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have been made aware that there has been an effort on campus to recognize Charles

Gordone and his contributions to Texas A&M.

I knew Charles for more than 50 years, until he was lost in 1995, and I have admired him since we first met. I respected and reveled in his contribution as an actor in John Genet’s play “The Blacks.” Mr. Gordone was a member of the cast, which included Godfrey

Cambridge, Roscoe Lee Brown, James Earl Jones, Cicely Tyson and myself. It was during this play that the seeds for “No Place To Be Somebody,” for which he won Pulitzer Prize for Drama, were sewn.

Charles’ play ran on Broadway and Off Broadway, and whenever his name was attached to a project, I was a member of a large group who rushed to support him.

He brought a treasure trove of

talents to Texas A&M in a par-ticularly turbulent and uncertain time in A&M’s history. He spent the last years of his life there en-riching the lives of students.

Charles was a man of infinite talents and opportunities. That he chose A&M to spend his final years is a testament to his confi-dence and faith in your university.

The construction of a new liberal arts building at your uni-versity seems a perfect opportunity

to provide a space to honor his memory on campus. In this way, Charles can continue to break down barriers and open hearts and minds for generations to come.

Maya Angelou is an American author, poet and actress whose

recognitions include the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Lifetime Achievement Award for Literature.

Maya Angelou: Honor Gordone’s legacy

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A&M faces No. 6 Baylor for last time in Big 12

The Texas A&M men’s basketball team (12-8, 3-5) will take the court against rival Baylor (19-2, 6-2) for the final time as a regular season confer-ence foe when they meet Wednesday night at Reed Arena. Sitting at 3-5 in Big 12 play, an Aggie upset of the No. 6 Bears would breathe life into the Ag-gies’ hopes of an NCAA tournament berth. A loss, meanwhile, could propel the Aggies into territory not ventured by the program in six years.

Though Baylor has been a thorn in A&M’s side of late, the Aggies have won eight of the last 11 in College Station. In the most recent meeting between the two teams, the Aggies fell to the Bears 61-52 in Waco, de-

spite a 21-point effort by junior guard Elston Turner.

While the season remains the same, the context of this matchup has trans-formed dramatically.

The Aggies have won three straight games at Reed Arena and captured an offensive rhythm. A&M’s field goal percentage of 32.6 per game in its opening 0-3 Big 12 stretch improved to 47.4 percent over the last five con-tests. After struggling to find consistent play from less experienced players, the Aggie bench has exploded with pro-duction.

A&M head coach Billy Kennedy noticed his team has caught up to the Top-10 Bears since the last time they played. Noting the season’s adversity, he predicted production would come

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“Practice makes perfect,” the old adage goes. Roger Staubach, the quarterback of the Dal-

las Cowboys during its two Super Bowl victories in the 1970s, altered the saying even further, famously stating, “Perfect practice makes perfect.” It is a con-cept that the Texas A&M men’s basketball team has had to relearn this season under the new regime of head coach Billy Kennedy — and it’s finally starting to pay off.

“Practice now is more intense than it was last year,” junior guard Elston Turner said. “Everything we do now is faster paced. It has a lot to do with making sure we’re all still conditioned. Last year it was more of teaching and slower paced. We’ve tried to get up

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TorchbearersArt exhibit peers into

forgotten past

A&M’s 2012 campus celebration of Black History Month begins with artistic tributes to the greats of African-American history.

Opening Wednesday, architecture pro-fessor Bob Schiffauer’s “Torchbearers” por-trait series will be on display in the Langford Architecture Build-ing’s Wright Gal-lery through Feb. 28. Among other influ-ential icons, the gal-lery features Charles Gordone, the first African-American to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Af-ter retiring from act-ing and directing, Gordone came to A&M to serve as professor of English and theatre from 1987 to 1995.

A symbolic sculpture of Gordone stands prominently in the center of the exhibit. Also featured are drawings of a western play that Gordone and his wife, Susan, were cre-ating before he died in 1995. Mrs. Gordone saved her husband’s writings and has worked with Schiffauer and his students to recreate the play through artwork.

“When somebody leaves behind this kind of a work, you don’t want to leave it in a box collecting dust,” Mrs. Gordone said. “He gave the last nine years of his life to these students and he loved it. I think there is still something to be learned from his last works.”

