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Volume 82
Issue 6
October 2, 2015
Families to gather for campus-wide activities University hosts various events for family day Vanessa Meyer Staff Writer Family Day, Oct. 3, will bring a day packed with fun activities to campus for students and their families to enjoy for free. The day will begin with a hot complimentary breakfast in the Plaza Verde Clubhouse from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. “There is an online registration form where anyone who wants to go can sign up,” Director of Student Life Clint Havens said. “Chartwells is really good with their hot breakfast and will provide their biscuits and gravy and hash browns for this particular event.” It is important for everyone who wants to attend the breakfast to pre-register online to ensure that sufficient food will be provided.
After breakfast, The West Texas Collection, “Clipped: Sheep Shearers and the West Texas Wool Industry,” will be displayed in the University Center West Texas Collection located on the second floor. “It’s a traveling exhibit and they have all kinds of historical stuff,” Havens said. “I always find something of interest there.” From 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Sibling Tours, hosted by the RAMbassadors, will be starting in the UC Tower Lobby. RAMbassadors consists of a group of students who volunteer with the admissions office and are trained to offer campus tours to anyone who wants one, Havens said. The UREC climbing gym, weight room, gymnasium, indoor track and racquetball courts are open to students and their families from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. in the Ben Kelly Center for Human Performance. Tours of San Angelo will leave every hour from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. from the UC. Registration for the tours are at 9:30 a.m. at the Multicultural Center for a
guaranteed spot on the bus. “A guide will give live narration about historical sites and traditions in San Angelo free to ASU students and their families,” Havens said. “The tour bus will stop at the Pavilion and the UC after the 11 and 12 o’clock tours so people can decide if they want to get off at the Pavilion for the Meat and Greek Barbeque or go back to the UC.” Meat and Greek takes place in the Pavilion area from 12 p.m. and there will be free food served and free t-shirts given out to the first 200 people at the barbeque. “We have a whole hog that the Meat & Food Science Association makes and they do this whole decorative show for it that the kids all love,” Center for Student Involvement Graduate Assistant Gil Moreno said. “We also get hamburger patties from the ASU Meat Market, which all seven Greek chapters give out in addition to hotdogs. We would love for everybody to come and get a hamburger, hotdog and a piece of the pig.”
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Rambelles keep a clear head in their winning streak
Volleyball sweeps WTAMU for first time in 22 years Chris Cole Staff Writer
Middle blocker Zoey Hanrahan spikes the ball against West Texas A&M.
Photo by Josh Lopez
The Rambelles volleyball team won two more conference games on Sept. 25 against Eastern New Mexico and Sept. 26 against West Texas A&M, sweeping both teams 3-0 and putting themselves 4-0 in conference and 15-3 overall this season. The Belles now have eight consecutive wins, six of which were sweeps. They are undefeated on their home turf here at the Stephens Arena and are proving to be difficult for their opponents to defeat. Katie MacLeay, senior, has been named defensive player of the week for the second week in a row. MacLeay had 23 digs against WTAMU. This was the first time ASU has swept WTAMU since 1993. Heavy hitter Brianna Sotella, who has racked up 218 kills this season, has faith in her teammates. “We’ll keep our energy and our confidence up,” Sotella said. “We’re really confident in everybody right now, so we’ll just take that and run with it.” Mallory Blauser, who holds 241 kills this season, said that the coaches have been really good at boosting the team’s confidence and encouraging them to keep a clear head. “They’ve been telling us to have an attacking mentality and a kill mentality and to try not to be perfect, which got us into a little bit of trouble last year,” Blauser said. Coach Waddington remains humble over his
See VOLLEYBALL, page 6
Artistry of all forms welcome to campus club
Friday Art Club designed for students to focus on their own art Miguel Luna Volunteer
Students gather twice a week to create new art at the newest art organization, the Friday Art Club. The Friday Art Club continues to grow as an organization as members create, expand their knowledge and explore art outside of the classroom. “The club gives students a chance to interact and to just to make art,” treasurer for the club Tiffany Campbell, said. “I like it because I can use certain things like the spray booth and not interrupt other classes.” While the primary focus is to make art whether it be painting, sculpting or drawing, other purposes have been added. The club is open to anyone who enjoys making art and one does not need to be an art major. In the past semester Bunker mentioned how the club had included not just painting and drawing
but also musicians and drama scenes. She said she hopes that it will grow to include many other fine art genres. The club’s purpose is to allow students time to work on their own art outside of the classroom because a lot of students don’t work on any other projects except for what is assigned in class, Campbell said. During the 2015 spring semester Katherine Bunker, the club’s adviser and adjunct art professor, had an idea that led to the creation of the club. She recruited art majors Maria Hernandez and Jake Bell who are the current president and vice president, respectively. Throughout the spring semester all three met weekly with the main focus to create art whether it be class assignments or personal projects. As the semester progressed more students joined. In the process to make the art club official and to the required guidelines of the university, Bunker said she wrote half of their constitution during the summer while Hernandez and Bell wrote the rest. The art club meets weekly on Thursday 5-8 p.m. and Friday 12:30-4 p.m. On
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Contributed Photo by Miguel Luna JuYeon Byeon, a South Korean international student, paints her dream.
