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Profs slam Web-based evaluations Andrew Weitener For The Wichitan
Midwestern professors are concerned about the poor performance from online faculty evaluations now mandatory in all MSU colleges as of Spring 2007. Low turnout by students, they say, makes any data unreliable. Such data cannot, they argued in a September Faculty Senate meeting, be used for tenure and promotion purposes. In the past, evaluations were conducted in the classrooms with a monitor present, assuring nearly 100-percent participation. Approximately 25 percent of the student body responded with online evaluations last semester, prompting concern from professors. Online faculty evaluations originated with the colleges of Education and Health Sciences and Social Services during the Fall 2006 semester. The Dillard College of Business and College of Fine Arts incrementally began to utilize the program followed by a campus-wide mandate during the Spring 2008 semester. Online evaluations save the campus both money and time. With online evaluations the school saves an estimated $5,000 a semester in paper cost, handling, organizing, sorting paper evaluations, and time spent by the Information Systems department. Using online evaluations limits human error during the handling of the paper evaluations. Students can also do the evaluations on their own time. The organizing of and structure of the evaluations are now more concise and can be maintained with strict digital oversight. There is less opportunity to lose or missshuffle stacks of evaluations.
Chris Collins Managing Editor
Steve Hilton, the globetrotting assistant professor of ceramics, never stays in one place too long. The international man of pottery participated in residency programs in China and Thailand this summer. It was a great opportunity to learn and travel, Hilton said. This was the first time Hilton had participated in a residency program. It was a significant step in his art career, he said. “I’ve had a lot of work in other countries, but never a residency,” Hilton said. “I’ve had pseudo-residencies here before, but nothing as formal as the one in Jingdezhen.” Hilton spent about a month teaching and making art at the Jingdezhen Ceramic Art Institute, which is located in the porcelain capital of the
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Despite the positives, professors are weary because of the lack of involvement. The evaluations have developed into a pattern, leading professors to conclude that students do not take them seriously. “One way that we glean whether it’s a good teacher is through student evaluations,” said Provost Dr. Friederike Wiedemann. At one point each professor must write a self-evaluation. It, along with the student evaluations and grade distributions are forwarded to the chair of the department. The department chair evaluates the faculty member and this evaluation goes to the dean of the college. Another purpose of the evaluations is for promotion and tenure of professors. Members of the faculty senate maintain that without proper involvement, online evaluations fall short and should not be used as a measurement in promotion or tenure. “The idea seems like a good idea on the surface, but has some pretty serious flaws,” said Dr. Robert Redmon, faculty senator. “We all agree that it is the same instrument so there is no difference in the validity of the instrument but there is a significant difference in the reliability because of the reduced return rate. I can think of one professor who was denied tenure completely upon poor student evaluations.” Redmon said this illustrates how important it is to have reliable data because it is used to make serious decisions. Wiedemann as well as the Faculty Senate are looking for ways to encourage student participation. Meanwhile, online evaluations will continue.
Fall enrollment edges up by 110 Russ Lawrenz For The Wichitan
Photos courtesy Alissa Donaldson n (Clockwise from top) Steve Hilton and Alissa Donaldson stand on the Great Wall. n Steve Hilton throws a pot on a “2000 year old” potter’s wheel n Steve Hilton with a “bump on head” in Jingdezhen, China
The numbers are in. MSU enrollment totals have officially been tallied. The Fall 2008 number of undergraduate and graduate students is 6,137, an increase of 110 from Fall 2007. The total number of undergraduate students is 5,404. This time last year was 5,350. There are 733 graduate students enrolled this year. Last year there were 677. Seniors outnumber other classes at 1,693. There are 1,186 juniors, 1,213 sophomores and 1,312 freshmen. Aside from seniors, all classifications are up from last year’s totals. There are 110 post bacca-
laureate students and 623 master’s candidates, both increasing from last year. Women are in the majority. A total of 3,541 females to 2,596 males enrolled. This puts the female-tomale ratio a little less than 2:1. The youngest student is 14; the oldest 67. Last year it ranged from 15 to 75. Statistically, the average age of MSU students is 25.2, slightly younger than last year. Some of the majors with the most students are nursing with 643, radiological sciences with 387 and early childhood education with 255. Some of the majors with the least students are physics with 10, humanities with 8 and reading education with 5.
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Evaluation fiasco Whoever came up with the concept of online faculty evaluations must have thought that it sounded like a good idea at the time. Unfortunately, in practice, the system is proving itself to be seriously flawed. Too many students are simply not participating. There would be benefits to completing the evaluations on the Web if it actually worked. There would no longer be thousands of sheets of paper for some unlucky soul to sort through at the end of every semester, no need to type up all the responses to file them into a report, and there would undoubtedly be a smaller margin of error in the tallying of results if the computer could do it rather than a human. From the perspective of a college student, however, there are several problems. First, if a professor hands out an evaluation sheet before the beginning of class and tells the students to fill it out before the lecture begins, the evaluations will likely get done. Telling them to go home and get on the Internet, however, is a sure way to ensure a lack of results. To most college students, going online means two things: YouTube and Facebook. Signing on at the MSU Web site to mark how interesting a professor is on a scale of one to five is pretty low on the list of most students’ Internet priorities. Unfortunately for the professors those ratings are important. Faculty members can be granted or denied tenure based upon those numbers assigned by their students. Administrators are either going to have to go back to the old method or convince students that filling the evaluations out is worth their while. In this case, perhaps the “old” way is better.
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I’m a waitress, not a babysitter... Karrie Walker Opinion Editor
Oh, the joys of waiting tables. A number of students have done it or will do it at some point during their college career. Many hate it. I sympathize. I’m a waitress.Some people are rude. Others are not only demanding but they bring their bratty children who are even more demanding. Then there are the lousy tippers. Some advice – when you know my name don’t call me, “Hey, you!” when you want something. When the food comes out please realize that about 90 percent of problems with the meal are usually not the servers’ fault.
