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No. 19 Texas A&M men’s basketball team won its first exhibition game of the 2011-12 season Thursday, drumming Dallas Baptist University 91-55 at Reed Arena. The No. 6 Aggie women play their first exhibition game at 2 p.m.

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campus news Lone Star Showdown tickets Ticket pull for the final A&M-Texas football game until at least 2018 begins Monday with seniors and graduate students. Juniors, sophomores and freshmen can pull tickets on normal days later in the week. The game is played on Thanksgiving, which is Nov. 24.

Ticket pull begins Nov. 14 for the only other remaining home game against Kansas on Nov. 18.

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Activists carrying signs stop at University Drive-Texas Avenue intersection during the Occupy Bryan-College Station rally Thursday.

Demanding change Occupy protestors bring Wall Street message to B-CS Barrett House The Battalion Students and community members gathered to march in solidarity with their brothers and sisters across the country and globe as Occupy Bryan-College Station took its first steps toward joining the Occupy movement.

Starting in Academic Plaza around 4 p.m., approximately 40 “occupiers” marched through campus to University Drive, where they proceeded to the Bank of America at the corner of University and Texas Avenue.

From the sidewalk, the group waved signs to passing traffic and chanted to anybody who could hear.

Participants shouted “Banks got bailed out!

We got sold out!” and “Bankers go to jail!” while passing motorists honked in approval or countered with unpleasant comments.

Some cars honked Hullabaloo, to which the group responded with a loud and enthusiastic “whoop.”

Senior American studies major Mac Allen said he was standing against corporate corruption and those responsible for it.

“There’s people not being held accountable for fraudulent loans and look what they did to the world,” Allen said, referring to “the banking elite, the political elite, the people who have the political and social power that can manipulate decisions, the people with See Occupy on page 5

A protester holds a sign for passing motorists Thursday on University Drive.

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Junior libero and outside hitter Tori Mellinger received the honor of A&M’s Best Defensive Player in 2010.

The Battalion While switching positions is a common occurrence in the beginning of an athlete’s training, it is not typical for collegiate athletes to experience such a drastic change of retooling what they have learned their entire lives.

For A&M junior Tori Mellinger, this season has been an exciting one with new challenges and experiences that come with being an outside hitter at the college level.

The Dallas native began her competitive volleyball career in the sixth grade because her older sister was starting to play on the club scene. The rest is history, as Mellinger is now nearing the end of her junior year playing at Texas A&M. The 5’10” athlete played outside hitter all four years at Lake Highlands High School and received recognition as one of the most talented players in the state. In her senior year, Mellinger

was named Most Valuable Player of her district and an All-American by PrepVolleyball.com.

In her last five years, Mellinger’s club team finished in the top 10, finishing second in a championship match in 2008. Mellinger was named to the All-Tournament team that year, marking one of the biggest accomplishments of her life. She was also named to the 2008 AllAmerican University tournament team.

When deciding where she would take her talent after high school, the choice came down to where she would be able to play volleyball and experience the best college life. That made it simple for Mellinger to pick A&M. “I’m a third-generation Aggie and really wanted to play at such a high level,” Mellinger said. “I was able to go to the school of my choice and play the sport I love, so it worked out really well. To be an athlete here is so cool because when I am playing and see the Twelfth See Mellinger on page 5

A&M looks to rebound against No. 7 OU Austin Meek The Battalion Head coach Mike Sherman said Saturday’s matchup against No. 7 Oklahoma provides Texas A&M with the platform it needs to vault back into national prominence. After three losses this season, a rebound in Norman would restore the team’s confidence and set it on a winning trajectory for the four remaining games.

“As disappointing as it was to lose the ball game and as frustrating as it is, the true measure of a team is your ability to bounce back and rise above it all,” Sherman said. “It’s easy to lay down on that mat. I tell them all the time it’s not easy to play football. Football is a game of one-on-one matchups, and 11 guys winning their matchups.”

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“Our ability to win our matchups in the upcoming game is going to be huge.

Oklahoma bounced back against a very good Kansas State team, and our ability to bounce back is a true measure of who we are.”

Last year’s doldrums — consecutive losses to Oklahoma State, Arkansas and Missouri — look eerily similar to this year’s script. But after an embarrassing 30-9 home loss to the Tigers last season, senior quarterback Ryan Tannehill led the team to six straight wins and a bowl berth. It’s a replicable feat, said Tannehill, if the team can withstand scrutiny and find the strength within themselves to finish football games.

