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Marilyn Fowle, vice president of administration and finance, discusses financial policies with Board members at the Nov. 10 meeting. University President Suzanne Shipley talks at the Board meeting Nov. 9.

Health sciences building cost raises concern KARA MCINTYRE EDITOR

yle Owen, associate vice president for facilities services, presented his report to the Board of Regents on the status of the new health sciences and human services building — and the cost was a bit more than he expected. On Nov. 9, Owen announced that the October bids for the new building were about $7.5 million over budget. He said the coastal hurricanes increased the demand for construction, pushing costs up from the original $30 million estimated. “He really concentrated on wanting to

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preserve the interior for the students, so he looked at modifying the exterior to be able to save the dollars,” Owen said in the meeting. “One of the things we’ll end up having to eliminate is this large eastern face. We will still end up having glass, but it’ll include more MSU brick.” The four-story atrium also had its own issues. According to Owen, it’s expensive to do this, so the solution was to downsize it to two stories with the benefit of about 5,000 square feet of additional collaboration space for student use. He also suggested eliminating part of a terra cotta wall from the west entrance and replace it with either stucco or MSU brick and eliminating the penthouse floor/peaked

Amount that the Oct. bids were over budget.

roof feature, one of the glass walls on the east side and the colonnade on the south side. “We [the contractors and I] will meet as a group the Tuesday after Thanksgiving to review the changes. At that point, we expect them to have about $4.5 million to $5 million in savings identified,” Owen said. “If they do, we’ll ask them to go ahead and move forward. If we still aren’t at that level, then unfortunately our only option is to go in and redesign and rebid.” A completely new redesign would add six months to the construction timeline, but Owen said he doesn’t think it’ll come to that. Even with this, there will still be a small delay in construction — he predicted late January

$4.5-$5 mil Expected savings from contractor.

as the earliest date for an actual price contract. “The glass is half full. I think we’ll get there. I spoke with the contractor and he thinks there are some more drastic things he could do to save some more money, but he’s still looking in the $4.5 million to $5 million range,” Owen said. University President Suzanne Shipley and several Board members voiced their concerns, including Sam Sanchez, chairman; R. Caven Crosnoe, vice chairman; F. Lynwood Givens. “It’s going to look very different than what we’re seeing [here]. We’re talking about 20 to 25 percent variation,” Givens said. “I don’t

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$38 mil Original estimated cost for building.

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University needs VP of enrollment OUR VIEW: Because campus enrollment remains largely unchanged, administrators need to hire a vice president of enrollment management.

here is a lack of substantial increase to the amount of newly enrolled students. If the school wishes to grow and thrive, it must have more revenue to fund its endeavors and that has to come from more students, not higher tuition. The university desperately needs to shift its attention to enrollment. There is a motion to move from automatic acceptance to Texas high school seniors within the top 10 percent to acceptance of the top 25 percent. This helps to manage students’ desire for higher education, and encourages those students that are unsure whether college is even a possibility. In addition, Board members approved, that creating a new vice president — one solely to oversee enrollment. While it may seem expensive, enrollment growth funds everything. We need someone whose sole focus is to increase the student population. Administrators have to stop pushing this issue under the rug and address it head on, otherwise we only see enrollment decline or remain stagnant as it is.

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College: the final frontier for father of two

ollege: the final frontier. Well not really, but it can have an ominous feeling regardless of your classification. Freshman students feel the pressures of moving out on their own and having to juggle responsibilities. Seniors feel the pressures of “senioritis” and struggling to get to the light at the end of the tunnel. Juniors and sophomores, well they Craig are just stuck in that spot were it’s not quite Tidmore over yet, but hey at least we are starting fresh and new like freshmen. Along with being a full-time student with 13 hours, I also work full time. With classes on every day of the week, I also pour in 40 hours a week at the AT&T call center. With that kind of workload, which doesn’t include the time to do homework and projects, I have heard everything from “I don’t know how you do it” to “Why would you do that to yourself?” That is when I drop another bombshell. I also juggle a life as a father of two beautiful daughters, Kenna and Natalie, and a husband to Tara, my best friend of 11 years. It isn’t an ideal scenario, but it is one that I have been doing for four semesters, with three more to go. My day starts when Natalie is ready. Being only four weeks old, I am up every three to four hours helping Tara change diapers, make bottles, feeding Natalie, burping Natalie, and then

