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Eastfield College

Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Volume 46, Issue 1

CULTURE SHOCKED Catcalls, sexist images, vulgar chants, date rape, victim-blaming.

Welcome to college life in 2014. ➤ Pages 8-9

Student raped on campus

Employee charged with sexually assaulting an 18-year-old student in a music practice room. ➤ Page 2

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Calendar September/October

Tue

“Basic Essay Writing Using Math to Write the Perfect Essay” will be presented by professor John Garcia from 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. in L-208.

Students will learn how to organize and write the perfect academic essay by following the “rule of three.”

Thu

The annual Eastfield Carnival will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in C-135.

Come by for free food, prizes and games.

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Having trouble with college algebra? Professor Alla Kelman will review polynomials from 2:30-4 p.m. in L-208.

Fri

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The Eastfield Accounting Club and the Office of Student Life will host a Reality Fair from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Pit. Learn about financial literacy and budgeting on a student’s income.

Mon

Eastfield Health Week begins with a volleyball event hosted by coach Brandon Crisp and a track event hosted by coach Bob Flickner.

Tue

Librarian Judy Wayne presents “PowerPoint Basics,” a workshop covering key essentials about Microsoft PowerPoint. It will be held from 2:30-3:30 p.m. in L-108C.

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Health Week continues with a baseball event and a nutrition presentation led by Dr. Deema Hussein.

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Health Week activities include a weight room event conducted by coach Mike Henry and a proper workout clothing and preparation event by coach Dustin Stein.

“Presenting with PowerPoint” in L-208 from 12:30-3:30 p.m. will teach students how to create PowerPoint presentations that inform and entertain.

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Student raped in Eastfield music room

By Clay Gibson etc4640@dcccd.edu

An 18-year-old Eastfield student was raped on campus earlier this month by a college employee, according to Mesquite police.

Jarvis LaCharles Pearce, 23, of Cedar Hill was arrested the same day and charged with sexual assault.

Pearce, who started working at the college in January, was immediately fired, Eastfield spokeswoman Sharon Cook said. He was also issued a criminal trespass warning to stay off the campus, said Mesquite police Sgt. Brian Parrish.

The assault occurred Sept. 4. The victim, an 18-year-old woman, said a college employee approached her as she waited for a friend’s class to end. The man offered her a tour of

the campus.

The man unlocked an unused music practice room. Once inside, the man started kissing the woman, she told police. The woman said she was scared and afraid to resist, according to police reports, and the man raped her.

Eastfield administration sent an email to faculty and staff after the arrest.

“The Mesquite Police Department is investigating an alleged sexual assault that occurred on the Eastfield College main campus Thursday, September 4 afternoon,” the message said. “The suspect is in custody. More details as they become available.”

Students interviewed by The Et Cetera said they did not receive the email.

The Jeanne Clery Act requires col-

leges to issue timely warnings about crimes that may pose threats to campus communities. Eastfield issued a timely warning about an off-campus assault that occurred two days before the rape. Some of those fliers remain posted around campus.

“The Clery Act does not require us to make a timely warning since the police took him into custody,” Cook said of the Sept. 4 incident.

After questioning from The Et Cetera, Cook sent another email to faculty and staff referencing the assault. The message, sent Sept. 18, said the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office was investigating the case.

“The alleged assailant, an Eastfield employee, was arrested and has been terminated,” the message said.

“As a result of the immediate arrest made that same day, there was not a

threat to the safety of students and employees.”

Students said they did not receive the second email, either.

Philip Dowel, a business major and vice president of the Men’s Empowerment Coalition at Eastfield, expressed concern for a lack of security on campus.

“Eastfield enrollment is higher than ever. I mean, students are parking on the grass,” he said. “There should be a better police to student ratio. It’s pretty bad, the other day, I talked to someone who just got out of jail a month ago on his way to the [campus] gym.”

Campus police will escort students and employees to their vehicles upon request.

— Sidney Murillo contributed to this report.

High school juniors start college careers early

By Clay Gibson etc4640@dcccd.edu

Eastfield is offering a new program on campus that helps high school students become assimilated into college life and achieve their dreams.

Early College started three years ago in Dallas’ Samuell High School and the first generation of students arrived on campus this semester.

The students go through the last two years of high school and the first two years of college simultaneously.

On graduation day, they can collect high school diplomas and associate’s degrees, either in arts or sciences, at the same time.

Eastfield will launch a similar partnership with Spruce High School in fall 2015.

Chris Moore, 25, the Dallas school district administrator who has an office on campus, is enthusiastic about the opportunity that DISD and DCCCD are presenting to these students.

“It’s a fantastic opportunity for students to graduate with collegiate experience,” he said.

Eastfield offers the students free tuition, and Dallas Independent School District pays for books and standardized tests.

While at Samuell, the students take Pre-AP classes and are transitioned into college-style courses.

They give up some regular high school activities such as sports.

After completing the first two

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Students from Dallas’ Samuell High School work during a recent study hall. About 100 high schoolers attend Eastfield, working toward simultaneous high school and associate’s degrees.

years at Samuel, the students come to Eastfield to take college and high school classes on campus. The 100 students in the program this year have been together for three years already and have gotten close to each other.

The students are also enthusiastic about the program. “It’s cool because I already have everything done and can get to my major faster,” said Ariella Velasquez, 16, an English major.

“It is not rushing education. It is

a good awakening to the different world outside of high school.”

While most students are scared of their new responsibilities of leaving high school behind and becoming college students so early, Job Murillo accepts the challenge ahead of him.

When asked how the added difficulty of this program compared to high school has influenced his education, he relates it to his advancement in life.

“I learn new stuff and the last cou-

ple of years have helped me realize that,” he said.

William Allen said the courses “are somewhat fast and include a lot of writing.” But although there’s additional pressure from a collegiate course load, Allen, who wants to major in sports medicine, found the transition manageable.

“Some stuff is hard,” he said, but “you get used to it and experience college sooner.”

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Teaching gave him life

School mourns beloved professor

By Braulio Tellez etc4640@dcccd.edu

Even in his final days, sick and losing his fight with cancer, philosophy and religion professor John Wadhams refused to give up teaching.

Interim dean of social sciences Mike Walker said that while in the hospital, Wadhams wanted to continue teaching and tried to come up with ways to stay in the classroom.

