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Religious trends polarize on-campus community

The Christian Bubble

The concept of standing out isn’t new to Christianity. In the Bible, Jesus commanded his followers, “By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one anoth-er.” Looking at Christian Aggies, it may be reasonable to add, “and wear Chacos, TOMS and T-shirts from

Christian organizations.”It’s a trend prevalent with many

Christians on campus — identifiable by appearance alone. They look the same, talk the same and do the same things. Christians are often separated from the rest of campus by the invis-ible but existent “Christian Bubble.”

The Christian Bubble — slang for the population of Christian students

who share similar lifestyles — has grown so large as to be unrivaled in volume by any other faith group on campus. Of the University’s more than 800 recognized student organi-zations, 80 percent are affiliated with Christianity. In one particularly visible display of Christianity’s prevalence in the student body, more than 10,000 students attended the first Breakaway

Bible study of the semester. As the spotlight on the Christian

subculture grows brighter, a conflict arises. Is the bubble about faith or fashion? Are Christians at A&M rec-ognized by their exterior appearance or personal religious beliefs?

One Twitter handle, @aggiechris-

Joanna Raines The Battalion

Concealed carry bill passes

After many weeks of debate, Student Sen-ate officially passed the “Texas A&M Personal Protection Bill,” which advocates for concealed carry in campus buildings.

The concealed carry bill passed with a vote of 38-19 at the Oct. 31 Senate meeting, but was stalled after a motion was made to reconsider the bill. At Wednesday’s meeting, the motion to reconsider the bill failed, officially passing the bill out of Senate.

Scott Bowen, senior chemical engineering major and speaker of the Senate, said the bill’s next stop is the desk of the Student Body Presi-dent John Claybrook.

“At this point it comes to me and I either have the chance to sign it or veto it,” Clay-brook said. “I’m going to be looking forward

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thebatt.comPasta partyJulie Blanco shares thoughts on her vegan challenge and makes two easy, vegan pasta dinners.

music | 5Red dirt roundupThe alternative-country band, Cody Canada & The Departed, will debut their fi rst original album Friday in Downtown Bryan. Canada returns to Aggieland from his Cross Canadian Ragweed days to rock the southern house.

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campus newsFootball player missingThe University Police Department reported a missing student on Wednesday. Thomas Linze Johnson was last seen leaving his residence in College Station on Monday at 5 p.m. He was wearing a black jacket, black shorts and gray shoes. Johnson is a black male, 18 years old, 5’11”, 180 lbs., with black hair and brown eyes. He is also a wide receiver on the Texas A&M football team. Johnson has family and friends in the Dallas area and may have traveled there, according to a news release from UPD. “All of us are obviously very concerned about the safety and well-being of Thomas Johnson,” said head coach Kevin Sumlin. “Authorities are working closely with his family, friends and law-enforcement agencies to help locate him. We pray for his quick and safe return.” Anyone with information regarding the location of Johnson is asked to contact University Police immediately at 979-845-2345.

Staff Report

A&M falls to Penn State, 63-58

Youthful mistakes and missed opportunities were the story of the night for the No. 13 A&M women’s basketball team as the Aggies fell 63-58 to No. 9 Penn State at Reed Arena.

Leading for the majority of the game Wednesday night, the Aggies couldn’t generate enough separation from the Nit-tany Lions to come away with their first victory of the season. A&M led Penn State by five at the half but would falter in the final six minutes, never hitting a field goal through that stretch.

Gary Blair said the A&M Achilles’ heel was the disparity in experience.

“The difference between ju-nior and senior starters is they want the ball down the stretch,”

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Johnson

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Freshman guard Jordan Jones dribbles toward Penn State’s basket during Wednesday’s match at Reed Arena.

Blair said. “They don’t turn it over and they make the right plays. [Penn State] did a good job in that regard. We have too many kids that don’t know how to set offenses. We’re having to scramble and improvise all over.

Somewhere freshmen have to grow up.”

The Aggies couldn’t buy a shot at times, struggling to put points on the board in sizable

Course offers unique play experience, researchgolf renovations

The renovated Texas A&M golf course will soon join the ranks of premiere university golf courses and provide its visitors with a world-class golfing experience.

Renovation of the Texas A&M golf course is underway and will finish in fall 2013. Landscapes Unlimited is the firm overseeing the renovation.

“You can classify it as a renovation,” Kurt Huse-man, branch manager at Landscapes Unlimited said. “But in essence it will be a brand new golf course.”

The new course will offer a unique golfing ex-perience in the heart of Aggieland.

