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TEAM ARROW STAYS ON TARGET MSU’s cycling team brought silver medals home from the Collegiate Track National Championships in Indianapolis.
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SGA asked to consider fee increase Alyssa Johnston Copy Editor
MSU wants to raise student fees again. This time, it’s to revamp the electrical system and fix a leaky roof on the Clark Student Center. In the Student Government Association meeting last Tuesday, Dr. Keith Lamb, associate vice president of student affairs, told the group the repairs could cost approximately $1 million. To pay for them, Lamb proposed that students have an additional $20 added on to their Student Center Fee. That fee is currently $35. That would generate $120,000 per semester. “The main switch providing power to the building is old, 1961, and there are no replacement parts for it.
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Chris Collins Managing Editor
Students in the MSU marketing department have been given a unique opportunity – they’ve been asked by Red River Chevrolet officials to develop a marketing plan for one of their brand new vehicles. Robert Forrester, president of the car lot and assistant professor of management at MSU, needs the Chevy Cruze to appeal to collegeaged people. The marketing students, who have banded together as the Midwestern Advertising Group (MAG), have been charged with promoting the four-door sedan. They have until Nov. 15 to figure it out. “We’ve been given a gift on a silver platter,” said Jackie Hoegger, an adjunct instructor of marketing, about the opportunity to promote GM’s new product. “It’s the project we’re going to wrap our arms around and embrace this semester.” The first two weeks of October will be spent laying out the marketing plan. This includes a radio spot, billboard ads, and ad slots for social networking sites. “The kids know they have their work cut out for them,” Hoegger said. “But I think they’re ready to
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Students will get realworld marketing experience, and Red River Chevrolet gets a campaign designed by college students to appeal to a college-aged demographic. n
Attorney Brett Sokolow educated students on dangers of hook-ups with his “Drunk Sex or Date Rape” presentation. (Photos by Kassie Bruton)
Students learn about dangers of drunken sex
n By Nov. 15, ‘Midwestern Marketing Group’ will develop a plan to advertise the Chevy Cruze using a radio spot, billboards and ‘viral marketing’ on social networking sites. n The campaign will emphasize the car’s appearance, fuel economy and reliability.
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Yesterday, marketing students got their first glimpse of the Chevy Cruze, for which they are developing a marketing campaign. A film crew hired by Chevrolet was also working on a documentary about the project. (Photos by Chris Collins)
NERF warriors open fire on the quad Chris Collins NERF War Correspondent
A war was fought Monday afternoon on the lawn of the Quad. Spent rounds of ammunition littered the ground after the two rival clans, Gold Team and the Alpha Gators, clashed near the Bolin Fountain. Both groups, equipped with handguns, gatling guns, bow and arrows, swords and shields, met on the war field with one thing in mind: to leave victorious. Luckily, it was a safer war than most – instead of real bullets and actual guns, the fighters, all residents of MSU, used specialized NERF weaponry. Not that it made the event any less exciting. The event was organized by Cameron Shaffer, resident assistant at Sunwatcher, as an activity for MSU residents. This is the second NERF war he has orga(Above) The Gold Team marches into battle against the Alpha Gators durnized. From the get-go, the odds ing Monday’s NERF war on the quad. (Right) Jourdan Polluck wields a
NERF Belt Blaster. When the imaginary gunsmoke cleared, the Gators
See NERF on page 3 were driven to extinction by the Gold Team. (Photos by Hannah Hofmann)
On Thursday, Student Development and Orientation started their Student Success Series with “Drunk Sex or Date Rape.” Students heard a story about two college students, Todd and Amy, who 13 years ago were involved in drunken sexual relations after a party. Attorney and speaker, Brett Sokolow gave students the facts of the case and left it up to them to vote guilty or not guilty. Sokolow calls the debate an engaging mix of a relatable story; humor and a non-judgmental facilitation that lets students make up their own mind. “Before the event I knew that date rape was a really big deal on college campuses, and many students don’t understand the differences between what legally is considered date rape and what they consider a ran-
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Kruger Brothers to raise curtain on lecture series Chris Collins Managing Editor
The Kruger Brothers, a three-piece from Switzerland, will bring their own special brand of musicianship to MSU Thursday. The “new American music” might surprise some audience members in Akin Auditorium, who have seen the group perform before or who have watched their videos on YouTube. This might not be what some are expecting, said Joel Landsberg, bassist for the trio. “We’re going in completely different directions,” he said. Regardless, Landsberg expects the crowd to be pretty big Thursday – the group has a big following in the North Texas/Southern Oklahoma region. “We cover everything from Americana to classical bluegrass,” Landsberg said. “We’ve got a lot of the
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Clark Student Center needs roof repairs, and MSU wants you to pay extra to cover the cost. Associate vice president of student affairs Keith Lamb informed the SGA of a proposal to increase the existing $35 Student Center fee by $20 per semester. This would generate an extra $120,000 each semester to help offset the costs of revamping the electrical system and repairing the roof of the CSC. State-level cuts have whittled down any wiggle room in the university budget and resulted in increases in tuition and fees for students. We understand it’s crunch time, and MSU administrators are only trying to make ends meet. Unfortunately, so are students. Asking us if we can cover an extra $20 per semester on our existing Student Center Fee (currently $35) to pay for the student center repairs is nicer than just telling us we will pay for it, but
unfortunately most students won’t answer the question. For Fall 2010, students taking 15 hours are paying about $175 more than they did for the same amount of hours last spring. It doesn’t seem like a lot when tacked onto a semester bill of over $3,000, but it does make a difference. CSC is a central social hub on campus and keeping a functional roof over students’ heads should be a top concern of the university. Someone has to pay for it, and maybe the SGA will agree to put it to a vote of the student body. Then, if history is any indication, a couple hundred engaged students will cast their votes and decide what their peers will be paying next fall. The SGA doesn’t have to take a stand. Its members should make an effort to mobilize the students instead. They are the representatives for the largest group on campus, and
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they should encourage their constituents to represent themselves as well. Leave it to the “people.” If the fee proposal goes to a vote, advertise it where students will see it. Don’t just put up posters around campus and a link on the MSU website. Use the SGA Facebook group and post a link on students’ walls. Individual SGA members should also message their friends with information on voting. And instead of just telling them to vote, make sure they know what they’re voting for. Provide real information. Tell the students why the administration is requesting the fee increase. Money talks, and students have a right to know what they’re being asked to pay for. The SGA has the ability to find that information and share it, and that’s exactly what they should do to best serve the people they represent.