getting Natalie back to sleep as quickly as possible to try and get a few more hours of sleep. All while trying to battle the vomit she spit up on my shirt. At 6 a.m. I pry myself out of bed to get Kenna ready for school while getting myself ready for the day. If everything runs smoothly, we are out the door at 7 a.m. and off I go to dropping Kenna off at school and making it to work by 8 a.m. From there I answer collection calls at work until it is time for me to time stamp out to head to class. Depending on the day, I may have one to three classes before I return to work where I stay until closing time at 9 p.m. After a 30-minute drive home, it is time to put Kenna to bed, feed Natalie, find me something to eat, and work on any projects or homework that I may have due for the classes the next day. This isn’t an ideal situation, however it is something that I don’t mind doing. I have realized that I need to do something that can not only provide something better for myself, but for my family as well. This is a confession, or a testimony, of a person who works a full-time job, is a full-time student, a father of two and a husband. One day we will walk across the stage and the hard work that we have put in does eventually all pay off. And knowing that all the work that I put in and going into “Zombie Mode” during these semesters will benefit my family. Craig Tidmore is a mass communication senior.

Purpose found through major changes

had one goal on my mind: attend Abilene Christian starting in the fall 2017 and graduate with a bachelor’s degree of science. Little did I know my plans would end up with two hospital visits during the summer and a long road to recovery. Since I was 9 years old, I dreamed of being a pediatric oncologist at St. Jude Children’s Sierra Research Hospital writing medical journals. Hodges But my passion for writing and desire for my voice to be heard had me questioning that decision. During freshman orientation, I remembered how I’d done journalism in high school, and the freedom to speak my mind and tell people’s stories made me decide mass communication would be the “best” choice for me. I was surprised with how easy it was to change my classes to correlate with mass communication, and this was all right before the start of the fall semester, so I thought I was on track. I was ready to set off to Abilene, but as the days drew closer during the summer, I tore my meniscus and needed knee surgery with extensive physical therapy. I had to stay home for school. I became fascinated with learning about how to make bones and joints work again going through PT. All the while I

EDITOR: Kara McIntyre VISUALS EDITOR: Justin Marquart FEATURES EDITOR: Cortney Wood OPINIONS EDITOR: Tyler Manning BUSINESS MANAGER: Brendan Wynne ISSUE STAFF: Craig Tidmore, Sierra Hodges, Shari Smith, Britnni Vilandre, Tré Jones, Makayla Scheck

PHOTOGRAPHERS: Sara Keeling, Harlie David, Arianna Davis, Francisco Martinez, Elias Maki, Tiffanie Gonzales

ADVISER: Bradley Wilson

began to look through mass communication jobs, I realized it would be really hard to get a job in that field, so I started second guessing my change. I regained strength in my knee, and I was thankful for someone knowing how to get me back to doing everyday activities that were still a challenge. The amount of progress I was making in such a small amount of time drove me to work harder. That’s when I decided I wanted to stay in the medical field, so I switched to exercise physiology. While going through this semester, however, I started to doubt and steer away from biology/chemistry path. I prayed a lot. I wanted to do something I love for the rest of my life. I decided to switch my major back to biology with a double minor in chemistry and psychology. Now that I’ve switched back, I’m happier and more excited for the long road ahead of me. I wasn’t sure what exactly I wanted to do, but switching so many times actually helped me find what I love and where I feel like I belong. I had one goal to achieve, and while it changed several times to get it right, it took some searching to find out that it was the best place for me. Without my prayers and the counselors here at MSU, I may have found out too late what I want to spend the rest of my life doing. Sierra Hodges is a biology freshman. Copyright ©2017. The Wichitan is a member of the Texas Intercollegiate Press Association and the Associated Collegiate Press. The Wichitan reserves the right to edit any material submitted for publication. Opinions expressed in The Wichitan do not necessarily reflect those of the students, staff, faculty, administration or Board of Regents of Midwestern State University. The Wichitan welcomes letters of opinion from students, faculty and staff submitted by the Friday before intended publication. Letters should be brief (250 words or fewer) and without abusive language or personal attacks. Letters must be typed and signed by the writer and include a email address, telephone number and address.

