Feb. 17, 2016 by The Wichitan and Wai Kun

Feb. 17, 2016 | Midwestern State University | thewichitan.com | Your Campus. Your News. | Vol. 80 No. 18

NAACP Meeting

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An NAACP meeting, hosted by the MSU chapter of the NAACP, was held on Feb. 11. The movie “Selma” will be shown in Wichitan I and II at 7 p.m. as part of Black History Month.

Faculty, staff, and the Board of Regents, meeting on Feb. 12. to discuss and building concepts on campus.

PHOTOS BY KAYLA WHITE | THE WICHITAN

Board authorizes plan

At two-day retreat regents give go ahead to create strategic vision KARA MCINTYRE MANAGING EDITOR

SGA Meeting

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Student Government passes motion to fix student election bylaws in Feb. 16 meeting.

Early Voting

First day of early voting in the Texas primaries was yesterday, Feb. 16. VoteTexas.gov

t a two-day Board of Regents meeting and retreat on Feb. 11-12, University President Suzanne Shipley presented a concept for a strategic plan to get feedback coordinated by a committee of yet-to-be-determined members. “We want to start the committee with 20 priorities, give it to the campus and say, ‘Tell us what fits into those priorities for the next five years.’ That’s where people can put their hands up and say what they want to change,” Shipley said. “We’ll come up with objectives and Shawn Hessing, chairmen of the Board, complans for the university long term from those ments on the future concept plans of the campus responses.” at the Board of Regents meeting on Feb. 12. The committee will be made up of about 12 members, including both undergraduate times we get them from the Senate, sometimes and graduate students, faculty, and staff. Bet- we get them from other areas, and other times ty Stewart, provost, will head the committee we ask for volunteers,” Shipley said. “We’ll along with another academic, according to be putting that together within the next few weeks.” Shipley. Each of the 20 priorities falls under one of “Usually, we [Stewart and Shipley] go to Keith Lamb and ask him to help us select stu- four rubrics: serving students, serving faculty dents for these kinds of committees. Some- and staff, serving the region, and serving academic programming. Shipley said that while

$5.5 mil approved by the Board for a mass communication extension

there are many options for change, funding these options determines their priority. “We saw a lot of options for the next five years, which may or may not happen based on funding,” Shipley said. “We could suddenly skip a step and go a different direction because somebody says, ‘I want to donate $40 million to do this.’ But you’ve got to have it in a plan before anybody knows how to fund it.” Changes in directional vision from the previous campus plan caused controversy on campus because many believed the plans were set in stone. “What’s irritating to me about rumors is that no one is talking to the right people. There’s so much guesswork associated with these projects at early stages,” Shawn Hessing, Board of Regents chairman, said. “As projects come into the horizon, that’s when you’ll see the actual formal votes.” Five projects have been voted on and approved by the Board, including the new 224-space parking lot, new recreational playing fields, the mass communication building

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$4.56 mil $700,000 approved by the Board for the athletics, intramural, and free-play facilities

approved by the Board for an additional parking lot

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S TA F F E D I T O RI A L

GUEST COL UMN

Carpe Diem

The thing about love W

OUR OPINION: As college students, we are in a prime position to make an impact on the future of our campus and in our own lives. Take advantage of this distinct phase of our lives.

