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thebattalionFleeing to safety

Danger in Latin America causes immigrants to seek shelter in the U.S.

Zelaya was born in a gang-dominated city in Honduras, where he had little to aspire to. After his mother immigrated to the U.S., he was given a chance at a better life.

“When I told my mom I had been ac-cepted to Texas A&M she cried … she went into her room, where she had old clothes from the past, pulled out a very dirty maroon shirt, and she said ‘Look, it says I’m an Aggie mom,’” Zelaya said. “She had gotten that her first year when she was here [in a shelter], and I was still in Honduras.”

In Honduras, Zelaya was forced to work

from the age of five to provide for his moth-er, sister and alcoholic father.

“We grew up in poverty; we lived in a shack. We lived right next to a creek where the trash was thrown … it was very nasty; it was not sanitary at all,” Zelaya said.

Although he never joined a gang, Zelaya was subjected by proximity to the constant danger and violence of gangs. At the age 13, Zelaya was shot twice after a game of soccer.

“It just happened to be that I lived in a neighborhood that was gang-dominated, and some of the people that were playing soccer

with us were gangsters,” Zelaya said. Facing high poverty rates, powerful drug

and human trafficking groups and corrupt or weak governments, many Latin Americans share Zelaya’s childhood experiences. Nadia

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Brazos County is gearing up forBrazos County is gear-ing up for the arrival of over 1,400 native Texas athletes to compete in the 11th an-nual Special Olympics Texas Fall Classic. The event starts Thursday at the Brazos County Exposition Complex.

Sponsoring the event is Spe-cial Olympics Texas, a non-profit organization.

Special Olympics Texas pro-vides programs like the Athlete Leadership program, which al-lows athletes to participate in

leadership positions through-out the organization, as well as Unified Sport programs, which pair athletes with peers who are not disabled.

Along with Special Olypm-pics Texas, Aggies from the campus organization Aggies Special Olympics Texas Volun-teers will be in attendance

Brittni Serwinski, senior ki-nesiology major and president of Aggies Special Olympics Texas Volunteers, said the organization was created four years ago after a growing number of Aggies started to express support.

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The Student Senate met Wednesday to discuss several pieces of legislation that would impact academics and stu-dent life at Texas A&M. The majority of the bills presented were returned to their respective committees to be re-vised and further considered before the Senate will vote on them.

Among the bills considered was SB 6425, which advocates for any unused portion of students’ printing allowances from the fall to be added to their spring

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Players from the Special Olympics team the “Wrecking Crew” prepares for flag football at the upcoming Fall Classic.

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campus news

Bicyclist injured in roadway A truck with a trailer hit a bicyclist at the intersection of University Drive and South College Avenue Wednesday afternoon, according to a press release posted on the City of College Station’s website. The College Station Police Department responded to the incident at 3:15 p.m. “A portion of the vehicle struck the portion of the bicycle that was partially in the roadway, causing the bicyclist to fall,” the press release said. The bicyclist was taken to the College Station Medical Center with incapacitating injuries. It was unclear at time of press whether the bicyclist was a student.

Barrett House, Staff Writer

National Security PanelStudents will have the opportunity from 5:30-7:45 p.m. Thursday in Rudder 601 to connect with members from the CIA, NSA and other security agencies. Students can meet for individual discussion with representatives of six government agencies from 5:30-6 p.m.; a a panel discussion will start at 6 p.m.

Michael Dror, Staff Writer

Becoming part of the Aggie

family is a momentous day in every

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See Senate on page 3See Olympics on page 6

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— Nadia Flores, sociology professor

The gap between the supply and demand for math and science teachers has more than doubled in the last seven years, and the standard for high school sci-ence and math classes has been raised to include four years of each subject in Texas.

The Texas Instruments Foundation selected Texas A&M for a $150,000 grant in support of ag-gieTEACH, a program aimed to recruit and pre-pare students to become secondary math or science teachers.

The grant will be matched by Texas A&M’s Colleges of Science and of Education and Human Development. The total fund of $300,000 will be allocated to the program during a three-year period.

Jennifer Whitfield, aggieTEACH program man-ager, said the grant money will help Texas A&M to produce a future with better teachers.

