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The ring of an incoming senior, Class of 2023, on Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022. Robert O’Brien – The Battalion As Texas A&M’s Class of 2023 enters its senior year, incoming seniors share the advice they’ve learned and lessons they were taught during their college years as well as what they are anticipating most during their last academic year. Entering A&M in fall 2019, the Class of 2023’s college experience likely rivals what many were expecting when they first arrived on campus. From an extra long spring break freshman year due to the outbreak of COVID-19 to storming Kyle Field as juniors after beating Alabama, many of the Class of 2023’s experiences as A&M students prove to be memorable. Sports management senior Joshua Baynes said he is most looking forward to giving back to a community that has given a lot to him. “There’s been a lot of ups and downs in terms of navigating college through the pandemic,” Baynes said. “Pretty much every class at A&M now has been impacted by the pandemic in some way, all the way from seniors to the freshmen, so getting back to seniors is going to mean a lot.” After he graduates next spring, Baynes said he hopes to continue his academic career. “Hopefully next year, I’m in law school,” Baynes said. “Where yet is to be determined, but hopefully at a law school somewhere with ample funding, trying to navigate the sports industry through the legal sector — that’s the goal.”
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Ags REACH hosts events such as the Custodian Banquet, an annual Christmas Drive, and their Health Fair while also visits frequently visiting with campus staff, Powell said. “The Health Fair is a semesterly program where we communicate with partners and distribute medical informa tion or supplies, it’s a community-driven event, with as many as 30 partners,” Powell said. “We do break-room visits, where every two weeks we go and have lunch with some of the staff members on campus. It lets them know that the REACH project is here, and just to talk to them, and make them feel appreciat ed.”Powell said even though it’s hard to accept that there are many people on campus struggling, Ags REACH gives him an outlet to make change for the better.“It’s crazy to me that there is a group of people in such need here at Tex as A&M, who are essentially suffering due to the decisions of the university. It gives me an avenue to give back to the university I love so much … to the people who really make it great,” Powell said. “The faculty and professors here are amazing, but the people that have the most impact on students are the people at the dining halls every day, that you talk to everyday.” For students looking for an organiza tion with a different form of connection, the Department of Multicultural Ser vices, or DMS, sponsors three cultural councils: Asian Presidents’ Council, Black Student Alliance Council and Hispanic Presidents’ Council.
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Cameron Johnson- —THE BATTALION Before classes, exams, sleeping and par tying, Texas A&M students find ways to connect with their peers and community through the over 1,000 officially recog nized student organizations on campus. Organizations can be classified as anything from academic, to social, to multicultural, allowing every student to find their fit and make the most of their time in AcademicAggieland.organizations like Women in Geosciences, or WIG, help students with common interests connect and know more of the peers they see in classes each semester. WIG President and geophysics senior Milly Hencey said she’s been involved with WIG since its first semester.“Ifound out about it through a pro gram called Geo-fest, which is the Geo sciences’ Howdy Week event where the organizations will advertise [themselves],” Hencey said. “The two co-founders, Christina and Leah, encouraged me to join and were really sweet. I submitted an application, it was super chill and that’s how I got involved.”