Drummers- check out the new Chop Busters program on page 2 Read all about the Rams’ win against West Texas A&M University on page 6 Check out what some students are learning after hours on campus on page 3 Don’t forget to check out how Sigma Kappa helped out with an Alzheimer fundraiser on page 4
FEATURES
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Friday, October 2, 2015
Chop Busters, a way to drum up some muscle New workout teaches people how to make music Valeria Lugo Contributor Not everyone is privileged enough to call themselves a musician; it takes countless hours of hard work and dedication, a great finesse and a strong passion for it to impact lives. Trent Schuey, award winning percussionist and instructor in the department of visual and performing arts department, started the Chop Busters program that offers students, children and adults the opportunity to better their skills as percussionists. Chop Busters is a drumming workout session where all attendees are taught to play with good technique and are shown how to build endurance. Each session covers grips and basic rhythmic patterns. Schuey built multiple drumming surfaces for those Contributed Photo by Valeria Lugo in attendance to play on using four long sawhorses Above are the sawhorses built by Trent Schuey for participants to drum on. with rubber glued to the top. Sizes vary so that “I hope students will leave with better hands than percussion instruments, including basic knowledge. anyone in attendance, whether it be small children or I have and be better drummers than I could be,” Schuey is funny and energetic and likeminded full grown adults, can play comfortably. The type of with the students, Strickland said. music played ranges from playing exercises to warm Schuey said. Schuey also said that a rewarding aspect of his Chop Busters will meet every Wednesday until ups. job was to see his students smiling. He said that he Nov. 25 behind the band hall located in the Carr EFA One long lasting benefit of attending Chop Busters is the opportunity to build relationships with hopes to recruit a crowd beyond the students at the Building. The sessions last from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Schuey said that he encourages all people interested other drummers. Schuey said that these familial university, including the younger generation, like high school and middle school students. to attend at any time. relationships can last a lifetime. Percussion major Dusty Strickland said that he “All you need is a good pair of drumsticks,” Schuey One can hope to gain drumming skills as well as physical and mental strength by attending the Chop has learned a lot from Schuey. He said that anyone said. who attends Chop Busters could learn a lot about Busters workout sessions, Shuey said.
Physics major goes to Switzerland with hopes to answer mysteries of the universe
and examining his own hair through a small Student has prepared for labratory heights microscope. He became enthralled with the subject work his entire life matter of physics when it was first introduced to
No one would ever think Zachary Wimpee was a future physicist by the way he dresses, he isn’t someone who fits the cliché Bill Nye stereotype. Wimpee, sophomore and physics major at ASU, wears Vans, owns black jeans and can be seen sporting a “Rage Against the Machine” t-shirt underneath a button down. Instead of taking classes this semester, Wimpee started an internship at the beginning of September at CERN, The European Organization for Nuclear Research, in Geneva, Switzerland. Before his departure, Wimpee said he was somewhat apprehensive about the program, not knowing exactly what to expect. “I’m just doing my best in learning what I need to know at this point,” he said. “I’m nervous but I can’t wait to be living my dream.” Wimpee has been preparing for this sort of laboratory work in nuclear research his whole life, but said he feels like he can’t ever be prepared enough. Even as a young boy, Wimpee remembers being interested in science, performing makeshift experiments from what he saw in his school textbooks and on PBS, like dropping fruit from different
him in late elementary school. “Dr. Bixler and Dr. Blandon were really helpful in preparing me for this internship,” Wimpee said. Dr. David Bixler, department chair of physics and geosciences here, was someone who saw great potential in Wimpee.
