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On Sept. 21 someone became $200,000 richer and has a new Dodge truck after competing at the Mustang Million. The Mustang Million competition started Sept. 16 and continued until the Sept. 21 in Fort Worth. Various riders who adopted wild horses in May showed what the horses have learned during the fourmonth period under their trainers and with art and donation assistance from Texas Wesleyan Professor Kit Hall. “It’s been a great life experience to have the horse,” said Kathryn (Kit) Hall, a professor of Art, “and it just kind of grounds you.” Hall has been teaching Art at Wesleyan since 1994. For the past three years she has participated in the Mustang Million by selling her artwork. This year she wanted to donate her painting “Heritage” for the prestigious Will Rogers Heritage Gallery permanent collection, but it was up for auction to raise money for the Million. “This is a huge deal for an artist to be able to do this,” she said, “and so after that they are going to make prints of it and have a limited edition signed prints that will also be for sale. That’s been just an unexpected benefit from being here.” An author who wants her to make a book cover for him also approached her. People never know whom they will meet at these events or what future actions may come from participation in the Mustang Million. When looking at Kit Hall’s, many will notice the current
DIABETTHIS Festival promotes diabetes awareness By David Hagen
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DIABETTHIS was first put together last spring when one of Texas Wesleyan’s students, Garrison Hawley, passed away suddenly. He was a Type 1 diabetic, and from his illness and death the Wesleyan community, its students and staff wanted to be able to give back to the community but did not have a specific plan until the idea of the DIABETTHIS Health Awareness Festival was conceived. It will occur Saturday, Oct. 5, at locations throughout the campus. One of the leaders of the group, Michael Chaney, has been involved heavily in putting the whole event together and has been planning to get the message out regarding health awareness. The Rambler caught up with Chaney, who was diagnosed almost four fours ago as a diabetic. “I found out the hard way,” he said, “because I thought I just had a stomach virus, but in the end I was rushed to the emergency room where I was later diagnosed as a diabetic.” Since he discovered he had the condition, he has had to deal with many different side effects with prescription drugs along and a special-
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ized diet. “I don’t want anybody else finding out the way I did and having to deal with these things on a daily basis,” Chaney said. The DIABETTHIS festival will feature a silent auction which will have many donated items from a signed guitar by Aerosmith, to tickets
to a two-night stay at Great Wolf lodge as well as dozens of other giveaways. “In addition to those prizes,” Chaney said, “there will be an activity zone which will have a 100-foot zipline, 32-foot rock wall climbing area, a fitness zone, and lots of other fun activities.” Also at the festival are sev-
eral bans with live music, free health screenings and multiple ethnic food vendors. The group already has raised $12,000 and hopes to raise $20,000-plus from the Oct. 5 event. There are plans to make this a yearly festival with expectation of growth annually and to be an infor-
mative and fun-filled activity for Texas Wesleyan and the local community. For more information or to volunteer, please contact Chaney at mchaney@txwes. edu.
Fire consumes Dillow House, destroys community landmark early Monday
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Oliviu (Olly) Vasilca | Courtesy Photo Firefighters battle the fire at the Dillow House, an abandoned community landmark and property of Texas Wesleyan. The two-alarm fire was brought under control before 2 a.m. Monday. Check out Rambler TV for more coverage of the fire. Ryan Grounds
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On Monday, Sept. 23, the historic Dillow House, a building on Texas Wesleyan campus, burned to the ground. “The cause of the fire has not yet been determined,”
said Texas Wesleyan Security in a release. Fort Worth firefighters responded just after midnight to a two-alarm fire on 3216 East Rosedale St. Eight Fort Worth fire trucks responded to the fire. No injuries were reported, and the fire was brought under control
shortly before 2 a.m. Monday. Texas Wesleyan President Frederick Slabach expressed his concerns for safety following the fire. “The fire posed a real danger to the immediate community, and I am thankful that no injuries were report-
ed,” Slabach said. “Our staff is taking steps to fence the property to ensure the safety of the community. Additionally, the university is consulting the necessary experts to take expeditious measures to ensure the ongoing safety of the community,” Slabach said.
The Dillow House, built by Fort Worth merchant S.S. Dillow in 1912 and donated to Texas Wesleyan in 1979, served as Wesleyan’s alumni office until 2007 and has been vacant since that time. For more information on the Dillow House, see page 5.
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The never-ending cons of smoking are here, there, everywhere… After my class, I was talking to two of my friends who are smokers.
As my friend finishes her cigarette, she puts it out on the ground then holds onto it. I must have given a look of confusion or shock because my friend said: “I hold onto my cigarettes because I don’t like adding to the litter.” She pointed to the litter of cigarette butts and continued: “Look at that. That’s terrible and it’s worse at Stella.” As we walked to the Library, my friends disposed of the butts at
the nearest trash can on the way. I think: how simple is that? To just patiently hold onto a cigarette butt until walking to the nearest trash can while on the way to the car or class. Texas Wesleyan would have a much neater appearance if other students took the responsibility of cleaning up after themselves. We are all adults, one would expect such adults would clean up after themselves on campus. It’s a shame.
