CELEBRATE AGGIE STUDENT EMPLOYEES
NATIONAL STUDENT EMPLOYMENT WEEK
APRIL 13-17, 2015
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Sponsored by the Student Employment Office within Scholarships & Financial
Aid, this week-long celebration is dedicated to showing appreciation for the
contributions made by Texas A&M student employees to both the University and
the surrounding community.
Stop by the NSEW tables and visit the Student Employment Staff. We will
have games, free promo items, prizes, recognition of the Student
Employee of the Year nominees, and the Weirdest Job nominees on display!
Play games to WIN PRIZES!
Monday, APRIL 13 th from 10am t* 2 pm @ East Side Evans Library Breezeway
Tuesday, APRIL 1 4th from 10am to 2pm @ East Side Evans Library Breezeway
If you have a job, you will want to register at our tables for
HUGE drawings. We have prizes donated by
area businesses including free food, gift cards, and more!
Drawings will be pulled on Friday and winners will be notified the following week.
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Applications will be accepted in Rec Center room 202
throughout Spring and Summer 2015.
Applicants must participate in a skills screening
on one of the following dates:
April 21st at 7pm or April 29th at 7pm
(Additional skills screening dates wifi be added as needed)
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Deandre Jordan
Donald Sloan
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Khris Middleton
Trio of former A&M hoops stars set to
take pro basketball’s biggest stage
By Carter Karels
March Madness may be
over, but basketball certainly
isn’t. With the NBA playofls
starting Saturday, a handful
of teams are still battling for
a bid, while few have the
luxury of coasting and rest
ing until the weekend.
And though A&M hasn’t
made the NCAA tourna
ment in recent years, a
handful of Aggies could
factor into the NBA cham-.
pionship hunt — Deandre
Jordan (Clippers), Donald
Sloan (Pacers) and Khris
Middleton (Bucks).
Jordan, who played with
the Aggies for just one year
in the 2007-08 season, is
producing his best year,
especially on the defensive
side. While free throws are
his demise, Jordan takes ad
vantage with his length and
boasts the highest field goal
percentage in the NBA at
.709, while second place
shoots just .575. He ranks
fourth in double-doubles,
and averages 11.4 points per
game while grabbing 14.9
rebounds, which leads the
league.
The center, who is in a
contract season for the Clip
pers, the Western Confer
ence’s third-seed, has many
convinced that he will win
the Defensive Player of the
Year, including his head
coach, Doc Rivers.
“If anybody else gets that
award, we need to have an
investigation,” Rivers said at
a press conference.
The Pacers (37-43) need
ed a point guard to pick up
the slack after George Hill
and Paul George missed
time with injuries, so Sloan
saw lots of playing time early
in the season. He averages
7.7 points and 3.7 assists.
Since George’s return,
the Pacers have mustered a
run that could very well send
them to Atlanta Saturday.
The team is tied for eighth
place, while the Hawks are
the definite 1-seed.
In head coach Jason
Kidd’s first year with the
Bucks (40-40), he already
has them set as the 6-seed
in the playoffs, and they
will most likely face either
the Toronto Raptors or the
Chicago Bulls.
The Bucks (40-40)
haven’t won a playoff series
since the 2000-2001 sea
son, but Middleton could
lift them over the hump.
Middleton’s contract ends
after this year, and he is a hot
commodity in the eyes of
many NBA teams, including
the Bucks. Heads turn at the
analytic numbers he posts,
as Middleton ranks No. 8 in
the NBA in real plus-minus.
While it isn’t likely that
any Aggies will face each
other, there will be a much
bigger Texas A&M presence
in these playoffs than in re
cent years.
WALK-UP CONTINUED
better I’m certainly all for whatever song
they want,” Childress said.
Although the players do the bulk of the
work in selecting a walk-up song, the pro
cess always goes through the public address
announcer, Rick Hill, who has the final say.
Hill is in his 23rd season as the public ad
dress announcer, and said he
likes the players to pick a song
that motivates them.
Hill said he likes all kinds
of music, and he takes pride in
making sure the songs played
will appeal to as many fans as
possible. When speaking to
the players about what songs
they should or should not
pick, Hill said he is sure to re
mind them that people of all ages come to
Aggie baseball games.
Hill said junior Matt Kent has been the
“music guy” for the team.
“Matt Kent and I work really close to
gether,” Hill said. “People don’t know this
but when they scrimmage in the fall. Matt
Kent actually announces and runs the com-
For a
video montage
of Aggie walk-
ups, go to
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puter and all that and he actually does a really
good job.”
Baseball at A&M is surrounded with su
perstitions, whethe e rally-cap, bat
ting stance rituals or not stepping on the
foul line. Childress said walk-up songs play
a similar roh.
“Baseball, so much of it is superstition
and, you know, if they’re playing well and
things are going well for them
and us you’d probably be hesi
tant to change,” Childress said.
Hill said it is not uncommon
for him to make a change in a
player’s song if they are not do
ing particularly well, citing an
example involving Nottebrok
this season.
“I actually made the decision
on my own this year to go back
to [Logan’s] last year’s song,” Hill said. “I
think he got a hit that game [too]. Every
once and a while I’ll make that call for them
just to see if I can shake up the mojo.”
The walk-up song is much like any other
Aggie baseball tradition — there’s always
more to the story.
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