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Being conservative, we have to cut spending. If we raise the cap higher, we only put ourselves in further debt. Jeff Rock, senior psychology major
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The Battalion There is one tradition that every Aggie aspires to achieve on their way to graduation. The honor of receiving their Gold Aggie ring. standard From faculty to students, young and To view Aggie rings old, the ring binds all and learn more Aggies together, not visit http://www. only while at A&M aggienetwork. but across the globe. com/ring/ John Speights, senior mechanical engineering major said, “Of all the many great traditions at Texas A&M University, the Aggie ring may just top the list. It will stay with you and hold your connection
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The Battalion A&M hired a coach known for building national contenders as Howard Joffe was named the new head women’s tennis coach, Aggie Director of Athletics Bill Byrne announced Monday. “I am very pleased to announce that Howard Joffe has accepted the position as our women’s head tennis coach,” Byrne said. “He comes very highly recommended by many people within the tennis community and has done a great job of rebuilding two previous programs.” Joffe comes to A&M after serving the past two years as the women’s head coach at the University of Maryland, where he led the Terrapins to the first NCAA Championship appearance since 2006. Maryland finished with a record of 13-10 under Joffee and was No. 34
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one ready to compromise — willing to take heat even from some in his own party for a deal that could keep the nation from plunging back into economic chaos — while appealing to Republican leaders to do the same. Speaking Monday at a televised news conference just hours before Monday’s negotiating session, Obama said he wouldn’t support a short-term deficit-cutting deal and continued to press for a more ambitious agreement involving tax increases. Obama said both sides have to give. “If not now, when?”
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Obama steps into debt ceiling debate effectively than others, in attempting to rally public support. Harry Truman scored points railing against a “donothing” Congress in the late 1940s. And Obama Bill Clinton managed to mostly blame Republicans, led by then-House Speaker Newt Gingrich, for government shutdowns in late 1995 and early 1996. With a presidential election looming next year, Obama’s outreach was an attempt to burnish himself as the
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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is taking a risky step, both politically and legislatively, in attempting to bargain with Republicans in public as well as around a White House conference table. His frequent public comments on contentious debt-limit talks could backfire, further poisoning the bargaining process. At the same time, those high-profile bipartisan talks have served to highlight serious differences within both parties. Obama’s decision to speak over the heads of Congress follows a pattern used by other presidents, some more
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“If we think it’s hard now, imagine how these guys are going to be thinking six months from now in the middle of election season, when they’re all up. It’s not going to get easier, it’s going to get harder,” Obama said. Both Democratic and Republican leaders agree the U.S. shouldn’t be allowed to default on its obligations. However, a deal has been thwarted by tea-party backed conservatives opposed to any tax increases and liberal Democrats opposed to cuts in Medicare and Social Security.
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke may feel surrounded when he testifies before Congress this week. Democrats will demand to know what the Fed can do to create jobs, especially after the government reported last week that unemployment rose to 9.2 percent in June and the economy generated just 18,000 net new jobs. Associated Press
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Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul, Dean Norris and Anna Gunn are among the cast of AMC’s award-winning Breaking Bad. Season four premieres 9 p.m. Sunday.