“We have the type of guys on this team that can do it, the type of players that are capable of making plays,” Tannehill said.

“Does that mean that’s how it’s going to happen? No. It’s up to us and how we respond. I’m going to do everything in my power to get this team ready to play. I think the guys will respond and be ready to play on Saturday.”

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One request, for the “leadership development� fund approved by the Student Senate on Oct. 5, will send two-to-three SGA members to a leadership conference of their choice. “Leadership development has been a line item on the budget templates in the past, but has not been utilized as it was this year,� said Tim Sweeney, associate director of Student Activities.

There was some concern regarding the $110.45 allocated to this fund according to Oliver Chen, member of the appropriations committee and senior engineering major. “The initial resistance to the concept was that sending two or three people to a conference wouldn’t benefit all Aggies,�

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The appropriations committee disagreed. Sweeney said the committee believes leadership development will

cause the committees to work more effectively. “When a committee or branch can be run better, then the student body will be affected directly,� Sweeney said. “Through better programming of events, more advertising or a more unified Student Government Association, these funds will help produce better leaders university wide.�

Chen said the leadership conferences would benefit students. “Yes, not every Aggie will be able to attend the conferences with the funds allocated, but we are confident that the leaders that are sent will have the opportunity to establish a vision that will significantly impact Texas A&M University,� Chen said.

These budget excesses with SGA requests are not uncommon. Each year the appropriations committee receives requests that include advertising, room reservation, supplies, and more often exceeding the $50,000 budget.

To determine which requests to approve, the members of the appropriations committee discuss the overall benefit of the request to the student body. “The No. 1 rule of the appropriations

committee is to ask the question, ‘Will this benefit all Aggie students?’� Chen said.

Committees will also submit requests that they do not always expect to be granted. “At times, they may have ‘it was worth a shot’ items; requests that they expect to be denied, but will they feel that it ‘wouldn’t hurt to ask,’� Chen said.

The appropriations committee holds several meetings with each committee regarding their requests. “The whole committee then deliberates line-by-line each item requested, assembles a funding bill for review and submits the bill for a vote of the whole student senate,� Sweeney said. “The senate deliberates on the bill and then votes on the whole proposal.�

The goal of this process is to effectively deliberate each request so that they can benefit the student body as a whole. “Texas A&M University has a vision, the Student Government Association has a vision, and we want the leaders of our Aggie organizations to establish a vision that they can share with their organization,� Chen said.

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Advanced Micro Devices cuts 1,400 workers SAN FRANCISCO — Advanced Micro Devices Inc. is cutting some 1,400 workers as a weak computer market and manufacturing delays have hurt the world’s second-biggest maker of microprocessors for PCs. The layoffs announced Thursday amount to about 12 percent of the company’s 12,000 workers and are the first big move by AMD’s new CEO, Rory Read, who was hired from Lenovo Group in August.

AMD is struggling with an industrywide problem: weak PC sales growth, particularly in the U.S. and Europe, which has been anemic because of the economy and competition from smartphones and tablets.

Although PC shipments continue to grow, the pace is slowing sharply. Shipments of PCs rose in the third quarter but at a more sluggish pace than market research firms IDC and Gartner Inc. expected. That has raised concerns about

the strength of the market going in to the holiday shopping season.

Most of AMD’s business comes from PCs, and it doesn’t have a meaningful presence in smartphones and tablets.

Read’s job in large part is to help devise a strategy for AMD to penetrate those new computing markets where it and rival Intel Corp. have been largely absent.

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Agriculture deserves respect Amy Dromgoole: People think the meat industry is still in the dark ages

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ou have probably heard the statement, “If you’re not naked or hungry, you’re involved in agriculture.” If not, I’m glad you are reading this.

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If those facts haven’t convinced you yet of the value of agriculture, don’t forget that science has transformed the production of food and fiber in America to nothing short of a miracle.

Food security has historically been a problem in many countries, but modern agriculture in the U.S. allows for the safe, quick production of high-yield food products that decrease world hunger and affordably supply our own supermarkets.

The food industry aside, there is a greater issue facing the agriculture industry: the general public is misinformed. This is not due to an ignorant society, but to an overload of misleading information circulated via Facebook, Twitter, newspapers, the Internet, television and more.

Students at A&M have a great resource in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences if they have questions about the agriculture industries, and should take advantage.

I encourage each one of you to stop and talk to someone who is involved in agriculture as we continue to lead America to food security with a safe, affordable and sustainable food supply.

