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(Left to right) Juniors Sara Wojcak, Brad Sauer and Hailey Kryszewski will serve as the 2017-2018 Corps of Cadets leadership.

hosen for their leadership qualities and potential for significant influence on one of the most well-known institutions Texas A&M has to offer, the new senior leaders for the Corps of Cadets were selected to serve for the 2017-2018 school year. While 13 seniors were chosen for key positions, the main three to represent Texas A&M through the Corps are political science junior Brad Sauer, management junior Sara Wojcak and physics junior Hailey Kryszewski. Sauer will hold the position of Corps commander, Wojcak as deputy Corps commander and Kryszewski as chief of staff. According to Commandant of the Corps General Joe Ramirez, the selection process includes an academic standard, criteria they must meet in order to compete for the position and an interview. “It’s a pretty lengthy process,” Ramirez said. “First off, we open up those leader positions to all cadets who are eligible. So anybody in the Corps can apply for these positions, anybody who is a rising senior leader for example … there’s a window of opportunity for you to apply for the position.” Ramirez said the commandant staff, ROTC staff and all of the cadets who held the key leader positions this year were present during the potential cadet leader’s interviews. “After we’re done with all the interviews, then we discuss the interviews, the applications and look at who we believe will be the most qualified to lead the Corps next year, from Corps commander all the way to the major unit commanders,” Ramirez said. “Then we vote, and we decide, the recommendation is made to me and ultimately I’m CORPS LEADERSHIP ON PG. 5

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Lea DeLaria, an accomplished actress and comedian, led an LGBTQ discussion in Rudder Auditorium this past Friday night.

Netflix star Lea DeLaria talks LGBT rights ‘Orange is the New Black’ actress discusses experiences, Hollywood By Ana Sevilla @anavsevilla At the countdown from three, members of the audience stood, ready at attention, and at their cue yelled, “I am a lesbian!” As this happened, Lea DeLaria watched, giggled and cheered the audience members on in their chanting — it was her idea, after all, to get the audience ready to enjoy her show. DeLaria, an actress, comedian and musician, came to Texas A&M Friday night to lead an LGBT discussion. DeLaria, best known for her role as Big Boo in “Orange is the New Black,” was also the first openly gay comic on television. DeLaria’s unapologetic and outgoing demeanor were in full swing during her talk. DeLaria jokingly talked about the many names LGBT couples use to identify themselves in a relationship. “Do we call them a partner? I don’t, because I’m not a f------ law firm. Significant other? Are there enough hours in the day to say ‘significant other?’ Is she my lover? I’m not gonna call her that because I’m not a 65-year-old Berkeley graduate eating peyote buttons in a tower,” DeLaria said. “There’s a language that queers have, but we speak to each other in a language called irony — we invented satire. So I think we should just go all the way back to Jane Austen and just call them our traveling companions.” However, in between the satirical jokes, DeLaria shed light on the difficulties of growing up gay and how public opinion has shifted. “I was on my way to a gig for gay pride, I was going to catch the subway, when a young man came up to me, called me a d--- b---- and punched me in the face. He knocked me to the LEA DELARIA ON PG. 4

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Chemistry senior Stephen Botts works with a team to move golf balls as part of the Remotely Operated Vehicles competition.

Students operated robots through underwater obstacle courses and designed buoyant devices at the Recreational Pool Center Saturday as part of a Remotely Operated Vehicle competition. The Remotely Operated Vehicle, or ROV, competition was hosted by The Society for Underwater Technology at Texas A&M and the Subsea Tieback Foundation and enabled students to get a glimpse of offshore engineering through simulated, real-world scenarios. Each randomized team was assigned a mentor with experience in the offshore industry and competed in three activities that involved maneuvering ROVs to adapt to various environmental conditions. Don Wells, chairman of the Subsea Tieback Foundation, said students were challenged in multiple ways from communications and find viable solutions within a given time constraint and instructions just like in the industry of offshore engineering. “It is a learning opportunity in like that it is like real life,” Wells said. “We gave them purposely vague instructions and said start now, you get 20 minutes … When we get together at the end, we will compare to see why the team performed the way they did. They are getting to see failure in a learning experience which we do all the time ROV COMPETITION ON PG. 3

