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Twin City Mission, which began in 1963, focuses on meeting the needs of homeless individuals and families while continually expanding its programs.

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never thought I’d be homeless; that’s for lazy people,” said Karen Kelly, a resident at Twin City Mission, a Bryan-College Station shelter for those faced with emergencies, poverty and homelessness.

On paper, Kelly did everything right. She attended the University of Houston where she earned both her teaching and master’s degrees.

After working as a teacher for 10 years, the harsh reality of rising unemployment rates reached Kelly at a personal level.

“It was supposed to be a recession-proof field,” Kelly said. “No one’s hiring anymore.”

Kelly moved to Bryan to live with her brother and work as a substitute teacher. When he could no longer provide housing, she had nowhere to go. Kelly estimates that she made $6,000 in sub-

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stitute teaching last year — not enough money to live on and $5,000 less than the U.S. poverty threshold for a one-person family unit. She became homeless a week after Father’s Day. Kelly tried seeking jobs in all fields, even those for which she was overqualified. Employer after employer turned her away because of her education, assuming she would quit as soon as a better job came along.

And Kelly isn’t alone.

“The national statistics as well as our state and local statistics are showing that women and single

moms with children are the largest growing population of homelessness in the country,” said Steven Bethea, program director for Twin City Mission.

Speaking with 10 years of experience at the mission, Bethea said unemployment and domestic violence are two major reasons for the increasing numbers of homelessness in women and children.

As a victim of domestic violence, Twin City Mission resident Lisa, who requested that her last name not be shared, relocated to Twin City

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The statue of Bevo on George Bush Drive wears pink for breast cancer awareness.

Aggies to help raise breast cancer funds with Pink Day Student Activities and Student Health Services departments. Working together, the two organizations created a booth in front of the Leadership and Service center in Koldus. Students can find helpful information on prevention, discover the many ways to get involved and receive pink bracelets to promote awareness.

Stacy Wright, administrative assistant for Student Activities, had praise for the program and advice for those looking to participate. Wright also has family and friends affected by the illness.

“Students who want to join the cause

Justin Mathers The Battalion About one in eight women in the U.S. will develop invasive breast cancer during her lifetime, according to U.S. Bureau of Statistics. A handful of organizations across campus are hard at work to help lower that number.

During October, nationally known as breast cancer awareness month for 25 years, organizations are uniting to develop a way of defeating an illness that kills approximately 40,000 people every year.

Leading the initiative on campus are the

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Texas has reduced carbon dioxide emissions over the years; however, the state still releases more than any other state in the U.S. Drive Clean Across Texas is the nation’s first statewide clean air campaign, which is designed to increase public awareness regarding air quality issues in Texas, promote ways to reduce pollution from vehicles and assist Texas cities in meeting EPA air quality standards.

Brenda Flores-Dollar, program manager for the Texas Department of Transportation, said the Drive Clean Across Texas campaign alerts Texas drivers about the health effects of air pollution and promotes simple changes in driver behavior that will reduce harmful vehicle emissions.

“The simplest things can make a difference in the long run in reducing harmful vehicle emission and looking toward our future for cleaner

air not only for our generation but for future generations,” Flores-Dollar said.

The Bush School Institute for Science, Technology and Public Policy conducted surveys on the campaign in past years. The surveys reflect the campaign’s effectiveness and the public’s opinions towards air quality issues.

Flores-Dollar said the campaign focuses on five points to drivers, which includes proper vehicles maintenance, driving less, buying low-emission vehicles and driving at the speed limit. “[For students] keeping your car well maintained is the best way to be involved, as well as, sharing the message with your friends, family, co-workers and employers,” Flores-Dollar said. “We are always looking for advocates to help us spread the message; the air quality affects us all and we all need to be aware of the steps we can all take to make difference.”

Rasha Hasaneen, an engineering doctoral student See Drive Clean on page 5

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The renovation project for the Penberthy Rec Sports Complex started in March 2011 and features turf fields.

Penberthy renovations complete Austin Burgart The Battalion A grand opening ceremony is scheduled for 2 p.m. Friday for the newly renovated Penberthy Rec Sports Complex. The renovation project included lighting improvements around 10 acres of natural turf fields, a parking lot located closer to the fields and a pavilion.

