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Photos by Pam BelcherTop: During the Magic Show, colorful flames were created using different powdered chemicals.Bottom: Kevin Boudreaux shows chemical reactions.

ASU residents: About 70 percent of Angelo Place resi-dents are ASU students

Allison Duggan StaffWriter

Police found San Angelo resident Manuel Charles Martinez, 21, dead of a gunshot wound to the head Saturday, Nov. 6 at Angelo Place Apartments, Lieutenant David Howard said.

“Right now it’s looking like an acci-dent,” Precinct 4 Justice of the Peace Ed-die Howard said. “I’m not sure anybody has come to the conclusion that there was any intent for murder or suicide.”

Police received a 911 call at approxi-mately 12:06 a.m. stating there had been a gunshot at the apartment complex on 1426 Western Court. Three witnesses

were interviewed and released, with no arrests made.

Lt. Howard said that preliminary investigations agree with the witnesses’ statements. However, the detectives must look at all the evidence possible be-fore coming to a conclusion.Two handguns were seized at the

scene and tagged for information, but oneshotwasfired,Lt.Howardsaid.

Senior Brad Holcomb, an Angelo Place resident, said he was shocked when he heard the news.

“I think everything was handled as well as it could be, though,” Holcomb said . The unit in which the incident oc-

curred only had two of its four rooms rentedout.ThetenantoftheroomMar-tinez was found in was out of town. In her absence, she apparently invited Mar-tinez and two of the witnesses there as

guests. None of them were residents of the complex. The otherwomanwhorented a private room in the unit was asleep when the incident happened, Judge Howard said.Thepoliceactivityledseveralofthe

on-sitestafferstocallmanagement.Place Properties Director of Market-

ing and Public Relations Jessica Nix said the intention of Angelo Place’s adminis-tration is to make sure the residents are their top priority. Oneofthefirstcoursesofactiontak-

en by management was to send out an announcement to alert residents of the incident and state its full cooperation with the authorities’ investigation. The announcement also provided

safety tips like locking doors and win-dows and calling 911 if observing suspi-cious activity.

Judge Howard said because the death

was an isolated incident, there is nothing to cause tenants to worry for their own safety.

Martinez’s body was sent to the Lub-bock CountyMedical Examiner’s officeearly Monday morning.

Case Detectives Brian Elkins and Cory Moore were unavailable for com-ment.“The autopsy results should be in

sometime next week,” Lt. Howard said.A rosary service was held at Robert

Massie Funeral HomeWednesday eve-ning. The funeral service took place atSt. Joseph’s Catholic Church Thursdaymorning, followed by burial at Calvary Cemetery.

About 70 percent of the residents are ASU students, Property Manager Opal Coxsaid.MartinezattendedLakeViewHigh School at one point.

Science Days: Elementary students learn hands on

Shamarian McCuen ContributingWriter

Fourth graders from surround-ing schools lined up to see the Magic ShowonTuesdayintheCavnessSci-ence Building.

“I’ve been doing the Magic Show since the Science Days program was started sometime in the late 90s,” said Kevin Boudreaux, senior instructor of Department of Chemistry and Bio-

chemistry. “I enjoy doing demonstra-tions,andoftenincorporatethemintomy lecture classes, so it’s fun to do an entire show of them, to see if it can spark an interest in science in younger children.” The Science Days program pur-

pose is to provide elementary students with the chance to experience science in an educational environment and to interest them in science at an early age. The chemistry and physicsmagic

show ended the science day with a bang,demonstratingtheGuncotton.“The Guncotton that I set on fire

is made from regular cotton balls

that are soaked in a mixture of con-centrated nitric and sulfuric acids,” Boudreaux said. “The acid mixtureadds nitro (NO2) group to some of the cellulose fibers in the cotton,makingitmuchmoreunstable. When it’s litwith a match, virtually the entire wad ofcottonisconvertedintogases,suchas carbon dioxide, water vapor, and nitrogen gas, causing it to disappear inaspectacularflashofflame.”The chemistry and physicsmagic

show is part of a science-filled daywhere the students see a variety of wildlife from the Biology Depart-ment’s Natural History Collections.

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Director: Financial aid scams possible

Dana Choi StaffWriter

The financial aid office warnsstudents to exercise caution when dealing with questionable scholar-ships.

Financial Aid Director Michelle Bennett asked Student Govern-ment Association last week to step in and inform students about po-tential financial aid scams due tothefinancialaidoffice’slimits.

Various companies sometimes contact students and faculty with thepromiseoffinancialaid.How-ever, many of these promises come with a fee, which Rick Lasly, asso-

ciate director of Financial Aid, said students should not have to pay.Application fees for these fi-

nancial aid processes typically vary from $29 to $59, Lasly said.Thefinancialaidofficetriesto

help students determine the legiti-macy of the offers by visiting thecompany’s website or directly con-tacting the company, but Bennettsaidtheofficecannotalwaysmakethat judgment.

“If [the institution] is one that we’ve heard of that is repu-table, we’ll help guide the student through the application, because the goal is for us to help them,” Bennettsaid.“Wewilltryandhelpthe student identify whether it is an actual, good scholarship or if it mayjustwanttogetmoneyoffthestudents.”

Scam warnings from SGAUPD: Charged with burglary

Scott Dykowski Editor-in-Chief

Police arrested a student Tues-day morning on charges of break-ing into vehicles on campus over the weekend.

Joshua Harper, freshman, is charged with breaking into at least one of seven vandalized vehicles Nov. 5 and 6. “We have reason to believe the

suspect was not acting alone,” Chief of University Police James Adams said.“Wedon’twantpeopletothinkthe criminal is caught, and they don’thavetoworry.Wewantthemto view it as a potential threat.”Thebreak-instookplaceatCon-

cho,Texan,RobertMassieandMaryMassie Halls.

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Watch volleyball play in the Lonestar Conference Friday at lonestarconference.org

Friday, November 12, 2010Page 2 Campus NewsMickey Matthews, President, Handball ClubMajor: Coaching sports, recreation, and fitness

administrationClassification: Graduate StudentMusic: Anything, classic rock and eighties mu-

sicFrequented web site: ESPN and CNN. “I’m on

Facebook, but it’s not a priority,” Matthews said.Hobbies: “I play golf any chance I can get,” Mat-

thews said. “I like pretty much anything outdoors.” Restaurant: Armentes

ASU Handball ClubPurpose: To create a competitive avenue for stu-

dents in a life time sportEvents: Compete with Hardin-Simmons a cou-

ple of times a semester and will compete in Feb. in a world collegiate tournament.

Eligibility: Show up and we’ll teach you, there are slight eligibility rules for tournaments, but most ev-eryone plays.

Advice: “Get the most out of your education,” Matthews said. “Take all the opportunities you can.”

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Crew to replace water lines under lot

Tim Lester Managing Editor

Students met with a blockade in parking lots near Texan Hall on Monday.

