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Friday, Oct. 21, 2011Vol. 78 No. 9

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Pg. 3 ‘Style Your Sole’ Pg. 7 Baseball

Lisa DeesStaff Writer

Student organizations and the community came together Satur-day at Foster Field to raise breast cancer awareness and try to break the Guinness World Record of the largest Zumba class.

Unfortunately, Zumbathon did not beat the world record of 1,223 in Brownsville, Texas, senior Amanda Ramon said.

With more than 300 partici-pants, Zumbathon raised about $1,500 in an hour for Susan G. Komen for the Cure, said Kelsey

Samsel, administrator of the Lau-ra Bush Institute.

According to Susan G. Komen for the Cure, this grassroots orga-nization has become the largest source of nonprofit funds dedi-cated to the fight against breast cancer in the world.

Samsel and Ramon said al-though they did not beat the world record, she felt excited that so many people from ASU and the community showed their support.

“It was okay that we did not break the record,” Ramon said. “It was great seeing the students of Angelo State University and the community come together to pro-mote fitness and raise money for Susan G. Komen for the Cure.”

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Fight against breast cancer: Zumba class raises $1,500 in an hour

Zumbathon does not break record, but promotes health

Photo Courtesy of Valeria PerchinaMore than 300 participants came out to support the Laura Bush Institute Zumbathon Oct. 15 at Foster Field. However, that was not enough to beat the world record of 1,223 participants in a Zumba class.

Mariah PowellManaging Editor

For the first time as a di-vision, there will be a cam-pus-wide effort to make stu-dents aware of advising, get them advised and make sure they register.

Advise-a-RAMa is the new promotional stance the uni-versity is taking to preparae for the spring semester.

Official advising begins Monday.

Allen said faculty, staff and the sudent government, along with professional advisors of each college, will wear a “Be Advised” button. After stu-dents visit with an advisor they will get a sticker that says “I’ve Been Advised.”

“We have had occasions where students are too busy to get advising and registra-tion done on time, so this is an attempt to help them think about it,” Vice Provost for Aca-demic Affairs Dr. Nancy Allen

said. “Those students who for-get about it remember right before Christmas break and may not be able to get into the courses that they want by then because they are full.”

In an attempt to make sure students take care of advising and registration, Allan said the departments have teamed up to provide an iPad as a grand prize for one lucky student.

To be eligible, students must be currently enrolled undergraduates, Allen said.

Those students must be advised between Oct. 24 and Nov. 4, and must register for classes by midnight Nov. 16.

One student will be cho-sen at random from the elec-tronic registration list, she said.

“We think this is a good way for the university to do its part and make students aware of advising and registration,” Allen said.

Evening hours will now be provided in every college, which is not something that has been typically available be-

fore, she said. Busy students can come back to campus from 5 to 7 p.m. on selective evenings.

Advising will follow the same process but Ad-vise-a-RAMa gets the word out and reminds students to get advised and regis-ter for the spring semester, Allen said.

“Some students do not take advantage of class advising so we’re pushing it out there as a heads-up,” Allen said. “This type of initiative contributes to retention on campus. We are taking the time to stress its importance so students won’t find themselves on Jan. 4 thinking about how they

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Advise-a-RAMa: Gives chance to win an iPad

University promotes timely advising and registration

Photo by Mariah PowellSenior Adam King, of ROTC, and sophomore Amy Hernandez, repre-senting Association of Mexican American Students, were crowned 2011’s Homecoming king and queen Oct 15 during the halftime presentation of the Rams versus Midwestern State Mustangs’ game.

Homecomingpgs. 4 and 5

Photo by Mark McDaniel

Students, faculty and their families Friday gather at the Homecoming bonfire. ROTC is in charge of bonfire construction every year. ROTC cadet junior Mario Allen, who oversaw the constuction, said he believes the event was a success. “It was pretty fun planning and building it, although it was challenging at first,” Allen said.

2011 Homecoming king and queen

Friday, October 21, 2011 NEWS

EventsOct. 22ASUFit is hosting “The American Heart Association 2011 Heart Walk: 5K Race/Walk” at 9 a.m., just outside the Houston Harte Uni-versity Center.

