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Susan Castillo, senior biomedical sciences major, balances school and family life. She is studying to be a physician who specializes in infectious diseases. Castillo has been diagnosed with Idiopathic Granulomatous Mastitis — a rare inflammatory disorder that causes tumors.
Defying all odds Pre-med student and mother of two, diagnosed with rare disease Help her cause Susan Castillo was recently diagnosed with Idiopathic Granulomatous Mastitis. Susan and her family will have to travel to the Mayo Clinic to receive treatment. To assist Susan and her family with the cost, please visit a Wells Fargo and say Susan’s name and birth date, Aug. 23, 1990, to donate. For more information, visit “Medical Miracle for Susie” on Facebook or email editor@thebatt.com.
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ith a baby bump that could barely fit in a desk, then-freshman Susan Castillo had all eyes on her when she walked into a classroom.
“I got stared at everywhere I went, people always did a double take because I had this huge belly,” Castillo said. “I knew I was being judged.” But what those people didn’t know was that Castillo was one of the brightest incoming freshmen in the country. She graduated in the top 4 percent of her class and had acceptances to some of the top pre-med programs in the country. She was the first in her family to attend college, and an unplanned pregnancy would hold her back “I worked hard for so long, I didn’t want to throw it away,” Castillo said. Her son Sean quickly became her motivation
to succeed. “I knew that not only was I becoming a mother but I was also becoming a role model. I knew that if I quit school I wouldn’t be the best example for him. I wanted to show him that when times get rough, you can persevere,” Castillo said. Castillo abandoned a full scholarship to Boston University to attend Texas A&M University, in an effort to be closer to family. Casey Kettlewell, her husband, was already attending Blinn College and they knew it was important they come together as a family to overcome the challenges teen pregnancy brings. “I’m just so glad that I chose A&M,” Castillo said. “Texas A&M is just so personable and family oriented and warm. You get the best of both worlds — you get a great education and an at-home feeling.” Castillo is a senior biomedical sciences major graduating in December. She will be a See Castillo on page 5
Sean Kettlewell, 3 years old, and Charli Kettlewell, 3 months old, share a hug with Susan Castillo. Castillo’s family drives and motivates her to succeed.
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University Square under development Howdy Farm reaps organic produce Julie Blanco
Special to The Battalion Hurricane season comes and goes, but students of College Station don’t need to worry about Hurricane Harry’s going anywhere soon. Concerns have lingered as to what will be torn down to make room for new development built in the University Square shopping center at the corner of South College Avenue and University Drive. This property includes businesses such as the vacant Albertsons, Traditions Bookstore, BCS Bicycles, Hurricane Harry’s, Texas Coin and Jewelry Exchange, A+ Tutoring and Piranha Fitness Studio. The development endeavor is called Legacy Point and will require the demolition of several University Square businesses. The project is led by the Culpepper family, who has developed the area since before College Station was officially incorporated as a city. They have owned the building structures that are currently standing in University Square since its construction in the 1960s. Although many businesses are closing, relocating or being demolished, Hurricane Harry’s will do no such thing. “We are excited to have Hurri-
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Camryn Ford Special to The Battalion Tucked behind the School of Rural Public Health on west campus, a hand-painted sign that reads “Howdy Farm” marks the entrance to an 18-acre cropland. Howdy Farm, managed and cultivated by students, is an organic farm that provides produce for students on and off campus.
