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Respect fallen, their family In preparation for our Silver Taps edition of The Battalion, our reporters interview friends and family members of those being honored during that month’s ceremony. We learn their stories. We learn about their childhood, their hobbies, their passions and their unrequited plans for the future. More often than not, these legacies are relayed to us over tear-filled phone interviews. During Silver Taps, it can be easy to allow a name to pass through you without resonation. As you stand in the stillness tonight, as the crack of the rifles and mournful tones of the bugles reverberate through Academic Plaza, keep in mind that behind each name there is the life of a student just like you. And remember, it could just as easily be your name echoing out into the dark. We are a University known for its adherence to tradition. Be it Midnight Yell, the Aggie Ring, the Century Tree or the MSC, every Aggie is bound together by a unique sense of place, language and practice. But as a family, the characteristic that sets us apart the most is our acceptance and respect of our own mortality. Silver Taps is meant to honor and remember our fellow Aggies, but it is also an opportunity to offer a sign of respect to the family and friends of the deceased. It is important for students — on and off campus — to attend the ceremony. This is what Silver Taps and, to a larger extent, Muster, is all about — the celebration of life through the acknowledgment of its finite nature. There is nothing like it in any other university in the country.
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The Battalion Matteo Barbarino laughs as he thinks about the time his buddy woke him up in the middle of the night, claiming there had been a fight that night. His buddy, sophomore economics major Luca Bonasera, had failed to tell him it was him in a fight, and that he hadn’t come out on top. Barbarino, a physics graduate student, said Luca’s character was one of bravery. Luca was a sophomore economics major. He died in a car accident June 2. Maggie Bonasera, Luca’s mother, said he was very involved with his family. “He was always very attentive, protective of his younger brothers,” she said.
The Battalion Nigel Hart, formerly Reginald Sean Hartfield, will be one of the Aggies honored at Silver Taps on Tuesday. He died June 2 after battling an unexpected case of lung cancer. Hart was a driven and accomplished person. He was working on his doctorate in psychology at Texas A&M, but not before serving in the U.S. military. Before attending college, Hart had been a member of the U.S. Marine Corps for six years. He served in the Gulf War. “Nigel had worked as an undergraduate research assistant and then proceeded to enter into a master’s program at the University of California,” said Paul Wellman, professor and interim head of
The Battalion Blake Matthew Schoenrock grew up in Mesquite, but made his way to College Station as soon as he could. “From the time Blake started looking for a college to go to, A&M was his first choice,” said Randy Schoenrock, Blake’s father,. “When he got accepted, he was extremely excited.” While at Texas A&M, Blake attended Grace Bible Church. “Blake was a Christian and extremely proud of his faith,” said Garrett Chapman his friend of 15 years and junior finance major. “He was always willing to tell about God and loved him very much.” Chapman said Blake was probably one of the funniest people he ever met.
The Battalion Luke Urbanovsky was a friend to many and a true Aggie at heart. Luke was a freshman chemical engineering major and member of the freshman leadership organization MSC FISH. He spent numerous hours volunteering in BryanCollege Station at various local businesses and organizations, including the Waldenbrooke Retirement Home, Boys and Girls Club and a project called Tiger Friends. Luke set apart time to spend with special needs children at a local high school. “He loved to laugh and smile and make people feel good,”, said Connie Urbanovsky, Luke’s mother. “He was really smart, really helpful and was really looking forward to his sophomore year.”