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The original concept drawings as presented to the Board earlier this year. The new health sciences building was scaled back due to construction cost increases even before construction started. from REGENTS pg. 5 think there’s anything bribing us to do it in a hurry, and I am concerned that, from a legal and ethical perspective, that we ought to get together and design what we want. I don’t like this jockeying around.” Sanchez echoed Givens’ comments. “A big part of what was presented to the Board [originally] was an aesthetic appeal and some of those changes [here] are dramatic,” Sanchez said. “I think, as a Board, we would definitely want to see those changes in effect. It’s hard to imagine all of these changes. There’s a lot of ‘ifs’ there.” Shipley called the situation “very disappointing.” “I don’t have an opinion on whether we move forward or not because it’s very disappointing. Why does an architect design a building that can’t come in at bid?” Shipley

said. “We’re left without the design that sold us on this project. We’re in a hard spot, so I welcome the wisdom of the Board on this.” Owen and the Board members agreed to meet in early December to see new architectural renderings of a potential redesign, given the budget changes.

OTHER AGENDA ITEMS: Also on the agenda, board members • Approved the following change in the admissions policies: the automatic acceptance of high school students in top 25 percent from an accredited high school if they graduated from high school within the two years prior to the academic year for which admission is sought and submitted a complete application before the deadline • Introduced Kyle Williams as the new director of athletics

C R I ME LOG Burglary: Vehicle

Oct. 23 at 8:10 a.m. | Legacy Hall | Subject reported wallet stolen from vehicle and debit card was used.

Sexual Assault

Oct. 25 at 11:10 a.m. | Parking Lot #1S | Student reported a sexual assault by a known suspect, which occurred during the stated time frame.

Disorderly Conduct

Oct. 25 at 6:10 p.m. | Parking Lot #6N | Students reported seeing a male exposing himself and driving away in red Toyota Camry.

Drug: Possession of Drug Paraphernalia Oct. 25 at 10:10 p.m. | Legacy Hall | RA noticed a smell of marijuana on third floor, drug paraphernalia was found.

Theft

Oct. 26 at 10:10 a.m. | Pierce Hall | Student came to MSU police department to report the theft of his mountain bike.

Assault

Oct. 26 at 2:10 p.m. | Pierce Hall | Officer dispatched to area between legacy Hall and Pierce Hall due to a fight between several students.

Graffiti

Oct. 26 at 3:10 p.m. | Sunwatcher Village | Officer dispatched to the second floor of Sunwatcher Village Apartments building six storage room due to gang graffiti.

Burglary: Habitation

Oct. 27 at 5:10 p.m. | Sunwatcher Village | A student’s room was burglarized.

Theft – Misdemeanor

Oct. 28 at 5:10 p.m. | Legacy Hall | RP stated he left a load of laundry in the second floor laundry room and his clothes were taken.

Theft – Misdemeanor

Oct. 30 at 11:10 p.m. | Hardin Administration Building | Report of stolen purse from Hardin.

Theft

Nov. 3 at 12:11 p.m. | Off-Campus | A mini Ipad issued to MSU Graphic Design department was stolen at Wichita Falls MPEC during and event.

Burglary: Building

Nov. 7 at 12:11 p.m. | Moffett Library | Officer dispatched to Moffett Library in reference to Burglary.

