Huntsville, Texas
Vol 114 — Issue 11
Thursday, October 1, 2009
PRESIDENT’S SPEAKER SERIES
SPORTS
Check out the Kat Krazies and how the volleyball team did SEE page 4
SCHOLAR X
Departments work together to solve scholarship disbursement problems
Keeping the memory alive: Former Navy SEAL shares insight into dangerous mission as well as honors fallen comrades By Meagan Ellsworth and Victoria Craven
Associate Editor and Contributing Writer
Red tie and black suit, the lone survivor stood tall in front of the empty chairs in the Killinger Auditorium. All attending Sam Houston State University’s 14th President’s speaker at 11 a.m. on Wed. Sept. 29 were out of their seat on their feet, clapping, with full respect for the man on stage: decorated Navy SEAL and bestselling author, Petty Officer 1st class Marcus Luttrell. The President’s Speaker program was “established to bring prominent leaders to our campus for the benefit of students, the university community, and the community at large,” University President, James Gaertner, said as he opened the lecture. “It is intended to introduce
us all to inspirational stories to learn and grow from observing those noble through living successful and inspirational lives, and particularly in the case of our speaker today, that exhibited physical, moral, and emotional courage,” he said. Whether it was the experience of crawling through Afghanistan, paralyzed from the waist down, watching his friends and fellow soldiers hit the ground, being blown off the mountain by an RPG, or surviving the rescue helicopter crash that killed 16, Luttrell shared the good, the bad, and the ugly of his wartime experiences. A story that can be found in his 2007, #1 New York Times Best-Seller Lone Survivor. “People are going to look at it at a lot of different levels, it’s a military book obviously because I was in the military when this went
Photo by Victoria Craven
Congratulating a man of honor. From left to right, Director of Communications at SHSU Bruce Erickson, SHSU President Dr. James Gaertner, former Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell, and Account Executive at KUHT-TV Bill Graves.
down, but it’s about friendship and a true test of what someone is made of,” Lut-
trell said in a conference with The Houstonian prior to the lecture.
Luttrell said the biggest — See LUTTRELL, page 3
By Meagan Ellsworth Associate Editor
Scribble, white out, and crumble. Say goodbye to the scholarship application paper wad mountains, Scholar X is up and running. “This is a really “green” way of doing business. No more paper applications at various departments, no more running all over trying to get multiple letters of recommendation, and even the awarding process is becoming more electronic with less paper usage,” Paula Turner said. A letter from the CHSS department said scholarships and their disbursement at SHSU have been somewhat fragmented. The financial aid office said this is because there has not been, until recently, a campus wide process for awarding scholarships. “The Scholar X program is intended to deal with this problem,” Tony Abshire and Jerry Bruce of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences said. “We live in a competitive market where other universities are making student scholarship and financial aid information in a more efficient manner, providing information early and in one place.” The disbursement problem left delays in the system, which resulted in student’s paying back financial aid. “At SHSU, information has come from a variety of sources and the student has the task of adding all the pieces together. Some students have received a scholarship only to learn that now they must pay back Financial Aid some of the money they had been given,” Abshire and Bruce said. Turner clarified scholarships aren’t paid back, but some funds are applied to certain types of loans. “No one has to pay a scholarship back. Certain types — See SCHOLAR, page 4
master plan
2020 campus
A brand new design
With the end of the decade nearing, Sam Houston State aims to break more ground in an effort to keep up beauty of university, as well as maintain growth By Kristin Meyer Senior Reporter
“If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people”Chinese Proverb Well, Sam Houston is planning for 10 years and its goal is to educate more people through the new 2020 Master Plan. With the closing of the decade nearing, it is time for a new master plan for the Sam Houston campus, which accommodates for the potential growth over the next ten years. “It is a plan that is primarily for capital construction, what we are going to build and tear down for about the next 10 years,” President Gaertner said. “To know that, with any degree of certainty, you need a plan for what your enrollment is going to be, what programs you are going to be focusing on, and things like how many beds you want on campus.” “So with this new plan comes a lot of planning and assumptions to put together a realistic master plan. Here are some of the major changes President Gaertner noted that the campus will see in the next 10 years. “We plan to tear down all of the small student housing, like King Hall for example, and build additional student housing. We are going to tear down the LSC and build a new LSC on the same spot, and build new Nursing and
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Breaking new ground. With the decade nearing its end, SHSU has made plans for new editions to the campus. Some of the changes made through the master plan are the destruction of King Hall, as well as a new building for the College of Criminal Justice. Parking garages and new housing will be added.
Allied Health, Engineering and College of Business buildings and turn the old business building into general classrooms,” President Gaertner said. “We also plan to add to the Criminal Justice and Education buildings. There will also be three structured parking garages being built.” The schedule for all of these improvements depends on many variables, so not all of these changes
will happen at once. “The building schedule depends on our enrollment growth, the availability of funds, certain programs growing at a certain rate, and programs being approved, such as the Engineering and Nursing and Allied Health programs,” President Gaertner said. “One of the very first projects we will have is going to be new dormitories and student housing because we need a certain number of
FEATURE PRESENTATION
Entertainment editor Kevin Jukkola reveals the results of his weekly poll. SEE page 5
beds available when we tear down the older houses. We will probably break ground [on the housing project] within the next year and a half or so and then probably after that Allied Health and Nursing.” The university will be seeing a large bill for these improvements once they get under way. “The whole master plan, in today’s dollars, would cost in the $600$700 million range. Now,
within the next five-six years, it would be about half of that,” President Gaertner said. “Plans change so those things that we feel, with some certainty, that we are going to build will probably be around $300-350 million.” There are several ways that the university will acquire the money it needs for these improvements. “One — See MASTER, page 4
INDEX
Nation & World...page 4
Opinions................page 2
Entertainment........page 5
Campus................page 3
Sports....................page 6
OPINIONS
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THE ROSTRUM
“Money is not an invention of the state. It is not the product of a legislative act. The sanction of political authority is not necessary for its existence.” Carl Menger Austrian Economist 1840-1921
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Letter to the Student Body
Dear Sam Houston Students, Staff and Faculty and Alumni: The Houstonian would not survive were it not for the continued involvement and dedication of the SHSU student body. We welcome all column submissions and letters to the editor. If at any time you feel the need to express an opinion, please do not hesitate to email your thoughts or drop by our office in the Dan Rather communications building. We look forward to hearing from you and thank you as always for your continued support of the Houstonian. Addison Reed Opinions Editor dar015@shsu.edu
Some words still can hurt.