Oct. 24 The E. James Holland Symposium brings author, commentator and humanitarian Frank Deford to ASU for the 2011 topic “Sports and American Values.” Deford will give his presen-tation titled “Sports: The Hype and Hypocrisy” at 2 p.m. in the C.J. Davidson There will be discussion and questions at 7:30 p.m., moderated by Dr. John Wagner, professor of English.

Oct. 25 Dr. Timothy Bonenfant, assistant professor of music, will present a clarinet and bass clarinet performance at 7:30 p.m. in the Eldon Black Recital Hall. It is free and open to the public.

Oct. 25 and 27 El Cafecito will be from 9 a.m. to noon while supplies last in the University Center in front of Room 114.

Oct. 26 The Multicultural Center will be hosting an event for “Disability Awareness Month” from 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. There will be learning activities, educational facts, guests speakers, food and an obstacle course. The event will take place in the University Center in front of the Multicural Center. A student recital will take place in the Eldon Black Recital Hall from 4 - 5 p.m. It is free to the public.

UCPC brings Club Café with singer and song-writer Justin Nozuka at 7:30 p.m. in the C.J. Davidson Conference Center. Student tickets are $2, with ASU OneCard. Faculty, staff and community tickets are $5. Tickets will be sold at 5 p.m. in front of the conference center.

Oct. 27 There will be a Halloween “Thriller Event” at the Super Slab outside of Roscoe’s Den, starting at 6:30 p.m. Awards will be given to the best costume, best dancer and best Michael Jack-son look-alike.

Art Exhibit: “First This/First That” by Nicholas Wood is still on display in the Carr Education-Fine Arts Building’s art gallery, Room 193. The gallery is open on weekdays from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. and is free to the public.

Get involved on campus!Here’s what’s going on this week.

One-for-one: TOMS Campus Club spreads charity


In an event to bring together students and the community, an ASU organization will raise awareness about TOMS shoes and the importance of footwear on Saturday, Oct. 22.

TOMS Campus Club, with the help of Kappa Pi, is hosting Style Your Sole at Bonjour Boutique, a retailer of TOMS shoes, down-town at 33 E. Concho Ave., TOMS Campus Club President Megan Ellis said.

“TOMS is a one-for-one com-pany,” she said. “For every pair of shoes sold, they give a pair to a needy child. TOMS recently ex-panded to sell sunglasses. For every pair sold, they help give people sight.”

Ellis said people can bring their TOMS or any other shoes to deco-rate at Style Your Sole.

The event will promote aware-ness of TOMS as well as smaller companies that have similar busi-ness models, she said. Falling Whistles, Chains for Chains and Seven Hopes United are several companies with similar business models to TOMS.

“I want people to know it’s not about shoes,” Ellis said. “It’s more about the business model and community service aspect. I think if every company gave back in some way the world would be a much

better place.”Graduate student Barbara Coty

said it’s important that others see TOMS Campus Club as an organi-zation that helps others.

“We are involved in campus and community service,” she said. “[We want] to spread the word and in-fluence others to do the same. For example, we recently put together care packages to send to deployed troops; our service is extended to all aspects of helping others.”

Ellis said students should con-

sider getting involved in TOMS Campus Club.

“It’s so easy to give back,” she said. “All you have to do is buy a pair of shoes. A lot of people want to help, but they think they can’t. Businesses like TOMS make it easy to help.”

The Student Government As-sociation approved TOMS Campus Club as an organization in Spring 2011, Ellis said. The group became active this semester, when they be-gan collecting donations for care

Photo Illustrations by Mark McDaniel


The Math Computer Science building will undergo minor reno-vations beginning in November and ending soon after the start of the spring semester.

Construction Project Manager Clayton R. Smith said construc-tion will restore the white bands, called Exterior Insulation Finish System, around the perimeter of the building.

The current EIFS, a coating system comprised of a base coat, fiber glass mesh and a top coat, which is around the second and third floors on the outside of the MCS, are aged and weathered, Smith said.

According to the MCS EIFS Restoration Programming docu-ment, extensive hail damage was found on multiple locations along the horizontal sections of the wall. Water infiltration and ultraviolet rays damaged the EIFS.

“It should be a fairly simple project,” Smith said. “We will

build scaffolding starting on the west side, then the south, east, and finally north side. We will be putting new metal coping in to modify the existing EIFS system as necessary and then apply the new mesh and EIFS system.”

