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ED: Are there classroom complaints at Wesleyan? Pg. 2
Students share self-love and care experiences.Pg. 4
Rams’ tennis teams swing into their season. Pg. 7
OP: Consumers shouldn’t have to think politics.Pg. 2
Looking for horror? ‘Ted Bundy Tapes’ hit Netflix. Pg. 6
Women’s golf aims for nationals in 2019 season. Pg. 8
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TXWES Esports Program continues its growth Elizabeth Lloyd
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Photo by Jacinda Chan Senior marketing major Elena Sinde Romero reads the summer school scholarship poster at the Polytechnic United Methodist Church.
Wesleyan gifts students summer scholarships David Cason
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Scholarships are now available to Wesleyan students for the summer 2019 semester. Students registered prior to Jan. 1 are eligible for a $3000 summer scholarship. Students are required to take a minimum of 6 credit hours during the summer semester to qualify. Roughly, this equates to two classes for the price of one. This new initiative is the brainchild of John Veilleux, vice president for enrollment, marketing & communications, who looked at summer enrollment numbers over the past several years and noticed a downward trend in student participation. “I started looking at why this is happening,” Veilleux said. “When you take a fundamental 30,000 feet view and just kind of look and go well, ‘What do we do during the year when students come that we aren’t doing during the summer?’ One of the biggest things we do is offer scholarships. We haven’t been doing that in summers, so I said ‘Why are we not doing that in summer.’ It doesn’t take a whole lot of rocket science to figure out that if you make it more affordable, more students will enroll.” In addition to scholarships, more classes will be available during the summer semester. The emphasis will be on junior and senior level classes, online classes, as well as classes that have high failures, drops and withdraws. Certain classes offered only once per year will also be available for students looking to graduate on time.
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The TXWES Esports Program has made great strides in building its community, expanding its influence, and formalizing teams since it began in fall 2018, according to Eugene Frier, executive director of the TXWES Esports Program and Recreation. Frier said Jacob Chesney, senior general business administration major, coach for the Hearthstone team and coordinator of the TXWES Esports Program and Gaming, along with Randy Turner, senior liberal arts major and community manager of the TXWES Esports Program, have both played major roles in advancing the size of the Esports program at Wesleyan. Turner organized and led the fundraiser Extra Life the week of Thanksgiving last semester. The fundraiser raised $500 for Cook Children’s Medical Center, Frier said. Along with coordinating events and recruiting potential players, Turner said he “seeks feedback from students on campus about what they might like to see in the program and how they can get involved in the program.” There are a total of 49 people involved in various positions within the program. Frier said the program has brought 14 students to the campus, and there are seven more who have already been accepted to
the university this semester through the TXWES Esports Program. He said the biggest changes for the teams within the program between last semester and this semester has been structural accountability involving gray checks (checking students’ academic standing) and scheduling, which has been modeled after the other athletic programs at Wesleyan. “We were not in the same position last fall that the other athletic teams were in because they could tell their students last spring, ‘This is when practice is. Make sure you’re not in class.’ Because we started last semester with students on campus, it was kind of like, ‘All right guys, what are we doing?’” Frier said. Chesney has devoted much of his time to coaching the Hearthstone team and coordinating in the office of the TXWES Esports Program to continue building skills and further formalizing the teams within the program. He said that being involved in Esports has made his childhood dream of working with video games come true. “I remember being 11 years old and telling my grandma I would test video games when I grow up,” Chesney said. “And now I’m going to be working very close in league with video games.” The TXWES Esports Program will be hosting a fundraiser from 1 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. Feb. 20 at Raising Cane’s on South University Drive.
