Succulent pulled pork, creamy mashed potatoes, macaroni and cheese and roasted vegetables are
frequent items on the menu at Twin City Mission, a homeless shelter in Bryan. These new menu options can be credited to a new student organiza-tion that seeks to serve the Brazos Val-ley community.
In the fall of 2013, Lindy Nelson, ju-nior international studies major, found-ed the Texas A&M chapter of the Food Recovery Network, a national organi-zation with college chapters across the country whose members collect the unsold food from their campus dining halls and donate it to people in their communities.
“We as students can get so wor-ried about everything we’re doing in our lives, and our school, our grades and our organizations and our little bubble of College Station,” said Kyle Chandler, junior petroleum engineer-ing major.
Nelson said before the Food Recov-ery Network was established at Texas A&M, all unsold food at University dining halls was thrown away.
Sbisa Dining Hall freezes its unsold food every night, Nelson said, and donates approximately 250 pounds of food every Monday and Thursday to the organization.
Nelson said she had been told by Sbi-sa that before the organization’s found-ing, the dining hall threw away 500 pounds of food per day. A substantial portion of those 500 pounds consisted of food half-eaten by students, which is not donated to the network. However, Nelson said by selecting smaller por-tions of food at the buffet-style dining halls, students can still further reduce the waste of food.
Nelson said she first heard about the network from a friend who is actively involved in the program at Brown Uni-versity and said she saw the network as a wonderful opportunity to help the community. However, Nelson’s founding of and involvement with the network was not her first volunteer ex-perience.
Nelson had been on multiple mis-sion trips in the past, including two to Guatemala, but said the mission trip that impacted her most was her mission trip to Denver, Colo.
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Kyle Chandler (left), junior petroleum engineering major, and Tyler Nuckols, senior recreation, park and tourism sciences major, load a large bag of surplus bread and pastries Wednesday.
Group flips to-be-tossed food to the plates of the needy
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Expectations of sleet and snow caused the University to close its doors Thursday evening, as winter weather
may cause roadway safety hazards.While Jared Plushnick, chief meteorologist for KAGS,
said the sun may come out Friday afternoon, the tempera-ture will not get warm enough to melt any snow and ice, making Friday night’s driving conditions dangerous as well.
“Friday morning will be below freezing, we’ll still see clouds around, so Friday morning’s commute will be haz-ardous,” Plushnick said. “In the afternoon, temperatures will get above freezing and we’ll see a little bit of sun, so that will help melt the snow. Again the problem will be Friday night and Saturday morning, anything that melts will refreeze. And then Saturday, sun’s out, 60s, everything melts.”
Plushnick said unlike the ice College Station experi-enced at the beginning of the year, this storm will be more widespread.
“There will be transition to freezing rain, a little bit of sleet and eventually we’ll see snow,” Plushnick said. “The question is, ‘Will the snow accumulate on the roads?’ I’m not sure about that quite yet, but there will be some ac-cumulation, maybe about half an inch, maybe an inch of snow on the grass or grassy surfaces. But I think it’s going to be treacherous on bridges, overpasses, secondary roads and if there’s nobody on primary roads [Thursday] those could get pretty bad too.”
Plushnick said College Station hasn’t reported even flakes of snow since Feb. 9, 2011. This storm, Plushnick said, came about from a mixture of weather ingredients.
Freezing temps close campus
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Canadian cold air causes College Station shivers
Elijah Ramos, sophomore electrical engineering major, and Melissa Borchgrevink, sophomore psychology major, try to stay warm Thursday.
With state elections drawing closer, candidates for the position of agri-
culture commissioner are targeting young-er voters and addressing opportunities for young workers entering the agricultural market.
Kasey Kram, director of national affairs for the on-campus agricultural advocacy group Farmers Fight, said the Texas Com-missioner of Agriculture is a unique posi-tion in that the commissioner serves as an ambassador to the agricultural community.
“She or he is responsible for establishing a network (similar to that of the Aggie Net-work) that helps connect individuals in all sectors of the industry, from South Texas to the Panhandle and from the East and West borders,” Kram said in an email.
Kram said of the main issues facing the state, including food security and water rights, agricultural literacy is one that stu-dents on campus are constantly fighting for. Kram said spreading agricultural literacy explains to consumers the means in which their clothing and food were produced.
In candidate J. Allen Carnes’ visit to campus Tuesday, he said that in most col-lege classrooms, when he asks how many of the students grew up in a rural farming or ranching area, the result is only 10-15 percent of the class. Carnes said one of the biggest challenges is reaching out in a new way to the growing number of people who know nothing about agriculture.
