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A new U is up to you
Wednesday │October 3, 2012 │ Vol. 99, No. 7
Texas Woman’s University | Student run since 1914
Shelby Baker Reporter
On October 16-17, students will vote on the approval of a new union. From there, the plan will be presented to the Board of Regents, and finally the state legislature before construction can begin. If the vote passes, there will be a fee increase of $149 per semester, which will support the costs of a building twice the size of the current
union, while any less would only pay for another of the current size. The Student Union is recognized as the heart of the university, both for location and importance. The building contains two cafeterias, an unmanned U.S. Post Office, two dining areas, a game room, computer labs, meeting rooms, a notary public and three different offices. If that is not enough, there are activities going on almost daily on the
second floor, making the union even busier. The Student Union was built in 1970 to house the then 5,810 campus members. In 1990, the Underground was added for a population just under 9,000. The current campus population is 14,700, and space limitations often lead to organizations and departments seeking other sites for their meetings and events. “We noticed the problem several years ago,” Student Union Director, Kyle Voyles
said. “We finally put the change into action this past year, and depending on how the students vote, we will be able to begin work.” Often busiest at lunch, the dining rooms are filled to the brim with students eating, hanging out, or waiting for a chance to get food before class. For a number of students, this creates issues on various levels like volume, space and time management. “We have lines at Chick-
Aaron Claycomb Editor-in-Chief As the fall semester continues, new alternative parking choices are becoming available for students, faculty and staff on all three campuses. Cyclist now have a place to store and secure their bikes at TWU. Physical Plant director, Ron Tarbutton said that a total of 31 new bike racks are being added to the Denton campus in addition to two existing bike racks. “On the Denton campus, when the project is completed,” Tarbutton noted, “we will have added 185 bicycle parking spaces for a total of 335” spaces. Tarbutton added that in Houston, the number of available spaces will be increased to 37 bike parking spaces— increasing it from three to five bike racks where 21 spaces currently exist. The Dallas campus will have eight bike racks added in the parking garage, contributing to a total of 72 available spaces. In addition to bicycle racks being added to all three TWU campuses, Kyle Voyles, Student Union director at TWU, reported that repair stations will also become available for student use. Tarbutton also adds that “You’re going to be able to go and repair your bike…[with] some standard tools attached to steel cables, so you can stand up and tighten and loosen and fix flats.” Two bike repair stations will be on the Denton campus, one at Dallas and another in Houston, Voyles confirmed in an email. The bike racks behind the Student Union were completed last week, by facility workers, Marty Looper and Clarence
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Irrigation technician, Marty Looper installs one of the bike racks behind the Student Union on Thursday, Sept. 27.
Fil-A going out the building at lunch,” freshman, Logan McCourry, said. “When you throw in the extra activities upstairs, you get a mass of people and need more space just to walk through anywhere.” However, there are those students who believe a new union is not that important and should not be a priority.
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Johnson, who were working on the installation Thursday afternoon. So far, Tarbutton said, facilities still has nine more bike racks to install on the Denton campus, two of those to be completed by the end of the week. Tarbutton said that he hopes to have the project complete by November, and is uncertain for when the repair stations will be fully installed. “The maintenance stations have just been requested,” Tarbutton remarked, and are awaiting arrival in order to begin the installation process. The repair stations will become available to students, and just “depends on delivery time and installation,” Voyles noted in an email. Regarding the Guinn and Stark dorms, “We’ve [already] determined that there are not enough [bike] spaces in housing,” Tarbutton said, and “it seems like more people are bringing [bikes].” As the need for bike spaces grows, he said, additional installations will be considered. The total cost for each unit is approximately $900, Voyles stated in an email, and the Student Union is funding one of these repair stations for cyclists. According to Voyles, Fitness and Recreation also purchased one bike repair station to be located outside their facility. Last spring, “the Union was noticing more and more bikes,” Amy O’Keefe, director of Commuter Services and Non-traditional Student Services said, while her office was “looking for alternative ways for students to commute other than a car.” With the combined efforts “through the Union, Commuter Services,
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Addressing parking solutions at TWU Ginger Hughes Sr. Reporter TWU is currently reviewing possible solutions to alleviate the parking congestion at TWU, Dr. Brenda Floyd, vice president for
finance and administration, said in an interview. Floyd stated that while there are no confirmations at this point, TWU is pursuing the possibilities of utilizing several locations wherein to relieve the parking gridlock on campus.
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She is working on the short-term plans to determine if there are any parking locations available to the university. The cabinet, consisting of Chancellor and President Dr. Ann Stuart, Vice President and Provost Dr. Robert Neely, and others are working in a joint effort toward long-term plans, hopefully to be presented to the Board of Regents by spring 2013. Still in the initial planning and envisioning stage, Floyd stated that “we are highly likely to have an open forum sometime
-Dr. Brenda Floyd, vice president for finance and administration
later, around the first of November, to present whatever we have at that point— in terms of the master plan to the campus community.” This forum will address the
parking on the Denton campus, as well as growth for housing and a new Student Union. Envisioned plans for spring will include parking relief for the Dallas and Houston campuses.
Kyla Rae Reporter Sharing a room with a stranger may seem a little scary; sleeping, showering and studying habits might be altered in order to compromise with a new roommate. This year, some students have been placed in rooms with not one, but two and sometimes three roommates. Originally, TWU’s dorm rooms were designed to accommodate two people: two desks and chairs, two dressers and two closets. However, due to an overflow of students this year, extra compromises had to be made. Those arranged in a triple dorm, with three students per room, are placed in the standard two-person dorm room. “About 140-210 students are impacted,” housing director, Dr. Joseph Berthiaume said. “There are around 70 triple room” arrangements in the Stark, Guinn and Jones dorm halls. On the other hand, students assigned to a four-person dorm have it a little differently. These students are located in the suite dorms, on the lower floors of Stark and Guinn Halls, and one quad room located in Jones— about 20 quad rooms are on campus, Berthiaume said. Berthiaume states that these dorms have two separate rooms in order to keep from cramming students into a small area. “We didn’t think we would get a suite. I thought we were going to get a small, normalsized dorm,” nursing major Miryam Alonso said. For the freshmen, the room assignments have been a surprise. “My roommates were totally random,” education major Elizabeth Gonzales said. Once students received their assignments via email, they found out who and how many roommates they would have for the year. Alonso described living with three other people as all right, but said, “the problem I’ve had is respecting space.” Because of potential irreconcilable differences between roommates, there is an opportunity for students to request for a room change. “I’m trying to see about a room change if it isn’t too late,” Alonso continued. All dorms are equipped with two Internet connections, which also creates a problem for these students. “We have two outlets, but one isn’t working,” Alonso said, and this causes her to relocate to the common labs in Guinn, Stark, or a friend’s house in order to gain Internet access. For all that the students in university housing go through
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From left to right, Itohan Aiwerioghene and LeighAnn Torres walk off the soccer pitch with Dr. Joe Berthiaume after each winning a $500 housing scholarship during halftime at last Friday’s Soccer Spirit Game.
