The Battalion — June 22, 2022 by The Battalion

Inside this edition:

Housing Crisis pg. 2

Pride Coffee Social pg. 4

Baseball vs. Baseball vs. Texas Notre Dame pg. 5 pg. 6

Aggies’ Resilience pg. 7

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Leasa Decuir addresses the College Station City Council about her family’s health problems after discovering mold in back-to-back apartments, Thursday, June 9, 2022.

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Activists campaign for safer housing options College Station City council approves workshop to address housing crisis By Kyle McClenagan @KMcclenagan Residents of Bryan-College Station facing unsafe living conditions have voiced their concerns with the city to try to improve tenants’ rights to affordable and livable housing. In the past several weeks, local residents and activists have led a campaign for better access to rental inspections for all residents. The campaign took place primarily online through collecting personal testimonials from locals who have faced hardships and illnesses due to unsafe apartments. On Thursday, June 9, the group spoke to the College Station City Council during the public comment period, where they presented their findings to the council. After hearing the findings, the council unanimously voted for the approval of a workshop to address the issue. However, as of June 21, the workshop date has not yet been set. One of the founders of the campaign, Alexia Hernandez, Class of 2022, said the idea began after local student activists began working with local community advocates. “One of the most prominent issues that came to mind was housing, not only affordable housing, but specifically housing quality,” Hernandez said. “We’ve noticed a concerning trend in the consistency of housing quality in College Station, specifically in areas that may

be lower to middle income student housing and also community housing.” Hernandez said the campaign group was able to gather the personal stories of residents through social media sites like Twitter. “We’ve noticed there is a plethora of evidence online saying where not to live, where different apartment complexes were failing as far as just inhabitabl[ility] or unsafe conditions,” Hernandez said. “We all got together and said, ‘Hey we should honestly finally do something about this.’” Before attending the city hall meeting, another founding member of the campaign, Nathan Varnell, Class of 2023, said the group had already collected dozens of pages of personal testimony within two weeks. “Excluding things that we’ve gotten over email so far as a result of posting our links and flyering, just from the GroupMe we have about 20 pages copied over,” Varnell said. Varnell said the group collected more than personal stories to present to the council. “Aside from the testimonies themselves we also have an abundance of research we’re planning on putting in an evidence packet to share with the city council on where this policy has been implemented,” Varnell said. General studies senior Ellis Howard said before the city council meeting, the campaign group was hoping the city council would consider implementing proactive rental inspections, or PRIs. A PRI is a mandatory routine inspection of apartments to ensure its safety. “[We want] to get PRIs on the docket, to get workshops going and get it on the agenda for the next meeting,” Howard said. During the June 9 city council meeting, local resident Leasa Decuir spoke on how she

and her young children experienced adverse health effects after discovering black mold in their apartment, only to move into a different apartment complex where the same problem emerged. “This is an issue that has affected my family in an extremely tragic and significant way,” Decuir told the council. “We had lived in a rental house over by Sam’s Club … and became very, very ill. We have four small children [and] we had chronic fungal rashes, respiratory infections, eye infections, ear infections, sinus infections ... then it became terrifyingly neurological.” Decuir said she had to visit multiple doctors due to severe reactions to the mold. “They thought I had [multiple sclerosis],” Decuir said. “I went to doctors’ appointments and had scans of my brain and my back. I lost function in half of my body and they could not figure out what was wrong.” After weeks of not knowing what was going on, Decuir said her doctor told her it might be caused by mold. “Our doctor finally said she had seen this once before in a family that was suffering from mold toxicity,” Decuir said. Her family had to pay out of pocket to have their apartment tested because their landlord refused, Decuir said. “[Our apartment] had flooding in the master bedroom and bathroom as well as a leaking roof in my child’s bedroom,” Decuir said. “The mold came back as toxic and our landlord said, ‘Go ahead and move out,’ because he would have no problem finding new renters.” Because of the mold, Decuir said they had to throw out almost all of their belongings.

