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$740 million in reported 2012-2013 fundraising dwarfs previous high Kadie McDougald The Battalion
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onations to Texas A&M from Sept. 1, 2012, to Aug. 31, 2013, reached an alltime high for the University at more than $740 million. According to a University press release, the donations are more than $300 million more than any other 12-month period reported, making the University among the top fundraising institutions in national rankings of higher education. The funds are nearly double what the University of Texas received in the same period. Kathryn Greenwade, vice president of the Association of Former Students, said the Texas A&M Foundation, the Association of Former Students, the 12th Man Association and the Bush School collectively raised the funds, along with former students and other members of the Aggie network. The drastic increase in donations is suspected to have resulted from, amoung other causes, Texas’ thriving economy and energy business. Greenwade
said she believes the rise in funds can be attributed to former students who are proud of the University’s recent successes and have had some success of their own. “I think we’re at a time where there’s a lot of positive news about Texas A&M,” Greenwade said. “Aggies feel good about Texas A&M and there’s an alltime high in pride. I think it speaks to the generosity of Aggies and it speaks to the success of Aggies [because they] are in the position to give back.” Greenwade said the majority of the funds are restricted by the donors, which means they are directed to be used in a certain manner, whether it be for a certain scholarship or for the Kyle Field renovation. “The money [the Association of Former Students] raises is unrestricted,” she said. “We work with the University to figure out how it may be utilized.” Because state support has declined, Greenwade said an increase in private funds increases in significance to the University every year. “It’s very important to the University to strive for excellence and move toward what we want this University to be,” she said. “We want to be the top public University in the nation.”
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J-Court denies transfer student’s SBP eligibility Aimee Breaux
The Battalion ransfer student Jarrett Namken argued to be able to run for Student Body President in the spring — what he claims is his right as an Aggie — during a hearing for the Student Government Association Judicial Court’s first case of the year. The hearing took place Friday in Koldus and dealt specifically with a suit brought by Namken alleging that election commissioner Allison Krenzien overstepped her bounds in declaring Namken, who has completed two semesters at the College Station campus after transferring from Texas A&M at Galveston, ineligible to run in the SBP race due to a failure to fulfill the requirement of completing three consecutive semesters at Texas A&M. The court released Monday a unanimous 6-0 decision in favor of Krenzien. According to the majority opinion, the decision was partially based on the core premise that
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he Hispanic Presidents’ Council and the Professional Hispanic Network teamed up Monday night in the Memorial Student Center to lead the opening ceremony in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month. In addition to a food buffet and a poetry reading, the event featured keynote speaker Marco Portales — pictured above with Joseph Puente, executive director of Hispanic Presidents’ Council — who discussed
the importance of an “evolved” Hispanic and Latino community. “Latinos have a deep desire to succeed,” said Portales, an A&M English professor. “Education is our first concern and most desired need. The present and the future are not going to be like the past. The world always continues to evolve, and we have the opportunity to lead this change.” For the full story, go online at thebatt.com
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VASILAKIS: My father was in the military and every two years we would move to a different part of Greece. It was fun, but difficult since I didn’t have a chance to make friends. I was growing up during the dictatorship, and I was there when democracy came. It was difficult since my father was in the military at the time, which was part of the dictatorship. It was one of those experiences you will never forget. These were historical events we were living in. Though we were young, we were still shaped by them.
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VASILAKIS: Twenty-four years ago I moved to the States and lived in New York for about six years in the Upper West
Q&A: Side of Manhattan. The main difference was New York was very cosmopolitan. Very big. I loved the cultural chaos that New York had. I have a huge family in New York. Believe it or not, more than in Greece. I also lived in Atlanta, Ga., for about five years and Chicago. THE BATTALION: What has been your favorite city? VASILAKIS: My favorite cities have been Chicago and New York. Chicago is really cultural, and I like all the cultural ingredients that it has that you don’t get elsewhere in the architecture and the water. It is much different than New York. It was a huge change when I came to Texas. The University here is great, and the students are great so I enjoy it here. See Vasilakis on page 5
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(From left) Couples Bryan and Laura Jackson, Justin and Heather Lambert, and Mitchel and Chelsea Grams each had weddings this summer and are current A&M students.
