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A&M Athletic Director Bill Byrne, University President Bowen Loftin, SEC Commissioner Mike Slive and SEC Chairman Bernie Machen saw ‘em off at the press conference Monday at The Zone Club in Kyle Field.
SEC officials visit Aggieland to celebrate expansion Adrian O’Hanlon III The Battalion Maroon-clad fans filed into the Zone Club at Kyle Field well before 6 p.m. to welcome Southeastern Conference officials and celebrate Texas A&M’s new conference home. SEC Commissioner Mike Slive and Bernie Machen, chair of SEC presidents and chancellors, spoke from a platform positioned behind A&M’s four NCAA championship trophies from 2011 and welcomed the University to the “league of champions.” Machen said he anticipates many exciting football games from the newest member of the SEC. “I’m here to welcome this great university to the SEC on behalf of the SEC presidents and chancellors,” Slive said. “I can’t wait to come to Kyle Field on for football games on Saturdays.” Slive and Loftin exchanged A&M and SEC helmets representing their respective organizations. Slive wore a maroon tie to honor the Aggies, and Loftin wore a striped blue and gold bowtie representing A&M’s new conference affiliation. Director of A&M Athletics, Bill Byrne, joined Loftin, Machen and Slive on stage after the welcoming ceremony to field questions about the alignment process and A&M’s future
in the SEC. Slive said the league was “very happy” with its 12-team format but thought A&M was “a real fit” when it expressed interest in joining. Slive also discussed speculation of further expansion for the SEC. When the SEC expanded in 1991 to 12 teams, the Conference added two members — Arkansas and South Carolina — balancing the East and West divisions. “We have not been necessarily looking to expand,” Slive said. “At some point in time, that may come to pass. We anticipate being a 13-team league.” The venue grew silent when officials addressed speculation that the beginning of A&M’s membership in the SEC brings an end to the Aggies’ rivalry against the University of Texas. Loftin said he has not discussed the rivalry with Texas officials in that context. He pointed out that some SEC members maintain similar non-conference rivalries, specifically mentioning Georgia-Georgia Tech and Florida-Florida State. Loftin said the rivalry is important to the fans and the University. “This is a storied rivalry,” Loftin said. “It’s See SEC on page 6
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Amber Jaura The Battalion As of Sept. 1, Texas motorists no longer have separate speed limits for nighttime and daytime driving. The 82nd Texas Legislature passed HB 1353 this summer, which removed the distinction between night and day speed limits, as well as differential speed limits for trucks. Henry Stowe, an activist for the National Motorist Association, said in a press release that the change was determined by a speed study by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), called an 85th percentile study. This study measured the driving speed of vehicles on rural roads and highways to determine the speed below which 85 percent of drivers travel.
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From Julie Baker, Class of 1993 It’s ofďŹ cial — A&M is headed to the SEC. Now is the time for starting anew, in a brand new conference with brand new rivalries. A good ďŹ rst step for breaking away from the old is for Aggies everywhere to take the time to learn and sing the ďŹ rst verse of the Aggie War Hymn. The Battalion wrote an editorial in 2005 defending the tradition of only singing to Texas, but to many, it comes off as a bit silly to sing a ďŹ ght song about a team we weren’t playing. I know this won’t be popular, but it always made A&M look like they suffered from a bit of an inferiority complex. It’s time for change.
As we celebrate the historic move to the SEC, I scribbled some new lyrics for an additional verse to our War Hymn. No disrespect to J.V. “Pinkyâ€? Wilson or the magniďŹ cent original version. Hullabaloo, Caneck, Caneck Hullabaloo, Caneck, Caneck Good bye to texas university Hello to the S.E.C. — it ďŹ ts so right! Good luck to dear old Texas Aggies They are the ones who show the real old ďŹ ght We put up with them over six score years Now it is time for us to tell (Sick as hell!) So good luck to dear old Texas Aggies We’re gonna beat you all to‌ Chigaroogarem, Chigaroogarem Rough, Tough, Real stuff, Texas A&M
Hullabaloo, Caneck! Caneck! Hullabaloo, Caneck! Caneck! All hail to dear old Texas A&M, Rally around Maroon and White, Good luck to dear old Texas Aggies, They are the boys who show the real old ďŹ ght. That good old Aggie spirit thrills us. And makes us yell and yell and yell; So let’s ďŹ ght for dear old Texas A&M, We’re goin’ to beat you all to hell. Chig-gar-roo-gar-rem! Chig-gar-roo-gar-rem! Rough! Tough! Real stuff! Texas A&M!
