Volume 126 | Issue 12

Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014

The Independent Student Newspaper of Sam Houston State University

What’s happening at Sam AWARENESS MONTH, P.2

HOMECOMING, P.3

HOMECOMING, P.4

GOLF, P.5

JOB FAIR, P.6

Organizations on campus are bringing awareness to domestic abuse

Meet your 2014 Homecoming Court Voting begins tomorrow

Spend this week (if this week only) to show your school spirit

In SHSU’s two-day home tournament, the Bearkats are on top (so far)

Students looking to become teachers can benefit from an upcoming job fair

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OLD MAIN, NEW FLAME A small fire broke out at the university’s main eatery

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JP MORGAN CHASE HACKING

Details disclosed in a securities filing show that the cyber-attack that occurred this summer on JP Morgan Chase comprised the accounts of 76 million households and seven million small businesses.

The numbers, far larger than previously believed, make the attack one of the largest breaches ever of consumer data.

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GATORS SUSPEND QB

University of Florida athletics department suspended quarterback Treon Harris pending an investigation into allegations that he sexually assaulted a female student in a campus dorm during the early hours of Oct 5. No charges have yet been filed.

Old Main Market, named after Sam Houston State University’s late Old Main building which burned down in 1982, was evacuated yesterday after an Aramark employee accidentally set the Home Style Grille on fire while making burgers, according to university spokeswoman Julia May. Freshman history major Jake Alexander (pictured above) sat patiently for more than an hour. Food Service Equipment Specialist Roger Padon used a nearby fire extinguisher to put out the flames, limiting damage to only the grill. Old Main Market is currently open while the Home Style Grille undergoes repairs.

KADENA AIR BASE TYPHOON

A strong typhoon near Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan resulted in the death of one U.S. Airman and left two others missing. Base officials continue to search for the two missing airmen, but said the search was complicated by rough seas.

BEARKAT FOOTBALL PLAYERS ARRESTED

Student enrollment increases 2.7 percent

BUBBLE-RUNNER RESCUED

The Coast Guard rescued marathoner Reza Baluchi early Saturday morning about 70 nautical miles from St. Augustine, Florida after he signaled for help during his attempt to ‘run’ from Florida to Bermuda in a large human-powered inflatable bubble dubbed the ‘Hydro-Pod.’ Baluchi, a peace activist, planned the trip in an effort to raise money and awareness for his non-profit organization Planet Unity.

SATURDAY MORNING CARTOONS END

For the first time in more than 50 years, not a single U.S. broadcast TV network featured animated programming for children on the morning of Oct. 4. Saturday morning cartoons have faded away in the past decade because of the rise of streaming services and mandates from the Federal Communication Commission.

‘BABY DOC’ DIES

Former Haitian president JeanClaude ‘Baby Doc’ Duvalier, known for his harsh ruling over Haiti, died of a heart attack in PortAu-Prince Oct. 4 at the age of 63.

GLASS TOWER

The world’s most-visited attraction received an upgrade costing about $38 million to its least-visited first floor. The new first floor made of glass opened Oct. 6 to the public.

Photos courtesy Walker County Jail

Two Sam Houston State University football players were arrested early Sunday for fighting.

Freshman quarterback Jaylen Fails and sophomore wide receiver Kiante’ Griffin were both arrested at 12:44 a.m. on Sunday at Brookplace Student Apartments

by Huntsville Police Department.

Kenneth Jenkins, 24, and Derold Broussard-Palmer, 25, were also arrested.

University police assisted HPD during the incident but did not make any of the arrests. UPD and HPD were not available for comment as of press time.

Both Fails and Griffin will also be subject to SHSU’s judicial disciplinary proceedings, according to Paul Ridings, associate athletic director of media relations.

Follow The Houstonian as more information becomes available.

Sam Houston State University’s enrollment rose to 19,719 in fall 2014 from 19,210 in fall 2013. The increase is a smaller increase than that from fall 2012 to fall 2013, however, when the university saw a 4.1 percent growth.

Student brings advanced makeup to SHSU theatre SEAN SMITH Campus Culture Editor Jennifer Sullivan has worked on numerous theatrical programs throughout her undergraduate career at Sam Houston State University. Her passion for makeup and costuming has become her life’s work, and her advanced techniques are showcased in the SHSU department of theatre and musical theatre’s production of “Machinal.”

