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Policy in the Pacific

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2013

ELECTIONS

Vote system could distort Yell Leader results Mark Doré & Trevor Stevens

The Battalion change in the voting process of student body elections could jeopardize results in multicandidate positions.

The election commission changed to an instant runoff system for 2013, eliminating the need for secondary runoffs but preventing student ballots from counting for more than one candidate in elections such as senior yell, for which three candidates are selected.

According to the instant runoff system, ballots are processed in rounds. The candidate with the least number of votes, which are assigned to the candidate with the highest preference on a single ballot, is eliminated after a round. In the next round, any votes for an eliminated candidate are reassigned to the next most preferred candidate. Each round every ballot is counted again as a vote for the highest ranked candidate who has not been eliminated. Rounds continue until the number of candidates remaining equals the number of open positions.

The instant runoff system prevents a student from voting for more than one yell leader at a time. A student can only vote for one candidate each round because every ballot is counted as a vote for only one candidate per round. This presents problems in an election that elects two candidates for junior yell or three for senior yell.

Thus, no individual student’s vote could be conceivably counted for three candidates on one ballot.

“The possibility certainly exists that the voting process could potentially misrepresent the opinion of the student body and warrants further investigation,” said Drew Alders, public relations officer for the Corps of Cadets.

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Tanner Garza — THE BATTALION

Col. Byron Stebbins leads Cadets in a military pass in review to honor the delegates of the SCONA Conference on Thursday.

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n support of the Corps of Cadets’ mission of developing well-educated leaders of character who rise to world challenges, the Cadets conducted a military pass in review Thursday to honor delegates of the Student Conference on National Affairs.

Gen. Walter Sharp and Admirals Dennis Blair and Robert Willard, along with other SCONA delegates, were among the members of the reviewing party for the military pass in review.

Ross Brady, vice chair of SCONA and se-

nior urban and regional science major, said the plan for the conference is to address past and present U.S. policy toward the AsianPacific region in light of President Barack Obama’s announcement to concentrate 60 percent of U.S. naval assets there.

SCONA began its Free Speakers series Thursday and will continue until Friday. In addition to the Free Speaker Series, SCONA will conduct its weekend-long conference on U.S. policy in the Asian-Pacific region.

All the lectures will take place in the MSC Gates Room. The first speech featured Dennis C. Blair, former director of National Intelligence and retired U.S. Navy admiral.

Sharp, a former commander of U.S. Forces in Korea, spoke about policy and events in the Pacific.

Sharp said the end goal is to rebalance the Pacific.

“For much of this decade, the World has been focused on the Middle East,” said Nathaniel Rumrill, junior nuclear engineering major and roundtable host. “We feel that there will be shift toward the Pacific and we wanted to focus on this change.”

The president of the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations and retired U.S. Navy Adm. Robert Willard will end the series with his lecture at 9 a.m. Friday.

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lifestyles

Former student adds acoustic touch to performance Elise Brunsvold

The Battalion n a blend of pop, rock and acoustic instrumentations, Charlie Gore, Class of 2012, took the stage at the latest performance of the MSC Town Hall Coffeehouse series, serenading an audience with soulful melodies and vibrant renditions.

Gore, a current resident of Austin, performed his own music as well as popular covers in a show suited for the relaxed, yet raw vibe of the Coffeehouse series. From pop themes to rock roots, the show incorporated a mix of music that seemed to make the audience crave more.

“I thought it was great,” said Daniel Hinson, junior industrial distribution major. “Sometimes you get weary of how people will sound in real life compared to CDs, but this was good.”

Gore said his music is a hard-to-define combination of artistic inspirations and sound, deriving from a love of Gavin

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Charlie Gore plays for students on the bottom floor of the MSC, as part of MSC Coffeehouse, Thursday night.

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life | 2 Film’s biggest night

This Sunday marks the 85th Academy Awards, bringing Hollywood’s biggest stars together for some of the most prestigious awards in the film industry.

news | 3 Hit the switch The light and video functions of Memory Cloud, the hanging art piece in the MSC 12th Man Hall, will be activated 9:30 a.m. on Friday.

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DeGraw and guitar. “[My music] is definitely pop and instrument driven,” Gore said. “It’s like if Gavin DeGraw and John Mayer had a love child, it would possibly be like that love child.”

Gore, whose debut album will be released in April, is known for songs such as “When I Think Of You,” “Underrated Love” and “Stay the Night.” The singer-songwriter performed in College Station as a student and garnered a fan base among A&M crowds. Gore won the 2008 Imagine Aggie Artists Battle of the Bands, a competition sponsored

by Town Hall, Texas A&M Division of Marketing & Communications and the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus. “Each time I come back to the area, it’s like I’m brand new again, which is good and bad,” Gore said. “It’s a challenge to find a new fan base, but I have a special connection with A&M and College Station. I like the challenge.”