“There [are] a lot of places people travel to play

golf,” said Rene Rangel, principal of the renova-

tion project for Sterling Golf. “They travel to the

beaches, play golf courses on the coast and even

play on golf courses in the mountains. We have a

unique view because it’s on the setting of a world-

class university. It’s a very different experience and

we feel that’s going to elevate us when people get

to experience that.”The renovated layout of the golf course will be

one that many courses cannot match, Rangel said, due in part to the location of the course.

“The setting takes it up a notch,” Rangel said. “There’s not too many places that you can step off the golf course, put your clubs in your trunk and basically walk to Kyle Field.”

Jeff Blume, Class of 1958, designed the course for the enjoyment of golfers of all levels and utilized the natural lay of the land to add to the design’s ability and create diverse holes.

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Students crowd around a small table Wednesday morning in Academic Plaza to make bracelets for hospitalized children as part of “Krafts for Kids.”

“The piece of land itself is an excellent piece of land for golf,” Huseman said. “It’s a very gently rolling site, which will then provide a lot of opportunities for the design team to create great golf holes.”

The layout will feature an 18-hole course, bigger driv-ing range, a practice green and three extra holes for teaching and research purposes.

The three extra holes will allow students in the golf ki-nesiology class to play a few holes of golf, rather than just hit on the driving range and on the practice greens.

“That adds another ele-ment to their education of actually learning how to play golf without having to go on the golf course and pay the

green fee and learn on an 18-hole facility,” Huseman said. “We can exclude them so that so they can have their own ‘learning to play golf area,’ which is unique.”

The three extra holes also provide research opportuni-ties to turfgrass physiology and management professors and students.

The turfgrass physiology and management research field labs, led by Richard White, can be translated from the lab to the golf course to get a better understanding of how the grass can withstand the playing conditions.

“You can change out grass on the greens,” White said. “And then ask, ‘Do people like it? How does it play?’”

Researchers also test how different turfgrasses can hold up against varying conditions.

“We push grass to the lim-its [in the field lab],” White

Golf courseContinued from page 1

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tian documents the stereotypes of the Christian

Bubble on campus, tweeting with hashtags like

#christianpickuplines, #thingsaggiechristianssay

and #aggiechristianprobs. The profile was created

following a conversation at the Christian fresh-

men orientation camp Impact about how recog-

nizable the Christian subculture is.

“Starting this Twitter handle was a lightheart-

ed approach to the many stereotypes that do fol-

low us and there are so many stereotypes within

our University,” @Aggiechristian said. “It was a

way to help students relate to one another and

laugh together.”

Dressing in the mold of the Christian Bubble

means wearing Chacos, TOMS and attire that

identifies with a Christian organization. The

trend of wearing Chacos — a brand of outdoor-

oriented sandles — originated with students

working at Christian summer camps and has since

caught on with students who have never braved

the wilderness.

Angel Miller, senior wildlife fisheries sciences

major, said she has been a part of Christian orga-

nizations since she was a freshman. She said she

has seen trends that usually identify a Christian

on campus.

“Many people joke that you can always tell if

someone is a Christian by the following: Chacos,

CamelBaks, Christian organization ‘brotanks,’

Nike shorts and James Avery rings,” Miller said.

Distinctly Christian mannerisms often comple-

ment these fashion trends. There are phrases that

have stemmed out of church or Bible studies that

are referred to by some as “Christianese.”

“Many people are not even aware of it,” said

Ben Scott, sophomore communica-

tion major. “Phrases like ‘incred-

ibly blessed.’”

For many members of

the Christian Bubble,

the appearances that

bond the group to-

gether reflect com-

mon interests stem-

ming from their

faith. For instance,

having a Breakaway

backpack tag reflects

regular attendance at

the Bible study and

fleeces monogrammed

with Impact camp logos

show a desire to provide

freshmen with a sense of Chris-

tian community. “I don’t have a problem with the Christian

community bonding together through the small things as well as the big things, both Chacos and theology, perhaps over a cup of coffee at Mug-walls,” @Aggiechristian tweeted.

Dressing and speaking alike may come from time spent together. A popular hangout in the

Christian Bubble is MugWalls coffee shop.

Kevin Havis, a mechanical engineering gradu-

ate student who is behind the twitter account

@mugzpianoman, said he sees the stereotypical

trends of the Christian Bubble while at Mugwalls.

“There are a lot of people there who are hav-

ing Bible studies openly and having spiritual dis-

cussions,” Havis said. “You kind of overhear that

a lot.”

The Christian Bubble is a symbol

of unity that allows students to

remain connected to their

faith while at college. @

Aggiechristian said it is

both biblically sound

and necessary for

Christians to be

bonded together.

