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Scuba certification open to Wesleyan studentsShauna Bankssbbanks@mail.txwes.edu

Only three students so far can say they’ve donned scuba gear for graduation at Texas Wesleyan after completing a minor in recre-ational dive management.

Starting the open-water, scuba diving ac-tivities course in 1992, scuba and swimming instructor Bill Rucker has headed a one-of-a-kind program at the university for more than a decade now.

“The course is basically to provide a recre-ational dive management for a student that wants to have a secondary employment oppor-tunity,” Rucker said.

Rucker said the course takes about three years, or 20 credit hours, to complete and it certifies the students to teach others to dive and to possibly manage a diving business.

A lifeguard at the university pool, junior ki-nesiology major Jonathan Ayala, has already completed his first semester of open-water diving.

“[I will] probably end up coaching down the line,” he said. “But I’m also taking scuba, so there’s probably a lot of things I can do with that.”

Students coming into the minor program with previous experience and certification can

also gain credit towards the minor and start with the higher-level courses.

“I encourage the students that want to do this to go ahead and take the two one-hour classes just to get started,” said Dr. Pamela Rast, kine-siology department chair and professor.

All scuba students have the opportunity to go on a trip once a year as part of the program. Previous trips have been to Cozumel and the Bay Islands of Honduras, where the world’s second largest barrier reef rests, she said.

“There is nothing like what you see under-water,” Rast said.

The minor itself is a combination of open water diving, advanced diving, master dive and instructional assistant courses before students

Floods damage buildingsJonathan Resendezjlresendez@mail.txwes.edu

The Sept. 8 thunderstorms didn’t spare Wes-leyan as segments of multiple buildings were shut down due to flooding.

About 6 inches of water closed the library

basement and first floor of the administration building. First Restoration Inc. vacuumed and dried the buildings for multiple days, which will cost about $20,000, owner James Farley said.

Jonathan Resendez | Rambler StaffFirst Restoration Inc. technician Jose Prieto pumps water out of the library’s basement after thun-derstorms left it sitting in 6 inches of water. The services cost an estimated $20,000.

Anita Perry speaks at TWU law school

Shauna Bankssbbanks@mail.txwes.edu

Texas’ First Lady Anita Perry greet-ed everyone from the dean to the students as they filed into the Amon G. Carter auditorium Sept. 13.

Perry, Gov. Rick Perry’s wife, visit-ed the Texas Wesleyan School of Law and spoke to the students and faculty about the importance of leadership and community service.

“No community is worth living in

without good leadership,” Perry said. “I heard once that people are most afraid of failure. I think we are more afraid of success.”

Martin Garcia, a board member of the Texas Wesleyan Law Republi-cans, said the speech was organized by fellow member and third-year law student Carol Longoria.

He said with midterms coming up and elections not far away, it was a good time to have Perry on campus.

Perry spoke of past leaders during

her address, including Nolan Ryan and New York mayor Rudy Giuliani, revealing the biggest key to success is leadership.

To become successful leaders, she said people must first define who they are to themselves so they can make tough decisions when they arise.

“The people in your community should be your top priority, because you will have the chance to make a difference for them,” Perry said.

Perry ended her speech after 15 minutes by thanking law students for coming and wishing them well in their future endeavors.

“For us, it’s been a privilege to have the First Lady of Texas coming to our school, and I think we’ve all learned a lot about the legal profession and helping our community,” said Mah-rosh Nawaz, third-year law student. “I was actually hoping that it would be longer because she spoke very well.”

Meisa Keivani Najafabadi | Rambler StaffFirst Lady Anita Perry speaks to about 40 Wesleyan Law students and faculty about being a successful leader in today’s society.

New blog sheds light on school’s communityRachel Peelrlpeel@mail.txwes.edu

The Signature Experience Leadership Team is going digital to promote commu-nication within the Wesleyan community.

Earlier this year, SELT ven-tured into the virtual world by creating a blog where stu-dents, faculty and staff at the school can share stories about what they think makes Wes-leyan special.

“[The blog] was my idea, because we needed a com-munication tool to keep the campus updated with what’s happening and what’s new,” said Amy Collier, director of the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning.

The Signature Experience Blog allows students to upload stories about their experienc-es at Texas Wesleyan as well as what they think separates Wesleyan from other univer-sities.

For now, the SELT team is only inviting certain people to upload their stories.

Financial aid secretary Tara Cates is among those who have already posted.

“I’m very proud of Wesleyan and what it has done for my family. They gave me a home at the Village when I had lost my own,” she said.

Chuck Burton, assistant vice president for marketing and communications, said the department is doing its best to satisfy students and using the blog as an informational tool.

“We use it to provide news updates, project updates, any kind of information related to the Signature Experience,” Burton said.

In the future, SELT will open the blog to the entire Wesleyan community, but for now they are trying to get the information to the faculty and

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“When you watch him underwater with students, he is like this eagle eye that sees everything.”

Pamela RastKinesiology Department Chair

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Opinion2 | September 15, 2010 The RambleR | www.therambler.org

What do you think about students carrying concealed guns on campus?

Sofia Maldonado, junior exercise science

“That would probably make me pretty uncomfortable.”

Doss Whetstone, senior mass communication

“There’s too much testosterone on a college campus to allow

guns to be carried.”

Patrick Fraser, senior biology

“With the right regulation, it should be no different than walking through Wal-Mart.”

Kristi Roberts, freshman athletic training

“This is not the best neigh-borhood in the world. I think it would be all right.”

Oscar Campos, junior business

“I have a concealed handgun license, and it’s a deterent to potential things

that can happen.”

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Discrimination has no place at Wesleyan

Wesleyan has a very concise, but perhaps not so clear, policy against discrimination on its campuses. Even if you’re no good at decipher-ing legal speak, the policy should be easy enough to comprehend.

I’m starting to wonder how many of us actually read and understand the student handbook.

Wesleyan defines discrimination as “any act or conduct that is preju-dicial toward another person’s race, color, national origin, ethnicity, gender, age, religion, disability or

other legally-protected status.”Most people know what discrim-

ination looks like when they see it, even if they don’t read the hand-book. When I came to Wesleyan I was afraid I might experience discrimination because of my ag-nosticism, bisexuality and previous homeless status.

I have not experienced many acts of personal discrimination in my lifetime. I have however, experi-enced discrimination against others on issues of sexual orientation and religious affiliation.

I guess I was naive when I came to Wesleyan. I expected this school to be different from others.

One might think that discrimina-tion on a Methodist campus would be difficult to find, but I was ap-palled last spring when I found the opposite is true.

A friend of mine, who happens to

be Jewish, confided in me that some Wesleyan students had called him derisive names. I could not believe something like that would happen at my school, and I was outraged.

Later that week, I encountered discrimination again on campus while in a humanities class discuss-ing two workshops that had been presented at University College Day. The workshops focused on the topic of transgender issues.

During the discussion, two of my classmates made it very clear they did not like the topic and that they didn’t want to continue the discus-sion. They tried to make the com-ments under their breaths, but I heard them loud and clear, and it made me irate.

I nearly let my temper get the best of me, but because I am older, I kept my mouth shut and let their immature rants continue.

These two incidences of discrimi-nation have caused me to look at Wesleyan in a slightly different way. I don’t want to believe that there could be discrimination of any kind on my campus or in my church, but I now realize that discrimination may be everywhere and will not go away.

I am still having trouble com-prehending such intolerance and discrimination from a group of people whom I expected to adhere to a doctrine of love for their fellow man.

Americans have overcome some insurmountable hurdles in the past 234 years, but some form of dis-crimination still exists in many of us.

In recent months, we’ve seen dis-crimination against Hispanics in Arizona and against Muslims all across the nation.

This discrimination is just despi-cable. When we stereotype people, all we’re doing is making it difficult for the next generation to overcome the curse of discrimination.

I do my best to avoid discrimina-tion, but like most people, I have stereotypical thoughts that slip into my mind. Those thoughts might come from the clothes people wear, the cars they drive or the way they look.

Is that guy with his pants slung low really a gang-banger, or is he just trying to fit in with the crowd? Is the old man who just got off the bus wearing a pagri (head scarf) likely to be a terrorist? It’s ridicu-lous to make those assumptions.

