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thebattalionGender gap in KoldusLeaders diagnose sparse female SGA presence

With 13 women repre-sented in the 74 mem-bers of Student Senate

and three women having ever been elected student body president, Stu-dent Government Association seeks to evaluate an under-representation of women.

With the University’s almost sym-metrical gender divide — 52.9 per-cent males to 47.1 percent females — the number of female representatives in SGA does not reflect the make-up of the student body.

Students have attributed this nu-merical disparity to several reasons, including a female disinterest in SGA, lingering cultural trends and bias in leadership teaching models.

Student SenateMariana Fernandez, the outgo-

ing speaker pro-tempore of Student Senate and senior political science major, said the women who are run-ning are being elected. If that’s the

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Sequester cuts threaten A&M airport

Sequester cuts that went into effect March 1 will soon impact at least

one facet of the Bryan-College Sta-tion community — its airways.

The A&M-owned Easterwood Airport may face a series of bud-get cuts, resulting in, among other things, the closure of the air traffic controller tower as soon as June 15. Easterwood is owned and operated by Texas A&M University and serves as a gateway to Research Valley, and the eventual cuts could jeopardize game day Kyle Field flyovers.

Some members of a student-orga-nized flying club at A&M that oper-ates out of Easterwood are worried about the prospect of not having a

traffic control tower.Junior horticulture major Janos

Arnosky, president of the club, said if the air traffic controller funding were slashed, it could impact the safety of all flying into Easterwood.

“Without a control tower the aircraft flying in and out of the air-port would still be subject to traffic pattern and landing rules, but they would not be required to speak on or be equipped with a radio,” Arnosky said. “With the high volume of air traffic that Easterwood receives, not having a control tower would greatly diminish safety for everyone.”

As a result of the cuts, game day flyovers may be postponed because the Department of Defense does not allow military pilots to conduct training flights to non-towered air-

ports. U.S. Rep Bill Flores said, without the flyovers, Easterwood airport would lose 40 percent of its fuel sales.

Arnosky said, as an additional set-back, some spectators could chose not to fly in without an operating tower to guide and control the flow of air traffic.

The threat of tower closure has met opposition from some local legislators.

“I am opposed to how these cuts are being enacted,” Flores said. “In-stead of cutting essential programs like airport funding, the federal government needs to reform their spending habits and cut duplicate non-essential programs.”

As part of the sequester, 100 small airports across the U.S., including Easterwood, were asked to close

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Current and former students and families came together Sunday to honor those who have died in the past year, lighting candles and responding “here” during the Roll Call of the Absent.

A&M falters against Arkansas, drops road conference series 2-1The Texas A&M baseball team

faced off against No. 10 Ar-kansas in a tough three-game road series Friday through Sunday, falling 1-2 to the Razorbacks. Entering the series with a four-game losing streak, A&M (21-19, 7-11) downed Arkansas on Friday to break the slide, yet ended the weekend with consecutive loses.

In the series-deciding game Sunday, Arkansas (27-15, 11-7) started off the game with a solo home run in the bottom of the first inning, taking a 1-0 lead. In the top of the first, A&M junior catcher Troy Stein responded, hit-ting a home run of his own and knotting the score at 1-1.

In the third inning, the Ra-zorbacks retook the lead with an RBI sacrifice fly. Behind a strong bullpen, Arkansas held off A&M rallies the remainder of the game, earning the 2-1 victory and sealing the series.

During the series opener Fri-day, Arkansas took an early lead, grabbing three runs by the fourth inning. The Aggies shaved the lead to two with a run in the sev-enth inning.

In the eighth inning, A&M loaded the bases and freshman pinch-hitter Jonathan Moroney notched a grand slam — the first of the year for the Aggies — to give A&M the winning score of 5-3.

“They played with intensity and toughness the whole game,” Moroney said. “Coach [Chil-dress] came up to me before the at-bat and said ‘He’s going to be throwing hard, so he’s going to supply the power - just get the bat on the ball and good things will happen.’”

Saturday’s game was high-lighted by the Arkansas offense, which scored 12 runs in the blowout victory.

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Freshman third baseman Jonathan Moroney hit a grand slam during Friday’s game with Arkansas, helping A&M to a 5-3 win.

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Marian Fernandaz, outgoing speaker pro-tempore of Student Senate, and Katherine Nydegger, director of finance and marketing for the election commission, have served in office in a variety of capacites

sports | 3In for the saveJunior reliever Jason Jester almost quit baseball after high school, but gave junior college a shot. Now, he’s evolved into A&M’s top closer.

