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• Week in Headlines

  
  Activism
  Guerrilla Blogging
  
  Media
  Forbes Publishes Fiction on Climate Change Debate
  
  War and Peace
  The Shame and Folly of Obama's Afghan War
  
  Veterans Issues
  Vietnam Vets Battle Bureaucracy for Disability Benefits
  
  Environment
  Global Temperature Fifth [...]
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  Posted: December 11, 2009, 5:00pm EST
  

• Video Lunch: Interviews with Supporters at Sarah Palin Book Signing

  
  
  On November 20, 2009, Sarah Palin visited Columbus, OH as part of her book signing tour for "Going Rogue." When her supporters were asked broad questions about why they thought she should be president, the responses were vague: She's "real." She'll "stick up for America."' [...]
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  Posted: December 11, 2009, 12:00pm EST
  

• Local News: College Station City Council Passes Tree Ordinance

  CS Approves Tree Rule
  By Cassie Smith
  
  From the Bryan-College Station Eagle
  
  Every new single-family home or townhouse in College Station must have at least one tree on the property, the College Station City Council decided Thursday.
  
  The City Council voted unanimously to amend the city's' [...]
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  Posted: December 11, 2009, 9:00am EST
  

• Pro-Life Means Anti-Woman: Jeb Bush to Speak at Coalition for Life Fundraiser

  The Coalition for Life holds an annual fundraiser to finance its anti-choice agenda, and each year the even usually attracts about 1,500 people to hear a pro-life speaker. Last year former Arkansas governor and 2008 Republican primary presidential candidate Mike Huckabee spoke at the event. This year it is [...]
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  Posted: December 10, 2009, 7:00pm EST
  

• Video Lunch: Why is the USA in Afghanistan?

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  Posted: December 10, 2009, 12:00pm EST
  

• Local News: Brazos Valley Food Drive Sets Records

  Record-Setting Giving at Food For Families Food Drive
  Reporter: Ashlea Sigman
  
  Report from KBTX Channel 3
  
  Totals From This Years Food Drive:
  Brazos Center - $70,962 and 169,300 lbs of food
  Navasota - $3,600 and 14,900 lbs
  Madisonville - $5,300 and 9,000 lbs
  Total: $79,862 and 193,200 [...]
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  Posted: December 10, 2009, 9:00am EST
  

• Tonight on Biased Transmission

  
  Tonight on Biased Transmission the studio guest will be Kate Calle, a graduate student in Sociology at Texas A&M. She is volunteering for Project Hope to work with Palestinian youth and children this coming summer, and the topics of discussion will be the Middle East, [...]
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  Posted: December 09, 2009, 4:30pm EST
  

• Video Lunch: Health Care by the Numbers

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  Posted: December 09, 2009, 12:00pm EST
  

• Instigation Journalism: Tradition of Homophobia Continues at Texas A&M

  The headline in the Texas A&M University Battalion read: “Underneath the noses of unsuspecting students, anonymous sex is occurring in buildings across campus.” But it could have easily read: “Underneath the noses of unsuspecting strait students, homosexual sex is occurring in buildings across campus.”
  
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  Posted: December 08, 2009, 7:00pm EST
  

• Video Lunch: Congressman: Raters Helped Create Products they Rated

  
  
  From the Huffington Post Investigative Fund:
  Edolphus Towns, the Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, has led an investigation into the role the nations largest credit rating companies played in the financial crisis. He says some raters were involved in helping create the same [...]
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  Posted: December 08, 2009, 12:00pm EST
  

• Local News: Texas A&M Tuition Rate Under Review

  2010-2011 Tuition Rates Under Review
  By: Samantha Johnson
  
  From the Texas A&M University Battalion
  
  Texas A&M University System Chancellor Mike McKinney told the system's presidents to prepare budgets based on a tuition increase of zero to 3.95 percent.
  
  At the beginning of the 2009-2010 school year, [...]
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  Posted: December 08, 2009, 9:00am EST
  

• Waco Republican Party: Who needs Hispanic Republicans?

