We all need something to stand up for and believe, in and in Ag-gieland it’s a sprit of a man, the Twelfth Man.

The Twelfth Man represents the spirit of Texas A&M. It means al-ways being ready for your team if they need you, which is why in hon-or of that spirit, students stand the entire duration of a football game.

“The Twelfth Man spirit makes every game alive, from football to tennis. You can ask almost any A&M athlete how they feel about the Twelfth Man, and each one of them will tell you that we highly influence their dedication and work ethic,” said Ben Ford, a junior ani-mal science major.

The spirit of the Twelfth Man lets other Aggies know that there is al-ways someone supporting them to lend a hand if they need one.

“One of the greatest things that you can give others is encourage-ment and support, and that is exactly what the twelfth man provides for A&M student athletes and overall student body,” said Jhanne Hooker, a senior English major.

The tradition of the Twelfth Man started on January 2, 1922 when the fightin’ Texas Aggie football team played the nationally ranked Cen-tre College. As the game went on,

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Calif. living the dreamSACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Jerry Brown on Monday signed a bill that will let students who entered the country illegally receive private fi nancial aid at California’s public colleges, even as debate continues over a more contentious bill that would allow access to public funding. It is the fi rst of a two-bill package referred to as the California Dream Act, which is aimed at getting fi nancial aid for college students who entered the country illegally.

Scandal turns book dealNEW YORK — The newspaper reporter who spent years investigating phone hacking claims in Rupert Murdoch’s media empire has won a book deal.The Guardian reporter Nick Davies has been signed to write an authoritative account of the News Corp. scandal for Faber and Faber Inc. Financial compensation wasn’t disclosed.The book, to be titled “Hack Attack: How the Truth Caught up with the World’s Most Powerful Man,” will be published in the fall of 2012. Davies previously wrote “Flat Earth News.”

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Q:Is a bachelor’s degree the new high school diploma ?thebattalionasks

It’s true. It’s becoming easier for students to get a bachelor’s degree.William Nead, sophomore aerospace engineering major

It depends on what fi eld you go in. In sociology it’s hard to get a job with just

a bachelor’s.

Cassandra Oduola, senior physics major

More people are getting college degrees now—but it’s still harder than a high school degree.Julianne Hamilton, freshman biology major

Defi ntely not, with a high

school degree you can slack off for it.

Jose Martinez, sophomore petroleum engineering major

Commandant, Brigadier General Joe Ramirez, honored the three life-guards who helped save Cadet Ryan Ochoa from drowning in the natato-rium, Monday in the pool classroom at the Student Recreational Center.

Ochoa, a junior food science and technology major with a focus in history, was conducting training exercises in the 50-meter indoor lap pool when life guards noticed he had gone unconscious.

“That morning I felt perfectly fine,” Ochoa said. “I finished my normal work out — a 1,000 meter lap swim — and went to do my un-derwater exercises. I was going back and forth between 25 and 50 meters while holding my breath.”

Ochoa said he had no recollection of blacking out or showing signs of tunnel vision.

“The next thing I remember is grabbing onto the ledge and wak-ing up in the hospital,” Ochoa said. “Their [the lifeguards and paramed-ics] timing and the way they have been trained is excellent. If they would have come in a minute later, who knows what would have hap-pened, but they got there in plenty of time especially since I was able to get out of the hospital in two days.”

Ramirez rewarded lifeguards Robert Worley, Melody Rulon and Rachel Munden with a personal let-ter of appreciation, commending them for their efforts, and also pre-

O’Dell Harmon Jr.The Battalion

Natalee Blanchat The Battalion

See Twelfth on page 4

Osa Okundaye — THE BATTALION

High tuition, more students and few jobs leaves education bubble ready to pop

Twelfth Man still standing strong

tradition

Lifeguards earn award for rescue

campusReady to bust

See Swimming on page 4

EDITORIAL

Imagine a product where sky-rocketing prices

outpace the growth of inflation and personal

income. These prices are fueled by govern-

ment subsidies, favorable taxation and cheap

credit. The peddled product is highly priced and

considered a signal and source of middle class

prosperity. Those who have it are successful.

Those who don’t have it are left in the dust and

both political parties in Washington, D.C. push

relentlessly to expand the products availability to

all Americans. No, this is not about the housing

bubble. This is the higher education bubble.

According to the College Board, tuition and

fees at public universities increased 130 percent

from 1988 through 2008. Inflation adjusted

median income over the same period actu-

ally declined slightly. This explosion in costs

is disturbing in and of itself but more so when

observed with other indicators.