“He kept telling me to not take him off of the schedule, and I told him that I wouldn’t even dream of it,” Walker said.

Confined to a bed, Wadhams suggested setting up cameras around the hospital room and lecturing his class via Skype.

“He was wonderful like that. He loved teaching and he loved this college,” Walker said at Sept. 4 memorial service. “And what he loved about it was you all.”

Wadhams, a philosophy and religion professor who taught at the college for 14 years, died Aug. 26.

He previously served as president of the Faculty Association. He was 60.

Wadhams was born Oct. 22, 1954, in Pelham, N.Y. He was survived by two sons, four daughters, two grandchildren and one sister.

During his tenure at Eastfield, Wadhams put together an ethics debate team that competed in Ethics Bowls, a college bowl style competition with ethics-based questions.

In 2003, the team won the south central Texas regional and went on to the national finals.

Former dean of social sciences Richard Cin-

claire says that the ethics debate team and the drive that Wadhams had to succeed with them really spoke about his approach to life.

“When he got involved in something, he really participated,” Cinclaire said.

Wadhams also enjoyed competition outside of college. He was an avid athlete and took part in the Iron Man, a 17-hour triathlon made up of a 2.4- mile swim, 112-mile bicycle ride and a 26.2- mile marathon.

History professor Jerry Henson, who led the service attended by various faculty and staff to commemorate Wadhams, says he had a special bond with the outgoing professor.

“I considered him one of my best friends, partly because we understood each other’s strengths, as well as our weaknesses,” he said.

At the service, several professors joked and laughed about Wadhams’ personality, using the word “crotchety” to describe his demeanor.

“He was a remarkable teacher and a great intellect, but not a saint by any means,” Henson said. “He did not suffer fools gladly, and if he thought you were being foolish, he had a way of letting that be known.”

Student counselor Jeff Quan also made light of Wadhams’ strong persona but added that it was merely a coating to his sweet interior.

“Even those days when he was crotchety, and those days were many, at the heart of that was that deep love and respect for scholars and for family,” Quan said.

Colleagues emphasized Wadhams’ love for teaching and the joy he got from engaging with students and the subject he taught.

“As much as anyone I’ve ever known, he un-

Away from campus, John Wadhams enjoyed competing in triathlons.

derstood at the deepest level about human life events,” said Henson. “He fulfilled that ambition of every philosophy professor. He caused his students to think and to think deeply.”

Rudi Perez took Wadhams world religion course and says he was a great professor who provoked thought and discussion.

“When it came to challenging a student, at least as far as religion goes, he definitely did,” Perez said. “From his prospective, it was a challenge whether to believe or not believe, and he never, not even until the last day of class, told

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us if he believed in God or not. So you were not only trying to figure out the course, but him as well.”

Friend and colleague Mike Noble, an Eastfield history professor, says he will always remember the impression Wadhams left on him.

“I believed with all my heart, everyday when he was sick and up until the very day that he died that he would make it. If anyone could survive, it was John,” Noble said. “And you know what? While his body may have failed him, his spirit never did.”

Eastfield increases enrollment, other DCCCD campuses lose ground

By Robert Burns etc4640@dcccd.edu

This semester, Eastfield’s enrollment rose while the enrollment of other colleges in the district slumped.

An addtional 239 students enrolled at Eastfield in fall 2014, bringing the total to 15,073, according to the DCCCD Office of Institutional Research.

“Every year for the past four years, we have seen growth,” said Ricardo Rodriguez, executive dean of institutional research and decision support.

“Three years ago we were talking about 14,000 students; this year, we are talking about 15,000. I am thinking in three years [or] sooner, we will be talking about 16,000 students.”

The college reached its goal of 15,000 students early, originally expecting it by 2015. President Jean Conway formed a committee tasked

with increasing enrollment.

Paul Goetemiller, dean of student development and support services, said the college increased signage in and around campus, made better use of website space, purchased ads in the local Garland and Mesquite newspapers and introduced an email campaign.

“We had a number of people who had applied to the college, but hadn’t registered,” he said. “On a weekly basis we sent email blasts reminding students of the last day to register and to please come by.”

Officials also increased efforts to retain current students.

To maintain current student numbers, the staff uses the same email blast technique to remind current students to register. They also emphasize the importance of earning an associate’s degree and completing all of the core classes for students

Enrollment at DCCCD campuses fall 2013 and fall 2014

planning on transferring to four-year universities.

We have to make sure “that we

are marketing to current students as well as new students,” said Donielle Johnson, director of marketing and

educational partnership. “As the institution grows, it is always better for the students.”

Within the last year, a new department was created to help keep current students. The Office of Student Engagement and Retention, or OSER, is tasked with keeping current students enrolled and welcoming new ones.

Eastfield also has a dual-credit program that allows high school students to attend Eastfield and gain college credit before they graduate high school. Additionally, programs such as welding and auto body are drawing in large numbers.

“A lot of the technical programs are full and have been full for some time,” Goetemiller said. “And they’ve added afternoon programs as I understand. And those classes are full too. Each campus has their specialties […] but ours are booming.”

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Sci-fi novel chosen as common book

By Braulio Tellez etc4640@dcccd.edu

Tattoos and tales of interstellar travel come alive in this year’s common book.

Eastfield’s fifth annual common book is Ray Bradbury’s “The Illustrated Man,” a collection of short stories tied to a main character.

The whole college community is encouraged to read the book, and many instructors have incorporated it into their course curriculums. The common book committee has put together a series of events intended to inspire participation.

“The Illustrated Man” is about a stranger with animated tattoos covering his body. He meets the nameless narrator, who becomes curious about the tattoos.

The narrator soon learns that the tattoos were given to the illustrated man by a time-traveling woman, long since gone. As the night goes on, the tattoos come alive and tell vivid stories of martians and the follies of man’s existence with technology.

“We were looking for themes that could be used across every classroom and were not limited to just English or history,” librarian Judy Wayne said.

Wayne, a member of the common book committee, said this book is easier to write essays and build projects around than past common books.

“Conquering space and humans meeting extraterrestrials for the first time, those things are timeless,” Wayne said.

The committee has planned events tied to the book throughout the year.

This month, there was a screening of the movie “Gravity,” which was inspired by the book, and lectures by

Book Events September Wed

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The Perot Museum presents “Super Hero Science,” an indepth look into the science behind Superman’s x-ray vision and Batman’s gadgets.