Lee Lewis Construction closed off a section of road connecting Parking lots 26 to 23.

The barricade is necessary to re-place old waterline, as part of the Campus Green Project, which will feed into the Plaza Verde Dorms.

“It’s a minor inconvenience,” said Travis Taylor, Residential Pro-grams area coordinator.

The barricade does require driv-ers to re-route around the section to get to Texan Hall Parking.

“Being a freshman and trying to get used to the campus [construc-tion on the East side of ASU] is re-ally an inconvenience to have go-ing,” Madi Barron said. “It forces [students] to drive around three other parking lots just to find a spot.”

Campus Green contractor Matt Vitek said the pipe is one of the last that hasn’t been replaced during ASU’s growth.

“It’s an old City of San Angelo waterline that runs from Plaza Verde to that barricade,” Vitek said. “All the rest were replaced when Texan Hall was built.”

The replacing of the pipe should not affect any student housing or other buildings.

“We are working off hours and there are multiple lines to the dif-ferent buildings,” Vitek said. “It’ll

be so quick; no one should notice any water issues.”

Vitek said that along with the wa-ter pipe being replaced, they are lay-ing down the Verizon Telecommuni-cations network for Plaza Verde.

As the project continues, the contractor will have to close Circle Drive directly east of Concho Hall.

“We aren’t sure yet when [the closure] will happen, but it will only be for a couple of weeks as well,” Vitek said.

Along with this project, the con-tractors have put in new sidewalks on the east side of Van Buren St., and will be closing the ones on the west side for construction.

Near future plans also include closing sections of the mall to re-place the sidewalks near the Cam-pus Green Project.

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Replacement water line pipes sit at the campus green project area Wednesday. These will replace old pipes at the Plaza Verde construction site for the new dorms being constructed.

Search underway for replacement

Dana Choi Staff Writer

The vice president for Finance and Administra-tion will retire March 1 and leave the responsi-bility of the university’s finances to the new vice president, who will most likely be chosen from one of four finalists.

Sharon Meyer has served as Finance and Administration vice presi-dent for the past eight years. She has been the chief financial officer for universities for 20 years.

“It’s been a long ca-reer,” Meyer said. “It’s time to let somebody younger take over.”

Dr. James Limbaugh, vice president of Strategy, Planning and Policy is the chair of the search com-mittee that reviews and selects the candidates. He said the appointment of the next vice president of Finance and Administra-tion will be one of the most important appointments the university makes.

It will be a challenge to replace Meyer, Lim-baugh said.

“[Meyer] has a com-bined 43 years of experi-ence,” Limbaugh said. “Sharon knows the Texas system inside and out. She knows higher education finance intimately, having worked in five different systems in, I think, five different states.”

Meyer is leaving at a crucial time when there are significant budget is-sues and the legislature is in session, Limbaugh said.

“This search is really important because the can-didate that comes in has to learn, and learn quickly,” Limbaugh said. “He or she will come smack in the middle of discussions about legislative bills and

impact on the institution.” Meyer said she has

no say in which candidate should get the position.

“I think all four of them are good candidates so it will be interesting to see how it works out,” Meyer said.

Limbaugh and Meyer said the new VP will in-herit many responsibili-ties.

The Board of Regents counts on this position to have the professional

e x p e r t i s e n e c e s s a r y to analyze millions of dollars of revenue and e x p e n d i -tures, Lim-baugh said. This position makes cru-cial recom-mendations r e g a r d i n g issues such as tuition fee increases.

“It’s a really important position now because the decisions we make right now have long-ranging consequenc-es for how we handle things in the future,” he said.

The future VP will also have to tackle this budget year, Meyer said.

“The Texas econo-my is just really bad and they’re predicting any-where from $11 billion to $24 billion shortfall for the state budget,” Meyer said.

Meyer manages rev-enue sources from hun-dreds of different places, he said.

“Then she’s managing a budget that’s at $100 mil-lion right now that’s going out in hundreds of differ-ent ways,” he said. “It’s a huge job.”

The most important things the future vice pres-ident will have to focus on are the maintenance of the institution’s financial health, making necessary reports, the management of budgets, revenues and expenditures, Limbaugh said.

Students should care about this appointment because this position ana-lyzes the financial well-being of the institution, he said.

“It analyzes how much of the institution is funded by state appropri-ations, tuition and federal money,” he said. “So this affects your pocketbook.”

Meyer retiring

Courtesy of Communications and MarketingSharon Meyer, vice president of Finance and Administration.

Survey: career skills most important trait expected from college graduatesForum: Survey results announced Tuesday

Allison Duggan Staff Writer

Several members of the staff, fac-ulty, student body, and community at-tended the Big Ideas Forum Tuesday to hear the results of the survey for ASU’s Quality Enhancement Plan.

“We had a really good crowd at the 3:30 session, over 40 people,” QEP Di-rector Dr. Doyle Carter said.

The answers to the questions “What should every ASU graduate know?” and “What should every ASU gradu-ate be able to do?” were right in line with what Carter and the rest of the QEP Development Committee were expecting to hear.

The most frequent answer revolved around the possession of career skills. The response that came in second was a student’s compe-tency in his or her major field.

Next was the establishment of personal and social skills. Next was criti-cal reasoning and problem solving. Rounding out the top five results was a good grasp of com-munication skills.

Senior Ryan Smith said he feels that every ASU graduate should fall into all five of these categories in some way.

Carter agrees that everything on the list is important for graduates to know, but to gain reaccreditation, the one topic selected must be best suited to ASU’s needs in terms of learning.

“If ASU is not accredited, all de-grees earned here basically become null and void,” Carter said. “That’s

why this is so important to us.”The purpose of the forum was not

only to give information back to con-stituents on the survey results, but also to issue a call for QEP Topic proposals.

Teams of three or four people can write a proposal for what they feel the school’s Topic, or focus, should be dur-ing the next five years as ASU seeks to renew accreditation. The proposal should feature one of the answers to the survey results and how that can be implemented to improve ASU’s learn-ing community.

A 250-word abstract proposal must be submitted by Dec. 3. The abstract should include five criteria: institution-al and student needs, student learning outcomes, learning environment and activities, learning assessment and vi-ability.

The deadline for the formal propos-als is Mar. 4.

Teams can earn awards through each stage of the pro-cess. Employees will receive bonuses and student’s awards will be non-cash.

“I think the recog-nition is a great incen-tive for students to get involved,” sophomore Madeline Ridgway said.

The forum was fol-lowed by question and answer sessions over the QEP Topic proposal Wednesday and Thurs-

day. Two more Q&A sessions will take place Nov. 17 and 18.

Anyone on a team can visit the QEP web page to print a Word template for the QEP proposal abstract and a tem-plate for the formal proposal. Other resources, like the Survey Results Summary, Focusing in on a QEP Topic and Big Ideas about ASU’s QEP can be found at the web site as well.