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Banning books or common sense? The last week of September is upon us, and like every year before since 1982, this week is dedicated to remembering all the books that have been banned, not just in the United States, but across the globe. In previous years, Midwestern has hosted events at Moffett Library to acknowledge this event, typically with students reading books that are on the “banned list” provided by the sponsors of “Banned Book Week,” including the American Library Association (ALA). “Banned Book Week” was founded in 1982 by Judith Krug as an accolade to authors, writers and the freedom of expression guaranteed by the Constitution. Krug was director of the ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom, a position oriented to promoting the safe-being of ideas in our culture from censorship. It’s probably shocking to some that several classic books perennially end up on the “Banned Book Week” list, including To Kill A Mockingbird, Catcher in the Rye, and The Color Purple. The ALA uses a method of individuals reporting occurrences of books being challenged as well as newspaper articles to keep track of which books have banned and to what extent. However, “banned” may be too strong a word. Very rarely are these books actually “banned” in the sense that a library, bookstore or community forms a policy forbidding a specific book from being stocked. Instead, these “banned” books are books that have been challenged. According to the ALA’s website, “challenge is an attempt to remove or restrict materials, based upon the objections of a person or group.” Most books recorded as being banned fall into this challenged category. In fact, sometimes books are not being challenged in a library setting at all. In 2001, when the “Fellowship of the Ring” was coming out in theaters, a church in New Mexico had a book-burning event for The Lord of the Rings because they considered it satanic. The reason for these objections tend to follow the same theme, the books are sexually explicit, use offensive language and are
itself.” And they refused to go to PFOX’s aid or to allow them to read sections of their books at “Banned Book Week” events around the country. Having books censored from “Banned Book Week” goes far beyond ironic, and the implications of the movement are serious. In the attempt to ensure that liberty and freedom of expression are preserved, the philosophy of “Banned Book Week” seems to have left some important principles behind. The goal Cameron Shaffer of the movement is to protect Opinion Editor Americans’ rights. Expression, whether it is in written form or not suitable for the targeted age in the burning of a 1950s fantasy group. In 1992 Family Friendly epic, is protected. Some expresLibraries formed to oppose the sions are not more equal than ALA and “Banned Book Week.” others. By labeling people’s chalThey argue that the ALA’s mislenges to certain works as cension to fight censorship has alsorship, “Banned Book Week” is lowed for “gratuitous sexually presenting its right to challenge explicit and graphic violent conas less of a right than that of an tent in what is deceptively called author to write a potentially ofthe “young adult” section, but fensive book. actually serves children ages 12 In the United States, muand up.” nicipal governments do not ban Focus on the Family, a Chrisbooks. Even most of the chaltian group based in Colorado, is lenges presented to school or also opposed to “Banned Book public libraries typically are not Week.” Tom Minnery, a former to have a book expunged but vice-president of the organizato have the way it is presented tion stated, “Nothing is ‘banned,’ changed. but every year this organization Usually that means placing attempts to intimidate and sibooks that contain sexually exlence any parent, teacher or liplicit material in the adult secbrarian who expresses concern tion instead of the young adult about the age-appropriateness of or children’s section. sexually explicit or violent mateTo label that sort of request as rial for schoolchildren.” censorship is lacking common There also appear to be books sense. It also forgets that local censored from “Banned Book bodies of people have the right Week.” Parents and Friends of to self-determine how their tax Ex-Gays & Gays (PFOX) is a dollars are spent. If the people group that claims to be a globdo not want their money being al community of people who spent on placing non-age apmoved their sexual orientation propriate books in the children’s from homosexual to straight. section, that is their prerogative. They sponsor a variety of books It is a bit sad that some peowhich discuss the science and ple are convinced that Huckleconditions surrounding homoberry Finn should not be allowed sexuality. These books, according in schools, and we do need to to the group, rarely show up on commemorate the fact that we library shelves. are free. The group thinks these books We do need to fight true cenare being censored for their consorship from the government tent. In 2009, the director of when it comes, but we need to PFOX contacted the ALA to not jump on bandwagons when ask for their assistance in getting they sound good or give up the word out about the censorcommon sense in the pursuit of ship. fighting an enemy that may or The ALA responded that their “diversity policy spoke for may not be there.
nLetters to the editor I am a senior here at MSU, social work major, and I have been here all four years and have never really read the Wichitan. I have done what most students do - glance at it for about 30 seconds in hopes of something interesting and then throw it away. But last week’s issue with the “How To Get A Job” article was
a surprise. Almost everyone in all of my classes has been talking about the article and how interesting, helpful and cool it was to read. One of my friends said that it looked like something that would be in a magazine. Note this has NEVER happened before where I walk into class and people are talking about the newspaper. So I am
sending this in hopes that your newspaper puts more articles such as this one in your paper. A “How To” every week would be so cool to read! So if Brittney Cottingham reads this, kudos girl on making something that students actually WANT to read! - Susie Santos, senior
Not sure who will read this, but my friend told me she spoke to someone from The Wichitan through e-mail about the “How To Get A Job” article the newspaper did. She said that y’all would like feedback in hopes of more articles like that one. So here I am. I loved the article. I am a transfer student and at my old school they had more of a newsmagazine and the students really enjoyed that.
