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Poser steals textbooks Police found 20-25 textbooks in trunk of suspect’s car
Adam Sauceda Staff Writer The university police reported two incidents of a man who posed as an employee of a company that buys and resells textbooks to steal text books from campus buildings. The first incident happened Thursday, March 7, when a report came in from a faculty member at the MCS building. According to a police report, an African American male was on campus attempting to buy textbooks. “The faculty member noticed while the subject was in her office that he kept looking at her bookcase,” Director of Public Safety and Chief of University Police James Adams said. “After finishing her conversation with the subject, he left and a short time later she left. When she came back, she noticed that several text books were missing.” Adams said a short time later, a second call came in from the Vincent Nursing-Physical Science building involving a similar scenario. “After that incident, the University Police sent out its first email warning people that if they see the individual on campus to immediately give us a call,” Adams said. “We received several calls from the Hardeman building and the Carr building as well.”
Adams said the university police searched the campus and could not locate the individual. “We called the phone number on the business card the suspect had given out, and the subject was uncooperative,” Adams said. The subject said he was no longer in San Angelo, and was on his way to Abilene, he said. University police alerted the universities in Abilene to be on the look-out for the suspect. Adams said while there is no direct evidence or anyone that witnessed the suspect taking the books, it is suspicious that he was in two places where he was attempting to purchase textbooks and a few minutes later, textbooks are missing. “It is difficult to track down those types of textbooks,” Adams said. “We don’t know exactly where this subject would have sold them.” The second incident happened Tuesday, March 19. According to the police report, university police received another call and the individual said that a man at the Carr Education-Fine Arts building was attempting to purchase books. “After we located the person, we discovered he had about 20-25 text books in his vehicle,” Adams said. “He fit the physical description of the subject from the first incident, but we had conflicting reports from witnesses of the first incident.” Adams said witnesses to the first incident were shown a photograph of the individual and some said it was the same suspect while others
said it was not. When university police spoke with the suspect, his name was completely different, and he produced a driver’s license which was not the same name of the person from the first incident. “There were some issues with the subject,” Adams said. “When we ran a background check on him, we discovered he was known to use several aliases. People usually do not use an alias unless they are up to no good.” Adams said the subject was issued a criminal trespass warning and was told not to come back on campus. Officers escorted him off campus. University police did photograph all the text books in the subjects possession. Adams said no students were affected by the thefts. According to Adams, soliciting on campus is not allowed when it is directed toward students. ”You have to get permission from student life first,” Adams said. “There is no real policy aimed at solicitors that are targeting faculty or staff members though.” Adams said he suggests that to keep students and faculty safe in the future, if students or faculty are approached by anyone they should demand some type of identification from that person. “If there is an incident when you ever feel uncomfortable or what is being said does not seem right, then your best bet will always be to contact us and let us go and check it out,” Adams said.
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Rams welcome new head coach Beard’s coaching experience “speaks for itself” Stephen Cogan Staff Writer
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The first thing that the new men’s basketball coach said at his press conference was that the one thing that ASU fans will notice about him is that he has great enthusiasm for the game. For the next 15 minutes, Chris Beard enthusiastically told everyone in the conference room that he was happy to be given this opportunity.
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Annual award banquet returns Awards recognize “outstanding contributions” of grad students Terrence Cain Staff Writer The annual College of Graduate Studies awards banquet will once again take place in the C.J. Davidson Conference Center on April 5 at 6:30 p.m. Students who have maintained a 4.0 GPA average after completing at least half of their graduate degree program from each of the colleges. Each will be recognized for their distinguished accomplishments in their respective fields of study. Students who have written or presented papers or won awards will be recognized as well. Dr. June Smith, Interim Graduate Dean said the banquet provides an opportunity for the faculty and the College of Graduate Studies to recognize the outstanding contributions that graduate students make not only to ASU, but also to the universal body of knowledge. “Every student who has completed a research project, and put forth by their department, is put on the list for the banquet awards,” Smith said. A stand-out student is selected for an award from each college. The colleges include: Arts and Sciences, Business, Education and Health and Human services, Smith said. The awards given to the students at the banquet will help the students when applying for higher degrees at other universities, as well as with employees who are looking for those who give extra effort to their area of study. Dr. Mary Ellen Hartje, Associate Professor of English, assists in picking the winners of the plaques given out at the annual banquet. “I have only been a judge for the Graduate Student Award for the past two years,” Hartje said. “Because I want to support our graduate students from the English Graduate Program, as well as the rest of the students from other disciplines, I have been more involved with the banquet since I became the graduate advisor for the English program five years ago.” Hartje said she look for those students who excel in all aspects of being a part of the graduate program—those being in academics, presentations and publications, working as either a graduate or teaching assistant and their service to the university and its community. “It is usually difficult to pick a single student,” Hartje said. “We always have a number of outstanding candidates.”