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I am writing on the performance and coaching of the Texas A&M football team against OSU. Nothing has changed at A&M over the years when it comes to football. When are we going to win the big games? When are we going to win a national championship? Since 1939, we have not won the title. I love my Aggies, but I am tired of our team not winning against big teams like OSU... Again, the Aggies were not prepared and gave up in the second half. Where is the mental toughness to win? We are not tough enough. Now, the SEC. Is it all about money and greed Mr. Loftin? The focus has been on the SEC and not winning. LSU, Alabama, OU and now OSU... when is it going to change? Championships are won with great coaches — Saban, Miles, Stoops — conďŹ dence and leadership. Coach Sherman, we need leadership and mental toughness to get that title. I know you can do it. We should have beaten OSU and been No. 5 in the nation. Good luck with the rest of the season.
The Sept. 6 editorial “Confederate on Campus,� is a beautiful example of the currently fashionable demand for “ethnically cleansing� the South of any traces of the Confederacy. Perpetrators of this nonsense are: yankees, NAACP inspired agitators, liberal-progressiveMarxist crybabies, and Southern scalawags. Season with a hefty dose of politically correct name calling, you’re insensitive, you’re a RACIST and Lincoln-worship and you have a dandy stew. Trouble is it’s built on fraudulent, purpose-driven historical revisionism and outright lies concocted to assuage contrived “outraged sensibilities.� Ross did not commit treason. The North was dead set on creating a universal Yankee nation, destroying the sovereignty of the states, and trampling the liberty of their citizens. Consequently, the North refused to abide by the terms of The Constitution of the United States of America. The Southern states seceded. Lincoln mounted a massive, illegal seaborne invasion of South Carolina. Ross and almost a million Southerners fought valiantly for four years defending their country, homes, and families. After the War, Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase derailed any treason trial of President Jefferson Davis because secession and resisting invasion weren’t treason. Case closed 145 years ago.
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research nation&world New rule appeals to women scientists WASHINGTON — First lady Michelle Obama and top officials in her husband’s administration are embracing new rules designed to make it easier for scientists — especially women — to balance work and family. The new rules drafted by the National Science Foundation would let both men and women delay or suspend research grants for up to a year to tend to urgent family needs. Other steps include electronic reviews for grant proposals and increased flexibility in tenure decisions and the hiring of replacements.
Scientists challenge Einstein GENEVA — For more than a century, scientists have tried to find cracks in Einstein’s theory of relativity. On Thursday, the world’s biggest physics lab unveiled a shocking finding: that one type of subatomic particle was clocked going faster than the speed of light. If true — a big if, even the scientists there concede — it could undercut Einstein’s theories. Associated Press
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Cuts affect tuition funding Grad students feel financial pinch amid tight budgets Madeline Burns The Battalion Budget cuts at the university and departmental levels left many graduate students without tuition funding, giving students questions in the place of paychecks. Andrew Seely, a biology graduate student who conducts research in Michael Manson’s laboratory, said that the cuts in graduate student funding directly impacted those involved in his lab. Seely said that undergraduate students felt the cuts while signing up for classes because class offerings decreased, but this had financial implications for graduate students. “We really rely on TA [teaching assistant] positions, not just in the fall and spring semesters, but also during the summer,” Seely said. “The number one thing that the budget cuts in our department did was that it really narrowed the scope of classes that were offered. So when you don’t have as many biology classes, you don’t have as many TA positions.” Manson funds his own research in the lab, and voluntarily decided to pay his graduate students out-ofpocket during summer and fall — $1,000 for each student per month. “Luckily, in this lab, Dr. Manson took us on as student workers,” Seely said. “So we got paid, but not to the extent that we did when we taught.” Seely said in this respect
