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Texas A&M University President Michael K. Young and Provost Carol Fierke answered students’ questions at a town hall hosted by the Student Government Association on Sept. 18.

Young and Fierke field questions from students at SGA town hall By Anthony Pangonas @apangonas Looking to connect students and administration across campus, the Texas A&M Student Government Association hosted a town hall where University President Michael Young and Provost Carol Fierke answered questions from the student body. The event was the first time the provost and university president were brought together to address student questions in person.

Young and Fierke preselected questions about academics, traditions and other subjects from those that were submitted to SGA via email and text. Graduation and Retention SGA vice president of programming Maddi Telshow moderated the event and asked the administration what steps the university has taken to increase four-year graduation rates and first-generation college student retention rates. “This year, we set up a student success task force whose goal is to increase first-gen retention, four-year graduation rates, six-year graduation rates and help us become a Hispanic-serving institution,” Fierke said. “That task

force is going to have its recommendations in the next month, and we are going to implement them in 2019. Certainly our first generation students are a group of students that we see succeed less well than other groups, so that will be a concern — what we can do to have them be more successful.” Moving Aggies Young said the campus transportation system is an ongoing challenge the university is looking to address. “One of the things that we are looking at is how do we create more green space on campus and push parking to the peripheral of campus,” Young said. “I know that sounds like a terrible thing, but to be successful doing

that and creating a seamless, interconnected network of roads and shuttle service — if we can create a shuttle system that would allow us to move people more frequently, much more quickly and reach more places — that would be very helpful.” Sexual Assault Young and Fierke said the university cares deeply about continuing efforts to improve how A&M handles sexual assault cases and assists survivors. “We are passionately committed to make things better, and we are grateful for the people who came forward,” Young said. “Aggies TOWN HALL ON PG. 2

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According to data from the Pew Research Center, two-thirds of DACA recipients are ages 25 or younger, and a majority of DACA recipients are female.

DACA recipients still face uncertain future Students left with questions as legal battles continue across U.S. By Savannah Mehrtens @SJMehrtens One year after President Donald Trump moved to end Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, students across the nation are continuing to feel the effects of the change. The Obama-era immigration policy offered undocumented residents who came to the country as children a chance to continue living, working and pursuing education in the U.S. When DACA was rescinded in September of 2017, the program stopped accepting new applications and residents whose existing DACA protections were set to expire within six months were told they had until Oct. 5 of that year to apply for a renewal. However, many DACA recipients still have a chance to renew, due to a series of legal battles surrounding the Trump adminis-

tration’s attempt to end the program. It’s unclear how long this chance will last though and many are scrambling to send in renewal applications while they’re still being accepted. Carlo Pizarro, urban and regional planning senior and president of the Council for Minority Student Affairs (CMSA), is a DACA recipient. He said many other recipients he knew were not able to reapply, and some had no choice but to quit their jobs. “It’s been a whirlwind of chaos because none of us know what’s going to happen next,” Pizarro said. “Sometimes we hear news that it might be tomorrow, two weeks, three weeks and to renew as soon as possible. What most of us can do is hope for the best thing.” Pizarro said some recipients are getting close to their expiration dates and should renew soon. However, renewing typically costs $495 and some may even require a person to hire lawyers because having one wrong item on the renewal paperwork can result in it being declined, according to Pizarro.

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“Especially for some of us who are in college, parents are paying for their tuition, they can’t just come out with $495 out of nowhere and pay for it,” Pizarro said. “A lot of us have to go into severe debt. Luckily there’s a few grants available, for example the Mexican Consulate offers a grant to help DACA recipients from Mexico pay for their DACA renewal.” Maria Gallo Blanco, business management senior, CMSA member and DACA recipient, said the past year has been confusing since so much is still undecided or ambiguous. During her junior year, she was looking to find workplaces who would accept her as an intern, but had difficulties because of her confusing status under DACA. “I struggled a lot to find companies who were willing to take the risk of employing someone under DACA because they weren’t sure what was going to happen as well,” Gallo Blanco said. “I was unable to get an internship over this past summer due to that.”

