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“Whenever you hear the train going by, you put up a number to see how many engines are on it and then you see if you get it right or wrong and it’s fun.”
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“Throughout the sixth inning, we wear our sunglasses because we believe it’s the most dangerous inning of the game.”
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FIRST INNING WOLVES
“Between the top and bottom of the first inning, we do a head bang thing to the wolf pack soundtrack from back in the ’90s.”
BOOSTING THE PLAYERS
“We have different motions and dances for different players. Cole Lankford, whenever he came out, I’d yell, ‘What’s cooler than cool? Ice Cole.’”
sports | 2 The loudest, the proudest Section 203 regulars say they were drawn to Olsen Field for its quirks, traditions and intimacy.
HELLO!
ROOF HIT JINGLES
“If someone is talking on their cell phone in the student section, everyone around them says, ‘Hello,’ really loudly so they can’t hear the person they’re talking to.”
BETWEEN INNINGS
“If somebody walks up or down the aisles during the inning, you will most likely get yelled at and they’ll yell, ‘Between innings,’ to tell you not to walk around during an inning and block somebody’s view.”
“Anytime a ball gets popped [and] hits the overhang covering where we’re sitting, we yell, ‘Ow,’ and shout the jingle of the Schulte roofing company.”
PAT HIS BUTT
“Whenever a coach is giving a pep talk to one of the players he pats his butt so we will yell, ‘Pat his butt,’ at him.”
9TH INNING HOPE
“At the top or bottom of the ninth, whether we’re winning or losing, we stand for the rest of the game and hope for an Aggie win.”
BACK IN THE BOX
“The first base coach has a box he’s supposed to stand in but he never does, so we always yell at him to get back in the box.”
Quotes provided by Rob White, Darcy Jacoby and Shelby Hanner; Graphics by William Guerra — THE BATTALION
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The UAS pictured above is being tested by researchers as designated by the Federal Aviation Administration.
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A&M jets to forefront of UAS studies B-CS home to unmanned aircraft tests Lindsey Gawlik
The Battalion exas A&M is one of six Texas universities selected by the Federal Aviation Administration to operate Unmanned Air Systems, also known as UAS, on testing sites throughout the state. These systems, which are often mistakenly called drones, will be used for commercial road inspection and agriculture. UAS can be used for scanning crops to look for diseases, checking bridges and infrastructures for cracks, taking medical supplies and food to disaster areas and using cameras to track vehicles. The testing will focus both on ensuring safety and that UAS act in predictable ways around people and in different circumstances and weather conditions and will move
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toward refining the systems from being unmanned to autonomous around various environments, said John Valasek, head aerospace engineering professor for the project and director for the Center for Autonomous Vehicles and Sensor Systems, also known as CANVAS. Such autonomous flight entails UASs flying via communication between a small computer inside of it and a ground computer that sends directional commands through radio signals. Sensors and cameras on the UAS are key to this communication. Valasek said the Texas A&M research team consists of about 10 people at a time and includes both undergraduate and graduate aerospace engineering students. Valasek said he is also looking for students who will be available to work on the project over the summer, one of the busiest testing See UAS on page 5
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Ben Butler, freshman mechanical engineering major, and Mark Williamson, freshman petroleum engineering major, walk toward the new letters installed in the Quad that read, “Texas A&M Corps of Cadets.” The phrase, “We make leaders,” decorates the opposite side.
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Trek ties together present, past Birthright trip opens Aggies up to Israel Allison Rubenak The Battalion
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wo Jewish philanthropists, Charles Bronfman and Michael Steinhardt, once envisioned a program where young Jews would have the opportunity to explore and regain a connection to their ancestral past. In 1999, they realized this vision with the creation of what is now known as Taglit Birthright Israel, which offers the experience of a free trip to Israel. Rabbi Matt Rosenberg of Texas A&M Hillel said there are 15 to 20 different providers of the trip and it
occurs twice a year, with applications for the May trip opening soon. “It has been found to be one of the biggest and most important aspects of the Jewish experience for young people,” Rosenberg said. “It can be a meaningful experience. It’s 10 days and includes the Old City [Jerusalem], the Western Wall, Tel Aviv, Holocaust museum, Independence Hall.” Rosenberg said the birthright trip to Israel is a gift that provides individuals between the ages of 18 and 26, the chance to better identify with their Jewish culture, religion and faith. According to the Taglit Birthright Israel website, more than See Birthright on page 3
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resh off a sweep over Northeastern on opening weekend, the No. 24 Texas A&M baseball team (3-0, 0-0 SEC) hosts Stephen F. Austin (2-1, 0-0 SLC) at 6:35 p.m. Tuesday at Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park. Freshman pitcher Tyler Stubblefield, brother of A&M junior right-hander Gandy Stubblefield, will be given the start for the Aggies. Tyler Stubblefield made his first appearance in Friday’s win over Northeastern, throwing two scoreless innings. Tyler Stubblefield’s counterpart for the Lumberjacks will be senior right-hander Kevin Bishop. Bishop, who is a College Station native and graduate of A&M Consolidated High School, will return to his hometown to make his 2014 debut.
