to offer up such per-sonal work to the eyes of the campus.

“I am somewhat ner-vous to have people see my work,” Stimson said. “All my stuff is pretty personal, others may not interpret or recognize it as being so pri-vate. It is like putting my

diary out there. I created this piece with the thought in mind that no one would ever see it which makes it much more honest.”

While Stimson is major-ing in communication, she is also minoring in art. She credited her professors for

Color crazeRed, green, yellow, blue, orange,

purple — a frenzy of Aggies color-splattered from head to toe. Groups

of people dancing, wrestling and crowd surf-ing with friends they had met only 10 minutes before. This is what a passerby might have wit-nessed Sunday at Simpson Drill Field for the Holi Festival.

Holi is an annual event hosted by the Hindu Students Association, India Association and In-dian Graduate Student Association. Also known as I-Color, Holi is the second of eight events presented by the International Student Organi-zation as part of International Week.

Anuj Chaudhry president and founder of Indian Graduate Student Association said Holi

offers a sense of freedom.“Holi is a time to go crazy, dance like no-

body’s watching, and that’s it,” the electrical engineering doctoral student said. “This is one time when people can act like there are no rules or regulations.”

The inspiration for this festival rose out of a religious story involving the Hindu goddess Holika who is said to have burned up when the forces of good triumphed over evil. Veena Pawate, senior biology major and president of Hindu Students Association said over time, the purpose of Holi has changed — making it more inviting to non-Indian cultures.

“Holi has turned into a celebration of spring. It is a time to forget about everybody’s back-ground or beliefs,” Pawate said.

Chaudry said Holi offers a unique experience

of diversity.“Everyone is covered in paint,” Chaudry

said. “After a while, you cannot tell who be-longs to which race. Everyone looks the same, and we are able to forget our differences.”

Hundreds of students smeared color on each other by hugging, making handprints on shirts and shooting toy guns full of colored water.

Maggie Curtis, senior marketing major, said she regularly attends.

“I’ve been to Holi every year since I started coming to A&M,” she said. “I always love being painted with color, and crowd surfing.”

Tables advertising international internships and charities bordered the field. A student branch of Child Rights and You, CRY, a child rights advocacy organization, sold Holi T-shirts

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After extensive media attention and controversy, senators said

it’s time to put The Religious Ex-emption Funding Bill to rest. The executive and legislative branches of Student Government Association re-leased a joint statement Friday after Student Body President John Clay-brook announced his plan to veto the bill.

The press release from Senate speaker Scott Bowen and Claybrook stated that a motion to postpone a veto override by Senate will be made at the April 17 Student Senate meet-ing — ending discussion on the bill and upholding Claybrook’s veto.

The press release itself is uncon-ventional in that it is usually not the Speaker’s place to step in and request no vote be made to override a veto, but Bowen said said in this case the is-sue is clearly over and the veto would not be overturned.

“The [SGA] constitution requires we hold a vote, but there’s not the will on my part to re-litigate this any-more,” Bowen said. “Maybe it is me stepping a little outside my author-ity and I probably wouldn’t have felt comfortable doing that if it were a closer margin, but realistically it is just not going to work.”

Speaker Pro Tempore Mariana Fernandez, senior political science major, said any more litigation would only add fuel to the fire.

“I am glad they reached this agree-ment,” Fernandez said. “[The veto] was obviously not going to be over-turned and accepting that is going to

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A&M downs Auburn, 4-1

Following a two-week stint as Texas A&M’s Tuesday starter, Rafael Pineda returned to

the weekend pitching rotation in Sunday’s match against Auburn, notching a 4-1 victory over the Tigers to prevent a series sweep.

The senior pitcher threw seven and two-thirds innings, allowing only six hits and one run with three strikeouts. Pineda placed credit to his teammates, noting the group’s ability to bounce back after losses the previous two days.

“It was a great game,” Pineda said. “We all grinded as a team. We needed to win. Coach [Brad Childress] told us the other day that our success was going to be determined by how we handled our failures. We didn’t split apart as a team. We all got after it today as a team and did our job.”

A&M (20-13, 6-6) jumped to an early lead over the Tigers, as sophomore Blake Allemand helped se-nior Mikey Reynolds score on a sacrifice fly in the first inning. Auburn retaliated in the fourth inning, knotting the game at 1-1.

Minutes later, in the home half of the fourth inning, Allemand led off with a stand-up dou-ble. Following two quick outs, sophomore Cole Lankford RBI tripled to bring Alle-mand home, giving A&M the lead. The Ag-gies tacked on insurance runs in the sixth and

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Senior pitcher Rafael Pineda threw seven and two-thirds innings in the Aggies’ 4-1 home victory over Auburn on Sunday.

