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After mosque attacks in Christchurch, New Zealand, Aggies hold vigil in honor of 50 who lost their lives By Samantha Mahler and Khadeeja Umana @MahlerSamantha & @Deeja_Umana Aggies of all faiths and backgrounds stood quietly in candlelight on Wednesday night to honor the victims of last week’s New Zealand mosque shootings. A joint effort between several students, the vigil was held in Academic Plaza due to the location’s role in Silver Taps remembrance ceremonies. Organizers said it was essential for them to hold the vigil after a gunman walked into two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, during Friday prayer and killed 50 Muslims on March 15. After a reading of the names of the shooting victims and a five-minute silence, individuals representing the Sikh, Jewish, Christian and Muslim communities spoke at the vigil. The gathering ended with a Muslim Dua — a prayer incorporating passages from the Quran — that was translated into English. “We wanted to incorporate members of different faiths to show that despite different religious beliefs we are all united in our struggle for peace and love,” biomedical sciences senior Roukaya Mabizari said. “We hope to tear down the negative stigma associated with Islam and show that Islam is a religion of peace and we are just as much affected by terrorist attacks as any other person.” Public health freshman Iman Ahmed was another one of the students who helped organize the vigil. As a Muslim, Ahmed said the shooting affected her personally because her younger sisters attend school at a mosque. “It just really hit home because it’s a place I go to every day, a place my family goes to every day, and so for such a horrendous act to happen, it’s just scary to know that could be happening anywhere and that there are people in this world that have the sick twisted view of the world, and of Muslims, people they don’t know or they understand,” Ahmed said. Business administration sophomore Dana Murad was one of the organizers who reached out to various religious organizations on campus. Though she said previous shootings have VIGIL ON PG. 2

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Students gathered in Academic Plaza Wednesday evening to honor those who were killed in the Christchurch, New Zealand, mosque shootings. Candles were lit and members of different faiths across campus stood in solidarity.

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Texas A&M head coach Jimbo Fisher runs out onto the Coolidge Practice Fields on Wednesday before the start of hi second spring season with the Aggies.

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Springing into action ‘The earth laughs in flowers’ Texas A&M football holds first 2019 practice, looks ahead to April game By Angel Franco @angelmadison_ Spring wasn’t the only thing that began on Wednesday in College Station. Under a cloud-filled sky, football practice was in full bloom as Texas A&M returned to the Coolidge Practice fields for the first time in 2019. A year ago — Jimbo Fisher’s first spring football season with the Aggies — players and coaching practice alike were trying to get acquainted with a brand new system and coaching style. Fisher — who led A&M to a 9-4 record with a seven-overtime victory over then-No. 8 LSU and a 52-13 win over NC State in the Gator Bowl to wrap up the 2018 season — said he was looking forward to beginning his

second year knowing what to expect. “At least you know the guys and they know us,” Fisher said. “They have a head start on what to do, where to line up and what goes on. So from that standpoint you’re comfortable. Now you’ve got to push to take those next steps.” During the course of the Aggies’ practice on Wednesday, A&M officials announced that the opening game of the season against Texas State had been moved from Saturday, Aug. 31 to Thursday, Aug. 29. For Fisher, having the game moved a few days earlier is beneficial for multiple reasons, including the addition of two extra days to prepare for A&M’s road game against reigning national champion Clemson. “It’s a Thursday night game where there aren’t many games that night, so you get a lot of attention, TV coverage on the SEC network,” Fisher said. “[The season opener] would have FOOTBALL ON PG. 4

Boonville Heritage Park to host first annual Wildflower Day on Saturday By Hollis Mills @sillohsllim