Mrs. Gordone and Schiffauer share the

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Aggies look to ride mid-season momentum against hot rival

Turner and Loubeau provide dynamic inside-out presence

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Although the colonies declared independence 236 years ago, African-Americans have had legal civil rights for only the past 43 years. The idea of an ever, all-encompassing equality remained unfulfilled for nearly 200 years.

The big names of the civil

rights movement were central to my upbringing. Learning that change is accomplished when people come together in unity was the most inspirational realiza-tion I ever had. I’m forever in

Junior guard Elston Turner has grown into a proven commodity as a scorer.

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Artist and architecture professor Bob Schiffauer adjusts pieces of his portrait series “Torchbearers” at the Wright Gallery.

Maya Angelou encourages Aggies to remember Charles Gordone.

“W 

e hold these truths to be self evident,

that all men are created equal.” This

quote has resonated in American

hearts since the signing of the Declaration of

Independence. The concept of the American

dream was solidified through these words.

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Aja Holston: Legacy of black leaders continues today

Heavy silence It’s time for Texas A&M to celebrate the contributions made by Charles Gordone, page 3.

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motivation is to shed light on the “beau-tiful and sometimes overlooked history of America.” Mrs. Gordone quoted a phrase that she said captures the meaning of the display.

“What we are trying to do through portraiture is bring these people back into history,” Mrs. Gordone said. “These were the people whose contribution to making America a more free and just society is so enormous that to not remember may be even losing rights they fought for.”

The portraits and paintings that Mrs. Gordone and Schiffauer compiled represent cross-cultural and interconnecting lives that shaped African-American identity.

“All of these people that Bob has brought to life — many of them aren’t in the history books. Once people begin to see this larger picture of America, you won’t need to pro-mote diversity or have separate months cel-ebrating different groups, it’s all American history,” Mrs. Gordone said.

Schiffauer said the exhibit commemo-rates Charles Gordone for the number of years he spent teaching and serves to remind students that he did great things for A&M.

“He was the first African-American to win the drama Pulitzer,” Schiffauer said. “Among many great things, he brought an awareness of black history to Texas A&M.”

The exhibit commemorates martyrs who made advances in civil and human rights and have been forgotten from classes and history books.

“The ‘Torchbearers’ write our way to-wards a just society that builds up institu-tions for racial equality, freedom of speech, human rights and healthy environments. These leaders were often beaten, tortured, arrested or even executed,” Mrs. Gordone said. “The noble spirit of these torchbear-ers are such a powerful force in the hearts and souls of those enlightened by them, and they cannot be overcome.”

Senior education major Molly York said the value of the gallery is its emphasis on the underappreciated figures of the past.

“It will be fun to browse around and look at paintings of poets and writers that I’ve never heard about before,” York said. “It’s refreshing to dig up old stories that aren’t taught in common curriculum these days.”

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The ‘Torchbearer’ exhibit features a sculpture by artist John Walker, symbolizing the many characteristics of Charles Gordone, from cowboy to artist.

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Black History Month KickoffKathryn Woods presents…Sojourner TruthWednesday at 7 p.m. in Rudder Theatre

AAPO First Friday Lecture Series“What Do You Mean by Black?” by Domonic Bearfi eld, associate professor at the Bush SchoolFriday at 11:30 a.m., location TBA

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Housing and Health Care Issues: Transdisciplinary Roundtable SeminarFeb. 9 at 11:30 a.m. in Rudder 410

MSC Woodson Black Awareness Committee’s Black History Game ShowFeb. 10 at 7 p.m. in the Commons

Social Justice WeekFeb. 13-17, Department of Student Activities Leadership and Service Center

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Black History Month

Once people begin to see

this larger picture of America, you won’t need

to promote diversity

or have separate months

celebrating different groups, it’s

all American history.”

— Susan Gordone

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Taylor Wolken: Celebrate contributions made by

the Aggie family

The time is now

A&M has seen its share of change from its inception as an all-male military school, to allowing women in 1963, integrating Afri-can-Americans in 1964 and now its ongo-ing efforts at diversity. That change has not always been as expedient as some may have hoped, but the progress should be celebrated.

