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VOL . 85 ISSUE 17
Texas Tech professor hosts lecture about Russian Revolution
Photo by Ian Saint: ASU held an in-depth seminar over Russia and its intricate history. Guest speaker Dr. Alan Barenberg from Texas Tech gave an attention grabbing lecture.
Great War Series continues through March and April The Great War Centennial Commemoration Lecture Series presented “The Great War and the Russian Revolution” on Feb. 4 in the C.J. Davidson Conference Center at ASU. Dr. Alan Barenberg, associate professor of history at Texas Tech University, hosted the lecture. “We’re going to focus on a couple of questions,” Barenberg said. “First, what made Russia’s experience of the Great War different? The second thing we’re going to talk about is the legacies from the Soviet Union.” He said that in order to answer these questions, he was going to focus on three aspects: the overall experience of the war, the state collapse and the emergence of a new kind of state. “Russia was the largest state on Earth, and it was also extraordinarily diverse,” Barenberg said. “It was a multifaith, multilinguistic and multinational empire.” He said Russia was rapidly modernizing and experiencing the spread of literacy and professionalism.
“This is a society that was rapidly changing,” he said. “Yet, despite all of these changes, it is a great understatement to say that Russia was poorly governed, and also very under-governed.” Barenberg said when Russia mobilized and went to war in 1914, things went pretty well at first. The Russians quickly recognized that they had a logistical problem with feeding their armies, he said. The Russian military planners reasoned it would be better to try and live off the enemy territory. “Russia experienced higher casualties,” he said. “This is an essential part of understanding Russia’s experience of the Great War. Higher globalization and higher casualties, which cannot help but have a major effect, not just on the army, but on the civilian population.” Barenberg said it wasn’t until February of 1917 when active signs of state collapse began to show. Russia had two governments in
Belles softball cleans out George and Ola McCorkle Challenge with six wins
ASU defeats TAMIU and Adams State University
Rosanna Aguilera, editor-in-chief
Photo by Axel Marcenaro: Courtney Barnhill, junior, lands her home run hit. Barnhill had three runs on Adam State.
1917, he said. The first was the provisional government, which was not elected, but instead formed by a group of politicians. This government was liberal and constitutionalist and thought that the war needed to be continued. The second government was the Petrograd Revolution. It was elected by the lower-class citizens and was socialist. This created a power vacuum with no one able to take control. “The provisional government, in the summer of 1917, decides that the war needs to be continued to be fought,” Barenberg said. “This, at the urging of the allies, launches an offensive of the Germans, which is disastrous. Most Russians abandoned all optimism or support for this provisional government.” The crisis deepened over the course of the year and encouraged radical political change. “The Bolsheviks know that they have to get out of the war,” he said.
Sophia Gravatt, staff writer “They recognize that the Great War is the cause of the collapse of the Russian Empire.” Barenberg said in 1921, a new state was being built, which was unlike any other empire that ever existed. “They created a very strange union in which the various minority groups were given national territories, in which they had their own national languages and cultures; not Russian,” he said. “Most importantly, they were to be governed by their own elites.” “So, reflecting on Russia’s experience of the war, the takeaways are enormous suffering, widespread mobilization, high casualties and an ongoing process of state collapse,” Barenberg said. After the lecture, there was a Q&A session. There will be two more Great War series lectures on March 21 and April 9.
The ASU Belles softball team took on the George and Ola McCorkle Challenge, presented by Bahlman Cleaners, and won six games total. In the challenge, the Belles outscored their opponents 14-2. On Feb. 9, the team defeated Adams State University 8-0. Senior Taylor Fogle gave her team a good start by hitting a two-run home run in the first inning, bringing in junior Courtney Barnhill. Senior Teagan Kirk hit a two-run shot herself, not long after. She brought in Barnhill, as well. Sophomore MyKayla Stroud was next to bring in runs for the Belles. She hit a three-run home run to right field in the third inning. Barnhill then scored to cap off the Belles’ scoring. Barnhill ended the game 2-2 at the plate with an RBI, three runs, a walk and two stolen bases. Sophomore Meagan Hill earned her fourth win of the season. She stayed on the mound for all five innings, only giving up one hit while striking out six of the 17 batters that came to the plate. The Belles then played against Texas A&M International University in their second game, winning 6-2. ASU trailed most of the game until the bottom half of the fifth inning. They started off the fifth inning down 2-1 and would then begin action when they hit three runs to take a 4-2 lead. The Belles brought in two more runs in the sixth inning to end the game 6-2 for a Belles victory. Seven players recorded a hit in the game including Barnhill, Karina Rocha, Kirk, Avery Zeigler, Stroud, Jade Strother and Hatty Shope. Stroud went 1-1 in the match with two RBIs and two walks. On Feb. 10, the Belles gained two more wins over TAMIU and Adams State 16-8 and 19-0. On Feb. 11, ASU closed out the challenge with two more wins over Adams State and TAMIU 15-1 and 13-5. The team will return to Mayer Field on Feb. 22 and Feb. 23 to take on West Texas A&M University.
