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One-man showArtists like John Vesely of Secondhand Serenade work their way up the charts alone

page 7Offensive explosionZack Eskridge broke a school re-cord Saturday with six TD passes as the Mustangs won 59-16

Pledge recountsnear-fatal nightwith fraternity

Freshman Nicholas Aycock said he would have died from al-cohol poisoning if fellow Kappa Alpha members had not gotten him to the hospital in time af-ter pledge activities got out of hand.

T h e evening of Oct. 3 began a few miles outside of N o c o n a on Cot-tonwood C r e e k Rd. Ay-cock said that he and about 20 other people were present. Some were active members of the fraternity, some alumni and around 13 pledges.

Aycock estimated that “at least 14” of these individuals were under the age of 21.

“We were drinking out of a keg,” he said. “I had drank about 10 or 11 solo cups, but I was just fine. No big deal.”

As the night went on, however, Aycock said he drank more and more.

“I probably had 15 or 16 cups, plus two beers outside of the keg,” he said.

Next, Aycock was offered a bottle of vodka.

“I took a big chug of McCor-mick,” Aycock said. “Probably two or three shots.”

At that point, Aycock said he was still all right.

“I love to dance,” he said. “Someone flashed a flashlight on me. They were strobing and I started dancing. Then I fell. But I got up, I was okay then.”

Aycock said after that, the

group of pledges were taken outside.

“They pulled us off in a circle to ask us why we wanted to be in KA,” he said. “We were bored (waiting), so that’s why we had more beer.”

A “ceremony” followed, in which family groups within the

fraterni-ty shared a l coho l amongst t h e m -selves.

“ M y ‘ f a m -ily’ was drinking Southern Comfort

whiskey,” Aycock said. “There were three dif-ferent families. In my family, there were four or five people drinking with us.”

He said within the groups there were ac-tives and pledges.

“No one forced anyone to drink,” he said.

“What happened is we were just trying to drink the liquor,” he said. “Each per-son takes a drink and passes it on. Takes a drink and passes it on. You just want to drink as fast as

you can.”He did say, however, that he

was “definitely not drinking out of a funnel.”

He said he was the third or fourth person in his group to get the bottle.

“There was probably a little more than half of a handle left,” Aycock said. “It was a lot. I start-ed chugging it until it was gone. The last thing I remember, it was my turn, trying to drink.”

He said someone told him

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My blood alcohol level was .48. At .4, you’re supposed to be dead. -Nicholas Aycock

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Obama claims victory in historic electionBarack Hussein Obama was

elected the 44th president of the United States on Tuesday, swept to victory by an anxious country eager to change course at home and abroad. Obama, 47, becomes the first African-American in U.S. history to win the presidency and the first from the generation that came of age after the turbulence of the 1960s. He built his campaign on a mastery of the Internet as an organizing tool that will change the way presidential campaigns are run forever. His biracial back-ground reflects the changing de-

mographics of America in the 21st century. And his victories in formerly Republican states in the South, Midwest and West reflect a changing political order in the making. After an epic struggle, the first-term Democratic senator from Il-linois defeated Republican John McCain, 72, a hero of the Viet-nam War and a four-term senator from Arizona. Obama was at the vanguard of Democratic gains across the country that promised him a sol-id working majority in both the House of Representatives and the Senate. Eager for a popular mandate to

reshape the government, Obama appeared well on his way late Tuesday night to become the first

Democrat to take a majority of the popular vote since Jimmy Carter eked out 50.1 percent in 1976.

Obama sealed his victory by holding all the states that went Democratic in 2004, then picking off Republican states including Iowa, New Mexico and Ohio. Ohio was particularly impor-tant: No Republican has ever won the presidency without Ohio. No Democrat had won the White House without it since John Ken-nedy. There as everywhere, the fal-tering economy dominated vot-ers’ minds and tilted the political landscape solidly against the Re-publicans as the party of power _ and responsibility _ in the White House. Interest was intense.

More than 40 million Ameri-cans already had voted by Tues-day morning, and total turnout was expected to top 130 million. The turnout rate was likely to ri-val the modern record of 67 per-cent set in 1960, the highest since women were granted the right to vote in 1920. The Democratic wins came at a moment of history when the country was unusually anxious, as eight years of a Republican presidency are ending with an economy sinking into reces-sion, markets in turmoil and U.S. troops at war in Afghanistan and Iraq.

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He stands on the sidelines during MSU football games wearing his number 95 maroon and gold jersey. Jeff Williams cheers on his team-mates while he hopes for the chance to be back in the game again one day.

Feb. 22, 2008 is a day that will stay with Williams forever. Too bad he can’t remember much about the incident that changed his life.

It was a Friday night when Wil-liams, a redshirt freshman, and his friend, Brett Davis, were involved in a two-car accident at the intersection of Maplewood and Southwest Park-way.

“We were just going to pick some-thing up,” Williams said. “It was so routine, something you don’t even think about.”

Williams, driving a 2002 Ford Mustang Convertible, collided with a pickup driven by 22-year-old Al-bert Gee.

Both Williams and Davis were rushed by ambulance to United Re-gional Hospital. Although Davis suf-fered only a concussion, Williams was in much worse shape. He had broken his wrist and pelvis and suf-fered from brain injuries that left him in a coma.

Williams had to be hooked up to two breathing tubes after his lungs showed up white on a CAT-scan.

“I was dead to the doctors,” Wil-liams said.

He was moved to the Trauma Center at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas for further testing.

An MRI revealed much of the same information Williams’ family had been given when they were in Wichita Falls.