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Hannah Schindler Contributor
“Zach is a gifted and motivated student,” Bixler said. “He has a natural ability in mathematics and science, which makes him capable of doing the kind of work he will be doing at CERN. More than that, however, Zach is willing to put himself out there – to reach for the highest levels of scientific effort.” Wimpee was able to receive soaring letters of recommendation and support from the university faculty, which helped him lock in this internship. He was one of five college students selected through honors and physics programs from universities across the country. Wimpee said he has been waiting for this opportunity after learning about the Large Hadron Collider that he will be working with at CERN.
He said this machine is the world’s most powerful particle collider, the largest and most complex experimental facility ever built, as well as the largest single machine in the world. “It’s exciting to be a part of something so scientifically revolutionary and significant,” Wimpee said. Wimpee said it took over 10,000 scientists and engineers from over 100 different countries, as well as the use of hundreds of universities and laboratories all over the world to collaboratively build this machine. The computing grid of the LHC is a world record holder as well, comprised of over 170 computing facilities in a worldwide network that spans across 36 countries. “The LHC will hopefully fill a lot of gaps in the science community and give us a better understanding of what the universe looked like moments after the Big Bang on an atomic level,” Wimpee said. “The LHC basically moves particles at extremely high speeds only to eventually collide them in order to gain answers.” Wimpee will return home from Switzerland in late December, with three hours of college credit and having served at one of the greatest scientific institutions in the world. Wimpee, as well as the rest of the science community and the world, hopes that through CERN, answers to some of the universe’s most mysterious questions will be answered.
ART page 1 average about 15 people come to the meetings on Thursday, Campbell said. The club also displays their art pieces in shows. As individuals they each construct their own pieces to the guidelines of the specific show. The clubs will display at two upcoming shows one in Lubbock and the other in Midland. The “White on White” Art Show in Lubbock will be on Friday, Oct. 2 and the Midland Juried Art Show on Saturday, Oct. 3. Here the members will get a feel for what it is like to publicly display their art and audience reception. One of the club’s objectives is to enhance not only their skills as artists but also their understanding of art in the real world. Previously, the club took a field trip to a local artist’s studio and Hernandez said they learned how to properly organize their supplies. The club continues to try to increase their interaction as artists. One method they plan to use is volunteering at the Annual En Plein Air Art Competition. The event is hosted by the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts. Artists from around the nation will be painting around town from Oct. 25 to Nov. 1. Club members will help by assisting
the artists. Here the students will see various techniques they may apply to their own future projects. Bunker said that she hopes to hold a prospective fundraiser at the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts on Thursday, Oct. 29. After receiving the final okay, the club will sell small wooden boards with painted skulls to be decorated as Sugar Skulls for the Dia de los Muertos celebration at the museum. During their meetings everyone is mentoring each other as they give their opinions of what each individual is making. The club members all help one another to be themselves and inspire each other during their meetings, club goer Kasey Tovias said. Campbell also enjoys the food the club provides to students and the laid back atmosphere. Bunker and student Fabion Torres provide a lot of the food, Campbell said. “We really just make whatever we want,” Campbell said. “I enjoy it because there is a lot of guidance, influence and Contributed Photo by Miguel Luna support from my classmates and Mrs. Tiffany Campbell, Friday Art Club’s treasurer, holds one of the painted Bunker.”
skulls the club plans to sell.
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FEATURES
Friday, October 2, 2015
Korean student sees difference in US communication Student aspires to be business owner Part 5
Luis Montoya Staff Writer
With high hopes of opening a business back home, Dong Chan Kim, is learning to adapt to the American way of life after only being here a few months. One of the biggest differences Kim has experienced is the way Americans communicate with each other. “In South Korea it is rude to look at people directly in the eyes,” Kim said. “Here in America, people talk to each other easily and don’t get insulted if you accidently make eye contact with them in the hall or in class.” Kim is a 23-year-old freshman and came here from Pusan, South Korea. He is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in management. “I want my business to be associated with making factory materials,” Kim said. “Hopefully going into this degree will help me when opening my own business.” Kim said that he chose to pursue management because he believes it will help him later in his life. “After graduating I would like to move to China, and find a job through an internship and later on move back to Pusan,” Kim said. Adapting to the food in America was not a problem
for Kim, but he said that he misses the food from Pusan, especially the rice. There are many things besides the food that he likes about America like the American movies such as “Inception” and “The Wolf of Wall Street.” Kim said his favorite thing about the U.S. is the American style and the peace of being here. Back at home Kim loved playing sports such as soccer and basketball and likes to work out too. Not only does he love to be active, he can also play the violin and sings. Although Kim is moving back to South Korea at the end of the semester, he is still planning on where he wants to finish his education. “I would like to come back to San Angelo,” Kim said. “But if I came back to ASU it would only be to complete one more semester.” Kim said that he enjoys the people in San Angelo because they’re very kind and also likes the atmosphere of the city and its location. In the meantime Kim said he wants to enjoy and appreciate the American life as long as he is here.
