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A middle-aged Chinese woman sits in a light blue hospital gown. She doesn’t seem to notice that Sihua Zhang, her daughter, sits near her on the end of an otherwise-empty bed.

Sihua is beautiful like her mother, but any further resemblance between the two is off-set by the distinct dissimilarity in their eyes. While her mother’s gaze is drifting and va-cant, Sihua’s eyes are heavy with heartache.

Only a few months prior, Zhang was an undergraduate at Texas A&M University working toward a degree in special educa-tion. But since mid-January, Zhang’s life has not been the same.

“I have a very strong passion for helping chil-dren in need, so I chose to major in special edu-cation, which is an ex-tremely challenging pro-gram,” Zhang said.

After being admit-ted to A&M last semester, Zhang invited her mom to come to College Station to help take care of Zhang’s daughter, al-lowing the college student to concentrate on schoolwork.

Twelve days after her arrival, Zhang’s mother had a sudden brain hemorrhage and was taken to the emergency room.

For three weeks Zhang’s mother was in a coma and could neither breathe nor eat on her own. Zhang withdrew from A&M and paid the operation fee with the money she had planned to use for next semester’s tuition. But Zhang said it was not a difficult choice to drop out of A&M and take care of her mother.

“To tell you the truth, I really wish I could use my life to exchange hers, because she’s my beloved one, and she’s a great woman,” Zhang said. “I know everyone’s mom is great. They gave their children the best. But my mom just gave me extra. She raised me by herself.”

Zhang said she felt it was time she gave something back to her mother after her mother had overcome so much difficulty to raise her.

“Even though I got admission to the spe-cial education program, I had to withdraw,” Zhang said. “[My mother] is my priority … I am the only person who can take care of her.”

Aggies personalize education with career-specific options

Major mix-up

Students have taken to mixing up their major with special certificate distinctions offered within their colleges. By adding one or more of these certificate pro-grams, students are differentiating their degree and putting more structure into their academic course plan.

A&M’s 39,000 undergraduate students have a selection of more than 150 ma-jors, 70 minors and a growing number of certificates.

“Sometimes I think students think they can only do their degree, but col-lege is here for us. It is up to us to make the most of our time here,” said senior business management major Meredith Harper. “There are so many cool degrees, minors, certificates, pro-grams, etcetera that are hid-den.”

Advisers at A&M have increased pro-motion of their college’s certificate pro-grams. Mays Business School and the Departments of Political Science and Recreation Parks and Tourism Sciences offer a variety of options.

“A certificate demonstrates that a student has taken a concentrated set of courses and enrichment experiences in a specific area,” said Janet Parish, clinical a s s o c i a t e p ro f e s s o r and as-s i s t a n t depart-m e n t head

of the marketing department at Mays Business School. “This can help a student gain a more complete under-standing of the industry or job type they are headed toward.”

Harper designed her path of

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Aggies adjust to Sumlin styleIn the first public intra-squad

scrimmage of the season Fri-day night, senior wide receiver Ryan Swope took a routine bubble screen 75 yards down-field to the painted grass. The completed pass was due in large part to a well-placed block from sophomore receiver Mike Ev-ans, a 6-foot 5-inch physical specimen who didn’t see the field last season but has left the new coaching staff impressed. Swope said Evans’ play em-bodied the message that new head coach Kevin Sumlin has preached since day one in Ag-gieland.

“That’s the attitude we have to have out there on the field,” Swope said. “Everyone’s got to block, everyone’s got to do the little things to be a great football team.”

Things look different around the A&M practice fields, and it’s not just the SEC logos embla-zoned on the siding of the facil-ity’s walls. Sumlin’s spread of-fense has forced the entire team

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to ramp up its conditioning.“It’s still tough, but we’ve

gotten a lot more used to it,” said senior defensive back Ste-ven Terrell. “We’ve gotten in shape and progressed, and now we can actually get lined up to it and do a little more. It’s good but we’ve still got some ways to go lining up, but I think we’ve made big strides.”

Sumlin’s style is serious on

Student spreads positivity with T-shirt venture

Junior horticulture major Matthew Wein-trub lost almost everything when his apart-ment complex caught fire last year. Now, as an entrepreneur and artist, Weintrub has started his own clothing line, 4 One Love, marketing positivity and a hopeful vision.

In April 2011, Weintrub arrived home to find his apartment in flames and most of his possessions lost. However, he decided to re-build and make something out of nothing. Weintrub started a franchise with the purpose of emanating optimism through clothing.

“After the fire and losing all my stuff, I re-ally wanted positive clothing,” Weintrub said. “I looked for stuff like that online and didn’t find anything so I just decided to go ahead and make my own.”

Weintrub’s clothing features uplifting slo-gans and images, all meant to have encourag-ing effects on the people who wear and see the clothes.

“I really just want to help people’s mentali-ties,” Weintrub said. “I want to remind them that nothing’s as bad as it seems and give them

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Roger Zhang — THE BATTALION

Freshman place kicker Taylor Bertolet practices field goals during spring training Monday afternoon.

sports business

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Choosing between family and educationstudent life

A&M student drops out of school to afford care for ailing mother


Volunteers help Sihua Zhang and her mother with feeding, bathing and emotional support.

the field and goofy off it, Ter-rell said, and Swope described him as a fun coach to play for.