Jared Baxter The Battalion After a yearlong hiatus, AMC’s Breaking Bad returns for its much-anticipated fourth season this Sunday, and with it comes a fresh batch of shocking moments for the series’ Walter White (Bryan Cranston) and Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul). Created by X-Files writer/producer Vince Gilligan, Breaking Bad premiered in 2008 to critical acclaim for its originality, edginess and stark portrayal of the drug-dealing underworld. Throughout its three-season run, the praise, much in the same fashion as the show’s plotline, has continually ramped up with Newsweek, deeming the serial drama “TV’s finest hour.� “Season four is definitely the biggest season we’ve had so far,� Paul said in AMC’s online preview. “I think our seasons get bigger, darker and much more intense as our series goes on—season four starts off at full sprint.� For those unfamiliar with the series, the story revolves around middle-aged everyman and brilliant chemist, Walter White, whose seemingly boring life as a high school teacher in Albuquerque, N.M., is flipped upside down when he is
diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. Fearing for the livelihood of his pregnant wife, Skyler, and his teenage son, Walter Jr., who suffers from cerebral palsy, White resorts to the only quick-rich scheme his skills allow for—drug making, and in particular, crystal methamphetamine. He enlists the help of former student and current junkie Jesse “Captain Cook� Pinkman to assist him in the meth-dealing ways. What spirals out of control from there involves a meth-cooking RV, a brother-in-law DEA agent, a strip mall criminal lawyer, the Juarez cartel and a South American drug lord posed as a restaurant manager— he’s known only as “The Chicken Man.� “Season four is about Walt owning this new man, accepting that he is capable of doing these heinous things that come up throughout season four for him to survive,� Cranston said. “There’s nothing boring about Walter White’s life now. Pride, ego, bravery: all those things are mixed in and comes out a certain color.� Cranston, the once loony dad on Fox’s Malcom in the Middle, has turned his performance as the family man who breaks bad into an awardwinning machine, earning three consecutive
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campus Scholarship honors Cory Will Rawlings, sophomore electrical engineering major, will be the first recepient of the Cory Douglas Monzingo ’11 Endowed Memorial Scholarship. “I feel very grateful to receive a scholarship commemorating a fallen Aggie,” Rawlings said. “It really shows how compassionate people are and how far they are willing to go to share their compassion.” After Texas A&M University student Cory Monzingo of Pflugerville lost his battle with a rare cancer in December, his family and friends created a scholarship to honor the 21-year-old’s courage. “Doing the scholarship has really helped our healing,” said Jeff Monzingo, Cory’s father. “It’s something Cory would have liked, too. He was a loyal Aggie led to A&M by his older brother, Clay, Class of 2008. A&M was the only school Cory applied to.”
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Football players to watch this season Seven players named to collegiate award watch lists Adrian O’Hanlon III The Battalion As daily temperatures break 100 degrees for weeks at a time across Texas, the expectations for the 2011 A&M football season are heating up to blistering levels with seven Aggies being named to collegiate award watch lists. Receiver Jeff Fuller, running back Cyrus Gray and quarterback Ryan Tannehill were named to the 2011 Maxwell Award Watch List, announced by The Maxwell Football Club. The three seniors are among 66 players on the list compiled by a committee that judges players’ previous performances and potential for the upcoming season. Tannehill made the list after becoming a household name to the Twelfth Man in his junior season. After splitting snaps the first half of the season with senior Jerrod Johnson, Tannehill threw for a school record 449 yards against Texas Tech in his first career start. He went on to throw for 1306 yards, going for 10 touchdowns and three interceptions. Tannehill seems to have an edge as quarterbacks have won the award every year since 2000 except for the 2002 season, when Penn State running back Larry Johnson won it. Gray also made a name for himself last season and could become the second running of this millennium to receive the award. Similar to Tannehill, Gray started the 2010 season as a backup but went on to have seven consecutive 100-yard rushing games, including a physical 223-yard performance against Texas. Gray also showed a flash of his quarterback days from DeSoto High School when he threw for a touchdown in the Cotton Bowl to wideout Jeff Fuller. Fuller withdrew from the NFL Draft considerations after his recordbreaking 2010 season, making him a strong candidate for the Maxwell.
