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(Above) Veterans participating in the Texas Challenge leave from Houston Monday morning. (Below) The group arrives at its first overnight pit stop, College Station, Monday afternoon.

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A trio of staff members from the George H.W. Bush Administration shared their experiences from the White House Monday to an audience that included former President H.W. Bush and former First Lady Barbara Bush. The panel consisted of a former chief of staff, an ambassador to Qatar and a speech writer. John H. Sununu, who served as governor of New Hampshire from 1983 to 1989 and later went on to become White House chief of staff from 1989 to 1991, discussed his work, “The Quiet Man: The Indispensable Presidency of George H.W. Bush.” “After about a quarter of century, I looked back at the four years George Bush 41 had served in the White House and felt that not many people appreciated the breadth and depth of what had actually been accomplished at that time,” Sununu said. “So I decided to put between the two covers of a book my recollections of what he had achieved and to try and collect in one place a record that I hoped would at least stand as a reference point for all those academics and others who want to come back and study the presidency.” At the age of 25, Mary Kate Cary was writing speeches for President Bush. She now is the executive producer of “41ON41,” an award-winning documentary that features 41 individuals

150 war veterans bike nearly 500 miles for the ‘Texas Challenge’ By Katy Stapp

ne hundred and fifty veterans biked into town Monday. Their stop in College Station marked one of many pit stops on the route of the Texas Challenge, a 490-mile, six-day rehabilitative ride from Houston to Fort Worth. The challenge is part of the UnitedHealthcare Ride 2 Recovery program,

which started in 2008 to provide injured veterans from all backgrounds with resources to cope with the experiences they may face. The Texas Challenge aims to give injured or retired veterans and first responders an opportunity for rehabilitation and recovery — both physical and mental — and bonding with others in similar circumstances. The week-long ride consists of between 50 to 100 miles each day, with rest stops and town visits along the way. The riders arrived in College Station for an overnight stay Mon-

day afternoon and will leave Tuesday at 7:45 a.m. after visiting with community members at the George Bush Presidential Library. “When they ride with other veterans that have maybe had similar problems or circumstances, it’s a bonding experience,” said Sheri Goldberg, UnitedHealthcare Ride 2 Recovery spokesperson. “They bond and have this camaraderie — they meet people they can talk to … We have veterans who have physical injuries; we have multiple amputees on some of our rides. We have folks TEXAS CHALLENGE ON PG. 2

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‘After Combat’ book to draw on veterans’ deployment experiences By Madeline Schulz

An A&M professor and a retired U.S. Army veteran have partnered to shed light on the experiences of combat veterans. Marian Eide, an associate professor of English at Texas A&M, and Ret. Col. Michael Gibler, a Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service Training specialist, have come together to gather narratives of United States soldiers returning from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The project, now three years in the making, is called “After Combat: Soldiers Return Home from the Millennial Wars.” Eide said the project aims to give Americans a new perspective on the daily conduct of these conflicts and their participants. “For veterans returning from eight months of ordinary days in Fallujah or Kandahar, popular media representations can be alienating or dispiriting,” Eide said. “The purpose of this project, ‘After Combat,’ is to introduce readers to these wars from the perspective of their combatants. The book manuscript compiles stories of deployment as told by veterans.” Eide and Gibler have spoken to 22 men and women from around the nation in anonymous narratives on their experiences in the wars, from the first invasions to collaborations with local armies. The duo intends to publish the narratives in a book format sometime in the next year. “I’d say that for the most part, people who’ve deployed don’t see themselves as heroes, and so they don’t think that they have a story to tell,” Eide said. “And what we’ve done is to offer them an opportunity to talk about their deployment anonymously and that’s really the key — not just to getting the stories that have some difficult material in them, but also getting the ordinary person that doesn’t feel like a hero [to] share his or her story.” Cory Denton, business management senior and retired U.S. Army infantryman, said the project has the potential to help the public understand what veterans go through and correct the skewed vision of veterans that Hollywood presents. AFTER COMBAT ON PG. 2

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Sophomore pitcher uses offseason to cement place in Aggie rotation By Heath Clary A year ago at this time, Brigham Hill was a freshman pitcher near the end of the Texas A&M pitching staff. He pitched in seven games throughout that freshman season, logging 18.2 innings and an unsightly 5.30 ERA. Fast forward to April 2016, and the sophomore righty found himself as the Aggies’ Friday night starter in one of the toughest conferences in the nation. In his first weekend start of his career last Friday, Hill dominated the Georgia Bulldogs for 6.1 innings of shutout ball in a 5-0 win. His change up danced, his fastball was under control and he played a vital role in ending the team’s four-game losing streak. The transformation from little-used re-