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Barrett House The Battalion Students were called on yet again to assemble at the YMCA building on Monday to partake in another commercial filmed on campus. This time, it was AT&T Inc. behind the Yell Practice. The commercial, another installment of publicity with College GameDay, which is coming to College Station for the A&M-Florida game on Saturday is part of an AT&T promotion for the show. “This is part of our sponsorship with AT&T and related to College GameDay coming on Saturday,” said Shane Hinckley, vice president and business development of Texas A&M. “AT&T is filming a national commercial to promote their sponsorship of College GameDay.” Hinckley said the premise behind the AT&T commercial is following two people, Will and Ravi, as they travel across the country and perform various tasks at different schools assigned by viewers. “One of the tasks assigned to us was to lead an impromptu Yell Practice on the steps of the YMCA building, where it all started,” Hinckley said. Will and Ravi practiced with the Yell Leaders prior to the Yell
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The Battalion Pulling days were set to begin Monday morning for the Texas A&M-Florida game, and it has been a longstanding tradition that students camp out in front of Kyle Field before ticket windows open. However, this year campers were pitching tents without the possibility of pulling a ticket based off their placement in line. An email was sent Saturday afternoon by the Division of Marketing and Communication stating that the system for pulling tickets would return to its originally intended format. The updated system randomizes how tickets are distributed to students. Tickets are being distributed randomly by sections — four sections at a time — starting with the best section. Tickets are being assigned beginning with the seats between the 40-yard lines, according to 12th Man Foundation senior vice president Carole Dollins. It is unclear to the extent of involve-
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Aggie yell leaders practice yells with hundreds of students on camera Monday afternoon outside of the YMCA building for the AT&T commercial to be aired during ESPN College GameDay. Practice. Hinckley said they were then pitted against an Aggie crowd who were ready to hump it and see what they could do. But not only did Will and Ravi lead the group in yells, they were also carried to Fish Pond and thrown in like actual Yell Leaders. Hinckley said the call for Aggie extras was put out three hours before the shooting for the commercial began. “They didn’t announce where they were going to be until Sunday
inside news | 3 Back in action After a brief stall due to flooding, the newly renovated YMCA building has been opened to the student body.
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Camryn Ford The Battalion The lyrics of “Y-M-C-A” usually create a cacophony of large arm motions trying to mimic the shape of the actual letters, but neglected is the meaning of the letters. Newly renovated but masked by mystery to most students, the YMCA building on campus stands renewed and ready for use. YMCA stands for Young Men’s Christian Association. Unless given a specific reason to enter the building on campus, most students tend to just admire its beauty from the sidewalk as they walk by, subconsciously wondering why the building is there in the first place. “The YMCA is one of my favorite buildings on campus, and shows how a good design can retain the best of the past for the benefit of the future,” said David Woodcock, Professor Emeritus of Architecture at Texas A&M. Woodcock said that it was the first building on campus with a social, rather than an academic or residential, use. The YMCA had buildings on many campuses and in many towns and cities, and combined rooms for formal meetings and informal gatherings, with special purpose rooms for physical and spiritual well-being. The original YMCA building on campus was equipped with a swimming pool, bowling alley and chapel. All of those features have been changed and renovated over time to create office space in the building.
Over the years, the many renovations caused the entire building to become structurally unsound. The only pool on campus is now located at the Recreation Center and the chapel was closed when the All Faiths Chapel opened across the street. Parts of the old building can actually be found throughout the renovations, including tiles from the swimming pool on the elevator floor signs. The building was flooded last February, which caused severe damages. “It destroyed the 41 brand new computers in the lab. Obviously there was a lot of cleaning up to do,” said Gary Varner, head of the Department of Philosophy. The cleanup began immediately after the flood, but all of the repairs were not completed until the middle of the summer.” Since the building has undergone changes to better prepare it for other extreme weather conditions, it houses several new offices. It is now occupied by the Department of Philosophy and Humanities, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Student Learning Center, Student Success Center, Office of Faculties/ Associate Provost, the Faculty Senate, and the International Faculty and Scholars Services. Communications manager in the division of administration, Karen Bigley, said that the YMCA is a historically significant building on campus and prominently featured along military walk. Due to the building’s location alongside Military Walk, it has his-
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The original YMCA building included a swimming pool, bowling alley and a chapel. Over time, the YMCA was renovated to the current status – office space to house multiple departments and class rooms. torically been used on A&M’s campus for one more traditional purpose. “Since the YMCA was the social center of the campus and backed onto Military Walk where most of the cadets lived, the tradition of practicing ‘yells’ would naturally have begun on the steps of the building,” Woodcock said. Woodcock also said this took place as a tradition from the late 1880s to the 1950s. He said that it remains in his hopes that the Corps of Cadets will add an annual march from south to north to recall the daily tradition from so long ago. Although the building has lost its original purpose, it still maintains a lifetime of history to offer students and is a true part of the University. Woodcock said the renovations of
both the building and Military Walk were made possible through the support of others. “Thanks to the support of the administration and the generosity of alumni, Military Walk and the YMCA represent the best of that past,” Woodcock said. Traditionally, before the YMCA was closed, yell practices were held on its steps after an Aggie football win at home. With the reopening of the YMCA building, that tradition is returning to where it originated. “It is a part of tradition to do postgame yell practices on the steps of the YMCA building,” said Geral Harris, assistant director of student activities and Yell Leader adviser. “We will be doing yell practices there like they have in the past.”