Though the factor that unites mem bers of WIG is their love for geoscience academia, they host a variety of events throughout the year, Hencey said. “We do a lot of service events, like canned food drives, animal food drives for shelters [and] park clean-ups,” Henc ey said. “We also have a lot of social events, like making bracelets, [and] we have formals. It’s the whole spectrum of things you’d expect out of an organiza tion. We have weekly meetings high lighting women in [STEM and] one of our members and then do something fun at theOtherend.”organizations are dedicated to serving the community in regards to particular causes. Ags REACH, found ed at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, is the campus partner of the REACH project, which serves the “essential Aggies” on campus: dining hall workers, janitors and other third-party contractors.DrewPowell, Class of 2022, is a founding member of the campus chapter and said he got involved after meeting REACH founder, Max Gerall, Class of 2018.“[In spring of 2020], the BUILD proj ect was building two health clinics for the REACH project, and Max was one of the keynote speakers at our meeting and I really connected with the REACH project mission,” Powell said. “I was one of the people on the team that sat down and created the student organization during COVID-19. I designed the entire structure by myself … Now, I serve as the REACH affiliate, the unofficial advisor.”Toconnect with essential Aggies, By Michaela Rush @Michaela4Batt
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Many other multicultural organiza tions exist across campus, but DMS in tercultural specialist Joshua Skinner said his job is to connect students with the right“Agroup.lotof times students come in and just want to be heard and seen, and assist ed with ideas,” Skinner said. “I’m asking questions, I’m giving perspectives with different situations that might arise. I de velop curriculum for our different pro grams and I’m involved in Multicultural Graduations and different experiences likeWhilethat.”every student organization is dif ferent in their focus, Skinner said getting involved anywhere is valuable because it helps students develop their identity and shape their college experience. “The best thing about getting involved in college is just the experience, wheth er you’re a student leader, a mentor, a mentee, on an executive board, all those different avenues can take in something you haven’t done or seen before, and you’ll develop into who you’re supposed to be,” Skinner said. “The experience of saying, ‘I’m willing to come here every Wednesday’… it provides a space where you’re intentionally trying. You’re culti vating who you are, and who you want to become. You’re joining an org because you want to, and you’ll become who you want to Skinnerbecome.”emphasized DMS and its or ganizations are intended to serve all stu dents, and said interested students should visit the DMS offices in the Memorial Student Center to see where they can fit in. “A misconception that students have is that the DMS is just for one type of student,” Skinner said. “All students are welcome to the DMS, everyone has dif ferent ideas and wants to grow, and if our space provides you room to grow, you should be Regardlesshere.”of how students get in volved, Hencey said it’s worth trying something new. “My biggest advice is to try out all kinds of organizations,” Hencey said. “First semester is just trying to find your place at A&M. You may find it first try, it may take a couple tries, but keep your options open and put yourself out there. Maybe you’ll like all of them and stick with all of them, or maybe you’ll only like one and stick with it, some people are in eight organizations and some are in one. Go out with an open heart, and put yourself out there.” Powell said he agreed that outside of academics, being involved on campus is the best way to learn and prepare yourself for the “Youfuture.getthree things out of college: your degree, experience and then con nections. The degree is the least im portant of those three, in my opinion,” Powell said. “Getting involved is a great way to develop experience and connec tions. Some of the leadership experience I’ve gained just while working with Ags REACH has been incredible. It helps you see what you want to do with your life … and helps you know what you want to do and what you don’t want to do.” student organizations outside Sbisa Dining Hall Feb. Cameron Johnson
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All students find the first days of college challenging, but for those with visual impairments, the challenges present a much more com plex maze, especially regard ing equal access to education. For students with learn ing and physical disabilities, Texas A&M’s Department of Disability Resources aims to disentangle the path to aca demic success. A recent feat by the department involved translating thousands of math textbook pages into Braille to accommodate visually im pairedThestudents.labor-intensive and lengthy project resulted from math lecturer Vanessa Coffelt requesting further accom modations for one of her students with visual impair ments. The end product was around 2,300 pages of Braille translation produced in col laboration with the Depart ment of “[TheMathematics.Department of Mathematics] had worked with the Office of Disabili ty before the spring semes ter, trying to make sure that [coursework] was as acces sible as possible given that it was a math textbook,” Cof felt said. “I provided all the group work activities and lec ture notes that would be used in the course for the student who needs them to be trans lated.”Despite Coffelt’s under standing of different levels of accessibility and their needs, she said she never worked with a student who needed Braille translations before this year. According to Coffelt, explaining and applying con cepts like a matrix to a student who has never seen one poses a unique challenge. “In a math class, there’s a lot of visuals in terms of the graphs we use, and I had to change how I approached not only the examples I did in class but [in] the simple descriptions given,” Coffelt