,” Lamont said.

Klya Jo Gresham, junior nursing student, experienced her first Disaster Day Thursday and said the initial moments came as a shock.

“It was pretty real for a moment,” Gresham said. “We were a little nervous, it was an anxiety between being nervous and excited of not knowing, everybody was trying to guess. ‘What could it be? What happened?’ You walk into the room and there are people who are bloody and on cots and it takes you back for a moment.”

The hurricane angle was relevant, Gresham said, because hurricanes have pushed evacuees to College Station before and could again. The simulation presented as realistic of a situation as possible and

stories like Dang’s that drive Run for the Ring.

“My favorite part of the event is seeing the faces of the students when they win the Aggie Ring scholarship,” Johnson said. “It is so rewarding to see that we can make such an impact in people’s lives.”

Johnson said students do not have to run the race to be eligible for the scholarship, they simply have to sign up and be there on the day of the race when the names are called for the drawing.

Registration is $12 and available online at traditionscouncil.tamu.edu/r4r. Registration on Sunday is $15.

Gresham said issues created by limited resources did occur.

“A lot of things we saw we could see [in the real world],” Gresham said. “We had to deal with shortages. There weren’t enough gloves or enough blood pressure cuffs to go around.

Things you need to take vital signs. We needed to do a chest tube, and we didn’t have any suction for a test tube. So we had to Macgyver this tube. We cut the finger of a glove off and taped it on the end of the chest tube in order to have suction of some kind. It was really cool to see though.”

There are two hour and half simulation sessions, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. When the simulation begins, patients immediately begin to act their roles, sporting make-up injuries and groaning in pain.

Nurses and doctors immediately sprang into action, nurses went from patient to patient checking vital signs and trying to distinguish which patients were suffering from more severe injuries. As IVs were set up and wounds were wrapped, some patient situations began to change as some stop breathing and one woman went into labor. More and more patients were brought in as the simulation progressed.

Randy Holdgrat, fourth year medical student and second year participant in Disaster Day, simply described the situation as “chaos.”

“They hit a bullhorn, said start and all of a sudden the patients who are sitting comfortably on their beds start screaming and crying,” Holdgrat said.

“It’s chaos. I told the medical students before we started, ‘In these situations, when everything starts getting crazy, first thing you do is check your own pulse.’ You calm down, relax and go and try and do the best you can.”

Another goal of the program is to teach students how to work with other professions in the medical field. Gresham said Disaster Day is the first time for many students to interact with someone from another discipline.

“It’s the first time that all of us have been thrown into one situation together,” Gresham said. “We had Texas A&M nursing students, Blinn nursing students, Texas A&M med students, pharmacology, radiology, PT, the whole shebang.

Everyone’s together.”

Gresham said being forced to work with others highlighted how vital communication is.

“I wish we did more things where we are all together because it gives us a concept of how to work together and how to make that flow,” Gresham said. “Without that communication, that’s where you see a lot of your medical errors.”

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Aggies prep for SEC foe Florida

Coach says tough weekend test in store Tyler Stafford

The Battalion resh off of its third walkoff win of the season, the Texas A&M baseball team will host the Florida Gators for the first SEC series of the season at Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park.

“Hopefully we’re rolling off [Sunday’s 9-0] Auburn win and being able to play well at the end of the game on Tuesday,” said head coach Rob Childress. “We know we’ve got a tough test with Florida. They’ve got a very talented team and it ought to be a great challenge. It’s another weekend war.”

A&M (15-7, 1-2 SEC) will shake up its starting rotation this weekend. With senior pitcher Parker Ray giving 10 earned runs in 21.2 innings pitched as the Saturday starter, Childress decided to make a change.

Freshman Tyler Stubblefield (3-1, 1.84), who has started every Tuesday game for the Aggies so far, will start on the weekend for the first time in his collegiate career and take the mound Sunday.

Sophomore Grayson Long (2-0, 0.26), the team leader in ERA with just one earned run allowed over 26 innings, will face off against Gator sophomore Eric Hanhold (31, 1.93 ERA) Saturday.

Friday night, junior pitcher Daniel Mengden (2-3, 3.12) will take on Florida freshman Logan Shore (1-1, 0.68). Shore recorded his first collegiate win Friday when the Gators beat Arkansas 2-1.

