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inside life | 3 Aquatic acrobat Landen Ehler, junior construction science major, gained a national championship title in an unconventional sport — barefoot water skiing. Turn to page 3 to learn about his rise to fame in this niche hobby.
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Out with the old Elephant Walk signifies the end of an era for students Chris Scoggins Special to The Battalion
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hey are large, old and gray, and they wander campus visiting its many historic locations before wandering off to die. They are elephants, they are seniors, and they will march in the time-honored tradition, Elephant Walk, on Tuesday. Elephant Walk is a tradition in which seniors walk around campus in remembrance of their time
at Texas A&M while enjoying other festivities put on by the class council. There is also a junior EWalk that takes place at the same time for some class to class competition. “We just really thought about where the tradition started and how going to the SEC can really hurt us in our traditions and our uniqueness,” said Rachel Herrod recreational parks and tourism science major and the director for junior E-Walk “We really wanted to make sure we go back to our roots this year.” Elephant Walk began in 1922 after A&M experienced a football loss. After losing the game, two freshman bandsmen decided to march out of Kyle Field in mourning and the rest of the band and the Corps followed behind. Although these marches stopped after the end of 1922 season, the senior
class of 1926 performed the march again led by the same two cadets who began the original march, in remembrance of their time at Texas A&M. Junior E-Walk, which will also be taking place this Tuesday, arose purely from class rivalry. “Junior [E-Walk] started in the 1980s just because juniors wanted to rise to their place as seniors,” said Janelle Shen, junior communication major and the director of senior elephant walk. “They got really rowdy and became destructive to the school. They would throw mud balls, water balloons and flour at people.” Both of these walks are steeped in history and the celebrations Tuesday are designed to reflect the competitive atmosphere between classes. The event See Elephant on page 4
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the sustainability of businesses. Perhaps the most tangible symptom of the struggle between businesses and the freight restrictions is the vacant building on College Main and University Drive that formerly housed Loupot’s Bookstores. For eight months, this building located on prime real estate in Northgate has been on the market. Robert Forrest, owner of Sarge’s military surplus two doors down, said the problem is that
freight trucks are forced to load more than a block away. He said the city has thus far not made the area conducent for the major companies that some local business were hoping would take over the corner building. “Walgreens or a store of that nature would have six or eight vendors a day coming to stock their shelves,” Forrest said. “Right now the city has left no See Business on page 5
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Darcy Jacoby Special to The Battalion Every November, the grateful hearts and grateful stomachs of many gather to celebrate Thanksgiving Day. For Texas A&M, even more significance has been placed on Thanksgiving with the traditional Lone Star Showdown, an anticipated football game against arch rival the University of Texas. But with no Thanksgiving football game scheduled this year, how will the holiday change for Aggies? Although the game would have been scheduled to be played in Austin this year, its absence is still felt in College Station. Some students who have previously attended or watched the Thanksgiving game are disappointed in the break of tradition, but plan to make adjustments to still enjoy the holiday. “It’ll be weird not having the game to go to, as my Thanksgiving is normally built around the game,” said Dustin Deere, senior accounting major. “My family is pretty much all Aggies, so we would either all go to the game or watch it as a family at home if it was in Austin. It’s been
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The Texas A&M and Texas rivalry dates back to 1894 and is the third longeststanding rivalry in the FBS. a tradition of ours. This year, we’ll eat a big dinner instead of lunch since we won’t have to rush to Kyle Field, and then we’ll probably watch the other football games that night.” Jamie Rouse, senior animal science major, has attended and watched every
Thanksgiving game as a student. She said not having a game this year is bittersweet. She will miss the game, but more room will be allowed for other special parts of Thanksgiving. See T.U. on page 6
