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“ It’s an oasis of art and music in this time of year, taking you somewhere very different,” Pullen said.

It certainly did.The first piece, written by Gabriel

Faure of France, “Sonata in A Major for Violin and Piano, Op. 13” was composed in 1875 and performed by Zuo Jun on violin and Timothy Hester on piano. It’s a four-part piece with the first section mostly calm, but interrupt-ed with crashing moments of furious strumming by the violin. The piece

then moves to a somber feel with less climbs, andin the third it picks up into an upbeat, steadier tempo, finishing in the fourth with dramatic undertones.

In attendance that night was former A&M English professor, Paul Parrish, who, with his wife Linda, have been attending this series for many years.

“Tonight was wonderful, we’ve been coming since the beginning, and it’s always excellent,” Paul said.

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Musicians perform at the University Summer performance series at the Annenberg Conference Center.

Texas Music Festival continues concert series

Summer strings

The University Summer Perfor-mance Series kicked off its second con-cert Monday evening with an interna-tional tour of composers and music, dating back to the 1800s.

The musicians were faculty mem-bers from the University of Houston,

playing pieces by composers from vari-ous regions of the world.

Kristen Pullen, director of the Acad-emy for the Visual and Performing Arts at Texas A&M University, who helped put on the event, said the concert was a very personal and intimate experience.

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ncluding sounds from Paris to Australia and back to

Berlin — all in one night — the Texas Music

Festival brought an international atmosphere to

College Station.

thebatt.comWeekend trendsCatch up on all the happenings from this weekend, including the E3 conference on The Battalion’s website.

insidetech | 2Tablet frenzyGo inside for an in-depth look at the future of tablets and commentary on last week’s Computex.

The A&M track and field team concluded its season Saturday at Drake Univer-sity in Des Moines, Iowa. The Aggie men and women teams each placed third.

This summer marked the first time since 2008 that the Aggies left the NCAA Out-door National Champion-ships without the gold medal.

The Aggie men compiled 40 points over the four days of events. SEC teams Florida (50) and LSU (48) finished in first and second place re-spectively. The Aggie men had a pair of silver medalists including 200-meter sprinter Ameer Webb and 110-meter hurdler Wayne Davis II.

The tournament got off to a slow start for the No. 1 A&M men’s team who seemed riddled with bad luck. South Central Region’s

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Aggies finish third in NCAA Championships

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The Aggies’ men and women track teams placed third during the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field meet at Drake Stadium Saturday.

Camps welcome new Aggies

Transfer Camp and Howdy Camp will join forces August 2013 to wel-come transfer students under one orga-nization.

Currently, Transfer Camp and How-dy Camp exist as two separate entities that welcome students who did not have the opportunity to attend Fish Camp. Transfer Camp is offered before the fall semester for transfer students while Howdy Camp is for any students enter-

ing Texas A&M University prior to the spring semester.

Both camps will exist under the ti-tle of “Transition Camp.” Transition Camps will have one director staff, in-creasing the cohesiveness in welcoming students while still maintaining both camps’ original purposes.

“Howdy Camp and Transfer Camp will still be open to all students who did not have the chance to attend an ex-tended orientation like Fish Camp,” said

Joanna Raines The Battalion

See Transition Camp on page 3

campus

Instructor loses job, crosses removed

A Texas A&M University-San Anto-nio instructor was not offered a teaching position next fall, after questioning the presence of certain religious relics at the University’s entrance.

About half a mile down the road from the University, the Tower of Hope stands near the University’s entrance. It bears the University seal, and used to have crosses hanging, as well.

Sissy Bradford, a criminology instruc-tor, was one of 20 adjunct faculty mem-bers not offered employment for the fall semester. She objected to the association of religious symbols with a public univer-sity meant to welcome students from all religious backgrounds.

“She brought it to [her department head’s] attention the day they went up … and he asked her if there was

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male track athlete of the year Prezel Hardy Jr. narrowly missed qualifying for the 100m finals which could have been the difference be-tween bronze and gold med-als for the Aggies.

As for the women’s team, they surged on the final day of competition to rise from 17th place to earn the bronze medal with 38 points. The tournament as a whole was

dominated by LSU who finished with a whopping 76 points. The lady Tigers doubled A&M’s point total and took care of second place Oregon (62) with ease.

