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Former Prime Minister of Israel Ehud Barak and Palestinian Legislative Council Executive Hanan Ashrawi participated in a heated debate Wednesday on the subject of Palestine and Israel’s contentious relationship.

Road to peace differs for Israel, Palestine officials Former Israeli prime minister, Palestinian Legislative Council executive speak at MSC Wiley lecture By Chevall Pryce

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exas A&M University is one step closer to having a clear answer on where guns will be restricted when Campus Carry goes into effect in August. The A&M University System announced proposed gun-free zones Tuesday. The gun-free regions were established by each Texas A&M System university and agency CEO, and do not include classrooms and resi-

dential areas. Proposed areas include collegiate sports events, healthcare facilities, the Becky Gates Child Care Facility and any sites where administrative hearings or investigations are occurring. Under the proposed plan, certain high-hazard research labs will be gun-free zones at the discretion of the university president. As the CEO of A&M’s flagship campus, President Michael Young put forth the proposed areas for the

College Station campus. In a university news release, Young said he considered proposals put forward by the Campus Carry Policy Task Force in making the decision. Young said he endorsed all 14 of the task force’s proposals and tacked on an additional recommendation that certain private offices be gun-free zones. “I am immensely grateful to the 22-member Campus Carry Policy Task Force and its chair, Assistant Vice President for Safety and

Their agreements started and stopped with a desire for peace — most other points were left in contention, however, as two officials on both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict hotly debated the topic at a Wednesday lecture. Former Prime Minister of Israel Ehud Barak and Palestinian Legislative Council Executive Hanan Ashrawi spoke about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that has been ongoing for decades at an MSC Wiley Lecture, titled “In Pursuit of Peace.” Both representatives gave their remarks, proposed solutions and perspectives on the topic and then afterwards answered questions provided by moderator Janine Zacharia, a renowned journalist and guest lecturer from Stanford University. In his opening remarks, Barak covered his perspective on the history between Israel and Palestine. Barak said that now is the time to look for peace. “We should remain optimists … I’m confident that deep in the minds of the public, there is deep understanding that there is no other way,” Barak said. “We have to find a way to move forward … They are our neighbors. We have to find a way to live with them.” Although Ashwari agreed with Barak that peace was a goal to be reached by both sides, Ashwari said Israel is not a neighbor to Palestine, but rather an occupier of its land. “We did not wake up one day and decide that we wanted to fight them,” Ashwari said. “Israel was created on Palestine … There is no such thing as managing the conflict, and of course you cannot submit Palestine into submission.”

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Walton residents, including engineering freshman Ryan Perez, wrote letters to the famliy of Haruka Weiser, a UT freshman who was murdered last week.

‘Pioneering Change’ to set the tone In wake of homicide, at 2016 TEDx TAMU lecture series Walton writes letters Sold-out crowd, web viewers gear up for ‘thought provoking’ ideas from 14 speakers By John Rangel They come from all corners of campus, but the 2016 TEDx TAMU speakers were each chosen based on one unifying trait — their ability to pioneer change. TEDx TAMU will bring students and thought provoking ideas together Saturday for A&M’s annual TEDx talk. TED — technology, entertainment and design — talks focus on connecting their audiences to “ideas worth spreading.” The 2016 TEDx TAMU theme of “pioneering change” will be explored in two separate sessions. “[There is a] pretty wide variety of talks this year that are covering a lot of different topics, but all are under the theme ‘Pioneering Change’ in whatever field the speaker

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is talking about,” said Annelise when: Sauer, agriculture communications and journalism junior Saturday and TEDx TAMU executive. where: Fourteen speakers will present Saturday at two TEDx Langford B. TAMU sessions. Their backgrounds vary wildly; Reuben May, also known as “the Rapping Professor” or Reginald Stuckey, authored three books and has lectured at Harvard and MIT; James Benham began writing code when he was 11 years old and founded the tech company JBKnowledge, Inc., and currently serves as a College Station City Councilman; Tatiana Erukhimova received her Ph.D. in physics in Russia before coming to teach at A&M, where she organizes STEM outreach events that impact thousands of students. TEDX TAMU ON PG. 2

