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(Left to right) Hugh McElroy, ‘71, Stephen Ruth, ‘92 and Tanya Williams, ‘94 are all notable black former students of Texas A&M.
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n 1963 the first African-Americans enrolled at Texas A&M University. From breaking color barriers to leaving lasting impacts on the university, four former students described their time at Texas A&M and the changes that have come since. Samuel Williams, Class of 1968, was one of the first incoming African-American freshmen to attend A&M and was one of the first African-American players on the football team. Williams said he had to adjust to being at A&M as one of the few African-American students.
“I was one of the first incoming African-American freshmen to come to Texas A&M so the obstacles were just overcoming the adjustment that Texas A&M had to make,” Williams said. “There were a few [African-American students] when we got there but they were in grad school or on some type of special assignment. You hear things, people say things ... I had thick skin, when you’re five or six students out of 89,000 what are you going to do?” Williams said since he has attended school the campus has changed, but still lacks inclusion. “It’s grown significantly, obviously, there still seems to be a total lack of what I call in-
clusion when it comes to minority students,” Williams said. “I’ve been an adviser to three of the presidents so I’ve always told staff … You need to tell your stories more because you’ve got a lot of people of color that are doing a lot of great things for A&M but nobody knows about it.” Hugh T. McElroy Jr., Class of 1971, was involved in football, track and the organization, now known as the MSC Carter G. Woodson Black Awareness Committee. Through a series of events McElroy went from being on the track team and a member of the Corps of Cadets to joining the football team. “I began to get a little traction on my football career and I found out that I was the
first black [player] to start in A&M Football,” McElroy said. “When we were about to play Rice in 1971 … the featured article about the game had a picture of me and a picture of [my veteran grandfather] and the headline was ‘McElroy’s used to big battles.’” McElroy said the most prevalent difference in his experience at A&M was coming to a university with a significantly different demographic than his high school. “The big difference was coming from an all-black high school to A&M — that was completely different,” McElroy said. “You take that and consider that in conjunction FORMER STUDENTS ON PG. 2
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Shalom Project to focus on relief for refugees Breakaway reps say humanitarian crises demand immediate attention By Abbie Maier @abbsmaier For college students $119,000 can be a daunting amount of money to raise, but Breakaway Ministries’ Shalom Project is setting out to do just that. The Shalom Project has three goals this year, all pointed toward providing relief for the people of Syria and South Sudan. This means supplying the basic
necessities to 70 refugee families forced to resettle. The other two goals are to feed 70 families in South Sudan for six months and to make it possible for 70 South Sudanese women to have their babies safely. Timothy Ateek, the executive director of Breakaway Ministries, said he is passionate about the project’s purpose. “The word ‘shalom’ is the Hebrew word for peace, but it has a much deeper meaning than that. It points to wholeness, completeness, safety, soundness, prosperity, wellbeing. It is the completeness of a person,” Ateek said. “It
was birthed out of a desire to see shalom invade the places in our society where there’s brokenness.” Operations manager of Breakaway Rachel Hunt has been researching both the Syrian and South Sudanese crises for months. Hunt said Breakaway chose to donate to these particular causes because they felt the causes demanded attention. “This year’s project really incorporates what we see as the two greatest humanitarian crises in the world today,” Hunt said. “We were looking at both
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“The Today Show’s” weatherman Al Roker was invited by Texas A&M to attend this year’s annual Big Event in an attempt to set a world record. The invitation was a part of “Rokerthon 3,” a competition in which “The Today Show” will choose college campuses to send Al Roker and The Guinness Book of World Records to visit. A&M hopes to be selected and officially recognized as the world’s largest one day service project. This year more than 20,000 students will participate in local projects throughout the Bryan-College Station community. In an A&M press release computer science senior and Director of Big Event Dalton Harris said he is excited for “Rokerthon 3” and the exposure it could offer A&M. “I’ve grown up a fan of Al and ‘The Today Show’ cast, and getting the opportunity to meet them while showcasing my university and The Big Event would be an absolute dream,” Harris said. “I’m extremely thankful that Al is putting on this program, and would be honored to have The Big Event represent Texas A&M on this incredible platform.”