Those who are yearning for more of those red and blue wildflower hues are in luck, as the Brazos Valley Museum of Natural History will host their first annual Wildflower Day at Boonville Heritage Park on Saturday. Boonville Heritage Park is the last preserved remnant of Brazos county’s original county seat. With its red cedar wood Tuner-Peters log house crafted from 90 percent of the original 1856 structure and meticulously furnished to fit period detail, the park allows guests to immerse themselves in a bygone era. This Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., community members will experience those frontier staples alongside live music,

fresh food and lush greenery at no charge. Maria Lazo, associate director and education coordinator at BVMNH, said Wildflower Day will be one of fun and education, as guests will have the opportunity to learn more about the park’s wildflower presence from local botanists and science experts. “Of course, being a natural history museum, this is a great opportunity to teach the public and give them an environment where they can appreciate the wildflowers,” Lazo said. “Getting that exposure and education, rather than just driving by and admiring, will really drive this whole experience home for them.” According to park executive director Deborah Cowman, bringing the community together through a shared appreciation of Texas’ wildflower season was only a matter of time, thanks to the efforts of park program coordinator Mary Ann Cusimano. WILDFLOWER ON PG. 2

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Student hopes his app uniting users with similar interests will help foster face-to-face interactions By Madison Brown Guest Contributer

With thousands of phone apps at your fingertips, one Texas A&M student has created an app designed to get people offline by geo-capturing and alerting two people with shared interests when they are near each other. Think of it as a variation on being alerted there’s a Charmander close by, but instead of capturing it, the Charmander joins you for a cup of coffee and conversation. The Pokémon Go phenomenon proved people would leave their home for virtual adventure. Communication senior Adam Valenta is betting he’s figured out a way for college students to stop interacting virtually on Tinder and Bumble by showing them the actual path to a person who shares their interests. Instead of users meeting and talking through a dating app, Valenta’s app makes it easy to have face-to-face interactions. “There is no actual meeting or communication through

the app,” Valenta said. “Users have to be in the same geofence, then they are notified by the app when someone near them has a common interest.” The application, called Plug, allows its users to upload a bio, interests and one image. The photo will be cross-referenced with a live user photo when an account is set up. Valentina said this feature prevents the online dating problem of catfishing. “The algorithm we have in place will make sure that a 40-year-old grad student does not meet up with an 18-yearold,” Valenta said. The idea for the app came to Valenta while binge-watching Netflix. Valenta told himself he came to A&M for a purpose, and he needed to make a difference. “The original idea actually came about for myself,” Valenta said. “I will be sitting in a coffee shop and see someone across the way, and I want to have a conversation with them. But we all have a fear of getting rejected and a fear of ego. I figured that if I could create a process for myself to make it easier to walk up to people and have conversations with them, I could bottle it up, put it into a company and APP ON PG. 2

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Communication senior Adam Valenta is creating a dating app that promotes real-life interaction.

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Young announces new opener date, discusses campus logistics By Luke Henkhaus @luke_henkhaus The Texas A&M football team will kick off its 2019 season against Texas State on Thursday, Aug. 29, marking the second year in a row that the Aggies’ first game of the season will not be held on a Saturday. University President Michael K. Young announced the date of the game in a campus-wide email Wednesday afternoon, saying another nationally televised Thursday football game would help put the Aggies in the spotlight

at the beginning of their season. Like last year’s Thursday opener, the game will be broadcast at 7:30 p.m. on SEC Network. “We have agreed to this Thursday game as, similar to last year, this opportunity allows us to highlight our university and wonderful student athletes for a national audience,” Young said in his email. Classes will be held as usual, and Young said the university will take action to ensure that normal class and research activities continue. “Many of these actions were taken last year, while others have been added or modified based on knowledge gained from last year’s game,” Young

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Two students hold a sign with a verse from the Quran and the names of the 50 people who were killed in the New Zealand mosque shooting on March 15. After the names were read, there was five minutes of silence.

