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Silver Taps Rex Jackson Leddy IV 11/13/79 — 02/27/17

Michael Brennan Hopper 09/09/95 — 03/17/17

TONIGHT WE HONOR THE FALLEN when 10:30 p.m. Tuesday where Academic Plaza In honor of Aggies who have recently died, the Ross Volunteer Firing Squad will march in Academic Plaza and fire three rifle volleys of seven shots. Buglers from the Aggie Band will play a special arrangement of Taps.

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A&M communication professors Jessica Havens and Matt Mays have volunteer positions at Brazos Valley’s volunteer radio show KEOS 89.1.

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t was 2005 and ‘80s punk rock was playing as people danced at the local dive. In the midst of the party chaos, Jessica Havens and Matt Mays met for the first time. 11 years later and happily married, the couple continues to rock out to different tunes both on campus and at KEOS 89.1, Brazos Valley’s only volunteer radio station. The couple came together because of

their shared passion and devotion to music, and Havens said music has always been an integral part of their relationship. Before Mays and Havens were communication professors at Texas A&M, Mays was a radio DJ in New York. “I started DJing at WRCU 90.1 FM in New York,” Mays said. “I did a show for about a year [in 2010] and then asked her to join me after that.” However, in 2014, Havens and Mays relocated to Texas to begin their careers

at A&M and then their volunteer roles at KEOS. Mays and Havens, now KEOS program director and personnel director, respectively, run their show “Future Mixtape.” “We broadcast live in Brazos County and we play stuff that you won’t hear in other places,” Mays said. “Texas is one of those interesting places where hippies and cowboys blend, and that’s cool. We try to represent that on ‘Future Mixtape.’ We pride DJS ON PG. 4

A&M, Baylor faculty create project aimed at helping dementia patient caregivers By Timothy Deville @TimothyJDeville In Texas alone, there are over one million unpaid caregivers for the growing number of individuals living with dementia. Dementia is a disorder that affects mental processes caused by brain disease or injury and marked by memory loss, personality changes, and impaired reasoning. In an effort to relieve the hardships faced by caregivers, Dr. Marcia Ory of the Texas A&M School of Public Health and Dr. Alan Stevens of Baylor Scott & White Health jointly developed a project named Texas Cares. Texas Cares aims to aid caregivers by giving them access to information necessary for the proper care of an individual TEXAS CARES ON PG. 2

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A new program called Texas Cares aims to assist those who care for dementia patients.

By Josh Hopkins @texasjoshua1 A $3.5 million deal announced last week will bring T-Mobile into Kyle Field to improve gameday connectivity for the company’s customers. As part of Kyle Field’s overhaul, which began in 2014, a new wireless and cellular infrastructure fell into place. Now, T-Mobile joins AT&T and Verizon in their investment into the Corning1 network, which provides cellular service and Wi-Fi to gameday fans. Phillip Ray, vice chancellor of business affairs for the Texas A&M system, said A&M put the original investment into the infrastructure, and the carriers’ investments offset the A&M spending. “We’re approaching $14 million in this type of budget offset alone, made possible through major carrier partnerships like these,” Ray said. “With T-Mobile now fully on-board, Sprint is the sole major carrier remaining to add going forward.” Ray said he is optimistic about getting Sprint involved soon based on the performance of the system. “Once the system started working and carriers as well as industry professionals could see that it was exceeding projected performance we were able to get them signed on,” Ray said. “Our strategic outlook was we’ll prove the system works first and, as a result, we will then be able to optimize the investment value to Texas A&M University — which is exactly what we were able to do.” Todd Christner, director of market development for Corning1, said the system uses fiber based system to provide a large number of connection points for users, increasing the total load the whole system can handle. “Texas A&M and Chancellor Sharp have done it from a wholistic perspective,” Christner said. “You have a single fan who’s got to engage with each of those services, Wi-Fi, ticketing, point of sale. So, rather than build out separate infrastructures and separate systems for each and they chose our product because it was fiber and it converged all of it networks through separate fibers onto a single architecture.” Ray said so far the system has exceeded expectations and even managed to break a record last October, with more than 8.2 Terabytes of data usage. Additionally, Ray said the stadium T-MOBILE ON PG. 2

