The Rambler Vol.99 No.10

WEDNESDAY Sept. 30, 2015 Vol. 99 • No. 10

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OPINION

Students use broken devices Brianna Kessler bnkessler@txwes.edu

Editorial: Campus needs immediate improvements The Rambler’s editorial board suggests what could be done to make Wesleyan even better.

NEWS

Wesleyan artists get a new home Art classes are now being held in a renovated firehouse that is more than a century old.

CAMPUS

Seventy-five percent of students must repair or replace at least one or more damaged technology device during the school year.

According to a nationwide backto-school survey by Protect Your Bubble, a nationwide protection provider, 73 percent of the time the damage occurs during the school year and 86 percent of those students continue to use the device even after it is damaged.

Protect Your Bubble conducted this online survey to identify just how often students have to replace or repair their technology throughout the school year.

The results were no surprise to Analise Garcia, a freshman business major, who has already benefited from Texas Wesleyan’s Information Technology Service Desk on campus twice this semester.

“Technology is so important in all aspects of college life and necessary

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Photo courtesy of free images More than eight out of 10 college students continue to use their electronic devices even after they are damaged.

Older students are the new norm Gracie Weger gjweger@txwes.edu

Fall activities for 2015

Whether its eating, trick-ortreating or going to Oktoberfest or the State Fair, there’s plenty to do.

A&E

Kin Kin Urban Thai is delicious The restaurant brings the unique taste of southern Asia to Fort Worth.

SPORTS Graph by Jessica Liptak More and more new Wesleyan undergrads are older than 21.

Cross country teams are victorious Both men’s and women’s teams continously place in the top three at their meets.

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The definition of a “typical” college student is no longer an 18-to22-year-old who lives on campus and has attended the same university all four years.

Colleges are now starting to see a rise in nontraditional students. Approximately 75 percent of undergraduate students are nontraditional, according to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).

According to NCES, a student has to have one of these seven characteristics to be considered nontraditional: 1. Did not immediately continue education after high school.

2. Enrolled part time. 3. Work full time (35 hours or more per week).

4. Financially independent. 5. Have children or dependents other than a spouse. 6. A single parent. 7. Have a GED, not a high school diploma.

Lori King Nelson, 56, a senior comparative religious studies major, is a nontraditional student at Texas Wesleyan.

In 2011, she re-enrolled in college after 20 years.

“I started back at TCC with no plans. I just needed something different,” Nelson said.

Nelson said she was president of the Phi Theta Kappa chapter at TCC and applied for the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Scholarship, which landed her at Wesleyan.

Out of the 3,700 applicants for the scholarship, only 87 were chosen.

“I was accepted to TCU and Columbia, but I chose Wesleyan for the comparative religion degree and both my daughter and son already attended Wesleyan as well,” Nelson said.

This year, Wesleyan’s admissions profile shows that the average age of enrollment for a full-time student is 27.1 years, which is up from 26 years as of fall 2014.

For part-time students, the average age is 30.3, down from 30.5 from fall 2014.

Steven Witt, regional recruiter, and Amy Orcutt, transfer admissions counselor, said they do not have any particular students they recruit.

“We are not looking for any type of one student; but, as of fall 2015, admissions has accommodated a transfer friendly education process that does accept more credit hours for those wanting to return to college,” Orcutt said.

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Art students create in old firehouse Ricardo Cortez

rbcortez@txwes.edu

Texas Wesleyan’s artists are painting on a new canvas this semester.

This summer the art classes moved into the renovated, 101-year-old firehouse across East Rosedale Street as part of Wesleyan’s 2020 Vision project.

Polytechnic Heights built the firehouse, which also housed the town’s city hall.

The building later housed a bakery before being bought by Wesleyan, according to a press release at txwes. edu.

Kathryn Hall, a professor of art, said that the building, which is on

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Photo by Kasey Pace The 101-year-old firehouse on Vaughn Street replaces three locations where art classes had been held.

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Basic changes needed on campus EDITORIAL These past several semesters, Texas Wesleyan has been working very hard to improve the campus.

Even though the clock tower is beautiful, there are ongoing issues that need to be addressed, and might have been a better use of the money used to build it.