The event begins at 10:10 a.m in the Performance Hall.

October Fri

The library will showcase the classic sci-fi thriller “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” at 11:15 a.m. as part of the common book film series.

Wed

A panel will discuss various ways sci-fi has inspired scientists, pop culture and authors. The discussion will be held in G-101 at 11:15 a.m.

Mon

The library will kick off its humans vs. zombies game.

It will begin Monday the 27th and end Oct. 31. Visit the library for game rules and information.

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Ray Bradbury’s “The Illustrated Man” will be the focus of various projects and essays this year.

science fiction author Eric Flint.

Dr. Lars Krutak, a Smithsonian anthropologist, will visit in November to discuss the multitude of body modifications and tattoos he has observed and studied around the world.

English professor Amanda Preston, a member of the book committee, said she is thrilled by the diverse events planned around the novel.

“The great thing is that one day we’ll have a science fiction based event, discussing the fantasies of the book, then the next will be based on science fact, covering the hard sciences that inspired the technology in the book,” Preston said.

The book is being used in various

DCCCD hikes tuition prices The Dallas County Community College District Board of Trustees raised both tuition and salaries in its 2014-15 budget.

“All of these actions are an investment in our students and in the communities that DCCCD serves,” Dr. Joe May, DCCCD’s chancellor, said in a press release.

The board increased tuition $7 per credit hour beginning in spring 2015. Officials said DCCCD tuition still ranks low – 49th lowest among two-year Texas colleges and $19 below the state average.

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Tuition rates will increase: ■from $52 per credit hour to $59 for Dallas County residents ■from $97 to $111 for out-of-district residents ■and from $153 to $174 for outof-state and out-of country residents.

The budget also included a 2.5 percent raise for faculty and staff.

The board passed a $535 million budget, maintaining the tax rate of 12 cents per $100 of valuation. The owner of a $138,000 home, the district average, would pay $138.67.

— Staff reports

studies, opening the door to unique interpretations of its themes and concepts.

“The committee really seems excited about the interdisciplinarity of the book and the opportunity that we have to be able to work with both the STEM division and the arts and communications division,” she said.

More “hands-on” events will also take place, such as the zombie-alien invasion game.

“It’s a week-long game that will start the week of Halloween and end on Halloween,” librarian Jean Baker said.

Baker created the game and says it is similar to tag. Students will start

off as humans and, once tagged, will turn into zombies, slowly creating a giant horde that the survivors will have to fight off.

“The students will also receive missions they must accomplish throughout the week,” Baker said.

“The objectives will be given out in the library at certain times, which students can find on the TV message boards around campus.”

Students looking for resources to help write essays on the book can find a page dedicated to its various themes on the library website.

The page contains links to audio files of book chapters, YouTube videos and even a free e-book version.

November Thu

The dance classes will perform their fall dance concert, inspired by the common book. The concert will take place in the Performance Hall.

Mon

The library will be showing the film adaptation of “The Illustrated Man” at 2 p.m.

Thu

Dr. Lars Krutak will discuss his time as a tattoo anthropologist and share his unique tattoos. The presenttion will begin at 11 a.m. in S-100. A second presentation will start at 5:35 p.m.

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Club Fair sizzles

Salsa partners Herbert Rodriguez and Gabriela Garcia dance in the courtyard during the Club Fair on Sept. 9. Over a dozen student clubs were represented and recruiting new members. Student Life provided refreshments.

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Students can soon earn bachelor’s at EFC

Partnership will bring new degree options to campus

By Stephen Klehm etc4640@dcccd.edu

Dreading the thought of transferring to a far-away school? You might not have to.

Columbia College, a university in Columbia, Missouri, is partnering with Eastfield to offer four-year degrees in Mesquite.

Students enrolled in the program will complete their first two years at Eastfield just as any other student and enroll in Columbia for their last two years, taking classes in the W building.

“I want (students) to see this as an option; not the only option, but a very good option,” said Dr. Kimberly Lowry, executive dean of student and enrollment services at Eastfield.

“Something that allows them to still stay close to home, if this campus is convenient for them, and really allow them to complete a bachelor’s degree at the same place they were able to complete an associate’s degree.”

Beginning in January, classes will be taught in business, criminal justice and general studies. These lecture style classes will be offered during evenings and weekends, lasting eight weeks instead of the standard 16, and will be available to all DCCCD students. These students may transfer 81 credit hours instead of the standard 60, and Columbia will waive its application fee for them.

Tuition is predicted to be comparable to the in-state tuitions of Texas public universities, and financial aid will apply.

“I’m really excited about what bringing a bachelor’s degree opportunity to Eastfield College means for our students, and what that means for their future, as well as their family’s future, just because of what higher education represents,” Lowry said.

Roy Bond, dean of continuing education and workforce development

price range for the Columbia classes at Eastfield is expected to be notably lower.

This type of program is nothing new. Richland College has a program with UTD called the “Comet Connection,” which helps its students transfer into a four-year degree. Columbia is already partnering with at Eastfield, suggests students who time for them. two other community colleges in the are interested in the program enroll Gary Oedewaldt, vice president of United States, and 33 U.S. military in both colleges from the beginning. adult higher education at Columbia bases, including one in Guantanamo “If you think you want to pursue has been working with Bond for over Bay, Cuba. Collin College is offera degree with Columbia, then when two years to make this partnership a ing bachelor’s and master’s degrees you start with Eastfield, you meet reality. through partnerships with TWU, with our advisors, you get all en“We think this is a wonderful op- Texas A&M, UNT and UTD. rolled and get registered,” he said. portunity for both institutions and Lowry, who will be the main East“But then you also go and meet with for the students because our pro- field contact with Columbia in the their advisor, and you enroll as a grams are so compatible,” he said. partnership, expects the first year’s Columbia student as well. And, that “Not only the programs that are of- biggest obstacle to simply be getting way, they can help make sure what- fered at Eastfield, but also the servic- the word out. ever you’re taking at Eastfield is go-25643 es that are offered through your law “There are going to be some iming to be what you need to get you as enforcement academy. It’s something portant things that we’re going to The Et Cetera - Eastfield College close as you can be to that degree as that just seemed to be the right thing have to do,” she said, “like awareness, x right 5.25place, at the right visibility, communication and makpossible by the time you start taking1/4topg do,5.1 at the classes with them.” andissues we’re excited Falltime, 2014 1-6 about getting ing sure again that students underColumbia is currently in the pro-pmc geared up and getting things started.” stand their options.” cess of putting together a team inColumbia College currently offers For information on Columbia cluding faculty and an advisor and is online degree programs all over the College, visit www.ccis.edu. For inextending an invitation to Eastfield country, and Texas students can en- formation at Eastfield, visit Academfaculty who would like to teach part- roll in these programs; however, the ic Advising in C120.