e would love to see changes all over campus. We would love to see all the leaky faucets fixed, students respecting each other around campus, the retention rates go up, people advertising for school events to actually do it, and to see more students get involved and care about things going on around them. With all of those requests we might as well just throw in world peace and an end to world hunger. College, for some of us, is our last opportunity to try new things and explore our options and do a million organizations before the real world hits us and we work a 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. job five days a week for crappy pay. Tell us why we see students not taking advantage of this. This is a time for us to make mistakes and learn from them, but there is something about our generation that makes us not want to care. We don’t care about the people around us. We don’t care about all of these organizations and the cool events they put on. We don’t care to go to class. We don’t care to stay here and make friends. We just don’t care. To make it worse no one wants to actually do anything about it. We always talk about, “Let’s get our retention rate up” and how “The school is literally empty on the weekends.” Okay so if you don’t like it, then do something about it. Stop waiting on the world to fix your problems for you. Our generation has the capability to change a nation, but instead we sit on our butts and complain why the world is so hard, why people are unfair, and how no one else just seems to “understand us.” So as a staff we challenge this campus, to not just sit back and watch life pass you by, but actually get up and do something. Maybe you don’t know what career you want to do, no worries, go to talk to people. Talk with professionals and other students, take courses that you find interesting. Maybe you don’t know what hobbies you like, that is okay, go take up a whole bunch of after curricular classes. Go talk with art professors, join the sociology club, become a tutor, or go dye your hair five bright colors and join a punk rock band. We challenge you to attend the events put on around campus. These people work hard and long to put on these events for students, they are made for us. Go enjoy them, meet new people, or make memories with the ones you already know. Then if you liked it, tell others about it. If you didn’t then join a group and throw out your own ideas for campus events. This is our time to do something, and some of our last chances to have fun and make mistakes to learn from before going out into the real world and pursuing a career.

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Wadzanai Dzvurumi

hy do we continually hurt ourselves by choosing people that make us feel small and invalidate our feelings? We go back to the same people that wrecked our hearts and crushed it into pieces, with the hope of a chance to love

again. As the saying goes, the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over,and over again and expecting different results. There is poverty in giving too much of our hearts; when we desire for another human being, and if that desire is not returned in equal measure, nothing in this world could ever compensate for that shortfall. Sometimes love can be the loneliest place. It took me a long time to learn that if someone wants to be with you, nothing can keep him or her away, and if they don’t, there’s absolutely nothing you can do to change that. You can give someone the world, and still have no place in it, remember that. I’ve been there before. I have chased love, I have lost myself trying to win someone over, I have given too much of my heart and lost myself. I know all about crying yourself to sleep, when your thorns grow so thick that you can hardly see the flower inside you anymore. Sometimes the people you love just aren’t good for you, and loving them harder will not change that. Cut ties with people who do not make you a better person, who take too much from you, who drain you of energy instead of fill you with joy. It is okay to miss someone and still not want them back. Now that I know better, I do better. Perhaps we lose ourselves in love, but we find ourselves there too. I do not intend to romanticize or glorify heartbreaks – only to give people the encouragement they need to let go off dysfunctional relationships despite the fear of being

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alone. We need to collectively unlearn the idea that the length of a relationship equals the relationship’s value. Just because two people don’t end up spending their entire lives together doesn’t mean that the relationship was a failure. Likewise, hanging on to a relationship after it’s exceeded its expiration date will not boost that relationship’s value. It will just drag out the inevitable and waste time that could be spent building new, healthier relationships. Don’t get caught up in the idea of love being the person who can be shown off on Snap Chat or Instagram. #ManCrushMonday and #WomanCrushWednesday are a part of the highlight reel of fictitious images that portray something as grander than it really is. This is the superficial love. Advertising your relationship on social media can be fun but don’t mistake it for an indicator of true love. Love is supposed to make us laugh a little harder, and cry a little less. Choose someone who makes a positive impact on your life, someone who challenges you to do better, someone who is willing to grow with you and not extinguish your fire, and above all someone who complements you, not completes you – you are whole all on your own. It’s cliché but true. We accept the kind of love we think we deserve. There are so many mediocre things in life, and love shouldn’t be one of them. So decide right now that you deserve the best.

Wadzanai Dzvurumi is a marketing junior.

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P L AY R E V IE W

Play evokes dark emotion

Series of monologues increases awareness about violence against women. REVIEW BY DEWEY COOPER BUSINESS MANAGER

s part of an effort to increase awareness about violence against women, members of Alpha Psi Omega, the national theatre honor society, performed A Memory, a Monologue, a Rant, and a Prayer, a series of monologues compiled by Eve Ensler, on Feb. 12-13 in Bea Wood Studio Theatre. The play, featuring 10 monologues selected from the collection of 20 possibilities, was produced for V-day, a global movement that stands for victory, valentine, and vagina. Founded to end violence against women and girls, this foundation was created by Eve Ensler who also authored The Vagina Monologues. Thirty six tickets were sold for Friday’s show and 32 were sold for Saturday’s show, according to the theater’s publicity office. MMRP delivered thanks to standout performances from Jonathan Stone, Kelly Tachiera, Autumn Dahl and Sarah Dempsey, with few monologues falling flat.

