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The 2016 Big Event opening ceremony will be in Kyle Field’s Zone Plaza.

Largest kickoff for Big Event set by Kyle Field

A&M’s No. 1 SEC ranking challenged by No. 2 Florida in weekend series

By EmmaLee Newman The Big Event will start its day of service by pumping up a record-breaking crowd at Kyle Field’s Zone Plaza.

The Big Event kickoff ceremony will begin Saturday at 8 a.m. in front of the largest number of participants The Big Event has seen. Henry Musoma, a lecturer at Mays Business School, will talk about leadership and the importance of selfless service. Live music will begin at 9 a.m. with performances by “Radical Something,” a techno-reggae band, and DJ Mike, the DJ for the Aggie basketball teams.

A few changes have been made to The Big Event’s opening ceremony to accommodate the growth of student participation. In the past the ceremony was held at Reed Arena and at Research Park, but organizers say it has since outgrown these locations. Brittany Tomlin, communication sophomore and The Big Event outreach committee member, said the opening ceremony’s location changed for practicality.

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Aggie baseball travels to Florida to play a series that could decide which is the best team in the SEC.

By Andre Perrard

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&M baseball celebrated Easter weekend with a series win over LSU, securing them as the No. 1-ranked team over their upcoming opponent Florida.

This weekend the Aggies will face the Gators for a No. 1-versus-No. 2 SEC showdown in Gainesville, Florida.

The Aggies (22-3, 4-2 SEC) enter the contest after defeat-

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ing Houston Tuesday night in a midweek matchup. Junior outfielder Nick Banks, who has struggled for a majority of the year, looks to get into proper form. He homered Sunday against LSU and once again Tuesday night in a 3-for-4 effort where he managed two RBI. A&M’s statistics mirror its No. 1 spot — the Aggies lead the SEC in batting average (.335), slugging percentage (.508) and is second in the league in runs scored (203).

J.B. Moss, Michael Barash and Hunter Melton lead the team with four dingers apiece, and four more Aggie hitters have tallied two or more thus far. Eight players have 15 or more RBI this year, and Melton leads the charge with 28.

Meanwhile Florida (24-3, 4-2 SEC) has been one of the nation’s best and most consistent teams. The Gators dropped a road series to Kentucky over the weekend but rebounded with a midweek win over in-state rival

Florida State that moved them to 14-0 at home.

Mike Rivera and Peter Alonso lead the RBI charge with 28 each and are fourth in the SEC in slugging percentage (.463).

Rivera also leads the team in home runs with six. Buddy Reid is the man to watch on the bases.

He is 12-for-13 in stolen base attempts this season and has scored 22 runs.

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New program seeks to cut confusion on drone flight

Dining in the Dark limits sight, gives new perspective Community event raises funds, awareness for visually impaired

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Ryan Sebesta, Tyler Volk, Cole Bishop, Andrew Bobo and Amado Martinez attend every home game as part of the softball Sugar Daddies.

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HUVRdata uses drones to inspect remote or hard-to-reach equipment.

By John Rangel The airspace above Texas and the United States became more drone-friendly Wednesday, as the Texas A&M University System unveiled a new credentialing program meant to give businesses a way to easily identify which drone operators meet all FAA requirements.

The program hopes to add a level of normalcy to what has become an uncertain and constantly changing industry for drones — formally known as unmanned aircraft systems, UAS — which continue to rise in popularity among businesses that manage remote equipment.

“The purpose of the credentialing program is to promote safe and legal commercial UAS operations, as well as provide third party vetting of operators and vendors with UAS under 55 pounds,” said Steve Williams, program director of TEEX’s National Emergency Response and Rescue Training Center, in a press release.

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SUGAR DADDIES Group sets crowd tone at games throughout season

By Angel Franco For the visiting opponent, the nonstop banter and chanting that emerges from the stands at the Aggie Softball Complex can cause a distraction. But for the Texas A&M softball program, the people behind the noise hold a place in the players’ hearts — this loud group of students is known as the Softball Sugar Daddies.

The Sugar Daddies were formed following the first Texas A&M softball sea-

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son and have supported the maroon and white ever since. Members attend every home game and at times take their antics on the road.