Dennis Corrington, the department’s executive director, said students deserved the upgrades. “The Texas A&M student body deserves outdoor facilities that are on par with the indoor facilities,� Corrington said. “Not only do we meet that expectation, but now we have one of the top collegiate recreational facilities in the nation.�

Construction at the overhauled Penberthy Sports Complex allows the University’s thousands of intramural and club sport athletes to play games on turf fields. “The renovations at the Penberthy Rec Sports Complex should benefit both the intramural program and the sport club program by providing a consistent, higher quality playing surface for the activities that can utilize the artificial

turf,� said Drew McMillan, associate director of intramurals and sports clubs. “It is our expectation that the area will get additional usage – the new fields take the place of our least developed grass fields that were unlit.�

There are still five natural grass fields as well as three softball fields, in addition to new playing surfaces a maintenance shed which will be shared with the athletic department. The pavilion has been built in the middle of the complex that includes an area where sports equipment will be available to check out and new bathrooms with showers and changing areas. “The changes are a big improvement in my opinion,� said freshman anthropology major Molly Strehl. “It will be beneficial to my class as well as many more in the future, we need to take care of the field as well so that we can get the most use out of it.�

One change students said are being met with mixed reviews is the addition of four artificial turf playing fields for team sports such as ultimate, outdoor soccer, rugby or lacrosse. While artificial turf is much easier to maintain and allows for heavier use than grass, some students said they are concerned about

the impact it might have on the game. “I’ve played on both natural grass and turf,� said junior kinesiology major Morgan Black. “I can honestly say that I prefer grass because on turf you can get serious turf burn if you aren’t careful, also at the end of the game you have to pick out little black stones out of your shoes.�

The fields and facilities ended up costing Rec sports close to $9 million dollars. The improvements are meant to cut down on days of missed play because of rain as the turf fields drain quickly as well as allow more players to come and go and play pick up games. “We hope that the field complex will also get significant usage from individuals who want to play games and recreate informally, similar to what happens on the courts at the Rec Center,� McMillan said. “In the past, there have been limited opportunities for individuals to utilize Penberthy who were not participating in a scheduled activity, but now there will be space available to accommodate this need.�

The fields are currently open for recreation by all Rec members.

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Mission in April. Her husband is currently in jail and her children live elsewhere because she can’t afford to support them.

“It took me two years to find a job … I got hired in April,” Lisa said. “But during that time, I lost my home and I lost my kids.

The state basically told me I was too poor to have them.”

Lisa and Kelly both said they were embarrassed by their situations.

“I feel people will judge me, and I’m kind of embarrassed of my situation,” Lisa said.

“I think everyone’s embarrassed that we’re homeless. As an adult, we’re supposed to take care of ourselves and I feel like I’ve let myself down.”

Without another option and unable to support themselves, Lisa and Kelley turned to Twin City Missions.

The mission is not just a place to stay the night. It gives residents a stepping-stone to get them back into the working world.

“We’re a working shelter — come here and

you’re going to do fair share,” Bethea said.

Residents either work outside of the shelter or at one of the shelter’s facilities, such as the mission’s café, recycling facility or store. With this setup, residents are able to remain active while searching for jobs, and the mission saves money on labor.

Kelly currently works as a substitute teacher when able. She continues to apply for teaching jobs, hoping to be hired again in the near future.

“There is good news; I do have two job possibilities as a teacher,” Kelly said.

Currently employed, Lisa hopes to move out of the shelter and regain custody of her children by the end of October.

“This is a bad thing that happened to me; there’s no sugar-coating it,” Lisa said. “But I need to strive to move past it.”

For Lisa, Kelly and many other residents, homelessness is not the result of self-destructive behavior; these are veterans, teachers and moms. For Kelly, her experience has changed the way she looks at homelessness.

“I’ve learned to accept people for who they are, and not look down on them,” Kelly said.

Pennsylvania’s distressed capital city filed for bankruptcy Wednesday, citing “imminent jeopardy” from lawsuits related to a debt-saddled municipal incinerator and setting up a power struggle between the mayor and City Council.

The federal petition for Chapter 9 bankruptcy, being sought to help Harrisburg get out from under crushing debt, listed about $458 million in creditors and claims and six pending legal actions by creditors.

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The Walking Dead premieres with a 90-minute special to start its 13-episode season two on Sunday.

‘The Walking Dead’ returns for second season Jared Baxter The Battalion Cable’s most-watched zombies are back, and for Sheriff Rick Grimes and his posse of post-apocalyptic survivors, that means one thing: survival.

Season two picks up right after the explosion of the Center for Disease Control headquarters last seen in December’s finale.

With word of a possible cure in France, the survivors will start by making their way countryside and out of Atlanta. Expect a few zombies — or “Walkers” as the show nicknames them — to tag along.

“I just caught up on season one,” said junior agricultural systems management major Myles Irvin. “The clip that played during the season premiere of Breaking Bad — the one where Rick bashed a zombie’s skull in — has me really excited for this Sunday.”