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The Lass-O reports that the college (then known as Texas State College for Women) reaches a record-breaking enrollment of 2,426. The department of business and administration is to offer night classes, such as shorthand, typing, and in-demand classes.
hog-calling contests, and corn husking events. The event was complete with a greased pig scramble. Another night of TWU fun included a hayride for the juniors. The Daily Lass-O also reports that in Oxford, Miss, the University of Mississippi began putting James Meredith through aptitude testing and U.S. troops attempt to restore a sense of normalcy to the strike-torn campus.
daisies for 50 years, a practice heralded by Lady Bird Johnson during the years that Lyndon B. Johnson was president. Following that lead, Congress passes the Bentsen amendment requiring that 25 cents of every $100 in federal landscaping be used for planting native wildflowers. An editorial states that women dressing in men’s navy blue suits is not required for success; what is required is an education and hard work.
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The Daily Lass-O notes that “Frontier Frolics” is set to begin with the “Corn Huskin’ Bee” opening on the TWU tennis courts. Students dressed in frontier costumes and participated in square dances, chicken- and
The Daily Lass-O reports that Texas Highways have been sowing seeds for bluebonnets, Indian paintbrushes, and
1940 World news— 72 years ago
In 1940 the U.S. population is 131,669,275. WWII rages on. First televised basketball
game (U of Pittsburgh beats Fordham U, 50-37). Richard Wright’s “Native Son” published. Hattie McDaniel becomes the first African American woman to win an Oscar. Ernest Hemingway and Benjamin Glazer premieres in NYC. Booker T. Washington becomes the first African American to appear on US stamp. The 1940 Olympics are cancelled. Pulitzer Prize awarded to John Steinbeck for “Grapes of Wrath”. McDonald’s opens its first restaurant in San Bernardino, Calif. First successful helicopter flight occurs in Stratford, Conn. President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) wins unprecedented third term against Wendell Willkie (R).
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TWU Police Report Public Intoxication
Possession of
A report of public intoxication
Controlled Substance
was made at Withers St. and
A report and arrest were made
Bell Ave., Wednesday, Sept. 24.
for possession of a controlled
It is unclear whether an arrest
substance at 1719 Bell Ave.,
was made.
Saturday, Sept. 27.
Medical Emergency
Theft Report
A medical emergency was
A report of theft was made at
reported at the Student Union,
301 Administration Dr., Friday,
Tuesday, Sept. 25.
Sept. 28.
Vehicle Damage
Unauthorized Visitor
A report of vehicle damage
An unauthorized visitor was
was made at 1500 Bell Ave.,
reported at 420 E. University
Tuesday, Sept. 25.
Dr., Sunday, Sept. 30.
Possession of Marijuana
Suspicious Person
A report and arrest for
A report of a suspicious
possession of marijuana
person and arrest for minor in
at 1707 N. Locust Dr.,
consumption was made at 100
Wednesday, Sept. 26.
E. Oakland St., Friday, Sept. 28.
Suspicious Person
Sexual Discrimination
A report of a suspicious person
A report of sexual discrimination
was made at the Visual Arts
was made at Margo Jones
Building, Wednesday, Sept. 26.
Performance Hall, Tuesday,
A warrant arrest was made.
Oct. 1.
Disturbance
Roommate Disturbance
A report of a disturbance was
A report of a roommate
made at 604 Administration Dr.,
disturbance was made at Stark
Wednesday, Sept. 26.
Hall, Sunday, Sept. 30.
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TWU Library receives $500k WASP endowment Amanda Clark Reporter TWU recently received its largest gift to date to support the Women Air Force Service Pilots archival collection housed in TWU’s special collections on this, the 20th anniversary of its creation. “This endowment is a fitting way to celebrate these 20 years.” Kimberly Johnson, Coordinator for Special Collections, expressed. According to the press release on the TWU website, “The estate of WASP Frankie Lovvorn Bretherick, [44’6], gave $532,500 to the WASP Endowment Fund. The gift will allow TWU’s Blagg — Huey Library, home to the national WASP archives, to continue to transfer WASP records, photographs and oral histories to digital media, thereby extending the potential uses of the historical record in support of teaching and research. The endowment also supports the library’s efforts to lend portions of the collection for exhibitions around the country.” “The growth of our WASP Endowment demonstrates the commitment of the WASP to the work TWU is doing to preserve their history and ...legacy to future generations,” said Johnson. “Our WASP Endowment donors recognize the importance of sustainability. Growing this endowment ensures that, as new
technologies and collaborations unfold in the coming years, we can expand on the work done over the last two decades well into the future.” Sherilyn Bird, Dean of Libraries echoed this sentiment by saying: “It tells us that we’re successful, that the WASP[s] want to continue working with this archive, tells us that they’re happy with the way we have protected their resources, made them available to researchers and helped historians tell their stor[ies].” Bird said, “The evidence of that is that they continue to come and visit with TWU and they continue to support the archive financially. We’re very proud of that.” Bretherick was a Texas native and gained her pilot’s license while working as a nurse in the Civil Service. She completed training with the WASP at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, and was stationed at Greenville Army Air Base in Greenville, Miss. After deactivation of the WASP[s], she joined the Army Nurse Corps, attended the School of Aviation Medicine at Mitchel Field in New York, and became an air evacuation nurse. Bretherick passed away on Jan. 20, 2012, in Plano at the age of 98. The WASPs were the first women in history to fly for the U.S. military, serving between 1942-44, at the height of World War II, and upon deactivation the WASP[s] records were sealed, according to a press
Core changes coming to TWU Shannon Quick News Editor
On Oct. 27, 2011, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board approved a proposal to change the core curriculum of the statewide public community colleges and universities. The current core curriculum at Texas public institutions ranges between 42-48 credit hours. Under the new curriculum, the maximum would become 42 hours. Under both curriculum rules, the university can determine up to six hours of universitydetermined classes, according to Associate Provost, Dr. Barbara Lerner. Lerner remarked in an email, “The new rules are intended to shorten the time to degree for students, and to facilitate the transfer of courses from one institute to another.” The TWU Undergraduate Council “will work in teams to determine the best curriculum for students,” Lerner states. The Undergraduate Council is made up of individuals from all over the university including faculty, staff and students. When, asked specifically about women’s studies programs and global perspectives classes, Lerner stated that “the faculty
will discuss these issues and make their recommendations to the provost,…[but] as a university primarily for women, this requirement [women’s studies] certainly seems to fit.” Global perspective is a requirement for graduation but not a core requirement, and Lerner believes that this will more than likely remain the same. Lerner believes that “this is an exciting project because it will allow our faculty to examine our lower division [first two years] undergraduate curriculum and to work together to ensure that the curriculum is strong and efficient. This way we will know that we provide TWU’s undergraduates with the knowledge, skills and competencies they need to be successful at TWU and beyond.” Phase one of the implementation process includes the colleges and universities developing and selecting core courses for their schools. Those selections will then be sent to the Coordinating Board staff for review between August-November 2013. The approved changes will go into effect for incoming freshmen in fall 2014.
