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Brett LaFleur and Cody Park give each other hug as part of the speaker’s talk at Midwestern State University Convocation.

Bryana Wilson, Journey Trent, Logann Ewers and Allison Cisneros watch the speaker at Midwestern State University Convocation.

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Justin Jones-Fosu dances with Lexi Malone at the All Student Convocation, Aug. 30.

Speaker makes students ‘look at life differently’ QUOTES FROM FOSU’S SPEECH:

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bout 400 students gathered in D.L. Ligon Coliseum on Aug. 30 for All Student Convocation. The agenda included speeches from University President Suzanne Shipley, Student Government Association officers and a special guest speaker, Justin Jones-Fosu.

Jones-Fosu said his primary jobs are husband and father, but he speaks at different places around the country 60 to 70 times a year.

“The crowd is slightly less than normal for a new student convocation, but I’m still both excited and nervous,” he said.

Mario Ramirez, assistant director of student development and orientation, said Jones-Fosu, who charged $4,000 for the event, was chosen from a list of potential speakers based on the message they wanted for convocation.

“He was great. His delivery showed exactly why we chose him,” Ramirez added. “He came out dancing and singing, which got the crowd’s attention.”

• Why we do impacts what we do, and impacts when we do.

• This stuff matters past your time here.

New students attending the convocation were handed tickets for a drawing with a $500 bookstore gift card prize. There were two winners.

THEIR RESPONSES:

• “I feel good. I never win anything, and books are expensive,” Allison Cisneros, radiology freshman.

• “I am super blessed. Financial aid doesn’t kick in for two weeks,” Jamilah Kangudja, athletic training freshman.

STUDENT COMMENTS:

Why did you come to convocation tonight?

• “I am a new student and it’s a good way to get out and meet people I’ll be graduating with,” Kristin Fender, radiology freshman.

• “I came to support my freshman roommate,

and I like pep rallies,” Chey Gibbs, radiology junior.

What did you get from the speaker?

• “Look at everything. Make your lows, your highs and always consider that your situation could be worse,” Christiana Breedlove, nursing senior.

• “People love to make your bad days. He made me look at life differently,” Keunna Cannon, nursing senior.

• “Put my effort into everything I do,” DJ Hauser, criminal justice junior.

• “A lot. The main thing is stay focused, and be a 10,” Tori Tripp, psychology junior.

• “Be the best you can. Don’t be life anyone else,” David Bellot, accounting junior.

What was your favorite part?

• “I loved the guest speaker, especially his enthusiasm in life and students,” Lindsey Shelley, graduate student in nursing and student regent.

Additional reporting by Kara McIntyre and Sam Sutton

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Beautiful growth Summer school like an anchovy pizza of campus L OUR VIEW: Though unfinished, Legacy Hall makes campus even better.

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ike an anchovy mushroom pizza, summer school isn’t for everybody. Sometimes they’re the only toppings students can choose from, and they have to force that anchovy mushroom pizza past their gag reflex. The even harder part of eating that pizza is keeping it from coming back up. In summer school I had to tell myself one week into the Caleb workload that it would be over soon. The light Martin at the end of the tunnel cometh, and the credits I would earn in those five weeks would be worth the summer I gave up.

I am not new to needing to do so much in so little time.

While I was in the Army, I was a full-time student and a full-time soldier. There were some days I had to give up a good grade so that I could fulfill my duties. I do not, under any circumstances, recommend working full time and being a full time student. Spread the workload and the schoolwork out evenly so that you can be attentive to both disciplines. This past summer I took both summer I and II courses, each with a seven-credit-hour load. Eight of the 14 credit hours were from the Spanish 1 and Spanish 2 courses. That’s like getting double anchovies on that pizza.

Students take summer school because they want to get ahead of the game or because they need to play catch-up.

This pizza is not for everyone. It’s extremely time-consum-

fter 15 months of construction and $35.5 million later, 492 students have a brand new place to call home — Legacy Hall.

While it is not entirely finished yet, the parts that are finished make great additions to the campus and the opening of the living learning community on Sept. 6 will bring more opportunities for students to come together.

There was plenty of potential for move-in day to be a complete disaster. With Legacy’s entrance located right in the center of Louis J. Rodriguez Dr., the entire road could’ve been blocked off — which would’ve made moving in much more difficult, especially for residents in Sunwatcher Village. But there were more than 100 volunteers on hand — either directing traffic, helping move people in, or taking out the trash — making the move-in process go hoosing a major was one of the most smoothly. stressful decisions I’ve ever had to make Some students have complained about the in college. Picking a major straight of building not being done, but that was out of out high school was letting my adolescent self MSU’s control. Weather and manufacturer dedecide my own future career.

For some small percentage of the underlays held progress back, and while that is unforgraduate population, people go into college tunate, it doesn’t detract from how nice Legacy Rebecca Jabr knowing exactly what they want to do and is, both inside and outside. If you haven’t taken stick with it. The rest of us pick a major, switch it on average three times and then question why we are even a look inside, you should. in college by the end of sophomore year.

The constant construction may be considAs a junior, I’ve been through about three majors and I ered an eyesore, but it is also a sign of growth, swore up and down that the one I started with was the one I wanted to stick with. No matter what major I thought I could which is not a bad thing. We are trying to exdo, there was always one constant similarity between them: pand, and that takes time. the criticism I got for being in a particular major.

Legacy Hall is a beautiful addition to our This was especially frustrating because it was a specific subskyline and we are excited to see the completely ject I got really excited about, and someone would just shoot me down or try to stereotype me. finished product next week.

ing, and the first mistake will be going into summer school thinking that a normal length class condensed into five weeks is going to be a breeze. The workload is heavy and I found myself two weeks into the course work at two o’clock in the morning on a Wednesday night downing my fourth cup of coffee because I had my mid-term in six hours. These nights are normal, and the 18-hour coma I would slip into after three exams and a cumulative final became normal as well.