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TEXAS CARES CONTINUED living with dementia. Regent and distinguished professor Marcia Ory is the director of the Center for Population Health and with dementia. Ory said she hopes the program can help create dementia friendly communities. “Texas Cares aims to address education and outreach in a way that provides reliable, vetted information for caregivers,” Ory said. It also gives individual support for persons living with dementia and their caregivers, reducing the burden felt by those affected.” The program also has online support for caregivers in the form of message boards and video interviews with caregivers. “There are boards where caregivers can post problems and proven solutions they’ve encountered in an easier-to-digest approach that is accessible to anyone,” Ory said. “These video interviews provide examples of problems and allow caregivers to make positive and helpful decisions that treat persons with dementia with dignity.” Stevens, said the project needed to be novel. “Our goal was to create a new model of supporting family caregivers of persons living with dementia,” Stevens said. “The model needed to be unique to Texas and

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Silver Taps Nov. 13, 1979 — Feb. 27, 2017

Rex Jackson Leddy IV A loving husband, father who always looked out for lives of others through a period when they had to lay people off, and Rex handled the situation selflessly, looking out for the lives of others. “He didn’t like that aspect of having to

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ex Jackson Leddy IV stood as a man dedicated to all he did in life and shined in every aspect — whether it was in the Marines as a soldier or with his three sons as a father, he humbly served as a role model for many and challenged people to be the best they could be. Rex spent the majority of his early life in Tomball, Texas, and grew up with two brothers, Austin and Alex. He later enlisted in the United States Marine Corps from 2000 to 2005, and became Staff Sergeant within five years of service. He met Terri Leddy, his wife of 16 years, in Pensacola, Florida, where he was stationed at the time. They have three sons, Cameron, 23 years old, Jackson, seven years old, and Warren, two years old. Rex studied electrical engineering at the University of Southern Alabama, and then transferred to Texas A&M and attended school with his brother, Austin, who is studying chemical engineering. Rex had many hobbies like riding dirt bikes, sport bikes, mountain bikes, wakeboarding, martial arts, surfing and camping with his and Austin’s families. “It was more of his everyday attitude to me,” Terri said. “We’d have the typical beach trips, and the camping trips and all those things, but to me the everyday was what was special.” Terri said her husband loved his country. “He was extremely patriotic,” Terri said. “I think it all just goes back to him. He was very honorable … He just did what was right and he stood up for what he believed in, and that carried in his everyday life.” One of Terri’s favorite moments with Rex and their kids was when he and their oldest

“Everyone he met was better off for having met him, and everyone who didn’t get to meet him really missed out.” Austin Leddy, brother

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Rex Jackson Leddy IV met his wife of 16 years, Terri Leddy, when he was stationed in Pensacola, Florida, while serving in the United States Marine Corps.

son, Cameron, shared one of his favorite activities together — riding dirt bikes. “With our oldest son, teaching him how to ride his dirt bike. He bought him a dirt bike and taught him how to ride,” Terri said. “That was a pretty good time. We were in California and we were out in the desert.” While Rex exuded a solemn disposition most of the time, he wasn’t as somber in front of his wife and his sons. She said she will miss

holding his hand and saying, “I love you.” “He was always kind of serious I guess, except with me,” Terri said. “So I guess that was kind of my favorite thing — how he was not as serious with me and the kids as he was some other times.” After his time in the Marines, Rex worked in Corpus Christi as an aircraft mechanic for L3 Vertex Aerospace, and was promoted to a managerial position. The company went

