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Despite physical and mental abuse, freshman communications major Vanessa Valenzuela never gave up ambitions for her future.
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Vision 2020 video Catch clips of University President Bowen Loftin’s “State of the University Address” from Academic Convocation on Friday. Loftin discussed Vision 2020: Texas A&M’s progress to-date and how the administration plans to make Texas A&M a top10 public university. www.thebatt.com
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anessa Valenzuela seemed like an average high school student in Houston. She went to school, had a job and kept good
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What the casual observer or acquaintance couldn’t see, however, was the physical and mental abuse inflicted throughout her childhood. Without a relationship with her father and only a painful relationship with her mother, the freshman communication sciences and disorders major said she grew up feeling as though her family didn’t
care. As a result, Valenzuela suffered from depression must of her adolescent life. In eighth grade, Valenzuela said her condition became desperate, and she lost the desire to live. “I was taken to the hospital for a week and diagnosed as suicidal,” Valenzuela said. The burden she bore was as much spiritual as it was emotional
and physical, contributing to her sense of hopelessness. “I didn’t want to believe in God because my mom claimed to be a Christian. I thought if that’s what it’s like, I don’t want to be a part of it,” Valenzuela said. But after receiving mental health scare, she found Christianity to be a source of motivation for a better life. “I made a promise to myself and God…I said ‘Give me the strength to get out of here’ and then I did,” Valenzuela said. “From there my belief in God started. From there I had to learn to forgive.” By her junior year in high school, Valenzuela moved out of her house. She had nowhere to stay, so she had
to live with friends. Valenzuela said she was essentially homeless. “I moved out of my mom’s house my junior year in high school…I couldn’t deal with the hurt anymore,” Valenzuela said. She saw education as her way out. Instead of letting her environment define her, Valenzuela changed her environment. Valenzuela’s goal was to attend Texas A&M, because it provided the family she lacked. “[Texas A&M] is somewhere I can go and be myself, where people will accept you for who you are,” said Valenzuela. Although Valenzuela’s grades didn’t qualify for automatic See Adversity on page 3
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Jordan Williford The Battalion University President Bowen Loftin discussed Texas A&M’s progress toward Vision 2020 at Academic Convocation Friday. Vision 2020’s stated goal is for A&M to be one of the nation’s 10-best public universities by the year 2020. Loftin said the initiative is responsible for much of the growth and improvements made in research, teaching and service in recent years. A&M is currently tied for 19th among public universities, according to the U.S. News and World Report — a three-place jump from 2010. According to Loftin, since Vision 2020’s conception in 1999, A&M has taken many specific actions in support of the long-range goal. These include increasing the percentage of tenure and tenure-track faculty members teaching undergraduate courses by nine percent; accepting an invitation to join the Association of American Universities; and involving its researchers and graduate students in research projects in every continent of the world, with more than 600 current research projects. Genyne Royal, president of the Graduate
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University President Bowen Loftin discusses the progress of Vison 2020 at Academic Convocation on Friday in Rudder Theater. Student Council, said Vision 2020 has been the guiding principle for graduate student research at the University. “Vision 2020 has affected graduate research by serving as the guideline for how [the programs] function,” Royal said. “Everyone has been looking to Vision 2020 to set priorities in terms of graduate research and curriculum.” At the beginning of his presidency, Loftin initiated a mid-term review to assess the progress that has been made, and to recommend See 2020 on page 3
During the application process, my mom decided to help me out by creating my login: “honeydew,” stemming from an ironic nickname I was given as a child. Naturally, I was horrified when it became my email address, but was unaware that you could change it. So I didn’t. It was fine for the first semester because I didn’t have to give out my email address, or say it out loud. Whenever I would print notes or assignments on campus, I would quickly snatch my papers from the stack and dispose of the cover sheets — always face down in the recycling bin — before anyone noticed. Then I became involved with a microbiology research lab and that changed. Suddenly, there were slews of people that needed my contact information, and not just any people... scientists. These scientists includ-
