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The “Mannequin Challenge” video posted by TAMU Gymnastics got more than 13 million views on Facebook.

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GYMNASTICS GOES VIRAL TAMU Gymnastics team’s ‘Mannequin Challenge’ receives 13 million views

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reparing to jump off the springboard into a vault, saluting post-dismount on the beam, chalking hands and even the legs of someone who failed a flip — all captured, frozen in time.

Program aims to mitigate asthma severity in South Texas

The Texas A&M gymnastics team went viral Nov. 9 with its rendition of the popular Internet trend called “The Mannequin Challenge.” Participants in the challenge post a typically minute-long video of a group of people holding completely still in the middle of doing an activity. “Our PR officer found the Mannequin Challenge from BYU and

she tagged a couple of us in it,” said marketing junior and TAMU Gymnastics webmaster officer Morgan Moore. “She said, ‘Morgan, it would be cool if we did this,’ and she was kidding, but I took her seriously and said, ‘Okay we’re doing it Monday night at 6:00. We had about 15 people show up and it only took us two takes.”

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The video went on to become extremely popular on various social media outlets, racking up more than 13 million views on Facebook. The video was shared by Texas A&M, Crossfit America and even the United States Olympic Gymnastics Team, among thousands of others. “It’s going everywhere,” Moore said. “People from all over the world

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The severity of asthma has inspired an outreach program at A&M that provides educational interventions on asthma control to parents and children in the Rio Grande region. Mission Breathe is an outreach educational intervention program through the School of Public Health which educates parents and children between the ages of 3 to 14 about the simple methods to reduce the severity of asthma and the importance of being prepared to avoid frequent emergency room visits. Gustavo Elizondo, public health graduate student, said asthma is a disease that can be both objectively and subjectively measured, making it a top choice for this outreach program. “Since asthma is caused by inflammation, we are able to detect different biomarkers of inflammation and detect our effectiveness,” Elizondo said. “We will be able to compare that with these surveys and also the pre and post-tests will help us see whether they have learned something and the areas we need to focus on.” Oluwatosin Bewaji, Mission Breathe program manager, said the program is taking place in the Rio Grande region of South Texas due to the high prevalence of this disease. This educational intervention is a simple method to reduce the severity of asthma with the resources at hand, Bewaji said. “A lot of the areas, due to the socioeconomic status, going for the high-tech medical intervention for asthma may not be very feasible,”

are messaging me on Facebook saying, ‘Cool video.’ This morning I got [a message] from somebody in Nepal and Saudi Arabia … It blew up more than we could’ve imagined.” The video was a collaborative project that allowed each member of TAMU Gymnastics to show off

TAMU Wells Project aids clean water initiative for Rwanda By Meredith McCown @meredithrhoads

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Sophomore forward DJ Hogg scored 12 points in the second game of the Aggies’ 2016-2017 campaign.

A&M moves on to 2-0 with 76-53 victory over American University By Kevin Roark @kevin_roark College Station was the site for the Aggies to notch their second home win and maintain their stance in the top 25. The fast-paced American University squad now drops to 0-2 on the season after falling to No. 25 Maryland on Friday. “I was really concerned with how we’d play against that style of play,” Texas A&M head coach Billy Kennedy said. “I think our length and size in the paint gave them problems but I was worried

about how our guys would respond defensively. The first half was pretty good and they made some adjustments in the second.” Efficiency put the Aggies ahead early in the first half and they never looked back. While struggling inside due to American’s low and fast pace, the Aggies had to rely on their outside shooting and passing to stay on top. Freshman Eric Vila and sophomore DJ Hogg provided outside jumpers that allowed A&M to out shoot American 56.7 percent to 29.6 percent. “It’s nice to be able to run the ball through the front court and have the big guys in there,” Hogg BASKETBALL ON PG 4.