Clearing up the rumors ... Find out what’s happening to Concho Hall next issue.
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Events Calendar Get involved on campus! Here’s what’s going on this week. Friday March 29 Spring Holiday (No classes) Softball: ASU vs. West Texas A&M University. 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. @Home. Softball: ASU vs. West Texas A&M University. 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. @Home. Baseball: ASU vs. West Texas A&M University. 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. @Home.
Saturday March 30 SARL Lone Wolf 5 mile run. The race begins at 8 a.m. at Ave. D and Rust St. Honors Student Association Easter Egg Hunt. The hunt is from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the grounds north of the Porter Henderson Library. Baseball: ASU vs. West Texas A&M University. 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. @Home.
Monday April 1 ASU Ceramic Student Exhibition: “Fresh and Functional” The exhibition will be from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Room 193 of the Carr Education-Fine Arts building. Graduate Success Luncheon presented by the College of Business, Freshman College, Office of Development and ASU’s President’s Circle. The luncheon begins at 11 a.m. in the Nasworthy Suite (UC 203-204).
NEWS
Friday, March 29, 2013
CSI hosts three-day event Springfest to increase student involvement
Adrianna Dabrowski Staff Writer Texas country singer Stoney Larue will perform on campus Friday, April 5, as a part of the Center for Student Involvement’s second annual Springfest. This three-day event will feature activities across campus Heather Valle, coordinator for student organizations at CSI, said she has high hopes that the campus festival will be greatly successful. “This year, students will notice that programming has increased for all three days of CSI Springfest,” Valle said. There will be a student organization picnic at 4:30 in front of the cafeteria. Following the picnic, carnival from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the grassy area by the pavilion, according to Valle. “Student Organizations will be hosting activities like snow cones, pie throwing contests and traditional car-
nival games,” Valle said. “On Friday, we are thrilled to partner again with the men of Lambda Chi Alpha who will host their 3rd Annual Crawfish Boil.” In addition to the Angelo Rock Climbing Competition on Saturday, Chartwells will provide blue & gold pancakes for breakfast, Valle said. “[Last Spring, 2012] was the first year for CSI Springfest, and our staff was thrilled with the participation,” Valle said. “The Sunset Concert alone had over one thousand participants. Students are the heart of the Center for Student Involvement. Everything we do is for them, not only to attend but to gain co-curricular experiences by marketing, planning and programming their own events.” Samuel Mendoza, coordinator for student activities and programs, said he wants to see Springfest evolve from last year. “Last year I was just a spectator, but this year, working on it, makes you set your goals pretty high. We want it to be enjoyable, and we want people to have a great time, Mendoza said.
Schedule Thursday
Picnic beginning at 4:30 p.m. in front of the ASU Cafeteria. Carnival beginning at 5:30 p.m. in front of the ASU Cafeteria.
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Country singer Stoney Larue will be performing.
Saturday
Blue and Gold pancakes served in the ASU Cafeteria. Rock Climbing competition beginning at 9 a.m. in the Center for Human Performance.
AFROTC hosts JROTC drill meet
Tuesday April 2 Open Registration begins for all new and returning students. ASU Ceramic Student Exhibition: “Fresh and Functional” The exhibition will be from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Room 193 of the Carr Education-Fine Arts building. UCPC Weekly Meeting beginning at 5:30 p.m. in the UC 203-204. Baseball: ASU at St. Mary’s University. 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. in San Antonio. University Etiquette Dinner with a certified etiquette expert. The dinner is from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the San Angelo Elks Lodge. The cost for students is $10 and non-students $15.