and others, the class reductions affected professors as much as graduate students. “For three months, [Manson] paid us straight out of his pocket, which was difficult for him, too, because he wasn’t able to teach during the summer,” Seely said. “[The cuts] affected the tenured professors who like to pick up extra salary during the summer. They were passed over because you can hire someone less than a tenured professor for a little cheaper.” Seely expressed appreciation for Manson and his willingness to keep the lab going. He said that because graduate students are not teaching, they have been able to conduct additional research. Seely also said that the selfsufficiency of Manson’s lab, and his generosity to his students, provoked a stronger work ethic. “We were really grateful, because it is better than the alternative, which was either nothing, or go mow lawns or whatever you can do to get money,” Seely said. Chris Adase, a biochemistry graduate student and another student worker in Manson’s laboratory, said smaller paychecks have serious implications for graduate students. “You still have to pay your car insurance, you still have to eat, you still have to drive around … you can’t just say, ‘Well, I’m going to move back home with my parents,’” Adase said. “You can’t
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Biochemistry graduate student Chris Adase conducts laboratory research for Michael Manson. Adase was affected by the change in tuition funding. just say, ‘I’m going to stop my research and go do something else.’ Your research is what gets you graduated.” Karen Butler-Purry, associate provost for graduate studies, said the history of graduate student funding dates to 2005. “[Former University President Robert] Gates established a mandate that said that tuition would be paid for all graduate assistants,” said Karen Butler-Purry, associate provost for graduate studies. “That would be student employees in the departments as TAs, research assistants, or
graduate assistants.” Butler-Purry said there was no limit to the original mandate. Any graduate assistants could receive tuition funding, provided that they were employees of the University. However, as the number of graduate students grew, so did the amount of money that was required to maintain across-the-board funding, to the detriment of other obligations in the Office of Graduate Studies. “We could no longer really cover everyone who would receive this benefit, and also we would be ex-
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3/2 plus game room totally updated, fenced, pets ok, close to campus. $1050/mo. 979-776-8984. 3/2 Houses, Townhouses &Apartments, 1250sqft. Very spacious, ethernet, large kitchen, walk-in pantry &closets, extra storage, W/D, great amenities, on bus route, now pre-leasing, excellent specials. 979-694-0320, www.luxormanagement.com 4/2 close to campus, and on shuttle, fenced, pets ok, F/P, W/D. $1050/mo. 979-776-8984. 4/3, 3/3 &3/2 Houses, Townhouses, Duplexes &Fourplexes, 1250-1700sqft. Very spacious, ethernet, large kitchen, extra storage, W/D, great amenities, on bus route, now pre-leasing, excellent specials. 694-0320. www.luxormanagement.com 4bd/2ba 2-living, +study. Available now, 1112 Berkley. Close to campus. Completely remolded! Short-term lease available. No pets. $1100/mo. 979-731-8257. www.brazosvalleyrentals.com 4bd/2ba house. Close to campus, wood floors, tile floors, ceiling fans, granite countertops, W/D, fenced yards. 979-776-6079. www.aggielandleasing.com Available now. Flexible leasing terms. $999/mo. 3bd/2.5ba duplex w/fenced yard. Pets ok. 979-255-3280.
COLLEGE STATION: 2/1 4-PLEXES, UP OR DOWNSTAIRS AVAIL, WALKING/BIKING DISTANCE FROM TAMU, ASF 825, ALL APPL, W/D CONN, CENTRAL A/H! $495-$515/ mo 979.764.RENT(7368) www.twincityproperties.com
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BRYAN: 2/1 – 2/2 NEWLY REMODELED UNITS AT THE ARBORS ON 31ST, AVAILABLE NOW, NEW WOOD FLOORS, ALL APPL, PET FRIENDLY. FREE INTERNET, CABLE, W/S, & GARBAGE! $555-$585/mo 979.764.RENT(7368) www.twincityproperties.com
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Condos, lofts, &Effeciencies: 309 Mobile #3&4, 1/1 efficiency, $515, w/s pd. 309 Mobile #6&8, 1/1 loft, $650 w/s pd. 1501 Stallings #44, 2/2.5, $900. 2920 Kent St. #106, 2/1.5, $650. 1001 Krenek Tap Rd #1405, 4/4, $1600. 1425 Villa Maria #401, 3/3.5, $1475. Alpha-Omega Properties, 979-774-7820, Broker. Duplex, rent 2bd/1ba, Beautiful! College Station. Remodled, all new, many extras! New flooring, drapes. Convenient to everything! Fenced backyard. One week free. 979-422-3427, 832-242-4917. Call for specials. Duplexes for lease: 1008-1010 Navarro, 2/1 $625. 3520 Paloma Ridge Dr.., 3/3 $1100. 819 San Benito, 2/1 $650. 920 Sun Meadow, 2/2 $875. Apla-Omega Properties, 979-774-7820, Broker. Free ethernet and extended cable. Great prices. aggieapartments.com, 979-693-1906. Great location and updated look! 2br/1.5bth, 708 Wellesley CS, 1/2mi from campus. New floor, paint, tub, countertop, stove/mic, large closets. W/D included. $650, call Pat Propes, broker, 979-393-8411. pat@propesrealtygroup.com
