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Tuesday, December 3, 2013

FOOTBALL

Bearkats offense comes alive in first playoff game, face rivals in round two CONNOR HYDE Sports Editor Sam Houston State’s 50-21 win against Southern Utah Saturday preserved the Bearkats’ strength over Big Sky opponents, but more importantly it reinvigorated a lifeless offense that has sputtered since week six.

The Bearkats tallied 531 offensive yards to overcome a 10-0 deficit in the first quarter with senior running back Timothy Flanders commanding the ground attack with 176 rushing yards.

With Central Arkansas’ 4931 win to close out the regular season in hindsight, senior quarterback Brian Bell cued the Bearkats’ 30-point run with a 32yard touchdown completion to receiver Chance Nelson to narrow Southern Utah’s lead 10-7.

Southern Utah head coach Ed Lamb said SHSU’s rush game baffled his defensive scheme.

“When we took control of the game at 10-0, they went on a 75yard drive sparked mainly by running the football, good balance and at the last second they have an uncanny ability to take half of a defender and run through an arm tackle,” Lamb said.

An 18-yard punt return from senior return specialist Torrance Williams situated Bell and company with ideal field position at midfield to commence the second quarter. Offensive coordinator Doug Ruse sprinkled a series of dives and short-yardage completions to inch the Bearkats

to the 3-yard line for running back Keshawn Hill to cap off the drive with a touchdown rush and a 1310 lead.

Saturday’s victory marked the Bearkats’ return to a dimensional playbook with the run and pass schemes finding leverage over a defense that has stifled the ground game throughout the Big Sky Conference. SHSU head coach Willie Fritz said aggressiveness on the lines opened seams to expose Southern Utah’s linebacker trio and keep the Thunderbirds twodimensional.

“Offensive line, they did a very good job,” he said. “We put in a couple of new schemes in and our play calling was good.”

Southern Utah regained possession to initiate the second half with a 23-10 deficit. The Bearkats’ front seven forced a quick seven-snap series with Bell adding to SHSU’s cushion with a touchdown completion to tight end Ragan Henderson.

Turnovers worried the Bearkats’ with Southern Utah narrowing SHSU’s lead to 10 after a 39-yard fumble return from defensive lineman Robert Torgerson to kindle a spark of life on the Thunderbirds’ sideline.

Yet, the presence of Bearkat linebacker Tanner Brock and defensive back Michael Wade ceased Southern Utah’s momentum, as the defensive duet totaled 21 tackles combined.

“I think we met the challenge,” SHSU defensive end Andrew Weaver said. “We had a good preparation at practice. The

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WIDE OPEN. Senior quarterback Brian Bell scans downfield for an open receiver while evading a Southern Utah defender. Bell threw for 176 yards and two touchdowns against the Thunderbirds to kick start the Bearkats’ postseason run.

coaching staff, they did a great job of preparing us and we met that challenge.”

SHSU’s defense struggled penetrating the lines throughout the regular season but were able to regain leverage against Southern Utah quarterback Aaron Cantu, who threw 48 passes for only 289 yards.

“I think Sam Houston did a nice job of taking away the first and second read,” Lamb said. “The

pass rush was impending and the quarterback just didn’t have much vision and looked to burn the ball down field.”

A pair of Flanders’ touchdowns, complemented by a touchdown from Hill, stifled any hope of a comeback from Southern Utah.

Saturday’s win means that SHSU will square off against Southland Conference champions Southeastern Louisiana in Hammond, La., with the FCS

CAMPUS

Tree of Light to kick off holiday season ASHLEE SYMANK Contributing Reporter Sam Houston State University will be celebrating the beginning of the holidays with the 93rd annual Tree of Light Ceremony Tuesday with festivities beginning at 6 p.m. in the Lowman Student Center mall area.

In honor of the giving season, student activities will be collecting canned food items for the Good Shepherd Mission. Anyone who brings at least two cans will receive a free t-shirt.

“It’s the university’s oldest tradition,” Brandon Cooper, associate director of student activities, said. “It’s a time when people come together to celebrate a time of giving.”

Attendees will be treated to hot chocolate, wassail, gingerbread cookies and performances by the Orange Pride Dance Team and the University Choir during the lighting ceremony of the 40-foot tree.

Organizations, students, faculty and alumni are encouraged to bring one ornament of their choice to hang on the tree.

Student activities is also highlighting the history and tradition of the Tree of Light Ceremony with an exhibit in the LSC art gallery that began on Monday and will go through Friday.

For more information contact student activities in LSC 328, 936-294-3861 or studentactivities@shsu.edu.

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playoffs quarterfinal spot up for grabs.

Flanders said the postseason represents a series of new season with each round, and the Bearkats’ are seeing the run as going undefeated each “season.”

“The way I look at it, the playoffs is just a one-game season,” Flanders said. “We just got done playing our first season.

Southeastern is season number two. We got to come ready to play.”

HEALTH

Yoga could help stress before semester finals DANA PRICE Staff Reporter Yoga is an excellent method of stress relief, according to studies on Mayo Clinic’s website. Yoga allows people to control their breathing, which quiets the mind. It not only reduces stress and anxiety, but it also can enhance a person’s mood.

According to Iowa State Daily’s website, after returning from Thanksgiving break, many students are immediately stressed out preparing for final exams.

Dr. Anne Stiles, department chair of Nursing at Sam Houston State University, said finals can be stressful for many college students. Stiles also said that stress affects the whole body.

“It affects every organ,” Stiles said. “Blood pressure goes up, stomach acid and the brain does not function well when under stress.”

Mayo Clinic said that yoga helps in the reduction of blood pressure, anxiety and insomnia.

According to Yoga Journal’s website, yoga is not only for people who are flexible.

Stiles agrees that yoga is a great way to relieve stress and calm the body for finals.

“Yoga is really a wonderful way to relax,” Stiles said. “I fully encourage that. Walking and exercising are also great ways to relieve stress.”

Stiles said that the Nursing Department heeds the same advice.

“Our staff and students do yoga to relieve stress,” Stiles said.

Stiles suggested other ways to reduce the risk of stress during finals week.

