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“New people meeting new people. It’s the opportunity to meet new people, to make new friends. It sounds cheesy, but I’ve met so many people already and I’m having a great time right now.” Kyle Applegate, freshman business major

“The people, in general. The free food is great, but ultimately, it’s about the whole event in its entirety.” Michael Salazar, freshman engineering major

Gig ‘Em Week, which began on Sunday, continued Monday with the Howdy Cookout (bottom) and Tuesday with Aggie Fest and an evening Yell Practice.

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“Walking three miles every day around campus. Just kidding. My favorite event was the one with the sausage wraps.” McKenzie Harrison, freshman biology major

With yells, food, events and fun, A&M welcomes students old and new

inside campus | 3 SHARP UPD offers training course to protect and empower women.

sports | 5 Von Miller suspended The NFL suspends the Broncos linebacker for six games.

campus | 7 Textbook options From campus bookstores to online sources, options emerge as students begin buying textbooks.

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Letter from the Student Body President

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owdy, welcome back to Aggieland! It has been such an incredible summer with so many Aggies furthering their academics in school, traveling the globe to serve and study, and applying their skills through summer internships and jobs. I know that this momentum from the summer will contribute to what is sure to be a tremendous fall semester at Texas A&M. Freshman class of 2017, I have had such an excellent time getting to meet and welcome you at New Student Conferences and Fish Camps. Upperclassmen, it is sure good to see y’all back in College Station, and campus full again. Together, we make up the greatest student body in the nation. With school about to start up on Monday, I want to highlight three important topics for all classifications this fall: 1) Get Involved: Joining an organization on campus is the best way to get plugged in, build lasting relationships, and serve during your time here at A&M. To help you find an organization for you there are two dates I want to have you mark on your calendar. • Student Activities Open House: Thursday, Aug. 22 from 1-3 p.m. in Koldus 125. Come meet leaders and find out more information about hundreds

of organizations. • MSC Open House: Sunday, Sept. 1 from 1-5 p.m. in the MSC Ballroom. Like the Student Activities Open House, this is an excellent way to learn how to get involved on campus. 2) Silver Taps: I want to personally invite and encourage you to attend each Silver Taps this year starting with our first Taps on Tuesday Sept. 3 at 10:30 p.m. in Academic Plaza. Held on the first Tuesday of every month, Silver Taps is one of the most sacred traditions we have at A&M. If you have never been, this is a time that we, as an Aggie family, honor the lives of cur-

rent students who have passed away during the last month as well as stand in support of their family and friends during their grieving process. 3) BUILD: Be on the lookout for more information about how to get involved in constructing a Habitat for Humanity house as a student body this semester as we come together as Aggies to selflessly serve for the greater good. I am so excited for this upcoming school year and witnessing you, the 12th Man, continue to inspire, serve and lead under the national spotlight. There has truly never been a better time to be a Fightin’ Texas Aggie! God Bless and Gig ‘Em. Reid Joseph, Class of 2014, is Student Body President of Texas A&M University.

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Amelie Berger (right), junior environmental geoscience major, practices self defense techniques in a SHARP course.

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he first few weeks of the semester can be an exhilarating time as students settle into their new courses and schedules, but they also represent an increase in sexual assaults on college campuses said Heather Wheeler, the program coordinator of the Women’s Resource Center (WRC) at Texas A&M. Staff at the WRC and officers with the University Police Department (UPD) are helping women learn how to defend themselves in instances of sexual harassment and assault through SHARP, a sexual harassment and rape prevention training course offered for women only. The first course of the semester will be held from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Wednesday Aug. 21 by UPD, with subsequent courses, in September and October, facilitated by both the WRC and UPD. Kristi Hosea, an officer with UPD who holds SHARP courses on campus, said the program provides women with simple, effective skills they will be able to practically use in both low and high-stress situations. SHARP includes lectures and interactive teaching, allowing students to practice using the information they learn with peers and eventually, an officer in a padded suit. Melanie Krugel, who works with the Office of the Dean of Student Life, participated in a previous course held by UPD. Initially hesitant because she did not want to harm someone else, Krugel said she was very glad she took the training course. “Going to the course and learning more about it and the importance of safety, it really helped me to calm my fears because I would be defending myself if I needed to,” Krugel said. “Even though I’m not a violent person, even though I don’t believe in hurting other people, it helps me to be able to help myself or someone else.”

