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VOL. 86 ISSUE 10
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2019
Chasing bears and making movies
What’s in store! -Sports update
Wildlife videographer shares experiences with ASU
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-Halloween celebration
Jeremiah Devereaux, staff writer
The ASU biology department on Nov. 1 hosted a special presentation by award-winning wildlife videographer Skip Hobbie in Room 100 of the Cavness Science Building. In his presentation titled “Filming in the Wild,” Hobbie discussed the obstacles he has encountered while working in harsh conditions. One challenge Hobbie faced while filming his documentary was creating an emotional connection with his audience by
filming animals at a comfortable distance and getting special shots. “My colleague and I filmed a bear only 10 meters away,” he said. “I’ve spent a lot of time talking to experts about bears learning how close is too close and their body language. If you got too close, they would let you know so we gave them their space and showed them respect. In return, there would be days where the bears would let us follow them all day long, up and down the mountain slopes, sometimes hik-
ing for 2 or 4 miles.” While this method worked in certain habitats, other challenges arose for Hobbie when attempting to film bears in the desert. “In other habitats like the desert, bears are more skittish and won’t tolerate you being as close,” he said. “Trying to follow them wasn’t an option. We had to use different techniques like sophisticated camera traps.” Hobbie said his next film will be titled “Deep in the Heart” and will highlight the wildlife in Texas. “I have been so fortunate to travel all over the world with my job, and the more I’ve done that, the more I’ve realized Texas is this amazing, biologically diverse place,” he said. “No one has hardly ever done any wildlife filmmaking here, so I want to share a lot of the great stuff we’ve got in Texas.” Sophomore Conrado Jimenez was one of the approximately 70 people in attendance for
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the presentation. “I loved the quality of the images and the story it told,” Jimenez said. “It makes me curious about what being a wildlife filmmaker is really like.” At the end of the presentation, a raffle was drawn, and five contestants won prizes like T-shirts and stickers. Those in attendance also enjoyed snacks and beverages provided for them. Photo by Ian Saint: Skip Hobbie, wildlife videographer, presented his current works and sneak peeks of future projects. During his presentation he spoke of close calls, greatest moments, and what it takes to make it in the world of wildlife videography.
A safe place for Halloween
Trunk-or-Treat event allows kids to experience a fun Halloween Sophia Gravatt, staff writer The Porter Henderson Library and the MSAP on Oct. 31 hosted ASU’s first Trunk-orTreat event in the Houston Harte University Center spine and lobby. The event offered free candy and a multitude of games and activities for families to enjoy. Members of the community could attend this event free of charge. “We have our
Greek Life and a bunch of our other Student Organizations here,” said Aaron Espinoza, MSAP inclusion and engagement leader. “It’s a really good mix of people coming together to make this work.” Some of the other organizations present were Sigma Tau Delta and Kappa Delta Pi. Maria Atkerson, Kappa Delta Pi member, said they played tic-tac-
toe with the kids. “We have hacky sacks, some are red and some are orange, and we toss them onto the floor,” she said. “If they don’t want to play, then they just get a piece of candy.” She said she was excited to be a part of Trunk-or-Treat. “I love it, and I’m
glad I get to wear my costume,” Atkerson said. “I think it’s nice that we’re doing this in a safe environment. It’s interactive and you get to meet a lot of people.” One community member said she was glad ASU put on the event. “This is really nice,” she said. “I’m glad it’s indoors, because it’s re-
Photo by Cora Bishoppetty: RSOs and the Porter Henderson Library hosted the Trunk-or-Treat event. The event was held inside the HoustonHarte University Center due to cold weather.
ally cold outside. It’s very inviting and there are a lot of activities for my kids. I’m definitely coming back next year.” Photo by Cora Bishoppetty: Children from the community enjoy one of the many activities available at the Trunk-orTreat event. RSOs provided candy and had a variety of activities for the trick-or-treaters.
