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Born on the Texas A&M campus in 1931, former NFL official Red Cashion began his officiating career in College Station before going on to a 25-year career that included two Super Bowl appearances.

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Sports Hall of Famer NFL official, Texas Red Cashion is one of few who can truly call Texas ‘First Down’ people A&M’s campus home. The retired NFL official was born on campus in 1931 where author A&M’s his father worked as secretary of YMCA Building. reflects on theAfter deciding he wouldn’t work out as a football player, officiating games in experiences he1952began as a junior at A&M. This was only the beginning of what

became a 25-year career in the NFL, where he officiated both Super Bowl XX and Super Bowl XXX. “I wasn’t any good [at football] so I didn’t bother trying, but my sophomore year I began to [complain] to somebody that I wished I had tried,” Cashion said. “Somebody said, ‘Well, why don’t you try officiating?’ I started officiating my junior year at A&M and I’ve been doing it ever since.” Cashion’s pursuit to become an NFL official, and the many

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he battle between two schools just got a little tastier. The Convention and Visitor’s Bureaus of Bryan-College Station and Tuscaloosa, Ala., along with the mayors — College Station’s Nancy Berry, Bryan’s Jason Bienski and Tuscaloosa’s Walt Maddox — have raised the stakes of the A&M vs. Alabama — by a few racks of ribs. Per wager stipulations, the mayor and CVB director of the the losing side must wear the opposing school’s logo or other regalia, eat the rival city’s best barbecue and then take pictures in front of a tourist attraction in the winning

city, a release from Bryan-College Station CVB said. Berry said she trusts the Aggies to take them to victory. “[I’m] very confident,” Berry said. “Losing is not an option.” Jordan Meserole, director of communications for the Bryan-College Station CVB, said the idea for the wager arose as the CVB thought of ways to welcome visitors. “We just thought it was an interesting way to promote tourism,” Meserole said. Bienski said the wager may even grow and develop in the next few days to include components such as cowboy hats. “We may sweeten the pot and do some other stuff,” Bienski said. Although the barbecue provider has yet to be chosen, Meserole said it won’t let the rivaled Alabamians down. “We want to find a barbecue place that is local to Bryan-College Station and one See Barbecue on page 6

things he learned from his job, is detailed in his book “First Dooowwwnnn… And Life To Go” co-authored by Rusty Burson. Cashion will be signing copies of the book Friday at the College Station Barnes & Noble from 4-6 p.m. “I like to ask [readers] what they think of [the book],” Cashion said. “I like to ask them why they like to have a copy. I enjoy people. I’m always amazed at some of the answers I get. I like

I wasn’t any good [at football] so I didn’t bother. Somebody said, ‘Well, why don’t you try officiating? I started officiating my junior year at A&M and I’ve been doing it ever since.” — Red Cashion, member of the Texas Sports Hall of Fame

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The Corps of Cadets remembers 9/11 at The Freedom from Terrorism Memorial on Wednesday morning near the Quad.

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lets out, anyone who wants to come over can talk to you. I think many people feel more relaxed about that than they would AUSTIN: I grew up in the far West in Oregon and Colorado. My first philosophy about coming to my office. People feel less formal on the bench and I ought to course was freshman year of college be teaching informally as well as formally. and I loved it and it was all I wanted to THE BATTALION: Why did you choose do from that point on. [My professor] to become a philosophy professor? was the most brilliant person I had ever heard speak. I spent all of my time on AUSTIN: At first it was just the her course and none of my time on the intoxication of reading, writing and physics course I was supposed to be talking. When I was a grad student, I taking. started teaching because I was assigned THE BATTALION: Tell me a little about yourself.

to be a TA and I just found it to be intoxicating. I loved talking to groups of people about philosophy. If you love teaching, there’s a kind of excitement that comes from teaching more than anything AUSTIN: I would go out to take smoke breaks and just noticed that people would else. I’ve never tried to analyze it, it’s just Jenna Rabel — THE BATTALION there. But it’s never let me down. come by and chat and it’s a great way to Scott Austin regularly sits on a bench outside the do informal teaching and advising. If you YMCA Building and offers teaching and advice to just happen to be out there when a class See Austin on page 6 students who approach him.