Big 12 players The 2011 Maxwell Award Watch List was released this past week, and here’s a look at the Big 12 players up for the awards.The Maxwell Award is given to college football’s most outstanding player. ◗ Justin Blackmon, WR, Oklahoma State ◗ Ryan Broyles, WR, Oklahoma ◗ Jeff Fuller, WR, Texas A&M ◗ Cyrus Gray, RB, Texas A&M ◗ Robert Griffin III, QB, Baylor ◗ Landry Jones, QB, Oklahoma ◗ Ryan Tannehill, QB, Texas A&M ◗ Brandon Weeden, QB, Oklahoma State Fuller passed Bob Long’s record 20 career touchdown receptions against Oklahoma State and pushed the record to 28 by the end of the season. He will have to better his 2010 performance to win the award however, as a receiver hasn’t won the award since Michigan returner/receiver Desmond Howard did in 1991. Fuller, Gray and Tannehill were also named to the inaugural Pony Express Award watch list, presented to the most outstanding pair or trio. The award was created by former SMU running backs Eric Dickerson and Craig James to recognize the college football’s best tandem on either side of the ball. Fuller was joined by junior receiver Ryan Swope on the watch list for the 2011 Biletnikoff Award, given to the best receiver in college football each season by the Tallahassee Quarterback Club Foundation. Fuller was a semifinalist for the award in 2010 while Swope made the list for the first time in his career. Each caught a school record 72 passes last season to become the most productive receiving duo in school history with a combined 144 catches. Fuller became the first 1000-yard
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She teaches public relations, agricultural communications and student writing skills. Dunsford discusses why she is so passionate about teaching and offers tips and useful information about how to be an effective public speaker and how to adapt to the everchanging society. Q: How long have you been a professor at A&M and what inspires you to get up every morning and advise college students through their everyday lives? ◗ I have been at Texas A&M three times. This is my third stint, and I came here in December 2001. I love this job; this is why I came back. I enjoy the interaction, and I am not going to say it is without problems ... but I enjoy working with them and they keep me young. Q: How is agricultural communication different from communication in the Liberal Arts Department? ◗ Although we do have some classes that are different, some of the basic skills, journalism and media type writing classes are very similar. On the whole, the difference in the programs is we include public relations, we include some video, we have the electronic media, which includes the InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator, and we have a television production class. We have had a radio class [during these] last two semesters so we have a little bit broader application when it comes to looking at a definition of journalism that
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receiver in Aggie history after gaining 1066 yards, and broke his own school record with 12 touchdowns in 2010. Swope went for 825 yards from the slot, ranking him sixth in school history. It seems a winner is in the making as the dynamic duo is coached by 1999 Biletnikoff winner Troy Walters. Senior corner Coryell Judie was named to the watch list for three collegiate level awards, including the Bednarik, Nagurski and College Football Judie Performance Awards. He transferred to A&M before last season, and exploded on the scene with his electrifying versatility as a defender and returner. The Bednarik is presented to college football’s most outstanding defensive player by The Maxwell Football Club. If named the winner, Judie would join Aggie great Dat Nguyen as the second Aggie to win the award.
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Q: What do you teach your students to provide them with the intellect and insight to become professionals going into the field? what communication uses, which tends to be ◗ I try to instill in them that they will never stop learning because media changes very a little more print specific when it comes to quickly now, information changes, the way journalism courses. we do things changes very rapidly. They need Q: How should students who are afraid of to be constantly looking at what is the new public speaking better themselves to become thing and paying attention to what is going on confident when in a public speaking arena? around them. So I say that is one of the main ◗ That is one thing that I know plagues a things, so if we succeed in how to continue to lot of people, and certainly not just students. learn, and ideally how to think, we have done One of the silliest things that someone ever very well. suggested to me, but it does work, is that if Q: Why do you believe public relations is so you can present the speech to yourself in a important to have in the work force? large mirror then you can talk to anyone — ◗ [With] public relations, particularly when it and that sounds “Oh, that’s easy,” but try it, is done properly, you have all of the different it’s not. That is probably one of the best [tips] publics. You have the employees or the as far as being comfortable with yourself and helping to give you the confidence to speak in volunteers that work for an entity of some public clearly without making you so nervous sort, and that is obviously a very important audience. Being able to communicate clearly it frightens you. with them as well as with all of the external Q: What does it take to be an effective public audiences, because as we can get almost any speaker? product anywhere, being able to have that ◗ Knowing your audience, and I would say relationship is what is going to bring them that goes for writing and public speaking. back to your particular business to get that Knowing your audience is very important particular product. in helping to make you effective and having Q: What is your favorite aspect about the clear and concise information that you want Department of Agricultural Leadership, to provide to them.
