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olice have connected a felon to a house fire that occurred in Bryan and left two dead Monday, according to a probable cause statement released by Bryan Police. According to jail records, the subject, Dennis Wayne Brown III, was released Friday after serving 15 years in prison for aggravated robbery. The deceased are believed by Bryan police to be two Aggies: Noel Devin, Class of 2004 and associate vice president of resource management for the 12th Man Foundation, and her father Thomas Devin, Class of 1989. Local and state fire investigators found evidence of arson at the scene. According to the probable cause statement, police responded to calls at 4:30 a.m. Monday to an explosion and fire at 2009 Vinewood Drive. Noel Devin was determined to be the single occupant of the residence and was unable to be reached by phone. Noel Devin’s mother, Karla Devin, was contacted and responded to the scene. Karla Devin then told responders that Noel Devin’s 2011 Ford Edge was missing from her garage, which was attached to the house, the statement said. The statement said at about 5:50 p.m. Monday, officers received a call from dispatch stating that Noel Devin’s missing vehicle had been located in front of a room at the El Camino Motel on Highway 21, which the manager said was driven there by a white male. According to the statement, officers were invited into the room, which was occupied by Brown. A set of car keys with a Ford emblem were found after a search of the room and identified as the keys to Noel Devin’s missing vehicle. According to the report, Brown said he received the vehicle from a black male he knows as “Tear Drop.” Brown was arrested Monday for unauthorized use of a vehicle and confined in Brazos County Jail with a $150,000 bail, according to Brazos County jail records.

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Heisman winner John David Crow looks over the original employment contract of Paul “Bear” Bryant on Tuesday afternoon at the Board of Regents Annex.

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legacy was commemorated Tuesday when Texas A&M University System officials presented the original employment contract of Paul “Bear” Bryant, the former head football coach who oversaw a Heisman trophy win and Southwestern Conference title during his short tenure at A&M. The contract showed that Bryant made $15,000 per year and separate

documents stated that Bryant was to receive one percent of gate sales and the deed to a house still standing in the community today. Chairman of the Texas A&M System Board of Regents Phil Adams said he refers to Bryant as the Vince Lombardi of college football. “I’ve always felt that we were very fortunate to be one of the stops on his pathway to absolute legendary status,” Adams said. “He is clearly legendary, revered in every sense of the word and not just because of

his incredible record but because of folks like John David Crow, because his real legacy are the players and the coaches that he impacted in such a positive way.” John David Crow, Class of 1958 and Heisman trophy winner during Bryant’s tenure, said he spoke on behalf of his former teammates when he said Bryant’s direction was vital to the team and led him to the status of best collegiate football player in the country. “Coach Bryant was one of a

kind and he made every player that played for him a better player, and more importantly, a better man,” Crow said. “Coach Bryant has been honored in just about everywhere he’s coached, but I know that being honored here in Aggieland and especially in Kyle Field will be very special for his family.” A&M head coach Kevin Sumlin said realizing he is the successor of the position that Bryant filled years ago was a staggering feeling. See Bryant on page 2

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Students push for Chicano studies minor Panel to generate buzz for petition Wednesday Pallavi Kaushik The Battalion

inside service | 4 Student pledges nonprofit funds Senior Alexandra Dempsey wants to do something special for her 22nd birthday — donate $2,200 through her self-started fundraising project, Peace, Love & Down syndrome.

academics | 2 Scientist to talk funding Neal Lane, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy during the Clinton administration, will be on campus Thursday to talk about increasingly limited funding for science research.

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The Aggies fell into a 2-0 hole Tuesday against Prairie View A&M, but they rallied to seal the victory behind four RBIs from shortstop Logan Taylor.

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fter allowing two unearned runs in the first inning, the Texas A&M baseball team buckled down and scored the game’s next eight runs en route to an 8-2 victory over the Prairie View A&M Panthers Tuesday

night at Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park. Sophomore southpaw Matt Kent started the game on the mound for the Aggies, but head coach Rob Childress pulled him after a shaky first inning in favor of junior Jason Freeman. Freeman threw five scoreless innings for the Aggies, allowing two hits and fanning four, lowering his earned run average to 4.15 on the year. Sophomore shortstop Logan Taylor drove in a career-

high four runs, going 3-for-5 and scoring two runs. With Allemand on first base in the seventh inning, Taylor belted a 2-0 offering over the left field fence. Taylor would reach base for the fourth time on an error in the eighth inning. Junior left fielder Cole Lankford also hit a two-run home run — depositing a full count offering into the visitor’s bullpen in the third inning to put A&M up 3-2, its first lead of the day.

