The Battalion: January 31, 2011

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Bryan man stabs student A Bryan man stabbed a Texas A&M student Saturday morning at Logan’s at 201 College Main. The victim was injured to his thigh and buttocks and was transported to College Station Medical Center for treatment. The assailant described as a white male in his early 20s with a slim build approximately 5 feet, 7 inches feet tall. At the time of the assault he was wearing a maroon T-shirt, jeans and a dark pullover sweater.

Anyone with more information on the suspect or victim is asked to contact the College Station Police Department at 979-764-3600.

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Senator candidate visits Aggieland Elizabeth Ames Jones speaks to College Station residents Haley Lawson The Battalion Red, white and blue flew in front of Victor’s Shoe and Boot Repair on Texas Avenue. Supporters arrived to the parking lot to see Elizabeth Ames Jones, Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate. Jones is a former student at the University of Texas, and Bryan-College Station is the 13th stop out of a 14-stop tour to announce her candidacy. Jones and her team traveled from Austin to Houston, Tyler to Harlingen and Dallas to El Paso and headed to Waco from Bryan-College Station.

“I am wrapping up a 14-city tour, I almost say 14 states because where I have been, almost 14 states could fit within it, that’s what makes Texas so wonderful,” Jones said.

She is getting an early start on the election race.

“It’s really very important for politicians to get an early start because it’s a race from the beginning,” said attendee and Aggie alum, Rod Walline. “She’s got a lot of ground to cover, and it’s really encouraging for her to start early right here in BryanCollege Station.”

Jones said she is able to outride and outshoot any Texan.

A&M stresses impact of veterinary medicine The first-ever Veterinary Legislative Day will be Tuesday in the State Capitol Building in Austin.

A contingent of faculty, staff and students from Texas A&M University’s College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences will be there to brief Texas legislators on the impact of veterinary medicine on Texas. Veterinary Legislative Day events in Austin will coincide with events globally as 2011 has been designated as the “Year of the Veterinarian,” and a celebration will be Friday at the Hagler Center on the Texas A&M campus.

Staff and wire reports

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Top: 13,162 fans, a record-breaking number for an Aggie women’s game, came to Reed Arena Sunday to watch the game against No.1 Baylor. Left: Danielle Adams goes up for a layup. She scored 13 points in the game.

Right: Tyra White shoots during the game Sunday. She finished with 18 points.

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No. 1 Baylor 63, No. 5 Texas A&M 60

Bear-ly short In front of record crowd, No. 5 Aggies fall 63-60 to top-ranked Baylor Mike Teague The Battalion In a game that matched the hype surrounding it, Texas A&M’s No. 5 women’s basketball team dropped a 63-60 heartbreaker Sunday against No. 1 Baylor.

“That was just good basketball, and that’s the story of the game,” said A&M Head Coach Gary Blair. “You saw two well-coached teams. You saw a very educated crowd that gave us a boost. You saw a great comeback by us in the second half.”

Following the defeat, Texas A&M,

18-2, 6-1, dropped to second in the Big 12 standings with No. 12 Oklahoma. Baylor, 19-1, 6-0, now sits alone atop the conference standings.

“We have a lot of weapons,” said Baylor Head Coach Kim Mulkey. “It is a challenge every day to make sure I have the right combinations on the floor. Somewhere down the road, this could be a very special team. We are good right now, we’re very talented, but we’re honestly not there yet.”

The Bears victory came in front of 13,162 at Reed Arena, the largest attendance ever at an A&M women’s

basketball game. The crowd created an electric atmosphere that is seldom seen in Aggieland when the women are playing.

“By far this was the best that Coach Blair’s program has had since we’ve been coming over here,” Mulkey said.

“It’s awesome for A&M. It’s a shame that he doesn’t have that kind of crowd every game. It makes all of us that love this game feel valued and appreciated.

It was a great atmosphere.”

Tallying a double-double, A&M senior center Danielle Adams recorded See Basketball on page 2

Conference teaches biblical manhood Tim Bardin The Battalion A good number of guys go to Northgate on the weekends.

Others take their girlfriends out on a date. But Friday night, close to 1,500 guys gathered in the double gym of Central Baptist Church – College Station to learn how to be men.

Relentless Men’s Conference is a Christian conference that teaches young men ages 18-25 about biblical manhood. The conference, “exists to awaken the hearts of men to seek the heart of God … [and] equip college-aged men with the biblical knowledge, truth and passion … to lead biblically, live radically, walk intimately and pursue Christ relentlessly.”

