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LaRouche committee takes stand against healthcare plan The LaRouche Political Action Committee set up a booth to demonstrate against President Barack Obama’s policies Thursday at Academic Plaza. The LaRouche PAC is in support of Lyndon LaRouche, a political activist and perennial presidential candidate since 1976. “Obama’s policies are in support of corporatism while he ran on a FDR-style platform of hope and change,” said PAC member Paul Mourino. ”[Obama] is image only, and he betrayed his purpose and image portrayed in the 2008 election.” The group says action when Obama is coming to Texas A&M is coincidental. In a time when most compare Obama’s policies to socialism, the LaRouche PAC had posters of Obama with a mustache resembling Adolf Hitler.

The organization is against Obama’s healthcare plan. “The people writing this policy are in support of reducing the population and they are doing this by preventing access to health care,” Mourino said. He supports universal health care, but said other problems like national debt must be confronted before America can fix issues like health care and the environment. The group will be protesting during Obama’s visit today.

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ven though President Barack Obama’s visit will draw protesters from throughout Texas, only a select few will actually attend the speech. While it is appropriate for Obama to honor the community service of 4,500 Daily Point of Light winners, the crowd following his appearance would appreciate words of reassurance from the president.

Obama’s visit to Texas offers him the opportunity to reach out to Republicans, and it is unfortunate that access to the leader of the country will be restricted. Approximately 600 invitations have been extended to Texas A&M students, faculty and staff.

Certainly Texas A&M has the reputation of a conservative University, but the president talks of uniting a country under our common goals. Reaching out to more citizens could draw some jeers, but pleasant sound bytes are not going to solve the nation’s problems.

Another speaking engagement in Texas would help show conservative critics the president was listening to their concerns as he addresses the health care and economic crisis.

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Protestors might end up louder and provide shock appeal see the president in person. Many will be drawn in by groups like the Young Conservatives of Texas to protest, but these people are not all the rabid egg-throwers shown on CNN. Radicals will always make an appearance at events, but the presence is largely used to ignore the average person, concerned enough with the state of the country to spend a Friday at a rally.

Fliers like the ones from LaRouche Political Action Committee that show a photo of Obama relaxing with Adolf Hitler are not a realistic representation of the largely conservative population of Texas A&M. Shock value may attract readers, but the pamphlets damage the university’s image as the president arrives. Many students may have conservative values, but

the perception of Obama is not so ridiculously distorted.

These images along with the YCT controversy unjustly condemn any Texas A&M audience as openly hostile. People of every political persuasion would balance out a larger event, and the conservatives in attendance would give the president the respect his office deserves.

Seeing the president speak in person is an opportunity few have, especially in these difficult economic times. Texans would travel to see the president, and while Obama is here this should be an opportunity to reach out to them.

Understandably, security details and logistical concerns could complicate lengthening the president’s visit. However, an effort should be made to speak with more citizens.

Already the excitement in Aggieland warrants Obama addressing the nation’s larger concerns.

National service may be the topic of the day, but the protestors who travel to College Station will steal the show. Until the president addresses the issues that have damaged America for years, expect the antics of disgruntled protestors to dominate coverage of the day.

Ian McPhail is a junior history major.

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n one night Mark Sterner’s future turned from graduation gowns to orange jumpsuits. Faced with three charges of manslaughter and his own critical injuries, Sterner’s fate stemmed from one decision, to drink and drive.

On Oct. 18 at 7 p.m. in Rudder Theater, Sterner will share his tale, and the lessons he learned from it, in a lecture titled “DUI: A Powerful Lesson.”

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Alcohol and Drug Education Programs, the event is open to everyone and admission is free.

“We thought this would be a really good opportunity to be able to educate a great amount of students all at once, to capture a large audience,” said Alcohol and Drug Education Programs assistant coordinator Anna Williams.

