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October 13, 2010

Vol. 93 • No. 19

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Men’s basketball veterans and newcomers vie for ring contention.

5 Burgers & 2 Fish offer a smorgasboard of different food.

Sports, page 5

A&E, page 7

Wesleyan community gives back to alumnus

(Top left) Phlebotomist 1 Zachary Fletcher draws blood from Wesleyan financial aid counselor Anna Perez. (Above) Jody Puente is all smiles as she joins her son, Mark, during the blood drive honoring him. (Bottom left) WBAP reporter Ellie Hogue interviews Puente during the event that drew about 50 people. Photos by Jonathan Resendez.

Rachel Peel

rlpeel@mail.txwes.edu

The Wesleyan Sports Medicine Society and human resources honored alumnus Mark Puente by holding a blood drive in his honor on Sept. 29 at Lou’s Pavilion.

Puente, former soccer player and current Fort Worth firefighter, was seriously injured in a car accident on July 11. He was hospitalized at John Peter Smith and then transferred to Baylor Institution for Rehabilitation on July 27 where he remained in intensive care until Aug. 18.

“When I woke up, I didn’t know anything that happened, and now more and more is coming to me,” Puente said. “I’m a fighter so I’ll just keep on fighting, keeping on doing

whatever I want to do.”

More than 50 Wesleyan students, faculty and staff donated blood during the day-long event honoring Puente.

“It was something we could give back to the community in honor of Mark,” said Kyle Morgan, head athletic trainer. “[We could give back] to the fire department and to the police department for putting their lives on the line every single day.”

After two months of planning the event, society members worked alongside human resource specialist Sara DeLeon to get Carter Blood Care on campus.

“We saw over the summer the news about Mark, and we knew we wanted to schedule a blood drive,” said athletic trainer Melissa Tice. “But when

we went to call Carter, Sarah had already had one scheduled, so we joined forces and that’s how we came to be.”

Different people had different reasons for coming out and donating.

“I’ve had a family member in the past that was terminal and somebody took the time to give blood and I was able to have a few more months with that person, so I feel that it’s important,” said administrative assistant Linda Humphrey.

With the convenience of the blood drive being held on campus several faculty and staff members had a chance to donate blood.

“I’m O negative. I know it’s one that they really, really want, so if I’m well and not sick, then I always try to give,” said Cynthia Daniel, records

management assistant. “Plus it’s very convenient. It’s right here at the school.”

The gesture touched Puente’s family.

“There’s a lot of emotion, a lot of thoughts, mostly because he’s been through a lot, but we’re glad to see him here today, see him recover as well as he has,” said Puente’s father Michael Puente. “He has a ways to go yet, but we have all the belief in the world that the Lord will heal him and take him back to where he was before the accident, if not better.”

Puente said he plans to be finished with rehabilitation by Oct. 29 and back fighting fires in January.

“This has been such an honor and such a blessing I think,” said Puente’s mother Jody Puente.

Website targets plagiarism Shauna Banks

sbbanks@mail.txwes.edu

With the pressures of day-to-day life and multiple classes, students sometimes test the ethical limits when it comes to turning in their work.

In an effort to detect plagiarism and grade work with a more modern method, more professors at Texas Wesleyan are now using turnitin.com.

Turnitin.com is a website that not only scans written work and compares it to sources on the Internet, it also offers professors a platform to grade papers online and get them returned to students faster.

“Part of the main thing is that it gives me a timestamp on their material, so I know what time they actually handed it in,” said Dr. Phillip Pelphrey, assistant professor of chemistry. “It allows me to do corrections within it and then turn around and give it back to them.”

Pelphrey said turnitin. com also helps cut down on wasting paper, since students submit many assignments electronically instead of submitting hard copies in class.

“Initially teachers were concerned that the plagiarism detection software was only used as a punitive measure,” said Meghan Foster, Title III instructional technologist. “But after reviewing all of the tools and features, they discovered all the ways it can be used as a powerful instructional tool.”

In addition to helping faculty, turnitin.com also provides useful tools for students who have active classes with teachers who use it. Foster said it helps students learn to use proper quotes, citations and bibliographies.

“I have found that so many

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Students encouraged to register for WEMS system Rachel Peel

rlpeel@mail.txwes.edu

Due to the shooting incident at the University of Texas at Austin, Wesleyan administrators have asked students to register with the Wesleyan Emergency Management System as of Sept. 29.

WEMS allows the university to alert students, faculty and staff in times of crisis.

“If it’s in response to an incident similar to the UT-Austin situation, that [the system’s activation] would depend on each administrator being notified of the urgency and then making an individual decision to activate the system,” said Dean of Students Cary Poole.

The WEMS system was brought on campus about three years ago and has been functioning for the last two years, Poole said in an e-mail.

“By activating the UT-Austin system, the vast majority of their students, faculty and staff were able to take evasive action based on knowing about a developing situation,” Poole said.

UT-Austin has more than 50,000 enrolled students, of which 43,000 had signed up for their emergency response system. Although Wesleyan has asked students to register for WEMS by going online as soon as possible, some students are still unfamiliar with the system.

“I’ve never heard of it,” said Tyler Guderyahn,

“The vast majority of their

[UT-Austin] students faculty and staff were able to take evasive action based on knowing about a developing situation.”