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Toni Eubanks (left), Class of 2002, shoots at a range with Girl and a Gun, an all-women’s gun association.

Many women are handed a gun and told to go out and shoot. We help ladies become comfortable with firearms.” — Megan McMullen, Class of 2008

eady? Take aim. Fire! The College Station/ Snook chapter of A Girl and a Gun Women’s Shooting League provides a positive environment for women to learn about firearms and firearm safety, said Megan McMullen, Class of 2008. “We welcome all women and all experience levels of shooting,” McMullen said. “We have had ladies come out that have never touched a gun, to police officers and Marines and everything in between.” McMullen discovered the group on accident, trying to find womenled firearms classes for her and her mother, but decided it would be a fun experience to try. “My mom never had a high comfort level when it came to guns, but recently she decided she would like to learn more and become more comfortable around firearms so we were looking for a class to take together,” McMullen said. “We were both very excited to learn about the group of all women that go out and shoot together.” Toni Eubanks, Class of 2002, said she decided to join A Girl and A Gun out of a desire to learn about handguns for self-defense, but stayed for the “no boys allowed” aspect. “I joined the group because I was interested in learning about the handling, use and safety of hand guns,” Eubanks said. “I was drawn in by the ‘no boys allowed’ rule because it removes the ‘machoness’ that the guys tend to bring to the range and allows us to focus on the education.” A Girl and A Gun was started in 2011 by Julianna Crowder and Renee Blaine after a group of women came together at a range in Leander, TX to shoot and learn about firearms. Now the league is comprised of 55 chapters, including the College Station/Snook chapter, across 22 states with over 1,500 members. The local chapter was started by Michelle Kramer Schulte, with her two co-founders, about a year and a half ago. They now have about 50 paid members. McMullen said she wants women to know groups designed to help women become comfortable around guns exist. “Many women are handed a gun and told to go out and shoot,”

McMullen said. “We help ladies become comfortable with firearms...learn safety, shoot a variety of guns, learn proper grip and stance so they not only can shoot, but can shoot well.” Eubanks said she hopes women come out and give it a try. “You may surprise yourself the first time you shoot,” Eubanks said. “It’s a lot of fun and exciting to continue to improve your skills.” Junior recreation, park and tourism sciences major Leah Hudspeth said she finds groups like these to be extremely important to women in helping to educate them. “The second amendment extends the right to bear arms to all citizens, but our society tends to assume that only men should exercise that right,” said Hudspeth. “Groups like this are important for women because it allows them to educate themselves on their true rights, gives them a form of protection and it’s just fun.” Eubanks said the group can provide useful and critical information for women. “Even if you don’t plan on ever using or owning a gun, knowing how to use one could save your life one day,” Eubanks said. “The more you educate yourself, the less intimidating it is to shoot, which is important at a very critical moment in self-defense.”

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n hopes of fueling the gameday spirit with some good, old-fashioned destruction, the Aggie Club of Engineers (ACE) will present its second ever “car smash” Thursday from 2-8 p.m. in front of the Texas A&M Student Recreation Center. Zachary McIlvoy, ACE member and sophomore mechanical engineering major, said the event features a scrap car spray-painted with “Bama” on the side. An array of sledgehammers — weighing sixteen, ten and six pounds — will be presented to passers-by for the purpose of pummeling the vehicle. In keeping with the organization’s motto of promoting friendship, community, service and social activity on campus, McIlvoy said the event will raise money for a worthy cause. “The event is a fundraiser to raise money for the Down Syndrome Association of Brazos Valley (DSABV), and we are combining that with the Alabama game, so it’s our ‘BTHO ’Bama car smash,’” McIlvoy said. “Anybody can come. You get to use our sledgehammer and our protective eyewear.” Greg Krauss, ACE president and senior mechanical engineering major, said the car smash is a great way to get students pumped up for the football game against Alabama while also raising awareness for the DSABV.