THE BEST

Untitled by Nicholas D. Kristof, performed by Jonathon Stone Stone did an amazing job telling the story of a journalist who, while working on-site at a Cambodian brothel, faced a harrowing inner battle between his professional duty to remain objective and his moral obligation to help two young sex workers. Stone was a powerhouse with this piece — the raw emotion and pure talent exhibited by Stone did not go unrecognized. This scene was so powerful, I was in shock when he described the terrible conditions the girls were in. Groceries by Abiola Abrams, performed by Kelly Tachiera Groceries is a scene involving a woman who can’t carry all of her groceries up to her apartment in one trip. When she goes back for the rest, her neighbor’s smooth-talking boyfriend grabs her bags and climbs the steps to her apartment. But when he reaches her door, he turns violent, rapes her and threatens her with a knife. Tachiera’s depiction was exorbitantly moving to the point that when she described how her mind wouldn’t die, I was near tears. Every facet of her performance was perfectly presented and well-rehearsed.

people in attendance Friday

Groceries tells one woman’s rape story but, it could’ve been the story of so many women. Tachiera took a story too commonplace in today’s society and gave it the passionate delivery it deserved.

live memories of their mother beaten by their father and being in school asking unsettling questions to their teacher. Gilligan, Brown and Cruz all did a wonderful job in this scene. Their chemistry made their roles as siblings feel seamless and the way the directors used them in various positions was immaculate.

1600 Elmwood Avenue by Monica Szlekovics, performed by Autumn Dahl The monologue is a memory from the writer who visited her mother at 1600 Elmwood Avenue, a mental institution disguised as a “hospital” where she saw her mom chained and surrounded by her own filth. Then, the writer compares herself to her mother by revealing that she is in an “asylum that

Banana Beer Bath by Lynn Nottage, performed by Tessa Rae Dschaak The main subject is a beautiful girl living outside of a village with her parents and two sisters. During a rebellion, the family hears footsteps of soldiers coming up the hill and their father forces the daughters to hide inside a vat of his special Banana Beer he has fermenting in the backyard. Dschaak did skillfully portrayed the terror the girl felt as she hid for days.

has been conspicuously designed as a correction institution.” Dahl, who portrayed Szlekovics, was fantastic as she relived the pervasive despair of her childhood and compared her memories to her adult life. Blueberry Hill by Christine House, performed by Sarah Dempsey Blueberry Hill is the story of a young college woman who goes to hang out with her “friends”, and ends up being raped. As she fights back, some of the guys left but a few continued until someone shouted “she isn’t worth it.” Dempsey’s portrayal of this woman was more in-character and relatable than her role in Celia and she did a fantastic job on all theatrical fronts of her performance.

THE MIDDLE

NEEDS SOME WORK

CONTRIBUTED PHOTO BY RACHEL INNES | MSU THEATRE

Crystal Carter, theatre senior, rehearses her monologue “I Can’t Wait” as part of the production A Memory, a Monologue, a Rant, and a Prayer produced by Alpha Psi Omega.

Celia by Edwidge Danticat, performed by Sarah Dempsey Delving right into the thick of the plot, this monologue begins with the cries of a young hispanic woman gasping for breath. The audience soon learns that Celia, the main character, is in a tight box as she is smuggled from Guatemala up through Mexico and into Texas, fleeing an abusive husband. Dempsey did a wonderful job even though her Spanish accent could use some work, but it did not take away from her strong emotional ties to the slowly-dying Celia. Fur is Back by Eve Ensler, performed by Emma Brown This story follows a girl’s night at a party where she is fed up with the mindless chatter of the party-goers. When someone asks

Brown, “What’s up” she responds about women’s issues and militant action in the Middle East, penetrating the trivial facade of the party. The monologue’s title derives from the woman telling people about her new coat, and then when she is finally fed up with the partiers, she starts to scream “Rape is back, the Taliban is back, back back back!”. Brown pulls that deep-seeded and often buried anger out of herself and it shows it during her screaming fit.