Who knows, maybe they’ll even buy you a hamburger for lunch.

Amy Dromgoole is an agricultural leadership, education and communications graduate student.

From Hollie Boggess, freshman English major

From Emily Stefano, senior psychology major This is in response to the Oct. 28 guest column “How much I learned about not learning anything.” The comment that strikes a nerve for me is “before A&M leadership can expect us to take responsibility for pursing academic excellence, they must first tell us why it is important to be here.” The column claims that many students learn no practical or useful skills from their educations at A&M. Well in my opinion, that is on the student. It is up to YOU to put in the effort and to actually learn something worthwhile during your 4+ years at this university. One cannot simply spend their time at A&M unengaged, just waiting for someone ELSE to show you what is important and what is worthwhile. I agree we are subjected to numerous things in class that are a colossal waste of time, but there are enough resources here for us to get the great education and support system we will need once we head out into the real world. It is simply up to YOU to actually apply yourself (rather than

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I am disgusted with the 40 Days for Life campaign. The decision to have an abortion is a personal and very emotional one. The last thing these women need is a nosy bunch of religious nuts shoving their beliefs and opinions down their throats. The people trying to stop the abortions are not the ones who have to raise, feed, and provide for the child in question. “Give it up for adoption” they say, but they need to get their facts straight. The foster system is a mess and a complete nightmare for the many children in it. 40 Days for Life campaigners need to back off and stay out of people’s personal decisions.

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I was disturbed after reading the opinion blog “Meat and greet” on The Battalion’s website last month regarding the meat industry and the harm it causes to human health — as were many fellow agriculture students and faculty. Not only did the blog host multitudes of misinformation, but the basis of the blog (which stated that grain-fed beef was unhealthy and unsafe) was negatively based upon Upton Sinclair’s, The Jungle — a book that does not depict today’s practices (as the blog author states) but actually ancient practices that have evolved with food safety in this country.

Thankfully, I attend a world famous research institute in terms of meat science and agriculture and have brilliant scientists to help set the story straight about the meat industry and agriculture as a whole.

Ron Gill, livestock specialist and Texas AgriLife Extension associate department head, offers valuable information on this topic.

There is no evidence, he said, to suggest there are any health benefits in grass-fed beef. Although there are differences in Omega 3 and 6 levels, there is not enough in either grass-fed or conventional beef to contribute to significant health benefits.

In fact, research has shown that conventional beef leaves a smaller carbon footprint than grass-fed beef because the number of acres is larger and the time to produce is longer for grass-fed than an equal amount of conventional beef.

Nonetheless, there is a place in the beef industry for both types of product, and there is no reason that one has to be chosen at the expense of the other.

It is important for the public to know that agriculture contributes to the betterment of society.

Agriculture is not a big-business, money-making industry that simply feeds Americans unhealthy food and expends state resources. In reality, farmers and ranchers preserve our land, because it’s their livelihood to preserve their environmental resources. Historically, they could even be considered some of the first environmentalists — going green before going green was cool.

Farms and ranches also feed the American people because science has allowed them to produce high-yield and efficient products that have more than $100 billion of economic impact, and contribute to one out of seven jobs in the U.S.

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From Christian Gerbich, junior environmental engineering major Regarding the “Debunking hipsters” article (Nov. 3), I used to be a hipster before it was cool. I hate it when things I like become mainstream.

From Ramakanth Sai Josyula, industrial engineering graduate student getting by with the “least amount of studying” and effort). It is a competitive world out there; no one is going to hand you anything – this isn’t kindergarten.

From Jackson Allen, junior political science major The Oct. 28 guest column, “How much I learned about not learning anything,” seems to imply that a previously unheard mass of students are deeply unsatisfied with their education. This is not the case. Let me be clear: if you are not happy with your education, then the only one you can blame is yourself. That statement that a history student doesn’t learn “a single thing, other than a handful of very interesting facts” in four years is patently offensive, and reduces a whole field of academia to mere facts.

This attitude about an academic career at this school is rampant with blame for everyone except for the student him- or herself. Students should realize, though, that in college the onus of benefitting from your education is on you. The professors cannot make you achieve academic excellence, only you can. So please, don’t blame the system for your own failure, but rather seek to reform your own skewed view of education.

Education is what you make of it and you cannot make anything out of four years of useless facts.

This was the best team we had lined up in years and we now stand 5-3 with 3 games left. All is not lost though, as disappointing as it is to lose, as a true 12th Man I will continue to support the team and look for an upset next week and then hope we go out and win the rest of the games. Expecting too much?

