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A&M continues skid with loss at the hands of Rice After losing to the No. 2 Florida Gators last weekend the Aggies fell short yet again By Brady Langston

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Junior Ronnie Gideon entered Tuesday night’s game with a .265 batting average.

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The struggling Aggies fell short Tuesday night, dropping their fourth straight game after moving to No. 1 in the NCAA rankings. The Aggies lost by a final score of 4-3, tallying up two runs on eight hits with one error and leaving six on base. Starting pitcher Tyler Ivey struggled to settle in and was eventually pulled in the bottom of the fourth inning. He left the game giving up four runs -two of them earned - on six hits with a walk and a strikeout in a losing effort. Despite a strong showing from the A&M bullpen, who entered the game early, the damage had already been done. A&M was able to score in the top of the first inning and stay in the game for the first three frames, but a three-run fourth inning by the Rice Owls would

Michael Young is the 25th president of Texas A&M Unviersity and spoke about religious freedom and democracy Tuesday night.

eventually be the spark they needed to power past the Aggies. The Aggies were able to get on the board first on a one-out RBI single by first baseman Hunter Melton, which scored leadoff hitter J.B Moss. The Owls were able to get the run back in the bottom of the third on a wild pitch from freshman starting pitcher Tyler Ivey. Going into the fourth inning, the game was tied until a single by Rice right fielder Danye Wunderlich gave the Owls the lead. Rice would tack on two more with a double by center fielder Hunter Kopycinski to put Rice ahead for good. The Aggies were able to score runs in the seventh and the ninth, the first coming on an error from Rice and the latter from an RBI single by Michael Barash, but the bid for a ninth inning rally was cut short. The Aggies return to College Station for a weekend series against Georgia to try to end their four game losing streak and work their way back to the top of the college baseball rankings. The first game is scheduled for 6:30 pm on Friday evening at Blue Bell Park.

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Online campaign offers students accessible, hands-on alumni impact By Sam King Members of the Class of 2017 will be able to directly participate in the funding of the Class of 2017 class gift through a new initiative, “$17 for ’17.” The initiative encourages students in the Class of 2017 to donate $17 online directly towards the class gift fund. Previously, the class gift has been funded by T-shirt and ticket sales for events sponsored by Class Councils, the A&M organization behind traditions such as Maroon Out, Elephant Walk, Ring Dance and more. Claire Wimberly, Class of 2017 president, said the online-based design of the fundraiser is a new idea. “It’s a really revolutionary idea, even though it may not seem like it, because previously the only way to donate to the class gift fund has been mostly funded by T-shirt through any one of the class events,” Wimberly said. “So this really makes it easy, you can do it straight through your smartphone, your laptop — it takes about three minutes and all of the proceeds go directly toward to class gift fund.” Elizabeth Hoelscher, Class of 2017 vice president, said the initiative is a way for students to be directly involved in the purchase of their class gift. “I think in the past, the students don’t feel like they’re really connected to the class gift, and I think this is a really easy way for them to feel that connection to the gift and to feel that their legacy is being left,” Hoelscher said. The Class of 2017 gift was chosen in February as part of the student elections, but will not be announced until November, after Elephant Walk. Dalton Harris, Class of 2017 gift chair, said some of the funds that are leftover after purchasing the winning option may be used to purchase the second-place option, as well. “As it’s looking right now, the gift that was chosen, we’re hoping to get some money left over so we can actually not only fulfill our first option, but fulfill our second option on the ballot as well, so that’s kind of a good bit of where this $17 for ’17 initiative is coming from,” Harris said. Wimberly said the low dollar amount of the suggested donation makes it a great way for students to leave their mark on A&M. “I think it really is a unique opportunity to have a lasting involvement and impact on this campus in a relatively small way,” Wimberly said. “Seventeen dollars is a few $17 for ’17 ON PG. 2

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President Michael Young draws on White House experiences in lecture By Tyler Allen

niversity President Michael K. Young stepped out from behind the desk and onto the stage of the Annenberg Presidential Conference Center to share his experiences with democracy and the freedom of religion. Young, who has a background in law and foreign policy that includes a stint as a cabinet member under former President George H.W. Bush, said religious freedom in foreign policy serves several functions vital to American prosperity Tuesday night. “If you look across the globe you realize that the vast majority of people around the world identify in some way with religion,

and that religion often drives how they think about their lives; how they think about what the most important things are in their lives; how they think about why they’re here on this Earth; how they raise their children; what is considered good, and what happens after they’re done with this life,” Young said. “They’re questions in the thinking of a large percentage of people, to the extent that when they’re not permitted to freely think about that, you really do stunt, in a powerful way, their capacity to realize their full potential as humans.” Young said his interest in religious freedom peaked while working with the American effort to unify Germany. “It gave me an opportunity to look at what had happened in countries that had themselves had particularly oppressing regimes, and how that in turn affected the people under those regimes,” Young said. “So many

