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The Sammy bar, pictured above, was vandalized during the first A&M home game. This incident occurred at the Greek tailgate between West Campus Library and the MedSci Library.
Pi Kappa Alpha member is removed from fraternity following vandalism By Brad Morse @bradsmorse53
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n Sept. 9, around 7:45 p.m. during halftime of the Texas A&M-Nicholls State football game, a now former member of the Pi Kappa Alpha, or Pike, fraternity carved a swastika into the wooden bar of the historically Jewish fraternity, Sigma Alpha Mu, commonly referred to as Sammy. The Sammy chapter filed a police report with the University Police Department, according to UPD public information officer lieutenant Bobby Richardson. The report said Sammy members had left their tailgate to go to
the game then returned at halftime to discover the swastika. “We responded to the fraternity house to take the report,” Richardson said. “From that point, the two parties got involved and worked it out. They didn’t want to press charges, so we did not investigate any further.” Because Sammy did not elect to press charges, the UPD investigation was closed and they can not verify who the perpetrator was. “[Sammy] said they knew who did it and he was in another fraternity, we tried to contact [the perpetrator] but did not make contact,” Richardson said. “When we turned it over to our CID (Criminal Investigation Department) is when the party said they weren’t going to press charges.” Edan Coben, electrical engineering junior and Sammy president, said the decision to not
press charges came from the damage to the bar being minimal. “We were asked how much damage was done, and a can of spray paint costs around five dollars,” Coben said. “So we didn’t want to press criminal charges for something we can cover up with some spray paint.” Coben reported the incident to Sigma Alpha Mu nationals, who he said handled the case from there. “The party cooperated so we let our nationals handle it,” Coben said. “I did my duty as president by informing nationals about the event.” Coben said he contacted the Pike chapter regarding the incident, who then began to look into the situation themselves. Nicholas Stefani, industrial distribution senior and Pike president, confirmed the per-
petrator was at the time a member of the fraternity, but he quickly had his membership terminated after the event. “He was removed within the week,” Stefani said. “We heard about it Monday morning. We had a pretty good idea of who it was. We approached him, he owned up to it and said he was willing to take whatever punishment.” Stefani said the fraternity did two days of follow-up investigation, then sent him to the chapter’s judicial board. “He was recommended for expulsion from the chapter by our judicial board, which was the Wednesday night following that Saturday,” Stefani said. “The chapter voted unanimously on Sunday to remove him from the GREEK ON PG. 2
Campuses respond to violence Universities, students react to crimes that have occurred in recent months By Deborah Anderaos @DeborahAnderaos
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Texas Tech students and community members gathered at a vigil at Memorial Circle on Oct. 10. The vigil was held for the fallen Texas Tech Police Officer, Floyd East Jr.
Texas Tech University went on lockdown on Oct. 9, around 8:30 p.m. due to a shooting at the Texas Tech police station on campus. In the past year, two Texas universities have had events of campus violence occur, one being the stabbing on the University of Texas campus in the spring semester of 2017 and the other the recent shooting at the Texas Tech campus. Mckenzi Morris, Editor-in-Chief of The Daily Toreador, Texas Tech’s student newspaper, said the shooting that happened on campus was not the first occurrence. Morris said they also received reports of a shooting occurring at a different part of campus on 19th Street and Boston Ave. “We talked to Lubbock Police Department
Public Information Officer and she let us know there was an active shooter on-campus and a shooting at Texas Tech Police Department but they did not want to confirm if the two were related yet,” Morris said. Morris said she, Justin Rex and Michael Cantu, editors for The Daily Toreador, met at the central location where all news and media were directed to while they waited to hear more information for Texas Tech Police Department. “Later that night, around 10 p.m., different law enforcement agencies, local and federal, came back and stated that the suspect who was believed to be the shooter was in police custody,” Morris said. “However, students were asked to stay where they were on campus and not come onto campus just yet.” John Eason, associate sociology professor at Texas A&M, said with the recent violent occurrences around the country the subject of how to prevent campus violence is more prevSAFETY ON PG. 2
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Redshirt freshman QB Nick Starkel was cleared to play six weeks after suffering a broken ankle.
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Life drawing classes use nude models to give students a greater understanding of how the human body is formed.