Many people’s first reaction when encountering a bee may be to kill it or to run at first sight. The Brazos Valley Beekeepers Association is working to change that response and educate people on why bees should be protected instead of feared with the Fall Beekeeping School. Held on Sept. 22 at the Agrilife Center and Agriculture and Life Sciences building from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., the event will include a variety of bee classes to choose from. Registration is $60 per person, $100 for couples and $15 for children 12-17, with lunch included. According to Chris Barnes, chairman of the Brazos Beekeeping School committee, there will be multiple classes about every aspect of beekeeping that people would want to know. “There are 50 classes that people can pick and choose from,” Barnes said. “There are classes that cover questions about how to get started, where to get beekeeping supplies, the biology of bees as well as the business aspects of beekeeping.” Honey bees are arguably the most important beneficial insect to agriculture because they pollinate approximately onethird of all the food consumed in the world, according to associate professor of apiculture and Texas A&M Honey Bee Lab member Juliana Rangel. “They provide delicious honey and other products from

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DACA CONTINUED Gallo Blanco said she hopes to see the government take action to alleviate or end the issues DACA recipients face. She said even if the immigration system can’t be fixed, it would be nice to have DACA functioning again until a more permanent solution can be found. “I personally would like for DACA to stay on because I know it has benefited me a lot,” Gallo Blanco said. “Just being able to come to school without the fear of being deported and knowing I have the chance to further my education and other opportunities as far as work and being able to get an established license for me personally has helped me a lot, and I know there’s a lot of individuals out there that benefit from that and have benefited.” Lily Carrasco, political science sophomore and an internal affairs officer of CMSA is also a DACA recipient. She said when DACA ended, she lost hope, but her mother convinced her to stay in school despite the circumstances. “It had been one week after DACA

“I love ‘Howdy,’” Fierke said. “When I go back to Michigan or any other institution I say, ‘You have to get something like howdy.’ You say it and then everyone says it back to you. I’ve been able to take part in every tradition, and Muster and Silver Taps are very moving.” Student body president Amy Sharp said the event was exciting, both because it was a first and because it has led to discussions about starting regular

videos where the administration would answer student questions. “I think it’s a good moment for student body in general to see that their higher leaders are willing to be faceto-face,” Sharp said. “Some of the questions were difficult and ones that students are passionate about, but they were both very honest, so it’s nice that this dialogue is worth their time and that students can get answers to their questions.”

ended, and I remember exactly where I was,” Carrasco said. “I was in class, and it felt like there was no need for me to be in class anymore. I felt like I should just drop out because there’s no point. If I’m not going to have a work permit, why would I get an education?” For Carrasco’s family, DACA was a way they could find support. “It was our only hope, you know,” Carrasco said. “Having DACA, having a work permit and being able to drive. It’s not a lot but it did a lot for my family. I got to work and even help my family financially.” One requirement of the DACA program was that undocumented residents had to be at least 15 years old to apply. Carrasco’s younger brother turned 15 only 13 days after the cutoff date for new DACA recipients. “That hurt pretty bad because he’s completely undocumented and he got to America when he was four and he’s not considered American,” Carrasco said. “His friends are getting learners’ permits and they’re getting jobs and he can’t do any of that and it’s pretty awful to see. It makes me feel guilty I guess.

Like why me and not him?” Carrasco said she was nervous for five months while she waited for her renewal to come in. “My manager at my job kept telling me, ‘If you don’t have a work authorization, we have to fire you,’ and that was pretty scary because it’s my source of income, even though it’s a part-time job,” Carrasco said. “It’s pretty terrifying.” Carrasco said she plans to pursue a career in public policy and service since there are few politicians who have been through the immigration system and many have no emotional connection to the issues. “I feel like if I get my degree and get a good job and do what I want to do, I feel like that will do a lot for the community,” Carrasco said. “Especially because I want to work with public policy, and I really want to work with federal policy like immigration. I think that would positively affect my community because what better person to try to make those decisions or weigh those decisions than someone who’s been in those positions.”

