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T-shirt sales benefit firefighters’ families Tyler Webb

The Battalion exas A&M Traditions Council has teamed with Aggieland Outfitters in a collaborative effort to raise money to support the families of two deceased Bryan firefighters.

Lt. Gregory Pickard and Lt. Eric Wallace were killed in February responding to a fire at the Knights of Columbus Hall in downtown Bryan. The fire became too large to contain, and the team was ordered to evacuate the building. When Wallace did not emerge, the department sent in a Rapid Intervention Team made up of Pickard, Ricky Mantey and Mitchell Moran. The fire claimed the lives of Wallace and Pickard, and left Mantey and Moran hospitalized with severe burns.

The Traditions Council sold surplus Tshirts from student organizations and departments Wednesday and Thursday for $1, donating the proceeds to the families of Pickard and Wallace, and helping with hospital bills of firefighters Ricky Mantey and Mitchell Moran, who were injured in the same fire.

Chris Dismuke, chair of the Traditions Council and senior chemical engineering major, sent emails to organizations to request Tshirt donations. Twenty organizations and departments offered their donations of old shirts.

“We got a great response,” Dismuke said.

“We sold 25 boxes in the first 20 minutes.

Many students would approach us with a $10 bill and only grab two shirts. It was nice to see everyone eager to support the cause.”

Traditions Council reached out to Aggieland Outfitters for assistance.

“Traditions Council said they wanted to take the shirts they had in storage from various student groups and use them to raise money for a good cause,” said Dallas Shipp, director of marketing and communications for Aggieland Outfitters. “They asked us if we had any that we could use to support their efforts and we said, ‘Sure, we’d love to help.’”

Cory Matthews, assistant chief of the Bryan Fire Department, expressed the department’s gratitude to the community-wide efforts to support the firefighters.

“The support that we have had from the community has been incredible,” Matthews said. “This is really tough for all involved.

We’re really just trying to get back in a normal routine.”

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Clean slate Newcomers help blaze new conference trail, fill old shoes Charity Chambers

The Battalion he 2010 National Championship banner seems fresh in the minds of many A&M fans. But for the freshman class called to carry the weight of that banner into the postseason, high school graduations fall closer than memories of the Aggie title team.

The six true freshmen on the A&M women’s basketball team haven’t failed to impress this year, making history in the team’s inaugural season in the Southeastern Conference.

The women’s basketball team notched the highest-rated recruiting class in school

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history this past offseason, adding six true freshmen to the ranks. Five of them — Courtney Walker, Jordan Jones, Chelsea Jennings, Peyton Little and Courtney Walker — have made consistent contributions on the court this season.

Head coach Gary Blair said the freshmen class had an outstanding season as the team heads into the SEC tournament Friday.

“Walker had a sensational freshman season, along with my entire freshman class,” Blair said. “I am happy for my team being recognized for what they have accomplished with their hard work, it has been a long year and we want to See Freshman five on page 4

Photos by Chase Krumholz and Jenna Rabel — THE BATTALION

Texas A&M’s freshman class contributors, clockwise from upper left: guard Courtney Walker, guard Chelsea Jennings, guard Jordan Jones, forward Courtney Williams and guard Peyton Little

Dollar T-shirts Aggieland Outfitters will be selling $1 shirts from Thursday through Saturday. Aggieland Outfitters and Traditions Council will also be accepting cash donations.

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Campus activities proceed after bomb threat All classes and campus activities will proceed as scheduled Friday despite a reported campus-wide bomb threat, authorities said.

Code Maroon alerts were sent to subscribed University email accounts and phones at 1:30 p.m.

Thursday regarding a Friday bomb threat. According to emergency. tamu.edu, a written threat was discovered in the bathroom of a campus facility, which prompted an investigation, but the credibility of the threat was considered questionable. Lt. Allan Baron of the University Police Department said campus-goers are encouraged to remain vigilant and to report suspicious activity to any of an increased contingent of UPD officers. “As a police department, we will have additional police officers working throughout campus tomorrow patrolling the streets and buildings,” Baron said.