The Nagurski is given to the best defensive player in college football by the Football Writers Association of America. He accumulated 57 tackles, eight broken up passes and four interceptions in 2010, all while averaging 30.2 yards on 20 kickoff returns with two touchdowns. Judie’s performance last season also earned him a spot on the College Football Performance Awards watch list for kickoff return and defensive back. Fellow Aggies making the lists were Dustin Harris (punt return and defensive back), Damontre Moore (linebacker), Ryan Tannehill (quarterback), Cyrus Gray (running back), Jeff Fuller (receiver) and Ryan Swope (receiver). Senior kicker Randy Bullock was named to the Lou Groza Award watch list, presented to the most outstanding placekicker by the Palm Beach Sports Commission each season. Bullock booted 16-21 field goals through the uprights for 98 total points in 2010 and looks to improve in his senior campaign.
Qualifications: bachelor of science in agricultural journalism from Kansas State University, master of arts in English from Texas A&M, doctorate in English rhetoric and composition from Texas A&M Education and Communications? ◗ We are surprisingly large. It surprises most people that we are both large in the number of students and [in that] we have a great diversity [in] the opportunities, the faculty and what their interests are. That gives us a chance to get a feel for more things than if we were just very small. We are a pretty friendly bunch, we get along well and there is not a shortage of “hellos” when you walk down the hall. It is very pleasant place to be.
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on scorpions, pill bugs, millipedes, some spiders, different kinds of ants and cockroaches.” This increase in pest activity starts outside with the invasion of lawns, if not taken care of properly. Residents don’t need to water their lawns every day for it to survive this summer and keep insect populations down said Mark Hall, senior academic adviser in the Department of Soil and Crop Sciences. “One of the pests that tend to show up at about this time of year are chinch bugs, and chinch bugs aren’t going to invade your house but they are more than likely to get into your st. augustine lawn and when they do it looks like drought symptoms, because they basically tend to suck the juice out of the plants and make it look like drought so if you don’t control them you will have death
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3/2 duplex, fenced, pets allowed. New carpet/tile, w/d, off Graham Rd., $930/mo. total. 210-687-5111. 3/2 Duplex, near dog park. Tile/carpet, W/D, shuttle route, 2miles to campus. Available August. $975/mo. 979-217-1553. 3/2 duplex. 5-minutes from campus, fenced yard, bus route, fairly new. Call 214-505-6534, 469-233-4653.
$750/mo. 2bd/1.5ba +office. 2-car covered carport. Fenced, pets ok. W/D connections, updated, biking distance to campus. 1604&1716 Leona. Two still available, going fast! AggieLandRentals.com 979-255-1108.
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. $900/mo. 979-694-0320, www.luxormanagement.com
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3/2/2 house w/large fenced backyard. W/D connections, pets ok. 1801 Langford. $1150/mo. 979-693-1448.
1bd+Office/1ba. $495, Student Community, 1-mile from campus, www.HollemanByThePark.com 1bd/1ba Spacious floorplan w/cathedral ceilings. Brand new luxury apartment condos. Fullsize stainless steel appliances, balconies, W/D, designer ammenitites, granite/wood/tile, bus stop. Only 36units on Holleman at Wolf Pen. www.broadstoneranchatwolfpen.com 979-776-6079. 1bd/1ba. $465, Student Community, 1-mile from campus, www.HollemanByThePark.com 2 BLOCKS from campus. 4bd/2ba house, hardwoods, 2 living rooms, W/D, fridge, lawn-care included, $1400/mo. 817-875-0570. 2-story, 4bdrm/4ba., 2-car garage, tile floors, large fenced backyard w/huge covered deck. All appliances, w/d and yard maintenance provided. On bus-route in College Station at Navarro/Antelope. Available 8-20/11. $1780/mo. Call 956-490-4444 or 979-220-8400. 2/2.5 duplex on Ashford, starting at $950, W/D included, fenced, shuttle, United Realty 979-260-1200, Open Saturday 10-2, www.united-rico.com 2bd/1.5ba Close to campus. W/D, small pets allowed. $550/mo. Call 979-574-3534. 2bd/1.5ba, Townhouse Style Units, include W&D, 1-mile from campus, www.HolikSquare.com 2bd/1.5ba. 1100sqft. Fireplace, on shuttle. $650/mo. 402 Fall. AggieLandRentals.com 979-255-1108. 2bd/1ba, Townhouse Style Units, include W&D, 1-mile from campus, www.HolikSquare.com
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3/2/2 house w/large fenced backyard. Pets ok. 2312 Bristol. $1200/mo. 979-693-1448. 3/3 duplex, Oldenburg. High ceilings, huge closets, tile floors, all appliances, and many extras. $1200/mo. Pre-leasing for August. 979-229-6326. 3/3 spacious duplexes off Graham, Aggie owned, 1411sqft, W/D and lawncare included, wood floors, fenced yard, $1000/mo., Must See! 713-397-3444. 3bd/1.5ba Townhome w/covered carport. Fenced, pets ok. W/D connections, updated, bikiing distance to campus. $750/mo. AggieLandRentals.com 979-255-1108. 3bd/2ba house on shuttle bust route, new carpet, pain, covered parking, fenced backyard, W&D included, dog friendly, $1250.mo, 832-858-3630.