• Authorized administration to add two fulltime equipment positions in enrollment management as presented and authorized a budget increase not to exceed $125,000 for search expenses and to fund the positions and office expenses during fiscal year 2018 as presented • Received an update on enrollment — 45 percent of students admitted to MSU do not meet our acceptance standards, which poses a problem for enrollment; 9.5 percent of our students from this past spring did not re-enroll in the fall, of which about 25 percent of those students come from the allied health department • Changed the policy 4.146 regarding naming rooms and buildings • Presented research from Laura Sorge and Francine Baron on impact of first year experience • Discussed how learning communities

have positively impacted our retention rates with Kristen Garrison, associate vice president of undergraduate education and assessment • Approved changes to administration selection process policy 2.31: according to the Board of Regents agenda, this policy requires the Board to evaluate the president’s performance at its first regular meeting each calendar year. The administration recommended that the policy be modified to require the performance review to occur no later than the May meeting each calendar year. This action will provide greater flexibility while continuing to ensure an annual review. • Approved changes to ethics policy 3.314 for employees of MSU: Modifications to this policy are recommended as required by Senate Bill 20 passed during the 84th Texas Legislative Session.

CALENDAR Texas Wesleyan vs. Women’s Basketball

Nov. 15 at 6 p.m. | D.L. Ligon Coliseum | The women’s basketball team will play against the Texas Wesleyan University Rams.

Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Forum

Nov. 16 from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. | Clark Student Center atrium | Learn what students and professors have been working on for their undergraduate research presentations at this biannual scholarly forum.

Sioux Falls vs. Football

Nov. 18 at 1 p.m. | Memorial Stadium | Ranked No. 3, the football team will play the No. 13 University of Sioux Falls Cougars this Saturday in the first round of the Division 2 playoffs. MSU has gone undefeated this season and the Cougars are 9-2.

The Redemption Experience: A Gospel Concert

Nov. 19 from 4-6 p.m. | MSU-Burns Chapel | The Echoes of Gospel will be hosting its first gospel concert in the new MSU-Burns Chapel. Tickets are $2 at the door.

MSU-Burns Fantasy of Lights Opening Night

Nov. 20 at 5:30 p.m. | Front lawn of Hardin | MSU carillonneur Jim Quashnock will begin the festivities at 5:30 p.m. with holiday music on the Redwine Carillon. University President Suzanne Shipley will flip the master switch at 6 p.m. and introduce a special guest from the North Pole. A performance by the Ben Franklin Elementary Choir at 6:30 p.m. and the MSU Wind Ensemble at 7 p.m. in Akin Auditorium will round out the night. Food trucks will also be on site. Display is open Nov. 20-Dec. 25, seven nights a week from dusk to 10 p.m. Admission is free and donations are welcome.

Thanksgiving Break

Nov. 21 to Nov. 26 | Classes resume Monday, Nov. 27. Have a great Thanksgiving break!

FACULTY FORUM A Discussion About Future Engineering Challenges

7 P.M. NOVEMBER 21 Legacy Hall Learning Center Presented by

DR. SALIM AZZOUZ Associate Professor of Engineering 2017 Hardin Professor Admission is free and open to all. mwsu.edu/faculty-forum

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Theater department

presents

‘The God Of Hell’

