Nov. 4, 2015 by The Wichitan and Wai Kun

Nov. 4, 2015 | Midwestern State University | thewichitan.com | Your Campus. Your News. | Vol. 80 No. 11

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The football team has its first game of the LSC championship on Nov. 7 at 7 p.m. in Memorial Stadium.

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Laura Fidelie, criminal justice associate professor, opens the Campus Carry Public Forum discussion on Nov. 2 where people could speak about what they thought on the topic.

15 students discuss guns at campus carry forum

JACOB SMITH REPORTER

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he Campus Carry Task Force held its first, and only, public forum Nov. 2 to discuss plans for the Campus Carry Law passed in the last Texas legislative session. Laura Fidelie, chair of the task force, led the forum presenting the task force’s plans for enforcing the law and answering questions for the 46 people who attended, including 15 students. The meeting was also live streamed. Only three individuals, all students, signed up to speak, raising questions and expressing thoughts on SB11 that takes effect Aug. 1, 2016. “Our goal was to give the public an opportunity to be heard,” Fidelie said. “We wanted them to provide a varied response and to leave with more information than they had when they came in.” The three students who stepped up to the microphone, Laramie Walton, Sam Sutton, and Kara McIntyre, spoke, as Walton said, on how “gun-free zones simply creates a magnet

for criminals to intentionally break the law,” and that, as McIntyre said, “campus-wide access to guns was important and necessary.” Sutton simply asked how campus officials would react to a school shooting. Other attendants to the forum including Stan Thomas, an MSU alumnus, shared their opinions, challenging opponents of the bill and stating that mass shootings do not end until the shooters are stopped by force. It takes a considerable amount of time for law enforcement to respond, he said. He posed the question “How do we want to stop these criminals?” Fidelie said, “All questions here are legitimate. They give us a good place to start from as we are developing these recommendations.” A few students expressed concern about their perceived lack of communication about the forum and asked Fidelie and other task force members present to better publicize these events to gain more student input. “This is a huge issue that has enormous

“I don’t think there should be any time restrictions. A girl walking home at 1 a.m. should feel safe, or if they are walking around campus mid-day.” MICHELLE DICKEY, BUSINESS MANAGEMENT SOPHOMORE

ramifications,” said Christopher Duhan, a junior in mechanical engineering. “The task force needs to be accessing more students. For instance, this was the first time that I had ever heard about there even being a task force, so this was a baseline for me. I had hoped the task force would be further along in establishing their position at this point.” Fidelie said, “It’s always a big mystery when dealing with how to inform students. Our public information department is fantastic, and we are always doing our best to reach students.” She reminded the crowd that students and others can fill out a survey to give task force members more information until Nov. 6. The next step for the task force is to establish which areas are more prominent in the public’s opinion, such as gun-free zones, residence halls, and healthcare buildings, and to provide recommendations to present to the university president, who is charged with making policy, and to the Board of Regents who ultimately have to approve the policy.

“What is the difference of us being in Walmart and us being on campus? I think that [guns] should be allowed in every classroom and building, and no time restrictions.” CALEB NICHOLS, BUSINESS MANAGEMENT SENIOR

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Guns should be allowed on campus OUR OPINION: With the implementation of Senate Bill 11, campus wide access to guns is important and necessary.