  
  It seems that it would be essential to attract young people and people of color to a political party, especially if you want to grow a political party in a rapidly demographically changing state like Texas. However, the McLennan County Republican Party seems to believe [...]
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  Posted: December 07, 2009, 7:00pm EST
  

• Texas Progressive Alliance Roundup - December 7, 2009

  
  Once again it's time for the Texas Progressive Alliance to bring you the highlights from the blogs.
  
  Power to the People! Head over to Texas Vox to learn more about the Fair Elections Now Act.
  
  Xanthippas at Three Wise Men airs [...]
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  Posted: December 07, 2009, 5:00pm EST
  

• Video Lunch: Obama’s Empire

  
  
  
  
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  Posted: December 07, 2009, 12:00pm EST
  

• Local News: Waco Republican Party Criticizes Waco Hispanic Group

  Local GOP Battles Hispanic Republican Start-Up Group
  By Michael W. Shapiro (Tribune-Herald staff writer)
  
  From the Waco-Tribune Hearld
  
  A new political club that aims to bring McLennan County minorities into the Republican fold got a rude welcome from unexpected quarters: the McLennan County Republican Party.
  
  The [...]
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  Posted: December 07, 2009, 9:00am EST
  

• Week in Headlines

  
  Activism
  Why Seattle Still Matters
  
  Media
  The Anti-Anchor
  
  Foreign Policy
  Americans Turning Sharply Toward Isolationism
  
  War and Peace
  War Fraud Whistleblowers Under Wraps
  
  Economy
  Are 'Zombie Buildings' the Next Economic Calamity?
  
  Environment
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  Posted: December 04, 2009, 5:00pm EST
  

• Video Lunch: Direct Democracy

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  Posted: December 04, 2009, 12:00pm EST
  

• Local News: Steve Ogden Files for Reelection

  Ogden Says He's Running
  By Matthew Watkins
  
  From the Bryan-College Station Eagle
  
  State Sen. Steve Ogden filed for re-election Thursday -- a reversal from his September announcement that he wouldn't run in 2010.
  
  The Bryan oil and gas business owner will face Huntsville businessman Ben Bius' [...]
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  Posted: December 04, 2009, 9:00am EST
  

• Video Lunch: Living with HIV on the DL in South Carolina

  
  
  From RH Reality Check:
  William, Anthony and Justin, three African American HIV positive men, describe what it's like to be HIV positive and living on the down low in South Carolina, which rates 8th in the country in AIDS case rates. [...]
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  Posted: December 03, 2009, 12:00pm EST
  

• Local News: Candidates Begin to File

  Filing Begins for 2010 Brazos County Elections
  By Matthew Watkins
  
  From the Bryan-College Station Eagle
  
  After weeks of announcements and speculation, candidates may begin filing for county office Thursday in anticipation for the November 2010 elections.
  
  The filing period will last until early January.
  
  On [...]
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  Posted: December 03, 2009, 9:00am EST
  

• Obama’s War: Choosing Escalation and Occupation

  It was not like the other speeches. It was not a speech that I looked forward to hearing. It was not a speech that when it ended I wanted to hear it again. It was a speech that I did not want to hear in the first place. It was [...]
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  Posted: December 02, 2009, 7:00pm EST
  

• Tonight on Biased Transmission

  
  Tonight on Biased Transmission out guest will be Marco Lopez and Charles Baish from the Brazos Valley Coalition Against War. The discussion will focus on President Obama’s announcement of an escalation of the war in Afghanistan, and on how the anti-war movement is reacting to [...]
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  Posted: December 02, 2009, 5:00pm EST
  

• Video Lunch: Olbermann Special Comment: Declare Victory in Afghanistan and Get Out

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  Posted: December 02, 2009, 12:00pm EST
  

• Local News: Waco Friends of Peace Protest War in Afghanistan

  Protesters Seek War's End
  Friends of Peace fights for removal from Afghanistan
  By Matt Russell (Contributor
  
  From the Baylor University Lariat
  
  Amid a blustering wind and chilly rain, a small but dedicated group of war protesters made their voices heard Tuesday.
  
