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Dog in the Morning.Trey Norman, sophomore electri-

cal engineering major and KANM DJ Folktronic, said the station set up is cha-otic at the moment, but should change next spring.

“I’m looking forward to the MSC move. It’s a much nicer facility,” Nor-man said.

The broadcasting studio is currently located in the Graphic Services Building.

The radio station also promotes vari-ous groups and events happening on campus and around town.

“I believe it’s important to have a

college radio station because it gives the student body a media to voice their opinion,” said sophomore industrial dis-tribution major Christian Fernandez. “A person’s music choice is a big opinion for a person and we deserve to speak our mind.”

The station has several broadcast channels that allow students to tune-in regardless of their location: 1580 AM, Campus Cable Channel 88, 99.9 FM and online at KANM.tamu.edu. Stu-dents can even listen on their smart phones with a radio application.

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research | 4Graduate students face cutsChanges in the funding policy for graduate students left some without teaching jobs. Others struggle to get by without paid tuition. The Offi ce of Graduate Studies weighs in.

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SEC videoA&M and SEC offi cials answered questions about fi nances, rivalries and expansion plans at a press conference on Monday. Visit www.thebatt.com to hear about these issues from the speakers.

SEC officials visit Aggieland to celebrate expansion

Conference pals

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A&M Athletic Director Bill Byrne, University President Bowen Loftin, SEC Commissioner Mike Slive and SEC Chairman Bernie Machen saw ‘em off at the press conference Monday at The Zone Club in Kyle Field.

Maroon-clad fans filed into the Zone Club at Kyle Field well before 6 p.m. to welcome Southeastern Conference officials and celebrate Texas A&M’s new conference home.

SEC Commissioner Mike Slive and Bernie Machen, chair of SEC presidents and chancellors, spoke from a platform positioned behind A&M’s four NCAA championship trophies from 2011 and welcomed the University to the “league of champions.”

Machen said he anticipates many exciting football games from the newest member of the SEC.

“I’m here to welcome this great university to the SEC on be-half of the SEC presidents and chan-cellors,” Slive said. “I can’t wait to come to Kyle Field on for football games on Saturdays.”

Slive and Loftin exchanged A&M and SEC helmets representing their respective organiza-tions. Slive wore a maroon tie to honor the Aggies, and Loftin wore a striped blue and gold bowtie representing A&M’s new conference affiliation.

Director of A&M Athletics, Bill Byrne, joined Loftin, Machen and Slive on stage af-ter the welcoming ceremony to field questions about the alignment process and A&M’s future

in the SEC.Slive said the league was “very happy” with

its 12-team format but thought A&M was “a real fit” when it expressed interest in joining. Slive also discussed speculation of further ex-pansion for the SEC. When the SEC expanded in 1991 to 12 teams, the Conference added

two members — Arkansas and South Carolina — balancing the East and

West divisions. “We have not been neces-

sarily looking to expand,” Slive said. “At some point in time, that may come to pass. We anticipate being a 13-team league.”

The venue grew silent when officials addressed

speculation that the begin-ning of A&M’s membership

in the SEC brings an end to the Aggies’ rivalry against the Univer-

sity of Texas. Loftin said he has not discussed the rivalry

with Texas officials in that context. He pointed out that some SEC members maintain similar non-conference rivalries, specifically mention-ing Georgia-Georgia Tech and Florida-Florida State.

Loftin said the rivalry is important to the fans and the University.

“This is a storied rivalry,” Loftin said. “It’s

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Loftin fields questions while wearing a blue and yellow bow tie in honor of the SEC during Monday’s press conference.

KANM broadcasts student mix

KANM has been on campus for 35 years, and carries the tradition today as a student-run radio station that op-erates independently of the Univer-sity. The station’s goal is to play music outside of the commercial spectrum, exploring genres from indie rock and pop to folk and jazz.

Students who have listened to or seen the operations said they feel that it’s a good thing to have on a col-lege campus, even if it breaks from the University’s personality.

