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Student feedback sought on bike issues to guide improvement Jennifer Reiley The Battalion

ransportation Services is seeking student feedback about A&M’s bicycle-pedestrian infrastructure in hopes of improving it in the fall. Transportation Services contracted Alta Planning and Design, a company focused on improving bicycle and pedestrian layouts for communities, on April 14. Ron Steedly, manager for alternative transportation, said they are offering on-campus forums to provide students with the opportunity to voice concerns about the current biking situation at Texas A&M. Steedly said Transportation Services was motivated to start developing a plan now, based on the expected growth of campus with student housing developments near campus and the west campus housing project. A&M has an optional bike registra-

tion program that allows Transportation Services to gain some knowledge of how many bikes are on campus. Steedly said there are more than 5,000 active bike registrations. Transportation also counts the bikes on campus during breaks to track the increasing numbers. “During spring break we counted 6,700 bicycles left on campus,” Steedly said. “This number was 5,300 during winter break. We also estimate 2,000-3,000 people commute to campus on bicycle each day.” Alta has worked with multiple universities and Mike Tresidder, project manager and campus manager of Alta, said creating a bike plan for a college campus differs from

designing a plan for a city. See Bikes on page 2

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The Battalion, Aggieland get nod for statewide awards

Nonprofits strive to house local feral cats

A&M publications recognized, yearbook becomes national Pacemaker finalist Lindey Gawlik The Battalion

The Texas Intercollegiate Press Association awarded and recognized 27 Aggies involved in Student Media at Texas A&M in its annual newspaper and yearbook competitions. A&M’s two Division I student media publications, the Aggieland yearbook and the The Battalion daily newspaper, received awards for columns, articles and overall excellence for items produced in 2013. Jake Walker, editor-in-chief for The Battalion and senior agricultural communications and journalism major, said he entered The Battalion in the TIPA competition because he wanted the paper’s staff to be recognized for their contributions. “I think the awards speak for themselves in regards to our great news writers, sports writers, columnists and graphic artists that help make this paper what it is,” Walker said. Kalee Bumguardner, Class of 2011 and former editor-in-chief of the Aggieland, said these awards are evidence of the teamwork of Aggieland staff. The Aggieland was also recently named a 2013 Associated Collegiate Press Pacemaker finalist.

inside health | 2 Clinic focuses on strength training myths A&M will hold a strength training clinic to teach students proper technique to prevent workout injuries.

sports | 4 Continuing the baseball legacy Aggie centerfielder Krey Bratsen follows in his father’s footsteps on the Olsen field diamond.

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“Overall I think it just speaks for the work that the whole team put in because we won awards across the board in photography and in writing and in design and so really it just was a testament to the quality that the yearbook had,” Bumguardner said. Jessica Smarr, copy chief for The Battalion and senior psychology major, won best general column, shared first place for best sports feature and placed third in in-depth reporting at the competition. Smarr said this is the first year her work was entered, as A&M student media did not compete in 2013. “This is the first time we’ve applied for it since I’ve been here,” Smarr said. “I was definitely pretty pumped. After the initial, ‘Oh my goodness this is the most exciting thing ever,’ I just knew none of those awards would exist if there wasn’t the help of everybody else [on staff] and without the support of everybody else.” Matt Wong, Aggieland photo editor

and senior finance major, won several awards for yearbook photography. He said when he heard about the six awards he had won for the yearbook, he was proud of his own work but that he was even more proud of the work of all his photographers. “I have to say when I was told about the awards I was very proud of myself but of the team especially,” Wong said. “I think it’s good to feel recognized, but frankly I think it’s just about being able to cover these kind of events that make me proud to be a part of A&M and see the spirit.” Mark Doré, managing editor for The Battalion and senior English major, won for page design, shared best sports feature with See TIPA on page 3

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Club advocates for bone marrow donation awareness Organizers say education is key in meeting needs Angelo Gonzalez The Battalion

