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Top: 13,162 fans, a record-breaking number for an Aggie women’s game, came to Reed Arena Sunday to watch the game against No.1 Baylor. Left: Danielle Adams goes up for a layup. She scored 13 points in the game. Right: Tyra White shoots during the game Sunday. She finished with 18 points.

In front of record crowd, No. 5 Aggies fall 63-60 to top-ranked Baylor

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In a game that matched the hype surrounding it, Texas A&M’s No. 5 women’s basketball team dropped a 63-60 heartbreaker Sunday against No. 1 Baylor.

“That was just good basketball, and that’s the story of the game,” said A&M Head Coach Gary Blair. “You saw two well-coached teams. You saw a very educated crowd that gave us a boost. You saw a great comeback by us in the second half.”

Following the defeat, Texas A&M,

18-2, 6-1, dropped to second in the Big 12 standings with No. 12 Oklaho-ma. Baylor, 19-1, 6-0, now sits alone atop the conference standings.

“We have a lot of weapons,” said Baylor Head Coach Kim Mulkey. “It is a challenge every day to make sure I have the right combinations on the floor. Somewhere down the road, this could be a very special team. We are good right now, we’re very talented, but we’re honestly not there yet.”

The Bears victory came in front of 13,162 at Reed Arena, the largest at-tendance ever at an A&M women’s

basketball game. The crowd created an electric atmosphere that is seldom seen in Aggieland when the women are playing.

“By far this was the best that Coach Blair’s program has had since we’ve been coming over here,” Mulkey said. “It’s awesome for A&M. It’s a shame that he doesn’t have that kind of crowd every game. It makes all of us that love this game feel valued and appreciated. It was a great atmosphere.”

Tallying a double-double, A&M se-nior center Danielle Adams recorded

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Students still stand as Twelfth Man

E. King Gill said: “I wish I could say that I went in and ran for the winning touchdown, but I did not. I simply stood by in case my team needed me.”

Being a student at Texas A&M incorporates a plethora of Aggie traditions that immerse and unite students in a unique cultural lifestyle unlike any other university in the nation. The Aggie Twelfth Man is one such tradition that contin-ues its vitality through the loyalty of Texas A&M

sports fans.“Nowhere else can you get 30,000 students

yelling in unison or organize an entire towel out. My experiences as the Twelfth Man will be some of my fondest memories here in Aggieland,” said Stephen Dawkins, a sophomore computer sci-ence major. “Kyle Field and Reed Arena have become two of the most intimidating places to play at simply because of the strong support that comes from the Twelfth Man.”

Students at A&M embrace the tradition and

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Tradition featuresEach day this week, a Battalion reporter will delve into the history of one of the A&M traditions students recognize.

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A statue of E. King Gill stands in front of the Zone at Kyle Field to remind students to honor the Twelfth Man.

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campus newsBryan man stabs studentA Bryan man stabbed a Texas A&M student Saturday morning at Logan’s at 201 College Main. The victim was injured to his thigh and buttocks and was transported to College Station Medical Center for treatment. The assailant described as a white male in his early 20s with a slim build approximately 5 feet, 7 inches feet tall. At the time of the assault he was wearing a maroon T-shirt, jeans and a dark pullover sweater. Anyone with more information on the suspect or victim is asked to contact the College Station Police Department at 979-764-3600.

A&M stresses impact of veterinary medicine The fi rst-ever Veterinary Legislative Day will be Tuesday in the State Capitol Building in Austin. A contingent of faculty, staff and students from Texas A&M University’s College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences will be there to brief Texas legislators on the impact of veterinary medicine on Texas. Veterinary Legislative Day events in Austin will coincide with events globally as 2011 has been designated as the “Year of the Veterinarian,” and a celebration will be Friday at the Hagler Center on the Texas A&M campus.

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Red, white and blue flew in front of Victor’s Shoe and Boot Repair on Texas Avenue. Sup-porters arrived to the parking lot to see Elizabeth Ames Jones, Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate. Jones is a former student at the University of Tex-as, and Bryan-College Station is the 13th stop out of a 14-stop tour to announce her candida-cy. Jones and her team traveled from Austin to Houston, Tyler to Harlingen and Dallas to El Paso and headed to Waco from Bryan-College Station.

“I am wrapping up a 14-city tour, I almost say 14 states be-cause where I have been, almost 14 states could fit within it, that’s what makes Texas so wonder-ful,” Jones said.