said. “It was a change to read the problem aloud to the class. I wanted the students to have that auditory descrip tion. Describing what picture or graph the students saw be came more Accordingimportant.”toA&M’s De partment of Science, an em bosser was used to produce the Braille text and tactile graphics by punching dots, patterns and textures into thick cardstock. The type of paper or the number of holes in textbooks may seem trivial to most students, but Braille is a unique code that requires great care and atten tion. Creating title cards for each separately-bound pack age, binding the content vol ume and selecting tractor-fed paper as the Goldilocks of Braille translation — every thing needs to be just right, and translation is no easy task. Visually impaired students have typically been deterred from pursuing careers in STEM fields, with signifi cant barriers to converting visual, detailed information into intelligible information. Luckily, projects like these at A&M challenge the notions about how students can con nect and interact with STEM concepts.Biomedical sciences junior Lindsie Darvin, a visually-im paired student, said she ap plauds the strides Aggies have made to create a more inclu sive home for all students. “I know that the transla tion of these math pages was a costly and time-consuming endeavor, and I believe this speaks volumes to the inclu sivity seen at Texas A&M,” Darvin said. “One of the first things I noticed during my time on campus was the bus
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4The Battalion | 8.19.22NEWS self would be to focus on grades and to allow himself to navigate college at his own pace.“There’s a lot of people that get imposter syndrome be cause we go to A&M — a tier one research institution with a lot of valedictorian and saluta torians. Just going at your own pace will make things a lot eas ier,” Baynes said. “Never for get who you are, but always be Historyopen.” senior Kara Culp said she is most eager to order her Aggie Ring during her se nior“Meyear.and all my friends that I started my freshman year with are finally getting our Aggie Rings together,” Culp said. “I started my freshman year and then the COVID-19 pandemic started so my entire college experience has been crazy. I’m just so happy that I can get my ring with the same friends that I started college with … I’m glad I’m able to do it my senior year.” Something Culp said she regrets about her college ex perience is not getting in volved enough. “I was nervous and over whelmed at first, but the more I got involved as years went on, the more I enjoyed my college experience,” Culp said.Advice she would give to her freshman year self would be to establish a better sleep schedule to do better in school, Culp said. “It’s not as cool as you think it is to pull an all-night er — getting eight hours of sleep is so much more helpful than coffee after studying all night,” Culp said. “It is like night and day. Freshman year, the first time I experienced a full night’s sleep going to class on it with a full night’s sleep behind me, I was like, ‘Oh, is this what I’m supposed to feel like all the time?’ It’s easier to focus and pay attention and to remember stuff — the doctors are right.”
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Once you step onto campus at the be ginning of each fall semester, the flood of informationals, flyers and banners can feel suffocating — almost as suffocating as trying to navigate the Memorial Student Center, or MSC, during Open House. With over 1,000 officially recognized student organizations, traversing the sea of potential extracurricular activities is no easy task. In the coming weeks, freshmen and con tinuing students alike will be offered the op portunity to enhance their education, invest in crafts or skills and, of course, party with their peers. From Greek life to “The Nick work,” the club entirely dedicated to the “support and encourage[ment of] Nick’s and Nicholas’ on campus,” the scope of student life at Texas A&M means the possibilities are truly endless. As you map out your semester and navi gate the maze of information booths during Open House, just know somewhere along the Simpson Drill Field under the beating sun is a table staffed by well-deodorized, minimal ly-sweating Battalion editors. Joining The Battalion means working alongside a talented, driven staff, taking part in one of A&M’s longest-running traditions and amassing professional skills. Not to men tion, the experience always looks fantastic on a resume.ButI’m not here to give you the generic pitch of yet another professional student or ganization.Oneof the most magical experiences on campus is the captivating thrill of seeing your work — whether that be an article, photo, graphic or design — displayed in just about every building and newsstand in sight. The first time I held my work in print form, I probably didn’t stop smiling out of pure pride for a week straight. But the experience is more than just a sense of accomplishment, it marks an opportunity to shape and memorialize the history of our university. With each critique, record, cele bration and remembrance we pen, we capture a particular moment in time and share it with the entire student body. In a world that continues opting for screens over print, it can be easy to disregard the val ue and influence of student publications like ours. After all, what good is our work if there is no one eager to read it? However, if the past year has shown us any thing, it’s that newspapers — both print and online formats — have retained the power to capture the intrigue of A&M and beyond. In fact, look no further than The Rudder Associ ation piece and the iconic “Print is Not Dead” edition of last spring to see words transcend simple paper and ink. A&M is a big, amazing place. No matter where you end up on this campus, it’s bound to result in a journey worth the travel. But perhaps the most rewarding of these paths is the one which seeks to immortalize them all. The eyes of Aggies are often drawn to the ornate details on the Academic Building, the iconic silhouette of the clocktower or the grand expanse of Kyle Field, but make no mistake, one of the most special places on this campus lies in a small, unassuming office in the basement of the MSC: The Battalion’s newsroom.Sostopby suite L400, or visit our website, to pick up an application once you get the chance. Our staff is eager to speak with the community and receive applicants. We may not have as many “Nicks” as The Nickwork, but I can guarantee it’ll be worth the visit nev ertheless. Caleb Elizondo is a computer science sophomore and opinion editor for The Battalion. By Caleb Elizondo @ CalebElizondo7 New semester sparks new opportunities for involvement The entrance to The Battalion newsroom inside the Memorial Student Center in suite L400 on Aug. 18, 2022 Cameron Johnson — THE BATTALION