  During a two-hour rally on [...]
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  Posted: December 02, 2009, 9:00am EST
  

• Political Maneuvering Begins in Republican Primaries

  
  As the filing deadline approaches the political maneuvering is increasing and it appears that there is significant maneuvering revolving around Texas State Senate District Five. State Representative Dan Gattis announced this weekend that he will not be seeking the Republican nomination for Senate District Five, [...]
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  Posted: December 01, 2009, 7:00pm EST
  

• Video Lunch: Free Market Myths

  
  
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  Posted: December 01, 2009, 12:00pm EST
  

• Local News: Candidates File for Office Before Deadline

  Hopefuls Toss Hats in the Ring
  By Matthew Watkins
  
  From the Bryan-College Station Eagle
  
  With the filing period less than a week away, several candidates announced their candidacy for Brazos County office Monday.
  
  District Judge Steve Smith announced that he will run for election in the [...]
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  Posted: December 01, 2009, 9:00am EST
  

• Texas Progressive Alliance Roundup - November 30, 2009

  
  The Texas Progressive Alliance welcomes everyone back from the Thanksgiving Holiday with these highlights from the blogs.
  
  TXsharon has arranged by area 60 TCEQ fugitive emission videos obtained via the Texas Public Information Act. The videos were taken throughout the Barnett Shale area [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 5:00pm EST
  

• Video Lunch: Commercial Real Estate: The Next Hole in the Economy

  
  
  From the Huffington Post Investigative Fund:
  D.C.-area developer Jeff Neal gives the Huffington Post Investigative Fund a tour of empty commercial properties just blocks from the Capitol. Hundreds of small and medium-size banks are facing huge numbers of possible defaults by builders who erected thousands of office [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 12:00pm EST
  

• Local News: Steve Ogden Will Seek Re-Election for Texas Senate

  Gattis Out; Says Ogden Will Run
  
  From the Bryan-College Station Eagle
  
  State Rep. Dan Gattis announced late Sunday that he will drop out of the race to represent District 5 in the Texas Senate and said that incumbent Steve Ogden will seek re-election.
  
  The Republican from [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 9:00am EST
  

• Week in Headlines

  
  Texas News
  Texas' Obesity Rate Rises, but Rank Among States Improves
  
  Texas Politics
  Anti-Gay Activist Sends Out Fliers Opposing Parker
  
  Politics
  The Tea Party's Favorite Doctors
  
  War and Peace
  The Afghanistan Speech Obama Should Give (but Won’t)
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 5:00pm EST
  

• Video Lunch: Conversation on Women's Issues with Rosa DeLauro

  
  
  From Campus Progress:
  Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) speaks with Campus Progress about a pressing need to keep women's issues on the national agenda. She has seen sweeping changes in the office demographic she says -- women now make up half of all U.S. workers -- but "the" [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 12:00pm EST
  

• Local News: SBOE Member Don McLeroy to Will Challenger in Election

  Ratliff to Vie for District 9 Position
  By Maggie Kiely
  
  From the Bryan-College Station Eagle
  
  A Mount Pleasant businessman will challenge a local incumbent for a State Board of Public Education seat in the upcoming state primary election.
  
  Thomas Ratliff said he decided to run for [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 9:00am EST
  

• Video Lunch: Napolitano Makes the Case for Immigration Reform

  
  
  From the Center for American Progress:
  Angela Kelley discusses Secretary Janet Napolitano's speech on immigration reform, plus why legalization is critical to effective enforcement, and the key components of reform. [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 12:00pm EST
  

• Local News: Fred Brown Announces Reelection Candidacy for State House

  Brown Seeking Seventh Term in Texas House
  By Michelle Casady
  
  From the Bryan-College Station Eagle
  
  More than two weeks after the first candidate announced intentions to run for the District 14 seat in the state House of Representatives, incumbent Fred Brown has decided to seek re-election to [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 9:00am EST
  

• Video Lunch: Daily Kos Sunday Loon Watch

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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 12:00pm EST
  

• Texas Progressive Alliance Roundup - November 16, 2009

  The Texas Progressive Alliance is starting to feel an odd craving for can-shaped servings of cranberry sauce as it brings you this week's highlights from the blogs.
  