She is getting an early start on the election race.

“It’s really very important for politicians to get an early start because it’s a race from the be-ginning,” said attendee and Ag-gie alum, Rod Walline. “She’s got a lot of ground to cover, and it’s really encouraging for her to start early right here in Bryan-College Station.”

Jones said she is able to out-ride and outshoot any Texan.

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A good number of guys go to Northgate on the weekends. Others take their girlfriends out on a date. But Friday night, close to 1,500 guys gathered in the double gym of Central Bap-tist Church – College Station to learn how to be men.

Relentless Men’s Conference is a Christian conference that teaches young men ages 18-25 about biblical manhood. The conference, “exists to awaken the hearts of men to seek the heart of God … [and] equip college-aged men with the bib-lical knowledge, truth and pas-sion … to lead biblically, live radically, walk intimately and pursue Christ relentlessly.”

The one-night, six-hour, men-only event featured speak-ers Joe White, Todd Wagoner and Ben Stuart, with Christian artist Phil Wickham leading worship. Friday night’s event

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13 points and a team-high 11 rebounds. Called for a defen-sive block in transition, Adams fouled out for the first time this season with 3:53 remaining in the game.

“The girl was coming at me full speed so I just stopped and fell,” Adams said. “I guess [the referee] made the wrong call. He told me he was going to look at it but what good does that do me? He was running down the court with his back turned and he made the call.”

Baylor sophomore center Brittney Griner also had a dou-ble-double with 17 points and 12 rebounds, but it was fresh-man guard Odyssey Sims who led the way for the Bears. Sims scored a career-high 25 points including the go-ahead bucket with 26 seconds left.

“I don’t think there’s a bet-ter freshman point guard in the country than [Sims],” Blair said. “She’s got the ability to control in midair, bump into you, push off and be physical. They’re a better basketball team because Odyssey is in there running the show.”

Although the game began as an even contest, A&M’s of-fense stalled with the score tied 19-19 with 6:51 remaining in the first half. Baylor ripped off an 11-0 run and went into the locker room at the break with a 36-26 lead.

“A lot of it was just them creating turnovers up high and converting them on the other end,” A&M senior guard Syd-ney Colson said. “I had two turnovers and Sydney [Carter] had another one. Those are just points that are hard to get back. During that swing, we just didn’t do a good job tak-ing care of the ball.”

After taking the rest of the week off, the Aggies will head to No. 25 Texas Tech Saturday for their third-straight matchup with a ranked opponent.

“We’re not going to let this bring us down,” Adams said. “We’re going to get back into the gym and work hard and get on to the next game. When the time comes to play Baylor again, we’ll be smarter.”

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was the first-ever Relentless Conference.

Relentless consisted of mes-sages on various aspects of man-hood, interspersed with wor-ship segments and a “breakout” session, ending with an acoustic conference by Wickham.

“When I was in high school, I had a ‘Christian’ conference come talk to us for two days in a row about how to be leaders. They had movie clips, a test to take (to see what type of leader you were), analogies and motiva-tional speakers,” said Chris Jolly, a freshman electrical engineering major. “After struggling to stay awake during that conference, I didn’t have very high expecta-

tions for [Friday night]. But be-cause I knew some of the speak-ers for Relentless, I expected that I was going to be able to take some information away.”

Joe White is the owner and president of Kanakuk camps and a former coach at A&M. The S.M.U. alumni spoke about sur-rendering the “last 2 percent”; that person, activity or vice that keeps a person from pursuing a life that follows biblical standards.

Todd Wagoner is senior pas-tor and co-founder of Water-mark Community Church in Dallas and the father of six kids. Todd challenged the men to “be a man” and provided a biblical definition of manhood.

“The conference was great. It was a challenge to take initia-tive and stay strong as men in the faith. I especially appreciated

Todd Wagner’s emphasis and authority in using scripture to define the role of man in today’s society,” McBee said.

Ben Stuart, director of Break-away Ministries, finished out with a message on God’s vision for cre-ating man in his own image.

“I was blown away by each speaker … what they said came from the heart and was full of truth. Even if I had walked in with high expectations, I would have been blown away,” Jolly said.

Wickham performed an acoustic concert after the confer-ence ended.

“The speakers were very pas-sionate and the entire event was put together well. The concert at the end was fantastic. God was glorified through[out],” said Matt Bartlett, a freshman general studies major.

