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The Battalion Nancy Pelosi, Democratic Leader of the House of Representatives, joined Andrew Card, former Republican White House chief of staff and Bush School acting dean, on the Texas A&M University campus to discuss the role of women in politics. Pelosi spoke Monday at the Annenberg Presidential Conference Center at the George Bush Presidential Library Center. The first woman speaker of the House and California native made the trip to Texas on Presidents Day at the invitation of the George Bush Presidential Library Foundation. Roman Popadiuk, executive director of the George Bush Presidential Library Foundation, explained the Bush Foundation’s desire to encourage meaningful dialogue through speaker invitations. “One of the goals of the Library Center is to bring to public attention various views and opinions on the challenges facing our nation,”
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Popadiuk said. “In this regard, Leader Pelosi was invited by the Bush School to share her views on the current situation in Washington. Given the Bush School’s commitment to public service, Leader Pelosi … also discuss[ed] the importance of public service, which is a core belief of the A&M student body.” Card moderated the conversation with Pelosi. Also present in the audience were former See Pelosi on page 4
Nancy Pelosi, above and second-fromright, speaks at the Annenberg Presidential Conference Center at the George Bush Presidential Library. The event was moderated by Andrew Card, far right. A student, right, dressed as the grim reaper protests legislation supported by Pelosi. Photos by Jay Kapadia — THE BATTALION
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SBP candidates outline academic initiatives Emily Davis The Battalion Academic issues are often a central part of student body president candidates’ agendas. Textbook prices, library hours and Q-drops are all concerns of the candidates. One major issue all the student body president candidates plan to address if elected is the cost of textbooks. Education graduate student Jose Zelaya said he knows many students who have spent hundreds of dollars on textbooks, but barely needed the resource during the semester.
“It’s very important to have a conversation with teachers and ask them that they only make students buy what they’re going to be using,” Zelaya said. Senior finance major John Claybrook said one of his planned initiatives involves encouraging professors to start using open source textbooks. “It’s our hope that we can encourage professors to either write their own open source textbooks or find open source textbooks that are quality that students can learn from,” Claybrook said. “If we could get professors to start
using those, we can save students hundreds of dollars each semester.” Open source textbooks don’t have copy write protection, meaning students can access the information free of charge. Sam Hodges said he hopes to implement a textbook adoption policy. “The adoption policy requires a class to use the same textbook for six consecutive semesters,” Hodges said. “The school’s not having to restock the shelves, so See SBP on page 2
◗ This is the first installation of the four-part Candidate Perspectives series, introducing the student body president candidates by discussing election hottopics with three candidates per article. ◗ Look for the next installment of the Candidate Perspectives series on Wednesday, featuring candidates Brody Smith, Thomas McNutt and Drew Barber. ◗ Check out thebatt.com to get to know candidates Drew Barber and John Claybrook through video interviews. The Batt Online will publish videos of the remaining four candidates on Wednesday and Thursday, with video release dates determined alphabetically by last name.
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University enrollment continues to surge inside sports | 3 Baseball back in action The Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks take on the Aggies Tuesday at Blue Bell Park.
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Spring 2012 semester sees record number of students Michal Ann Morrison The Battalion Texas A&M University has seen a record enrollment of students for spring 2012. This semester, 46,721 students are officially enrolled at the University. Spring semester enrollment is usually less than the fall semester because of the large
number of students who graduate in December. The enrollment for fall 2011 was also a record at 49,861 students. This number placed Texas A&M among the top six institutions nationally in student body size. Not only are both fall 2011 and spring 2012 record enrollment years, but both of Texas A&M’s branch campuses have also seen record enrollments. Texas A&M University at Galveston reported 1,882 students and Texas A&M University at Qatar reported 524 students for spring 2012. While the student population is currently the largest it has ever been, the numbers
keep rising. So far, 31,600 prospective students have applied for fall 2012. Texas A&M has a history of large changes in enrollment. Lane Stephenson from News and Information Services at Texas A&M said 1963 was an important year that brought many new students to the University. “In 1963, women could enroll at Texas A&M on a limited basis,” Stephenson said. “They could enroll if they could not pursue their desired course of study anywhere else
Campus living Current capacity for on-campus living is 7,380 students, approximately 16 percent of total enrollment.