  TXsharon continues to follow the abuses of Aruba Petroleum in a Barnett Shale backyard and Wednesday the Wise County Messenger picked [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 9:00am EST
  

• Conversion of Convenience: The Revealing Truth Behind Why the Director of a Planned Parenthood Joined the Coalition for Life

  After being involved with Planned Parenthood for eight years, either as a volunteer or as an employee, Abby Johnson suddenly resigned this week and joined the Coalition for Life. So why would someone who had dedicated so much of their life working for reproductive rights suddenly not only change their [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 8:00am EST
  

• Pro-Choice to Pro-Life: An Insider’s Look Into the Conversion of a Planned Parenthood Employee

  For over a year and a half I have been a volunteer escort at the Planned Parenthood reproductive health care facility in Bryan, Texas; this particular facility is located in a town home to arguably the most conservative public university, Texas A&M, and is known as one of the most [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 9:00am EST
  

• Reaction to Resignation of Director of Planned Parenthood: Change of Heart?

  Teddy called me last night when he saw the news story, and I literally thought he was joking. A few weeks ago the clinic director and my friend Abby resigned from PP in Bryan. I was saddened but felt that she was making a personal [...]
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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 5:00pm EST
  

• Texas Progressive Alliance Roundup - November 2, 2009

  
  The Texas Progressive Alliance reminds you to get out and vote on Tuesday. Here are this week's highlights.
  
  Aruba Petroleum is drilling a Barnett Shale gas well in the backyard of Tim and Christine. Their property was taken, it's value diminished, they were threatened [...]
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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 9:00am EST
  

• Video Lunch: The Military-Industrial-Congressional Complex

  
  
  
  
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  Posted: October 30, 2009, 12:00pm EDT
  

• Local News: Organizing for America in Waco Pushes for Health Care Reform

  Obama Supporters Working Phone Bank in Waco to Push Health Care Reform
  By Michael W. Shapiro (Tribune-Herald staff writer)
  
  From the Waco Tribune-Herald
  
  Almost a year after President Barack Obama’s election, some of the volunteers who worked in Waco to put him in office are regrouping in [...]
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  Posted: October 30, 2009, 9:00am EDT
  

• Young, Conservative, and Intolerant

  The Texas A&M Chapter of the Young Conservatives of Texas is a group of the most conservatives students on the most conservative college campus in the nation. However, the YCT contends that Texas A&M is not as conservative as it is portrayed. The mission of the YCT, as articulated [...]
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  Posted: October 29, 2009, 9:00pm EDT
  

• Video Lunch: When Patients are Denied: The Battle Over Mental Health Benefits

  
  
  Some therapists and patients contend that insurance companies have been routinely denying coverage for sexual assault victims requesting long-term mental health services. Stories of how victims of sexual assault can get tangled in the health insurance system have been one result of the Huffington Post Investigative Fund's citizen' [...]
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  Posted: October 29, 2009, 12:00pm EDT
  

• Tonight on Biased Transmission

  
  There has been much discussion about the economics of healthcare lately, but this week on Biased Transmission, we will be discussing quality of healthcare -in the form of physician-patient communication. Our guest will be Dr. Barbara Sharf, Professor of Communication at Texas A&M, and [...]
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  Posted: October 28, 2009, 5:00pm EDT
  

• Video Lunch: Rise Of The Conservative Media

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  Posted: October 28, 2009, 12:00pm EDT
  

• The Coalition for Life Lies to Women

  
  Every day during 40 Days for Life protesters stand in front of the fence at the Planned Parenthood in Bryan, and every day they spread misinformation and lies to the patients that utilize the clinic for reproductive health care. The protesters regularly attempt to pass [...]
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  Posted: October 27, 2009, 7:00pm EDT
  

• Video Lunch: Crisis Pregnancy Center Abortion Education LIES

  
  
  This is a multimedia project we worked on that regards the false information and false pretenses of crisis pregnancy centers and abortion-only education. [...]
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  Posted: October 27, 2009, 12:00pm EDT
  

• Local News: Deployments of Texas Army National Guard to Iraq Continue

  Texas Army National Guard Unit Prepares for Deployment in Iraq
  By Regina Dennis (Tribune-Herald staff writer)
  
