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News Editor Meredith Collier, Page Designer John Rangel, SciTech Editor Claire Shepherd, Page Designer THE BATTALION is published daily, Monday through Friday during the fail and spring semesters and Tuesday and Thursday during the summer session (except University holidays and exam periods) at Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843. Offices are in Suite L400 of the Memorial Student Center. News: The Battalion news department is managed by students at Texas A&M University in Student Media, a unit of the Division of Student Affairs. Newsroom phone: 979-845-3315; E-mail: editor@thebatt.com; website: http:// www.thebatt.com. Advertising: Publication of advertising does not imply sponsorship or endorsement by The Battalion. For campus, local, and national display advertising, call 979- 845-2687. For classified advertising, call 979-845-0569. Office hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Email: battads@thebatt.com. Subscriptions: A part of the University Advancement Fee entitles each Texas A&M student to pick up a single copy of The Battalion. First copy free, additional copies $1. ANALYSIS Inexperienced but ready Vanessa Pena — THE BATTALION Sophomore outfielder Nick Banks slides into third base during the series win over Missouri. Texas A&M is the first team to reach 30 wins despite losing two weekend pitchers Carter Karels @CarterKarels { ~ ; : his year’s narrative for sports has followed a common story line: a team doesn’t necessarily need experience to be at the top. Let’s look at Ohio State for example. The Buckeyes rummaged through three quarterbacks, includ ing Cardale Jones, who didn’t start a down until the 13th game of the season. A little over a month later, the sophomore hoisted a national champi onship trophy over his shoulders, and was projected high in the draft before deciding to return. Kentucky basketball coach John Calipari experimented with this phenomenon recently, and gathered a national title and four Final Four appearances in the process with the Wildcats. Even Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski, who historically features teams with seasoned veterans and chemistry, won the national cham pionship last night with his youngest team in his 35 years of coaching the Blue Devils. Rob Childress and the No. 1 Texas A&M baseball team fit in well with this narrative. Blake Allemand, Mitchell Nau and Jason Freeman are the only players that were part of the 2011 College World Series squad. Leadership was needed coming in to this season, and it was surely provided. Over the weekend, Texas A&M became the first collegiate baseball team to reach 30 wins, securing its spot at No. 1 in the country. This is no coincidence, for the Aggies have shown all the right tools to prove its top-ranked position. A relatable story that could explain the Aggie’s success is the Louisville basketball team of 2012-2013. In the Elite Eight, Cardinals guard Kevin GERMANWINGS CONTINUED around inside the aircraft and bumping into things.” A few days after the crash, inves tigators uncovered the plane’s black box, which provided insight on how the plane went down and which in vestigators finished looking into over the weekend. Talreja said a black box provides a complete picture on how a flight is taking place. “A black box records all sounds coming from the cockpit as well as any conversations,” Talreja said. “It records altitude at any point and signals from various parts of the aircraft, such as the wings, backside and front.” In this particular case, the black box recorded the flight’s entire descent, including the screams of the passen gers, the frantic knocking of the cap tain and Lubitz’s silence all while the plane descended rapidly from 38,000 feet (about the height of 380 Rudder Towers stacked one atop the other) to 100 feet. Brak said Lubitz’s actions do not re flect the norm. “That’s just not normal pilot mental ity,” Brak said. “Most pilots love their job and want their ride to be as smooth Ware suffered a gruesome injury in the national spotlight against Duke. Moving forward, Louisville used that as inspiration, and the Cardinals even tually won the title game. Similarly, A&M faced adversity with the loss of two weekend pitchers, Tyler Stubble field (ACL) right before the season, and AJ Minter (Tommy John surgery) in the midst of this season. Nevertheless, A&M ranks second in the country in ERA at 2.03. Chil dress’ recruiting success and defensive mindedness gave him the luxury to bring in arms at the level of the play ers lost to injury. But the credit doesn’t all go toward the pitching staff, and that’s what makes the Aggies top notch. The A&M hitting is just as good, if not better, than the pitching with the depth of the lineup. Every Aggie hitter in the order has collected a home.run, with Ronnie Gideon and Logan Taylor leading the way with six apiece. Eight players also have 20 or more RBIs, while seven are batting higher than .300. Through April 1, A&M stood at No. 5 as a team in bat ting average. An even spread is A&M’s strong suit on both sides, but it has specific players that can step up when it mat ters the most. Nick Banks bats .431, as possible. Most of the time, the sky is our happiest place where everything is just so beautiful and awesome.” Shannon Smith, clinical psychology doctoral candidate, researches models of psychopathic personality. She said a possible motive as to why Lubitz hid his tendencies is because mental illness is stigmatized and encourages people to “tough it out” rather than seek help. “People who commit large-scale acts of violence such as this may do so for reasons such as seeking notori ety or wanting to be remembered after death,” Smith said. “Another factor is personality features involving a self- centered focus through which the per son is unconcerned about the impact of his or her actions on other people.” Though Lubitz was diagnosed with mental instability, Smith said she en courages caution in all regards as people diagnosed with mental illnesses are no more likely to exhibit violent behavior than people who are not. With the increasing presence of air line crashes publicized in recent years, questions of an automatic flying system controlled from the ground have been gaining traction. Talreja said while some automation is necessary, relin quishing the pilot of all control is un realistic. ranking fourth among all player. Two of the Aggies weekend pitchers, Grayson Long and Matt Kent, remain undefeated at 6-0 each, aiding in only allowing five home runs and 87 total runs all season, which both rank best in the SEC. The Aggies boast a 30-2 record after opening the season 24-0 as they host the No. 15 Rice Owls at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. A&M remains unde feated in midweek series, despite usu ally throwing out freshmen in Turner Larkins and Brigham Hill, proving again that experience isn’t every thing. This game provides the Aggies with their first ranked opponent in a midweek series, and a win with a freshman at the mound could add to the bevy of impressive feats collected this year. The young, promising Aggies came into this season with one goal on their mind: making the College World Se ries again. Despite losing two of their best players and calling on freshmen and sophomores for help, A&M has shown the nation that its season might just end with something more: a title shot. Carter Karels is sports editor for The Battalion and a freshman journalism major. “You can’t account for all situations from a control tower, such as when a passenger within the aircraft is being difficult,” Talreja said. “It is unwise and dangerous to completely unman an aircraft.” Brak said passengers often exaggerate cockpit technology and forget planes are manned by actual people, not ro bots. “On some airbuses, there is some ground control in which altitude is au tomatically adjusted if the aircraft is too close to dangerous terrain,” Brak said. “But I don’t know how much more automation they can put in there, espe cially if a pilot strays off the established course. It’s not going to function com pletely without pilots.” Despite the Germanwings incident and other plane accidents within the last year, such as the missing Malaysian Airlines flight and AirAsia crash, Tal reja said flying still remains the safest mode of transportation. According to an MIT statistics report on flying safety, a global average of 100,000 flights land safely every day. “Aircraft inspections happen every day and are extremely thorough,” Tal reja said. “It’s essentially pilot error left to cause disasters.” Open to the public! Sponsored by the CIRTL Network Monday, April 13, 2015 7:30pm in Rudder Theater Book signing with author to follow cirtl.tamu.edu NEW DONORS EARN IN YOUR FIRST 2 DONATIONS TWO LOCATIONS TO DONATE AT! (979)315-4101 I (979)314-3672 4223 Wellborn Rd 7CW University Dr E., Ste 111 Bryan, IX 77801 | College Station, TX 77840 Aggieland2015 Its not too late to order your copy of the 2015 Aggieland yearbook. 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