manage,” Austin said. “He liked being able to help out guys underneath him and guide them in their careers, he didn’t want to be the one to have to take their jobs away from them. So he told them that they could just take his salary and split it up and try to save as many guys’ jobs as they could, and he was going to go back to school.” On behalf of their family, Austin thanked Colonel Smith and the Texas A&M Veterans Resource Center for helping plan Rex’s memorial service at All Faiths Chapel, even in the midst of tragedy. “We all really appreciate what Texas A&M has done since this happened, it’s really been incredible how much they’ve helped,” Austin said. “He was really proud to be an Aggie.” Austin said he never gave him a reason not to look up to him, Austin saw Rex as his role model, best friend who never ceased to give advice no mater the circumstance. “I can never say enough about the man that Rex was,” Austin said. “I lost my brother, and his sons lost their father, and his wife lost a husband, but the whole world lost Rex … And everyone he met was better off for having met him, and everyone who didn’t get to meet him really missed out.”

Sept. 9, 1995 — March 17, 2017

Michael Brennan Hopper A dedicated friend, son always willing to lend a helping hand in our family. His gift was organization and the ability to solve problems.” Michael’s outstanding dedication to his friends and sympathetic nature inspired them to be better companions, said Alex Barclay, history junior and Michael’s fraternity brother.

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lthough Michael Hopper had a quiet and reserved disposition, his supportive action and bold approach to life ring loud in his loved ones’ memories. Michael Hopper was a third-generation Aggie, after his mother, uncle and grandfather. His love for A&M budded during his first football game, said Tracey Hopper, Michael’s mother. “Going to [his first] A&M football game, and watching him get excited and loving that school as much as I did; it was awesome,” Tracey said. “He had gone through some hardships his sophomore year, but he overcame them and really worked hard. He faced a lot and overcame a lot.” Michael was a political science junior and a part of the Chi Phi fraternity. He showed his loved ones and close friends appreciation by lending a listening ear whenever they needed it, said accounting and tax graduate student Sahel Ali. “He was someone you could really open up to,” Ali said. “Michael came into my fraternity my junior year, when he was a freshman. Great guy, honestly, he was someone we truly loved —he was always there for me. [One of my favorite memories was] getting together every one to two weeks for our dinners. Our go-to spot was Wings N’ More.” Indian food and sushi were among some of Michael’s favorite foods. His passion for various cuisines came from traveling with his family across the world, Tracey said. “We were a big traveling family,” Tracey said. “My husband actually grew up in Europe, so we wanted to show the kids the world. He was born in California, then we moved

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to Colorado and then to Texas,” Tracey said. “He’s been to Europe several times, Alaska, Mexico, Grand Cayman. That was something he loved. He loved to try new foods, and the big city — the hustle and bustle.” In addition to traveling, Michael loved to help whenever it was needed, said Joel Hopper, Michael’s father.

“Michael was always there — he was always the one with screwdriver in hand,” Joel said. “When I needed to get organized, Michael was always the one who organized everything for me. When it came to packing the car for a trip, he organized the trip, he did all those things. He was the kind of guy that knew how to solve problems and how to get things done

“Be nicer to your friends, sometimes they’re a little more sensitive than they can portray,” Barclay said. “He was so deep, our conversations weren’t the normal fun conversations — they were fascinating.” Michael’s strong will to experience life will continue on as his legacy, Tracey said. “Something I’ve learned from Michael is that it’s okay to be scared to death of something, admit it, and then move on and go ahead and do it,” Tracey said. “And that’s what he did — he overcame whatever held him back his whole life.”

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Clifford Young, Johns Hopkins University professor and president of Ipsos Public Affairs, held a seminar at George Bush Library Monday about fluctuating political attitudes in Europe and the United States.

