And I’ve got six tickets for graduation.This would really be a non-issue if my gradua-

tion was about me. I just wouldn’t show up to the thing. Graduation requires me to wake up at some unholy hour, put on makeup and junk, wear a big floppy robe and sit still for 16 billion hours. I’ve already been through my high school graduation,

where I at least got to break up the tedious affair by

giving some pretentious speech I wrote.

But graduation is like those birthday parties they throw for one-year-old

kids. Those things obviously aren’t for the

children. It’s about adults watching little pudgy babies

smoosh cake in their adorable, misshapen faces. Graduation isn’t about me getting a diploma. It’s about my grandma trying to figure out how to work her digital camera so she can take a picture of me in a cardboard hat.

Which is why this whole six-ticket affair is such a scandalous disaster. I realize “there just aren’t enough seats” seems like a reasonable explanation to some people, but my family doesn’t exactly buy into “reasonable explanations.” They think I am precious and they want to see me walk across a stage in heels and get a diploma. Maybe it’s because they’re proud of me. Maybe it’s because they want to be there to see if I fall down. Either way, this limited seating thing isn’t quite cutting it.

I know it’s too late to get anything fixed for this graduation. It’s fine. I’ll just tell my sweet Great Grandma Glenz, who is recovering nicely from a broken knee, that no, she can’t come to the gradu-ation of her oldest great-grandchild, essentially rip-ping her little heart from her petite little chest. It’s no big deal. I enjoy upsetting little old ladies.

But to avoid crushing the dreams of other 90-year-old women, I’ve decided to set up an easy system for the administration of Texas A&M as

With a mood of solidar-ity and solemnness, Aggie Muster re-

minded the 12,000 Aggies in at-tendance Monday what it means to be a part of the Aggie family.

Peter Rozanski, Muster Com-mittee member and junior civil engineering major, said this year’s event went smoothly.

“I think [Muster] was a phe-nomenal combination of cel-ebration and mourning,” Rozan-ski said. “I think Bill Youngkin’s speech reminded us of the cama-raderie that we have as Aggies. I think that the roll call is powerful and it was nice getting to see the families’ different reactions while knowing they were loved by the Aggies surrounding them.”

Kayla Taylor, sophomore hu-man resources major, said she attended to call “here” for her friend Christy Crow, Class of

2016, who died Wednesday. “Muster was really hard

knowing somebody whose name was called but it was a closing experience for me,” Taylor said. “She would have been here if she could. She was the definition of an Aggie.”

Muster speaker Bill Youngkin, Class of 1969, was head yell lead-er at A&M and is now an attorney in Bryan. Youngkin said many universities offer high-quality educations similar to A&M’s, but none have the unity and the spirit he saw in Aggies after the Bon-fire collapse or during each Silver Taps. Youngkin said Muster em-bodied that spirit, showing how much of a family Texas A&M really is.

“Our traditions are what makes us a fam-ily and being a family is what makes us different from all the rest,” Young-kin said.

Lindsey GawlikThe Battalion

See Graduation on page 4

Honorary roll call remembers fallen Aggies

Jessica Smarr: Limited graduation seating is cramping everyone’s style

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Depending which way you slice it, I’ve got approxi-mately two parents, three

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Texas A&M will travel south to Reckling Park in Houston to

take on the Rice Owls Tuesday night.Rice boasts a 16-5 record in Con-

ference-USA and is No. 21 in the na-tion. The Owls claimed a 5-3 victory Sunday behind the arm of freshman Jon Duplantier against UAB.

A&M freshman Nick Banks is up to a .315 average for the year, good for second highest average on the team behind Cole Lankford at .319, after a 3-for-5 Sunday performance with 2 RBIs and a home run.

Five Aggies are hitting above .300. Joining Lankford and Banks above the .300 mark are Patrick McLendon (.310), Jonathan Moroney (.308) and Ryne Birk (.303).

A&M (24-17, 8-10 SEC) has a .284 overall batting average with op-ponents hitting .259 against them.

Birk had a 3-for-6 outing in the Kentucky series including a 2-for-4 Sunday that featured five RBIs.