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Krugel said not only was she more comfortable in her surroundings after taking the course, but her husband, a former goldenglobe boxer, felt much better about his wife encountering potentially dangerous situations. Now, Krugel said, she feels prepared to help herself or someone else in a situation where she would have previously been unprepared. The tactics taught in a SHARP course are designed to be practical and easy to remember, Hosea said. As an advisor for the graduate student council, Krugel said she recommends the course for all the female students she comes in contact with. “Those skills are obviously tangible and transferable for life, no matter where they go,” Krugel said. The course also teaches women how their body will react to a stressful situation and how to cope with those changes quickly. While practicing with an officer in a padded suit, Wheeler, who also participated in a SHARP course, said she was surprised when her body actually experienced those changes she learned about in the lecture. “What I found to be really important is knowing how your body is going to respond and what to expect in terms of how your thought process will actually change if you’re in a crisis,” Wheeler said. Ed Frank, an officer with the Bryan County Sheriff’s Department who holds SHARP programs once a month, said the program not only teaches women practical skills, but allows them to leave the course feeling empowered. “When they get done with the course, they say they feel a lot safer in their own skin because they now know they can do something,” Frank said. Wheeler said she ultimately hopes programs such as SHARP will not only help individual women learn skills and feel empowered, but reduce sexual harassment and assault occurring across campus. “We’re really hoping that programs like this that teach skills will reduce the instances of violence that we’re seeing among our student population,” Wheeler said.

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lad in hairnets and plastic gloves, 150 new and returning students and leaders from the Aggie Orientation Leadership Program (AOLP), gathered on Tuesday in the Memorial Student Center for Stop Hunger Now — an inaugural Gig ‘Em week service project. The students prepared 17,000 meals that were packaged to support ‘Stop Hunger Now’, an international hunger relief agency that has fed children and families in more than 43 countries. To keep the energy level high, music played while students worked and a gong sounded each time a thousand meals were finished being boxed. The packaged meals — each costing twenty-five cents — contained items such as dehydrated rice, soy, vegetables and packets of 21 essential vitamins and minerals to provide nutrition to those in need. Funds to purchase meals were raised through ‘Donate-a-Dime’ which was introduced to students at their the New Student Conferences. At each New Student Conference, students and family members were encouraged to donate one dime in order to reach a goal of $4,250, by the end of the summer’s last Conference. In years past, AOLP has promoted a cause for new students to raise funds. But Tuesday marked the first service project students had the opportunity to be directly involved. “For years, AOLP has collected change during the New Student Conference through the Donate-a-Dime Program at the close of our day one evening programs, but we wanted to do more than raise funds for a worthy cause,� said Carrie Bierck, assistant coordinator to New Student and Family programs. “We wanted to give students the opportunity to have a hands-on experience with service.�

We have had a chance to interact with the newest members of the Aggie family throughout the summer. I can say that they are a spirited and committed class. — Carrie

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way to get involved.� Pat Ware, assistant program manager with Stop Hunger Now’s Jackson, Miss., warehouse, said it was encouraging to see students willing to work together while simultaneously having the opportunity to create relationships with other new students. “I always enjoy college events,� Ware said. “We’re growing as an organization. We started out in churches and now we’re branching out to different corporations and universities.� AOLP orientation mentor Alex Smith assisted with the event’s organization, helping create a vision for Tuesday’s service project. Smith said he was amazed by the success of the event and that student turnout for the event “exceeded expectations.� “Hopefully this will become a new tradition as part of humanitarian projects for future A&M students,� Smith said.

