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Student owned and operated Student business owners balance academics, company management By Michelle Milstead @mmilsteadd

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Senior defensive end Daeshon Hall recorded five tackles and forced a fumble against Ole Miss.

SALVAGING THE SEASON Texas A&M looks to move forward after third loss in last 4 games By Lawrence Smelser @LawrenceSmelser Two days after losing to Ole Miss Saturday, Texas A&M’s coaches have collectively emphasized the need to move on and finish the season strong. The loss at Kyle Field stung bitterly for the maroon and white due to the ramifications the game had on the team’s future and its goals. Had the Aggies won, they would have moved up from No. 8 and been in position to move up the College Football Playoff rankings after Clemson, Michigan and Washington (all in the Top 4) fell Saturday. Instead, the outcome gave A&M its third loss in the last four games and reminded Aggie fans of the past three seasons where the first half of the season schedule is filled with wins but the second half with losses. “The mindset of the team is that nobody is happy,” A&M head coach Kevin Sumlin said. “There’s more anger than frustration. As a coach, that’s a good thing in this situation. In critical situations in the last couple of weeks, we were a different team. We were tight. We didn’t make the plays the last two weeks at the end of the games like we did earlier in the year.” Backup quarterback Jake Hubenak started his first game at Kyle Field and went 16-of-27 for FOOTBALL ON PG. 4

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When he’s not studying, petroleum engineering senior Ramon Yu doubles as the general manager of Lupa’s Coffee, a student friendly cafe located on Texas Ave.

any students are going to classes, studying to earn their degree in hopes of someday owning their own business — but some students have decided to do both at the same time. While working at an Ernst & Young firm this summer, economics junior Danial Kordi came up with the idea of opening his own consulting company. With the help of Richard Lester, A&M management professor, his dream became a reality and his business, Texas Aggies in Business, officially went live three weeks ago. Although Kordi recently started working toward his masters degree in financial econometrics and is involved in student government, he said he knew this was the time to act. “I guess just turning age 20 I thought if I wait one or two years, I’m stagnating what could be a possible new avenue on the A&M campus, and I don’t know if anyone would have had the idea by then,” Kordi said. “I was worried that these companies are about to go out of revenue if somebody doesn’t help them out so I thought I might as well implement on the side and see how it goes.” Kordi said the company recently completed a project for a client previously in Aggie 100 — a honoree program featuring successful entrepreneurs — and he was encouraged by the feedback the client gave. “He could have gone to big industry professionals and talk to them, but he was impressed with the work we’d done and came back to us to finish out his work for him,” Kordi said. “He was an Aggie 100 head-honcho guy telling us we did a fantastic job, so that’s really good on our end and motivation to go in and know we can do this. It’s going to show really well post-graduation in the workforce.” Hanna Hausman, psychology senior and photographer for The Battalion, is the owner of Hanna Kristine Photography. Hausman said she turned her passion into a business because she believes God has given her this talent to love people better. “I’m starting to realize I can bring both psychology and photography together,” Hausman said. “I think that pictures that turn out the best are when clients feel most comfortable with you, and so I try really hard to sit down with them and understand them and know their insecurities so I can make them feel better in front of the camera, because that’s when they’re going to be happiest with the product.” Maddie Becker, theater arts senior, is the owner of a non-profit found space theater STUDENT BUSINESSES ON PG. 2

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(Left to right) Horticulture sophomore Kelsey Wentling, nutritional sciences senior Carissa Elk and business sophomore Britton Carter are leaders in the Texas A&M’s “No Slave November” movement to raise awareness about the sex trafficking.

