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trends | 4No bike? No problemTraversing around campus is no small feat. Transportation Services provides a cheap alternative to A&M students.

sports | 3A&M beats Troy The A&M men’s basketball team surges past Troy, 83-65. Senior guard Elston Turner scored a career-high 26 points and four players breached double digits.

sports | 3Volleyball handles SEC foesThe A&M men’s basketball team surges past Troy, 83-65. Senior guard Elston Turner scored a career-high 26 points and four players breached double digits.

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Visualization students blend art and science

Pixel perfect

Science depends on empirical evidence and rational judgment, while art is more commonly asso-ciated with the realms of feelings and emotions — as much of an introspective pursuit as an extro-spective exploration.

Faculty and students combine

science and art daily to build and improve an increasingly visual society.

“Visualization, for us, includes both the artistic side as well as the science side,” said Tim McLaugh-lin, head of the Department of Visualization.

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Emmy-winning comedian performs in Rudder Theater

In the words of Carol Burnett, “I’m so glad we had this time together just to have a laugh or sing a song. It seems we just get started and before you know it, comes the time to say so long.”

This Tuesday, award-winning actress and best-selling author, Carol Burnett will per-form a Q&A segment in Rudder Audito-rium, called Laughter and Reflection With Carol Burnett.

Carol Burnett is widely known for her on-screen work in The Carol Burnett Show. The show ran for around11 years, received 25 Emmy Awards, and in 2007 was named by TIME magazine as one of “100 Best Television Shows of All Time.” The show was impromptu and included many guest stars such as Lucille Ball, Jimmy Stew-

Cassandra FournetSpecial to The Battalion

art, Dick Van Dyke, Julie Andrews and many more A-list movie stars.

Anne Black, Executive Director of OPAS, said the Carol Burnett Show was unlike any television performance any audi-

Ministry brings missionaries to campus

Go! Missions is a two-night conference where students can meet with Christian mis-sion agencies from all over the world. The conference will take place Tuesday at 7 p.m. at Kyle Field and Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the First Baptist Church in Bryan.

Breakaway Ministries has partnered with other local ministries to bring almost 40 mission agencies to the Bryan-College Station area.

Louie Giglio will speak dur-ing Breakaway on the topic of mission work, and praise band Shane & Shane will lead wor-ship.

Lydia Irion, a full-time staff member from Breakaway Min-

istries, said students are invited to meet with mission agencies starting at 7 p.m. on Tuesday night before Breakaway and for an hour after Breakaway concludes.

Students can meet with agencies again on the second night of the conference and also attend breakout sessions about specific mission trips.

Irion said the conference is the largest in the area and offers diverse opportunities.

“These programs range from a week trip to a couple years,” Irion said. “They’re in all differ-ent parts of the world and some opportunities are in North American urban areas.”

Daniel Park, a full-time staff

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Carol Burnett, star of “The Carol Burnett Show,” will perform at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday in Rudder Theater.

See Missions on page 6See Burnett on page 6

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The worlds of science and art are often perceived as conflicting lenses through which people view the world. However,

for those involved with A&M’s visualization sci-ences program, these two ways of interpreting the world work in tandem.

Shadowed by the trees and build-ings around Rudder Fountain Plaza, Pat Tillman Military Scholars stood at a podium for three hours, naming off fallen war heroes who served and died in Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan.

Pat Tillman was a professional football player for the Arizona Cardi-nals prior to the 9/11 attacks against the U.S. The attack signaled the end of his NFL career, and he de-cided to serve in the Army. Till-man died in 2004 while stationed in Afghanistan.

According to the foundation’s web-site, Tillman’s friends and family cre-ated the foundation in 2004 to build a community of scholars dedicated to improving their own lives, the lives of their families, and their country.

Texas A&M currently educates five of the 230 scholarship recipients who have gone through the Tillman Mili-tary Scholars program.

During the ceremony, more than 2,000 names were listed off during the national roll call of those who lost their lives in Operation Enduring Freedom.

“I think last year they read over 6,000 names of soldiers who were killed and it took about eight to nine hours,” said Spc. Chris Cartellone, an archaeology graduate student.

Campuses across the nation partake

in the salute to fallen soldiers, but each campus has the option to customize their roll call, Cartellone said.