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RING (BEFORE) SPRING Couples balance education with life as newlyweds
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ith classes, student organizations and jobs, college life can be hectic. When students add a marriage to the mix, life can become a unique balancing act. After a 10-month engagement, senior communication major Laura Jackson was married this summer. Jackson commutes from her apartment in Houston to College Station to finish her last nine hours of school before graduating in December, while her husband Bryan works full-time in Houston. “I don’t feel like a college student anymore,� Jackson said. “I am in a unique position because I am commuting from Houston every Tuesday and Thursday so I am not even in the college environment. School is kind of just about graduation now.� Jackson said finishing school is all that matters now and that she has mentally “checked out.� Because many of her friends are not yet married, Jackson said they don’t always know how to relate to her. “I would say that some of my relationships with my friends have changed,� she said. “I am just in such a different stage of life than most people, so some people get it and understand and others just don’t know what to do with me.� Jackson said married life and school makes
for a difficult schedule, but she is happy with the outcome of her decisions. “I am pretty happy,� she said, “I never planned on being married in school but I wouldn’t trade it for anything. It definitely does make it harder, so it is just a matter of what your priority is. I would say that if you are with the right person then it is totally worth it, even if it does make things harder.� Now that Jackson is living with her husband, she said small aspects of life are changing. “I am not really allowed to have as many cute decorations,� she said. “I also make a lot more food.� Senior interdisciplinary studies major Heather and senior civil engineering major Justin Lambert were married this June and are still attending school together. Heather said changing her last name has been an ordeal with school documentation. “Changing my social security card and my drivers license, that took a long time,� Heather said. “You have to get your marriage certificate back to prove your new last name.� Living expenses can become an issue in any marriage, but tuition and fees associated with college can sometimes add even more stress. “Our parents are paying for our school still,� Heather said. “That was kind of a deal we worked out. Our parents said they would pay for school if we paid for everything else.�
Heather and Justin both said trying to balance their identities as students and a married couple has left them feeling a little lost. “Our lives are just different now — you are kind of in this weird limbo,� Heather said. “In church we changed our small group so that now we are with married couples but that means we’re not really getting to meet college students anymore. We’re in between phases.� Justin said their college friends don’t always understand how to relate to them or that he and his wife can still spend separate time with their friends. “Our friends don’t understand that we can do things individually,� Justin said. “Just because we’re married doesn’t mean we can’t be separate. We’re not Siamese twins.� Even though the situation may present challenges unique to married students, Justin said he was comfortable with his decision as both his parents and grandparents married early. “I was a lot more willing to go through the process because of my background,� Justin said. “Both of my parents were married in college — my dad’s parents were married in college and my mom’s parents were married in between high school and college. For us, if you find the one, you don’t wait for things to get easier. When you know it, you do it.� Both Heather and Justin have part time jobs and emphasized the importance of having a
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financial plan before marriage, particularly when still in school. “If we didn’t know what we were doing then [marriage] would be really overwhelming while in school, trying to also figure out our finances,� Heather said. “By the time we got married we knew we could do this and we knew it was a good decision.� In June, Chelsea Grams, genetics graduate student, married senior agricultural leadership and development major Mitchel Grams. She said making time for one another while also getting schoolwork done can prove challenging. “Having enough time for both school and each other is important,� Chelsea said. “We make sure we’re not neglecting each other.� Mitchel is a member of the Corps of Cadets, which Chelsea said has become easier for him after marriage. “This has been easy for him because he doesn’t have to do morning formations anymore — he doesn’t have to go to as many Corps things,� Chelsea said. “People also get sick very easily in the Corps when you’re living with all of those people so he is excited because he won’t be getting sick as much.� Chelsea said being married while in school can be a challenge, but she finds it manageable and rewarding. “If you’re in love,� she said, “it’s the most important thing.�
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The Battalion onoring a deep heritage, filmmaking partners Sergio Carvajal and Romina Olson have captured Italian culture in the Brazos Valley in a documentary series focused on Texas-Italian life. Local Italians congregated at St. Anthony’s Catholic Church in Bryan on Sunday to preview a screening of the third episode, “The Italians from the Bottom,” of the documentary series “The Texas Italian Stories.” Created by two collaborators from Austin Intercultural Transmedia Approach to Learning (ITAL), the series explores how people identify with their Italian heritage. Featuring residents of the Brazos Valley, the episode documents the important historical contribution of Italians to the region. “The idea was how we could make something that is actually fun to watch and where you can learn not only Italian culture itself and what happens only
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“They wanted to film me in my environment,” Lombardini said. “They asked me what differences I saw from Italy and here in the United States” “The Italians from the Bottom” highlights how Italian farming techniques impacted the Brazos Valley. Lombardini said Italians brought an appreciation for the land that carries over to present-day. “One of the things I think I brought with me was more respect for the land and the environment,” Lombardini said. “Just the fact I come from a different country where we grow different crops and have different methods, I brought in a different perspective” Lombardini also took the team to a historical marker located off of Highway 50 on land settled by Italian immigrants in the 1870s. Carvajal said many Italians today might not know how to become acquainted with other local Italians. Carvajal said he and Olson would continue filming these short documentaries
and then present them to the participating communities. Calling the screenings a “perfect environment,” Carvajal said he was optimistic the screenings would inspire the “exchange” of stories. “The Italians of Bryan might want to talk about [their experiences] but they don’t know how,” Carvajal said. “The video provides everyone a platform to start conversation. We hope to see lot of people connecting.” Both Carvajal and Olson said one of their goals is to establish relationships with universities throughout Texas. The videos are bilingual, so they said Texas A&M students learning Italian can benefit from watching the films as well. “We hope that the Italian courses taught at Texas A&M and those professors can use this in their classes or just as extra [material] so students can learn about the Italian culture in Bryan,” Olsen said.
