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had no way of knowing they were listening to words that would be reverberated for generations to come. In room 306, these words had already begun to plague the hearts of six men.

Just over 200 feet away, a man checked into the dingy rooming house at 422 South

Last semester students, faculty and staff donated gifts, dog food and money to the local Meals on Wheels clients.

“We wanted to thank everyone for participating and making some people happy with those little gifts,” said Sheri Parker, coordinator of library operations.

This tradition has been going on at Texas Wesleyan for the past eight years. Staff at the West Library decorated a Christmas tree and then placed stars on the tree with the name of Meals on Wheels clients and a gift of the client’s choice. Some of the gifts that the Meals on Wheels clients wanted ranged from socks to gloves.

In 2004 the library collected 98 gifts, and this year the library was able to collect 369 gifts, 49 bag of food for animals and $250. The food for the animals was collected due to some of the clients from meals on wheels giving away their own food to their animal.

Some of the money raised came from the Christmas tree decorating contest that was held in the library. After the contest those trees were sold for $15 each to raise money.

Technical services clerk Allison Kane still takes time every week to go help pass out meals for the Meals on Wheels program. During her route in

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David Hagen (photo), Kalvin “Pharaoh” Watson (draw), Claudia Ikeizumi (graphic) /Rambler Staff Outside the Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, close to where Dr. Martin Luther King was assassinated.

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The evening of April 4, 1968, was a cool 66 degrees with mild winds.

A light drizzle danced its way back and forth across the city of Memphis. The city buzzed with nervous excitement in anticipation of the fast approaching rally in support

of striking sanitation workers. In room 306 of the Lorraine Motel, meditations of an ominous sermon, delivered the night before, besieged the minds of concerned and curious men.

There was reflection on the words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. from April 3 at Mason Temple in Memphis.

“We’ve got some diffi-

cult days ahead. But it really doesn’t matter with me now, because I’ve been to the mountaintop. I won’t mind.

Like anybody, I would like to live a long life. Longevity has its place. But I’m not concerned about that now.

I just want to do God’s will.

And He’s allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I’ve looked over, and I’ve seen the

and-error process.

One north Texas caregiver shared her experience with ADHD. After her teenaged niece was suspended from several schools in her hometown, Lynn Jay was granted guardianship.

“It was a lot,” Jay said. “And as she [Jay’s live-in niece] got older, it [behavioral problems at home and school] actually progressed and got worse. It affected my entire household in many, many ways.”

Like many other parents and caregivers, Jay and the teen she cares for fell victim to a broken mental health system.

“The initial visit probably took 20 to 30 minutes to get all the paperwork done and speak to somebody [not a doctor],” Jay said. “That was just sending in the paperwork.”

Spending half an hour filling out paperwork that would be faxed or mailed to a physician was just the beginning of the process.

“After I got an official diagnosis [ADHD], then it was up to me to find a psychiatrist that would actually treat her,” Jay said.

With no referral or advice on where to begin, Jay started her search. But, beginning

treatment did not offer the solace this north Texas family had hoped for.

“The medication was making her zombified,” Jay said.

“She was always just—out of it, in a different place. I just really hated seeing her like that.”

Finding a psychiatrist whom she trusted and her niece felt comfortable was a tedious process. During the search, Jay said she felt as though her family member was a test subject.

“They [the psychiatrist] changed her medication a few times,” Jay said. “And then, her body pretty much became immune to it [various medications] until they eventually changed her medication to one that was time released.”

Getting the right medication and dosage was a long, hard fight. The process was sometimes dehumanizing.

“She was admitted into Millwood Hospital, and I felt bad because it was almost like she was being sent off to prison,” Jay said.

Millwood, best known for crisis intervention, seemed to have some trouble with proper dosing also.

“During the visits, I’d have to go and speak with the doc-

ADHD speaks in many ways Paula Justice

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Editor’s Note: The name of the individual in this story has been altered to protect her identity. This is the first a twopart series.

Chances are you have encountered a young person who has Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). In the early 1980’s, ADHD was deemed the culprit for anyone, aged 3-18, who showed signs of hyperactivity. In recent years, the defining symptoms have increased, and they are not unlike those of other pediatric mental disorders. Doctors say the ambiguity of symptoms makes it difficult for doctors to provide a proper diagnosis without a systematic trialFor More Current News, check out TheRambler.org

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promised land. I may not get there with you, but I want you to know tonight that we as a people will get to the promised land. So I’m happy tonight. I’m not worried about anything. I’m not fearing any man. ‘Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord.’”

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*Editor’s Note: The following narration did not occur. It was used to show the effects of what could happen in this situation.

This is the first part of a threepart series.

Operator: 911 what is the location of your emergency?

John: 1201 Wesleyan Street, Fort Worth Texas. There is a gunman on campus!

