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CRAWFISH BROIL Saturday March 26, 2011 12pm - 5pm www.gatewayatcollegestation.com Text GatewayCS to 47464 Call 888.698.5330 117 Holleman Drive West, College Station, 77840 tuesday, march 22, 2011 serving texas a&m since 1893 first paper free – additional copies $1 © 2011 student media the battalion College of Medicine overbooks class For the class of 2015, the Col- lege of Medicine overbooked the class size by 80 students, resulting from an unexpected acceptance into the college. As the number of students applying to medical school has gradually increased over the years, Texas A&M University has seen an influx of students for the fall of 2011— more than the Health Science Center could handle. While this will cre- ate problems for students, the Health Science Center is doing everything possible to ensure students have every opportunity to achieve their doctoral dream. “Determining just how many offers to make each year has al- ways been a calculated risk,” said associate dean Fiomeno G. Maldonado in a document to the students. “We don’t, however, regret for a moment the offers that we have extended, and we are indeed excited that you have Christine Perrenot The Battalion Get involved Visit the website http://isa-aggies. tamu.edu/ or contact an official from ISA. Students help cultural groups The Aggie family is made up of students from all around the world. “The International Students Associa- tion was the first organization for interna- tional students on Texas A&M’s campus and helped small cultural groups mature into their independent organizations,” said Zachary Gibson, the organization’s presi- dent. ISA aims to represent international or- ganizations on campus and to help organi- zations advance on an individual basis and collaborate efficiently. “We represent the international student body’s concerns and opinions and guide them in organizing community events such as I-Week, Mini World Cup and Brazos Valley World Fest,” Gib- son said. There are many community mem- bers and students involved that pro- mote awareness of the international students at the University. “I got involved in ISA when I was look- ing for a way to meet students from other countries,” said Kerry Omughelli, vice president of marketing for the organization. Every member of the Aggie family has Christine Perrenot The Battalion ASSOCIATED PRESS A Libyan rebel arrives to the frontline of the outskirts of the city of Ajdabiya, south of Benghazi, eastern Libya, Monday. See International on page 8 See Overbooked on page 9 campus organizations Students recognize Moammar Gadhafi as the Libyan leader of the regime responsible for killing many Libyan civilians. The open- ing phase of U.S. and coalition military action in Libya bruised Moammar Gadhafi’s ground forc- es and set the stage for extending a no-fly zone across the country, but American officials made clear Monday their military goals stop short of targeting Gadhafi or di- rectly assisting rebel forces. Students at Texas A&M have reactions and concerns for the im- pending issues in Libya. “I totally disagree with Gad- hafi, and feel bad for the people that live there needing freedom because the only way they see to get it is through violence,” said Edwin Xiao, freshman chemistry major. With recent changes in regards to the Libyan military regime and no-fly zones, many are left to wonder what will happen next while citizen’s lives are at stake. “There are Libyans here that this has affected and there may be a concern with the money spent on missiles and things like that,” said Nathaniel Lum, senior elec- trical engineering major. Sarah Smith The Battalion Aggies discuss Libya events nation&world lowest gas price $3.25 Chevron at 3239 Wilkes Street and N. Earl Rudder. www.texasgasprices.com LONGEST YARD LONGEST YARD Paul Mezier — THE BATTALION Students serve couple for 10th year LeRoy Balmain helped his wife Maurita onto the patio and into her seat before he took his seat looking out on the pond, gardens and tree at the far end of the yard. “We just need a little help around the yard,” Maurita said. “We can’t do it anymore.” Saturday, the Arab Students As- sociation will make its way out to the Balmains’ home to help them with some landscaping and backyard maintenance as part of the 29th Big Event for Texas A&M University. The Balmains have lived in their home in Bryan since 1972. Their children, a son and daughter, both have families in the Bryan-College Station area. “We’ve been using The Big Event for about 10 years now,” Le- Roy said. “We usually have them work on the fish pond.” The Balmain’s yard fights the swelter of Texas heat with dozens of colors, a burgeoning tree providing ample amounts of shade, statue crit- ters, a swinging bench nestled un- derneath the shade of the trees and of course, a fish pond complete with a small waterfall. “We spend time out here as much as the mosquitoes will allow us,” Le- Roy said. The Balmains said they first learned of The Big Event from friends. Over the years, they have had several groups help them with Katie White The Battalion Get involved Big Event will be allowing students to register on March 26 in Lot 100c of Reed Arena during kick-off ceremonies. Email questions about registration to signups@ bigevent.tamu.edu See Balmain on page 8 inside scene | 3 Beloved professor Aggies compiled memories of professor of animal science Howard Hesby into the book Big Hands, Big Heart. sports | 5 A solid week The No. 8 A&M baseball team took on the nation’s best this past week and returned with a 3-1 record. b ! See Libya on page 4 coming wednesday Big Event logistics How much do you think The Big Event spent on supplies for the nearly 1,500 service projects to be completed on Saturday? The Battalion reports on the time and money spent to put on The Big Event. campus news Aggie returns to space in May Texas A&M University graduate and NASA astronaut Mike Fossum will return to space in May as part of the International Space Station Expeditions 28 and 29. Fossum, a 1980 Texas A&M mechanical engineering graduate, will serve as a flight engineer on Expedition 28 and as commander of Expedition 29. Serving under him will be Satoshi Furukawa of the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency and Russian cosmonaut Sergei Volkov. The trio is scheduled to launch to the station aboard the Russian Soyuz spacecraft lifting off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on May 30 and will return Nov 16. Fossum says the team will conduct numerous experiments while in space, plus replace a faulty pump module on the station that went out several months ago. Staff & wire reports Pg. 1-03.22.11.indd 1 Pg. 1-03.22.11.indd 1 3/21/11 9:09 PM 3/21/11 9:09 PM