The Battalion For the first time in A&M’s history, students will be able to go home for Thanksgiving break via shuttle buses thanks to the University’s partnership with the company Campus Coordinator. The “break shuttle” services provided by Campus Coordinator offer students a convenient way to travel to large Texas towns like Houston, San Antonio, Austin and Dallas — trips that leave from Reed Arena and arrive in the heart of the city for Thanksgiving, Winter, and Spring Breaks. The founder of Campus Coordinator, Matthew George, said many students at A&M expressed interest in the break shuttle services. “Every college is getting more and more expensive and that’s a really big burden on some families,” George said. “We have heard from tons of students who just don’t go home because it’s too expensive.” Though the services are new to Texas A&M this Thanksgiving, George encouraged students to try them, as the services are thriving at universities throughout the nation. See Shuttle on page 4
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news for you nation&world Judge denies bid for park Nativity displays A federal judge on Monday denied a Christian group’s bid for a preliminary injunction to force suburban Santa Monica to reopen spaces in a city park to private, unattended displays, including Christmas Nativity scenes. U.S. District Court Judge Audrey Collins formalized an earlier tentative ruling during a hearing. Christmas Nativity scenes had been erected in Palisades Park for decades. Last year, atheists overwhelmed the city’s auction process for display sites, winning most of the slots and triggering a bitter dispute. Santa Monica officials snuffed the city’s holiday tradition this year rather than referee the religious rumble, prompting churches that have set up a 14-scene Christian diorama to sue over freedom of speech claims.
Champion’s wake Student pursues barefoot water skiing hobby to national championship title Alyssa Wynans Special to The Battalion Texas A&M loves its sports heroes. From football legends to Olympians, A&M celebrates their triumphs with wholehearted enthusiasm. This August, another A&M student earned the title of champion, but not in a sport that many are familiar with. Landen Ehler, junior construction science major, started barefoot water skiing around age five. He grew up close to Lake Travis and Lake Austin and competed in his first nationals competition when he was eight years old. After winning the regional championship three times in a row, he pushed past his competitors this year and claimed the top prize in his division. “Competitions are just for fun,” Ehlers said. “But I’ve always been competing. It’s the hobby side. It’s not my life.” Barefoot skiing is the fastest competition in water sports. Like traditional waterskiing, there are three portions to the competition: slalom, trick and jump. Ehlers said the boat usually travels about 42 mph. “I really like showing off,” Ehlers said. “It’s a really weird sport that no one does. In my opinion, it’s one of the hardest sports there is and it’s one of the most physically challenging things you can do.” Besides the strange factor, Ehlers began barefooting because his father, Blake Ehlers, has been competing for years. “I grew up in the sport 100 percent,” Landen said, “I grew up going to ski tournaments and watching [my dad] compete.” Over the years, the Blake has
taken on the role as coach to his son. Landen goes home to train often, but struggles to balance training with the demands of school. “It’s hard work and something that doesn’t come easy,” Blake said. “The difference between success and failure in barefooting is razor thin. I get to ski alongside [Landen] in competitions and it’s fun to share that with your kid.” Since coming to school at A&M, Landen joined the Texas A&M Waterskiing Team in order to continue practicing while in town. The team, led by Jim Norton, competes in several tournaments per semester mainly in Texas and Louisiana. “I never did any traditional waterskiing,” Landen said. “I didn’t actually ever ski on a ski until two years ago when I joined the waterski team. My main role on the team is to teach people how to barefoot and to be the guy who likes to go really fast.” The team’s normal practice spot — Lord’s Lake, 20 miles from the Texas A&M campus — is dry, limiting their ability to practice. “Now at A&M, I don’t ski at all,” Landen said. “My freshman year I probably went out about three times a week. Now I probably ski about once a month.” Landen recently competed in an endurance race, which involves the boat going as fast as it can and the first skier to the finish line while still holding on to the rope wins. He and his father participated as a team on Lake Austin, despite intense fog, where they hold the course record at 24 minutes. It was the first time in two years that Landen had lost a barefooting competition.