Tracy Rutherford, the on-campus sponsor in charge of coordinating the group, has been involved with the Sugar Daddies for eight years. Rutherford said although the Sugar Daddies’ objective is to give Texas A&M an advantage over their opponents, their mission is to try and make the game an enjoyable event for all in attendance.

“Their goal is to get into the opponent’s head, but in a family friendly way,” Rutherford said. “We talk about being

In a dark ballroom, the Bryan Valley Center for Independent Living will serve up a three-course meal and new appreciation for the visually impaired.

Dining in the Dark, hosted by BVCIL, invites the citizens of Bryan-College Station to eat diner in complete darkness this Saturday. The annual event, which is in its fifth year, is used to educate the community on the lives of the visually impaired as well as raise money for BVCIL.

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Dining in the Dark is in its fifth year of operation.

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“Miss Nelson is Missing” will be shown Saturday in Rudder Theater.

FROM PAGE TO STAGE Theater adaptation of famous children’s book comes to Rudder

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By Emma Whitfield The classic children’s book “Miss Nelson is Missing” will come to life on campus Saturday afternoon.

The company Theatreworks USA will perform an hour-long, live-performance adaptation of the book in Rudder Theatre this week-

end in association with the MSC OPAS JR series.

Theatreworks USA was founded in 1961 and since then has put on shows across the United States and Canada. Rob Barron, director of the play, said he has worked in the theatre business — and with Theatreworks specifically — for years.

Barron said most of his work is in-

spired by his children. His own theatre company Two Beans is named after them and the idea to put on “Miss Nelson is Missing” came from them as well.

“My wife and I were brainstorming shows one night, and decided to go look at our daughter’s bookshelf just to see what was there,” Barron said. “We thought ‘Miss Nelson

is Missing’ was a great title, and it turned out there was a play adaptation of it.”

Barron said this production is fun to put on and has a rewarding outcome.

“The cast all have great attitudes and experience,” Barron said. “It’s crucial to be able to bring theatre to audiences. It evokes imagination

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cience, technology, engineering and math professionals are the backbones of modern society, and STEM educators are the osteoblasts that make those backbones. If you don’t understand that metaphor then you must not be drinking enough calcium. A proper education is just as essential to the development of children as their nutrition, and just like nutrition, well balanced consumption makes for the best results.

As a future STEM educator I take the responsibility of feeding our future generations the education they need very seriously. After all — we as a society want them to grow up to be big and strong, don’t we?

Obviously not everyone is going to go into the sciences for their careers, and if everyone did, that would be a whole problem of its own. However, ever since the scientific revolution, science has been the driving force behind the progress of society and the increase of quality of life for people.

We will always need people in STEM careers if we want to continue to move forward.

In the early years of science, all you needed

to make groundbreaking discoveries was a little free time and some extra money to throw around. We knew so little about the world that just making a simple observation such as, ‘Things fall toward the ground’ was groundbreaking. This era of gentleman-scientists allowed people with little education to push forward our understanding of the world.

Now science and technology have pulled back the veil so far on the universe that you need what seems like a lifetime of education just to scratch the surface of new ideas. Sadly, that fact means if a person has hopes of becoming an innovator in the STEM field they need to begin their education as young as possible.

Unfortunately science hasn’t progressed far enough for us to be able to tell if a child will grow up to be a scientist or not through their DNA. Until that day comes, the responsibility falls on STEM educators to give every possible child a springboard of scientific knowledge before they become an adult and decide on a career. While many students will forget or never use that knowledge in their future, being a science educator is worth it to watch those few that do that make the small steps — or giant leaps — for mankind.

Connor Smith is a biomedical sciences senior and assistant scitech editor for The Battalion.

DINING IN THE DARK CONTINUED Kaitlyn Kellermeyer, an economics senior, helped train the volunteers working the event.

“When the event begins, people are lined according to table number and brought behind a set of blackout curtains,” Kellermeyer said. “Then they’re asked to hold onto each other, like a locomotive, and they’re brought into the ballroom which is completely pitch black. Everything but the exit signs are covered up.”

