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The Pavilion, a central piece of A&M’s campus and home to the Schol-arships and Financial Aid office, actually garnered its name from its past use: a livestock pavilion.

Compiling such data has become a daily objective for those working in the Geographical Information Systems Department, where the Historic Ag-gieland project took form.

At Texas A&M, the University’s connection to its past is a large piece of its tradition and spirit. The Historic Aggieland online interface allows stu-dents, alumni and curious members of the public to view the campus from its birth in 1876 to present day through a series of maps, aerial photos and pictures.

“Our mission is to fuel discovery,”

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Geospatial tech enables team to show A&M’s geographic timeline

Digital history

Photo illustration by Evan Andrews — THE BATTALION

Photos of Texas A&M campus from an aerial view, ranging from 1986 back to 1917 (left to right).

S tanding in the Pavilion on its polished tile, it’s hard

to believe that same space used to be covered in dirt

and was inhabited by farm animals.

A look into the past◗ Historic Aggieland’s online interface can be found under the Map and GIS Library tab at library.tamu.edu/about/collections.

said project manager Miriam Oliva-res, Class of 2002. “The data is avail-able 24/7. This information can be used to connect the past with new generations.”

The project team digitized nine aerial photographs and one hand-drawn map of A&M’s campus, geographically ref-erenced them on a current digital atlas and added different colored dots, each representing a building constructed for the University, to show the evolution and expansion of Texas A&M from its founding to present day.

The separate colors of the buildings distinguish between the five eras the structure was raised, ranging from The Early Years (1875-1914), the Rudder

Era (1946-1976) and Modern Times (2000-2012). A majority of the build-ings allow for one to view old pictures, courtesy of Cushing Library, from when they were established or reno-vated, giving the map depth.

“Many agencies, such as the city of College Station, have interactive [on-line] maps so they can show the data to the citizens. They focus on current data,” Olivares said. “The [Historic Ag-gieland] collection is special in the sense that it is putting together all the historic archives for people to use.”

Compiling all the pieces of the mas-sive data infrastructure used in the proj-

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Frequently seen around Academic Plaza, a religious group was doing their part to spread their beliefs to the students of Tex-as A&M. Easily recognized by the white shirts, black ties and friendly attitudes are the members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, otherwise know as Mormons.

Elder Peterson, a Mormon volunteer who evangelizes on campus, said there is a lot about Mormonism that stems from Christianity.

“We are Christians. We do believe in Christ and that He came to save us all,” Pe-terson said.

Peterson said Mormons put heavy em-phasis on faith, as well as works. It is a com-mon practice to spend two years serving as a missionary, locally or internationally. Pe-terson and Elder Hicks, also a Mormon vol-unteer on campus, are doing their volunteer

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Latter-day Saints clarify Mormon doctrine

Concealed carry bill sent to committee for review

religion

Student Senate presented a bill Wednesday advocating that the University allow anyone with a con-cealed handgun license to carry a handgun on campus and inside buildings.

Student senator Cary Cheshire, junior po-litical science major, authored the bill titled “Texas A&M Personal Protection Bill.”

“The motivation behind [the bill] was improving campus se-curity,” Cheshire said. “We have had a lot of instances at other campuses in recent memory. We can all remember Vir-ginia Tech, and t.u. had the bomb scare a little while ago.”

Cheshire said he is not part of the student organization Students for Concealed Carry on Campus, but he is open to input from the orga-nization and other students while reviewing the bill.

A referendum that asked the stu-

dent body whether they wanted to have concealed handguns on cam-pus took place in 2010. The results showed that 54 percent of the stu-dent body voted against having con-cealed handguns on campus.

Mariana Fernandez, senior political sci-ence major and speaker pro-tempore, asked Cheshire during the bill’s presentation why he was presenting the bill if Texas A&M stu-dents voted to not have concealed handguns on campus in the referen-dum.

“If the student body is obviously against it,

then why are we using the Student Senate to lobby on behalf of them in Austin?” Fernandez said.

Cheshire said the referendum held in 2010 was not representative of all students.

“I do not think that the entirety of the student body voted in that refer-

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Elder Hicks hands out flyers about Mormon beliefs and bible study information Wednesday afternoon near Academic Plaza.

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Construction workers rig 2nd Regiment outfit emblems on Dorm 1 Wednesday afternoon. Last year, Dorm 1 was a non-reg dormitory. The Corps reclaimed Dorm 1 for the 2012-2013 academic year.

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news for youMan arrested in NYC plot to blow up Federal Reserve A Bangladeshi man who came to the U.S. to wage jihad was arrested in an elaborate FBI sting Wednesday after attempting to blow up a fake car bomb outside the Federal Reserve building in Manhattan, authorities said. Agents grabbed the 21-year-old Nafi s — armed with a cellphone he believed was rigged as a detonator — after he made several attempts to

blow up the bomb inside a vehicle parked next to the Federal Reserve, the complaint said authorities emphasized that the plot never posed an actual risk. However, they claimed the case demonstrated the value of using sting operations to neutralize young extremists eager to harm Americans. Nafi s appeared in federal court in Brooklyn to face charges of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction.