Dorsman said she expects this show to encourage people he theater department will to question their political views, run the production “The and how little control they have God of Hell” Nov. 16 at 7:30 over our government. After weeks of auditions and p.m — Nov. 18 at 2:30 p.m. in the rehearsals, the cast members are Bea Wood Theater. According to Sally Story, as- excited for their performancsistant professor of theater, the es. Shannon Howerton Jr., theater play centralizes on a middle senior, plays Frank, a lead in the aged, mid-western dairy farming show along side his wife, Emma, couple that live a peaceful life in portrayed by Victoria Chaney, Wisconsin. Story said she believes theater performance sophomore. the themes, written in reaction The show has four characters, so to George W. Bush’s response to it would be short getting straight to the point. Sept. 11, are rel“I am honestly evant today. really excited about “He had a war it,” Shannon Howon terror and creerton Jr., theater ated homeland senior, said. “We security,” Story have a great group said. “Sam Shepaof people. It’s been rd had an adverse a blast working with reaction to that, them, and each remeaning he felt hearsal has had it’s our freedoms were fair share of laughbeing taken away. ter among us do to ‘Big Brother’ was the absurdity of the watching us, and SHAE DORSMAN it’s relevant even STAGE MANAGER AND TECH play.” Nicholas Hoover, today with our curTHEATER JUNIOR theater perforrent president.” mance freshman, Shae Dorsman, stage manager and tech theater who plays Haynes, said he is lookjunior, said she believes the elec- ing forward to the performances. “This will be my first time on tion has had a tremendous political impact and this play is perti- stage here, and I’m eagerly awaitnent to the political climate in ing to see all of my fellow cast and crew members hard work over the the world today. “Wichita Falls is such a small past couple months come to fruitown, I am interested to see how tion,” Hoover said. After all the hours spent readypeople react to the show,” Dorsman said. “It is so absurd that it ing this production, Jacob Turncould almost be real in the crazy bow, theater senior who plays Welch, said he has loved working world we live in now.” Story said the theater depart- on the show. Jorrey Martin, special educament is focusing on the theme of social activism, and she hopes tion senior, said she wants to try the show will encourage people something new in her senior year to think deeply about what is go- and this production sparked her interest; however, not just theater ing on in society. “We wanted to choose plays students are excited for the play. “I always enjoy the producthat kind of made a statement about society and made you leave tions from our theater departthe theater saying ‘that is pretty ment,” Serah Welborn, English awful,’ and ‘that’s pretty serious senior, said. “I usually get to see or interesting,’ just to make you my friends perform, and I am exthink a little more about what’s cited for this show because it’s always something different.” going on in society,” Story said. SHARI SMITH REPORTER

FILE PHOTO BY ARIANNA DAVIS | THE WICHITAN

Elyssa Henderson, sociology junior, presents with partner Catherine Stepniak, psychology and sociology senior, on sexual attitudes and hook-up culture during EURECA on April 27.

EURECA forum to happen on Nov. 16 JUSTIN MARQUART VISUALS EDITOR

hrough the Enhancing Undergraduate Research Endeavors and Creative Activity forum students showcase their research through oral or poster presentations. According to Magaly Rincón-Zachary, director of undergraduate research, the forum is a way for students to learn in a more comprehensive way and expand their understanding on a particular phenomenon and a piece of art. The EURECA office will have a kick-off reception Wednesday, Nov. 15 at 5:30 p.m. and the EURECA forum will happen on Nov. 16 beginning at 9 a.m. in the Clark Student Center. “I call it learning outside the classroom,” RincónZachary said regarding the research the students put into their presentations. Students will work with their faculty mentors on the first day of school in preparation for the forum. “The final details of how to present comes from the last two or three weeks,” Rincón-Zachary said. “They are working from day one.” The mentorship the students receive from a faculty member throughout their research is a pillar of EURECA, according to Rincón-Zachary. “That close interaction with the students enriches the experience,” Rincón-Zachary said. Rincón-Zachary said she hopes that students get the experience of EURECA, so the office of EURECA

has promoted the forum through postmaster, Twitter, Facebook and they asked faculty to announce it in their individual classes. “We try to promote the forum with all the venues that we have,” Rincón-Zachary said. The EURECA office created an engagement activity to help faculty motivate the students to come to the forum by evaluating three presentations. “The point is to have this resource so that the students can come and participate as an audience and learn from attending these particular presentations,” Rincón-Zachary said. When asked which presentation stands out to her Rincón-Zachary laughed. “I’m going to be biased and say my students,” Rincón-Zachary said. “The ones that I’m mentoring directly.” According to Rincón-Zachary, the forum is like a discovery. “[A presentation] blows your mind because it is more than what you expected,” Rincón-Zachary said. “That is a really good feeling, second to none.” The forum has been going on for four and a half years, starting in 2013. This semester there are more than 60 students participates in the forum. “I wish [students] get to have the EURECA experience and if they don’t then to come see what their peers are doing,” Rincón-Zachary said.