“He’s got a lot of energy,” Swope said. “He’s got that mentality of getting better every day and really pushing us to be the best we can be. He really emphasizes that with us and we’re going to go out

See Football on page 5 See T-shirt on page 2

Christina Fuentes — THE BATTALION

baseballAggies on the road

The No. 12 Aggies will look to snap a 5-game losing streak Tuesday when they travel to Fort Worth to play the TCU Horned Frogs. TCU is riding a 9-game winning streak entering the 6:30 p.m. contest in Lupton Stadium. The Aggies rose to No. 2 in the nation before losing to top-10 opponents Rice and Baylor last week.

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I tell her, ‘I love you,’ every day, but she doesn’t understand what I’m telling her.

Even though she’s still alive, this kind of life is very dif-ficult for herself and for my family.”

— Sihua Zhang, former A&M undergraduate student

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that positive outlook that’s helped me out.”

Weintrub started and runs 4 One Love all on his own, having spent this past summer and fall coming up with de-signs, finding sellers and fig-uring out the business aspects of the venture.

“Making 4 One Love into a reality has been awesome,” Weintrub said. “Coming up with the idea and actually see-ing everything come to life has just been really amazing.”

Weintrub currently sells his clothes on his website, 4onelove.com, and at North-gate Vintage. Northgate Vin-tage owner J.R. Ewing said he’s excited about helping Weintrub with his vision.

“I think it’s great that he’s trying to spread optimism through his work,” Ewing said. “It’s a noble cause and a noble idea to make positivity a mainstream thing.”

Weintrub’s designs for 4 One Love are often influ-enced by things he sees and reads on ordinary days. He said he has no professional art experience, but works hard

developing designs and com-ing up with new ideas to in-corporate into his work.

“I really like his shirts,” said senior horticulture ma-jor Bailey Keith. “They’re all very unique and artistic. I ac-tually just bought the Radiate Love shirt.”

Weintrub said he would like to see his line grow one day, but for now is fine with it remaining an ongoing dream.

“It’s definitely my dream. I want it to expand but then again I don’t want to project it too much,” Weintrub said.

“I really just want to get the word out and change things up for the better.”

Weintrub also said he’s not in the business for the profit, but for the effect he hopes his work will have on people.

“It’s not about the money right now,” Weintrub said.”I just want more positivity and for people to wear my clothes. I want to change the model for how we do things.”

4 One Love currently includes sweatshirts and T-shirts, with some art on the side.

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correctionsIn Monday’s page 1 article, “Loftin recommends fee increase,” the four mandatory fee increase requests made by University President R. Bowen Loftin to the board of regents were the Computer Access/Instructional Technology Fee, Library Use Fee, Student Recreation Center Fee and University Writing Center Fee. The fi rst two fees are per semester credit hour, while the latter two are per semester fees, not dependent on credit hours. The total requested increase for a student enrolled in 15 credit hours is $43.58.

The Battalion welcomes readers’ comments about published information that may require correction. We will pursue your concern to determine whether a correction needs to be published. Please contact us at [email protected].

campusA&M names MSC ballroomJohn Bethancourt, Class of 1974, along with his wife Debbie, Class of 1976, have donated $2 million to the MSC renovation and expansion project. The Bethancourts’ gift is currently the largest that has been made to the effort. In recognition of the family’s support, the grand ballroom of the MSC has been named the Debbie ’76 and John ’74 Bethancourt Family Ballroom. John Bethancourt, chairman of the Texas A&M Foundation, graduated from Texas A&M with a degree in petroleum engineering and worked at Getty Oil Co., Texaco and Chevron Corp. during his career.

Kelly Tucker, staff writer

Cultural creativity


Baki Cavlazoglu, education graduate student, practices “Ebru” or paper marbling, during the Turkish Student Association’s Turkish Cuisine and Handicraft Festival in Harrington Square Monday afternoon. The process involves gently dipping paint pigment in oily water, then layering paper over the paint to transfer it after the design is finished.

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Junior horticulture major Matthew Weintrub, left, sells his shirts online and at Northgate Vintage. Even without professional art experience, Weintrub hopes to further expand his line of clothing.

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of sharpened wooden stakes, authorities said. Two men arrested over the weekend on suspicion of misdemeanor reckless endangerment told authorities the traps were intended for wildlife, but investigators didn’t believe the story.

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Adopting a green lifestyle is making more of a splash on campus than expected. Ag-gies all over campus are tak-ing full advantage of ways to reduce their impact on the Earth.

Jakob Rosenberg, senior information and operations management major and co-chair of the Environmental Issues Committee, stresses just how easy it is for stu-dents to make the effort to go green on campus.

“Taking the bus, using the water bottle filling stations around campus and taking shorter showers are all very do-able ways for us to adopt a green lifestyle,” Rosen-burg said.

Water filling stations lo-cated around campus help cut down on the amount of plastic bottles used. New Big Belly trash and recycle cans give students an alternative way to dispose of trash.

“It’s not as hard as it seems,” said Amanda Cer-novich, senior health major and co-chair for the Envi-ronmental Issues Commit-tee.

Kelly Maxwell, senior en-vironmental studies major, advocates strongly for the use of reusable canvas bags when shopping.

“They give them out for free, why would you not use one?” Maxwell said.

The Environmental Issues Committee plans to work in accordance with Texas A&M Athletics in order to turn Kyle Field’s concession stand food containers into compost material, replacing the plastic containers cur-rently used. The compost would be taken up by Brazos Valley Recycling.

“It will overall divert the amount of trash in the land-fills,” Cernovich said.