s the Constitution states in the Second Amendment: “The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.” Starting in August of 2016, all Texas universities will begin enforcing Senate Bill 11, also known as the campus carry law, allowing licensed holders to carry a concealed handgun on campus. Guns should be allowed everywhere on campus, at all times and members of the task force actually have little flexibility regarding implementation of the law. Previous legislation already provides for one exception: sporting events. We also believe that licensed holders should be required to register their guns with campus police, so university police officers have a record of who is carrying and who is not. This law has many benefits for universities across Texas. School shootings have become almost common, and, even in a crisis, we never know how long it will take for the police to arrive on the scene. With this campus carry law, students will be able to protect themselves and their fellow classmates. Licensed weapon holders can take action against the shooter before innocent lives are taken. We would be naive if we didn’t acknowledge the other side. Access to guns will literally be at our fingertips and even easier access to buildings full of innocent, unsuspecting students, faculty and staff. It is possible someone will get hurt. But it is also possible lives will be saved. The benefits outweigh the risks. There’s not a win-win situation with the campus carry law. No decision is perfect, because there will always be someone who disagrees. Active shooters do not stop until force is applied. This law will allow the proper force to be applied in the fastest way possible. Understand your rights as this new law comes into play, and know that the police aren’t the only ones to protect us anymore. YOUR OPINION: Fill out the Campus Carry Task Force survey mwsu.edu/campus-carry

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Peepholes to be installed in doors across campus KHARMYN LEWIS REPORTER

o provide faculty and staff members with extra security, facility services staff members will install 269 peep holes in doors across campus starting Oct. 28. Kyle Owen, assistant vice president of facility services, said, “Last fall I got an email from Dr. Carlson. It had been suggested that we add peepholes to faculty offices.” Faculty members discussed getting peepholes at the Faculty Senate meetings in response to campus shooting incidents. A few faculty members thought that peepholes were a preventative solution to be able to see a visitor if their office door was closed. Owen said, “We had very little money for Higher Education Assistance Funds, money the state gives us every year to keep the place going.” He said he had about $10,000 to use for the installations. Each of which cost about $35 a piece, about $9,400 total.

“The objective was that if you didn’t have a way to look out, you were getting one. If a professor didn’t want it, they could request not to have it,” Owen said. “The intention wasn’t to make it optional, the next person may have an incident [where they could have benefited by having a peephole].” J.B. Scales, assistant professor of biology, said, “I told them I didn’t want one. No thanks. I didn’t want to have to move the stuff off my door and I am very seldom in my office with the door closed.” However, he said, they could be beneficial for the same reason people have one in their house. A peephole allows the person on the inside to look outside without opening the door. “When I’m up here working by myself,late at night, I’ll appreciate it,” said Becky Green, assistant professor of English. On the other hand, she said she wouldn’t be able to see if someone has a gun through a peephole.

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Surveillance systems to remain decentralized JAKE LANOUX REPORTER

ith increased enrollment, and a surveillance system that is ran independently building to building, security on campus is called into question. “If there’s not a process in place to check them and verify they’re working, the efficacy of having surveillance is called into question,” said Keith Lamb, vice president of student affairs. Throughout campus the surveillance system is there to monitor activities, prevent, and investigate criminal activity on campus. The surveillance system in place is controlled by each building’s organizations. “Each department is responsible and determines whether they want to spend the money,” said Dan Williams, chief of police. “For example, if it’s in the music building, the music department has to pay for those cameras. We monitor them, and if we are made notice of illegal activity we can pull up those cameras and take the necessary criminal action to prevent or stop it.” At the moment, there is no governing group to check if the surveillance system is properly maintained. Each department is responsible for upkeep and installation, leading to inconsistencies, and some buildings with a lower standard of surveillance than others. “It takes lots of communication to make the system work, ideally the way you would like it to work,” said Williams. “That’s sometimes where it can get confusing because you had a particular person where there would be a chairperson or a dean over a particular department, who bought a camera system 10 years ago and a new person has come in and taken that over and they may or may not know that they have that responsibility because maybe somebody has not informed them.” “Sometimes, like all organizations, communication fails, and info doesn’t get related from one part to the other as well as you’d like,” Williams said.