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Briefs Et Cetera selected as Pacemaker finalist The Et Cetera has been selected as a finalist for the 2014 Associated College Press Pacemaker Award for its publications from the 2013-2014 academic year under former Editor in Chief Kevin Cushingberry Jr. Only eight newspapers from two-year colleges were selected from throughout the country.

The newspapers will be judged on coverage and content: quality of writing, reporting, design, photography, art and graphics.

The Et Cetera was previously nominated in 1999, 2000, 2011 and 2012, winning its only Pacemaker in 2011. The winners will be announced at the National College Media Convention in Philadelphia on Nov. 1.

Faculty, staff receive awards at convocation Seven faculty members were honored at the annual employee excellence awards ceremony during the Fall 2014 Convocation on Aug. 21.

Winners included: Kathy Windrow, Excellence in Teaching - Full-time Faculty; Deborah Rhoads, Excellence in Teaching - Adjunct Faculty; Kimberly Lowry, Administrator of the Year; Judith Dumont, Jean Sharon Griffith Student Development Leadership; Lori Honeycutt, Professional Support Staff Full-

time Employee of the Year; Fabiola Resendiz, Professional Support Staff Part-time Employee of the Year; and Lucinda Gonzales and Team, Innovation of the Year (for Establishment and Implementation of the Faculty Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (FCETL)).

New writing center now open in library The Link, Eastfield’s expanded writing center, opened Sept. 8 in the library. The Link offers face-to-face and virtual tutoring, workshops and group and collaborative study.

Tutoring is available for writing in all curriculums. Tutors are available Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., Friday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Flu shots offered to students, employees The Health Center will offer the flu vaccine for students and employees from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Oct. 1 and from 2-6 p.m. on Oct. 8.

Flu shots will cost $18, but are free for employees who provide a valid insurance card. Other vaccines, such as pneumonia, pertussis and flu mist, will also be available. For more information, visit C-139 or call 972-860-7190.

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Sexual assault has become all too real for many students on college campuses.

By Sidney Murillo Etc4640@dcccd.edu

Rape is no joke.

Yet comedian Daniel Tosh suggests that a heckler should be gang raped.

The Internet is awash with rape memes. One on Instagram shows a roofie being broken into a mixed drink with the label “Fastest way out of the friendzone.” Hashtag: “calm your tits.”

The image of a bound and gagged woman carries the caption “It’s not rape. If she didn’t want to, she’d have said something.”

R&B singer Cee Lo Green, accused of drugging a date before sex, tweets: “If someone is passed out, they’re not even WITH you consciously, so WITH implies consent” and “People who have really been raped REMEMBER!!!”

Members of the Yale fraternity Delta Kappa Epsilon chant “No means yes and yes means anal” while they march through women’s dorms at night.

Experts call this phenomenon rape culture.

And it’s everywhere.

“From sports leagues to pop culture to politics, our society does not sufficiently value women,” President Barack Obama said Friday while announcing the public service campaign “It’s on Us,” aimed at curbing sexual violence on college campuses. “We still don’t condemn sexual assault as loudly as we should.”

Rape culture isn’t about just an act of sexual assault. It describes a society where the acceptance of violence against women is common, said Rachel Wolf, dean of Arts and Communications at Eastfield.

“Rapes occur between people who know each other,” she said. “When you live in a culture that blurs the lines between what is rape and what is consensual sexual interaction, then it makes it easy to live in denial whether or not you are a rapist.”

Fatou Sagna, an accounting major, said it’s unfair that she feels uncomfortable and unsafe

just to walk alone.

“I remember back when I was 13 years old.

I was at Wal-mart with my sisters and one of the workers just grabbed my hand and asked me if I was married.” She said. “I got scared and I couldn’t even answer back. I just pretended I was on my phone. I ran away. I mean, I was 13 years old.”

One in six American women has been the victim of rape or attempted rape, according to a survey by the National Institute of Justice and Centers for Disease Control & Prevention.

Women between the ages of 16 and 20 are at the highest risk, according to the CDC. This put colleges and universities on the front lines of the battle to prevent sexual violence, and critics say most schools make poor showings. The Department of Education is investigating 55 colleges on allegations that they mishandled sexual assault reports.

Nearly 20 percent of women attending college have been assaulted, according to a White House task force, but only 12 percent of those women reported cases to authorities. The “It’s on Us” public awareness campaign emerged from the task force’s work.

“We’ve been working on campus sexual assault for several years, but the issue of violence against women is now in the news every day,” Obama said. “We’re getting a better picture of what domestic violence is all about. People are talking about it. Victims are realizing they’re not alone.”

And sexual assault cases don’t occur only at four-year, party-school universities.

On Sept. 4, just eight days after the fall semester began, an 18-year-old student was sexually assaulted on Eastfield’s main campus. Police arrested a college employee in connection with the attack.

Young men fall victim to sexual violence, as well. Southern Methodist University, one of the 55 colleges under federal inquiry, has been sued by a former student who says school of-

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It is incumbent upon men, in particular, to step up and to stand up and to do everything possible to change that culture, a culture that’s quite pervasive on our college campus.

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ficials discouraged him from pressing charges and contacting police after his assault. Another male student was later arrested on sexual assault charges.

Many rape cases hinge on the question of consent. Did he or she say “No”? And is “No” required if someone is drunk or unconscious?

California legislators flipped the standard “No Means No” motto and passed a law on Aug. 28 requiring colleges to define consent as an affirmative agreement between two adults.

Thus the new motto: “Yes Mean Yes.” State Sen. Kevin de Leon, D-Los Angeles, said everyone must contribute to ending the problem.