Scholarship Quick Facts • All students registered before Jan. 1 are eligible. • It is a $3,000 scholarship. • Students must take a minimum of six credit
“We are trying to provide that path forward for them [students] to move along and complete their degree,” Veilleux said, “so really identifying that mix of classes, the right classes to offer on top of a financial aid package, which could lower their cost to attend, speed their degree and path to completion, which is what we’re trying to do. I think for the first time in a while we’ve really taken a hard look at that as deans, administrators, and I think we’ve done something that should be more of a service for students.” Junior Nick Davis said he had seen the fliers around campus but didn’t know any more information about the scholarship. Either way Davis said he wouldn’t be attending. “I have not been to summer school here,” Davis said. “It’s cheaper to go elsewhere. I can go to Hill College for $300.” A dozen students were asked, and like Davis the concern voiced most often was the affordability of summer school at Wesleyan. More inexpensive alternatives for core classes may continue to detract students from going to summer school on campus. Veilleux said Wesleyan’s emphasis
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on upper level classes during the summer term that must be taken at Wesleyan should help with enrollment. Senior Ashley Hicks said she would be looking into the scholarship because she already goes to summer school. Hicks also said she wouldn’t mind online classes if that’s all that was available. “I’m not familiar with the scholarship, but I’ll definitely look into it,” Hicks said. Students who register after Jan. 1 who are not eligible for the $3,000 scholarship will have a summer scholarship option available to them as part of their scholarship package. According to Veilleux the main objective of this scholarship is to make Texas Wesleyan more affordable for students. “We understand that it costs a lot of money to go here, and anything that we can do to make school more affordable not only helps students, but it helps them graduate early and helps them graduate on time, and ultimately that’s what we are trying to do,” Veilleux said. Priority registration for summer classes begins March 25. Late registration ends June 4.
Photo by Elizabeth Lloyd Freshmen general studies majors Teo Macedo and Nick Hains practice together for the FIFA team. Forty-nine people are currently in the Epsorts program.
Rams’ baseball on 10-0 winning streak
Photo by Miranda Day Junior catcher Tanner Amaral throws the ball down to third as the opposing runner from LSU- Alexandria tries to steal the base. Amaral helped fellow players with four assists and also had 13 putouts. Log on to therambler.org for more.
Three business students voiced their issues with Wesleyan’s parking lots at Thursday’s Student Government Association general business meeting. Karen Duarte-Escobar, Le Le Huynh and Jonathan Dermott stood up in front of SGA, Wesleyan’s Public Safety Supervisors Kevin Rodricks and Anthony Garcia and Facilities Operations Coordinator Alyssa Cavitt.
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Crowded classes plague Wesleyan
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exas Wesleyan has a space problem, and it’s not going away any time soon. Classes are in classrooms that are either too small or do not provide adequate technology, and students are not given enough awareness of technology on campus. One psychology student said her classes last semester in the Nenetta Burton Carter Building were filled, and when the class had to take a test, every student was elbow-to-elbow. Another student said that especially when a class requires technology, everyone is squished. Her biology lab had to move into the
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psychology building because it was not able to house the class size of 30-35 people. And the classroom problem is not going to be fixed this fall with the opening of the Nick and Lou Martin University Center. While the building will provide office space and places for students to eat and lounge, there are not any spaces that are specifically designed to be classrooms, according to Vice President of Enrollment and Marketing Communications Ann Davis. Davis said there will be spaces that can be used as classrooms if need be, but again, this will not help the problem of having classes held in rooms professors can’t fully utilize. Faculty members and the administration have recognized this problem for years. According a longtime
professor, this has been a problem for the last 10 years. One of the solutions is online classes. However, classes that have to be in a traditional classroom setting are packed and disorganized all over campus. This classroom issue is giving a different meaning to the “More than Meets the Size” slogan that Wesleyan used for advertisements in 2017. Another solution would be to start offering classes later in the day, especially GEC classes. This would only make sense because Wesleyan is a commuter campus. Another solution is to allow different majors to use more classrooms across campus. If a class only needs to have desks and a white board, assign the correct classroom. If another building is built on this
campus, it should include a generic space where there are classrooms for lectures and rooms with at least laptop carts. Along with not having the right technology in the classrooms, the resources outside of class for students are not highlighted enough. You rarely see students in the computer labs in the Polytechnic United Methodist Church, the ArmstrongMabee Business Center, or the basement of the library. That’s because students don’t know that they’re there. These labs are not advertised enough. Wesleyan needs to start making changes that will fix this problem because for many students, Smaller. Smarter. is rapidly moving away. In many classes, it is hard for students to feel like they are a part of something small.