This type of work takes a large amount of dedication. The urge to go to the registrar and request a drop slip will became increasingly overwhelming day by day. Coffee and oxygen began to serve the same purpose. For five weeks I was no longer bound by the laws of physics, but by the laws of summer school. Time is only relative to the DiGiorno pizza I had thrown in the oven. I found that the four-day school week had quickly morphed into a 96-hour long Monday. I suddenly began to understand how it felt to be falling down a bottomless pit of despair. Not purgatory. Summer school.

Still, after all the blood shed and tear-drenched homework I had to endure for five weeks, I saw see the light at the end of the pit. A few credits and a less than enthusiastic jump in my GPA later, I could rest easy knowing that I had decimated four less courses, and that my liberal arts degree is now just a few more thousands of dollars.

Caleb Martin is a sophomore in mass communication

Ignoring your majors stereotypes

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Here’s the thing, a major doesn’t define a person. Interests

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and personality can go hand in hand, but a college major isn’t selling your soul to a particular destiny.

I enjoy being at a liberal arts school because my major may be social work, but I love history, political science, psychology, English and many of the sciences. I was originally majoring in psychology and after a while I resented talking about it because of all of the negative responses I would get from people. Whether it was telling me that half of the freshman class was a psych major or asking me what I could even possibly do with only a bachelor’s degree, it got very discouraging.

To this day my love for the subject of psychology burns inside of me, but I have chosen to be in a more diverse field that incorporates lots of my interests: social work.

My advice: Own your major. Don’t let people discourage you from pursuing your interests. Social work isn’t a popular major and half of the people I talk to think they have me and my future career plans figured out. Don’t listen to people like this. Worry about your major and future career plans, and I’ll worry about mine.

Rebecca Jabr is a junior in social work

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Austin Snyder, a freshman in business administration, during Move-in for Legacy Hall, Aug. 20.

Jordan Smith, criminal justice freshman, goes in to his room for the first time during Move-in.

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Respiratory therapy senior Bailey Schnirring and Respiratory therapy junior Carlos Tara talk with RAs Tyler Manning, political science sophomore, and Evalyne Roberson, dental hygiene sophomore, in the lobby of Legacy Hall Aug. 30.

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With her mother, Stephanie Moore, Ellie Gunderson, a sophomore in political science, in her new room during Move-in.

Move-in uneventful Despite having nearly 500 new residents, week ‘successful’

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hings went well for Legacy Hall’s move-in day Aug. 21, according to the 492 students that moved in, their resident advisers, parents and staff who all showed up on the otherwise gloomy morning. Even though some of the $35.5 million building wasn’t finished, students said they were able to get unpacked into their dorms with relatively no problems.

“We had a lot of excited new parents and students the whole day,” Kristi Schulte, director of residence life and housing, said. “We received a lot of positive feedback, too.

It was a successful opening.”

New residents also agreed with Schulte.

Raegan Ledbetter, athletic training freshman and soccer player, said, “Move-in has been going smoothly. It’s been nice to get settled in and meet new people on campus.”

Brenna Rhodes, business management freshman, said move-in was quick and painless.

“It was pretty smooth, we were in and out. There were also a lot of helpful people here, which gave everything some direction.”

While everything did go smoothly, there were problems for students like Ledbetter early on.

“Not having hot water for a little bit and not being able to move in on time was a problem,” Ledbetter said.

“I didn’t enjoy moving from Killingsworth to Legacy when it was finished. My roommate and I spent half of preseason living out of bags until I moved into Legacy.”

Parents like Danny Crow also liked the move in process.

“It was a super simple process,” Crow said, “getting in

the building, as well as parking has all been great.”

Students moving in had good things to say about the dorms too. Jordan Smith, criminal justice freshman, said he liked the privacy in the room.

“The wall between kind of gives you the feel of your own room, which is nice,” he said. “I also like how the bed is high up so I have more room for things.”

While the building was nice, there were also things students didn’t like. One of those things were the locks.

“They were complicated. I figured it out, but it was annoying,” Smith said.

He also thought a good substitute would’ve been a key card because it would be easier to use, and easier to keep up with. Matthew Hubbard, mechanical engineering freshman, agreed with this.

“It would be way more secure and convenient. I wouldn’t leave my key in my room like I’ve done three times already,” Hubbard said.

Positive vibes also came from the helpers, such as biology senior Caleb Pylant.

“It’s all been a great experience,” Pylant said. “I love being able to help. It makes me remember the people who helped me move in as a freshman, and how much I valued their help.”

Schulte said the construction delays were due to poor weather conditions during the past year.

“My understanding is there were some weather delays last year which slowed some of the work. There was also a manufacturer delay in the arrival of the elevator,” Schulte said.

She went on to say that even though it was unfortunate, they couldn’t prevent it because they couldn’t change the weather.

“Despite our best efforts, we don’t always have control over things like weather and manufacturer delays,” she said.

The living learning community located on the first floor of Legacy is scheduled to be finished by Labor Day. As Schulte thumbed through a book on her desk, she discussed what she thinks will come of the new space.

“Legacy provides common area space as a point for meaningful opportunities between students,” Schulte said. “I believe it will engineer more learning environments, as well.”

And the smooth move-in process got students, such as Alexus Moore, an RA and sociology senior, excited to start the year. She said her main goal is to keep sophomores engaged in school.

“After (their) freshman year, students get thrown out and are not really helped by RAs anymore. I want to change that. I want to be there when any student needs help, not just freshmen,” Moore said.

Marcus Greetus, secondary education sophomore, said he wants to connect with the community more, and he feels like being an RA will help him with that.

“I love meeting people, and this could be a great way to do it. I honestly can’t wait to start,” Greetus said.

Kaytlyn Boyett, art junior and RA, said she loves the dorm, but she really likes giving people a nice home and being their mentor.

“All of the building is nice, but I just want the students to be happy. I’m glad they enjoy it so far, and if they need me, I am always here to help,” Boyett said.

Additional reporting by Kara McIntyre.

