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Festival’s free shows, new artists attract student crowd Alec Goetz

The Battalion his year’s South by Southwest festival featured the old and the new, with musical artists such as the Flaming Lips and the recently popular Macklemore hitting stages to entertain masses of grinning and sunburned music lovers. Though the costs for some shows were high, students attest that this year’s festival offered free lineups that entertained at a cheaper expense. “I went to all free shows, so for me showing up early to the venue was key,” said Bo Martinez, senior communications major. “It was worth it to wait around for a couple of hours to see my favorite bands up close and personal.” “Free” was a key word for most students looking to get their Spring Break kicks in Austin during SXSW. While each night’s biggest showcases included bands such as Green Day, Justin Timberlake and Prince, free day parties offered the chance to see new and rising musicians at the low cost of an RSVP email and a short wait in line for a wristband. Day parties from SPIN’s, the epic-scale Fader Fort and Waterloo Records brought names like Kendrick Lamar, Tegan and Sara, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, though some music buffs found that older acts were their favorite part of the week. “It’s hard to pick just one, but my favorite would probably be the Adolescents,” said Daniella Mascarenhas, senior political science major. “They’re such an iconic punk band and despite being a bunch of old punks, they can still really rock and get a crowd going.” The extent to which corporate sponsorship is the driving force behind SXSW has always been controversial. However, this year some students found they didn’t mind all the advertisements as long as they got their fix of music. “I feel like I should be against the overwhelming corporate sponsorship, but I think it actually enhanced my experience,” Mascarenhas said. “I was able to get through most of the festival without paying for things because of the amount of free food and drinks.”

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Jack Tutt slides past busy bartenders to replace a keg during the St. Patrick’s Day celebration Sunday outside of O’Bannon’s Taphouse. The celebration featured live music, traditional Irish food and lots of green beer.

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A&M sweeps Georgia in SEC debut James Sullivan

The Battalion orking off early season struggles, sophomore Blake Allemand kickstarted the Texas A&M offense Sunday behind his first career home run, knocking in junior Krey Bratsen as the Aggies rolled to an 11-4 victory over Georgia. With the win, A&M (14-7, 3-0 SEC) completed the three-game series sweep of visiting Georgia (8-11, 0-3 SEC) in the Aggies’ Southeastern Conference debut. A&M downed the Bulldogs 4-1 on Friday before closing out a tight 2-1 extra innings victory Saturday. “It’s no secret that I was struggling early on,” Allemand said following Sunday’s victory. “I’ve been trying to take it one game at a time and have good at-bats, do anything I can do for the team. Today I was fortunate enough to get a hit.” On the mound, freshman Jason Freeman made his first career weekend start, pitching four and two-thirds innings while freshman reliever Matt Kent (1-1) earned the win behind one and two-thirds scoreless innings. During Saturday’s victory, Allemand scored junior Jace Statum in the third inning to push the Aggies to an early 1-0 lead. Georgia knotted the score at 1-1 in the fifth before Bratsen notched a walk-off single in the 10th inning to give A&M the 2-1 win.

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Junior outfielder Krey Bratsen hit a walk-off RBI single to help lead the Aggies to a 2-1 extra-innings victory over Georgia on Saturday. Sophomore Daniel Mengden pitched a career-long eight innings in the victory, allowing one earned run on six hits while garnering eight strikeouts. “This is a big-time win for us. It’s huge for our team,” Bratsen said Saturday. “I’m just glad I was able to be a part of that and come through when the team needed me.” In the series opener on Friday, A&M jumped out to an early lead in the first inning after sophomore Mitchell Nau drove Bratsen home with an RBI single. During

the second, Statum plated Mengden with a sacrifice bunt. The Aggies tacked on two insurance runs to close out the eighth inning and the 4-1 victory. Senior Kyle Martin (2-2) garnered the win over six and one-third innings, striking out six while allowing seven hits. “Kyle Martin set the tone, we grabbed the lead early and those two runs probably felt like four to them,” head coach Rob Childress said. “For us to score two runs in the eighth was huge. From the start I thought we were ready to play the game.”