Rice is led by John Clay Reeves, who has started all 38 games for the Owls this year and has 52 hits, 27 RBIs and a .351 average in 148 at bats.

Shane Hoelscher and Skyler Ewing

No. 21 Rice Owls on deck for Aggies

Brandon WheelandThe Battalion

See Baseball on page 2

baseball

Parker Ray expected to start on mound

The FBI confirmed Monday that a 16-year-old boy traveled from San

Jose, Calif., to Honolulu, Hawaii, sitting in a not-so-typical airline seat — the wheel well of the plane.

Sunday morning, a boy ran away from home, climbed into the undercar-riage area of a Boeing 767 and hid away for more than five hours until the plane landed in Honolulu, FBI spokesman Tom Simon said to the Associated Press. The boy was discovered on the tarmac upon arrival and taken into custody.

Kenneth Bowman, Texas A&M professor of meteorology, said given the conditions at an altitude of 38,000 feet, it was amazing the teen survived the flight.

“The pressure is about 20 percent of what it is at sea level, so there’s only about 20 percent as much oxygen avail-able,” Bowman said. “The summit of Mt. Everest is about 29,000 feet and this is almost 10,000 feet higher than that,

almost two miles higher. People can barely make it the summit of Mt. Ever-est, and if you stay up there very long, you die.”

Along with the high altitude, Bow-man said temperatures at that height could be well below zero, sitting around minus 70 or minus 80 degrees Fahren-heit.

Bowman said this is not the first time this has happened. Multiple news out-lets have sourced the Federal Aviation Agency, which reports “105 stowaways have sneaked aboard 94 flights world-wide since 1947, and about one out of four survived.”

“It must be like drowning in cold wa-ter, where they can revive people after a long period under really cold water be-cause their metabolism and everything has just slowed almost to a stop,” Bow-man said.

Leighton James, junior agribusiness major, said she was surprised the boy was able to get onto the plane without

Prof: ‘Amazing’ that plane stowaway livedJennifer ReileyThe Battalion

People around the world are making efforts to re-

spect and replenish the Earth.Earth Day will be celebrat-

ed Tuesday in all 50 states of the U.S. and in 192 countries, said John Maleri, associate di-rector of Earth Day Network.

The Environmental Issues Committee and Texas A&M Information Technology are recognizing the 44th annual Earth Day by holding an e-waste recycling campaign, to properly dispose of electronic devices.

Lacey Baze, Class of 2006 and communications coordi-nator for Texas A&M IT, said disposing of e-waste improp-erly could have serious effects on the environment.

“If you throw away things like computers, cellphones, any kind of electronic device, batteries, ink cartridges, toxic materials from them leak into the land and end up in the wa-ter supply,” Baze said.

The repercussions of im-proper disposal of e-waste not only have the potential to harm animals, Baze said, but also to harm people.

“All the freshwater fish, all the animals that drink from the rivers and lakes we have here in Texas and across the

United States — we don’t want them drinking toxic wa-ter,” Baze said. “This is in ad-dition to us. A lot of our wa-ter supply comes from those sources as well.”

Victoria Benson, director of programming for the Envi-ronmental Issues Committee and junior psychology major,

Earth Day a chance for conservation

Cassidy TyroneThe Battalion

environment

Holiday began in 1970 with student schedules in mind

See Earth Day on page 3See Stowaway on page 3

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gling Texas A&M–Corpus Christi squad Wednesday in a doubleheader slated for a 4 p.m. first pitch at the Aggie Softball Complex.

The No. 21 Aggies were swept in a three-game series with the No. 5 Florida Ga-tors last weekend, while the Islanders enter Aggieland af-ter dropping three games of their own against Lamar.

Rachel Fox and Katie Marks are the expected start-ers for the Aggies (29-17, 9-12 SEC) in Wednesday’s twin bill. Fox has a record of 12-9 with a 3.09 ERA after giving up eight runs to the Gators in Sunday’s 8-0 defeat.

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have also found success at the plate. Ewing leads Rice with 38 RBIs while Hoelscher has an on base percentage of .393.