For example, basic repairs need to be done to several buildings. The church continues to have problems with keeping a regular temperature. The ramp on the east side of the basement of the library still needs to be repaired. Various vending machines around campus have been out of service for several weeks or months.

Basic repairs like these need to be fixed. Investing in more facilities employees or tools for them to use could help get these simple repairs done quicker.

In addition, several professors hold class in their offices or common areas. Teaching from an office or common area is not effective.

How do professors give presentations? Even if it is only a class of three, having a professor teach from his or her office is not fair.

When creating new buildings, Wesleyan should consider building up, not out.

Even if the space is not filled immediately, it would give the university room to grow. Organizations on this campus need the space, especially as more organizations are being formed.

Furthermore, the facilities for athletes on this campus are almost non-existent or need to be upgraded.

Martin Field, where the soccer teams practice and play, has portable restrooms and little metal stands. The track team does not have a track to run on. The baseball team has to play in another county. The tennis team has to practice in Arlington.

The lack of facilities cannot help in recruiting. Our teams are an important part of this

Illustration by Valerie Spears

campus and are not always treated as such.

Another issue: Wesleyan has banned smoking on campus, making it hard for students who live on campus to have a safe place to have a cigarette. While this has helped non-smoking students stay clear of smoke, it has left many smokers driving to unsafe areas around campus just so they can light up.

The university should bring back designated smoking areas that are not in the main areas of campus.

For example, students should be able to

smoke in an area by the fire pit or basketball courts.

And finally, Wesleyan needs to invest in a parking garage. The university has taken away several parking lots, which means that faculty have been given what were student parking spots.

Students now have limited parking options.

Arriving to campus after 9 a.m. is a disaster for parking.

Many students have to park in unsafe areas where security does not go. Cars could be bro-

ken into and students could get hurt.

By investing in a parking garage, Wesleyan could help students stay safe and fulfill the 2013 advertisement that students would not have to hike to class. A garage could simply be built on top of one of the current parking lots.

Again, the 2020 Vision is going to make a huge and positive difference for Wesleyan, as seen in the Rosedale Renaissance project. But these basic upgrades need to be made as Wesleyan continues to grow.

Students need to wake up and vote Valerie Spears Editor In Chief vlspears@txwes.edu

Young adults need to vote.

There have been too many times college students have said they don’t know what is going on in politics because they don’t have time or don’t care about it.

Well, students need to care.

Overall, voting rates for Americans 18 to 24 have dropped from 50.9 percent in 1964 to 38 percent in 2012, according to an analysis of presidential elections by the U.S. Census Bureau.

Young people should have the highest voting rate because the decisions the president and Congress make now affect students for the rest of their lives. It is extremely difficult to make amendments or kill a bill after it has been signed in.

How hard is it to get on social media, news organizations’ websites, or talk to some professors about politics? Researching the information is not a difficult task, as long as you are aware of people’s biases.

The only difficulty students should have is making a decision on what party you support.

I struggle with some of the things my party says, but I chose them because the majority of what they fight for is what I agree with. I try to find things that will affect my future, like economics and international affairs, to help me make my decision.

Voting is a privilege that Americans take for granted. Thousands of people have died so that we could even have this freedom.

Yet thousands of young adults don’t even care. They don’t appreciate the sacrifice that soldiers and their families have made just so that we could have the luxury of living a free country.

It is my number one pet peeve to hear someone say that they didn’t vote. There are thousands of people living in other countries that would sacrifice everything they have to live in a country that would allow them to vote for their leader.

Sudents just walk all over that.

According to emarketer.com, young adults spend an average of 25 to 50 minutes a day on social media. So why not spend some of that time researching politics? You are already online so you might as well use some of that time to learn about issues that can affect your future.

This country doesn’t realize how good we

have it. Even if there is a lot of disagreement among the population about many issues, the majority of the privileges we enjoy are much, much more than people in almost any other country in the world.

There are a lot of countries where you can’t even l talk about politics in public. You are to do as the king, president, supreme leader, or whoever tells you. You are not to fight it. You are to be a citizen and handle the cards that are dealt to you.

We need to stop acting like we don’t care about anything. We need to stop acting like politics is a joke, because it isn’t.

