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AGGIES UNITED LINEUP ANNOUNCED Sunday evening the lineup for Aggies United, a counter event in response to Richard Spencer’s speech, was announced. The event, which will take place at 6 p.m. in Kyle Field will feature author and actor Hill Harper, independent artist Ben Rector, actress, model and artist V Bozeman and other notable speakers and performers.

Tickets are required but free and the event will have a no-bag policy. For a full lineup and more details, visit thebatt.com.

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Silent protesters prepare for Richard Spencer speech Tuesday

By Jamin Goecker Contributing writer Richard Spencer, member of the white nationalist “alt-right” movement, is scheduled to speak about the political impact of the alt-right on campus Tuesday night, and the event has triggered reactions from students and administrators across campus.

Preston Wiginton, white nationalist and event organizer, said he dis-

avows capitalism and communism, and believes in something more worthy — white national identity. “‘Alt-right’ is nothing more than millions of white Americans who have been forced to cower to political correctness for years and we’ve finally just had enough of it,” Wiginton said.

Upon hearing about Spencer’s event, Nick Meindl, international affairs graduate student, launched into organizing a silent protest of the

event in Rudder Plaza scheduled for 4 p.m. Tuesday. Since starting a Facebook group on Nov. 22 titled “Silent Protest – Richard Spencer at Texas A&M,” Meindl has gained support from hundreds of students and organizations both on and off campus.

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the CHP system generates electricity and uses waste heat to produce steam for campus cooling and heating, which accomplishes both objectives.

“In 2002 the energy consumption per square foot was 364,000 BTU’s per gross square foot (GSF),” Riley said. “We started making operational improvements and initiated projects to install and operate more efficient systems, which drove down both energy consumption and cost.

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Texas A&M will face Kansas State in the AdvoCare Texas Bowl Dec. 28 at NRG Stadium in Houston with kickoff set for 8 p.m., as announced Sunday afternoon.

“We are very excited about the opportunity to compete against a coaching legend like Bill Snyder and the Kansas State Wildcats in the Texas Bowl,” said A&M head coach Kevin Sumlin. “A large portion of our team is from the Houston area, and we have a tremendous fan base in the city of Houston. We look forward to getting the chance to play in front of 12th Man in NRG Stadium, which is one of the top football venues in world.”

The former Big 12 foes will meet for the first time since 2011, when the Wildcats outlasted the Aggies in a 53-50 4OT shootout in Manhattan. A&M leads the all-time series against K-State 8-7, but the Wildcats have won the last three meetings.

This will be the second trip to the Texas Bowl for A&M. The last time the Aggies played in Houston during the postseason was in 2011 against Northwestern, and A&M took down the Wildcats 33-22 behind a 300-yard passing game by Ryan Tannehill. It will also be the second postseason matchup between Texas A&M and Kansas State, as the Aggies’ last conference title was claimed by a 36-33 2OT win over the Wildcats in the 1998 Big 12 Championship Game.

“It’s an honor to accept the invitation for Texas A&M to play in the 2016 Advocare V100 Texas Bowl,” A&M director of athletics Scott Woodward said in a statement.

“NRG Stadium is a great setting for a bowl game, and I know the city of Houston will be a tremendous host for the team and our fans. It’s a great opportunity to play a game in

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n addition to delivering and managing energy across 25 million gross square feet and 5,000 acres at Texas A&M, one of the most important jobs for the Utilities and Energy Services Department is to reduce negative impacts on the environment.

Over the past 14 years, the Utilities and Energy Services (UES) Department at Texas A&M has made significant progress in managing and delivering utilities and energy

— including a 28 percent reduction in total energy consumption, a 30 percent decrease in greenhouse gas emissions, an 18 percent reduction in water consumption, over $200 million in energy cost avoidance and a substantial increase in recycling.

Jim Riley, executive director of UES, said the university’s comprehensive range of utilities and energy services provides opportunities to more effectively manage many aspects of the campus infrastructure and energy system.