The threat is the first campus-wide bomb threat since an Oct. 19 event that resulted in a campus-wide evacuation. Between the events, two building-specific bomb threats have been reported — one on Feb. 20 that evacuated Kyle Field and surrounding buildings and another on Feb. 22 that evacuated the Clayton Williams Jr. Alumni Center.

Mark Doré, staff reporter

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Colin Wisdom

The Battalion hey can be seen on campus, a beautiful labradoodle in a blue vest and a student with a tight grip on its leash. Passersby regularly stop to pet the dogs and talk to the handlers before going on their way, but the dogs of Aggie Guide and Service Dogs aren’t around just to brighten people’s day. They have serious jobs — careers that take training and encouragement from some dedicated students.

Aggie Guide and Service Dogs is a student-run organization dedicated to the training of dogs to assist people with disabilities. Members spend their time raising and training the dogs as well as promoting awareness of the animals’ unique roles.

Madalyn Guelker, senior biomedical sciences major and president of the organization, said the main purpose of AGS is the training of service dogs, a job performed by what the club calls “puppy raisers.” Guelker said the process of becoming a puppy raiser is a great undertaking and the training can last two to three months.

“Hopeful puppy raisers must take classes, complete 12 shelter hours and take the shelter test,” said Jessa Sterling, senior agricultural communications major and senior puppy raiser supervisor.

The puppy raisers must go on weekly outings and have public training sessions with the dogs. Sterling said the raisers also they must pass a written test before they are paired with a puppy.

The puppy raisers handle what is called “phase one” training. Allyson Winkley, sophomore psychology major and puppy raiser, said the dogs are taught a variety of “tricks” used to make life easier for people with disabilities.

“We teach them basic commands, such as sit, retrieve, to close and open doors and to use lift switches,” Winkley said.

— Yvette Isidori, sophomore political science major

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“I’m going home to Beaumont, and I’m probably going to go to Galveston for a day or two.”

— Rocki Haddad, junior English major

“I am being less responsible and I’m going to Panama City Beach all week.”

— Reggie Brooks, senior industrial engineering major

“I’m going home to Denton. I’m hoping to eat some really good homemade food and go swing dancing.”

— Alya Ayers, junior civil engineering major

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The benefits of traveling to another country are often difach school year thousands of Texas A&M students board ficult to predict. After directing the A&M Study Abroad Proplanes bound for foreign countries. Inside their luggage, gram for more than six years, Flaherty said she has learned that one wouldn’t find check-in confirmations for hotel resorts or the introduction of challenges is one of the most important an itinerary list for a relaxing vacation, but rather enough pens things that happen when students are exposed to a new enand three-ringed binders to irritate even the most laid back of vironment .

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Flaherty tells students that alAbbey Davis, freshman business though regular college tuition major, hopes to study abroad at least may be used to cover the maonce before she graduates, as she bejority of their trip’s expenses, lieves it will be her only chance.

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Rachel Harris, sophomore biomedical sciences major, Melanie Rogers, lead office associate at the Study Abroad decided against study abroad after considering the possible Programs Office, said she feels strongly that study abroad can drawbacks. guarantee at least some benefit to any student. Advocating its “If I had the time and money, maybe I’d do it. I just don’t free accessibility, she said that even disabled students can take really see it benefitting me that much as someone who’s going advantage of the program. into the medical field,” Harries said.

“We’re able to accommodate students with disabilities, and Beyond the expected tolls on time and money lies the issue we make sure everyone is safe by not allowing anyone to go of safety. Although a multitude of precautions are taken on all to travel-warning countries,” Rogers said. “Students are able study abroad trips, the rates of violence and crime in the U.S. to see how differently things are done in foreign countries, and are historically lower than the average. According to Flaherty, it helps their perspectives mature. I really don’t see how any no student should be deterred due to the issue of safety. She student could truly get nothing out of the experience.” said not only are students who study abroad equipped with

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She said trainers use a technique known as “clicker training” to help train the dogs.