4 | Aug. 31, 2016 | UP C OM I NG E V E N T S UPB Game Night

Aug. 31 at 7 p.m. | CSC Comanche Suites | Whether you like video, card or board games, they’ll have the perfect one for you.

UPB Tie Dye

Sept. 1 at 5 p.m. | Jesse Rodgers Promenade | Tie-dye with the University Programing Board. T-Shirts and pillowcases will be provided.

UPB Bingo

Sept. 1 at 8 p.m. | CSC Comanche Suites | Door prizes and snacks will be on hand.

UPB Block Party

Sept. 2 from 6 - 9 p.m. | MSU Quad | Meet student organizations and enjoy giveaways.

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Dining hall renovations to be finished in September

Student Organization Fair

Sept. 6 at 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and 5 to 7 p.m. | CSC Comanche | Browse more than 100 student organizations and get involved.

Free snack available.

SGA Meeting

Sept. 6 at 7 p.m. | CSC Comanche Suites | Student Government Association Meeting

Part-Time Networking Job Fair

Sept. 7 at 11:30 a.m. | CSC Comanche | Meet with employers and non-profit organizations from the area.

Labor Day

Live at The Lake Concert Series

Sept. 5 | No classes

Meet and Greet

Sept. 5 from 5 - 8 p.m. | MSU Quad | Enjoy a Labor Day cookout with RHA members with an evening of fun and free food.

Sept. 8 at 6:30 p.m. | Wichita Falls Museum of Art | Bring your lawn chairs and enjoy the live music on the museum’s lawn with the Slab Rat Reunion. Free.

Faculty Recital

Sept. 8 at 7 p.m. | Akin Auditorium | Faculty Recital: Music Department Faculty

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esquite Dining Hall’s empty spaces and idle kitchen areas have some students, such as mechanical engineering freshman Braeden Alvez, confused. He gestured to the middle of the cafeteria, which holds a new, full kitchen setup, and wondered why there was no one manning that station.

“Because of my major, I’m always thinking about efficiency. The new caf has appeared to be very inefficient,” Alvez said. “There’s so much empty space, unmanned sections and not enough seats.”

When the Board of Regents presented construction ideas in February of 2015, the minutes state that Chartwells would provide $5.1 million in the budget to renovate the existing dining hall, food court, and add different concepts around campus (i.e. Einstein’s, Starbucks). Renovations for Mesquite Dining Hall were scheduled to be finished before move-in day, but due to weather and manufacturer delays, Dean of Students Matthew Park projects construction to be complete by Sept. 5.

“The caf is not yet completed, which is why it doesn’t appear that there’s more seating,” Park said. “The new concepts, which are the Fresh Market and My Pantry sections, will be up and running and the empty spaces will have more seats.”

While some students like Alvez have issues with the new renovations, others have positive comments.

“There appears to be less seating, but I haven’t actually had an issue finding somewhere to sit,”

Sept. 5 from 9 - 10 p.m. | Sunwatcher Clubhouse | Free breakfast will be served by the MSU residence life staff while supplies last.

Engagement Week Sept. 4 - 9

Students eat their lunch in the renovated Mesquite Dining Hall Aug. 23

Late Night Breakfast

CRIME LOG Aug. 6

Aug. 16

Aug. 10

Aug. 17

Arson | 2:41 a.m. | Sunwatcher Village | Unknown person(s) ignited a fire in the dumpster located in lot 21 on the southwest corner of the lot. The WFFD arrived and extinguished the fire.

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Students wait in line to get food in the renovated Mesquite Dining Hall Aug. 23.

Kerrigan Reyes, molecular and cellular biology freshman, said. “As long as I have food and a place to eat, I’m happy.”

One thing that both Reyes and Alvez could agree on was that most of the food quality was significantly better than last semester.

“The chicken and pizza were both fantastic,” Reyes said. “I definitely like the food better than last semester. I let Braeden try the chicken and he agreed, too.”

Alvez may have liked the food better, but he was still not thrilled with the new services.

“So far I’m not that impressed, but this was only my first day eating here,” Alvez said. “We’ll see if my opinion changes at all over time.”

Theft | 4:45 p.m. | Off-Campus | A report was filled regarding an MSU employee believed to be engaged in fraudulent activity that occurred between Aug. 8 - 10.

Aug. 15

Criminal Trespass | 3:25 p.m. | Sunwatcher Village | A subject who had been barred from all MSU housing after an incident that occured Aug. 14 was found at Sunwatcher Apartments and arrested.

Aug. 16

Drugs: Possession or Delivery of Drug Paraphernalia | 11:14 a.m. | McCullough-Trigg Hall | Marijuana was discovered in a dorm room.

Burglary: Building | 10:16 a.m. | D.L. Ligon Coliseum | Dispatched to D.L. Ligon Coliseum in reference to an officer needed. During investigation suspect was arrested for burglary of a building.

Theft - Misdemeanor | 12:03 p.m. | Parking Lot #10 | Suspect was found to be stealing victim bicycle. Several MSU football players stopped the theft and held suspect for police. Suspect was arrested.

Aug. 17

Non-Criminal - Informational | 9:12 a.m. | Parking Lot #19 | Listed vehicle was abandoned of MSU property and was impounded.

Aug. 20

Non-Criminal - Informational | 4:52 p.m. | Parking Lot #02 | An abandoned vehicle was impounded after a seven-day notice of intent to tow in lot 2.

Aug. 21

Theft - Misdemeanor | 9:03 p.m. | Quadrangle/ Fountain | The victim reported her cell phone as being stolen while in the quad.

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Kyle Anderson, finance juinor, pulls ahead while Bill Ash, finance junior, comes from behind at the Wichita Falls Hotter ’N Hell, Aug. 26-28.

Hotter ’N Hell just a warm up LANE RIGGS REPORTER

The four days of the 35th Hotter ’N Hell races started off with the lowest temperatures in the past four years of the event — temperatures that gave the 100-mile-race its name.