BEES CONTINUED the hive that are used in the food, cosmetics, art and pharmaceutical industries,” Rangel said. “By protecting and improving the landscapes and areas around honey bee colonies, we are improving the diversity and abundance of food resources for honey bees, improving their overall health and growth and in turn improving the pollination services that they provide to our food production system.” Bees are essential, not just for agriculture and the environment, but also for people all around the world. Barnes said the Brazos Valley Beekeepers Association hosts these events to educate people on the importance of bees and help raise money to fund the new generation of beekeepers. “The school is a fundraiser for the Brazos Beekeeping Association and the Children Beekeeping Organization,” Barnes said. “We are the largest beekeeping youth program in the state, and the funds from the school will go toward the program to buy bee suits and hives for the children at the end of the year.” Though it’s unlikely that everyone will be able to go to the school event or participate in the youth program, Rangel said there is still a lot one person can do without becoming a trained beekeeper. “Performing deeds at home, including planting native forage attractive to bees, reducing the amount of agrochemicals in the areas surrounding honey bees and native pollinators and encouraging the maintenance of landscapes important to pollinators, are crucial to the improvement of our honey bee and native pollinator communities in the Brazos Valley,” Rangel said. According to assistant professor of geography Julie Loisel, learning about how bees work and affect the world is a major benefit to students. “The act of learning opens our eyes to how complex and beautiful the world is; the world is a never-ending invitation to learn more,” Loisel said. “What’s cool about learning about the environment is that the more we learn, the more we want to know and also the more we start to care about the environment.” To register for the Brazos Beekeeping School online, visit bvbeeks.org.

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A&M student media earns spot in Poynter College Media Project The Battalion is one of nine student media organizations selected by the Poynter Institute for their 2018-2019 College Media Project. Established in 1975, Poynter is a major educational resource for journalists around the world, offering seminars, training sessions and online tools. Poynter chose from 63 applicants for the College Media Project, making decisions based on each publication’s potential, need, commitment and diversity in student population. Now in its second year, the program will provide online seminars, innewsroom training, funding and support to a larger number of universities as they pursue long-term news projects on their campuses. “It’s not about delivering a one-time training,” College Media Project leader Elissa Yancey said in a statement. “It’s about planting the seeds for sustained growth and supporting student journalists who have few other places to turn. This project provides tools student journalists can use in both the short- and longterm to create better work and engage with their communities.” Other participating schools include St. John’s University, the University of Florida, the University of Utah and the University of Michigan. Program events will begin in November. — Staff report

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Four Aggie fraternities partnered with the College Hill Baptist Church in College Station to give back to the community by tutoring local children.

Aggie fraternities investing in students’ futures Decade-long tutoring program continues to build community bonds By Shakirat Adetunji @shakeeraah Four Aggie fraternities are giving back to Bryan-College Station by tutoring and mentoring local grade-school students. In 2009, the program was created by the president of the Sigma Chi fraternity as a form of community outreach, starting with student members of the College Hill Baptist Church in College Station. Tutoring is free of charge and takes place twice a week during the spring and fall semesters. Currently, members of four fraternities — Sigma Chi, Chi Phi, Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE) and Phi Delta Theta — contribute their time and efforts to help students grow academically. Jordan Markim, president of Sigma Chi and business administration senior said approximately 150 of his fraternity’s members participate each semester. Detrick Eaton, director of 99 Tutors, introduced the fraternities to the local church. He said the program has grown tremendously over the past 10 years. “It’s more than just tutoring,” Eaton said.

“It’s young men that take time out of their day to go and provide academic help, mentoring and support to young men and women. There is a bond that’s really developed between getting to know someone from when they are 6 years old until they graduate high school.” Eaton said the fraternity members have grown so close to the students they mentor that they sometimes take them to A&M sporting events or attend events at the students’ schools. “It’s a really rewarding experience, and it’s been something they all enjoyed,” Eaton said. There has been a large turnout of both the fraternity members and the students during each session of tutoring. The pastor of the church, Marlon Outing, said about 40 to 50 kids have passed through the program, with some of the students moving on to continue their education in prestigious universities across the nation. “For example, one of the students graduated from Harvard University, went to law school and has just recently passed her bar exams,” Outing said. Awareness about the program has spread through announcements in school districts, radio stations and the College Hill Baptist Church’s Facebook page. Outing said the most important thing is to get the word out

about this program and engage more students in Bryan and College Station school districts. “We want to see that this program continues to grow and provide such free service to all students that need academic help,” Eaton said. The tutoring and mentoring have been beneficial to everyone involved, according to sports management senior and president of Phi Delta Theta Armando Martinez. He said his experience in the program is encompassed by the phrase “a rising tide lifts all boats.” “Taking an hour to help these kids become the best version of themselves is nothing,” Martinez said. “You can’t be the best of yourself until you help everyone around you get better.” David Wuenschel, industrial and systems engineering senior and philanthropy chair for SAE, said he is lucky to be a part of the program. “I love to see the look on the kids’ faces when they figure things out themselves,” Wuenschel said. “It makes me feel better. It kind of improves my mental health.” Chase Carpenter, president of Chi Phi and agricultural economics senior, said he has been tutoring the kids for almost four years. “It’s a lot better than having to do my homework,” Carpenter said. “These kids need my help and I try my best to help as