A little revolution now and then is a good thing. Addison Reed
tackles the current state of
influence of language on politics.
American politics and how to fix it. I’ve never been one for harsh, mean-spirited partisan remarks or actions. I didn’t agree with Rep. Joe Wilson shouting “You lie!” at President Obama during his recent address on health care reform to a joint session of Congress. I don’t agree with people who shout unkind things and make unjustified remarks about the president at town hall meetings, just like I didn’t support much of what the opposition said about President Bush during his last years in office. Don’t get me wrong, I’m as ardent a defender of free speech as anyone. After all, it would be rather hard to be an opinions editor if I wasn’t. Like just about everything in life, I believe that there is a time and a place for everything, including expression and speech. Not every place on earth is a forum. This is exactly how I felt when I read about Rep. Alan Grayson, a Florida Democrat, and the remarks he made in an after-hours speech on the hallowed floor of the House of Representatives on Tuesday. In his speech, he criticized the Republican Party for, in his opinion, not having any viable solutions to the heath care crisis facing our great country. First, as a registered Republican, I don’t agree because I know our party has put forth alternatives. Are they the best ones? No. In fact, they’re not that good.
In a column last week I outlined a few alternative options that I believe that this country ought to pursue in lieu of universal health care. I’m still waiting on a call from GOP headquarters. What particularly irked me about Grayson’s speech was that he did exactly what bad politicians always do. He became part of the partisan divide that this country so desperately needs to overcome. In his presentation, he brought with him an easel and three large posters. On the first poster, he had written “The Republican Health Care Plan: 1. Don’t get sick.” Already off to a fantastic start. This first poster alone would’ve given me enough ammunition to write this column. But Grayson wasn’t done. On the second poster he had written “2. And if you do get sick…” A very rare, almost cinematic cliffhanger that those of us who watch C-SPAN rarely see. At this point I couldn’t wait to witness the third poster. It was everything I could have hoped for. The third poster read, “3. DIE QUICKLY.” No, I did not add those capital letters for emphasis. This is a direct quote. I was speechless. Well, after I muttered a string of words not fit to print, I was speechless. I really couldn’t believe that on the floor of the House of Representatives, this man, insignificant when compared to so many of the great Amer-
ican statesmen who have graced that chamber, could honestly sink so low as to say, “If you get sick, America, the Republican health care plan is this: Die quickly.” Another direct quote. I understand that sometimes we all get caught up in the drama and stress of politics. We all say things that maybe we regret or that we could have said better. But this to me is emblematic of just how uncouth and unaccountable Washington politicians have become. What has happened to our democracy when this kind of “discourse” is commonplace? I for one am simply so fed up and tired of it that I’m finding it hard to even turn on the news. Don’t misunderstand me. As a History major I’m fully aware that this is by no means the first time that American politics has gotten a little nasty. The antebellum period of American history probably has the gold medal on that. But true though that may be, it is no excuse for the current generation of political figures on both sides of the aisle. Plus, it’s not like the antebellum period ended, shall we say, calmly. One of my own personal rules when it comes to politics and government, which I believe is particularly relevant to the heath care debate, is that it’s not the government’s job to make citizens be responsible. It is, however, the citizens’ job to make the government be responsible.
This isn’t the first time in our history that we citizens have been less than eager to do our part. It’s far beyond time that we Americans stop letting our politicians speak for us; far beyond time that we stop letting them put words in our mouth. What this country needs is a revolution. Not a violent one, not one where a government is toppled, or when one brother raises arms against another brother. No, what we need is a revolution in the way that we conduct ourselves in politics and government. We need politicians who aren’t politicians, but are statesmen (and stateswomen). We need politicians who don’t care about the next election, but who care about the next generation. Finally, we need citizens, regular folks like you and I, who aren’t afraid or loathe to stand up and voice our opinions in a respectful way. After all, if regular people stand and say outrageous things in a town hall or at a protest, how can we expect our politicians not to say similar things in the halls of Congress? In short, it’s time that we be better than our politicians.
Addison Reed is the Opinions Editor for The Houstonian. He is a senior History major with a Mass Communication minor.
Key Words: Judging thy neighbor. Adam Key talks about the importance of seeing past our first assumptions of people. I’ve had the cops called on me twice in the past year. It wasn’t for making too much noise or even doing anything illegal. No, the police were called out because I was smoking hookah with friends on my front porch. For those of you who are unaware, hookah is a Middle Eastern water pipe used for smoking tobacco. If you’ve ever seen Disney’s Alice in Wonderland, it’s the thing the caterpillar was smoking. In recent years, hookah smoking had become a very popular trend especially among college students. There are, for instance, no less than three places in Huntsville that sell either hookahs or the flavored molasses tobacco mix known as shisha that you smoke in hookahs. Now my point in writing this is not to defend hookah smoking. I don’t expect
everyone to know about it. My problem is that my neighbors, who didn’t understand what I was doing, assumed the worst and decided to call the police. Granted, I can understand why they did it. At first sight, I probably look like I was up to no good to the more socially conservative members of the Huntsville community. I’m a bigger guy, I had a beard, and I have tattoos that cover my arms down to the wrist. Of course they would assume I’m doing drugs. Why wouldn’t they? I look much more like a pothead than someone working on his second Master’s degree. This visual judging isn’t limited to big tattooed guys smoking Middle Eastern water pipes. I have a professor who is perhaps one of the most intelligent men I have
ever had the pleasure of meeting. Being an immigrant from China, he’s experienced the same type of thing I have. He recently told the class about how an elderly woman who checks him out at the grocery store repeatedly asks him if he works at a nail salon, no matter how many times he explains that he teaches at the university. People form their first impressions of others within approximately the first eight seconds of meeting them. Most of it is based on what people look like. According to Framing Theory, once a person has established a first impression, they filter the rest of the information they gain about the person through it. If the information they receive doesn’t fit with their original perception, they will either twist it so
Clayton Goss talks about the
it does, or reject the new information outright. Understanding this, however, doesn’t mean that it is acceptable. In such a diverse society, this kind of judgment should be anathema. We would truly benefit from recognizing other people are different from us, and that those differences make us stronger, not weaker. And instead of assuming the worst about our neighbors, we might try actually talking to them. Whether it’s the Guantanamo Bay detainees or the Japanese internment camps, previous generations haven’t been able to do this. We can do better. Adam Key is a recurring columnist for The Houstonian. He is a Communication Studies graduate student and is the Head Coach of the SHSU Speech and Debate Team.
