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UT Arlington may ban smoking campuswide ARLINGTON, Texas — The University of Texas at Arlington could join a growing list of college campuses to ban smoking and tobacco campuswide and the first four-year college in northern Texas.

A 15-member committee that includes leading school administrators recommended the ban in announcement made Wednesday. Committee chairwoman and UTArlington human resources Vice President Jean Hood says the overall goal is to have a healthy workplace.

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The vote was 253-171 in favor of a bill that fulfills nearly all of President Barack Obama’s campaign promises for higher education: The measure ends subsidies for private lenders, boosts Pell Grants for needy students and creates grant programs to improve community colleges and college graduation rates, among other things.

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The Creative Photograph in Archaeology A collection of 76 black and white photos that span 150 years are being showcased at the Wright Gallery, located in the Langford Architecture Center, Building A. The display will be available for viewing until Oct. 7.

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in 68 sections Freshman course offers seminars on variety of topics Megan Ryan The Battalion There are 68 different sections of one class at Texas A&M University, the titles of which range from “Sex and the Evolution of Human Behavior” to “OMG! Did you just say that?” and “Aggie Knitters ROCK (Reach out with Compassion and Kindness).” There are many more unique topics to choose from, but the requirement is that you have to be a freshman to take them.

“We solicited proposals from faculty and received over 100 proposals for everything from ‘Life on Mars’ to ‘Texas Barbecue,’” said Kristen Harper, assistant dean of undergraduate programs. “Faculty include the dean of the Mays Business School, the vice provost for Academic Services, a distinguished faculty member and associate deans from several colleges, the speaker of the faculty senate, two husband and wife teams and every rank of faculty and professional staff.”

The classes have 15 students or fewer in each class and concentrate on a topic invented by a faculty member and approved by the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Programs.

“We think it is important to give freshmen a smallscale opportunity to get to know faculty, and to help them in whatever way we can feel welcome and successful at Texas A&M,” said Sarah Witham Bednarz, professor of geography and associate dean for academic Jonny Green — THE BATTALION affairs for the College of Geosciences. “We think the Students create name tags in “The World in Six Drinks,” taught by Sarah Witham Bednarz and husband academic skills we will be coaching students to gain will Robert Bednarz.

It is one section of freshman seminar course UPAS 181, which is offered in 68 sections, be helpful throughout their time here.” each with a different topic.

Bednarz teaches “The World in Six Drinks” with her husband Robert Bednarz, also a professor of geography. the students something interesting to learn without a lot “The academic focus of our seminar is the book Seminar Topics of stress.

‘The World in Six Glasses,’ which examines the geogFirst Year Photo Project “I consider this class great therapy for me,” Greenwald raphy and history of the world through the lens of six Life on Mars said.

“There’s no pressure, no tests and papers to grade, beverages: coffee, tea, Coca-Cola, beer, wine and spirMusic, Language and the Brain and not a lot of extraordinary preparation.

It’s teachits,” she said. “We hope our terrific group of freshmen ing just for the fun of it in its purest form.

The format Money-savvy Students will learn about the origins, diffusion and societal impact goes back to the very roots of education: someone with Democracy and the Internet of each drink in different world regions at different knowledge in, and passion for, a given discipline discusses Hurricanes and the Texas Coast periods of time. In the process we hope this will help a topic in which the students have a pronounced interest The Science of Surfing them to explore their own cultural customs and beliefs regarding both alcohol and other stimulants and the role and we all learn from each other. That’s the way Socrates What Can Get You an A taught Plato who taught Aristotle who taught Alexander they play in contemporary society.”

Second Life the Great.”

Michael Greenwald is a professor of theater in the Forensic Geology: Real CSI Though Greenwald’s class does not have tests and international studies program and is teaching one of the Killer Algae papers, they do follow a unique syllabus and must particiseminars called, “The American Musical Theater.”

OMG! Did You Just Say That pate in readings and discussions.