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College of Medicine overbooks class

For the class of 2015, the Col-lege of Medicine overbooked the class size by 80 students, resulting from an unexpected acceptance into the college.

As the number of students applying to medical school has gradually increased over the years, Texas A&M University has seen an influx of students for the fall of 2011— more than the Health Science Center could handle. While this will cre-

ate problems for students, the Health Science Center is doing everything possible to ensure students have every opportunity to achieve their doctoral dream.

“Determining just how many offers to make each year has al-ways been a calculated risk,” said associate dean Fiomeno G. Maldonado in a document to the students. “We don’t, however, regret for a moment the offers that we have extended, and we are indeed excited that you have

Christine PerrenotThe Battalion

Get involvedVisit the website http://isa-aggies.tamu.edu/ or contact an offi cial from ISA.

Students help cultural groups

The Aggie family is made up of students from all around the world.

“The International Students Associa-tion was the first organization for interna-tional students on Texas A&M’s campus and helped small cultural groups mature into their independent organizations,” said Zachary Gibson, the organization’s presi-dent.

ISA aims to represent international or-ganizations on campus and to help organi-zations advance on an individual basis and collaborate efficiently.

“We represent the international student body’s concerns and opinions and guide them in organizing community events

such as I-Week, Mini World Cup and Brazos Valley World Fest,” Gib-son said.

There are many community mem-bers and students involved that pro-mote awareness of

the international students at the University.“I got involved in ISA when I was look-

ing for a way to meet students from other countries,” said Kerry Omughelli, vice president of marketing for the organization.

Every member of the Aggie family has

Christine PerrenotThe Battalion

ASSOCIATED PRESS

A Libyan rebel arrives to the frontline of the outskirts of the city of Ajdabiya, south of Benghazi, eastern Libya, Monday.

See International on page 8See Overbooked on page 9

campus organizations

Students recognize Moammar Gadhafi as the Libyan leader of the regime responsible for killing many Libyan civilians. The open-ing phase of U.S. and coalition military action in Libya bruised Moammar Gadhafi’s ground forc-es and set the stage for extending a no-fly zone across the country, but American officials made clear

Monday their military goals stop short of targeting Gadhafi or di-rectly assisting rebel forces.

Students at Texas A&M have reactions and concerns for the im-pending issues in Libya.

“I totally disagree with Gad-hafi, and feel bad for the people that live there needing freedom because the only way they see to get it is through violence,” said Edwin Xiao, freshman chemistry major.