Be The Match–TAMU, an organization that advocates for bone marrow education, is working to eradicate common misconceptions about bone marrow donations to save lives. Taylor Whittaker, Class of 2013, established Be The Match– TAMU. Through an internship with the national Be The Match, Whittaker said she sought to make the organization a reality on campus. The A&M chapter was recognized by the national organization on June 11, 2012. Be The Match raises awareness primarily by hosting fundraising events, said Steven Klawinsky, president-elect for the A&M organization and sophomore chemistry

major. When Whittaker was giving a presentation about Be The Match last year, she said it was surprisingly difficult for people of multiple ethnicities to find a bone marrow donor. Jacqueline Wenzlaff, president for Be The Match–TAMU and senior forensic investigative science major, was in the audience and decided she wanted to help out. “Since I’m half-Hispanic and half-white, I figured I would want to be able to find a match if I needed to,” Wenzlaff said. “Then when Taylor told me she was starting this organization on campus and asked if I wanted to help, I said sure.” Wenzlaff said while Be The Match is established across the country, its message is still needed as many of the negative preconceived ideas about bone marrow donation exist because of media portrayals. “People see movies or TV shows and think it’s this horrible painful procedure when it really isn’t,” Wenzlaff said. “A lot of times peo-

ple just aren’t educated about marrow donation and haven’t heard about it, so they hear the words ‘bone marrow’ and get scared.” Contrasting this depiction, Wenszlaff said the process of becoming a bone marrow donor is stress-free and simple. She said there are currently two ways to donate, and the process is often similar to that of plasma donation. Andre Martinez, director of marketing and public relations for Be The Match and senior microbiology major, said the myths and fears surrounding the procedure are not at all accurate. Martinez said educating people about the actual process is something they are trying to do on campus. “One of our previous officers, Kaci DeCock, donated through the marrow extraction from the hip and she was walking within four hours after the procedure and it didn’t really phase her a whole lot,” Martinez said.

Limited shelter space spurs action Katie Canales The Battalion

An issue has been scratching at Bryan-College Station for years — controlling the feral animal population. With shelter space becoming increasingly limited and stray animals being euthanized to compensate, a number of organizations in the area are doing what they can to keep feral animals out of the shelters. Amy Wells, Brazos Pets Alive operations director, said she and the other members of the nonprofit strive to make the community a nokill zone and to ensure that 90 percent of the animals that enter shelters make it into a loving home. “We always know there are going to be some cases that we can’t help, whether it’s for aggression or for serious medical issues, but our goal is to get those 90 percent into homes,” Wells said. “And for our organization, we don’t have a shelter location, we don’t have a location at all — we are all foster-based. So our ability to save animals is all based on people opening their homes to us.” BPA works with area shelters to get animals out of the shelter and into foster care as soon as possible. Wells said if a foster cannot be found for an animal, then that animal cannot be put into the program and will remain in the shelter with the chance of being put down. “We try to intervene when we can to try to prevent animals from going into the shelters,” Wells said. “It’s really people contact us and say, ‘Hey, I’m open to fostering.’ They tell us what kind of animal they’d like to foster, and our organization does both cats and dogs. We’ve even had a rabbit in our program that got adopted.” BPA focuses on high-risk animals — kittens and puppies, injured animals and adult cats with upper respiratory infections or colds. Wells said people are often wary of fostering newborn kittens and their mothers because of the time commitment and effort they believe is involved. “Nursing moms right now are our biggest need and a lot of people think they’re a lot of work — they’re really not,” Wells said. “All you need is a bathroom or a spare room and the mama does all the work. You feed mama and mama feeds the kittens and takes care of them.” Shelby Stephens, sophomore biology major, is fostering a cat and said it is a perfect match for her as a student. “Honestly, as far as cats go, they’re See Feral cats on page 2

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Offering opportunities to obtain certifications and presentations on current findings in the field, the National Strength and Conditioning Association’s Texas clinic will open its doors to Texas A&M students for the first time in May. Mike Greenwood, NSCA state director and A&M health and kinesiology professor, said this clinic will be unlike others as the research presentations will attempt to debunk common misconceptions surrounding strength training. “For the first time I am bringing research presentations to this clinic,” Greenwood said. “There are lot of things that are going on in

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strength and conditioning that are wrong out there — people are being injured because of improper technique — and that is what we are trying to do, help educate to avoid some of those complications.” At the clinic, Kyle Levers, kinesiology graduate student will present “Little League to The NCAA: Youth Sports Performance Development and Specialization,” which aims to inform students about developmental injury risks. “I will be talking about youth athlete development all the way through college,” Levers said. “I am looking at different ways youth athletes are starting to specialize a lot earlier, what that means in terms of injury risks and how we prevent that.” Levers said the goal of the clinic is to improve the way strength and conditioning training is being implemented. “Our job with this clinic is

