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l wednesday, november 6, 2013 l serving texas a&m since 1893 l first paper free – additional copies $1 l © 2013 student media the battalion ‘NEVER AS BAD AS WE THOUGHT’ Ag comm lecturer says Aggie mindset draws her to A&M PROF TO WRITERS: READ EVERYTHING Q A & : Cameron Steele, lifestyles writer, sits down with Deb Dunsford, agricultural communications and journalism senior lecturer. THE BATTALION: What is your favorite part of Texas A&M? DUNSFORD: I love being around all of you because it keeps me young trying to keep up with what you’re thinking, what you’re doing and what you know. I also love the general mindset of Aggies. The way everyone is polite, the way Aggies help others — all of those things. THE BATTALION: What advice would you give students interested in becoming a journalist? DUNSFORD: Read a lot. It doesn’t necessarily matter what you read. You need to know what’s going on around you. Any type of reading will help you with your writing. No matter what media you’re using, whether it be Twitter, Facebook, a magazine, a website or even television, it has got to be written. It needs to be written well. That’s the basis for any type of communication … that it has to be clear, concise, and has to be written well. THE BATTALION: What would you say is a big difference between college now and when you were in school? DUNSFORD: My undergrad is from Kansas State, so it was a little smaller, even back then. The big changes that I’ve noticed, aside from the size, is the technology. It struck me, coming back, that everyone had their cellphones up to their ears. I don’t know why it surprised me because I had lived with See Dunsford on page 4 Deb Dunsford is affectionately known by her students as “Dr. Deb.” Jenna Rabel — THE BATTALION T exas A&M sophomore running back Tra Carson sustained a sprained neck during A&M’s 57-7 victory over UTEP last Saturday, head coach Kevin Sumlin confirmed Tuesday. “The official diagnosis was a sprained neck, which sounds pain- ful,” Sumlin said. “But [it] was never as bad as we thought. He was never unconscious, he was never without feeling. Those are good signs. He was in a neck brace [on Monday] and he’s improved today.” Following the win, Sumlin said Carson’s injury was “nothing very se- rious” and his removal from the field by the Kyle Field medical staff during the game was “precautionary.” Ben Malena, senior running back and team captain, said Carson evalu- ated film with the team as usual on Monday but that the sophomore was still “stiff” from the hit and did not practice. While Sumlin said Carson is hop- ing to join the team for its home finale Saturday against Mississippi State, the sophomore’s status remains in question. “He wants to play, but we’ll see where the doctors say he is at the end of the week,” Sumlin said. “He’s walking around. He never had to go to the hospital. He looks like he was in a car accident. He’s walking around and stiff, a bit like whiplash.” James Sullivan The Battalion Photos by Yomi Adenuga — THE BATTALION (Left) Running back Tra Carson is carted from the field Saturday after suffering a sprained neck. (Below) Running back Ben Malena looks on as medical staff attends to Carson. Carson questionable after injury against UTEP A Night Out in B-CS, a large profit share coordinated by the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity, will take on a new char- ity cause Wednesday — BUILD. Brian McGhee, senior construction science major and philanthropy chairman of Pi Kappa Alpha, said A Night Out in B-CS started a year ago to support families of the victims of the Fidelity Street shoot- ing on Aug. 13, 2012. There was also a Night Out held after the fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas, to aid in recon- struction efforts. McGhee said Pi Kappa Alpha chose BUILD as the recipient of this year’s A Night Out in B-CS profits in an effort to establish a tradition of holding the philan- thropy event annually rather than after the occurrence of tragic events. McGhee said A Night Out in BCS al- lows the community to assist with what Pi Kappa Alpha members see as a worthy cause. “[A Night Out in BCS is] a way for the community and students to get involved in support on a larger scale,” McGhee said. McGhee said 27 restaurants will be par- ticipating in the profit share. The event is partnered with The Taste of B-CS, a See Night Out on page 3 ‘Night Out’ to benefit BUILD Kadie McDougald The Battalion service Community-wide profit share begins Wednesday T he stage has been set for No. 24 Texas A&M to take on the Auburn Tigers in the quarterfinals of the 2013 Southeastern Conference Women’s Soccer Tournament on Wednesday in Orange Beach, Ala. The 10th-seeded Auburn Tigers — the lowest qualifying team in the tournament — enter the matchup riding a seven-game unbeaten streak and a four-game winning stretch, in- cluding a 1-0 triumph over the sev- enth-seeded LSU Tigers in the first round of play Monday. A&M and Auburn are familiar foes in tournament play, as Auburn knocked off the Aggies 2-0 in the semifinals of the SEC Tournament last season. Earlier this year, though, A&M’s visit to Auburn resulted in a 3-1 Aggie victory, only further fuel- ing the growing rivalry between the two programs. A&M head coach G Guerrieri said his team is focused on the game, es- pecially following last season’s tourna- ment loss to a similar Auburn squad. “They’re a team that’s unbeaten SEC champ A&M to begin tourney against Auburn Clay Koepke The Battalion See Soccer on page 2 soccer No. 24 Aggies travel to Alabama for league tournament A&M soccer players celebrate following the Aggies’ 3-2 victory over LSU to clinch a share of the SEC Title last Thursday. Bryan Johnson — THE BATTALION Inauguration celebration In honor of the 25th anniversary of the presidential inauguration of George Bush, a 1988 election night celebration will be held Wednesday at the George Bush Presidential Library Center. inside sports | 2 Tuesday presser Sumlin and company break down Texas A&M’s upcoming home finale with Mississippi State. news | 3 Pixar presentation The visualization department will host two former students and current Pixar artists who will give a presentation Wednesday. 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‘NEVER AS BAD AS WE THOUGHT’

