The Battalion: June 8, 2011

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My brother went here and it made me want to go here. I also liked the campus and traditions.

My family came from A&M and I got offered a lot of scholarships.

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campus Board of Regents selections The Board of Regents has started the process of finding the next chancellor of Texas A&M. Regent Morris E. Foster will be the head of the chancellor selection process, along with Regents John D. White, Elaine Mendoza and Cliff Thomas. Foster and White have previously served as chairman of the Board of Regents, and White participated in the selection process for past chancellors of the A&M System.

Honestly, I came to the A&M vs. Nebraska football game and was completely transformed into an Aggie.

Tradition, family, top education, great friends, and one of the best colleges in the nation for my major.

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A&M adds new coach Texas A&M hired Kyle Keller as an assistant basketball coach.

Keller is the longest-tenured coach in Big 12 basketball, having spent 12 years in the league and the past three seasons at the University of Kansas. With more than 21 years of coaching experience, Keller has been involved in five conference titles, nine NCAA Tournament runs, three Elite Eight appearances and a trip to the Final Four in 2004.

The Aggies celebrate the 3-0 victory against Arizona making them the regional champions after a rain delay on Monday.

Aggies advance to super regional in Florida Olsen’s last stand Within an hour after Tuesday’s regional finale, workers began tearing apart Olsen Field as part of a $24 million renovation scheduled for completion prior to next season.

Jared Baxter, staff writer

nation &world Nintendo console revealed Nintendo introduced the world to the Wii’s touchy new big brother: the Wii U. The Japanese gaming giant on Tuesday unveiled the Wii video game console’s successor, which will broadcast high-definition video and feature a touchscreen controller that can detect motion and interact with what appears on a television display.

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Austin Meek The Battalion One championship down, two more to go.

On Tuesday afternoon, the Aggies beat Arizona 3-0 to claim the College Station NCAA Regional Championship. After failing to clinch the title in Sunday’s matchup and getting postponed

by Monday’s rain, Texas A&M seized the opportunity and will now head to Tallahassee, Florida, for a date in the Super Regional against No. 5 Florida State. If they escape unscathed from the tomahawks of the Seminoles, the team will head to Omaha for a berth in NCAA Championship Tournament. Six Aggies were named to the College Station Regional All-

Tournament Team, and sophomore Tyler Naquin was named Most Outstanding Player.

Sophomore Michael Wacha pitched seven scoreless innings in his second outing of the tournament. He hasn’t allowed a walk in his past three starts (19 innings).

Wacha, an All-American, has become the Aggies’ defacto ace in the hole and knew he needed to put the team on his back to ensure his squad’s victory. After pitching a shutout in his first game, he texted head coach Rob Childress asking for the chance to throw again.

“He said he was ready to go,” Childress said. “We asked for See Baseball on page 4

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Junior pitcher Ross Stripling closes the championship winning game against Arizona.

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Men’s golf drive home top 5 finish

Texas cracks down on distracted drivers Jared Baxter

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The Aggies placed ninth in last week’s 2011 NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Cham-

The Battalion The Texas Transportation Institute’s Center for Transportation Safety is emerging as the state’s definitive research authority in distracted driving.

With five driver-distraction bills proposed, the Center’s Assistant Research Scientist Joel Cooper testified twice before legislative committees.

Sue Chrysler, manager of the Center’s Human Factors Group, expects Cooper to utilize technologies measuring driver behavior to expand TTI’s research on an issue concerning lawmakers across the country.

“The Center for Transportation Safety recognized the need to improve our ability to respond to legislative and me-

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Jared Baxter The Battalion Texas A&M men’s golf followed up last season’s No. 3 ranking with another topfive finish as the Aggies concluded their season ranked fifth in the nation Monday in the final Golfweek-Sagarin rankings.

“The final ranking just shows that we had a terrific year,” Head Coach J.T. Higgins said. “The last few years have been an incredible run and the players, coaches and staff should all be proud of all that they have accomplished. When you qualify for the National Championship on a consistent basis, finish in the top 10 and win championships, you are part of an elite group. I think Texas A&M is on that level and this ranking is just further proof that we belong

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Sophomore Cameron Peck in the 2011 NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Championship. Peck shot a 1-under par for the tournament.

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The Battalion The majority of student organizations and activities slow down for the summer, and leave summer students with fewer options during their free time. However, the Student Recreation Center offers the same amenities during the summer as it does during the fall and spring semesters.

“We offer intramurals as well as specialty classes and aerobic classes all through the summer,” said Emily Rectory, a senior English major and facility supervisor.

Intramurals offered during the summer include flag football, outdoor soccer, sand volleyball, basketball and softball. The cost is $40 per team. Students who do not have a team will be connected with other students who also want to play.

Group RecXercise classes are also offered during the summer. They include cardio, indoor cycling, dance, conditioning and mind and body classes. Passes are $30 per summer session or $50 for both summer sessions. Single-class passes can be purchased for $3 each.

Specialty classes are also offered each summer session for $15 to $30. Courses include country western dance, hatha yoga, hip-hop and others. Endurance programs, which also take place both summer sessions, include, boot camp and is $65 for members.