Here, you have a newspaper, which is fine but I feel like if it had more “magazine style” articles from time to time your newspaper would get more readers. My college newsmagazine had How To’s, Top 5 lists, advice and little short and simple things. That is what I think students actually have the time and interest to read. The HTGAJ article was very much like the types of stories that my old college had. Your
newspaper has a lot of text. Sometimes, too much. But I also get that you have to put in the news for staff and faculty, but it isn’t right to neglect the students. I would love to see a “how to” every week or every other week as long as the writers keeps it new and fresh! Not sure if any of my suggestions will be taken seriously, but I can say I tried to give my opinion. - Carla Duggal
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DRUNK SEX..................................................................................................................................continued from page 1 dom hook up,” senior Mark Stephens said. “Being in [Kappa Sigma] I’m happy that they choose to have these discussions because it allows our new guys to get another point of view instead of us just telling them right from wrong.” Many Greek students were present for the discussion. According to Coordinator of Greek Life, Kevin Bazner, Greek students are encouraged to attend events like this, not only to help with the education of their members but also to challenge them to become leaders to help eliminate situations like the one that was discussed at the presentation. “If we want to change the negative stereotypes associated with collegiate alcohol consumption and create a culture of positive and responsible alcohol consumption, we need to continue to have the dialogue throughout the year and not just the night of the event,” Bazner said. Some students admitted that the world they live in embraces this casual commitment-free “hook up” culture. Stephens suggests that drinking and sex go hand in hand on a college campus. “Random hook-ups are so popular in this generation because sex is more acceptable now,” senior Cambria Jones said. “Sex is everywhere in the media. More people in this generation are comfortable with their sexuality; it is not something that our generation is generally ashamed of.” Junior Nicole Barron described the terms “hooking up” as a commonly used term that means sex. While senior Seth Couch says it differs among orientations and gender but Sokolow wants to challenge the hook up culture where drunken sex is unquestioned. “If that’s a norm, it’s a norm we should be challenging, not accepting,” Sokolow said. “I hope students gain a better ability to reflect on their choices, make smarter decisions, and have a little insight into predatory behaviors that most people don’t see as predatory.” Freshmen Elena Zotz says that she learned a lot from the event. Even though she doesn’t drink, she found it interesting how many col-
lege students actually precipitate in the drinking and party social scene. “Every time the speaker would say words like jello shot or Everclear the room erupted in laughs and whispers,” Zotz said. “That is a testament alone to how our generation is.” The fast-paced discussions covered a large range of topics including blackouts, incapacitation, consent, Texas laws on rape and sexual assault and questioned exactly when drunken sex crosses the line. Sokolow says that the biggest misconception, without a doubt, is that many people think rape is the result of a miscommunication, rather than the result of careful planning and opportunistic predation by a person who is repeat perpetrator with many victims. At the end of the discussion, the crowd voted guilty or not guilty. It was spilt down the middle. Sokolow then revealed the actual verdict from the case 13 years ago: guilty. Todd was convicted of sexual assault in the second degree and spent 18 months in jail. When he was released he had to register as a Third Tier Felony sex offender. Amy dropped out of school, attempting suicide twice. She also received close to $1 million dollars in a settlement, but refused the money. After the event, Jones and Stephens walked away with different lessons learned. Jones said she now understands that she must always be in control of her actions. Stephens explained that he has always known the difference between right and wrong when it comes to drunken hook-ups but he hopes guys who didn’t know learn from Todd and Amy’s story. “Drunk sex has become acceptable in our society mostly due to the desensitization of sex in general that we receive from the media and our peers,” Couch said. “The significance or severity of sex and its consequences has been down played so much. Without bringing attention to this mat- Brett Sokolow directs a presentation about the ter, it simply gets swept under the rug and never dangers of date rape and drunk sex Thursday gets addressed or dealt with.” night in CSC. (Photo by Kassie Bruton)
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were stacked in Gold Team’s favor. They brought 12 people to the fight, whereas Shaffer’s team, the Gators, had only seven. “They’ve got more people, but we’ve got more experience,” Shaffer said at the beginning of the war. But Alpha’s experience couldn’t earn it a win despite the numbers. The winners of the tantalizing, foam-fought match: Gold Team. By a landslide. The team fought in a fashion any 11-year-old boy would be envious of. They got big guns with tons of rounds and marched en masse to Alpha’s side. It wasn’t really a fair fight. Both teams agreed the match could have been fairer in a more closed-off venue, where Alpha could have exercised some guerilla warfare tactics. But they had already tried MSU residents gun each other down on the that once, and the hall direc- Quad as part of the NERF war. (Photo by Chris tor in Peirce didn’t really like a Collins) bunch of guys running hilly-nilShaffer plans to hold another NERF ly throughout every floor of the building war Friday. He’ll call for a cease-fire in with fake guns. October. Which is understandable. center is losing $120,000 a year because a loan for renovation on the building was refinanced at a lower interest rate but for a shorter term. Lamb said President Jesse Rogers will address the SGA next week to ask that students shoulder the burden because of financial shortfalls across the university. Lamb said the electrical system could fail any time, or it could operate two or three more years. Meanwhile, the roof has been patched and those repairs are good for about five years. After that, the roof will need to be replaced, he said. “The Student Center right now needs some major electrical upgrades,” Lamb said. “When they renovated the building 12 years ago, they really didn’t touch the electrical system. We are at risk right now for catastrophic electrical failure in that building. There’s no risk of a fire or anything like that, but the electrical system panels are so old, and they’re kind of on the fringe.”
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bases covered.” People familiar with the band have definitely heard their “dueling banjos” piece, a number taken straight from the script of Deliverance and pumped up with a lot of musicality. But this isn’t going to be like that. No, sir, Landsberg said. Almost everything played on Thursday will be original material. “It’s never the same show twice,” he said. “We feel out the vibes of the audience and we cater our performances to the audiences.” He said the band plays Americanstyled music with European influences. He hopes the music will be received as “contemporary folk art.” Landsberg joined the Jens and Uwe Kruger. The German-born brothers came from a musical family and have been singing and playing since they were young. After a divorce from his wife, Landsberg ended up in Switzerland, where the Kruger brothers had begun to make a name for themselves. He moved to the country in 1989 and joined the group in 1995. Jens, the banjo player, is the “harmonic chief ” of the band, as Landsberg put it. Uwe, a guitarist, is more involved in lyric writing, though everyone contributes to the songwriting process.