Ag comm lecturer says Aggie mindset draws her to A&M

PROF TO WRITERS: READ EVERYTHING

QA& :

Cameron Steele, lifestyles writer, sits down with Deb Dunsford, agricultural communications and journalism senior lecturer.

THE BATTALION: What is your favorite part of Texas A&M?

DUNSFORD: I love being around all of you because it keeps me young trying to keep up with what you’re thinking, what you’re doing and what you know. I also love the general mindset of Aggies. The way everyone is polite, the way Aggies help others — all of those things.

THE BATTALION: What advice would you give students interested in becoming a journalist?

DUNSFORD: Read a lot. It doesn’t necessarily matter what you read. You need to know what’s going on around you. Any type of reading will help you with your writing. No matter what media you’re using, whether it be Twitter, Facebook, a magazine, a website or even television, it has got to be written. It needs to be written well. That’s the basis for any type of communication … that it has to be clear, concise, and has to be written well.

THE BATTALION: What would you say is a big difference between college now and when you were in school?

DUNSFORD: My undergrad is from Kansas State, so it was a little smaller, even back then. The big changes that I’ve noticed, aside from the size, is the technology. It struck me, coming back, that everyone had their cellphones up to their ears. I don’t know why it surprised me because I had lived with

See Dunsford on page 4Deb Dunsford is affectionately known by her students as “Dr. Deb.”

Jenna Rabel — THE BATTALION

Texas A&M sophomore running back Tra Carson sustained a

sprained neck during A&M’s 57-7 victory over UTEP last Saturday, head coach Kevin Sumlin confirmed Tuesday.

“The official diagnosis was a sprained neck, which sounds pain-ful,” Sumlin said. “But [it] was never as bad as we thought. He was never unconscious, he was never without feeling. Those are good signs. He was in a neck brace [on Monday] and he’s improved today.”

Following the win, Sumlin said Carson’s injury was “nothing very se-rious” and his removal from the field by the Kyle Field medical staff during

the game was “precautionary.” Ben Malena, senior running back

and team captain, said Carson evalu-ated film with the team as usual on Monday but that the sophomore was still “stiff” from the hit and did not practice.

While Sumlin said Carson is hop-ing to join the team for its home finale Saturday against Mississippi State, the sophomore’s status remains in question.

“He wants to play, but we’ll see where the doctors say he is at the end of the week,” Sumlin said. “He’s walking around. He never had to go to the hospital. He looks like he was in a car accident. He’s walking around and stiff, a bit like whiplash.”

