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By Alek Benavides @alekbenavides Sarah Momin, a supply chain management senior, was dissatisfied with her cookie options in Aggieland, so she decided to take matters into her own hands and make them herself. Momin created her own cookie business, Soft + Salted, to bake for Aggies with a sweet tooth. Momin operates her business through its Instagram page, @softandsaltedtx, where she releases order forms and announces new cookie flavors. Cookies are sold for $3 each. Momin said she was given the inspiration to create a cookie business because she could never find a bakery in College Station that satisfied her cravings. “I wanted to feel satisfied when I ate it,” Momin said. “Since I couldn’t find a place around me that made cookies the way I liked them, I decided to start making them myself … with high-quality ingredients.” Momin drew inspiration from her time with her family to drive her new business forward. Because she was born into a large family, Momin said her fondest memories occurred in the kitchen. “I loved baking things for my family, I love seeing that eye-rolling reaction they get when I see them eat something I created for them,” Momin said. “I want to share my passion with DIVERSITY ON PG. 2

Bouncers in College Station bar district share unique experiences from their most memorable night shifts By Hollis Mills @sillohsllim

here’s a commonality to the craft of bouncing on Northgate: stand tall, say little and keep a balled-set of knuckles tucked away for safekeeping. For Blake Strieder, that routine was shot to hell the day he needed to creep behind a 6-foot, 250-pound veteran who overstayed his welcome in Dry Bean Saloon. “He was pretty lit up to put it lightly,” Strieder said. “I knew it, [the] bartender knew it, and he was like, ‘Okay, I’ll give him a drink, but after that one drink we have to cut him off after that, that’s it.’” As the first and last face seen when entering the bar, a bouncer sets the tone for any establishment. They are firm advocates of the golden rule: every doorman can easily be a best friend, provided they have no rea-

son to use someone’s head to open a door. The threat of confrontation comes with the title, and Strieder said his run-in last fall was as tense as things can get for a doorman. “The guy proceeds to say, ‘No, I paid for two drinks,’” Strieder said. “We had this whole argument where the bartender was like, ‘No, you only paid for one, and I can’t allow you to have that second drink.’ The guy wouldn’t let it go.” Working his way down the narrow bar to the spot of an impending eruption, Strieder said his weeknights spent carding “townies” and graduate students had usually been very easygoing. That Tuesday was not one of those nights. “Dude,” Strieder said. “Yeah, he was 60. Yeah, he was really drunk. But it would’ve been a hell of a fight to take him down. It got to the point where my bartender was like, ‘We can either give you a refund or figure something else out,’ and there was this moment where there was a standoff between us. “So he looks at the other door guy, looks at my bartender and was just like ‘f--- it,’ and grabs his stuff and walks straight out. Never had a physical altercation, but that was by far the closest I’ve ever been.” At O’Bannon’s Taphouse, George Dickey does a little bit of everything. If he is not handing out pints of stout, then he’s survey-

ing the floor, keeping a lookout for any patrons performing what he calls the “Mortal Kombat Dance” — swaying back and forth before spilling a stream of homemade Guinness onto the hardwood floor. With his share of time spent at the door, Dickey said he had seen the good, the bad and the downright unbelievable. “The weirdest [interaction] was when I got called an a------ because I took a guy’s fake ID,” Dickey said. “I said, ‘Yeah, I’m sorry you can’t come in. TABC [Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission] rules’ and what-not.” Misery loves company, but in the case of Dickey’s underage schemer, it just wanted him. “I guess he was with his sister or some friends of his who were all of age, but they said, ‘tough luck,’” Dickey said. “They came inside and partied for a couple of hours, and he was just wandering the streets drunk and underage by himself.” There is an insult to injury, and then there is what happened to this kid outside of O’Bannons. “Then by the end of the night, this girl who was supposed to be his DD [designated driver] decided she was going to hook up with some dude and said, ‘You’re a grown BOUNCER ON PG. 2

A&M named diversity champion University awarded for growth of inclusion within campus resources By Khadeeja Umana @khadeeja_umana

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Texas A&M is one of the recipients of the HEED award for 2019.

