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A&M has started looking for a new chancellor. The candidates will not be made public until 21 days before the board of regents votes due to state law to protect the candidates from public scrutiny. McKinney will continue to be acting chancellor until July 1. O’Dell Harmon, staff writer
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sports Aggies WNBA stars Former A&M basketball standouts Danielle Adams and Sydney Colson wore their jersey numbers from their playing days with the Aggies in their first games as professional athletes over the weekend. Adams wore No. 23 for the San Antonio Silver Stars in a 93-73 win over the visiting Tulsa Shock in the AT&T Center on Saturday. Adams totaled five points, one assist, one rebound and drained her first WNBA three-pointer in 15:22 minutes played. Colson donned No. 50 for the New York Liberty in a 94-88 win against at the Atlanta Dream in Phillips Arena on Sunday. Colson did not play. Adrian O’Hanlon III, staff writer
texas Dallas shooter caught Suspects in the shooting death of a nearby motorist held police at bay from inside a north Dallas apartment before surrendering. A police statement says the predawn standoff Sunday caused no further injury. A witness followed the suspects to an apartment in the same complex, police were called and an armed man held officers at bay for three hours before surrendering. His identity and charges haven’t been released. Associated Press
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The Aggies are stunned after a 7-4 loss against Arizona forcing a final game today. This was their first loss in the championship.
Game, set, rematch Aggies face Arizona in regional championship finale Today's game
◗ The 2011 College Station Regional champion will be decided tonight at Olsen Field starting at 6:35 p.m. The winner will move to compete in the Super Regional.
Austin Meek The Battalion Olsen Field kicked off the first round of the NCAA regional play as the baseball clubs from No. 1 seed Texas A&M, No. 2 Arizona, No. 3 Seton Hall and No. 4 Wright State came to play. On Sunday Arizona forced a deciding game to take place tonight with a 7-4 win over the previously unbeaten Aggies. In the opening game of the regional, Seton Hall pulled the upset on Arizona, beating the Wildcats 4-0 Friday afternoon. The Aggies took the field next, dismantling Wright State 11-0
powered by a dominating pitching performance from sophomore Michael Wacha. “I thought we played well tonight,” said Texas A&M Head Coach Rob Childress. “It all started on the mound for us, Michael Wacha gave us a great start. Offensively, we got a chance to score in the first inning, but we don’t do it until the second inning when we finally put some things together. Out of the six runs we scored, four were with two
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Sophomore Hurler Michael Welch pitches against Wright State in the tournament’s opening game.
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Aggies speed into winner’s circle Engineering students build championship racecar Jared Baxter The Battalion Hands-on job experience can be valuable to any college student, and in the case of a group of Aggie engineering students, it resulted in a world championship. Seniors Bejan Sadeghian and Will Dixon were part of a 27-member team that spent the past fall and spring semesters building a hybrid racecar to compete in the fifth annual Formula Hybrid Competition
May 2-4 at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Their efforts resulted in a dominating victory over 32 other teams, including Dartmouth, Brigham Young University and a Swedish team. “A lot of us hadn’t worked on race cars before. We had never had to build something that had to go run in such a short period of time,” Dixon said. “It’s really good for all of the engineers involved to get some real life experience and work with a team. It has to actually work or everyone else is going to come ring your neck.” The competition, which consisted of technical inspection, acceleration and timed lap challenges, allowed for interaction between mechanical and elec-
trical engineering students. “Each group would work on their specific part and then interface with the other group to make sure they’re working conjunctively,” Sadeghian said. “It was great working with other engineers because we’re going to have to do that in the industry. That’s probably the biggest thing we all took away from this project.” Completion of the 440-pound car required thousands of man hours and became almost a full-time job for those involved. “A lot of people did not have a spring break beSee Racecar on page 4
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Wellborn underpass project starts in July Natalee Blanchat
Connie Thompson The Battalion History is not just for the classroom. The “Exploring History Lunch Series,” presented by the City of College Station Heritage Program office, gives Bryan-College Station community members a glimpse into College Station’s past. This month’s lecture digs into the history of WTAW radio. “Radio played a big part in our lives then and still does whether you listen in to talk radio, aggie sports, news, weather or your favorite tunes,” said Heritage Programs Coordinator Ann Boykin. “Our program this month has a few surprises.” The event will be from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. June 15th at the College Station Convention Center. Scott DeLucia, Tom Turbiville and Chace Murphy, the “infomaniacs” from WTAW, will lead the panel
History series Reservations are required and can be made by calling 979.764.3491 or by emailing Anne Boykin, Heritage Programs Coordinator at aboykin@cstx.gov.d discussion with College Station Director of Communications Jay Socol. WTAW, which stands for “watch the Aggies win,” is one of the longest-operating radio stations in the B-CS area and is credited for being one of the first news stations in the country to cover a live football See History on page 2
Special to The Battalion Starting in mid-July, construction will start on the Old Main-Wellborn Road Grade Separation Project. The $34 million project is to take place for more than 18 months and is scheduled for completion in January 2013. Plans include the addition of two vehicle and pedestrian passageways,and connecting main and west campus by abating a portion of Old Main Road. It will run beneath Wellborn Road and the Union Pacific Corp. railroad track. Peter Lange, the executive director for the Division of Operation and Transportation Services, said the project is designed to alleviate the flow of transit that runs over the railroad tracks approximately 317 times daily. The project stems from the 2003 campus master plan.