1) Possession of career skills

2) Possession of competency in his or her major field

3) Establishment of personal and social skills

4) Critical reasoning and problem solving

5) Good grasp of communication skills

“If ASU is not accredited, all

degrees earned here basically

become null and void.”

Dr. Doyle

1) What should every ASU graduate know?

2) What should every ASU graduate be able to do?

Quality Enhancement

Plan

What’sNext?

1) Abstract proposal, due Dec. 3

2) Formal proposal, due Mar. 4

Friday, November 12, 2010 Page 3Campus News

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Nov. 15-19: Week to start with Parade of Nations

Dana Choi StaffWriter

Students will get the chance to ex-periencevariousaspectsofdifferentcountries with food, presentations and entertainment from Nov. 15 to Nov. 19.

During International Educa-tion Week, an annual, nationally recognized week that promotes in-ternational education and exchange, students can attend events duringwhich they can listen to speakers aboutdifferentpartsoftheworld,trysome international cuisine and watch culturalfilms,ademonstrationandatalent show.

“For ASU, our goal is to promote international education amongst theASU students, staff, faculty andthe San Angelo community,” said Meghan Pace, International Student Services counselor. “We really want more people to understand the im-portance of international education, and that includes things like Study Abroad, bringing international stu-dents to our campus, and our ASU studentsandfacultygettingoutandhaving international experiences on their own.”

Monday, Nov. 15 President Joseph C. Rallo and

Dr.SharynnTomlinwillkickoffIn-ternational Education Week at 11:45 a.m. by announcing the winners of the 2010 Study Abroad Photo Con-test.The first place winner will re-

ceive $200, the second place winner $150 and the third place winner $50.Afterthewelcomeceremony,ISS

will take theflagsofcountries fromwhich the university’s international students originated and walk from the UC to the Food Service Center in the Parade of Nations.

“It’s just a way to mark the opening of International Education Week,” Pace said. “This year we’ve invited our Study Abroad students from this past summer as well as our international students to help us car-rytheflags.”

The Food Service Center will of-fer international cuisine, prepared by Chartwells, for lunch. Options will include food originating from China, France, Germany, India, Ukraine, Russia and the Netherlands.

Tuesday, Nov. 16 Randy Hall and Ben Sun, assis-

tant professors of Art, will continue the week with International Faculty Luncheon: Exploring China. They will be presenting different facetsofChinafromnoonto1p.m.Atten-danceforfacultyandstaffcosts$7.

At 1:30 p.m., students can watch a local club demonstrate Thai Chi at the CJ Davidson Center.

“Thai Chi is a Chinese martial arts, practiced for both defense train-ingandhealthbenefits,”Pacesaid.

The Multicultural Movie Series will celebrate Native American cul-ture, as it does annually, in the UC Spinefrom6p.m.to7p.m.withNa-tive American Religions.

Wednesday, Nov. 17 The French Club will serve

breakfast, which costs $4.25, in the Food Service Center from 7 a.m. to9:30 a.m.

U.S. Ambassador Ron McMul-len, diplomat in residence based in UT Austin, will appear at Foreign Service Careers and Internships, hosted by Career Development and CIS. Pace said anyone interested in working for the U.S. government should attend McMullen’s informa-tional session.

The Honors Program will host from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. “Nursing in Africa.” Nursing student Julianne Johnson will give a presentation on her experience in clinics and hospi-tals in Africa.Alumni, faculty and staff are

invitedtoattendawinesoireeat InVinoVeritasfrom7p.m.to8:30p.m.This event, hosted by the Alumni Association, will allow guests to taste different wines from aroundthe world. Participation in the event costs $10.

Thursday, Nov. 18 From 9:30 a.m. to noon at the

CJ Davidson Center, Dr. Masaaki “Mike” Kotabe, editor of Journal of International Management, will speak at the International Business Symposium.

“He does a lot of work in the areas of global sourcing, product development and exporting,” Pace said. “He also explores emerging economies.”

From 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Newman Center, Loree Branham, assistant professor of Agriculture, will speak about economics and dif-ferent types of meals at the Hunger

Luncheon, Pace said.Theluncheonwillfeaturediffer-

ent settingsandmeals fromaroundthe world, she said. Students can comparethedifferentstylesofmealsas seen in America, Asian countries and Latin countries.

Pace said the ISS would appreci-ate a $5 donation for the Catholic Re-lief Fund.

“Since they were generously of-fering their building for us to host the lunch…we wanted to help them collect funds for one of their organi-zations that they support [as a way to thank them],” she said.Whenstudentsattend,theywill

receive a ticket number that deter-mines the type of lunch they get.

At 5 p.m., Ambassador Michael Phillips will speak in “Kosovo: A Per-spective from the Ground” at the CJ Davidson Center.

“[Phillips] is going to be discuss-ing his experiences while he was assigned as ambassador William Walker’s military assistant under the organization of security and coop-eration in Europe,” Pace said. “He’s basically going to talk about his per-sonal experiences with the conflictthat happened between the Serbs and Kosovars and how he helped to resolvethatconflict.”At7p.m.intheTexanHallCom-

munity Room, Screeners Student Association will present Invictus for Foreign Film Night.

Friday, Nov. 19 The Center for Student Involve-

ment, Multicultural Center and CIS will wrap up the cultural week with International Students Association Annual Banquet and Talent Show. The event will take place at 6 p.m. in the CJ Davidson Center.

Admission is free but tickets are limited, Pace said. Students can pick up tickets in the CIS or the Multicul-tural Center starting Friday, Nov. 12. Theeventwillholdonly200attend-ees. Remaining tickets will be avail-able at the door.

“This year we’re able to invite people from the community, on cam-pus,whoever’swelcome to attend,”Pace said.

Existing events such as Modern Languages’ Coffee and Conversa-tion, Zumba and Latin dance class and ELLI’s Conversation Partners will continue throughout the week.

“We just want to include them as part of the week. We want to pro-mote them … since [they are] inter-national-themed event[s],” Pace said.

Week packed with activities for international education

Next week: Students can try new Gmail account and accessories

Allison Duggan StaffWriter

RamMail will be available for all students to opt-in to next week.

All student e-mail will now be backed by a Google engine, allowing users to check their e-mail on their cell phones.

Patrick Dierschke, Information Technology’s Coordinator of Learning and Communication Services, noted that the pilot run went well and the general consensus of testers was that they like having RamMail.Studentsmayfinditconvenientthatalle-mail

user names and passwords will remain the same as their current RamPort logon.

To sign up, students must go to the announce-mentschannelontheleft-handsideoftheirRamP-ort home page, click the RamMail icon and follow the given instructions. Depending on the amount of used storage, it will take varying amounts of time to transfer all RamPort e-mail into RamMail.

Once students are signed up, they can then go toangelo.edu/rammailtofindouthowtosetuptheirmobilephones.Therearedifferentinstruc-tions for each type of e-mail capable phone. Stu-dents will have to create a new password for their phone when they set up RamMail.