With recent changes in regards to the Libyan military regime and no-fly zones, many are left to wonder what will happen next while citizen’s lives are at stake.

“There are Libyans here that this has affected and there may be a concern with the money spent on missiles and things like that,” said Nathaniel Lum, senior elec-trical engineering major.

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Students serve couple for 10th year

LeRoy Balmain helped his wife Maurita onto the patio and into her seat before he took his seat looking out on the pond, gardens and tree at the far end of the yard.

“We just need a little help around the yard,” Maurita said. “We can’t do it anymore.”

Saturday, the Arab Students As-sociation will make its way out to the Balmains’ home to help them with some landscaping and backyard

maintenance as part of the 29th Big Event for Texas A&M University.

The Balmains have lived in their home in Bryan since 1972. Their children, a son and daughter, both have families in the Bryan-College Station area.

“We’ve been using The Big Event for about 10 years now,” Le-Roy said. “We usually have them work on the fish pond.”

The Balmain’s yard fights the swelter of Texas heat with dozens of colors, a burgeoning tree providing

ample amounts of shade, statue crit-ters, a swinging bench nestled un-derneath the shade of the trees and of course, a fish pond complete with a small waterfall.

“We spend time out here as much as the mosquitoes will allow us,” Le-Roy said.

The Balmains said they first learned of The Big Event from friends. Over the years, they have had several groups help them with

Katie White The Battalion Get involved

Big Event will be allowing students to register on March 26 in Lot 100c of Reed Arena during kick-off ceremonies.

Email questions about registration to [email protected]

See Balmain on page 8

inside

scene | 3Beloved professorAggies compiled memories of professor of animal science Howard Hesby into the book Big Hands, Big

Heart.

sports | 5A solid weekThe No. 8 A&M baseball team took on the nation’s best this past week and returned with a 3-1 record.

b! See Libya on page 4

coming wednesday

Big Event logisticsHow much do you think The Big Event spent on supplies for the nearly 1,500 service projects to be completed on Saturday? The Battalion reports on the time and money spent to put on The Big Event.

campus news

Aggie returns to space in MayTexas A&M University graduate and NASA astronaut Mike Fossum will return to space in May as part of the International Space Station Expeditions 28 and 29. Fossum, a 1980 Texas A&M mechanical engineering graduate, will serve as a fl ight engineer on Expedition 28 and as commander of Expedition 29. Serving under him will be Satoshi Furukawa of the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency and Russian cosmonaut Sergei Volkov. The trio is scheduled to launch to the station aboard the Russian Soyuz spacecraft lifting off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on May 30 and will return Nov 16. Fossum says the team will conduct numerous experiments while in space, plus replace a faulty pump module on the station that went out several months ago.

Staff & wire reports

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ROCKVILLE, Md. — The nuclear crisis is Japan, while severe, does not warrant any immediate changes in the U.S, a top U.S. nuclear offi cial said Monday. The Nuclear

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Book memorializes beloved A&M professor

Every student has that one professor they will never forget. It might be the one who always showed up to class five minutes late and never stayed on topic very long, or the one with the weird sense of humor who answered questions with cryptic jokes. Or maybe, if you’re lucky, your most memorable professor was the one who made the extra ef-fort to get to know his students and did whatever it took to make sure they succeeded.

In the eyes of many Aggies, Howard Hesby, a professor of animal science, was such an educator.

“Dr. Hesby was a tireless teacher and mentor to so many students in the animal science department,” said Chris Boleman, program director at the Texas AgriLife Extension Service. “He helped everyone and anyone that needed it.”

After Hesby passed away in 2005, Boleman decided to pay tribute to the professor with a book of stories collected from those who knew and loved him. Proceeds from the book, titled Big Hands, Big Heart, go to the Howard Hesby Student Atrium Project, a renovation of the atrium of the Kleburg Animal Sciences Center.

The goal of the Howard Hesby Student Atrium Project is to transform the building’s atrium into an area for students to congregate and study in. When the building was con-structed in 1975, it featured a student lounge that remained popular until the area was repurposed for administrative of-fice space in 2004. Hesby and others were working to find a new area to serve as a gathering space when he passed away in Houston.