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THE BATTALION: What is your favorite book? VASILAKIS: That is very difficult. I would have to say one of my favorite books would be Homer’s “Odyssey” to reread and teach. I like that it is so close to the human experience. It is about a man who spends most of his life away from his family — 10 years fighting the Trojan War and 10 years trying to get back. I have students who are veterans who can relate. The students in my class, especially the ones who have fought in Iraq or Afghanistan, like to compare their own experiences with Odysseus’. THE BATTALION: How would you compare Texas to Greece? VASILAKIS: People in both places are very friendly — very open. I have had very positive experiences in both. You can depend on your neighbors when you are away to let you know if something happens. Both College Station and Greece have a small, tight-knit culture. The differences are in topography and locations. You aren’t close to water or islands here in Texas. Greece is also going through a financial crisis, which complicates things. THE BATTALION: What was your favorite memory growing up? Wafi Alzawad — THE BATTALION
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THE BATTALION: Why did you move to Texas? VASILAKIS: We, my wife and I, both got jobs here. My wife is also in academia as well. We also felt it was better for our sons, 8 and 11, to grow up away from the city of places like Chicago and New York. When I first moved here, I was by myself for a month and the air conditioner broke. I had to stay in a hotel for a few days. The heat doesn’t bother me, but the humidity does. Greece also had warm temperature but not humidity. THE BATTALION: How did you meet your wife? VASILAKIS: I met my wife at graduate school. We were
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9/16/13 8:12 PM
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page 6 tuesday 9.17.2013
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Flags lower in time of national mourning
Tanner Garza — THE BATTALION
Flags around the country were ordered to half-staff Monday in the wake of a shooting at a Navy ship yard in Washington D.C. that killed a reported 13 people at time of press.
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the student government in Texas A&M University at Galveston has “little to no overlap” with the Texas A&M University at College Station. Additionally, the court referenced a previous case to affirm Krenzien’s ability to interpret election rules. At the heart of Namken’s case was the idea Namken is being punished for the vagueness of the SGA election code. Namken said the problem arises as Texas A&M University is defined as “such institutions of higher education as is established by the state of Texas located in the reasonable vicinity of College Station” and the election commissioner is able to specify what a “reasonable vicinity” constitutes. “Not a word in this ex-
cludes Aggies in Galveston from running for student body president,” Namken said. “It does not state how far you have to be from College Station.” When questioned by the court as to whether or not reasonable vicinity can include all schools in the Texas A&M University system, specifically the Quatar branch, Namken said to not include every branch is to put words into the constitution without justification. “[The constitution] does not define Quatar as not being in reasonable vicinity,” Namken said. “The makers of this document said, ‘reasonable vicinity.’ So that means that if the [makers of this document] wanted to exclude someone, exclude a campus, they would have explicitly said it.” Krenzien said she based her decision of reasonable vicinity to the Texas A&M University on the election regulation’s definition of the Bryan-College Station area when considering fair market value. Krenzien also said to include any branch would force the College Station SGA to allow a student from Quatar to run for SBP, and the Quatar campus is blatantly not in reasonable vicinity. Krenzien said the decision is both fair and reflective of her history of responsible decision-making as election commissioner. “I didn’t put any words in here, I used my constitutional right to interpret election regulations using what I found and my personal judgment,” Krenzien said. Namken’s argument also leaned on the idea that the Galveston and College Station campuses share many commonalities, including traditions such as Midnight Yell, Silver Taps and Yell Leaders. Krenzien said despite common traditions, the student governments are separate entities and face separate issues, a point that would later be echoed in the majority court decision summary. To further illustrate this point, Krenzien cited the section of the Texas A&M-Galveston constitution that states the Galveston branch SBP must have registered and completed four semesters at the Galveston campus. “So in Galveston’s constitution they would not allow for students from Texas A&M University at College Station to serve, yet Mr. Namken is suggesting that we allow students from their institution to come and run and be student body president of our institution,” Krenzien said. Krenzien said during the hearing the case lacked standing because this year’s election rules are still subject to revision and approval by Student Senate, a point that the opinion ignored. “Mr. Namkin hasn’t been harmed in any way,” Krenzien said. “He hasn’t filed as a candidate for student body president. He hasn’t been disqualified from anything. He is simply foreseeing the eventuality that he might run, and if he were to run, that he might be disqualified.” In his period for refutation, Namkin said he was being harmed because he was unable to start gathering support for a successful campaign. In addition to the majority opinion, J-Court justice Brenton Cooper authored a concurring opinion stating there was a constitutional argument to be made by the plaintiff, but the argument was not made and the election commissioner’s authority stands. The majority opinion additionally stated the court only considered the information received in the filed appeal and hearing to formulate a decision because considering outside information is “not the job that falls under the court’s prerogative.” The majority opinion also further urged the Student Senate to take steps to better define “Texas A&M University” in the constitution.
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