He said Facilities Planning and Construction is working with Cas-aBella Architects out of Austin for the MCS renovations. FPC is also working with Southwest Associ-ates, a roofing and water proofing consultant, and Detekt, a design consultancy.

“Detekt has provided thermal imaging reports,” he said. “They get up on the EIFS and spray wa-ter down. They go in at night and actually read the cool spots, and that’s where the moisture is showing up.”

Through the thermal imag-ing reports, CasaBella Architects recommended FPC to rework the EIFS system on MCS, he said.

Smith said FPC has a construc-tion budget of $350,000 for the renovations based on the opinion of probable costs provided by the engineering team.

FPC will not renovate the inte-rior of the MCS, he said.

Budget: $350,000 for renovations

Photos by Pam BelcherWrecked cars were placed on the grass outside of the CHP Tuesday and Wednesday to remind students of the consequences of drinking and driving. Impaired driving kills nearly 18,000 people each year.

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Roscoe’s Den Monday changed its hours to provide a quick lunch option for students and faculty who spend most of their time on the east side of campus.

Some students, like sopho-more Louis Broome, do not have to frequent that side of campus to enjoy Roscoe’s Den.

“I don’t get to come over here too often because most of my classes are on the other end of campus,” he said.

Broome said it would be more convenient for him to eat at the UC, but he prefers the prices at Roscoe’s Den.

“They make [food] pretty fresh here, which helps a lot,” he said.

Executive Director of Busi-ness Services Greg Pecina said the university will evaluate the results of the new hours through Nov. 30 and decide whether Roscoe’s Den should keep its new schedule for the rest of the semester.

Richard Gonzalez said Ros-coe’s Den will have lunch spe-cials starting Oct. 24. He said

every weekday might get its own special.

There is no other difference between noon and evening ser-vices, he said.

Pecina said he hopes that off-campus commuters and faculty and staff who work on the east side of the campus go to Roscoe’s Den for lunch and snacks.

“Roscoe’s Den has a great menu and we have seen a good number of students go to this location for an evening meal or snacks,” he said.

Traffic at Roscoe’s Den so far could be better, but it is still good, Pecina said.

Eighty percent of the stu-dents who are on campus after 7 p.m. are on the east side of campus, where most of the resi-dence halls are, Pecina said.

Pecina said an ASU em-ployee from the Rassman Building suggested the idea of a grab-and-go lunch option at the monthly Catering and Con-cessions Advisory Committee meeting.

“It’s experimental right now,” Pecina said. “You have to be really careful about the op-erational areas. Right now we’re going to do a head count and a cash count and see how much revenue we get.”

Roscoe’s Den is a cash, cred-it or debit card location only,

Pecina said. Students can use their OneCard points and Ram bucks, but cannot use their meal plan.

Residential students who want to buy a meal using their meal plan will have to go to the Food Service Center or the UC snack bar, Pecina said.

Pecina said he started the Catering and Concessions Ad-visory Committee about six months ago to discuss food service-related issues, exclud-ing meal plans, which fall un-der Residence Life. Food service managers, several Business Ser-vices members and six to eight other people attended the last meeting.

Pecina said the committee gives a campus a voice in food service-related matters. Anyone can bring concerns about issues such as catering, concessions and hours of operation, he said.

The committee’s next meet-ing will be Tuesday, Nov. 8, at 3:30 p.m. in UC 201, Pecina said.

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Roscoe’s Den adds lunch hours


The Student Nurses As-sociation Nov. 2 will hold its second flu clinic of the school year in Texan Hall from 5 to 8 p.m. to help students and fac-ulty fend off the flu season.

On Tuesday, about 15 nurs-ing student volunteers gave flu shots to about 95 stu-dents and faculty members at the flu clinic in the UC, SNA President senior Christina Long said. Assistant Clinical Professors of nursing Shonna Marks and Martha Tafoya su-pervised.

“We had a really good turnout and everyone did a great job,” Long said.

The flu clinic gave the nursing students a more fun and stress-free environment than a hospital to practice ad-ministering shots, Long said.

The flu shots cost $10 for students and $20 for faculty, SNA Secretary junior Rachel Schwartz said. The revenue goes toward the university clinic, which provided the shots, she said.

The nursing students who gave shots were mostly SNA members, but they do not

have to be part of the organi-zation to volunteer, Schwartz said.