Williams’ family prayed and held on to the hope he would soon wake up out of his coma, but it took two weeks.

Williams opened his right eye and seemed to understand his grand-mother, who was staying with him while his parents had returned to

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Sophomore Jeff Wil-liams (back) prays with his teammates after a game at Memorial Stadium. Wil-liams suffered serious inju-ries after a car accident last February that left him in a coma.

Photo by Patrick JohnstonJunior Victoria Andres views the big screen in CSC during the election watch party as Obama is announced as Presi-dent Elect.

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Time for a change... in pace

The election is finally over, which means

one thing.

Okay, besides the fact that it means we

have a new leader of our nation. It also

means that the constant election talk is final-

ly over.

For about two years now, the presidential

race has taken over the media and it was

staring to go overboard covering topics as far

out as the cost of wardrobes.

Yes, when the talk of what each candidate’s

stance on health care becomes old news, we

move on to the price tag on their suits.

The typical news channels weren’t the

only ones covering the election constantly,

though. Every day, MTV played clips of P.

Diddy, Pink and other various celebrities tell-

ing us to go out and vote.

Even social networking sites joined the

madness by offering virtual campaign pins in

support of your candidate of choice.

It’s a relief to know that the race is finally

over, not only because we finally know who

the next president is, but also because we

will finally hear some new information for

the first time in way too long.

Confessions of a new Twilight obsesseeAmber Price

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I just recently finished the most amazing book in the entire world, “Twilight.” It has a little bit of everything: action, adven-ture, suspense, and of course, romance. Seriously, this book is one of the best tragic love sto-ries that I have ever read. I am personally in love with Edward Cullen, the main char-acter in the novel, along with about 50,000 other girls, I’m sure. He is a good guy with just the right amount of bad to go with it. His dangerous side is what makes him so attractive and the fact that he is constantly fighting his inner demons to do what he knows is right, which makes him even more attrac-tive. I was able to finish this 498-page book in about a week and a half because I could not put it down. From the moment you open this book you are hooked! I just kept reading and think-ing that there is no way this can

get any better. What else could Stephanie Meyer possibly have left to tell me about Edward? It just kept getting better and bet-ter. I am now fairly convinced that if I move somewhere that stays cold and dark most of the time that there will be an amaz-ingly gorgeous vampire living there, waiting to find me and fall in love with me. Oh, and apparently I’ll know it’s my vampire by the amaz-ingly nice, expensive car. My favorite part of this book would have to be when Bella is all the way across the parking lot and sees Edward for just a min-ute. When she looks away she almost gets taken out by Tyler’s van and Edward is miraculously able to save her. I was literally on the edge of my bed waiting to see what was going to happen after each page. I also liked all of Edward’s brothers and sisters, but I guess I won’t understand Rosalie’s problem until I move further into the series. Even after it was

clear that Bella was completely in love with Edward and just wanted what was best for all of them, Rosalie still wouldn’t let up. Maybe she has a thing against us “non immortals” or maybe she is just constantly cranky. Either way it was clear that she was not fond of Bella or her re-lationship with Edward. Before I even began reading the book, I witnessed Facebook applications morph into places for people to state whether they were on “Team Edward” or “Team Jacob.” I don’t know if this division is a development that comes in the next book, but Jacob is third on my list of fa-vorite characters, right after Ed-ward and Bella, duh. Maybe it’s the fact that he’s obviously in love with Bella (again, if I move I expect an overly-protective friend who is in love with me) but he seems like a genuinely nice guy. Last, but not least, the villain in this story is excellent. He isn’t just some mindless idiot who

only wants to kill people. He is incredibly manipulative and smart, so it keeps the suspense going when you don’t know ex-actly what he has planned next. It brings a sense of reality to the book and keeps you think-ing about how it could possibly end. The movie “Twilight” is com-ing out Nov. 21 and I can’t wait to see it. I have been watching the movie trailers and I am so excited because I think that they are actually going to stick pretty close to the real story line of the book. There is nothing worse than reading an amazing book and when you go to see the movie it is nothing like what you read. More exciting, however, is the fact that I have three more of these amazing books to go. Three more chances to sit on the edge of my bed in suspense. And most importantly, three more chances to read about the amazingly attractive Edward Cullen.

Anyone who read last week’s front page story about the Kappa Alpha’s alleged hazing incident probably has a negative perspec-tive on fraternities now. Stereotyping Greek organi-zations has been around since Greek organizations them-selves. First, let me get some-thing straight – what happened to the Kappa Alpha pledges was wrong. Second, I’m a member of the Greek community my-self. Kappa Alpha made a huge mistake and has no choice but to live with its actions. What’s sad is this incident has hurt the Greek community

as a whole. We get stereotyped everyday for being in social or-ganizations. Whether it’s pay-ing for our friends, drinking too much or throwing out-of-control parties, we hear it all the time. Now that this latest incident happened we have to prove to everyone why Greeks are spe-cial. All fraternities have specific philanthropies they support and donate money to. Some people forget this. I’m not going to tell you Greeks don’t throw par-ties and do some of the things that end up on TV because that would be a lie. But it’s the other things that go unnoticed. Are you awake at eight in the

morning on Saturday to play basketball with Special Olym-pics? One of MSU’s Greek or-ganizations is. Or did you know that the proceeds of those par-ties you see advertised around school get donated to special causes around town? Greeks also sponsor canned food drives to help families around the holi-days. It’s these things that slide under the radar and cause people to only see the negative. I like to think being a part of a fraternity gives me an edge when it comes to getting along in the real world. It’s much like running a small business with your closest friends. Problems will occur and we work together

to find a solution. That’s how life works, or so I’ve been told. We deal with all kinds of prob-lems such as: financial, public-ity or recruitment. These are the same problems small businesses face. We will find a solution as a whole to move past this incident and let people know who Greeks truly are. All fraternities are differ-ent from each other, but we are looked at as a whole community. I ask students who are not Greek to look at what we stand for. Kappa Alpha made a mistake and will have to face their ac-tions, but the Greek community will continue to stand strong.