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6The Battalion | 8.19.22NEWS Texas A&M Transportation services has released updates for six bus routes for the fall 2022BeginningsemesterAug. 15, bus routes 01, 03, 12, 25 and 47 will include permanent chang es ranging from new stops to route com binations. Route 48 will also be added to serve the RELLIS campus, according to the Transportation Services website. Route 01: Bonfire will include an addi tional stop on Bizzell Street across from the Southside Recreation Center. Route 03: Yell Practice will now include an inbound stop for the School of Public Health added to Adriance Lab Road. Route 25: Centerpole will combine with Route 12: Reveille and include all the same stops of both routes under the single name Reveille.Route 47: RELLIS will only include one stop at the RELLIS campus at the Blinn/ RELLIS stop. A new route, Route 48: REL LIS Circulator, will service all other stops on the RELLIS Transportationcampus.Services also announced several temporary changes including: the Blinn bus stop will be moved to Blinn Blvd until further notice; Route 15’s College Main Street and College Main Parking Ga rage stops will be closed until August 16; and Wisenbaker stops for routes 04, 07 and 47 will be closed and temporarily moved to the Ross and Bizzell Street stop. For more information on bus routes visit the Transportation Services website.
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As students return to campus to begin the fall semester, Chief Operating Officer and Senior Vice President of Texas A&M Greg Hartman shared up-to-date COVID-19 guidelines.According to an email sent by Hartman, all students, staff and faculty must continue to abide by A&M COVID-19 Protocols if they are symptomatic, test positive or are exposed to someone who tested positive. A&M will continue to offer free vaccines and CDC-recommended boosters on cam pus through the A.P. Beutel Health Center. Students, faculty and staff can schedule a vac cine appointment through the student health services patient portal. Testing will also be available on campus at multiple locations including Rudder Plaza, Mays Plaza and Beutel Health Center. Test ing appointments can be scheduled at covid. tamu.edu.Students are encouraged to visit the stu dent guidance page for up-to-date informa tion, links to the excused absence form and COVID-19 resources. Faculty and staff with COVID-19 employment-related questions should visit the employee guidance page. It’s recommended that students, fac ulty, staff and visitors stay up to date with COVID-19 vaccines, wear a mask indoors in public and get tested if they have symptoms. Visit covid.tamu.edu for additional guid ance and information.
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Over 20 years ago, a yearly tradition turned fatal when the annual Bonfire at Texas A&M fell, killing 12 people and injuring 27 others. Five years later, a memorial was resurrected in the exact spot to honor the victims. During this year’s Howdy Week, Memorial Student Center, or MSC, Hospitality will host a Bonfire Memorial tour from 8:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 21. The event provides new and returning students an op portunity to remember the victims of the 1999 Bonfire collapse at a tranquil hour. MSC Hospitality Committee Chair and public health junior Abby Alquiza said the committee focuses primarily on community and belonging.
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“In the Bryan-College Station area, we do many different service events and high-im pact programs, like the Moonlight Memorial Tour,” Alquiza said. “We also work a lot with children. MSC Hospitality is involved in any community building that serves others.” MSC Hospitality hosts Bonfire memori al tours on a regular basis during the school year. Executive Director of Tours and Tradi tions and biology sophomore Keaton Johnson said the idea to give a special moonlight tour during Howdy Week came about in only re cent“Startingyears. recently, every year in Howdy Week, we started doing a bigger event with Bonfire Memorial Tours,” Johnson said. “The main reason we do this event during Howdy Week is that it’s a time where everyone has time to attend. The tours bring in a great au dience to hear the story and honor the victims of the Bonfire collapse.” The tours will run every 30 minutes under the guidance of knowledgeable committee members. Johnson said MSC Hospitality has smoothed out the details and logistics of the event“Weaccordingly.willdivide the tour groups based on the number of attendees,” Johnson said. “There will be six to eight tour guides and five to ten volunteer members for crowd con trol. The tours usually take a little under 30 minutes. We start at the Spirit Wall and read the ‘Last Corps Trip.’ We then go through History Walk where we tell the story, give key facts and talk about significant deaths. We conclude with the Spirit Ring and show the portals with the 12 victims.” MSC Hospitality is one of only two groups that give tours of the Bonfire Memorial. Alquiza said being a part of the MSC’s student programs provides great opportunities for her and her fellow members. “We have great support from our advisors,” Alquiza said. “While we are student run, the MSC oversees our programs and service events, really focusing on diversity and inclu sion. I think this gives our members a unique experience to be a part of something larger.”