SNA started its flu clinic last year, Schwartz said.

She said nursing students must have taken the skills course, which is taken during the first semester of nursing school, to be able to adminis-ter shots under faculty super-vision.

“Every student who gives the flu shot has to be checked off and supervised by a faculty [member],” she said.

The flu clinic is an oppor-tunity for nursing students to do community service and to gain experience, Schwartz said.

Last spring, when SNA held its flu clinic, the volun-teers saw about 40 people, probably because it was later in the flu season when most people have already gotten their flu shots, Long said.

Flu symptoms may include general body ache, headaches, a sore throat, a fever and se-vere cold symptoms, Long said. She said she thinks it would be cheaper and simpler to get flu shots at the universi-ty than it would be to get them at a clinic or hospital.

Shannon Medical Center provides flu shots until Oct. 21 for $18 per person, according to its website.

Clinic: Nursingstudent volunteers give 95 shots in a day

Organization to administersecond round of flu shots


Adult Literacy Council of the Concho Valley will host “Best Little Book Sale in Texas” Oct. 20 to 25 to raise funds and awareness of the importance of literacy.

“I think that [the fundrais-er] is a great way to both raise funds for the Adult Literacy Council and simultaneously re-use book resources,” said soph-omore Ben Lin, an ALC board member.

The book sale will take place at Henry’s Steakhouse, 2715 Sherwood Way.

The community donated books they love to let others read them, ALC member Mari-lynn Golightly said. The book sale offers more than 10,000 books, she said.

“Many times, the people who are donating books are the

first ones in the door,” she said.People donate as much or as

little as they want in exchange for however many books they choose.

One person may donate $5 for a box of books and another may choose to donate as much as $100, Golightly said.

“It’s a win-win [situation],” she said. “This is one of our best [and] biggest fundraisers.”

Entry is free and all books are for monetary donations, Golightly said.

The book sale raises aware-ness that many people cannot read, Golightly said.

“Our youth in today’s so-ciety has come to undervalue literacy and it has shown in all levels of education,” said senior Clayton Sharum, a volunteer.

Golightly said the commu-nity needs to stay on top of the curve.

“That will be the only way we’ll survive and thrive,” she said.

Golightly said the biggest determining factor in a child’s success in school is the parents’ reading levels.

“For that reason, we are breaking that inner-genera-tional low literacy,” she said.

Golightly said ALC, which is a non-profit organization based on volunteers and com-munity, helps the 13 counties surrounding Tom Green Coun-ty to address their educational needs.

People from ages 17 to 90 ask ALC for a variety of services that include applying for a job online, learning how to read or do math, and succeeding in SATs to get into college, Go-lightly said.

“The bottom line is that we are helping…lifetime learners to advance and maybe meet their own personal needs and educational goals,” she said.

Around 30 ASU students have helped set up the book sale, she said.

“College students are read-ers,” Golightly said. “They ap-preciate that they have been able to succeed and go to col-lege, so many of them want to help others.”

She said ALC raised about $7,500 from last year’s book

sale.“Money is important to

keep our doors open and to keep a roof over our heads...but we really are promoting an edu-cated community and citizens,” Golightly said.

Raise funds,literacy: One ofliteracy council’s biggest fundraisers

‘Best little book sale’ brings in more than 10,000 donated books

Photo by Dana ChoiThe Adult Literacy Council’s book sale offers thousands of books do-nated by the community, available Oct. 20 to 25 for donations.

Grab-and-go: Committee triesrevised schedule

Photo by Pam Belcher

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All funds raised will go to-wards breast cancer research and treatment in the Concho Valley, Samsel said.

Samsel and Ramon said seven or eight student organi-zations participated in Zum-bathon, including Student Government Association, Pi Kappa Alpha, and the Associa-tion of Mexican American Stu-dents.

“We really wanted to break the world record, but the Laura Bush Institute is tied to ASU

and we wanted the communi-ty and students to be aware of that,” Samsel said. “We wanted to raise more awareness for breast cancer as we serve the Concho Valley.”

According to ASU’s Web-site, the Laura Bush Institute for Women’s Health is affiliated with the ASU College of Nurs-ing and Allied Health. They are dedicated to growing women’s health research and improve upon education and commu-nity outreach towards women and their families.

Photo by Dana ChoiProceeds go to ALC, a non-profit organization that promotes education and literacy.