“We’ve got to go in and tell them, ‘Well, we’ve got to protect this because this is what protecting that means to the state,’”
Carnes said. “And what it means to the state is growing the food and fiber source that not only feeds this state, but much of the world, and what the consequences are for the state for not having it.”
For students looking to enter the work-force with an agricultural degree, the issue of finding a job in the field comes to the forefront of the agriculture commissioner race.
With the mean age of workers in the agricultural industry increasing, Carnes said ensuring younger groups can enter the market is imperative. Carnes said he values the opinions of more experienced and old-
er members of the agricultural community, but the seeds of today’s work are for the next generations.
“If you go to ag association type meet-ings, you see a lot of gray hair, you see a lot of people who’ve been around the block, but not enough young people involved,” Carnes said. “The state of Texas is working on everything from our infrastructure for our roads to our water infrastructure, mak-ing sure our water needs are met, and we’re doing that for the next 20 years. We’re not doing that for tomorrow, we’re doing that for 20 years from now, and in 20 years from
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Showcasing the works of undergradu-ate minds at Texas A&M, “Explora-
tions” undergraduate journal published its fifth volume in the fall.
“Explorations” is a student-run jour-nal that serves as a means for undergradu-ate students in all fields of study to share with the University their scholarly pur-suits, whether scientifically or creatively oriented, said Aaron Griffin, senior bio-chemistry major and co-chair of the “Ex-plorations” executive board.
“Explorations” began with faculty members — including Beth Tebeaux, Larry Griffin and Barbara Gastel — who had the goal of reviving a student journal on campus, said Sumana Datta, executive director of Undergraduate Research.
“Together we hashed out what we wanted the journal to be,” Datta said. “We wanted it to represent all areas of research and scholarly activity on cam-pus, written for a general audience so the entire Aggie family could enjoy reading about the amazing accomplishments of our scholars and artists.”
Matt Mcmahon, senior geology ma-jor and co-chair of the “Explorations” executive board, said each year only the best research, creative work and literary compositions are selected to have a place in the journal.
The board receives anywhere from 80-200 submissions for a given issue, but only selects around 15 percent of the submis-sions after an intricate review process.
The student initially submits an ab-stract, and if accepted, he or she is
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J. Allen Carnes (right), candidate for Texas agriculture commissioner, speaks to students on campus Tuesday.
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The MSC is hosting an Aurene Glass exhibit featuring glass first
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The creator of the exhibit, Frederick Carder, had classical art schooling and used his training to create iridescent glass in many differ-ent forms.
“These pieces will not be do-nated to anyone other than Texas A&M,” said Bill Runyon, former student and the donor of the entire collection. “The Aurene is a classic and timeless iridescent glass full of value.”
The exhibit will be on display in the Forsyth Art Gallery in the MSC
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Balancing classwork and a social life can be challenging enough,
but for some students at Texas A&M who add a job to that mix, finding a healthy balance can become even more difficult.
According to the Scholarships and Financial Aid office, 27.3 percent of all students — undergraduate and graduate — worked on campus last year.
Nora Cargo, Scholarships and Fi-nancial Aid associate director, said there are different motivations be-hind why students choose to work.
“Some need money, some want to enhance their employability by gaining employment experience, some work to do something that enhances their educational experi-ence and some work as a complete diversion from what they’re doing,” Cargo said.
Shelbie Lashua, junior English major, works for the industrial distri-bution master’s program and said she took the job to gain experience.
“I wanted the experience of first doing event planning,” Lashua said. “And now in the master’s program I’ve had the opportunity to work in advertising and marketing, which I think is great experience and might be something that I want to do.”
Matthew Hacker, senior computer engineering major, said he took his job in the College of Liberal Arts information technology division in September to supplement his funds.
“As a college student, you’re short on change,” Hacker said. “I wanted to make my own money and I got tired of asking my parents when I needed money.”
Lashua said she schedules her class-es in a way that will give her large blocks of time for work.
“I make sure I have at least three- to four-hour blocks every day where I can go to work,” Lashua said. “It takes a little bit more effort to make sure I get those classes.”
Janelle Nuño, senior wildlife and fisheries science major, said as soon as she gets the syllabi for her courses, she makes sure to request time off from her off-campus job to study.