For many, things

like footwear and

study spots that

may seem unre-

lated to religion are

rooted in a desire to

have Christian com-

munity.

“The Christian culture

at A&M is wonderful,” Miller

said. “I became a believer my fresh-

man year of college and if it was not for the strong

community here, I may not have stayed on the

path toward Christ.”

However, Miller said she is concerned that this

bubble could be a method of excluding outsid-

ers. As trends grow stronger, alternative lifestyle

choices are alienated.

“The bubble forms when

believers become so com-

fortable in the group that

it looks as if they have

stopped reaching out

to those who are des-

perate for the love

of Christ,” Miller

said. “Believers on

this campus need

to be more aware

of the fact that some

nonbelievers view

the bubble as exclu-

sive, even though that is

not the intention.”

Elizabeth Rose is a self-

described devout Christian who

said nothing is wrong with being inside

the Christian Bubble. But even so, because she

doesn’t partake in the Christian cultural norms,

she feels like an outsider. “I feel like when you tell somebody in the

Christian Bubble that you don’t do these things — not intentionally — they automatically think you aren’t on their level of commitment to God and Jesus’ teachings,” Rose said.

Some students expressed growing discontent

toward the Christian Bubble for not represent-

ing Christian values. Scott said as a freshman he

was heavily involved in a variety of Christian or-

ganizations. He later chose to make himself an

outsider because he believes that the idea of a

Christian Bubble isn’t a biblical way to live.

“I look at my freshman year,” Scott said. “I

was in a Christian fraternity, an Im-

pact counselor and I worked at a

church. I was spending 24/7

with believers. Who was

I making an impact on?

Who was I sharing the

love of Christ with? I

wasn’t and I’ve felt

the desire to change

that.”

Scott, like Rose,

doesn’t take issue

with Christian organi-

zations, but said people

can get so caught up in

the subculture that they

forget why they are Chris-

tians in the first place.

“If who we are is defined by

anything other than Jesus Christ then

we’ve missed the mark,” Scott said.

Havis said he found being in the Christian

Bubble to be encouraging and helpful, but that

he is reaching a point where he needs to venture

outside of it.

“It also kind of limits people’s interactions and

people in the Christian Bubble are kind of be-

traying the nature of what they’re supposed to

be as Christians,” Havis said. “The whole idea of

being a Christian is that you have this gospel and

it needs to be sent out to the ends of the Earth.

If we’re keeping it in this bubble then we’re not

doing it.”

For many of those conscious of the prevalent

subculture, the Christian Bubble is walking a fine

line between a group of like-minded people and

a clique excluding those who don’t share the

same mindset.

While most agreed that being exclusive crosses

the line, there were differences in opinion as to

whether or not that has occurred.

“I can think of specific friends who have defi-

nitely embraced that stereotype and kind of done

that,” Havis said. “And then I see other people

who deliberately go against that and kind of tease

other people about it.”

The bubble is defined by the students who

exist within it, and it’s up to each individual to

decide how their bubble will take form.

“I’m making a personal commitment to pop

my own Christian Bubble. If you’re a Christian,

I encourage you to do the same,” Scott said.

Christian BubbleContinued from page 1

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Associated Press

“I feel like when you tell somebody in the Christian Bubble that you don’t do these things — not intentionally — they automatically think you aren’t on their

level of commitment to God and Jesus’ teachings.”

— Elizabeth Rose

80% of the University’s recognized

student organizations are

affi liated with Christianity

79.5% of the population of

the United States

considers themselves to be Christian

source: Pew Research

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Members of Healing Faith, an organization founded by a former A&M student, test children for malaria in Uganda.

Former students provide hope, medicineHands of faith

Jason Segner held in his arms a 3-year-old girl with burns on 80 percent of her body after her family mem-ber doused her with hot cooking oil.

Segner drove the girl to a government-run hospital and returned three weeks later to find the girl fully healed, despite the burns that almost took her life.

Segner, Class of 2002, along with his wife, Kari, and four children moved to Uganda in January 2012 and started Healing Faith, a ministry that seeks to pro-vide physical, emotional and spiritual healing to the people of Uganda.

Though Healing Faith fo-

cuses on delivering medical

care to those suffering from

diseases such as malaria, Seg-

ner said he and his family have

felt rewarded by various ex-

periences, such as that of the

3-year-old girl.

“That has been one of the

most rewarding cases that we

have dealt with,” Segner said

referring to the girl’s case. “Not every day is like that, but every case of malaria that we are able to test for and treat is another child that has a chance of survival.”