Slashes in spending could close traffic control tower, threaten game day flyovers and student flying clubs

case, she said, then why aren’t more women running or interested in run-ning?

Fernandez said members of SGA could only attempt to explain why women are underrepresented in Sen-ate. Senators speculated several rea-sons, from potentially skewed percep-tions of SGA to large-scale, culturally rooted issues.

“It maybe could be a problem that lies within SGA, within Senate or the atmosphere of [SGA],” Fernandez said. “Perhaps it just takes a certain kind of person to deal with a lot of the stress and a lot of the issues that we deal with.”

Female senators said a negative perception of Senate, including con-troversial bills that received national media attention, could deflect women from participating in SGA.

“Unfortunately, like in recent cases, the only word that has been getting out is controversy and negative light,” said Hannah Weger, sophomore commu-nications major and off-campus sena-tor for the 65th session. “We’ve passed over 80 bills this year and only two of them have been really, really contro-versial. That’s what people see.”

After attending her first meeting as a senator three years ago, Katherine Ny-degger, former business senator and se-nior accounting major, said her interest level plummeted drastically.

“Honestly, when I got to Sen-ate I didn’t think I would last more than three meetings,” Nydegger said. “I thought, ‘This is so lame, all these people in here need to get a life.’”

By her third meeting, however, Nydegger said she realized, with the introduction of controversial bills, she couldn’t leave.

In hopes of counterbalancing what she saw as extremist views, Nydegger said she felt a need to “mitigate the crazy” by remaining in Senate, gaug-ing student opinions and beliefs on the issues and casting her vote accordingly.

“I thought if I left, who knows who would be elected to replace me,” Ny-

degger said.Nydegger said she felt obligated to

protect her University, hoping to keep Texas A&M out of the national news spotlight for bad publicity.

“I owed it to my University to stay there and try to stop the extremists from taking over and becoming the opinion of Texas A&M University so that we hopefully didn’t end up on FOX News or the New York Times,” Nydegger said. “Even though Student Senate is the representative body, I didn’t think the extremists in Senate

really represented those views.”Nydegger said she would encourage

students to get involved in SGA but warns that serving in the Senate is not an easy undertaking.

“I think SGA as a whole is for ev-erybody, but Student Senate isn’t for everybody who wants to main-tain their sanity,” Nydegger said. “If they’re easily offended or easily torn down, Student Senate is definitely not for them because it definitely tests your mental or emotional stamina.”

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(Top) Pie charts represent the gender ratio among the executive council, committee chairs and Senate chairs, respectively. (Bottom) Figures represent the number of those who ran for office versus those who were elected.

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Women find themselves adopting various styles of lead-ership in student government.

Amanda Hatheway put the leadership theory she learned as a business honors major to practice in her first experience with SGA as vice president of University Committees. She realized the model of asserting dominance was not the most effective leadership method for her personality.

“I got some feedback that said, ‘You’re acting like a jerk,’” Hatheway said. “So I had to reassess and not just do what they tell you to do in leadership development classes but to try and find a mold that would work for me.”

Holly Scott, incoming chief policy advisor and ju-nior political science major, said versatility is crucial in the SGA setting.

“Being able to adapt and have that ‘I don’t know but I’ll find out and tell you’ kind of thing is really good and it’s very promising in student government and the work-place in general,” she said.

Scott said she consid-ers each individual — males, females, leaders or follow-ers — as equally important “co-worker.”

“It’s not a matter of what your title is or what [areas you oversee] – it’s a matter of making things happen,” Scott said.

SBP dilemaScott Bowen, Senate speak-

er for the 65th Session and senior chemical engineering major, said he thinks the big-gest problem within student government is the difficulty for women to be elected student body president.

“The reason for that, I think, is that it takes an indi-vidual who is extremely am-bitious and who has a certain kind of personality to be elect-ed SBP,” Bowen said. “In the modern successful SBP cam-paign, there are a lot of orga-nizations that make that cam-paign up, and women who have that kind of personality are usually not supported by either men or women within those organizations.”

Nydegger said women seeking SBP election face a long history of prece-dent that prevents campus- wide support.