“Students need to prepare early, do not cram, eat breakfast with protein and get eight hours of sleep,” Stiles said.

According to Stiles sleep allows the brain to recall all that the students learned during the semester.

Taking a walk for 15 minutes, spending time laughing with friends and doing hobbies like crafts helps the mind relax between studying, Stiles advised.

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PAWS UP to not living in 1913 anymore – Between smartphones and cars, there has been an insane increase in quality of life

PAWS UP to One more week to study (or procrastinate) until finals – If there is anything on your semester bucket list, now is the time

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student voters in the spring.

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Student government

PAWS DOWN to The death of Fast and the Furious star Paul Walker who died Saturday in a car accident in Santa Clarita, CA. He will be missed.

PAWS DOWN to nutmeg being poisonous in quantities of one tablespoon or greater. Who knew that holiday flavor could be so deadly?

The (not) impeachment hullabaloo that took place this fall shows us that nepotism, incompetence and inflated egos wriggle themselves into every government body, no matter how small. However, the unsung story is that despite all of these unavoidable negative attributes, student government has dusted itself off and gotten over it.

In between scandals, the infighting and posturing are generally background noise to real issues that affect students. One recent example of their dedication to student issues is the passage of 12 pieces of legislation which focus on LGBT equality and handicap accessibility. While most of these are symbolic, they are a metaphorical step in the right direction. Another relevant issue SGA is dealing with involves university compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. In an attempt to deal with problems involving inefficiency, they are proposing constitutional amendments that streamline the governing process, and clear ambiguity will be out to

Bearkats have eaten it up this semester.

Gundy’s closure

The closing of Gundy’s hookah bar represents a loss to Huntsville. Gundy’s was a place where students could huddle around hookah or play a fun game of Cards Against Humanities, spending time in a safe environment.

As someone who chooses not to drink alcohol, Gundy’s was pretty much the only place I could go after 10 p.m. other than Walmart. It made Huntsville a more accepting, eccentric and modern town. It will be missed.

Sports

Sam Houston State University has done an amazing job on the field this year. Timothy Flanders has been nominated as a Walter Payton Finalist, the highest award that can be awarded to a FCS football player. The Bearkats qualified for the NCAA Division I FCS playoffs with women’s sports leading the way to postseason success with soccer and volleyball both making it to their respective postseason tournaments.

But success isn’t held to only the sanctioned teams: women’s club rugby made it to nationals for the second consecutive year. All in all, the

Changes in education

While reading reports on state funding for education are about as fun and interesting as an icepick lobotomy, it has taught us a lot about the future of education. Fixed-rate tuition has shown us that state officials want to pretend like they are solving the problem of increasing tuition without actually solving it.

Competency-based education has been the talk of department heads, but the college has not yet decided whether or not they want to adopt it. What is being adopted are new required classes in the common core, which will leave some departments winners and some losers. Overall, education is changing, but we are not entirely sure where it is going.

Parking

We’ve had a parking problem on campus for a century. An early Houstonian story predating the widespread adoption of cars complained of lack of spaces on campus for horses. As much as the university might enjoy revenue from parking tickets, it’s really time to take care of that.

Word on the Street: What do you think SHSU will be like in 100 years?

PAWS DOWN to The death of Brian, Family Guy’s leading canine “In 100 years, degrees will probably be useless because the future is turning to technology, so SHSU may or may not still be around.”

-Holly Winberg, Junior Marketing

“In 100 years, I see the school being twice as big as it is now if the city will stop being stupid.”

“I believe Sam Houston will be gone and completely on the computer.”

“I feel like our reputation will have increased and people will be competing to attend Sam.”

-Aaron Phalen, Freshman, Film

-Jessica Onyenezi, Freshman, Nursing

-Denestel Mbianda, Sophomore, Computer Science

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Former, current staf f members reflect on experiences When students walk on to campus in the morning and pick up a copy of the Houstonian student newspaper, they might read a few stories and set the paper down for the next reader.

For 100 years, the students who produce the Houstonian have worked tirelessly for that brief interaction with a reader. They give a lot for not much more in return than the satisfaction that they produced a full paper.

More than 1,000 students have passed through the newsroom since Dec. 3, 1913, the first day the Houstonian was published. That tradition will continue when the paper publishes its special issue on Dec. 3, 2013.

The technical way a newspaper is published is that about a week beforehand, editors sit in a room and decide on what will be published. They assign stories to the reporters who run off to their event and write about what happened. Those stories get put down in the newspaper and sent off to the Huntsville Item to be published. A delivery person then delivers those to the campus and town.

But the social atmosphere of a newsroom is one of the most unique work environments anyone could ever experience. The students work late under a deadline that can cause enormous amounts of stress, thrown objects and words probably not suitable for publication.

The result, however, is a family.

State of the University in 1913 In 1913, Sam Houston Normal Institute wasn’t represented by the Bearkats, but by the Normals.

Harry Estill had been president of the school for five years when the Houstonian was first published, according to SHSU history professor Ty Cashion’s book “Sam Houston State University: An Institutional Memory 18792004.” The Houstonian was preceded by the now-defunct Alcalde yearbook.

Classes were just beginning to be numbered in a catalog form and numbered by level of complexity. Not long before the newspaper was first published, an ex-student association was formed in 1910.

SHNI athletics was also just getting its start in baseball, tennis, football, basketball, track and field.

The school was under a newly created State Normal School Board of Regents and a fourth year of study was added. The term sophomore was added as a result.

SHNI operated a training school for new teachers, which operated in a similar fashion to a student teacher system that exists today.

-Stephen Green, editor

I am still in touch with to this day.

It was an awesome experience to work with them and put out a quality newspaper, while working on a deadline, for our fellow students to enjoy. It was a great feeling to walk into class and see other students reading our work.

Connor Hyde, the current sports editor, said he walked into the office expecting something totally different than that environment. But, he said, the closeness and ability to learn from other students has aided his writing career.

