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Ryan Walters, freshman computer engineering major, is the second-ever freshman to be an entrepreneur-inresidence at Startup Aggieland.

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he number of students on campus at Texas A&M is a large one, and a smaller number of students work for local businesses. Smaller still is the number of students who create such businesses — and Ryan Walters is one of them.

Walters, freshman computer engineering major, structured his spring schedule in such a fashion that he wouldn’t have class on Friday to spend the day planning for the business he’s been working on for eight months

with the aid of Startup Aggieland, self-described as a student-designed, student-led business accelerator whose goal is to aid students in business startups.

“At Startup Aggieland, I’m what they call an entrepreneur-in-residence, starting a business called ScoutAlert,” Walters said. “It’s an online athletic recruiting service. It’ll change lives for athletes, giving them visibility to recruiters that they’ve never had before. I’ve built the entire website myself. I’ve been doing programming for websites since I was thirteen or

fourteen.”

He started his career making apps, and his first app, Pong for the iPhone 3G, was the catalyst to spur his interest in programming and technology.

“I think one of the coolest things in the world is being able to build something and then have it be instantly available to everyone,” Walters said. “I started out having built an iPhone app, made it for free, and just sent it out there. It was the No. 3 app in Panama and it’d turn up on See Walters on page 2

orking to both prevent sexual assault and assist in the coping process when it does occur, advocates at the Sexual Assault Resource Center fulfill the role of supporting those affected by sexual assault in the community. In the last year, EJ Smith, SARC volunteer coordinator, said SARC served 427 clients.

SARC will be holding its 77th tri-annual advocatetraining program on Feb. 10, and applications are now open for those interested in becoming volunteer advocates through the center.

“The SARC plays a vital role in our community,” said University Police Lt. Allan Baron. “If it wasn’t for the advocates who work on a daily basis, the center would be non-existent. A large portion of the community is between the age of 18 and 24, which are college-age victims. It’s important to have members of the community as well as students serve as advocates.”

By state law, victims of sexual assault have a right to an advocate before any further examination. Taking on the role of an advocate entails several duties from attending emergency room visits to answering hotline calls. Smith said it’s important to be there for clients as a friendly face, because reporting is not often an easy process.

“While not all volunteers that serve are A&M students, a decent portion of them are, and I think when you live someplace, even if it isn’t your hometown, its great to work to benefit that community,” Smith said.

“Our advocates aren’t just advocates on the hotline or on accompaniments, they are advocates 24/7 empowered to educate friends, classmates and others around them.”

Sonia Mahabir, WRC assistant coordinator, said she attend the SARC Advocacy training program last summer as she was beginning her position with the Women’s See SARC on page 4

Bosley Jarrett — THE VANDERBILT HUSTLER

Marqu’es Webb, Vanderbilt freshman forward, shoots a free throw during her team’s 71-69 win Saturday over Texas A&M. Shelby Knowles — THE BATTALION

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espite a career-high 26 points from senior center Karla Gilbert, No. 17 Texas A&M (17-6, 7-2 SEC) fell to No. 16 Vanderbilt (17-5, 6-3 SEC), 71-69 Sunday in Nashville, Tenn.

Gilbert, who also added a blocked shot and a gamehigh 12 rebounds, earned her fifth double-double of the season.

Losing 30-23 at halftime, the Aggies clawed back in the second half, taking their

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first lead of the game with 12:38 to go.

The game would go back and forth down the stretch, but eventually came down to one play with three seconds remaining. After a Gilbert layup and free throw tied the game, Aggie junior guard Tori Scott fouled Vanderbilt guard Morgan Batey, who made both free throws to put the Commodores up by two.

Batey finished the game with a team-high 17 points while knocking down all seven of her free throw attempts.

A last-second shot from A&M sophomore guard Jordan Jones hit the back of the rim, giving the Aggies their first road SEC loss of the season.