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“They whipped us pretty good.” -Mark Turgeon

“We were embarrassed down there.” -B.J. Holmes

“We have that bad taste from Austin.” -Nate Walkup

“I always grew up rooting against [Texas] no matter who they’re playing,” the senior forward said. “When you do that, in the back of your mind you’re like, ‘OK, this is what you’ve trained for, this is what you’ve lived for, you want to beat these guys, so just go out and play like it’s your last time to play them.’ I guess that’s true coming up now. You want to leave your mark in this series.”

Playing out his final year for the No. 11 Aggies, he has left his mark on a much wider area in the program’s rapidly blossoming history. The mo-ments have come and gone: his baseline drives and dunks, his back-breaking threes and, no-tably, his performances against Texas. As a player with career averages prior 2010-2011 of 3.5 points and 2.2 rebounds, Walk-up posted 5.0 points per game and 2.2 rebounds in six games against the arch-rivals. More so, he’s simply had those moments.

Little surprise would be found in that considering his background, but Walkup is quick to join the line of players who would say that between the lines, such feelings disperse.

Whatever the case may be,

in A&M’s overtime loss at Texas in 2010, he helped lead the charge that nearly over-took the No. 1 Longhorns by throwing 13 points and eight rebounds into the ring. Six weeks later he scored only six in a 16-point home blowout of the Longhorns, but did it on two dagger-like 3-pointers.

Indeed the moments have come and gone. Time’s pages turned, bringing in the 2010-2011 season, and something clicked; there’s been a rise with no fall.

Through 20 games, few Aggie players have been as consistent or as integral as Walkup, one of the cores of the team. The 6-foot-7-inch forward has improved his de-fense and regularly helps guard swingmen and post players alike. At 10.1 points per game, he’s doubled his highest career scoring average. Above all, his 5.7 rebounds per game lead an A&M team that is tied for sec-ond in the nation in rebound-ing margin.

More than 40 percent of his rebounds have been on the offensive glass, an area which makes him all the more essen-tial to the A&M roster.

“He doesn’t stop, his motor

is always going 110 percent,” said senior guard B.J. Holmes, who has played with Walkup for four years. “We prac-tice offensive rebounds in practice, where Nathan gets around his guy. If you watch film, he does it almost every time. Nate makes big plays, and he was able to make those tonight.”

Holmes listed increased confidence and aggressiveness to explain why Walkup has been so good.

This is the new Nathan Walkup: potent senior leader and A&M’s newest “glue guy.”

“I knew I’d have to take on more of a role,” he said. “We all sat down as players with Coach [Mark Turgeon] and he tells you what role you have. I knew when we lost [former players Donald] Sloan and [Bryan Davis] last year, I’d have to do a lot of B.D.’s things — I’d have to rebound better, I’d have to do a lot of dirty work, but at the same time I knew I’d have to put the ball in the hole a little more. No mat-ter how hard you play, you have to put some stats on the

board too.”The home team has won

each game in the series be-tween A&M and Texas for the past six years, over which time the stakes and the tension have consistently risen. Two con-secutive Aggie senior classes have laced their sneakers for the final time and left without ever losing to their biggest ri-vals at home.

“I wanted to beat every-body on every one of their home courts,” Walkup said. “I didn’t get to win in Austin and I never won at K-State, but to turn it around, Texas has never beaten us here. I definitely want to keep it that way. We’d like to come out and compete and put on a much better showing than we did there in Austin. I think if we play hard and defend well, especially with this home crowd and shoot the ball bet-ter, I think we can come away with a win.”

For what will fans remem-ber Nathan Walkup?

It is tough to say, but he’d like a part of that legacy dedicated to what he hopes will transpire on Reed’s court tonight.

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Walking the walk

No. 8 Texas vs. No. 11 Texas A&M8 p.m., Reed Arena

Much at stake tonight

The animosity between arch-rivals Texas A&M and Texas is currently at a fever pitch. With Texas’ out-landish television deal, A&M’s SEC flirtations and the

impending demise of the Big 12, the two schools aren’t exactly cordial.

Coupled with the general disgust between the two coun-terparts and the happenings in Austin less than two weeks ago, Big Monday’s matchup between No. 8 Texas and No. 11 A&M should live up to its name. There are big stakes in-volved, big spoils to the winner and big, bad blood between the burnt orange and the maroon.

