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Student NASA design fits like a glove (Left) Senior Chief Okorocha leaves a note for the family of Polo Manukainiu at the Reflections displays in the MSC Flag Room. (Above) Junior John Boran Jr. shows mementos belonging to his grandfather, Robert Brown, Class of 1950, to freshman Elizabeth Brooks. David Cohen — THE BATTALION
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he tablecloth that sat under Polo Manukainiu’s hand as he signed with A&M. A cross made out of the necks of Ian Pogue’s cherished guitars. An Aggie Ring placed next to Ken Nel-
son’s Harley Davidson jacket and motorcycle helmet. A placard with the words “City of Bryan Mayor” printed neatly under Lonnie Stabler’s name. These items and more will be displayed in the MSC Flag Room until Muster on Monday in an attempt to tell the story behind the names called.
With the addition of memorabilia brought throughout the week by families of the deceased, the reflections display honors 40 of the more than 80 Aggies who will be honored at the campus Muster. Madeline Kinnaird, Muster committee member in charge of the reflections display and junior elec-
trical engineering major, said the presentation happens every year. “It’s a little different every year, but we always display cherished items, things that tell more about their passion,” Kinnaird said. “The roll call is just a list of names if you See Reflections on page 4
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Senior applied mathematical sciences major Zach Maril (left) and sophomore university studies major Alonzo Williams walk a mile in red heels to support victims of sexual violence.
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onning red high heels, more than 100 men took to campus streets and sidewalks to raise awareness for sexual violence. Walk a Mile in Her Shoes was hosted by the Women’s Resource Center and the Student Anti-Violence Educators Tuesday in Koldus Plaza. Supported by wives, daughters and friends, the men walked a mile course in three-inch-tall red heels. Holding signs that said, “I am man enough to walk a mile in her shoes,” participants hoped to bring visibility to sexual violence in the community. Sonia Mahabir, assistant coordinator for the Women’s Resource Center, said it was significant to host this on a college campus because colleges are home to the populations most affected by sexual violence. “We have seen from research and statistics that women in
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college, ages 18-24, are in the age group that is most likely to be victims of sexual violence,” Mahabir said. “You have to think of the environment — they are new, they don’t have a comfort zone. There are people who know how to prey on these women.” The University Police Department participated in the walk. Ed Costello, UPD sergeant, said he hopes participating in the event will help male
police officers identify with women and make the officers more approachable. Walking in heels, Costello said, helps him view sexual violence from a woman’s perspective. Proceeds from the event benefited educational programs to raise awareness in hopes of preventing future sexual assaults on campus. Full story at thebatt.com
orking to create a place for international refugees in Houston, MSC FLI’s annual drive only collected bicycles in the past, but this year, the freshman leadership organization is encouraging students and faculty to donate anything from old furniture to old shoes, along with bicycles, to the Houston-based nonprofit Life Cycles. Life Cycles Global helps refugees from war-torn countries assimilate into American society. Bryan Walker, MSC FLI assistant director and sophomore business major, said Life Cycles helps refugees from Burma, Africa, Nepal and the Middle East. “One of their biggest focal points is providing them means of transportation — bicycles, specifically, since they’re moveable, they’re easy to maintain,” Walker said. “That’s kind of their biggest point is getting them bicycles as a means of transportation.” Alex Heinze, MSC FLI assistant director and sophomore business administration major, has helped lead the committee facilitating the drive. Heinze said FLI has a box in the Student Programs Office on the second floor of
the MSC where donations are welcome at any time. “We’ve picked up a couple couches, just different things — bigger items from people that are not able to bring them to school, if it’s faculty or students,” Heinze said. “We can make arrangements to get that picked up. We actually have an event on Facebook right now. We have information as far as who you can contact if you have something you may want to donate.” The refugees often come from refugee camps without work or education available, which Heinze said gives the refugees a sense of appreciation for what is offered to them upon arrival. “They haven’t been able to get real jobs unless they leave the refugee camps, and so it’s not just people we’re giving things to, it’s people we know are going to return the favor and are going to make the most of it and go get jobs and provide for themselves and provide for their families,” Heinze said. “They’re really passionate about getting in and working into society once they get here.” Life Cycles helps educate the refugees about the daily See Life Cycles on page 2
