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The Battalion ehind the echo of 21 shots fired, the haunting sound of bugles, and the somber moment of silence, the students of Traditions Council work to continue the century old tradition that is Silver Taps. Executive director of Traditions Council and senior business honors major, Kelsey Mckechnie, said Traditions Council coordinates with the Ross Volunteers and Student Assistance Services. They do everything from setting up tables around campus where students can write letters to the families of the deceased to guiding these families around during their time on campus before Silver Taps begins. “It’s a huge honor and a humbling experience to be a part of the organization that helps keep this tradition alive,” Mckechnie said. “It also makes me really reflect on my life and my time at A&M.” Alexandra Gonzalez, junior agribusiness major and member of Traditions Council, said beyond the preparations that take place a week before the first Tuesday of each month, the Council is continually contacting the families of students to be honored and making the appropriate arrangements to accommodate those who will be attending Silver Taps as family members of the deceased. “Our job as the Council is to really stress and emphasize just how much this tradition means to the families of the students we have lost,” Gonzalez said. “Some people might not realize how much 10 to 15 minutes of their presence can really mean to the family.” In addition to buying flowers for the families of the deceased, a subcommittee of Traditions council called Campus Relations assigns a small group of students to comfort each family attending Silver Taps, Gonzalez said. These students then explain to families the process of Silver Taps and present them with the gift of a series of images depicting Silver Taps traditions. “What the hosts do is guide and lead [the families] over to the academic plaza, and see that the students around them are all quiet, no one’s on their cellphone,” Gonzalez said. Mckechnie said, in her experience, families are usually grateful and over-

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It’s a huge honor and a humbling experience to be a part of the organization that helps keep this tradition alive. It also makes me really reflect on my life and my time at A&M.”

Our job as the Council is to really stress and emphasize just how much this tradition means to the families of the students we have lost. Some people might not realize how much 10 to 15 minutes of their presence can really mean to the family.”

— Kelsey Mckechnie, executive director of Traditions Council

— Alexandra Gonzalez, member of Traditions Council

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The Battalion ational pundits have replayed since Saturday the incident, attacking Manziel for seemingly brushing off his head coach as he walked toward the sideline during the 5231 win over Rice. Tuesday morning, though, Kevin Sumlin was given the opportunity to clear the air regarding the incident. The 20-year-old quarterback received a 15-yard penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct midway through the fourth quarter and never returned. Manziel, 6-of-8 passing for 94 yards and three touchdowns on the day, said nothing as he came off the field, leaving some to speculate friction existed between Manziel and the coach. Sumlin said Tuesday, however, that Manziel was right to remain silent. “When [Manziel] came off the field, I made two statements to him, neither one of which should he have responded to,” Sumlin said. “They weren’t questions. They were direct statements I can’t repeat right now. The worst thing that could have happened is for him to reply, based on what I told him. A lot of people who made statements about that, they weren’t near that sideline. You can get a different perspective sitting in a studio or

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The Ross Volunteers Company practices marching and formations Monday afternoon at Academic Plaza.

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he MSC will play host Wednesday to the first ever Rainbow Resource Fair. The Rainbow Resource Fair is an event open to all students that aims to raise awareness of the resources available to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) students. Located in the MSC Gates Ballroom from 4 to 6 p.m., various organizations will be present to showcase their activities to those interested. Sidney Gardner, program coordinator for the GLBT Resource Center at A&M, said the fair is meant to showcase ways organizations are inclusive toward LGBTQ students. “The Rainbow Resource Fair is meant to be a place where students can come to see a variety of services that we offer on campus,” Gardner said. “It’s important for our students to feel welcome and know our resources.” Gardner described the event as a smaller version of the MSC open house but primarily for the GLBT community and allies at A&M. “It’s the culmination of a lot of things.” Gardner said. “Really, we wanted to find a way to get information to new students.” The fair, put on by the GLBT Resource Center and Aggie Allies, will consist of booths set up by student and community organizations active in Bryan-College Station. Faith communities that are affirming of LGBTQ people will also be present. One of the student organizations that will be present is LGBTQ Aggies, or LGBTQ-A. LGBTQ-A shows educational programming on the history of the LGBTQ movement and organizes GLBT Awareness Week in the spring. Katie Higgins, sophomore English major and vice president of LGBTQ-A, said the purpose of the fair is to spread awareness. “Having the Rainbow Resource Fair … combats some of the negative perceptions See Rainbow fair on page 4