I do not mind the smoking on campus. What I do mind is the littering. I think there are many ways to prevent such a dilemma. The main concern I have witnessed on campus is that the campus as a whole worries too much about the littering. It would be nice if the campus had concerns on students’ financial health and the mental stress that can possibly link to student’s performance in school. I have seen stu-
dents get up in the middle of class or the middle of the night on campus to smoke. Perhaps a presentation on the health risks of smoking, ways to break the nicotine addiction and other ways to deal with stress without smoking can help benefit students. The attention should not solely be about the littering on campus but concerns on students themselves as well.
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Smaller, Smarter enlarged If cramming is meant for tests, then why am I cramming my car around the sidewalks and blocks away from the school? With all these commercials coming out trying to inform people about Texas Wesleyan, I can’t help but think: do we really have room for this? As you may have noticed there seems to be more Rams around the campus but is it due to the latest commercials? Now that Wesleyan has launched the new commercials, I’m starting to wonder if I’m really going to have a parking spot each morning. Institutions do advertising to call attention to the school to get your interest and get you to come investigate them. Has anyone stopped and thought are we going to
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take a little bit out and throw a concrete slab out so students wont have to park on the sidewalks. Student Government Association and Student Life made the new sand volleyball court possible after originally introducing it three years ago (applause for SGA and Student Life). So what would it take to get more parking at the school: an Act of Congress? I love Texas Wesleyan because of the student, faculty and staff but can I get decent parking spot at 10 a.m. without having to be here at 8 a.m.? And if I have to leave at 6 or 7 p.m., can I find a place on campus, so I don’t have to walk unattended to my car?
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bitching and moaning about some nothing when the beginnings of what could be World War III take place. And who remembers any Tweets about that? Where were all of the Facebook postings demanding an explanation or investigation into the horrific killings of people? How stupid are we as a nation that we find ourselves so easily distracted from important issues? Seriously… This apathetic epidemic has got to stop. How many people voted for the last American president? How many people voted for the next “American Idol?” Everywhere you look, you see similar instances. Mi-
ley Cyrus again grabs attention away from real news with her nude video shoot. Who cares? What difference does this no-talent hack make on our lives? Let me answer that: none. Get your priorities in check America. Stop letting morons like Miley Cyrus distract you from the real issues in the world. The time is now. Put down the TMZ and National Circus News Daily (not sure if that’s real or not) and pay attention to real world events. At the end of the day, Miley Cyrus’ no-butt-to-shake-ortwerk self won’t start World War III.
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Oh, my God… Miley Cyrus is…twerking. Headlines such as this littered newspapers, blog sites, internet news sources, Facebook, Twitter, and every other toll filled website/news source in America. First things first: Who gives a rat’s backside what Miley Cyrus does with her…can you call that a backside? So some former child star does some “shocking” stuff on stage -is that news? Whilst Cyrus’ epileptic seizures took center stage (really) at the MTV something or other awards, the rest of the world thought about more pressing issues; namely Syria. Here we are, as Americans,
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some big names that are below him in the ranking such as Peyton Manning, Joe Flaco, Tom Brady, and Jay Cutler. Dallas fans tend to be loyal, but they have to ask why do the Cowboys disappoint season after season? Many folks tend to blame Romo, and statistically he looks good; unless you are a person that watches the games you tend to notice that he may be an above average player on paper, but anyone who has played the game knows that isn’t what it takes to win games. More than a quarterback is needed to make a team.
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be smaller and smarted once enrollment increases? I am 100 percent on board with expanding the school, but don’t you think we should make room for the ones who are already here? As selfish as that sounds let me give you an example. Last year in my marketing class there was about 40 people attending, so what happened to smaller is smarter? The whole reason I came to Texas Wesleyan was because I need that one-on- one time with my professors. I need to be able to contact my professor and have an email that same day. Texas Wesleyan is great about that. I know that Texas Wesleyan is going to build a new $6.5 million dollar bell tower with donated money, but can we
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Texas Wesleyan students clean up during annual Trinity River Trash Bash Sept. 21 By Erica Estrada
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Trinity River Trash Bash is a large annual event the city of Fort Worth hosts. The city held this event Sept. 21, and Psi Chi service organization is sponsoring it as a community and volunteer opportunity to get more students involved. Jessica Slayers, senior Psychology major and president of Psi Chi, first participated in TRTB her sophomore year in high school. She expressed the importance as the president of Psi
Chi to make sure the honor society is active within the community, and the TRTB is an excellent way to give back to Fort Worth. “I am extremely excited for such a big turn out,” Slayers said. “I know we have several other groups participating and bringing their members to join Psi Chi such as LKK, ASC, BBB, and LTZ.” The city also provided a free lunch for all participants at the Panther Pavilion afterwards. The registered group from Texas Wesleyan received free T-shirts, gloves and trash bags. There were 39 Texas Wesleyan students participating this
Ram Roundup brings freshmen together, improves school spirit By Jessica Liptak jliptak@txwse.edu
Martin Hall filled with freshman on Tuesday, Sept. 10, for the annual Freshman Ram Roundup. The convocation was a high-energy event with prizes and performance by the Rams spirit teams. Actually, it was much more than a pep rally for athletics and the incoming class. The Texas Wesleyan Brass Ensemble played as students arrived to a rousing welcome. President Frederick G. Slabach expressed to the freshmen how excited he was to have them at the university. “From Ram Camp to this event, you all have had some of the highest energy of any freshman class,” President Slabach said. “It is exciting to see what you will all bring to the university.” Student Government Association President Kelsi Holland also spoke to the students. “I want to congratulate you all for finishing your first three weeks of school,”
Jessica Liptak | Rambler Staff The Ram Spirit Group gets the crowd into a cheering mood to start feativities at the Ram Roundup.