After being escorted to their tables, their server, a blind or visually impaired member of the community, greets diners. Servers will also give diners tips on how to feel their way to their food while they start their appetizers. Entrees are brought out, as well as dessert later on.

“The idea is that you get to see what it’s like to eat in the dark,” Kellermeyer said. “You get to interact with actual blind people and members of the visually impaired community about what their lives are like.”

The funds raised from this year’s Dining in the Dark will go toward better facilities for BVCIL. In past years, the funds were used to purchase a van needed to transport members of the BVCIL community. Tracey Forman, assistant director of disability services at Texas A&M, said Disability Services helped coordinate the event as well as supply volunteers.

“It’s meant to be a combination fundraiser and awareness activity,” Forman said. “A lot of people

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Dining in the Dark allows participants a simulated experience of what it is like having a visual impairment.

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Before being escorted into the dining hall, guests are given the chance to participate in a raffle and an auction, as well as an open bar. There are also several stations set up to educate attendees about the visually impaired.

“We have a couple of stations where people can learn about being visually impaired. We have a place where you can sit down blindfolded and get used to a place setting,” Forman said. “We bring some equipment that people who are visually impaired use like magnifiers, braille information, examples of tactile maps, how they identify money, and other things that the visually impaired use to interact with the world and the things they use to do that.”

The food served is intended to challenge the sense of smell and touch. Forman said that rather than serving burgers and fries, the food is supposed to confuse the senses. For instance, smoked grapes were served at the event two years ago.

“You can put yourself in someone’s shoes while you’re actually interacting with the people who live their lives like that,” Kellermeyer said. “With all the campus inclusion stuff going on there’s been a lot of talk about inclusion and accommodation and acceptance, and I feel this a way for people to get a first hand account of what that feels like.”

“Dining in the Dark” starts at 5 p.m. at The Hilton on University Drive. Tickets can be bought for $75 at the door if more are still available. Live music will be played by Drew Womack during the meal.

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HUVRdata LLC, an Austin-based data analytics company, is one of two companies that have so far received credentialing from the new program. HUVRdata uses drones to inspect far-flung or difficult to get access to equipment, such as wind turbines and oil and gas infrastructure.

Bob Baughman, CEO of HUVRdata, said the new credentialing program will help the industry move forward and will give client companies a way to easily make sense of what has become a complicated and ever-changing legal landscape on how drones may be used.

“The legality of using drones in U.S. airspace is something that has evolved tremendously over the past literally 14 months, and it’s still evolving — it’s a moving target,” Baughman said.

Baughman said while the FAA issues the exemptions necessary for private companies to operate drones for commercial purposes, it doesn’t yet have the ability to enforce them.

That, coupled with the quickly changing laws already on the books, makes business difficult for both drone operators and potential clients.

“It’s time for this industry to start policing itself, and I think we need first of all a credible, knowledgeable and experienced organization like [A&M’s FAA certified UAS testing facilities site] that is directly involved with the FAA on a daily basis and follows the rules every day,” Baughman said.

UAS operating companies that wish to get certified through the A&M program go through a three-phase process — a full audit of their flight processes and certificates, testing of a sampling of the company’s UAS pilots, and a full mission simulation to verify that the pilots can successfully complete a UAS mission.

The A&M System’s certification program was unveiled at the Texas UAS Summit and Expo in Austin, which ran from March 29-31. It was developed by the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service and the Lone Star UAS Center of Excellence and Innovation, Texas’ FAA UAS test site at A&M-Corpus Christi.

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34 years of saying ‘thank you’

BIG EVENT CONTINUED coming together on campus right near Kyle Field is definitely a great way to start the day and have everyone in one place,” Tomlin said.

Allison Gonzalez, biology junior, is a staff assistant for The Big Event and said the opening ceremony is important to a student’s Big Event experience.

“Opening ceremony is basically a chance to have a pep rally of sorts,” Gonzalez said.

“It’s a big celebration with free food, free drinks. There’s a yell practice. You get to see the yell leaders for next year.

Basically it’s a way to hype up everybody and get them super excited for them to go off and do their job.”

Chemistry junior Tanya Ittiruck said she remembers past kickoff ceremonies for The Big Event as an image of unity.