The Environmental is-

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Students go extra ‘green’ mileJoseph NashThe Battalion

sues Committee also plans on working with the IT de-partment to start an eWaste drive.

Some would say that on a college student’s budget, buying compost materi-als, granola food and hemp clothing items may not be a top priority. Rosenberg and Cernovich would disagree. Both feel that the effort is worth it and efficient. They said that we all have a per-sonal responsibility to the planet we live on.

“We all live here, so we all have a job to protect our planet. It’s a universal ef-fort,” Cernovich said.

Rosenberg said that the entire green movement has real staying power and isn’t just a trend.

“I’m glad it’s trendy and has become the thing to do. I feel that the movement is here to stay. We need to start now in order to save our fu-ture,“ Rosenberg said.

Rosenberg said that with the size of the Environmen-tal Issues Committee now, small manageable goals in the Bryan-College Station area and around campus are realistic. It will take some time and effort to see their goals reach a larger scale.

texasTexas inmate set to die this week wins reprieveHUNTSVILLE — A 29-year-old convict set to die this week for a fatal shooting during the robbery and abductions at an East Texas convenience store has won a reprieve from a federal judge. Beunka Adams was set for lethal injection Thursday evening in Huntsville for the September 2002 slaying of 37-year-old Kenneth Vandever outside Rusk. Vandever and two women were abducted during the robbery, one of the women was raped, and all three were shot. The women survived. Lawyers for Adams convinced U.S. District Judge Michael Schneider in Texarkana, Texas, that the execution should be delayed.

nationCalifornia to vote on abolishing death penaltySAN FRANCISCO — California voters will have a chance to decide whether to abolish the state’s death penalty this November. The secretary of state’s offi ce announced Monday that a measure qualifi ed for the ballot that would make life in prison without parole the harshest punishment in the state. The proposition would convert the sentences of 725 death row inmates to life prison terms. The state has executed 13 inmates since voters reinstated the death penalty in 1978.

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To get involvedThe Environmental Issues Committee is celebrating Earth Day 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Wednesday in Rudder Plaza.


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From Dawn Peterangelo, senior aerospace engineering major The Battalion, over the past month, has tackled an issue that is extraordinarily diffi cult to discuss: sexual assault. I particularly applaud the interviews with representatives from the Sexual Assault Resource Center. The center is a great resource, and is there to help if you have been assaulted. Joe Terrell also did a great job of tackling several different types of sexual assault, from the sexual assault of men to date rape. In my four years at Texas A&M University, I have never been as happy with an article as I have been with this series. So thank you, The Battalion, for presenting the facts about an issue that has long been swept under the rug.

From Sarah Szuminski, Class of 2004Studying abroad in Castiglion Fiorentino, Italy, my junior year at Texas A&M University was easily one of the best experiences of my life, thanks in no small part to Paolo Barucchieri, longtime director of the Texas A&M study abroad program in Italy who died April 9 after battling cancer. I will always remember my days at Santa Chiara and all the trips Paolo guided us on throughout the country, including a ski trip to the Swiss-Italian Alps. I have no doubt he impacted the life of every student who passed through his doors. He will be greatly missed and always remembered. Rest in peace, Paolo, and thank you for the great memories.

From Joseph Hovsepian, Class of 1950Ron Paul’s visit was a great example of greatness. Invite people to speak that have common sense — not like Rep. Nancy Pelosi (infamous for saying, I paraphrase, “Pass Obamacare, then we can read it later.”) and President Barack Obama, who were both invited to A&M in the past few years. Glad to see the majority of Ags are on the conservative side.

From Ellen Onderko, Class of 1950I read with great interest the guest column about creating a humane model of acceptance at Texas A&M University, “A tradition of acceptance,” published April 10. My own experience in Silicon Valley, Calif., — where engineers from every country on Earth are rubbing shoulders — may give a wider view to the concept. In 15 years at two companies I became accustomed to meeting three colleagues at a cubicle intersection and realizing we had four different fi rst languages, four different countries of origin, four different cultural and possibly economic backgrounds. At one luncheon, a class of mine had nine Vietnamese “boat people” telling their stories. Yes, we worked with each other. Yes, we ate with each other. Yes, we were friends and teammates at work. You would think the culture of acceptance could be rated high. But at night we all went home to the California of plurality — each to a different neighborhood refl ecting our individual cultures. We didn’t invite each other over very often, partially because of the many long distance commuters. But mainly we found housing through existing family and friends and often near them. After work we didn’t need our co-workers to fi ll our lives. Acceptance was very high in the workplace where there was need. But outside of work, acceptance became the same old one-on-one story. I found acceptance with people from all over the world because I sought and enjoyed it. I worked to understand them and enjoy what they brought to the table. Other people did not pursue acceptance or extend it. But their choices were individual. People can be legislated into behaving and I know that Texas A&M University has all the rules and laws needed to prevent anyone from not being accepted. But acceptance at the individual level always comes from individuals, not from structures. If you want it, you must seek it. If you seek it, you will fi nd like-minded people happy to give it. Oh, and I left Silicon Valley because there is one thing they don’t accept, even at work — age. My silver hair prevented me from working. It wasn’t acceptable.

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Members of Percussion Studio performed a stomp routine with trash cans, buckets and lids at the Rudder Plaza Monday night. Percussion Studio’s spring show, “Time Machine,” is at 7:30 p.m. May 5 in Rudder Auditorium.

there and put in that effort that he wants.”