Gay. About half of you reading this just stopped, made a joke about my (supposed) sexual orientation, and moved on with your lives. When I see that word I can’t help but ponder how in 2009, 50 years after the civil rights movement, 90 years after women’s suffrage, and 150 years after the Civil War, we can all sit back and pretend to be equal. I am talking about marriage. Not gay marriage, the time has passed for us to start making a difference between the two. It’s time to discuss marriage. What seems to truly frighten proponents of Proposition 8 and similar resolutions is that they feel as though same-sex marriage would somehow lessen the sanctity of marriage. I can’t help but wonder if they feel the same way about America’s 50% divorce rate and our oh-so funny Vegas sham weddings. No, no the sanctity of marriage will be destroyed by the gays. Let us not forget that the Bible says homosexuality is a sin, so how can we allow marriages in the eyes of the Lord? Well, the Bible also says we should stone those who commit adultery, so when did we stop doing that?
Atheism and divorce are both certainly sins, yet we allow an atheist divorcee to remarry as many times as he or she wants…just as long as (God forbid) it is not to a member of the same sex. I believe that marriage is not something that should be reserved for strictly a man and a woman. Marriage is for two people who truly love each other. The reality is that we are scared of things and people that are different from us. Sometimes we are so afraid that we can’t imagine them being equal to us. So we control them, enslave them, discriminate against them, and even kill them so they know their place. How can it be, in the same election in which we elected a minority as President, that a state voted to continue discrimination against someone based on their sexual orientation? It’s is time to start demanding equal rights, time to get out of our adolescent mind set, and time to see that homosexuals can’t mess up marriage as bad as the rest of us have. It’s time to legalize same-sex marriage.
Clayton Goss is a guest columnist for The Houstonian. He is a sophomore Criminal Justice major and is the co-captain of the SHSU Speech and Debate team.
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picture is that there are good people in Afghanistan. “A lot of people don’t realize that, I didn’t even realize that. I thought everybody was bad. I didn’t have any respect for anybody out there. Then the next thing I know I’m being saved by a village, an Afghan village,” he said. In the lecture good people were emphasized as the inspiration for his book, inspiration found in the face of death. “I made a promise to God, while I was lying in the mountain, to keep the memory alive,” he said. The mountains in Afghanistan held the memories of a four man team out-numbered by a Taliban force, a nightmare relived in his lecture about the meaning of determination, the power of teamwork, and what effective leadership truly is. Luttrell said this war is not black and white, and there are shades of gray. “It was never my position to question why we were there. I’m a soldier, I follow orders, it was my job,” Luttrell said, “but to see the faces of the good
Iraqi people when we walked on the house, and they [are] like thank god you’re here, you know.” Despite all the tragic experiences and hardships he faced during Operation Redwing, he went back to war after he recuperated. “I don’t know what it was but they took something from me, my soul or something, so I went back to war,” Luttrell said. In 2006 Luttrell retired from the military, and received the Navy Cross for his heroism in 2006 from President George W. Bush. When he stood in the oval office the day he received the Navy Cross, George W. Bush told him if he ever needed anything to call him directly. Luttrell keeps in touch with him and speaks highly of the former president. Luttrell said “you’ve got to be a better man than me to sign up for that”. In the eyes of those who admire him, Luttrell is already the better man. “I thought it was incredible; it’s not a job I could do at all. It’s absolutely incredible that he was able to go through all that and be able to talk about it, just mind-blowing,” Student Government Association
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including: Representative Lois Kolkhorst, Senator Steve Ogden, Senator John Whitmire, Regent Trisha Pollard, Mayor J. Turner, City Manager Bill Baine and County Judge Danny Pierce. Among the special guests, dressed in blue with a guardian angel on her chest, the man of the hour’s mother, Holly Luttrell, sat front row. “My family loves America and what we do, we do it for all of you, and the fight goes on. His twin brother leaves on his sixth deployment in the Spring, so we’re still at it. That’s five times for Marc and six times for Morgan. We do we what we do because we think it’s the right thing to do,” Holly Luttrell Marcus’s mother said.
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Follow up: The President’s speaker, Marcus Luttrell is a decorated Navy Seal and Best-Selling author of Lone Survivor.