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Freshmen biomedical sciences majors Wendy Burdick and Maddie Shouse examine a reproduction from a “Harper’s Weekly” magazine at the Forsyth Gallery exhibit: “The Art for All People.”

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ometimes it is easy to forget art exists outside of paintings and sketches hung on gallery walls. With their latest exhibits featuring works of commercial typography, illustrations and glass etching, Texas A&M’s Forsyth Galleries asks patrons to reevaluate their definition of fine art. The Art for All People: American Illustrators at Texas A&M University exhibit will be on display through Oct. 13 and features artists such as Robert Henri and Frederic Remington. The George Woodall and Art of English Cameo Glass display will be exhibited through Dec. 15. The Art for All People exhibit pulls from the Bill and Irma Runyon Art Collection as well as from Cushing Memorial Library and Archives, and displays the renowned ‘fine works’ of famous artists alongside their commercial illustrations from newspaper, books and advertisements. Some of these journalistic and literary illustrations have been enlarged and hung on the walls next to the artists’ framed canvases, providing for a convenient comparison. “The pieces in Art for All People were chosen to showcase the range of talent of the artists included in the Runyon Art Collection,” said Amanda Dyer, Forsyth Galleries curator. “The Runyon Art Collection constitutes a large percentage of the gallery’s permanent collection, which stands at around 2,000 pieces.” Art historians and appreciators of today will know about the paintings and fine art works displayed, Dyer said, but

those unfamiliar with the works might not have known these paintings existed. “Ironically, most of these now famous artists’ contemporaries would have been very familiar with their magazine illustration, but would have never seen any of their paintings in person,” Dyer said. The George Woodall and the Art of English Cameo exhibit is also currently on display in the Forsyth Gallery, filling the gallery with delicate works of art etched into glass vases, plates and perfume bottles. The engravings are made by layering different colors of

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heated glass, then blowing them into shape together. Later, the artist etches designs, pictures or full scenes into the glass by hand. “It’s all pretty spectacular,” said Lynn McDaniel, communications specialist for the gallery. “The details are incredible. I really enjoy seeing the expression on our visitors’ faces as they view the pieces. You can tell they are stunned by the beauty and intricacy of the cameo glass.” The gallery offers a unique opportunity to view these works of art at a convenient on-campus location. “There are very few places in the Bryan-College Station area to view important works of art,” Heather Ann Bennett, collections manager for the gallery said. “When I tell people that I manage an art collection for Texas A&M, many of them are surprised to hear that Texas A&M has an art collection.” The Forsyth Gallery gives the opportunity for students and community members to gain a greater appreciation for the art and culture around them, said Bennett. “The importance of the Forsyth is to give the students and the surrounding community exposure to the richer aspects of our culture. No one has been able to accurately say why humans are compelled to create art,” Bennett said. “It seems to be something innately in our deeper subconscious. Some people are intimidated by art, because they feel they don’t understand it. The Forsyth is an opportunity for people to encounter beautiful objects, in a welcoming space, and walk away with a greater sense of what it means to be human.”

