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SCS to host first Suicide Awareness Walk at A&M By Shahd Elbushra @Shahd10_21 In honor of September being Suicide Awareness Month, Student Counseling Services will host a Suicide Awareness Walk Wednesday to honor the lives lost to suicide and give a voice to those who have lost loved ones. The Suicide Awareness Walk, which will take place in Rudder Plaza at 7 p.m., is the first to take place at A&M. It will feature suicide survivors — people who have lost someone close to them to suicide — and an Indie rock band called Leavenworth. Jenny Kenley, a counselor at SCS, said the walk will begin at 7:30 p.m. with live music and speakers. At 8 p.m., the group will walk to Rudder Plaza for a candlelight vigil to conclude the event. Kenley said the Suicide Awareness Walk is meant to portray to students the resources available to them at through Student Counseling Services. “Suicide is a leading cause of death for college students,” Kenley said. “Every day between one and three college-aged individuals complete suicide. Texas A&M is not immune to this.” This year is the first year the event is taking place, but the SCS hopes it becomes an annual tradition at Texas A&M. “The idea was generated by a group of students who have been impacted by suicide and feel strongly about the need to raise awareness,” Kenley said. English senior Annabeth Reeb is one of these students. She is one of two survivors who will speak at the event. “I was personally impacted by suicide when I lost someone very close to me,” Reeb said. “The sudden realization that people are struggling with depression all around us, often with very little warning signs at all, inspired me to look for a way to help members in our community.” Reeb is leading Aggies for Living — a new student effort partnering with SCS to host the walk. “We like to think of ourselves as a student task force,” Reeb said. “We are hoping to continue to raise awareness year long, though we
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Courtney Antonucci, zoology junior, said she impulsively bought a bearded dragon last spring when her mom took her to a rattlesnake convention. Antonucci has never owned a reptile and said it’s been interesting to learn about them. “My favorite thing is watching him eat because it’s fun to see him hunt the crickets,” Antonucci said. “Why they’re called bearded dragons is because the under his
neck part, he can expand it when he feels threatened so it’s cool to see that happen because it gets black and really big.” Antonucci said some people may think it’s weird she owns a bearded dragon but she thinks each pet gives you a different connection and all animals should have a home. PETS ON PG. 4
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Quarterback Trevor Knight went 20-of-40 for 247 yards and a touchdown in Texas A&M’s 29-16 win over Auburn.
At Tuesday’s football news conference Texas A&M coaches and players elaborated on the team’s 29-16 SEC opening victory over Auburn and looked ahead to the challenges the team will face against No.17 Arkansas on Saturday at AT&T Stadium in Arlington. The Aggie defense performed well on the road against the Tigers allowing only 16 points, with six of them coming late in the fourth quarter when the game was out of reach. The offense, though, struggled mightily on third downs going 2-for-15. Texas A&M head coach Kevin Sumlin said that is an area where his squad must improve on if they are going to be successful down the stretch. “We get better on third down through practice,” Sumlin said. “We need to be better there. We’re also making a lot of first downs. I said after the game, we’ve got a lot to work on. Third down conversions and the red zone are areas we need to work on. We had some miscues, high balls and our back went the wrong way one time. Third down is the loudest down so being able to communicate was an issue. We have to be more comfortable in that situation.” The defense limited Auburn quarterback Sean White to only 163 yards passing and forced Tigers’ head coach Gus Malzahn to make a change at quarterback as well. A&M defensive coordinator John Chavis’ men also stopped Auburn twice on fourth down and forced a fumble. “I’m really excited how our kids played,” Chavis said. “They executed the game plan really well. They answered all the things coach Sumlin asked of them. We’ve got to get a little bit better at stopping third down conversions. Were we satisfied? No. We’re never satisfied as coaches. Were we pleased? Yes. We’ve got to continue to grow. We’ve got to continue to get better as a defensive unit. Us coaches, too. We’ve got to do a better job coaching and in preparation.” Despite struggling in the red zone and on third downs, Noel Mazzone’s offense still managed to put up 29 points on the board and put themselves in Auburn territory with opportunities to score. FOOTBALL ON PG. 2
