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March shatters fundraising record Aimee Breaux
The Battalion y the time cadets returned from their annual 18-mile March to the Brazos on Saturday, they had broken a fundraising record and fundamentally altered relationships between the classes. Up from $68,000 last year, cadets raised a record-breaking $113,000 for the Brazos Valley chapter of March of Dimes, an organization that advocates for prenatal health education and research. Community director Kathryn Scott said the March to the Brazos is the largest student-run fundraising event related to March of Dimes in the nation and has raised around $2.3 million since its beginning in 1976. Scott said March of the Dimes was responsible for the first neonatal intensive care units, the research that led to the wide availability of folic acid and the first education campaigns to stop women from smoking and drinking while pregnant. Corps of Cadets public relations officer Austen Jacobs said the
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Jonathan Kappelman, freshman aerospace engineering major, and Andrew Taylor, sophomore industrial distribution major, wrestle during March to the Brazos.
fundraiser has been so successful in part because the service is relevant to everyone. “We were all babies once and most of us plan of having children someday,” Jacobs said. “So one that’s really interesting to me about what we do, which is support new-born health, is that it’s something that affects everyone regardless of who you are, where you come from. Everyone was born at some point.” Jacobs said the March to the Brazos also serves as an informal transfer of ranks within the Corps and is especially important for freshmen. While cadets do not officially transfer ranks until final review next Saturday, Forest Allen, junior university studies major, said the event is a tangible representation of passing down responsibilities from one class to the next. In addition to donning the belts of the class above them on the march back to the Quad, Craig Hogg, freshman political science major, said a big part of March to the Brazos is “dropping handles,” See March on page 3
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Claire Banschbach, senior kinesiology major, signs her book at Sweet Eugene’s Saturday.
Student makes literary leap Aggie turns love of fantasy into published novel Bradley D’Souza The Battalion
Fueled by a long-time love of fantasy and free time between classes, senior kinesiology major Claire Banschbach wrote and had her first novel published. Since the publishing of “The Rise of Aredor” in March 2014, Banschbach has been promoting the novel while encouraging fellow students to take the same literary leap. Sweet Eugene’s House of Java hosted Banschbach’s latest book signing Saturday. The novel details the journey of Corin, who is kidnapped when he is a young boy and taken to a foreign land as a slave in the house of a lord. After he is freed, Corin returns home to try and find his family after his country, the titular Aredor, had been invaded. Banschbach said she gained inspiration for “The Rise of Aredor” from the large assortment of fantasy books she read as a child and teenager growing up in Midland, Texas. “I read the ‘Lord of the Rings’ trilogy and the ‘Chronicles of Narnia’ and pretty much any fantasy I could get my hands on when I was little,” Banschbach said. “That’s why I started writing. I just wanted to make my own story.” While always having been enamored with storytelling, Banschbach said she didn’t start writing until she
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was 17. Banschbach said that writing started off as a pastime, and that she submitted what became her book to a publisher on an impulse. “It became a hobby that I am very fond of now,” Banschbach said. “It started off just kind of writing it in my spare time. I’d keep a notebook around, as well as a bunch of pens. I typed it all up and my sister, who’s an English major, edited it. I submitted it to a publisher on a whim. I found Tate publishing on a whim. They had a spot for submitting a manuscript online. They got back to me within a few weeks and offered me a contract.” As a college student, Banschbach said balancing writing with her academic pursuits was difficult and she had to quickly organize her priorities. “It’s difficult because obviously you have to put education first,” Banschbach said. “It was kind of a struggle, trying to balance everything. I wanted to keep writing, but I also wanted to focus on school at the same time.” When asked what her advice was for aspiring writers, Banschbach said to make sure to persevere and continue writing, and to make sure to surround yourself with people who can help you. “Keep writing, find people with similar interests,” Banschbach said. “Find people who like the same sort of stuff you do. Get as much feedback as you can.” Banschbach’s next scheduled signing is May 24 at Hastings in Bryan.
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Nicole Peake, sophomore biology major and Sports Fest volunteer, passes a basketball to participants.