release, and the directory of the members of the WASP found in the Library. In 1977, the WASPs were finally awarded military status. Bird explained that the WASPs had preserved their historical records, letters, photographs and uniforms, and then decided to create and endow their archive here at TWU in 1992. There are over 200 surviving WASPs. “There is still excitement,” says Johnson; “it’s living history. WASPs still come and visit and share their stories. Students should be proud of the prestige of their library and the WASP archive collection, and that TWU stands at the forefront of that research.” Over the last three years, there have been over 5,000 visits to the website, according to Bird. As the only WASP archive, people from all over the world have to come to TWU for this information. With the help of this endowment, according to Bird, the expansion and growth of the archive will continue. To learn more about the WASP archive at TWU and these women, visit the Blagg-Huey Library, in person, or online to view oral histories, uniforms, historical records and photos. More information on the WASP can be found at www.
Sex in the Dark Amanda Clark Reporter
Last Tuesday, TWU students gathered for an event named “Sex in the Dark.” From looking at the posters in the Student Union, students could not gather much information about this event other than the title, time and location. “Sex in the Dark” is a sexual health education program presented by Peer Advocates Teaching Health. Club president Maria Gomez explained that PATH is “the only peer health education organization here at TWU. As peer and health educators, we put on various interactive, fun and valuable health education presentations and programs on various health issues.” PATH advisor Sonia Redwine described the event: “Sex in the Dark is a sexual health presentation where students can ask their questions anonymously through SurveyMonkey ahead of time, a texting poll during the event or even pen and paper. The lights will be dimmed to allow for greater anonymity, hence the name ‘Sex in the Dark.’ Many students have the same questions, but don’t know who to ask, or are not comfortable talking about it. We want to break that barrier with this presentation to bring awareness and resources to TWU students.”
TWU Commencement Extravaganza! GRADUATING IN DECEMBER? Make sure you have taken care of graduation details!
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WHERE: TWU Denton Campus Bookstore WHEN: Monday & Tuesday, October 8 & 9 TIME: 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Purchase cap and gown Order graduation announcements, class rings, diploma frames, etc. Have your picture taken in cap and gown — regalia provided Verify diploma information Check at the Alumni table to learn more about your benefits as a new graduate Consult with Career Services about your career searches Information about Financial Aid exit counseling Learn about TWU’s graduate programs and admission requirements Register to attend Senior Breakfast/Lunch on December 7 at 8 a.m. and noon Enter to win awesome prizes!
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CONT. from pg. 1 student union
As the university grows, space becomes harder to find in most all areas of the campus, so some students question the importance of a new union over other matters. “I feel our campus has bigger problems, like the parking,” senior, Lainey Wages argues. “There’s no where for freshman to live and no where for commuters to park. Lines
are going to get congested at the union, but that’s for any building.” The student union office has been campaigning for students to take an interest and act on the new building. Thirtyfour presentations have been given to date, with 15 to 18 more scheduled in the next two weeks. Students have also been taken on trips to view other universities’ student unions, including TCU and UT Dallas. “We wanted students to see the concepts in the
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buildings,” Assistant Director of Operations, Emily Martin, explained. “There’s a lot we can do in the new building that would be both commuter and resident friendly, like having outlets built into the furniture for laptop charging.” As a final major push for a new union, there will be a student rally on the Hubbard lawn from 4-6 p.m., followed by a VIP tour of the current union, including the back-dock and SGA lounge from 6-8 p.m.
Invisible Children seeks awareness Ashley Burnworth Reporter
Today, 30,000 children in Central Africa are waiting— waiting to kill, waiting to die, waiting for peace. The Invisible Children program visited TWU on Oct. 1 and showed “The Rescue of Joseph Kony’s Child Soldiers,” a documentary about the horrific wars taking place in the Republic of Congo, Uganda, Sudan and Kenya and Joseph Kony, leader of Lord’s Resistance Army, kidnaps and kills thousands each week, according to the documentary. The documentary tells the story of Jacob, a little boy who was kidnapped alongside his brother when he was 11. When Jacob’s brother tries to save him, his throat is slit before Jacob’s eyes, and Jacob is threatened with death if he cries for him.
Jacob escapes more than a year later, and states in the documentary, “I would rather die than live on Earth. Even now, I would rather die.” Jacob is just one of the approximated 30,000 child soldiers that make up 90 percent of Kony’s rebel army. “They abduct both [male and female children]; they force the girls to become sex slaves and the boys...to go to a village and help loot it…and then they will turn the children into child soldiers,” explained Maria Jose, an Invisible Children’s representative visiting from Uganda, after she tells of her own encounter with the LRA. “In Northern Uganda, life was not easy. We were running for our lives,” said Jose, her voice breaking. Her house and village were bombed while her
TWU BRIEFS PATH plans on doing more events this year related to other health topics, in addition to sexual health. Redwine said the group will have a stress management program coming up in October. It will also host a sexual health table as part of the Hispanic Health Fair and Student Organization Fair. It will also be a part of the annual Pink Promises Breast Cancer Awareness Walk. Gomez encourages students to get involved by attending PATH events this semester. “We will recruit new members at the end of every spring semester for those interested in becoming part of our group,” Redwine said. For more information on PATH and its events, readers can visit its Facebook page or on TWU webpage at www.twu.edu/healthpromotion/path.
Play “Last Summer” Stephanie Terrell Sr. Reporter POINTBank Black Box Productions is holding auditions for the first mainstream literary piece in lesbian theater history titled “Last Summer At Bluefish Cove” from 7:30–10 p.m., Sunday-Monday, according to the Denton Community Theater’s website. The plot of the production is, “The story of a dissatisfied straight woman who leaves her husband to spend some quiet time by herself and who unintentionally and naively wanders into the midst of a group of seven lesbians at the beginning of their annual beachside vacation,” its website says, with a twist that, “She falls in love with the charming leading character who, unknown to her, is dying of cancer.” Directing this upcoming production will be Sharon Veselic with aid from technical director, Philip Lamb, light designer Ana Pettit, and sound
designer Jordana Obrenca. Although the auditions are being held in October, the show will not actually be performed until January 2013. The earliness of the auditions is due to the upcoming holidays, rehearsals for other productions and other obligations as stated on the Denton Community Theater website. According to the Denton Community Theater’s website, the play is informative about issues that members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer community have faced, but it is also able to relate to audiences through a sense of universality. “I think this play touches on a lot of sensitive issues we continue to talk about today,” sophomore TWU student, Alexandra Cole said. “Using an art form such as theater in a way to get people to think about this issue is a great thing, and I personally will be lined up at the door for the first performance in January.” For those interested in auditioning or for more information, please visit http:// www.dentoncommunitytheatre. com/#!auditions or email Sharon Veselic at SharonVeselic@yahoo. com.