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as soon as he finished the bottle, he went down, face first into the ground.

“At first they thought I was fine,” he said. “Then they started shaking me and telling me to move my arm or to blink, but I wouldn’t do anything. That’s when some-body took my pulse and saw it was running real low. They tried to make me throw up, put their fin-gers down my throat, but my jaw was clenched shut.”

He said when they finally got his

mouth open, they couldn’t get him to vomit.

“I’ve never really thrown up from drinking,” he said.

Aycock said it was probably 30 or 40 minutes later when they de-cided to take him to the hospital.

“It took us forever to get there out on those country roads,” he said.

When he arrived at Nocona Gen-eral, his respiration rate was only three breaths per minute.

“They put me on a ventilator,”

he said. “They pumped my stom-ach. I was unresponsive for like 12 hours, until like 1:30 the next af-ternoon.”

He said three Kappa Alpha ac-tives waited for him in the hospi-tal.

“My blood alcohol level was .48 in the hospital,” Aycock said. “But it took awhile for me to get there, so it was probably over .50 to start with. At .4 you’re supposed to be dead. If you make it out, you’re supposed to have brain damage.”

He said that as far as he knows, he has no lasting damage.

“I had no idea what had hap-pened when I woke up,” Aycock said.

Aycock said that several of his friends took him back home.

“I felt really drunk still,” he said. “I didn’t have a hangover un-til like 11:00 that night. That was the worst I’d ever felt.”

While Aycock didn’t have any legal repercussions from the inci-dent, his parents took his car away.

Another freshman, 18-year-old Matthew Connor Cain was issued a ticket for public intoxication after a Nocona patrol sergeant found him sitting in a truck outside Nocona General Hospital. He was also ad-mitted and treated for alcohol poi-soning.

The university is investigating the incident.

“Right now they (Kappa Alpha)

have been temporarily suspended,” said Keith Lamb, Vice President of University Advancement and Stu-dent Affairs.

According to Lamb, this means the fraternity can have no chapter functions or activities until the in-vestigation is complete.

“They cease to function,” Lamb said.

Lamb said that the Kappa Alpha national office is looking into the situation as well, but they are not involved with the university’s in-vestigation.

“They are parallel investiga-tions,” Lamb said. “Both are sched-uled to finish this week.”

Larry Weise, executive director of Kappa Alpha at the national lev-el, confirmed that an investigation is underway.

“We are in the process of wrap-ping up the investigation,” Weise said. “It’s very close to being com-

pleted. We want to wrap some things up with the university.”

Weise said a decision should be made late Wednesday after-noon.

The incident occurred on Oct. 4, but university officials were not notified until later in the week, when a parent called.

“We learned about it from uni-versity police when parents of one of the students called,” Lamb said. “We started looking into it.”

University police are aiding in the university’s investigation as well.

“We’re currently trying to col-lect statements from people who were there that night,” MSU Po-lice Chief Michael Hagy said. “We can’t compel anyone to talk.”

Hagy said MSU police currently don’t even know how many people were present at the property when the incident took place.

Once they have gathered all the information they can, Hagy said the police will report back to the administration with their findings. They have to be careful, however, to get statements from people who were actually present at the event to avoid reporting hearsay.

Montague Country District At-torney Jack McGaughey said that he has not received a report on the incident, and if any official legal investigation takes place, it will probably be taken on by the Sher-iff’s department.

He said if someone believes that hazing laws have been violated, they should report it to the authori-ties.

Regardless of how any investi-gations turn out, Aycock will have the memories of that night for a long time.

“I kept my hospital bracelet on for like two weeks after that to help remind me not to do something like that again,” Aycock said. “I was just drunk. I wasn’t thinking. It wasn’t because of anyone else. Just me.”

The College Bookstore is giv-ing student-workers more than dis-counts on textbooks – it’s offering up careers. The Bestseller’s program, a Barnes and Noble promotional ef-fort, began about 8 years ago. Lori Dodi, a 2006 MSU gradu-ate, completed the program in 2005. It was an amazing experience, she said. “I loved working for the compa-ny and thought, ‘Why not?’” Dodi said. The alumna began working at the bookstore in 2001. She trans-ferred to the store at Sam Houston State University after she earned an MSU psychology degree. She’ll return to MSU in January to assume the post of assistant man-ager. It will have been two years since she worked at the store. “I’m really excited about com-ing back,” Dodi said. “It was sad when I left. Really bittersweet.” Dodi received $2,000 from

