Wednesday, March 21, 2012

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Today's News from TheEagle.com

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Texas A&M Faculty Senate condemns staff outsourcing plan

Posted: 20 Mar 2012 06:37 AM PDT


The body that represents Texas A&M's faculty took a break from academic issues and attacked A&M System Chancellor John Sharp's move toward outsourcing many of the university's rank-and-file staff jobs.
At the Faculty Senate's meeting Monda ...

Storms hit area on first day of Spring

Posted: 20 Mar 2012 05:16 PM PDT


Many area residents and maintenance officials began the first day of spring avoiding flooded roadways or cleaning up debris left after a series of thunderstorms hit the region early Tuesday morning.
At Easterwood Airport in College Station, 2.38 ...

Texas A&M Faculty Senate stirred up

Posted: 20 Mar 2012 05:15 PM PDT


You know you have a public relations struggle when all the eclectic, strong-willed, often eccentric personalities of the Faculty Senate -- including those who describe themselves as "a child of the 60s" and a conservative who is convinced a recent ...

Texas A&M Faculty Senate stirred up

Posted: 20 Mar 2012 05:15 PM PDT


You know you have a public relations struggle when all the eclectic, strong-willed, often eccentric personalities of the Faculty Senate -- including those who describe themselves as "a child of the 60s" and a conservative who is convinced a recent ...

College Station schools question tests

Posted: 20 Mar 2012 05:12 PM PDT


The College Station School Board on Tuesday unanimously adopted a resolution asking the state to devise a new accountability system that is not driven by the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, the new standardized tests.
Superintend ...

College Station schools question tests

Posted: 20 Mar 2012 05:12 PM PDT


The College Station School Board on Tuesday unanimously adopted a resolution asking the state to devise a new accountability system that is not driven by the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, the new standardized tests.
Superintend ...

A&M Consolidated High School graduate gets top job

Posted: 20 Mar 2012 05:10 PM PDT

Eagle Staff report
An A&M Consolidated High School graduate has been named the new principal of her old school.
College Station schools Superintendent Eddie Coulson announced Gwen Elder as the new head of the campus on Tuesday.
She has served ...

A&M Consolidated High School graduate gets top job

Posted: 20 Mar 2012 05:10 PM PDT

Eagle Staff report
An A&M Consolidated High School graduate has been named the new principal of her old school.
College Station schools Superintendent Eddie Coulson announced Gwen Elder as the new head of the campus on Tuesday.
She has served ...

Down Syndrome Day fundraiser planned

Posted: 20 Mar 2012 05:12 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
In observance of World Down Syndrome Day on Wednesday, a local group is organizing a fundraising event from 6 to 8 p.m. at Gattitown in College Station.
After purchasing meals, customers will be able to put their receipt in a box ...

Strong, long 6.9 quake shakes Mexico City

Posted: 20 Mar 2012 06:43 AM PDT


A strong, long 7.6 earthquake with an epicenter in Guerrero state shook central southern Mexico on Tuesday, swaying buildings in Mexico City and sending frightened workers and residents into the streets.
The U.S. Geological Survey set the intensit ...

Paw Print Festival set for Saturday

Posted: 20 Mar 2012 05:16 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
College Hills Elementary School is hosting its annual festival on Saturday.
The Paw Print Festival will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 1101 Williams St. Texas Roadhouse is providing food, and there will be a raffle for childre ...

Student art show to raise cancer funds

Posted: 20 Mar 2012 05:17 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
Bowen Elementary is hosting an auction of student art Thursday to benefit Relay for Life of Brazos County.
Elementary teacher Valerie Stein and art teacher Teri Clark had the school's students work together to create art pieces t ...

A river runs through it

Posted: 20 Mar 2012 05:05 PM PDT

Water flows across rocks near a submerged sidewalk at Research Park on the Texas A&M campus Tuesday. Heavy rains Tuesday morning filled the park's ponds, creating miniature rapids.

Mitt Romney wins in Illinois

Posted: 20 Mar 2012 05:16 PM PDT

SCHAUMBURG, Ill. -- Mitt Romney took a major stride toward the Republican presidential nomination Tuesday night, routing Rick Santorum in the Illinois primary for his third big-state win in a row and padding his already-formidable lead in the race fo ...

Reward offered for information on Bryan man

Posted: 20 Mar 2012 05:16 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
Brazos County Crime Stoppers is offering a $250 reward for information leading to the arrest of Howard Harris Jr., a 34-year-old Bryan man.
Harris is wanted on a warrant for aggravated sexual assault of a child -- a second-degre ...

CS court honored for outreach efforts

Posted: 20 Mar 2012 05:11 PM PDT

The College Station Municipal Court received a statewide award Tuesday for its efforts to increase traffic safety in its community.The award was presented at the Texas Municipal Court Education Center's Traffic Safety Conference in Dallas. Twenty-one ...

Texas suspends wild Burro killings in state park

Posted: 20 Mar 2012 05:08 PM PDT


LUBBOCK -- The Texas wildlife agency said Tuesday it is suspending a policy that allows the killing of burros in a state park along the Mexican border after the Humane Society of the United States offered to devise a nonlethal plan to remove the de ...

NASA considers using space station for Mars flight experiment

Posted: 20 Mar 2012 05:16 PM PDT


CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The International Space Station may provide the setting for a 500-day pretend trip to Mars in another few years.
NASA said Tuesday that consideration is under way to use the space station as a dry run for a simulated trip t ...

No deaths reported in destructive Mexico quake

Posted: 20 Mar 2012 05:16 PM PDT


MEXICO CITY -- A strong 7.4-magnitude earthquake hit central and southern Mexico on Tuesday, damaging some 800 homes near the epicenter and swaying tall buildings and spreading fear and panic hundreds of miles away in the capital of Mexico City.
O ...

Jobseekers asked for social media passwords

Posted: 20 Mar 2012 05:16 PM PDT


SEATTLE -- When Justin Bassett interviewed for a new job, he expected the usual questions about experience and references. So he was astonished when the interviewer asked for something else: his Facebook username and password.
Bassett, a New York ...

Restaurant Monitor

Posted: 20 Mar 2012 05:00 PM PDT

The Restaurant Monitor is a weekly listing of scores for restaurants inspected by the Brazos County Health Department.
Inspection scores are on a 100-point scale. Generally, scores below 80 might cause the department to schedule a follow-up visit. A ...

'Leaf system' denotes levels of vinegar flavor

Posted: 20 Mar 2012 05:00 PM PDT

Dear Lisa: Can you tell me what "4-leaf vinegar" is? Does that refer to its strength? Also, does vinegar ever go bad? -- P.L.
Dear P.L.: The "leaf system" was developed in Italy to evaluate some brands of balsamic vinegar and is used by several diff ...

An Easter 'quiche' to feel good about

Posted: 20 Mar 2012 05:00 PM PDT


Quiche often graces the table of Easter brunches, but everything that's good about quiche happens to be what's not good for us.
So we decided to do a little remake.
The easy thing to reach for is the frittata. Frittatas are easy and puffy and can ...

Don't Worry, Be Happy! - Research Summary

Posted: 20 Mar 2012 02:54 AM PDT


ABOUT DEPRESSION: Depression affects about 19 million people in the USA every year. Depression is a medical condition that can affect a person's ability to work, study, interact with people, or take care of themselves. Studies show that depression ...

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