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Fan falls, dies during game at Georgia Dome ATLANTA — A 20-year-old fan from Tennessee was drinking alcohol before he fell to his death in the Georgia Dome and struck another man, who was injured, authorities said Saturday. Isaac Grubb of Lenoir City, Tenn., was killed Friday night when he fell over a 33-inch railing and plummeted to the lower level of the downtown Atlanta stadium during the Tennessee-North Carolina State game. Investigators are awaiting results from the medical examiner’s office before determining whether alcohol was a major factor in the accident. His family could not be reached for comment.
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show would ever revisit our storied University. Now that Texas A&M has been selected and the matchup against Florida will be nationally broadcasted, the excitement will continue to build up as if I were a kid entering a department-sized candy store. I look forward to the detailed analysis presented by GameDay residents Chris Fowler and Desmond Howard. I want to hear Kirk Herbstreit tell the nation, once again, that Texas A&M is home to the greatest student section in the country. Finally, I would like to see Lee Corso, but in some wacky A&M apparel, signifying that he predicts the Aggies to pull off the stunning upset. This Saturday, it’s now my turn, as it will be for many Aggies, to throw myself into the frenzy. As A&M makes their long awaited SEC debut in front of the nation, the entire country will be around to see it happen. Right now, I can only imagine the maroon and white draped around campus, the BBQ pits firing up the mouth watering, succulent meats, and, of course, everyone getting ready to beat the hell out of Florida. In a matter of days, however, it will be a reality. Our reality. Michael Rodriguez is a senior industrial engineering major and sports desk assistant for The Battalion.
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changes we made this year,� Dollins said. “We felt that the approval of the process was already there so we didn’t feel like we were making changes that were outside the structure that already existed. We felt that we were just improving them and putting them back the way they had been before.� Despite the fact the system was designed to be fully randomized, many students still have a problem with not being able to wake up early and pull tickets based on their placement in line. “Someone who has been here for a while like [Delta Company], we have been here since Saturday at 10 in the morning, and we don’t know if we’re going to get our normal seats,� said James McGoldrick, junior agriculture and life sciences major. “We were always first row.� Dollins said, according to how the ticket pulling system was originally intended to operate, being first in line didn’t guarantee a front row seat. “There’s no more rush to be the first in line,� Dollins said. “It was supposed to be random and now we are go-
ing back to that.� A student pull system has been in place since the 1970s, Dollins said. Over time, the system transformed from pulling tickets out of a basket at random to the more modern computer software system. “We changed systems in 2006 but no randomization was available,� Dollins said. “Now we have managed to put in a seesaw order. We could have let that be random from the start.� During last year’s Texas game, issues arose when a high volume of students camped out in hopes of getting the best tickets available. “As the demand has gotten high, it has caused some challenges and it’s put an emphasis on camping that isn’t in the best interest of the students,� Dollins said. By the end of Monday, Dollins said 14,000 tickets were pulled. The number of tickets pulled for the Florida game ranks second behind the game versus Texas in 2011, in which 16,000 tickets were pulled.
