Oct. 14, 2015

Oct. 14, 2015 | Midwestern State University | thewichitan.com | Your Campus. Your News. | Vol. 80 No. 8

Celebrate differences Former coach encourages community to behave with one heartbeat

Golden Key

PATRICK GERMAN REPORTER

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Honor society offers 73 students opportunity to network and serve their community.

Soccer Family

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Mens’ soccer team members’ bond is part of their path to success.

Sticky Situation

A migration of baby spiders descended on Wichita Falls this week, scattering the eight-legged creatures around town.

“This is one of those events that we will often see this time of year when the young spiderlings…disperse by putting out strands of silk that transports them through the air,” said Roy C Vogtsberger, associate professor of biology.

“It’s just part of nature.”

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exas and football seem to go handin-hand, so when legendary football coach Herman Boone opened this year’s artist-lecture series, Oct. 13, in Akin Auditorium, nearly 400 people were in attendance.

Brianda Morales, biology senior, said, “I didn’t think much of having Herman Boone, but I think it’s pretty cool. I didn’t really get into football until I moved here, because I’m not from Texas. I’m from California and football is not that big there.”

Boone was a former high school football coach, most famous for coaching the 1971 T.C. Williams Titans football team in Alexandria, Virginia, one of the first integrated high schools the film, Remember the Titans, highlighted his team winning the 5A Virginia State Championship game.

Boone said, “The 1971 Titans were one of the most powerful high school football teams in country. More than anything else, I’m proud of the fact that they put their differences aside. They celebrated our differences and appreciated our differences.

We were able to mold with angry and unfocused boys and they became responsible citizens.”

Boone said the 1971 Titans was the “Cinderella team” and that he was only there to fill a whole and because of his color the odds were definitely against him. They gave him one month of practice with the team, in hopes that he would lose a game and they could fire him and replace him.

“How can you bring in a new coach to coach a team that has three different sets of philosophies and doesn’t like one another, and still be able to win,” Boone said.

Morales said. “It’s actually interesting, because you see [fictional characters] from the movies, but it’s cool to see the actual

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Herman Boone, guest speaker for the Artist Lecture series and retired coach, gives an introduction to his speech in Akin Auditorium with about 400 people in attendance, Oct. 13. person,” Boone’s lecture, which cost $11,500 including $10,000 in speakers fees, centered around team building and how to sustain a winning team, much like in the movie Remember the Titans. He went on to talk about the diversity and racial tension that he personally dealt with while becoming the first black coach at T.C. Williams High School. Also talking about the struggles the community dealt with when they had to close three high schools and put all the students in to one.

Boone said, “A team with one objective and one heartbeat makes a community. It’s a community that serves with justice and with more than anything, trust.”

$10,000 Herman Boone’s speaker fee

Boone said he hopes if anything, the students can walk away from his lecture on Oct. 13 knowing it is okay to celebrate differences and better to face differences instead of allowing our deficits to become a problem.

The Artist-Lecture series is a series that implements to bring well-known speakers and performers to the campus and the community going into its 51st year. It allows them to bring different intellects and personalities from all aspects and all walks of life. It blends lecture piece and performing arts piece to give itself balance.

The next performer will be m-pact in Akin Auditorium, Nov. 3 at 7 p.m.

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PUBLIC FORUM | Nov. 2 at 6 p.m. In Dillard MORE INFORMATION | http://www.mwsu.edu/campus-carry/

Gun laws will not end crime J

anuary 29, 1979 was a crisp Monday morning for the students and staff waiting outside Grover Cleveland Elementary School in San Diego, California. Shots filled the air and tragedy struck; Principal Burton Wragg and Custodian Matt Mike Suchar were killed trySwiger ing to protect innocent lives.

Eight students were wounded in the process.

Brenda Ann Spencer is regarded as this country’s “First Modern School Shooter.” The shots she fired came from the window of her house near the school, where she barricaded herself for hours before she was finally arrested by the police. The weapon she wielded had been given to her by her father as a Christmas gift, to which she claimed she felt wished for her to kill herself with it.