“Dr. Hesby cared very much about the students in the department,” said H. Russel Cross, professor and interim head of the Department of Animal Science. “We felt naming the atrium after him was an appropriate way to recognize him.”

Cross is spearheading the atrium project, which is set for construction in May and for completion this fall.

Boleman began collecting quotes for the book about a year ago, after a friend came to him with the idea for the project. After his first attempts at contacting former students via email failed to get the response he needed, Boleman turned to social networking as a way to reach out to more people. Boleman set up a Facebook page under the title “Howard Hesby - Tell your story,” which received a much larger reaction than he had expected.

“I didn’t get much from the mass emails I sent out to tons of former students, so I made the Facebook page and invited a few friends to join the page and give me some quotes, and from there, things just exploded,” he said. “We got 400 fans in the first weekend. I received probably 30 stories in the first week, and things just took off from there.”

The finished book contains about 150 stories from people who knew or admired Hesby, including samples from the 15,000 students he taught. The collected stories cover the

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Bigs Hands, Big Heart is a compilation of former A&M students’ favorite memories of animal science professor Howard Hesby, who passed away in 1995.

beginnings of the professor’s career, his methods of teach-ing and the impact he had on Aggie academics and athlet-ics throughout the 35 years he spent teaching at Texas A&M.

Even though the book has been published, people are still leaving comments and anecdotes about Hesby, eager to share favorite memories of the beloved professor.

“I cannot even start to say what Dr. Hesby meant to me,” attorney Craig M. Greaves, class of 1995, wrote on the Facebook page. “I don’t believe that the Lord ever made a man who cared as much as he did for those that his path crossed. He will forever be in my thoughts and heart.”

Boleman said he cannot point to one story in particular that explains why Hesby left an impression on so many.

“There are so many great stories from everyone. Some are sad, some are funny and some are just stories of human-ity. All I can say is that the underlying theme to the stories are all the same: Dr. Hesby was a man of pure kindness and a true servant leader. He cared.”

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Monday in Tripoli, Gadhafi’s com-pound was attacked by the U.S. and allies. Gadhafi has declared a cease-fire, but it is still unclear if he will hold to his word.

“Gadhafi gave his speech in front of the compound that the U.S. bombed and kept there as a symbol of defiance against western power,” said Alister Hughes, a communication and sociol-ogy double major.

Some Aggies have formed strong opinions to the Libya news.

“We are better off getting rid of dic-tators to set up something more demo-cratic,” Hughes said.

The full dimensions of the Libya crisis are still coming into view, with questions remaining about how far the Obama administration is willing to go to stop Gadhafi, whether the interna-tional military coalition will hold to-gether and whether dissent in his own ranks will soon doom Gadhafi.

The Associated Press contributed to this story.

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Aggies battle Rutgers with Sweet 16 berth on the line

Texas A&M’s second-seeded women’s bas-ketball team will try to avoid the madness of March tonight and seal a trip to the Sweet 16 in Dallas Sunday. The Aggies must survive a second round matchup with seventh-seeded Rutgers at 8:40 p.m. at the CenturyTel Center in Bossier City, La.

Coming into Tuesday’s game with the Scarlet Knights, Texas A&M (28-5) looks to have the clear advantage. The Aggies trounced Rutgers 79-50 at Madison Square Garden in December. A&M senior guard Maryann Baker

however, knows that the second meeting will be much harder than the first.

“We know that when we played them first it was December and nobody was at their high-est peak,” Baker said. “It was before confer-ence and just by watching Rutgers yesterday and watching their game film we can clearly tell that the Big East has helped them greatly.”

A&M Head Coach Gary Blair and 13 of 15 players on the Aggies’ roster have sour memories of how last season ended. After taking a 22-point lead and beating Gonzaga 80-76 last December, the same team elimi-nated the Aggies in the second round of the

NCAA Tournament.“We’ve already played [Rutgers] in one of

our best games of the year,” Blair said. “We won by 29, but it can be a very similar situation to the situation to what we had with Gonzaga last year. Rutgers is a very improved team.”

On the floor, the Aggies will need another strong performance from the Big 12’s leading-scorer Danielle Adams.

