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FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 2019
VOL . 85 ISSUE 24
ASU track teams dominate at outdoor home meet Women’s, men’s teams place first at David Noble Relays
Photo by Ian Saint: Jordan Nash soars through the air in her final jump. Nash is now competing as a grad student for ASU.
Photo by Axel Marcenaro: Tare Ward runs head-to-head with the competition down the last stretch of track. The 4x100 meter relay team earned 2nd place with a time of 45.88, making them the 2nd fastest women’s relay in ASU school history.
Rosanna Aguilera, editor-in-chief The ASU men’s and women’s track and field teams both won the David Noble Relays on April 4-6 at the ASU track. The men’s side recorded 175 points as a team. Texas A&M-Commerce finished second with 113.5 points, South Plains College came in third with 91 points, Texas A&M-Kingsville in fourth with 78 and Missouri Southern State University rounded out the top five with 72.5 points. The women’s team came out on top with 221 points. MSSU finished second with 136 points, Pittsburg State University came in third with 87.5 points, Tarleton State University finished fourth
with 82.5 points and SPC finished fifth with 64 points. “I’m very proud of our kids for getting after it and protecting home turf,” head coach Tom Dibbern said. “We had some great marks at our facility.” Dibbern said he likes where the teams are at this time of the year but “there’s always room for improvement.” On day two of the competition, Decio Andrade beat the facility and meet record in the hammer throw with a 70.42-meter throw. This automatically qualified him for the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Nils Fischer won the javelin with a toss of 70.39 meters, which qualified
him as well. Other champions included Trivett Jones in pole vault going 5.10 meters and Matthew Walsh in triple jump with 15.36 meters. On the women’s side, Kaitlyn Mathews won in long jump with 5.85 meters and in triple jump with 12.54 meters, Bridgett Cadenhead in the 3000-meter steeplechase with a time of 12:04.53, Faith Roberson in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1:00.52 and Shania Ford in the 800 meters with a time of 2:14.78. Jones, Walsh, Mathews and Roberson all qualified for the outdoor national championships. The teams had many provisional qualifiers in the meet including Hannah Porter in the 100 meters, Karlea Duhon in the 400-meter hurdles and the women’s 4x100 and 4x400 meter
relays. Other qualifiers included Heather Shaffer in pole vault, Trenadey Scott for triple jump, Daisy Osakue for shot put, Ophelie DeOliveira in discus, Sara Ramos in hammer throw, Talena Murray and Raeana Mayo for the javelin throw. For the men, qualifiers included Ja’Micah Polk in the 100 meters, Demontravous Jones in the 400 meters, Ayodeji Adedokun, Ezekiel Vaughan, William Calvert, Isaiah Martin, Harry Maslen and Austin White. Dillen Littles also qualified for discus, while Canon Andrews qualified in hammer throw. The teams will compete at the West Texas A&M Invite in Canyon, Texas, on April 20. The 2019 Lone Star Conference Championship will be in Portales, New Mexico, on May 2-4.