“Wichita Falls is such a small town, I am interested to see how people react to the show.”

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Commencment speaker is chosen 2013 FILE PHOTO BY SHELBY DAVIS | THE WICHITAN

Ben Carson, neurosurgeon, speaks at the spring 2013 commencement at Kay Yeager coliseum on May 10, 2013. PHOTO BY BRADLEY WILSON | THE WICHITAN

Megan Piehler delivered the commencement address at Midwestern State University graduation, May 13, 2017.

Speaker board discusses future commitments When it came time to hand in her outline for her speech, Piehler said she felt no pressure turning in her speech to Shipley aculty members wore rainbow-colored ribbons pinned to because of their relationship. In her senior year, Piehler served their robes at graduation ceremonies in 2013. And when as the student regent on the Board of Regents. “I reviewed my speech with Dr. Shipley and just kind of chatted the commencement speaker, Ben Carson, stood up, dozens through what I was going for and what she was of faculty members also stood up and walked out. thinking,” Piehler said. “The commencement “Several years ago we had a speaker come in, and speech is a time to reflect on past experiences there were some faculty that walked out during and set a goal mentally of what they’re striving to the speech,” Debbie Barrow, director of Board and accomplish. It should be a moment of reflection Government Relations, said. “At that point, the and celebration.” president at that time committed to the faculty By going over the outline, committee members and staff that when we selected a speaker, we provide input on the speech, making it available would use a committee.” for any changes by the speaker. The committee consists of Barrow, Suzanne “We want to make sure that whatever message Shipley, university president, David Carlston, DEBBIE BARROW faculty senate chair, Newman Wong, Staff Senate DIRECTOR OF BOARD AND is put forward will be uplifting and encouraging chair and Maria Peña, political science senior and GOVERNMENT RELATIONS to the students that are graduating and to the families that are there,” Barrow said. “We have student government president. had very good luck with our speakers. Whenever Committee members work with speakers to write an eight — 10 minute speech and view the speech at least we have had a challenging situation, we just looked at our 10 days in advance. While this helps organize and clarifies any processes to make sure that we were doing everything that we confusion, this also benefits sign language interpreters and could to have the best experience for everyone there.” Committee members said they hope to focus on the new translators at the graduation by giving them something to repetition of having the previous springs Hardin Scholar give review beforehand. “We trust that our students will speak appropriately,” Barrow the speech in the May graduation, and a graduate to speak at said. “I haven’t heard any great concerns. We ask them to talk the December graduation. This process will be continued and tested next year with about their journey.” Individual speakers like Megan Piehler, May 2017 graduate, spring’s commencement speaker and current Hardin scholar, spoke at her own graduation, and focused her speech on Luke Allen. The commencement members will then get empowering people and encouraged graduates to think together after May graduation to determine if the system is of graduation not as an end, but as a beginning. As part of worth keeping. “We have not made a commitment to how we are going to do the Collegiate Leadership Consultant for Gamma Phi Beta International Sorority, Piehler works and travels all over the it going forward,” Barrow said. “We wanted to try this one more year, because last year was the first year that we did it.” country. BRITTNI VILANDRE REPORTER

“We want to make sure the message put forward will be uplifting.”