Barnes and Noble for participating in the program. The company also paid for her move to Huntsville, Texas, where Sam Houston State is located. “Barnes and Noble knows how to treat its employees,” Dodi said. “They get you where you need to go.” Brandy Navarrette, a senior English and psychology major, will complete the program in May. She joined Bestseller’s last fall. “It’s worked out really well,” she said. Navarrette said being part of the program isn’t too different from her normal work duties. “I was learning stuff like that before I actually said, ‘Okay, I’ll start the program,’” she said. Her duties include customer ser-vice, merchandising and running the registers, among other things. “I’m all over the store,” she said. Though she likes working in retail, Navarette doesn’t plan on turning it into a career. After gradu-ation, she wants to pursue a gradu-ate degree in psychology. “I think I could make a great

general merchandise manager, but I just hate delegating,” she said. Working at the bookstore can be stressful, Navarrette said. “I’ve been running back and forth today,” she said. “I get really tired.” Jenny Denning is the manager of the College Bookstore. She has held the post since 1998. Denning graduated from MSU in 1978 with a degree in physical education. She decided to work in retail instead of education because she had grown up around it, she said. “I spent my life in retail and I dearly love retail,” Denning said. “I just found that I could work with the big people better than the little people.” Denning’s advice to potential applicants for the program is sim-ple: just start working at the store. Students will learn quickly if the environment is for them, she said. “It’s not for everyone,” Denning said. “It’s not a desk job.” Applicants should be able to multitask and work efficiently, she said. They should also display qualities of leadership and self-

motivation. “If they’ve got business or retail experience, that fits in great,” Den-ning said. Management, budget-ing and human resources skills all come into play, too. “I don’t think students could find a better business to work for than Barnes and Noble bookstores,” Denning said. “We’re constantly needing more people work in these book stores.” All employees are students ex-cept Denning and a bookkeeper. The store employs about 13 people total. Ten percent of the bookstore’s revenue is returned to MSU, Den-ning said. “My main focus is that those checks we send to Midwestern State University are bigger every year because that money goes back to y’all,” she said. That money goes to scholarships, the Student Government Associa-tion, the University Programming Board and other organizations. The bookstore also awards 10 textbook scholarships every year.

Lufkin, Williams’ hometown. Williams’ mother, Jewel Ran-dle, heard the news and rushed to Dallas. Williams had not only opened his right eye, but the left as well.It was a big thing. “He even tracked me across the room a bit,” Randle recalled. “It meant the world to me to see my son’s big brown eyes.” Even though he was still unable to speak, the medical staff began to reduce his pain medication to allow him to be less sedated and, hopefully, more responsive. In time Williams was moved out of the Intensive Care Unit and into a pod room, where he was monitored closely. “Since this was a head injury, they want to be able to watch him closely,” Randle said. Williams started responding to people’s voices on a cell phone and recognized himself in old photos. And it wasn’t long until he was slowly returning to his old self. He even began to mimic his mother. “He is able to smile and laugh now,” Randle said. “Miracles happen everyday and we just wit-nessed one.” Throughout Williams entire hospital stay, Rich Renner stayed in close contact with the family. “Jeff’s family never panicked

or questioned whether Jeff would be okay,” the MSU defensive co-ordinator said. “They stayed posi-tive through the whole thing.” Only once did Renner see their spirits dip. That was right after they had spoken with the neuro-surgeon. “The doctor told them that Jeff would never play again,” Renner said. “It crushed Jeff’s family be-cause they thought his dream of being a football player was taken away from him.” Soon after, Williams began the rehabilitation process. It was a long and frustrating journey for him. “Half of the doctors told me I would never play again,” Wil-liams said. “But they don’t know. Every case is different.” Normally it would be extreme-ly difficult for someone to come back from this type of injury, but Williams was determined more than most. Since his body was in shape from football, it made the process much easier. “Doctors said that football saved my life since I was in shape,” Williams said. “But deep down I know that God really saved me. I’m still here for a reason.” In April, Williams was dis-charged from the Baylor Institute of Rehabilitation and traveled to

Tyler, Texas for further in-patient rehab at the University of Texas Health Science Center. “They wanted to work on fine-tuning and getting him ready to return to life,” Randle said. “They told us it could be four weeks to four months.” On June 8, Williams was re-leased from the UT Health and Science Center and, finally, after almost six extensive and stress-ful months, was able to return to Lufkin. His mother still thought he needed more work, so she sent him to the Wilson-McKewen Re-habilitation Center in Lufkin in the beginning of July. “I was there for one day and the doctors told my mom that I didn’t need to be there,” Williams said. “They said there was nothing they could do for me, I was all better.” Williams spent the rest of his summer working out in the weight room at his high school twice a day. “I take it easy, I don’t push my-self,” Williams said. “I want to work into it gradually so I don’t reinjure myself.” While in the hospital and re-habilitation, Williams had sup-port from MSU, the Wichita Falls community and his hometown. On April 12, MSU held its an-nual Spring Football game, but

this year there was a twist to it. The school threw “Jeff Williams Day” to help raise money for Wil-liams and his family. More than $2,000 was raised in order to help the family with all the medical ex-penses. “When I heard about all the stuff MSU was doing for me, like Jeff Williams Day and sell-ing bracelets and T-shirts, I felt honored,” Williams said. “At the time, I was only a freshman and to see a school go crazy like that means that this is a special school with special people who really care.” After everything he endured, Williams said the worst part was the time away from football work-outs. “That’s 108 days I could have been getting better, but wasn’t able to,” Williams said. Williams returned to MSU in August to take classes for the fall semester and to rejoin his team. “During two-a-days I filmed practices, but now I just help set up equipment for practice,” Wil-liams said with a smile. “I do whatever I can to be a part of the team. “These guys are my family. I would never want to see anything bad happen to them, I want them to know that I am behind them 100 percent.”

Williams, an undecided major, is currently enrolled in 14 hours. He is back in the weight room and has recently started jogging. “I will definitely be out on the field next season, I have to,” Wil-liams said. “I have to do it for the

people who look up to me. I don’t want them to think that if this ever happened to them, that they couldn’t return. I want to prove it to everyone, including myself.”