Clay Target Team takes second at Nationals Ten ASU students compete, shooting 100 targets each Sophia Gravatt, staff writer The ASU Rams Clay Target Team took second place at the Association of College Unions International 2019 College Clay Target Championships in March. The ACUI competitions were held in San Antonio, Texas, at the National Shooting Complex from March 2530. The 10 students from ASU who competed in the event were Taylor Cleaveland, Lexi Wickham, Colten Hughes, Coleman Pittillo, Cody Hada, Colton Cmerek, Pierce Wilson, Jacob Bird, Sloan Kail and Braden Williams. There were 88 teams at the competition representing schools from across the nation. ASU competed in the ACUI Division 3 category. The competition consisted of six events during which all 10 competitors from ASU shot 100 targets each. The events were American skeet, international skeet, American trap, international trap, super sporting and sporting clays. Kurtis Neal, the team’s adviser, said he knew there were some talented shooters on the team and was pleasantly surprised by the development and progress shown by some of the other competitors who represented ASU. “These students that traveled to nationals to represent ASU have been working tremendously hard all year,”
Neal said. “In my opinion, this is the jumping-off point for this team. I think the hunger is there for them to move forward and win first place in the division and look at moving up in the divisions and accomplish even more in years to come.” Junior Jacob Bird said when they placed second, he was ecstatic and proud of his team. “We were all hoping for first and waiting in anticipation for the scores from other teams to come in because it was a really close race,” Bird said. “I know the whole team is definitely fired up and ready to go back next year to take that first-place trophy home.” Sophomore Lexi Wickham said she is proud of her team and is looking forward to seeing how the team does next year. “I am so happy that the team placed second considering we took 10th last year,” Wickham said. “It took a lot of hard work and practice over the last year to achieve what we did.” Wickham said that everyone on the team did well, but that there is room for improvement for next year. The team has set their sight on the national championship next year, she said. “It is an honor and a pleasure to lead and coach this group of students and I certainly look forward to seeing them continue to improve their game and be the best that they can be,” Neal said.
Photo by Ian Saint: Lexi Whickham, team member, waits patiently for a shot on an incoming clay. RCTT took 2nd overall at ACUI Nationals after only competing for 3 years.
ASU joins together for National World Autism Awareness Day
Students express thoughts about the disorder Sydney Faison, staff writer The Multicultural and Student Affairs Office on April 2 hosted an event in the Houston Harte University Center for National World Autism Awareness Day. Autism awareness helps people understand the challenges individuals may face while having autism. Some of the faculty and students discussed how they would break down the stigma of talking about autism and defend the culture of autism when certain offensive words or gestures are used. “I call people out and let them
know to not use derogatory words against someone,” Sabrina Torres, graduate student, said. “I let people know that others can hear them and to keep certain words to themselves if it is not appropriate.” Cody Vasquez, graduate student, said it is important for people to be careful with what vocabulary they use so they do not offend certain cultures. Junior Sonia Delgado said she has a cousin with autism. “It is more common knowledge to know that some of these people are gifted,” Delgado said. “There are programs that can help them get jobs to
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2 NEWS
04.12.2019
Students learn safe drinking habits and preventive measures Counseling Services teaches alcohol awareness with ADACCV and TxDOT Sydney Faison, staff writer ASU Counseling Services hosted an alcohol awareness fair on April 2 in the Houston Harte University Center. Attendees had the opportunity to use virtual reality goggles, drunk goggles and marijuana goggles to see how intoxication impairs functioning. The Alcohol and Drug Abuse Council for the Concho Valley and the Texas Department of Transportation provided informative and interactive games for attendees, as well. ADACCV uses evidence-based strategies to address youth and family substance abuse issues. “If you know you are going to be drinking, designate a person who has had nothing to drink, not the least to drink,” said Mona Lisa Didelot, San Angelo district traffic safety specialist. Attendees could test their skills driving a remote-controlled car and passing a ball back and forth while wearing drunk goggles. “It is important for people to stay off the road if they have consumed alcohol,” said Lauren Payne, ADACCV prevention specialist. “We go to campuses and show the effects of alcohol.” The fatal vision goggles were al-
tered to display blood alcohol concentrations at 0.07-0.10 and 0.25 and above. Attendees also had the opportunity to learn how much alcohol is really in a typical drink. One standard drink unit has 0.6 ounces of pure alcohol. A three-ounce glass of whiskey contains two standard drink units and is 40 percent alcohol. A 24-ounce bock beer contains 7.2 standard drink units and is 18 percent alcohol. The temperature of the drink impacts alcohol absorption, as warm alcohol is absorbed quicker than cold alcohol. “Many college kids are expected to party, and it is important for us to educate them on how to use alcohol responsibly or to help them find alternatives,” said Jennifer Flores, ADACCV prevention specialist. Some safe drinking habits and preventive measures provided by the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission include eating a full meal before drinking, drinking water before consuming alcohol and in between drinks, choose when to drink and Photo by Ian Saint: “Ma’am I’m going to have to ask you to please step out of the car when not to drink and track how and walk a straight line for me.” Students had the opportunity to see how alcohol impairs functioning with the help of beer goggles. many drinks you have consumed.