While this certainly is not the first school tragedy, it set off a string of incidents that citizens grapple with even today. Incidents which have generated a hotly debated issue about the strictness of gun laws. Yet no gun laws-including senator bill 11, the Texas campus carry legislature-will end crime.

The campus carry act allows licensed holders to have a weapon on campus. Take for instance a school shooter goes into a classroom where a professor has a weapon, that professor can now defend their students more than without. Without a weapon, there is no ability to defend oneself against this shooter, and we have the same scenario of tragic losses that we’ve had for the last several decades.

Most recently in South Carolina, a man entered Waffle House with a weapon and held the place up. A customer with a gun license stepped up and saved lives when he shot the robber.

According to the report by reported as suicidal, depresThe Post and Courier, an ofsive, or wrought with different ficer said, “It says a lot about mental conditions. firearms…for good people with Many of them planned firearms being in the right their massacre as well: Harris hands.” Fortunately no one and Klebold planned for a year else was injured. how they were going to pull Former Wichitan editor, off the massacre and how they Ethan Metcalf said that an elewere going to obtain the matement which is often forgotten rials needed. and ignored in such instances Spencer is among the few as these is the mental state of who does not show a planning the person behind the gun. process, and her motives are He also said that the risk of still largely unknown to this MATT SWIGER injury by owning a gun may day.

SENIOR come into play.

The point to all of this “You are statistically more shows that focusing solely on likely to be injured if you own a gun than if the gun alone may not truly aid in preventyou are not,” Metcalf believes. ing these deadly massacres from happening.

The key disagreement comes in consider- Certainly Kehoe did not use a gun, nor would ing a gun as little more than a “tool of death.” Harris and Klebold be famous for their use of While it may be possible to benefit from strict- a gun had their intended explosions gone off. er gun laws, simply focusing on the gun alone What should be focused on is the mental state is where the tragedy comes into play. of the person using the tools of death.

We cannot ignore the 1927 Bath, Michigan Accessibility is also something often forSchool tragedy in which Andrew Kehoe con- gotten, or when brought up by one that cantributed to the “Deadliest school massacre in not explain it away, it is angrily trounced America,” in which Kehoe planted bombs in upon. the school and took the lives of forty-five inCrime rates in the UK are much lower since dividuals, including himself. they banned the use of guns, but as learned In 1999, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold cre- while on the British Studies trip through July, ated another tragedy in their school, Colum- there are still gun-related crimes that take bine High. Often forgotten, however, is their place in London. Which brings to question initial plan of planting bombs in the school’s that guns are still accessible in the UK. cafeteria—bombs that never went off.

Today, the material to create explosives But it doesn’t stop here. are also readily available and can be made Spencer, Whitman, Kehoe, Harris and Kle- within the home. This is learned from Kehoe, bold share a common element with many the Oklahoma Bomber Timothy McVeigh, others involved in mass killings and that ele- and various others. Thus, someone with the ment is not a gun. knowledge and resources may be able to craft The majority of these mass murderers are a simple handgun.

“There is no argument that gun control laws may help lessen crime, but they will not end crime.”

SENATE BILL 11 On June 1, 2015, Gov. Greg Abbott signed SB11, also known as the Campus Carry law. SB11 provides that license holders may carry a concealed handgun throughout university campuses, starting August 1, 2016. The law gives public universities some discretion to regulate campus carry

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Another access point would be dealers, the same type of dealers that deal drugs. The same type of people who, in the Prohibition era, sold alcohol. People who desire the illegal substance, or item, will pay money to obtain what they seek. Say guns were banned entirely, and a murderer wanted to shoot their intended victim, and they find a dealer who is adept at either finding or creating an illegal weapon. That criminal now has a gun.

Many anti-gun activists blatantly ignore every other object in existence that can be used in violent crime, from a power drill to a can opener. If someone resolves to commit a crime and is desperate enough, and one tool of death is not readily accessible to them, that person will find something else to cause an equal level of mayhem whether their target is one person or many.

Gun control laws, for example, would not have stopped a 1927 massacre. For that matter, bomb-control laws would probably not have stopped Kehoe. “It was the unspeakably horrible, evil act of a man who had become insane. Of a man whose heart was so cold that he could no longer sense any difference between right and wrong,” Pete Winn, author at a blog, said.

