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The Battalion I 3.30.15
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Attendees find their match at AggieCon
By Taylor Siskind
hs. The Cepheid Variable, a student
organization for science fiction en
thusiasts, hosted the 46th annual Ag
gieCon this weekend, a convention
held to bring together people with
interests including sci-fi, anime and
comic books.
For the first time, AggieCon tried
something new by hosting an event
called “The Cosplay Bachelor/Bach-
elorette.” Two different versions of
the event were constructed, one G-
rated, the other an 18-and-over event.
In this game, people dressed in cosplay,
short for “costume play,” volunteered
to find their perfect match. The catch:
they could only speak as the character
they came dressed as. This resulted in
reference after reference of quick, witty
lines.
Chosen before the event started,
three participants sat on one side with
a divider blocking their sight from the
“bachelor” or “bachelorette.” Also
blinded by the divider, the bachelor
or bachelorette then asked questions
to figure out who could be their best
potential love interest. At the end of
the questioning, the bachelor or bach
elorette, with the help of the audience,
chose his or her match.
Afterward, each of the participants’
identities were guessed and revealed
with a result of some pretty odd pair
ings. Below are pictures of the final
couples along with how they knew it
was meant to be.
Casey Lee, English senior, dressed as Mr.
T, and Mandy Tinder, entomology graduate
student, dressed as Anna from “Frozen.”
“A mutual appreciation for face-punching,”
Lee said.
Vanessa Pefta — THE BATTALION
Junior infielder Logan Taylor attempts to beat the
throw during the 14-5 A&M win over Missouri Sunday.
BASEBALL CONTINUED
responded with two runs to
tie the game at 2-2 all the way
until the eighth inning, when
Missouri smashed a ball down
the line to left field to score
a runner and give the Tigers
a 3-2 advantage. The Aggies
threatened in the ninth in
ning, but could not get the
ball to bounce their way and
lost their first home game
of the season. Kyle Simonds
made his first career start on
the mound, working five in
nings, allowing only three
hits and two unearned runs.
After its first loss of the
season, A&M responded
with an 11-run outburst at
UTSA. Sunday, the Aggies
had a nine-run sixth inning
to propel them to a 14-6 vic
tory. A&M had three home
runs in the ballgame, includ
ing a grand slam from Logan
Taylor during the sixth in
ning surge.
The Aggie lineup had
mariy stars, led by Mitch
ell Nau and Logan Taylor,
who each had four ILBIs on
the day. Nau also hit his first
home run of the season. On
the mound, junior Matt Kent
had a stellar outing, as he
worked six innings, surren
dering seven hits but keeping
the Missouri lineup scoreless.
“Clearly we don’t like los
ing,” said Logan Nottebrok
after the game. “Everytime
we lose a game, we come
back and show up ready to
play. They call this champi--
onship Sunday. Champion
ship games are ready to play
on Sunday. We could easily
have turned it down and went
about our business. We came
out strong. You know you
have to win Sunday games to
compete in the SEC.”
The overall attendance
for the weekend was 18,776,
which is the most for a week
end series since the Blue Bell
renovations in 2012, and was
the fifth-highest weekend at
tendance in Olsen Field his
tory. The Aggies will return
home on Tuesday to take on
the Sam Houston State Bear-
kats.
Juan Carlos Urqui-
di, engineering soph
omore, came as Spike
the Dragon from “My
Little Pony,” and
Tori Angus, geology
sophomore, dressed as
Honey Lemon from
“Big Hero 6.”
“He asked, ‘Are
our species compat
ible?’ and I said, ‘Well
we’ll have to go back
to the lab and find
out,”’ Angus said.
Megan Hipchen, a future visualization student at A&M, as Tadashi
Hamada from “Big Hero 6.” Christine McBroom, interdisciplinary studies
junior, dressed as Lara Croft. “I played the previous game, the G-rated,
and so coming here was like, ‘I can only imagine what’s going to happen
when I come here,” Hipchen said.
With a fantastic
Shaggy impression,
Byron Verett said, “So
like, it totally got me
right in here in my
belly when she talked
about freezing pizza
and making ice cream
frozen,” Verett said.
“Ice cream sandwiches
are one of my top 10
desserts, man.”
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