2 NEWS
UCPC Crossroads Live host Paula Cortez acoustic set
02.15.2019
UT student performs original, cover songs Sydney Faison, staff writer The University Center Program Council hosted Crossroads Live on Feb. 7 in the Houston Harte University Center. Paula Cortez performed original songs at the event with an acoustic guitar. Her set also included covers of “Thank U, Next,” “No Scrubs,” “Pretty Young Thing,” “Irreplaceable” and more. “I want to make music that is relatable to people,” Cortez said. “I want my music to have meaning so that people can feel like they are not alone whether they are going through a hard time or a great time.” Cortez is from San Antonio, Texas. She attends the University of Texas at Austin where she majors in Radio, Television and Film.
Cortez said she wants to pursue a career in music and wishes to utilize the sound engineering side of radio, TV and film by learning to produce her own music. Her music is currently available on Spotify and Apple Music. Cortez became interested in singing when she was six years old and took singing lessons. She said she was inspired by the Beatles to start singing. “UCPC hosted a great event in the UC,” Zakerrius Walker, junior said. “I enjoyed Paula Cortez’s cover songs and original songs. She is a talented artist.” Upcoming events for UCPC include: Create a Photo Mug on Feb. 19 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Spring Mixer 2 on Feb. 25 at 6 p.m.
Contributed by Gabriella Zuninga: Paula Cortez performed live at UCPC Crossroads. Afterward, she signed autographs and took selfies with fans.
Belles reign victorious over Texas Wesleyan and Dallas Baptist Tennis team starts season with two wins on ASU courts
Photo by Axel Marcenaro: Valentina Gonzalez, sophomore, returns the ball with force. Gonzalez’s scores in the singles matches were 6-4 and 6-2.
Rosanna Aguilera, editor-in-chief The ASU women’s tennis team opened its season with two wins on their home court. On Feb. 2, the Belles defeated Texas Wesleyan University 7-0.
The number one doubles team of sophomore Valentina Gonzalez and freshman Ena Ovcina won their match 6-0. Gonzalez is originally from Me-
dellin, Columbia, and Ovcina is from Sweden. The number two team of freshman Virginie Becht and sophomore Zoe Gubbels won 6-1 against their oppo-
nents from Wesleyan. Becht is from Florida and Gubbels is from the Netherlands. The number three team of sophomore Maria Delgadillo and freshman Lucie Maitrot won 6-3. Delgadillo is from Mexico and Maitrot is from St. Pierre Des Corps, France. The Belles dominated in singles, as well. Gonzalez won 6-1, 6-1 and Ovcina won 6-1 and 6-4. Delgadillo and Gubbels both shut out their opponents 6-0. Sophomore Yasmine Ansari won 6-0, 6-1, and Maitrot won 6-3, 6-0. Ansari is from Casablanca, Morocco. On Friday Feb. 8, the Belles defeated the Dallas Baptist University Patriots 4-0. The doubles team of Gonzalez and Ovcina won 6-4. Becht and Gubbels won 6-0 and Delgadillo and Maitrot won 6-4. The Belles won three singles matches, ending the match. Gonzales won 6-4, 6-2 while Delgadillo won 6-2, 6-1. Becht won the final match 6-3, 6-1. The team will return to ASU tennis courts on March 1 at 2 p.m. and March 2 at 11 a.m. to face the University of Central Oklahoma. The women will play five games on the ASU Tennis Courts this season.
Rams basketball defends home court defeating TAMUK ASU looks ahead to final home games of the season
Rosanna Aguilera, editor-in-chief
Photo by Ian Saint: Marcel Pettway leaps for the dunk against No. 21 of A&M Kingsville. The Rams defeated the Javelinas in a close game 77-72.