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Student gamers use tournament Public program winnings to help pay tuition broadcasts A student shows Tanner Garza — THE BATTALION

Senior agricultural communications and journalism major Mikel Moon captures Rodney Zent on camera at the KAMU studio.

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The Battalion urn on the TV – A&M students are on the air. Amid the news broadcasts and documentaries on KAMU’S public television programming is a 30-minute show created and produced by A&M students. ETC, pronounced “et cetera,” is a show entirely produced by the work of Texas A&M students, providing students with an experience most find only in a professional workplace. Professor Rodney Zent, director of Educational Broadcast Services for KAMU, said ETC aims to teach students the aspects of TV programming in a short amount of time. “The program airs what students decide to cover,” Zent said. “They come up with topics, submit proposals, find guests and put on a show targeted at Universityrelated activities.” ETC is the work of Zent’s agricultural journalism class. Fifteen students split up into teams of three that have two weeks to pick a topic, find guests and create the show. The show’s name arises from the wide variety of topics students choose to pursue. Zent said even though only one student group is responsible for each show’s content, the other students gain valuable experience performing many of the other jobs that make television possible. “Each week one group is responsible for producing [the show’s] content, and the other students are responsible for other positions,” Zent said. “The audio, camerawork, video editing, floor director and everything else is

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The Battalion group of students found a way of using video games to help pay the bills while working toward earning a college degree. The five-member team, College Station League of Legends, earned the title of No. 1 college League of Legends team in the world and won $40,000 at a tournament hosted by the Collegiate StarLeague in Los Angeles, Calif., on Feb. 17. The team went undefeated in the tournament and plans to split the $40,000. “For me — and probably most of the other guys — [the prize money] is pretty much just going right back into school,” said Justin Pulliam, senior computer science major. “You know, for paying off loans or future classes — however they decide to use it.” The team plans to utilize the $40,000 as a practical approach to financial stability, as opposed to a means to pursue the sport professionally. “[Competitive gamers] can go from being [financially stable] to being in a situation where [they] don’t have much to fall back on,” Pulliam said. “I’d have a degree, so I’d probably still be OK but I just

think it’s probably smarter to pursue a career than to pursue a game that will die out in at least a few years.” According to League of Legends gamers, professional gamers are distinct from competitive gamers in that they are sponsored by large companies and earn a salary in addition to tournament winnings. “Professionals basically eat,

sleep and live together, and playing the game is their job,” Schaeffer said. “The top-level teams have a house where all of their members live together — they wake up and play the game.” Pulliam said the fading popularity of once-major games and sponsors as funding sources are the main reasons that job stability in professional gaming is unreliable.

“I’ve seen tons of games become competitive and then almost overnight, the game completely disappears and is no longer being funded because the [source of funding] is a sponsorship from a company such as [energy drink companies] or some computer hardware company,” PulSee Gaming on page 4

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Sophomore chemical engineering major Andrew Schaeffer and teammates compete in the Leauge of Legends tournament.

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hile some people have a hard time coming up with jokes on the spot, actors of Freudian Slip make it their mission to do so. Freudian Slip, founded in 1992, is a group of A&M students who love improvisation. “A lot of people are funny when they quote stuff, but that’s not what we do,” said Austin Faulk, senior biology major and president of Freudian Slip. The group’s improvisations are original performances. “We make up our own stuff,” Faulk said. “It’s an interesting type of humor that’s more quick and witty than calculated and rehearsed [humor].” Without a script, imrov groups use the audience to create a show. “What we do in a show is have a basic gist of what we want to do, then the audience tells us what to do next,” Faulk said. Faulk said in a previous show, the improvisation team walked on stage knowing three things: the show would be a mystery, there would be a detective and there would be a crime. Then, with suggestions from the audience, the fate of the show was decided. Freudian Slip performs in Rudder Forum and Rudder Theatre. They also travel and perform for organizations as entertainment, in addition to taking trips cross-country. “Every other year, we take a trip to Chicago, the improv capitol of the world. It’s where [‘Saturday Night Live’] people started,” Faulk said, referring to the city’s legendary Second City improv comedy school. Faulk said the trip brings the team closer together and offers learning experiences for the actors. While a majority of the group has a performance background, Freudian Slip members are pursuing different careers. “It’s all across the board with interests and majors: I’m bio, there’s business, engineers, communication, everything,” Faulk said. With a wide range of personalities, Faulk said the humor is hardly stale. Jillian Landers, freshman telecommunication media studies major and new member of Freudian Slip,