Rice head coach Wayne Graham entered the 2014 season with Rice as the 15th-winningest coach in NCAA history for active coaches. Graham won his 1,000th Division I game on Feb. 18 against Texas State in an 11th-inning win for Rice in its home opener.

Junior right-handed pitcher Corey Ray will get the start on the mound for the Aggies. Ray will enter Tues-day’s game with a 3-0 record on one previous start. Ray has accumulated a 1.38 ERA in his 10 appearances.

A&M Consolidated High School alumnus and College Station native Chase McDowell will get the nod on the mound for Rice. McDowell sports a 3.11 ERA and is 3-3 in his 11 appearances, which include eight starts.

SEC matchups against Mississippi State, LSU, Arkansas and Ole Miss still remain on the docket for A&M.

Tuesday’s first pitch is slated for 6:30 p.m.

BaseballContinued from page 1

(Top) The Lil’ Wranglers

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It was a mentality of speak-ing up that spurred Gaylord Nelson to found Earth Day on April 22, 1970. Maleri said Nelson, a U.S. senator from Wisconsin, was moved to action after witnessing the ravages of the 1969 oil spill in Santa Barbara, Calif. Maleri said Nelson saw the potential in college students to make a change.

“Inspired by the student anti-war movement, he re-alized that if he could infuse that energy with an emerging public consciousness about air

and water pollution, it would force environmental protec-tion onto the national political agenda,” Maleri said.

The date, April 22, was chosen specifically with col-lege students in mind, Maleri said.

“Senator Nelson chose the date in order to maximize par-ticipation on college campuses for what he conceived as ‘an environmental teach-in,’” Maleri said. “He determined the week of April 19–25 was the best bet as it did not fall during exams or spring breaks.”

Although the methods of participation have changed, the core mission of Earth Day has remained the same, Maleri said.

“Whether it is a local trash clean-up event or a tree plant-ing effort, Earth Day has al-ways been embodied by the events and individuals who participate,” Maleri said. “The issues and means by which people joined have changed over time. In 1970, Earth Day participants got involved in lo-cal events to help improve the treatment of the natural world in their community or area. In 2014, individuals can join a

digital campaign through the power of social media to con-nect with environmental ac-tions all over the world.”

Benson said issues chal-lenged then are still relevant today, but are addressed on a much more personal level than simply on a political plat-form.

“I’ve seen more people take things into account on a personal level like, ‘I’m going to grow my own herbs, I am going to be more conscious about what I am buying and where it is coming from,’” Benson said.

Earth Day will be celebrat-ed from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday in Rudder Plaza.

Earth DayContinued from page 1

being noticed.“I wondered how he got

away with it and why no one saw him,” James said. “I would’ve never dreamed that was even possible without get-ting caught. I was also shocked

that it had happened before.”Maxwell Zhou, junior

electrical engineering major, said he was surprised.

“I think it’s crazy,” Zhou said. “How on earth did he survive those temperatures and lack of oxygen?”

James said she would not have had the courage to run away, let alone climb inside a plane.

“I don’t think I would have ever had the guts to run away,” James said. “The furthest I ever ran away was to the backyard. I definitely would’ve never climbed into the wheel well of the plane. I would’ve been terrified.”

StowawayContinued from page 1

I feel like college students

are one of the biggest untapped resources when it comes to making big changes for our country.”

— Victoria Benson, director of programming for the Environmental

Issues Committee and junior psychology major

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they look to next year’s graduation ceremonies. Obviously, since the seating has been limited for the College of Liberal Arts, the Mays Business School and the Dwight Look College of Engineering, those gradua-tion ceremonies need to be split up into two separate affairs for each college.

As a psychology major with personal knowledge of the college, the liberal arts ceremonies are the easiest to divide up. The ceremonies are about the guests and not the graduates after all, so sur-veys should be sent out to all parents and guardians of the graduates to gauge exactly how disappointed they are in

their children’s life choices.Trust me, the split will

be perfect. A look of pure shame and displeasure fol-lows the words, “I’m major-ing in psychology and mi-noring in religious studies,” almost exactly 50 percent of the time. It’s the same look I see as I look at my reflection in the drive-thru window, waiting for my chicken nug-get order at 3 a.m. It’s just a fact of nature.

