Chinese New Year begins today

Year of the Rabbit

A mass migration takes place all over the world as Chinese friends and family come together to cel-ebrate the advent of the new year on the Chinese calendar. The 15-day-long celebration com-memorates numerous traditional myths and legends. The festivities marking the Year of the Rabbit begin on Feb. 3 this year. Dur-ing the festival, which is celebrat-ed in conjunction with the new moon, people celebrate the new year and the new opportunities

and challenges it brings. While it is a time to retrospectively look back at the past year, many clean out their homes to get rid of evil spirits and start fresh.

“On the Eve of Chinese New Year, supper is a feast with fami-lies. Food will include such items as pigs, ducks, chicken and sweet delicacies,” said Alan Zhang, a graduate student and president of the Chinese Students and Schol-ars Association. “The Chinese New Year tradition is a great way to reconcile, forget all grudges and sincerely wish peace and hap-

piness for everyone.”For many, Chinese New Year

is a time to reunite with relatives and friends during the Chunyun. Chunyun, the traveling period leading up to the Spring Festi-val, is one of the largest human migrations. The Chinese New Year is widely regarded as the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays. At the Chinese New Year celebration at Texas A&M there are more than 2,500 Asian-American students.

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Year of the Rabbit◗ 1915, 1927, 1939, 1951, 1963, 1975, 1987, 1999, 2011, 2023◗ People born in the year of the rabbit are known for being:Good listenersKind by natureGood friendsEnjoy art, design and fashionPeacemakersSlow to angerArticulateTalentedAmbitious

Miss Rev. is eighth dog in A&M mascot tradition

Reveille is known as the first lady and official mascot of Texas A&M University. As the highest ranked member of the Corps of Cadets, she holds the position of a five-star general.

“Students love Reveille,” said Andrew Sibal, a freshman general studies major and tradi-tions council member.

Her story dates back to 1931 when a group of Corps mem-bers were hunting in Navasota and hit a black and white dog. They brought her back to cam-pus to take care of her and the next morning to the sound of

the bugle call “Reveille” she began to bark, hence her name. In the fall of the next football season she was named the of-ficial mascot of Texas A&M when she led the band onto the field during half-time.

When Reveille I died on Jan. 18, 1944, she was given a formal military funeral on Kyle Field. She was buried at the

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Health clinic receives robust grant

The Health for All clinic in Bryan received $104,150 from the largest health insurer in Texas. With this money the clinic plans to hire a phy-sician assistant. The addition will help the clinic see more patients and reach out to more of the community.

“One more person on staff will double the amount of people they can see,” said Kristen Clancy, a phar-macy graduate student and volunteer at the clinic. “At any moment, there is usually only one doctor on staff; that doctor is a volunteer provided by the A&M Medical school. It will be really helpful for the clinic to bring

in someone else to see more patients; one more person on staff will double the amount of people they can see.”

The clinic has been around for more than 20 years, serving the com-munity by providing free health care to those without insurance or Medic-aid. The staff has a passion for reach-ing out to the low income families who need care in the area but cannot afford it.

“If the clinic did not exist, these pa-tients would end up in the emergen-cy room or would simply go without treatment, and that has a huge social and economic impact to the commu-nity,” said Stephanie Wehring, dep-

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Raven says nevermore to Ole Miss, hello A&M

It never disappoints.National Signing Day doesn’t tend

to ever be short on drama, surprises, twists and turns. Wednesday, the A&M football program got a pleasant, yet shocking, surprise when highly-touted defensive Floyd Raven com-mitted to the Aggies.

Raven, a native of Louisiana where he attended East St. John High School, has had a dramatic recruiting process. He committed, first, to Mississippi University. He then changed his com-mitment to A&M. After a day as an Aggie, he decided that he would re-commit to Ole Miss where, today, he was expected to sign a Letter of Intent.

However, according to sources, the

Ole Miss program received Raven’s LOI and realized that his mother had, indeed, forged his signature. After real-izing that, Head Coach Houston Nutt decided to void the LOI.