Though the ‘cool’ temperatures helped with the race, the rain during the men’s race on Aug. 26 posed a problem for MSU cyclists who found themselves avoiding some of the wrecks that took place.

Despite the wrecks, all of the cyclists participating in the races on Friday and Saturday said they had fun competing. While they may have not placed what they hoped to, the cyclists said it was all for experience, and to gear themselves up for the track cycling championships in three weeks.

“Last year when I competed in this race, it was my first race in America,” said Josh Buchel, accounting and finance sophomore and a native to Johannesburg, South Africa. “This year, I’m competing in the races on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, but I’m focusing on the track cycling championships in three weeks.

I’m busy training for that.”

Another cyclist training for championships is Hannah Ross, a 2016 graduate with

Hannah Ross placed second in Friday’s races. a master’s in exercise physiology and now a continuing student.

Ross, though she turned professional in Europe over the summer, has not always been

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a cyclist. She swam for 17 years and due to her skill, she was soon a part of a program that takes swimmers that can run a certain time and trains them to become a tri-athlete.

Ross decided, however, when she was at school to become a cyclist for the team — and that is what she has done for the past two years.

“This is my third fall with the team. I’ve been in this race before, too, and on the first race, I always get second. The first year I raced Hotter ’N Hell, I didn’t do well. Last year I got second,” she said. “This year I’m hoping for first in Saturday’s race.”

Though she placed second in the race on Friday, she wasn’t disappointed. Indeed, she may have been more disappointed with a third place time of 2:56 in the women’s open on Saturday, in which Emily Newsom of Elevate won first with a time of 2:54:20 and Tracy Carrington of Elevate placed second with 2:55:59.

“I’ve been getting back into the races. It’s been a really long summer. Especially since I went pro in Europe, where I was on a plane every other week,” Ross said. “I was in over 50 races this summer. Going pro was pretty rough.”

As she returns to training in Texas, she finds herself excited for the championships that are coming up.

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from WARM UP pg. 5 “Championships will be really fun,” she said. “I”m looking forward to them.”

Cycling director Charlie Zamastil said he is confident about the championships; especially since he has won eight championships in the five years that he has been director.

“I love to win. I think we’re toe-to-toe with anyone in the country. I feel really strong about the championships,” he said. “We did well last year when we were half our size and the oldest rider was only older than a sophomore.

We’ve won 39 total championships in the past 26 years — so I’m very confident.”

While other cyclists like Kyle Anderson, Pablo Cruz, John Paul Blanton and Buchel said they are all excited for the championships, they were also excited about Hotter N Hell— their home race.

“This was my first time in maroon and gold, so I was wondering how it would go,” Anderson, business management junior, said. “This was also my first time racing for the school. The team plan was just to get up there, we were up against some really fast guys.”

Along with a fast race, the team was faced with more than a few wrecks due to the rain and tight corners.

Through this inconvenience, Cruz placed 13th out of the 30 or so men that finished, even though there were more than 60 contestants. On Saturday, he placed ninth with a time of 3:51:31.

Cruz races for Team Arapahoe Resources, his season team, but he races with the school for collegiate races or mandatory team races like Hotter N Hell.

“I felt pretty good and excited to start my home race, and I helped my club team, as I placed 13th,” Cruz, exercise physiology sophomore, said.

“On Saturday, I placed ninth.

It was a tough race like every year, but I’m happy to be in the top ten again like last year. This was my first race in Texas and I ended up 10th.”

Blanton, an accountant

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Michaelann Greenfield, pre-med biology freshmen, volunteered at a rest stop. | Antonio Hernandez, a bilungual education senior, soccer defender, and Jorge DeLeon, physical therapy sophomore and soccer forward, volunteered at a rest stop. | Katie Huff, exercise physiology senior and midfielder volunteered at a rest stop giving out water and Gatorade.

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John Paul Blanton and his father at the Wichita Falls Hotter N Hell.

junior, has also been riding for several years.

“I started riding with my dad and it was just a sort of natural progression. I was no good at baseball, so I rode instead,” he said. “I competed in the events of this weekend to have fun. The team did well, and I’m glad I was a part of it, because this will be my last race for awhile.”

Blanton will not be racing for several months because of surgery he has scheduled for October.

For relatively new riders, like Buchel, this weekend’s races were the start of an exciting season.

“We should come home with national jerseys when we’re at championships,” he said. “I’m very excited about it. The championships are a great atmosphere. I’m in a country away from home, but it’s not very nerve-wracking.

The team treats me like family.”

Anderson proved that the team is a family, not just with the support that he showed to those in the race, but to the drive that he displayed.

“At championships, we have got to get him stars and bars,” he said of Buchel.

Rest stops allow athletes to volunteer

SAM SUTTON REPORTER

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here were more than 20 rest stops in this week’s Hotter N’ Hell 100 race on Aug 27, but the one that saw the most students was the rest stop in Burkburnett. This stop was managed by Leadership Wichita Falls, a non-profit organization which helps the community of Wichita Falls in everything possible.

Matthew Park, assistant vice president in student affairs, said, “We all love to come out and show all of the riders from all over the country the hospitality and financial relationship that is characteristic of the personality of Wichita Falls.”

Park said he, Leadership Wichita Falls, and the athletes love to help out with the race every year. The athletic teams have been doing this for four years, and, according to men’s soccer coach, Doug Elder, have loved it ever since. The athletes out at the stop were both of the school’s soccer teams in the morning, and the softball and cheer teams in the afternoon.

Elder said, “We look forward to it every year, and the race never disappoints,” Elder said. “We get out here at 8:30 a.m., cut up all of the fruit and pickles, make the Gatorade drinks, and help set up our tents.”

Elder said this year was pretty smooth compared to previous years, and the weather certainly didn’t hurt.

Elder said, “Generally around 11 a.m., we start to see 100 degree temperatures, but today we’re only looking at 85. It’s really nice.”

Park also mentioned the weather,

saying it was definitely not Hotter ’N Hell.