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or their senior design project, a group of eight engineering students from different disciplines are working on a virtual reality glove to be utilized while training future NASA astronauts. Matthew Torres, senior electrical engineering major, said NASA is trying to build a virtual environment that will help astronauts get acquainted with their work environment — space. “Our title for it right now is ‘virtual simulations’ and it involves creating a new platform to train astronauts at NASA,” Torres said. “Right now they build full-scale mock-ups of the environments in space that they train in and they are scaling it down to a virtual environment that is contained in a 12-foot dome.” The team is composed of three electrical engineers, a computer engineer and four industrial engineers — twice the size of a normal senior design group. Senior electrical engineering major Ivan Gomez said NASA was initially asked for a way to interact with the virtual environment, but the group members decided to take it to the next level after speaking to their professor. “Initially they wanted us to just have an environment that we would control with just keyboard input,” Gomez said. “We came back and talked to our professor and decided to take it a little bit further with the glove running and vibrating based on the signals that are inputted. Andrew [Butler] is working on using cameras to track the glove, so let’s say you touch a virtual object, then the camera would detect that this is where the object should be and then send a signal to the glove.” The A&M group’s research aims to deliver a system above NASA’s initial request by introducing haptic feedback into the glove’s technology. Haptics, which focus on touch feedback, are present in everyday technologies ranging from touchscreen cell phones to videogame joysticks. Haptic feedback would enable an astronaut who uses the glove to be “aware” of simulated items he or she interacts with in virtual reality. “So the glove has these vibrating motors at the end of each fingertip and as you interact with different See NASA on page 2
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Judicial Court finds senator failed to comply The SGA Judicial Court ruled Tuesday that Student Senate finance chair, Cary Cheshire, failed to comply with bylaw provisions by failing to hold a hearing for a funding request by Fish Aides for its annual Big Banquet. The court stated Cheshire was unethical in his actions, but did not order a finance hearing, stating an order of that nature “would only lead to further noncompliance with the SGA code.” Cheshire did not immediately return requests for comment. Jennifer Reiley, city editor
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Morgan Grinstead, freshman psychology major, said the event is meant to foster a sense of community and raise awareness, as staying in the shacks is purposefully uncomfortable to imitate some of the issues related to poverty. “We paid $800 for our lot and it raises awareness be-
cause we are out here and people are kind of like, ‘What are you doing in a shack?’” Grinstead said. While some of the inhabitants of the shacks said staying in the shacks overnight was the most difficult part, Jake Schnows, sophomore mechanical engineering major, said building was the hardest
part for his group, FLASH. “[The only limitation for us was] just that we are not very good at building things,” Schnows said. Themes among this year’s shacks include “Sharknado,” “Up,” and “Frozen.” ShackA-Thon 2014 began Monday and will end Friday.
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surfaces the system sets off the motors,” said Andrew Butler, senior computer engineering major. “So if you were reaching out to touch a virtual wall you could actually feel that it was there.” Along with student groups from across the nation working on similar NASA-related projects, the group will be presenting their glove at Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston Monday. Madeline Brown, senior industrial engineering major, said they were given three different situations that their device would have to give haptic feedback responses to and that the group has been doing extensive testing to figure out what will work best. “NASA had three scenarios for the haptic feedback for the mission simulations,” Brown said. “One was a structural object like walls or tables to let you know that you can’t go through it, buttons on a touchscreen or interface and then an object that you can pick up and manipulate.” Senior electrical engineering major Quynh Nguyen said designing the glove is challenging since it is in a new field with no prior designs the group
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Joseph Solano, senior industrial engineering major, performs tests using the haptic feedback glove. could use as a starting point. “Since this a haptic glove it technically falls into the category of wearable technology, which is a relatively new field,” Nguyen said. “There is not a lot of background to go into, you can’t really look up circuits to put onto gloves or the best way to build an electronic glove. A lot of it has been kind of unknown, but I think that is the exciting thing about it.”
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American experience, Heinze said, like how to interpret the bus system or utilize health care services. After working with Life Cycles for two years, Heinze said she communicated often with Laurie and Jeremy Howell, the founders of Life Cycles. Laurie started the organization after working with Burmese refugees as an ESL teacher, Heinze said. Heinze said the Howells are invested in A&M and are passionate about their organization. “She has left teaching and doing ESL to do this full time so I feel like she’s the main drive behind it,” Heinze said. “Everything she does is for Life Cycles.” The Howells decided to accept clothing and household items after the number of bikes exceeded the number of families arriving. “If we can just provide the bare necessities for them to start their lives, it makes their transition a lot easier,” Heinze said. “It makes life a lot easier for them and their families.” Heinze said students can donate clothes they’ve outgrown, sheets that no longer fit their bed size and any other linens or towels. “Anything that you can think of as far as going into a house so kitchen utensils — plates, cups, pots and pans,” Heinze said. “On-campus people — if they have a lamp that they’re not using, a chair that they’re not using. Anything, really, that goes into making a house.” Taylor Beach, executive director of MSC FLI’s international service and outreach and sophomore university studies major, said Life Cycles is a good way to localize an international issue. “We’ve been through a lot in our lives, but it’s put into perspective that there are people struggling more than us and that everything we can do for them — they’re going to be so appreciative,” Heinze said. FLI will accept donations until April 25.