“His mom. Mom really wanted him here,” Nutt said. “Mom wanted him here in the worst way. And so, [Ole Miss compliance director] David [Wells is] our expert on that, so the

bottom line is when they told us that we said ‘Hey, look, I want you to be here because you really want to be here.’ And he was so torn. It’s really hard, it’s a hard, hard deci-sion, but when mom

told me that, ‘Hey, look, I want you to

do what’s in your heart.’ And I think at the time he wanted to go elsewhere and look, I want them to want to be here.”

Raven, himself, sent a LOI to Head Coach Mike Sherman and the Aggies and is, now, a member of A&M’s re-cruiting class of 2011.

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Dancers at the Chinese New Year Variety Show perform to the Chinese Classical Dance “Tage.” The Chinese Students Association put on the Rabbit Year Spring Festival performance on Saturday.

Tradition featuresEach day this week, a Battalion reporter will delve into the history of one of the A&M traditions students recognize.

Ice, blackouts and traffic

have made for a hectic week

in Bryan-College Station. Salt

and sand cover pavements and

roadways while freezing tem-

peratures and winter weath-

er continue to sweep across

much of the nation. Strangely

enough, temperatures in Texas

were colder than temperatures

in Chicago at 4 a.m. when it

was 21 degrees in Illinois and

19 degrees in College Station.

Power outages continued

throughout Wednesday and

affected citizens’ ability to stay

warm, and traffic and intersec-

tion conditions.

“The Electric Reliability

Council of Texas (ERCOT)

has reported that severe weath-

er led to the loss of more than

50 generation units — a loss of

more than 7,000 MW, due to

the extreme cold temperatures

across the state,” said Allen

Bruggman for the city of Bryan.

“As a result, ERCOT Grid Op-

erations asked the utilities and

transmission providers, includ-

ing Bryan Texas Utilities, to

implement rotating outages.”

Crockett, Milam, Jones and

Sam Houston elementaries are

a few of the schools that expe-

rienced time periods with no

electricity. Residents that ex-

perienced more than an hour

of power outages were urged

to report the

p r o b l e m ,

but many

people failed

to call the

appropriate

number and

called 9-1-1

instead. This

crowded the

local emer-

gency phone

lines that

could have prevented people

with actual emergency situa-

tions from getting help.

Those who work in Cain

Hall at Texas A&M University

understand the severity of the

power outages. There was no

heat in the building until 3:30

p.m. Wednesday. It will take

Unique

winter

storm

causes

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and Alex Lotz The Battalion

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Updates◗ Continue to check thebatt.com and the howdy portal for updated weather conditions and school closure statuses.

The current Miss Rev., Reveille VIII, is sixth in a long line of pure-bred collies that started with Reveille III in 1966.

Raven

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2 Nutrition conference

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1 Woodwind Quintet

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3 A&M dance program

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Sophomores Matt Kolker, accounting major, and Molly Salmon, education major, brave the freezing temperatures before heading to class Wednesday. A winter storm watch was issued Wednesday night for most of the Brazos Valley from noon today to noon Friday. Snowfall could start as early as tonight and last through Friday. Accumulating snowfall is a concern on roads and overpasses, especially for the Friday morning commute to work and school. Check with thebatt.com or the University website for closures or delays.

CAIRO — Supporters of President Hosni Mubarak charged into Cairo’s cen-tral square on horses and camels brandish-ing whips while others rained firebombs from rooftops in what appeared to be an orchestrated assault against protesters try-ing to topple Egypt’s leader of 30 years. Three people died and 600 were injured.

The protesters accused Mubarak’s re-gime of unleashing a force of paid thugs and plainclothes police to crush their un-precedented 9-day-old movement, a day after the 82-year-old president refused to step down. They showed off police ID badges they said were wrested from at-tackers. Some government workers said employers ordered them into the streets.

Mustafa el-Fiqqi, a top official from the ruling National Democratic Party, told The Associated Press that businessmen connected to the ruling party were re-sponsible for what happened.