Cary Poole

Dean of Students

sophomore biology major. “It’s a good idea.”

Other students believe the system could be useful.

“It could help, because people could get it sent to their phones,” said Wiley Lindsey, sophomore music education and vocal performance major. “[It could be] helpful for other kids that commute, so they don’t have to make the drive.”

When students register for the system, it will allow them to receive text, voicemail and e-mail messages that are related only to emergencies or campus closures such as bad weather.

“Please sign up for the system, because it is the main means of notifying the Wesleyan community of developing events,” Poole said.

Photo courtesy of Joe Garcia Senior finance major Airelle Mitchell dabs paint on the Collard Bridge during the Accounting Society’s cleanup Oct. 2.

Accounting society cleans up Rachel Peel

rlpeel@mail.txwes.edu

Wesleyan’s Accounting Society repainted the mural on the Collard Bridge Oct. 2.

The Accounting Society began the graffiti cleanup last spring but was unable to complete the project. They originally partnered with the Don’t Mess with Texas litter cam-

paign to clean up around campus but soon realized it was more work than expected. What started out as a campus cleanup led to the Accounting Society repainting the mural that was originally painted in 1991 by local Girl Scouts, said Wesleyan accounting graduate

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Bargain shoppers may sacrifice service

the less likely we would be to return for another dose of the Shauna Banks same medicine.

Staff writer It seems like people are glutsbbanks@mail.txwes.edu tons for punishment, and do it for the sheer convenience afforded them by the multi-billion dollar retail chain.

The worst experience is simThere’s only one place people ply returning something to the can trip over a busted jar of baby customer service counter for a refood, get their arm jerked back by fund or exchange. an elderly greeter and discover the By the time customers actually true definition of patience. makes it to the counter, they’re It’s everyone’s favorite discount questioned like they have just supercenter, and it’s not necessary committed a crime. to call the store by its name here.

When someone tells the cashier Considering most people visit why they’re returning the item, this store about once a week (if the cashier looks at them like they’re lucky), you would think they’re out of their mind. the more bad experiences we had, Maybe you’ve had an experi-

Free speech in social media carries risk The time has come to change the way Americans view the First Amendment to the Constitution. I’m not suggesting we change the way we interpret our laws, but when total freedom of speech results in the needless loss of human life, we need to change our focus.

Americans have recently witnessed news reports of an 18-year-old Rutgers University student who committed suicide following the online release of a secret video taken of him in compromising situations with another man.

Tyler Clementi was mocked and ridiculed over his sexuality by his own roommate, and the result of the irresponsible behavior pushed him to take his own life.

The roommate and his female accomplice were each charged with two counts of invasion of privacy, nothing more.

Another unfortunate event followed the recent shooting at the University of Texas.

Jaz Reynolds, a receiver for Oklahoma University, was suspended indefinitely by head coach Bob Stoops for making “insensitive remarks” through his Twitter account.

Maybe our use of social networking has gone too far. We have slowly become a society that equates our freedom to speak with our freedom to say anything we want.

Most adults would be more accountable for their words in situations like these. This is not a question of age, but a question of maturity.

State and federal lawmakers are becoming more focused on the government’s responsibility to protect society from the irresponsible use of Internet technology.

The Internet offers a far greater challenge than traditional forms of media.

No one wants more regulation on speech in any form.

We do, however, need to take steps to punish this kind of behavior before we have an epidemic.

ence like my mother did a couple of weeks ago. The cashier was too parched to continue working and walked away from her post and proceeded to take her sweet time mixing a packet of drink flavoring into her bottled water before taking a long gulp.

Eventually, she remembered there were six people waiting in line and she needed to attempt to do her job.

Of course, it can’t be all bad, or people wouldn’t keep flocking back to this iconic chain—would they?

On those rare occasions, people find themselves wandering around aimlessly and may have an associate ask them if they need help finding something.

Barry Grubbs Opinion editor

bgrubbs@mail.txwes.edu

Social networking can be a valuable tool in our modern society. But it can be used as a weapon just as easily, and the results can be tragic.

Young people have used social media connections to bully and torture each other for years over issues of religion, race and sexuality, among others.

There seems to be a growing lack of sensitivity within certain segments of our society.

People are fascinated with their ability to get their messages in front of the entire world with the click of a mouse, but they rarely stop to consider the negative impact the message may have.

With the increased freedom technology affords us there comes an increased responsibility to use it wisely.

If laws aimed at penalizing these defective people will enhance civility in cyberspace, I am in favor of those laws.

Freedom of speech is not the freedom to harm.

Sure, I could shop at a competitor, but who really wants to spend more? If you’re saving time and money, it just may be worth nearly busting your butt stepping in a broken jar of baby food or having an elderly greeter haul you in because you’ve dared to go through the exit with something not bagged in your buggy.

Apparently taking a full nanosecond to review your receipt of at least a hundred items is an acceptable security check.

But hey, that’s the Wally world way. We all just have to hunker down and remind ourselves that our wallets will hurt a lot less by making the weekly trip(s)—even if we may need a margarita, or three, afterwards.