Operator: Okay, sir, I am going to need you to stay calm. Where exactly are you?

John: The library!

Operator: Okay, help is on the way; stay on the line with me until help is there.

On April 16, 2007, 32 people were shot and killed while 17 people were left wounded at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia.

On Dec. 14, 2012, 20 children and six adult staff members were shot and killed at Sandy Hook Elementary.

According to the CNN website, Sandy Hook Elementary had ordered a new security system where visitors were identified and then let into the buildings. The school even took precautions before the incident and would lock school doors each day at ap-

How long is temporarily exactly?

proximately at 9:30 a.m.

At Texas Wesleyan there is an intercom system located in the library where students can hear information if needed.

This is just in the library - not in any of the other buildings Wesleyan also currently has Wesleyan Emergency Management System, which sends out text alerts in case of an emergency.

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“People are automatically enrolled in the Wesleyan Emergency Management System,” said Texas Wesleyan Service Desk Analyst Abby R. Wilson.

The university also offers trainings for faculty and staff to show what to do in different situations. These meetings

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Sidewalks, further landscape improvements expected Erica Estrada

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Improvements and repairs began taken place on December 9, 2013 during the end of the fall semester and the project on the campus sidewalks are coming to a close during the beginning of the spring 2014 semester. Due to recent weather conditions, the project stretched out longer than expected.

Brian Franks, director of facilities operations, faculty in charge of the Deferred Maintenance List, has divided the project into four tiers. The first tier, taken to the Board of Trustees for approval for funding; covers sidewalks around Dora’s, Stella Hall, around the library, school of business, and broken landscaping.

The budget to the maintenance project (deferred maintenance list) is $804,907 in safety & aesthetics projects, $884,500 in mechanical, electrical & plumbing projects and $750,000 in Elizabeth and O.C. Armstrong Hall renovations. All of which is scheduled for Fall 2014.

“We were able to accomplish quite a bit I think,” said Franks. “There are still areas that are a concern like the outline sidewalks along Collard Street. The sidewalks along Rosedale will be replaced along with the street improvements.”

There have been some concerns that there is no grass growing yet and the dirt could potentially turn into mud.

“There’s also a little bit of a mess with the old sidewalks that are piled up in a couple of locations, we’re working to get that cleaned up,” Franks said.

Upcoming projects around the campus include landscaping.

“We have a lot of irrigation and landscaping projects that’s about to start within the next month, month and a half. We really need the spring type weather before we can start those type of activities,” said Franks.

Students will be able to know what to expect with upcoming architectural drawings that will be posted in Elizabeth and O.C. Hall.

There has been good feedback from the Wesleyan body about the campus improvements.

Tyler Mendez, senior SGA treasurer, said, “I think that the repairs look great and will avoid any injuries for students.

There are more spots on campus that could use some work: in front of the administration building and I would like to see another handicap-accessible ramp on the right side (when looking at the main entrance of the West Library) of the library; I don’t like how someone would have to go all the way to the other side in order to use a ramp.”

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According to Pati Alexander, vice president of Enrollment and Student Services, Render Experiences was brought onto campus during fall 2013, as a consultant to speak about campus visit experience to improve the campus visits. The administration spoke to Render about improving such experience such as landscape, sidewalks, new benches, painting, cleaning up, and renovating restrooms.

Alexander expresses, “I’m so excited for the students because it’s going to be a much more appealing place to study and hang out with friends and to live,” she said. “I think it’s going to look beautiful, especially with the new entrance.

Erica Estrada/Rambler Staff It’s going to really improve the Sidewalk repairs across campus have began during the end of the fall 2013 semester. campus experience.”

Hatton Sumners Scholarship deadline fast approaching: Feb. 14 Staff Reports

Wesleyan is now in the recruitment period for the selection of our Sumners Scholars for Fall 2014.

The best and brightest students who will be at least junior level in the fall are allowed to submit an application, which can be picked

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service/volunteerism are also candidates and have a sound chance in the selection. Applicants must be U.S. citizens.

Scholarship award is $3,500 per semester for each of the fall and spring semesters of junior years plus an additional $3,500 per semester for senior fall and spring semesters provided they have maintained their eligibility. Also,

Sumners Scholars are able to attend numerous distinguished speaker lecture and luncheon events in Dallas and a four-day weekend at UT Austin attending UT’s student leadership conference with college students from across the nation.

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are not mandatory.

On Nov. 27, 2013, Tarrant County College Trinity River Campus went into lockdown when a suspect fled from police.

“The alarms went off and we were told we couldn’t go anywhere,” said Tarrant County student Patricia Cantella.

Not only did sirens go off, but text alerts went out as well.

“I had a lot of missed calls from TCC but I didn’t know why,” said senior political science major Jessica Soto.