James SullivanThe Battalion

Photos by Yomi Adenuga — THE BATTALION

(Left) Running back Tra Carson is carted from the field Saturday after suffering a sprained neck. (Below) Running back Ben Malena looks on as medical staff attends to Carson.

Carson questionable after injury against UTEP

A Night Out in B-CS, a large profit share coordinated by the Pi Kappa

Alpha fraternity, will take on a new char-ity cause Wednesday — BUILD.

Brian McGhee, senior construction science major and philanthropy chairman of Pi Kappa Alpha, said A Night Out in B-CS started a year ago to support families of the victims of the Fidelity Street shoot-ing on Aug. 13, 2012. There was also a Night Out held after the fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas, to aid in recon-struction efforts.

McGhee said Pi Kappa Alpha chose BUILD as the recipient of this year’s A Night Out in B-CS profits in an effort to establish a tradition of holding the philan-thropy event annually rather than after the occurrence of tragic events.

McGhee said A Night Out in BCS al-lows the community to assist with what Pi Kappa Alpha members see as a worthy cause.

“[A Night Out in BCS is] a way for the community and students to get involved in support on a larger scale,” McGhee said.

McGhee said 27 restaurants will be par-ticipating in the profit share. The event is partnered with The Taste of B-CS, a

See Night Out on page 3

‘Night Out’ to benefit BUILD

Kadie McDougaldThe Battalion

service

Community-wide profit share begins Wednesday

The stage has been set for No. 24 Texas A&M to take on the

Auburn Tigers in the quarterfinals of the 2013 Southeastern Conference Women’s Soccer Tournament on Wednesday in Orange Beach, Ala.

The 10th-seeded Auburn Tigers — the lowest qualifying team in the

tournament — enter the matchup riding a seven-game unbeaten streak and a four-game winning stretch, in-cluding a 1-0 triumph over the sev-enth-seeded LSU Tigers in the first round of play Monday.

A&M and Auburn are familiar foes in tournament play, as Auburn knocked off the Aggies 2-0 in the semifinals of the SEC Tournament last season. Earlier this year, though, A&M’s visit to Auburn resulted in a 3-1 Aggie victory, only further fuel-ing the growing rivalry between the two programs.

A&M head coach G Guerrieri said his team is focused on the game, es-pecially following last season’s tourna-ment loss to a similar Auburn squad.

“They’re a team that’s unbeaten

SEC champ A&M to begin tourney against Auburn

Clay KoepkeThe Battalion

See Soccer on page 2

soccer

No. 24 Aggies travel to Alabama for league tournament

A&M soccer players

celebrate following

the Aggies’ 3-2 victory over LSU to clinch

a share of the SEC Title last

Thursday. Bryan Johnson — THE BATTALION

Inauguration celebrationIn honor of the 25th anniversary of the presidential inauguration of George Bush, a 1988 election night celebration will be held Wednesday at the George Bush Presidential Library Center.

insidesports | 2Tuesday presserSumlin and company break down Texas A&M’s upcoming home finale with Mississippi State.

news | 3Pixar presentation The visualization department will host two former students and current Pixar artists who will give a presentation Wednesday.

When & whereWednesday in Orange Beach, Ala., against 10-seed Auburn.

A Night Out in B-CSA list of restaurants participating in A Night Out in BCS is available on the event’s website, nightoutbcs.com.

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For 31 years, the MSC Wiley Lecture Series has brought world renowned speakers to the Texas A&M University campus. Our main program this year features a Four Star General, a Pulitzer Prize winning columnist, and a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. We welcome General Stan McChrystal, David Sanger, Chief Washington Correspondent for the New York Times and Foreign Policy Specialist, and Ambas-sador Ryan Crocker, former Ambassador to Iraq and Afghanistan to Rudder Auditorium on November 8, 2013 at 7.30PM. Together they will investigate the various technological advancements of the American military, and some of the interesting dilemmas a new form of war might present. Join us for “Boots Off The Ground: A 21st Century American Military.