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it’ll keep prices down.” Hodges said for upper-level classes, it’s important to keep up-to-date information, so the adoption policy for those classes would be three consecutive semesters. Claybrook said he learned of another major issue while living on campus: library hours. “A lot of times there’s resources on campus with the computers and books that we don’t have at our houses, and
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ation of more peer mentoring in every college so all students have that available if they want to utilize that resource to have a little more insight as to what the next couple of years will look like from an actual student’s perspective,” Hodges said. Claybrook and Zelaya plan to address issues concerning freshman grade exclusions and Q-drops if elected. “The way it works right now, Q-drop day is the 50th day of class. That’s generally before students have taken enough tests to know whether or not they’re going to pass that class,” Claybrook said. “It’s our hope to be able to push an agenda that will get that Q-drop date pushed back to the 60th day of class to give students time to decide whether they have a chance of passing that class or not.” Zelaya said that right now, a class that has been freshman grade excluded shows up as an F on a transcript, and while that F doesn’t average into a student’s GPR, it can negatively impact their ability to get accepted to graduate school. Budget cuts were another major issue for candidates and students. Hodges said he wants to work with the state legislature to put an end to budget cuts. “We want to take the offensive with the state legislature so they know we’re serious about higher education and we’re going to keep students at the forefront of their minds and their agendas, as well, so higher education isn’t the first thing to get cut,” Hodges said. “A&M is always on the rise with education and academic initiatives so I think we’re in a good position and we’re moving forward.”
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No. 5 A&M to battle SFA Lumberjacks look to upset Aggies in new ballpark James Solano The Battalion The No. 5 Texas A&M baseball team is coming off a 3-0 sweep of Illinois-Chicago as the Aggies prepare to play Stephen F. Austin at 6:35 p.m. Tuesday at Blue Bell Park. The highly anticipated 2012 season kicked off Friday night with the grand opening of Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park. The Aggies led 7-0 in the top of the sixth inning before inclement weather postponed the game to Saturday afternoon. The Aggies shut out Ill-Chic., 10-0. The Aggies went on to beat the Flames 9-2 Saturday night and 7-0 Sunday afternoon. Senior first baseman Jacob House hit his first two home runs of the season, both of which occured during the first inning Friday and Saturday. Junior left fielder Brandon Wood also hit his first home run of the season Friday night.
The Aggie pitching staff was dominant across the board through each game. Junior All-American Michael Wacha got his first opening day start, striking out eight batters through 5.1 innings. Senior All-American Ross Stripling followed on Saturday, also striking out eight batters through seven innings. Sophomore Rafael Pineda closed out the weekend with an impressive career-first start, pitching a no-hitter through eight innings. “Pineda pitched incredibly,� said Texas A&M head coach Rob Childress. “He got us into the eighth without giving up a hit, pounded the strike zone and had early contact. You talk about three years of grinding through injury and getting into college pitching ... he wouldn’t let us take him out. We’re very proud of the way he came out and competed today.� With the first three games behind them, and a perfect
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◗ Stephen F. Austin’s previous visit was in 2011. The Aggies won, 7-5. 3-0 record, the Aggies prepare for a 0-2 SFA squad Tuesday night. The Lumberjacks were shut out 0-11 in their season opener against Portland in the Lamar Tournament in Beaumont, Texas. Game two of the tournament against Arkansas State
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Junior pitcher Michael Wacha allowed only one hit and threw for eight strikeouts in 5.2 innings on opening day.
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President George H. W. Bush and his wife, Barbara, former College Station Rep. Chet Edwards, and Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, DHouston. The sold-out event commemorated Pelosi’s 25th year of service in the House of Represenatives representing San Francisco, California. Pelosi is the first woman in American history to lead a major political party in Congress. Before the event started, students from Texas Aggie Conservatives stood outside the conference center to protest legislation advanced by Pelosi. They were outside as Pelosi and event attendees arrived. The protest involved street theater and protest signs with the goal of labeling Pelosi as a job killer. One student, dressed as a grim reaper, held a poster reading, “Pelosi, Job Killer.” “We aren’t protesting her coming or the Bush Foundation’s decision to invite her,” said Cary Chesire, protester and sophomore political science major. “We just want to engage her in a dialogue.” As Card introduced Pelosi, he emphasized her family’s commitment to public service and Pelosi’s response to an invitation to run for her congressional seat in a special election after the illness of a friend. “I may not share the partisanship or her philosophy,” Card said. “But I share the service she represents.” Pelosi spoke about the courage it takes to be a leader and a public servant. She referenced President Bush, Gen. Earl Rudder, Robert Gates, Chet Edwards and other Aggies — notably the Aggie engineers whose work saved lives at the World War II battleground of Pointe Du Hoc. The conversation focused on Pelosi’s ascent into the political world, her life as a woman in politics and as a representative of San Francisco.
