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Aug. 29, 2018 | Midwestern State University | thewichitan.com | Your Campus. Your News. | Vol. 83 No. 1

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Kenidee Cooper plays with an inflated ball at the MWSU Convocation.

Johnny Covey was the keynote speaker at the MWSU Convocation in D.L. Ligon coliseum, Aug. 28, 2018. Covey is the author of “5 Habits to Lead from Your Heart.”

Get out of your head Covey gets students out of their heads at convocation CHLOE PHILLIPS REPORTER

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each ball throwing, dancing, cheers, and a way to expand your mind. To kick off the school year, and help the centennial class of 2022 to get out of your head, Johnny Covey talked to about 500 students at last night’s convocation in the D.L. Ligon Coliseum.

Before Covey spoke, Suzanne Shipley, university president, urged students to engage in things that they may believe are foreign and strange to help them expand their viewpoints of the world.

“The reason why we’re urging you to take risks and to engage in things that you have not done before, is when you graduate from here and you go into the work place, change is going to be constant.” Shipley said. “You’re going to be constantly adjusting changes in life and society,

business and your other environments.”

According to Covey, people have a mixed up way of how we view our head and heart when it comes to thinking. “[We typically believe] the heart is all about emotion and head is not,” Covey said. “The reality is, when we are in our head, there’s emotion just like there is heart but head protects and the heart is about progress.”

Covey also gave context to what he meant by being in our head and why is it a negative thing.

“When we’re in our head, the back part of our brain-say like in sports-- when I’m in my head, it doesn’t mean I’m using my brain to think, it means I’m protecting.

[I’m talking about] that survival brain in the very back of our head,” Covey said.

In addition, leaving your head and being your heart is

where you can expand and be creative.

“When I’m talking about being in our heart, I’m talking about when we are being creative and you think through things, we work through things so often though, we have a mixed up way of think of head/heart: heart is all about emotion and head is not.”

Covey also thought the turnout was awesome and liked how students shared their experiences with dealing with challenges.

“They’re a great group. There’s a few students who shared deeply about what they were experiencing, how they were going from their head to their heart, and to hear other students support them,” Covey said.

“To understand that when they have a feeling that’s

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Getting involved, benificial for all stuents OUR VIEW: Students should get involved, especially incoming freshman. Getting involved can help shape who you are as a person.

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t is beneficial for students to get involved.

Incoming freshman might think it intimidating but these organizations will help you grow and find who you are as a person. You’re in college, join something and make your time here worth it by making friends you might not have made if you never got involved.

There are over 100 student organizations here on campus. There is an organization that will fit you, and of there isn’t then make one. In these organizations you will make connections, helping you in the future.

Getting involved can help more than making new friends or helping you find yourself. It is a way to gain new experiences and help you find a job. Whether being involved in Greek, academic organization or even working for The Wichitan will look good on a resume.

Some people will think that being a part of an organization is expensive and requires a lot of time. Trust us, it is worth it. You will be grateful that you got involved when you were in gollege. Take the leap and get involved.

Joining an organization will make your experience here in college better, and it can help you tremendously once you leave college as well.

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here are so many opportunities to put yourself out there as a college student. Most people stick to joining a sorority or fraternity, joining clubs on campus, or present research or present at conferences. But fewer people consider publishing their works in the literary magazine Voices.

Lane As an editor for the past two years, I’ve Riggs heard a lot of people say they didn’t submit because they didn’t think their written work was good enough. Don’t think that this is true. Writing, especially fiction, is subjective. Voices has several editors to help even this out, as we comment on what we did or didn’t like in a piece. There is always someone who is going to like some part of your prose and/or poetry - and someone else won’t like some part of your work. Take the good with the bad. It is important to take that criticism to improve your writing.

Submitting your work to Voices or The Wichitan can be

nerve-wracking if you have never done it before. Letting everyone read your work in a creative writing class can be nerve-wracking. It’s this way because you are putting yourself out there.

For example, I have a fear of public speaking. Yet I have presented at a conference and presented at the EURECA forum last spring. It’s scary to put yourself out there - even a little bit of yourself (like your creative work) - but once you do, you have that under your belt.

Publishing your work in Voices or in The Wichitan is just as rewarding as it sounds. You have physical proof of your creative work being published for anyone and everyone to see. I can assure you, your writing is good enough to submit.

Make the best of your undergraduate years and submit something, so that by the time you graduate, you can say you’re a published author. It’s an impressive accomplishment.