“I enjoy the Houstonian because each staff member—editor, staff writer, photographer and contributor—is on the same level in these doors,” he said. “We’re all students learning journalistic ethics and what it’s like to write efficiently under a deadline. For the few of us who have landed newspaper internships, it was the experience gained at the Houstonian that allowed us to excel in our assignments.”

Waddell agreed, saying that since spring 2012 when she began, her technical abilities have grown outside of anything that she could have learned in a traditional educational environment.

“I have learned so much at my time here at the Houstonian,” she said. “My writing has been refined and I have become better at reporting and developing a wellplanned article.”

The most famous editor-inchief was long-time legendary broadcaster Dan Rather, who still

STEPHEN GREEN Editor-in-Chief

The Houstonian is celebrating is 100th anniversary this year with an extensive history.

After delving into this organization’s past it was clear to see that there was much recorded about the paper save the names and the actual paper from 1918 “The on. office is a fun and relaxed atmosphere with a good balance But its and first between professionalism be- advisers, business ing able to blow off some steam,” managers and editors from 1913 said Molly Waddell, current associate editor.

“I am still learning to to 1928 were listed in a Houstonian this day, and this is a great place to do it.from The Houstonian gives me the 1930’s.

The list revealed the opportunity to make mistakes, a getfew surprises and interesting learn and information out to my peers.” ties to the city of Huntsville and Cody Stark worked as the Houstonian sports in 2003 before State University SameditorHouston graduating and getting a job with The Huntsville Item, where he buildings. currently serves as news editor. first named editors “What I The liked most aboutseven my time at the Houstonian was gettheof working Houstonian, first printed ting myof first taste in a newsroom, ” Stark said.

“I made a Dec. 3, 1913, were all women. lot of great friends, some of whom Considering the era, many could be surprised that they would be First editors, advisers tasked in such high leadership leave lasting mark in an era typically dominated After by delving into this Institute secremen.

Aorganote:Houston all Normal the business nization’s past it was clear to see tary and registrar under SHSU that there was much recorded Harry Estill. managers at the president time were men. about the paper save the names Although, his degrees were They Harris, 1913;he and the actual paper were: from 1918Hallie not in journalism or English, on. served as the advisor for four Eastham, 1914; Ethel But itsMargaret first advisers, business years. managers and editors 1915; from 1913Sallie In 1917 the adviser came from Eddins, Mallory, 1916; to 1928 were listed in a Hous- the English department. C. O. tonian from the 1930’s.

The list Stewart, was the chair of Claire Ashford, 1917;Ph.D., May Perry, revealed a few surprises and in- the department and the One Act Minerva Vickers, teresting1918; ties to theand city of HuntsPlay director for UIL1920. in the reville and Sam Houston State Uni- gion.

Harris was born in February versity buildings.

As an interesting coincidence, The first seven named editors Stewart once drove the wife of 1888 before moving to Huntsville of the Houstonian, first printed Franklin Delano Roosevelt to the Dec. 3, where 1913, wereshe all women. campus for aMcKinney speaking engagemarried Sam Considering the era, many could ment she had. He drove the first andthatlived until sheto her died in 1963. be surprised they would be lady host’s home.

It was the tasked in such high leadership in an era typically dominated by men. A note: all the business managers at the time were men.

They were: Hallie Harris, 1913; Margaret Eastham, 1914; Ethel Eddins, 1915; Sallie Mallory, 1916; Claire Ashford, 1917; May Perry, 1918; and Minerva Vickers, 1920.

Harris was born in February 1888 before moving to Huntsville where she married Sam McKinney and lived until she died in 1963. She is buried in the Oakwood Cemetery.

Harris was supervised by then Dean of Men L. E. King. King was a popular professor at the time who taught math, physics and chemistry. He was also one of three founders of the Lone Star Conference and the adviser to the local chapter of the American Chemical Society.

He also served as the Sam

home of Sam McKinney...husband of Hallie Harris, the first editor.

He was adviser from 1917 to 1918 Earl Huffor, Ph.D., served as the adviser from 1919 to 1922.

He was a relatively active professor on campus, most well-known for directing the debate team and founding the campus chapter of the Pi Kappa Delta, a speech and debate honor society.

Huffor also was the first director of the Bearkat Marching Band. He was the UIL Director for the region in 1937. In addition, he helped found two other Greek organizations, while being chair of the Speech Arts department.

Huffor also started the campus print shop and set up the department of public services.

The fourth adviser was Miss Harriet Smith, a reknown geog-

L. E. KING operates his own newscast. He

department at the time, who was also the only journalism teacher, Hugh Cunningham, was dealing with a hand-crafted product,” Rather said. “That is to say that he had six or seven journalism majors and four or five minors. His attitude was that, ‘I want you to get as broad and deep an educational background as possible, and you’ll learn what you need to learn about journalism through extracurricular through the Houstonian.’ That’s exactly what happened.”

During his time at the Houstonian, the university was much smaller than the 19,000 students it currently has. He said it was a 900-person place where everyone knew everyone, which included the staff of the newspaper.

“The Houstonian was an enclave, a very tiny enclave, within that small school,” he said. “It was a laboratory for aspiring students, including this one. Everything that has happened professionally since I left Sam Houston, every good and decent thing, every piece of luck and God’s grace I’ve experienced, I think can be traced directly back to my time working for the Houstonian.”

He remembers some of his favorite work he published in the newspaper that he said was “damning with very faint praise.” “(It) was a story about the homecoming game with East Texas State in probably 1953 or 1952,” he said. “The first line of the

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Cemetery. she had. H “I had a dream when I came to Sam Houston, which to find Harris waswassupervised by then her host’s h a way to make a living to do what I passionately to do:L. report Dean of loved Men E. King. King of Sam M and write stories,” Rather said. was a popular professor at the Hallie Harr “Sam Houston and the teachers at Sam Houston managed to help time who He was that dream survive.taught They did thatmath, physics primarily through the Houstoand chemistry. He was also one 1918 nian.” the time, he said, the jourof Atthree founders of the Lone Star Earl Hu nalism department had less than Conference the adviser to the adviser a dozen students, butand those few numbers didn’t stop them from the local was a rela publishing and chapter learning aboutof real the American journalism.