“Danielle believes she’s open when she walks into the gym,” Blair said. “She’s got range and loves to hit that trailing three. I want her to play power basketball early and then go outside later. Sometimes it’s what the defense

doing that forces her outside.”Since making a run to the Elite 8 in 2008,

A&M has been upset by lower seeded oppo-nents in each of the last two seasons. After a strong showing in their 87-47 first round vic-tory over McNeese State, Blair believes that his team is ready to put the past behind them and make a push for a Final Four appearance.

“We just want to look forward to playing somebody with the emotion and preparation that we did [Sunday],” Blair said. “We want to get better with every game we play and hope-fully we can last a little bit longer than we did last year.”

Mike Teague The Battalion

No. 8 A&M goes 3-1 against No. 13 Cal St. Fullerton and No. 2 Oklahoma

A week to remember

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Senior infielder Andrew Collazo and A&M takes on Stephen F. Austin at 6:35 p.m. today at Olsen Field.

While the student body was enjoying spring break on beaches across the coun-try, the No. 8 Texas A&M baseball team (15-5, 2-1) was busy moving up the charts and into the discussion for best team in collegiate baseball. Tuesday, the Aggies handled No. 13 Cal State Fullerton, and took that momentum into the opening weekend of Big 12 play against No. 2 Oklahoma, whom they beat in two out of three games.

The fans were treated to a pitcher duel Tuesday as junior Ross Stripling and CS-FU’s Jake Floethe kept all scores off the board until the Aggie bats awoke with a seventh inning rally that produced the game’s only runs.

The Titans mounted a comeback in the top of the ninth after junior Joaquin Hi-nojosa allowed a walk and a single. Head Coach Rob Childress went with his gut and brought in junior pitcher John Stilson to finish the game. Stilson, who served as the Aggies’ closer last season but had only been utilized as a starter in 2011, took care of business and recorded his first save of the season, ensuring the Aggies 2-0 win.

Big 12 play kicked off Friday with a

difficult matchup: in Norman against the No. 2 team in college baseball. The Ag-gies weren’t intimidated by the Sooners, a team that began the season by winning 16 games in a row and is statistically one of the best teams in the nation.

In keeping with what has become an unsettling trend, Stilson pitched another gem but was unable to get any run support from his teammates as the Aggies eventu-ally fell 1-0.

Stilson lasted seven innings and struck out nine while giving up only one run, but OU starter Michael Rocha was just slightly better. Rocha notched a career-high 13 strikeouts and gave Aggie batters fits for 8.2 innings until Ryan Duke came in for the save. The Aggies mustered only three hits the entire game.

Saturday’s matchup was a different story as the Aggies rode sophomore pitcher Mi-chael Wacha’s strong performance to an 11-1 thumping of the home team.

Wacha’s magnificent day on the mound, in which he tossed his first career complete game while striking out eight, brought his season ERA down to 0.75.

Sunday’s match showed more resilience on the part of the Aggies, who secured the victory thanks to junior Jacob House’s late

game heroics.Making his second start in less than a

week, Stripling built on his solid outing against Cal State Fullerton and posted sev-en strikeouts through six innings of work while allowing two runs. Stripling, now 4-1 on the season, kept the Aggies close, and Hinojosa came in for the ninth inning to earn the save.

With the score knotted at 3-2 in the top of the seventh, Statum doubled to begin the frame. After sophomore Ty-ler Naquin walked, House took the plate and ripped a double deep into right field, bringing home the two baserunners and ensuring the Aggies’ 5-2 win.

“This has been a great week for our team, starting against Cal State Fullerton on Tuesday,” Childress said. “Winning that game and coming on the road to play the No. 2 team in the country to begin conference was a challenge that our play-ers embraced. We lose in a heart-breaker on Friday night, 1-0, striking out 13 times, for us to come out and answer the bell the last two days, I couldn’t be more proud of our team. We just keep finding out more and more about our team as we play and I thought our offensive approach was out-standing on Saturday and Sunday.”

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The unique blend of musical talent and pure, unfiltered emotion struck a resonant chord with a whole generation and gave birth to a whole new movement: rock ‘n’ roll.