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The BaTTalion is published daily, Monday through Friday during the fall and spring semesters and Tuesday and Thursday during the summer session (except University holidays and exam periods) at Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843. Offices are in Suite L400 of the Memorial Student Center.News: The Battalion news department is managed by students at Texas A&M University in Student Media, a unit of the Division of Student Affairs. Newsroom phone: 979-845-3315; E-mail: [email protected]; website: http://www.thebatt.com.Advertising: Publication of advertising does not imply sponsorship or endorsement by The Battalion. For campus, local, and national display advertising, call 979-845-2687. For classified advertising, call 979-845-0569. Office hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Email: [email protected]: A part of the Student Services Fee entitles each Texas A&M student to pick up a single copy of The Battalion. First copy free, additional copies $1.

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Seniors approach last game in Kyle

Texas A&M will face off against Southeastern Conference rival Mis-

sissippi State on Saturday at Kyle Field in the hopes of adding another victory to its record and propelling itself into higher bowl consideration. But as play-ers and coaches said in Tuesday’s press conference, the game will hold meaning beyond postseason bowl berths or tallies in the win column.

Saturday will mark the end of an era — in more ways than one. The con-ference matchup will signal the Aggie seniors’ final run onto Kyle Field and the last opportunity for fans to view the historic stadium on gameday before the $450 million renovations begin.

“It’s going to be an emotional day, more exciting than anything,” said Ben Malena, senior running back and team captain. “I look at it as a celebration. You came here, you did your dues. It’s all part of life. It means you did it right.”

Malena is one of 13 seniors to be hon-ored on Senior Day at Kyle Field, which will include eight starters from this year’s squad. A&M head coach Kevin Sumlin said Malena, as a player who made ex-ceptional contributions to the program, would be one of a diverse set of players recognized prior to kickoff.

“Senior Day brings about three things,” Sumlin said. “You’ve got three groups of guys — walk-ons who’ve toiled, some have gotten scholarships, some have stuck around. You have ju-nior college guys who came into a situ-ation. And you’ve got the guys who’ve been here for four or five years. [Malena] has been around and had some great mo-ments here. He’s really been an emo-tional leader for us.”

Walk-on senior wide receiver Travis Labhart, who emerged as a consistent threat for the A&M offense this season behind a team fourth-best 27 catches for 340 yards and three touchdowns, said the game marks his last opportunity to experience a dream that became a reality.

“You dream of playing on Kyle Field,” Labhart said. “I take it for granted when I go out there every day. It’s going to be an emotional game. When you’re out there playing, it seems like it goes by so much faster.”

A&M (7-2, 3-2 SEC) will be match-ing up against a Mississippi State squad that has struggled this season, compiling a 4-4 (1-3 SEC) record. The Bulldogs’ visit to Kyle Field will mark the end of a two-game road trip after last week’s 34-16 loss at South Carolina.

Despite Mississippi State’s difficulties, Sumlin said the team’s size and overall talent pool, specifically the offense and its quarterback, Dak Prescott, pose a real threat.

“What you see out of them as a team is operating one of the better offenses in the league, putting up over 400 yards per game,” Sumlin said. “You look at them offensively, they’ve got weapons. [Prescott] has given them a new element, just a big, strong guy that can throw it and runs through people.”

A&M defensive coordinator Mark Snyder said the Aggie front seven will

have trouble slowing down the 6-foot-2, 230-pound sophomore Prescott and his run game.

“[Prescott] is a big, strong kid,” Sny-der said. “He’s near-bigger than our whole front. He pushes the pile for five or six [yards] every time. They do it all with him and he can throw it a little bit too.”

As for the Bulldog defense, Sum-lin said the unit’s defensive line, which includes the nation’s second-ranked recruit in the country, Chris Jones, a 6-foot-5, 305-pound defensive end with deadly pass rush abilities, would be one of the largest obstacles the Aggies face this season.

“[Mississippi State] is one of the larger teams we’re going to play this year, in-cluding Alabama and LSU,” Sumlin said. “Defensively, [they have] a huge defen-sive line and they can rotate. They’ve had a lot of guys drafted and they just keep coming back with more.”