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Landen Ehlers, junior construction science major, was recently crowned the national champion in his age division for men’s barefoot water skiing. “There’s a lot of stress being put on the body while you’re barefooting,” Ehlers said. “I’ve fallen a lot, but never gotten seriously hurt. I’m lucky.” Ehlers said he has no intention of pursuing professional waterskiing, despite having reached the
highest achievement possible for his age group. “There are people who take barefooting as their life and compete at a different level,” Ehlers said. “But there are only two or three of them. So technically, I guess I’m really fourth in the nation.”
Animal wranglers involved in the making of “The Hobbit” movie trilogy say the production company is responsible for the deaths of up to 27 animals, largely because they were kept at a farm filled with bluffs, sinkholes and other “death traps.” The American Humane Association, which is overseeing animal welfare on the films, says no animals were harmed during the actual filming. But it also says the wranglers’ complaints highlight shortcomings in its oversight system, which monitors film sets but not the facilities where the animals are housed and trained. A spokesman for trilogy director Peter Jackson on Monday acknowledged that horses, goats, chickens and one sheep died at the farm near Wellington where about 150 animals were housed for the movies, but he said some of the deaths were from natural causes.
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will begin at 12:30 p.m. T-shirts and food will be available for purchase and students will have the opportunity to take pictures with live elephants and listen to live bands perform. Juniors and seniors will step off the quad at 3:14 p.m. and 3:13 p.m., respectively, after a Yell Practice at Duncan Dining Hall. The actual walk portion will consist of several competitive yell practices between the junior and senior classes at key locations across campus. Although Elephant Walk is a time for competition, for many it is a time of camaraderie and remembrance. “This has basically taught me not to wish my life away,” said Brandon Waters, senior political science major. “I remember walking down the side of military walk with my buddies freshman year talking about the future and now the future is here.” The event will conclude at Kyle Field at 5:30 p.m., where class pictures will be taken and class gifts will be presented. This year’s speaker, astronaut Michael Fossum, will give a speech on graduating and how to become who you are as an Aggie. “To me its just the Class of 2013,” Shen said. “This is one of their big events and I want to let them leave with something memorable, something that they really enjoyed and something that I gave back to them.” For some seniors, some of the locations of campus hold special meaning for them — memories and places that they will never forget. “For me it’s going to be Rudder,” Waters said. “Mainly because that’s where I got my Corps Brass and got to drop with my seniors.
Justin Bieber may be Canadian, but he was the all-American boy at Sunday night’s American Music Awards. The pop singer dominated the awards show, winning three trophies, including artist of the year. He also won favorite pop/ rock album for his platinumselling third album, “Believe.” Nicki Minaj repeated her AMA wins from last year, picking up trophies for favorite rap/hip-hop artist and album for “Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded.” Taylor Swift won her fifth consecutive award for favorite country female artist. American Music Awards nominees were selected based on sales and airplay, and fans chose the winners by voting online.
‘Twilight’ finale dawns with $141.3M weekend The sun has set on the “Twilight” franchise with one last blockbuster opening for the supernatural romance. “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 2” sucked up $141.3 million domestically over opening weekend and $199.6 million more overseas for a worldwide debut of $340.9 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. The “Twilight” finale took over the No. 1 spot from Sony’s James Bond adventure “Skyfall,” which slipped to second-place with $41.5 million domestically in its second weekend. “Skyfall” raised its domestic total to $161.3 million.