Terrell mentioned the team’s tan-dem of young corners, sophomores Deshazor Everett and Floyd Raven, has given the receiving corps fits at times.

“Deshazor’s done really well,” Ter-rell said. “He’s a big hitter, a real physi-cal corner. Him and Floyd I think are doing a really good job outside.”

Another bright spot on the defensive side has been the play of junior Toney Hurd Jr., who could conceivably see playing time this season at the safety, nickel and cornerback positions.

“Hurd’s like the jack of all trades — he can do everything for us. Hurd’s probably had the best [spring] so far if you ask me. He’s making a lot of plays out there. He’s just gotten a lot better as a whole. There’s a lot of good things coming for us,” Terrell said.

The question on everyone’s mind, of course, is which quarterbacks will be taking snaps at the beginning of the season. Sumlin said that all four candi-dates have improved but have much to learn about mastering the nuances of his and offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury’s offense.

“The first thing a guy’s got to un-derstand is his limitations,” Sumlin said. “And a bunch of quarterbacks don’t do that. Most of them don’t think they have any limitations, and that’s a good thing. But you’ve got to understand, too, that there are 10 other guys out there who can play.”

Saturday’s annual Maroon and White game, which begins at 1 p.m. and is open to the public, gives another stage for the quarterbacks, as well as players at every position, to step up and prove their mettle.

“It’ll be the offense vs. the defense basically and we’ll go ones vs. twos to try to keep some continuity on both sides,” Sumlin said. “It also allows us to rotate some guys who are twos to ones just to get another good look at them, and some of the guys that are ones to twos if they’re not holding up what they’re doing in the game.”

Swope said he’s looking forward to seeing how his teammates’ diligent work throughout spring football trans-lates into a game situation.

“All the guys are kind of blossom-ing right now,” Swope said. “They’re all showing good things out there on the field.”

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campus newsAgriLife Extension Economic Impact Team receives Superior Service AwardA team of Texas AgriLife Extension Service economists have received a 2011 Superior Service Award for a series of economic impact studies.Recipients are: Dean McCorkle, Extension program specialist; Dan Hanselka, Extension associate; David Anderson, Extension livestock economist; Steven Klose, Extension economist, risk management; and Mark Waller, Extension program leader.The team published 68 AgriLife Extension economic impact studies

from 2007-2011. These studies identifi ed overall economic benefi ts of various Texas AgriLife programs of more than $2.4 billion, including annual direct economic impacts of $1.43 billion, supporting an additional 6,000 jobs in Texas. The studies included analysis of wheat variety demonstration tests, AgriLife Extension’s Walk Across Texas program, and the agency’s pesticide safety and food protection management programs.

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$1200 Pre-lease, 3&4 bedroomhouses, W/D, pets ok, near TAMU.Call Maroon & WhiteManagement, 979-422-5660.

$1195, 3/2 HOUSE, just remod-eled, very clean, 3400 Wildrye,979-255-8637.

$295 prelease All bills paid,1-room in shared furnished apart-ment, short-term leases ok. CallMaroon & White Management,979-422-5660.

$375/room. Large 1800sqft,4bd/2ba. Looking for 2 or 4 indi-viduals. 2-car garage,eat-in-kitchen, dining room, fam-ily room w/fireplace. Wood/tilefloors, W/D, 2 refrigerators, largepatio, fenced yard. Lawn mainte-nance, pest control service. Avail-able 2012-2013. 832-326-3215.

$395 Available Now and Prelease1/1 and 2/1. FreeWiFi/water/sewer. On Northgate,on shuttle. Short-term leases ok.Call Maroon & White Manage-ment 979-422-5660.

1,2,3,4 bedroom apartments. Fur-nished or unfurnished. AvailableMay or August. 979-693-4900.

1127 Welsh- Available August 1st.3bd/3ba townhouse with 3-carcarport and small fenced yard-$1650/mo all bills paid includingyard service. $1000 deposit. Smallpet ok with $250 non-refundablepet deposit. Near Welsh/Hollemanintersection on bus-route. Call ortext 325-763-8535 or [email protected] ifinterested.

1bd private bath in 4bd apart-ment. Sublease may-august. Loftsat Wolf Pen. W/D, internet, cable,shuttle. $639/mo. 972-571-8249.

1bd+Office/1ba. Student Commu-nity, <1-mile from campus.www.HollemanByThePark.com

1bd+Office/1ba. Townhouse styleunits. Include W/D, <1-mile fromcampus. www.HolikSquare.com

1bd/1ba. Student community,<1-mile from campus.www.HollemanByThePark.com

2 bdrm/2bath duplex. Brand new.1000 sqft. All appliances included,W/D. Nice, quiet country setting.Water is included. Extra land forhorses is a possibility. Energy effi-cient heat pump. Electric bill is su-per affordable! Super nice!! Veryclose to main campus/Health Sci-ence Center, beat the traffic!! Callfor more information979-777-2253.

2,3,4 and 5/bdrm. CS duplexes.Very nice, garage, on shuttle, tile,fireplace, w/d, fenced, lawn serv-ice, pets o.k. Available August.Details and photos availableonline. http://[email protected], 979-255-1585.

2-3/bedroom apartments. Somewith w/d, some near campus.$175-$600/mo. 979-219-3217.

2/2 fenced yard, covered deck,pets ok, tiled living and kitchen,hardwood bedrooms, availableJune 1st, 979-204-1950.

