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Biomedical science graduate student Colleen Fisher accomplished as an undergraduate what many researchers work toward for years: having research pubilshed by the academic journal Science.

Mammalian study lands in ‘Science’

Evolutionary findings

Resulting from collaboration primarily be-tween Texas A&M and the University of Cali-fornia — Riverside, the paper details early stages of mammalian evolution and includes the largest molecular dataset of mammalian families in any research project to-date.

“Ninety-nine percent of mammalian fami-lies are represented in our study,” said William

Murphy, Fisher’s former undergraduate research adviser and associate professor of veterinary in-tegrative biosciences.

Fisher began preparing data for Murphy as a sophomore biomedical sciences major. Now in her second year of a master’s program at A&M’s

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See Fisher on page 4

For aspiring geneticist Colleen Fisher, the countless hours

spent in the lab and in front of the computer have paid

off. Last Thursday, one of the world’s most-cited academic

journals, Science, published an article online in which Fisher was listed

fifth of 22 authors.

YMCA building rich with history

In March 2010, construc-tion began on the renova-tion of the YMCA building on campus. The construction plans involved the demolition and reconstruction of some parts of the building and the renovation of other parts of the building. The ongoing project, located at Houston and Old Main, began with the demolition of the exist-ing east wing and then moved ahead with the gutting of the west wing and the addition of 24,732 square feet. Prior to construction the building had been empty for five years due to structural concerns.

From the beginning, the

project has progressed with great care.

Nancy McCoy, class of 1981, is the principal in charge of the renovation project with Quimby McCoy Preservation Architecture.

“The biggest challenge was making an addition that didn’t look out of place, but went with the historic build-ing and the surrounding buildings on campus,” said Anne Stimmel, who created an early design draft for the renovation of the 1914 build-ing as her final Master of Ar-chitecture degree project at the College of Architecture.

The YMCA Building is one of the oldest buildings on campus and is located in the heart of the historic

Academic Quad. Although the early YMCA thrived for many years without a build-ing, the organization became the center of campus life for the young men of A&M once the building was constructed. According to Mary Manning, assistant University archivist and digital collections coor-dinator, the original building was designed by Frederick Gieseke, founder of the Uni-versity’s architecture college.

“When he resigned, how-ever, S.J. Fountain revised the original drawings to in-corporate a more classical style,” Manning said. “And it’s not a well-known fact, but the original building also

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Commissioned in 1910 through fundraising backed by what was known as the Alumni Association, now the Association of Former Students, the YMCA-Alumni Memorial Building was constructed and dedicated on February 15, 1915.

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Tuesday, former Space Shuttle Commander Robert Laurel Crippen visited Aggieland to ig-nite student interest in the sciences with space stories and down-to-earth wisdom.

“I believe in life,” Crippen said. “You need to be goal-oriented. You have to be focused on what you would like to achieve. Truthfully, I believe life is a lot of luck. What you need to do is be prepared for when an opportunity comes along that you would like to pursue.”

Crippen, a retired Navy captain and Uni-

versity of Texas graduate, said he was well pre-pared to seize those opportunities.

“I graduated in 1960 and at that time, no-body had flown to space.” Crippen said. “I knew back when Sputnik went up that we would soon put people up there and I wanted to fly since I was short, so I figured higher and faster was better. When I finished at that other university [in Austin], I joined the Navy to be-

come a naval aviator. I wanted to be a good pilot, and I figured if I could land on a ship, I would be pretty good.”

Crippen shared some of his NASA expe-riences, emphasizing how a college degree opened the doors for an extraordinary career.

“In 1981, things came together, and John Young and I were getting ready to fly. The younger guys behind us in line were saying,

‘Instead of Young and Crippen, it’s going to be ‘old and crippled’ by the time the STS-1 takes off.’”

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Astronaut delivers $10,000 award to student

See YMCA on page 4

”You need to be goal-oriented. You have to be focused on

what you would like to achieve. What you need to do is be

prepared for when an opportunity that comes along

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— Former Space Shuttle Commander Robert Laurel Crippen

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religion | 3Students celebrate NavratriWednesday marks the beginning of Navratri, a nine-day Hindu festival. Read more inside on page 3.

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From secular days of celebration and reflection like Labor Day and Veterans Day to religious ob-servances like Ramadan, Hannukah and Christ-mas, nearly everyone at Texas A&M has some-thing to celebrate in the fall. However, some holidays receive less attention than others. One of these lesser-known celebrations is the Hindu festival of Navratri, which begins Wednesday.