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“I know it’s something new to [A&M] campus but it’s not something that’s new to us,” George said. “We are partnered with A&M transportation departments, it’s not that we are an outside business. I encourage students to give it a try.” He said Campus Connector has a lot of potential to be a hit in Texas because many Texas students come from the same cities. “The demographics of A&M speak for themselves,” George said. “The vast majority of [A&M] students are from Texas. Students, especially without cars, were having a hard time. They were having to take a cab and then fly to their city.” Texas Tech University has greatly benefitted from Campus Connector’s break shuttle services, George said. “Texas Tech runs a very similar service through their Parent’s Association,” George said. “On a significantly smaller campus, they are sending eight or nine buses for breaks.” June Broughton, the communications manager for Texas A&M’s Transportation Services, said the department began speaking with Campus Connector this past spring to find a way to get students home for the holidays. “We offer a number of alternative transportation services that make it easier for students to come to college without a vehicle, such as on- and off-campus bus service, car share, bike
Dave Grohl to give keynote speech at 2013 SXSW Dave Grohl may be taking a break from his band, but with the addition of an appearance at South By Southwest next spring 2013 is shaping up to be a busy year nonetheless. The often eloquent Foo Fighters frontman has signed on to give the keynote speech at the 2013 South By Southwest Music Conference on March 14 in Austin, Texas. Grohl announced earlier this fall that his Grammywinning Foo Fighters had no immediate plans to record or tour. Associated Press
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Members of the Corps of Cadets participate in the tradition of Elephant Walk. This year, juniors and seniors will step off from Duncan at 3:13 p.m. and 3:14 p.m., respectively. The big aspects of my time here just compacted there as a whole.” Although Elephant Walk is for many a time of remembrance and for some even sorrow at the passing of their time here, it does allow some to look forward to the future.
lease and bike share,” Broughton said. “We didn’t have a service in place to help Aggies who don’t bring a vehicle to get home during semester breaks,” said Ron Steedly, A&M alternative transportation manager. “Campus Connector fills this gap.” Debbie Hoffmann, associate director at A&M’s Transportation Services, said the University decided to give the break shuttle services a try for the benefit of the students. “There was no cost to the University to partner with Campus Connector,” Hoffmann said. “It really was just a matter of reaching out to them to establish the relationship so Aggies could take advantage of the service.” Campus Connector, the brainchild of George, grew out of his and his friends’ experiences as college students years ago. “We started up in the northeast,” George said. “When we started it all up, we were college students in a very isolated college in Vermont. A lot of the students in the country have no real easy way to get from their campus to where they’re from.” After introducing direct transportation services to various universities across the country, Campus Connector has grown to be the largest national provider of transportation services to universities in the nation. George said he believes every student has the right to go home in a convenient and affordable way and he hopes to make that possible through Campus Connector. “Our challenge is making sure everyone at the University knows that,” George said.
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“It sounds cheesy but it really is walking around campus and remembering when we did this and remembering how fun that was,” Herrod said. “I think it’s a unique way to close that door with dignity and celebration instead of sadness.”
“At some of the smaller universities we work with, we can reach students pretty easily. But it’s a challenge reaching 50,000 students [at A&M].” As cab rides and airfare can often be required for many students to travel home for the holidays, George hopes that Aggies learn by word of mouth about the convenience of Campus Connector’s break shuttle services. “We don’t want students spending hours and hours extra and hundreds of dollars to get home when A&M has made a significant investment into [these services],” George said. After hearing from interested students, those at Campus Connector are considering expanding their services to students for transportation home on weekend breaks. “We have actually had a lot of interested in potentially starting a weekend shuttle,” said George. “[It would be] a much smaller shuttle for students who are looking to get out of College Station for the weekend.” In addition to being a convenient means of transportation, the break shuttles provide students with comfort and entertainment on their rides home. “It’s essentially much more than the typical charter bus or Greyhound,” George said. “The vast majority of the buses that we use through our local transportation providers usually have Wi-Fi and power outlets. We find that most of the students end up taking a nap on the way home, but if they don’t we specifically choose our buses to make sure that they have Wi-Fi and everything else.”
