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Organizations from the Brazos Valley will be

looking for a helping hand at the MSC Respect Lounge when the Leadership and Service Center hosts the Volunteer Opportunities Fair from 10:30 a.m. – 2:20 p.m. Tuesday.

The “open house” of volunteer opportunities will feature more than 30 agencies in Bryan-College Station that are looking for volunteers this semester, in-cluding Habitat for Human-

ity, Keep Brazos Beautiful and the American Cancer Society.

Melissa Shehane, assistant director of student activities, said the diverse community partners at the Volunteer Opportunities Fair have a wide range of needs and could use the help of Aggie students.

“Any Aggie student can find a place to serve and match their talents with or-ganizations that could use their gifts,” Shehane said.

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thebattalionBanned Books Week reminds campus of U.S. censorship historyRIGHT TO READ:

Caleb Stewart — THE BATTALION

Emblazoned across a background of a light blue sky and white clouds

are the words, “Don’t believe in God? You are not alone.” The billboards are simple — designed to grab attention — which the group behind the signs said is the intent.

“What we’re trying to do is let people

of our like-mind find where there are groups near them that they can join,” said Fred Edwords, national director of the Coalition of Reason, the group that arranged for the billboards to go up.

The Brazos Valley Coalition of Rea-son is a newly formed group of exist-ing organizations from around College Station. These organizations include the Agnostic and Atheist Student Group of

Texas A&M, the Brazos Valley Atheist Vuvuzela Marching Band, the Bryan-College Station Atheists and Freethink-ers and the Secular Humanist Network of Texas A&M.

“The main purpose of this campaign is to reach out to other non-believers in this area who, given the nature of the

Defensive adjustments yields improved unit

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The Texas A&M defense has taken its share of the blame for

many mistakes four games into the 2013 season. After being exposed against top-ranked Alabama for 568 total yards and 42 points, changes were made Saturday against Southern Methodist in hopes of taking a much-needed step forward defensively.

In response, the Aggie defense limited the Mustangs to one touch-down in a lopsided 42-13 win at Kyle Field.

“It was good to see,” defensive co-ordinator Mark Snyder said. “We’re still a work in progress for sure, but if we keep seeing improvement every week, I think we’ll be just fine. I saw a lot of improvement this week.”

What Snyder saw was a defensive group that was faster and more ag-gressive from sideline-to-sideline as personnel changes, centered around speed and agility, were key to shut-

ting down SMU’s spread offense.Following junior safety Floyd Ra-

ven’s collarbone injury early during the Aggies’ 65-28 victory over Sam Houston State, junior backup Clay Honeycutt has played almost every snap at his position.

A performance against Alabama that included a missed tackle on a screen-pass-turned-51-yard-touch-down, however, forced the A&M coaching staff to reconsider Honeyc-utt’s spot in the lineup.

Billboards seek end to atheist isolation

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Personnel shifts key to SMU victory

See Volunteer on page 2

Texas A&M will promote the right to read by participat-ing in this year’s Banned

Books Week, an annual nation-wide awareness week that celebrates the freedom of expression through reading and raises awareness of the continued practice of banning books within U.S. communities.

This year’s Banned Books Week will take place Sunday through Sat-urday, during which Texas A&M will be highlighting five books through social media contests and participating in other social media outreaches to connect students to Banned Books Week.

Patrick Zinn, marketing manager of Texas A&M University Libraries, said the media competitions will be similar to last year’s and will most likely include a Facebook competi-tion wherein the library posts a quote from a previously banned book, and the first person to guess the correct book wins a Starbucks gift card.

Zinn said Texas A&M partici-pates in Banned Books Week so students realize the significance of having access to knowledge.

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MSC to host search for volunteers Tuesday

See Banned books on page 2

Junior defensive

back Deshazor Everett returns

a fumble for a touchdown

against SMU, one of three forced turnovers in

the game.

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See Defense on page 3

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The Brazos Valley Coalition of Reason, a group composed of likeminded non-theistic organizations, has put up billboards like this one to promote a sense of inclusion for non-religious people.

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I hope [Banned Books Week] educates students to realize there are people

who ban books, unfortunately, in our country. It doesn’t just happen in other countries.”