Chief Warrant Officer Eric Metcalf, who is a first-year Tillman Scholar ob-taining his master’s degree in wildlife sciences, said there were 27 Aggies who were killed since 9/11, all of whom were represented at the plaza with their names and pictures dis-played on posters.

Metcalf served in Afghanistan from

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Military scholars salute fallen soldiers

See Roll Call on page 6

Operation Enduring Freedom casualties recognized in ceremony

Former students from A&M’s Visualization Labora-tory — or “Viz Lab” — have gone on to work in computer animation, architecture visu-alization, graphic design, web design and the video game in-dustry.

The department uses digi-tal imagery, computer graph-ics and design to create visual content and solve visual prob-lems. The department was es-tablished in 1988 in anticipa-tion that digital visualization was going to play an important role in digital communication.

More than 20 years later, that foresight paid off with in-

novative work solving com-plex modern visualization problems.

“While most majors are worrying about tests, Viz stu-dents are dealing with proj-ects,” said Elizabeth Reza, senior visualization studies ma-jor. “To be a student in Viz, you really have to be passion-ate about the projects you are working on.”

The emphasis on visualiza-tion raises research challenges from the interpretive perspec-tive, McLaughlin said.

“Research done on the ar-

The editor-in-chief of The Battalion was injured in a single-vehicle accident Sunday morning after he lost control of his vehicle.

Trevor Stevens, senior English major, suffered a compound fracture in his fe-mur and underwent surgery Monday to set the break.

He also suffered fractures in his ankle, lower back and clavicle, which will heal in braces and not require surgery.

He is recover-ing at Memorial Hermann hospital in Houston and will be off his feet for up to eight weeks. Stevens be-gins physical ther-apy Tuesday and will finish the rest of his recovery in Dallas.

Stevens said he was driving to Hunts-ville from College Station on Highway 30 to pick up his cellphone from a friend. He lost control of his truck after he looked down at his radio and slid off the road into a concrete barrier, causing his truck to roll and catch fire.

After he noticed the fire, he pulled himself from the truck, crawled back to the highway and flagged down a pass-ing vehicle.

He said two men dragged him to safety and called an ambulance. They called 911 and Stevens was flown in the Life Flight air medical transport service to Houston.

“God blessed Trev by saving his life and not taking another,” said Mendy Stevens, Trevor’s mother. “He gave Trevor strength and courage to pull himself from his burning vehicle. We can’t say enough of how grateful we are to all the loving people who have sent us texts and emails and calls and mostly prayers.”

Stevens remains editor-in-chief of The Battalion and will be an-swering emails during his recov-ery. Emails should be directed to editor@thebatt.com.

“I’m thankful for all the thoughts and prayers in this difficult time,” Stevens said. “But I have full confidence in The Battalion staff because teamwork makes the dream work.”

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w. basketball | The Aggies fell to

No. 9 Louisville Friday but face No. 8

Penn State Wednesday at Reed Arena.

football | A&M was named the

Tositos Fiesta Bowl National Team of the

Week after upsetting No. 1 Alabama.

soccer | A&M will face Oakland

Friday in its second match of the NCAA

tournament in Tallahassee, Fla.

Chace Krumholz — THE BATTALION

Senior guard Elston Turner hit 9-of-14 field goals from the field — including four three-pointers — to push the Aggies past Troy.

A&M ransacks Troy, 83-65Senior Elston Turner provides career-high 26-point effort in win

Led by an electric and career-high 26-point perfor-mance by senior guard Elston Turner, the A&M men’s basketball team pulled away from Troy, 83-65, Monday at Reed Arena.

Even with an elite indi-vidual performance present on the hardwood, the Aggies liberally distributed the ball with a total of 21 assists to 29 successful field goals.

A&M head coach Billy Kennedy said he was pleased with a coherent team effort.

“I’m proud of our team. To have 21 assists means we’re sharing the ball,” Ken-nedy said. “When you have 21 assists and eight turnovers, you’re going to be in good shape most nights.”

Elston Turner aside, three other A&M players pitched in double-digit point totals. Junior transfer Fabyon Har-ris and senior forward Ray Turner contributed 14 points each. Freshman Alex Caruso delivered the most surprising performance of the evening with 13 points of his own.