“Texas A&M is very self-sufficient,” Riley said. “We produce

our own water and manage our own municipal water system, we own and operate our own wastewater treatment plants, manage our own solid waste collection, and also operate our own recycling program … It’s a lot to manage, but it gives us a lot of latitude and a good opportunity to make impactful change.”

Chief among these changes was the $73 million investment made in 2011 to upgrade the combined heat and power (CHP) system. Riley said the project was part of a program to increase energy efficiency and reduce utility costs. Currently,

Technology, art merge in exhibition eMerge features work by 10 MFA students at First Friday

By Miranda Riggs @MRiggs27 Alongside street musicians, shops and restaurants, exhibitions from A&M students who participated in eMerge, an exhibition of work showcasing the relationship between art and technology, were featured at the monthly First Friday in Downtown Bryan. eMerge, which took place Friday at the Viz North Gallery and Stu-

dio in Downtown Bryan, featured pieces created by MFA students from the Visualization Department in the College of Architecture.

These pieces were meant to be a study in the relationship between art and technology.

One of the showcased pieces, titled “Panopticon: Warden and Inmate,” was made up of two paintings created by Krista Simandl. One painting depicted a girl backlit behind a window, and the other was made to look like a screenshot from Facebook. It shows what would be three photos, the eye, the hand and the left side of the same girl in

MFA students’ artwork exploring the intersection of art and technology was featured at eMerge in Downtown Bryan Saturday.

the previous piece. It also shows “comments and likes” below the part where it shows the depiction of the three photos.

This set of pieces was based on an essay by Michel Focault who was analyzing the concept of the Panopticon, a prison design. The central tower is surrounded by a ring of individual cells that are backlit, so the inmates can always be watched from the tower. Simandl further explained this when discussing her artwork.

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ollowing the publication of our first article about white nationalist Richard Spencer’s planned visit to campus, the Aggie community erupted in an outpour of disgust and dismay.

The story became statewide and national news.

Protests were planned, student leaders spoke in opposition of his visit, the administration followed suit and Aggies United was eventually scheduled in response to Spencer’s speech.

But some believed by publishing the article and continuing to cover the conversation that ensued, we were giving Spencer and his agenda an undeserved platform. However, we believe the reaction that has followed has brought the student body closer together. The Aggie community has been a hub of discussion and debate.

This is what journalism is supposed to do: Spark a conversation. Yes, far more people know about this event than would have if we hadn’t published the story. We have technically given Spencer and Preston Wiginton, the white nationalist who organized the lecture, a platform to voice their opinions.

But it also gave a voice to thousands of Aggies to say they are not okay with the ideals of the so-called “alt-right” movement. It gave a voice to thousands of Aggies to say they do not support the racist rhetoric of the extremist group. And the voices of disgust and outrage have far outweighed the voices of those who may support the white nationalist movement.

At the end of the day, this is an issue of free speech. Texas A&M is a state-funded, public university. Wiginton and Spencer are private citizens.

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The Battalion does not support the things Wiginton and Spencer have been saying and will likely say on Tuesday. But we do support their right to say them. Just as we support the right of Aggies to be upset by those things, and to protest the visit.

We will continue to cover Spencer’s visit this week, though you won’t find any coverage in Tuesday’s print edition as we’ll be dedicating Tuesday’s paper to Anita V. Mantri, the Aggie who will be honored later that night at Silver Taps.

It’s our job to inform Aggies about what’s happening on campus — the good, the bad and the ugly. Whether you’ll be attending the numerous protests, the speech or Aggies United, The Battalion will be covering all three.

For better or for worse, a white nationalist is coming to campus on Tuesday. We’ll be covering his visit. But we’ll be covering your reaction, your indignation and your outrage, too.

The Battalion’s editorial opinion is determined by its Board of Opinion, with the editor-in-chief having final responsibility.

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“The Battalion does not support the things Wiginton and Spencer have been saying and will likely say on Tuesday. But we do support their right to say them.”

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and they are supported by the whole of the university from a wide range of people,” Meindle said.

Spencer has a right to free speech, but so do protesters, Meindl said.