“While the specific subject matter is important, the Study of the Pride and Culture of Aggieland “Each week we’ll look at a different decade of mostly First Year Seminars provide A&M’s newest students a Face In, Face Out, Facebook the 20th century and consider how the most popular chance to be in a small class, to get to know a profesmusicals of the era reflect the country’s changing atTwilighter and Moonlighters sor and about 10 other students more closely than they titudes, especially concerning the American Dream,” The World in Six Drinks might in larger classes and to have questions and concerns Greenwald said. “We’ll look at musicals that celebrate addressed,” Greenwald said. “We spend the first five students must journal, organize class discussions and read the Dream and those that question whether the Dream minutes of every class talking about the class’s reaction to and contribute to the discussions. They will get a grade, is achievable for everyone.” events on campus, answering questions about adjusting to but it is nice to get the opportunity to know a very nice These are not “blow-off” classes, but they are lowcollege life, et cetera. And we eat stuff that helps raise the group of 15 young people.” stress, high-interest classes, which makes them appealing blood sugar level late in the afternoon when the energy Bednarz said First Year Seminars are a proven highto new students experiencing college for the first time. level dips.” impact educational experience that give students who “The seminars are supposed to be informal, friendly The way these classes are conducted are different than participate a leg up on their academic career. and low-stakes,” Bednarz said.

“However, in our class, most of the other classes offered at A&M — they give

Lady Love can’t stand alone Nancy Barrera

■ Luckett’s second album succeeds with help from other artists LeToya Luckett, formerly of the R&B group Destiny’s Child, released her sophomore album “Lady Love” Aug. 25. Her firm vocals and sharp production have allowed her to pursue her solo profession, leading her to acquire a spot for her album on the Billboard chart. Marvelous triumph comes with time, effort and sacrifice from the artist and crew, as this exceptional album took roughly three years in the making. Personally, if an album’s manufacturing period is elongated for such an extended phase, the material LeToya initially aspired to bring to the table is bound to be out of style, discarded by the listener as its matter might be out of date, and the message being transmitted by the lyrics might have weakened as time passed.

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The album features productions from Ne-Yo, Chris Brown and Slim Thug, with cameo appearances from Estelle, Ludacris and Mims. Due to the fact that LeToya features notorious artists, this album is considered a success to fans, no matter how long the development took.

On the other hand, I question LeToya’s album success as I put forward that her vocals might not be the reason of her triumph as much as the popularity of the featured artists. For my part, on no account have I heard of LeToya before, but I might consider purchasing her album because of the featured artists represented in the album. Fundamentally, LeToya is selling the artists that provide the accompaniment to her tracks, not the talent she endows her listeners with as a solo artist.

The primary single of the album, “Not Anymore,” discusses love and betrayal and was written by musician Ne-Yo. “Regret,” the album’s third single, particularly disturbs the peace as Grammy Award winner Ludacris contributes to the track with his rapping flavor and divisive style. Because the track concerns the blunder and lament of breaking up with one’s partner, I was strongly misdirected with the significance of the song since LeToya portrays herself as a sturdy woman throughout her

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lyrics in the album. She simply contradicted herself within her own compositions.

Furthermore, on her single “I Need A U,” Luckett defines the man every young woman has been hoping will appear in their lives, the man of everyone’s dreams and the man who is nevertheless absent from her life. Frankly, I simply see the lyrics of this track as a personal method of promoting her single status to other celebrities and a real life excuse for exposing herself into the dating world.

For the most part, LeToya’s tracks in the album consist of the throbbing result-

ing from a broken heart and the events that lead to the consequent. LeToya’s “Lady Love” consists of 15 tracks, an integrated European bonus track wellknown as “Swagger” and an iTunes bonus track, “Don’t Let Me Get Away.”

The album is advertising itself based on the additional material rather than the value of the album and the themes it inflicts on the listener. Furthermore, the album is promoting its content based on the celebrity status of the artists LeToya is working with, not on what LeToya has to present to her fans herself. It is as if LeToya is not sufficient for her own fans, so she needs to put in recognizable artists for her album to stand out. Overall, the album is catchy and promising, although it is not something I would be fighting for when it was released. Moreover, promoting “Lady Love” to future listeners is a thumbs down in my perspective.

Nancy Barrera is a sophomore English major.

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Military Walk restoration celebration Military Walk Restoration Celebration will take place 2 p.m. Saturday in Rudder Tower to celebrate the renovation of Military Walk.