Boo Bingo
Ashley Burnworth Reporter October is full of haunts and fears, but the scariest of all may be Spooky Bingo. Each month, the TWU Student Senate hosts a uniquely-themed Bingo game. This month’s theme is Halloween scares and thrills, and offers a spooky afternoon for all those attending. Throughout this hour-long Bingo game, various Halloweenthemed prizes will be gifted to the students lucky enough to mark five squares in a row,
family was eating dinner, killing her parents, sister and cousin. She ran into the jungle to hide with the other village survivors— terrified for her life, terrified of becoming a child soldier. Jose was found later by her uncle, and was thus spared the terrifying fate of a child soldier. Jose became a representative for Invisible Children three years ago, and is looking forward to her upcoming graduation in November. One pleads for help for the Invisible Children program through donations to invisiblechildren.com or by writing a letter to your local senator, or representative.
diagonally, horizontally or vertically. To create a fun but also fair game, a one prize per person rule has been enacted, so once a student wins, they cannot win a second prize. Spooky Bingo will have an unlimited number of seats for students who would like to be involved and will behosted at the Student Union in the Purple Lobby at noon, Monday, Oct. 10.
2012 Presidential election debate watch Megan Pillow Reporter Today at 7:00pm, Pi Sigma Alpha, the National Political Science Honor Society, invites TWU students to the 2012 Presidential Debate Party, located in SU 207. This event is simulcast from The University of Denver, and will give students the opportunity to watch the live debate between Republican nominee, Mitt Romney and Democratic incumbent, Barack Obama. According to the TWU website, the event will have lifesized cutouts of Obama and Romney available for photos, and will provide pizza, drinks and door prizes. SGA and Pi Sigma Alpha will be providing and assisting in filling out voter registration forms. This event will also offer a live Twitter panel, in which a panel of faculty experts will tweet observations during the debate, for those who cannot attend the event. For more information, readers can contact Barbara Presnall or Jennifer Danley-Scott in the Department of History & Government located in the CFO 605, or call 940-898-2133.
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Race for the cure participants, making a difference.
Photography by Amanda Amaral
TWU students walk for a cure in spite of bad weather.
From TWU archives (The Lasso news) As The Lasso reaches its centennial year of publication next fall, we are looking into the past to reveal the foundation that has made this newspaper one of the oldest continuous publications in the country. We invite you to join us here weekly as we uncover 99 years of TWU and Lasso history. It will be an interesting look into how much we have grown, not only as a publication, but also as a university of productive citizens. We will not be editing the following article by today’s standards. Instead, we will maintain history as it was originally recorded. The following selection is from an Lasso article originally published in 1940.
Researched by Ginger Hughes Senior Reporter WFAA begins Series of Broadcasts Sunday Texas State College for Women will open its seventh annual broadcast series Sunday over station WFAA from 12:30 to 1 p.m. Familiar strains of “Alma Mater” will open the program, featuring addresses by President L. H. Hubbard and Dean E.V. White and three piano solos by Harlan Pettit, assistant professor of piano.
“The Texas State College for Women in 1940,” a resume of this college’s 38th session with facts concerning growth and development, will be given by Dean White. President Hubbard will discuss how the TSCW student can be of service to her country. Mr. Pettit will play Chopin’s “Ballade in Ab” and “Masurks in B Minor,” and “Schumann’s “Rondo.” This year’s program will
include a series of Pulitzer Prize book reviews, music by the college symphony and chorus and various soloists and ensembles, lectures by the faculty members, and lectures by celebrities visiting TSCW campus this season. Programs are under the general direction of Miss Jessie H. Humphires. Music arranged by W. Gibson Walters and John Murray Kendrick. Emory G. Horger will announce the numbers.
Photography by Amanda Amaral
TWU student Becky Rutledge and friends show their support.
Three’s Company, four’s a crowd as Berthiaume said, he has come up with a way to give back to the students. Just as with last year’s Pack The House event, Berthiaume has come up with more opportunities for students to win a $500 scholarship for housing. “This year, we will have one for every sport: soccer, volleyball, basketball, softball, and gymnastics,” Berthiaume said. “One, I firmly believe for students to be engaged in the extracurricular activities and sports events offered on campus. Two, I feel that it is important to give back to the students.”
Each semester the Office of the Provost informs TWU about conversations focused on improvement and growth for
the
university
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sessions called the Academic Leadership: Lunch, Literature, and Listening series. The meetings will be held Oct. 19, Nov. 2, and Nov. 30 and all faculty, staff and chairs should have been notified of the dates via email.
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and Facilities Management,” Voyles said, they believe these bike racks and repair stations had now become necessary for TWU. All parties agreed and approved these additions to the TWU campuses, he noted in his email. While the offices noticed these similarities and converged on the first initiative toward a solution, O’Keefe added, a group of students and faculty, approached Commuter Services about becoming more bikefriendly. Nancy Gotcher and Gavin DeCuir, web designers at TWU, both approached Commuter Services in regards to the biking issue they were witnessing on campus last semester. “For a campus, it just seemed weird that there were no facilities for bikes,” Gotcher commented. DeCuir and
Gotcher, both regular cyclists, shared a common interest in the bicycle accommodations on TWU’s Denton campus, and together, they assisted in deciding the locations for the new bike racks. After talking to Commuter Services and the Student Union, “we just grabbed a notebook and a camera… and walked the whole [Denton] campus,” Gotcher said, “just to determine where people were chaining their bikes.” They were all over the place, DeCuir reported, chained to “trees, stairwells...and anywhere there were rails.” Over the course of the summer, they completed this campus-wide survey, Gotcher explained. DeCuir said that when he would chain his bike, he would notice the “old bike racks on campus, some of which were in disrepair, and some of which turned up missing.” The specific bike rack he was using, located at the
Library receives new Faulkner artifacts Ginger Hughes Sr. Reporter As reported earlier this semester, Dr. Phyllis Bridges led a class to the University of Mississippi in July for the 39th annual Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Conference: Fifty Years after Faulkner. Several class members, consisting of undergraduates, graduates, and doctoral students, reunited once again on Tuesday, September 25 in
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the Blagg-Huey Library. The reunion was a dual opportunity for class members to celebrate the 115th birthday of famed American novelist, William Faulkner, and to present gifts to be added to the TWU library’s Special Collections. Received by Coordinator for Special Collections, Kimberly Johnson accepted artifacts and materials donated by the Faulkner family, obtained by the seminar students while in Oxford.
