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Perry bows out Texas governor, Aggie sees ‘no viable path to victory’ Amber Jaura The Battalion
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Once considered to be a front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination, Rick Perry, Class of 1972, will not be the first A&M graduate to reside in the White House. The Texas governor announced Thursday morning that he is suspending his campaign and returning to his home state. In his farewell remarks, Perry endorsed former House Speaker Newt Gingrich. “As I have contemplated the future of this campaign, I have come to the conclusion that there is no viable path to victory for my candidacy in 2012,” Perry said. “I believe Newt is a conservative visionary who can transform our country.” On his campaign website, Perry said he is proud to continue as governor of Texas and intends to make the state a better place for business and to create jobs for Texans. Marc Pitts, junior biochemistry major and chairman of the Texas Aggie Conservatives, said, despite Perry’s failed campaign, he looks
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Republican presidential candidate, Texas Gov. Rick Perry pauses while announcing he is suspending his campaign and endorsing Newt Gingrich on Thursday in North Charleston, S.C.
Aug. 13: Perry announces presidential bid shortly after prayer event in Houston.
Oct. 2: Perry finds himself on the defensive amid reports he used a West Texas hunting camp once named “N-----head.” Oct. 25: Perry says participating in GOP debates was a “mistake” because debates serve only to “tear down” the candidates.
Sept. 3: Voters prefer Perry to Obama in national poll, 44-41.
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When he entered the race on Aug. 13, many saw our governor as the odds-on favorite for this year’s Republican presidential candidate nomination. Today, they see him as he really is: an exhausted, ill-advised state politician who was hopelessly unprepared for national politics. From its inception, Perry’s campaign was beleaguered by internal feuding, inferior organization and erratic messaging — all of which contributed to his unsubtle fall from
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grace. As Maggie Haberman of Politico noted, it was obvious from his first debate performance at the Reagan Presidential Library that forums would prove to be the governor’s “Achilles’ heel” — a prediction fulfilled when Perry notoriously forgot the third federal department that he planned to abolish. Insiders wrote of conflicts between Perry’s advising staff, and pundits opined that the campaign perilously abandoned its focus on
Source: New York Daily News
Jan.19: Perry drops his 2012 presidential bid two days before the South Carolina primary.
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job creation and Texas’ record of economic growth. Indeed, Perry may have been doomed from the very beginning. It was, perhaps, never realistic to expect that Rick Perry’s operation would be capable of controlling his own narrative as a candidate. In a broader sense, however, the campaign’s missteps were probably irrelevant to its demise; even the best handlers may have been unable to save Perry. To the extent that the nature of the man matters more than the strategists around him, there was never a clear path for the governor to capture the White House. To win the presidency, a candidate must exemplify some ideal of
persona or policy that is compellingly unique. To Democrats, Perry was little more than a petty reincarnation of George W. Bush; to Republicans, a sporadic figure who likely lacked the competence to seriously contest President Obama in November’s election. In the final analysis, Governor Perry was too much of a known commodity to retain any hope of distinguishing himself among a crowded Republican field of big personalities and bold policies. Few predicted that Perry’s campaign would end in such palpable failure. Yet — in hindsight — still fewer are See Exit on page 5
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Trevor Stevens The Battalion A crowd of students stood shoulder-toshoulder near the Sul Ross Statue in Academic Plaza Wednesday morning, peacefully protesting the demonstration of a former skinhead and Aggie, Preston Wiginton. “[Wiginton] is here because of the MLK breakfast with Harry Belafonte, who was a friend of Dr. King,” said Valery Owen, senior university studies major. “His main message is to talk about Dr. King and the shortcomings of Dr. King.” Senior American studies major April Williams, who comes from a family of mixed heritages, said Wiginton was protesting MLK because the reverend fell short morally. She countered that everyone has shortcomings, which doesn’t take away from the fact that MLK was an amazing man.