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Nikolas Westfall, junior history major “I’m taking summer classes because I want to get ahead of my 5-year program and graduate in 4 1/2 years.”
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Sam Mohamed-Fawzy, freshman political science major “I’ll be attending summer school because I’m trying to graduate in three years.”
Jonathan Brooks, senior exercise science major “I’m not going. I’m actually graduating. Last year, I actually needed to take them, but I ended up going to TCC.”
Companies should shave away the politics David Cason Content Producer dlcason@txwes.edu
First, virtue-signaling in advertising, specifically by billiondollar companies, is at least disingenuous and at worst a sleazy way to increase their bottom line. Second, politicizing consumer products is a quick way to get me to not buy
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ach morning, when I look in the mirror to shave, who do I see staring back at me? Am I a product of my toxically masculine society? Thankfully, Procter & Gamble has alerted me to these flaws in my character. After watching the new Gillette ad that asks the question, “Is this the best a man can get?” then proceeds to characterize all men as misogynistic, cat-calling bullies, I realized two things: First, virtue-signaling in advertising, specifically by billiondollar companies, is at least disingenuous and at worst a sleazy way to increase their bottom line. Second, politicizing consumer products is a quick way to get me to not buy your product. To be clear, equality for everyone regardless of race, gender, creed or sexual orientation is a worthy cause, one which everyone should be doing something about. The fact that I need to verbalize this for fear of
being misrepresented is part of the problem. When a company that made $6.6 billion in sales in 2018 comes out with an ad attacking its largest consumer base as sexist, then releases a statement on their website saying they will donate $3 million over the next three years to educate that base, it reeks of disingenuity. Gillette spent $134 million in advertising in 2017. Only donating .04 percent of their yearly profit doesn’t seem like they are interested in affecting social change at all. Is this the best Gillette can get? What I did not want to do was make a political or social statement when shaving. I’m not throwing away my Gillette razors. They cost too much. But what I won’t be doing is buying more once those run out. I’ll buy razors from someone who isn’t politicizing my consumer product. P&G isn’t the first company that
your product. ” - David Cason, junior political science major has followed the model of politicization. Nike’s “Dream Crazy” ad that used Colin Kaepernick as its spokesperson was extremely controversial. Instead of putting on my favorite running shoes, now I’m tackling social issues. Do I think kneeling for the national anthem is disrespectful? Definitely. Will I fight to support an individual’s right to do so? Absolutely. There are other questions that need to be addressed: Is police brutality a real issue in our country? Do #blacklives matter? Do #bluelives matter? Do I support the police? Some of these questions are simple, others are more complex. I’m not interested in solving these issues when I lace up my shoes to go for a run. I’m not throwing out my Nikes, but I won’t be buying any
more. The political and social issues that we face on a daily basis are daunting enough without the added frivolity of having to choose consumer products based on these issues. Should I eat this chicken sandwich? Or should I refuse to because Chick-fil-A’s CEO doesn’t believe in same-sex marriage? Are my personal beliefs now called into question because I like waffle fries? It’s not the social issues or activism that bother me. It’s the politicization of products that aren’t political. A break from politicization is exactly what I am looking for. I’m not looking to make statements by my choice of footwear and, I think, neither are the majority of consumers.
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campus events Feb.13 - March 2 Sunday
Feb. 17
Monday
Feb. 18
.-MGOLF at University of Houston-Victoria -WGOLF at University of Houston-Victoria
-Dicussion with Historian Andrew Roberts @ 10 a.m. -MGOLF at University of Houston-Victoria -WGOLF at University of Houston-Victoria
Feb. 24
Feb. 25
-Theatre Wesleyan performs “Smokefall” @ 2 p.m.
-Art Exhibit: Silent Covenant @ 10 a.m.
