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Students show spirit of giving by volunteering Brittany Norman For the Wichitan

Hundreds of MSU students have signed away their right to sleep ’till noon on Saturday in favor of donating their time and skills to those in need as part of MSU’s annual Great Day of Service.

Professor Candice Fulton has overseen the organization of GDS this year, and said that even though the 2009 GDS boasted an impressive turnout, she believes more volunteers will sign up to lend a hand this time around.

“Currently there are 300 students signed up, with approximately 20 athletes who will be running the MSU spring game at Memorial Stadium and over 200 Allied Health students who will run the community health fair on April 23,” Fulton said. “We expect an-

During last year’s Great Day of Service, student volunteers helped gather more than 2,000 pounds of food for the Wichita Falls Area Food Bank. Some 300 students have already signed up for this year.

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get involved

n It’s not too late! Sign up at: students.mwsu.edu/greatdayofservice

Where you can help

Wichita County ARC Boys and Girls Club Keep Wichita Falls Beautiful Faith Mission Habitat for Humanity Community Healthcare CenterWichita Falls Area Food Bank Sikes Lake Cleanup WFISD City of Wichita Falls

other 200-400 (students) to sign up this week.”

Participating students will help out a handful of local non-profit organiza-

Wichita Crime Reenactments Operation Gratitude Riverbend Natureworks Presbyterian Manor Texhoma Christian Care Center Southside Youth Center Child Advocates Wichita Falls Adult Literacy Council United Regional Healthcare Center

tions and other worthy causes, including the Boys and Girls Club, Faith Mission, the Wichita Falls Adult Literacy Council and Habitat for Humanity.

“With the number of students we have had sign up already, I would say that we will exceed the 500 participants we had last year,” Fulton said. “We have

had a great response from group sponsors and leaders as well as the help and promotion this event has received from

See SERVICE on page 3

Lecturer shares optimistic view on the economy Kyle Christian For the Wichitan

James B. Bexley, member of the Board of Directors of the Federal Reserve Bank for the 11th District in Dallas, brought an optimistic message about the economy to an auditorium filled with business professors, students and leaders at MSU on Tuesday.

“We think the economy is going to start seeing a complete turn with the exception of employment,”

Standout expressions

See BEXLEY on page 3

Think twice before sexting Chris Collins Managing Editor

Four pieces of art created by MSU art majors are on display at St. Edward’s University in Austin.

Pieces by Tyler Taliaferro, BriAnna Satterfield, Simon Welch and Alexandra Coody were among the 25 artists selected from 175 entries to appear in the exhibition at the annual conference for the Texas Association of Schools of Art. The artwork was judged by Eric Zimmerman, an artist and writer.

The artwork will be on display for the duration of the TASA conference, which began Monday and will close Friday.

Your life could change with just one text.

Sexting, the act of sending sexually explicit messages, pictures of videos over the phone or Internet, has grown into a worldwide phenomenon.

The problem is hard to stop because cell phones have become far more advanced than just a way of giving and receiving calls, said Sonja Gandy, a counselor working with First Step and Star Connection programs.

See SEXTING on page 6

MSU student artwork is on display in an exhibition for the Texas Association of Schools of Art conference in Austin. The pieces were selected in a statewide competition.

(Top left) “There’s One in Every Family” by Simon welch (Top right) “The Last Checkpoint” by BriAnna Shatterfield (Bottom right) “Daggers,” by Alexandra Coody (Bottom left) “Duane’s Peach” by Tyler Taliaferro.

Richard Fleming (Photo by Julia Raymond)

No butts

Physics prof is a pipe collector and tobacco connoiseur Chris Collins Managing Editor

Pinch it, stuff it, pack it, light it.

This is the early morning ritual of Richard Fleming, MSU physics professor.

The teacher of 35 years is a pipe enthusiast and collector. But people with his interest are a dying breed, due to taxes imposed on tobacco and the general age of pipe smokers.

Fleming owns about 50 pipes. He’s had more

See PIPES on page 6

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Keep your texts PG-13

If the court cases popping up all over the country are any indication, people of all ages should keep their pants on while texting.

It’s called “sexting.” Sexting is what happens when two people who are very, very in love with one another (we hope) decide to exchange sexually explicit text messages to express their… er… feelings for one another.

This is dangerous enough, since everyone knows that texts can be copied, forwarded or read by anyone who happens to be nosy enough to pick up a cell phone that does not belong to them.

The real trouble, however, comes when sexters take advantage of their cell phone camera and photo messaging service.

Now, we hope you ladies and gents wouldn’t be sexting after the first date, or worse, sexting a stranger you met online, but sending sexy pics over the airwaves (or however cell phones work) is just an allaround bad idea.

Even if both sexters are consenting adults, which means legally they’re in the clear, there is a definite cause for concern. Now, maybe you ladies are just planning to send a risqué photo to your boyfriend. Maybe you’ve been dating for two years now, and you plan to be together forever, and he would never ever send a picture message of you in your birthday suit to everyone in his address book.

Maybe that’s true. Hopefully, the picture would never be seen by any unintended eyes.

But sometimes, even relationships that seem like they’ll last forever come to an unfortunate end. In a good breakup situation, the new exes would shake hands, agree to remain friends, and delete any explicit photographs of one another from their cell phone.

We all know, however, that sometimes people get a little upset over the whole “seeing other people” thing.

And if they have a nudie picture of you on their Blackberry, they might just decide to let other people really see you.

Suddenly that sexy pic isn’t just for his eyes only. It’s left limited release and is hitting cell phone screens everywhere.

Not only do all of his friends have your sexy bod to ogle at, but your friends have seen it, too. God forbid it gets around to that old high school friend you “stole” your photo-spreading ex from last year, because she may just decide that your mother should see what you’re really doing while away at college.

In a word, you’re busted.

It gets worse, too! Say you’re a freshman guy with a girlfriend back home who’s still in high school. You’re 18 but she’s still 17 – no biggie in the grand scheme of things.

Her parents even approve.

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Well… they approve until they happen to check her cell phone (as parents are prone to do from time to time) and find that you two lovebirds have been exchanging not just R-rated words, but some NC-17 pictures as well.

Whether or not you sent her photographs around to anyone else (in which case you’re both a jerk and guilty of distributing child pornography), you’re in big trouble.

On Feb. 1, 2010, the Texas State Attorney General announced adults with nude or semi-nude photographs on their mobile devices can be investigated and tried on felony child pornography charges.

A few mobile photographs might have just gotten potential prison time and a permanent spot on the sex offender database.

At the very least, you’re going to have to deal with some pretty angry parents.

In short, it’s generally a bad idea to put things in writing or in photographic form (especially digital) that you don’t want other people to see. Once you send that message from your cell phone, you no longer have control over who has access to it. At the very least you could wind up horribly embarrassed. At worst, you could do hard time.

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Keep up the protests but leave holsters empty

It was the week pus cracking jokes about the world went the loaded weapon in their crazy. pants.

That’s how I I can’t bring myself to say will be describing that that I agree with allowEaster weekend ing the carrying of concealed and the following weapons on campus, but the few days if anyprotest at MSU has opened body asks me. I my eyes to the argument. have been sitting, Obviously the SCCC bestaring at this lieves that the Constitution blank document allows people “the right to for at least thirty keep and bear arms.” The Leah Roberts minutes wonderproblem is that we’re not For the Wichitan ing what I could in 1791 anymore, and there rant and rave is no need for me to keep about this week. There were plenty a musket in my house incase all hell of choices: the coal mine explosion, breaks loose in town.