About 663 million people in the world lack access to clean water, and one organization is challenging students to spend 10 days trying to mitigate the issue. The average person spends about $50 on drinks other than water within the span of 10 days. From Nov. 7 to Nov. 16, the TAMU Wells Project, partnered with Living Water International, is hosting the 10 Days campaign, which challenges students across college campuses to drink only water for 10 days. The money students save by only drinking water will go toward the Living Water International Rwanda Program, which primarily aims to implement community-based water solutions in Rwanda. So far the A&M chapter has raised more than $30,000 from 885 individuals, including offline donations. Donations are accepted after the 10 Days as well. The campaign took off Nov. 6 with a concert featuring Colony House at the Grand Stafford Theater in Bryan. According to the TAMU Wells Project, last year the 10 Days campaign at A&M raised $30,000 which ultimately supplied 286 Rwandan families with clean water. The goal of the initiative this year is to raise $50,000. “The way I always like to explain the 10 Days is that I love the idea of sacrificing our comfort for someone else’s life,” Andrew Winker, 10 DAYS ON PG. 2

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The A&M gymnastics team posted a “Mannequin Challenge” video on the Internet that was shared by the United States Olympic Gymnastics team.

we have a team because we’re pretty cool.” Regardless of whether or not someone has participated in gymnastics in the past, the team encourages anyone to give it a try. “I never did gymnastics before I started, so people should know that

they can come and work out in our gym — even without any experience — to be a part of the team,” Moore said. “It would be great to see more student involvement. We have a lot of parents and family members come, but to have students there cheering you on is a lot different. Having that 12th Man behind you is really helpful.”

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advantage of clean water every day, while millions of people in the world don’t have access to any. “Just seeing the vast need for such a basic necessity,” Tolson said. “It’s something that we take for granted all the time … In reality, these people are drinking water that is making them sick.” Tolson said the lack of clean water affects more than just adults. Despite eagerness and excitement to learn, children in countries lacking clean water are missing school. “It’s been really cool that these families now have access to clean water and these kids are now in school, they’re learning, they’re getting an education, and that’s providing them a future that they weren’t having before,” Tolson said. Engineering sophomore and member of TAMU Wells Project Erik Young said the 10 Days campaign is a tangible cause that college students can participate in. “Our idea is that the 10 Days is a pretty simple thing,” Young said. “It’s not too difficult giving up all beverages but water for 10 days, and it’s something that college kids can do without having to give up too much.” According to Young, this issue is both solvable and doable. “You are giving up your comfort for 10 days but this is totally doable,” Young said. “Any college student can do this for 10 days to give up all beverages but water for 10 days. This is something you can totally do for a short amount of time and then help people across the world.” Winker said the ultimate goal of the 10 Days campaign is to see real change in the lives of those without clean water. “It’s not a numbers game,” Winker said. “The end goal is to see lives changed.”

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Being primary caretakers of their children, the intervention is designed specifically for parents. They are given surveys and handouts to teach them about protocol in emergency situations, track their progress and remind them of the environmental precautions necessary. “We do surveys to assess a baseline of their current practices with controlling their asthma,” Elizandro said. “We plan on doing another survey next time we go to see if their education has increased awareness with different triggers in their home environment.” Through research, the triggers for asthma have been narrowed down to a few such as pets, scents, smoking and dust mites. Most of these can be solved through a few household changes that could easily improve the severity of asthma in children, Spier said. “With just a little bit of education and change, simple things like changing your air filter in your house and not using cleaning products with a lot of scent can make a difference,” Spier said. “Little things that a parent or guardian can change in their home can really affect their child’s asthma.”

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Joshua Neubauer, executive chocolatier creates A&M-themed chocolate art at The Chocolate Gallery in Downtown Bryan. This process includes brushing out and filling special university approved chocolate molds, cutting out the molds, decorating them with cocoa butter and luster and packaging them up for Aggie fans to give to friends and family.

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THE INTERSECTION OF ART, DESSERT Downtown Bryan’s Chocolate Gallery founded on a young couple’s dream

By Hannah Gerken @gerken_hannah Only five miles from campus in Downtown Bryan sits a unique art gallery where artwork comes in the form of dessert — the Chocolate Gallery. The Chocolate Gallery is operated by Chefs Josh and Ciana Neubauer. The couple combines their talents in chocolate and pastry making to create delicious masterpieces. The name “Chocolate Gallery” came from a desire for the shop to be like an art gallery, displaying their culinary abilities through their cakes, sculptures, chocolates and cupcakes.