Last season, SFA finished sixth in the Southland Conference with a record of 28-29, and was bounced from the conference tournament after losing its first two games. The Lumberjacks are led by senior outfielder Ricardo Sanchez, who was chosen as a member of the preseason AllSouthland Conference Team. Senior designated hitter Mackenzie Handel paces the club with a .500 batting average. The Lumberjacks lost shortstop Hunter Dozier to the 2013 MLB draft. Dozier was taken No. 8 overall by the Kansas City Royals, the highest ever for a player from SFA. A&M head coach Rob Childress was pleased at the competitive level of this year’s newcomers as 10 new faces — including seven freshman and three junior college transfers — made appearances in the season’s opening weekend. “We were able to get some of the younger guys and newcomers on the field,” Childress said. “I thought they all held their own and competed at a very
high level.” Junior infielder Logan Nottebrok, who transferred to A&M from Temple College this season, leads the Aggies in almost every offensive category, including batting average (.444), runs scored (5), walks (4), doubles (2) and total bases (9). His lone home run of the season lifted the Aggies over Northeastern Sunday in a 1-0 walk-off victory. The Aggies have dropped just one game in the 22 all-time meetings between the two schools, which are separated by just 134 miles. The Lumberjacks lone victory came in 2010 when SFA edged the Aggies, 7-6. A&M redeemed its misstep last season when the Aggies logged a 9-2 victory behind Corey Ray’s eight strikeouts. Following Tuesday’s game, the Aggies will continue their opening eight-game home stand Friday when they host Sacramento State for the second weekend series of the season.
Fans generate unique Olsen vibes Kadie McDougald
The Battalion hile Aggie sports are known for their loud, proud and large fan bases, Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park, home of Aggie baseball, is known for a whole different breed of fans. The student section of Olsen Field, or Section 203, is where Rob White, senior sports management major, said he sits every game. “In Aggie baseball, we don’t do yells — we come with our own chants and we regulate ourselves,” White said. “[Section] 203 becomes your family. You’re not having to deal with new people every time, like you do when you go to a football game or basketball game. That’s one of the beauties of smaller sports at A&M — you start going to those games regularly and you
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get to know the other people who go regularly.” White said the regulars of Section 203 do a number of unusual things, from dancing and wearing costumes to sing the Schulte Roofing Company jingle when a ball hits the overhang of the field. Shelby Hanner, sophomore biological and agricultural engineering major, said she has participated in chants and cheers since her freshman year. Hanner said she knew she would be attending a lot of baseball games during her time at A&M because of her family’s dedication to the sport. “I usually go with my parents — I come from a baseball family,” she said. “My mom gets really into it and my dad just kind of sits back and laughs.” Darcy Jacoby, senior agricultural communications and journalism major, said Olsen
Field sets a different tone for spectators than other sports do. “The atmosphere is different,” Jacoby said. “With Kyle Field, there’s a lot of people and a lot of noise, but with baseball we don’t do any of the Aggie yells and I think it’s a little more intimate.” The Aggie spirit is part of what makes Aggie baseball so enjoyable, Jacoby said. “I appreciate the uniqueness because Aggie baseball is even more involved with fans than at a major league game,” she said. “It’s a lot of fun, not just because of the sport but because of the Texas A&M atmosphere.” White said the atmosphere of Olsen Field is more laid back, which allows him to have fun and relax while watching the sport. “It’s a great ball park and a great place to watch a base-
ball game,” White said. “You don’t have to worry about classes and you can let your mind wander and enjoy some good old-fashioned baseball.”
correction In the “Get Ready for Google” article published Thursday, The Battalion misstated the cost of email servers. The University actually spends $317,000 for Zimbra/Neo each year. The $1.5 million is the amount estimated by the IT Advisory Committee that the University spends on running MS Exchange servers for faculty and staff email.