“I request time off two days be-fore the exam, and I don’t work the week of finals,” Nuño said. “I’m also a part of a school organization, so I take time off for meetings and put in most of my hours on the weekends.”
Hacker said it’s important for stu-dents to remember that they are at A&M to be students first.
“When you’re at school, focus on school,” Hacker said. “You’re here to be a student, not a student worker. You can’t be a student worker if
you’re not a student.”Cargo said her best piece of advice
for students who are struggling is to be present wherever you are.
“If you’re at work, focus on work,” Cargo said. “If you’re in class, focus on class. Don’t worry about the other components of your day. If you focus your efforts, it helps to clarify and streamline your day when you’re present where you are.”
If students can afford it, Nuño said to try not to work freshman year.
“If you can financially afford it, don’t work your freshman year,” Nuño said. “Freshman year is already transition enough, so it’s really good to not have to worry about a job too.”
As a student worker, Hacker said he sometimes misses out on time with friends.
“I miss out at times, but they un-derstand,” Hacker said. “They try to come to a middle ground. You’re always going to feel like that — that things are happening around you.”
Lashua said her experience as an on-campus worker has left her feel-ing more prepared for her post-grad-uation life.
“I am thankful, because I feel like I’m more prepared for the real world,” Lashua said. “I know how to balance my time. I know how to work eight to five.”
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Shelbie Lashua, junior English major, is a student worker in the industrial distribution program who works with the advertisement component of the program.
“One [factor] is cold air,” Plushnick said. “A cold front came through this morning and that brought in all that Canadian air. So we have the cold air in place. Number two you need moisture, and we’re actually getting moisture from three different sources … So we’re getting all these sources coming together and you have the cold air. You put it all to-gether, you get this weather.”
The winter weather will not end with the storm, and Plushnick said College Station should expect colder tempera-tures continuing into the next few weeks.
“I don’t know about actual snow or sleet, but it’s going to get cold again,” Plushnick said. “There are several cold fronts that are coming in the next one to two weeks. We will have some days that are in the 60s. For example, this weekend will be great, but next week we’ll have more consistent blasts of cold air.”
Elijah Ramos, sophomore electrical engineering major, said class cancellations did not affect his schedule, but he did plan to use the morning to his advantage.
“Honestly I’m going to catch up on my homework that I have because I think I have homework in four classes and I’ve got an ultimate [Fris-bee] tournament this week-end,” Ramos said.
The city of College Sta-tion sent out a press release
Thursday afternoon warning citizens about the dangers of driving in inclement weather. The release included sugges-tions for staying safe, including avoiding travel if at all possible during periods when roadways may be impacted, avoiding bridges and overpasses and re-ducing speed at all times.
Melissa Borchgrevink, sophomore psychology ma-jor, said she would be taking safety precautions as the storm moved in.
“I’ll drive slower and I will be bundled up as I go outside and face the cold,” Borch-grevink said. “If it happens to snow, and let’s say the snow sticks, I’m definitely going to have to leave later in the day when the snow melts. That’s going to be kind of scary, I’ll probably be driving under the speed limit then.”
Plushnick said citizens should expect poor driving conditions and should stay off the roads.
“I’ll tell you, I used to live in Maine, and this is nothing to us when I lived up there,” Plushnick said. “But for peo-ple here who have never dealt with this, honestly when you go home, stay home. If you do not have to go to work tomor-row, stay home. The problem with Friday is that tempera-tures are going to be so cold that the snow and ice that’s on the road will likely stay and keep frozen, so we’ll see slick roads all day long on Friday. Stay home, that’s my honest advice.”
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Tyler Nuckols, senior recreation, park and tourism sciences major, hauls a large bag of surplus bread and pastries Wednesday from Panera Bread.
“When people think of starvation, a lot of times they think just of Third World countries,” Nelson said. “People don’t think to go to a mis-sion trip somewhere in the United States. They think, ‘There are home-less people in downtown Denver?’ But there are.”
Inspired to help the people in her community, Nelson said this experi-ence led her to start the Food Re-covery Network chapter.
“I don’t think enough students know about the issue of food conser-vation, or that there are needy peo-ple close-by in our community,” said Tyler Nuckols, senior recreation, park and tourism science major.
Nelson echoed similar sentiments. “It changed the way that I looked
at service within the community that I live in,” Nelson said. “My com-munity has given me so much and I can give back instead of necessarily
going elsewhere.”Twin City Mission — to which
the chapter Nelson founded donates its food — serves meals to more than 100 people per day. Nelson said the shelter noted a drastic increase in the quality and the abundance of nutri-tion available to the needy.