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once a week to accommodate for The Corner’s deliveries that require close proximity. Simms said College Station began an educational campaign to explain the changes on Northgate Oct. 8. He said the campaign consisted of three weeks of placing educational fliers with loading tips and restriction information under the windshield wipers of trucks in violation with the city’s guidelines. After this, law enforcement agencies began issuing warnings without fines to violators. Simms said officials tried to make face-to-face contact whenever possible. “Everyone knows where we are headed,� Simms said. “Our goal is full compliance with all the city regulations and ordinances. There’s some resistance to change, I understand that, but we are trying to do it in a reasonable and responsible manner, kind of ease into where we need to be.� Simms said changes were the result of previous monitoring of safety violations, specifically among distributors unloading in a fire zone behind University. “Frankly, we witnessed some abuses of the use of that fire lane,� Simms said. “We continue to allow that fire lane to be used as a delivery area because we know it is really convenient to those bars right there, but what is not acceptable is to park a delivery truck in the fire lane, blocking the fire lane if you will, and just leave your vehicle.� Simms said the largely wood-based buildings, crowds of people, and delivery truck blocking access open the area up for a potentially disastrous situation. “Painting a worst case scenario, fire trucks roll up and
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they can’t access the fire lane because there are delivery trucks parked there and we don’t know where the drivers are,� Simms said. “Frankly I think it is pretty generous on the city’s part to allow the fire lane be used as a delivery area. The requirement though is that you have to have someone there with the vehicle, so at a moment’s notice the vehicle could be moved and the fire department can gain access.� Hunter Hahn, freshman international studies major, said the city government should have a greater say when it comes to matters of safety. “I am all in favor of supporting local business,� Hahn said. “But sometimes businesses have to consider what’s best for the community as well, whether it be construction that blocks their building’s view for a little while or closing off streets to make places for people to walk. John Raney, Texas state representative and founder of Texas Aggieland Bookstore, said the city has not incorporated small-business input enough. Raney said many of his suggestions, such as retaining and creating more parking lots, have gone unheeded. “The city has had meetings all along, they just did not listen to anyone here,� Raney said. “The city did not consider retailing at all. They based changes as if it was a safety issue and nothing else. No one wants anyone hurt, but I don’t know if they improved anything.�
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“It’s a curse and a blessing,” Rouse said. “It’s a curse because the game was always a huge A&M tradition and a fun part of my holiday. It’s a blessing because it gives me more time with my family. This year, I’m going home and to my grandma’s.” While many of who have been in Aggieland before this season have had the opportunity to witness the Lone Star Showdowns of former days, most first-year Texas A&M students have not — and may never — experience a Thanksgiving game day against the Longhorns while attending college. Such is the case for Duke Sawyer, freshman theater arts major. Because it is his first year in College Station, he hasn’t had to make any adjustments for the lack of a Thanksgiving football game. He plans to attend the offcampus bonfire as well as the home game against Missouri, which is scheduled for the Saturday after Thanksgiving. But he said he still feels
the pain of missing out on the Aggie Thanksgiving tradition. “I’m from North Carolina, and I wanted to see A&M beat up on t.u.,” Sawyer said. “But I’m not going to get to see that now.” Others, such as Allsion Bendas, sophomore history major, find it easier to part with the Thanksgiving game in regards to not specifically playing the Texas Longhorns. The tradition of the Lone Star Showdown has faded, but the change from the Big 12 to the South Eastern Conference brings new opportunities, tradition and excitement to Texas A&M. Bendas attended and enjoyed the Thanksgiving game last year, but concedes that letting go of the Lone Star Showdown is well worth the potential the SEC has to offer. She plans to stay in town and attend the Missouri game. “It sucks that we’re not playing t.u., but we’re in the SEC and onto better and bigger things,” Bendas said. Thanksgiving Day game or no Thanksgiving Day
game, Texas A&M won’t be scheduled to play the Longhorns anytime soon in football, unless the teams are matched for a bowl game. So with the Texas rivalry out of the picture, will the Thanksgiving Day game resume with a new conference rival, or will games stay on regular Saturdays? How will Aggie holiday plans be further impacted? Drew Carson, junior applied science major, said he thinks future games will continue to stay on Saturdays and he favors that over playing on Thanksgiving. “It makes sense [to have continued Saturday games] because the Thanksgiving game was a part of the Texas rivalry,” Carson said. “ It gives people more time with their families, which encourages them to come back for a Saturday game since they won’t have to be away from their families on Thanksgiving. Also, we get to sleep and burn off all the food we had on Thanksgiving and then come back ready for the game on Saturday.”
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