There is no argument that gun control laws may help lessen crime, but they will not end crime. Nor will they stop a perpetrator whose mental state has become so twisted that they are determined to take a life.

Perhaps the solution lays in devoting more research to mental disorders and the problems surrounding them, and less time fighting over whether or not gun-control is the end all solution to violence.

Matt Swiger is a senior in criminal justice

MORE FACTS 1. The law does NOT allow open carry on campus.

2. A person must have a license to carry a concealed handgun on campus.

3. One must be 21 to obtain a license to carry.

4. About 340 students ages 21 and older live in MSU residential halls.

5. The law still makes it a crime for a license holder to carry a concealed handgun while intoxicated

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Orchestra back on campus after 44-year absence MEKALA CONWAY REPORTER

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t wasn’t a full philharmonic.

And the 15 some members of the orchestra that performed Oct. 1 hadn’t been playing together long.

In fact, for nearly half a century MSU hasn’t even had an orchestra, so this was a new opportunity for players of string instruments to play and for wind players to play as part of an orchestra.

“We didn’t want to turn students away,” Lutrell said, “They were all very talented musicians. We thought this would be a prime opportunity to bring back an ensemble that had been cut from the program.”

Matthew Lutrell, director of bands, said the original had been disbanded as the program shrank.

“We’re not doing that anymore, we’re actually getting bigger and bigger,” he said.

The decision to bring the orchestra back was “a consensus” between members of the faculty on campus, Lutrell said. There were students interested in attending MSU for music, but there was no outlet here for them to pursue. Now, they have enough musicians to perform a variety of largely classical pieces.

“It’s good to start out with classical, because it’s a little bit more straightforward on the instrument. It doesn’t require any extended technique,” Lutrell said.

Depending on the musical instrumentation, the orchestra plays classical pieces, but will move on to romantic and 20th century music in the spring.

“We just use the musicians that we need for a representative piece,” Luttrell said.

Christelle Billan, a music performance and biology freshman, has been playing the violin for nine years. She is working on Mendelssohn violin concerto for her jury and recital attendance. She will perform this piece in front of private instructors for a grade, like a final.

When Billan first heard the sound of the violin, she wanted to learn how to play it.

“Ever since I first heard the instrument, I instantaneously fell in love with its sound and the beautiful tone that it creates,” she said. “For me, it was captivating.”

Billan said she joined the orchestra because it would be a first step into creating more string recognition for MSU. “We’re getting there,” she said.

Billan said the hardest thing about being in the orchestra is managing her time between music and school. To do so, she sets goals for what she wants to accomplish in a set time.

The orchestra practices for two and a half hours once a week, so the long hours practicing in and out of rehearsal are hard on Billan.

“It’s really tiring, because I have all my classes beforehand, and then I have to play for a really long time,” she said.

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Christelle Billan, music performance and biology freshman, plays music on her violin during orchestra practice in the band hall, Oct. 13.

However, she said, the best things about orchestra outweighed the difficulty of time managing.

“Being around musicians who love doing the same thing that you do, and feeling the energy radiating off them is inspiring,” she said.

UPCOM I NG E V E N T S Top Chef Latino-Style Oct. 14 at 6 p.m. | CSC Atrium | Have cooking skills? Enter your best Latin/Hispanic dish to win a gift card

Martha Grover Workshop

Oct. 14-15 from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. | Fain C-119 | Martha Grover is an internationally recognized ceramic artist who has given workshops and has exhibited her work around the world.

Artist-Lecture Series: Dr. Anne Egger

Oct. 15 at 4:30 p.m. | Bolin 100 | Free with MSU ID

Wreath Making Class Oct. 15 from 5:30-7 p.m. | Sikes Lake Center | $40.

All supplies included. RSVP to Center for Continuing Education at 940-397-4307

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David Sheppard, airman, Benjamin Wise, airman first class, and Drake Allen, airman, cheer along with MSU’s cheerleaders at MSU v West Texas A&M University where MSU beat WTA&M 24-17 at Memorial Stadium, Oct 10. “It gives us a break from training and stuff, and just to be outside the base,” Wise said.

And Lutrell added there are two really awesome things about being in orchestra: playing iconic music and looking cool.