Belles defeat two teams at home
11.8.2019
Belles volleyball beat Mustangs and Pioneers
Ashley Rodriguez, staff writer The ASU Belles volleyball team on Nov. 1-2 swept two teams to remain undefeated at home. In Friday’s game, the Belles competed against the Midwestern State University Mustangs and won with a score of 3-0. In the first set, the Belles had a 4-1 lead against the Mustangs and senior Haley Coulter served for ASU. Sophomore Morgan Preston increased ASU’s lead to a score of 11-5. Senior Sundara Chinn helped to bring the score to 22-11 with a service ace and sophomore Kailyn Gilbreath scored a kill. Senior Makenzie Griffin and Gilbreath end-
ed the first set for the Belles with a score of 25-13. In the second set, the Belles came back strong and took the lead once again with serves from Coulter. Both Griffin and Gilbreath continued to push the lead for the Belles and brought the score to 10-4. Going into the third set, the Belles had a slow start as both teams fought for points. Junior Lindsey Ledyard helped the Belles take the lead with a score of 8-4. ASU would go on to win the match 25-11. The Belles then faced the Texas Woman’s University Pioneers on Saturday, Nov. 2. ASU would defeat TWU, 3-0. The Belles had a slow start as the Pioneers took an early lead, but Preston helped the Belles tie the game at 7-7. Sophomore Sophia Berg helped the Belles further the lead over the Pioneers. In the second set, the Belles were going back and forth with the Pioneers for points with ASU ending the set in the lead, 25-18. Moving forward to the third set, Gilbreath and Coulter scored kills to give ASU the lead. The Belles would maintain the lead for the rest of the set and ended the match with a score of 25-18. The Belles’ next home game will see them face off against Tarleton State University on Nov. 15 at 7 p.m. in the Stephens Arena. Photo by Ian Saint: Makenzie Griffin, senior, spikes the ball past two defenders. ASU took a 3-0 win over Midwestern State University.
Sports Update Soccer
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Belles soccer on Nov. 1 lost the game to Texas Women’s University, 1-0. The Belles are now 11-4-1 overall and 7-3-1 in conference.
Indoor Boo Rogers Multi
Pittsburg, Kansas
Jan. 18
Corky Classic
Lubbock, Texas
Feb. 1
PSU Invitational
Pittsburg, Kansas
Feb. 7-8
Collegiate Classic
Feb. 21-22 March 13-14
Football
2019-20 Track Schedule
Dec. 6-7
Feb. 14-15
Rams football on Nov. 2 defeated Adams State University 42-21. The Rams are now 8-1 overall. Their next Lone Star Conference game will be against Eastern New Mexico University on Nov. 9.
TTU Shootout LSC Championships NCAA DII Campionships
Albuquerque, New Mexico Lubbock, Texas Lubbock, Texas Birmingham, Alabama
March 6
Outdoor
Trinity Tiger Twilight
San Antonio, Texas
March 21
Cactus Cup
Kingsville, Texas
March 25-28
Texas Relays
Austin, Texas
April 2-4
David Noble Relays
San Angelo, Texas
April 16
Joe Gillespie Invite
Stephenville, Texas
April 15-18 April 22
Kansas Relays Oliver Jackson Twilight
April 30-2
LSC Championships
May 10
WT Last Chance
May 21-23
NCAA DII Championships
Lawrence, Kansas Abilene, Texas Canyon, Texas Canyon, Texas Kingsville, Texas
Ghouls, goblins and free food MSAP hosts Halloween Celebration in the UC
Jeremiah Devereaux, staff writer The Multicultural Student Activities Programs office on Oct. 31 held their annual Halloween Celebration in Room 114 of the Houston Harte University Center. Students who participated in the celebration enjoyed free snacks and refreshments, created Halloween crafts and competed in a costume contest judged by the Multicultural Advisory Council. “Today’s contest could range anywhere from scary and spooky to fun and cute for all students, faculty and staff,” said Sabrina Torres, MSAP student activities manager. “You could take pictures by yourself or even take group pictures. We would then get judges to judge them.” Torres also mentioned her favorite part of the event. “I enjoyed decorating, because we are creating something suspenseful before the event starts, which makes the students wonder, ‘What's going on in the UC?’ It’ll give them a chance to hang out with us.” Cody Vasquez, MSAP student ac tivities manager, discussed how they trans-
formed their office for the celebration. “We flipped our office to have more a haunted house theme,” he said. “We made it all black and put spiderwebs up to make it spooky.” Vasquez also mentioned his favorite part about the celebration. “I liked the fact that it was a comeand-go style,” he said. “People could come get food, register for the contest and leave whenever they’d like.” Photo by Cora Bishoppetty: The Multicultural Center hosted a Halloween celebration for all students to attend. An optional costume contest took place from 2pm-4pm.