2bd/1.5bath, W/D included,water included, bus route,$780/mo, call 713-594-6205.

FOR RENT

2bd/1.5ba. Townhouse style units.Include W/D, <1-mile from cam-pus. www.HolikSquare.com

2bd/1ba apartment, 800sq. ft.New appliances, carpeting andtile. W/D. bus-route. $575/mo.210-391-4106.

2bd/1ba duplex, extra nice! W/D,remodeled, fenced front andbackyard. Designer extras. Con-venient to everything! One weekfree. College Station.979-422-3427. Call for specials.

2bd/1ba. Townhouse style units.Include W/D, <1-mile from cam-pus. www.HolikSquare.com

2bd/2.5ba unique floorplansw/balcony views of Kyle Field.Brand new luxury apartment con-dos. Fullsize stainless steel appli-ances, W/D, designer ammenitiesgranite/wood/tile, bus stop. Only36units on Holleman at Wolf Pen.www.broadstoneranchat-wolfpen.com, www.aggie-landleasing.com, 979-776-6079.

2bd/2ba 4-plex. Spacious floor-plan, W/D connections, close tocampus. $550/mo.www.aggielandleasing.com979-776-6079.

2bd/2ba Duplex for rent. 115Kleine in College Station.$900/month. 4-yrs old w/tile floorsin living-room, bathrooms andkitchen. W/D and refrigerator in-cluded. Pet friendly. Call979-696-6839/text 979-229-2171.

2bd/2ba in 3bd/3ba apartment.Summer Sublease. Fully furnished.$510/mo. each +utilities.972-672-1058.

2bd/2ba unique floorplans w/bal-cony views of Kyle Field. Brandnew luxury apartment condos.Fullsize stainless steel appliances,W/D, designer ammenitiesgranite/wood/tile, bus stop. Only36units on Holleman at Wolf Pen.www.broadstoneranchat-wolfpen.com,www.aggielandleasing.com,979-776-6079.

2bd/2ba. Student Community,<1-mile from campus.www.HollemanByThePark.com

3/2 duplex on Holleman, all appli-ances, yard care, pest control,avoid the crowds in apartmentliving, call 979-774-4575.

3/2 Duplex on shuttle, updated,fenced, fireplace, W/D connec-tions, pet friendly, 802 San Be-nito, $850/mo.AggieLandRentals.com979-776-8984.

3/2 duplex, 1813 Woodsman Dr.Available August. Biking distanceto campus, A&M bus route. Re-cently updated, wood/tile andcarpet floorings, ceiling fans,W/D, lawncare, fenced backyard.Pets OK. $1095/mo.979-255-9432

3/2 duplex, 1920 Holleman Dr.West. Available August. Great lo-cation, new wood floors, tile, newcarpet, newly updated, fencedbackyard, W/D, shuttle, bike tocampus. Pets ok. $1095/mo.979-731-8257.www.brazosvalleyrentals.com

3/2 Duplexes, prelease August,very nice, 5mins to campus, W/D,lawn care, security system,$900-950/mo. 979-691-0304,979-571-6020.

3/2 home in CS, nice area close tocampus shuttle, privacy fencedbackyard with patio, responsiblefemales only, no pets, no smok-ing, $1050/mo with year lease,$1050 deposit, available June1st,call 979-571-9299.

3/3,3/2 Houses, Townhouses&Apartments, 1250-1400sqft.Very spacious, ethernet, largekitchen, walk-in pantry &closets,extra storage, W/D, great ameni-ties, on bus route, now pre-leas-ing, excellent specials.979-694-0320.www.luxormanagement.com

3/3 condos/townhomes, larger,ganite, shuttle, $1450 to $1590,cable, internet, Owner/Broker,979-777-5477.

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3/3 Duplex off Graham, includesall appliances, tile floors andbackyard. Available August 3 for$1050. Call 979-571-3036.

3/3 newer duplex includes all ap-pliances, tile floors, backyard,pets allowed. $1200/mo. AvailableAugust. Call Tia 979-739-1160.

3/3.5 luxury condo in Gateway Vil-las, granite throughout, W/D,close to campus/restaurants/busroute, kitchen island, small back-yard, 817-437-9606.

3bd/2ba House, <1-mile south ofcampus, close to everything, ga-rage, pet friendly,www.AggielandLeasing.com

3bd/2ba House, <1-mile south ofcampus, close to everything, ga-rage, pet friendly,www.LoneStarHousing.com

3bd/2ba off Graham Road, stan-dard lease $1300/mo., pets on acase-to-case basis. 713-444-9376.

3bd/3ba. Duplexes. Close to cam-pus, Great backyards. Fairly New!979-693-4900.

3x2 duplex @ 907 Camellia.$950/mo. Call Brandon Meek,214-334-0032.

3x3 duplex @ 1814 Woodsman.Spacious floorplan, W/D included,large fenced backyard, pets wel-come, on shuttle route, call Bran-don Meek 214-334-0032.

3x3 duplex @ 2306 Axis.$1,200/mo. Call Brandon Meek,214-334-0032.

4+bedroom Duplex for rent. 113Kleine in College Station.$1600/mo. 4-yrs old w/largeback-yard. 4bd/4ba +office, andstorage room. Tile floors inliving-room, bathrooms andkitchen. W/D and refrigerator in-cluded. Pet friendly. Call979-696-6839/text 979-229-2171.