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Preston Wiginton debates with students while demonstrating against Martin Luther King Jr. and the civil rights movement. “I don’t think he has any basis for what he is saying; it makes no sense for him to try to detract from what MLK did,” Williams said. During the discussion, Wiginton said he See Protest on page 2
The Battalion The Texas A&M men’s basketball team (10-7, 1-4) will look to take a step in the right direction Saturday when they welcome the Oklahoma Sooners (12-5, 2-3) to Reed Arena. The Aggies have struggled in conference play, dropping games at Mizzou, Baylor and a home game against Iowa State. The team’s lone win, a victory over ex-head coach Billy Gillispie and Texas Tech, came against the worst team in the Big 12. The Sooners enter the contest having won their last two games. They dispatched the lowly Red Raiders 64-55 on Tuesday, but their premier win of the season came against Kansas State, a perennial Big 12 power and one of the University’s primary basketball
Tip-off ◗ The Aggies and Sooners play at 3 p.m. Saturday at Reed Arena ◗ Students with a sports pass need to bring a valid student ID to enter the arena ◗ First-year Oklahoma coach Lon Kruger is 1-3 all-time against the Aggies
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Students gather around Preston Wiginton near Academic Plaza to protest his ideals on immigration, civil rights, affirmative action and welfare.
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He’s the winningest track and field coach in NCAA history. What keeps Pat Henry going? a new challenge. “I just needed a little bit different chalThe Battalion lenge after being there that long,” Henry said. Names such as Mike Krzyzewski, Bob “We won 27 national championships there, Knight, Bear Bryant and Bobby Bowden so for me the opportunity to maybe go to are all recognizable as heroes and legends another place and start over and build a profor winning in their respective sports. Texas gram was too much to pass up. That kind of A&M has its own living legend — someone thing is part of what keeps you going as a who has far exceeded any other NCAA track coach.” and field coach in history, but has managed to In his first year at Texas A&M the men’s largely remain out of the spotlight. team placed 10th and sixth indoor and outA&M track and field coach Pat Henry and door conference championships, respectively, staff have taught their athletes to “school” the and the women’s team placed 10th of 12 in rest of the field in recent years, but this is in both conference championships. no way new to Henry — and his trophy rack Since then coach Henry has made Texas can prove it. Since 1980, he has earned 17 national A&M well known for track and field — coaching honors, coached for the Olympic so much that ESPN The Magazine national team, won five high school state ranked A&M No.1 in recruiting as of team championships, two NJCAA national February 2011. Henry acknowledged the importeam championships, and 33 NCAA national tance of a fan base, which has increased team championships. but is not where he wants it to be. Even now, after leading A&M’s men’s and “I think that one of our major goals is to women’s outdoor programs to three consectry to continue to let our community and utive national titles — the first such accominstitution know we have some of the finest plishment in NCAA history — Henry said athletes in the world here on this track team,” his motivation is solely to “teach” his athletes. Henry said. “I don’t “For me, it’s still like to use the word I think that one of our about athletics as ‘educating’ your coma means to changis to try to continue to munity, but it is about, ing our society, to ‘Who is track?’ ‘What let our community and institution changing people and is track and field?’ We that’s what athlet- know we have some of the don’t have an outdoor ics is,” Henry said. “I track. If they didn’t here on still perceive myself play a home baseball as a teacher. People this track team. game [fans would forget that a coach — Head coach Pat Henry probably get upset], is a teacher. Teachbut if they don’t have ers teach for reaa home track meet, no one has risen up and sons; they love being around young people said, ‘this isn’t right.’” and they want to see young people get betTwo programs that Henry escorted onto ter and better in whatever they do. That’s the national scene will compete Saturmy motivation.” day when Henry’s former program, LSU, Henry is the only coach to ever win men’s comes into College Station for a dual meet and women’s national titles in the same outwith the Aggies. LSU’s men and women door season at a NCAA Division I school. were both ranked in the top-3 nationally in He also won 27 National titles in 17 years the 2012 preseason indoor track and as head coach at Louisiana State Univerfi eld rankings, while the Aggie men and sity, where his women’s outdoor team won women enter as the meet ranked Nos. 12 10 straight national titles. In 2005 he left and 17, respectively. Baton Rouge for College Station seeking
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One of the winningest head coaches in college sports, head track coach Pat Henry looks to add another championship after capturing six national titles in three years. Henry believes this will be a good opportunity to gauge where his teams are after competing against staunch competition, and invited students to come out and see what competitive track and field is all about. “We have a diverse group of people; some of the best in the country,” Henry said. “To come in, sit close and watch is a lot of fun. This is going to be a very competitive group of people.” Henry wouldn’t offer any predictions heading into the indoor and outdoor seasons, but praised his athletes as talent-filled, even holding future Olympians. “I’ve never ever said we were going to win a national championship in any of those 33 years,” Henry said. “I have never said it before. I think this is the starting of a season that [students]
By the numbers ◗ Coach Henry possesses a grand total of 33 NCAA national championships between his tenures at A&M and LSU.
