NEWS
The Battalion I 2.10.15
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Volunteer fair to inform
students of non-profit
opportunities across state
Leadership and Service Center
to host event Wednesday
By Sam Scott
With all the career fairs on the
calendar for the semester, one
fair works toward the Aggie value of
selfless service by informing students
of volunteer opportunities.
The Leadership and Service Cen
ter will host a number of organiza
tions Wednesday for the Spring Vol
unteer Opportunities Fair.
The goal of the fair, held in the fall
and spring semesters, is to provide
students the opportunity to interact
with local non-profit and for-profit
agencies looking for volunteers.
Susan Miculka, administrative
coordinator in the Leadership and
Service Center, said 38 organiza
tions are registered to participate
Wednesday, including local groups
such as Voices for Children, Elder
Aid, the American Cancer Society
and Scotty’s House.
“We have agencies representing
elder care, nursing homes, so on and
so forth,” Miculka said. “We have
agencies that work with children,
agencies that work with animals,
outdoor opportunities, local govern
ment agencies, sometimes we have
representatives from the Department
of Parks and Recreation from Col
lege Station.”
There will also be agencies from
outside College Station looking to
recruit volunteers for summer op
portunities in different parts of the
state.
Kate Mason works as the recruit
ment and education coordinator at
Voices for Children, a local court-
appointed non-profit organization
that helps find foster children per
manent homes. She said the Volun
teer Opportunities Fair isn’t just a
good opportunity for students, but
also for organizations like Voices for
Children.
“It’s a great opportunity for us to
get to meet students and let them
know what we do in the community
and how we do it and how they can
help,” Mason said.
Melissa Shehane, assistant director
of Student Services, said the event
gives Aggies insight on how to serve
the local community, and similar to
a career fair, how to network with
local service organizations.
“Many of these agencies, or or
ganizations, are meeting social needs
in the local community, and it allows
students to have the opportunity to
volunteer with those specific needs,”
Shehane said. “At times some stu
dents find internship opportunities,
but oftentimes that is after they vol
unteer. It kind of depends on how
the student builds that relationships
with that agency. ”
Miculka said the Volunteer Op
portunities Fair has grown over the
past few semesters.
“It’s hard to determine how many
students we actually reach, but in the
fall we had over 300 students come
by and visit the agencies in the time
that we were there,” Miculka said.
“We would like to reach lots more
students.”
Miculka said anyone can find a
volunteer opportunity that’s a right
fit for them and meets the needs of
the community as well.
“We hope that well have a great
turnout of students, we’re really ex
cited about the number of agencies
participating, and I really think that
there is something for everybody
who wants to volunteer,” Miculka
said.
The fair will take place from 10:30
a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in MSC 2406.
TimJai —THE BATTALION
The sole finalist for president, Michael Young, visited campus
on Monday to give his thoughts on his upcoming term.
YOUNG CONTINUED
“What we discovered is that
sharing that house with former stu
dents, the Aggie nation, could re
sult in a lot of goodwill and a lot of
fundraising and things like that that
were far more valuable than having
somebody hve there,” Sharp said.
Young joked about the housing
decision.
“The explanation to me was,
‘Get your own damn house,”’
Young said.
Chancellor John Sharp intro
duced Young at the press confer
ence and expressed excitement that
the nationwide search yielded such
a qualified candidate.
“He is, as you know, one of the
elite presidents in the U.S.,” Sharp
said. “We are very fortunate to
have him here.”
Young said he was happy on
the shores of the Puget Sound, but
the move to Aggieland represents
a new and exciting venture for his
career in academia.
“For me, A&M represents a
unique opportunity and a differ
ent type of challenge than I’ve
ever been involved with before,”
Young said. “The areas at which
the university works and the de
gree that it has penetrated the state
are different, and I’m excited about
that.”
Young said the attitude of A&M
leaders was especially appealing
when he was first contacted with
the job opportunity.
“I was fascinated by [Sharp’s]
vision for this university,” Young
said. “I’ve been preaching to deaf
ears for quite some time how im
portant to the future of the United
States great public research univer
sities are. These are the institutions
that have transformed America,
and at a fundamental level, made it
what it is.”
While Young believes that vi
sion is a strong foundation, he said
leaders should always be prepared
for a changing landscape, unex
pected obstacles and input from
more than just an elite few.
“If you bring in someone that
has a fixed vision, then you’ve got
the wrong person,” Young said.
“I’m a fum believer in building on
what is strong about this university
and taking ideas from the bottom
up and top down, meeting some
where in the middle to develop a
grand vision.”
This vision could include some
of the most pressing issues debated
in the state capitol daily, including
concealed cany on campus, in-state
tuition for immigrants who entered
the country illegally and whether
or not schools should have the abil
ity to individually set their own tu
ition rates. While Young declined
to comment on the concealed
carry issue, he was straightforward
in communicating his belief that
state schools have a responsibility
to educate all that will stay in their
state, and that individual universi
ties should be able to make most of
their own decisions without getting
caught up in the red tape of overly
influential government policies.
While many recent holders of
the office have had some connec
tion to A&M, Young is an outsider.
He has already embraced this role,
however, even joking that he’s still
getting used to saying “Howdy”
to greet and get the attention of
a crowd of Aggies. This outside
perspective, Young said, will have
both pros and cons, but will hope
fully bring fresh, new ideas.
“There are always advantages
and disadvantages to picking some
one from the outside to come in as
a university president,” Young said.
“[They bring] a fresh set of eyes to
things and new ideas that may or
may not work, but at least get put
into the intellectual mix.”
These new ideas and perspec
tives can be important, but Young
said they are nothing if they tarnish
the traditions Aggies hold dearly.
“This place has traditions that
have served it well, not just that
they are cute things to do, but that
they have meaning,” Young said.
“When you think about Muster,
the ring and things like that, they
communicate a connection and
kind of community that is repre
sentative of something that mat
ters.”
Young will be named president
of the university pending a vote by
the Board of Regents after a man
datory 21-day period after being
named finalist.
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AT THE RODEO by Billie Tmitt
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on Wall Street
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20 Annoy
21 Tissue-paper
layer
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dangler
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a blowtorch
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39 Corrosive
chemical
40 Fathered
42 Stare at rudely
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45 Oral history
46 Takes
advantage of
47 Pretend to be
49 Choose to
take part
51 Radiator heat
source
53 Emphatic
agreement
57“Be my guest"
60 Zero
61 Earth-friendly
p ref be
62 “Do
others..."
63 Lightweight
descending aid
66 Apex
9 Snappy
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comeback
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periods
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cop
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sweet cubes
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starting point
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blemish
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everyone
71 Itsy-bitsy
permission for
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Aggieland2015
It’s not too late
to order your copy of the
2015 Aggieland yearbook.
f he 113th edition of Texas
A&M's official yearbook will
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Greeks, residence halls,
campus organizations, and
student portraits. Distribution
will be in Fall 2015.
By credit card go online to
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or call 979-845-2613. Or
drop by the Student Media
olfice in Suite L400
of the MSC.
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