liever to front line starter is not necessarily tangible. Hill did not grow taller, increase his fastball velocity or add a new pitch to his repertoire. Instead his growth as a pitcher can be attributed to a change in philosophy. “I just felt like I had something to prove last year. I didn’t pitch with a confidence level or anything, I was hoping out there,” Hill said. “This year I just wanted to play with confidence and just throw strikes. Last year I’d get behind in the count and walk people and it got me in a lot of trouble. This year it’s about pounding the strike zone and good things have happened.” A&M head coach Rob Childress said once the 6-foot, 185-pound right-hander relaxed on the mound and stopped trying to do too much, positive results followed. “He’s the same guy he was last year,” Childress said. “He has just stopped thinking so much and stopped putting a lot of self-induced pressure on him, and he’s just

being himself.” To his teammates, Hill is a calm, cool and collected guy whose stoic attitude on the mound makes him successful. “Brigham is laid back. He never gets too high and he never gets too low, which I think is really an overlooked trait these days,” said outfielder J.B. Moss, the Aggies’ senior leadoff hitter. “You can always count on Brigham throwing strikes. He’s not going to show a lot of emotion out there — he’s just going to go out there and do his job, and that’s what we all like about him.” That unflappable demeanor has yielded tremendous results so far this season. Hill is 4-0 with a miniscule 1.42 ERA in 44.1 innings pitched, the second-most innings on the team. Arguably more impressive than his numbers, though, has been the way in which he has pitched. Hill has been employed as both a HILL ON PG. 3

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One hundred and fifty war veterans from the Vietnam War to the War on Terror rode through College Station on bikes Monday as part of UnitedHealthcare Ride 2 Recovery’s “Texas Challenge.”

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who suffered from traumatic brain injuries or have PTSD.” Jonathan Dade, veteran and participant in multiple UnitedHealthcare Ride 2 Recovery events, said his biggest struggle with transitioning out of the military was being afraid to mention injures or other struggles. He said he developed severe depression after leaving the military. Citing the Department of Veteran Affair’s statistic that 22 veterans committed suicide each day in the year 2010, Dade said the trauma and stressful situations veterans are left with after leaving the military are often too much to handle. “One of my friends recognized that I was struggling with those things, and he introduced me to Ride 2 Recovery and had me do the Memorial Challenge, which was in Washington, D.C. back in 2012,” Dade said.

Dade said after participating in the ride two times, it became a form of therapy for him. “It’s halfway between a hobby or a project for people to work on and give them something to look forward to, and the other half is more like a therapy concept,” Dade said. “It’s actually what I turn to instead of using medication or trips to a psychologist or see other doctors — it’s what I do to work through my issues.” The ride is sponsored by UnitedHealthcare, and with its support, hotel rooms, flights, meals and even clothing were paid for, said Goldberg. The sponsorship also enables the organization to provide adaptive bikes to meet the specific needs of veterans. “We have one veteran who is missing an arm, and we fixed a bike for him with electric brakes so he won’t fall off while he’s riding,” Goldberg said. Goldberg said some pit stops are located at places like museums, schools

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STAFF MEMBERS CONTINUED discussing their experiences with the 41st president. Cary shared her thoughts on her time with President Bush and told audience members of a time when a speech she had written did not receive the outcomes she expected. “We had a hand picked audience at the J.W. Marriott, and I had to write the speech and we get to the event and the president starts delivering his speech and not one person clapped at any line — you could hear a pin drop,” Cary said. “After the speech we are in the elevator heading to the motorcade and the door closes and the president says, ‘Mary Kate what the heck just happened in there?’ and I almost started crying.” Cary said fortunately, she wasn’t fired, and later, the president surprised her by remembering the speech. “So now fast forward and I’m on the advisory board for the Bush Library and we are in a full board meeting and they are going through a huge list of 20th anniversaries that are coming up,” Cary said. “The President is in the meeting and they go through the whole list and he says, ‘There’s one thing missing,’ and I didn’t see it coming, and he says, ‘The empowerment speech anniversary.’” Before becoming an ambassador to Qatar during the

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“The disconnect between the public and veterans is larger than it has ever been before,” Denton said. “The public’s view of veterans is largely affected by how we have been portrayed in movies — damaged, suicidal, ready to explode into violence because of PTSD.” Denton said it’s frustrating as a veteran to be stereotyped as angry and maniacal as a result of PTSD. “Unless they have direct relations serving, most of the public has no idea of any of the difficulties service members face, from back-to-back deployments to backlogged benefits claims,” Denton said. Steve Turner, finance junior and a veteran from the 75th Ranger Regiment, is hesitant to believe the narratives will be effective for readers who

