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No. 2 women’s swim and dive team claim third straight SEC title, men take second By Hannah Underwood @hannahbunderwoo The Texas A&M women’s swimming and diving team won the Southeastern Conference Championships on Sunday for the third consecutive year, tallying 1,319 points throughout the five-day competition. Sydney Pickrem, Anna Belousova, Bethany Galat and Esther Gonzalez swept the top four places in the 200 back on the final day of competition, securing the women’s victory. Pickrem was instrumental in the Aggies’ success, helping them earn four first place victories. She was part of the victorious 800 free relay team and added individual victories in the 200 back, 200 IM and 400 IM. The 800 free relay team, comprised of Pickrem, Katie Portz, Claire Rasmus and Kristin Malone, gave A&M the lead at 160 points to end the first day, which they would maintain throughout the rest of the competition. Pickrem led Galat in a 1-2 finish in the 400 IM. Pickrem finished the race in 3:59.30, and Galat followed in 4:04.17. Pickrem notched a first place victory for the women with 1:52.69 in the 200 IM, setting school, pool and SEC meet records. Lisa Bratton followed in fifth place in 1:55.05. Rasmus earned first place in the 200 free with 1:43.62. Portz followed her in fourth place with 1:45.08 and McKenna DeBever in sixth with 1:46.36. Rasmus also nabbed a third place finish in the 500 free with a time of 4:39.23, while Jing Quah notched first place in the 200 fly with a time of 1:53.05. Alais Kalonji earned first place in the platform diving event. The junior also placed 12th in the three-meter diving and 23rd in the one-meter diving. Bratton scored a third place finish in the 100 back with a time of 51:10. Raena Eldridge also scored in SWIM & DIVE ON PG. 4
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Kathleen Gibson named 2018 Muster speaker Former student, Dallas businesswoman reflects on the meaning of Aggie Muster By Chad Anderson @Chad_Anderson24
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Kathleen Gibson, Class of 1981, will deliver the keynote address at the 2018 Muster Ceremony, upholding an essential element of Aggieland’s most somber tradition. Gibson is the second woman to be named Muster Speaker after Brooke Leslie Rollins became the first in 2007. Gibson currently serves as the president and CEO of the Southwestern Medical Foundation. Each year, Aggies come together and honor those who have
died in the last year. The largest Muster ceremony is held on campus in Reed Arena, and honors the memories of current students and former students deployed with the military within the past year. Faculty, staff, members of the 50th anniversary class and immediate family members of current students will also be honored at the ceremony. “Muster, to me, is the foundation,” Gibson said. “It represents the base on which we build. It is the utmost support. It reminds us of the spirit and the network that we sustain. It is the highest form of respect. It is a very public testament to the honor we have for each other as Aggies and it binds us together. So it matters a lot to me and it means the world to have such an honor. I treasure the things that Muster represents.” Serving as chair of the Association of Former Students board in 2014, Gibson remains very active on campus, serving on the MUSTER ON PG. 2
A&M sweeps Rhode Island No. 10 Aggies outscore the Rams 18-6 in opening weekend series By Ryan MacDonald @Ryan_MacDonald2 As opening weekend came to a close, No. 10 Texas A&M’s baseball team defeated Rhode Island 10-2 on Sunday, completing the three-game sweep of the Rams. A&M designated hitter Hunter Coleman got the scoring started for the Aggies with a RBI groundout to shortstop, driving freshman Zach DeLoach home and advancing sophomore Braden Shewmake to third. Shewmake then scored via a passed ball to give the Aggies a 2-0 lead after the first inning. Michael Helman then added to the Aggies lead with a homerun to left field with one out in the third inning, driving in DeLoach for his second run of the game and extending the Aggie lead to 4-0. Junior right-handed pitcher Mitchell Kilkenny used a four-pitch sequence for his approach throughout the game and still held an unblemished run total statline heading into the bottom of the sixth. “I just went out there to throw strikes,” Kilkenny said. “When I take care of my job, the team can pick up on that momentum and when everyone gets going, this team is dangerous.” Freshman Will Frizzell singled to left center in the bottom of the sixth, driving sophomore Hunter Coleman in from second base. Rhode Island got on the scoreboard in the top of the seventh with a home run to left field