Sullivan, a senior theatre major with a concentration in costume and makeup, was selected to head the makeup design for the department’s first production of the semester. She is one of the first to use the advanced makeup technique of airbrushing in an SHSU production.

“As far as I know, we haven’t airbrushed here before,” Sullivan said.

“I have done [airbrushing] before on jobs I’ve had in the past. I’m in an advanced prosthetics class that is like an independent study class and we’re doing airbrushing techniques.”

Sullivan said that she has learned how to manage working on multiple actors who all need slightly different makeup applications.

“We have 14 people backstage that we’re doing,” Sullivan said. “A lot of the process has been figuring out who needs to come in when, who needs to get what done. It’s a lot of figuring out the organization of the actors and who who goes when.”

Sullivan said she also learned how to adjust makeup designs to fit a larger stage versus a smaller

stage. She said that larger stages require more drastic makeup design because the eye naturally blends details together.

Sullivan, along with a team of artists, creates the gray scale look the all the actors except for the main character wear. Sullivan said the style is a blend of the 1920’s and a “film noir,” which helps promote the storytelling through the protagonists mind.

“The whole show is based in [the main character’s] perspective, so you see her point of view,” Sullivan said. “Everybody else around her is in blacks and whites and she is the only one in color since you are focusing on her.”

While Sullivan enjoys acting, she has found a passion in doing technical work behind the scenes and even worked on two shows simul-

taneously last semester.

“The end of last year I worked on ‘Shrek the Musical’ while we were doing ‘Hair,’” she said. “I went down to [Corpus Christi] every weekend while still doing work here. That’s where I got my main airbrushing experience, while being Shrek’s makeup artist.”

Sullivan has worked on several other productions at SHSU, including “Much Ado About Nothing,” “Dog Sees God,” “Lucy” and “Hair.”

Sullivan’s work can be seen at any showing of “Machinal” which runs today through Oct. 11 in the Erica Starr Theatre.

Tickets can be purchased at shsu. edu/boxoffice or at 936-294-1339 and cost $10 for students and senior citizens, and $12 for general admission.

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Sorority raising awareness for abuse

Catherine Stallard | The Houstonian

EDMUNDO CASTILLO Contributing Reporter Yesterday, the member of Delta Xi Nu kicked things off with their annual “Breaking the Silence” event where different students painted inspirational messages on t-shirts and hung the shirts up on a clothesline for display in the Lowman Student Center.

The messages were written to encourage respectful treatment of women. Messages like “Love Shouldn’t Hurt” or “Make Love, Not Harm” hung on the clothesline from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., and even through the constant threat of and eventual rain, the group did not waver and accomplished their mis-

sion of campus involvement and awareness.

They had over 40 shirts hanging from the clothes line after only a few hours.

Junior criminal justice major and programs chair of Delta Xi Nu Alondra Garza was in charge of coordinating the event.

“We hope to demonstrate our passion on the subject and build the profile of domestic violence as a cause,” Garza said.

Many victims of abuse deal with shame and hopelessness which translates to fear and silence: a fear which, in many cases, holds these victims hostage in harmful and sometimes deadly relationships, leaving those on the outside as friends, family or observers to be

the advocates for these sufferers.

According to Safe Horizon, one in four women will experience domestic violence during her lifetime. One in three women who is a victim of homicide is murdered by her current or former partner. In addition, domestic violence is the third leading cause of homelessness among families.

The SAAFE House is a nonprofit organization based in Huntsville that works with victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.

They offer free and confidential services and aim to prevent family violence and sexual assaults by educating the community.

“The biggest obstacles that victims face are empowerment issues, manipulation and a victim mindset

that keeps them trapped,” Victoria White, community education coordinator for SAAFE House, said.

“Our best tools against abuse are education, awareness and communication.”

White also added that the biggest misconception about domestic violence is that it mostly happens on the lower side of the socioeconomic spectrum.

“Domestic violence knows no boundaries,” White said. “It’s something that all of us are equally susceptible to.”