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a shot from the field, Jones hit 4-6 free throws and dished out eight assists. Jones kept pressure on Vanderbilt’s guards all game, adding three steals to her team-leading total of 57 on the year.

A&M was helped by the bench play of junior forward Tavarsha Scott-Williams, who was perfect from the field and hit all seven of her shots to finish the game with 14 points and nine rebounds.

The loss drops the Aggies to second place in the SEC, one game behind No. 7 South Carolina, who A&M beat 67-65 in overtime Jan. 16 at Reed Arena.

The Aggies return to action for a 2:30 tip off Sunday at Reed Arena against No. 14 LSU (17-5, 6-3 SEC).

Seniors and 2012 Olympians Cammile Adams and Breeja Larson embrace Saturday after the final home meet of their A&M careers.

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he No. 2 Texas A&M women’s swimming and diving team wrapped up its regular season on Saturday with a 153-97 victory over North Texas at the A&M Recreation Natatorium.

Saturday’s meet marked the end of one of the most successful senior classes in A&M history. Of the seven seniors that swam in Saturday’s meet — including five school record holders, three conference champions, two defending NCAA Champions, and three Olympians — six ended their collegiate careers with individual victories.

“It was just a solid performance from a great group of seniors,” said Texas A&M head coach Steve Bultman. “I wish this group wasn’t seniors, but they really took us to the next level with national and international competition.”

Senior Olympians Breeja Larson and Cammile Adams continued their dominance in the pool, sweeping the backstroke and butterfly events, respectively.

A&M looks to improve last year’s runner-up finish in the conference championships when it heads to Athens, Ga., on Feb 18-22 to compete in the SEC Championships.

“We are excited to move on,” Bultman said. “We’ve got a lot of girls already qualified for NCAAs so we feel good heading into the conference championship.”

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“Every year, me and my roommates watch the Super Bowl and bet on the result.

Sometimes, they have to do something special to compensate for their losses as punishment for being inferior.”

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Participants pose for a photo at the 2013 Dining in the Dark event.

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he sense of sight is sometimes taken for granted by those who have it, but the upcoming event, Dining in the Dark, will aim to give insight into the world of the visually impaired.

Lindsay Long, freshman psychology major, is volunteering for Dining in the Dark with her sorority, Delta Gamma. She also has a visual impairment. She encouraged her sorority to volunteer and believes that the event is a unique experience. As a result, 50 Delta Gamma members will be volunteering as cart runners, servers and other jobs.

“It’s really a once in a lifetime experience because you get to experience blindness for a dinner and its not just like walking around with a blindfold,” Long said. “You wont be able to take

off your blindfold because you are in the dark and that’s what it feels like a lot of the time for me.”

Brazos Valley Center for Independent Living is hosting the event as a visual impairment awareness and fundraising event.

Casey Schneider, president of the Infinite Aggies, a group volunteering to help set up the event, is hopeful that the dinner will help to build empathy for students with disabilities so it will be easier to understand what they go through.

“This event is a great opportunity for people without visual impairments to experience what people with these disabilities have to go through everyday,” Schneider said. “We will be helping set up the event the day before by laying down the tape the servers will be following during the dinner, among many other things.”

The idea of Dining in the Dark has been around for a few decades and is not only used for blindness awareness, but some restaurant owners and chefs will

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the leaderboards nationwide. It was cool to think of all these people I’ll never meet using something that I’d built.”

Walters said he sometimes does more planning on paper than programming on the computer, and emphasized the importance of planning for as many scenarios as possible.

“I’m really thinking a lot about what to do with the potential ScoutAlert has,” Walters said. “I’m going to take it, and I’m going to run with it and build it up as much as I can.

Hopefully we’ll be the No. 1 recruiting tool in the United States. It’d be amazing to build a product that has the potential to truly change lives.”