Aquatics classes are another way students can cool off this summer. Members have the option to learn how to swim, improve diving technique, and basic scu-

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The Student Recreation Center is open Monday through from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday, from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday and noon to 10 p.m. Sunday. ba for beginners and advanced for the scuba diver who is ready to learn more.

However, while the majority of amenities at the recreation center are similar to those offered in the fall and spring semesters, hours are different.

“The Rec Center will be closing at 10 p.m. every day instead of the normal midnight we do during the school year,” said Jesse Hall, a sophomore kinesiology major and facility supervisor.

However, for those Aggies who are in College Station for the summer but are not taking classes at A&M, they still have the option to use the facility.

“If you’re not taking summer classes, you can still purchase a continuing summer membership,” said Kyle Vandivort, a senior English major and worker for member services. “The cost is $101.92 for the whole summer or $50.96 for half of the summer. What a deal.”

Website ◗ For more information about classes and activities offered, visit recsports. tamu.edu.

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Taylor Wolken:The Texas Public Policy Foundations solutions part one

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exas A&M is now searching for a new System Chancellor after McKinney announced he would be stepping down July 1.

Since then, rumors have swirled whether he was forced out or fired and how it all relates to the Texas Public Policy Foundation and their “Seven Breakthrough Solutions.”

Last month, faculty members circulated an open letter to Richard Box, Chairman of the Texas A&M University System Board of Regents, expressing concern over the seven solutions and garnering over 800 signatures of support. Finally, on May 26 Professor Jaime Grunlan gave an impassioned speech to the Board of Regents questioning the SLATE program, which grants professors cash rewards for the best student evaluations and was met with thunderous applause.

With all the concern over these “Seven Breakthrough Solutions,” we will spend the next several days looking at each solution.

Breakthrough solution one is to “Measure Teaching Efficiency and Effectiveness and Publicly Recognize Extraordinary Teachers.”

The goal is “to improve the quality of teaching by providing legislators and governing boards with a simple tool to measure faculty teaching performance and to publicly recognize excellent teachers.”

At face value, the solution and goal appears bland and uncontroversial however there are some red flags. How does one measure “efficiency and effectiveness” accurately with “a simple tool” when the subject matter is complex and subjective?

Step one is to “gather the data and measure teaching efficiency and effectiveness.”

Step A is compiling salary and benefit costs, total students taught in the last year, average student satisfaction rating and average percentage of A’s and B’s awarded.

Step B is dividing total employment cost for each professor by the number of students taught and “force rank from highest cost per student taught to lowest cost per student taught.”

This would be an excellent metric if every class was the same size, could be taught the same way, and required the same expertise from each professor.

Evaluating “efficiency and effectiveness” using class size has significant drawbacks.

Core curriculum courses generally have the largest class sizes followed by mandatory classes in each major and the smallest classes are upper level courses. On the other hand, professors and grad students with the least expertise often teach the lower level courses while those with the most expertise teach the upper level courses. Using this metric, a grad student teaching an intro course is more valuable than a seasoned professor teaching an upper level course. The effect is then enhanced because the seasoned professor makes more money teaching a smaller class.

Class sizes also vary significantly by subject. While a POLS 206 class may have 200 students, MATH 141 will be significantly smaller. Subjects like math and English— where testing can’t be done for hundreds of students with scantrons—would be considered less efficient.

Step C is to “compare student satisfaction ratings and grade distributions.”

This step is vague. Would high satisfaction ratings and high grades be preferable? High satisfaction ratings and low grades? Low satisfaction and high grades, or low satisfaction and low grades? Perhaps the TPPF will enlighten us with a guest column.

Since it is unclear what the preferred outcome is, let’s simply address the viability of using student satisfaction ratings.

What does student satisfaction measure?

Critics call it a popularity contest, but that is a bit unfair. Truth is we don’t really know what student satisfaction really measures.

Was the class highly rated because the professor was likeable? Was it cause the student got an A? Was it well taught? Did the course meet the student’s expectations? What were their expectations? Does a student evaluate a blow-off class the same as one in their major? Did the student learn a lot from the class? Were theymad the professor had a strict attendance policy? Who knows?

Student satisfaction is subjective and we

don’t know the criteria.

Step D is to collect and read all research articles published in the last twelve months for high cost faculty.

This step is also vague. Who are high cost faculty? Are all high cost faculty researchers?

Is this a measure of how often they publish or is there some criteria to evaluate quality of research?

Many professors see the seven solutions as an attack on research. In regard to research, TPPF spokesman David Guenthner lamented, “You can talk about the double helix on one end of the spectrum, but on the other end of the spectrum you have the professor who does the study on Texas barbecue.”

Guenthner doesn’t seem to value barbecue research yet countless restaurant chains spend billions of dollars perfecting their food. According to the National Restaurant Association the restaurant industry had $580 billion in sales and employed 13 million in 2010.

All research may not be equal but who gets to decide what research is better?

Step two is to “Publicly post the student satisfaction ratings and number of students taught for each teacher in several prominent locations at their respective colleges.”