4/2/2 College Station, close tocampus. Updated, fenced, w/d,granite. Prelease for August.$1799/mo. 1312 Timm.979-776-8984.aggielandrentals.com

4/2/2 house, 1302 Mary Oaks.Available August. Close to cam-pus, A&M bus route, recently up-dated, carpet/tile flooring, spa-cious closets and ample storage.Large fenced backyard. Pets OK.$1595/mo. 979-255-9432

4/2/2 off Dominik. Large updatedhouse, tile, carpet, with W/D, petsallowed. $1800/mo. Tia979-739-1160. Available May.

4/2/2, 1508 Austin, availableAugust, great floorplan, updated,huge backyard, close to shopping,W/D, no pets, $1495/mo,979-731-8257www.brazosvalleyrentals.com

4/3, 3/3 &3/2 Houses, Town-houses, Duplexes &Fourplexes,1250-1700sqft. Very spacious,ethernet, large kitchen, extrastorage, W/D, great amenities, onbus route, now pre-leasing, excel-lent specials. 694-0320.www.luxormanagement.com

4/4 University Place condo, W/D,private bath, pool, on shuttle, stu-dent community. $300/ room;$250 for June and July. Call979-690-8213 or 979-422-9849.

4/4.5+1bd, like new. High ceilings,huge closets, large front porch,tile floors, all appliances, manyextras. $1750/mo. Preleasing forAugust. 979-229-6326. See photosand info atwww.texagrentals.com

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

4bd/2ba Large house, <1-milefrom campus, close to everything,W/D, pet friendly.www.LoneStarHousing.com

FOR RENT

4bd/4ba houses. Brand New,great size, great location, AAF979-693-4900.

4bd/4ba private bathroom. Sum-mer $240 other season$295/$325per room. Wood/tile floors, largeliving room, new refrigerator,central a/c, walk-in closets, onshuttle. Student community, largepool, basketball court, sand beachvolleyball. 979-574-0040,281-639-8847.

5/2 + study, 1112 Berkeley, avail-able August, COMPLETELY RE-MODELED, W/D, new paint, allappliances, large backyard, nopets, $1695/mo, 979-731-8257www.brazosvalleyrentals.com

AggieLandRentals.com For allyour rental needs. Open 7days/week. 979-776-8984.

Attention sorority sisters. 4br/3baHouse available August 1st.$375/bdrm. 210-289-1609.

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

Balcones Apartments, 3/2, avail-able now, fully remodeled, inter-net and water included, $895/mo,979-703-8282.

Brand new building now! Sierracondos walk to NG/campus. Gran-ite, SS, W/D incl. Pet friendly. 1,2,3bed+ guest baths. Bus route billsincl. dwellsierra.com979-314-7145

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

C.S. 4bdrm Houses, updated,fenced pets, ok. Starting at$1295/mo. AggieLandRentals.com979-776-8984.

Charming House in Historic Dis-trict. 4bd/2ba. Completely remod-eled! Everything brand new!Across street from park.$2400/mo. 512-966-0117.

CLOSE to campus! Ride your bike!Great 3bd/1.5ba house in goodneighborhood w/large fencedbackyard. Pets ok. $1100/mo.Signing bonus! Available now.979-820-1198.

College Station: 2/2, 1000sqft,$675. Shuttle, all appliances, W/D,lawn/pest/maintenance included.906 Spring Loop (off University).KAZ Realty. 979-324-9666.

College Station: 3/2, 1240sqft.Newly remodeled! All StainlessSteel Appliances! Close to shuttle,W/D, lawn/pest/maintenance in-cluded. 905 Balcones (off Welch),$1000. KAZ Realty 979-324-9666.

Cottage. Holik C.S. 2bd/1ba,1000sqft., W/D, Balcony, wooded.Private drive. Clean. Quiet. Nopets. $600/mo. 979-777-2472.

Duplex, rent 2bd/1ba. Beautiful,quiet! Remodeled, all new, manyextras, drapes, in College Station.Convenient to everything!Fenced backyard. One week free.979-422-3427. Call for specials.

FREE $200 SIGNING BONUS! 3/2on bus route. Remodeled 2010.$975 upstairs unit $1075 down-stairs unit with yard.979-314-7145. W/D, lawncare,some bills included. Pet friendly.southwoodplace.com

Free ethernet and cable, paidwater, Campus shuttle.Preleasing, Great Prices.AggieApartment.com,979-693-1906.

Gateway Villas. Affordable luxury.4bd/4ba available August.$1600/mo. 512-413-8748.

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HOUSE FOR RENT! (BRYAN- nearTraditions Golf). LR, 3BR, 2.5Baths, Loft, Recroom, 2099 SFT. 2Car Garage+ Driveway Parking,IMMEDIATE OCCUPANCY-$1495.00/MONTH. CALL (979)412-0979.

Newer 3/3 townhomes, close tocampus, cable/internet,$1380-$1550. Broker/owner979-777-5477.

Northgate. New apartments 3/3,2/2, 3/2, and 1/1. House for rent.www.aggievillas.net979-255-5648.

Now Leasing and pre-leasing forAugust! 4bdrm/2bth houses. Spa-cious floorplans. Great Location.Close to campus, wood floors, tilefloors, ceiling fans, w/d, fencedyards, refridgerator,icemaker,lawncare.979-776-6079,www.aggielandleasing.com

One Month Free! Spacious 3/2 du-plex available in May. W/D.$895/mo. 979-693-0551.