I understand that discrimination and stereotypes will not go away any time soon, but it would be nice to keep it off the Texas Wesleyan campus and out of Poly Church.

Concealed carry makes safety personal

Gun shots. Screaming. Cha-os. Things no student, staff or faculty member ever wants to encounter within the class-room at any university.

Yet, are institutions of higher education across the country really doing their students and faculty any fa-vors by banning licensed stu-dents and staff from carrying on campus?

The 2010-2011 Student Handbook for Texas Wes-leyan spells out strict rules and policies concerning any weapons on campus, includ-ing concealed handguns.

It goes so far as to specify that even those licensed to carry any such weapons not be permitted to carry, or have them in any parked vehicle on campus.

Maybe it’s just me, but I know I’d be a little less pan-icked in a shooter situation, knowing that at least a few of my classmates were armed. Maybe those who possess concealed handgun licenses and were carrying could put up some sort of defense, po-tentially saving many lives.

Currently the university uses the Wesleyan Emergen-cy Management System. This system is intended to rapidly send messages to students and faculty who are regis-tered for the service, in the event of a weather emergency or violent crisis situation.

While this is all fine and good, by the time any student received such a message dur-ing a violent shooter situa-tion, the scene could already be very grim. Nearly three and a half years after the Vir-

ginia Tech shootings, I am still convinced that allowing students and faculty with concealed handgun licenses to carry on campus would offer some sort of hope. Ob-viously a similar situation could arise at another college campus.

I would hate to think that my only defense would be hiding behind a desk or pray-ing that I played dead con-vincingly enough.

Because after all is said and done, the fact still remains that a person who has gone off the deep end, enough to open up fire on a college campus, has no regard for the laws in place.

A simple policy stating it’s now allowed, under stiff penalties, just does not de-ter such an individual. How-ever, knowing the classroom he or she was walking into could contain five or more concealed handgun carriers would give room for pause.

Students for Concealed Carry on Campus is an orga-nization of students and fac-ulty all over the country that advocate for students’ rights to carry on campus, as given to us by the Second Amend-ment of the U.S. Constitu-tion.

Texas is still behind the curve in allowing its students who are licensed to carry on campus, but came closer in February 2009, when a bill was introduced during the 81st legislative session, call-ing for campuses to allow concealed handgun carry.

SCCC said that Sena-tor Jeff Wentworth (R-San

Antonio) introduced bill 1164 on Feb. 26, 2009. 

The bill left the State Af-fairs Committee and passed the Senate by a vote of 20-11.  The bill was then sent back to the House Calendars Committee but ultimate-ly died due to the lengthy Democratic filibuster in the Texas House over the Voter ID bill.

Despite this setback, de-bates are still going on today at many campuses, even pro-gressing to “empty holster protests,” originally coined by the SCCC, in which students wear empty gun holsters in protest of the concealed handgun ban.

Currently, Utah is the only state allowing licensed hand-gun owners to carry on cam-pus at its nine public univer-sities.

With any luck, Texas will eventually follow suit—al-lowing students and faculty to equally defend themselves in a crisis situation and put their lives back in their own hands.

Melissa BatesStaff writermdbates@mail.xwes.edu

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More guns do not make campus safer

The idea of students, faculty and staff members carrying concealed handguns on Wes-leyan’s campus does not sit right with me for a variety of reasons. There are obviously two sides to this issue but each of us has the right to decide which makes us feel safer.

The students and faculty on any campus should strictly focus on academic pursuits. Security teams hired by the college should likewise focus on the constant protection of those students and faculty. We all have a role in the big pic-ture.

Asking us to take responsi-bility for our own security and safety by allowing concealed carry is counter to the ratio-nale for hiring the security force in the first place.

It isn’t logical to deploy a se-curity force on a college cam-pus whose mission is to pro-vide a safe environment only to minimize their ability by disarming them.

There are college campuses of various sizes all across the country that have profes-

sionally-trained and properly armed officers on their secu-rity teams.

Weatherford College, for example, is roughly the size of Wesleyan, and employs a security force comprised of professionally-trained peace officers who are armed and on duty 24 hours a day. This is the most effective way to provide security to a campus regardless of its size.

The Students for Concealed Carry on Campus is a grass-roots organization that sup-ports concealed carry. Their website lists a number of “common arguments” for al-lowing licensed adults to carry on campus. They attempt to answer each argument with a very rational explanation. It really is just rationalization. That’s what I mean when I say there are two sides to the issue.

Regardless of any rational-ization by the SCCC, allow-ing more guns on campus will logically result in a higher probability that a gun will be used against the campus pop-ulation. More guns–more op-portunity. A gun that does not exist can’t be fired accidentally or on purpose.

According to SCCC data, about 10 percent of adults are licensed and carry concealed guns nationwide. If I knew one out of every 10 people on campus was packing heat, I would be distracted—period. It’s one thing for someone to take the state’s course to be-come licensed. It is something else entirely to predict how a student with four hours of safety training will react under fire.

Students and faculty carry-ing concealed guns would be no less vulnerable to the crazy, armed madman who comes on campus bent on destruc-tion than they are now. There would just be more guns in-volved, more bullets flying and a greater probability that someone is unintentionally in-jured or killed.

Honestly, no one would ex-pect a 22-year-old accounting major to suddenly transform into a commando and make all the right decisions in a “kill or be killed” situation that could easily be over in less than a minute. I can’t buy the concept that someone with no expe-rience of defending himself against violent crime can sud-denly protect himself and oth-ers, just because he is the one with the concealed gun. I don’t want that pressure on me, and I don’t want to put it on my friends and professors.

I honestly don’t believe Wes-leyan’s administration believes there is any reason for the students and staff of this uni-versity to fear gun violence on campus. If they change their minds on that, I hope the reso-lution will be to develop an armed campus police force to enhance our security.

There are plenty of places where I believe concealed carry is a good idea, and I am a big fan of the U.S. Con-stitution. There is not a more civilized place to be than on a college campus. That said—I like to think we have a better chance of remaining civilized and safe, if we don’t get used to the “wild west” approach to campus security.

Barry GrubbsOpinion editorbgrubbs@mail.txwes.edu

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have earned their instruction-al diving certification. Rucker currently teaches all scuba courses with occasional assis-tance from Rast, who is a cer-tified dive master herself.

“I feel very fortunate that we have him [Rucker] here teach-ing for us, because of how he cares for students,” Rast said. “When you watch him under-water with students, he is like this eagle eye that sees every-thing.”

Students are provided with major scuba diving equip-ment like oxygen tanks, and only have to purchase their personal equipment, which includes a snorkel, boots, mask and fins.

When students complete the program, they get to go through an underwater graduation ceremony and are given red and white cords to wear at the traditional robing ceremony.

“The underwater gradua-tion is usually right after the robing ceremony, or the day before, and our students ac-tually turn their tassel over as they come up out of the wa-ter,” Rast said.

The university also offers a four-week, open-water div-

ing course in the evenings for continuing education stu-dents, or others related to stu-dents and faculty.

Those interested do not have to be registered students to participate in this evening

class. The next four-week course begins Sept. 21, Rucker said.

“We continue to teach Wes-leyan’s family in those cours-es, and it’s very enjoyable,” Rucker said.

Meisa Keivani Najafabadi| Rambler StaffWesleyan students train for their scuba certification in the pool located in the SUB. An underwater graduation ceremony is offered to students who complete the program.

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staff so everyone can be on the same page, Burton said.

“People don’t often check their e-mail, so we wanted to make sure there are different ways of getting information out,” Collier said.

Sophomore kinesiology ma-jor Deserae Davis said the blog could produce positive results.

“People got something good to say all the time,” she said. “You never know what it may be. It could change the world.”

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“The drains got over-whelmed,” said John Sinclair, emergency response coor-dinator for First Restoration Inc. “They’re full of leaves and couldn’t handle it. They’re stuffed.”

Sinclair said the damage could have been worse con-sidering the dock held more than a foot and a half of water at its peak.

Security notified main-tenance workers about the flooded offices in the admin-istration building at about 7 a.m. that morning.

“In the past, security has caught it early, today we didn’t get the call until 7 a.m.,” said James Ayala, facilities mainte-nance technician. “There were some ponds in here. As long as it keeps raining we’ll be sucking it up.”

