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Senior forward Adaora Elonu has been a force for Gary Blair and the Aggie women’s basketball team, averaging 12.5 points and 6.9 rebounds per game.
Fan First Dominant forward Elonu could see herself nowhere but Aggieland Mark Dore The Battalion The first time senior forward Adaora Elonu took in Reed Arena — the raucous yells, the swaying student section, the lineage of success — she did so not as a prospective student-athlete, but as a member of the Twelfth Man. Having seen the Aggie experience firsthand, Elonu said that she couldn’t imagine going anywhere else. “I came here as a fan first, so I guess the student body and the fans here sold me,” Elonu said. Four years, one national championship, more than 1,000 points — Elonu became the 25th player in school history to cross this threshold earlier this season — and almost 100 career starts later, Elonu has made her mark on this school. What led her to Reed in the first place was her brother, Chinemulu, drafted out of A&M by the Los Angeles Lakers after taking the court for the men’s team from 2006-2009.
Chinemulu and Elonu adopted the game of basketball at roughly the same time. Elonu was in middle school, Chinemulu in high school, and after much time spent playing tennis and soccer, she said her family realized they could find more success on the basketball court. Elonu credits Chinemulu for providing an example of what work ethic can achieve. “We work out together, so if you could say that I work as hard as him, I’d be golden,” Elonu said. “He’s the hardest working person that I’ve ever seen.” Elonu’s training paid off last season as she helped the Aggies surge to a victory in the NCAA national championship game. Then, everything changed for A&M. The team was undervalued and relatively unnoticed compared to the like of the University of Connecticut and Baylor, they had now painted a target on their backs. “Our coaches tell us: ‘You’re the defending national champions, everyone is going to give us their
best,’” Elonu said. “We can’t take a game off. It’s tough on us, but, at the same time, we asked for it. We won the championship, and it’s not something we want to back down from.” Elonu may notice the attention paid to her by other teams, but she places no stock in the media coverage that surrounds the team. “I’m oblivious to it,” Elonu said. “The coaches hear stuff and let us know so we can prove people wrong, and I think we did a lot of that last year when we weren’t being noticed and came from underneath and stole the spotlight.” Likewise, Elonu said she cares little for rankings, so long as the team lands a spot in the NCAA tournament. “It’s not something I’m focused on because, at the end of the day, rankings don’t mean anything
Awards and honors ◗ 2011 Academic All-Big 12 Second Team ◗ 2009-10, 2010-11 Team Co-Captain ◗ Three-time Big 12 Freshman of the Week selection (Nov. 24, 2008, Dec. 8, 2008 and Dec. 22, 2008)
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The No. 18 men’s swimming and diving team saws “Varsity’s” horns off as they sing the Aggie Warhymn.
The Battalion The No. 18 Texas A&M men’s swimming and diving team will be hosting No. 2 Texas this Saturday at the Student Recreation Natatorium for the last time as a conference foe. A&M, 4-1 in dual meets this season, is also celebrating Senior Night in what will be their final home event. Five graduating seniors, John Ariens, Amini Fonua, Grant Nel, Paul Xiques and Boris Loncaric, will be honored before the meet. “Anytime you graduate seniors,
they mean a lot to you,” A&M head coach Jay Holmes said. “These men have been through a lot of things that weren’t easy. It’s going to be hard to replace them.” Nel, the A&M school-record holder in all three diving events, has just won his second Big 12 Diver of the Week award and recently set the pool record at SMU for his score of 400.95 on the 1-meter springboard. A&M and Texas are both coming off tough losses, with A&M losing 128-115 to SMU, and Texas losing to No. 1 Arizona, 155-88, extending their season record to
4-2. A&M expects to bounce back this weekend, losing the SMU meet by just a second-and-a-half in the 400-yard freestyle relay. Junior John Wagner rallied the Aggies from a 36-point deficit in that SMU match, and his first place time, the first of four consecutive event victories that put A&M back in the game, was nearly three seconds ahead of the next swimmer. “We were in a slugfest out there,” Holmes said. “We were down concentrating on the meet, but the atmosphere on deck and in See Swimmingon page 4