Chemical Society. on campus “The head of the journalism Continued on page 4 He also served as the Sam directing t Houston founding t Houstonian Normal hosts open Institute house tonight secretary and registrar under the Pi Kap SHSU Harry Estill. historic date debate hon Tours, president live music, food to celebrate Although, his degrees were not Huffor The Houstonian Independent to walk through. in journalism or English, director of Newspaper at Sam Houston State Onhe theserved first floor, interviews University has had 1,000 students will be taped in Studio B of former as the advisor for four years.

Band. He w pass through its newsroom since Houstonian Alumni. They will be Dec. The Houstonian will asked about from their experience In3, 1913.

1917 the adviser came theat region welcome back past staff members the Houstonian, their most interas well as current staff, faculty and esting storyC. that they the English department.

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Stewart, Ph.D., was the chair of the7 newsorganizatio ebrate 100 years of publishing.

SHSU’s Channel team The Houstonian will hold an will also be recording Christmas department andonthe Act open house to look back their One carols to air at Play a later date. the Speech past 100 years, from The Houstonian has had many director for Tuesday UIL in the region.

Huffor a 3:30 to 5:45 p.m. The Dan Rather aspiring journalists walk through Building will beinteresting opened up and coincidence, their doors including Dan print Rather As an sho have events throughout the build- and former CBS producer Jenna Stewart once drove Jackson. the wife of departmen ing.

On the second floor of the DRB Working at the Houstonian has Franklin Delano Roosevelt toalumni the and many The fou there will be food in the confertaught these ence room as well as a timeline going down the hallway. The timeline will include various newspapers that have been published throughout the years. The newsroom will also be open for people

more great life lessons.

The Houstonian will continue to grow as journalism evolves and changes. Make sure to celebrate our first 100 years of expanding Tuesday.

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Alumnus recalls ‘terrible loss’ Staff photographer Randall Beaty was first reporter on scene at Old Main fire

By Randall Beaty Class of ‘83 I attended Sam Houston State University from fall of 1979, and graduated May 1983 with a bachelor’s of arts in photography and a minor in journalism. I worked as a staff photographer for about one and-a-half years in 1981 and 1982 for the Houstonian and Alcalde.

Also, my daughter graduated from SHSU in 2011.

Working as a staff photographer for the Houstonian and Alcalde was a great and memorable experience for me. I came to SHSU in the fall of 1979 to major in photography. I was interested in photojournalism, so I also minored in journalism. I remember Dr. Emmett Jackson (though not a PhD. at the time) talking about some of his experiences as a photojournalist during some of the turbulent race riots of the 60s and 70s.

One of the students I met, I believe in my first photography class, was Bambi Irby (now Kiser), who became editor of the Houstonian.

I believe it was through Bambi that I somehow got the job as staff photographer.

When I first started at the Houstonian, the editorial offices were on the top floor of what I believe is now the Thomason building, but at the time I just called it the Graphic Arts building. It housed the Photography and Journalism departments. The Dan Rather Communications Building was not built yet, and the women’s gym stood where the DRB now stands.

One wall of the Houstonian office was all windows and looked out over the Austin College building and Old Main.

Working for the Houstonian allowed me to photograph and meet some interesting people, and go behind the scenes of many campus events.

Of all the memorable experiences I had at SHSU working on staff at the Houstonian, nothing compares to “that” night in February of 1982. I liked to work in the darkroom late at night when it was

quiet and no one was around. One evening, a friend and I were in the Houstonian darkroom working late into the night. I believe it was shortly after midnight when I stepped out of the darkroom to get something, and, when I turned and looked out the window, saw flames shooting out of Old Main.

I grabbed my cameras and ran out of the building to see what was going on. Like many others, I spent the rest of the night and much of the next day photographing and watching that beautiful building burn to the ground. Watching that building burn was like losing an old friend. It was a central focal point for the school and town, and losing it was a terrible loss for the school and Huntsville.

I grabbed my cameras and ran out of the building to see what was going on. Like many others, I spent the rest of the night and much of the next day photographing and watching that beautiful building burn to the ground.

Students stood and watched it for hours, and for days after would gather to look at the shell that was left. This was a point in time that, I believe, all of the students that were there at the time will always remember.

I photographed Texas Governor Bill Clements when he came to Huntsville to dedicate a new Walker County Jail. I met and photographed several interesting people, such as singer Michael Martin Murphey, Mike Love of the Beach Boys, Dean Torrence of the 50’s - 60’s rock duo Jan and Dean, just to name a few.

I remember how patient Michael Martin Murphey was with the campus reporters who interviewed him. I also remember how irritated Dean Torrence was with Love, because Love was late and seemed like an air-head.

I photographed many of the sporting events from the sidelines.

These provided me with a very memorable college experience.

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A couple of my more embarrassing moments were when the sports editor sent me to shoot a baseball game and I couldn’t find the baseball field. I had never been, and the field that I thought was the baseball field was a practice field that no one was at.

Another embarrassing moment was when I was shooting a basket-

ball game and had been sitting underneath the basket on one end of the court. What I didn’t realize was that while I was sitting on the hard wooden floor, one leg had fallen completely asleep. When I tried to stand up, in front of several hundred people in the stadium, I could barely stand or walk because my leg was completely numb. It

took several minutes to be able to walk off the court.

Though I don’t do much in the way of photography any more, my journalism training has been invaluable in my professional life. I was very fortunate to have the opportunity to work with some great students and do something that I really loved.

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Sad day at Sam Old Main - only memories remain. One of Sam Houston’s saddest days was last Friday when years of tradition and history were caught up in flames and destroyed. The tragic loss of Old Main was considered by many as the loss of a dear friend, and a number of students, past and present, came by to pay their last respects to this friend.

The people present in teh predawn hours Friday stood around helpless, watching in disbelief as the once majestic building fell, engulfed in flames. Some students cried, some appeared dazed, and others did not quite know how to react. At approximately 2 a.m., Friday, Dr. Elliot T. Bowers, SHSU president and alumnus, said this was his saddest day at the University.