Photos by Adam Sauceda and Nadia Sabroso
Wednesday April 3
Cadets from Junior ROTC units from a dozen high schools across Texas competed in various events at ASU on Saturday, March 23. Some events included unarmed inspection, armed regulation, individual drill, knockout drill and warrior challenge.
ASU Ceramic Student Exhibition: “Fresh and Functional” The exhibition will be from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Room 193 of the Carr Education-Fine Arts building. Ram-X Instructor informational meeting beginning at 5:30 p.m. in the CHP for anyone interested in teaching UREC fitness classes or personal training.
Thursday April 4 ALL DAY: Track and Field vs. ASU David Noble Relays in San Angelo. ASU Ceramic Student Exhibition: “Fresh and Functional” The exhibition will be from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Room 193 of the Carr Education-Fine Arts building. CSI Springfest 2013-Picnic beginning at 4:30 p.m. in front of the ASU Cafeteria. CSI Springfest 2013-Carnival beginning at 5:30 p.m. in front of the ASU Cafeteria.
Planetarium weekly showings continue every Thursday beginning at 7 p.m. Submit event requests by 5 p.m. Tuesday for Friday publication to rampage@angelo.edu
Now playing at the Planeterium ... 7 p.m.
“Saturn Jewel of the Heavens” 8 p.m.
“Stars” 9 p.m.
“Cosmic Journey: A Solar System Adventure” Every Thursday evening until May 9
Is spring holiday official? Students enjoyed their spring holiday with an extra day off from classes. The extra day given was Friday March 29, also known as Good Friday. Many universities give students a spring holiday on the Monday following Easter Sunday, according to Dr. Nancy Allen, Interim Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs. “As you know there are a certain number of days the university is required to have over a certain period of time,” Student Government Association President Hector Romo said. “[The spring holiday observed] was Good Friday for a couple of years and then it was just any day and then moved to Good Friday again.” Romo said students complained about not having Good Friday off because it was a religious day for those who observed it. “The holiday was changed to better fit the needs of the student body,” Romo said. “The majority of students will be observing that day because of their religious beliefs. Allen said that Good Friday will be the official spring holiday for students from now on.
OPINIONS
Friday, March 29, 2013
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I found a man: tall, white and fluffy This is our friend, Roscoe. He is a ram. We hung out last Saturday on the sand volleyball court outside of Centennial Village and soaked up some Vitamin D. In these pictures, it looks like he is plotting to kill me, but that’s just the way his face looks. He is a sweet ram. I got this feeling recently that Roscoe was hitting on me. He kept patting my shoulder and flexing his muscles. While I find his jersey and red cape to be dapper, I just don’t think things would work out between us. A) I already have a boyfriend, B) I don’t want to go behind Bella’s back (she is a sweet ewe), and, most importantly, C) Roscoe and I already struggle with communication. For a ram who is comfortable enough with his body to walk around campus with no pants on, Roscoe sure is shy. To be honest, I have never heard him speak. I tried my best to engage him in conversation last Saturday. “Hey, Roscoe! How are you?” I asked. *Roscoe flashed a thumbs-up.* “That’s cool. Aren’t you hot in that jersey and fur?” I asked. *Roscoe waved
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What are your plans for the spring holiday?
“I’ll spend time with my family. They’re coming from Del Rio to visit me.”
Anais Alday
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“I’m going to Dallas to spend time with my family and am going Easter egg hunting.”
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his hands around* “I like your cape. Red is a nice color on you.” I said. *Roscoe nodded his top-heavy head* “Sooooo... What did you do this weekend?” I asked. *Roscoe waved his hands around.* “That’s cool. Same here, I guess.” I said. *Roscoe waved his hands around and nodded his top-heavy head.* I hate to say this, but Roscoe is one of the most self-centered rams I have ever talked to. Don’t get me wrong -- I still love hanging out with him, and I totally get that he is shy. I just think he needs to work on his ram skills. I mean, would it kill him to ask about my weekend every once in a while?