  From the Waco Tribune-Herald
  
  The 36th Infantry Division of the Texas Army National Guard once again will be deployed to Iraq in 2010, and the unit already has jump-started training efforts.
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  Posted: October 27, 2009, 9:00am EDT
  

• Anti-Obama Protest at Texas A&M

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  Posted: October 27, 2009, 11:00pm EDT
  

• Protester Rants at Anti-Obama Protest at Texas A&M

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  Posted: October 26, 2009, 10:30pm EDT
  

• Interview with Texas A&M Student

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  Posted: October 26, 2009, 10:00pm EDT
  

• Video Lunch: From Vietnam to Afghanistan

  
  
  As President Obama decides what to do in Afghanistan he must learn the lessons of Vietnam. Daniel Ellsberg is a former US military analyst employed by the RAND Corporation who precipitated a national political controversy in 1971 when he released the Pentagon Papers, a top-secret Pentagon study of [...]
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  Posted: October 26, 2009, 12:00pm EDT
  

• Local News: Brazos County Coalition Against Domestic Violence Holds Vigil

  Candlelight Vigil in Honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month
  By: Katy Ralston
  
  From the Texas A&M University Battalion
  
  Tuesday night a flicker of light will represent a flicker of hope when candles will burn bright for the victims and survivors of domestic and dating violence.
  
  The [...]
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  Posted: October 26, 2009, 10:00am EDT
  

• Texas Progressive Alliance Roundup - October 26, 2009

  
  The Texas Progressive Alliance is ready for the start of the World Series, and it presents to you its weekly highlight reel as we await the first pitch.
  
  quizas of South Texas Chisme wonders about the US detaining a Mexican human rights [...]
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  Posted: October 26, 2009, 9:00am EDT
  

• Tim Wise: On White Privilege

  
  
  For years, acclaimed author and speaker Tim Wise has been electrifying audiences on the college lecture circuit with his deeply personal take on whiteness and white privilege. In this spellbinding lecture, the author of White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son offers a unique, inside-out [...]
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  Posted: October 25, 2009, 12:00pm EDT
  

• Week in Headlines

  
  ActivismTen Years After Seattle
  
  Media
  Congress' CALM Act Aims to Quiet TV Commercials
  
  Foreign Policy
  Getting Out of Afghanistan
  
  War and Peace
  Sorting Out the Facts of Afghanistan
  
  Veterans Issues
  Senators Seek Review of Military's Personality-Disorder [...]
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  Posted: October 23, 2009, 5:00pm EDT
  

• Video Lunch: Shopping While Black - Social Experiment

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  Posted: October 23, 2009, 12:00pm EDT
  

• Local News: Thirty Candidates Being Considered for President of Texas A&M

  30 Considered for A&M Presidency
  By Vimal Patel
  
  From the Bryan-College Station Eagle
  
  Texas A&M has more than 30 candidates for the university's presidency, including nationally recognized names and individuals who have been "highly placed" in federal government, officials said Thursday.
  
  Not on the list are' [...]
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  Posted: October 23, 2009, 9:00am EDT
  

• Tonight on Biased Transmission

  
  Biased Transmission, 6-7pm, October 21, 2009, 89.1FM KEOS. Our guest will be Hugh Stearns. The discussion will focus on the upcoming ballot measure to decide the fate of the red light cameras in College Station, and the influence of outside corporate interests on the vote.
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  Posted: October 21, 2009, 5:00pm EDT
  

• Aggies for Choice: 365 Days of Choice

  Local activists are uniting to send a clear message to the community: We support Planned Parenthood and we support the right to choose!
  
  Join with other Aggies for CHOICE this Thursday in the Academic Plaza from 2:00-4:00pm! Feel free to bring signs with positive messages! [...]
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  Posted: October 21, 2009, 4:00pm EDT
  

• Video Lunch: Women Can't Lose

  
  
  Anti-choice politicians and their allies could take away insurance coverage for abortion-care in the new health-care system. See what they're saying about health-care reform, and then visit We Must Win to take action. Tell your members on Congress that women can't afford to lose. [...]
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  Posted: October 21, 2009, 12:00pm EDT
  

• Local News: Governor Perry and Secretary Gates Not on List

  Presidential Search Committee Says Perry, Gates Not Possible Candidates
  By: Travis Lawson
  
  From the Texas A&M University Battalion
  
  Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Gov. Rick Perry are not possible candidates for the new president of Texas A&M University, said the chairman for the search committee.
  