Bad judgement of a few shouldn’t jeopardize rights The saying goes, “even a few bad apples will quickly ruin the whole barrel.” When it comes to the First Amendment, this should never be the case.

Circumstance and insensitivity can often make tasteless humor cruel and dangerous.

From the excessive loss of lives at the Columbine tragedy to schoolyard fights, bullying remains a problem. At the same time, it’s rampant in our culture.

Rivalries between groups for or against millions of causes often resort in hateful speech. As long as it remains an opinion and no one is harmed, it’s a person’s right to think a certain way or believe in something.

Popular Fox News TV show host Bill O’Reilly demonized physician George Tiller more than 20 times on his program from 2005 to 2009 for performing late-term abortions.

O’Reilly called Tiller “a baby killer” and said state representatives who didn’t stop him had blood on their hands.

In May 2009, Tiller was shot

Jonathan Resendez Editor-in-chief

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through the eye and killed by anti-abortionist activist Scott Roeder.

Writers for websites such as Salon.com argued that O’Reilly had blood on his hands although ultimately the blood is on Roeder’s.

It’s like blaming a rock or rap group when someone who listens to their music commits an atrocity. Seldom can fingers be pointed at a single entity or a motive be explained completely.

The logic and motives of a situation are hard to comprehend when lives are lost. From either end of the spectrum, when people are driven to commit violent acts on themselves or others, things have gone too far. The fact of the matter is an opinion remains an opinion until someone gets hurt.

Social networking sites offer an easy way for people to make themselves look stupid, act unprofessional and—look more stupid.

Should people who post ignorant remarks on a network-

ing site be punished? Probably. But that opens up a can of worms involving imbeciles who aren’t worth the time.

A quick Oct. 7 search on Facebook pulled up a fan page for the Dallas Cowboys Haters Club where a member said, “We would root for Osama Bin Laden if he were playing against the Cowgirls.”

While this guy probably won’t be tracked by Homeland Security, I’m sure family members of 9/11 victims don’t find his unintelligence amusing.

Infusing more litigation into what people can or cannot say—anywhere—will only single people out more.

If a line is drawn in the legal sand restricting opinion, it won’t be long before it’s hard to make out the space for freedom of speech in between the lines.

While circumstance and insensitivity should never jeopardize lives, they shouldn’t jeopardize or compromise laws against censorship either.

The challenge is to protect freedom of speech—period.

Wesleyan’s web site could benefit from a fresh look

formation about the organizations on the web site. Despite erestrada@mail.txwes.edu my disappointment, I went ahead with my application partially based on the fact that I had visited the campus sevI remember the day I applied to eral times before.

Texas Wesleyan University. The To this day, nothing much has first thing I noticed about the web changed about the web site. site was how small the layout was.

Recently, some content on the athI then browsed through the stu- letics web site, financial aid and the dent life page to see what I might admissions pages have been updated become involved with. with a new look and information.

I was unable to find a lot of inThat does not change the fact Erica Estrada Graphic designer

that almost every page on Texas Wesleyan’s web site appears to be miniaturized. You almost have to squint to see some of the smallest text. I am not the only student with this opinion. Throughout my years at Texas Wesleyan, I have heard many people comment on the web site and its layout.

Natalie Demetre, freshman, chemistry major said, “It needs to be more organized, so when finding what you need for school is much easier.”

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To be fair, there are rare occasions when someone attempts to return an item with the sales receipt, and they’re able get in and out of customer service within 15 minutes.

In these shaky economic times, our favorite discount supercenter is still booming with business simply because it’s able to undersell everyone else.

Hey, we live in a society where time is of the essence, and we all think that ours is more important than everyone else’s.

Instead of going to three different stores, people can get their groceries, replace an old office desk and refill an allergy medication all in one. How’s that for time management?

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“We are not afraid to follow the truth ... wherever it may lead.”

— Thomas Jefferson

Even sophomore psychology major Lindsey Barnes who has been here at Wesleyan for two years said, “I can’t find anything when I look on the site. All I use it for is to get Ram Link.”

Those responsible for the information on these pages should update the information so students won’t have to go searching for their answers through other resources.

If the information is not current and easy to access and read, what

use is there for the web site? The faculty wants the student body to be more active, but that becomes difficult if the pages are not updated.

The university and its webmaster need to keep in mind that Wesleyan’s web site is not only a source for important information about the school, but also a means of advertising Texas Wesleyan University.

Does our right to free speech cause people to misuse social media?

Bradley Stone, sophomore business

“In some cases, I think our rights are being used irresponsibly.”

Cathy Vallejo, freshman business

“I definitely think those rights are being abused a little bit by some people.”

David Martin, senior management

“It only takes one click to leave a site where you see something offensive.”

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Desiree Rodriguez, junior psychology

“People have to be more empathetic and put themselves in other people’s shoes.”

Gidget Adams, freshman political science

“We can’t always say what we want when we know it is going to cause problems.”

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Melissa Bates

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The beginning of the semester brought many changes to Wesleyan, including the use of bicycles by security officers to patrol the campus.

Wesleyan’s new security firm Guardsmark implemented the plan on Aug. 23 to help increase security’s presence on campus, said Blake Bumbard, relationship manager for Guardsmark.

“The bikes seem to be working pretty good,” said Jason Leach, Guardsmark site supervisor. “We scare so many people because they’re used to the golf carts.”