I promise that the difference between rare and medium rare or the number of lemon wedges in your free water are not a matter of life or death. Sometimes I just want to ask people if they’ve ever seen the movie Waiting and then say, “Hmm” and walk away. I don’t understand why people would be so rude to the people who are handling their food. The options for us servers as we enter the kitchen are endless… Let’s move on to some of my “favorite” types of people. People with kids. I rejoice on the rare occasion that I have a table with polite kids who don’t throw food, color the menus or table or spill their drink that has a lid on it. Then there’s those customers who walk in five minutes before
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closing and order an appetizer, well-done steaks and dessert. Invariably, they sit there and take their time when they know they are the only thing holding you back from going home. To compound your misery they leave you a two dollar tip. Guess what else? No one except you and your family care one bit that it is your birthday. At least everyone knows the words. Also, just because you went to church on Sunday morning and I’m serving you your lunch does not mean that I don’t believe in God and that I’m going to hell. So, please don’t waste your time giving me an info booklet from your church to “help me find God.” Our bulletin board in the back
is running out of room to put all of the church cards we accumulate every Sunday. My personal favorite is the booklet that looks like crumpled up money on the outside and then explains on the inside that I’m a sinner for giving into material pleasures. Are you aware that a waitperson earns only $2.13 an hour? I think everyone should experience waiting tables for at least a year out of their life not only to see the crap we have to put up with, but to learn patience, respect, and financial responsibility. It would not be so bad if people would be polite every once in awhile. Follow the golden rule, be nice, and tip well— that’s all I ask.
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MSU awards degree after student’s death Chris Collins Managing Editor
The death of MSU senior Marcus Robinson in June cast a long shadow on many students and faculty. But the “quiet Kappa,” standing at 5’8”, 145 lbs. has left some big shoes to fill. The MSU Academic Council agreed to recommend awarding a B.A. English degree to Robinson during a September meeting. This motion was at the Robinson family’s request. The Board of Regents will vote on awarding the degree in November. “It’s not routine, but we have done it for students before,” said Dr. Friederike Weidemann, provost. A senior who died in a motorcycle accident in 2002 is one such case where a posthumous degree was awarded, said Registrar Darla Inglish. Another instance was when Tenia Dawson, a nursing student who was battling cancer in her last semester at MSU. She was awarded a degree early and passed away shortly after walking the stage, Inglish said. There is currently a scholarship fund in Dawson’s honor. “These degrees are awarded to give recognition that a student worked very hard for his degree and died very young,” Weidemann said. Deciding factors in awarding a posthumous degree are credit hours and how close a student was to graduating, according to Weidemann. Robinson, an English major, had earned 104 credit hours at the time of his death. “This is to show a student is attached more closely to the university now,” Weidemann said.
Off-scale beams, bowls, razors and plates, The scent of a dream that doesn’t escape The stench of fiends accepting their fates, The sound of sirens coming too late. Ambulances stop for those on the block, I took my dollar bills, they took hundreds off the top, The sirens beat the door like there was something they forgot. Exerpted from “Sweet Opium” -Marcus Robinson
“He’s more a part of the family.” Robinson suffered an acute asthma attack at his Brentwood Timberlane apartment June 22. Roommate Anthony Holmes, 24, discovered Robinson wasn’t breathing at about 3 p.m. He and another roommate immediately called for medical assistance and tried to help Robinson start breathing again. “We couldn’t believe it,” Holmes said. “You don’t think someone you knew as a freshman in college could just die. Not like that.” Robinson still wasn’t breathing when paramedics arrived at the apartment. He was pronounced dead when he didn’t respond to CPR or a ventilator. Holmes and Robinson had been friends since they starting attending MSU in 2002. A fellow Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity brother, Holmes was one of Robinson’s few close friends, he said. Robinson worked a late shift at the Holiday Inn the night before he died. “He just got up to take a nap,” Holmes said. “That was the last time we talked to him.” Holmes wasn’t aware Rob-
inson had an asthmatic history. It just wasn’t presented as a problem, he said. “He never Photo by Chris Collins told us,” Hol- MSU senior Jason Robinson contemplates the loss of his twin brother Marcus, who died in June. mes said. “He in May 2002. “He had an obligation to like you’re just going through didn’t make that a weak point about him- “He wanted to give back to his family,” Holmes said. “He the motions every day.” young people,” Jason said. “He worked very hard for them.” The hardest thing for Jason to self.” Robinson was a writer and a wanted to impart his love of writ- Robinson pulled 40-hour work- face, though, is losing his lifeweeks at the Holiday Inn while time confidant and companion. deep thinker, Holmes said. His ing in the younger students.” calm, controlled demeanor be- Robinson’s first son, Xavier, going to school to support the “I lost my best friend,” he was born in July 2004 to Nicole ones he loved, Holmes said. said. lied a very active mind. “Marcus was really analyti- Rogers. Their second son, Jor- Jason still feels the aftershock Robinson’s death has brought his family closer together, Jason cal,” Holmes said. “He was al- don, died because of complica- of his twin’s death, he said. “It’s been a few months now, said. His parents are dealing with ways looking for the deeper tions during birth in April. Robinson and Rogers had but it’s still weird,” Robinson the death in their own ways. meaning in things.” Robinson used his writing as a planned to marry in October, his said. “It was very surreal. It was “We’re a very spiritual famrefuge from everyday stress, his brother said, but pushed the date like I was watching someone ily,” Robinson said. “God has a back when they learned about else go through it, like I was in a plan for everything. What it is roommate said. dream.” I couldn’t tell you, but maybe “Writing was his release,” the pregnancy. Holmes said. “When he was “That was his thing, taking Adjusting to life without his I’ll know one day. That’s one of stressed about work or his family care of Xavier,” Jason said. “He brother has been very difficult, the things that keeps me upbeat needed to make sure he grew up Robinson said. The twins gradu- about it. I can’t just think that he he would pick up a pen.” ated from high school together, died in vain.” Twin brother Jason said Rob- properly.” inson planned on teaching Eng- Robinson died less than a attended MSU and even worked Robinson is survived by parents Henry and Pat Robinson; lish at O.D. Wyatt High School, month before his son’s fourth at the Holiday Inn in tandem. his alma mater, after he gradu- birthday. Xavier is currently liv- “It’s hard to grasp at first,” siblings Courtney, Sedrick, Kimated from MSU. The brothers ing with Rogers in the Ft. Worth Robinson said. “You have that berly, Kimberly and Jason; and initial shock, but then it seems son Xavier. graduated from the high school area.