In 2002, when Pelosi took her seat at a White House meting in the cabinet room, she said she finally realized what she was representing. “I could hear [all of the women who have come before me] say, ‘At last, we have a seat at the table.’” Pelosi said. Pelosi encouraged confidence and sharing individual perspective. “Young women, be ready. Have confidence in who you are because no one is like you,” Pelosi said. “It really is urgent that women take responsibility for leadership and the decisions that have to be made for our country.” The audience pre-submitted questions for Pelosi. The only question Card selected challenged the leader’s stance with contraception, faith and the Health and Human Services Act. Several student protestors held pro-life posters when Pelosi arrived at the event. “The issue is about women’s health. Not contraception,” Pelosi said. “Family size and timing is an issue of each person’s conscience.” Pelosi said 98 percent of Catholic women in childbearing years use contraception. “There is a sisterhood of an understanding of this issue amongst women,” Pelosi said. “Everybody knows that the management of a family should respect the discretion of the mother. Why should the federal government enforce something that the church couldn’t even enforce?” Students from the Bush School in attendance said they were pleased with the candor of Pelosi’s message. “I was pleasantly surprised,” said Taylor Davis, public service and administration graduate student said. “I don’t agree on her policy, but as a woman, she is very inspirational.” Sarah Saunders, international affairs graduate student, said it was a great opportunity for the Bush School to be highlighted in this event with a person of a different ideology. “As a woman wanting a career in public service, she really made it seem possible to still have a family. She was a wife and a mom first,” Davis said.
Students protest outside the George H.W. Bush Library Complex Monday evening against policies championed by Democratic House Leader Nancy Pelosi. During the event, Pelosi fielded a question about her faith and policies regarding contraception.
Former First Lady Barbara Bush enters the Annenberg Presidential Conference Center Monday evening before Nancy Pelosi discussed her experience in politics. Photos by Jay Kapadia — THE BATTALION
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Duplex, rent 2bd/1ba. Beautiful, quiet! Remodeled, all new, many extras, drapes, in College Station. Convenient to everything! Fenced backyard. One week free. 979-422-3427. Call for specials. Fabulous 5-year old house, approx. 3-miles south of campus (Edelweiss Gartens). Great floorplan w/many amenities. Located in a quiet neighborhood. Granite counters, ceiling fans, alarm system, fridge and w/d. Available 8/1. Contact Brian Benton, 469-877-1184. Free cable/internet access! One month free rent! Spacious 2bd/1ba. Close to campus, on shuttle route. Large kitchen with full appliances. W/D connections. Front and back patios. Ceiling fans. Hillstone On The Parkway, 528 Southwest Parkway. 979-693-6102. Open 8:30-5:30 Monday-Friday. hillstoneonthepkwy@yahoo.com Free ethernet and cable, paid water, Campus shuttle. Preleasing, Great Prices. AggieApartment.com, 979-693-1906 Gleissner Hall, Northgate area. Walk to campus. Water, sewer, garbage paid. 1/1 $555/mo., 2/1 $665/mo. 979-846-8981.
Balcones Apartments, 3/2, available now, fully remodeled, internet and water included, $895/mo, 979-703-8282.
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dent said the new residence halls will add room for several hundred students. “Currently, we have capacity for 7,380 students to live on campus,” McDonald said. “The new residence hall is about 600 extra beds, and it would bring the on-campus capacity for non-Corps, on-campus residents up to around 8,000.” Annie Johnston, a graduate student in curriculum and instruction, has noticed changes on campus because of the increasing student population. “Some of the things that I have noticed is the increase in traffic as well as construction, and there’s been a lot of buildings built since I’ve been here.” Johnston said. “It’s made the commute to campus longer.” Johnston also said the increased student population is detracting from the Aggie experience. “I’ve … noticed a decline in school spirit a little bit,” Johnston said. “Now everyone is on their phones when they walk around on campus. In that sense, there’s less community on campus than there was when I was a freshman. People used to be a lot more open about saying, ‘Howdy,’ and being friendlier.”
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in Texas, but that really was the start of enrollment and opened the door for women to come study in any field.” While the addition of women changed the traditionally all-male student population of A&M’s earliest years, the male-to-female student ratio now makes A&M unique. Women now account for about 46 percent of overall enrollment, and in some fields they are the majority. With the student body population growing, the campus has been forced to make changes to provide for more students. Several construction projects are currently in progress to serve the student body, including the Memorial Student Center, a new Liberal Arts building, additional facilities for the Department of Health and Kinesiology and a major student housing project. The student housing project is meant to provide on-campus living accommodations for the increasing student population. Brian McDonald Residence Hall Association presi-
Texas A&M reaches record enrollment
Jorge Montalvo — THE BATTALION
After record enrollments for the fall and spring semesters, Texas A&M is ranked the sixth largest univeristy in the nation.
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