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Although the Aggies and the LSU Tigers will be opponents on Kyle Field in the Thanksgiving Day game, A&M has initiated an effort to aid LSU in relief efforts for the floods that affected much of the Baton Rouge area. Student Body President Hannah Wimberly emailed the A&M student body Tuesday with information about Side-By-Side, which asks A&M students and members of the Bryan-College Station community to donate to LSU. The proceeds will be given to LSU following the Thanksgiving game, with hopes to help the community rebuild the area. Wimberly said the campaign was created to aid LSU with getting back to normal, especially students who were directly affected by the storm. “It was just beyond devastating. Billions of dollars of damage in the Baton Rouge area and in the LSU community,” Wimberly said. “A SIDE-BY-SIDE ON PG. 3

By Brooklyn Figueiredo @brooklyn_fig More than 5,000 cases of human trafficking have been reported in the United States this year, and Texas has the second highest number of reports according to the National Human Trafficking Hotline. The No Slave November campaign hopes to raise awareness on campus of human trafficking. The A&M chapter of the International Justice Mission (IJM) is in the middle of its No Slave November campaign — a monthlong push to raise awareness for human trafficking and modern day slavery throughout the month of November. IJM, a global Christian organization, is the world’s largest anti-slavery group. It

aims to protect the poor from violence in the developing world by focusing on fighting sex trafficking, violence, slavery, police brutality, property grabbing and citizens’ rights abuse. “Modern slavery is roughly defined as basically someone being forced to do work that they wouldn’t otherwise do,” said Carissa Elk, vice president of the A&M chapter. “That can look like someone taking away someone’s property and force that person to work at their brick kiln factory in order to stay at your property or else they are going to take it away. That can look like a lack of protection from the government or even sex slavery.” Carter said there are an estimated 45 million slaves worldwide today and very few countries are exempt from this issue, including the United States. Houston is the second fastest growing hot spot for human trafficking. “The United States — especially in sex

slavery — is one of the worst offenders,” Elk said. “Even us when we talk about it, you become numb to it at times or forget what it is. But it’s very real and destroys lives. [No Slave November] is a good reminder that while we sit here relaxing, it’s happening every day to women and men.” Once a month, the A&M chapter of IJM reaches out to businesses that are at risk for human trafficking. They also reach out to hotels, educating them on the signs to look for that could point to a human trafficking case. The chapter goes to nail salons and massage parlors, which have a higher rate of being fronts for human trafficking. Two of the businesses they went to were closed down in February for trafficking and are open again — within a mere five months. “There are different ways that trafficking can take place here in our community and in Texas,” said Kelsey Wenting, A&M chapter community outreach chair. “Houston and NO SLAVE NOVEMBER ON PG. 4

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One way students can give back on campus is through the Angel Tree program, an organization sponsored by MSC Aggie Leaders of Tomorrow which helps give gifts to children in need.

Local non-profit members talk ways to give back to B-CS By Ariel Hayes @arielkhayes The holiday season is a time for food, festivities and family. For those looking to give back, it can also be a time for philanthropy. Opportunities to aid the community are plentiful in the Brazos Valley area. From projects founded at Texas A&M to the Brazos Valley Food Bank, which helps provide for more than 55,000 people, there are many ways to give back. Teresa Mangapora, executive director at the Brazos Valley Food Bank, said one of their biggest holiday events is Thanksgiving in the Brazos Valley, which will occur this year for the 33rd time. Mangapora said Thanksgiving in the Brazos Valley is a great opportunity for students staying in town for the holiday to get into the spirit of giving. “You can help with preparation of the meal or by being a driver, because a lot of these meals are going to go to people’s homes — that’s on Thanksgiving day,” Mangapora said. “Those wishing to volunteer can do so be-

ginning at 8 a.m. at Duncan Dining Center.” Another opportunity to aid the Brazos Valley Food Bank is KBTX’s Food for Families Food Drive, a televised event on Dec. 7 in which people can drop off canned goods for people in need. “It is an 18-hour drive-through food drive out at the Brazos Center in Bryan and it starts at 5:30 a.m. and ends at 10:30 p.m.,” Mangapora said. “Because it’s a TV station event they’re broadcasting all day live out there so if you’d like to be on TV or meet someone you’ve seen on TV there’s both of those; it’s a great opportunity.” Students can also volunteer at the Brazos Valley Food Bank. Volunteers are especially needed during Texas A&M’s winter break when many Aggies are out of town, according to Mangapora. “Aggies are probably our number one source of volunteers,” Mangapora said. “But the Aggies will be gone for about a month, and we’re dealing with hunger 365 days a year.” There are also several opportunities during the semester to give back on campus. MSC Aggie Leaders of Tomorrow’s Angel Tree