Texas A&M received national recognition for its growing efforts to improve diversity and inclusion on campus. A&M is one of 94 recipients of the 2019 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award, according to the INSIGHT Into Diversity website. The College of Veterinary Medicine was also awarded the 2019 Health Services HEED award, receiving the honor for the third consecutive time. The diversity magazine looks at national colleges and universities’ commitment to diversity and inclusion through an application that collects the institution’s data

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on programs, initiatives, and student and faculty recruitment and outreach. The undergraduate and graduate student employees in the Office for Diversity are the ambassadors and representatives for the campus community, A&M Director for Assessment and Diversity Initiatives Jennifer McGee Reyes said. “The mission for the Office for Diversity is to implement and coordinate Texas A&M’s diversity plan,” Reyes said. “We provide leadership and support to the academic and administrative units, as they really do the meaningful work that happens in everybody’s classes, organizations and departments.” A&M and the Office for Diversity understands diversity and inclusion are embedded in academic and institutional excellence, Reyes said. “We take very seriously our work about COOKIES ON PG. 2

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DIVERSITY CONTINUED advancing accountability, campus climate and equity while we resist racism, bias and discrimination,” Reyes said. Of the student body, two percent are veterans, four percent have registered for disability services, five percent are transfer students, 20 percent are first-generation students and 21 percent receive Federal Pell Grants, Reyes said. The Office for Diversity is a leader in data transparency and their website accountabilty. tamu.edu tracks past and current demographics of students and faculty, Reyes said. However, the HEED award application is so in-depth that a college or university may not answer all of the questions, said Kenita Rogers, the executive associate dean and director for diversity & inclusion in the College of Veterinary Medicine. “We work from the process a little bit on, ‘Gosh! We didn’t think about that, maybe that is something we should be collecting data on that we weren’t collecting data on before,’ and things like that,” Rogers said. A&M has programs within its colleges to recruit students from two-year institutions, and historically black colleges and Hispanic-serving institutions are included in recruitment, Rogers said. “I think things that are highlights for us is clearly they care a lot about students in this,” Rogers said. “We talk a lot about how we recruit students and the memorandum of agreements we have with four system schools to come into the veterinary curriculum.” Another factor in campus culture is the promotion of faculty and staff growth, said Rogers. “One of the programs we’ve had since about 2014 is that we’ve trained in a 40-hour mediation a public management leadership course,” Rogers said. “Almost 200 faculty and staff in our college have a common conflict language.” While the College of Veterinary Medicine has won the HEED award three years in a row, A&M winning the 2019 HEED Award shows the growth on campus overtime, Rogers said.

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The Northgate District is home to a variety of bars including O’Bannon’s Taphouse, Paddock Lane and Tipsy Turtle.

BOUNCER CONTINUED man, you can find your own way home,’” Dickey said. “Then he had the nerve to call me an a------ when she left because somehow I’m the bad guy.” However, Dickey said time spent among his friends on staff and conversations with members of the Aggie community is what he looks forward to most before walking into the taphouse. Still, he said there are

some things not even a bouncer can cool. “One of our floor guys walked into the bathroom, and the urinal cakes were on the ground, and we couldn’t figure out why,” Dickey said. “One of the patrons told us, ‘Oh yeah, there were two guys in the bathroom throwing the urinal cakes at each other.’ Yeah, that’s a weird one.” Triston Barefield, a bouncer at Logie’s On Campus, said he enjoys seeing the familiar faces of devoted

customers, even when those faces do not belong to the person holding the ID. “There’s a lot of fakes that come by the door, and most of the time it’s actually people that aren’t them,” Barefield said. “It’s just somebody else’s ID, but the ID that they have is somebody that’s usually a regular or graduated last semester. They get caught all the time, and you waste all that money for a card that, in five seconds, I can tell is fake.” No matter how many insults he

