From campus beautification to Code Maroon, student body president candidates Drew Barber, Brody Smith and Thomas McNutt have an eclectic mix of objectives when it comes to student services.

Barber, a junior political science major, said one of his main objectives is to give students control of student fees.

“The first thing that we need to do is get student control of non-academic student fees,” Barber said.

Toward these ends, Barber backed the Student Senate’s Non-Academic Student Fee Review Act, or NASFRA, that requests that the administration give Student Senate control over non-academic fees charged to a majority of students. Bar-ber said the state legislature could act on this issue.

“We have to work in coordination with our local legislators. It’s up to the next student body president to make sure that NASFRA passes through the House and the Senate in every way we can,” Barber said. “[After NASFRA passes,] we can

start the conversation about what students would really like to see through student services.”

The bill also recommends that student organizations such as the graduate student council and residence hall associa-tion be given control of non-academic fees specific to their populations.

Smith, a senior history major, said the next student body president needs to resist a new policy that requires incoming freshman living on campus to purchase a $1,200 meal plan.

“It’s a big waste of money,” Smith said. “I’m a big guy, but let me tell you right now — I don’t spend $1,200 in six months on food.”

In addition to eliminating the mandatory meal plan, Smith said the student body president needs to work with Dining Services to improve food quality and options for students.

“The endless cookies in Sbisa — those were the only reason to go to Sbisa,” Smith said. “Now they’re only served indi-vidually … and they’re usually cold.”

McNutt said it is important to bridge the disconnect he sees between students and student government.

“If you stopped an Aggie on the street and said, ‘Hey, what has your SGA done for you lately?’ they wouldn’t have an answer,” McNutt said. “And that’s a problem.”

If elected, McNutt said he intends to solve this problem by implementing what he calls the student services task force, and by making himself available for student suggestions weekly.

McNutt’s task force idea includes an online database

Every Tuesday night, thousands of Aggies gather to participate in Breakaway, the nation’s largest on-campus collegiate Bible study. Estab-lished in 1989 by 12 Aggies, the study group has grown exponentially in the past 22 years. The Shalom Project began in 2007 as an effort to give students an outlet for spreading peace and the Gos-pel.

D’Ann Ayers, junior mar-keting major and Breakaway volunteer, said the Shalom Project has such an impact because of its ability to make Breakaway more than just a Bible study on Tuesday nights.

“It makes Breakaway more

than just a religious gathering and makes it tangible. This is how we’re loving society. It’s a vehicle for spreading God’s word,” Ayers said.

Tiny Hands International, the organization chosen for this year’s project, seeks to both raise awareness on hu-man trafficking and actively inhibit trafficking to cross the border. Human traffick-ing is one of the most profit-able criminal activities in the world, and, not surprisingly, some of the countries hit the hardest by human trafficking are the poorest countries.

The U.S. State Depart-ment estimates that 10,000 to 15,000 people, mostly women and children, are kid-napped each year in Nepal and

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Texans outnumber out-of-state freshmen 28:1

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Texas A&M’s student body is made up of stu-dents from all over the globe and every corner of the country, but, according to new statistics from the U.S. Department of Education, most of the Uni-versity’s nearly 50,000 students still come from the lone star state.

During even-numbered years, colleges and uni-versities are required to report the total number of first-time, full-time students by their state of origin. The Department of Education’s survey covers stu-dents originating from all 50 states and the District of Columbia. In 2010, 96.6 percent of incoming fresh-

men at Texas A&M were from Texas. The survey also shows that the percentage of incoming freshmen from Texas has steadily grown in recent years. In 1994, the percentage of A&M freshmen from Texas was 93.8 percent.

In the same year A&M registered 96.6 percent of

its freshmen from Texas, The University of Texas registered at 91.7 percent and Texas Tech Univer-sity registered at 94.5 percent.

Jason Cook, A&M vice president for marketing and communications, said A&M’s history as a land grant university meant the school was founded to be accessible and affordable to Texas citizens.

“We will always look at serving Texas first,” Cook said. “We’ve seen an incredible rise in demand for students seeking admission and we’re consistent-ly ranked as the best value in the state of Texas.”

In 2011, Texas A&M received approximately 31,400 applications for a freshman class with only

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As the regular season nears its close, the Aggies will try to steal a signature victory when the No. 4 Kansas Jayhawks visit Reed Arena on Wednesday night.