The beauty in this is that there won’t be nearly as many awkward conversa-tions between graduation guests. I imagine there are probably some plucky and perky parents on graduation day that lean over to invade their neighbor’s personal space, all ready to share their joy and coffee breath, only to receive half-hearted sighs

and weary looks of exaspera-tion from their peers. Put-ting people in that situation is just plain cruel. It should be avoided at all costs.

The families and friends of the engineers, however, are obviously proud of their precious little birds, flapping the wings of their graduation robes to fly off to high-pay-ing, productive occupations, so there’s no reason to divide up the ceremony based on disappointment. That’s why those folks will get surveys gauging their understanding of what their child is actually doing with their lives.

That way, no one will have to feel bad when they don’t actually know what their kid is doing. No one else in the stands does either! It’s got something with pipes or electricity and there might

be coils involved, but no one knows for sure. All anyone is certain about is that the student loans will be paid for in two years or less.

The business graduation is a bit tricky to split up, mainly because I don’t think I actually know any business majors. I did date a guy getting his minor in business once though, so I’m going to go ahead and assume he’s a representative sample. His parents were part of a yacht club, and I’m pretty sure that’s normal over there. We’ll just divide ’em up by yacht club membership and call it good.

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3/3 townhomes, 2 miles to cam-pus. Granite, ceramic, cable &internet, shuttle. $1,350-1,440Broker/Owner (979)777-5477

3bd/3ba duplex, big backyard,close to campus, call 979-693-4900

3bd/3ba duplex, Paloma RidgeDrive CS, $1000/mo, pets OK, ceil-ing fans, W/D included, backyard,tile floor, close to campus,713-594-3787.

4-5bd/2ba house. Walk to cam-pus! 504 Kyle Street. AvailableAugust 1st. $1650/mo. W/D, lawn-care, pest control provided.979-492-1983.

4/3, 3/3 &3/2 Houses,Townhouses, Duplexes&Fourplexes, 1250-1700sqft. Veryspacious, ethernet, large kitchen,extra storage, W/D, greatamenities, marble and granite, onmultiple bus routes, now pre-leas-ing, excellent specials.979-694-0320.www.luxormanagement.com

4/4 University Place condo, W/D,private bath, pool, on shuttle, stu-dent community, $300/room, Call979-690-8213 or 979-422-9849.

Available Aug.-1, newer 3/3&3/3.5 at the Barracks & GatewayVillas, 817-437-9606.

Brand new 1bd/1ba, walking dis-tance to campus, call979-693-4900

FOR RENT

Canyon Creek 3/3 Townhome-Recently furnished & decorated,includes cable, WIFI, HD FlatScreen, 3 privacy-keyed BR’s eachwith private bath- $495 perBR. (see CSRental.com for pics).(501)833-8261,(501)765-0748,paschalg@comcast.net

Close To Campus! 4/2 &5/2houses, preleasing for August,great floorplans, updated, nopets 731-8257,www.BrazosValleyRentals.com

Duplex 3bd/2ba. All appliances,full-size W/D, fenced yard.Located at Rock Hollow Loop.$850/m. 469-233-4653.

Gateway VIllas. 3/3 Townhouse/$1395. Pets OK. (979)587-8200

Just available! Close to campus,College Main and Eastgate areas.2bd/1ba., some w/dishwasher,1-fenced, some bills paid.$325-$450/mo. 979-219-3217.

Luxury condo, close to campus,brand new, granite countertops,with wood floors, contact979-693-4900

Northgate. Apartments 1/1,2/2,and 3/2. House 3/3.Washer/Dryer. Walk to campus.aggievillas.net Call 979-255-5648.

Now preleasing 2,3,4,5 bedroomhouses and duplexes, pet friendly,Aggielandrentals.com979-776-8984.

Pre-lease 4 and 5 bedroomhouses, available August, greatfloor plans, close to campus,updated, W/D, all appliances,no pets.www.brazosvalleyrentals.com979-731-8257.