Tuesday
Feb. 19
Wednesday Feb. 13
Feb. 14
-Black History Month ReadIn @ 12:15 p.m. - Mortar Board Week Candy Gram Sales and Candy Gram Deliveries @ 10:30 a.m.
-Valentine Sale @ 12 p.m. -Mortar Board Week Cake Giveaway and Candy Gram Deliveries @ 11 a.m. -Cafe’ D’amour (Cafe of Love) @ 12 p.m. -Theatre Wesleyan presents “Smokefall” @ 7:30 p.m. -WBB vs. Langston University @ 6 p.m. (away) -MBB vs. Langston University @ 8 p.m. (away)
Feb. 20
Feb. 21
-Ramily Feud @ 7 p.m. -Safety and Awareness Training -Baseball vs. Texas College @ @ 12:15 p.m. 2 p.m. -Pool Palooza @ 6:30 p.m.
Feb. 26 -Mindfulness Based Stress Management workshop @ 1p.m. -BB vs Arlington Baptist University @ 2 p.m. (away)
Thursday
Feb. 27
-Mitchell-Read featuring Kendra Weddle @ 12:15 p.m. -Safety and Awareness Training @ 12:15 p.m. -Counseling Open House @ 5 p.m. -Theatre Wesleyan presents “Smokefall” @ 7:30 p.m. -WBB vs. Wayland Baptist University @ 6 p.m. (home) -MBB vs. Wayland Baptist University @ 8 p.m. (home)
Feb. 28
Friday Feb. 15 -Theatre Wesleyan presents “Smokefall” @ 7:30 p.m. -MTEN at Collin County Community College -SB vs. William Carey University @ 11 a.m. (away) -BB vs. Ecclesia College @ 12 p.m. (away) -SB vs. Louisiana State University Alexandria @ 5:30 p.m. (away) -BB vs. Louisiana State Shreveport @ 7 p.m. (away)
Feb. 22 -Black History Month Lunch and Lecture @ 11:15 a.m. -Theatre Wesleyan presents “Smokefall” @ 7:30 p.m. -MTEN at Louisiana State University Alexandria -WTEN at Louisiana State University Alexandria -BB vs. Dallas Chrsitian College @ 2 p.m. (away)
March 1 -MBB at Sooner Athletic Conference Championship -MTEN at Our Lady of the Lake -MTRACK at University of Texas at Tyler -SB vs. Mount Mercy University @ 12 p.m. (away) -BB vs. Central Christian College @ 1 p.m., 3 p.m. (home) -SB vs. Friends University @ 2 p.m. (away) -SB vs. Morningside College @ 6 p.m. (away)
Saturday Feb. 16 -Master Therapist Series: ‘Solutions Focused Narrative Therapy’ Dr. Linda Metcalf @ 9 a.m. -Theatre Wesleyan presents “Smokefall” @ 7:30 p.m. -MTEN at Colin County Community College -MGOLF at University of Houston -Victoria -SB vs. University of Mobile @ 11 a.m. (away) -WBB vs. Central Christian College @ 1 p.m. (away) -SB vs. William Carey University @ 1:30 p.m. (away) -MBB vs. Central Christian College @ 3 p.m. (away) -BB vs. Ecclesia College @ 3:30 p.m. (away) -BB vs. Louisiana State University Shreveport @ 7 p.m. (away)
Feb. 23 -TXWES Basketball Senior Day @ 2 p.m. (WBB vs. Oklahoma Panhandle State University @ 2 p.m., MBB vs, Oklahoma Panhandle State @ 4 p.m.) -Theatre Wesleyan presents “Smokefall” @ 7:30 p.m. -MTEN at Louisiana State University Alexandria -WTEN at Louisiana State University Alexandria -MTRACK @ Hardin-Simmons University -WTRACK @ Hardin-Simmons University -BB vs Dallas Christian College @ 12 p.m., 2 p.m. (home)
March 2 -Ph.D. MFT Luncheon @ 11:30 a.m. -Art Reception: Silent Covenants @ 2 p.m. -MBB at Sooner Athletic Conference Championship -WTEN and MTEN at Concordia University -MGOLF at Oklahoma City University -SB vs. Ottawa University @ 10 a.m. (away) -BB vs. Central Christian College @ 12 p.m. (home) -SB vs. Bethany College @ 2 p.m. (away)
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Compliment yourself
Read a book
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oyce Pedigo always makes sure to start her day with a compliment. “Usually when I wake up, I look in the mirror and say something nice about myself for the day just because that’s like a reminder that you got this, and you’re a good person,” said Pedigo, a senior business major. Pedigo has been working to build her self-love since a relationship she had when she was 14. Now, 21 Pedigo rates her self-love a 9 of 10. “It wasn’t always like straight forward,” she said. “There were times where I went back to hating myself, but you have to constantly remind yourself that you are your own person. You can’t really put yourself at fault for the way other people view you. You have to care about yourself and make sure yourself is good. It was really hard because it took forever, but I think if you continue working at it you can eventually love yourself fully.” With Valentine’s Day around the corner, it’s important to consider your own selflove and self-care too while celebrating with your partner, friends or family. College can be difficult at times, so it’s important that students are practicing self-care and self-love, said Keli Truelove, a practicum intern at the CommunityCounseling Center. “I mean college is a challenging experience,” Truelove said.