Motto: ‘Every child deserves a chance’ Victoria Rivas The Battalion
Sounds of dribbling basketballs, feet scurrying across a gymnasium floor and the laughter of excited children echoed throughout the Physical Education Activity Program Building on Saturday. Sports for Kids, a student-run organization dedicated to promoting sports and physical activity among College Station youth, held its largest event of the year, Sports Fest. With more than 50 children attending, Hillary Webster, a junior health major and Sports Fest executive, said the attendance was one of the highest the organization has ever seen. “We had a great turnout this year, one of the best, and all of the kids are so excited for the sports,” Webster said. The organization’s motto, “Because every child deserves a chance to play,” was put into practice with Sports Fest. Children who attended were able to play seven sports across four gyms for free. Stephanie Phillips, junior psy-
chology major and Sports for Kids intramurals executive, said Sports Fest is effective in exposing children to many different sports. “It’s a great way to get involved and get children active,” Phillips said. “A bunch of kids don’t get the opportunity to play and try out a bunch of different sports, but with Sports Fest, this is an opportunity to do it for free.” Lindsay Anderson, junior kinesiology major and Sports Fest executive, said the kids love to play all the different variety of sports. “I think the crowd favorite has to be gymnastics,” Anderson said. “It’s something for them, and they get to jump on the trampolines and into the foam pit.” Anderson said she feels it’s important to encourage children to be active, and said Sports Fest is a way to give back to the Bryan-College Station community. “First of all, I’m a very big advocate for physical activity in general. Any way that I can get kids to get up and move is great,” Anderson said. “I also think it’s neat that we can create events for these kids. A lot of their parents are having to deal with us college kids taking over the See Sports Fest on page 6
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Group designs Nigerian hospital complex Aimee Breaux The Battalion
Taking into account the different living conditions facing Sub-Saharan Africa, A&M environmental design students have a plan to address health problems in Nigeria. Teams of design students will present five “dualhospital” designs Monday for the Thompson & Grace Medical City, a complex consisting of two hospitals as well as a medical school, research institute, conference center, elementary school and artisan village, according to a College of Architecture press release. The project is supported by Thompson & Grace Investments, a Nigerian based firm. George J. Mann, A&M professor of health facilities design, oversaw the design teams and said students had to consider the climate’s role in the health of Nigeria. “In developing their designs, student had to consider Nigeria’s climate and culture, as well as the leading causes of illness and death in the country — malaria, lower respiratory infections, HIV/AIDS and diarrheal diseases,” said Mann in the press release. Mann said student designs include well-sealed buildings and rooftop drainage to compensate for the 100 inches of annual rainfall in the Nigerian region. Student participant Austin Ash said in the release that students were pressed to consider cultural norms in addition to the extreme topical conditions while designing the hospitals. The presentation is open to the public and will take place at 1 p.m. in Legacy Hall at the Jon L. Hagler Center.
inside q&a | 3 Prof talks undergrad research Duncan MacKenzie said there are opportunities for research everywhere.
sports | 4 A&M tops MSU Aggies claim victory over Mississippi State in two of three weekend games.
service | 2 Frat packs food for hungry 230 volunteers bagged 125,000 meals Saturday. @thebattonline The Battalion @thebattonline thebatt.com
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Hundreds of volunteers came to Central Baptist Church Saturday to package 125,000 meals for starving children in third world countries. A&M Christian fraternity Kappa Upsilon Chi partnered with the global hunger charity Feed My Starving Children to bring an annual mobile food-packing event to Bryan-College Station. The mobile food-packing event consisted of volunteers packing basic raw ingredients — rice, soy, dehydrated vegetables and a mixture of vitamins — into packages and putting them into larger boxes for shipment, said Ryan Jicha, service and FMSC committee chair of KYX and sophomore petroleum engineering major. Jicha said the 230 volunteers this year attempted a new record in number of meals they could provide for those in need. “Previous years we had raised $22,000 in order to pack 100,000 meals, but this year we decided that we could do more than that,” Jicha said. “And so, we have decided to raise $27,500 in order to pack 125,000 meals. We kind of challenged ourselves, but I think we’ve met it well and so far it’s been a success.” Jicha said his fraternity has grown to become a patron of the charity over the past few years. “We vote every year on what our global outreach is going to be for the spring semester and so we as a body voted for Feed My Starving Children,” Jicha said. “But we’ve done it for the past four to five years now, so it’s kind of becoming a regular thing.” Cody McCarthy, external vice presi-
(From left) Jared Kitchens, senior finance major, and Ethan Perry, senior supply chain management major, fill buckets with rice Saturday at Central Baptist Church. dent of KYX and senior psychology major, said his organization enjoys participating in FMSC because it’s a hands-on service activity. “We actually get to see the fruits of our labor,” McCarthy said. Jicha said events like FMSC foodpacking challenged his perspective about how he spends his money. “It really makes me think about what I’m spending my money on just because it is just 22 cents per meal, and if I just spent five dollars at a restaurant which seems relatively cheap for a meal,” Jicha said. “That’s a lot of meals that could be provided to these children who really need them.”
