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Senior goalkeeper Danielle Rice transfered to A&M from Creighton University in 2014, after the Aggies had beaten Penn State to advance to the Final Four.
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Senior goalkeeper Danielle Rice hits stride at A&M after 2014 transfer from Creighton University By Matt Koper @MattKoper
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lthough senior goalkeeper Danielle Rice wasn’t always an Aggie, she’s always embodied the Aggie spirit of putting her teammates and others above herself. Many players have transferred to A&M to play at a higher level and Rice, a transfer from Creighton University, is no exception. Rice started every match her freshman season in 2013 at Creighton University, during which she recorded four shut-
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outs, contributing to a seven-match winning streak in which she only allowed five goals in over 500 minutes. Her 2014 season at Creighton was no different — she won 10 games and recorded another four shutouts in front of the goal. Despite having success in her first two seasons, Creighton just didn’t seem to be the right fit for Rice. Rice said she wanted a chance to play professional soccer and she had a better shot at Texas A&M. “When I started to look at schools, Texas A&M was by far the number one pick for me,” Rice said. “It was a fairytale come true that I was able to come here; I am so ultimately blessed.” Rice left Creighton after her sophomore season and committed to A&M after the Aggies had beaten Penn State in 2014 to advance to the Final Four.
When Rice arrived at A&M in January, there were two keepers ahead of her at the time — senior Taylor Saucier and sophomore Mia Hummel. Head coach G Guerrieri told Rice she could redshirt to save a year of eligibility. That was the plan until the 2015 regular season finale at Mizzou. Until that point, Rice hadn’t seen any action in front of the net. Before the match, Hummel couldn’t start and Guerrieri asked Rice to go in her place. “I went to her and I said, ‘Listen I’d like to put you in, but I don’t want to put you in if you don’t want to,’” Guerrieri said. “‘The season will count if you go in.’ And I think her response was, ‘Hell yes.’” Rice performed well for the team, saving a penalty kick late in the 140th minute to give A&M a 1-1 draw and take RICE ON PG. 4
Aston residents return after flooding By Emily Bost @EmmyBost Members of the Corps of Cadets who live in Aston Hall were cleared to re-enter their dorms Friday after a flooding incident displaced many of them and led to major repairs. The construction taking place around the Quad caused a sewage pipe running under Aston Hall to snap Oct. 14, spawning a buildup of dirt and mud which later clogged the pipe completely. Wastewater from toilets, showers and sinks on the first floor of As-
ton began to accumulate in the pipe and eventually overflow at rapid rates from the drains and toilets in the west wing of Aston. Squadron 1 commanding officer and meteorology senior Paul Seyers said the water from the pipe breaking came into the building through the sewage system and flooded into the rooms of some Corps members. “A lot of the dirt and sand surrounding the pipe entered it and clogged it up,” Seyers said. “That was where we started to get all of the flowing, because as the water started
A flooding incident in Aston Hall left several cadets displaced until Friday when they were cleared for re-entry.
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A&M researchers delve into hazards posed by ‘space junk,’ discuss possible solutions
Gig the Vote hosts local candidates
By Alex Sein @alexandarsein
On first day of early voting mayoral, city council candidates meet in forum to discuss campaigns
Since the launch of Sputnik in 1957, the amount of manmade objects in Earth’s orbit has grown exponentially, along with the danger of flying around them. When a satellite is launched into orbit, there is a chance that the intense stress of atmospheric egress will tear off a speck of paint, or perhaps a loose nut or bolt. Though trivial on the ground, this space debris — colloquially termed “space junk” — can be quite deadly in orbit. According to Darren DePoy, professor of astrophysics, space junk describes anything in Earth’s orbit that no longer serves any purpose. “It’s just junk — it’s old satellites, sometimes, that no longer function, or debris from satellites that have crashed into something and gotten broken,” DePoy said. “And it can be of any size, all the way from the size of a big satellite all the way down to the size of a BB or a bolt.” SPACE JUNK ON PG. 2
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Local candidates for mayor and city council held a panel Monday to talk about their policies and goals.
By Meredith McCown @meredithrhoads Seven candidates running for elected positions in Bryan-College Station participated in a forum Monday night to discuss their policies and goals in order to engage and provide a voice for students in Brazos County. Hosted by the non-partisan Student Government Association initiative called Gig the Vote, the panel was moderated by political science professor Dwight Robler. Each of the running candidates — two running for mayor and the remaining five running for openings in the city council — discussed topics throughout the afternoon that ranged from student housing limitations, oil fracking near residential areas, policies on diversity and minorities and policies on faith communities. Near the end of the forum, the seven candidates were able to ask their opponent a question. The purpose of the program was to give the student body a voice in the local government and access their untapped
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power, said campaign director for Gig the Vote and political science junior Tranae Felicien. “I think that why we wanted to host this program tonight [Monday] is so students could put a face to the name that they’ll see on the ballots because a lot of times we have no GIG THE VOTE ON PG. 2
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