ed Texas A&M professors, graduate students, Harvard researchers and a representative from the Smithsonian Institute. I do not consider myself to be easily embarrassed, but let me assure you that there is almost nothing worse than having to convince someone of your intellectual competence with an identifier like “honeydew.” Sadly, by the time I realized that you could change your Net ID (and, thus, your email address) my research days were long gone. Now, I am a senior and have decided to live with it. But hopefully it isn’t too late for those of you with the same embarrassing predicament I experienced. For instructions on changing your Net ID and email continue to page 8. See NetID on page 8
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how the University should achieve the primary goal of Vision 2020, achieving top-10 status. According to Loftin, the original 12 imperatives were evaluated in terms of current and future contexts and, as a result, three “Marks of Excellence” were created: Lead in Scholarly Impact, Lead in Educating the Next Generation of Leaders and Lead in Stewardship and Partner Engagement. The Marks are extensions of the 12 imperatives and each mark is explained by a list of quantitative and qualitative measures, called “illustrative and definitive actions.” Aggies Commit is a University-wide effort that was started because of Vision 2020’s goals. One of Aggies Commit’s goals is for A&M to be reaccredited by the Southern Association of Colleges (SACS). According to Loftin, representatives from SACS will visit the A&M campus next semester and will review the University’s efforts to strengthen the quality of education. Another goal of Aggies Commit is to improve the quality of the education provided by the University, formally called the “Qual-
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acceptance, her work ethic filled the gaps. During turbulent high school years, Valenzuela interned with an oil and gas company for two years, which she said provided valuable experience and separated her from peers competing for acceptance. During her last two years of high school, Valenzuela stayed with Leslie Machado. A friend and now virtually family to Valenzuela, Machado said she witnessed Valenzuela’s work ethic first hand. “She worked super hard,” Machado said. “She stayed up all night sometimes.” During times when Valenzuela didn’t believe in herself, her counselor and mentor Jeannie Kniernim pushed her to pursue her dreams. Valenzuela said that there were times when she didn’t think she could make it to A&M, and considered settling for a local community college. “She has great potential, and I didn’t want to see her sell herself short,” Kniernim said. After being accepted, funding school was the next issue. Without family support, Valenzuela was on her own. After applying for financial support from the University and outside sources, she is
ity Enhancement Program.” John Stallone, speaker-elect of the Faculty Senate, also spoke at Convocation. Stallone said that if the University is to progress toward its goals, faculty need to increase their contributions in the classroom as Stallone well as in shared governance. “As we continue our efforts to achieve Vision 2020 and become a premier institution of higher learning, the University should seek to support excellence in all areas — not only in research but in teaching and service as well,” Stallone said. Vision 2020 reached its halfway-mark in 2010, and Loftin said there have been many goals accomplished during the past decade. The University released its Vision 2020 “mid-term review” report this weekend, which is available online. Loftin said the progress made to-date is heartening. “This year, I want to emphasize my conviction that, by working together, we can not only retain the special qualities that make us unique, but also become known as one of the country’s top-10 public universities by the year 2020,” Loftin said.
now attending school on a full scholarship. Valenzuela is studying communication sciences and disorders so she can give children the opportunity she feels she never had. “I want to work with kids and teach them how to talk,” Valenzuela said. “Because if something is wrong, how can they talk at all?” Valenzuela said she no longer feels any bitterness or anger against her parents. She attributes her ability to forgive others to her faith. Although she does not forget what happened in her childhood, she has learned to forgive her parents. “I’m still hurt about it, but I forgive because I want to be forgiven,” Valenzuela said. Valenzuela said that she in no way wanted to hurt her mother. In fact, she said that is her only reservation when telling her story. The only thing that hurts her, she said, is the idea of hurting someone else. Now, Valenzuela has left the days of instability behind her. Those who know her well said they see a bright future in this young woman who showed bravery and determination from a young age. “I’m really excited for her,” Kniernim said. “I can’t wait to see what she does.”
