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think it’s probably smarter to pursue a career than to pursue a game that will die out in at least a few years.”

According to League of Legends gamers, profession-al gamers are distinct from competitive gamers in that they are sponsored by large companies and earn a salary in addition to tournament winnings.

“Professionals basically eat,

sleep and live together, and playing the game is their job,” Schaeffer said. “The top-level teams have a house where all of their members live togeth-er — they wake up and play the game.”

Pulliam said the fading popularity of once-major games and sponsors as funding sources are the main reasons that job stability in profes-sional gaming is unreliable.

“I’ve seen tons of games become competitive and then almost overnight, the game completely disappears and is no longer being funded be-cause the [source of funding] is a sponsorship from a com-pany such as [energy drink companies] or some comput-er hardware company,” Pul-

Working off early season struggles, sophomore Blake Allemand kick-

started the Texas A&M offense Sunday behind his first career home run, knock-ing in junior Krey Bratsen as the Aggies rolled to an 11-4 victory over Georgia.

With the win, A&M (14-7, 3-0 SEC) completed the three-game series sweep of visiting Georgia (8-11, 0-3 SEC) in the Aggies’ Southeastern Conference debut. A&M downed the Bulldogs 4-1 on Friday before closing out a tight 2-1 extra innings victory Saturday.

“It’s no secret that I was struggling early on,” Allemand said following Sunday’s victory. “I’ve been trying to take it one game at a time and have good at-bats, do anything I can do for the team. Today I was fortunate enough to get a hit.”

On the mound, freshman Jason Free-man made his first career weekend start, pitching four and two-thirds innings while freshman reliever Matt Kent (1-1) earned the win behind one and two-thirds scoreless innings.

During Saturday’s victory, Allemand scored junior Jace Statum in the third in-ning to push the Aggies to an early 1-0 lead. Georgia knotted the score at 1-1 in the fifth before Bratsen notched a walk-off single in the 10th inning to give A&M the 2-1 win.

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Junior outfielder Krey Bratsen hit a walk-off RBI single to help lead the Aggies to a 2-1 extra-innings victory over Georgia on Saturday.

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Jack Tutt slides past busy bartenders to replace a keg during the St. Patrick’s Day celebration Sunday outside of O’Bannon’s Taphouse. The celebration featured live music, traditional Irish food and lots of green beer.

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Sophomore Daniel Mengden pitched a career-long eight innings in the victory, allowing one earned run on six hits while garnering eight strikeouts.

“This is a big-time win for us. It’s huge for our team,” Bratsen said Saturday. “I’m just glad I was able to be a part of that and come through when the team needed me.”

In the series opener on Friday, A&M jumped out to an early lead in the first in-ning after sophomore Mitchell Nau drove Bratsen home with an RBI single. During

the second, Statum plated Mengden with a sacrifice bunt. The Aggies tacked on two insurance runs to close out the eighth in-ning and the 4-1 victory.

Senior Kyle Martin (2-2) garnered the win over six and one-third innings, strik-ing out six while allowing seven hits.

“Kyle Martin set the tone, we grabbed the lead early and those two runs probably felt like four to them,” head coach Rob Childress said. “For us to score two runs in the eighth was huge. From the start I thought we were ready to play the game.”

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Student gamers use tournament winnings to help pay tuition

A group of students found a way of using video

games to help pay the bills while working toward earn-ing a college degree.

The five-member team, College Station League of Legends, earned the title of No. 1 college League of Leg-ends team in the world and won $40,000 at a tournament hosted by the Collegiate Star-League in Los Angeles, Calif., on Feb. 17.

The team went undefeated in the tournament and plans to split the $40,000.

“For me — and probably most of the other guys — [the prize money] is pretty much just going right back into school,” said Justin Pul-liam, senior computer science major. “You know, for pay-ing off loans or future classes — however they decide to use it.”

The team plans to utilize the $40,000 as a practical ap-proach to financial stability, as opposed to a means to pursue the sport professionally.