This final step is fair game and a matter of transparency even if it has a scarlet letter feel.

If anyone should be able to see the results of a student satisfaction survey it’s the students.

If a rewards program continues then there is a necessity to keep the surveys done inhouse but it should be noted that websites like “pick a prof” already offer students an opportunity to evaluate their professors.

An interesting part of the seven solutions is that they also address possible shortcomings of their policy.

One argument states, “Some may seek to substitute tenured faculty committees for rating faculty effectiveness or use such committees to adjust student satisfaction ratings.”

Their response, “Research shows that

student satisfaction ratings remain one of the best measures of teaching effectiveness, especially when coupled with student-teacher contracts that describe what students should expect to learn and limits on grade inflation.”

In other words, my arbitrary and subjective rating system is better than yours.

Another states, “Some may seek to credit the “teacher of record” for teaching students, instead of the teaching assistant or part-time faculty member who is actually teaching students.”

Their response is, “The number of students taught should be credited to the person who spent the most time in a class with students.”

Do you ask profs if they taught or made their teaching assistant do the work?

Argument 4 states, “Some research papers list as authors researchers who may have had only a passing involvement in the research.”

Their response, “Credit should only be given to faculty members who did the bulk of the research.”

Would this discourage doing cooperative research and what is considered “the bulk” of the research? If you do 51 percent and I do 49 percent does my work count?

Coming up with any metric to evaluate subjective criteria like “efficiency and effectiveness” is inherently difficult. In any line of work there is a need to evaluate workers but teaching cannot be turned into a simple formula. The metrics used in breakthrough solution one don’t accurately measure teachers’ efficiency or effectiveness. Professor pay divided by class size is hopelessly flawed and adding student evaluations to the equation doesn’t help. Breakthrough solution one is a bust.

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The Aggies storm the field after a 3-0 win against Arizona.

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about 75 pitches. He was very efficient throughout the entire game, and it was just an amazing performance.”

The offensive hero of the night for the Aggies was freshman Krey Bratsen, center fielder. The Bryan native punched through a two-out RBI single in the bottom of the eighth with the score tied 0-0 to score the first run of the game.

“It’s a huge thing, growing up as a little kid and watching games like this all the time,” Bratsen said. “It’s a great experience and I’m happy to get to experience it myself.”

The other Aggie bats followed suit. Junior first baseman Jacob House tacked on two more runs later in the inning when he sent a double into deep right-center.

“What a game,” Childress said. “I don’t think you could ask for anything more from either team. Each team gave each other as good a shot they could give it. I’d like to compliment Coach Lopez and Arizona. I thought they did it the hard way. Coming back after losing on Friday to

Seton Hall all the way back to today’s game, they gave us everything we could handle for 18 innings. They have a very good program, but our guys are resilient.”

After failing to get on track in Sunday’s 7-4 loss, Texas A&M’s offense and defense worked cohesively to send the Wildcats packing.

“Michael Wacha gave us an incredible performance and Nick Fleece and Ross Stripling both came in and did a great job,” Childress added.

“We don’t get a bunt down in the first, the third and the sixth, who knows what happens. We’re not able to get the lead. Then, we make a big time defensive play in the fifth with Krey (Bratsen) throwing the catcher out at home plate.

In the eighth inning, just like that, nothing’s going on and (Tyler) Naquin hits the double. Krey (Bratsen) gets the big hit, then an intentional walk, and another big twostrike, two-out hit. Our team just played great today.”

The Aggies will now travel to Tallahasse where a nationally ranked Florida State squad patiently awaits its Saturday matchup with the underdog Aggies.

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dia inquiries in this important area and specifically sought to add staff with expertise in distraction research,” Chrysler said.

“Joel will be able to make good use of our driving simulator, instrumented vehicle and eye tracker.”

Cooper’s first task is to co-lead TTI’s study assessing the federally proposed program called Connected Vehicles. He will also conduct research on texting while driving through one of the first test track studies.

“Driver distraction is a hot issue right now, and it will only get hotter because the complexity of what drivers have to deal with is skyrocketing,” Cooper said. “Drivers are surrounded by touch-screen displays...and it really changes the interaction with the vehicle.”

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pionships at Karsten Creek. Sophomore Cameron Peck carried the team with his school record third-place finish and 1-under par.

Despite falling short by one-stroke of advancing to the quarterfinals, A&M became one of just four programs to post top15 finishes at the NCAA Championship in each of the last four seasons.

“That’s the tough part about it,” Higgins said. “The golf course was extremely difficult and the guys were up to the challenge and never quit. They were never intimidated. They played their hearts out and just came up a little bit short.”

Junior Jordan Russell finished the season with the lowest stroke average in program history at 71.59. The team’s stroke average of 287.12 also set an Aggie record.

A&M closes the year with runner-up finishes at the Big 12 Championship and NCAA Southwest Regional. The Aggie squad placed fifth or higher in each tournament this season and earned two victories at the Wyoming Desert Classic in February and the Aggie Invitational in April.

For information, call 845-0569

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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