“The few times you go to Bryan you do kind of see the poverty in the area,” Chandler said. “But still, it’s not something we think about all the time. It’s not something we see or hear about on a daily basis, and it’s easy to put other people out of your mind rather than help them.”
The network has taken strides in just more than a semester of exis-tence, yet Nelson said she is looking at ways to expand the movement of food conservation. As of now, the network has three donating busi-nesses: Sbisa Dining Hall; Einstein Bros. Bagels, with two on campus locations; and Panera Bread, located off campus.
“There is still so much room for growth here at A&M,” Nelson said.
Nuckols said he hopes the net-work will grant more visibility to people in need and at the same time inspire other people to get involved.
“We get caught up in our own lives and our studies,” Nuckols said. “I don’t think that people realize that there are people out there that are in need. I certainly didn’t, until I heard about FRN. I definitely think that people need more visibility and more people need to get involved in this organization.”
Nelson said she hopes to gain support from more dining halls on campus as well as some off-campus housing locations that serve buffet-style meals.
“It would be so great to get the whole community giving back to those within our own community,” Nelson said. “There are many people that say, ‘Eat your food, there are hungry people in Africa that would love that,’ but what we forget is that there are hungry people right here in Bryan.”
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“The expectations of po-tential authors were clear from the start and help was always available when we needed it,” Wiese said. “When my abstract was selected it took a board member and me numerous hours a week for roughly three weeks to get my article to a manageable length and style.”
Griffin said what he looks for when reviewing submis-sions is a captivating story.
“Behind every research project or piece of poetry is passion and curiosity and a drive to push the limits of what’s been done,” Griffin said. “I look for that to come through in submissions.”
Annabelle Aymond, se-nior telecommunication me-dia studies major and senior editor of layout and design for “Explorations,” said “Explo-rations” provides a scholarly, literary and creative outlet for students.
“‘Explorations’ serves the student body on a level that most student-run organizations do not,” Aymond said. “It also gives a sense of pride to the University, letting everyone be involved and informed of what brilliant Aggies are ac-complishing.”
Megan Poorman, senior biomedical science major and author of, “Developing Mini-mally Invasive Biosensors from Fluorescent Dye and Red Blood Cells,” published in the Fall 2013 issue of Explorations, said she found her involvement with the journal to be reward-ing.
“It not only allows you to spread the word about your research, but it allows you to become familiar with the peer-review and journal-writing processes, which can be really helpful if you are considering a research career post-gradua-tion,” Poorman said.
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now it’s going to be y’all’s turn, it’s not going to be my turn.”
Sid Miller is another candidate in the commis-sioner race. With a college student for a campaign manager and an agricultural degree under his belt from Tarleton State University, Miller said he has distinctly sought out young voters and has been endorsed by the Young Conservatives of Texas.
“The most precious resource we have in Texas is not oil, it’s not natural gas, it’s not water, it’s our youth,” Miller said.
Miller said part of his plan for the office of agriculture commissioner entails having a youth liaison to communicate directly between youth organizations, agricultural organizations and the commissioner’s office.
“As agriculture commissioner, I will ensure youth involvement in the Texas Department of Agriculture by having a youth liaison to commu-nicate directly between youth organizations, agri-culture organizations and my office,” Miller said.
Miller said he knows how vital it is to further a career in agriculture and that the answer lies in innovative solutions with private businesses.
“There’s an opportunity in traditional agricul-ture employment like running the family farm, going into agribusiness and becoming an ag teach-er,” Miller said. “We can also pave the way into more innovative routes to build success in Texas Agriculture like expanding our horticulture, aqua-culture and floriculture production.”
Candidate Eric Opiela said most agricultural majors do not end up directly farming and ranch-ing unless they plan to return to a family’s farm or ranch to operate it. Opiela said he is most con-cerned with the continuation of family farms and ranches and hopes to work through the young farmer and rancher grant program as agricultural commissioner.
Opiela said this grant program is funded ex-clusively by farmers and ranchers and works to minimize liability and allow farms and ranches to be passed between generations.
“As agriculture commissioner, I will use this grant program to assist and educate potential young farmers and ranchers on how to structure their family’s farm or ranch to minimize the im-pact of the federal death tax — which in many cases forces the sale of farms and ranches to satisfy tax obligations,” Opiela said.
Early voting for the Texas primaries begins February.