“I heard all week that it was going to be nice, and it certainly has been.

I don’t think there has been a cooler Hotter ‘N Hell than this one,” Park said.

The student athletes who worked the stop said they admired the racers work ethic, and since they experience the physical and mental workload that sports puts on their bodies, they felt moved to come out and help.

Jordan Speed, marketing junior and men’s soccer player said, “I love seeing all of these racers push themselves. I feel like I needed to come out here and help these people who are racing from the community of Wichita Falls since they come out and support us every week during our season.”

Alex Gerondale, finance freshman, also said she liked helping out the racers.

Gerondale said, “I love being able to help out bikers and help the community. It’s great to see how hard they work.”

Gerondale said she can’t wait to come back and help next year.

One thing student athletes, such as mathematics freshman Emily Fisher, liked was seeing all of the interesting bikes and bike gear.

Fisher said, “It’s really awesome. I think it looks cool, and it gives character to the people who are out racing today.”

While the stop did go well, there was one problem that a lot of students, such as Fisher, talked about.

The tents were too far away from the street.

Fisher said, “I wish they would bring the tables closer to the street so it would be easier for the bikers to get the food and water. I’m sure they don’t care much for getting off of the trail, and having their momentum stalled.”

Elder said he understands the issue, but he said the reason for moving it so far back is because the field was uneven in front of it so the tents would fall.

“It is kind of rough over here. It’s a danger too because someone could sprain their ankle while walking to the tents. Hopefully we can either get a different location next year, or even out the field a little bit,” Elder said.

Despite the field issue, the stop was a success, and the athletes said they can’t wait to come out and support the racers again next year. An important name when it came to the rest stops was Dail Neely, director of student conduct, who helps coordinate all of the rest stops. He said he’s been doing it for several years now, but this year has been the easiest.

“There hasn’t really been any problems this year. We hadn’t had any issues setting things up, and there hasn’t been any injuries as of yet so we’re all good,” Neely said.

Neely said they told him the only way to leave this job is to move away or die so he will likely be in charge for a while. He said he hopes the weather will be as good as this year for several more years.

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Amy Floyd rides in Friday’s crit races. She placed 17th. | Some 10,000 cyclists crossed the starting line. | Jennifer Arbuckle mechanical engineering senior of Midwesterns women basketball team helps clean tubs to be used for water at the Hotter ’N Hell race the next day.

Fora Yan, first place, Hannah Ross, third place, and Payten Maness, second place, in the women’s open race Friday.

RACE RESULTS MIDWESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY CYCLISTS FRIDAY • Hannah Ross | 2nd | Women’s Open | 46:01 • Amy Floyd | 17th | Women’s Open • MSU graduate Tony Baca | 6th | Men Pro-1-2 | 1:14:37 • MSU graduate Pablo Cruz | 13th | Men Pro-1-2 | 1:14:57 • MSU graduate Ricky Randall | 14th | Men Pro-1-2 | 1:15:02 • Kyle Anderson | 21st | Men Pro-1-2 | 1:16:06 • Bill Ash | 30th | Men Pro-1-2 • TC Porterfield | 31st | Men Pro-1-2

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Stefan Rothe, Rahsaan Bahati, Nate Brown, Tony Baca, a 2014 finance graduate of MSU, and Lawson Craddock at the starting line for the race. Baca placed sixth in Friday’s race.

• Hannah Ross | 3rd | Women Open | 2:56:00 • Amy Floyd | Women Open • Maxyna Cottam | Women Open • Jason Perkins | 5th | Men Cat 4-5–A | 2:52:37 • Joshua Buchel | 34th | Men Pro-1-2 | 3:55:48 • Kyle Anderson | 56th | Men Pro-1-2 | 4:04:40 • Garrison Horton | 19th | Men Category | 4:18:54 • Bill Ash | Hotter ’N Hell Road Race • Sean Brown | Hotter ’N Hell Road Race

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Finance junior Bill Ash rides in Friday’s men’s criterion races during the Hotter ’N Hell. Ash crashed during the race and did not finish despite being in second place at one point. | Bridget Relly helps sell Kul Lite Cooling Vests in the Consumer Show.

• Jason Perkins | 12th | Men Cat 4-5 | 36:49; Omnium 44 pts • Hannah Ross | 3rd | Women Open | 40:57; Omnium 112 pts • Amy Floyd | Women Open | Omnium 4 pts • Garrison Horton, Men Category 3 Omnium 2 pts

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HOTTER ‘N HELL

Senior: ‘I almost died yesterday’ “I almost died yesterday,” DYLAN PEMBROKE, a senior in mass communication, talking about racing in the 50-mile Hotter N Hell, finishing in 3:02:37.

What was the most fun part of the race?

It might sound obvious but the start and the finish. At the start you can really get a grasp at the full spectacle that is the Hotter ’N Hell when you’re standing among nearly 10,000 people. Finishing surrounded by the cheering crowd is an awesome feeling as well even if I did manage to fall down in front of them. As I think about it the 30-minute nap I took in the shower when I got home might have been the highlight of the day.

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Dylan Pembroke, mass communication senior

What was the hardest part?

Miles 35 to 45 were hell for me. We had

turned into a headwind and my ill-fitting saddle was putting a lot of pressure on a rather delicate area causing my feet to fall asleep. Luckily I was sweating enough that no one could see the tears.

sure when I’ll get the chance to ride again since I am graduating and moving away from Wichita Falls but if I am able I will be back.

What kind of training did you do?

Go out and ride! There is a race for everyone at every skill level from a casual ten mile all the way up to the 100-mile. The experience alone is worth it to see a huge part of what makes this city what it is. You’re going to be spending at least four years here go out and see what Wichita Falls has to offer. Lastly if you’re going to ride 50 or more miles, do a little training. That way you won’t sob your way through the finish line while falling into a heap of Lycra and misery.