Holland said. “This is such a nice gathering of the Class of 2017.” The Texas Wesleyan cheer team later performed routines, which got the attention of everyone in the room. Many deans and the Freshman Success Team were there to give out gift cards to Subway, Target and the Wesleyan Book-
store. “This has become a great gathering for our freshmen,” said Dean of Freshmen Dr. Joe Brown. “It’s a nice way for the first-year students to get together and to interact.”
New sand volleyball court draws student interest on daily basis By Rosy Perez
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You probably have been hearing the sounds of truck backing up to dump sand at Texas Wesleyan for the new sand volleyball court. After a three year process the Wesleysan Student Government Association, Residence Life and Student Life now have brought a sand volley court to Texas Wesleyan. The new sand volleyball court is located behind Stella on the far side of the basketball court. Everyone is welcome to use this new attraction. “Student Government and Student Life partnered on this project when school started this year to have it up and usable,” said SGA president Kelsi Holland. This project just completed the beginning stages and is usable to students. The court was installed after all the nearby grass was killed off after the
sand was dumped. “I think it’s great that SGA is able to get things done for the student body. I am sure people will put it to use” said senior liberal studies major Garrett T. Monroe. The new sand volleyball court also is available for a 4-on-4 volleyball competition. Participants can sign up to compete at the Student Life Office location on the first floor of The Brown Lupton Center. “With the SGA making things happen we know that our opinions are heard,” said senior business administration and management major Brenda Salinas, “and can trust that they will go through with fulfilling suggestions that the student body may have.” The games will be occurring from Sept. 18-Oct. 9. Competitors also You can also go to www.txwes.edu/campuslife to sign up daily. “With time and dedication
big things can happen,” Salinas said. Student Life and the Student Government Association provided the complete funding for this project. Sand volleyball also is one of latest additions to the the solid Texas Wesleyan intramural lineup. The courts are adjacent to Stella Hall, and students, staff and faculty were eiligible to sign up for competiton. The 21-day season has competition games happening each Wednesdays at 5 p.m. The season format is pool play to determine seeding for tournament Each team is comprised of four participants. Three players are required in order to avoid a forfeit. Scoring: Team that wins best out of three matches wins the game. Games are played to 15 rally points and must be won by two points.
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year. During the event, the group will pick up trash in the area until it is clean and will go to lunch. “I am pleased that so many people wanted to participate in this event,” Slayers said. “Even though we are only going to pick up trash for a small amount of time, the experience is still rewarding. We can make a difference in Fort Worth and keep it beautiful. I look forward to hosting many more community service projects in the future.” The Trash Bash was coordinated by Brenda Fry of the Tarrant County Water District, and organizers believe it makes an impact on the amount of trash runoff into the Trinity River.
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drawings she is crafting. If you bring a picture of a horse, she will draw it for you and have it done before you leave. Some of the other vendors at Will Rodgers included Kay Reese. “I was at a rodeo in Waco about 15 years ago and discovered this product [leather conditioner] and started selling it,” said Reese who was impressed with Hall’s artwork. Michael Phillips, a worker at Will Rogers Coliseum where the competition was held, said:” I like talking to people from the foreign countries. You know get a chance to talk to them about some of their cultures. I really enjoy that.” During her time at Will Rogers, Hall came into contact with a man who had been incarcerated and who began to clean out the horses’ stalls after his release.
Hall said the man once woke up in the morgue (after having his arm cut) and gave his testimony about God. He also told her that the horses had saved him because no one would hire him because of his background. “Horses don’t judge you,” he said. “They take you as you are.” While being around horses Hall explained: “The slower I walk out to the barn, the better day I’m going to have, and so I take that to where ever I am going.” She also had the privilege of knowing her original painting sold at auction for $3,300 last week to assist with Mustang Million charitable projects. Please access The Rambler. org and Texas Wesleyan Rambler Facebook for more information about Kit Hall and the Mustang Million.
Test Fest assists many potential grad students with practice exams By Austin Iba haiba@txwes.edu
Students who plan to attend graduate or professional programs after graduating from Texas Wesleyan may feel a bit of worry at this time of year. Luckily an upcoming event can help them feel more confident with the all-important entrance tests, because an important part for graduate school is preparing for the admissions test called The Test Fest. Test Fest is on Saturday, Oct. 19, from 10 a.m.- 2 p.m. at the Eunice and James L. West Library. Admission and practice tests are free. The fest is held every semester for all students and is run by MD Anderson Pre-Professional Programs Partners along with the Princeton Review and the Wesleyan Office of Graduate Studies. These exercises are very important because because the competition to enter grad school has increased every year, and more applications require the need for higher scores on the admissions test. Taking advantage of the Test Fest is advantageous for students because they will be more familiar with the test format, content, and timing issues.