After 42 years with the Texas A&M Univer-sity Police Department, Police Chief Elmer

E. Schneider Jr. retired Friday.He began his career with the police depart-

ment in 1970 as a student dispatcher, not know-ing it would turn into a life-long career.

“I just was looking to pursue my agricul-ture degree [when I first started working],” said Schneider, Class of 1971. “This was just a natural progression. I started at a time of growth and it just changed my plans to teach vocational agriculture.”

Schneider served in many positions in the department and was appointed chief in 2005.

“Your most valuable resource is the human element and that’s what makes this University great,” Schneider said. “I work with a great group of men and women and it’s going to be difficult leaving.”

Schneider’s last day of service was Friday. While he said he has no extravagant plans for his retirement, he is planning to spend more time with his family.

Schneider gathered with his family, friends and colleagues for a retirement reception in his honor. University President R. Bowen Lof-tin said at the ceremony on Friday that he and Schneider have much in common.

“Elmer [Schneider] and I have two important

things that we share,” Loftin said. “First of all, we were class-mates — we both came here in 1967 as fresh-men. Second is that we both share a love for our students. Ev-erything he does is for our students and not to our students.”

Christopher Meyer, assistant vice president for safety and security, worked closely with Schneider.

“Please know we appreciate the sacrifices you made,” Meyer said to Schneider’s family while holding back tears.

Mike Ragan was the assistant chief of police under Schneider and will serve as interim chief.

In his closing remarks, Schneider thanked those who helped during his time at the department.

“I wouldn’t be here without the people who walked before me,” Schneider said. “It all starts with our people — people who I’ve stood with, behind and alongside. I have worked with some of the best men and women at this University and am very proud of that.”

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ArtFest winner thanks University for nurturing talent

Sarah Stimson has called herself an artist since

2011 when she took her first drawing class at A&M, and has since impressed fellow students and pro-fessors with her creativity, natural talent and diligence to her craft.

The most recent ac-knowledgement of Stim-son’s talent came when she was awarded “Best in Show” for her painting, “Night Self Portrait II” at ArtFest, an annual juried student art contest held by the MSC Visual Arts Committee. Her piece now hangs in the MSC’s Reynolds Student Art Gal-lery along with the other contestants’ works.

Stimson, a senior com-munications major, said it was nerve wracking

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Senior communication major Sarah Stimson stands with her painting, “Night Self Portrait II.”

Elmer Schneider

Holi festival celebrates cultural diversity

Baseball’s 12th Man“Olsen Section 203” plays a major role in A&M baseball’s success at Blue Bell Park. Check out pg. 2 for the full story.

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track & field A&M splits in road meet The No. 3 ranked A&M women’s team defeated No. 2 Oregon while the No. 1 men’s squad fell to No. 4 Oregon on Saturday.

w. tennis | No. 4 Texas A&M defeated No. 7 Alabama in its season home finale 4-3 to claim sole control of the SEC West division Sunday.

m. golf | No. 23 Texas A&M closed out the Aggie Invitational in a tie for fifth place on Sunday.

m. tennis | The No. 12 Aggies downed Alabama 4-1 on the road to snap a four-match losing streak on Sunday and will return this weekend to finish their season.

‘Section 203’ brings energy to Olsen

Seasonal presence

The opening of Blue Bell Park last year brought Aggies from around the nation back to College Station to watch Texas

A&M baseball. Yet the strongest support came from within the University itself as Olsen Field’s student section surged to rival the 12th Man presence of Kyle Field.

More than a season later, “Olsen Section 203” still attends A&M baseball games in full force, finding ways to knock op-posing teams out of rhythm. Section 202, home to the in-famous group, gained its name following an error by an an-nouncer, resulting in the deceiving “Section 203” title.

Former and current students occupy the second deck seats regularly, a tradition that preceded Blue Bell Park’s construc-tion. Despite football having been around longer, fans said they believe their tradition is more “fun.”

Sanden Stewart, Class of 2007, is known as ‘Statboy’ in the bleachers and has been the face of Section 203 since the 2004 season. Despite rejecting the title of “leader,” Stewart says he loves being a part of the tradition.

“[We’re] just some dedicated fans,” Stewart said. “I don’t like being considered a leader because it’s kind of our own little group, but I do feel like a big influence on other people. There’s not much to describe. What you see is what you get.”

“Shades on Sixth” is a tradition during the sixth inning in which Stewart puts on his “onesie” and the rest of the section slides on their sunglasses.

This “joke” seemed to hit its mark for the players, as the

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seventh innings.In the series opener on Friday, A&M came

out to a two-run lead in the first inning. Sophomore starter Daniel Mengden shut out the Tigers through six innings but gave up two runs in the seventh inning for a 2-2 tie.