President, Ryan Bridges said. “It puts every bad day that I’ve ever had into perspective.” SGA vice president Lance Weaver said he also found the lecture awe-inspiring. “It makes you feel about two inches tall and realize that if it wasn’t for people like that, then we wouldn’t
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be here. You can’t ever express the gratitude for someone like that, I really appreciate him. It’s very humbling to have him as a Sam Houston Alumni,” Weaver said. From dignitaries, students, and community members, the crowd was full of diversity with a range of very special guests
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Career services holds workshop to help students develop stronger interviewing skills
Contributing Writer
By Kaima Akarue
The Bearkat Alley Tailgate Party will be held in Bowers Stadium parking lot from 12:00 p.m. till 2:00 p.m. on Saturday Oct 3. The Department of Student Activities invites everyone out to enjoy free food, giveaways and lots of fun. The Sam Houston Bearkats will face off with St. Joseph’s directly following the Bearkat Alley Tailgate Party. The game begins at 2:00 p.m. The Student Activities website says “Bearkat Alley is Sam Houston State University’s official tail gate area during football season. For every home game, and specific away games, the Department on Student Activities hosts a variety of organizations and departments who “camp” out in a designated area at the North side of Bowers’ Stadium. These groups cook an assortment of foods, which in return is free for all those who attend Bearkat Alley. Also, different giveaways are distributed throughout the season, ranging from t-shirts to spirit towels in order to boost Sam Houston Pride”. Any Department or Organization that would like to reserve a spot in Bearkat Alley or get more information can contact the Department of Student Activities at (936) 2943861 or studentactivities@shsu.edu. A free area may also be reserved on a first come, first serve basis. Sam Houston State University and the Department of Student Activities are looking forward to another great Bearkat Football season!
Contributing Writer
Addressing Cannibalism Ecology professor to discuss processes, species and ecosystems at upcoming seminar. By Cheryl Smith Contributing Writer Dr. Volker Rudolf, the assistant professor in Rice University’s ecology and evolutionary biology department, will host a seminar to discuss the processes that influence the numbers and types of species living together in an ecosystem. The seminar will be held in Lee Drain Building, Room 214, Thursday, Oct.1, at 4 p.m. Cannibalism is the particular influence of which Rudolf will be discussing. Rudolf’s research indicates that cannibalism, or members of the same species eating each other, “can have very strong affects on the number of individuals of a species living in an ecosystem,” said Chad Hargrave, assistant professor of biological sciences at Sam Houston State University. Rudolf has researched these ideas with salamanders, and dragonflies, and will demonstrate how “the size structure of a population can influence the number of cannibalistic interactions, influencing the species and
comprising the community,” Hargrave said. “He also has demonstrated that these cannibalistic interactions often depend on the age of an individual,” Hargrave said. “the bigger ones are typically the ones with cannibalistic traits.” The seminar is open to the public and if you go early the biology department will have a pre seminar with coffee and cookies. The biology department will host this seminar as part of its Fall Seminar Series. Guest speakers or professors from “universities across the world come and give a 45 minute presentation about their research,” said Hargrave. They present this information in a way that the general public can understand and learn more about current research being conducted. These seminars are held each Thursday in the LDB. To see topics of other seminars, or to find out what guest professors will be speaking in the seminars to be held in coming weeks of the fall semester, go to the Biology Department’s page on the SHSU website.
With unemployment rates climbing higher and an economy in turmoil, the likelihood of a recent graduate obtaining a job in his or her field, or any job for that matter, is discouraging. However, this doesn’t have to be the case for students. Being equipped with the necessary tools can help give students the edge in every
market, and Sam Houston has the resources to get you ahead. Career Services held a seminar Wednesday, Sept. 30 at 3 p.m. on interviewing skills. The Successful Interviewing Skills Workshop was conducted in ABIV, Suite 210 where there was occupancy for 35 participants. Assistant Director, Vinessa Mundorff, conducted the workshop.
This was one of 14 workshops scheduled from Sept. through Nov. designed to prepare students for the transition into the professional world. The next seminar will be held on Monday, Oct 5. The topics of Successful Resume Writing and How to Work the Job Fair will be discussed at their allocated times. Students can reserve a spot for the workshops on the Jobs 4 Kats website or contact
Career Services for further details. Not only are seminars available, but the website provides different resources to various topics like career evaluations, searches, tips for career fairs and resume builders.
For more information,
call (936) 294-1713 or careerservices@shsu.edu
‘A t a s t e o f E l S a l v a d o r ’
MISS and Student Services hosts annual free food tasting event for students. By Julie Gallo Contributing Writer
Students were able to travel to another country yesterday for lunch, without ever having to leave campus. The Multicultural and International Student Services, with the Department of Student Services, put on their annual free food tasting with “A Taste of El Salvador” at noon on Wednesday, Sept. 30, in the mall area in front of the Lowman Student Center. Students were able to enjoy an authentic four course meal
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from the Hispanic country of El Salvador. “Sept. 15 through Oct. 15 is Hispanic Heritage Month, and we wanted to highlight a country in regards to that,” said Donielle Miller, Multicultural and International Student Services Coordinator. “We have done a few other things to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, and we were very excited to be able to put on this event.” The lunch consisted of four basic courses from El Salvador; a salad, entrée, vegetable, and dessert. The salad was a curtido, or spicy
cabbage slaw, with deep fried plantains, also known as “platanos fritos.” Students could choose between two main entrées, pollo encebollad, which is stewed chicken and onions, and beef empanadas. Herb roasted tomatoes were served along with casamiento, or black beans and rice. Dessert consisted of semita, a coffee cake with native guava and pineapple jam. Students were also able to learn a little more about the general culture of El Salvador, as fact sheets with general information were handed
out with every meal. “We chose El Salvador because we wanted to highlight a country that is normally not recognized,” Miller said. The Multicultural and International Student Services Department puts on a food tasting once a year, as a way for students to be able to enjoy the variety of different cultures. “We want to get students involved, and give them to chance to experience a different culture,” Miller said.