Although security has yet to use the bikes in the prevention or pursuit of a crime, Leach said he believes the program is advantageous to Wesleyan.

“It’s one of those things that you can’t put a stat on it because you can’t say how much crime you’ve prevented,” he said.

Many Wesleyan community members may not see security officers on the bikes, but that does not mean they are not being used.

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“If I’m sitting on the curb and I’m

on that bike, people tend to slow down versus me on the golf cart.

They think I’m a police officer.”

Jason Leach

Guardsmark site supervisor

“We ride in the evenings more than anything,” Leach said. “We don’t have a set time to be on the bike. Four or five days a week we’ll be out there but we vary our times.”

Leach said the bike presence cuts down on a lot of the speeding that occurs on Wesleyan Street.

“If I’m sitting on the curb and I’m on that bike, people tend to slow down versus me on the golf cart,” he said.

“They think I’m a police officer. When a car crests the hill, I see the nose go down because they’ve just hit the brakes.”

Before the beginning of the semester, officers went through eight hours of train-

ing to receive certification to use the security bikes. There are currently two officers who use the bikes on a regular basis, but other officers are showing interest in using the bikes.

“I think the campus community was very excited to see us expand to another Melissa Bates | Rambler Staff way of being mobile Guardsmark relationship manager Blake Bumbard trains on a bicycle with other security officers during around campus,” said a session held at the beginning of the semester. Guardsmark site supervisor Jason Leach said the bike security manager Fe- presence cuts down on a lot of the speeding that occurs on Wesleyan Street. lisa Barnes.

Although some students the bikes it doesn’t mean Wesleyan and think the secu- “Even throughout the hours don’t know about the bikes, there isn’t security,” said Julia rity firm is doing a good job. of the night and the morning, most seem to think it is not a Anderson, sophomore music “I’m always seeing secu- I always see the lights going big deal that the bikes are not vocal performance major. “It rity out on the golf carts and round and round the camvisible on-campus. doesn’t really bother me.” stuff,” said Jonathan Blake, pus. I don’t think it matters if “Just because we don’t see Other students feel safe at senior liberal arts major. they don’t use the bikes.”

New website administrator seeks fresh direction Rachel Peel

rlpeel@mail.txwes.edu

Two Wesleyan digital staff members are using cyberspace to attract prospective students.

Digital content manager Neal Cornett was hired at the beginning of September

by Texas Wesleyan University. Joining Cornett is recent computer science graduate, Jeffrey Lamoureux, as digital content specialist. Together they will promote Wesleyan online.

“He seems very knowledgeable about what to do, with presence and web presentation,” Lamoureux said.

Cornett’s job will involve using online applications such as Twitter, Facebook and YouTube to promote Wesleyan to incoming fresh-

men or transfers.

“The idea is that there will be a sort of clearing house for the great efforts that are being put out there for the web: online content, Facebook, Twitter, video and YouTube,” Cornett said.

The other side to his job is marketing. As Wesleyan’s online tour guide, he attracts prospective students to Wesleyan without them even knowing he is there.

“When people are searching for schools, we need to have good advertising on the web,” Cornett said.

The purpose of his position is to convey the message that Wesleyan is a quality university that students should consider attending.

In doing this, he will be centering on what makes Wesleyan unique whether it is

the student body, the faculty or academics, Cornett said.

Lamoureux said to achieve the recruitment goal, the school needs to create a web presence that best represents the university through a web experience.

Lamoureux’s job will be updating the website with new pictures and new dayto-day content.

Cornett came from The University of Texas in Arlington, where he was the technology director for the College of Education.

Lamoureux graduated from Wesleyan this past May with a degree in computer science.

Students and faculty should see the changes in Wesleyan’s online presence slowly, but not all at once Cornett said.

“The idea is that there will be a sort of clearing house for the

great efforts that are being put out there on the web: online content, Facebook, Twitter, video and YouTube.”

Neal Cornett

digital content manager Cornett said he hopes to establish consistency and direct a message promoting the benefits of the university, faculty, staff and the atmosphere on campus.

Students and faculty are not necessarily concerned with Wesleyan’s current website; they just hope the new website will make the online experience better, Cornett said.

One adjustment students and faculty are looking for is

better organization of online content.

“It doesn’t tell you that you have to keep certain scholarships as a freshman and that you can’t get a scholarship if you do better while you’re here,” said Cassandra Holland, sophomore liberal studies major.

Assicuate professor of computer science Dr. Yukong Zhang said he thinks everything is fine, but the current website needs to be

a little bit more organized, because sometimes it’s hard to find certain information.

“They need to reorganize the information, maybe coordinate individual programs,” Zhang said.

From a former student’s perspective, Lamoureux said he hopes to see a new, fresher look, geared more toward prospective students then it currently is.

“It’s not a revolution, but an evolution,” Cornett said.

Faculty member chronicles weight-loss in blog Shauna Banks

“Fortunately life happens. Unfor-

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On a quest to meet the goal many Americans set each New Year’s Day, one staff member is climbing the fitness ladder to her ideal weight.