11.8.2019
Ax on ‘Flix
In this week’s Netflix Pick, Axel reviews “Hush” Axel Marcenro, Editor-in-chief “Hush” is a suspense horror film directed and co-written by Mike Flanagan. The film, released in 2016, follows a typical horror suit with a writer’s retreat to the woods being interrupted by a masked killer. However, a layer is added as Maddie, the previously mentioned writer, is completely deaf. The suspense in “Hush” is very effective but drags a bit on the tail end. While Maddie’s disability does allow for ample and creative uses of suspense, it was not exploited in its entirety. The beginning of the film uses it well, with multiple scenes being completely rid of sound, and the killer’s whereabouts unknown to the protagonist, but sometimes known to the audience. It makes for some truly tense scenes. Yet, the film decides to teeter out, using full audio for the majority of the movie and shifting the genre almost to action. As Maddie gains the strength to
fight back, as most characters do, she stops, nearing uncertainty. We follow her calculated strategies more than her terrifying experiences escaping someone you can’t hear. The film does, however, do well to keep things grounded, for the most part. It’s a horror film, but it’s not a completely unrealistic nightmare. The antagonist in the film is a real person, who even reveals himself early in the film to shed slasher stereotypes. Also, at a point in the film our protagonist acquires a crossbow and one might think that the movie is over at that point. However, most people don’t realize how difficult a crossbow is to rack and shoot, and Maddie discovers this. In this regard, the film does well to stay in touch with realistically fearful situations, which I believe heighten the suspense. Overall, I would say the film is an interesting and well done take on a basic horror plot. There were some creative decisions that I felt were underwhelming, but the movie still managed to keep me on the edge of my seat. Since it's not a movie that typically falls into a Halloween horror marathon line up, I’d say it’s a safe watch in November to cleanse your palate from all those terrible sequels, prequels and double-digit slashers.
Sidewalk Survey How do you feel about vaping on campus, should it be allowed or not?
“It should be allowed because we are the last generation that are going to get to do it, since they just made it [the law] to 21 and over. They are probably just going to make it illegal anyway, so why not have it while it lasts?”
“I think it doesn’t matter because it is just what they want to do.” -Minjin seong, senior
-Tanner Grant, freshman
“Not allowed because vaping is just another way of smoking and it’s not good for you.”
“I feel people should do as they please.”
-Brendan Kuehler, freshman
-Leslie Elizondo freshman
It takes a village: the importance of support Mbulelo Maqungo, Contributor When I was younger, any time my two older brothers and I received praise from other adults, my parents always responded with “Thank you! It takes a village to raise a child, you know?” I always thought this phrase was really strange. I only had one mom and dad who told me what to do, so why would they say that? Obviously, we learn a lot of outside lessons from teachers, coaches and mentors as we grow up, but it took me coming to college to see that the African proverb I always heard had more than one meaning. There are a great number of students who aren’t involved on campus and only attend class. While that should be our main goal, it’s important to have a healthy community you can call your own while you study here. A good group enhances your college experience. It’s easy to think you can handle all of life’s challenges on your own,
but we are all capable of accomplishing more in groups than we can alone. ASU has over 50 registered student organizations and clubs available for people looking for folks with common interests. Before coming to college, much of our support came from people we knew our whole lives, which means many of us didn’t have to go through the awkward transition of being in a new place with no friends. Making new friends and putting yourself out there is scary, but it’s also a fresh start and a chance to meet and learn from different kinds of people. You’ll gain so much more from going and trying out for a team or group with people than you would spending all your time in your dorm or apartment. Getting out of our comfort zone and forming bonds is one of the most important parts of college. Great friends support you in the hard times and share in your success during the good times. So, if you ever catch yourself begrudgingly binge-watching your fourth Netflix series alone, consider stepping out and finding something, or someone, you’ve never known. It’s always a good day to do something new.