NATION & WORLD
Page 4 The Houstonian SAMOAN TSUNAMI
Aid flows to tsunami-hit Samoas; death toll at 120 (AP) — Police searched a ghastly landscape of mudstrewn streets, pulverized homes and bodies scattered in a swamp Wednesday as dazed survivors emerged from the muck and mire of an earthquake and tsunami that killed at least 120 in the South Pacific. Military transports flew medical personnel, food, water and medicine to Samoa and American Samoa, both devastated by a tsunami triggered by an undersea earthquake. A cargo plane from New Zealand brought in a temporary morgue and a body identification team. Officials expect the death toll to rise as more areas are searched. Among the hardest hit areas was the southeast coast of Samoa, with authorities reporting that several tourist resorts were wiped out. Survivors fled to higher ground on the islands after the magnitude 8.0 quake struck at 6:48 a.m. local time (1:48 p.m. EDT; 1748 GMT) Tuesday. The residents then were engulfed by four tsunami waves 15 to 20 feet (4 to 6 meters) high that reached up to a mile (1.5 kilometers) inland. The waves splintered houses and left cars and boats — many battered and upside down — scattered about the coastline. Debris as small as a spoon and as large as a piece of masonry weighing several tons were strewn in the mud. Survivors told harrowing tales of encountering the deadly tsunami. On Samoa, the two-hour drive from the Apia airport to the heavily damaged southeast coast initially showed no sign of damage before becoming little more than a link between one flattened village after
another. Mattresses hung from trees, and utility poles were bent at awkward angles. It was clear that tourists were among the casualties, but figures were impossible to get immediately with officials saying they had no solid head count on the number of visitors in the area. Three of the key resorts on the coast are scenes of “total devastation” while a fourth “has a few units standing on higher ground,” Nynette Sass of Samoa’s National Disaster Management committee told New Zealand’s National Radio on Thursday. Dr. Ben Makalavea from Apia’s main hospital told the broadcaster that some couples can’t find their children, and fear they may have been washed out to sea. “One woman we saw was so confused that she doesn’t even know where she comes from,” he said. Makalavea added that the hospital needs nurses, doctors, surgeons and blood to treat the increasing numbers of casualties with broken bones and cuts. Red Cross relief workers were providing food, clothes and water to thousands of homeless now camping in the wooded hills above the coast. Volunteer Futi Mauigoa said water was already in short supply. Faletolu Senara Tiatia said nine family members including his sister had been confirmed dead and more than 20 others, including aunts and cousins, were missing from the Lalomanu village area — epicenter of the devastation on Samoa’s Upolu Island south coast. “I’m very sad, it’s the worst nightmare of my life,” Tiatia told the Christ-
IRAN AND NUCLEAR ACTIVITIES
West goes to Iran talks and readies sanctions (AP) — The U.S. and five other world powers go to the table with Iran on Thursday to demand a freeze of its nuclear activities, and a senior U.S. official said Washington may seek rare face-to-face talks with Iranian diplomats. Even as they prepare for new talks Thursday with Iran on its nuclear program, the U.S. and its allies are contemplating new and tighter sanctions on Tehran, in a clear signal of expectations that the negotiations may again end in failure. The fact that the meeting is taking place at all offers some hope, reflecting both sides’ desire to talk, despite a spike in tensions over last week’s revelations by Iran that it had been secretly building a new uranium en-
richment plant. Ahead of Thursday’s negotiations, the State Department stressed its hope that the session would open the door to more in-depth dialogue about ways Iran could alleviate concerns that its emerging nuclear program may be secretly developing nuclear weapons. If Iran is willing to address the nuclear issues, then there likely will be subsequent meetings, State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley said in Washington. Crowley noted that U.S. President Barack Obama has said he intends to take a few months to assess Iran’s position and consult with U.S. negotiating partners before deciding what next steps to take.
Total devastation. An earthquake with an epicenter located a mere 120 miles of the coast of Samoa and America Samoa caused massive damage.
church Press newspaper Thursday as he packed to fly to Samoa for the funerals. Suavai Ioane was rattled by the violent earthquake that shook Voutosi, a village of 600 people. But he didn’t have much time to calm down. Ioane was carried by a wave about 80 yards (meters) inland. He knew he was lucky to be alive; eight bodies were found in a nearby swamp. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii said it issued an alert, but the waves got to the islands so quickly that residents only had about 10 minutes to respond. Another system designed to alert aid agencies suffered a hardware malfunction that delayed notification, but that did not affect island residents. The quake was centered about 120 miles south of the islands of Samoa, which has about 220,000 people, and American Samoa, a U.S. territory of 65,000. Samoa National Disaster Management committee member Filomina Nelson told New Zealand’s National Radio the number of dead in her country had reached 83 — mostly elderly and young children. At least 30 people were killed on American Samoa, Gov. Togiola Tulafono said. Authorities in Tonga,
southwest of the Samoas, confirmed at least seven dead and three missing, according to Tongan government spokesman Lopeti Senituli. He said the waves practically flattened two of the island’s three villages. The government dispatched a boat with supplies to the island to help its more than 1,000 residents. A Coast Guard C-130 plane loaded with aid and carrying Federal Emergency Management Agency officials flew from Hawaii to American Samoa’s capital of Pago Pago, where debris had been cleared from runways so emergency planes could land. President Barack Obama declared a major disaster for American Samoa. English said the temporary morgue and the body identification team were sent to Samoa after local officials expressed concern “about the growing death toll.” Australian officials say they will send an air force plane carrying 20 tons of humanitarian aid, as well as aid officials and medical personnel to Samoa. While the earthquake and tsunami were big, they were not as large as the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami that killed more than 230,000 in a dozen countries across Asia.
WAR IN AFGHANISTAN
Top officials and Obama advisers study Afghan war
(AP) — President Barack Obama summoned his war council to the White House Situation Room on Wednesday for an intense, three-hour discussion that exposed emerging fault lines over Afghanistan — with military commanders pressing for more troops and other key officials expressing skepticism. There was no discussion of specific troop levels during the meeting in the West Wing basement, according to a senior administration official. But the talks underscored the divisions throughout Obama’s inner circle that must be navigated in the coming weeks, the offi-
cial said. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and special Afghan and Pakistan envoy Richard Holbrooke appeared to be leaning toward supporting a troop increase, said the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the discussions were private. The official, who attended the meeting, based the assessment on the tone and substance of their participation. White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel and Gen. James Jones, Obama’s national security adviser, appeared to be skeptical of troop increases, the official said.