The Kruger Brothers perform their special brand of American folk music during a tour of Europe. (Photo courtesy)
“It’s a collaborative effort,” Lands“We’re southern by choice,” Landsberg said. berg said. Altogether the group has produced about 12 albums. They moved The Diocese of Fort Worth of The Episcopal Church USA has travel t o scholarship money to send two MSU students from the North Diocese to the 2010 Gather Around the Table conference for Carolina in Episcopal college students in Estes Park, Colorado, 2003.
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An electrical failure this last spring brought the age and condition of the switch to our attention,” Lamb said. “As there are no replacement parts, the entire switch needs to be replaced.” The fee increase “would cover the cost of the electrical system and any roof work necessary until such time that we have the funds to replace,” Lamb said. In 2002, the Student Center Fee was $15 per student per semester and was raised sometime that year to the $35 fee the university currently charges. The fee has reached its cap and cannot be raised without the SGA first agreeing to it. It would then require a student body vote. After that, the Board of Regents would have to approve it. It would finally go to the Texas Legislature in the spring for approval. “I want to make sure we’re transparent in the process and… understand why we feel we have to increase this fee,” Lamb said. Through a long-winded explanation, Lamb said the student
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Late night ceramics class for new and continuing education students Chris Collins Managing Editor
It’s usually pretty quiet on Monday nights in the Fain Fine Arts art building. But last Monday there was some ruckus coming from the ceramics room, the workspace of Steve Hilton, assistant professor of ceramics. The cause of the noise: a latenight ceramics class that many students don’t know exists. But it looked like the seven or eight people in the room, who were bantering back and forth, listening to music and talking, were having a pretty good time. “It’s been a blast,” said Pamela Moller, a professional artist living in Wichita Falls and a student in Hilton’s course. The continuing education classes have enjoyed upwards of
20 students in past years. This year enrollment is at about 10. The cost for the course is $350 per semester. That pays for instruction, clay, glaze and sometimes food. The money from the course goes into the ceramics department’s coffers. It pays for a kiln (to heat the clay) and a mixer. This summer it paid to put a roof over the outside, southfacing area of the building. The money has also paid for visiting artists in the department. Hilton said he got the idea to host the classes because community members were displaying interest in taking a ceramics course. But when he began teaching the courses 3 years ago, only one person came. When he invited Moller, however, the students came in droves. “She got us a bunch of students,” Hilton said. “She’s the only person in Wichita Falls
who makes a living making art. If it weren’t for Pam, the program would have never gotten off the ground.” Moller, a middle-aged woman with a playful personality, started taking the class in 2007. Even though she is just a student in the course, Moller’s expertise with ceramics would make her a shoe-in as an instructor. “I wanted to take a class and I was excited,” Moller said. “What you saw is what you got, which was refreshing as hell. This is a great service.” Moller earned her bachelor’s degree from MSU in 1980 in ceramics and painting. “I’m really more of a mother,” she said. KyoungHwa Oh, a South Korean resident artist at MSU, has also been helping Moller and Hilton teach the continuing education classes. The artist earned her bach-
elor’s in fine arts in 2004 from Washburn University in Topeka and her master’s in fine arts for ceramics in 2008 from Southern Illinois University. She said she has been improving her own art by teaching others since she was invited to teach here by Hilton in Fall 2009. She thinks coming from an Eastern culture could be beneficial for students. “My cultural background is different, so I can teach a different way to students,” she said. She will be helping with the classes until at least next December. “I like the company and I like to make stuff,” said Sandy McElvain, an education diagnostician for the WFISD. The MSU graduate with a master’s degree in special education has been attending Hilton’s classes since 2007.
KyoungHwa Oh helps continuing students in evening caramics class. (Photos by Hannah Hofmann and Chris Collins)
MARKETING................................................................................................................................................................................................continued from page 1 tackle it. They’re ready to roll up their sleeves and get to work as a team.” But wait, there’s more! Chevrolet hired a documentary crew to film the project. The film will be given to MSU TV-2 at some point in the semester to air for a broadcast. The crew, alongside Forrester, sat in on the Hoegger’s class Tuesday. MAG has been asked to invent a marketing plan that combines various media: traditional media, such as TV, newspaper or radio, and contemporary media, such as social networking sites, events and promotions. Students proposed that RRC use newer media outlets to advertise instead of just utilizing the traditional ones. “It’s all they know,” one student said in class. “But it works,” another student said. “If it didn’t I’m sure they wouldn’t keep doing it.”
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Still, MAG is concerned that traditional media won’t reach the college-aged students as effectively as advertising via Facebook or Foursquare would. “The older we get, we get in this comfort zone,” Hoegger said. “Sometimes we don’t want to put that toe over the line to try something new. But we are in unique, tumultuous times. We have to speed these guys up.” Lenny Benton, a student in the marketing class, said the group wants to inspire creative thoughts. “We don’t want to be stale and repeat what’s already been done for generations,” he said. “We’re looking at social media and more participation among consumers.” “If you had $50,000, how would you use it to sell the Cruze to your friends?” was one of the questions Chevrolet officials posed to MAG. The students already have
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some ideas. They plan to display the car in front of Starbucks, MSU football games, at the corner of Kemp and Kell, at bus stops and at high school sporting events. “Everybody buys an automobile for different reasons,” Hoegger said. “Some people just buy it to get from point A to point B. Price means a lot to them, but looks really don’t. I’m married to one of those people.” But she recognizes that a lot of other factors – especially for college students – play a big role in car-buying decisions, even if it’s their parents who are usually buying the vehicles. To MAG, the most important traits in a vehicle are the interior and exterior, fuel economy, reliability and trunk space. Bluetooth capability and GPS functions are also important. Hoegger said the project will help students by giving them real-world marketing experi-
ence, by boosting their resumes, and by gaining them crucial connections in the business world. “Everyone should have goto people,” she said. “This is the
class where you’re going to meet them.” “We’re trying to look for innovative ways to market this product,” said Forrester, who
just earned in master’s in business administration from MSU in 2009. “This will bring real-life experiences to the students.”