Bush Administration, Chase Untermeyer was a representative in the Texas House of Representatives from Houston, and later became the executive assistant to then-Vice President George H.W. Bush. Untermeyer said jokingly that the then-newly-elected President Bush once said at a dinner that he was now unable to record his thoughts in a journal because of the possible threat of being subpoenaed for all of his written documents. “During the same period I did keep a personal journal which fortunately was never subpoenaed,” Untermeyer said. “I didn’t begin these journals in January in 1981 when I had the special honor and opportunity to go to Washington with George and Barbara Bush — I’d been keeping a diary since the age of 9, and I continue to do so to this day.” “When Things Went Right,” a book authored by excerpts from Untermeyer’s journal entries, reflects the early days of the Reagan and Bush administrations. “The three books of roughly 300 pages each contain only a fraction of all that is in those original journals,” Untermeyer said. “What I do hope my journals record is something of the atmosphere of Washington during the Reagan-Bush era and transcriptions of the people, both high and low, who I encountered in those years.”

do not have first-hand experience or family members who served. “I honestly don’t think that you can really bridge that gap unless you have actually gone and experienced it,” Turner said. “I try to downplay that I was a veteran and just kind of blend in so that I don’t have to deal with it. But at the same time, it’s molded who I am. At the end of the day, just be appreciative as a civilian; you don’t have to go around thanking us. You can be interested in what I did, you can be appreciative, but the first thing out of your mouth should not be, ‘Thank you for your service.’” Echoing Turner, Alexander Coll, supply chain management senior and retired U.S. Army infantryman and sergeant, said veterans all make sacrifices — some more than others — because of the nature of the job at hand. “We [veterans] are just normal people,” Coll said. “We’re just normal

people that volunteered, and some of us did extraordinary things. A lot of these men that I served with, they’re normal people that did extraordinary things, that’s all. But at the end of the day I’m just a guy. I’m an American.” Ultimately, Eide and Gibler hope to set up a website where veterans like Turner, Coll and Denton can discuss their experiences and where civilians have the chance to learn more about deployment. For Coll, the program represents a chance to broaden the perspective people have on combat veterans. “I think it is very beneficial that people understand, because I think with misinformation there’s a danger of misrepresentation in a negative light,” Coll said. “And that’s certainly something I wouldn’t want to happen to people who have done so much for this country.”

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A&M studios draw African officials to April conference on hospital design By John Rangel

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Brigham Hill was selected to play in the Alaska Baseball League All-Star Game last summer.

HILL CONTINUED starter and as a reliever so far this season, and the Nacogdoches native has thrived in both roles. Early in the season Childress preferred to pitch him out of the bullpen so that he could potentially use him twice in a weekend instead of just once. However, with the pitching staff struggling in the Florida series and needing a boost, Childress had no choice but to insert the 20-year-old pitcher into the weekend rotation. Hill’s ability to impact a game in both roles is what gives him a strong case as the Aggies’ most valuable pitcher at this point in the season. “He’s been very valuable, if not the most valuable

pitcher,” Moss said. “Brigham is always going to give you a chance; he’s always going to throw the ball over the plate.” The work that the sophomore put in Alaska during this past summer has turned out to be beneficial for both Hill and the Aggies. His versatility has made him an asset to the Aggie pitching staff. Hill said he doesn’t have a preference between the two roles — he just wants to aid the Aggies in their quest to return to the College World Series for the first time since 2011. “Starting is nice because you can get a schedule to work on, but out of the [bullpen] is great too because you have all your adrenaline going and you’re ready to go,” Hill said. “It’s a blast. Either one, I just love being out there.”

Tribal tensions and a lack of utilities are just some of the challenges healthcare designers face in Kenya, but several A&M architecture studios have teamed up with an African company to design and build a radical solution. Three A&M architecture studios will present designs for both rugged clinic outposts and a state-of-the-art healthcare and industrial “city” April 25-28 to a mixture of business, government and university officials from the United States and Kenya beginning April 25. UBRICA — a healthcare company — has already purchased the land in Kenya to build the main healthcare facility, and hopes the conference generates enough interest to begin gathering investments. Students are designing 52 medical clinics meant to be spread across Kenya’s villages, where basic infrastructure is often in disrepair or non-existent. The main project — described as a biomedical and industrial city — is being designed for a 4,300-acre expanse already obtained by UBRICA 40 minutes away from Kenya’s capital, Nairobi. “This is going to be the greatest life science and healthcare project in Africa,” said Macharia Waruingi, CEO of UBRICA. “It’s going to help us manufacture medicine, medical devices, do clinical research and also provide world-class quality healthcare to people in Africa.”