“[Competitive gamers] can go from being [financially stable] to being in a situation where [they] don’t have much to fall back on,” Pulliam said. “I’d have a degree, so I’d probably still be OK but I just

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Sophomore chemical engineering major Andrew Schaeffer and teammates compete in the Leauge of Legends tournament.

Festival’s free shows, new artists attract student crowd

This year’s South by Southwest festival featured the old and the new, with musical artists such as the Flaming

Lips and the recently popular Macklemore hitting stages to entertain masses of grinning and sunburned music lov-ers. Though the costs for some shows were high, students attest that this year’s festival offered free lineups that en-tertained at a cheaper expense.

“I went to all free shows, so for me showing up early to the venue was key,” said Bo Martinez, senior communi-cations major. “It was worth it to wait around for a couple of hours to see my favorite bands up close and personal.”

“Free” was a key word for most students looking to get their Spring Break kicks in Austin during SXSW. While each night’s biggest showcases included bands such as Green Day, Justin Timberlake and Prince, free day par-ties offered the chance to see new and rising musicians at the low cost of an RSVP email and a short wait in line for a wristband.

Day parties from SPIN’s, the epic-scale Fader Fort and Waterloo Records brought names like Kendrick Lamar, Tegan and Sara, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, though some music buffs found that older acts were their favorite part of the week.

“It’s hard to pick just one, but my favorite would prob-ably be the Adolescents,” said Daniella Mascarenhas, se-nior political science major. “They’re such an iconic punk band and despite being a bunch of old punks, they can still really rock and get a crowd going.”

The extent to which corporate sponsorship is the driv-ing force behind SXSW has always been controversial. However, this year some students found they didn’t mind all the advertisements as long as they got their fix of music.

“I feel like I should be against the overwhelming cor-porate sponsorship, but I think it actually enhanced my experience,” Mascarenhas said. “I was able to get through most of the festival without paying for things because of the amount of free food and drinks.”

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Public program broadcasts student shows

Turn on the TV – A&M students are on the air. Amid the news broadcasts and documentaries on KAMU’S

public television programming is a 30-minute show cre-ated and produced by A&M students. ETC, pronounced “et cetera,” is a show entirely produced by the work of Texas A&M students, providing students with an experi-ence most find only in a professional workplace.

Professor Rodney Zent, director of Educational Broad-cast Services for KAMU, said ETC aims to teach students the aspects of TV programming in a short amount of time.

“The program airs what students decide to cover,” Zent said. “They come up with topics, submit propos-als, find guests and put on a show targeted at University-related activities.”

ETC is the work of Zent’s agricultural journalism class. Fifteen students split up into teams of three that have two weeks to pick a topic, find guests and create the show. The show’s name arises from the wide variety of topics students choose to pursue.

Zent said even though only one student group is re-sponsible for each show’s content, the other students gain valuable experience performing many of the other jobs that make television possible.

“Each week one group is responsible for producing [the show’s] content, and the other students are respon-sible for other positions,” Zent said. “The audio, camera-work, video editing, floor director and everything else is

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Senior agricultural communications and journalism major Mikel Moon captures Rodney Zent on camera at the KAMU studio.

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Freudian Slip acting group performs at their improv show Feb. 16 in Rudder Forum.

While some people have a hard time coming up with jokes on the spot, actors of Freudian

Slip make it their mission to do so.Freudian Slip, founded in 1992, is a group of

A&M students who love improvisation. “A lot of people are funny when they quote stuff,

but that’s not what we do,” said Austin Faulk, senior biology major and president of Freudian Slip.

The group’s improvisations are original perfor-mances.

“We make up our own stuff,” Faulk said. “It’s an interesting type of humor that’s more quick and witty than calculated and rehearsed [humor].”

Without a script, imrov groups use the audience to create a show.

“What we do in a show is have a basic gist of what we want to do, then the audience tells us what to do next,” Faulk said.

Faulk said in a previous show, the improvisa-tion team walked on stage knowing three things: the show would be a mystery, there would be a detective and there would be a crime. Then, with suggestions from the audience, the fate of the show was decided.

Freudian Slip performs in Rudder Forum and Rudder Theatre. They also travel and perform for organizations as entertainment, in addition to taking trips cross-country.