“I mean it’s worth it, but it doesn’t happen without difficulties. They’re both (self-love and self-care)very important to make sure you get the best college experience that you can without getting burned out on school and still having a positive experience, making memories and that kind of thing.” Sophomore political science major Blen Hussain had to learn how to better balance her own self-care and love after becoming an RA last semester.
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Take a walk; exercise
Self-Love
“I wasn’t very aware of how to prioritize my else’s,” Hussain said. “Sometimes the idea of w of selfish, and that’s kind of how society is, and wasn’t really very good at prioritizing things t when it was right for me to have them. That’s s over time, and I’m not great at it yet. I’m work Truelove said some warning signs that peop selves or loving themselves are changes in beh and eye-contact. “It doesn’t have to be that dramatic,” Truelov -like they just seem a little down or not quite l notice.” Truelove also recommends that if you notice out. “You can come at it from a lot of different an acting like yourself. Is everything all right? It’s know that I am here if you want to talk about doing all right,’” she said. There are also resources on campus to help l Center. The Counseling Center specifically ha coloring books, and other activities that are fr “We recommend different self-care activitie so we highly recommend to just come on in an no shame in it, and that’s another part that com when you need help and when you just need t More people should.”
Self-Care
Regard for one’s own well-
The practice of taking action
being and happiness
to preserve or improve one’s own health
“They go hand-in-hand. Self-care is definitely just as important as self-love, but I do think they are a bit different. Showing yourself selflove is doing self-care.” - Keli Truelove, a Practicum Intern at
the Community Counseling Center
Watch a movie or TV show
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orget to ourself
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Hang out with friends
Listen to music
y needs as opposed to everybody wanting to cater to yourself is kind d as myself that’s how I view it. So, I hat I needed, when I needed them, something again that I had to learn king towards it.” ple aren’t taking good care of themhavior like with attitudes, appearance
ve said. “Even the slightest changeslike themselves are very important to
Photo by Hannah Onder Senior business major Joyce Pedigo poses with a mirror to symbolize her morning routine of waking up, looking into a mirror and giving herself a compliment. “You can’t really do anything full-heartedly if you can’t completely care for yourself.”
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like the Community Counseling as people you can talk with, games, ree to students, Truelove said. es based on the client that comes in, nd get help,” Truelove said. “There’s mes with self-love. It’s OK to admit to come in and just talk to somebody.
Take some alone time
Sleep
contributed by Blen Hussain Sophomore political science major Blen Hussain reads to de-stress from her duties as a student and RA. “By reading something else, I’m able to just kind of center in and follow character through as opposed to a movie where everything is just kind of painted for you and all you have to do is sit and watch. With a book my imagination grows and my grammar grows.”