The Aggies are wrapping up a less than ideal 15-13, 7-9 SEC season as they pay a visit to the Missouri Tigers (7-21, 2-14 SEC) on Tuesday. The men will hope to get a victory as tournament play approaches. “[We’re] going into a tough place — Missouri,” said A&M head coach Billy Kennedy. “It’s strange looking at their record, seeing how they’ve played and how many games they’ve lost at the end. Every game they’ve been competitive. We have to go in there and have the same approach we’ve had the last few games.” A&M notched a 76-73 win over Mizzou earlier this season and is looking to capitalize again in Columbia. Freshman Robert Williams led the Ag-
gies with one of his 10 double-doubles that boasted career-highs in both points and rebounds. The young rookie has quickly become one of the most impressive players in the SEC and the nation, ranking 14th in the country with 73 blocked shots. “It’s nice to have [Williams] in tournament play, scrimmages and practice,” Kennedy said. “He’s got a special talent and he keeps getting better. I just want to be sure he finishes strong, healthy, and we enjoy every minute we have with him.” Alongside Williams is rising star Admon Gilder who carded 20 points in the squads’ last meeting and is in the midst of a hot streak. The sophomore leads the team with 16.2 points per game over the last 12 games. BASKETBALL ON PG. 4
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social justice and inclusion as they are trying to do now so I think as a black African-American on campus it was challenging at times,” Williams said. “I was just on campus at the end of January and I saw the ways that Aggieland has changed.” Stephen Ruth, Class of 1992, was a member of the Corps of Cadets, Class Councils and was the second African American student body president. Ruth said his time at A&M was welcoming and secure. “I felt very welcomed on campus, in fact my visit to campus senior year was quite instrumental to my selection to go to A&M because of the warm environment that’s right for a person to last year’s Shalom Project. Hudson has been attending since her sophomore year and plans to donate again this year. “I’m originally from New Orleans, so having someone to extend their home or even giving help when they can hits a soft spot for me,” Hudson said. “That’s why I feel like I took the effort to go back to the Shalom Project.” The Shalom Project has been operating worldwide for 10 years now. There will be two more opportunities to donate to the project at Breakaway, which is held Tuesdays at 9 p.m. in Reed Arena. The directors of Breakaway urge anyone to participate, and students can do that through Spring Break at www. breakawayministries.org. “It’s hard to make a difference by yourself. But together, we can be a pretty massive force for good in the world,” Ateek said.
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level of a human driver. Right now, automation is relatively simplistic and it can just do things like keeping pace with traffic or monitoring blind spots.” Ginger Goodin, director of the Transportation Policy Researcher at TTI, said there are several questions regarding the safe and practical applications of vehicle automation which have prompted government regulation of the technology. “What the federal government has done is put out some guidelines, saying, ‘If you’re going to develop these kinds of vehicles, there are certain criteria we want you to be considering. Like, what environment can it operate in? How are you going to protect data privacy? And what happens in a situation where the car can’t negotiate what’s in the driving environment?’” Goodin said. Because automation is still relatively new, Goodin said policy makers are not yet able to anticipate every issue or hazard that could arise. “We’re starting to do some explorations ourselves and we’re looking at the existing laws in the transportation code,” Goodin said. “We’re thinking about this technology as we understand it, and as we read the code, we say, ‘Okay, does the code still make sense if the operator is a self-driving car?’ When these laws were written, we didn’t even know that these technologies were on the horizon. It wasn’t considered.”
According to William Kohler, senior counselor in the Corporate Finance Practice Group of Dykema, one of the major components of safe vehicle automation the communication between cars. “The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is requiring that new vehicles, as they are manufactured, be equipped with radio frequency connectivity so that you can have what’s called ‘V to V’ — vehicle to vehicle — connectivity,” Kohler said. In concordance with Goodin’s uncertainty about the legal prospects of AVs, Kohler said right now it is too early to tell. Specifically addressing accidents involving automated cars, he is not sure how the situation would play out. “It would be a very complicated situation and the traditional legal framework wouldn’t apply,” Kohler said. Kohler said they are looking to states which are already implementing policies regarding AVs to prepare for the future. “At the state level, we’re watching state laws very closely,” Kohler said. “Michigan just passed a very generous autonomous vehicle law that was signed by the governor, where the system is the operator of the vehicle. That would seem to relieve the owner of the vehicle from responsibility. You can’t really call them the driver, they’re more of a passenger.”