“I’ve got great respect for Kansas, and the tradition of their program, and with what Bill Self has done there,” said head coach Billy Kennedy. “It’s a great opportunity for us to have a special moment and get a win. Now, we’ll have to play great basketball and they’ll have to play not so well — which I thought Missouri played really well. We’ve got to get some breaks at some point.”

A&M didn’t find any easy breaks in last Saturday’s 52-61 home loss to No. 3 Missouri and won’t be given any on Wednesday in a nationally tele-vised contest. The Jayhawks, who are trying to lock up a No. 1 seed for March’s NCAA Tournament, know better than to overlook an Aggie team that has struggled in conference play but can pop off a winning effort on any given night.

“We understand that every game is important to win a championship; every game mat-ters if you want to win the Big 12,” said Kansas guard Tyshawn Taylor. “You have to beat ev-ery team at home and on the

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Candidates’ organizational endorsements◗ Drew Barber: Arab Student Association, Collegiate Pan-Hellenic Council, National Pan-Hellenic Council, PIKE

◗ John Claybrook: Aggie Men’s Club, Brotherhood of Christian Aggies, Chi Omega, Maroon Coats

◗ Sam Hodges: No endorsements at this time

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◗ Brody Smith: Aggie Relay for Life, Liberal Arts Student Council

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— manned by a three-person team — intend-ed to collect feedback from students.

“It’s basically a suggestion box,” Mc-Nutt said. “Right now students don’t have a place to go to take their student services suggestions.”

McNutt said the student services task force would afford students with a specific place online where they would be able to direct their suggestions.

“We need communication,” McNutt said. “I’m going to be sitting at the same seat in Sbisa Dining hall every Monday that school is in session for two hours all next year if elected, so that any student, top to bottom, can come and talk to their student body president about how to improve life on campus.”

Smith said he also intends to make positive

changes to Transportation Services — plans that include conducting a bus report to gauge route efficiency and to ensure that the buses adequately meet the transportation needs of a growing student population.

McNutt said he would like to take a dis-tinctly aesthetic approach to his role, starting a campus-wide service project similar to Big Event where Aggies positively impact the campus image — power washing sidewalks, planting flowers and painting classrooms.

“I’m big on campus beautification,” Mc-Nutt said.

Because the Student Senate failed to pass a student opinion regarding fee increases, Bar-ber said he would prioritize a positive working relationship with senators, to ensure that the student body has a united voice going forward.

“We need to step up the dialog and com-munication between students and administra-tors,” Barber said.

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trafficked across the border into India. The average age of those captured is 13 years old. 70 percent of the victims are women and more than 50 percent are children.

Jeremy McCasland, direc-tor of operations at Break-away Ministries, said Tiny Hands International is the perfect fit for the ministry’s mission to get students pas-sionate about service.

“Matthew 25:40 teaches us to love the least of these, namely widows and orphans. So, when we saw what Tiny Hands International was doing, it was simply a no-brainer. As Christians, we are sounding the alarm,” McCasland said.

Ben Stuart, the execu-tive director of Breakaway and speaker at the nightly Bible studies, believes that the passion demonstrated by the regular attendees and Aggies in general can do amazing things.

“If we all lean collectively in a certain direction, we can change [human trafficking], can shift the gravity of [this issue.] You’ve all heard the stories of when we sway in the football stadium — that concrete moves. We can move structures and insti-tutions and things that look unmovable. I think we can change things if we lean to-gether,“ Stuart said.

The goal of The Sha-lom Project 2012 is to raise $84,000, solely through do-nations. Those who wish to give can either donate through the organization’s website or purchase a Sha-lom Project T-shirt. The donations will go toward developing a dream cen-

ter, built by Tiny Hands International, which will be made up of six houses a school, a hospital and a church. Each house will be able to hold two house par-ents and as many as 16 chil-dren. The amount set by Breakaway aims to ensure two houses are built in Ne-pal to rescue children from local brothels.

Chandra Dean, junior university studies major and Breakaway volunteer, said the connection Ag-gies have with the Shalom Project is visible in the suc-cess already seen this year; the project raised more than $30,000 before the

Feb. 14 Breakaway program even began.