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Freshman Haley Pounds (left) is one of four additions to the Aggie soccer team who could earn playing time this season.

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s Kevin Sumlin and the Texas A&M football team crank up the Drake tunes for spring practice, fútbol — or soccer — kicked off its spring schedule Wednesday at Ellis Field.

Pounds, Harvey and Paulson. Malherbe, The A&M soccer team looked in Harvey and Pounds are all on campus mid-season form as it opened with a 4-0 participating in team activities and Paulson victory against the Houston Aces South will join the team in August.

Select, an under-23 NCAA compli“The biggest thing that we have seen is ance amateur team that competes in the that [the freshmen] have stepped right in Women’s Premier Soccer League. to the environment and been able to play A&M finished the 2013 season with a right along with these players,” Guerrieri record of 18-5-2, claimed the SEC regular said. “Their technical ability and their athseason title with a league ledger of 9-2-0, letic ability is on par with captured the SEC Tournaour best players. So, that’s ment crown for the first thebatt.com been really exciting to see time and marked its 19th consecutive trip to the how they’ve been able to Track & field NCAA Tournament. go along.”

The track and field teams With 10 of 11 starters Guerrieri was not the transition into the outdoor only person pleased with returning from last year’s season at the UTSA Texas the play of the newcomteam — which advanced to the NCAA Sweet 16 — the Challenge Invitational on ers. Senior Leigh Edwards, spring will mainly serve as who Guerrieri and the Friday and Saturday. an evaluation time for the A&M coaching staff will incoming freshman and a look to for leadership on Softball tune-up for the upcoming the backline in the absence A&M hosts Georgia for season. of Lenz, said she was a three-game SEC series “It was a great opportuimpressed with the play of Friday through Sunday nity for our three freshmen the newcomers. to see action and I think “They don’t even look at the Aggie Softball they all did good things,” like they are freshman, all Complex. First pitch is at said head coach G Guerof us are so impressed,” 7 p.m. Friday. rieri. “For Haley [Pounds] Edwards said. “They can to get a goal is kind of cool. step in at any time. They I thought Mickey [Mikaela Harvey] did a could all start. They’re just so good. And really good job of moving the ball around we are all like sisters already so it’s aweand almost scored if it hadn’t been for some.” the post. Stephanie [Malherbe] really set Guerrieri said there are multiple things a good tone for the way we wanted to he will be evaluating this spring. From play in the first half and possession in the their play without the ball to how and middle of the field.” where they want to apply pressure, the Despite losing captain Rachel Lenz, spring will offer the team plenty of time to last year’s sole senior defensive specialist, evaluate themselves against top talent. to graduation, the Aggies actually gained A&M will continue its spring exhibiexperience. Compared to last year’s one tion schedule on Saturday as it heads to senior, this year’s Aggie squad features Houston to play the Houston Dash of the nine seniors, including players that can step National Women’s Soccer League. The up and fill Lenz’s shoes. match will kick off at 10 a.m. at the Hous“Rachel missed a lot of games last ton Amateur Sports Park. year due to some concussion issues and Guerrieri said the Dash will be a step up so Grace Wright was always able to step in competition for the Aggies and will be right in there and play,” Guerrieri said. an excellent opportunity for players who “She’s coming off a great performance want to pursue a professional career to see with Ireland at the start of spring break, where they stack up against the best. so she’s the first one for us right now to “Playing against the Dash would be like be in there. I thought Ashley Harryman if our basketball team was going to go play did a good job tonight as a good covering the Mavericks or if the football team was player — good with her feet to be able going to lineup and play the Cowboys, so to play out of tight situations — and then we know it’s going to be a big challenge we’ve got Jackie Tondl as well. Those are for us,” Guerrieri said. three players that are here that we think will be competing for that spot, and then Clay Koepke is a senior McKayla Paulson when she gets here in agricultural communicaAugust will be another one to help us out tions and journalism there.” major and sports editor The 2014 Aggie roster will feature four for The Battalion new faces to Aggieland — Malherbe,

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Junior first baseman Cole Lankford leads the team with a .325 batting average and 16 RBIs. is led offensively by junior catcher Braden Mattson.