Students perform, compete for prizes at K-pop concert KSA hosts free event with dancing, music and gifts
Photo by Axel Marcenaro: Acoustic Kollabo gives a solid performance at the K-pop Mini Concert. In addition to bands and singers, the concert featured multiple dance routines.
Kierstyn Wiley, staff writer The Korean Student Association on April 5 held the K-pop Mini Concert in the C.J. Davidson Center for students to sing and dance to K-pop music. The KSA wanted to give everyone who is and is not familiar with Korean culture a chance to have fun and learn
about their music. “We held a mini concert last semester, also, and it was pretty fun,” Brian Jeong, KSA board member, said. “A lot of people liked most of the events, so we decided to add games. Next semester, we are going to do similar events like this.” The event was open to anyone interested in K-pop who wanted to en-
joy a free activity on campus. “It’s my friend’s birthday, and she really likes K-pop, but I’ve actually never heard it,” Dode Gleghorn, freshman, said. “I’m excited to get to see it because I’ve never been to anything like this before.” With over 100 people in attendance for the mini concert, many students were excited to take part in Korean culture. “We wanted to be with our friend tonight and she enjoys Korean music,” Freshman Brandy Majano said. “I’m excited about the dances and the music because it sounds pretty cool.” There was also an opportunity for performers and the audience to win prizes. “We gave the prize through a lottery without evaluating and scoring the ranking of the participating teams,” Soyoon Park, president of the KSA, said. “When the participants and the audience entered, they received random number on the pamphlets, and we drew the numbers and presented them with gifts.” The participants were not ranked because KSA wanted everyone to
have a chance to win. “Therefore, 12 winners are from the participating teams or the audience and they won the prize,” Park said. “I don’t think it’s appropriate to rank the participants in our event because this event was a concert. So, we prepared this concert as an event where the audience and participants can enjoy it together.” Since there were 12 winners, each prize was different for each person ranging from snack sets to cosmetics. A total of 17 students performed various types of Korean music during the concert. The first to perform was Acoustic Kollabo, which is the only K-pop band at ASU. They played three songs by different famous Korean artists. Eight teams sang during their K-pop performance while the remaining 9 teams competed to dance with the music. “I think it’s a good opportunity to learn from others and other people’s culture and it’s great for students to go,” Majano said.
Belles win last home match, hold share of LSC title ASU defeats Midwestern State, Texas A&M-Kingsville Rosanna Aguilera editor-in-chief
The Belles tennis team clinched a share of the Lone Star Conference title with two wins over Midwestern State University and Texas A&M University-Kingsville. On April 4, ASU won 4-3 over the MSU Mustangs to move them to 18-3 on the season and 4-0 in the Lone Star Conference. In doubles, the team of Valentina Gonzalez and Ena Ovcina won their match 6-3 at the No. 1 spot. Maria Delgadillo and Lucie Maitrot won 6-4 at the No. 3 spot to get the point for the Belles. Zoe Gubbels and Virginie Becht lost 6-4. In singles, Ovcina won 7-5 and 6-2 at No. 2 to get the Belles their second point. Gubbels also won her match 6-4, 6-2 at No. 4 to clinch the third point. Delgadillo lost 6-4 and 4-1 retired at the third spot. Maitrot lost 6-4, 6-1 at No. 6, pull-
ing MSU to within 3-2. Valentina Gonzalez lost the first set 7-5 but won sets two and three to win the match for the Belles at the No. 1 spot. On April 6, the Belles won 4-3 again over Kingsville. This win clinched the share of the LSC title. In the doubles play, Gonzalez and Ovcina won 6-3 at the No. 1 spot. Gubbels and Maitrot at the No. 2 spot, won 6-3. Delgadillo and Becht lost at the No. 3 spot, but the Belles were still ahead 1-0. In singles, Gonzalez won 6-3 and 6-4 at the first spot. Delgadillo won her match 6-4 and 6-2 at the third spot. Gubbels won 6-4 and 6-3 at No. 4. Kingsville won the matches at Nos. 2, 5 and 6. The win moved the Belles to 19-3 on the season and 5-0 in the LSC with two regular season matches left. The team will compete in the Lone Star Conference Tournament on May 3-4 in Waco, Texas.