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Supply chain management senior Sarah Momin operates Soft + Salted out of her home.

the world, which is why I created Soft + Salted.” While baking the treats, Momin thought of what she wanted from a cookie and decided to go for that flavor. “The two that I started with are the salted chocolate chip and the salted double chocolate walnut,” Momin said. “The chocolate chip is just everyone’s favorite, I decided to salt the cookies because I like that sweet and salty flavor that goes on.” Sure to appeal to an audience other than her family, Momin gathered reviews of her products from customers in hopes to improve her cookies. Jocelyn Nguyen, a biomedical sciences junior, is a customer of Soft + Salted who has eaten some of the cookies Momin has made. “I love how the cookies are crunchy on the outside and gooey on

has had flung his way and how many fights he’s broken up, Barefield said what bothers him most are not the drunkards, but the misconception. “[People] think that just because we’re at the door and we have to sit outside all night that we’re trying to make you have a bad night as well, but we’re really not,” Barefield said. “We want you to have a good time. We just want you to have a good time if you’re of age. You can’t be mad at the workers for that, basically shooting the messenger.”

the inside,” Nguyen said. “Honestly I haven’t tried a better cookie in the B-CS area.” Despite cookie-seller competition, Momin said her cookies are different from store-brand ones in numerous ways. “I use really high quality ingredients, and frankly I haven’t had a cookie here as good as the ones I make,” Momin said. “I also am coming out with new and fun flavors that normal stores may not have. The cookies are bigger, they’re thick, gooey, dense and delicious.” In the long run, Momin simply hopes to share her passion and cookies with as many people as possible. “I just want to get my cookies into the hands of as many people as possible,” Momin said. “The reason I started this business was because I wanted to share my passion with the world. So long term, if I can share that with the world then that’s all I want.”

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Discussing social stigma surrounding service, emotional support animals By Myranda Campanella @MCampanella_ The growing presence of animals on campus in recent years has created curiosity and prejudice surrounding service and emotional support animals. By definition, a service animal is a dog trained to do a specific task which benefits a person with a disability, according to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) National Network website. Emotional support animals (ESAs) differ in they can be any animal that provides comfort and overall companionship to their owner, but they are not trained to do specific tasks. Kristie Orr, the director of Texas A&M’s Disability Resources, formerly known as Disability Services, said emotional support animals must be registered with their department in order to live in on-campus housing. However, service dogs do not need to be registered and can go anywhere on campus where they do not pose a health and safety threat to the animal. There is no national registry for service animals. However, Orr said they can be trained at agencies or organizations across the country where they learn how to perform specific tasks for owners, such as to recognizing when

their owner’s blood pressure is too high or when the person is having an anxiety attack. The handler’s rights, defined within the Americans with Disabilities Act, prohibits anyone from requiring a person to provide proof their animal is a service dog, which can make it difficult to distinguish emotional support animals and service dogs in public areas. Rachel Fournier, a former student with an emotional support dog named Maggie, said some people take advantage of this law and purposefully mislabel their ESA as a service dog so they can bring them into stores or other public places. “People need to educate themselves on what qualifies as a service dog, and if they really want to train their dog to do a specific task for them, then they should research it instead of just buying something online or throwing a vest on it,” Fournier said. “There are people out there that have medical illnesses that will cause them to get dangerously hurt if their dog gets distracted by yours.” Orr said there has been an increase in the amount of dogs on campus in recent years, which is both exciting and challenging. The university does not have a rule against bringing pets on campus, but they cannot go inside any buildings unless they are is a service dog. Orr said it is common courtesy to be aware of the pet and only bring it on campus if it is well trained so it does not distract a service dog from its work. “I think it’s important for people to be