union, just “disappeared” one day, he added. After the requests were made to facilities, Tarbutton stated, they had to generate a list of potential locations for installations to be built. The consideration list included: “aesthetics, convenience, relatively flat ground, adjacent to hard surface if practical, safe exit paths from buildings, ADA interference, 10 feet from Code Blue poles, avoid designated smoking areas, avoid planned future construction, existing utilities,” and checking for trees, which may interfere. For instance, modifications which were made to accommodate the installations were “rerout[ing] some sprinkler heads so they wouldn’t spray on the bikes,” Tarbutton added, “and that was something we did consciously as well.” Dr. Agatha Beins, assistant professor of Women’s Studies at TWU, bikes almost every
time she comes to campus, she noted in an email. Although she has a car, the last time she filled it with gas was July 13. “I rarely need to drive around town,” Beins stated in her email. “For the most part, my bicycle is a commuting vehicle.” Beins considers cycling a form of exercise, plus “It takes a car off the road, and bikes take up less parking space on campus.” Beins said in an email, that she and Howard Draper, “a former Denton resident who has been involved in Querencia,” met with Voyles at the end of the spring 2011 semester to give input on the biking community. Querencia Community Bike Shop is located in Denton at 215 West Oak St., a non-profit bicycle co-op, and according to its website, “offers open access to the necessary work space, tools, parts, and instructional resources for one to build, repair, and maintain one’s
own bicycle.” Gotcher noted that she has donated bikes to Querencia, and is glad to see this sort of project available for the community. Beins added that, “Last year Denton passed the Vulnerable User Road Ordinance,” which mandates that cars and commercial vehicles must give minimum passing distance to bicyclists, and she is hopeful that TWU will also continue to improve road conditions for cyclists on campus, she said in her email. She hopes “that the visibility of the racks may encourage more people to consider coming to campus via bicycle…and more students who live on campus to bring their bicycles.” Sarah Wilmore is one of those students living on campus who has just brought her bike to campus, and bikes around campus every day, she said. Wilmore currently rooms at Lowry Woods, and rides her
Schwinn Ranger bike, and says it gets her from point A to point B much faster than walking. Gotcher recalls when she first witnessed the new bike rack installations: “I walked out one day and these guys were doing something down there,” Gotcher said, as she referred to the new biking racks behind the Student Union. Referring to Wilmore’s new preferred bike rack, Gotcher relays, “I said ‘hey, what are you guys doing’” she recalled, and they [Looper and Johnson] said, “‘we’re putting in bike racks.’ It was really cool because that was one of the areas that we talked about,” Gotcher said, and then she started to notice them all around campus. “I love the bike racks and I think they are great,” Wilmore stated, as she chained up her bike Monday morning at the newly added bike racks behind the Student Union.
Dr. Larry Wells, husband to Dean Faulkner Wells, gave students a copy of his wife’s interview with Francois Busnel on the steps of Rowan Oak, the Faulkner family home, in July, 2011. Busnel asks Mrs. Wells about her experiences growing up with the awardwinning novelist she called Pappy. She reminisces about his famous family ghost stories, and running through the house as a child. As one America’s greatest southern writers of the 20th or 21st Century, Faulkner sought refuge from fame within the private walls and forests of Rowan Oak, but as Wells states in her interview, “Of course, how do you get rid of genius?” Another one of the materials presented to the library is a
bound collection from The Yoknapatawpha Press of “The Faulkner Newsletter: Collected Issues,” edited by William Boozer, Dean Faulkner Wells and Lawrence (Larry) Wells. Students interested in studying Faulkner, or attempting to echo his style, will find this publication useful in their research. Founded by the Wells’ in 1989, the Faux Faulkner Contest was sponsored by The Yoknapatawpha Press and the University of Mississippi’s Center for the Study of Southern Culture, according to the Press’ website. “The Faulkner Newsletter: Collected Issues” contains yearly winning entries and the top two runners-up. Notable authors such as George Plimpton, Tom
Wicker, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., John Berend, Wallace Stegner, William Styron, Barry Hannah, Willie Morris, John Grisham, and Jack Hemingway were some of selected judges for semifinalist submissions. A final addition Bridges’ students presented to the library is a poster of the book “The Ghosts of Rowan Oak: William Faulkner’s Ghost Stories for Children” recounted by Dean Faulkner Wells. Johnson said the piece, as well as a photo of the Oxford adventurers, will be framed and hung in the library for all to enjoy. Since the meeting, Larry Wells has donated three more books published by the Yoknapatawpha Press. Students will soon be able to
view a hardback edition of “The Ghosts of Rowan Oak” by Dean F. Wells, a paperback school edition of “The Ghosts of Rowan Oak” with a study guide by Larry Wells, and a poetry collection, “Helen: A Courtship and Mississippi Poems,” by William Faulkner. The reunion and celebration was made extra special by Johnson’s display of Faulkner materials, and Bridges’ homemade poppyseed cake. The new additions to TWU’s library honor not only the memories made by the Oxford pilgrims, but also the Faulkner legacy, and will remain a testament to the dedication of TWU and its students to the pursuit of academia.
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Does Apple have Siri-ous problems? The truth behind the AI’s “Artificial Incompetence” Shelby Baker Reporter Welcome to the 21st Century. We don’t have flying cars yet, nor have we stepped foot on Mars. We do, however, have animal-shaped rubber bracelets, dubstep music and English muffin pizzas. People today are more focused on convenience-on the path of least resistance. On the bright side, AIs have been gaining ground on the technological field, and at the forefront of this advanced era, stands Apple’s “Siri.” In advertisements, Siri is able to perfectly understand what is said and accomplish any task that is set for her. She can direct you to the closest Starbucks, read a message aloud, or in the IOS 6 version, launch apps by voice command. Yet despite the promises and expensive cost of the iPhone 4s, a lawsuit was filed claiming that Siri can’t understand the majority of what is directed and when it does, either can’t answer or provides the wrong answer. Some people have found frustration in Siri’s mistakes, and others comic relief. There are now multiple websites
dedicated to failed conversations with Siri, including sirifunny. com and siriousfails.com. Some examples include when Siri plays “Cocaine” when asked for the song “Imagine” and when asked for a location, Siri simply answers “Earth.” “Siri was fun to play with for the first couple of weeks, and then I just stopped using her,” freshman, Andy Scott said. “There were a lot of things Siri didn’t know, so I started using Google instead.” Most of these problems are due to the fact that Siri is still a beta test program. Siri doesn’t know everything yet, as she is still being perfected, no matter what the ads lead audiences to believe. Though Siri is identified as a beta test on the Apple website, the company failed to communicate that through its ads. To the unsuspecting purchaser, Siri is a final product. Siri is fed data from a server farm in Maiden, N.C. The more questions people ask Siri, the better the engineers at Apple are able to program and tweak the software so that it provides the best information possible. Siri is constantly learning, which is why it is on the market as a
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beta— so its knowledge base can improve and expand through usage and data collection. Recently, one of Apple’s leading engineers, Gene Munster, tested Siri’s comprehension and accuracy, and then tested Google’s. Siri scored a “B” on its comprehension of a busy Minneapolis street, but scored a “D” on accuracy, two letter grades below Google’s. According to a Huffington Post article, Munster estimated that Siri is about a few years behind Google in accuracy. People are going to have issues with Siri just like any other technological device or program, but users should breathe, and relax; there are ways to help with the problems. Siri users can tap the speech bubble and correct mistakes manually or simply restate what was said. If a blue line appears under a word, tap it and select the correction necessary. Siri has issues, yes, but Apple is working to fix them. As one of the leading AIs, Siri has a long way to go to reach perfection, but it is also forging the path to a more advanced future.