Familiarity with the testing format also increases the chances for success when the test is taken “live” as part of the application process. Students benefit from the Test Fest by being more informed and prepared to their admissions test and by participating in the activities, students are more current with ongoing changes and revisions to the admissions test. The fest will be conducted next month with the Princeton Review and Wesleyan’s MD Anderson Pre-Professional Program teaming up as hosts. It provides students in pre-professional programs an opportunity to take a free practice test and receive feedback from the official Princeton Review staff. Students planning to attend medical or dental school, law school, or enter an MBA program or other graduate programs may attend. Practice tests for the MCAT, LSAT, GMAT, GRE, and DAT are available for current and prospective students. When students are seeking jobs and postgraduate possibilities, Test Fest may assist in having a solid future portfolio to present. A good GPA and extracurricular activities may not be enough in this competitive environment.
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Wesleyan athletics: Rich in tradition, history but new to Sooner Conference By Rambler Staff Members
September 2013 might truly be the “Golden Age” of Texas Wesleyan athletics. During the last week, the twoyear-old women’s golf program set a record with a round of 308. The team continues to be competitive on a daily basis. The team’s most recent finish was seventh place in the Susie Maxwell Berning Classic in Oklahoma City. The Lady Ram golfers have succeeded behind new standouts Alexis Belton, who finished tied for 11th at the SMBC with a 227 and finalround of 78. Stephanie Kalapach tied for 21st in that same tourney at 232, while Rachel Zastoupil fired a final round of 78 to tie for 35th individually at 241. The men’s soccer team received its highest national ranking – No. 18 – in school history in the NAIA poll late last week and topped the previous school record of No. 24 from Sept. 15, 2009. The Rams zipped to a 6-0-1 start in the first seven matches with the only blemish coming in a 0-0 tie at Harding (Ark.) on a backto-back day’s road trip to Arkansas. Wesleyan’s women’s cross country team, competing for just the fourth year on a varsity level, also achieved its first national ranking – No. 19 – in the first NAIA survey of 2013.
The team has captured its division in its first three meets and hosted the fourth annual Ram Ramble last Saturday at Gateway Park. The Lady Ram harriers have been paced by senior standout Jessica Davis, Maria Aguayo and Lauri Gutierrez in the early going. The men’s golf team has been just as effective with a second-place tie out of 12 teams in the Charles Coody Intercollegiate behind Odessa (Texas) College to open the season. Senior Calvin Clyde was second in a rugged field of 76 individuals at Abilene with a 66-71—137 tourney, while Jon Paul Blampied closed in 10th spot with a 72-73—145. Wesleyan golfers also finished third in the NAIA Preview Invitational at the LPGA International Course in Daytona Beach, Fla. – future site of the 2014 NAIA Men’s Championships. Clyde (one-underpar 215 for the 54-hole meet) tied for fifth, while Jose Rolz (plus-one 217) tied for ninth, and Blampied shot a three-over 219 to rest in a deadlock for 12th individually. The 2013-14 men’s golfers simply are carrying on a tradition that ranks among the best in the country in all collegiate divisions. Wesleyan has captured six national team championships from 196499, 10 runnerup finishes (including 2013) from 1961-2013, eight thirdplace showings since 1952, and an
NAIA-most 24 finishes of third or higher since the nationals’ inception. Wesleyan has competed in 52 of the 62 NAIA national men’s tournaments since the 1952 founding of the association and had a rare, four-year medalist and first team All-America selection in Canadian product Danny Mijovoc from 1980-83. Besides all this success in Olympic sports, Texas Wesleyan has a nearly100-year-old tradition of women’s athletics – dating back to 1914 with intercollegiate teams in basketball, swimming, volleyball, field hockey, tennis, gymnastics, and even baseball. Yes, the then-Texas Woman’s College from 1914 until the return of coeducational male students in 1932-33 had a hardball, not softball, squad composed completely of women in the early 20th Century. And Wesleyan, then known as Polytechnic College, did field football teams along with baseball starting in 1904. Future Baseball Hall of Fame member Tris Speaker starred on the 1904 Poly football and 1905 baseball teams but suffered a severe arm injury in football that almost cost him his baseball career. He recovered in 1905 to sign a professional contract, played in the majors from 1907-28 and entered the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY, on the second ballot in 1937. Speaker laid the groundwork for
such momentous football victories as a 17-3 win over crosstown rival TCU in 1911 and ultimately to the 1941 Texas Conference football title. Manpower shortages after the 1942 season ended Wesleyan’s football program. With NAIA schools such as Texas College in Tyler, fellow Sooner Athletic Conference competitor Wayland Baptist, Southwestern Assemblies of God, Oklahoma Baptist, Bacone and Langston, Okla., competing on the gridiron, the gridiron sport’s return may be down the road. There is an actual website (http:// dsutt789.wix.com/dusteyn-suttle#!) calling for the possibility of bringing back football to the Poly area, but it remains a dream at this point because of financial and facility challenges. Wesleyan volleyball also is a sport. which flourished in the 1980s and 1990s and is making a comeback under new head coach Kimberly Weaver. The Lady Rams were 32-16 overall as recently as 2007 and went deeply into postseason play. Men’s basketball is just six years removed from the 2006 NAIA championship in Kansas City over new Sooner Athletic Conference rival Oklahoma City University at historic Municipal Auditorium, which also has hosted nine additional NCAA men’s basketball championships.Coach Brennen Shingleton’s
squad is coming off a 19-13 season in 2012-13. Women’s basketball also has high hopes under coach Bill Franey after a 21-10 season in 2012-13 and has a strong nucleus returning for the upcoming campaign. Baseball, under Major League veteran pitcher and 13-year coaching legend Mike Jeffcoat, continues to be among the notables in NAIA baseball and playing in six Red River Athletic Conference championship games over an eight-year period. Wesleyan softball and school alumna coach Shannon Gower starts 2014 as the longest-tenured and winningest softball coach in Lady Ram diamond annals with 226 victories. Gower has coached at Wesleyan for 10 seasons. Men’s cross country, men’s and women’s track and field and national club sport champion table tennis (see separate story in this week’s Rambler) are loaded for competition and carrying on Ram traditions with each meet. From the school’s first championship in the Texas Intercollegiate Men’s Conference in 1913 to NAIA contention for 60-plus years, Texas Wesleyan athletics sports one of the top reputations for a university of its size nationally or internationally.