The celebration marks the beginning of the restoration project. Military Walk was originally a path that the Corps would use to commute between Sbisa Dining Hall and Guion Hall, a building used for events such as Muster, said David Chapman, director of Cushing Library and University Archivist. “It was used as the main passage way until it was torn up in 1971,” Chapman said, “and now they are putting it back to reestablish the historical and symbolic walkway.”

The walkway is scheduled to be finished in April 2010.

Attending the ceremony will be Dan Hughes, a former Class of Cadets member and 1951 A&M graduate. Hughes donated the $4 million to make the restoration possible. Also in attendance will be Interim President R. Bowen Loftin and 2009-2010 Cadet Col. Brent Lanier. “Military Walk is an important link between our University’s long history and through this generous gift we have the opportunity to restore Military Walk and put it in its rightful place of our University’s history,” said Jason Cook, vice president of marketing and communications. Hughes will be making some remarks and will be placing the ceremonial first pavers onto Military Walk, Cook said. A presentation will be made to thank Hughes for his generosity.

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Kick off football season with a healthier tailgate Meagan O’Toole-Pitts and Jane Lee The Battalion With the start of the football season, Aggies are revving up for the delicious treats and meals that come with tailgating.

To keep nutrition and health in mind this game season, Sanderson Farms has launched “Sack the Sodium.”

The program aims to help sports fans create healthier tailgating menus with lower sodium recipes.

One easy way to keep tailgaiting cuisine healthier is to begin with low sodium ingredients, noted a Sanderson Farms press release. This is true even when considering buying chicken meat.

Consumers spend nearly $40 billion on chicken a year.

Studies have shown that certain poultry corporations inject the chicken meat with saltwater and other additives for flavor and to increase the weight of the meat.

Texas-based Pilgrim’s Pride, the largest chicken processor in the United States, prints on labels the poultry is 100 percent natural. However, written in the smaller print, about half of the chicken the company sells is “enhanced with up to 15 percent chicken broth.”

To enhance a piece of chicken is to inject the meat with broth, salt, or carrageenan, a type of seaweed extract.

“Chicken should be sold the way it’s found in nature and not with added ingredients such as salt water and broth,” said Sanderson Farms Public Relations Account Manager Danielle Storm. “It’s kind of deceitful— people think they’re eating something healthy and that’s not necessarily true.”

The United States Department of Agriculture allows poultry meat to be labeled “all natural” even though it may be enhanced by artificial ingredients or fillers.

From the package, a single serving of enhanced chicken, about four ounces, may contain more than 440 milligrams of sodium. Pumped chicken has more sodium than a large order of fast food fries with 350 milligrams of sodium or a bag of potato chips with 180 milligrams, according to the Truthful Labeling Coalition.

A serving of chicken, which contains no additives or artificial ingredients, contains about 70 milligrams of naturally occurring sodium. For those on a low-sodium diet, a serving of saltwater enhanced chicken, before seasoning and preparation, may be more than half of the daily allowance of sodium.

To monitor sodium intake, tailgaters should check the labels of food they buy, said Texas AgriLife Extension Service Registered Dietitian Mary Bielamowicz.

How to tailgate Learn to perfect the art of tailgating. voices | 9 “A healthy person should eat 2300 milligrams of sodium a day—a teaspoon of salt— and only 1500 milligrams for people with hyper tension or high blood pressure,” Bielamowicz said.

“We would love for fans to get on there and find out what tailgating recipes can help them eat healthier,” said Sanderson Farms Public Relations Account Manager Emily Crouch. “There are food related tips and budget tips to save time and money.”

Sack the Sodium is really informative, said tailgater and freshman finance major Allie Mosley.

“I didn’t even know there was such a thing called enhanced chicken,” Mosley said. “My family has a risk of heart attacks, and I always look for low-salt foods, so I’m glad that Sanderson Farms is letting people know about how much sodium is in their foods to help the consumers make the right choice.”

Visit Sanderson Farms at http://SacktheSodium.com to learn the nutritional facts of chicken and find hundreds of recipes for healthier meals and budget saving tips.