Caruso, though only in his second game of true playing time, impacted the game on multiple fronts in addition to direct contributions to the scoreboard. The active fresh-man hauled in five rebounds, dished out four assists, snatched a steal and blocked a shot in 24 minutes of play.

“Coming off the bench, I just try to do whatever the team needs me to do, whether it’s grabbing rebound, throw-ing a pass to Elston or Fabyon, make a defensive stop, what-ever it takes for us to win,” Caruso said. “We have a saying on this team: ‘All in.’ That’s what you’ve got to be to play on this team.”

The Aggies would struggle for a short period in the sec-ond half, allowing the Tro-jans to claw within single digits after leading by as many as 19 points. Troy stormed back with a flurry of threes, but Elston Turner would return to cap off a 9-of-14 field goal effort, including a four-of-seven mark from the perimeter.

Elston Turner said he real-ized the Trojans had potential

to make a late-game run. “We knew that they

could shoot the ball and we knew they were going to keep shooting,” Turner said. “When they beat Mississippi State they made 10 threes and shot 29 of them. We knew coming into the game that they were going to be firing up threes. They got hot in the second half and made a little run.”

In a game in which several freshman would receive sig-nificant playing time, the duo of seniors — Elston and Ray Turner — would combine for 40 points.

Though freshmen Caruso and six-assist guard J’Mychal Reese contributed helpful efforts, Kennedy said he was impressed by his team’s core of senior leadership.

“That’s what seniors are supposed to do,” Kennedy said. “Elston is a coming ef-fect for our young guys when things get rattled a bit. He does a good job of handling the ball and getting every-body in the right spots. It’s good to have two seniors that can play well at times.”

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Volleyball sweeps weekend slate

If there is one thing to be said about head coach Laurie Corbelli’s club it’s that the A&M volleyball team never quits. That showing was in full display as the Aggies pulled away from the weekend with vic-tories against Auburn and Georgia, maintaining their hold of first place in the SEC West.

The Aggies defeated the Tigers 3-1, but had to go all five sets after being down 2-0 to the Bulldogs to rally for a 3-2 victory.

“We are really thrilled that we were able to come back after being down two sets,” Corbelli said. “It’s the first time this season that we have been challenged in that way against an opponent that just couldn’t miss. All weekend we talked about play-ing really gutsy, and we had to do that to win this one.”

Before the Aggies could reach Sunday afternoon, they had to face an Auburn team, who just the week before defeated the then co-SEC

West leader Arkansas. A&M for the most part had to fight their way back using the superb game from senior opposite Alisia Kastmo who finished the game tying match-high 17 kills.

The Aggies led the match two games to none, but in the third game, the Aggies found themselves in a role reversal as they jumped ahead to a 8-1 lead only to see Au-burn fight their way back and take the game 25-22.

In the next game however, the Aggies weren’t going to let the match slip away as they used key kills by senior middle blocker Lind-sey Miller and junior setter Allie Sawatzky to take the fourth game for the A&M victory.

For the 14th season in Corbelli’s 20-year tenure, the Aggies have managed to win 20 or more victo-ries in the season.

“In a high-level Division I to get 20 wins, I’m really proud of that,” Corbelli said. “We worked really hard for it. The team worked in-credibly hard. They are so commit-ted and disciplined that to get that

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The Aggies maintained their grasp of first place in the SEC West after putting away SEC foes Auburn and Georgia.

20th win, I feel like I can just let out a big sigh. I’m really proud, and it’s really cool.”

This may have become a little too cool for comfort as the Aggies then went against the Georgia Bulldogs and the match turned out to be a legitimate dogfight.

The Aggies were shell-shocked in the first game as the Bulldogs outhit the Aggies .406-1.36 in the first game, opening the biggest lead in the match going up 24-15. The Aggies simply were out gunned in the first game, falling 25-15.

The next game had the same re-sult as the Bulldogs wouldn’t let up on the Aggies even when the Ag-gies cut the lead 23-21. A&M would drop the second set 25-23 heading into the much-needed break.

“We could see from the numbers but also from the looks of things, our outsides were struggling,” Corbelli said. “Just having a lot of the senior leadership on the court, they have been through that scenario before where they needed to make chang-es. They can make them because they’ve been there.”