“It is incumbent on men, in particular, to step up and to stand up and to do everything possible to change that culture, a culture that’s quite pervasive on our college campus,” he told the Los Angeles Times.

Critics question the bill’s power and suggest that prevalence of rape culture is exaggerated.

Caroline Kitchens, a writer and research assistant at the American Enterprise Institute, said “Yes Means Yes” supports a ‘guilty until proven innocent’ mentality.

“The result is a convoluted, one-sided bill that will do little to alleviate the problem of sexual assault,” Kitchens wrote in The National Review. “What it will do is burden universities with increased costs and regulations, exacerbate concerns about due process and further erode the rights of students tried for sex crimes in campus kangaroo courts.”

Dr. Tracy Everbach, a University of North Texas professor who studies and teaches about race and gender in the media, said “Yes Means Yes” is a start. New college students should also be taught how to react if they witness or hear about a sexual assault, she said. Without parents and children openly discussing the issues, the root problems will remain unsolved.

“The society we live in is so full of sex and sexuality,” she said. “I mean look at the advertising industry and the entertainment industry.

So much of it is focused on sex and yet a lot of parents are so afraid to talk it to their children.

Ultimately, I think this is a cultural problem.”

Wolf said movements like “Yes Means Yes” help because they the standard of consent.

“I think there are different perspectives but the reality for a lot people is that consent is implied if everyone is partying and having a good time. If you are too drunk to say no, that means yes,” she said. “Violence and sexual assaults and rape are things that will keep happening if we don’t change as a culture.”

“It is not just on parents of young women to caution them, it is on the parents of young men to teach them respect for women,” Mr. Obama said. “It is on grown men to set an example and be clear about what it means to be a man.”

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Rape culture is ...

16 in American women has been the victim of an attempted or completed rape in her lifetime.

When a politician says pregnancy from rape is rare.

“If it’s a legitimate

rape

, the female

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body has ways to try and shut that whole thing down.

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in American men has been the victim of attempted or completed rape in his lifetime.

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boys

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of sexual assault and rape victims are under age

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and that say things like; “No means yes and yes means anal” and “There’s no brakes on the rape train.”

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of rapes are not reported to police.

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college

of rapes were committed by someone known to the victim.

publishes a rape prevention tips

sheet that suggests: “Tell your attacker that you have a disease or are menstruating” and “Vomiting or urinating may also convince the attacker to leave you alone.”

Stealing a persons intimate pictures, then blaming it on the

victim.

Sources: National Institute of Justice; Centers for Disease Control & Prevention; U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics; U.S. Department of Justice; Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network.

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A survivor’s perspective I looked at his face as I sat in the passenger seat of his car. It seemed different. I had spent countless days and endless nights studying the structure of it. I remembered the peacefulness in his face as he was in mid prayer on Sunday mornings.

I could spot the difference in his smiles: one effortless and the other when he was trying to be polite. I remembered how fortunate I felt to have his eyes upon me because as long as I was in his stare, no evil could touch me. I adored him in every aspect and loved knowing that his affection was for me.

We were young, beautiful, in love and engaged to spend the rest of our lives together. God had blessed us tremendously.

However, his face looked different and empty now as we sat in the car.

I couldn’t recognize it. I could only feel a prickling sensation in the back of my knees. Pain then replaced the prickling and I could feel it in my right cheek as well, just like I had the night it happened.

“You raped me,” I said to my fiancé.

“God forgives me,” he responded, looking out the car window.

That was the day that I realized I had become another statistic lost in the infamy of rape culture. And like the thousands of other women affected, rather than ask for help, I would handle it myself.

My fiancé was a prominent figure in our church. Throughout the duration of our relationship, he demanded abstinence. He explained to me that my past sexual encounters still “inhabited” my spirit and that I must refrain from all affection toward him. I took all the precautions against tempting my future husband to cast a lustful eye upon me. I wore conservative clothing, watched my body language, monitored what I said and made sure to listen to him and trust his choices. This was customary in all Christian relationships I had witnessed.

It took one evening to unravel all of that.

We were housesitting and agreed

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to spend the evening watching movies and drinking wine, enjoying each other’s company. I was shocked when he suggested we go skinny-dipping but trusted his judgement.

That was the only consent I gave and I regret it still.

He went to the restroom and returned reeking of a distillery and his eyes were fogged over. I sensed malice. I knew something terrible was approaching. I had to get out of the pool.

Unfortunately, I could not swim fast enough nor kick hard enough to escape his reach. He smiled as he grabbed my arms and pinned them behind my back. I felt pain in the back of my knees as he pushed my stomach against the pool and my cheek dug into the cement with his hand over my mouth.

“I know you like it like this,” he said.

I screamed but my voice was stifled under his hand. I bit it and tasted his blood. But he didn’t stop.

I cried, which only made the blood taste saltier.

I wrestled, but he continued to rip me apart.

I was trapped in my own body that was being taken over by the man I loved. I was forced to bear witness to a horrendous act of violence against myself.

For five months I walked in a daze, feeling only insatiable rage. I had somehow blocked out what happened that night, but I couldn’t deny the anger that would erupt when I was alone in his presence. When I came out of my psychological coma all I could think was, what had I done wrong? I dressed modestly and tried my hardest to refrain from expressing my sexuality.

The day I confronted my assailant in the car, I felt enlightened but still enraged. Why should any woman be unable to express the most simplistic and innocent aspects of her sexuality or self-identity for fear of tempting a man into raping her? Why must women accommodate the sexual desires of men by sacrificing their voice, their clothes and their behavior? No woman should fear having her body or personal space violated by anyone, nor should she have to be on guard and protect herself to the point of social suffocation.

Recently, Connecticut passed Public Act No. 14-11, which dictates sexual assault and stalking guidelines for college campuses. California is awaiting the final signature to enact the “Yes Means Yes” policy, which redefines sexual consent between sexual partners on college campuses.

And a group of college students hailing from North Carolina has created a nail polish that changes color once submerged in common date rape drugs.

All of this puts the problem in the spotlight, but is it enough? Are we educating our young people on the grave moral, physical and psychological implications of rape, or are we just creating Band-Aids to cover the aftermath of assaults? Terms like rape culture should not exist in a nation like America, where we pride ourselves on our progressive and humanistic campaigns.

On the left hand we teach girls to be proud of who they are, including their body image and sense of self.