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Natalee Blanchat The Battalion To the dismay of many students and Brazos County residents, an iconic dance hall officially closed its doors. Texas Hall of Fame, the place where avid twosteppers gathered in boots and jeans, shut down Dec. 22, 2011. As per owner Johnny Lyon’s request, the Hall closed nearly 13 months after his death. Lyon struggled with lung cancer before he died in November 2010. “It killed me,” said Blair Jones, senior communication major, when he heard about the closing. Jones, who prefers to wear his signature beige cowboy hat to class, said he has always embraced his country roots and said the Hall was an outlet for him to unwind. From two-stepping on college night to spending a Sunday at an Aaron Watson concert, he said the Hall was truly a legend. “I was upset because — out of all the places in College Station — that’s the one place I liked dancing at the most. It has a lot of history and the concerts there were fantastic,” Jones said. “There’s no place like it.” Texas Hall of Fame was a popular dance hall and bar for more than 33 years. A place full of rich history, the large dance hall was equipped with a polished wooden floor, a full service bar and a stage crafted for big name bands such as Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings. The Hall’s closing is a loss to many B-CS residents, as well. After attempts to contact Bryan city officials, the
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Following the death of Johnny “The Colonel” Lyon, founding owner of the Texas Hall of Fame, the dance hall was closed prior to the planned-but-cancelled concert by Aaron Watson. future of the Hall and the land it occupies remains uncertain. One Bryan resident and former dance instructor at the Hall, Susan Quiring, said it was sold to Walmart. Quiring also said Walmart was pursuing Lyon for several years to buy and renovate the Hall into a distribution center. “The Johnny Lyon I knew would have never sold out to Walmart, at least not while he was still alive,” Quiring said. Quiring said that she remembered Lyon as some-
one who put his heart and soul into the famous bar. She said it was a place to preserve traditional country western music — from songs such as “Suds in a Bucket” to “Men Don’t Change” and “Pickin’ Wildflowers.” “He really tried to keep it true to the country western music,” Quiring said. “Johnny really wanted to keep the country western spirit alive.” Quiring said she witnessed history unfold after spending nearly two decades at the famous saloon See Hall on page 2
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The Battalion Among the many-recorded cases of human rights violations throughout the world, one is often overlooked. The Baha’i faith, a religious minority of roughly 300,000 that hails from Iran, has faced persecution since its inception in 1844. While Baha’is have faced persecution throughout Iran’s history, it has been particularly extreme during the years following the Iranian Revolution. Persecution against Baha’i followers has historically ranged from people of the faith not being able to hold any elected office to segregation in school. Some of the more recent and extreme human rights violations involve the Baha’i Institute of Higher Education, BIHE. The BIHE was formed in 1987 as a semi-underground institution in response to Iranian law denying Baha’is access to higher education. Since then, it has undergone many police raids because not only was the BIHE’s very existence illegal, the majority of professors were Muslim and forbidden to help Baha’is. This persecution, culminating in the May 2011 raid, is the subject of the documentary film “Education Under Fire.�
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watching feminine trends of long flowing skirts shift in the 90s to a more contemporary style of blue jeans worn by both sexes. The memories of funky polka bands playing live concerts in the summer months are images that still ring true for Quiring, a unique tradition that was “typical Johnny.�
“This is a campaign that a group of Baha’i entrepreneurs and musicians started to raise awareness about the denial of higher education of Baha’is in Iran,� said Taraz Nosrat, a senior biomedical engineering major and president of the Texas A&M Baha’i Club. The “Education Under Fire� campaign has gained the support of many notable individuals including Nobel Peace Prize winner and actor Rainn Wilson. It has also received support from human rights organizations such as Amnesty International. Now, this campaign has reached Texas A&M University thanks to the efforts of the Baha’i Club. The documentary is receiving attention nationwide by various universities. “This theme applies to everyone,� said Genevieve Fenway, a senior environmental geosciences major. “Education is the best tool that you can have. This documentary really drives that home and it doesn’t have any other underlying angle other than to present the point.� The students feel that “Education Under Fire� is a big step in the direction of educating the public about the treatment their countrymen face in Iran.