“We want to enhance our program by evaluat-ing how it is now and making improvements from there,” Whitfield said. “We’re looking to improve our program greatly through that money.”

The aggieTEACH program is for students who want to become high school math or science teach-

ers. The program allows students to graduate with a degree and a teaching certification in the same amount of time it would take to graduate without the certification.

Timothy Scott, associate dean for Undergraduate Programs in the College of Science, said that the money will benefit Texas A&M because of the large number of students who become teachers.

“We lead the state in the number of science, technology, engineering and mathematics teach-ers produced,” Scott said. “We produce twice as

See aggieTEACH on page 3

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FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Urban Outfitters has removed the word “Navajo” from product names on its website in the wake of criticism from the Navajo Nation government, blog-gers and others, who viewed the usage as dis-respectful and a trademark violation.

As recently as last week, the trendy clothing chain used “Navajo” in more than 20 product names online, including jackets, earrings and sneakers. Two items in particular sparked con-troversy: the “Navajo Hipster Panty” and the “Navajo Print Fabric Wrapped Flask.”

The products now appear on the company’s website as “printed” instead of “Navajo.”

The company received a cease-and-desist letter from the Navajo tribe a week ago, de-manding the Navajo name be pulled from its products, Urban Outfitters spokesman Ed Looram said Wednesday. He declined to com-ment further, saying the matter is in the hands of the company’s legal department.

The Navajo Nation Department of Justice said Wednesday the changes were “positive” and “more consistent with the corporation’s responsibilities than previously demonstrated.”

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Urban Outfitters’ use of “Navajo” sparked a flurry of criticism online, with tribal members and bloggers calling the product names offen-sive and telling the company to knock it off.

“There’s a great many Navajo designers out there who would be more than willing to work for a firm and design garments for them,” said Hendren, of Tohatchi, N.M. “And having the cultural background, be able to not only give you an authentic design but stay within their cultural parameters.”

Native American fashion blogger Jessica Metcalfe also sees an opportunity for collabo-ration. The appropriation of Native cultures isn’t likely to stop. But large corporations could benefit from working with Native art-ists who draw from the legacy of their ances-tors, she said.

“I’m happy to see that Native people are standing up and saying that this profiting off what is ours is wrong,” said Metcalfe, a Turtle Mountain Chippewa.

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SGA committees gather to acknowledge contributionsThe SGA revived its annual All SGA Convocation on Wednesday. The purpose of the meeting was to spotlight the achievements and contributions of its 15 committees and the three branches of student government. The presentation included speeches by Speaker of the Senate Tanner Wilson, Chief Justice Ben Rowe and Student Body President Jeff Pickering and three video presentations featuring representatives from throughout SGA talking about the goals and accomplishments of their groups.

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Flores, assistant sociology professor, said the wealthy have responded by relocating to the U.S. through exclusive legal avenues.

“The wealthy are scared that their children might be kid-napped, as it has become a way for the drug cartels to also get money — by kidnapping a family member of a wealthy figure and asking for a reward,” Flores said. “These citizens are look-ing for ways to escape violence by migrating to the United States on special visas for the wealthy.”

Flores said middle- and low-income families in Mexico also face violence and intimidation. Cartels and gangs use threats to extort payments from business owners.

“If they refuse to pay the monthly quota, they or their family members can get killed,” Flores said.

Families unable to obtain visas may resort to other means, including crossing the U.S. border illegally. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, Texas has the third-highest number of for-eign-born residents of all states, with more than 3.8 million. The Department of Homeland Security estimated in 2009 that approximately 1.7 million unauthorized immigrants reside in Texas, second only to California.

According to the same Homeland Security Report, more than 60 percent of these immigrants come from Mexico, with El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and the Philippines repre-senting Nos. 2 through 5.

The violence in countries like Honduras and Mexico leaves

f a m i l i e s f e e l i n g helpless. Flores said the gangs are so powerful that law enforcement and government of-ficials are losing control. It creates a dra-matic decision for parents.

“[People] don’t realize that in poor countries in Latin America, it’s survival of the fittest … it was whether [my mother] left the country, or she was killed,” Zelaya said.