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Residents at Walton Hall hosted a letter-writing campaign Wednesday to offer condolences and support to the family of a University of Texas freshman who was murdered in last week. Haruka Weiser, a dance and theater freshman at the University of Texas, was found dead April 5 in a creek near UT’s football stadium. Upon investigation, police discovered Weiser was murdered on her way home. While a suspect in the murder has been charged, UT students are still mourning her death. A memorial service was held where her body was found and the university established a memorial fund in Weiser’s name. The Walton Hall Council supplied construction paper, markers and pictures of A&M and UT mascots Reveille and Bevo for students to WALTON WEDNESDAY ON PG. 2

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Accountability, Climate and Equity Awards recognize individuals for acts of inclusivity By Tyler Allen Students, faculty and staff from around campus were honored Wednesday for their contributions to making Texas A&M a campus that promotes inclusivity. The Accountability, Climate and Equity Awards — previously known as the Diversity Awards — were given out at a ceremony in the Memorial Student Center Wednesday afternoon. The awards acknowledged students, faculty and staff for promoting diversity on campus through the A&M core value of respect Tonya Driver, director of the Department of Multicultural Services, said the name was changed from the Diversity Awards to the ACE Awards to align more with the university diversity plan. “These individuals have encouraged others to take pride in their social and cultural identities,” Driver said. “ACE Awards were renamed from the Diversity Awards in 2016 in the spirit of the three overarching goals of the Texas A&M diversity plan.” The goal of accountability aims for Texas A&M to promote progress and a universally accepting environment as an institution, climate aims to create a supportive campus climate that will integrate all forms of diversity and equity aims to ensure all students, faculty and staff are granted equity amongst each other, according to Driver.

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Daniel Pugh, Vice President of Student Affairs, also attended the event and said “inclusive excellence” is key to advancing the university as a whole. “We can’t truly become the world-class university that we aspire to become unless we’re inclusive, and we have the right individuals here,” Pugh said. Pugh said the event brought together people from around campus who share a common goal of inclusiveness. “Rarely do we get the chance to talk to a room where we’re preaching to the choir,” Pugh said. “This is good. We’re in a family environment here … We’re surrounded by people who understand the importance of what inclusive excellence means.” Kaitlyn Kellermeyer, economics senior, received an ACE Award for her work on a project to put windchimes around campus to assist visually impaired students. Kellermeyer said it was good to see a room of people come together to promote campus diversity. “So much work by so many different people went into the projects I worked on, and I just wish I could share the honor with them,” Kellermeyer said. “I think that’s what the ACE Awards are all about — people coming together to create a more welcoming and inclusive environment for everyone. In the midst of everything that has happened on campus recently, it’s a nice reminder that while Texas A&M isn’t perfect, so many people strive every day to make this a great university.”

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write letters to Weiser’s parents outside the Northside dorm. Organizers said the letters will be sent to the Weiser family’s home. The event was part of “Walton Wednesday,” a weekly event that began in February in order to rebrand the residence hall after allegations of their involvement in the racial incident that occurred Feb. 9. Although the rumors have been dispelled, Brian Okosun, poultry science senior, Walton Wednesday Council publicity chair and photographer for The Battalion, said since the initial Walton Wednesday in February, Walton has been trying to find more ways to give back. “For the first three weeks we were struggling with what we were going to do,” Okosun said. “We started reaching out to everyone in our community ... this is really for everyone. People would reach out and ask for dogs and cancer awareness, so we got that for them.” Julio Moldonado, kinesiology freshman and Walton Wednesday Council executive member, suggested earlier in the week that this Walton Wednesday incorporate letters to Weiser’s family. The event also hosted two stress-relief dogs from Aggieland Pets with a Purpose, the original concept for this week’s Walton Wednesday. Okosun said the event went well despite an expected low turnout. “It was received pretty well. We had at least 60 people drop by, sign in, write a letter and interact with the dogs,”

CAMPUS CARRY CONTINUED Security Chris Meyer, for their thorough review of all aspects of upholding and implementing the new law and their commitment to ensuring the safety and security of our students, faculty, staff and campus visitors,” Young said in the release. The proposal will be submitted before the Board of Regents for consideration during their April 27 meeting. The university declined requests for further comments beyond Young’s campus-wide email, as did the University Police Department. Campus Carry, or Texas Senate Bill 11, allows for people who are licensed to carry a concealed handgun to do so on public university grounds. However, SB-11 also allows universities to carve out areas that are exempt. While SB-11 won’t go into effect until Aug. 1, campus is reacting to the restricted areas and the bill itself. Nathan Crick, an associate professor in the Department of Communication, said the issue is complex and raises more

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Close to 60 people wrote letters of support to the family of Haruka Weise, a UT student who was murdered in early April.