Bowers had met with architects Thursday to prepare a proposal for Board consideration on the restoration and renovation of the historic buildings. Now that so much has been destroyed, the question is, is it possible to restore the Austin College Building, at least? Someone said it is even possible to rebuild Old Main, with some of the original bricks, but the amount of capital necessary for such a task would be enormous. A sad point point to consider is if the Texas Legislature had allotted funds to restore the building last year, there is a possibility this woul dnever have happened. And since money could not be found just last year, it is doubtful it will be found now.

The hill will never be quite the same without the pride and joy of Sam Houston, Old Main, to welcome visitors and newcomers to campus. If anything is ever put in her place, it will never be the same. Perhaps

nothing should ever be built at the site, and a marker should be placed in memorial to a dear, lost friend.

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in 2012 to make way for the student center expansion.

She was the adviser from 1922 until 1926.

The fifth adviser was George Pirtle Evans, an English doctoral student at the Unversity of Texas, who came to SHSU after earning degrees from Vanderbilt and University of Chicago. He taught at SHSU for five years before taking a leave of absence to teach at Stanford and at UT. Shortly before he completed his Ph.D. in Austin, he died before he was ever able to return to campus.

The Evans Building, now the Evans Complex, is named after him and still holds the English department he was a part of.

The Houstonian has had more than 1,000 members since 1913.

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raphy educator. She was a native Huntsvillian and graduate of Sam Houston Normal Institute.

She taught geography from 1914 to 1941 and was president of the Texas Council of Geography Teachers from 1902 to 1921 while at Texas Christian University. She was also a charter member of the Huntsville branch of the American Association of University Women.

Smith and her sister lived in a house on the corner of Avenue J and 16th Street, on the site of the former St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church.

Smith Hall, later Smith-Kirkley Hall, was named in her honor. That hall was demolished

A tragic loss As long as I live I shall never forget this past Friday morning when a friend called and told me Old Main was on fire. In disbelief I rushed to campus and watched with others, stunned, as years of memories were destroyed.

Having heard about the glamor and splendor of Old Main for as long as I can remember from my sister who attended Sam Houston In the early 1960’s, as well as having seen it for myself when I was younger, I felt especially close to the historic structure. I think most students here at Sam Houston, past and present, felt the same closeness to Old Main.

I never thought I could become so attached to a building as I have with Old Main, but every time I think about the tragic loss felt here Friday tears well up in my eyes and a deep sadness fills my heart. A friend and I keep saying to each other, “If only I had one more chance to walk through her doors and see the splendor and beauty she offered.”

As with everything else, we usually appreciate things most after they are gone. This should be an example to all. The parts of life we take for granted, such as love, our parents, family, and special friends, as well as treasured buildings such as Old Main and Austin College Building, should be appreciated and respected while they are still with us. After they are gone, there’s nothing left but memories.

- Betty Monych, 1982 editor

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100 years of design Newspaper changed design drastically over the century In 100 years of publication, the layout and publication of the Houstonian Independent newspaper has drastically changed.

When The Houstonian began it was a monthly paper. This quickly changed, two years later in 1915 to a weekly paper.

In the Oct. 11, 1916, edition of the newspaper, English professor and first Houstonian adviser L. E. King spoke about the importance of this change. “[This] was an admirable act for so small a student body,” King said.

In the 1950s The Houstonian changed to a semi-weekly paper, and has been ever since.

The layout began as a black and white, seven-column and 22 inches by 14 inches. Now it is color, five-column and 10.75 inches by 21.5 inches.

In the early years all seven columns were filled with words.

These weren’t 500 word long articles like we have today; they were “briefs” which were seven to 12 lines about a subject.

The first photograph, a head shot of Dr. Geo Guille from the Moody Bible Institute, was introduced on Oct. 31, 1916.

Color was first introduced in the homecoming issue on Nov. 10, 1956. Sammy the Bearkat was drawn in three-tones on Nov. 21, 1959.

Speaking of Sammy, the first ti me he was photographed in the paper was on Dec. 19, 1959.

The Houstonian has had more than 20 mastheads over the years. Until about the 1930s the masthead was simple. It was block type and black font. An image was added in the ‘30s.

Not only was an image of Sam Houston on his horse added it was trademarked in April 1938. This trademark lasted 20 years.

In the ‘40s the masthead had the SHSU campus skyline behind it. In the ‘60s and ‘70s the staff moved the masthead from the top of the page to the middle periodically.

Between 2010 and now the masthead became the single letter “H” styled in different ways.

The Houstonian is not new to special editions either. They have been around since the ‘20s where the staff had a tradition for each class to get a special edition filled with specific events for them. Each edition for each class were marked distinctly with different colors.

Today the Houstonian still uses these special editions or sections to address specific events or issues that the staff deems relevant to the student body.

- Molly Waddell, associate editor

This four word editorial (republished above as it appeared in the original issue of the Houstonian) was published by 1980 editor Ed Lehr (below). Lehr later resigned over the editorial because he said he didn’t get the proper approval from his staff members and the paper got backlash from the university community.

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The technology behind print media has gone through many changes; from handwritten drafts to processing lines of code into letters, the changes are staggering.

Before the invention of the Gutenberg Press in the mid-15th century, businessmen made handwritten news pamphlets and delivered them to other merchants to keep up with the latest trade information, according to Thomas Schroeder in “The Origins of the German Press.”

The invention of letterpress printing changed everything however. Invented

by Johannes Gutenburg, the “Gutenberg Press” allowed printers to compose and lock movable type into the bed of a press, ink the type, then press paper against it to transfer the inked type onto the paper.

While letterpress was the standard for several hundred years, another machine similar to the letterpress set the standard for newspapers as well: the linotype machine.

The linotype machine is the letterpress’s cousin. Invented by Ottmar Mergenthaler in 1884, it was the first machine that could efficiently set complete lines of type for printing presses. The machine’s name comes from the fact that it produces an entire line of metal type at once, hence “line of type”.

The linotype and the letterpress together were the standard in printing newspapers for several hundred years until the second half of the 20th century, when the offset printing process was introduced.