$34 million project Wellborn Road will begin renovation starting midJuly. For more information and a digital tour please visit http://transport. tamu.edu/ video/Wellborn Underpass.mpg
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“It will a be an easy way to get back and forth between the two areas by avoiding railroad tracks, traffic lights, and manage congestion,” Lange said. “Right now it’s really busy out there.” During the construction process Lange said Wellborn will not be completely shut down, but there will be a series of lane closures, bringing the current five lane road down to three lanes — one going in each direction, and a turn lane. One lane on Old Main Road will be closed throughout the duration of the project, specifically to facilitate pedestrian bike crossing. “Once we get to the other-side of the completion process, I can really see people walking from different areas to walk along the passageway. It will be such a nice walk, and something so nice that it will draw people to it.”
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The ceiling currently stands at $14.29 trillion, but due to recent emergency measures, it has been expended to nearly $15 trillion. The investment community expects the ceiling to be raised, but the deadline currently stands at August 2. Unfortunately, this represents a fairly small part of a much larger issue. Along with deficit spending, and the accumulation of all this government debt, has come easy monetary policy from the Federal Reserve, the controllers of U.S. money supply. If those in Washington do not quickly control its spending habits, the only way to keep the U.S. government financially afloat might be to effectively monetize the debt in which the Federal Reserve introduces massive amounts of “new� money through purchasing U.S. government securities. But what does this have to do with the working class or the average college student like me or you? From mid-February to the beginning of May, the dollar has depreciated 10 percent
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against a basket of other major foreign currency; both hard commodities, such as gold, silver, oil, and agricultural commodities, like cotton and corn, have reached prices unseen in modern history, and the stock market made new multi-year highs. Although this may seem like a nonissue or beneficial to the government and investor class, it has left the working class and those without exposure to the stock market hanging out to dry. The “weak dollar policy� has attributed to the outrageous gas and food prices we have recently paid at pump and grocery stores and has definitely affected my spending habits. A strong and stable dollar has been the foundation of the United States’ economy in the 20th century. This stability allowed the U.S. dollar to become the world’s premier reserve currency, allowing many assets, like oil and gold, to be settled in dollars globally. For the Federal Reserve to allow the dollar to continue to fall is to acknowledge the reality of America’s decline as the World’s
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for the Federal Reserve and for politicians sitting in Washington. Ultimately, a solution will have to come by compromise from all parties concerned. Democrats and republicans in congress and the Obama administration must come together to balance spending cuts and tax reform. The Federal Reserve must implement responsible monetary policy and consumers must accept implications from those policy changes. With progress, we can overcome increasing inflation and lackluster economic growth, and the negative implications on our future standard of living and allow America’s future generations the brightest economic future possible.
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Leasing for August! 4bdrm/2bth houses. Spacious floorplans. Great Location. Close to campus, wood floors, tile floors, ceiling fans, w/d, fenced yards, refridgerator, icemaker,lawncare. 979-776-6079, www.aggielandleasing.com New Condos! 4/4, $1300/mo. per 12 month lease, W/D in unit, private bathrooms, on shuttle route. Discounts for early signings. 979-574-0040, 281-639-8847. University Place at Southwest Parkway. Newly remodeled 4/2 house. Walking distance to campus, tile & wood floors, great location, nice big deck & yard. 979-776-6079, www.aggielandleasing.com Walk to campus. 2bd/1ba four-plexes. 405/407 Cherry. $500-$600/mo. Call 979-260-7000. WATERWOOD TOWNHOMES SPECIAL! 4bd/4ba, all appliances, ONE MONTH FREE RENT! At Home Properties, 979-696-5357, www.AtHomePM.com
HELP WANTED Athletic men for calendars, books, etc. $100-$200/hr, up to $1000/day. No experience. 512-684-8296. mark@marklynch.us Cleaning commercial buildings at night, M-F. Call 979-823-5031 for appointment. Experienced part-time lawn-maintenance workers needed. Must be available mornings. $8.00/hr. Call Kirk, 979-324-2719.
TUTORS Chemistry Tutor wanted. Starting in June. 3hrs/wk. $25/hr. Graduate student preferred. Call 979-739-6446. One-on-One affordable tutoring in subjects including math and statistics. For more information, call/text Kate at 979-220-0874 or email kate05@att.net
TAKE A PIECE OF A&M HISTORY WITH YOU Reserve your 2012 Aggieland The 110th edition of Texas A&M University’s official yearbook will chronicle traditions, academics, the other education, sports, the Corps, Greeks, campus organizations and seniors and graduate students. Distribution will be during Fall 2012. Cost is $75, plus tax. Go to the optional services box in Howdy when you register for fall. For info, call 845-2613.
