For Troy Stein, watching the Texas A&M baseball team fall
short in clutch situations has been frustrating. During Tuesday’s matchup with Sam Houston State, though, the junior catcher went against the grain.
Stein went 3-for-4 during the game, notching a RBI double in the first inning before blasting a three-run home run to give A&M the 4-1 victory over the Bearkats at Blue Bell Park.
“We’ve stumbled with that at times as a team,” Stein said. “We get into a big situation with run-ners in scoring position and some-times we don’t get the big hit. It’s a frustrating process when they don’t fall, but it makes it that much better when they do.”
A&M (21-13, 6-6), having lost five of its last seven games, resur-faced against Sam Houston State (19-13, 5-1). Building a quick 4-0 lead off Stein’s efforts, the A&M bullpen held off the Bearkats’ sev-enth inning rally to close out the game.
A single by senior shortstop
Mikey Reynolds jump-started the Aggie offense in the first inning, and he extended his streak for games reaching base to 34 — the fifth-longest active streak in the nation.
A pair of groundouts placed sophomore Blake Allemand at first base, leading Stein to drive him home with a double.
“It was an outstanding night,” Childress said. “We faced a really good team in Sam Houston State. Troy Stein did a really nice job for us offensively. All four runs we scored were with two outs. We got big-hits when it mattered most.”
On the mound, sophomore Co-rey Ray (3-0) gained the win off six innings of work, allowing three hits and two walks while striking out two. Junior reliever Jason Jester
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international week
Stein, A&M cruise past Sam Houston State
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Chase Krumholz — THE BATTALION
Junior catcher Troy Stein launches a three-run home run to lead the Aggies to a 4-1 win over Sam Houston State on Tuesday.
See Baseball on page 4
Two weddings held Tuesday might have been unfamiliar
to onlookers — and not just be-cause they were held on Simpson Drill Field.
The Arab Student Associa-tion and the India Association at A&M invited students to o serve and participate in tradi-tional dances and customs as part of International Week, organized by International Student Associa-tion.
“[International Student Associ-ation is] an umbrella organization for all international student orga-nizations,” said Brijesh Angira, president of the association and plant breeding graduate student. “We invited all of them to partici-pate in I-Week.”
Some students said they at-tended to learn and were surprised when they were incorporated into the proceedings.
“I wanted to see how different cultures’ weddings differed from American weddings,” said Natalie Rawle, sophomore computer sci-ence major. “It was very interac-
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Matthew Wong — THE BATTALION
As part of International Week, the Arab Student Association and the India Association organized mock weddings to showcase various cultures.
tive and I wasn’t expecting that.”Camila Garzon, sophomore in-
ternational studies major, partici-pated in some of the dances during the event.
“We all had busy schedules and tests to work around, but we were patient with each other and got it done,” Garzon said. “I think it’s
good for students to learn about how people celebrate in other cultures.”
The rest of I-Week will include events such as a “culture-specific” talent show, a fashion show of cultures’ traditional dress and in-put from representatives of various international organizations.
66th Session to cement leadershipstudent government
In preparation for the 66th Session of Student Senate taking over legislative duties from the 65th Session in
the April 30 Senate meeting, the 66th Session will meet Wednesday to elect remaining Senate officers and con-firm four recently appointed members of the executive council of Student Body President Reid Joseph.
The meeting will follow a meet-and-greet session with the appointed executive council members.
Christopher Russo, aerospace engineering graduate student and speaker of the 66th Session, said past con-firmations have been relatively free of debate in his four years of experience.
“I cannot speak for the other senators, but generally,
unless there is some major concern, it has been pretty much assured,” Russo said.
In a continuation of the previous 66th Session meet-ing, senators will also debate and vote on who will hold the remaining four senatorial officer positions.
Maci Hurley, junior political science major and 66th Session Speaker Pro Tempore, said the 66th Session may see more debate over committee officer positions than the preceding session depending on who gets nominated.
“I think there is going to be a lot more discussion on the floor over officer positions,” Hurley said. “Sena-tors are wanting to make sure that the most effective individuals are the ones that are elected to improve the relations we have with our constituents.”
