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don’t have a whole lot of infonnation yet, but we’re just ex
cited about the White House and the president’s recognition
of the important role that community colleges play, not only
to our national education system, but also to the American
economy.”
Not everyone is ready to greet this proposal with excite
ment. Autumn Kidwell, Blinn Team freshman, said she does
not like the proposal because the students the proposal aims to
help already have other means of finding funding.
“I don’t think it’s a good idea because if you really have
the need for free college, a responsible student would be able
to look and find scholarships for themselves,” Kidwell said.
Bray said any additional resources to make higher educa
tion more affordable would not only be beneficial to Blinn,
but to the community as well. Bray said this is because mak
ing higher education more affordable does not just affect kids
looking to go to school, it also affects those looking to get
trained for a skill-oriented career.
“It could also, theoretically, help those who are looking for
workforce education programs, who want training in some of
our programs, our health professions, our nursing programs and
career paths such as welding,” Bray said. “If it’s helping people
obtain that kind of training as well so they can quickly get into
the workforce and support their families and boost the econo
my, that would be a tremendous thing for Texas.”
Bray said community colleges are of tremendous value in
the U.S. education system, and it is difficult to determine ex
actly how Blinn College will be affected if the proposal goes
through.
“We actually put out a press release earlier this year [saying]
that if you’re enrolled at Blinn College for this academic year,
2015-2016, then you’re going to pay just 48.8 percent of the
tuition and fees that you would pay at the average Texas public
college or university,” Bray said. “We’re already cutting the cost
of the university education in half. I think we would attract even
more people for the ability to offer tuition for free.”
FILE
Tonny Trocha-Morelos, Jalen Jones and Danuel
House attempt to block a shot at Reed Arena during
a 62-50 win over Missouri.
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Career Center associate director for graduate student services
Katie Stober said providing more avenues for students to secure
internships and Ph.D. opportunities is a concern.
“Employers come to me saying we don’t hire people who
don’t have internships or Ph.D. experience,” Stober said.
“How can we increase the rate of subsequent placement and
quality when it seems so many departments are focusing on
academic placement only for their Ph.D. students?”
Professor of Meterology and Texas State Chmatologist John
Nielsen-Gammon said the current objectives align well with
the university’s mission, but can go further.
“With what we have so far, I’d like to see — in addition
to measuring the satisfaction of our students several years af
ter graduation — satisfaction of their grad school professors
and their employers,” Nielsen-Gammon said. “Those are the
people who really find out how much the students learn and
whether the grades they got match up with what they were able
to accomplish during school.”
Watson said hosting three more forums will provide more
opportunities for discussion and revision.
“I think what will happen is if we do this right we will have
more discussions and decide if our strategy clearly shows that
we are building upon what we’re already strong on,” Watson
said. “I think a lot of people know some of the things they were
talking about are going to be in the strategies, but maybe we
need to elevate it so it’s clearer or higher up.”
The remaining forums will take place on Feb. 26, March 13
and April 1 and are open to all faculty and staff.
forward Marcus Thornton, who averages 13.2 points and
7.1 rebounds per game.
Texas A&M (16-6, 7-3 SEC) is tied for second in the
SEC with No. 24 Arkansas. The Aggies are led in scoring
by juniors Danuel House and Jalen Jones, who average 14.1
and 14 points per game respectively. House is sixth in the
SEC from 3-point range, hitting 40.2 percent from beyond
the arc. Jones is sixth in the SEC in overall field goal per
centage, shooting 48.3 percent.
The Aggies have the SEC’s leader in assists, junior guard
Alex Caruso, who averages 5.8 assists per game and has a
total of 127 this season.
A&M, which hasn’t been to the NCAA Tournament
since the 2011 season, is projected as a No. 10 seed in the
NCAA Tournament by ESPN bracketologist Joe Lunardi.
Kennedy said it is important to the players to win in
February.
“They understand, they’ve been there and it hasn’t been
as big and I told them this will be four years, this is a big
game, this is the biggest game that we’ve had since I’ve been
here,” Kennedy said.
Georgia is 4-4 on the road, while Texas A&M is 10-1 at
home. Its only loss was the second conference game against
No. 1 Kentucky that A&M stretched to double overtime.
When asked how important the effect of the 12th Man
is at Reed Arena, freshman guard Peyton Allen said the
energy is evident during a game.
“Oh definitely, they can get rocking with us,” Allen said.
“When we’re playing good defense, we can get the mo
mentum behind us and it just carries on with us, and we just
keep going. When this place is packed, it’s pretty crazy.”
Tip-off is at 6 p.m.
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