A&M retook the lead in the bottom of the seventh inning as junior Krey Bratsen scored junior Troy Stein on an infield single. In the top of the eighth, Auburn responded to knot the score at 3-3, pushing the game into extra innings after a scoreless ninth inning.

With two runners on base in the 10th in-ning, Auburn’s Garrett Cooper launched a pitch over the left field fence, garnering the Tigers their first lead, 6-3. A&M attempted a rally but finished the match for a 6-4 loss.

“Daniel [Mengden] wasn’t as sharp as he normally is from a command standpoint but he battled really well,” Childress said. “I thought Auburn played an outstanding ball-game. It was just a night of missed opportu-nities for us. I thought we had competitive at-bats. This is a really tough loss.”

During Saturday’s game, Auburn surged to an early 9-0 lead through four innings, shutting down A&M’s offense. The Aggies’ late rally came up short as they dropped the match 10-5.

Despite falling down 2-0 in the series, A&M remained optimistic about a Sunday resur-gence against the Tigers. For Lankford, the losses have helped the team come together, building chemistry as a tough conference stretch approaches.

“We made some errors, but that’s baseball — that’s what happens,” Lankford said. “It’s a marathon, it’s not a sprint. Sometimes there’s a bump in the road, but it’s not about how you start, it’s about how you finish.”

Childress said the Aggies’ offense has con-tinued to improve throughout the tough league schedule, and still has challenges ahead.

“I felt like from an offensive standpoint, the last two days have been really great days,” Childress said. “We don’t have two wins to show for it, but we’re doing some positive things from the baseball side of things. This sport is one that will rip your heart out, and it will test your resolve. We’re obviously being tested right now, but we’re going to brace it.”

Softball sweeps Colorado State

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Roger Zhang — THE BATTALION

Senior Megan May hits a two-run home run to help A&M to a 10-2 win Sunday over Colorado State.

“Olsen Section 203” creates havoc for opposing squads at Olsen Field, where A&M has a 16-5 record.

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baseball team scored 30 more runs in the sixth inning than any other inning during the season.

Fans outside of “Olsen Section 203” attending A&M base-ball games enjoy the traditions the student section uses, ranging from the batter’s walk up songs to the banging on the bleachers when an Aggie base runner slides home for a score.

Senior management major Ryan Lenamon said Section 203 provides a unique experience when watching baseball, even for a fan who is used to some of the sport’s crazy antics.

“There is nothing like sitting in Section 203 at baseball games,” Lenamon said. “The different things the fans do are hilarious and are a huge reason I try to make it to as many games as possible.”

Some of those events occur when a fan outside the sec-tion is not familiar with the procedures of watching A&M baseball. Section 203 fans scream greetings of “Hey” to people on cellphones, and when fans arrive at the game late they receive a reminder of their belatedness from the outspoken section.

For Stewart, it is all about learning the traditions of Aggie baseball that makes it fun.

“I think Aggie baseball is the most fun sporting event,” Stewart said. “Kyle Field has the numbers, but we pride our-selves in being different. It might be a little intimidating at first, but that’s fine. As long as you come, don’t get on your cellphone and sit down between innings, you’ll be all right. The more time you spend here the more fun you’ll have.”

For A&M baseball, fan presence has created a tough envi-ronment for opposing teams. Midway through the 2013 sea-son, the Aggies hold a 16-5 home record in Olsen field and a 4-8 record away.

When taking to the road, though, the A&M baseball team has found that it won’t be without company. “Olsen Sec-tion 203” travels beyond the boundaries of Blue Bell Park, as Ole Miss discovered during its three-game home stand March 22-24.

Ryan Hutcheson, a leader of the student section maraca gang at Ole Miss, said Section 203 annoyed the home crowd enough to garner a social media response.

“I kind of like [Section 203],” Hutcheson told The Daily Mississippian. “It riles our fans up and gets them louder.”

Texas A&M (31-7), com-peting in its nonconfer-

ence series finale, clinched the three-game series sweep over Colorado State (17-17) with a 10-2 run-rule victory Sunday at the Aggie Softball Complex. The No. 9 Aggies defeated the Rams 10-0 on Friday and 3-1 on Saturday.

A&M senior catcher Me-gan May led off during the bottom of the second inning with a two-run home run to push the Aggies up 2-0. After walks by junior Amber Gar-za and sophomore Brittany Clopton, junior Emily Albus hit an RBI single, bringing both runners home following an error by Colorado State.

Junior Cassie Tysarczyk blasted a triple to push A&M up 5-0 before senior Mel Du-

mezich knocked her home, giving the Aggies a com-manding 6-0 lead.

Dumezich (22-5) earned the win as she pitched through three innings, al-lowing no runs and one

hit with three strikeouts. Freshman Kristin Davenport threw two relief innings to close out the game.

