The Texas A&M student body and fan network will compete against col-leges across the nation for a chance to have ESPN’s iconic College GameDay crew shoot a commercial on campus.
Jason Cook, vice president of mar-keting and communications for Texas A&M, said GameDay on campus would bring national recognition to the campus, complementing A&M’s move to the Southeastern Conference.
“Texas A&M obviously wants to show ESPN and our new SEC family the power of the Twelfth Man,” Cook said. “Having a GameDay commercial shot on our campus would give Texas A&M tremendous exposure to a na-tional audience, right in line with our move to the SEC this fall.”
The ESPN “Bring GameDay to Your Campus” contest is an online voting contest beginning Monday.
Cook said Aggies have fared well in similar online contests in the past year.
Fans can vote once per day dur-ing the 10-day period of voting and all voting will be held on the contest’s
website, gamedayvote.com. The com-mercial will be filmed at the winning campus in late July or early August and will run throughout the 2012 college football season.
Matthew Fitzhenry, senior biomed-ical sciences major, said a commercial about A&M fans or traditions could also give A&M a boon in recruiting.
“Any type of positive press on ESPN, the biggest sports network in the world, would do wonders for Tex-as A&M in exposure and would cer-tainly help with recruiting,” Fitzhenry said. “Combined with the move to the SEC, it would pretty much put all the eyes in the country on A&M.”
ESPN’s College GameDay, which
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Campus Muster Remembrance Ceremony honors fallen
Weekend of memories
“Tonight, one word is our bond. One word gives light to our darkest hour,” former Student Body Presi-dent Jeff Pickering said during the ceremony. “Tonight, the Spirit that can ne’er be told is told with one word, ‘Here.’”
Pickering invited those in atten-dance to consider the remarkable times this University is facing.
“This year will forever be defined by three historic moments — join-ing the Southeastern Conference, reinvigorating our institutional vi-sion of 2020 … and the reopening and rededication of the Memorial Student Center,” Pickering said. “Yet even in these historic times, we come here tonight, knowing that each year there is no greater
moment for our University than April 21.”
President R. Bowen Loftin as well as several Muster committee members spoke at the ceremony, as did Otway Denny Jr., Class of 1971 and chairman of the Association of Former Students.
“April 21 is a date dear to the hearts of Aggies everywhere,” Den-ny said during his address. “It is a time for Aggies to come together, to celebrate our heritage, to rekindle the camaraderie that binds us and to honor those who are no longer with us.”
This year’s Muster Speaker, John Hoyle, Class of 1957 and recipient
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E!xcellence, integrity, leadership, loyalty, respect and selfless service: Texas A&M’s six core val-ues were the focus of the Campus Muster Cer-
emony. A capacity crowd of 13,000 packed Reed Arena on Saturday to observe the hallowed tradition and pay respect to fellow Aggies.
The Memorial Student Center came back to life as Aggies once again occupied its couches, walked its halls and paid re-spects to military heroes after the building was opened and rededicated on Aggie Muster day. Students readily welcomed the campus living room’s return.
Saturday morning, Aggies gathered outside the Loyalty en-trance as state and University leaders shared their experiences and thoughts about the three-year project. President R. Bowen Loftin said the MSC is a testament of the University’s future.
“This student center is a part of this complex organic entity we call Texas A&M University,” Loftin said. “It is something that not only lives, but over time, changes and we’ve all seen those changes occur, changes for the better. [Now we have] an extraordinary student center in which to recreate, congregate, remember and think ahead about.”
The keynote speaker, Gov. Rick Perry, emphasized the MSC’s important role on the A&M campus and in the lives
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Family members light candles in memory of their loved ones while softly answering “here” during the Campus Muster Roll Call for the Absent in Reed Arena Saturday evening.
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Students and former students walk through the Loyalty Entrance of the MSC Saturday morning as the MSC opens its doors for the first time since August 2009.