Lane Riggs is an English senior.

Study abroad, more than having fun I

f you’re a student who is serious about their major than I believe study abroad is definitely something to consider. I spent four weeks in London and learned more about the diversity in business than I ever could in a classroom setting.

Before leaving for my flight to London I was anxious and not sure what to expect, Brittni but the second I stepped foot off the plan I Vilandre had no regrets. We stayed at Queen Mary University and got the chance to live like locals. Everyday I would go to the co-op, get groceries and find a new place to explore.

If you are a serious traveler and always looking for new sites to explore, this is a great opportunity for you to get your fix from your inner travel bug while still getting credits.

By living with the locals I was able to see just how much diversity there is in the world, the greatest place to see this was in the Underground and just standing there for two minutes you could hear at-least five or six different languages being spoken, which was an amazing experience.

More people need this experience so they can understand not only how diverse the world is but how diverse their major can be. Meaning there’s more than one way to learn something, e.g. we learned there is different steps and strategies when running a business in London as compared to America.

Throughout the whole trip I never thought I was actually learning anything, I thought I was just having fun. It wasn’t until I got home and my family asked me what I had done and I caught myself rambling on that I realized just how much I had learned, not only about sites we had visited, but about business as well.

I believe every student should consider doing study abroad before they graduate and give themselves the chance to step outside of their comfort zone and try out a new way of learning. The overall experience of living amongst the locals and spending everyday with the opportunity to explore and learn something new is one I would hope to do again, and will seriously consider doing again next Summer.

Brittni Vilandre is a marketing junior.

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Campus continues to evolve

fter about 6,000 students packed up and left in mid-May, campus officials quickly took to re-paving parking lots, working on the new health sciences building, preparing for summer orientation and, well, teaching summer classes.

AUG. 20 | Josiah Robbins played football in high school in Arlington, Texas, until injuries forced him into a supporting roll as a team manager.

That’s when his interest in drones allowed him to fly a quad copter and shoot aerial footage of football practices for the coaches to analyze.

Fast forward to today and the Midwestern State University freshman finds himself as a valuable piece of the Mustangs football program.

Source | https://bit.ly/2Nr22GZ

AUG. 20 | Ed “Too Tall” Jones was ahead of his time.

The 6-foot-9 defensive end who played 15 seasons for the Dallas Cowboys arrived in the

NFL when height wasn’t a sought-after commodity for pass rushers.

While Jones is still one of the tallest football players at his position more than 40 years later, the evolution of the sport has put a premium on height and size on the defensive line.

The 67-year-old Jones, who met with Midwestern State’s football team Sunday before speaking at the university’s annual “Welcome Back Dinner,” still cuts an imposing figure.

One of the reasons he said guys his size have thrived at football now is because of rules changes that have made the game safer.

Source | https://bit.ly/2LzF0fr JULY 25 | This story by Zach Duncan appeared in the Times Record News in 2015 when Doug Elder became Midwestern State’s all-time winningest coach. Elder stepped down on Wednesday. Doug Elder remembers his first day on the job as the Midwestern State men’s soccer coach like it was yesterday. He walked into the outdated, caged locker room inside D.L. Ligon Coliseum before the 2000 season and

gazed at the locker he’d last occupied 16 years earlier. The same bumper stickers were plastered inside it.

Source | https://bit.ly/2BXlNEL MAY 2 | After teaching American History on the university level for 51 ½ years, the past 47 at Midwestern State University, Dr. Everett Kindig will retire next week at the end of the spring semester.

Source | https://t.co/T2Znee77X3

from CONVOCATION pg. 1 painful or icky, or doesn’t feel right, look at the thoughts. The thought is probably not respectful, it’s unhealthy this is telling you to change your thinking, when you do you’ll feel better because you’re now in your heart and you can progress.

“I think the real problem we all have that keeps us from progressing is get in our head. so it’s the core, the very foundation of where we struggle, so once we know how to get our of our head and into our heart, everything else comes together.”

Hannah Firanski, undecided freshman, who attended to “get into the freshman environment” and to be active in her graduating class, said she enjoyed Covey’s keynote.

“I absolutely loved him, it spoke to me inside especially struggling with school and it really helped me to blame myself into thinking better thoughts when going into college,” Firanski said.

Social Work Freshman, Ariana Rodriguez, was not sure what to expect from the convocation.