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350,000 individuals have traveled to Israel through their programs. “During the time of the establishment of Israel in 1948, through the ’60s with the SixDay War and the early ’70s with the Yom Kippur War, there is always a great connection between Americans and Israel, or American Jews anyway, and that kind of [had] been lost over the past two decades,” Rosenberg said. He said the trip is subsidized by donors, organizations and the Israeli government — with the exception of a $250 refundable deposit, a departure fare to the airport and non-essential costs. He said the trip is valued at an average of $3,000. Veronica Beskin, Jewish student vice-coordinator at Texas A&M Hillel, said she will lead the summer trip and said the primary prerequisite is that students have a Jewish background. She said Hillel was hoping to double the number of students it takes this summer. “I have to have a pretty in-depth interview with each person and learn their history, if they’re the right fit, get their medical history and background,” Beskin said. “They don’t have to be religious or go to services.” Jonathan Rahmani, junior kinesiology major, said his entire family is Jewish. He said seeing the physical history was what truly resonated with him while he was on his birthright trip in December. “In America, we have 250300 years of history, you know, where there are 150 [years] of that being in College Station, but when you get to Israel there are 2,500 years-plus right in front of your eyes,” Rahmani said. “When you are in the Old City you see remnants of different civilizations and everything is built upon what was previously there. It’s just a really cool place.” Rahmani and Schneider said one of their favorite places to visit was Masada, a fortification and rock plateau. The terrain is very diverse from the northern to southern region, Rahmani said, and he loved seeing the variety it offered. “Like you’re on the top of this mountain in the middle of the desert and you have the Dead Sea on one side and mountains on the other side and it was just absolutely gorgeous,” Rahmani said. “You just feel alive when you are there.” Nate Pisik, sophomore international business and Mandarin Chinese major, said he went on a birthright trip through Mayanot, Israel, with students from the Rohr Chabad Jewish Student Center. He said visiting the Western Wall was a deeply religious and incredible experience for him. “I was there with thousands and thousands of people around the world and all of us, some of us in different languages, all are singing different songs, songs that I grew up singing as a child,” Pisik said. “That unifying characteristic that we shared in that moment brought us all together.” Pisik said experiencing Israel was something he felt was important to not just Judaism, but also to Islam and Christianity. “I feel the significance of Israel is so outstanding,” Pisik said. “It’s almost a responsibility in my opinion to have that education and have that experience, to really learn about the history of my faith and the home of the Jewish people.” Emily Schneider, junior agriculture communications and journalism major, went on her birthright trip through A&M Hillel in December 2013. She said she was able to become close with not just other Aggies, but students from different universities on the trip. Pisik said he was glad he finally took the opportunity over the winter break. “I’ve moved a lot my entire life, but being in Israel was the first time I felt at home somewhere, and in that way I felt very connected to the land,” Pisik said. Applications through Hillel International and other partnerships will open 10 a.m. Wednesday.
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Timeless tale gets stage facelift
‘Romeo and Juliet’ to be reimagined in ballet rendition Wednesday Katie Canales The Battalion
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he tragedy, the heartbreak and the romance of one of Shakespeare’s most famous plays will be brought to life by the Moscow Festival Ballet’s rendition of “Romeo and Juliet” in Rudder Auditorium on Wednesday. The company’s ballet master Alexander Daev said this particular performance approaches the plotline in a way that makes it stand out from other portrayals of the classic tale. “The main difference is our ‘Romeo and Juliet’ is set to music by Peter Illyich Tchaikovsky, whereas other companies perform this ballet to the music of Prokofiev,” Daev said. “Our version is much shorter. Also, the choreography is by our artistic director, Elena Radchenko, after Marius Petipa. Elena Radchenko and Sergey Radchenko designed the costumes and set. Our ballet has an ending that goes beyond the final death scene.” Arden Robertson, former member of the Northwest Florida Ballet Academie and freshman accounting major, said depicting a story such as “Romeo and Juliet” through a ballet can be challenging. “The thing about ballet, and what I’ve learned about it after doing it for so many years, is it’s such an expression — trying to express the storyline, especially when you have something like ‘Romeo and Juliet,’ without words,” Robertson said. “‘Romeo and Juliet’ is so centered around literature and the poetry aspect of it and to explain that plot without words is completely amazing and such a big achievement.” Many of Shakespeare’s plays, including “Romeo and Juliet,” have been performed in a variety of ways. Laura Estill, assistant professor of English and Shakespeare enthusiast, said this is more acceptable than most people think. “We have to remember that Shakespeare him-
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Daev said one of the reasons “Romeo and Juliet” is such a timeless tale is because of its unifying theme of love. “The story of ‘Romeo and Juliet’ is the story of love and the importance of love in our lives,” Daev said. “Love can bring on the greatest miracles and the worst tragedies. Love is a universal feeling for every human on the planet. Love is not bound by time or place, but we all feel it and its power. This is why we perform ‘Romeo and Juliet’ all over the world.” In addition to its reputation as a timeless love story, Estill said “Romeo and Juliet” has additional elements that make the play appealing to audiences, including sword fighting and humor. “There’s laughter, there’s death, there’s feuding families,” Estill said. “That’s why ‘Romeo and Juliet’ has remained.”