of these groups in Eastern Europe that had moved a nation with respect to challenging their government were really faith-based. Many of these movements had a really powerful religious undertaking.” Religious freedom goes hand in hand with democratic government and consequently empowers citizens, calling it a “recipe for limited government” that in turn gives the government more legitimacy, Young said. “If you allow lots of religious freedom, you are recognizing as a government the notion of limited government,” Young said. “You are prepared to say, ‘Yes we acknowledge there is something that may hinder your allegiance that is above that of the state, and that’s okay.’” Young said a vast majority of the world population lives in nations where religion is oppressed in some way, and that can in turn YOUNG ON PG. 3

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CHEMISTRY LAB RELIES ON SMALL DETAILS FOR BIG RESEARCH In A&M nanoscale lab students gain experience via creative channels By Gracie Mock

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Students in the program drew a minion on the nanoscale using atomic force microscopy.

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Some scientists look at the universe at large to understand the everyday world, but one A&M research group focuses on the exact opposite — the extremely small. The lab of chemistry professor James Batteas is focused on all things tiny — the nanoscale, or objects that are mere billionths of a meter long. Such a small scale has enormous impact, however, and Batteas and his group investigate how something as simple as the friction between two everyday surfaces can be explained and ultimately controlled. “Whether you realize it or not, surfaces and interfaces dominate and control just about everything,” Batteas said. “Wheth-

er it’s the friction between two surfaces or whether it’s an interaction between some biological molecule and a cell, there’s always an interface involved. What we’re interested in is understanding all those fundamental properties about materials that control their surfaces and interfaces.” The lab’s current project, funded by the National Science Foundation, aims to understand the atomic scale and how friction really works, said Batteas. The nanoscale can be very difficult to visualize and even harder to manipulate however, and Batteas needed a way to easily convey these ideas in a fun manner. He found the perfect method by challenging the new undergraduate researchers in his lab to sketch out tiny, fanciful drawings such as the A&M logo and even minion characters from the 2010 animated film “Despicable Me.” “That’s part of what this project developed

out of, trying to understand those processes,” Batteas said. “So atomic force microscopy allows us to actually measure them directly on the atomic scale, which is the basis of why we developed this demo.” The process Batteas’ lab uses to manipulate atoms and molecules on the nanoscale is called “atomic force microscopy.” Atomic force microscopy works by using a microscopic tip that probes a surface. Sketching super-tiny images of things such may seem trivial, but it is also used as practice to prepare new researchers for the lab’s scientific investigations. “With this particular experiment, when you apply a voltage between the tip and the sample, water condensation between the tip allows the surface to get oxidized as you convert silicon to silicon dioxide, right at the tip,” said Meagan Elinski, chemistry graduate NANOSCALE ON PG. 3

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Student group to hold panel on disabilities Aggie-led discussion hopes to facilitate conversation about life with a handicap By Sam King To shed light on some of the day-to-day challenges of living with a disability, Insightful Connections is holding a student panel Wednesday. Insightful Connections is a student organization, primarily made up of students with visual impairments. While the group often hosts panels to give students perspective to what it’s like to live with a visual impairment, this time the group wanted to expand the discussion to include students who have physically-apparent disabilities as well. What: “They thought, ‘Wow wouldn’t it be Students with great to do something a little wider range of indisabilities panel terest and they wanted to specifically focus on students with apparent When: or visible 5:30 p.m. Wednesday disabilities, disabilities where potentially students may stereotype, or have misWhere: conceptions just because of how somebody may Rudder 404 look or perceive what their disability is,’” Tracey Forman, a staff member at the Disability Services Office, advisor to the group and moderator of Wednesday’s panel said. Forman said the makeup of the panel will consist of two students with some degree of a visual impairment and three students with a physically-apparent disability. She said the idea was to create a safe environment where students could feel comfortable asking students with disabilities what their life was like, and how they should — or shouldn’t — help. “We really want the audience to be able to participate,” Forman said. “The idea is to identify what some of those barriers are that people with apparent disabilities specifically face because they just can’t step away from their disability.” The panelists will have a chance to identify some of the challenges of living with a physically-apparent disability are. “We want people to ... clarify what some of those misconceptions are, some of the experiences they’ve had are — the good the bad and the ugly — and to have them explain how they would want people to interact with them,” Forman said. “Also, what’s appropriate to say or not say, when you should help them and when you shouldn’t help.” The panel will begin at 5:30 p.m. and will last until 6:30 p.m. in Rudder 404.

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Seven collegiate panhellenic council sororities will perform at this year’s Stompfest. The proceeds will benefit the National Pan-Hellenic Councils three outreach programs in the Bryan-College Station area.