Sure, the things Donald Trump says are sometimes comical, but how many times do we actually listen to what he says?

How many times do you hear of other candidates?

Donald Trump has the spotlight right now because everyone likes to joke about him, but do you know anything else about any other candidate?

It is time to wake up, students. Smell the freedom that people fought for. Take in the fact that our future is in our hands. Vote to make a change.

Even if you think that your vote won’t count, it will. If everyone who said they don’t vote because it won’t make a difference voted, a whole

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If you haven’t looked at any candidates yet, you need to start researching now.

My future is important to me, which is why I vote. I certainly hope that you could say the same.

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Rams up Thumbs up to the Ndaba Mandela and Naomi Tutu lecture.

Thumbs up to cooler mornings.

Thumbs up to the front stairs on the administration building being finished.

Thumbs up to Oktoberfest.

Rams down Thumbs down to midterms being right around the corner.

Thumbs down to gaining holiday weight.

Thumbs down to not having a coffee shop on campus. We want a Starbucks.

Thumbs down to few places willing to deliver food to campus.

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TECHNOLOGY

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for school, work and social purposes” Garcia said. “We use technology so much, especially at our age, and we are often careless. I already need a new phone this semester.”

Wesleyan’s IT Service Desk can provide free solutions to students on campus faced with computer technical difficulties, said Sallie Trotter, service desk director.

“This free service is such a big deal and saves students a lot of money,” Trotter said. “I haven’t heard of many universities that offer a service like this.”

The IT desk reported roughly 200 laptops were checked in for repairs this year, George Blackwell, IT service desk manager said. About 400 laptops were repaired in 2014, he said.

“That number would probably be

double if we counted the numerous amount of minor repairs or technology assistance provided to students on spot,” he said.

The free services include virus removal and software repairs on laptops, he said. Eighty to 85 percent of issues with laptops are software related.

Viruses seem to be a common problem among laptops, said Dana Rankev, senior English major.

“The technology help desk is very helpful and it’s great to have them on campus,” she said. “They have helped me with viruses on my computer several times.”

Difficulties with technology are very typical among students today, said Kathryn Smith, a senior English major.

Smith has been through three cell-

phones in her two years at Wesleyan.

“I got a virus on my laptop right before the semester started,” she said.

“It’s common for technology to malfunction. Not to mention we are becoming less and less cautious about technology now because it’s second nature to always have it around.”

Technical difficulties with university websites, such as BlackBoard and Ramlink, sometimes pose more difficulties, said Emily McDermott, senior English major, who hasn’t had trouble with her MAC in a very long time.

“I have had to repair and replace laptops in the past, but mostly smartphones due to user errors, outdated and water damage,” McDermott said.

Internet and email are one of the biggest problems reported to the ser-

vice desk, said Abby Wilson, student service desk coordinator.

“Our self-help videos are really helpful for students who want to fix problems like these on their own,” she said.

Stephanie Hendrix, a senior sociology major, said that it is typical that many students have to repair and replace their devices. She generally only uses technology for school stuff.

“Younger students living on campus might not take care of their stuff very well due to their lifestyle and they end up accidentally breaking it,” Hendrix said. “I haven’t really had to repair or replace anything over the past few years.”

When it comes to repairs and replacing technology, it really depends on the person who is using it, said

Luis Garcia, sophomore criminal justice major.

She hasn’t had to replace or repair anything but his phone in the past two years at Wesleyan.

“I try to be safe with my stuff and take care of it,” Garcia said. “I replaced my phone because it was outdated and I have had the same laptop since my junior year of high school.

Students cannot successfully complete college assignments without technology, said junior sociology major Beth Ransom.

Ransom has just bought a new laptop 3 months ago.

“Technology to me is invaluable,” Ransom said. “These results seem pretty accurate. Technology doesn’t really seem to last. You get what you pay for.”

ditional students with the scholarships that are offered and programs like the Transfer Friendly Liberal Arts with Education,” he said. “This allows us to take more credits of elective in an education degree of a

transfer student and will allow them to get out of school a little quicker instead of having them do everything as a freshman.”

Orcutt said that the admissions team works to make sure they are

available for students when they are recruiting at different colleges.