  "Both" [...]
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  Posted: October 21, 2009, 9:00am EDT
  

• Teaching in Aggieland: Infrequently Asked Questions - How to Talk to a Professor

  Dear college students,
  
  I present you with a guide to speaking to your professors. Really, it's a guide to give you the best chance at getting what you want. Hopefully, you want knowledge, inspiration, respect, and to be challenged. But this will give you a [...]
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  Posted: October 19, 2009, 7:00pm EDT
  

• Video Lunch: President Obama Speaks at Texas A&M

  
  
  President Obama speaks about volunteerism and public service in College Station at Rudder Auditorium. [...]
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  Posted: October 19, 2009, 12:00pm EDT
  

• Local News: College Station Set to Vote on Red Light Cameras

  Red Light Camera Vote Looms
  By Cassie Smith
  
  From the Bryan-College Station Eagle
  
  Supporters of College Station's red light cameras say they're a matter of safety.
  
  Opponents say the issue's all about rights.
  
  This week, voters in the city will begin the process of settling' [...]
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  Posted: October 19, 2009, 9:00am EDT
  

• Texas Progressive Alliance Roundup - October 19, 2009

  
  The Texas Progressive Alliance celebrates the start of early voting for the 2009 elections with its always on time weekly blog roundup.
  
  Human tragedies are mounting in the Barnett Shale as study after study shows high levels of toxins in the air. The only [...]
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  Posted: October 19, 2009, 8:00am EDT
  

• Covering the Protest at Texas A&M

  Left of College Station will be covering the protest and counter-protest at Texas A&M University during President Barack Obama’s speech to the Points of Light Institute.
  
  Stay tuned for a report on the day’s events, photographs from around campus and the protests, and video interviews from both the protest [...]
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  Posted: October 15, 2009, 7:00pm EDT
  

• Video Lunch: Companions for Choice Part 2 of 2

  
  
  Companions for Choice examines the role of volunteer escorts in the on-going battle over abortion rights. Shot at the height of Operation Rescue's direct action campaign against the city's women's health care facilities in 1992, Companions of Choice documents the struggle to preserve a woman's right to choose. [...]
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  Posted: October 15, 2009, 12:00pm EDT
  

• Coalition for Life and 40 Days of Harassment

  “The idea is to bring awareness in our community and an end to abortion in the Brazos County community.” The mission of the Coalition for Life, as articulated in a Texas A&M Battalion article by communications director Bobby Reynoso, is not as clear as the Coalition for Life would [...]
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  Posted: October 14, 2009, 7:00pm EDT
  

• Tonight on Biased Transmission

  
  Our guests tonight on Biased Transmission will be three slam poets who will appear at the Rock the Republic spectacle that will take place at several venues in downtown Bryan October 15-17. The poets are: Buck Hogue, Owen Gilbert and Stephen Sargent. Buck won the [...]
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  Posted: October 14, 2009, 5:00pm EDT
  

• Video Lunch: Inequality

  
  
  
  
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  Posted: October 14, 2009, 12:00pm EDT
  

• Local News: Aggie Allies Support GLBT Community at Texas A&M

  Aggie Allies Offer Nonjudgmental Listening Ear and Open Door
  Students, Faculty and Staff Provide Equality Support
  By: Melissa Appel
  
  From the Texas A&M University Battalion
  
  With the goal of uniting the Aggie family, Aggie Allies provide an open door and a listening ear to students who wish [...]
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  Posted: October 14, 2009, 10:00am EDT
  

• Video Lunch: Companions for Choice Part 1 of 2

  
  
  Companions for Choice examines the role of volunteer escorts in the on-going battle over abortion rights. Shot at the height of Operation Rescue's direct action campaign against the city's women's health care facilities in 1992, Companions of Choice documents the struggle to preserve a woman's right to choose. [...]
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  Posted: October 13, 2009, 12:00pm EDT
  

• Teaching in Aggieland: Fairness and Bias in the Classroom

  Sometimes, I have a really hard time being "fair" to my students.
  