“Clicker training is a positive reinforcement technique,” said Haley Jumper, senior history major and junior puppy raiser supervisor. “Whenever a dog does something good, we click a clicker and give them a treat. Eventually the dog associates the clicker with good behavior.”

The dogs are taken on outings to socialize them and desensitize them to loud noises, other animals and similar distractions.

“These dogs are even trained to use the bathroom on command,” Jumper said.

It’s not all work for these puppies. Once a week, they meet to socialize and play with members of the service dog organization.

“People see the service jacket and think that the dogs never get to have fun, but they get to play all the time,” Guelker said.

After 12 to 18 months of training, the dogs are sent to organizations such as Canine Assistances or the Train a Dog Save a Warrior foundation to start their “phase two” training. The dogs donated to Canine Assistances are usually trained as mobility service dogs. They help people who have disabilities that hinder their ability to move.

Dogs donated to Train a Dog Save a Warrior are trained to help soldiers with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.

“The dogs give companionship to the soldiers,” Sterling said. “Those with PTSD are prone to flash backs. The dogs pull them out of these flashbacks and back into reality.”

Not any dog can become a service dog. All of the puppies are donated to AGS with many coming from Safari Doodles, a breeder in the Dallas area. The majority of AGS puppies are Labradoodles, Goldendoodles or other poodle mixes.

“Poodles are considered the smartest breed,” Jumpers said.

“When bred with a Labrador or Golden Retriever, you get the poodle intelligence with the loyalty and drive of a retriever.

Also they tend to be hypoallergenic. These traits together make them perfect as service dogs.”

“In choosing a puppy we use a method called the Volhard method,” Jumpers said. “We watch the puppies to see if they have drive, how they react to people, noises, changing situations and being placed in different situations. We also see how they act within the litter to see if they tend to be dominant over their litter mates.”

The puppies must then be health certified and begin training at around eight weeks of age.

To help educate the public on their work and service dogs in general, AGS visits local schools and events.

“We speak to 4-H groups, at local elementary schools and we had a booth at the last disabilities fair,” said Madalyn Guelker, senior biomedical sciences major and AGS president.

Members of the organization hold monthly fundraisers.

They also have Donation drives where they raise money for kennels and the Train a Dog Save a Warrior foundation.

Sterling said having to watch the dogs leave is the hardest part of the process, but seeing impact the dogs have on people’s lives is more than enough.

“One dog, Watson, was paired with a woman who was a complete shut-in, never left her house,” Sterling said. “Marshal, Watson’s raiser, was told that he would never hear from them. Sometime later he gets a call from this woman. She had a complete turnaround thanks to Watson and began to regularly leave her house.”

Sterling said that the main focus of the club has, and will always be the dogs.

“The dogs are the reason we do this,” Sterling said. “They are the number one priority.”

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Melissa Beger, senior animal science major, gives Rookie a treat after completing a training exercise.

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And while the story within the pages begins in Cuba and ends in Wisconsin, the Canto family’s pursuit of happiness led them to Texas A&M University. Two of Silvio’s sons graduated from A&M and both worked on the book with him, making its publication a family — and an Aggie — affair.

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These changes prompted the Canto family, along with 300,000 other Cuban immigrants, to leave Cuba in the 1960s in hopes of a better future in the U.S. The elder Silvio’s two sons — Gabriel Canto, Class of 2011, and Silvio Canto, Class of 2010 — said the message is important for all readers, including A&M students.

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equestrian | No. 6 A&M faces No. 2 Georgia on senior night at 10 a.m. Friday in College Station.

w. swimming | A&M garnered 13 m. golf | No. 25 A&M travels to invites for the NCAA Championships Las Vegas, Nev., to compete in the in Indianapolis, Ind., on March 21-23. Highlands Collegiate Masters.

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finish it off the right way by going to the SEC Tournament.”