James L. Courtney was the first African-American to graduate from A&M. Ronnie McDonald was the first African-American yell leader, Roland Martin can be found on CNN many nights as a contributor sporting his Aggie Ring.

A&M has a tremendous number of unher-alded success stories and this impediment, a lack of recognition, is perhaps the final bar-rier within the Aggie family.

In light of that, it seems prescient to recognize a member of the Aggie family who truly celebrated diversity.

Charles Gordone was brought to A&M in 1987 by University President Frank Vandiver to advance its policies on diversity.

On the national stage he had made a name for himself as the first African-American

winner of a Pulitzer Prize for Drama with his play, “No Place to Be Somebody.” As an actor, director, playwright and activist, he worked to integrate theaters and fought for civil rights.

Here at A&M, he set out to challenge and inspire young minds and broaden their experience. He taught an “American Voices” class where he had speakers from all walks of life speak to students and share their experi-ences. His speakers came from both cities and rural locales; some were old friends, some new acquaintances, from both coasts and the heartland.

He spent his last years here at our Univer-sity imparting many lifetimes of knowledge to students just like us.

When he passed on, his ashes were car-ried by cowboys, some who participated in the American Voices class. Buck Ramsey, cowboy poet, played “Leaving Cheyenne” as Charles’ ashes were spread across the Texas prairie.

That week, news of Charles graced the headlines of almost every major paper in

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D iversity has different connotations and meanings to different

people. Today kicks off Black History Month, a celebra-

tion of a culture with deep roots and a history marred with

troubles and rich with triumphs over adversity. While some see

diversity as a web of dividing lines separating and dividing us into

cliques and castes, these differences should be celebrated as part of

the great American tapestry that binds us all together.

Charles Gordone was the first African-American playwright to receive a Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1970.

Texas and was celebrated in the “New York Times.” At Texas A&M, only silence.

That measure of silence can hang heavily on an institution.

There is a place for things like Vision 2020 and a time to trot out numbers and statistics and there is a time to just celebrate ourselves, our Aggie family. That time is now.

senior economics major

◗ Born in Cleveland, Ohio.

◗ Grew up in Elkhart, Ind.

◗ Cofounded the Committee for the Employment of Negro

Performers and the Vantage Theater in Queens, N.Y.

◗ Won an Obie Award in 1953 for his performance in “Mice and Men.”

Charles Gordone

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debt to those who fought for my parents’ right to marry despite being of different races, my right to become an Aggie, the right for President Obama to be in office, and so much more.

Today, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, religion or sexual orientation, we stand on the shoulders of those Civil Rights giants — Dr. King, Malcolm X, Angela Davis, Harry Belafonte, Fred Shuttlesworth and many more. These heroes did more than fight for the rights of African Ameri-cans. There was a greater fight — a war — to fulfill and uphold that promise of the Declaration of Indepen-dence.

As we enter into a new age, which many people will call the “Post-Racial Obama Era,” it must be understood that our generation still has a fight, although it is not the legal one of our grandparents’ day and age. We have the rights that too many died for. Our job, our call to be

great, is a cultural one. Legal equality in no way means a “post-racial

era.” We must first overcome the prejudicial barriers from sea to shining sea that harbor hate, judgment, and division before we can even hope to define this era as such. We’ve come so far as a nation, but that doesn’t mean we’re done.

As we enter into February, we need to under-stand why we — not only African Americans, but all Americans — should celebrate black history.

The month offers a time for all of us to pay reverence to those who saved this country from inequal-ity’s bonds. However, it’s not simply a time for reflection. We must remember that people in this country still face discrimina-tory battles every day.

Yet, despite this, I have hope. I was raised to know of

heroes who changed the face of America. To me, that’s what Black History Month

represents: hope for an even better future than our giants imagined.

Aja Holston is a sophomore political science major

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Women voters carry Romney in Florida WASHINGTON — Women abandoned Newt Gingrich in droves Tuesday and helped fuel former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney’s triumph in Florida’s Republican presidential primary, according to preliminary data from an exit poll of voters. While Romney held a narrow lead over the former House speaker among men, he easily outdistanced him among women, winning around fi ve of their votes for every three that went to Gingrich. In the three states in which Republicans had already voted for their presidential nominee — Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina — there was relatively little difference in how the two sexes divided their votes between the two rivals.