“Every other year, we take a trip to Chicago, the improv capitol of the world. It’s where [‘Saturday Night Live’] people started,” Faulk said, referring to the city’s legendary Second City improv comedy school.

Faulk said the trip brings the team closer together and offers learning experiences for the actors.

While a majority of the group has a performance background, Freudian Slip members are pursuing different careers.

“It’s all across the board with interests and majors: I’m bio, there’s business, engineers, communica-tion, everything,” Faulk said.

With a wide range of personalities, Faulk said the humor is hardly stale.

Jillian Landers, freshman telecommunication me-dia studies major and new member of Freudian Slip,

said even though everyone comes from different places on campus, rehearsals are a blast.

“Everyone is crazy funny which makes it hard to keep a straight face,” Landers said.

But Freudian Slip doesn’t accept just anyone. Faulk described the audition process as “rigorous,” with the club allowing only 15 members. Faulk said Freudian Slip looks for dynamic individuals who are willing to commit to the club.

“When I first auditioned, there were about 60 people trying out,” Faulk said.

Faulk said he believes humor is comprised of top-ics the audience can connect with and recognize.

“For me, the funniest stuff is when you can relate to it, when it’s a situation that can totally happen, but is taken to the extreme,” Faulk said.

Yet different people have different views on humor

Justin Fullerton, senior international studies ma-jor, wrote and acted in “What Are You Really?” a short sketch about the subtle racial slurs that go unnoticed in everyday life. Fullerton presented his piece in the A&M Student New Works Festival in February.

In 1992, Freudian Slip regularly sold out in Rudder Theatre. Today, Faulk said few people on campus have even heard of them. In competition with comedy online or on television, Faulk said there is something different about seeing comedy live, especially improvisation. He said the distance between the audience and performers makes a dif-ference, creating a more engaging and enthralling atmosphere than anything a viewer could get from a screen.

Fullerton said comedy is the point at which ev-erybody, no matter where they come from, can sit back, chuckle and say “Now, that’s funny.”

Landers said the best comedy isn’t forced, and that comedy is really just a different way of looking at ideas and adding new ridiculous information.

“Comedy can be found in the little things, like squeaky desks in classroom, people tripping and pretending nothing happened, the wind blowing in Academic Plaza and taking out the people holding banners, or a Corps guy having a nightmare during history,” Landers said.

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For a man who never experienced a traditional creative writing pro-

gram, Charles Taylor took to the craft quickly.

Taylor, accomplished poet and creative writing professor at Texas A&M for the past 21 years, said he considers himself a multi-genre writer, not a specialist.

“Pretty much the only thing I haven’t writ-ten is screenplays,” Taylor said. “It probably reflects the fact that I came to creative writ-ing late. I was a Shakespeare and Renaissance literature professor. I did not go through a creative writing program.”

He admitted that his first poems were prob-ably not very good, and that he was teased about them.

“I was probably trying too hard to be po-etic,” Taylor said. “It was a bit discouraging.”

Over the years, Taylor has worked harder and improved, earning the 1988 Austin Book Award for his poetry collection “What Do You Want, Blood?” He said he experiments more with his works now, fashioning works such as a poem without periods.

“It’s called a ‘Treatise on Time, or Laugh-ter,’ and I decided since time is flowing, there should be no periods,” Taylor said. “Life doesn’t stop, sentences stop. Life flows on and so the poem is mostly run-on sentences.”

Colette Molina, senior creative writing ma-jor, said Taylor is very encouraging toward his students.

“He seems to really care about his students and he’s always open to our ideas,” Molina said. “He’s always pushing and inspiring us. He’s a really interesting guy.”

Taylor said the connection he has with his audience and the instant feedback he receives from an audience are what draw him to po-etry.

“You get to mix with people,” Taylor said. “When you publish a short story or essay and it comes out in a magazine, sometimes you get a note, an email. A lot of times you never hear. There’s such a separation from the audi-ence and poetry gives you that contact with people.”

He even received a letter from Paris from a reader and admirer of his work.

