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inside campus | 2 Creative outlet The photography of the 12 student winners of the Aggie Frame of Mind Contest was displayed in the MSC on Friday. The new competition — with an aim to provide an outlet for art — occurs once a semester.

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Senior catcher Meagan May has recorded three home runs and eight RBIs through 10 games.

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housing | 6 On the rise The corner of Wellborn road and Church Street will soon be the site of a construction project for highrise apartments, causing the demolition of the historic structure of Café Eccell to accommodate increased enrollment of Texas A&M.

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Student senator and junior political science major Cary Cheshire filed suit in SGA’s Judicial Court on Wednesday, Feb. 15 alleging that election commissioner and senior biomedical sciences major, Allison Krenzien, had overstepped her bounds in regards to candidates changing caucuses — in reference to an email Krenzien sent to candidates the day before. The A&M Judicial Court decided that the Election Commissioner did not overstep the prerogative that comes with her office, as there are no regulations around her action.

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Senior pitcher Mel Dumezich tossed seven shutout innings in a 1-0 win Friday, striking out seven Tar Heel players.

Five-win weekend pushes A&M softball to best start in five years Drew Chambers

The Battalion hen Emily Albus stepped to the plate to lead off on Sunday, Texas A&M softball was coming off its fourth win in two days and eighth win in eight days. Fatigue was a concern. Eleven pitches later, Albus drew a walk and the Aggies’ blistering start rolled on. Albus took tournament MVP honors and the No.

10 Texas A&M softball team won all five of its games at the Aggie Classic during the weekend, beating No. 23 North Carolina and Pittsburgh twice each and Stephen F. Austin once. The 10-0 A&M start is the program’s best since 2007, when it started 12-0. A&M put the run rule in effect at least once for the second weekend in a row as it beat SFA in only five innings

on Sunday, 9-0. During the weekend the Aggies out-scored their opponents 29-9. However, A&M had to fight from behind for the first time this year and overcame three early deficits. Head coach Jo Evans said they struggled on defense but this is a good team after coming back twice Saturday. “Coming back twice today shows we have a lot of fight in our team,” Evans said. “We

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A&M dean witnesses crisis on cruise ship Camryn Ford

The Battalion urious on the first day, stranded by the second, and wading through floors pooled with gray water by the third, the high spirits with which passengers set out on the Carnival Cruise ship, Triumph, flowed overboard as they awaited the sight of land for days. Kim Dooley, associate dean for academic operations for the College of Agriculture

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Passengers on the Carnival Cruise ship, Triumph, construct a “tent city” to escape the heat after the ship was disabled and stranded.

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and Life Sciences, was among the passengers. “This was only my second cruise,” Dooley said. “It was my husband’s birthday. We were having a blast and it was a great experience, but that changed quickly once the engine caught on fire.” The ship departed Feb. 7 and was disabled after an engine room fire. Tug boats pulled Triumph to Mobile, Ala., docking late Feb. 14. See Cruise on page 4

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Freshman kinesiology major Blake McKenna stares at his phone over dinner with sophomore sports management major Lauren Cummings.

Technology puts new spin on romance, redefines dating Lauren Masters

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need to do a better job defensively. I always feel like it’s the sign of a good team that you can not play your best and still win.” Last weekend, junior first baseman Nicole Morgan led the way with four home runs in four games and added a grand slam Sunday. This week, however, Albus — lead-off hitter and outfielder — paced the team with two doubles, three RBIs and four runs along with a perfect 5-5 mark on stolen base attempts. Ryan Lenamon, senior management major, said the way that different players have

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Organizations, current students and colleges at Texas A&M had the opportunity to reach out to prospective students and their parents during the festivities of Aggieland Saturday.