The mailroom sustained wa-ter damage, but the employees managed to work around it.

“We’re a mess,” said mail/copy center manager Joy Burge. “Hasn’t happened like this before. This is the first time it’s this bad.”

Students, prepared for rain but not high water, maneu-vered through puddles and fast-moving currents to get to

class on time.“I messed up my perfect

shoes,” said Jennifer Brewer, freshman music education major. “Honestly, I didn’t think it was going to get that bad. I didn’t think that it was going to flood like that.”

-Staff writer Rachel Peel con-tributed to this article.

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Meisa Keivani Najafabadi | Rambler StaffMore than a foot and a half of water covered the library’s loading dock, disabling deliveries for the day. However, only 6 inches penetrated the building.

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Feeding the urge: Finding food around WesleyanChuck Faincmfain@mail.txwes.edu

Wesleyan offers many op-portunities to its students – unfortunately, a wide variety of food isn’t one of them.

As far as on-campus eater-ies go, our selection is slim – especially when compared to other colleges in the area. There’s Dora’s, which is ex-pensive if you don’t have a meal plan and is every bit as spectacular as you would expect a cafeteria to be. The Coffee X Spot offers lighter fare such as salads and wraps, and perhaps the most popu-lar choice, The Sub, which serves hamburgers and sand-wiches.

“I like The Sub. They al-ways know how to make my chicken cheese steak,” said freshman liberal studies ma-jor Robert Tutt.

But what if none of these on-campus options appeals to you? There’s the Subway across the street from Wes-leyan on Rosedale, and other chain restaurants such as Mc-Donalds, Whataburger and Jack in the Box are found just north of the school on Lan-caster.

However, Poly has so much more to offer your stomach than the same old deep-fried flavors.

The Poly Grill, just across the street from Wesleyan on Vaughn, is a soul food place serving up rib-sticking home cooking. The small, unas-suming building looks a bit rough, but inside are some of the friendliest folks and the finest food. Their menu includes everything from chicken fried steak to waffles —you can even get a glass of Kool-Aid to wash it down.

“Poly Grill is a place to go for good food at a good price. They are supportive of the community and the univer-

sity, and they always remem-ber you when you go in,” said alumnus Robert Carroll.

If you want more soul food, travel about five minutes or so east on Rosedale. There you will find Drew’s, a neigh-borhood legend. Drew’s has been around for as long as anyone who talks about it can remember. Their selection of soul and comfort food can’t be beat, and their generous portions leave you feeling full all day.

Tres Coronas is an authen-tic Mexican food place just behind the campus on Vick-ery Bulvard It too looks like it could use a fresh coat of paint,

but what it lacks in presenta-tion, it makes up for in taste. What most gringos know as “street tacos” are served up hot and fresh in handmade corn tortillas, along with a full menu of authentic appetizers. Try the “La Lengua” taco if you’re looking for a truly au-thentic treat.

Also on the Mexican food front is Campesinos Cafe. South of the campus, straight up Vaughn, is where you’ll find it. With excellent enchi-ladas, tasty tacos and cold cerveza, Campesinos is a great place to have a meeting or just to enjoy lunch.

Holding its own alongside

more popular chain burger joints like McDonalds and Whataburger is Griff ’s. Big burgers overflowing with fix-ings are what you can expect from this Poly staple. They are reasonably priced and serve ice cream and sweet tea. Get yourself a grease-soaked bag of burgers from here soon.

There are many other plac-es to eat around Wesleyan that are unique to the Poly neighborhood. I suggest you seek out and try as many of these places as you can, and to keep the old adage in mind —don’t judge a book by its cover.

Dwight Conerway | Staff PhotographerSee history come to life at the Museum of Science and History in Fort Worth.

Experience the past todayDwight Conerwaydconerway@mail.txwes.edu

Fort Worth’s cultural district houses the Museum of Science and History, which boasts new exhibits.

One exhibit is the TXO 4-D theater where visitors can take a tour of the gas drilling in-dustry. The brief movie also provides a simulated experi-ence that leaves visitors hold-ing on to their seats.

Starting with an introduc-tion of how gas is discovered, visitors take a 4-D tour that goes from inside the earth to the earth’s surface. After-ward, visitors can take a walk through the museum area where actual equipment and videos give an in-depth view of the Barnett Shale and ex-plain what this is.

The exhibit is an experience for all who want to learn more about the origin and the busi-ness of gas drilling. The mu-seum is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily except Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

Another sight is the Ex-treme Building exhibit where visitors can use materials to invent, draw and design elec-tronic, visual and movement type models. In another sec-

tion visitors can view replicas of Leonardo de Vinci’s art-work and inventions.

A walk through the Noble Planetarium provides infor-mation on local sites where many historic discoveries have been made in Texas during the past 100 years. One example is the world’s largest hand-dug well. A brief video allows visi-tors to experience night fall and actually see constellations formed and where they may be located using the naked eye as well as a common pair of binoculars.

Although there are no spe-cial rates for college students, a $14 admission gets visitors in until closing time.

Another attraction is the Omni Theater, which shows documentary films for $7 and full-length features for $10. Combo pricing is also avail-able if desired, where visitors may view all exhibits plus an Omni film for $19, or all ex-hibits and the planetarium for $17.

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SportsThe RambleR | www.therambler.org September 15, 2010 | 5

Eliana Mijangosemmijangos@mail.txwes.edu

The Texas Wesleyan Lady Rams’ volleyball team defeated school rivals Southwestern As-semblies of God University 3-1.

“This is a team that always comes out with a lot of swag,” said sophomore middle block-er Christina Danile.

The Lady Rams came out slow in the first set getting down quickly to a 6-2 deficit. Head Coach Christi Clawson called a time out where she said, “We need to regroup and refocus. Ready and relax.”

Turning the game around, freshman outside hitter Haelee Horne and freshman middle blocker Katherine Rosen-bush came out of the time out with three blocks. Senior out-side hitter Kristen Venhuizen topped off their work and fin-ished the first set with four kills giving them a 25-23 win over SAGU.

“Going into the match it was very apparent that SAGU knew our tendencies, but I think we did a good job adjusting,” said senior setter Evoni Darling.

Wesleyan came out strong in the second set with an 18-9 lead. SAGU picked it up and cut the score to 24-23.

Rosenbush kept a steady pace leading the set in kills.

Horne took the win with a kill assisted by Darling. The Lady Rams pulled out with a 25-23 lead.

The third set was a constant exchange of points between the Lions and Lady Rams.

With SAGU up by one point, Horne lost a tip and Wesleyan lost 25-23.

Rosenbush led the team with five kills in the fourth set. Christina Daniel, sophomore middle blocker, and Hannah Horton, freshman outside hit-ter, came in with a block and a kill each. Rosenbush, once again, sealed the win with a kill assisted from Darling.

“The great thing about our team is that we aren’t depen-dent on one person. We have many hitters who can put the ball away which contributed to our win,” Darling said.

Darling led the Lady Rams with 53 assists, 16 digs and two aces. She was accompanied by Venhuizen with 14 kills, 16 digs and two aces. Horne had 12 kills and 10 digs, and Rosen-bush had 18 kills.

“It was a great start to con-ference. We did a great job of working together and playing to our strengths,” Rosenbush said.

The Lady Rams are now 6-2. They will face St. Thomas University Sept. 14 at home.

At Texas Wesleyan,

our team members are truly

student-athletes. They bring in a

cumulative GPA of 2.84 and 35

percent have higher than a 3.0.

With academic and athletic

success, these students are

winners in the classroom as

well as on the field or the court.

TWU Athletics

2009-10 Red River Conference Champions: Men’s Basketball, Baseball, Softball and Golf

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Ram volleyball spikes the “swagger” off SAGU

Meisa Keivani Najafabadi | Rambler StaffHaelee Horne, freshman outside hitter, gets a tip, turning the tempo of the first set and leading the Lady Rams to a 25-23 win.

Martin Field improvementsin progress, more to comeEliana Mijangosemmijangos@mail.txwes.edu

A multiphase improvement plan for Wesleyan soccer field is currently in the works.

Phase one is already com-plete. Copper lights were ac-tually stolen last year and have now been replaced with more energy-efficient bulbs.

The second commitment in-cludes fixing and maintaining the playing turf by adding more natural fertilizers.