Students get a first glimspe of the new car they will be marketing for a class project. (Photo by Chris Collins)
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‘Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps’ a big snooze Kenneth Turan MCT
Greed may be good, as Gordon Gekko insisted once upon a time, but evil pays the bills, at least as far as “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps” is concerned. The best parts of this unfocused, erratic, downright messy sequel are the moments when the bad people take center stage. So let’s hear it for Josh Brolin’s Bretton (don’t even think of calling him Bret) James, an investment banker with “an ego the size of Antarctica.” And some applause for the fearless 94-year-old Eli Wallach’s Julie Steinhardt, terrifying when he makes eccentric bird noises and talks about the crash of ‘29 and the end of the world. And we can’t forget Michael Douglas as Gekko Redux, at least in those moments when the film allows him to be as bad as he ought to be. For this version of “Wall Street” can’t make up its mind if Gekko is the bad-to-the-bone Lizard King he once was or someone who’s seen the light, thank you very much, and is on the road to redemption. Or maybe he’s both. The trouble is, this is not an involving enough enterprise for us to work up the energy to care. As directed by a returning Oliver Stone and written by Allan Loeb and Stephen Schiff, “Wall Street” similarly can’t decide if it’s a revenge melodrama, an attack on aberrant Wall Street financial practices, an infomercial for hydrogen fusion or, that true Oliver Stone rarity, a touching romance. The film has more moving parts than a pricey Rolex, and they are not all in sync. The nominal excuse for this sequel is a chance to deal with the factors that caused the recent global meltdown. But though the characters glibly throw around terms like “credit default swaps” and “toxic subprime debt,” the words are just window dressing to give this pulpy venture an air of relevance it really doesn’t have. Though it doesn’t always know how to use him, “Wall Street’s” biggest asset, as always, is Douglas’ Gekko, reintroduced getting out of prison in 2001 and getting reacquainted with an old mobile phone the size of a cinder block. Times have changed, Mr. G, get with the program or be left behind. Looking grizzled as well as charismatic, like a street person turned nightclub impresario, Douglas is always fun to watch, and he brings considerable brio to the film as Gekko tries to reinvent himself as, of all things, a celebrity writer and all-around prophet of fiscal doom. Unfortunately, Gekko is gone from the screen for big chunks of this “Wall Street” and has to share billing and face time with his coprotagonists, a young hotshot trader named Jake Moore, played by Shia LaBeouf, who just happens to live with GG’s estranged daughter, played by Carey Mulligan. Director Stone has said that LaBeouf reminds him of a young Tom Cruise, but it is unlikely anyone else will see the resemblance. Though the film is at pains to paint his character as one tough hombre, complete with motorcycle-riding chops, Jake comes off more like a striving pipsqueak than a presence to be respected. That central weakness creates a black hole in the film that sucks a lot of energy out of the proceedings. Especially hampered is Mulligan, so luminous in “Never Let Me Go” and so altered here. Yes, it can’t be much fun to be both the Gekkster’s daughter and the head of a liberal website, but it’s too bad the film seems to mandate that Winnie Gekko almost never has a nice day.
Shia LaBeouf v. Michael Douglas Lauren Wood Entertainment Editor
Shia LaBeouf began his comedy career when he was 10 years old, and then launched his acting career in 1998 at the age of 12. He became known among younger audiences for his part in the Disney Channel series “Even Stevens,” also appearing in three Disney TV movies. In 2003, LaBeouf made his theatrical film debut in “Holes,” also appearing in the lead role in “The Battle of Shaker Heights” that same year. In 2005, LaBeouf made his transition into more mature roles with “The Greatest Game Ever Played.” In 2007, he starred as the leads in “Disturbia”and “Transformers,” and the following year he appeared in “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” as Indiana’s son. In 2009, LaBeouf reprised his role as Sam Witwicky in the “Transformers” sequel “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen,” and appeared in “New York, I Love You.” His upcoming films include the lead roles in “Transformers 3” and “The Associate.” “Wall Street’s” plot, such as it is, has young Jake seeking out Gekko as a mentor after his original father figure, an old-school investment banker named Louis Zabel (a pleasantly energetic performance from Frank Langella) meets an unfortunate end that Jake wants to avenge. Gekko agrees, but, like every devil, he has his price: He wants Jake to clandestinely help him engineer a rapprochement with the glum Winnie, who has written her dad out of her life and has no interest in letting him back in.
Michael Douglas is an actor and producer, primarily in movies and television. This 66-year-old actor has won three Golden Globes and two Academy Awards, first as producer of 1975’s Best Picture, “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” and as Best Actor in 1987 for his role in “Wall Street.” Douglas’s acting career propelled to fame when he starred in the 1984 romantic adventure comedy “Romancing the Stone.” 1987 gave Douglas more hits, when he starred in the thriller “Fatal Attraction” with Glenn Close. In 1992, Douglas had another successful starring role when he appeared alongside Sharon Stone in the film “Basic Instinct.” In 1994, Douglas and Demi Moore starred in the hit movie “Disclosure” focusing on the topic of sexual harassment with Douglas playing a man harassed by his new female boss. In 2003, Douglas starred in “It Runs in the Family,” which featured three generations of his family (his father, Kirk; and his son, Cameron). Douglas is recovering from throat cancer, but is said to start work on a new film “Haywire” soon.
As if that wasn’t enough to keep our young man busy, he’s also trying to keep afloat both a hydrogen fusion enterprise headed by the worried Dr. Masters (a miscast Austin Pendleton) and his own spendthrift mother (a badly used Susan Sarandon), who has wandered unwisely into real estate speculation. So many crises, so little charisma. If the bad guys didn’t reappear with welcome regularity, “Money Never Sleeps” would be even more of a snooze than it already is.