Aside from TCC using text alerts and siren, the college also sent Twitter alerts. At 10:07 a.m.TCC sent a tweet “TCC’s Trinity River and Trinity River East campus are under lockdown until further notice due to a police search

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up at the Financial Aid office. There are flyers and posters around campus, but deadline is approaching.

The qualifications required include students having least a 3.0 grade point average and priority majors include political science, history, pre-law and those who want to teach history, but students with a track record of community

for a suspect in the area.”

Another tweet that was distributed was “the lockdown has been lifted at Tarrant County College’s Trinity River and Trinity River East campuses. School operations continue as usual.”

Texas Wesleyan currently just has WEMS for emergency alerts and if these events occur, the campus staff has emergency procedure pamphlets telling the group what to do.

At the beginning of each semester professors at the university go over the syllabi and classroom procedures, but emergency procedures usually are not brought up and are also not on most syllabi.

In speaking with students, senior English major John

Ortega said: “I’m not familiar with the procedures; I’m not sure anyone is.”

When it came to some of the recent thefts in the West Library. security acted and informed the students about the precautions they needed to take.

After these incidents occurred, signs went up throughout the library for students to keep an eye out for their belongings.

This semester we will have a series regarding emergency precautions taken at Wesleyan. Stay tuned for the next part of the series about social media alerts, and feel free to send us a message about your feelings on campus safety.

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tors because it was clear that her medication was too high,” Jay said. “She was highly educated [but] it was very difficult to speak to her because she was so zoned out.”

Jay’s family member is one of over 5,000,000, according to the National Health Interview Survey, affected by ADHD. And, she is not alone in her battle to find adequate medical treatment. The National Alliance on Mental Health (NAMI) says resources aren’t always available.

“States have cut vital services for tens of thousands of

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youth and adults living with the most serious mental illness. These services include community and hospital based psychiatric care, housing, and access to medications,” NAMI reports.

In some cases, the results of the deficiency have been fatal.

“These personal tragedies [‘suicides, homelessness, incarceration, school dropout and more’] also occur because of our failure to provide access to effective mental health services and supports,” NAMI reports.

In order to compensate, Jay

sought alternative treatments for ADHD. By researching treatment alternatives, Jay has learned some effective techniques, such as art therapy and horseback riding that have worked for her loved one. Her advice to other parents and caregivers is to do plenty of research.

“Do a lot of research on what they’re being diagnosed with,” Jay said. Try a method where you don’t have to give medications. If you can just keep them busy and focused, sometimes, you don’t have to use medication.”

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December she delivered some of the small gifts to the clients.

“Giving the gifts is really a happy rewarding experience.

Even though the gifts are little things it really makes their day,” Kane said.

Kane also mentioned that doing the Meals on Wheels program also lets the clients have interaction with people, and someone gets to check on them to make sure they are okay.

Meals on Wheels also continues to look for volunteers.

If anyone is interested in lending a hand in this project, contact the MOW office at 817336-0912.

Blood Drive here on campus, Thursday, January 30 @ The Louella Baker Pavillion between 9:00 am - 2:00 pm

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Opinion The time of year to fall into Spring 2

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to be buzzing with a little bit more life in the spring than the fall.

Joy Woods Homecoming is one of the bigjmwoods@txwes.edu gest events this semester, it brings the old together with the new-old being the alumni and the new being the current students. Students get a chance to hear stories about how it used to be on campus, and Last semester went relatively it’s also a chance for the university quickly; however, the spring semes- to show off all of the new improveter seems to go by in a blink of an ments. Also, another huge event on eye. With tests, projects and sport- campus is University College Day, ing events, Texas Wesleyan seems which takes place in April. It’s a day

where the entire campus comes together to celebrate the intellectual and community life at the University.

With these two major events, student organizations are busy preparing. And not only are there these two major events, there are many smaller events. The Black Student Association is preparing for Black History month with activities such as discussion panels and poetry night. Greek organizations are preparing for their spring intake.

All these things taking place may make it hard to focus, especially with almost all of Wesleyan’s sports teams in season. Asia Wilson, senior sprinter for the women’s track team observed the situation as a student-athlete.

“Spring goes by fast because I am in season,” she said. “And I really have to balance practice, meets, and school work. It can be quite stressful at times, but I believe I can manage it.”

Spring semester is a mixture of

things, students who are anxious about graduation at the end of the semester and other students who are just anxious about a new semester. A new semester gives the opportunity for students to perform better academically than they did last semester. New friendships can and will be formed with some of the new spring transfers. Even though it is a hectic time, the reward at the end of semester is a great threemonth summer break.

Texas Wesleyan: Diamond in the rough of Polytechnic Heights glance, and that their true beauty as jewErica Estrada els is only realized eestrada@txwes.edu through the cutting and polishing process.”