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The offensive coordinator shared his formula to having a successful day on offense and ensuring a good chance to win. “I don’t really grade the film on the number of mistakes guys make,” Mazzone said. “We have the 12-percent rule. You take sacks, drops, turnovers and foolish penalties and add them up. Then you divide them by the number of plays you have. If it’s below 12 percent, your win percentage is about 92 percent. I can count on one hand the number of times the rule has been wrong for me and this year all three games we were under 12 percent. You’re never going to eliminate the mistakes, but if you can limit them, you’ll be in every game.” During the fourth quarter, A&M
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are brand new and we do not know what these efforts will look like yet.” Reeb got in contact with Kenley, who was also looking to start an awareness event on campus. From there, they found other students who were passionate about the cause, which wasn’t difficult to do, Reeb said. She said the walk is meant to be a way for students and other community members to unite and start a dialogue about mental health. “We are going to have several information tables set around Rudder Plaza with organizations and resources that can aid in suicide prevention,” Reeb
freshman running back Trayveon Williams announced his name to the world when he ran for an 89-yard touchdown, outrunning and juking multiple Auburn defenders. Williams finished the game with 127 yards on only eight carries. “He’s fast; he definitely has home run speed,” Sumlin said of Williams. “We’re going to need all these running backs. Keith Ford was good early. James White made some critical gains of four or five yards to move the pile. Those were big. They kept us moving. Trayveon has a lot of talent. He’s got good speed and hands. We’re going to need all five of our guys. The ability to keep them fresh is big.” After the Aggies came out victorious they surged seven spots up the AP Poll to No.10 in the nation. They’ll face an Arkansas team that also moved up sev-
en spots to 17th. In the previous two meetings at AT&T Stadium, the game has gone to overtime with Texas A&M prevailing both occasions. Sumlin said he is excited to play in one of the best venues in the world on Saturday and praised his friend, Arkansas head coach Bret Bielema. “Who said we were that close?” Sumlin said with a smile on his face regarding Beliema. “Since he said he was going to punch me last year? That was a joke. I’ve got a lot of respect for him. The way he came up through the ranks like me. He wasn’t a great player, he’ll be mad I said that but he came into our league with a philosophy that at first people were probably concerned about. Now he’s built a top-20 program. Do I want the game to be as exciting as it has been? Probably not unless we win.”
said. Reeb said the group also wants to help erase the stigma behind counseling. “A&M has so many wonderful resources and I think it is important that students know about them,” Reeb said. Kenley said the walk was created by Aggies for Living and is unique to Texas A&M. “This event is inspired by walks that take place all over the nation, but it is specific to A&M,” Reeb said. “A unique aspect about A&M’s walk is that it is not a fundraiser. Instead of raising money to go towards raising awareness for suicide prevention, we are cutting out the middleman and making the event all about
awareness.” Aside from the Suicide Awareness Walk, Kenley said the SCS offers other resources and support for those who believe someone they know may be struggling with contemplating suicide. “Not only do we offer individual and group counseling, but we also provide Gatekeeper trainings,” Kenley said. “These Gatekeeper trainings help empower students to recognize the signs of suicide and help friends get the support they need.” More information about these trainings can be found by emailing gpr@scs. tamu.edu.
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Peter McIntyre, the head of Texas A&M’s Department of Physics has devoted his career to studying the basic particles of nature and how they interact. Battalion science & technology reporter Barath Menon sat down with him to discuss how he got to A&M and how he plans to continue to develop the study of physics at A&M.
these resources. I blew up my bedroom and I began doing experiments in my treehouse. That open-inquiry mind frame was, to me, a real well spring for driving myself to become a scientist.