Obama’s new nuclear proposal, regisThe Constitution doesn’t say its tration, Tiger’s alleged drug addiction okay to keep a weapon strapped to or the fact that my dog ran away twice your body at all times. If I was the one in one weekend. All of these things calling the shots on the interpretation could spark a conversation, but almost of this amendment, I would say there’s all of them feel too far removed from a time and a place to carry a gun – for my own life, far away from what is af- instance, in my home, walking alone fecting us here and now. in town or driving by myself across Something that did affect me in a the state. I don’t believe that a school, shocking way was the sheer amount a hub of learning and growth that I of people I saw carrying empty gun chose to attend, is the right place at holsters around campus Monday. Stu- all. dents from the Concealed Carry on The other argument is the rising Campus group will be protesting all number of random attacks on uniacross America this week by wearing versity campuses. One of my closest their empty holsters to class to send friends, Bethan, was a student at Vira message to university administra- ginia Tech University on that fateful tors nationwide. According to SCCC, day. She lost two friends in the shootadministrators and state laws not only ing and still has nightmares about the ignore students’ wishes by outlawing incident. concealed handguns, but also violate As much as she relives that episode, their right to free speech by not even I believe it would have made little difallowing open discussion of the issue ference if someone had been carryon campus. ing a concealed weapon. In a time of Usually, this is the part where I complete blind panic, with gun shots would jump right in and talk about ringing around my head, I don’t think how ridiculous it is to carry a loaded I would have the nerve or composure weapon on campus and how these stu- to get my weapon, aim and shoot. dents are downright oblivious to the To those who think they can, I sugfact that carrying a gun does not stop gest they discuss with the police force bad things from happening around whether or not it’s truly that easy. you. But I found myself surprised.

The points of my argument are irThere were people that I know, relevant. It doesn’t matter what I say. some of them were even my friends, What does matter is that these indiand I had no idea they wanted to carry viduals saw fit to stand up for a cause a concealed weapon, let alone actually they believe is just as much a part of did so. These people were smart, re- the American psyche as a hamburger. sponsible individuals who are always I am happy to see these people in class, always on time and always wearing their empty holsters (and not friendly. only for the fact that they are empty!).

Against everything I know to be I’m not sure if there’s an end to this true I still had this perception that argument that will satisfy everyone, there would be a group of white males but I’m glad that there is a beginning. storming around campus in cut-off As far as the protest goes, here’s to a shirts and jean shorts. It pains me to healthy debate! admit that I too have fallen into the trap of stereotyping the people that I expected to be trudging around cam-

nLetter to the Editor Dear Wichitan, I am not aware of a Texas State Board of Legislation, but I was able to infer from your later comments that you were actually referring to the Texas State Board of Education (TBOE). Even after your initial ad hominem attacks towards publicly elected officials, I was a little disappointed to see little engagement with the actual issues or quotes.

For instance, you never actually said what, exactly, was being broken down in terms of “separation of church and state.” As board member David Bradley correctly pointed out, it is not in the Constitution, but comes rather from a non-legal letter Thomas Jefferson wrote in 1803. If you want a better understanding of the role of government and religion take a look at Supreme Court cases Vidal v. Girard Executors and Pleasant Grove City v. Summum. Perhaps that phrase was removed from texts, because, well, it’s just not an accurate assessment of the First Amendment’s establishment clause. But we would never know from your opinion piece.

It’s also interesting that you consider calling “capitalism” a free enterprise system, which it is by its very definition, historical revisionism. The same could be said about our country being referred to as a “constitutional republic” rather than a “democracy.” Which one are we? Yeah, a constitutional republic (by the way, where did you come up with that switch being based around political party names? I’d love to see your source for that). What was revisionistic about pointing out the 1980s revelations about the U.S.S.R’s long-term communistic infiltration and undermining of the U.S. government? It would be unfortunate if the Venona files were confirmed by collaboration with Russia after the fall of the U.S.S.R. Man, if that was the case it might vindicate anyone who accused people of being communists back in the 1950s. ­­You guys seem to think that Thomas Jefferson not being as hugely emphasized as before is a big deal.

First off, the TBOE only requires this information, rather than forbidding it. No one on the TBOE is denying that the author of the Declaration of Independence and our third President is unimportant. But people such as Thomas Aquinas and John Calvin had massive impact on philosophers like John Locke and the colonial American attitude of the time of our founding. Requiring them to be taught is not forbidding discussion on Jefferson (or hip-hop, which is far too young to truly gauge its long-term impact on American society).

So please be more reasonable in your attacks next time, rather than unreasonably and aggressively targeting ideas you don’t like.

Respectfully, -Cameron Shaffer

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campus briefs n today:

Greek Week kicked off Monday with a food eating contest in Sunwatcher Plaza. Many looked on while a few brave souls with stomachs of steel shoveled inordinate amounts of food into their mouths. Hot dogs, ice cream and eggs were a few of the menu items for the intrepid eaters.

Greek Week will continue through Saturday with activities throughout the week. Check the campus briefs for more information. (Photos by Kassie Bruton)

Greek Week until Friday All-Greek photo in front of Dillard at 1:45 p.m.

Professor Edwards Discussion in Politics in Bolin 127 at 2 p.m.

Journey of Hope Grief support Group in CSC Apche at 3:30 p.m.

Unity Step Show in Comanche at 3:30 p.m.

n tHURSDAY:

TACT: Troubleshooting technology problems in Kiowa at 12:15 p.m.

Real Women, Real Beauty in CSC Apche at 3:30 p.m.

TLRC Wine and cheese event in Dillard 189 at 4:30 p.m.

SERVICE.................................................................................................................continued from page 1 the student development and orientation office and student government.”

Fulton said students volunteer during GDS for a variety of reasons.

“Greek organizations are doing GDS to complete Greek Week activities,” Fulton said.

“Many other organizations are signing up as groups, but we have individuals who are signing up as well.”

She said some students are signing up because their instructors are offering extra credit and others have community service requirements to meet for various campus organizations.

“Many students are surprised at the number of organizations that need volunteers in Wichita Falls,” Fulton said. “Others get a sense of fulfillment by helping those in need.”

Fulton said GDE gives students an opportunity to volunteer in ways they normally wouldn’t, allowing them to see what type of volunteer service fits best with their skills and interests.

“Many volunteer organizations need assistance in day-to-day activities – posting fliers, filling envelopes for distribution, cleaning, painting

– so that personnel can be free to concentrate on organizing events and helping a specific group with their needs,” Fulton said.

MSU students can help ease the burden for at least one day.

“No matter what type of resources a person has been given – education, skills, time or funds – we should all find a place where we can give to those who have not been able to receive such opportunities,” Fulton said. “It is our responsibility to give back to the community that supports us.”

Students who are interested in signing up can do so at http://students.mwsu.edu/ greatdayofservice/ or can request more information by emailing gds@mwsu.edu.

GDS will kick off at 8 a.m.

Saturday in the Clark Student Center Atrium. Fulton said most students come early to get a t-shirt and to pick up maps to the site they’ll volunteer at for the day.