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Long-term effects of the spill One year after Gulf disaster, oil industry slowing down moratorium. The Bureau of Ocean Biggest oil spills in history 500 Energy Management, Regulation * During the Gulf and Enforcement 400 War, Iraqi forces (BOEMRE) estipurposefully dumped mated that 23,000 oil into the Persian people who worked Gulf to prevent U.S. 300 for the oil industry soldiers from landing. directly and indirectly would be put 200 out of work. This number did not in100 clude those working in the fishing or tourism industries, which also suffered the side effects of 0 the spill. Prior to the Macondo well incident, the oil industry had safely drilled tens of thousands of wells Source: mnn.com in the Gulf since the Evan Andrews — THE BATTALION mid 1900s. “The fact that it the UK government revealed to occur.” did happen is goWhen asked if the industry ing to make the industry much a new device designed to cap a more careful about what is going subsea blowout in the event that is focusing on the right areas to on,” Schubert said. “The new one was to occur in the North be prepared for another disaster, regulations will be worldwide Sea. This device is transportable Schubert said that prevention and and will affect all deepwater by airplane and is available for avoidance are the key focus areas. worldwide use. “Yes, you do have to know offshore drilling.” Domestically, the BP spill how to contain it, but if you Industry changes are already surfacing. In Brazil, where sig- has spurred development in never have the problem, you never have to contain it. Virnificant deepwater exploration spill prevention systems. In an editorial, BOEMRE tually all blowouts can be preis taking place, Brazilian regulators mandated that national oil Head Michael Broom said com- vented,” Schubert said. “The company Petrobras shut down panies that seek to drill in the industry and BOEMRE have production more frequently for Gulf of Mexico must now “suc- had the same goal: to produce cessfully demonstrate that it can the natural resources offshore in maintenance. The North Sea has seen thou- drill its deep-water well safely a safe, efficient and environmensands of wells safely drilled over and that it is capable of contain- tally-friendly manner.” the past fifty years. Recently, ing a subsea blowout if it were
Methane levels in Gulf lower than expected Jessica Orwig Special to The Battalion When explosions at BP’s Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling rig released millions of barrels of oil into the Gulf, images of tar-balls on beaches and devastated environments flooded television networks. But Texas A&M researchers found that in at least one respect, the disaster wasn’t as bad as feared. Oceanography professors Shari
Yvon-Lewis and John Kessler studied methane levels in the Gulf. Their research involved measuring concentrations of methane that was released during the months following the initial explosion. Acting similarly to carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, methane is a chemical compound that efficiently absorbs infrared radiation from sunlight, Yvon-Lewis said. “In fact, methane is 23 times
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more efficient at trapping heat in the Earth’s atmosphere,” YvonLewis said. “The current methane concentration in the atmosphere is very minimal compared to carbon dioxide, but scientists are monitoring methane levels as a precaution.” Shortly after the accident, Yvon-Lewis and Kessler visited the site to conduct preliminary measurements. “That was intense,” YvonLewis said of the experience. “We arrived at the site expecting to find a large increase of methane in the atmosphere, but that is not what we observed.” Another researcher who participated in the study alongside Kessler and Yvon-Lewis was David Valentine of the University of California — Santa Barbara. He said the spill was both tragedy and opportunity. “This tragedy enabled an impossible experiment,” Valentine told the A&M College of Geosciences in an interview, “one that allowed us to track the fate of massive methane release in deep ocean as has occurred naturally throughout Earth’s history. In a paper published on Janu-
ary 11 in the journal Geophysics Research Letters, Yvon-Lewis said “the majority of the methane emitted appears to be dissolved or suspended in the deep water at [approximately 0.6 miles].” To determine the fate of the suspended methane, the group conducted three expeditions in 2010, beginning in mid-August and ending early October. The team’s findings grabbed the attention of the scientific, political and energy communities. Large plumes of bacteria consumed the methane, leaving the Gulf waters with normal methane levels but with low on oxygen because of the respiration required to digest the methane. “On the basis of these results, we hypothesized that [methaneconsuming bacteria] consumed all [methane] from the Deepwater Horizon event by the 18 August — 2 September survey,” Kessler said in the publication, which was published by the prestigious academic journal, Science. Yvon-Lewis said the findings showed that the Gulf did an unexpectedly good job of cleansing itself of methane from the spill.