The notion that the state may have coordinated violence against protesters, who had kept a peaceful vigil in Tahrir

Square for five days, prompted a sharp rebuke from the Obama administration.

“If any of the violence is instigated by the government, it should stop immedi-ately,” said White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs.

The clashes marked a dangerous new phase in Egypt’s upheaval: the first sig-nificant violence between government supporters and opponents. The crisis took a sharp turn for the worse almost immediately after Mubarak rejected the calls for him to give up power or leave the country, stubbornly proclaiming he would die on Egyptian soil.

His words were a blow to the protest-ers. They suggest that authorities want to turn back the clock to the tight state con-trol enforced before the protests began.

In one almost medieval scene, a small contingent of pro-Mubarak forces on horseback and camels rushed into the an-ti-government crowds, trampling several people and swinging whips and sticks.

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Pro-government demonstrators watch as cars burn during clashes with anti-government demonstrators in Cairo, Egypt.

campus news

Memorial service for StieglerA memorial service is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. Friday at Christ United Methodist Church in College Station for a Texas AgriLife Research turfgrass specialist and spouse. Chris Stiegler and his wife, Jenny, died in a car accident Dec. 24 near Waco. Their infant daughter, Emily, survived the accident.

Barbara Bush to read to studentsFormer fi rst lady Barbara Bush will read to Texas students in a videoconference from 10-11:15 a.m. today at the Frymire Auditorium in the Annenberg Presidential Conference Center. Approximately 600 students from College Station and Bryan are expected to participate.

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Fights◗ Anti-Mubarak protesters hunkered behind a line of metal sheets hurling fi rebombs back and forth with government backers on the rooftop above.

◗ Some of the worst street battles raged near the Egyptian Museum. Pro-government rioters blanketed the rooftops of nearby buildings and hurled bricks and fi rebombs onto the crowd below.

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We’re going to be the heaviest piano band of

all time.”

Jimi Woodul, lead singer and guitarist

Recent arrivals to the region after growing up in upstate New York, the members of One Red Martian are seeking to develop a unique brand of music.

“We grew up in a really small town,” said lead singer and guitarist Jimi Woodul. “There were not a lot of jobs, virtually no opportunities musically.”

The band, which includes Woodul, his two brothers and one long-time friend, decided to pursue a career in music upon graduating high school. They said they needed to find a larger city to gain experience and refine their sound, and relocated to Dallas, where the Wooduls’ father lives. After playing a few shows, the band crossed paths with manager and producer Rob Clark.

“They were opening for a band I was playing with,” Clark said. “They absolutely blew me away.”

Clark, who played bass in the band Stereo Fuse, has a history in the music industry, both performing and produc-ing. In 2009, he decided to focus on artist manage-ment and production. He said One Red Martian is a unique band, pushing musical boundaries and working to set future trends.

“You can feel the presence of their influences without it being transparent or overwhelming,” Clark said. “At very young ages, they are well beyond their

years on their respective instruments.”One Red Martian is a fusion of two

generations of music influences and is born of a strong musical tradition. The brothers’ father played in a band in the ‘70s and ran a music business; a relative on the Wooduls’ mother’s side was a jazz pianist.

When it comes to defining the band’s sound, which mixes piano into the traditional rock ensemble, Woodul said they have a specific vision of how they want to sound.

“We want to do things with the grand piano sound that haven’t been done before. We’re going to be the heaviest piano band of all time.”

One of the aspects that Woodul focuses on is the lyrics.

“A lot of times, [lyrics are] pushed to the back,” he said. “The songs that

really affect me and influence me are the songs that even

outside of the music, have words that can really mean something.”

Woodul looks to find interesting concepts or combinations of words

around which to develop songs. He said one idea can

lead to another, and in the case of the current record, a single line

can give rise to an entire album.It took a few iterations until the

band finally got its lineup and name set. Originally forming in order to play a single show, the band started out as a couple of friends who just wanted to

have a good time. After a few shake-ups in the band, Woodul invited his brothers to try playing with himself and pianist Dan DeKalb.