program helps provide more than 1,000 local children with gifts. “People adopt angels at our booths and buy them gifts,” said Brian Noria, business freshman and Angel Tree member. “The angels are underprivileged kids in the local area, so for us it’s underprivileged kids in the Bryan-College Station area. The way it breaks down is each child has a need and a want so the way the person that adopts them can either get them what they want, what they need or both.” Students can also help Angel Tree by volunteering at the organization’s booths located at various locations around campus including Rudder Plaza. “We have volunteers that work tables at locations on campus from Nov. 7 through Dec. 2 and you can sign up on our Facebook page,” Noria said. Business freshman and Angel Tree member Jacy Beam said for more expensive gifts, students can adopt an angel as a group. “We’ll have organizations that group together and buy a bike together, so that’s really awesome,” Beam said. “We’re also selling Angel Tree T-shirts this year and part of the proceeds are going back to the Salvation

Army to buy gifts for kids who may not get adopted.” For students who want a quick way to give back this holiday season, the Aggie-founded PB&J Project offers peanut butter and jelly sandwiches in exchange for a donation benefiting children in Kenya. Krista Bolton, education sophomore and internal relations officer at the PB&J project, said the organization asks for a $2 donation, but takes whatever anyone can give. “Our $2 number we got from taking how much it takes to make a meal for a kid and multiplying that by how many meals they eat in a month,” Bolton said. “So about $2 will feed one kid for a whole month.” Bolton said when students buy one cheap lunch so that a needy child can eat for a month, it reflects the organization’s motto: “Live simply so that others may simply live.” “We are in Wehner and Rudder Plaza from 10:10 to 1:30 every Wednesday,” Bolton said. “One hundred percent of the proceeds go to Kenya Kids Can and I think about 98 percent of the money that we make goes straight to feeding and buying fuel and helping to create their computer centers.”

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SIDE-BY-SIDE CONTINUED very large portion of faculty and students were affected. They lost homes or had property damage. There are students who literally go to LSU during the day, and then go home and rebuild their home, even months after.” Wimberly said with the game on Thanksgiving, it was in the Aggie spirit to help LSU get what they need. Wimberly and university stakeholders partnered up to make SideBy-Side happen, allowing students to give to LSU either online or in-person in the Koldus building. “I am thrilled that the Aggie community is coming together to give to such a good cause,” Wimberly said. “We are friends off the field and rivals on the field, and I feel this is such a great testament to that and a great way to give back to our friends in the SEC. Student Government Association Executive Vice President Dan Rosenfield said Side-By-Side is about the bigger picture in terms of what students can do to help others. “We have to look at A&M’s role in our nation and our conference,” Rosenfield said. “It’s really important that we find opportunities and seek out opportunities where we’re making an impact on students outside of our campus and that we’re taking out opportunities to really make a difference so that A&M’s name can grow.” Environmental geoscience freshman Sam Sellers said the football rivalry with LSU does not matter, and that A&M should help other people in need. “I just think it’s the right thing to do,” Sellers said. “Everyone is a human being in the end. Football is just a game, but this is real life involving the flood.” Those who wish to donate can do so at http://sidebyside.tamu.edu/ through a link that goes directly to LSU, or drop off an envelope in the SGA Executive lockbox in Koldus.

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Is it appropriate to celebrate Christmas before Thanksgiving?

