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Body found near missing Texas A&M student’s car Barrett House The Battalion Texas A&M University Police reported an A&M student went missing and was last seen Thursday. The student — senior agricultural systems management major and Squadron 18 member in the Corps of Cadets Anthony Joseph Carey — was last seen leaving his home in Houston headed to College Station. Reports followed that Carey’s car, a 2008 Mitsubishi Lancer, had been found in Marlin, Texas, which is between Bryan-College Station and Waco off Highway 6. Later UPD released a statement saying a body was discovered in a heavily wooded area adjacent to where Carey’s vehicle was found. “Investigators are working to confirm if the body is that of Anthony Joseph Carey,” the statement said. The victim’s body has been sent to the Southwestern Institute of Forensic Sciences Medical Examiners Office in Dallas for an autopsy. Lt. Allan Baron said UPD will provide further information as it becomes available.

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The Texas A&M Weather Center tracks the movement of Isaac on Monday afternoon as it progresses toward New Orleans, La. Residents within the projected path of Isaac prepare for a possible hurricane by boarding up windows and stockpiling as much fuel as possible.

LA Tech officials to make game decision Tuesday Isaac’s forecast ◗ Tropical Storm Isaac is projected to reach hurricane strength and could be a Category 2 when it hits the northern Gulf Coast. COURTESY PHOTO

Anthony Joseph Carey was last seen leaving his home in Houston.

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exas A&M’s first game of the season threatens to be postponed as officials look to the Gulf of Mexico, waiting to see whether Tropical Storm Isaac will affect the game against Louisiana Tech scheduled for Thursday evening.

Louisiana Tech Athletics Director Bruce Van De Velde said the university is closely monitoring the storm as it approaches the Louisiana coastline. Van De Velde said the decision on the game will be made Tuesday afternoon. According to The Associated Press, Isaac, which has al-

ready left 24 dead in Haiti and the Dominican Republic, is currently categorized as a tropical storm with winds up to 70 mph. The storm is expected to make landfall as soon as Tuesday night. John Nielsen-Gammon, the Texas state climatologist and A&M atmospheric sciences professor, said Isaac is predicted to be a Category 2 hurricane when it makes landfall on the Louisiana coast as it continues to gather strength. Shreveport, located three-and-a-half hours east of Dallas, is where the season opener for the Aggies is supposed to take place. “The rain is strong enough to easily be further west and make a direct hit on Shreveport,” said professor of atmospheric sciences John Nielsen-Gammon said. “By the time it makes it to Shreveport it would have been on shore for about 36 hours. It’ll probably be a ‘tropical depression,’ See Hurricane on page 5

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A&M memorabilia supports Boys and Girls Club Chandler Smith The Battalion As Texas A&M University’s inaugural ural SEC season approaches, Nikco Sports ts — a major sports memorabilia providerr — has engaged the University, former students and all interested parties to aid in a fundraiser for Boys and Girls Clubs throughout the state of Texas. According to a Nikco Sports press release, the company is providing an exclusive product for A&M students, former students and fans to purchase. For $99 each, fans can buy a full-sized SEC inaugural season Texas A&M foot-ball — of which only 2,012 were prooduced — in support of local Boys and Girls Clubs. Each commemorative football features sev-

eral white panels showcasing a varietyy of historical information pertaining to Aggie football footb and Kyle Field. The ball lists significant dates in Aggie football sign ball history including national titles, hi s, conference c crowns and bowll game appearances. A listing of SEC schools by division with the official SEC logo and a panoramic view of Kyle Field round off the featured images. Craig Bidner, CEO of Nikco sports, expressed his N sentiments on the project. se “We’re especially pleased to offer Aggie fans an opportunityy to own something that is very limitedd and s something hi that will help generate additional di i l

funds to help put smiles on faces of young men and women who depend on services provided wo by Boys and Girls Club,” Bidner said in the B press pre release. “We’re honored to play a small sm part in this project in helping them develop d a safe place for these youngsters to learn and grow.” In recent seasons, Nikco raised over $1.8 million for children’s organizations. Boys and Girls Clubs specifically target kids ages 6-18 without an immediate ride home following the closure of school, providing students with a safe, educational area to stay in lieu of eentering the streets. Bob Ibach, the official Nikco spokesperson, said Boys and Girls Clubs greatly pers impacted his life as a kid growing up in New impac See Fundraiser on page 4

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reshman forensic science and investigative studies major Christa Williams finds her way around campus Monday morning near the Trigon with the help from Guide member Kelsey Moore, sophomore middle school education major.

inside Life | 6 Asking for help Advisers from various departments at Texas A&M help students sort through a myriad of academic options during the degree plan process.

voices | 2 Letter from the president A&M President R. Bowen Loftin submits a column on the major events affecting the University this semester.