Seminar dissects global trends in public opinion, populism By Kenya Robinson @_KenyaJ An expert on polling in emerging markets and hostile conditions, professor Clifford Young discussed the current trends of public opinion and populism in the United States and Europe Monday afternoon. The George Bush School of Government hosted Young’s seminar, which addressed his research on fluctuating political attitudes around the world. Young is the president of the Ipsos Public Affairs in the United States, a leading global market and research firm, and a professor at Johns Hopkins University. Young focused on how data revealing values, beliefs and behaviors of people are changing around the world. In his presentation titled “Whether Populism or a Banana: The Rise of a New Political Super Cycle,” Young said people have many differing world and political views which play into their opinions. “There are typically underlying driving trends, or belief systems or ideological views of the world that help organize politics.” Young said. “Over the course of time, we see that the distinction of identifying as either a Republican or Democrat is the notion on where you fall on social issues. We also have the belief in small versus big government … Republicans believe

less in big government and Democrats more in big government. These are the two key dimensions that help organize politics in the United States along social factors.” According to Young, despite an increase of party polarization — especially in the United States — there is a common distrust in government shared along party lines. “There’s a strong majority belief in that ‘politicians don’t care about people like me’ across party lines,” Young said. “The American populists across party lines believe that the system is not working. We only have about 20 percent of Americans who believe that America at large is on the right track.” Young also said his data proves similar attitudes about political institutions are reflected in European democracies — especially within the past year. “We had Brexit that predated the outcome of the 2016 Election, which are similar,” Young said. “Sixty-four percent of people in the world believe traditional politicians don’t care about them and 68 percent believe that the economy is rigged to the rich and powerful … This is all coupled with the distrust in political institutions.” This worldwide distrust in institutions helps to explain why our world is changing, according to Guy Whitten, professor and director of the European Union Center at the Bush School. “We’ve seen in the last couple of the years that the world is in play.” Witten said. “We bring these experts here to explain

what’s going on. When you are getting ready to go out in a rapidly changing world, the more information you can find out about it the better. I think that’s what this whole summer series is aimed towards.” Texas A&M communication professor Kirby Goidel attended the lecture, and said he believes these types of discussions help Americans understand themselves and how much progress still needs to be made. “Part of this is just understand who we are as a people and who we are, and how opinions and attitudes, and behaviors changed over time and what that means for the big questions about democracy.” Goidel said. “‘How informed are people? How tolerant are they?’ … You get a sense of what’s going on in the world, which helps you to sort of gage those questions to figure out just where democracy is and how strong democracy is.” Goidel’s research focuses on topics of self government, which requires him to address whether citizens are informed and up to task to participate in democracy or not. “If you don’t like the answer to those questions, how can we change them,” Goidel said. “How can we make our political system better and stronger? You can see that there are lot of problems with the political system, so, we don’t have to keep it the way it is, we can always change.”

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Jessica Havens and Matt Mays are hosts at Brazos Valley’s only volunteer radio station.

DJS CONTINUED We pride ourselves on addressing political topics of the day — musically — and not by voicing our opinion over air but by allowing music to communicate in ways that speech simply can’t,” Mays said. “Future Mixtape” uses music from a variety of genres and people to depict social change and the political sphere, Havens said. “One thing the show is definitely about is how music today is influenced by music of the past,” Havens said. “We also really try to find music that reflects current situations or find past music that is still very relevant today — whether it’s political or social. I think for many people, music is a way that they work through things, whether it’s political or social, and is a way for marginalized people to get their voice out there.” Havens said getting involved with the radio provided an outlet for creative expression and a way to give back to Bry-

an-College Station. “As faculty members, [volunteering at KEOS] is something for us to do outside of the university that gets us involved in the community and keeps us communicating musically with each other,” Havens said. Launched 22 years ago by Aggie Alumni, KEOS operates with solely volunteer members and is paid for by audience donations. At KEOS, both Havens and Mays work to train and recruit interns and new DJs. However, now the duo is working on a new project which teams with selected professors to integrate podcasts into curriculum. This program could eventually lead to a budding show at KEOS. Music, Mays said, always comes up in the classroom. “It’s not like we can separate the classroom from the studio,” Mays said. “We’re indie rock kids that came up in the 90’s and the 80’s, and it’s just who we are.” For those interested in learning more about KEOS or donating, visit keos.org.

