Aggies pitch in to aid B-CS community Posted: 26 Mar 2011 05:07 PM PDT With a quick chant of "beat the hell out of yard work," and a firing of the Parsons Mounted Cavalry cannon, nearly 16,000 Aggies left the parking lot around Reed Arena to participate in The Big Event. The Big Event at A&M is the largest stude ... |
Aggies pitch in to aid B-CS community Posted: 26 Mar 2011 05:07 PM PDT With a quick chant of "beat the hell out of yard work," and a firing of the Parsons Mounted Cavalry cannon, nearly 16,000 Aggies left the parking lot around Reed Arena to participate in The Big Event. The Big Event at A&M is the largest stude ... |
Report: A&M System merger will save $1.7M Posted: 26 Mar 2011 05:08 PM PDT The A&M System's move to take over the administration of tens of millions of annual research dollars will save an estimated $1.7 million in annual personnel costs, according to a final report on the new model issued by the A&M System. A c ... |
Navasota saluting 1st Texas republic Posted: 26 Mar 2011 05:07 PM PDT The Navasota Historic Preservation Committee is inviting the public out to celebrate the creation of the independent Republic of Texas. No, not the one that was started in 1836 -- they're commemorating the first Republic of Texas, the one that was ... |
Libya rebels seize key city Posted: 26 Mar 2011 05:07 PM PDT AJDABIYA, Libya -- Libyan rebels clinched their hold on the east and seized back a key city on Saturday after decisive international airstrikes sent Moammar Gadhafi's forces into retreat, shedding their uniforms and ammunition as they fled. Ajdabi ... |
Northwest not ready for tsunami Posted: 26 Mar 2011 05:05 PM PDT CANNON BEACH, Ore. -- When the big one hits the Pacific Northwest, the best place to escape the wall of water moving at jetliner speed from 50 miles off the coast may be a City Hall on stilts. Once the ground finishes two to four minutes of lurchi ... |
Japanese gov't criticizes nuke plant operator Posted: 26 Mar 2011 05:07 PM PDT SENDAI, Japan -- Japan's government revealed a series of missteps by the operator of a radiation-leaking nuclear plant on Saturday, including sending workers in without protective footwear in its faltering efforts to control a monumental crisis. Th ... |
State 'sodomy law' still on books Posted: 26 Mar 2011 05:08 PM PDT AUSTIN -- "Homosexual conduct" is still on the books as a crime in Texas, eight years after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the law unconstitutional.Although the state's so-called sodomy law cannot be legally enforced, civil rights advocates say it shou ... |
Websites help draw in faithful Posted: 26 Mar 2011 05:08 PM PDT By JOSHUNDA SANDERS Austin American-Statesman ROUND ROCK -- By the time the new North Hills Baptist Church opens, Pastor Jeremy Van Delinder will have enlisted dozens of volunteers and founding coaches from his former church in Florida to help get ... |
Enjoying life while he can see it Posted: 26 Mar 2011 05:07 PM PDT By MARC RAMIREZ The Dallas Morning News FARMERS BRANCH -- How would you prepare for a life of blindness? What would you want to see? What would you want to do? At the age of 8, Zach Thibodeaux is being forced to confront these questions, even as h ... |
Campaign started without candidate Posted: 26 Mar 2011 05:08 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- The campaign is revved and ready, a turn-key operation if there ever was one, with high-powered political strategists and big-time fundraisers who are more than eager to make a splash in the 2012 Republican presidential race as early as ... |
Tribes prep for buffalo's return Posted: 26 Mar 2011 05:05 PM PDT POPLAR, Mont. -- American Indians depended on the buffalo for hundreds of years for food, clothing, tools and medicine. Now today's tribes want to return the favor by helping preserve one of the last genetically pure herds in North America. The Si ... |