The one-night, six-hour, men-only event featured speakers Joe White, Todd Wagoner and Ben Stuart, with Christian artist Phil Wickham leading worship. Friday night’s event See Conference on page 2

traditions

Students still stand as Twelfth Man Tradition features Each day this week, a Battalion reporter will delve into the history of one of the A&M traditions students recognize.

Stephanie Massey The Battalion E. King Gill said: “I wish I could say that I went in and ran for the winning touchdown, but I did not. I simply stood by in case my team needed me.”

Being a student at Texas A&M incorporates a plethora of Aggie traditions that immerse and unite students in a unique cultural lifestyle unlike any other university in the nation. The Aggie Twelfth Man is one such tradition that continues its vitality through the loyalty of Texas A&M

sports fans.

“Nowhere else can you get 30,000 students yelling in unison or organize an entire towel out.

My experiences as the Twelfth Man will be some of my fondest memories here in Aggieland,” said Stephen Dawkins, a sophomore computer science major. “Kyle Field and Reed Arena have become two of the most intimidating places to play at simply because of the strong support that comes from the Twelfth Man.” Students at A&M embrace the tradition and See Twelfth Man on page 7

A statue of E. King Gill stands in front of the Zone at Kyle Field to remind students to honor the Twelfth Man.

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Relentless consisted of messages on various aspects of manhood, interspersed with worship segments and a “breakout� session, ending with an acoustic conference by Wickham. “When I was in high school, I had a ‘Christian’ conference come talk to us for two days in a row about how to be leaders.

They had movie clips, a test to take (to see what type of leader you were), analogies and motivational speakers,� said Chris Jolly, a freshman electrical engineering major. “After struggling to stay awake during that conference, I didn’t have very high expecta-

tions for [Friday night]. But because I knew some of the speakers for Relentless, I expected that I was going to be able to take some information away.�

Joe White is the owner and president of Kanakuk camps and a former coach at A&M. The S.M.U. alumni spoke about surrendering the “last 2 percent�; that person, activity or vice that keeps a person from pursuing a life that follows biblical standards.

Todd Wagoner is senior pastor and co-founder of Watermark Community Church in Dallas and the father of six kids.

Todd challenged the men to “be a man� and provided a biblical definition of manhood. “The conference was great.

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Todd Wagner’s emphasis and authority in using scripture to define the role of man in today’s society,� McBee said.

Ben Stuart, director of Breakaway Ministries, finished out with a message on God’s vision for creating man in his own image. “I was blown away by each speaker ‌ what they said came from the heart and was full of truth. Even if I had walked in with high expectations, I would have been blown away,â€? Jolly said.

Wickham performed an acoustic concert after the conference ended. “The speakers were very passionate and the entire event was put together well. The concert at the end was fantastic. God was glorified through[out],� said Matt Bartlett, a freshman general studies major.

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13 points and a team-high 11 rebounds. Called for a defensive block in transition, Adams fouled out for the first time this season with 3:53 remaining in the game. “The girl was coming at me full speed so I just stopped and fell,� Adams said. “I guess [the referee] made the wrong call.

He told me he was going to look at it but what good does that do me? He was running down the court with his back turned and he made the call.�

Baylor sophomore center Brittney Griner also had a double-double with 17 points and 12 rebounds, but it was freshman guard Odyssey Sims who led the way for the Bears. Sims scored a career-high 25 points including the go-ahead bucket with 26 seconds left. “I don’t think there’s a better freshman point guard in the country than [Sims],� Blair said. “She’s got the ability to control in midair, bump into you, push off and be physical. They’re a better basketball team because Odyssey is in there running the show.�

Although the game began as an even contest, A&M’s offense stalled with the score tied 19-19 with 6:51 remaining in the first half. Baylor ripped off an 11-0 run and went into the locker room at the break with a 36-26 lead. “A lot of it was just them creating turnovers up high and converting them on the other end,� A&M senior guard Sydney Colson said. “I had two turnovers and Sydney [Carter] had another one. Those are just points that are hard to get back. During that swing, we just didn’t do a good job taking care of the ball.�

After taking the rest of the week off, the Aggies will head to No. 25 Texas Tech Saturday for their third-straight matchup with a ranked opponent. “We’re not going to let this bring us down,� Adams said. “We’re going to get back into the gym and work hard and get on to the next game. When the time comes to play Baylor again, we’ll be smarter.�

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No. 8 Texas vs. No. 11 Texas A&M 8 p.m., Reed Arena

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he animosity between arch-rivals Texas A&M and Texas is currently at a fever pitch. With Texas’ outlandish television deal, A&M’s SEC flirtations and the impending demise of the Big 12, the two schools aren’t exactly cordial.