“Anyone who is looking at Wesleyan and is looking for the small environment that we offer is going to be a good fit,” Orcutt said. “We are trying

to change the perception to students that think if they have transferred around a lot, or if they are past a certain age that they can’t go to a private school.”

Hall said that the move into the old firehouse is welcome due to poor conditions in the Boyd House, Art North and the Art Annex, where the art classes were previously housed.

“The Department of Art, which offered students the opportunity to major in art, was cut in 2006,” Hall said. “The state of the facilities that housed the studios had increasingly become in bad shape due to deferred maintenance.”

Wesleyan doesn’t have any plans to increase new faculty to teach the art classes, Hall said.

“To my knowledge there is no plan to increase the offerings in art or hire additional professors or to bring back the major in art,” Hall said.

Brian Franks, executive director

of facilities, development and operations, said that the building was originally going to house a Business Accelerator, but plans changed halfway through the design.

Taylor Tyler, a junior athletic training major, said new space is an upgrade.

“It’s totally different - the walls are white, there’s air, everything is new and the setup is awesome,” Tyler said. “I’m glad to be the first to have a class here.”

However, Tyler also said working in the new building also has a downside.

“I think the only downfall would be crossing the street right now since the lights aren’t working,” Tyler said.

NONTRADITIONAL

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Witt said that the administration has been making changes to help accommodate nontraditional students.

“Luckily our administration has also done a lot to make us accessible for transfer students and nontra-

ART CLASSES continued from page 1

Vaughn Street, plays a role in the creative process of the students.

“I think the building is interesting,” Hall said.“It’s got all these great textures and you can see the piping and workings of the building.”

Hall also said the building allows students to relax and use their surroundings as inspiration.

“It’s more fun to look at,” Hall said.

“I think having an interesting place to work is stimulating to any artist.”

Hall said the students now have a safe, open place to create.

“The studios are cleaner, more secure, and offer students a much more interesting and comfortable space in which to create,” Hall said.

“I have really enjoyed teaching in the drawing studio.”

Photo by Kasey Pace Art students now have a “safe, open place to create,” Kathryn Hall said.

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Hathaway, De Niro shine in The Intern

program.” Jules, who started the booming company, was first wary of her new intern, but then falls in love with his thoughtful oldschool charm.

All of the characters seem to think of Ben as their wise old uncle. His business experience helps keep the office in order, and his wisdom provides guidance to the struggles of the 20to 30- year-old employees.

I love that the movie tells a different story.

When most people think of an intern, it isn’t someone in their 70s. I think it provides a new twist to how interns are perceived in the media, and it gives the audience a new experience - something that Hollywood seems to struggle with.

The film, rated PG-13 and 121 minutes long, does have some boring moments, though. There are certain scenes that could have been left out.

Not to give away any spoilers, but broken Photos courtesy of Warner Bros. romance does sneak in and out of the movie Robert De Niro and Anne Hathaway star in Nancy Meyers’ new comedy The Intern. and doesn’t add to the story. And no, it’s not anything creepy.

The Intern is an ultimate chick-flick with a The director and writer, Nancy Meyers, twist. should have kept up her creativity throughThe movie is definitely refreshing. Seventyout.

I was expecting more out of the ending. year-old Ben Whittaker (Robert De Niro) Valerie Spears Scenes tended to drag on at the end, but it did works as an intern to Jules Ostin (Anne Havlspears@txwes.edu leave the audience smiling. thaway) as part of a “senior internship

There are some lively scenes. The best part of The Intern is when Jules accidentally sends her mom an email ranting about how her mom is evil. Freaking out, Jules calls a meeting to discuss how to delete the email from her mom’s inbox.

Ben offers to break into her mom’s house and delete the email off of her computer before she arrives home from work. He, along with a few other of Jules’ employees, almost get caught by the police, but successfully drive away before they can arrive.

The younger employees all think Ben is totally insane but very awesome after the stunt is pulled off.

I love Anne Hathaway and Robert De Niro.

They did a great job playing their characters and their acting was flawless. I applaud Meyers for her choice of actors.

Overall, The Intern is a wonderful, empowering movie. It highlights some of the struggles women in business face and leaves the audience cheering on Jules as she works very hard to fulfill her dreams and provide for her family.