The site also gives information on how to im-port calendars from RamPort into RamMail and how to configure e-mail services and video tu-torials to familiarize students with working on Gmail.

Junior Shamarian McCuen said that UCPC members were part of the pilot program and sev-eral people already put RamMail on their phones.

“I think the Google system is just simpler and it allows you to do more things with the apps,” McCuen said.

Some issues recently arose over the directions to opt in to RamMail with students involved in the pilot program.

Dierschke said that’s the nature of a pilot group and that information will be considered when they send confirmation messages for theroll-out. “WhenIfirstsignedup,Ididn’tthinkthein-

structions were very clear,” said junior Amanda Fowler, one of the pilot testers. “Once I went to thewebsite,thingswereeasiertofigureout.Nowthat I’m on RamMail, I really like the format and I love having it on my phone.”

Another issue a couple of pilot testers experi-encedwaswhentheyattemptedtosendamasse-mail, none of their recipients received them.

As far as un-received e-mail goes, Dierschke saidthatanyonewhohasdifficultiesshouldnothesitate to alert the IT help desk.

“We want to know about any problems people havesowecanworktofixthem,”Dierschkesaid.

IT suggested that associate professor of Mass Media Dr. Cathy Johnson’s Reporting Principles class be a part of the pilot, so that she could be-gin working with Google Docs in the classroom. Google Docs can handle basic word processing tasks, plus it has the enhanced collaboration func-tionality.“The difference between Google Docs and

Word is that it will be a platform for sharing in-formation in the class,” Johnson said. “I wanted to try something more real world than Blackboard; an app to use beyond college.”

Dierschke said IT will create focus groups for Google Docs in the spring before they release it to all students, similar to what was done during the semester before the release of RamMail.

IT created promotional graphics for computer desktops to advertise when RamMail is available.

“It’s way past time that they put us on a new e-mail system,” Fowler said.

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They experience the touch and feel of rock samples and demonstrations of volcanic explosions with the Geol-ogy Department, and solve a cryptogram. A cryptogram is a message or writing in code or cipher. The science room flooded with fourth graders from Austin, Bradford, and Crockett Elementary and An-gelo Catholic School.

The show opened with a demonstration of Boudreaux magically moving a package of sweet and sour sauce in a bottle of water and the El-ephant Toothpaste.

“The Elephant Toothpaste

demo starts with a mixture of soap and 30 percent hydro-gen peroxide,” Boudreaux said. “A small amount of sodium iodide solution is added, which causes the hy-drogen peroxide to decom-pose into water and oxygen gas; the oxygen gas blows bubbles into the soap, caus-ing it to rise up in the gradu-ated cylinder and ooze out just like toothpaste squeezed out of a tube.”

Science Days runs four days in the fall and four days in the spring, senior Biology major Amanda Hicks said

Science Days program continues Nov. 16 and 18 in the Cavness Science Building.

Demos create interest in science for students

Photo by Pam BelcherFourth graders, Alyssa Garcia and Alexandra Perales participate at Science Day at ASU Nov. 9th.

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Students should not have to pay any fee when they apply for and receive financial aid, Bennett said.

“If you’re giving [the com-pany] very minimal information, how much can they really find for you?” Lasley said.

Lasly said, when financial aid advisers talk about scholarship op-portunities outside of the institu-tion, they typically point students to areas known to be free for appli-cation, such as Fastweb.

“Scholarships, by their general nature, are based on a student’s scholastic abilities,” Lasly said. “By the very term scholarship, you have to put something into it to get something out of it.”

Lasly said the office does not see many victims of these scams at the university, or that many af-fected students have not necessar-ily come forward.

Bennett said one of the most

commonly reported incidents re-gards the “free” application for federal student aid. Sometimes stu-dents will type ‘fafsa.com’ instead of ‘fafsa.ed.gov,’ which Bennett said is the “true, free website.”

“They get almost all the way to the end [of the application], and whenever the student or parent is ready to sign it, it tells them that they have to pay a handling fee to submit it,” Bennett said.

Even as a staff member, Ben-nett said she receives e-mails of-fering financial aid because scam artists and hackers cannot tell the difference between student and staff accounts.

“I get five to six e-mails [about financial aid] a week,” Bennett said. “Come to find out, they’re paid for by different online colleges.”

Bennett said she followed a link in one of the e-mails and gave the resulting website her contact information. A month later, a rep-resentative used that information to contact Bennett about enrolling

in Full Sail University. This was the university she

was aware of that seemed to be be-hind this type of financial aid offer, Bennett said.

The office can send letters and e-mails with information, she said, but they do not always reach the intended students.

Financial Aid often regularly gives presentations and discusses financial aid with incoming stu-dents and with student organiza-tions. The information discussed in these meetings is also always avail-able at the office, Bennett said.

Students can also reach infor-mation about financial aid on the ASU website through the “Pay for College” option, she said.

If students are ever unsure of a financial offer, they should visit the financial aid office.

“If you ever get something in the mail that you’re not really sure of and it … offers you a scholar-ship, come to see us,” Bennett said. “That’s what we’re here for.”

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Of the seven vehicles, one was forced into, break-ing a window, Lieutenant Marc West said.

Sophomore Reginald Levingston said his car is one of the seven.

“I’m guessing they broke in Sunday night,” Levingston said.

Levingston parked his car at Texan Hall, where he lives, and lost a backpack with all of his homework.

“My car was complete-ly trashed,” Levingston said. “There were some things taken apart inside.”

He said he thought he locked his car after park-ing.

Adams said students should always lock their vehicle.

“Thieves want to be as quiet as they can, and when you force them to make a noise, they most likely won’t,” Adams said. “[Potential] victims have to think like a criminal. Locked cars make it more difficult.”

The police were able to catch Harper because of students reporting the crime, Adams said.

“We had observant students that provided us with valuable informa-tion,” Adams said. “With-out them, we would have never put the pieces of the puzzle together. That’s the

way it’s supposed to work. The police need the help of the public.”

None of the students who reported the crime owned vandalized vehi-cles, West said.

Harper is being held at Tom Green County Jail.

“The case has been filed and will take the usual prosecution channels,” Ad-ams said.

The last time numerous vehicle were vandalized was three or four years ago, Adams said, when 13 break-ins occurred over two weeks.

Adams said the campus averages five to six break-ins a year.

“This place isn’t too dan-gerous,” Levingston said. “I don’t feel any different about safety on campus.”

Student reports catch criminal

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Freshman Joshua Harper was arrested Tuesday and charged with breaking into vehicles on the east side of campus.

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CENTER FOR SECURITY STUDIES

Inaugural Event

SPEAKERS SERIES

November 18, 20105:00 pm

CJ Davidson roomUniversity Center

Angelo State University

The CSS, in cooperation with International Education Week, welcomes

Mr. Phillips will be discussing his experiences while assignedas Ambassador William Walker’s Military Assistant under theOrganization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)

mission to stop Serb-Kosovar violence in the Balkans.He will look specifically at a brief history of the conflict, the

beginnings of Serb ethnic cleansing of the Kosovars, and thestrategic issues he helped to influence.strategic issues he helped to influence.