Coupled with the general disgust between the two counterparts and the happenings in Austin less than two weeks ago, Big Monday’s matchup between No. 8 Texas and No. 11 A&M should live up to its name. There are big stakes involved, big spoils to the winner and big, bad blood between the burnt orange and the maroon.

Ask anybody associated with the A&M basketball program and they’ll assuredly affirm what those in attendance were thinking: this team was downright humiliated two weeks ago when they went to Austin with a gaudy top-10 ranking and left with their first conference defeat — an 8160 pasting at the architectural travesty commonly known as the Frank Erwin Center.

“The one thing about down in Texas was I thought we kept trying hard, we just couldn’t do anything about it,” said Head Coach Mark Turgeon.

“We were embarrassed down there,” said senior guard B.J. Holmes.

The frontcourt was undressed by Tristan Thompson and company for much of the game. The Aggies were outhustled, out-rebounded, out-physicaled, out-everythinged in a game that was decided five minutes in.

Just a week-and-a-half later, Texas has established itself as the unequivocal conference favorite and a Final Four contender. Since their shellacking of Turgeon’s squad, the Horns snapped the longest home winning streak in the country when they beat up Kansas at The Phog, dominated Oklahoma State on an emotional night in Stillwater and pulverized No. 13 Missouri.

Unlike Barnes’ teams of the past, this Texas squad doesn’t have the look of a pretender on the brink of folding.

However, ask anybody associated with A&M basketball and they will assuredly tell you that this rivalry is distinctly different at Reed Arena. The Longhorns, under Head Coach Rick Barnes, haven’t won in College Station since 2004. Frankly, they haven’t competed at Reed Arena since 2006.

Texas will be coming into Aggieland tonight with an inordinate amount of confidence, and rightfully so. They’ll be waltzing in with a top-5 number by their name. They’ll be carrying with them Jordan Hamilton and the aforementioned Thompson — two candidates for Big 12 Player of the Year.

They’ll also be encountering a furious A&M squad.

Fresh off a disappointing loss in Lincoln and with that bitter taste still in their mouths, make no mistake about it: Turgeon is going to have his guys ready to play. In the last two seasons, Turgeon’s teams are 9-1 following a loss.

With a raucous, sell-out crowd expected, Turgeon’s team will play inspired, gritty basketball — the Aggies are 26-1 at home the last two seasons.

With three consecutive lackluster performances, Aggies’ star forward Khris Middleton will show Texas and the rest of the country that he is, in fact, the real deal.

With their legitimacy being questioned and with the best team in the conference on their court, A&M will undoubtedly play with a chip on their shoulder.

It is a battle of upper-echelon Big 12 teams. One that will be showcased in front of a national audience. The atmosphere will be second to none. The hatred between the two rivals has reached a boiling point.

And when the final buzzer sounds, because this Aggie team is as relentless as any in the country, the 13,000-plus frenzied fans in white will be joyously sawing Varsity’s horns off.

athan Walkup insists his parents never forced it upon him. Yet for the senior forward, a man who grew up with Aggie parents, an Aggie uncle and an older brother who attended A&M, it seems inevitable that the school would retain a certain allure — and that certain sentiments would run thick in the blood.

“I always grew up rooting against [Texas] no matter who they’re playing,” the senior forward said. “When you do that, in the back of your mind you’re like, ‘OK, this is what you’ve trained for, this is what you’ve lived for, you want to beat these guys, so just go out and play like it’s your last time to play them.’ I guess that’s true coming up now. You want to leave your mark in this series.”

Playing out his final year for the No. 11 Aggies, he has left his mark on a much wider area in the program’s rapidly blossoming history. The moments have come and gone: his baseline drives and dunks, his back-breaking threes and, notably, his performances against Texas. As a player with career averages prior 2010-2011 of 3.5 points and 2.2 rebounds, Walkup posted 5.0 points per game and 2.2 rebounds in six games against the arch-rivals. More so, he’s simply had those moments.

Little surprise would be found in that considering his background, but Walkup is quick to join the line of players who would say that between the lines, such feelings disperse.

