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<title><![CDATA[OPINION: Stop the hating]]></title>
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<author> Guest column by Damen Smien </author>

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<![CDATA[<img src=><br /><span class="by">By: </span>Guest column by Damen SmienTry walking in his shoes, Manziel deserves to be left alone.<br><p>
	As I laid there at 3:30 a.m. on June 16, observing a barrage of Twitter and Facebook “hate” feeds targeting Johnny <span data-scayt_word="Manziel" data-scaytid="1">Manziel</span>, a burning urge in the pit of my stomach compelled me to give my thoughts...</p>]]>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013</pubDate>
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	As I laid there at 3:30 a.m. on June 16, observing a barrage of Twitter and Facebook “hate” feeds targeting Johnny <span data-scayt_word="Manziel" data-scaytid="1">Manziel</span>, a burning urge in the pit of my stomach compelled me to give my thoughts...]]></media:description>
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<title><![CDATA[OPINION: Johnny, be gone]]></title>
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<author> Sean Lester </author>

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<![CDATA[<img src=><br /><span class="by">By: </span>Sean LesterManziel wants out of College Station. Time  to let him.<br><p>
	Texas A and 'M quarterback Johnny <span data-scayt_word="Manziel" data-scaytid="2">Manziel</span> is, once again, at the center of the sports world’s attention.
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013</pubDate>
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	Texas A&'M quarterback Johnny <span data-scayt_word="Manziel" data-scaytid="2">Manziel</span> is, once again, at the center of the sports world’s attention.
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<title><![CDATA[MOVIE REVIEW: Super letdown]]></title>
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<author> Emily Villani </author>

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<![CDATA[<img src=http://www.thebatt.com/polopoly_fs/1.3046541!image/2252447850.jpg_gen/thumbnails/100x100/2252447850.jpg><br />Run away from "Man of Steel" faster than a speeding bullet<br><p>
	Despite a progressive portrayal of women and minorities and some powerful acting performances, the exhausting torrent of fight scenes in “Man of Steel” crowded out opportunities for decent character development, while failing to conceal plot lines with...</p>]]>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2013</pubDate>
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<media:title type="plain"><![CDATA[MOVIE REVIEW: Super letdown]]></media:title>
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	Despite a progressive portrayal of women and minorities and some powerful acting performances, the exhausting torrent of fight scenes in “Man of Steel” crowded out opportunities for decent character development, while failing to conceal plot lines with...]]></media:description>
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<title><![CDATA[Summer camp provides real-world STEM experiences and education]]></title>
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<author> Sarah Hoffschwelle </author>

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<![CDATA[<img src=http://www.thebatt.com/polopoly_fs/1.3046538!image/4106824903.jpg_gen/thumbnails/100x100/4106824903.jpg><br /><br><p>
	The Aggie center for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics welcomed its batch of <span data-scayt_word="6-11th" data-scaytid="1">6-11th</span> graders to its fourth annual summer camp that lasts from June 10-22.
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013</pubDate>
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	The Aggie center for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics welcomed its batch of <span data-scayt_word="6-11th" data-scaytid="1">6-11th</span> graders to its fourth annual summer camp that lasts from June 10-22.
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<title><![CDATA[Instagram contest offers opportunity for students to show Aggie spirit]]></title>
<link>http://www.thebatt.com/instagram-contest-offers-opportunity-for-students-to-show-aggie-spirit-1.3046532?cache=03D163D03D163D%3Aww.heurnalstandard.com%2Fnews%2Feducssed-1.1176%2Fsa20All+Dist3Dc.1Kashmore_PST.pdf+ForceRecrawl%3A+0</link>
<author> Allison Rubenak </author>

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<![CDATA[<img src=http://www.thebatt.com/polopoly_fs/1.3046536!image/3567555988.jpg_gen/thumbnails/100x100/3567555988.jpg><br /><br><p>
	This summer, those on the “outside looking in” will be able to gain a further insight into <span data-scayt_word="Aggieland" data-scaytid="1">Aggieland</span> from fellow and future peers.
	 
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013</pubDate>
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	This summer, those on the “outside looking in” will be able to gain a further insight into <span data-scayt_word="Aggieland" data-scaytid="1">Aggieland</span> from fellow and future peers.
	 