“We tragically got rid of nearly every item we owned and moved,” Decuir said. “We knew we had to move somewhere safe, expensive and new because we could not handle this again.” However, this was not the end of their housing related health problems, Decuir said. “A few weeks ago I heard sizzling under the sink and opened the cabinets,” Decuir said. “To my horror, I discovered a plug that had a black ring above it that had been burning. Water had been pouring down into the plug and into the wall and out for possibly years.” Decuir said she again paid to have her family’s apartment tested for mold. “We again paid for pathology for the mold to discover that it is neurotoxic black mold,” Decuir said. “Our family’s health is in shambles. I have a child that is having seizure activity.” Decuir said that just like her first aparment’s landlord, her second apartment’s landlord was not willing to help them. “We have paid thousands in medical bills and our landlord again has said, ‘Just move out,’ he will have no problem,” Decuir said. “There is such a housing crisis that there is no accountability.” Varnell also spoke to the city council about how to rectify the crisis. “At the end of the day, we want to shift the burden off of renters for securing the safe livable housing that they’re entitled to have by law,” Varnell said to the council. “We should not allow our citizens to endure these conditions any longer.” Editor’s note: Nathan Varnell is a former editor for The Battalion.

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Conversations, community, coffee for Pride Month POV Coffee brings Bryan-College Station LGBTQ community together By Emma Lawson @ELawsonAtTheBat Pride Month is a time to let true colors shine, and with the Pride Community Center, community can be built over a single cup of coffee. Located in Brazos Valley, the Pride Community Center was built in 2010 with the goal of providing a safe place for individuals of all identities to create connections without fear, according to the Pride Community Center website. On the third Tuesday of every month at 5:30 p.m., the center hosts their Coffee Shop Social at POV Coffee House. Everyone is encouraged to attend, including students and adults, with a goal of building community and encouraging visibility of the LGBTQ organization. Frances Jackson, the coordinator of the LGBTQ+ Pride Center at Texas A&M, said Pride Month is important for historical and

personal reasons. “Pride Month is held in June to commemorate Stonewall, which was an LGBTQ+ event that happened in New York City when police raided a mob bar — there weren’t gay bars at the time,” Jackson said. “From there, folks rallied and started the Gay Liberation Movement across the nation to advocate for things like marriage equality. There are times when people aren’t out due to safety or security issues so, during Pride Month, you’re encouraged to embrace all the beautiful parts of yourself.” Jackson said students on campus who identify as LGBTQ often struggle with possible family rejection, which could cause them to lose their source of income or support. According to the Postsecondary National Policy Institute, 20% of LGBTQ college students were concerned for their physical safety on campus because of their identities. Jackson said the goal of the LGBTQ+ Pride Center is to help build an inclusive campus for every student through programs and leadership. “The Pride Center on campus strives to create an environment that supports the success of

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every student through education, advancement and championing a broad spectrum of sexual, affectional and gender identities in the spirit of the Aggie Core Values,” Jackson said. “For example, we have our mentorship programs where we connect students with faculty staff or former students. They can help with academic and professional success, but also personal identity.” Josh Tutt, Class of 2015, is the vice president of the Pride Community Center and said the Coffee Shop Social was inspired by a previous event that was halted due to COVID-19. “We knew that, especially after the pandemic, we wanted to create more events for people to have community and meet each other,” Tutt said. “Pride Community Center focuses on the entire Brazos Valley, and we decided to go with a coffee shop because there’s some people in our community who are under 21 and can’t drink [alcohol] or people who are sober by choice.” POV offers a neutral space for participants to ask questions and make new friends, Tutt said, and everyone is welcomed to attend. “There are folks who may only go to one club, student organization, bar or Facebook group,” Tutt said. “We don’t always intermix and meet each other, and so I hope a social event gives a place where people can come and meet somebody new and realize that there’s more of us out here than it can seem at first glance.” Tutt said he wants to increase the scope of the event in the future while maintaining a safe space for people to socialize.