With Rosedale Renaissance and many other maintenance Wesleyan can sometimes projects on the way, be seen as a diamond in the Wesleyan is currently in its rough. stage of “the cutting and polThe term diamond in the ishing process.” rough is described by urbanWhen I first started out at dictionary.com as “someone Wesleyan, I noticed plenty of (or something) that has hid- things that needed improveden exceptional characteris- ments; however, that did not tics and/or future potential, keep me from staying. but currently lacks the final As a senior during the past touches that would make few years, I have seen such them (or it) truly stand out improvements starting out from the crowd.” with the website, when beDue to Wesleyan’s small fore, the font was tiny and the size, it may appear as though graphics were not very apWesleyan lacks what other pealing. Then I noticed Wesbigger universities have leyan’s brand which seemed when, in reality, Wesleyan to catch many people’s eye has many pros. One of the across the Metroplex. main problems has been the And now with Rosedale area where the university is Renaissance and further located. However, this cam- campus improvements taken pus is filled with much his- place, I, as everyone else in tory from Wesleyan. the Wesleyan body, am very Urban Dictionary’s defini- excited to finally see Wesleytion goes on by saying: “The an shine and for everyone to phrase is metaphorical and know what a great university relates to the fact that natu- we really are. rally occurring diamonds are quite ordinary at first

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thumbs up Thumbs up to the improved sidewalks throughout the campus. The campus look great.

Thumbs up to everyone starting off the new year with a bang.

Thumbs up for the newest improvements in the buildings.

thumbs down Thumbs down to those who do not observe the crosswalks a pedestrians on Wesleyan Street.

Thumbs down to people racing cars on Collard Street and making loud noises in the neighborhood.

Thumbs down to people driving the wrong way and causing near-accidents on Rosedale Street.

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David Hagen / Rambler Staff Dr. Martin Luther King was assassinated on Thursday, 4 April 1968, He was shot dead while standing on a balcony outside his second-floor room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee

The movement that started it all David Hagen

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The Civil Rights Movement which changed everything we know today in terms of social customs. ==During this movement’s time, the days of the 30’s, 40’s, 50’s and 60’s, blacks were looked down upon and white people could do whatever they wanted towards black people without retribution. The movement inspired some of the most important events within American history such as The Montgomery Bus Boycott which started on Dec. 1, 1955.

This was the day the blacks of Montgomery, Ala., decided they would boy.cottt all city buses until they could sit anywhere they wanted. Although rewards of the Montgomery Bus Boycott were only small compared with the gains blacks would later win, this boycott got the ball rolling and was an important start to the movement. The Boycott left a lasting legacy, Historian Roberta Wright who was part

of the protest wrote,:“It helped to launch a 10-year national struggle for freedom and justice, the Civil Rights Movement that stimulated others to do the same at home and abroad.”

Black power was displayed during the 1968 Olympics in Mexico when Tommie Smith and John Carlos, during their medal ceremony, turned to face their flags and hear the American National Anthem while raising a black-gloved fist for the entire song, this was seen as a sign of human rights. In terms of civil rights, one cannot overlook Martin Luther King’s famous speech “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” which sadly was his last speech. This speech occurred April 3, 1968, in Memphis, Tenn. As I listened to his speech there was one paragraph which really stood out to me, King said, “And that’s all this whole thing is about. We aren’t engaged in any negative protest and in any negative arguments with anybody. We are saying that we are determined

to be men. We are determined to be people. We are saying that we are God’s children.

And that we don’t have to live like we are forced to live.”

King was just trying to get the point wacross that he wants blacks to be equal but to do it in a friendly way which means without violence.

Negativity and unequal treatment were the issues black people of that generation were going through, and it was up to people like Martin Luther King and Malcolm X to reinforce the message they believed in so strongly.

King was simply calling for unity, economic actions, boycotts, and nonviolent protest, while at the same time challenging the United States to live up to its ideals. Strangely enough at the end of King’s speech, King discusses the possibility of an untimely death, his death occurred the next day via a bullet to the neck while he was in his hotel room.

It’s sad how human nature can be when it comes to certain people.

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Once found, he joked with yet another friend in the room before stepping onto the balcony and exchanging greetings with the men below.

“Do you know Ben?” Jackson said. Jackson and Branch received a simple yet inarguably prophetic response from the Minister.

“Yes. Ben, be sure and sing ‘Precious Lord, Take My Hand,’” said Dr. King.

Jones shouted a weather warning and recommended wearing a coat.

At 6:08 p.m., James Earl Ray fired his rifle from the bathroom window of room 5-B. The bullet, splitting the air, traveling a short distance, reaches its destination.