Segner’s twelve-year ex-perience as a paramedic and Emergency Medical Service professor at Blinn College p r o v i d e d him with the experi-ence neces-sary to test and treat those diag-nosed with malaria and other parasitic diseases in villages around the city of Jinja, Uganda.

Segner said the field tests and treatments for malaria and parasites costs about $2 per person.

“For malaria, first we have to test the suspected cases with a field test kit, and if positive then we give the medication,” Segner said. “For [about] $5, you can keep four kids [with parasites] de-wormed for an entire year.”

Segner’s wife Kari grew

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up longing to visit Africa some day and has a passion for maternal care. Kristi Stark, a member of Healing Faith’s board of trustees in College Station, said Kari aspires to provide better maternal care in underdeveloped countries.

“The way that they give birth over there is pretty ru-

dimentary,” Stark said. “So one of [Kari’s] goals is to set up some kind of program where she can help ex-

pecting mothers with prenatal care and with taking care of the babies.”

Segner said the hope of satiating spiritual needs — in addition to medical

needs — influenced Healing Faith’s name.

“We also want to bring spir-itual healing for them as well,” Segner said. “That’s where we got the word healing. Where the word faith comes from — we lost a daughter and we named her Faith. And it was our faith that got us through that experience.”

The Segners are raising their four children, all under the age of 8, in Uganda and Kari homeschools them.

“They have adapted re-ally well, they really love it,” Segner said about his chil-dren. “When possible, I take the children out to the vil-lage with us because we want them to be a part of the minis-try too, to see and experience when appropriate, their part in the ministry as well.”

Rachel Driskell, a mission team leader for Healing Faith, said it has been incredible to watch Jason and Kari take on their calling.

“I hope they’re able to

make a difference with their

ministry since they’re so

unique to the area and offer

medical assistance that’s read-

ily available,” Driskell said.

Noting the Aggie Net-

work’s integral influence on

his life, Segner said he was

excited to connect with Ag-

gies through the benefit, even

though his family will be

in Uganda.

“We have a big Aggie con-

nection, so it’s exciting for me

to have the Aggie Network

rallying around us and what

we are doing,” Segner said.

“We talk about how the Ag-

gie Network is everywhere,

and it’s a real tangible thing.

The Aggie Network is reach-

ing into the remote villages

here in East Africa.”

For information on how you can join the Segner family in Uganda for a hands-on experience email the organization at info@healingfaith.com.

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Texas tunesCody Canada & The Departed, a Texas alternative country band, formed in part from members of the band Cross Canadian Ragweed and will perform on Friday in Bryan.

The newly formed red dirt country band, Cody Canada & The Departed, will debut their first original album this Friday at the Grand Stafford Theater in Downtown Bryan with Rosehill.

Cody Canada, a Texas native, ventured to Stillwater, Okla. at the age of 16 to see where his passion for music would take him. In 1994, Canada, along with three other hope-fuls started the band Cross Canadian Rag-weed in Yukon, Okla. The band, a combi-nation of red-dirt country with an alternative rock twist, thrived over a period of 15 years and was one of the first groups to introduce the genre of Texas country to the rest of the South.

In 2010, the band decided to cease production on good terms as one member need-ed to care for personal obli-gations. With the willingness to keep going in the music industry, Canada along with Ragweed bass player Jeremy Plato formed a new Texas country band, Cody Canada & The Departed.

As a favorite of the youthful audience in College Station, Cody Canada said he was extremely excited to introduce The Depart-ed to Aggieland as well as release their first original album.

“Ragweed has been to College Station

many times in the past and I am sure the new

band will continue visiting on tours,” Canada

said. “The energy of the fans as well as the

legendary venues makes our experience that

much better. We are excited to play for the

first time at the Grand Stafford Theater.”

As a veteran in the music industry, many

artists have encouraged Canada in his career,

but Robert Earl Keen, who inspired Canada

at a young age, has never stopped being his

main influence. Canada said the way Keen writes music, sings and conducts himself as a businessman has helped him achieve the suc-cess he has now.

Just as Keen, an Aggie alumnus, in-spired Canada, other local musicians look to Canada’s success in the music industry for inspiration.

“Cody Canada is such a motivation in the fact that he never stopped and has worked so hard for 16 years already,” said Joe Tiechman, senior agricultural communications and jour-nalism major and local musician. “This shows someone, like me, that he never took no for an answer and that’s what you need to do in order to make it.”