Institute, student organizations, work together to raise awareness

Photo Courtesy of Valeria PerchinaVarious student organizations participated in the attempt to break the world record, raise breast cancer awareness, and help fund breast cancer research.

Photo Illustration by Pam Belcher

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Thursday (preview night) 5 p.m. -- 9 p.m.Friday, Saturday 9 a.m. -- 6 p.m.Sunday 1 p.m. -- 6 p.m.Monday, Tuesday 10 a.m. -- 3 p.m.

“I couldn’t have done it without AMAS,” sophomore

Amy Hernandez said. “Even if the event wasn’t

homecoming they would have been super supportive of me.

We are like a family.”

FEATURES - 2011 Homecoming

Overall WinnersBrisket Cookoff: Lambda Chi Alpha Washer Tournament: ASU Sports Medicine ClubBongo Ball: AFROTCThink Fast Game Show: HERORun-through sign Contest: Tri-BetaStep Finals: 3rd - Sigma Kappa 2nd - AMAS 1st - ASAParade overall: Sigma KappaParade Most Spirited: Sigma KappaParade Most Animated: Society for Physics StudentsParade Best Use of Theme: Sigma Kappa and Lambda Chi Alpha Spirit Stick: Pi Kappa Alpha

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African Student Association performed in unity at the step preliminary Oct. 13. It was enough to make the Top 5 Finals list and to take first place overall. Senior Micheal Connor (front) said the team met Monday through Friday, from 9 - 11 p.m. He said their weakness was time conflicts with the team’s schedule. This is Connor’s first year stepping with ASA. He said he and his cousin, freshman Chevis Flanigan (far right). had already came with the step and the team added to what was given. “Our strength was that everyone could catch on to the steps quickly.” Connor said. “It felt pretty good to have done something so long and have it be an ac-complishment, winning us first place.”

Friday, October 21, 2011Page 6 OPINIONS

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1. “Made of Stone”Evanescence

Picture some post apoca-lyptic world with flames falling from the black sky as Amy Lee’s vocals hit you like a concrete block. The guitars pound with the alternative metal feel as a piano sneaks along the song. Made of Stone is an epic track that reminds us of how power-ful Evanescence can be and Amy isn’t playing games.

2. “Back Against the Wall”Cage the Elephant

“Tonight I’ll have a look and try to find my face again” says lead sing-er Matthew Shultz as these heavy indie rockers slam every instrument they have. Uncontrolled without and supervision, Cage the Elephant finally create a band with passion and a love for their roots. Like the Pixies and Nirvana before them, Cage has figured out the formula of quiet verses and noisy choruses.

4. “Video Games”Lana Del Ray

With sexy vocals and looks to match, Lana Del Ray is elo-quent with hardly any instru-mentation. The piano and string instruments complement the track but it’s Lana that cre-ates the magic. To hear an artist sing with pure talent and un-derstand the words clearly is a blessing in today’s copy cat pop world.

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With over 11 minutes of pure and perfected Jazz, these guys send the message of how great they can play. Art Blakey is commanding ev-erything as he smashes cymbals like lightning crashes and rolls over the kit like thunder. He pounds the drums all night like he might not ever play again and the trumpet brings the attitude of what a wild night the Messengers truly had.

5. “Narcissistic Cannibal”Korn feat.

Skrillex and Kill The Noise

Alternative metal pioneers have stepped up their game hardcore with the dubstep sound and are proving to be quiet good at it. With a heavy balance of metal and just the right amount of dubstep, it sounds like the soundtrack to a metal Pac-Man game. Jonathan Davis still has the aggression on vocals and the dubstep break-down leaves us thirsty for more.

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World Food Day has already passed (Oct. 16), but is there ever a wrong or right time to address world hunger?

World hunger is huge; maybe that is why it intimidates many of us into thinking we can’t do any-thing about it.

People go on mission trips and send things overseas, but it is hard to know the difference these things make when we can’t see the results upfront.

It can also seem like a waste of time to get involved for some, especially college students, many of whom lead hectic lives and barely have enough money to get by themselves.

In all actuality, while we can’t help everyone, we can help some-one.

There is so much we can do. We can write to our own govern-

ment, expressing our concern for those in need of food. We can get involved in our own com-munities, volunteering at soup kitchens or other shelters that are committed to helping. We can also contribute financially to organizations devoted to ending world hunger.