Okosun said. “We just figured, ‘Why not give back?’ That was the whole idea of Walton Wednesday from the very beginning. Walton giving back to the Aggie community.” Erin Reed, education freshman, came to Walton Wednesday to write a letter to the Weiser family. “Writing letters to the families of students who have passed away is just a really sweet thing to do,” Reed said. “It’s encouraging for the parents to know that their child will be remembered.” Walton Hall will hold a blood drive in Hullabaloo Hall this Saturday, where community members can give blood

and sign up for the upcoming Relay For Life Event. Ryan Perez, engineering freshman and Walton Hall resident, said the letters for Weiser, as well as the rest of Walton Wednesday, are meant to help others. “Even though we might be rivals with the other campus, there’s definitely a brotherly vibe that we feel with that campus,” Perez said. “We’re both original [college] campuses here in Texas. We have high school friends who are there, and it could’ve been anyone of them that could have been that person.”

questions and problems than it answers. “I think that it’s going to increasingly polarize the university because there is no common ground,” Crick said. “I think that campus carry seems necessary, indeed even in the most sensitive locations, to one who assumes that carriers of concealed weapons are defenders of the peace, but to those who see the presence of guns in any hands as itself a source of danger argue the exact opposite.” Crick said part of his concern stems from the educational aspect wherein classroom debate or open discussion could be negatively affected by the idea that a student may be carrying a gun. “The issue is whether the presence of weapons in a debate undermines the very conditions that make debates possible,” Crick said. “And that’s the fundamental educational question, whether genuinely open deliberation is even possible because of the presence of the threat in people’s minds that any individual at any time might be armed.” Reactions vary among students. Wildlife and fisheries science junior Marisa Montes said the lack of restrictions in the dorms worries her. “No restrictions on residence halls is

worrisome,” Montes said. “It is entirely students there and that is where they go through all [these] phases and emotions. It is more likely for accidents to happen. “ Psychology freshman Josiah Caver said unless an accident happens, he doesn’t see a need for concern. “I am okay with no restrictions in the dorms and classrooms and until an incident comes up, it doesn’t bother me,” Caver said. “But it is tricky because you want to trust people but it depends on the person,” Caver said. Crick said enforcing the gun-free zones that were proposed today presents its own difficulties. “The only way it can be enforced is if it is openly and aggressively violated,” Crick said. “In which case, it simply is an after-the-fact punishment. It is impossible … unless you place people at the doors of these institutions checking people — which itself will create huge controversy — it cannot be ever enforced given the political backlash it will create.”

TEDX TAMU CONTINUED The 14 speakers were chosen through a nomination process that had over 100 nominations, Sauer said. She said anyone affiliated with A&M — current students included — can be nominated. “We did have over 100 people nominated to be TEDx TAMU potential speakers,” Sauer said. “From there we sent over 100 nominees telling them if they were interested in being a TEDx TAMU speaker, they need to send in a video and outline.” Seating for TEDx TAMU is limited to 100 per session because of the type of TED license TEDx TAMU holds, said Sauer. She said the tickets were in high demand. “We sold out within four hours, which is really huge, we were really excited about that,” Sauer said. While tickets won’t be offered at the door, Sauer said the TEDx TAMU website will offer free streaming to anyone who wants follow the event. “The livestream is huge — it’s a great way for students to really still get a chance to be a part of that,” Sauer said. The 2016 TEDx TAMU will take place Saturday in the Langford Architecture Building B’s Geren Auditorium. Session one begins at 10 a.m., and session two begins at 4 p.m.

Contributions were made to this article by Jena Seidemann.

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YOUTUBE CELEBRITIES, ‘DUDE PERFECT’ TO BEGIN WORK ON TV SHOW After reaching over 1 billion views on Youtube for their trickshots, five Texas A&M former students, Tyler Toney, Class of 2011, Cody Jones, Class of 2010, Garrett Hilbert, Class of 2010 and Coby and Cory Cotton, Class of 2010, are set to have their own TV show, “Dude Perfect,” through the CMT network. The show will air at 8 p.m. Thursday. According to the Fort Worth Star Telegram, the series will showcase their trick shots and competitions, as well as offer a small glimpse into their lives. Also on the show will be celebrities such as Luke Bryan and Serena Williams. The group first rose to fame in 2009 thanks in part to their Youtube channel. Since then, they have amassed over nine million Youtube followers. —Staff Report

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8 REASONS TO LIKE, DISLIKE QB1 TREVOR KNIGHT His 10 2014 starts resulted in less than a 60 percent completion percentage and only 230 yards passing per game. These numbers in the SEC West would most likely hand A&M another 7-6 record.