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A&M President R. Bowen Loftin did not request an increase in designated tuition Friday at a meeting with the Texas A&M System Financial Committee, as was expected and recommended by the Tuition and Fee Advisory Committee. However, Loftin did request an increase in differential tuition for the Col-lege of Education and Human Development, four
mandatory fee increases and an additional student success fee, according to Jason Cook, vice president of marketing and communications for A&M.
Earlier this semester, Loftin announced that the Tuition and Fee Advisory Committee recommend-ed a 3.95 percent designated tuition increase with no increases in student fees. This increase was meant to finance merit raises for University faculty, who have been without raises for more than two years.
“I think everyone realizes that to be competitive, we do have to do raises,” said Fernando Trevino, senior political science major and student regent. “These are just discussions right now on what is the
most appropriate way to finance those raises.”Trevino said he could not comment about the
types of proposals being discussed to finance faculty merit raises.
“There just is not a general agreement as to how to do [merit raises] or the best way to provide that financing,” Trevino said.
The four mandatory student fee increases request-ed by Loftin totaled $8.58 per semester credit hour, or $128.70 per semester for 15 credit hours. The dif-ferential tuition increase would add $300 per semes-ter for full-time students in the College of Education.
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Sports passes available this weekTexas A&M students who have purchased a sports pass in either the 2010 or 2011 seasons have until Friday to register for a sports pass. The time limit has been set due to high demand for Aggie football tickets in the 2012 season. To register for a sports pass, visit mysportspass.tamu.edu.
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An afternoon of rain did little to dampen the spirits of Aggieland Relay for Life par-ticipants Friday night. An es-timated 2,100 people attended the all-night, American Cancer Society-affiliated event at Pen-berthy Fields to raise money for cancer research and victims.
“Why do we come out to Relay? We do it in hon-or of our loved ones,” said Alex Perez, senior biomedi-cal sciences major and Relay committee member.
Aggie Relay, like hundreds of others around the world, began with a survivors’ lap in which cancer survivors and caregivers walked a lap to the reverent applause of other par-ticipants. Afterward, each team sent representatives to walk and represent the fight against cancer. Many of the teams had relays continuing the entire 12 hours, 7 p.m. to 7 a.m.
“I can name seven people who fought cancer just off the top of my head,” said Capt. Robert Altman, international affairs graduate student and member of the Bush School Relay team. “If they can sur-vive something like that, spend-ing a few hours walking laps in their honor is easy.”
Musicians, singers and danc-ers performed at regular inter-vals to keep sleepy participants awake and involved. Games such as volleyball and a frozen T-shirt contest were also held throughout the night.
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Participants in Aggie Relay for Life kick off the event by cheering on cancer survivors as they take a lap at Penberthy Field Friday night.
yell, A&M’s yell leaders urged attendees to “Beat the hell outta Cancer.” The classic Aggie spin on a worldwide effort is a hall-mark of the event, now in its seventh year.
“Curing cancer is go-ing to be one of the largest challenges for our genera-tion,” said junior biomedical sciences major Jason Johns, who came with the Pre-Med Society. “It’s great to see Ags getting involved to ensure it gets done.”
Participants on the track walked past luminaries and bright purple signs about cancer prevention and other helpful information about dealing with the disease.
“The signs posted up around the track show-cased facts that I think a lot of students didn’t know,” Altman said.
The luminaries were ded-icated to individuals who fought cancer, and hundreds of candles in stark white bags lit the track. The pale glow of the candles illustrated just how large and personal a toll cancer has had on Aggieland.
Donations rose through the night as booths sell-ing food and drinks fun-neled their earnings to the Relay for Life accounting booth and pooled with the thousands raised prior to the event. Fundraising totals eclipsed $92,000 before the event concluded.
“Our goal was to raise money and awareness of can-cer, and I think we accom-plished that,” said Aubrey Hildebrandt, junior biomed-ical sciences major and an event organizer. “The stu-dents really came through.”
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In the office, Bradshaw struggled with employees and pulled a handgun from the pocket of his pants.
