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Junior Beryl Gastaldello is a third-generation Olympian who swam the 4x100 freestyle relay, the 100-meter freestyle, the 4x100 medley relay and the 100-meter butterfly at the Rio Games. Hanna Hausman — THE BATTALION
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or any family, swimming at the highest possible level — the Olympic Games — is quite the accomplishment, but for the Gastaldello family it seems to be the norm. A third-generation Olympian, junior Béryl Gastaldello — after swimming in various events in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games for France — has now joined in the company of her family. Held in high regard in the swimming community in France, the Gastaldello family’s reputation proceeds them — rightfully so. Béryl’s grandmother Emilie and her mother Véronique both swam for France in the Olympic Games — her mother in
1984 Olympics in L.A. and again in 1992 at Barcelona, while her grandmother competed in the 1960 Olympics in Rome. Her father Eric was a French National Champion in 1983. Born in Marseilles, France, Gastaldello, who has been swimming since she was seven, had her sights set on the United States to study and swim. After she met with A&M head coach Steve Bultman and associate head coach Tanica Jamison, the business major said the rest was history. “I never visited or anything,” Gastaldello said. “I knew nothing about the team or anything — I just followed my instinct.” Following her instincts paid off for Gastaldello, who joined the team in the 2014-2015 season, and had an immediate impact. As a freshman, she set school records at the SEC Championships in the 100-meter fly and at the NCAA Championships in the 50-meter freestyle.
In March of 2016, Gastaldello went back home to France to compete in the French Elite Nationals, the qualifier for Rio, but there was an issue with the French Federation requiring a faster time than the FINA A cuts which are the automatic qualifying times for Rio. “Well, France originally made their times even faster,” head coach Steve Bultman said, who was in Rio as an assistant coach for Mexico’s team. “And we were all like, ‘Why are you doing this?’ And it was pretty strange because, like the very first day of the meet, Béryl and this one other girl — who beat her in the 100 fly — both made the FINA A cut, but didn’t make the French standard.” As a result, there was uncertainty as to who would make the GASTALDELLO ON PG. 3
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A&M breaks ground on RELLIS campus New facility to provide place for students to research on larger scale By Trevin Cooper @cooperstition The Texas A&M University System became even larger Monday morning with the breaking of ground for a building at the new RELLIS campus. RELLIS, which is an acronym for the six core values of A&M — respect, excellence, leadership, loyalty, integrity and selfless service — is the new research and development campus consisting of seven buildings and testbeds that will be available for research performed by students and those in the private sector. The expected completion date is 2018. Known as the Center for Infrastructure Renewal, the building construction began on will be the first RELLIS building and provide a place for students to collaborate with industry professionals and researchers on projects that require larger facilities than anything the main campus of Texas A&M can provide. The ceremony celebrating the ground
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breaking included key remarks by Regent Phil Adams, Chancellor of the Texas A&M University System John Sharp and Dean of Engineering Katherine Banks, who each played important roles in the development and commissioning of the project. “This wonderful RELLIS campus marks the beginning of something truly historic,” said Adams, Chairman of the Committee on Buildings and Physical
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A&M removed from ‘LGBTQ+ Unfriendly’ list Students, LGBTQ+ allies say there is still progress to be made on LBGTQ+ acceptance front at A&M By Mariah Colón @MariahColon18 The Princeton Review released its list of the “Top 20 LGBTQ+ Unfriendly” schools to attend at the end of August, and for the first year since A&M’s LGBTQ+ Resource Center has been open, A&M was not on that list. With the removal of A&M from the list, many students and faculty feel that the university is making strides in the right direction. Katie Stober, current Aggie Allies Vice President and class of 2005, said the campus climate around the LGBTQ+ community was very different when