Once in a red moon...
Photo by Josh Lopez
Free the soul and dance
Students challenge themselves and make new friends
Contributed Photo by Marsalis Mahome A lunar eclipse occured on Sept. 27 and the moon turned a deep red.
Friday 10/2 San Antonio Sculptor continues in Carr Education-Fine Arts Building Kappa Sigma Marble Slab fundraiser at Marble Slab from 3 p.m. to 11 p.m. Lambda Chi Alpha Watermelon bash all day Soccer vs. West Texas A&M at 7 p.m. Inside Out movie night at Vanderventer Apartments at 8 p.m. keepingabreast starting at ASU Auditorium at 8 p.m.
Saturday 10/3 Family Day starting at 8 a.m. and going all day RSO Salsa Picante Contest all day at the LeGrand Alumni and Visitors Center Meat and Greek BBQ in the Pavillion at 12 p.m. Ram Jam featuring Natalie Stovall and the Drive at the LeGrand Alumni and Visitors Center at 4:30 p.m.
themselves,” Biggs said. Since the beginning of 2013 Biggs has been teaching dance classes after she came back from Korea as an Sydney Wegner Luis Montoya exchange student. “Korea reignited my love for dance,” Editor Staff Writer Biggs said. “Coming back I wanted to It’s no secret that college can be create a space for people like me who stressful and working as a full time wanted to progress in the urban street college student can be overwhelming. dance realm which is pretty much The Multicultural Center nonexistent in San Angelo. I wanted encourages students to get rid of their a place other exchange students could stress and relax from the pressure come to have fun and spend time of homework and tests by attending with other students without having to their dance classes every Tuesday and worry about a language barrier.” Students are welcome to go by the Thursday until Dec. 3. Dance classes will be available to the community Multicultural Center and pitch their and the student body from 6 to 9 p.m. own ideas for new dance classes as outside the Multicultural Center in the well. “Classes are fun and you get to University Center for free. enjoy it while you dance,” said former “Dancing is a great opportunity member Jessica Ramirez. “I think to develop creativity in the form of shaking off stress,” freshman Kimberly people should join because its lots of fun and you get to exercise for free.” Chavez said. Dance classes offer a source of “The purpose behind this project exercise and also help students meet is for everyone to find a warm environment,” coordinator of the new people. “As a freshman this year, dance dance program Lorina Soza said. “By classes seem like a good way to meet dancing you can meet new friends and new people and dance at the same discover your talent.” Haley Biggs, graphic design major, time,” Chavez said. The dancing program started in teaches the Dance Aerobics class. She said that her class is basically a 2009 and will continue to thrive as hip-hop choreography class but it’s long as there is participation. “Anyone in the community different than the other hip-hop class regardless of age or dance experience so she changed the name to fit her is encouraged to take all the classes demographic. “My class aims towards people who we offer,” Biggs said. “If you want to want to get better at dancing while specifically take my class you should getting into shape and challenging go if you like dancing to upbeat R&B music and are looking for a challenge.”
UCPC hosts game night
Football vs. Midwestern State at 7 p.m.
Sunday 10/4 Soccer vs. Eastern New Mexico at 1 p.m.
Tuesday 10/6 Pre-trip meeting for Day Mountain Biking trip in CHP Conference Room starting at 5 p.m.
Wednesday10/7 Volunteer: San Angelo Animal Shelter starting at 3 p.m.
Thursday 10/8 Latino American History Series: Filmmaker John J. Valadez in Mathematics-Computer Science Building Room 100 at 7 p.m. Open Mic Night: Disney Theme in Plaza Verde at 8 p.m. Planetarium: Earthquake: Evidence of a Restless Planet in Vincent Nursing-Physical Science Building at 8 p.m.
Photo by Josh Lopez Freshman Mikera Walker and sophomore Jinhee Ha decorate a banner for UCPC during a mixer and game night on Sept. 28.
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Friday, October 2, 2015 NEWS Every pint matters
Campus organizations team up to save lives with blood drive Alana Edgin Managing Editor
Photos by Alana Edgin Above: United Blood Services set a sign, directing volunteers to the second blood drive of the semester. Many health centers are dependent on donors for their blood supply. About 32,000 pints of blood are used in a single day in the United States, according to bloodcenters.org.