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tringing together popular music, rock ’n’ roll and jazz, Aperio-Music of the Americas will feature the works of younger composers in its performance, Indie-A-Go-Go, presented by the A&M Department of Performance Studies. While planning a different concert in Houston eight years ago, founder and artistic director Michael Zuraw said he realized the music he was looking for was slipping away. “It occurred to me that the music I was looking for had a future that was in jeopardy,” Zuraw said. “I realized if there were somehow I could get my hands on the music and perform it, it would take the music out of the realm of endangered music. We started the program to bring that music to light.” Zuraw said his mission is to promote the works of up-and-coming composers. “This particular program we will be presenting is by a group of younger composers who have all been inspired by American popular culture, in particular influences from the 20th century such as rock and roll or just popular music,” Zuraw said. Radiohead and Van Halen are a few notable inspirations for the pieces that will be performed, Zuraw said. “If anyone in the audience is familiar with Eddie Van Halen they will probably know the major guitar solo that he does,” Zuraw said. “It’s the very first thing that is quoted in the piece and then becomes the inspiration for everything that happens thereafter.” Full-time composer D.J. Sparr wrote “The Glam Seduction,” which he said draws its influence from the guitar solos of the ’80s. “Growing up as a guitar player in the ’80s, popular music had these crazy, searing, really noted guitar solos,” Sparr said. “Then I studied classical music and thought it would be cool to combine that into one piece.” Brendan Kinsella, pianist, will perform a couple of pieces by Radiohead at the concert. For Kinsella, classical music is hereditary, which is what he said inspired his career. “One grandfather was a pianist and another was a conductor,” Kinsella said. “When I was out thinking about what I wanted to do with my life I was thinking between music and computers, but I thought music would be more fulfilling.” Indie-A-Go-Go will be at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in Rudder Theatre. Tickets can be purchased online or at the MSC Box Office in Rudder Tower.
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resh off a series win over No. 7 Vanderbilt, the Texas A&M baseball team returns to College Station to take on the Abilene Christian Wildcats at 6:35 p.m. Wednesday at Olsen Field. The Wildcats (12-20) come to College Station trying to recover from seven straight losses after being swept by Lamar, Texas Tech and Sam Houston State. Senior infielder Seth Spivey leads ACU with a .393 batting average. Spivey also has a team high in home runs (3), runs scored (30), walks (16), stolen bases (10), slugging percentage (.607) and on-base percentage (.514). Spivey an-
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thebattalion displayed show the love of the families. “It’s really cool for me to see the love of the families that’s here,� Gaylord said. “It reminds me that these families are still grieving and that their lives have changed forever.� Javier Davila-Lopez, sophomore psychology major, said the reflections display gives him a greater appreciation of Muster, and in extension, A&M. “I was already a die-hard Aggie,� Davila-Lopez said. “So this just makes me more proud. I haven’t seen any other colleges that do anything like this.� Ellen Temple, Muster committee member who helped set up the display and senior health major, said she
got involved with Muster on campus after growing up with parents who organized Muster in her hometown. Temple said the reflections display is a sort of tradition in itself. “At hometowns, it’s a lot more about celebrating their lives at the beginning, then at the end it’s solemn and everyone kind of talks about that person and shares stories of that person,� Temple said. Gaylord said honoring roll call Aggies is in some ways a means of serving one’s future self. “We’re serving our future self, because someday our names are going to be called and there is going to be another sophomore that will lead my family around,� Gaylord said.
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HELP WANTED Part-time summer help, apply in person, Conlee-Garrett Moving and Storage, 600 South Bryan Ave., Bryan. RA or entrepreneur? Wants to earn extra money? Premium energy drinks distributor opportunity! Call 9792090778 call for an appointment. Sitters On Call is a babysitter referral agency located in Katy, TX. We are currently hiring AWESOME babysitters and summer nannies to work in the Katy/West Houston area. Our member families are all prescreened and rates are all prearranged, we do all the work for you! You just provide amazing care for awesome kids! Work as much or as little as you want, all managed from your smart phone. $11-$14/hr take home! Requires 2 yrs previous experience babysitting, teaching or leading kids. Visit us online at www.MySittersOnCall.com to learn more and to submit an application! STUDENTPAYOUTS.COM Paid survey takers needed in College Station. 100% free to join. Click on surveys. SUMMER TRAINING FOR AWARD WINNING BRYAN EMPLOYER STARTS IN MAY... Penncro Associates, Inc. is looking to hire Texas A&M school students and alumni for its May and June training classes for multiple positions at their state-of-the-art call facility in Bryan. Penncro employees receive the same training that is delivered at prestigious Fortune 500 Financial Institutions. This provides a great start or next step for any business professional’s career. After full time training, the team will work with you to set a full-time or part-time schedule that fits into your Fall school schedule and business needs. Apply to day through Penncro’s Careers page at www.penncro.com. EOE/M/F/D/V. Texas Concrete Design, a decorative concrete company, is currently looking for full/ part-time installers. No experience is needed, but a good work ethic is required. Please forward inquiries to chris@texasconcretedesign.com VOLUNTEER COACHES NEEDED! The City of College Station is seeking positive, enthusiastic and motivational youth volleyball and basketball coaches. Programs begin early May and run through July. Learn more at cstx.gov/sports or apply today at cstx.gov/sportsvolunteer
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