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<title><![CDATA[The giving tree]]></title>
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<author> Mackenzie Mullis </author>

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<![CDATA[<img src=http://www.thebatt.com/polopoly_fs/1.3046528!image/3030607612.jpg_gen/thumbnails/100x100/3030607612.jpg><br />Century Tree seedlings raise over $100,000 for scholarship fund<br><p>
	The Century Tree has remained a cherished piece of Texas A and 'M’s history and traditions since the early days of the University.
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013</pubDate>
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	The Century Tree has remained a cherished piece of Texas A&'M’s history and traditions since the early days of the University.
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<title><![CDATA[4-H Roundup]]></title>
<link>http://www.thebatt.com/news/4-h-roundup-1.3046245?cache=03D163D03D163D%3Aww.heurnalstandard.com%2Fnews%2Feducssed-1.1176%2Fsa20All+Dist3Dc.1Kashmore_PST.pdf+ForceRecrawl%3A+0</link>
<author> Jessica Smarr </author>

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<![CDATA[<img src=http://www.thebatt.com/polopoly_fs/1.3046246!image/1036399738.jpg_gen/thumbnails/100x100/1036399738.jpg><br />Nation's largest youth service organzation holds annual event at A&M<br><p>
	This week, 4-H members from around the state converged on Texas A and 'M for what they term their premier event of the year — Texas 4-H Roundup.
	Kyle <span data-scayt_word="Merten" data-scaytid="1">Merten</span>, the Roundup coordinator for Texas 4-H, sa...</p>]]>
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<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013</pubDate>
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	This week, 4-H members from around the state converged on Texas A&'M for what they term their premier event of the year — Texas 4-H Roundup.
	Kyle <span data-scayt_word="Merten" data-scaytid="1">Merten</span>, the Roundup coordinator for Texas 4-H, sa...]]></media:description>
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<title><![CDATA[A&M celebrates Bush Sr.'s birthday with socks, cake]]></title>
<link>http://www.thebatt.com/news/a-m-celebrates-bush-sr-s-birthday-with-socks-cake-1.3046242?cache=03D163D03D163D%3Aww.heurnalstandard.com%2Fnews%2Feducssed-1.1176%2Fsa20All+Dist3Dc.1Kashmore_PST.pdf+ForceRecrawl%3A+0</link>
<author> Mackenzie Mullis </author>

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<![CDATA[<img src=http://www.thebatt.com/polopoly_fs/1.3046244!image/3455593874.jpg_gen/thumbnails/100x100/3455593874.jpg><br /><br><p>
	Wednesday was a day for cake, ice cream and a celebration at the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum. George H.W. Bush, the <span data-scayt_word="41st" data-scaytid="1">41st</span> president of the United States, celebrated his <span data-scay...</p>]]>
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<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013</pubDate>
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	Wednesday was a day for cake, ice cream and a celebration at the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum. George H.W. Bush, the <span data-scayt_word="41st" data-scaytid="1">41st</span> president of the United States, celebrated his <span data-scay...]]></media:description>
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<title><![CDATA[Researchers develop technology to reduce energy consumption]]></title>
<link>http://www.thebatt.com/news/researchers-develop-technology-to-reduce-energy-consumption-1.3046239?cache=03D163D03D163D%3Aww.heurnalstandard.com%2Fnews%2Feducssed-1.1176%2Fsa20All+Dist3Dc.1Kashmore_PST.pdf+ForceRecrawl%3A+0</link>
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<![CDATA[<img src=http://www.thebatt.com/polopoly_fs/1.3046240!image/204841711.jpg_gen/thumbnails/100x100/204841711.jpg><br /><br><p>
	Energy conservation is on the rise, and new software and technology at Texas A and 'M is making energy reduction an easier, more common practice than ever before.
	Instrumental in this process is the Energy Systems Laboratory at A and 'M, where researchers wo...</p>]]>
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<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013</pubDate>
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	Energy conservation is on the rise, and new software and technology at Texas A&'M is making energy reduction an easier, more common practice than ever before.
	Instrumental in this process is the Energy Systems Laboratory at A&'M, where researchers wo...]]></media:description>
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<title><![CDATA[Graduate student launches 3-D printer website]]></title>
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<author> Allison Rubenak </author>

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<![CDATA[<img src=http://www.thebatt.com/polopoly_fs/1.3046003!image/3076863878.jpg_gen/thumbnails/100x100/3076863878.jpg><br /><br><p>
	Amid the pens, flash-drives and packs of gum on Michael <span data-scayt_word="Mehlman’s" data-scaytid="1">Mehlman’s</span> desk, rests a 3D printer, the small machine with which he formed his entrepreneurial enterprise.

	In February, the applied ph...</p>]]>
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<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013</pubDate>
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	Amid the pens, flash-drives and packs of gum on Michael <span data-scayt_word="Mehlman’s" data-scaytid="1">Mehlman’s</span> desk, rests a 3D printer, the small machine with which he formed his entrepreneurial enterprise.