In the 4 x 100-meter relay, the Aggie women recorded the fastest runner-up time in the history of the NCAA Championship Tournament with a time of 42.82 seconds.

campus newsTwo A&M professors honoredRobert and Doris Kensing of Menard County have created two generous charitable gift annuities and a bequest that will support students and faculty in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. The endowments created through the gifts will honor the legacy of Texas A&M agriculture professors: Tyrus R. Timm, a professor and former head of the agricultural economics department; and Fred Brison, a horticultural sciences professor.

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Roger Zhang: New products on the horizon

Tablets go mainstream

W ith more than a 68 percent market share,

the Apple iPad sits comfortably as “King

of Tablet Hill,” but with the end of Com-

putex 2012, new players in the field shake things up.

Computex, a five-day computer expo in Taipei, Taiwan, is a chance to pre-view upcoming products soon to be re-leased in the fall. Popular manufacturers such as ASUS, Acer, Lenovo, Samsung and others showcase early prototypes.

Microsoft, maker of the popular, worldwide Windows operating systems, aims to revolutionize portable comput-ing with the advent of Windows 8. With the upcoming release of Win-dows 8 in the fall, many prototypes at Computex feature Windows 8 as the operating system.

Manufacturers promise powerful, small and light devices. Some of these new devices are referred to as hybrids, convertors or transformers by manufac-turers, to market the new technological capabilities.

The ASUS TAICHI offers a dual screen approach. Once the lid is closed, the second screen turns the laptop into a tablet. Another hybrid, the Samsung Se-ries 5 Ultra Touch can be folded all the way back to turn into a tablet. Having a hybrid laptop/tablet combines the best

of both worlds: powerful laptop com-ponents, track pad and keyboard with a touchscreen. Meanwhile, the Lenovo ThinkPad and the Acer Iconia tablets are conventional tablets.

While full hardware specifications have yet to be released, the specifications so far are promising. Many tablets fea-ture similar specifications such as a 1366 by 768 or 1920 by 1080 touch screen, RAM ranging from 2 to 4 GB, ARM processors, Tegra or Intel processors, and a slew of connections like USB 3.0, and micro HDMI as well as a camera.

If these are any indications for what is to come this fall, then buying a laptop or tablet right now is the worst possible choice. If you are the type who wants the latest and greatest technology, then hold out for the release of these finalized models. If you want a cheap deal on the last generation of laptops or tablets, also hold out until these new models are released. Retailers wait until new models arrive to mark down unsold stock of last generation models.

Most consumers want a computer

that simply runs — checks emails, surfs

the web, plays videos and shares photos with

little headache in the process. Technology always advances, and right now, technology is taking a new step. Computers have always been big, bulky, beige-colored machines tied down to one place. Laptops, since they became affordable, have evolved the computer stereotype. But now, with smartphones and tablets from every imaginable major manufacturer, portable computing has taken off. Whether a Windows, Apple or Linux fan, tablets are about to get a lot better.

Roger Zhang is a sophomore manage-ment of information systems major and photo chief at The Battalion.

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Confused girls panic as they stare at a urinal in the girl’s bathroom. Despite renova-tions, a urinal from Old Army days stands in the women’s re-stroom — L151— in the base-ment of the Memorial Student Center.

“When we renovated the building the architects thought it would be great to keep one of [the urinals] in the building for conversa-tion sake” said MSC Director Luke Altendorf.

The MSC opened in 1951 while the University was still all male. The MSC Dance Committee coordinated dances with Texas Women’s University, bringing women to College Station for dances with the cadets. “Women’s Urinals” were installed so women would not have to completely disrobe to use the restroom.

“It is not the same design, it is the same urinal,” Alten-dorf said.

The urinal has quickly be-come a conversation piece among students. Some stu-dents said they were taken off guard by the urinal.

“I thought I was in the wrong bathroom so I went

outside and checked the sign and it was the right one,” said Carly Rice, senior biology major. “All the other [toilets] were normal, so I was like, OK?”

Others have just been con-fused. “I don’t understand what you’re supposed to do. Are there instructions?” asked Amber Nava, senior biomedi-cal sciences major.