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he timing of Trevor Knight’s entrance to Texas A&M’s program is perfect for him, but the combination of his experience and inconsistency makes his future an enigma. In honor of Trevor Knight sporting No. 8 for the Aggies, eight things I like and don’t like about the senior quarterback are listed below to remove some of the mystery.

6. One-trick pony Now, this isn’t meant the way Kareem did when he slammed Dirk Nowitzki last year, but Knight really had just one great game — against Alabama. The aforementioned statistics in “Like No. 2” were never exceeded — in passing yardage and more than three touchdowns. In 2014, Knight’s most impressive wins were over eventual 7-6 clubs West Virginia and Tennessee.

1. Experience In its entire SEC stint so far, Texas A&M has not started an upperclassmen quarterback. The last one was Ryan Tannehill in the Big 12. Also only one quarterback under Kevin Sumlin has received the nod at starter with more than two weeks before the first game, and that’s Johnny Manziel. With the lack of leadership at the position in the post-Manziel era, bringing in a senior with plenty of experience should help, especially with a youthful offensive line. 2. Bama slayer That’s what you could call Trevor Knight after what he did in the 2013 Sugar Bowl. In just his fourth collegiate start, Knight put forth a 45-31 beat down on Alabama after throwing for 348 yards and four touchdowns on 32-for-44 passing. Considering no team since 2002 has clinched an SEC West title after losing to Alabama, beating the Tide might be important. 3. Everything coming together with timing Similarly with Kevin Sumlin in his time with the Aggies, Trevor Knight has never had an experienced offensive coordinator. He never started under Lincoln Riley, and Knight’s OC when he did — Josh Heupel

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— landed that position first with the Sooners. Noel Mazzone has held that title for over 20 years. His spread offense that features quick, high-percentage throws should limit Knight’s turnovers — especially with wideouts such as Christian Kirk, Speedy Noil and Josh Reynolds. Last year’s team only managed one healthy running back all year, so A&M’s stable of five this year will be a plus. Sumlin’s overall system has proven mobile quarterbacks can have success, and Trevor Knight fits that bill.

terbacks. Knight will take a few teammates, like he did at Oklahoma, to his fourth trip to Haiti this summer for mission work. When he lost the starting job at OU to Baker Mayfield, he was an active participant on the sidelines helping with whatever was the task at hand. In addition, Jake Hubenak is more of the same. After the starting job was announced, Hubenak seemed to be nothing but encouraging to his fellow teammate.

4. Change in character Whether one believes in Kyle Allen’s “Manziel Culture” theory or not, bad attitudes and liking Northgate a little too much have been themes with Sumlin’s A&M quar-

5. Stats don’t show quality For his career, Knight has a mere 25-to19 TD-INT ratio. And in the one year he started, Knight threw 14 touchdowns while committing 12 turnovers through the air.

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7. Not enough time All of Kevin Sumlin’s starting A&M quarterbacks except Kyler Murray waited a good year or so until stepping onto the field — and we saw how that worked out for Murray. Not only is Knight foreign to the new Mazzone system, but the entire team is as well. Also, he lacks the chemistry and timing with receivers as a result of just entering the program. In an offense that begs for lightning quick tempo, that could be hard to find with someone taking a crash course — and the spring game displayed that. 8. Lack of consistency In flashes, Knight can be fantastic. But his inconsistency cost him playing time in the two seasons he started before Mayfield’s arrival. In 2013, he was benched after two average outings against Louisiana Monroe and West Virginia. In 2014, a neck injury sidelined him for the last three games of the regular season. Texas A&M is in desperate need of stability and needs Knight to start every game, especially with what occurred last year. Carter Karels is a journalism sophomore and sports reporter for The Battalion.

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To polish off the season, the Texas A&M equestrian team will compete in one last meet for its chance to earn this year’s NCEA National Championship. “We’ve been really focused,” senior rider Ashley Dotson said. “You can never underestimate, everyone has the ability to come in and ride better than you that day. It’s been an honor to ride for this team and have A&M on my back — just being able to go out and represent them is as good a thing as any.” The No. 5 Texas A&M Aggies, along with a star-studded cast of 11 other schools, will compete in Waco’s annual NCEA National Championship. Unfortunately for A&M, the Aggies just missed the first round bye by not gaining the fourth seed and will have to face the No. 12 Fresno State Bulldogs at 8:30 a.m. Thursday morning in the opening round of competition. The Bulldogs and Aggies will compete for a chance to challenge No. 4 Oklahoma State and return to the arena Friday morning.