Katherine Rosenbusch Table tennis team makes history for Lady continues winning ways with national titles Ram volleyball team By Jessica Liptak jliptak@txwse.edu
The table tennis team at Texas Wesleyan is one of the most successful athletic teams at the university and nationally. The team has won 10 consecutive Coed Team National Championships since 2004 and hopes to run that string to 11 in 2014. Coach Keith Evans expressed the challenges in the coming year as he begins his 11th season on the staff after serving as Jamaica Table Tennis Association National Coach previously. “Competition is getting better and stronger,” he noted. “We will be working hard this year.” The 2013-14 team consists of 11 freshmen, which brings potential yet inexperience. “We are excited about the coming year because we have a lot of new players,” Evans said. “We are looking forward to developing those players and see where they will go.” Returnee and six-time Brazilian national table tennis champion Claudia Lie Ikei-
Jessica Liptak | Rambler Staff .The Lady Rams’ volleyball team huddles before a recent home match. Wesleyan is competing in the Sooner Athletic Conference for the first time this academic year in all sports. By Cynthia Marshall cjmarshall@txwes.edu
Texas Wesleyan senior middle blocker Katherine Rosenbusch has been part of quite a few milestones during her college career and throughout high school and club volleyball. The unique experience of becoming the first Wesleyan volleyball player to be named Player of the Week by the Sooner Athletic Conference in the university’s first official week of competition might rank among her foremost. The first team All-Red River
Conference selection for three years and major in athletic training had the statistics and team success to earn the prehonor. “The Player of the Week title is something to be proud of and marks TWU history,” she noted. “It’s definitely a weird feeling. I didn’t ever think that making history would be behind my name. “There’s a lot of great players on the team that definitely deserved the award as well,” Rosenbusch said. “What helped me excel was actually just my teammates and their support. It was definitely
more my team than it was just me.” Lady Ram coaches appreciate Rosenbusch’s humility and team priorities as Wesleyan moves into the thick of intraconference activity. “All the girls on the team had a shot at this award,” she said. Rosenbusch’s teammates admire that cooperative quality and know it will take the senior and team a long way to success as a team and individually in the first year of SAC competition for all Ram and Lady Ram squads.
Jessica Liptak | Rambler Staff Six-time Brazilian national champion Claudia Ikeizumi practices for the 2013-14 Ram season and championship defense.
zumi is excited about the upcoming season as well. “We have been practicing hard,” she said, “and the new players have a lot to offer the team. We’re excited about defending the collegiate championship in 2014.”
The squad is hosting the Texas Wesleyan Open Saturday, Oct. 5, and registration details are available on the Athletics website: http:// ramsp or ts.net/s che du le. aspx?path=tt&.
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Texas Wesleyan international student and soccer student-athlete Michael Murray has come to Fort Worth as part of a one-year transfer program in Accounting and relishes the experience. Originally, Murray wanted to get his degree in Northern Ireland where he has lived since birth. So he enrolled at Queens’s University in Belfast, Ireland, which has more than 17,000 students currently, but in his second year at
Queens he learned of the opportunity to travel to America to study for a year as part of his accounting degree. Murray noted: “There were over 700 applicants who wanted to take part in this program but only 75 would be chosen. He later interviewed with the Queen’s administration and was lucky enough to be selected. He could have gone anywhere in the United States but was fortunate enough to be assigned with the state of Texas and, on top of that, he was accepted to join the Wesleyan soccer program where he spends most of his
afternoons. He also is hoping to see more on-pitch action as the season continues. “After this year I have one more year left at Queens University until I graduate,” he added, “and then I would like to go into the accounting industry. Even in the little time I have been here, I have loved every second. I definitely would recommend it (transfer program to Wesleyan) to anyone looking to open their horizons.” Texas Wesleyan students and student-athletes also have a chance to study abroad like
Murray and to learn a new culture in a scenic country like Northern Ireland. They can apply online via http://txwes.edu/academics/internationalstudies/international-forms-and-resources/ (access the study abroad pre-approval form) possibly enjoy a life-changing experience. The Northern Ireland exchange and Accounting transfer program have paid immediate dividends for Murray and Rams men’s soccer.