Despite lacking previous musical training, the new members jumped at the invite and soon thereafter they released the full-length album in their high school’s music room.

“We played together a lot through the final year of high school. We really felt that we had big things to achieve,” Woodul said.

Whereas some might view having family members in a band as leading to heightened conflict, Woodul sees it as the opposite. He said it has helped them to play off each other to create stronger music.

“There’s something to be said with a band of brothers making music to-gether,” Woodul said. “I know people who can’t spend 10 minutes with their brother. We get along when it counts.”

One Red Martian has a strong pas-sion for producing meaningful music.

“We’re so committed to doing this,” Woodul said, in a band press release. “We really, honestly want to make really great music.”

The band said they are proud of the release, saying it captures the essence of One Red Martian. After making a high-quality album that surpassed previous attempts, One Red Martian found guidance in producer Rob Clark.

“[Rob] helped to get everything done. When you’re working on a tight budget for an album ... it gets very stressful,” Woodul said. “He re-ally helped us get through the stress of making the album.”

This will be the initial performance in College Station and One Red Mar-tian looks forward to it.

Clark said it is the show that really sets One Red Martian apart.

“It is one of the most intense live shows I have ever seen. They feed off the crowd,” he said.

At the root of it, though, One Red Martian remains a band of brothers who are related by a single love: music.

“We’re just excited to come out and play,” Woodul said, noting the show will be one of the first for the bands on the new album. “Any show that we get to play now really makes me excited.”

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5 Singing dinos

MSC Town Hall presents Jurassic Park: The Musical

at 7 p.m. Feb. 19 in Wehner 113. Doors open at 6 p.m. for students with fl yers. Patrons will have the chance to ask the creators questions following the show.

4 Coff ee with

Graduate StudiesGraduate Studies invites students to have coffee and donuts from 5:30 to 7 p.m. today in the Letterman’s Lounge in G. Rollie White Coliseum. Staff will be there to answer questions about graduate studies.

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Woman’ lectureThe Glasscock Center for Humanities Research presents the lecture “And God Created Woman” from 4 to 6 p.m. today in Glasscock Room 311 to discuss views of women in religious creation stories.

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One Red Martian plays at The Stafford Main tonight to play a mix of piano and traditional rock.

C ombining distortion, piano and a passion for

songwriting, one band will be bringing quite

a show to Bryan. Dallas-based rock band One

Red Martian will be playing at 8 p.m. today at The Staf-

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1 Artist in residence

Ron Cheek, class of 1989, will be working with students starting at 5 p.m. today through Sunday in the Wright Gallery of Langford Architecture Center, Building A as a spring 2011 artist in residence. Cheek is a contemporary painter who focuses on fi gurative and still-life subjects.

2 Shirt sale for

Traditions CouncilTraditions Council will be selling its “PASS IT BACK, AGS” shirts from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. today through Friday at Koldus. The long-sleeved white T-shirts are $10 each and help raise money for the organization. scene

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This white and black dog started the Reveille tradition. The story dates back to 1931 when a group of Corps members were hunting in Navasota, found the dog and brought her back to A&M.

Reveille Continued from page 1

“This is the most bizarre thing in recruiting that I have ever seen,” said Jeff Tarpley, publisher of AggieYell.com.

Raven is ranked by Rivals.com as the No. 12 cornerback in the country and the No. 8 player in the state of Louisiana.

“He’s had a difficult home life,” Tarpley said. “Two years ago, he wasn’t qualified. He’s overcome all that and has gone

from someone who wasn’t the greatest football player in the world to someone who is a top-150 player in the country. With everything that has happened today, it’s unfair to him that it overshadows his talents and ev-erything he has been through.”

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PowerContinued from page 1

Paul Mezier — THE BATTALION

24 hours before it feels like the heat is working properly again since each floor runs on an individual unit.