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port, a loss-prevention officer wrestled control of the gun, but Bradshaw pulled a knife and began approaching the officer. The officer then fired a shot at Bradshaw and hit him in the midsection.
Bradshaw was transported to the College Station Medi-cal Center. He died at 8:16 p.m. on Friday.
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“I was at the register and we heard two gun shots — they were really loud,” Benavidez said. “We heard the shots and were basically frozen.”
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of students. “[The MSC holds] untold
stories of friendships, of first dates that led to marriages,” Perry said. “On occasion a young student having that breakthrough and truly begin-ning to understand what being a Texas Aggie is all about oc-curred in this building.”
Perry said for many, the MSC is where a love for A&M started.
“You can make a good case the Memorial Student Center is where the heart first started beating for any number of young Aggies,” Perry said. “Because of those renovations, the current students haven’t been able to really grasp what the student center meant to previous generations. Starting today, it will quickly become a part of their Aggie experi-ence, as well.”
Students were quick to uti-lize the MSC once more, fill-ing the MSC’s rooms on Sun-day as if it had never closed. Former and current students, like Kyle Lewallen, Class of 1992, and Colby Lewal-len, sophomore mechanical engineering major, took the opportunity to tour the new MSC the day after Muster.
“There’s a lot of connec-tions back to the old building like the Flag Room,” Kyle said. “Even the courtyard, as many changes as there are in the courtyard, I still have a reminiscence like I was here before.”
Colby said he had visited the MSC when he was young-er, but only remembered the long hallway entrance — now the Loyalty Entrance — and the Flag Room.
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Keynote speaker, Gov. Rick Perry, addresses the crowd at the MSC Rededication Ceremony outside of the Loyalty Entrance of the MSC on Saturday morning.
Loftin also recommended creating a “student success fee.” It was not immediately clear what the explicit ap-plication of the fee would be, but Loftin’s proposal in-dicated it would be used to improve student success, re-duce bottlenecks limiting de-gree progress and retain the best employees — indicating a possibility for merit raises.
If approved by the board, the University would reduce or remove fees that students currently pay and pool those finances to afford the new Student Success Fee.
“Dr. Loftin is looking to analyze all the current man-datory fees and reduce certain fees to go to a student success fee,’’ Cook said.
Cook said the amount of the Student Success Fee is undetermined at this point, but added that the net impact would result in no additional cost to students. He included that University administrators would decide in the coming weeks which fees to reduce to offset the student success fee increase.
Loftin’s presentation quali-fied that authority over the Student Success Fee would be granted to the board of regents.
Former Student Body President Jeff Pickering, who
was a member of the Tuition and Fee Advisory Board, said fees are restricted monies and that tuition has been the only way to finance faculty salaries.
“I thought [Loftin’s pro-posal] was interesting. It’s not what we were preparing for,” Pickering said. “I understand that he is constantly at work with the board. Sometimes they do things that you don’t necessarily see coming.”
Board Chairman Richard Box reacted to the recom-mendation through a pre-pared statement.
“I am pleased to see that our Presidents … are balanc-ing their priorities and re-main focused on excellence and efficiency in education,” Box said.
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“It’s definitely a lot more open and newer and nicer,” Colby said. “The Flag Room seems about the same.”
Kyle said he and his son enjoyed seeing all the natu-ral light that now illuminates the building’s interior and the students who have moved back in.
“There’s a lot of light, a lot of energy,” Kyle said. “We’ve been impressed by how many students are hanging out in here and studying. It always sort of acted like a central hub for the campus.”
One of the MSC’s most iconic attributes is the piano that sits in the Flag Room. Matthew McBride, senior ur-ban and regional sciences ma-jor, played several numbers for an audience of studying, napping and visiting students.
“One of my favorite
changes is the Hall of Hon-or,” McBride said. “I was really impressed with how they went from having a lit-tle wooden plaque with the Medal of Honor and piece of paper with a paragraph about their story to this beautiful permanent display.”