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cultivating her talent and in-spiring her to view art as a ca-reer, not just a hobby.

“For me, I see that A&M has not always had a big art scene but I didn’t care about that,” Stimson said. “I was lucky I found really incred-ible faculty my junior year that picked me up and in-vested in me. I think there is a hunger for art here. There is a lot of creativity at A&M that we don’t give ourselves credit for.”

Felice House, Stimson’s painting professor and an as-sistant lecturer for the Depart-ment of Visualization, called Stimson a “fiery art star.”

“Every once in a while you get a student who has a perfect combination of talent, dedica-tion, drive and enthusiasm,” House said. “Sarah Stimson is that student. I have no doubt that she is headed places.”

Stephen Caffey, Stimson’s art history professor and an assistant professor for the De-partment of Architecture, said Stimson is naturally talented when it comes to artistic cre-ations.

“There are people for whom being an artist comes so naturally that they almost have no choice as to wheth-er they will pursue art as a calling,” Caffey said. “Sarah Stimson falls in [that] cat-egory.”

Caffey said Stimson’s drive and talent have distinguished her from the rest.

“I expect Sarah to achieve great things as an artist, and I am honored to have had the pleasure of working with her as a professor and as a men-tor,” Caffey said. “Sarah is proof that Aggies can excel in any discipline, any pursuit and any form of creative expres-sion. Her extraordinary work ethic distinguishes her as ex-ceptional among the hundreds of students with whom I have worked over the past nine years.”

to send money overseas.“We have noticed that

people are in a better mood during Holi, so they may be more willing to support our cause,” said Avinash Vem, electrical engineering gradu-ate student and president of the Texas A&M chapter of CRY.

Brijesh Angira, plant breeding graduate student and president of the Interna-tional Student Association, said International Week highlights campus diversity.

“I-Week is a very old tra-dition, started in 1990,” An-gira said. “ISA has two goals for I-Week. One is to bring diversity to campus, and the other is to build a bridge be-tween international students and domestic students.”

I-Week will continue with I-Exhibit on Mon-

day and will conclude with I-Buffet on Friday. Other events include I-Wedding, I-Fashion and I-History. Each event focuses on a specific aspect of the inter-national community such as talents, on-campus involve-ment, wedding customs, clothing, history and food.

Shweta Rathi, manage-ment information systems graduate student and presi-dent of India Association, said she helped organize Holi and plans to perform

with her organization in the international dance compe-tition later in the week.

“I enjoy I-Week because it allows me to interact with other cultures,” Rathi said. “It brings us together.”

Events are open to stu-dents of all cultures. I-Show, I-Fashion and I-Talent re-quire attendees to purchase tickets at the door. Includ-ing Holi attendance, Angira said I-Week could attract as many as 3,000 students.

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prevent Senate from hurting more Aggies.”

Student senator Paige Melendez, sophomore po-litical science major, said the publicity generated by the bill needed to stop because it put A&M in a negative light.

“This entire thing has brought publicity to our University that doesn’t por-tray what we are about,” Melendez said. “It tells peo-ple that we don’t accept our Aggie family, that we are not accepting of everyone. That’s not who we are.”

Melendez also said the atmosphere has shifted since the press release.

“People were gearing up for a second round of debates for the overturn,” Melendez said. “It definitely settled a lot of people’s con-cerns about the attempt to override the veto.”

Student senator Thomas

McNutt, one of the bill au-thors and a senior political science major, said alienat-ing students was “the last thing anyone wanted to do.” McNutt said he is not fight-ing the motion and his input was considered when mold-ing the plan introduced by the press release.

McNutt also said there is merit to both sides of the debate, and the controversy is the result of poor commu-nication from all sides about the revisions to the original bill.

“I hopped on this bill late in the game to take the lan-guage out of the bill that sin-gled the GLBT [Resource] Center out specifically,” McNutt said. “I was trying to make the bill inclusive for everyone. I was trying to be a peacemaker and compro-mise between the two ex-treme sides.”

McNutt said while the bill was “trying to protect religious liberties,” he is glad Senate is moving on.

“I’m so happy that the Speaker, [Claybrook] and I have reached a compromise and are putting this thing to rest,” McNutt said.

Nick Burrell, sophomore general studies major, said he was surprised to see senators from both sides express in-terest in dropping the topic.

“I wouldn’t expect it, es-pecially because it was such a big deal,” Burrell said.

Reid Geissen, sopho-more philosophy major, said the senators are making the right decision by thinking about the effect this debate has on the University instead of prolonging the discussion.

“I think people in the University who have posi-tions of authority in rela-tion to this topic should be prioritizing the University’s reputation and are justified in whatever influence they may have to help student government and the Uni-versity image,” Geissen said.

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