“I don’t think it’s easy for women to get elected SBP just because more of the culture of campus and the history of the University being an all-male institution, so I think the cul-ture of campus would make it more difficult for women to be elected SBP,” Nydegger said. “I think [women] would be able to get a lot of support from whatever groups they’re being supported by, but as far as widespread campus sup-port, I think it would be a bit more difficult.”

Weger said it would be dif-ficult for a woman to be elect-ed SBP because, as opposed to Senate, the SBP represents students on a University-wide level. As a result, she said, bi-ases from A&M’s culture and history would be more likely to surface.

“Do I think it is harder for a woman to get SBP than Senate? Yes I do,” Weger said. “And I think there indeed could be gender bias of deci-sions in some cases.”

However, Hatheway, who was recently named chief of staff for Student Body Presi-dent Reid Joseph, said there might not be an overall gender bias at work.

Hatheway said she thinks traditionally taught leader-ship styles are more acces-sible for men, and this has a greater influence on women’s role in student government than environmental factors such as A&M’s early all- male tradition.

“It’s not just Texas A&M, but any leadership role has an unspoken male bias be-cause the leadership theories that you learn in school are for males,” Hatheway said. “I’ve found that the theories that we learn, and the stan-dard idea of what leadership [is], are defined for a male and that doesn’t always work for a female.”

Because the student body is split fairly evenly between men and women, Weger said the argument of which gender could better represent the student body shouldn’t favor men.

“Since the student popu-lation is about half [men] and half [women], best rep-resentation comes down to views on issues, because you couldn’t argue, ‘Oh there are way more males so obviously a male would represent us bet-ter,’” Weger said.

Weger said because a small fraction of the student

body votes in student elec-tions, it is hard to know if there is an overall exclusion-ary bias against women in leadership positions.

Gender or qualifications

If the process for women to become student body president is difficult, even if only three have ever served, females who achieved the position prove that it is not impossible.

Brooke Rollins, Class of 1994 and the first A&M fe-male student body president, said she learned much from the campaign process — “one of the greatest experiences” of her life — including the fact that politics doesn’t al-ways equate with honesty and that a belief in a vision can reap rewards.

“A lot of people didn’t think I could win that race because there had never been a female before, but I believed we could and our incredible team believed we could, and we did,” Rollins said.

Rollins said anyone willing to voice their opinion might be met with consequences.

“Anytime you move into an arena where you espouse certain ideological beliefs, you are going to be subject to criti-cism,” Rollins said.

Rollins said isolating focus on gender — or any other sin-gle aspect of a person — can

be limiting.“If you focus too much

on whether you’re male or female or white or black or green — any sort of physical attribute — I think you are compromising your ability to really resonate with those whom you are hoping for a vote,” Rollins said.

Hudson Hoyle, junior fi-nance major and nominee for vice president of community outreach said women leaders are “as large an asset and a part of the student body as anyone else” and someone who is qualified for a position speaks beyond gender.

“I think some of the most respectable leaders on cam-pus are women,” Hoyle said. “I view them the same way I view male leaders on this campus — that I have a lot to learn from some of them and they’re all just as capable as any man that is qualified for it.”

Although gender divides may remain on campus and in the world at large, Scott said she has an idea of what the destination of total equality would look like.

“For women, we’re always going to be adapting until we reach this pinnacle of equal-ity, whatever that actually means,” Scott said. “What is the milestone that says we’ve finally reached equality? And I think that milestone is when we can finally stop talking about equality.”

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w. tennisNo. 2 Florida eliminates A&M in league semifinals SEC regular season co-champion and No. 3 seed Florida avenged an in-season loss to Texas A&M 4-1 Saturday in Starkville, Miss. The No. 12 ranked Aggies lost four consecutive individual sets after scoring the doubles point behind performances by teams Cristina Stancu/Stefania Hristov (below) and twins Paula Deheza/Ines Deheza. In the SEC Championship between Florida and Georiga, Florida dominated in a 4-0 victory to win its fifth straight SEC tournament title.

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m. tennisA&M falls in semifinals to top-seeded GeorgiaThe fourth-seeded Texas A&M men’s tennis team failed to upset top-seeded Georgia 4-3 in the SEC tournament semifinals Saturday in Oxford, Miss. Nationally ranked No. 2 Georgia built an early lead behind victories in the doubles and individual sets, but behind sophomore Jeremy Efferding (below), A&M surged to tie the score at 3-3. The match came down to A&M junior Junior Ore and Georgia’s Ben Wagland, which Wagland won in a third-set tiebreaker. Georgia went on to win the tournament.