Aimee Breaux The Battalion
Traversing the treacherous ter-rain of a mile’s worth of un-even sidewalk while sporting
bright red high-heels shoes, men showed support for sexual assault survivors Tues-day evening at the third annual Walk A
Mile in Her Shoes. Angel Glover, Walk A Mile in Her
Shoes coordinator and doctoral student in clinical psychology, said the event is about
men and women working together to fight against sexual assault.
“Traditionally it’s been the idea that sexual assault is a women’s issue so it’s the idea of get-ting guys involved as well in fighting sexual as-sault,” Glover said. “So that’s kind of the basic understanding of the event.”
Jillian Gonzales, senior psychology and women’s and gender studies major, said be-cause sexual violence is a hard thing to discuss, the event is a creative way to get people talking about sexual violence.
“It’s a real problem,” Gonzalez said. “It’s something that people don’t talk a lot about here but it’s something that happens that we
need to be aware of so we can stop it from happening,”
The event featured a group of 27 regis-tered participants made
up of current students,
Walk boosts sexual assault awarenessHigh heels, hairy legs
former students, Blinn students, pro-fessors and members of the University Police Department.
Heather Wheeler, program coordinator of the Women’s Resource Center, said although the event is meant to raise awareness and can be amusing, it also serves to inform participants and
curious bystanders who try to get a look at the odd spectacle.
“As you can imagine — at Texas A&M University — a gaggle of men wearing red high heel shoes attracts some attention,” Wheeler said. “Every tenth of a mile there is a sign that
Photos by Tanner Garza — THE BATTALION
Students, faculty and other Bryan-College Station residents walk a mile in a pair of bright red high heels for “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes” on Tuesday.
A&M softball dominates LamarThe Aggies defeated the Lamar Tigers in a doubleheader, scoring 21 combined runs. Read story on page 4.
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focused on gaining financial support, market-ing and getting the organization’s name rec-ognized. Wendie’s Wish is made of a board of seven people who meet quarterly to find families in need of assistance, mostly through prayer requests from churches.
Laine’s roommate, Conner Guthrie, a sophomore finance major and board member for Wendie’s Wish, said he is thankful to be a part of the nonprofit organization.
“I think it is awesome to be a part of something that is helping others and chang-ing lives,” Guthrie said. “It has really been a blessing. I have been around since the very beginning and it has been cool to see how much the nonprofit has grown and how it has taken shape.
Laine and a team of four will leave from his hometown of Georgetown, Texas in June and drive 24 hours to Virginia Beach, Va. There, the team will begin biking back to Texas, camping out every night along the way. Daily blogs will be posted by each rider, as well as weekly videos and updates. The entire trip will be paid for by corporate sponsors, small businesses, friends and family. The group will cover 1,800 miles in a 30-day period, averag-ing 60-70 miles per day.
Laine said the cross-country bike trip seemed like a good idea because the entire team is composed of athletes.
“Honestly, we chose this just because it’s tangible,” Laine said. “Having been an avid runner for seven years of my life, I still keep in good shape. The friends going with me are all athletes from high school or at their different colleges. This trip still looks like a big deal but we are actually physically capable of doing it.”
Laine acknowledged that many have shown admiration for having such lofty goals at a young age, but he said he could not have done it without the support of his board.
“I hear people talk about how I am only 20 years old and I have a nonprofit, but I couldn’t do anything without my board of directors,” he said. “Those men all know business and
helped out so much with my mom. Behind every major decision of Wendie’s Wish are six people. I have been extremely blessed to have the opportunity to have people placed in my life that could help us.”
The organization has been fortunate enough to have the website, logos, business cards, bracelets and banners done for free. The Texas A&M football team has even jumped on board, sporting Wendie’s Wish bracelets during the AT&T Cotton Bowl in January and across campus.
“I think what Laine is doing is so inspira-tional,” said Haley Cain, sophomore special education major and Laine’s girlfriend. “Al-though I didn’t know Wendie, I know that she would be so honored and proud to call Laine her son. Because of what he and his family have been through, Laine has such a genuine desire to reach out to families that are facing hardships because of cancer.”
Laine agreed his mother would have been overjoyed with his goal of making a difference in the lives of other families.