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Community Blitz encourages students to complete high school diplomas Meagan O’Toole-Pitts The Battalion Community Blitz, an annual Family Solutions door-to-door campaign in Bryan to encourage high school dropouts to reenroll, was a success Thursday, said Bryan Independent School District Communications Director Sandy Farris.

“There were about 100 students on the list, and 60 percent were contacted. We’ll be following up with those connected

in the coming days and weeks,” Farris said. “We enrolled three students today, and we got a dozen phone calls inquiring how they can get enrolled.”

Community Blitz was a much smaller operation when it began last year, volunteers said.

“Last year was a much smaller scale because of Hurricane Ike,” said Neighborhood and Youth Services Manager Ronnie Jackson. “This year we had a huge turn out of volunteers— we

took four buses and fanned out all over the community.”

Members of Family Solutions Bryan ISD, Bryan Chamber of Commerce, the NAACP, Brazos County Juvenile Services, the Texas A&M College of Education and local pastors volunteered in this year’s campaign.

“This is an emerging activity in Galveston, Houston and many cities,” Jackson said. “A Bush School [of Government and Public Service] study this

summer said that about $9 billion will be lost in Texas with the estimated dropouts in the Class of 2012, so getting them graduated and on to careers is an important asset for our community.”

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By Patrick Hayslip | The Battalion Aggie blood runs deep in junior midfielder Rachel Shipley. With a quiet nature and a driven attitude, Shipley is living up to the expectations set before her.

Shipley’s list of Aggie ties includes the likes of John J. Koldus, her grandfather, who was vice president of student affairs for 20 years. Uncle Ray Childress was a two-time All-American defensive tackle at A&M. And her parents, Todd and Melissa, are also former students.

Head Coach G Guerrieri had a relationship with her family even before Shipley was born.

“I have known members of Rachel’s family since before she was born, and I know that being an Aggie was always a dream of hers while growing up,” Guerrieri said. “I’m very happy that we had the opportunity to help such a gifted player realize that dream, and we hope that it sets the table for her to achieve many more of her dreams in the last two years of her college career.”

As a child, Shipley used to visit her grandparents in the vice president’s house on campus and has since been immersed in A&M tradition.

“We would come down from Dallas for the football weekends, visiting with my grandparents and staying with them,” Shipley said. “I experienced it at a really young age. I’ve always wanted to come here after that.”

However, even with her strong ties to A&M, Shipley seriously considered scholarship offers from other schools: Notre Dame, Florida and even the University of Texas.

When Shipley visited Texas as a part of her decision process, she said she knew that she had the right priority of soccer in mind, but something wasn’t right.

“It wasn’t good honestly,” Shipley said. “I know a lot of people that go there, but there was nothing good about it. I showed up and the girls weren’t that welcoming. I didn’t really like the coaches. It didn’t really click.”

Shipley knew her family would not be thrilled if she went to UT. “At the time, my parents said they would support me no matter what, and they were really nice about it, but I think they were just lying,” Shipley said. “They probably knew I wasn’t going to go there anyway.”

After the tedious selection process a light bulb finally went off in her head.

“I was like, ‘What am I doing? I want to go to A&M,’” Shipley said. “The soccer program is great, but it was more than soccer. I started thinking about all the reasons I loved it to begin with; the people, the traditions, the atmosphere. It’s unlike any other place in the country.”

Guerrieri and his staff began recruiting Shipley during her sophomore season in high school, but

Shipley’s career stats: Goals: 8 Assists: 16 Points: 32 Shots on goal: 48 Game winners: 2

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they had their eyes on her prior to that.

“Rachel was someone that we charted very closely through her high school years,” Guerrieri said. “We followed her through club and high school, plus we had the opportunity to have her on campus as a Texas A&M soccer camper. We loved her technical prowess and her knack of winning and leading teams that always won. Those are qualities that can’t be discounted.”

Her teammates said she is well-known around campus and in College Station.

“She’s pretty much famous at school,” said redshirt freshman forward Shawn-tae Green. “She’s really good and a really nice person, so it makes it easy to appreciate her. She gets her work done.

She’s really quiet and a good teammate. Her freshman year, she was kind of shy and timid so the coaches kind of make fun of her for that.”

Shipley’s family are regulars at Aggie home games, and Green says she thinks she has the biggest cheering section on the entire team.