On the balcony of room 306, one of the nation’s most renowned activists for civil rights, equality, justice and peace was shot. The single shot resulted in a facial wound, three inches in diameter. He fell, his back to the ground, facing the heavens, one leg caught in the balcony railing. The fatal shot killed Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Monday, Jan. 20, the U.S. commemorated the mission and martyrdom of Dr. King. But his successes did not come easily.

For years before his death, FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover accused King of being a Communist and authorized the wiretapping of his

home and offices. King’s public efforts to end the Vietnam War and his appeal for economic reform placed him under the watch by U.S. military intelligence.

Arrests, beatings, bombings of his home, and death threats met King’s yearlong efforts to end segregation on public transportation systems. Though such occurrences were frequent, King made more than 2,500 appearannces where he planned and directed nonviolent marches for African American voting rights, fair wages and desegregation. In addition to his many public appearances, King authored and published several works including Stride Towards Freedom: the Montgomery Story, The Measure of a Man, Strength to Love, and Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?, along with other sermons and the famous “Letter From the Birmingham Jail. He was a constant target who refused to abandon his belief that U.S. citizens should be judged according to their character rather than skin color.

In his famous speech, “I Have a Dream,” on Aug. 28, 1963, in Washington, D.C., King spoke of the demons that propelled his battle.

“Over a hundred years later [after the Emancipation Proclama-

tion], the life of the Negro is still crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chain of discrimination. Over a hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a cast ocean of material prosperity. One hundred years later, the Negro is still languished in the corners of American society and finds himself an exile in his own land.”

King’s fight was not only for African Americans but also for all people, as “injustice anywhere is a threat justice everywhere.” He urged national leaders to honor “the magnificent words” of the U.S. Constitution and the Declaration of Independence of which all Americans are entitled.

He also urged America to “refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt.” He had no interest in “cooling off or [taking] the tranquilizing drug of gradualism.” Racism and classism were not then nor are they now political issues up for consideration. Today, King’s words are still true.

“Now is the time to lift our nation from the guicksands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood,” he said in the “I Have a Dream” speech.

America pays homage to Dr. King with a national holiday, namesake highways and city

streets, parades and other commemorative ceremonies throughout the nation, and all are great honors. But what about his dream?

King dreamed “that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: ‘We hold these truths to be selfevident, that all men are created equal.’”

Each year America celebrates the birth of Dr. King. But this year and those to come, let America remember and pay homage to his most astounding sacrifice—his death—that we may live as one nation, indivisible.

On the 46th anniversary of King’s assassination, the 51st anniversary of his dream, his 85th birthday and each day, may all of America honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by living together in “a beautiful symphony of brotherhood [because] if America is to be a great nation, this must be true.”

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Olympian Tommie Smith later said “If I win, I am American, not a black American. But if I did something bad, then they would say I am a Negro.

We are black and we are proud of being black. Black America will understand what we did tonight.”

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Zealous black college students, of the late 1960s, played a large role in the nationwide popularization of Black History Month.

With a newfound pride and African cognizance, black students initiated Black History clubs focusing not only on the past but also on the present and future generations.

Frequent topics of club meetings included everything from the voyage of Africans seized for the purpose of slavery to ideas to advance the Civil Rights movement.

But blacks were not the only attendants at these gatherings.

Progressive whites attended the meetings as well. The agenda— nationwide awareness of black accomplishments, racial equality, desegregation, and national brotherhood. Nearly a century after Dr. Carter G. Woodson’s vision of integrating Negro history into American history, Black History Month has a new face among college students.

“I feel Black History Month is sort of too little, too late,” said Samantha Herrington, senior English major with honors at Wesleyan. “I know it started in the ‘70s and was

adapted from Negro History Week, so it must have been a product of the Civil Rights movement. So if I calculate that correctly, BHM came about 100 years after the Emancipation Proclamation, so definitely too late. As for how it is too little, I feel BHM serves to highlight, rather than correct, the disconnect between white-dominated history and the history of people of color.”

Herrington, who jokingly referred to herself as Jewpanese (Jewish and Japanese), views BHM as being something different from the original hopes of Woodson.

Woodson’s passion in establishing Negro History Week lay in the eventual understanding that Black history is American history. Rather than being studied as two isolated histories, he hoped for a day when the two would be acknowledged and studied as one.

For Herrington, racial isolation is not the only concern about BHM. “I think BHM focuses too much on black males (other than maybe Rosa Parks), and further serves to alienate female people of color,” Herrington said. “And, yeah, this is definitely a case of trying to beat and shape non-white history into a suitable mold for white consumption. We live in a white-dominated,

patriarchal society. So of course, any study into non-white history has to be somehow acceptable and ‘safe’ from the point of view of white males.”