VIGIL CONTINUED made Muslim community members scared, she appreciated the support at the vigil. She said it was incredibly meaningful to see so many stand together in solidarity. “I know that the goal was to diverge our community but we’re not going to let that happen; we need to come together,” Murad said. “To know that my community members of different faiths were able to come together as a stand against this massacre was very heartwarming, and if anything this only brought us more together.” Chemical engineering senior Grace Dansby heard about the vigil from a friend. As a regular attendee at remembrance ceremonies like Silver Taps and Muster, Dansby felt it was important to

WILDFLOWER CONTINUED Cusimano said the idea for Wildflower Day was spearheaded by the splendor of a sight only Texas could provide. “It’s just the visualization of the people who first arrived here in the 1800s,” Cusimano said. “When they came to this unbroken post oak forest, and this being the actual ground people lived and worked on, these descendents of the flowers were there. Life was hard, but they still had that beauty, and they wrote about it because it inspired them.” Located on the 11.29 acres is an array of Indian Paintbrushes, Texas Dandelions, Wine Cups and, of course, the famed Bluebonnet. However, while each is eye-popping, Cusimano said

APP CONTINUED do it for other people as well.” Valenta attributes his ability to create the app to his communication skills. “I have a good understanding of technology and what it costs to develop, but I do not have the skill to code,” Valenta said. “I envision myself as a Steve Jobs, who had no technical experience whatsoever, but he was very good at communicating and forming teams to execute on ideas.

come together and honor the individuals lost in the Christchurch shooting. “I think that sometimes I’m very stuck in my own bubble, like ‘I’m trying to graduate’ or ‘I’m trying to finish these things,’ but there’s much bigger things happening outside of my little world here at A&M and things I could be doing to help bring awareness,” Dansby said. “Seeing different people from all walks of life coming to honor the same cause and the same people I think makes you more aware of thinking outside of myself on a day to day basis.” Student Body President-elect Mikey Jaillet said the vigil shows that regardless of whether someone attended A&M or not, Aggies care and show support for all people of the world. “It symbolizes the Aggie Spirit first

and foremost by the fact that the vast differences of people here and the fact that we are standing up for people that have probably never touched College Station or Texas A&M, but these people do mean so much to the Aggie family as well, and we are thinking about them in thoughts, prayers,” Jalliet said. Economics freshman Abdullah Shaikh said he was inspired to help organize the vigil because he believed that showing love and unity would be the best way to oppose the hatred inherent in the shooting. “Having all of these people of faith here tonight, what I want them to take away is that we as Muslims, we’re your family and you’re our family,” Shaikh said. “If you ever need anything, you can reach out to us, and I know that if I need anything I can reach out to you.”

she enjoys the sight of a flower easily missed by most park guests. “There’s always little flowers like Bluets that are maybe three or four millimeters across and most people don’t stop to look at them, they just kind of walk on by,” Cusimano said. “I hope that by being here with the scientists and artists who do see these things, people will stop and actually look, because we have so many flowers that will give people the chance to breathe and refresh their souls.” To capture Wildflower Day’s honorary guests in the ground, local artists and community members are invited to paint their own unique masterpieces with paper and watercolors located on-site. While the allure of the park’s wildflowers is tempting, Cusimano said it

is important for guests to remain on the designated pathways and to refrain from plucking any of the flowers. “We’ll have the artists stay really close to the edges of the mowed path, so we aren’t having crowds of people walking everywhere and crushing the very reason we’re here,” Cusimano said. Cowman said she is looking forward to promoting natural history and community involvement with nature. “To me, it reflects the beauty of nature,” Cowman said. “Ralph Waldo Emerson said, ‘The Earth laughs in flowers,’ so when I see all these flowers I just feel really happy. It makes me think about how important and precious our natural environment is and how we need to do everything we can to preserve it.”