Initiatives like the Crop Hun-ger Walk are great ways to try to alleviate this global problem.

The Center of International Studies will hold a food drive in November to recognize World Food Day.

There are many hassle-free ways to help, and if more people pitched in, we, the fortunate, can lend potentially life-saving assis-tance to those who can’t afford or otherwise obtain their own food.

We believe that if everyone gave what they could, whether it

be time or money, we could truly make an impact by considering others before ourselves some-times.

Have you ever gone hungry for a month? A week? A few days? According to World Hunger Edu-cation Service, 2010 had a total of 924 million hungry people. Ac-cording to Bread for the World, almost 16,000 children die from hunger-related illnesses daily.

Yes, we all need to face and resolve our own problems and hardships--but if you could make a tremendous change in just one person’s life, wouldn’t you do what you could to help?

Let’s not recognize world hun-ger one day a year, but make every day World Food Day, and always remember those who struggle to survive with the bare minimum.

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Thank God for the Texas Rangers!

Rams start fresh after fourth loss

Jason HelmsSports Editor

The Rams dropped their fourth consecutive conference competi-tion Saturday after their Homecom-ing matchup against No. 15-ranked Midwestern State.

Head coach Will Wagner said the Mustangs (6-0, 5-0 LSC) were simply more physical than his team, allowing them to outscore the Rams 68-20.

“The most disappointing thing about it was we went out there and got hit in the face and didn’t re-spond to it,” Wagner said.

The Rams (3-4, 0-4 LSC) also al-lowed 704 yards of total offense in the game, the second most in any Division II competition this season.

On offense, the Rams were held to under 100 yards passing for the first time of the season as senior quarterback Jake Strickler was 11-17

with an interception and a touch-down.

Sophomore receiver Joey Knight caught Strickler’s lone touchdown pass to bring his team-leading touchdown reception total to four.

The Rams managed to gain 236 yards rushing, their second time to gain over 200 yards this season, with the first coming from the first game of the season.

Senior running back Tristan Carter led the effort on the ground with 105 yards and two touchdowns on 11 carries.

“I was definitely pleased with how we ran the ball,” Wagner said. “Unfortunately, we got into a situa-tion where we had to start throwing it more, but looking back, Tristan [Carter] did a great job running.

For the second time in a row, redshirt freshman linebacker Rush Seaver led the Rams’ defense with five tackles.

However, Seaver said the de-fense, himself included, did not play up to their potential against the Mustangs.

“We had too many missed tack-les, too many missed assignments and not hitting the right gaps,” Seaver said. “We didn’t play our game.”

The loss caused the Rams to fall one spot above last place Tex-as A&M – Commerce in the Lone Star Conference standings as both teams have yet to win in LSC play this season.

However, that will change Sat-urday as the two bottom teams take on each other Saturday at Com-merce’s Memorial Stadium at 2 p.m.

The Lions (0-6, 0-4 LSC) are coming off a 54-27 defeat to Tar-leton State last Saturday and have been outscored 233-134 by their op-ponents this season.

“More than anything, we’ve got to put the loss behind us and treat the rest of the games like a new sea-son,” Wagner said.

He said the Rams’ rally cry for the remainder of the season is “1-0” after they decided to forget about their previous games, including their three wins.

Rams: Still winless in conference play

Photo by Mark McDanielJunior quarterback Michael Cochran hands the ball to redshirt freshman running back Blake Smith (20) during the Rams’ 68-20 Homecoming loss, Saturday, against Midwestern State. Smith helped the Rams rush for 236 yards in the game.

Joshua LealContributor

I wanted to talk about how bad of a quarterback Tony Romo is, or how silly of a coach Jason Garrett is, or even how horrible of an owner Jerry Jones is.

However, I realized that any one of those top-ics could fill a book and I decided that, instead of focusing on the negatives that are currently coming out of Arlington, I would instead focus on the posi-tive.

That being said, the Texas Rangers are in the World Series! That’s right, the Texas Rangers have been able to make it back to the Fall Clas-sic. Something that Jerry Jones and his failure of a team have been unable to

do for over 15 years, but something that the Texas Rangers have been able to do for two consecutive years.

Last year, there were no expectations for the Rangers to make it as far as they did. They were the underdogs coming into the postseason having to battle their way through the playoffs in order to reach the 2010 World Se-ries.

