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university to have the money that they needed,” Wohlgemuth
“Rather than (having class sizes grow), 1 thought it was importan!
allow the universities to have the resources they needed.”
Democrats have countered that the Bush tax cuts are for
wealthiest 1 percent of Americans and do not help middle orl
income families.
As Wohlgemuth discussed the assault weapons ban, Jonethon Gi
rez, a junior biology major, said Wohlgemuth was not a friend ol
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A&M student body and was the wrong choice in this congressionalr 4 jg q
’ think that the lower income student would suffer if Wohlgemuil
elected. With tuition deregulation, only the upper class will have access
the college in Texas,” Gutierrez said. “There is already so much comp; n resp
tion for the 44,000 spots at Texas A&M. and tuition deregulation isj
another hurdle these individuals have to overcome.’
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book consists of a combinati
of A&M history and the real It jfferentl
and what makes the University
so special.
“The book doesn’t focus on
just one area of the Univer
sity,” Glenn said. “It is really
all-encompassing.”
Glenn said she wanted to
produce a beautiful coffee table
book that would be great as a gift
to give people to always remem
ber A&M.
“No matter where anyone
goes in the world, 1 wanted them
to have something to enjoy and
share with other people to show
the natural beauty of A&M,”
she said.
While Rusty Burson also did
not attend A&M during his col
lege years, the time he has spent
involved with the University in
spired his books on Aggie sports
and traditions.
“My big regret is that I didn’t
come to A&M to start out with,”
said Burson, senior development
officer at the 12th Man Founda
tion and associate editor of the
12th Man Magazine. “1 really
love what the University stands
for. 1 just love this place.”
His second book, which was
co-written with his wife Van-
nessa, Class of ’91, “Reveille:
First Lady of Texas A&M.”
features the stories of the sev
en Reveilles.
“My family’s favorite tradi
tion has always been Reveille,”
Burson said. “And the book is
an intimate look into those who
cared for her over the years.”
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said. “I think it’s a very toi
ing story. I even teared up a
times while writing it.”
Between working full 1
and family responsibilities.B
son had to do most of his writ
late at night.
“I don’t sleep much,”hes
“There have been times I
seen two and three o’clock in
morning. 1 just have to bedis
plined and start writing.” f
Burson said the hardest |
of creating a book is during
publishing process.
“The biggest fight is findir
publisher that agrees with}
ideas and will go for it,’’hes
Burson said an initial n
block to writing can be ftj
ing out \\ here to start, but ft
interested in pursuing it nea
just start knocking it out.
“Just dream and start mail
it happen.” he said. “It wo
happen without that first won
Burson will have anohj
book out next fall featuring
story of the Aggie athlete II
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