Offset printing is the current process used to “economically produce large volumes of high quality prints in a manner that requires little maintenance,” according to Helmut Kipphan, author of “Handbook of print media: technologies and production methods”.

The technique involves the ink image (“offset”) being transferred from a plate to a rubber blanket, and then to the printing surface.

The invention of the modern day offset printing process came about in an offbeat manner.

According to Nicole Howard, author of “The book, the life story of a technology,” in 1901 Ira Washington Rubel accidentally forgot to load a sheet into the lithograph and discovered that when printing from the rubber roller instead of metal, the printed page was of better quality.

Rubel’s press was produced by the Potter Press printing company in New York in 1903, and was in use in San Francisco by 1907, according to HistoryWired’s “Rubel Offset Lithographic Press.” Offset printing is still used to mass produce newspapers today.

The technological advances of print media over the past few hundred centuries have had a massive affect on how people read news; but blogging, the latest form of media, is taking a step further and blurring with the mass media.

According to Rebecca Blood, author of “Weblogs: A History And Perspective,” a blog is a discussion or informational site published on the World Wide Web. It’s a special form of media in that doesn’t take a physical form since it’s all done online.

There are several types of blogs, which differ in not only what the content is, but how they’re delivered.

Personal blogs are the common ones many people read or hear about. They’re usually an ongoing journal/diary written by an individual.

Microblogging consists of small posts of media content such as photos, videos, kinks, or text. The most notable examples are Twitter and Facebook.

Vlogs are blogs consisting of videos, such as the Green brothers’ Nerd Fighter series on YouTube.

Even in mass media, blogging has been gaining a lot of attention. One of the first blogs used on a news site was in August 1998, when the Charlotte Observer’s Jonathan Dube published his blog over the events of Hurricane Bonnie.

In 2006, Time magazine recognized bloggers by naming their person of the year as “You.” The evolution of media has taken many forms. From paper space, to type space, to cyberspace, the forms have changed dramatically over the past 500 years.

- Christian Vazquez, reporter

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story was, ‘And the rains came.’ The Bearkats were underdogs to a very powerful East Texas State team out of Commerce. It rained the kind of straight-down rain that only happens in East Texas and few other places on the face of the planet.”

Some of his other favorites were an editorial describing his goals as editor, titled, “Guns at the editor’s feet,” which he said was actually more of a pop-gun than any real arsenal, and a story on Tripod, the three-legged dog who was the unofficial mascot for SHSU while the dog was alive. Though, like so many former student journalists will attest, just because he’s proud of his work doesn’t mean that it’s quality work.

“I look at them sometimes and think, ‘Gosh could I have possibly have written that badly?’” Rather said. “Let me say that that is what made the experience such a relevant and such a useful one. One had room and time and space and a tolerance of teachers to make one’s mistakes and learn from one’s mistakes.”

Many former journalists remember their favorite moments of being on staff. For Cody Stark it was covering men’s basketball.

“One was getting to document one of the biggest moments in SHSU athletics history—when the 2003 men’s basketball team won the Southland Conference regular season and tournament championships and made the school’s first-ever appearance in the NCAA tournament,” Stark said. “A former administrator helped us partially fund the trip to Tampa, Fla., to cover the Bearkats’ opening round game against the Florida Gators. The Kats lost, but it was an amazing season, and I am proud to have had the opportunity to share it with the other students.”

Stark, who also worked for The Huntsville Item covering sports, said the other time was a basketball preview they produced the following year.

“We had a really good staff photographer named Matthew Norman who was a Photoshop guru,” he said.

“I came up with this idea to take a picture of a real basketball and some of the players and make it appear that the players were sitting on the ball and leaning on the sides. Norman worked his magic and replaced the brand name on the ball with the headline I wanted. It looked like the headline was actually manufactured on the ball, and it really turned into awesome main art piece for the sports page. We got a lot of positive feedback on that preview. I still have a copy of it.”

Most recently, former CBS producer Jenna Jackson was selected as the Distinguished Young Alumna for SHSU. She worked for the paper in the late ‘90s before being selected for the Dan Rather Internship. Her experience there got her in touch with Rather who helped her get a job at the network.

But she said her experience working for the Houstonian was one of the best times of her life. She started at the Houstonian the second semester of her freshman year.

“I loved how much independence we had as the campus paper—I think you learn by doing, and the only way to become a good writer is

to continually write,” Jackson said.

“Between the Houstonian and my work at the Item, I got lots of practice. It was also energizing to be at the hub of the campus and know everything that was happening behind the scenes.”

Jackson also said her time as a reporter and editor aided her career path.

“I learned so much that has helped me immensely throughout my career—a strong foundation of how to write, how to tell a story, how to talk to people and put them at ease—and about how important it is to be in the position where people entrust you to tell their stories,” she said.

But the stories the students of the Houstonian write are the memories that stick with them the longest.

“One of the stories I remember most was also one of the hardest to write,” Jackson said. “A good friend and fellow staff member, Stephen Bassett, committed suicide while we were in school. I wrote a column in honor of him. It was very important to me that it do his memory justice.

And it taught me that sometimes you’re closer to the story emotionally than at other times—and that it’s OK to be human and professional at the same time.”

One of the most important things that Rather wants anyone to take away is the importance of journalism and newspapers have in a democracy.

“The newspaper, the Houstonian, had rightly prided itself for many, many years as being independent.

Completely independent. When I got there this had been the tradition of the paper,” he said. “Under Professor Hugh Cunningham, he emphasized this. To have an independent, truly independent, free press.

Fiercely independent press when necessary. It is the red beating heart of a democracy.”

Hyde feels that even 60 years after Rather left his post.

“My first article for the Houstonian definitely shattered my previous thought that journalism is easy,” Hyde said. “Through the Houstonian I have learned journalistic ethics outside of the textbook and professor lectures. I’ve been faced with tackling breaking stories and features where I’ve been able to exercise and expand my writing abilities.”

Brandon Scott, a staff reporter at the Huntsville Item, said the Houstonian is where his career interests started after joining the Houstonian due to a draw to write sports. But he learned more than that.