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w. golfA&M finishes 11th to end rough SEC tournament The Texas A&M women’s golf team closed out its league tournament at 11th place Sunday in Hoover, Ala. The Aggies consistently lowered their score over the course of the three-day event, but failed to overcome Friday’s sluggish start which started them tied for 10th place. Senior Sarah Beth Davis (right) finished tied for 23rd individually, the best among the A&M leaderboard.

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m. golfA&M closes at fourth after tough third roundThe No. 22 Texas A&M men’s golf team secured fourth place among a highly competitive field at the SEC tournament Sunday at Sea Island, Ga. The Aggies’ final round was highlighted by senior Drew Evans (right) hole-in-one on the par-3 17th hole. A&M finished the three-day tournament 24-over par behind Alabama, who won the tournament for the second consecutive year, South Carolina and Auburn.

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WeekendRewind

In a close Friday night game in Fayetteville, Ark., the Texas A&M baseball team found itself six outs away from sealing

an upset victory over the No. 10 Arkansas Razorbacks. Battling back from a three-run deficit in the hostile environment on the road, the Aggies held a two-run lead entering into the bottom of the eighth inning.

Already four pitchers deep, head coach Rob Childress sent closer Jason Jester to the mound. Jester battled through six outs with no hits before the Razorbacks eventually fell in a 5-3 loss, earning the junior his 10th save of the season.

“When the game’s on the line or when the game is tied or if we need to bring [Jester] in inthe seventh just to shut some-one down, I think the entire team and the coaching staff has confidence in him to do that,” junior catcher Troy Stein said.

Jester began his career playing catch with his brother and evolved into a star on his high school squad. As a senior at Hallsville High School, Jester was a 10-2 starter but was not recognized by many college programs. With the lack of at-tention, Jester considered quitting the sport to prepare for a career after school.

“Not very many teams gave me a chance,” Jester said. “I was just going to get into technical school and get into the oil and gas industry.”

Prepared to start a career, Jester was convinced by high school friends to try out at Tyler Junior College. The tryout turned into a starting pitcher role on the team, going 9-2 as a freshman with 87 strikeouts.

Tyler assistant coach and former Texas A&M pitcher Hart Hering gave Jester an opportunity on the mound as a closer his sophomore year. Little to his knowledge, Childress sat in the stands and, as a pitching-centric coach, took notice.

“I pitched Friday or Saturday, visited [A&M] Monday and was in awe of the facilities and everything. I committed Wednesday,” Jester said. “It’s weird looking back at it. It’s a

little shocking but I’m blessed to be where I’m at now. I’m excited that Hart Hering gave me an opportunity. That was huge for me and I have to give a lot of thanks to him.”

Jester’s career at A&M did not begin as expected. He was the presumed closer-in-waiting before last season, when he was ruled academically ineligible just before opening day.

Childress chose to redshirt Jester, a decision that helped shape Jester into the player he is today. The junior has even considered entering his name into the upcoming MLB draft.

“I felt like I owed it to my teammates and owed it to coach,” Jester said. “For them to reach out and give me an opportunity, I felt like I owed it to them to come back and give back to what has been given to me.”

Jester took full advantage of his redshirt season to improve as a player and as a teammate.

“For him not to be available for us last year was tough,” Childress said. “But he grew up a little bit and got stronger. He was always a good teammate and a big part of our team last year even though he wasn’t able to step between the lines.”

This season, Jester has become an anchor of the A&M bull-pen. In 31 and one-third innings pitched, Jester has ten saves and 31 strikeouts with a 2.87 earned run average — good for second on the team.

Childress said Jester’s success is due to how he embraces his role as the team’s dominant closing specialist.

“To have a guy that you know is going to go out and throw strikes with above average stuff at the end of the game that re-ally embraces that role is a luxury,” Childress said. “A closer in the 20-plus years [crowd] is not the guy with the best stuff but the guy who relishes that role.”

The players and coaches both know that, in a close game, a call will be made to the bullpen for a player who nearly hung up his cleats for a pair of steel-toed boots years prior.

“He goes out there with the supreme confidence that he can get anyone out and he’s right,” Stein said “He’s got good enough stuff to get anybody out. He loves coming out there in that situation to slam the door and slam it in people’s face.”