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students pay will be used to repay those bonds. Another way we will use will be using designated tuition, as the tuition goes up, part of that money can go to paying off money that we borrowed to build buildings.” Sam Houston has a great record for completing everything it sets out to improve in each master plan, and the last thing to be completed for the 2010 Master Plan is the Performing Arts Center. “One reason that everything got completed was because we grew fast,” President Gaernter said. “So in this next master plan we can not be sure if everything gets completed because of the uncertainty of enrollment growth. If we grow faster we might complete the plan before we said and if we grow slower, instead
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way is through Tuition Revenue Bonds which the state of Texas pays for,” President Gaertner said. “There are also Higher Education Assistance Funds (HEAF) which are monies given to the university that can be used for a limited number of things, and one of them is new buildings. Some we can just sell bonds and repay the bonds, for example with the new dormitories, we can sell bonds and then the rent the of loans require if a student receives a scholarship, that those funds be applied to the loan. The student may have not needed that extra aid if the scholarship award had been received sooner, and those funds could have gone to another student with need.” Turner said. The Scholar X program was initiated as a first step in improving this process and alleviating the pain of the disbursement problem. The plan is to centralize information and make it available to students in one place and in a timely manner. This means students no longer have to research and try to figure out what they qualify for; the scholarship software does that for them. “Based on the student’s answers on the application, they are then matched electronically to the scholarships they qualify for. No more lost applications or letters of recommendation.
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of a 10-year plan it might be a 15-year plan.” The expected enrollment for the year 2020 at Sam Houston is around 20,000 students. “Another important reason is that things change, so a major that might be really hot now and we project to be really important to us in the future might slow down and something else might take off. So the plan might be modified.” Aesthetics are also taken into account when outlining the master plan. “The master plan is not just for buildings, but it is also calls for the campus to remain beautiful and maybe even enhancing the beauty,” Gaertner said. “So we really want this campus to remain a pleasant place to work and study.” For more information about the Campus Master Plan, log on to http://www. shsu.edu/~masterplan/ Everything is stored electronically,” Turner said. Financial Aid has been given the task of collecting scholarship information and informing the students of their total financial package. “This is particularly important for freshmen who are deciding where they are going to school,” Abshire and Bruce said. Turner said there is anticipation for an earlier awarding cycle with the use of the Scholar X program. “Our goal is to award student scholarships or ‘free money’ sooner, so they can make better financial decisions about loans and alternative tuition funding,” Turner said. There is a priority date of Feb. 1, 2010, for the application to be completed and submitted by; students that have applied up to Feb. 1 will be given first consideration for scholarships. “Students applying after Feb. 1 still have an excellent chance for scholarship opportunities, but not as many opportunities,” Turner said. This is the fourth year that Scholar X has been used. The first users of Scholar X were Academic Affairs, Alumni Relations, College of Education and College of Criminal Justice for the purpose of a better scholarship process. “It’s the old adage ‘There’s got to be a better way.’ Scholar X answered that question,” Turner said.
Double hand transplant patient out of hospital AP) — The mother of the nation’s first double hand transplant patient says he’s out of the hospital and looking forward to returning to his wife and daughter in Georgia. Doris Schafer told the Intelligencer Journal-Lancaster New Era that her son, Jeff Kepner, visited her over the weekend in Lancaster. She says he plans to return to Augusta, Ga., at the end of this week. Schafer says
Kepner is considerably happier than when she saw him in June at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, about a month after the transplant. She says her son still has no feeling in his fingers but is learning how to catch a ball and pick up small items. His doctors have said nerves grow about an inch a month. Kepner lost his hands a decade ago to a bacterial infection.
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ENTERTAINMENT
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Entertainment Poll of the Week
What is the best period piece of the decade? Student Choice: Gladiator Critic’s Choice: Far From Heaven
SHSU Online Poll Results
Gladiator.....................................35% Finding Neverland......................18% Gangs of New York....................18% Far From Heaven.......................12% Pride and Prejudice....................12% Revolutionary Road.....................6% Marie Antoinettte.........................0% The New World............................0% There Will Be Blood....................0%
Kevin Jukkola
Entertainment Editor
“Gladiator” is well-made, big scale entertainment that contains a story of perseverance that has continuously been a well-chronicled recipe for both widespread box office and public success. Russell Crowe plays Maximus, an esteemed warrior who is unfairly imprisoned because of the jealousy of Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix). Both of these stellar performances guide the conflict that compose the remainder of the story, effectively involving Maximus fighting as a gladiator all the way to the crown. I have a strong affection for the film, but also
believe that the merits of it have been overblown. Crowe won an Oscar for this role, but he has given better performances in superior movies, such as “The Insider,” “A Beautiful Mind,” and “Cinderella Man.” Scott did fabulous work with crafting this immense story, but I still contend that “Matchstick Men” is his best effort of the decade. Out of the possible choices for this week, it probably ranks in the middle. That said, I want to make my opinion of the film perfectly clear: “Gladiator” works extremely well on its intended level, even if it does not necessarily achieve the greatness that people have granted it.
Kevin Jukkola
Entertainment Editor
“Far From Heaven” is not an extraordinary experience because it deals with sexism, homosexuality, racism, and the relationships that bound these taboo subjects together, but rather the unparalleled maturity with which it beautifully illustrates society’s constraints on well-intentioned individuals. All of the characters are masterfully crafted as people whose goodness is exceeded only by their naïveté in believing that people are as open-minded and kind as them. The relationships between all of the characters are a necessary release for these individuals whose lives are dictated solely by the rules that they are intent on following, until they garner the courage to break free from this false imprisonment. Julianne Moore plays Cathy Whitaker, a woman whose seemingly perfect life is shattered by the revelation that her husband, Frank (Dennis Quaid), is gay. She searches for understanding from her friend, Eleanor Fine (Patricia Clarkson), but eventually finds a sweet, sustained comfort from Raymond Deagan (Dennis Haysbert). After Cathy’s husband begins to realize that his homosexuality is not something that can be cured, he decides that he can no longer subject his wife and children to this emotional torture and leaves, prompting her to begin a shy courtship with the gardener that can never fully achieve a desired physical embrace that matches their love. The authentic nature of the film derives from the searing performances.