Every three seconds someone is in need of a blood transplant and on Sept. 24, three organizations decided to help those in need and hosted the second blood drive of the semester. Kappa Delta Rho, the Association of Mexican American Students and the Multicultural Center hosted a blood drive and through their efforts, 65 people volunteered to donate. This is even more than the 41 volunteers from Delta Zeta’s earlier blood drive on Aug. 26. Program assistant for the Multicultural Center Lorina Soza said that the blood drive can make a huge impact in little time. “We love to work with other organizations around
campus and help out where we can,” Kenneth Lowe, Kappa Delta Rho member, said. “Every pint matters.” Out of the 65 volunteers, there were 36 successful procedures. This created a total of 38 units of blood, which is roughly the same number of pints. The blood was given to hospitals in the surrounding area. “We serve the donations to Shannon Medical, Community, Ballinger, Brownwood and more,” donor recruitment representative Sean Richey said. “Each unit can be broken into three parts which are plasma, platelets and red cells,” Richey said. “A one day supply on average is 35-40 pints. On Sept. 29, there was a trauma here that needed 50 pints.” One car crash could take up a chunk of a hospital’s supply, and the university has supplied a ton of blood this semester alone. “ASU is just blowing donations out of the water this semester,” Richey said. “One pint can potentially help three people, and with the donations from this drive, the blood could touch up to 114 lives.”
Right: Fraternity members Dominic Rodriguez, Aaron Torres, Austin Weidner, Adrian Davila and Levi McKinney of the Kappa Delta Roh Fraternity set up a booth for walk-on donors to sign up. The fraternity also gave information and called out to people passing by to gain more donors.
Greek Life gives back to community Sigma Kappa tells their part in gerontology history during Alzheimer’s fundraiser Vanessa Meyer Staff Writer Greek Life partnered with the Baptist Retirement Community on Saturday, Sept. 26 to host the annual Alzheimer’s Association’s Walk to End Alzheimer’s. The event raises awareness about Alzheimer’s disease and the money is donated towards researching for a cure, Sigma Kappa President Morgan Andrews said. “The money Sigma Kappa donates actually goes to female researchers in the field, since we are a sorority and all about girl power,” Andrews said. Last year the event raised about $29,000 and had over 400 walkers. This year, the preliminary counts showed that the walk raised about $30,000 and there were about 500 people registered, Director of Marketing at the Baptist Retirement Community Erin Kelly said. “Our mission is to eliminate Alzheimer’s disease through the advancement of research; to provide and enhance care and support for all affected and to reduce the risk of dementia through the promotion of brain health,” Director of Marketing at the Baptist Retirement Community Erin Kelly said. Greek Life, especially the Sigma Kappa sorority, helps the Walk to End Alzheimer’s by providing volunteers and aiding in the planning process. “The Sigma Kappa sorority of ASU’s national initiative is the Alzheimer’s Walk,” Kelly said. “They make up a big part of the volunteers, fraternities and
Family Day Schedule
• 8 p.m. Free breakfast in Plaza Verde • 10 a.m. RAMbassadors Sibling tours and Center for Human Performance open to families • 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. San Angelo tours in UC with Multicultural Center • 12 p.m. Meat and Greek in Pavillion with photo booth, Korean games, snow cones and face stickers • 1 p.m. Museum of Fine Arts tours • 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Chemisty and Physics shows in Plaza Verde Clubhouse • 4 p.m. “Secret Lives of Stars” in Vincent Nursing-Physical Science Building, Global Immersion Center • 4:30 p.m. Ram Jam featuring Natalie Stovall and The Drive at LeGrand Alumni and Visitors Center • 7 p.m. football game against Midwestern State
people who are passionate about making a difference by getting involved in this Walk.” This event affects many people since Alzheimer’s is such a prevalent disease. “Alzheimer’s is the only disease in America’s top 10 that cannot be cured, prevented or slowed,” Kelly said. Everyone can or probably will be affected by it since it is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States and one in three seniors die of Alzheimer’s or another form of dementia, Kelly said. After participants walk the two mile route, awards are given to people or teams who donated the most money, Andrews said. Each individual participant who raised $100 or more received a 2015 Walk to End Alzheimer’s T-shirt and if they raised $500 or more they became a member of the Champions Club, Kelly said. “All generations are affected by Alzheimer’s or forms of dementia either by being caregivers for our grandparents, parents, friends, through our work or supporting our friends who are walking this walk,” Kelly said. “We get excited seeing students and our community getting involved and seeing that this is a growing issue in our community. This is just one way we can make a difference.” Sigma Kappa was the first sorority to recognize the importance of gerontology in 1984, Andrews said. “The Alzheimer’s Association actually adopted the color purple because of the Sigma Kappa sorority and all of the work we have done with them,” Andrews said.