“It’s good for the college vibe, not so professional, more down to earth,” said James Fife, sophomore engineer-ing technology major.

The DJs run free form shows us-ing original playlists. To add to the uniqueness of the music lineup, the DJs use on-air names like Dingoes Ate My Cake, Folktronic, and Hot

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State law changes speed limits

As of Sept. 1, Texas mo-torists no longer have separate speed limits for nighttime and daytime driving.

The 82nd Texas Legis-lature passed HB 1353 this summer, which removed the distinction between night and day speed limits, as well as differential speed limits for trucks.

Henry Stowe, an activ-ist for the National Motorist Association, said in a press release that the change was determined by a speed study by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), called an 85th percentile study. This study measured the driving speed of vehicles on rural roads and highways to determine the speed be-low which 85 percent of drivers travel.

Also as a result of the leg-islation, TxDOT is consider-ing increasing rural highway speed limits from 70 to 75 mph on some stretches of road. Michael Jedlicka, traffic engineer for the Bryan dis-trict TxDOT, said this pro-vision of the bill could affect multiple roads in the Bryan-College Station area.

“The studies are said to start this year and continue on to next year til they’re all complete,” Jedicka said. “In-side Bryan-College station we have only one major highway, yet as it stretches in different directions, the roadways may be potential candidates for this speed limit change.”

Junior psychology major Zaid Siddiqui said he believes these changes are needed for rural highways as the five mph increase will not cause safety

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KANM DJs must adhere to FCC’s policy regarding on-air obscenities, but enjoy freedoms because of their on-campus location.

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Aggies show SEC pride

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Students hold up a “Come and take it” flag at the SEC celebration Monday evening at The Zone Club in Kyle Field.

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bryan-college stationThree men rob downtown jewelry storeBryan police said three Hispanic men robbed the Joyeria jewelry store at 1305 W. William J. Bryan Parkway in downtown Bryan on Monday. According to witness accounts, the suspects entered the store at 11:11 a.m. with a weapon and demanded money. As the confrontation escalated, one of the suspects struck the store owner in the back of the head, according to police, after which point the suspects fl ed the store with an undisclosed amount of cash and merchandise. The store owner told police he was able to fi re a gun at the suspects’ vehicle as they made their escape, despite the physical attack. Police offi cers said it is unknown if any of the suspects were struck by the gunshot as they fl ed the location. There were no other reported injuries during the robbery. Police said at this point, the robbery is under a preliminary investigation. The Bryan Police Department requested that anyone with information about the crime contact BPD at 979-209-5300 or contact Crime Stoppers anonymously at 979-775-TIPS.

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The website provides in-formation about the station, such as which DJ is playing, what they’re playing and their playlists.

Since the station is broad-casted mostly on campus, KANM organizers said it has greater liberties than main-stream radio stations. How-ever, KANM is obligated to follow some guidelines set by the Federal Communications Commission. KANM DJs must adhere to the FCC’s policy regarding on-air ob-scenities. Expletive language is not allowed to air during

the hours of 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. If the station ever ex-panded off-campus, KANM would have to get a license and deal more intensely with the FCC.

Norman said if any student is interested in being a DJ, the station is always accepting ap-plications. He added that stu-dents don’t have to have any experience with radio broad-casting.

Junior philosophy major Jon Werlang, on-air name Dingoes Ate My Cake, said that KANM is a way to broaden one’s horizons.

“It helps me experience music I wouldn’t otherwise know,” Werland said.