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“As a college gets bigger, it becomes a city of its own in a way,” Tressider said. “It has its own operations, like housing, dining and more. However, campuses are dealing with a lot of different conflicts because of all the people walking and biking. We want to work on finding ways to address conflict bikes and pedestrians have in multiuse paths.” Academic Plaza was one problem area referenced, as some paths are narrower and cause pedestrians and bicyclists to clash during crowded times of the day. Steedly said if there was an education plan Alta could develop to encourage bikers to use wider routes to navigate through the plaza, safety concerns could be greatly reduced in the area. At a meeting between Transportation Services and Alta, members of Alta learned a little about Aggie traditions, including the tradition of not wearing caps in the MSC or during yells, which is enforced by other students yelling “uncover” to point out a mistake. Steedly said self-enforcement by students could be the way to increase bike safety on campus. “Tradition. People will flip out to enforce tradition,” Steedly said. “This needs to be student-centric and focus on what the students want to do.” After a University-wide email was sent on April 17, Steedly said Transportation began to receive feedback from students. Linda DuPriest, Alta representative from Dallas, said the feedback has already given Alta some ideas of what the company can focus on when designing a bike plan. “There is an interest in riding to campus,” DuPriest said. “There are people wanting better bike routes. We can work on creating a community-wide bike plan that works.” However, Steedly said Alta cannot develop a bike plan without input from the community. He encouraged students to voice their concerns at the forums, and to bring ideas of what they would do to fix

to take the research, what is currently out there, what we have learned and how does this apply to you,” Levers said. “How can you better yourself as a coach or strength and conditioning specialist?” Greenwood said the conference will also provide Aggies with opportunities to receive personal training or strength training certification. Richard Kreider, head of the health and kinesiology department, said while the conference is not just for kinesiology majors, the certifications offered are especially valuable for those students. “The NSCA is the most respected and largest fitness organization in the world, that I am aware of,” Kreider said. “They have some very prestigious certifications. The difference between their’s and others, especially in the strength and conditioning area, is that you have to have

the problems campus is currently facing. Christa Walker, sophomore psychology major, said she likes that almost any place on campus can be reached by bike. However, she said students living off-campus, as she plans to do next year, can face serious issues. “A lot of people bike from offcampus, and the bike paths getting to campus sometimes aren’t marked very clearly or they aren’t everywhere that people bike,” Walker said. The bike plan is a two-step system, Steedly said. The first step, the action plan, is what will be developed after Alta’s visit to campus this week. Steedly said Transportation should be receiving the plan by August, which means changes to improve bicycle and pedestrian systems can begin in the fall. The second step, the strategic plan, should be received by December. This step is more focused toward the long-term development of a bicycle plan. Along with the forums, Steedly said the group will also be meeting with other campus organizations such as faculty senate, ResLife, UPD and other stakeholders to gain even more insight about biking and pedestrian concerns on and around campus. Transportation will also be speaking to the campus architect, who is in charge of developing plans for the new engineering buildings as well as other new facilities on campus. Steedly said speaking with the architect is a proactive move to possibly create new standards for bikes and bike racks around buildings, which will relieve stress on the system once these new buildings are completed. “Transportation Services needs feedback from all stakeholders about biking on campus and the surrounding area,” Steedly said. “The best way to get it is to engage the Aggie community. Without the stakeholders’ help, we cannot have a district plan that will encompass the areas that are in need of improvement.” The forums will be held in MSC 1401 from 10-11 a.m. Wednesday and from 1:30-2:30 p.m. on Thursday.

some training in the field to be eligible to even sit for the exam.” Levers said having a certification with a strong reputation is important in avoiding legal complications. “It is always better to have a certification from a liability stand point if you are a personal trainer or if you are coaching athletes,” Levers said. “You want to have some respectable certification because you are liable for the people you train.” The research and career opportunities presented at the conference betters the field as a whole, Kreider said. “The more science you have behind your programs, the better outcomes your clients are going to have,” Kreider said. The clinic will be held May 30-31 at the Physical Education Activity Program Building.