Communication is useful in every area of business.” Plug is not Valenta’s first business venture. After high school, Valenta started a car detailing business in Austin and his hometown of Temple. Eventually, Valenta attended Temple Community College before transferring to A&M. The next step for Valenta will be finding a co-founder, a process he said is already underway. Plug should prelaunch at A&M in the next four to five months, Valenta said, with a beta

pool of approximately 1,000 users. After the prelaunch, Valenta said he and his team will refine the app and then launch again, this time across the entire state. “The ultimate goal Plug is to make a difference amongst the college population,” Valenta said. “I want to reenvision the way we are supposed to connect in real life.” Valenta plans to move to Austin to continue to work on Plug with his co-founder after graduating from A&M in August.

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‘Paddleton’ offers poignant authenticity Battalion columnist says Lehmann’s second narrative feature is a pleasant surprise Cole Fowler @thecolefowler

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ssisted suicide is usually a topic that generates harsh, binary responses from politicians, so the issue is usually never discussed past the politically-charged meaning of the term. However, Alexandre Lehmann’s latest film, “Paddleton,” analyzes assisted suicide within the context of friendship. The film searches for meaning amidst the ambiguity of death, and does so with a surprising amount of success. The film, which recently made its debut at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival, was unfortunately purchased by Netflix and promptly buried under the seemingly endless amount of “Black Mirror” episodes and other monotonous Netflix “Original” television shows and films. The intimacy the film displays between the characters struggling in the face of death is undermined by the streaming environment.

The story that Lehmann is painting is a touching one, so it is unfortunate that Netflix robbed the viewing audience of a theatre experience. The film follows Mark Duplass’ character, Michael, in his journey from learning of his terminal illness to coping with the idea of assisted suicide. The complexities of the issue seem to melt away among the dialogue between Michael and his best friend, Andy, played by Ray Romano. Andy struggles to cope with the idea of losing his only friend and vows to do everything he can for him until the time of Michael’s suicide. The film is certainly reminiscent of Duplass’ mumblecore films and exhibits many similar qualities. However, the film never truly commits to the level of naturalism that his previous work, and much of the genre, beautifully illustrates. As the genre hinges on the consistent, fast-paced dialogue, the film does struggle to retain its tone amongst the uncertainty of death. That said, one of the most heart-

breaking scenes of the year, and maybe even the past two years, takes places at the climax of the film. The scene is one of the best acted scenes in recent memory, and the minimalistic directorial style allows for each of the actors to perfectly fit their roles. Such a scene deserves to be recognized, and totally validates some of the film’s weaker aspects. If this movie had not been purchased by Netflix, this scene would be the current topic of film writers across the country. The simple, positive nature of “Paddleton” is certainly a refresher after the dreadful awards season. The authenticity of Lehmann’s film is poignant, and is impossible to simply overlook. The film demands your attention throughout its runtime and rewards you with concluding performances from Duplass and Romano that will certainly be overlooked this coming year. Cole Fowler is an English junior and columnist for The Battalion.

Every success story starts in a classroom ‘We Teach Texas’ calls on Texans to become teachers

By John Sharp Chancellor of Texas A&M University System

udos to Governor Gregg Abbott, Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick and Speaker Dennis Bonnen for making teachers the top priority this legislative session. Teachers work hard every day to make a difference. They positively impact the future, and they deserve our support. Giving them all a raise is a good start. I certainly hope it will encourage more young Texans to consider becoming teachers — and help keep more experienced teachers in the classroom — because Texas faces a teacher shortage. Data from the Texas Education Agency shows Texas faces an increasingly tight supply of teachers. Since 2009, K through 12 student enrollment is up by 14 percent, while the number of teachers has risen by less than 9 percent. Meanwhile, Texas has seen a 14 percent drop in the number of initial teacher certifications in the past decade. We’re trying to turn those numbers around at The Texas A&M University System with We Teach Texas,