KANM radio DJs offer alternative music options. AJ Adams — THE BATTALION

nationObama defends tax increases on rich at town hall forumMOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Inviting questions, President Barack Obama got one he was happy to answer. “Would you please raise my taxes?” one man asked the president at a town hall here Monday, hosted by the social networking company LinkedIn. The questioner described himself as unemployed by choice after succeeding at a search-engine startup company that did “quite well” — he was later identifi ed as former Google executive Doug Edwards. That gave Obama a chance to promote his nearly $450 billion jobs plan that would be paid for by higher taxes opposed by Republicans but not, evidently, by some of Silicon Valley’s wealthiest. “I appreciate the fact that you recognize that we’re in this thing together. We’re not on our own,” Obama said. “Those of us who have been successful, we’ve always got to remember that.” The president plugged his jobs agenda in fi elding questions on the employment picture, education, Medicare and Social Security. Obama is in a deadlock with congressional Republicans, including House leaders, over raising taxes as part of a formula for helping a staggering economy. He has put forward a debt-reduction plan that would raise $1.5 trillion in new revenue, including about $800 billion over 10 years from repealing the Bush-era tax cuts for couples making more than $250,000.

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From H.P. “Phil” Brust Jr., Class of 1977 As we celebrate the historic move to the SEC,

I scribbled some new lyrics for an additional

verse to our War Hymn. No disrespect to J.V.

“Pinky” Wilson or the magnifi cent original

version.

Hullabaloo, Caneck, Caneck

Hullabaloo, Caneck, Caneck

Good bye to texas university

Hello to the S.E.C. — it fi ts so right!

Good luck to dear old Texas Aggies

They are the ones who show the real old fi ght

We put up with them over six score years

Now it is time for us to tell (Sick as hell!)

So good luck to dear old Texas Aggies

We’re gonna beat you all to…

Chigaroogarem, Chigaroogarem

Rough, Tough, Real stuff, Texas A&M

We are the Aggies!

Fightin’ Texas Aggies!

We are the Aggies!

Hail! A!

We are the Aggies!

Fightin’ Texas Aggies!

We are the Aggies!

Hail! A!

From Julie Baker, Class of 1993It’s offi cial — A&M is headed to the SEC.

Now is the time for starting anew, in a brand

new conference with brand new rivalries. A

good fi rst step for breaking away from the

old is for Aggies everywhere to take the time

to learn and sing the fi rst verse of the Aggie

War Hymn. The Battalion wrote an editorial in

2005 defending the tradition of only singing to

Texas, but to many, it comes off as a bit silly

to sing a fi ght song about a team we weren’t

playing. I know this won’t be popular, but it

always made A&M look like they suffered from

a bit of an inferiority complex.

It’s time for change.

Hullabaloo, Caneck! Caneck!

Hullabaloo, Caneck! Caneck!

All hail to dear old Texas A&M,

Rally around Maroon and White,

Good luck to dear old Texas Aggies,

They are the boys who show the real old fi ght.

That good old Aggie spirit thrills us.

And makes us yell and yell and yell;

So let’s fi ght for dear old Texas A&M,

We’re goin’ to beat you all to hell.

Chig-gar-roo-gar-rem!

Chig-gar-roo-gar-rem!

Rough! Tough!

Real stuff! Texas A&M!

From David Sanguesa, Class of 1985I am writing on the performance and coaching

of the Texas A&M football team against OSU.

Nothing has changed at A&M over the years

when it comes to football. When are we going

to win the big games? When are we going

to win a national championship? Since 1939,

we have not won the title. I love my Aggies,

but I am tired of our team not winning against

big teams like OSU... Again, the Aggies were

not prepared and gave up in the second half.

Where is the mental toughness to win? We

are not tough enough. Now, the SEC. Is it all

about money and greed Mr. Loftin? The focus

has been on the SEC and not winning. LSU,

Alabama, OU and now OSU... when is it going

to change? Championships are won with great

coaches — Saban, Miles, Stoops — confi -

dence and leadership. Coach Sherman, we

need leadership and mental toughness to get

that title. I know you can do it. We should

have beaten OSU and been No. 5 in the nation.

Good luck with the rest of the season.

From Robert A. Brown, Class of 1964The Sept. 6 editorial “Confederate on Cam-

pus,” is a beautiful example of the currently

fashionable demand for “ethnically cleansing”

the South of any traces of the Confederacy.