Ask anybody associated with the A&M basketball pro-gram and they’ll assuredly affirm what those in attendance were thinking: this team was downright humiliated two weeks ago when they went to Austin with a gaudy top-10 ranking and left with their first conference defeat — an 81-60 pasting at the architectural travesty commonly known as the Frank Erwin Center.

“The one thing about down in Texas was I thought we kept trying hard, we just couldn’t do anything about it,” said Head Coach Mark Turgeon.

“We were embarrassed down there,” said senior guard B.J. Holmes.

The frontcourt was undressed by Tristan Thompson and company for much of the game. The Aggies were out-hustled, out-rebounded, out-physicaled, out-everythinged in a game that was decided five minutes in.

Just a week-and-a-half later, Texas has established itself as the unequivocal conference favorite and a Final Four contender. Since their shellacking of Turgeon’s squad, the Horns snapped the longest home winning streak in the country when they beat up Kansas at The Phog, dominated Oklahoma State on an emotional night in Stillwater and pulverized No. 13 Missouri.

Unlike Barnes’ teams of the past, this Texas squad doesn’t have the look of a pretender on the brink of folding.

However, ask anybody associated with A&M basketball and they will assuredly tell you that this rivalry is distinctly different at Reed Arena. The Longhorns, under Head Coach Rick Barnes, haven’t won in College Station since 2004. Frankly, they haven’t competed at Reed Arena since 2006.

Texas will be coming into Aggieland tonight with an inordinate amount of confidence, and rightfully so. They’ll be waltzing in with a top-5 number by their name. They’ll be carrying with them Jordan Hamilton and the aforementioned Thompson — two candidates for Big 12 Player of the Year.

They’ll also be encountering a furious A&M squad.Fresh off a disappointing loss in Lincoln and with that

bitter taste still in their mouths, make no mistake about it: Turgeon is going to have his guys ready to play. In the last two seasons, Turgeon’s teams are 9-1 following a loss.

With a raucous, sell-out crowd expected, Turgeon’s team will play inspired, gritty basketball — the Aggies are 26-1 at home the last two seasons.

With three consecutive lackluster performances, Aggies’ star forward Khris Middleton will show Texas and the rest of the country that he is, in fact, the real deal.

With their legitimacy being questioned and with the best team in the conference on their court, A&M will undoubt-edly play with a chip on their shoulder.

It is a battle of upper-echelon Big 12 teams. One that will be showcased in front of a national audience. The atmo-sphere will be second to none. The hatred between the two rivals has reached a boiling point.

And when the final buzzer sounds, because this Aggie team is as relentless as any in the country, the 13,000-plus frenzied fans in white will be joyously sawing Varsity’s horns off.

David Harris is a senior economics major and sports editor

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The rivalry with Texas is getting more and more heated making tonight’s game a must-see

Nathan Walkup insists his parents never

forced it upon him. Yet for the senior

forward, a man who grew up with

Aggie parents, an Aggie uncle and an older

brother who attended A&M, it seems inevi-

table that the school would retain a certain

allure — and that certain sentiments would

run thick in the blood.

Aggies look forward to returning to Reed Arena

Walkup finds role on team during senior year

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Thus far into the college basketball season, the best team in the Big 12 has emerged, and it’s not Kansas.

The team from Austin will enter Reed Arena tonight with recent victo-ries over then-No. 10 A&M, then-No. 2 Kansas on the road and No. 13 Mis-souri notched neatly on its belt and more momentum than any team not named Ohio State. The Longhorns haven’t won in Reed since 2004, but there might not have been a Texas team in that span that measures up to the current model.

No. 11 A&M and No. 8 Texas square off at 8 p.m. on ESPN’s Big Monday with history, bragging rights and confer-

ence standings sitting atop the chasm that divides the two.

In 2006, future All-American Acie Law’s three-pointer at the buzzer — a moment that would become known as “The Shot” — sent the No. 7 Long-horns away with a crushing upset loss for the second straight year. Since that time, A&M is 4-0 at home against Texas with an average winning margin of 16.5 points.

More recently, the Aggies went west to Austin riding a 13-game winning streak and fell hard to Earth, blasted 81-60 by a Longhorns team that seemed as if it could do no wrong.