Once the break ended, the Aggies

went off on one of the most impor-tant rallies of the season. From the starters to the role players coming off the bench, the Aggies — behind the leadership of Kastmo and junior out-side hitter Ashley Vrana — managed to open a 2-3 lead in the third set and would not look back.

The Aggies clawed back to tie the match at two games apiece and in the fifth and deciding set, the Ag-gies opened a 9-6 lead after a kill by Sawatzky followed by an ace served by senior libero Megan Pendergast. Freshman middle blocker Shelby Sullivan completed the comeback as she used her career-high eighth kill to seal the victory for A&M.

“The players that came off the bench really turned it around for us,” Corbelli said. “They’ve been chomping at the bit to get on the court and they have been doing some wonderful things in practice. The opportunity came one-by-one to get them out there and let them do their thing.”

The Aggies return to Reed Arena with a 21-5 (12-4) record riding a six-game win streak. It will be senior night, as the Aggies will play their final regular season home match against the Missouri Tigers.

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Transportation Services was re-cently named 2012 Innovative Or-ganization of the Year by the Na-tional Parking Association and since early October, transportation ser-vice’s Borrow-a-Bike program has allowed students to lease a bike for a short period of time, and is available to any student or University em-ployee who needs a bike for the day.

“One of the reasons that we are doing this is to become a more bike-friendly campus,” said June Brough-ton, marketing and communications manager at Transportation Services.

Broughton also said the program was implemented to give transporta-tion options to students who come to college without a vehicle.

The Borrow-a-Bike program is facilitated in part through Trans-portation Service’s partnership with MaroonBikes. The program gives students and faculty the opportu-nity to lease a bike to see if it is an alternative that will work for them, without having to pay for a long-term lease.

“Existing resources are being used to operate the Borrow-a-Bike program,” said Ron Steedly, alter-native transportation manager with Transportation Services.

“MaroonBikes provided the bikes at no cost to the University, so no student fees were committed to this program.”

For many students and faculty members, the bikes provide alterna-tive transportation.

“Because the bus time is not so frequent, for me its more conve-nient,” said Jack Yao, sophomore mathematics major. “It’s easy, it’s free and I can use it.”

To lease a bike, students or fac-ulty can visit Koldus 108 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Once there, the lessee will go over the features of the bike with a transportation services representative and be able to lease the bike for the day with the condi-tion that they have the bike back by 10 a.m. the following morning.

There is not yet a penalty for

returning a bike after the 10 a.m. deadline, but Broughton said if the program continues to be successful, more bikes will be added and the rental duration will be evaluated to determine if fees need to be imposed for late returns.

While the bikes don’t have a late

fee penalty at this time, Broughton

said students and faculty should en-

sure the bikes are brought back in

good condition.

“We ask the Aggie community

members that use the program to be

conscientious about bringing back

the bike in the same condition as

when it was borrowed,” Brough-

ton said. “We would certainly

consider circumstances should an

accident occur.”

In addition to providing an alter-

native method of transportation for

students and faculty, the bikes also

help some students and faculty ac-

complish other goals.

“I believe in eco-friendly trans-

portation and healthy living,” said

Justin DeSola, customer service rep-

resentative with Transportation Ser-

vices. “Riding a bike accomplishes

both goals.”

Chris Scoggins Special to The Battalion

Wilson Macha: Traffic laws apply to cyclists, not just drivers

Two-wheeled assassins

F

or some, a bicycle is an efficient way to navi-gate campus. Others seem to find themselves on the wrong side of the handlebars.

Bicycle safety has been thrown out the window at Texas A&M because of ill-equipped riders breaking every imaginable law with no regard for those around them.

The irony here is that not only are these riders putting other pedestrians and bike riders in danger, but also them-selves. Riding at night without a light and riding on the wrong side of the road are not ways to promote longevity.

Riding a bike on campus has the same rules as riding a bike anywhere, which are the same as driving a car. Howev-er, simple things like stopping at stop signs, driving on the right side of the road, having lights on at night and giving pedestrians the right of way have gone by the wayside.

I believe that it is nearly im-possible to talk to any student on campus and discover that they have not been involved in a bicycle accident, or at least had a scare. Although some of these incidents are highly probable due to the sheer mass of people walking between classes, the numbers could be decreased if these two-wheeled assassins would learn to follow the rules and ride safely.