Assimilating to America’s culture is difficult for many. A graduate student who requested to remain anonymous said he has family mem-bers who have come from Mexico to the U.S. without passports.

“They face hostility toward them,” the graduate student said. “[They] face a language barrier and a cultural barrier, as well.”

Many immigrants are forced to take low-paying jobs, in the manual labor and service sectors. Bryan-College Station has become the new home to many undocumented immigrants. Zelaya said he estimates there are about 200 undocumented citizens enrolled at Texas A&M.

money to create a position for an advisor who will work with students planning to be high school science or math teachers. This ad-visor will help students from the time they are recruited through their undergraduate work and help to place graduates in school districts.

“This position can help us track our students better,” Scott said. “We want to help track the retention of these teachers once they’re in the field.”

Scott said the position created from the grant money will ultimately benefit the entire state of Texas.

“I think it’s a commitment to our pledge to serve the state of Texas,” Scott said.

Andrew Rendon, senior chemistry major, aggieTEACH member and president of the A&M Student Chapter of the National Asso-

ciation of Science Teachers, said the adviser will benefit students greatly.

“That’s pretty awesome that they’re going to look after everybody in the aggieTEACH program like that,” Rendon said. “They want to make sure we’re doing fine after we gradu-ate.”

Rendon said that the aggieTEACH pro-gram is worthy of this grant money because of the history of teachers produced from Texas A&M. Whitfield said high schools across Texas praise Texas A&M for producing well-pre-pared math and science teachers.

“We have produced very good teachers compared to other schools,” Rendon said. “We know whatever we are teaching very well.”

Rendon said the improvement of the aggi-eTEACH program will inspire more students to become teachers.

“You should always have more teachers,” Rendon said. “You can never have enough.”

ImmigrantsContinued from page 1

aggieTEACHContinued from page 1

Mexico6,650,000

El Salvador530,000

Guatemala480,000

Honduras320,000

Country of birth: unauthorized Latin American immigrant population in the U.S.

Source: 2009 Department of Home-land Security Offi ce of Immigra-tion Statistics

Mexico: 6,650,000

Guatemala: 480,000

El Salvador: 530,000

Honduras: 320,000

printing allowance. The proposed change to the printing policy would be similar to the current dining dollars policy that allows left-over funds from the fall semester to “rollover” to the spring.

“Whenever you have the $30 charge, whether you use $5 or $30, you’re still los-ing [the entire amount],” said Cody Vasut, off-campus senator and management graduate student. “For the people that use very little, that can be pretty bad. Your schedule differs from semester to semester; one semester you might have a light print load, the other semes-ter you might have a heavy print load. The premise of the bill is to try to resolve the loss of print charges from semester to semester.”

The Senate also proposed SB 6427, calling for the University to require professors to post course syllabi no later than the first day of class.

The current University rule complies with a Texas House bill requiring certain informa-tion regarding courses to be made available to students, including a stipulation requiring professors to post syllabi within seven days of the semester’s start.

“The syllabus availability bill allows stu-dents to know exactly what they’re getting into when they sign up for a class,” said Ty-ler Mandry, engineering senator and senior biomedical engineering major.

If passed, SB 6427 puts forth that the Uni-versity should require syllabi to be available on the first day of class, in order to allow students to know more about courses before finalizing schedules.

With the current state of the economy in mind, SB 6432 requests that the Student Gov-ernment Association ask the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to lower the Expected Family Contribution priority num-ber to $2,000. The current figure is $4,000.

According to the bill, reductions in national and state funding to higher education forced the University to cut financial aid to students — forcing many students to withdraw. By cutting the $4,000 threshold in half, the bill suggests that aid would be distributed to stu-dents with the greatest need.

“This bill is just tightening up the standards to ensure that the students who really rely upon this assistance to be at the University have first priority, that the people who have need receive the first assistance,” said Chris Esparza, off-campus senator and senior politi-cal science major.