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“Texas A&M University Libraries likes to celebrate Banned Books Week because it is an opportunity to talk about the importance of having free access to all information — a mission that the University Libraries takes very seriously,” Zinn said. “Banned Books Week resonates with students because they are often surprised and amused to discover that many of the books that they have read appeared on a banned book list at one time.”

Many popular books on the list are literary clas-sics. Deborah Caldwell-Stone, deputy director for the American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom, said the books on the top-10 list are a general reflection of what books are frequently challenged by parents and community groups.

“‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ is a perennial on the top-10 list of Banned Books Week, as is the ‘Diary of Anne Frank,’” Caldwell-Stone said. “Both classics that are be-loved but some parents and community members find [them] disturbing and have asked them to be removed from schools.”

Caldwell-Stone also said censorship has historically come from a variety of places.

“Another one is ‘Huckleberry Finn,’” she said. “That’s actually a book that is challenged generally from both sides of the political aisle. You’ll even see books like the ‘Harry Potter’ series, a series beloved by millions, on the list.”

Inessa Spencer, a representative of the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression, said she hopes Banned Books Week will help students realize that book banning is not just a foreign phenomenon, but something that happens right here in America.

“I hope Banned Books Week educates students to re-alize that there are people who ban books unfortunately in our country,” Spencer said. “It doesn’t just happen in other countries. It happens in the United States as well.”

Spencer said the censorship of books often comes from people who are not educated on the matter.

“We have to realize that often the books that we read in schools are the books that have been chosen by teach-ers and they are the educated ones and the ones who have gotten a degree and can make the best decisions on that and people who ban books are often not the educated ones,” Spencer said. “They are often the parents or com-munity members who of course have a right to tell their own children what to read but should not try to tell other children what to read.”

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“I’m most excited about ‘Orange is the New Black’ coming back on because it’s hilarious and it’s

progressively getting darker and darker so I’m anxious to see what else happens.”

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how Ted is going to marry her.”Cynthia Trejo, freshman political science major

“‘Breaking Bad’ because it’s exciting and I’ve started watching and I’m

coming up to the fifth season and it’s about to finish soon. So yeah, I’m excited

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“Furthermore, they can gain valuable skills that will help them in their future careers, but most importantly make an impact in the Brazos Valley.”

Shehane said statistics of the event reported that 97.5 percent of students learned about new opportunities that they did not know of prior to attending the fair, while 100 percent of organizations in the Volunteer Fair re-ported that they made connections with students they believe will result in committed volunteers.

One organization that will be at the Volunteer Op-portunities Fair is Scotty’s House, a child advocacy cen-ter in Bryan that provides a supportive and nurturing

environment for child abuse victims. Melanie Scarpace, volunteer and intern services coordinator at Scotty’s House, said the organization has recruited many volun-teers through the event and that whether volunteers have one hour a month or a few hours a week, Scotty’s House could use the help.

“Volunteers make such a difference in the lives of the children and families who come to Scotty’s House,” Scarpace said. “With your help, we can continue to pro-vide services to abused children and their families which bring comfort in times of crisis and lay a foundation for a healthy future.”

Chelsea Hanlin, senior agricultural leadership major, said she recommends that any and all students attend the Volunteer Opportunites Fair as volunteering has great benefits, both personally and professionally.

“If you become a regular volunteer and get to know who you are working with, that very person could help you get a job,” Hanlin said. “So in my opinion, volun-teering benefits you personally as well as professionally. It’s just a matter of finding what area interests you most to help you excel.”

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w. golf | The A&M women’s golf team finished in seventh place at the Lady Paladin Invitational on Sunday in Greenville, S.C.

volleyball | The Aggies host their initial conference matchup against Georgia at 1 p.m. Sunday at Reed Arena.

soccer | A&M returns to Ellis Field with SEC matchups against Mississippi State and Vanderbilt Friday and Sunday.

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Sophomore Harrison Adams won the SEC Fall Classic Title Sunday.

m. tennisSophomore claims SEC tournament titleTexas A&M men’s tennis sophomore Harrison Adams swept the Southeastern Conference Fall Classic singles championship Sunday afternoon at Vanderbilt University, defeating Georgia’s Austin Smith in a 6-4, 6-0 match for the title. After being named to the league’s All-SEC Second Team and All-Freshmen teams following last season, Adams showed his offseason improvement during the tournament, dominating opponents en route to the championship. Adams controlled the court against Mississippi’s William Kallberg in a 6-2, 6-1 match in the quarterfinals before defeating LSU’s Chris Simpson 6-4, 6-2 in the semis.