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The volunteers also managed to have fun while preparing and packaging meals for the cause, Jicha said. “Everyone loves it,” Jicha said. “It’s kind of like a little competition, trying to see who can pack the most.” The event included fun and exciting antics to encourage the volunteers to work quickly, McCarthy said. “Once you pack a box, there’s 36 meal packs in a box, you scream ‘Hey!’ or something like that,” McCarthy said. “Most teams have a chant to get everyone pumped up and pack some more meals.” “It was great. I think my group must have gotten around six boxes. [The competition] gave us a little motivation to keep pushing,” said sophomore petroleum engineering major Kenny Guion. KYX was also able to incorporate the good will of their faith in the event as well, McCarthy said. “My favorite part is before the last session,” McCarthy said. “They’ll gather around the packaged food and pray over it before we ship it out, which I really think is something special.” Tanner Carroll, sophomore communication major, said he loved participating in the previous FMSC event and enjoyed coming back as a fraternity member. “It’s a great opportunity to just have fun with friends, dance around and act crazy, but still get to help kids in need,” Carroll said. “Just in the first session we fed over 130 kids for a year,” Carroll said. “It’s really awesome that we could have such an impact in such a short amount of time, and we’re all just having fun.”
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GOAL: ENGAGE UNDERGRAD RESEARCHERS
Q&A: David Cohen, photo desk assistant, sits down with Duncan MacKenzie, associate professor of biology and associate director for Honors and Undergraduate Research.
THE BATTALION: Why did you choose your specific research field, which concerns hormones? MACKENZIE: I’m interested in how animals work. My background is in hardcore zoology, so I’m interested in where hormone systems come from and how they have changed over time. The way we study that is to look broadly across different animals and their endocrine system. So there are a lot of interesting questions about hormones and how they function that can only be answered by looking at different animals. I came out of a program at Berkeley where we were interested in basic animal function and to this day I still work on that. THE BATTALION: Over the 30 years that you’ve worked here, how do you think the university’s focus toward undergraduate research has changed? MACKENZIE: One thing that has changed quite obviously is that for the first 20 years that I was here only honors students could do research. Each year there were only about 15 to 20 students that did a formal research thesis. So Dr. [Sumana] Datta and Dr. [Robert] Webb started the Undergradute Research Scholars program and the objective of said program was to provide a formal thesis experience for any student across any discipline on campus. What that has allowed us to do is to expand the reach of rigorous research expectations of students in a much broader area. THE BATTALION: How have the faculty reacted to the fact that students are gaining the opportunity to do more research? MACKENZIE: Generally, it’s been
Prof conducts his own research while enabling that of others extremely positive. There are a lot of faculty, such as us in the sciences, that will tell you we’ve been doing this for a long time. Part of what we’ve been trying to do in this office is to make sure that faculty in areas which are traditionally less recognized for undergraduate research are aware of its benefits. What we’re finding is that there are opportunities for research all over campus and some of them may have been cryptic in the past, so they might need a little bit of incentive to blossom. THE BATTALION: How do you go about approaching the students in the disciplines that have less obvious research opportunities and informing them of the potential benefits of participating? MACKENZIE: We’re really doing two things: One is we’re directly working with faculty, those who are actively participating in undergraduate research, and we’re providing them with some financial support so their programs can expand. The other is we’re trying to provide better information to students regarding how to get engaged in research. THE BATTALION: Do you think the university is actually committing to diversifying research in all areas? MACKENZIE: Traditionally, we’re an engineering institution, so it makes sense that most of our heavier infrastructure would be in those areas. But I have to say, I’m very encouraged when I go to less prominent programs and see that there are strong opportunities everywhere. We’re still hoping to provide more in the college of business, but in general there has been very strong progress. You’d be surprised where the opportunities are, so we just have to provide the motivation for both students and faculty to get involved. THE BATTALION: How do you create awareness in the students of their
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or getting on a first-name basis, with upperclassman. “The thing about March to the Brazos is from the outside looking in, you don’t really see the little things that matter, like first names,” Hogg said. “You probably think first names really aren’t a big deal, but when we are allowed to say that first name, it shows that we’ve earned that respect, that we’ve earned a place here.” After beginning the year with 16 freshman cadets in their unit and ending the year with 12, Hogg and Emilio Alvarado, a freshman computer science engineer in the same unit, said privileges gained at March to the Brazos were earned through the weeks of physical training. “I know in other outfits people punched out, and we’re still here,” Alvarado said. “Everyone here had the same training, we all made sacrifices, we sweated through these shirts like crazy. March to the Brazos is the transition, it’s a huge step.” Hogg said the event is not only
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MACKENZIE: I think one of the most effective ways is to expose them to peers that are doing similar work now. That’s what we’ve been trying to do with the ambassadors program. I think that one-to-one student interaction is the most effective way to foster our program.