Like many upperclassmen, McBride said he’s upset he won’t be able to enjoy the MSC for long, only because of how much he used to visit it before it was closed.
“I’m kind of upset I’m only going to have it for one more semester just because when I was a freshman and sopho-more I enjoyed coming here all the time. I walked through every day,” McBride said. “I loved the atmosphere here, and as far as I can tell, that has come back.”
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Junior ace pitcher Michael Wacha didn’t last past the fifth inning in Friday’s contest at Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park as the Aggies fell 5-3 in the eventual Baylor sweep.
During the thick of the 2012 baseball season, the No. 2 Texas A&M baseball team has hit a rough patch, losing its fifth consecutive game Sunday and dropping its first conference series of the season in a 0-3 sweep to No. 6 Baylor.
“It really was a good game between two good teams,” A&M head coach Rob Chil-dress said. “Baylor is play-ing really good right now and they got big hits when it mattered ... We’ve got to play better. It doesn’t mat-ter who’s in that other dug-out, we’ve still got to play better, eliminate mistakes and take advantage of our opportunities better.”
The Aggies fell to the Bears 7–5 Sunday in Waco for the series sweep, extend-ing Baylor’s school-best win-ning streak to 24 consecutive victories. The Aggies, mean-while, would fall to a 28-12 overall record, and a 9-6 mark in Big 12 play.
With Game 1 of the se-ries at Blue Bell Park Friday night, not even the lore of “Olsen Magic” could tilt the
final score. The red-hot Bears escaped Aggieland with a 5–3 victory, knocking junior All-American right-hander Mi-chael Wacha out of the game in the fifth inning.
“Tonight was two great pitchers going at it and in a game like that the person who cracks first is usually go-ing to be the one that loses,” Childress said. “They strung it together in the fifth inning and were able to get a sac fly out of it. We had our shot there in the sixth but couldn’t get that big hit. It’s obviously a disappointing loss.”
The series wrapped up after a short trek north on High-way 6 Saturday and Sunday at Baylor Ballpark in Waco, but the Aggies’ woes continued, dropping their fourth- and fifth-consecutive games.
Sophomore Rafael Piñeda got the start for the Aggies Sunday in the series finale. The Bears worked him from the get-go, forcing the righty to throw 41 pitches in the first inning. After fouling off 10 consecutive pitches, Baylor catcher Josh Ludy sent one of the 41 pitches out of the park.
Piñeda was able to bounce back, though, giving the Ag-
gies six solid innings of work before being relieved by fel-low sophomore Parker Ray. In one stretch, Piñeda retired 11 batters in a row.
Junior Tyler Naquin gave the Aggies hope with his fourth hit of the game, tying the game at 4–4 with a single through the right side, which set up the Aggies’ 5–4 lead change shortly thereafter on a Baylor wild pitch.
But the Aggies were not able to rally as Baylor quickly answered. The Bears took the lead after two runs in the sixth and another in the seventh to clinch the series sweep with a 7-5 win.
The Aggies return to ac-tion Tuesday when they travel to Fort Worth to take on TCU — which has won its last nine games.
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Featuring notable anchors Chris Fowler, Kirk Herb-street and Lee Corso, Game-Day is synonymous with the ever-expanding sport of col-lege football and averaged more than 2 million viewers through the 2011 season.
“GameDay is a tremendous national platform. It is a col-lege football institution. That program provides incred-ible visibility to Texas A&M and our campus,” Cook said. “One of the key things about our move to the SEC was to increase national exposure for Texas A&M. This is just another avenue in which we will have an opportunity to showcase Texas A&M coast to coast.”
A College GameDay com-mercial at A&M, if aired, would average millions of viewers.