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While MSC Hospitality has annual events like the Moonlight Bonfire Memorial Tour, the committee spreads acts of service over the entire academic year. There is a variety of service events the committee hosts, such as a kindergarten book tour, building with Habi tat for Humanity and speaking with seniors at Waterfront Senior Center. Vice Chair and accounting junior Nathan Matous said his favorite part of these service projects is the impact they leave on commu nity“Mymembers.favorite service event would have to be our kindergarten book tour,” Matous said. “That’s where we go to about 20 local elementary schools. We visit the schools for a one-to-two-hour block for two weeks and read a couple of books to the kids. We then donate one to two books to each kid. Last year, we donated over 4,000 books.” More information about the Moonlight Memorial Tour is available the schedule of events on the Howdy Week website. To book a Bonfire Memorial Tour, an appointment can be scheduled at MSC Hospitality’s website.
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Members and viewers are not the only people who interact on online forums. Major online groups are staffed by unpaid website moderators who review content to make sure it follows established rules and standards — r/aggies has two active monitors. Despite the constant upkeep of the communities they are passionate about, these moderators may be unfavor ably stereotyped. r/aggies moderator user u/cleveland_14, a former Bonfire leader and Class of 2014, said they face harass ment and even threats of violence because of their online presence. Despite this, he said he is interested in creating an online experience that accurately reflects A&M. “I genuinely enjoy answering questions and giving advice to newer Aggies … I found a home [online and at A&M] and a sense of belonging and I want to do my best to make sure other Aggies can have that too,” he said. “[r/aggies] help the next generation of Aggies navigate A&M and their specific major, where to live or not to live, what orgs to join … mak[ing] sure the next generation loves A&M as much as we did and avoid the common pitfalls we already experienced.”
As someone who spent four years in the Corps of Cadets and is now working for the university, user u/propain525 said they have a slightly different approach to ward moderating for r/aggies. “As a moderator, it is our job not to censor what is said, but to make sure guidelines are followed,” they said. “Sep arating yourself from your own views and being a neutral moderator is [a goal] we all have to work towards. The r/aggies mod[erator]s are dedicated to a peaceful discussion between members of the Texas A&M community and [we] do our best to allow respectful discourse throughout all types of discussion within the communi ty. Please make sure that you are follow ing the Aggie values.
description. One such community is the Aggie subreddit,, which is frequented by 44,000 members. The forum is a less er-known source of news, updates and community for Aggies across the world, managed by a small and often undervalued group of Redditvolunteers.useru/BespokeMerkin, a den tal student and longtime member of the Aggies subreddit, said though she has not posted or commented on anything from the community, it is still an invaluable re source that serves as a connection to her alma“r/aggiesmater. helped me find my place at A&M and get updates on memes, or im portant topics like tire theft,” she said.
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-es that announced when they were turning. This greatly helps the visually disabled community with campus navi gation and usability.” As a member of the Student Advisory Board for Disability Resources, Darvin said one of the most significant changes students have recently seen is the intro duction of Accessible Information Man agement, or AIM, the student portal for those with disabilities. Introduced last year, Darvin explained how AIM allows students to send accommodation letters to professors and more efficiently com municate their needs with their instruc tors and the Disability Resources office. Living by the statement, “If it’s not accessible, it’s not acceptable,” Darvin is dedicated to making STEM education more“Asobtainable.avisuallyimpaired person major ing in biomedical sciences, STEM cours es have always brought a unique chal lenge for me,” Darvin said. “So much of STEM, particularly the medical field, is about how things exist in space and visual learning. Hopefully, with more chang es like this, we can make STEM classes more accessible for the blind and visually impaired.”Still,Darvin believes the ultimate solutions to these learning barriers are not yet in reach. To improve access for everyone, Darvin urges A&M and other higher education institutions to continue to help students envision a brighter fu ture. She also encourages students with visual disabilities to see their passions and professions through. “Don’t settle for less just because you don’t want to inconvenience someone,” Darvin said. “It’s your right to receive the same education as everyone else, even if that means that you need accom modations to help you get there.”You have been given a unique perspective in life. Find out what that means for you, and then go change the world.”