Both Nava and Rice said they mistook the urinal for a bidet, a low-down sink in-vented by the French intend-ed for post-bathroom use.

Few students understand the history behind the urinal.

“I believe we will be plac-ing a plaque on the stall to explain the uniqueness of this porcelain basin,” Altendorf said.

A few Aggies, however, understand the history and Old Army tradition behind the urinal.

“I think it’s funny, it’s a tradition kind of thing,” Way said. “If I didn’t know the story, I would just think they messed up on what toilets they were putting where.”

While there are no rules against putting a female urinal in a women’s restroom, some students wonder about the practicality of the toilet.

“I don’t think it does any

Jason Culak The Battalion

Urinal in women’s restroom reflects history

harm except take one stall away so if it’s busy it’s like ‘What the heck?’ but other than that it’s not negative,” Nava said,

“I have never seen a male

urinal that looks anything like it,” Altendorf said. “If you have not seen it, ask some-one to take you in and take a look.”

Courtney Laine — THE BATTALION

A urinal is located in the girl’s bathroom on the lower level of the MSC. The urinal remains despite renovations because of its tradition.


The counselor-freshman relation-ship is what makes Fish Camp unique. The counselors serve as mentors and friends. They move them into their dorms, show them where their classes are, and pull tickets for football games. Although freshman year comes with many daunting unknowns, Fish Camp attendees have confidence their coun-

selors will be there to help. “It’s such a unique way to impact

the newest members of the Aggie fam-ily. I love it because the 24 counselors can serve as resources, as role models, and as friends for the freshmen,” said Kendall Naquin, former attendee and counselor for Fish Camp.

Naquin said the bonds she made

throughout her Fish Camp experi-ence have been influential in her life, and she enjoys sharing her passion for Texas A&M by being a counselor.

Passing on love for Texas A&M is another benefit of Fish Camp. The in-troduction to the traditions and ritu-als that make this campus irreplaceable gives students a reverence for their history, and an understanding of why students work so hard to continue tra-ditions.

“As a counselor, Fish Camp has helped me grow as a leader while also teaching me more about the wonder-ful traditions at A&M, especially Mus-ter,” said Julie Biemer, junior commu-nication major.

Fish Camp sessions begin July 30, and end August 20. Registration is currently open, and will close June 22 or when all sessions fill. The cost is $165, and scholarships are available to those in need.

Fish Camp session datesIf you still haven’t signed up for a Fish Camp datethere is still time. For more information on registration,visit fi shcamp.tamu.edu.

session date current status

A July 30 - August 2 waitlist only

B August 2 - August 5 open

C August 5 - August 8 open

D August 8 - August 11 open

E August 11 - August 14 open

F August 14 - August 17 open

G August 17 - August 20 open

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Fish Camp schools

incoming freshmen

Camp traditions, summer transitions

Fish Camp makes Aggies. Fresh-men arrive uncertain and over-whelmed by brightly colored and energetic counselors. Some may hope to turn back home, but their bags are taken before they have a chance to turn around. When they return, they are transformed from uncertain and overwhelmed to loud and proud new members of the Ag-gie family. They can “hump it”, “gig ‘em”, pass back, and recite yells. They are officially Aggies.

Fish Camp is the largest student run orientation program in the na-tion. It’s a four-day camp where incoming students can have fun, participate in traditions, and make lifelong friends.

“The freshmen will leave Lakev-iew with a new Aggie family that will continue to help transition them in through the fall, and hopefully for years to come,” said Zach Brimager, senior telecommunications major and director of public relations for Fish Camp.

Fish Camp is an experience that eases anxieties faced by incoming students about coming to college. No longer is Texas A&M Univer-sity a place where they will be one of 50,000 students. Instead, arriving at A&M will be like returning to their second home, with friends and ac-tivities to look forward to.

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What is the signifi cance

of Fish Camp?

Fish Camp is signifi cant because

it introduces freshmen to the

lifestyle and traditions of A&M and teaches them

A&M traditions and campus life.

Bobby Hartmann, junior fi nance major

Fish Camp helped me integrate with college. You can be a fi ne Aggie

without it but it is very helpful to go

to Fish Camp.Christopher Graf, senior philosophy

major

The biggest thing for me was that I didn’t have any family members

that were Aggies so I got to learn all

of the traditions and basically get

brainwashed. Overall, it was a good experience and I think it was necessary to get incorporated into the Aggie family.