Photo by Josh Lopez Bella converses with Cheryl Dixon, a participant of the 2015 Alzheimer’s Walk, at Kirby Park.
FAMILY page 1 Moreno said they had over 450 people attend last year and they are planning for even more this time around. Also in the Pavilion area from 12:30 to 2 p.m. will be more family day activities such as face stickers and fingernail painting hosted by the cheerleaders, a photo booth provided by Communications and Marketing, snow cones from Orientation Programs and traditional Korean games by International Studies and the Korean Student Association. “It is geared towards families but students love it too,” Havens said. “I’m not even a student and I like it, except maybe not the fingernail painting for me.” ASU has partnered with the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts so that between 1 and 3 p.m. free admission and tours will be given every 30 minutes at the museum. From 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. there will be a Chemistry Magic Show hosted by students of the American Chemical Society and then a Physics Show from 3 to 4 p.m. hosted by the Society of Physics Students in the Plaza Verde Clubhouse. “These events are packed every year and the kids
and parents love it,” Havens said. The full dome movie “Secret Lives of Stars” will show in the Global Immersion Center of the Vincent Nursing-Physical Science Building from 4-5 p.m. “The planetarium puts on different films each month and they are really cool and free to students,” Moreno said. Ram Jam, ASU’s tailgating event, takes place from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Alumni Center where the up-and-coming Natalie Stovall and The Drive will be performing and food will be served. “I’ve seen Natalie Stovall and The Drive perform before and she’s really talented,” Moreno said. Everyone can make their way across the street from Ram Jam to the game at 7 p.m. to watch the Rams play Midwestern State. “My little brother is the kicker and its one of the games he is really pumped about because Midwestern, Commerce and ASU are the three top teams in the Lone Star Conference,” Moreno said. “It’s going to be a very exciting and competitive game.”
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OPINIONS
Friday, October 2, 2015
Films just aren’t the same anymore
Dustin Dodson Copy Editor Gone are the days of practical effects and rad synth music. Now we must instead suffer through the age of copypasted dubstep and outsourced CGI gifted to us by Michael “Wouldn’t it be cool if the Bible had explosions?” Bay. Last weekend, after a failed endeavor to actually do something with my life, I made the decision of ordering
pizza with a cheap bottle of vodka to wash it all down. I decided to watch one of my favorite movies of all time, the “Terminator.” After admiring Schwarzenegger’s beautiful early 80’s jawline for the first half of the movie I stopped to realize just how much fun I was having with the feature, or better yet, every movie from this time period. Movies like “The Thing,” “Back to the Future” and “Alien” harken back to a day where it seemed, at least to the average viewer, that the creative force behind the movie put more love into the project they were creating. I don’t want to go on crying about how movies were better “back in my day,” when I wasn’t even born at the release of any 80’s movies, but I would like to point out just how different films were back then, and how we’ll probably never see anything like them in the modern age of filmmaking ever again.
What do you think about San Angelo’s new law forcing citizens to spay/neuter and microchip their pets? “I think we should have a right to do what we want with our pets. It should be our choice to spay them or not. If we are paying for the dog, and it’s our dog, we should do whatever we want with the dog, obviously legally. In my opinion we should have a choice.”
Brooke Rachel Sophomore “It’s actually a really good idea because there are a bunch of cats everywhere. And people don’t really take care of their puppies and they always end up in shelters.”
