Vol 119 | Issue 22
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Publishing since 1913
Independent Student Newspaper of Sam Houston State University
Occupy Bowers, pg. 2
Joe Frazier passes at age 67 Famed boxer that duked it out with Muhammed Ali in the 1974 “Rumble in the Jungle” died from complications from liver cancer in hospice late Monday.
Staff favorites: Fall TV, pg. 4
INDEX Viewpoints ...... pg. 2 A&E ................. pg. 6 News ................ pg. 3 Sports ............... pg. 7 Special .............. pg. 4 Special .............. pg. 8 Lifestyle ............ pg. 5
Kats top ranked Texas team
By Zach Birdsong Sports Editor
It wasn’t pretty, but the Bearkat football team earned a 38-9 win on the road against the Southeastern Louisiana Lions on Saturday. With the win, the Kats improved to 9-0 this season, the first time since 1956, also clinching a share of the Southland Conference title, which gives them an automatic birth into the Football Champion Subdivision (FCS) playoffs. On top of all that, SHSU moved up one spot in this week’s Sports Network FCS rankings and are now ranked number 3, while receiving one first place votes. With the loss, Southeastern Louisiana drops to 2-7 overall and 0-5 in Southland Conference play. Saturday, the Kats were led offensively by quarterback Brian Bell and wide receiver Richard Sincere as the two combined for over 300 yards of offense and four touchdowns. Bell finished the game with 164 yards and three
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GOING FOR IT. The Kats, current co-champions of the Southland Conference, are ranked third in the nation in the FCS after reaching 9-0 for the first time since 1956.
touchdowns (two rushing), while Sincere ran for 137 and one touchdown. In total, the Kats produced 395 yards of offense while limiting Southeastern Louisiana to just 267.
Early in the game, the Kats found themselves down 3-0, but on the next drive, the Kats responded and scored on a 9-yard touchdown run by running back Tim Flanders.
On the next drive, the Kats scored on a 10 play, 65yard drive that was capped off by 2-yard touchdown run by Bell. On the next drive, Bell threw his first interception
George Mattingly | The Houstonian
By Meagan Ellsworth Production Manager The release of Black Ops remains fresh in the mind of Call of Duty fans worldwide. Along with beautifully realistic graphics and serious zombie combat action, the first person shooter game started out with a lot of lag and hacker issues, which were thankfully later patched. But that’s old news. Just when the world thought the game couldn’t get any better, developers
Modern Warfare 3 released
DID YOU KNOW? Approximately 6,000 copies of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, valued at 440,000 Euros were stolen south of Paris, France early Saturday morning, according to ItWorld.com.
of the season. However the defense wouldn’t allow a score off of that, as a field goal attempt by Lions kicker Seth Sebastian was blocked by Kats linebacker Preston Sanders and
recovered at the SHSU 38yard line by Mike Littleton. On the drive Bell hit Sincere for a 34-yard gain, and then ran it in for a — See FOOTBALL, page 7
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— See WARFARE, page 6
HPV protection for all
Gardasil vaccine for both men, women By McKinzie Brocail Senior Reporter
Despite common thought, women are not the only ones affected by the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) -men are at risk, too. While political and media publicity has surrounded HPV and its vaccine, Gardasil, since 2007 when Gov. Rick Perry tried to mandate the vaccine for middle school females, it is less commonly known that Gardasil is also for males. Gardasil is targeted to ages 9-26. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Gardasil is a safe and effective HPV vaccine that is available to protect males against the HPV types that cause most (90%) genital warts and most anal cancers. HPV is a common sexually transmitted virus that has over 40 different strains. It is typically carried by men and passed on through vaginal, anal and sometimes oral sex to sexual partners, who can then pass it on to other sexual partners.
Election day voting locations File photo
PAY ATTENTION, GUYS. Gardasil, the HPV vaccine most commonly promoted for women, is also approved for men, helping in the prevention of genital wards and penile, anal and oropharyngeal cancer.
Men are at risk of HPVassociated penile, anal and oropharyngeal cancers, as well as genital warts. Most men are
asymptomatic, meaning they don’t show or have any signs or symptoms of having the virus. Many people pass HPV on to
partners because they are unaware that they have it. “We definitely push the — See HPV, page 3
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