ESPN, along with CBS, is a major television partner with the SEC, particularly in the realm of college football. Ac-cording to the 2011 Nielsen ratings, the SEC averaged al-
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“ESPN has an incredible partnership with the SEC. If you look at games that are broadcast on the SEC, it’s called the ‘SEC on ESPN’ and ESPN provides that na-tional platform,” Cook said. “Several Saturday evenings last football season, the SEC would have three football games airing at one time on ESPN’s networks. That shows you the tremendous power of both the ESPN and the SEC brands.”
Tim Cuccia, sopho-more business major, said he agrees that increased expo-sure through ESPN would help football recruiting and be an exciting prospect for all Aggies.
“I do think it’s a great idea. I think it would help our re-cruiting classes as we make our transition to the SEC,” Cuccia said. “A&M on ESPN College GameDay would be an awesome experience.”
Series review!"Junior Tyler Naquin went 4-for-5 Sunday after relatively quiet Friday and Saturday performances.
!"The Aggies fell to third place in the Big 12 standings with a 9-6 conference record.
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1,2,3,4 bedroom apartments. Fur-nished or unfurnished. AvailableMay or August. 979-693-4900.
1127 Welsh- Available August 1st.3bd/3ba townhouse with 3-carcarport and small fenced yard-$1650/mo all bills paid includingyard service. $1000 deposit. Smallpet ok with $250 non-refundablepet deposit. Near Welsh/Hollemanintersection on bus-route. Call ortext 325-763-8535 or [email protected] ifinterested.
1bd private bath in 4bd apart-ment. Sublease may-august. Loftsat Wolf Pen. W/D, internet, cable,shuttle. $639/mo. 972-571-8249.
1bd+Office/1ba. Student Commu-nity, <1-mile from campus.www.HollemanByThePark.com
1bd+Office/1ba. Townhouse styleunits. Include W/D, <1-mile fromcampus. www.HolikSquare.com
1bd/1ba. Student community,<1-mile from campus.www.HollemanByThePark.com
2 bdrm/2bath duplex. Brand new.1000 sqft. All appliances included,W/D. Nice, quiet country setting.Water is included. Extra land forhorses is a possibility. Energy effi-cient heat pump. Electric bill is su-per affordable! Super nice!! Veryclose to main campus/Health Sci-ence Center, beat the traffic!! Callfor more information979-777-2253.
2,3,4 and 5/bdrm. CS duplexes.Very nice, garage, on shuttle, tile,fireplace, w/d, fenced, lawn serv-ice, pets o.k. Available August.Details and photos availableonline. http://[email protected], 979-255-1585.
2-3/bedroom apartments. Somewith w/d, some near campus.$175-$600/mo. 979-219-3217.
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2/2 fenced yard, covered deck,pets ok, tiled living and kitchen,hardwood bedrooms, availableJune 1st, 979-204-1950.
2bd/1.5ba. Townhouse style units.Include W/D, <1-mile from cam-pus. www.HolikSquare.com
2bd/1ba duplex, extra nice! W/D,remodeled, fenced front andbackyard. Designer extras. Con-venient to everything! One weekfree. College Station.979-422-3427. Call for specials.
2bd/1ba. Townhouse style units.Include W/D, <1-mile from cam-pus. www.HolikSquare.com
2bd/2.5ba unique floorplansw/balcony views of Kyle Field.Brand new luxury apartment con-dos. Fullsize stainless steel appli-ances, W/D, designer ammenitiesgranite/wood/tile, bus stop. Only36units on Holleman at Wolf Pen.www.broadstoneranchat-wolfpen.com, www.aggie-landleasing.com, 979-776-6079.
2bd/2ba 4-plex. Spacious floor-plan, W/D connections, close tocampus. $550/mo.www.aggielandleasing.com979-776-6079.
2bd/2ba Duplex for rent. 115Kleine in College Station.$900/month. 4-yrs old w/tile floorsin living-room, bathrooms andkitchen. W/D and refrigerator in-cluded. Pet friendly. Call979-696-6839/text 979-229-2171.
2bd/2ba in 3bd/3ba apartment.Summer Sublease. Fully furnished.$510/mo. each +utilities.972-672-1058.