that hit the top of the wall of the A&M Student Recreation center. The Rams tacked on another run via a single to left field. A&M head coach Rob Childress then made a pitching change, calling senior Kaylor Chafin to the mound. Kilkenny finished the day with seven strikeouts, two earned runs and two hits in 6.1 innings pitched. Chafin got the final two outs in the half inning and the Aggies held a 5-2 lead heading into the bottom of the seventh. DeLoach and Helman hit back-to-back home runs in the bottom of the seventh to give A&M pitcher Nolan Hoffman a commanding 7-2 lead as he took the mound to start the eighth. “We just stuck with our approach, we had a talk with Coach Bolt over there early through the game we were just going through the motions not really swinging the bat like we know how to,” DeLoach said. “We changed our mindset and started hammering those balls and were able to hit the long ball.” Hoffman blanked the Rams and junior George Janca and sophomore Chris Andritsos hit back-to-back homers in the eighth to take a 10-2 lead. Then, in the top of the ninth, Hoffman retired the side, clinching the win. DeLoach went 0-for-5 on Friday but rebounded Saturday and Sunday — getting seven hits, including a homerun on Sunday, and scoring seven runs. Childress said he was happy to see DeLoach bounce back from a disappointing debut and make significant contributions following Friday. “It’s not at all surprising [DeLoach’s per-
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MUSTER CONTINUED advisory council for A&M’s International Business Studies and as a trustee for the Texas A&M Foundation. “I have always seen Texas A&M as an incredibly welcoming place and I see how hard Aggies work to keep it so,” Gibson said. “I don’t take for granted that it is very difficult to transition from a small, all-male military environment to a school that has not only retained its Corps and its traditions, but also has grown to be one of the largest and best schools in the world.” A previous Fish Camp namesake, Gibson has also received the Women’s Legacy Award from the Women Former Student Association and the Tyrus R. Timm Honor Registry Award from the Department of Agricultural Economics. A Dallas resident, Gibson has been very active in her community, including serving on the boards of the Children’s Medical Center, the Dallas Center for Performing Arts Foundation, the Lamplighter school, Dallas Citizens Council and the Regional Chamber Board. The Dallas Business Journal named Gibson a “Top 25 Industry Leader in Women in Business.” “Looking through the families, the alumni, the 50 year class, Kathleen is truly a powerhouse of a woman; she has a way of drawing everyone in and that’s a rare trait to have,” Ashley Rossini, speaker executive for the Aggie Muster Committee and sociology senior, said. Malenie Areche, roll-call families executive and supply chain management senior, said she couldn’t be more excited about Gibson’s selection. “She’s been plugged in and has been such an integral part of this university,” Areche said. Areche has been heavily involved in Muster for the last four years, and said each ceremony elicits a unique, emotional response in her. “Every year, I’ve known someone has been honored and this year is no different,” Areche said. “I have so many emotions when Muster approaches, it’s such an exciting time and I’m truly looking forward to it.” According to Gibson, of all A&M’s traditions Muster is among the most solemn, but it helps Aggies grow stronger as they go through their lives. “Our university has a tremendous resilience and set of grounding values,” Gibson said. “The pendulum may swing, but it comes back, and we grow stronger, more determined through the journey. I am proud of all the well deserved recognition our university receives today — in scholarship, leadership, research and lasting impact around the world.” The Muster Ceremony will be held April 21 at Reed Arena. The Association of Former Students will call all names on the Worldwide Muster Roll Call in a public reading to be livestreamed at sunrise. “Even though we may not always achieve it, strive to be the bright side of the road,” Gibson said. “You are a spark who can lead and shape the world for good. Aggies have modeled this for us since Aggieland began.”
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Finding new frontiers on the fairway Texas A&M, Kansas State work on hybrid grasses for golf courses By Katherine Garcia @katiegarcia2018 Innovation Zoysia could revolutionize an individual’s golf game. It’s not a protein powder or a high-quality club — it’s a new breed of turfgrass. The co-developed turfgrass is characterized as a cold, hardy hybrid, meant for difficult weather conditions for fairways, according to the Dallas Center, an Agrilife extension facility where turfgrass research is currently conducted. Established in 1980, the center has been looking to breed more resource efficient, environmentally friendly varieties of turfgrass, according to their website. In addition to Innovation Zoysia, also known as KSUZ 0802, the turfgrass breeding program has partnered with corporations to meet the needs of different climates and industries, according to the research facility’s website. Sod Solutions, a sod company that researches and patents turfgrasses, partners with universities all over the country, including Texas A&M. Sod Solutions said Innovation Zoysia will have numerous uses as a new development of turfgrass.