  I know, it's a shock, but teachers are actually PEOPLE. We have biases, subjectivities, and pre-dispositions.
  
  Let me give you an example: One student emailed me that she had to miss class [...]
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  Posted: October 12, 2009, 7:00pm EDT
  

• Video Lunch: Lieutenant Choi Speaks At Gay Rights Rally In Washington, DC

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  Posted: October 12, 2009, 12:00pm EDT
  

• Local News: Queer Studies at Texas A&M

  Queer Studies at A&M Benefits Members
  By: Katy Ralston
  
  From the Texas A&M University Battalion
  
  The Queer Studies working group, a branch of the Melbern G. Glasscock Center for Humanities, meet once a month to provide an outlet for faculty and students to voice opinions and examine [...]
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  Posted: October 12, 2009, 9:00am EDT
  

• Texas Progressive Alliance Roundup - October 12, 2009

  
  The Texas Progressive Alliance is enjoying the fall weather too much to think of a clever opening to this week's blog roundup.
  
  This week on Left of College Station, Teddy writes about what it is like to share a birthday with a war [...]
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  Posted: October 12, 2009, 8:00am EDT
  

• Will You March With Us In Washington?

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  Posted: October 11, 2009, 12:00pm EDT
  

• Week in Headlines

  
  Media
  BlackBerry or iPhone, Which is Better for Journalists?
  
  Politics
  Second Coming of Sarah Palin
  
  War and Peace
  Eight Years and Counting
  
  Environment
  Don’t Frack with Our Water!
  
  Education
  Student Sex Column Movement
  
  Economy
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  Posted: October 09, 2009, 5:00pm EDT
  

• Video Lunch: Equality & Our March

  
  
  Staceyann Chin is a spoken word poet performing artist and political activist. She wrote a poem about equality and the need to march for our rights in D.C. The video was produced and directed by Jeremy Kotin. From the National Equality March team, we thank them both for [...]
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  Posted: October 09, 2009, 12:00pm EDT
  

• Local News: Another Ethics Complaint Filed in College Station Red Light Camera Debate

  Brown Responds to Ethics Complaint
  Reporter: Ashlea Sigman
  
  From KBTX Channel 3
  
  A brochure the City of College Station hasn't even mailed yet, is already causing problems for City Manager Glenn Brown. Wednesday, red-light camera opponent Jim Ash filed an ethics complaint against Brown.
  
  Ash claimed' [...]
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  Posted: October 09, 2009, 9:00am EDT
  

• Video Lunch: Different Vision for the Reproductive Justice Movement (Part 2)

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  Posted: October 08, 2009, 12:00pm EDT
  

• Local News: Downtown Bryan to Host Rock the Republic

  Bryan's About to Be Rocked
  By Maggie Kiely
  
  From the Bryan-College Station Eagle
  
  Watch out, Bryan. You're about to be rocked.
  
  An upcoming event will feature more than 100 Texas entertainers at various venues in downtown Bryan.
  
  Rock the Republic, which is also the name' [...]
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  Posted: October 08, 2009, 9:00am EDT
  

• Sharing a Birthday With a War

  Today I am twenty-nine years old, and today the war in Afghanistan begins its ninth year. It is strange sharing a birthday with a war, and stranger still is that my view of the war has changed as much as the war itself has changed.
  
  During the last eight [...]
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  Posted: October 07, 2009, 7:00pm EDT
  

• Tonight on Biased Transmission

  
  This week on Biased Transmission our studio guest will be Dr. James Kracht, Executive Associate Dean for Academic Affairs of the College of Education and Human Development at Texas A&M University, who is a member of the Texas State Board of Education panel of [...]
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  Posted: October 07, 2009, 5:00pm EDT
  

• Video Lunch: Democracy Now! Headlines

  
  
  *Obama Rules Out Afghan Troop Withdrawal * Reid: Congress Will Back Whatever Decision Obama Makes on Afghan War * Senate OKs $626B for War, Military Spending * 9 Killed, 31 Wounded in Iraq Violence * DynCorp Guards Flee Iraq After Incident With Iraqi Troops * Report: Pentagon Boosts [...]
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  Posted: October 07, 2009, 12:00pm EDT
  