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Rangers drop World Series opener to Cardinals

In game one of the World Series, the Texas Rangers came up short against the Cardinals, 2-3, at St. Louis. Last year, when the Rangers made their fi rst World Series appearance, they lost the opener to San Francisco 11-7, and the Giants went on to win the title in fi ve games. Cardinals starter Chris Carpenter became the fi rst St. Louis starter to reach the sixth inning since the division series. He got the win, allowing two runs and fi ve hits in six

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“It was my [brain] child to bring wienie races to College Station,” said Judy LeUnes, Wiener Fest chairwoman. “The top wienie racers in Texas will be here from all over the state.”

The Wiener Fest races are patterned af-ter those in Buda, Texas — the largest wienie races in the state. For years, LeUnes attended the Buda races with her dogs and marveled at the size and the competitiveness of the event.

“It gets very competitive at Buda. People train their Dachshunds for years and the prizes are as much as $500,” LeUnes said.

Wiener Fest will be less competitive. The prizes are trophies, rather than cash to gear the event more toward family fun and less about winnings. Anyone with a Dachshund can enroll their pet in the wienie races, not just the profes-sionals, as long as owners can present papers and rabies vaccination certificates at registration.

The wienie races begin at 11:30 a.m., but others can participate an hour and a half later in the wannabe-a-wiener division. These races are for other breeds of dogs in small and large weight classes, gender, age and special needs.

“We have the most luxurious track in Texas. Home Depot donated $2,500 worth of carpet for the dogs to race on,” LeUnes said.

The day’s festivities also include costume contests — for humans and canines.

“It’s so funny to see what people come up with,” LeUnes said. “It gets pretty weird in the owner-dog look-a-like category.”

In addition to the races and contests, the Brazos Valley Derby Girls will perform with several other local bands throughout the day. There will also be a free designated zone for kids, vendors with food and dog accessories, pet adoption agencies and veterinarians.

Kaitlyn Porter, a sophomore business major, is one of roughly 300 volunteers for the event, which benefits the Brazos Animal Shelter.

“I’m mainly excited to help out with the ani-mal shelter. They have a good thing going and they need help, so do the dogs,” Porter said.

Volunteering with Wiener Fest counts for service hours in some courses. Taylor Koonse, senior marketing major, volunteered to gain hours for Business 205 last year. She plans to volunteer again this year.

“A lot of people sign up to help with one event, but end up staying all day long because it’s such a good time,” Koonse said. “I’m a dog person, so I like seeing all the different dogs.”

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Dachshund owners from around the state will descend on Wolf Pen Creek Amphitheater Saturday for Wiener Fest, a Brazos Animal Shelter fundraiser.

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Wag-ins welcomeWiener Fest includes a 5k run/walk at 8 a.m. Participants can register on site. The costume contest follows at 9:30 a.m. with categories such as formal wear, most creative, owner-dog look-a-like and couples. All humans and canines are welcome.

Brazos Animal Shelter, pet enthusiasts meet for festive day of costumes and wienie-racing

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The A&M volleyball team escaped the United Spirit Are-na in Lubbock, Texas, with a victory Wednesday, beating Texas Tech in five sets (26-24, 21-25, 25-20, 17-25, 15-13). The win was the third straight for the Aggies — each in five sets — and the tenth straight against the Red Raiders.

A&M (16-4) improves to 5-2 in Big 12 Conference play and slides into a tie with Okla-homa for third place in the standings. Tech falls to 0-7 in the Big 12 after finishing the non-conference slate at 14-1.

Texas A&M Head coach Laurie Corbelli said that Tech badly wanted a win in the last-ever conference match-up between the in-state rivals before the Aggies make the conference switch to the SEC.

“Tech really wanted this last win,” Corbelli said. “And that was really evident in their play, their fire and their pas-sion on the court. We just tried to stay calm and stay calculated and follow our game plan.”

The Aggies carried a wave of momentum into the match after overcoming 2-0 set defi-cits in consecutive matches against Kansas and No. 22 Oklahoma. Corbelli stressed the idea that underestimating a conference opponent, even a team on a six-game slide, can be dangerous.

“Every match in the Big 12 is an incredibly huge chal-lenge,” Corbelli said. “We know that, every night, any-thing can happen and we just have to be confident and prepared.”