Domestic violence has made a lot of headlines this summer after NFL player Ray Rice was caught on camera punching his wife then dragging her unconscious body out of an elevator. Some might feel

like this story was in the spotlight for too long, but these sororities are not thinking of letting up; they are using the familiarity as a spring board to ensure SHSU students are educated on the topic.

Many more events to raise awareness for the issue of domestic violence will occur on campus throughout October hosted by Delta Xi Nu and Alpha Chi Omega.

According to Delta Xi Nu, awareness is just the first step. The next step has to be action.

For more information, contact the SAAFE House through one of their 24-hour hotlines at 936-2913369 or 936-327-2513.

SCOTUS refuses to hear same-sex marriage petitions CONNOR HYDE Senior Reporter The Supreme Court declined Monday to hear seven

petitions that challenged five states’ rulings defending the recognition of same-sex marriage.

SCOTUS Blog reported that the Supreme Court’s de-

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President Marina Miller of Gamma Sigma Kappa, a gay rights advocacy group at Sam Houston State University, said the Supreme Court’s decision is a “step in the right direction.”

“I think it’s positive because we are getting somewhere with these states giving same-sex couples equal rights,” she said. “For the other 20 states, hopefully it’s monkey see, monkey do.”

Miller said as the amount of states allowing same-sex marriage grows, the attitude towards same-sex marriage will change as well.

“Hopefully the states that are against same-sex marriage will see nothing has changed, no one is having a heart attack, it’s making things better,” she said.

“Once a mandate is issued by the seventh circuit – which could happen later this week – county clerk’s offices will be required by

federal court order to issue marriage licenses to otherwise eligible same-sex applicants, and same-sex marriages previously granted by other states will be legally recognized in Indiana,” Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller said in a statement.

According to Reuters, the number of states allowing gay marriage would jump from 19 to 24 and “likely soon to be followed by six more states,” leaving 20 states that prohibit same-sex marriage.

The Supreme Court did not give an explanation for side-stepping the issue, however Reuters speculates it would be “premature [for SCOTUS] to intervene and wants to see more lower court action.”

In response to the Supreme Court’s decision to let the lower court rulings stand, U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said “this is judicial activism at its worst.”

“The Supreme Court’s de-

cision to let rulings by lower court judges stand that redefine marriage is both tragic and indefensible,” Cruz said in a statement. “By refusing to rule if the states can define marriage, the Supreme Court is abdicating its duty to uphold the Constitution.

The fact that the Supreme Court Justices, without providing any explanation whatsoever, have permitted lower courts to strike down so many state marriage laws is astonishing.”

A federal judge repealed the Texas’ same-sex marriage ban in February, however the state appealed the decision to the fifth circuit.

According to USA Today, Texas “indicated it would oppose speeding up the appeal.”

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SHSU theatre to open season with unconventional production SEAN SMITH Campus Culture Editor A chilling theatrical production is coming to campus as the Sam Houston State University department of theatre and musical theatre opens its season tonight.

The department will present “Machinal,” a dramatic production loosely based on the life of Ruth Snyder, a woman in the 1920’s who murdered her husband and was executed in 1928, the same year as the show’s opening on Broadway.

The show is unlike any production SHSU theatre has put on before, according to professor of theatre and “Machinal” director David McTier, Ph.D. The production follows a theatrical style known as “American expressionism,” where the story is shown through the mind of the play’s protagonist.

“The idea is that instead of experiencing the real world, we’re experiencing the world as the protagonist, Helen, experiences it,” McTier said. “When things are weird or distorted, it’s because that’s what’s going on in her mind.”

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“Machinal” differs from most productions at SHSU through the use of staging. McTier said that over the summer, the department purchased projection software to map images to the surfaces of panels that serve as the production’s staging.

Along with the projection, the play brings an advanced makeup technique to the department as senior theatre Jennifer Sullivan designed the makeup using airbrushing, “This is really our first major pro-

jection effort and it’s our first airbrush effort,” McTier said. “You’ll see for the actors themselves that this requires a very different type of acting. They’ll do a lot of coordinated movement, even do a little dancing.”

McTier said the acting style differs from the norm not only in movement, but also in the roles the actors will portray.

