Volume 126 | Issue 24 by The Houstonian

Tuesday, November 18, 2014

The Independent Student Newspaper of Sam Houston State University

What’s happening at Sam IN DEFENSE, P.2

FOOTBALL, P.3

OCTOGENARIAN, P.2

BASKETBALL, P.4

VOLLEYBALL, P.4

Read why all of Kim K.’s haters are wrong about her recent exposure

The Bearkats blew past the Huskies on Saturday in a 76-0 victory

Our staff columnist claims the U.S. would be better with socialized healthcare

The men’s team fell short against UNLV 57-59 in the second game of the season

The team is now the fourth seed in the SLC tournament after a loss

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As the spring semester approaches, there will be a new office available in the Lowman Student Center for the Sam Houston State University Police Department. While this office will only be a sub-station, it will allow officers that are ‘mobile’ during the day, such as patrol officers and bike officers, to have a central location on campus and access to computers, according to Lt. Christopher Standerfer. This sub-station will be located on the first floor of the LSC in Paw Print.

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STATE OF EMERGENCY

Missouri Governor Jay Nixon activated the state’s National Guard ahead of the Grand Jury’s decision on whether Daren Wilson, a Ferguson police officer, shot and killed 18-year-old Michael Brown in August. Authorities in Ferguson and neighboring cities are also preparing for possible riots if Wilson is not indicted.

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TWEETING REPUBLICANS

A CNN report released this weekend claims that Republicans used obscure Twitter accounts to share polling information during the 2014 midterm election. Coded tweets that could only be understood by those involved were reportedly sent out to coordinate with resources. The actions fall under a grey area for election law.

FREE WI-FI

Officials in New York City announced plans Monday to replace aging payphone kiosks with gigabit Wi-Fi access points and information hubs. The private-public partnership program, called LinkNYC, will bring as many as 10,000 hubs across the city. Each hub will serve as an access point for free Wi-Fi, let users charge mobile devices and make free calls. The first kiosks are predicted to be operational by the end of 2015.

OIL MERGER

Oil services company Halliburton, announced a $34.6 billion cash and stock deal with Baker Hughes that would combine the second and third largest oil companies. Halliburton will pay $78.62 per Baker Hughes share. Both Boards of Directors unanimously approved the deal, but stakeholders must also approve the deal. Halliburton also agreed to pay $3.5 billion to the Baker Hughes if regulators strike down the deal.

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A team of experts from the U.S. Chemical Safety Board arrived in La Porte, TX Sunday to determine the cause of an accident Saturday that killed four workers and placed a fifth in the hospital at the DuPont chemical plant. According to reports, the four workers were exposed to methyl mercaptan, but it is unclear how they were overcome.

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ADOLESCENCE. Sophomore theatre major Trey Brake and junior theatre major Anna Drake portray Peck and Caitlin in the SHSU department of theatre and musical theatre production of “A Storytelling Ability of a Boy.”

SHELBY ESCAMILLA Contributing Reporter The Sam Houston State University department of theatre and musical theatre will present two student-directed productions throughout the week. “God’s Man in Texas” “God’s Man in Texas,” led by first-time student director and senior musical theatre major Michael Mo-ra, tells the stories of three men and their relationships with the Houston Rock Baptist Church, a mega church with over 30,000 members, complete with bowling alley, gym, swimming pools, and a dinner theater. Senior theatre major Christopher Preslar plays Dr. Phillip Gottschall, the 81-year-old Pastor of Houston Rock Baptist. Junior mass communications and theatre Major Jacob Spadie, plays Dr. Jerry Mears, a middle-aged Pastor who begins to deliver guest sermons at the church under Gottschall’s watchful eye. Junior theatre major Swayde McGaughey plays Hugo Taney, the church’s audio and visual operator who was once a slave to alcohol and drugs saved by the church and his faith. In the show, Meers is set to become Gottschall’s successor as head pastor of the church as he is old and nearing the age of re-tirement. But as the show progresses, Gottschall’s grip tightens on his church as he realizes he is not quite ready to let go of the congregation he has built or his place at the pulpit. Although the play is centered around religion, Mora and the cast believe audience members will be able to pull their own con-