“I’m really hoping students will get that the choices they make while they are intoxicated can have some serious impacts on the

Chemistry Open House and Science Exploration Gallery Christina Francisco The Battalion In celebration of National Chemistry Week, the Texas A&M Chemistry Department will have their annual Chemistry Open House and Science Exploration Gallery Saturday. The event will kick off at 10 a.m. and includes opportunities to win door prizes, take home science goodie bags and watch a Chemistry Road Show performance.

Chemistry professor and First Year Chemistry Program Associate Director Wendy Keeney-Kennicut said she is happy about the opportunity to see science being celebrated.

“We’re excited to share our love of chemistry with the community,” Keeney-Kennicut said.

Senior chemistry lecturer and Chemistry Road Show coordinator Jim Pennington said Open House will be a chance for Aggies to learn and have fun doing it.

The Road Show performances,

which Pennington leads, feature wild and colorful demonstrations of chemistry and teach the importance off chemistry in everyday life.

“We hope that the kids who watch will go on in school and get excited about chemully istry,” he said. “Hopefully we can motivate them to do all the hard work it takes so they can relate it to the fun stuff.””

The Road Show iss also educational, asking participants to hypothesize what will happen in the experiment and make scientific observations. Pennington says it’s “entertaining for the young and educational for the older kids.”

Students are also getting involved this weekend. Senior chemistry major Hannah Werner will be helping out Saturday by giving tours of labs and the glass blowing shop, and

rest of their lives.”

Sterner’s story starts as five college friends enjoying spring break. Each night one had been assigned the designated driver until the final night, when it was decided the least drunk would drive home. Chosen for the task, Sterner got behind the wheel and the next morning woke up in the hospital with three of his friends dead.

See DUI on page 6

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also said Evan Andrews — THE BATTALION she hopes that kids will get excited about science.

“I hope every year that I’ve been involved that it gets the younger generation excited about chemistry,” Werner said. “Most professors I talk to have a distinct memory from when they were a kid of either a road show they saw, a teacher that showed them See Open House on page 6

Due to the presidential forum today, the venue for the 26th annual World Food Day Telecast has been relocated to KAMU, Studio M. The teleconference, presented by the Norman Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture is scheduled for 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday and will discuss topics of world obligation to help those in need of food.

‘We just decided that we should probably relocate because we figured that Rudder would be shut down for security reasons. The University didn’t tell us to do so, but we just decided to do it ourselves,” said Vince Partida, a representative for the Norman Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture.

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Kristen Heiss and Julia Wilkinson lead Aggie swim team Rachel Latham The Battalion They laugh. They cry. They listen to music and eat dinner with their roommates. On occasion they go out on the town, but they spend time going to class and studying like any other college student. They take long naps and can be seen walking around Texas A&M’s campus.

But what makes real estate graduate student Kristen Heiss from Casper, Wym., and senior communication major Julia Wilkinson from Stratford, Ontario, Canada, a little different from the rest of us?

It could that be they joke of starting a family band; Heiss playing the keyboard, Wilkinson and their third roommate senior Sarah Woods on the drums. It could be that they wake up at 5:30 a.m. and head to the pool. It could be that on top of about six hours either in the pool or at gym they are full-time students at A&M. Both girls are athletes on the A&M women’s swim team and have had their fair share of wins both nationally and internationally. Heiss competes in both backstroke and freestyle. Wilkinson competes in backstroke, freestyle and individual medley.

Heiss and Wilkinson, roommates and close friends, are ready to take on this year’s competition after shoulder injuries during the 2008-2009 season.

In 2008 both girls found out they had to have surgery on the same day.

“We both just sat on the landing of our upstairs and cried,” said Wilkinson. “We didn’t have to say anything, we both just understood each other.”

For the October surgery, both girls made matching red T-shirts, symbolizing being redshirted for the 2008-2009 season, that said

“friends don’t let friends have surgery alone” and wore them to their procedures, less than two hours apart.

“We did everything together from laying on the couch after surgery the first night because we couldn’t sleep in our beds because it hurt too much, to rehab and kicking,” Wilkinson said.

For the girls it was hard to sit on the sidelines and watch the team carry on, but with each other to depend on they made it through the recovery.