“I started going out there just sort of on a whim,” said English major and co-manager of the farm, Lindy Reese. “They were just so kind and welcoming. It made me feel like I was part of something that was bigger than myself.” The mission of Howdy Farm is to facilitate education and show students how they can contribute See Farm on page 3
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Hurricane Harry’s will keep the doors open despite the upcoming construction in University Square. cane Harry’s there and expect to have them there for a long time,” said Jack Culpepper, manager of Culpepper Family, LP and president of Stalworth Corp. The most that’s expected to happen to Hurricane Harry’s is an outside renovation. Sarah Buckwalter, sophomore physiology major at Blinn College, is one of many who have wondered the fate of this establishment. Buckwalter said numerous ideas
have been going around, but no one really knows what the plan is. As for the remainder of the property known as University Square for the past 40 years, a dramatic transformation is coming soon. “It’s kind of exciting,” said Frank Heifrin, director of leasing and development at Stalworth Corp. “We’ve owned that property since the sixties and now here we are over forty years See Development on page 2
Texas Aggie Conservatives file lawsuit against University Joanna Raines The Battalion Texas Aggie Conservatives, a recognized student organization, filed a lawsuit against University President R. Bowen Loftin and several other Texas A&M University staff members on June 13. The lawsuit, Texas Aggie Conservatives v. Loftin was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.
TAC claims its 1st and 14th Amendment rights were violated when it was denied funding based on its religious and political affiliations. TAC held an event in February that featured author, columnist, and political activist Star Parker, who discussed issues of poverty, race, government and See TAC on page 4
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later with the opportunity to develop it into something that’s new and nice that meets the needs of the local market.” Legacy Point will be a mixture of student living and commercial space and will be developed in phases. Phase I of the project is to construct The Stack, a student apartment-style housing complex. The Stack will be a five-story building, which will house more than 410 students. It will also include two levels of underground parking. The Stack is scheduled to open in August 2013. “This area will have an urban feel to it for students who come from larger cities,” Culpepper said. “Students that want to walk or bike to campus can. It will be very convenient to get to most local places easily.” Alejandra Quinones, senior communication major, said this will take away from the small town feeling that College Station is known for and it will seem like
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Portions of University Square will be demolished during Phase I of the Legacy Point construction scheduled to begin in July. a busier city. “It feels like we’re turning into UT,” Quinones said. A+ Tutoring, Fat Burger and Albertsons are parts of the shopping center that will be demolished first for the construction of Phase I. The demolition is scheduled to begin in July. “We’re eventually going to have two more phases to include various components from retail, restaurants, more student housing and possibly a little bit of
office space,” Heifrin said. Traditions Bookstore and BCS Bicycles will be demolished in a later phase of the project scheduled for March 2013 and will relocate beforehand. Schlotzsky’s, Crazy Cajuns’, and IHOP — believed to be the oldest continuing operating restaurant in College Station — will all remain in business and will not close.
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Options for aquatic activities aren’t exactly infinite, but they are available. Chief among them is a seasonal standby that no lazy summer day would be complete without — the pool. There are a number of opportunities for a quick dip in the Bryan/College Station area, though it differs in accessibility and pricing. The option closest to campus is the student Recreation Center, which offers indoor and outdoor pools. The one you choose will likely depend on what kind of swimming you want to do. Students making a point of getting in shape during the break should stick to the facility’s indoor pool, which is built to Olympic standards and is divided into lanes perfect for showing off your inner Michael Phelps. Those looking to just relax should stick to the outdoor pool, which features perks like an underwater seating area and a hot tub. The Rec is also one of the cheapest swimming options in town, as it’s free for any student enrolled in one or more hours at the university. “I swim at the Rec pool once a week, and sometimes apartment pools when I find them,” said senior education major Kurt Johnson. Of course not everyone wants to come to campus to swim or lie by the pool. For those who’d rather stay closer to home or desire a feeling of exclusivity many apartment complexes offer pools of some sort — though it can get crowded during peak pool season. While some apartment pools offer features comparable to that of the Rec, crowding and privacy concerns often result in
a complex limiting access to its pools to residents and it guests. “We always have a rule that the pool is only for residents and their guests,” junior agribusiness major Cody Pearson said. “But we enforce it more strictly during times when it tends to get the most crowded.” Pearson works as a community associate at The Zone, a student apartment complex. “We have a very big pool area, but we try to keep it for residents only so the people who live here get what they pay for,” Pearson said. For another alternative, College Station and Bryan both offer multiple public pools. Each one is different, but the admission is relatively cheap across the board — $2 to $6 per person depending on the facility. The pools’ hours vary from day to day and can be found on each city’s websites. If you’re looking for a way to cool off in the area that doesn’t involve chlorine, there are other options, but they involve either a bit of a drive or spending a little more money. One such choice is Lake Bryan, a small
reservoir 5 miles west of Bryan. The man-made lake is a popular weekend destination, thanks in part to its healthy stock of sport fish and the potential for activities like boating and water-skiing. Lake Bryan is also the home of some of A&M’s outdoor sports teams, including the sailing team and club, the biking and rowing teams. “Lake Bryan is small, but it can be a cool place,” said senior health education major and sailing team member Kerry Pelton. “I enjoy it the most when I go out with the team during the week when it’s quiet and more personal. It gets pretty crowded on the weekends.” Finally, for those who like their outside entertainment on the quirky side, consider springing cash on a water gun or Slip-and-Slide at a toy store and putting them to use. A tarp and hose is a perfectly acceptable and costeffective substitute for a conventional Slip-and-Slide. One might find that sliding headfirst into a face full of grass is a much more fun way to beat the heat than sitting and watching “How I Met Your Mother” for the fourteenth time.