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• Artist Lecture Series: Three’s a

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• Nov. 6 Athletics luncheon;

Wichita Falls Museum of Art at MSU;

video replays, coach updates; Thurs.

12 p.m. to 1 p.m.; cost $6

• Native American Heritage Month:

Building a Tipi; Sunwatcher Plaza; 8

a.m. - 12 p.m.

• Education Career Fair; Wichita

Falls Museum of Art at MSU; Thurs.

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• Foreign film: Bloody Sunday; Kemp

Center for the Arts; Thurs. 7 p.m.

• Nov. 8 Children’s Health and

Safety Fair; Northwest Boys and

Girls Club; Sat. 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

• Nov. 10 Discussion on Native

American Issues; CSC Kiowa; Mon.

11:30 a.m.

• Nov. 11 Faculty Forum: Dr.

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Our world is hurtling into the abyss, propelled by wars, genocide, terrorism, environmental disaster, and the global financial meltdown ...

But never fear, the superhero is here!

Not since Captain America and Superman were socking it to the Nazis (Pow! Splat! Thooom!) in the ‘40s has American culture been so inundated with tales of caped men and masked women with superhu-man powers.

The comics explosion has even reached academe: The University of Pennsylvania has mounted a mas-sive year-long celebration of comics, including exhibits of comic art at the Institute of Contemporary Arts.

But most of all, superheroes are a boon for Hollywood: No other genre so consistently produces megahits, including the new Batman series, “Spider-Man” 1-3 and “The Incred-ible Hulk.”

Director Jon Favreau’s adapta-tion of “Iron Man,” by comic leg-end Stan Lee, is no exception. The film, recently released on DVD, stars Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark, a smarter-than-God weapons manu-facturer who does his hero thing in a super-duper, electronic-age metal aqualung.

The movie grossed $318 million theatrically, making it the 21st high-est grossing American film of all time.

It’s not so hard to account for our yearning for superheroes, says British comics guru Alan Moore, the icono-clastic author of “Watchmen,” “V for Vendetta” and “From Hell.” “There’s a side of American culture that’s very uncomfort-able with confrontation unless it has ... superior power” over its enemy, “say, help from a man who rocketed here from Kryp-ton,” says Moore, who is the subject of director DeZ Vylenz’s magisterial documentary, “The Mindscape of Alan Moore.”

“Iron Man” screenwriters

Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby agree. “The fight used to be so clear in World War II. ... There were good guys and bad guys,” says Fergus. “Look around now, wwand we don’t know who is what.”

What divides Moore from Lee, who has helped adapt a number of his comics for film, including the Spider-Man series, X-Men, Fantastic Four, and Hulk, is that Lee embraces this nostalgia while Moore rejects it as a distraction from real problems.

Moore, who spoke on the phone from his native Northampton, north-west of London, says the industry is too quick to market palaver as seri-ous art.

“I think a big misconception of the 1980s was that comics were grow-ing up. ... Instead, it was the culture (which) was being infantilized,” he said.

Moore has repudiated every film adapted from his work, including “From Hell,” “League of Extraor-dinary Gentlemen,” “Constantine” and “V for Vendetta.” He is wary of “300” director Zack Snyder’s adap-

tation of his most-celebrated piece, “Watchmen,” due in March. (Vylenz said Moore has refused to accept payment for “Watchmen.”)

Lee, by contrast, says he loves to see his work on the silver screen. “There will always be high-concept (superhero) films. People love that sort of thing,” said Lee, who turns 86 in December.

“Iron Man” is set in Afghanistan, where the U.S. military’s mission is compromised by international ter-rorists. Even though the film touch-es on hot-button issues such as the military-industrial complex and the war on terror, the filmmakers avoid politicking. It’s a hallmark of the blockbuster, which must not upset a single person in the world, lest it lose money.

“John (Favreau) told us he didn’t want a movie that would make a statement,” says Ostby. “’Everyone knows war is bad,’” he said.

For Moore, this is what’s wrong with the entertainment industry.

“My feeling is that my audience probably needs waking up or reconnecting to a more authentic appreciation of the world,” said Moore.

“We have experience fed to us now by the media in pretty much the same manner a mother bird will feed regurgitated worms to the babies. The babies just have to open their beaks and do nothing,” Moore said.

He maintains that like traditional myths, most comics reaffirm the status quo. If that’s the case, then

Moore’s comics subvert the accepted world-view and challenge us to think differently.

Moore’s method uses the conven-tions of the superhero story to de-construct the genre. His heroes are revolutionaries who have no super-human abilities – and sometimes no virtues.

The comic asks that we watch the watchmen we’ve allowed to rule us, whether they be government, police, or the educational system.Moore said he still marvels at the prevalence of superheroes in Ameri-can comics. “It strikes me that it might be largely an expression of a culture of impunity ... of being untouchable,” theorizes Moore, who said the su-perhero helps us to avoid facing the effects of Sept. 11. “Instead of repairing a battered self-image,” Americans have become fixated “on the idea of superhuman invincibility ... and I think it might be this concept that is leading to so many problems around the world.”