Tattoos have been a human practice for, as far as we know, thousands of years. They have been used in religious practices, to attract love, to show status within a culture, and even as a rite of passage into adulthood. According to Smithsonianmag. com, the oldest known recorded tattoos are carbon-dated back 5,200 years, on an iceman discovered near the Italian/ Austrian border. Also according to Smithsonianmag.com, the Maori culture in New Zealand considered the head the most important part of the body, and thus the perfect place to adorn with art. Until the 1970s, Maori women continued the practice with the belief that tattooing around their mouths and chins, would keep the skin from wrinkling, thus preserving their youth. ShouldITattoo.com gives some statistics on current percentages of the American population with tattoos broken down by generation: 38 percent of the millennial generation (ages 18-29), 32 percent of Generation X (30-45), 15 percent of the baby boomers (46-64), and 6 percent of the Silent Generation (65plus).
So why is it that some employers and leaders of organizations and communities have such disdain for tattoos and those with them? Employers have every right to have policies on tattoos and their visibility, just like they have every right to enforce a dress code for their employees. This does not mean that these policies can’t be taken out of hand. If 38 percent of the up-and-coming generation has tattoos, and employers are unwilling to hire them due to their visibility, where does that leave those they refuse to employ? In lower-paying jobs that are often more accepting of tattoos, such as bartending, manual laborers, and similar professions. Where does it leave employers? With a much slimmer selection of newlyeducated young minds to help their businesses expand. Where this leaves the economy can also be easily inferred. So not only are employers willing to refuse work to someone based solely on their own personal choices, but they also allow themselves to have the disadvantage of missing out on new employees and their ideas.
It’s not uncommon for people to judge those with tattoos very quickly. It is sometimes thought that only delinquents have tattoos, that those who make poor life choices have tattoos, or those that can’t control themselves around alcohol get drunk, and find a new ink on themselves in the morning. Are all these true? In some cases, yes. In many others, not at all. “I have one tattoo on my right shoulder blade, and the other on my right ankle facing on the outside,” TWU student Emily Hetherington said. “The one on my shoulder blade is of a dragon and a monkey. It is a memorial tattoo for my dad, who passed away in 2007. The animals are from the Chinese Zodiac. The dragon represents my dad and the monkey represents me. The second, on my ankle,” continues Hetherington, “is the treble clef and bass clef heart. It represents my love of music and how, just as permanent as tattoos are, is how permanent music will be in my life.” Should tattoos be a splitsecond decision? I don’t think they should. Should someone who has tattoos be judged for their outward appearance and bold display of who they are, and what’s important to them? Absolutely not.
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Mexican chicken and all its variations Marygail Isobel Lakner Opinions Editor This is a recipe that I discovered quite by accident, while house-sitting with my boyfriend. Since the house was so far away from everything, we were offered whatever we wanted from the kitchen. A couple of days in, when the food supplies were running low (who goes grocery shopping before leaving town for a week?), I looked around for dinner. Upon finding salsa, a can of black beans, a can of creamed corn, and chicken tenders, and feeling hungry and experimental, I cooked the chicken in a skillet and mixed the other elements together. The result was the worst looking plate of discolored goo that I had ever seen, and so naturally I told my boyfriend if he didn’t eat it that I would not be offended. He took one bite and offered to eat mine for me, simply so I wouldn’t have to suffer through it. In fact, he offered to eat all of the leftovers, too. The moral of this story is this: don’t be shy. Experiment with your cooking and see what you come up with. Not every meal will look pretty, but it is very possible for every meal to
be delicious. Ingredients: 2-3 chicken breast 1 can cream style corn 1 can black beans 1 cup salsa 1/2 cup shredded cheese Salt and pepper to taste, along with any other spices
1. Cook the chicken in whatever way you desire with any seasonings you desire (salt, pepper, cayenne, cumin) to taste: bake, cook it in a skillet and chop into small pieces, or use pre-cooked rotisserie chicken (that stuff seems to be good for everything). 2. Once chicken is cooked through, add in the salsa, black beans and cream style corn. Mix together and cook over medium-high heat for 6 minutes, or until heated through. 3. Add in cheese, and mix thoroughly. 4. Allow to cool for 5 minutes, then serve over rice. Top with remaining cheese. Don’t have access to a stove or a skillet?
Use the rotisserie chicken by shredding the meat beforehand. Put that in a microwave-safe dish and add the cream style corn, black beans, salsa, and cheese. Mix with a spoon. Microwave for 5 minutes, or until heated through. This can be made in singleserving dishes by using the desired portion of the cans of vegetables, or in a large microwave-safe dish to either feed several people or to have leftovers for lunch the next day. Variations: The best part about this recipe is how flexible it is. •For a vegetarian optional, replace the chicken with additional beans or tofu for protein. •For a vegan version, replace the protein as suggested in the vegetarian version and omit the cheese. Be sure to doublecheck all cans for any animal products. •Don’t like chicken? Use pork or beef instead. •Want more vegetables in your diet? Chop up 1/2 an onion, a bell pepper, a handful of baby carrots, two stalks of celery, and one clove of garlic.
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Don’t neglect to try this delicious dish: Mexican chicken. Sauté all vegetables together in the skillet before adding the cream corn, salsa and black beans. •A spicier version can be achieved by adding in a
chopped jalapeno or by using a spicier salsa. Cayenne powder is also a good way to add some heat to this recipe. •Any of the above recipes can be served over rice, alongside
salad, in a bowl as a stew, in a tortilla for a delightfully messy burrito, or over warmed tortilla chips for nachos.
The moral of this story is this: don’t be shy. Experiment with your cooking and see what you come up with. Not every meal will look pretty, but it is very possible for every meal to be delicious!