McIntosh disqualification overturned Voter intimidation charges overturned, TAMU J-Court rules evidence was ‘circumstantial’ By Brad Morse @BradSMorse53 In a 5-2 vote, the SGA Judicial Court ruled early Friday morning to overturn the election commissioner’s decision to disqualify Robert McIntosh, dismissing the charges of voter intimidation. “The Court rules to overturn the Appellee’s [Rachel Keathley] decision to disqualify Student Body President Candidate Robert McIntosh on grounds of voter fraud, as it is the opinion of these Justices that no such definition can reasonably be applied to the actions of the Appellant given the evidence provided,” the Court’s ruling stated. After initially winning the SBP race, McIntosh was disqualified for two violations. The first included 14 counts of voter intimidation, and the second was failure to report a campaign expense. The voter intimidation charges were filed under case 69-01, and the expense report was under 69-02. Before the hearing business honors junior and chief justice of the SGA Judicial Court Shelby James said the court will have some restrictions on evidence presented. “The Court voted on the parties’ evidence and chose to keep the majority of submissions,” James said. “In proceeding with case 69-01, a few pieces of evidence will not be allowed in oral arguments after the plaintiff argued his concerns during the pre-trial hearing.” During the hearing McIntosh and his campaign called forth their witnesses, with McIntosh himself being the first to take the stand. MCINTOSH ON PG. 2

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Junior Robert McIntosh will also face another hearing regarding a second disqualification charge.

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The TAMU Judicial Court ruled 5-2 in favor of overturning the 14 charges of voter intimidation which initially disqualified junior Robert McIntosh from the student body president race.

MCINTOSH CONTINUED “What I can say is I know for certain there was no coercion,” McIntosh said. “We just humbly asked for their vote. More often than not I was standing by my sign saying ‘Howdy,’ sometimes ‘Howdy have you voted yet?’ If they did I shook their hand and thanked them for voting. If they didn’t I introduced myself and humbly asked for their vote.” McIntosh said he himself never followed anyone as he has been accused of doing, and believes none of his campaign staffers did either. “We did not follow a single person,” McIntosh said. “We asked if we could walk with them. We wanted to genuinely interact with people and we succeeded in that. I said [to my staff] to greet [students] and humbly ask for their vote.” The court’s ruling said the evidence Keathley and her commission used to disqualify McIntosh was not enough to prove McIntosh committed voter fraud. “The evidence presented to the Court by the Appellee in this case seemed circumstantial at best, and when coupled with witness testimonies from both sides, was not compelling enough to convince the Court that a ruling of disqualification was warranted,” the ruling stated.

Vice-Chief Justice and classics senior Laura Durie, associate justice and accounting junior Benjamin Harrison, business honors senior Michael Formella, economics senior Corbin Neumann and business administration sophomore Ryan Woolsey all voted to overturn McIntosh’s disqualification. Chief justice and business honors senior Shelby James and association justice and computer science senior Dhananjay Khanna both voted in favor of upholding the disqualification. “The actions taken by the majority in this decision are a subversion of justice,” James and Khanna said in their dissent. “This is a direct attack upon the powers granted to the Election Commission by the Legislature of the Student Government Association and undermines the very essence of accountability that is the backbone of a real democracy. In doing so, the majority has dealt a fatal blow to the ability of the Election Commission and the Judicial Court to hold everyone to standards firmly enshrined in the Code.” Case 69-02, McIntosh’s second disqualifying-caliber violation, which deals with his failure to account for campaign material in his expense report, will have a hearing, James said. There is not a set time however, it will be announced soon.

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A&M LEAGUE OF LEGENDS TEAM STAYS UNDEFEATED By Josh Hopkins @texasjoshua1 After another successful weekend, the undefeated Aggie League of Legends collegiate team is in prime position to slingshot their way into the semifinals. League of Legends is an online competitive game in which two teams of five members each attempt to destroy the opponent’s base by destroying towers, collecting objectives and killing enemy champions. Team Maroon, after their 2-0 victory against Virginia Commonwealth University this weekend, will now be squaring off against the University of Virginia in the Southern quarterfinals of the University League of Legends Campus Series. The game is immensely popular having been reported by Riot Games last fall as having over 100 million players each month. The game has an international competitive scene as well as a university series in which Team Maroon has historically fared well. Jonathan Hsia (Marter), team coordinator and manager and Class of 2017, said if the team defeats UVA they will be squaring off against George Mason University or the University of Texas. Anthony Cui (BeHere), land architecture freshman, said the team expects to be facing George Mason University, but will be ready if facing the Longhorns. “When looking at U.T. they have a really solid team, but I think we can always beat them because we play a lot better,” Cui said. “The last time we faced them we beat them 2-0 in ULol, we beat them 3-0 in finals. We just have a history of beating U.T.” Trent Jones (Picarus), Class of 2015 and Team Maroon coach, said the team feels confident in their ability to win the South. “I think the main goal, the team has said this, is we really want to win the South,” Jones said. “It’s something that A&M has always fought over and we’ve always been the best team or one of the best teams in the South. And we definitely have a really good chance of doing it this year too.” Hsia said in addition to the fame and glory associated with winning the south, and the ability to proceed onward to compete against the top competitors from the other three North American regions, there are financial incentives for the team to win the region. Hsia said in each region for the first place team every team member receives $8,000, the second place team $4,000 and the third and fourth place teams $2,000. Jones said while the team are all excellent mechanical players, Team Maroon is known for its focus on teamwork. “In general at the level we are playing at it is almost all team play,” Jones said. “I mean mechanics do matter, for example we’re confident over VCU, because we’re mechanically better based on rank, but A&M has kind of prided itself on its team play.” Joseph Bowers (ChuckNormis), psychology Junior, said the