Perpetrators of this nonsense are: yankees,

NAACP inspired agitators, liberal-progressive-

Marxist crybabies, and Southern scalawags.

Season with a hefty dose of politically correct

name calling, you’re insensitive, you’re a RAC-

IST and Lincoln-worship and you have a dandy

stew. Trouble is it’s built on fraudulent, pur-

pose-driven historical revisionism and outright

lies concocted to assuage contrived “outraged

sensibilities.” Ross did not commit treason.

The North was dead set on creating a universal

Yankee nation, destroying the sovereignty of

the states, and trampling the liberty of their

citizens. Consequently, the North refused to

abide by the terms of The Constitution of the

United States of America. The Southern states

seceded. Lincoln mounted a massive, illegal

seaborne invasion of South Carolina. Ross and

almost a million Southerners fought valiantly

for four years defending their country, homes,

and families. After the War, Chief Justice

Salmon P. Chase derailed any treason trial of

President Jefferson Davis because secession

and resisting invasion weren’t treason. Case

closed 145 years ago. ‘

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Cuts affect tuition fundingGrad students feel financial pinch amid tight budgets

Budget cuts at the univer-sity and departmental levels left many graduate students without tuition funding, giv-ing students questions in the place of paychecks.

Andrew Seely, a biology graduate student who con-ducts research in Michael Manson’s laboratory, said that the cuts in graduate student funding directly impacted those involved in his lab.

Seely said that undergradu-ate students felt the cuts while signing up for classes because class offerings decreased, but this had financial implications for graduate students.

“We really rely on TA [teaching assistant] positions, not just in the fall and spring semesters, but also during the summer,” Seely said. “The number one thing that the budget cuts in our depart-ment did was that it really narrowed the scope of classes that were offered. So when you don’t have as many biol-ogy classes, you don’t have as many TA positions.”

Manson funds his own research in the lab, and vol-untarily decided to pay his graduate students out-of-pocket during summer and fall — $1,000 for each student per month.

“Luckily, in this lab, Dr. Manson took us on as student workers,” Seely said. “So we got paid, but not to the extent that we did when we taught.”

Seely said in this respect

and others, the class reduc-tions affected professors as much as graduate students.

“For three months, [Man-son] paid us straight out of his pocket, which was dif-ficult for him, too, because he wasn’t able to teach dur-ing the summer,” Seely said. “[The cuts] affected the tenured professors who like to pick up extra salary dur-ing the summer. They were passed over because you can hire someone less than a tenured professor for a little cheaper.”

Seely expressed apprecia-tion for Manson and his will-ingness to keep the lab going. He said that because gradu-ate students are not teach-ing, they have been able to conduct additional research. Seely also said that the self-sufficiency of Manson’s lab, and his generosity to his stu-dents, provoked a stronger work ethic.

“We were really grateful, because it is better than the alternative, which was either nothing, or go mow lawns or whatever you can do to get money,” Seely said.

Chris Adase, a biochemis-try graduate student and an-other student worker in Man-son’s laboratory, said smaller paychecks have serious impli-cations for graduate students.

“You still have to pay your car insurance, you still have to eat, you still have to drive around … you can’t just say, ‘Well, I’m going to move back home with my par-ents,’” Adase said. “You can’t

just say, ‘I’m going to stop my research and go do something else.’ Your research is what gets you graduated.”

Karen Butler-Purry, as-sociate provost for gradu-ate studies, said the history of graduate student funding dates to 2005.

“[Former University President Robert] Gates es-tablished a mandate that said that tuition would be paid for all graduate assistants,” said Karen Butler-Purry, associate provost for graduate studies. “That would be student em-ployees in the departments as TAs, research assistants, or

graduate assistants.”Butler-Purry said there was

no limit to the original man-date. Any graduate assistants could receive tuition funding, provided that they were em-ployees of the University.

However, as the number of graduate students grew, so did the amount of money that was required to maintain across-the-board funding, to the detriment of other obliga-tions in the Office of Gradu-ate Studies.