His efforts played a role in NATO’s decision to begin itswell-known air campaign against the Serbs to stop their

ethnic cleansing of the Kosovars. This in turn led ultimately to the Dayton Agreements and the end of the armed conflict

although ethnic hatreds there are still very much alive.

College CookingStudents struggle to find easy, creative recipes

Beanie Weanie Quesadilla Rolls

From: Junior, Misty HiseIngredients:1 turkey hot dog1/4 cup condensed bean with bacon soup1 (8 inch) flour tortilla1/4 cup shredded cheddar cheese

Directions:Pour soup into a small microwave safe bowl. Wrap tortilla and hot dog with a light, moist cloth. Place soup, tortilla and hot dog in the microwave for about 30 seconds. Place hot dog and soup in the center of the tortilla. Then, sprinkle with cheese. Place all in the microwave until cheese is fully melted.

Popularity provides a second chanceKristin Hamnett

Features Co-Editor

Like putting a pen to fresh paper, some stu-dent-favored shows have come out of cancella-tion and back on to television. Whether being brought back on another network or the same, this process lends way to hope that childhood favorites will be given a second chance.

Family Guy, a popular FOX cartoon often quoted and watched by students around cam-pus, was originally canceled by the network just after its third season in 2001. After favor-able DVD sales and sky-high ratings for syndi-cated re-runs, Family Guy was brought back on FOX in 2004 and is currently still being made. Another popular cartoon on the FOX network, Futurama, was canceled in 2003 after only four years of production. With a contract to run syn-dicated episodes, Adult Swim ran the episodes for four years until being picked up by Comedy Central. Once the profitably and popularity of

Futurama shone through, Comedy Central and 20th Century Fox announced that Comedy Cen-tral would pick up the show for an additional 26 episodes, a victory to dedicated viewers.

“There are shows that I was genuinely upset about when they went off the air,” junior Deven Malone said. “I loved Celebrity Deathmatch. Ev-ery character was funny, and the premise is so ridiculous that you can’t help but laugh. It was right up there with Beavis and Butthead and Ren and Stimpy on my Mom’s list of what I shouldn’t watch, so obviously, I had to see it.”

Celebrity Deathmatch is a claymation par-ody series that pits celebrities in a fight to the death. Originally created in 1998, the show last-ed 75 episodes until its cancellation in 2002. In 2005, MTV2 announced the comeback of CD on their “Sic ‘Em Friday” programming block, fea-turing all new episodes. New episodes are also available for viewing on MTV.com.

Even classic shows like Star Trek, Baywatch and Law and Order have all been previously

canceled only to be brought back based on sheer popularity. Often times, the original network be-hind the show’s creation will drop series, only to be picked up by another network in hopes of re-viving the show. Power Rangers, a beloved child-hood superhero show, was canceled on FOX, only to grow on Nickelodeon. Certain shows have been brought out of cancellation after decades, like 1963’s Dr. Who. The show, originally on BBC, was canceled in 1989, only to be restored on BBC HD in 2005.

“When Power Rangers came back on, it was an awesome moment [in elementary] school,” Malone said. “When you lose things you re-ally enjoy, and then they come back, you learn to appreciate them more. I know that is kind of cheesy, but that show was a big part of my child-hood.”

With the continuing release of DVDs from older series like MTV’s Daria, the possibilities for the revival of other fan favorite shows are endless.

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Cooking in college can pose ob-stacles for students, especially for those not signed up for a meal plan or who are hungry after hours. The generic excuses include lack of money for anything but Ramen, not being able to cook using only a microwave in the dorms and simply not knowing how to cook. There are, however, solutions to these problems that can refuel students before finals hit.

“I try to stick to the meal plan since we spend so much money on it,” sopho-more Kristen Kallus said. “It is hard to only use the meal plan though when you are pulling an all-nighter. I wish [Concho Hall] had as many appliances as Vander-venter.”

In order to keep students appeased, Outtakes in Centennial Hall is open to 11

p.m. on most weekdays, and the cafete-ria hosts a midnight breakfast every year during midterms. But for those that need extra snacks, there is a bevy of no-cook recipes available online or in cookbooks. Pantry gazpacho is made from cans of beans and vegetables and uses no appli-ances to make.

Although certain dorms like Vander-venter come equipped with full kitchens, others like Centennial Hall, Texan Hall and Concho do not. Many students try to improvise by making meals in their microwave ovens.

“I love to make microwave cookies,” Kallus said. “They have lots of little reci-pes for student cooking on Google.”

ASU strictly bans the use of addi-tional appliances in dorms, including George Foreman grills, crock pots, hot plates and irons, but the microwave pro-vided can be utilized in ways that some

students not be aware of. Many foods come pre-made and only need a microwave for heating pur-poses, like bacon, chicken patties and other proteins to keep students go-ing. Even spaghetti and beef stroganoff can be made in the microwave using the proper instructions.

Another issue with college cooking is lack of funding. Even with the proper utilities to cook a full meal, some stu-dents do not have the additional money to spend on food. Recipes often require items that are not necessary to the dish, and can be cut to save without losing the taste. Collegecooking.org provides reci-pes like chicken salad that only require pasta, oil, Italian dressing and frozen

chicken while still tasting as good as Mom’s. For those craving more elabo-rate items like pizza, recipes that can be forged in the microwave like pizza-inspired toast only need basic and inex-pensive items. Stores such as the Dollar Tree are often a suitable place to buy groceries at a less expensive price while buying the same items.

No matter the excuse, cooking in college is obtainable. With a little creativ-ity and the help of a microwave, ASU students can continue doing homework without stomach pains.

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“I live on campus, have not heard of any break-ins, and I feel safe.”Josh Lind, sophomore

“There are people with black masks and gloves checking for open car doors.”Desirae Delatorre,freshman

“I live on campus and I feel safe.”

Stephanie Raesz, freshman

“I live off campus, but my level of safeness is good.”

Ben Ellery,senior

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Veteran’s

Underachievement of America’s team

It’s easy for some of us to forget that there is still a war going on in the Middle East. We wake up every morning, listen to lectures in class, grab a sandwich at the UC and maybe Facebook for a couple of hours in the computer lab.

Almost every day goes by without a thought in our minds about the service-men and women who continue to risk personal safety for their country.

And some of us probably forgot that Thursday was Veteran’s Day, a time to remember those who have served in the armed forces.

We believe our men and women in the military deserve more than just one day when we think about them. We should do more than just remember them.

Our opinion is that the local and ASU community needs to show more appreci-ation and physical, mental and financial support to the disabled and transitioning veterans, active-duty members and, just as important, their families.