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The Aggie Club for Engineers held a similar fundraiser last spring, during which students paid to relieve the stress of finals by smashing the above car. The idea for the event began last year when the men’s organization decided to do a car smash to allow students to relieve some stress for spring finals. While last year’s proceeds went to the Wounded Warrior project, Krauss said this year the club decided they wanted to donate the money to a more localized service. The organization chose DSABV after hearing about the Bryan-College Station “Buddy Walk,” a walkathon for and with people living with Down syndrome. Krauss said the organization is excited to localize their philanthropy and the club is hoping to see the car smash grow this year to benefit the DSABV. Chris McDonald, ACE service chair and senior mechanical engineering major, said about 100 students participated in the

last car smash, but the club is expecting the event to grow this year through the promotional actions. “The car smash last year was very successful for us,” McDonald said. “Students that did it last year loved it. We expect this year’s turnout to be even bigger, close to a few hundred. We are really pushing the car smash this year, trying to raise awareness about it and the Down Syndrome Association of Brazos Valley.” The car was donated by Precision Towing and Recovery and will be sold for parts after the event. The car smash costs a dollar for three hits and five dollars for a minute.

Originally fired by two different college football conferences, Red Cashion is now a member of the Texas Sports Hall of Fame. He is retired and lives in College Station.

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like to say, ‘I hope you enjoyed the book and I hope you’ll tell me what you like about it.’” In his book, Cashion details his perseverance as he continued to pursue officiating after he was fired by both the Southland and Southwest Conferences. “The [Southland] said, ‘The coaches just don’t think you’re interested enough in officiating,’” Cashion said. “The [Southwest] was a little different. In those days, they would just have however many officials and you would show up and figure out who was going to do what. About that time they began to go to crews. The Southwest Conference went to crews and they did it on the basis of seniority so since I had only been with the conference for a couple years, they didn’t include me. Fortunately I was able to go back to the Southwest Conference two years later.” His firing from the Southland Conference made Cashion realize he needed to have emotion in his officiating, which resulted in his now famous first down draw. His call became so famous, he became the voice of officials on the Madden video game for several years. “At that time I thought an official had to be stoic and a traffic cop and that’s not true at all,” Cashion said. “I decided to enjoy it more. I wanted to be a little different so I came out with the idea of doing that. It’s unbelievable how it caught on. I’ve had crazy, crazy, experiences with people coming up and hollering ‘First Down.’” Cashion’s love for football and officiating started at A&M where his brother, Jim, was the first freshman quarterback to

ever start for the Aggie football team in 1943. “In those days football wasn’t quite as big as it is today, but neither was the school,” Cashion said. “I don’t know that when you get down to it that the hype that a freshman could play quarterback at a major college wasn’t any different today than it was then. I’m sure there’s a whole lot of difference between my brother and Johnny [Manziel], but still he was the most valuable player on the team as a freshman. That was a pretty big thing in those days.” Now retired and living in College Station, Cashion stays current with A&M and said he was beyond excited with the Aggie’s 2012 season. Cashion said he cheered for a month when A&M upset No. 1 Alabama a year ago and that Manziel is the most amazing player he’s ever seen play. With Manziel’s scrambling ability while running an up-tempo offense, Cashion said he sees how Manziel can create problems for defenses and officials alike. “I think that you’ve got to gear yourself just as the defense does,” Cashion said. “You have to keep your eyes on him. From an officiating standpoint he would require a little bit more concentration but the same rules apply to him.” While he will be remembered as one of the best football officials of all-time by many, Cashion hopes he can leave a lasting impression on readers young and old to learn from experiences in life and to have fun doing it. “I wanted people to know to have fun in what you do and you have to work at it, and work at it hard,” Cashion said. “You have to take risks. If you wait for everything to come to you, it won’t. You have to go after it and I think that’s very important.”

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Stewart Mann (left) lead singer of “Statesboro Revue,” will play Thursday with younger brother Garrett Mann.