◗ This is the second consecutive year that the Aggies have competed against the Tigers. A&M won the last meeting in both men’s (84-75) and women’s (91-67).
◗ The Aggie men rank No. 12 nationally while the women are slotted at No. 17. LSU enters as the No. 3 and No. 2 nationally ranked team in men’s and women’s, respectively. can come watch and see some young ones, and see some of those that they’ll see in the Olympic games as well.”
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Back-to-back opponents on docket for No. 11 men James Solano The Battalion The No. 11 Texas A&M men’s tennis team opens its 2012 dual match schedule this Saturday at noon against Louisiana Lafayette and at 4:30 p.m. against UTSan Antonio at the Georgia P. Mitchell Tennis Center. Aggie head coach Steve Denton said he is looking forward to the start of the year and knows his players are, too. “We are very excited about getting back into team competition this weekend,” Denton said. “We have a lot of very talented new faces in the starting lineup, and I know our players can’t wait to put on the maroon and white and compete for the Aggies.” These matches will allow players to warm up for the season, while also allowing coaches to judge where the team stands. “This weekend’s doubleheader against Louisiana Lafayette and UTSA will give our players the opportunity to get their feet wet against quality opponents,” Denton said. “This will also allow coach [Bob] McKinley and myself an opportunity to see where we are and what we need to continue working on with our team.” In six seasons under coach Denton and assistant coach McKinely, the Aggies have enjoyed back-to-back Top10 finishes and three straight Sweet 16 appearances in the NCAA Championships. Coach Denton will be vying for his 100th dual match victory as head
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Junior Niall Angus, right, and sophomore Junior Ore compete at the 2011 Intercollegiate Tennis Association Regional Tournament in October on their home courts.
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coach at A&M. The Aggie tennis team, who went 18-5 against NCAA participants and 29-6 overall in dual matches last year, will be missing its defending NCAA Doubles Champions, Austin Krajicek and Jeff Dadamo, but will be returning six letter winners. Among the six returning is senior cocaptain Alexis Klegou from Dunkerque, France. Klegou is riding a 15 dual match winning streak as he starts the 2012 season. The France native finished 13-0 at the No. 4 line last spring in dual action and was named the Big 12 Champion at No. 4 singles. He is currently ranked No. 19 in the latest ITA national singles rankings.
The other senior co-captain Colin Hoover, hailing from Victoria, Texas, posted an impressive 22-5 record in doubles play in dual matches last spring. Three other upperclassman that look to pick up where they left off last year are senior John Lewis from Birmingham, Alabama, and juniors Alberto Bautista from McAllen, Texas and Nial Angus from London, England. Lewis posted a 7-0 singles record in dual matches last spring while going 3-0 at the No. 6 line. Bautista resided mostly at the No. 5 and No. 6 lines last spring, finishing with a 13-9 overall mark. Angus posted a 12-1 record in singles in dual matches last year including a 6-1 mark at the No. 6 line. The
England native brings a four-match winning streak in both singles and doubles into play in 2012. A few other redshirt and true freshman will look to make a splash on the court this spring, too.