Anime, my homework escape
Alana Edgin Managing Editor As of this past year, I began to watch anime. If you do not know what anime is, or you think its creepy tentacle stuff, let me explain to you what anime actually is. Anime is actually animated cartoons with skilled artistry paired with a tale. It is based in Japan, and while the tentacle stuff may exist, you will not find it unless you are digging through the “darknet” to find it. The story lines vary just as much as regular American television. There are action spy ones, scary bloody ones, romances that resemble Hallmark movies and ones dealing with depression. Most of the animes I watch are funny cute romances, and I love the artistry in it. Originally I began with reading the anime books, called manga, with my boyfriend’s encouragement. I started to enjoy these small books that I could easily read in an hour. This was great for a reading addict like me. I could read a whole series in a day! It was awesome. Then I delved into my next series and realized I was reading manga like some people binge watch Netflix. Soon after, two of my best friends introduced me to my first anime. It was called Sword Art Online, SAO for short. This is a perfect start for anyone who wants to start watching anime. SAO blended swords, magic, action, explosions and romance with artwork that I never knew existed. After watching all of season one of SAO, I searched for new anime and manga. There are many websites to
read and watch this stuff for free, along with some stores selling them as well. My first manga I fell in love with after watching SAO was this one called AI Ore. Then I realized something while I was working at Hastings Entertainment. This lady came up to me and asked me if I knew any good, easy books for a young boy to read. She said he had a hard time reading but loved comics. Suddenly, a lightbulb moment: manga is similar to comics, and it would be a great start for kids who only liked reading comics. There was an entire section of children’s graphic novels, and I showed them to the lady. She looked at them and had the same idea I did. Later that month she came back and told me her son loved the graphic novels. Future idea for people who want to be teachers or parents: if a kid has a hard time with novels, introduce these! But start at children’s, do not go straight to the manga versions of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Well, with my growing obsession with anime and manga, I infected my brothers with the anime mayhem. I got my two younger brothers started on SAO but accidentally forgot there were two scary scenes. That was such a fun phone call for me after that. This didn’t stop my brothers’ entertainment with anime though. Currently, my youngest brother has decided to go to college and learn how to make and draw anime thanks to this. My brothers also watch an anime called Fairytail together, whereas they watched some heartbreakingly poor quality Cartoon Network shows. If you are thinking about watching anime or reading manga, do it! Some safe starts are Skip Beat, Pokemon and Dragonball. If you want a cute romance try “Say I Love You.” All of these are in manga and anime forms. When you become addicted, get a Crunchyroll. com account or join the campus anime club, Mu Kappa Epsilon. Bring out the kawaii in your everyday life and enjoy!
Bailee Young Freshman “That is really horrible. Why is that necessary? It’s not like the pet population is out of control.”
Columbus Hickmon Freshman “I don’t think it is a good idea. It’s rude for people to decide whether they are spayed or neutered.”
Sue Yoon Senior “I think the spay and neuter part is a good idea because we have so many dogs and animals in the shelters, we don’t need any more. But I think the microchip thing is maybe a little too far. That is why they have collars with tags, so they can be returned to their owners. The microchip thing is a little farfetched. Us as humans wouldn’t want to be microchipped, so we shouldn’t do that to our pets.”
Shaniqua Whitaker Junior
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SPORTS
Friday, October 2, 2015
Rams tackle West Texas A&M Team breaks decade-long struggle, ranks No. 6 again in coaches’ conference Alana Edgin Managing Editor Ram football went to Canyon, Texas on Sept. 26 in hopes of continuing their power packed winning streak while hungering for a win against West Texas A&M at Kimbrough Stadium, whom the Rams have not beaten since 2005. WTAMU scored the first touchdown of the game within three minutes, but quarterback Kyle Washington got the Rams on the board. Two more touchdowns were made, one by each team, to tie the
first quarter at 14-14. With this competition, and WTAMU under pressure since it was their homecoming, both teams came out fighting. The second quarter started well when defensive lineman Clayton Callicut sacked the WTAMU quarterback, and after two false start penalties the Rams got the ball back. WTAMU only scored three points in the second quarter while the Rams stole the lead before halftime with a score of 28-17. The third quarter was a shut out between the teams; both defensive sides fully took over. After a scoreless third quarter, the Rams’ offense jumped at the chance to take down WTAMU’s decade victory. Running back Trey Green rushed to the end zone to polish off a win, while Ram defense continued their shutdown of WTAMU from the third quarter. The final score was 35-17.
The statistic leaders of the game were: Washington with 34 completed passes, 376 passing yards and 124 rushing yards; running back Ryan Byrd tying with Washington with two touchdowns, while also having 81 yards on the ground; and linebacker Willie Brown with 12 tackles. The team had 607 total offensive yards, while WTAMU had only 302. Callicut received LSC Defensive Player of the Week after this game. Washington also broke his school record with a total of 500 offensive yards and was voted Suddenlink Athlete of the Week, and Thompson set a career high with 12 receptions and 143 yards. The team was ranked number six in the coaches’ conference for the second week in a row. This may very well be the year of the Ram after the Rams won the decade long battle with WTAMU and continue to strive their dominating prowess for the rest of the season.