“It’s not about playing a character that has any dimension,” McTier said. “They’re all like worker bees in this machine. You’ll see be-

tween the makeup and what they’re wearing, they’re deliberately made to almost lose their human look.”

This show is SHSU’s competitive entry in the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival.

McTier said tonight’s opening is a deciding time in their competition process.

“We have two judges coming [tonight] and they will tell us if they are seriously interested in this production,” McTier said. “If so, they will put it on hold. In December, when all the colleges are done

performing, they will invite six colleges to come and perform at a regional festival.”

McTier said that travelling with this show would be easier than past shows since play’s gear could fit almost entirely into a pickup truck.

The show is a mixture between student and faculty design. Students have designed the sound, makeup, and the set for the show.

The video-projections were co-designed by students and faculty.

Faculty designs include the lighting and the direction, with a student aid working with the director.

“Machinal” opens tonight and runs through Oct. 11. Evening performances begin at 8 p.m. with doors opening at 7:30 p.m. Saturday matinees begin at 2 p.m. with doors open at 1:30 p.m.

Performances take place in the University Theatre Center’s Erica Starr Theatre.

Tickets can be purchased at shsu. edu/boxoffice or at 936-294-1339 and cost $10 for students and senior citizens, and $12 for general admission.

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Homecoming: A week to show that you care

PARBATTEE MAHARAJ Assistant Viewpoints Editor “Hail to Sam Houston, School we love best, Mighty in battle, True to the test, Bearkats so loyal, Ever we’ll be. Orange and white will lead Us to victory!”

I bet that as a Sam Houston State University student you didn’t know that was a part of the school’s Alma Matter. However, there’s no better time to learn then now during the school’s homecoming week.

Homecoming is done a little differently here as Sam than you might remember from high school.

It is a week-long event including many different activities leading up the big and finale of a football game.

Monday kicked off the beginning of the 2014 Homecoming Week, and from what I can tell, this year’s homecoming is going to go out with bang. This year’s theme is the Great Katsby, a play on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s book “The Great Gatsby”.

If you don’t love the 20’s or The Great Gatsby then you’re wrong, and you need to go do something with your life. But seriously, why wouldn’t you love the era of great jazz music, great fashion (have you seen some of those dresses? And those headbands were to die for) and prohibition (or lack thereof.

You’re a college student, we know what you do on the weekends)?

Tomorrow is the Sam Jam Carnival at 7 p.m. in the Holleman Field Parking Lot—be sure to check that out, I hear it’s always a good time.

Not to mention, it’s free, and it’s a

carnival. Uhm, why aren’t you going to be there again?

The homecoming parade takes place on Thursday all throughout Sam Houston Avenue beginning at 6:30 p.m. This is where all the floats come into the picture. If anything, this is the one thing I recommend checking out because the floats are entertaining.

Friday is the showing of the homecoming movie, and they’re showing, wait for it… The Great Gatsby. The event starts at 6 p.m. and will take place in the Lowman Student Center Theatre, and I mentioned before, you’re wrong if you’re not a fan. Finally, the most anticipated event (at least from what I’ve heard), is the football game. Your SHSU Bearkats play McNeese State at Bowers Stadium on Saturday at 3 p.m. Prior to the game, there will be tailgating event at Bearkat Alley starting at 1 p.m.

While the school-planned activities are great to be a part of, there are also the student planned ac-

tivities to take into consideration.

On Monday, there was the Bearkat Block Party in the Domino’s parking lot, and Midnight Pancakes at The Forum. Tonight is The Kickoff at Baby Fairgrounds. Not entirely sure what that entails. Play it safe and bring condoms just in case (see below). On Wednesday it’s Ladies Night Out at The Fox, Thursday is The Pretty Knock Owt, and Friday is the most exciting event (at least, according to me) the SHSUBIGA Rave taking place the Walker County Fairgrounds.

Honestly, I think I’m more excited about the whole Great Gatsby theme more than anything else.

Will you judge me if I show up to class dressed in one of those cute flappers with a fancy headband?

If there was ever a time to get into the school spirit, it would be now.

I challenge each and every one of you to bleed orange and show how much you care about this great institution of higher learning.

The Octogenerian: A tale of the condom, then and now KENNETH LEVIN Columnist Last week’s column was of a pretty serious nature. So this week, although the topic is serious, I’ll try to make the presentation a bit more of a fun read.