clusions from the production. “Ego and power play a lot in this script,” Mora said. “The main focus of this script is the fight for morals and what is right.” “This play is not meant to convert you”, Preslar said. “At the same time, this play is not meant to shat-ter what your beliefs are. It’s to see these lives, the lives of these men. No matter how well respected an individual is…all people are vulnerable. We all have our weak points, we all have our strong points…we are all human.” The actors agreed with Mora, in the sense that the play’s main focus is not on the church or religion, but rather, the journey these three characters go through and the relationships they make between each other. “This show is about a battle between three men,” McGaughey said. “The battle for power between three men and how they stay grounded using the other people.” “God’s Man In Texas” performances will be held in the University Theatre Center’s Showcase Theatre between Nov. 18 and 22. Evening performances begin at 8 p.m. with house opening at 7:30 p.m. A Saturday matinee will show November 22 at 2 p.m., with house opening at 1:30 pm.. Tickets are available at the University Theatre Center Box office or at 936-294-1339. “The Storytelling Ability of a Boy” “The Storytelling Ability of a Boy” written by Carter W. Lewis, will be this semester’s final production from Sam Houston State University’s department of theatre and musical theatre. The third student-directed pro-

duction of the semester will give the audience an in depth and dramatic look into the eyes of teenagers and the personal struggles and triumphs they experience while trying to make it out of high school and the painfully awkward adolescent years. Senior theatre major and “The Storytelling Ability of a Boy” director Lex Laas said preparation for the show required him to revisit memories from high school. “It definitely brought me back to high school,” Laas said. “I kind of had to revisit my high school self.” Unlike the run of the mill teenage melodrama that highlights the lives of the kids who seemingly have it easy in high school, this show spotlights the students who are a little more out there. Tanith Albright, freshman theatre major plays Dora, a sassy, goth-like outcast. Trey Brake, sophomore theatre major plays Peck, who is Dora’s best friend and a social outcast himself. AnJunior theatre ma-jor Anna Drake plays Caitlin, Dora and Peck’s teacher who is fighting a battle of her own. This show deals with particularly heavy themes that are dramatic and shocking, but still true to what happens in real life. Realistic to actual high school students, the show contains language, sexual situa-tions and references to violence with intensity that the actors said these themes taught them life les-sons. “These are three people who are on the periphery of life,” Drake said. “They’re not the center, they’re not the focus…in highschool you don’t really hear — THEATRE, page 4

Players of the Week

DONAVAN WILLIAMS, RUNNING BACK

Running back Donavan Williams led all Bearkats with three touchdowns in Sam Houston State’s 76-0 blowout over Houston Baptist. Williams rushed for 212 yards and three scores from distances of 80, 24 and 56 yards. Williams’ 12 rushes averaged 16.3 yards per carry and led the Bearkats with 222 allpurpose yards. The junior from Belton averages 51.7 yards a game and is third on the team in rushing yards and touchdowns.

SHERNISE ROBERTSON, GUARD

Guard Shernise Robertson dropped a game-high 21 points in Sam Houston State’s 71-45 loss to Louisiana State. Robertson shot 7-15 from the field, including 5-10 from behind the arc. Robertson also totaled four steals and a perfect 2-2 from the free throw line. The junior from Cypress was the only Bearkat to score double digits in the season opener.

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Beto Building brings history TEDDI CLIETT Staff Reporter Mere blocks away from Huntsville’s Walls Unit sits the Sam Houston State University George J. Beto Criminal Justice Building, whose doors hundreds of Bearkats pass through every day. Although the most modern of information is shared within the red brick walls, the history of the building dates back more than 40 years. Construction on the CJ building began in the 1970s and was erected entirely by inmate labor, which reduced costs dramatically. According to buildingshsu.com, there is a display in the building honoring the inmates who helped with construction, highlighting the irony in the fact that convicted felons built a facility that would prepare future generations for careers in law enforcement. “They did an outstanding job,” criminal justice professor Larry Hoover said. “Rumors of deliberate sabotage and so forth were not true. The building was completed flawlessly, essentially, and has been a great aspect to the criminal justice center.” Inside of the display sits the hat of one of the inmates who assisted with the construction. Criminal justice professor Emeritus Charles Friel, Ph.D., predicts that the inmate was one of the last ones to work on the building and more than likely forgot his cap after a long day, which he found in one of the classrooms — BUILDING, page 4

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The Octogenerian: About personal health

KENNETH LEVIN Staff Columnist Two unrelated but momentous things, at least significant to me, happened this past week in the field of medicine. First, I had a regular visit with one of the five doctors whose job over the years has been to keep my long abused body in better-thanjust-functioning-condition. This particular visit was with my nephrologist, whose job it is to keep my failing kidneys doing their job. I was first referred to her some four or five years ago to be placed on dialysis but she said that we should try some meds and a change of lifestyle. Well, during this visit, my wife and my doctor got very excited because my creatinine levels had reached a six-year low. Now understand that I didn’t even know I had a creatinine level but these two women, as are my other four medical specialists, are dedicated to keeping me around.