It may seem as though I

think cyclists are the scourge

of the University, which is not

the case. I ride my bicycle on

campus every day, but I think

this makes me more aware

of the disregard people have

for the laws. I rarely go a day

without having a near miss

with someone on the wrong

side of the road.

Though it is up to the

individual to follow the rules.

There are several locations on

campus with poor road signs

that make it difficult to submit

to the law. It is a one-way

street in front of Blocker. The

problem is that it is not marked

until halfway down the street.The lack of safety is one issue. The other is that police have given cyclists tickets for riding on the wrong side of the road. Solving this problem is not a difficult task. One simply needs to put a sign further up the street to deter the would-be law breakers.

Two other problem areas

are the bus stops in front of the

MSC and the tunnel leading to

West Campus by Kyle Field.

The bus stop area at the MSC

is set up like a boulevard with

both sides going one way.

There should be a bike lane

put in one of those roads to

give the cyclists a faster way to

get through.

The tunnel, unlike the

previous problem areas, is not

an administrative error, but

an individual problem. Riders

are often on the wrong side

of the road and pedestrians

are commonly walking in the

bike lanes. This combined

with the downhill sections of

the tunnel make a recipe for

disaster. Solving this problem is

up to the people who traverse

the area. All it would take is

following the rules.

The bike laws are not put in

place to inconvenience people,

but to keep them safe. I have

never once found that the laws

have taken me too far out of

my way and even if they did it

would just mean a longer bike

ride, which could turn out to

be an enjoyable endeavor.

Through this piece, I merely

ask my fellow Aggies to follow

the rules of the road, if not for

your own safety, then for the

safety of others.

Wilson Macha is a junior inter-national studies major and special to The Battalion.

Bike-lease program eases transit

Tanner Garza — THE BATTALION

(Top) Texas A&M Transportation Services provides bikes for lease to students and faculty. (Bottom) Ryan Pulido, freshman general studies major, rides his bike on the way to class.

How to lease◗ Visit Koldus 108 beween 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.◗ A transportation services representative will review the bike with the lessee.◗ Bike is due back by 10 a.m. the following morning.

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tistic side is more exhi-bition, where we’re not gathering quantitative infor-mation,” McLaughlin said. “We’re actually exploring the use of visual imagery and al-lowing the viewer to be af-fected by that imagery. That could be anything from a painting, to an interactive environment, to multisen-sory investigations, to evo-lutionary art. I consider that research.”

In addition to the artistic pursuits, the discipline also utilizes computer science and human-computer interface engineering research.

“We have research into the use of alternative immersive display systems,” McLaughlin said. “Looking at immersive display systems and whether or not a fully realized, seam-less screen system is more ef-fective than a system that is composed of many commod-ity sized screens, like televi-sions with very thin borders.”

Ergun Akleman, another

visualization professor, fo-cuses his research on model-ing 3-D surfaces in ways that were previously mathemati-cally difficult, such as wo-ven surfaces, knots or other shapes that are topologically complex.

“It is more like art [to-day],” Ergun said. “Outside of computer graphics … in the future, we can build the stuff like this. It’s not nec-essarily functional, but the theoretical result is interest-ing. You may find a very practical function.”

No matter where a par-ticular research project at the Visualization Lab lands on the art-science continuum, there is always a heavy emphasis on the visual result of that research.

“It’s rare that we see a student project or a faculty member’s research publicly exhibited where it doesn’t have a very strong visual com-ponent,” McLaughlin said.

The way the results of re-

search are judged is distinctly

qualitative and visual. For in-

stance, if a researcher at the

lab is developing a new al-

gorithm to generate virtual smoke, quantitative data and scientific techniques would be used. However, the algo-rithm’s effectiveness would generally rely on how appeal-ing the result looks to the eye compared to previous smoke generation techniques.

McLaughlin said this sys-tem mimics how evaluation is handled in the entertain-ment industry, saying that industry recognizes achieve-ment by peer evaluation. It adds an interesting angle for students hoping to aspire in the program.

“Viz is different because you can’t study for studio,” Reza said. “You have to work hard and hope others like your creation.”