I grew up at a time when respect of all kinds was a hallmark of existence. Especially in my home where I was being raised by a mom, a grandma and a slightly older sister, and respect for the female human was of paramount importance. If my mom would ask me to do something, and I did not move immediately to comply, my dad had this way of lifting his right eyebrow that said, “Your mother just spoke, hop to it!”

I hopped.

This respect included all of woman kind. My dad only had two short talks with me about the birds and the bees, and neither talk was really about birds or bees. One talk was about the use of protection for the sake of the woman if sex occurred so that she would not become pregnant as disease was not nearly as big a problem in those days as it is today.

My dad mentioned condoms, but I had only the haziest notion of what he was talking about. Now as it happened, in 1945, I turned 14, and under the new child protection laws, I became old enough to work.

I immediately got a job as a sodajerk in our neighborhood pharmacy on the corner of my street. I was great, inventing two new sundaes and a new style and flavor of milkshake that were soon in great demand and brought in up to a dime more each in revenue.

The pharmacist and owner of the

store came to like and trust me. He lived upstairs from the drugstore and his trust was shown in that, if he had to run upstairs for something, I was in charge of the entire store. In those days, where there were many laws to protect the public, if a drug store was open, unlike today, there had to be a pharmacist on duty.

At age fourteen, I, like many boys my age, probably thought it would be manly to have in my possession a condom, because who knew what might happen? But in those days, condoms were never on display. They were kept in an often locked drawer behind the pharmacy counter, stored, individually wrapped with almost no variety and most importantly, believe it or not, it would be at least seven more years before I would be legally old enough to buy one!

One day, when Doc had gone upstairs to his home, I found the condom drawer to be unlocked and packed, and I stole a condom.

It went into my wallet where, after a few weeks, it formed a perfect and permanent tell-tale circle in the wallet’s leather wall. In August of that year, my friend Harold informed me that a distant relative, an older woman, was coming to stay for a few weeks before starting nursing school and that there were stories about her. I was mature looking and was introduced to Vilma as a friend of Harold’s nineteen year old brother.

That introduction led to the momentous day of Sunday, August 19, 1945 when I found myself sitting on Harold’s sofa next to a female person whose only clothing was around her waist, and not knowing or remembering how that had happened and in a panic that

Harold’s mom would come downstairs, see us, and my life would be over; I got Vilma dressed and out the front door. Now, who should be driving by but my dad? He was on his way to get his car serviced at a station open on Sundays that was on the far side of the all-girls Western High School grounds that was much like a park.

We got a ride from dad to the north side of the park-like school ground and Vilma and I went walking, hand in hand, exploring the area. Vilma noticed the brickwalled stone stairway leading up about one and a half stories to the closed and locked cafeteria and we found the upper porch level with its brick wall. There, on this beautiful sunny day Vilma removed my condom from my wallet and in a glorious, magnificent and ever memorable moment this never-tobe-forgotten older woman taught me the proper use of my condom and led me into manhood in one of the most profound and intense moments of my young life.

Walking home across the park, hand in hand with Vilma I remember thinking, “So this is love!” and, “I guess we will be getting married but wait, I’m only 14, and my mother isn’t going to let me get married.”

Well, my new glory wasn’t to last.

After dropping Vilma at Harold’s house, I walked the block home not remembering if my feet even touched the ground.

As I walked in my front door I found my father sitting in his favorite chair there to my left, his feet propped up, reading the Sunday edition of The Baltimore Sun. He lowered the paper and looking at me over his glasses with that all knowing grin of his and yelled out

to my mom, “Hey Pal (his pet name for mom), guess what Ken’s been doing!” HORROR!!!

How did he always know everything? Worse than him knowing, he was going to tell my mother.

He just laughed and went back to his paper. I slinked off to my bedroom to hide. Then, two days later Vilma walked into the drugstore having discovered my real age and explained to me using some very spicy language how, what it seems only I considered our great romance, was not only over but certain physical things of a scary nature that she wanted to pursue against my person. I did not see the never to be forgotten Vilma again for over three decades when there was a chance meeting that was far more pleasant that Tuesday in the drug store.