The No. 24 A&M baseball team dropped its first game of the season to UIC, but battled back on Saturday and Sunday to win the series 2-1.

stepped up at different times is part of the reason for the hot start. “There’s just not a way to stop them,” Lenamon said. “Their bats all the way through the lineup can hurt you at any given time. It’s fun to watch.” Texas A&M took seven of the 11 spots on the All-Tournament team and hit .356 as a team with 15 extra base hits. Evans said Sunday’s game against SFA was their best game of the weekend against a good team. “We came out today and separated ourselves from the pack, and that’s something we had talked about needing to happen,” Evans said. “Putting pressure on their pitchers and pressure on their defense all day, I love to see that. We’re hitting through the order and putting a lot of runs on the

replacing words with emojis and awkwardness with apps. It’s hard to pinpoint the exact cause of this generation’s evolving dating habits, but with advancing technology and social media, increased usage of phones and computers are often assumed to be the main culprit. Brian Altenhofen, communication doctoral student, interactions are becoming less personal in the modern See Dating on page 5

adjustments. We’ve got to be able to take coaching better and take accountability better out there on the court because we are going to play a fired up Kentucky team who is going to try to win the SEC just like we are. We’ve got to quit turning the ball over against pressure,

and that’s what Kentucky did against us.” The Aggies are tied for first place in the SEC right now and have an imposing 10-1 conference record. With a 10-2 conference record, good

o team in the SEC has come within seven points of the A&M women’s basketball team since Jan. 10 — eight teams up, eight down. On Monday, See Basketball on page 3 the last team to beat head coach Gary Blair’s Aggies will enter Reed Arena to put the winning streak to the test. The No. 11 Texas A&M women’s basketball team lengthened its win streak to eight games with Thursday’s win over Florida and will face No. 7 Kentucky at 6 p.m. on Monday. Earlier in the season, the Aggies fell to Kentucky 6562 on its home court — the last A&M loss before the current eight-game win streak. Monday, the Aggies will face Kentucky in Reed Arena, hoping to produce a different outcome. Blair said they have to get their attitudes right going into the Kentucky game and can’t turn the ball over under pressure. Jade Bedell — THE BATTALION “I’m going to focus on Kentucky,” Blair said. “But Senior forward Kristi Bellock muscles to the basket I’m going to correct some during her 13-point, eight-rebound performance in a mistakes and some attitude win over Florida.

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he 12 winners of the Aggie Frame of Mind Contest had their artwork unveiled Friday in the Memorial Student Center. The contest — put on once a semester — offered students a chance to submit work and awarded the winners by putting their photography on display in the MSC. “We wanted the students of A&M to be able to display their creativity in a prominent way,” said Jessie Ayers, education executive of the visual arts committee and junior visualization major. “[The] VAC’s mission is to bring art to the campus. We wanted an outlet for students to showcase their work other than our annual Art Fest competition.” The Aggie Frame of Mind competition is a new VAC program and was inspired by a similar program at The University of Texas at Austin. Every semester, the photos are rotated and the contest begins anew with a different theme for contestants to capture. Tanner Hladek, senior visualization major, had two works displayed in the gallery that received first and fourth places, respectively. “I kind of just like to take pictures to create a beautiful image,” Hladek said. “I’m not necessarily all about having a specific message behind it. I really just enjoy making something that somebody will look at and just feel something.” The two works Hladek entered, “Aquatic” and “Hydration,” reflect this semester’s theme of vibrancy. The photos were judged on a number of criteria including composition, creativity, aesthetics and technical use of the camera. Contestants also submitted a writer’s statement to give insight into the inspi-

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Competition winners (from left): Annabelle Aymond, Tanner Hladek, Elizabeth Reza, Elena Robideau (standing in for Jake Ruesink), and Jayavel Arumugam are presented certificates for their winning photos in the Aggie Frame of Mind photo competition. ration or meaning for their piece. Some believe that the contest helps foster an artistic environment that the A&M campus is not well known for. “We promote our own campus,” said Danika Ostrowski, chairwoman of the visual arts committee and sophomore visualization major. “A&M is not necessarily known for having a huge art scene and having a lot of outlets for art, so we try to connect students to art and give them opportunities to be able to show their art.” Jake Ruesink, senior university studies major, placed third for his piece, “Green Side of the Quad,” which was taken Sept. 11, 2012, on Kyle Field when the flags were at half-staff in remembrance of the 2001 terrorist attacks. “I wanted to pick something that represented A&M and our culture,” Ruesink said. “I figured taking a picture from Kyle Field and doing one on cam-