“I am not sure what to expect, someone told me sort of like a pep-rally, so I guess what I’m looking forward to is a lot of music, everyone sort of meeting each other,” Rodriguez said.

FACULTY FORUM ART, CULTURE, and the

WOMEN’S LEGACY of the

MEXICAN REVOLUTION PRESENTED BY

Dr. Martin Camacho Dr. Ann Marie Leimer Dr. Claudia Montoya

7 P.M. SEPTEMBER 10 BURNS CHAPEL Admission is free and open to all. msutexas.edu/faculty-forum PHOTO BY STEPHEN GOMEZ | THE WICHITAN

Nemanja Neo Krtolica, Kendal Ogletree, Noah Inge, AJ Rubio calling for the ball at the MWSU Convocation in D.L. Ligon coliseum, Aug. 28

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Pablo Cruz gains momentum to continue the lap at the Hotter ‘N Hell Sunday races.

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team, alumni takes top places in Hotter’N Hell races HERBERT MCCULLOUGH REPORTER

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unday afternoon the high temperature didn’t quite reach 100. It stopped short at 99. But for the 43 cyclists who finished the day racing on downtown streets in the men’s professional category, gallons of Powerade aren’t enough.

And that was just one of the 13 races Sunday and dozens more Friday and Saturday as part of this year’s Hotter’N Hell.

Pablo Cruz, exercise physiology junior, has placed third place overall in the Hotter’N Hell criterium. He has also placed 10th place in the men’s professional category 1-2 race.

“Overall, I think it was a positive result for the school,” Cruz said. “I ended up third overall and I was second yesterday.”

Charlie Zamastil, cyclist team director at MSU and racing director at Hotter’N Hell, said Friday was the best showing for MSU Texas. During Friday night, three MSU Texas alumni and one current student finished within the top five.

“The winner, Tony Baca was a 2014 graduate who was on the cycling team for four years. Second place was TC Porterfield who spent a year on the cycling team. Third place was Pablo Cruz, a current student riding for the cycling team in his fourth year racing for us. Fifth place was Stephan Rothe who did both undergraduate and graduate school at MSU who recently finished his master’s. In 2016 and that was the same here he won the road race championship course with us.”

Cruz said he was surprised by how well he did in this year’s Hotter’N Hell. However, he added that hard work and being in good form are two important aspects of cycling.

“In cycling, you never know so you just have to try and try and try,” Cruz said. “If you’re in good form, that’s a big advantage.”

Cruz said he enjoys the adrenaline rush cycling gives him and how healthy it is for him.

“It keeps you healthy and in good form,” Cruz said.

Montalvo said she had raced in four previous races Cruz explained how important it was for him to get at this years Hotter’N Hell and her best result was at the a good result for MSU Texas as well as the city of Wich- mountain bike race. ita Falls. He further said having a good result in Hotter “I’ve did the mountain bike race Friday morning, N’Hell is among the most important races for the cycling creek race Friday evening, road race yesterday, and the team.

1/2/3 today,” Montalvo said. “I’ve won the mountain “This is the biggest race in Texas, and it’s like our bike race. It was my favorite event at Hotter’N Hell.” home race. So, I wanted to get a good result for the school Zamastil explained the difficulties in organizing and all the people that support us here in Wichita Falls,” Hotter’N Hell. This includes being able to organize and Cruz said. trust over a thousand volunteers as well as care for hunCruz said this is his best performance at Hotter’N Hell. dreds of racers.

“The previous Hotter’N Hells, I’ve been making the “There are about 700 individual racers,” Zamastil said. top 10,” Cruz said. “This “There are over a hundred of year, I made the top three core volunteers; however, we so I’m pretty happy with rely on the support for over my result.” a thousand volunteers for Brissia Montalvo, exerthe entire event. You have cise physiology graduate, to be organized and trust the finished in 17th place in people you have delegated the women’s pro 1/2/3 race. responsibility to. You have to “I was hoping for a way find the right sort of people better result,” Montalvo that understand the job and said. “Sometimes you have the importance of it an apit and sometimes you don’t preciate the importance of PABLO CRUZ you train hard but its a little this event.”

MSU CYCLIST bit of luck that helps.”

Zamastil said best part of Montalvo said she was volunteering for Hotter’N satisfied with her performance given the level of compe- Hell is watching the races and watching the MSU cycling tition. team perform well.