“When the strings are moving their bows across the strings, orchestras look cool when they play,” he said. “Orchestras may be playing something very easy, but it looks hard.”

Department of Music: Saxophone-Piano Concert Oct. 15 at 7 p.m. | Akin Auditorium | Free with MSU ID

Gallery Opening: Martha Grover, Shannon Smith, Melanie Byers

Oct. 16 from 6-8 p.m. | Juanita Harvey Art Gallery, Lamar D. Fain Fine Arts Center | Free with MSU ID

Emerson String Quartet with Alessio Bax

Oct. 20 at 7:30 p.m. | Akin Auditorium | Internationally celebrated pianist Alessio Bax joins this Grammy Awardwinning quartet.

Building the Job I Love Series: Chad Willis Oct. 20 from noon to 1 p.m. | Dillard 189 | Free entry, pizza, and soda.

SBDC: 5 Essentials for Entrepreneurs Oct. 21 from 11:45 a.m.-1 p.m. | Dillard 189 | $10 for provided lunch. RSVP by 8 a.m. on Oct. 21

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PHOTOS BY RACHEL JOHNSON | THE WICHITAN

This year, 73 students were inducted into the Golden Key Honor Society and 36 attended the induction ceremony Sept. 18. | Newman Wong, chapter adviser, laughs with newly inducted honorary member Karen Polvado, an associate professor of nursing at the induction ceremony.

More than an honor society 73 join organization for networking, volunteering

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hey’re smart.

Not just your ordinary, every day college student smart.

The members of the Golden Key International Honour Society have to maintain a 3.6 GPA. “I’m a very driven student,” said Kelli Cousins, accounting and psychology junior. “I study a lot and take good notes during class to keep my grades up.”

But 73 new members this year didn’t just join MSU chapter of Golden Key, one of 400 chapters around the world, for the title.

“By becoming a member of Golden Key, you gain so much more than a line on your resume,” said Alex Ochoa, piano performance senior. “You become part of an extended network of peers, mentors and connections all working together towards common goal.”

Newman Wong, chapter adviser, echoed the importance of group members doing community service, noting that service is part of the group’s foundation.

“We believe we could help the needy in our community,” Wong said. “Participation is not required. But the more one is involved, the more one would get out (of being in the organization).”

Zeltzin Reyes, engineering junior said, “I decid-

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The inductees into the Golden Key International Honour Society stand at the front of the room in Sikes Lake Center to get their picture taken with their certificates on Sept. 18. ed to join for the opportunities.”

Cousins said she also appreciated the opportunities the organization, which has been at MSU since 2012, provides.

“I asked my professors about Golden Key and they said it would be a good experience and an honor if I joined,” said Cousins, adding that she would like the opportunity to become the treasurer

because she is an accounting major.

According to Wong, the chapter met the organization’s silver standard last year, doing community service projects including two costume 5K fun runs, canned food drives for the bank, and three book drives. This year Golden Key members will place boxes around campus for students to donate their old textbooks for the National Council for Family Literacy. Wong said they hope to have the boxes up at the end of the semester.

Ochoa said the National Council for Family Literacy book drive is his favorite community service project.

Wong said Midwestern has had close to 400 students since Golden Key has been a part of campus.

He said Golden Key also inducts honorary members. Among the five honorary members inducted this year are MSU Provost Betty Stewart and Wichita Falls Mayor Glenn Barham.

Internationally, the organization provides $1 million in scholarships, awards, partnerships and other opportunities. Midwestern will give five members a $100 scholarship.

The organization, that only accepts sophomores, juniors and seniors, is committed to having scholastic achievement, integrity, innovation, respect, collaboration, and diversity and has more than 2 million members, including dignitaries like Elie Wiesel and Bill Clinton.

CHAPTER LEADERSHIP | Alex Ocha, president | Savannah Acheson, vice president | RuthAnn Ross-Vesprey, secretary | Jackson Simmons, treasurer | Shari Smith, campus and community outreach director | Suprena Poleon, public relations director | Zeltzin Reyes, fundraising director

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EMPTY BOWLS

PHOTO BY MAKENZIE ANDERSON | THE WICHITAN

Craig Abrahams, education freshman, tries out the ladder climb at the Texas State Fair.