ever be.” There is also some danger due to the increase in pest activity with bites and stings from poisonous critters. “One thing I have noticed more this year than [past years] is there are a lot more snakes around.” Hall said. “Snakes seem to be more active now I think because of the drought. They are moving about in search of water, prey and whatever else and that is something we really need to watch out for.” There are still methods of treatment to protect yourself form insects as well as your lawn and property. “The trick is to water efficiently. You don’t want
to water every day and you don’t want to over-water, but you need to water often enough to keep [lawns] in good shape so when the rains do come back, you can have a halfway decent lawn at that point.” Hall said. With good home practices students may also reduce further problems and protect themselves. “The best solution to the problem is actually going around the outside the home and looking for any area that insects can get in and doing exclusion on those area,” Brown said. “They can do things like checking weather stripping around doors and windows [to make] sure that there is a good seal, making sure screens are in good re-
pair, making sure they seal cracks and crevasses or penetration, like pipe penetration, into the house so those insects can’t move in.”
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of the grass from chinch bugs and might blame it on the drought.” Hall said. Not only homeowners but the student populations are suffering from the issue. Students living in apartment complexes, student living communities and some dormitories are experiencing problems with certain bugs. “There were two massive ant beds leaning against the wall of my restroom. Every day for a week, I vacuumed a few times a day whenever I would get bit by one,” said William Dick, a junior information and operations management major. “One morning I woke up and put a pair of shorts on that had been on the floor and was bitten where no ant should
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FOR RENT 4/2/2 house w/large fenced backyard. Great location. W/D connections, pets ok. 1701 Todd Trail. $1400/mo. 979-693-1448. 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/2.5ba Med. style duplexes w/garage. Security systems. All appliances including W/D. $1380/mo. No pets. Available now and August. 979-703-8925 or info@gwbcs.com 4bd/2ba house. Close to campus, wood floors, tile floors, ceiling fans, W/D, fenced yards. 979-776-6079. www.aggielandleasing.com 4bd/2ba large house, 1-mile from campus, close to everything, W&D and mowing included, fenced and pet friendly, www.LoneStarHousing.com 4bd/2ba Updated. On shuttle, fenced yards, W/D connections, pets ok. 1112 S.Dexter $1550/mo. 3413 Wildrye $1350/mo. 1211 Westover $1550/mo. AggieLandRentals.com 979-255-1108. 4bd/2ba Updated. Will have new flooring and paint upon move-in. Fireplace, large fenced yard, pets ok. W/D connections. Close to TAMU Health Science Center campus. $1299/mo. AggieLandRentals.com 979-255-1108. 4bd/4ba private bathroom. $325/$310 per room. Whole condo $1280/$1200/mo. Wood/tile floors, large living room, new refrigerator, central a/c, walk-in closets, on shuttle. Student community, large pool, basketball court, sand beach volleyball. 979-574-0040, 281-639-8847. 4bdrm/2ba house, available 8/2, 2-car garage, hot-tub, $1500/mo. bike to campus, 979-229-7660. 704 Gilchrist. 4bd/3ba. Huge living/dining, looks over creek. All appliances, W/D, CA/CH. 2/1 upstairs w/outside entry. Master +main bath downstairs, +study, +bath off kitchen. No dogs. $1400/mo. Discounted for long-term leasing professionals Leave message 512-477-8925. Available August.