THE BATTALION: What are the biggest improvements you’re looking to make to undergraduate research?
THE BATTALION: Do you think all students should be encouraged to do research? MACKENZIE: The simple fact is that there simply won’t be that many opportunities available. However, I do think that all students can benefit from a research experience. Sometimes, that benefit is knowing that you don’t want to do research. If you’re going to graduate school in any way, it’s probably a good idea to figure out whether you like it or
MACKENZIE: We need to make sure the students are well informed about the opportunities that are available to them. I think we also need to make sure that faculty are adequately supported financially for research, and that they are recognized for their participation in mentoring undergraduates. It’s a very time-consuming process, so we’d like to redefine that process. We keep trying to think of ways to provide more support, so we try to identify sources of funds or at least support student travel to national meetings so they can showcase Texas A&M research on the national and international stage.
Everyone here had the same training, we all made sacrifices, we sweated through these shirts like crazy. March to the Brazos is the transition, it’s a huge step.”
Freshman Logan Bouma runs around a bend at the one point during March to the Brazos that cadets were required to move in a single file to cross a small bridge.
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Duncan MacKenzie, associate professor of biology, helps direct undergraduate research.
— Emilio Alvarado, freshman computer science major Photos by John Benson — THE BATTALION
a fundamental change in the relationship between the freshman and sophomore class but also an acknowledgement of the responsibilities ahead with the incoming freshman class. “This whole year, you’ve been dealing with the pissheads saying, ‘I’m not your buddy, I’m not your friend,’” Hogg said. “They’re always yelling at you, so when you finally get that pass down, we can finally just have a normal conversation.” Once the cadets reached the Animal Science Teaching, Research and Extension Complex, their ninemile breaking point near the Brazos River, units broke off into various physical training activities, most of which were centered around challenges between the classes. After years of participating in March to the Brazos, Jennifer Nelson, senior agricultural leadership and development major, said everyone most looks forward to the wrestling challenges. “I think the one thing that everyone looks forward to is the wrestling, just because it’s your chance, especially as a freshman, to call out
Josh Hewett, senior applied mathematics major, leads C-Company as commanding officer during March to the Brazos.
some of those really annoying upperclassman that really bugged you and kind of take out some frustration,” Nelson said. Justin Schuster, sophomore aerospace engineering major, said two
freshmen challenged him to wrestle. While Schuster said it is purely for fun when upperclassmen challenge each other, but a challenge from a freshman heats up a bigger rivalry. “As a freshman, when you’re calling out an upperclassman, it’s kind of like an inner-rivalry heats up, and you’re like, ‘Oh, it’s on now,’” Schuster said. “That’s what happened when a fish called me out. This is a guy I’ve been training all
year, I’ve been yelling at. It’s revenge time on his part, that’s just kind of the rivalry.” Schuster said dawning a white belt on the way back also comes with new responsibilities. “Between the freshman and sophomore is definitely the biggest jump,” Schuster said. “But, through each transition, it’s pretty significant in that it gives us new privileges and new sense of leadership, new subordinates to work underneath us.” Riding the bus with the rest of the seniors, Nelson said the event is more bittersweet for the graduating class. “We consider it dying,” Nelson said. “We are officially letting them take the rein of the outfit.” While rivalries factor in, for Daniel Harpster, senior university studies major, the event as a whole is about simply getting together. “It can be hard to get your entire outfit together throughout the year, but it’s one of those few times throughout the year that everyone comes together,” Harpster said. “You’re doing something together and there’s a bond, a camaraderie.”
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Rain fell once this weekend and the Bulldogs fell twice as the Aggies claimed two of three games against SEC foe Mississippi State (28-17, 11-10 SEC) at Dudy Noble Field in Starkville, Miss. Grayson Long played five innings to earn his sixth win Saturday, aided by four blank frames of relief from A.J. Minter, Corey Ray and Ty Schlottmann. “The bullpen was great,� Ray said. “We threw a lot of guys out there and we threw strikes. The defense was amazing today and it made it easy for the pitchers.� Leading 5-4, Nick Banks drove home Blake Allemand to beat the tag and bring the score to 6-4 where it would remain. The Aggies had 12 hits on the day, with Allemand claiming 25 percent of them on a 3-for-4 day. Patrick McLendon, Cole Lankford and Banks tallied two RBIs each. “We got ahead early, which was important,� said freshman infielder Ryne Birk, who tallied two walks on the day. “They tied the game, but we got some more runs and had them on their heels most of the game. Our offense had a good approach.� The victory was the third in four games against ranked opponents for head coach Rob Childress’ squad.