“I hope that it grows and people who are interested come and find us,” Tutt said. “I don’t really have a big agenda for it. There’s no talking points and there’s no real plan, it’s just a time to come and hang out.” Andrew Roblyer, Class of 2013, said A&M has been improving on being LGBTQ friendly since his time on campus. However, in 2011 while wearing a shirt that said “God Accepts You,” Roblyer said he received heavy criticism from some individuals. “That day on campus was the most jarring, simply because it felt like a different campus,” Roblyer said. “I had people intentionally bump into me a couple of times and had at least one person proselytize to me at a bus stop, trying to tell me why God didn’t actually accept me, which was really interesting because nothing about the shirt said ‘I’m gay,’ but that was clearly the assumption.” Roblyer said one of the best ways for community outsiders to build connections with insiders is to listen and ask genuine and appropriate questions. “It can feel really overwhelming, especially as you start to understand that there’s a lot of identities and letters that have been added and changed over the years,” Roblyer said. “The best thing you can do is admit when you don’t know something. As you start to listen to people and give them verbal support, it is a way of letting people know that you’re safe for them to connect with and from there, it Kathryn Miller, Editor-in-Chief builds and it grows and you form relationships, friendships Kyle McClenagan, News Editor Caleb Elizondo, Opinion Editor and kinship.” Caroline Wilburn, Asst. News Editor Ishika Samant, Social Media & Creating a strong com& Life & Arts Editor Multimedia Editor Jordan Epp, Sports Editor munity takes time and effort, Zoe May, Social Media & Kay Naegeli, Sports Editor Multimedia Editor Roblyer said, and although Robert O’Brien, Photo Chief Jessica King, Design Editor Pride Month is a wonderful Cameron Johnson, Asst. Photo Chief celebration, there is still work that needs to be done. THE BATTALION publishes daily at www.thebatt.com and in print every “Building community is a other Wednesday starting June 8 during the 2022 summer semester at Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843. Offices are in Suite L400 of the Memorial never ending process,” RoStudent Center. blyer said. “It’s never done. News: The Battalion news department is managed by students at Texas A&M We’re never going to be able University in Student Media, a student organization. Newsroom phone: 979-845to sit back and say, ‘We’ve 3315; E-mail: editor@thebatt.com; website: http://www.thebatt.com. built community, our job is Advertising: Publication of advertising does not imply sponsorship or done.’ It is a constant, intenendorsement by The Battalion. For campus, local, and national display tional process, and when we advertising call 979-845-2697. For classified advertising, call 979-845-2697. Office can approach it as such, then hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Email: battads@thebatt.com. that’s where real healing starts Subscriptions: A part of the University Advancement Fee entitles each Texas A&M to take place and real connecstudent to pick up a single copy of The Battalion. First copy free, additional copies $1. tion begins to be built.”

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Horns downed in Omaha

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The Texas A&M baseball team celebrates its 10-2 victory over the University of Texas baseball team on Sunday, June 19, 2022.

Aggies boot long-time rival Texas Longhorns from College World Series By Jordan Epp @j_epp22 Fresh off first-game losses for both Texas A&M and Texas, the Lone Star Showdown reached the biggest stage it had ever seen in baseball — the College World Series. “The atmosphere, the fans love it,” Texas’ senior designated hitter Austin Todd said. “We love it too. It’s good for the game. Whenever we have that three-game series in the SEC, the fans are going to pack the stands.” And with the pair of historic rivals facing a loser-goes-home situation in Omaha, Neb., the energy between the two teams reached an all-time high, this time in front of 24,056 fans at Charles Schwab Field, with national title dreams on the line. When the lights shine brightest, the stars ought to burn brightly, but for A&M on Sunday, June 19, it took more than star play to down the Longhorns. The Aggies’ three AllSEC batters hit for a combined 3-for-11. But on the biggest stages, you need more than just star power to win, and the Aggies got plenty of help from its supporting cast en route to their 10-2 win to send Texas packing back to the capital. “The Aggies were better than us today,” Texas coach David Pierce said. The game opened with a walk and a single given up by junior righty Micah Dallas, setting up Texas’ single-season home run record holder and junior first baseman Ivan Melendez up to bat with runners on first and third with no outs. Dallas methodically handled an un-

fortunate situation. The Aggies didn’t entirely escape the situation unscathed, though, as Todd hit a line drive down left field to score sophomore centerfielder Douglas Hodo III before Dallas could conclude his opening inning. A&M took three straight outs in the bottom of the first, setting Texas back at bat for the second inning. Dallas racked up his third strikeout, but sophomore right fielder Dylan Campbell reached first base after an error from A&M third baseman Trevor Werner. Campbell’s on-base speed proved to be a problem, stealing second, taking third off a groundout and then running home for an unearned run from a Hodo RBI double. Dallas closed out the inning with no more bleeding, but A&M was down 2-0. At the bottom of the second, the Aggies showed signs of life as five straight batters reached base, with both sophomore second baseman Ryan Targac and senior catcher Troy Claunch reaching home plate to tie up the score. The floodgates were opened, and Werner decided he wanted in on the action, smacking an RBI single to left-centerfield and scoring two junior outfielders — right fielder Brett Minnich and centerfielder Jordan Thompson. After a four-run inning, the Longhorns pulled sophomore lefty Lucas Gordon in favor of sophomore righty Jared Southard who closed the inning. “I feel like I performed about the same [before and after the second inning],” Dallas said. “After the first inning, I knew I had my stuff, and I knew I was going to be effective. Stuff just turned around after the second inning … it was really about sticking to the game plan.” With the scoreboard reading 4-2, Texas put up its first goose egg on the scoreboard, setting