“It’s always a running joke on the team that Shipley always uses the most tickets on the team for the home games and always has the most fans in her own cheering section,” said freshman midfielder Mary Grace Schmidt.

Despite her timid nature, Shipley still has the competitive spirit and is always looking to set her standards as high as possible.

“I want to win a national championship,” Shipley said. “The final four is at our home field.

It was here my freshman year too and I remember watching USC play and feeling sick to my stomach watching another team hold up the trophy on our field.”

As far as her play on the field, Guerrieri said she sets a positive example for her teammates.

“She’s talented enough to do whatever she sets her mind to do and she’s quietly driven to achieve her goals,” Guerrieri said. “I have no worries about Miss Shipley; she’s going to always be a big winner in anything she wants in life.”

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Aggies ready for No. 2 Portland A&M returns from three game road trip to play second ranked Pilots Courtney Nelson The Battalion After a close loss to top-ranked North Carolina Saturday, the No. 13 Texas A&M women’s soccer team returns to the Aggie Soccer Stadium Friday to play the No. 2 Portland Pilots for the first time since 2001.

The Aggies are 3-3 this season with losses coming against Purdue, California and most recently, UNC, all Top 10 teams.

With a young team including 19 underclassmen, A&M is in the midst of an early season learning process.

“With every loss, you learn a lot

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(2) Portland vs. (13) Texas A&M Friday, 7 p.m.

Aggie Soccer Stadium about yourselves,” West said. “We need to be tougher. We need to play our game and not adjust to the other team.”

Portland, with a 7-0 record, has defeated three ranked teams and has outscored opponents 22-2 thus far this season, averaging over three goals per contest.

Working in A&M’s favor is the fact that they play a similar style to

the type of game Portland plays.

“They play very much like us in that they like to put the ball down and play,” said sophomore defender Rachael Balaguer, We pass the ball a lot and make the game beautiful rather than just running up and down the field.”

After being able to play against the top ranked team in the country, the Aggies are excited for another bout with a highly ranked squad.

“North Carolina was No. 1, and we just wanted to see how we hung in,” said Balaguer of Saturday’s game. “Portland is a non-conference

game so we get to try new things out.

It’s important to play the best there is because it will help us be prepared for conference play.”

Adding a little bit to the matchup is the rivalry the two teams share in terms of home attendance. Portland came in first in the country in 2008 while A&M was second with only 500 less people per game.

“It’s all about us,” he said. “We haven’t played our best yet, so we’re working on that. We just have to fight and get our rhythm back. The result against UNC was not indicative of the fight we put up.”

The Battalion The Texas A&M football team could get caught in an identity crisis Saturday.

The Texas Aggies will play against another team of Aggies for the first time since the 1950s when Oklahoma State was known as the Oklahoma A&M Aggies.

Utah State, one of three remaining Football Bowl Subdivision schools to use the Aggie nickname, will travel to Kyle Field in search of its first win of the 2009 season. New Mexico State is the third school to share the moniker.

The Utah State Aggies opened their season against rival University of Utah, losing 35-17. But most of the damage was done in the first half as the Aggies were outscored 26-17 compared to 9-0 in the second half.

“They played a very good Utah team extremely well,” said A&M Head Coach Mike Sherman. “They really contained Utah in the third and fourth quarters.

They got off to a rough start, fell behind a little bit, and battled their way back, and I thought their kids played hard the entire ballgame.”

Utah State’s biggest threat, said A&M Defensive Coordinator Joe Kines, is its offense.

Backing up Kines’ claim is sophomore running back Robert Turbin, who had a 96-yard touchdown rush against Utah. The 5-foot-10-inch California native totaled 148 yards and a touchdown against the Utes.

“The first thing that pops in your mind when you think about Utah State’s offense is their imagination, and how they do some good things with their formations and personnel groups,” Kines said. “In one series, they went from wishbone, to empty, to one back, to two backs in the backfield. How they move their formations around to how they use their personnel is really a classic thing.”

Taking the snaps for Utah State is junior quarterback Diondre Borel. He was 10-for-26 passing, had 121 yards through the air and 48 yards and a touchdown on the ground against Utah.