Lauren Roberts, graduate

student

Fish Camp’s signifi cance is to fi nd that connection at

A&M, you don’t know anyone and it’s a great way to

make friends.”Breanne Templeton,

graduate student

Fish Camp is a four-day orientation, which aims to ease incoming freshmen to college life. Campers learn the numerous traditions of Texas A&M, while interacting with fellow incoming freshmen.

As each academic year passes, Texas A&M Uni-versity welcomes new additions to the Aggie fam-ily. Along with incoming freshmen and graduate students, hundreds of transfer students leave their previous institutions to embark on a unique learn-ing experience in Aggieland.

Transfer Camp is an organization of more than 100 current students designed to welcome transfer students and help them transition to Aggie life. T-Camp sessions occur the first two weeks in August at the Trinity Pines retreat center in Trinity, Texas. Campers attend a two-day session filled with activi-ties bringing light to A&M traditions and spirit.

Jonathan Hicks, biomedical sciences graduate student and chair of Camp Gardner, one of five camp for Transfer Camp, said because the camp targets transfer students, they can focus more on introducing the unique culture of A&M rather than aspects of adjusting to college life.

“We make it our goal to plug them in the Aggie Network. They may already have a college expe-rience, but they then discover the college experi-ence” Hicks said. “They are immersed in games, skits, and activities that enlighten them about our unique university while forming close bonds to those around them.”

Hicks said registration for T-Camp is open and they already have a tremendous response. Last year, T-Camp had a record-breaking attendance of 320 campers and they expect this number to increase in years to come.

Brittany Watson, senior marketing major and Executive Director of T-Camp, has been involved with T-Camp since freshman year and made life-long friends in the process

She said, “I have had some of the best experi-ences while being involved in Transfer Camp. The activities of T-Camp really engage the transfer stu-dents and give them a proper welcome to A&M.”

Many campers find yell practice and discussion groups a great chance to bond with one another and feel more comfortable about transferring to a large university. Her favorite part of the camp session is

camper campfire, where members give feedback on their camp experience before leaving.

“The campers gather around in a large circle in their individual camp room. A lot of campers ex-press their gratitude for all the hard work members of the camp put in, others talk about the amazing friends they’ve made,” Watson said. “It is just an amazing experience. You can really see how much of an impact we made on the transfer students.”

Noah Jackson, senior communication major and Director of Recruitment and Registration, said he attended T-Camp when he transferred to A&M in 2009. He said after his experience, he knew he wanted to be a part of providing the same welcome to new members of the Aggie family.

“I knew that I wanted to be here, but I was very shy and unsure about going to T-Camp. I ended up

having the best weekend of my life” Jackson said. “I met some of my close friends, learned a lot about Texas A&M, and I truly understood what it meant to be a part of the Aggie family. I wanted to give that same experience to other transfer students.”

Jackson said from the time a camper pulls up in the parking lot, T-Camp works to maintain an in-clusive atmosphere while making each camper un-derstand A&M traditions and resources available to them on campus. He said it is amazing to see how T-Camp teaches transfer students to bleed maroon and learn what being an Aggie is all about.

“As a third generation Aggie, I have been in love with Texas A&M my whole life — it is cool to see so many new Aggies fall in love with the school I hold so dear to my heart,” Jackson said.

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Transfer students to have their own camp

Brittany Watson, executive director of Transition Camp.Senior Noah Jackson is the director of registration and re-

cruitment and the director of marketing and PR for Transfer Camp. He said by having one director staff, it would improve the quality of both camps allowing for more hands-on train-ing with counselors.

“I think it will streamline the process, you avoid having to train new staff,” Jackson said.

Although director staff will be the same for both camps, co-chairs and counselors will be different for both camps.

Philip Pringle, senior political science major and director of administration and operations for Transfer Camp said a lot of students participate in both organizations. While students will still have to apply for the two camps separately, having one leadership staff will likely make the process easier.

“It will be much better, it will be easier to explain to them [so that] people can get involved in Aggie Transition Camp” Pringle said.