Walters said he couldn’t have been where he is today without Startup Aggieland. One of the biggest lessons he’s learned thus far, he

host a similar event to give their patrons more of an appreciation for different aspects of their food, Long said.

“This concept of dining in the dark has been around since the ’90s where it started over in Zurich,” Long said. “Some people use it as a awareness event and some people do it in their restaurant because they want you to pay more attention to the food’s smell and feel.”

Wesely Delin, president of Insightful Connections, a social organization for the visually impaired, hopes that people who are attending will appreciate their sight after they finish the event.

“It is a good way for the general population to see what people with visual impairments go through on a daily basis,” Delin said. “For individuals, it will hopefully make them realize they are blessed in terms of their sight and they don’t have to deal with the obstacles that come with blindness or other visual disabilities.”

said, was not to be afraid of reaching out to people and resources and to treat every day as an opportunity for a learning experience.

“The future is awesome, as far as technology goes,” Walters said. “I want to be a part of that someday.”

Taylor VanSickle, Class of 2013 and Walters’ mentor — or “wrangler” as they are called in Startup Aggieland — said she felt fortunate to know such a driven young man during her time in college.

“He’s very dedicated trying to launch a recruiting website,” VanSickle said. “I think he has a lot of leadership potential. We did a pitch competition together, and from that I know that he’s a very hard-working freshman. His goals are insane — he’s got really big dreams.”

Walters said while the work he does on his business is exciting, he tries to focus on other interests as well.

“I enjoy hanging out with my friends,” Walters said. “If I’m not here with them, I’m

Event coordinator Lauren Long said there will be a social hour before the dinner where people can participate in activities such as braille dominos and checkers. Attendees will also be able to use an assisted currency identifier.

“It is geared toward awareness of visual impairments and I hope people get to ask the candid questions that they want to ask,” Long said. “I know that many people feel that they will offend us if they ask questions about the disability and how it affects us, but we would rather that you go head and ask instead of going on assuming the answer to those questions.”

The event will begin with a social hour at 5 p.m. Feb. 15, at the Hilton in College Station. Student priced tickets are not yet offered but will be sold a week before the event. Normally priced tickets for the event are available now at www.dininginthedarkbcs.com.

“I’ll be rocking in my rocking chair in my house, rooting for the Broncos because I like their colors. I’ll probably eat some hot sauce and chips all by myself.”

Drew Lawler, sophomore biology major

“I’m excited for the very attractive quarterbacks and the puppy and Budweiser commercials.”

Sofia Lopez, freshman biochemistry major

back home with my family or my girlfriend in Round Rock. See a movie, go out dancing, or just hang out. It’s not always easy, but it’s good to find a balance between everything.”

Shelly Brenckman, marketing coordinator at Startup Aggieland and Walters’ supervisor, has what Walters calls a “comprehensive viewpoint.” She has worked closely with Walters and other student entrepreneurs over the last semester to aid them in meeting their goals and dreams.

“He’s a fantastic pitch competitor,” Brenckman said. “He made an excellent showing at our competition last semester. He’s the second freshman ever admitted to Startup Aggieland as an entrepreneur-in-residence.”

Walters doesn’t have a set launch date yet for ScoutAlert, but he hopes to launch by April.

“We’ve come very far, but we still have a long way to go,” he said. “We still have that final hurdle to jump over.”

“We’re just watching it here at the MSC. We have a few friends coming too, so maybe we’ll go eat with them afterward.”

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he No. 9 Texas A&M equestrian team was edged, 10-9, by the No. 6 Georgia Bulldogs on Saturday at the Brazos County Expo Complex. The loss drops the Aggies to 2-5 overall and 1-3 in the conference play this season.

“This is our first meet back from a long break, and there were some rusty spots,” said head coach Tana McKay. “We had some really good rides, so I was proud of a lot of the girls.

As with anything, you have to be able to make improvements, and we had a couple of big mistakes that you can’t make when you are playing a team like Georgia.”