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track and field

Indoor teams look to win second straight conference titles, first in SEC Michael Ayo The Battalion

Aggies roll at Reed Arena

s his teams brace for the 2013 SEC Indoor Championships, A&M track coach Pat Henry is speculating whether the Aggies’ new conference home, the SEC, or its last, the Big 12, is stronger in track and field.

Henry said the difference may hinge on a single school: Texas A&M. “The Big 12 was really good,” Henry said. “Some years the Big 12 is better and some years the SEC is better, but I think us moving to the SEC makes them that much better.”

After sweeping the team titles at the 2012 Big 12 Championship, the A&M men’s and women’s indoor track teams look to make a run at a second straight conference title, though in a different conference, in Fayetteville, Ark., during the SEC Indoor Championships from Friday through Sunday.

The No. 3 men and the No. 9 women will travel to the Randal Tyson Track Center to compete against some of the nation’s top ranked track teams.

Arkansas’ and Florida’s men’s teams are ranked No. 1 and No. 2, respectively, while the women will face No. 1 LSU, No. 3 Arkansas, No. 6 Florida and No. 7 Georgia.

“I feel good about what our people are doing,” Henry said. “Whether that will be good enough to

After a tough loss to Kentucky, the A&M women’s basketball team rebounded comfortably at home against Ole Miss, 82-53.

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win, that remains to be seen.”

The Aggies will need to have solid outings by each member on the team. For the men, A&M returns three conference champions from 2012: Deon Lendore (400-meter), Ameer Webb (200-meter) and Prezel Hardy Jr. (60-meter).

The women will return with two conference champions, Kamaria Brown (200-meter) and Ashley Collier (60-meter). However, the defending men’s and women’s SEC champions in both the 60-meter and 200-meter will also return to compete against the Aggies. These matchups may give insight into the differences between the SEC and the Big 12.

The men look for a strong performance from long distance runner, senior Henry Lelei, who recently broke a school record at the Texas A&M Invitational in the 3,000 meters with a time of seven minutes and 55.8 seconds.

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Courtesy of Aggie Athletics

LaQue Moen-Davis has recorded the farthest triple-jump of the year in the SEC to date.

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Reimherr, sophomore business administration major. “It was suspenseful but The Battalion at the same time a real event that they he 2013 award season will made really interesting. I’d want ‘Argo’ come to a close on Sunto win Best Picture.” day with 85th Annual Academy The Best Picture category also Awards. Also known as The includes French film “Amour,” Oscars, the Awards show a story that follows the lives of will be broadcast from Holan elderly couple after one of lywood’s Dolby Theatre them suffers a stroke. “Amour” and hosted by Seth McFarmarks the first time in 12 years lane. that a foreign language film took Notable films include a nomination for Best Picture as “Lincoln,” which has garwell as Best Foreign Language film. nered praise and 12 nominaIf it wins, it will be the first French tions, “Life of Pi,” which is up film to achieve the award. for 11 awards, and “Silver LinIn another unprecedented move, ings Playbook,” which is the Quvenzhané Wallis, the nine-yearfirst film in eight years to hold old star of “Beasts of the Southern nominations in every acting catWild,” has been nominated for Best egory—Best Actor , Best Actress, Actress, which makes her the youngBest Supporting Actor and Best est Best Actress nominee in the AcadSupporting Actress. emy’s history.

“Out of all of the pictures up, “I hope she wins. She was awesome I think ‘Lincoln’ was the best,” in ‘Beasts of the Southern Wild,’” said said Danie Mascarenhas, senior Dylan Huddleston, junior English mapolitical science major. “I really jor.

“I’m glad it’s up for a few want ‘Lincoln’ to win; it awards.” deserves it. But ‘Anna The film has been nomiKarenina’ was really nated for four awards: Best also really great.”

Picture, Best Director, Best The critically acActress and Best Writing for claimed “Anna Karenian Adapted Screenplay. The na,” based on the novel film is based on the play

by Leo Tolstoy, “Juicy and Delicious,” has four nominawritten by the film’s tions this year :for co-writer Lucy Alibar.

Best Production All of the films nomAlice Chang — THE BATTALION Design, Best Cininated have received recogematography, Best Costume nition throughout this season’s award preDesign and Best Original Score.

In line for Best Picture are “Zero Dark sentations. Tune into ABC at 7:30 p.m.

Thirty” and “Argo,” which were both Sunday to see which crowd and critical favorites have made the grade at one of inspired by true events. “‘Argo’ was really good,” said Andrew the most prestigious award ceremonies in the film industry.