In the information age, more than half a century after the Civil Rights movement, over a century after Women’s Suffrage We The People, black, white, male, female, have not fulfilled Dr. Woodson’s, Emmeline Pankhurst’s, or Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream—brotherhood, equality, and freedom.

Another Wesleyan student shared his thoughts on BHM. “We do not have any similar events in England that I am aware of,” said John Humphrey, senior English major at Texas Wesleyan.

“I like the idea of celebrating any people who have risked and sacrificed for equality and humanity.”

Humphrey, like many others, has experienced the deficiency of American history.

“As a college student who hopes to become a teacher, I am aware of the cultural diversity here in America and would like to learn more in preparation for the years ahead,” Humphrey said. “I have not studied African American literature either at TCC [Tarrant County College] or at Wesleyan,

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[but] celebrating people who have made a true contribution to society provides role models to all, regardless of race.”

So while BHM may have been a long time coming, it appears that today’s students, like those of the past, agree that cultural diversity should be celebrated. And people, regardless of race, should be acknowledged for attempts to make the world a better place for everyone.

In keeping with the tradition of recognizing positive contributions, some of Texas Wesleyan’s students are hosting events on campus.

Texas Wesleyan’s Black Student Association will be hosting a Black History Month celebration throughout February to honor black history, engage the present and plan for the future.

“BSA will have a panel discussion, including students from various schools coming out as well as other figures within our community talking and figuring out controversial topics…[including] Black America’s position in corporate America,” said Deborah Kimbuta, senior criminal justice major and service and publicity chair of BSA. “This will be held on Texas Wesleyan’s campus, on Feb.11, at

6:30 p.m.”

Students can be on the lookout for reminders and details of other events on campus.

“Every week will be dedicated to a special milestone or person within BHM,” Kimbuta said. “We will have mini movie and game nights that will soon be announced. We will also be holding a big event on Feb. 27, including an open-mike and slam poetry competition hosted by Mike Guinn. We will have artists selling their art, people in the food industry bringing in business cards and samples. It will be a night of fun but also massive marketing. This year we really wanted our theme to be promoting the next generation and reigniting the sense of pride and excellence... whether or not it fits with the national theme, I’m unsure of.”

As for the new face of Black History Month, no one can say what Dr. Woodson would think. But, without question, the U.S. has a long way to go before it reaches his primary goal.

“Non-white people have their history and culture relegated to an ‘other’ position rather than being included in the study of overall human history,” Herrington said.

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Arts Entertainment

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Wesleyan students excel at photographic exhibits

Austin Iba

haiba@txwes.edu

Located at the main entrance of Martin Hall building are many photos on exhibit taken by Professor Terri Cummings of mass communications and fine arts’ photography students.

Wesleyan has had over 20 students exhibit their photographs, mainly in small group shows, but when it is a class student exhibit, they have 100-plus students that have exhibited their photographs.

Some of the photos taken by the students are on exhibit at Wesleyan, while some of them are on exhibit in the Community Art Center in the Cultural District at Fort Worth.

There are currently photographs from 10 students on exhibit at Martin Hall. There is also a Wesleyan fine arts’ alumnus Jeremy Burnett who has photo artwork on exhibit at the Gallery of Art Boulevard.

Cummings also has advice for art majors hoping to pursue a career in photography.

“Learn to take good quality images,” she said, “or be prepared to pay someone, so you can learn how to take them.”

If students are wanting careers in visual arts as photographers, it is important that they learn the tools of photography: lighting, aperture, and shutter speed. Aperture has to do with what is sharp in a picture, and shutter speed has to do with how much time the photographer is showing in the photograph.

Photographers need to recognize and utilize all of these aspects of photographic imagery.

“Which basically means give yourself time to practice, make mistakes, and time to do it again,” Cummings said.

Another one is to look at multiple photographs for future ideas. They are on the web, in magazines and art galleries and museums. AfterImage and Photos Do Not Bend are useful art galleries in Dallas.

The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth and the Amon Carter Museum in downtown Fort Worth also have awardwinning photographs. The Amon Carter Museum is one of the country’s major repositories of American photography with over 40,000 photographic prints.

For students who want to

study the subject, Wesleyan has three classes in photography: dark room photography, a class using the red light and trays of chemicals; digital photography, and every other year an intermediate photography class.

Lynda.com is also a solid site for students to learn photography informally. It offers students at Wesleyan a free membership.

And a student at Wesleyan Debbie Lachance is a finalist in a photographic contest for the National Forum in the National Photography Competition. The photos will be published in a book, and she has some her photos on exhibit in the Martin Hall foyer.

For students who want to study the subject, Wesleyan has three classes in photography: dark room photography, a class using the red light and trays of chemicals; digital photography, and every other year an intermediate photography class.

If you are interested in getting more information on the art department, visit the website www.txwes.edu/academics/artsletters or email tcummings@txwes.edu.