she was enrolled and has improved since. “Back in the early 2000s when we would do the marches around campus and things like that, there were frequently comments or derogatory slurs,” Stober said. “Some of my friends had experiences where there were certain places they didn’t feel safe going around campus or around town … But, now in the past four years, I’ve been on several of the pride walks around campus … We have never had any negative slurs … We’ve had people applauding us.” However, numerous people feel that while it has improved, the historically present discrimination still exists, including Stober. “On an individual basis, I do still hear stories of people being harassed or not being accepted but that seems to be fewer than when
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I was here a decade ago,” Stober said. “Of course one incident of harassment is one too many, but from what I have seen it is getting better, and I hope it continues to get better.” Krista May, an adviser for the student group LGBTQ+ Aggies and an advisor for the student group Transcend, said while LGBTQ+ acceptance has improved in large part due to the LGBTQ+ resources available, she is still surprised by cases of discrimination. “I hear about both good and bad stories, but the bad stories are some things that really still surprise me,” May said. “Homophobia LGBTQ+ ON PG. 2
The College of Engineering at Texas A&M has extended its reach throughout Texas with the addition of its fifth and final Chevron Engineering Academy at Austin Community College (ACC). Engineering Academies are co-enrollment programs established between Texas A&M and select two-year institutions across the state of Texas. Students within the programs will spend two years at the respective community college or other two-year institution before transitioning to Texas A&M. Katherine Banks, dean of the College of Engineering, said engineering classes within the Engineering Academies are taught by Texas A&M faculty. “We send our faculty to the community colleges,” Banks said. “They teach these students their engineering courses as well as advise, mentor and connect these students with our main campus. The community college faculty teach math and science and the other classes required in the first and second year.” Banks said the college eventually decided on ACC as the final Chevron Academy following the institution’s interest in becoming an Engineering Academy. “They have a large program with very strong students,” Banks said. “ACC also has ENGINEERING ON PG. 3
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and transphobia happens in the classroom and is not necessarily endorsed by the instructor but is allowed to happen.” Camden Breeding, class of 2013 and former president of LGBTQ Aggies, said while he had a positive educational experience at A&M, he felt the LGBTQ+ community lacked support institutionally and said he witnessed a lot of individuals — himself included — experience discrimination on the basis of their sexual orientation or perceived gender identity. “When I was on campus I remember that the Texas A&M Student Senate worked really hard to try and defund the LGBT resource center,” Breeding said. “There were some really great opportunities for the university to have taken a side and shown support for the LGBT community, but their silence really spoke volumes about the lack of support that we had on an institutional level.” Judy LeUnes, former president of Pride Community Center, said while strides have been made she believes A&M can go further. “I don’t think there is a better school than A&M, but I think we have a long way to go as far as making everyone feel comfortable,” LeUnes said. “I think we are moving in the right direction, but I’m not impressed with dropping off of the worst list. I want us to be on the best list.” Jeff Liew, Aggie Allies president, said in an email statement that he has seen positive changes at A&M, and believes that with education and dialogue more changes can come. “Educational workshops provide opportunities for dialogue, for education and for understanding,” Liew said. “For progress toward inclusion and equity to continue, we need continued institutional support from our leaders at the highest levels at Texas A&M.” Breeding said he would advise prospective students that it is a challenging space to come to if one is openly part of the LGBTQ+ community, however there are resources available for those who identify within that community. Breeding said he is proud of the work that organizations in support of the LGBTQ+ community are doing to continue the progress that has been made.