people in attendance Saturday

I Can’t Wait by James Lecesne, performed by Crystal Carter The monologue showed the dreams of a young actress, employed to work as a dead or beaten prostitute on television. Carter has dreams of making it big as a mainstream actress who can portray real emotions rather than playing a small, insignificant part. Carter didn’t seem to have any problem tapping into the emotions behind the monologue. She did, however, stumble over her lines. The Closet by Howard Zinn, performed by Joseph Evans This monologue showcased a young boy watching his father build a cardboard closet for his mother. The father grows tired and angry because he can not assemble the closet and the mother pressures the father to keep building until the father slams a piece of the cardboard on to the mother’s head. Evans seemed too involved in his lines to bring out the emotion that this scene required. While the story was still understood, it was very flat, lacking the depth and richness I was hoping for.

My House is Wallpapered with Lies by Carol Gilligan, performed by Emma Brown, Christopher Cruz and Kalli Root In this scene, the audience sees three siblings as they talk about their mother. They re-

monologues performed

$372 raised for First Step Inc.

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D I S C OV E R D I L L AR D

PHOTOS BY SAMUEL SUTTON | THE WICHITAN

Students listen and respond to the topic, “Evolution of Bitch,” at the NAACP meeting on Thursday, Feb. 11. | Brandon Gordon, kinesiology senior, Jalal Elrosoul, exercise physiology junior, and other students discussing the topic, “Evolution of Bitch,” after the NAACP meeting.

30 discuss language, not culture, at NAACP meeting SAMUEL SUTTON REPORTER

ore than 30 attended the NAACP meeting, “The Evolution of Bitch,” hosted by the MSU chapter of the NAACP on Feb. 11. Organizers said they wanted to present the evolution of the word, “bitch,” from the early 1900s to today, to see if students thought this word was evolved because of society and if they wanted to try and stop this word from being used. Tyera Breeze, respiratory care junior and a president of the MSU chapter of the NAACP, attended a Southwestern Black Student Leadership conference last month that discussed the topic. “I wanted to present this topic to the students to see what they thought, and to see if it would motivate them to try and stop using the word bitch,” Breeze said. The majority of the students said the word was evolved through music, social media, and even everyday use. Gordon said he will do his best to stop using this word in his vocabulary, and he hopes the rest of the students will too. Brandon Gordon, kinesiology senior, said, “I believe we, as a student body, should stop using that word in our vocabulary. Also, if any of the people we associate ourselves with say that word around us, then we should tell them,

‘Hey, I’m uncomfortable with that word, could you please not use it around me.’ I think this could really raise awareness to stop using these kinds of words.” Marco Torres, history senior, also had something to say about it. “I believe if a body of people bring this to attention, whether it be through conversations with others, or even through forms of social media, then we may be able to help make a difference,” Torres said. But the more lively discussion occurred after the meeting. While students did respond to the topic, some said they were discouraged since the leaders at the meeting said nothing about Black History Month or the white supremacy signs passed out last semester. Gordon said, “They should’ve brought up the sign thing. Stuff like this is a big deal, and it needs to be brought to awareness.” In response to these comments, Breeze said the issue is not being ignored, and they are teaming up with Torres’ #NOHATEMSU campaign to discuss it. However, Torres said he was upset that it wasn’t brought up in the meeting. Another concern that was brought up was that nothing was mentioned about Black History Month. Torres said, “They should’ve done

something more related to Black History Month.” Jalal Elrosoul, exercise physiology junior who is thinking about joining the NAACP on campus, also said he was disappointed that they didn’t bring up Black History Month. Elrosoul said, “I wish they would’ve brought it up. I mean, yeah, I agree that it shouldn’t just be a month because everyone should be treated equally and fairly, but we only get a month, so we should do what we can to show our appreciation.” Breeze said Black History Month wasn’t brought up because the Black History Month committee is already discussing it in other events and through social media. “I understand that it is a big thing and it should be appreciated, but we are already doing a lot for it as is, and I didn’t think it needed to be brought up in the meeting. However, since students want it to be brought up, we will do our best to say more about it,” Breeze said. The next Black History Month event, Feb. 17 in Wichita I and II at the Clark Student Center at 7 p.m., will be a showing of Selma, a story about Martin Luther King’s campaign to help gain voting rights for African Americans in Alabama in 1965.