On the right hand we teach girls not to tempt men into a lustful rage because that will make him a perpetrator of rape.

Essentially, we do not put fear into the message of perpetrating rape but fear into being a victim. We as a society teach young women not to get raped but we don’t teach young boys not to rape.

Welcome to the American dream, where girls are sent out into the world full of hopes and aspirations but without the disclaimer that being a rape survivor is also a possibility.

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OUR VIEW

Students should have been told about rape On the afternoon of Sept. 4, a 23-year-old facilities department employee approached a female Eastfield student. The employee offered the student a tour and invited her into a locked music practice room before sexually assaulting her, according to police. Mesquite detectives, alerted to the crime by campus police, arrested an employee a few hours later. He was fired and legally barred from returning to campus.

The crime was recorded in reports by both police departments, and faculty and staff received a brief email alert after the assailant was taken into custody. “The Mesquite Police Department is investigating an alleged sexual assault that occurred on the Eastfield College main campus Thursday, September 4 afternoon” the message said. “The suspect is in custody. More details as they become available.” However, the information was never made public through either the DCCCD alerts system or notices around campus.

The college claims that because the assailant was charged with sexual assault and placed into custody of the Mesquite Police Department, he would not pose a threat to those at Eastfield. Thus his actions would not warrant a public warning.

According to The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime

Statistics Act, or Clery Act, all institutions of higher education that participate in federal financial aid programs must disclose information regarding crimes that take place on or around campus. If the institution deems a crime covered by the Clery crime statistics — such as a forcible sexual offense — as a threat to students and faculty, it is required to issue a timely warning to those on campus.

Although the college determined that the suspect was not a threat, Eastfield students and employees still deserved to be informed. A suspect may have been arrested, but a violent crime allegedly perpetrated by one of the college’s own employees still took place on Eastfield property. A warning was never issued in the period between when the crime was reported and when the suspect was taken into custody, thus potentially endangering people on campus at the time.

In comparison, a series of fliers was posted across campus following a Sept. 2 aggravated assault that took place off campus. Many of the fliers are still displayed in highly visible areas. We agree with the decision to post these fliers in a timely manner, but do not understand why the sexual assault was not handled with the same urgency, especially since it took place at a time when

classes were ongoing.

In light of the incident, we must ask why the college felt it necessary to inform Eastfield faculty and staff of the crime, but not students.

Students, faculty and employees alike deserve to know if a violent crime takes place on or around their campus. The Clery Act itself was created in response to the rape and murder of 19-year-old freshman Jeanne Clery, who was attacked in her campus residence hall at Lehigh University in 1986. Although her killer was arrested and later sentenced to death, the act was introduced in 1989 after national backlash against unreported crimes on college campuses brought her death into the spotlight.

Clery’s attacker may have no longer been a threat to the public after he was arrested, but the people attending or living close to Lehigh University still strongly believed that they should have been informed of the crime in a timely manner.

We strongly believe that the entire Eastfield community should have received a public notice both before and after the suspect was arrested.

The administration’s failure to issue a warning to the entirety of the campus was irresponsible and had the potential to endanger hundreds of people.

OCD is more than what you see on television I was 8 years old when I first convinced myself I was going to hell.

It was through no fault of my family, who — despite being staunchly Catholic — were consistently supportive of me. Nor could it be blamed on the priests and nuns whom I would visit every week, as they favored preaching the love and mercy of Christ over the usual fire-and-brimstone scenarios that would run through my mind countless times each day.

Rather, this baseless fear was my own invention. It began as a series of unorganized and intrusive questions. If my mind wandered during Mass, would I be damned for ignoring the word of God? If I sinned and took Communion without first going to Confession, would God be angry, or — more absurdly — would the Body of Christ lose its power and make me sick?

As I grew older, things grew a little more complicated. If I could neither prove nor disprove the existence of a supreme being, which would be the correct path: Christianity, atheism or some other religion?

How could I be absolutely certain that my prayers were being heard? How could I be sure they were entirely sincere? Would I anger God if I didn’t put my heart into every prayer?

I had always hated uncertainty, and how could I ever be sure of something when most of my identity was built around religion — something

Caitlin Piper that is, by its very definition, the supreme example of unflinching faith?

Over time, I invented my own rituals to dispel the “power” of these thoughts. If I felt I angered God, I would pray, sometimes for hours, begging for forgiveness.

For a period of about three years, I never took off a small silver crucifix that I had won in a church gift exchange, convinced that it would help keep the thoughts away.

When the chain finally broke and the crucifix was lost one summer break, I couldn’t leave the house for almost a week.

It sounds completely ridiculous, especially now that I’ve decided that organized religion just isn’t for me, but back then, my fears were the only certainty I had.

So it came as a surprise to absolutely no one when I was formally diagnosed with obsessivecompulsive disorder a few years later. I exhibited

several other far more stereotypical traits associated with the disorder, but my self-inflicted experiences with religion had the most lasting effects.

Having lived like this for so long, it always bothers me when I see obsessive-compulsive disorder as it is portrayed in the media.

It seems I can’t go a week without seeing a TV special on OCD that only highlights the bizarre behaviors of people suffering from this illness, rather than the poisonous thoughts that fuel the disorder.

The media chooses to focus on the compulsive without ever acknowledging the obsessive, and I think that’s tragic.

Obsessive-compulsive disorder is built on the illogical and absurd, and I can say with absolute certainty that the thoughts born from the disorder — despite the fact that they are often little more than nonsense — are reality for people living through them.

Simplifying the illness into a series of strange mannerisms will only spread misinformation and stigmatize those who are suffering from it.

Obsessive-compulsive disorder is more than just a fear of germs or a fixation with a certain number. It is more than a series of bizarre, nonsensical compulsions.

Obsessive-compulsive disorder is an obsession that can consume a person’s life. I hope that we as a society can come to acknowledge that someday.

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Chillin’ for charity

Faculty, staff take on ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Things got frigid for President Jean Conway, right, at Welcomepalooza on Sept. 3 when she accepted the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge from DCCCD Trustee Diana Flores. The challenge is a unique way to raise money for the fight against Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, a crippling degenerative muscle disorder. Conway, who was challenged by trustee Diana Flores, also challenged Vice President of Business Services Adrian Douglas and Vice President for Teaching and Learning Michael Gutierrez and Conway. After getting doused, the three administrators hugged it out, bottom left. Then the vice presidents challenged their direct reports, who took on the challenge during the Club Fair on Sept. 9. IT Director Jack Thiehoff, bottom right, got a cool ice shower, and assistant to the vice president of business services Melanie Reynolds, bottom center, got soaked. Director of Facilities Michael Brantley, below, had no problem with the frosty water dumped on him.

