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$120 million. The council is made up of three subcouncils: the Tuition and Fee Sub-Council, the Strategic Reallocation Sub-Council and the Student Service Fee Advisory Board SubCouncil.
The Battalion As state funding to public universities has decreased in recent years, Texas A&M administrators have implemented alternative money management strategies to bear the brunt of fluctuating finances. One strategy was the establishment of the University Advancement Fee. The UAF, approved by the Board of Regents during the last spring semester, replaced 13 mandatory student fees by pooling that money into one fee. The established pool of money can then be reallocated back into the various fee divisions based on priority and need. “Last year, we went through a pretty difficult exercise in trying to deal with a 14 percent reduction in our state appropriation — almost $40 million. That was a big hit,” said University Presi-
dent R. Bowen Loftin. “That money primarily is what pays faculty salaries and staff salaries.” Loftin said the loss of appropriations directly impacted the educational mission of the University, something already made difficult by the increase in students and decrease in faculty. “When you have that kind of hit coming directly at the educational enterprise of Texas A&M, it’s very serious,” Loftin said. “Our whole goal is to make sure [students] get the best education [they] can get, and we have fewer faculty than we had a year ago, and we have more [students].” The solution — something the University administration has been working on since the spring, was to find funding from non-state dollars. Loftin said the goal was to reallocate these See UAF on page 3
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U.S. ambassador killed in Libya Jake Walker The Battalion The search for those behind the provocative, anti-Muslim film implicated in violent protests in Egypt and Libya led Wednesday to a California Coptic Christian convicted of financial crimes who acknowledged his role in managing and providing logistics for the production. Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, 55, told
The Associated Press in an interview outside Los Angeles that he was the manager for the company that produced “Innocence of Muslims,” which mocked Muslims and the prophet Muhammad and may have caused inflamed mobs that attacked U.S. missions in Egypt and Libya. The film was implicated in protests that resulted in the burning of the U.S. consulate Tuesday in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi.
Libyan officials said Wednesday that Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other embassy employees were killed during the mob violence, but U.S. officials now say they are investigating whether the assault was a planned terrorist strike linked to Tuesday’s 11-year anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks. The U.S. sent 50 Marines as an See Libya on page 6
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To Write Love on Her Arms extends hand of assistance Julie Blanco The Battalion Although the first step to recovery is often the hardest, students at Texas A&M who suffer from depression, addiction, self-injury or thoughts of suicide have a new opportunity to reach out for help. To Write Love On Her Arms, TWLOHA, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to finding resources to help those with personal struggles, now has a UChapter at Texas A&M. The organization had an informational meeting Monday and due to the high amount of interest organized a second for Wednesday. As a result of the determination of senior management major Bailey Bennett, a chapter of TWLOHA was brought to campus.
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“We’re starting to see our efforts create something tangible on campus,” Bennett said. Bennett has been interested in the national organization since it was established in 2006, personally connecting with the message that TWLOHA conveys. A goal of TWLOHA is to battle the stigma and shame of feelings of depression, addiction, self-injury and thoughts of suicide with honesty and compassion. “People have a bad stigma about To Write Love On Her Arms because it’s a really ‘heavy’ organization,” said senior communication major and chapter publicity chair Amber Kelly. TWLOHA is also here as a reminder that an abundance of people deal with harsh
bryan-college station Mosquitoes continue to test positive for West Nile Mosquitoes collected at various sites in BryanCollege Station tested positive for West Nile virus, bringing the total of positive mosquito pools to 60 for the year. According to Brazos County Health Department, mosquitoes were trapped and tested positive for West Nile at Glade Street and Rayado Court in College Station; Woodcrest Drive, East Villa Maria Road and Warwick Lane in Bryan; and the Texas A&M University golf course. BCHD issued a reminder that all of Brazos County is positive for West Nile. BCHD urges residents to keep up their defenses and remember to drain standing water around homes, trim grass and shrubs, wear insect repellent containing DEET, stay indoors at dusk and dawn when mosquitoes are most active, and dress in long sleeves and pants when outdoors to prevent bites. Jake Walker, staff writer