Moore is amazing and rightfully restrained as a woman who fights for her marriage, love, and dignity but is stymied by a world that sees women as second-class citizens. Quaid, in what might be the best male supporting performance of the decade, is thoroughly subtle, powerful, and tragic as a person who fights for a family that he cannot completely embrace, causing him to feel as if he is not deserving of their love. Haysbert gives easily the most accomplished performance of his career, penetrating his character with an insight and depth into the mind and fears of a 1950’s black male with real hopes and dreams that is simply astounding.
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Clarkson plays Cathy’s best friend superbly as a person who claims she is warns about possible trouble because of a real affection, but actually judges her in a condescending way that briefly elevates her low self-esteem. Todd Haynes, the writer and director, makes “Far From Heavean” in a style that is a tribute to the 1950’s Douglas Sirk films, but the timeless messages it accentuates are forever applicable. The film has truthful dialogue that exhibits the reality of racism that existed among all ethnicities that was also pervasive, if quieter, in the north. Raymond makes a simple but perfectly accurate statement when describing the outrage
at their blossoming relationship between himself and Cathy: “Apparently, we found something whites and blacks can agree on.” “Far From Heaven” was the best film of 2002 because of the somewhat painful realism with which it tells its touching and harrowing story. The film is not about perfect people or heroes, but rather about victims who are driven by the best intentions in a search for contentment. Ultimately, “Far From Heaven” is about goodhearted people who make selfless, difficult decisions that cause impenetrable loneliness because they reside in a world that rewards narcissism and greed.
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France rushes to Polanski’s Dan Rather’s $70 million lawsuit against CBS thrown out defense (AP) — Was Roman Polanski “thrown to the lions because of ancient history?” That’s what the French culture minister says — though not everyone in France agrees. The French government has rushed to the filmmaker’s defense since he was
arrested this weekend in Switzerland on a U.S. warrant in connection with his guilty plea to having having sex with a 13-yearold girl in 1977. Government ministers and France’s cultural world have lauded Polanski as a great artist, a family man
Polanski the convict? Roman Polanski was recently apprehended for a 1977 rape, but it’s anyone guess what will happen next.
and a survivor of countless hardships who deserves peace at age 76. Polanski, who has dual French and Polish nationality, has long been protected by France’s refusal to extradite its citizens. Few, if any, prominent figures came out publicly against Polanski, but there were signs that many ordinary French people disagreed with the government’s position. Many newspaper readers responded with angry comments on the newspapers’ Web sites lashing out at France’s government and cultural leaders. One comment in Le Figaro read: “Our so-called intelligentsia lacks modesty, restraint and impartiality when one of its own has behaved badly.” His early life was marked by tragedy — his mother died at Auschwitz during the Holocaust, and his second wife, actress Sharon Tate, was murdered in 1969 by followers of Charles Manson. She was eight months pregnant. Polanski’s victim, Samantha Geimer, who identified herself publicly years ago, has joined in Polanski’s bid for dismissal, saying she wants the case to be over. She sued Polanski and reached an undisclosed settlement.
(AP) — A New York court on Tuesday dismissed Dan Rather’s $70 million breach of contract lawsuit against CBS Corp., noting that the network continued to pay the anchor $6 million a year even after he left the evening news broadcast. Rather sued CBS and its top executives in 2007, claiming he had been removed from his “CBS Evening News” anchor post over a report that examined President George W. Bush’s military service. The Appellate Division Rather disappointing. Dan Rather is uncertain of where his lawof the state Supreme Court suit against CBS will go after the decision by a New York Court. — New York’s trial-level Rather kept reporting court — said the complaint Appeals, New York’s for “60 Minutes” but was “must be dismissed in its highest court. CBS said in a statement it dumped by CBS in June entirety.” The five-judge panel was pleased with Tuesday’s 2006 after 44 years with the network. ruled unanimously that ruling. “The lawsuit is now His 2007 lawsuit a lower court “erred effectively over,” CBS claimed fraud and breach in declining to dismiss said. of fiduciary duty, as well as Rather’s breach of contract The dispute began with breach of contract. A court claim against CBS.” The court said there a piece Rather narrated threw out the fraud claims was no breach of contract, for the now-defunct “60 in September 2008. CBS said it expects because CBS still paid Minutes II,” in which he Rather his $6 million reported that Bush got Rather’s related lawsuit treatment against CBS chief annual salary after the preferential during his Vietnam Warexecutive Leslie Moonves disputed 2004 broadcast under the “pay or play” era service in the Texas Air and Andrew Heyward, National Guard. former head of CBS News, provision of his contract. Rather cited new to be dismissed, as well. Rather’s lawyer, documents CBS had General counsel Louis Martin Gold, said he was obtained, but the Briskman said that “extremely disappointed” authenticity of the action “is technically still in the decision and would appeal it to the Court of documents later came pending, but it’s hanging under attack. by a thread.”