Carolyn Brown, purchasing secretary at Wesleyan, is continuing the quest she started a little after the first of this year to lose weight. In an effort to hold herself accountable for continuing to lose weight, she’s chronicling her journey in a public blog dubbed Carolyn’s Crusade.

“I have wanted to lose weight and get fit for years,” Brown said. “I thought, ‘New Year, new me.’”

Brown said she finds motivation in a couple of things: first and foremost from her two 10-year-old sons. She

tunately events that come up in life are not always good. The main thing is to keep going despite your obstacles.”

Carolyn Brown

Wesleyan purchasing secretary also finds inspiration in her sister, Nikki Simpson.

“She often serves as a deterrent by telling me how many fat grams are in something I want to order in the drivethru,” Brown said.

Outside of her family, Brown said one of the greatest things that has touched her heart and motivated her to lose weight is a sermon on OnePlace.com by Dr. Charles

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Photo courtesy of the Office of Communications “If I had to tell some- Wesleyan purchasing secretary Carolyn Brown began blogging about her goal to lose weight at the thing about myself that beginning of the year at http://carolynscrusade.blogspot.com.

I would like others to know it would be that God is accomplish my goals, and normally eat, just in more “I think the key is a balmine and I belong to Him,” is available to others if they controlled portions. anced, disciplined approach,” Brown said. “He will help me only ask.”

“I’m happy that she is still said Kevin Millikan, athletic Although she has not tried trying,” Simpson said. “She director. “It’s a combination any of the extreme diets, has lost some and gained of eating right, exercising Brown said her sister has some back. The good thing is regularly and setting realistic, Look ing fo tried the cabbage soup diet she knows how to get back up attainable goals.” r an int caree and Hilton Head diet, and al- after she falls.”

With the year’s end drawe r r or in es though she loses weight, has As a part of her crusade, ing closer, Brown’s goal is to tershi ting p? usually gained it back due to Brown has also begun a get to a noticeable change in the drastic diet change when cardio machine workout at her appearance by Christnot on the diet. home. mas, and to shape up even Brown herself has decid“My schedule is pretty full, more for a trip her family is Cell Conference for Students ed to take an approach that but you make time for what’s planning to take to Jamaica will fit better into her busy important,” Brown said. during spring break next seTX Wes Career Services schedule, and joined Weight She also said if exercise mester.

Phone:817.531.6512 Watchers Online. classes are offered at the new “Fortunately life happens.

Fax: 817.531.4980 This program is based on fitness center on campus Unfortunately events that Email: careerservices@ a points system, and allows when it opens, she and a co- come up in life are not always txwes.edu users to lose a healthy one worker want to sign up for a good. The main thing is to or two pounds per week and weight-loss class and attend keep going despite your obstill eat things they would together. stacles,” Brown said.

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Invisible Children movement visits Wesleyan Melissa Bates

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Junior English major Rebecca Moore discovered the Invisible Children movement when she was a junior in high school, and it inspired her to become an activist.

The Invisible Children organization started seven years ago when three Southern California college students went to Africa and found that hundreds of children were left home every night to evade being abducted and forcibly enlisted into the Lord’s Resistance Army, according to the Invisible Children website.

The Invisible Children’s mission statement is to use film, creativity and social action to end the use of child soldiers in Joseph Kony’s rebel war and restore Northern Uganda to peace and prosperity.

“Invisible Children is working to end the longest running conflict in Africa,” said Rebecca Cassinari, roadie with Invisible Children.

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“Joseph Kony started a civil war trying to overthrow the Ugandan government 24 years ago.”

Kony has troops occupying the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic and Southern Sudan, Cassinari said.

“Kony terrorizes villages and abducts their children to use as guerrilla soldiers in his war,” she said.

In May, President Barack Obama signed the LRA Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act. This legislation aims to stop Kony and help the children whose lives are at risk.

“Obama now has less than 180 days to come up with a plan to end the war and help rebuild Uganda,” Cassinari said.

The Invisible Children organization encourages students to find as much information as they can and spread the knowledge. This is exactly what Rebecca Moore was trying to do when she introduced the organization to Texas Wesleyan.

“Here we are four minutes from downtown, and we’re in a poor community,” Moore said. “But we’re in our own bubble. We don’t really communicate with any of the outside people. We don’t interact with the world.”

The Invisible Children organization also has a scholarship program to help Ugandan students who weren’t able to go to high school or college because of the war.

Francis Ojok, sophomore public administration and management major at Gulu University in Gulu, Uganda, is one of those students and supports ending the Ugandan conflict. Ojok is currently touring with the Invisible Children movement.

“The war has destroyed Photo courtesy of Invisible Children our community,” Ojok said. The Invisible Children’s mission statement is to use film, creativity and social action to end the “We’ve lost our lives, our use of child soldiers in the Lord’s Resistance Army and restore Northern Uganda to peace. properties and our families.”

The movie screenings and for us to be able to obtain visible Children. raise money by doing watch concerts that took place Oct. sustainable peace,” Ojok said.

“Invisible Children has parties, have fundraisers and 5 was the fifth time Invisible Moore said she is hoping this thing called Schools for just different kinds of fun Children came to Wesleyan. someone will take the reins Schools,” Moore said. “If events to bring more attention Moore hopes they continue to before she leaves, because she someone starts an organiza- and donate money to Invisible come and spread knowledge. wants to start a Wesleyan or- tion or chapter of Invisible Children and have fun while “Education is the best way ganization that supports In- Children, they can help to doing it.”