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By Andy Carrizales etc4640@dcccd.edu

Contrasting colors and harmonious chants fill “The Haunted Mind” exhibit, on display in gallery F-217 until Sept. 26.

Ashley Whitt’s black and white photographs are created through digital manipulation, which allows for reflection and distortion. The images are then transferred onto Dass paper, which in turn is sewn into white Stonehenge paper.

Whitt found some inspiration for her work in classic literature and film noir, but also in an event that changed her life forever.

Whitt’s artwork pays a quiet homage to her mother, who died in 2008.

“There was a point right after she passed away where I thought I wasn’t going to continue,” she said. “But one of my professors encouraged me to actually use the pain that I was going through to make work.”

Although Whitt’s pain was hard to deal with, she did not go through it alone. Her father, Roger Whitt, who attended the opening reception, said it affected the family as a whole.

“My wife, my mother-in-law and my mother all passed away within three months,” he said. “2008 was not a good year for the family.”

Once a student at Eastfield, Whitt has now returned as a photography professor.

Whitt herself modeled for the photographs in the exhibit. Her face is deliberately obscured in many of the photos. Such is the case with “Veiled Memory,” which is currently retailed at $300.

The woods that serve as the background for the photos are located near Denton County, where Whitt grew up.

She said they are almost dream-like.

“It’s about being in between dream and awakeness,” Whitt said. “It’s about the unconscious self versus the conscious self. It’s about the divided self, the different personas we all have within us.”

Whitt said she transmitted her feelings of unresolved anxiety into the work, and that it has helped her find a path toward a new beginning.

“I think of the sewing,” she said, “as a way of mending myself and mending

the past.”

This is a feeling Whitt seeks to share with students through her artwork.

“The most important thing I want students and viewers to take from my work is that if you are struggling with depression, there is hope,” she said.

“You can work through that pain and become a stronger person because of it.”

The exhibition captured the attention of many students around campus.

“It wasn’t what I was expecting,” student Raevyn Jackson said. “It doesn’t make me happy when I look at the pictures. It’s kind of scary, mysterious I would say.”

“I love it,” Jaime Krenek, a friend of Whitt, said. “It’s so unique and very thought-provoking.”

Iris Bechtol, curator of the show, chose Whitt for her originality.

“I invited Ashley based on her expansive body of work, based on the technique she uses to make work as well as the things that she’s done in the past,” Bechtol said.

Bechtol did not choose “The Haunted Mind” herself, but allowed Whitt to decide which of her collections she wanted to show.

“I kind of gave her the option, and that happens a lot whenever I choose an artist to have a show that I trust,” she said. “I trust her to put together a really good show. So it was mostly her choice to put in that body of work.”

Bechtol said she was “pleasantly surprised” with how the exhibition turned out, and was glad the galleries at Eastfield showcased it.

“They serve as an extended classroom,” she said of the galleries.

“They’re there for the students to experience new kinds of work, to experience new techniques.”

New contemporary works can also be seen in gallery H, where Bechtol collaborated with artists Natalie Macellaio and Lesli Robertson.

“Things That are Now Visible” features sculptures, photographs, prints and video. The exhibit will remain open until Oct. 2.

“Things like art and music and dance and so on are very important to us as humans because they allow us to see different viewpoints,” Bechtol said.

“They allow us into another person’s world.

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Ashley Whitt’s “The Haunted Mind” exhibition will be displayed in gallery F-219 through Sept. 26. Her artwork, which features heavily edited and distorted photographs of herself sewn onto sheets of white Stonehenge paper, is partially inspired by the hardships she has faced in her life.

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Last hoorahs of summer Do you cringe at the sound of holiday music? Does pumpkin spice everything leave a bitter taste in your mouth? Do you consider yourself a summer person? Well, look no further! We have compiled the perfect list of events to end your summer and help ease you into fall.

→ Klyde Warren Park

2012 Woodall Rodgers Frwy.

Dallas TX 75201 Located near the heart of Downtown Dallas, Klyde Warren Park is bursting at the seams with hip eateries, fitness classes, a great children’s play area and live music.

A common sight at the park is the assortment of food trucks lined up around the park. Challenge a friend at ping-pong at the activities area where all you have to pay is a glance of your ID. Weekends are pretty busy, so plan your day at Klyde Warren park early.

→ Dallas Museum of Art

1717 North Harwood, Dallas, TX 75201 The DMA hosts an event called Late Nights at the museum. Every third Friday of the month, at 6 p.m.

Dallas Museum of Art throws a variety of free activities including live jazz in the main atrium, and interactive art studio where you and your children can create original masterpieces. If you just feel like wandering the museum and checking out all the art, it closes at midnight. The next Late Night at the DMA is October 17 at 6 p.m.

→ Wits End

2724 Elm St, Dallas, TX 75226 Night life entertainment can be overwhelming. Trying to plan an outing or happy hour by the popular drink specials can leave you circling parking lots for hours. And nobody has time for that.

Well, Wits End created a little tradition where every Tuesday, an improv group called CoLab plays a mix of experimental neo-soul, experimental hip-hop and spoken work. And since this is called “Free Music Tuesdays” there is no ticket booth lines or cover charges.

→ Truck Yard

5624 Sears St., Dallas, TX 75206 Bring your friends and family down to this shabbychic outdoor-patio bar and restaurant. You can choose from multiple food trucks parked in the back daily or the cheese steaks made to order. The Truck Yard also has a ice cream from Carnival Barker’s Ice Creams, offering frozen bananas, floats and Rice Krispies Treat ice cream sandwiches. The open patio is dog-friendly, so go ahead and bring your furry friends to enjoy canine safe ice cream and complimentary water bowls.

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Sit back, relax and have a cold one from the Truck Yard's selection of craft beer.