Rhythm, beat expands cultural appreciation Nineteenth annual Stompfest to raise funds for NPHC programs By Jena Seidmann For 19 years, Stompfest has combined cultural inclusion with synchronized and precisely choreographed steps. The rhythms and movements are inspired by “stepping” — a dance form with African origins — and are part of a competition to bring together members of different A&M Greek-life organizations. A culmination of 14 Collegiate Panhellenic Council and National Pan-Hellenic Council sororities and fraternities, Stompfest will feature seven routines performed by some of A&M’s CPC chapters. The CPC chapters have paired with NPHC organizations to learn about the historical significance of the art form, as well as raise funds for the three programs under NPHC that help empower

and educate the black community. Vice President of National Pan-Hellenic Council and communications senior, Anne Freeman, said while every year requires dedication to practicing the routines and organizing the event, this year was especially fast paced. “They have been working since February, and this year’s event is actually a few weeks earlier than it would have been, so they have had to push to prepare,” Freeman said. Freeman said this year’s theme, “Once Upon A Time,” is supposed to incorporate a fun aspect with the historical significance of the dance form. Freeman said she hopes attendance matches or exceeds previous years. “Stompfest is put on NPHC, but we do it in partnership with CPC because we do not get to interact with them that often. So we come together and teach them the history and art and culture behind stepping,” Freeman said. “Usually,

we got over 1,000 people who come to the performance, whether that is the sorority members, or their family and friends or the Corps.” Freeman said NPHC was founded to bring all of the organizations together so that there was a platform where they could combat the issues that were going on in the black community. Stompfest is another platform to dispel misconceptions and collaborate on culture, said Freeman. “The most rewarding thing is getting people out of their comfort zone and come out of the social groups they may have traditionally been associated with, so I believe Stompfest is a way for that to happen and also a way to transform things people may have thought about certain groups before they did this,” Freeman said. Stompfest will begin at 7 p.m. April 6 in Rudder Auditorium. Tickets are $13 in advance and $16 at the door.

Physics festival returns to A&M Staff Report From “magic bubbles” and “cryogenic cool stuff” to more serious attractions, physics will jump from the chalkboard into real life this weekend as A&M’s Physics and Engineering Festival takes over part of campus. The annual Physics and Engineering Festival will be held Friday and Saturday. For the past decade, the Department of Physics and Astronomy and the Department of Aerospace Engineering have hosted the festival in an attempt to bring science to the masses. The event will be headlined by Sean Caroll, a research professor of theoretical physics at the California Institute of Technology. Caroll’s research focuses on dark energy, dark matter, space-time symmetries and the origin of the universe. Caroll has

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authored several books on these topics and has been a speaker for TED Talks. Along with Sean Caroll’s lecture, there will be lectures presented by a variety of notable people, with nobel prize winners and astronauts alike. The festival also brings out interactive displays that people of all ages can partake in, including virtual reality tours of the Large Hadron Collider, low temperature extravaganzas and depth charge demonstrations. The festival works in part with a new program to the department called “Just Add Science,” which aims to introduce the public to scientific concepts in a fun and engaging way. The festival is completely free and will take place on Saturday April 9 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the George P. Mitchell ‘40 Physics Building.

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molecules containing alkyl chains, so we put a layer of these molecules on a surface, and then we have a ‘plow,’ which is the [atomic force microscopy] tip, which plows them away and then we plant, another molecule into the area that we shaved away, and this can be done with any number of different types of molecules,” Pawlicki said. Batteas said both methods are a way of putting molecules in their place, just with a different kind of reaction. “In the demonstration that we did here, we’re carrying out a reaction converting silicon to silicon dioxide, so then you have a little strip of silicon dioxide in whatever structure you want,” Batteas said. “In the experiments that Alison is doing, she works with replacing one molecule with another, but again, that only occurs where the AFM tip is.” Batteas said this particular experiment will be used again this summer during the Youth Adventure Program in which 12 seventh-to-10th graders will come spend a week learning about nanoscience. “We’ll be using the tool to teach students how you build nanoscale structures,” Batteas said. “The goal of many of these things are in the direction of what’s called nanomanufacturing, and that’s viewed as a next step in the technological revolution.”

student, on making images on the nanoscale. “So you can draw very precise patterns.” Alison Pawlicki, chemistry graduate student, mentored the visiting undergraduate researcher who originally drew the minions. Pawlicki said drawing characters and shapes for fun on the nanoscale serves as stepping stones to get new researchers acquainted with the experiment before they move on to more intensive research. “It wasn’t anything particular about this minion pattern — we generally make square features, where we trap molecules in domains on the surface,” said Pawlicki. It works a little bit differently than this oxidation process, but it was to introduce our NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates ‘student about using the atomic force microscope to manipulate atoms at the nanoscale and also to introduce her to another method versus the method that we would use later.” Pawlicki said the lab’s work in nanografting is similar to atomic force microscopy. However, Pawlicki said the former makes depressions in the nanoscale, while the latter is additive and makes something like a mountain on the nanoscale. “In our other approach we use different types of

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University President Michael Young gave a lecture titled “Freedom of Religion and the Global Growth of Democracy” Tuesday night at the Annenberg Presidential Conference Center.