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Coming Out Monologues give LGBTQ+ Aggies space to share By Chevall Pryce @ChevallP The lights in the Rudder Forum dimmed as students of different majors and classifications gathered around the spotlight to tell stories of coming out and their life as LGBT individuals, with a mix of comedy and heartfelt confessions. The annual Coming Out Monologues put the literal spotlight on students in the LGBT community to express their personal anecdotes of coming out to family and friends, as well as their experience on the Texas A&M campus. Andrew Roblyer, volunteer for the GLBT Resource Center and employee at the Health Science Center, helped organize the event as well as aid students participating by helping them create a monologue. “We held a couple of workshops, one in the fall and one in the spring, to help people think through how they want to tell their story,” Roblyer said. “From there, they write and submit … I work partially on that and the performance aspect. Chad Mandala, program coordinator for the GLBT Resource Center, participated in the monologues, telling the story of coming out to his mother and father as gay, comparing the experiences to a Lifetime movie. After coming out to his mother, who said she always knew, Mandala came out to his father with a punchline. “So I’m driving with my father that night as we’re heading home from dinner … He was getting ready to alert me to his discontent with the driver in the other lane. He decides to signal this in the middle of us talking about me needing money for a new laptop. He says, ‘Would you look at this guy, he’s driving like a f----t,’” Mandala said. “In either some moment of blacking out or random courage — I’m not really sure at this point — I said, ‘That’s weird. He drives nothing like me.’” Miss Click, a student in drag, told the story of an interaction with her father, comparing the way they live their lives. “What words could I use to let them know what the nails and makeup mean to me?” Miss Click said. “This Thanksgiving, my father couldn’t comprehend why I did my nails, why I manicure myself with acetates and pigments in order to feel like I live honestly … Building fences and grooming cattle

wove him into the social fabric of the community that he serves. Wearing colors marked me as a part of the community to which I belong.” Itzia Medrano, sociology freshman and member of the Corps of Cadets, told stories of feeling unwanted by her fellow Corps members for being a lesbian. Medrano said although there are good people in the Corps, she is tired of false representation of their accepting qualities and language she hears. “Lately, the smaller things having been getting to me. Quite frankly, I’m a little pissed off. I am angry that people think they have a right to speak for God and tell me that he doesn’t love me because of who I choose to spend my time with,” Medrano said. “I am so sick of having to plan my love life around my social life in order to avoid offending anybody.” Medrano told a story about the time she heard her fellow cadets using a slur to refer to gay people during an event concerning where future cadets would be staying on campus. “So I’m sitting there and they’re briefing us … And they pass out a paper for us to sign with only two questions on it. One of them was ‘Do you feel comfortable hosting LGBT prospects?’” Medrano said. “The two cadets in front of me had the following conversation. One of them asks, ‘Did you actually circle yes?’ The other says, ‘Yeah and you?’ The cadet turns around and says, ‘Of course not, I don’t want some f-g in my bed.’” Chevall Pryce — THE BATTALION Two monologues were read by students for participants who did not want to speak on stage. Miss Click told the story of explaining her persona to her “Sometimes we use monologues from years past, and the father and immediate family at Thanksgiving. people who wrote them are no longer here,” Roblyer said. “We don’t want someone’s story to not get told just because beginning of 2017. Roblyer said the stories of LGBT students, they don’t want to speak in public.” Robin Banks, university studies senior, said she feels the dead and alive, need to be told. “There are millions of LGBTQ+ people out there with stomonologues are important for the A&M community to hear ries. Even more importantly, there are LGBTQ+ individuals after viewing the event. “It was very moving,” Banks said. “They really make you who have stories to tell about other parts of their identity as think about things. They really bring it to center stage. I think well. Race, religion, socioeconomic, gender and other aspects that what the second girl in the Corps said about all of the of their identity cannot be separated,” Roblyer said. “If we are serious about listening to their stories, we need to be willing to activities that go on in the Corps is very important.” Roblyer ended the monologues by reading the names of listen to all of their stories. Otherwise, it ends up being a bunch transgender people of color killed during 2016 as well as the of white men taking charge.

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