The art of a live model Students pose in nude for job in life drawing classes By Abbie Maier @abbsmaier There is a variety of on-campus jobs available to students, ranging from cashier jobs to bus drivers. A more unconventional job is available, however. Students can pose as nude models for life drawing classes. Life drawing classes use nude models to teach students how to produce art that features the human figure based on a knowledge of geometry, motion and struc-
ture. Models work in three hour increments, holding poses for extended amounts of time, in order for students to reach a greater understanding of the way the body is formed. Ryman Stringer, Class of 2016, was a life drawing model for two years during her time as a student in the Department of Visualization. In need of a well-paying job and having already taken the course, Stringer decided to give modeling a try. Stringer said the course focuses on anatomy and nude models are necessary for the class to have a visual representation. DRAWING ON PG. 2
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Sumlin: Starkel cleared, Mond still A&M starting quarterback By Alex Miller @AlexMill20 Just six weeks after suffering a broken ankle in the season-opener against UCLA, redshirt freshman quarterback Nick Starkel was back in full pads in last Saturday’s game against Florida. Despite Starkel being cleared and starting the season as the Aggies QB1, Texas A&M head coach Kevin Sumlin said at Tuesday’s press conference that freshman Kellen Mond will remain the starting quarterback. Mond has started under-center in the six subsequent games following
Starkel’s injury. “He’s not 100 percent, he wasn’t last week,” Sumlin said of Starkel. “For us moving forward, nothing’s changed.” Still, Sumlin said there was value in Starkel suiting up against the Gators and experiencing that type of environment instead of standing in street clothes. “I thought it was important for him that he was [in Gainesville],” Sumlin said. “I thought it was important he got a feel for that atmosphere and got back in the mix of travel instead of being a rah-rah guy because he’s been fabulous on the sideline, he’s been fabulous with Kellen. “There’s a whole other situation when you put a helmet on. Until he
wore a helmet, you weren’t really one play away from playing – your mentality changes.” Part of the reason Mond will maintain his role as the Aggies starter is due to his progression over the past six games. Earlier this season, Sumlin noted how he and other coaches had to condense the playbook for Mond, but in time has been able to open more plays up again. “Obviously he understands more now than he did when we started the season,” Sumlin said. “You don’t run the same things every week, and the ability to continue to add is a part of football.” Sutherland misses Florida game due to appendectomy Friday morning began early for PRESSER ON PG. 3
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chapter. Paperwork has been filed with nationals, so pretty much all ties are severed.” Stefani added that the member in question has gone through a university judicial process as well, but is unsure of the outcome. The process for finding out which member of the chapter carved the swastika into the bar was straight forward, according to Stefani. “It was more of just a hunch, and then we acted on the hunch,” Stefani said. “It was pretty obvious who it was, there didn’t need to be a whole lot of physical evidence … it was a pretty concise judicial process. The involved party took 100 percent ownership of it. It was chalked up to a very drunken mistake.” Stefani said that he does not believe there was any malice behind the action. He said he stands by his chapter’s actions in removing the aforementioned member, and that the chapter did their
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alent than ever. “We are in an era where this type of weaponized ignorance is perpetrated through our public discourse, because of this I am unsure that acts of campus violence will decrease,” Eason said. The Campus Carry bill went into action on Texas A&M’s campus on Aug. 1, 2016. “According to some people, campus carry should be making us feel safer, yet it hasn’t,” Eason said. “If professors do not feel safe on campus then that will reflect on the students’ sense of safety as well. If everyone does not feel safe, it makes the campus more tense and that is not good for a learning environment.” According to the Texas A&M University 2017 Annual Security Report, zero reports of murder have occurred. However, 76 stalking cases, 15 domestic violence cases and 17 cases of dating violence were reported to have occurred in 2016 on A&M’s campus, the highest numbers from the past three years of reports. While there are no crime reports of gun violence on A&M’s campus, a student did accidentally discharge a firearm
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utmost when dealing with the situation. “We did everything that we could have done to resolve the situation appropriately and quickly,” Stefani said. “I’m proud of the actions the chapter took. I’m not proud of what he did. I think our response was 100 percent what it should have been.” Stefani also provided The Battalion with the following statement via email: “We do not tolerate any kind of hatred through any media within our chapter, and this individual’s actions are not at all representative of the values and character of our chapter as a whole. That being said, we recognize that there is always room for improvement and have taken steps to further educate our members using resources from the University, the Anti-Defamation League, and member facilitated presentations on bystander intervention. We have always been on good terms with the other chapter, and since the incident have been working closely with them to reach a resolution and move forward together from this
unfortunate incident.” Rabbi Dan Aronson of Texas A&M Hillel said he approved of how the situation was handled. “I was very happy with how the university took care of it,” Aronson said.“This seemed to be an isolated incident. I was aware of the story, the university was handling it very well. The town of College Station was handling it well, even the anti-defamation league was informed.” Michael King, agricultural economics senior and Texas A&M Interfraternity Council president, said the matter has been taken care of. “From what I am aware of through my conversations with Edan Coden, Sammy president, I am, my board and all relevant parties are under the impression that this matter has been resolved,” King said. The Battalion was unable to reach Sigma Alpha Mu’s nationals for comment.