When you look at high school graduates in

1988, 87.1 percent of Americans ages 16 to 24

received a high school diploma or some equiva-

lent according to the National Center for Edu-

cation Statistics. That number rose to 92 percent

by 2008, which, at face, value would seem like a

good thing.

In 1988 the National Assessment of Educa-

tional Progress showed 17-year-olds scored an

average 290 in reading but by 2008 that score

declined to 286. In 1990, average math scores

were 305 (1988 scores not available) and 306 by

2008, virtually unchanged.

At the same time the National Assessment of

Educational Progress shows that in 1988, 58.9

percent of high school graduates went on to col-

lege. By 2008, that number had climbed to

68.6 percent.

Over a period of 20 years of spending count-

less dollars and attempted reforms, academic

achievement arguably declined while high

school graduation rates increased five percent

and college enrollment jumped almost

ten percent.

What about the quality of college students

over this time period? Developmental education

expenses, mostly remedial education for students

not ready for college, have dramatically increased.

The Texas Higher Education Board reports,

“General revenue appropriations for develop-

mental education increased from $38.6 million

in the 1988-89 biennium to $172 million in the

1998-99 biennium.” Their latest numbers esti-

mated total developmental education expendi-

tures for the 2010-11 biennium to reach

$392 million (this includes state appropriations,

student tuition, fees and additional university

expenditures).

That’s right, high school graduation rates are

up, high school educational attainment is at best

flat, college enrollment is sky high and we are

spending more money than ever on students

who are in college but not prepared for it.

Universities are digging deeper into a pool of

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Box offi ceCowboys and Aliens and The Smurfs hit theaters Friday. Check local listings for location and movie times.

Fairy tale comes to endFans view exclusive ‘Breaking Dawn’ clips

SAN DIEGO — Twilight-mania in-vaded Comic Con as fans lined up by the thousands to see the vampire/were-wolf saga’s trio of stars, Robert Pattin-son , Kristen Stewart and Taylor Laut-ner at the Breaking Dawn: Part 1 panel.

Fans began camping out more than two days prior to Thursday’s mega-panel outside Hall H of San Diego’s convention center, bringing with them plenty of tents, sleeping bags and a few cases of bottled water. And for those looking to have their faith and patience rewarded, the cast answered a number of questions and brought with them ex-clusive footage.

Asked to give the fans what they want, Stewart offered her thoughts on what she said to be the most important part of the movie--filming the wedding.

“I had been ramping up to shoot that scene for over four years, and they also put it right at the end of the entire film-ing,” Stewart said. “So it was six months of standing on my toes waiting for the most important part of the whole thing. When I got to the set, I was just as ner-vous and terrified as I expected myself to be. It was just so beautiful. I had to go away and get locked in a room for the rest of they day. At that point, I had to be locked into my dress and sort of protect it.”

Director Bill Condon presented two lengthy scenes he said were not in the books, the first of which showed Jacob’s separation from his family and tribe af-ter forming an alliance with the Cul-

lens. Determined to save Bella, he en-ters the woods to negotiate with his old pack, and in the process, reveals deeper motivations behind his newfound peace with vampires.

“It’s difficult because Jacob at the be-ginning of the film is the Jacob you’ve always seen before. He’s immature, in love with Bella. Then he gets his heart crushed,” Lautner said. “He doesn’t handle it well. He handles it how Ja-cob would usually handle it, and he be-comes an entirely different person. He’s forced to mature and become his own man. If that means separating from his own pack, brothers, he’s willing to do that and he does.”

The second clip takes place much earlier in the film when Bella and Ed-ward arrive at the hotel room for their Brazilian honeymoon. With plenty of audience screams, the couple walks across the threshold causing even more screams upon sight of the marital bed. Bella nervously asks if she could have a minute to herself while Edward goes for a swim. Looking like a woman who realizes she’s about to have her husband alone for the first time, she piles on the toothpaste, brushes her teeth, shaves her legs and spruces herself up before join-ing Edward outside in a state of near nakedness.

Pattinson, with a rather unique hair-do in which the right side was shaved and the rest uncut, went into great de-tail explaining the birth scene along with the other actors.

“My favorite scene to film was the birth scene. It was different compared to anything I’ve done before. Literally,

he’s so aware of his own helplessness. There’s no one else around. He’s tried to help Bella but there’s nothing he can do. He’s desperate. Normally when that happens in the other movie, Bella comes in to save the day. Every single time, Bella comes to save him. But this time Bella can’t. It was nice to play someone who’s totally annihilated by the entire situation.”