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Top Left: The 101-year-old Dillow house before it burned. Top Right: Shortly after the Fort Worth Fire Department is summoned, the home is engulfed fully. Center: The ceiling collapses on the Dillow House as firefighters try to localize the blaze.
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Dia De Los Toadies Six festival review By Dakota Baggett dabaggett@txwes.edu
Dia De Los Toadies (tr.: the day of the Toadies) is a yearly festival put on by Fort Worth Native band The Toadies. This year’s festival featured native Texas bands, plenty of alcohol and tubing on the Trinity River. The festival lasted two days starting on Friday, Sept. 13, and picking back up on Saturday. The Rambler was granted access to Saturday night’s performance, and we made it just before the headliner went on stage. The Toadies are a band that started in 1989, and anyone who was born in the ‘90s or before and grew up listening to rock music is bound to have heard at least one of their songs on the radio. During their performance The Toadies played all their big hits: notably “Backslider”, “I Come from the Water”, “Possum Kingdom”, “Summer of the Strange”, “Away”, and “Tyler”. They even covered Joe Walsh’s “Rocky Mountain Way”. The sixth annual festival was held at Panther Island Pavilion in downtown Fort Worth on the banks of the Trinity River. The stage was nothing flashy, just an open rectangle frame with lighting and speakers; the only backdrop being the downtown Fort Worth skyline, provided one of the best settings for such a native Texan event. Patrons had to walk the bridge across the river to get to the area where the main stage was. Immediately met by the older crowd set up
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Wind Ensemble to perform first concert Oct. 3 The Wesleyan Wind Ensemble has been busy preparing for the upcoming season, and the group invites members of the Wesleyan community and neighboring areas to ther first concert of the year Oct. 3 at 7:30 p.m. at Martin Hall. This is the first time the ensemble will present two
Theatre Wesleyan kicks off the season with “Craving Gravy” production By Dakota Baggett dabaggett@txwes.edu
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The Dia De Los Toadies in action
on the hill to the right, and a classic pit (home of the younger crowd) was located in front of the stage at the bottom of the hill; straight ahead was a Food Truck Midway and multiple tents that served as bars selling alcohol to anyone who had a blue wristband that indicated an 21 years or older. About one-fourth of the younger crowd left before the credits, (no doubt to beat the exiting traffic). The Rambler and most of the older generation stuck it out until the Toadies left the stage. There were close to 25 songs in the Toadies set list, and over two hours’ worth of music. The biggest hits were indisputably “I Come
from the Water”, “Possum Kingdom” and “Tyler”. Most of the crowd sang the chorus for these classic tunes. As the show reached the credits, front man Vaden Todd Lewis introduced the band members and played a song in between each introduction. On stage was the original guitar player Charles Mooney, Zach Blair (from the band Rise Against) who was on bass taking his big brother Donni Blair’s spot; and longtime drummer Mark Reznicek, who sported a baby doll faced kick drum and a Thor bobble head overlooking the crowd on top of it. The band has had a long list of members since its
start in 1989, and when their original bassist Lisa Umbarger left the band in the early 2000s, the group even disbanded for a period, but have since reformed and continued to make music and put on shows. Their latest album “Play.Rock.Music” was released last year, and Todd Lewis even has his own solo career while taking that iconic Toadies voice with him. All in all, it was a great show. The band is great to see live. Whether you’re an old fan, or this is the first time you’ve ever heard the name The Toadies, they are at least worth a listen.
concerts in the same semester. “The students are pushed harder than ever have been, but they are meeting the challenge” said Christine Beason, director of the Wesleyan Wind Ensemble. “They have a lot of fun. Laugh a lot at rehearsals.” A wind ensemble is the study of contemporary wind instruments and is composed of student musicians on flutes, oboe, clarinet, saxophones, bassoon, trumpet, French horn, trom-
bone, euphonium, tuba, and percussion. “The difference between Wind Ensemble and band is that an ensemble is smaller and more refined,” noted Beason. “ It is usually more advanced than a band.” This semester the group is composed of 25 student musicians. But they are seeking non-music majors to join the Ensemble. To help recruit students, a small scholarship and grant are offered. Membership in the band
fraternity, Kappa Kappa Psi, which is an honorary organization for the outstanding band members, is also availble for students. The fraternity promotes student music leadership. Beason, who is also the Director of Instrumental Studies at Wesleyan, has the honor of being the National President of the Kappa Kappa Psi organization this year. Attendance at the first concert is free, and reviews will be available on TheRambler.org.