1998 alumnus to speak at fall graduation BRITTNI VILANDRE REPORTER

s a graduate of the class of 1998 with a degree in political science, Richard Glen Young has traveled and done business in more than 150 countries. Young hopes to share his experiences and how the school has helped him get to where he is today. “I’m thinking about the experiences that I’ve had,” said Young, “observations I’ve made in my career and my life that I could share with them, that they would find useful.” As Young plans his speech he has not received any indications that the commencement committee will be making any edits to his speech. He has only been asked to provide comments on the speech a week in advance. Some of the comments include, “the benefits and the strengths and the education from MSU that I’ve observed in my own life,” Young said. “How MSU education prepares a person to contribute effectively to their community and to the world. And the importance of continuing to seek out and make the most of opportunities that are available to them.” Barrow said she can not remember anything about the commencement speech given at her graduation, so she would like to see more speakers have the ability to say one or two great things that will stick in the students minds well after the ceremony. “I hope that when they’ve been out of school for 30 years they can look back and go ‘Oh I don’t remember that persons name, but I remember they said,’” Barrow said. “It’s important that it be brief, to the point and something that’s meaningful.” After discovering he was chosen, Young began to reflect on his past experiences at the university. “I cherished the memories that I had at MSU. When I was a student here, MSU gave a lot to me, and I’d like to be able to give something back to it,” Young said. “If I can deliver some remarks that are inspirational or encouraging to the students, I’d like to be able to do that.” Young plans to share insight with the students about how their education will benefit their lives and help them to advance their careers moving forward. “MSU gives students an opportunity to learn in a small classroom setting,” Young said, “Professors care very much about the students and take an interest in the students lives and what they hope to accomplish. I was fortunate enough to benefit from that when I was a student. Because of the mentoring that I received, the advice that I received, I was able to gain an understanding of the opportunities that were available to me.”

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PHOTOS BY FRANCISCO MARTINEZ | THE WICHITAN

Brandon Neel, senior guard, dunks during the MSU vs. Oklahoma City exhibition game at D.L. Ligion Coliseum where MSU won 85-56 on Nov. 14. MSU students celebrate a 3 point shot.

Men’s basketball wins exhibition against Oklahoma City MAKAYLA SCHECK REPORTER

he men’s basketball exhibition game against Oklahoma City University was originally scheduled for Oct. 30, but due to a basketball goal issue, the game was rescheduled for Nov. 14. The team won the exhibition with a score of 85-52. “We wanted to play two weeks ago and we had some trouble with the goal. We don’t have many home games, so we were ready to play,” Nick Powell, forward and undecided senior, said. Wanaah Bail, forward and undecided junior, made a basket for the men’s basketball team at the 18:22 mark of the first half. The score was close and at the 12:53 mark, the score was tied 15-15. This did not last very long, Bail was given foul shots, and he made one of them bringing the score to 16-15. Just after that, Romello Walker, sophomore guard shot the ball up for a basket, the ball was slightly off until Brandon Neel, senior guard was able to dunk the ball in the basket. This made the score 18-15 and the team lead the rest of the game. The first half ended with a thirteen point difference in favor of MSU. “The teamwork was unbelievable today, we all shared the ball really well. The points spread was pretty even, everyone was about seven or above, so

Devante Pullum, business senior, attempts a no-look pass to a teammate. we passed the ball around,” Walker said. The second half started off with a basket by Brandon Neel at the 18:39 mark. Wanaah Bail dunked the ball at the 17:58 mark and brought the

score to 44-27, only seconds later he made another basket. The beginning of the half started off moving very fast. After Bail and Neel score, Devante Pullum, guard and business senior, made a three-point shot making the score 49-29. The basketball team continued to pull further ahead of Oklahoma City. With 10 minutes left in the game, the score was 6535. Ola Ayodele, junior guard/forward, was given two foul shots at the 2:39 mark. He made both and the score was 83-50. Trae Jones, guard and business freshman, made a basket with 1:45 left in the game, bringing the final score to 85-52. “Our defense needs to improve and we could definitley share the basketball more. We had twelve turnovers tonight so taking care of the basketball could get better,” Andre Shaw, assistant coach, said. “As we head into conference there are a lot more talented teams and we will be scouted more in depth. I think valuing the basketball is something we need to take hold of if we want to go as far as we talk about.” The exhibition game ended with a score of 8552, a 33-point difference. Although the men’s basketball team did win this game, it will not effect their 0-2 record. The men’s basketball team will return to D. L. Ligon Coliseum at 7 p.m. on Nov. 21 against Southwestern Assemblies of God.