Jennifer Wilkenson, Class of 2009, said that she spent almost every week at the Hall since she was a freshman. After taking classes from the Aggie Wranglers in 2006 she, similar to Quiring, started teaching free dance classes on Thursday nights. “We would take these people who could barely hold a beat and, week after week, we would see people getting better, which was probably the best part of teaching —
“Most people don’t know who the Baha’is are, but I think it’s important to pay attention when any group gets persecuted,� said Morgan Suhm, a junior environmental geosciences major. The Baha’i students also feel that if their cause gets enough support, the Iranian government will start to feel the heat to change its policies. “The Iranians really sit up when people start to pay attention,� Suhm said on the human rights violations. “Education Under Fire� will take place on Feb. 3 at 6:30 p.m. in Rudder 601. The event will start out with 20 minutes of live Persian music. Following the documentary, the majority of the event will be a Q-and-A session with a panel of experts that includes Rola elHusseini, assistant professor of Middle Eastern politics at the Bush School, Baha’i Club president Taraz Nosrat, and former BIHE student Terisa Soroutean. “This is a human rights issue, not a political nor a religious one,� Nosrat said. “We are all college students. We should be able to study what we want without fear of persecution.�
watching these people who couldn’t carry a beat in the beginning and build up the confidence to ask people to dance and have a fantastic time,� Wilkenson said. From meeting her best friends, to eyeing her future husband from a table nearby, Wilkenson said some of her best memories from College Station came from nights two-stepping at the Hall. She said she couldn’t believe a place with so much history
may never see another pair of boots scuff the floor. “If someone could reopen the hall I think that it would have life — forever. There will always be a demand for original country western dance halls, and there are so many people who are upset about the Hall because they want that to continue,� Wilkenson said. “Nothing will ever rival the hall.�
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Kansas to seek redemption in Aggieland The Battalion A strong 67-55 road victory over No. 25 Texas Tech catapulted the No. 18 Aggies into a two-game home stand, which will begin Saturday against the Kansas Jayhawks. A&M (15-5, 6-3) currently finds itself locked in a three-way tie for second place in the Big 12 conference, along with Kansas State and Oklahoma — both of whom also play Saturday. Should each of these teams lose, the Aggies could find themselves in sole possession of second place behind undefeated Baylor. After dropping the first two conference matches, A&M won five of the last six games. A&M is currently riding a two-game winning streak — a 66-64 nail-biter at home against Iowa State on Sunday and the Tech win in Lubbock. The Jayhawks snuck into the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll this week at No. 25, but have dropped back-to-back games. After being throttled by Baylor by a 74-46 margin in Waco, Kansas returned home to lose to Oklahoma
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because you can beat any team,” Elonu said. “What’s important is getting into the NCAA tournament.” One thing Elonu does pay attention to? Her game. After hovering around eight points per game as a sophomore and junior, her scoring has spiked by 30 percent to 12.3 points per game this season — the second highest on the team. Elonu said that her increased production is due to a new mindset. “Coming into my senior year, I hold myself up to a different standard, and most of the time if I make a mistake I tell myself, ‘I’m a senior, I should know better,’” Elonu said. “‘It’s a layup, I should make it. It’s a dropstep, I should know it. I have experience so I need to play like it.” Elonu emphasizes that, while she and her teammates are the defending national champions, this year’s squad is a new team and some adjustments had to be made out of the gate. “We had to find our new identity, and I think that’s what we’re doing now,” Elonu said. “We’re still working on it. We don’t give up, and that’s something we take pride in.” Ranked No. 18 nationally and boasting an overall record of 15-5, Elonu and the Aggies have transitioned nicely. One
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Senior foward Adaora Elonu has increased her scoring to an average of 12.3 points per game. of four A&M players averaging double-digits in scoring, Elonu says that her team is a nightmare for opposing coaches. “It’s hard for other teams to focus on who to guard when they’re going through their practices and their defensive schemes,” Elonu said. “If I have a bad game, Tyra [White], Kelsey [Bone] and Sydney [Carter] are there to step up along with the rest of the team.” Her eligibility may label her a senior, but Elonu has already earned her degree in
health. As a health education graduate student, Elonu calls it a “toss-up” whether she will immediately enroll in medical school or whether she will pursue a future in professional basketball. For now, Elonu has her sights set on something else entirely — a second consecutive trip to the NCAA national championship. “More decisions,” Elonu said. “I’m going to wait until the season is over and pray on it and see where God takes me.”
ter freestyle relay — a feat achieved in December at the Texas Invitational. Continued from page 1 “The guys are really looking forward to racing,” Holthe stands was really a fight.” mes said. “We’ll be challenged A&M faces stiff by Texas — competition from they’re very two Texas seniors, We’ll be good this year, Matthew Cooper — they’re very and they usuand Drew Livally are. Hope, and ingston, who tofully everyone gether have won will be able to first place in the — swimming head coach Jay Holmes make it out and 1-meter, 3-meter add to a great and platform events for the Longhorns nine times this 200-meter freestyle. Texas is atmosphere and enjoy a great also No. 1 in the 800-me- dual meet.” past season. Texas also sports Jimmy Feigen, No. 2 in the 100-meter freestyle and No. 4 in the 50-meter freestyle, and have No. 2 Dax Hill and No. 5 Clay Youngquist in the
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