Walking Dead opened to record ratings in 2010 with its six-episode run, becoming the most-watched series among the 18-49 age demographic in cable history.

By season one’s end, more than six million viewers were tuning in. The success of the horror series marked another award-nominated original for the AMC network.

A&M communications professor Joshua Heuman said that quality TV does not always translate to ratings, but in The Walking Dead’s case, it gained the needed loyal following.

“More effectively than some other shows, [The Walking Dead] picked up a committed audience in the established base of fans of the comic, and ran with it — not killing what was interesting and compelling about the source material, winning buzz from that core fan base, and then also winning buzz from critics,” Heuman said.

Though the series’ entire principal cast are set to return, much of the personnel behind the scenes has changed. Series showrunner Frank Darabont, director of The Shawshank Redemption, stepped down in July. Executive producer Glen Mazzara has stepped into his place along with an entirely new writing staff.

Heuman said fans have rightly celebrated the creative freedom of scripted originals, but

The cast of survivors, led by Sheriff Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln), will continue their quest of survival on Sunday.

that there is also something suggest in the parallel hiccups seen across AMC’s originals.

“The same economic and organizational context that allows for relatively more freedom might also allow for relatively more hiccups: supply-chain relations are simply less

settled at AMC than at NBC,” Heuman said.

“It’s more difficult to figure out how to share economic and creative rights when the value of shows like Walking Dead are so volatile.”

All of the production team shake up has not stopped the cast from doing its job on set.

Actor Jon Bernthal, who plays former deputy Shane Walsh, said the cast had to fight off poisonous insects while filming in the woods of Georgia.

“Every day, [co-star] Andy [Lincoln] and I pinch each other - I don’t want to sound like we’re going around pinching each other, but we always remind each other that we’ve got the greatest job in the world,” Bernthal said.

“Running through the woods, carrying big guns and being chased by monsters. And then we get to kill them and chop their heads off.

You can’t ask for anything better.”

Adapted from the page Written by Robert Kirkman, The Walking Dead started as a comic book series in 2003 with more than 80 issues printed to date.

‘Breaking Bad’ more addictive than ever Column: So long, Mr. Chips

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or a student body that is bound by honor to not lie, cheat or steal, AMC’s Breaking Bad serves as TV’s most exhilarating depiction of what happens to “normal” people who consciously make immoral choices.

Bryan Cranston, left, and Aaron Paul, right, won the 2010 Emmy awards for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor respectively.

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Actor Bryan Cranston is a different being when he steps into the role of Walter White, nearly unrecognizable from his days as the sitcom dad on Fox’s Malcolm in The Middle.

His head is shaven. The wrinkles on his forehead and around his eyes become more pronounced. Each laugh expresses not joy, but a deeper descent into darkness.

Breaking Bad may have started on the premise of a cancer-ridden high school teacher turning to gangsterism — cooking crystal meth to be specific — but White is no longer just looking out for his family. Four seasons in, the character is focused on satisfying his insatiable hunger for power and control — no matter the cost to his wife or partner in crime, Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul).

Series creator Vince Gilligan calls it the transformation from “Mr. Chips to Scarface.” Fans of the show have come to know it as the

evolving dilemma: ‘Can I still defend the actions of Walter White?’

“Because we were introduced to this man in a way that made him impossible to dislike, and because we experience TV through whichever character we understand the most — the audience is placed in the curious position of continuing to root for an individual who’s no longer good,” wrote author Chuck Klosterman.

I tuned into my DVR last Sunday night — technically Monday since it was 1:30 a.m. — for the season finale. And for one hour, I found myself in awe of how a show can satisfy three months worth of buildup. Not just story-wise either; it was visually ingrained into my thoughts.

That is the beauty of Breaking Bad. It is an addiction of the best kind, keeping you on the edge of your couch and staying with you long after the credits roll.

Jared Baxter senior media studies major and managing editor for The Battalion

Gilligan’s creation is not brand-defining just for AMC, but also for the last decade of television.

If you have never watched Breaking Bad, or much less heard of it, go buy the Blu-ray/DVD seasons. Take a few seconds to scroll through Google. Wikipedia search this Emmy-winning material.

Morality is at the very heart of who we are supposed to be as Aggies. It is what makes us who we are as individuals. And Breaking Bad’s greatest artistic achievement is the direct challenge it proposes to our beliefs of what is right and wrong.

We don’t want believe that a good person could one day decide to break bad — that someone could consciously decide to turn evil.

For White, the deed is done. Mr. Chips is dead; it’s all Scarface come season five.