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Special to The Battalion tewart Mann spent two years as an Aggie before leaving for Nashville to pursue a music career. This Thursday, Mann — one of 125 people out of 40,000 contestants to receive a callback on NBC’s “The Voice” — will be returning to College Station to play in one of his favorite cities. “That’s my spot,” Mann said. “I love going back to College Station. I love that town. Something changes or something new gets built every single time I go there. It’s just a booming town now.” Mann and the band have been playing together for years, touring almost continuously — especially in Texas. “It’s the only way to do it when you don’t have money behind you from a major label,” Mann said. “You have to take the grassroots approach and just get your music out there to anybody and everybody who will listen.” This is exactly the approach the band has taken, playing up to 250 shows a year. This makes them a favorite of venues across the state.

“They’re really unique, kind of have a different sound,” said Lance Lerfen, who used to book performers for Hurricane Harry’s. “It wasn’t mainstream, and it wasn’t what you were

and they don’t realize how special some of their stuff can be,” Callaway said. Callaway worked in the Texas music industry for 14 years and said he noticed the way audiences connect with the mu-

I love going back to College Station. I love that town. Something changes or something new gets built every single time I go there.” — Stewart Mann, lead singer of “Statesboro Revue” hearing on the scene at the time.” Mann and “Statesboro Revue” develop an emotional connection with their audiences, said international affairs graduate student Leonard Callaway, which creates a unique moment for each audience. “That’s the thing about guys like [Mann], they’re making those unique moments happen for people every night,

sic of Stewart Mann and the Statesboro Revue. Callaway said he once saw an amputee veteran change from walking to sliding prosthetics so he could twostep at a College Station show. “I’ve seen people fall in love at Statesboro Revue shows,” Callaway said. “I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone break up at one though.” This connection to the audience is

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something that Mann prizes and strives for in his music. “The feeling that you get when you connect with an audience is unlike anything else in the world,” Mann said. “It’s something that doesn’t happen every day.” Mann said impacting others with his music is his ultimate goal when writing songs. “There’s no greater satisfaction than having someone come up and tell you that the song you wrote changed their life, or got them through a break up,” Mann said. “It’s an amazing thing to have happen to you.” Mann and his younger brother Garrett will be playing without the rest of the band in an acoustic set at the Tap on Thursday. He will return to College Station on Oct. 4 to perform at Hurricane Harry’s. “It’s interesting,” Mann said. “It’s a totally different dynamic of song. You see new things. Sometimes it’s good for you to strip everything down like that because it gives you new ideas and a fresh perspective.”

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(From left) Victor Powell, James Hoelscher, Toffer Bartanico and Jackson Keating form the band Race to the Moon.

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hen James Hoelscher, Class of 2010, signed onto Craigslist almost a year and a half ago to look for fellow musicians and potential band mates, he never imagined what the present would hold. With a recently released debut EP, Hoelscher’s band, “Race to the Moon,” will be performing their blend of indie, alternative, punk and American folk music at the Grand Stafford Theater on Friday. Though the band is based in

Houston, home of the Johnson Space Center, Hoelscher said the band name had nothing to do with the space race. Race to the Moon, the lead singer said, was actually the name of a registered racing horse. “I was reading this article about how there are no original band names left, so I went looking at a list of currently registered racing horses, like at the Kentucky Derby,” Hoelscher said. “We made a list of four or five, and picked one.” Hoelscher said he is excited to return to the Bryan-College Station area, not only to play with his band, but also to visit his younger sister who is attending A&M. “The audience should expect a night of great music and a fantastic show,” said Victor Powell, lead

guitarist for Race to the Moon. “I personally believe in performing since the audience came to see you. If they were only there for the music they would have stayed at home and listened to the CD. We like to keep the songs fresh and embellish the recorded versions a bit live.” The increasing fan presence of the band was surprising for even the members, said drummer Toffer Bartanico. “We experienced something during our EP release a few weeks ago which totally blew my mind,” Bartanico said. “During a few of our songs, I heard — from behind the drum set, nonetheless — I heard the crowd singing with us. It was a surreal moment as an up-and-coming band.”

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AUSTIN: I don’t think of a separation of career and life. If you do philosophy, it’s part of the poetry of your life. Your philosophical views come out of who you are and vice versa. Who you are colors and gives life to the work you do. Everyone has a philosophy, right? Your philosophy of life, whatever it is, is the way you orient yourself to everything in life, so it makes sense that there ought to be a few people who spend most of their time doing that and exposing others to it. The more answers I know and the better I’m able to articulate them, the more fully human I get to be, so it’s a kind of empowerment.

