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Vice president for Student Affairs
candidate to visit A&M Thursday
Pugh to give vision for position
and interact with student body
By Heaven Martinez
With two finalists in the running
for the open vice president for Stu
dent Affairs position, candidate Daniel
J. Pugh will come to campus Thursday
and Friday to give his pitch for the po
sition.
Pugh is serving as the vice provost
for student affairs at the University of
Arkansas.
“Pugh has a fantastic educational
background that ties in very nicely
with the type of work that goes on
with student affairs, specifically related
to student and leadership develop
ment,” said Ann Kenimer, chair of
the search advisory committee for the
position and associate provost for un
dergraduate studies.
Pugh’s two-day visit will consist of
interviews, meetings and forums. He
will meet with student leaders Thurs
day morning and will interact with the
student body at a re
ception from 4:30-6:30
p.m. in Koldus 110.
Pugh will meet with
the Division of Student
Affairs Thursday, but
will make a public pre
sentation Friday on his
background and why he
is attracted to this posi
tion. The presentation
will be at 1:30 p.m. in
MSC 2300A.
“When he visits with
the Division of Student
Affairs, he’ll talk about his leadership
style,” Kenimer said. “This will be
very important if he assumes the role.”
After a nomination process, Ken-
imer said the search committee, com
evaluated over 40 applications, even
tually narrowing the list down to two
finalists — Pugh and current A&M
chief of staff' in the Di
vision of Student Affairs
David Parrott.
Parrott will make his
campus presentations
March 26-27.
Once the two final
ists have visited cam
pus, the search advisory
committee will provide
feedback to incoming
A&M president Michael
Y oung land Interim
President Mark Hussey,
who will choose the sole
finalist, Kenimer said. Tom Reber has
served as interim VPSA since the de
parture of Lt. Gen. Joe Weber in 2014.
Daniel J. Pugh
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a site leader trainer, said the pro
cess of training the leaders of
these trips can be lengthy.
“You’re going to a faraway
place so you need maps, a basic
plan for what you’re going to
be doing during the week and
food plans for 13 people over the
course of a week,” Sokora said.
“My job is just to kind of guide
them through that and give them
pointers.”
This semester the organization
will volunteer at five different lo
cations spread across the United
States, from Memphis, Tenn. to
Carlsbad, New Mexico. Each trip
is dedicated to a different issue,
ranging from caring for injured
animals to helping underprivi
leged families through volunteer
opportunities at a food bank.
Although each trip has a differ
ent mission, Sokora said they all
share a common thread in selfless
service.
“One of them is going to a
camp for kids with special needs,”
Sokara said. “They’ll be helping
the volunteers there and running
activities for the kids and they
will even be making one of their
own [activities].”
The trips are confined to
spring break, but site leaders pre
pare well before the break. Mar
tha Todd, environmental geo
science sophomore, participated
in Alternative Spring Break last
year. This year will be her first
time serving as a leader for a trip
to the Guadalupe Mountains to
learn about environmental con
servation.
“You have to budget for food,
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SPRING BREAK SAFETY
With spring break just
days away, the College
Station and University
police departments offer
these safety tips for the
upcoming week.
1. Trust your instincts.
2. Remember, there's
safety in numbers.
3. Drink in moderation
and make responsible
decisions.
4. Make sure your
parents, guardians,
friends and relatives
know where you will be
vacationing, when you
will depart and when
you expect to return.
5. Ensure the safety of
your valuable belong
ings.
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you have to contact the admin
istration at the park to let them
know you’re coming, make sure
that you have a place to stay,”
Todd said.
Coleman Uhl, animal science
freshman, is a site leader for an
animal rescue trip to New Or
leans. This is his first volunteer
trip with the organization, and
he said he is confident that it will
be a fulfilling experience.
“I’m expecting it to be re
warding — I’m expecting to
grow leadership skills,” Uhl said.