On the opposite side of the ball, members of the A&M offense said they are excited to face a defense that employs man coverage versus a zone approach.

Though sophomore receiver Jeff Fuller said he likes the opportunity to have a big day statistically, Sherman said man coverage makes the job tougher on the quarterback.

“With man coverage, it presents different issues than zone in the sense that you are almost always hitting a moving target as a quarterback,” Sherman said.

“You aren’t sitting down in zones and between defenders, which is an easier throw than a target that’s always on the move. So the ball has to be pretty accurately put on the receiver. Anything behind him could be picked off.”

Sherman said that man coverage also affords the possibility of an extra defender or two blitzing the quarterback, which emphasizes the importance of how a young offensive line that struggled in 2008 plays.

The coaching staff is looking for a combination on the line that works, including practicing senior offensive guard Michael Shumard at the left tackle position.

“I think they have a feel for each other,” said junior quarterback Jerrod Johnson. “Last year we had a lot of guys interchanging, but from the last game, they know each other a lot better. They understand each other a lot better, and they are a better cohesive unit.”

Football: Utah State (0-1) vs. Texas A&M (1-0) Saturday, 6 p.m.

Kyle Field No TV

Staff Predictions: T.D. Durham: 31-20 A&M David Harris: 38-13 A&M Amanda Casanova: 35-16 A&M Matt Woolbright: 44-13 A&M Stephen Fogg: 35-10 A&M Micah Stephens: 42-13 A&M Mattie Williamson: 31-7 A&M Rachel Latham: 21-7 A&M

Student Predictions: Rachel Shipley: 34-7 A&M Lindsey Adams: 28-7 A&M Kyle Rensmeyer: 42-17 A&M David Pretorius: 31-7 A&M

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Bryan celebrates Hispanic Heritage Fiesta Patrias Mexicanas, a festival celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month, will take place Saturday and Sunday in downtown Bryan. Ballet folkórico from Yucatan México and the Aggieland Mariachi will be festured at the Palace Theater from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Saturday. Sunday’s festival kicks off with a parade at noon leading to Main Street followed by the beginning of the celebration. The festival continues until 10:30 p.m.

Many people from Houston, Laredo, San Antonio and Corpus Christi come to share authentic Mexican culture, said Fiesta Patrias President Alma Villarreal. “Everything is very authentic— we are trying to keep the culture alive for the Hispanic community,” Villarreal said. There will be music, arts and crafts and dancing. Booths will provide authentic Mexican food, face painting, Mexican embroideries and T-shirt painting. There are seven live bands set to perform Sunday.

The festival King and Queen will be announced from five candidates, each of which will receive a sholarship. All proceeds from the festival go to scholarships for high school seniors and college students.

The organization that sponsors the event is a nonprofit organization and is expecting around 8,000 people to attend the celebration. Fiesta Patrias Mexicanas has already given a $25,000 endowment to Blinn College and plans to contribute to A&M in the future, Villarreal said.

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School program, which allows working students to attend night classes.

“There are GED options but we primarily encourage them to get their diploma,” Jackson said.

In conjunction with Texas A&M College of Education’s 40th anniversary, Dean of Education Douglas Palmer made his own call to service.

“The issue of dropout prevention is a serious educational and public policy concern and I wanted our college to work actively to reduce dropouts,” Palmer said. “Completion of high school has a variety of personal impacts— the kinds of jobs and resources they acquire throughout their lives— and it’s important for the community and state. It’s a concern I believe we all should be addressing.”

College of Education students, faculty and administration will participate next year, Palmer said.

Community Blitz will continue as long as it is needed, said Bryan ISD Deputy Superintendent for Instructional Services Francis McArthur.

“As long as we have one kid not finishing school we will be doing this,” McArthur said. “If we have one student, that’s that too many.”

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Egypt convicts two U.S. couples for illegal adoptions CAIRO — Two American couples who say they were trying to adopt children in Egypt were convicted of human trafficking and sentenced to two years in prison Thursday in a case that highlighted the murky process for adopting in this predominantly Muslim country.

Islamic law observed in Egypt bans Muslims from adopting children, in the name of maintaining clear bloodlines to ensure lines of patrimony and inheritance.