“The one thing about down in Texas was I thought we kept trying hard, we just couldn’t do anything about it,” said

Aggies Head Coach Mark Turgeon. “That was the discouraging part … I think it’s good, because we’ll remember the whipping we took. You don’t ever want to get embarrassed. They whipped us pretty good. You just went through it all, hopefully you can make the right ad-justments to be a little more successful.”

The Aggies were caught off-guard and roughed up in Nebraska on Satur-day, falling 57-48 to the Cornhuskers. A seven-point halftime lead quickly evaporated, while A&M managed only 17 points in the second half of play. Sophomore forward Khris Middleton was boxed into only 12 points — merely three in the decisive second half.

By contrast, Texas polished off a 2-0 week — including a road win against

Oklahoma State — by returning to Austin to defeat Missouri, 71-58. Star sophomore Jordan Hamilton posted 16 points and 13 rebounds alongside fresh-man sidekick Tristan Thompson’s nine and 13. Hamilton, averaging 19 points per game, scored 27 against the Aggies in Austin.

Middleton’s average lingers at 15.7 points per game; junior forward David Loubeau, who has struggled of late, is one of two other Aggies averaging more than 10 points per contest. A&M has lost two of its last three — both away from home — after opening the season 16-1.

No. 1 Kansas was the opponent on Feb. 15, 2010, when Big Monday last visited College Station. A frenzied re-cord-crowd of 13,657 packed Reed and

nearly carried No. 23 A&M to the up-set. The Aggies ultimately ran out of gas, ceding it 59-54, but the atmosphere left famous ESPN personalities Brent Mus-burger and Bob Knight gushing.

But the opponent was not Texas, against whom that attendance record was swept aside later in the season.

“A&M vs. t.u., Big Monday, around campus people make Facebook events and what-not,” senior forward Nate Walkup said. “It’s exciting to think about. Some of my friends are already thinking about camping out. We have that bad taste from Austin. We’re ready to give it another go at them again. We’ve got to get this bad taste out of our mouth and defend our home court.”

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Senior Nathan Walkup is third on the team in scoring with 10.1 points per game in 2010-2011.

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3/2 Houses, Townhouses &Apart-ments, 1250sqft. Very spacious,ethernet, large kitchen, walk-inpantry &closets, extra storage, W/D,great amenities, on bus route, nowpre-leasing, excellent specials.979-694-0320,[email protected]

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3bd/2ba Nice house. Rock Prairieand Wellborn area. W/D, garage,backyard. $950/mo. Short-termlease through May/June. ContactMike 512-887-0318.

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4/4.5, like new. High ceilings, hugeclosets, large front porch, tilefloors, all appliances, many extras.$1750/mo. Preleasing for August.979-229-6326. See photos and infoat www.texagrentals.com

4bd/2ba house. Close to campus,wood floors, tile floors, ceiling fans,W/D, fenced yards. 979-776-6079.www.aggielandleasing.com

4bd/4ba house, 3526 Wild Plum, re-frigerator, W/D, huge backyard!$1,650/mo. 361-290-0430.

Available now 2/1.5, W/D Connec-tions. Large fenced yard. Pets ok.Large closets, fireplace. 2404-BLong Drive. $575/mo. Call979-693-1448.

Barn Apartment near A&M, Will ex-change partial rent for work.$250/mo. 846-5950.

Bogart’s beautifully furnished bed-room w/bath. Run of the house,W/D, ground, &pool. Two great fur-nished apartments. 936-825-1969.www.bogarts.org

Cottage. Holik C.S. 2bd/1ba,1000sqft., W/D, Balcony, wooded.Private drive. Quiet. $600/mo.979-777-2472.

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Duplex near campus. 2bd/2ba. W/D.No backyard. 307 Spruce. $650/mo.Call 254-760-8242.

Fully furnished, luxurious 4/4Waterwood townhome for leaseAugust 2011. 1596 sf. W/D, 2-milesto TAMU, on bus-route. 1001Krenek Tap. $2000/mo. ContactStephen 512-694-3311.

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Large 3bd/3ba Fox Run Condos.W/D, gated. $1600/mo. Utilitiespaid. Available now. 979-575-7343.

Live in cozy ranch cottage on beau-tiful 100 acres 32 miles east of Aus-tin, in McDade. 2bdrm., 1 ba, cen-tral air, heat, cable andwasher-dryer. Horse pasture avail-able. Must be non-smoker. Will re-duce rent for light ranch work 7-10hours/ week. email [email protected] or call 512-273-2331.