This week’s playlist pro-vides a brief tour of some of the talented musicians who helped develop the blues into the most influential genre of the 20th century.“Manish Boy” – Muddy Waters: Featuring a hollering crowd in the background, the classic and unmistak-able blues progression and an aggressive backing line, this song highlights the es-sentials that made up the original sound of the blues. “Manish Boy” is also a good example of the blues moving from traditionally melancholy lyrics to more lighthearted topics.“Statesboro Blues” – The Allman Brothers Band: Taj Mahal’s debut album Taj’s Blues featured this hit. Blending a driving yet re-strained rhythm with cutting lead guitar licks and scratchy vocals, this cover of “States-boro Blues” by the Allman Brothers provides a glimpse into the development of rock ‘n’ roll from a bluesy sound.“Grinnin’ in Your Face” – Son House: I was first exposed to Son House in the 2008 documentary It Might Get Loud. Jack White described the song as one of the most influential tracks in his own musical development. It’s a true testament to what the blues is really all about: raw emotion. Stripped of all instruments, there is only singing and clapping, but the song feels much big-ger than simply that due to

the amount of feeling that infused into it.“The Thrill is Gone” – B.B. King: An important aspect of the blues is its ability to span a wide range of sounds. B.B King’s “The Thrill is Gone” is a prime example of this. In an extended instrumen-tal at the end of the song, the band, accented by keys, strings and well-placed gui-tar, maintains a more delicate sound, slow and mournful, but still captivating. “All Along the Watchtower” – Jimi Hendrix: One of the most iconic guitar players of the past century, Hendrix accelerated the fusion of rock and the blues through his use of distortion and ex-perimental sounds interlaced with traditional blues struc-tures. During his brief but brilliant life, the blues hit a new peak in terms of social acceptance and mainstream appeal. This classic cover of Bob Dylan’s song showcases many of the talents that distinguished Hendrix.

As the ’70s came to a close, true blues had somewhat faded into the backdrop of contemporary music, but it has left a last-ing and unmistakable mark on popular music.

At its core, the blues isn’t about technical skill or song structure; it’s about raw, un-filtered emotion. The blues aren’t simply listened to, they’re felt. In every strained lyric and bending guitar note, the passion is there.

Without this passion, we would never have the kind of diverse opportunities for music as we do today.

Ryan Haughey is a sophomore aerospace engineering

major.

Ryan Haughey: The blues genre paved the way for today’s rock music

Fundamentally, all popular music has its roots in the blues.

Evolving from simple spirituals into its own unique genre, the blues became the dominant influ-ence of the mid-20th century.

True blue

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the manual labor required to maintain their backyard.

“The problem is every time we come out here, we see things that need to get done,” Maurita said. “So the time we spend out here is not a lot of leisure time.”

The Arab Students Association will help the Balmains re-lay gravel in the back around the garden and fountain, along with other chores. Beyond that, the Balmains have made it tradition to spend time with the students who help them by sharing food and stories.

“We spread our table on the lawn and mama fixes all that food that Aggies love, like pizza and a big salad,” LeRoy said.

Maurita said she usually makes angel food cake for dessert. The Balmains said they enjoy talking to the students and building relationships. The last two groups to help them have kept in contact follow-ing the event.

“We’ve all been really excited about it,” said Amal Al Ebrahim, a junior geophysics major and member of the Arab Students Association.

Al Ebrahim participated in The Big Event last year and said she enjoyed helping out. The Arab Students Associa-tion, which was established last semester, devotes a lot of time to service projects, Al Ebrahim said.

“All the students have this great energy to put toward something useful,” Al Ebra-him said. “It is one great thing we all agree gives back to the community.”

The group that will head out to the Balmain’s on Saturday will consist of around 20 students.

“We just have so much fun with the kids who come out and help,” Maurita said. “I just figure when the young kids want to help like that, they must be the cream of the crop.”

LeRoy said he and his wife are grateful for The Big Event. He joked that maybe the students could help Maurita with the vegetable garden on Saturday as well.

“I have it all ready for her to plant some juicy tomatoes,” LeRoy laughed.