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to agriculture. “To bring home an armload of vegetables and be able to say, ‘I grew these and now I’m going to cook with them tonight,’ that’s just a really good feeling,” Reese said. “I loved at the end of the day being sweaty and smelly and having felt like I accomplished something.” Howdy Farm, founded in fall 2009 by Brady Grimes, has developed into an interactive way to teach students the importance of sustainable farming. “We aspire to be the beacon of sustainability for the state of Texas and a source of pride for Aggies worldwide. We want to become the best student farm program in the nation by establishing an interdisciplinary experimental program,” said Matt Weintrub, farm manager and junior horticulture major. The Howdy Farm received a $96,000 grant from the Aggie Green Fund. It plans on using it to build a sustainable greenhouse teaching facility. “We want it to be a greenhouse, with a cooler … and a big front porch where classes can come. We want solar panels. We want it to be the coolest thing you’ve ever seen,” Reese said. She said having a permanent structure will increase the farm’s attraction and integration of students because the farm is not limited to agriculture students. The farm sells its produce to on-campus dining facilities University Club and Sbisa Dining Center. University President R. Bowen Loftin announced Thursday that Dining Services, include Sbisa, will be outsourced to foodservice management company Compass Group USA. Sherylon Carroll, A&M associate vice president of marketing and communications, was unable to comment on whether Howdy Farm products could still be sold to Sbisa, because the contract with the company is pending.
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Top, sophomore biology major David Smith, junior horticulture major Greg Speer and junior supply chain management major Brent Skill tend to watermelon crops Monday afternoon at the Howdy Farm. The Howdy Farm is on West Campus behind the School of Rural Public Health.
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Volunteer at Howdy Farm Whether a student is an engineering major or an accounting major, they can volunteer at the Howdy Farm. If a student is interested in volunteering this summer, times to go out to the farm are from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. There are also opportunities to volunteer from 4 to 6 p.m. on Thursdays and from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturdays at the Bryan Farmer’s Market. Volunteer times will change in the fall. For more information, email sasa.studentfarm@ gmail.com. Reese said losing profit from Sbisa would not harm the farm’s revenue. “[We] just want to maintain the whole goal of ‘Aggies feeding Aggies,’ and maintaining that relationship,” she said. At the end of every week, the farm usually has produce left over and they take it to the Bryan Farmer’s Market and the Houston Farmer’s Market. Whatever doesn’t sell
is donated to the Brazos Valley Food Bank and Women’s Shelter. “We want to encourage healthy living and we want people to get back to their roots and connect to their food source, and actually realize what a broccoli plant looks like,” Reese said. “Food doesn’t come from the store. It actually comes from a field.”