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Group of attendees look over and pick out a handmade bowl at Empty Bowls at the Wichitan Museum of Art with an attendance of around 700 people on Oct. 13.

Homecoming candidates announced

Candidates for Homecoming court will be allowed to campaign Oct. 12-23. The election begins Oct. 19 at 5 p.m. and ends Oct. 23 at 5 p.m.

Winners are selected based on popular vote, community service, campus involvement and letters of recommendation.

The freshmen, sophomore and junior winners will be announced Oct. 26 at 5 p.m. The Homecoming king and queen will be announced Oct. 31 during halftime of the football game against Texas A&M-Kingsville.

• Freshmen Lady | Taylor Bennett, Kendall Nelms, Baylee Seymore, Paige Gore • Freshmen Lord | Riley Carr, Colton Shank, Xavier Baena • Sophomore Duchess | Hailey Morris, Carolyn Sims, Allison Cooper, Jaylon Williams • Sophomore Duke | Austin Snyder, Marc Zographos, Manny Hoffmann, Tyler Browning • Junior Princess | Brooke Branum, Kylie Goble, Jasmine Moody, Angela Freeman • Junior Prince | Charles Frazier, Tyler Garcia, Nathan Craig, Michael Schmitz 2014 FILE PHOTO BY RACHEL JOHNSON | THE WICHITAN

• Homecoming Queen | Rylie Turner, Meg Jones, Shelby Cowman, Shambreka Jones Sabina Marroquin, history education senior, and Elijah Wire, sports and leisure studies senior, hug • Homecoming King | Clayton Brown, Luis Lopez, Alejandro Franco after winning 2014 Homecoming Queen and King, Saturday night at Memorial Stadium on Oct. 25, 2014.

CRIME LOG Oct. 3

Criminal Mischief: Misdemeanor | 1:57 a.m. | Mustang Village | Unknown suspect(s) threw paint on a vehicle.

Oct. 6

Theft: Misdemeanor | 10:07 p.m. | Clark Student Center | A student reported that his iPad had been stolen.

Oct.6

Terroristic Threat | 1:53 p.m. | Prothro Yeager | A possible terroristic threat was investigated at Prothro Yeager.

State Fair offers taste of Texas culture MAKENZIE ANDERSON REPORTER

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ells whistle, people laugh and deep-fryers boil as the students walk down Grand Ave, the main street at the 24-day-long Texas State Fair. More than 3 million people attend the Texas State Fair each year. For three MSU students, the fried food, the Texas Star—the largest Ferris Wheel in North America—and the crowds were just a part of their firsttime experience.

“I decided to give it a go and explore what America actually has to offer,” Maxyna Cottam, art freshman from New Zealand, said.

Tice Porterfield, theater sophomore, said he has not gone in the past because he is from Austin, three hours away.

“Craig really wanted to go because he wanted to experience the ‘American dream’ from what he had seen from American movies,” Porterfield said. “I honestly didn’t want to go at first but he convinced me to.”

Craig Abrahams, an education freshman from South Africa, said going to the Texas State Fair, the longest running fair in the nation, was part of his “American bucket list.”

“My main goal was to win a goldfish,” said Abrahams. “Unfortunately, we didn’t see any games giving goldfish as prizes.”

The Texas State Fair is notorious for its food, such as bacon-wrapped turkey legs, fried Oreo’s and foot-long corn dogs, and it did not fall short this year.

“My favorite part would have to be the food,” Cottam said.

“There were strange, different types that you would not have a chance to try back in New Zealand. You Americans come up with some strange stuff.”

The three students said they rode rides, played midway games, listened to music, attended the auto show, visited Hall of State, ate food and took pictures with Big Tex—a 55-foot tall statue and icon of the Texas State Fair.

Abrahams said he tried to win a prize on the ladder climb game.

“I really thought I had the technique down,” Abrahams said. “I’m going to Google how to do it so next time I can win.”

Porterfield said once was enough and even though he had a good time, he probably would not go again.

“I definitely would go again next year if given the chance. I would like to try things I didn’t get to this time,” Cottam said.