Josh and Ciana met during their time at the Culinary Institute of America. After showing off the skills they learned at school to Ciana’s mother and her friend Wayne Carroll, Carroll offered to be the benefactor for the chocolate shop. With Carroll’s help, Josh and Ciana were able to bring their dream to life only one year after graduating from culinary school. For Ciana, the dream of combining cake with chocolate started when she was young. She had been cooking her entire life, and even used her cake baking skills for school projects like creating a color wheel of cupcakes. Ciana attended Texas A&M but transferred to the Culinary Institute of America to

pursue her passion for baking. “When I was a kid, I did say that it would be really cool to be a cake decorator,” Ciana said. “Then I can marry a guy that does chocolates and we can put chocolate on cake. How cool would that be?” Josh found his passion for chocolates during his time at the Culinary Institute. While on an internship he worked with a chef on the World Pastry Team who was a chocolatier. After this experience he switched to specializing in chocolates halfway through pursuing his associate’s degree. Josh started his college career as an engineer and found that he was able to bring some of those skills into creating chocolate masterpieces.

“I did a lot of chocolates with her and I met with her team,” Josh said. “The stuff we did with chocolate — I was just amazed by it.” Ciana and Josh have worked to create an atmosphere that caters to many people. Along with their pastries, chocolates and gelato, they also offer classes in cake decorating and a café area for date nights or college study sessions. “We’ve had a few people that will come in; just kind of chill here,” Ciana said. “Buy a coffee, get a cookie, get a cupcake and just study. It’s a nice, quiet place that not a lot of people know about so you can really get away.” Ashley Lowden, Chocolate Gallery employee, said she enjoys see-

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said. “We have a new system this year that we’re all learning together.” Sophomore Tyler Davis controlled the paint with his 6-foot-10 frame, causing issues for the American defense. Following the game, American University head coach Mike Brennan said Davis caused a disturbance for the plan of attack throughout the game “[Mark Gasperini] had his hands full with [Davis],” Brennan said. “He’s a big physical player and really knows how to work his angles.” Vila hit a buzzer-beater from midcourt to send both teams to their locker rooms with a healthy 41-20 Aggie lead. Returning to the wood in the second half, both team made adjustments. The Aggies let up on defense before finding their footing and leaving the Eagles in the dust. Hogg said their new playbook puts more pressure on the frontcourt, allowing the team to control play from the outside. “I think we’re doing pretty solid,” Hogg

ally polite,” Epp said. “It is a demeaning experience, a frustrating experience. ... Because of this, investigatory stops are inherently tense encounters.” Associate professor at the Bush School Domonic Bearfield, who organized the lecture series, said one of the main goals of the lecture series is to help people on all sides of the tense issue to better understand each other. “The idea is that in the series, each of the major populations, whether it is police officers, minority groups, or perhaps even scholars — we have a scholar tonight — they feel like they’re not understood,” Bearfield said. “So if we could create a space where people could come without making any sort of prior judgments and just let people tell their stories, tell their side of what they think is going on ... You could come and gather the information, then you get different perspectives about how people see this issue.” Mark Welsh, dean of the Bush School, believes providing an opportunity for discussion has made use of a very relevant topic to improve the Aggieland community. “It is a really great topic these days, and one that has a lot of interest — one that we have a faculty and a student body that is very prone to discuss,” Welsh said. “We thought we could get a conversation going that might affect our communities.” Bearfield said the lecture series was successful, with hundreds of students, faculty and community members in attendance. Forensic and investigative sciences student Madison Collier attended the seminar because it pertains to her chosen career field of law enforcement, but also because she believes it is an issue that affects everyone, including students. “Seeing all of the shootings that have happened recently, it’s kind of galvanized me to really take more of an interest in this and take more of an interest in the issues with the career that I’m pursuing,” Collier said. “I don’t exactly know the demographics of College Station or of A&M, but I feel like it’s going to affect everybody to some degree.”

said. “People question us but we’re playing with the big guys and we’re keeping things open. We play together, listen to each other and it just goes from there. It’s going to be very important.” The Aggies finished with 53.6 percent from the field, completing 76.9percent of their free throws and 42.9 percent of their three’s to the Eagles’ 57.1 percent and 28.0 percent respectively. The new up-andcoming true freshman Robert Williams displayed flashes of super star potential. He threw down an alley-oop in the second half to earn his first double-digit point game of 2016. He tacked on another two blocks to put him at seven on the season. “He’s a capable starter,” Kennedy said. “He’s a good player and he’s only going to get better every game. Iron sharpens iron and he pushes the other guys to be better. If you can get a shot off on Robert in practice, it’s likely you can do it in a game.” The Aggies return to action Friday as they play host to USC in Reed Arena for the final home game of the month. Tipoff is slated for 6 p.m.