Thrills, chills and terror – oh, my! Lauren Wood Entertainment Editor
and decides to take her in herself until the right foster family comes along. But she soon learns As fall approaches, that Lilith isn’t as innocent as Hollywood dishes out more she seems. thriller and horror flicks to “Let Me In” frighten audiences. Starring: Kodi Smit-McPhee, Horror film buffs will have Chloe Grace Moretz, Richard their fill of movies by the end of Jenkins, Elias Koteas, Cara this season with the many new Buono, Sasha Barrese releases soon to hit theaters. Twelve-year old Owen Throughout the month of (Smit-McPhee) is viciously October audiences can expect bullied by his classmates and another addition to the “Saw” neglected by his divorcing series, a sequel to the blockbuster parents. His only friend is his hit “Paranormal Activity 2” and new neighbor Abby (Moretz), other spine-tingling thrillers. an eerily self-possessed young October 1 girl who lives next door with “Case 39” her silent father. Recognizing a Starring: Renee Zellweger, fellow outcast, Owen opens up Ian McShane, Bradley Cooper, to her and before long, the two Jodelle Ferland, Adrian Lester have formed a unique bond. Family services social worker When a string of grisly murders Emily Jenkins (Zellweger) thinks puts the town on high alert, she has seen it all until she meets Abby’s father disappears, and her newest, most mysterious the terrified girl is left to fend case, troubled 10-year old Lilith for herself. Still, she repeatedly Sullivan (Ferland). Emily’s worst rebuffs Owen’s efforts to help fears are confirmed when the her and her increasingly bizarre parents try to kill Lilith, their behavior leads the imaginative only daughter. Emily saves her Owen to suspect she’s hiding an
unthinkable secret. This is a remake of the Swedish movie “Let The Right One In,” which was a movie adaptation of a book. It is portrayed as a story of innocent love entangled in murder, mystery and horror. October 8 “My Soul to Take” Starring: Max Thieriot, Denzel Whitaker, John Magaro, Shareeka Epps, Emily Meade Directed by horror legend, Wes Craven, the film tells the legend of a serial killer who swore he would return to murder the seven children born the night he died. Now, 16 years later, people are disappearing again. The audience is left to wonder if the psychopath was reincarnated as one of the seven teens, or did he survive the night he was left for dead. Only one of the kids knows the answer. Adam “Bug” Heller was supposed to die on the bloody night his father went insane. Unaware of his dad’s terrifying crimes, he has been plagued by nightmares since he was a baby. But if Bug hopes
to save his friends from the monster that’s returned, he must face an evil that won’t rest, until it finishes the job it began the day he was born. October 22 “Paranormal Activity 2” Not much has been released on this terrifying sequel. Spooky hauntings are once again the focus in this Paramount Pictures follow-up to Oren Peli’s wildly successful supernatural thriller, “Paranormal Activity.” Kip Williams directs from a script by Michael Perry. October 29 “Saw 3D” Starring: Tobin Bell, Cary Elwes, Costas Mandylor, Sean Patrick Flanery, Betsy Russell In the seventh addition to the gruesome “Saw” series, a deadly battle rages over Jigsaw’s brutal legacy. A group of Jigsaw survivors gather to seek the support of self-help guru and fellow survivor Bobby Dagen (Flanery), but a man whose own dark secrets unleashes a new wave of terror.
Below: Max Thieriot stars in “My Soul to Take” as the son of a terrifying killer. Above: Renee Zellweger plays a social worker who takes a case that might not be for the best. Left: Kodi SmitMcPhee and Chloe Moretz play friends in “Let Me In.” (Photo Courtesy)
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25 Years of Falls Fun FallsFest celebrates silver anniversary of family fun and musical festivities Brittany Norman Editor in Chief
Above: Local band Twicebroken livened up the crowd Saturday night wih their classic rock tunes. Left: Creedence Clearwater Revisted played orignial hits like “Suzie Q” and “Even Seen the Rain,” by the original band Creedence Clearwater Revival. Below: Cross Canadian Ragweed performed Friday for the last time. The band has decided to take a break from the stage for the time being. (Photos by: Brittany Norman)
With performances from Cross Canadian Ragweed and Creedence Clearwater Revisited, the FallsFest main stage was all about CCR. Gray skies threatened to rain out the Cross Canadian Ragweed concert on Friday, just like the last time the Oklahoma Red Dirt band was booked for the 25th annual festival in Lucy Park. This time, the rain held off long enough for a record breaking crowd of thousands to gather for the concert. Anticipation probably had a lot to do with it. Cross Canadian Ragweed hadn’t played in Wichita Falls in years, and fans knew this might be the last opportunity to see the band all together. In May, the band announced that they would be taking an indefinite break from life on the road. Their last show is scheduled for December in Austin. Wichita Falls gave the Boys from Oklahoma a fitting sendoff with a little help from opening act, Wichita Falls’ own Johnny Cooper. Cooper has strayed a bit from his Texas country roots, incorporating a wider range of influences into his sets. Sometimes he seems to channel Dave Matthews, other times Mike McClure, but he threw in more surprises as well. He performed a snippet of Kanye West’s “Gold Digger” as he launched into his hit single “Devil Woman,” and played Michael Jackson’s “The Way You Make Me Feel” in its entirety. He didn’t have MJ’s moves, but Cooper and his band pulled the cover off in a way most Texas bands wouldn’t have been able to. Cross Canadian Ragweed was a little late taking the stage, but the crowd didn’t seem to mind. Cody Canada and his band got a loud and rowdy welcome from the audience. They kicked off the show with “Dimebag” and continued through all the must-play songs in their repertoire, built up over the past 15 years on the road. The audience partied, danced and sang along with every song. It was a fitting way to help close out an era in Red Dirt music. The turnout was a little smaller on Saturday, but thousands of enthusiastic classic rock fans gathered around the stage to hear Creedence Clearwater Revisited. They aren’t just a cover band for Creedence Clearwater Revival – Stu Cook and Doug “Cosmo” Clifford, the original CCR bassist and drummer, keep the group true to its roots. Vocalist John Tristao provided the raspy vocals fans of the original band were expecting. The crowd sang along as Creedence Clearwater Revisited played all the original band’s hits: “Suzie Q,” “Have You Ever Seen the Rain,” “Bad Moon Rising,” “Travelin’ Band” and “Proud Mary.” The classic rockers put together a strong show without any real weaknesses, but their opening act was hard to follow. Local band Twicebroken woke up the audience with a powerful hourlong set. Front man Aaron Mullin proved his versatility with a voice that can work the ballads as well as edgy and upbeat tracks. It’s easy to see why the band’s success is spreading beyond their North Texas home base. Their music is accessible enough to appeal to a broad range of listeners, but edgy enough to avoid becoming a cliche. Many in the audience knew the band well enough to sing along with their original songs. Darren Davis’ guitar work brought the crowd to its feet several times and made the show truly great.