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Indoor soccer takes win SABRINA RODRIGUEZ REPORTER

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he basketball court is often full of pickup games, some more serious than others. Three on three.

Five on five. Full court. Half court. Periodically players will come in to hit a volleyball over the net.

But starting Oct. 5, the bleachers were full as 16 our of 18 indoor soccer teams played their first games, kinking a ball around the court rather than shooting it into a basket or over a net as they did on their round of games last night.

Parker Farrell, a sophomore in athletic training, said, “I wanted to play because of friends and the love of the sport.”

Farrell and the other athletic trainers he works with formed a team for indoor soccer.

Farrell said, “The trainers made a team because we all wanted to be involved with others.”

Timmy Young, a sophomore in computer science, said, “Indoor is a great way to get involved, and I love playing the sport.”

Young and Elam Lazo, a sophomore in nursing, joined a team with other friends.

Lazo said, “I love playing soccer, and what better way to do that than with friends.”

All games take place on the basketball courts in the Bruce and Graciela Redwine Student Wellness Center center, with boundary rules and referees.

Farrell said, “the court is nice to play on, but I don’t agree with some of the rules and boundaries of the court.”

Young said, “the court is a little too small to play on, you can’t run with the ball really, and passing can be harder at times.”

Each team registered is required to play with two women on the team.

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Zane Horton, criminal justice freshman receives a pass then avoids Drew Skinner, biology senior, and Manny Bhogal, marketing senior, at the recreational sports in the Wellness Center where TKE beat FC Mustangs 4-0, Oct. 13.

Farrell said, “It’s great that the sport is mixed, and I do try to get the women involved into the game.”

To help get the women involved, a goal scored by a woman is worth two points, while a goal from a man is worth only one.

Soccer is the most popular sport in the world, which could be a reason for the number of registered teams this year for indoor soccer.

Farrell said, “There are so many teams because soccer is a very popular sport, and a lot of people wanted to be involved.”

With 18 teams registered, everybody will not play every team, they are broken up into groups, which then split off into playoffs.

Lazo said, “Soccer is a beautiful sport, I am not surprised so many people are registered to play.”

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Drew Skinner, biology senior, attempts a shot at the goal in the recreational sports in the Wellness Center where TKE beat FC Mustangs 4-0, Oct. 13.

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Cross country runners take off from the staring line at Midwestern State Invitational at Lake Wichita Park Oct, 8.

Cross-country women place fourth at home invitational RACHEL JOHNSON PHOTO EDITOR

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t’s the last lap of the second 3,000 meter loop and the girls are nearing the finish line. For some runners this is their last opportunity make the top 10 runners go to the Lone Star Conference Championships in Stephenville Oct. 26.

“I am pleased with the effort from the girls this meet,” cross-country coach Koby Styles said at the end of the invitational at Lake Wichita Park, Oct. 7, placing fourth overall with an average time of 26:53.5.

Styles said this group of girls were not the top runners for the team, they are nine through 16, but it’s meets like this where these runners get to practice and compete for better times.

The top runners placed first in non-Division 1 females at the Incarnate Word Invitational with a team average of 23:11.

At the MSU Invitational, Styles said he was particularly pleased with general studies junior, Jasmine Stokes, who he said ran her fastest time yet. She came in first for MSU, and 18 overall in the meet with a time of 26:08.6.

“Jasmine Stokes ran faster this meet than she ever has. She’s a track runner and runs the 800-meter in track, so this was very different for her, and she was definitely the number one runner of this meet,” Styles said.

Stokes said the reason for her doing so well this meet was that she really wanted to make that top 10.

“Today coach said it could be the last chance to run [to make it to the top 10], so my

PHOTO BY FRANCISCO MARTINEZ | THE WICHITAN

Jasmine Stokes, general studies junior, sprints toward the finish line in Midwestern State Invitational at Lake Wichita Park Oct, 8.

goal was to get out strong and stay with the top teammates and then pass them,” Stokes said.

Stokes wasn’t the only one who got a faster time Angela Dees, kinesiology sophomore, came in right behind Stokes for 19 at a time of 26:21.9.

“For me I wanted to do my best for the team and for the coaches, I don’t want to let them down because they do so much work,” she said.