“I did what I could,” Montalvo said. “There were very “Once everything is set in motion, I like watching the strong women out there. So, I tried by best to stay in posi- races,” Zamastil said. “Since everyone understands and tion and get to the sprint but it’s very competitive. I did are doing their job, I get to enjoy a little racing and watch what I could and I’m happy with it.” my MSU riders compete and try to win.”

Montalvo said the most important thing that she Benjamin Van Winkle, exercise graduate, explained learned at Hotter’N Hell was to not underestimate her- how challenging the wind was. self and not give up.

“It was a challenge that everyone had to deal with,” “Sometimes you think something is going to happen Van Winkle said. then you do better than what you expected,” Montalvo Zamastil said the most difficult aspect of this Hotter’N said. “But, you mentally give up. So that is one thing I Hell compared to last year’s Hotter’N Hell was the weathreally need to work on.” er. He said that the wind made racing more difficult for

“This is the biggest race in Texas, and it’s like our home race. So, I wanted to get a good result for the school and all the people that support us here in Wichita Falls.”

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PHOTOS BY HARLIE DAVID | THE WICHITAN

Zach Gregg leads the pack for a lap at the Hotter ‘N Hell Sunday races in downtown Wichita Falls on Aug. 26. the riders by making their timing twice as slower.

“When the wind blows the way it does, races, especially 100 mile races, in this heat blow the field a part,” Zamistil said. “There’s only so much road that you can share and everyone is trying to get that last inch of space in the protected peloton where they get drafting. Once the win picked up, I don’t think we saw a group bigger that four or five guys. The wind made for a longer day.

Our last race finisher started at 10:30 a.m. and came in around 1:30 p.m.”

Morgan Ballesteros, physics sophomore, finished 29th place in the men’s 4-5 race. However, his teammate, Van Winkle, finished 16th place in the men’s 4-5 race and 25th place overall.

“The [race] wasn’t really that great for us as a team,” Ballesteros said. “We hoped for more but you got to do what you got to do.”

Ballesteros said the most important thing he has learned in this race was the importance of positioning.

“Positioning is very important. That was kind of my downfall. I was on the back most of the race and it cost me at the end.”

Ballesteros said he had previously performed in Hotter N’Hell.

“I’ve competed a couple of years ago as a junior in high school,” Ballesteros said.

Van Winkle said this is his first time competing in Hotter’N Hell.

“It was like the name it implies,” Van Winkle said. “It was really though but the support was fantastic. The at-

mosphere, the racing on the course has been amazing.

This is arguably one of the best races I have ever gone to.”

Ballesteros said his favorite part of competing in Hotter’N Hell was the atmosphere.

“The atmosphere is probably the best I have ever been to,” Ballesteros said. “It’s so cool seeing the other riders.

It’s such a big event and cool to be a part of.”

Van Winkle said the best thing about Hotter’N Hell was being a part of the MSU cycling team.

“I liked all the pomp and circumstances but being here with the Midwestern cycling team has been awesome,” Van Winkle said.

Ballesteros explained how important it is for cyclists to train for events, such as Hotter N’Hell.

“I had about four months of really hard training,” Ballesteros said. “Just doing long rides and hard work.”

Van Winkle said he prepared for Hotter N’Hell by riding midday in Ohio. however, he said, due to the weather differences between Ohio and Texas, his preparations were limited.

“I tried to do a lot of rides mid day, but I don’t think it worked too well,” Van Winkle said. “Ohio is a lot cooler than this, being around 70 to 80 degrees.”

Kieran Correia, accounting freshmen, said this is his first experience at Hotter’N Hell.

“It’s a very hard race, and it’s very hot out here. It’s very different from where I’m from in South Africa.”

Zach Gregg, exercise physiology graduate who moved into town on Wednesday, said this is also his first year at Hotter ‘NHell and on the MSU cycling team. He also said

he applied to MSU Texas to pursue a graduate degree in exercise physiology.

“There were excellent opportunities in pursuing a graduate degree in exercise physiology.”

Gregg explained the importance of hydration.

“It’s super important. You lose a tone of power as a result of dehydration. If you don’t have an ice on you or water on your back, you’re spending a tone of energy just to keep yourself cool.”

Gregg said the most important thing he had learned from Hotter N’Hell was the difference between racing in the crosswinds compared to racing in the mountains.

“Racing in the crosswinds is much different than racing in the mountains. So that’s something that I’ll be practicing in Wichita Falls.”

Given that it is winter in his home country, South Africa, Correia said the weather shock he has received in the United States affected his performance. He finished 34th place in the men’s professional category 1-2 race.