Navratri, which means “nine nights,” is a Hindu celebration of the goddess Shakti. At this festival, people come together to celebrate life through various community activities, including traditional dances. As the name suggests, Navratri traditionally takes place over a period of nine nights, one of each being dedicated to worship-ping one of the nine forms of the goddess Shakti.

Different sects of Hinduism observe Navratri with different traditions, but the “shared” cel-ebration takes place during the beginning of fall on dates determined by the lunar calendar.

“There are a few different ways to look at Navratri,” said Tej Pandya, a senior petroleum engineering major and Hindu student. “Differ-ent groups celebrate it in different ways, but tra-ditionally it involves going to your temple for festivities, which include things like musical pro-grams, devotional songs and ceremonial rites.”

One of the most important and striking ways that worshippers show devotion is through dance.

“My favorite Navratri custom is probably the dancing,” said junior biomedical science major Dixi Patel. “We usually go to our temple in Houston over the weekend, and I always enjoy that part.”

Two traditional forms of dance are Garba and Dandiya Raas. Garba involves different hand and foot movements, and Raas uses sticks and more complex motions. The dances are often per-formed around statues or pictures of the goddess Shakti and are characterized by their high level

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Nine-nights celebrationRosh Hashanah begins The Jewish New Year Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown Wednesday evening. Rosh Hashanah, which is Hebrew for “head of the year,” is the fi rst of the High Holidays and is celebrated 10 days before Yom Kippur. According to Jewish tradition, Rosh Hashanah marks the fi gurative or literal creation of the universe, and occurs on the fi rst two days of Tishri, the seventh month of the Jewish calendar. No work is permitted for observers of the Jewish faith on Rosh Hashanah. Much of the day is spent in synagogue. The central observance of Rosh Hashanah is the sounding of the shofar, a ram’s horn, which, in part, represents the trumpet blast of a people’s coronation of their king. Additional observances of Rosh Hashanah include eating apple slices dipped in honey to symbolize the desire for a sweet year. At the close of the evening, women and girls light candles and recite the appropriate blessing.

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Seniors Jay Kapadia and Abiram Viswanath, members of Wreckin’ Raas, a dandiya-raas team, perform at Raas Rave and Bhangra Blitz, a national roas competition.

of energy and the joyous atmosphere they create.“A lot of Hindus in college really enjoy

Navratri,” Pandya said. “The dancing definitely has something to do with it; people appreciate a religious celebration that’s also a good way to get together with people and have some fun.”

While Navratri is a very well known and wide-ly celebrated tradition in India and among Hin-

dus in other countries, people of different cultures and beliefs are much less aware of it.

“I believe that it’s vital that people gain an understanding of other cultures and their tradi-tions, especially people our age,” said Pandya. Pandya said that while many have been taught to embrace diversity since youth, people are not always taught enough about the things that make them diverse in the first place.

“Learning about other cultures helps people grow personally,” Patel said. “It lets them see what’s different about themselves, but it also shows how much we have in common.”

Dandiya Night◗ The event will take place from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. Oct. 28 at the Recreation Center Archery Room. ◗ Between 300 and 400 students attend the event, one of the largest on campus for the Hindu Students Association.

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College of Veterinary Medi-cine and Biomedical Science, Fisher said this project re-vealed her deep-rooted inter-est in research.

“When I got home one day after I had spent a lot of time staring at the computer screen fixing something, I sat down and closed my eyes, and I could still see every-thing on that screen. What was worse, I could see errors and I started correcting them in my head,” Fisher said with a laugh. “That’s when I knew that I not only enjoyed doing this, but that I could do this.”

Fisher was responsible for handling, checking and orga-nizing the thousands of lines of genetic data that Texas A&M contributed to the study.

“In this whole big op-eration, I was the lit-tle foot soldier,” Fisher said. “But I actually had a lot of autonomy because I was the one checking all of the data for correctness and completeness.”

The research team sought to identify the point in time at which species become sep-arate species by comparing DNA sequences.

From their study, Fisher’s lab identified two points in time when mammals expe-rienced a spike in diversifica-tion.

The first spike occurred during the Cretaceous pe-riod, approximately 85 mil-lion years ago. Murphy said

the rapid increase was likely a consequence of environmen-tal factors.