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Since the original Occupy Wall Street protest began in mid-September, dozens of similar demonstrations have been launched around the country. On Tuesday evening, the Occupy Dallas protestors found themselves surrounded by law enforcement. The group had failed to secure $1 million in insurance by 5 p.m. Tuesday as per an agreement with Dallas City Hall to remain in Pioneer Plaza. Citing the need to enforce curfews and other city ordinances, the city warned it would begin issuing warnings and citations and would make arrests if necessary.

Attorneys for Occupy Dallas filed an injunction against the city with the federal court on Wednesday afternoon in an effort to remain in downtown Dallas.

A Texas company that owns a refinery in southwestern Louisiana pleaded guilty Wednesday to felony violations of the federal Clean Air Act and obstructing justice and agreed to pay a record fine. Pelican Refining LLC will pay $12 million for problems at its Lake Charles refinery, including $2 million for air pollution monitoring and other environmental projects in the state, according to a plea agreement reached in federal court.

A judge must approve the agreement. The Justice Department said the criminal fines would be the largest ever in Louisiana for violations of the Clean Air Act. It also said Houston-based Pelican acknowledged that it had violated numerous standards in its permit — including emissions of potentially deadly hydrogen sulfide — and submitted false emissions reports to the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality.

Byron Hamilton, the Pelican vice president who oversaw operations at the refinery since 2005 from an office in Houston, pleaded guilty on July 6 to two Clean Air Act violations. He faces up to a year in prison and a $200,000 fine for each count, according to authorities.

Kelly Tucker, staff writer

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in the Chemical Engineering department, works with A&M professors Mahmoud El-Halwagi and Mark Holtzapple, who specialize in biofuels and motor vehicles. She is also an executive who worked in the automotive industry for several years and currently works in the energy industry.

Her research was conducted on Fuels, Biofuels and Electric Vehicles, The Lifecycle Analysis of the Environment Impact of Fuel Sources and Vehicle Types.

“Basically, the issue with transportation is that it requires a ‘mobile’ fuel source, a source that is compact enough and has a high enough energy density that it can be used to produce energy on the go,” Hasaneen said. “With today’s technologies, that really means liquid fuels. If you look at the economically feasible options today, this directly translates into petroleum. This translates into a heavy dependence on oil and given current US transportation demand and US oil reserves, it means a dependence on foreign oil.”

According to Hasaneen the research also found that, for gasoline and hybrid vehicles, the majority of the environmental impact happens in the usage rather than manufacturing stage.

“As manufacturing companies continue to drive out energy use and GHG emissions from their operations, this distribution will continue to skew more and more towards how we ‘use’ vehicles versus how we ‘make’ vehicles,” Hasaneen said. “More of the environmental impact will be in the consumers’ hands versus the manufacturers’.”

Flores-Dollar said each year TxDOT looks at trends to see how best to reach their target audience and keep the public’s interest while emphasizing the difference they can make.

“We continue to educate the public via radio, TV, outreach and billboards, reminding them how easy it is to make a difference in reducing emissions,” Flores-Dollar said.

“In addition, we continue to improve and add more content to our website to make sure the information is informative, fresh and interesting to our audience. These past couple of years we’ve also been on Facebook and Twitter, as well as partnering with the Dallas Cowboys in a Ford Fusion Hybrid give-away contest.”

Greg Nagel, junior renewable natural resources major, said he believes campaigns like Drive Clean Across Texas serve to remind us that our environment is affected by the things we do and it is our duty to preserve it.

“Students can do more here in Aggieland than we often think, Nagel said. “Doing things as simple as taking the bus, walking, and carpooling with friends can make an impact for the better of our environment,”

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can take part in our fourth annual Think Pink Day on Oct. 20 by wearing pink,” Wright said. “Students can also donate Yoplait lids in the collection bin in Koldus. Yoplait is going to donate 10 cents for each lid collected to the Susan G. Komen foundation.”

Pink Alliance and Aggieland Outfitters are also

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joining forces this month to help raise money and awareness for the cause. Pink Alliance, a support group for the women of Brazos Valley diagnosed with breast cancer, will collect funds generated by a special pink merchandise sale at Aggieland Outfitters through October. The month-long sale culminates in a Pink Out Day, set to take place Oct. 28.

This event will occur in place of the Pink Out Kyle

event. Katelyn Horner, of Kalcorp Enterprises, the parent company of Aggieland Outfitters, said the event switch was done with participation in mind.

“Kalcorp, along with our sponsors, decided to change the Pink Out Kyle event to Pink Out Day in order to include all of the Brazos Valley area in recognizing the importance of breast cancer awareness,” Horner said. “We wanted a larger group of participants that didn’t

just include students.”