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Senior management major Bailey Bennett leads an informational for the A&M chapter of To Write Love On Her Arms. feelings. “They’re your everyday student or friend,” Kelly said. “It’s not a certain person, it’s everyone.” The organization creates an open environment by
presenting hope and providing resources to those in need. “We are going to give you a community where you can express your thoughts,” Bennett said. “We build an enviSee Write on page 6
The Battalion Sitting in crates and boxes in the University Services Building is the soon-to-be assembled NASA Shuttle Mission Simulator — the same one that trained NASA astronauts for the last 35 years. The fourth shipment of simulator parts arrived Wednesday after aerospace engineering faculty waited several months for the final shipment to arrive. The first shipment was delivered in January. “It means so much to the University,” said aerospace
engineering professor John Valasek. “This is the only one in existence. It’s living history and students will be able to interact with it.” This particular simulator began operations at Johnson Space Center in 1977 and has trained 355 astronauts for all 135 space shuttle missions. The simulator exposed astronauts to the sights, motions, faults and sounds they would experience upon launch and landing. Former NASA flight dynamics officer Nick Combs said NASA used problem See Shuttle on page 5
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correction In the Sept. 11 issue on page 3 of The Battalion, the date of an Aggie’s death was incorrect. We regret the error. Capt. Todd Christmas, Class of 2000, was killed Nov. 29, 2004.
whoweare The Battalion staff represents every college on the campus, including undergraduates and graduate students. The leadership of The Battalion welcomes students to participate in the First Amendment in action as you utilize your student newspaper. We are students. Editor in chief senior English major Trevor Stevens
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Tuesday, September 18th 2nd Day of Rosh Ha’Shanah Services at 10:00 a.m. Tashlich Services CS Police Department Pond at 4:30 p.m. Friday, September 21st Erev Shabbatt Teshuvah Services at 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, September 25th Kol Nidre Services at 8:00 p.m. Wednesday, September 26th Yom Kippur Services start at 10:00 a.m. Yizcor about 5:00 p.m. Neilah and Havdalah Services Followed by Break-the-Fast (after sundown) Please contact Hillel for more information at 979-696-7313 or email us at Hillel@tamuhillel.org Names for Yizcor must be received in the ofďŹ ce no later than Friday, September 21, 2012
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non-state dollars to make up for $21 million dollars lost. This was inhibited due to the restrictions around fees. When asked if money in the UAF would be used for purposes outside of mandatory student fee divisions, Loftin said it was possible but not intended. “It’s possible, but we have to be cautious with that, but it’s possible,” Loftin said. Historically, fees by statute must go to they’re specifically designated divisions. Loftin said the University has done its best to move money around and manage the specific designation of fees, but it wasn’t done as well as he thought it could be. University administrators introduced the UAF concept to allow more flexibility with fee dollars. After pooling the 13 fee divisions, the UAF collected a total fund of $120 million. The Council for Strategic Budgeting will analyze the reallocation process. Loftin announced Wednesday to the Student Finance Committee that the basic make-up of the Council for Strategic Budgeting has been established, but all council members have not yet been finalized. The council was tasked with the review, prioritization and recommendations of amount of fee dollars the 13 fee divisions should receive. Loftin said he expects the council to make recommendations on changes by December. Changes to fee division allocation will begin for the 2013-2014 academic year. The council is divided into three sub-councils, each tasked with separate goals, ultimately recommending to Loftin where money in the UAF should be allocated. The three sub-councils are
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University President R. Bowen Loftin answers questions regarding the University Advancement Fee Wednesday evening in Koldus. the Tuition and Fee SubCouncil (formerly the Tuition and Fees Committee), the Strategic Reallocation Sub-Council and the Student Service Fee Advisory Sub-Council. Each of the 13 fee divisions — as has been done similarly in the past — will make their case to each sub-council on new needs or services and, ultimately, how much funding they should receive. The sub-councils will be made up of both students and faculty, both voting and non-voting. Based on the complexity of the issue, Loftin said students involved will first serve as non-voting members for a year in order to get a grasp of the situation before they are able to make decisions. “We’ll have students who are in a learning moment, one year not voting, but hearing everything that is going on and debating and then year two they can vote,” Loftin said. “We can maintain an educated group of students because this is not simple stuff, there’s a lot of details.” Students participating come from a range of different organizations, including the Student Government Association, the Corps of Cadets and Greek Life.
