The Battalion- July 24, 2018

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Aggie cycles through France pg. 2 Service dog surprises new owner pg. 4 Aggieland becomes even sweeter pg. 5

Whether a restaurant centered around wings or one that just has them on the menu, there are many venues to visit in order to celebrate National Chicken Wing Day. Victoria Fluellen — THE BATTALION

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Pedaling to Paris

Former student, professional cyclist Chad Haga competes in this year’s Tour de France

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Chad Haga, Class of 2010, is competing in this year’s Tour de France with Team Sunweb.

An Aggie has been cycling through the most famous cycling race in France this past month.

Chad Haga, Class of 2010, has been competing in this year’s Tour de France, one of cycling’s three Grand Tours, which covers nearly 2,100 miles across France.

“When I first started dreaming of one day racing professionally, it was the Tour de France that I imagined myself racing,” Haga wrote in a blog for Cyclingnews.com prior to competing in the race.

After 15 stages, Haga is currently 72nd out of 150 racers.

He is one of 23 racers competing for Team Sunweb and has competed in both the general and points classification.

His best finish thus far was 34th in Stage 4.

There are six stages left as the race will conclude on July 29 in Paris.

Haga, who graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering, joined the A&M cycling team as a freshman in 2006 and eventually became the team’s president.

After Stage 5, Haga wrote in his blog that the race was everything he had hoped for and feared it would be.

“The roads are lined with fans from start to finish so much so that it can be difficult to find a place for a nature break without an audience, actually,” Haga wrote. “Their enthusiasm to see us fly by after hours of anticipation is shocking — and loud.

“It makes me feel like I truly am racing in the greatest race in the sport.”

Haga’s journey can be followed through his blog at cyclingnews.com.

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By Victoria Fluellen @tori_fluellen Whether you like traditional or boneless, hand-tossed or breaded, you can find any type of chicken wings in Bryan-College Station. As National Chicken Wing day approaches on July 29, here are a few places to stop by and celebrate.

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Baked or Fried

Wings ‘N More

Offering an array of chicken wing flavors from plain traditional wings to Cajun ranch and PB&J sauces, this is the spot for anything you’re craving. Baked or Fried is located on Northgate and serves wings, salads and spuds.

As a favorite wing restaurant in College Station, Wings ‘N More offers their famous buffalo wings along with other boneless bites, traditional and boneless wings.

Sauces include mild, super caliente, extra hot and many more. Wings ‘N More also sells soups and salads, sandwiches and desserts.

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Buffalo Wild Wings

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Known for its sports bar environment and hand-spun wings in their signature sauce, B-Dubs offers over 21 different flavors on a scale from sweet to their “Blazin” hot sauce. The wings range in both size and traditional versus boneless.

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Blake’s Steaks Don’t let their name confuse you! Blake’s Steaks not only serves steaks, but also “Lil’ Wings.” These traditional and boneless wings come in five different flavors including mild, hot, garlic pepper, good bull BBQ and fear sauce.

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Wingstop Known for their delicious flavors such as lemon pepper and garlic parmesan, Wingstop has served flavorful wings for over 20 years. Wingstop also serves their very own uniquely flavorful french fries.

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Zaxby’s serves both boneless and traditional chicken wings, which it describes as “absolutely cravable.” Their flavors include their original ‘Zax sauce,’ barbeque, original, wimpy and many more.

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LIFE&ARTS

it’s a sweet life Sweet Paris crêperie opens location in Century Square

By Jake Metzler @jjakemetzler Courtesy of Sweet Paris

Astro met Austin and the Stelly family in a surprise meeting set up by Homes for Animal Heroes.

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Teen with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy surprised with service dog

By Chad Anderson @Chad_Anderson24 When 14-year-old Austin Stelly arrived at Texas A&M with his family Friday afternoon, he was expecting to see a service dog do tricks. Instead, he was surprised by something greater — his very own service dog.

Stelly was diagnosed with Duchenne Muscle Dystrophy (DMD) as a young boy and has overcome many battles along the way. Trina Stelly, Austin’s mother, applied to many nonprofit organizations to get him a service dog before finding a match with the nonprofit organization Homes for Animal Heroes, which places animals used in research and study with families and individuals. Those dogs are adopted by people needing a service dog.

“I wanted Austin to have a companion for a while, but things got in the way and when I was applying the main reason was that he was too sick to go through the process at the time,” Trina Stelly said. “This gives us a lot of hope. It just makes a difference for the quality of life for Austin. Sometimes you don’t get that quality, but you have to enhance the quality of life.”

DMD is a genetic disorder characterized by progressive muscle degeneration and weakness, mainly affecting boys from ages 3 to 5.

The dog that the Stelly family was surprised with was trained by an Aggie family. Kristen Cox has been an advocate for research ever since her son, Kyle Cox, was diagnosed with DMD. Astro, the 8-month-old golden retriever mix, was named after the Houston Astros because he was born the day after the baseball team won the 2017 World Series.

Kyle Cox has beaten the odds and is now

a 22-year-old A&M graduate who will be attending the Bush School for his master’s degree in the fall.

“When I found out my son was diagnosed with Duchenne’s and was told that he going to live to when he was 20, I searched around and knew there was something that had to be done especially knowing there wasn’t much out there with a lot of barriers in the way,” Kristen Cox said.

As her son has grown throughout the years, Kristen Cox has been a huge advocate for DMD research. She connected with the Stelly family at a hospital in Cincinnati, where both their sons were receiving treatment. Austin Stelly saw Kyle’s service dog and fell in love with it.