Both camps will then be under the same constitution, which will alleviate confusion and bring together the similar-

ities of the two camps, as well as help the program financially.Jake Hayes, program coordinator for the Department of

Student Activities, said the unification will bring in more funds and support because Transition Camps will serve a larger demographic and have more staff.

The hope behind the creation of Transition Camps is to enhance the transfer student’s experience while still main-taining both camps. Texas A&M is known as a close-knit University, and enhancing students’ transition experience will hopefully bring the Aggie family closer together.

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this was not a decision made by the University.

The University was in-volved in the design of the tower because its seal was in-cluded. Reyna said the crosses were put up after the original designs, by the builder’s “artis-tic liberties.”

The tower was built on private land, off campus and without University funds.

Reyna said a lot of people were taken aback on campus when the controversial issue was brought to light. How-ever, everything settled once the crosses came down.

A d j u n c t faculty are of-fered teaching positions on a semester-by-semester basis.

“The deci-sions on ap-p o i n t m e n t s were made in mid-May and all affected adjunct fac-ulty members were notified by their deans as soon as pos-sible,” Reyna said. “Classes that were of-fered to the adjunct faculty were tentative as the school head typically assigns classes well in advance of the next full semester.”

Even if an instructor is of-fered courses to teach, some courses may or may not be in the final class schedule.

“We do need someone in [Bradford’s former] position, but we are looking to fill that with a full time tenure-track faculty,” Reyna said.

Bradford isn’t tenure-track because she has not received her doctorate. Bradford noti-fied the interim head of the School of Arts and Science that she would not be avail-able to teach after fall 2012, because she would be pursu-ing her doctoral degree.

The New Faculty Major-ity, an organization that seeks

to support adjunct faculty across the country, sent a let-ter of protest to the president of Texas A&M-San Antonio, as well as other members of the A&M System, including Texas A&M University Presi-dent R. Bowen Loftin. The letter said they are “gravely concerned” the University is engaging in retaliation against Bradford, due to her speak-ing publicly about religious symbols placed on a new building entrance.

Alfredo Tellez, senior food science and technology ma-jor, said because this country

is founded on religious free-doms, part of that right is the ability to display one’s religion.

“I guess it’s seen as bad because we are a primar-ily Christian-d o m i n a t e d country. So it seems as if we’re giving preference to one religion. But the San Antonio area was essentially a Catholic mission at first, so I’d say if they focus on its more his-

toric roots, it could be a valid defense,” Tellez said.

Scott Bowen, senior chem-ical engineering major and speaker of the Texas A&M Student Senate, said every school has to have some kind of architectural identity.

“The architectural identity for the San Antonio area is known for its missions,” Bow-en said. “For a school to take that into account and build a structure that reflects the local architecture is almost expect-ed; it’s distinctive and I think crosses are a part of that. You can’t go to the Alamo or any of the other missions in San Antonio without seeing cross-es everywhere, because they were originally churches.”

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anything she would like him to do to peruse that and she said ‘No.’ And then the next day it was in the newspaper,” said Marilu Reyna, TAMU-SA vice president of communication.

The crosses came down a few weeks after the first news story was printed. Reyna said

CrossesContinued from page 1

I guess it’s seen as bad because we are a

primarily Christian-dominated

country. So it seems as

if we’re giving

preference to

one religion. But

the San Antonio

area was essentially

a Catholic mission at first.”

— food science and

technology major

Aldredo Tellez


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The second piece took the audience to 20th-cen-tury Australia. “Threnody,” written by Peter Sculthorpe in 1992, was performed by Richard Belcher, a cellist. Belcher explained beforehand to the audience that the song was written as a memorial and a lament to Sculthorpe’s colleague who died in 1990. And as expected, the song was somber and reminiscent, starting with a shattering be-ginning; the piece was one solid movement in four parts and made listeners feel the grief of its composer.

Linda Parrish, a former professor at A&M as well, of educational psychology, enjoyed the performance as much as the rest of the crowd.

“It’s always different, each year and each event,” Linda said. “We’re very fortunate to have such professional performers come to College Station.”

The final piece of the eve-ning was “Quartet No. 2 for Piano and Strings in A Major, Op. 26,” written by Johannes Brahms of Germany in 1861 and performed by a quartet of musicians. This piece, like the others, was also in four parts, and throughout the strings and piano seemed to duel and at others they worked together seamlessly to weave a full sound for the audience throughout each part.