2bd/2ba unique floorplans w/bal-cony views of Kyle Field. Brandnew luxury apartment condos.Fullsize stainless steel appliances,W/D, designer ammenitiesgranite/wood/tile, bus stop. Only36units on Holleman at Wolf Pen.www.broadstoneranchat-wolfpen.com,www.aggielandleasing.com,979-776-6079.
2bd/2ba. Student Community,<1-mile from campus.www.HollemanByThePark.com
3/2 duplex on Holleman, all appli-ances, yard care, pest control,avoid the crowds in apartmentliving, call 979-774-4575.
3/2 Duplex on shuttle, updated,fenced, fireplace, W/D connec-tions, pet friendly, 802 San Be-nito, $850/mo.AggieLandRentals.com979-776-8984.
3/2 duplex, 1920 Holleman Dr.West. Available August. Great lo-cation, new wood floors, tile, newcarpet, newly updated, fencedbackyard, W/D, shuttle, bike tocampus. Pets ok. $1095/mo.979-731-8257.www.brazosvalleyrentals.com
3/2 Duplexes, prelease August,very nice, 5mins to campus, W/D,lawn care, security system,$900-950/mo. 979-691-0304,979-571-6020.
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3/2 home in CS, nice area close tocampus shuttle, privacy fencedbackyard with patio, responsiblefemales only, no pets, no smok-ing, $1050/mo with year lease,$1050 deposit, available June1st,call 979-571-9299.
3/3,3/2 Houses, Townhouses&Apartments, 1250-1400sqft.Very spacious, ethernet, largekitchen, walk-in pantry &closets,extra storage, W/D, great ameni-ties, on bus route, now pre-leas-ing, excellent specials.979-694-0320.www.luxormanagement.com
3/3 condos/townhomes, larger,ganite, shuttle, $1450 to $1590,cable, internet, Owner/Broker,979-777-5477.
3/3 Duplex off Graham, includesall appliances, tile floors andbackyard. Available August 3 for$1050. Call 979-571-3036.
3/3 newer duplex includes all ap-pliances, tile floors, backyard,pets allowed. $1200/mo. AvailableAugust. Call Tia 979-739-1160.
3/3.5 luxury condo in Gateway Vil-las, granite throughout, W/D,close to campus/restaurants/busroute, kitchen island, small back-yard, 817-437-9606.
3bd/1ba Cottage style home avail-able. $1150/mo. +lawn-care, ga-rage, appliances, W/D hook-up.304 Holik. 1 block off GerogeBush Drive. 979-218-1772 or [email protected]
3bd/2ba House, <1-mile south ofcampus, close to everything, ga-rage, pet friendly,www.AggielandLeasing.com
3bd/2ba House, <1-mile south ofcampus, close to everything, ga-rage, pet friendly,www.LoneStarHousing.com
3bd/2ba off Graham Road, stan-dard lease $1300/mo., pets on acase-to-case basis. 713-444-9376.
3bd/3ba. Duplexes. Close to cam-pus, Great backyards. Fairly New!979-693-4900.
4+bedroom Duplex for rent. 113Kleine in College Station.$1600/mo. 4-yrs old w/largeback-yard. 4bd/4ba +office, andstorage room. Tile floors inliving-room, bathrooms andkitchen. W/D and refrigerator in-cluded. Pet friendly. Call979-696-6839/text 979-229-2171.
4/2/2 College Station, close tocampus. Updated, fenced, w/d,granite. Prelease for August.$1799/mo. 1312 Timm.979-776-8984.aggielandrentals.com
4/2/2 house, 1302 Mary Oaks.Available August. Close to cam-pus, A&M bus route, recently up-dated, carpet/tile flooring, spa-cious closets and ample storage.Large fenced backyard. Pets OK.$1595/mo. 979-255-9432
4/2/2 off Dominik. Large updatedhouse, tile, carpet, with W/D, petsallowed. $1800/mo. Tia979-739-1160. Available May.