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Northgate, available now and pre-lease, new duplexes and fourplexes,1/1, 2/2, and 3/2, call 979-255-5648.

Oak Creek Condos, high-speedinternet and basic cable.2bdrm/1.5ba. $515/mo. Water,sewer, trash paid. Fireplace, ice-maker, pool, hot-tub.979-822-1616.

One bedroom for rent in 3bedroomhouse. M/F, 1mi to campus. On busroute. $350/mo +1/3bills. Summerlease instead. Hot tub and gameroom. (979)739-7717.

One room availabe in 3bd/3b apart-ment, close to Blinn and TAMU,$333/mo plus utilities, call Sara979-966-7597,[email protected]

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She also has plenty of experience in politics, and she is both conservative and supports the second amendment, pro-life and pro energy industry.

“She grew up in San Antonio, she’s has been a legislature, she’s current [chairwoman] of the rail-road commission, she likes to say she can outride any Texan ... she also says she can out shoot any Texan,” said supporter Paul Rigor, as he intro-duced Jones. “I know with the current state of af-fairs in Washington DC we are going to need a lot of tough love … you’re going to see she aims to make a difference in going to Washington DC.”

Jones claims to support the small business when she gets to Senate. She said she will fight for the federal government to attend their basic obligations then let small businesses do what they do best.

“If Washington would just meet its basic federal operations in securing our border then get out of the way we wouldn’t be in the fix we are in,” Jones said. “Instead of focusing on how government can be more a part of our lives and our businesses every part of the day, Washington should concentrate on unshackling and unleashing the engine of in-novation of ingenuity and job creation and that is letting businesses do what they do best, create jobs and prosperity and value and leave a leg for generation to come.”

Jones wants to focus on repairing the economy with small businesses and smaller government in-stead of thinking big as she claims President Obama is guilty of.

“I say it’s time to think small and think smart … smaller companies, smaller government that allows small companies to release the innovation of great ideas and entrepreneurship that is so rich in Texas from top to bottom and east to west,” Jones said. “Smaller government that doesn’t crush small busi-nesses with small minded policies that only a soviet central minded planner could love. As Texas’s next United States senator, I’ll stand up for those small businesses and fight against burdens and regulations and demand that we repeal Obama care and small business killing regulations that go with it.”

Jones grew up in the oil industry and is very passionate about wanting America to be “energy secure.” She believes that independent oil and natural resource companies and energy explora-tion companies should be allowed to drill and dis-cover energy for our country. She disagrees with President Obama’s plan to stop domestic drilling onshore.

“President Obama is funding offshore drilling in Brazil, but he is putting the brakes on our own domestic companies to drill onshore,” Jones said. “These permits are not being let out in the deep gulf water … and when Americans get hit with the price of this … you are going to see firsthand how critical it is that we are allowed to develop our own natural resources and become energy secure … there is nothing protecting from the power grab of the EPA … If we can apply the Texas model to the rest of the country … then think how truly energy secure this country could be.”

Other supporters agree with this as well. They want America to be energy secure and not rely so much on our enemies and terrorist countries for our oil and natural resources.

“I think the biggest thing is energy security,” said attendee James Edge. “It’s absolutely impera-tive for so many reasons, economic, national secu-rity, being able to afford to fill up your tank. Many people forget that the beginnings of this recession started when gasoline hit $4 a gallon and it could happen again and if it does it will be absolutely dev-astating for every individual and business. You’ve got to have someone in office that understands energy, understands petroleum isn’t poison. Our economy thrives on energy and we have to be able to produce it or we have to go to terrorist nations and to our enemies in order to buy it. That puts us in a terrible position.”

Jones may have graduated from the University of Texas but she has a great respect for the com-munity of Bryan-College Station.

“The people, right here in this community, are the people that I want to support me, and I want to support this community,” Jones said. “I want to make decisions that benefit the people right here in this community.”

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show support by remaining standing for the entire game.

“I think the Twelfth Man repre-sents a unified student body far sur-passing any other in the nation,” said Isabel Brennan, a freshman civil en-gineering major. “It shows that we as A&M students are ready to help our fellow Aggies at a moment’s notice.”

All students can and are encour-aged to support their fellow Aggies through the tradition of the 12th Man while in competition.