The Aggies will saddle up for another conference showdown on Saturday as they ride into Auburn, Ala., to take on the Auburn Tigers.

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Lindsey Bernbaum, senior animal science major, competes Saturday with her horse, Elmer.

golf Aggies set to open spring The No. 5 Texas A&M men’s golf team is set to tee off its spring schedule Monday morning at the fifthannual Sea Best Invitational. The tournament will be hosted by the University of Jacksonville, and will be played at the Players Stadium Course on TPC at Sawgrass. “Playing one of America’s great venues to kick off the spring season only adds to our excitement,” said Texas A&M head coach J.T. Higgins. “TPC at Sawgrass is an incredible course.

It is familiar to golfers of every level with history at every turn. We love to compete on great courses with great players and teams so we couldn’t ask for more.”

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The Battalion here’s a Spirit can ne’er be told, but receiving the Buck Weirus Spirit Award comes close.

Monday marks the last day to submit applications for the 2014 Buck Weirus Spirit Award, an honor given by the Association of Former Students to recognize students who make positive contributions to student life programs at Texas A&M. Kathryn Greenwade, Class of 1988 and vice president for communications at the Association of Former Students, said recipients of the award are students dedicated to impacting campus. “Those who receive this honor are recognized as ones who are motivated, organized and able to handle multiple demands on their times,�

Greenwade said. “When employers familiar with Texas A&M see this award listed on a job applicant’s resume, they know they are looking at an individual who will make

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Resource Center. Participants in the training program will be introduced to important community resources so they can refer their peers to the appropriate outlets, Mahabir said. “I learned some invaluable things about our community and made excellent contacts,�

Mahabir said. “The skills developed in SARC advocacy training is helpful to create a

positive contributions and not sit on the sidelines.�

Kevin Andrews, doctoral student and 2013 Buck Weirus Spirit Award recipient, said receiving the award was a moving recognition of his campus work. “I can recall being moved nearly to tears to know that my impact and experiences at Texas A&M University were judged to be worthy of this award when I read the congratulatory email — and then having to play it cool because my co-workers were all five to 10 feet away,� Andrews said.

The award was established in 1982 by the Association and is named after Richard “Buck� Weirus, Class of 1942. Weirus served as executive director of the Assocation from 1964-1980. His namesake award recognizes students who make positive contributions through high involvement and enhancement of the Aggie Spirit.

Even after winning the award, Andrews said a true campus leader continues to push themselves to excel and give back. “None of my co-winners have rested on their laurels, but rather they continue to

stay involved on campus,�

Andrews said. “That’s how our paths all end up crossing, because we’re always looking for opportunities to lead and serve.�

Andrews said the award made his family proud of what he was doing as a student and was a way of being recognized for the day-to-day campus service his family is not often privy to. “You want to live in a manner worthy of the designation you have been given,�

Andrews said.

To be eligible for the award students must be currently enrolled, have completed at least two semesters at Texas A&M, must have a cumulative minimum 2.25 GPR for undergraduates and 3.0 for graduate students, be in good academic and disciplinary standing with Texas A&M and not have won the award previously.

Award applicants are encouraged to share their own personal Aggie story through considering the four tenants of the award: involvement, experiences, impact and spirit.

Students may apply by 11:59 p.m. Monday at aggienetwork.com/buckweirus.

safer community, as students will learn how to look out and support one another.�

The advocate-training program is meant to educate volunteers not only on ways to change the perceptions surrounding sexual assault but also how to provide a support system for those who experience the situation firsthand. “Common sense doesn’t always apply, and there are some socially supported myths out there about sexual assault, survivors and perpetrators that

should be corrected,� Smith said. “We love having A&M students volunteer, because they can proactively change the culture.�

Smith said volunteers will receive certification through the attorney general and the Texas Association Against Sexual Assault. Applications are available online and staff members will contact potential advocates for a scheduled training time pending the application review, she said.

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