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House on 6-acres, 20-mins. from campus. 1800sqft, 3bdrm/2bth, 2-living w/large back deck. $900/mo for house and morgans building storage only or $1100/mo. for house and fenced 6-acres , horses allowed, last month’s rent due at signing. 979-412-2042, Shannon. Houses for lease: 2300 Colgate, 3/2 $1400. 301 Rosemary, 4/2 $1200. 505 Gilbert, 3/3 $1050. 601 Maryem, 3/1 $800. 1013 San Benito, 3/2 $1200. 2901 McLaren, 4/4.5 $1475. 3907 Sioux, 3/2 $1000. 4003 Southern Trace, 4/3 $1300. 4107 McLister, 4/4 $1500. 2009 Angelina, 4/2 $1300. 3812 Old College, 2/1 $750. Alpha-Omega Properties. 979-774-7820, Broker.
Cheddar’s Casual Cafe and Fish Daddy’s on University Drive are now accepting applications for servers and hostesses. Come be a part of our friendly team! Apply in person. EOE. Cleaning commercial buildings at night, M-F. Call 979-823-5031 for appointment. Edgefield Art needs assistant, must be flexible with paywork, writing, and organizing paperwork. $10/hr, Flexible hours. 214-742-6708. Groundskeeper Wanted for Property Management Co. in Bryan & CS, must have reliable truck and clean criminal record, F/T position, apply in person, call for details 979.775.2291
Huge 3/4bd/2ba house! Walk to campus, W/D, fenced. Normally $1450/mo., now $975/mo. 979-693-5885.
J. Cody’s hiring at all positions, apply within, 3610 S. College. No experience necessary just common sense!
IMMEDIATE OCCUPANCY- I own duplex off University, 1.5mi. to TAMU on bus route. I live in bottom unit and looking for someone for 2bd/2ba upstairs. Unit is completely updated, includes W/D, wifi, cable, all appliances and parking. Reduced rate for quick rent $700. Text 979-255-3185.
Lawn crew member needed, $9/hr. Hrs Monday, Wednesday and Friday 11-6, experience required. 979-224-2511.
Now Leasing! 4bdrm/2bth houses. Spacious floorplans. Great Location. Close to campus, wood floors, tile floors, ceiling fans, w/d, fenced yards, refridgerator, icemaker,lawncare. 979-776-6079, www.aggielandleasing.com
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HELP WANTED AlphaBEST Education, Inc. is seeking qualified individuals with educational and child-care experience for academic based after school programs in the Bryan Independent School District. After-school until 6:30pm. $10.50-$15/hour. rostermann@alphabest.org Artist needs female canvas subjects, body image project. $40/hr. Aysia 281-678-4050. Assistant for Chiropractors office. Apply at 3733 East 29th Street Bryan. Athletic men for calendars, books, etc. $100-$200/hr, up to $1000/day. No experience. aggieresponse@gmail.com
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Leasing Consultant needed, individual needs to be energetic, customer oriented, have a professional appearance and able to work weekends, base pay plus commission, PT available, apply in person at 950 Colgate, CS , The Trails at Wolf Pen Creek. Med Tech for full-time, medical allergy office. Excellent benefits. Great experience for student applying to medical or nursing school. Degree in Biomedical Science and one year commitment required. Please fax resume to 979-485-0575, apply in person at 3306 Longmire Drive CS, TX, or email resume to susanc@aggieallergist.com Part-time job helping handicapped. Male student preferred. $360/mo. 10hrs/wk. 979-846-3376. Part-time real estate assistant position needed for busy real-estate office. Must be a detail-oriented people person wit reliable transportation and have reasonable computer skills in MS Word and MS Excel. This staff position requires 15-20 hours per week. Start date available immediately. For job description and application, go to: www.coventryglenrealty.net and click on employment opportunities side bar. Personal Assistant. Assistant and cooking preperation, shopping, review bills, internet price comparison, outdoor work, some heavy lifting, lawn mowing, landscaping, and trips to bank or post office. Must be professional on telephone and in person. Punctual, friendly, able to complete assignments in a timely fashion and possess good organizational skills. Email: mpaull@suddenlinkmail.com PT Graphic Designer: Must know Photoshop and have web design experience. Email resume to cpaull@netperspective.com or all 979-695-9955. Seeking tutor for high school freshman for geometry, AP biology, and spanish. Please call 979-690-7613 after 7pm. STUDENTPAYOUTS.COM Paid Survey Takers Needed In College Station. 100% Free To Join. Click On Surveys. Tutors wanted for all subjects currently taught at TAMU/ Blinn and Sam Houston State starting at $8.25/hour. Apply on-line @ www.99Tutors.com, 979-268-8867.