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aware of their animal, so if they’re bringing a pet on campus just be thoughtful … about the dog’s behavior,” Orr said. “We know that when people are falsely using service animals, that it makes it much more challenging for those that need them.” For those who respect the difference, emotional support animals can provide comfort for their owners without necessarily needing to always be by their side, said Lexi Ong, a business sophomore with an ESA named Maya. “The presence of them helps in day-today life; alleviating whatever issues you deal with so [you] can be more independent and productive,” Ong said. “Having emotional support animals keeps people accountable and puts more structure in their lives. It gives us something to put focus into that is something we want to take care of.” Despite the negative connotation often surrounding emotional support animals, Ong and Fournier both said ESAs could provide emotional comfort for people who legitimately need it. Disability Resources advises the campus community to recognize that regardless of any preconceptions or assumptions, students should be more aware of the need for both service animals and emotional support animals. “I think there are times when people see a dog on campus and the person with the dog does not appear to have a disability that there may be a bit more questioning there,”

Orr said. “I assume if I see a dog that it is a service animal, and I don’t try to question that because it is not my place.” The Disability Resources website highlights service animal etiquette everyone on and off campus should follow, as defined below: “Keep fellow Aggies safe: Touching or interacting with a service animal can be dangerous or life-threatening. “Consider leaving pets at home: Other animals can interfere with the work of a service animal and put your fellow students at risk. “Respect the privacy of the service animal team: Ask permission before taking photos or videos and before posting them online. “Think of the service animal like a wheelchair: Understand the service animal plays a critical role for a student.” Orr said one of the biggest challenges students with service animals on campus face today is the attention through social media. People often want to take photos or videos of service animals because they think they are cute, but this can make the person with the dog feel uncomfortable. Orr said it is important to realize that a person with a service dog does have a disability, and they may or may not want that posted on social media. “People just want to be treated like a person,” Orr said. “Respect the privacy of the individual.”

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Jimbo Fisher added T.J. Rushing and Tyler Stantucci to his staff as defensive backs and linebackers coaches, respectively.

Jimbo welcomes new coaches Texas A&M football program adds Rushing, Santucci to defensive staff By Jackson King @MrJacksonTKing The college football offseason started with two new faces making their way to Aggieland. Texas A&M hired T.J. Rushing and Tyler Santucci to fill two vacant roles on Jimbo Fisher’s coaching staff. Less than a month after he was hired at Florida State, news broke that Rushing, a defensive backs coach for the Seminoles, would accept the same position at A&M. TexAgs’ Billy Liucci first reported the hire on Jan. 20, and A&M confirmed the news that Rushing would replace Marcus Linguist as the Aggies’ defensive backs coach four days later. Linguist, who joined A&M as a part of Jimbo Fisher’s original staff in 2018, left the Aggies on Jan. 20 to accept the same position with the Dallas Cowboys. “T.J. has an outstanding track record of playing, teaching and developing quality defensive backs,” Fisher told 12thman.com. “He is a tireless worker, an outstanding recruiter and he coaches with a lot of fire and enthusiasm. He will make a great addition to our coaching staff.” Rushing, who was introduced as Florida State’s defensive backs coach on Dec. 28, joined the Seminoles from the University of Memphis, where he had worked under new Florida State head coach Mike Norvell and defensive coordinator Adam Fuller. Rushing served as the passing game coordinator and defensive backs coach for the 2018 and 2019 seasons under Fuller. At Memphis, Rushing helped lead the Tigers’ defense in 2019 to be 20th in passing defense and 16th in passing defensive efficiency. With Rushing coaching the passing defense,