Look at the team, look at the coach and tell me why I should not. Let’s forget the losses, they happened and cannot be changed. Let’s not leave the team now when it needs us the most. As disappointing as it is for us, trying to know how it would feel like to be in their shoes is a scary thought. Let’s get behind this Aggie team and show all support needed to make them realize their potential and also show the SEC who they are running into next year.

Gig’em.

From Gerald Rolf, Class of 1952 It is premature to be talking of a new or rebuilt Kyle Field. We should wait five years to see if we can be competitive in SEC football. Kyle Field seats more than 80,000 and if we can do no better than we are now, seating more than 60,000 will be problematic. To-date, second half performance is poor, and we do not make good halftime adjustments. It will be a very disappointing 7-5 season at best, but I will still be pulling for the Ags for the years remaining.

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his applies to every person of color.

I’m a European-American ... er, I mean Italian-American ... wait, what am I? Oh yeah....

Answer this: what’s the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the words African-American? Don’t say it yet, please. Think about your answer and hold onto it until I finish.

Just the other day I was asked the same question you’re thinking about. I was in global social justice leadership class, and Dr. Gary Wingenbach asked the class to blurt out whatever came to mind. “Just say something,” he said.

Go figure. Those who answered, including myself, said black. That got me thinking.

For fun I ponder why certain words mean what they do. I love words and therefore love language. Through language we can change the world — that’s what I believe. Yet two words I dislike, and frankly find irritable, are African-American. Notice I said words, not people.

From those two words stem the very problem causing circuital racial issues: word association has divided America into black and white, and we can do something simple to combat modern day inequality.

Rearrange African-American to American-African and you have a more precise definition of peoples.

Stay with me. Of those who are African-American, how many are actually from Africa?

Before you throw the paper away and prepare your comments to the editor in chief, I ask you to keep reading.

At first glance I’m your typical white boy. I was born in California, raised in Alaska and Colorado and all over this country. My family and I are tight and we support one another. If you get to know me, and I hope you do, you realize my grandparents are Italian, their parents were too, and so on. My family comes from Naples, Italy, in case you wondered, and my relatives still live there. In fact, it’s perfectly legit if I walk around saying I’m Italian-American.

But I don’t do that because: 1) I’ve never been to Italy, and 2) I was born in America. I’m proud to say I’m singularly American.

To complicate things, technically I’m EuropeanAmerican, too. However, to reiterate, since I’ve never been to Europe and because I was born in America ... well, you know what I’m going to say.

To change how people think about color or race — or whatever divides black from white, brown from yellow, and twice vice versa — let’s switch up the language used to describe our existence. Language is a living thing that evolves and creates new ideas for which we can use to build a better society. Instead of claiming heritage that existed, let’s embrace heritage that exists. You’re American? Cool, me too.

Now you’re ready to answer my question — but wait! Before you say black, think about this: I’m positive white people live in Africa, too.

Anthony Pannone is an agricultural leadership, education and communications graduate student

From Brady Grimes, senior horticulture and renewable natural resources major Regarding the Oct. 26 opinion column, “The Aggie Green Fund: Con,” the Aggie Green Fund was crafted with the idea that this dynamic and intelligent student body deserves the power and opportunity to craft solutions to reduce waste and live healthier, environmentally responsible lives. The student organic farm, Howdy! Farm, is a project that represents very real environmental, economic and social benefits for the A&M campus. Howdy! Farm has delivered thousands of pounds of freshly-harvested food to on-campus facilities, facilitated four research projects and connected hundreds of students with their first agricultural experience. The Howdy! Farm has teamed with University Dining to find ways to maximize its utility and ensure that students are exposed to nutrientdense, unique produce that has a .25 food mile and has the ripening time to taste like it should.

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The organizers of the event felt that the march was successful.

“I’ve heard so many people say that out of this they’ve really been forced to question what they think about issues of economic justice and they’ve done a lot of research that they wouldn’t have done otherwise,” Montgomery said. “So I think that alone has been mission accomplished.”

Paul Adamski, junior philosophy major and another organizer, was surprised at the turnout and pleased with the group’s behavior.

“When we first started, we thought 20 people coming out would be great,” Adamski said.

“Nothing bad happened and nobody got out of line. Everybody followed the rules.”

During a general assembly, the group decided to look into possibilities for occupying a B-CS location, but stopped short of designating a location. Montgomery remains optimistic for what the future holds.