“Neither of us expected how hard it was,” Heiss said. “Coming in every morning and seeing the team practicing, and we were wearing our sling. Then we would just go get on the stationary bike. It is really hard to keep the motivation going.”

“People can say they understand and say they are supporting you, but until you’ve been in that situation I don’t think there is anyone on the team that understood how hard that was for both of us,” Heiss. said “She [Wilkinson] was like my lifeline.”

Heiss and Wilkinson recounted stories of their days with one arm. They mentioned how Woods had to help them with basic tasks like fixing their hair and opening jars. Though the girls can laugh about the whole experience now, there were many days when continuing as swimmers seemed like the worst option.

“I remember one time we were in her car, and this was a huge turning point for me because by December I was like I can’t do this,” Wilkinson said. “I told Kristen ‘I want to quit,’ and she looked at me and said ‘I want to quit too.’ And I think it was that moment that kept us from quitting because we knew that there was nothing wrong with us

for wanting to quit. We can both keep going.”

Both girls grew from time away from the pool. They said they developed a stronger friendship, deeper love for their sport and quicker kicks.

“Last year with the surgeries all they could do was kick,” said Head Coach Steve Bultman. “It was a bit of a blessing in disguise because both of their kicks got a whole lot better, and they came back a lot quicker. Then they both had great summers and lifetime best in international meets.”

Wilkinson said Heiss is a great team captain with the quiet leadership she provides. Heiss names Wilkinson the team motivator who can be heard singing when practice gets difficult.

“Kristen is a hard worker, and gets things done right away; she is one of the hardest workers on the team,” Bultman said.

“Julia is a little more outgoing, but she can step up,” Bultman added. “She is very versatile and can swim a lot of different things. She’s really good on relays and can really help us in a lot of places.”

Bultman recognized their individual talent, and their ability to lead and mentor a young team.

“Their work ethics, and just them taking the younger swimmers under their wings a little bit because they want the team to do well, and they are willing to go out of their way to work hard to be a good influence to help the younger swimmers and motivate the other ones,” Bultman said.

“It’s good to have them back.”

Their eyes sparkled as the girls talked with excitement about the coming season. Regardless of whether the family band works out, Heiss and Wilkinson are back and plan to swim harder than ever.

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Texas A&M travels to Kansas State looking to snap two-game skid Brad Cox The Battalion The Texas A&M football team will get another chance at a Big 12 win Saturday at Kansas State.

Since opening the season 3-0, the Aggies are on a two-game slide after losing to Arkansas at the annual Southwest Classic in Arlington and losing by five points to No. 16 Oklahoma State at home this past Saturday.

For Kansas State, there will be a familiar foe patrolling the sidelines.

Bill Snyder, the 70-year old head coach of the Wildcats who retired in 2005 and returned for 2009, was leading Kansas State when A&M won its only Big 12 Championship in 1998.

In that game, the Aggies knocked off the Wildcats in a double-overtime thriller, 36-33.

Both programs are a far cry from their powerhouse statuses of the 1990s. Both teams let aging coaches go and struggled as a result.

Kansas State suffered with Ron Prince’s 17-20 record and A&M failed to break into the national spotlight with Dennis Franchione’s 32-29.

Those days are behind both teams as the Wildcats rehired a legend and the Aggies are in their second year with Head Coach Mike Sherman.

“I remember watching Coach Snyder’s teams when I was in Green Bay,” Sherman said. “When we would go through draft meetings and whatnot, and throw his teams on, you’d see hard-nosed, tough players. The same is true right now.”

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Texas A&M (3-2, 0-1) at Kansas State (3-3, 1-1) Snyder Family Stadium Manhattan, KS Saturday, 6 p.m.

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Wildcats are 3-3 with a Big 12 win at Iowa State but are coming off a 66-14 loss at Texas Tech.

Tech has been successful through the air against Kansas State, which should bode well for A&M and the No. 9 passing offense in the nation.