“Growing up, my mom would always tell me that I was going to do big things. I think she would be really proud,” Laine said. “I know if she was here she would probably talk about how proud of me she is all the time.”
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Student organizes nonprofit to support families of patients coping with cancer
Laine Melikian said goodbye to the most important woman in his life — his moth-
er Wendie — on January 30, 2011. During Laine’s senior year of high school in the fall of 2010, Wendie was diagnosed with brain cancer and given 90 days to live. Her passing came quickly, met with shock and heartache by friends and family.
More than two years after Wendie’s pass-ing, Laine, a sophomore recreation, park and tourism sciences major, has used the loss of his mother to fuel his motivation to help others in similar situations. Laine founded Wendie’s Wish, a nonprofit organization that helps fam-ilies handle the financial woes associated with cancer. This summer, Laine and a team of four will be completing an 1,800-mile bike ride to draw attention to the organization.
Laine said his mother inspired this dream.“My mom was always helping others, even
when she was sick,” he said. “That was what started the idea of wanting to give to people going through similar situations. Her ordeal, and her positive outlook, contributed to the vision of Wendie’s Wish.”
The bike ride came from an idea Laine and his friends had thought about before freshman year.
“The fall semester of my freshman year I decided it was time we did something on our own and not attach to another organization like Relay for Life or Livestrong,” Laine said. “One thing I saw on the nonprofit scale was that there was not a lot of financial aid for can-cer patients, so that became our goal.”
Wendie’s Wish assists with the basic needs families have after losing a loved one. Laine and his father personally attest to the difficulty of fulfilling everyday needs.
“The biggest need filled for my family was everyday tasks,” Laine said. “We were given thousands of dollars’ worth of gift cards for food and friends helped pay for someone to come clean our house because my dad was so busy.”
Laine said family friends were able to help with financial burdens.
“Medical bills are the worst, though,” he said. “We were really fortunate because my dad’s coworkers stepped up to help and he was able to miss a couple of months of work so we didn’t suffer as much financially.”
Laine sought to give back after personally experiencing the needs a family has after losing a family member, such as covering the cost of prescriptions.
“The last thing we wanted was to have a bunch of families who needed assistance and not have the money to help them,” Laine said.
The first year of Wendie’s Wish has been
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Mackenzie Mullis— THE BATTALION
Laine Melikian, sophomore recreation, parks and tourism sciences major, will bike with others from Virginia Beach, Va., to Georgetown, Texas, to raise awareness for his nonprofit, Wendie’s Wish.
state newsGoogle picks Austinfor new Internet techGoogle Inc. picked tech-savvy Austin on Tuesday as the next city where the search giant will wire homes with ultra-fast Internet connections, but did not say how much customers will pay or when the fiber-optic experiment might expand elsewhere in the U.S. Austin and Kansas City are the only places to get Google Fiber — a broadband service 100 times faster than the competition and an alternative to cable or satellite TV providers. Google expects Austin homes to begin receiving Google Fiber in mid-2014.
Google says more than 1,100 cities applied starting in 2010, and some used gimmicks or elaborate videos in hopes of outshining the competition. Google made the announcement in a sleek and trendy downtown warehouse building, where a giant video board greeted guests with “Hello, Austin. Goodbye, loading bars.”Gigabit customers are unlikely to notice substantial difference with basic activities, such as Web surfing or email. Higher speeds are most desirable for uploading, creating online backups and playing video that doesn’t buffer — what Google calls “instantaneous Internet.” Associated Press
“I hear people talk about how I am only 20 years old and I have a nonprofit, but I couldn’t do anything without my board of directors.”
— Conner Guthrie, sophomore finance major
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A&M pitchers dominate Lamarsoftball
Texas A&M softball dropped Lamar twice in a Tuesday doubleheader at
the Aggie Softball Complex, continuing its dominance in weekday games.
The No. 10 Aggies scored 21 runs and improved to 5-0 in weekday games.
A&M (33-7) run-ruled Lamar (18-25) in both games 9-0 and 12-4, respective-ly. The Aggie offense rolled through-out the doubleheader, frustrating Lamar pitching.