said even though everyone comes from different places on campus, rehearsals are a blast. “Everyone is crazy funny which makes it hard to keep a straight face,” Landers said. But Freudian Slip doesn’t accept just anyone. Faulk described the audition process as “rigorous,” with the club allowing only 15 members. Faulk said Freudian Slip looks for dynamic individuals who are willing to commit to the club. “When I first auditioned, there were about 60 people trying out,” Faulk said. Faulk said he believes humor is comprised of topics the audience can connect with and recognize. “For me, the funniest stuff is when you can relate to it, when it’s a situation that can totally happen, but is taken to the extreme,” Faulk said. Yet different people have different views on humor Justin Fullerton, senior international studies major, wrote and acted in “What Are You Really?” a short sketch about the subtle racial slurs that go unnoticed in everyday life. Fullerton presented his piece in the A&M Student New Works Festival in February. In 1992, Freudian Slip regularly sold out in Rudder Theatre. Today, Faulk said few people on campus have even heard of them. In competition with comedy online or on television, Faulk said there is something different about seeing comedy live, especially improvisation. He said the distance between the audience and performers makes a difference, creating a more engaging and enthralling atmosphere than anything a viewer could get from a screen. Fullerton said comedy is the point at which everybody, no matter where they come from, can sit back, chuckle and say “Now, that’s funny.” Landers said the best comedy isn’t forced, and that comedy is really just a different way of looking at ideas and adding new ridiculous information. “Comedy can be found in the little things, like squeaky desks in classroom, people tripping and pretending nothing happened, the wind blowing in Academic Plaza and taking out the people holding banners, or a Corps guy having a nightmare during history,” Landers said.

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Freudian Slip acting group performs at their improv show Feb. 16 in Rudder Forum.

See the show Freudian Slip will be performing on campus in Rudder Theatre at 7 p.m. on April 13. Just before final exams, Freudian Slip will perform again in Rudder Forum on April 30.

Multi-genre writer shares insight to his craft Elizabeth Evans The Battalion

or a man who never experienced a traditional creative writing program, Charles Taylor took to the craft quickly. Taylor, accomplished poet and creative writing professor at Texas A&M for the past 21 years, said he considers himself a multigenre writer, not a specialist. “Pretty much the only thing I haven’t written is screenplays,” Taylor said. “It probably reflects the fact that I came to creative writing late. I was a Shakespeare and Renaissance literature professor. I did not go through a creative writing program.” He admitted that his first poems were probably not very good, and that he was teased about them. “I was probably trying too hard to be poetic,” Taylor said. “It was a bit discouraging.” Over the years, Taylor has worked harder and improved, earning the 1988 Austin Book Award for his poetry collection “What Do You Want, Blood?” He said he experiments more with his works now, fashioning works such as a poem without periods. “It’s called a ‘Treatise on Time, or Laughter,’ and I decided since time is flowing, there should be no periods,” Taylor said. “Life doesn’t stop, sentences stop. Life flows on and so the poem is mostly run-on sentences.” Colette Molina, senior creative writing major, said Taylor is very encouraging toward his students. “He seems to really care about his students and he’s always open to our ideas,” Molina said. “He’s always pushing and inspiring us. He’s a really interesting guy.”

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filled by students.” Jon Cooley, senior agricultural communications and journalism major and a reporter for The Battalion, produced a show centered on public service with his group early in the semester. “It’s [just like] an internship,” Cooley said.

