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The Battalion or the eighth-straight year, the Texas A&M women’s basketball team won its first round game of the NCAA tournament, beating North Dakota 70-55 in Reed Arena on Sunday. The first half had all the makings of a typical March Madness game, with 14-seed UND and 3-seed A&M tied at 26 with just more than a

minute to go. After head coach Gary Blair called a timeout, his team scored two quick layups to give the Aggies a four-point lead at halftime. Blair’s halftime speech to his team was broadcast on ESPN2. “Well, unfortunately ESPN was in there during my halftime,” Blair said. “My assistants said to me, ‘My gosh, coach, you were so hard on

Women’s basketball team advances to NCAA second round

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(Left) Center Karla Gilbert totaled 14 points and eight rebounds Sunday, while guard Jordan Jones (right) broke the A&M single-season assist record.

them at halftime there. The whole nation heard that.’” A&M stormed back onto the court in the second half — scoring 10 straight points to extend its lead to 40-26. From that point, the Aggies never led by less than double digits. The Aggie defense buckled down from beyond the arch in the second half. After UND made three of four three pointers in the first half, A&M allowed just two three pointers on 11 shots in the second half. Sophomore point guard Jordan Jones broke A&M’s all-time single-season assist record with her 232nd of the year. Lisa Branch held the previous assists record with 231 in the 1995-96 season. Jones finished with eight points and 11 assists — her fifth-straight game of 10-plus assists. Jones’ 11 assists tied an A&M record for most ever by an Aggie in the NCAA tournament. When asked what it felt like to break the record, Jones said, “It doesn’t feel like a national championship.” Sophomore guard Courtney Walker, who was recently named first team AllSEC, scored a team-high 19 points in 34 minutes. Walker shot 50 percent (8-16) from the field and hit 3-of-4 free throws. Walker has been in See Basketball on page 2

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First baseman Cole Lankford, whose walk off hit would seal the A&M win, crosses the plate earlier in the game Sunday. Tanner Garza — THE BATTALION

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Lankford catches walk-off fever First baseman’s extra-innings hit lifts Aggies to win Tyler Stafford & Brandon Wheeland The Battalion

unior Cole Lankford’s 11th-inning walk off delivered the Texas A&M baseball team some Olsen Magic for the fourth time this season, and secured a series victory over the Florida Gators (15-9, 3-3 SEC) with a 4-3 victory Sunday afternoon at Olsen Field. Freshman Nick Banks got things started for the Aggies in the 11th with a

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pinch-hit single. After advancing to second on a walk from senior Troy Stein, the stage was set for Lankford. With a full count, Lankford hit a liner that flew past the defense and into right field, earning the Aggies their third SEC victory of the season and bringing out a mob of teammates from the A&M dugout to celebrate with Lankford. “Right off the bat it took off toward the outfield,” Lankford said. “There’s not a better feeling to get a series win and do that. It was an awesome team win, we needed that more than anything. Now it’s time to get ready for Tuesday [against Sam Houston State].” See Baseball on page 2

Q&A: Veteran astronaut visits Texas A&M

Caroline Corrigan, city reporter, sits down with Leroy Chiao, former astronaut, who spoke Friday on campus about the biomedical effects of working in space. THE BATTALION: What’s the hardest thing about living in space for a significant amount of time? CHIAO: The hardest part about living in space was probably just being away from your friends and family for that long. I also missed being around nature, I mean even though we are up there looking down at the rain forests and all the natural wonders of the world we are still in a very sterile lab environment, observing. I missed being on the Earth smelling grass and birds, seeing squirrels run around and things like that. THE BATTALION: What was your first space walk like? CHIAO: It was really exciting to open the hatch and go out for the first time. In fact, the flight surgeon told me after that my heart rate had went up to about 130. You get outside and even though you have seen the Earth through the windows of the spacecraft, which is fantastic, when you actually go outside the view is that much better.