Now let us fast forward just over six and a half decades (that’s right, 66 years) from that eventful 1945 to 2011. I am standing in the aisle of a Walgreens drug store in Houston listening to the conversation between my wife and our son, a teenage college student as they stand in front of a large, colorful display of an outlandish number of brands of condoms. My wife is pointing to a colorful box containing the same brand that I first stole back in 1945 as she says to our son, “This is the brand your father prefers.”

Our son looked at the package being indicated by his mother and in his normal, thoughtful way asked his mom, “Mom, dad has seven children doesn’t he?” Then, without waiting for a reply and pointing to another brand of condom said, “I think I’d best go with this brand instead.”

That’s My Boy!

In response to a viewpoint on advising I was pleased to see in the “Viewpoints” article by Ms. Maharaj (“The main point of getting advised: To remove advising hold”) in which she focused on advising that she recommended “not waiting until the last minute” to be advised. I certainly agree with her.

At the SAM Center we have been advising for the spring semester since September 15, and with early registration only four weeks away, we also encourage all students to be advised as soon as possible and not wait until the week of registra-

tion. Ms. Maharaj also stated that “the main thing to remember when talking to an advisor is make sure to ask a million questions.” I’m not sure there is time for that many questions, but it is a good idea to come to an advising session with relevant questions about your degree. By the time you are a senior you should know the requirements of your degree very well and exactly how many courses you have left to take in order to graduate when you have planned. Of course, another important aspect of your de-

Editorial

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gree plan is knowing if you need to take one course before another; this information is readily available through the Degree Works platform. One last comment: it is unfortunate that some students feel that they are taking classes “that are completely useless,” referring to the state-mandated core curriculum. These courses allow students to experience a diversity of academic areas that enrich their university program. Advisors are able to help students with choices in the core curriculum by showing

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them which courses “double dip” into their degree program, ultimately accelerating the completion of their degree. Therefore, like Ms. Maharaj, I encourage you to get advised as quickly as you can and get that advising hold lifted! Don’t wait until the days of registration, which begin on November 10.

William Fleming, Ph.D. Executive Director SAM Center

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PAWS UP to Homecoming Week: Celebrate school pride with events including homecoming parade, Sam Jam, and the big game!

PAWS UP to the Blood Moon on Wednesday: There will be a total lunar eclipse starting at 6:24 p.m. So mix up a batch of wolfsbane and get ready to ward off all the werewolves.

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PAWS DOWN to the Texans losing to the Cowboys: Not only was it a disappointing loss for Houston fans, but we don’t get free slushes from Sonic

PAWS DOWN to Michael Phelps: Going to rehab isn’t going to change your image. Leading by action and not what your publicist tell you to do will show your public that you are a reformed man.

PAWS DOWN to Ebola: We may have the next pandemic on our hands and the entire world needs to keep a close watch on a possible catastrophe.

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SHSU first after round one JEREMY VILLANUEVA Sports Editor

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BACKSWING. Senior Zach Cabra leads the individual leaderboard after one round at the Harold Funston Intercollegiate at Raven Nest Golf Club.

Rain, lightning and thunder could not keep Sam Houston State golf from picking up right where it left off last week in their home tournament Monday at the Harold Funston Intercollegiate at Raven Nest Golf Club.

The Bearkat men’s and women’s teams sit at the top of the team leaderboards heading into today’s last rounds. The men have a oneshot lead while the women hold an eight-shot lead over Western Texas Community College.

A weather delay at 10 a.m. on Monday caused a two-hour delay during the first round of the tournament. The second round will finish today before the third round commences.

“I think the weather delay was good for us,” SHSU head coach Brandt Kieschnick said. “We didn’t get off to a great start this morning.

But it made things tougher and we finished our round pretty strong. I see it as a positive in that it gave us a chance to regroup.”

Senior Zach Cabra leads the individual leaderboard after firing a 69 in the first round. Last year, Cabra won the home tournament after breaking 70 in every round of the tournament.

Senior Logan Boatner finished tied for fifth last week at the Badger Invitational with Cabra. After one round, Boatner is three shots behind his teammate and tied at seventh.

Rounding the SHSU team is senior JT Taylor tied for 11th, sophomore Klein Klotz at 13th and junior Andrew Ertel tied for 21st.