British review on DFW’s Tex-Mex

David Hagen

dmhagen@txwes.edu

Since moving to Texas from England, I get asked all the time how the food compares to back at home and now the soccer season is into its off season, it has allowed me more spare time to try out DFW’s many restaurants.

As I enjoy trying new foods along with learning more about the Texas traditional foods like some of the items on offer at the Texas State fair show which I had the chance

to write about last year for The Rambler. I love the fact that here in Texas there is such a wide selection of Mexican and Tex-Mex style restaurants as this isn’t the case across Europe. In the U.K there is a Chinese and Indian restaurant/take away on every corner but that is not the case here in Texas with less demand for these style of foods because of the different culture diversity of the people here. So after doing some research and speaking to expert foodie and Chef

Kelly Burton, who graduated out of Texas Wesleyan last semester, we came up with this list of unique must visit places to eat not too far away from campus.

Tex-Mex Restaurants Esperanza’s (1601 Park Place Ave., Ft. Worth) o What to get: Green Chicken Enchilada Plate (If you go for lunch on Friday, they’re on special for under $5) Joe T. Garcia’s (2201 N.

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Commerce St., Ft. Worth) o What to get: Combo Fajitas and Margaritas o Best Restaurant Patio in DFW Salsa Limon (929 University Dr., Ft. Worth + Food Trucks) o What to get: Spicy Pork Burrito Mi Cocina (4601 West Fwy., Ft. Worth) o What to get: Crispy Chicken Enchiladas or Tortilla Soup Taco Heads (700 Carroll

Taco Villa (8636 Benbrook Blvd, Benbrook and 8640 N

Beach St, Fort Worth) o What to get: Taco burger, Guadalajara or combination burrito o The only Tex-Mex place that serves fries Campesinos Cafe (Vaughn Ave, Fort Worth) o What to get: any breakfast compo More reviews coming in the next issue of The Rambler on other types of foods such as: Mediterranean, Barbecue,

Arts & Entertainment Calendar Feb. 1 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

6th Annual Texas Wesleyan University Youth Duo-Piano Competition Martin Hall Feb. 7 at 7:30 p.m.

18th Annual President’s Honors Concert Texas Wesleyan Students Martin Hall

Feb. 23 at 5 p.m.

SAI American Music Concert Texas Wesleyan Students and Wesleyan Singers First Presbyterian Church 1000 Penn St.

Wesleyan Religious Life Food, Fun, Fellowship

February 1st 9:00 to 4:00 p.m.

6th Annual Texas Wesleyan University Youth Duo-Piano Competition Martin Hall

February 7th at 7:30 p.m.

18th Annual President’s Honors Concert Keith Critcher, piano Martin Hall

St., Ft. Worth – Food Truck parked behind Poag Mahone’s) o What to get: Breakfast Tacos with Tomatillo Sauce o Open late, good place to hit up after the bars close Los Pastores (3812 E. Rosedale St., Ft. Worth) o What to get: Beef Fajita Tacos or Carnitas Gordita o Close to Wesleyan, has a drive-thru

“Faith Seeking Understanding”

March 1 at 7:30 p.m.

Wesleyan Wind Ensemble Christine Beason, director Martin Hall

March 2 at 3 p.m.

Greater Fort Worth Community Band Christine Beason, director Martin Hall March 29 starting at 10 a.m.

Scholarship Auditions Martin Hall

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The Whole Package Sports

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Boxscores Men’s Baseball Jan 31 Jarvis Christian College

Fort Worth at 2 p.m.

Feb. 1 Jarvis Christian College (DH)

Fort Worth 12 p.m, 2 p.m.

Feb. 4 Arlington Baptist College

Fort Worth at 2 p.m.

Women’s Softball Feb. 14 Belhaven University

Fort Worth 9 a.m.

Feb. 14 University of the Incarnate Word

Fort Worth 11 p.m.

Feb. 14 Oklahoma Wesleyan University

Fort Worth 3 p.m.

Men’s Golf Feb. 3-4

15th Annual Cougar Invitational CSU-San Marcos

Shadowridge CC

Vista, CA

54 holes

Women’s Golf Feb. 16-17

Claud Jacobs Collegiate

University of Houston

Colony Creek

Victoria, TX 36 holes

Men’s Basketball (10-7, 4-4 SAC) Jessica Liptak/The Rambler Redmon showcasing his skills during the Midnight madness event at the start of the season Jose Najar Jnajar@txwes.edu

Texas Wesleyan Ram Jorge Redmon: The Whole Package The men’s basketball team at Texas Wesleyan University has a lot of good players, but only one player stands out from the group. Senior guard Jorge Redmon from Grand Prairie, Texas is that player.