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3bd/3ba, with 3-reserved parkingspaces, @Fox Run Condominiums,801 Luther Road West. Gatedcommunity, $1500/mo+utilities.281-414-7676.

3or4 bedroom, 2-bath house.$1200-$1400/mo. Very clean. Hottub. Close to campus.979-777-2849.

4-bedroom houses close to cam-pus, large yards w/decks.$1300-$1600/mo. Call JC/broker(254)721-6179.

4/2 available July/August, 201Redmond, $1,695/mo, one blockfrom campus, COMPLETELY RE-MODLED, w/d, no pets,979-731-8257, www.brazosval-leyrentals.com

4/2 with BIG rooms and lots ofparking. Garage and fenced back-yard. $1950/mo., call979-209-0123 or seewww.979rent.com for details.

FOR RENT

4/2/2 available August. 1208Hawk Tree. $1450/mo. W/D, up-dated, great floorplan, no pets.979-731-8257,www.BrazosValleyRentals.com

4/2/2 available August. 1508 Aus-tin. $1450/mo. W/D, updated,great floorplan, no pets.979-731-8257,www.BrazosValleyRentals.com

4/2/2 house, 1203 Westover. Avail-able August. Close to campus &multiple bus routes. Recently up-dated, large fenced backyard.Pets OK. $1495/mo. 979-255-9432.

4/2/2, available August. 1118 Ber-keley, corner lot, great floor plan,W/D, no pets, $1595/mo,979-731-8257www.BrazosValleyRentals.com

4/3, 3/3 &3/2 Houses,Townhouses, Duplexes&Fourplexes, 1250-1700sqft. Veryspacious, ethernet, large kitchen,extra storage, W/D, greatamenities, on bus route, nowpre-leasing, excellent specials.979-694-0320.www.luxormanagement.com

4/4 University Place condo, W/D,private bath, pool, on shuttle, stu-dent community, $300/room, Call979-690-8213 or 979-422-9849.

4/4.5 plus bonus room, like new.High ceilings, huge closets, largefront porch, tile floors, all appli-ances, fenced backyard, many ex-tras. $1750/mo. Preleasing forAugust. 979-229-6326. See photosand info at http://www.texagrent-als.com/

4bd/2ba house. Close to campus,wood floors, tile floors, ceilingfans, granite countertops, W/D,fenced yards. 979-776-6079.www.aggielandleasing.com

Brand New, 4bd/4ba houses.walking distance from campus,AAF 979-693-4900.

4bd/4ba private bathroom, $325per room, Summer $260 perroom, Wood/tile floors, large liv-ing room, new refrigerator, w/d,central a/c, walk-in closets, onshuttle. Student community, largepool, basketball court, sand beachvolleyball. 979-574-0040,281-639-8847.

4bd/4ba University Place Condofor rent starting August 2013.$1660/mo. All utilities paid includ-ing internet. No pets. www.col-legestationrent.com/tx/college-station/227678-4-bed-4-bath-condo-all-bills-paid. Fred281-460-0439.

4x4 houses in Bueno Vida subdivi-sion starting at $1600/mo. May orAugust move in. Contact Alex979-966-3913. BCR realtor.

5/2/2 available August. 1202Westover. Large game room.Great neighborhood. $1695/mo.W/D, updated, great floorplan,no pets. 979-731-8257.www.BrazosValleyRentals.com

5/4.5, 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

FOR RENT

August Leasing. 4bd/2ba house.Close to campus, wood floors, tilefloors, ceiling fans, W/D, fencedyards. 979-776-6079.www.aggielandleasing.com

Available now 2/2 duplex, fencedyard, pets ok, great location, andon shuttle, $700/mo.979-693-1448.

Available now 3/2 house with twocar garage, remodled on inside,large fenced backyard, stainlessappliances. 1708 Treehouse Trail.$1300/mo. 979-693-1448.

Brand new luxury condos, granitecountertops, tile flooring, greatlocation. 979-693-4900.

C.S. Spacious 3/2 duplex, Wolf PenCreek. W/D, shuttle. AvailableMay. $895/mo. 979-693-0551.

College Station: 3/2, 1240sqft.Newly remodeled! Newappliances! Close to shuttle, W/D,lawn/pest/maintenanceincluded. 905 Balcones (offWelch), $850/mo. KAZ Realty979-324-9666.

