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major auto accident Saturday killed Nathan Hardcastle, sophomore ecological restoration major, and Taylor Leonard, 19, who was visiting from Houston.

According to the College Station Police Department, Hardcastle, Leonard and five others were exiting a private drive on Harvey Mitchell Parkway north of Holleman around 9:50 p.m. in a 2008 Dodge truck when they were hit on the driver side by a 2006 Dodge, which had a sole occupant.

All seven occupants were rushed to the hospital. Hardcastle was pronounced dead 45 minutes after the accident while several others were said to be in critical condition. Leonard, the driver of the 2008 Dodge, was pronounced dead Sunday at 7:24 p.m., authorities said.

Tucker Shroyer, junior agricultural economics major, said he has been friends with Hardcastle since the third grade and is his fraternity brother in Alpha Nathan Hardcastle Gamma Rho, the national agriculture fraternity at Texas A&M. “I can honestly say that I have never once seen Nathan frown,� Shroyer said. “He was a caring individual who always had a smile on his face. He was an honest guy with a lot of integrity.�

Fraternity president Jody Harris said Hardcastle will be missed. “Nathan was one of those real Taylor Leonard goofy guys who you loved to be around,� Harris said. “He had a really positive outlook on life.�

The College Station Police Department said in a news release that other occupants of the vehicle driven by Leonard sustained injuries and several remain in critical condition. — Staff Report

The Battalion eed Arena gave the Texas A&M women’s basketball team a certain level of comfort Saturday in a 71-45 win over the Wichita State Shockers in the first round of the NCAA tournament.

The 7,225 fans — the most in attendance of any of the eight Saturday NCAA women’s basketball tournament sites — gave the Aggies a boost helped secure a win. “Having the support and a lot of people’s family and friends there, on your home court, who wouldn’t like being at home in one of the biggest tournament games of the season? We’re one step closer to New Orleans,� said junior center Karla Gilbert.

Texas A&M (25-9), competing in its eighth consecutive NCAA tournament, found its rhythm against Wichita State late in the first half, closing out the period with a 16-2 run to take a 13-point lead. The Aggies’ momentum rolled into the second half with an early 12-2 surge.

A&M senior forward Kristi Bellock tied her career high with 18 points, going 9-for-12 from the field with six rebounds and two assists. Freshman guard Courtney Williams contributed 11 points along with six rebounds and four assists. “When you start talking about the way [Bellock] can push the ball in transition, or the way she runs the floor, she can stretch defenses as well,� said junior center Kelsey Bone. “It is exciting to play with her. When she is clicking on all cylinders we are a hard team to beat.�

Bone added 10 points, all of which came in the second half after foul trouble sent her to the bench in the first.

For Wichita State (24-10), the loss cut short its first NCAA tournament appearance and ends the most success-

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Junior center Kelsey Bone takes a fadeaway jumpshot during Texas A&M’s 71-45 NCAA first round tournament victory over Wichita State. ful season in school history. The No. 3 seeded Aggies advance to the second round of the NCAA tournament for the sixth consecutive season, facing off against the No. 6 seed Nebraska on Monday night at Reed Arena.

After a strong fan presence at Saturday’s matchup with Wichita State, A&M head coach Gary Blair hopes for continued attendance against Nebraska. “Our crowd was tremendous,� Blair

said. “Hopefully we can have some more on Monday night. Our season ticket base was 2,900 and now all of a sudden it’s 7,200.�

During the conference Sunday, Blair said he takes his next opponent seriously. “From here on out it’s survive and advance,� Blair said. “We begin the second half of this journey today and we’ll see

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Manya Lazaroff (right) and other volunteers help prepare one of the meals for Passover on Sunday afternoon at Rohr Chabad Jewish student and community center.

Jewish community prepares for commemorative holiday Jessica Smarr

The Battalion he smell bubbling up from pots on a stove carries from the kitchen, while the steady rhythm of a knife chopping carrots provides a tempo for the crowd busily preparing the approaching feast.

Sundown of the 15th day of the month of Nissan — which corresponds this year to sundown of March 25 — marks the beginning of Passover. Passover, a Jewish holiday that takes place through eight days (seven days in Israel), commemorating the exodus of the Jewish people out of Egypt and is notably marked by differences in dietary laws.

Rabbi Yossi Lazaroff of the Rohr Chabad Jewish Student and Community Center explained the historical and spiritual significance of the holiday.

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“Passover is a holiday, otherwise known as pesach in Hebrew,� Lazaroff said. “It commemorates the exodus of Egypt where the Jewish people were slaves and God took us out and set us free. But as part of the biblical element of the exodus, Passover is commemorating this concept of freedom, celebrating freedom.�

Members of the Jewish faith traditionally observe dietary laws, but during Passover these laws become more restrictive. Kenny Abitbol, a sophomore nuclear engineering major, described these restrictions. “We can’t eat chametz, which is the leavened bread and anything that it’s made out of,� Abitbol said. “Now, we normally can’t eat most things, beSee Passover on page 2

riminal charges against Brittany Henderson — a Bryan woman arrested in connection with a bomb threat at Texas State University — have been dropped by the Hays County District Attorney’s Brittany Henderson office, according to the Austin AmericanStatesman.