“With the MSU community volunteering, not only does Wichita Falls benefit but (so will) the communities of our graduates where we hope these students will volunteer their time and resources after gradu- Students offered a helping hand during last year’s Great Day of Service. (photos courtesy) ation.”

BEXLEY...................................................................................................................continued from page 1 he said. “I think everything is going to be on the uptake.”

Bexley, who is also the chairholder of the Smith-Hutson Endowed chair of Banking at Sam Houston University in Huntsville, was speaking at the 2010 Streich Family Lecture Series on Free Enterprise. The lecture was held at the J.S. Bridwell Auditorium (Room 101) in the Dillard College of Business Administration.

Speaking on the topic, “The Financial Crisis – Why the Surprise?”, Bexley began by saying that economic indicators over the past three months are pointing to better days. “We’ve found that all of the reading indexes over the last three months have tended to climb upward with the exception of employment and the exception of housing,” he said.

Bexley added that he found that the media paints a dimmer picture of the economy than what actually exists. “I think the biggest problem that we have right now is the media. Good news doesn’t sell,” he said.

Despite the devastation that the financial crisis has caused for many Americans, Bexley found that there was a silver lining. “Probably one good thing

is that we quit trying to keep up with the Jones. Our savings rate has historically been around 2 percent,” he said. “Yesterday it kicked up to about 4 percent. So maybe we learned a lesson. Maybe that’s the beauty that came out of this mess.”

Bexley gave his explanation of what specifically caused the crisis. “I’m not going to get into politics, but you remember, and I think it was a horrible thing. The Clinton administration wanted everyone to be able to own a home,” he said. “But folks in a free enterprise system can’t do what everybody else does.”

“Did it stop there? No. George Bush wanted everybody to have a home because he didn’t want to say, ‘We’re not going to do what Bill Clinton did.’”

Bexley also found that repealing the Glass-Steagall Act caused things to spiral even further out of control. “We closed our eyes to a lot of things. We repealed the Glass-Steagall Act,” he said. “This is not the official position of the Fed, but I really believe that repealing the act is what caused most of the problems that we are facing today. We allowed banks to do things that they had no business doing.”

The Glass-Steagall Act of

1933 was introduced during the Great Depression as a bank reformation act. It was repealed in November 1999.

Bexley said the competitive environment of the banking industry encouraged big banks to create subprime lending and other “ridiculous” and toxic securities.

He then chronicled events that led to the current situation. Things began to unravel in February 2007 when the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation seized risky mortgage-backed securities. Then, on June 1, Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s downgraded more than 1,000 bonds backed by subprime mortgages.

“People were saying, ‘This is an overnight bubble. This is something we will recover from,’” Bexley said. Obviously, that was not the case.

By Oct. 7, 2008, the economy was in such trouble that the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) doubled commercial banking insurance to $250,000 to prevent a run on the banks. “They did the smart thing; they should have done this years ago,” Bexley said.

Next, the federal government passed the Troubled Asset

Relief Program (TARP). “The treasury purchased $125 billion in preferred stock in nine of the nation’s largest banks to provide financial support,” he said “Some of you, perhaps, have criticized those banks for taking TARP funds. Let me just tell you that the treasury gave them no choice.

They told those nine banks, ‘You will take this money, because we think you need it.’”

In Bexley’s opinion, Ben Bernanke, chairman of the Fed, did his best to protect the country from financial disaster.

“He is one of the finest men.

He is a guy you can talk to. The man will listen to you. I think he was the right man for the job,” Bexley said. “He studied the Great Depression. And he had the guts to stand up and do what he thought he had to do to protect this country when it was in a crisis. He did a great job.”

He said he found a general lack of public knowledge about what the Federal Reserve Bank does. “Someone in Congress, and I sure wouldn’t name them now, thought that the only thing we did was hold money for the banks. So we need a better understanding of what we do,” he said.

Bexley is also the author of

Sing Song Competition in Comanche at 7:30 p.m.

n Friday:

Texas Oklahoma Art Prize opening

reception and award presentation at

the Wichita Falls Museum of Art at MSU

Greek Olympics in the Quadrangle at 3 p.m.

n Saturday:

14th Annual North texas Area Student Confernce on computer science in Bolin 3rd Annual MSU Great Day of Service begins at 8 p.m.

Maroon and Gold Spring football game at noon in Memorial Stadium Greek Award at Sikes Lake at 7 p.m.

n Sunday:

Faculty Recital in Akin at 3 p.m.

gagement closes

n Monday: National Survey for Student En- Yom Ha’Shoah Vigil in the Sun-

watcher

n Tuesday: Judaism 101: History and Culture in

Wichita I & II at 2 p.m.

Classic film series: Attack of the Killer Tomatoes in the Wichita Falls Museum of Art at MSU at 7 p.m.

Jazz Ensemble Concert in Akin at 7:30 p.m.

four books on banking, “Bank Management,” “Bank Director,” “Directors’ Duties and Responsibilities,” and his latest “Selling Financial Products – A Practical Guide for Successful Bank Sales.” Bexley has more than 30 years experience as a bank president and chief executive officer and has been at Sam Houston

for 13 years as the chairholder.

The Streich Family Lecture Series, now in its 31st year, is sponsored by the Dillard College of Business Administration, the Bureau of Business and Government Research, and Delta Sigma Pi.

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Left photo: The girls of Glee Club sing in a mash-up against the boys. Center photo: Quinn and Finn go to the school counselor to get advice on how to stay cool. Right photo: The cast of “Glee” shows off their singing and dancing skills to their teacher, Will Schuester. (Courtesy Photos)

Catch up on season one with this helpful recap Lauren Wood Entertainment Editor

In case you missed out on last season, you can either buy the season one on dvd or catch up with this helpful playback of the first season.

In case you didn’t know, Glee is a musical comedy-drama television show, which mixes in a slight plot and witty remarks from an angry and dominating cheerleading coach.

Episode 1: Will Schuester, an optimistic teacher, tries to reinvent the high school’s glee club. This begins the Glee sensation.

Episode 2: The Glee Club performs in front of the school for the first time and pushes their performance to the limits.

When Quinn (preppy and “pure” cheerleader) realizes Rachel (annoying, yet talented overachiever) has feelings for Finn (good-looking football player), she goes to great lengths to keep her man focused on her.

Meanwhile, Will’s wife gets some surprising news she keeps to herself, forcing Will to figure out a new way to make ends meet.

Episode 3: Will forms the Acafellas, an all-male A’capella vocal group, and spends more time building his own confidence than he does with the glee club.

In Will’s absence, the Glee Club decides to hire a wellknown choreographer to help coach them to Nationals.

Meanwhile, Mercedes (the “bigger” girl with a even bigger voice) starts to have feelings for Kurt (extremely gay, but afraid to admit it guy) but her feelings

are not reciprocated. When the Acafellas perform for the P.T.A., they get a surprise visit backstage from Josh Groban.

Episode 4: Kurt takes center stage when he tries out for the football team in order to impress his dad.

Sandy (dumb cheerleader) and Sue (angry yet witty cheerleading coach) join forces to carry out their plans for destroying the Glee Club.

Meanwhile, Quinn and Finn’s relationship is tested when they receive some life-changing news – Quinn is pregnant, but they have never had sex.