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Soccer victory over Angelo State Allie Beaurline Reporter The TWU Pioneer soccer team beat Angelo State 2-1, bringing the team its third conference win on Sunday, Sept. 23. Head coach Fleur Benatar said: “Sunday we won the game, which was good. We played a really hard game Friday night,” Benatar continued, and the team was tired because of only one day of rest, but they pulled through. “I’m not in love with the way we played, but we did enough to win the game which was important,” she added. According to the TWU athletics website, the Pioneers handed the Rambelles’ their first Lone Star Conference defeat. ASU had a three-game unbeaten streak. Midfielder and junior Mariel Parra scored the first goal for the Pioneers against ASU, which also marked the best start in the conference since 2005 for the Pioneers. Sunday was an intense and extremely hot game for both
teams. The most challenging part of the game, Benatar stated was “probably the heat...We had several shots, [but]… did not get [into] rhythm early. So we did not come with our style of play until late in the game… I think we should have done that earlier.” An advantage, TWU defender Sara Deeb explains, was “we’re starting to work more as a team, because at the beginning of the season, I don’t think we were that used to playing with everybody.” Deeb said, “We started learning how everyone played and started working together.” There were also positive aspects to the game that the Pioneers accomplished. Deeb explains: “We had a lot of shots. We usually have more shots than the other team.” Deeb felt she had good defense during the game. “I think we stayed strong in the back and didn’t let them score,” Deeb remarked. Benatar said, “It was great to see them get excited about that
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Sophomore Kayla Rivero (left) and junior Josie Santos (right) earned the LSC weekly award for the first time in their careers. The Pioneers are 13-3 overall and 7-1 in the LSC.
“...we were like ‘oh, game on’.” -Fleur Benatar, TWU Head Soccer Coach
and have good camaraderie. Also getting the second straight win at home was good.” The Pioneers’ advantages were, according to Benatar, that “both teams came into Sunday’s game with a win. Angelo had won the previous Sunday; we had won Friday. It was a big win for us and probably a big win for Angelo.” The game breaker was when “a red card [was] given to the other coach and that was really the moment that changed the pace of the game,” Benatar explained. The opposition’s coach was ejected from the game. “And so I felt like that was a moment where we were like, ‘Oh, game on,’” Benatar said. According to the TWU athletics
website, freshman, Sara Alverez made the game-winning goal against ASU in the 81st minute. Deeb said she feels the Pioneers matched up well, although the Rambelles had strong forwards, a lot of fouls, and “played pretty dirty.” T h e results mirrored the team’s hard work. “I was satisfied. I think we could’ve beaten them with a lot more goals, but we just wanted to win and so I think we would’ve taken anything,” Deeb commented. The Pioneer soccer team continues to go hard in the games and playing their best, with three wins for conference. The Pioneers travel to Texas A&M-Commerce to take on the Lions tonight at 7 p.m..
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Midfielder Cecily Martines kicks the ball in a match against Angelo State on Sept. 23.
TWU Athletics Hall of Fame Allie Beaurline Reporter
TWU’s intercollegiate Athletics Hall of Fame is chock-full of inductees and nominees with personal stories. According to the TWU athletics website, the Hall of Fame currently has 34 members or inductees. The purpose of the Hall of Fame is to honor and recognize those alumni who were student athletes, coaches or administrators and the many others who have brought much renown and honor to the athletic program. It shows the dedication and hard work of these former coaches and student athletes. The Hall of Fame recognizes those who show sportsmanship, integrity and character as
well as excellence in athletic performances. This year, according to twuathletics.com, the Athletics Hall of Fame will be having softball-themed festivities. The 1979 softball team is being inducted as the First Team of Distinction. Softball player and fouryear shortstop, Teresa Flores is an example of one of the newest inductees and former athletes inducted into the Hall of Fame. According to the website, Flores was an NCAA Division II player, four-time AllConference and one of the top hitters inducted into the Hall of Fame. She was also a two-time All-Region selection. In 2002, Flores was selected to be on the South Central Region AllTournament Team. In 2004 she was named National Fastpitch Coaches Association third team All-
American, as well as the Lone Star Conference South Division player of the Year. According to the website, former head coach and TWU Hall of Famer, Dianne Baker said: “Teresa was one of the most prolific hitters at TWU and opponents feared her. She was the first one at practice and last one to leave, and worked tirelessly to get better at the game.” Flores also received the 2004 TWU President’s Award, which is the highest honor given to a student athlete. Another newly inducted student athlete is Jami Ingram. According to the TWU athletics website, she was a two-letter winner, received the National Fastpitch Coaches Association third team All-America honor, was a designated hitter in 2002, and received the honor of First Team All-America honor as a
catcher in 2003. She was also named 2003 Diamond Sports Catcher of the Year for the NCAA Division II. She made two time All-Conference and All-Region. “Jami was the quarterback of the team,” Baker said, “she was a smart player with power on offense and very good skills on defense. She was fun to watch on both offense and defense.” The TWU Athletics Hall of Fame features former athletes and coaches who were outstanding in their performances. The festivities will honor these former student athletes, and many former coaches will be recognized yet again. The entire Hall of Fame and new members can be viewed online at http://www.twuathletics.com/ hof.aspx?tab=halloffame.
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showers could not hinder Senior forward, Brittany Martin as she led her team to the win scoring two goals, with the help of her fellow teammates: sophomore forward, Emily Davila, and senior forward, Katy Black. Sophomore goalkeeper, Lindsey Sisco held her own with four saves and her fifth win of the season. Head coach, Fleur Benatar said in a TWU Athletics press release: “we started a little flat, giving up an early goal, but we rebounded with two of our own.”
Sunday saw the Pioneers facing Midwestern State in an afternoon matchup at TWU. At the end of the match TWU remained undefeated, in the last four games after a 0-0 tie. Sisco received her first shutout as she made two saves for TWU. This places TWU at 5-3-2 on the season and 4-1-1 in the Lone Star Conference. For more information on TWU soccer and upcoming matches, check twuathletics.com.
TWU soccer beats Abilene Christian TWU’s Pioneers soccer team earned its first ever win against Abilene Christian Friday night in front of a cheering crowd of about 500. This win marks the third in a row for the Pioneers. Even the sporadic evening
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Player of the week, Forward Brittany Martin, defends the ball in last Friday’s match against Abilene Christian.
Soccer at Texas A&M C o m m e rc e 7 p.m.
Soccer at Incarnate Word 2 p.m.
SBFaculty/Staff Game, Hit-AThon 3 p.m.
VB at Tarleton State 2 p.m.
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Vampires in Denton Crazy party gets freaky Stanton Brasher A&E Editor
Last week, we covered the top five slasher villains of all-time. This week, in continuing with Halloween themes, we cover the top five vampires. In pop culture history, some vampires have been good and some have been terribly evil. Both kinds are entertaining. Here are the ones that stood out the most to us. Blade (Wesley Snipes) is only half vampire. His other half is human. When his city comes under attack by Deacon Frost (Stephen Dorff), he must enter the underworld and stop him. Vampires hate him because he is impure and he kills them. Humans fear him because he is part vampire, part tax evader. Best vamp moment: In “Blade 2,” he battles a new breed of vampire called Reapers. When he breaks into their lair, he must first fight an entire crew of nameless villains before facing off with Reinhart (Ron Pearlman). When Reinhart tries to stab Blade with his sword it is deflected by Blade’s bare hands. This is, of course, before Blade plays him with his own sword.
with a soul. Now he walks the earth defending humans while searching for redemption. After a brief stint in Sunnydale and a love affair with Buffy the vampire slayer, he travels to Los Angeles and opens a private investigation service. Angel Investigations specializes in ghosts, zombies, witches, and evil vampires. Best Vamp moment: In the first episode, Angel starts a rivalry with the evil law firm “Wolfram and Hart,” by asking one of their vampire clients if he can fly before pushing him out of a window.