YOUNG CONTINUED lead to social and economic instability. “A recent study actually said that right now over 74 percent of the world’s populations live in countries that are categorized as having large levels of religious hostility and violence,” Young said. “That’s significantly more than was true even five years ago.” Young said countries that allow more religious freedom tend to breed societies that work together more efficiently

and provide the United States with better economic partners. “Religion influences economic activity through its impact on individual traits that people have that make them more economically productive,” Young said. Although the United States’ foreign policy addresses religious freedom in some ways, it is not as effective as it could be in others.Young said the United States could encourage more positive incentive for countries to enhance re-

ligious freedoms. A foreign policy that works to spread religious freedom as effectively as possible will enhance international relations as a whole. “It creates economic activities that bind countries together, reduce conflict, reduce economic migration, create trade and business opportunities for all of us and bring us together in ways that allow cooperation across a broad range of geopolitical and economic activities,” Young said.

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What: Texas A&M Softball vs. Stephen F. Austin When: 6:30 p.m. Wednesday Where: Aggie Softball Complex

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Sophomore pitcher Trinity Harrington had her season high of 10 strike outs against UCLA.

Softball tries to extend streak as it hosts SFA Lewis’ numbers lead the Ladyjacks in these categories. “Stephen F. Austin has a really good ball club and have played a tough schedule,” said head coach Jo Evans to 12thman.com. “Every time I turned around in preseason, they were playing a ranked team, and I love that about coach [Gay] McNutt. She isn’t afraid to play anybody in the country. They come here and play us and they play the game with a lot of passion and enthusiasm. It is fun to have an Aggie come back. We have a lot of respect for her and what she did here. It will be fun to have her come back.” Stephen F. Austin head coach Gay McNutt played catcher for Texas A&M from 1982-1985 and helped lead the Aggies to two of their three national championships in 1982 and 1983. Freshman outfielder Keeli Milligan,

Aggies will look for an easy win in nonconference play Wednesday By Grant Spika The Texas A&M softball team will take a break from its grueling SEC schedule to take on the Stephen F. Austin Ladyjacks in their 37th game of the year — 28 of which have been non-conference contests. The No. 10 Aggies come in at 30-6 (5-4 SEC) after a series sweep of Arkansas during which they run-ruled the Razorbacks in all three games. The Ladyjacks are 16-18 (6-5 Southland) coming off a series win over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. The Ladyjacks are led by pitcher Callee Guffey, who has a 2.82 earned run average, and infielder Brittany Lewis, who is hitting .347 with six home runs and 33 RBIs. All three of

sophomore first baseman Tori Vidales and sophomore shortstop Kristen Cuyos lead the Aggies’ high-powered offense that is statistically one of the best in the nation. Milligan leads the country in steals with 42, with the next highest total coming in at 37. What makes that even more impressive is that she is the only freshman in the top 30 in that department. Kristen Cuyos has hit 11 home runs this year, which leads the team and is also good for second in the SEC and just one back from the leader. Cuyos also boasts a .348 batting average and 41 RBIs. Tori Vidales is hitting at a team-leading .406 clip and has also added eight home runs and 35 RBIs on the year. First pitch against Stephen F. Austin is scheduled for Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. at the Aggie Softball Complex.

Former A&M wide receiver’s trial delayed By Staff Report Former Texas A&M wide receiver Thomas Johnson was found incompetent to stand trial on Tuesday. The 21-yearold’s mental health was deemed not up to standards, Johnson’s lawyer said, and he will be sent to North Texas State Hospital for treatment and evaluation in an VIA 12TH MAN effort to become. Thomas Johnson Johnson was accused last year of using a machete to kill 53-year-old Dave Stephens, a jogger seemingly chosen at random. He confessed to those accusations at the scene of the crime. The former-Dallas Skyline standout caught 30 passes for 339 yards and a touchdown for the Aggies in 2012 before leaving school late in the season.

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A&M athletes look to go pro The Texas A&M seniors will take part in Pro Day Wednesday, beginning at 9:15 a.m. The list of players will be headlined by offensive lineman Germain Ifedi. The 6-foot-6, 325 pound 21-year-old is expected to be drafted late in the first round or early in the second round, according to many draft analysts. Follow @BattSports on Twitter for updates.

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