“Well I already have my Christmas tree up so I think it makes me happy like Christmas does.” Brianna Poe, biology sophomore

“Personally I think it’s a little too early. When you drag Christmas to two months it’s almost like it’s not really Christmas anymore — it’s not special.” Cameron Kelley, engineering freshman

“I would honestly have to say I am the type of person that skips to Christmas. I love Thanksgiving, but Christmas is just the best holiday.” Priscilla Han, economics sophomore

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FOOTBALL CONTINUED 213 yards with two touchdowns and an interception. The interception came in a time of desperation with only 16 seconds remaining when A&M was attempting to get in field goal range. “I think Jake was effective,” Sumlin said at Tuesday’s news conference. “Jake wasn’t the reason we lost that game. He had one turnover as a backup quarterback in his first start. He gave us an opportunity at the end of the game with a touchdown pass. I would have taken that if you’d told me he’d do that before the game.” Ole Miss freshman quarterback Shea Patterson, whose redshirt was removed so he could start, put on a clinic in the second half and finished the game with 338 yards, two touchdowns and an interception. Patterson rushed for 64 yards and eluded A&M’s talented pass rushers to extend plays. Against UTSA, the Aggies will face another dual-threat quarterback in Dalton Sturm. A&M defensive coordinator John Chavis said Patterson reminded him of Johnny Manziel but that the Aggies must find a way to stop their opponents on third downs, after struggling to do so against the Rebels and giving up a season-high 23 points up in the fourth quarter. “We could have done a lot of things better in the fourth quarter,” Chavis said. “We got hurt by some deep balls. We were relying on our pass rush. We have to play well in close quarters. We’ve done that, but we didn’t on Saturday. In this league, you’re going to be in close games. You have to make plays at the right time. We have to get better with our scheme and our play. The first play of the fourth quarter — if we had pinned the quarterback, that’s a different game.” Texas A&M got off to a hot start against Ole Miss with 21 points in the first half. The offense didn’t click in the second half as the Aggies only scored a touchdown in the fourth quarter. Offensive coordinator Noel Mazzone believes the offensive struggles have played a role in the defense’s problems. “We haven’t been a very good offense the last two weeks,” Mazzone said. “We’ve made the de-

NO SLAVE NOVEMBER CONTINUED Galveston have over 2,000 businesses that are web advertised for doing sexual favors. That doesn’t mean they are all trafficking places, but the majority are.” The group’s second and biggest event of the month is Stories of Survival, which will feature speakers who are passionate about the issue after either living it or spending their lives fighting it. The goal is to raise the awareness of the au-

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Freshman running back Trayveon Williams rushed for 72 yards on 17 carries against Ole Miss Saturday.

fense stay on the field. Scoring quickly can make it worse. We haven’t been able to stay on the field. We’ve been around 60 snaps per game when we used to average

80. You have to sustain drives. We have to block the right guys and throw it to the right guys.” The Aggies will look to get back on track when they face UTSA

Saturday. Kickoff is scheduled for 11 a.m. and the game can be seen on ESPNU.

dience and call people to action. “We also want to target the mobilization of churches in the community because a lot of churches could have more power,” Elk said. “We feel — especially churches — that this was a call from Jesus to tell us to care for the widows and the orphans, who are particularly targeted in these instances.” According to Wenting, a 2010 study showed that less than 1 percent of human trafficking victims were rescued — roughly 27,000 people out of 45 million. IJM rescues victims and provides them

with counseling and other services to help them adjust back into society. Cambodia was one of the recent successes of IJM. “IJM is less about rescuing individuals and more about fixing justice systems, an outcome of that is that we get to see people rescued,” Carter said. “A further hope is that we correct justice systems across the world so that people that are oppressed by their justice system and police that they actually get the help and assistance they need.” IJM defines its work as bringing criminals to justice, restoring

survivors, strengthening justice systems and rescuing victims. According to Carter, faith is what fuels their motivations to help the oppressed. Although prayer is a very important part of IJM, Elk said they don’t force the gospel on anyone. Elk thinks their work wouldn’t have the same affect if they didn’t involve faith. “If you’re a praying person, pray,” Elk said. “It’s only hopeless if you view it as hopeless. Nothing’s being done because people don’t know about it.”

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