By the way, my creatinine is the measure of how much of my body toxins are cleared by my kidneys. Anyways, I now see my kidney doctor far less than before. This is good news and bad news. You see, the good news is that I am obviously doing better health wise, but the bad news is that this doctor and one of my other specialists who I am also not seeing as much are both adorable females and are both good for a minimum of three heart-felt hugs per visit and I will miss those hugs. The second medical event to which I am referring this past week is the announcement by Glenn Beck, whom you all know as the very politically conservative radio and television host, announced that he had developed a particularly dangerous and hard-to-diagnose-and-treat medical problem. But thanks to some outstanding medical treatment by some very high-priced practitioners and medical facilities, he is in a position to live and function with

his medical problem. I am happy for Glenn, and I am glad to find at least this one common ground to share with him. This does make me wonder, however, will having experienced the doubt and fear about a continued existence and the reversal of his physical problems through available medicine make Mr. Beck now reverse his professed opposition to ObamaCare which gives the same or almost the same opportunity to millions of other Americans to stay healthy and alive? For the record, I believe that socalled ObamaCare is a lousy plan but is better than the nothing we had before. Before it was a reliance on the integrity of a health insurance industry which has shown over the years to be mostly law abiding but has also shown itself to be morally corrupt. I, on the other hand, favor socialized medicine just like I have through my Veterans Administration Hospital and my Medi-

care benefits supplemented by my Medicare-plus Insurance. The definition of socialized medicine is the placing of medical care under the guidance, control and financial obligation of the government and available to all. As the only major industrialized nation in the world without some form of socialized medicine, we should be ashamed of ourselves, which is why we keep it a secret that I have two socialized medical plans that, while looking out for my general wellbeing, keep me seeing, hearing, breathing, cover my mobility and look out for my body and mental health. Shouldn’t everyone have at least what I have? When a resident of our country suffers an illness or dies because of lack of medical care, it is a shame on all of us, and yes, I know how to simply, easily and without hardship finance all of our social programs way beyond the expected lifetime of anyone reading this but that is for another article.

Feminist unite: In defense of Kim K. MICHELLE WULFSON Staff Columnist I was shocked at the amount of negative comments I was hearing about Paper Magazine’s “Break the Internet” featuring Kim Kardashian, probably because I prefer to live in my own perfect world where Kim is respected for the goddess she really is. I was even more shocked at the amount of my female peers that were hating on my girl Kim K, unoriginally repeating “we all know how she got famous” and insisting that her spread was inappropriate because “she is a mom.” The photos in reference were shot by renowned photographer Jean-Paul Goude as a replica of his 1976 photograph of Carolina Beaumont called “The Champagne Incident”. According to International Business Times, Goude’s art is known for his cartoonish style, surreal and often racially problematic images of women’s bodies. On the surface, I appreciate these photos for their playfulness, but underneath Goude creates a problem of exoticizing and fetishizing women of color’s bodies, quoting in People magazine in 1979 that he has jungle fever. Kim is known for her bangin’ curves, especially her larger derrière, and it is not too far fetched to say that without which, she would not be as famous as she is. Kim Kardashian first became famous as a socialite through her friendship with Paris Hilton and media interest increased with her father being a defense lawyer for O.J. Simpson. Her fame did spike with the 2007 leak of her sex tape with former singer and boyfriend Ray J from 2003, and even more so with her family’s reality TV deal with E! later that year. Since then, she has endorsed several products, acted and appeared in television and movies, produced multiple fragrances and a makeup line, came out with a clothing line for Sears, owns several Dash boutiques, dabbled in music, worked with charities and came out with her own video game which is now more popular and

grosses more than Candy Crush. So, no, Kim did not become famous over the betrayal of another man, rather she turned a crappy situation into her advantage. So when did becoming a mom mean that you lose rights to sexuality? I invite you to sit back and sip on your boxed wine because I

K and Queen B, but who is signing those checks and taking them to the bank? Kim was not even paid for her “Break the Internet” spread but look how much she has you hating. You are literally just fueling her fame. Goude’s art may be problematic and questionable, but Kim Kar-

PAWS UP to our Bearkats putting the smack down on HBU and a complete blowout of 76 to 0. I wonder if the Huskies even showed up to play?