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While College Station may be a memorable place to spend four undergraduate years, many students seek out adventure in other parts of theAtworld.Texas A&M, students can spend their summer or an entire semester abroad via three main categories: A&M faculty-led programs, affiliate providers and independent travel. A&M Study Abroad Administrative Coor dinator Melissa Burns has been working on study abroad for five years, and said she knows the ins and outs of each program. “Independent programs are for indepen dent students that find their own universities or study programs not affiliated with A&M, and [are] making all those arrangements them selves. It’s living like a local,” Burns said. “Af filiate programs are companies that provide [study abroad] services with lots of support for students and are much more accommodating. Faculty-led programs are led by [A&M] fac ulty and are more for group experiences that really develop friendships with fellow Aggies. They’re all completely different experiences that are all so great.” Study abroad costs are a big factor that might seem prohibitive to some students, but Burns said this might actually be an advantage of some “Studentsprograms.gravitate to usually shorter sum mer programs, but semester programs are more [for] your money’s worth,” Burns said. “There’s scholarships available… and [A&M helps make] study abroad accessible to any one.”However, there are some difficulties with traveling to other parts of the world where lifestyles and identities might be frowned upon or even outlawed, Burns said. “People should think about their identity and how they present, and how that may be seen with the culture where they are travel ing,” Burns Academicsaid.Programs International, or API, Abroad is an affiliate provider partnered with A&M that offers a variety of programs for stu dents. Alex Wilhelm, lead enrollment coor dinator with API, said A&M is there to help students through their entire study abroad journey.“We help them through [the] application processes, transcript services, excursions and cultural activities when they arrive on site,” Wilhelm said. “The passport and visa process is really backed up at the moment so my rec ommendation is to apply right away. [The process] can be frustrating and painstaking but it is worth it once you’re abroad and having the time of your life.”
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Jamie Cepeda, an officer of the Mexican Student Association and Class of 2022, said he greatly enjoyed his full semester in Notting ham, England his senior year. “My best experience was [from] the change in education curriculum from the U.S. and [England]. It was a way more laid back and in dependent type of learning, and allowed me to travel every two weeks to a different country, [have] much more social life than my time at A&M and immerse myself in the city and the university,” Cepeda said. “My biggest advice for any student is to make sure to study abroad at least one time in college. I regret not spend ing my whole year at Nottingham because of how much fun I was having.” Students can sign up for all types of educa tion abroad at the Education Abroad website.
Carolyn Calzada (16) kicks the ball down the field on Aug. 11 at Ellis Field during Texas A&M exhibition game against SFA. Robert O’Brien — THE BATTALION Texas A&M soccer opened its 30th season in an away game against the No. 25 Clemson Tigers on Thursday, Aug. 18. The Aggies’ only other appearance on Histor ic Riggs Field was the second and third rounds of the 2015 NCAA Championships hosted at Clemson, where A&M became the first team to defeat the North Carolina Tar Heels before the Sweet 16 before de feating Ole Miss to make it to the Elite 8. A&M led the history with the Tigers 2-1 with its most recent matchup resulting in a 3-1 win for the maroon and white. Eyes were on the five players named to the SEC All-Freshman Team within their careers: graduate defender Karlina Sample, sophomore forward Maile Hayes, soph omore defender Mia Pante, sophomore midfielder Quinn Cornog and senior defender Katie Smith. Also catching the audience’s attention was Clemson junior defender Megan Bornkamp who played with the U-23 National Team. In a game highlighting the physicality of the 2022 A&M team and the fortitude of the defensive line, the Aggies and the Ti gers finished the first match of the season in a 0-0 tie. The match started with Clemson fo cused on forcing the Aggies to be patient on the ball by focusing on passes rather than their usual aggressive approach. The first 15 minutes of the game featured mul tiple one-on-one matchups between the front and back lines of both teams. Neither team managed to hold possession for extended amounts of time with belligerent press strategies from both sides. A&M met its next obstacle with a sud den break in the clouds: they would play the whole first half staring straight into the glare of the sun. Despite the solar distrac tion, senior goalkeeper Kenna Caldwell used all six feet of her height to block two shot attempts from the Tigers. By half time, the score remained goose eggs for both teams. The first half of the contest was dominated by defensive play. In a positional gamble by A&M coach G Guerrieri, the maroon and