“High sea levels at this time led to continental frag-mentation and isolation of populations. This continental shrinking coupled with in-creased flowering plants and insect diversity created ideal circumstances for different mammalian species to diversi-fy in isolation,” Murphy said.

Mammals during this time were thought to be small, rodent-sized creatures. The end of the Cretaceous pe-riod marks the time of the dinosaurs’ extinction and the second rise in mammalian di-versification.

“This massive extinction opened up eco-space that mammals proceeded to fill,” Murphy said.

Upon graduation, Fisher finished her work with Mur-phy and began her current re-search project, which is with Christopher Seabury, assistant

veterinary pathobiology pro-fessor.

“Figuring out how genet-ics will improve medicine is a primary goal of mine,” Fisher said. “I’m currently looking at genetic variation in genes of the immune sys-tem of cattle and horses. And what I hope to find are cer-tain mutations that are either detrimental or beneficial, so I can isolate those mutations, and make sure healthy traits are passed on.”

Fisher is currently applying to Veterinary Medical School where she hopes to continue genetic research. She ex-pressed confidence that this publication will give weight to her application.

“I’m extremely lucky to be this young and say that I’ve been published in Science, and I could not have done it with-out the help of Bill [Murphy] and my lab partners. They were amazing to work with,” Fisher said.

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contained a basement hous-ing a bowling alley and a swimming pool.”

The building continued to serve as a student recreation center until the completion of the Memorial Student Center in 1950. At the time it was built, the YMCA building was considered one of the most beautiful buildings on campus. Among its many do-nors was Colonel E.B. Cush-ing, after whom the Cushing Memorial Library was named.

With furniture just being placed in the building, con-struction is slated to end in a few weeks with a re-opening ceremony to mark the oc-casion. When completed, the four-story structure will house the Philosophy Depart-ment offices and classrooms, the Faculty Senate, Aggie Honor Offices and Marketing and Communications.

During construction, a time capsule left from the class of 1914 was found inside one of the buildings cornerstones. The capsule contained items

such as a 1911-1912 annual catalogue, a 1912 student handbook, pieces of a docu-ment that lists YMCA officers and YMCA bylaws, a list of the members of the Class of 1914 and an article from The Battalion on the ground-breaking of the new build-ing. These items are now on display at Cushing Memorial Library.

Tony Watson of Watson Signs and Monuments said it

was nothing short of a miracle that the capsule was found.

“Well, the stones had to be taken back to Georgia where they came from originally to be sliced and refitted,” Wat-son said. “When we took to one of the cornerstones with the wire-saw we noticed in-side the block that we had barely missed cutting into the time capsule. It’s incredible that a copper box like that survived so long.”

YMCAContinued from page 1

Upon its completion, the YMCA building was gifted to A&M as administrative office space.

SpaceContinued from page 1

STS-1 was the first orbital flight of the Space Shuttle pro-gram.

Crippen made the trip to College Station on behalf of the Astronaut Scholar-ship Foundation, awarding a $10,000 scholarship to se-nior biomedical science and

engineering major Matthew Grunewald.

“The [Astronaut Scholar-ship Foundation] was founded by six of the seven astronauts flying on the Mercury 7 mis-sion,” Crippen said. “We are looking for students that are motivated, inventive and high-performance.”

Crippen added that Grunewald exemplifies each of these qualities.

“I’m humbled by the award

today, and I hope I can live up to what everyone expects me to be,” Grunewald said.

Freshman aerospace engi-neering major Ash Fernando said he attended the event because of his fascination with the space program.

“To see an astronaut just 20 feet in front of me is so encouraging,” Fernando said. “My Facebook status is going to say, ‘Just shook hands with an astronaut — no big deal.’”

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Fisher’s article is scheduled to be printed by Science before the end of the year.

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4/3, 3/3 &3/2 Houses, Townhouses,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

4bd/2ba 2-living, +study. Avail-able now, 1112 Berkley. Close tocampus. Completely remolded!Short-term lease available. Nopets. $1100/mo. 979-731-8257.www.brazosvalleyrentals.com

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

Available now. Flexible leasingterms. $999/mo. 3bd/2.5ba duplexw/fenced yard. Pets ok.979-255-3280.

