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Rev I: Home at last
Missing art is back in Aggieland
after almost 25-year absence
By Lindsey Gawlik
nearly 25-year-olcl mys-
tery came to a close earlier
this month when a missing
painting of Reveille I was
returned to Texas A&M.
The painting vanished in the 1990s
from campus, and its disappearance
remained a mystery until the univer
sity police received a tip in late 2014.
The painting was eventually recovered
in San Antonio, and was returned to
campus at an unveiling celebration at
the Sanders Corps of Cadets Center
Wednesday.
Brig. Gen. Joe Ramirez Jr., com
mandant of the Corps of Cadets, said
the painting is a piece of Aggie history
and the Corps was glad to see it re
stored to Aggieland.
Ramirez said the story of Reveille
I >— a roadside mutt’s rise to become a
popular five-diamond university mas
cot— is an important part of Aggie his
tory that still resonates with all Aggies.
Ramirez said the painting went
missing sometime in the 1990s dur
ing renovations to the military sciences
building, where the painting previously
hung.
Although it is not clear the circum
stances of the disappearance or exact
time, Ramirez said the painting simply
vanished and was not seen again for
almost 25 years until UPD received a
call.
Mike Johnson, assistant chief of the
University Police Department, said
UPD officer Russell Rogers received
a call on Dec. 2 with information on
how to find the painting.
“From the valuable information
provided by the caller, officer Rogers
REVEILLE ON PG. 3
M. BASKETBALL
Jones, House
lead 2nd half
surge in win
Vanessa PeAa — THE BATTALION
Junior Danuel House tallied 16 points for the A&M
62-50 victory over Missouri Wednesday night.
By Conner Darland
On the backs of
Jalen Jones and
Danuel House, Texas
A&M stormed back
from a halftime deficit
to top Missouri and
gather its third win in
a row.
The scoring tandem
of Jones and House
continued a hot streak
with 16 points each in
the 62-50 win at Reed
Wednesday.
Jones, who leads the
team in scoring and re
bounding, also added
nine rebounds.
“We knew that we
couldn’t let this one slip
away from us,” Jones
said. “Missouri played
a lot of close games
this year and we knew
that they were going to
come at us hard. They
gave us the first punch
and we knew that we
had to him them back. ”
Texas A&M opened
the second half on a
15-5 run with back-
to-back three pointers
by House and Jones.
The Aggies caught the
three-point bug in the
second half and never
looked back, shooting
46 percent from behind
the arc and leading by
as many as 15 points.
Alex Caruso, the
SEC leader in assists
and assists per game,
chipped in 11 points
and dished out three
assists in the win.
For die Tigers,
guard Wes Clark was
all over the court with
18 points, six assists and
five steals. Texas A&M
managed to keep lead
ing scorer Johnathan
Williams III in check,
holding him to nine
points and 10 rebounds.
The Aggies next
head to Knoxville for
a noon matchup with
Tennessee Saturday.
POP CULTURE
HEALTH
W. BASKETBALL
#OscarsSoWhite:
Is the 2014 field
whitewashed?
Hashtag scratches
surface of social issue
By Victoria Rivas
The Academy Awards
will celebrate some of
the film industry’s criti-
»
cally acclaimed films from
the past year. However,
the Academy is receiving
some criticism due to the
“white washed” Oscar
nominee list that was re
leased Jan. 15.
The lack of a diverse
set of nominees inspired
Twitter users to fill the
site with tweets featuring
the hashtag #OscarsSoW-
hite.
This criticism, which
initially brought up a
discussion about racial
and ethnic representa
tion in American cinema,
prompted broader ques
tions about which mem-
bers of society fully partic
ipate in the film industry.
Some professors and stu
dents think by observing
the lack of diversity in the
film industry, many un
derlying social issues can
be resolved.
Daniel Humphrey,
professor of film studies,
said a lack of diversity in
Hollywood is reflected in
the content produced by
Hollywood.
“One of the things
people point out in
Oscars is that some of
Frederica Shih — THE BATTALION
OSCARS ON PG. 3
Tough flu strain
leads to epidemic
By Sam King
Vaccination shots only
23 percent effective
Summer, spring, winter,
fall and flu — the five
seasons of the year. And this
flu season has been a rough
one.
Last week, the U.S. Cen
ter for Disease Control and
Prevention, announced that
this year’s flu vims vaccine
is only 23 percent effective.
On Dec. 30, after the deaths
of 15 children, the CDC na
tionally declared the flu of
ficially an epidemic.
Sarah Mendez, health ed
ucation and promotion di
rector at the Brazos County
Health Department, said the
less effective vaccine played
a large role in this year’s flu
season.
Mendez said this year’s
vaccine covers some strains
of flu, but it did not contain
strains of Flu Strain A, or
H3N2, which was the strain
of flu found most often.
“This year the CDC has
been doing some studies
and found that the different
strains of the types of vimses
that are in the actual flu shot
this year is not matching
with what we are seeing as
the types of flu that people
are getting,” Mendez said.
Mendez said the CDC at
tempts each year to predict
which strains of the flu will
be popular to put samples of
those in that year’s flu vac
cine. This year the CDC
missed the mark.
Another factor that plays
into why the flu is so wide
spread this season lies in the
"Unfortunately
the vaccine
this year is not
as effective
against that
strain/'
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Ho&if.h Diop^rtmam
contagiousness of the flu, a
respiratory infection, Men
dez said.
“So if people cough in
their hands, and then they’re
touching things, whether it
be an elevator button, or a
doorknob or a grocery cart
at the store, then they can
spread the flu vims that
way,” Mendez said.
While the flu can lead to
death in some serious cases,
David Teller, associate di-
FLU ON PG. 4
No. 22 Georgia up
next for Blair’s Aggies
By Cole Stenholm
Texas A&M wom-
^ en’s basketball head
coach Gary Blair started
his Tuesday press confer
ence with a reference to
a classic Ray Charles hit.
“Georgia’s on my mind,”
Blair said, appropriate as
he and his Aggies prepare
for No. 22 Georgia.
The No. 10 Aggies
(16-3, 4-1 in the SEC)
have gone 5-3 in their last
eight games after winning
their first 11. They now
face the daunting task of
consecutive conference
road games against top-
25 opponents, beginning
6 p.m. Thursday in the
Stegeman Coliseum in
Athens, Georgia. The
Aggies then take on No.
1 South Carolina on
Monday.
Fortunately, though,
Blair already has a good
idea of how to prepare
for the first game of the
two-game stretch due to
his familiarity with Geor
gia’s head coach, Andy
Landers.
“Like I always do, I
prepare for the jockey
first, the team second,”
he said. “And I’ve pre
pared for coach Landers
for years and years and
IV BASKETBALL
ON PG. 2
Cody Franklin —THE BATTALION
Junior Courney Walker averages
14.7 points per game.