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‘Smokefall’ appears at Wesleyan Elena Maldonado ecmaldonado@txwes.edu
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heatre Wesleyan will be kicking off the spring semester with a student-directed performance of “Smokefall” at the Thad Smotherman Theatre from Feb. 14 to Feb. 24. Alexandra Flurry, senior theatre major, will be playing the role of Violet. She summarized Noah Haidle’s play to be about a dysfunctional family. “[‘Smokefall’] is about a dysfunctional family that is held together by their love for one another,” she said. Flurry said the three-act play “transcends time. “The play is very much about moving back and forth through the past and the future,” she said. “The first act is just the past. The second act is in between [time], and the third act transitions between the future and the past.” Flurry said seeing the play will make the audience feel as if they are “lucid dreaming. “There are moments [in the play] that are really funny and happy, and then all of the sudden you are balling your eyes out because it’s so sad,” she said. She said people should see the show because it is a “universal and relatable play. “It is a beautiful piece of art,” Flurry said. “If you just read the script, it’s like you’re reading poetry. I hope people go and experience it and appreciate it for what it is.” Flurry said Violet is a key component in the family. “Violet is the mother [of the family],” she said. “She is 36 weeks pregnant with twin boys. She kind of holds the family together.” In order to know how to play the role of a pregnant mother, Flurry said she has been doing some research. She has been consulting Visiting Professor of Theatre Karen Potter and her own mother about what it is like to be pregnant. “Superficially, I am playing a hugely pregnant woman, so I have to get into that,” Flurry said. She said she has been trying to figure out the smallest details of how pregnant women walk, cradle their belly, and how they even sit down on a chair. Flurry said that since Violet reminded her a lot of her mother, she used that to study her character. “To get into her character, I did a lot of writing about the similarities between her and my mom,” she said. “[I looked at] how I could hone
Want to Go? • Feb. 14-23 at 7:30 p.m. • Feb. 24 at 2 p.m. • Thad Smotherman Theatre • Ticket prices vary. Visit txwes.edu/theatretickets. in on those [similarities]--how I feel when my mom talks or looks at me a certain way, and how I could hone in on some of those aspects of her that I observe.” Flurry said she has been enjoying having Kimberly Owen, senior theatre major, student-direct the show. “She always comes in with new activities for us to do in the beginning of rehearsal to get us pumped up, and just her energy itself gets us pumped up,” she said. “We want to put up a good show for this lady because she is awesome.” Flurry said she is happy Owen gets to realize her dream of being a director. “She cried tears of joy and happiness because it’s something she has been wanting to do her entire school career, and now she is getting to do it,” Flurry said. Owen said in written statement that she is excited to “bring ‘Smokefall’ to life on stage. “When looking for a show for my first main stage direction, I read tons of plays,” she wrote. “After reading the first three pages of ‘Smokefall’, I knew it was the show for me.” Owen said she hopes the audience takes something away from the play. “Something I hope people take away from ‘Smokefall’ is the idea that no matter what our family has done for generations, we, as individuals, can change the trajectory,” she said. Massaran Kromah, senior mass communication major, said in a text message that she is looking forward to seeing “Smokefall.” “Plays like these are important for people to see,” Kromah said. “It gives people who haven’t experienced what a dysfunctional family looks like a first-hand look at what children and adults in this situation go through.” Kromah said she won’t be seeing the show on her own. “I will bring my friends with me to experience this play.”
Graphic contributed by Alexandra Flurry and Jacob Sanchez “Smokefall” opens Feb.14 at 7:30 p.m. in Theatre Wesleyan and will run unitl Feb. 24.