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Dalai Lama didn’t curse at universityPROVIDENCE, R.I. — The Dalai Lama didn’t curse at a Brown University event, the college swears — even if the closed captioning said differently. A closing comment Wednesday by the Dalai Lama was mistaken for a profanity by the person transcribing his remarks for closed captioning at a speech on peace. The exiled Tibetan leader urged listeners to share his thoughts with others if they found them interesting. If not, he said, they could “forget.” The closed captioning on a large screen at the Rhode Island Convention Center transcribed the remark as an expletive.

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Junior wildlife and fisheries major Veronica Guerrero performs a Veracruz dance during a CAMAC event.

A 38-year-old organization called the Committee Awareness of Mexi-can-American Culture exists to further one of Texas A&M’s greatest philoso-phies: an appreciation of diversity.

Graciel Rodriguez, chair of MSC CAMAC and senior information and operations management ma-jor, said the organization’s goal is to make Aggies more familiar with Hispanic culture.

“My main goals have been to in-crease awareness of Hispanic culture within A&M and to bring cultural and educational events for students to talk about how certain issues are affecting the Latino community,” Rodriguez said.

Claudia Limas, CAMAC execu-tive member and senior international studies major, said it is important for students to fully understand the orga-nization’s title of “Mexican-American Culture.”

“Our goal is not just to focus on Mexican-American students, but we focus on events that encompass all Latino cultures,” Limas said. “It’s not limited to just Mexican-American culture.”

Limas explained how the organiza-tion, at its roots, encourages students to appreciate the diversity of all cultures at A&M.

“It is open for all people to join,” Limas said. “We welcome diversity. It would be so awesome to have people that aren’t Hispanic in our organiza-tion. It would be great to have that diversity promoted.”

Melanie Weiser, MSC CAMAC adviser, said she wants to encourage students who initially may be put off by the organization’s name.

“I think [CAMAC] can be really intimidating for someone who doesn’t feel connected to the culture,” Weiser said. “I want people to know that our events are open to everyone. It doesn’t matter what your background is.”

The organization sponsors various events throughout the year, many of which exemplify common activities of certain Hispanic cultures. Though each director of the organization focus-es on a particular area of the event, they all work together to plan everything more efficiently.

In addition to partnering with the Department of Multicultural Services to plan events — such as Edward James Olmos speaking during Hispanic Heri-tage Month — CAMAC organizes ac-tivities including salsa dancing.

“On Oct. 25, we have Salsa Dance Night where we teach students tra-ditional Hispanic dances such as salsa, merengue and bachata,” Rodriguez said. “We provide lessons for them, we have competitions and we have every-one dance to the music.”

Every spring, the organization in-vites A&M and Bryan-College Sta-tion to celebrate “Mis Quince Años,” a re-enactment of a Quinceañera — a traditional Latino celebration of a girl’s 15th birthday — to help everyone bet-ter understand the cultural celebration.

For the re-enactment, group mem-bers selects girls who otherwise may not be able to have her own Quincea-ñera, therefore giving back to the local community.

Freshman architecture major, Am-ber Estrada, joined the organization and became involved in its cultural team that plans Mis Quince Años.

“I wanted to join something where I can further experience the basic [His-panic] traditions, because I have never really experienced the Mexican culture that I am part of,” Estrada said.

In April of every year, CAMAC organizes the Student Conference On Latino Affairs. SCOLA is a two-day fo-rum that centers in on current Latino issues with the help of guest speakers, all of which is directed by Limas.

“Our mission is to provide a forum for students to discuss issues that impact the Latino community,” Limas said. “Leadership is our theme this year.

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We are going to be covering subjects such as Hispanic leaders in the Ameri-can past and Latinos in the media and work force.”

Lima said she is excited for SCO-LA’s 25th annual conference this year, and that she has high hopes for the fu-ture of the conference.

“My team is so pumped for our conference,” Limas said. “It is not just a conference for A&M students, but also ones outside. Last year we invited people from other universities, and this year we hope to invite students from the SEC.”

Behind all of Limas’ hard work is a passion for acting on something she said she believes in.

“There is no better high than what you get when you [passionately] be-lieve in something,” Limas said. “I believe in SCOLA and I am very pas-sionate about empowering students to become better leaders.”

Rodriguez also said the organiza-tion often contacts Latinos who have recently been accepted to A&M in or-der to inform them of the benefits of the University, as well as of scholarship opportunities.

“These types of gifts are the ones that move me the most, because I believe only about 40 percent of the Hispanic students that are accepted to A&M actually come to the Univer-sity,” Rodriguez said.

Rodriquez said his motivation to continue daily in his leadership is his drive to improve the underrepresen-tation of Latinos at A&M. Outside of that, the quality of the organization is as important.

“CAMAC is not the biggest organi-zation in terms of membership, but we make sure that the students we have are connected, welcome and feel like they are family,” Rodriguez said.