New on DVD: ‘Get Him to the Greek’ Jonah Hill and Russell Brand reunite with the director of “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” in this outrageous comedy about Aaron Green (Hill), an aspiring music executive, who has 72 hours to deliver the wild rock legend, Aldous Snow (Brand), from London to Los Angeles for a comeback concert. In order to keep his job, Aaron must navigate a minefield of mayhem and debauchery to get Snow to the world famous Greek Theatre on time. Sean Combs stars as Aaron’s boss and offers racist and raunchy advice and oneliners throughout the film. As the countdown to the concert begins, Aaron must navigate a minefield of London drug smugglers, New York City brawls and Vegas lap dances to deliver his charge safe and sound. He may have to coax, lie to, enable and party with Aldous, but he will get him to the Greek.
DVD released: September 28, 2010 Genres: Comedy Running Time: 1 hour 50 minutes Rating: R for strong sexual content and drug use throughout, and pervasive language Starring: Jonah Hill, Russell Brand, Sean Combs, Rose Byrne
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On Deck This Week n FRIDAY: oct. 1 soccer: women’s @ northeastern state, 4 p.m. mens @ texas a&m international, 7 p.m.
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Soccer teams trample foes Andre Gonzalez Sports Editor
There was no upset this past weekend as the men’s and women’s soccer teams both took victories on the home field and on the road. First, this past Friday, the men’s team competed against Texas-Permian Basin to win in a blowout score of 5-0. UTPB has remained winless since the start of their season. Junior forward Tex McCullough gave the Mustangs their first two goals. He received an assist from junior midfielder Nathan Fitzgerald 10 minutes into the game, then scored unassisted in the 28th minute, making his third goal for the season. MSU continued to work the Cardinals down in the 2nd half as senior midfielder Paulo Teixeira caught an assist by junior midfielder Casey Hibbs in the 52nd minute. Senior defender/midfielder Landon Fruge’ gave an assist through ball to junior defender Ryan Spence to make his second goal of the season. Wrapping up the score for the Mustangs was freshman forward Chad Caldwell, who caught a corner kick 12 yards away from junior midfielder Dean Lovegrove. The Mustangs have improved to 6-0 for the season, while UTPB fell 0-7. MSU takes on Texas A&M International this Friday in Laredo. This will be the second time they have played the Dustdevils. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. The No. 25 women’s team faced off against Abilene Christian University for the Lone Star Conference opener this past Friday, but due to bad weather they were forced to postpone the game until Sunday afternoon. Head soccer coach Jeff Trimble said the team was forced to sit in a gymnasium for two hours before the game was finally called off. “It’s one of those things that scare you as a coach,” Trimble said. MSU ended up taming the Wildcats at an overall score of 2-1. ACU shot the first goal as Andrea Carpenter caught an assist from Julie Coppedge in the 5th
The women’s soccer team prepares to go on the road against Northeastern State on Friday.
minute of the first half. “We came out kind of flat, but we continued to play better and better as the game went on,” Trimble said. MSU tied up the game in the 20th minute when junior midfielder Heidi Avila assisted to junior forward Kelsey Hill giving MSU their first goal of the game. The game remained tied for the first half and most of the second half before freshman forward Mickey Brown put the Mustangs in the lead dur-
ing the 71st minute, scoring her third goal for the season and the last for the game. “It was a big win. I’ll be honest, Abilene Christian is a good program,” Trimble said. “For us to have to play there for the first conference game, it was kind of a scary thing.” MSU women’s soccer continues this Friday as they play against Northeastern State in Tahlequah, Okla. and back at the home field on Sunday against East Central, Okla. Kickoffs are set for 4 p.m. and noon, respectively.
After the Mustangs ruffled the Cardinal’s feathers, they continued to do the same on Saturday afternoon against Texas A&M-Kingsville. MSU hitched out the Javelinas 3-0 (25-22, 2520, 25-21) to push themselves at 3-1 in the Lone Star Conference. Jordan was at it again to make the majority of digs as she totaled in at 19, as was Westerman on the assists, the Kansas native contributed 27 of them out of the team’s total of 30. The Mustangs had a total of 12 blocks, senior middle blocker Lauren Bayer gave six of those. Senior opposite hitter Karolina Damjanovic made four of the team’s blocks while also pulling nine kills to make a .400 killing percentage.
Junior outside hitter Miranda Byrd was still recovering from her ankle injury two weeks before. Head volleyball coach Venera Flores-Stafford said she thought the team had played very well. “It gave an opportunity for Byrd to help heal her ankle, now we have a week off with non conference matches,” Flores-Stafford said. “That again will give her an opportunity to get healed before we go on the road to Eastern New Mexico and West Texas (A&M).” Next, MSU takes on St. Mary’s and Oklahoma Baptist this Saturday in the Southeastern Crossover in Durant, Okla. Games are to take place at 4 p.m. and 6 p.m., respectively.