Episode 5: Will thinks the Glee Club desperately needs more of an edge, so he brings in his former classmate, April Rhodes (a drunk Kristin Chenoweth), to spice things up.

Will’s plan seems to be going smoothly until he realizes he may be losing a key member of the club, a.k.a. Rachel.

Episode 6: Will challenges the kids to a healthy dose of competition with boys against girls in a mash-up showdown.

Meanwhile, Terri (Will’s crazy wife) takes a job as the school nurse, despite having no medical experience, to keep an eye on Will and tries to demolish all feelings Emma (shy and insecure counselor) has for Will.

Episode 7: To cause dissention among the Glee Club members, Sue forces the students to compete against each other, but the real showdown happens when she and Will get called into the principal’s office.

more “I knew it!” moments than anything else.

Martin, who has dodged This past week Latin pop questions of his sexuality for star, Ricky Martin, came out as years, came clean on his Web a “fortunate homosexual man” to site, saying: “I am proud to say the public, via his fan Web site. that I am a fortunate homosexual The announcement, however, man. I am very blessed to be who came as a surprise to few.

I am.”

In fact, it probably sparked Martin’s sexually has been questioned over the years due to his behavior as a performer, as well as other mannerism visible in his interviews.

M a r t i n hadn’t been asked before if he was gay. As some remember, Barbara Walters questioned him on whether he was gay in a 2000 television interview, where he refused to Ricky Martin finally admitted his sexual affili- comment.

His risque ation publicly. (Courtesy Photo)

performance attire has raised eyebrows with his extremely tight, leather pants, and his half buttoned floral shirts that accent his questionably smooth chest.

His coming out announcement was a change from the usual celebrity confession, which usually involves them finding a sympathetic publication and giving a soul-baring interview.

However, Martin just posted a letter on his fan Web site.

Ellen DeGeneres went to Time magazine, where Lance Bass, Clay Aiken and Neil Patrick Harris interviewed with People magazine.

In his online announcement, Martin wrote that the major reasons for coming out were the personal memoirs he is writing and his two twin boys, whom he had through surrogacy.

“From the moment I wrote the first phrase, I was sure the book was the tool that was going to help me free myself from things I was carrying within me for a long time,” Martin wrote.

GLEEks won’t want to miss a minute of the highly anticipated spring premiere of Glee when it airs at a special time on Tuesday, April 13 at 8:28 p.m. after American Idol.

In the premiere, New Directions (the Glee Club’s name in case you forgot) begins working on new numbers for Regional’s, but when Rachel and Finn’s budding romance hits a bump in the road, after she becomes involved with a competitor, Jesse St. James, it threatens to derail the entire club.

Mr. Schuester pays a visit to Shelby Corcoran, coach of Vocal Adrenaline, to confirm Jesse’s motives.

Meanwhile, Will is newly single, but needs to know whether he is ready to take his relationship with Emma to the next level.

To top it all off, Sue Sylvester returns from her condo in Boca with a renewed focus on destroying Will and disbanding the glee club.

Then, when Glee returns to its regularly scheduled time of 8 p.m. on Tuesday, April 20, get ready to see “The Power of Madonna.”

Mr. Schuester looks to Madonna and her musical message of equality in hopes that the girls embrace her strength, independence and confidence and that the guys will see the error of their misogynistic ways.

Martin comes out to fans Lauren Wood Entertainment Editor

Meanwhile, the Glee kids rally to support Quinn after the shocking news of Quinn’s pregnancy is revealed.

We also find out that Finn is not the father of Quinn’s baby, Puck (arrogant best friend of Finn) is. Everyone knows except Finn.

Episode 8: Inspired by the students, Will composes a mashup for a very special occasion.

Meanwhile, in a shocking reversal of roles, McKinley High’s cool kids are dethroned in an “icy” fashion – slushy wars. Sue shows off her softer side when she falls for a local television anchor.

Episode 9: When Artie’s (quiet guy in the wheelchair) chances of traveling with the group to Regional’s are in question, Will challenges the kids to step out of their comfort zones and experience life from a different point of view by having them get around in wheelchairs.

Meanwhile, the Glee Club hosts its first “diva-off ” between Kurt and Rachel.

Episode 10: Schuester splits the Glee Club into pairs to sing their favorite ballad, but when one kid gets sick, he is forced to step in and winds up with Rachel swooning over him. Meanwhile, Finn and Quinn have to face the music when dinner with her parents goes awry, and both sets of parents find out about the pregnancy.

Episode 11: Concerned that Sue is up to no good, Will pays a visit to an instructor of a competing Glee Club to see what information Sue may be leaking, which leads to the club getting a look at their hairrising competition. Meanwhile, Kurt gives Rachel a makeover to impress Finn, but instead makes her look trashy because he is also in love with Finn.

Episode 12: When the Glee Club is left out of the yearbook because of budget cuts, everyone seems to be relieved that they will not have to suffer the ridicule of years past. Everyone except Rachel, that is, who wants

her legacy cemented in print.

Meanwhile, Quinn makes it her mission to be in the Cheerios yearbook photo, and Will and Terri’s relationship is shaken to its core when Will finds out his wife isn’t pregnant.

Episode 13: Sectionals are finally here for the Glee Club, but when Quinn’s secret unravels, the club may not be able to recover in time to compete. Meanwhile, Sue’s scheming hits an all-time high, and with Emma and Ken’s cancelled, Will finally admits his love for Emma.

Glee-Volume 1: Road to Sectionals was released in December 2009 and contains the first 13 episodes of Glee season one.

Special features include fulllength audition pieces from the pilot episode by Lea Michele as Rachel Berry and Amber Riley as Merecedes Jones, plus casting and choreography featurettes.

Tune in this next Tuesday night for the season two premiere.

Aguilera not herself in new single ‘Not Myself Tonight’ Lauren Wood Entertainment Editor

Christina Aguilera released her new single Not Myself Tonight on March 30 from her forthcoming album, Bionic.

This five-time Grammy award-winning artist released the song an hour before radio stations on her A.P.E. radio station “Christina Aguilera Radio.”

In addition to premiering Not Myself Tonight, “Christina Aguilera Radio” will begin airing numerous new audio segments where she will discuss Bionic, experiences as a mother, musical inspirations for the album, her charity work with the World Food Program and more.

Aguilera’s highly anticipated fourth studio album, Bionic (RCA Records), due to hit stores June 8, features songs co-written by Aguilera along with her much buzzed about collaborations including Sia, Tricky Stewart, Polow Da Don, Le Tigre, Hill & Switch, and Ladytron, among others.

Debut single, “Not Myself Tonight,” is available for purchase on iTunes beginning April 13.

In addition to completing the album, which was all recorded from her home studio after the birth of her first son, Christina also completed production on her first film,

Burlesque.

The film, which co-stars Cher, Stanley Tucci, and Kristen Bell will be released by ScreenGems this fall.

Judging from the sound of her new track, Bionic is a pretty fitting title for the album.

It is nothing similar to what Aguilera has done before.

When first hearing the song, Aguilera’s voice is barely recognizable over the powerful beat, until the pop star’s strong Christina Aguilera released her new voice carries over the single from her upcoming album “Bionic.” (Courtesy Photo) tune.

