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■w M THE BATTa; ing e <-i from pa^. gain on a JOI | C; committee is : L ls l,lls weeki-i I 'Hi on-site \ - end of the Jli I Be makingj ; I t their team c<y aulf said, t and JO| jop ul to a Reqit 111 h > NSF.Ik Aggielife The Battalion Page 3 A • Tuesday, September 10, 2002 ^ all propose The waiting same tudents line up and camp out to buy tickets for UT football game By Kendra Kingsley THE BATTALION Jason Given, a freshman civil lin.d decision *rsit\ will I Jk- new dd, m live veaa -'tcssal. tiversity of k 8 JtTMnrTTTvuTi. a tresiiman Hvii engineering ? only otherK » ia j° r ’ j ust w ^nts to sleep. For three days, he match 140 t \|vrts empkv unpus work z >c program I tract neannj Iven lured »? tions, Fnonjit an drilling 02 recruiting ec ’ihk! at it"Pn:r that the rtent and of coif* >! iIk* future i; a them" the new gf a w 1 nd dowr gram M. Prior aide ord Gardner lamped out in front of Kyle Field, waiting for ■Jniversity of Texas football tickets to go on ■ale. Now he’s ready for a little rest. I “I’ve slept 11 hours over a period of three |ays since my friends and I got here on Friday,” iven said. “This will be my first time to see an &M and UT football game, and I think it’s Important for us to go to Austin and be there for ■he team.” Along with Given, many students braved lain, long hours and lack of sleep in hope of ■nagging tickets to the annual UT football game. Each Urquhart. a sophomore history major, said Pie group he planned to pull tickets w nh arrived hursday night to get in line. “We got here really early because we wanted Ho make sure we got tickets,” Urquhart said. “I ■Hvam logo to the game because I feel like you’ve Hot to be the 12th man for our team. That Hhouldn’t stop at Kyle Field.” While many students plan to scalp their tick- inograph}*: £ts for inflated prices. Urquhart said no price ®**®l|||B^m:ould he put on the experience of watching the rrator ww||||L ;ame j n p erson< “Even if someone offered me $1,()0() for my ^^icket, I wouldn’t take it,” he said. “It’s not orth all we’ve put into it. Being able to yell at hris Simms from the stands is worth at least 950 anyway.” Marshall Grice, a sophomore journalism lajor who planned to pull tickets with Moses [Hall, said he invested his time and effort so he ould not be caught in front of the television on the November 29 game day. “The t.u. game is an experience,” Grice said. “It’s being in the crowd doing the yells and being surrounded by Aggies. It’s not the same as watching the game from your TV at home. When you’re there in person, your heart and soul itive cfftii Hit would r 'low to is in the game.” For students such as Grice, who pitched tents and camped out in front of Kyle Field, staying in line was not an option. Chad Hutson, a senior industrial engineering major, was one of the first Aggies to arrive at Kyle Field and was in charge of making sure that those who got in line, stayed in line. Hutson, along with four other Aggies, served as “role call” leaders for those vying for a ticket. “Friday night was the official night to pitch a tent, but five us got here early on Thursday and decided to divide the students who showed up to buy tickets into five groups,” Hutson said. "Each of us has a list, and students were added to it on a first come, first serve basis. If someone doesn’t show when we call roll, then their name goes to the bottom of the list. It’s easier to delegate power that way, and it is less of a burden on those who were in line. It’s like a big party and a nice way to keep order to the situation.” Given, who camped out with a television and games, said the three days he spent camping out were made more comfortable by the party-like atmosphere. “We’ve played Frisbee, dominoes, video games and watched movies,” Given said. “There has been a little bit of studying, but almost no sleep. It has definitely made the time go by a faster.” Even those who stayed in line were in danger of not being able to snag a ticket, however. Jim Kotch. Texas A&M’s athletic ticket manager, said a total of 3,850 tickets were made available to Texas A&M. “In the past, UT has issued around 7,000 tickets to A&M,” Kotch said. “This year, they issued us the minimum number of tickets that the Conference required. By the time those tick ets were given to the team, the band and donors, only 437 were available to students.” Kotch said one reason so few tickets were issued was because UT had sold more season tickets to its own fans than in the past. Kotch said next year’s UT versus A&M game, which will be in College Station, will allow UT fans the same number of tickets they are offering A&M this year. The limited number of tickets did not discourage those who braved the long lines and long hours. “This is what A&M is all about,” Anthony Zaccari, a senior finance major, said. “Roughing it, hanging out with friends and staying up all night when we have 8 o’clock classes.” Jeff Treadway, a senior finance major, agreed. “It’s 3 o’clock in the morning, the