For the near future, there’s not going to be a change in the system, a system where each building is financially responsible for installing and maintenance of their surveillance systems, a luxury some cannot afford. Certain buildings such as the Clark Student Center have received upgrades this year, and plans to replace the entire security system next year. “Next year, there’s a master plan to replace the security system throughout the building,” said Dail Neely, director of the Clark Student Center. The building planned to upgrade the surveillance system sooner, but debt from the building’s complete renovation 18 years ago came first, which it plans to payoff next year, ahead of schedule. With a centralized system, buildings wouldn’t have to budget for their security, and keep track of maintenance, which can take up to a year to identify and replace units. The power to maintain and install would be put under campus police. “If it was to be centralized, which is a good idea budgetarily, what would have to happen is we would have to fund a budget for the police to do that by reallocating funds that are in current building budgets or department budgets into a separate budget for the police,” Lamb said. “So the money that people typically spend on their hardware would just be re allocated to the police so it’s centralized.” This is an option favored by the police department, who have no control on maintenance if a unit were to stop working. “I would love to have a centralized budget, and have it put under me, but that hasn’t happened, it is what it is, and we do the best we can with it,” said Williams. “If I know that something’s not working, I’ll point it out but ultimately it’s up to them to make the choice to fix it or not, and it comes out of their budget.” “But as actually maintaining them, we try to keep an eye on it, but to be honest with you it’s not something we control.” he said.

CRIME LOG Oct. 22

Theft: Misdemeanor | 12:02 p.m. | Off-Campus | A student reported his iPhone was taken from the restroom at Denim and Diamond’s.

Oct. 26

Assault: Misdemeanor | 10:33 a.m. | Bolin Hall | An unknown subject in a Spider Man costume entered a General Botany class in Bolin 100. The subject sprayed a student with silly string and jumped on a table before running out of the room.

Oct. 27

Criminal Mischief: Misdemeanor | 7:02 p.m. | Fain Fine Arts Center | Police responded to a littering call.

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The cross country team carries their torches in the torchlight parade, an event part of Homecoming week, starting on Comanche Trail by the Daniel building on Oct. 29.

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Geethu Philip, nursing junior, Sophia Samuel, nursing junior, Lisa Shah, exercise physiology junior, and Surbhi Singh, computer science sophomore, take a selfie in front of the bonfire held in the commuter parking lot on Oct. 29. | Dominique Rouse, kinesiology senior, extends to tackle Greg Pitre, mechanical engineering junior, behind the line of scrimmage in MSU vs Texas A&M-Kingsville, where MSU beat TAMUK 49-41 in Memorial Stadium, Oct, 31.

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Homecoming royalty brings few surprises TAYLOR WARREN REPORTER

After two weeks comprised of students submitting nominations and voting, seniors CLAYTON BROWN and SHELBY COWMAN were crowned the Homecoming king and queen during halftime of Mustangs' game against Texas A&M-Kingsville. Brown, mechanical engineering senior, represented Kappa Alpha Order and Cowman, marketing senior, represented Sigma Kappa in the elections. How did it feel to be crowned Homecoming king and queen? Brown: "It is humbling to think that your peers and the administration think you represent MSU well." Cowman: "It feels awesome and so shocking. I just did not expect this at all."

What were the thoughts going through your head before they announced the winners? Brown: "A little bit of nervousness and excitement. I was anxious to see what was going to happen because I really had no idea." Cowman: "I definitely wasn't expecting to hear my name. I looked at my sister, who was escorting me, and was like 'Did they just say me?' and she said 'Go get your crown!"'

What made you interested in running for Homecoming court? Brown: "I found out I was nominated and people got behind to support me. I really didn't do a whole lot of campaigning." Cowman: "I never really have put myself out there and I just thought I would do something for a change and went for it."

Were there positive contributions you’ve made to campus that made you a prime candidate?

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The ‘Haunted Housing’ float, by RHA, participates in the Homecoming Parade competition on Oct. 31. | DeVaughn Jones, senior, goes up for a slam dunk while warming up with his teammates at Mustangs Madness at D.L. Ligon Coliseum, Oct, 29.

Brown: "Refounding the Kappa Alpha chapter here and doing stuff in IFC and being a good student have been the main things. Being a good representation of the university." Cowman: "This year I have tried to be as involved as possible. So anything going on I have tried to attend. Before, I never really went to anything. I just went to work and so I have made sure to get involved. I feel I have branched out and got to know more people outside of Sigma Kappa."