I decided to ride a week before the race so I did virtually no training. I had ridden the same race last year so I assumed I would be fine. In hindsight that might have been the cause of my suffering but I choose to point the blame to whoever decided to invent wind and hills.

Would you do it again? Why/not?

I would absolutely do the race again. This was my second year to do the race. I’m not

What advice would you have for other students who wanted to ride?

Midwestern critical to event’s success LANE RIGGS REPORTER

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he early morning race on Aug. 27 took more than 10,000 cyclists away from the Kay Yeager Coliseum, where the finish line stood waiting. While they were racing throughout the city, spectators milled about the scene, enjoying the booths set up. And as the morning started to warm up, the cool morning air seeping away, music at the event took its place and helped to refresh the crowd.

As students warmed up before their set-list of nearly all original songs, cyclists were continuously crossing the finish line — and one group, including Matthew Luttrell, associate professor of music and the director of bands, Robert Clark, former vice president for institutional effectiveness and enrollment management, Leland Turner, assistant professor of history, and Emily Reeves, assistant professor in curriculum and learning, crossed the line and received their medals.

Luttrell has raced in the 63 mile, 50 mile, and now 25 mile races. The reason for his races is simple.

“I thought why not, and especially with this race. We’re all residents. It’s one of the best supported in the country, not just with the people who run it,” he said. “Why not participate in the community endeavors?”

Reeves, though she finished, was surprised as this was her first race.

“It was my first time racing but it was all worth it,” she said. “I’ve got a taste now, and I’d like to do the 100 mile sometime.”

Though the race may have been cooler, the heat was still a factor — and Turner said

he was thankful they crossed the finish line.

“There’s a lot of training that goes into it.

I’ve done all of the races, even the 100 mile.

I’m happy with the race I had today,” he said.

“I’m finished!”

While the group may have trained for the weekend’s races, Dylan Pembroke, a mass communications senior, there was no preparation.

“I put in zero percent preparation. It was an exhausting ride. I didn’t even decide until last weekend that I was going to ride,” he said.

“I was going to go with friends but then they couldn’t do it, so I rode with a co-worker instead.”

Even though he didn’t prepare, he said that the 50-mile-race was almost the same as the 50 miles he had raced in previously.

“They were pretty similar. There was the same pain at the end of the race, but it was pretty comfortable the rest of the time,” Pembroke said. “I’m really glad I didn’t try the 100, though.”

However, he has plans to eventually.

“I would like to try it. It’s the biggest single day ride, I believe, and that’s really cool,” he said.

Alex Veitenheimer, though she never crossed the finish line, was a part of the weekend’s events - and found at a booth within in the Consumer Show.

Veitenheimer, an education major specializing in 4th-8th grade social studies, is going to graduate in December, and had previously never been a part of Hotter N Hell before.

“I got hired a week and a half after last year’s event. Since then, I’ve become the gen-

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Matt Luttrell, associate professor, and Emily Kate Reeves, assistant professor, ride Saturday. eral manager of Endurance House,” she said.

Endurance House opened on Oct. 2, 2015, and is locally owned and operated, with two locations in Wichita Falls.

“We’re locals of the event. And I’m glad to be a part of this team — we’re all a big family,” she said. “It’s been a great experience. I started working on Thursday, and on Friday, I continuously was checking people out at sales for four hours. It’s been crazy.”

Veitenheimer hopes that the booth at the

Consumer Show gives something back to the community.

“It’s the least we could do, give back to them. I want it to give back to the community,” she said, “especially after they helped us so much last year.”

For someone who has never attended the races, the excitement is refreshing.

“The 100-mile-race is something else,” Pembroke said.

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The main actors sit with the audience and answer questions in character at the performance. | Tionne Fuller, social work junior, with Tessa Rae Dschaak, theater sophomore, and Kenadi Campbell, computer science junior, acting at the performance.

Play about consent added to orientation LANE RIGGS REPORTER

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new interactive event produced during Roundup Week delves into subjects deeper than what the easiest math class is. Karen Dabney, assistant professor of theater, wrote and produced a play — Since Last Night — dealing with properly obtaining consent.

“We decided to create this interactive theater over the summer,” she said. “And I worked with others to make sure that it wasn’t just my viewpoint, my own perspective. I had lots of help with it.”

The Since Last Night interactive play, held in Akin Auditorium on Aug. 25 at 11 a.m., was a new addition to those events slated for Roundup Week. The morning performance of the play was performed in front of about 34 people, with most of the audience talking with the actor “out of character.”

Dabney came up with the idea for the play and worked throughout the 2015 spring semester and summer break to write the script and direct the seven students seen on stage.

Some of that help came from Matthew Chisholm, coordinator of student development and orientation, whose office funded the event as a part of orientation.

“We wanted to talk about consent. Some of the students on campus — some of the freshmen — have never had a conversation concerning consent,” he said. “We just wanted to raise awareness of sexual health.”

Chisholm explained that this is the first time that this type of play has been included in orientation - but that he intends to change that.

“I’m hoping to include this play ­­— or this message - in every orientation from now on,” he said.

Tessa Rae Dschaak, theater sophomore, also thinks that it should be included in every orientation — and counted herself lucky to be included in the play.

“It gave me more acting experience and it was also something that is really important

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Tessa Rae Dschaak, theater sophomore, with Xavier Alexander, theater sophomore, as a negative consent response at the Since Last Night performed by the theatre in Akin Auditorium. to talk about,” she said. “Consent needs to be talked about more. College is just such a different world. Some kids have never been on their own before. It’s necessary to look at situations like this, situations that they may have never been in before.”

Dschaak thinks that the play will interest students more, in relation to the online video that last year’s freshmen had to watch at the beginning of their fall semester.

“The video was just awful. You weren’t required to pay attention and it took up so much time. This play was great because they got to ask us real questions,” she said. “One girl came up to me before the play and told me that I had personally made an impact on her life, that I had made a difference, and that

really meant a lot to me.”

She said she believes she made a difference on others, too, based on the questions that they asked the actors and then began to ask among themselves.