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A&M recovers for 2-1 series win Baseball team loses opener, bags two straight to cap first weekend at home James Sullivan

composure today,â€? Childress said. â€œWe were able to come through and get a big hit. Illinois-Chicago ith two outs in the ninth inning and the ty- kept fighting, scratching and clawing to get back in ing run threatening from third base, junior it. We were able to finish the game off. I was proud reliever Jason Jester put an exclamation point on that we found a way to come away with a win.â€? Saturdayâ€™s offensive prowess bled into Sunday as his college debut by striking out the University of A&M kicked off the series-deciding game with a Illinoisâ€“Chicago Flames first baseman Alex Grunenthree-run first inning. With leadoff hitters Reynwald, sealing the Aggiesâ€™ 4-3 victory. The strikeout not only clinched the Aggiesâ€™ first olds, Bratsen and Mengden loading the bases, junior win of the young 2013 season but also recouped a catcher Troy Stein notched an RBI single to put the tough 2-0 opening day loss at the hands of the Flames Aggies on the board. Lankford followed with a groundball to shorton Friday night. The remainder of the No. 24 Agstop, scoring Bratsen before freshman Jonathan giesâ€™ weekend went smoothly, Moroney plated Stein with an however, as they closed out RBI single, increasing A&Mâ€™s the three-game series with a lead to 3-1. 5-1 decision on Sunday for a The Aggies added two more 2-1 series win. scores during the fourth behind â€œIt was amazing to finally an RBI triple and single by get out here and give back to Statum and Reynolds, respeceverybody what theyâ€™ve been tively. A&M relief pitching giving to me,â€? Jester said folâ€” which featured four college lowing Saturdayâ€™s win. â€œItâ€™s debuts during the matchup â€” very humbling to be able to allowed only one hit following come out here and put this jerjunior starter Rafael Pineda (1sey on. There were definitely 0) giving up seven throughout some nerves. This whole exhis six innings. perience is a blessing.â€? â€œWe know a lot more about After a slow day offensively our team than we did on Frion Friday, the Aggies surged day,â€? Childress said after Sunduring the fifth inning of Satdayâ€™s win. â€œOur pitching held urdayâ€™s matchup. Junior outup for us. Pineda had a great fielder Jace Statum drew first start. We had some young blood, driving in sophomore guys come out of the bullpen Cole Lankford off a shallow that did a really nice job. I was hit down the left field line. Roger Zhang â€” THE BATTALION proud of those young guys on Junior Krey Bratsen pushed two the mound. I was proud we more home behind his infield- Freshman outfielder Jonathon splitting RBI single, allowing Maroney hustles on the base path. were able to win today and win the series.â€? A&M a 3-0 lead. Senior leaders for A&M remain confident that the The Flames responded an inning later, cutting the score to 3-1. During the seventh, the Aggies gar- team is learning and gaining invaluable experience. â€œWeâ€™re getting to know each other more and nered a key insurance run when Reynolds drove in chemistry builds. Thatâ€™s what weâ€™re doing [right senior pinch-runner Brandon Wood with another now],â€? Reynolds said. â€œIf we donâ€™t come out here single. After the Flames added two more in the eighth with a chip on our shoulder weâ€™re going to get beat. inning, A&M head coach Rob Childress called on Weâ€™re going to come out here and play like we alJester, who shut down UIC and secured the victory. ways play.â€? The Aggiesâ€™ sophomore starter Daniel Mengden (10) earned the win over his five and two-thirds inNext up: Stephen F. Austin nings, notching two strikeouts with only three hits. 6:35 p.m. Tuesday at Blue Bell Park â€œI was proud of our team. We showed a lot of The Battalion

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Junior catcher Troy Stein aims at a pitch during the home opener on Friday, which the Aggies lost 2-1.

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board. Itâ€™s getting our pitchers comfortable and our defense comfortable and itâ€™s fun to play the game that way.â€? The Aggies will face SFA again twice this week, looking to tie their best season since 2007.