Yet, even though they battled hard last year and made the trades to get in a position to reach the playoffs, the Texas Rang-ers went out with a whim-per and not a bang in the World Series.

They had come so close and achieved some-thing that had never be-fore been obtained by their ball club. The Rang-ers entered the World Se-ries with high hopes, but lost in an embarrassing fashion.

However, they have once again returned looking for redemption for last year. They have earned the right to be in the World Series again by dispatching the Tampa Bay Rays and the Detroit

Tigers.Standing in their way

are the St. Louis Cardi-nals, who have had their own Cinderella trip to the World Series this year, and have a huge amount of momentum behind them. They are looking to stop the Rangers on their quest for their first World Series victory.

So, the Texas Rang-ers must battle one last time this year and it will not be an easy task. The Rangers will be facing the Cardinals at home, due to Prince Fielder’s blast in the All-Star Game and the ridiculous rule that al-lows the league that wins the All-Star Game to have home field advantage in the World Series.

I sincerely hope that the Texas Rangers will succeed and be victorious as they are a shining light in Texas Professional Sports.

With the Cowboys struggling and the NBA lockout having no end in sight, let us all look to the Rangers and sup-port them on their quest to find redemption and bring a championship back to Texas.

Senior outfielder Matt Rechkemmer attempts a bunt during the Rams’ intrasquad Fall World World Series last week. Rechkemmer’s team, the Dirtbags, beat the Law-ligaggers 3 games to 2 in the series after their 3-2 win, Saturday, Oct. 15 at Foster Field.

Photo Courtesy of Athletic Communications Office

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Standings

FootballSchool Conf. Overall

SoccerSchool Conf. Points

VolleyballSchool Conf. Overall

Midwestern StateAbilene ChristianWest Texas A&MTAMU-KingsvilleTarleton StateIncarnate WordEastern N.M.Angelo StateTAMU-Commerce

5-04-04-12-22-32-31-30-40-4

6-05-14-24-32-52-52-53-40-6

Abilene ChristianMidwestern StateTAMU-CommerceEastern N.M. Angelo StateWest Texas A&MIncarnate Word Texas Women’s

9-0-16-3-15-4-24-3-34-5-24-5-12-6-31-9-1

West Texas A&MAngelo StateTexas Women’sAbilene ChristianTarleton StateIncarnate WordMidwestern StateCameronTAMU-KingsvilleTAMU-CommerceEastern N.M.

13-112-18-57-57-56-85-85-85-93-9

1-13

22-223-2

10-1213-1113-1110-1213-9

11-1012-108-125-18

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Week at a Glance

Friday, Oct. 21SOCCER@West Texas A&M* - 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 22FOOTBALL@TAMU - Commerce* - 2 p.m.

VOLLEYBALLTAMU - Commerce* - 2 p.m

CROSS COUNTRYLSC Championship - Red Arroyo Park (San Angelo)

Sunday, Oct. 23SOCCER@Eastern New Mexico* - 2 p.m.

GOLF@Oklahoma Intercollegiate for Women (Lawton, Okla.)

Monday, Oct. 24GOLF@Oklahoma Intercollegiate for Women (Lawton, Okla.)

Tuesday, Oct 25GOLF@Oklahoma Intercollegiate for Women (Lawton, Okla.)

Thursday, Oct. 27VOLLEYBALL@Eastern New Mexico* - 7 p.m.

*Denotes conference game

Women pass test in rivalry

Photos by Pam Belcher(Above) Junior Alex Woolsey sends the ball over the net during the ‘Dig Pink’ match against Abilene Christian, Tuesday. (Below) The ‘Belles celebrate after scoring a point on the Widcats.


The No. 17-ranked ‘Belles survived a five-set match Tuesday against con-ference rival Abilene Christian in the 2011 “Dig Pink” match.

The two squads were mostly blow-for-blow in the match as they neither team won back-to-back sets.

Head coach Chuck Waddington said he expected the rival teams to battle it out going into the match.

“It doesn’t matter who’s good or not or if their ranked, it’s always go-ing to be a good match,” Waddington said of the rivalry with the Wildcats (13-11, 7-5 LSC).

Sophomore Kaelen Valdez led the charge for the ‘Belles (23-2, 12-1 LSC) with her season-high 20 kills while also recording 21 digs.