hile the University offers a Hispanic Studies minor, some students believe there is a need for expansion of the curriculum. Aggies advocating for the addition of a LatinoChicano studies minor at A&M will convene a panel to discuss the proposal and generate publicity for online and paper petitions. Jasmine Jimenez, panel organizer and sopho-

more political science major, said the University doesn’t offer enough courses relating to Hispanic culture aside from those related to literature. “The University currently offers a Hispanic studies course path, which concentrates mainly on Spanish literature and arts and a linguistic course for the Spanish languages,” Jimenez said. “But for someone like me who wishes to learn about the history, problems and relevant issues, like immigration and laws, of my people, it’s pretty inadequate.” According to the current petition, the standing Hispanic Studies minor See Chicano on page 3

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Curriculum and instruction graduate student Jose Luis Zelaya discusses media strategies for the Latino-Chicano studies panel Wednesday.

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eal Lane, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy during the Clinton administration, will present a lecture on campus to help address the increasingly limited funding for science research. Andrew Dessler, professor of atmospheric sciences who worked under Lane during his time in the Office of Science and Technology Policy, said Lane has insight on how research is used and misused in the general policy debate. “How we use science is responsible for, I think, a lot of why we live the way we do and why we have a strong economy and

things like that,” Dessler said. “So, it’s just a really crucial thing for people to understand, you know, why the world looks the way it does.” Dessler said the topic is important because those who make the policy hold the purse strings for research. “There are a limited number of things you can do and people like Neal Lane and sort of all the people who work in federal government sort of determine what it is that gets studied,” Dessler said. “How much of it goes to health care, how much of it goes to studying black holes, how much of it goes to climate change. These are all consequential decisions, so if you get somebody in the White House who doesn’t want to study something, whether it’s evolution or climate change, those fields just don’t get studied.” Dessler said these decisions affect everyone, not just the stu-

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Head coach Kevin Sumlin speaks Tuesday at the event honoring Paul “Bear” Bryant.

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“Having a relationship with the Bryant family is one thing, but actually being a head coach at a university where Paul ‘Bear’ Bryant coached and won is another,” Sumlin said. “I can’t tell you how appreciative we are as a program to be associated with a day like today and how personally appreciative I am to be associated with a day like today.” After unveiling the three documents, interim University President Mark Hussey said the paperwork will be taken care of and eventually displayed at the Hall of Champions, a facility on the west side of Kyle Field set to open in 2015. “Coach Bryant is most deserving of a prominent place in our Hall of Champions and Texas A&M is extremely fortunate to have been associated with such a great coach and a great man,” Hussey said. “These items will be a constant reminder of Coach Bryant and his profound influence at Texas A&M.” Robert Smith, who has been the caretaker of the documents since Bryant signed the paperwork, said it was time that the items return to their rightful home. “This is where they belong,” Smith said. “They’re where I want them to be — their final resting place.”

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has a focus on the Spanish language and literature but fails to adequately cover disciplines such as history, sociology and political science. Joseph Puente, forefront speaker for the panel and senior telecommunication media studies major, said the addition of the minor would enrich the educational opportunities at A&M by allowing students to learn more about the influence of Hispanic cultures. Puente said he hopes advocating to adopt the Latino-Chicano minor will empower and create a greater future for those who belong to or are studying these communities. Student advocates on the panel are involved with the Council for Minority Student Affairs, Hispanic Presidents’ Council,

Mexican Student Association, Committee for the Awareness of Mexican-American Culture and Phi Lota Alpha. Adam Brennan, author of the petition posted at change.org and freshman business administration major, said one of the most important aspects of this movement is to help accomplish the University’s goal of Vision 2020 by diversifying the A&M undergraduate community and educational standards. Alfredo Garcia, CMSA president and senior economics major, said the idea to push for the minor is a culmination of his experiences advocating for minority students and his conversations with a professor. “I wished to work together and unite the Latino community at Texas A&M and so I spoke with sociology professor Pat Robio and he gave me the idea and inspiration to further the movement for a Latino-Chicano stud-

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fore she heard about Be Not Afraid at a Right to Life conference, but she has gained a broader perspective of the disability through her project. She said misconceptions about the effects of Down syndrome are widespread and cause people to treat those with the condition poorly. “From stuff that I’ve read online by researching for this project, a lot of people just don’t know what Down syndrome is and they’ve been told over and over from media and friends that it’s something you don’t want to mess with,” Dempsey said. Dempsey said education about Down syndrome is important, and many people often underestimate or misunderstand people with Down syndrome. “I think that the way that we speak about these children is definitely something that we don’t really realize is offensive,” Dempsey said. “I really believe in education. I think it’s hard to do something if you don’t know what it is.” Elizabeth Scott, senior biomedical sciences major and Project Sunshine member, said Project Sunshine, which is a nonprofit that aids children with medical challenges, has helped people realize how they perceive people with Down syndrome can create misconceptions, some of which Scott said an awareness event last October helped disprove. “We had about five guest speakers come in and none of them talked about their disabilities, they talked about how successful they’ve become,” Scott said. “And I guess that’s one thing that people don’t realize — that everyone deserves David Cohen — THE BATTALION a chance to have their own life and anyone can Alexandra Dempsey, senior education major, has pledged to donate $2,200 to Be Not overcome any struggles Afraid, a nonprofit in North Carolina, for her 22nd birthday.