Dees said she starting to slowly climb that ladder back up to success and that the team as a whole winning is more important that for a personal win.

Teams from Central Oklahoma, Oklahoma Christian, Bacone, Southwestern Oklahoma Stat and Northwestern Oklahoma State competed at the meet.

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F L A G FO OTBALL

PHOTO BY RACHEL JOHNSON | THE WICHITAN

Nia White, political science junior, catches the ball while her team, She-Unit warms up before their semi-finals game against Sigma Kappa.

FINAL PLAYOFF | Intramural men’s and women’s flag football will end the season with the finals that will be held Oct. 15 in the practice fields. The women will be playing at 7:30 p.m. and the men at 8:30 p.m. The games consist of two 20 minute halves with a two minute half-time.

WOMEN’S FINALS | She-Unit and Chi-Omega’s intramural flag football team. She-Unit played Sigma Kappa in the semi-finals and won 9-6 in two over times. Chi-Omega play Gamma Phi Beta’s intramural flag football team and won 43-14.

MEN’S FINALS | Team Swoosh and Pierce. Team Swoosh beat Kappa Alpha’s intramural flag football team 31-27 in their semi-finals game. Pierce beat Victoria Secret 44-25 in their semi-finals game.

FOOTBALL

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Derek Lockhart, sports and leisure senior, avoids a tackle from West Texas A&M opponent at Memorial Stadium football game on Oct.10. SCORE “Division two is the best! Woo! This game is nice to go to because it feels like back home, even if it if many miles from our real homes,” said Drake Allen, airman.

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The Ultimate players huddle up to get ready for a game at a tournament on Oct. 11 in College Station, Texas. The team plays in a tournament, start at 9 a.m., Oct. 17 and ends Oct. 18 at the University of Dallas

Cavalry brings home three wins JACOB SMITH REPORTER

The Cavalry, MSU’s Ultimate team, participated in their first tournament of the semester this past weekend, Oct. 10-11. The team brought home three victories and finished seventh place overall, even though they were predicted to finish dead last.

As the sun rose over Penberthy Sports Complex in College Station, the MSU Ultimate team could be seen stretching out, running drills, and practicing their throws. As the first tournament of this season started up, the men’s spirits were high as the excitement for their first chance to play competitively began.

Three of the four teams were matched up with The Calvary in Saturday’s first round of pool play. The other teams included A-teams from Texas A&M, University of Texas, and Baylor. The Cavs managed to put seven points on the board against the three Division 1 teams. Four of those seven points were scored by deepfield hucks to veteran players Kevin Paniagua and Ryan Luig.

“I’m glad we had the opportunity to score there when we did. Up until then we weren’t connecting,” said

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Mark Hill, management information systems sophomore, throws a flying disc to his teammate before practice begins on Oct. 13 at the free play field.

Luig, computer science junior. “I ran up the field, locked eyes with him and we knew what we wanted. He put the disc right where I wanted it.”

Getting beaten by the A teams isn’t as bad a thing as one might assume. It provided a good example for the teams to visualize what experienced and high level Ultimate looks like. It also gave a good reference for the team to see how the game flows and witness expert fundamentals being played out.

In Saturday’s first victory against A&M B the Cavalry proved their re-

siliency by going on two separate 3-0 runs against the Aggies, one before the half to go up 7-6 before the break, and another to finish the game 1312 with a game-winning sky by Ryan Luig.

Game 1 on Sunday morning was a face-off against Sam Houston State.

The Cavs came out strong taking the half 7-4. As the winds started to pick up in the second half of the game, tempers also flared and the Cavalry finished the game in their largest scoring gap of 13-8.

The second and final victory of the tournament was against the other Aggie B team. It came from a clutch layout defensive play by Mark Hill with the Cavs capitalizing off that in a final ultimate point scored by an end-zone grab by Kevin Paniagua.

“I’d say it was a great success,” Darin Young, marketing junior and captain of the team said. “Getting beaten at first helped us to realize how hard we would have to compete. After that we made adjustments. Our veterans found opportunities to teach and our rookies learned a ton. That led to more turnovers on defense which is really how you win games, which we did.”

