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Snow today There is almost a 100 percent chance snow will hit Texas A&M today said Brent McRoberts, climatology research associate. “There is going to be an upper level disturbance coming from the west, and it has quite a lot of moisture to work with,” said James Tobin, graduate student of atmospheric sciences. Tobin said because we are in an El Nino pattern when there is an unusual magnitude of cold air and chances of snow increase. Tuesday’s softball doubleheader has been rescheduled for 6 p.m. April 6 at the Aggie softball complex, and the baseball game has been rescheduled for Wednesday.
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In a close game
No. 18 Baylor 65, No. 15 Texas A&M 63
Monday at Reed Arena, Head Coach Gary Blair instructs his team from the sideline. “I think we played well; it just wasn’t good enough,” he said. The Aggie women ‘s basketball team fell to Baylor 65-63.
Bears bump Aggies in nail-biter Michael Teague The Battalion Texas A&M’s No. 12 women’s basketball team fell in a close loss, 6563, to No. 17 Baylor on Monday. “It was a game that was going so quick that it was just a good game for television,” said A&M Head Coach Gary Blair. “I’m proud of my basketball team. I think we played well; it just wasn’t good enough. This is what this conference is about.”
A&M senior guard Tanisha Smith knocked down a huge jumper that tied the game up at 63-63 with 45 seconds left to go. Baylor responded when freshman center Brittney Griner got inside for the go ahead lay-up with only 15 seconds remaining. “As we were coming down, I was thinking about something the coaches had said,” Griner said. “When the game is on the line, do you want to be a player who will take the last
shot or do you want to give the ball away when you’re under pressure? I wanted to take it on.” Following a missed jumper by Smith, the Aggies sent Griner to the foul line with seven seconds left. Following the first miss, A&M sophomore guard Sydney Carter got the ball and charged down court for the final shot. Weaving through Baylor See Basketball on page 5
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Senior electronics engineering major and president of the A&M Motorcycle Club Bart Basile and senior mechanical engineering major and webmaster for the club Cody Lee organize weekly rides and promote motorcycle safety and awareness on campus.
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The Battalion It has come to be known as one of Texas A&M’s age-old sayings: from the outside looking in you can’t understand it; from the inside looking out you can’t explain it. For senior electrical engineering major Bart Basile, the saying is true the moment he mounts a motorcycle. “It’s really hard to describe, it’s like A&M — you can’t describe to someone on the outside. Whenever any of us get on a bike
you are one with the environment around you,” Basile said. “In a car you are kind of surrounded by a box, but when you are on a motorcycle it’s a completely different feeling whenever you get on the road. It’s just you and the bike and the road and there is nothing else really that matters.” Riding, he said, is his addiction. “I wanted to join a community that would support riders,” Basile said. “So I found the A&M Motorcycle Club about a year and a half ago.”
Basile is the president of the club, which was started a few years ago to eliminate the disconnection between individual Aggie motorcyclists and instead build a community based on shared passion. “One of the objects of the groups is just to provide people that have a common interest a place to share their interests,” said adviser Patrick Bogen, a motorcycle rider.
Student to bike across country, to raise funds
Bike nights are at 8 p.m. Tuesdays at Raising Cane’s on Texas Avenue across the street from the University.
See Bike night on page 8
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Brandi Tevebaugh The Battalion Mark Green, a senior finance major, will see the Atlantic Ocean, the plains of the Midwest, the Rockies and the Pacific Ocean this summer — from the seat of a bicycle. Green is biking 4,115 miles across the U.S. with Bike and Build, a nonprofit organization. “I’ve never been to most of these places, so it’s going to be a new advenBike ture,” Green said. “When I first found out about the project, it and was about the sense of adventure, Build but then I started getting into the cause.” To organize Bike and Build schedules rides a bike ride, from the east coast to the west contact Bike coast benefiting affordable housand Build ing projects. The riders spend at http:// 10 days of the ride building afbikeand fordable housing, similar to that build.org. of Habitat for Humanity, and on
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Mark Green will traverse North America from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific, 4,115 miles, in the name of charity. many evenings will give presentations on the affordable housing crisis communities on the route. “We have build days, which means we trade bikes for hammers and we build houses, affordable housing,” Green said. “On those days, we partner with local housing charities, and we’ll See Charity on page 8
The Battalion As a child, Lakisha Anderson had dreams like no other. She always wanted to be an attorney, and she is living her dream. “While most little kids are playing ‘house’ or ‘hide-and-seek,’ I was making my siblings come be my clients and playing judge,” Anderson said. “This is a goal that I’ve had for quite some Anderson time. Everything that I’ve done since then has been planned with the future of going to law school and becoming an attorney.” Anderson is the most recent addition to the Student Legal Services office and the second students’ attorney; she began her job on Nov. 30. “It’s a pretty big deal that the
Legal services Student Legal Services is in Cain Hall, Room B-117. To schedule an appointment, call the office at (979) 862-4502.
See Attorney on page 2
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