Two comical geniuses are brought together in a film about a pair of grown men who are forced to sign up to be ‘Big Brothers’ when one of their sex and beer escapades goes south, leaving them to do community service. Seann William Scott and Paul Rudd will be back on the big screen this Friday in “Role Mod-els.” Seann William Scott made his big screen debut with his infamous role in the teenage sex comedy, “American Pie,” in 1999 as Stifler, a crude se-nior who makes a goal with his friends to lose their virginity be-fore graduation. The next year Scott returned to theaters with his portrayal of class clown in the high school thriller “Final Destination.” He adds humor to the story about a class escaping a plane crash which leads to death chasing him and his fellow classmates. That same year he co-starred in “Road Trip,” as a college student who rides with his friends from New York to Texas in attempt to get back an explicit videotape. Next he joined Hollywood star

Ashton Kutcher in the comedy “Dude, Where’s My Car” and then returned as Stifler in the se-quel “American Pie 2” and was one of the main characters in the third of the series “American Wedding” in 2003. Scott attempted to be an ac-tion hero with Chow Yun Fat

in “Bulletproof Monk,” which combined action with a bit of comedy as they try to protect a powerful ancient scroll. He makes a cameo in the hit “Old School” and co-stars with The Rock in another action comedy, “The Rundown.” Scott was teamed with “Jack-

ass’s” own Johnny Knoxville to play a modern day Bo and Luke Duke in the 2005 version of “The Dukes of Hazzard.” The actors also got to work with Jessica Simpson, who stole the spotlight of the film. He also starred in “Mr. Wood-cock” with Billy Bob Thornton

and Susan Sarandon as a best-selling author of a self-help book about letting go of the past. But he returns home to learn that his mother is engaged to his old sa-distic gym teacher. Scott is paired with actor Paul Rudd, who has made his name on the screen. Rudd has appeared in many television roles, namely as Phoebe’s husband on “Friends.” Rudd finally hit the screen in the hit comedy “Clueless” play-ing Alicia Silverstone’s college step-brother in 1995. That year he was also cast in “Halloween 6: The Curse of Michael My-ers and then played Paris in the updated version of “William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Ju-liet” a year later. Rudd played a gay man in-volved with Jennifer Aniston in “The Object of My Affection.” The following year he was on Broadway alongside Helen Hunt in “Twelfth Night.” Moving back to the big screen, he co-starred as a World War II pilot in “The Cider House Rules” and then starred opposite Andie MacDowell in “Reaching Normal.” Rudd also took a role in the comedy “Anchorman: The Leg-end of Ron Burgandy” with Will

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Nothing seems to be getting in the way of the Midwestern State men’s soccer team on its way toward another national cham-pionship game appearance.

The No. 1 Mustangs extended their winning streak to 14 over the weekend as they pitched three shutouts in their last three home matches of the regular season to improve to 16-1 on the season and 6-0 in Southwest Soccer Conference competition.

Freshman Craig Sutherland and junior Bryan Sajjadi both notched hat tricks over the three-game home stand as the Mustangs defeated St. Mary’s (Texas) 3-0 on Wednesday, Mis-souri Southern State 9-0 on Fri-day and Northeastern State 4-0 on Sunday.

The defense has dominated all season long but especially when competing under the home lights at the MSU Soccer Field. These games were also the eighth, ninth and tenth shutouts on the season for MSU.

The Mustangs finished 8-0

on their home field for the sea-son, while outscoring opponents 26-0.

Nick Auditore opened the scoring for the Mustangs during the 18th minute on Wednesday against the St. Mary’s Rattlers but it was stellar play from the defense and goalkeepers Shawn Carr and William Freeman that sparked the 3-0 victory.

“Our defense held strong,” MSU head coach Doug Elder said. “It was a good shutout for our keeper and for our de-fense.”

The Rattlers were able to get a shot on goal during the 23rd minute as Bryon Plagge headed a pass directly to Carr.

That was the only shot that the Rattlers could get off for the entire match, though, as the defense completely clamped down.

Sajjadi extended the Mus-tangs’ lead to 2-0 just 44 sec-onds into the second half, while twice-consecutive SSC Defen-sive Player of the Week Robert Swann scored his third goal of the season and extended the lead

to 3-0 in the 62nd minute.The Missouri Southern Lions

were the next team to visit the MSU Soccer Field for a Hallow-een night showdown.

Sajjadi and Sutherland both notched hat tricks in the match as MSU pounced on the Lions early, eventually extending the score to 9-0 in the victory.

“We scored some nice goals and buried some great oppor-tunities,” Elder said. “We’ll take the win because it puts us one step closer to a conference championship.”

The 9-0 whipping marked the largest margin of victory and most points scored by MSU in conference play since entering NCAA Division II competition in 1997.

Senior Ahmad Ihmeidan knocked in his fifth goal of the season to go along with his 11th assist that he gained earlier in the match.

Chad Salyor scored his first goal as a Mustang in the 32nd minute, before Nick Auditore netted his sixth goal of the year during the 57th minute.

Estevao Alexandre played a great match for MSU Sunday afternoon, as he sparked the of-fense with two goals in the first 20 minutes as the Mustangs took the 4-0 win over Northeastern State in their home finale.

“It was our last home game of the regular season,” Alexandre said. “It was fun to score, but it’s even greater to be at MSU because we are a family and we play for each other.”

Junior defender Tyler Murphy was honored Thursday by ESPN The Magazine as a part of the Academic All-District 6 Team.

The Canada native is a biolo-gy major and was honored with the distinction due to his 3.95 GPA.

MSU closes its regular season with a pair of road matches this week against Eastern New Mex-ico on Friday and against long-time rival West Texas A&M, Sunday afternoon.

The No. 1 Mustangs have the opportunity to clinch their third-straight conference champion-ship with a win over ENMU Friday.

Midwestern State’s Regiane Araujo and Brittany Bryant each recorded double-doubles Sunday afternoon at D.L. Ligon Coliseum.

But it wasn’t enough to offset the efforts of former Oklahoma City University standout Kesha Watson.