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students don’t reference their work,” said associate professor of art Kit Hall. “There are times it has been a blatant attempt to plagiarize. And then there are times that students seem to just not know how to determine what plagiarism is.”

Well known for its ability to scan and detect plagiarism, the system actually rates work it has scanned on a color and percentage scale.

If a paper shows up in green for a professor after scanning, it indicates that about five to 10 percent of the paper is similar to things found

on the Internet, but not necessarily that those parts are plagiarized. The next color professors may encounter is yellow, which can indicate up to 50 percent of a paper being similar to content found on the Internet.

Pelphrey said the third level is red, meaning more than 50 percent of the paper matches other content on the Internet, and that most or all of it has been plagiarized.

“Turnitin is not the endall-be-all to detect plagiarism but if plagiarism is suspected, it is a very good aid to substantiate that suspi-

cion, or not,” Hall said.

The GradeMark resource is another useful tool for professors who want to grade their work online.

“I have been wanting to do more grading online, but I didn’t want to use Word,” said Dr. Elizabeth Battles, professor of English. “The CETL told me about turnitin, and I really like it. I am not really that interested in the ‘originality reports’ that match student work to essays and articles on the web. I think it is useful for students to see it, but I just want to use the online grading system.”

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Karen Avelar.

“We are trying to finish the work that we started in the spring,” said Kimberly Webb, assistant professor of accounting.

The city of Fort Worth provided all the supplies for the new mural at no cost. Supplies were courtesy of the Fort Worth Abatement Program.

“The students wanted to come up with a service project,” Webb said. “So we assigned a committee, and they generated a whole list of ideas, this being one of them.”

Volunteers scanned up to

three blocks within Wesleyan’s perimeter and down to the soccer fields looking for graffiti, said Joshua Stone, president of the Accounting Society and senior forensic accounting major.

“I’m passionate about volunteering,” Stone said. “I’m passionate about community involvement.”

Last year about 25 to 30 students attended the campus cleanup that lasted from about 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Avelar said.

“We will also be working with the Graffiti Abatement Program who will be provid-

ing all the supplies,” she said.

According to the Graffiti Abatement Program website, the program helps residential and commercial property owners comply with the law by offering graffiti removal services at no cost.

Fort Worth property owners can receive five gallons of beige paint every three months for use on graffiti surfaces, according to the city of Fort Worth’s website.

For more pictures and information on the Accounting Society, visit https://sites. google.com/site/twuacctsociety.

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Volleyball takes a 3-0 win Rachel Peel

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The Lady Rams hog-tied the Lady Steers by winning all three games Oct. 8.

The Lady Rams took on the Texas College Lady Steers Friday night at the Sid Richardson Center.

The Lady Rams started the game with a hard kill by freshman middle blocker Katherine Rosenbush, but the Lady Steers took a 5-3 lead shortly after.

Haelee Horne, freshman outside hitter, changed the momentum with six kills assisted by Evoni Darling, senior setter, and giving the Lady Rams a 7-5 lead. A serve

by Stephanie Dominguez, freshman setter, followed by an assist by Darling and a kill

by Rosenbush gave the Lady Rams a 25-16 win.

In game two, the Lady Rams took an early 10-0 lead.

The Lady Steers scrambled to gain a lead, but the Lady Rams answered by capitalizing on Texas College’s errors. Freshman outside hitter Horne raked in another six kills in game two doubling her total kills for the match.

The Lady Rams won off of an assist by Dominguez and a kill by Rosenbush, sweeping the Steers 25-11.

In the third game, the Lady Rams took the lead with an assist by Darling and a kill

by Christina Daniel, sophomore outside hitter. The Lady Steers kept the score tight.

A save by Kristen Venhuizen, senior outside hitter, kept them in the game. Once again Texas College’s errors amounted to a change in momentum and a 25-21 win for the Lady Rams.

And an 0-3 loss Eliana Mijangos

Emmijangos@mail.txwes.edu

After a strong win Friday, Saturday’s game went downhill as the Lady Rams took a three-game loss to Wiley College.

In the first set, Wiley’s outside hitter Jessica Lopez led both teams with eight kills, all of which the Rams could not return. The first set’s score ended 25-18.

In the second set, the Lady Rams tried to take over, but Wiley’s defense answered back as Lopez once again led all with six kills giving the Lady Rams a 25-17 loss.

With 16 ties throughout the third set, the Lady Rams refused to go down easy.

Evoni Darling, senior setter, had a kill to tie the game 2525. However, the back row couldn’t return two back-toback kills, and Wiley took the game 27-25.

Darling finished the game with 26 assists and 10 digs, while freshman outside hitter Hannah Horton had eight kills. Haelee Horne, freshman outside hitter, had seven kills and nine digs. Marissa Rangel, junior defensive specialist, had 14 digs and led all players. Katherine Rosenbush, freshman middle

“I think they were a little nervous,” said head volleyball coach Christy Clawson. “We let up a little bit just because we were winning, but we still stayed disciplined and finished.”