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world. An artist in a residency program generally gets a studio to work in and some materials, he said. “They give you room and board and you make art,” Hilton said. These residencies are especially effective in ceramics, Hilton said, because his art form is one that requires cooperation for students. “Ceramics has a lot of physical labor involved,” Hilton said. Hilton and wife Alissa Donaldson stayed in inexpensive hotels, youth hostels and university dorms during their time in the South Pacific, The two were fed and housed during their residencies, but didn’t spend the whole time in the university atmosphere. The two traveled extensively, Hilton said.
They took a tour up the Yangtze River, saw the Three Gorges and the Terracotta Soldiers. Hilton marveled at Beijing, China’s capital city, mere weeks before the Olympic games were held. “It’s just amazing,” Hilton said. “There are hundreds of potteries there. It was pretty incredible.” Hilton’s spent his second residency in Chaing Rai, Thailand, at Mai Fah Luang University. “I learned a lot about Chinese and Thai culture,” Hilton said. “I found that Thai and Chinese people handle ceramics differently than we do.” Easterners have a different way of creating pottery than Americans do, Hilton said. Much of our work is done in the “wet” state, before the work has been hardened by fire. The Chinese and Thai do most of their handling
when the pottery is dry. “It goes against everything we know and are taught in the U.S.,” Hilton said. Hilton recognizes a tendency in Chinese sculpture to mimics other world ceramics, he said. He attributes this to inexperience. “I don’t think lack of creativity is what’s going on,” Hilton said. “Contemporary Chinese sculpture just doesn’t seem as mature as sculpture here. They just haven’t been doing it as long.” The way pottery is viewed by the Chinese and Americans varies greatly, Hilton said. It’s taken much more seriously in the East. “The Chinese are so far beyond us in the value that they hold for ceramics,” Hilton said. “I mean, I’m a potter and I use Styrofoam cups. It’s terrible.” Some people, even those in the
academic community, consider ceramics to be a secondary art form, Hilton said. “We don’t that reverence for ceramics in the U.S.,” Hilton said. “In the art world it’s considering a fine craft instead of a fine art. There are very few ceramic artists who are selling work for painter prices.” Hilton said this viewpoint on ceramics doesn’t really bother him. “I just make what I make and people either like it or they don’t,” Hilton said. “I don’t have to sell my work as a professor. It’s nice when I do, though.” Hilton and Donaldson plan to return to Jingdezhen in 2010 and have already been invited to participate in two more residency programs in China. Next summer the couple plans to travel to Ecuador to study ceramics and hike in the jungle.
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The Wichitan Sept. 24, 2008
Entertainment
Emmy awards full of surprises Lauren Wood For the wichitan
This year’s 60th annual Emmy Awards at the Nokia Theater Sept. 21 was full of surprises, new records and some really disturbing outfits. On the red carpet before the show, the sun was out and definitely keeping the guests hot. Tina Fey, America Ferrara and Debra Messing were all sizzling in their black dresses, but P. Diddy had to be burning up in his untraditional suit of velvet. Eva Longoria Parker took the biggest risk this year with her extremely short dress consisting of fringe and a bow to top it off. Oprah opened the show. It became awkward: the show was hosted by the five nominees for Outstanding Reality Host: Ryan Seacrest, Heidi Klum, Tom Bergerson, Jeff Probst and Howie Mandel. All of them were wearing tuxedos, but Klum didn’t stay like that for very long as William Shatner helped her out of her suit, revealing a black, glittery… thing. The first acceptance speech was Jeremy Piven for his win in the Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series category. Due to terrible time management, major categories were rushed, but Jimmy Kimmel dragged on the reality-host award, using the classic “wait till after the break to announce the winner” technique. Probst, host
(Above) Tina Fey accepts her awards. (Left) the cast of Desperate Housewives.
of ‘Survivor,’ took the prize. Surprisingly, the AMC 60sera drama ‘Mad Men’ took the best drama prize, the first ever for a basic cable series. ‘Mad Men’ also won Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series. HBO’s miniseries ‘John Adams’ won 13 awards, the most ever won by a program in a single year. It won eight from the creative-arts awards a week earlier. Paul Giamatti won Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie, Laura Linney shouted out to the community organizers that help form our
country as she took the lead actress award. Tom Wilkinson accepted the award for Outstanding Supporting Actor. Brian Cranston was a surprise when he took home the award for Outstanding Lead Actor for ‘Breaking Bad,’ a series on AMC. Cranston is best known for his acting in comedy roles like the dad in ‘Malcolm in the Middle.’ Cranston was considered an underdog in a strong field that included Jon Hamm of ‘Mad Men,’ Hugh Laurie of ‘House,’ who is amazingly is still empty handed, and ‘Dexter’s’ Michael C. Hall.