Watson dropped in 30 of her

game-high 41 points in the sec-ond half to lead the Flyers to a 93-91 exhibition win over the Mustangs.

“We were shown where we need to improve both offensive-ly and defensively,” MSU coach Noel Johnson said. “We’ve got to play better defense and have better positioning in our post de-fense.”

Araujo needed just 20 minutes of court time to pace the Mus-

tangs with 26 points and added 10 rebounds. The 6-4 senior post came on strong to score 18 points after intermission.

Bryant added 17 points and pulled down 12 rebounds in 30 minutes.

“Bryant had a great night and we have two with double-dou-bles which is pretty solid,” John-son said.

Junior guard Andrea Buben knocked down four 3-point-

ers and finished with 14 points, while junior forward Katiya Jackson added 10 points and seven boards.

The Mustangs bolted out to a 14-2 lead sparked by treys from Buben and freshman point guard Sunny Satery

MSU maintained the same margin with Breeanna Brown hitting the back end of two-shot foul with 5:41 to play before half.

The Flyers rattled off an 11-0 run to tie the game at 33-33 when Emily Jaskowiak hit a lay-up with 1:16 to go.

The teams battled through 10 ties and 11 lead changes in the second half before the Fly-ers went on a 9-3 run to take an 87-82 lead after former East Central standout Lacey Goldwire canned a pair of free throws.

The Oklahoma Flyers are a conglomeration of former col-

legiate players with ties to the State of Oklahoma.

“We improved a lot from our scrimmage and we have come along as far as executing and playing together,” Johnson said. “I was proud of how hard the girls played how they responded to adjustments.”

The Mustangs play host to Howard Payne (Texas) in an exhibition contest on Nov. 11 at D.L. Coliseum.

Sophomore transfer Zack Eskridge came into this season attempting to fill the quarter-backing void left by the incom-parable All-American Daniel Polk.

While Polk’s name might for-ever be scattered throughout the record books, Eskridge is start-ing to make his own assault on the MSU record books after the Mustangs blew out the Eastern New Mexico Greyhounds 59-16 in their final game at Memorial Stadium this season.

Eskridge threw for a school-record six touchdown passes as MSU racked up season-highs in offensive yards (542) and scor-ing.

All of his scoring tosses found different receivers as he fin-ished 22-for-29 with 295 yards through the air to go along with the half-dozen scores, helping

him garner Lone Star Confer-ence Offensive Player of the Week honors.

The onslaught began in the first quarter when Eskridge hit wideout Mookie Davis for a 14-yard score. And the Mus-tangs never looked back.

Eskridge found Armahd Lewis for a 36-yard pitch-and-catch later in the quarter, before hitting running back BeeJay Mathis for a 15-yard score with less than a minute left in the first quarter.

Jose Martinez was able to ex-tend the MSU lead to 24-0 with a 37-yard field goal in the sec-ond quarter, before the Grey-hounds attempted a comeback, scoring nine-straight points midway through the quarter.

But with nine seconds left be-fore halftime Eskridge dropped back to attempt an apparent Hail Mary from their own 42-yard line.

Instead, he found David Little in the middle of the field as he rolled outside the pocket. Little caught the pass and was able to cut through the Greyhounds’ defense before diving over the pylon for the 58-yard touch-down reception.

It was the longest pass play of the season for the Mustangs and served to dull any come-back effort ENMU might have been trying to muster going into the half.

On their third play out of the half, running back Marcus Mathis cut a run play to the out-side and ran 56 yards to paydirt for his fifth rushing score of the season.

With the score 38-9, the Mus-tangs continued to apply the of-fensive pressure with an 8-yard touchdown toss from Eskridge to tight end JJ Ford, that tied the previous-school record of five touchdown passes by Phil-

lip Boggs in 2002.But with 10:19 left in regula-

tion, Eskridge put his name at the top of the record book with a 3-yard scoring toss to tight end Sasan Faradineh.

With the win the Mustangs improved to 6-3 on the season and 3-2 in LSC competition and kept their postseason hopes alive, climbing back into the Super Regional Four rankings at No. 10.

The top six teams from the Super Regional Four move on to compete in the NCAA Divi-sion II postseason.

MSU closes the season on the road against the No. 2 Abilene Christian Wildcats as they look to stop Harlon Hill-candidate Bernard Scott.

Defeating ACU would give MSU their only chance at get-ting invited for postseason com-petition.

Kickoff is set for 2 p.m.

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Quarterback Zack Es-kridge (18) broke a schol record that was set six seasons ago by tossing six touchdown passes in the 59-16 blowout of the Eastern New Mexico State Greyhounds. Eskridge broke Phil-lip Boggs’s record of five TDs set in 2002 and also tied the LSC record of six scoring throws. The passing game propelled the Mustangs to their best offensive output of the season as they look to salvage their season.


Estevao Alexandre (22) attempting to clear a pass over the middle of the field past a Northeasten State defender on Sunday afternoon. Alexandre sparked the 4-0 victory with two goals in the opening 20 minutes of play.

Junior Brittany O’Neal (5) gathers in a loose ball over the middle of the field in Sunday’s 6-0 win over Southwestern Oklahoma State. O’Neal was one of five different players to score a goal in the match as the Mustangs clinched a No. 3 seed in the LSC Postseason Tourney.

After reeling off seven-straight victories to close the regular season, the Midwestern State women’s soccer team will be making their 13th-straight trip to the Lone Star Conference Postseason Tournament.

“I’m happy with the way the girls played,” MSU head coach Jeff Trimble said. “They played with a lot of energy and for us to get to 13 wins is nice. It was a great regular season.”