HELP WANTED UNIVERSITY BRAND AMBASSADOR- Outgoing students needed. Work on and around campus. Set your own schedule. Unlimited earning potential! Commission based pay. Must be current TAMU student. For more info and to apply online: www.DurhamSchoolServices.com Web Designer/Programmer. Veros Systems verossystems.com FT & PT. Knowledge or experience in PHP, MySQL, JAVA Script, CSS2, HTML, and XML is required. Python, Java, C/C++/C#, Flash, Photoshop desired. EOE. Send resume to hr@verossystems.com fax: 877-295-9803. Web developer Ag owned company looking to hire entry level and advanced web developers. Experience with html and css a must. php, xml, drupal helpful. hr@infinityprosports.com
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one we treasure and we certainly want to maintain that.� Byrne also said he wants to keep the Lone star Showdown alive, but said scheduling will be difficult. Slive said he wants A&M’s football rivalry with Texas to maintain its traditional slot near Thanksgiving. Regarding exit fees from the Big 12, Loftin said negotiations are ongoing but did not offer an estimated expense, which has been rumored to be as much as $20 million. “I cannot give you a number, obviously,� Loftin said. “We know what the range will be a will move forward tomorrow if necessary.� Machen addressed the
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issues. “The purpose of speed limits is to keep safe driving standards, but rural highways put speed limits that don’t affect safety, just merely the amount of time spent to get to your destination,� Siddiqui said. Cynthia White, public information officer for the Dallas TxDOT district, said roadways that have environmental speed limits won’t be affected. “In our district only one potential roadway could be impacted which is interstate 45 in the Navarro county as it is outside the environmental speed limit region. The environmental speed limits are in place from the federal level — the Environmental Protection Agency — which can’t be overridden, by state law� White said. Environmental speed limits in Texas can be found in large metropolitan areas such as Houston or Dallas. The speed limits are lower than
league’s decision to add A&M with pending legal matters still looming. He said University of Oklahoma officials expressed initial concern in the move but recently committed to stay in the Big 12. Machen said this decision gave the SEC confidence that adding A&M would be without significant legal ramifications. The last question was directed to Byrne, regarding his opinion of how A&M will perform in SEC competitions across the athletic department. “If we weren’t able to play in the SEC right now,� Byrne said, “I don’t think we’d be going.� A&M is scheduled to join the SEC on July 1, 2012, and it will compete in all sports in the conference the following fall.
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they would be otherwise in order to reduce vehicle emissions that contribute to smog. White said that although Dallas and Houston will not likely see significant speed limit changes, lightly populated areas with geographic features that can be found in the Brazos Valley are likely candidates. “Our district, like Houston, will not change our speed limits. The most likely roadways to implement this change, once studied, are rural areas with straight roads and no curves or hills,� White said. The TxDOT Houston transportations engineer supervisor, Michael Awa, said he doesn’t expect Houstonarea speed limits to change as a result of the legislation. “The only changes currently underway in the Houston district are removing the night and truck speed limits beginning December 31st. The speed limits will be 65 mph maximum and varying depending on different roadways� Awa said.
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Police suspect a fall from the upper levels of an 11-story parking garage killed a Texas Tech student near campus. Investigators say a passerby found Mason Vanstory’s body around daybreak Sunday at the Raider Park Parking Garage. Police Sgt. Jonathan Stewart says it’s still unknown what led to the fall by the 19-yearold sophomore mass communications student from Dallas. Associated Press
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