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Texas A&M brand PayScale continues to rank Texas A&M first among the state’s public universities and in the top 10 public institutions nationally on what graduates earn in their careers compared to their college costs, and Texas A&M is the only public university in the state to make Newsweek’s recent ranking of the nation’s “most affordable� universities. In addition, this year’s gross collegiate licensing revenue is a record $3.2 million (based on more than $60 million in merchandise sales), ranking us 19th nationally. Campus landscape Our campus landscape is changing dramatically with construction of the Physical Education Activity Program building and renovations of the Jack

K. Williams Administration Building, Lacy Hall and Scoates Hall. Nearing completion are the Liberal Arts and Humanities building, the renovation of Corps Dorm 8 (Harrell Hall) and the attached Buzbee Leadership Learning Center, the Player Development Center, and Joe Routt Blvd (which will be ready for the Florida football game on Sept. 8). We also are assessing various options for Kyle Field. Additional Corps dorms will be renovated with another Leadership Learning Center to be constructed. Next year, we will start construction of a new educational facility for the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. Athletics The excitement is building as we

prepare for our first season as members of the Southeastern Conference. We’ll celebrate College Colors Day on Thursday as we prepare to BTHO Louisiana Tech in Shreveport. In addition, we’ll gain national exposure with the ESPN GameDay commercial that was filmed last month at Kyle Field, based on a fan vote. The commercial will run throughout the fall on all ESPN channels. Out of the 33 athletes from Texas who competed in the summer Olympic Games in London, a record 23 had ties to Texas A&M. Our athletes (and two coaches) represented 15 countries in four sports, and brought home four medals, including three gold. New affiliations We are in the process of bringing the Texas A&M Health Science Center under the University’s administration as part of the strategic strengthening of our education and research we call “OneHealth.� While timing is uncertain, we expect that the soonest the realignment could be complete is January 2013. In addition, we have entered into a letter of intent with Texas Wesleyan University in Fort Worth to make its school of law school part of Texas A&M: the Texas A&M School of

Law at Texas Wesleyan University. This is a major step forward in our goal of becoming known as one of the nation’s 10 best public universities by 2020, and significantly increases our presence in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. What the future holds The Aggie Family is strong. We have welcomed more than 8,200 freshmen, almost 2,000 transfer students and over 3,000 new graduate students this fall, and the special qualities that set us apart from all other major research universities are also strong: the Corps of Cadets, our traditions and the Aggie Network of more than 360,000 former students worldwide. I’ll do my part to keep you informed through my weekly emails. You are also invited to “like� me on my Facebook fan page, follow me on Twitter at @aggieprez, and email your questions and comments to me at president@tamu.edu. Good luck in this new academic year, and Gig ’em, ggies! R. Bowen Loftin is the president of Texas A&M University.

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El Sol Market on Main Street in Brawley, Calif., was hit hard Sunday by the earthquakes that hit throughout California. Dozens of small to moderate earthquakes have rattled Southern California this week.

Associated Press A magnitude-4.2 earthquake rattled communities 100 miles east of San Diego on Monday night, despite observations from earthquake experts that a series of small to moderate earthquakes seemed to be slowing down and getting smaller in magnitude. Earthquakes are unpredictable, according to U.S. Geological Survey Geophysicist Shengzao Chen, and prior to the 7 p.m. quake, a slowing seemed to be in effect with most of Monday’s temblors under magnitude-2.5, and occurring in intervals of no greater than 30 minutes. On Sunday, a swarm of earthquakes shook Imperial County on Sunday and were felt in surrounding counties. Most were minor, but two registered at magnitude-5.5 and magnitude-5.3. Scientists say the aftershocks and jolts could last for days. No injuries were reported in the region, which has a long history of such earthquake swarms. “The type of activity that we’re seeing could possibly continue for several hours or even days,� U.S. Geological Survey geophysicist Robert Graves said. The seismic activity is not unusual, but scientists have puzzled over the cause. The last significant swarm occurred in 2005, when a thousand quakes, the largest at magnitude-5.1, shook the south shore of the Salton Sea. In 1981, a cluster of quakes hit a region five miles to the northwest of Sunday’s sequence, with the largest measuring a magnitude-5.8. The region was very active in the 1960s and 1970s. “They seem to light up and turn off for reasons we don’t understand,� USGS seismologist Susan Hough said. Despite the shaking, the swarms have not triggered

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York, a reason he continues to raise awareness for the cause. “The Bronx gets pretty tough; your parents are out working and everything. You come home after school and there’s no place to go,� Ibach said. “[The organization] was always a safe place for me to go. They would bring us to the ball fields over there and keep us off the streets. I’ve always been very indebted to Boys and Girls Club.� Tami Swigert, vice presi-

any significant quake in the past, Hough said. The quakes pushed 20 mobile homes at a trailer park off their foundations, rendering them uninhabitable, said Maria Peinado, a spokeswoman for the Imperial County Emergency Operations Center. A red-tile roof apparently collapsed and landed on a wooden fence. Sporadic power outages, at one point affecting 2,500 Imperial Irrigation District customers, also prompted authorities to evacuate 49 patients from one of the county’s two hospitals, Peinado said. Police also received numerous calls about gas leaks and water line breaks. “It’s not uncommon for us to have earthquakes out here, but at this frequency and at this magnitude it’s fairly unusual,� said George Nava, the mayor of Brawley, a town of 25,000. The first quake, with a magnitude of 3.9, occurred at 10:02 a.m. on Sunday. The USGS said more than 300 aftershocks struck the same approximate epicenter. Some shaking was felt along the San Diego County coast in Del Mar, some 120 miles from the epicenter, as well as in southwestern Arizona and parts of northern Mexico. USGS seismologist Lucy Jones said earthquake swarms are characteristic of the region, known as the Brawley Seismic Zone. “The area sees lots of events at once, with many close to the largest magnitude, rather than one main shock with several much smaller aftershocks,� Jones said. Sunday’s quake cluster occurred in what scientists call a transition zone between the Imperial and San Andreas faults, so they weren’t assigning the earthquakes to either fault, Graves said.