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Former astronaut Leroy Chiao speaks Friday in Rudder about his time in space. from your shuttle mission, what was the recovery process like from spending 6 and a half months in space? CHIAO: Even after a short duration shuttle mission, after you have been up for a week or two you come back and you are very dizzy, your brain has to learn how to re-assimilate those signals from your balance system. You feel kind of weak even though you may have been exercising you haven’t been using the exact muscles you use to walk and things like that. It takes you a couple of days to get back into it. You really have to force yourself to get up and walk around, even though it’s

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A&M notches NCAA 4th-place finish Clay Koepke

The Battalion he Texas A&M women’s swimming and diving team matched last year’s result with its second-consecutive fourth place team finish at the NCAA Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships. The fourth place finish ties A&M’s highest team result in school history. Seniors Breeja Larson, Cammile Adams and Paige Miller all brought home individual titles for the Aggies, marking the best individual performance in A&M history at the NCAAs. “We had some outstanding swims from a lot of people,” said head coach Steve Bultman. “Winning three individual titles at a single NCAA meet is the most we’ve ever had. Obviously,

we’d like to have finished a little higher but top four is something to be proud of and we get to take some hardware home.” Adams added to her championship résumé by defending her national title in the 200 butterfly with a time of 1:52.25. Adams will finish her career with two wins and two runner-up finishes in the 200 fly. “I was in the moment and felt good so I went with it,” Adams said. “I’m very happy with the win but I was hoping to go faster. I can’t believe it’s over. It’s been so special swimming with these seniors for the last four years. I feel really honored to be a part of it.” After claiming the individual title in the 100 breaststroke, Larson became the second swimmer in NCAA history to

win three-straight NCAA titles. Despite breaking her own school, SEC, NCAA, U.S. Open and American records with a time of 57.23 on Friday, Larson said she still has room for improvement. “I actually hoped to go faster,” Larson said. “My goal is to get 56 [seconds]. It might take me another year, but that’s what I have my sights set on.” Although Larson was the third-seed going into the final for the first time in her career, the victory makes her the only A&M swimmer with multiple NCAA titles to her name. “This is the third time she’s won it, but it’s the first time she’s ever done it when she wasn’t seeded first going into the final,” Bultman said. “She was third, but she stepped up and took care of it.” After finishing in the top 8 the past

three seasons, senior and four-time 100 backstroke conference champ, Paige Miller, was able to claim her first national title. Miller swam to her first NCAA title after posting a winning time of 50.77, just seven-hundredths off her lifetime best of 50.70. “She’s made the finals all four years, but for whatever reason she hadn’t been able to break through until tonight,” Bultman said. “She continued to improve, break school records and she was able to get it done tonight.” The University of Georgia repeated as the team champion with 528 points followed by Stanford (402.5), California (386) and A&M (336). The Aggies finish their season with a record of 8-0-1, including a league ledger of 5-0-1.

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Georgia bests A&M in weekend series, 2-1

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The Battalion he Aggie softball team dropped two of three games to Georgia in its third SEC series of the year. No. 15 Texas A&M (23-9, 4-5 SEC) fell, 4-2, to the No. 14 Georgia Bulldogs (28-3, 5-1 SEC) on Sunday. The Bulldogs jumped on the Aggies with a solo homerun in the third by leftfielder Anna Swafford. Although

the Aggies answered in the bottom of the fourth inning, sophomore pitcher Chelsea Wilkinson (16-2) carried the Bulldogs, throwing seven innings while allowing two runs on five hits and retiring five batters. Aggie sophomore pitcher Katie Marks (11-1) suffered her first loss. Head coach Jo Evans expressed the importance of her team finishing ballgames rather than playing on the defensive.

“When you’re facing a good pitcher like Wilkinson, you’ve got to take advantage of your opportunities when you get them, especially when you’ve got no outs and you’re loading bases and making things happen for yourself,” Evans said. “We fight, but we need to figure out a way to finish. We need to figure out how to take over a game and really stay in it until the end.” A&M on Friday dropped its second extra-inning game of SEC play by the score of 4-3 before rebounding Saturday with a 4-2 victory. Senior Emily Albus had

an efficient weekend at the plate while repeatedly getting on base with her quickness and making highlight-reel plays in centerfield, robbing sophomore Alex Hugo of her home run. Junior Brittany Clopton went 5-for-8 at the plate with three runs scored in the series. The Aggies will hit the road for their next seven games, beginning Friday with a three-game series against Arkansas in Fayetteville.