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Season off to 1-1 start MAKAYLA SCHECK REPORTER

he Ashbrook Classic came to an end with the women’s basketball team record 1-1. On Nov. 10, they lost to Colorado Mesa 64-71. On Nov. 11 they were able to beat Oklahoma Christian 72-68 with an amazing comeback. At the 8:34 mark of the first quarter, Whitney Taylor, forward and education senior, made a three-point shot to start off the game. Oklahoma Christian followed up making the score 3-3. Twenty-five seconds left and Hannah Reynolds, center and health science freshman, made a shot to bring MSU five points behind OCU. “I feel a lot better today than last night. We worked together as a team and executed a lot better,” Reynolds said. In the second quarter at the 9:04 mark, Micheline Mercelita, forward and kinesiology senior, made two foul shots. The quarter went on slower than the first. Reynolds made a shot at the 7:10 mark bringing the score to 19-25. Jasmine Richardson, guard and exercise physiology senior, and Liz Cathcart, forward and marketing sophomore, together made two foul shots. The score going in to half time was 29-31.

“Today I felt like we didn’t do a good job early on of stopping them in transition and we played to their tempo,” Noel Johnson, head coach, said. The second half as a whole saw a huge change in the women’s drive. The third quarter ended with a score of 47-54. “At the second half, we did a better job at controlling tempo and making them run offense on the side of the floor they didn’t want to,” Johnson said. The 9:20 mark of the fourth quarter saw a threepoint basket by Kristin Rydell, guard and nursing senior. The score halfway through the quarter was 6061. With two more foul shots and a basket at the 1:12 mark by Reynolds, the women won 71-65. “Our coaches gave us a lot of things to change at halftime. So we came out with good momentum wanting to upset this team,” Taylor said. “We wanted to redeem ourselves from yesterdays game, so we came out a lot more aggressive in the second half.” At the end of the game, two players were awarded for being all-tournament players. Hannah Reynolds was named the all-tournament player on the women’s basketball player. “It is a big accomplishment for just being a freshman,” Reynolds said.

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Chelsea Adams, criminal justice junior, recovers a rebound during the MSU vs. Oklahoma Christian game at D.L Ligion Coliseum, where MSU won 72-68, Nov. 11.

S EASON RECORD 15-16 OVERALL, 7-13 L E A G U E

Volleyball ends season losing to Texas A&M Kingsville 3-1 MAKAYLA SCHECK REPORTER

exas A&M-Kingsville claimed a four-set win over Midwestern State for its seventh win in its last nine matches Friday night at D.L. Ligon Coliseum. The Javelinas got 16 kills from junior Madison Brabham and 14 more from senior Lexi Wick as setter Casey Klobedans amassed 57 assists to lead TAMUK to a team hitting percentage of .265. Seniors Aerielle Edwards and Meghan Bettis accounted for 29 of the Mustangs’ 44 kills. Bettis, who clubbed 51 kills over her last three collegiate matches, moved past Caitlin Wallace to close her career at No. 10 on the program’s all-time kill list with 938. Edwards moved from libero to outside hitter during the last week of the season to delivered nights with 23, 10 and 16 kills. Midwestern State closes the season with a 15-16 overall record and 7-13 in league play.

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Aerielle Edwards, senior, and Addison Semer, senior, wait for a block during the game against Texas A&M Kingsville. Sept. 10. Raven Presley, freshman, hits the ball during the game against Texas A&M Kingsville 3-1.

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Brandon Neel, senior guard, dunks during the MSU vs. Oklahoma City exhibition game at D.L. Ligion Coliseum where MSU won 85-56 on Nov. 14. MSU students celebrate a 3 point shot.

Men’s basketball wins exhibition against Oklahoma City MAKAYLA SCHECK REPORTER