Kyle Cox has had a service dog since the third grade and said he has seen how it has enhanced his daily activities such as opening and closing doors, picking up dropped objects and helping turning off lights.

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“Having a service dog has been beneficial to my life,” Kyle Cox said. “My favorite is when I walk around campus with my dog, it has really turned me into a chick magnet.”

Cox got in contact with A&M veterinarian and College Station regional coordinator for Homes for Animal Heroes, Anita Richert.

Richert’s responsibilities include matching service animals with their perfect owner. She has placed 33 dogs from A&M with families, her most recent being the Stelly family.

“Linking up these dogs to homes, while also make a difference from both ends is truly powerful,” Richert said.

Kristen Cox said she is sad to see Astro leave her family, but knows there is a greater purpose.

“It’s definitely a bittersweet goodbye for the Cox family, but still a reason to be proud and make a difference,” Cox said.

A new crêperie has arrived in College Station, making life in Aggieland just a little sweeter.

Sweet Paris is a French inspired café which serves both sweet and savory crêpes; and has opened its fifth location in Century Square.

The grand opening was July 19 and saw large crowds coming to enjoy the tasty pastries.

Founders Ivan and Allison Chavez opened the first Sweet Paris location in May 2012 because they loved crêpes, but could scarcely find them in Houston. For this reason, they sought to bring the pastry they loved to the town in which they lived. Although College Station is their fifth location, Allison Chavez explained why she was very excited about this locale in particular.

“We are thrilled to bring the delicious worlds of crêpes to the College Station community, where locals and visitors alike are serious about fun and food,” Allison Chavez said.

“Sweet Paris has a prime location in the Century Square development, where our fans can eat, play, shop and work. This strategic expansion to one of the most diverse communities in Texas will give Sweet Paris the opportunity to grow into other markets as alumni of Texas A&M make their way back home and to new cities after graduation.”

As an additional treat, the College Station location has the company’s first completely local special crepe, only available in Aggieland.

“The Aggie” is a breakfast crepe containing mozzarella, bacon, sausage, potatoes, scrambled eggs and fresh jalapeños. Carolina Santaella, the head of business development for Sweet Paris, explained the philosophy behind this dish.

“When we came to Aggieland we knew we needed a local flavor ...” Santaella said, “And with all our crepes, how it looks is just as important as how it tastes … When we have people stop taking pictures [of the food] that’s when we know we have a problem.”

Making delicious pastries isn’t all that Sweet Paris does. The business also seeks to help provide food for those in need. Santaella explained the Sweet Paris “Eat here, feed there” philosophy which has been instilled in the business since its inception.

“When our owners opened in 2012 they decided that they wanted to do something to combat child hunger,” Santaella said. “There’s three crepes on the menu signified by a Houston Food Bank sticker. A portion of those orders goes to the Houston Food Bank and provides one child a full meal, and that’s part of our philosophy that goes everywhere we are and everywhere we will go in the future.”

For menu items and more information, visit sweetparis.com/college-station.

LET’S BE FRIENDS Courtesy of Sweet Paris

The name “Sweet Paris” describes only part of the cafe’s menu. The crêperie serves savory crepes including “The Aggie,” the company’s first special inspired by a specific location.

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GUEST COLUMN

The Psychology of Philanthrophy What makes individuals want to give?

Tyson Voelkel

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hink for a moment about why, at some point in your life, you might want to give to Texas A&M. What would be the reason? Perhaps you received a scholarship or fellowship and want to pay it forward. Maybe you are passionate about advancing a certain cause, field or program. Possibly you want to honor a loved one or a faculty member who influenced your career path.

One of the best parts of my job as president of the Texas A&M Foundation is listening to why people choose to give, because those reasons are as unique as the giver. Creating a culture of philanthropy necessitates tailoring giving opportunities to match those individual reasons, and it is important to understand why people want to give.

In fact, it’s spurred a whole new field of study called philanthropic psychology.

I recently had a fascinating phone conversation with Dr. Jen Shang, a leading philanthropic psychologist whose work centers on donor behavior and the idea that giving benefits the giver just as much as the recipient. She studies why individuals choose to give and how it makes them feel. As we spoke, I took note of a few key insights that are particularly relevant to our mission at the Foundation: There should be a living benefit for donors. Philanthropy is personal.

People give to programs and causes that are close to their heart, and each per-

son will feel his or her money is most impactful to Texas A&M in different ways. That’s why it’s so important to communicate the myriad benefits of giving to Texas A&M and ensure that those benefits live on long after an investment is made.

Sustainable philanthropy is about building relationships. People surrounding an individual’s philanthropic acts, whether that be fundraisers or beneficiaries like scholarship recipients, are as important as the reason for giving. It’s what inspires people to give (and then give again).

Humans have three psychological needs: competence, autonomy and positive relationships with others. According to Dr. Shang, acts of philanthropy help individuals achieve all three. The goal, then, is to ensure that the act of giving to Texas A&M is psychologically gratifying.

My conversation with Dr. Shang reminded me that as much as our goal is to raise money for the betterment of Texas A&M, we must not overlook the most important thing: the people who choose to give. The better we understand why people choose to give back, the better we can push ourselves each day to serve the university and our donors in the most effective ways possible.

Thanks and Gig ’em!

Tyson Voelkel ’96 President, Texas A&M Foundation If you have any questions for me or want to learn more, feel free to email info@txamfoundation.com.

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