“Tonight” is a pretty technical song, I’ll go back to the girl I used to full of blaring synthesizers and be/ But baby, not tonight.” spare snares speeding along The song is kind of hard to over a pounding beat. It’s more really get into to. It is really of a track you’d expect to hear repetitive and the lyrics don’t rattling the speakers at the really add much to the song. It massive club in Europe or some is really different from her old place with raves. stuff, but not necessarily in a “Tonight, I’m feeling a little good way. bit out of control,” she sings.

Bionic is scheduled to hit “I’m dancing a lot/ Taking stores June 8. shots and I’m feeling fine/ In an interview earlier Kissing all the boys and girls/ this year with Marie Claire Someone call the doctor, ‘cause magazine, Aguilera said the I lost my mind.” album “is about the future” and “Tonight, I’m not the same explained that the birth of her girl/ I’m not myself tonight,” son, Max, served as inspiration she repeats in the chorus. “In for many of the songs. the morning, when I wake up,

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‘Hot Tub’ goes back in time with raunchy comedy Matt Ledesma For the Wichitan

We’ve all wished for the chance to go back in time and right a wrong at some points in our lives.

Few -- ok really nobody -ever get that chance.

That’s why the new film Hot Tub Time Machine works so well.

It provides a vehicle for a group of guys to travel back to their youths in order to somehow change how utterly dismal their present lives eventually turned out.

Here’s imdb.com’s brief synopsis of the movie: Four friends, all of them bored with their adult lives, travel back to their respective 80s heydays thanks to a timebending hot tub.

If you can’t wrap your head around that then this film probably isn’t for you.

But, if you go in with an open mind and take the movie for what it is -- an R-rated buddy comedy with less plot than your average hardcore porno -- I think you’ll really enjoy the experience.

John Cusack, Clark Duke, Craig Robinson and Rob Corddry star as the four friends who get sent back to the 80s after trying to relive their glory

days at a nearby ski resort.

As the title of the movie implies, a hot tub turned time machine is the vehicle in which our heroes defy the laws of the space-time continuum.

The movie is kind of a cross between the American Pie series, The Terminator and The Hangover.

The guys spend most of the film’s 100 minute run time trying to have relations with sex-starved women, while at the same time trying to remember exactly what the hell they did that one glorious night all in an effort to change the outcome of a bleak future.

Confused at all?

Again if you think too much, you won’t have a good time.

But if you get a kick out of

cliché 80s jokes, gratuitous boob shots, the dropping of F-bombs at a machine gun rate and the occasional “what’s a cell phone” gags, then Hot Tub Time Machine should get your Oscar vote.

Truly though, the movie is so much more than what’s on the surface.

It poses the question, are our lives predetermined in linear cookie-cutter fashion, or do the choices we make at any given time somehow constantly change the outcome of our futures?

Pretty deep, huh?

All in all, Hot Tub Time Machine was probably the best movie I’ve seen this year and definitely worth a second and even third viewing. I give it four time traveling hot tubs out of five.

John Cusack, Clark Duke, Craig Robinson and Rob Corddry star in this crude comedy about four friends going back in time, via a magical hot tub. (Courtesy Photo)

Clark Duke and John Cusack are two of the friends who go back in time. (Courtesy Photo)

New on DVD: ‘Sherlock Holmes’ Robert Downey Jr. stars as the legendary London detective, with a quick-witted new spin on the film, Sherlock Holmes.

Jude Law stars as his trusted colleague Dr. John Watson, a war veteran and formidable ally for Holmes.

When a mysterious new adversary, Lord Blackwood -- who may be in league with the forces of hell itself -threatens the Empire with a deadly, perilous plot, Holmes and Watson plunge into a world of dark arts and new technologies, where logic is sometimes the best crimefighting weapon.

Rachel McAdams plays Irene Adler, a vixen that has Holmes twisted for words.

She is constantly switching between the good side and bad side, sometimes confusing the audience, but adding a splash of romance in this long-time story.

The film is jam-packed with action, leaving the audience on the edge of their seat, trying to figure out the twisted ending.

DVD released: March 30, 2010 Genres: Action/Adventure, Mystery Running Time: 2 hours 9 minutes Rating: PG-13 for thematic material including violence, disturbing images and a scene of suggestive material Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams

Jude Law and Robert Downey Jr. star in the adaption of the legendary film, “Sherlock Holmes.” (Courtesy Photo)

Despite injured guitarist, Deftones rock new album Devan Gill For the Wichitan

Life is a strange and awesome force. It can sidetrack one on the road to fulfillment time and time again, but every detour can also yield positive results when he/she least expects it.

In the realm of rock music, the Deftones fall swiftly into this dichotomy. It seems that everything the Sacramentobased quintet has released postWhite Pony has been fraught with some kind of drama.

After all,it’s no secret that their last album, Saturday Night Wrist, languished in development hell due to protracted recording sessions, a rotation of producers and a lot of infighting.

As a result, the Deftones set out to create a record that would be free from those constraints.

At one point during the recording process for Eros, their intended follow-up, frontman Chino Moreno remarked that life was finally taking a turn for the better after all the negativity that marred the last 5 years of their career.

Unfortunately, fate would rear its ugly head once again. In 2008, their bassist, Chi Cheng, was seriously injured in a car

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the listener’s attention by charging into the chorus with brooding urgency.

S o n g s like Royal and Rocket Skates boast galloping riffs and screams aplenty, while C M N D / CTRL stands out as the heaviest track of the bunch.

H o w e v e r, “Diamond Eyes” is the Deftones first album from You’ve since 2006. (Courtesy Photo) Seen the Butcher onward, the accident and to this day remains aggression gives way to songs in a semi-conscious state.

Consequentially,the Deftones that straddle the anthemic and decided to temporarily scrap the intimate; surprisingly, these Eros, which was already recorded are the album’s best moments.

Beauty School and Sextape are and mixed, and went back to the among Chino’s most romantic drawing board. and introspective songs to date, Considering how quickly and album closer This Place is Diamond Eyes was produced Death has a trascendent quality. after Eros, it has proven to be The cryptic lyrics, which invoke the very essence of what the imagery rather than emotions, band was after from the very beginning--a straightforward reinforce the contemplative album that reflects on how far nature of the album, but they they’ve come after 22 years of also color the Deftones’ longstanding angst without giving in triumph and tragedy.

Sonically, Diamond Eyes is to self-indulgence.

Only Chino could offer up not a huge departure from past seamless contrasts between outings, but it also stands as shooting stars, the crashing the most accessible entry in the waves of an ocean and “guns, band’s catalogue. razors, and knives”.

Whereas the growling guitars In conclusion, Diamond Eyes and thudding percussion used to is a fantastic album. compete with Chino’s voice to It stays true to its roots while knock the listener on his ass, the generously exploring the softer heaviness swoops in and out this side of the Deftones’ mystique. time around, acting as a sturdy It’s best enjoyed with framework for Chino’s soaring headphones in the dark, and caterwauls and weary croon. the replay value is a solid 10.

The eponymous opener Comparisons are irrelevant, doesn’t carry the same weight as Hole in the Earth or Back to but White Pony finally has a School, but it succeeds in grabbing worthy counterpart.

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Two and four-legged competitors alike joined in the “fun run” at MSU on Saturday.

(Photo by Brittany Norman)

5K raises funds for cross country

Styles said.

