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What is your favorite part of Gig ’Em week?

“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

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Aggie Fest and an evening Yell

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

GiG ’EmWEEk “Walking three miles every day

around campus. Just kidding. My favorite event was the one with

the sausage wraps.”

McKenzie Harrison, freshman biology major

insidecampus | 3SHARPUPD offers training course to protect and empower women.

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

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Letter from the Student Body President

Howdy, 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 excel-lent time getting to meet and welcome you at New Student Conferences and Fish Camps. Upperclass-men, 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 classifica-tions this fall:

1) Get Involved: Joining an organization on campus is the best way to get plugged in, build last-ing 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 lead-ers 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 at-tend 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 informa-tion 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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The 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 col-lege campuses said Heather Wheeler, the pro-gram 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 them-selves 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 Sep-tember 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, effec-tive 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 Of-fice 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.”

Krugel said not only was she more com-fortable in her surroundings after taking the course, but her husband, a former golden-globe 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 stu-dent 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.

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“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 some-thing,” 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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‘Stop Hunger Now’ packages 17,000 meals150 students participate in service project before classes begin

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Clad in hairnets and plastic gloves, 150 new and returning students and lead-

ers from the Aggie Orientation Leadership Program (AOLP), gathered on Tuesday in the Memorial Student Center for Stop Hun-ger 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 twen-ty-five cents — contained items such as de-hydrated 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 intro-duced to students at their the New Student Conferences.

At each New Student Conference, stu-dents 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 want-ed to do more than raise funds for a worthy cause,” said Carrie Bierck, assistant coordi-nator to New Student and Family programs. “We wanted to give students the opportunity to have a hands-on experience with service.”

Bierck said AOLP’s fundraising goal was surpassed due to the generous support from new Aggies. All additional funds will be do-nated to the Stop Hunger Now organization.

“We have had a chance to interact with the newest members of the Aggie family throughout the summer,” she said. “I can say that they are a spirited and committed class.”

Although not limited to freshmen, primar-ily new students attended the event, all eager and ready to serve.

“It feels good because you are helping peo-ple, that is really important to me,” freshman biology major Carol Ndiritu said. “It’s a great

way to get involved.” Pat Ware, assistant program manager with

Stop Hunger Now’s Jackson, Miss., ware-house, said it was encouraging to see students willing to work together while simultaneous-ly having the opportunity to create relation-ships 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 as-sisted 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 tradi-tion as part of humanitarian projects for future A&M students,” Smith said.

Allison RubenakThe Battalion

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 Bierck, assistant coordinator to New Student and Family programs

Allison Rubenak — THE BATTALION

J. Lawton Landers, sopho-more interdsci-plinary studies major (right), helps distribute rice into containers for AOLP’s ‘Stop Hun-ger Now’ event.

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James Sullivan: Sumlin offers little football insight at Saturday’s

scrimmage, just as he intended

Part of the plan

The Kyle Field intra-squad scrimmage was built entirely upon de-sign. 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 ne-cessity 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 combat-ive 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 Wil-liams — 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

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 oppo-nent’s scouts unentertained.

In fact, the only noteworthy performance came from an unlikely source: punter. Red-shirt 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 excel-lently 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 ques-tion at the post-scrimmage press conference, nothing much really happened.

And that was all by design.

Denver Broncos linebacker Von Miller received a six-game sus-

pension under the NFL’s substance-abuse policy Tuesday, taking away the best defensive player from a team many expect to make a run at the Super Bowl.

His suspension, without pay, will begin Aug. 31, and will cost him more than $800,000 of the nearly $2.3 million he’s scheduled to make this season.

After being notified of the deci-sion, Miller released a statement say-ing, “although my suspension doesn’t result from a positive test, there is no excuse for my violations of the rules.”

“I made mistakes and my suspen-sion has hurt my team, Broncos fans and myself,” he said. “I am especially sorry for the effect of my bad deci-sions on others. I will not make the same mistakes about adhering to the policy in the future. “

The NFL has two drug policies — one that covers use of performance-enhancing substances and the “Policy and Program for Substances of Abuse” that applied to Miller’s case.

There are ways to violate the drug policy without necessarily testing positive. They include missing a test, refusing to test, tampering with tests or giving a diluted urine sample.

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Mark Doré — THE BATTALION

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

Jenna Rabel — THE BATTALION

Quarterback Johnny Manziel prepping for the scrimmage.

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Mock dorm rooms give students decorating tips

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As students move into college for the com-ing year, the week before classes start of-

ten involves making a new space home. Living in the residence halls is a unique experience that can require some adjustment.