“To see my peers give that much, and have that kind of generosity, on a college stu-dent’s budget — it’s so mov-ing,” Dean said.

Stuart said all Aggies can make a positive difference by getting involved in the Sha-lom Project.

“For generations, homes will stand that will serve and love little kids in a far off land for the glory of God and be-cause of you … We have the opportunity right now to forever change the lives for some of these young girls,” Stuart said.

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Freshman Jordan Green reaches for a slam dunk, scoring a season high of 14 points against Missouri.

road. You have to play hard every night. I think we have been so good because [Kan-sas head] Coach [Bill] Self stresses that to us and that we can’t look past oppo-nents. Anything could hap-pen, especially this year; it seems that a lot of upset teams are winning.”

A&M will be looking to avenge an early season loss at Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence, Kan. The Aggies fell 54-64, al-though they led 30-28 at half time.

“We competed well at Kansas,” Kennedy said. “They’ve been great on the road, that’s why they’ve been conference champions for the last several years. We’ll have to play really well to give ourselves a chance, but we’ve been playing well at home and we’re looking forward to playing.”

All signs point to the Aggies taking the court without the services of senior point guard Dash Harris, who’s dealing with a foot arch injury and, as of Monday, has been unable to make it though an entire practice. His hard-nosed de-fensive style would help con-tain Taylor, a speedy guard av-eraging 16.6 points per game and holding the keys to KU’s offense, but Kennedy said he’s looking forward to utilizing the size in his roster.

“We get to play our big-ger guys,” Kennedy said. “Kansas’ guards don’t get enough respect. They get in the lane. Tyshawn Taylor is a really difficult matchup for us, with Dash and with-out him, and then there’s Jeff Withey…we match up bet-ter (with Kansas) but they’re still pretty dominant in the

post. Withey is having a great year and that’s one of the rea-sons why they’re having a spe-cial season.”

Withey serves 3.4 blocks per game and leads the Big 12 in that category, but the Aggies’ biggest hurdle will be contain-ing forward Thomas Robin-son. Robinson is among the nation’s elite in scoring with 17.7 points per game and re-bounding at 11.8 rebounds per game. He throttled the Ag-gies with an 18-point, 10-re-bound, four-block effort the first time around.

But if any team can corral the high-powered KU offense, it would be the Aggies, who lead the conference in scoring defense while allowing a paltry 60.2 points per game. Kansas head coach Bill Self admitted that A&M’s particularly adept at grinding out “long posses-sions and not giving up easy baskets.”

“Those are things every-body strives for, but they are better at it than others,” Self said. “The other thing is they will use the shot clock offensively. A lot of times with teams that score points, the best offense is to not let the other team have the basketball for a long period of time.”

With or without Harris on the court, Kennedy said the team has remained fo-cused on pulling off the upset at home and gaining steam heading the final stretch of the 2012 season.

“Our effort’s been good, our attitude’s been good—at home and on the road, for the most part,” Kennedy said. “We’ve just got to be consistent one through nine, now that we have Khris back. We can’t be four or five guys (deep), because those other guys are playing valuable min-utes and they’ve got to be ready to play and help us.”

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Fabulous 5-year old house,approx. 3-miles south of campus(Edelweiss Gartens). Greatfloorplan w/many amenities.Located in a quiet neighborhood.Granite counters, ceiling fans,alarm system, fridge and w/d.Available 8/1. Contact BrianBenton, 469-877-1184.

Free cable/internet access! Onemonth free rent! Spacious2bd/1ba. Close to campus, onshuttle route. Large kitchen withfull appliances. W/D connections.Front and back patios. Ceilingfans. Hillstone On The Parkway,528 Southwest Parkway.979-693-6102. Open 8:30-5:30Monday-Friday.hillstoneonthepkwy@yahoo.com

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Glenn marks anniversary of orbitCOLUMBUS, Ohio — John Glenn made his historic spacefl ight alone in 1962 but celebrated its 50th anniversary Monday among hundreds of people within his orbit, from fellow headline-making astronauts and NASA’s administrator to family, friends and students at Ohio State University, where the public affairs school bears his name. They watched footage of the launch, laughed at his enduring sense of humor and showered him with applause, praising the man who became the fi rst American to orbit the Earth on Feb. 20, 1962. Neil Armstrong, the fi rst man to set foot on the moon, told the audience at the celebratory gala that Glenn was “no ordinary pilot.” There was a need for leadership in the space program in the early 1960s, Armstrong said, and Glenn “literally rose to the occasion.” The former astronaut and U.S. senator from Ohio, now 90, circled the Earth three times in fi ve hours and was viewed as a national hero for helping to lead the United States into space.