much as possible. I look forward to coming here all the time, not only because it’s close to the weekend but it’s fun to come here and help out.” In 2016, a scholarship was created by Sigma Chi and SAE to encourage the students to pursue college education. Two recipients were awarded the scholarship in August 2016 and went to Blinn College. In Spring 2017, the Sigma Chi fraternity created another scholarship, named the Michael Belt Scholarship after their adviser. There were two recipients of this scholarship in August 2017. One student went to Sam Houston State University and the other to the University of Houston. “This has been a vision from the first president at that time and has been carried on by each fraternity president each year with great stride and character, and it’s been very successful,” Eaton said. Outing said overall, the students, parents and church are grateful for their connection with the fraternities. “We all appreciate these guys that come to help the kids,” Outing said. “In return, the church does soul-food luncheons and provides home-cooked meals to the fraternities several times a year and during Thanksgiving and Christmas.”

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Texas A&M football is hitting the road for the first time this season. Aside from the usual challenges that come with away games, A&M will face the number one team in the nation this Saturday, hoping the experience of starting sophomore quarterback Kellen Mond and sophomore wide receiver Jhamon Ausbon will give the team an edge against the Alabama defense. Both sophomores played against the Crimson Tide as true freshmen last year in their 27-19 loss. Ausbon said simply having experience against Alabama is the advantage both players bring to the matchup. “You kind of have some experience on what they’ve thrown at [Mond] last year,” Ausbon said. “With the blitzes and the personnel packages… just the experience of knowing what they’re going to bring towards him because they’re a team that have the traditional defense that they always come with every year. ... If you play them one or two years, you kind of get used to how they play.” Going up against the No. 1 defense proved to be a challenge last year for the Aggie offense. Mond finished with 237 passing yards and one touchdown, but connect-

ed with the Alabama defense four times and threw for one interception. Ausbon experienced similar challenges, only securing three receptions for 23 yards in the game. “[They’re] very physical guys, guys that can compete, guys that are well-coached,” Ausbon said. “They make minor mistakes and they capitalize off mistakes. The biggest thing is to just make sure we give them less opportunity to capitalize off of those mistakes.” Despite the setbacks they faced in the last meeting, the A&M offense and its leaders are learning from past experiences and remaining confident in their ability to make plays. “Every play matters,” Mond said. “With their defense, they try to force you to make mistakes, and that’s something that we’ll have to do — minimize mistakes, minimize negative plays. I always feel confident in the offensive line, the running backs and the receivers to make plays. I feel like we’ll be fine going in there.” With a new set of coaches this year, both Ausbon and Mond have experienced changes on the offense and in their positions. “I feel like Coach Fisher does a really good job of putting everybody in different formations,” Mond said. “Jhamon [Ausbon] might be in the slot a lot and last year he was basically in the boundary all the time. Being able to move around guys — Trayveon [Williams] being out there and the receivers catching the ball more this year. Being able to utilize more guys is really our biggest thing.”

2019 football schedule set Upcoming season to include face offs with major ranked opponents By Angel Franco @angelmadison_ Tuesday afternoon, Texas A&M athletics released the schedule for the 2019 Aggie football season, which includes matchups against the current top three teams in the nation — Alabama, Georgia and Clemson. To open the season, A&M will host Texas State for the first time since 2005. In week two, the Aggies will travel to Death Valley to take on Clemson in the second part of their home and home series. A&M will then have two straight home

games against Lamar and Auburn before heading to AT&T stadium to take on Arkansas for the Southwest Classic. There are two open spots on the A&M schedule, the first of which is set for Oct. 5. The Aggies will then welcome the Alabama Crimson Tide to Kyle Field Oct. 12. The following week, A&M travels to Oxford, Mississippi to take on Ole Miss. A&M then returns for two straight home games against Mississippi State and UTSA. The second open week of the season is scheduled for the week after the Aggies face the Roadrunners to start off November. A&M’s last home game will be Nov. 23 against South Carolina before a two-game road trip to close out the season at Georgia and LSU.

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