The unique art and sci-ence blend adds academic breadth to the University,

positively contrasting A&M’s engineering and agricultural reputation.

“It’s nice to see the oc-casional art installation from the Viz Department on cam-pus,” Reza said. “It really shows that this school has an artistic side as opposed to strictly technical.”

This passion has direct ap-

plications in the real world,

ultimately benefitting stu-

dents and the University.

“It take’s A&M’s technical

skills and applies it to anima-

tion, games and graphic de-

signs. That’s why places like

Pixar and EA take notice,”

said Katherine Farley, senior

visualization studies major.

“The art element allows the

University to expand in ways

it never could before.”

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Tanner Garza — THE BATTALION

2004 to 2005 and in Iraq from 2009 to 2011. He is still on ac-tive duty.

At 1 p.m., there was a 21-gun salute followed by a moment of silence. The moment of si-lence is unique because it oc-curred at the exact same time all across the nation, no matter the time zone.

Before the minute of silence, Metcalf gave a short address to bystanders.

“Today it is imperative that we remember the sacrifice of those through the years,” Met-calf said. “Let us never forget all veterans, living and dead.”

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ence has ever seen.“You will never see a show

like that on television again because it would be cost pro-hibitive,” Black said. “Many big name stars were on every show. It was a weekly show, with a huge orchestra, and you don’t see that on televi-sion anymore.”

Black said the format of the performance will be similar to that of the beginning of Bur-nett’s 1960s television show.

“She opened her television show each week with a dis-cussion. The first 15 minutes of her show were people in the audience asking her ques-tions. That is the format,” Black said. “We will have 12 or more microphones out in the audience for people to ask questions. There will also be film clips of some of her best

shows. It is an opportunity to look back and see what the show was like.”

Gentry Leonard, Director

of Auditorium Operations,

said Carol Burnett’s perfor-

mances transcend time and

are passed down through

generations.

“There is more of an es-

sence of comedy in her per-

formances than in most mod-

ern-day comedians. There is

a certain wit. She appeals to

a wide range of audiences.

There are people that grew

up watching her and their

kids , who are familiar with

the show”, said Leonard.

Carol Burnett has achieved

many honors throughout her

career. She has won twelve

People’s Choice Awards,

eight Golden Globes, six

Emmy Awards, the Hora-

tio Alger Award, the Pea-

body Award for “Friendly

Fire,” and the Ace Award for “Between Friends” with

Elizabeth Taylor. She has re-ceived the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and is a Ken-nedy Center honoree. She has also been inducted into the Television Hall of Fame. Her “Went With The Wind” segment , on the Carol Bur-nett Show, a parody of Gone With The Wind, is acknowl-edged in the Top 10 great-est moments in television history.

Stephen Dawkins, Chair

of The OPAS Student Com-

mittee, said Carol Burnett

was a ground-breaking ac-

tress in the genre of women’s

comedy.

“Carol Burnett is one of

the queens of comedy. She

is a comedy legend. It is the

jokes and the entertainment

that is timeless,” Dawkins

said. “She is the foundation

for women in comedy. Ev-

erybody can really appreciate

something like that.”

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member from Breakaway Ministries, said the purpose of the conference is to enlighten students about mission work.

“It is a night where we try to open students’ eyes to different needs around the world and urge them to take the gospel to every coun-try and around America,” Park said. “The purpose is for more and more students

to take the gospel all around the world, whether that be in College Station and Bryan or as far as East Asia.”

Park said agencies are ex-cited to come to A&M be-cause there are more mis-sionaries coming from Texas A&M than from any other school in the U.S.

Katy Bardin, senior inter-disciplinary studies major, at-tended past conferences and said it is an eye opening ex-perience.

“If you are interested in

missions and you really don’t know where to start, you can go to the conference and talk to these different agencies and learn more about what they do and the places they go,” Bardin said.

Park said all students are invited to attend, regardless of their religious affiliation.

“If there is a student who is not even a Christian, I think that it is worth seeing what this is about because the fo-cus is on serving people all around the world,” Park said.

MissionsContinued from page 1

Chief Warrant Officer Eric Metcalf reads the names of Aggies who died serving their country since 9/11 on Monday in Rudder Fountain Plaza.

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