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Holocaust survivor’s story shapes generation Victoria Rivas The Battalion
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or nearly four decades, Holocaust survivor Max Glauben did not speak of what he witnessed or experienced. Alec Becker, Glauben’s grandson, said he is proud of his grandfather, who did not share his Holocaust experience with anyone until the 1980s. “He does it not for himself,” Alec said. “He does it because the future generations and the current generations need to know about it so they can pass these sto-
ries down to their children.” Glauben will share his story of survival at A&M on Wednesday, the school attended by two of his grandchildern — Alec and Delaney Becker. Alec, senior kinesiology major, said his grandfather taught him to constantly defend others. “There’s something he preaches on a daily basis and that’s that there are too many bystanders in life,” Alec said. “He kind of coined the term ‘upstandPhoto provided, Graphic by William Guerra — THE BATTALION er’ as somebody who stands up and says something that they know inherently Alec Becker, senior kinesiology major, is is wrong.” the grandson of Holocaust survivor See Glauben on page 4 Max Glauben.
hen Texas A&M hired Paul “Bear” Bryant as head football coach in 1954, it didn’t know it was hiring a future legend often referred to as one of the greatest college football coaches of all time. The Texas A&M University System will present Bryant’s original employment contract to the University at 4 p.m. Tuesday at the Board of Regents Annex. The ceremony will feature remarks from five speakers, including A&M system chancellor John Sharp, head football coach Kevin Sumlin and 1957 Heisman Trophy winner John David Crow. Paul “Bear” Bryant — who is responBryant sible for the grueling and infamous 10-day summer camp in Junction, Texas, that brought about the Junction Boys moniker — coached the Aggies to a 25-14-2 record and a Southwest Conference title in his fouryear coaching stint at A&M. Bryant would return to coach his alma mater Alabama in 1958 where he would eventually end his 38-year coaching career as a six-time national champion with an overall coaching record of 323-85. After passing away a month after his final game, Bryant was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously from President Ronald Reagan and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1986.
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Second Lonestar Showdown to help revitalize rivalry A&M and UT intramural teams to face off on court Annabelle Hutchinson The Battalion
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inside baseball | 2 A&M to play on Tuesday A&M will host Prairie View A&M in mid-week contest to build on its 16-7 home ledger.
campus | 3 Maroon Coats induct new class Seventeen new members were inducted into Maroon Coats, an organization that represents students to donors.
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he rivalry between Texas A&M and the University of Texas again will heat up on the court as the intramural basketball champions from both schools face off Sunday in the Lonestar Showdown. This weekend’s basketball game is the second part of the competition
that began in the fall with a football game in Austin between the intramural champions from each school, said Matt Keller, SGA executive vice president of student services. “Funny story — we won the males, co-ed lost and the females also lost,” Keller said. “So, in other words, we ran out of time in two out of three of the games.” The idea for reviving the rivalry came from Horacio Villarreal III, UT student body president. “Over the summer of 2013, a friend and I were talking about the old Texas-Texas A&M rivalry,” Villarreal said.
“And when we were talking about it, we said it was a shame that we still don’t have that anymore. We thought it would be cool if regular students played each other — non-Division I athletes. We thought it would put a different twist on the rivalry.” Villarreal said he was pleased with the turnout at the football intramural showdown. “We had a solid turnout,” Villarreal said. “It was a pretty hot day on a Sunday. It was the first time that it ever happened. But at any point in time, we had See Lonestar Showdown on page 2
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Behavioral health hospital to aid county’s mental health needs
‘West Side Story’ finds realism in production
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fter 13 months of construction, the Rock Prairie Behavioral Health Hospital opened its doors Monday morning to fill a gap in the Brazos Valley community’s healthcare system. The facility has 72 beds for patients and will be open as well as on-call 24 hours per day for free clinical assessments. Jim Shaheen, president of Strategic Behavioral Health, said this new strategic facility is going to be a resource for the community. “Anybody can come to this building to get an assessment and find out what’s going on — and when I say an assessment, it might just be finding out the nature of the crises, it may not have anything to do with mental health or substance abuse, but we are going to be a resource regardless and get people the services
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Day for the awareness and understanding of mental health. “For too many years, the
iolence, drama and grit transform a classic musical for the 21st-century audience. Set in a 1950s Upper West Side neighborhood in New York City, the characters of “West Side Story” find their home in flux. The Polish Jets feel threatened by the growing presence of the newlyimmigrated Puerto Rican Sharks. Tensions rise when Tony, a former leader of the Jets, and Maria, younger sister of the Sharks’ leader, find themselves tied together by romance. Amy Guerin, assistant professor in Theatre Arts, said the musical has maintained its popularity because of the creative minds behind the stage show. “It is a part of musical theater still today because of lyrics of Stephen Sondheim, the music of Leonard Bernstein and the choreography work of Jerome Robbins,” Guerin said. “All of these things came together to create a musical that, at the time, pushed boundaries.”
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Aggie and CEO of Rock Prairie Behavioral Health Hospital Duane Runyan cuts the Ribbon to officially open the facility Monday. they may need,” Shaheen said. At the grand opening, College Station mayor Nancy Berry proclaimed April 7 would be Rock Prairie Behavioral Health
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