‘Damages,’ another basic cable drama, snagged two major acting awards with Glenn Close’s lead-actress win and Zeljko Ivanek winning supporting actor over his co-star Ted Danson and Lost’s Michael Emerson. NBC’s ‘30 Rock’ was awarded Outstanding Comedy Series for the second year in a row, with Alec Baldwin winning his first Emmy after seven nominations. Co-star Tina Fey took home a statuette for her writing as well as her first for acting in a comedy series. Don Rickles, an Emmy Award
winning comedian and actor joked along with Kathy Griffin, whose show Kathy Griffin: My ‘Life on the D-List,’ took home the award for the Outstanding Reality Program. ‘The Daily Show’ and ‘The Amazing Race’ both continue to dominate in their respective categories: Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series and Outstanding Reality/Competition Program. In Treatment’s Dianne West took the award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, beating out ‘Grey’s Anatomy’s’ Sandra Oh and Chandra
Wilson. While Jean Smart from ‘Samantha Who?’ accepted the award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. Fox’s ‘House,’ ABC’s ‘Pushing Daisies’ as well as HBO’s Recount all received awards for Outstanding Directing. The ceremony was also used for reminiscence with cast reunions, classic-set recreations, a theme-song medley, and plenty of clips that reminded us of the past TV hits. However, this was nicely interrupted every time the five misbegotten hosts crowded the stage. Maybe next year they will stick to one host and save the audience the agony of watching them butcher their lines.
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Family Day 2008: September 26-27 Friday, September 26th All Day: Family and Friends are invited to attend class with their MSU student. Visit the Family Day website at http://mwsu.edu/family day for a list of any closed classes.
7:00 PM: CSC Shawnee Theater Keep It Funny with comic magician Tim Gabrielson Fun for the whole family with this famous headliner straight from the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, NV.
10:00 PM CSC Shawnee Theater Movie: Kung Fu Panda Featuring the voices of Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie, Jackie Chan, and Lucy Liu.
11:00 AM Ǧ 3:00 PM: CSC Atrium Family Day Registration and TǦshirt Sales Pick up your FREE tickets to the MSU vs. Angelo State football game! 11:00 AM Ǧ 3:00 PM: Sunwatcher Plaza and CSC Atrium Games, Novelties, and Inflateables Mechanical Bull, Big Red Chair Photos, Zero Gravity Chamber, First Down, and BandǦoǦRama. 11:00 AM Ǧ 3:00 PM: Sunwatcher Plaza Spirit Station with the MSU Cheerleaders Get your picture taken with the cheerleaders, faceǦ painting, and make your own spirit signs & noisemakers.
11:30 AM: CSC Shawnee Theater Movie: Kung Fu Panda Featuring the voices of Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie, Jackie Chan, and Lucy Liu.
5:00 Ǧ 6:00 PM: Memorial Stadium West Ticket Entrance Family Day Registration and TǦshirt Sales Pick up your FREE tickets to the MSU vs. Angelo State football game!
11:30 AM, 12:30 PM, 1:30 PM, 2:30 PM CSC Atrium Guided Campus Tours Hosted by the MSU Student Ambassadors. 1:00 Ǧ 2:00 PM: CSC Comanche Suites Parents Only Reception with MSU Deans & Faculty Sponsored by the MSU Parents Club.
5:00 Ǧ 6:45 PM: Memorial Stadium West Parking Lot MSU Tailgate Party! We provide the grill, you bring the food. Live entertainment featuring the Bobby Duncan Band!
Saturday, September 27th
11:00 AM Ǧ 3:00 PM: CSC Wichita I & II Kidz' Korner A monitored playroom for the young ones while you attend the various Family Day events and enjoy the time with your MSU student.
1:00 PM: Sunwatcher Plaza Live Music by Natalie Stovall 2:00 PM: CSC Shawnee Theater Movie: Kung Fu Panda Featuring the voices of Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie, Jackie Chan, and Lucy Liu.
5:00 Ǧ 6:45 PM: Memorial Stadium West Entrance Games and Fun Featuring numerous inflatable games for the kids (jumbo slide, obstacle course, bouncer, boxing, etc). Free snow cones for everyone and free original fried pies for mom and dad at the Parents Club tent. 7:00 PM: Memorial Stadium MSU Football vs. Angelo State University
Be sure to RSVP online at http://mwsu.edu/familyday. All events are FREE! Family Day is brought to you by the Division of Student Affairs at Midwestern State University. For more information, call (940) 397Ǧ4500.
Entertainment
Writers strike still causing problems for TV networks Chuck Barney MCT
For years, Jacqueline Piona carried on a passionate loveaffair with television, her heart steadfast and true But then came the messy breakup. Shortly after TV’s script writers went on strike last fall, the Benicia, Calif., resident watched in horror as her favorite new series, “Pushing Daisies,” completely vanished from sight. As for “24,” her relied-upon adrenaline fix, well, Jack Bauer never showed up and didn’t even bother to call. Feeling jilted, Piona bolted for the library and buried herself in books. “I’m a big reader, but not that big of one. I like my shows,” she says. “But now I’m not sure if I care anymore.” She’s not the only one. As broadcasters kick off the bulk of their fall season next week, they know they must get the strike-hobbled industry back on its feet and mend their relationship with the fans. “We have to step back and root for the industry,” says ABC entertainment chief Stephen McPherson. “It’s important for all the networks to get the viewers back, get them excited about the programs, get them back into the characters and storylines and dynamics that they love.” It won’t be easy. The labor strife not only played havoc with last season’s programming, but hampered the development process to the point where only 17 new scripted shows – half the usual count – appear on the fall lineup. Moreover, many of