After being joined by surprise guests Julia Jones, Elizabeth Reaser, Nikki Reed and Ashley Green, Pattinson faced down the question of a little girl, who drew several “awww!” reactions from the crowd and was asked if he en-joyed having the baby with Bella.

“The look on your face makes me think you’re asking something else (laughs). No, I do. I really like babies. I like doing scenes with them too,” Pat-tinson said. “It was really fun, especially with this series as well. You’re playing this statue-esque guy most of the time. Can’t be hard, but he has the baby and it makes everything more human. And babies, in terms of acting with it, they just do their own thing. It’s more fun. You’re basically improvising.”

With filming completed for Part 2, Reaser and other cast members admit-ted to now missing waking up at 4 a.m. after four years of working together, noting all that’s left is two years of press and premieres before it’s time to say goodbye.

“I’d like to say it’ll be a fairy tale ending and we’ll have dinners once a week,” Reed said. “There will be things that live on forever. It’s been a really great thing for all of us.”

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Adopt Pets: Dogs, Cats, Puppies,Kittens, Many purebreds. BrazosAnimal Shelter, 979-775-5755,www.brazosanimalshelter.org

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Demand up, supply down at food bank EL PASO — West Texas Food Bank offi cials say the agency faces increasing demand while supply dwindles in part because of the drought. Ruben Sanchez of the agency’s El Paso branch said Monday that food pantries are looking for more help even as donations from drought-stricken farmers fall off.Sanchez told The Associated Press that donations from others are down about 25 percent because people are tightening their budgets in the diffi cult economy. The El Paso Times fi rst reported the trend.Sanchez says farmers and individuals contribute up to half of the food bank’s supply. The rest comes from the Department of Agriculture.The West Texas Food Bank distributed about 9 million pounds of food to 22 counties last year. Nearly half went to more than 120 pantries in the El Paso area.

Man is accused of newborn son’s deathSAN ANTONIO — Authorities say a San Antonio man has been charged in connection with the death of his 2-week-old son who allegedly had been beaten. The Bexar (bayr) County Sheriff’s Offi ce says 22-year-old Justin Janosik was jailed Monday on a charge of injury to a child, causing serious bodily injury.Bond is $100,000 for Janosik, who was arrested Sunday, hours after his son, Kaleb, was found unresponsive in the family’s home. Autopsy results are pending, but a police report says the boy had bruises on his face and his back. An affi davit says Janosik often cared for the baby while his wife was looking for work. Jail records did not list an attorney for Janosik.

nation&worldChurch can’t be sued by ex-principal HARTFORD, Conn. — The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled Monday that a former Catholic school principal cannot sue the Archdiocese of Hartford on claims she was wrongly fi red for not retaliating against a student, who complained about sexual remarks allegedly made by a priest now accused of abusing children. The high court unanimously overturned a lower court ruling in favor of Patricia Dayner, former principal of St. Hedwig’s School in Naugatuck. Justices said Dayner’s lawsuit against the archdiocese was barred under the “ministerial exception” to state courts’ authority to decide employment cases. The exception is based on the First Amendment right to freedom of religion, and the right of religious organizations to control their own internal affairs. But the state Supreme Court, in its fi rst ruling on the issue, didn’t ban all labor-related lawsuits. Justices adopted the view of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York, which ruled in 2008 that courts can decide to step into church employment disputes based on the nature of the complaints and whether court action would intrude on churches’ right to decide issues related to doctrine or internal governance.Federal appeal courts have issued confl icting rulings in ministerial exception cases.

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the team was down to its last reserve player when Coach Bible remembered that there was squad man who had been up in the press box helping reporters identify players.

It was a former football player E. King Gill who was then called to suit up. He stood on the sideline for the rest of the game ready as he watched A&M win 22-14 and celebrate an underdog victory. After the game, Gill was the only man standing on the sidelines and when asked why he said, “I wish I could say that I went in and ran for the winning touchdown, but I did not. I simply stood by in case my team needed me.”

E. King Gill, and his gesture, became known as the Twelfth Man, a symbol of someone always ready in wait if their team needs them.

“The Twelfth man is the heart and soul of Aggieland. The Twelfth Man represents the entire student body, as an Aggie it is still an overwhelming and a somewhat dif-ficult concept to understand. So you can’t expect every-body to understand it if you’ve never experienced it,” said Osmara Garcia, a senor communication major.

In any major sports match up the presence of the Twelfth Man can be seen and felt among the student body cheering their team to victory.

“Best example for me, was last year’s A&M versus Ne-braska football game. My ears were ringing for hours af-ter,” Ford said. “According to the players, they couldn’t have done it without our support in the stands.”