→ Steel City Pop

2012 Greenville Ave., Dallas, TX 75206 If you’re a local, you’ll know that you’re going to need a lot more than a simple snow cone to deal with brutal Texas summers. There’s nothing wrong with a classic cherry cone, but since Steel City Pop opened in May, there isn't better option to satisfy your sweet tooth. There are two categories of ice pops: a fruity option and a creamy option. Water-based fruity options include non-traditional flavors such as pineapple-jalapeno, cucumber-lime and sweet tea. While the milk-based creamy comes in options flavors like avocado, buttermilk and peanut butter.

— Compiled by Sidney Murillo

Find part-time frights in ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’ Gamer Z ne

By Caitlin Piper etc4640@dcccd.edu

Five Nights at Freddy’s has a deceivingly simple premise. You are the new night watchman for the rundown family pizzeria Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza. From midnight to 6 a.m., you sit in your dusty and cramped office, presumably fighting off boredom as you flip through your security cameras to make sure there aren’t any petty thieves trying to break in. For roughly $4 an hour, you can certainly do worse.

A few minutes into your first night, the phone on your desk rings. It’s the former night watchman, who has recorded a series of messages for you during his shift. In a thick Midwestern accent, he assures you that there’s nothing to be afraid of. The Freddy Fazbear animatronic band can get a little “quirky” at night, but he says you should be fine, just as long as you close the steel blast doors on either side of your chair when they get a little too enthusiastic.

You look through the camera pointed at the stage. One of the animals is gone. It’s now standing in the dining room, staring directly at you through the camera. Slowly, but surely, it makes its way towards your office.

Only four nights to go.

Five Nights is controlled entirely by mouse.

When you’re not clicking through your security

cameras on your tablet interface, you’re looking around your office, lighting up the hallways to check for the animatronics and slamming the blast doors shut when they inevitably appear grinning just outside your doorway. Every action cuts into your power supply, and if you run out of power before your shift is over, you’ll find yourself face-to-face with Freddy Fazbear himself, who gets much more lively in the dark.

Over the course of the week, you will encounter four animatronics - Freddy Fazbear, who only becomes active late in the week or when you run out of power; Bonnie the bunny, who enters through your left door and is by far the most aggressive of the bots; Chica the chicken, whose pastimes include snooping around in the unseen kitchen and glaring at you through your right door; and Foxy the fox, a brokendown animatronic whose lengthy retirement won’t stop him from sprinting directly to your

office if you don’t keep an eye on his roped-off stage in Pirate Cove. If any of the animatronics manage to make their way into your office, it’s an instant game over, and they will only get more aggressive as the week progresses.

The rooms and animatronics have been modelled with a great attention to detail, and much of the game’s horror comes from the fantastic enemy design. Each bot looks suitably creepy and worn-down, and their unsettling stares are horrific enough on their own.

While Five Nights’ plot has more depth than the premise lets on, more attentive players might find themselves poking holes in the game’s lore. It’s heavily implied that Freddy and friends are of supernatural origin, and as the week goes on, players can piece together the rather bloody history of the pizzeria from posters scattered around the halls. One wonders how such a place could still be in business when one of the animatronics effectively lobotomized a customer with a single bite during business hours, but I suppose you have to take what you can get when it comes to horror games. The jury’s still out on why exactly the night watchman felt like returning to the restaurant after his first night with Freddy, but I digress.

Five Nights understands the importance and atmosphere and tension in horror, which is a lot more than can be said about many other mod-

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ern horror games. You are unable to move from your spot in the security office, and can only watch as a number of murderous animatronics slowly advance to your location. Sometimes you can hear their echoing footsteps in a darkened hallway, sometimes there is only silence.

There are jumpscares, but, rather refreshingly, they are only used to punish players when they screw up and receive a game over.

I enjoyed Five Nights at Freddy’s. While its hole-ridden backstory often broke my immersion, its original premise and top-tier enemy and sound design left me coming back for more. It is a short game, as each night lasts just under 10 minutes, and it really doesn’t have much in the way of replay value, but I can honestly say that I think it is one of the best horror games to come out this year.

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Volleyball vs. Brookhaven Volleyball vs. Seminole State Volleyball vs. Southwestern Adventist Soccer vs. Brookhaven Soccer vs. Richland Volleyball vs. Cedar Valley

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Eastfield freshman Abigayle Cantrell was named NJCAA Division III Goalie of the Week for Aug. 25-31.

Cantrell made 22 saves and posted an .846 save percentage over three games. Despite her performance, the Lady Harvesters’ record stands at 1-5-1. Their lone win was a 9-0 shutout of Southwestern Adventist University on Sept. 16, and the tie came on Aug. 3 against Garden City Community College. Eastfield will host its first conference game on Sept. 30 against Brookhaven.

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Briefs Baseball players make all-star team Four Eastfield players were chosen by the TexasNew Mexico Baseball Coaches Association to participate in the TXNMBCA All-Star game. The players, who were freshmen last season, are outfielders Mason Arasato and Jason Serchay, infielder Cody Duplechin and infielder/catcher Tanner Dickerson.

The game will take place on the weekend of Sept.

26-27 at Dell Diamond in Round Rock.

Volleyball team off to slow start The Eastfield volleyball team started the season slowly with a 2-9 record, but first-year head coach Brandon Crisp hopes to turn things around with the experience he brings to the team. Crisp had success last season as an assistant coach at East California University, helping guide the Pirates to three times as many wins as they had in the previous season. — Compiled by Brad Watkins and Tony Neese

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In a recent scrimmage, the Lady Harvesters volleyball team faced off against the Coastal Bend Cougars in the Eastfield gymnasium.

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Short Thoughts BY ALEX HERNANDEZ

2. Peace talks in Paris in 1969 were stalled for 10 weeks over an argument over the shape of the table. What war were the talks trying to end?

A) Algerian War B) Falklands War C) Vietnam War D) Korean War

3. English is an official language in more countries than anywhere else, but what language is No. 2?

A) Arabic B) French C) Spanish D) Esperanto

Trivia Answers 1. Giraffes.

2. During the Vietnam war, North Vietnam wanted a round table, to indicate the legitimacy of the Viet Cong as an ally. South Vietnam wanted a rectangular table, indicating two equal sides.

3. French.

Trivia Bits

1. What is the only animal always born with horns, thanks to ossified cartilage called “ossicones,� which are part of the skull?

A) Goat B) Giraffe C) Reindeer D) Zebu

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