PAWS UP to the Texans crushing the Browns. The Texans do not need Johnny Football when we have J.J. Watt.

PAWS UP to Thanksgiving being next week. A nice break before we start cramming for finals and it is an excuse to shamelessly eat as much as we would like.

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PAWS DOWN to our teachers deciding it is time to cram in last minute assignments. It is not a competition to see which teacher can stress their class out the most.

PAWS DOWN to department stores skipping over Thanksgiving and going straight to Christmas. Why no love for the pilgrims?

got news for you, babies are made by women getting down and dirty. A woman can be sexy at any age in any form if they want to be, regardless of what came out of their vagina. The fact that people still think they can police women’s bodies and expression is utterly ri-

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diculous and bores me to hell and back. I actually love these photos more because of the fact that she is a mother, she shows that you can still be sexy and playful as a mom, curing my fears of getting old and crusty. One of my favorite things about feminism is a movement towards

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being able to be proud and expressive of your sexuality while still being a woman, two things that butted heads in the past, but Kim and her peer Beyoncé have walked all over prehistoric ideals of how a mother should be. Be bitter all you want about Kim

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dashian is not. She embodies sexuality and womanhood and will keep pushing boundaries towards a more open minded, feministfriendly world, and for that I could not be more grateful.

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Bearkats run past Huskies 76-0 CANAAN CADWELL Staff Reporter

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UNSTOPPABLE. Sam Houston State football totaled for 823 yards to break the school record for most offensive yards in a single game on Saturday against Houston Baptist. The Kats went on to to demolish the Huskies 76-0 to set up a chance at the Southland Conference title on Saturday against Central Arkansas.

Sam Houston State found their way running the football against Houston Baptist, setting a new school record in total offense and rushing yards on Saturday in Houston. SHSU totaled the game with 823 total yards and 601 rushing yards in a 76-0 win, which was a Southland Conference record in margin in victory. This was the third largest margin in victory in SHSU history. Junior running back Donavan Williams led the Bearkats in rushing with a total of 212 yards and three touchdowns all in the first half. Williams’ largest rush was an 80-yard touchdown scamper that led to him breaking several tackles in his highlight play. The offensive line was able to make several key blocks to open gaps for Bearkat running backs to have big gains. “With the linemen leading the way and making those holes for me, if it wasn’t for them, I wouldn’t have got there,” Williams said. “I have to give credit to them.”

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Senior running back Cory Idlebird was the second leading rusher totaling 138 yards on 14 rushing attempts with two touchdowns. Sophomore running back Jalen Overstreet also contributed with 130 yards on eight attempts with two touchdowns. Sophomore quarterbacks Jared Johnson and Don King III both saw the field against the Huskies, totaling 222 yards combined and two touchdown passes from Johnson. Junior wide receivers Gerald Thomas and LaDarius Brown had a touchdown each. No turnovers and controlling the time of possession made the Bearkats offense efficient and unstoppable. On the other side of the ball, SHSU held HBU to zero points and only 42 yards passing. The Huskies had a total of 177 yards and two turnovers due to Huskies’ Ka’Darius Baker’s interceptions. SHSU is now 7-4 for the season and can either tie or win the Southland Conference championship if they defeat Central Arkansas in the last game of the season. The Kats moved to No. 23 on the Sports Network Top 25. The Bearkats will kickoff Saturday at 3 p.m. at Bowers Stadium.