The challenges faced by A&M students and faculty in meeting Waruingi’s vision are daunting. Kenya’s infrastructure is often in disrepair, or non-existent, said Chanam Lee, landscape architecture and urban planning professor. “Here we have utilities, water, etcetera, but [in the project’s area] there’s nothing — there’s no electricity, no sewer, no water,” Lee said. “Those are major differences between here and there. We have to start from scratch, to provide from the very, very basic to top-notch healthcare.” Lee said the most unique challenge faced by the designers isn’t a matter of water or electricity however — the facility’s position places it in the service of 42 African tribes, and a successful design must take their complex histories into account. Lee said the designers must come up with a physical space that minimizes any racial or ethnic tensions these tribes may harbor towards each other. Waruingi said the April conference hopes to draw investors in because Kenya and Africa can no longer be disregarded in the global healthcare system. “When Ebola struck Liberia two years ago, it found its way to the United States, and that’s created a lot of diplomatic constraints,” Waruingi said. “From the global health perspective, if we’re successful in building this project, then we’re going to be contributing to global health and how to stop diseases and viruses that cause hemorrhagic fevers from leaving the African

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SHACK-A-THON TAKES RUDDER PLAZA A&M group raises money with weeklong interactive fundraiser By Jena Seidemann

4 1. One Love built a 70s-themed shack to emphasize love through community service. 2. Aggie Habitat for Humanity built its own shack and will oversee the project throughout the week of Shack-A-Thon. 3. Fish Council and the Society of Women Engineers partnered to build a Rubik’s Cube-themed shack. 4. Freshman Leaders in Progress, or FLIP, built a Greekthemed shack in observance of the country the organization is showcasing. 5. Freshman Leaders Advancing in Service and Honor, or FLASH, built a Disney-themed shack.

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The shacks in Rudder Plaza this week are more than just a hangout spot for members of student organizations. The money raised by the shack’s inhabitants will go towards a family in need of adequate housing. Aggie Habitat for Humanity and other organizations will camp out in handmade shacks for the week in Rudder Plaza. The only rule for the event is that someone must be in the shack during the entirety of the event. Boehm said proceeds from Shack-A-Thon, which are raised by organizations buying a “plot” to build their own shack on, will contribute to A&M’s branch of Habitat for Humanity’s annual fundraising goal. The goal of the on-campus chapter of Habitat for Humanity is to raise $50,000 each year, which will go towards building a house for those in the B-CS area with inadequate housing, said Laura Boehm, civil engineering junior and Habitat for Humanity co-director for special events. Each shack showcases what average housing can be like in a different country. In conjunction with Habitat for Humanity’s international “Act! Speak! Build! Week,” the annual Shack-A-Thon event at A&M aims to raise awareness for the housing crisis on both a local and international scale. For over 10 years, honors students have joined together to build and decorate a shack to support the cause. “It’s a tradition and we’ve been actually doing this for 10-plus years, and we do a double plot every year, which means we raise about two-and-a-half times what other organizations do,” said Josh Fuller, psychology and Spanish junior. “The smaller plots are $800, but we raised $2,150 for this.” Fuller said the theme of the honors’ shack, called “The Shack that Lived,” is a shout-out to the Harry Potter franchise. Painted on it are several notable symbols from the books and a tribute to the late actor Alan Rickman, who played professor

Severus Snape in the films. Aside from camping out, Habitat for Humanity will bring in speakers. “We are having four speakers come out Wednesday, and that was my favorite part of Shack-A-Thon last year — getting the word out and getting people to understand that there is a problem out there and there are people trying to fix it and they can do things as well,” Boehm said. Carl Orozco, director for development for the B-CS Habitat for Humanity, is one of Wednesday’s featured speakers. He said in addition to encouraging people to volunteer their time and to donate money, he wants to educate people on the need for low-cost housing in the community. “An excess of 3,000 families in Bryan-College Station are in desperate need of affordable housing so we are making an impact in that way and the need is because there is such a separation of people who are the working poor,” Orozco said. “They are working and they have jobs, but it is tough to do that when you are making $10, $12, $15 an hour.” Orozco said the need includes dilapidated houses, but in recent years, one of the largest issues is overcrowding and certain parts of the houses not working properly. “Landlords do not feel obligated for upkeep, because they feel that if one tenant moves, they will have someone waiting in line to take their spot. So there is a real deficiency of adequate housing here,” Orozco said. Boehm said the shacks are supposed to serve as a physical reminder that housing is starkly different in other countries. Boehm said she thinks the home plays an integral part in society and shapes who a person is, which is why it is important to invest in the community. “In some places in our community, there are some neighborhoods where people don’t feel safe going to sleep at night, and I can’t imagine how that would affect my academics, my personality, my relationships, and by having a stable house and stable neighborhood, we create more stable people and that is what Habitat for Humanity is about — making the community better by having healthy homes,” Boehm said.

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