Condos, lofts, &Effeciencies: 309Mobile #3&4, 1/1 efficiency, $515,w/s pd. 309 Mobile #6&8, 1/1 loft,$650 w/s pd. 1501 Stallings #44,2/2.5, $900. 2920 Kent St. #106,2/1.5, $650. 1001 Krenek Tap Rd#1405, 4/4, $1600. 1425 VillaMaria #401, 3/3.5, $1475.Alpha-Omega Properties,979-774-7820, Broker.

Duplex, rent 2bd/1ba, Beautiful!College Station. Remodled, allnew, many extras! New flooring,drapes. Convenient to everything!Fenced backyard. One week free.979-422-3427, 832-242-4917. Callfor specials.

Duplexes for lease: 1008-1010 Na-varro, 2/1 $625. 3520 PalomaRidge Dr.., 3/3 $1100. 819 San Be-nito, 2/1 $650. 920 Sun Meadow,2/2 $875. Apla-Omega Properties,979-774-7820, Broker.

Free ethernet and extendedcable. Great prices.aggieapartments.com,979-693-1906.

FOR RENT

Great location and updated look!2br/1.5bth, 708 Wellesley CS,1/2mi from campus. New floor,paint, tub, countertop, stove/mic,large closets. W/D included. $650,call Pat Propes, broker,979-393-8411.pat@propesrealtygroup.com

House on 6-acres, 20-mins. fromcampus. 1800sqft, 3bdrm/2bth,2-living w/large back deck.$900/mo for house and morgansbuilding storage only or$1100/mo. for house and fenced6-acres , horses allowed, lastmonth’s rent due at signing.979-412-2042, Shannon.

Houses for lease: 2300 Colgate,3/2 $1400. 301 Rosemary, 4/2$1200. 505 Gilbert, 3/3 $1050. 601Maryem, 3/1 $800. 1013 San Be-nito, 3/2 $1200. 2901 McLaren,4/4.5 $1475. 3907 Sioux, 3/2$1000. 4003 Southern Trace, 4/3$1300. 4107 McLister, 4/4 $1500.2009 Angelina, 4/2 $1300. 3812Old College, 2/1 $750.Alpha-Omega Properties.979-774-7820, Broker.

http://sites.google.com/site/aaar-entalcs/ Duplex for rent, 2/1, nodeposit. $599/mo. 979-450-0098.

Huge 3/4bd/2ba house! Walk tocampus, W/D, fenced. Normally$1450/mo., now $975/mo.979-693-5885.

IMMEDIATE OCCUPANCY- I ownduplex off University, 1.5mi. toTAMU on bus route. I live in bot-tom unit and looking for some-one for 2bd/2ba upstairs. Unit iscompletely updated, includesW/D, wifi, cable, all appliancesand parking. Reduced rate forquick rent $700. Text979-255-3185.

Now Leasing! 4bdrm/2bth houses.Spacious floorplans. Great Loca-tion. Close to campus, woodfloors, tile floors, ceiling fans,w/d, fenced yards, refridgerator,icemaker,lawncare.979-776-6079,www.aggielandleasing.com

FOR SALE

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HELP WANTED

AlphaBEST Education, Inc. is seek-ing qualified individuals witheducational and child-care experi-ence for academic based afterschool programs in the Bryan In-dependent School District.After-school until 6:30pm.$10.50-$15/hour.rostermann@alphabest.org

Artist needs female canvas sub-jects, body image project. $40/hr.Aysia 281-678-4050.

Athletic men for calendars,books, etc. $100-$200/hr, upto $1000/day. No experience.aggieresponse@gmail.com

Cheddar’s Casual Cafe and FishDaddy’s on University Drive arenow accepting applications forservers and hostesses. Come be apart of our friendly team! Applyin person. EOE.

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

HELP WANTED

Edgefield Art needs assistant,must be flexible with paywork,writing, and organizing paper-work. $10/hr, Flexible hours.214-742-6708.

Groundskeeper Wanted for Prop-erty Management Co. in Bryan &CS, must have reliable truck andclean criminal record,  F/T posi-tion, apply in person, call for de-tails 979.775.2291

J. Cody’s hiring at all positions,apply within, 3610 S. College. Noexperience necessary just com-mon sense!

Lawn crew member needed,$9/hr. Hrs Monday, Wednesdayand Friday 11-6, experience re-quired. 979-224-2511.

Leasing Consultant needed, indi-vidual needs to be energetic, cus-tomer oriented, have a profes-sional appearance and able towork weekends, base pay pluscommission, PT available, apply inperson at 950 Colgate, CS , TheTrails at Wolf Pen Creek.