Senior Emily Albus runs the bases Sunday in a 4-2 loss to Georgia at the Aggie Softball Complex. Tanner Garza — THE BATTALION

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A&M head coach Rob Childress shuffled things around for the Aggies second SEC series of the year. The usual Sunday starter, sophomore Grayson Long, got the nod on Saturday and led the Aggies to a 5-4 victory. Freshman Tyler Stubblefield got the start on the rubber in Sunday’s match. “I’m proud of our bunch after losing a heartbreaker on Friday to show enough courage and toughness to come back and win the series,” Childress said. “I thought [Stubblefield] controlled the day and he didn’t let the day control him. He’s had a lot of firsts being a freshman. He commanded the fastball on both sides of the plate and for the most part limited the damage and stayed out of trouble.” Stubblefield allowed two runs and five hits on six innings pitched, striking out three in his first weekend start of the year. Junior Mitchell Nau put the Aggies in the lead in the bottom of the first, singling to left field and driving in junior Patrick McLendon. Nau was 2-for-4 on the day. After the Gators evened things up in the third inning, sophomore Logan Taylor doubled down the left field line to put the Aggies back in the lead, 2-1. When Florida responded to tie the game, Taylor sent a ball down the first base line kicking up chalk to remain barely fair for an RBI double. Parker Ray provided two perfect innings for the Aggies in the seventh and eighth before fellow senior Jason Jester came in for the save opportunity. “Parker was great. Probably the biggest mistake of the day was going to Jester three days in a row and that one is on me,” Childress said. “Parker was in control of the game and I made a mistake there, but I learned from it. I have no problem using Jester twice in a weekend. Three times is probably a mistake based on the season we have in front of us.” Florida was able to push across the tying run on Jester and tie the game up at three

has been in double figures in the point column for the 10th-straight game, and the 28th time this season. “As you can tell, me and [Walker] really feed off each other a lot,” Jones said. “We’ve just made that connection with one another. We know where each other are on the floor.” Senior College Station native Karla Gilbert finished with 14 points, eight rebounds and five blocks. She extended her A&M singleseason blocks record to 64, becoming the first-ever Aggie to block 60 shots in a season. Gilbert held opposing starting center Alyssa Wall to just one point in the game. Despite the 15-point victory, Gilbert and the rest of the Aggie squad were not pleased with their overall performance. “One thing that we harp on is to not sell ourselves short,” Gilbert said. “By far, this was one of the worst games that we’ve played. I’m glad that we were able to pull it up and at least pick it up in the second half.” A&M returns to action Tuesday when it hosts 11seed James Madison Tuesday at Reed Arena.

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Freshman Tyler Stubblefield allowed two runs in six innings in his first Sunday start. before a strikeout-throw out double play ended the top half of the ninth. Sophomore A.J. Minter was on the mound to work the Aggies out of the ninth inning jam and remained in the game for 2.2 innings to earn the win. “Great weekend for Texas A&M baseball,” Minter said. “I just go out there and control what I can control. My arm is feeling great coming off of surgery and this is exactly where I want to be. I’m ready.” The Aggies took an early lead on Saturday with a fourrun second inning en route to a 5-4 victory over the Gators. Long — who entered Saturday’s matchup having allowed just one run all season — gave up four runs in

5.2 innings, but still received a win. Junior Logan Nottebrok led A&M with two hits Saturday — going 2-for-4 on the day. Nottebrok’s 16 RBIs are second on the team behind Lankford. Junior ace Daniel Mengden threw seven innings in a losing effort on Friday as the Aggies fell to the Gators 5-3 in 11 innings. The two teams remained knotted at three runs apiece from the sixth inning on until Florida was able to push across two runs in the top of the 11th. A&M (17-8, 3-3 SEC) returns to action at 6:35 p.m. Tuesday against Sam Houston State at Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park.

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GOD’S NOT DEAD (MAYBE) Katie Canales: Cheesy film aside, the important part is how to decide for yourself

fell in love with an atheist in high school. That ended well.

Whether or not that had anything to do with me shunning my Catholic faith, I don’t know. But what I can say is that at the incredibly awkward age of 14, I began disposing of Bibles, prayer books, holy water, rosaries — pretty much anything I owned relating to the religion that I was born into. I began researching atheism. I remember finding the concept of a world without a God so magical and exciting. And I don’t know why. My church building became just that to me — a building. It was an empty shell full of glass windows and dirty pews and bored, yawning faces. One day it held no more meaning for me. I became convinced that I would lead a soulless, colorless existence and that the gaping void in my gut had nothing to do with the lack of spirituality in my life. For all intents and purposes, I was an atheist and I was content with my life as I knew it. Which is why it was completely uncharacteristic of me to react in the teary and sniffly way that I did to a low-budget, out-the-wazoo cheesy movie about how God is not dead. I mean, I don’t do Jesus. It’s not a thing. I sleep until noon on Sundays and I eat burgers on Fridays during Lent. So why was I crying while watching this movie? I have a couple of theories. One: I was devastated about the fact that I was in a movie theater at seven on a Saturday night and not doing something college-y and teenager-y. That’s one possibility. Two: That dusty part of me that I turned away from years ago is reemerging somehow. One thing I’ve learned while going to this pretty darn awesome university is that the concept of God doesn’t have to be tied into one particular religion. And this is also something that was reiterated in “God’s Not Dead.” Throughout the movie, no one denomination or religion was focused upon, which I liked. The gist of the movie was how a young Christian