Two days after authorities took Henderson into custody, the FBI arrested her ex-boyfriend Dereon Kelley, who now faces federal felony charges for the Dereon Kelley Oct. 18 Texas State bomb threat and the Oct. 19 Texas A&M bomb threat.

Henderson, 19, is a former student at Texas State and was arrested on three counts of making a terroristic threat, a third-degree felony and three counts of making a false alarm or report, a Class A misdemeanor, and spent more than a month in jail.

Fred Weber, Hays County assistant district attorney, said the charges against Henderson were dropped because there was not sufficient evidence to proceed with the case.

John Quinn, Henderson’s attorney, said Henderson was “hugely happy� the charges were dropped. According to the Austin American-Statesman, Quinn said they plan to meet next week to discuss whether to pursue a lawsuit related to the case. — Staff report

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Biggest Event Despite scattered showers and cold weather, more than 17,500 students, the most to date, volunteered at the 31st annual Big Event on Saturday.

Students gathered to perform community service to thank the Bryan-College Station community. This year’s Big Event featured 200 more tasks to be completed than in 2012 in addition to a yell to “BTHO the cold� by the newly elected yell leaders.

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out the weekend. Different panels were held, on writing and costuming techniques, along with gaming discussions and readings of different works.

“This year’s AggieCon was absolutely huge compared to last year’s,” said Sarah Lemay, sophomore mechanical engineering major. “I think it definitely matched up to ConDFW.” AggieCon, College Station’s own sci-fi and fantasy convention, is organized annually by Cepheid Variable.

Cepheid Variable is a sci-fi and fantasy organization that began in 1969 and draws together fans of mediums such as comic books, movies and television shows.

“It’s the biggest sci-fi group on campus,” Passen said. “We organize student events that have to do with fantasy, scifi, comics, books — anything you can ‘nerd-out’ about. We take trips to nuclear reactors and Lego stores, just geek things.”

Carleen DeArmon, senior English major and director of operations for AggieCon, said most of her job this year has involved communicating with the Hilton, the hotel that hosted the event, and making sure that both staff and guests understood what goes on at the convention.

DeArmon said the purpose of the convention was to bring people with the same interests together.

“We want to make sure everyone feels like they belong somewhere,” DeArmon said.

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According to many congoers, Saturday was a busy convention day due largely to the involvement of George R.R. Martin, the author of “A Song of Ice and Fire.”

Fans of the series, which inspired the TV show “Game of Thrones,” even came dressed as characters from the story, complete with dragons perched on their shoulders, to show their dedication and support.

In addition to Martin’s “A Game of Thrones”-themed signing and Q-and-A session, other guests included Ernest Cline, author of “Ready Player One,” comic artist Sam de la Rosa, “Surviving the World” writer Dante Shepard and author of “The Pyramid Waltz,” Barbara Ann Wright.

“The most fun part of AggieCon this year was running around, surprisingly enough,” said Amber Passen, sophomore general studies major. “I had to make sure the guests got picked up from their flights, that they drove to the right place, that they knew what was going on with the schedule. All of that was busy, but this was a lot of fun.”

The vendors, art auction and costume-play contest generated attention through-

cause it’s made out of certification. Now it goes even beyond that — anything that’s made in a factory, any of that stuff we can’t eat from unless it has its supervision symbol on it.”

Matzah, unleaved bread made from flour and water, is consumed throughout the celebration. It is also referred to as bread of faith or bread of healing.

Not only can leavened food products not be consumed, they are not even seen.

“Part of the Biblical commandment is not only the eating of the matzah on Passover, but also to remove any leavened products in one’s home, which is any type of wheat, barley, things like that,” Lazaroff said. “It’s not only about eating, it’s also not seeing it or finding it, which ultimately means cleaning up the house, clean it very well because you’re not allowed to own it, you’re not allowed to have it in your home during the Passover.”

The entire house also must be cleaned, with special attention paid to the kitchen.

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Sam de la Rosa, an artist of the Marvel character “Venom,” works on new artwork at AggieCon 44. preparations involved a lot of work and time from the Cepheid Variable members.

“It’s been crazy this year, especially with George R.R. Martin as a guest,” DeArmon said. “It’s gotten really hectic.”

DeArmon said much of Cepheid Variable’s growth materialized from a love of a welcoming atmosphere and meeting new people. She said it is one of the things that makes AggieCon a little different from most conventions.

“I’ve heard a lot of people

or put away for Passover.