PHOTOS BY GABRIELLA SOLIS | THE WICHITAN

High school juniors and seniors attend Discover MSU: Dillard on Feb. 12. Dillard faculty set up a game of “Shark Tank” to get high school students involved. Franco Nieto, Iowa Park senior, said “We took a survey at school and I got business, so the school brought us here to learn about MSU and it’s opportunities.” The Dillard event was the second Discover MSU day, following the Fain Fine Arts event on Feb. 5. The College of Science and Math will have a Discover MSU day on Feb. 19 , Prothro-Yeager College of Humanities and Social Sciences on Feb. 26, West College of Education on March 4,

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U P C O M I N G E V E NT S SGA Election Candidate Registration

Feb. 15 at 8:00 a.m. to Feb. 19 at 5:00 p.m. | Register via OrgSync

UGROW Discussion Session

Feb. 17 from noon to 1 p.m. | Comanche Suites, CSC | Students must attend one session to be considered for participation in UGROW

Faculty Forum Series: Dr. Claudia Montoya

Feb. 17 at 7 p.m. | Dillard 101 | Montoya, associate Spanish professor, will speak about “Two Brave Women’s Tales During the Mexican Revolution”.

Social Justice Week Movie Night

Feb. 17 at 7 p.m. | Wichita I and II, CSC | The movie “Selma”, about Martin Luther King’s civil rights activism, will be screened. Free for students.

Streich Family Lecture Series: Robert Bryce Feb. 18 from 3:30-5:30 p.m. | Dillard 101 | Free

Engineering Networking Career Night

Feb. 18 from 5-6:30 p.m. | McCoy Engineering Hall | See employers who will be attending at bit.ly/20W5IVG

Student Government Association senators begin their meeting in Comanche suites, Feb. 16, 2016.

PHOTOS BY FRANCISCO MARTINEZ | THE WICHITAN

Student Government plans to change by-laws

RACHEL JOHNSON PHOTO EDITOR

tudent Government Association’s meeting was a little longer than most, because of the continuous problems that seem to arise every election (i.e. rigged voting, illegal campaigning, bad advertising of dates to the student body, etc.). Once all of the committees were addressed, the floor was open for any new proposals or movements. Mark Brown, SGA vice president, started it by addressing the reason behind why the postmaster did not go out for the elections— his laptop got corrupted and was unable to send it out. The problem has since been fixed, but Brown offered to change any election dates because of the incident. Marco Torres, psychology senior, said, “I propose a motion to postpone the elections and move the dates to later because we are going off of the old bylaws, which are out dated and need to be updated. Plus we didn’t vote on the dates, they were just given to us.” Torres talked about how we should update the by-laws and use the new bylaws to run this year’s elections, also in regards to last year’s incident (you can read more about it here and here). He said he hopes that this year would be more fair. He stressed how this semester was focused to fixing the by-laws and that the elections should be extended because nothing really changed. Chair

James Frank, Texas state representative, speaks about the importance of local government at the Student Government Association meeting. and Senate members were confused and asked about how they were under the impression that the by-laws already underwent changes previously. Brown said, “We did not change the content of the by-laws, just fixed grammar issues, took out extra spaces, and cleaned it up.” The floor then flooded with conversation from other members. People were also concerned with the fact that the Board of Elections was still a member short and wouldn’t be able to do all of the work without a fully functioning board. Many started to show interest in Torres’ motion and asked about the possibilities of extending the dates. Jesse Brown, criminal justice senior and SGA president, then stepped up

and explained why the early dates were picked in the first place. “The elections were placed when they are because of the extended spring break,” Brown said. “If we wait then it will be crammed into April and fall during finals or it will be split by spring break.” Shayla Owens, management junior, said in response, “Technically it is illegal to proceed since we don’t have a full Board. We could cut off registration on Friday and then continue in April.” Many thought in the moment that it would be a good opportunity to wait, so the board would have time to find another member, and the by-laws would have time to be changed. Mikayla Dunlap, chair of the student elections board, “Well the candidate meeting is next Monday so do I go off the new by-laws or the old ones, I kinda need to know now.” After multiple motions were passed, the final consensus was that the Senate would meet Feb. 23 to address the changing of the old by-laws. Members of the Senate would be emailed the old bylaws sometime on Feb. 16 so they have a full week to review it. The only date that changed for the elections would be that instead of the candidates meeting Feb. 23, they would meet Feb. 24 after the new by-laws had been passed and changed. See the rest of the story online.