them have yet to be delivered to critics, so advance buzz has been significantly curtailed. And even before the strike, broadcast ratings were slipping as more viewers fled to cable, or alternative sources of consumption (DVRs, DVDs, online options), or something else entirely. “I’ll give television another chance,” Piona says. “But they have to realize we have other things to do.” So is it time to kiss and make up with TV? Maybe, maybe not. But here are a few factors that might prompt us to keep working on the relationship: A less-frenzied fall The reduced crop of new shows might actually be a good thing. Consider how, in past years, the networks have left us to drown in a flood of 30 or even more new fall offerings and how overwhelmed it made us feel. Now it’s much easier to hone in on the shows that catch our eyes and to distinguish the best from the rest. Something tells us Fox’s rotten-to-the-core “Do Not Disturb” won’t make the cut. Lovers of sci-fi and fantasy have plenty of reasons to get their geek on. For one, J.J. Abrams (“Lost”) has blessed us with “Fringe,” a creepy, freaky thriller that recalls “The X-Files.” Meanwhile, prolific producer Jerry Bruckheimer’s intriguing “Eleventh Hour” (CBS) takes the crime procedural and infuses it with fantastical, futuristic science. And then there’s the returning shows, including, among others, “Terminator: The Sarah Conner Chronicles” and “He-
roes.” The latter begins to atone for a lackluster second season with a turbo-charged two-hour premiere that might portend good things to come. Several sophomore shows will feel new or practically new to many viewers because, thanks to the strike, they’ve been on ice since last December. The batch includes ABC’s “Pushing Daisies,” “Private Practice” and “Dirty Sexy Money,” along with NBC’s “Chuck” and Life.” If you missed them the first time around, now’s the opportunity for a do-over. Our favorite among the bunch? We’ll push “Daisies,” a nothing-else-likeit show that blends romance, comedy, fantasy and mystery in one colorful package. The bad news is that the sitcom genre continues to show very few signs of life as the major networks have produced only five new comedies this fall. The good news is that at least one of them – CBS’s “Worst Week” – is a laugh riot. The show is pegged to a lovable loser played by newcomer Kyle Bornheimer, who has the kind of endearing, Charlie Brown-like appeal, gift for slapstick and comic timing that could make him one of season’s breakout stars. We’re rooting hard for him. Several intriguing faces pop up on the tube this fall in recurring or guest roles. Laurence Fishburne, for example, plays a new forensics scientist on “CSI,” where in the ninth episode he’ll step in for the departing William Peterson. Meanwhile, Christian Slater takes on his first television role in the NBC spy show “My Own Worst Enemy.” Harvey Keitel
is among the impressive cast of ABC’s “Life On Mars,” Angela Bassett joins “ER” for its final season and Jon Voight becomes a regular on “24” after appearing in the show’s TV film in November. Among the notable guest appearances: Jennifer Aniston and Oprah on “30 Rock,” Katie Holmes on “Eli Stone” and Mary Tyler Moore on “Lipstick Jungle.” In this post-strike season, viewers figure to be more interested in the returning shows than the new ones and they’ll be eager to find out, among other things: Just who was it who shot Horatio Caine on “CSI: Miami”? Can Meredith and Derek really make it as a couple on “Grey’s Anatomy”? How will that stunning five-year flash-forward impact the ladies of “Desperate Housewives”? Is Stella the mother on “How I Met Your Mother”? Will Jim pop the question to Pam on “The Office.” The paucity of fresh broadcast fare has apparently emboldened basic and premium pay cable outlets to bust out some new stuff in the fall, a period they’ve traditionally ceded to the networks. And cable, again, has some of the most distinctive shows going, including “Sons of Anarchy” and “True Blood,” which launched on FX and HBO, respectively, earlier this month. Arriving in the coming weeks will be “Dexter” and “Californication” (Showtime, Sept. 28), “Sanctuary” (Sci Fi, Oct. 3), “The Starter Wife” (USA, Oct. 10) and a series based on the Oscar-winning film, “Crash” (Starz, Oct. 17).
(although his signature “I’m sick of these snakes…” line is great every time). Let’s just say this movie falls more towards the Pulp Fiction end of his acting chops. He’s good, and with the help of his fellow talented cast- mates, the movie succeeds. You leave the theater thoroughly entertained and feel you got your $8 worth. When Chris Mattson (Patrick Wilson) and his wife Lisa (Kerry Washington) move into their home in Lakeview Terrace, an overbearing, anti-white police
officer (Samuel L. Jackson) is the last person they expect to call “neighbor.” They just want a place to call “home.” The film begins when Officer Abel Turner, played by Jackson, notices that an interracial couple have moved in next door. At first, Turner, a widower with two children, seems like the perfect neighbor. His house is well kept, his yard is mowed, he doesn’t make noise at all; he’s normal. It isn’t until later in the film that the viewer is exposed to Turner’s open ha-
tred for the white race; a hatred born from the death of his wife and unleashed on the neighbors next door. Turner’s objection to his interracial neighbors starts as a grudge and culminates in all out warfare, leading to harassment, abuse, and several deaths. This urban drama begins with the innocent misplacement of a cigarette butt and quickly becomes a hotbed of racial undertones, ending in a bloody, old west-style shoot out. It’s a film that examines the modern world and asks whether we as a society have made progress in areas concerning race, or came to a standstill? Lakeview Terrace is a paradigm where two worlds collide. Old-world bigotry meets newworld acceptance in this socially complex film. Although this movie won’t strike Oscar-gold, is does entertain, intrigue, and educate it’s intended audience.
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An angry, racist, crooked L.A.P.D. officer is the last person any of us want to share a fence with when we decide to get married and embark into the world of home ownership. Some of us expect a quiet neighborhood, nestled in a friendly community, surrounded by friendly people who pretty much keep to themselves and allow us to go on about our lives. If that’s our “American dream,” then we should definitely shy away from the exclusive cul-de-sac community of Lakeview Terrace. The movie is carried primarily by Samuel L. Jackson’s superb acting ability. You’ve seen him at his best in Pulp Fiction, and possibly his worst in Snakes On A Plane
Kerry Washington, Patrick Wilson and Samuel L. Jackson play out a bad neighbor horror story in ‘Lakeview Terrace.” The film takes a deep look into conflict between two families and what happens when the tensions escalate too far.