PHOTO BY FRANCISCO MARTINEZ | THE WICHITAN

Clayton Brown, mechanical engineering senior, and Shelby Cowman, marketing senior, are declared 2015 Homecoming King and Queen.

Do you think the week of Homecoming and the activities that correlate with it are primarily for the Greek communities or for the entire student body? Brown: "It is for the entire campus. Every organization gets to participate in the events. Homecoming is a representation of the entire school." Cowman: "For the entire campus and especially this year, I saw a lot more people getting involved."

As in, if you could change something about the campus atmosphere what will you choose? Brown: "I would raise school spirit. I feel like that is something that needs to happen and sincerely think it has happened in the time I have been here." Cowman: "I would do more for student involvement such as getting the student organizations doing things together. I know in sororities we do mixers and I think it would be cool to do that with other organizations."

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local band members, ‘The For music is their home World away from home Behind Me’

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The World Behind Me members squish together on a blue leather couch while being interviewed by Wichitan reporter, Mekala Conway, in the band’s practice space downtown MEKALA CONWAY REPORTER

he world of pop-punk music has many famous bands, including Fall Out Boy and Nirvana. These names are just some of the inspiration for the local band started by nursing sophomore Connor Murphy, called The World Behind Me. Murphy has been making music since he was in sixth grade. When a classmate wanted to start a band, Murphy wanted to join. But his choice instruments, the guitar or drums, were taken, so Murphy played the bass guitar. “It was Rock Band and Guitar Hero that made me want to play a lot,” he said. Murphy started his band in the summer of 2013. The other band he was in, Seize the Captain, didn’t work out because the members kept quitting. “I wanted to start a pop-punk band, but everybody else in the band quit, so I got these guys,” Murphy said, laughing as he gestured to his band mates that had draped themselves over the blue leather couch in their downtown studio. Murphy takes the position of lead guitarist and vocalist, but has three other members in his

band. Daniel Boyd plays the bass and sings back up vocals, Garrett Walden is the other guitarist, and Ryan Meek plays the drums. The World Behind Me plays local shows in and around Wichita Falls and the Dallas/Fort Worth area. The band likes to open shows with a little humor. “We spend the night basically making fun of everybody,” Murphy said. Boyd waved from his seat on the arm of the couch, adding, “when he says everybody, he means Daniel.” Murphy begins to tell a story about a show the band played in Stephenville, where The World Behind Me was meant to play an hour-long set. Their set list was 20 minutes long, at most, so the band played some old songs, danced around onstage, and talked about the Cowboys football team to make up for the time. “It was fun.” Walden said. “We play in a lot of places where we can tell people are not going to be ‘into us’, so we subtly make fun of the people we’re playing for.” What’s more important is the band’s thought as they perform onstage. The guys said they get nervous before they perform, but as soon as they play that first note, the adrenaline and the excitement kick in, and the anxiety goes away. They just focus on having fun. “The first note is an adrenaline rush.” Meek said. “I get nervous that the crowd won’t react, but then I’m happy when they do.” The band does perform some original songs. It has an album coming out Nov. 10, called “Conditions.” “Connor writes the main part, and we all add our own two cents,” Walden said. Murphy based his idea on Pavlov’s conditioning experiments, where he would train his dogs to associate food with a certain stimulus. “Through life you get conditioned through hard times, so each song is about an individual shitty experience that I had to go through,” Murphy said. The band members said that they are proud of the album, and the time and thought that went into it. “It sounds really good, like it’s been worked on,” Walden said. The members talk about the best things they’ve done together, and Walden talks about the late-night drives back home after shows in other cities. They talk about how they would play their music loud enough to keep themselves awake as they drove. Meek added a tale about the