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Aggies take invitational, prep for Long Beach The Battalion Working off an edgy start to the season, the No. 17 ranked Aggie soccer team was able to hit their stride with two critical victories over No. 16 Rutgers and St. Mary’s en route to securing the Texas A&M Invitational this past weekend. Hosting the four-team tournament at Ellis Field, A&M knocked off the Scarlet Knights 4-1 on Friday evening and finished off the Gaels 1-0 on Sunday afternoon, showing continued improvement after an early season upset loss at San Diego. “We’re getting close to where we need to be,” said head coach G Guerrieri. “We’re getting used to winning which is a good characteristic to have on this team.” Despite falling behind Rutgers early, the Aggies’ consistent offensive pressure netted four consecutive goals, two in each half. Standout sophomore Kelley Monogue, working off summer ACL surgery, garnered both the tying and lead-
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To the last minute Popular comic artist provides insight into graduate student life Jake Walker The Battalion As part of the MSC Grand Opening Celebration, Jorge Cham gave a lighthearted and interesting look into the life of the average graduate student, and some of the challenges they face along the way. Cham earned his doctorate from Stanford in mechanical engineering. While in school at Stanford, Cham responded to an advertisement in the campus newspaper and began drawing and writing comics, which he jokingly referred to as a global misery phenomenon. “The underlying theme [of the comics] was always about asking the real question about grad school, the big question,” Cham said. “Which is — why? Why do you put up with all that?” Cham described the challenges a graduate student might face, from scrubbing lab floors to dealing with pre-thesis stress, then began describing his thoughts on procrastination. “Why can’t we just do the things
we’re supposed to do?” Cham said. “I thought about this one for a long time and I think the answer to this question has something to do with the fact that: We just don’t want to do them.” In an audience made up almost entirely of graduate students, many of them agreed with Cham and enjoyed his humorous take on the life of a graduate student. “It’s good to always have a sense of humor about your field, about what you’re doing,” said Kevin Andrews, agricultural leadership, education and communication doctoral student. “No matter what you’re going through, to kind of keep that perspective and then just to be able to laugh at yourself, be able to laugh at your co-workers, your colleagues — everyone else is going through the same thing.” Austin Cox, aerospace engineering graduate student, said he was introduced to Cham’s comics by fellow graduate students and said he thought Cham did a good job with
LOS ANGELES — Michael Clarke Duncan, the hulking, prolific character actor whose dozens of films included an Oscar-nominated performance as a death row inmate in “The Green Mile” and such other box office hits as “Armageddon,” ‘’Planet of the Apes” and “Kung Fu Panda,” is dead at age 54. Duncan died Monday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, where he was being treated for a heart attack, said his fiancée, reality TV personality Rev. Omarosa Manigault, in a statement. The muscular, 6-foot-4 Duncan, a former bodyguard who turned to acting in his 30s, “suffered a myocardial infarction on July 13 and never fully recovered,” the statement said. “Manigault is grateful for all of your prayers and asks for privacy at this time. Celebrations of his life, both private and public, will be announced at a later date.”
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Students laugh at jokes told by Jorge Cham as he talks about his art and personal graduate school experiences as a part of the MSC Grand Opening Academic Day. the presentation, but maintained a degree of skepticism about Cham’s points on procrastination. “He works hard, obviously,” Cox said. “Procrastination is good, occasionally, but you can’t procrastinate all the time. He says ‘Oh I
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Luca always wanted to make sure his brothers looked cool and felt comfortable at school. “I would give them a shirt or fix their hair in a kind of nerdy way and he would complain and say, ‘Mama, what are you doing?” Maggie said. Maggie said her son liked to clown around and play with his younger siblings, but always knew where to draw the line. “He had a super relationship with his little brothers,” Barbarino said. “The way he used to play with his brothers was super cool. They loved him.” Luca was also very protective of his sisters. “He was very careful about his sister,” Barbarino said. “As all Sicilians are Italians, we take care of our family.” Maggie said Luca was very sensitive to people’s needs.