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 tosusanc@aggieallergist.com

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

Part-time real estate assistant po-sition needed for busy real-estateoffice. Must be a detail-orientedpeople person wit reliable trans-portation and have reasonablecomputer skills in MS Word andMS Excel. This staff position re-quires 15-20 hours per week. Startdate available immediately. Forjob description and application,go to:www.coventryglenrealty.net andclick on employment opportuni-ties side bar.

Personal Assistant. Assistant andcooking preperation, shopping,review bills, internet price com-parison, outdoor work, someheavy lifting, lawn mowing, land-scaping, and trips to bank or postoffice. Must be professional ontelephone and in person. Punc-tual, friendly, able to completeassignments in a timely fashionand possess good organizationalskills. Email:mpaull@suddenlinkmail.com

PT Graphic Designer: Must knowPhotoshop and have web designexperience. Email resume tocpaull@netperspective.com or all979-695-9955.

Seeking tutor for high schoolfreshman for geometry, APbiology, and spanish. Please call979-690-7613 after 7pm.

STUDENTPAYOUTS.COM Paid Sur-vey Takers Needed In College Sta-tion. 100% Free To Join. Click OnSurveys.

Tutors wanted for all subjectscurrently taught at TAMU/ Blinnand Sam Houston State startingat $8.25/hour. Apply on-line @www.99Tutors.com,979-268-8867.

UNIVERSITY BRAND AMBASSA-DOR- Outgoing students needed.Work on and around campus. Setyour own schedule. Unlimitedearning potential! Commissionbased pay. Must be current TAMUstudent. For more info and to ap-ply online:www.DurhamSchoolServices.com

HELP WANTED

Web Designer/Programmer.Veros Systems verossystems.comFT & PT. Knowledge or experi-ence in PHP, MySQL, JAVA Script,CSS2, HTML, and XML is required.Python, Java, C/C++/C#, Flash,Photoshop desired. EOE. Sendresume to hr@verossystems.comfax: 877-295-9803.

Web developer Ag owned com-pany looking to hire entry leveland advanced web developers.Experience with html and css amust. php, xml, drupal helpful.hr@infinityprosports.com

LOST & FOUND

Lost Eagle Scout ring, silver colorwith name and troop 811. Re-ward! Lost 9/20. 817-517-3362.

MISCELLANEOUS

Do you want to lose 3 dress sizesin 10min? 281-901-9463.

JUNK IN THE TRUNK BCS ResaleShop, 1909 S.College Ave., Bryan.Used Furniture, Appliances, TV’s,Home Decor, Antiques, Cool&Unique Stuff, cheap!979-224-2462.www.junkinthetrunkbcs.com

MUSIC

Best deal in town- DJservices/audio rentals. RDM Audiodoes it all! Weddings, parties,band set ups, PA systems, EventLighting, 979-260-1925. rdmau-dio.com

Now enrolling for Do-Re-Me Mu-sic and Dance. Music for specialneeds available.marian_hanna123@hotmail.com979-571-0306.

Party Block Mobile DJ- PeterBlock, professional 22yrsexperience. Specializing inWeddings, TAMU functions,lights/smoke. Mobile toanywhere. Book early!!979-693-6294.http://www.partyblockdj.com

REAL ESTATE

2/2 1997 Clayton mobilehome tobe moved. Shingle roof, porchand AC. $13,000. 979-255-0664.

B/CS. Sell/Buy/Invest! Re/Max,Michael McGrann. TAMU ‘93Civil Engineering. 979-739-2035,Nadia McGrann, 979-693-1851.aggierealtor.com

ROOMMATES

1-male roommate needed.3bd/3ba. $400/mo. +utilities andcable. Bus-route. 1.5mi from cam-pus. 409-466-6865.

Roommate needed. 1-block fromcampus. All amenities.979-846-3376.

TICKETS

I need Ag football tickets!713-436-6244 (office) or713-454-9776 (cell).

TUTORS

Math, Physics, Mechanical Engi-neering, $35/hour, $20/half-hour,monthly/group rates available,TANSTAAFL.tutor@gmail.com

Need a Tutor? Friendly, helpfulone-on-one private tutors for allsubjects at TAMU/Blinn and SamHouston State. Check us out atwww.99tutors.com, 979-268-8867.

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