Maurita retorted that LeRoy always plans the garden, but expects her to do the actual planting. She said the help from The Big Event will be a wonderful birth-day gift to both; Maurita turned 83 today and LeRoy turns 83 on Friday.

“The students have just been tre-mendous young people,” LeRoy said. “They’re a beautiful bunch of kids.”

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a different story and background to share. “Being a student who grew up in both

Nigeria and England, I know the impor-tance of culture and acceptance of diver-sity,” Omughelli.said

The association will soon be able to give a central contact point for international events.

“Through working together we hope to not only be able to accomplish our individual goals, but to be able to more effectively reach out to the rest of the student body and local communities,” Gibson said.

The organization does the background work that connects almost 4,000 interna-tional students on campus.

“What we do is not for ourselves, but we are the link between the people and campus,” said Jesus Sanchez, executive committee member.

The mission of the organization is to help promote diversity at A&M.

“There is so much diversity we can show to the Brazos Valley and the com-munity to help kids from other countries adapt to U.S. life,” Sanchez said

Getting to know other cultures and embracing diversity is one way Aggies take pride in the Aggie family. The or-ganization centers on Aggie values.

“Part of being friendly is being open to new ideas and diversity, which is on track with the university’s diversity plan,” San-chez said.

The organization takes much time and effort to participate and to involve them-selves in community events.

“We are always looking for ways to connect the community and get students involved,” Sanchez said.

ISA is looking to expand and get more students involved and develop an under-standing about what it is they do.

“We work with large community events and represent the international community to the BCS Chamber of Commerce, MSC board of directors, IPECC and the Student Leadership Council,” Gibson said.

The organization increases awareness by using after-school, mentor and college preparation programs.

“Plans are in process to work through administrative bodies and local school of-ficials to increase international awareness, understanding and education throughout the local community,” Gibson said.

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embraced us.”While 250 accepted their

enrollment plan, the college cap is 170 students. To com-bat the discontented attitudes that might arise, the Health Science Center developed many alternative options for students.

“The Health Science Cen-ter plans to offer scholarships ranging from $2,000 to $6,000 to students who defer their enrollment for one year by April 1,” said Dr. Sam Sho-maker, dean of the College of Medicine.

In addition to scholarships, students also have the oppor-tunity to receive paid research internships in local research facilities. The Health Science Center also offers contact with other Texas medical school for students who decide to pursue a degree elsewhere.

“In addition to making this transition easier, we want to create advantageous oppor-tunities for students to attain credentials helpful to their re-sume,” Shomaker said. “We truly appreciate their sup-port.”

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nation&worldArizona bride arrested at wedding reception GILBERT, Ariz. — Police say a bride was arrested at her own wedding reception near Phoenix after she kicked a police offi cer. Police spokesman Hugh White said Monday that offi cers had to restrain 28-year-old Angela Davito around 9:30 p.m. Saturday after she became disorderly at the suburban Gilbert home where her reception was held. Offi cers responding to a call found a large brawl in the backyard of the home and told everyone to stop fi ghting. But the commotion continued, and police offi cers pepper-sprayed the crowd. White says people then got angry and aggressive toward the offi cers and that Davito charged a partygoer. He says Davito then kicked an offi cer and was arrested on charges of assault and obstructing governmental operations. It’s unclear whether she has an attorney.

Missing Virginia teacher’s body located in Japan RICHMOND, Va. — The body of a 24-year-old English teacher from Virginia has been discovered in the wreckage of the Japan tsunami. Taylor Anderson could be the fi rst known American victim in the Japan disaster as authorities continue the daunting task of fi nding and identifying almost 13,000 people believed to be missing. Anderson’s family said in a statement that the U.S. Embassy in Japan called them Monday to tell them she was found in Ishinomaki, a city about 240 miles (390 kilometers) north of Tokyo. Offi cials with U.S. Embassy in Japan and the State Department could not immediately confi rm whether she is the fi rst known U.S. victim in Japan. Her parents, Andy and Jean Anderson, said in a statement: “Please continue to pray for all who remain missing and for the people of Japan.”

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Alex Weber, junior finance major, swims butterfly Monday at the outdoor pool at the Student Recreation Center.

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