“This isn’t an area known for political activism, but I think it would be great to change that,” Montgomery said. “I feel like now we’re together and now we can collectively look at what we want to do.”

Four students who opposed the movement came to the bank march dressed in suits and smoking cigars. They used a portable speaker to play Todd Rundgren’s “Bang the Drum All Day,” and held a sign reading, “Occupy a Job.” At one point during the general assembly, the four handed out job applications for Panda Express to the “hippies who need to take showers.”

When asked who they were, they offered only a simple response.

“We are your opposition.”

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the money who influence the vote.”

Among the varied reasons for being involved, some protestors said it’s important to educate others about the movement.

“We just want to educate the public to bring about change somehow,” said Devon Rubio, junior fire science technology major at Blinn College.

The Occupy movement started in New York’s Wall Street financial district, where protestors “occupied” Zuccotti Park. They call themselves “the 99 percent,” and demand changes in corporate greed and the incongruous wealth distribution in the U.S. Since its creation, the movement has spread to more than 100 U.S. cities and 82 countries.

One of the organizers of the bank march, junior mechanical engineering major Justin Montgomery, said the march isn’t an attempt to occupy any locations, but instead to show support.

“It wouldn’t be effective for us to [occupy], it wouldn’t have any benefit,” Montgomery said. “We’re doing this to show our support for what’s going on elsewhere, and also for all these people to have an outlet to voice their opinions.”

The group moved peacefully, with police ensuring its safety as it crossed major intersections. A police officer observing the group said the main priority was that the group stayed safe, kept off of private property and avoided blocking sidewalks or roads.

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A&M junior Tori Mellinger returns a ball in a game this season against Kansas. normally think about taking.

She is so smart on the court and it is cool to see her be able to show that side of her game more and more.”

Like any athlete, Mellinger has had her struggles and her triumphs on the floor, but her versatility allows her to stay involved; even if she is having an off-night in hitting,she can simply change her jersey and step back in as the libero.

“On a good day it is fun playing outside and actually scoring points because you never get that opportunity as the libero,” Mellinger said.

“I like being able to have the

opportunity, but I love playing libero, so if I am more helpful there then that is what I will play.”

As a member of the Texas A&M Volleyball team, Mellinger has gotten to spend her college days playing the sport she loves on a team that is incredibly close — both on and off the court.

“I think it is really cool that we’re all so close,” Mellinger said. “Everyone on our team is really close and we are all really good friends, so I think it really helps our team’s chemistry on the court that we love each other off the court.”

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Coming into Aggieland as a walk-on, Mellinger was told that she would probably be on the back row for a while because senior hitters Sarah Ammerman and Mary Batis occupied the outside hitter positions. While those were not her exact plans, she began training for libero and developed into one of the best defensive players in an A&M uniform.

“I think when she was a freshman she definitely proved she needed to be in the libero position with her accuracy on passing and her great defensive play,” said head coach Laurie Corbelli. “After her freshman season she had established herself as one of the best liberos out there.”

In a sport where it is the norm for players to be at least six-feet-tall, Mellinger can appear much shorter on the court in comparison. However, Corbelli said what Mellinger lacks in size, she more than makes up for in court awareness.

“It can’t just be about power for her because her size is smaller than most outside hitters,” Corbelli said. “It is all about what is available to her and how she can exploit that.”

This season, Mellinger has established herself as one of the starting outside hitters. She is hitting .174 on the season and averages 1.78 kills per set.

While her blocking is a little low at 0.29 per game, Mellinger makes up for it with her defensive help of 2.78 digs per set.

“I was concerned about blocking the first couple of seasons [Mellinger] was here,” Corbelli said. “I wasn’t sure if our defense behind her was good enough, and I knew that she is not necessarily going to go out there and get huge blocking numbers. Her defense on the court, however, makes up for that in a big way.”

While Mellinger was comfortable with the outside hitter position after playing it for so long, she realized that positions in college are very different from what she was accustomed to in high school.

“I had not done it competitively in the past two or three years, so now it’s just a matter of getting back into it in a faster game,” Mellinger said of hitting at the collegiate level.

“Everything is a lot faster in college, and I kind of missed out on experiencing that in my first two years.”

Her teammates have been impressed by the way she has evolved to one of the stronger hitters on the team.

“Tori has changed and throughout the season already she has gotten a lot more confident with her role,” senior utility player Elise Hendrickson said. “She has always been really good about seeing the court and taking shots you wouldn’t

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