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been in and out of College Station since he graduated from Vanderbilt two years ago, staying next door to me with a close friend,” Barnes said. “He’s always been a guy I looked up to, so when the Tyler Webb idea was pitched I jumped on The Battalion board.” Both Barnes and senior he future of routine bus travel has found its way finance major, J.D. Smiley, to College Station, thanks in are entering the company part to the efforts of a group as a startup internship. Toof business majors at Texas gether, they put in 12 to 15 hours weekly and have been A&M. The Dallas-based com- involved with the company pany, Starline Travel Group, for a month now. In addition is offering a unique bus rid- to their efforts, eight to 10 ing experience from College other Texas A&M students Station to Houston. Starline are also involved with the is breaking out of the idea project. “While J.D and I are the of typical bus travel, providing such commodities as free two top guys with the comWi-Fi, leather seating and a pany in College Station, we have a marketing group of full cabin crew. The company founders, students that we use one to Jase Chandler and Tommy two hours a week as we need Obenchain, reached out to them to get a push on cammultiple Aggies to handle pus,” Barnes said. Although he attended various business relations at the local level. Senior fi- Vanderbilt, Obenchain has nance major, Matt Barnes, many ties to A&M and saw acts as one of the head strate- a lot of opportunity in the gy executive members of the College Station area for incompany. He was offered the creases in public transportaposition through a relation- tion. “We saw a hole that needship with Obenchain. “Tommy [Obenchain] has ed to be filled,” Obenchain said. “The lack of out-of-city transportation in such a vibrant city as College Station With such seemed strange. The basic a large idea of the company was student base to extend the experience of in the city population, flying down the road to create an affordable, hassle free we believed the traveling experience.” company would Beginning Sept. 6, Starprovide a fuller range line buses will run two round of services to College trips a day, from the Northgate area in College Station Station.” to downtown Houston. — Jase Chandler, Starline will be available company founder for students and other resi-

“Tommy [Obenchain has] always been a guy I looked up to, so when the idea was pitched I jumped on board.” — Matt Barnes, senior finance major.

dents. Regardless of the purpose of travel, Chandler and Obenchain are confident the business will be a hit. “Tommy and I both worked in health care consulting and traveled a lot,” Chandler said. “Our main issue was not remaining productive during travel, and this sparked an idea for a business. With such a large student base in the city population, we believed the company would provide a fuller range of services to College Station.” In addition to the basic cabin experience, Starline is also presenting the Starplus cabin that Obenchain said will be “an industry-leading first class product.” A “gameliner” travel will also be available specifically for A&M football games, dropping the travelers off directly next to Kyle Field. In addition to Aggie home games, Obenchain hopes to see a Starline away-game transportation service departing from College Station later this fall. In addition to the Houston route, Starline announced a Dallas route with plans to begin running by the end of the month.

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Student organizations line the walkways outside the MSC and hand fliers to students on their way to class Tuesday afternoon by Rudder Fountain Plaza.

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that some people come to campus with,” Higgins said. “We’ll be there because it’s important to let the students who are attending know that we are one of many organizations on campus committed to making a safe space on campus.” Other organizations that will be in attendance include Shades of Queer, Aggie Allies and the GLBT Professional Network. Cushing Memorial Library will also have a table showcasing an LGBTQarchive that documents the history of the LGBTQ community on campus and in B-CS.

Glenn Oliver, junior engineering technology major, said raising awareness of LGBTQ resources through events such as the fair are important because it is easy for students to miss out on the services without them. “Unless you actually sit and take a look through your student fees, you won’t know… that A&M offers the LGBTQ resources that it does,” Oliver said. “[The Rainbow Resource Fair] shows that there are places on campus open to the LGBT community.” The fair is not just for students who identify as LGBTQ, but is also meant to allow all students a better understanding of the LGBTQ-identifying community on campus. “This is an event that is open to everyone,” Gardner said.