Whatever the case may be,

in A&M’s overtime loss at Texas in 2010, he helped lead the charge that nearly overtook the No. 1 Longhorns by throwing 13 points and eight rebounds into the ring. Six weeks later he scored only six in a 16-point home blowout of the Longhorns, but did it on two dagger-like 3-pointers.

Indeed the moments have come and gone. Time’s pages turned, bringing in the 20102011 season, and something clicked; there’s been a rise with no fall.

Through 20 games, few Aggie players have been as consistent or as integral as Walkup, one of the cores of the team. The 6-foot-7-inch forward has improved his defense and regularly helps guard swingmen and post players alike. At 10.1 points per game, he’s doubled his highest career scoring average. Above all, his 5.7 rebounds per game lead an A&M team that is tied for second in the nation in rebounding margin.

More than 40 percent of his rebounds have been on the offensive glass, an area which makes him all the more essential to the A&M roster.

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Senior Nathan Walkup is third on the team in scoring with 10.1 points per game in 2010-2011. is always going 110 percent,” said senior guard B.J. Holmes, who has played with Walkup for four years. “We practice offensive rebounds in practice, where Nathan gets around his guy. If you watch film, he does it almost every time. Nate makes big plays, and he was able to make those tonight.”

Holmes listed increased confidence and aggressiveness to explain why Walkup has been so good.

This is the new Nathan Walkup: potent senior leader and A&M’s newest “glue guy.”

“I knew I’d have to take on more of a role,” he said.

“We all sat down as players with Coach [Mark Turgeon] and he tells you what role you have. I knew when we lost [former players Donald] Sloan and [Bryan Davis] last year, I’d have to do a lot of B.D.’s things — I’d have to rebound better, I’d have to do a lot of dirty work, but at the same time I knew I’d have to put the ball in the hole a little more. No matter how hard you play, you have to put some stats on the

board too.”

The home team has won each game in the series between A&M and Texas for the past six years, over which time the stakes and the tension have consistently risen. Two consecutive Aggie senior classes have laced their sneakers for the final time and left without ever losing to their biggest rivals at home.

“I wanted to beat everybody on every one of their home courts,” Walkup said.

“I didn’t get to win in Austin and I never won at K-State, but to turn it around, Texas has never beaten us here. I definitely want to keep it that way. We’d like to come out and compete and put on a much better showing than we did there in Austin. I think if we play hard and defend well, especially with this home crowd and shoot the ball better, I think we can come away with a win.”

For what will fans remember Nathan Walkup?

It is tough to say, but he’d like a part of that legacy dedicated to what he hopes will transpire on Reed’s court tonight.

Aggies look forward to returning to Reed Arena Beau Holder The Battalion Thus far into the college basketball season, the best team in the Big 12 has emerged, and it’s not Kansas.

The team from Austin will enter Reed Arena tonight with recent victories over then-No. 10 A&M, then-No. 2 Kansas on the road and No. 13 Missouri notched neatly on its belt and more momentum than any team not named Ohio State. The Longhorns haven’t won in Reed since 2004, but there might not have been a Texas team in that span that measures up to the current model.

No. 11 A&M and No. 8 Texas square off at 8 p.m. on ESPN’s Big Monday with history, bragging rights and confer-

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ence standings sitting atop the chasm that divides the two.

In 2006, future All-American Acie Law’s three-pointer at the buzzer — a moment that would become known as “The Shot” — sent the No. 7 Longhorns away with a crushing upset loss for the second straight year. Since that time, A&M is 4-0 at home against Texas with an average winning margin of 16.5 points.

More recently, the Aggies went west to Austin riding a 13-game winning streak and fell hard to Earth, blasted 8160 by a Longhorns team that seemed as if it could do no wrong.

“The one thing about down in Texas was I thought we kept trying hard, we just couldn’t do anything about it,” said

Aggies Head Coach Mark Turgeon.

“That was the discouraging part … I think it’s good, because we’ll remember the whipping we took. You don’t ever want to get embarrassed. They whipped us pretty good. You just went through it all, hopefully you can make the right adjustments to be a little more successful.”

The Aggies were caught off-guard and roughed up in Nebraska on Saturday, falling 57-48 to the Cornhuskers.

A seven-point halftime lead quickly evaporated, while A&M managed only 17 points in the second half of play.

Sophomore forward Khris Middleton was boxed into only 12 points — merely three in the decisive second half.