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It’s easy to participate in this year’s election. Our guide breaks down the voting process and offers tips to get you ready for Nov. 4. WHO CAN VOTE You must be a U.S. citizen, a resident of the state in which you’re registering, 18 years old, not in prison (laws about people with criminal records vary by state) and not declared mentally insane. Many states will allow 17-year-olds to register if they’ll be 18 by Election Day. It can take between 10 days and three weeks for the local elections office to process your registration application, at which point they’ll send you a voter registration card. Remember to register as early as possible to ensure that your application is processed before Election Day. Elections offices often get inundated with paperwork as the deadline approaches. Contact your secretary of state (www.fvap.gov) to learn more about the voting rules for your area.
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Constitution, prohibiting any state from refusing voting rights to any man, regardless of “race, color, or previous condition of servitude.” 1920: The 19th Amendment ensuring women’s right to vote was ratified. 1961: The 23rd Amendment allows the votes of Washington, D.C., residents to count in the Electoral College. 1964: The 24th Amendment is ratified, disallowing the use of poll taxes. Poll taxes were used as a ploy to ensure that the poor black population could not vote even though they had been enfranchised almost 100 years earlier. 1971: The 26th Amendment lowered the voting age from 21 to 18.
nother presidential election is quickly approaching, and candidates are scrambling for votes. Young voters may turn out to be a key segment on Election Day. A record 6.5 million people under age 30 voted in primaries and caucuses earlier this year, according to data from CIRCLE, The Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning & Engagement. If you’re new to voting, or haven’t done it in a while, it’s time to learn about the election process. To help you out, we offer information about registering to vote, getting involved in campaigns, researching candidates and more.
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Online registration is probably the easiest and quickest way to register. Go to your state’s board of elections Web site for more information about their voter registration policies. You also can find registration information at the Federal Election Commission’s Web site (www.fec.gov) and the United States Election Assistance Commission’s site (www.eac.gov). Often the department of motor vehicles, public libraries and college campuses have registration information available.
All the political jargon that you hear during election season is enough to make you wish you had paid more attention in your high school government class. Consider this your refresher course. Below are some terms from PBS.org that will let you walk into your voting site with confidence. � Bicameral legislature: A legislature consisting of two separate chambers or houses. In the U.S. Congress, the lower house is the House of Representatives, and the upper house is the Senate. � Canvassing: A tactic to win votes by contacting voters directly, usually through door-to-door, telephone or Internet campaigning. � Caucus: Meeting of party members to decide which delegates to send to a state or national nominating convention. � Gerrymander: To divide a voting area to give one political party a majority in as many districts as possible or weaken the voting strength of a specific population, such as an ethnic group. � National party convention: The official gathering held by each of the major political parties during the summer before a presidential election to nominate the party’s presidential and vice-presidential candidates, and announce the party’s platform. � Plurality: The number of votes in an election that the leading candidate obtains over the next highest candidate. � Primary election: An election to select a party’s candidates for public office, held some time before the general election. In a closed primary, voters must declare a party affiliation and may vote only for candidates of their party. � Referendum: Putting a proposed law to a direct vote of the electorate. Referendums are only used by state and local governments.
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ABSENTEE BALLOTS If you’re not going to be present in your voting precinct on Election Day, make sure to request an absentee ballot. Go to your state’s elections page to download an absentee ballot or contact your county or city election official to request an absentee ballot. In some states, when you register to vote you also can request an absentee ballot. Be sure to mail in the application to the appropriate office, and be aware of deadlines and any restrictions that apply specifically to your state. For more information about states’ absentee voting policies go to www.fvap.gov/shortcuts/
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GETTING INVOLVED There are several ways to get involved with elections, especially for young voters. College students who want to volunteer for a partisan campaign can check out the College Republican National Committee (www.crnc.org or 888-765-3564) or the College Democrats (www. collegedems.com), a branch of the Democratic National Committee. Both the CRNC and the CD have many chapters on college campuses across the country that can provide more information. Other young adults can visit Young Republicans (www.yrnf.com) or Young Democrats (www.yda.org) for more information about getting involved. College students can contact their local student government group to get involved in nonpartisan efforts during the election season. CIRCLE's Web site (www.civicyouth.org) has organizational links to projects like Rock the Vote, as well as a listing of local youth-led projects. You also can join nonpartisan groups like the Raise Your Voice Campaign to help generate youth civic engagement and disseminate information about voting in the elections. Visit www. actionforchange.org/getconnected/state for more information about the Raise Your Voice Campaign in your state. To volunteer as a poll worker on Election Day, visit the U.S. Election Assistance Commission’s Web site (www.eac.gov) or call 866-747-1471 for your state contact information.
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It’s a lot of work to gather the information you need about candidates and issues. These Web sites are a good place to start your research. � Project Vote Smart (www.vote-smart.org): Use this site to find out more about your district’s candidates just by entering your ZIP code. You can look through their biographies, issue positions, voting records and campaign finances. � League of Women Voters (www.lwv.org): On this site you can register to vote, find important registration deadlines and get information about the candidates in your area. � Congress.org (www.congress.org): Interesting features on this site include the tip sheet on how to write to your senator and the Soapbox, a forum where visitors to the site can ask their fellow constituents to contact their representative about certain issues affecting their district. � GovTrack.us (www.govtrack.us): This site aims to make politics more personal. Say you’re interested in energy. If you sign up on govtrack.us, you’ll get e-mail updates on energy legislation that is introduced, voted on or passed. You also can get news about your representatives and updates on individual bills. � Public Interest Research Groups (www.uspirg.org): Check out how your representatives have been voting with this site’s Congressional Scorecard feature.
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No. 21 Mustangs stay undefeated against Newberry, 24-10 Bobby Morris Sports Editor
Marcus Mathis paved the way on the ground for the now No. 21 Mustangs as they capitalized on his career-best 140-yard rushing performance to claim the 24-10 victory over then No. 21 Newberry (S.C.) Saturday night at Memorial Stadium. Marcus Mathis garnered LSC co-offensive player of the week honors after guiding the 3-0 Mustangs with 111 rushing yards and a touchdown in the second half alone. Newberry got on the board first, getting out to a 10-0 lead early in the second quarter. After a 52-yard pass went for a touchdown on their first possession, Newberry place kicker Britt Blackmon knocked in a 33-yard field goal with 13:44 remaining in the half to extend the lead to 10.