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MCINTYRE: I have been here for 36 years. When I came back from my post-doctoral fellowship at CERN [the European Organization for Nuclear Research], I went into a position as a professor at Harvard University. I taught there for a total of five years. It was during that time that I put forward the proposal of doing the proton, anti-proton collider beams. That idea was embraced by Fermi Lab and CERN. Fermi Lab made me a group leader of a team that was in charge of building the equipment that was needed for the stages of the cooling of the accelerator in the laboratory. I did that while on leave at Harvard. As I was on leave, I got offered the position here at Texas A&M and came here in 1981.
MCINTYRE: I’m a little bit unusual in that I had come to a keen enthusiasm and curiosity in science when I was 8 or 9. I had built a “chemistry lab� and I began doing physics experiments at home. My parents gave me a chemistry kit, but I went far beyond that and made friends with the pharmacist in my small town of southern Florida. I had also been going to the public library, and to me that was a gold mine even though the books were more than 20 years old. I would go down to the pharmacist and buy chemicals from the local pharmacist. He found it interesting that this little kid was interested in doing these science experiments, so he said that he could give me anything that he had. And I began doing science experiments using
THE BATTALION: How long have you been here at Texas A&M? How did you end up at Texas A&M?
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MCINTYRE: Well, a particular challenge is that we need to do a better job of teaching freshman physics for engineers and pre-meds and various of other degree plans. Physics is way too often viewed as a virility test. We need to do a better job of tuning our course to the needs of those programs so that we’re teaching students the physics they really need in their career paths and preparing them for the exams they will need to take for their career path. We are not aspiring on making everyone physicists, rather making physics as practical and meaningful to students as possible. We are also discussing how we will turn student performance into grades. I believe that we are discouraging students when students get low grades on exams. If a student gets a low grade on their first exam, frequently they give up. Hence you’ll lose the students efforts. Whereas if we grab them and help them over the humps they were having early on so that they could do well on exams, then they will give the amount of energy needed to be successful. We need to feedback in a positive way to our students.
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“It’s strange, so I don’t tell people right away that I have a bearded dragon but I feel kind of proud of it at the same time, like I’m different,” Antonucci said. “Having a cool pet is awesome, but you have to make sure it’s healthy. I’m actually majoring in zoology right now. I have a huge passion for animals. If the animal needs a home, no matter what type of animal it is, it should be provided for.” Construction science junior Luke Brown said he bought a scorpion this past summer because he was bored during summer school. Even though scorpions are unable to be played with, they shouldn’t be stereotyped as pests, Brown said. “They’re not exactly affectionate,” Brown said. “It’s not like owning a dog that’s for sure. For me it’s just something to sort of look at and take my mind off of school.” Baylee Fisher, dance junior, owns a pet bunny and said she doesn’t regret getting one because he’s fun and low-maintenance. She said her favorite thing about him is how furry and cuddly he is. “I’ve always wanted a bunny so now in college, I thought this is the time to get weird
pets,” Fisher said. “Sam has a personality. He likes to open his cage — he’ll look you dead in the eyes and opens it, but he never gets out. He just wants you to know that he can open it.” Even though a bunny doesn’t give you the same connection that a dog might, it’s worth it to have some sort of companionship, Fisher said. “I definitely recommend getting a bunny if you feel like you want a pet but you don’t have time for a dog and you’re like, ‘I don’t want to watch a fish swim around,’” Fisher said. “It’s a good happy medium.” Supply chain management senior Sarah Stipanovich got her hedgehog from a friend but renamed it after herself because she said it’s funny to see people’s reactions to it. Stipanovich said her hedgehog is nocturnal so it’s perfect because she’ll sleep during the day while she’s gone and then play with her every night while she studies. “I take her places, I randomly take her to meetings — I love introducing her to people,” Stipanovich said. “If she gets too scared she pees and I’ll just be like ‘Welp, Sarah peed on me again.’ I guess my favorite thing is talking about her and since our names are the same, there’s just a lot of jokes to be made. People always call us ‘the Sarahs.’”
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