Cody Canada & The Departed will unveil their first original album titled “Adventus”

on Friday, Nov. 16 at 9:00 p.m at the Grand Stafford Theater in Downtown Bryan. The theater has been a music venue since 1926 when Morris Schul-man opened it at the Di-xie Theater. After being burned down in 1983, the theater changed names and management.

Recently, managing partners Cody Marx Bailey and Jose Arredondo gave the theater a facelift and are beginning to make the Grand Stafford a unique place for artists to play.

“I feel like there is huge opportunity in this town, and we want to build this from the ground up,” Bailey said. “When the artists come to town, putting them first is what we aim for to build our reputation”.

Canada said this event will help jumpstart his new band’s career. Though the album took a lot of time and effort, he believes it will generate a lot of excitement among his fans.

“I want to really see the band pick up and go forcefully into the music industry,” Cana-da said. “I want to be on the road with it 250 days a year instead of half of that.”

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stretches en route to posting a paltry 34.4 field

goal percentage. With few veterans on the

roster, six underclassmen would see playing

time and the inexperienced revealed itself in

the form of 23 Aggie turnovers.

Junior center Kelsey Bone said the

team is learning as young players gain

more experience.

“A lot of people emphasize the fact that we

have six freshmen,” Bone said. “You have to

understand the entire team is growing up right

before everybody’s eyes. We’ve got seniors

that haven’t played yet and they’re freshmen

in a sense, too. We can’t let games like this

work against us.”Bone and fellow junior center Karla Gil-

bert were the only Aggies to score in the double digits with 16 and 10 points, respec-tively. The remaining players to receive play-ing time would combine to shoot 12 of 48 from the field. Though A&M would force 19 turnovers, Penn State outscored the Aggies in fast-break points 16-6.

Sophomore and veteran point guard Alexia

Standish said freshmen aren’t always aware

how to position themselves offensively.

“Coach Blair runs a lot of plays,” Standish

said. “It can be tough on a freshman knowing

where to be at the right time. They’re do-

ing a good job, but like we keep emphasiz-

ing. They’re just freshmen in a game where

there’s a lot of pressure on them. Things like

that are just going to come with time and

playing together.”

With No. 2 Connecticut on the docket

Sunday, the schedule doesn’t get any easier

for a youthful A&M squad searching for its

first victory. Already faltering to two Top 10

foes in Louisville and Penn State, the Aggies

have yet to face their toughest non-conference

test yet.

Blair said winning the early challenges isn’t

the important goal in the big picture.

“We wouldn’t be having this conversation

if we played three different opening games,”

Blair said. “But would we get better as a team

and as a program? We were hoping for what-

ever we could get; we aren’t at that level yet.

We have a chance to get there and we will

continue to work. I’m not going to give up

on anybody out there.”

to discussing the pros and cons with my team

[Thursday] and looking forward to having a

decision about it in the next few days.”

Claybrook said Student Senate’s willing-

ness to tackle controversial issues is great,

saying it allows himself and the Senate the

opportunity to fulfill their responsibilities of

serving students.

“It’s our job and our duty to represent the

voice of the students,” Claybrook said. “I

want to be sure that this is something that is

representative of the student body because that

was what I was elected to do.”

Claybrook said he has a week to decide be-

fore the bill automatically passes.

A&M policy allows concealed carry on

campus, but not inside buildings. The Sen-

ate bill calls on the University and the Texas

Legislature to mandate that concealed carry by

allowed on all public university property.

Bills that were presented but not voted on

include “The Lone Star Showdown Bill,”

which advocates for reinstating the annual

football game between Texas A&M and the

University of Texas.

Cary Cheshire, junior political science ma-

jor, is the bill’s author and argued that the an-

nual football game between A&M and U.T.

brings enormous economic benefits to the

state and would be beneficial to A&M’s foot-

ball program.

“With the rigor of SEC scheduling, we feel

like an easy win against a weaker team would

be beneficial to Texas A&M,” Cheshire said.

Another bill presented was “The Not-So

Controversial Bike Rack Bill,” which advo-

cates for more bike racks to be installed outside

the Commons Lobby main entrance.

Transportation services gave a presenta-

tion before the meeting and reported that

Transportation Services will install more

bike racks in the area and other areas over

Christmas Break.

The “Cookie Crusade Bill” was also pre-

sented, which advocates for the return of

cookies to Sbisa Dining Hall.

Chris Woolsey, sophomore political sci-

ence major, is the bill author and expressed

disappointment that cookies have disappeared

from Sbisa Dining Hall.

“As cookies are a very important tradition

of on-campus living, their return is of the ut-

most importance,” Woolsey said.

Bills that were presented will now go

through a committee revision process and be

voted on in subsequent Senate meetings.

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