Taylor said the connection he has with his audience and the instant feedback he receives from an audience are what draw him to poetry. “You get to mix with people,” Taylor said. “When you publish a short story or essay and it comes out in a magazine, sometimes you get a note, an email. A lot of times you never hear. There’s such a separation from the audience and poetry gives you that contact with people.” He even received a letter from Paris from a reader and admirer of his work. “I got a letter from Paris, France, that someone had read my book,” Taylor said. “They wrote me and told me how much they liked my book and sent me a fancy little sheet of paper and asked for my autograph. That was really sweet. With poetry, you seem to get the most audience contact and feedback.” Deborah Pfuntner, English doctoral student, said Taylor always makes his classes interesting and respects the opinion of students. “He always makes his students feel that their insights are valued and he always makes his extensive knowledge of course material interesting and relevant to his students,” Pfuntner said. Taylor said he also enjoys doing poetry readings and has conducted them in various settings. “I give a lot of readings,” Taylor said. “It’s one of the fun things about being a poet. I’ve given readings standing up on buses, in restaurants, in bars, coffee shops, bookstores, universities.” His advice for future poets: find something else that you like to do so you have money.

“Be sure you have something else,” Taylor said. “No poet makes a living purely from selling poetry. So find something to do that you like for a living, but choose carefully. Make sure to leave time to write.” Taylor said living in an interesting place where other poets are located helps with the creative process. “Put yourself where interesting things happen,” Taylor said. “Live somewhere where you can go out and meet other poets, hear their work, learn from them. If you see a poet go up on stage and bomb, then you can learn

what not to do.” He also said to write what you know. “It’s so much easier to write about what you know,” Taylor said. “There are a lot of stories out there designed to just suck money out of your pocket, but what about your stories? Aren’t they important?” When writing a poem, Taylor said it can be difficult and frustrating to write, even if the subject or concept is interesting. “Sometimes there’s a magic involved, where there’s a rhythm,” Taylor said. “Sometimes you find the rhythm and sometimes you don’t.”

“We are given a time slot on public TV and are responsible for coming up with a show. It’s lot of fun, but a lot of hard work because we are expected to perform better and better every time.” Cooley said the show allows students to gain valuable job experience and express their creativity. “The only real guideline we have is that the show has to make sense and that we stick to the chosen topic,” Cooley said. “Besides that,

it’s all open to student creativity.” Reflecting the students’ freedom in topic choice, ETC has showcased a variety of subjects in and around College Station. Past shows have featured the A&M rodeo team and businesses in and around Bryan-College Station. “We get a good feel for the broadcast industry,” Lynn Zela, senior agricultural communications and journalism major said. “When you’re not doing the show, you are the crew. We learn in the classroom about the equip-

ment but then get thrown into working with it [all at once]. It’s very exciting.” The class and its program are two ways students work toward preparing graduates for successful careers after college. “We treat these students as if they were professional employees,” Zent said. “By the end of class, they have portfolios filled with self-produced TV programs, as well as handson experience with high-end equipment. It’s a unique program.”

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Northgate. Newer 1/1, 2/2, 3/3 and 3/2. Washer/dryer. Walk to campus. Summer and 1 year leases okay. aggievillas.net. Call 979-255-5648.

Christopher’s World Grille is now hiring Waitstaff, Service Assistants, Hosts and Kitchen Staff. Please apply at 5001 Boonville Rd., Bryan.

Stoney Creek Ranch Christian camp, in New Ulm, TX is hiring energetic college-aged students who have a love for Christ. Needed Spring and Summer 2013. Must be willing to serve, make positive impact on others, be enthusiastic and be fully involved in the fun-filled camp experience, and create safe and supportive environment for all user-groups. Seeking candidates interested in becoming ropes-course certified and/or lifeguard certified. If interested, contact Michael Riedl, Camp Director, michael@stoneycreekranch.org, 806-407-1945.

Now Leasing and pre-leasing for August! 4bdrm/2bth houses. Spacious floorplans. Great Location. Close to campus, wood floors, tile floors, ceiling fans, w/d, fenced yards, refridgerator, icemaker,lawncare. 979-776-6079, www.aggielandleasing.com

Cleaning commercial buildings at night, M-F. Call 979-823-5031 for appointment.

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Now preleasing large 3/2 duplexes, May-Aug leasing options, off of Holleman, on shuttle, view duplexes seven days a week, 979-774-4575. One month free rent on efficiencies and 2-bdrms, great move-in specials, free cable and ethernet. aggieapartment.com. Tamu shuttle route. 979-693-1906. Pre-lease 4 and 5 bedroom houses, available August, great floor plans, close to campus, updated, W/D, all appliances, no pets. www.brazosvalleyrentals.com 979-731-8257. Pre-lease for May or August 2/2 Duplex with large fence backyard. Pets ok, walk-in closets, great location, and shuttle. $775/mo. 979-693-1448.