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Special to The Battalion The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico may have been last year’s news, but today, a year after the well was declared “dead” by the federal government, the story of the oil industry’s quest to produce resources continues. In April of 2010, BP finished drilling the Macondo well, 40 miles off the coast of Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico. During the completion process, a mixture of seawater and natural gas erupted from the rig, shooting the mixture 240 feet into the air. The natural gas on the rig exploded and those onboard were unable to contain what the oil industry refers to as a “blowout.” The mixture was followed by oil, and the explosion killed 11 people and began the worst oil spill in U.S. history. BP announced on September 19, 2010, that the energy company had completed the process of effectively killing the Macondo well. By pumping cement through the top of the well and through the relief well that intersected the 7-inch casing two-and-a-half miles below the surface, engineers were able to stem the oil f low. “This should have never happened,” said Jerome Schubert, an associate professor in A&M’s department of petroleum engineering and expert on wellcontrol issues. “The thing was totally avoidable.” During the past year, investigations into the cause of the ac-
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campus news Gulf oil spill panel to meet Monday Oceanography Department Head Piers Chapman and CEO of Newfield Exploration Company Joe Foster will meet today to discuss the ecological and industrial impacts of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, one year later. The panel discussion follows a recent award to Texas A&M researchers from the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative totaling $14.4 million to investigate the transport and eventual fate of petroleum fluids from the Macondo well disaster. Chapman is the lead investigator for the project. Topics to be covered in the panel discussion include new regulations of the oil industry and a look into whether the Gulf has recovered ecologically. Jim Griffin, a professor in Texas A&M’s Bush School of Government and Public Service, will moderate the discussion. “You don’t hear anything about the spill on the news anymore,” Griffin said. “I chose to facilitate this discussion because it is important to do postmortem investigation on what the cumulative effects have been this past year.” The discussion starts at 12:20 p.m. in room 1110 of the Allen Building. Seating is limited and is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Kalee Bumguardner, staff writer
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A&M soccer beats Baylor, Fordham James Solano The Battalion The No. 21 Texas A&M (5-4, 1-0 Big 12) soccer team picked up a pair of wins this weekend. The Aggies kicked off Big 12 Conference play Friday night at Ellis Field with a late 2–1 victory over Baylor (6-2-1, 0-1 Big 12), and a 13–1 win over Fordham Sunday afternoon. “I was real pleased with the way that our players were able to keep their composure,” A&M head coach G Guerrieri said. The Aggies maintained possession of the ball throughout much of Friday’s match against Baylor, a physical battle where Baylor led A&M in fouls, 15-to-12. Freshman forward Annie Kunz scored the only goal of the first half in the 38th minute to take the Aggies into halftime with a 1–0 lead. Junior midfielder Beth West set up the goal, corralling the ball at the top of the Aggie attacking third and passing to Kunz, who was waiting at the top of the six-yard box.
Kunz regained control of the ball before heading a shot into the net through a swarm of Baylor defenders. “You get into these games where we have most of the possession, and the constant situation of them fouling us every time we have the ball,” Guerrieri said. “I was real pleased with the way that we were able to keep them under pressure, the way that our defense was able to read the cues and to be able to keep the ball in their half.” In the 66 minute, Baylor scored its only goal of the match when midfielder Larissa Campos kicked a free kick from 25 yards out, threatening A&M’s lead and tie the game 1–1. After battling to regain the lead, the Aggies finally broke through the Baylor defense when West zipped a shot at the goal from 25 yards out. However, a diving Baylor goalkeeper denied the point as she pounced on the ball after it popped out of her glove. The Aggies won possession, and senior Merritt
Mathias kept hold of the ball. Mathias dribbled down the sideline where she found junior Chelsea Jones waiting in the six-yard box. In the 88 minute, Jones was able to head the ball into the left corner of the netting, past a diving Baylor goalie, for what would be the game winning shot. “One of the things that’s great about Chelsea Jones is her range. Her cardiovascular fitness is really special. She has the ability to cover a lot of ground,” Guerrieri said. The Aggies 2–1 victory over Baylor marks its first conference win of the season, where they posted a 20-to-10 shot deficit. A&M freshmen goalies Renée McDermott and Jordan Day collected two saves each. “I think that the difficult schedule we’ve played has helped us in a game like this,” Guerrieri said. “Those are hard teams to play against, because there’s no rhythm to the game and they’re trying to make it as chaotic as possible.”
The Battalion The Aggie women’s volleyball team suffered its first two losses of the season at the Michigan/adidas Invitational during the weekend. “It was a good time for us to play these teams, and it really focused us on our upcoming games for Big 12 play,” A&M senior outside hitter Kelsey Black said. A&M fell short in its quest to keep their undefeated season alive, dropping a heartbreaker to Xavier on Friday. A&M junior right side hitter Alisia Kastmo swung for a career-high sixteen kills while
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hitting .400. Black added fourteen kills of her own and junior middle blocker Lindsey Miller had eleven. A&M could not counter outside hitter Sarah Brown’s ten kills in the set as Xavier won 25-22. With a .484 hitting average in game two, the Aggies were able to take the set and tie the match at 1-1. Xavier had trouble carrying the momentum into the fourth set but would win game three behind several runs. Errors appeared to be the downfall for the Aggies and the Musketeers went on to win the match to hand
the Aggies their first loss of the season. For the second straight match, Kastmo led her team with fifteen kills and a teamhigh hitting average of .481. No other Aggie had doubledigit kills in the Aggies’ 3-0 win over Toledo. Despite jumping out to a big lead in the first game, Toledo managed to use several runs to tie the Aggies midway through the game. A&M proved to be too much to handle, outhitting the Rockets, .364 to .219. The Aggies fell behind early in the second set and struggled to win the set.