Photo by Axel Marcenaro: Valentina Gonzalez, sophomore, sprints to hit the ball in center court. Gonzalez beat out the number two in the nation this game.
Autism, continued help them function and live on their own.” Sophomore Amelia Davis said we need to be aware that while other people are different from us, that does not mean that they are any less or any more than we are. “It is important that we can appreciate differences and understand how to provide information for underrepresented groups,” said Erika Baeza, director of Multicultural and Student
Activities Programs. “Any person can be on the spectrum at any portion and it does not make anyone less than since we all communicate differently.” Many of the faculty and students said it is important for people to keep an open mind and learn about autism to help with interactions. Attendees were encouraged to wear blue for autism awareness and post on social media in support of autism research.
3 OPINION
04.12.2019
I can’t wait for summer I know I’m not alone when I say that I am so ready for summer. I’ve been counting down the days pretty much since this semester started. I cannot wait to have a break. As soon as I’m done with finals, I am going to go see my grandparents. From there, I’m going to go to my sister’s graduation at TWU. I’m so excited because It’s been almost nine months since I saw her last. After that, I get to visit my parents in West Virginia for a few weeks. I’ve never been there, so I’m really looking forward to experiencing something new. I’ve also never been in an airplane by myself, so that will be a new experience, as well. However, I’ll be coming back to San Angelo in June. I’ll be working some and taking a few online classes too, but I’m not going to let that stop me
from having a great break. Some of my friends are staying here, as well, and I already know we’re going to be hanging out all the time and just having a good time. Somewhere in there, I’m going to make time to go back to my hometown and visit my friends. I haven’t been there since September and I haven’t seen my friends in over a year. It will be nice to catch up with them. Then, at the end of summer, I’m going to spend a week babysitting my 8-year-old cousin. She’s so much fun and I can’t wait to see her. So, until May 9, I’ll just be daydreaming about my summer plans. Just a few more weeks. I can do it.
Sophia Gravatt, staff writer
Don’t worry, be happy Do you ever get so stressed you lose sight of what’s important? Most of the day, I worry about things that don’t matter. If you do the same, ask yourself these questions: Is this worth it? Is this going to matter in a year, or even in a week? If the answer is no, don’t waste your time worrying about it. We shouldn’t waste our time being mad at each other, either. If something bothers you and you worry about it for over 24 hours, then you’re becoming bitter. We shouldn’t waste time being less happy than we could be. We should always try to live our best lives. This is something I struggle with; being angry and stubborn. If something doesn’t go my way, I have a lot of trouble dealing with it. I can never just go with the flow because I like to have things planned out, but it’s really not that complicated. This is something I can never get through my head. I need to just live life with a smile on my face instead of worrying about every detail of every second of the day.
I have so many great things and people in my life that I don’t even realize. I lose sight of it all as soon as I’m in a bad mood. I have my family, boyfriend, friends, school, my job, etcetera. I have a lot of good things going my way. I just want to be able to appreciate it before any of it is gone. I just want to say a quick thank you to everyone who supports and encourages me. I know I’m a hard person to deal with at times, but it means a lot to have genuine people, like you all, care about me. You all keep me going and I couldn’t appreciate you more. Hopefully I can spend more time on what’s important and less time on other things. I promise I’m not some sappy, sad, angry person all the time. I just have trouble being positive when I feel down. But, I’m tired of wasting my time stressing about things, people and situations that aren’t helping me grow as a person. I hope I can start being a more positive person and see the glass as half full, not empty.
