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Bryan residents arrested in personal property theft at Recreation Center Two men were arrested Sunday for theft at the Texas A&M Student Recreation Center. The A&M University Police Department received several reports of theft of personal items at the center Sunday. At approximately 8:20 p.m. an officer saw Skylar Burrell, 20, and Justin Jackson, 22, on Olsen Boulevard with several backpacks sitting around them, throwing items from the backpacks down a storm drain. One man was arrested at the location and the other after a brief chase. Several of the items had been reported as stolen. The men, both Bryan residents, had other items in their possession that have
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not been reported. “Whether or not they have it, we really want people to come in and report their thefts,” said Assistant Chief Mike Ragan. He said he wanted to remind students to not leave property unattended, report suspicious activity and to use the free lockers available at the Rec Center. “I guess it’s more of a convenience thing, people say ‘well I’m playing basketball I’m just going to lay my backpack down by the court,’” Ragan said. “I know it’s a convenience thing, but honestly, that’s where things get stolen.” Students can report stolen property to UPD at (979) 845-2345.
Women golf players embrace junior Sarah Zwartynski after winning the Aggie women the Big 12 championship Sunday.
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Exxon Mobil gives $1M Pages from Friedrich Kellner’s diary, ‘Mien widerstand,’ or ‘My Oppostion,’ which his grandson promised to translate.
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‘Mien widerstand’ Kellner translates grandfather’s German opposition diary Brandi Tevebaugh
Friedrich Kellner
The Battalion Robert Scott Kellner, a former Texas A&M professor, is a man who keeps his promises. He has dedicated his life to fulfilling his word made to his grandparents after going AWOL from the Navy in 1960 in Germany. “The thing is if I hadn’t done that and made that promise to both of them, this wouldn’t have taken place,” Kellner said. Kellner’s father was sent to America by his parents to avoid forced enlistment in the
Nazi army. He married and had three children before being drafted and deployed to Germany in the U.S. Army. Kellner’s father never returned from Europe after the war, abandoning his family, and his mother left to become a dancer. The children lived in an orphanage, but they knew they had grandparents in Germany. Scott joined the Navy at 17 and was deployed to Saudi Arabia with a layover in Germany at 19. “The only information I had was that
Friedrich Kellner and others in front of the Laubach courthouse in 1948.
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Robert Kellner
■ Donation for scholarships, fellowships in designated department Travis Lawson The Battalion The Texas A&M Foundation received a check from the ExxonMobil Foundation today for $1 million for Operation Spirit and Mind, which provides students with endowed scholarships and graduate fellowships. The donation was made through ExxonMobil Foundation’s 2009 Educational Matching Gift program. For every donation a director, employee, retiree or surviving spouse gives, ExxonMobil matches that amount 3-1. The 3-1 match requires that Exxon give $3 for ever $1 donated up to $7,500 a year. Jim Keller, the senior director of Corporate and Foundation Relations for the Texas A&M Foundation, said the money donated will go to a certain department on campus designated by the donors. “It goes to different sources all over the campus,” Keller said. “A donor from Exxon can give money to A&M, he designates where the money goes, and [Exxon] matches it.” Keller said this check symbolizes how important higher education is to the ExxonMobil Corp. “They are the only ones I know that have a 3-1 match, most corporations have a 1-1 match,” Keller said. “It shows that they have a big interest in higher education.” One of the main reasons ExxonMobil is so generous See ExxonMobil on page 7
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Spearhead Co. trains students for Marines Corps The Battalion Students aspiring to be accepted to Officer Candidate School for the Marine Corps have a way to train mentally and physically for the process of admittance. A new outfit added this semester, Spearhead Co, specifically focuses on training students, Corps of Cadets members and non corps members alike, physically and mentally for the tasks they will encounter when applying for Officer Candidate School. “Although there are many outfits, there was not one specifically focusing on the needs of training for Marine Corps Officers, and you don’t have to be in the corps to secure a place in the company,” said Francisco Garza, commanding See Spearhead on page 7
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Members of the Spearhead Co. say the program’s preparation has taught them what it takes, physically and mentally to be part of the Marines.
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