“These are representative bodies that are going to feed into the committees,” said Jason Cook, vice president for marketing and communications at Texas A&M. Some students, like sophomore political science major and SGA finance chair, Fernando Sosa, said they are concerned at the possible lack of transparency, as well as the suddenness of the UAF’s establishment. “It’s being done, obviously, to get more money from students through fees, but in a way that would limit the transparency and student voice when it comes to the way that allocations would be made under the new fee,” Sosa said. “I think it was a hasty decision that needed more thoughts and more student input.” Sosa said although there are going to be students involved in the Council for Strategic Budgeting, it is not enough to eliminate the fact that the administration now has more flexibility with students’ money. “With the 13 fees we at least knew what the money was intended for,” Sosa said. “Now, we just pay one fee and the administration has the final say on where that money will be allocated.”
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Kevin Andrews Special to The Battalion Aggies who eat a gluten-free diet may have an easier time finding something to eat on campus in the near future, but their dining options remain limited. A student organization named Gluten Free Aggies and the new dietician for Dining Services are working together to expand dining options for special diets. Eating gluten-free is a medically based diet for individuals with Celiac disease, non-Celiac gluten intolerances and other inflammatory conditions such as Rheumatoid Arthritis or Crohn’s disease, according to Sara Boswell, a doctoral student researching gluten-free baking at Texas A&M. Gluten is typically found in wheat and flour products. Stephanie Troxell, a senior nutrition major, is among approximately one percent of the population suffering from Celiac disease. Since moving to College Station, she has had to cook most of her own food or risk becoming ill. “I am limited to eating just a salad, or perhaps a sandwich with no bread on campus,� Troxell said. Even food that might not appear to contain gluten can be dangerous. Food preparation methods may cause cross-contamination. Students said knowing what is safe to eat can be a challenge. “Even the sushi contains gluten. The fish inside is made from a fake fish which contains wheat products,� Boswell said. Troxell, Boswell, and others with Gluten Free Aggies, have been working with Dining Services to
provide a wider availability of safe options for those who must avoid gluten in their diets. Good news may be on the way. Chanika Moses has recently been hired by Dining Services in the role of dietician, and her job is to make sure that students with special diets have choices at some of the eateries around campus. Currently Sbisa dining hall features loaves of glutenfree bread from Taylor Made, a local bakery. Sbisa and Duncan both have trained chefs and special machinery – including a device called Bready – to make gluten-free products without the risk of cross-contamination. “Our plan is to bake fresh breads, muffins and cakes which can be shipped to eateries around campus as ready-to-go sandwiches and entrees,� Moses said. In the meanwhile, it can be frustrating for students limited to eating at Sbisa or Duncan, especially if they have classes on West Campus. Gluten Free Aggies was created last year as a social group to provide support and share ideas about a gluten-free lifestyle. Troxell says that the group will continue to advocate for more gluten-free dining options across campus. The group also dines out regularly at off-campus establishments to show support for businesses that provide a variety of menu options that are safe for them to consume. “Chef Tai is awesome,� Boswell said. “The employees will tell you what ingredients are in everything so you know what’s safe to eat.� The first meeting for Gluten Free Aggies is Thursday, Sept. 27 at 7 p.m. in the Sbisa Quiet Room.
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Senior biological and agricultural engineering major Jose Batz, left, and sophomore mathematics major Kimberly Hargrave, right, watch “How I met your Mother� in the MSC Games Lounge Wednesday evening. “How I met your Mother� will premiere its 8th season Sept. 24 on CBS.