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GASTALDELLO CONTINUED final Olympic cut, but Gastaldello didn’t have to worry about that. And after missing the Olympic Trials in 2012 due to an illness, Gastaldello said her family was proud of her and she was happy to be swimming at the highest level again. She even had overcome the adversity of dealing with the death of her father Eric in May during the process of her qualifying for Rio. “They’ve always have been by my side,” Gastaldello said of her family’s’ support. “So I was very happy to be at trials this year to be able to make the Olympics.” When it was all sorted out, she qualified for and swam the 4x100 freestyle relay, the 100-meter freestyle, the 4x100 individual medley relay and the 100-meter butterfly in the Rio Games. Her best performance came in the 4x100 freestyle relay, in which she and the French relay team made the finals and placed seventh at 3:37.45, with Australia taking the gold at 3:30.65. “I know I can be better because with my best time I could have [made] semi-finals or finals,” Gastaldello said of her performance in Rio. “Overall, a little disappointment, but I’m not allowed to be disappointed with all that happened. I guess it’s so-so, but it’s a good experience.” Gastaldello shared this experience with her teammates and her coach firsthand while she was at the Rio Games. The A&M swimmers and divers — including Camille Adams for the United States and Grant Nel for Australia and sophomore Sydney Pickrem, among others, all met up in the Olympic Village to take a picture at the Olympic Rings. “You can feel the Aggie spirit everywhere, even in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,” Gastaldello said.
One of Gastadello’s biggest supporters was her roommate and one of her best friends on the team, junior Nancy Schuchhardt. Schuchhardt was by Gastaldello’s side and traveled to visit her and stay with her for a week during the Olympic qualifying process. The two said, “Every brunette needs a blonde best friend,” and Schuchhardt said she might have been more nervous than Gastaldello when she was racing in Rio. “I literally watched all her races, because obviously she’s my best friend,” Schuchhardt said. “But during the meet I would always text her and cheer her on. I get like so nervous whenever she races just because I see her and know what her thoughts are and stuff. It’s always a lot of fun.” Bultman said it’s been nice to see Gastaldello become more comfortable with herself and come into her own after swimming at the highest level possible and being back with the team. “She’s got a great sense of humor, got a great laugh,” Bultman said. “I think she’s gotten a lot more confident and she’s kind of opening up a little bit more, she’s kind of more a leader a little bit which has been good to see. She pushes her teammates and stuff … So she’s been a very good addition.” Even though she didn’t medal, history was made when she qualified for Rio as a third-generation Olympian — something only few other families can say they’ve accomplished. Plus she made some new friends along the way. “I have friends from all around the world now,” Gastaldello said with a laugh. Gastaldello said her work isn’t done yet, as she has her eyes set on the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo and beyond. “I don’t think that I am very far from being on the podium,” Gastaldello said. “So I hopefully will be in Tokyo in 2020 — and who knows, maybe the next Olympics too.”
ENGINEERING CONTINUED strong math and science faculty, and they have a targeted area within their curriculum toward engineering. With their enthusiasm, with the strength of the students, and the strength of their existing program, they were certainly a partner we were interested in pursuing.” Zahra Parkar, industrial distribution junior, was a member of Team-E at Blinn-Bryan, the pilot program for the Engineering Academies. Parkar said she is excited to see the expansion of the Engineering Academies. “I like that they are incorporating schools like ACC into it, because if you have family obligations at home you can still attend to that and then transfer to A&M still without having to go through the whole transfer process,” Parkar said. “I would have really enjoyed going to ACC and being at home.” Jackie Perez, director of the Engineering Academies, said ACC will accept its first cohort of students beginning in the fall of 2017 along with Southwest College in Brownsville and Alamo College in San Antonio. The Academy at Houston Community College will enter its third year and El Centro Community College in Dallas will enter its second. Perez said the program will lead to more students being able to come to Texas A&M. “A big part of Chevron partnering with us is wanting to look at efforts that are increasing access to an engineering education,” Perez said. “But also efforts that are increasing the diversity of the enrolled students both in the college of engineering and then ultimately of the talent pool that is graduating with an Aggie Engineering degree.” Banks said the Engineering Academies provide opportunities to students who might not otherwise be able to attend Texas A&M after high school. “These programs are for excellent students who for some reason or another can’t leave home immediately after high school graduation,” Banks said. “They may have family responsibilities or their family may not want them to leave home at age 18. These students should have the opportunity to become Aggie engineers. The Academy gives them a different pathway to do so.”
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