Pre-leasing for 2012-2013. Stu-dents only. 2bd/2ba apartment.W/D, 900+ sq-ft. $600/mo. Call210-387-5030.

Pre-leasing for August 2,3,4,&5bedroom houses andtown-homes. Updated, fenced,pets ok, on shuttle route.AggieLandRentals.com979-776-8984.

Prelease available now! Large2bd/2ba duplex. Walk-in closets,W/D connections, large fencedbackyard, on shuttle. UniversityOaks. $775/mo. 979-693-1448.

Prelease for May or August !Large 2bd/2ba duplex. Walk-inclosets, W/D connections, largefenced backyard, on shuttle. Uni-versity Oaks. $775/mo.979-693-1448.

C.S. 3/1.5/2carport, Updated,Fenced, biking distance to cam-pus, on shuttle, pets ok. $750/moAggieLandRentals.com979-776-8984.

Storage- Rent for 4 months. Payfor 3 get 1 free. All sizes, close tocampus. 979-693-0551.

Sub-lease Female, one bedroom,all bills paid, June, July $515/mo.512-422-7421.

Subleasing 1bd/1bath in a2bd/2bath at Campus Villageapartments. Furnished, lazy river,$615/month. Available now aswell as 8/12-7/13. 713-992-5057

Summer sublease available. 1/1unfurnished apartment on busroute, 10 minutes from campus.$495/month plus utilities and wa-ter. [email protected] more information.

Townhomes 2/1.5+Half, on shut-tle, W/D connections, fencedpatio, $775-895/mo, ask aboutstudent discounts, 979-703-8282.

HELP WANTED

Athletic men for calendars,books, etc. $100-$200/hr, upto $1000/day. No [email protected]

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

City of College Station, LIFE-GUARDS & WATER SAFETY IN-STRUCTORS NEEDED, $8.50/hr,Apply online @ csjobs.cstx.gov orcall 979-764-3540 EOE

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

D&D Moving and Storage, Inc. isaccepting applications forpart-time summer help. Apply inperson at 3700 Texas Ave SouthCollege Station, TX.

Fish Daddy’s and Cheddar’s nowinterviewing all positions. 1611University Drive.

HELP WANTED

J. Cody’s hiring cashiers, applywithin, 3610 S. College. Must beable to work Tuesday/Thursdaynights. No experience necessary,just common sense!

Join the crew at Kolache Rolf’sBakery &enjoy a great workingenvironment, great hours &greatpay! Apply at the Rock Prairie lo-cation 35.25 Longmire in theKroger shopping center.

Kingwood Country Club in Hous-ton is hiring life guards. No previ-ous experience required. Call usat (800)210-0049 to apply.

Kirk Consulting in Caldwell islooking for a web/graphics devel-oper to start partime immedi-ately. Candidate must have basicgraphic design skills and havesample URLs. Sharepoint, Drupaland Flash experience a plus.E-mail samples of work [email protected] or call Steve Kirkat 979.436.4360.

Little Caesars Pizza nowaccepting applications for pizzamakers. Apply at SW Parkwaylocation.

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

Looking for a student worker.Painting, minor plumbing andmaintenance skills required.$12/hr. 979-324-9666.

Med Tech for full-time, medicalallergy office. Excellent benefits.Great experience for student ap-plying to medical or nursingschool. Degree in Biomedical Sci-ence and one year commitmentrequired. Please fax resume to979-485-0575, apply in person at3306 Longmire Drive CS, TX, oremail resume [email protected]

MEMdata, a local medical equip-ment bidding company is seekingdependable and organizedpart-time employees to be part ofa growing team! Must be able towork a minimum of 24hrs/wk,M-F 8-5. Good communicationand negotiation skills required.Must be responsible, self-motiva-tated, and organized with theability to multi-task. Strong inter-personal skills; ability to workwith deadlines. Computer skillsrequired, knowledge of MS Excela plus! Hourly pay DOQ plus bo-nus. Email resumes [email protected] or fax to979-695-1954.

NINFA’S MEXICAN RESTAURANTCOLLEGE STATION. Nowaccepting applications forWait/Servers and Hostess Staff.Will train. Flexible schedulesavailable. Good communicatorsand strong customer service skillspreferred. Apply in personMon-Fri 11am-4pm at 1007 EarlRudder Freeway South,College Station.

Office Help/Leasing, part-timesummer help, must be availableon Tuesdays and Fridays from10:30am - 5:30pm, 979-422-4296or fax resume to 979-703-8282.

P/T service station attendant andlube tech. Basic Automotiveknowledge. Villa Maria Chevron,Villa Maria & E.29th.979-776-1261.

Part-time job helping handi-capped. Male student preferred.$360/mo. 5-10hrs/wk.979-846-3376.

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

PT Service Technician for a safetycompany. Clean Driving Recordnecessary. Email resume and classschedule [email protected]

Servers needed, LonghornSteakhouse in Downtown Bryan,201 East 24th Street, must be will-ing to work weekends, no phonecalls, apply within.

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SERVPRO of Brazos Valley a localfire and water restorationcompany is accepting applicationsfor production helpers andsupervisors. Applicants must beable to work summer, someweekends and on call schedules.On the job training available.Motivated, drug-free, personswith good driving records arewelcome to apply by contactingEric [email protected] applicants must pass a crimalbackground check with nofelonies.

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Imperial Shih-Tzu puppies! 4-8lbs,rare liver, chocolate/white,black/white, $400 and [email protected].