A boatload of runners came out to support the team: 110.

“I was really surprised we had Over 100 people ran to raise over 100,” he said. “I think we money for the MSU cross-coun- could have a bigger turnout next try team Saturday. year.”

“We wanted to use it as a fundThe winner of the race was raiser,” said Koby Styles, cross- Hance Loyd from Holliday. He country coach. “Plus it would finished 17:36. The overall female help us get our name out there winner was MSU student Hassie with the program.”

Sutton.

Styles started planning for the The race raised about $1,200. event in late January by talking to The team plans to use the money the Wichita Falls Running Club. to buy new warm-ups and travel.

He said he worked on publicizing Stiles hopes to combine the the 5k run the week of. run with a popular MSU activity “We just tried to get the word next time to draw an even bigger out that we were having a race,” crowd.

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“Technology is moving faster than the law,” she said.

Though the issue becomes harder to analyze in college-aged people (18+), the new Texas law will come down harder on minors.

Like, a lot harder .

A minor, regardless of age, who engages in this activity (and that includes possessing pictures on phone or computer) is charged with possession of child pornography.

That’s a felony offense that stays with a person for the rest of his or her life, Gandy said.

“This is a topic that has spread like wildfire,” she said.

But this isn’t just confined to nudes, either. This applies to any kind of “dirty” texts and pictures of someone – usually a female – in his or her underwear.

There’s only one way to avoid getting nailed for sexting.

That is to not do it. And if you’ve received a dirty text or pic, you have to erase it or contact police immediately – the punishment is in part based on how long you’ve had the pornographic material stored.

Gandy said that Wichita Falls attorneys have not dealt with any sexting cases thus far. This may be due to apathy or ignorance.

She said she’s attempted to host sessions on sexting at two local junior high schools and had no attendees.

Parents beware: she said she has even seen fifth and sixth graders get in trouble for engaging in the activity.

“Is this free speech or is it a crime?” Gandy asked.

As far as the law is concerned, there is no gray area on the issue, she said. It isn’t considered free speech because dirty texts are included in the Texas definition of pornography.

She said she thinks some discussion should be held to decide if holding children accountable for adult laws is really reasonable.

“There might need to be a

Sonja Gandy speaks about ‘sexting’ as part of the Speak Up, Speak Out conference at MSU Tuesday.

(Photo by: Julia Raymond)

break somewhere,” she said.

The only way to control the situation is to be aware of the problem. The key is education.

One attendee at the ‘Speak Up Speak Out’ series asked if this matter could be addressed in Hot Topics, an overview course about abstinence taught in Texas high schools and junior highs.

Gandy said that since the course topics are mandated by school curriculum, nothing can be added or dropped from the presentation.

But here’s the catch: a person

can still be held accountable for sexting, even if they don’t know it’s illegal.

“But who’s going to educate our kids?” she asked. “We need to teach our young girls.”

Gandy said a lot of the sexting activity stems from girls’ insecurity.

“They think it’s how you keep guys interested,” she said. “Their focus is on attracting the male.”

A boyfriend asking his girlfriend to send sexually explicit pictures could even qualify as dating violence, she said.

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Though he is knowledgeable about the different factors that affect a pipe’s value, Fleming said he really isn’t that choosy about the pipes he smokes.

“I just want one that smokes good,” he said.

The condition of the pipe is pretty much everything, Fleming said. The make and model of most pipes is etched onto the body of piece. If this marking isn’t evident, or if it’s been obscured in some way, the pipe’s value plummets.

“I’m not that great at doing it, but some people can look at this stamp and tell you exactly when it was made,” Fleming said.

A specimen needs to be in perfect condition for a top dollar sale, Fleming said. For pipes, that means it can’t have been smoked. And the experts can tell if a piece has been used, even once.

Fleming said one of his unsmoked pipes could garner $600.

Pipe value is determined by a number of traits, including the year of manufacture, the direction of the wood grain and if it

MSU Physics professor Richard Fleming boasts a collection of about 50 pipes. He has been collecting them for four years now, and has had up to 80 pipes in his collection at one time. He

is handcrafted or machined. As with any other collector items, many attributes need to be taken into account before buying or selling, Fleming said.

“There are people who have millions of dollars of these things!” he said.

Fleming uses a middleman to post and sell his pipes on eBay. He kicks the seller back about 25 percent of the sale and uses the rest to buy more pipes. He said he has about 10 pieces queued for auction at the mo-

ment.

“I haven’t made a lot of money from doing that, but it keeps you from going bankrupt,” he said.

Collecting pipes was very difficult before the advent of the Internet. He had to hunt down specific pieces from specific retailers, some of which were based in other countries.

He said he thinks Barling, an English manufacturer, makes the best pipe. Other outstanding pipe-makers are Dunhill and Charatan, which are also British companies.

The English have produced more pipes than any other nation, Fleming said.

A beginning pipe smoker will probably smoke about two ounces of tobacco a week, he said.

“This stuff you buy in a pouch at the drug store isn’t any good,” Fleming said. “That’s why most people that ever started smoking a pipe gave it up immediately – because their pipes weren’t any good and their tobacco wasn’t any good.”

Fleming began smoking pipes

buys and sells mostly on E-Bay. He doesn’t make much off the hobby, but enjoys collecting pipes nonetheless.

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in graduate school at TCU. “I went down to a shopping center about 40-odd years ago and there was this tweedy lookin’ old guy (probably about as old as I am now) holdin’ this big round pipe,” he said.

The man, a sophisticated socialite, was smoking a Dunhill.

That was it for the physics professor. He had to have a pipe, but it would be a few years before he could afford an illustrious Dunhill.

“I thought, ‘Well, I gotta find out what that’s all about,’” he said. “I couldn’t afford any of these things because I was a college student. But the salesperson in the shop showed me a Dunhill and said, ‘This is for a man of distinction.’

“Everybody smoked back then,” Fleming said. “It was the late 1960s. You smoked in class if you wanted to. You smoked in the lab if you wanted to, as long as nothin’ blew up.”

A Castello pipe, which goes for around $400 now, was $40 then. Not that it was any more affordable for Fleming’s light pocketbook at the time. The

dealer let him pay for the pipe in $10 installments.

He never looked back. Forty years later, Fleming remains enamored with pipes.

Still, he recognizes that as he ages, the world’s outlook on tobacco (and therefore their accessories) is growing dimmer.

“The lifestyle police may come after me tomorrow,” he joked.

Regardless, he said he doesn’t feel he’s stigmatized by smoking a pipe.

“Cigars kind of indicate you’re successful and pipes indicate you’re kind and smart, though I don’t claim that I am,” he said.

“But I don’t think it’s a stigma because you don’t see anybody doing it.”

Fleming said if he sees someone driving around town smoking a pipe, he probably knows him.

“When I started working here in the 1970s everybody smoked in their office,” he said. “Everybody smoked – there were ashtrays in the halls in Bolin.”

Fleming’s favorite tobacco is called latakia, a blend from

Syria. The blending process for preparing pipe tobacco has changed a bit by becoming more commercialized, he said.

Nothing today is quite as good as tobacco in the 1960s, but the quality hasn’t dropped too dramatically.

Fleming said he isn’t addicted to tobacco, though he does enjoy smoking a pipe.