In the first game, sophomore pitcher Lauren Ainsley fell behind batters early, but with two outs and the bases loaded Ainsley pitched her way out of trouble by striking out the final batter.
Junior first baseman Nicole Morgan kick-started the A&M offense in the first inning, knocking home junior outfielder Cassie Tysarczyk.
In the second inning, Ainsley struck out two more and, on offense, junior third baseman Amber Garza notched a stand-up double to start a six-run, seven-hit inning.
Junior outfielder Emily Albus hit the first home run of her career during the third inning, putting A&M up 8-0 head-ing into the fourth.
A six-pitch fourth inning from Ain-sley followed by a solid fifth inning by sophomore pitcher Sara Mireles helped close out the game.
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Sophomore pitcher Lauren Ainsley threw in the first game of a Tuesday doubleheader, earning the 9-0 shutout victory over Lamar.
A&M took control of the second game after only two innings. Building a 6-0 lead, freshman pitcher Kristen Dav-enport took over the mound. On two innings of work, she allowed no runs and no hits in the shutout.
The bats continued as 10 different Ag-gies recorded hits and eight accumulated RBIs, earning the 12-4 victory.
Freshman Cali Lanphear hit her 15
and 16th home runs of the season and led the team with five RBIs. Albus re-corded a triple in the second game and was second on the team in RBIs.
A&M softball will face the LSU Ti-gers on Saturday as part of ESPN’s Aggie Afternoon.
Staff Report
has a fact either from the Centers for Disease Control, Department of Justice or the FBI that talks about some sexual violence statistics, so what it does is that as people go by and they see these different signs, they learn about some of what the actual truths are about sexual assault in our society.”
Tracy Lowe, full-time staff member of the Women’s Resource Center, said although the event is outwardly geared more to sexual vio-lence against women, male survivors of sexual assault are not dismissed.
“It’s not just about women, it’s about every-one because men also experience sexual vio-lence and personal violence,” Lowe said. “So it’s a really good walk to demonstrate the sup-port from males and females who support each other for the cause.”
Glover said when registered participants walk with friends or family, it represents the symbolism of the event.
“Walking a mile in red heels symbolizes journey of walking together,” Glover said. “Women are definitely walking together, but it’s the idea of men and women and families
walking together – so supporting each other together.”
Raising $483, interim chief of the UPD Mike Ragan took home the Fundraiser of the Year award and said he didn’t have much hope of making the mile journey in heels.
“I just knew I wasn’t going to be able to make a mile,” Ragan said. “I started off, I made it about a hundred yards and then I was like ‘That’s it.’”
Having recruited seven members from his dorm, the Recruiter of the Year award was giv-en to Mobolaji Laja-Akintayo, junior psychol-ogy major and resident advisor of Dunn Hall.
“Whenever there were times that I felt like I was about to twist my ankle or something, there was always someone saying, ‘You got it! You got it! You’re almost there!’ So it’s cer-tainly good to have a support factor,” Laja-akincayo said.
Being a survivor of sexual assault herself, Wheeler said support – even from strangers – is an important step in the healing process.
“For me I think this event is important be-cause I am a survivor of sexual assault and I know how important it is in the healing process to know that you are supported – even if it’s by people that you don’t know,” Wheeler said.
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Sophomore business administration major Michael Stephens picks up his bright red pair of high heels Tuesday afternoon outside of the Koldus building for the “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes” event.
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Junior catcher Troy Stein rounds the bases as his home run gives the Aggies a 4-0 lead in the third inning.
entered during the final inning to earn his ninth save of the season.
A&M head coach Rob Childress said Ray and the bullpen were integral to the victory.
“Corey Ray was outstanding on the mound,” Childress said. “He got us off to a great start. The bullpen did a really nice job.”
Ray gave credit to the hitting prowess of the Aggie offense and said his defense allowed him to be aggres-sive against batters.
“It’s fun to go out there and pitch well,” Ray said. “We played great defense and got some timely hits. It’s always easy when your offense is producing like it is. Troy Stein had a great day and that always feels good when you can go out and produce for your team. I just try and throw strikes and let my defense work.”
A&M returns to action for a three-game series start-ing Friday against SEC foe Mississippi State at Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park.