night before we have class, and we’re sitting in front of Kyle Field watching Top Gun and hanging out with a bunch of other Aggies. Does it get any better than this?” Almost 12 hours later, Treadway discovered tickets for the game had been sold out, and he would not be able to purchase a ticket. Nonetheless, Treadway said spending the weekend with fellow Aggies was a memorable experience. “It’s a big disappointment to have waited 14 hours and not even be close to getting tickets,” he said. “Still, we had a lot of fun camping right outside Kyle Field and spending time with other die-hard Aggies.” Buying time ALISSA HOLI.IMON • THt BATTALION From left: Matt Serrano, a freshman chemical engineering major, Ernie Swan, a sophomore theater major, Cody Pratt, a sophomore general studies major and Erik Haselhorse, a freshman genetics major, play "42" while waiting for foot ball tickets to the UT game. ssme of the- ,I0J xtpy Chief Editor ’hoto Editor iraphics Editw io f’nxiuccr jgh Fndtty duirt he summer sr® t Periodicals P®# ges to The Ba® as A&M Unive's' News offices a- 845-2647; E-« endorsement h 15-2696. 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I Later in the day, McCarthy called him back to say the ad cam paign was being pulled, though one segment was already in pro duction and could not be stopped. | The marketing staff was trying to create "an edgy advertising campaign appealing to today's youth," McCarthy said. I "Some of the wording in the two ads in question crossed a line that should not have been crossed. As a result, the two ads have been pulled," he said. "Sometimes, when companies make mis takes, the best thing to do is just admit the mistake and move on." I The ads were placed in such publications as Skateboarding, Snowboarding and Stance magazines. I Ski and snowboarding-related ad campaigns have a history of being edgy. Absolut vodka pulled a campaign after Vail Resorts, which owns Breckenridge, threatened to sue. It showed a bottle in the shape NEWS IN BRIEF of a cast suggesting a ski accident with the words "Absolut Vail" scrawled on it. Budget Car Rental stopped a campaign that showed a skier tan gled in a tree. It offered free premium sunglasses to frequent cus tomers, saying those who rent four times get to "see menacing tree coming." Artist Zhao brings volunteers and flags together for 9/11 banner SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A 5-mile ribbon of red, white and blue flapped in the morning breeze beneath the Golden Gate Bridge as some 2,000 volunteers formed a human chain along the coast to remember those who died a year ago in the terrorist attacks. The banner, containing more than 5,000 American flags, stretched as far as one could see Sunday and took nearly two hours to unfurl — a sight artist Jian-Hai "Pop" Zhao has worked much of the year to experience. "I wanted to create this kind of artwork to bring people together from different communities," he said. "It's a beautiful thing to do." Some volunteers chatted and laughed as the banner was unrolled, while others used the event as a time to reflect. "To have people come out and do something that pays tribute to those who were lost but also brings people together, there's a sense of closure," said Lori Chelius, a University of California, Berkeley graduate student who held a piece of the banner. Zhao's artwork, called "Celebrate: Life, Liberty, Beauty," is believed to be the longest such work in the world commemorat ing the tragedy. Its panels were emblazoned with American flags, silhouettes of the bridge and rainbow trim representing the com munity's diversity. Zhao made the Guinness Book of Records last year by creating a 6.25-mile Olympic Dragon constructed of similar panels on the Great Wall of China. The event attracted Chinese dignitaries and world attention prior to China winning the bid for the summer 2008 games. A native of Beijing, Zhao moved to the United States 14 years ago and made his home in San Francisco. He began working on the Sept. 11 project soon after the attacks, paying for most of it himself with some help from volunteers. As an immigrant, Zhao said he wanted to create something that promoted a feeling of solidarity within the nation and the world. Harrison's album to be released one year after his death LOS ANGELES (AP) — The album George Harrison was working on until two months before his death will be released in November. Produced by Harrison, his son, Dhani, and Jeff Lynne, the Dark Horse-Capitol Records album Brainwashed features 11 new Harrison compositions. It's the first release of new Harrison mate rial since 1987's Cloud Nine. "Before we started working on the album, George and Dhani had collaborated extensively on preproduction," Lynne said. "George would come 'round my house and he'd always have a new song with him. He would strum them on a guitar or ukulele. The songs just knocked me out." The former Beatle died Nov. 29, 2001, after a battle with can cer. 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