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social justice. To offset the cost of the event, TAC requested $2,500 from student organization funding. Its request was denied by the Student Advisory Board because TAC is not on the approved list that qualifies for such funding. It was, however, granted $500 from the Department of Student Activities. The eligibility to apply for events funding is listed in the Student Organization Manual as a benefit to being a recognized student organization. But not all organizations are granted this privilege. Organizations under the following categories — religious, social and political issues, sports clubs, Memorial Student Center-affiliated or Health Science Center-affiliated — are not eligible. When an organization submits a request for University funding, there is no appeal process and no public records are available from the decision making process. TAC’s official legal statements said it was denied funding because of discrimination against its views. TAC said numerous organizations that fall under the list of excluded organizations have received funding for similar events.
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Star Parker is a conservative columnist, activist and author. Texas Aggie Conservatives is suing Texas A&M University for refusing to completely fund Parker as a guest speaker. An example cited in the official complaint was an organization that fights violence against women, TAMU VDay. It received $800 to fund a speaker to talk about political and social issues. In addition, the Black Student Alliance Council received funds to pay for an event in Rudder Theatre, the same venue where TAC requested funds. TAC is being represented by Alliance Defense Fund, an organization that “provides the resources that will keep the door open for the spread of the Gospel through legal
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have done in my life and the lives of my loved ones is priceless,” Castillo said. IGM is a rare disorder that mimics inflammaContinued from page 1 tory breast cancer. It causes tumors, lesions and part of the 2 percent of teen moms who earn a abscesses on the breast and disfigures the breast. college degree, as a mother of two. The Ket- Castillo was diagnosed on Feb. 8, almost a year tlewells recently welcomed a daughter, Charli. to the date she found her first breast tumor. Receiving her diploma will symbolize four “I was basically living in the hospital or the years of hard work and sacrifices made by the operating room when I was diagnosed. I had Kettlewells. eight operations and in-office procedures to re“We’ve had to sacrifice a lot. Even though move tumors and abscesses from both breasts, I’m a senior, I just went to Northgate for the but the tumors and lesions just kept coming.” first time two weeks ago,” Castillo said. “I’ve Her doctor knew the tumors were nonnever had a typical college life.” cancerous, yet IGM is so rare he had to get a Being a mom, a wife and a student means second opinion to confirm Castillo’s diagnosis. quitting is a tempting option. Given its rarity, there is no set protocol on “Last week I was surrounded by all my anat- how to treat IGM. Castillo’s doctor recently omy notes, and my son Sean was using me as a found three tumor developments on both personal jungle gym. I sat up and I just started breasts and her next step will be to go to the crying. I wanted to study and I couldn’t,” Cas- Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., to see some tillo said. of the nation’s best It was the desire to breast specialists who I knew that not only end the vicious cycle can hopefully put of low-income living was I Castillo in remission. that drove Castillo “The last and most but I was to continue. She said drastic option would more important than be a double mastecalso having a good job tomy, but I refuse I knew that if I and making money is to believe that I will being a good example have to resort to I the for her son and not that option.” for becoming another Castillo continstatistic. ues to defy the odds that I wanted to “I knew that not stacked against her. , you when only was I becoming She is proof any stea mother but I was reotype, any statiscan also becoming a role tic and any hardship — senior biomedical sciences major model. I knew that if I can be overcome. Susan Castillo quit school I wouldn’t It seems that nothbe the best example ing the world throws for him. I wanted to at her can hold her show him that when times get rough, you can back. persevere,” Castillo said. “I know God put this challenge in my life Casey Kettlewell, Susan’s husband, also sac- for a reason. The way I look at it is that I am rificed for the good of his family. He stopped getting many shadowing hours with all the docpursuing higher education to take care of their tor visits and surgeries I have had. I have the son and work at a grocery store. He said he rec- most amazing team of doctors that truly care for ognized his wife’s potential to do great things, my well being…[But] I once had a doctor that and he wouldn’t do anything to stand in her bluntly told me that I ‘might just have cancer’ way. like he was describing the weather outside. He “We were together for years, and I knew indirectly gave me a crash course on how not how dedicated and intelligent she was,” Ket- to treat my patients. I am more determined to tlewell said. “To interfere with that would be become a doctor now, so I can make a differmy fault.” ence in my patients’ lives just like my doctors As one challenge is overcome, another be- have made on mine.” gins. Castillo is applying to medical school to Elizabeth Crouch serves as Castillo’s acaachieve her dream of becoming a physician demic adviser and is the director of the biowho specializes in infectious diseases. medical sciences program. “Significant people in my life are HIV posiCrouch said, “I am extremely impressed tive. I was just recently diagnosed with Idio- with Susan. She is intelligent and compassionpathic Granulomatous Mastitis by our local, ate. I have always enjoyed our interactions and and only, infectious disease doctor in town. feel that she will be able to achieve any goal Knowing that I can help people win the war she chooses.” on their diseases just like the infectious doctors
Castillo
becoming a mother becoming a role quit model. school wouldn’t be best example him. show him times get rough persevere.”