Junior middle blocker Lindsey Miller, coming off a career-high and Aggie season-high 23 kills against Okla-homa, again led the team with 18 kills, seven blocks and a .395 hitting percent-age. Sophomore setter Allie Sawatzky notched seven kills to go with a double-double of 50 assists and 11 digs. Corbelli praised the chemistry between the two and said that Miller uses her athleticism to get

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Emily de Santos — THE DAILY TOREADOR

in rhythm.“[Miller] and Sawatzky are

connecting just beautifully,” Corbelli said. “It takes a great server to be consistent and get the ball to any of the quick at-tackers and our middles, both Lindsey and [junior middle blocker Alisia Kastmo], had record nights.”

Statistically, the match pit-ted the conference’s top of-fense of the Aggies against the top defense of the Red Raid-ers. A&M led the conference in both kills (13.93) and as-sists (12.90) per set going into the match, while Tech’s 3.07 blocks, 10.99 kills allowed and 10.27 assists allowed per set lead the conference.

The play of Amanda Dowdy (22 kills, 10 digs, five blocks) kept Tech firing throughout the game. After the Red Raider’s evened the game at two sets apiece and took a 2-0 lead in the fifth and decisive set, a service ace by senior utility player Elise Hendrickson sparked the Aggie attack. At a score of 12-11, Miller and Sawatz-ky recorded consecutive kills before Miller silenced the Tech crowd with a game-wining kill.

Though the Aggies were out-hit .162 to .186 in a match where no team win back-to-back sets, they used a team attack to seal the win. Led by Miller, four Aggies tal-lied double-digit kills.

“When the urgency is there, they know what they can do, and they’re comfortable ex-ecuting under pressure. The players are aware that they are incredibly improved,” Cor-belli said.

The win sets up a home showdown against the con-ference-leading, No. 15 Iowa State Cyclones. First serve is set for 6:30 p.m. Saturday at Reed Arena.

Junior Alisia Kastmo blocks a spike by a Tech player.

Big 12 standings Big 12 OverallISU 6-1 15-3

Texas 6-1 13-4

Texas A&M 5-2 16-4OU 5-2 18-5

KSU 4-3 15-6

Missouri 3-4 17-7

Baylor 3-5 15-8

Texas Tech 0-7 14-8

Kansas 0-7 12-8

“Aggies have always helped Special Olympics Texas with getting organizations togeth-er,” Serwinski said.

Teams will compete in various sporting events, in-cluding bowling, swimming, bocce, softball and golf.

Serwinski said that this is the first year the opening cer-emony will be at the Brazos County Exposition Com-plex, providing a new twist to the Classic.

“The opening ceremony is very similar to the open-ing ceremony for the Olym-pics, with the athletes walk-ing the track surrounded by volunteers holding signs and cheering on the delegates,” Serwinski said. “We’re going to have the singing cadets sing the national anthem. We’re going to have some speakers

and give away some awards and then we’ll have the cel-ebration dance.”

Andy Cho, a senior elec-trical engineering major, who is on the campus relations committee for Aggies Special Olympics Texas Volunteers, said he has been volunteer-ing for events similar to Spe-cial Olympics Texas since he was young.

“During the awards cer-emony, you see everyone’s faces and you see how much the awards mean to them,” Cho said. “It’s hard to ex-plain. It’s something you have to experience for yourself.”

Don Calhoun, head del-egate for the Aggie Bomb-ers—an organization associ-ated with Special Olympics Texas—said he has been in-volved with Special Olympics Texas for more than 30 years, and his family has participated in every Fall Classic.

“It’s rewarding to see the

athletes; they love to com-pete. They give it everything they have,” Calhoun said. “I really enjoy the young people from the University who get involved and become friends with our athletes.”

Calhoun’s family was named the 2011 Special Olympic Texas ‘Family of the Year’ and will receive an award at the event.

Calhoun said that during his time as a volunteer he has seen a majority of participants walk away from the event with their own unique expe-riences, making them moti-vated to return each year.

“Volunteers have told me through the years they show up to try to do something for somebody, and they feel like they’ve received more,” Cal-houn said

Students can sign up to volunteer at www.sotx.org or any of the event locations.

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