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for second place in the SEC, Kentucky isnâ€™t far behind. Since the last time the Aggies played Kentucky, senior guard Adrienne Pratcher has stepped up

Freshman mathematics major Alec Thrower said he doesnâ€™t know much about softball, but the teamâ€™s recent success gets him excited about the season. â€œIâ€™ve never really been into softball,â€? Thrower said. â€œBut, this is exciting. I feel like it will have the same effect as the football season did. We started winning more and more people came out.â€?

her game, currently ranking first in the conference in three-point field goal percentage and second in assist to turnover ratio. Junior All-American candidate Kelsey Bone said Pratcher has improved and is playing with more confidence. â€œPratcher is what has improved

since the last time we played Kentucky,â€? Bone said. â€œShe is just playing with a ton of confidence and she is leading this team.â€? The Wildcats have just come off of three wins â€” one come-frombehind victory over South Carolina after initially trailing by 16 points and the other in overtime against

Arkansas. Senior guard Aâ€™dia Mathies leads Kentucky and ranks second in the conference in scoring, averaging 18.5 points per game. Kentucky head coach Matthew Mitchell said his team needs to find a better way to defend the Aggies. â€œItâ€™s a big game,â€? Mitchell said. â€œItâ€™s two of the best teams in the

country and it will be a tremendous matchup. I think itâ€™s probably important for us to figure out a little better way to defend them. They got a lot of easy buckets in that game although we won, and they didnâ€™t score a ton. I think we need to make them work harder to score.â€?

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Dooley said it was at least a day after the engines caught fire before Carnival called the tug boats. By that time, the ship had drifted a long way, making the voyage home even longer. “At first, none of us realized how bad it would be,” Dooley said. “Everything was looking pretty good, but as the time went on and ice was melting, toilets weren’t flushing — that’s when you started to see the best and the worst of people. It’s just survival mode. That’s really what it was.” These types of incidents are rare. However, Carnival’s recent breakdown was its second in two years, according to James Petrick, professor of recreation, park and tourism science. David Williford, junior agricultural communications and journalism major, took a trip on the Triumph in December and also faced problems onboard. “We left on Dec. 14. We were supposed to go to Cozumel,” Williford said. “But the cycle right before ours, which came back that morning, had the speed governor messing up on it. They fixed it at the dock in Galveston, but we still got rerouted to Progresso instead of going to Cozumel.” The most recent Triumph cruise had more serious problems than a faulty governor. Dooley said once the power went out on the ship, she was lucky because she had a balcony room which gave her light during the day. “People created like a tent city,” Dooley said. “People just started gathering and putting lounge chairs around the deck. You saw this community develop.”

thebattalion She compared the experience to a refugee camp because people began to hoard food and water. “There was once where three to five people had working toilets on the ship,” Dooley said. “People were so desperate, they would just go. It was sickening. You were so afraid and thinking, ‘Oh gosh, you don’t want to touch anything.’” Dooley said her biggest concern was getting sick. Ice was melting and she worried about the food safety on the ship. The staff began serving food, but she said it wasn’t rationed well. She said some people would get lots of food, but the people at the end of the line were lucky to get much of anything. The day the ship arrived in Mobile, Dooley said many things had changed by the time everyone woke up. “We kind of felt like [ship employees] were trying to make it look like it wasn’t as bad as it really was,” Dooley said. “Servers were wearing gloves, handing silverware to us, whereas the other day, we were grabbing all of our own stuff.” However, she said the last day was very orderly when it came to getting off the ship. All the security was set up ahead of time, people weren’t allowed to leave their rooms and they were filed out deck by deck. “This has hit broad-stream news,” Petrick said. “In the past, they have been able to hide under the radar. There will be some effect of this. The image of Carnival will be tarnished in some way. Their reputation will take a hit.” Petrick said some would think Carnival would lose revenue, but demand for its product as a first-time cruiser market is the lowest return of any cruise line. They have no established loyalty, because they are an entry-level line. Buyers tend to shop there first, and if

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Kim Dooley, associate dean for academic operations for the College of Agriculture and Life Science, compared the experience to a refugee camp because people began to hoard food and water. they don’t like what they get, they will get something better next time. Dooley said the passengers were refunded for the trip. They were also given another trip and all their tabs were covered. All of the pictures taken on the ship were free and each passenger was given $500 in cash. “I want to again apologize to our guests and their friends and families. The situation on board was difficult and we are very sorry for what has happened,” said president and CEO of Carnival, Gerry Cahill, in a press release. “We pride ourselves on providing our guests with a great vacation experience and clearly we failed in this case.”