FOR RENT Cozy 2bdrm/2bth condo 3-blocks from campus, yard, w/d connections, over 1000sqft., no HUD, updated, $565/mo., 506-A College Main 254-289-0585, 254-289-8200. Duplex, rent 2bd/1ba, Beautiful! College Station. On cultisac, remodled, all new, many extras! New flooring, drapes. Convenient to everything! Big fenced backyard. One week free. 979-422-3427, 832-646-2329. Call for specials. Fourplex 2bd/1ba, Duplex 2bd/2ba. $595/mo and $650/mo. $500 deposit. Near shuttle. Pets ok w/deposit. W/D connections, some utilities included. 979-696-8899. Gleissner Hall, Northgate area. Walk to campus. Water, sewer, and garbage paid. 1/1 $555/mo. 2/1 $665/mo. 979-846-8981. http://sites.google.com/site/aaarentalcs/ Duplex for rent, 2/1, no deposit. $599/mo. 979-450-0098. In the country across from Bryan Lake. 12.7miles from TAMU vet center. 3bd/2ba house w/9 stall horse barn w/plenty of room to ride. $1,000 deposit. $2250/mo. Call 979-255-1730. Leasing for August! 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 Newly remodeled 4/2 house. Walking distance to campus, tile & wood floors, great location, nice big deck & yard. 979-776-6079, www.aggielandleasing.com Preleasing for mid-August. 2/1 duplex. W/D, newly remodeled bathroom and kitchen. Large backyard, lawncare provided. Pets ok. $600/mo. 979-229-9890. 1 roommate needed for 4/4 University Place condo, W/D, private bath, pool, on shuttle. $300/mo. Call 979-690-8213 or 979-422-9849. Spacious 3/2 duplex for August. W/D, furnished. 907 Azalea. $895/mo. 979-693-0551. Walk to campus. 2bd/1ba four-plexes. 405/407 Cherry. $500-$600/mo. Call 979-260-7000.
HELP WANTED Brewer’s assistant wanted at College Station fine dining restaurant. Knowledge of craft beer or homebrewing preferred. Position requires heavy lifting, hard labor, and rubber boots. Apply in person at The Republic, 701 University Drive East #406. City of College Station needs part-time Program Assistant for Conference Center facility, 1300 George Bush Drive. Must be dependable, detailed oriented, excellent people skills, computer literate. Position is for August 2011 through Summer 2012 or longer. Fall Schedule: 12hrs/wk; Tues/Thurs 1-5pm& Fri 8am-noon (or1-5pm). Pay: $8.70/hr. Apply online at http://csjobs.cstx.gov by Friday July 22, 2011. EOE. Cleaning commercial buildings at night, M-F. Call 979-823-5031 for appointment. Immediate opening for energetic, detail-oriented, dependable teaching assitant, part-time hours, Mon-Thurs, afternoons and evenings, call Sylvan Learning Center 979-846-4988 Local business needs office assistant M-F. No weekends. Apply at 3320 S. College Avenue. 979-779-7042. Part-time warehouse help needed. Flexible hours. Business hours are M-F 7:30-5. Apply at Valley Supply 3320 S. College Ave. Bryan, TX. 979-779-7042. Rural mixed practice clinic needs part-time help Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays for Fall. Start 8/1, cattle experience required. Email resume to dockimbo@gmail.com or call 979-589-2777.
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ROOMMATES 2-roomates needed. Spacious 2 story townhouse off Dartmouth. Fully furnished. 4/2.5 $400/mo. +1/4 utilities. 713-823-9340. Female roommate wanted, $350/mo. plus utilities, Woodbrook Condos. Call 281-795-4110. Female roommates needed. 3bd/2ba duplex. 2.5miles from campus. 1-block to bus stop. $325-$350 +utilities. Available now. 832-573-9744. Great place for one male roommate available now or in August. Private bed&bath in Canyon Creek Townhomes. Newly furnished living/kitchen/dining. 3min drive to campus. 5min walk to bus-stop. Nice place, fun roommates! $400/mo +1/3utilities. Doug 432-553-9390. Roommates needed. 4bd/4bth $350/mo, washer/dryer, phone & internet, University Place on Southwest Parkway. 281-844-2090.