Mattson’s .328 batting average is tops on the team and he will enter Friday’s game riding a six-game hitting streak. During the streak, he is 9-for-21 (.429) including a .500 performance in the Gators weekend series with Arkansas.

Florida is anchored up the middle by sophomore Richie Martin and Casey Turgeon, who have started all 21 of their team’s games at shortstop and second base, respectively.

A&M is anchored by junior preseason All-American first baseman Cole Lankford, who is batting .325 and leads the team in RBIs with 16.

His eight doubles are best on the team and he has only struck out once in 83 at-bats this season.

The Aggies have won seven of their last eight meet-

ings with the Gators, including knocking Florida out of the 2013 SEC Tournament by the score of 6-3. In that victory, Mengden pitched a complete game, recording 11 strikeouts.

Childress recognizes the importance of his team’s first conference home series, but said he wants them to approach every game the same way. That said, he knows the crowd will be excited for the matchup.

“I think we ought to have a great crowd,” Childress said. “The weather will be good and there is an excitement and newness with Florida coming — they haven’t been here in five or six years.

There ought to be a lot of energy here this weekend.”

The first pitch of the series is scheduled for 6:35 p.m.

Friday, followed by 2:05 p.m. and 1:05 p.m. starts Saturday and Sunday.

Football spring practice Freshman receiver Speedy Noil carries the ball during a drill at spring practice Thursday.

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— that’s how we got beat.”

The Aggies go into Sunday’s matchup off an 86-77 loss against eventual SEC tournament champion Tennessee in the tournament semifinals. Despite the outcome of the game, Blair doesn’t regard it as a loss.

“I love the way we’re playing right now,” Blair said. “I love how our kids are resilient to everything.

They took the loss, but how can you go into the dressing room and say, ‘Girls, y’all lost that game?’ We got better during that game.”

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action for the third consecutive year, giving the Aggies an advantage right out of the gate.

“It means a lot,” said junior forward Achiri Ade. “Our fans are able to come here — family, friends — and that means a lot to us.”

A&M was upset at home last year in round two of the tournament by No. 6 seed Nebraska, despite holding the No. 3 seed in their region as it does again this year.

“We’ve got to come out here and not take any team for granted,” Ade said. “Just because they are a higher seed than us doesn’t mean that they can’t play. We don’t want to have an upset.”

Blair said the home-court advantage can be a blessing

and a curse and said he is determined not to fail in front of the home crowd this year.

Blair expects lots of support from all age groups, and encourages students to attend.

“You don’t want to let your fans down, you don’t want to let your administration down who’ve worked so hard,” Blair said. “When the students are here, [they] rejuvenate my grey hairs, my no-hairs and my blue hairs.

They love it. I really want that student body to come up here and just take over a game and make a difference.”

Tipoff is at 7 p.m. Sunday in Reed Arena and students can pull free tickets through the 12th Man Foundation’s website. The game will be televised on ESPN2.

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really loved being a part of it and hanging out with everyone. She very obviously loved college life and just living in general.”

Ehlers said Hoffman brought a lot of energy into the club, especially at tournaments.

“The people that were in the club were influenced by her energy for sure,” Ehlers said. “Especially when we went to tournaments, she was definitely a leader in the fun-having.”

Norton said the tournament is in part a means of repaying a fellow member who had a keen ability to help her peers improve their skills.

“Pretty much every time she was out and people were skiing she would give them pointers to try and help them improve,” Norton said.

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Norton said Hoffman had a way of making the club feel like a family.

“She was always having people over, she hosted a lot of the ‘girls nights,’” Norton said. “She made sure that everyone on the team was a close-knit group. One of the things she emphasized in the meeting was that if we would get together more outside of just meetings and skiing we would really grow

Amanda really and truly embodied the collegiate skier, and we want to honor that.”

— Jim Norton, club president and senior electrical engineering major

as a family. She was big on that last part.”

Ehlers said he hopes the tournament will mean as much to Hoffman’s family as it does to the team.

“We want to honor her memory and how much she loved the club and watersports, collegiate watersports especially,” Ehlers said “We’re just really happy that we have the opportunity to do Polar Bear in Amanda’s name and I really hope it means something to her family because it’s a big deal to us.”

Norton said, in the end, the tournament was really only about one thing.

“Amanda really and truly embodied the collegiate skier, and we want to honor that,” Norton said.