“It will be an excellent option for landscapers and end users in the transition zone and beyond who are looking for a Zoysia for yards, parks and commercial establishments,” the company said in an online statement. “Golf course superintendents in the transition zone will have access to a great grass that will perform well in their region. Before now, the options were limited to long established varieties.” Ambika Chandra, associate professor of soil and crop sciences, is the principal investigator of the Dallas Turf Breeding Team. She and her have team partnered with Kansas State University’s turfgrass researchers through Sod Solutions to develop a more sustainable breed of zoysia grass. “The idea here was that zoysia grasses in the warm season, they grow during the summer but they go into dormancy during the winter time, and that’s when you can go look outside your window and the grass is going to be really brown or dormant,” Chandra said. “It’s not dead, it’s just gone into sleep mode.” Chandra said Innovation Zoysia is meant to survive in the warm and cold climates of the Northern and Southern United States. She said the new breed is also meant for shady areas on golf greens. “We recently released a variety of grass for golf course putting greens, and this is
actually the first hybrid of zoysia grass ever developed for golf course putting-green purposes,” Chandra said. “So we’re very excited about that, and the reason is zoysia grass requires a lower level of nutrition. It requires less amount of mowing. Overall, it does pretty good in shade.” Reflecting over his many years playing and coaching the game of golf, A&M men’s golf assistant coach Brian Kortan said the advancement in turfgrass breeding can be a contributing factor in his players’ performance. “In layman’s terms, they spend their day on the grass, so the better the turf, not just aesthetically, but the way it plays and that kind of thing can really affect the way they practice and perform and understand just lots of things about golf,” Kortan said. At the Traditions Club, where A&M men’s and women’s golf teams practice, the dynamic weather patterns of Texas contribute to a game of golf that differs from other places, according to Kortan. “We’re [enduring] 100 degrees and then we have ice, so it’s a different deal here in Texas versus other places,” Kortan said. “So just the advancement of turfgrass in general has changed the game a little bit as far as the green complexes and the ability to have good, quality fairways and tee boxes throughout the year.”
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Humerous anecdotes, serious topic: educating on binge drinking Awareness campaign uses humor to inform Aggies about the dangers of over consuming alcohol By Hannah Falcon @hannahfalcon A group of Aggies are joining a unique program to serve their community through education and awareness about binge drinking. The LessThanUThink campaign has come to Texas A&M for the first time ever this semester. LessThanUThink is a campaign which first launched at the University of Alabama in 2012. The campaign’s goal is to educate college students on binge drinking in a relatable and humorous way, using social media, posters and promotional events. To educate Aggies about the social and physical consequences of binge drinking, student leaders at A&M are hosting activities and events such as Cupid’s Calories, where they showed how many calories are in different alcoholic drinks on Valentine’s Day. Khiem Pham, student coordinator for LessThanUThink and industrial distribution senior, said the campaign utilizes humor to reach out to students in a more relatable way, such as posters with slogans along the lines of, ‘You think you can make it to half time. And you could. Three drinks ago.’ “Most people, when they advertise about binge drinking, it’s through scare tactics,” Pham said. “When LessThanUThink advertises, it tries to approach it in a humorous and more fun way. And the fact that it’s student-run and student-generated makes it more fun and relatable to students.” LessThanUThink works with students who are involved on campus and have previous experience planning and working events to help them spread their message, such as Maria Alejandra Jaramillo, telecommunications and media studies senior. While educating her peers about binge drinking, Jaramillo said she hopes she can stop students from making any regrettable alcohol related mistakes in the future. “I like how we’re [going to] spread the message and maybe educate other students about what binge drinking is and maybe how they can drink responsibly,” Jaramillo said. Jaramillo said LessThanUThink does not ask students to completely abstain from alcohol, but instead encourages them to drink responsibly and know their limits. Jaramillo said she believes students connecting with other students is the most effective way to communicate this message. “I really like the conversations we’re having with students
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because they’re going to be the ones passing it on to other students,” Jaramillo said. Daniel Pall, agricultural economics junior and LessThanUThink team member, said he believes educating the students on binge drinking is a meaningful and important mission. “For me it’s about giving that education and awareness and to possibly impact somebody’s life,” Pall said. Jaramillo said she wants to give back to A&M before she graduates and believes LessThanUThink gives her the platform to do so. “I feel like it’s my responsibility to give back to the Aggie community,” Jaramillo said. “It’s better to be educated and know than to not know and be sorry.”