Competing individually for the

Bearkats, senior Dennis Reiner is tied for 13th, freshman Jake McCrory tied for 36th and senior Andrew Johnson tied for 45th.

Junior Alisa White looks to continue on her top-10 finish streak in every tournament thus far this season alongside sophomore Paige Nelson. White sits tied for second after one round while Nelson is tied for fifth.

Freshman Sarah Black also holds a tie for fifth after shooting a 73 in the first round. Junior Nicole Budnik is tied for ninth, finishing one shot behind Nelson and Black.

Sophomore transfer Celeste Lo is tied for 11th.

Junior Abigayle Corson is competing individually and holds on to a tie for 18th after hitting a 78 in the opening round.

The second round will tee-off at 8:30 a.m.

BY THE N UM B ERS. . .

TREY OURSLER Contributing Reporter

9 The number of returning players for the Sam Houston State men’s basketball team this 20142015 season. The Bearkats started practice last Friday.

20 The number of goals the women’s soccer team has scored through 12 games.

5 Chris Winfield | The Houstonian

CAN’T STOP, WON’T STOP. Sophomore forward Allie Johnson has been untouchable in the past four games for the Bearkats. Johnson has scored five goals in the past four games, including a goal in the seventh minute against Stephen F. Austin on Sunday.

SFA snaps SHSU soccer streak Sunday JEREMY VILLANUEVA Sports Editor Sam Houston State soccer had scored four goals in each of its last three games heading into Sunday’s rival match against Stephen F. Austin State.

It seemed ideal that four would the Bearkats’ number to extend their game-winning streak to four.

However, the Lumberjacks snapped the Bearkats’ streak in SHSU’s 2-1 loss in Nacogdoches.

Sophomore forward Allie Johnson was able to find an early goal

against SFA to take the quick 1-0 lead for SHSU on an empty net when the SFA’s goalkeeper Morgan Glick left her line to defend.

The score extends her goal streak to four games and was Johnson’s fourth goal in the opening eight minutes of a half.

“Scoring early gives you an early boost to push you throughout the entire game,” Johnson said. “As soon we have the lead, we are more calm with ball and play the way we know how to play.”

The Bearkats lost the 1-0 lead in the 25th minute when SFA’s freshman forward Hanna Barker found

her sixth goal of the season. Barker finished a shot between junior goalkeeper Kylie Hambleton’s legs right at the goal line.

SHSU was only limited to four shots the entire match. Glick only had to make two saves in match, both in the second half.

SFA on the other hand ripped 14 shots and caused Hambleton to make four saves on the day.

The Lumberjacks were able to pull away with the win in the 74th minute from the head of Amanda Doyle off a cross from Megan Dunnigan.

SHSU dropped to fifth in the

Southland Conference standings with the loss while SFA remains the only undefeated team in conference play.

The Bearkats will head to Beaumont this Friday to take on Lamar.

“I have set myself responsible to score a goal this game, and I’m looking forward to doing that this weekend,” Johnson said. “As a team, [SFA] was a game we should have won, but we just have to take that anger out on Lamar and add another win to our record.”

Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m.

Players of the Week

ZACH CABRA, GOLF

Zach Cabra shot a 217 in three rounds of golf to help lead the Bearkats win the Wisconsin Badger Invitational. On the par 72, Cabra shot 71, 68 and 78 in his three rounds. His 68 in the second round allowed him to finish tied for fifth in the tournament alongside teammate senior Logan Boatner. The senior from McKinney was the Southland Conference Newcomer of the Year last season.

ALLIE JOHNSON, FORWARD

Forward Allie Johnson scored two goals this weekend. Johnson headed a goal in the Bearkats’ 4-1 win against Northwestern State on Friday. Johnson also scored in the eighth minute in Sunday’s 2-1 loss to Stephen F. Austin. Johnson now has four goals in four straight games. The sophomore from Allen now has six goals in the season, leading all Bearkats through their 12 games.

The number of goals sophomore forward Allie Johnson has scored in the past four games for SHSU soccer.

8 The number of home games the SHSU volleyball team has left. The Bearkats return home to Johnson Coliseum on Thursday against Incarnate Word for the first time since their home tournament.