“The boiler has been back on since about 3:00,” said Brooke Woodruff, IT for the Division of Student Affairs. “The bottom floor has been cold, but just because that heat rises. The second floor is fine.”

Being aware of the conditions around you is the key to safe driving in winter conditions. Drivers are urged to have a cell phone with them in case of a problem or accident. Keeping an emergency kit in case of a problem or accident can also be beneficial.

Conditions will continue to be se-vere through Friday. Temperatures are predicted to be below freezing for the rest of the week with continued pos-sibility of precipitation and snow.

north entrance of Kyle Field, just as every Reveille is, facing the score board so she can al-ways see when the Aggies are winning.

There have been other unof-ficial mascots, but after Reveille III is when they began the tradi-tion of a full-blooded Collie. If she barks in class, tradition says class is dismissed. Company E-2 has the honor of caring for Reveille. If she sleeps on a ca-det’s bed they must sleep on the floor and she is always addressed as “Miss Rev.”

“We’ve had many unofficial mascots before Reveille,” Sibal said. “The way the Collie ex-ceeds class and dignity is ideal of the University.”

uty executive director. “Health for All sees approximately 1,800 unique patients each year, but it’s not just about the number of people we treat but the im-pact we have on the individual. HFA has adopted a philosophy of trying to help the whole pa-tient, so if they need additional community resources we try and educate them about what is available and put them in touch with the appropriate agency who can provide that service.”

The clinic has a wide range of volunteers and workers. Many graduate as well as stu-dent volunteers come from the A&M Pharmacy and Medical schools. The clinic is a great environment for students who are pursuing a career in health to get experience in the field.

“We have over 100 [Texas A&M] students that volunteer,” said Derek Dickson, executive

director. “We have a volunteer coordinator that can place them with a role in the clinic that matches our needs with what the student is interested in. We have always relied on volunteer doctors to provide the care, this grant will allow us to hire a full time person to provide care and we will be at 100 percent doc-tors and be able to take care of a lot more patients.”

The clinic has impacted many families from Brazos County and from all over the state who have no other way to receive medical care. The staff is focused on reaching out and helping those who have no other options regarding health care.

“We received a letter a few months ago thanking us for the care we provided to an in-dividual who had lost her job and health insurance and had no other place to turn,” Weh-ring said. “She indicated that she might not have survived if it hadn’t been for the care she

received at Health For All. This was a heartwarming letter that really touched all of our staff and touches on exactly what we are trying to do: provide quality healthcare to those in need who fall through the cracks of the system and do not qualify for any type of government health programs.”

The Health for All clinic has impacted the community for over two decades, bringing free medical care and hope to those who have no other place to turn. The volunteers and staff have all been touched by the lives of the patients they’ve worked with.

“I love this clinic” said Kristen Clancy. “These are people that would get no care if it weren’t for the clinic. It’s phenomenal. What the clinic is doing is great. The patients have better lives because they are getting the help they need. And, unlike other places, the patients are always nice and thankful for getting help.”

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men’s tennis | The Aggie men travel to

Houston Friday to take on arch-rival Texas in

the Lone Star Showdown.

men’s swimming | The Aggies will go to

Austin this weekend to face off with perennial

contender Texas.

women’s basketball | A&M resumes

action, following the loss to Baylor, Saturday

in Lubbock against Tech.

The Texas A&M football team announced its 2011 recruiting class Wednesday adding 22 high school se-niors and junior college transfers.

“I’m very excited about this group of men we’re bringing in. We did ex-tensive research on our guys and from a talent and skill level, as well as char-acter and academics,” Head Coach Mike Sherman said. “I think we really hit on some very good players that will impact our team.”

Sherman and his staff wanted to ad-dress needs stemming from the new 3-4 system brought in by Defensive Coordinator Tim DeRuyter last sea-son. Linebackers and defensive backs were areas of concern, and the Aggies got their men, signing six linebackers

and six defensive backs — including Floyd Raven who surprised everybody when he filed a LOI with A&M.