A&M back up to bat. Consecutive outs put Texas in a strong position, but things got weird following a Targac walk. After Claunch got a hit, Texas had a fielder’s choice, tossing the ball to first. An error, though, left the ball free near the Texas dugout. As Melendez chased after it, he accidentally kicked the ball out of play into the dugout, allowing Claunch to reach third and Targac to reach home. Southard picked up a strikeout to leave Claunch stranded and end the third inning 5-2. Dallas left Austin’s team scoreless for the second consecutive inning, bringing A&M back up to bat, and to lead off for the Aggies, Thompson hit a double to give the Longhorns an early threat. Senior shortstop Kole Kaler hit a sacrifice fly, advancing Thompson to third base, setting up sophomore first baseman Jack Moss for an expletive-ladened RBI single, giving Thompson his second run of the day. Texas switched pitchers again, opting for freshman righty Andre Duplantier II to close out the fourth. After another scoreless inning from the Longhorns, the Aggies smacked three straight singles off two pitchers as Texas continued to dig into its bag, sending out its fourth pitcher — freshman lefty Luke Harrison — in five innings. Thompson, who was 2-for-2 with a pair of runs and RBIs at that point, was walked by Harrison, scoring Targac for his third run, a 7-2 score. Kaler grounded out for a double play that scored Claunch before Werner grounded out to end the fifth. “Pitching, defense and timely hitting is what it’s all about,” A&M coach Jim Schlossnagle said. At the top of the sixth, Dallas gave up back-to-back singles before being pulled for senior lefty Jacob Palisch. Palisch picked up

right where Dallas left off, snagging back-toback strikeouts on the mound. Pinch-hitter sophomore Mitchell Daly was walked after an eight-pitch at-bat, setting up Melendez with two outs and three loaded bases. Palisch, not one to back down, stood up to the occasion, pitching his third strikeout of the inning. The Aggies didn’t do anything offensively to follow, though, picking up its first scoreless inning since the first. “That was a super easy decision [to substitute in Palisch],” Schlossnagle said. “The game’s in question. Our season’s in doubt. You had to go to him right there … He did an awesome job.” As Texas went scoreless for the fifth inning in a row, Targac put up his fourth run of the game in the bottom of the seventh. After being walked, he took second base off of an error, advanced to third off a Thompson single and stole home while the Longhorns’ defense was focused on Thompson stealing second. Freshman righty Brad Rudis took to the mound for the Aggies in the eighth, holding Texas scoreless once again before a double from junior designated hitter Austin Bost scored senior left fielder Dylan Rock for the 10-2 lead. Rudis retired the Longhorns in the top of the ninth, sealing the deal for A&M. “It’s a lot of fun, but at the end of the day, it’s about playing the same game and playing a nameless opponent,” Dallas said. “There is a little extra oomph behind it when it’s Texas. Look at the fanbases. There is some genuine hate on both sides.” “I know it’s a big deal, but I’d rather win a national title,” Schlossnagle said later in the press conference. “I think it’s more for fans … I’d rather have beat Oklahoma.”

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Aggies hit jackpot Craig Bisacre — Texas A&M Athletics

Texas A&M baseball eliminated Notre Dame in Game 9 of the College World Series on June 21, 2022, advancing to the semifinals.

The Fighting Irish’s luck runs dry after being defeated by A&M in Omaha By Jordan Epp @j_epp22 Fourteen straight innings without allowing a run and 15 runs scored unanswered highlighted a dominant stretch of fielding, pitching and batting by the Texas A&M baseball team across two games, including the Tuesday, June 21 win over the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. “I thought it was our best game [in the College World Series]. It certainly wasn’t our best baserunning game ... [but] in terms of pitching and defense, it was by far our cleanest,” A&M coach Jim Schlossnagle said. In a three-and-a-half-hour elimination slugfest between the Aggies and the Irish, the Aggies only needed two frames of damage to accrue a 5-1 win to stay alive in the College World Series, or CWS. With the win, the Aggies have won two straight games after dropping their Omaha, Neb., opener to the Oklahoma Sooners, the same team in the way of a potential champi-