Horne led the team with 12 kills, hitting .440 on 25 attempts and one error. Darling led all players with 30 assists in the match and eight digs.

Daniel hit .545 with seven kills out of 11 attempts with only one error. Jennifer Kline, freshman middle blocker, hit .400 with seven kills out of 15 attempts and one error in the win.

“I think we played well together as a team,” Daniel said.

“It was a good win to take us on the road next week.”

The win sets the Lady Rams with a 4-3 record in their conference and 11-13 overall.

“This weekend we

played hard, but we didn’t effectively execute our game plan until late in the second set, and by then, it was too late. ” Evoni Darling

senior setter

blocker, had four kills and six block assists.

“This weekend we played hard, but we didn’t effectively execute our game plan un-

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Rosenbush and Darling get a block to turn the momentum around and take the three game win against Texas College Oct. 8 at the Sid Richardson Center.

til late in the second set, and by then, it was too late. We will be ready to beat them at their place next time we play

them,” Darling said.

The Lady Ram’s next home game will be a “Pink Out” to raise money for Breast Can-

cer awareness at 7 p.m. Oct. 21 against University of Texas at Brownsville in the Sid Richardson Center.

Men’s basketball joins old, new players in fight for ring Eliana Mijangos

emmijangos@mail.txwes.edu

The Wesleyan men’s basketball season officially began Oct. 3.

With a core of veterans returning from last year’s Sweet 16 and conference championship team, head coach Terry Waldrop said the team is ready to continue where they left off.

Returners from last year’s starting five include senior guard Brian Wanamaker, senior point guard Jeremy Smith and senior post Jeremy Mayfield.

Smith described his feelings for the new season in one word: “undefeated.”

As for Wesleyan’s large

group of newcomers, Waldrop said senior post Ty Gough is a “huge inside force.”

Senior guard Jonathan Blake and junior guards Sutan Burris and Bryce Hill, were also noted by the coach for their exceptional athleticism and ability to score.

“We feel we have some veteran leadership and experience to go along with some talented new comers,” Waldrop said.

The men have been conditioning, working on agility and weight training since the first day of school.

References to the team work outs can be seen

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“Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard,” Blake said.

“We probably have the most talent in the country, but we need to keep working hard.”

Waldrop said a lot of the team’s success comes from establishing a goal to acquire national championship rings from the start of the season.

“We are circled on everyone’s schedule the minute it comes out,” Waldrop said.

Last year, the men lost the semifinal game of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics National Championship series by four points in

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over-time to Oklahoma Baptist University.

They did, however, finish with a conference title.

“We were close last season, and I think that is a great motivator for our seniors,” Waldrop said.

The basketball team is currently ranked 9th in the country by Sporting News and picked to finish first in the Red River Athletic conference, according to coaches polls.

“Texas Wesleyan basketball has a big target, and everybody wants to beat us,” junior guard Burris said.

“Our coaches put us in situations during practice that prepare us to Meisa Keivani Najafabadi | Staff Photographer win, and that’s exactly Ty Gough, senior post gets up for a dunk, confirming his coaches reference to what we plan on doing.” him as a “Huge force inside.”

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Wesleyan music department to showcase talents at the Modern

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The Wesleyan music department prepares to perform at the Museum of Modern Art.

The preview takes place at 12:15 p.m. Oct. 19 in the West Library.

“We’re trying to showcase the range and the greatest possible variety of things that we do and present that face to the west side of Fort Worth,” said John Fisher, Wesleyan professor of music and

Melissa Bates

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Wesleyan’s music department will offer a preview of an upcoming concert which will premiere at 2 p.m. Oct. 23 at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth.

department chair.

The Modern is letting Wesleyan’s music department use the auditorium for the concert and there is no cost to anyone who wants to attend the event.

“The preview is just a kind of a warm-up act,” Fisher said. “This will be a 30 minute preview of

the full 70-minute concert at The Modern Art Museum.”

West Library and the music department are working together to bring previews of larger concerts to Wesleyan students.

The previews will take place twice each semester.

“The previews are used to reach out to students who might never come to a concert at Martin Hall or other locations,” Fisher said.

Fisher said he hopes the cultural district community takes notice of Wesleyan students and faculty in the music department.

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RESTAURANT REVIEW

5 Burger & 2 Fish

makes a great meal Angie Ruiz

ayruiz@mail.txwes.edu

College students need food, and when we have a killer craving or just a bad case of the munchies, food must come in hoards. Sometimes a burger sounds good, but maybe fries or a teriyaki bowl do too.

No need to look any further, because right in Wesleyan’s neighborhood is 5 Burger & 2 Fish, the place to go when you’re in the mood for everything.

Located near Wesleyan on East Lancaster, the restaurant packs a whole lot of grub for a small place.

It was quite humorous to drive up to the location.

It was a small, simple blue box with a huge yellow sign that read “5 Burger & 2 Fish.” I learned that the name of the restaurant has a biblical connotation referring to Luke 9:16.

On the windows are hand paintings of hamburgers and catfish.

Walking in was an even bigger eye opener. There were horrible cur-

tains in the windows and the walls looked like paint cans had been thrown on them. Each wall was a different color with patterns that would even make your grandmother cringe, but regardless of the décor, the place still smelled amazing.