4 The number of days until SHSU football’s homecoming game against McNeese State. Last year, the Bearkats lost to the Cowboys 31-23.

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SHSU volleyball sweeps weekend series AMSHI STEPHENSON Staff Reporter Sam Houston State volleyball finished with two straight Southland Conference victories in Louisiana this weekend.

On Saturday, the Bearkats defeated McNeese State in Lake Charles, La. The rapid three setter (25-21, 25-20, 25-23) lasted just a little over an hour long. The Bearkats’ win comes after a win over Nicholls State in four sets 23-25, 25-22, 25-16 and 25-18 in Thibodaux, La.

on Thursday.

Senior outside hitter Deveney Wells-Gibson led the offense with 22 kills and led the defense with 25 digs over the Colonels.

Nicholls State drops down to 1-2 in SLC play.

In the showing against McNeese, Wells-Gibson led the Bearkats with 18 kills, but it was freshman outside hitter Jordyn Vaughn who stole the show. Vaughn won the game after a hard-hitting kill in the third set at match point 24-23. She was the second leading scorer for the Bearkats and totaled nine kills.

Every point the Bearkats received,

Vaughn was right in the midst celebrating with her team.

“I contribute a lot of energy to my team,” Vaughn said. “I try to get a spark going in them.”

The Huntsville native is working her way to becoming SLC Freshman of the Year, which is one of her main goals this season next to bringing home a championship title, she said.

Sophomore setter, Michelle Griffith commends her teammate for a job well done this weekend, she said.

“Jordyn really stepped up a lot as our L2,” she said.

Griffith finished the match with 34 assists and 10 digs. Junior middle blocker Carling Urben totaled eight kills. Sophomore outside hitter and defensive specialist Breanna Homer added 10 digs for the Bearkats. The Cowgirls struggled offensively at the net and behind the serving line. McNeese had 14 service errors the entire match but still continues to lead the SLC in serving.

The Cowgirls played without their team captain, Rachel Cagnina, but junior outside hitters Malina Sanchez and Amber Fryer stepped up and led the team with

eight kills.

Vaughn admitted that McNeese is not one of their “strong competitors,” but she is proud of her team for finishing in the third game.

“McNeese could have come back, because they did have a lot of fight in them,” she said.

The Bearkats move to 2-1 in SLC play and 9-7 overall.

SHSU returns home to the Johnson Coliseum this Thursday for the first time since its home tournament at the end of August.

The Bearkats take on Incarnate Word. The referee will beckon for the first serve at 6:30 p.m.

Students to visit with schools at job fair SAVANNAH WOODWORTH Staff Reporter This question gets asked to a lot of English majors at Sam Houston State University: “Are you going to be a teacher?”

A great number of times, the answer is “yes.” The only problem is that while there is no shortage of students learning how to be educators, the jobs can be difficult to find. To help, SHSU’s Career Ser-

vices will hold a Teacher Job Fair tomorrow.

The teacher job fair will run from 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. in Johnson Coliseum.

Going into teaching and education is a popular field of study for college students today. Departments such as English and mathematics have a large number of students who plan to go into the field. It is important for students to be prepared for the interview process and potential stumbling blocks

when looking for a job.

This is where the Teacher Job Fair presented by Career Services comes to the aid. The Teacher Job Fair is a place for students to meet potential employers and secure jobs for after graduation.

61 different school districts are registered to attend the job fair on JOBS for Kats. School districts such as Alvin Independent School District, Clear Creek ISD and Spring ISD will be represented at the event. All majors are welcomed at

the event, and students are encouraged to dress professionally and bring their résumé.

The Career Services website also provides pointers and tips for how to behave at any career fair, such as being confident, maintaining eyecontact and having an easily accessible résumé.

The website also encourages students to prepare a few sample questions before hand and to follow up after the interview within 48 hours of the job fair thanking the recruit-

ers they visit.

Career Services will also host a Victim Studies Job Fair on Thursday Oct. 16 in the Criminal Justice Building Lobby from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Along with organizing job fairs for students, the SHSU Career Services provides many other important services for students and alumni. They provide career assessments, mock interviews, career counseling and on-campus interviews.

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