“We are really excited about the improvements that they are making to the field,” said Katy Houchin, junior goal keeper. “They were definitely needed.”

A parking lot with about 60 spots will be added to a lot of of Collard Street with the goal of alleviating traffic along Binge Street. However, Binge will still have parking allotted for play-ers and coaches.

“We are looking to improve the overall fan experience,” said Kevin Millikan, athletic director. “They will be adding stadium-style seating in order to gain perspective onto the field as well as permanent bath-rooms to replace the Porta Pot-ties.”

For the players, locker rooms and athletic training stations will be a vital addition to the field.

“The improvements are amaz-ing. It makes our school look great, and it lets us know that they care. We are driven to pay back our school and athletic pro-gram by winning a conference championship,” said Ricardo Aguilera, junior forward.

The improvements will cost approximately $30,000.

Millikan said the plans will be completed by kick off of next year.

Red River Players of the Week

•Men’ssoccer, Chase Richeson, junior mid-fielder, was nominated for offensive player of the week.

•Women’ssoccer, Kayla Mason, junior defender, was nominated for defen-sive player of the week.

•Women’ssoccer, Jes-sica Watton, sophomore forward, was nominated for offensive player of the week.

•Volleyball, Katherine Rosenbush, freshman middle blocker, is volley-ball player of the week for the second consecutive week.

TWU soccer teams fall short on victoryEliana Mijangosemmijangos@mail.txwes.edu

Texas Wesleyan women’s soccer team lost to the Lubbock Christian Chaparrals 1-0 in Saturday’s game.

This is their first loss of the season bringing their record to 4-1.

The one goal of the game was scored with very little effort from the Chaparrals. Katy Houchin, ju-nior goal keeper, actually ran into another defender, giving Lubbock the perfect opportunity for an open shot at the goal.

The goal came with a lot of disappointment after the Lady Rams had held the score to 0-0 for the first half of the game.

“I feel like we took LCU a little lightly,” said head coach Josh Gibbs. “They never came out and played us, and that was frustrating. They did what they needed to win, so hats off to them. We will refocus and look to get a win Friday versus Houston Vic-toria.”

Houchin finished the game with four saves to Lubbock’s four saves. The Rams outshot the Chap-arrals 16-10 and led in corner kicks 7-2.

The Wesleyan men’s team took a hard-fought loss to the Chaps in a double overtime game 3-2.

Down by a quick two goals at half time, the Rams worked hard the second half to tie the game. Ivan Kovacevic, freshman mid-fielder, scored the first goal unassisted. He was followed by sophomore defender Ryan Johnson who was assisted by Tyler Mendez, freshman defensive midfielder.

“We showed a lot of heart. Even though we were down by two, we didn’t stop playing,” said senior forward Marcus Harris.

Dominick Guitierrez, sophomore goal keeper, had a couple of huge saves on goal and some plays off penalty kicks. However, in the 107th minute of overtime, Dustin Jones of the Chaps had a break-away shot and won it for Lubbock Christian.

“Even though we lost, the way we fought showed a positive change in character and a step in the right direction,” said Miguel Arreguin, junior forward.

Guitierrez finished with 11 saves to Lubbock’s 12 to end the game. The Chaparrals led in shots 26-23 and corner kicks 7-6.

This game left the Wesleyan soccer team winless, with an 0-6 record.

The next game for both men and women is set for Sept. 21 against Schreiner University in Ker-ville.

Meisa Keivanai Najafabadi | Rambler StaffRandal McClanahan, sophomore forward, hustles to turn the ball around and get a score before the half against Lubbock Christian.

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Jonathan Resendezjlresendez@mail.txwes.edu

The smells in Tommy Chandler’s smoker linger long after his bouts are over.

Aromatic ghosts of bris-kets, ribs and chicken haunt the massive $5,000 pit he constructed himself over the course of two years. While the aromas would simply elicit mouth watering from most people, to Chandler, they mean victory.

A competitive cooker for almost two decades, Chandler has traveled the nation winning hundreds of awards in competitions such as the American Royal BBQ Cook Off and the Jack Daniel’s World Champion-ship Invitational Barbeque.

“Ask anybody in the cook-ing world about ‘Smok’n Joe’ and they know who that is,” Chandler said. “That’s me.”

Chandler, whose middle name is Joe, modeled his moniker after boxing leg-end Joe Frazier. He goes by his real name at Wesleyan, where he’s a project man-ager in charge of installing network cabling and fiber optics.

“He’s one of those guys that plans his work and works his plan,” said Rich-ard Webb, senior network engineer. “He’s very proac-tive.”

Although they work to-gether, Webb is no stranger to Chandler’s cooking.

“I almost enjoy Tommy as much as I enjoy his bar-beque,” Webb said. “You just have to try it to know. It’s the best recipe I’ve ever had.”

Chandler keeps a recipe journal that he travels with, making notes as he tweaks the flavor for different loca-tions.

“Each judge has his own taste buds,” he said. “You have one chance to impress the judge. One bite.”

Chandler began competi-tive cooking in 1995, won his first award a year later, and has been “hooked ever since.” He honed his craft by listening, asking questions and experimenting.

“It’s a very expensive hob-by, like golf,” Chandler said. “It’s addicting.”

Competitive cooker Steve Graham has known Chan-dler for five years. They meet with other cooks, usually couples, and travel to vari-ous competitions around the country.

“We’re friends Friday night,” Graham said. “But come Saturday morning, we’re there to cook—to compete.”

Chandler’s wife cooked against and alongside him until two years ago, when she died of a heart attack. Using a simple grill, she’d win more often than the cooks with expensive set-

ups, he said. “For two years, she kicked

everyone’s butt,” he said. Chandler said he’s al-

ways receiving calls from friends and family, asking for cooking advice. He said he doesn’t mind helping people and is pleased that the proceeds from the com-petitions go toward helping charities. He catered for the IT department last year, but plans on feeding 300 stu-dents, faculty and staff Sept. 15 for the Signature Student Experience BBQ luncheon.

“I’ll have to get up a whole lot earlier,” he said.

Wesleyan community remembers Sept. 11,supports Islamic religion(Above) Associate psychology professor Dr. Marilyn Pugh reads from the Quran, the Islamic holy book, on Sept. 11. A crowd of 21 gathered to show their support of religious freedom. (Below) The Never Forget Project set up 3,000 flags on the mall. Each flag represents a victim of the 9-11 attacks.

Photos by Meisa Keivani Najafabadi | Rambler Staff.

TWU network technician moonlights as grillmaster

Photos by Meisa Keivani Najafabadi | Rambler Staff(Above) Tommy Chandler pieced together his custom smoker with a 75-year-old friend over the course of two years. (Bottom left) Chandler keeps his first cooking award, for 8th place in brisket out of 110, in a special sleeve to preserve it. (Bottom right) The competitive cooker has won hundreds of awards, including 2nd overall at the American Royal and and 11th overall at the Jack Daniel’s World Championship Invitational Barbeque.

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Jonathan Resendezjlresendez@mail.txwes.edu

The smells in Tommy Chandler’s smoker linger long after his bouts are over.

Aromatic ghosts of bris-kets, ribs and chicken haunt the massive $5,000 pit he constructed himself over the course of two years. While the aromas would simply elicit mouth watering from most people, to Chandler, they mean victory.

A competitive cooker for almost two decades, Chandler has traveled the nation winning hundreds of awards in competitions such as the American Royal BBQ Cook Off and the Jack Daniel’s World Champion-ship Invitational Barbeque.

“Ask anybody in the cook-ing world about ‘Smok’n Joe’ and they know who that is,” Chandler said. “That’s me.”

Chandler, whose middle name is Joe, modeled his moniker after boxing leg-end Joe Frazier. He goes by his real name at Wesleyan, where he’s a project man-ager in charge of installing network cabling and fiber optics.

“He’s one of those guys that plans his work and works his plan,” said Rich-ard Webb, senior network engineer. “He’s very proac-tive.”

Although they work to-gether, Webb is no stranger to Chandler’s cooking.

“I almost enjoy Tommy as much as I enjoy his bar-beque,” Webb said. “You just have to try it to know. It’s the best recipe I’ve ever had.”

Chandler keeps a recipe journal that he travels with, making notes as he tweaks the flavor for different loca-tions.