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xpectations of a pre-season Top-10 team were all but

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the life out of a famished fan base; a dignified, program-

building coach, Mike Sherman, was abruptly fired.

How then could the Aggies hope to compete in the “Conference of Champions,” the respected, revered and feared SEC?

Yet, through light and storm, A&M held its prize. One of the best recruiting classes in school history is within the University’s grasp.

Only one answer was needed: Could a new coaching staff, heading into a new con-ference, hold it together?

The answer: a resounding yes. New A&M head coach Kevin Sumlin

wasted no time hitting the recruiting trail. His first visit was a no-brainer. Not coinci-dentally, it was Sherman’s final trip before departing Aggieland.

The prospect was, of course, Klein quar-terback Matt Davis — the undeniable glue of the 2011 recruiting class and the leading founder of the now-famous “Aggswagg” movement. Only through Davis could Sum-lin hope to keep A&M’s current assets, or most of them, under wraps. After all, it was the “Aggswagg” movement — a rally flag of sorts, bonding the members of the 2011 class — that provided A&M the recruiting momentum it needed to land some of Texas’ top recruits.

Immediately after Sumlin landed Davis’ approval, the charismatic coach took off. He not only kept most of Sherman’s prospects on board, but also expanded upon what his predecessor built.

As it stands, the Aggies have received four significant signed letters of intent: Gulf Coast C.C. defensive back Otis Jacobs, South Houston defensive back Kenneth

Marshall, Trinity Valley C.C. wide receiver Derel Walker and the ringleader quarterback, Davis.

The verbal commitment list is even more expansive.

According to the recruiting site Rivals.com, the Aggies currently hold verbal commitments from five four-star (out of five total stars) recruits: Missouri City wide receiver Bralon Addison, former Oklahoma commit/Mesquite defensive back DeVante Harris, sibling of Jake Mathews/Missouri City offensive lineman Mike Mathews, recent TCU decommit/Carthage athlete Edward Pope and Denton linebacker Jordan Richmond.

One five-star recruit also appears on the list. Spring running back Trey Williams — rated as the third best back in the nation by Rivals.com — would bring dynamic ath-leticism to the A&M backfield. As a senior, Williams rushed for a whopping 3,890 yards and 48 touchdowns in 427 attempts through 16 games.

Clearly, the class is not hurting for talent. A potential Top-10 class, this is an Aggie as-set that Mike Sherman believed, as he stated in his farewell press conference, would shift the direction of the Aggie football program.

Of course, only time will tell if the Aggies’ class finishes as highly as predicted. Only time will tell if this highly touted class pans out in the rugged SEC West.

Until then, we can at least make one justi-fied observation. Things are certainly on the up and up for the future of Aggie football.

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later rather than sooner.“You know, I don’t think [Baylor] changed

a whole lot. I know we’ve changed. I said in the beginning of the season when I came back that his team would get better later than earlier because of what we’ve been through — inju-ries, me missing a few weeks, and things that have happened to us that we couldn’t control that put us behind,” Kennedy said. “Now I think we’re catching up to where we need to be.”

Baylor, however, re-mains a potent squad loaded with talent. The Bears average 78 points per game to the Aggies’ 63, and are shooting 41.1 percent from the perim-eter. Five Baylor players are averaging double-digit points including standout sophomore forward Perry Jones III with 14.7 points per game.

The Aggies strength, even with offensive im-provement, remains to be defense. A&M leads the Big 12 in scoring defense and 3-point percentage defense. Additionally, the Aggies are second in the conference, and 11th na-tionally, in field-goal per-centage defense.

An intimidating factor to the Aggies in the last meeting, Baylor will rely heavily on its size in the post, particularly forwards Perry Jones III, Quincy Miller and Quincy Acy. The Aggies need to neu-

tralize this threat to stand a chance.Coach Kennedy understands his bigs, es-

pecially senior forward David Loubeau, must contribute substantially for an Aggie victory.

“It’s very important that we get some post production, either on the offensive glass…or [Loubeau]’s got to make himself available in other ways, like catching it on the block,” Kennedy said. “You’ve got to get second chances, you’ve got to get transition buckets.

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And that’s what we’re going to have to get David to do.”