There is saying in Aggieland that there is a spirit here that can ne’er be told, and from one young man to the entire student body that spirit lives on.

“It represents the unity we have as a student body and that unity is created and solidified through the mutual love and respect we have for Texas A&M University and as fellow Aggies,” Garcia said. “It is what has made my experience at Texas A&M that much more special.”

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less qualified high school students who

would never have been admitted to

college in the past, while the costs of a

college degree are increasing at a consid-

erable rate.

An abundance of college graduates

combined with a stagnant recovery

pushed the unemployment of Ameri-

cans with a bachelor’s degree or more

to an all-time high of 5.1 percent last

November.

The New York Times ran a piece this

week titled, “The Master’s as the New

Bachelor’s.” So is the bachelor’s degree

the new high school diploma? Probably

not yet, but it’s looking like a serious

possibility in the near future.

Many graduates are finding them-

selves peddling résumés from their

parent’s house while working as servers

and baristas. Student loans, which don’t

even die in bankruptcy, are coming

closer to being due. Without serious

economic growth, the higher education

bubble could be careening toward a

devastating pop.

This is terrible news for current

students and recent graduates who have

paid astronomical prices for an educa-

tion in a terrible job market. While some

majors would be hit harder than the rest,

the overall picture isn’t pretty.

If the bubble bursts, many degrees

may not pay for themselves. This isn’t

your mom and dad’s America. College

degrees aren’t a golden ticket to a house

in the suburbs, a white picket fence and

two kids.

It’s looking like the main difference

between a high school diploma and a

college degree could soon be mountains

of debt.Taylor Wolken, is a junior economics major and editor-in-

chief of The Battalion

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senting them with a symbolic coin that is typi-cally given to soldiers for their recognition of excellent service.

Ramirez said the awards serve as a reminder that the efforts made to save a person’s life are something “that cannot be measured.”

“We’re talking about the precious seconds it takes to save a person, and you [the lifeguards] did that in an unbelievable manner,” Ramirez said. “The bottom line is that you saved this young man’s life, you brought him back and were able to accomplish such a feat that 90 percent of people in your profession will not be able to experience. You gave this man his future; for that, I am eternally grateful.”

Ramirez recalled visiting Ochoa in the hos-pital and seeing him unconscious, connected to a bunch of tubes, plastic wires and a moni-tor. It was a morbid experience.

“To go back the next day to see Ryan sit-ting up with his fiancé sitting next to him with his family and his friends all there was truly refreshing,” Ramirez said.

Senior Melody Rulon was the first lifeguard to jump in the water to rescue Ochoa after noticing he was unconscious.

“I don’t remember a lot of it,” Rulon said. “I just went into autopilot and did everything I was trained to — it was rush.”

Rulon said she was impressed that Ochoa was able to hold his breath for repetitive two-

minute sets and was surprised when he didn’t break the surface.

“I didn’t think anything would ever happen to him because he was so good at it, but he just stayed down there too long,” Rulon said.

Munden believes that saving Ochoa was largely due to the team effort between herself, Rulon and Head Guard Worley.

“We all worked together as best we could,” Munden said. “If one person was already do-ing something, we would work together on something else that was needed.”

Rick Hall, senior associate director for de-partment of recreational sports, said because of the incident, all activities involving free un-derwater diving and breath holding exercises are suspended indefinitely, pending the safety of the activity.

“We want to make sure we meet and ex-ceed the standard of care for any activities in the rec center, whether it be climbing the rock, using the weight facilities and especially for swimming,” Hall said.

Ochoa believes one gratifying realization that came out of his near-death experience is just how big the Aggie network is after re-ceiving recognition and support from Aggie alumni and peers across the globe.

“I didn’t realize how big the Aggie family is,” Ochoa said. “I was getting calls and email from ‘my family’ all over the world — Chi-cago, California, China, Peru — asking about my situation, if I was okay. It was really im-pressive.”

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nation&worldSociety presents free 9/11 exhibitNEW YORK — The New-York Historical Society plans to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks with a special exhibition. The exhibition is titled “Remembering 9/11.” It will present several hundred photographs taken by professional and amateur photographers in the immediate aftermath of the 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center.Organizers say the free exhibit also will include letters written to police offi cers and fi refi ghters, objects that were placed at makeshift shrines around the city and drawings of the National September 11 Memorial. he society started a series of exhibitions, public events and education initiatives called “History Responds” one month after the attacks. Since then, more than 150,000 visitors have taken part in its programs.

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