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kind of the perfect college pet because they really don’t require that much commitment as much as a dog would,” Stephens said. “With cats you pretty much just have to lay out everything and maybe feed them two or three times a day. And of course they need the love and affection that you give them when you’re home, but it’s really based on your schedule.” Stephens said her commitment to her foster cat, Simon, stems from the hope she has for him to one day have a permanent, loving home. “I’m pretty attached to him but I also have in mind that in the future he’s going to have a family that’s going to be there all the time for him and just shower him in love and toys and everything and that’s all I’d ever want,” Stephens said. “So that’s what drives me to keep doing it, to just keep that in my mind.” The Aggie Feral Cat Alliance of Texas is a student-run organization that manages feral colonies on campus and distributes some stray animals on campus to people willing to foster, like Stephens. Stephanie Freeman, student coordinator of AFCAT, said after determining that the animals brought in do not already belong to someone else, AFCAT begins its process. “We do the vaccination, we microchip and then the flea prevention. And of course we do the spay and neuter,” Freeman said. “Once we’re done with the spay and neuter, we give them a couple of days to recuperate and recover, and then we send them back out to wherever we find them.” Freeman said the kittens found on campus become good candidates for foster care and are socialized as soon as they enter AFCAT care. “We try to shower them with love and affection once they get here because that’s a lot easier to get them a little bit more domesticated in that way because if mama’s wild, then they’re going to be a little wild,” Freeman said. “So some take a little longer than others, but for the most part within the first day we have our kittens purring.” For individuals who have come across a lost pet, Wells said they can post photos of the animals on the Brazos Lost and Found Pet Facebook page to give the pet’s owners a chance to find them and avoid putting the lost animal through the shelter system. “If they can keep it for three days just to give people a chance to find their animal, that makes a huge difference,” Wells said.

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An informational meeting will be held at Ellis Field on April 30 at 11 am. For more information contact Curt Magnuson at curtm@tamu.edu.

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Centerfielder patrols same Olsen grass as did his father, former A&M first baseman

It runs in the family Milkyas Gashaw The Battalion

n his four years at Texas A&M, Krey Bratsen has played in a total of 222 games. Hailing from Bryan, Bratsen has manned the centerfield position for the Aggies since coming to campus. Bratsen is the son of former A&M baseball player, James Bratsen, and was a baseball standout at Bryan High School before signing on to play baseball at Texas A&M in 2009. Bratsen said following his father and playing baseball at Texas A&M has always been a goal. “It’s great, you know, kind of like following in my dad’s footsteps,” Bratsen said. “He played here in 1975 and ever since he came here and told me about his story playing baseball here, I’ve always wanted to play here. To be able to do that is a dream come true.” At the conclusion of his freshman campaign, Bratsen was named second-team on the Freshman All America squad by Baseball America. After a sophomore season filled with ups and downs, Bratsen performed well during his junior year — racking up a .279 batting average with 18 stolen bases.

Although Bratsen had the opportunity to forego his senior season to chase his dream of playing major league baseball, he decided to finish what he started at Texas A&M. “I wanted to follow in my dad’s footsteps [because] he went [to A&M],” Bratsen said. “[Also], money was an issue. I didn’t want to sign for a small amount when I can get a college degree, especially from Texas A&M, which is a huge deal for my family and a big deal for me.” Bypassing the MLB for one more year, Bratsen said he realized his leadership role had grown now that he is a threeyear starter. He and the other senior leaders have to set the example for the younger and more inexperienced players in the dugout. “For me, I like being a leader,” Bratsen said. “I try to do everything I can to push [the underclassmen] that are behind me.” Catcher Troy Stein, a fellow senior, said Bratsen’s leadership traits are exhibited on a day-today basis. “[Krey] is somebody that’s always the first one at the clubhouse,” Stein said. “He’s one of the ones that sticks around. He lives here.”

I’ve been coaching 24-25 years — he’s the best defender I’ve coached. He’s a really gifted defender.” — Rob Childress, A&M head coach

This season, Bratsen is hitting .282 after starting 21 of the 33 games he has appeared in. Bratsen was a catalyst in the series against conference juggernaut Vanderbilt Apr. 11-13, helping the Aggies hand the Commodores their first home series loss since April 2012. Bratsen went 3-for-3 with one walk, two doubles, two stolen bases, two runs and two RBIs. Head coach Rob Childress said Bratsen’s maturity and defensive impact is crucial in providing the club with flexibility, but Bratsen’s baseball skills are not his only positive characteristics. “Well he’s really grown into an incredible young man and a solid student,” Childress said. “I’ve been very blessed to have him in our program. I’ve been coaching 24-25 years — he’s the best defender I’ve coached. He’s a really gifted defender. From an offensive standpoint, he continues to grow and develop. He’s got one thing that never goes into a slump — he can really run. He can beat out a groundball to the shortstop and take a walk and go 1-for-3 when he’s struggling. His speed is his biggest asset.”