“I was able to move everything in pretty easily,” freshman biology major Amanda Ibar-ra said of Sunday’s move-in on Texas A&M’s campus. “I’ve actu-ally had a really simple time walking around campus, it wasn’t that bad. Anytime I needed help, there was always someone to direct me.”

Brenda Curry, Walmart’s back-to-college expert in Col-lege Station knows how to help students make a dorm room a little more welcoming. Recently, she set up sample dorm rooms on campus.

“We set up one boy room and one girl room,” Curry said. “It can help give them an idea of how to set up their room.”

Curry said they keep Texas A&M residence hall regulations in mind when considering the products and services that they offer to stu-dents.

“A&M prohibits students from using wire-less features on different electronic devices such as printers and video games,” she said. “We work with a lot of top electronics com-panies such as Apple, Acer and HP for great products.”

Creating holes in walls is against Texas A&M policy, and Curry said a variety of strips and other devices can allow students to hang things without drilling holes. Efficient storage options can also be important in the shared space of a dorm room, she said.

Freshman biology major Victoria Watts said the dorm rooms were bigger than she ex-pected, allowing for more room to decorate and other uses like storage.

Students moving in Sunday spent time decorating and orga-nizing their rooms but were able to reflect on the posi-tives and negatives of living in dorms opposed to living off campus.

“I think its cool that you can just

walk out of your dorm and be right at Kyle Field,” freshman mechanical engineering ma-jor Brandt Graham said. “Living in the dorms you’re so close to everything.”

Curry and representatives from around the community will participate in Aggieland Mar-ket Place on Friday, Aug. 23, from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m., which will allow them to interact with students and offer flyers, gift cards, informa-tion and other items in Academic Plaza.

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With the help of Walmart, a boy and a girl mock dorm room was set up on campus to help show different ways students can decorate and organize their space.

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Expanded buying options drive price comparisons

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Whether combing shelves for ISBN num-bers or opting for online shopping carts,

purchasing textbooks will inevitably be on the mind of new and returning students as they prepare for the fall semester.

Students will consider factors such as pric-ing, arrival time, purchasing venue and sell back rates when purchasing or renting text-books.

Blaine Balliett, a junior agricultural leader-ship and development major, said most stu-dents begin their search for textbooks at the Barnes and Noble campus bookstore, buying the books directly from the list the bookstore provides, or instead, choosing to make their own price com-parisons.

“Everything is right here where you need it,” said Wyatt Whal-ey, a freshman me-chanical engineering major who plans to buy all his books from the campus bookstore this semester.

Balliett said campus bookstore prices might be higher than other textbook sellers, but stu-dents can be assured the campus bookstore will provide them with the “security” of having the right materials.

“There’s been classes where I’ve gone and the guy next to me has asked to see my book, because his doesn’t look the same,” Balliett said. “They ended up getting the wrong ver-sion of the textbook.”

Students may encounter many incon-veniences when purchasing textbooks — beyond expensive prices or incorrect textbook versions, all-inclusive textbook packages can be taxing on students and their bank accounts.

“Often I’ve bought packages from the bookstore and had to return the items I didn’t actually need,” Daniela Cabrera, a junior biol-ogy major, said.

To alleviate time constraints, some students

prefer to purchase or rent textbooks from on-line retailers.

“Online sources tend to be more flexible and give you a longer time span to return the book,” Cabrera said.

To assist with student’s budgeting needs, evolving websites like BigWords.com act as middlemen to determine total cost of one’s purchase from popular sellers such as Amazon.com or Half.com through “bulk item price op-timization.” Students are able to take advan-tage of the most cost effective deals presented.

“Normally, out of price comparison sites, you are looking for one book at a time and raided with a hundred prices for that book,” said Jeff Sherwood, founder and CEO of Big-Words.com. “That doesn’t take into account promotions and shipping, and things that can decrease the cost of your items as you buy more and more from a given vendor.”

Sherwood said the BigWords.com site is unique in that it uti-lizes merchants who “specialize in text-books,” and calculates future sellback rates.

Gaining in popu-larity each year, some students choose to employ Facebook groups as another out-let for selling and buy-

ing used books. Both Balliett and Cabrera said they have

friends who find Facebook beneficial because the selling process is peer-to-peer with oppor-tunities for negotiation. Cabrera said fellow students understand “the pain of buying books and how much of a hassle it is.”

Cabrera said off-campus textbook sellers were also “great options,” because of lower rates and the in-person customer service not provided by the online sources.

Balliett said much of the textbook buying process is improved through student initiative. He advised his peers to avoid procrastinating the search for textbooks and to monitor up-dates to the book list.

“I feel like you have to start looking where the good deals might be as soon as you get your schedule,” Balliett said.

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