“I did okay considering how hot it is but there’s always room for improvement,” Correia said. “Even in the summer, we don’t get heat this. So it’s really a different heat and it was bit of a shock.”

Zamastil said this year’s Hotter’N Hell was successful; however, he also said that it needs room for improvement.

“We would like to do a better job at minimizing the crashes. I thought that we vastly improved our traffic control on highway 79 during the road race.”

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PHOTOS BY STEPHEN GOMEZ | THE WICHITAN

Courtney Lawerence, finance junior, and Brenna Rhodes, business managment junior, play bean bag toss during the president’s picnic at Sikes House on Aug. 27.

Suzane Shipley, university president, gives student a tour of the president’s house.

Third annual president’s picnic brings in hundreds of students ALYSSA MITCHELL REPORTER

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he third annual President’s Picnic took place yesterday at 5pm on President Suzanne Shipley’s front lawn. An old tradition brought back when President Shipley took office, three years ago, brought hundreds of students new and old together for dinner and games.

Freshman, finance major Ivan Deleon said, “Coming in as a freshman you feel new to everything you’re not familiar with all the different faces you see around campus. It’s nice being able to meet some of the higher ups and people who work on campus and play big roles. It’s nice that you can interact and get to know them better, it’s good for incoming freshman like me.”

Both Deleon and Shipley agree that it was a good opportunity for students to interact with the President and let them know who she is.

Shipley said, “I finally get to meet the new students and it is super important that students know who their president is and that we recognize each other walking across campus. I have been out doing stuff for a couple of weeks, from the time people start coming back just to remind them, hey the president is out here.”

Students were glad to meet the president and said it made them feel closer to her.

Deleon said, “It’s nice that she took the time out of her day to come out here and individually meet up with every person while in line waiting to get our food, she was talking to each and every one of us, which is a really nice thing, and makes us feel like she cares and that we are close as a whole we’re not just some students.”

Some students were glad to see the diversity of the campus.

Dental hygiene sophomore Enok Thang said, “I think it is great to get all everyone together. The diversity here is amazing there are

a whole bunch of people from other continents, some from the Caribbeans and I myself am from Burma. It’s been really fun bonding with the other students and the food is great too.”

Agricultural Business sophomore Kale Hutchins said that it is a good way for the Mustangs community to bond.

While it was hotter this year than the past two Shipley and students still made the best of it and enjoyed the events.

Shipley said, “It’s hotter but you know, it doesn’t feel that bad. You know the picnics are all kind of the same but the difference is the the officers choose different activities, I don’t know if we’ve had a dj before but I think the music really livens things up we’ve always had the tent and the games. It just depends on what the officers think would be fun and that’s what they do.

Hutchins even chimed in by saying, “Just bring the fan closer to my end because it is kind of warm.”

During the picnic Shipley even opened up Sikes House to the students and gave a few tours of inside showing the students where she lives and even giving a bit of a history lesson to go with it.

Shipley said, “ This gets me in contact with a whole lot of people at once and so then when I say hi or when I do something goofy they know it’s okay it’s just the President. It gives the students a sense of ownership of the campus when they have events different places on campus you know now you’re going to drive by the house and say oh I’ve been there I know what it’s like and I know what she’s like and then you feel like it’s your campus and students ought to feel that way.”

While there were games one student expressed that they would like to have a more social game for everyone to partake in.

Thang said, “If we could all participate in a social game all of us instead of sitting here talking to ourselves I think that would be a really cool thing to make the people closer.”

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Layton Rabb and Nicholas Gabriel run drills during practice on the free play field on Aug. 22.

Layton Rabb runs drills during practice.

MEN’S SOCCER

PHOTOS BY JUSTIN MARQUART | THE WICHITAN

Taylor Lampe, exercise physiology senior and goal keeper, practices drills before the preseason game.

Erwin Regules, undecided junior and midfielder, dribles the ball during the preseason game against Southern Nazarene at Stang Park on Aug. 22.

FIR ST HOME GAMES FOR FALL SPORT S Women’s Soccer | Aug. 30 @ 5 p.m. vs. New Mexico Highlands

Men’s Soccer | Aug. 31 @ 7 p.m. vs. Ut Tyler

Football | Sept. 1 @ 7 p.m. vs. Humbolt

Volleyball | Sept. 7 @ 6 p.m. vs. Eastern New Mexico

Cross Country | Sept. 28 @ 5 p.m.

Red River XC Schootout

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