By contrast, Texas polished off a 2-0 week — including a road win against

Oklahoma State — by returning to Austin to defeat Missouri, 71-58. Star sophomore Jordan Hamilton posted 16 points and 13 rebounds alongside freshman sidekick Tristan Thompson’s nine and 13. Hamilton, averaging 19 points per game, scored 27 against the Aggies in Austin.

Middleton’s average lingers at 15.7 points per game; junior forward David Loubeau, who has struggled of late, is one of two other Aggies averaging more than 10 points per contest. A&M has lost two of its last three — both away from home — after opening the season 16-1.

No. 1 Kansas was the opponent on Feb. 15, 2010, when Big Monday last visited College Station. A frenzied record-crowd of 13,657 packed Reed and

nearly carried No. 23 A&M to the upset. The Aggies ultimately ran out of gas, ceding it 59-54, but the atmosphere left famous ESPN personalities Brent Musburger and Bob Knight gushing.

But the opponent was not Texas, against whom that attendance record was swept aside later in the season.

“A&M vs. t.u., Big Monday, around campus people make Facebook events and what-not,” senior forward Nate Walkup said. “It’s exciting to think about. Some of my friends are already thinking about camping out. We have that bad taste from Austin. We’re ready to give it another go at them again.

We’ve got to get this bad taste out of our mouth and defend our home court.”

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2bd/2ba 4-plex. Spacious floorplan, W/D connections, close to campus. $550/mo. www.aggielandleasing.com 979-776-6079.

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.

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3bd/2ba Brick House on Trace Meadow, close to A&M, on bus route, 2-rooms available. $525/mo includes utilities. 903-567-0267 3bd/2ba Nice house. Rock Prairie and Wellborn area. W/D, garage, backyard. $950/mo. Short-term lease through May/June. Contact Mike 512-887-0318.

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show support by remaining standing for the entire game. “I think the Twelfth Man represents a unified student body far surpassing any other in the nation,� said Isabel Brennan, a freshman civil engineering major. “It shows that we as A&M students are ready to help our fellow Aggies at a moment’s notice.�

All students can and are encouraged to support their fellow Aggies through the tradition of the 12th Man while in competition. “I say this often, but I believe simply graduating from Texas A&M doesn’t make a true Aggie. What makes someone a true Aggie, more than simply wearing the ring, is participating in the culture that makes putting the ring on worthwhile,� said Ben Debayle, a senior finance major and senior yell leader. “It’s every person’s ability to honor our past, connect to our present and be committed to our future. That is truly the only way any and every student can embrace the tradition.�

The spirit of the Twelfth Man, a tradition born on Jan. 2, 1922, originated when the Aggie’s were playing the then top ranked, Centre College. The hard fought game began taking its toll on the players. Coach Dana X remembered one of his former football players, E. King Gill, in the stands. Gill was asked to suit up and stood ready throughout the rest of the game. The Aggies would go on to win the game 22-14. “Some people may not know, but the legendary story of E. King Gill, from whom we began the tradition of the Twelfth Man, never actually got a chance to play in the Dixie Classic. He was called from the stands and certainly dawned the grid-iron armor, but was never put into the game,� Debayle said. “It’s simply because of his willingness and spirit that we encourage all Aggies to emulate his example.�

Coach Jackie Sherrill renewed the Twelfth Man tradition by starting the Twelfth Man Kick-Off team composed of regular students. “It was entirely made up of student walk-ons. Hundreds of students came out including two girls,�

Dawkins said. “People outside of Aggieland thought Sherrill was insane for doing it, but around 20 were selected and they actually became the best kickoff team in the nation.�

All Aggies, like Gill, stand by ready to go in if needed. It is this attitude of service, enthusiasm and devotion that fuels the spirit of Aggieland. “The Twelfth Man, I feel, is a way A&M has been able to capture its spirit. It properly conveys the attitude and atmosphere our school has always tried to promulgate throughout its history,� Debayle said. The Twelfth Man is a tie to our rich past and continues to be a distinguishing trait that we carry and proclaim to the rest of the nation.�

It is traditions like the Twelfth Man that mold students into Aggies. “You know, A&M does something to a person. It gives you something intangible. I know that for the rest of my life, I will be traveling with a gift. That gift is an unspoken, but very noticeable, sense of pride that comes with being an Aggie,�

Debayle said. “Nothing has to be said. Nothing has to be done. Simply living will suffice. Living the surety of knowing I’m a part of a global family that will last a lifetime.�

She also has plenty of experience in politics, and she is both conservative and supports the second amendment, pro-life and pro energy industry. “She grew up in San Antonio, she’s has been a legislature, she’s current [chairwoman] of the railroad commission, she likes to say she can outride any Texan ... she also says she can out shoot any Texan,â€? said supporter Paul Rigor, as he introduced Jones. “I know with the current state of affairs in Washington DC we are going to need a lot of tough love ‌ you’re going to see she aims to make a difference in going to Washington DC.â€?