a system-wide campaign to focus attention on our 11 education colleges across the state and encourage more Texans who care to become teachers. The 11 education colleges in The Texas A&M University System graduate more fully certified teachers than any other public university system in Texas. We’re also No. 1 in producing certified teachers in mathematics, as well as bilingual and special education. Simply put, we teach Texas. If you are interested in becoming a teacher, we are committed to your success. Consistent with the land grant mission of our university, the teaching, research and service activities of College Station’s Texas A&M University College of Education and Human Development transform the lives of individuals in our state and across the nation. The College of Education and Human Development offers more than 19 degree programs that fit the needs of our diverse undergraduate students. Texas A&M is the state’s largest producer of teachers in the high-need fields of math and science, as well as English language arts and reading. The college also ranks in the top 10 in the state for producing teachers in the areas of special education and bilingual education. In the 2017-2018 school year, we issued 929 certifications.

The college offers a wide variety of programs and experiences to enhance the college experience and build on knowledge developed – such as study abroad, field-based learning opportunities, undergraduate research opportunities and capstone experiences like student teaching, internships and courses. Our expectation is that our students will become the world’s next generation of inventive classroom teachers, academicians, researchers, school-based professionals, education policy leaders and public leaders in their communities. The Texas A&M University System has been providing highly qualified teachers for Texas Schools for more than 100 years by encouraging consideration of teaching careers, growing the highest quality teacher and leadership programs and providing ongoing quality support to boost retention in the field. The need for dedicated teachers across the state is constantly growing. Teachers are on the frontlines of building our economy, and they are enablers of young people who want to see their dreams come true. We take our charge to prepare them for the classroom on Day One seriously. To learn more about becoming a teacher, visit WeTeachTexas.com.

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1. Junior right-handed pitcher Kendall Potts threw nine complete innings to earn the win during Wednesday night’s 15-inning win over Stephen F. Austin. 2. A&M softball celebrated the 2-0 walk-off victory. 3. Freshman infielder Kayla Garcia tracks down the ball while on defense. 4. Junior Kelly Martinez celebrates after getting the game winning hit to end the Aggies’ 15-inning game against SFA. 5. Garcia attempts to make a play at first base. 6. Senior third baseman Riley Sartain is the lone senior on the A&M roster and has played the majority of her games at third base the last four years. 7. Freshman catcher Haley Lee tags out an SFA base runner at the plate.

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Junior quarterback Kellen Mond will head into the spring football season as the Aggies’ starting quarterback.

probably been an earlier game on Saturday, so it helps to get people here and it allows you two more days of preparation to go play Clemson.” Earlier this offseason, redshirt quarterback Nick Starkel announced his intentions to transfer from A&M and join SEC West rival Arkansas. With Starkel’s departure — and for the first time in a few years — there will be no speculation as to who the starting quarterback will become the season opener on Aug. 29. Junior Kellen Mond is expected to be the Aggies’ QB1 heading into the fall. Fisher said he looks for Mond to build off of his 2018 campaign but hopes that Mond maintains the ‘chip on his shoulder’ like he did last season while battling for the starting position. “I hope [his approach] doesn’t change at all,” Fisher said. “I hope his confidence grows and execution grows. But I hope his desire to compete and play like a guy is behind you. You can never be content. Good enough can never be good enough.”

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As for Mond, he believes that he is personally in a different but better position now than he was compared to a year ago. With several key players electing to enter the 2019 NFL Draft, Mond said he has transitioned into being a player some of his teammates look to as an example. “I feel like my knowledge is there and still willing to grow,” Mond said. “My leadership role has had to take over this offseason. With Trayveon [Williams] gone, it’s me, Jhamon [Ausbon] and Justin Madubike on both sides of the ball to kind of lead and take us where we need to be.” Mond said he knows being a leader has changed his approach going into his third career spring football season. “Being able to have such a big impact, I feel like it’s going to help me grow and help my success on the field and kind of bring everybody up with me,” Mond said. A&M will continue its spring football schedule and wrap the season up with the Spring Football Game scheduled for April 13 at 1 p.m., which will be televised on SEC Network.

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