But that was all the offense Newberry would have for the night as MSU dominated the last 40 minutes of play, scoring 24 unanswered points. Jose Martinez kicked a 26-yard field goal late in the first half to shrink the lead to 10-3 for Newberry entering the half. In the second half, Marcus Mathis and the rest of the Mustangs offense looked like a new squad. Quarterback Zack Eskridge found receiver J.J. Ford for a 7-yard touchdown on their first possession of the half to knot the score, 10-10. Then, Marcus Mathis found paydirt on a 27-yard scamper late in the third quarter. Fellow running back BeeJay Mathis closed out the scoring on a 30-yard touchdown run that capped a three-play, 73-yard drive late in the fourth quarter and gave the 24-10 final score. Marcus and BeeJay combined
for 175 yards on the ground against a Newberry defense that was ranked ninth in NCAA Division II at stopping the run, giving up just 61.5 yards on the ground per game, entering Saturday’s match-up. Defensively, the Mustangs secondary continued to shine. Safety Herman Walker and cornerback Darius Bortters each made seven tackles, while Walker recorded an interception in his fourth-straight game. Walker now leads the LSC with three interceptions on the season. Redshirt freshman defensiveend Kevin Birdow also played well for the Mustangs, also recording seven tackles. Junior defensive end Stephen Turner continued his assault on opposing quarterbacks, with one sack, one pass break-up and two quarterback hurries to extend on his exceptional play that started
last season. Turner leads the Mustangs with 3.5 sacks this season. This marked the seventh time in eight games that he has recorded at least half of a sack, going back to last season. The win vaulted MSU to No. 21 in the American Football Division II Coaches’ Association Top 25 Poll, while dropping Newberry (1-2) completely out of the poll, in which they stood No. 21 last week. This was the 13th-straight win for the Mustangs in the months of August and September. They will look to keep that streak going Saturday night in their first game against LSC South Division competition. The Mustangs are slated to host the Angelo State Rams at Memorial Stadium this Saturday. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m.
Patrick Johnston The Wichitan Marcus Mathis (22) breaks one of his many long runs in the second half in MSU’s win over Newberry (S.C.), 24-10. Mathis ran for 140 yards in the game but 111 of those yards came in the second half, including his 30-yard, game-winning touchdown late in the third quarter.
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The football game has come down to this. Three seconds remain with the score tied at 14. The MSU quarterback drops back, says a quick prayer, and hurls the ball down field just before the defenders pile on him. A Mustang receiver leaps into the air to snag it for the winning touchdown. The crowd erupts with excitement. However, five people on the sidelines look only somber. They’re the athletic trainers. They’re watching the bodies around the quarterback. If they’re lucky every player gets to his feet without injury. But that’s not always the case. “For all sports, our number one priority is watching the athletes after every play, making sure they aren’t limping or bleeding,� Head Athletic Trainer Gary Diehm said. Diehm is the head of the athletic training program at MSU. Part of his duties is training fu-
ture trainers. At any one time, the program is treating 30 to 60 injured athletes, which doesn’t always occur Monday through Friday during normal hours. The students are required to stay till 7 p.m. with the practices and come in on weekends, as well as travel with the team they are assigned. “When people come in from their high school programs, they think they will just have to tape a few ankles and fill a few water bottles to earn an easy degree,� trainer Shalee Rater, an MSU sophomore, said. “They don’t realize all the time and dedication it takes to be an athletic trainer or how much of it is memorization.� Before school starts for most students, the trainers are already receiving real world experience. “During two-a-days, I was here for 53 hours per week,� trainer Tina Cerruti, an MSU sophomore, said. “Now that school has started, we are limited to 24 hours per week.� The trainers, armed with a
Patrick Johnston The Wichitan MSU athletic trainers assess Darius Bortters (4) injuries during the football game versus Newberry last Saturday.
supply case that includes everything from tape to anti-diarrhea pills, are ready to respond to any injury that might happen on the field. Trainer Kandis Snowden, an MSU senior, got her first taste of the trainer life while still in high school. A player had severely broken his arm. “There was a junior varsity football player that had a compound fracture of his radius and ulna that tore through the skin,� Snowden recalled. “You could
hear a pop throughout the field. His arm was bent in the shape of a C and his hand was hanging in the other direction.� While everyone else was shocked and speechless, Snowden summoned an ambulance. She immediately braced his arm to his chest and wrapped it to keep him from further injuring himself. “And not five or 10 minutes after we got him off to the side, another player screamed out in pain,� Snowden said. “Noth-
place is amazing. We beat some good teams, so now people will know who Midwestern State is.� MSU came into the Stampede ranked ninth in the South Central Region according to the United States Track & Field Cross Country Coaches’ Association but moved up drastically to No. 4 in the South
Central Region as they beat out three teams ranked significantly higher. The Mustangs finished higher than Southwest Baptist (Mo.) and Pittsburgh State (Kan.), which were both ranked in the top six of the South Central standings. Two NCAA Division I schools, first-place Tulsa and