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Carnival canceled 14 voyages of the Triumph previously scheduled through April 13. “Personally, I wouldn’t go back,” Dooley said. “When you’re stranded on a cruise ship, you really are stranded.” Larry Dooley, Kim’s husband and associate professor of education and human resource development; David Kipp, choral activities director; Holly Moore, lead music accompanist for the student band; Ben Welch, assistant dean for the Center of Executive Development; and David Wier, athletic trainer for the athletic department, were also on the stranded ship.

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wo Bryan firefighters died and two remain injured after responding to a fire Friday night at the Knights of Columbus Hall in downtown Bryan. Lt. Eric Wallace, 36, died from injuries after becoming trapped in the burning structure after a portion of the roof reportedly collapsed. Lt. Greg Pickard, 54, died Saturday afternoon at a Galveston hospital where firefighter Ricky Mantey, 30, and probationary firefighter Mitch Moran, 21, had also been flown. Mantey and Moran remain in serious but stable condition, according to Bryan fire chief Randy McGregor on Sunday morning. The three had reportedly entered the building as a rapid intervention team to help Wallace after he called for assistance because he was low on oxygen. Friday’s blaze caused what McGregor has called the worst tragedy in the history of the Bryan Fire Department. “These four courageous individuals represent the best of the profession and are true heroes in every sense of the word,” McGregor said at a press conference Saturday morning. Wallace, a 13-year veteran of the department, is survived by his wife Brandie and five children ranging in age from 11 months to 16 years. The funeral for Wallace will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at First Baptist Church of Bryan. The funeral procession will carry him to the Hillcrest Cemetery in Marlin. Pickard, who had been with the department for 32 years, is survived by his wife Susie, two adult children and three grandchildren. Pickard’s wife is a teacher with Bryan Independent School District and his son is a firefighter in College Station. Arrangements for Pickard’s funeral are pending. The deaths of Wallace and Pickard are the second and third in the line of duty for the 141-year-old fire department. The first was Richard Lopez in 1978. Gov. Rick Perry authorized the lowering of the Texas flag to half-staff by all government entities in the area to honor the deceased.

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if you can’t see them physically,” Hernandez you just text the person and you don’t have said. “I think it can also distance people in the to call them, so I think sometimes messages way that it can lead to a lot of distractions.” and meanings can get lost in translation when Continued from page 1 Carl Craven, junior aerospace engineering you’re texting versus actually talking on the major said texting allows couples to do more phone,” Hernandez said. world of dating. According to a survey conducted by Pew “Texting and social networks such as Twit- outside of dating while still keeping in touch. “It’s a lot Internet & Ameriter and Facebook have moved us away from can Life Project in more intimate communication,” Altenhofen easier to do 2011, 31 percent said. “For instance, face-to-face interaction, other stuff “Texting and social networks such of American adults that’s a lot more intimate than texting. There while hav- as Twitter and Facebook have preferred commuare a lot more people we connect with but not ing a rela- moved us away from more intimate tionship,” nication via text to necessarily with depth.” verbal phone comTexting has become a huge presence in Craven said. communication.” the world of dating, making it possible to “But it can — Brian Altenhofen, munication. It also communication doctoral student said adults between stay connected 24/7 and allotting time for also be kind the ages of 18 and thorough and calculated responses. Leandra of distracting 24 send an average of 109.5 text messages per Hernandez, communication doctoral student, when you actually go on dates.” Hernandez said she believes some couples day. said she believes texting has both helped and can become too dependent on texting, and Grant Mckay, communication doctoral hindered relationships and dating. student, said context and tone are lost in the “[Texting] adds an immediacy and a whole will avoid face-to-face communication. “I think it can become a crutch to where maze of texts, which can lead to numerous other avenue to get close to another person miscommunications. “If you’re telling a joke and you’re having a sarcastic response, when you vocalize that, it’s obvious that you’re just kidding,” McKay said. “But that doesn’t play on text messages — you can’t pick out a sarcastic font.” Because texting doesn’t involve direct confrontation, Craven said texting takes the pressure and some of the awkwardness away from asking people out. “It’s hard to go up to someone, not knowing if they like you, and ask them on a date,” Craven said. Texting isn’t the only technological advancement that has affected the realm of romance. With the various social networking sites popular today, some young adults have taken to habitually updating peers on their love lives. “There’s this idea when you’re on Facebook to define this identity with your partner Photo illustration by Josh McKenna — THE BATTALION by posting a million pictures and saying you’re Adults between the ages of 18 and 24 send an average of 109.5 texts per day, changing the way some couples communicate and date.