onship berth. This is the first time A&M has won two games in the same CWS appearance. “When [the pitchers are] out there rolling, we can spend five, six minutes on defense and it saves a lot of energy,” sophomore third baseman Trevor Werner said. “That’s what helped us be successful and get the win … A couple of days ago before our first elimination game, we talked about taking it one game at a time. Don’t let the Aggies win one.” Entering the game, the Irish were 34-4 in games when they scored first, proving an early lead to be crucial to the Aggies. Starting pitcher and sophomore righty Nathan Dettmer did his part, holding the Golden Domers to two scoreless innings with a pair of strikeouts, but A&M started slow again at the plate. Through two innings, A&M had seven plate appearances with only one hit — a double from junior designated hitter Austin Bost — and one walk from sophomore second baseman Ryan Targac. Notre Dame’s starting pitcher junior righty Liam Simon snagged seven strikeouts in just the first two frames, harkening back to Schlossnagle’s earlier complaints after the Texas game about the Aggies giving up “free outs.” Once the third inning light shined on the Charles Schwab Field scoreboard, though, the

Aggies began to wake up, and the Irish began to make mistakes on the field. “It hurts when you give [the other team] opportunities like that. They’re a fantastic team,” Notre Dame coach Link Jarrett said. “I didn’t feel like we ever got into a real rhythm … We clearly didn’t play a well-rounded game.” After opening the top of the inning with a walk, junior centerfielder Jordan Thompson advanced to second after a balk by Simon. Then, senior shortstop Kole Kaler advanced to first after a fly ball failed to be caught by Notre Dame’s senior centerfielder Spencer Myers. Piling on the mistakes, Werner was walked, forcing the Notre Dame staff to pull Simon for freshman lefty Jack Findlay. With the bases loaded, sophomore first baseman Jack Moss continued his cold streak, striking out at the plate, but when senior left fielder Dylan Rock got up to bat, the Irish finally cracked. Rock reached home on a throwing error, allowing him to advance to second, Werner to advance to third and Thompson and Kaler to run home for a 2-0 ballgame. With the errors piling up, Bost was walked before Targac hit a fly ball into a double play, but not before Werner ran home for the Ag-

gies’ third run of the third inning. To close the third, Dettmer continued his no-hitter, keeping the Irish scoreless. Despite a pair of singles from A&M and a single from Notre Dame senior catcher David LaManna, neither team managed to score in the fourth. Leading off the fifth, Werner lit up a Findlay pitch for a 394-foot flight to deep left field, giving the Aggies their third homer of the College World Series. Wanting in on the action, Moss broke his batting slump with a deep ball to right-centerfield for a double. He then took third base on a passed ball and home plate on a Rock single, giving A&M a 5-0 lead and forcing a third pitcher out for the Irish, senior righty Alex Rao. Rao controlled the bleeding to end the fifth, but Notre Dame had another scoreless inning before pulling Rao for senior lefty Will Mercer midway through the top of the sixth after giving up a walk and a single. Neither team managed to score until the bottom of the eighth. Dettmer was pulled after seven innings — pitching three hits, no walks, six strikeouts and no runs — and senior right fielder Brooks Coetzee led off with a solo homer on freshman righty Brad Rudis to tighten things at 5-1. “I thought it was a great ballgame. Obviously, [Dettmer] was outstanding in every sense of the word, coming back on short rest and giving us exactly what we need,” Schlossnagle said. “After Friday[‘s game against Oklahoma], I felt terrible and like I let my team down,” Dettmer said. “[It felt good] to redeem myself. To know the guys behind me believed in me, it felt amazing.” “[Friday] was tough. After that game, I felt so little,” Dettmer said. “I went in my hotel room and I cried. I didn’t know what to do and I felt lost. My good friend, [junior right-handed pitcher] Micah Dallas texted me and said that one game doesn’t define me as a person. All my worth is through God, and he told me that’s not my story. I had to trust in His plan, and I had success today.” After Rudis hit senior left fielder Ryan Cole and walked Myers, Rudis was pulled with just 15 pitches under his belt, placing junior lefty Joseph Menefee at the mound to close out the eighth and the game, which he accomplished. A&M will face back against the team who gave it its first loss of the postseason, Oklahoma, in a 1 p.m. matchup on Wednesday, June 22. If the Aggies win, they would need to beat Oklahoma a second time in a row to reach the championship. With a loss, the Aggies will head home to College Station. “Whether we win or lose the rest of this thing, this team is going to be remembered for a really long time,” Schlossnagle said.

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