THE BATTALION: What have been some of the highlights of your career? AUSTIN: I’m still in touch with people all the way back to 1979, a couple dozen people, who haven’t just been my best students, but ones with whom I felt I had some kind of harmony or mutual interests. They move all over the country, they get married and have kids and I just kind of keep up with them. The other thing that’s rewarding is just the community of undergrads in philosophy, because they’re all very dedicated. They like to hang out in the YMCA Building, they spend a lot of time talking to their teachers and it’s really a community. There aren’t very many [students], 110 or 120 and 20 faculty, so you can really get to know them. By the time they’re juniors, I know them all and then I do their graduations and stuff, so it’s sort of like the professional version of a family.

represents us,” Meserole said. “We joke ‘Who’s really winning here?’ Even if we win, they get some of the best of Texas barbecue.” With Bryan-College Station’s victory in the hands of the football players, Berry said she trusted the coaches and fans to guide the team to a win. “I know the 12th Man is going to show up in style and root the team on to victory,” Berry said. “I think the coaches are going to prepare the team well and they don’t need any words of wisdom from me.” With an estimated 50 to 75 thousand visitors in town, Meserole said he’s focused on ensuring all visitors have an enjoyable time, no matter which team they are rooting for. “We’re excited to have so many people coming to Aggieland,” he said. “We always encourage all the Aggies to show the Alabama fans a good time no matter what the outcome of the game is. That’s what we’re showing with the barbecue bet as well.” Berry said she wants Alabama fans to experience the same courtesy in College Station as Aggies experienced last year in Tuscaloosa. “I understand that when we were in Tuscaloosa last year, they were very gracious and coming up and congratulating [Aggies] on winning,” she said. With what is expected to be a full student section, Meserole said he wants Alabama to know what Aggie football is all about. “Let Alabama know who the 12th Man is,” he said. “The team does better when they’re there to support them and when the team does well, the 12th Man gets louder.” Berry said the wager has been an entertaining one, but she is looking forward to another Aggie victory. “It’s a fun wager,” she said. “Beat the hell outta Alabama.”

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The Battalion s a part of Campus Safety Awareness Week, emergency responders were on call today at the MSC to train students in handsonly CPR. While CPR certification was not offered, Eric Johnson, public administration graduate student and an emergency responder, said knowing CPR basics could allow you to provide critical care until professionals arrive at a scene. “The average national response time is about eight minutes for EMS to get to the scene,” Johnson said. “Those eight minutes are very vital for someone to be circulating the blood until first responders get there to perform more advanced procedures.” Several emergency responders set up stations, complete with rubber torsos, in the MSC 12th Man Hall and by Rudder Fountain. Students were free to learn what it takes to save a life. “[Students] are going to learn the very basics of CPR,” Johnson said. “We’re not certifying anyone today, but they are going to know how to properly do chest compressions in order to be effective until an ambulance or EMTs arrive.” Basic CPR consists of first identifying if the

person in question needs assistance. If they are in fact in a medical emergency, Austin Flowers, Class of 2011 and EMT basic, said a student should immediately call 911 and then start chest compressions. “A lot of people get confused between compressions, breaths and the AED,” Flowers said. “The best thing you can possibly do is to give compressions.” Flowers said chest compressions should be hard enough to compress the chest about two inches, and should be fast enough to reach 100 beats per minute. “We have two songs for keeping compressions fast enough: ‘Another One Bites the Dust,’ and ‘Staying Alive,’” Flowers said. “Your hands should be placed in the center of the chest between the nipple line, or in the center of the sternum.” Gabriel Duran, junior kinesiology major and emergency responder, said educating students in CPR techniques contributes to overall public safety in crowded places such as Kyle Field. “[The importance of knowing CPR] is public safety,” Duran said. “It’s really nice for people to be aware and know how to correctly perform CPR because it’s a really simple and easy way to save a person’s life.”

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