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he Kyle Field intra-squad scrimmage was built entirely upon design. Every pass and handoff was prearranged beforehand, leaving no room for elaboration or creativity. Two weeks prior to Texas A&M’s home opener against intra-state rival Rice, the team’s public practice felt bland, almost tasteless, with a script for each and every motion. Head coach Kevin Sumlin and his staff might as well have been working within the confines of a controlled laboratory, deliberately tolerating a lethargic attitude amongst their players throughout the scrimmage. At this point in the preseason preparations, there was no need for sudden complications due to an overzealous backup — why take the risk? As a patient observer, I understood the necessity but continued to jump back to the same simple description: bland and scripted. Where was last season’s seemingly effortless offensive rhythm? Where was the hard-nosed, aggressive defense known for its physicality and combative style of play? It was as if both sides had been ordered to throw the game, and each player was earning his due reward and then some. While not apparent during the first few series, a certain play midway through the

scrimmage captured the coaching staff’s true intention in a single moment: a simple handoff to a running back who I didn’t immediately recognize. A short explanation: Texas A&M’s running back situation is about as good as one could hope. With four Division I starters on the roster — senior Ben Malena and sophomores Brandon Williams, Tra Carson and Trey Williams — a handoff to anyone but one of the above demonstrates Sumlin and his staff have an ulterior motive behind the scrimmage’s ultimate purpose. Simply, prevent possible starters from risking serious injury while allowing young talent to showcase their skills to a sizeable crowd. According to Sumlin, each player on the 105-man roster took the field during at least one series for the Aggies — a feat in itself considering the scrimmage only lasted around

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Texas A&M offensive linemen ready for practice drills during fall camp; from left — Jake Matthews, Mike Matthews, Cedric Ogbuehi and Germain Ifedi.

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Quarterback Johnny Manziel prepping for the scrimmage.

an hour and a half. “I think every guy out of the 105 played today, so that was the key, to get them on video, Sumlin said. “We got a bunch of plays, 70-something plays without the kicking plays, so we were giving them an opportunity, particularly these young guys in the D-line, the front, and then the secondary and those receivers got a bunch of snaps, and those were the guys that we really wanted to pay attention to today.” The coaching staff protected the strategic and tactical assets of the team with a flavorless walk-through, keeping prying eyes of opponent’s scouts unentertained. In fact, the only noteworthy performance came from an unlikely source: punter. Redshirt sophomore Drew Kaser bombed multiple punts approximately 60-70 yards, leading many reporters to compare the strong-legged kicker to A&M legend and current Houston Texan Shane Lechler. Kaser has forced Sumlin and his special teams staff to work on deeper punt coverage formations to adjust to his power kicking style. “I thought Kaser punted the ball excellently today,” Sumlin said. “We’re working on coverage because of how long he’s punting the ball. I’m not complaining, because you get what you get, but that’s why we were working on coverage today, because he has shown a strong leg. Hopefully, we don’t have to use him that much, but if we do and when we do, we can get consistency out of him.” When the punter captures the attention of the media well enough to earn his own question at the post-scrimmage press conference, nothing much really happened. And that was all by design.