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Cheddar’s and Fish Daddy’s now accepting applications. Apply within, University Dr.

Data entry w/excellent computer skills. Part-time, South College Station. 979-574-3910. Desire: perfect/refine existing Web/Power Point presentation, $200, 979-574-3145. Immediate opening. Energetic, high-energy office assistant for tele-marketing and busy real-estate office. 12:00-5:00pm. Call 979-693-3700 and ask for ext 437 Industrial Engineering Intern Position for Local World Class Manufacturing Plant, student must be proficient in VBA, project driven, creative and adaptable, 15-20hrs/week, $12/hr, call 979.778.8677 ext.113 King Ranch Turfgrass has immediate part-time opportunities for experienced farm laborers. Responsibilities include general agricultural duties associated with sod farming such as equipment maintenance and operation. For consideration, call (936)825-6330 or apply in person at 28132 Tom Moore Rd. Navasota, Texas 77868. EOE/Drug Free Workplace. Little Guys Movers now hiring FT/PT employees. Must be at least 21 w/valid D.L. Apply in person at 3209 Earl Rudder Freeway. 979-693-6683. Lochow Exotic Game Ranch part or full time staff. Flexible hours with school schedules. Must have experience with Tractor work. Duties include feeding exotics and horses, shredding , mowing , minor equipment maintenance, cleaning up grounds and barns. Must be able to take responsibility for ranch when owner not present. References. $12 hour in Milano . jlochow@lochowranch.com 512-484-1535

PETS 2 male Yorkie puppies, 2-3lbs, 4mo. old, $800, linda_d_54@yahoo.com, 979-324-2866.

REAL ESTATE B/CS. Sell/Buy/Invest! Michael McGrann TAMU ‘93 Civil Engineering 979-739-2035, mike@aggierealtor.com Nadia McGrann 979-777-6211, Town & Country Realty.

ROOMMATES 2-rooms available in 4bdrm home off of Graham. Female, non-partiers, mostly furnished. $450/mo. 903-456-6543. Female roommate wanted, $499/mo utilities included, pets welcomed, call 281-380-8428. Need female roommate, 4bd/3ba, 2400sgft house, Dove Crossing, huge closet, $450/mo, 713-516-2044. Roommate wanted, $450/mo +utilities, 3bd/2ba condo, front parking, call 713-858-1740. Roommates needed 4bd/2ba home with large backyard and new flooring. Pets welcome. Call if interested 361-463-6763. Three roommates needed. 4bed/2ba. 606 Abbey Lane. College Station, 77845. For more information, 817-915-9258.

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texas Inmate in robbery case escapes jail An inmate at a Houston-area jail has escaped and investigators believe the bank robbery suspect went over a wall. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office says 40-year-old Britt Chadvurn Privatte of Sugar Land was unaccounted for during a check Sunday afternoon. Lt. Dan Norris says Privatte was last seen in the recreation yard of the jail in Conroe. Investigators believe Privatte scaled a wall inside the recreation yard and broke through the upper fencing to the roof. Privatte was among three people arrested following a January bank robbery in the Kingwood area. He was being held on charges of escape, aggravated robbery and burglary. He will also face an escape charge. Further details on the escape were not immediately released.

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nation & world Lawmaker questions North Korea leader’s ‘stability’ The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee says the U.S. just doesn’t know about “the stability” of North Korea’s young leader, who has threatened pre-emptive nuclear attacks on Washington D.C.. Republican Rep. Mike Rogers of Michigan says Kim Jong Un is trying to “prove himself” to his military and the military is eager for “saber-rattling” for its own self-interest.