ing looked physically wrong. It turned out he also had a small fracture of his radius and ulna on the same arm.� The students must learn to deal with bodily fluids as a part of their daily routine. “After turning around all the time and seeing someone puke, nothing really bothers me anymore,� Rater said. “Now I just ask them what they had for lunch.� Not all the injuries are purely physical though. The trainers must treat the mental scars that come from getting injured. “I had a girl that was nine months post-ACL (surgery) and still wouldn’t put any weight on her knee,� trainer Danielle Altland, an MSU junior, said. “She was physically fine, but it was mental. It takes more than just treating them physically. We have to treat their whole bodies.� Dealing with injuries doesn’t stop on the MSU fields. It can be an occupational hazard to just wear their athletic trainer shirts in public. “I’ve had people at Wal-Mart
see my shirt and assume I’m a personal trainer,� Snowden said. “They start to ask me how to get fit and things.� Their work, it turns out, is mostly a labor of love. Not only do they not get paid, but their odd hours keeps them from most other jobs. “My car is a disaster. I practically live out of it and only have a few changes of clothes,� Cerruti said. “My homework is everywhere because you have to do it when you have time, but I still have lots of late nights and early mornings in order to get it all done.� Their work does not go unnoticed or unappreciated. The program was awarded the Lone Star Conference South Division Staff of the Year for 2008. However, injured players, not fame, remain the ocus of the program and its students. “I’ve seen everything from broken bones poking out (of the skin) to athletes passing out,� Diehm said. “We are watching out and trying to be proactive rather than reactive.�
Cross country team gaining recognition with impressive start Bobby Morris Sports Editor
JOPLIN, Mo. – Freshman Kayla Hendrix led the Midwestern State cross country team to a fifth place finish on Saturday at the 20th annual Missouri Southern Stampede at Fred G. Hughes Stadium. MSU head coach Koby Styles
was hoping to “shock people� after last week’s run at the East Central Tiger Chase and following a redletter day individually and for the team, they are sure to start opening some eyes nationally. “I couldn’t be more proud of the girls,� Styles said. “We thought we had a good shot at the Top 10, but getting fifth
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Schreiber gets 5,000th assist as Mustangs roll to 16-0 day’s match against Southwestern Oklahoma State with 41 assists, but it was a set to freshman Hillary White in the second set that gave her #5,000. “There’s nothing left to say about Allison,” MSU head coach Venera Flores-Stafford said. “She did the same thing today that she’s done throughout her career. I’m very proud of her, but I wish I had another Allison.” Schreiber finished Saturday’s match with nine digs and seven kills to compliment the recordsetting assist as the Mustangs cruised to the 25-13, 25-11, 21-25, 25-15 victory over the SWOSU Bulldogs. Senior libero Shay Velasquez continued to add to her programbest digs total, tallying 13 digs to lead the Mustangs defensive-
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The No. 23 Mustangs kept rolling this week as they passed more milestones in the recordbreaking 2008 campaign. The Mustangs beat three opponents this past week, improving to 16-0 and matching the mark for program-best winning streak. On the way, MSU crashed into the American Volleyball Coaches’ Association Top 25 for the second time in school history and one of the program’s most decorated players passed a career milestone that only seven others have reached from the Lone Star Conference. Senior LSC setter of the week Allison Schreiber finished Satur-
ly, gaining her LSC defensive player of the week honors. Senior Jessica Ransom, former Wichita Falls High School
tral Oklahoma Bronchos 25-6, 25-13, 30-28 to open Lone Star Conference play. The win snapped an 18-match losing streak to the Bronchos, giving them their first win over UCO since 1996. Maxwell, Ransom and Alysha Pritt, all had double-digit kill counts to propel MSU to a .440 team hitting percentage. While, Velasquez tallied 17 of the team’s 46 digs to hold the Bronchos to a measly .153 hitting percentage. MSU took on Wayland Baptist on Monday. While the Mustangs struggled on offense, combining for only a .177 hitting percentage, Velazquez, Schreiber and the rest of the MSU back row provided strangling defense to take the
Schreiber standout, paced the offense with 12 kills while Whitney Maxwell claimed 10 kills of her own. Last Thursday, the Mustangs were attacking on all cylinders as they blew out the Cen-
three-set sweep, 25-15, 27-25, 25-17. Velazquez recorded 23 digs while Schreiber, Katie Guehler and Kiara Jordan had nine, eight and seven digs, respectively. “We had to play defense because they kept getting balls up,” Flores-Stafford said. “It’s the kind of defense we can play, but we just haven’t had to do it. They are savvy and the got their hands on a lot of stuff. MSU is set to make school history for consecutive wins on Thursday when they travel to Lawton, Okla. to take on Cameron in a match slated to begin at 7 p.m. MSU is also scheduled to travel to San Antonio to compete against Incarnate Word on Saturday.
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South Tarleton State (4-0) West Texas A&M (4-0) Abilene Christian (3-0) Midwestern State (3-0) Texas A&M-Kingsville (3-1) Angelo State (2-2) Eastern New Mexico (1-3)
W-L MSU (16-0) 2-0 Texas Woman’s (9-5) 2-0 TAM-Comm (8-5) 2-0 Abilene Christian (11-2) 1-1 Angelo State (10-6) 1-1 Tarleton State (9-6) 1-1 Cameron (6-6) 1-1 Central Okla (5-10) 1-1 TAM-Kingsville (3-8) 1-1 West Texas A&M (13-2) 0-0 Eastern NM (4-11) 0-0 SE Oklahoma (10-6) 0-2 SW Oklahoma (5-9) 0-2 East Central (4-9) 0-2
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Men’s Soccer W-L-T WTAMU (5-1) 2-0 Eastern NM (2-1-2) 1-0-1 NE State (2-5) 1-2 MO Southern (0-7-1) 0-2-1 MSU (4-1) 0-0 Women’s Soccer W-L WTAMU (5-0-1) 1-0 TAM-Comm (4-1-1) 0-0 TWU (4-2) 0-0 ACU (4-2-1) 0-0 Central Okla (4-2-1) 0-0 Angelo St (5-3-1) 0-0 East Central (3-3-1) 0-0 MSU (3-3) 0-0 SW Oklahoma (2-5) 0-0 NE State (1-4-1) 0-0 Eastern NM (4-4) 0-1
Cross Country
Football
Sunday September 28 Mens Soccer @ Metro State (Colo.) Womens Soccer @ Colorado Springs Golf @ St. Mary’s Intercollegiate
Mon.-Tues. Sept. 29 & 30 Golf @ St. Mary’s Intercollegiate
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