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Grrr. Arrrggghhh. Joss Whedon’s brooding vamp has many faces.
David (Keifer Sutherland) was the leader
of a ragtag group of miscreants in “The Lost Boys.” When not eating maggots that look like Chinese food, he is flying below bridges and terrorizing the townies. That is until some comic book nerds figure out his plan and stop him. Best vamp moment: Who can forget the midair fight between Keifer’s blonde mullet and Jason Patric’s brown mullet? Yeah, that was epic.
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There are worse things out tonight than vampires. Like what? Like him. Selene (Kate Beckinsale) is a vampire warrior on the front lines of a great war between vampires and werewolves in “Underworld.” She was on track to being a leader among the vampire army until she fell in love with a vamp-wolf hybrid. Now her purpose is to expose the corruption going on within the ruling council of vampires and bring the two species together in harmony. Somewhere between the bullets flying and the faces getting kicked, I am pretty sure there is a message. Best vamp moment: Nothing is sexier or tougher than a beautiful woman with firepower, especially when they are creating a circular escape hatch with machine guns.
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It’s all bloody in the front, but it’s a party in the back. Dracula is more than one actor. He has appeared in books, comics, literature, and television. With his harem of scary female vamps and his creepy accent, Dracula is the father of vampire fiction. Without him we would not have “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” or “Interview with a Vampire.” Of course, we also wouldn’t have Eddie Murphy’s “Vampire in Brooklyn,” but you take the bad with the good, I guess. Best vamp moment: There are many popular moments to choose from, but the one that always stood out for me was in Mel Brooks’ “Dracula: Dead and Loving it.” Dracula (Leslie Nielsen) transforms into a bat and tries to fly into the room of his beloved Mina Murray, only to crash into a closed window.
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Angel (David Boreanaz) is a vampire with a soul. That does not mean that he won’t kill, especially if he is dealing with a demon threat. When he turned from human to vampire, he was known as Angelus and was one of the most ruthless vampires in the land. When he murdered a young Gypsy girl, her father exacted revenge by cursing him
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Rise and shine: Dracula’s sleep regimen keeps him feeling young.
Kyla Rae Reporter
When the word ‘party’ is thrown around at a college campus, things like loud music, crowds of people and a fun atmosphere might come to mind. Well, here’s introducing a new kind of partying. The Craziest Party in Town is a Facebook group tied to the Fear Factory Insanitarium, a yearly haunted house hosted by Lakeside Community Theatre. “LCT has been around for 11 seasons — this is the sixth year for our annual haunted house,” LCT’s artistic director David J. Wallis said.
Hares on the Mountain at Dan’s Silverleaf at 5 p.m.
John Solomon Piano Recital at Margo Jones Hall at 7:30 p.m.
I was going to be a part of it.” Campbell will be playing Bryan in the performance. The party begins 9 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 6, on Facebook. Anyone with internet access can be included in this experience; no fee is required, just a spark of interest. “Please remember, this is a performance, and no one is in any real danger. According to it’s Facebook page, there will be strong language, adult themes and violence,” During the party, viewers are asked to wait until after the show to add comments. In the performance’s conclusion, videos unraveling the behind the scenes will also be posted to the Facebook page. For more information about The Craziest Party in Town, visit h t t p s : / / w w w. fa c e b o o k . c o m / events/164120630392091/ or join the event page.
Artists keep campus covered Megan Pillow Reporter
Public displays of artwork can now be seen and enjoyed at TWU, thanks to creators Sheryl David and Kalee Appleton. The art installation on campus can be viewed while walking down the trails near Lowry Woods Community, located along University Dr., between Locust St. and Bell Ave. The current installation, a creative use of yarn being strung around trees, is a continuation of previous work. This summer, both Appleton and David took professor Tanya Synar’s sculpture class. During the three-week period, they created a piece now in the West Gallery that “served as a preliminary concept,” upon which they are now building. “The purpose of the installation is to transform a public space by creating an environment that people are drawn to and can interact with,” David wrote in a email. “It also serves to allow people who normally don’t frequent museums or art galleries to observe art.” David and Appleton hope that creating these art installations will enrich the community. David is currently working on two Bachelor’s of Fine Arts degrees in photography and sculpture. She also manages the Dallas Public Library’s used bookstore, BookEnds, and comes to TWU in order to work closely with professors and receive feedback on her artwork from both professors and peers. David feels a “strong sense of community,” which attracted her to the art department from Texas Tech University. Appleton is currently working on her Masters of Fine Arts in photography with a minor in sculpture. Prior to coming to TWU, Appleton was an avia-
“Circle Mirror Transformation” at TWU’s Redbud Theater Complex at 8 p.m.
“Circle Mirror Transformation” at 2 p.m.
According to its Facebook event page, this web-oriented piece is performed through a series of Facebook updates, videos, and pictures, and will capture the last nights of a group of reckless partiers as Dr. Lucious Blackburn systematically takes hold of them. According to the facebook page, this online performance is the beginning of a new era of acting. Anticipation is on the rise for drama major Kolby Campbell. As he stated, “I could not be any more excited. This is the first ever opportunity I’ve had to do something like this.” Most performances do not go off without a hitch. As the newest member of the Craziest Party in Town, Campell stated that, “So far the hardest part has been [being] added late, he said, “I just found out a couple of days before we started that
Paul Slavens and Friends at Dan’s Silverleaf at 10 p.m.
Photography by Amanda Amaral
Colorful yarn art can now be seen among the trees behind the Lowry Woods community. tion and corporate photographer for Bell Helicopter. Appleton was also drawn to TWU’s art department and the opportunity to work with Dr. Susan Kae Grant, a professor of art in the department of visual arts. David and Appleton are inspired by other installation artists, such as Christo and Jean Claude, known for their environmental art; Ernesto Neto, a contemporary visual artist; and Agata Oleksiak, famous for crochet art. To TWU students who are interested in joining in on the project, David and Appleton would greatly appreciate any yarn contributions, since this
“Circle Mirror Transformation” at 4 p.m. Sharon Hudeke Lecture at Margo Jones Performance Hall at 7:30 p.m..
project is a “large scale and ambitious undertaking.” To learn more about David and Appleton’s work or donate yarn, readers can contact them at either sdavid@twu.edu or kappleton@ twu.edu.
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Sketchy People Comedy at Hailey’s Club at 7:30 p.m.
“Circle Mirror Transformation” 2 and 8 p.m.
“Circle Mirror Transformation” at 8 p.m.
Infidelix and Frank Twitchy at Hailey’s Club at 9 p.m.