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year that became the design still used today. The only change since then occured when the state legislature changed the university’s name from The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas to Texas A&M University in 1963. The ring is a token of hard work and dedication to all who strived to be an Aggie. Estefany Fuentes, junior bioenvironmental sciences major said, “The Aggie ring means hard work, many hours of studying — It reminds me of those late night crams for organic chemistry in my dorm with a bunch of my friends.” Every design on the Aggie ring is symbolic and represents an Aggie value. The shield stands for the will to protect the Universities reputation, while the stripes on the shield stand for the 13 original colonies. The five stars stand for mind, body, spiritual at-
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in the final ITA rankings. Joffe also recruited No. 34 Cristina Sanchez-Quintanar from Spain, who defeated Texas A&M Nazari Urbina in the first round of the NCAA singles. Sanchez-Quintanar would then team up with Jordaan Sanford, another Joffe recruit, to finish the season at No. 26 in doubles. Joffe said he left Maryland to join one of the best overall programs in the nation and continue to build women’s tennis. “It is no secret that Texas A&M is one of the best places in the country for tennis, as well as the entire athletics department,” Joffe said. “I was very impressed by everything at Texas A&M. The academic reputation, the athletics success and the support of the overall athletic program and the great fan support of the Twelfth Man makes everything top notch.” Maryland was quick to sign Joffe, after impressing in his first head coaching job at Miami University (Ohio), where he took the RedHawks to the top of the Mid-American Conference and their first trip to the NCAAs in the program’s history. The RedHawks would also become ranked for the first time in the program’s history, locking Joffe as the 2009 MAC Coach of the Year. He also recruited 2009 MAC Freshman of the Year and first-team all-league player Monica Gorny, while sophomore Anastasia Dracheva also made first-team all-league. Joffe wowed suitors with his team scoring a perfect 1000 on his last Academic Progress Rate (APR) report. Joffe’s first coaching experience was five
thebattalion tainment, emotional poise and integrity of character wrapped in a wreath of olive and laurel leaves symbolizing achievement and a desire for peace. Yolanda Cuellar, senior agricultural economics major said, “I’m currently saving up for my Aggie ring and expect to get it in November. This will be my first official school ring to own since I didn’t own a high school ring. I’m excited to get my Aggie ring.” The eagle stands for power, agility, and the ability to gain new heights, with star on the ring’s side representing the Seal of Texas. The ring may mean something different for each individual but it will always symbolize the integrity of the Aggies. “Reminds me of my dreams, my future plans and my career path. The Aggie ring means my family their hard work their unconditional support throughout all my life and most importantly of their love.” Fuentes said. “My passion, my dedication and hard work are all in the Aggie ring represented in that small band of gold.”
years as an assistant at national power USC. The Trojans ended each season in the top 11 during Joffe’s tenure and finished No. 3 in 2006. Joffe received ITA National Assistant Coach of the Year honors in 2004 and 2006. Joffe, a native of Johannesburg, South Africa, earned All-America honors while playing for Pepperdine in 1992 after he advanced to the semifinals of the NCAA Singles Championships. He then played on the professional circuit for three years before establishing the Joffe-Wheeler Tennis Academy in Johannesburg. He coached and managed the Gauteng Central Junior Tennis Team before being appointed to Gauteng Central and later served as the head coach at Rand Afrikaanse University. Joffe’s reputation for building programs fits the bill as the Aggies look to improve upon consecutive early exits from the NCAA Championships. Joffe says he is thankful for the opportunity and plans to give the Twelfth Man a show. “I’d like to offer my great appreciation to Jeff Schmahl and Director of Athletics Bill Byrne for affording me this once in a lifetime opportunity,” Joffe said. “I intend to work extremely hard with our student-athletes to do the athletics department, Texas A&M University and Aggies everywhere proud.”
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