‘Ted Bundy Tapes’ terrifies audience It also leaves the audience with frustration from how often Bundy escaped jail and just how many women he killed just blocks away from police. Since Bundy’s murders were in the 1970s, obviously technology wasn’t as advanced and investigations moved slower, which makes you really feel the fear the public had at the time. “Conversations with a Killer” is not for the easily spooked. It is almost a guarantee that young women will probably have a more heightened awareness about the men around them after watching this series. However, despite the natural eeriness surrounding it, the creators of the series did an excellent job in telling this story and showing how awful the murders Photo courtesy of IMDB. were for everybody during this Zac Efron and Lily Collins in a scene from ‘Extremely Wicked, Shocktime. ingly Evil and Vile’ shown at the Sundance Film Festival on Jan. 26. A great aspect of the entire series is that a chronologiHannah Lathen person point of view. cal timeline reveals just where The four-episode documenthe story was, even when it hrlathen@txwes.edu tary also tells the Bundy story bounced around a few years. t may be the time of the from detectives, journalists and The series is also not overloadyear to celebrate love, but witnesses during the 1970s and ed with suspenseful music and Netflix’s new documentary on details how un-psychopathic jumpy scenes. The audience Ted Bundy will have you double Bundy initially seemed. He was needs to remember that this sechecking the doors and swiping an attractive and articulate guy ries is about a serial killer, and left on every white, handsome who no one ever suspected of the more you start to realize that male on Tinder. murder, but was later revealed this is not fiction, the more un“Conversations with a Killer: to be arrogant and egotistical. comfortable you will become. The Ted Bundy Tapes” explores Photos from the crime scenes It could be narrated by Elmo the gruesome murders across Bundy left behind are bloody and be just as scary because the several states by the infamous and unsettling. Hearing the actual story in itself is real. serial killer. It was released on story from one of the surviving Ted Bundy was a monster and Jan. 24, the 30-year anniver- witnesses will send chills down that is not hidden in this docusary of Bundy’s execution. The your spine. Looking at the many mentary. docuseries came with a warning photos of young women who According to the IMBD webtweeted from the Netflix UK were raped and tortured before site, another Bundy film will be and Ireland account to “maybe dying will make you look be- released later in 2019, called “Exdon’t watch it alone x.” hind the shower curtain every tremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil The audience can hear Bun- time you walk in the bathroom. and Vile,” which premiered Jan. dy, in his deep, creepy voice, But it is Bundy’s ordinariness 26 at the Sundance Film Festival. talk about what someone who that will invoke complete paraThe film, stars Zac Efron as committed those murders was noia, turning on every light in Bundy and Lily Collins as Liz thinking on tapes recorded be- the house, calling your mom Kendall, Bundy’s longtime girlfore his execution in the Florida and sleeping with one eye open. friend. The film tells the story State Prison. The journalist sitThe series does its job in tell- of Bundy through Kendall’s perting with him asked Bundy to ing Bundy’s story and letting spective. describe the events from a third him reveal that he was a nut job.
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Photo courtesy of IMDB The Netflix advertisement for “Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes,” preimered on Jan. 24. The film explores the horrific killings by Ted Bundy in his own words.
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Senior Emily Rodriguez during Texas Wesleyan women’s practice at Arlington Tennis Center.
Photos by Jacinda Chan Sophomore Mace Brasher during Texas Wesleyan men’s practice at Arlington Tennis Center.
Ram tennis teams swing into action Jacinda Chan
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Texas Wesleyan’s tennis teams are swinging into the spring 2019 season. Head Coach Angel Martinez and Assistant Coach Steve Foster are preparing both the men’s and women’s squads for the spring. Martinez has big plans for both the men’s and women’s teams by the end of this season. “For the guys to get as far as they can in the regional tournament,” Martinez said. “If we can get into the finals, that would be awesome.” Martinez said the women’s team has made it to regionals all four years of its existence but has lost to Louisiana State University at Alexandria each year. He thinks this year will be different. “I think this is our year to get past them,” Martinez said.