The ASU men’s basketball team on Feb. 9 earned a victory over Texas A&M University-Kingsville 77-72. This win moved the Rams to a record of 16-5 overall and 9-3 in the Lone Star Conference. Kiair Crouch led his team. The junior shot 5-7 from the field and finished with 15 points and three steals. Sophomore Paul Williams also finished in double figures with 12 points, an assist, a rebound and a steal. The other Rams who scored had either eight or nine points. Junior Ronald Bell and senior Josh Boutte each finished with nine points and seven rebounds. Bell shot 7-10 from the free-throw line. Daron Mims, Marcel Pettway, Antonio Singleton and Collin Turner all finished with eight points each. Mims, junior, made both 3-point-
ers he attempted. Pettway, junior, scored a massive dunk in the first half. Singleton, junior, shot 6-6 from the free-throw line and Turner made four free throws down the stretch. The game was close throughout both halves. As soon as ASU extended their lead, the Javelinas would come back and take the lead from them. The Rams went 30-39 from the free-throw line. The game came down to the final minutes, but the Rams edged out the Javelinas to get the win. The Rams only have two more home games this season. The second to last home game will be on Feb. 21 at 7:30 p.m. against Western New Mexico University. The final home game is scheduled for Feb. 23 at 4 p.m. against UT Permian Basin.
3 OPINION
02.15.2019
My testimony: A thank you to my church Everyone has their own story. The thing that has molded me as a person is my walk with Christ. I am going to tell you all about my religious testimony, which isn’t an easy thing to do, especially knowing people that don’t even know me are going to learn my story. So here we go. I was very young when I had my first encounter with religion. I grew up in a family with an absent father. However, before he was out of the picture, it was a rough journey. I watched my dad deal with alcoholism. He was a very angry drunk. My mom tried to make it work in attempt to keep our family together, but eventually, he was incarcerated because of a few charges. My mom started taking my two older brothers and me to a Catholic church. I was very young and uninterested. To be honest, I didn’t enjoy it. I felt like I wasn’t good enough and it didn’t seem like a setting for child. My brothers and I continued to go with my mom because it was important to her. When I was about seven, I got baptized. I was never told what it really meant or maybe I just didn’t understand. All I know is, I had no reason to be baptized at that moment. I think my brothers and I mainly did it to keep my mom happy because that’s what she wanted. At this point, she was very deep in this church. She was even one of the Sunday school leaders for the young group. A few years later, my dad got out of prison. He
and my mom were reunited, and things went back to usual. However, this time, my dad was willing to attend church with us. We left the Catholic church because we felt that it wasn’t right for us, so we went to the First Baptist Church. My dad started to enjoy it and even got connected with an Alcoholics Anonymous group through the church. I’ll spare you the details, but not long after, my dad was back in prison. My family and I were at our lowest place. This is when we discovered our church family. The people from our church are the most loving, phenomenal people I have ever had the pleasure of knowing. During the time my mom was filing for divorce, they supported us physically, emotionally and financially. They are our biggest blessing to this day. My brothers and I ended up getting re-baptized because we felt that we knew what it meant. We wanted our lives to be centered around Jesus Christ because we felt the power of God’s love shining through them. We wanted to be a part of it. To this day, we still attend the same church with the same loving people that watched and helped us grow up. I have them to thank for molding me and my family into the people we are today. Most importantly, I know the love of God. Even though my earthly father wasn’t there for me, I will always have a heavenly Father who will be. I look forward to my walk with Christ every day and I pray I can be the person he created me to be.
Rosanna Aguilera, editor-in-chief
The problem with plastic In 2018, the anti-plastic-straw movement gained a lot of momentum, which was great, but why stop there? What about all the other plastic we use? I’m not saying all plastic is bad, because it isn’t. What’s bad is all the single-use plastic we use daily and then throw away. While it is convenient, it’s just contributing to our laziness. I read an article in National Geographic called “We Depend on Plastic. Now We’re Drowning in It.” It really put into perspective just how bad this situation actually is. Now, whenever I go shopping, all I can focus on is the amount of plastic I’m going to end up discarding and it makes me feel guilty. Think about it. When you buy a bag of chips or a bottle of water, what do you do with it when you’re done? You probably just toss it without a second thought.
Sophia Gravatt, staff writer
Sidewalk Survey
What famous person from history would you have dinner with?