NEW YORK — New York City’s mayor faced off with the president of Yale University on Monday over efforts by the city’s police department to monitor Muslim student groups. The Associated Press revealed over the weekend that in recent years, the NYPD has kept close watch on Muslim student associations across the Northeast. The effort included daily tracking of student

websites and blogs and monitoring who was speaking to the groups. Yale President Richard Levin was among a number of academics who condemned the effort in a statement Monday, while Rutgers University and leaders of student Muslim groups elsewhere called for investigations into the monitoring.

Associated Press

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8,100 spots.Vision 2020 is an initiative

that was established in 1999. Comprised of 12 imperatives, or specific areas in which the University has set goals to im-prove, the goal of Vision 2020 is to actualize Texas A&M’s recognition as a land, sea and space grant institution. More specifically, imperative six states that a primary goal of the University is diversifica-tion and globalization. A&M currently enrolls more than 7,000 non-resident students, although more of these stu-dents are from outside of the U.S. than from other states.

Jonathan Baldwin, senior sociology major and an out-of-state student from Florida, said the rising costs of tuition are forcing students to stay

close to home after graduat-ing high school.

“It’s becoming a lot more expensive for students to go out of state,” Baldwin said. “Kids are just applying to in-state schools so they can get cheaper tuition rates.”

In-state tuition plus fees for a student taking 15 hours at A&M is approximately $4,600; these costs do vary for the Mays Business, Engi-neering and Architecture col-leges because of differential tuition. Out-of-state tuition and fees for one year at A&M is approximately $12,000, with the same differential tu-ition variations.

Baldwin said most stu-dents leave home to attend college out-of-state based on career choice.

“If you want to pursue a certain career and none of the schools in your home state have an adequate program,

then naturally you have to start looking other places,” Baldwin said.

Shayne Hassel, sophomore psychology major, said she would like to see more out-of-state students at A&M.

“A&M should really try something to get more stu-dents from other places around the country,” Hassel said. “I think it would make A&M a much more interest-ing place.”

While some students would like to see an increase in enrollment of out-of-state students in order to increase diversity, and administrators for the increased revenue out-of-state students bring, The Chronicle of Higher Edu-cation recently reported that most out-of-state students do not constitute a diverse group as they are mostly white and affluent.

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and underrepresented student groups are typically very near most states’ admissions cut-off point, which means increases in the out-of-state student population affect those groups the most.

Texas A&M’s imminent move to the Southeastern Conference also raises ques-tions about the place of out-of-state students at A&M. Cook said, at this time, there is simply no way to know the outcome.

“Our move to the SEC means that we’ll receive much more national visibility than we have in the past,” Cook said. “I can only say it will be interesting to see if that trans-lates into additional interest from out-of-state students.”

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nation&worldOhioan against fur planned murder-for-hireCLEVELAND — An Ohio woman who compared animal-welfare work to the liberation of World War II concentration camps has been charged with soliciting a hit man to fatally shoot or slit the throat of a random fur-wearer, federal authorities said. Meredith Lowell, 27, of Cleveland Heights, appeared Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Cleveland, where a magistrate judge ordered her held by the U.S. Marshals Service pending a hearing next week, court records show.

Napolitano reviews South Texas border operationsMCALLEN, Texas — The recent reviews of deportation cases to focus on illegal immigrants who have committed crimes or previously been deported is a necessity and shouldn’t demoralize U.S. Border Patrol agents, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Tuesday.Federal prosecutors have been reviewing thousands of deportation cases in recent months in an effort to focus resources on such cases.

Romney says Obama has ‘fought against religion’SHELBY TOWNSHIP, Michigan — Presidential candidate Mitt Romney is wading into the social and religious issues that helped fuel the rise of his rival Rick Santorum, who has excited the Republican base with his conservative social stances. Romney, a Mormon and multimillionaire venture capitalist who served as governor of Massachusetts, took aim Tuesday at President Barack Obama, saying his administration has “fought against religion.”

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