“I can’t believe it’s been a year,” Texas A&M equestrian head coach Tana McKay said. “Every year is different — the momentum of the team, how we’re going, I feel like we had a really good regular season. [We] kind of stalled out here in the last meet and post season, but I think it was probably a blessing in disguise because it really made us work hard these last couple of weeks.” The Aggies have struggled in the postseason thus far. At the SEC Championships, they were defeated by second-seeded Georgia and forced to compete against the fourth-seeded and defending national champion South Carolina. A&M was just edged out by the Gamecocks 11-8 in the consolation match. “[The SEC Championship] was very disappointing,” first-team All-American senior Hannah Jechow said. “You don’t expect to go to any competition and not do well. It’s just a matter of acknowledging it happened and we can learn from it. Every meet is a new meet. We have a fresh slate — a new opportunity, and

it’s like we’re back at ground zero. We’ve got nowhere to go but up.” Fresno State was able to go on to a successful 4-2 in the United conference, but fell at the hands of non-conference competition. In contribution to their non-conference struggles, the Bulldogs first met A&M on Oct. 24, 2015, where the Aggies were able to defeat the Bulldogs after a 9-9 tie with a successful 1412.5 to 1383 overall tie-breaking score. “These kids have got to be tough,” McKay said. “I feel like everybody is ready to get up there and go. [Waco] is a great location for us — it’s just exciting to be there. We’ve got a lot of work to do. There’s not going to be anything easy about it.” The Aggies will be attempting to earn their third overall national title since their last championship run in 2012. The Aggies first start competition against Fresno State at 8:30 a.m. Thursday to kickoff the championship meet. Semifinals will begin at 8:30 a.m. Saturday and will determine who will meet later in the day to compete in the finale at 2 p.m.

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George H.W. Bush visited campus in March to throw the first pitch at an Aggie baseball game against his alma mater Yale.

Bush 41 to aid in presentation of first Hispanic fishing grant By Brad Canon George H.W. Bush will come to campus Thursday to promote a Hispanic fishing and boating grant donation and to receive a “Bass Fishing Hall of Fame” jacket and plaque. The Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation, RBFF, and the George H.W. Bush Vamos a Pescar Education Fund will, “announce the first grant donations to organizations bringing conservation education and fishing and boating experiences to Hispanic families,” at a Thursday conference at the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library, according to a Texas A&M news release. Frank Peterson, RBFF’s CEO and president, oversees the distribution of funds and will be in attendance Thursday. He said his job is to better support the Hispanic community by growing the fund from its initial donation of $150,000. “Participation by Hispanics in fishing and boating is very low compared to non-Hispanics in this country,” Peterson said. “We feel

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that with the growth and population of the Hispanic population we need to attract them to fishing and boating.” With the demographics of the United States changing, Peterson said there has to be an effort made keep people fishing and boating, which he said has a huge impact in the quality of our environment. “You can do a lot of outdoor activities, but it is the only outdoor activity that actually protects the resource that you a playing on,” Peterson said. “You can play any sport — golf, bowling, links — but none of those give back, fishing and boating do.” The Hispanic community is expected to grow substantially more than the non-Hispanic, white communities in the next two decades, said Peterson. “The Hispanic community over the next 20 years is going to grow 167 percent while the non-Hispanic white communities will grow by 1 percent,” Peterson said. “Unfortunately, today the non-Hispanic

white community is what represents the bulk of fishing and boating.” Rachel Auslander, senior manager of strategic partnerships for RBFF, said the fund encourages families and individuals to remember the importance of outdoor activities. Fishing and boating do many things for families and those qualities will resonate with the Hispanic audience tomorrow, said Auslander. “Spending time as a family, unplugging and all that fishing and boating do for a family, will be introduced to the Hispanic audience,” Auslander said. Thursday will be an opportunity for the RBFF to announce the first dollars coming out of the fund in support of the Hispanic community, said Peterson. There will be money given to grantees in Texas and Florida, said Peterson. “The Bush Library will be a great place to make the announcement of the first dollars coming out of the fund,” Peterson said. “There will be five grantees, two in Texas and three in Florida.”

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