Wind Ensemble ready for season ahead
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From all indications, Theatre Wesleyan’s first production of the season “Craving Gravy” or “Love in the Time of Cannibalism” by John Walch has all the elements of futurism with some comedic reminders of our present times. Scheduled for opening Thursday-Saturday, Sept. 26-28, and Oct. 3-5 show times at 7:30 p.m. along with 2 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 6, the production has seen ample rehearsal time and a few late tweaks at Sone Fine Arts Theater. “It’s mildly absurdist,” said Jeanne Everton who is an associate professor of theater and the director of this semester’s first play of the season. The play is about two people wandering the countryside looking for food, and what happens along the journey. It is set in the post-apocalyptic future, but little time is devoted to telling what happened to the world; then again that is not the focus of the play. It may be paint a gloomy picture of the future, but the play is a comedy and has potential to deliver laughs. There are of three characters in the play: senior Theater major Spencer Baker (Delroy) who is also the sound designer, senior Theater major Jessica LaVilla (Gilroy) and sophomore Theater major Cameron Byerly (the Charmer). “It’s a great chance to step out of your comfort zone,” Spencer noted, “and a great chance to step out of your comfort zone.” Last Friday was a busy day for the crew, who were still working on an already amazing looking, wasteland of a stage. The amount of detail going to this production is impressive and credit needs to be given to the crew, which consist of Theater majors junior Ja-
cob Sanchez (stage manager & publicity design), senior Brittani Evans (costume design), senior Patricia Howard (lighting design), sophomore Kelsey Manuel (properties design), senior Spencer Baker (sound design), junior Chris Wilmer (master electrician), freshman Devynn Ballinger (assistant sound design), freshman Trey Cardona (assistant properties design), sophomore Mac Jingle (assistant scenic design), junior Jonathan JJ Jones (assistant technical director), freshman Colton Mallory (assistant publicity design), sophomore Heather O’Donnell (assistant lighting design), freshman Jasmine West (assistant stage manager).Theatre faculty Brynn Bristol is scenic designer with Bryan Stevenson serving as technical director. Many details of the play have been kept quiet since no one wants to give anything away, but according to Everton, the play has been sitting in a drawer for 15 years awaiting “the right time.” This adds an element of mystique for the opening production – especially for the audiences. For the fine arts aficionados, the play is one of Walch’s earlier works, written when he was a grad student at University of Texas in Austin. Some of his other works include “Circumference of A Squirrel”, “The Dinosaur Within” and “Jesting with Edged Tools”. If patrons may be wondering what can be funny about two people wandering around looking for food, they will have to see the play to evaluate the plot. If director, cast and crew continue to play it close to the vest on these details, there may be enough suspense to arouse even more than a few future chuckles. The Rambler will provide opening night coverage as well as reviews and updates, via TheRambler.org.
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Fall sports activity has been fruitful for Texas Wesleyan with numerous Player of the Week honors, national rankings and several upcoming campus events. Cross country’s David Swiatocha was selected as the Sooner Athletic Conference Men’s Cross Country Runner of the Week for the period of Sept. 9-15. The sophomore from Keller won the College Division 8,000 meters at University of Texas at Arlington’s Gerald Richey Invitational in a time of 20:38.4. That was 16th overall among a full-division of 48 competitors from UTA, Univrsity of Arkansas-Little Rock, University of Louisiana-Monroe and North Texas.
Coach Tyler Powell’s men’s soccer team (6-1-1) was undefeated (6-0-1) in its first seven matches before falling to NCAA Division II Lubbock Christian 2-1 last Saturday at Martin Field. Wesleyan’s David Hagen scored an unassisted goal against his former collegiate team to tie the game at 1-1 in the 55th minute before LCU tallied the winning goal in the 64th minute. Each goalkeeper had four saves in the fastpaced game. The men’s team remains ranked No. 8 nationally in the most recent NAIA Division statistics with four shutouts. Wesleyan’s scoring standout Ivan Kovacevic is No 8 in NAIA game-winning goals with three. The Rams will compete in their first-ever Sooner Athlet-
ic Conference match Friday at 7 p.m. when they host nearby rival Northwood at Martin Field. Lady Ram soccer has been on a roll with a 5-0-1 overall mark after downing NCAA Division II Lubbock Christian 2-0 last weekend at home. Jessica Watton assisted Shrareh Asadi on a goal in the 21st minute, and that was all the scoring Wesleyan needed. Despite being outshot 16-4 in the opening half, the Lady Rams picked up the pace on offense in the final half with a 9-8 lead in shots and 5-4 edge in corner kicks. Goalie Nikki Lockwood (50-1) had 10 saves for her fifth shutout of the year. Alexis Michaelkovich hit nothing but net in 77th minute to add key insurance. The Lady Rams also open
Sooner Athletic Conference play Friday when they host Northwood in a 5 p.m. start at Martin Field. The Lady Rams softball team, which finished 27-19 last year and 18-6 in their final year of Red River Athletic Conference competition, has had fall exhibition games with Weatherford College and Kilgore College over the last two weeks. The softball team received some of its most widespread coverage last March when 60-plus writers and photographers from the Texas Intercollegiate Press Association covered a RRAC contest with Southwestern Assemblies of God and had postgame news conferences with coach Shannon Gower and key players. Wesleyan’s golf teams (see athletics’ history of success
story) have enjoyed some solid success in fall tournaments. Men’s golfer Calvin Clyde (fifth place with a 54-hole total of one-under-par 215) led a group of four Top 25 individual finishers for a thirdplace team finish. In the recent NAIA Preview at Daytona Beach, Fla. Jon Paul Blampied was knotted in 12th at 219, while Jose Rolz tied for 9th at one-over 217. Colby Webb ended at 222 in a group of linksmen at 222. Blake Vinson finished with a 234 to for 59th place in medal play. Coach Bobby Cornett’s crew hosted the 16th Annual O.D. Bounds Golf Classic at Diamond Oaks Golf Club last Monday to benefit the O.D. Bounds Endowment and the Lee Trevino-Wendell Conditt Endowed Golf Fund at Texas
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Throughout her years at Wesleyan beginning in 2009, Jessica Watton has been leading the Lady Rams soccer team with her large collection of goals and assists. Now she is inspiring her teammates as a 2013 season standout coming off major knee surgery. In her freshman season she played 14 games while starting in six. She also scored a winning goal against Southwestern Adventist. As a sophomore in 2010, she started in 18 games and led the team with 17 goals. She also was named Red Riv-
er Athletic Conference Player of the Week three times and continued to score consistently all the season. In 2011 she was again a first team All-RRAC selection and was named Offensive Player of the Year for the conference as well as gaining honorable mention All-America. As a junior she Jessica recorded a career-high 24 goals, 52 points and received the Player of the Week award five times. After those first three years as the Lady Ram soccer star, though, she suffered a seasonending injury in ‘12. She tore the ACL in her knee just before a game against Howard Payne Aug. 24, 2013, and was sidelined for an anticipated
senior season. Now a fifth-year redshirt senior, she spent hours in rehabilitation for the injury and has made one of the most solid comebacks in school history. Through five matches she led the Lady Rams with six goals and was seventh in NAIA national individual statistics in goals per game. Those numbers have made her return even more meaningful to coaches and teammates. “All I had was 12 credits left (last year)…,” she said. “It was going to be my final season here. We didn’t really know how it happened, I just heard a huge pop and screamed.”
