news for you campus Student dies in crash Freshman molecular and cell biology major Anisha Primal Patel, 17, passed away Tuesday night following a two-vehicle collision outside Navasota. Patel, a resident of The Woodlands, was heading south on F.M. 2 south of Navasota when state troopers report she failed to yield to oncoming traffic and her PT Cruiser was struck by an 18-wheeler. Patel was pronounced dead at the scene and her passenger, Graham Gollnick, also from The Woodlands, died later at The College Station Medical Center. Both were reported to have been wearing their seat belts at the time of the accident.
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Exhibit winds down “Legacy of a Seer, ”a feature exhibit on the life of Charles Gordone, an actor, director, activist, Pulitzer winning writer and A&M professor, will close its doors at the end of the week. The exhibit features artwork by assistant professor of architecture Robert Schiffhauer. See the exhibit at the Wright Gallery, located on the second floor of Langford Architecture Center’s Building A. Taylor Wolken, Staff writer
nation &world Grizzly bear attack YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. — Yellowstone National Park officials say a grizzly bear has killed a hiker in the park’s backcountry the first fatal bear mauling in the park since 1986. Park spokesman Al Nash says it appears the man and his wife surprised a female grizzly and her cubs Wednesday morning. Associated Press
Students use a variety of study materials as a resource to prepare for intensive graduate level exams which take place throughout the year.
Texas A&M students spend their summer studying for the GRE, MCAT and LSAT Natalee Blanchat The Battalion While many students are lounging by the pool, traveling to exotic places, or catching up on some much needed sleep this summer, others are preparing for one of life’s toughest tests. Students studying for the Graduate Records Examination , the Medical College Admissions Test, the Law School Admissions Test and the Graduate Management Admissions Test are likely feeling the heat, and not just from the blistering 100 degree summer temperatures. Luckily there are students who have been—and currently are—in similar shoes who are offering their experiences for future test takers, as well as information from representative Ved Chitale, the assistant director of marketing at a test preparation center for Houston and Col-
Yolanda Cuellar, a senior agriculture economics major, has dreamt of going to law school since middle school. She is taking the LSAT in October and said she hopes that studying for it now will help her get a high score and cement her plans of getting into the University of Houston Law Center after graduation. Cuellar said instead of taking a prep course, she bought a practice LSAT book from the Publication of the Law School Admission Council to make things easier on her busy schedule. “Since, I’m taking classes over the summer, instead of having to work around the course schedule, I can just study by myself, on my own time, and on my own schedule,” Cuellar said.
Study guides ◗ For more information on for studying graduate level exams visit http://www.kaplan. com
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Tim Omoniyi Specail to The Battalion Google may have bad news for Facebook with their latest creation Google+, the Internet giants’ biggest attempt at becoming a player in the social networking arena. Google Buzz, the company’s last foray into social media, was unsuccessful. The official word from Google is that the product is not ready for launch yet. Yet Google has launched it, at least to a select few. Speaking to AllThingsD. com, Bradley Horowitz, VP of Product Management for Google Apps, said the reason for this launch is to learn. “I believe we’ve exhausted what we can learn from internal testing and so we’ll now expose to a limited number of users,” Horowitz said. All users are being exposed to some of the systematic makeovers that most of Google’s products are getting across the See Google on page 5
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lege Station. Chitale explains why students should take a test preparation course opposed to studying straight from a test prep book. “A lot of emphasis is put on these tests—largely on what school you get in to and what scholarship money you receive—all of which are things dependent on these types of tests,” Chitale said. Chitale said he believes the argument for taking a test preparation course is “ten-fold,” especially since the center spends millions of dollars geared towards research and development specifically for studying the formatting of these tests. “Not only do we provide organized help, but we have fantastic teachers who are specialized in the area you are studying for; such as a biology professor who is assigned to teach the biology portion of the MCAT,” Chitale said.
Must-see comedy ◗ Have you ever wondered if life would be better without your boss around? Warner Brothers’ Horrible Bosses brings the fantasy to life in one of the summer’s best films. Full review on page 3.
The Battalion From the boys of junctions to the days of high cotton with Jackie Sherrill, many Texas A&M football greats emerged. Two of those great men will be given one of college football’s highest honors as former Texas A&M defensive end Ray Childress and former head coach Gene Stallings will be enshrined into the College Football Hall of Fame 15-16 in South Bend, Ind. “We are very pleased to have the opportunity to enshrine another exceptional class of college football legends,” said NFF President and CEO Steven J. Hatchell. “Each year our hard-working honors courts do an outstanding job ensuring the game’s greatest players and coaches find their place on college football’s mountain top. We look forward to celebrating in South Bend with this amazing class and their loyal fans from around the country.” Stallings, who is best known for his time as coach of both A&M and Ala-
Select group ◗ More than 5 million athletes have participated in college football’s 141-year-old history, but just more than a thousand have been inducted into the Hall of Fame.
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