Women’s tennis team seniors Emily Rodriguez and Maggie Brasher are the last players from Martinez’s first recruiting class. Rodriguez said via a text that she hopes to enjoy her last season on the team, play hard and hopes the team has fun. “We all have been working hard,” Rodriguez said. “I think we can get our job done and have fun while doing it.” Brasher emphasizes the women’s team’s strength is within each other. She is confident that the team’s hard work will show through their performance on the court. “We are like family, and that is better than any specific game style,” Brasher said via text message. Brasher, like all the members on the team, has her sights set on playing at the 2019 NAIA Women’s Tennis National Championship in Alabama. “Since this is my senior season, I want to go out swinging, literally,” Brasher said. “I want to have a lot of confidence in myself. That way we can hopefully get our chance at nation-
als.” Men’s tennis team sophomore Linus Richter believes that the team has gained more experience compared to last year and is hopeful that this will help with the season. Richter’s goals for the team are to win and go to nationals. “The best would be to go to nationals,” Richter said. Sophomore Mace Brasher wrote in a text that he feels confident in the team after finishing fourth in the region last year. “We have all grown more as a team, since this is most of the team’s second season with each other,” Brasher said. Brasher hopes to win his matches and for his team to compete well and beat difficult teams to gain confidence for the season. The men’s and women’s next match is at Louisiana State University at Alexandria on Feb. 22-23. For more information, go to ramsports.net.
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Photos contributed by Emily Hunt (Top) The Lady Rams pose for a picture after winning a tournament leading up to their nationals appearance in spring 2018. The Rams look to return to nationals, which will take place in Oklahoma City this year. (Left) Aubrey Zastoupil drives from the tee at a recent tournament in Puerto Rico. This was the last tournament the Lady Rams played in 2018.
Rams aim to return to nationals in 2019 Ashton Willis
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The Texas Wesleyan women’s golf team is looking forward to a new season as they prepare for their first tournament of the year. The Lady Rams are coming off a successful year after placing in the top 15 last year at the NAIA National Championship, according to ramsports.net. They also placed won the Sooner Athletic Conference Tournament in 2018. Emily Hunt, sophomore history major, said she believes the team is looking good this year. “I think we have a strong team and a strong, consistent top 5 that has the ability to perform at all of our tournaments,” she said. Hunt said that one of the greatest parts about the players is that they have a strong bond. “As a team we get along really well on and off the course, and we want the best for each
other,” she said. Hunt said the interaction the team has really does add to how well they perform when playing. “The chemistry is good, and a lot of us are really close this year especially,” she said. “It just pushes us to be better at tournaments when we all have each other’s backs.” Madalyn Fee, sophomore accounting major, said she is looking forward to getting the season started. “I’m really excited because we have a good chance at winning nationals,” she said. “We know that course like it’s our home course, and we can score low.” The NAIA National Championship is May 14-17 at Lincoln Park Golf Course in Oklahoma City, according to ocusports.net. Fee said the team does have a few things they are doing in to prepare for the season. “We have to practice more on the weekends
and be prepared days prior to each tournament,” she said. Fee said the best thing about this team is its ability to bond together to be successful. “Good team chemistry and a winner’s attitude is important,” she said. “We play for the team.” Elena Sinde Romero, senior business marketing major, said she believes the team is looking very strong this season. “This year we have a very strong team who has shown consistency during the fall,” she said. “We’re a skilled team, and we’re putting effort in, so I feel confident about our performance potential.” Romero said that conflicting schedules has made practice hard, but the players are pushing through. “Everyone has different schedules this semester, so it’s rare to match everyone’s time for the team practice,” she said. “However, ev-
eryone is making time to work on their game throughout the week.” Romero said that nationals is the main goal this season, and they hope to return this year. “Nationals will take place at a golf course that we play a few times a year, which is an advantage for us,” she said. “We want to seize the opportunity to play it smart and perform our best golf,” she said. “The love and support that this team has for one another is incredible,” she said. “It really makes a difference when you know that you have your whole team supporting and backing you up.” The Lady Rams come into the season ranked 8th in the NAIA Womens’ Golf Coaches’ Poll from Nov. 9, 2018, the final poll in fall. The Lady Rams will open their season Feb. 17-18, when they travel to the University of Houston- Victoria. For more information, go to ramsports.net.
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