“When you go to a 3-4 and have that extra linebacker, it really stretches you. You saw in the bowl game, when Michael Hodges went down, we were stretched at that point,” Sherman said.

Sherman emphasized bringing in recruits who had great character and were great athletes on the field and in the classroom. Five players are enrolled for the spring semester and will partici-pate in spring practices with the team. Linebacker’s Donnie Baggs and Steven Jenkins are enrolled in classes at A&M along with quarterback Johnny Man-ziel defensive back Johntel Franklin and offensive lineman Joseph Cheek.

“One thing I’ve learned in process is that we encourage juniors, if at all possible, to graduate early and hope-

fully get enrolled in midterm and get involved in spring ball. It does acceler-ate the process,” Sherman said.

The Aggies received a late surprise in the recruiting process when standout Brenham linebacker Brandon Alexan-der decided to spend his next four years as an Aggie. His decision came despite offers from Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma State, Texas Tech and others.

“After his first game we were pretty much sold that he was the type of line-backer that could fit in our system and excel. He’s a tremendous pass rusher with great length and size,” Sherman said. “His family is a wonderful group of people. We have very high expec-tations of him as he does of himself.”

The coaching staff made a commit-ment of their own this season to try and recruit out-of-state players and the re-sults were overwhelmingly succesful.

The out-of-state signees were headlined by placekicker Tay-lor Bertolet of Pennsylvania and punter Drew Kaser of Ohio. Bertolet, the No. 1 kicking re-cruit in the 2011 class according to Rivals.com, and Kaser will try to improve an A&M special teams unit that struggled at times throughout the 2010 season.

“Randy [Bullock] has one year left, and [Taylor] Bertolet has four years of eligibility left. So there’s competition there,” Sherman said. “Our punting situation was not where it needs to be in the Big 12 and it needed to be addressed again. The onus is on these guys who will earn their jobs this spring.”

The Aggies took another recruit from the hands of several elite programs when they signed linebacker Shaun

Ward who chose the Aggies over Florida, USC, West Vir-ginia and others. Ward could be a possible replacement for All-American Von Miller.

“It takes a lot of time to go out of state, and there are a lot of people around them who aren’t familiar with us. So it’s a little

bit of a risk,” Sherman said. “We were fortunate enough to hang on with some tough recruiting in the end, and we’re excited to come away with him.”

In addition to the players men-tioned at the end of the 2011 National Signing Day the Aggies had signed three offensive linemen, two defen-sive linemen, two wide receivers and one running back. Fourteen players come from Texas, two from Florida, two from Louisiana and one each from Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

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Aggies ink 22 prospects on first day recruits can sign Letters of Intent

Signing Day supplies drama

Alexander

Head Coach Mike Sherman addresses the media Wednesday. The Aggies signed 22 prospects on National Signing Day.

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LOS ANGELES — Having topped the international chart on and off since its release 10 weeks ago, “Tangled” has proven to be a favorite with overseas audiences, teasing another $15.8 million in 34 territories this past weekend. With a worldwide total of nearly $434 million, the animated fi lm is proving the power of the Disney brand with families around the globe. Foreign audiences looking for their action-movie fi x have made “The Green Hornet” a solid hit and Seth Rogen an international star with $14.1 million for the weekend in an impressive 52 territories and a global total approaching $140 million. The international marketplace has

had a so-called “Oscar bump” of its own with “The Black Swan” and odds-on favorite “The King’s Speech” landing impressively in the third and fourth spots, with $11.5 million and $11.2 million respectively. “Swan” has crossed the $100 million mark worldwide and “Speech” is closing in on the $150 million global milestone.