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in a relationship with them,” Hernandez said. “I think it makes it easier to communicate and can be a place holder for pictures and stuff like that, but on the other hand it sure can exasperate things.” Kat Hinson, senior theatre arts major, said sites such as Facebook can make relationships more shallow, portraying people in a forced light. “I think [social media] allows people to create a false image of themselves,” Hinson said. “They’re not generally an accurate portrayal [of who people are].” Mckay said that while Facebook and texting both have numerous pros and cons, they are here to stay and will continue to alter how people communicate and present themselves. “[Social media] is a tool,” Mckay said. “It can be used for good or bad. It can be good for strong relationships to stay connected and damaging to others that probably wouldn’t last long term anyway.”

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Randall Heye, economic development analyst for the City of College Station, said the significance of the building and restaurant will be taken into account as the planned construction moves forward. “The developers made a verbal commitment to the city that they would construct a monument or try to incorporate existing brick into the final product to commemorate the location of the original city hall,” Heye said.

locations the city offered to potential buyers. In light of Texas A&M’s recently unveiled studentgrowth plans in the “25 by 25” initiative, Heye said the transaction and the planned complex could not have come at a better time. “Even though the city John Rangel made this decision indepenThe Battalion dent of the University, it he street cones, conworked out timing-wise,” trusction equipment Heye said. “These new apartand hard hats that dot Texas ments, along with all the new A&M’s landscape will be development along Northjoined by anothgate, will help er construction accommodate “It has sentimental value [to stu- the increased enproject on University Drive. dents and faculty], and I’d rather rollment of TexCollege Staas A&M. The tion City Coun- it not be torn down because of its student populacil approved last place in College Station’s food scene tion will have week the sale of more choices a 3.36-acre lot and history.” on where they at the corner of — Annie Salinas, freshman history major choose to live.” Wellborn Road While it is too and Church early for drawStreet for the intended con- “One of the plans is to pos- ings or construction plans, struction of a high-rise apart- sibly reopen the café on the preliminary estimates say the ment complex. first floor [of the high-rise].” apartment complex will be The property is one of Matt Walker, a manager at four to eight stories tall and College Station’s historic Café Eccell, said although the will house between 400 to buildings and the former site lot had been sold, it is still too 600 residents. A parking gaof the original city hall. It is early to know what role the rage will also be constructed. the current location of the restaurant might play in the The developers will have two popular pizza and wine bistro, development plans. years to obtain building perCafé Eccell. “We would be honored mits. “I’ve eaten there a few to be a part of any new deThe lot was sold to Asset times and really liked it,” said velopment, but at this point Plus Reality Corporation for Annie Salinas, freshman his- the city, the purchasers, and $3.5 million and projected tory major. “One of my pro- we are still working out the costs put construction at about fessors took his wife there for details,” Walker said. $30 million. The sales revtheir 20th wedding anniverIn the summer of 2011, enue will be allotted among sary. It has sentimental value College Station’s City Coun- the city’s various expenditures and I’d rather it not be torn cil began looking to sell some during this fiscal year’s city down because of its place in of its properties, and the cor- budget meeting. College Station’s food scene ner of Wellborn and Church and history.” Street became one of several

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