And even though this movie is a comedic chick-flick, men should see it too. Men could learn a thing or two from Ben about how to get the ladies.

Kin Kin offers authentic Thai food Brianna Kessler bnkessler@txwes.edu

Are you tired of eating the same old food all the time? Do you find yourself going to the same places and ordering the same thing?

Chinese, Mexican, Italian, seafood and American restaurants seem to be the go-to options when dining out.

Well, it’s time to branch out and explore something new and exotic. I found the best Thai food in town!

Deep in the heart of Fort Worth’s flourishing West 7th district is Kin Kin Urban Thai, which offers authentic Thai dishes with just the right amount of flavor and spice.

Executive chef and owner Eddy Thretipthuangsin has done an amazing job of presenting traditional family recipes from Thailand.

The unique and non-Westernized menu, alongside the restaurant’s atmosphere and aroma, made me feel like I was in Thailand again.

I relished every bite.

On my trip to Thailand this summer, I drank a fresh coconut almost every day and tried coconut soup and ice cream for the first time. I was really looking forward to a fresh coconut and some homemade coconut ice cream to take me back, but Kin Kin does not serve either.

But I still got my coconut fix without those two items. And I got the chance to venture out from my usual dining choices.

My boyfriend and I decided to share everything since we wanted to try a variety of items.

Luckily, it was more than enough and allowed us to stay within our college budget.

The food won my heart after starting my first course of tom kha chicken soup, which consisted of coconut broth, lemongrass, artichoke, galangal and kaffir lime.

It was delicious. I loved how the nice coconut flavor complemented the other ingredients in the soup.

It was a nice change to my familiar soup choices.

We also ordered handmade pork and shrimp dumplings as an appetizer, which came in an order of six.

Although something I might not typically order, I thoroughly enjoyed them. They reminded me of spring rolls because they had similar texture, but were excitingly different because of the meat inside.

For our main course, we ordered chicken pad thai, which consisted of stir-fried rice noodle, egg, bean sprout, scallion, roasted peanut, tamarind sauce and a side of sticky rice.

It was just like the pad thai I had in Thailand this summer. The noodles were amazing. It was like eating chicken lo mein, but ten times better.

The sticky rice, something fun and different, paired nicely with the noodles.

Surprisingly, we still had room for the best part of dinner, dessert, which is my favorite course.

We ordered grilled bananas with a coconut honey glaze. Yes, I ordered something else coconut flavored. I loved it. The bananas were very sweet and tropical.

The service and food were outstanding. Service always plays a big role in my dining experience, since I am a server myself. It often determines if I go back to a place.

The atmosphere was modern and the perfect fit for date night.

I highly recommend Kin Kin to everyone.

Photos courtesy of Kin Kin Urban Thai The new Kin Kin Urban Thai restaurant is the perfect destination for date night.

You need to experience the unique flavors found in the dishes at the restaurant, which is located at 2801 West 7th Street. It’s a great place to try something new and actually like it.

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Wesleyan to field rugby teams Jared Rabye

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Rugby is coming to Texas Wesleyan.

Panther City Rugby Club is branching out to Wesleyan to field men’s and women’s rugby teams by next spring, said Alex McCulloch, Wesleyan’s head coach. Executive Director of the Panther city Rugby Club.

Panther City is an offshoot of the Fort Worth Rugby club, which was created by Dan Morgan 10 to 15 years ago, said McCulloch, who took over as PCR’s director this year.

“The women’s team is growing at a nice rate. We expect to have a seven-player team and expand it to a 15-player team as soon as possible,” he said. “Recently we’ve had one or two new girls per week interested in joining the Wesleyan team.”

The men’s team has been a little more difficult to recruit, McCulloch said. Word of mouth has been the main reason people come out to the men’s practices.

“My hope is to have a men’s and women’s team of 20 to 25 players by late spring so we can start the spring season ready to play,” McCulloch said.

Wesleyan’s plan is to be in the Lone Star Conference next spring. They would play schools with less than 5,000 students, he said.

The conference consists of smaller Texas universities that have rugby programs who want to compete for the ultimate goal of the USA National Rugby Championship, McCulloch said.