“The group had some great questions.

They were simple but important. And the reaction that I got from the play — I would definitely work with Karen again,” she said. “She did a great job influencing people.”

EQUATING TEA TO SEX

One way Dabney influence others was with a rendition of the “tea video,” a video which equates tea to sex, and describes in lighthearted, ludicrous examples, that one cannot force tea onto another.

Dschaak thought that this was a good way to start the play.

“It’s got a funny but clear message. We illustrated different groups; two girls, two boys, different races together, to highlight that every relationship is affected by consent,” she said.

However, once the laughter stopped, the play started. And while the play was at times oppressive, mass communication junior Dierrica Smith said she believed that the play — and all of its awkward pauses and stiff characters was needed.

“It was a great idea to put this on, because people need to be aware of consent in college.

It’s important to understand what consent means,” she said. “I heard about it because I’m a peer counselor, and we were supposed to encourage students to come out and watch and learn something from it.”

For those confused with the events of the play, the four actors — Kenadi Campbell, computer science junior, Tionne Fuller, social work junior, Dschaak, and Jonathan Stone, theater junior — were there to answer questions.

Though Dschaak answered questions directed her way, she found that her character’s responses were not the same as her own.

“We were given the opportunity to decide for the characters what the characters themselves would say. And I found that my character, Kelly, gave answers that often went against what I stand for,” she said.

And what she stands for is exactly what many new freshmen, basketball and tennis players, and resident assistants were introduced to — perhaps for the first time.

“It was a good idea to include the basketball and tennis players as well as the RA’s. The RA’s were required to go, but these groups really helped to speed ball the questions for the freshmen. It was hard to get them to talk, but they soon realized there were no stupid questions,” Dschaak said. “I loved helping out and getting to be a part of it.”

Pam Midgett, licensed professional coun-

see CONSENT pg. 11

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Students in line to get wings and root beer in CSC Wichita I and II to meet Tau Sigma, the transfer honor society Aug. 26.

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Kerrigan Visoski, athletic training freshman, concentrates on playing foosball at the glow-cade. | Emily Burns, theater freshman, drawing on the shuffleboard table at the glow-cade. | James Smith, mechanical engineering freshman, with Rachel Roberts, dental hygiene freshman, and Kaily Ashton, social work freshman, play shuffleboard at the glow-cade in the DL Ligon Coliseum on Aug. 24.

Glow-cade turns out well as replacement for game show SAM SUTTON REPORTER

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he glow-cade, part of the Roundup Week, turned out to be a successful replacement for the game show on Aug. 24 at 7 p.m.

Emily Edwards, exercise physiology freshman, said she liked it, and would come back to an event like this in the future.

“It was great. It was a good way to get the incoming students out of their dorms and meet new students,” Edwards said.

She also said her favorite part of the event was the mini putt-putt game because she enjoyed the obstacles. Lindsey Dhacker, exercise physiology freshman, also liked the event, but said her favorite part was the shuffleboards.

“I liked it because it was something different to me. It wasn’t an interesting game,” Dhacker said.

She said she came out to the event because she wanted to make new friends, which she thinks she found. Derrick Hackett, psychology junior, also said it was a good way to meet people and be social.

“It’s nice because it gets people out, you know? It’s something fun, and new. People like this kind of stuff,” Hackett said.

Since the original event was canceled, student orientation wanted to bring something else in so students still had something to do. Charles Frazier, athletic training senior said this event was chosen because it had been done

before, and students seemed to like it.

“University Programming Board had put this on before in the past and people liked it, so we thought we could bring it back. So far, it seemed like a good idea,” Frazier said.

Students like Dhacker said they were somewhat disappointed the game show was canceled, but was happy with the event.

“I’m glad we got something instead of it just being canceled without a replacement. And having it replaced with this is pretty cool,” Dhacker said.

While the event was a success, there were things students didn’t like. One of which was noise. Both Dhacker and Edwards said it was hard to be social and communicate with others with the music being as loud as it was.

“It’s pretty hard to hear at times. I like the music being played, but it is pretty annoying sometimes,” Edwards said.

Another thing students didn’t like, according to Hackett, was that there was no direction and no timing for the games.

“I wish they had lines for the games. I didn’t know when to jump in. It’s kind of crazy, you know?” Hackett said.

The game show was cancelled because the company helping to put on had their things stolen last week, and they weren’t able to get replacements in enough time.

Tau Sigma mixer uses Scavify to get students ‘out of the house’ SAM SUTTON REPORTER

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he Tau Sigma honor society wings and ‘beer’ mixer went well, organizers said, on Aug. 26, but the students found out about it a bit differently. The app Scavify, a scavenger hunt app used by Matthew Chisholm, coordinator of student transition programs, as well as others who put on some of the events this week, helped bring students to the event.

Chisholm said, “We have students go to places on campus where they can either scan a QR code, or take a picture. if a student has the most points, he or she wins prizes.”

He also said it has driven students to the events on campus, such as Kaily Ashton, social work freshman, and Rachel Roberts, dental hygiene freshman.

“It’s so fun, and it’s gotten us out of the house,” Roberts said. “We (Kaily and I) have been in the top five all day so we’re trying to keep that.”

Ashton and Roberts said the app helped them meet other students on campus, and learn their way around the campus.

“We’ve been to so many places already with this app,” Ashton said. “I know I’m just a social work major, but I still think it’s cool that I know where everything is now.”

Aside from the app, the event turned out well. There were more than ten people at the event, and students like ShaDera Bryant Williams, athletic training freshman, said they enjoyed it.

“I figured it was a good way to get out the door and meet new people, which I’ve done,” Bryant Williams said.

She also said her favorite part of the event was the BBQ wings, and the root beer.

While the event was a success, and there were no problems putting it on, there was an accident with the root beer keg at the beginning when Chisholm pushed it over a bump, and spilled the ice all over the floor.

“That was quite a ride. It was a little embarrassing, but we got it all cleaned up with no problems,” Chisholm said.