November is Military Family Appre-ciation Month and we feel the service of our military goes overlooked by apathet-ic and oblivious citizens.

Their families sacrifice just as much while loved ones are serving away from home. Parades once a year do not reflect the true importance that these men and women have in our day-to-day lives and future.

Veterans have sacrificed and risked so much; it’s a shame when they don’t have something to fall back on should they no longer serve in the military, not counting the USO. The population can’t rely on these men and women for protec-tion and give back indifference or insuf-ficient support. It’s not a one-way street.

There are retired or disabled military personnel teaching our students, serving us lunch in the cafeteria and maybe even sitting right next to us in class.

So if you know a Vet, an active-duty member or even a reservist, please look them in the eye and thank them for their dedication and courage.

And this should be the least we do for them.

To all our military members, this week we want to extend our deepest thanks for the time and energy you com-mit every day to doing your job. You make us proud to be Americans.

Andy AtterburySports Co-Editor

If I had to pick one word to describe the Dal-las Cowboys this season, I would have to go with futile. Or uninspired. Or disappointing. Or embar-rassing...

Adjectives to de-scribe the baffling under-achievement of America’s Team are almost limitless. The question people keep screaming in the direction of Arlington is “WHAT IS GOING ON?!”

Sports columnist for the Ft. Worth Star-Tele-gram Randy Galloway once described himself as a “Romosexual” in de-scribing his love for argu-ably the most scrutinized quarterback in the Na-tional Football League. I defend Tony every chance I get. The easiest thing to do when a team is down is to bash the quarterback, but Romo has played ex-ceptional every season

he’s started. Tony Romo has never

had a quarterback rating below 91. Tony Romo has never had a completion percentage below 61 per-cent. Romo has thrown at least 25 touchdowns in every full season he’s played.

Tony Romo has led nine fourth-quarter come-backs and 10 game-win-ning drives. I don’t have a man-crush on Tony; I just don’t think he’s the prob-lem.

Jerry Jones doesn’t bother me as much as he bothers 85 percent of Dal-

las fans. For the most part, I think he knows what he’s doing when it comes to picking players who can help his team win.

Sure, he’s had a few slip-ups (Adam Jones, Tank Johnson, T.O., sort of, among others) but overall he just wants to win, and I can respect that.

Maybe he meddles with the coaches too much or has too much power within the organization; but he is the owner, and he writes the checks.

I’ve eliminated the starting quarterback and the owner/G.M. as the root of failure for the Dallas Cowboys, so that leaves one thing: the head coach.

I think Wade Phillips is a pretty good defensive coordinator; he can draw up a blitz like nobody’s business. Except good ‘ole Wade wasn’t a defensive coordinator anymore, he was the head coach of the

highest grossing team in professional sports.

Head coaches have more duties and responsi-bilities than I even want to know about. From watch-ing film to evaluating players to talking to the media and beyond, they have a lot to do.

To me, the most im-portant job of a head coach is to motivate his players.

I don’t think Wade Phillips can give a good pep talk. You can tell by the way his team per-formed that they weren’t pumped up or flying around the ball like other team’s players.

There was no spark, there was no flame, there was nothing. Just guys in tight pants and pads jog-ging around a field, scor-ing a couple times and creating a mass amount of penalties. Don’t even get me started on the team’s lack of discipline.

Wade Phillips seems

like a good guy, and I have no hatred for him, but I just don’t think he was cut out to be the head coach of the Dallas Cow-boys.

I know it might sound absolutely ridiculous to judge someone based on the strength of their pep talks (if there even are any), but I think that’s what it all boils down to: a pure lack of inspiration from the position that needs to invigorate.

I wholeheartedly sup-port the Jones’ decision to fire Phillips and hand the reigns over to offensive coordinator Jason Garrett.

The Jason Garrett ex-periment has officially started and I’m anxious to see if he can turn the team around.

His work is clearly cut out for him, and he only has eight games to make a name for himself or he too will get the axe. Good luck Jason, I’m rooting for you. I guess.

Allison DugganStaff Writer

The Old 97’s have never quite reached the caliber of fame they de-serve.

Maybe they don’t care; but if ever there was a time for them to gain that success, it is with their eighth studio album, The Grand Theatre Volume One.

On their last couple of albums, Rhett Miller’s voice, smooth as ever, still blew my mind with the musicali-ty, but it just wasn’t quite the same Old 97’s sound that entranced me back in junior high when I discovered Satellite Rides.

Now, they’ve got their signa-ture sound back, kicked it up several notches and polished it to perfection.

The Texas foursome has always been unique and great at what they

do. The dif-ference here is that each m e m b e r ’s abilities re-ally stand out, while still keeping a cohesive, s e a m l e s s resonance.

T h i s may be the

most rock of all their albums, but it also has the most strains of other genres of all their albums as well.

The contagious energy of “Every Night is Friday Night (Without You)” could easily be a most-requested sin-gle on any pop radio station.

Yet it doesn’t fall to the conven-tions of every identically manufac-tured Jo Bro boy band out there.

Murray Hammond appropri-ately lends his slightly deeper, robust vocals to the steady twanging beat of “You Were Born to be in Battle,” remi-niscent of more than a few Johnny Cash songs.

Their instrumental talent is show-cased at every turn, especially on the tracks which have a little bit of punk influence from the speed at which Ken Bethea plays his riffs.

Miller even took the tune of Folk great Bob Dylan’s “Desolation Row” and wrote his own lyrics to the song.

Don’t hate before you listen, all you die-hard Dylan fans.

Miller’s not trying to reinterpret the original, he’s being original.

If Volume Two, slated to drop in the spring, has half of the energy the 97’s brought on Volume One, it will be well worth the wait.

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Rams calm Savage Storm

Soccer: Falls to ACU, takes 3rd at LSC

Mariah PowellSports Co-Editor

The Rambelle soccer team will compete in the NCAA Soccer Tour-nament Nov. 12, after defeating Texas A&M-Commerce, 2 – 0, and suffering a loss to Abilene Chris-tian, 2 - 0 in the Lone Star Conference Tour-nament.

“It was a heart racer sitting in the classroom with the team waiting for the live broadcast to announce our team,” senior forward Ashley Brown said. “It’s just ex-citing to know that our season isn’t over, and we get to play another game and hopefully more as we continue to set records as a team.”

At 6 p.m. on Mon-day, the ’Belles found out that they would be going to nationals.

Brown said words could not explain the feeling.

“Of course the nerves are there, but this is what every ath-lete looks forward to,” Brown said. “We can’t wait to get back out on the pitch to play together as a team.”

Despite their loss in the second round of the LSC tournament, to Abilene Christian, the Belles get the chance to advance.

“Unfortunately, we did not come in second place, but we did exceptionally well, con-sidering that they were tired from the day before,” Coach Travis McCorkle said. “We did really well on Thursday and we stuck to our plan of what we wanted to do against Texas A&M-Commerce.”

McCorkle said the first time the Belles played Com-merce, they were unsure of what the outcome would be.