PCR is open to everyone and even has high school teams, McCulloch said. If you want to play for Wesleyan, you have to be enrolled with a student ID. Currently there are no games set up for the Wesleyan teams. Texas Christian University is hosting a tournament on Oct. 8 at Gateway park in Fort Worth, McCulloch said.

Wesleyan students interested in joining the team can come by then or any of the practices, which are held Tuesday through Thursday every week at Trimble Technical High School, he said.

“I am really excited for the season when we get enough players,” McCulloch said. “I just want everyone to improve, stay motivated and remain in shape so we can enter

Photo by Alex McCulloch Texas Wesleyan rugby players practice in preparation for an Oct. 8 tournament at Gateway Park hosted by Texas Christian University. The Wesleyan squad hopes to have both men’s and women’s teams by the spring to compete in the Lone Star Conference.

next season seamlessly and focus more on team play than individual skills.”

Consistency, a focus to develop your skills, and motivation are the three main things McCulloch looks for and expects from his players, he said.

“My ultimate goal for Wesleyan rugby is to peak more interest in the university so that our teams will be more competitive and give people a team to be proud of,” McCulloch said.

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lege. It is already an NCAA emerging sport for women, and men will more than likely be expanding into the NCAA as well, McCulloch said.

“Alumni Associations at big colleges like Texas Tech and Texas A&M have good rugby backgrounds and are pushing rugby at their respective schools so it can become nationally recognized,” he said.

Anthony Harper, a sophomore forensic accounting major, noticed the flier for the rugby team in the Ella C. McFadden sci-

ence center at the end of last semester.

“All I had to do was walk on to one of the practices and the coaches taught me how to play,” Harper said. “I think once we get enough players on the team the team will be good.”

Harper doesn’t know what position he will play because he is relatively new to the sport.

“Whatever position I do play it will most likely rely on speed,” he said.

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Cross country enjoys early success

Photo courtesy of Little Joe Sophmore Antony Kimaiyo competes at the University of Texas at Arlington’s Gerald Richey Invitational on Sept. 19. Kimaiyo broke his own school record and finished with a time of 15:14.7. Kimaiyo, a computer science major from Kenya, was also named the Sooner Athletic Conference runner of the week for Sept. 7-13 after finishing fifth at the Southland Conference Preview.

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The Texas Wesleyan cross country teams have sprinted through four meets and are already seeing immense success.

Antony Kimaiyo, Oraine Wint and Leah Gaytan all received individual Sooner Athletic Conference Runner of the Week awards throughout these first four meets. With both teams placing third or better in every competition so far, the program has hit its stride.

“Our team is doing really well. Both offseason and in season,” Kimaiyo said. “We’ve had new freshman who have really pushed the limit of our endurance along with an outstanding coach who has been keeping us in the right

direction.”

The women’s team began the season ranked No. 24 in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics’ coaches’ poll, the only SAC team to receive a ranking, according to ramsports.net.

So far the men have finished first or second three times, and the women have come in third twice and first once, according to ramsports.net.

Kimaiyo also said that right now the program is very much under the radar.

“We haven’t really shown anything in the big meets that make us feel like we’ve already made it to the top,” Kimaiyo said. “ We are always improving ourselves.”

Incoming freshmen, Kimaiyo added, are big

assets to the program and have been welcomed with open arms.

“We do have two freshman who just came in and are putting a large chunk of their talent into the success of the team,” Kimaiyo said. “To have young teammates challenging their already experienced teammates, it really makes the team stronger.”

Kimaiyo said that even though training has been tough, classes still remain the number one priority.

“The main goal for the season, I will say, is to have all our teammates do well in class since we are students first,” Kimaiyo said. “The second would be to perform athletically the best we can.”

Marisol Lopez, a runner for the women’s

cross country team, said she is very happy with how her team has moved along.

“We won our first race last week and we are ranked top 20 nationally,” Lopez said. “The team is doing really great.”

Lopez also said that there have been several standout runners this season, including Gaytan and Stephanie Quintero, who are contributing immensely to the goals for the season.

“Our goals for this season are to work hard, keeping the rankings up, win our conference and qualify for nationals.” Lopez said.

The teams travel to Arkansas this Saturday for the Chile Pepper Festival. They will be going to North Carolina, Oklahoma, and Kansas in October.

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