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wanted to show them Bryan and show Bryan
their music because the town doesn’t really get
to see shows like this all the time.”
Along with Sol Cat and Electric Astronaut,
The Docs, The Jag and Chrome Pony will
make appearances at the show.
“I’m happy to get out of town; I’m just ready
to party at here and at South By, the winter’s
over and spring is coming and that means a lot
of shows and it’s kind of just a kickoff for the
year, I feel like,” said Gant O’Brien, a member
of The Jag.
Despite the grandeur of SXSW and the rep
utation Austin has as the “Live Music Capital
of the World,” not all the bands are convinced
the crowds will be better there than those
found in Bryan, said Tyler Davis, a member of
Chrome Pony.
“Austin is just so jam-packed and over
whelmed during South By,” Davis said. “I’d
say it’s a little difficult to get people to get
hyped up, so I think Bryan will be more ex
cited just because it’s not South by Southwest.”
Although Davis said he thinks Bryan is home
to a better crowd, Fisher said his experiences at
SXSW last year are hard to beat.
“The shows are great, there is a lot of peo
ple,” Fisher said. “My favbtite story is when we
were hanging at a show of One of our friends
and Pharrell and Usher showed up and they
were just there hanging out and we thought
that was just the craziest thing and a bunch of
people went up and handed them their EPs.”
All the bands performing at Revolution
Cafe and Bar will also be at SXSW in Austin
next week. With this as a stop along the way
for the bands, most of them were focused on
getting to SXSW, but Fisher said nothing beats
coming back to a hometown and seeing family
at petfonnances.
“I’m coming home and I get to play outside
at Revolutions, so that’ll be nice and just get
to kick back,” Fisher said.
The bands will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday
at Revolution Cafe and Bar.
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Kennedy admitted earlier in the
week that the Aggies dealt with more
problems than just House’s leave. Alex
Caruso reportedly played against the
Crimson Tide with strep throat, while
Peyton Allen competed with an in
fected colon, spending a couple days in
the hospital following his absence in the
Florida game earlier in the week.
Caruso said he’s back to his old form.
“I feel good. I feel better. I’m rejuve
nated. I have energy. I’m ready to go,”
Caruso said. “[Illness] hurts a player like
me because I’m a guy that needs a lot of
energy. I’m running around, I’m diving
on the floor. I’m yelling, I’m screaming.
I couldn’t do some of those things, but
I’m better now. I’m ready to go.”
The Aggies are in desperation mode.
In Joe Lunardi’s latest bracketology,
A&M fell out of the dance and into his
“First Four Out” after losing consecu
tive games. Conference foes LSU and
Ole Miss shifted right past them.
If the Aggies were to find a win over
Auburn, their next opponent would
be LSU, who A&M beat twice in the
regular season. In all likelihood, a loss to
the Tigers would cut the Aggie season
short, but a win could be enough to lift
them over the edge. A&M’s only two
RPI top 50 wins were over LSU.
After LSU, A&M would most likely
face top-ranked Kentucky. On Jan. 10,
the Aggies met the undefeated ball club,
and battled them into double overtime,
but fell short 70-64.
But the Aggies must take it one at a
time. Up first is Auburn at 2:30 p.m.
Thursday in Nashville, Tennessee.
Auburn lost twice to A&M in the
regular season, 71-61 on Jan. 27 and
80-55 on Feb. 28. However, the second
loss occurred after the Tigers’ Antoine
Mason departed the team due to his fa
ther’s death. Mason, who is second in
scoring, will play Thursday.
Coming into the tournament, the
Tigers lost six straight, including three
blowouts of over 20 points. This pitfall
resulted in Auburn’s second to last finish
in the conference. K.T. Harrell leads the
charge, averaging over 18 points a game
while shooting over 80 percent from the
free throw line.
A win would put the Aggies in the
quarterfinals against 4-seed LSU, which
would be played at 2:30 p.m. Friday.
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