Sam Houston State was a buzzer beater away from defeating University of Nevada – Las Vegas at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas on Sunday. The Kats fell 59-57 in their second game following a blowout against Austin College in their season opener on Friday. SHSU was the prevailing team when the first half ended, but the Rebels clawed their way back in the second half and barely edged past the Bearkats. “The game did not go to well,”

head coach Jason Hooten. “We did not win and there is a lot we can improve on.” Both the Rebels and the Bearkats had off-shooting performances. SHSU did not have an offensive showing like they did last Friday against the Kangaroos, shooting just 30.4 percent from the field and 25 percent from three-point range on Sunday. Senior guard Kaheem Ransom led the way in scoring with 13 points while shooting 4-13 from the field. Ransom and junior guard Paul Baxter led the way in assists with four a piece. Junior forward Marcus Burwell dominated on the defensive end for the Bearkats. He totaled

10 rebounds while also swatting three shots. Senior center Michael Holyfield also totaled double digit rebounds and had one block. The Bearkats as a team only had three steals the entire game. The Kats’ downfall was behind the arc where they only shot 25 percent. The Kats attempted a total of 36 three pointers and made only nine of them. The Bearkats also saw less production from their reserve players. Last Friday against Austin College, the Bearkat bench combined for a total of 59 points out of the 100 total points scored. However, the SHSU bench only scored 18 points out of the 57 scored

against UNLV. The Bearkats also turned the ball over 15 times and had 23 personal fouls compared to UNLV’s 10 turnovers and 11 personal fouls. “One positive from the game is that we found out we could still be in close games while shooting poorly,” Hooten said. “As for the fouls, going on the road you have to expect not to get a friendly whistle. I am just proud of how the guys kept their composure.” The Kats will next take on the South Dakota Coyotes in Bridgepoint, Conn. on Friday at 8:30 p.m for their second game in the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic tournament.

Volleyball drops final game, earn fourth seed AMSHI STEPHENSON Staff Reporter Error after error, lack of communication, defense and sophomore middle blocker Shelby Genung out due to an ankle sprain cost Sam Houston State a threeset loss to Houston Baptist in Houston. The Kats will enter the Southland Conference tournament as the No. 4 seed. SHSU and HBU played point for point in the first set, tying it up 7-7 early on. The Huskies took a quick 13-10 lead, but the Bearkats tied the score again at 14-14. Both teams fought until the very end, but it was HBU who won the battle and took the first set 26-24. In the second set, SHSU fell apart from the very beginning and allowed HBU to have a 4-1 run. HBU then went on a 10-4 run, gaining their biggest lead of the set 18-8. SHSU dug a deep

hole and could never crawl out. The Huskies scored the last six points of the set after the Bearkats scored three more points after the big HBU run. HBU swept SHSU 25-11. The third and final set was a lot closer than the second and resembled the first set. The Huskies had a two-point lead at 6-4 over the Bearkats. Although HBU stayed ahead the majority of the set, SHSU cut their lead to 23-22 late in the game. That would be the last scored point for the Bearkats. The Huskies finished with two straight kills, winning 25-22. SHSU’s freshman outside hitter Jordyn Vaughn said the team struggled to keep their energy high throughout the match. “Nothing was clicking for us,” she said. “It was just a really off weekend.” Moving forward from this loss, the Bearkats are trying to get their “relentless” defense that has been missing for the past few games,

Vaughn added. She also said her main focus is to bring back a SLC Championship for outside hitter Deveney Wells-Gibson. Sophomore outside hitter Jessica Wooten led the Huskies with 11 kills and two service aces. Senior outside hitter Megan McStravick added 10 kills and 10 digs to the stat sheet. Freshman middle blocker Blaire Gillard and senior outside hitter Bailey Keith totaled seven kills apiece. Sophomore setter Kayla Armer finished with 37 assists for the Huskies along with four block assists. HBU’s defense was ran by senior libero Haley Hoffman who had a match-high of 23 digs. The Huskie defense at the net was led by junior middle blocker Allison Doerpinghaus who totaled five blocks. The leading scorer for the Bearkats was Wells-Gibson who totaled 14 kills. Vaughn finished with 11 kills and junior middle blocker Carling Urben added eight

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total offensive yards against HBU on Saturday to set a school record for SHSU.

place of the SHSU bowling team at the UMES Hawk Classic over the weekend.

rebounds for the Bearkats against UNLV in a two-point loss.

seed of the Bearkat volleyball team heading into the Southland Conference tournament.