“Once I became a regular in the newsroom, however, I was exposed to the type of stories and discourse that really spelled out the thinking game that is generating ideas and storytelling,” Scott said. “I’m making a name for myself as beat reporter and I have a decent social media following. But I’m not here without my experience at the Houstonian.”

The learning laboratory that the Houstonian provides to its students, Rather said, teaches students not only about ethics and writing, but the passion that journalists must have.

“That’s one of the things he (Cunningham) tried to instill in every student he had,” he said.

“The newspaper was to be a reflection of that. The Houstonian reports what it wants to report, when it wants to report it, how

it wants to report it, and from time to time the administration and board of regents may not like it. But at Sam Houston, we are training journalists who understand the importance of the First Amendment, the importance of being independent even when it’s not popular.”

Rather eventually went on to work for KSAM, the Huntsville Item, the Associated Press, the Houston Chronicle, KTRK, KHOU, CBS, and now his own show “Dan Rather Reports” on AXS TV. The communication building was renamed in his honor on Oct. 21, 1994.

Since Rather’s helm at the Houstonian, the publication has continued to grow.

Now a member of the Associated Collegiate Press and Texas Intercollegiate Press Association, the paper has won many awards for

advertisement design, writing, non-photo illustration, graphics, special editions, and much more. Last year, staff members took home the inaugural Director’s Trophy at TIPA last year, which put SHSU journalists up against much larger schools like University of Texas at Austin and Baylor University.

“Once again our journalism students faced a lot of great competition from universities all over Texas,” said Robin Johnson, the current Houstonian adviser. “Winning the first Director’s Trophy for overall on-site competition excellence throws down the gauntlet for future competitions. We are the university to beat.”

It was also selected as one of the top 100 newspapers for college journalists to work for by JournalismDegree.org.

- Stephen Green, editor

SHSU wins first TIPA Director’s Trophy Students from the Sam Houston State University Mass Communication Department won several awards at the annual Texas Intercollegiate Press Association state convention in Fort Worth, Texas.

The group competed in more than 20 on-site competitions where they won the inaugural Director’s Trophy, which goes to the school that earns the most on-site competition points. This year’s convention was the first to feature such an award.

The students are members of SHSU student media: KSHU 90.5 The Kat, KSHU Channel 7 News, and the Houstonian student newspaper.

There were 489 students from 66 colleges and universities competing in the on-site contest.

-Stephen Green, editor

Houstonian Editors 1913-2013

Hallie Harris 1913 Margaret Eastham 1914 Ethel Eddins 1915 Sallie Mallory 1916 Claire Ashford 1917 May Perry 1918 Issue Editors 1919 Minerva Vickers 1920 Issue Editors 1921 Issue Editors 1922 Issue Editors 1923 Lelon Mullins 1924 Logan Wilson 1925 A. W. Josserand 1926-1927 Vincent Miller 1928 Unknown 1929-1943 Lynne Irwin 1944-1945 Caroline Peterson 1945 Ree McCulloch 1946 Johnny Meritt 1946 Geneva MacDonald 1947 Mildred Davis 1948 O.B. Lee 1948-1949 Jackie Hale 1949 Fred Wichlep 1950-1951 Bill Turner 1951-1952 Leslie Wright 1952 Dan Rather 1952-1953 Hank Rosenthal 1953 Ben Gillespie 1953 Ann McCulloch 1954 Spot Colley 1954 Glenn Lowry 1954-1955 Martha Bowen 1955 Perry Smith 1955 Jack Stengler 1956 Carolyn Bailey 1956 Pat Kinghorn 1956 Myles Knape 1957 Blue Beathard 1957-1958 Pat Martin 1958 Velma Baldae 1958 Jon McConal 1959 C. M. Hooper 1959 Jack Sheridan 1960-1961 Toni Faulk 1961-1962 Rick Dorsey 1962 Franklin Krystyniak 1962-1963 Penne Weisler 1963 Charles Craft 1964 Jerry Mallory 1964 Gretchen Groberg 1965 Robert Mann 1965

Betty Beachum 1966 Arthur Wiese 1966-1967 Nanette Arnold 1967 Betty Brockman 1967-1968 Davie Browder 1968 Linda Tramel 1968 Nanette Wiese 1969 Danny Eldredge 1969 Murray Giles 1969-1970 Darrell McCorstin 1970 Vernell Boswank 1970-1971 Judy Hurry 1971 Jim Donovan 1971 Lynda Jones 1972-1973 Larry Schimkowitsch 1973 Elizabeth Defenbaugh 1974 Mike Adams 1974 Susan Riggs 1974 Dan Richardson 1974-1975 Bristol Porter 1975 David Kimmel 1975-1976 Monra Stiles 1976 Margaret Leigh 1976-1977 Wendy Hooker 1977 Dottie Walker 1977-1978 Deborah Mullins 1978 Eve Curinton 1978-1979 Camille Tinsley 1979 Barbara Dobbs 1979-1980 Jerry Urban 1980 Marcus Sandifer 1980-1981 Banbi Irby 1981 Ron Creel 1981 Betty Monych 1982 Isabel Valle 1982-1983 Susan Thompson 1983 Karla Priddy 1983-1984 Fernando Benavidez 1984 Michael Barbieri 1985-1986 Kaye Jackson 1984-1986 Tim Wesselman 1987 T. A. Torres 1987-1988 Greg Junek 1988-1989 Susan Wood 1989 Kacee Hargrace 1989 Jacqueline Sorce 1990 Kristie Watthuber 1990-1991 Cornell Hall 1991 Janet Dial 1991 Kimberly Jordan 1991 Kevin Lueb 1992-1993 Don Edwards 1992-1993 Shelly Smithson 1993 Traci Rohloff 1993 Brent Zwerneman 1994 Sean Osborn 1994 Jennifer Cansler 1994-1995 Mary Reut Overman 1995 Jenna Jackson 1995 Robbie Magness 1996 Hunter Hauk 1997 Mike Hawkins 1996-1997 Jeremy Heallen 1997-1998 Kendra Heallen 1998 Kendra Willeby 1998-1999 Billy Loveless 1999 Joyce Hancock 2000 Brandon Autrey 2000 Jeff Wick 2000-2001 Kelly Smith 2001 Amee Allen 2001-2002 Kisha Miller 2002 Drew Lacy 2003 Daphne Bottos 2003 Matt Pederson 2004 Eric Barton 2004-2005 Jennifer Westerman 2005 Evan Dierlam 2006 Shawn Farrell 2006 Kenny Bybee 2077 Rachael Gleason 2008 Christi Laney 2008-2009 Kristina Salazar 2009 Meagan Ellsworth 2010-2011 Erin Peterson 2011 Stephen Green 2011-present

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SHSU splits holiday tourney JEREMY VILLANUEVA Assistant Sports Editor After a hot 4-0 start in the season for Sam Houston State’s men’s basketball team, the Bearkats’ steam condensed to a 1-3 record in the past four games, including a 1-1 split record in the Corpus-Christi Challenge last week.