“Each judge has his own taste buds,” he said. “You have one chance to impress the judge. One bite.”

Chandler began competi-tive cooking in 1995, won his first award a year later, and has been “hooked ever since.” He honed his craft by listening, asking questions and experimenting.

“It’s a very expensive hob-by, like golf,” Chandler said. “It’s addicting.”

Competitive cooker Steve Graham has known Chan-dler for five years. They meet with other cooks, usually couples, and travel to vari-ous competitions around the country.

“We’re friends Friday night,” Graham said. “But come Saturday morning, we’re there to cook—to compete.”

Chandler’s wife cooked against and alongside him until two years ago, when she died of a heart attack. Using a simple grill, she’d win more often than the cooks with expensive set-

ups, he said. “For two years, she kicked

everyone’s butt,” he said. Chandler said he’s al-

ways receiving calls from friends and family, asking for cooking advice. He said he doesn’t mind helping people and is pleased that the proceeds from the com-petitions go toward helping charities. He catered for the IT department last year, but plans on feeding 300 stu-dents, faculty and staff Sept. 15 for the Signature Student Experience BBQ luncheon.

“I’ll have to get up a whole lot earlier,” he said.

Wesleyan community remembers Sept. 11,supports Islamic religion(Above) Associate psychology professor Dr. Marilyn Pugh reads from the Quran, the Islamic holy book, on Sept. 11. A crowd of 21 gathered to show their support of religious freedom. (Below) The Never Forget Project set up 3,000 flags on the mall. Each flag represents a victim of the 9-11 attacks.

Photos by Meisa Keivani Najafabadi | Rambler Staff.

TWU network technician moonlights as grillmaster

Photos by Meisa Keivani Najafabadi | Rambler Staff(Above) Tommy Chandler pieced together his custom smoker with a 75-year-old friend over the course of two years. (Bottom left) Chandler keeps his first cooking award, for 8th place in brisket out of 110, in a special sleeve to preserve it. (Bottom right) The competitive cooker has won hundreds of awards, including grand champion for chicken and ranked within the top 10 at the Jack Daniel’s World Championship Invitational Barbeque.

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Scuba certification open to Wesleyan studentsShauna Bankssbbanks@mail.txwes.edu

Only three students so far can say they’ve donned scuba gear for graduation at Texas Wesleyan after completing a minor in recre-ational dive management.

Starting the open-water, scuba diving ac-tivities course in 1992, scuba and swimming instructor Bill Rucker has headed a one-of-a-kind program at the university for more than a decade now.

“The course is basically to provide a recre-ational dive management for a student that wants to have a secondary employment oppor-tunity,” Rucker said.

Rucker said the course takes about three years, or 20 credit hours, to complete and it certifies the students to teach others to dive and to possibly manage a diving business.

A lifeguard at the university pool, junior ki-nesiology major Jonathan Ayala, has already completed his first semester of open-water diving.

“[I will] probably end up coaching down the line,” he said. “But I’m also taking scuba, so there’s probably a lot of things I can do with that.”

Students coming into the minor program with previous experience and certification can

also gain credit towards the minor and start with the higher-level courses.

“I encourage the students that want to do this to go ahead and take the two one-hour classes just to get started,” said Dr. Pamela Rast, kine-siology department chair and professor.

All scuba students have the opportunity to go on a trip once a year as part of the program. Previous trips have been to Cozumel and the Bay Islands of Honduras, where the world’s second largest barrier reef rests, she said.

“There is nothing like what you see under-water,” Rast said.

The minor itself is a combination of open water diving, advanced diving, master dive and instructional assistant courses before students

Floods damage buildingsJonathan Resendezjlresendez@mail.txwes.edu

The Sept. 8 thunderstorms didn’t spare Wes-leyan as segments of multiple buildings were shut down due to flooding.

About 6 inches of water closed the library

basement and first floor of the administration building. First Restoration Inc. vacuumed and dried the buildings for multiple days, which will cost about $20,000, owner James Farley said.

Jonathan Resendez | Rambler StaffFirst Restoration Inc. technician Jose Prieto pumps water out of the library’s basement after thun-derstorms left it sitting in 6 inches of water. The services cost an estimated $20,000.

Anita Perry speaks at TWU law school

Shauna Bankssbbanks@mail.txwes.edu

Texas’ First Lady Anita Perry greet-ed everyone from the dean to the students as they filed into the Amon G. Carter auditorium Sept. 13.

Perry, Gov. Rick Perry’s wife, visit-ed the Texas Wesleyan School of Law and spoke to the students and faculty about the importance of leadership and community service.

“No community is worth living in

without good leadership,” Perry said. “I heard once that people are most afraid of failure. I think we are more afraid of success.”

Martin Garcia, a board member of the Texas Wesleyan Law Republi-cans, said the speech was organized by fellow member and third-year law student Carol Longoria.

He said with midterms coming up and elections not far away, it was a good time to have Perry on campus.

Perry spoke of past leaders during

her address, including Nolan Ryan and New York mayor Rudy Giuliani, revealing the biggest key to success is leadership.

To become successful leaders, she said people must first define who they are to themselves so they can make tough decisions when they arise.

“The people in your community should be your top priority, because you will have the chance to make a difference for them,” Perry said.

Perry ended her speech after 15 minutes by thanking law students for coming and wishing them well in their future endeavors.

“For us, it’s been a privilege to have the First Lady of Texas coming to our school, and I think we’ve all learned a lot about the legal profession and helping our community,” said Mah-rosh Nawaz, third-year law student. “I was actually hoping that it would be longer because she spoke very well.”

Meisa Keivani Najafabadi | Rambler StaffFirst Lady Anita Perry speaks to about 40 Wesleyan Law students and faculty about being a successful leader in today’s society.

New blog sheds light on school’s communityRachel Peelrlpeel@mail.txwes.edu

The Signature Experience Leadership Team is going digital to promote commu-nication within the Wesleyan community.

Earlier this year, SELT ven-tured into the virtual world by creating a blog where stu-dents, faculty and staff at the school can share stories about what they think makes Wes-leyan special.

“[The blog] was my idea, because we needed a com-munication tool to keep the campus updated with what’s happening and what’s new,” said Amy Collier, director of the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning.

The Signature Experience Blog allows students to upload stories about their experienc-es at Texas Wesleyan as well as what they think separates Wesleyan from other univer-sities.

For now, the SELT team is only inviting certain people to upload their stories.

Financial aid secretary Tara Cates is among those who have already posted.

“I’m very proud of Wesleyan and what it has done for my family. They gave me a home at the Village when I had lost my own,” she said.

Chuck Burton, assistant vice president for marketing and communications, said the department is doing its best to satisfy students and using the blog as an informational tool.

“We use it to provide news updates, project updates, any kind of information related to the Signature Experience,” Burton said.

In the future, SELT will open the blog to the entire Wesleyan community, but for now they are trying to get the information to the faculty and

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“When you watch him underwater with students, he is like this eagle eye that sees everything.”

Pamela RastKinesiology Department Chair

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Opinion2 | September 15, 2010 The RambleR | www.therambler.org

What do you think about students carrying concealed guns on campus?

Sofia Maldonado, junior exercise science

“That would probably make me pretty uncomfortable.”

Doss Whetstone, senior mass communication

“There’s too much testosterone on a college campus to allow

guns to be carried.”

Patrick Fraser, senior biology

“With the right regulation, it should be no different than walking through Wal-Mart.”

Kristi Roberts, freshman athletic training

“This is not the best neigh-borhood in the world. I think it would be all right.”

Oscar Campos, junior business

“I have a concealed handgun license, and it’s a deterent to potential things

that can happen.”

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Discrimination has no place at Wesleyan

Wesleyan has a very concise, but perhaps not so clear, policy against discrimination on its campuses. Even if you’re no good at decipher-ing legal speak, the policy should be easy enough to comprehend.

I’m starting to wonder how many of us actually read and understand the student handbook.

Wesleyan defines discrimination as “any act or conduct that is preju-dicial toward another person’s race, color, national origin, ethnicity, gender, age, religion, disability or

other legally-protected status.”Most people know what discrim-

ination looks like when they see it, even if they don’t read the hand-book. When I came to Wesleyan I was afraid I might experience discrimination because of my ag-nosticism, bisexuality and previous homeless status.