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etsky of the Aggies’ series-clinching win on Sunday. “For us to put up 10 runs, 15 hits and have a couple guys who sat Friday, Saturday, come out Sunday like Cole Bedford — driving in some runs late in the game with two outs. That’s what we needed to do on a day like this.” After the gritty series against the Waves, the Aggies will have a chance to fix their kinks before facing the Big 12’s best — No. 10 Texas Tech and unanimous No. 1 TCU Friday and Saturday. Freshman second baseman Braden Shewmake continues to be a catalyst for the A&M offense, closing the weekend against the Waves with a 5-for-5 outing and blasting his first career home run. “Going to remember that one,” Shewmake said of his home run. “It was almost surreal rounding third base — it’s a crazy moment.” The Panthers (1-8) have lost eight straight games after winning their season opener against Illinois-Chicago — which
clinched a road series win over Vanderbilt last weekend. Prairie View has failed to score more than three runs in a game since its 5-4 win over the Flames. The lone bright spot for Prairie View lies in junior centerfielder Corbin Jamison, who leads the team with a .367 average and is a threat on the basepaths with four stolen bases for the season. The Cardinals (5-4) will venture out of the Alamo City for the first time this year when they travel to College Station Wednesday night. Incarnate Word is coming off an even weekend against Central Michigan, splitting four games with the Chippewas — dropping the first two and winning the final two. The Cardinals are led by outfielders Mark Whitehead and Eddy Gonzalez, who boast averages of .364 and .333. A&M is set to face Prairie View A&M Tuesday night and Incarnate Word Wednesday night. Both games have a 6:30 p.m. first pitch and will be aired on SEC Network +.
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Aggies look to build off Pepperdine series win during midweek matchups at Olsen Field By Alex Miller @AlexMill20 Before No. 15 Texas A&M ships off to Houston this weekend for the Shriners Hospital for Children College Classic to face its former Big 12 foes, the Aggies (6-1) will host Prairie View A&M and Incarnate Word in a pair of mid-week games Tuesday and Wednesday at Olsen Field. A&M will aim to build off its series win over Pepperdine this past weekend, which saw two pitching duels before an offensive outburst occurred in the Aggies’ 10-6 rubber match victory Sunday. “It’s a strong testament, especially because of [Saturday] coming off a hard loss,” said senior right fielder Blake Kop-
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CURRENT RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES CURRENT CURRENT CURRENT RESEARCH RESEARCH RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES OPPORTUNITIES OPPORTUNITIES You must meet certain requirements to qualify, including a free medical exam and screening tests. You You You must must must meet meet meet certain certain certain requirements requirements requirements toto to qualify, qualify, qualify, including including including a free aafree free medical medical medical exam exam exam and and and screening screening screening tests. tests. tests.
AGE AGE AGE AGE
COMPENSATION COMPENSATION COMPENSATION COMPENSATION
REQUIREMENTS REQUIREMENTS REQUIREMENTS REQUIREMENTS
TIMELINE TIMELINE TIMELINE TIMELINE
Up to $3000
Healthy & Non-Smoking BMI 20 - 30 Weigh 132 - 198 lbs.
Thu. 3/16 - Sat. 3/18 Thu. 3/23 - Sat. 3/25 6 Outpatient Visits
Men and Women 18 to 55 Men and Postmenopausal or Surgically Sterile Women 18 to 50
Up to $2000
Healthy & Non-Smoking BMI 18 - 33
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Wed. 3/22 - Mon. 3/27 Outpatient Visit: 3/30 THEBATTONLINE
800-866-0492
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