“It’s when you’re walking around and running into people that aren’t in your group, like the people you didn’t come with, its cool to see all your friends getting involved,” Ittiruck said. “You get to see all these people, the student body, coming together and giving their day to others.”

Dalton Harris, computer science junior and outreach executive for The Big Event, said the kickoff event is The Big Event’s way to give back to students before they go out and give back to the community.

“Just the numbers alone have been overwhelming, just to see how many people are involved ... and how massive an impact that’s going to make on the community, and it all starts there at the kick-off ceremony,” Harris said.

The Big Event expects largest participation yet

By Megan Rodriguez Aggies will venture into the community this weekend to serve residents of the Bryan-College Station area as a part of the largest one-day student-run service project, The Big Event.

The Big Event will send students off campus for four hours Saturday to assist local residents with work around their homes. This year, 22,517 students have signed up in advance to volunteer and 2,403 residents, not including those who are on a waitlist, are registered.

During the opening ceremony — which will feature a keynote address by Mays Business School lecturer Henry Musoma and musical acts “Radical Something” and DJ Mike — various sponsors and vendors will give away free food.

Vendors include Starbucks, Pepsi, Slovacek Sausage, Red Bull, Kind Snack and Hooked.

William Stacy, programs executive for The Big Event and finance junior, said he likes having the chance to interact with members of the Bryan-College Station comFILE munity.

“Big Event is about bringing to- The Big Event will look to host over 22,000 participants in this year’s community service project. gether two groups of people who live in the same place but don’t arrived or left from Research Park because it is a time for Aggies to ‘thank you’ is a huge part of being have much in common besides last year. embody their core values. an Aggie,” Stacy said. “I would enthat,” Stacy said. “It allows us [stu“We heard the stress that all “There really is no better way for courage anyone who hasn’t already dents] to really get to know our the traffic caused last year and we us as Aggies to embody the Aggie signed up and who has the availneighbors. I think that is a really heard the student body express that core value of selfless service,” Har- ability, to show up on April 2 and important part of the college expe- so we are excited to be in a new ris said. “It’s really just us giving up serve our community.” rience.” location,” Lutz said. “We think this one Saturday to go out and selflessly This year’s kickoff ceremony Mark Lutz, director of The Big one will be perfect, and we have serve the residents that support us and check-in will be held in Kyle Event, said the participation has been working with all the different throughout the course of the year.” Field’s Zone Plaza. Check-in will grown so big that the morning services across campus and we think Stacy said students who have be held from 8-9 a.m. and kickoff kickoff has caused large amounts things will run really smoothly.” not already signed up to be a part will begin at 9:10 a.m. Tool distriof traffic. This year’s kickoff will Dalton Harris, outreach execu- of The Big Event should come out bution will start at 9:35 a.m. Stube held at Kyle Field’s Zone Plaza tive for The Big Event and com- and serve the community. dents who have not pre-registered to alleviate traffic that caused some puter science junior, said The Big “I think showing up to support may sign up on the day of The Big students to wait hours before they Event is his favorite A&M tradition our community and to really say Event.

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BASEBALL CONTINUED accumulating a 2.63 ERA thus far — second best in the league. On the other side, the Gators pitching staff has been a buzz saw as well, posting an SEC-best .208 opponent batting average and leading the league in strikeouts with 294.

Friday night will see a change in A&M’s lineup. Usual starter sophomore Jace Vines was scratched due to illness, so freshman Tyler Ivey has the nod to open the series. Ivey leads the team with 41 strikeouts and worked 5.2 innings in his Saturday start against LSU. The Gators will send Logan Shore to the mound with a 5-0 record and a 2.89 ERA. First pitch is set for 6 p.m.

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Eight of the Aggies’ nine starters are batting over .300 this season.

A&M Saturday afternoon. In his last Sunday start against LSU he tossed 6.2 innings, allowing one earned run on eight hits with two strikeouts. Florida will counter with Alex Faedo, who has managed a 5-0 record and a 2.70 ERA, to start game two which begins at 6:30 p.m.