Injuries continue to be a problem for the Aggies, and it is unlikely that senior point guard Dash Harris, junior forward Khris Mid-dleton or sophomore forward Kourtney Rob-erson will play against the Bears.

“I don’t anticipate Khris being ready for Wednesday, and Kourtney is not going to be ready. Dash is day-to-day,” Kennedy said at Monday’s presser.

Coach Kennedy, however, has been pleased with the presence of the Twelfth Man and hopes they can show up in full force for Baylor.

“It’s an incredible environment when the students are involved…everyone says that home-court advantage is 10 points a game,” Kennedy said. “We need those 10 points.”

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Perry Jones III goes up for a shot against University of Texas defenders in a 76-71 Baylor victory on Jan. 28 in Waco.

Game preview◗ The Aggies will tip off at 8 p.m. at Reed Arena.

◗ The game will be televised nationally on ESPN2.

◗ A&M leads the overall series 127-77. Baylor has won the last four.

◗ The Aggies have beaten the Bears in eight of the last 11 contests at Reed Arena. All three Baylor victories in that time required overtime.

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and down the court a lot more this year.”The team arrived at a serious juncture a few

weeks ago. After spending the beginning of the season without the services of Kennedy, who was dealing with a recent diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease, or star forward Khris Mid-delton, who’d just undergone surgery on a meniscus tear in his knee, the Aggies sputtered out to an 0-3 conference record, punctuated by a 50-74 loss at home against Iowa State.

The next game presented an emotional hurdle as well as an athletic one, with for-mer Aggie coach Billy Gillispie returning to Reed representing Texas Tech rather than the Maroon and White. But, rather than allow-ing themselves to get caught up in the media riff-raff regarding the team’s struggles and Gil-lispie’s homecoming, senior leaders like guard Dash Harris and forward David Loubeau pressed their teammates in practice, knowing that intense pre-game preparation would re-sult in impressive post-game results.

A&M dispatched Tech handily, 67-54, and hasn’t looked back since. The team suffered tough away losses at Kansas and Missouri, two of the top programs in the country, but ev-ery other game has been all Aggies, including last Saturday’s dismantling of Oklahoma State, 76-61.

“The culture of what we’re trying to devel-op here as a program has been much better the last two weeks because of our practice habits, guys paying attention to detail and probably more than anything developing a relationship with me and my coaches,” Kennedy said.

Middleton tweaked his knee in the game against Texas Tech and has been relegated to the bench. Harris injured the arch of his foot two games later against Kansas. But in this war of attrition, Turner and Loubeau have remained upright and have morphed into the team’s most lethal scoring duo.

“I’m learning how to get in better position with the ball, anything to help the team win,” Loubeau said. “I’ve been watching a lot of film trying to find better ways to get myself in bet-ter position to rebound or get the ball or step up and take a charge.”

Turner said he’s noticed a new fire in Lou-beau since the big man has undertaken most of the responsibility on the block. The 6-foot 8-inch power forward has averaged 14 points per game throughout the last three contests.

“Dave’s a beast,” said Turner, who’s bro-ken the 20-point barrier three consecutive games. “You can’t stop him with just one guy. They’ve got to throw multiple people at him, and when he kicks the ball back out to me or one of the other guards, good things

usually happen.”Loubeau said that good things are happen-

ing on the court because the team is starting to do the right things in practice by buying into Kennedy’s system.

“It’s been a really good time for me to read and watch film, learning how I can play better and how I can bring my energy level up from the practices,” Loubeau said. “It’s something different that I had to get used to, get my body used to, but I think I’m good right now.”

Wednesday night’s game presents the toughest challenge yet for the Aggies, who are set to square off against No. 6 Baylor at 8 p.m.. Although they’re headlined by future NBA first-rounders like Perry Jones III and Quincy Miller, Loubeau said his teammates aren’t intimidated — in fact, they’re relish-ing the chance to stick the Bears with a loss in what could be the final meeting of the two schools.

“We’re excited for this because it’s another opportunity for us to get things rolling and change our season around,” Loubeau said. “I think we’ll be ready for this one. We’re gonna be really physical with their front line, not just Perry but everybody — Quincy Miller, ev-erybody. We’re gonna go out there and attack and throw the first punch.”

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Tyler Hosea — THE BATTALION

Senior forward David Loubeau gives the Aggies a physical edge in the post.

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