Duplex available 8/1/13 for seriousminded student or professional.2bd/1.5ba $700/mo + utilities, 1.5miles from campus, on bus route,W/D included. Privately owned,great landlords! Contactsw8914@gmail.com 713-240-9725,281-788-6659 for more info ande-flyer. See it Parent Weekend byappt.

Duplex, CS, nice 2bd/1ba, 3-min-utes from campus, W/D, remod-eled, fenced front and backyard,beautiful with many extras, oneweek free, $570/mo,979-422-3427.

Free locatoring service, HousesDuplexes and Apartments,979-693-4900.

Holleman by the Park Apart-ments, close to shopping, campus,and park. www.hollemanbythepark.comor 979-209-0123 for details. 

Horse Lover’s Dream. 3bd/1ba,covered carport on 4acres witpond and horse facilities. Min-utes from TAMU. Recently up-dated all appliances includingW/D. Pet and livestock friendly.Available August. Rent$1399/mo.aggielandrentals.com979-776-8984

Just available! Close to campus,College Main and Eastgate areas.2bd/1ba., some w/dishwasher,1-fenced, some bills paid.$325-$450/mo. 979-219-3217.

Large 2bedroom with office or3bedroom. Recently updated,fenced, 2car carport, W/D, bikingdistance to TAMU. Rent$750-799/mo. Available August.4units available!aggielandrentals.com979-776-8984.

Large 4bd/2ba with gameroom.Granite, 2car garage, largepatio/deck, fenced, updated.Lawncare included.1404 Dominik. $1799/mo.aggielandrentals.com979-776-8984.

FOR RENT

Live by great park! 3/2 availablewith garage and fenced yard. Right off Holleman, easy bike tocampus. $1175/mo., call979-209-0123 or seewww.979rent.com for details.

Live smart.  Live cheap.  Live innewly remodeled apartment. www.100GeorgeBush.comAcross the street from Kyle Field. $445 for one bedroom. $545 fortwo bedroom. $399 deposit spe-cial.  Call 979-209-0123 for moredetails.

Looking for: huge closets, vanitieslonger than bathtubs, dedicatedshoeracks, covered parking? 1/1,2/2, 2/2.5. Falcon Point Condos.Broker/owner 979-777-5477.

New townhouses close to campus.4bd/4ba and 2bd/2ba available.On TAMU shuttle. Call JC/broker(254)721-6179,www.gamedaybcs.com

Newer 1/1, 1/1.5 loft, 2/2, 3/3.Granite, ceramic, w/d, walk-inclosets, cable and internet, shuttle. $820-$1560. Brokerowner 979-777-5477.

Nice! 4/2 2013-Rayburn.$1550/mo. Available Aug1st. CallScott at 979-229-5007.

Northgate. Newer 1/1, 2/2, 3/3and 3/2. Washer/dryer. Walk tocampus. Summer and 1 yearleases okay. aggievillas.net. Call979-255-5648.

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

Now preleasing large 3/2 du-plexes, May-Aug leasing options,off of Holleman, on shuttle, viewduplexes seven days a week,979-774-4575.

One month free rent on efficien-cies and 2-bdrms, great move-inspecials, free cable and ethernet.aggieapartment.com. Tamu shut-tle route. 979-693-1906.

Pre-lease for May or August 2/2Duplex with large fence backyard.Pets ok, walk-in closets, great lo-cation, and shuttle. $775/mo.979-693-1448.

Preleasing large 1bd/1ba condosfor fall. Lease known to get1month free. Includes W/D,fireplace, tile floors. Blocks fromcampus. 979-703-8709,tribecasquareapts@gmail.com

Storage for rent. Climate andnon-climate. Starting at$29/month, and one month free.979-693-0551.

Summer house sublease.2bd/$350/mo. W/D. UniversityOaks. Utilities paid.281-865-2247.

Want space?  Wantwasher/dryer?  Want great loca-tion?  HOLIK SQUARE TOWN-HOMES, right off Holleman. Oneand Two bedroom two-storytownhomes.  Limited 1 bedroomavailability.  Contact us soon!  www.holiksquare.com or979-209-0123 for more info.

FOR SALE

Huffy 24in. Blue, 15-speed ladiesbike. Excellent condition, $60.Also have new cable-key lock,$10. (409)365-9726.

New townhouses close to campus.4bd/4ba and 2bd/2ba available.On TAMU shuttle. Call JC/broker(254)721-6179,www.gamedaybcs.com

HELP WANTED

Ags! Looking for summer work?Earn $9000.00 this summer, buildyour resume, great experience,call Taylor, 214-707-9145.