Considering the potency of the visit-ing defensive line, offensive coordinator Clarence McKinney said he was thankful for the return of junior right tackle Ced-ric Ogbuehi, who was sidelined the past two weeks with an undisclosed injury.

“You always want those five guys that have played together, know each other’s tendencies,” McKinney said. “If one guy steps one way, he expects the guy to be right beside him. Those guys are our starting unit that have played together and it’ll be exciting to have [Ogbuehi] back this week to play that defensive line.”

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football

Sumlin, players discuss visiting Mississippi State, impact of QB Prescott

Offensive coordinator Clarence McKinney addresses the media during Texas A&M’s weekly press conference at the Bright Complex Tuesday.

James Sullivan — THE BATTALION

Junior forward Shea Groom attempts a slide tackle during A&M’s 3-2 win over LSU on Thursday.

Bryan Johnson — THE BATTALION

SoccerContinued from page 1

in the last seven games, they’re on a bit of a roll right now,” Guerrieri said. “They’re the team that upset us last year at this event in the semifinals so we’ll be pretty focused on them. We’re not looking at anything else except how we can beat the Tigers.”

If Wednesday’s game con-cludes with an Aggie victory, the maroon and white will take the pitch in the confer-ence semifinals against the winner of Wednesday’s No. 3 South Carolina and No. 6 Georgia matchup.

After earning a share of the regular season SEC Title with the 3-2 defeat of LSU, Guer-rieri said his team is motivated heading into the matchup.

“The fact that we’re going to play somebody that we’ve seen before in the quarterfinals is good because it’s something that we can hang our hat on from last time — pros and cons,” Guerrieri said. “[Win-ning the SEC] gives us a good motivating factor to start the event. This is a team that we don’t really have to worry too much about motivation. They’re a very focused, very ready group, no matter what the challenge.”

You dream of playing on Kyle Field. I take it

for granted when I go out there everyday. It’s going to be an emotional game. When you’re out there playing, it seems like it goes by so much faster.”

— Travis Labhart, Texas A&M senior wide receiver

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Pixar Animation Studios will host a presentation in the Langford Architecture Center on the creation

of animated films Wednesday, featuring two former students who work as visualization artists for Pixar.

Tim McLaughlin, visualization department head, said many students from the visualization department have gone to work at Pixar and have helped produce blockbusters including the recent movie “Brave.”

William Jenks, director of the visualization labora-tory, said Pixar’s presentation will serve as an informa-tional and potential job recruitment opportunity that can be beneficial for students.

“Every one of these big companies has a university outreach to meet students and see what they are doing,” Jenks said. “I’m not sure if they are actually recruiting or if the event is a kind of ‘come on in and chat’ kind of thing where they will take a look at students work and give them critiques.”

McLaughl in said part of the reason Pixar is visiting the Uni-versity is because it is associated with the Texas A&M Visual-ization Industry Partners advisory board, which has a meeting Friday. The advisory board helps keep the curriculum, research and direction of the visualiza-tion department in sync with the current standards and methods in industry.

Pixar has an affinity for A&M students because they possess a unique blend of technical skills and artistic abil-ity, McLaughlin said.

“The reason Pixar likes our students is because they are highly technical and good artists and that’s what makes us unusual,” McLaughlin said. “They will go to other schools hiring for artists and they will go to certain other schools hiring programmers. They come to A&M looking for people for the disciplines that require both.”

McLaughlin said there will be three different rep-resentatives from Pixar, an outreach manager and two artists who were students in the visualization program.

“Typically what they will do is talk about the lat-est work they have done and do a presentation,” McLaughlin said. “Pixar hires for particular disciplines from A&M and so usually they are speaking about one of those specific disciplines.”

The visiting representatives discuss the applica-tion of their education to their current industry work, McLaughlin said.

“Last time one of the visitors was talking about the will o’ the wisps in ‘Brave,’ the little blue flames that Merida follows through the forest,” he said. “It was an effects animation job so his job was to determine the look when the will o’ the wisps moved, what the blue flame looks like, so it’s a technical task with an aesthetic outcome.”

Tanner Konarik, sophomore visualization major, said he was optimistic about the recruitment oppor-tunities and professional help that will be available at the event.