on campus, according to Lieutenant Bobby Richardson of the University Police Department as reported previously in The Battalion. The article stated that the owner was showing his firearm to his friend, both thinking it was unloaded. However, the gun was loaded and accidently discharged, according to Richardson. No one was hit or injured and property damage from the incidental bullet is unknown. No one was charged with a crime, but an incident report was filed through the UPD. Texas A&M UPD Lieutenant Allan Baron said in a statement that awareness of basic safety procedure policies and utilization of Code Maroon are crucial in a situation where an act of violence occurs on campus. Baron said in the wake of other college campuses having attacks, UPD is constantly reviewing policies, procedures and practices to maintain a safe environment in the campus community. “When students hear of an attack on campus, or any type of violence, individuals should move as far away from and or avoid the area,” Baron said. “If they are located in an area near the incident and cannot safely evacuate, take
refuge in an area where they can block the entry and or lock the doors. If multiple people are in the room, spread out and silence all electronics devices.” Baron said there are many facets of maintaining a safe environment at A&M. These include maintaining a police department that is well trained and equipped to provide appropriate responses and working to educate on crime prevention. According to Baron, the recent events of attacks on college campuses have impacted everyone by bringing forth national awareness. “These incidents not only create a heightened sense of awareness for the college community, but also remind us that college campuses are not immune from acts of violence and criminal activity,” Baron said. Developing a new helpful attitude towards a community dealing with acts of violence on campus can make all the difference, Eason said. “There are amazing values in being an Aggie,” Eason said. “The university has great core values and if we could share those even with people they consider unlike them and extend that kindness, it can only be met.”
DRAWING CONTINUED “A lot of people get freaked out by it, but there’s nothing sexual about it,” Stringer said. “It’s very educational and positive. I could tell that in the beginning the students were a little put off, because I was just naked in the middle of them. As the semester went on, I could make jokes and talk with them more easily.” Stringer said she never felt uncomfortable posing in front of the class and gained a sense of self-assurance from the experience. “It gives you confidence,” Stringer said. “It’s something that puts you outside of your comfort zone, no matter how comfortable you are. It helps you learn more about yourself, and how bodies work.” Marivi Ancelmo, psychology senior, is currently enrolled in the life drawing class. Despite the initial shock of having a nude model to draw, Ancelmo said all the students have been respectful and mature. Ancelmo said her professor constantly reminds the class that the focus of having a model is educational. “Whenever our professor explains to us what we’re supposed to be looking for, he mentions muscles and bone structures that will protrude out of the body,” Ancelmo said. “Whenever we have the live model there, we can see what he’s talking about. We can form connections from what he’s drawn on the board.” Sarah McGuinness, biochemistry and genetics senior, said life drawing modeling is the best job she has ever had, but it can still be challenging to find enough time to dedicate to her academics and other activities while also getting enough sleep. “I think the most difficult part is balancing everything with school,” McGuinness said. “It’s only three to 10 hours a week for me usually, but I definitely get a lot more exhausted from three hours of modeling than I do from working a six to eight hour shift at the lab I work at, or at a restaurant like I used to do.” Like any job, modeling comes with its own set of difficulties. McGuinness said staying still
to maintain a pose is no easy task and there are some days she’s exhausted, or doesn’t feel good about herself. “I just focus,” McGuinness said. “I get lost in my own head a lot, so it’s really easy for me to zone out. I’ve taken the class before, so I know what poses are more fun to draw. I also know what kind of poses I can actually hold without cramping or losing my balance.”
“It’s something that puts you outside of your comfort zone, no matter how comfortable you are. It helps you learn more about yourself, and how bodies work.” Ryman Stringer Class of 2016
Course instructor Nathan Madrid works with students to teach them how to draw the figure accurately from life. Madrid said modeling requires stamina, and the course helps students accomplish their future career goals in terms of making art. “It’s very hard to be still,” Madrid said. “Our bodies are meant for movement.” Stringer said students with any interest should consider taking the course, or becoming a life drawing model themselves. “Get rid of any misconceptions or preconceived notions that you have about the class, because they’re probably wrong,” Stringer said. “You don’t know anything about it until you actually experience it.”