Architectural autocad drafter.ENDS and COSI only. Call694-7059.

Athletic men for calendars,books, etc. $100-$200/hr, upto $1000/day. No experience.aggieresponse@gmail.com

Child Care FT & PT shifts available.Some nights & Saturdays re-quired. Apply in person at 3609 E.29th St., Bryan.

City of Bryan now hiring life-guards and water safety instruc-tors, do not have to be certified,apply online bryantxjobs.com call979-209-5222 for more informa-tion.

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

Cotton Patch-College Station nowhiring servers and greeters.Lunch availability desired. Applyat Rock Prairie and Hwy-6. Anequal opportunity employer!

HELP WANTED

File Clerk; local insurance agencylooking to fill part-time positionassisting with general clericalhelp. Preferred hours 1pm-5pm,M-F. Pay is commensurate. Emailresume info@sigbcs.com or fax979-774-3955. No calls orwalk-ins. 

Help needed to house-sit and carefor animals at a ranch house inPlantersville. Person with someknowledge of horses required.Free rent, utilities, & horseboarding offered to chosen indi-vidual or couple. No yardwork re-quired. Contact Debbie/Harry.hander1240@aol.com,936-894-2767.

Immediate opening. Energetic,high-energy office assistant fortele-marketing and busyreal-estate office. 12:00-5:00pm.Call 979-693-3700 and ask for ext437

Little Guys Movers now hiringFT/PT employees. Must be at least21 w/valid D.L. Apply in person at3209 Earl Rudder Freeway.979-693-6683.

Part-time job helpinghandicapped. Male studentpreferred. $360/mo. 5-10hrs/wk.979-846-3376.

Part-time summer help, apply inperson, Conlee-Garrett Movingand Storage, 600 South BryanAve., Bryan.

PT leasing agent, Saturdays amust. Call 979-693-1906.

PT openings, customer sales/svc,no experience necessary, all ma-jors welcome, start now for sum-mer, internships available,979-260-4555.

STUDENTPAYOUTS.COMPaid survey takers needed inCollege Station. 100% free tojoin. Click on surveys.

Summer childcare needed for 2kids starting in June, $250 weekly,email resume with references toAGGIEKIDS@HOTMAIL.COM

Wanted: Energetic people forKids Klub After-School Program.Fall semester employmentbegins 08/19/13. Applicationdeadline May 3.www.cstx.gov/kidsklub,979-764-3831.

You love to teach, and withSylvan, that’s just what you get todo. Be part of the Sylvan team!We’re providing after schooltutorials throughout the BrazosValley and need reading andwriting teachers and upper-levelmath and science teachers. It’s agreat way to do what you loveand earn extra money. Give us acall at 979-846-4988.

PETS

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

Pad needs a home! Spayedfemale Shepard mix, gold/white,55lbs., vaxinated. Lovingenergetic companion. Call979-696-8119.

REAL ESTATE

B/CS. Sell/Buy/Invest! MichaelMcGrann TAMU ‘93 CivilEngineering 979-739-2035,mike@aggierealtor.comNadia McGrann 979-777-6211,Town & Country Realty.

ROOMMATES

2 or 3 roommates needed for4bd/4ba apartment. Fully fur-nished with W/D. $475/mo in-cludes utilities. Contact Kendall atk_aggie14@neo.tamu.edu.

2-rooms available in 4bdrm homeoff of Graham. Female,non-partiers, mostly furnished.$450/mo. 903-456-6543.

Roommate wanted for summer orlonger. 4bd/4ba condo, $250/mo.Fully furnished. 713-896-7566.

TUTORS

Need a Tutor? Friendly, helpfulone-on-one private tutors for allsubjects at TAMU/Blinn and SamHouston State. Check us out atwww.99tutors.com, 979-268-8867.

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air traffic controllers towers by mid-April. The closures would fall heavily within Texas bor-ders — Texas was asked to close 14 regional airport traffic controller towers.

In early April, the Texas Transportation Commission approved a temporary measure to keep the 14 small airport’s traffic controllers running for another 90 days. The endeavor will cost around $2 million. To keep these controllers running year round, it would cost about $7 million a year according to the Texas Transportation Commission.

Last week, the Federal Aviation Admin-istration announced it would not close the traffic control towers until June 15 and Texas would continue to fund Easterwood for the next three months. David Glessner, a spokes-person for the Texas Department of Trans-portation, TxDOT, said he is pleased with the FAA’s decision.