Aggie junior quarterback Jerrod Johnson has been the catalyst of the A&M offense. The dual threat quarterback is ranked No. 3 nationally in total offensive production and has been successful in both wins and losses.

“He presents a lot of challenges for us,” Snyder said. “He is putting up some very good numbers, both through the air and on the ground. He is a very dangerous player in both of those aspects.”

The Kansas State pass defense is near the middle of the pack both nationally and in conference, but its numbers ballooned after giving up 554 passing yards to Tech. Before that game the Wildcat defense was averaging 152.6 passing yards per game.

The meeting will be the Aggies’ first official road game of 2009. Though A&M was the designated road team at the Southwest Classic, it was at a neutral site and the crowd was evenly split.

To prepare the young team for a hostile environment, Sherman said the Aggies have been practicing with artificial crowd noise.

“It’s just one of those things that comes with playing in the Big 12,” Johnson said. “Everyone has a nice home-field advantage. Football’s a big thing in our conference and no matter where we go, we’re going to have a hostile environment.”

Staff Predictions T.D. Durham: 38-20 A&M David Harris: 42-20 A&M Logan West: 35-27 KSU Jill Beathard: 35-17 A&M Calli Turner: 36-14 A&M Michael Teague: 41-24 A&M Micah Stephens: 34-21 A&M Matt Woolbright: 48-17 A&M Amanda Casanova: 35-27 A&M

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At 6:18 p.m. a motorcycle and Toyota 4Runner collided near Red Lobster on University Drive, according to a College Station Police Department news release. The motorcycle hit the back of the 4Runner when motorcyclist Travis Higginbotham from Navasota lost control of the throttle, police said. Higginbotham was not wearing a helmet when the accident occurred. He was taken to St. Joseph Regional Health Center where he is listed in stable condition. The occupants of the 4Runner were uninjured.

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The presentation includes a videotape the friends had made of their spring break, all the way up to minutes before the crash, to demonstrate the reality of consequences to impaired driving.

New Student Programs assistant coordinator Meredith Malnar believes there is something to be learned from his message.

“I think it is a pretty powerful message for students to hear the consequences of some of the choices that we make,” Malnar said.

And these poor choices have continued to be made in College Station.

The total number of alcohol related accidents in College Station during 2008 reached 104, with 58 so far in 2009.

The number of Driving While Intoxicated arrests last year totaled 394, with 70 Driving Under the Influence arrests.

This year, 277 DWI arrests and 40 DUI have been reported.

“It will be impactful because there will be a lot of people who will see themselves in this speaker. And not necessarily to the extreme, but I think there is going to be lots of students who may have done what he did but didn’t have the same consequences,” Williams said.

Williams is hoping students will be able to connect with Sterner’s story and think twice about decisions in the future after they have seen what can happen, she said.

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Senior radiological health engineering major Maria Catanach will help out by setting up a booth on nuclear energy and radiation.

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Plus, you are taking the chance every time you get behind the car when you have been drinking of hurting somebody or killing somebody.”

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story confronts students with their own choices about driving while impaired so they will start thinking about alternatives.

Some of those alternatives, College Station police officer Rhonda Seaton said, are planning in advance, designating a driver and taking turns being the designated driver.

“If students find that they have not planned ahead, don’t drive. Use CARPOOL, call a taxi and call a tow truck company to tow their vehicle home.

You may not want to have that expense, but it is a lot cheaper than a DUI or DWI on your record,” Seaton said. “Plus, you are taking the chance every time you get behind the car when you have been drinking of hurting somebody or killing somebody.”

Seaton said it’s important for students to educate themselves about the consequences of drunk driving.

“It can follow you for the rest of your life,” Seaton said.

ach said. “We use these props to help educate people on the peaceful uses of radiation such as food irradiation, nuclear energy production, and industrial sterilization. Most importantly, we talk to people about their fears concerning nuclear and clear up any myths regarding nuclear topics.”

Aside from the education about nuclear things, Catanach is also excited to “give away lots of goodies”.

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