Preleasing for May, efficiencyapartment, 1bd, 2bd, 3bd,979-693-1906, great prices andamenities.

Spacious 3/2, CS duplex, W/D, pre-lease for May and august,$895/mo., 979-693-0551.

Tribeca Square Apartments, 1&2bedrooms with W/D, Prelease to-day and save $300 off move in.

FOR SALE

College Station: 122 Ridgewood.‘98 Crest Ridge 16x86w/10x20,covered deck. CH&A, garden tub,large kitchen and island. Nice!$21,600/negotiable.830-710-0145/830-703-9283.

HELP WANTED

Aggie owned since 1987, CollegeStation Pawn is seeking to fillfull-time and part-time positions,no experience necessary, we willtrain, apply in person, 2232 SouthTexas Avenue CS.

Athletic men for calendars,books, etc. $100-$200/hr, upto $1000/day. No experience.aggieresponse@gmail.com

Caffe Capri now hiring for waitstaff and host positions, smilingand up beat personalities only,apply in person. www.theplaceforitalian.com

Child Care FT & PT shifts available.Some nights & Saturdaysrequired. Apply in person at3609 E. 29th St., Bryan.

CiCi’s Pizza Now Hiring! CounterStaff/ Register/ Drive-thru person-nel needed. No experience neces-sary, Evenings &weekends a must.Starting Pay up to $9.00 hour.Apply in person at CS location.

City of Bryan now hiring CampCounselors, Recreation Assistants,Lifeguards and Water SafetyInstructors, do not have to becertified. Apply onlinebryantxjobs.com, call(979)209-5528 for moreinformation.

Cleaning commercial buildingsat night, M-F. Call 979-823-5031for interview.

Cotton Patch, College Station979-695-9707, now hiring servers,hosts, cashiers. Apply between2-4pm at Rock Prairie Rd andHwy 6.

Dairy Queen is seeking apart-time IT Support/POS HelpDesk Technician to work in ourBryan corporate office. 20hrs/wk,$17/hr. Submit resume toalexis.alexander@smithdq.com orcall 979-220-5412.

Frittella Italian Cafe now hiringservers/busers. Please call(979)260-6666 for details.

GIS mapper needed full-time.Must have GIS mapping experi-ence or have completed GIScourses. Email resume totexaslandgis@gmail.com

HELP WANTED

Howdy Aggies! SSC Grounds Man-agement Department at TAMU ishiring students. Part-time oppor-tunities and Full-time summeremployment are available, wealso offer internships for horticul-ture, turf (including athletic turf),greenhouse operations, entomol-ogy, and irrigation management.SCC provides flexible schedules in-cluding 4/10 schedules during thesummer and highly competitivepay, training, and continuing ca-reer opportunities after gradua-tion. Please apply in-person at thefacilities services location at 600Agronomy Rd in College Stationfor more information please call:(979)458-5533 Gig ‘EM!

Lifeguards and Water SafetyInstructors for Briarcrest CountryClub and Castlegate Community.Fun working environment,flexible hours. To apply call254-498-5315 or emailmturner@phillipsevents.comEqual Opportunity Employer.

Local business looking for some-one with web design knowledge.No experience required. Pay isnegotiable. Flexible hours. Call(956)244-5819 if interested.

MEMdata, a local hospital equip-ment management company isseeking dependable and organ-ized FULL & PART-TIME employ-ees to be part of a growing team!Must be able to work a minimumof 24 hrs/wk, M-F 8-5. Good tele-phone communication and nego-tiation skills required. Must beself-motivated and able tomulti-task while working withindeadlines. Computer skills essen-tial & knowledge of MS Excel aplus! Pay DOQ plus bonuses.Email resumes tocareers@memdata.com or fax to979-695-1954.

Need HVAC service technicians.Willing to train. Great summerjob. Top pay and great team. Callor text Aggieland Climate Con-trol, Inc 979-450-2653 or emailaggielandclimate@gmail.comor http://www.coolaggieland.com

New Position: Part-time staffposition needed ($10-$12/hr) forbusy real estate office. Must be adetail-oriented people personwith reliable transportation andhave reasonable computer skillsin MS Word and MS Excel. Thisstaff position requires 20-25 hoursper week with additional op-tional hours available from timeto time. Start date available im-mediately. For job description andapplication, go to:www.coventryglenrealty.comand click on Employment Oppor-tunities side bar.