Walker has highlighted the contributions of the class, starting in every regular season game and leading the team in steals (51). Her scoring output (10.5

points per game) ranks just behind junior All-American candidate Kelsey Bone for the team lead and she trails only senior guard Adrienne Pratcher in assists (2.7 per game).

Walker earned All-SEC Freshman team honors along with an SEC Player and Freshman of the Week awards, but she wasn’t the only member of her class to receive recognition.

Chase Krumholz — THE BATTALION

Freshman guard Courtney Walker drives to the basket during A&M’s 60-52 victory over Vanderbilt on Jan. 31. Walker led A&M in steals (51) this season while placing second in both points (10.5) and assists (2.7).

Ryan Swope

Last day to vote

Friday stands as the final day to cast your ballot in the NCAA Football 14 Cover Vote Campaign online.

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Little, after hitting five three-point shots to lead the Aggies to a win over Missouri, earned the SEC Freshman of the Week honors of her own.

Jones said even though they are only freshmen, Blair expects each to execute at a consistently high level.

“Basketball is basketball,” Jones said.

“Whether you’re a freshman, sophomore, senior or junior, if the coach is going to put you in the game, you have to perform the way the coach knows you can perform.”

Many connections exist between the freshmen and the rest of the roster, dating from their time before A&M. Williams was a member of an AAU Houston Elite team while in high school on which redshirt freshman Rachel Mitchell and juniors Karla Gilbert and Kelsey Bone once played.

Jennings, Walker, Jones and Curtyce Knox played for the Dallas-Forth Worth Elite club team in high school. The squad caught the attention of Blair and A&M following its victory in the 2011 17-Under Nike Elite Nationals.

Walker said it’s comfortable to compete in college with familiar players.

“It’s really fun playing together,” Walker said. “We have a lot of chemistry together because we played three or four years together. It really helped us sync together because Jordan [Jones], Chelsea [Jennings] and I play the same positions we did when we played with DFW so it really helps our chemistry when we’re trying to learn coach Blair’s system.”

Using these connections to their advantage, the freshmen five have contributed to A&M’s fourth place regular season finish in the SEC, No. 19 nationally.

During the year, the Aggies ranked as high as No. 10.

With a 21-9 overall record and an 11-5 league showing, A&M enters the SEC tournament as the No. 4 seed.

The Aggies play South Carolina at 1:30 p.m. on Friday in Duluth, Ga. and will host the first and second rounds of the NCAA tournament in College Station on March 23 and 25.

march madness

New concept seeks modernization for aged competition W

hile the creation of individual brackets has entertained fans for sometime, a new system based in the roots of fantasy football has surfaced to revolutionize March Madness competition.

The creators of “Draft the Madness,” Daniel Braus and Jim Hong, said the improbability of perfection leads to people losing interest in their pool and in the NCAA tournament, a factor they accounted for when developing their concept on the “build your bracket” system.

Instead of drafting individual players, like in fantasy football, Draft the Madness players would draft teams in the tournament to garner points from winning games. Pools of players would set a lineup for each round of March Madness to earn the most points through each of their drafted programs.

“Drafting teams inevitably creates a sense of connection with the teams you drafted, which means you really root for those teams throughout the tournament,” Braus said. “With brackets, you pick the winners of 63 games. With Draft the Madness, you ‘own’ 5-10 teams and you can easily pay attention to those teams and follow them throughout the tournament.”

For decades, the public focus of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament has centered on the individual notion of building a bracket — selecting the outcome of 63 games prior to tournament play with the intention of predicting an ultimate victor.

Correctly predicting all 63 games has eluded most fans and analysts every year as the unpredictability of the tournament consistently lives up to its pop culture nickname: March Madness.

According to The Washington Post, the odds of building a perfect bracket are one in 9.2 quintillion — that’s 18 zeros of improbability.

- James Sullivan, staff reporter

March Madness 2013

NCAA tournament Following Selection Sunday on March 17, the first round of the NCAA tournament starts on March 19.

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