“In the second half we kept on playing and I feel that we dominated them, out-shooting them 10 – 1,” Mc-Corkle said. “At the very end, we got the assurance goal with Brandie stealing the ball from one of their players and scoring.”

McCorkle said it was a good weekend overall.

“Obviously it would have been nice to win it all, but it was nice to get our first win in conference tournament be-cause we had never got that before,” McCorkle said.

In their winning game, Brown and junior forward Brandie DeBacker were named to the LSC All-Tourna-ment team.

“It’s a great accomplish-ment for me and I’m proud, but again it goes back to the team,” Brown said. “Without their support and great play on the field during our time at the LSC tournament, it would not have been achieved.”

DeBacker said it looked good overall since this was

the team’s first time making it to the LSC tournament.

“We came out strong,” DeBack-er said. “We got the first goal and thought everything would be OK. We were nervous, but we had something to prove.”

DeBacker said they were going against the wind in the first half and had to be careful.

“We played strong soccer and

played as a team for the full 90 min-utes,” Brown said. “It wasn’t about individual play but rather the team. We played for each other.”

Brown said the ’Belles were ex-

cited and ready to play. “We worked really hard as a

team,” DeBacker said. “Commerce shot five corner kicks in the first 10 minutes and our defense did a nice job of keeping the ball out.”

Senior keeper Melanie Peterson set a new record for ASU with nine shutouts in a single season.

“It is exciting because I had sur-gery on my ankle this summer so I

didn’t really expect to have as good of a year as I did,” Peterson said. “Setting records is some-thing to be proud of be-sides our season alone. We broke records for wins and made it to the national tournament, the shutout record is just a cherry on top.”

The ’Belles will play Abilene Christian Friday and are hoping to play in regional finals Sun-day against St. Edwards, who they lost 1 – 0 to in the conference season.

Peterson said the team is confident be-cause they know more about Abilene Christian than any other team.

“We felt like we put ourselves in a good po-sition to get that invita-

tion to the national tour-nament,” McCorkle said. “We have played Abilene Christian twice and have

not got the results that we wanted so we are hoping that we have some re-demption and get a win. We are play-ing against great competition that will require our best effort.”

‘Belles reach goal of NCAA tournament

Photo byPamela BelcherForward Ashley Brown (18), senior, takes a shot at the goal in the game against Abilene Christian, Oct. 22.

Football: Rams orchestrate game-winning drive

Andy AtterburySports Co-Editor

The Rams came back to score a late touch-down in the fourth quar-ter against Southeastern Okla. Saturday to beat the Savage Storm 40-33.

“A lot of our players after the game weren’t real happy,” Coach Dale Carr said. “I think they had higher e x p e c t a -tions of how we

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p l a y e d t h e g a m e … which is

good, but at the same time I was real happy.”

The Rams put up 423 yards of total offense and scored the game’s first two touchdowns but let Southeastern back in the game.

“We started the game off pretty strong, execut-ing all the coaches’ plans and everything,” sopho-more defensive back Al-vin Johnson said. “[Then] we started to play at their level. We had them down and we should have kept it going, but in the second half we gave up some big key plays.”

Penalties made the game a lot closer than it should have been, but Southwestern did a good job of getting themselves in a position to win the game, Carr said.

Graduate student Josh Neiswander con-

nected on a three-yard touchdown pass to junior Tristan Carter with 44 sec-onds remaining to give the Rams the lead and the victory.

“That’s what we play the sport for,” senior Gar-rett Tidwell said. “It’s go-ing to be bad if we lose, but being in a game like that is real exciting.”

Tidwell opened the second half by running back a kickoff 86 yards for a touchdown on the way to earning Lone Star Conference South Special Teams Player of the Week.

Neiswander was 37-60 for 355 yards and

four touchdowns, with three of them go-

ing to Carter, who led the team with 49 yards rushing. The duo of senior V’Keon Lacey and sophomore Da-karai Pecikonis both had nine catches, Lacey’s for 99 yards and Dakarai’s

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and one score.

Saturday the Rams will take on Central Oklahoma at 2 p.m. in the last game of the season.

“It might be a shoot-out,” Carr said. “It might be one of those games where [the score is] 42-35. That’s a fun type of spec-tator sport, but it’s not a fun type of game to be a defensive coordinator.”

The reality of playing in the last college football game of his career hasn’t hit yet, but it’s going to, Tidwell said.

“I’m excited and sad at the same time,” John-son said. “I’m going to miss our seniors. We want to go out on a good note for them and also finish five and five so we can go to the offseason on a win-ning note.

Photo by Pamela BelcherMidfielder Katelyn West (22), freshman, takes control of the ball in the game against Midewestern State, Oct. 24.

Cut-out photo by Kimberly Parker

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Abilene Christian 9-0 10-0 TAMU-K 8-1 9-1 West Texas A&M 7-2 7-3 Midwestern State 6-3 7-3 Northeastern State 6-3 6-4 East Central 5-4 5-5 Angelo State 4-5 4-5 Eastern New Mex. 3-6 4-6 Southeastern Okla. 3-6 3-7 Southwestern Okla. 3-6 3-7 Tarleton State 3-6 3-7 TAMU-C 2-7 3-7 Central Oklahoma 2-7 2-8 Incarnate Word 2-7 2-8

FootballSchool Conf Overall

School Conf OverallWest Texas A&M 14-0 24-8Abilene Christian 13-1 25-4Angelo State 12-2 17-11Midwestern State 9-5 15-13Tarleton State 8-6 22-9Central Oklahoma 8-6 20-10Texas Woman’s 8-6 11-18Southeastern Okla. 6-8 10-15Incarnate Word 6-8 9-14TAMU-C 4-10 14-15Eastern New Mex. 4-10 13-16TAMU-K 4-10 10-16Cameron 4-10 9-18Southwestern Okla. 3-11 10-21East Central 2-12 4-27w

Volleyball

School Conf OverallMidwestern State 10-1 16-3Abilene Christian 9-2 16-3Angelo State 9-2-0 13-6-1Incarnate Word 7-4-0 9-7-2Central Oklahoma 6-4-1 11-8-1TAMU-C 4-4-3 8-7-3West Texas A&M 4-6-1 8-7-3Northeastern State 3-5-3 7-6-5Southwestern Okla. 3-7-1 7-10-1Texas Woman's 2-7-2 4-12-2Eastern New Mex. 2-9 5-13East Central 1-9-1 5-11-2

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Standings

Volleyball: Conference season comes to a close

Mariah PowellSports Co-Editor

The Rambelle volleyball team defeated Eastern New Mexico, 3 – 0, Nov. 4, and were defeated by West Texas A&M, 0 – 3, on Sat-urday, ending their conference season 12 – 2.

“We started off good [against Eastern New Mexico],” middle blocker freshman Maddie Huth said. “Then we stopped taking it serious, but still finished well.”