However, adoptions within the minority Christian community in Egypt do take place — including by Egyptian Christians living abroad. But experts say they face enormous obstacles from authorities, so many couples and those arranging adoptions resort to forging documents and bribes.

The case was first time such an adoption case has been tried in Egypt, and lawyers of the two couples have said Egypt

was prosecuting because of U.S. pressure on the country to crack down on human trafficking. The couples were discovered when the U.S. Embassy in Cairo reported to authorities that it was suspicious of them after they tried to get their adopted children out of Egypt.

The four — Iris Botros and Louis Andros of Durham, North Carolina, and Egyptianborn Suzan Hagoulf and her husband Medhat Metyas — were arrested in December and went on trial in May on charges of child trafficking and forgery.

Andros, Hagoulf and Metyas — who are both from Egypt’s Christian community — all hold U.S. citizenship. Court documents said Botros, also an Egyptian Christian, holds U.S. residency.

The four were also ordered to pay a fine equivalent to around $18,000, each.

Botros and Andros adopted twin newborn boys, while Hagoulf and Meytas adopted

a male toddler. They adopted them from a Cairo orphanage that allegedly gave them forged documents stating the children had been born to them.

Two U.S. Embassy officials attended the trial but declined to comment on the case.

After a swift sentencing, the defendants were taken away.

Police prevented the couples from speaking to the media and it was unclear if they would appeal the verdicts. Their lawyers could not immediately be reached for comment.

Seven Egyptians were also sentenced in the case, including a nun connected to the orphanage, orphanage employees and a doctor who provided fake birth certificates. Four of the seven remain at large and were sentenced in absentia.

The Egyptians were sentences to either two or five years imprisonment and their fines were equal to those of the Americans.

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Parking is available with a valid parking permit in PA 100. Those without valid permits may park at the University Center Garage (limited space) or the West Campus Garage. Aggie Ring Shuttle will be available with pick up at the West Campus Garage.

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Meyers: Palin a ‘fastball’ for SNL NEW YORK — Sarah Palin may not be around as a font of comic material this year, but Seth Meyers of “Saturday Night Live� doubts he’ll be starved for things to poke fun at.

The “SNL� season begins this week with the first of three NBC’s “Weekend Update Thursday� specials this fall. For the first two, Meyers will be joined by “SNL� alum Amy Poehler as his co-anchor.

A certain dread lingered backstage at last year’s shows during Tina Fey’s memorable impersonations of the Republican vice presidential candidate, Meyers said. “We were a little bit terrified because it was such juicy material we didn’t want to let ourselves down by missing on it,�

Meyers said. “We got a fastball last year.�

The attention may not be as intense this year, but politicians are still providing plenty of material, he said.

Fred Armisen will continue to portray President Barack Obama. “As a writing staff, we do find it kind of tricky to crack the Obama nut, but I do think we’ll get there,� he said.

Meyers said he enjoys getting a jump on the news in the Thursday shows, which can make the topical material a little

fresher than on Saturdays.

The Saturday version of the late-night standby premieres Sept.

26, with MeHead writer Seth gan Fox as host and U2 as Meyers musical guest. still has The show has plenty of shuffled some political cast members: leaders left Michaela Watto satirize, kins and Casey but Tina Wilson are out, Fey’s comics Jenny impression Slate and Nasim Pedrad are of Palin in. was a It’s Meyers’ memorable ninth year on SNL the show.

He moment. started as a cast member and did some uncredited writing.

He later changed his focus to writing and now has the influential position of head writer. “I thought I was good at (acting), at a place where you should be better than good,� he said. “I find far more joy in writing things knowing that the lines will be said by cast members far more talented than I.�

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Comedy Central revives awards NEW YORK — Comedy Central says it is reviving the defunct American Comedy Awards. The awards show took place for 15 years, the last time in 2001 and televised by Comedy Central. It will honor a year’s worth of best comedy writing and performance in ďŹ lm, television and over the Internet.

Comedy Central says it expects the ďŹ rst new American Comedy Awards to air near the end of next year.