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Senior centerfielder Krey Bratsen, whom coach Rob Childress calls the best defender he’s coached, is from Bryan, Texas.

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A&M survives 9th-inning scare to top Rice Tyler Stafford The Battalion

The Texas A&M baseball team learned the challenges of playing on the road against a top-25 team on Tuesday night as it narrowly escaped Houston with a 6-5 victory over No. 16 Rice. The Aggies jumped out to a five-run lead in the first two innings. In the first, freshman right fielder Nick Banks drove in Logan Taylor with a single into right field. Sophomore designated hitter Jonathan Moroney drove in junior first baseman Cole Lankford with a sacrifice fly to centerfield. Two walks surrendered by Owls sophomore starting pitcher Caleb Smith in the second was enough for head coach Wayne Graham to pull him after recording just four outs. With two outs in the inning, sophomore shortstop Logan Taylor ripped a pitch to dead centerfield that missed going over the fence by inches. Taylor would settle for a twoRBI triple and would score on a Lankford single to make the score 5-0 A&M. Lankford led all players with four hits, going 4-for-5 with an RBI and a run scored. A&M junior starting pitcher Corey Ray (4-0) carried a nohitter into the fifth inning, allowing just one walk before giving up a hit to the fifteenth batter he faced Tuesday night.

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Ray finished the game with six innings pitched, five hits, two runs, one earned run, three strikeouts and three walks on 84 pitches. After increasing its lead to six runs in the top of the sixth, the Aggies allowed two Owls to cross the plate in the bottom half of the inning. Three straight Rice singles plated one before another Owl was pushed across home plate on an errant pick-off attempt by Ray. Sophomore southpaw Ty Schlottmann tossed two scoreless innings for the Aggies, allowing a lone single in the eighth. The Owls saw their first three batters reach base in the ninth inning with senior Parker Ray on the mound for the Aggies. Ray, who began the season as A&M’s Saturday night starter before being moved into a bullpen role, allowed three runs to score in his 0.2 innings pitched. Sophomore A.J. Minter was brought in to close out the game, but hit the only batter he faced. Sophomore Andrew Vinson was called upon with the bases loaded, a one run lead and two outs. Vinson got pinch hitter Andrew Murphy to fly out to Krey Bratsen in center field to end the game and secure the road win for the Aggies. A&M next travels to Starkville, Miss., to take on No. 21 Mississippi State in a threegame SEC bout beginning at 6:30 p.m. Thursday.

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Senior catcher Nicole Morgan tags home plate and celebrates with the team after hitting a three-run home run — her 12th of the season — Tuesday against A&M-Corpus Christi.

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Aggies put 25-run shellacking on A&M-Corpus Christi Conner Darland The Battalion

The Texas A&M softball team routed the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders in both games of a double-header, winning the first game 10-3 and shutting its opponents out 15-0 in the second game Tuesday night. Head coach Jo Evans said she was glad to take these wins, but said her players made a few mistakes in the first game that needed to be corrected in the second. “I thought we came out

in the second game and looked a lot sharper,” Evans said. “I don’t care who we’re playing. There’s only one way to play the game and I think it’s unacceptable for us to make careless mistakes out there. But it was good to see our kids bounce back.” In the second game, Texas A&M chalked up nine runs off seven hits in the second inning. Nicole Morgan hit a three-run home run — her 12th of the season — to extend the Aggies lead to 9-0.

In the bottom of the third, Cassie Tysarczyk hit a three-run home run to give the Aggies a 12-0 advantage over the Islanders. It was Tysarczyk’s 10th home run on the season. “We all came out swinging the bat tonight,” Tysarczyk said. “I think we put up 25 runs tonight and that’s pretty much what we needed at this point. It’s going to be really nice to go into Auburn rolling off these two wins. They’re a really good ball club, they can swing the bat, but so

can we.” The Aggie onslaught continued into the fourth, when Emily Albus knocked a double out to the right of center field to bring in three runs, extending the Aggie lead to 15-0. The Aggies prepare for the final week of SEC play with a weekend series against Auburn starting at 6 p.m. Friday. They continue the series at 1 p.m. Saturday and finish at 1 p.m. Sunday.

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