4/2/2, 1508 Austin, availableAugust, great floorplan, updated,huge backyard, close to shopping,W/D, no pets, $1495/mo,979-731-8257www.brazosvalleyrentals.com
4/3, 3/3 &3/2 Houses, Town-houses, Duplexes &Fourplexes,1250-1700sqft. Very spacious,ethernet, large kitchen, extrastorage, W/D, great amenities, onbus route, now pre-leasing, excel-lent specials. 694-0320.www.luxormanagement.com
4/4 University Place condo, W/D,private bath, pool, on shuttle, stu-dent community. $300/ room;$250 for June and July. Call979-690-8213 or 979-422-9849.
4/4.5+1bd, like new. High ceilings,huge closets, large front porch,tile floors, all appliances, manyextras. $1750/mo. Preleasing forAugust. 979-229-6326. See photosand info atwww.texagrentals.com
4bd/2ba house. Close to campus,wood floors, tile floors, ceilingfans, granite countertops, W/D,fenced yards. 979-776-6079.www.aggielandleasing.com
4bd/2ba Large house, <1-milefrom campus, close to everything,W/D, pet friendly.www.LoneStarHousing.com
4bd/4ba houses. Brand New,great size, great location, AAF979-693-4900.
5/2 + study, 1112 Berkeley, avail-able August, COMPLETELY RE-MODELED, W/D, new paint, allappliances, large backyard, nopets, $1695/mo, 979-731-8257www.brazosvalleyrentals.com
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Attention sorority sisters. 4br/3baHouse available August 1st.$375/bdrm. 210-289-1609.
August Leasing. 4bd/2ba house.Close to campus, wood floors, tilefloors, ceiling fans, W/D, fencedyards. 979-776-6079.www.aggielandleasing.com
Balcones Apartments, 3/2, avail-able now, fully remodeled, inter-net and water included, $895/mo,979-703-8282.
Brand new building now! Sierracondos walk to NG/campus. Gran-ite, SS, W/D incl. Pet friendly. 1,2,3bed+ guest baths. Bus route billsincl. dwellsierra.com979-314-7145
Brand new luxury condos, granitecountertops, tile flooring, greatlocation. 979-693-4900.
C.S. 4bdrm Houses, updated,fenced pets, ok. Starting at$1295/mo. AggieLandRentals.com979-776-8984.
Charming House in Historic Dis-trict. 4bd/2ba. Completely remod-eled! Everything brand new!Across street from park.$2400/mo. 512-966-0117.
CLOSE to campus! Ride your bike!Great 3bd/1.5ba house in goodneighborhood w/large fencedbackyard. Pets ok. $1100/mo.Signing bonus! Available now.979-820-1198.
College Station: 2/2, 1000sqft,$675. Shuttle, all appliances, W/D,lawn/pest/maintenance included.906 Spring Loop (off University).KAZ Realty. 979-324-9666.
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College Station: 3/2, 1240sqft.Newly remodeled! All StainlessSteel Appliances! Close to shuttle,W/D, lawn/pest/maintenance in-cluded. 905 Balcones (off Welch),$1000. KAZ Realty 979-324-9666.
Duplex, rent 2bd/1ba. Beautiful,quiet! Remodeled, all new, manyextras, drapes, in College Station.Convenient to everything!Fenced backyard. One week free.979-422-3427. Call for specials.
FREE $200 SIGNING BONUS! 3/2on bus route. Remodeled 2010.$975 upstairs unit $1075 down-stairs unit with yard.979-314-7145. W/D, lawncare,some bills included. Pet friendly.southwoodplace.com
Free ethernet and cable, paidwater, Campus shuttle.Preleasing, Great Prices.AggieApartment.com,979-693-1906.
Gateway Villas. Affordable luxury.4bd/4ba available August.$1600/mo. 512-413-8748.