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Army ROTC recognized by MacArthur award John Rangel

The Battalion exas A&M’s Army ROTC program was awarded the MacArthur Award for the second year, an achievement that recognizes the program as one of the top in the country.

The award, announced Wednesday by U.S. Army Cadet Command, recognizes eight schools from among the 273 senior ROTC units nationwide as the programs that best exemplify the ideals of “duty, honor and country,” values advocated by Gen. Douglas MacArthur.

“It is a sincere privilege to receive the MacArthur Award, and to do so in two of the last three years is a true testament to the values, dedication and commitment of the officers, noncommissioned officers, staff and cadets,” said Col. Michael Gibler, Class of 1985 and Army professor of military sciences.

Army ROTC programs are awarded the MacArthur Award based on certain factors, including the school’s commissioning mission, its Cadets’ performance, and its Cadet retention rate.

Drew Alders, Corps of Cadets public relations officer and senior agricultural economics major, said A&M’s Army ROTC program exemplifies the excellence that the whole Corps strives for.

“By winning the MacArthur Award, Texas A&M’s Army ROTC demonstrates the leadership development among Aggies, a tradition that continues to be recognized on a national scale,” Alders said.

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Charlie Gore, Class of 2010, performed in the MSC lower level for the MSC Coffeehouse event.

Taylor Niebel, executive of the Town Hall “set-up” crew and junior ocean engineering major, said with a good crowd and tunes to set the tone, the performance went well.

“They’re was a good turnout and response. His music is great, clean and well put together,” Niebel said. “We’re always glad to have people come out, especially people who’ve been here. It was cool to have another student come back.”

Katrina Lack, freshman mechanical engineering major, said she liked the performance and the style of Gore’s music.

“I liked him,” Lack said. “He’s got a nice voice and acoustic sound.”

Gore said much of his music has been inspired by the relationships he has experienced and seen throughout his life.

“My songs are mostly about relationships, love and getting over the little bumps in the road,” Gore said. “When I sit down to write, I don’t do it like I’m going to write on a certain topic.”

The performance had students in the MSC tapping their feet, singing along to original songs as well as covers such as Kanye West’s “Heartless.”

“I loved [performing], I’ve loved coming back to A&M,” Gore said. “The crowd was very responsive. I was happy with it. I felt like they were in it, in the vibe.”

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Senior Yell Leader Drew Nelson said the system takes away the student body’s right to vote and students are being misled.

“Last year, students were given three votes for senior yell, so [this year] the vote for your number two choice is basically eliminated,” Nelson said. “It’s only fair if the top three votes count the same.”

If a candidate is ranked in the top three in a majority of ballots, he or she is not guaranteed election.

“The system is not fair,” Nelson said.

“It needs to be rectified.”

The online ballot question prompts each voter to select candidates in order of preference, giving no further direction or explanation of the process by which ballots are counted, while the

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Special to The Battalion radition, technology and engineering fused to create the “Memory Cloud” art piece featured in the 12th Man Hall in the Memorial Student Center.

The light and video functions of the hanging art piece will be activated at 9:30 a.m. Friday after a ceremony in the J. Wayne Stark Galleries.

Projections of archival video footage, combined with a live feed of students walking by, will flow across the cloud’s abstract surface.

In 2012, Memory Cloud design won a sculpture competition held by the University Art Galleries. Since then, four architects labored to construct a durable and lightweight structure that reflected their winning idea.

Andrew Vrana, Class of 1993, and Joe Meppelink of Metalab, a Houston-based architecture, civic art and product design studio, have worked alongside Norman Lee and Shane Allbritton since February 2012 to design and assemble the massive combination of carbon steel piping, LED lights and differently sized translucent discs.

The camera for Memory Cloud will be positioned on the second floor ceiling of the MSC. The artists chose to move the camera away from the hanging art to encourage passersby to glance directly at the piece.

Kelly Smith, senior kinesiology major said she

likes the past and present aspect of the piece.

“I think that there are a lot of places in the MSC that reflect past students, so it’s kind of cool that, if it’s projecting current students, it binds them all together.”

Bill Becker, sophomore Blinn Team student said he appreciates how the art piece displays symbols of tradition at A&M. “I think it adds to the fact that it’s a living memorial because it brings in the rest of campus – bringing the outside inside. The MSC is kind of the center of campus anyway.”

Vrana said the images associated with the University have remained the same through the years, but he hopes Aggies will be open to new icons on campus.

“We want this element in the MSC to motivate Aggies to look forward,” Vrana said. “You look around campus and all of the statues are very traditional. By showing that past, present and future can all be combined, the Memory Cloud might change Aggies’ perspective about tradition.”

election website does give an explanation.