Two other ‘Belles had double-digit kills to help the team total 68 kills as junior Chelsea Gibson and sopho-more Maddie Huth slammed 17 and 11 kills, respectively.

Gibson’s kill total brought her

within nine of the team’s leader se-nior Celeste Bonter, who collected 237 this season.

Bonter was named LSC Offensive Player of the Week earlier that Tues-day for her efforts during the previous week as she recorded 29 kills and over 4 kills per set.

Junior setter Alex Woolsey was also awarded by the conference by claiming LSC Setter of the Week for the fifth time this season.

Woolsey got the award after post-ing 13.14 assists per set in the ‘Belles’ two victories the week prior, which includes a sweep over Tarleton State and a 3-1 match against Incarnate Word.

In the ACU match, Woolsey re-corded 46 assists to put her over the 1,000 assist mark with 1016 this sea-son, the most in the conference.

The win over the Wildcats was the ‘Belles’ 23rd victory of the sea-son making them one of a handful of teams in the nation to surpass 20 wins.

Huth said the ‘Belles’ success is mostly due to their team chemistry and ability to fight through adversity.

“Whenever we’re on, we’re on,” Huth said. “So, we just need to stay

that way and finish games in three [sets].”

One more win will set the record for most in a season by any team in the program’s history with the most currently standing also at 23 from the 2004 squad finished 23-9.

Apart from the win, the ‘Belles helped raise over $1,800 for breast cancer research in the “Dig Pink” event, which came from fans’ dona-tions, t-shirt sales, and the players’ pink jersey auction.

The jersey’s alone brought in $1170 dollars as four of them auctioned for $100, which, apart from the win, was something that Waddington was happy to see.

“The auction went really well, we sold a bunch of t-shirts and the fans were really active, passing around the [donation] bucket, so it was a re-ally good night for that,” Waddington said.

Huth said the “Dig Pink” match not only was for a good cause, but also brings out a lot of fans, which she said is always a good thing.

The ‘Belles end their three game home-stand this Saturday when they face Texas A&M – Commerce (8-12, 3-9 LSC) in the Junell Center at 2 p.m.

Bonter, Woolsey: Receive LSC weekly awards


The Rambelles fell to fifth place in the LSC after a pair of 2-1 losses to the top two conference teams, Midwest-ern State and Abilene Christian.

Despite taking early leads in both matches, the ‘Belles could not hang on to get a result over the weekend.

“Although we’re disappointed about the losses, I thought we played really well together in both games,” Squires said.

Head coach Travis McCorkle said he thought his team played good enough to get a result from the two matches, but a couple of mistakes costly mistakes kept them from it.

“About 95 percent of what we

did was very good, but in soccer that doesn’t always mean you’ll win,” Mc-Corkle said.

In Friday’s match against Mid-western State, sophomore Maggie Schaffer netted the lone goal for the ‘Belles to bring her season total to six, two behind team-leading senior Brandie DeBacker.

Schaffer’s goal was her second against the Mustangs this season, as she accounted for the squad’s win-ning goal in the two teams’ first meet-ing earlier in the season.

In their match against the Wild-cats, Sunday, freshman forward Katie Squires said the women were looking to upset the No. 2 ranked team.

“They’re a good team and we just wanted to prove that we’re a good team too,” Squires said.

The Rambelles got on the score-board first after what was initially thought to be an unassisted goal for

junior Lauren Carnes, but after fur-ther review was counted as an ACU own-goal.

However, the ‘Belles hopes of an upset ended as the Wildcats leveled the score in the second half and win it in overtime.

With only three games left in the regular season, the ‘Belles do not have much time to move up in the LSC standings, in which they currently sit in the middle of.

“We just need to stay positive, do what we do best and play our own game,” Squires said of the ‘Belles’ re-maining matches.

The women go on the road for their next two matches to face West Texas A&M and Eastern New Mexico.

“If we play with the same consis-tency and desire to win that we had in the last two games, I think that I will be happy with our future perfor-mances,” McCorkle said.

Soccer: Three matches left in season, only one at home

Photos by Mark McDaniel(Above) Freshman Katie Squires prepares to receive a pass during ‘Belles’ match against ACU, Sunday. (Right) Senior forward Brandie DeBacker heads the ball.

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