Watton was finishing up her last warmup when she suffered the injury. It was so close to the game that the line up sheet had already been turned in with the Royal Oak, Mich., resident denoted as one of 11 starters. “I tore it and I was done,” she remarked. “That was it.” She then had surgery the next month on Sept. 12 and was in a boot and crutches for weeks. She spent the entire season in physical therapy. Luckily, after a long year of recovery, Watton decided to not leave Wesleyan her fourth year, so that she could return and play out the last season after a hardship redshirt was granted.
“I got cleared to play 10 days before two-a-days this year,” she noted. “It’s just the love for the game that made me come back.” Her untimely injury might have benched her for an entire season, but now she is back and ready to make up for the time lost. The highly decorated and dedicated Lady Ram looks to the rest of the season and first-ever Sooner Athletic Conference play now that she is recovered and back on the field. Watton and her teammates open Sooner Athletic Conference play Friday.
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Wesleyan. The Rams will face TCU Oct. 9 at River Crest Golf Club in a 36-hole, one-day event. The women’s golf squad placed seventh at the Susie Maxwell Berning Classic in Oklahoma City with a final round of 318 and total of 944. Alexis Belton was 11th at 227 and a final rund of 227. Stephanie Kalapach tied for 21st at 232while Rachel Zastoupil had a 241 for 35th overall. Stephanie Myers tied for 47th at 249, and McKenzie Brown tied for 54th at 254. The Lady Rams will return to action Sept. 30-Oct. 1, at UT-Tyler’s Al Jones Memorial Golf Tournament at Cascades Golf Course in Tyler.
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Sept. 28
Cowboy Jamboree
Stillwater, Okla. (TBD)
Sept. 21
Fourth Annual Ram Ramble Fort Worth 8:15 a.m.
Oct. 3
4th Annual Texas Wesleyan Invitational
Fort Worth
Oct. 3
4th Annual Texas Wesleyan Invitational 8:15 a.m.
Oct. 5
39th Annual Charles Bowles Willamette Invitational
Salem, OR
Oct. 5
39th Annual Charles Bowles Willamette Invitational
Oct. 12
NAIA Pre-National at Rim Rock
Lawrence, Kan.
Oct. 26
NAIA Mid-States Classic
Winfield, Kan.
Women’s Golf 9/30 10/1/2013
Al Jones Memorial Golf Tournament
University of Texas at Tyler
Cascades GC Tyler
36 holes
10/1415/2013
Dallas Baptist University Golf Classic
Dallas Baptist University
Golf Club of Dallas
Dallas
36 holes
University of Texas at Brownsville
South Padre Golf Club
Laguna Vista, Texas
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Men’s Golf Sept. 23
Oct. 9
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Texas Wesleyan
TCU Match Texas Christian University Kohler Collegiate Classic
Diamond Oaks GC
Fort Worth
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River Crest GC
Fort Worth
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Women’s Soccer (5-0-1, 0-0)
Ashford Uni- Whistling versity Straights GC
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Sept. 21
Lubbock Christian U.
Fort Worth
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Sep. 27
Northwood University
Fort Worth
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Oct. 1
Oklahoma Baptist University
Fort Worth
5 p.m.
Oct. 5
Saint Gregory’s University
Shawnee, Okla.
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Oct. 8
Howard Payne University
Fort Worth
6 p.m.
Sept 21
Lubbock Christian
Fort Worth
Sept 27
Northwood University
Fort Worth
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Oklahoma Baptist University
Fort Worth
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Sept 21
Wiley College
Sid Richard son Center
Oct. 5
Saint Gregory’s University
Shawnee, Okla.
3 p.m.
Sept. 27
John Brown University
Fort Worth
7 p.m.
Sept. 28
Oklahoma City University
Fort Worth
2 p.m.
Southwestern Christian University
Fort Worth
7 p.m.
Oct. 1
Mid-America Christian University
Oklahoma City, Okla.
7:30 p.m.
Oct. 12
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