Students who have dealt with breast cancer in their own lives have warmly welcomed the attention that has come with October’s arrival. And, with a woman in the U.S. being diagnosed with breast cancer every three minutes, there are many students at A&M personally affected by the illness.

Freshman Anna Loveless explained her happiness at seeing many people

participating in the campaigns around campus.

“My mother and my grandmother are both survivors of breast cancer,” Loveless said. “So, it really makes me excited to see so many people caring enough to wear pink in support of something that I have had to experience first-hand.

It really makes me feel proud to be an Aggie.”

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“At noon, in TAMU, I went out to seek an idea.

I had been provided with a list of words and had to select the best amongst them. Finally, I decided to go through the list, sort them out, and make the ones that work best fit into the word square.”

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Pinterest is perfect for bookmarking anything users find on the Internet. The website gives users a “Pin it” tool bar application for any Internet browser. Upon viewing a particular image on any website, members can simply click the button post it,and a small message, to their board of choice. Users can also browse the boards of others for ideas, “repinning” any image to their personal board.

“It is so cool! It is a really neat way to keep track of things that you find interesting,” said Alexis Mitchell, sophomore biomedical science major.

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d tually pin? Anything an So what do people ac t er ss de d te boards to od everything. Some devo eam vacation spots. Others dr recipes and images of vorite books and films. But fa create boards of their ination. ve to be just for imag these boards do not ha and wedding planning. rty Many use them for pa favorite wedding ideas “I pin pictures of all my use it makes wedding t beca as I go along. It’s grea nized and a bit less stressga planning somewhat or , class of 2009. rvey mobile ful,” said Brianne Ha e go with Pinterest’s Students can pin on th each w llo fo n est members ca yan app. In addition, Pinter pin re d an ,” comment on other, as well as “like They can also invite friends . thing they find amusing b of pin boards via email. we g to join this interlockin cular on the rise, this parti is As social networking tch. re site will be one to wa g! It helps me to be mo “Pinterst is so addictin McCann, junior psycholigette creative, too” said Br ogy major.

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A&M volleyball spikes No. 22 Oklahoma Courtney Nelson The Battalion A&M volleyball improved to 3-2 in conference play Wednesday after defeating No. 22 Oklahoma in five games. This marks the first time since 2001 that A&M has won two consecutive games after going down 0-2. This game was also the Aggies’ first win against a ranked opponent this season, as they go to 7-0 at Reed Arena.

“I don’t know that our team has come back on a ranked team after being down two sets to none in a long time,” head coach Laurie Corbelli said.

Both teams started slowly in the first game, but Oklahoma forced an early A&M timeout by going ahead 11-5.

A&M junior middle blocker Lindsey Miller set the tone for the Aggies with six kills in the game as they came back to tie the game at 18-18.

“We’ve really been working on that connection,” Miller said. “I think it’s important for Allie Sawatzky to trust her and for her to trust me, and her sets have been really on the money lately.”

A&M took the lead at 2220, but the Sooners fought back and tallied the next five points to steal the game. The Aggies recorded 13 hitting errors while OU had just two.

Junior Tori Mellinger returned to outside hitter to start the second game, moving junior Megan Pendergast to libero. The switch did not prevent the Aggies from falling behind, as they lost the set 25-19.

OU senior Suzy Boulavsky put down five kills in the set while sophomore Sallie McLaurin added four.

Faced with the same situation as Saturday’s game at

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Senior hitter Kelsey Black and senior utility Elise Hendrickson celebrate against No. 22 Oklahoma.

Box score (22-25, 19-25, 25-17, 29-27, 15-11) Kansas, the Aggies found themselves down 0-2 but Black said the team rebounded well.

“One of the things for us is that we were playing kind of uncharacteristic,” senior Kelsey Black said.

Game three went backand-forth as the teams exchanged points on almost every sideout. The Aggies pulled ahead 14-10 before an Oklahoma timeout.

A&M took its biggest lead of the game, 23-16 before taking the game 25-17. The Aggies hit .382 in the set, paced by Miller’s seven kills in the frame.

Oklahoma jumped out to an early lead in the fourth

set, but A&M battled back to 21-19.

The maroon and white came back from set point to take the set 26-25. After exchanging six set points, A&M’s Mellinger got a kill to force a fifth game.

Pendergast dug everything that came her way in the fifth frame, letting nothing hit the floor and allowing the offense to capitalize. With a hitting percentage of .300 in the final set, the Aggies sent the Sooners back to Norman with a loss.

“Spiker coverage is not one of our strengths, but tonight it saved our game,” Corbelli said. “Sarah Grace, Mellinger, and Pendergast were right there and ready to bring it up and get another swing.”

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