“I think it will be incredibly helpful to individu-als seeking employment in animating and the likes,” Konarik said. “I know when Pixar visited in 2010 they provided critiques for demo reels and things like that. Professional tips are always a good thing.”

The event is free and open to the public. It will be held in Green Auditorium in Langford Architecture Building B from 7–9 p.m.

Pixar Studios to give lecture at Texas A&MAlexander Nelowet The Battalion

animation

Spirit shines through rainy days

Shelby Knowles — THE BATTALION

Volunteers at BUILD — including freshman business administration major, Parker Lund (closest to camera) — carry a wall Tuesday on Simpson Drill Field that will eventually be used for a home. Despite the rain, BUILD has completed the walls for two houses and plans to finish walls for two more by the end of the week, BUILD leadership said.

The next step for a graduate student wildcat was announced Tuesday at

the Graduate Student Council bimonthly meeting.

Brittany Bounds, GSC president and history graduate student, said a meeting will be held Thursday and attendees will decide on the content of an announce-ment video and the rules for a YouTube competition to create a graduate student wildcat.

Bounds said a number of supporters of the competition will be in attendance at Thursday’s meeting, including Head Yell Leader Ryan Crawford, Fish Camp representatives, Student Body President Reid Joseph, Traditions Council repre-sentatives, Association of Former Stu-dents members and leaders of MSC or-ganizations.

Bounds said the wildcat will provide a sense of identity and will not threaten undergraduate wildcats.

“[The new wildcat] is going to be in line with the other four wildcats and I think a lot of graduate students when we talk to them say it’s going to be a minor

alteration on the four that already exist,” Bounds said. “You’re not even going to know that we are there because it’s going to sound the same. It’s just for us to have an identity.”

The competition for the new wildcat

will officially open when the announce-ment video is posted. Filming for the an-nouncement video will begin Nov. 18.

Graduate wildcat supporters to iron out logistics

grad student council

Lindsey Gawlik The Battalion

GSC president says wildcat to provide sense of identity

Jonathan Sheen — THE BATTALION

Brittany Bounds, graduate student council president and history graduate student, speaks at the bimonthly GSC meeting Tuesday in Koldus.

[Pixar] will go to other schools

hiring for artists and they will go to certain other schools hiring programmers. They come to A&M looking for people for the disciplines that require both.”

— Tim McLaughlin, head of the

Department of Visualization

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coalition of independently owned restaurants in Bryan-College Station.

“We decided it would be a good partnership because they are heavily involved in the com-munity already and they would be able to help generate support from the outside community,” McGhee said.

Richmond Howard, president of Pi Kappa Al-pha, encouraged students to tell restaurants that they want to benefit A Night Out in B-CS and thank the restaurant owners for participating.

Andrew Abbott, senior petroleum engineering major and the chief executive officer of BUILD, said the support from A Night Out in B-CS and Pi Kappa Alpha was a significant help as BUILD requires about $50,000 to start one house.

“[Pi Kappa Alpha] came to us and said, ‘Hey, we’re kind of looking for something to put [A Night Out in B-CS] toward,’” he said. “It was absolutely an answered prayer.”

Kindall Stephens, senior environmental design major and marketing team leader for BUILD, said she was excited that A Night Out in B-CS would be supporting the project.

“We were beyond ecstatic whenever they said they were going to donate the money from A

Night Out in B-CS to us,” Stephens said. “Per-sonally, I’m really excited about it because it in-volves the community, not just the student body, and I think that’s what BUILD is doing, bringing the student body together, but really building the community we live in.”

Funds raised from A Night Out in B-CS will go to pay off a no-interest loan for the cost of the materials required to build the walls of four houses.

Abbott said 100 students from various organi-zations volunteered throughout all the shifts on Monday and Tuesday, Abbott said, despite the dreary weather.

“The students have been so great who have come out to volunteer,” Abbott said. “Hair soaked, shirt soaked, they were still out there swinging a hammer.”

Abbott said he hopes BUILD will grow enough to become independent so that leaders may have more control over their projects and who receives the future homes.