Huth said normally people would have given up in the third set if they were down 8 – 2, but the ‘Belles kept moving and hus-tling.

“For the most part we were pretty sharp,” Coach Chuck Waddington said. “We got a little loose in the third set and made too many errors early on, but we fought back and fought off a cou-ple set points to earn a victory. Eastern New Mexico does things a little differently, so we had to plan and prepare, and I thought we did a nice job.”

Waddington said the ‘Belles’

ball control was great all night long.

“We gave our setter plenty of opportunities to score and de-liver the ball to our hitters,” Wad-dington said. “We transitioned from defense to offense really well. When we had opportunities to score we took advantage of it and they couldn’t stop us.”

Waddington said the ‘Belles relaxed going into that third set.

“It was more of a mental fo-cus thing than physical, but in the end we fought back and our weakness turned to strength,” Waddington said.

The third set went over 25 points, 29 – 27.

“We underestimated them,” defensive specialist/libero soph-omore Alexa Williams said. “In the third set they could have eas-ily gotten the kill, but we stayed calm, which was the best thing we could do.”

Williams said the ‘Belles let Eastern New Mexico get some points they should not have got in the third set, but the Belles did what they had to do to get the job done.

Saturday, outside hitter ju-nior Kayla Smith said the ‘Belles came out fighting hard as well.

“We knew it was an impor-

tant game and we had a lot out there for us we just didn’t get it done and West Texas outworked us in the end,” Smith said. “Over-all, we hustled and dove for [the] ball really well. Our effort level was high because the game was so important.”

Smith said the ‘Belles kept fighting after they lost the first two sets, but their execution was weak.

“They were giving us line and we weren’t taking it at first,” Smith said. “Then we started swinging line and getting points, but we should have taken what they were giving us and used it.”

Waddington said the ‘Belles did not perform very well at all.

“Our weakness was confi-dence,” Waddington said. “We played tentative most of the match.”

The ‘Belles enter The Lone Star Conference Volleyball Tour-nament on Thursday as the No. 3 seed taking on Central Oklaho-ma (No. 6) in Canyon, Texas.

Waddington said the confer-ence will bring opportunities to advance.

“We want to get the chance to play West Texas again in confer-ence so we can redo it and hope-fully beat them,” Smith said.

Cross Country

1 Midwestern St. (46) 2 Angelo State (79) 3 Abilene Christian (119) 4 Eastern New Mexico (132) 5 Central Oklahoma (145) 6 East Central (171) 7 Incarnate Word (175) 8 TAMU-K (177)9 West Texas A&M (186) 10 Tarleton State (225) 11 Southwestern Okla. (253)12 TAMU-C (282)13 Southeastern Okla. (408)

1 Abilene Christian (54)

2 Eastern New Mexico (68) 3 East Central (90)4 Cameron (109) 5 TAMU-C (124) 6 Incarnate Word (164)7 Tarleton State (178)8 West Texas A&M (190)9 Angelo State (216)10 TAMU-K (241)

Women’s (Points)

Men’s (Points)

Photo by Kimberley ParkerKayla Smith (11) goes for a kill in the game against Eastern New Mexico Oct. 4.

‘Belles beat ENMU, lose to WTAMU

Rugby: Injuries lead to victory by forfeit

Andy AtterburySports Co-Editor

The ‘Belles rugby team won due to forfeit Saturday Nov. 7 against Texas Sate.

“I think overall it could have been a little cleaner,” senior Terra We-den said. “But it wasn’t overly rough for a rugby game.”

Texas State was ahead 8-5 in the second half, but had to call it quits because they had too many play-ers get injured.

“We had some good tackles, but people kept getting hurt,” junior Da-kota Jessen-Kyles said.

There were a lot of hard hits, but nothing was too dirty, Weden said.

“After a while you get pissed that they’re hitting you, so you want to hit them back,”Jessen- Kyles said. “You don’t want them to get past you so you just knock them out.”

Weden had to leave the match early after tak-ing a hard shot.

“I got hit pretty hard and the girls said I should come out,” Weden said. “I didn’t want to leave the game, but the ball started to look yellow.”

Freshman Katherine Wright gave the ‘Belles a five-point lead after scoring a try in the first half; but then Texas State scored eight unanswered points before they surren-dered.

“This is our favorite team to play,” Jessen-Kyles said. “After the game we can be social and they’re good sports even though during the game we dislike them very much.”

This was the first and only home match for the ‘Belles this semester.

“[The match] was supposed to be against TCU but TCU didn’t have a full team so we called [Texas State] last minute to get a home match this semester,” Weden said.

The ladies’ next match is on Nov. 20 in Austin against the University of Texas.

Aggressive hits lead to forfeit

Cross-Country: Teams get ready for regional meet on Nov. 20

Mariah PowellSports Co-Editor

The Rambelles placed 2nd and the Rams 9th at the Lone Star Conference Cross Country Championship in Abilene on Nov. 6, and are looking forward to attending NCAA II South Central Regional in Warrensburg, Mo. on Nov. 20.

“I was happy with my finish in top 20, it’s probably the highest I have finished so far,” ju-nior Alyssa Priest said. “We all stuck together and kept pushing one another.”

Coach Tom Dibbern said the Belles front runners did well.

“We finished with five in the top 20,” Dib-berns said. “Usually at the conference meet that will win it, but unfortunately we ended up second.”

Sophomore Nick Wargo said their team did pretty well, but competition was tough.

“Our top four guys all beat their personal record and we ran our fastest times ever,” War-go said. “Our strength was not giving up in the last part of the race.”

Wargo said he is looking forward to spend-ing time with the team at the regional meet.

“We are taking four individual men, be-cause as a team they were not really ready,” Dibbern said. “We will have everybody back on the team next year and people will come off of red shirt so things will be a lot better for the Rams.

“The women team is young also, but a little bit stronger up front, meaning our 1 – 3 run-ners are better than most so we can get away with being young.”

He said his goal is for the women to finish in the top ten.

“I’m really excited about the regional meet,” Priest said. “It will be a long trip but it’s going to be a lot of fun and good competition for sure.

“[It is] probably one of our hardest meets we go to. I’m looking forward to seeing if we could be first out of our region since we didn’t get to run the 6K last week.”

Cross-Country going the distance

Photo by Pam BelcherWomen’s Cross Country team take off in the Lone Star Confer-ence meet in Abilene Nov. 6.

2010 ESPN Academic All-District Team

Volleyball- Sophomore middle blocker Chelsea Gibson

Soccer-Senior midfielder Shannon DeanSenior foward Ashley Brown

Football-Graduate student tight end Nate BaylessJunior center Ryan MerrymanSophomore defensive back Alvin Johnson

Lonestar Conference players of the week:

Volleyball- Sophomore out-side hitter Caroline Cleveland had 28 digs in two matches

Football- Senior Garrett Tidwell took a kickoff 86 yards for a touchdown and averaged 31 yards per return