The tournament will be Saturday and Sunday at The Stevenson Ski Ranch in Conroe.

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Free WiFi/water/sewer. On Northgate, on shuttle. Call Maroon & White Management 979-422-5660. Pics at www.rentmaroon.com 2bd/1.5bath duplex, 1808 Holleman Dr West unit #A, $775/mo, available August, remodeled, W/D, great floor plan, bus route, private parking, no pets. www.brazosvalleyrentals.com 979-731-8257 2bd/1ba apartment, 800sq.ft. New appliances, carpeting and tile.

W/D, free cable and internet, bus-route. $700/mo. alphaomega properties.com 210-391-4106.

WHEN

TO CALL 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday Insertion deadline: 1 p.m. prior business day

FOR RENT 3/3,3/2 Houses, Townhouses &Apartments, 1250-1400sqft.

Very spacious, ethernet, large kitchen, walk-in pantry &closets, extra storage, W/D, great amenities, marble and granite, on multiple bus routes, now pre-leasing, excellent specials. 979-694-0320. www.luxormanagement.com 3/3 townhomes, 2 miles to campus. Granite, ceramic, cable & internet, shuttle. $1,350-1,440 Broker/Owner (979)777-5477 4/3, 3/3 &3/2 Houses, Townhouses, Duplexes &Fourplexes, 1250-1700sqft. Very spacious, ethernet, large kitchen, extra storage, W/D, great amenities, marble and granite, on multiple bus routes, now pre-leasing, excellent specials.

979-694-0320. www.luxormanagement.com 4/4 University Place condo, W/D, private bath, pool, on shuttle, student community, $300/room, Call 979-690-8213 or 979-422-9849.

4br/1guest br, 4.5ba, SW Parkway, like new, high ceilings, huge closets, large front porch, tile floors, all appliances, many extras. preleasing Aug.2014, 979-229-6326, see photos at www.TexAgRentals.com Available Aug.-1, newer 3/3& 3/3.5 at the Barracks & Gateway Villas, 817-437-9606.

Bike to campus. 2/1 CS duplex, available in May/August, pets allowed, privacy fenced backyard, tile floors, blinds and ceiling fans, W/D connections, lawncare and pest-control included, E-Walk shuttle route, $600-650/mo, 979-218-2995.

Close To Campus! 4/2 &5/2 houses, preleasing for August, great floorplans, updated, no pets 731-8257, www.BrazosValleyRentals.com

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PRIVATE PARTY WANT ADS

$10 for 20 words running 5 days, if your merchandise is priced $1,000 or less (price must appear in ad). This rate applies only to non-commercial advertisers offering personal possessions for sale. Guaranteed results or you get an additional 5 days at no charge. If item doesn’t sell, advertiser must call before 1 p.m. on the day the ad is scheduled to end to qualify for the 5 additional insertions at no charge. No refunds will be made if your ad is cancelled early.

FOR RENT Duplex 3bd/2ba. All appliances, full-size W/D, fenced yard.

Located at Rock Hollow Loop. $850/m. 469-233-4653.

Duplex, CS, nice 2bd, 3-minutes from campus, W/D, remodeled, fenced backyard, beautiful with many extras, one week free.

832-646-2329.

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 3/2/2 on bus-route, alarm system, June lease or sooner, $1200/mo. 1431 Magnolia Drive.

214-914-4305.

Looking for: Larger bedrooms, walk-in closets, full size W/D, cable & internet, shuttle| www.jesinvestments.com (979)777-5477 Broker/Owner 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.2014.

832-326-3215.

Northgate. Apartments 1/1, 2/2,and 3/2. House 3/3.

Washer/Dryer. Walk to campus. aggievillas.net Call 979-255-5648.

Now preleasing 2,3,4,5 bedroom houses and duplexes, pet friendly, Aggielandrentals.com 979-776-8984.

FOR RENT 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.

Preleasing for May, efficiency apartment, 1bd, 2bd, 3bd, 979-693-1906, great prices and amenities.

South of Campus within biking distance! 3/2 House and three 2/1 Duplexes, 979-779-6068, saai-svc.com/rental-properties for pictures! Swikiaa@gmail.com Spacious 3/2, CS duplex, W/D, prelease for May and august, $935/mo., 979-693-0551.