“We’re going to make it [the protest] silent because we believe Richard Spencer and his supporters are trying to intentionally get a negative response because he can use that to paint us all with the same brush and say we’re all horrible, violent people, which we’re not,” Meindl said.

Wiginton said it’s human nature for people to love those who are genetically more similar to them and that is a “wholesome” love toward family.

“Now, if we put other people above our own people, then that breaks those bonds and that destroys the uniqueness of that group or those people,” Wiginton. “So to me, in a sense, love of your own people doesn’t mean you don’t like other people by any means.

You expect the same thing from other people, for them to love their own

who plans to participate in the Silent Protest.

In addition to the Silent Protest, students can attend Aggies United, an event organized by University President Michael Young and campus leaders that intentionally conflicts with the Richard Spencer speech. Aggies United will be held in Kyle Field at 6 p.m.

Amy Smith, senior vice president and chief marketing and communications officer at A&M, said the purpose of Aggies United is to express solidarity in the face of the white nationalist event that has caused so much controversy.

“We want to offer a way for students who want to make their views known, as well as faculty and staff, that we are a galvanized, unified, committed force and that it is a force for good,” Smith said.

The Silent Protest will begin at 4 p.m. in Rudder Plaza. More details can be found on its Facebook page. Aggies United will begin at 6 p.m. in Kyle Field. Spencer’s speech will begin at 7 p.m. in MSC room 2400.

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Wiginton said “alt-right” does not advocate for the government separating racial or ethnic groups, but rather objects to the government forcing groups to mingle and liberal philosophy that forces citizens to love other groups more than their own people. Wiginton hopes liberals engage in dialogue at Spencer’s talk.

“We don’t hate Asians, we don’t hate blacks, we don’t hate Hispanics,” Wiginton said. “We hate liberal political procedures that affect us.”

Meindl said groups like the “altright” are changing tactics from previous aggressive rhetoric, but an exclusively white country in the United States remains their goal.

“It’s scary that it’s such a different tactic, but it’s still going for that same goal,” Meindl said.

The Silent Protest hopes to show an intolerance of white nationalism and to deny the “alt-right” the opportunity to play the victim card, according to Paul Dutton, computer engineering senior

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ENERGY CONTINUED emissions dropped off sharply again when we started the new CHP system in 2012. Our goal by 2020 is to have the energy consumption per square foot on campus down to 180,000 BTU’s per GSF.” Another critical area that UES has addressed in recent years is campus recycling. Spurred by the “Make a Difference” awareness campaign and an increase in recycling containers, the recycling diversion rate has grown from 7.7

percent in 2004 to 71.2 percent at the end of August 2016.

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seen by a potential watchman in the tower, but they never know, that somebody could be watching them at all times,” Simandl said. “So because of that, [the inmates] like self modify their behavior, or their behavior is self-modified because somebody is watching them.”

Simandl related Facebook to the concept of the inmates always possibly being watched.

“I thought of that idea and I thought of — that kind of reminded me of Facebook, in particular,” Simandle said. “How we’re always being watched but we don’t know by who or how often, and the question is, are we both the warden in the tower and we’re the inmate in a cell, and also maybe Facebook is the warden in the tower as a whole.”

Visualization MFA students Leslie Martin and Ashley Lane’s piece called “Impressionism 360” brings the audience around South Padre Island. Lane had filmed some footage on a trip to South Padre

Island with a camera that films in 360 degrees. She created a program in Processing that applies a filter to the footage and creates this type of “abstract version of the image in an impressionistic manner.”

The piece of footage with the filter is displayed on a smartphone inside a box. The viewer can see the footage with filter in 360 degrees and after completing a rotation sees the footage in its original form. Martin and Lane said there were two steps to the process of putting their piece together.

“Round one is taking the footage and putting it through Processing,” Lane said. “That gives in the abstract look that’s on the poster.”

Martin said round two is putting each individual frame into the game engine Unity and using it to run the project frame by frame as a video.

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The Aggies were swept in straight sets by SMU Friday, bringing their record to 21-9 and ending their season.

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By Heath Clary @Heath_Clary The SMU Mustangs have the letters BAM etched on their warmup shirts, signifying their team slogan this year — By Any Means.