Fall TV returns with new shows, old favorites Paige Kuznar The Battalion TV’s fall season premieres are right around the corner, and many viewers anticipate it to be one of the most “addicting� seasons yet. “I’m excited for new series to begin because the previews look really good,� said senior sports management major Brandon Hollek, “‘Go On’ with Matthew Perry looks hilarious.� Viewers say they’re more excited about previously famous actors starring in new shows, like Matthew Perry, Hayden Panettiere and Anna Camp. “Ever since I saw the previews for ‘Nashville,’ I have been really excited for it to start,� said sophomore general studies major Leah Hollek. “It’s going to be an addicting drama.� Viewers are both anticipating the new TV series and awaiting various returning TV series. There are 17 returning shows this fall including “90210,� “Glee� and “Jersey Shore.� “I get more excited about returning shows than I
do new series because I already have an interest in the story line and where the show left off,� said senior finance major Haley McPherson. Dramas such as “Gossip Girl,� “Greys Anatomy� and “The Vampire Diaries� will be returning for another season. As for comedies, “How I Met Your Mother,� “Parks and Recreation,� “New Girl� and “The Office� are also set to return this fall. Students are particularly excited to watch “The Office� due to this being the final season. “I can’t wait for the premiere of ‘The Office,’ but I’m sad it’s their last season,� said senior engineering technology major Robert Hilty. Talent and music reality shows “Dancing with the Stars,� “The Voice� and “X Factor� will all be returning as well. Shows that conflict with students’ schedules can be viewed online depending upon which station they are channeled. ABC and CBS upload their shows online while Hulu.com offers a variety of TV shows from different networks to view free of charge. The MSC also houses TV kiosks in the lower-level game lounge.
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The final parts of the NASA Shuttle Mission Simulator were delivered Wednesday afternoon. The University has not secured an official home for the SMS. The environment plays a key factor in its location. “Wherever they move it to has to be able to accommodate the simulator,” Combs said. “A place with controlled air conditioning, electricity and where the sounds aren’t disturbing. It also can’t be too close to the ceiling or walls. I’d say we will need approximately five to six thousand square feet.” Combs said the simulator has enough spare parts to keep it up and running for a long time.
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This is the first year a chapter of To Write Love On Her Arms is at Texas A&M. Many colleges within Texas have a chapter.
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ronment where people can feel comfortable.” Bennett began the endeavor of bringing this organization to campus last November and attended the MOVE Community Conference in Chicago in order to be equipped and educated about addressing the topics discussed in TWLOHA. Because members of TWLOHA are not trained coun-
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elite rapid-response team — known as a Fleet Antiterrorism Security Team — to assess and reinforce security in Libya in the aftermath of the attack. The team’s role is to respond on short notice to terrorism threats and to bolster security at U.S. embassies. They operate worldwide, and the team that went is one of two that are based in Spain. The second Marine FAST element was standing by in Spain but had no orders to
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selors, they have paired with Student Counseling Services. Members offer advice and encouragement, but also help direct the students in need to receive help from Student Counseling Services. Texas A&M’s chapter has merchandise for sale and events planned throughout the school year to help raise awareness about those who help and those who need help. These are set up to help raise funds for the national organization to create recov-
ery programs, because insurance does not always cover treatment for many of those involved in TWLOHA. Many of the people who are involved in TWLOHA feel connected to the cause and want to spread the word about the organization. “We want to help as many people as possible who are going through tough times,” said Brooke Tiernan, senior finance major and the chapter’s treasurer. “We need to make more people aware.”
move, officials said. Administration officials who discussed the Marines spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the military movements. The Marines arrived at the U.S. embassy in Tripoli, and there were no immediate plans for them to advance to Benghazi. Officials said they did not know how long the team might stay there. The actors in the film issued a joint statement Wednesday saying they were misled about the project and said some of their dialogue
was crudely dubbed during post-production. “The entire cast and crew are extremely upset and feel taken advantage of by the producer,” said the statement, obtained by the Los Angeles Times. “We are 100 percent not behind this film and were grossly misled about its intent and purpose. We are shocked by the drastic rewrites of the script and lies that were told to all involved. We are deeply saddened by the tragedies that have occurred.” The Associated Press contributed to this story
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