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entire team contributes to shot calling in game. “You feed information and someone makes a decision and since you’re all on the same page we go for that,” Bowers said. “Or someone says we really shouldn’t do this and you pivot to another play, that’s kind of how the flow works.” Hsia said the online aspect to the game can make finding compatible players for the team challenging, but Team Maroon has somehow always come together. “Honestly I feel like it’s just luck how we find people,” Hsia

said. “I mean we found Joey through solo-que, we found Zach just because he played with us on a division two team and we found Anthony randomly.” Bowers said having been on the team for two years he hopes to go far in his final year. “Since it’s going to be my last year, I want us to do well and do better than ever before,” Bowers said. “Because every year, no matter what players we have we’re always a good team. I bleed maroon — please send me to the hospital.”

SpaceX works to fly 2 private citizens to Moon by end of 2018 By Alex Sein @alexandrsein SpaceX announced last Monday that they will fly two people around the moon by the fourth quarter of 2018. Their plan, according to their official website, is to fly an unmanned Dragon 2 capsule in automatic mode to the ISS by the end of the year, followed by a manned ISS mission in the second quarter of 2018. Finally, they will fly two private citizens around the moon in the fourth quarter of 2018. According to Gregory Chamitoff, professor of engineering practice and former NASA astronaut, with the right preparation, the plan could succeed. “For SpaceX to send a spacecraft around the moon in 2018 is a very ambitious goal, but it is consistent with the company’s long term vision of getting people living and working on Mars as quickly as possible,” Chamitoff said. “SpaceX is also planning to land an unmanned Dragon capsule on Mars every two years in line with the occurrences of optimal planetary alignments.”

According to Chamitoff, there aren’t many glaring problems with the technology SpaceX is using that could prevent them from flying an unmanned Dragon around the moon or even beyond that. However, the crew of a manned lunar mission is another issue altogether. “Professional astronauts undergo many years of training, and the range of training is also very broad,” Chamitoff said. “The training involves countless hours in classrooms and simulators all around the world at the international partner facilities. It includes diverse experience as well, in other languages and in unique environments.” The minimum amount of training for ISS missions is six months, though it could be less for a lunar flyby, Chamitoff said. Since, according to SpaceX, the training has already begun, they may have more than enough time to properly train the two civilians. However, according to Bonnie Dunbar, director of the Institute for Engineering Education and Innovation and former NASA astronaut, there are other issues at hand. “My next question would be about the

maturity of the life support systems,” Dunbar said. “So far, SpaceX has not flown any human-rated vehicles, and human-rating has a lot to do with whether or not humans can survive in this extreme environment.” Dunbar said, the success of the lunar flyby depends also on whether or not SpaceX can correctly install devices like carbon dioxide scrubbers or humidity separators, the latter of which, while seemingly trivial in purpose, created a lot of problems for space shuttle and MIR crews. Dunbar also had questions about the crew’s preparation, specifically regarding their experiences leading up to their selection, training and eventual flight. “Training and experience are two different things,” Dunbar said, “Having been a crew member on five flights has taught me that the training is important — you can’t just put people in a can and send them to space.” Dunbar fears that no matter how much training the people receive over the next two years, if those people have no previous experience with accidents in high-pressure, real-life situations, they may not be able to handle an

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Pictured above are the winners of Texas A&M’s first-ever collegiate ROV competition.

