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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (April 6, 2004)
Aggielife The Battalion Page 3 • Tuesday, April 6, 2004 Entrepreneurs on campus ournalism not dead: students learn more outside the classroom, start magazine By Kim Katopodis THE BATTALION A s Dallas Shipp looked at his calendar last December, he saw that graduation was less than two weeks away, and he was still without I job. Four months later, he is starting a new magazine on I e Texas A&M campus. ^ I Shipp, Class of 2002, and roommate True Brown, an ■ 1 iriciiltural journalism major graduating in May, had ;I)° u t two weeks to conceive, plan and sell their idea of a •. |:rsion of 12th Man Magazine for students to the 12th J 1 ! an Foundation. The idea for 12th Man Magazine On ^‘lampus came to Shipp and Brown through a series of J mversations last semester about their futures. “One of the recurring things we would talk about was: I )uknow, we're about to be out of college, without a job. i^fhat are we going to do?” Brown said. A night of brainstorming on instant messenger lit Oil old clanged their conversations from what job they could get tc how they could be their own bosses. “We were trying to actually come up with an idea of mething we could sell,” Shipp said. “Then I started inking, well, the 12th Man (Foundation) has been want- g to get their magazine out to students and right at that Ine, Sports Illustrated had just started their student-driv- ffiimagazine and I said, ‘True, why don’t we try to see if ^ | e can start a new magazine up through the 12th Man?’” Shipp, who had interned at The 12th Man Foundation, itially approached Homer Jacobs, the editor of 12th lari Magazine, who was, like Shipp and Brown, a former attalion sports editor. “It’s really almost groundbreaking,” Jacobs said. “ 12th an Magazine is a rare magazine. There are very few like that are ... funded by an alumni association of that qual- .Sofor a student slick glossy magazine, it would be the rstofits kind.” Shipp and Brown are responsible for advertising ales, writing, editing and laying out 12th Man lagazine On Campus. “There is no aspect of this magazine not taken care of ylrue or myself,” Shipp said. Life for the two roommates hasn't been the same nee. Brown, who is finishing his undergraduate work lis semester, has been juggling his courses with a full- me job and project’s continuation that depends on Irownand Shipp's first year performance. “/don’t know many friends of mine that at an entry- level position have as much responsibility as me and True have,” Shipp said. Brown says he is lucky to have his advisor working with him so he can balance classes and work. “I have it set up where I only have ten hours right now," Brown said. “If I had more than that I don’t know if it would be do-able. I am getting credit for working here. My advisor saved my butt on that one.” Shipp and Brown are the only two employees of the magazine, 12th Man On Campus, for at least its first year of publication. The 16- to 20-page magazine will be pub lished twice a month in the fall as an insert in The Battalion. The extra hours of work are a good trade-off for the freedom to be creative with the project, the two editors said. “It’s very cool because the 12th Man executives give us the freedom to make decisions, and then we just dou- See On Campus on page 4 The Foundation offers 12th Man On Campus memberships for students. Money from these memberships go directly to 12th Man On Campus Some benefits of joining include: • Access to advance ticket sales for bowl games and select football games on the road • A free, members-only autograph party with Coach Fran and other Aggie coaches • Students joining for the entirety of their undergraduate work get a free, three-year membership after graduation • A 12th Man On Campus window decal • 12th Man On Campus member T-shirt • A 12th Man towel with this year’s football schedule Randal Ford • THE BATTALION True Brown (left), a senior agricultural journalism major, and Dallas Shipp, Class of 2002, started their own magazine instead of finding a job after graduation. The Melrose Adventure Awaits Melrose Student Suites are currently seeking energetic, adventurous student to be guides in developing active communities. Our are live-in student staff members responsible for developing community and marketing Melrose Student Suites Go to www.melrose.com for an application!! buy tickets, be inspired