denomination. He’s not that simple. And there isn’t only one outlet leading to him — he can be found through a lot of different ways. Everyone is different — therefore everyone sometimes needs their own customized path that leads them to him. I wish I could say this movie completely changed my perspective and that I saw the light and that I want to go repent for the last five years of sinfulness and spiritual opposition, but I can’t. Quite frankly, the acting was terrible and no such epiphany occurred. But what I can say is that it stirred something in my unbelieving self that made me want to explore this idea of “God” a little bit more, that I felt a part of me that I forgot existed. And as a young person in the world that we live in, I owe it to myself to satisfy that desire to reach some sort of spiritual place. So here’s to all you Aggies out there who can somehow relate to what I’ve discussed. William Guerra — THE BATTALION To all of you currently journeying through the complexicollege student used his arguments ties and obstacles of your spirituality, that supported the existence of God I tip my hat to you. Kudos for having to prove to the rest of his class, as well the bravery and the strength to do what as his obnoxious atheist professor, that you’re doing. But to the rest of us who God is not dead. Among the various don’t quite know where to start, I’ll themes in the movie, the one of theism leave you with this: this is a journey vs. atheism is what stood out to me. that you will have to want for yourself. Granted, the movie made theism out No one can do it for you. Being born to be the reigning victor, but that’s into a religion isn’t always the easiest another topic completely. thing, or the right thing, and there’s I’ve never been to a Mass or a nothing wrong with getting off that service or whatever you want to call it road. Because chances are there’s a betthat wasn’t in a Catholic church. I was ter road for you out there that’s going raised to believe that God could not be to lead you to the same place — to found in any other way than through God, heaven, happiness. Who knows? Catholicism. And I’m pleased to say It’s definitely worth a try. that I declare that way of thinking to be wrong. I don’t have to devote my life to a Katie Canales is a religion that literally makes me want to freshman commubang my head on a wall just to have a nication major and relationship with Mr. Man-Upstairs. lifestyles writer for God is too great of a concept to be The Battalion stuffed into only one specific religion or

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THE BATTALION: What was your favorite food to eat while in space?

more comfortable to lay around because when you stand up you start getting dizzy and then that can be provocative, make you feel nauseous. But you have to force yourself to walk around until you get enough of your balance back that you can start exercising. Once you start exercising — running, walking, lifting some weights — then the recovery process really starts to accelerate. It took us about a week after the station flight to feel like we were back to normal, but we worked really hard at it. Some

CHIAO: It is funny, the Russians generally like the American food and the Americans like the Russian food. I think just because it’s different, it’s something new. One of my favorite things to eat was canned fish with tomato sauce in it. THE BATTALION: Can you describe what zero gravity feels like? CHIAO: Here on Earth, the closest thing would be if you were completely relaxed in a swimming pool, it kind of feels like

that. I mean the physics aren’t correct, but the impression, if you got a scuba mask on and you can see that’s kind of what its like. THE BATTALION: What do you think the future holds for space and the United States? CHIAO: Fortunately, we are still continuing even though we ended the shuttle program two and a half years ago. We are still building the Orion spacecraft, which is the next generation spacecraft that is being designed to go beyond lower orbit. We are working on some new rocket systems, but I worry about the level of

budgetary commitment from the administration. There is an interesting thing going on that kind of fits into all that and that is the commercial side. You have probably heard of some of these commercial companies such as Space X and Boeing Company that are receiving NASA’s assistance and capability to send astronauts to and from the International Space Station. That will take care of low Earth orbit. The idea is if NASA can help them develop that capability and contract with them for services, then NASA can take its resources and try to push farther and longer out there.