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MAILCALL From Matthew

Johnson, sophomore aerospace engineering major I went to northside dorm dinner at Sbisa last night and was shocked about what happened. Me and my dorm sat down at our table and were told that we would not be able to do our wildcats, whoop or show any kind of audible Aggie Spirit including tapping out the hullabaloo among other things that are common place during northside dorm dinner because they were disruptive to the dinning experience at Sbisa. Needless to say I was furious about this and became even more enraged when several people protested and were escorted to another room of Sbisa. It just pains me to see that the day has come when showing Aggie Spirit is a punishable offense.

Steve Humeniuk

The pre-game activity is Kyle Field’s first line of defense against opposing fans.

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ootball season is an epidemic at Texas A&M, and despite unoptimistic predictions by mass media, A&M football is still the holy grail of this institution. Every year, despite our win-loss record, one thing remains foremost at the minds of many residents and former students of this University—we like our tailgates.

Inevitably, with all things that are new to some and generally come with time, the art of a perfect tailgate doesn’t necessarily come naturally. It is a legitimate proclamation of love to one’s school that can only be obtained through necessary hard work and dedication to the widespread enjoyment of good times, great food and Aggie Spirit.

First, the purpose of the event is to gather in force and subdue the opponent visitors into a state of awe and dissatisfaction of their own status quo.

In essence, bigger is better and pregame intimidation of our latter part’s cheering section is a moral victory at the footsteps of Kyle Field.

As with the majority of other gameday activities, the art of tailgating perfection begins with the crowd one chooses to associate themselves.

This activity is ritually meant to secure good times with favorable friends and intimidate all those who dare to tread bad karma into Aggieland via supporting upstart Big 12 rivals or other ill-fated opponents.

The major component to successfully orchestrating any tailgate is securing a quality spot where one can put up some form of shelter from the angry rays of the east Texas sun.

Some places act upon a free-for-all first-come-first-serve basis, while in other places one’s organization has to register with the proper governing

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authority in order to merit entry.

The optimal location is close to the porta-potties and equally close to Kyle Field for obvious reasons. However, some would be well-advised to check in with the University to ensure free reign in picking the location your grill will be bonding with for the next several hours so as to avoid showing up and then being escorted out of the location by UPD’s finest.

In order to put the fear of Sampson into others, quality music must be a priority at the event.

It doesn’t really matter what it is, as long as it’s not anyone that has ever been on “American Idol”—it just has be loud enough so that the people over at the burnt orange tailgate feel insecure about themselves.

Also, if you have the means— a TV airing the pregame and College Football Scoreboard is an epic turn of events that ensures your place in tailgating royalty.

As free-spirited youth, at times one may partake in alcohol consumption, and the tailgate is no time to shy away from an excellent excuse for a party.

However, it is important to bear in mind the parameters of the law as

UPD are the final authority upon oncampus alcohol consumption, and all violations are a double-edged sword as you are now in trouble with both the university and the law.

This activity is ritually meant to secure good times with favorable friends and intimade all those who dare to tread bad karma into Aggieland.

Water is also a favorable drink at these events, especially because game days can get unbearably hot, and standing in the throb of 85,000 bodies inside the game has made more than a few unlucky Aggies take a swift trip to the ER for dehydration.

The final component, but vastly the one of ultimate importance is what’s on the menu. Any tailgate without some type of food, whether it is catered or hot off the grill, is like diving into a pool without water—it’s pointless and I hope you die for it. The important thing is to try and get creative. Any

fool can try not to burn a hamburger or cook a hot dog, and if that’s what you truly like then do that.

Personally, I expect more. Jalapeno cheese sausage, tender brisket or ribs or maybe even some backstrap during deer season will make any man tip their hat to you. I’ve been to Mexican food themed tailgates with fajitas and tamales, and I’ve seen people do fish-fries, and I want an immediate invitation to any tailgate willing to serve pancakes. The important thing is to mix it up, and do it big.

All in all, the best rule of thumb in tailgating is, whatever the tent next to you is doing, do it even better.

If they have loud music, next time pool some money in with your friends and rent a mariachi band.

If they are under one tent, then get two. If they have 20 people then you should have 40.

Tailgating is all about staying classy and enjoying game day to its fullest capacity while we support our Aggies as they seek to beat the hell out of all the naysayers this football season.

Steve Humeniuk is a senior political science major.

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