“I got a letter from Paris, France, that some-one had read my book,” Taylor said. “They wrote me and told me how much they liked my book and sent me a fancy little sheet of paper and asked for my autograph. That was really sweet. With poetry, you seem to get the most audience contact and feedback.”

Deborah Pfuntner, English doctoral stu-dent, said Taylor always makes his class-es interesting and respects the opinion of students.

“He always makes his students feel that their insights are valued and he always makes his extensive knowledge of course material in-teresting and relevant to his students,” Pfunt-ner said.

Taylor said he also enjoys doing po-etry readings and has conducted them in various settings.

“I give a lot of readings,” Taylor said. “It’s one of the fun things about being a poet. I’ve given readings standing up on buses, in res-taurants, in bars, coffee shops, bookstores, universities.”

His advice for future poets: find something else that you like to do so you have money.

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Charles Taylor received the 1988 Austin Book Award and is nationally renown for his poetry collection “What Do You Want, Blood?”

See the showFreudian Slip will be performing on campus in Rudder Theatre at 7 p.m. on April 13. Just before final exams, Freudian Slip will perform again in Rudder Forum on April 30.

Multi-genre writer shares insight to his craft

filled by students.”Jon Cooley, senior agricultural communi-

cations and journalism major and a reporter for The Battalion, produced a show centered on public service with his group early in the semester.

“It’s [just like] an internship,” Cooley said.

“We are given a time slot on public TV and are responsible for coming up with a show. It’s lot of fun, but a lot of hard work because we are expected to perform better and better every time.”

Cooley said the show allows students to gain valuable job experience and express their creativity.

“The only real guideline we have is that the show has to make sense and that we stick to the chosen topic,” Cooley said. “Besides that,

it’s all open to student creativity.”Reflecting the students’ freedom in topic

choice, ETC has showcased a variety of sub-jects in and around College Station. Past shows have featured the A&M rodeo team and busi-nesses in and around Bryan-College Station.

“We get a good feel for the broadcast indus-try,” Lynn Zela, senior agricultural commu-nications and journalism major said. “When you’re not doing the show, you are the crew. We learn in the classroom about the equip-

ment but then get thrown into working with it [all at once]. It’s very exciting.”

The class and its program are two ways students work toward preparing graduates for successful careers after college.

“We treat these students as if they were professional employees,” Zent said. “By the end of class, they have portfolios filled with self-produced TV programs, as well as hands-on experience with high-end equipment. It’s a unique program.”

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“Be sure you have something else,” Taylor said. “No poet makes a living purely from sell-ing poetry. So find something to do that you like for a living, but choose carefully. Make sure to leave time to write.”

Taylor said living in an interesting place where other poets are located helps with the creative process.

“Put yourself where interesting things hap-pen,” Taylor said. “Live somewhere where you can go out and meet other poets, hear their work, learn from them. If you see a poet go up on stage and bomb, then you can learn

what not to do.”He also said to write what you know.“It’s so much easier to write about what

you know,” Taylor said. “There are a lot of stories out there designed to just suck money out of your pocket, but what about your sto-ries? Aren’t they important?”

When writing a poem, Taylor said it can be difficult and frustrating to write, even if the subject or concept is interesting.

“Sometimes there’s a magic involved, where there’s a rhythm,” Taylor said. “Sometimes you find the rhythm and sometimes you don’t.”

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system newsPerry appoints A&M regentsGov. Rick Perry appointed two members to the Texas A&M System Board of Regents and reappointed previous Chairman of the Board Morris Foster according to a governor’s office announcement Friday. The terms for Foster and the new appointees, Texas A&M Class of 1990 Tony Buzbee and University of Texas graduate Charles Schwartz, will expire Feb. 1, 2019.

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liam said. “So if [the sponsors] stop giving funding, that team doesn’t exist anymore.”

Made up of students, the team said the idea of balancing school or a career and play-ing video games on such an extreme scale is improbable.

“I think for most of us, we want to put school first,” Dean Keyser, freshman electri-cal engineering major said. “[Gaming] is just a hobby in the end.”