Rosanna Aguilera, editor-in-chief
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Chartwells partners with One Million Acts of Good campaign Ellen DeGeneres and Cheerios spread positivity, food with MATTERboxes
Kierstyn Wiley, staff writer Chartwells held an event on March 28 in the Houston Harte University Center to take part in the One Million Acts of Good campaign. The campaign was created by Ellen DeGeneres and Cheerios to spread positivity throughout the world. For their act of good, Chartwells partnered with the non-profit MATTER and General Mills to create and donate MATTERboxes filled with healthy foods to combat food insecurity. Stacey Patterson, director of marketing and guest services, said Chartwells selected 100 universities across the U.S. to participate in the campaign. They sent MATTERboxes filled with various nutritious snacks and encouraged students and volunteers to write positive notes and place them inside before donating them, Patterson said. With the help of students and volunteers across the country, Chartwells will distribute over 20,000 MATTERboxes this year. Chartwells decided to donate boxes at ASU to the Ram Pantry so students who are food insecure can feel good about what they’re consuming. Photo contributed by Stacey Patterson: Two Chartwells employees “There are 200 total boxes with more than help set up for the One Million Acts of Good campaign in the university 200 products to put in them and we really center. Boxes were made with nutritious snacks to promote positivity and wanted to give back to the ASU students,” Pathealthy eating. terson said. “Ellen says, ‘be kind every day and try to do one kind thing a day,’ so we took what
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she said and tried to pull more students and faculty to help.” Chartwells chose Angelo Dining to partake in the event, then Chartwells took the idea to Student Life and partnered with them, as well. “We coordinated with Angelo Serves because it was going on that same day, so Heather Valle-Brown and her students came over and helped volunteer to put those boxes together,” Patterson said. “It helps them build their character and build their resumes and really lets them see that there is a need for different things. The focus of this was really to bring awareness to food insecurity and also to bring awareness for healthy snacks. It helped ASU directly because we donated those 200 MATTERboxes to the Ram Pantry.” Chartwells wanted the 200 students who received the boxes to get the nutritional value they needed and appreciate the act of kindness by the volunteers. “Knowing about the food insecurities is one thing, but using their time to assist with getting nutritious MATTERboxes assembled allows them to take part in the action in reversing food insecurity,” said Deverick Lewis-Houston, ASU marketing intern. “MATTERboxes are filled with food items that have great health benefits, so this event is all around remarkable.”
Residence halls compete to conserve power on campus
Winners of competition get ice cream party Sophia Gravatt, staff writer ASU’s residence halls are competing against each other throughout the month of April in the Rams Go Green - Power Down Challenge. Lorina Soza, family relations and activity coordinator, said the challenge is an initiative brought on by multiple divisions across ASU. The goal of the program is to bring awareness to the community about conserving power, ways to make small changes in our daily lives to make an impact and other ways that the Ram family can go green. Some of the ways students are conserving energy are by unplugging electronics that are not in use, turning off lights and fans when they leave a room and by washing clothes in cold water. “I expect that our students will rise to the challenge, as they so often do,” said Aubrey Tarantine, area coordinator for Centennial Village and Carr Hall. “We have plenty of competitive students in our halls, so I’m sure it will be close down to the very end.” The residence hall with the largest decrease in energy usage during the
month of April will receive a pizza party to celebrate their victory. “The committee will work with Jay Halbert and Bruce Flage to look at the utility usage for the buildings to determine average usage for April,” Soza said. “Housing and Residential Programs is sponsoring and paying for the pizza party.” Soza said the largest percentage of students living in the residence halls who take the Rams Go Green pledge to reduce energy consumption will receive an ice cream party in celebration of their victory. The pledge can be taken via an online survey. There will also be mini-contests during the month of April to encourage full student body participation and involvement from faculty and staff, Soza said. There will also be an Earth Week scavenger hunt from April 15-22. There will also be an Earth Week scavenger hunt from April 15-22.
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