“I say this often, but I believe simply graduating from Texas A&M doesn’t make a true Aggie. What makes someone a true Aggie, more than simply wearing the ring, is par-ticipating in the culture that makes putting the ring on worthwhile,” said Ben Debayle, a senior finance major and senior yell leader. “It’s every person’s ability to honor our past, connect to our present and be committed to our future. That is truly the only way any and every student can embrace the tradition.”

The spirit of the Twelfth Man, a tradition born on Jan. 2, 1922, origi-nated when the Aggie’s were playing the then top ranked, Centre Col-lege. The hard fought game began taking its toll on the players. Coach Dana X remembered one of his for-mer football players, E. King Gill, in the stands. Gill was asked to suit up and stood ready throughout the rest of the game. The Aggies would go on to win the game 22-14.

“Some people may not know, but the legendary story of E. King Gill, from whom we began the tra-dition of the Twelfth Man, never actually got a chance to play in the Dixie Classic. He was called from the stands and certainly dawned the grid-iron armor, but was never put into the game,” Debayle said. “It’s simply because of his willingness and spirit that we encourage all Aggies to emulate his example.”

Coach Jackie Sherrill renewed the Twelfth Man tradition by start-ing the Twelfth Man Kick-Off team composed of regular students.

“It was entirely made up of stu-dent walk-ons. Hundreds of stu-dents came out including two girls,” Dawkins said. “People outside of Aggieland thought Sherrill was in-sane for doing it, but around 20 were selected and they actually became the best kickoff team in the nation.”

All Aggies, like Gill, stand by ready to go in if needed. It is this attitude of service, enthusiasm and devotion that fuels the spirit of Ag-gieland.

“The Twelfth Man, I feel, is a way A&M has been able to capture its spirit. It properly conveys the atti-tude and atmosphere our school has always tried to promulgate through-out its history,” Debayle said. The Twelfth Man is a tie to our rich past and continues to be a distinguishing trait that we carry and proclaim to the rest of the nation.”

It is traditions like the Twelfth Man that mold students into Aggies.

“You know, A&M does some-thing to a person. It gives you some-thing intangible. I know that for the rest of my life, I will be traveling with a gift. That gift is an unspoken, but very noticeable, sense of pride that comes with being an Aggie,” Debayle said. “Nothing has to be said. Nothing has to be done. Simply living will suffice. Living the surety of knowing I’m a part of a global family that will last a lifetime.”

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hiring assistant football coachesName: George Cunningham Job: professor of sport management in the Depart-ment of Health and Kinesiology and director of the Laboratory for Diversity in Sport Qualifications: researched racial ideology and prejudice in the hiring process

Q: Could you summarize your most im-portant findings in a few sentences?◗ First, we see that although progress has been made, African-Americans continue to be under-represented in key coaching posi-tions [43.3 percent of Whites compared to 20.6 percent of African-Americans]. Most people look at head coaching, but we showed that the problem starts before then, at the assistant coach and coordinator level.

Second, we see that the attributions sports information directors (SIDs) made were consistent with the dominant racial ideology in America, particularly within sports. That is, Whites were cast as smart and experienced, while African-Americans did not have these attributions, but instead, were cast as contributing because they could attract or oversee other African Americans. Put another way, Whites are depicted as contributing to the coaching staff because of their intellect, while such attributions are not made for African-Americans.

This was not a conscious effort on the SIDs part, nor I do not expect it was. Instead, I think there are implicit biases and prejudices that shape these commentaries. Q: Could you comment on the disparity between the number of African-American players relative to the number of African-American coaches?◗ Several people have argued that players

represent the biggest potential pool of assistant coaches. Of course, not every player is going to coach, but most coaches were former players. If this is the case, and all opportunities were equal, then we would expect to see a similar propor-tion of coaches and players who are racial minority.

But, this is not the case. Across all major sports, both at the professional and collegiate level, the proportion of racial minority players far out-numbers the pro-portion of racial minority assistant coaches and head coaches. These differences are beyond what chance would predict, sta-tistically speaking. So, there is something going on to cause this disconnect. Our research, both past studies and the one we are discussing here, suggest that prejudices and discrimination are largely to blame. Q: I’ve read your study and noticed you offered some solutions to the problem you’ve uncovered. Could you comment more specifically on your suggestions?◗ Related to the point above, we think that alerting SIDs of these findings could be very helpful. Further, research shows that diversity training, when properly for-matted and designed, can be very effective in reducing the use of biased language. Such efforts could be helpful here.

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