the Tigers were able to earn a school record 12 wins and the school’s first outright conference championship, securing a New Year’s Six bowl appearance in the Cotton Bowl. During Rushing’s two seasons with the Tigers, Memphis finished with 18 interceptions and 37 total forced turnovers. During the same time frame, A&M managed to record 17 interceptions. At A&M, Rushing will have the opportunity to coach a defensive backfield with significant growth and experience under its belt. Under Linguist, the Aggies’ secondary developed into a consistent defensive unit, improving its pass defense efficiency from 127th in 2018 to 27th one year later. All but two defensive backs on the Aggies’ roster will return, including two of their starting cornerbacks and both starting safeties. Rushing’s announcement came one day after the announcement of another coaching hire. On Jan. 23, A&M confirmed a Jan. 16 report from Pete Thamel of Yahoo Sports that Wake Forest assistant coach Santucci was accepting the linebackers coaching position at A&M. Santucci, who was Wake Forest’s linebackers coach in 2019, resigned from Wake Forest earlier in the week to take the A&M job. Santucci is replacing linebackers coach Bradley Dale Peveto, who spent the last two years coaching under A&M defensive coordinator Mike Elko. The team has not made any official statement regarding his status, as Peveto was still under contract for 2020. Santucci has a history with Elko, having served as a defensive analyst under him at A&M in 2018 and Notre Dame in 2017. With coaching positions at defensive backs and linebackers filled, the Aggies will still be looking for a new tight ends coach after Joe Jon Finley’s departure. Finley left for the same position at Ole Miss, the Rebels announced in a press release on Jan. 2.

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Senior guard Wendell Mitchell has scored 153 points on the season.

Wendell Mitchell scores record night in victory over Volunteers By Jackson King @MrJacksonTKing Senior guard Wendell Mitchell finished with a season-high 23 points as the Texas A&M men’s basketball team climbed to 46 rebounds in a 63-58 road victory over the Tennessee Volunteers. Coming out of a double-digit home loss to Oklahoma State, the Aggies (10-9, 4-3 SEC) hoped to regain momentum going on the road against a tough SEC opponent. In the match, A&M dominated Tennessee on the glass, matching a season-high 46 rebounds. The Aggies more than doubled the Volunteers’ rebounding output, holding Tennessee to 21 boards, which is an A&M season-low for rebounds allowed. “We haven’t been that way the entire season,” A&M coach Buzz Williams told 12thman.com. “I thought we were much more active on the offensive glass, and I thought we did a really good job of preventing them from getting extra possessions, which has been one of our Achilles’ heels. That was a big key on both sides for us.” On the offensive end, A&M set a season-high with 23 offensive rebounds, more than Tennessee had all game, including freshman Jonathan Aku’s seven offensive boards. A&M’s ability to grab open rebounds limited the Volunteers’ ability to score second-chance points, in which they had a season-low three points. Late in the game, the Aggies led 53-50 before a three-pointer by Tennessee guard Jordan Bowden evened the game with less than a minute to go. With the game on the line, Mitchell helped

fuel a 10-2 scoring run. With the ball out of a timeout, Mitchell drained a three-pointer to retake the lead at 56-53. After an offensive foul by Tennessee’s John Fulkerson, Mitchell made two free throws on the other end to extend the Aggie lead to five. After a missed three-pointer, junior guard Savion Flagg extended the lead to seven with two free throws of his own. Three more free throws by Emanuel Miller and Mitchell sealed the victory for the Aggies, winning 63-58. After the game, Williams praised the team for providing better effort than they had against Oklahoma State. “I thought our effort on Saturday in the Big 12 Challenge was our worst of the year,” Williams told 12thman.com “We had no energy, no fight, no togetherness. I thought our spirit to compete tonight was back to the way it has to be in order for us to have a chance. It sure came out on the glass.” For A&M, Mitchell provided an offensive spark for a team that struggled to make a shot all night. In a game where A&M only made 17 of their 56 field goal attempts, Mitchell finished with 23 points for the Aggies, which is the most points a single A&M player has scored all season. Despite only making five of his 20 shots, Mitchell’s shooting from deep, where he made four three-pointers including the go ahead three-pointer in the final minute of the game, played a huge part in the Aggies’ victory over the Volunteers. Outside of Mitchell, junior guard Quenton Jackson finished as the second-highest scorer for the Aggies, scoring 11 points off of the bench. Freshman guard Andre Gordon scored nine points, while Miller and Flagg both finished with seven points. Miller has led the team in rebounds with 12, and has led A&M in rebounding in four of the Aggies’ seven SEC contests.

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