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The Battalion s graduation approaches, many college seniors have on their minds questions about student loans and how to make it in the real world. For senior Alexandra Dempsey, the end of the semester brings something else entirely — a push to raise $2,200 through Peace, Love & Down Syndrome, a self-started project. The education major’s monthlong plan will end on April 21 when she celebrates her 22nd birthday. Demspey said the funds she raises will go to Be Not Afraid, a nonprofit organization based in North Carolina that provides assistance to families who have received a prenatal diagnosis indicating their child will likely have a disease or not survive after birth and decide to carry to term. Dempsey said she knew next to nothing about Down syndrome be-

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that they might have.” Dempsey said her passion for speaking out on behalf of the antiabortion movement was a big factor in the creation of Peace, Love & Down Syndrome. “If you’ve ever had the opportunity to know someone with Down syndrome or know a family who has been affected by Down syndrome in some way, you know that more children being aborted than not is so upsetting,” Dempsey said. “So that’s why I really wanted to focus on Down syndrome. That’s what motivated me. It turned into not only advocating for the unborn child, which I think is very important, but also for the born child and their families as well.” Jackie Boucher, junior kinesiology major, encouraged Dempsey to make T-shirts for the project. Boucher said organizations like Peace, Love & Down Syndrome that advocate for awareness positively affect those who encounter it. Dempsey has created a website and a Facebook page devoted to her project. The Facebook page, she said, has reached a membership of more than 1,700 people. “I definitely think that especially college students are so ready to be a part of something, are so ready to take a stand for what they believe in,” Dempsey said. “And so social media is a great outlet to inform people about what’s going on and then letting them figure out what they believe.” She said she has become acquainted with three separate families willing to share their story on her website to help her in advocating awareness of Down syndrome. “Originally, I had the three stories — a family who has a baby with Down syndrome, a family who has a son that’s in middle school and then a family that has a daughter who’s in high school,” Dempsey said. “And so I was able to share their stories and that’s how it began. And as it’s been going along I’ve been able to get in touch with more families because you never know what story is going to touch which person.”

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Improv dancers interpret art

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hirty of Christine Bergeron’s dance improvisation students had a change in setting when their assignment landed them in the Stark Galleries on Tuesday morning. The students were asked to use dance to interpret the photographs, paintings, sculptures and other pieces of art inside the gallery. Lauren Copping, sophomore kinesiology major, said this project was slightly different from the ones usually assigned in the class. “Today we’re looking at the artwork and we’re answering some questions,” Copping said. “Then we have to use what we write to try to find movement.” Bergeron, clinical associate professor of health and kinesiology, said improvisation allows the artwork to be seen from a different perspective through the dancer’s interpretation. “As a spectator it allows you to see the artwork in a different way and maybe see parts of it that you didn’t see before because the dancer is kind of discovering in their body what they have seen,” Bergeron said. Claudia Alanis, junior communication major, said there’s a specific technique to use when perceiving a piece of art and transcribing it into movement.

“Basically, because the way you look at [the artwork] and the lines you see in it is how you translate it when you’re dancing,” Alanis said. “[It’s] kind of confusing, but you kind of get used to it after a while.” Each of the students were given questions to answer before beginning their dance. Alanis said these questions, which focus on positive and negative space and emotional reactions, help the students see certain aspects of the artwork to more accurately interpret it. The students involved in the dance improvisation class have worked with other departments at A&M in the past, Bergeron said. “In the fall we just took some dancers that I’ve had in improv before and we worked with faculty in architecture with a drawing class,” Bergeron said. “We had different places of solos, duets and trios and the live drawing class drew the dancers that were dancing and responding to the artwork, and we had an audience looking at the whole process.” Bergeron, a former improv dancer herself, said this style of dance is different from most traditional styles. “For me, it’s a release,” Bergeron said. “As dancers, we have a tendency to do what we’re told all the time. This gives us an opportunity to find our own movement quality within ourselves.”

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Sophomore kinesiology major Lauren Copping interprets a work of art through dance as part of her dance improvisation class Tuesday morning in the Stark Galleries.

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