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Creating holes in walls is against Texas The Battalion A&M policy, and Curry said a variety of strips and other devices can allow students to hang s students move into college for the comthings without drilling holes. Efficient storage ing year, the week before classes start ofoptions can also be important in the shared ten involves making a new space home. Living space of a dorm room, she said. in the residence halls is a unique experience Freshman biology major Victoria Watts that can require some adjustment. said the dorm rooms were bigger than she ex“I was able to move everything in pretty pected, allowing for more room to decorate easily,” freshman biology major Amanda Ibarand other uses like storage. ra said of Sunday’s move-in on Texas A&M’s Students moving campus. “I’ve actuin Sunday spent time ally had a really simple decorating and orgatime walking around nizing their rooms We want to make sure [stucampus, it wasn’t that but were able to dents’] money is well-spent bad. Anytime I needed reflect on the posihelp, there was always and that students can get evtives and negatives someone to direct me.” erything they need at a great of living in dorms Brenda Curry, price. opposed to living off Walmart’s back-tocampus. — Brenda Curry college expert in Col“I think its cool lege Station knows that you can just how to help students walk out of your dorm and be right at Kyle make a dorm room a little more welcoming. Field,” freshman mechanical engineering maRecently, she set up sample dorm rooms on jor Brandt Graham said. “Living in the dorms campus. you’re so close to everything.” “We set up one boy room and one girl Curry and representatives from around the room,” Curry said. “It can help give them an community will participate in Aggieland Maridea of how to set up their room.” ket Place on Friday, Aug. 23, from 11 a.m. – 2 Curry said they keep Texas A&M residence p.m., which will allow them to interact with hall regulations in mind when considering the students and offer flyers, gift cards, informaproducts and services that they offer to stution and other items in Academic Plaza. dents. “A&M prohibits students from using wireless features on different electronic devices such as printers and video games,” she said. “We work with a lot of top electronics comsee ads at thebatt.com panies such as Apple, Acer and HP for great products.”

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Expanded buying options drive price comparisons prefer to purchase or rent textbooks from online retailers. “Online sources tend to be more flexible and give you a longer time span to return the Allison Rubenak book,” Cabrera said. The Battalion To assist with student’s budgeting needs, hether combing shelves for ISBN num- evolving websites like BigWords.com act as bers or opting for online shopping carts, middlemen to determine total cost of one’s purchasing textbooks will inevitably be on the purchase from popular sellers such as Amazon. mind of new and returning students as they com or Half.com through “bulk item price optimization.” Students are able to take advanprepare for the fall semester. Students will consider factors such as pric- tage of the most cost effective deals presented. “Normally, out of price comparison sites, ing, arrival time, purchasing venue and sell back rates when purchasing or renting text- you are looking for one book at a time and raided with a hundred prices for that book,” books. Blaine Balliett, a junior agricultural leader- said Jeff Sherwood, founder and CEO of Bigship and development major, said most stu- Words.com. “That doesn’t take into account dents begin their search for textbooks at the promotions and shipping, and things that can Barnes and Noble campus bookstore, buying decrease the cost of your items as you buy more the books directly from the list the bookstore and more from a given vendor.” Sherwood said the provides, or instead, BigWords.com site is choosing to make unique in that it utitheir own price comlizes merchants who parisons. I feel like you have to start “specialize in text“Everything is right here where you need looking where the good books,” and calculates future sellback rates. it,” said Wyatt WhalGaining in popuey, a freshman me- deals might be as soon as larity each year, some chanical engineering you get your schedule students choose to major who plans to Facebook buy all his books from — Blaine Balliett employ groups as another outthe campus bookstore let for selling and buythis semester. Balliett said campus bookstore prices might ing used books. Both Balliett and Cabrera said they have be higher than other textbook sellers, but students can be assured the campus bookstore will friends who find Facebook beneficial because provide them with the “security” of having the the selling process is peer-to-peer with opportunities for negotiation. Cabrera said fellow right materials. “There’s been classes where I’ve gone and students understand “the pain of buying books the guy next to me has asked to see my book, and how much of a hassle it is.” Cabrera said off-campus textbook sellers because his doesn’t look the same,” Balliett said. “They ended up getting the wrong ver- were also “great options,” because of lower rates and the in-person customer service not sion of the textbook.” Students may encounter many incon- provided by the online sources. Balliett said much of the textbook buying veniences when purchasing textbooks — beyond expensive prices or incorrect textbook process is improved through student initiative. versions, all-inclusive textbook packages can He advised his peers to avoid procrastinating be taxing on students and their bank accounts. the search for textbooks and to monitor up“Often I’ve bought packages from the dates to the book list. “I feel like you have to start looking where bookstore and had to return the items I didn’t actually need,” Daniela Cabrera, a junior biol- the good deals might be as soon as you get your schedule,” Balliett said. ogy major, said. To alleviate time constraints, some students

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