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Q:What’s your favorite tradition ?thebattalionasks

“Midnight yell, I did it when I came to A&M so it reminds me of my freshman year.” Mical Ghebreniwot, senior marketing major

“Silver taps is profound, and I like participating in

something Ags have been doing for years.”

Lindsay Russell, senior chemical engineering

“Most defi nitely, football games! It is the greatest tradition.”Vianni Ricano, senior aerospace engineering major

“ I love Ring Day because it brings all your

family and friends together.”Rekha Epili, senior

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campusBoard continues search Texas A&M University System Board of Regents will have a telephonic meeting at 9 a.m. Thursday. The meeting will discuss the appointment of a deputy chancellor and the appointment of an interim chancellor of the Texas A&M System. Thursday’s board meeting is planned to guarantee continued operations of the Texas A&M System during the selection process of McKinney’s replacement.

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texasTeachers’ pay cutAUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Legislature has approved a bill allowing public school districts to cut teacher pay and furlough them beginning in 2012, in an attempt to avoid mass layoffs.Lawmakers have slashed school spending to balance the state budget without raising taxes or spending the Rainy Day Fund. The measure, which goes to Gov. Rick Perry, is designed to give school districts the fl exibility to adjust to lower per-student funding.

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Video game freedomWASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Monday refused to let California regulate the sale or rental of violent video games to children, saying governments do not have the power to “restrict the ideas to which children may be exposed” despite complaints about graphic violence. On a 7-2 vote, the high court upheld a federal appeals court decision to throw out the state’s ban on the sale or rental of violent video games to minors.

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A&M renews partnership

Texas A&M University and Blinn College renewed their Blinn TEAM partnership to help students gain admission into Texas A&M last Thursday.

The Blinn TEAM program started in 2001 and since has helped qualified students who weren’t accepted into Texas A&M gain ad-mission by taking classes at Blinn College. It is not necessarily that these students did not have the qualifications to get into A&M but rather the enrollment amount had already been met.

“The Blinn TEAM program helped me in multiple ways,” said Ashley Skeels, a sopho-more animal science major. “It helped me

master my basics in a setting of smaller classes than I would have experienced at A&M — there are just fewer students so the professors can spend more one on one time with the students to make sure that they fully under-stand what is being taught to them. It helped me prepare myself for what is going to come in the future when I am a full time Aggie.”

There are many students like Skeels aspir-ing to be full-time Aggies but still working to get there. The Blinn TEAM program helps these students get in easier than they would just trying to transfer. These students also get to take classes at A&M while on Blinn TEAM building up hours at A&M.

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Blinn team program receives extension after 10 years

Baseball team receives honors

Although the season ended in defeat at the College World Series in Oma-ha, Big 12 co-Coach of the Year Rob Childress has elevated the Texas A&M baseball team into to one of the nation’s most feared and respected programs in the nation.

On the heels of a 47-22 season, good for the sixth-most wins in school history, and the club’s school-record fifth con-secutive postseason foray and first trip to Omaha since 1999, the Aggie baseball program is enjoying more success than ever and is garnering attention in the na-tional spotlight as well.

Junior pitcher Ross Stripling was named a First Team All-American by the American Baseball Coaches Associa-tion/Rawlings All-Americans. He was also a First Team All-Midwest selection.

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Two months after capturing the first title in school history, the NCAA Champion Texas A&M women’s bas-ketball team has been nominated for the 2011 ESPYs, co-presented by Capital One and Castrol EDGE. Head Coach Gary Blair and members of the team were invited to attend the commemora-tive celebration of the 2010-2011 sport-ing season in Los Angeles.

The Aggies are nominated for Best Team after bringing home the national title against all odds in their first-ev-er trip to the NCAA Women’s Final Four. It seems the Aggies will again play the underdog as other nominees for Best Team include Auburn Football (NCAA), Boston Bruins (NHL), Dal-las Mavericks (NBA) and San Francisco Giants (MLB), all of which won their respective league titles.

Fans can vote for the Aggies as the

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Tune in◗ The ESPYs will air live at 8 p.m. July 13 from the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles and will be hosted by Seth Myers.

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The Blinn TEAM program started in 2001 and since has helped qualified students who weren’t accepted into Texas A&M

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Junior pitcher Ross Stripling was named First Team All-American, throws a fastball during the baseball teams 47-22 season.

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The hard-throwing right-hander from Southlake, Texas, posted a 2.29 ERA throughout the season. His 14 pitching victories led the nation and was the third highest total in school history. Stripling ranked among the country’s best in wins, strikeouts (113), innings pitched (125.2), opponent batting average (.202), com-plete games (4) and shutouts (1).

One of Stripling’s most memorable moments on the mound came at the end of regular season play. After having dropped the previous two games to the Longhorns, Stripling rose to the challenge and pitched the third match of the series, lasting nine innings while allowing only four hits against No. 4 Texas. His gritty performance earned the Aggies a share of the Big 12 regular season crown.