white defense was headed up by three defenders, Sample, Smith and freshman Carolyn Calzada, who, along with Caldwell, cleared any Clemson shots from entering the net. What little offense appeared in the first half was con trolled through A&M corner kicks. The second half started off quick with Clemson earning the first yellow card of the 2022 season. The player matchups between the Aggies and Tigers remained aggressive with both teams racking up fouls in the first five minutes. Tensions arose when Clemson delivered the first attack of the half with a shot on the near post barely blocked and parried away by Caldwell. The tables turned when redshirt-sophomore forward Laney Carroll took two shots uncovered, putting pressure on the Tiger defense. Despite the rapidly increasing tempo of the game, both teams still sat 0-0 with 15 minutes left in the match. With the clock ticking down and no overtime, both A&M and Clemson were frantic to put the ball in the back of the net. However, all attempts from both teams were unsuccessful and with the blare of a horn, the game finished without a goal from either the Aggies or the Tigers. A&M’s second match of the season will take place at home in College Station at Ellis Field. Kickoff is scheduled for 6:00 p.m. as the Aggies host McNeese. opens season play with draw against Tigers in
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your study rhythm. There are lots of study space options on campus, from the communal tables at Evans Library to private rooms in Zachry. Pro tip: soundtracks make for amazing study music. I recommend “Bloodborne” and “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.” As important as it is, studying isn’t everything — make sure you’re having some fun, too! A&M has over 1,000 clubs, most of which will be out on display during MSC Open House. Go find something you enjoy and have some fun! As great as this sounds, I should warn you: life in Ag gieland isn’t all good bull. As a rule of thumb, always keep an umbrella on you. Rain here is sneaky, and if you’re not used to our fat Texas raindrops … get ready. Also, a word of caution: that pud dle is deeper than it looks. Police out here are thirsty. They hand out tickets like nobody’s business, so make sure you follow the speed limit and drive like Meemaw is in the passenger seat. The cops will also get you for jaywalking off campus. If there’s not a crosswalk, don’t cross there! This includes walking diagonally at stoplights. Just wait the extra light cycle — it’s not worth a ticket, trust me.
Don’t let any of that scare you, though. A&M is a fan tastic university, and I have no doubt you’ll thoroughly enjoy your time here. Now, for my last and most important piece of advice: keep your head up. Some days you gig ‘em, some days you get gigged — that’s just the way it goes. College comes with some wild highs and lows. Just keep your eyes on the prize and keep fighting!
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I was in your place a year ago, newly inducted into the Aggie family and star ing my first semester in the face. The experience is daunting; living in a new place, freshly independent, often room ing with someone you don’t even know. It’s intimidating, and that’s okay. That roommate might be a complete stranger now, but before you know it you guys will be going to Howdy Week activi ties together and commiserating about ornery professors into the wee hours of theOrnight!not — that’s okay too. I never really got along with my roommate. Regardless, one thing’s for sure: your roomie will walk through that door at the most inopportune times, guaranteed. They’ve got a knack for it. It’s all part of the college experience! In many ways, college life is going to be very different from anything you’ve done before. But I have faith in you! It’s my hope that, once you’re done reading this, you’ll have a few pointers to suc ceeding here in Aggieland. As far as classes go, college is very dif ferent from high school. There are no assigned seats, but wherever you sit for your first class is usually where you’ll stay. Also, you don’t have to ask to go to the bathroom — just leave as quietly as you You’llcan.need to get textbooks yourself, which is a huge ordeal. Make sure to order them online so you’re not wait ing hours to check out. That’s not an exaggeration — I stood in line for two and a half hours to get books for my first semester.Classes and homework assignments can be hard to keep up with. Look at Google Calendar as the Igor to your Dr. Frankenstein — it’ll give you a sched ule, reminders, everything. Put all your stuff in there and color code like you’re Professor Utonium. It helps, I promise. Another way to keep up is to find Opinion writer Charis Adkins offers advice to Class of 2026 bit.ly/workatpepes REAL ESTATE ASSISTANT: Howdy! Our team is looking to hire a part-time Real Estate As sistant. Are you a TAMU student interested in flexible hours, good pay, and the opportunity to gain REAL sales experience you won’t find in the classroom? rokrbox might be a great fit for you! Please apply tinyurl.com/rokrboxat: HELP WANTED PET SITTER NEEDED: Pet Sitter needed for 3 well behaved dogs. Contact Sally Mat tews at smatthews13@gmail.com or call 979-777-3702.
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