“We could no longer re-ally cover everyone who would receive this benefit, and also we would be ex-

periencing a cut in our tu-ition funds beginning in fall 2011,” Butler-Purry said. “As a result, the mandate of tuition funding was nar-rowed to all doctoral gradu-ate assistants and a select number of master’s graduate assistants.”

Butler-Purry added that OGS set funds aside for mas-ter’s graduate assistants who were given commitments from the University before spring 2011.

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Biochemistry graduate student Chris Adase conducts laboratory research for Michael Manson. Adase was affected by the change in tuition funding.

nation&worldNew rule appeals to women scientistsWASHINGTON — First lady Michelle Obama and top offi cials in her husband’s administration are embracing new rules designed to make it easier for scientists — especially women — to balance work and family. The new rules drafted by the National Science Foundation would let both men and women delay or suspend research grants for up to a year to tend to urgent family needs. Other steps include electronic reviews for grant proposals and increased fl exibility in tenure decisions and the hiring of replacements.

Scientists challenge EinsteinGENEVA — For more than a century, scientists have tried to fi nd cracks in Einstein’s theory of relativity. On Thursday, the world’s biggest physics lab unveiled a shocking fi nding: that one type of subatomic particle was clocked going faster than the speed of light. If true — a big if, even the scientists there concede — it could undercut Einstein’s theories.

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limits is to keep safe driving standards, but rural highways put speed limits that don’t affect safety, just merely the amount of time spent to get to your destination,” Siddiqui said.

Cynthia White, public in-formation officer for the Dal-las TxDOT district, said road-ways that have environmental speed limits won’t be affected.

“In our district only one potential roadway could be impacted which is interstate 45 in the Navarro county as it is outside the environmen-tal speed limit region. The environmental speed limits are in place from the federal level — the Environmental Protection Agency — which can’t be overridden, by state law” White said.

Environmental speed lim-its in Texas can be found in large metropolitan areas such as Houston or Dallas. The speed limits are lower than

they would be otherwise in order to reduce vehicle emis-sions that contribute to smog.

White said that although Dallas and Houston will not likely see significant speed limit changes, lightly popu-lated areas with geographic features that can be found in the Brazos Valley are likely candidates.

“Our district, like Hous-ton, will not change our speed limits. The most likely roadways to implement this change, once studied, are ru-ral areas with straight roads and no curves or hills,” White said.

The TxDOT Houston transportations engineer su-pervisor, Michael Awa, said he doesn’t expect Houston-area speed limits to change as a result of the legislation.

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Byrne also said he wants to keep the Lone star Showdown alive, but said scheduling will be difficult. Slive said he wants A&M’s football rivalry with Texas to maintain its tradi-tional slot near Thanksgiving.

Regarding exit fees from the Big 12, Loftin said nego-tiations are ongoing but did not offer an estimated expense, which has been rumored to be as much as $20 million.

“I cannot give you a num-ber, obviously,” Loftin said. “We know what the range will be a will move forward tomorrow if necessary.”

Machen addressed the

league’s decision to add A&M with pending legal matters still looming. He said Univer-sity of Oklahoma officials ex-pressed initial concern in the move but recently committed to stay in the Big 12. Machen said this decision gave the SEC confidence that adding A&M would be without significant legal ramifications.

The last question was di-rected to Byrne, regarding his opinion of how A&M will perform in SEC competitions across the athletic department.

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A&M is scheduled to join the SEC on July 1, 2012, and it will compete in all sports in the conference the following fall.

Kennedy says basketball ready for SEC”Obviously it’s a league noted for its football, I grew up in New Orleans, so I’ve seen that, and it’s real. It’s a real league. SEC basketball has some quality teams too, in both the West and the East. You can see through the expansion of some of the new facilities at (places like) Ole Miss and Mississippi State and Auburn that the league is growing. We have to continue to grow our program and we look forward to the challenge.”

— A&M head men’s basketball coach

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