“Not using leavened products, that’s a big part of the job, you talk about taking a week or two just to prepare for Passover and get the place ready,” Lazaroff said. “Even your oven is used for leavened products, we have to Kosher the oven, which means cleaning it out well and heating it. The ones that are not self-cleaning, you need to use a blowtorch and things like that. I have a whole separate Passover oven. I have a whole separate kitchen, in a sense, that I use for Passover.”

Not only can the cleaning be a timeconsuming process, but preparing meals can also prove to be a challenge due to the restricted dietary laws. Matzah, which can be consumed throughout the holiday, can be transformed in a variety of ways, is used for matzah ball soup and even pizza.

“Passover is actually a very funny holiday, because it’s a time where the individual gourmet chefs shine,” Abitbol said.

“The average Joe can’t make all these creative ideas for food.”

To assist students who may not have the time or resources to prepare the correct foods for the holiday, the Chabad offers a dining program to provide students with lunch and dinner over the eight days of Passover. Seder, which means “order”

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say they prefer our con because it’s more personal,” DeArmon said.

AggieCon has grown from a modest gathering to a heavily attended comic convention.

“The first AggieCon was kind of accidental,” DeArmon said. “We had a relatively big name come in for our SciFi week, and a few people referred to it as AggieCon 1.

Since then, it’s become our yearly tradition.”

and involves a meal, is observed the first two nights and is also provided for students and community members at the center.

“What we provide at our center for the Texas A&M students is, number one, the Seder itself, but also an entire Passover dining program,” Lazaroff said.

“Because being that you’re not allowed to eat leavened products, it’s much more difficult, and you also have to clean your house and Kosher it. It’s a big undertaking that a lot of students either don’t have the time for nor the financial means to be able to do that, or the ability of where they’re living in the dorm to do that.”

Justine Berman, freshman Blinn team animal science major, is participating in part of the dining program and cooking some of her own meals. She said the dietary laws were more than just restrictions on food.

“It really transforms you, because we are basically mimicking their dietary habits and needs,” Berman said. “And yes, we are privileged enough to have more a variety of food than they were, but it really helps you get into the spirit and kind of understand a little bit more what they were going through and what they had to do.”

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Nice! 4/2 2013-Rayburn. $1550/mo. Available Aug1st. Call Scott at 979-229-5007.

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Now Leasing and pre-leasing for August! 4bdrm/2bth houses. Spacious floorplans. Great Location.

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Pre-lease 4 and 5 bedroom houses, available August, great floor plans, close to campus, updated, W/D, all appliances, no pets. www.brazosvalleyrentals.com 979-731-8257.

Pre-lease for May or August 2/2 Duplex with large fence backyard.

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Sub-lease 2bd/1ba. Second floor corner apartment. $640/mo, on bus route, and pets welcome.

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Two newer built 5/4’s for lease.

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PT leasing agent, Saturdays a must. Call 979-693-1906.

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Little Guys Movers now hiring FT/PT employees. Must be at least 21 w/valid D.L. Apply in person at 3209 Earl Rudder Freeway.

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ROOMMATES 2 or 3 roommates needed for 4bd/4ba apartment. Fully furnished with W/D. $475/mo includes utilities. Contact Kendall at k_aggie14@neo.tamu.edu.

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Roommates needed 4bd/2ba home with large backyard and new flooring. Pets welcome. Call if interested 361-463-6763.

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The 111th edition of Texas A&M’s official yearbook will chronicle the 2012-2013 school year — traditions, academics, the other education, sports, the Corps, Greeks, ResLife, campus organizations and seniors and graduate students. Distribution of the 2013 Aggieland will be during Fall 2013.

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Nebraska (24-8), a former Big 12 foe that joined the Big Ten in 2011, will face the Aggies for the first time since leaving both programs’ former league. The Cornhuskers lead the all-time series against A&M 14-9, but the Aggies have won six of the past eight meetings, including an 84-49 win in Nebraska’s final year with the Big 12.

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Texas A&M matched up against No. 6 Ole Miss on the road for a three game series from Friday to Sunday, scoring a 2-1 series win. After losing 8-2 Friday night and a rain delay on Saturday, A&M took advantage of sophomore Mitchell Nau’s two RBIs to secure a 2-1 win in the first game of the Sunday doubleheader.

A&M’s offense came alive in the second game as the Aggies defeated the Rebels 10-6. Texas A&M moves to 17-8 (5-1 SEC) on the season and face UT-Arlington at 6:35 p.m. Tuesday in Blue Bell Park.

The Texas A&M women’s swimming and diving team tied their highest finish in program history Saturday at the 2013 NCAA Championships, placing fourth. The Aggies finished with 323.5 points behind Georgia (477), California (393) and Tennessee (325.5).

Behind Olympian junior Camille Adams’ first NCAA title, the Aggies surged to their seventh consecutive Top 10 team finish. Olympian junior Breeja Larson and Adams were the highlights of the meet for A&M, winning titles in the 100-yard breaststroke and 200-yard butterfly, respectively.

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