The Mustangs closed their regular season with a pair of home matches against Central Oklahoma and Southwestern Oklahoma State.

On Wednesday, MSU hosted UCO and ended eight years of frustrating losses.

During a six-minute span midway through the first half,

Kendra Clemons scored a goal and freshman standout Kelsey Hill scored two more goals to provide the Mustangs with a 3-0 advantage that they held onto for the entire match.

MSU hasn’t won a match against UCO since 1999, includ-ing 12-straight losses.

“UCO is a very, very good soccer team,” Trimble said. “We got in a situation where we were able to pressure them and put several goals in a short period.”

Then, in a clinching confer-ence game, the Mustangs routed the SWOSU Bulldogs 6-0.

The victory secured the No. 3 seed for the Mustangs in the LSC Postseason Tournament.

LSC Offensive Player of the Week Kari Bristow opened the scoring for MSU with a goal in the 11th miute of the match.

Heidi Avila joined in with

a goal later in the half to give Trimble and the Mustangs a 2-0 lead heading into intermission.

Four other Mustangs all got into the scoring act after half, as Hill, Clemons, Megan Hanlon and Brittany O’Neal all hit the back of the net with a shot on goal.

“I really like the way we at-tacked today and we finished re-ally strong,” Trimble said.

The No. 3 seed pairs them with Northeastern State in the first round of the Tournament beginning this Thursday.

The Mustangs look to expand on their 3-0 win that they dealt NESU at their home field earlier in October.

The game is set to kickoff at noon.

The winner of the match will face the Texas A&M-Commerce Lions on Friday at noon.

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Mustangs Conference Standings

Lone Star Conference

Football

North W-LCentral Okla. (6-4) 4-0 SE Oklahoma (5-5) 3-1Texas A&M-Comm (4-5) 2-2East Central (3-7) 2-2 SW Oklahoma (3-7) 1-3Northeastern State (1-9) 0-4

South W-L#2 ACU (9-0) 5-0#9 WTAMU (9-1) 4-1#19 Tarleton State (8-2) 3-2TAMU-Kingsville (6-3) 3-2MSU (6-3) 3-2Angelo State (3-7) 1-4Eastern NM (1-9) 0-6

VolleyballW-L

#4 WTAMU (27-4) 11-0 Tarleton State (20-8) 9-2MSU (23-8) 7-4Abilene Christian (21-8) 7-4TAMU-Comm (15-9) 7-4 Texas Woman’s (18-11) 7-4Angelo State (18-13) 6-5SE Oklahoma (19-12) 5-6Central Okla. (12-19) 5-7Cameron (13-12) 4-7East Central (11-20) 4-7TAMU-Kingsville (10-16) 3-8SW Oklahoma (14-17) 3-9Eastern NM (6-26) 0-11

Women’s Soccer

W-L-TWTAMU (14-3-1) 8-2-0TAMCU (13-2-3) 7-1-2MSU (13-6) 7-3-0Central Okla. (12-5-3) 6-3-1ACU (9-7-2) 5-4-1NE State (7-7-4) 4-3-3Angelo St (10-7-3) 4-4-2 TWU (9-8-2) 4-4-2Eastern NM (9-10) 3-7East Central (5-11-2) 1-8-1SW Oklahoma (2-17) 0-10

Southwest Soccer Conference

Men’s Soccer W-L-T#1 MSU (16-1) 6-0-0#24 WTAMU (10-5) 4-2Eastern NM (6-8-2) 3-2-1NE State (3-14-1) 2-6MO Southern (1-14-1) 1-6-1

Mustangs fall into third-place tie after first home loss


Seniors Allison Schreiber, Whitney Maxwell, Jessica Ran-som and Shay Velasquez huddle with Alysha Pritt, Miranda Byrd and Sesley Graves as they get ready for their Senior Day match against Abilene Christian on Sunday afternoon.

Abilene Christian spoiled Midwestern State’s bid for a perfect home season Saturday night at D.L. Ligon Coliseum as the Wildcats came away with a 32-30, 25-18, 25-12 Lone Star Conference wins.

The Mustangs, who fell to 23-8 and 7-4, were unable to overcome a sluggish night on the attack as the Mustangs com-mitted 23 errors and hit a paltry .148.

MSU, who is assured of a spot in the Lone Star Confer-ence postseason tournament in two weeks after Texas A&M-Commerce defeated Central

Oklahoma earlier in the day, dropped into a four-way tie for third-place with ACU, Texas A&M-Commerce and Texas Womans’ University with two matches to play.

MSU closes the regular sea-son on the road next week with matches at TWU Thursday in Denton and at Texas A&M-Commerce on Saturday.

The top eight teams advanced to the postseason which will be held at the site of the first-place team in two weeks.

Erin Curry, Jennie Hutt and Jordan Schilling combined for 33 of ACU’s 47 kills as the Wildcats hit a solid .298 as a team to improve to 21-8 on the

season and 7-4 in the Lone Star Conference.

MSU also struggled defen-sively as the Mustangs recorded just two team blocks after turn-ing in 13 in a five-set win over Angelo State on Thursday.

The Mustangs were led offen-sively by junior middle blocker Alysha Pritt, who finished with 10 kills, while senior outside hitter Jessica Ransom added nine and senior right-side hitter Whitney Maxwell added nine.

Senior setter Allison Schreiber finished with 36 as-sists, while Shay Velasquez and Katie Guehler led the back row effort with 17 and 10 digs, re-spectively.

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nov 5, 2008

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