Jones claims to support the small business when she gets to Senate. She said she will fight for the federal government to attend their basic obligations then let small businesses do what they do best. “If Washington would just meet its basic federal operations in securing our border then get out of the way we wouldn’t be in the fix we are in,� Jones said. “Instead of focusing on how government can be more a part of our lives and our businesses every part of the day, Washington should concentrate on unshackling and unleashing the engine of innovation of ingenuity and job creation and that is letting businesses do what they do best, create jobs and prosperity and value and leave a leg for generation to come.�

Jones wants to focus on repairing the economy with small businesses and smaller government instead of thinking big as she claims President Obama is guilty of. “I say it’s time to think small and think smart ‌ smaller companies, smaller government that allows small companies to release the innovation of great ideas and entrepreneurship that is so rich in Texas from top to bottom and east to west,â€? Jones said. “Smaller government that doesn’t crush small businesses with small minded policies that only a soviet central minded planner could love. As Texas’s next United States senator, I’ll stand up for those small businesses and fight against burdens and regulations and demand that we repeal Obama care and small business killing regulations that go with it.â€?

Jones grew up in the oil industry and is very passionate about wanting America to be “energy secure.â€? She believes that independent oil and natural resource companies and energy exploration companies should be allowed to drill and discover energy for our country. She disagrees with President Obama’s plan to stop domestic drilling onshore. “President Obama is funding offshore drilling in Brazil, but he is putting the brakes on our own domestic companies to drill onshore,â€? Jones said. “These permits are not being let out in the deep gulf water ‌ and when Americans get hit with the price of this ‌ you are going to see firsthand how critical it is that we are allowed to develop our own natural resources and become energy secure ‌ there is nothing protecting from the power grab of the EPA ‌ If we can apply the Texas model to the rest of the country ‌ then think how truly energy secure this country could be.â€?

Other supporters agree with this as well. They want America to be energy secure and not rely so much on our enemies and terrorist countries for our oil and natural resources. “I think the biggest thing is energy security,� said attendee James Edge. “It’s absolutely imperative for so many reasons, economic, national security, being able to afford to fill up your tank. Many people forget that the beginnings of this recession started when gasoline hit $4 a gallon and it could happen again and if it does it will be absolutely devastating for every individual and business. You’ve got to have someone in office that understands energy, understands petroleum isn’t poison. Our economy thrives on energy and we have to be able to produce it or we have to go to terrorist nations and to our enemies in order to buy it. That puts us in a terrible position.�

Jones may have graduated from the University of Texas but she has a great respect for the community of Bryan-College Station. “The people, right here in this community, are the people that I want to support me, and I want to support this community,� Jones said. “I want to make decisions that benefit the people right here in this community.�

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Most people look at head coaching, but we showed that the problem starts before then, at the assistant coach and coordinator level.

Second, we see that the attributions sports information directors (SIDs) made were consistent with the dominant racial ideology in America, particularly within sports. That is, Whites were cast as smart and experienced, while African-Americans did not have these attributions, but instead, were cast as contributing because they could attract or oversee other African Americans. Put another way, Whites are depicted as contributing to the coaching staff because of their intellect, while such attributions are not made for AfricanAmericans.

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But, this is not the case. Across all major sports, both at the professional and collegiate level, the proportion of racial minority players far out-numbers the proportion of racial minority assistant coaches and head coaches. These differences are beyond what chance would predict, statistically speaking. So, there is something going on to cause this disconnect. Our research, both past studies and the one we are discussing here, suggest that prejudices and discrimination are largely to blame.

Q: I’ve read your study and noticed you offered some solutions to the problem you’ve uncovered. Could you comment more specifically on your suggestions? ◗ Related to the point above, we think that alerting SIDs of these findings could be very helpful. Further, research shows that diversity training, when properly formatted and designed, can be very effective in reducing the use of biased language.

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