Adding to his extensive list of acco-lades, Coach Childress honored Stripling with the C.E. “Pat” Olsen Outstanding Pitcher Award, one of five team awards given at the end of the season. Stripling, a finance major in the Mays Business School, was also selected to the Capital One Academic All America Third Team.

Sophomore right fielder Tyler Na-quin joined Stripling on the First Team

All-Midwest and was named an ABCA Second Team All-American. Earlier in the month, Naquin was also crowned the Big 12 Player of the Year, the third in school history.

Naquin, who has one of the strongest arms in the country, notched seven out-field assists, which ranked him among the nation’s leaders in the category. While his fielding was superb all season long, his dominance at the plate really got the me-dia’s attention.

The Spring, Texas, product knocked in 104 hits, leading the nation and placing him fourth in A&M single-season history. He batted at a .381 clip, best in the con-ference, and roped 23 doubles and seven triples, good enough for third place in school history in both categories.

In a March 6 game against the Uni-versity of Houston, the powerful Naquin accomplished one of the most difficult tasks in the game of baseball: hitting for the cycle. He hit a double in the first in-ning, a triple in the second, a home run in the sixth and a single in the seventh, becoming the first Aggie to pull off the feat since 2007.

Naquin garnered one more honor, this time from Childress. Just two years into his Aggie career, Naquin was given the Marion Pugh Most Valuable Player Award for his record-setting season. Also

among his accolades was a 27 game hit-ting streak that lasted from March 30 to May 14, falling one game short of the school record.

Junior pitcher John Stilson, who tore his labrum and was unable to play during the postseason, was named Second Team All-Midwest, a testament to his strong play before the injury.

Stilson, who was an All-American last season as a relief pitcher, morphed into the Aggies’ Friday night starter and a na-tionally feared ace. Also a member of the Big 12 Second Team, “Stilly” ranked among the conference’s best in ERA (1.68), strikeouts (92) and opponent bat-ting average (.229).

In other team awards, junior infielder Scott Arthur won the Marion Pugh Spirit Award, given to the player deemed most instrumental to team unity and who pro-vides valuable leadership both on the field and in the clubhouse. Sophomore pitcher Kyler Martin was given the Wally Moon Award for most improved, and, in his first season playing for the Aggies, junior first baseman Jacob House won the Loraine B. And William B. “Breezy” Breazeale RBI Award after leading the team with 52 runs batted in.

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Dallas mayor sworn into offi ceBusinessman Mike Rawlings has been sworn in as the new mayor of Dallas. Rawlings, who took the oath of offi ce on Monday at the Meyerson Symphony Center downtown, says he’s “always found great success in building the right team for each challenge and making sure they are invested in success.” On June 18, he defeated former Dallas Police Chief David Kunkle in a runoff election.

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Anthony to remain on trialCasey Anthony is competent to remain on trial for murder in the death of her 2-year-old daughter, a judge ruled Monday after examining reports by three psychologists who examined her over the weekend. Also on the 29th day of testimony, Anthony’s attorneys asked Judge Belvin Perry to declare a mistrial and select a new jury, citing a ruling on Florida’s death penalty. Attorneys told the judge they did not believe their 25-year-old client is competent, based on privileged discussions with her. They did not elaborate what led them to that conclusion in a motion fi led Saturday and sealed until the judge’s ruling.

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Both Blinn College and Texas A&M receive benefits from the program. Some stu-dents come to Blinn College and enjoy it so much they choose to stay and drop their Blinn TEAM option.

“I would not be able to answer for Blinn, but from my standpoint as an aca-demic advisor and instructor, I believe it has been success-ful for A&M,” said Deborah Dunsford, agricultural com-munications advisor and in-structor. “It gives students an opportunity to get their col-lege careers started with the advantages of both a com-munity college and a major university. Blinn TEAM stu-dents ease into Texas A&M and have a chance to experi-ence the University a little at a time.”

Although the Blinn TEAM program may seem like the better and easier route for students, many times it’s not the case. Stu-dents on Blinn TEAM have to pay close attention to their time management since they have to schedule enough time to travel between the two campuses. They also have goals they are required to meet in order to get into A&M.

“Being in the program you have to complete it in two years with at least an overall

3.0 GPA, and have 15 hours from A&M and 45 hours from Blinn. If you don’t make all of these requirements, then you’re not able to transfer into A&M, so these are pret-ty strict rules and they make you stay focused on that one goal,” says Kimie Hutchin-son, junior agricultural economics major.

Programs like the Blinn TEAM are not available in other areas, because there aren’t as many junior institu-tions and senior institutions in close proximity of each other. As a part of the Blinn TEAM program, A&M al-lows students to live in the dorms, be involved in stu-dent organizations and at-tend A&M sporting events. This way the students do not miss out on the experiences at a senior university which junior universities do not of-fer. Blinn offers students a smaller classroom setting and more one-on-one time with advisors which a senior uni-versity like A&M cannot al-ways offer. Students that are a part of the Blinn TEAM program benefit in many ways by having experience in both institutions.

The renewal of this part-nership will continue to help future students gain admis-sion into Texas A&M. With this renewal, many more stu-dents will have their dreams of becoming an Aggie come true.

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