I have not experienced many acts of personal discrimination in my lifetime. I have however, experi-enced discrimination against others on issues of sexual orientation and religious affiliation.

I guess I was naive when I came to Wesleyan. I expected this school to be different from others.

One might think that discrimina-tion on a Methodist campus would be difficult to find, but I was ap-palled last spring when I found the opposite is true.

A friend of mine, who happens to

be Jewish, confided in me that some Wesleyan students had called him derisive names. I could not believe something like that would happen at my school, and I was outraged.

Later that week, I encountered discrimination again on campus while in a humanities class discuss-ing two workshops that had been presented at University College Day. The workshops focused on the topic of transgender issues.

During the discussion, two of my classmates made it very clear they did not like the topic and that they didn’t want to continue the discus-sion. They tried to make the com-ments under their breaths, but I heard them loud and clear, and it made me irate.

I nearly let my temper get the best of me, but because I am older, I kept my mouth shut and let their immature rants continue.

These two incidences of discrimi-nation have caused me to look at Wesleyan in a slightly different way. I don’t want to believe that there could be discrimination of any kind on my campus or in my church, but I now realize that discrimination may be everywhere and will not go away.

I am still having trouble com-prehending such intolerance and discrimination from a group of people whom I expected to adhere to a doctrine of love for their fellow man.

Americans have overcome some insurmountable hurdles in the past 234 years, but some form of dis-crimination still exists in many of us.

In recent months, we’ve seen dis-crimination against Hispanics in Arizona and against Muslims all across the nation.

This discrimination is just despi-cable. When we stereotype people, all we’re doing is making it difficult for the next generation to overcome the curse of discrimination.

I do my best to avoid discrimina-tion, but like most people, I have stereotypical thoughts that slip into my mind. Those thoughts might come from the clothes people wear, the cars they drive or the way they look.

Is that guy with his pants slung low really a gang-banger, or is he just trying to fit in with the crowd? Is the old man who just got off the bus wearing a pagri (head scarf) likely to be a terrorist? It’s ridicu-lous to make those assumptions.

I understand that discrimination and stereotypes will not go away any time soon, but it would be nice to keep it off the Texas Wesleyan campus and out of Poly Church.

Concealed carry makes safety personal

Gun shots. Screaming. Cha-os. Things no student, staff or faculty member ever wants to encounter within the class-room at any university.

Yet, are institutions of higher education across the country really doing their students and faculty any fa-vors by banning licensed stu-dents and staff from carrying on campus?

The 2010-2011 Student Handbook for Texas Wes-leyan spells out strict rules and policies concerning any weapons on campus, includ-ing concealed handguns.

It goes so far as to specify that even those licensed to carry any such weapons not be permitted to carry, or have them in any parked vehicle on campus.

Maybe it’s just me, but I know I’d be a little less pan-icked in a shooter situation, knowing that at least a few of my classmates were armed. Maybe those who possess concealed handgun licenses and were carrying could put up some sort of defense, po-tentially saving many lives.

Currently the university uses the Wesleyan Emergen-cy Management System. This system is intended to rapidly send messages to students and faculty who are regis-tered for the service, in the event of a weather emergency or violent crisis situation.

While this is all fine and good, by the time any student received such a message dur-ing a violent shooter situa-tion, the scene could already be very grim. Nearly three and a half years after the Vir-

ginia Tech shootings, I am still convinced that allowing students and faculty with concealed handgun licenses to carry on campus would offer some sort of hope. Ob-viously a similar situation could arise at another college campus.

I would hate to think that my only defense would be hiding behind a desk or pray-ing that I played dead con-vincingly enough.

Because after all is said and done, the fact still remains that a person who has gone off the deep end, enough to open up fire on a college campus, has no regard for the laws in place.

A simple policy stating it’s now allowed, under stiff penalties, just does not de-ter such an individual. How-ever, knowing the classroom he or she was walking into could contain five or more concealed handgun carriers would give room for pause.

Students for Concealed Carry on Campus is an orga-nization of students and fac-ulty all over the country that advocate for students’ rights to carry on campus, as given to us by the Second Amend-ment of the U.S. Constitu-tion.

Texas is still behind the curve in allowing its students who are licensed to carry on campus, but came closer in February 2009, when a bill was introduced during the 81st legislative session, call-ing for campuses to allow concealed handgun carry.

SCCC said that Sena-tor Jeff Wentworth (R-San

Antonio) introduced bill 1164 on Feb. 26, 2009. 

The bill left the State Af-fairs Committee and passed the Senate by a vote of 20-11.  The bill was then sent back to the House Calendars Committee but ultimate-ly died due to the lengthy Democratic filibuster in the Texas House over the Voter ID bill.

Despite this setback, de-bates are still going on today at many campuses, even pro-gressing to “empty holster protests,” originally coined by the SCCC, in which students wear empty gun holsters in protest of the concealed handgun ban.

Currently, Utah is the only state allowing licensed hand-gun owners to carry on cam-pus at its nine public univer-sities.

With any luck, Texas will eventually follow suit—al-lowing students and faculty to equally defend themselves in a crisis situation and put their lives back in their own hands.

Melissa BatesStaff writermdbates@mail.xwes.edu

Shauna BanksStaff writersbbanks@mail.txwes.edu

More guns do not make campus safer

The idea of students, faculty and staff members carrying concealed handguns on Wes-leyan’s campus does not sit right with me for a variety of reasons. There are obviously two sides to this issue but each of us has the right to decide which makes us feel safer.

The students and faculty on any campus should strictly focus on academic pursuits. Security teams hired by the college should likewise focus on the constant protection of those students and faculty. We all have a role in the big pic-ture.

Asking us to take responsi-bility for our own security and safety by allowing concealed carry is counter to the ratio-nale for hiring the security force in the first place.

It isn’t logical to deploy a se-curity force on a college cam-pus whose mission is to pro-vide a safe environment only to minimize their ability by disarming them.

There are college campuses of various sizes all across the country that have profes-

sionally-trained and properly armed officers on their secu-rity teams.

Weatherford College, for example, is roughly the size of Wesleyan, and employs a security force comprised of professionally-trained peace officers who are armed and on duty 24 hours a day. This is the most effective way to provide security to a campus regardless of its size.

The Students for Concealed Carry on Campus is a grass-roots organization that sup-ports concealed carry. Their website lists a number of “common arguments” for al-lowing licensed adults to carry on campus. They attempt to answer each argument with a very rational explanation. It really is just rationalization. That’s what I mean when I say there are two sides to the issue.

Regardless of any rational-ization by the SCCC, allow-ing more guns on campus will logically result in a higher probability that a gun will be used against the campus pop-ulation. More guns–more op-portunity. A gun that does not exist can’t be fired accidentally or on purpose.

According to SCCC data, about 10 percent of adults are licensed and carry concealed guns nationwide. If I knew one out of every 10 people on campus was packing heat, I would be distracted—period. It’s one thing for someone to take the state’s course to be-come licensed. It is something else entirely to predict how a student with four hours of safety training will react under fire.

Students and faculty carry-ing concealed guns would be no less vulnerable to the crazy, armed madman who comes on campus bent on destruc-tion than they are now. There would just be more guns in-volved, more bullets flying and a greater probability that someone is unintentionally in-jured or killed.

Honestly, no one would ex-pect a 22-year-old accounting major to suddenly transform into a commando and make all the right decisions in a “kill or be killed” situation that could easily be over in less than a minute. I can’t buy the concept that someone with no expe-rience of defending himself against violent crime can sud-denly protect himself and oth-ers, just because he is the one with the concealed gun. I don’t want that pressure on me, and I don’t want to put it on my friends and professors.

I honestly don’t believe Wes-leyan’s administration believes there is any reason for the students and staff of this uni-versity to fear gun violence on campus. If they change their minds on that, I hope the reso-lution will be to develop an armed campus police force to enhance our security.

There are plenty of places where I believe concealed carry is a good idea, and I am a big fan of the U.S. Con-stitution. There is not a more civilized place to be than on a college campus. That said—I like to think we have a better chance of remaining civilized and safe, if we don’t get used to the “wild west” approach to campus security.