Pittsburgh and Syracuse joined the Atlantic Coast Conference during the weekend. Regents for the University of Oklahoma and University of Texas are scheduled to discuss conference options at separate meetings Monday. Adrian O’Hanlon III, staff writer
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Sophomore defender Rachel Lenz clears the ball out of the A&M defensive third. In Sunday’s match against Fordham, the Aggies dominated offensively in the 13–1 victory, led by hat tricks for freshmen Kelly Monogue and Annie Kunz. Freshman forward Shea Groom also added two goals to the blowout. “We really got in a rhythm, and everybody played very well as a unit,” Kunz said. Eight different Aggies scored goals Sunday. Monogue scored the first goal of the game in the 14th minute. Other Aggies that nailed
the back of the net were senior Megan Majewski, juniors Chelsea Jones, Nora Skelton and Katie Hamilton and freshman Bianca Brinson. “We go two games over 500 now, we’ve won three in-a-row, now we have a week to get ready for another tough Big 12 opponent in Iowa State.” A&M’s next game is 6:30 p.m. Friday at Aggie Soccer Stadium against Iowa State.
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Game three was tight until the Aggies broke away at the thirteenth point and never looked back, giving the maroon and white its first win of the tournament. The last match slated the Aggies against No. 18 Michigan. Hitting only .092 in the frame, A&M was ridden with 25 errors and only 36 kills. For the Wolverines, sophomore hitter Lexi Erwin turned in thirteen kills and received honors as the tournament’s Most Valuable Player. Michigan ran off with an early lead in the first set and survived a comeback before
taking the game. In similar fashion, the home team started strong in the second set and forced A&M to play catch up before winning 25-23. “Once again we learned a lot about what our kids can do and what they are struggling with,” head coach Laurie Corbelli said. “The disappointment is pretty sharp right now, but we are regrouping and getting ready for Big 12 play.” Read more online at www.thebatt.com
Tryouts for women’s basketball The defending national champion Texas A&M women’s basketball team will hold walk-on tryouts next month for students looking to compete for a spot on the roster. Any student planning to try out must attend a mandatory meeting at 5 p.m. on Sept. 28 in the lobby of the Cox-McFerrin Center for Aggie Basketball. Participants must be fulltime Texas A&M students and have a cumulative GPA of at least 2.0. Tryouts are scheduled for 5 p.m. Oct. 3. in the women’s basketball practice gym. In order to participate, students need to have proof of a sports physical that has been completed in the past six months, as well as results from a sickle cell blood test. Both tests can be performed at the University Health Center or by a family doctor. Students are required to bring both the completed physical form and sickle cell form to the walk-on try out meeting on Sept. 28. For any questions regarding walkon tryouts, please contact Maryann Baker at the Texas A&M women’s basketball office at (979) 862-7763. Aggie Athletics
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Be a Hometown Hero. Donate Blood. You can do something to make a difference in someone’s life. You can donate blood at the Scott & White bloodmobile at the entrance of G. Rollie White. Blood donation usually takes about 30 minutes and can save up to three lives. Donors will receive a free donor T-shirt in your size, 12 free wings from Buffalo Wild Wings in College Station, a coupon for a free chopped beef sandwich or sausage wrap and drink from Fat Boys BBQ in Temple, the chance to win a $25 Chili’s gift card and an entry to win a $100 savings bond donated by the National Banks of Central Texas.
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Travis Beaty, senior economics major, proposes to Rachel Tisdale, class of 2010, after receiving his Aggie Ring on Friday.
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How to change Net ID A&M offers the choice to change your Net ID, or create up to two e-mail “aliases,” which are different from your original address, but all forward to the same inbox. ◗ To create an email alias: 1) Go to http://gateway.tamu.edu/ 2) Under “Net ID Account Management,” select the third option down: “Manage your account information.” 3) Log-in using your Net ID and password. 4) Click the “Edit” button under “Additional Email Address(es).” 5) Enter the email address that you’d prefer and click “Add.”
◗ To change your Net ID (Be aware that when you change your Net ID, you may be unable to use your Net ID for 2-5 business days): 1)Create an e-mail address 2) Go to https://services.tamu.edu/netid-change/ 3) Choose one of the aliases that you created to be your new Net ID. 4) Create a new password and click “Submit.” Madeline Burns is a senior biology major.
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