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Student groups share love of reptiles with children Lauren Silva

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&M students bonded with local elementary students this weekend over reptiles. Sam Houston Elementary School hosted its annual 3k run and carnival Saturday, which included games, food and a reptile exhibit hosted by the Reptile Hospice and Sanctuary of Texas. Among the A&M student groups at the event was the Texas A&M Pre-Vet Society. Students volunteered by handling and displaying an array of snakes and lizards for elementary school students. Daniel Byrd, junior wildlife and fisheries sciences major, said it was his first time to volunteer at the carnival, and it was a great learning opportunity for the volunteers and for the kids. Byrd said he volunteers with the reptile hospice and described the organization’s directors as “encyclopedias for reptiles.” Through his work with the hospice, Byrd said he felt confident in telling kids at the exhibit about the reptiles that were on display at the event. “At the very least, it teaches [the kids] to not be afraid of snakes,” Byrd said. Victoria Trevino, freshman biomedical sciences major and a member of the pre-vet society, said she enjoyed seeing how excited the kids were to learn about the reptiles and not be afraid to interact with them. “I just have a love of animals, especially reptiles, so it was an opportunity to help out and be with something I love,” Trevino said. Alicia Robinson, senior biomedical sciences major and officer in the pre-vet society, said her

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Madeline Herron, junior biomedical sciences major, lets a student handle a snake Saturday. volunteer experience over the past two years has been educational and beneficial. Robinson has worked with small and large animals, but said that working with reptiles also interests her. “I don’t really have a lot of reptile experience,” Robinson said. “No one in my family likes reptiles, so me just learning about them — I’m actually kind of scared of snakes, but today I got over it. So you know, for me it’s getting diverse and real experience for vet school.”

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HELP WANTED Athletic men for calendars, books, etc. $100-$200/hr, up to $1000/day. No experience. aggieresponse@gmail.com Cheddar’s and Fish Daddy’s now accepting applications. Apply within, University Dr. Cleaning commercial buildings at night, M-F. Call 979-823-5031 for interview. Counter/Office work, part or full time, Specialties Photography, 979-696-9898.

HELP WANTED Part-time carpet cleaning, Monday through Friday, call 979-823-5031 for interview. Part-time job helping handicapped. Male student preferred. $360/mo. 8-10hrs/wk. 979-846-3376. Part-Time Monday-Friday, Sterilization Tech. Email resume and work availability to info@bvoms.com

Full-time medical technician for growing allergy practice wanted. 4-year degree and 1-year commitment required. We are looking for an intelligent, positive, friendly person to join our team. We teach skills that are an asset for anyone interested in a career in healthcare and can help a candidate get into medical school. E-mail resume to docmgr@yahoo.com

Part-time real estate assistant position needed for busy real estate office. Must be a detail-oriented people person with reliable transportation and have reasonable computer skills in MS Word and MS Excel. This staff position requires 20-25 hours per week with additional optional hours available from time to time. Start date available immediately. For job description and application, go to: www.coventryglenrealty.net and click on Employment Opportunities side bar.

J. Cody’s hiring at all positions, apply within, 3610 S. College. No experience necessary just common sense!

RA or entrepreneur? Wants to earn extra money? Premium energy drinks distributor opportunity! Call 9792090778 call for an appointment.

MEMdata, a local hospital equipment management company is seeking dependable and organized FULL & PART-TIME employees to be part of a growing team! Must be able to work a minimum of 24 hrs/wk, M-F 8-5. Good telephone communication and negotiation skills required. Must be self-motivated and able to multi-task while working within deadlines. Computer skills essential & knowledge of MS Excel a plus! Pay DOQ plus bonuses. Email resumes to careers@memdata.com or fax to 979-695-1954. Ninfa’s Mexican Restaurant now hiring wait staff and hostesses. Experience preferred but not necessary. Apply in person M-F, 2-4pm. No calls, please. 1007 Earl Rudder Fwy., South.

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REAL ESTATE 8 CS 3/2 Duplexes, shuttle, $229,900, Town & Country Realty 979-777-6211, 979-739-2035 B/CS. Sell/Buy/Invest! Michael McGrann TAMU ‘93 Civil Engineering 979-739-2035, mike@aggierealtor.com Nadia McGrann 979-777-6211, Town & Country Realty.

ROOMMATES 2-rooms available in 4bdrm home off of Graham. Female, non-partiers, mostly furnished. $450/mo. 903-456-6543.

SERVICES Horsetraining. 20yrs experience from imprinting babies to older horses. Natural horsemanship nature. Use John Lyons and Pat Parelli techniques. All kinds of teaching. Call (979)446-4227.

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