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No. 14 Aggies set to play Jayhawks Mark Dore The Battalion The No. 14 Aggies (12-4, 3-2) continue their Big 12 Conference farewell tour by traveling to Lawrence, Kan. to play the Jayhawks (15-2, 4-1) Saturday night. A&M seeks its eighth win in a row against the Jayhawks in the last conference matchup between the two teams. A&M notched a strong home victory 78-52 over Missouri Wednesday night. Coupled with a blowout win 69-33 against Iowa State last week, the team carries significant conference momentum into the contest against Kansas and would seem to have recovered from a close home loss to Texas Jan. 11. Senior guard Sydney Carter tallied 25 in the loss to Texas but fouled out before the game ended. In the win over Missouri, key contributor senior Adaora Elonu was hampered by foul trouble throughout much of the game, though still managed to pitch in 16 points, tying senior guard Tyra White for the team lead.
This season’s offense is centered less on one dominant threat inside and more on senior leadership and distributed scoring. White (14.5), Carter (12.4), Elonu (11.8) and junior center Kelsey Bone (11.8) each average more than 10 points per game. Kansas is a team built around offense, trailing only top-ranked Baylor in the conference in team scoring at 75.2 points per game. Junior forward Carolyn Davis, whose team-high 18.1 points per game is the fourth-highest scoring clip in the Big 12, leads this prolific offense in production. Junior forward Aishah Sutherland adds 13.4 points per game and 9.5 rebounds per game, while senior guard Monica Engelman’s 10.1 points per game ranks third on the team. The Kansas defense has been below average among the 10 teams in the conference, ranking eighth at 60.2 points per game. The Aggies have been effective against prolific scorers of late, holding vaunted Missouri senior forward Christine Flores to 13 total points, well below her sea-
son average of 19.1. A&M ranks first in the conference in turnover differential and forced 25 Missouri turnovers while committing just 12. A&M’s defensive success has relied on full-court pressure and forced turnovers. Iowa State managed only 33 total points, the lowest total for a conference opponent in the current era under head coach Gary Blair, and the team held Missouri to 19 points in the second half. Another key for the Aggies’ success has been the creation of extra offensive possessions. A conference-leading offensive rebounding percentage keeps the ball away from the opposition and out of the hands of its scorers. Against Missouri, the Aggies collected 16 offensive rebounds — compared to 11 for the Tigers — and attempted 20 more shots than Missouri. A 4-1 record in the Big 12 puts the Jayhawks in second place. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m., when the Aggies will try to improve to 4-2 in conference play and move into a tie with the Jayhawks.
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called Kruger “one of the better head coaches in the country.” “He’s coached at every level and he’s won at every level,” Kennedy said. “He’s doing a really good job with this team.” The Aggies’ big men will need to control the paint if they hope to send the Sooners home winless. Oklahoma forward Romero Osby is a nightly double-double threat, averaging 11.5 points and 8.3 rebounds per game, and speedy guard Steven Pledger drives the ball into the lane with ferocity, often times resulting in the free throws that have caused his scoring average to balloon to 17.3 points per game after averaging less than 11 points per game last season. Tip-off is at 3 p.m. on Saturday at Reed Arena.
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rivals. Sooner forward Andrew Fitzgerald poured in 21 points while shooting 9-10 from the field, and point guard Sam Grooms dished out nine assists in the 8273 win. Texas A&M head coach, Bill Kennedy, was very complimentary of Oklahoma head coach, Lon Kruger, who is currently in his first year at Oklahoma. “This is a better Oklahoma team than last year’s team and Kruger’s done a really good job getting the most out of them,” Kennedy said. “Beating Kansas State at home the other day was a big win for them.” Boasting a 491-306 record and 26 seasons of NCAA experience, Kennedy
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forward to his return to Texas and still values Perry’s conservative principles. “It’s time for Governor Perry to return home. He needs to execute conservative reforms right here in Texas,” Pitts said. “I think his weak position on in-state tuition for illegal immigrants really hurt him in the primary.” Pitts said he also believes that Perry’s inability to clearly explain his positions and philosophy, along with his mistakes during debates, made his campaign weak from the start. Matthew Hearst, senior architecture major, also said Perry’s early careless mistakes cost him the election. “Rick Perry didn’t have much influence in the election to begin with, mostly because he messes up a lot in the debates. He has his ‘oops’ moments and I don’t think he’s smart in the sense of politics,” Hearst said. One such ‘oops’ moment came in a nationally televised debate before the Iowa caucuses. “I will tell you, it’s three agencies of government when I get there that are gone: commerce, education and the, uh, what’s the third one?” Perry said