That motto was on full display Friday night, as the Mustangs (26-7) seemed to win all the long rallies and make all the right moves en route to a 3-0 sweep over Texas A&M in Austin’s Gregory Gym. The Aggies (21-9) fell by scores of 25-23, 25-23 and 25-18 and saw their season come to a heartbreaking end.

“Those are rallies that are hard to train for because you can’t really simulate that,” SMU head coach Lisa Seifert said after the match. “But the focus has always been on our side in finishing the point.”

The match got off to an inauspicious start for the Aggies, as they immediately fell behind 7-3 in the first set and were never able to mount a successful comeback. The Mustangs grabbed the momentum from the onset, were the more energized team throughout the contest and never let the Aggies get back into the match, even when it looked like they might.

“Nothing looked familiar on the court tonight,” A&M head coach Laurie Corbelli said. “It was quite stressful to be in that situation for everybody. We tried to work through it, but that team was just too hot tonight.”

Hollann Hans led the Aggies with 13 kills and Jazzmin Babers and Kaitlyn Blake each pitched in 11. Amy Nettles led the team with 18 digs and Stephanie Aiple recorded a match-high 38 assists.

Defensively, SMU stifled the Aggies all match long. A&M star outside hitter Kiara McGee was held to a negative hitting percentage for the first time this season and was taken out of the game for good midway through the second set.

“I think we did a lot of preparation in practice to [focus] on really staying neutral

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and taking care of their middle blockers first and then going to close to the outside,” said SMU middle blocker Kristen Stehling.

The second set was the closest of the match, with three points being the largest lead either team was able to hold. With the score tied at 22, consecutive attack errors by Aiple and Hans gave the Mustangs a 24-22 lead and, after a kill by Hans, Lauren Mills recorded a kill to give SMU a 2-0 set advantage heading into the intermission.

The third set started in a similar fashion as the squads traded points back and forth, but again the Mustangs managed to separate themselves from the Aggies. SMU closed out the set with an 8-3 run to take the set and the match.

“For whatever reason, it’s hard to put your finger on why the wheels never got rolling on our side,” Corbelli said. “It’s too bad we couldn’t give them the match that we think we could’ve given them, but it happens and we have to move forward.”

The Aggies had a tendency to fall behind early in sets during the regular season only to come back late. They found themselves in a similar situation on Friday night, but the Mustangs proved to be too tough. Senior middle blocker Jannelle Giordano said SMU was not aware of the Aggies’ knack for pulling off comebacks.

“We didn’t put any emphasis on what their capabilities were, we just knew what we could do and tried to control what we can control,” said Giordano, who notched 10 kills in the match.

The loss brings the Aggies’ season to an abrupt end, but several key players will return next year and are already looking toward 2017.

“I have fantastic players and student-athletes, people who are very proud to be at Texas A&M University and I love them all very, very much,” Corbelli said. “We’re going to move forward from here. We’ve got a great group to get back in the gym, remembering that this stings a lot. We’re going to try to work to prevent this from happening again in the future.”

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Wide receiver Speedy Noil caught five passes for 102 yards in the Aggies’ 54-39 loss to LSU on Thanksgiving Day.

BOWL CONTINUED the middle of a large concentration of Aggie fans against an opponent that is very wellknown to the 12th Man.” Kansas State (8-4, 6-3 Big 12) is coming off an impressive 30-6 road victory over TCU Saturday. The Wildcats have depended on a strong rushing attack this season led by sophomore quarterback Jesse Ertz, the team’s leading rusher with 945 yards and 10 touchdowns on the year.

“We are proud of the young men in

our program for the way they improved throughout the season and very pleased to represent Kansas State University and the Big 12 Conference in the AdvoCare V100 Texas Bowl,” Kansas State head coach Bill Snyder said. “The Texas Bowl is a first-class bowl organization with a rich history, and we appreciate the entire bowl staff for their efforts and support of our program.’

Texas A&M is seeking its first nine-win season since 2013, when the Aggies capped off the year with a thrilling 52-48 victory over Duke in the Chick-fil-A Bowl.