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behind your television than you would have gotten live.” Due to Manziel’s first-half suspension against the Owls, junior quarterback Matt Joeckel started for the first time since arriving at A&M. Joeckel said. the mental facet of the game intimidated him the most, as the majority of the physicality fell to the running back corps. “It was probably the mental aspect of the game, just being completely focused on the game,” Joeckel said. “I haven’t gotten playing time like that in the last few years. The physical part of the game wasn’t too much because I basically just handed the ball off to Ben [Malena] and Tra [Carson]. I could see they were getting tired because they were run-

ning the heck out of the ball.” “You could tell during pre- day. That gets their attention.” As for the defense, which game that there was a little Senior running back Ben allowed 509 yards of total of- bit of nervousness. You can Malena said the Aggies need fense, a combined six starters imagine being 18 and playing to treat the approaching “cupwere suspended for at least half in front of all of those people. cake” matchup as if it were a the matchup, an excuse defen- I thought they played re- conference foe. sive coordi“You can nator Mark look at their Snyder chose game last year not to use. and realize that Instead, they’re not a Snyder disteam to mess cussed the with,” Malena positives and said. “They negatives of went to the nausing true tional champifreshmen — Ben Malena, Texas A&M senior running back onship in their on Sam Houston State division two at positions ranging from years in a row. defensive tackle to corner- ally well. The thing that was They have some great playback. Even with the amount most pleasing to me was the ers, some former Division I of youth infused into the pro- emotion they were playing players. You can’t overlook gram over the offseason, Sny- with. They made a play and schools. We have to prepare for der said he was able to mold you saw the emotion. To me, them like they’re a conference his players to fit his system in a that’s what defense is all about opponent.” matter of weeks. — you play with enthusiasm The game, which will be “They all had good things and emotion.” broadcast in pay-per-view, and bad things,” Snyder said. Looking forward to Satur- won’t come without some day’s home matchup against positives, as sophomore runSam Houston State, Sumlin ning back Brandon Williams discussed the threat of the will return to action after sithigh-powered FCS opponent ting out a majority of the offupsetting the Aggies, particu- season with a foot injury. larly following this weekend’s Offensive coordinator and shocker of North Dakota running backs coach, Clarence State defeating defending Big McKinney, said having the 12 Champion Kansas State, speedster available as an offen24-21. sive weapon will take pressure “Seeing North Dakota off the coaching staff, as the State go into Kansas State and sophomore has been itching win last weekend is all you to take the field for weeks. need to see to be prepared,” “We’re excited about Sumlin said. “Last year, we Brandon [Williams] coming had our starters playing in the back,” McKinney said. “He’s first half. The backups lost the definitely a ball of energy. He’s second half 28-6. When you been harassing us for the last turn on the tape from the few weeks to play. He’s exsecond half, you saw a lot of cited and we’re excited. We’ll those guys playing last Satur- definitely get him out there.”

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whelmed by the outpouring of love and support shown by the students. “Whenever they are led into Academic Plaza and they see thousands who are standing there for their son, for their daughter, for their spouse, you can tell that it just overwhelms them,” Mckechnie said. “I think it’s really special that we can do this to help comfort them in their grief.” Gonzalez said the task of guiding and comforting families is not something that anyone can ever completely prepare for. “It is very difficult when you are there to greet someone and [the families] take one look at you and automatically start crying,” Gonzalez said. “You can’t really prepare for it, you just do what you can.” During the ceremony itself, the entirety of the Traditions Council helps with crowd control and makes sure that everything goes smoothly. “Our responsibility as the council is more with the families directly and making sure that all the students are safe, whether it’s a matter of making sure no one is passing out because of heat or no one is talking on their cellphone,” Gonzalez said. Caroline Plowman, sophomore business administration major and Traditions Council service and bonfire sub-committee chair, said all the work done by the council meets an important need for the University. “It’s really special, because we are playing a first-hand part in such a big tradition at the University,” Plowman said. “To me, it’s just really

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special to be a part of something that’s been a part of Texas A&M for so long and to see the student body come together and stand among, you know, my fellow Traditions Council members and fellow students. It’s just a very humbling experience.” Mckechnie said Silver Taps, which began in 1898, is a means of linking the past to the present and future, but notes it is up to the entire student body to keep the tradition alive by continuing to attend Silver Taps throughout the year. “We see great attendance in September, but it slowly wanes, so I encourage everyone to make 30 to 45 minutes a month to come,” Mckechnie said.

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