in industry. We are letting them witness this in a prime atmosphere.” Hannah Toerner, ocean engineering junior and participant, said the competition made her realize the importance about communication with other teammates and learning from their mistakes. “It hurt to be the first group but also helped,” Toerner said. “At first we were having a hard time communicating because we were all on different sides and everyone was shouting different things, but it got better as we went on. In our classes, you learn about all this technology but you rarely get to put it to use and they just throw you into the real telling you to use it.” Chukwuemeka Obi, subsea engineering graduate student and president of Texas A&M Society for Underwater Technology, said he was inspired to do this event because he wanted to help students gain valuable experience they may use one day. “The underwater obstacle course was created to imitate the challenges that the ROV pilots would face when taking something from point A to point B,” Obi said. “When you are working as an ROV pilot in 10 thousand feet of water, you cannot see anything, so you have to rely on the people around you and the control screens — like they got to do today.” Mohammad Khan, industrial engineering junior and member of the winning team, said they worked effectively as a group and were very open minded to everyone’s ideas. “I think the reason why I thought we were going to win was the team chemis-

on-board accident as well as a professionally trained crew of astronauts. However, according to David Kanipe, Class of 1970 and professor of aerospace engineering, this mission becomes significantly more impactful if there are civilians on board. “They’re funding some of this, so they have a right to do it as much as anybody,” Kanipe said. “I know that [Elon] Musk wants to do stuff like this, he wants to go to Mars, but this is, it’s not insignificant, but I think it’s, aside from the risk, I mean, if it’s successful, it could really be a stunning achievement for him.” According to Kanipe, the success of SpaceX’s Mars mission depends in part on this lunar mission. If it succeeds, it could significantly bolster the company’s credibility as being able to not only send humans into deep space, but to have those humans be ordinary, everyday people. “There are two outcomes: One good one, and one not-so-good one, and a good one can be very stimulating to the space industry,” Kanipe said. “If there’s some horrible accident, or something goes wrong, then that’s going to be a hard image to erase.”

try we all had,” Khan said. “None of us stepped up and were like we are doing this. We all accepted each other’s ideas and collaborate and build upon them. We also credit to our excellent ROV driving to the many hours of playing video game. I really enjoyed with these guys.” Patricia Varela, a civil engineering Ph.D. student, founding member of the Society for Underwater Technology and a judge for the competition, said this event and chapter at Texas A&M is focused on the collaboration between students from different backgrounds and fields to test how they would work in the real world. “The mission statement is to connect people from different disciplines and get them to work together,” Varela said. ”If you ask people from each team, you will see people from different departments and you will see them working together. Each one of them will be able to provide their own sets of skills and leadership and not necessarily technical, but in terms of communicating and working with a team, it is as important and the technical part.” Garrett Malatek, mechanical engineering freshman and member of the winning team, said this event was a great model of what the industry required of them in terms of resources used and wasted. “Essentially it is a great model for real world examples because when you have the real subsea industry, you can’t afford to waste energy by continuously adjusting your buoyancy,” Malatek said. “That is essentially what they are trying to hammer into our heads right now so we can achieve natural buoyancy without wasting resources and that really is what we learned here today.”

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Lea DeLaria is best known for her role as “Big Boo” on the Netflix original series, “Orange is the New Black.”

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ground, kicked me in the ribs, stomped on me — broke my ribs, broke my nose, broke my eye socket — and I was in the hospital for a couple of weeks,” DeLaria said. “While 40 people, also waiting for the subway, watched and did nothing. You have to understand that things were different back then — it was scary to be gay back then.” However, only weeks ago, DeLaria was defended in a Loehmann’s retail dressing room. “Several years later, 20 complete strangers chased a woman out of a dressing room for merely using homophobic language [towards me]. I think that’s a remarkable amount of progress,” DeLaria said. However, DeLaria urged the audience to continue in the fight for equality because there’s still a long way to go. The show concluded with a Q&A between DeLaria and audience members, many of whom asked for things like quick hugs and Snapchat selfies with the star or thanked her for sharing

her experience with Aggieland. University studies junior, Gael Brice, said he appreciated DeLaria’s willingness to discuss difficult issues. “Honestly my favorite part of the show was how open and incredibly out-there she was. It’s something that me and my friends struggle to do as leaders in the queer community here on campus,” Brice said. “It’s important [to have speakers like Delaria] for the kids who are unsure about their identity. It’s also important for kids who don’t know much about the queer community to see that there are people in the world who aren’t like me and aren’t of the same mindset.” Kinesiology freshman Marissa Zaragoza said she encourages straight Aggies to support their fellow LGBT Aggies “It doesn’t matter who you love or what you love or what you wanna be, it matters who the person is. And I think if people on this campus realized that and accepted everyone’s differences then it would be so much easier to be oneself and just a better place,” Zaragoza said.