NEXT TOURNAMENT | OCT. 17-1, UNIVERSITY OF DALLAS

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GABRIEL CAVALCANTE, economics junior, celebrates with BEN CLARVIS, business management senior, after scoring the a goal in MSU v. St. Edward’s University where MSU beat St. Edward’s 3-2 Oct, 8. | MSU’s Soccer team celebrate their win versus St. Edward’s University where MSU beat St. Edward’s University 3-2 Oct, 8. | LEON TAYLOR, business junior, goes up for a header passing it to his teammate during the game, Oct. 8.

Not a team, but a brotherhood Soccer team members’ bond fuels success

TAYLOR WARREN REPORTER

H

ard work and being a family.

Words that would highlight the success of the men’s soccer team — like 29 other brothers — this

season.

“Being like a big family I feel has helped us be successful,” Juan Farres, middle forward and senior in economics, said.

Working to have a team mindset has also been a contribution to success said Ben Clarvis, left back and senior in business management.

“We are more as a team and have done more team bonding,” Clarvis said. “We are playing more for each other instead of just ourselves.”

With a season record of 9-0-1 overall and 6-0 overall, Farres said they realized as a team they were starting to be lenient when they tied against Lubbock Christian on Oct. 5, 2-2 but have won both games since.

“We weren’t cocky, but we let our guard down a little bit,” Farres said. “We learned we need to play hard in every game.”

Lack of concentration at times has been a weakness for the team.

“We get big headed,” Clarvis said. “Some games we play weaker opponents so we aren’t switched on and we need to be all the time. We are being told to play every game like it is our last.”

Farres said a good characteristic about the players this year is that they never quit.

“When we were down 2-1 against St. Edward’s yes it was like a punch in the mouth, but we still had to keep working,”

Farres said. “You’re working out there for yourself and the person playing next to you.”

Playing top-ranked teams hasn’t been the team’s only challenge. Adjusting to life in North Texas — America, even — was a challenge for some of the players, nine of whom are from other countries.

Farres was born in Colombia and moved to Ecuador when he was 12. In Ecuador, Farres played for two soccer clubs and his high school.

“My dad played soccer professionally back in Colombia, so I’ve always been in academies since I can remember,” Farres said.

Farres transferred from Richland College in Dallas four years ago, but was a redshirt his first year due to a broken leg.

“I came to Dallas to play for Richland pretty much out of luck. I was there while on vacation and the coach invited me to train with them,” Farres said. “After playing there for two years, Coach Elder and Coach Meachum recruited me and I transferred here.”

Farres said after graduation in December, he would like to still be active in the soccer community.

“I don’t think I will be able to play anymore after this season because I have a heart condition. Last year, I was diagnosed with bicuspid aortic valve. I was told I could play recreational but not competitive anymore,” Farres said. “ I want to stay and find a job with a professional soccer club, either coaching or something in the marketing department.”

Clarvis grew up in Newton Abbot, England and began playing soccer at a young age.

“I’ve always had an interest in soccer,” Clarvis said. “It is

the biggest sport in England and ever since I can remember I have always played.”

Clarvis left his high school at the age of 16 to play for a professional team.

“In England you can leave school at 16 and I left to play professionally,” Clarvis said. “At 19, I got cut from the team because I got injured a lot and was out for two years.”

Leaving high school so early, Clarvis said he didn’t have an education or any grades to get into a university and started searching for universities in America.

“I went through an agency and one of my friends knew someone who helped him into school in America so I went through him,” Clarvis said. “Luckily enough I got in touch with MSU and they offered me an opportunity to play.”

Although Clarvis has played here for four years, he said at first it was a shock to him.

“I remember for the first month or so I didn’t like it here being away from my family,” Clarvis said. “After a couple months and getting to know everyone, I started to like it here.”

Clarvis said after graduation in May, he would like to continue playing soccer.

“I’m not sure exactly if it will work out, but I have went to a few trials and maybe I will go back to England to try and play,” Clarvis said.

Clarvis said if playing professionally isn’t available, he would like to go into coaching.

“I have done private lessons before and during the summers I have worked camps,” Clarvis said. “With coaching, I plan to stay because there are more opportunities here.”