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acism, sexism, religious intolerance, homophobia and more — students lined up to express their distaste for discrimination as a part of USA Network’s bus tour, titled “I Won’t Stand For‌â€? The tour made its fifth stop on its nationwide tour Monday at the Zone at Kyle Field. Gina Stefani, USA Network’s tour producer, said the goal of the tour is to spread the word against discrimination. As a part of the tour, people passing by were given free shirts with the words “I won’t stand forâ€? that were stamped with their chosen “injustice term.â€? Participants also had their photos taken, which were distributed across social media. Marcus Bell, who is involved with the tour, said personal experiences prompted him to join this program. “It’s a movement I care very deeply about,â€? Bell said. “It’s something that needs to change in our culture. The younger generation creates the next government so the laws that will be passed in the future will be based on the people of this campus.â€? Full story at thebatt.com
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inky Friedman, Democratic primary candidate for Texas Agricultural Commissioner, visited Texas A&M on Monday to discuss his main campaign platform — the end of marijuana and hemp prohibition in Texas — with members of the Texas Aggie Democrats. At the student organization’s meeting, Friedman expounded on the positive effects he hoped to bring to Texas through legalizing pot and hemp and explained how he believes his policies would fortify Texas agriculture against drought, end the war on drugs and change cancer medicine, among others.
“Cotton is the number one cash crop [in Texas] right now, and it should be pot and hemp,� Friedman said. “Hemp requires half the water that cotton does. Hemp delivers 2.5 times the fiber.� Friedman said he has spoken to law enforcement officers and found none who supported the war on drugs. If elected, Friedman said he would work to legalize marijuana as a means of succeeding against drug cartels where current policies have failed. “We will effectively castrate the Mexican drug cartels, and the new cartel will be us — the taxpayers, the people of Texas,� Friedman said. Full story at thebatt.com
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seasons of the year. Two of the researchers and aerospace graduate students, Jim Henrickson and Tim Woodbury, took part in building one of the tested aircrafts, the Pegasus II. “These planes were actually initially designed by undergraduates,” Henrickson said. “When you go through the aerospace undergraduate program here, your senior year you go through a two-semester class where you design and build a plane, so this came out of that.” Henrickson said after undergraduates designed the plane, their design was given to Valasek’s graduate students who then passed it on to their research team to further refine the design for repeated use. “We actually built these with our own hands out here,” Henrickson said. “We do all the hands-on busy work to make the flight tests possible.” Valasek said the process couldn’t be done without the student researchers and that he just “pays the bills” and talks to the larger organizations involved. Woodbury said flight testing is still being done through remotes, but they anticipate autonomous testing will begin within the next month. Testing is conducted three times per month, but Valasek is hoping that sometime this semester or over the summer the testing will be accelerated to three times per week.
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tuesday 2.18.2014 Texas was chosen as a home for UAS testing after submitting a statewide proposal led by the Lone Star Unmanned Aircraft Systems Center at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. The proposal was led by researchers from the College Station and Corpus Christi branches of Texas A&M and is a group effort by Texas A&M University, the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station and Camber Corporation. Valasek said Texas was chosen as a testing sight along with Alaska, Nevada, New York, North Dakota and Virginia. Valasek said a main selling point was Texas’ vast range of environments. In the state, there are total testing sites with two in Bryan-College Station — one at the Riverside Campus and the other at Disaster City. The project will have a statewide financial impact, bringing hundreds of jobs and billions of dollars to Texas in the next decade as a result, Valasek said. Privacy when testing and using UAS is an issue being carefully considered, because UAS researchers want people to feel they can trust UAS, Valasek said. “Privacy is very important,” Valasek said. “Texas recently passed the [Texas Privacy Act] as a statute that permits 19 legitimate uses of UAS for research purposes, so if you are a university or industry working with a university, there are 19 legitimate stated uses that you can use to actually conduct your research and testing without worrying about intruding or infringing on the public.”