The summer series will continue June 18 with, “Made in America.” This performance will include Aaron Copland’s “Sonata for

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the Annenberg Presidential Conference Center, starting at 7:30 p.m. each night. Tick-ets are $7 for students and $25 for general admission.

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Violin” and works by Michael Colgrass and Houston com-poser, Pierre Jalbert, high-lighting American music heri-tage. The concert series wraps up June 26 with a concert exploring the many colors of instrumental writing, featur-ing Beethoven’s “Septet for Stings and Winds,” Jennifer Higdon’s “Trio for Piano and Strings” and Libby Larsen’s “Barn Dances.”

The events will be held in the Hagler Auditorium in

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4-H Roundup kicks off in Lubbock for first time

State 4-H Roundup began Monday — and for the first time in its 66-year history, it wasn’t in College Station. Instead, 4-Hers from around Texas flocked to Lubbock to showcase their food, fashion and method demonstrations at the state competition.

Texas 4-H Roundup in-cludes approximately 50 dif-ferent contests and workshops that test members on life skills in areas such as public speak-ing, decision making and working with others, accord-ing to the Texas 4-H website.

“For about five years now we’ve had a num-ber of individuals and universi-ties from around the South Plains area — where we have a number of 4-H youth — trying to get 4-H moved to another location,” Kyle Merten, Texas 4-H Round-up director, said. “It’s really taken around five years for us to even consider it, and about two years to plan ev-erything.”

Merten said many 4-Hers support the move from Col-lege Station to Lubbock.

“I think in the beginning there were some people who were disappointed, but I think with the changes and new opportunities that were available, there was excite-ment,” he said. “We’ve had the largest pre-registration we’ve ever had, so I think everyone’s excited to come.”

He said 4-H Roundup will be back at Texas A&M Uni-versity in 2013, however.

“This is strictly a trial year, we’re just going to be here in 2012,” Merten said. “We’ll be back on campus at A&M

next year. This is something to help us determine if mov-ing to other universities is something we can even do.”

Merten said the move is similar to what Future Farm-ers of America has done, in which the convention is ro-tated each year to different lo-cations around Texas, includ-ing Dallas and San Antonio.

“[The move] is really based on allowing us to get some better collaboration with other universities,” Merten said. “That’s one of the big-gest things we’re looking at, we already have very strong connections with some facul-ty here at Texas Tech, and we

wanted to just explore those options a little.”

Ammie Lou Grimes, a Roundup volunteer and for-mer participant, said she en-joyed the move.

“I love having it here because I’m a Texas Tech alum,” Grimes said. “I at-tended Roundup many years. I couldn’t believe that it had been moved from A&M to Texas Tech but I love hav-ing Tech involved in all of these things.”

Merten said Texas A&M faculty still assisted with the planning and implementation of 4-H Roundup.

“Of course A&M is always a part of what we do, be-cause we’re part of the A&M System and we have faculty members there who help us out,” he said.

Merten said the big-

gest disadvantage to hold-ing Roundup at Lubbock was the distance required for planning.

“When you’re used to do-ing things for 65 years at the same place, you get pretty comfortable in what you do,” Merten said. “We’re based out of College Station, so the planning part can be a little tricky when you’re seven hours away from the event, but the thing that has been most beneficial for us is the new people who have helped us put it on.”

Merten said Lubbock also helped ease the transition of moving Roundup to a new

location.“The city of

Lubbock has been phenomenal in working with us,” he said. “They have offered us some incentive programs in room nights; they’ve worked with us to

get discounts on hotels for our students. They’ve also helped with advertising. We’ve got seven billboards up that are welcoming in students from around the state.”

Roundup partnered with other universities to help host the event, including San An-gelo State University, West Texas A&M and, of course, Texas Tech.

“This is a one-shot for everybody to have the op-portunity to move around, so everyone wants it to be a success,” Merten said. “Our main goal is just to see that the youth in our program have the opportunity to see other universities around Texas, because we have a strong population through-out the state, not just in College Station.”

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Our main goal is just to see that

the youth in our program

have the opportunity to

see other universities around Texas.”

— Texas 4-H Roundup director Kyle Merten


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