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International audiences get ‘Tangled’ again MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Users of phones running Google Inc.’s Android operating system are getting more ways to browse and buy apps for playing games, reading the news and other tasks. The Internet search leader announced its Android Market Web store Wednesday. The store lets users choose apps through a Web browser and have them installed remotely to their smart phones and tablets. Previously, the Android Market was only available on Android-running devices. Chris Yerga, director of engineering for Android cloud services, said the move is meant to give users more ways to fi nd and install apps on their Android-running gadgets. It also gives developers more control regarding the promotion and sale

of apps, he said. Like the Android Market app, the Web store allows you to look for apps by category or browse featured or most popular ones. The announcement of the store, at market.android.com, came at a media event for a new version of Android. Called Honeycomb, the new software is geared toward tablet computers, which are growing more popular amid Apple’s launch of the iPad last April. Also Wednesday, Yerga said Google will start supporting in-app purchases, which means that Android app developers could make it possible for users to buy virtual items such as additional levels or features within games. This is a feature Apple Inc.’s iPhone already has. Bart Decrem, general manager of mobile for The

Walt Disney Co., demonstrated that feature on the popular music game “Tap Tap Revenge.” In the game, which has long been available for the iPhone, users buy songs and then tap along on the touch screen in time to the music to score points. Decrem co-founded Tapulous Inc., which created the “Tap Tap Revenge” games and was sold to Disney in July for an undisclosed amount. He said the games have been downloaded more than 50 million times so far. Since “Tap Tap Revenge” games are free and make money from advertising and in-game song sales, the announcement is a big deal for Decrem. “It’s a pretty big step forward in the maturing of the platform as an app platform,” he said.

Google rolls out Android Market for Web browsers

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During Mamemaki, a mem-ber of the family dresses in an Oni Mask, which symbolizes evil spirits. In response, fellow family members toss roasted soybeans at the masked figure, chanting “Oni wa soto! Fuku wa uchi!” or roughly, “De-mons out! Luck in!” Like many

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tune away. After this, it is cus-

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“We also eat long maki sushi,

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Tanida said.

“We had this kind of event

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Intramural basketball team will play in qualifying tournament

The Aggieland Gorillaz in-tramural basketball team started in 2006 with only eight fresh-men, Each of the students played high school basketball at different schools, but met one another through playing basketball at the Recreational Center.

Prince Woodrow, a senior computer engineering major and current member of the Ag-gieland Gorillaz, said one day he and the other seven mem-bers decided to form an intra-mural team.

“We played with each other at the REC a lot and we en-joyed playing with each other, so we decided to make our own team for intramurals,” Woodraw said. “We invited a lot of people to watch the very first game we ever played here at A&M, and after that people started consistently to come and watch us play.”

Since the inaugural year of the Aggieland Gorillaz, 19 peo-ple have played for the team including former member Jarod Jahns who plays for the A&M men’s basketball team.

“I see the Aggieland Go-rillaz more as a family than a team,” said Justin Henderson, a senior human resources ma-jor and current member of the Aggieland Gorillaz. “We do everything together, whether it is planning for the next time to play basketball or talk about the game of basketball. We, as a team, have no conflict and al-ways stick together.

The Aggieland Gorillaz trav-el across the state to play teams from other universities. Orga-nizations such as the National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association, NIRSA, and the American Collegiate Intramural Sports, ACIS, have the tourna-

ments at different universities around the nation. Teams must be approved by the intramural director and the Office of Reg-istrar before they can enter the tournament. Last year, the Ag-gieland Gorillaz won the Men’s Competitive Championship and the All-University Cham-pionship for the 2010 intramu-ral basketball season.

Last year, the Aggieland Go-rillaz were also awarded “Team of the Week” by Champion sportswear, for teams that show team spirit, effort and other sportsmanship qualities.

“We all love to play basket-ball, so a lot of our chemistry comes from that,” Woodrow said. “On offense we like to play fast pace so we run a lot, as a result we like playing an up-tempo or a run-and-gun type of game. We like to full court press teams to help pick up the tempo of the game. Our defense is kind of what we focus on the most because it helps to ignite our offense.”

For the upcoming season,

the Aggieland Gorillaz will

play in the regional qualify-

ing tournament at A&M this

weekend. After the qualifying

tournament, the Gorillaz start

their regular season. Games

for intramurals will be on Feb.