Barry GrubbsOpinion editorbgrubbs@mail.txwes.edu

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“I feel very fortunate that we have him [Rucker] here teach-ing for us, because of how he cares for students,” Rast said. “When you watch him under-water with students, he is like this eagle eye that sees every-thing.”

Students are provided with major scuba diving equip-ment like oxygen tanks, and only have to purchase their personal equipment, which includes a snorkel, boots, mask and fins.

When students complete the program, they get to go through an underwater graduation ceremony and are given red and white cords to wear at the traditional robing ceremony.

“The underwater gradua-tion is usually right after the robing ceremony, or the day before, and our students ac-tually turn their tassel over as they come up out of the wa-ter,” Rast said.

The university also offers a four-week, open-water div-

ing course in the evenings for continuing education stu-dents, or others related to stu-dents and faculty.

Those interested do not have to be registered students to participate in this evening

class. The next four-week course begins Sept. 21, Rucker said.

“We continue to teach Wes-leyan’s family in those cours-es, and it’s very enjoyable,” Rucker said.

Meisa Keivani Najafabadi| Rambler StaffWesleyan students train for their scuba certification in the pool located in the SUB. An underwater graduation ceremony is offered to students who complete the program.

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“People don’t often check their e-mail, so we wanted to make sure there are different ways of getting information out,” Collier said.

Sophomore kinesiology ma-jor Deserae Davis said the blog could produce positive results.

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“The drains got over-whelmed,” said John Sinclair, emergency response coor-dinator for First Restoration Inc. “They’re full of leaves and couldn’t handle it. They’re stuffed.”

Sinclair said the damage could have been worse con-sidering the dock held more than a foot and a half of water at its peak.

Security notified main-tenance workers about the flooded offices in the admin-istration building at about 7 a.m. that morning.

“In the past, security has caught it early, today we didn’t get the call until 7 a.m.,” said James Ayala, facilities mainte-nance technician. “There were some ponds in here. As long as it keeps raining we’ll be sucking it up.”

The mailroom sustained wa-ter damage, but the employees managed to work around it.

“We’re a mess,” said mail/copy center manager Joy Burge. “Hasn’t happened like this before. This is the first time it’s this bad.”

Students, prepared for rain but not high water, maneu-vered through puddles and fast-moving currents to get to

class on time.“I messed up my perfect

shoes,” said Jennifer Brewer, freshman music education major. “Honestly, I didn’t think it was going to get that bad. I didn’t think that it was going to flood like that.”

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Meisa Keivani Najafabadi | Rambler StaffMore than a foot and a half of water covered the library’s loading dock, disabling deliveries for the day. However, only 6 inches penetrated the building.

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Feeding the urge: Finding food around WesleyanChuck Faincmfain@mail.txwes.edu

Wesleyan offers many op-portunities to its students – unfortunately, a wide variety of food isn’t one of them.

As far as on-campus eater-ies go, our selection is slim – especially when compared to other colleges in the area. There’s Dora’s, which is ex-pensive if you don’t have a meal plan and is every bit as spectacular as you would expect a cafeteria to be. The Coffee X Spot offers lighter fare such as salads and wraps, and perhaps the most popu-lar choice, The Sub, which serves hamburgers and sand-wiches.

“I like The Sub. They al-ways know how to make my chicken cheese steak,” said freshman liberal studies ma-jor Robert Tutt.

But what if none of these on-campus options appeals to you? There’s the Subway across the street from Wes-leyan on Rosedale, and other chain restaurants such as Mc-Donalds, Whataburger and Jack in the Box are found just north of the school on Lan-caster.

However, Poly has so much more to offer your stomach than the same old deep-fried flavors.

The Poly Grill, just across the street from Wesleyan on Vaughn, is a soul food place serving up rib-sticking home cooking. The small, unas-suming building looks a bit rough, but inside are some of the friendliest folks and the finest food. Their menu includes everything from chicken fried steak to waffles —you can even get a glass of Kool-Aid to wash it down.

“Poly Grill is a place to go for good food at a good price. They are supportive of the community and the univer-

sity, and they always remem-ber you when you go in,” said alumnus Robert Carroll.

If you want more soul food, travel about five minutes or so east on Rosedale. There you will find Drew’s, a neigh-borhood legend. Drew’s has been around for as long as anyone who talks about it can remember. Their selection of soul and comfort food can’t be beat, and their generous portions leave you feeling full all day.

Tres Coronas is an authen-tic Mexican food place just behind the campus on Vick-ery Bulvard It too looks like it could use a fresh coat of paint,

but what it lacks in presenta-tion, it makes up for in taste. What most gringos know as “street tacos” are served up hot and fresh in handmade corn tortillas, along with a full menu of authentic appetizers. Try the “La Lengua” taco if you’re looking for a truly au-thentic treat.

Also on the Mexican food front is Campesinos Cafe. South of the campus, straight up Vaughn, is where you’ll find it. With excellent enchi-ladas, tasty tacos and cold cerveza, Campesinos is a great place to have a meeting or just to enjoy lunch.

Holding its own alongside

more popular chain burger joints like McDonalds and Whataburger is Griff ’s. Big burgers overflowing with fix-ings are what you can expect from this Poly staple. They are reasonably priced and serve ice cream and sweet tea. Get yourself a grease-soaked bag of burgers from here soon.

There are many other plac-es to eat around Wesleyan that are unique to the Poly neighborhood. I suggest you seek out and try as many of these places as you can, and to keep the old adage in mind —don’t judge a book by its cover.

Dwight Conerway | Staff PhotographerSee history come to life at the Museum of Science and History in Fort Worth.

Experience the past todayDwight Conerwaydconerway@mail.txwes.edu

Fort Worth’s cultural district houses the Museum of Science and History, which boasts new exhibits.

One exhibit is the TXO 4-D theater where visitors can take a tour of the gas drilling in-dustry. The brief movie also provides a simulated experi-ence that leaves visitors hold-ing on to their seats.

Starting with an introduc-tion of how gas is discovered, visitors take a 4-D tour that goes from inside the earth to the earth’s surface. After-ward, visitors can take a walk through the museum area where actual equipment and videos give an in-depth view of the Barnett Shale and ex-plain what this is.

The exhibit is an experience for all who want to learn more about the origin and the busi-ness of gas drilling. The mu-seum is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily except Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

Another sight is the Ex-treme Building exhibit where visitors can use materials to invent, draw and design elec-tronic, visual and movement type models. In another sec-

tion visitors can view replicas of Leonardo de Vinci’s art-work and inventions.

A walk through the Noble Planetarium provides infor-mation on local sites where many historic discoveries have been made in Texas during the past 100 years. One example is the world’s largest hand-dug well. A brief video allows visi-tors to experience night fall and actually see constellations formed and where they may be located using the naked eye as well as a common pair of binoculars.

Although there are no spe-cial rates for college students, a $14 admission gets visitors in until closing time.

Another attraction is the Omni Theater, which shows documentary films for $7 and full-length features for $10. Combo pricing is also avail-able if desired, where visitors may view all exhibits plus an Omni film for $19, or all ex-hibits and the planetarium for $17.

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The Texas Wesleyan Lady Rams’ volleyball team defeated school rivals Southwestern As-semblies of God University 3-1.

“This is a team that always comes out with a lot of swag,” said sophomore middle block-er Christina Danile.

The Lady Rams came out slow in the first set getting down quickly to a 6-2 deficit. Head Coach Christi Clawson called a time out where she said, “We need to regroup and refocus. Ready and relax.”

Turning the game around, freshman outside hitter Haelee Horne and freshman middle blocker Katherine Rosen-bush came out of the time out with three blocks. Senior out-side hitter Kristen Venhuizen topped off their work and fin-ished the first set with four kills giving them a 25-23 win over SAGU.

“Going into the match it was very apparent that SAGU knew our tendencies, but I think we did a good job adjusting,” said senior setter Evoni Darling.

Wesleyan came out strong in the second set with an 18-9 lead. SAGU picked it up and cut the score to 24-23.

Rosenbush kept a steady pace leading the set in kills.

Horne took the win with a kill assisted by Darling. The Lady Rams pulled out with a 25-23 lead.

The third set was a constant exchange of points between the Lions and Lady Rams.

With SAGU up by one point, Horne lost a tip and Wesleyan lost 25-23.