Acrylics class

Feb. 18 from 6-8 p.m. | Sikes Lake Center | $40 plus $5 for supply fee | All supplies are included. RSVP to Continuing Education at (940) 397-4307.

Discover MSU: College of Science and Math

Feb. 19 | College of Science and Math | Free | High school and transfer students will learn about what MSU has to offer.

Social Justice Week: Who am I

Feb. 19 | CSC Food Court | Free | A table set up by the Shawnee Theater will provide art supplies for students to illustrate who they are beneath the surface. Art will be displayed in the CSC.

Stained Glass Workshop

Feb. 20 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. | Sikes Lake Center | Admission fee of $100 covers cost of all supplies. Students must be at least 15 years old and students under 18 years old must be accompanied by an adult taking the class. To register, go to mwsu.edu/conted

Women’s Basketball vs. Angelo State Feb. 20 from 4-6 p.m. | D.L. Ligon Coliseum | Free admission for students, faculty and staff.

Men’s Basketball vs. Angelo State

Feb. 20 from 6-8 p.m. | D.L. Ligon Coliseum | Free admission for students, faculty and staff

SGA Election Candidate Meeting Feb. 22 at 5:30 p.m. | Wichita 1& 2, CSC

UGROW: Discussion Session

Feb. 23 from noon to 1 p.m. and from 5:30 to 7 p.m. | Comanche Suites, CSC | Students must attend one session to be considered for participation in UGROW.

Latino Americans Series: Sue Young

Feb. 23 from 6-7 p.m. | Wichita Falls Public Library, 600 11th Street, Downtown | Free

Moffett Movie Madness: Groundhog Day Feb. 23 at 7 p.m. | Moffett Library Leisure Reading Area, first floor | Free admission and popcorn

SGA Election Candidate Debates Feb. 29 and March 7 at 7:00 p.m. | Bolin 127

SGA Election Campaigning Feb. 29 at 8:00 a.m. to March 18 at 5:00 p.m.

SGA Election Voting

March 14 at 8:00 a.m. to March 18 at 5:00 p.m.

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Love is in the air at Valentine’s Day dinner, concert RACHEL JOHNSON PHOTO EDITOR

he soft and smooth voice of Mitch Clark with the cozy guitar filled the student center, Feb. 12 for an early Valentine's Day celebration. Lollipops and flower petals decorated the tables in Wichita I and II, 30 students enjoyed spaghetti, meatballs, bread, salad, and various desserts from Market Street. Juan Mercado, sociology juinor, said it cost $1500 to bring in Clark and all of the food and decorations. Erin Hagy, marketing senior, was the University Programming Board chair in charge of the event. Hagy said she personally picked Clark. "Well I met [Clark] about a year and a half ago, and I just followed him on social media, and after talking with him I just thought that he would be a good fit," Hagy said. Hagy said she thought being Mitch Clark, guest artist, performs at the close to Valentine's Day that pre-Valentine’s Day dinner and concert having a dinner and a concert held in Wichita Room I and II in CSC on would make it more personal. Feb. 12. Mitch Clark performed covers of She said the turn out was pervarious love songs to an audience of 30 fect for the size of the room. people. Eleni Garcia, nursing freshman, said, "It was way better that I thought it would be, and I loved [Clark's] voice. I'm kind of said that he didn't play ‘All of Me’ by John Legend." During Clark's performance, students sang along and occasionally Clark would stop singing and let the audience fill in the lyrics. "My favorite part was singing 'Get Low' and then I would drop out in a few places and everyone seemed to know that song, so they would fill in the lyrics. That is always funny to me, you just cut out and people fill in the curse words," Clark said. During Clark's performance students were encouraged to sing along or embrace the artist whose song he was covering. Preston Busby, criminal justice fresh-