Part-time job helping handi-capped. Male student preferred.$360/mo. 8-10hrs/wk.979-846-3376.

Part-time summer help, apply inperson, Conlee-Garrett Movingand Storage, 600 South BryanAve., Bryan.

Property Tax Research, Business orEngineering major preferred,email resume totexaslandgis@gmail.com

RA or entrepreneur? Wants toearn extra money? Premium en-ergy drinks distributor opportu-nity! Call 979-209-0778 call for anappointment.

HELP WANTED

Sitters On Call is a babysitter re-ferral agency located in Katy, TX.We are currently hiring AWE-SOME babysitters and summernannies to work in the Katy/WestHouston area. Our member fami-lies are all prescreened and ratesare all prearranged, we do all thework for you! You just provideamazing care for awesome kids!Work as much or as little as youwant, all managed from yoursmart phone. $11-$14/hr takehome! Requires 2 yrs previous ex-perience babysitting, teaching orleading kids. Visit us online atwww.MySittersOnCall.com tolearn more and to submit an ap-plication!

STUDENTPAYOUTS.COMPaid survey takers needed inCollege Station. 100% free tojoin. Click on surveys.

SUMMER TRAINING FOR AWARDWINNING BRYAN EMPLOYERSTARTS MAY 12th, Penncro Asso-ciates, Inc. is looking to hire TexasA&M school students and alumnifor it’s May and June trainingclasses for multiple positions attheir state of the art call centerfacility in Bryan.  Penncro employ-ees receive the same training thatis delivered at prestigious Fortune500 Financial Institutions. Thisprovides for a great start or nextstep for any business profession-al’s career. After full time train-ing, the team will work with youto set a full time or part timeschedule that fits into your FallSchool Schedule and businessneeds.  May 12th is the first sum-mer training class. Penncro isholding a Summer Fest- CollegeCareer Fair at their office at 3101University Dr. East on Wednesday,April 23rd from 3pm to 7pm. Ap-ply for a position today throughPenncro’s CAREERS page atwww.penncro.com.  EOE/M/F/D/V.

Texas Concrete Design, a decora-tive concrete company, is cur-rently looking for full/ part-timeinstallers. No experience isneeded, but a good work ethic isrequired. Please forward inquiriesto chris@texasconcretedesign.com

The Battalion Advertising Officeis hiring a clerk to work in theSummer. Duties include answer-ing phones and general office du-ties in a busy office. Must be cur-rently enrolled at A&M. Inter-ested applicants should come byour office located in the MSC,Suite 400, from 8am-4pm., ask tospeak with Joseph.

Varsity Ford: Part-time fileclerk/receptionist/runner neededfor busy auto dealership.  Tuesand Thurs from 12pm to 8pm andevery other Sat from 9am to6pm.  Must have driver’s license. Please apply in person or fax re-sume to 979-693-1744.

MOTORCYCLE

2008 silver Honda Rebel with sad-dlebag, 4000 miles, $2500. 2-yearTAMU student owner selling.TAMU motorcycle parking only$80/yr. Call or text 832-257-2577.

REAL ESTATE

8 CS 3/2 Duplexes, shuttle,$229,900, Town & Country Realty979-777-6211, 979-739-2035

B/CS. Sell/Buy/Invest! MichaelMcGrann TAMU ‘93 CivilEngineering 979-739-2035,mike@aggierealtor.comNadia McGrann 979-777-6211,Town & Country Realty.

SERVICES

Party in style in our Hummerstretch limousine. Complimentarybeverages ;) , tv's, and party light-ing to go with our 1500watt ste-reo system. Check out our pic-tures, pricing, and availability on-line at www.traditionslimos.com or call or text 979-587-1727. Look-ing forward to serving you. JoseRodriguez President TAMU Classof '92

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