Tribeca Square Apartments, 1&2 bedrooms with W/D, Prelease today and save $300 off move in.

FOR SALE Custom maroon A&M BBQ Pit on trailer, propane burners, stainless features, $6,500 OBO, call 832-451-0608.

GARAGE SALES 904 Crestwood Drive, Bryan. Saturday, March 22nd. Wide assortment of interesting and amazing items, proceeds go toward Camp Kesem TAMU. For more information about our organization visit campkesem.org/tamu

HELP WANTED Athletic men for calendars, books, etc. $100-$200/hr, up to $1000/day. No experience. aggieresponse@gmail.com

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HELP WANTED Camp For All is looking for creative and energetic staff who are interested in working with children and adults w/challenging illnesses and special needs. These paid positions will be trained to lead activities for our campers in the summer. Please contact Jessicah, jholloway@campforall.org or visit our website at www.campforall.org/joinourteam Cleaning commercial buildings at night, M-F. Call 979-823-5031 for interview.

Copy Corner hiring for Sales &Marketing Internship position (May’14-May’15). Email resume with INTERNSHIP in subject line to vicki@copycorner.com. See jobsforaggies.tamu.edu for details.

Counter/Office work, part or full time, Specialties Photography, 979-696-9898.

Full-time medical technician for growing allergy practice wanted.

4-year degree and 1-year commitment required. We are looking for an intelligent, positive, friendly person to join our team.

We teach skills that are an asset for anyone interested in a career in healthcare and can help a candidate get into medical school.

E-mail resume to docmgr@yahoo.com J. Cody’s hiring at all positions, apply within, 3610 S. College. No experience necessary just common sense!

MEMdata, a local hospital equipment management company is seeking dependable and organized FULL & PART-TIME employees to be part of a growing team!

Must be able to work a minimum of 24 hrs/wk, M-F 8-5. Good telephone communication and negotiation skills required. Must be self-motivated and able to multi-task while working within deadlines. Computer skills essential & knowledge of MS Excel a plus! Pay DOQ plus bonuses.

Email resumes to careers@memdata.com or fax to 979-695-1954.

Ninfa’s Mexican Restaurant now hiring wait staff and hostesses.

Experience preferred but not necessary. Apply in person M-F, 2-4pm. No calls, please.

1007 Earl Rudder Fwy., South.

HELP WANTED Part-time carpet cleaning, Monday through Friday, call 979-823-5031 for interview.

Part-time job helping handicapped. Male student preferred. $360/mo. 8-10hrs/wk.

979-846-3376.

Part-Time Monday-Friday, Sterilization Tech. Email resume and work availability to info@bvoms.com Part-time real estate assistant position needed for busy real estate office. Must be a detail-oriented people person with reliable transportation and have reasonable computer skills in MS Word and MS Excel. This staff position requires 20-25 hours per week with additional optional hours available from time to time. Start date available immediately. For job description and application, go to: www.coventryglenrealty.net and click on Employment Opportunities side bar.

RA or entrepreneur? Wants to earn extra money? Premium energy drinks distributor opportunity! Call 9792090778 call for an appointment.

STUDENTPAYOUTS.COM Paid survey takers needed in College Station. 100% free to join. Click on surveys.

The Corner now hiring all positions for all shifts. Come by in person to apply.

Weekend merchandisers.

Budweiser has immediate openings for part-time positions.

Great pay! Pre-employment drug screen. Apply at Jack Hilliard Dist., 1000 Independence, Bryan, TX. Work around your class schedule!

No Saturday or Sundays, off during the holidays. The Battalion Advertising Office is hiring an Advertising Sales Representative. Must be enrolled at A&M and have reliable transportation. Interested applicants should come by our office located in the MSC, Suite 400, from 8am-4pm., ask to speak with Joseph.

REAL ESTATE 8 CS 3/2 Duplexes, shuttle, $229,900, Town & Country Realty 979-777-6211, 979-739-2035 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-rooms available in 4bdrm home off of Graham. Female, non-partiers, mostly furnished. $450/mo. 903-456-6543.

SERVICES Horsetraining. 20yrs experience from imprinting babies to older horses. Natural horsemanship nature. Use John Lyons and Pat Parelli techniques. All kinds of teaching. Call (979)446-4227.

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