PHOTOS BY RACHEL JOHNSON | THE WICHITAN

Mitch Clark’s mother makes him bracelets and keychains out of his broken guitar strings to sell to audiences after his performaces. Some of the wares were on sale Feb. 12. man, was one of the students who started dancing during Clark's performance of Whitney Houston's "I want to dance with somebody." "The music inspired me to dance," Busby said. At the end of the show Clark set up a table where he sold keychains and bracelets that his mother makes for him out of his old broken guitar strings. "My mom started making [the bracelets specifically] about a year ago. My old roommate is a musician and his mom is into arts and crafts so she was making earrings and jewelry out of his old strings," Clark said. Clark said he had never seen that before and it would be a good way for a college student to market his stuff. His mom looked into it and thought she could do it. "The keychains were an idea from a girl in Connecticut who bought on of the bracelets and a week later posted about making it into a keychain. The bracelet was too small for her, so she decided to put her keys on it and make it a keychain," Clark said. Clark's mom took the scraps from the bracelets and turned those into keychains. She puts them for sale in the spa she works at, too. Clark said he would love to come

back again, but next time with a buddy of his who does magic, they perform a magic and mayhem show and play off each other's talents. "We met at [Association for the Promotion of Campus Activities], and now we are best friends," Clark said. Clark played covers from a variety of artists like Maroon 5, Jack Johnson, Whitney Houston, Ed Sheeran, and some covers of Disney songs from the Lion King. He even threw in some of his own originals, including one called " Do I stay." "[Do I Stay] is about when you love someone or something and you would do anything to hold onto them, but everything is telling you to let it go. That's not good, but you stay because you are like I can't go, they still have my CDs, or because of this crazy thing called love," Clark said. As Clark played through out the evening, he told the audience a little bit about his background and how he came to Preston Busby, criminal justice freshbe the artist that is today. He man, dances during Mitch Clark’s cover talked about how growing up of Whitney Houston’s ‘I Want to Dance he was an athlete, and it wasn't With Somebody in Wichita I and II in CSC until he had heart problems on Feb. 12. and could no longer do the active things he used to that his life started to change. "I took up golf, because as most of us know, there is like no running or anything required for golf," Clark said. From there Clark decided to go to college for golf. His freshman year of college he hurt his hand pretty bad and could no longer play golf. The golf recruiter he worked with at the time was also worked as a music pastor at a local church and invited Clark to go play guitar with him. "I picked up my first guitar freshman year and I fell in love with music," Clark said.

CRIME LOG Feb. 6

Theft | 12:15 p.m. | Wellness Center | Victim reported that his cell phone had been stolen.

Feb. 9

Drugs: Possession or Delivery of Drug Paraphernalia | 9:40 p.m. | Sundance Court Apartments | Housing reported the smell of marijuana coming from a dorm room. Upon investigation marijuana and drug paraphernalia were found.

Feb. 11

Burglary: Vehicle | 1:04 p.m. | Parking Lot 21| An unknown suspect entered the victim’s unlocked vehicle and stole personal items.

Feb. 11

Burglary: Vehicle | 10:58 p.m. | Parking Lot 21| The victim reported that an unknown suspect went into her unlocked vehicle and stole items.

Feb. 13

Drugs: Possession or Delivery of Drug Paraphernalia | 8:40 p.m. | Sundance Court Apartments | An student was found to be in possession of drug paraphernalia in a dorm room.

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from REGENTS pg. 5 extension, the new health sciences and human services building, and the new residence hall. “While those projects have been approved, none of the other long term plans have been yet,” Hessing said. “The Board feels really good about these five projects, because we do have some numbers associated with those.” These provisional change decisions came from a combination of campus surveys, previous strategic plans, and personal recommendations, according to Shipley. “President (Jesse) Rogers had focused the cabinet’s previous strategic plan to about 10 goals before he left, which we took and put out a survey for students, faculty, and staff to take,” Shipley said. “Every president sees an institution through different eyes. What you’ll see in this plan is what I think we can do next. It’s not a criticism of what has been done before; you can’t do the next part well if the past hasn’t been done well. It’s just saying at this point in time, this is what needs to be done.” The five projects do not include fee increases, but future plans might, according to Shipley. “The approved projects are all state-funded, so there won’t be any need for a fee increase,” Shipley said. “If we want a parking garage, the students will have to pay for it, so parking fees would go up fairly dramatically if it’s approved.” After the usual meeting, the Board diverged by doing something different: a retreat. “The retreat was something that Rogers had wanted to do, and Shipley wanted to do as well. The Board talked about a lot of things that didn’t necessarily need Board approval, but we definitely needed to be aware of,” Hessing said. “Conceptually, the difference is that we’re not voting. We’re just going through the process of getting information to the public.”