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Kats three-pointer short of UNLV win RYAN REYNOLDS Layout Editor

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kills to the scoreboard. Sophomore libero Claire Kilpatrick led the defense with 13 digs for the Bearkats. Wells-Gibson and junior middle blocker Cherish Coleman had three blocking assists. SHSU’s sophomore setter Michelle Griffith finished the match with 36 assists. Reviewing the stats, it appeared to be a pretty even match, but continuous errors hurt the Bearkats in the end. Although the Bearkats had more kills than the Huskies at 44-41, the Bearkats had 17 more hitting errors. HBU out blocked SHSU 10-5 and out dug SHSU 56-47. HBU finishes their regular season 9-7 in SLC play and 15-16 for the year. With a regular season record of 11-5 in the SLC and 18-11 overall, the Bearkats prepare to play host Northwestern State in the first round of the SLC tournament. First serve is set for 6:30 p.m. this Friday in Natchitoches, La.

points for junior transfer guard Shernise Robertson against LSU on Saturday.

FO O T BA L L GA M E GRA DES DAVID GIBSON Contributing Reporter Offense: A+ The Bearkat offense fired on all cylinders for the second straight game. The Kats’ offense had three rushers with more than 100 yards against HBU. Sophomore running back Donavan Williams rushed a big game with 212 yards for three touchdowns. Defense: A+ The Kats’ defense shut out HBU on Saturday with a 76-0 victory. The Kats forced two interceptions. Junior linebacker Kiel Heidman stepped up big with nine total tackles. The Kats’ defense held HBU to a total of 42 yards passing and 175 yards rushing. The defense did cover well and finished tackles. Special Teams: A+ The special teams only gave up a total of 137 kick return yards and zero punt return yards. The Kats did a great job limiting returns yards. Nineteen yards was the longest return of the game. Sophomore kicker Luc Swimberghe continued on his successful season with two field goals to his name.

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T HE JUMPS CJ, page 1 — the day the center opened. The interior of the criminal justice building is home to multiple classrooms and offices, a 500-seat auditorium and courtroom. “I think the primary key to the building is that it’s self-contained,” Hoover said. “We have personnel here for training from various criminal justice professions, and that provides an opportunity for interaction and for students to see practitioners on an informal basis. Several of the classroom’s mocktrials are held there, so the courtroom adds linkage from the building to the real world.” The building itself was dedicated to an acclaimed expert in criminal justice. George Beto, Ph.D., whose name is displayed in silver letters at the building’s entrance, was laid to rest in Austin, more than 20 years ago. However, his legacy in the criminal justice department remains prominent.

Before finding his way to SHSU, Beto was the director of the Texas Department of Corrections for several years, where he was presented with numerous awards and achievements, including recognition for his support for the Windham School District, which serves Texas state prisoners. In 1972, Beto resigned from TDC and began his teaching career in criminal justice at SHSU. Since then, the SHSU criminal justice department has stood out not only in Texas but in the nation. “[SHSU] is a leader in the field of academic study of criminal justice,” Hoover said. “This is one of the first programs to offer a doctoral degree in the field. We have over 300 doctoral graduates that position responsibility not only throughout the United States but throughout the world.” This April, the criminal justice department will celebrate their 50th anniversary by honoring the academic success that has been

achieved throughout the administration. “We intend to have both an academic side to the celebration and a pure reflection of the accomplishments and the achievements of the center,” Hoover said. “We’re inviting alumni back, donors to come in and others who have been very supportive in sponsoring internships and hiring graduates. We’re looking forward to a memorable 50th anniversary celebration.” To top off the celebration, the department will be opening a 25-year-old time capsule that contains descriptions of programs and a photograph album that depicts a day in the life of a criminal justice student, among other things. “The intent always was that every 25 years, the time capsule would be open for an opportunity for individuals associated with the

college of criminal justice to view what was put into the time capsule 25 years before, and then add more to it,” Hoover said.

UPD, page 1 — According to Standerfer, the office will not be staffed full time, but whenever officers are available at the office, students are welcome. “This office will allow for students to come in during the day to visit or bring concerns to our attention,” Standerfer said.

THEATRE, page 1 — who are cast out.” Laas said the intimate cast provided a chance to build connections between the students involved.

“We all clicked and meshed really well,” Laas said. “We all knew what our goal was and what we need-ed to accomplish and we would come into rehearsals and we would just dissect. With the show touching on heavy subjects such as bullying, acceptance, healing, and devotion to an-other person, the director and cast all hope that the audience walks away form the show feeling something meaningful. The play opens Nov. 19 and will run through Nov. 22 at the University Theatre Center’s Showcase The-ater. Performances begin at 8 p.m. with house opening at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are available at the University Theatre Center Box office or at 936-294-1339. Visit HoustonianOnline.com for more.

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