Volleyball team digs double grave Andre Gonzalez Sports Editor
Tolu Agunbiade For the Wichitan The fighters touch gloves. The guy in the white shorts throws a jab that is quickly answered by a jab from the guy in the black shorts. The guy in black, Trey Mendoza, a sophomore here at MSU, then delivers a hard left jab, then right hook to his opponent’s jaw, pushing him back into the cage. Mendoza follows this up with a hard right kick to his opponent’s outter thigh and weaves out avoiding a vicious over-hand right. This was the start of the second round of Trey Mendoza vs Anthony Hiliard at a live cage fighting event at the Fire Lake Casino in Shawnee, Okla. Saturday, held by the Freestyle Cage Fighting organization. You can find a video of this fight on my YouTube channel, babatolu. It was an all-out battle. There were knees, takedowns, hard kicks and punches, a lot of heart and an entertaining showcase of skill. There is nothing like live cage fights. They are highly exciting, motivational and inspirational. There were 12 fights total this weekend: eight amateur and four pro fights. Matt Grice vs Thomas Shulte was Saturday’s main event. Grice won by TKO (technical knockout). He dropped Shulte with a knee to the head and then swarmed over him with a barrage of punches. The referee stopped the fight. Grice has a record of 12-3, four of which were fought in the UFC. Jake Shields, the Strikeforce Middleweight Champion, was a special guest at this event. He has not lost a fight since 2004, has a professional record of 25-3, and is on a 14-fight winning streak. His UFC debut will be against Martin Kampmann Oct. 23. Shields said his strategy for the upcoming fight is to take Kampmann to the ground and finish him. When asked what it was like to be “big time”, in Strikeforce and the UFC, he said it was awesome. “It used to be a hobby, and now I love doing what I enjoy as a job.”
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The MSU volleyball team jumped ahead with two victories this past week, pushing their record at 8-6. This past Thursday, the Mustangs had the last word as they faced off against Incarnate Word and earned the victory at 3-1 (25-14, 23-25, 25-20, 2624). Junior outside hitter Hillary White and freshman middle blocker Caitlin Wallace copped a total of 14 kills each, while sophomore outside hitter Shelbi Stewart landed herself nine kills. Wallace also accounted for an outstanding .500 hitting percentage after committing only one error in her 26 attempts. Junior setter Taryn Westerman contributed a total amount of 50 assists for the Mustangs. The team had an overall amount of 81 digs, junior libero Kiara Jordan claimed 28 of those which helped knock down Incarnate Word to a .127 hitting percentage. The team had a total of 10 blocks.
MSU volleyball player Lauren Bayer cheers on team mate Hillary White. (Photo by Kassie Bruton)
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MSU cycling team wins silver
Loren Eggenschwiler For The Wichitan
It was a great week for the MSU cycling team as they took Indianapolis by storm. MSU took eight men and four women to Indiana for the Collegiate Track National Championships Sept. 21st. The team arrived the 22nd, just in time for the rain to dry and give racers a chance to stretch out a two day bus trip. Events began on the morning of the 23rd at the Major Taylor Velodrome. It was a slow start for MSU with Jen Purcell taking the first medal. Purcell took 4th place for the women’s 3K Pursuit. The morning session also had the men’s pursuits. The afternoon session held the men’s one-kilometer and women’s 500 meter races. The 24th was a very busy day
for MSU. The men started off with 200 meter sprint qualifiers, then the women’s pursuit team, Purcell, Claire Routledge, Natalie Klemko and Loren Eggenschwiler, took silver just behind Marian University, the host school. Matthew Fox continued sprints through the morning session and afternoon as well. Fox took 6th for the sprints. Next were the co-ed team sprints. Routledge, Klemko, Fox, Danny Robertson, Jason Short and Josh Carter were able to take 2nd again. Purcell and Klemko moved on to the women’s points race where Klemko stayed to the front taking points for the first half. Purcell then took over and took a gapped lead, which she kept until the finish. Purcell and Klemko took 2nd and 4th, respectively.
The 25th was day three and the final day for the championships. The women started the morning with 200 meter qualifiers. The men’s team pursuit, Short, Robertson, Fox and Carter, took 7th. Routledge, Klemko and Purcell continued with sprints before the lunch break, while Purcell and Routledge continued in the sprints after the break. Unfortunately they had to compete against each other, but both were able to make the podium. Purcell took gold and Routledge took bronze. Fox and Carter made it into the finals for the men’s points race, where Carter took 8th. Purcell took six medals total for the weekend and all the success helped her take 1st overall for the women. MSU came in 2nd place as a team for division one.
Above: MSU Team Arrow took silver overall at the 2010 Collegiate National Track Championships. Right: Loren Eggenschwiler, Natalie Klemko, Claire Routledge and Jen Purcell get ready for the women’s 5K pursuit, in which the team took silver. Upper Right: Jen Purcell leads the group during the last 30 laps on the track. (Photos by Loren Eggenschwiler)
Cross country takes first place Andre Gonzalez Sports Editor
The No. 3 MSU cross country team ran their way to take the 1st place title this past Saturday at the Oklahoma State Cowboy Jamboree in Stillwater. The 74th annual event was a
5K (approximately 3.1 miles) run where Mustang runners proudly beat 29 other schools, taking a college division title home with them. Junior Brissia Montalvo completed the course in a time of 18:52.93, to finish first for MSU and 4th overall. Next, senior Sydnee Cole finished the
race at 19:17.42, to place 2nd for the Mustangs and 8th overall. Freshmen Ashley Flores (19:21.46/10th) and Janel Campbell (19:24.86/11th) finished the group in the top 11. Finishing a second apart from each other were sophomore Heather Owens (20:11.86/34th) and freshman Cara Mack
(20:12.70/35th). Other MSU runners included sophomore Melody Caldwell (20:41.05/58th) and senior Bailey Dulaney (21:34.41/106th). The team will get a break this week, but they will compete in the ACU Naimadu Collegiate Classic on Oct. 9 in Abilene.
At the Oklahoma State Cowboy Jamboree, MSU Cross Country took first place with their next event in Abilene. (Photos from The MSU Cross Country Stampede by Kassie Bruton)