Election results are expected to be announced Friday at 8:30 p.m. after voting closes.

Election Commissioner Allison Krenzien could not immediately be reached for comment.

The previous system involved selecting the total candidates each voter wished to elect to the position. Every selection counted as an equal vote. If no candidate received the required majority, a separate runoff was held, as was the case in the 2012 student body president election.

The Election Finance Disqualification Act — passed unanimously in Student Senate and signed by Student Body President John Claybrook — made changes to the Election Regulations, establishing the instant runoff system.

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Roger Zhang — THE BATTALION

Senior pitcher Kyle Martin gave up zero earned runs on five hits in 6.2 innings pitched against UIC in the season opener, but A&M fell 2-0.

A&M prepares for visiting Pepperdine Michael Ayo The Battalion

T

he first weekend of A&M baseball started with a sputter before picking up momentum for a series win. In a three-game series against Pepperdine at home, A&M hopes any offseason rust has been shaken off.

After dropping the opening game to the University of Illinois-Chicago, A&M has recovered to outscore its opponents by a combined margin of 25-9 during its fourgame early season win streak.

“We always have expectations,” senior infielder Mikey Reynolds said. “Expectations are high with great talent and we expect to compete.”

The No. 24 Aggies (4-1) have had solid outings from each of their starting pitchers and bullpen since the season began. As a team, they have not allowed more than three runs in a game and are allowing an average of fewer than two runs per game.

They will be tested against a Pepperdine team that started the season with four straight wins before losing its most recent game to No. 20 Cal State Fullerton, 6-3.

A&M has seen great performances from its leadoff

hitter and shortstop, Mikey Reynolds. Through five games, Reynolds has posted a batting average of .526 and recently went 4-5 with three stolen bases and two RBIs against Stephen F. Austin.

He has been a big part of the offense so far by getting himself into scoring position, recording five stolen bases this season. “[Reynolds] is very important to our team,” head coach Rob Childress said.

“He is a catalyst at the top of our lineup.”

Junior catcher Troy Stein has made an impact on both the defensive and offensive side. Through the four games he has played, Stein has recorded a batting average of .294 with a double and two runs scored. He has also been a key piece in the middle of the lineup, recently going 3-5 against SFA, and has been vital behind the plate with some of the younger pitchers.

As a team, Texas A&M has averaged five runs per game, scoring five or more in three straight games. Pepperdine is entering the three-game series averaging more than seven runs per game and is looking to bounce back from its first loss of the season.

“We’re going to score more runs,” Stein said. “We have got to be better offensively.”

In order for the Aggies to have success this weekend, they will have to slow down the Waves’ first baseman Sam Meyer. During Pepperdine’s four-game sweep over Western Michigan to start the season, Meyer went 7-15 with three doubles, a home run and eight RBIs and was named West Coast Conference Player of the Week.

Pepperdine at Blue Bell Park: 6:35 p.m. Friday Probable starter: Kyle Martin 2:05 p.m. Saturday Probable starter: Daniel Mengden 1:05 p.m. Sunday Probable starter: Rafeal Pinada Records: Pepperdine (4-1) No. 24 A&M (4-1)

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The women will look for an effective execution from freshman LaQue Moen-Davis, who comes off a strong performance at the Texas A&M Invitational where she earned SEC Freshman of the Week by winning the triple jump with a jump of 43 feet and 7.25 inches, the furthest jump of the year in the SEC to date.

Henry said the Aggies would also need dominant performances from their sprint groups.

The sprinters have proven to be the strongest part of both the men and women’s teams and will have to prove it this weekend.

“We try to have balance,” Henry said. “But our sprint groups will have to do well. We have good strength in both the 60 and 200 meters along with the hurdles and the relays.”

While A&M is looking to pick up its first SEC Championship during its inaugural run, Henry will be seeking his 11th career SEC title.

Before winning seven Big 12 conference titles at A&M, Henry won 10 conference titles during his time as head coach at LSU.

Courtesy of Aggie Athletics

Senior Henry Lelei (right) has broken his own school records in the mile and 3,000-meter this season.

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Pre-order your 2013 Aggieland yearbook for $81.19, including shipping and sales tax, and $AVE.

The 111th edition of Texas A&M’s official yearbook will chronicle the 2012-2013 school year — traditions, academics, the other education, sports, the Corps, Greeks, ResLife, campus organizations and seniors and graduate students. Distribution of the 2013 Aggieland will be during Fall 2013.

Go to http://aggieland.tamu.edu or call 979-845-2696 to pre-order by credit card. Or drop by the Student Media office, Suite L400 in the MSC. Cash, check, VISA, MasterCard, Discover and American Express accepted.

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