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soccer
Loss to UNC ends A&M run
Aggies fall Sunday in Sweet 16 to defending champions, 2-0 Clay Koepke
The Battalion he No. 13 Texas A&M soccer team was unable to advance to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Division I Soccer Championships, falling 2-0 Sunday to defending champion North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C. A&M surrendered a goal in the first three minutes of both halves and lost the battle in all offensive categories — shots (19-11), shots on goal (7-4) and corner kicks (8-5). The No. 5 Tar Heels (20-4) broke the scoring seal just three minutes into the match when sophomore Summer Green scored the first of her two goals. Green laced a ground ball through a congested box, which took a deflection off an A&M defender and into the back of the net, giving the Heels a 1-0 lead into the intermission. After a handball penalty in the box by the Aggies, North Carolina was issued a penalty kick just 1:38 into the second half. Green stepped up for the Heels and etched her second goal of the match to give UNC a 2-0 cushion. Despite some opportunities, the A&M attack was unable to find a hole in the UNC defense led by the Tar Heels’ keeper, Anna Sieloff. “We had a fantastic season,” said A&M head coach G Guerrieri. “For our team — winning the SEC regular season for the first time, winning the SEC Tournament — we went on a run where we lost only one game in our last 15 games coming into this match, so I thought the team had been playing very, very well. And today, we did enough to put ourselves in positions to do it and either missed the shot, or Sieloff pulled off a great save. You can’t complain when you put yourself in those kind of positions.”
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THE DOCTOR IS IN William Guerra — THE BATTALION
Doctor Who fans at A&M celebrate show’s 50th anniversary
Emily Thompson
The Battalion ans of Doctor Who in Aggieland and around the world celebrated Saturday the 50th anniversary of the British television program that has withstood the test of time. Doctor Who boasts adventures in time and space, all of which culminated Saturday in a special episode called “The Day of the Doctor,” which will be screened Monday at
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Cinemark Movies 18 in College Station. “It’s definitely the longest running sci-fi series of all time, not to mention one of the longest running television series of all time,” said Jimmy, a physics graduate student who legally dropped his surname. “For it to be a science fiction series, I think, is rather important because that’s not a genre that tends to last for very long. To have a sci-fi themed show that has gone on for this long
and has been beloved for so long is something rather special.” Caitlyn Hall, nutritional sciences major, said the television show has a resilient nature and said it existed in mediums like print, radio, comics and theatrical audiobooks when it wasn’t on the air. “It was canceled and went on and off but the fans were still there and people still loved See Doctor Who on page 2
Erin Hoelscher, sophomore telecommunications and media studies major, interviews “The March Divide” on air with KANM Student Radio. Shelby Knowles — THE BATTALION
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STATION BRINGS TUNES TO LIGHT
Quarterback Johnny Manziel is tackled Saturday by LSU safety Craig Loston during the 34-10 loss in Baton Rouge, La.
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Student radio features unknown artists, local groups Alexander Nelowet The Battalion
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tudents may not hear much of the Underground Kingz on KANM Student Radio but the title describes well the station and those who run it. They keep their airwaves free of Top 40 hits and bigname bands while playing mostly underground and indie tunes. “That’s kind of our little joke here, that you probably have never heard of the music that we play,”
said Danielle Luna, KAMN public relations director and junior telecommunications and media studies major. “That’s really our goal, and we try and generate buzz for the underground music that you will probably be hearing on big radio stations within the next year.” Chris Faucette, station manager and nuclear engineering major, said the station showcases alternative music that many people at A&M have not heard before. “Our goal is to expose College
Station to music that they generally wouldn’t hear,” Faucette said. “Non-mainstream, 24-7 online broadcast, DJs broadcasting around the clock. When people aren’t here, there’s an automated DJ playing music.” The station begins broadcasting at 6 a.m. most days and continues late into the night with some shows lasting until 4 a.m. Faucette said the station has approximately 100 DJs See KANM on page 2
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Group brightens kids’ Christmas MSC ALOT provides gifts for B-CS children Bradley D’Souza The Battalion
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or some children, the holiday season misses a crucial aspect — presents under a tree. MSC ALOT is seeking to help bring gifts to children in BryanCollege Station by partnering with the Salvation Army through the Angel Tree program, which allows students from Texas A&M to donate presents to children in the
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area. Since Nov. 13, MSC ALOT members have staffed tables and allowed people to sign up to donate an item to a child in the community. The Salvation Army provides angel cards with the name, age and gender of a child. Those wishing to donate take an angel and return the specified gift to an ALOT table by Nov. 26 or to the Student Programming Office in the MSC by Dec. 3rd. “Usually the children will ask for things for the winter,” said Ricardo Gonzalez, MSC ALOT community support executive. “They’ll ask
for clothes and shoes. However, recently we’ve been getting a lot of bikes as one of their wishes.” Those who want to donate large items such as bikes are encouraged to collaborate with other people to donate. All items can be split among a group of students or members of an organization. “What people can do is get a group of friends together, if they’re in a organization they can get an organization together, and they can all collaboratively adopt one angel,” said Katie Dash, freshman See Angel Tree on page 2
Five Saturday takeaways
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Worst loss since Sumlin took the reins Texas A&M’s 34-10 loss marked the worst since the program realigned to the Southeastern Conference in July 2012, and is the first double-digit margin in the Kevin Sumlin era.
Does LSU have Johnny Manziel’s number? Johnny Manziel finished the game 16-of-41 for 224 yards, one touchdown and two interceptions along with 12 carries for 69 yards and no scores. His passer efficiency rating of 83.2 is higher only than last season’s 82.5 in a 24-19 loss to LSU.
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Death Valley plays role of streak-snapper
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A balanced LSU rushing attack
The Aggies gained a season-low 299 yards, which broke a nine-game streak of 500-yard games, longest in the FBS. Additionally, LSU snapped A&M’s 13-game stretch of 40 or more points, which dated back to the Aggies’ upset victory over Alabama last season.
LSU running backs Terrence Magee, Jeremy Hill and Alfred Blue combined for 286 yards on 40 carries for two scores.
LSU wins on third downs and turnovers LSU, which ranks first nationally in third down conversion percentage, finished 11-of-17 (64.7 percent) while A&M fell to 5-of-14 (35.7 percent). The Tigers generated two turnovers, both off interceptions, while the Aggies were unable to force any takeaways.
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