In high school Redmon was a team MVP for Coach Wilson at Sam Houston. Before coming to Texas Wesleyan Redmon played in 11 games and averaged 6.5 points per game for head coach Scott Cross at UT-Arlington.

Now at Texas Wesleyan Jorge Redmon is averaging

19 points a game and 4 assists. His field goal percentage is .534 and .467 is his 3 point field goal percentage. Standing at 5’9 and weighing 165 pounds that is great basketball being played. Asked about playing with the taller, bigger players, Redmon had this to say. “I have to work real hard, because I am not that tall so it’s much harder for me to score so I have to put the extra time in the gym and on the court.

I have to be the best little guy out there if I wanna be able to play with the giants.” Redmon continues to talk about his expectations for the rest of the basketball season. “I want a ring, that’s the biggest thing I want, and I know it is going

to take us as a team coming together and doing certain things, in certain situations, at certain times and that’s my biggest expectation is getting a ring and making to Kansas city.”

Jorge Redmon talked about what he does outside of the basketball court and he is a likes to spend time with his son, work out, and watch the Lakers. “I have a son, I watch my son and do the house duties. Other than that I am in the gym.” Redmon said. He continues to say that he is putting the time in his studies and work so that he will get a degree in exercise science.

Jan. 4

John Brown University

Fort Worth

W 99 - 91 (OT)

Jan. 9

Southwestern Assemblies of God University

Fort Worth

L 80 - 86

Jan. 11

Northwood University

Cedar Hill

W 74 - 72

Jan. 23

Oklahoma City Uinversity

Oklahoma City, OK

L 71 - 74

Jan. 25

Southwestern Christian University

Fort Worth

5 p.m.

Jan. 27

Oklahoma Baptist Uni.

Shawnee, OK

8 p.m.

Jan. 27

Oklahoma Baptist University

Shawnee, OK

8 p.m.

Women’s Basketball (8-8-0, 4-4) Jan. 23

Oklahoma City University

Oklahoma City, OK

L 61- 69

Jan. 25

Southwestern Christian University

Fort Worth

3 p.m.

Jan. 27

Oklahoma Baptist University

Shawnee, OK

6 p.m.

Jan. 30

Oklahoma Baptist Uni.

Fort Worth

6 p.m.

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Humble heroine saves customer’s life

Erica Estrada eestrada@txwes.edu

Amber Marlett, junior athletics trainer, had the opportunity to save a life at Starbucks right before one of her autumn softball games.

Little did she know her ritual of going to Starbucks before game day would save someone’s life.

Marlett performed two-person CPR along with a volunteer that happened to be on the scene.

“He gave two breaths and I would do thirty chest pumps, then he would do two breaths and I would do thirty chest pumps and by that time he began waking up again and sat up,” Marlett said.

The humble heroine, Marlett said she was doing what she was trained to do and didn’t think twice about it when she saw the nonresponsive man on the ground. She explained how she was CPR-certified since she was 16.

Marlett enjoys the program because it helps her excel with what she wants to do in her future career. After she graduates, Marlett wants to go onto receive her masters and be a high school athletics trainer and teacher.

Many of other faculty of the kinesiology department are very proud of her.

“Our athletic training students are trained for responses and it makes us very proud that they are,”said Gayle Anderson, department of kinesiology secretary. “Amber had the opportunity to utilize her skills spontaneously. and we are all very proud of her.”

Dr. Pamela Rast, athletics training program director and professor/chair of the kinesiology department, is also very proud of Marlett’s accomplishment.

“I am really proud of her for taking the initiative to jump in a use the skills,” Rast said.

“She has been CPR trained for quite some time and that’s something that we require all of our students to be what we call CPR for the professional rescue. We retrain our students every year so they are always up to date on their skills.”

Rast’s hope for the program is to continue to provide students with the education they need to be successful professionals to be able to respond and help save lives when the situation arises.

Lupe Salas / Rambler Staff Amber Marlett (far right) and the Rams softball team do conditioing for the upcoming seasoning drills

Erica Estrada / Rambler Staff Tune in for NFL Superbowl XLVIII 2014 on Sunday, Feb. 2.

Join a tradition of excellence.

The Hatton W. Sumners SCHOLARSHIP

The Hatton W. Sumners scholarship provides up to $3,500 per semester toward tuition for outstanding students during their junior and senior years. Preference is given to those studying political science, pre-law, history, or social

studies, but students from other program areas who have high academic achievement, are involved in activities, and exhibit leadership and a strong sense of community responsibility will also be considered. Sumners Scholars participate in exclusive forums, lectures and programs on public policy, leadership, and civic participation.

For more information or to pick up an application, contact

Texas Wesleyan’s Office of Financial Aid 817-531-4420 txwes.edu/academics/sumners

Application Deadline: February 14, 2014