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CORPS LEADERSHIP CONTINUED the one that makes the final decision on who gets selected, but it’s usually based on what the panel recommends.” In terms of choosing the new Corps commander, Ramirez said Sauer was the clear choice to represent A&M through the military organization. “We had some very, very good cadets apply this year as we have every year that I’ve been here and the competition was very, very tough,” Ramirez said. “But Brad Sauer rose to the top … it was obviously very competitive, but Brad Sauer was a easy pick when it came to determining who the Corps commander was going to be for next year.” Additionally, the selected leaders are active across campus being involved in ways such as Student Government Association, student organizations and members in the community of various organizations. “Not the least of which is the leadership abilities they have already displayed as members of the Corps, as freshmen, sophomores, and juniors — we look at what they’ve done the entire time they’ve already been here, and that has stood out,” Ramirez said. “What stood out also is the wide variety of things they’ve done at Texas A&M, both in the Corps and across campus.” Regarding his upcoming role as Corps commander, Sauer said he is most looking forward to the challenge along with the opportunity he will be provided with to have an impact on people. “We’re going to accomplish our mission,” Sauer said. “When cadets show up our goal here is develop them as leaders and prepare cadets for whatever they might face after college — whether that be in the military or public or private sector. So whatever comes their way it’s our goal to make them as ready as possible for it.” When he initially found out that he was chosen, Sauer said he felt a few different emotions at once. “I was really excited at first,” Sauer said. “And then immediately after that, I got really nervous because it’s a lot of responsibility and a lot of the work … the success of our mission, in part, hinges upon being able to successfully do my job, so that makes me apprehensive, but I look forward to that challenge.” Wojcak was introduced to the Corps through a scholarship that gave her in-state tuition since she is from Oklahoma, and while the Corps has played significant role in her life, she has continued to be involved off the Quad in organizations such as FLiC, serving as a Muster Host, Muster Committee and Texas A&M Foundation Maroon Coats. “While we were founded as an all-military school, obviously the Corps is only 2,500 of 50,000 now and so really encouraging the cadets to find their place, whether it’s on the quad … but also we can find it off the Quad as well in different organizations,” Wojcak said. “And I think really encouraging

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cadets to do that is something I’m really passionate about, and then also just being able to support Brad and the vision that he has.” Wojcak also said it won’t be factors in relation to specific policy, but rather decisions that will affect the Corps in the years to come. “The biggest thing is making decisions to reflect the end goal of greatness that will affect the years to come,” Wojcak said. “It’s only a year and we’re only 21 years old and we have an incredible opportunity, but our goal should be … with the future generations in mind.” When her major unit commander and the current deputy commander first told her about the position, Wojcak described the experience as surreal. “They both just kind of set me aside and told me that I was going to be deputy, and I think I was just shocked more than anything else that … there’s tons of incredible people in this organization that deserve leadership positions, and the fact that they thought that I was capable of it was just a huge honor.” Kryszewski said as chief of staff, he is anticipating the ability to work side by side with Sauer and Wojcak for the purpose of achieving a common ambition. “Just being able to influence the policy in the Corps and having the commandant’s ear basically in what I think is best for the cadets and working that vision with Sara and Brad to ultimately make people better and to accomplish the goals set forward by the commandant,” Kryszewski said. Furthermore, Kryszewski said one of the biggest initiatives of the Corps stands to prepare cadets for the work force as well as to ensure success in both military and civilian industries. “Our goal is to prepare those people so if we can bring in better career readiness, better resume writing, better interview prep, better leadership roles,” Kryszewski said. “That would be the dream achievement for us, is to have people set up to go out there and give A&M that good name and to continue on that tradition of excellence in all things that A&M is known for.” Overall, Ramirez conveyed his confidence in the leadership for the upcoming school year and his genuine gratitude for the chosen cadets who will represent the Corps. “I’m very, very proud of the group we selected for next year, I think they’re going to do a great job,” Ramirez said.

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“At least in the six years that I’ve been here, we’ve been blessed with some very, very good cadet leaders across the board, and I have no doubt that next year is going to be just as good, if not better than this year…I really look forward to working with them.”

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