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cause they were trying to finalize the chassis so we could go get it painted,” Sadeghian said. “We spent at least 20 to 30 hours per week in spring. There were plenty of all-nighters.” Team adviser and A&M professor Make McDermott oversaw the senior design class project that received more than $40,000 in University funds, donations and sponsorships from companies such as Caterpillar and Yamaha. “They’ve done a wonderful job. Obviously, we won the competition. I really don’t do a whole lot. I just try to make sure these guys have the resources they need. They run the project,” McDermott said. A&M was also awarded the Best Engineered Hybrid System by General Motors, an unexpected but welcome victory for the team. “The vice president of the Society for Automotive Engineers stood up and said, ‘If today was a final, Texas A&M passed and everybody else failed.’ So that was some good credit for us,” Sadeghian said. The winning car is currently displayed on the second floor of the Engineering Physics building alongside the trophy case. “The department heads get to see we’re not wasting their money and resources,” Dixon said. “They can see we’re getting something out this. This is something we can be proud of for the rest of our lives.”
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outs and Michael was able to get us back in the dugout as fast as he could. We strung a couple of hits together in the fourth and we score another run. Then Gonzales gets the big three-run homer for us in the fifth. Our bullpen did a good job, Michael only threw 82 pitches, and Steve Martin and Estevan (Uriegas) were very good for us in the last nine outs.” Junior designated hitter Matt Juengel and senior catcher Kevin Gonzales both homered in the winning effort and were joined by four other teammates who also recorded multi-hit outings. In game three, Arizona gave a 13-0 walloping to Wright State. Consecutive losses sent the Raiders back home to Ohio without a win in the double-elimination tournament. Game four pitted Texas A&M against Seton Hall for the chance of a spot in the Regional Championship Game. With the score tied 3-3 in the top of the sixth, junior third baseman Adam Smith sent a 2-run shot into the outfield and gave the Aggies a lead they Offensively, would not relinquish. Junior we got off to a pitcher Ross Stripling (13really good start, kind 2), who earlier in the week of shocked them in the was named an All-American first inning...We made along with sophomore right it 3-2, and were able fielder Tyler Naquin, tossed a complete game and moved to build on that. I was into a tie for third in the disappointed that we A&M record book for wins weren’t able to get a in a single season. big hit in the eighth to “Ross (Stripling) was output them away, but it’s standing and very efficient good that we played with only 102 pitches in a with pressure tonight.” complete-game effort,” Childress said. “Offensively, we Rob Childress, got off to a really good start, A&M head coach kind of shocked them in the first inning. (Joe) DiRocco has been their hot hand and we were able to come away with two runs early, but then gave it back to them. But our guys didn’t panic. We made it 3-2, and were able to build on that. Adam Smith had a big two-run homer for us, and Matt Juengel had a big two-out double to extend the lead. I was disappointed that we weren’t able to get a big hit in the eighth to put them away, but it’s good that we played with pressure tonight. Hopefully, that will help us throughout the weekend.” After Arizona ousted Seton Hall in Game Five by a score of 6-0, the stage was set for a battle between the two top-seeded teams. If the Aggies had been able to seal the deal on Sunday night, they would’ve automatically headed to Tallahassee for the Super Regional. Unfortunately for the maroon and white, they didn’t get enough from the pitching staff to keep the Wildcat bats at bay. Freshman Derrick Hadley lasted the first five innings and allowed two earned runs on six hits. His relief fared even worse as sophomore Kyle Martin ceded five runs in 1.2 innings of work. The Aggies will face off against Arizona at 6:35 p.m. tonight with both teams vying for a trip to Florida in hopes of making it all the way to the championship in Omaha later this month.
Festival and Event Staff. Champion Festivals is looking for energetic students to work in a fun and fast-paced environment. Part-time, mostly weekends. Pay $8.50-$10/hr. Email marketing@championconcessions. com GIS mapper needed part-time. Must have GIS mapping experience or have completed GIS courses. Email resume to landwork.tex@gmail.com GREAT JOB, GREAT PAY!! Student Media has an opening for a student to deliver The Battalion newspaper starting with the fall semester (Wed., Aug. 24th). Position requires paper delivery between 6am-9am, Monday-Friday. Must have reliable transportation. Great pay! Interested applicants apply at The Grove Building 8901, ask for Joseph. Local businessman seeks aggressive self starting male students for late afternoons and Saturday. Flexible hours. Top pay! Call 979-696-0203. 8-10am only. New restaurant needs bartenders, servers, kitchen-help. Contact 979-575-6598 or azurebcs@gmail.com Office Assistant needed full-time. Must have good computer skills. Call 979-574-3910 to apply or email resume to csmith@aggielandcarpetone.com
Westgate Biologicals 700 University Drive East, Ste 111 College Station 268-6050
DCI Biologicals 4223 Wellborn Rd Bryan 846-8855
Part-time person needed to work on social media for a business, Facebook, Twitter, You Tube, Flicker. Experience in these areas helpful. 979-574-7474.
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