The menu options were tickling. The restaurant offers burgers, shrimp and fish nuggets, teriyaki bowls, combination fried rice, tilapia, catfish, french fries and my personal favorite — sour dill pickles. The last one completely threw me off, because I haven’t seen theater-style pickles since I was a kid. At this point I was completely sold, and I hadn’t even tried the food yet.

I figured I’d start simple and go for a shrimp teriyaki bowl while my friends ordered bacon burgers. I managed to creep a little and saw the cooks in the back were making everything from scratch or by hand.

Fifteen minutes passed and our food was out. My teriyaki bowl was served on an intricate china piece,

while the burgers were served Texas style in baskets with butcher paper — my kind of place.

The teriyaki bowl was amazing.

The sauce wasn’t overpowering or tart; the shrimp were perfectly cooked, and the vegetables were steamed but not soggy.

The burgers looked just as good.

A third pound beef patty topped with cheese, lettuce, tomato and crispy bacon, none of that flimsy bacon here.

The fries are what really caught our attention. They looked as if a potato was thrown into a fan, and whatever came out is how they were served. They were little shards of potato baked to a crisp brown.

The portions were beyond belief as each plate was enough to feed at least two people.

Overall, this Lancaster jewel is placed high on my list. I’m looking forward to returning and trying something else. If you’re ever in the mood for a Texas sweet tea and a giant pickle, 5 Burger & 2 Fish can be your hunger buster.

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First Wesleyan African-American graduate dies as and attended Jarvis Christian College in Hawkins, Texas for a short time. Later, she married and Dr. Beatrice Hurst Douglas was had two sons, Robert and Rodney a country girl from Marlin, Texas Cooksey. who always wanted to make the Her love for teaching was passed world a more peaceful place to live. to her son Rodney Cooksey who is The first African-American to currently a principal at South Oak graduate from Texas Wesleyan, Cliff High School in Dallas.

Douglas was born in 1938 to the “She loved family and regarded late Monroe and Emma Hurst and extended family members as her was the sixth of seven girls. She own,” Rodney said. also had four brothers. Her older In 1966, Douglas graduated sister Juanita Mackey said one from Texas Wesleyan with a bachof the most unique things about elor’s degree in elementary educaDouglas was her desire to climb tion and said she never felt disand achieve. crimination at Wesleyan.

“It didn’t matter, she wanted to University president Law Sone conquer it,” she said. congratulated Douglas in a Fort Douglas’ other pastimes were Worth Star-Telegram article. horseback riding and swimming, “Congratulations on being the Mackey said. first of your kind to graduate from Douglas most admired her first Texas Wesleyan,” he said. teacher, Rosetta Wheeler, who inDouglas later said Sone meant spired her to become a teacher. well, “I don’t think he meant any “I remember our one-room harm.” schoolhouse out in the country Douglas continued her educawhere grades one through six tion after Wesleyan. were taught,” Mackey said. “Bea“If I want something, I go after it, trice was always watching and and I don’t stop until I get it,” she Courtesy of Douglas family mimicking the teacher.” said in a past Star-Telegram article. Hurst-Douglas’ passion for teaching kept her going beyond Texas Wesleyan until she earned a doctorate degree.

Douglas graduated from DunShe earned a master’s degree at bar High School in Lubbock, Tex- East Texas State University and from her post as principal of Sun- friend for almost 50 years.

Wesleyan, also had good things to later earned a rise Elementary School in 2001.

“I met Beatrice Douglas in say about Douglas in a Star-Teledoctorate from Douglas’ best friend as an 1960 at Jarvis Christian College. gram article.

Texas Woman’s adult was Eva Lenoir, who actu- She was a true diamond who al“The students on campus need University. ally lived with Douglas for three ways wanted to give back,” Lenoir to see her [Douglas’] success; and She retired years and remained her best said. “Dr. Douglas was a Chris- we need more students to step fortian woman who loved God and ward and take leadership roles,” believed and trusted in His word. she said.

She was a true diamond who al- She displayed the courage to act Douglas is preceded in death by upon God’s promise and was her parents, Monroe and Emma ways wanted to give back. ... She thankful and appreciative to God Hurst, brothers Monroe, S.V., His blessings in her life.”

Matt William, Sam James and displayed the courage to act upon forLenoir also said Douglas loved Jesse James Hurst; sisters Jernice God’s promise and was thankful mankind, was humble and honest Ford and Lucille Presswood; son and was always willing to share Jon Douglas; and granddaughter and appreciative to God for His her blessings, time and knowledge Rachel Cooksey. voluntarily. She loved to work in She is survived by sons Robert blessings in her life. both church activities and in the Ferrell Cooksey, Rodney Renard community because she always Cooksey and Kenneth Wayne Eva Lenoir wanted to give back.

Douglas; daughter Kelly Joy Free“She achieved everything she set man; sisters Velma Lewis, Mazzie 50-year friend Courtesy of Douglas family Cofer, Emma Jean Hurst and of Dr. Beatrice Hurst-Douglas out to do,” Lenoir said.

Hurst-Douglas receives her bachelor’s in education Stephanie Boatner, previous di- Juanita Mackey; and two grandfrom Texas Wesleyan University in 1966. rector of freshman admissions at children.

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