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Elder Hicks, left, and Elder Curtis, right, hand out informational flyers about Mormon beliefs as part of their missionary work for the Church of Later Day Saints.

work by evangelizing on the A&M campus.

Both volunteers said Mor-monism stays very close to Christianity on multiple levels, but does have some salient dif-ferences. While many Chris-tians hold the belief that God is three — Father, Son and Spirit — but also one, Mormons be-lieve there are three separate physical Gods.

“We have Jesus Christ, God the Father and the Holy Ghost. They are all separate entities, but share the same goal of lead-ing people to salvation,” Pe-terson said.

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Elder Yu, an on-campus vol-unteer, said the Mormon stan-dard of living, seen by some as restrictive, is actually liberating.

“The restrictions placed on us by our faith are actually very freeing. We are free from al-cohol, smoking and sex before marriage,” Yu said. “The idea of polygamy is forbidden by our faith, so the idea people have that we practice that is wrong.”

The Mormon Church’s mis-sion on campus is a simple one: to lead people to Christ.

“You don’t have to join the Mormon Church, we just want you to come to know Christ’s love,” Peterson said.

Elder Hicks said he stresses the idea to seek truth.

“Pray for guidance and the Holy Ghost will reveal Himself to you” Hicks said.

Mormon volunteers are on campus every Tuesday and Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., and again from 1 to 3 p.m.

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endum and I don’t think that constitutional rights are held up for votes,” Cheshire said.

Omar Ghannoum, junior petroleum engi-neering major and engineering senator, said in this case Student Senate was out of its place.

“Student Senate does not have jurisdiction over this case,” Ghannoum said. “I think it would be in its place if the bill were to be re-vised to say that the Aggie’s have this specific opinion.”

To clarify, Ghannoum said if the bill were to be revised to where it simply represented student opinion on this matter instead of call-ing on the University and the State legislature to change its policies, then it would be more acceptable for Student Senate to address the issue.

The bill was sent to the Legislative Affairs Committee within the Student Senate where it will be edited and reviewed. Further delib-

eration and a final vote on the bill will take place after the bill is released from the commit-tee and should take place in the coming weeks, said speaker of the Senate Scott Bowen.

If the bill is passed, it will be sent to the University Administration and the Texas Legislature where it will represent the student opinion of Texas A&M University.

Charles Arvin, senior economics major, was confirmed at the meeting as the Chief Justice of Judicial Court of SGA. There was no debate against his confirmation.

Other bills that were voted on by the Sen-ate are the “Eligibility for Elections Bill” — which was voted down — and the “Fair Print-ing Fees Bill.”

The “Fair Printing Fees Bill” requests that any form of printing documents on campus is charged to the print allocation first before charging the student’s billing account. The bill passed in the Senate and will move to the stu-dent body president for approval.

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Superman copyrights wonLOS ANGELES — DC Comics will retain its rights to Superman after a judge ruled Wednesday that the heirs of one of the superhero’s co-creators signed away their ability to reclaim copyrights to the Man of Steel roughly 20 years ago. The ruling means that DC Comics and its owner Warner Bros. will retain all rights to continue using the character in books, fi lms, television and other mediums, including a the fi lm reboot planned for next year. DC Comics sued the heirs of artist Joe Shuster in 2010, seeking a ruling that they lost their ability to try to reclaim the superhero’s copyrights in 1992. U.S. District Court Judge Otis Wright II agreed, stating that Shuster’s sister and brother relinquished any chance to reclaim Superman copyrights in exchange for annual pension payments from DC Comics. Shuster and writer Jerry Siegel created Superman, who made his comic book debut in 1938 in Action Comics (hash)1. Both men battled for increased compensation for the superhero throughout their lives and Siegel’s heirs have also fought DC for a stake in copyrights to Superman.

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ect and then inputting it into formerly un-known system software has taken the Map and GIS department well over a year. The product allows current and future Aggies to see campus as their parents or grandparents did, something almost no other university in the country can offer.

“The old Ags come and see [the system] and get fascinated with the fact that they can remember things by looking at pictures,” Oli-vares said.

The project has become yet another out-let — alongside social media — for Aggies to share their experiences with others.

“The more that people see this, [the more] they’re going to want to tell us all their sto-ries,” said project director Kathy Weimer, Class of 1987. “Hopefully, the social media

aspect will help us fill in more details.”The project remains in its early stages of

development, meaning Historic Aggieland holds delicate plans for future applications of their system. A popular one among the staff is an app for mobile phones that permits users to literally be able to view buildings in their former glory, utilizing the camera as a virtual lens into the past.

Furthermore, the system has the future capability to assist students in finding certain buildings and plotting quicker, more efficient routes around campus.

“I can always use a more technological way to find obscure buildings or better routes around campus,” said Austin Smith, a senior biomedical engineering major. “If I can use my phone to plan my quickest way back home, then why not to make sure I get to class on time?”

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A screenshot from the Historic Aggieland online interface which allows visitors to view the campus from its birth in 1876 to present day.

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