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a survey that collects data from members such as skill sets, majors and short personality tests. “We really try to build the most interdisciplinary, well-rounded teams that we can because through this process we found that the teams that are most competitive are the ones that are going to be the most well rounded,” Sansom said. “Essentially we try to mesh students up who have similar interests but diverse skill sets.” AGFS Ambassador and member Edeoba Edobor said the passion team members bring to the competition is where the true potential lies. “It’s about what you’re passionate about,” Edobor said. “We just need people that have that same likemind, we come together to brainstorm and agree on ideas that could solve complex problems.” The teams are expected to create a 90 second video to pitch their idea of a solution to a complex problem through diverse and unique perspectives and submit it by Dec.1 for a chance at a cash prize. “What you get out of that is so much more than just the money — it’s the people, the contact, the invigorating experience,” Sansom said. Alfredo Costilla Reyes, electrical and computer engineering graduate student and current AGFS Ambassador, had the opportunity to attend last year’s TFF Global Summit and was the leader of the winning team, BitGrange. Reyes said the most valuable learning experience he gained from The Grand
Challenge Innovation is the importance of teamwork. “It’s not possible right now to do something on your own,” Reyes said. “You have to work with more people, you have to find the skills you don’t have in somebody else and be smart enough and have these management skills to bring the best out of people working towards a single goal.” According to Sansom, there are approximately 15 potential teams formed to compete at the A&M level of competition. From there, on Dec. 9 the top five teams will be selected to attend a workshop during the spring semester, intended to prepare them for an in person pitch in front of a panel of high level judges. The main event is on Feb. 2 in which teams are given five minutes to present their pitch in front of a variety of judges. The winning team is then granted the chance to attend the Thought for Food Global Summit, the world’s largest open competition for university students who are building the future of food and agriculture. The purpose of the Grand Innovation Challenge serves beyond interdisciplinary research on campus. “What I have learned through the competitions as a part of Aggies for Global Food Security is that it’s no longer about yourself,” Reyes said. “Great things happen not when you work for yourself but when you work for others.”
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Texas A&M head coach Kevin Sumlin gave updates on player injuries during Tuesday’s press conference.
PRESSER CONTINUED Sumlin, who received a call around midnight that junior right tackle Keaton Sutherland’s appendix had ruptured and he was being taken into surgery. Due to the emergency, Sutherland missed last Saturday’s game against Florida. “That situation really threw a monkey-wrench into things on Friday morning,” Sumlin said. “For going on the road and playing a bunch of those [younger] guys and people asking why, now you see why.” Playing in place of Sutherland were a pair of freshmen, Carson Green and Dan Moore Jr., who alternated series at right tackle before Green took over for good in the second half. Green’s play in a critical role in a difficult environment received praise from Sumlin. “Carson Green came in and played a lot, did a nice job for the situation,” Sumlin said. “Being on the road in silent count for an offensive tackle is probably one of the most difficult things you can ever have happen.” Wilson’s status remains questionable Starkel was not the only crucial injury the Aggies had against UCLA, as senior safety Donovan Wilson still remains out after suffering a foot injury against the Bruins. While Wilson has been seen running in pregame warmups in recent weeks, Sumlin was brief on speaking about current status. “We’ll see where he is,” Sumlin said. Due to the injury, Sumlin continued to pair an upperclassman such as Armani Watts or Larry Pryor with an underclassman such as Derrick Tucker or Keldrick Carper to provide support while playing younger players. When Watts briefly left the game against Florida, Sumlin was left with playing an all-freshman secondary, including both cornerbacks, but felt confident in their abilities because of the experience built in previous weeks. “We’ve been playing these guys all year,” Sumlin said. “But injuries happen, Armani gets nicked up a little bit, so they’re both out there and it helped that they were comfortable, because in that environment, it’s not time to learn anything.”
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Early voting for the College Station municipal elections opens on Oct. 23 and Election Day is Nov. 7.