“I’ll spend the “I plan on going home and “I’ll take some days holiday with my host spending time with my off from work to family.” whole family.” spend time with my family.”
Jiwon Lee Senior
Mik Smamaniego-Lira Junior
Nicole Clemens
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SPORTS
Friday, March 29, 2013
Baseball and Softball take on A&M at home The ‘Belles walked away with a two out of three game win against Midwestern State University. The ‘Belles’ overall record is 22-9. The Rams won three out of four games against the University of Incarnate Word last weekend. Currently the Rams stand with an overall record of 18-10.
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Coach to make rapport Track heads to Austin with each of the players Track and Field stand Cont. from p.1
“I am excited to be here today,” the clean-shaven Beard said. “My wife and my three daughters are excited as well.” Beard said he wished his family was here, but his daughters were in school with their mother watching over them. “I know today people expect me to talk a lot about recruiting and ask me questions about it,” Beard said. “But if my wife was here, I wouldn’t have to answer any questions about recruiting because you’ll know I can recruit well once you look at me and then look at her.” ASU is not only getting a basketball coach who has a looker for a wife, but also a man who has a 119-36 head coaching record and was a disciple under the legendary Bob Knight while at Texas Tech University. What makes Beard a perfect fit is that ASU’s athletic director Sean Johnson and ASU’s President Dr. Brian May have the same visions in their sights. “We have a vision here to graduate every student athlete,” Beard said. “We have a vision here to win basketball games and win championships. We have a vision to have the basketball team not be just a basketball team, but part of the community and to be part of the university.” The first thing Beard said he will do is to get to know and build a rapport with his players. Beard takes over a team that was
7-19 with a dismal 1-11 road record, but Johnson is confident in Beard’s talents and abilities to turn this team around. “I just think the breadth of his experience speaks for itself,” Johnson said. “He’s coached at just about every level of basketball you can think of except the NBA and he’s coached professional basketball before.” Beard coached the American Basketball Association team, the South Carolina Warriors, for one year and led them to a 29-2 record. “The fact that I’ve known him for 15 years helps,” Johnson said. “Chris has been successful really at everywhere he’s been. I just think he’s the total package.” What really helped ASU get a coach like Beard is that ASU has a stellar reputation in athletics. “This is a great job,” Johnson said. “We’ve got great facilities, a great university and a great town; there are no negatives to ASU.” Johnson said he had been in some places where the university had weaknesses whether it was program history, a less than ideal facilities or even an less than ideal location, but ASU doesn’t have those problems. Around 90 men applied for the position according to Johnson, and he said a few dozen have applied for the women’s head basketball coaching position. Choosing the right coach will be the next item on Johnson’s agenda.
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Stephen Cogan Staff Writer ASU’s track and field teams plan to continue their hot start on Thursday, March 28, at the Texas Relays in Austin. So far, the men and women have been ranked No. 19 and No. 8 in the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association preseason rankings earlier in the week. 14 of the athletes have combined for 18 NCAA D-II qualifying marks for the national championship competition. Not all of the marks are automatic qualifying marks, so many of the athletes will need to improve on their seasonal records in order to assure themselves a spot in the competition. Junior Kearah Danville has already secured two automatic qualifying spots after winning the women’s triple jump and women’s long jump
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Photos by Adam Sauceda Junior Bryan Hammond dribbles down the court in an effort to make a basket.
at the Cactus Cup in Kingsville two weeks ago. Her teammate, senior Theresa Sue, hit the provisional qualification mark by finishing second in the long jump behind Danville. Another senior going for her last hurrah at the national championship is Kimberly Williams, who has already hit the qualifying marks in shot put and javelin. Williams said she likes shot put more than javelin because she’s been doing it longer, but she will have to get better at both in order to automatically make nationals. “You just have to treat your practices like how you want to throw in the meet,” Williams said. “For me, it is making sure I am intense and getting it across the ring the way I would during a meet.” According to Williams, a successful shot putter is determined more by the technique they demonstrate rather than just brute arm strength. Head Coach James Reid said that just because someone is strong does not mean they can be successful in shot put. Reid said he was very pleased with the rankings.