HOUSE FOR RENT! (BRYAN- nearTraditions Golf). LR, 3BR, 2.5Baths, Loft, Recroom, 2099 SFT. 2Car Garage+ Driveway Parking,IMMEDIATE OCCUPANCY-$1495.00/MONTH. CALL (979)412-0979.
Newer 3/3 townhomes, close tocampus, cable/internet,$1380-$1550. Broker/owner979-777-5477.
Northgate. New apartments 3/3,2/2, 3/2, and 1/1. House for rent.www.aggievillas.net979-255-5648.
Now Leasing and pre-leasing forAugust! 4bdrm/2bth houses. Spa-cious floorplans. Great Location.Close to campus, wood floors, tilefloors, ceiling fans, w/d, fencedyards, refridgerator,icemaker,lawncare.979-776-6079,www.aggielandleasing.com
One Month Free! Spacious 3/2 du-plex available in May. W/D.$895/mo. 979-693-0551.
Pre-leasing for August 2,3,4,&5bedroom houses andtown-homes. Updated, fenced,pets ok, on shuttle route.AggieLandRentals.com979-776-8984.
Prelease available now! Large2bd/2ba duplex. Walk-in closets,W/D connections, large fencedbackyard, on shuttle. UniversityOaks. $775/mo. 979-693-1448.
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Sub-lease Female, one bedroom,all bills paid, June, July $515/mo.512-422-7421.
Subleasing 1bd/1bath in a2bd/2bath at Campus Villageapartments. Furnished, lazy river,$615/month. Available now aswell as 8/12-7/13. 713-992-5057
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of three A&M degrees, shared stories of his time at Texas A&M as well as words of comfort to grieving families.
“Dr. Hoyle impacted the families with the words he said,” said Kelli Kimmey, Muster committee chair-woman. “The memories he made the Class of 1962 relive and the comfort he gave the families made us proud.”
The Class of 1962 was also welcomed home as it celebrated its 50-year class reunion.
Hoyle began his speech by expressing his honor of be-ing this year’s Muster speaker and celebrating the Aggies’ lost lives.
Although Muster is viewed as a somber tradition, whoops and laughter erupted as Hoyle shared memories of time spent at Texas A&M.
“My first time on this cam-pus was not a pretty sight … I looked out across the field and all I saw was cows. I saw cows munching on the grass in front of the administration building. And I looked up and saw this water tower with the skinny, little legs and it said, ‘Welcome to Aggieland,’” Hoyle said. “I was standing there with another buddy as scared as I was … He turned toward me and said, ‘John, it looks like Sing Sing [a maxi-mum security prison] on the Brazos.’”
Hoyle used his speech to evoke a sense of Aggie pride in those in attendance.
“We’re all Aggies. We
like one another. We keep up with one another,” Hoyle said. “And that’s ex-actly why we are gathered here tonight.”
Then came the iconic Muster tradition, Roll Call for the Absent.
Sophomore construction science major Joel Shilling-burg lit a candle for his grand-father, Ernest Shillingburg, Class of 1943.
“My grandfather passed away back in December. At first, it was hard for me since we were so close. But Satur-day night was a celebration,” Shillingburg said. “It was a celebration of his life.”
The names of more than 100 Aggies were called at Campus Muster, including 16 current students and those who died while on active military duty.
As each name was called, a relative, spouse or friend lit a candle and voices in the crowd voiced, “Here,” on behalf of the loved one. As more names were called, the candlelight illuminated the Arena, symbolizing the undy-ing flame of the Aggie Spirit.
Muster offered students and former students the op-portunity to carry on the legacy of these fallen Aggies.
“Our core values are em-braced by the thousands of Aggies who believe that they will make a positive differ-ence in a sometimes-troubled world,” Hoyle said. “So to-night God has given us more time to live and love our fam-ily, friends, school and nation. We have been given more time to tell the Aggie story to all who would listen.”
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The Century Singers, Singing Cadets and the Women’s Chorus perform before the Muster Roll Call.