VOLLEYBALL page 1 team’s victories. “We have to work hard, practice and maintain a steady level of volleyball,” Waddington said. “I think that’s what we’ve done well over the last couple of weeks.” The Rambelles will face Texas A&M – Kingsville on Friday, Oct. 2 and return home to the Stephens Arena on Friday, Oct. 9 for a match against Midwestern State. The Belles remain cool about the challenges Kingsville has to offer. Sotello said that they have some strong outside hitters so the Belles need to stay strong and work on
their middle hitting. Blauser said that she relies on her team to pick her up when she’s not doing well and that the team trusts one another in a similar fashion. With this solid foundation, Blauser said they aren’t afraid of taking big swings because they trust that their teammates have their backs. Coach Waddington remains focused, and said that they will seek to understand Kingsville’s tactics and how to overcome them on Friday. The Belles will play again on Friday, Oct. 2 at 6 p.m. against Texas A&M – Kingsville in in Kingsville.
Photos by Josh Lopez Above: Junior Klohe Harrion and sophomore Abbie Lynn reach to block a return from their opponent. Left: Setter Maggi Jo Keffury serves the ball against West Texas A&M.
Soccer kicks up a storm after broken streak Rambelles beat Denton after a close loss to Texas A&M Commerce Alana Edgin Managing Editor Sept. 25 In the Rambelles’ first conference game, the team faced off against Texas A&M Commerce in Commerce, Texas. The Belles have had some rough first halves this season and this game was no exception. A rough half, with an AMC goal in the 13th minute and the Belles’ struggles took over the game.
AMC kept the Belles down in the first half, but the Belle defense held strong, stopping any other goals. Eight of the Belles shot, and six shots went to the AMC net, but the goalie stopped all of them. While the second half was an offensive improvement, neither team scored again. The score stayed at a 1-0 win for AMC. The statistic leaders for this game were forward and midfielder Sierra Anderson with four attempted shots and goalkeeper Shantel Wittke with two saves. Sept. 27 After a short break, the Rambelles took on Texas Women’s University in Denton, Texas. The Belles were ready to win after having their streak broken a few days earlier. Again, the team had a slow start. They didn’t shoot once in the first half as compared to TXU’s five attempts.
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When halftime was over, the Belles were back in fighting shape and on their game. They scored two goals in the second half and had 15 shot attempts with seven on goal. Midfielder Hayley Mendel scored a goal in the 62nd minute of the game, followed eight minutes later by Anderson with an assist from Dang to score the second and last goal of the game. Statistic leaders for this game were: Anderson with eight attempted shots, Dang with one assist and goalkeeper Shantel Wittke with five saves. The final score was 2-0 for a Rambelle win. The Belles will host two games at home against West Texas A&M Friday, Oct. 2 at 7 p.m. and Eastern New Mexico on Sunday, Oct. 4 at 1 p.m.
Cross Country makes a splash in Corpus Christi Team takes major strides into their season
Alana Edgin Managing Editor The cross country teams have gone over the hills and through the woods this season. As both the Ram and Rambelle teams race towards the end of their season, they have been growing stronger and faster. The teams had five top ten finishes at the Islander Splash meet held on Sept. 25 in Corpus Christi. At the previous meet in Abilene on Sept. 18, the Rambelles won first with 25 points and the Rams placed second with 45. The Islander meet may not have had the same team rankings, but the runners’ times improved for this bigger meet. For the Rambelles, Candida Chairez won second place with a time of 19 minutes and 21 seconds, which was half a minute faster than her time for the Abilene meet. Kelsey Warren won
fourth place with a huge improvement from the last meet. She improved by shaving off 24 seconds, getting a time of 19 minutes and 33 seconds. Claudia Ramirez slid in to ninth place, improving her time by seven seconds. Her time was 19 minutes, 51 seconds. Kamie Halfmann was injured during the race, but returned to help her team, getting 19th place. Trinity got 38 points to win the meet and the Rambelles took second place with 68 points. The Rams had two men in the top ten. Devitt Smetana took second place with a time of 24 minutes and 42 seconds. Austin Watson reached a season high with 7th place and a time of 25 minutes, 37 seconds. As a team, the Rams got third place with 71 points, one point behind the second place team, A&M International. The first place team was Trinity with 24 points. This was Smetana and Chairez’s third straight top ten finishes in a row for this year. Chairez has also been named Suddenlink Athlete of the Week. The next meet will be the Blue and Gold Classic here on Tuesday, Oct. 13.