College Station’s online citation payment system. Edward Spillane, College Station Municipal Court judge, said the main goal of amnesty is to encourage people to avoid jail. “In March, we’re part of the statewide warrant roundup event, and there’s a good chance of being arrested,” Spillane said. “Lots of cities do the roundup without ever offering amnesty. In College Station, we think the amnesty period is important — and it’s worked well — because restitution can be made, a little money can be saved and jail time can be avoided.”
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Author to discuss efforts to fix Iraqi, Afghan economies Volunteers from Borlaug Institute assisted in restoration Bradley D’Souza
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aul Brinkley, aided by government agencies, volunteers and members of Texas A&M’s Borlaug Institute, which he called the “Indiana Jones of international agriculture,� spent five years as the U.S. Department of Defense’s top-ranking official responsible for economic rebuilding in Iraq and Afghanistan. Texas A&M University’s Conflict and Development Center will host Brinkley, Class of 1989, at the Annenberg Presidential Conference Center on Tuesday to discuss his new book, “War Front to Store Front: Americans Rebuilding Trust and Hope in Nations Under Fire.� The book details the efforts to rebuild the economies of Iraq and Afghanistan. Brinkley, who reported directly to former U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, oversaw the economic repair of both countries, working closely with other U.S. agencies and hundreds of volunteers, 37 of whom were members of the Borlaug Institute. Edwin Price, a volunteer under Brinkley and the Howard G. Buffett chair on conflict and development, said the efforts to rebuild the economy of Iraq and Afghanistan provided him with an interesting behind-the-scenes look at the events in those countries. “I think it’s really an incredible backstory of what was going behind the scenes during the military engagement in Iraq and Afghanistan to stand up the economy,� Price said. “[Brinkley] became convinced that the answer to reducing the conflict was to get people employed, and that was a tremendous issue at the time because the view was that we did not want to enable former members of the Ba’athist party or Saddam Hussein’s regime to reengage in the economy or take positions of leadership. The problem is that those people also happened to have most of the expertise. [Brinkley] was not an advocate for those people, but he was an advocate for getting the businesses up and going.� Brinkley said without enabling the economy to support the countries, Iraq and Afghanistan could be left in the same condition they were in before the arrival of American military per-
sonnel. Without instituting new foreign policy in regards to rebuilding economies, Brinkley said the U.S. runs the risk of wasting the funds invested in the military effort. “We have left behind very fragile democratic institutions that in some cases don’t have the necessary economic resources to sustain them,� Brinkley said. “Afghanistan in particular is in a very fragile state right now and has very little in the way of an indigenous economy capable of supporting the institutions there. So if we think about drawing down our troop presence there, and a withdrawal of the foreign aid that comes along with military presence, the risk is that the state itself collapses. That is the motivator for how foreign policy needs to develop the capabilities to help uplift economies in war-torn countries.� Price said his ability to assist in the efforts to rebuild the economies of these countries was something he had worked toward his whole professional life and that while the mission came with its dangers, he considered it a privilege. “When this opportunity came, we felt honored to be called upon to this, because even though it felt risky, we had spent much of our lives building to this point, to make this kind of a contribution during conflict,� Price said. Brinkley said the work of the Borlaug Institute greatly impacted the effectiveness of the mission and the willingness of Texas A&M to send qualified individuals to an unstable area was unique. “They came in and slept in tents in the middle of farmers’ fields and conflict zones all over Iraq and Afghanistan for several years as part of my team, and did amazing work in helping farmers put crop production back online and then help expand and grow agribusinesses throughout those two countries,� Brinkley said. “It was remarkable work and Texas A&M was the only university that would step up and put faculty-level experts in the field with our troops.� Price said Brinkley’s unique view of foreign aid included restoring the economy of nations while conflict is ongoing, and said that if America waited until it was safe it would have been too late for both Iraq and Afghanistan. The discussion is open to Texas A&M students, faculty and staff and will run from 2-3 p.m. with a small reception afterward. For the full story, visit thebatt.com
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