A&M coach Rob Childress has not announced a starter for Sunday yet with Vines absent. He could look to Turner Larkins, Brigham Hill or Andrew Vinson to fill the slot. Florida will start A.J. Puk, who has a 1-2 record with a 3.49 ERA. All-time, A&M leads the series 9-2.

In their last meeting in 2014, A&M managed to take two of three from the Gators, and they are 3-1 when playing in Gainesville. The final two games of the series will air on ESPNU.

SUGAR DADDIES CONTINUED able to make the pitcher on the other team laugh, distract the batter and just create a different atmosphere.

We’re the only university that has a group like this.”

Texas A&M head coach Jo Evans has had a front-row seat to the Sugar Daddies for the last 13 years. Evans said the Sugar Daddies never fail to exceed the expectations she has of them, and she is thankful for their unwavering support throughout the season.

“They’re a huge source of energy and enthusiasm at our ballpark,” Evans said. “They do a great job on creating a game-day atmosphere, which we as a team can feed off of.”

For agricultural economics senior Ryan Sebesta, the interaction and relationships built with the Aggie softball players and their families is an experience which he holds dearly. Sebesta said the support they receive from the families is an added bonus to being a Sugar Daddy.

“It’s been a blast, just being around the team,” Sebesta said. “They’re just a great group of girls. Their

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A&M players and coaches enjoy the energy that the Sugar Daddies bring to the softball games.

families are the best. They thank us for our support every time we’re at the game. They treat us like if we were one of their own — it’s just amazing to be with them.”

The family environment has been especially kind to the youngest member of the group. Nine-year-old Conner Rutherford, son of on-campus sponsor Tracy Rutherford, said he has been a supporter of Aggie softball for the majority of his life. Much like his older counterparts, Conner dedicates his time cheering on the Aggies as well as getting to interact with them off the field.

“My favorite thing about being a Sugar Daddy is being able to support the girls and getting to know them,” Conner said.

“We’re here to keep them motivated and going.”

Entering her final season as a Texas A&M softball player, senior outfielder Cali Lanphear said she has grown fond of the Sugar Daddies. Lanphear said having such a unique group like the Sugar Daddies allows the team to play at its full potential.

“They’re like our own home-field advantage,” Lanphear said. “They’re just such a big part of our atmosphere here at A&M,

it’s really something nobody has. They do a good job of grabbing the other team’s attention, which throws them off of their game, giving us a sort of advantage.”

Opponents also take notice of the Sugar Daddies.

“They were awesome,” said Indiana head coach Michelle Gardner. “I loved the way they cheer on A&M and have some fun with the opponent, but keep it classy. It was all in good fun, and they made the atmosphere really enjoyable. They were creative and never let up the whole game. It was impressive.”

After a tough loss against No. 9 Georgia this past weekend, the No. 11 Texas A&M softball team returns to College Station to host Arkansas at the Aggie Softball Complex.

The Aggies (27-6) come off a series that saw them swept for the first time all season. While in Athens, Georgia, the Aggies were outscored by the Bulldogs 22-7, the largest margin the team has been outscored all season. Despite the losses, freshman Keelli Milligan recorded her nation-leading 38th stolen base.

Milligan’s 38 stolen bases move her to 3rd place all-time in the Texas A&M record books.

Texas A&M head coach Jo Evans said although the outcome in the Georgia series was not what she expected, she was pleased to see her team grow from the loss. Evans also said the response she received from the team this week was exactly what she expected.

“We’re a young ball club, so you never know how your youngsters are going to react when things don’t go their way,” Evans said. “It’s been a little easy for them, everything has fallen into place. I don’t want anyone to think that I am happy about the loss because it was a grueling series, but just the way they’ve come back and understand that if you let one weekend define you, you’re in big trouble.”

Senior outfielder Cali Lanphear said she believes the team can bounce back from the loss when they face Arkansas based on the all-around leadership on the team.

“Seniors can set an example, but we have a lot of youngsters that can also set an example,” Lanphear said. “Keelli and Kaitlyn at the top of the line-up, if they can get things going this weekend, then that can set the tone for the team as well.”

Texas A&M is set to face Arkansas beginning 5 p.m. Friday at the Aggie Softball Complex.

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