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Anissia Jones, athletic training freshman, and Amy Tran, nursing freshman, interpret art by Irving Herrera in The Juanita Harvey Art Gallery on Feb. 12.

Presence felt in artist’s prints LANE RIGGS REPORTER

eaturing the indigenous young women of an untouched culture, the woodblocks printing by Irving Herrera went on display in the Juanita Harvey Art Gallery on Feb. 12. The artistic maturity that was found within the tiniest nicks of a wood frame brought to life the model as well as the history of her culture Herrera, from Oaxaca, Mexico, was not able to attend the show, as is customary of exhibits in the art department, due to traveling issues. However, Gallery Director and Photography Professor Gary Goldberg said he hopes to have Herrera visit during the September-November months of next year to work as an artist residence. Goldberg initially met Herrera while he was an artist resident in Oaxaca. “I kept seeing his work in galleries there, and I thought it was all very good,” Goldberg said. “I met him and I bought a print for myself and then asked if he was interested in having a show here.” The show was relatively cheap to install - shipment of the pieces cost $150. Although, with the money saved in the Harvey and art foundations, coupled with the help of the O’Donnell Visiting Artist Workshop and Lecture series avail-

able to the department, the cost was trivial. This left more room for enjoyment of the gallery, both by students and faculty. “I like that the artist allowed imperfections in his work, making it seem slightly off,” Holly Schuman, photography senior, said. In studying Herrera’s artwork, viewers may see the finely etched, intricate cuts alongside his misshapen others. The effect closely mirrored that of an optical illusion, found within the lines of a woman’s face. “The pose and the composition are what drew me in. This gallery is more stylized than others,” Emma Griffiths, art sophomore, said. “It’s nice to see different kinds of work, it really helps to broaden your horizons.” Herrera not only brings depth to his gallery, but he also brings his characters to life - and in so, represents the live models that he is able to carve into wood panels within a matter of hours. Among his models, his wife, friends, and tourists he meets along the streets or in galleries. Each model portrays her state of mind through her eyes. “I like the girls’ expressions,” Sandra Cruz, art sophomore, said. “The details and intricacies are the reason why I think this gallery is better than others, and why I would come to see it again.”

The majority of the viewers of the exhibition were in agreement: the artist may not have been in the room, but his presence was definitely palpable. His artwork was unmistakable and has won awards - twice the Young Creative Artist grant to finish a series - for being so. “Herrera’s subject matter of the indigenous people and their heroic faces and cultural symbols brings about a strong graphic quality,” Goldberg said. “I love all the pieces, I don’t have a favorite.” But among a crowd at the gallery, including Cruz and Schuman, there was a favorite: a woman with corn husks dressing her arms, her gaze that of cool assessment. The presentation that featured the portraits of the women of Oaxaca also featured crowns made of the bones of slaughtered animals, which perhaps was a clearer representation of the expressions found within the women’s eyes. “I had to learn to find meaning within these pieces,” graphic design senior Emily Allen said. “I’ve loved art all my life, so I see beauty in everything. But it helps to see that if something is beautiful.” The gallery will be open until Feb. 26.

LEFT: Students, faculty, and alumni, visit the gallery opening featuring art by Irving Herrera, printmaker, at The Juanita Harvey Art Gallery, Feb. 12. | MIDDLE: Visitors grab snacks provided by the art department at the gallery opening. | RIGHT: Cindy Procknow, alumni, gazes at one of Herrera’s prints. The prints are of indigenous and mixed-race women from Oaxaca, Mexico.