The event cost $300 for food and root beer. Chisholm said they want to host an event like this next year to get more transfer students involved. He also said he wants to use Scavify for other events this year.

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Jonathan Stone, theater junior, with tea as a metaphor as a positive consent response at the Since Last Night performed in Akin Auditorium Aug. 25.

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Adam McGee, music sophomore, practices trombone on the field during band practice Aug. 24.

Band uniforms now scheduled to arrive in spring DEWEY COOPER ASSISTANT EDITOR

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s part of a $111,000 grant from the James N. McCoy Foundation awarded last fall, marching band members will be getting new equipment and uniforms. But not this fall.

According to Susan Harvey, music department chair, university officials tried to design, to obtain all the necessary approvals, and to have a contract completed in time for the 160 new uniforms to arrive this fall. However, all the necessary steps for purchasing could not be completed in time.

“When all of the processes were completed, the company informed us that the anticipated delivery would be January, 2017,” Harvey said.

Of the monies donated, only $64,000 would go for band uniforms. The rest would be spent on drumline equipment and other needs of the department.

“The money was donated specifically for the marching band, starting with new uniforms,” Harvey said.

Matthew Luttrell, director of bands, said the uniforms will have a more modern look, but will still hold a classic band uniform look.

The uniforms will feature maroon pants and maroon-and-gold tops with the MSU emblem on the chest.

“The new uniforms have almost no white, and conform to university standards,” Luttrell said.

In addition, one benefit of the uniforms, according to Luttrell, is that the uniforms are fully adjust-

able, and will not require hemming.

According to Harvey the faculty members are excited for the new uniforms.

“They will look amazing,” she said.

However, students have mixed reactions.

“I like the idea of getting new uniforms,” Ciera Phillips, psychology junior, said. “The colors of the school aren’t the greatest. I think we should’ve used a neutral color rather than just maroon and gold.”

Phillips added that the gold in the uniforms is overwhelming.

Erin Stone, music education sophomore, said, “The new ones are very breathable and lightweight, and I love that. But I feel like a hot dog in them, they are not very appealing to the eye.”

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Austin Glenn, physical therapy junior, leads the brass section during band practice, Aug. 24. | Band members practice in the Bea Wood Studio Theatre, Aug. 25.

from CONSENT pg. 9 selor at the Counseling Center, said she was also glad to be a part of the play, and was in attendance at the play and available to help anybody whom the play may have upset.

“I was here to support students learning about choices and the services of the counseling center so that we could better help them,” Midgett said.

CROWD INTERACTION A SURPRISE

Dabney said although this was her first time to produce Since Last Night, the crowd — and the number of raised hands — impressed her.

“For an event like this, you might expect upwards of a hundred. I was just expecting 25 to 50 kids, so this was a fairly decent size,” she said.

The audience, though it was not full, provided the four chief actors with plenty of questions; much to Dabney’s surprise.

“We had a good conversation. We had quite a few questions, and a lot of the students were talking to their neighbors,” Dabney said. “If they weren’t talking, they were at least listening and storing the knowledge that they took from here, so they were participating throughout the play. They were here in the auditorium with us.”

Three different groups attended. Different sets of actors performed the play, but Stone was in all of the productions.

While the audience may not have been packed, Dabney said she was excited about the event being added to future orientation lists.

“It’s very daunting but it is also very exciting. I’m enthusiastic about it, and I think that it’s the type of program that should be included to orientation events so students learn more about consent,” she said. “I hope to do it for classrooms in the future and make it a whole program of its own.”

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Elwyn Ladd, police officer, attends his retirement reception. | Chief Patrick Coggins presents Ladd, police officer, with a plaque honoring his service with both MSU and the Wichita Falls Police Department. | Sgt. Kelly Maloney speaks with Elwyn Ladd, police officer, at Ladd’s retirement reception.

LADD ‘OFF TO THE MOUNTAINS’ 37-year police veteran retires JEANETTE PERRY REPORTER

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f you want to say goodbye to police officer Elwyn Ladd, you better hurry.

After 10 years on the MSU force and 27 in the city, he’s retiring. He said he plans to,”immediately head to the mountains in New Mexico.”

But before his departure, Ladd had time to reflect on his career and to be recognized at a reception in his honor, Aug. 29.

Ladd noted that,”[The highlights of my career were] getting thanked by two students who were involved in, or almost involved in, things that could have been criminal offenses.”

He changed these students’ situations for the better and their lives turned out far different than what they could have, according to Ladd. They thanked him before graduation for the way he handled his contact with them.

He said he has enjoyed his time here because he had a lot more discretion in the way he handled situations. With the WFPD, officer Ladd had an individual thank him for how he handled a situation. Without catching this subject when he did, the subject had no idea what type of life he would have ended up in.

“To me, this job was never about putting as many people in jail as possible,” Ladd said. “What I have enjoyed over the last 10 years is being able to watch the MSU Police Department

move forward under three chiefs of police: Mike Hagy, Dan Williams and Patrick Coggins.”

With modern technology, Ladd said they have better equipment and more up-to-date information. The hardest thing he faced at MSU was the shift rotations. Despite the downsides of the job, Ladd said there are some things he will miss when he leaves.

“I will miss everyone on campus, as there are great people who work for MSU,” Ladd said. “But I will miss being at and working the athletic events the most.”

Kelly Maloney, University Police sergeant, retired from the WFPD with Ladd and he was one of Maloney’s first field training officers.

“I’ve known officer Ladd since 1978, and he is an exceptional officer,” Maloney said at a reception in Ladd’s honor August 29th. “He is dedicated to public service.”

Brian Bohn, WFPD officer, said, “officer Ladd was one of my first field training officers and we both worked together with Crime Stoppers. We wish him the best of luck.”

While at the reception, Coggins joked about Ladd’s retirement plans.

“If you’re going to tell him goodbye, do it before Thursday because he’s headed off to the mountains.”

Aug. 30 was Ladd’s last day at MSU.