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“He was so easy to get along with. People who met him for the first time would instantly be captivated by his personality and humor,” Chapman said. Chapman said the most memorable experience he had with Blake while at A&M was at the A&M-Nebraska game at Kyle Field on Nov. 20, 2010. “Our seats were on the field level, row 1, on about the 5 yard line. During the game President Loftin came by and shook our hands and took a picture with Blake,” Chapman said. “When the Aggies won, Blake and I went out on the field, did the ‘War Hymn’ with the football players, and afterwards, Blake did a chest bump with Ozoma Nwachukwu. We talked about that night being one of our favorite Aggie experiences.” Another friend of Blake’s, junior fellow petroleum engineering major Carter Henderson, remembers Blake’s hard work and motivation at A&M. “Blake was one of my three roommates last semester and there wasn’t a day that went by without laughing,” Henderson said. “Some of my best memories with Blake were going to the A&M football games
“He was always ready to help out the underdog,” Maggie said. “When he was little, my husband used to say he was a lawyer, because he would defend somebody getting in trouble even if he wasn’t involved.” Barbarino, who is also from Sicily, said he was very similar to Luca, which created a close relationship between the two. “When you’re far away from home and there’s someone from your place, you just need a few days to get really close,” Barbarino said. “We were very similar in a lot of things: behaviors, personality, he was as friendly as I am.” Luca originally began his college career at Texas A&MGalveston but transferred to College Station to study finance. Maggie said he really put himself into what he was studying. “He’d gotten interested in current events, politics and economics, and different markets around the world,” Maggie said. “And it wasn’t just
last year.” Henderson said Blake gave his all in everything he did, whether it was sports, school, family or friends. “My friendship with Blake was unique because we were so similar. We were always working toward our goals,” Henderson said. “We both worked very hard in school and we had big dreams of making an impact in this world.” It was two weeks before Blake had a heart attack that he completed his first triathlon. “After last summer, he started swimming a lot. He enjoyed doing that,” Randy said. “He raced down in Kema right before finals.” Randy said one of the things that helped them through this time is the Aggie saying, “Gig ‘em.” “For us, that has come to mean God is God every moment. While we were in the hospital that was just something we said a lot. When you go through something like that, for us, God was who we leaned on,” Randy said. Randy said they have a very strong church family and that Blake demonstrated that well. “He had a go for it attitude. He was a godly man. And, he just brought a lot of joy to our lives,” Randy said.
because he was studying it, it was something he was interested in.” Maggie also said Bonasera was very proud of his heritage, regardless of where he was living. “When he was little and lived in Italy he was very proud of his American heritage. And he loved McDonalds and the icons of the United States,” Maggie said. “When he lived here he turned around and was very proud of his Sicilian heritage.”
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Connie said Luke loved MSC FISH, where he made a lot of friends, who supported him well. Fifty-eight of the 80 total members of MSC FISH attended Luke’s funeral. Connie said that in high school Luke visited College Station for a football game at Kyle Field and fell in love with it. “Luke loved everything about Texas A&M — loved everything,” Connie said. “He loved the football games, he loved the sports, the whole campus, the traditions. Everything.” Luke participated in the Big Event and was also active in the Tiny Hands, an organization dedicated to empowering the Body of Christ in the developing world to fight against
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poverty and social injustice. “He was a true Aggie,” Connie said. “I mean, everything: the traditions, everything about A&M. He was right in the middle of it.” Luke told his mother, after returning home from his freshman year, how much he cared about A&M. “I wish I knew in high school,” Luke said. “This past year was the best year of my life.” Luke’s brother Josh Urbanovsky set up a website in memory his brother. The website contains a blog filled with letters from friends, family and all those who knew and loved Luke. The website also provides a place to donate to an endowment program in Luke’s name. The endowment program, set up by Luke’s family, seeks to raise $25,000 in support of MSC FISH.
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Barbarino said he is very close with the Bonasera family. Aldo Bonasera, Luca’s father, is Barbarino’s adviser. Aldo and Barbarino still share a love for Bonasera because of who he was. “He was fair with people and he was good to his brothers and sisters. We share a lot of love for this guy,” Barbarino said, wiping away a tear. “He was my little brother. I was always dreaming about having a little brother.”
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