• Local News: Health Care Forum at Texas A&M

  Wiley Lecture Series to Be Held on Health Care Reform
  By: Katy Ralston
  
  From the Texas A&M Battalion
  
  The MSC Wiley Lecture series will present "Dissecting the Health Care Debate," featuring James Rohack and Nancy Dickey and moderated by Alan Xenakis at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 7 in [...]
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  Posted: October 07, 2009, 9:00am EDT
  

• Video Lunch: Different Vision for the Reproductive Justice Movement (Part 1)

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  Posted: October 06, 2009, 12:00pm EDT
  

• Teaching in Aggieland: Why I am a Teacher

  A couple weeks ago, I was bitching with some colleagues about our students. We were swapping stories about student complaints (“quit making us write two page essays, it’s like this is an english class!”) rude emails (“hey wat is on our quiz tomorrow? Get back to [...]
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  Posted: October 05, 2009, 7:00pm EDT
  

• Video Lunch: GLBT History Month 2009

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  Posted: October 05, 2009, 12:00pm EDT
  

• Local News: Aggies Come Out and Celebrate GLBT Month

  Texas A&M Students Celebrate GLBT Month
  By: Ann Littmann
  
  From the Texas A&M University Battalion
  
  Today kicks off Coming Out Week as a part of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender History Month. On Texas A&M's campus, the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Resource Center [...]
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  Posted: October 05, 2009, 9:00am EDT
  

• Texas Progressive Alliance Roundup - October 5, 2009

  
  The Texas Political Alliance hopes that everyone reading this today has ensured they are registered to vote in the November election, as the deadline for doing so is Monday, October 5.
  
  The Texas Cloverleaf reviews proposed changes to the city of Denton's charter [...]
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  Posted: October 05, 2009, 8:00am EDT
  

• Week in Headlines

  
  Activism
  Building the Left in Harbor Country
  
  Media
  The Internet: A Room of Our Own?
  
  Politics
  Ugliness on the Right
  
  Military
  Pentagon Airs Criticism of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
  
  Environment
  Climate Change Speeding Toward Irreversible Tipping [...]
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  Posted: October 02, 2009, 5:00pm EDT
  

• Video Lunch: Sex Education in a Conservative Town

  
  
  Tami Sanderson of Loveland, OH is outraged when her 13 year old daughter comes home from school with a virginity pledge and materials promoting abstinence from sex before marriage. The Governor of her state has refused all federal funding for these programs which don't work. But Tammy is' [...]
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  Posted: October 02, 2009, 12:00pm EDT
  

• Local News: Ethics Complaint Filed Against College Station City Council Member

  Complaint Filed in Camera Fight
  By Cassie Smith
  
  From the Bryan-College Station Eagle
  
  The man leading the charge against College Station's red light cameras acknowledges that he may have violated the Texas Election Code in his campaign to get rid of them.
  
  But Jim Ash said' [...]
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  Posted: October 02, 2009, 9:00am EDT
  

• Video Lunch: Allentown Women's Center Escorts: Creating a Safe Place

  
  
  AWC patients and staff are harassed and intimidated daily by anti-abortion protesters. Volunteer escorts provide support and comfort to women and couples entering the clinic. [...]
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  Posted: October 01, 2009, 12:00pm EDT
  

• Local News: Texas A&M Interim President Holds Town Hall

  A&M Interim President Holds a Town Hall Meeting
  By: Jane Lee
  
  From the Texas A&M University Battalion
  
  Interim President R. Bowen Loftin held a town hall meeting Wednesday to address concerns and issues of the University.
  
  The town hall meeting consisted of a panel of speakers [...]
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  Posted: October 01, 2009, 9:00am EDT
  

• Tonight on Biased Transmission

  Tonight on Biased Transmission our guest will be Dr. Larry Gamm is Professor and Head of the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Texas A&M Health Science Center. He has served as MHA Program Director and, from 2004-2007, as Director of the Southwest Rural Health Research Center [...]
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  Posted: September 30, 2009, 5:00pm EDT