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Casey Kettlewell and Susan Castillo (top) carry Sean and Charli as the sun sets over Academic Plaza. Castillo (bottom) embraces Sean as he overlooks a railing. Castillo will be part of the two percent of teen moms who earns a college degree as a mother of two.
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Joanna Raines The Battalion Wearing their signature white button ups, ties, and nametags, Elder Chang and Elder Chavarra stand out from the crowd next to the sandwich board in the middle of Academic Plaza. Despite their presence on campus, few students realize these men have given up everything to be here. Chang and Chavarra are on mission to Bryan-College Station as representatives of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They do not attend classes or work in the area, their sole purpose for being on campus is to share their faith and bless others. “As missionaries we take two years off, we leave our families,� Chang said. “We give up everything to do missionary work. So we do this all the time, 24/7.� Their mission work includes sharing the gospel on campus, meeting with students, and doing volunteer work in the community. There are 55,000 full time Latter-day Saints missionaries around the world. Going on mission is common practice for Mormons ages 19 to 26. While it is not required, it is expected. When they submit their applications for mission, the 12 apostles who lead the national church review it, and then send back an assignment. “You don’t know where you’re going to go. We believe it’s by inspiration that they are sent to a particular part of the world, and that’s where you stay for two years,� Nixon said. A Mormon’s mission lasts for two years. While serving as missionaries, one is expected to follow a strict schedule. Every day they follow the same schedule. They wake up at 6:30 a.m., work out, study the Bible for two hours, spend the
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Rachel Mallison, junior political science major, discusses religion with Elder Chang and Elder Myers near Academic Building. rest of the day doing mission work in pairs and go to sleep at 10:30 p.m. “For me the drastic change (was difficult),� said Chavarra. “10:30, going to sleep and 6:30, waking up was a drastic change for me, but I’m used to it.� This means they are not allowed to see movies, television or listen to popular music. They are allowed to call home twice a year, on Mother’s Day and Christmas. Dating is off limits for missionaries, as is living by their own schedule. “It teaches you how to rely on the Lord, and definitely pray. Because you can’t call home,� Chavarra said. Kalan Clark, senior philosophy major, completed his mission and now serves as the world mission leader. He organizes mission efforts to the Bryan-College Station area. He said at the end of the mission, the hope of the missionary is to have served God in a way that pleases him so that he can accept your service. While serving in Idaho, Clark was told by a fellow church member that at the end of his mission he would know where he stands with the Lord. “He said to me, ‘Live so that
when that moment comes, you will know that your service was accepted.’ I took that to heart. I worked my absolute hardest,� Clark said. When he returned home, Clark said this moment was emotional and meaningful. “He sat me down and he said, ‘Elder Clark, I’m going to take your nametag from you, and I release you from your calling.’ Of course, I cried quite a bit because I loved being a missionary, but I knew in that moment that the two years that I served were accepted by the Lord.� Both Chang and Chavarra’s parents were converted to Mormanism by missionaries, so the cause is especially meaningful to them. “I know that it is because of two elders, it drastically changed my family, specifically my parents, for the better. I wanted to be able to do that in someone’s family as well,� Chavarra said. After serving their mission, Chang and Chavarra will return to a world outside of tucked-in shirts and nametags. They both plan to finish earning their college degrees and pursue a career while living a missionary lifestyle.
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