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Female roommate needed. Largeupdated townhouse off South-west Pkwy. Bus-route, W/D, cov-ered parking, 1/3-utilities.$350/mo. 979-204-9788.

Looking for 2-roommates to share4bd/2.5ba house. $400/mo/person.Furnished. Utilities not included,except for cable. 214-734-0178.

Roommates needed. 4bd/4bth$350/mo, washer/dryer, phone &internet, University Place onSouthwest Parkway.281-844-2090.

Two female roommates neededfor Fall 2012. $400/mo. with yearlease +utilities/cable. Call512-917-7726.

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Although Zhang’s mother is no longer in a coma, she is still in the hospital. Zhang’s husband works in Houston to support the family. Every day after she makes breakfast for her three-year-old daugh-ter and sends her to day care, Zhang leaves for the College Station Medical Center to care for her mother.

Zhang doubts her mom can recognize her or remem-ber what happened.

“I tell her, ‘I love you,’ every day, but she doesn’t understand what I’m tell-ing her,” Zhang said. “Even though she’s still alive, this kind of life is very difficult for herself and for my family.”

Zhang said it’s a mira-cle that her mom can now breathe on her own and eat regular food, but still Zhang cries everyday and prays for more miracles.

“She has no insurance; I do not have money to support any rehabilitation,” Zhang said.

Zhang said she has no oth-er choice but to pray.

“It’s just like, one minute ago, my mom was my mom. But the next minute she was not my mom anymore … I want my mom back,” Zhang said. “I want her to be able to know who she was, who she is and who I am.”

Zhang now faces losing benefits that the University offers for students, since she no longer attends A&M. By the end of the month, her daughter won’t qualify to attend the A&M Children’s Center, and by mid-May, Zhang won’t be allowed to live in her apartment.

Although Zhang has sus-pended her education to care for her mother, she still feels the pressure of being a good

wife to her husband and a good mother to her daughter.

“I just feel like there is too much on my plate,” Zhang said.

Zhang said at first she was too shy to ask for help because she didn’t want to bother anyone. But now, she wants people to know how her fam-ily is struggling because help from other people is their only hope. She turned to the Chinese Students and Schol-ars Association.

Zhang contacted Gavin Ge, geophysics graduate stu-dent and organization presi-dent, and told him her story.

“At first, to be honest, I didn’t know what help I could provide because we are just students,” Ge said. “Af-ter we clarified what tasks we could do, we began to send out the tasks to everybody and we began to do them.”

The Chinese Students and Scholars Association made Google docs so that volunteers could sign up to help Zhang and her mother at the hospi-tal, to take care of Zhang’s three-year-old daughter and even to bring lunch.

Ge said the organization is seeking any help from any-body who has information about a rehab center, since that is one of the most press-ing needs for Zhang’s family.

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Get inolved! Students interested in getting involved can visit a Facebook page set up for Zhang and her mother, available by searching “TAMU Relief 101” on the social networking site.! The “About” tab includes a link with information about Zhang and her story, written in both Mandarin Chinese and English.


Pictures of Sihua Zhang and her family line the wall in her mom’s room in the College Station Medical Center.

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study to maximize her career preparation.

“My degree plan is an un-dergraduate degree in busi-ness management, a minor in horticulture, emphasis in flo-ral design, and a certificate of entrepreneurial leadership,” Harper said. “The reason I am doing this is to be able to have the chance to gain all of the skills in college I want/need for my future job.”

Harper said she wants to own her own event plan-ning company. To under-stand business operations she selected the business degree; to learn how to start a com-pany, the certificate; and to better develop her design and execution skills she added the horticulture minor.

Parish said students should take the initiative to seek out interesting programs and courses and work with their advisors to fit them into their degree plan.

“The programs that are recommended depend upon a students’ interests and ca-reer plans,” Parish said. “[For example,] we recom-mend a certificate in inter-national business for students that are interested in global marketing.”

Junior business manage-ment major Brady Wilson decided to go on his study abroad program partially be-cause it helped him fulfill re-quirements for a certificate.

“My adviser … realized I had a lot of electives that would credit as international electives and so she recom-mended that I pursue this certificate,” Wilson said. “I’m not exactly sure if in-

ternational business lies in my future, but having this certifi-cate will open up my future options to work overseas by expanding my résumé.”

Parish also said certificates are good preparatory tools for post-graduate studies.

“If an undergraduate stu-dent plans to apply to graduate school, a certificate might be helpful if it gives the student exposure to more coursework in their graduate area of inter-est,” Parish said.

Senior political science major Mokhtar Awad said students should be sure that certificate programs apply to a career path.

“Getting a certificate in international relations makes my [degree] worth more, but you have to be doing some-thing specific,” Awad said. “That way, even your elec-tives go toward something.”

Awad said the certificate program helped him make sense of his degree track and major.

Some students, though, don’t focus on just one ma-jor — their degree is a mix of multiple courses of study in a combination of concentra-tions and minors.

Vince Hernandez, senior academic advisor in the De-partment of Political Science, said he believes certificate and degree programs to be a per-sonal choice and unique to each student as a way of mak-ing them more marketable in the job search.

“We are going to start pre-senting [certificate options] at the new student conferenc-es,” Hernandez said. “They aren’t going to grow if we don’t get the word out. If we can tell freshmen about this now, how can they not want to consider it?”

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Having this certificate will open up my future options to work overseas by

expanding my résumé.”— Brady Wilson, junior business management major


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