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Junior Daniel Mengden earned a win Friday against Mississippi State after pitching six innings and striking out two batters. “This was a big week for us playing four ranked teams on the road and getting three wins,� Childress said. “It says a lot about the character and toughness of our guys. I thought we played very well in every facet of the game. We were good offensively against a very good pitching staff. Defensively we were outstanding and on the mound we had different guys step up for us in some pressure spots.� A&M (27-18, 10-11 SEC) evened the series a day before with a 6-3 victory. Daniel Mengden (3-6) and Schlottmann worked six and three innings respectively to earn the win. Schlottmann gave up just two hits.
Earlier the same day, the Thursday night contest, which was rained out in the sixth inning, was completed. Jace Statum scored the only run of game one after replacing Krey Bratsen on the base paths in the fifth inning. Statum found himself at third after a steal and a fielder’s choice before advancing home after a wild pitch to bring the score to 4-1. The Aggies lost the game 5-1 with Tyler Stubblefield (3-2) being tagged with the loss. Next on the board for the Aggies are the Texas State Bobcats, who will arrive in College Station for a 6:35 p.m. first pitch on Tuesday.
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The No. 23 Texas A&M softball team fell to the Auburn Tigers (37-14, 10-11 SEC) on Sunday by runrule, 9-1, and was swept in its final Southeastern Conference series. The Aggies (31-20, 9-15 SEC) lost Friday’s opening game 7-6 after a walk-off home run, despite leading 6-2 in the bottom of the 7th inning. The Aggies fell
Saturday 6-0. Head coach Jo Evans said she was disappointed by the Aggies hitting performance on Sunday. “We’ve got to be better,� Evans said. “Yesterday we got three hits off of [Auburn pitcher Marcy Harper] and today we hit five. Eight hits against a pitcher that throws to you two days in a row — we should be better than that. We should be locked in to the strike zone better than that. I thought
early in the game we came up pretty aggressive at the plate and that made a difference, but I thought we sort of backed off of that as the game went on. No excuses — we should just be better when we see a pitcher throwing that much.� The Aggies will face Lamar Wednesday at the Aggie Softball Complex for a non-conference doubleheader.
A&M golf takes 9th in SEC tourney Following the team’s best round of the tournament on Sunday at five-under par, the Texas A&M men’s golf team finished the SEC Tournament tied for ninth place. Top ranked Alabama claimed its third consecutive SEC title. The Aggies next round will come in the NCAA regionals. Sites for the competition will be announced May 5.
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The Texas A&M men’s and women’s track teams took home two relay titles and three individual victories Thursday through Saturday at the Penn Relay Carnival in Philadelphia. “We had some really high end performances today, but we also had a bad day on some things we did,” said Texas A&M head coach Pat Henry. “It’s really a great day for us and a really poor day for us at the same time. We’ve got a
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lot of things we are going to get better at, we can’t make the mental errors we had a couple of times today.” Both the women’s and men’s 4x200 relay teams accomplished impressive feats as the women finished with a time of 1:30.21 — clocking the fifth fastest time ever at the Penn relays and their sixth 4x200 relay title over the past seven years. The men set a school record in the 4x200 with a time of 1:20.29 as they finished second behind UTech of Jamaica.
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petition like we had this year with Texas back at the Penn Relays. It pushes everyone to better their time.” Wayne Davis Jr. defended his title in the 110 hurdles with a time of 13.50. In the 100 meters, Olivia Ekponé
her a good time and make sure she was comfortable.” LaQue Moen-Davis took home first place in the triple jump with a mark of 44-1.5. Jennifer Madu, Ashton Purvis, Kamaria Brown and Ekponé won the 4x100 relay with a time of 43.11. The women are collegiate leaders for 2014 and ranked second fastest in the world.
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town, and this is a way for us to give back to them as well.” Several of the Sports for Kids members are involved in sports at A&M as well, including Will Conte, a junior construction science major and member of the gymnastics club. Conte said he was a gym-
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nastics coach for children in high school. “I wanted to find a way to continue to be involved,” Conte said. Conte said Sports Fest is unique because it provides an opportunity for children to choose a sport they wish to pursue in the future. “I think a lot of these kids don’t have the opportunity to try out a lot of these sports,” Conte said. “This way, they
can find one that they like after attending Sports Fest. They can go home, tell their parents what sport they like and sign up.” Conte said the most important thing is that the children have fun. “What I love most is that when everyone leaves I can see a lot of smiles,” Conte said.
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