13 and Feb. 20 at the recre-

ational center. The Gorillaz

will then be competing in the

2011 NIRSA NCCS (National

Campus Championship Series)

Regional Tournament from

Feb. 25 to Feb. 27 at the Uni-

versity of Texas-San Antonio.

“I expect nothing less than

winning the qualifying tour-

nament,” said Kel Emelogu, a

senior structural civil engineer

major and current member of

the Aggieland Gorillaz. “All of

the things that make these events

happen for the Aggieland Go-

rillaz wouldn’t happen without

Prince [Woodrow]. He makes

sure that we get to practice

with each other and become

notified for whenever a game is

approaching through text mes-

sages.”

Roland RuizSpecial to The Battalion

sports

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Blizzard spreads snowy shroud over nearly half US

CHICAGO — A fearsome storm spread a smothering shroud of white over nearly half the nation Wednesday, snarling transportation from Oklahoma to New England, burying parts of the Midwest under 2 feet of snow and laying down danger-ously heavy ice in the North-east that was too much for some buildings to bear.

Tens of millions of people stayed home. The hardy few who ventured out faced howl-ing winds that turned snow-flakes into face-stinging nee-dles. Chicago’s 20.2 inches of snow was the city’s third-larg-est amount on record. In New York’s Central Park, the path-ways resembled skating rinks.

The storm that resulted from two clashing air masses was, if not unprecedented, extraordi-narily rare for its size and fero-cious strength.

“A storm that produces a swath of 20-inch snow is really

something we’d see once every 50 years — maybe,” National Weather Service meteorologist Thomas Spriggs said.

Across the storm’s path, lonely commuters struggled against drifts 3 and 4 feet deep in eerily silent streets, some of which had not seen a plow’s blade since the snow started a day earlier. Parkas and ski gog-gles normally reserved for the slopes became essential for get-ting to work.

“This is probably the most snow I’ve seen in the last 34 years,” joked 34-year-old Chi-cagoan Michael George. “I saw some people cross-country ski-ing on my way to the train. It was pretty wild.”

Although skies were begin-ning to clear by mid-afternoon over much of the nation’s mid-section, the storm promised to leave a blast of bitter cold in its wake. Overnight temperatures in the upper Midwest were ex-

pected to fall to minus 5 to mi-nus 20, with wind chills as low as minus 30.

The system was blamed for at least 10 deaths, including a homeless man who burned to death on New York’s Long Is-land as he tried to light cans of cooking fuel and a woman in Oklahoma City who was killed while being pulled behind a truck on a sled that hit a guard rail.

Airport operations slowed to a crawl nationwide, and flight cancellations reached 13,000 for the week, making this sys-tem the most disruptive so far this winter. A massive post-Christmas blizzard led to about 10,000 cancellations.

In the winter-weary North-east, thick ice collapsed several structures, including a gas sta-tion canopy on Long Island and an airplane hangar and garages near Boston.

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Photos by Stephanie Leichtle — THE BATTALION

A member of the Chinese Students and Scholars Association performs a

traditional dance at the Rabbit Year Spring Festival Saturday.

parades and light off fireworks together,” said Jessica Morri-son, a freshman general studies major. “It’s my favorite time of the year, because I get to see all my family that comes from all over just to visit.”

The Chinese Students and Scholars Association, CSSA, will be presenting the Rabbit Year Spring Festival Perfor-mance from 7 to 9:30 p.m. on Jan. 29 in Rudder Auditorium. In addition to a magic show, there will be demonstrations of Kung Fu, violin, piano and several traditional Chinese in-strumental pieces. Through the celebratory demos, CSSA will bring the traditions of the Chinese festival to many who might not have been exposed to it otherwise.

“The entire show will be performed in Chinese,” said Kevin Qian, a senior mechani-cal engineering major. “We will do our best to convey the Chinese traditions and rich his-tory for our fellow Aggies.”

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