“I could never smoke another pipe again and it wouldn’t bother me,” he said. “You don’t get the same buzz as you do with cigarettes.”

A pipe smoker shouldn’t inhale the smoke. He or she is just supposed to swish it around inside the mouth.

“It’s like biting into a Tootsie Roll and spitting it back out – you don’t get much of it.”

He said he doubts pipe smoking is dangerous for a person.

He cited one report saying people who smoke a pipe regularly live longer than non-smokers.

“It calms you down,” he said.

“And it’s hard to stay angry when you’re trying to keep one of these lit.”

About 10 people in the country make a living repairing highend pipes. “It’s more of an art than a science,” Fleming said.

Fleming said people who are just getting interested in buying or collecting pipes should seek out somebody knowledgeable about the subject. A good place to start looking for an intermediate pipe is in an estate sale.

The first thing you should do is clean your piece with everclear and a pipe cleaner.

“The best thing to do is to not do it,” he said. “It’s probably a bunch of crap, really,” Fleming said. “But you know how people get over things. They get foolish over stuff.”

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MSU’s championship bid cut short Matt Ledesma For the Wichitan

It’s said that all good things must come to an end.

Unfortunately for the Midwestern State Mustangs, that end came a couple of rounds too soon in the NCAA Division II Elite Eight.

No. 16 St. Cloud State rode a career night from junior guard Taylor Witt to outlast No. 3 MSU 92-88 in the national quarterfinals held Wednesday, March 24 at the Springfield, Mass.,MassMutual Center.

The Mustangs end their historic run to the national championship at 31-3 -- a program best benchmark.

“I felt this team was good enough to win a national championship,” MSU coach Grant McCasland said after the game. “It was going to take a special effort to beat these guys. You have to give credit to Witt for delivering that.”

Witt scored a career high 43 points -- 38 in the second half alone -- erasing a twopoint MSU lead late in the game. He finished with three 3-pointers and was 9-of-17 from the field, all the while connecting on 22-of-23 attempts at the free throw line.

“He decided he wasn’t going to let them lose,” McCasland said. “He hit a lot of tough shots.”

The Mustangs put up a courageous fight after trailing for much of the first half, even taking a six-point lead into the intermission

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n Senior Mustangs Basketball team members are: Michael Goodwin, Chris Williams, Aboubakar Wandji, Jason Ebie, Anthony Moore, Craig Green and Rashad Austin. n Midwestern fell to 4-4 in national quarterfinal play. The other seven teams were all in the NAIA national tournament. Midwestern fell in a neutral site game for the first time since losing to Texas A&M International 70-66 in overtime on Nov. 17, 2007 - a span of 11 games. n Senior point guard Jason Ebie finished the season with 179 assists, eclipsing former All-American LeRoy Shaw, who had 174 during the 1975-76 season. n Ebie added three more steals to his season total, which ranked seventh in NCAA Division II. Ebie’s 86 steals tie him with Cullen Mayfield (1980-81) and Damion McKinney (1996-97) for the second most steals in a single season in school history. James Burkhalter had 88 during the 1987-88 campaign. to go up 45-39.

Senior guard Craig Green paced MSU with 18 of his 27 total points in the first half. Junior guard Chris Hagan also had a big night, putting up a career-high 31 points on 13-of-20 shooting with a trio of 3-pointers.

But after the break it was all about the Witt show as he scored 34 of SCSU’s 47 second-half points over the final 13:24 of the game, helping his team rally from 78-

76 deficit with 3:17 left to play and eventually secure the victory.

The loss ended the Mustangs’ 10-game win streak, as Witt became the first player to score at least 40 points against MSU in the last decade.

SCSU would go on to lose 76-70 to Indian, Pa., University in the semifinals, who then lost to underdog Cal Poly Pomona 6553 in the national championship game.

Mustangs see green at Kickingbird MSUmustangs.com For the Wichitan

Midwestern State appeared to be firing on all cylinders in the opening day at the UCO/ Kickingbird Classic Monday afternoon at the Par-70, 6,722yard Kickingbird Golf Course.

The Mustangs combined to fire four par-or-better rounds and didn’t even use a solid second-round score of 75 from freshman Raine Copeland.

MSU combined for rounds of 288 and 284 for a tworound 12-over total of 572, but the team will go into Tuesday’s final circuit in fourth place, 10 strokes off the pace of host Central Oklahoma.

“The greens are in great shape,” MSU coach Jeff Ray said. “They held the ball pretty well. We had a couple of guys struggle in the first round, then bounced back pretty well. Everyone contributed.”

Two-round leading Cameron blistered the course with four sub-70 scores in the opening round and received the best score of the day in the second round from individual leader Jason Timmis, who carded rounds of 69 and 66 for a total of 135 (-5) to help the Aggies to a first-day team total of 555 (-5).

Abilene Christian’s Cyril Bouniol matched Timmis with rounds of 68 and 67 as

the Wildcats managed to stay within four strokes of the hot shooting Aggies with a 559 with the Bronchos trailing three strokes back at 562.

“You just need all four guys clicking at the same time,” Ray said. “Cameron did that today like we did last week (when MSU claimed a team title at the DBU Invitational at the Golf Club of Dallas).”

Junior Travis Klutts challenged the lead throughout the opening day with rounds of 67 and 70 for a two-round total of 137 (-3). The Lake Kiowa native sits third going into the final round.

The Mustangs were consistent with Klutts’ four team-

mates packed within eight strokes.

Sophomore Chad Bryant followed a first-round 69 with a 74 to place 17th with a total of 143 (+3), while senior Mitch Molen recovered from an opening round 77 with a 69 for total of 146 (+6).

Copeland remained steady with a pair of 75s to for a total of 150 (+10), while sophomore Brent Perry shook off an opening round 80 to tally a 71 in second round for a total of 151 (+11).

“It’s a good golf course and a good field,” Ray said. “Hopefully we can play well tomorrow and carry some momentum into the conference tournament.

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Midwestern State improved seven strokes over its first round showing, but finished 11th at the Lady Otter Spring Invitational hosted

by California State-Monterey Bay played at the Par-73, 5,810-yard Black Horse Golf Course.

The Mustangs carded rounds of 325 and 318 for a two-round total of 643 (+59) at the picturesque course on the California coast.

“This was a good experience and we shot

some good rounds for our team being as young as we are,” MSU coach Jeff Ray said.

“The biggest challenge was playing on the type of greens we did. Sometimes the ball would break 6-to-8 feet on a 15-foot putt.”

Each of the Mustangs finished within three strokes of each other in the final round as freshmen Kendra Whittley and Megan Richardson carded matching 79s (+6), Taylor Klutts and Kyla Whittley tallied an 80 (+7) and Lindsay Burkhart fired an 82 (+9).

Klutts paced the Mustangs to place 22nd with a two-round total of 157 (+11), while

Kendra Whittley was a stroke back at 158 to finish tied for 25th.

Richardson tied for 46th with a 164 (+18), while Burkhart and Kyla Whittley tied for 55th with 166s (+20).

Freshman Lauren Romines finished 72nd with a 172 (+26) competing as an individual medalist.

British Columbia University (Canada) earned the team championship with a tworound total of 600 (+16), while Cal StateMonterey Bay’s Cicilia Chudivian earned top individual honors carding rounds of 74 and 72 for an Even-par total of 146.