Libyans woman silenced after making rape claim Posted: 26 Mar 2011 05:22 PM PDT TRIPOLI, Libya -- A distraught Libyan woman stormed into a Tripoli hotel Saturday to tell foreign reporters that government troops raped her, setting off a brawl when hotel staff and government minders tried to detain her. Iman al-Obeidi was tackl ... |
Palestinians impatient as unrest spreads Posted: 26 Mar 2011 05:22 PM PDT RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Could the Arab Spring pass over the Palestinians? With the peace process going nowhere, the threat of new violence increasing and the Palestinians badly divided, people in the West Bank and Gaza are surveying the rapid chang ... |
Digging into physics Posted: 26 Mar 2011 05:07 PM PDT Will Roehr, 7, of Houston looks at a flower frozen with liquid nitrogen at the 2011 Physics and Engineering Festival on the Texas A&M campus Saturday. The event featured hands-on demonstrations as well as lectures for old and young alike. |
Make yourself at home during Woman's Club tour Posted: 26 Mar 2011 05:05 PM PDT The three homes on this year's The Woman's Club House and Garden Tour span 108 years of history. The event is set for April 13, and the theme is "Elegance and Charm in the Brazos Valley." The homes of Linda Roberts, Chad and Lauren Hovde and Bonnie ... |
Ray's Picks: Get your fright fix with 'The Ring' Posted: 26 Mar 2011 05:05 PM PDT Love old or unusual movies but never know when they're on? Here are several I recommend: Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962): Jimmy Stewart shines in this pleasant family movie in a role he specialized in late in his career: a cranky middle-aged man ... |
Our Neighbors Calendar Posted: 26 Mar 2011 05:05 PM PDT Monday * Star Duplicate Bridge Club. 9:45 a.m. College Station Conference Center. For partnerships, call 774-7675. * College Station Noon Lions Club. Hilton Hotel, 801 University Drive East. 690-8525. * College Station Senior Advisory Committee me ... |
Arts Watch: Blinn takes 'Anne Frank' to stage Posted: 26 Mar 2011 05:05 PM PDT When Blinn College's Bryan campus decided to venture into the world of live theater this year, it didn't step lightly. In the next few weeks alone, the school will make the difficult transition from heavy drama to comedy. The curtain rises on the d ... |
Our Neighbors Posted: 26 Mar 2011 05:05 PM PDT BRAZOS CHRISTIAN ART DEPARTMENT Brazos Christian School recently dominated its TAPPS District Art Competition, taking first place with a sweep of 362 points, outpacing second-place Kingwood Northeast Christian Academy by 70. Brazos Christian took 1 ... |
School menus, March 28-April 1 Posted: 26 Mar 2011 05:05 PM PDT Here are this week's school menus. Milk is included. ALLEN ACADEMY Monday: Chicken and bean burrito, green salad, fruit. Tuesday: Baked ziti pasta with meat sauce, Caesar salad, fruit. Wednesday: Barbecue chicken, spinach, apple and raisin sal ... |
Students of the Week Posted: 26 Mar 2011 05:05 PM PDT Victor Rocha-Rojas Facts: 12-year-old sixth-grader at Oakwood Intermediate School in College Station. Parents/guardian: Dr. and Mrs. Rojas Favorite subject: English Favorite teacher: Mrs. Terral College or university plans: Texas A&M Univers ... |
Mousner 20th Posted: 26 Mar 2011 05:00 PM PDT Robert Mousner and Lydia C. Luza of College Station, Texas are celebrating their 20th wedding anniversary. They were married March 23, 1991 in Bryan, Texas. An anniversary trip is planned to Jefferson, Texas, and Caddo Lake. |
Chapman-Fly Posted: 26 Mar 2011 05:00 PM PDT Rostell and Janet Chapman of Bryan, Texas are pleased to announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Alison Nicole Chapman, to Joe Wayne Fly III, (Trey), son of Joe and Mary Fly of Austin. Grandparents of the bride-elect are M ... |
Baur-Cochener Posted: 26 Mar 2011 05:00 PM PDT Mr. and Mrs. Richard Baur of Bryan, Texas are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Rebecca Jeanne, to Kevin Justin Cochener, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cletes Killough of Longview and Mr. and Mrs. David Cochener of Clarksville, Tennessee. ... |
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