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Campaign workers Ryan Vise, left, and Lucas Baiano remove a sign following Perry’s news conference Thursday in North Charleston, S.C. Republican presidential candidate Texas Gov. Rick Perry announced he is suspending his campaign. a man of contradictions. His political career has been littered with colorful language but precariously wanting for Continued from page 1 substance. Ultimately, Rick Perry failed surprised that it has. to grasp that his fatal shortAs we close this chapter comings would be merciof Perry’s political life, we Perry failed to lessly exposed by the turn the page on a rather grasp that his scrutiny of a presidential perplexing ordeal. fatal shortcomings campaign. As he returns Ostensibly, he should would be exposed to the Lone Star State, have been a formiby a presidential he doubtlessly joins us in dable candidate. He is a campaign pondering more questions Texan — an Aggie — a than answers as he enterman who speaks boldly of tains thoughts of the president freedom and proudly of faith. he might have been. But he has also shown himself to be
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when explaining his plans for creating a successful job climate. “I can’t; the third one, I can’t. Sorry. Oops.” Perry later clarified that the forgotten agency was the Department of Energy. Senior geography major Phillip Hendricks said Perry could have been more successful in his campaign if he projected a more professional image to the public. “I believe that Rick Perry was a great presidential candidate because of his views and his policies, but he did not continue to win in the primaries because he didn’t really have the persona that America could trust,” Hendricks said. “But I believe if he were like Mitt Romney and had the more professional persona, then he probably could have done a lot better.” In the latest Gallup poll of GOP ballot support, Romney led the field with 33 percent, followed by Gingrich with 17 percent. Former Pennsylvania
Senator Rick Santorum and Rep. Ron Paul of Texas trailed with 13 percent each. Perry held 8 percent at the time of his exit. Soundarya Ramakrishna, management information systems graduate student, said she believes Perry dropping out will alter votes in Texas, but won’t significantly affect the election outcome. “His percentages in the other caucuses, like Iowa and New Hampshire, haven’t been impressive, so I don’t think him endorsing Gingrich is going to make a difference,” Ramakrishna said. “Maybe it will just reduce the division of votes — but not by that much, in my opinion — because he had few supporters to begin with.” Perry received 10.3 percent of votes in the Iowa caucus, ranking fifth among the candidates. Only 0.7 percent of New Hampshire voters penciled in Perry, who was campaigning in South Carolina at the time of his withdrawal.
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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy will leave audiences guessing Elise Burnsvold Special to The Battalion Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is a thrilling story that immerses its audience in a twisted plot that remains unpredictable through the final reel. Based on John le Carré‘s bestselling novel, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is a spy thriller set in Europe during the Cold War. Swedish director Tomas Alfredson sets the mood well, capturing the tense atmosphere of the 1970s and the suspicion and betrayal that were central to the mindsets of agents during the Cold War. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy seems to have it all. With a cast comprised of some of the biggest names in British film making, including Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Toby Jones and John Hurt, this film contains not only great acting but a certain impression and charm that leaves the audience immersed in le Carré’s haunting story. The story follows retired agent, George Smiley (Oldman) as he attempts to uncover a highly appointed mole in the British Intelligence Service, also known as “The Circus.” Having been assigned by the government to investigate the allegation, Smiley, with the help of former associates and dismissed members of “The Circus,” such as Peter Guillam (Cumberbatch) and Jim Prideaux (Mark Strong), works to prove his deceased boss theory, through the examination of former colleagues and unexplainable events, that seemed to occur in tandem with the accusations. Gary Oldman shines in this film, and his portrayal of Smiley makes one root for the dedicated ex-agent and believe in his wise disposition. Having already earned the ac-
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Spying pays Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy has made more than $16,327,864 since its nation wide release. attentive enough to keep up. Though not especially full of action or nail-biting scenes, this film entertains. For those who enjoy a mild thriller full of twists and turns, make your way to the movies now. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy will keep the audience guessing and asking the all-important question: Who is the mole?
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