“I think I can speak for the team on this, but what we’re looking forward to is the impact [BUILD] is going to have and already had here at Texas A&M,” he said. “It allows a lot of differ-ent students to meet other students, to do some-thing that’s different, but at the same time it is still service. I’m looking forward to seeing how it affects more people and where it goes in the future years.”

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Place an adPhone 845-0569 Suite L400,Memorial Student CenterTexas A&M University

When to call8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through FridayInsertion deadline: 1 p.m. prior business day

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BED AND BREAKFAST

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Rooms available for Aggie foot-ball game at Willow Ranch Bed &Breakfast. Call: 979-587-2550;email:[email protected];visit: www.willowranchbedand-breakfast.com.

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FOR RENT

3/2 duplex. 5-minutes from cam-pus, fenced yard,all appliances,$850. Call 469-233-4653.

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Duplex, CS, nice 2bd, 3-minutesfrom campus, W/D, remodeled,fenced front and backyard, beau-tiful with many extras, one weekfree, 832-646-2329.

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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.

Looking for female roommate tosublease 3bed/3bath duplex downHolleman ASAP. No deposit re-quired, tiled floors, large livingarea, kitchen, and fenced in back-yard. Pet-friendly w/already paidpet deposit, washer/dryer,cable/internet, $400/mo. 1/3 utili-ties. If approved by landlord will-ing to reduce rent. Contact(254)-466-0077, (254)-466-2935.

One large bedroom available in3/2 house w/ garage, wifi, dvr,w/d, partially furnished, privacyfence, covered deck, near Bach-mann Athletic Park. $410 +1/3bills; Call Scott 979-777-2321.

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Student sublease from January toMay. $650/month plus utilitiesfor 2bd/1ba duplex on DominikDrive. Fenced yard, parking for 2,close to campus, pets allowed.Call/text 281-799-4871 for details.

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Brand new never used Holickssenior corps boots with spurs, size10 1/2. $1600 located in North-west Houston. Call Susan713-939-9931.

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

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Christ United Methodist Church,College Station, TX is seeking 4dynamic Youth Interns to helplead a program of 100+ activeyouth. Candidates should haveprior experience in working withyouth, be a sophomore or greaterin college, possess solid communi-cation skills, be a team player andcomfortable speaking about faithmatters. Responsibilities includehelping lead Sunday night youth,Wednesday night Bible Study,keeping in touch with assignedyouth, and attending trips. Com-pensation will be up to $13,000for each intern per year. Formore information contact KevinRund at 979-690-4673 or to apply,send resumes [email protected]

CiCi’s Pizza Express in C.S.Drive-thru and kitchen personnelneeded. Starting up to $10/perhour w/experience. Flexiblehours/shifts. All applicationsmust be submitted in person atC.S. CiCi’s location.

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Lords & Ladies! We needmerchants and hawkers to workat our four locations at the TexasRenaissance Festival! We selljewelry, musical instruments,tapestries, wood swords- manyunusual handcrafts. Competent,honest, dependable.Drama/smoke free. Sat & Sun8am-dark, now-Dec. 1.Harry [email protected]

Part-time job helping handi-capped. Male student preferred.$360/mo. 8-10hrs/wk.979-846-3376.

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The Dollar Floor Store hiring parttime workers. Fork lift experiencea plus but no experience neces-sary. Must be able to lift and passdrug screening. Please contactDavid Makuta at 979-775-9200.

VOLUNTEER COACHES NEEDED!The City of College Station isseeking positive, enthusiastic andmotivational youth basketballcoaches. The season begins earlyDec. and runs through March 6.Learn more at cstx.gov/sports orapply today atcstx.gov/sportsvolunteer.

REAL ESTATE

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Jenna Rabel — THE BATTALION

Deb Dunsford’s advice to those hunting for jobs is to keep location options open.

THE BATTALION: Do you have any advice for job seekers?

DUNSFORD: Look at all the options and the opportunities. Do not be limited by geography. I know many want to stay

in Texas, but Texas will still be here. You can always come back later, but the chance to get experience in different areas may not be there forever. Take advantage of all the skills you have and don’t sell yourself short.

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