	In February, the applied ph...]]></media:description>
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<title><![CDATA[Aggies on top again]]></title>
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<author> Sean Lester </author>

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<![CDATA[<img src=http://www.thebatt.com/polopoly_fs/1.3046005!image/1385574356.jpg_gen/thumbnails/100x100/1385574356.jpg><br />Men's track wins fourth title in five years, women finish second<br><p>
	It didn’t take long for Texas A and 'M track and field coach Pat Henry to return to the championship podium after a one-year layoff.
	Henry helped lead the A and 'M men’s team to a co-championship at the NCAA outdoor track and field title in Eugene, Ore., aft...</p>]]>
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<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013</pubDate>
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	It didn’t take long for Texas A&'M track and field coach Pat Henry to return to the championship podium after a one-year layoff.
	Henry helped lead the A&'M men’s team to a co-championship at the NCAA outdoor track and field title in Eugene, Ore., aft...]]></media:description>
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<title><![CDATA[Four A&M baseball players selected in MLB draft]]></title>
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	Four Texas A and 'M baseball players were selected in the 2013 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft on Friday and Saturday.
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<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013</pubDate>
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	Four Texas A&'M baseball players were selected in the 2013 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft on Friday and Saturday.
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<title><![CDATA[From sea to shining sea]]></title>
<link>http://www.thebatt.com/news/from-sea-to-shining-sea-1.3045690?cache=03D163D03D163D%3Aww.heurnalstandard.com%2Fnews%2Feducssed-1.1176%2Fsa20All+Dist3Dc.1Kashmore_PST.pdf+ForceRecrawl%3A+0</link>
<author> Sean Lester </author>

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<![CDATA[<img src=http://www.thebatt.com/polopoly_fs/1.3045691!image/400861342.jpg_gen/thumbnails/100x100/400861342.jpg><br />A&M Dean to race across America<br><p>
	Summer at Texas A and 'M can be a time for some of the 50,000 students and 2,800 faculty to relax for several months after the school year.
	For Jose <span data-scayt_word="Bermudez" data-scaytid="1">Bermudez</span> the summer season is entirely the oppos...</p>]]>
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<pubDate>Wed, 5 Jun 2013</pubDate>
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<media:title type="plain"><![CDATA[From sea to shining sea]]></media:title>
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	Summer at Texas A&'M can be a time for some of the 50,000 students and 2,800 faculty to relax for several months after the school year.
	For Jose <span data-scayt_word="Bermudez" data-scaytid="1">Bermudez</span> the summer season is entirely the oppos...]]></media:description>
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<title><![CDATA[Old Ag returns to Aggieland to sign copies of new book]]></title>
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<author> Sarah Hoffscwhelle </author>

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<![CDATA[<img src=http://www.thebatt.com/polopoly_fs/1.3045687!image/1236811919.jpg_gen/thumbnails/100x100/1236811919.jpg><br /><br><p>
	Todd Staples, Commissioner of the Texas Department of Agriculture and Class of 1984, returned to <span data-scayt_word="Aggieland" data-scaytid="1">Aggieland</span> on Wednesday to sign copies of his new book, “Broken Borders, Broken Promises: How Poro...</p>]]>
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<pubDate>Wed, 5 Jun 2013</pubDate>
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	Todd Staples, Commissioner of the Texas Department of Agriculture and Class of 1984, returned to <span data-scayt_word="Aggieland" data-scaytid="1">Aggieland</span> on Wednesday to sign copies of his new book, “Broken Borders, Broken Promises: How Poro...]]></media:description>
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<title><![CDATA[Retired Reveille dies after surgery]]></title>
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<author> Mackenzie Mullis </author>

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<![CDATA[<img src=http://www.thebatt.com/polopoly_fs/1.3045516!image/2408206275.jpg_gen/thumbnails/100x100/2408206275.jpg><br /><br><p>
	Reveille VII, a retired “first lady of <span data-scayt_word="Aggieland”" data-scaytid="1">Aggieland”</span> died Thursday after an emergency surgery at the Small Animal Clinic at the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
	Tina and P...</p>]]>
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<pubDate>Tue, 4 Jun 2013</pubDate>
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	Reveille VII, a retired “first lady of <span data-scayt_word="Aggieland”" data-scaytid="1">Aggieland”</span> died Thursday after an emergency surgery at the Small Animal Clinic at the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
	Tina and P...]]></media:description>
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<title><![CDATA[Task Force 1]]></title>
<link>http://www.thebatt.com/news/task-force-1-1.3045506?cache=03D163D03D163D%3Aww.heurnalstandard.com%2Fnews%2Feducssed-1.1176%2Fsa20All+Dist3Dc.1Kashmore_PST.pdf+ForceRecrawl%3A+0</link>
<author> Jessica Smarr </author>