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another superhero. I found the action scenes to be particularly well done, usually set to rhythmic music and beautifully choreographed. In one early action scene, the film makes extremely good use of a short tracking shot to follow the characters as they fight through a crowded casino. It’s a Marvel movie, so there were of course plenty of special effects, but the handto-hand nature of Black Panther’s fighting style made for some great combat scenes. Thematically, the film advocated for social responsibility, commenting through the isolation of Wakanda and the extremist perspectives of the villain on how we can all help to make the world a better place. The message was clear, but far from over the top. In a film that could easily have used its almost guaranteed popularity to send a stronger, more extreme message, I was glad to see that they didn’t go overboard and drown the story. By the end of the film, I was convinced that the film had just the right amount of thematic message. Furthermore, the characters were all very strong, with clear motivations. The film did a wonderful job of blurring the line between
hard concepts such as good and evil, and the villain’s story, as well as the hero’s, were well explored, providing viewers with an understanding of why the bad guy felt it was necessary to do what he did. “Black Panther” was excellent in many ways, but truly stands out for its setting and focus on culture. The film took viewers to a place they haven’t been before — to an Africa with a superpower nation in hiding, as well as a superhero. It created a world connected to, yet distinctly separate from, the one the Avengers have been running around saving for the last few years. Somehow, Wakanda seemed farther away from Stark Tower than Asgard did, and I believe that to be one of the film’s strengths. “Black Panther” is its own world, rich in culture, strong in tradition and it is this that sets it apart. All in all, “Black Panther” is a quality movie. If you haven’t seen it yet, you should.
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1. Senior Mauro Castillo Luna swam for a silver medal in the men’s 100-yard breaststroke. 2. Senior Lisa Bratton leaps off the wall to begin the women’s 200-yard breaststroke final. 3. Junior Alais Kalonji dove her way to a first place finish in the women’s platform competition. 4. Junior Claire Rasmus congratulates junior Sydney Pickrem after her gold-medal performance in the 200-yard breaststroke.
SWIM & DIVE CONTINUED the event, finishing in 13th place with 53.14. Sara Metsch followed in 21st place with 53.87. Belousova led a 1-2 finish in the 100 breast with a time of 58.86 and Caneta followed her with 58.9. Bratton notched a second place victory in the 200 back with 1:49.83. The women breached the 1,000-point mark after four Aggies scored in the 200 back. Malone placed fourth with 48.31, Rasmus in eighth with 48.56, Portz in 12th with 48.99 and McKenna DeBever in 22nd with 49.27. Both the men and women had second place finishes in the 400 medley relay. For the women, Bratton, Belousova, Quah and Rasmus completed the race in 3:29.40. The men’s quartet of Brock Bonetti, Mauro Castillo, Jose Martinez and Adam Koster finished in 3:05.13. Although the men’s team ended day one at the top of the leaderboards, they finished the championships in second place with 994 points. On day one, Tyler Henschel grabbed the top spot in the three-meter diving event to secure the men’s place at the top of the leaderboards to end the first day of competition.
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Henschel also added a fifth place victory in one-meter diving and fourth place in platform diving. In the men’s 200 IM, Bonetti led the Aggies in fifth place. Bonetti also swam a leg of the fourth-place 200 medley relay team, joining forces with Martinez, Castillo and Koster to complete the race with a time of 1:24.19. Castillo added a second place finish in the 200 breast with 1:52.15. Jonathan Tybur followed him in fourth place. The men’s 200 free relay team placed fourth, with Koster, Martinez, Justin Morey and Steven Richardson combining to complete the event in 1:18.30. The men notched a 2-3 finish in the 100 fly with Castillo finishing in 45.63 and Martinez finishing in 45.69. Overall, Castillo earned two second place victories in the 100 and 200 breast. Martinez was also part of another 2-3 finish, this time in the 200 fly. He led Bonetti in the event with 1:41.56. Bonetti finished a second after Martinez with a time of 1:41.57. The women will return to the pool on Feb. 23 when they host the Texas A&M Last Chance Meet. The men’s next meet is the American Short Course Championships at the University of Texas on March 1-3.
get,” Childress said. The Aggies finish the weekend with three wins: 4-1, 4-3 and 10-2 over a Rhode Island team that finished third in the Atlantic 10 last season. Childress said he was very pleased with how his team fared on Opening Weekend. “We really couldn’t [ask for a much better weekend],” Childress said. “I’m very proud of our team, they were very well prepared, they played loose and played free and played extremely hard.” The Aggies will return to action on Tuesday as they host Stephen F. Austin at 6:30 p.m. The game will be televised on SEC Network+.
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