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Students and local elections Four candidates discuss housing and safety issues concerning students By Andrew Little @drewlitt
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As College Station municipal elections draw near, candidates weigh in on their motivation for running and how their stances relate to college students. This year, three seats on the City Council are up for election. Bob Brick and ElianorAzaraj Vessali will run for Place 1, incumbent Linda Harvell and Dallas Shipp for Place 3 and John Nichols will run uncontested for Place 5. Bob Brick, currently employed part-time at Texas A&M’s Institute of Quantum Science and Engineering as a research advisor, said he hopes to increase dialogue between College Station’s major institutions and the residents themselves on city growth and development. “I would like to see a good discussion involving the residents, the students, the city administration, the developers and the university administration to get together and let’s have some effective dialogue,” Brick said. “I don’t know of having that kind of group come together in the past.” As College Station continues to grow, Brick said the city might need to designate specific areas for student housing, something his campaign is looking into. “There may be areas in which we could designate the appropriateness of high density housing fairly near the university in order to permit higher density housing than we now have available for students,” Brick said. Elianor-Azaraj Vessali, Brick’s opponent for Place 1 and the city’s Planning and Zoning Commissioner, said she hopes she can help the city more effectively financially plan for growth if elected. Also a local real estate agent, Vessali said she is concerned by the idea of placing students in specially designated living areas. “The solution is that we need to accept that we live in a college town, students will be our neighbors and we have to work together to create a positive neighborhood atmosphere,” Vessali said. “Working together is the key.” As someone who rents to both students
and permanent residents, Vessali said she believes it is important to treat students like any other residents. “Are there bad student renters? Yes there are, just like there are bad non-student renters,” Vessali said. “So to lump all students together in negative characterization that claims they cannot properly live amongst the other residents in residential neighborhoods, I think is unfair.” Councilwoman Linda Harvell, current owner of the online retail store Texas Trading Post, is running for re-election to her Place 3 City Council Seat. Harvell said she hopes to increase citizen input on development projects and also work to aid the police department. While on the City Council, Harvell said she supported some student housing-related project proposals. “In regards to student housing, or what they call multi-family homes, I have voted in support of those projects because I thought it was a good fit for where they were being placed,” Harvell said. Harvell’s opponent, Dallas Shipp, said he primarily hopes to make College Station more business friendly so the city will not need to rely on raising property taxes for revenue. Shipp said he believes increased business activity can help fund the understaffed police and fire departments, which are crucial to the safety of residents and college students. “We’ve got to make sure this is a safe place for students to come and spend four or five years of the greatest years of their life, and know that they’re safe,” Shipp said. “That starts with fire and police.” As for student housing, Shipp said he wants to ensure that students don’t need to commute long distances to reach campus. “We’ve got to figure out more ways to keep the student housing close to campus, and I think you see some of these developments on University Drive, especially that are starting to go vertical,” Shipp said. “That’s going to have to be the new trend.” Early voting begins on Oct. 23 and runs through Nov. 3, while Election Day is on Nov. 7. Students have to be registered to vote in Brazos County to cast a vote.
A LOCAL ELECTION SNAPSHOT Key points to know about the candidates running for College Station office Bob Brick Running for Place 1, Brick says he wants to implement a new policy that informs current residents of new developments that might affect their neighborhood. Brick said to The Eagle, “I have seen many, many neighborhood-type groups ... go to the council with petitions for this or that, only to see them rejected,” Brick said. “And a lot of folks are very, very frustrated in the long number of rejections.” With the expansion of the Bryan-College Station area due to the influx of college students, Brick hopes to welcome the students without alienating the current residents.
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Elianor-Azaraj Vessali The current Planning and Zoning Commissioner and local real estate agent, Vessali is running against Brick for the Place 1 seat. Vessali hopes that with well-researched planning, the city can avoid raising taxes while improving infrastructure in the Bryan-College Station area. “Not only do we have our residents, we have visitors that come every day,” Vessali told The Eagle.“That impacts our system whether it’s our safety, our traffic or our transit system. And that’s the minimum of what we should be able to maintain and develop, because without that, nobody’s happy.”
Don’t forget to preorder your copy of the 2018 Aggieland yearbook. The 116th edition of Texas A&M’s official yearbook. Ordering can be done online at aggieland.tamu.edu, or by calling 979-845-2613. Distribution will be the Fall 2018.
Linda Harvell The current Councilwoman is seeking re-election this fall for the Place 3 seat. In the past two years Harvell has been an advocate for the neighborhoods in the BryanCollege Station area, representing the voices of the residents. Harvell told the Eagle, “The amount of people who just want to be heard, I think, is pretty amazing. They want to have a voice, they just want someone to listen to them.” Recently, Harvell said she would like to pick up the less desirable projects of growth and development, while still being able to maintain her connections with local residents.
2016 Aggielands and previous yearbooks are now on sale. Stop by room L400 in the MSC or call 979-845-2613.
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Dallas Shipp A political newcomer, Shipp is running against Harvell for the Place 3 seat. He was inspired to run for a seat in the City Council by all of the ideas he had on how to better his community. “I understand that as the city grows, we have to grow with it, so I am very forwardthinking when it comes to what needs to happen for that,” Shipp told The Eagle. He says he realizes that since College Station is a college town, growth is inevitable. However, he believes that the town should grow with it, and wants to implement ideas that would make everyone happy. Photos courtesy of the candidates