Rosenbush led the team with five kills in the fourth set. Christina Daniel, sophomore middle blocker, and Hannah Horton, freshman outside hit-ter, came in with a block and a kill each. Rosenbush, once again, sealed the win with a kill assisted from Darling.

“The great thing about our team is that we aren’t depen-dent on one person. We have many hitters who can put the ball away which contributed to our win,” Darling said.

Darling led the Lady Rams with 53 assists, 16 digs and two aces. She was accompanied by Venhuizen with 14 kills, 16 digs and two aces. Horne had 12 kills and 10 digs, and Rosen-bush had 18 kills.

“It was a great start to con-ference. We did a great job of working together and playing to our strengths,” Rosenbush said.

The Lady Rams are now 6-2. They will face St. Thomas University Sept. 14 at home.

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Ram volleyball spikes the “swagger” off SAGU

Meisa Keivani Najafabadi | Rambler StaffHaelee Horne, freshman outside hitter, gets a tip, turning the tempo of the first set and leading the Lady Rams to a 25-23 win.

Martin Field improvementsin progress, more to comeEliana Mijangosemmijangos@mail.txwes.edu

A multiphase improvement plan for Wesleyan soccer field is currently in the works.

Phase one is already com-plete. Copper lights were ac-tually stolen last year and have now been replaced with more energy-efficient bulbs.

The second commitment in-cludes fixing and maintaining the playing turf by adding more natural fertilizers.

“We are really excited about the improvements that they are making to the field,” said Katy Houchin, junior goal keeper. “They were definitely needed.”

A parking lot with about 60 spots will be added to a lot of of Collard Street with the goal of alleviating traffic along Binge Street. However, Binge will still have parking allotted for play-ers and coaches.

“We are looking to improve the overall fan experience,” said Kevin Millikan, athletic director. “They will be adding stadium-style seating in order to gain perspective onto the field as well as permanent bath-rooms to replace the Porta Pot-ties.”

For the players, locker rooms and athletic training stations will be a vital addition to the field.

“The improvements are amaz-ing. It makes our school look great, and it lets us know that they care. We are driven to pay back our school and athletic pro-gram by winning a conference championship,” said Ricardo Aguilera, junior forward.

The improvements will cost approximately $30,000.

Millikan said the plans will be completed by kick off of next year.

Red River Players of the Week

•Men’ssoccer, Chase Richeson, junior mid-fielder, was nominated for offensive player of the week.

•Women’ssoccer, Kayla Mason, junior defender, was nominated for defen-sive player of the week.

•Women’ssoccer, Jes-sica Watton, sophomore forward, was nominated for offensive player of the week.

•Volleyball, Katherine Rosenbush, freshman middle blocker, is volley-ball player of the week for the second consecutive week.

TWU soccer teams fall short on victoryEliana Mijangosemmijangos@mail.txwes.edu

Texas Wesleyan women’s soccer team lost to the Lubbock Christian Chaparrals 1-0 in Saturday’s game.

This is their first loss of the season bringing their record to 4-1.

The one goal of the game was scored with very little effort from the Chaparrals. Katy Houchin, ju-nior goal keeper, actually ran into another defender, giving Lubbock the perfect opportunity for an open shot at the goal.

The goal came with a lot of disappointment after the Lady Rams had held the score to 0-0 for the first half of the game.

“I feel like we took LCU a little lightly,” said head coach Josh Gibbs. “They never came out and played us, and that was frustrating. They did what they needed to win, so hats off to them. We will refocus and look to get a win Friday versus Houston Vic-toria.”

Houchin finished the game with four saves to Lubbock’s four saves. The Rams outshot the Chap-arrals 16-10 and led in corner kicks 7-2.

The Wesleyan men’s team took a hard-fought loss to the Chaps in a double overtime game 3-2.

Down by a quick two goals at half time, the Rams worked hard the second half to tie the game. Ivan Kovacevic, freshman mid-fielder, scored the first goal unassisted. He was followed by sophomore defender Ryan Johnson who was assisted by Tyler Mendez, freshman defensive midfielder.

“We showed a lot of heart. Even though we were down by two, we didn’t stop playing,” said senior forward Marcus Harris.

Dominick Guitierrez, sophomore goal keeper, had a couple of huge saves on goal and some plays off penalty kicks. However, in the 107th minute of overtime, Dustin Jones of the Chaps had a break-away shot and won it for Lubbock Christian.

“Even though we lost, the way we fought showed a positive change in character and a step in the right direction,” said Miguel Arreguin, junior forward.

Guitierrez finished with 11 saves to Lubbock’s 12 to end the game. The Chaparrals led in shots 26-23 and corner kicks 7-6.

This game left the Wesleyan soccer team winless, with an 0-6 record.

The next game for both men and women is set for Sept. 21 against Schreiner University in Ker-ville.

Meisa Keivanai Najafabadi | Rambler StaffRandal McClanahan, sophomore forward, hustles to turn the ball around and get a score before the half against Lubbock Christian.

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The smells in Tommy Chandler’s smoker linger long after his bouts are over.

Aromatic ghosts of bris-kets, ribs and chicken haunt the massive $5,000 pit he constructed himself over the course of two years. While the aromas would simply elicit mouth watering from most people, to Chandler, they mean victory.

A competitive cooker for almost two decades, Chandler has traveled the nation winning hundreds of awards in competitions such as the American Royal BBQ Cook Off and the Jack Daniel’s World Champion-ship Invitational Barbeque.

“Ask anybody in the cook-ing world about ‘Smok’n Joe’ and they know who that is,” Chandler said. “That’s me.”

Chandler, whose middle name is Joe, modeled his moniker after boxing leg-end Joe Frazier. He goes by his real name at Wesleyan, where he’s a project man-ager in charge of installing network cabling and fiber optics.

“He’s one of those guys that plans his work and works his plan,” said Rich-ard Webb, senior network engineer. “He’s very proac-tive.”

Although they work to-gether, Webb is no stranger to Chandler’s cooking.

“I almost enjoy Tommy as much as I enjoy his bar-beque,” Webb said. “You just have to try it to know. It’s the best recipe I’ve ever had.”

Chandler keeps a recipe journal that he travels with, making notes as he tweaks the flavor for different loca-tions.

“Each judge has his own taste buds,” he said. “You have one chance to impress the judge. One bite.”

Chandler began competi-tive cooking in 1995, won his first award a year later, and has been “hooked ever since.” He honed his craft by listening, asking questions and experimenting.

“It’s a very expensive hob-by, like golf,” Chandler said. “It’s addicting.”

Competitive cooker Steve Graham has known Chan-dler for five years. They meet with other cooks, usually couples, and travel to vari-ous competitions around the country.

“We’re friends Friday night,” Graham said. “But come Saturday morning, we’re there to cook—to compete.”

Chandler’s wife cooked against and alongside him until two years ago, when she died of a heart attack. Using a simple grill, she’d win more often than the cooks with expensive set-

ups, he said. “For two years, she kicked

everyone’s butt,” he said. Chandler said he’s al-

ways receiving calls from friends and family, asking for cooking advice. He said he doesn’t mind helping people and is pleased that the proceeds from the com-petitions go toward helping charities. He catered for the IT department last year, but plans on feeding 300 stu-dents, faculty and staff Sept. 15 for the Signature Student Experience BBQ luncheon.

“I’ll have to get up a whole lot earlier,” he said.

Wesleyan community remembers Sept. 11,supports Islamic religion(Above) Associate psychology professor Dr. Marilyn Pugh reads from the Quran, the Islamic holy book, on Sept. 11. A crowd of 21 gathered to show their support of religious freedom. (Below) The Never Forget Project set up 3,000 flags on the mall. Each flag represents a victim of the 9-11 attacks.

Photos by Meisa Keivani Najafabadi | Rambler Staff.

TWU network technician moonlights as grillmaster

Photos by Meisa Keivani Najafabadi | Rambler Staff(Above) Tommy Chandler pieced together his custom smoker with a 75-year-old friend over the course of two years. (Bottom left) Chandler keeps his first cooking award, for 8th place in brisket out of 110, in a special sleeve to preserve it. (Bottom right) The competitive cooker has won hundreds of awards, including 2nd overall at the American Royal and and 11th overall at the Jack Daniel’s World Championship Invitational Barbeque.