SHSU flew past Arkansas Pine Bluff 75-49 Friday afternoon but couldn’t continue the success into Saturday, falling to Liberty University 62-58.

“We played two good teams in which we played two different types of styles,” SHSU head coach Jason Hooten said.

“You want to play different types of styles to get yourself ready for conference. We got a lot of good work in against a zone.”

In the opening round of the Challenge against Pine Bluff, SHSU was able to turn things around on attack. After Lizeth De La Garza | The Houstonian shooting a disappointing 34 percent against Southern Methodist University ROLL OFF THE FINGERS. Senior forward Nathaniel the game before, the Bearkats finished Mason lobs up a shot against McNeese State at Bowers Stadium in 2012. The Bearkats finished the holidays situated Friday shooting for 51.2 percent from the floor.

5-3 after a hot 4-0 start.

Junior transfer guard Jabari Peters continued his early dominance as a pivotal player in the starting line-up for the Bearkats by leading SHSU with 16 points. Senior forward James Thomas added 11 points while junior transfer guard Kaheem Ransom and senior forward Nathaniel Mason scored 10 each.

SHSU was finally able to take control on the battle for the boards against Pine Bluff by finishing the game ahead 33-28 after being dominated on rebounds by Texas A&M and SMU. Offensive production rolled over into the first half of Saturday’s match against Liberty. SHSU shot 12-12 from the free-throw line and led Liberty 30-21 heading into the locker room after the opening 20 minutes of play.

But the Flames’ second-half run would be too much heat for the Bearkats to handle.

Liberty opened the beginning 3:36 minutes of the second half blazing past SHSU with a 13-4 run. The Flames’ Andrew Burrus would end the match leading all scorers with 15 points

followed by teammate John Caleb Sanders’ 11 points.

A challenging Liberty defense worked SHSU’s numbers on the floor, making the Bearkats shoot 18-54 on the match.

“It was a dog fight,” Hooten said.

“They have a really good team. We played really well on the defensive end. The shots we were making we just couldn’t get down.”

Thomas maintained his impressive statistics on the season – leading SHSU on points and rebounds with 11 points and 8 boards – to earn recognition with an all-tournament team selection.

Lithuanian freshman forward Aurimas Majauskas put 11 minutes in the match but wasn’t able to make any buckets for the Bearkats.

SHSU travels to Nacogdoches to compete in the Stephen F. Austin Invitational. The Bearkats will take on James Madison Friday at 6 p.m. then play Towson Saturday at 5:30 p.m.

“I still see a lot of improvement for this team,” Hooten said. “I think the best is yet to come.”

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Family Guy shocks world JOSEPH REDD A&E Editor After the hit animated Fox comedy “Family Guy” killed off the character Brian in Sunday’s episode, several fans have created a Change.org petition asking FOX and creator Seth MacFarlane to bring Brian back.

Brian’s death came as a shock to everyone.

No one expects the death of anyone on a light-hearted sitcom. Many people were confused as to why they would choose to kill off Brian. He is voiced MacFarlane, who also voices about half the characters on the show, so they aren’t saving any money on voice talent. In fact they are losing money by replacing Brian with another dog with a different voice.

“It felt like the way that this show was conceived by Seth all those years ago, it was this entire family unit including the parents, kids and a dog,” writer and producer Steve Callaghan explained in an interview. ”So by losing Brian, it felt like a void needed to be filled both comically, and also for the interpersonal relationships between all the characters. We felt that we needed to fill that role.”

Now that Brian has permanently left the show, a new dog named Vinny (voiced by Tony Sirico) will join the family. Sirico was formerly on the hit HBO show “The Sopranos” and portrayed the character Paulie “Walnuts” Gaultieri.

But diehard fans are in an uproar over Brian Griffins’ shocking death. Fans took to Twitter with such remarks as ”NO NO NO NO !!!!! I AM NOT AMUSED AT ALL!!!” and “I AM NOT OK WITH THIS FAMILY GUY DEATH. NOT OK!!!” were just a few of the thousands of tweets.

Fans went straight to the internet to question the creators and writers of Family Guy, simply asking why. Why kill the household dog that everyone has come to love and adore?

Avid Family Guy viewer Aaron

Thompson has launched an online petition to bring back the animal star from his grave.

Thompson keeps the petition page updated daily, spreading news stories covering his efforts. These news organizations include BBC, ABC, E!, FOX, CNN and Today.com just to name a few. Also, more than 777,000 people have liked the R.I.P. Brian Griffin

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ROUGH ROAD GAME. Brian Griffin on his death bed after being struck by car.

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Currently, the petition has amassed 123,161 supporters, with only 31,713 needed until it is valid.

“Brian Griffin was an important part of our viewing experience,” the petition states. “He added a witty and sophisticated element to the show. Family Guy and Fox Broadcasting will lose viewers if Brian Griffin is not brought back to the show. The writers of family guy didn’t just kill off one of their creations, they killed off the dog who has lived in our homes for the last 15 years. They killed the dog we all have come to love. They killed America’s dog!”

There has been no comment from MacFarlane as of yet. But the creative team promises that Family Guy will continue to entertain fans with its shocking humor, cutaway gags, musical numbers and epic chicken fights. Although Brian did die, he will continue to be remember as America’s dog.

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