According to sophomore chemical engi-neering major Andrew Shaeffer, the team rarely had time to practice together prior to the tournament due to time constraints and schedule conflicts, but ultimately was suc-cessful due to the individual skill levels of its members.

“Through the [qualifiers and tournaments], we were individually very skilled, so we just overpowered our opponents through individ-ual skill,” Schaeffer said. “As for teamwork, we did practice together on occasion, but it wasn’t anything too heavy. It was pretty light and casual practicing.”

According to Pulliam, since the formation of the team in October, their hobby most resembled a job the day before finals at the tournament, when the team underwent its first comprehensive strategy and practice session at the tournament.

“The day before finals, we played from 12

p.m. to 12 a.m.,” Schaeffer said. “It was kind of like cramming for finals.”

In order to clear space in their academic schedules to travel to the tournament, team members had to work ahead on classwork.

“I think I missed maybe three days of school,” Pulliam said. “I missed an exam dur-ing that time, and I had to finish projects way ahead of time because I was going to be gone.”

Schaeffer said the game helps him through school in a different way.

“At school there is this chemical engineer-ing, chemistry and all this stuff,” Schaeffer said. “So I guess it puts me in a more relaxed mood.”

After winning the CSL fall semester tourna-ment, the team will begin qualifying rounds for the spring tournament Saturday.

“This tournament is where mostly profes-sional teams who actually do this for a living go and compete, so it’s just an opportunity for us to play with the big dogs,” Pulliam said.

Team manager Elizabeth Olvera said future tournaments could reward players with schol-arships instead of with money.

Regardless of where their gaming and aca-demic careers lead, Keyser said the tourna-ment win itself was an accomplishment for the team members.

“I think at the very end, when we won the [tournament], winning something after work-ing through it is a really good feeling of ac-complishment,” Keyser said. “We did some-thing, we worked for it and we got what we wanted out of it.”

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The College Station League of Legends gaming team celebrates after winning the League of Legends college tournament in February.

texasInmate in robbery case escapes jailAn inmate at a Houston-area jail has escaped and investigators believe the bank robbery suspect went over a wall.The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office says 40-year-old Britt Chadvurn Privatte of Sugar Land was unaccounted for during a check Sunday afternoon. Lt. Dan Norris says Privatte was last seen in the recreation yard of the jail in Conroe.Investigators believe Privatte scaled a wall inside the recreation yard and broke through the upper fencing to the roof.Privatte was among three people arrested following a January bank robbery in the Kingwood area. He was being held on charges of escape, aggravated robbery and burglary. He will also face an escape charge.Further details on the escape were not immediately released.

nation & worldLawmaker questions North Korea leader’s ‘stability’ The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee says the U.S. just doesn’t know about “the stability” of North Korea’s young leader, who has threatened pre-emptive nuclear attacks on Washington D.C..Republican Rep. Mike Rogers of Michigan says Kim Jong Un is trying to “prove himself” to his military and the military is eager for “saber-rattling” for its own self-interest.

North Korea leaders also said recently that it no longer will recognize the armistice that ended the 1953 Korean War.The Pentagon said Friday that it will spend $1 billion to add 14 interceptors to an Alaska-based missile defense system, responding to what it called “faster-than-anticipated North Korean progress on nuclear weapons and missiles.”Rogers told CNN’s “State of the Union” that the North Koreans seem to be looking for some “provocations.”

texasChina leaders pledge clean governmentChina’s new leaders pledged to run a cleaner, more efficient government and to slash spending on official perks Sunday as the ceremonial legislature wrapped up a pivotal session to install a new leadership in a once-a-decade transfer of power. The transition that began in November under strict orchestration by China’s ruling Communist Party has taken place at time of lower estimates of future economic growth and rising public anger over massive corruption, waste, and extravagant spending that are exasperating a yawning wealth gap. President Xi Jinping told the nearly 3,000 delegates gathered at Beijing’s hulking Great Hall of the People that his government would “resolutely reject formalism, bureaucratism, hedonism and extravagance, and resolutely fight against corruption and other misconduct in all manifestations.”

Associated Press

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