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11.8.2019 Organizations honor Día De los Muertos
From studio to students
Spotlighting Ram Radio, ASU’s audio outlet AMAS, MSAP and Spanish club host celebration in UC Sophia Gravatt, staff writer Ashley Rodriguez, staff writer Ram Radio is a student musicians and connect other on it. run organization that broad- underground artists. “It reminds me that casts campus news, entertain- “That’s how my show people that are gone ment and lifestyle shows from ‘Sounds from the Underground’ are still here,” junior the students to the students. started,” she said. “After having Leticia Esquivel said. The staff consists of 8 workers, my show for a semester, I want“I get to enjoy it with 27 volunteers and 37 DJs. ed to become more involved in people that I love and The DJs have their own station and started helping with with the friends that programs, which play Monday different events and going out I have here at ASU. through Friday from 9 a.m. to to report on things happening It’s just so welcoming 4:30 p.m. Some of the genres around campus and in the city. and seeing the ofren The Association of Mexiinclude campus life, social com- Ram Radio has been used to da makes me happy. can-American Students, Multicul- Growing up, I never really realized mentary and sports broadcast- connect and inspire other arttural Affairs and the Spanish Club how much it would mean to me.” ing. ists in San Angelo.” on Nov. 1 celebrated Día De los Madelin Faust, Ram Ra- Faust encourages any Erika Baeza, director of Muertos, otherwise known as the multicultural and student activities dio senior reporter and market- student who is interested in Day of the Dead, in the Houston programs, said the holiday is celing coordinator, has worked at Ram Radio to join. Harte University Center. Ram Radio for two years. “Ram Radio is a fantasebrated annually at ASU. Student Día De Los Muertos is a participation over the years, espe “I had just moved to San tic way to share your passion two-day holiday from Nov. 1-2 that cially with the inclusion of an altar, Angelo in 2017 from Nashville with others and let your sound honors the spirits of the deceased. has necessitated a move outside of and was trying to find an outlet waves echo across ASU,” she Traditionally in Mexico, Nov. 1 is the MSAP office. for my music and songwriting,” said. “We would love to meet also known as Día de los Inocentes, Faust said. “I actually asked a and talk with anyone who is in“It’s been the second year or Day of the Innocents, which cel- that we created an altar on the outworker at the time if it was pos- terested in joining.” ebrates the lives of infants and chil- side of the MCSAC,” Baeza said. sible to put students’ music on The station is available dren. The following day commem- “We used to have it inside, but it air.” by searching for Ram Radio at orates the adults who have passed. would just get bigger and bigger She said she used Ram Tunein.com The holiday also coincides with the until it didn’t fit inside anymore. Radio as a way to find other Photo by Axel Catholic holidays of All Saints’ Day Last year we took it outside and Marcenaro: on Nov. 1 and All Souls Day on now it’s out there and the event has Jacob Tucker, Nov. 2. kind of gotten a bit bigger and bigjunior, prepares Students had the opportu- ger every year.” for his show in nity to decorate sugar skulls cour- the Ram Radio Photo by Cora Bishoppetty: The Dia tesy of the Spanish Club, decorate audio booth. de los Muertos altar was assembled keychains, paint picture frames Tucker is a with the help of AMAS, MSAP, and and enjoy eating pozole. An ofrenjunior reporter The Spanish Club. The Holiday is celeda, or offering, will be on display and assistant brated over two days, from Nov. 1-2. until Nov. 5, and students can place manager at pictures of late friends or relatives Ram Radio.
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-National First Generation Day at ASU 11:00am-1:00pm *UC Lobby -MBA MFT (Major Field Test) 1:00pm *Vincent Building 291 -ASU String Orchestra Concert 7:00pm San Angelo PerformingArts Center -ASU Volleyball vs St. Edwards Uni. 7:00-9:00pm *ASU Soccer field
Sunday 11/10 -N/A
Tuesday 11/12 -RSO: Fall Fest 5:00pm - 8:00pm *Pavilion -Turn up Your Business Instagram 6:00pm - 8:00pm *Business Resource Center -ASU Women’s Basketball vs Texas Wesleyan University 7:00pm - 9:00pm *Junell Center
Saturday 11/09 -ASU Volleyball at St. Mary’s 2:00pm - 4:00pm *San Antonio, TX -Elizabeth Hahn Senior Recital 4:00pm *Eldon Black Recital Hall -ASU Men’s Basketball at University of Houston 5:00pm - 7:00pm *Houston, TX -ASU Football at Eastern New Mexico 7:00pm - 10:00pm *Portales, NM
Monday 11/11
-Ladie’s Night 5:00pm *ASU CHP -Percussion Ensemble Concert 7:00pm *Mayer Administration Building
Wednesday 11/13
-President’s Round Table 12:00pm - 1:00pm *UC -Exit Exam 1:00pm *Vincent Building 291 -Wood Certification 1:00pm - 6:00pm *Hunter Strain Engineering Labs