Against SMU, junior defensive back De-shazor Everett stood in at Raven’s safety position while Everett’s replacement, se-nior Otis Jacobs, filled in at the vacant cornerback position.

“We felt like Deshazor [Everett] is an eraser, and he was unselfish enough to go back to safety for us tonight,” Snyder said. “We felt like that was just the best personnel grouping to put on the field until we get Floyd back, so we had to put [Jacobs] at corner and Deshazor [Everett] at safety.”

Everett was the third-leading tackler with seven stops and returned a fumble for a

touchdown during Saturday’s victory, one of three turnovers the A&M defense forced against SMU.

“Everything was clicking,” Everett said. “It was mostly due to better communication, having the same group in practice all week and translat-ing it to the game, the game felt just like practice. It was easy to go out there and play fast and make plays tonight.”

Everett’s move to safety wasn’t the only per-sonnel change made Saturday, as true freshman Darian Claiborne received the nod at middle linebacker over junior veteran Donnie Baggs.

“[Claiborne] is young but one thing about him is that he is not afraid to play fast and make plays,” said senior defensive back Toney Hurd Jr. “He runs sideline-to-sideline really well and he is a young guy, but he is making a lot of plays

for us. Coach Snyder took a chance but it looks like it paid off.”

Statistically, the risk of throwing Claiborne into the mix proved beneficial, as the true freshman totaled five tackles against the Mus-tangs and currently has 18 tackles on the year, including two for loss.

The A&M defense moved toward a con-sistent defensive lineup Saturday with Snyder saying he had “the right guys on the field” following the game. Moving forward into the Aggies’ first road game of the season Saturday against Arkansas, Everett, Claiborne and Jacobs will remain at their new positions for the unit.

A&M head coach Kevin Sumlin maintained his long-standing “the best player will play” mantra following the game, saying whoever allows the team the best chance for victory will take the field.

“We’re going to try and give ourselves the best opportunity to win,” Sumlin said. “We’re going to reward guys who we think are giv-ing us the best chance, so whether you’ve been here five years or five days, we’ll give you a chance if it looks to us like you can benefit us.”

DefenseContinued from page 1

True freshman linebacker Darian Claiborne (left) and senior cornerback Otis Jacobs (right) stood out as key personnel adjustments for the A&M defense during Saturday’s 42-13 victory over SMU.

We’re going to reward guys who we think are

giving us the best chance, so whether you’ve been here five years or five days, we’ll give you a chance if it looks like you can benefit us. ”

— Kevin Sumlin, A&M head football coach

Photos by Bryan Johnson — THE BATTALION

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conservative and highly religious area of the country, can feel kind of alone,” said Shamar Hawkins, senior psychology major.

Hawkins is a media representative for the Brazos Valley Co-alition of Reason and president of the College Station Atheists and Free-thinkers. Hawkins has seen many peo-ple come through the groups in the Coalition who are relieved to discover that communities such as these exist in the area.

“Lots of people in this area who might be non-re-ligious don’t even know that there are other people like them out here, at least not locally,” Hawkins said.

The Brazos Valley chapter of the Coalition put up the billboards in conjunction with the United Coalition, a national group based in Washington, D.C.

“We’re about helping local groups cooper-ate for mutual benefit and to raise the public profile so that more of the public, who are phil-osophically inclined in our direction, will be able to find a group near them,” Edwords said.

Luis Fayad — junior history major, media representative for the Brazos Valley Coalition of Reason and president of the Agnostic and Atheist Student Group — said the billboards

have received mainly positive re-sponses.

“Both Shamar and I have got-ten really positive emails,” Fayad said, although he said there have been one or two hostile retorts.

Fayad said be-cause many of the organizations around campus are either directly or indirectly related to religion, it can sometimes be diffi-cult for non-theists

to find community. “We are just trying to make it known that

we are here, that we are part of the community and that we just want to live and let live. We are not trying to de-convert anyone,” Fayad said.

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Freshman business administration major

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