“This is good news,” Glessner said. “We appreciate the federal government taking the time to re-evaluate its decision.”

Flores also expressed approval for the decision.

“I applaud the federal government and the State of Texas for stepping in to keep the tow-ers open at Easterwood Airport,” Flores said.

Air traffic control towers help guide more than 65,000 flights each month at Texas mu-nicipal airports, according to a press release from TxDOT. Without an air traffic tower, the pilots would use a “see and avoid” method

to land. Instead of radioing into the tower to receive clearance to take off or land, pilots would make the decision. Jacob Shaw, vice president of public relations for the A&M flying club and sophomore mechanical engi-neering major, also believes the cuts would be hazardous.

“Given the fact that the military, two air-lines, a flight school, many private pilots and charter flights and our flying club all fly in and out of Easterwood, and that the airport cur-rently has two intersecting [runways], I think that closing down the tower would present a danger to everyone flying in and out of the airport,” Shaw said.

Although Arnosky and Shaw both said the cuts would negatively impact Bryan-College Station finances, Flores said these cuts would not devastate the community.

“This is not the end of the world, but it will have an effect on the community,” Flores said. “There are commercial and regional airports across the U.S. who do not have air traffic control towers. This would only affect the military training operations at Easterwood, but as part of the sequester, that training has already been reduced.”

When the Federal Transportation Depart-ment announced the cuts to smaller airports in March, University President R. Bowen Loftin issued a statement.

“We will ensure procedures are in place to maintain a high level of safety and contin-ued commercial airline service for our com-munity,” the statement read. “Air service is absolutely critical for a vibrant and growing community such as ours — and particularly for one that is home to a top research university.”

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As part of the sequester, 100 small airports across the U.S., including Easterwood, were asked to close their air traffic controllers by mid-April.

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The Texas Independent Film Festival, TxIFF, drew a crowd of film fanatics and

loyal friends from around the state for the an-nual student-run spring film festival.

Mason Cote, senior biomedical engineer-ing major, attended TxIFF because his young-er brother, Steven Cote, was showcasing his short “Dream a Little Dream” in the high school category.

Steven, a junior at A&M Consolidated High School, said he was enthused to have his film shown in TxIFF. A&M Consolidated of-fers an advanced audio and video productions class that allowed Steven and the rest of his film crew to learn the basics of filmmaking.

“A lot of our inspiration for this film came from thinking about our future because we are all in this transition period where we are about to graduate,” Steven said. “Making a film is really cool because you get to see what your brain is capable of creating.”

Mallory Beach, senior kinesiology major, said she came to support a friend whose work was being showcased. She said she was inter-ested to see what the process entailed.

“I like movies but I have never really ex-perienced or been exposed to the film world,” Beach said.

Ray Auditorium in the Wehner building played host theater for the festival, which has

taken place each spring since 2011 when Ag-gie SWAMP Club (screen writing, acting and movie production) brought TxIFF back after it was discontinued in 2005.

TxIFF boasted a diverse range of films, from comedies to dramas to animated shorts to doc-umentaries. The crowd filled Ray Auditorium with laughter at films like “Incident at Pub-lic School 173,” in which middle school kids broke out into a food fight in a war-like paro-dy of scenes from “Saving Private Ryan” and “Apocalypse Now.” Others cried along with “1:36 - Aaron Pennywell’s Life & Legacy,” a documentary about a 20-year-old man who was hit and killed by a drunk driver in 2011.

Juan Alonzo, director of the film studies program, encouraged undergraduate students to look into becoming a film studies minor during the closing minutes of TxIFF. After calling the former members of Aggie SWAMP Club to stand, Alonzo said their attendance il-lustrates “how vital of an experience SWAMP is if this many old members come back to be a part of TxIFF.”

In the closing ceremony, the winners of each category were announced. In the Audi-ence Choice Awards, two shorts were cho-sen, “Bordando La Frontera” and “Incident at Public School 173.” The hard work of Steven and his team paid off with a win in the high school film award. The final award, Best in Show, went to “Faisal Goes West.”

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Joe Spelce answers questions about his short film, “Dream a Little Dream,” at the Texas Independent Film Festival on Saturday. Spelce, Josh Rush (left), Steven Cote and Ana Sevilla produced the film for a high school project at A&M Consolidated.

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