Midwestern State enjoys a week off before competing in the Tarleton/Coca-Cola Classic in Granbury, Texas on April 12-13.

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Mustangs trample Cameron in double-header Matt Ledesma MSUmustangs.com For the Wichitan

No. 3 Midwestern State peppered Cameron with 11 hits on its way to a doubleheader sweep after taking Game 2 8-2 Tuesday afternoon at Mustangs Park.

The Mustangs, who improved to 36-6 on the season and 12-2 in the LSC North, step outside of league play to take on Oklahoma Panhandle State Wednesday afternoon at Mustangs Park. First pitch for the twin bill is set for 3 p.m.

MSU jumped on top early as Lauren Craig extended her career-best hitting streak to 13 games with a run-scoring single through the right side of the infield in the first inning, while Brittney Tanner followed with an RBI-single up the middle to give Midwestern a 2-0 lead.

Tanner also proved more than game in the circle as she improved to 12-2 after allowing two runs on six hits in the complete game victory. The junior added 10 strikeouts and yielded three walks.

Cameron clawed back to tie the game at 2-2 in the top of the fourth after Cheryl Raesz clubbed her fifth homer of the season over the left-field fence.

But it wasn’t enough for Aggie starter Ashton McBride, who allowed four runs - all earned - on six hits in 4 1/3 innings and struggled with her command with five walks and a hit batsman.

MSU made her pay to reclaim the lead in the fourth as the Mustangs loaded up the bases on a pair of walks and an infield single with less than two outs. But McBride was able to wiggle out of the jam, surrendering only the go-ahead run on Nicki Duff ’s groundout to shortstop.

McBride started the fifth inning by plunking MSU shortstop Natalie Rodriguez before issuing a base on balls to Lauren Craig.

Rodriguez became the fourth Midwestern player to steal three bases in a game as she swiped third before scoring on Tanner’s sacrifice fly to left field to give the Mustangs a 4-2 lead.

McBride gave way to Game 1 starter Carrie Harvey for the final two outs of the fifth before the Mustangs put the game away in the sixth with the Cameron ace in circle.

Craig highlighted the four-run, five-hit inning with a two-run single to left, while Alyson Reynolds and Katie Petersen each served up run-scoring singles of their own.

Cameron dropped to 15-19 overall and to 2-6 in the LSC North Division.

The Midwestern State softball team came in at No. 1 on the first NCAA Division II South Central Regional rankings released last week.

Then, the Mustangs defended that high-ranking with a sweep of East Central University in a doubleheader Saturday held at Tiger Field.

MSU (34-6) improved to 10-2 in Lone Star Conference North division play. The team has now won 10 of its last 12 games going into Tuesday’s battle with Cameron at Mustangs Park.

Senior pitcher Katie Petersen (17-2) continued her dominance in the circle on Saturday, allowing one run on five hits in a complete game 2-1 victory over ECU. The victory was Petersen’s 16th straight win. She struck out six batters and walked just one in the second-match up of the day.

Lauren Craig extended her season best 10-game hitting streak, while Nicki Duff went 3-for-4 with a run scored.

Earlier, in Game 1, the Mustangs’ bats were the story of the game, as MSU jumped out to a fiverun lead before ECU got back in the game with a rally midway through.

But strong pitching once again played a part in this win for the Mustangs, as Brittany Tanner and Petersen combined to hold the opposition to just

Nikki Duff awaits the pitch. (Photo by Julia Raymond)

five runs in a 6-5 victory.

Brittany Tanner (11-2) earned the win, allowing five runs -- four earned -- on seven hits, struck out six batters and walked one.

Petersen came in relief and gave up just two hits

and struck out three in 1 2/3 inning, on her way to her 10th career save.

Tanner helped her own cause by going 2-for-3 batting, including a run-scoring single that pushed the MSU lead to 6-1 at one point.

Mustangs tennis falls to tough conference competitors Men couldn’t come back after loss in doubles

Women come up short against Cameron, Northeastern State despite strong individual, doubles efforts

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Midwestern State couldn’t overcome a doubles deficit Monday afternoon as Cameron snapped its six-match winning streak by claiming a 6-3 Lone Star Conference decision at the MSU Tennis Center.

The teams split the top two doubles positions as Bo Zaputovic and Vjekoslav Stipanic teamed to defeat Cameron’s Carlos Viscarra and Diego Troiano 8-3 at No. 1, while the Aggies scored an 8-5 win at No. 2 with Thomas Peixoto and Manuel Barroetavena edging out Carlos Bataller and Luke Joyce.

Cameron claimed the decisive No. 3 doubles with Jorge Gerosi and Jeff Sasser defeating Chad Meeks and Daniel McMullen 9-7 to give the Aggies a 2-1 edge heading into singles play.

Midwestern State faced an uphill battle when the Aggies claimed the opening sets at the bottom four singles’ spots.

C a m e r o n’s Gerosi was first off the court taking a 6-0, 6-1 win over McMullen to give the Aggies a 3-1 advantage, but Stipanic pulled the Mustangs to 3-2, with 6-2, 6-1 victories over Viscarra at No. 2.

It was the seventh-straight singles victory for Stipanic, who improved to 16-4 this spring in singles’ play.

The Aggies quickly put the match away as Barroetavena breezed past Joyce 6-1, 6-3 at No. 5 before the big-serving Peixoto clinched the win for CU with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Bataller at No. 3.

The Nos. 1 and 6 matches went to split sets before Sasser came away with a 6-3, 4-6, 10-8 tiebreaking victory over Octavian Dinuta at No. 6.

MSU’s Zaputovic closed the match by defeating Troiano at No. 1 6-4, 4-6, 15-13 at No. 1.

Midwestern State is slated to face Southeastern Oklahoma Thursday afternoon at the MSU Tennis Center. First serve is set for 3 p.m.

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(From top) Chad Meeks, Bo Zaputovic, Carlos Bataller.

(Photos by Brittany Norman)

(Top) Ashley Huse (Bottom) Monika Graff (Photos by Brittany Norman)

Midwestern State dropped a pair of Lone Star Conference matches over the weekend at the Cameron University Quad.

The Mustangs fell 5-1 to Northeastern State (Okla.) Friday morning.

MSU’s Monica Graff and Leah Roberts teamed for an 8-2 win over Ivana Belejova and Claire Chanay at No. 2 doubles as the Riverhawks (7-2) took a 2-1 lead into singles play.

Northeastern State quickly claimed three victories to close out the match as Zuzanna Oskinska defeated Alex Odell-Michels at No. 1 and Emina Spirtovic beat Kaja Banas at No. 2, both by scores of 6-1, 6-1.

Chanay closed out the match by taking a straight-set 6-3, 6-4 win over Lindsey Holcomb at No. 4.

Graff and Roberts improved to a perfect 15-0 as doubles’ partners later in the afternoon with an 8-2 win over Cameron’s Sara Flores and Daniela Stevenson.

Graff also advanced her stellar singles ledger to 15-1 with a straight-set 6-2, 6-3 win over Carolina Mullor, but it wasn’t enough to overtake the Aggies, who claimed wins at Nos. 1, 2 and 4 singles to put away the 5-2 victory.

Midwestern State slipped to 11-7 on the season and 1-4 in conference play, while Cameron improved to 9-5.