time they played the SpongeBob jellyfish rave for 30 minutes to avoid falling asleep on the way home. “We were jamming pretty hard,” Meek said. The guys start laughing uncontrollably as Murphy pulls out his phone to search for the video, and they all start head banging to the song. While the members enjoy playing their music for audiences, not all are in it for fame. “This is just fun for me. I like the music, and I like these guys a lot,” Murphy said. Walden and Meek agree, claiming the band is a home away from home, and a great way to relieve stress. “When we’re playing, I don’t have to think about anything else,” Walden said. Most of all, the band members wanted their songs to be relatable, and hold meaning to other people. “The coolest thing for us is when people know the words that Connor wrote, and they’re singing them back like they mean something.” Walden said. “People say that’s the best feeling, and they’re not lying,” he continued. Murphy said that if he weren’t holding a guitar during his sets, he’d be holding the microphone out for people to sing his lyrics into. The band members use their favorite musicians to find inspiration for relatable lyrics. The music that is important to them would be important to others. They mentioned artists such as Nirvana, Fall Out Boy, Pearl Jam, Slipknot, Rush, and dozens of others. “[Music] is an escape from the real world for a minute,” Meek said. Whenever Murphy hears the song “I Don’t Care” by Fall Out Boy, it takes him back to his days at Wichita Christian, and the good and bad memories that he had there. “When you hear a song, it takes you back to the first time you heard it,” he said. Walden is always able to find a song or artist that fits the mood he’s in. He said listening to music that fits his mood doesn’t make him any angrier or sadder. “I stop thinking about being [angry], and I think about how much I like the music I’m listening to,” he said. Boyd lives through his music, because it brings people together. “Music is the one thing that is really liable to change the world,” he said.

SINCE THIS ARTICLE WAS WRITTEN, BOYD QUIT THE BAND AND WAS REPLACED BY TYLER EDENS.

CONNOR MURPHY LEAD GUITARIST

GARETT WALDEN GUITARIST

RYAN MEEK DRUMMER

DANIEL BOYD E X- B A SS G U I TA RI ST

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A cappella group has little m-pact RACHEL JOHNSON PHOTOGRAPHER EDITOR

he music, pop and jazz, was very upbeat. The crowd – only half the auditorium – was polite, listening to the a cappella group, m-pact, Nov. 3. Fletcher Sheridan, member of m-pact, said before their performance, “Live music is an energy exchange, it’s a moment for us to connect with others in the audience. I hope that [the audience] enjoys the journey they are taken on.” However, only 200 people – half the Akin Auditorium – attended the latest event, part of the Artist-Lecture Series. Jocelyn Brown, mechanical engineer sophomore, said, “[I’m here because] it sounded interesting and it is a requirement for honors. I don’t think I have ever heard of m-pact.” Katie Pendergrass, music sophomore, said, “I just thought it sounded fun, and I had never heard of the group before and wanted to see what they were.”

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Jarrett Johnson, Fletcher Sheridan, Marco Cassone, and Trist Curless also known as M-Pact preform in Akin Auditorium as part of an Artist Lecture Series, Nov, 3. Jamie Gardner, mathematics senior and member of the Artist-Lecture Series Committee, said she expected an amazing performance from m-pact because she loves a cappella groups.

“[I like a cappella groups because] there is a variation they don’t need instruments, and it’s pretty interesting,” Gardner said, of the group that cost $8,000.

Debbie Coughran, assistant to dean of students, said the committee votes on the final performances picked for the lecture series for the season. She also said the committee is made up of seven or eight students, along with a faculty members, but they don’t get a vote, they just get to voice opinions and bring ideas to the table. “It was my second year here and Pentatonix came, and I asked if the committee was accepting people and they said yes, and I joined and loved it. It is my second year being apart of the committee,” Gardner said. Coughran explained the Artist-Lecture Series committee started coming up with ideas in late March and early April to pick who they want. “It takes a few weeks [for the process of picking performers]. We met once to brainstorm, and then we met a few more times to pick and choose and take everyone’s opinion into account,” Natalia Quiroz, sociology senior and member of Artist-Lecture Series committee, said.

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