dent of community relations for the Brazos Valley Boys and Girls club, said she was delighted Nikco approached them for the project. “They approached us and we’re thrilled to death to have their support and have them wanting to help the Boys and Girls Club,� Swigert said. “The folks at Texas A&M agreed [to this fundraiser], so we’re very happy we have this partnership.� The inaugural SEC footballs can be purchased at nikcosports.com or by calling Nikco directly at 1-800345-2868.

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Featuring Guest Speaker: A&M-Louisiana Tech football game. In the meantime, information regarding Louisiana Tech’s operations or schedules can be found at ert. latech.edu. Some students who planned to travel to Shreveport have been forced to reconsider whether or not they’re going to the game. “I think it’s good to respect the weather, especially when it’s gulf coast storms,” said international affairs graduate student Chad Martin. “We learned that lesson with Katrina, and with the storm moving westward it’s definitely good to plan ahead.” In regards to whether or not the game should be played, Martin said anything short of a hurricane is acceptable football weather. “If it’s rain, play the game in the rain. I’m all for playing

football in rough elements: wind, snow, sleet,” Martin said. “I’d be disappointed if they moved the game just because of heavy rain.” However, Martin also said postponing the game may give more students the opportunity to attend the game, which was scheduled for Thursday instead of Saturday. “I wouldn’t mind the game being moved to a Saturday, where it can be accessible to students, definitely more accessible to people who want to road trip,” Martin said. Nielsen-Gamman said the storm is expected to miss College Station completely. “Chances are it’ll be a little bit windier than normal, and we might not even see a drop of rain from it,” he said.

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Major maze Advisers assist students to navigate academic pitfalls Amber Jaura The Battalion With the fresh start of a semester every student, incoming and current, can agree that choosing classes and staying on track for graduation can be a difficult task. As students find themselves inundated with questions and concerns about degree plans, academic advisers provide guidance to help them make decisions for academic success. Vanessa Nordell, senior academic adviser in the department of biology, said while students hold the key to their own future, as an adviser she tries to direct and help them make more informed decisions. “Students have a large responsibility since it is their own academic career. It is my mission to guide them, and hopefully instill in them a sense of confidence and independence,” Nordell said. “Every decision made in my advising office is their own, but I offer my own opinion and help them see multiple options.” Nordell said students will learn many things throughout their college career. She said some tips advisers under her department and others will tell you are always attend class, develop strong study skills through different means, and don’t be afraid to ask for help. She said many students under their department change their majors while determining what degree plan is best suited for them. “We try to make the degree plans easy to follow, but every now and then students are confused about the possibility of overlapping requirements with other areas of the core

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GOP briefly begins in Tampa Tropical Storm Isaac complicates Republican gathering Republicans have gaveled open their convention that will culminate with the nomination of Mitt Romney to be president. Party Chairman Reince Priebus banged the gavel on an abbreviated Monday session as the threat of Tropical Storm Isaac forced the GOP to cram four days of speeches and videos into three. Tropical Storm Isaac has forced planners to delay the start of the convention, but Priebus says all the speakers who were set to address delegates Monday will be absorbed into the schedule during the rest of the week. Many Republican National Convention attendees put up with delayed, diverted or canceled flights on their way to Tampa, some blamed on Tropical Storm Isaac A smattering of delegates, including members of the Texas delegation, attended the shortened session in the Tampa Bay Times Forum. The GOP still planned for vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan to deliver his speech on Wednesday and Romney to address the delegates on Thursday. Priebus says his party needs to remind voters that President Barack Obama has not kept his promise to improve

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College Station Fire Department firefighters and University Police give the all clear after Panda Express in the basement of the MSC triggered the smoke detector.

campus news Fire alarm prompts evacuation in MSC At 6:20 p.m., a fire alarm was triggered in the Memorial Student Center. Students and staff within the MSC evacuated the building while College Station Fire Department investigated the cause of the alarm. CSFD found no fire in the MSC. Roy Hoesny, general manager of the Panda Express said the smoke detector was positioned too close to the vent hood, which caused the alarm. “So the heat on the smoke alarm, maybe it was just the way the design was, it was too close next to the hood,” said Hoesny.

“[Smoke detector] will probably be moved to the side further so it will receive less heat,” said Hoesny. “Hopefully they can get it fixed — everything is okay.” Students returned inside the MSC after CSFD and the Texas A&M Environmental Health and Safety Department gave the approval. A large line of students formed a queue next to Panda Express immediately after the fire alarm. Roger Zhang, The Battalion Photo Chief

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