I once read that plastic bags take anywhere from 10 to 1,000 years to decompose and plastic bottles take more than 450 years. When you calculate the amount of plastic that’s being thrown away every day, the numbers are quite frightening. We, as a society, need to make a more conscious effort to decrease the amount of one-use plastic we are using in our everyday lives. There are inexpensive alternatives to explore, such as reusable grocery bags, buying in bulk or even just getting a reusable coffee mug. As much as I would love to see the world become zero-waste, I know that’s unrealistic. So, for now, I’m just going to continue limiting the amount of single-use plastic I use and hope more people will follow suit.
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“If I could have dinner with anyone from history, I would say Louie [Armstrong] because the man was well-versed and traveled a lot. I heard he traveled to South Africa and that’s where my mom and dad are from.”
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4 FEATURE
Student organization offers aid to Sonora after tragic flood
02.15.2019
Small Texas town suffers from natural disaster Kierstyn Wiley, staff writer
The Student Life Organization will travel to Sonora, Texas, for Project Spring Break to help people affected by multiple floods. “We decided to go to Sonora because it is a place where multiple students, faculty and staff call home,” said Kevin Reid, community service manager. “Whenever one of our fellow Rams is in need, we must do all that we can to help them.” Over the past couple of months, the town of Sonora has been hit with rainfall that has damaged at least 200 homes. Reid said Student Life is inspired to live by the ASU philosophy: “We take care of our own.” He said he wants others to remember Sonora’s recovery of the flood that took place in 2018. In the next month, a group
of students will work on many projects in home reconstruction such as: French drains, debris removal, environmental conservation, insulation removal and installation and much more. “The application for Project Spring Break is currently live and you can access it through our website angelo.edu/service,” Reid said. “Students can also check their inbox for an email from volunteer@angelo.edu with more information and the link to the application.” Student Life encourages students to become involved and create positive change as well as promote responsibility. “Our department builds experiential learning opportunities for students to take the knowledge they’re gaining inside the classroom and incorporate them into real world skills,” Reid said. “We believe in service, leadership and developing
the students to better the world around them.” Every year, there are many opportunities for students to become involved on campus or outside of school and have the chance to help those who need it most. “Student life has components that include community service programs, orientation programs, leadership development programs, UCPC and coed cheer and mascot,” said Claudette Ramirez, community service student assistant. “Each have something different for each student on campus to get involved with.” Students who are interested in volunteer programs may fill out an application on the ASU community service website under the volunteer request form tab. Individuals who want to stay updated with Student Life can Contributed by Kevin Reid: A student assists in painting a join their volunteer mailing list. house for Project Spring Break.
Student Snaps @angelobsm Ultimate Frisbee was great!! Thanks everyone for joining!
@ramcatholictx Galentine’s Day was a success!! Much apreciation to the Angelo State Frassati for cooking dinner
@marissaanaya14 Don’t let anyone treat you like free salsa...you are guac, babygirl, guac!
Events Calendar Friday 2/15
Saturday 2/16 Tuesday 2/19
*Last day to drop a *Softball vs Eastern class or withdraw New Mexico Univerfrom the 1st 8-week sity session of Spring 12 - 2:45 p.m. 2019 Portales, NM All Day *Women’s Tennos *Track and Field at at St. Edward’s UniTexas Tech Matador versity 1 - 4 p.m. All Day Austin, TX Lubbock, TX *Guest Art Exhibit: *Baseball vs Lubbock Christian ASU Alum Daniel 2 - 5 p.m. Birdsong Foster Field 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Carr Education-Fine Arts Sunday 2/17 Building, Gallery *Baseball vs Lub193 bock Christian 1 - 4 p.m. *True Blue Friday Foster Field 9:15 a.m. *Baseball vs Lubbock Christian 5 - 8 p.m. Foster Field *Theatre: “An Evening of Original One Acts” 8 p.m. to Feb. 16 Carr Education-Fine Arts Building, Modular Theatre
Monday 2/18
*Safety Awareness Week (to Feb. 23) *RSO President’s Appreciation Day 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. UC
*UCPC: Create a Photo Mug 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. UC
*Official ASU Ring Sales 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. UC *Pre-Trip Meeting: Weekend Trip 5 - 6 p.m. CHP *E. James Holland-Roy A. Harrell Jr. Foreign Affairs Speakers Program 6 p.m. CJ Davidson *African American Fraternity/Sorority Discussion 6 p.m. MCS *Theatre Event 7 p.m. Carr
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