SPORTS
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News & Kat crazed paint out for the krazies Notes
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Men’s Basketball schedule announced
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For one group on campus, attending isn’t enough. They have to support their team with real color. Mike Silva
Staff Reporter
Their orange head-to-toe attire separates them from ordinary fans. From the orange wigs, orange face paint, and their orange bodies, this “oranged out” group of Bearkat fans are known simply as the Kat Krazies. The Kat Krazies are Sam Houston State’s official athletics fan group. The organization was formed to get more students and Bearkat athletics fans to show their pride and support for Sam Houston State. The organization was founded by the Student Government Association in November 2007. ThenPresident Chris Whitaker and current student body President Ryan Bridges discussed ways to get students more involved in Sam Houston State Athletics. “Chris and I had been talking over www.katfans. com (a Sam Houston athletics message board), about starting a student fan organization,” said Student Government Association President Ryan Bridges. “We had
a lot of people who liked the idea and wanted to take part in it. So we held a meeting, wrote a constitution, and the Kat Krazies were born.” The Kat Krazies will be holding an “Orange Out” event for the football game this Saturday. The Kat Krazies aim to get all supporting Bearkat fans to “orange out” at this weekend’s game by being clothed, covered, and even painted in orange. The event will be held in hopes of encouraging Bearkat fans to show their support of Sam Houston State football as the Bearkats take on St. Thomas University. The “Orange Out” event will have an overnight tailgate before Saturday’s game, and will offer body-painting and orange wigs to all Bearkats who want to show their support for Sam Houston State. The Kat Krazies hope that they can provide a home field advantage at all sporting events by creating a loud and intimidating environment for all opposing teams. This weekend’s “Orange Out” hopes to do just that. “We want to get entirely
painted up, head to toe, in orange for Sam Houston,” said Bridges. “We’ll have wigs, paint, and clothes, all orange. We want our support for Sam Houston State to rub off on other students. We’re willing to be completely painted and take it to that extreme to get other students excited and wanting to get involved.” The idea of an “Orange Out” game was thought up by Golden Key International Honor Society President Jadrian Wooten. Wooten, also a Student Government Association member, brought the idea to SGA President Ryan Bridges. The idea was spread around and widely embraced by the Kat Krazies, who took the idea and ran with it. This “Orange Out” game will be the first in Sam Houston State’s athletics history. The Student Government Association, along with the Kat Krazies, hopes that this will be the first of many “Orange Out” games to come. The goal of the Kat Krazies is to encourage students to support all Sam Houston State athletic events. The
group also wants there to ultimately not be a need for a Sam Houston State sports fan organization. The goal of the organization is to get the entire student section at all sporting events to create a loud, exciting atmosphere showing support to all Bearkat sporting events. The Kat Krazies will accept any interested students to join the group. The Kat Krazies’ tent can be found outside of all basketball games and football games. The athletics fan organization invites all students to join and aims to get as many members as possible. “We don’t exclude anyone that wants to join Kat Krazies,” said Bridges. “We are accepting of anyone that wants to join the Kat Krazies and show support for Sam Houston State.” All students interested in participating in the “Orange Out” game are encouraged to arrive at the tailgate early to get painted up. The “Orange Out” aims to get all students involved to show love and support for the Sam Houston State Bearkats.
November: 14 Sat. Letourneau at Home 7 p.m. 16 Mon. Texas College at Home 7 p.m. 19 Thur. Kentucky at Lexington KY 8 p.m. 21 Sat. Cleveland State at Cleveland OH 6 p.m 24 Tues. Oral Roberts in Cancun Mexico TBA 25 Wed. Rider or Florida A&M in Cancun Mexico TBA 30 Mon. Mid-America Christian at Home 7 p.m. December 5 Sat. Louisiana-Lafayette at Home 7 p.m. 12 Sat. Ecclesia College at Home 7 p.m. 20 Sun. Auburn at Auburn AL 1 p.m. 22 Tues. Florida International at Home 7 p.m. 28 Mon. Wright at Dayton, OH 6 p.m.
Sports Information
Women’s Basketball Schedule Announced November 7 Sat. Texas A&M at Home 1 p.m. 9 Mon. McMurray at Home 6:30 p.m. 14 Sat. Texas Tech at Lubbock 11:45 a.m. 17 Tue. Mississippi at Home 12 20 Fri. Centenary at Shreveport 7 p.m. 22 Sun. Grambling at Grambling 3 p.m. 30 Mon. Oral Roberts at Home 6:30 p.m.
December 4 Fri. Jackson State at Houston 5 p.m. 5 Sat. Rice or UTPA at Houston 5 or 7 p.m. 11 Fri. New Orleans at New Orleans 7 p.m. 20 Sun. TCU at Fort Worth 1 p.m. 29 Tue. Arkansas at Fayetteville 7 p.m.
Lady Kats out hustle the Huskies Looking to get back to wins the Bearkats beat down Houston Baptist University Lotis Butchko Sports Editor
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Set and spike. Carli Kolbe makes one of her 11 kills on night where the Bearkats won three sets to zero.
The Bearkat volleyball team blasted past the Houston Baptist Huskies in a game that saw nine lead changes and an astonishing 79 kills. The lady Kats brought their A-game in a three game sweep. Carli Kolbe and Anna Ferguson played some of their best volleyball of the season, combining for 27 of the Bearkats 43 kills. “Our focus tonight was to block better,” said Head Coach Brenda Gray. “And to make sure we served better, and I think we did that.” In the first set the Bearkats trailed early, but the game went back and forth with each team going
through the feeling out process and working in between a lead process. One familiar face across the net was former Bearkat Sarah Hazlewood, who played for Huntsville Hornets before she came to SHSU, and now plays for HBU. “She was just another opponent,” said Gray. Kolbe had a spectacular second game and at one point recorded three straight kills. During the second game, the Bearkats won 25-21. “I think it was a team effort,” Kolbe said. The third and final set was the best for the lady Kats. They came out with great adjustments and poured it on the Huskies. “We regrouped in our break and really shut them
down,” Ferguson said. The first point came off a missed serve from the Huskies and the Kats never looked back. At one point taking a five-point lead with the Kats leading the entire game. During the third game the Kats poured it on the Huskies with 14 kills and were able to finish the game in just under 90 minutes. “It felt really good to win in three,” said Ferguson. We like to go to five so that was nice.”
Kill Leaders Anna Ferguson - 16 Carli Kolbe - 11 Block Leaders Anna Ferguson -5 Kim Black - 4
Southland Conference Standings: East Division SLC Overall Central Arkansas 3-0 14-2 S. E. Louisiana 1-0 5-7 McNeese State 1-1 13-3 Stephen F. Austin 1-1 12-7 Nicholls 0-1 5-9 Northwestern St. 0-3 1-10 West Division SLC Overall Texas State 2-0 8-9 UT Arlington 2-0 6-8 Sam Houston State 1-1 9-10 Lamar 1-1 6-7 Texas A&M CC 0-2 7-10
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