North Korea leaders also said recently that it no longer will recognize the armistice that ended the 1953 Korean War. The Pentagon said Friday that it will spend $1 billion to add 14 interceptors to an Alaskabased missile defense system, responding to what it called “faster-than-anticipated North Korean progress on nuclear weapons and missiles.” Rogers told CNN’s “State of the Union” that the North Koreans seem to be looking for some “provocations.”

texas China leaders pledge clean government China’s new leaders pledged to run a cleaner, more efficient government and to slash spending on official perks Sunday as the ceremonial legislature wrapped up a pivotal session to install a new leadership in a once-a-decade transfer of power. The transition that began in November under strict orchestration by China’s ruling Communist Party has taken place at time of lower estimates of future economic growth and rising public anger over massive corruption, waste, and extravagant spending that are exasperating a yawning wealth gap. President Xi Jinping told the nearly 3,000 delegates gathered at Beijing’s hulking Great Hall of the People that his government would “resolutely reject formalism, bureaucratism, hedonism and extravagance, and resolutely fight against corruption and other misconduct in all manifestations.” Associated Press

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liam said. “So if [the sponsors] stop giving funding, that team doesn’t exist anymore.” Made up of students, the team said the idea of balancing school or a career and playing video games on such an extreme scale is improbable. “I think for most of us, we want to put school first,” Dean Keyser, freshman electrical engineering major said. “[Gaming] is just a hobby in the end.” According to sophomore chemical engineering major Andrew Shaeffer, the team rarely had time to practice together prior to the tournament due to time constraints and schedule conflicts, but ultimately was successful due to the individual skill levels of its members. “Through the [qualifiers and tournaments], we were individually very skilled, so we just overpowered our opponents through individual skill,” Schaeffer said. “As for teamwork, we did practice together on occasion, but it wasn’t anything too heavy. It was pretty light and casual practicing.” According to Pulliam, since the formation of the team in October, their hobby most resembled a job the day before finals at the tournament, when the team underwent its first comprehensive strategy and practice session at the tournament. “The day before finals, we played from 12

p.m. to 12 a.m.,” Schaeffer said. “It was kind of like cramming for finals.” In order to clear space in their academic schedules to travel to the tournament, team members had to work ahead on classwork. “I think I missed maybe three days of school,” Pulliam said. “I missed an exam during that time, and I had to finish projects way ahead of time because I was going to be gone.” Schaeffer said the game helps him through school in a different way. “At school there is this chemical engineering, chemistry and all this stuff,” Schaeffer said. “So I guess it puts me in a more relaxed mood.” After winning the CSL fall semester tournament, the team will begin qualifying rounds for the spring tournament Saturday. “This tournament is where mostly professional teams who actually do this for a living go and compete, so it’s just an opportunity for us to play with the big dogs,” Pulliam said. Team manager Elizabeth Olvera said future tournaments could reward players with scholarships instead of with money. Regardless of where their gaming and academic careers lead, Keyser said the tournament win itself was an accomplishment for the team members. “I think at the very end, when we won the [tournament], winning something after working through it is a really good feeling of accomplishment,” Keyser said. “We did something, we worked for it and we got what we wanted out of it.”

Interested in Being an SI Leader Next Fall? Peer Academic Services will soon be accepting applications for Supplemental Instruction Leader positions for Fall 2013. Here are a few things you should know about the position: x SI Leader positions are paid positions! Leaders work 12 hours a week at $8.50/HR. Potential for supervisor promotion commensurate with experience.

In just one year, SMU Cox master’s programs for recent college graduates prepare you for day one of your career. Contact us for more information and register for an info session at coxmasters.com.

Dallas Open House: March 26

x Leaders are required to have good content knowledge (at least a B in the course they are applying for and also a 3.0 GPA), but we are looking for people with good interpersonal skills, a love for learning, and the ability to transfer learning skills to others. x Each semester we employ about 60 SI Leaders. We are looking to hire SI Leaders for the following positions next fall:

We generally look for those interested in BIOL, CHEM, ECON, GEOG, PHIL, PHYS, and POLS We will be holding two informational meetings that will further explain the roles and duties of an SI Leader and answer any other questions you may have. If you are interested in joining the Supplemental Instruction program, then attending any of these meetings is highly recommended!

March 20, 2013 SMU is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Institution.

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Accepting applications now for SI Leaders and Tutors! Submit an application at pas.tamu.edu

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