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<![CDATA[<img src=http://www.thebatt.com/polopoly_fs/1.3045507!image/3807768079.jpg_gen/thumbnails/100x100/3807768079.jpg><br />Teams of volunteer responders provide assistance during disasters<br><p>
	Even amid the debris and destruction of disasters created by the forces of nature and sometimes the hands of men, a team of responders at Texas A and 'M
	provides assistance and hope at a moment’s notice.
	Texas Task Force 1 is an urban search and rescue...</p>]]>
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<pubDate>Tue, 4 Jun 2013</pubDate>
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	Even amid the debris and destruction of disasters created by the forces of nature and sometimes the hands of men, a team of responders at Texas A&'M
	provides assistance and hope at a moment’s notice.
	Texas Task Force 1 is an urban search and rescue...]]></media:description>
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<title><![CDATA[Former Student dies in FBI Training exercise; loved family, team, country]]></title>
<link>http://www.thebatt.com/news/former-student-dies-in-fbi-training-exercise-loved-family-team-country-1.3045501?cache=03D163D03D163D%3Aww.heurnalstandard.com%2Fnews%2Feducssed-1.1176%2Fsa20All+Dist3Dc.1Kashmore_PST.pdf+ForceRecrawl%3A+0</link>
<author> Jessica Smarr </author>

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<![CDATA[<img src=http://www.thebatt.com/polopoly_fs/1.3045502!image/560666198.jpg_gen/thumbnails/100x100/560666198.jpg><br /><br><p>
	As a father and husband, a member of the FBI Hostage Rescue Team and a part of the Aggie family, Christopher <span data-scayt_word="Lorek" data-scaytid="1">Lorek</span>, Class of 1993, was characterized by friends, family and teammates as constantly wo...</p>]]>
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<pubDate>Tue, 4 Jun 2013</pubDate>
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	As a father and husband, a member of the FBI Hostage Rescue Team and a part of the Aggie family, Christopher <span data-scayt_word="Lorek" data-scaytid="1">Lorek</span>, Class of 1993, was characterized by friends, family and teammates as constantly wo...]]></media:description>
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<title><![CDATA[Retired Reveille VII dies; memorial services to come]]></title>
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<author> Mackenzie Mullis </author>

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<![CDATA[<img src=><br /><span class="by">By: </span>Mackenzie Mullis<br><p>
	Reveille VII, a retired “first lady of <span data-scayt_word="Aggieland”" data-scaytid="2">Aggieland”</span> died Thursday after emergency surgery at the Small Animal Clinic at the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
...</p>]]>
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<pubDate>Sat, 1 Jun 2013</pubDate>
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	Reveille VII, a retired “first lady of <span data-scayt_word="Aggieland”" data-scaytid="2">Aggieland”</span> died Thursday after emergency surgery at the Small Animal Clinic at the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
...]]></media:description>
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<title><![CDATA[Big-budget Kyle boosts capacity]]></title>
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<author> James Sullivan </author>

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<![CDATA[<img src=http://www.utmpacer.com/polopoly_fs/1.3041079!image/4102315920.jpg_gen/thumbnails/100x100/4102315920.jpg><br /><br><p>
	 

	The towering construction of concrete, steel and glass has housed generations of Aggies since 1927, and has stood watch while A and 'M football legends such as John David Crow, <span data-scayt_word="Dat" data-scaytid="3">Dat</span> Nguyen and Johnny...</p>]]>
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<pubDate>Mon, 6 May 2013</pubDate>
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	The towering construction of concrete, steel and glass has housed generations of Aggies since 1927, and has stood watch while A&'M football legends such as John David Crow, <span data-scayt_word="Dat" data-scaytid="3">Dat</span> Nguyen and Johnny...]]></media:description>
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<title><![CDATA[Intimidation beacon]]></title>
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<author> Sean Lester </author>

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<![CDATA[<img src=http://www.utmpacer.com/polopoly_fs/1.3041076!image/595070977.jpg_gen/thumbnails/100x100/595070977.jpg><br />Kyle Field remains a symbol, but the 12th Man is still the driving force<br><p>
	 

	When the Texas A and 'M Board of Regents voted in favor of a $450 million renovation of Kyle Field on Wednesday, expectations for everyone at the school were raised.
...</p>]]>
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	When the Texas A&'M Board of Regents voted in favor of a $450 million renovation of Kyle Field on Wednesday, expectations for everyone at the school were raised.
...]]></media:description>
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