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SPORTS

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ED: Did your parking lot complaints make it in? Pg. 2

Women start new organization on campus.

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Garza leads Rams into winning streak this season. Pg. 7

OP: Are Wesleyan’s older sports being ignored?

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Looking to try vegan comfort food in Fort Worth? Pg. 6

Will the Lady Rams improve their record?

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Ray Bedford Quick Facts

Photo contributed by Neph Rivera Ray Bedford was selected as Wesleyan’s head coach of the men’s and women’s wrestling teams. He stood out with his expertise in the DFW Metroplex.

Bedford pins his place at Wesleyan as new coach HANNAH LATHeN hrlathen@txwes.edu

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exas Wesleyan’s new men’s and women’s wrestling teams finally have a leader in place.

Ray Bedford was selected to coach the men’s and women’s teams, which are expected to start competing in the NAIA Sooner Athletic Conference in the fall.

Athletic Director Ricky Dotson said Bedford was the best candidate for the job because of his experience and connections to the wrestling scene in the DFW Metroplex.

“His experience with the amateur club wrestling piece of it, plus his experience as a high school coach, I think gives him a connection to high school coaches and athletes,” Dotson said. “I think that is a huge

part of it. The other part is that he has got a lot of experience at the international team levels as well.”

Bedford is the owner of Spartan Mat Club and is a high school wrestling coach at Plano Senior High School, according to a press release sent out by Wesleyan.

Bedford’s passion makes Dotson excited to see where wrestling is headed.

“In the interview process he said, ‘Listen, I have always dreamed of being in this position, and I don’t want to go anywhere else. This is where I want to be. This is where I want to end my career,’” Dotson said. “The idea of being able to start a program like this and to see it through is something that I think he relishes.”

Bedford has made a name for

himself in wrestling on local, national and international levels and, he said, even competed last year in the master’s division of the U.S. Open. He said that he first got his start in the sport when he was around eight years old.

“I wrestled in Ponderosa which at the time, for about a 25-year period, was a top ten nationally ranked high school,” Bedford said. “It was a tough wrestling room with a great hall of fame high school coach.”

After high school Bedford joined the Navy, where he also wrestled.

He said that he always kept his hand in coaching.

“Whenever I would take leave to coach the California national team with my high school coach, I would volunteer at high schools and JCs or wherever I was stationed,” he said.

“I always kind of kept my hand in the game.”

Bedford said right now he is focused on getting the program running. He is working with Dotson on finding a space to practice and recruitment.

“I have had three recruits already apply,” Bedford said.

Recruitment will probably be the easiest part of getting the wrestling program together at Texas Wesleyan.

“So many kids are excited about us,” he said, “so many Texas kids.”

Bedford said he thinks the women’s team will be competitive nationally in the first season.

“Just with the girls in my club alone who are talking about going

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1. He has experience and connections in the DFW Metroplex.

2. Beford is the founder of the Spartan Mat Club, one of the largest elite high school wrestling clubs in Texas, located in Flower Mound.

3. He is the current head wrestling coach at Plano Senior High School and will continue to be until the end of the academic year.

4. In high school, Bedford wrestled at Ponderosa.

5. Beford joined the Navy after high school.

6. He has also coached the Texas Men’s and Women’s Cadet and Junior National Dual Teams as well as the Fargo National Championship Teams.

7. He was requested to be assistant coach of the Cadet Pan Am Team for 2019.

8. Since 2016, he’s assisted with getting more than 90 students to state.

9. Bedford’s club claims 12 champions, 44 placings, and more than 25 college wrestlers.

10. Bedford has already begun recruiting and will lead Wesleyan’s teams in the NAIA starrting in the fall.

Graphic by Hannah Onder Ray Bedford facts are from ramsports.net and an interview.

Veganism takes root in Texas Wesleyan’s Cowtown community HANNAH LATHeN hrlathen@txwes.edu

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exas Wesleyan may be located in “Cowtown” but the university is home to a diverse population of students, faculty and staff, which include vegans and vegetarians.

Academic Coordinator for Liberal Studies Beth Jackson has been a vegan for five years. She decided to make the change at age 38 after losing both of her parents to blood- and heart-related issues.

“I decided I didn’t want to go down that path,” Jackson said.

Jackson said she was first

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introduced to veganism by her best friend. At the time she had already cut out red meat and was only eating chicken and pork.

“Then I started looking at the vegan diet and how to be healthy on a vegan diet because you can be unhealthy vegan because Dr Pepper and chips are vegan,” Jackson said. “It is not a good diet to be on Dr Pepper and chips.”

When she first made the change, Jackson said, she spent a lot of time doing research and reading food labels at the grocery store.

“With Walmart, Target and those areas, they didn’t have vegan options,” she said.

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When veganism grew popular in 2017 and 2018, there started to be many more options in the grocery store for vegans.

The hardest part about being a vegan is eating at restaurants, especially in Texas, Jackson said.

She always has to make sure the waiter or waitress understands her diet.

“Say you want to order a baked potato, it sounds safe right? Oh no, they like to add butter to your baked potato. They like to add sour cream and cheese,” she said. “If you order it plain, they still bring it with butter on top.”

Jackson’s favorite restaurant in

Photo by Hannah Lathen Julissa Norment asks for the vegan-friendly food options at Dora’s.

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The Lady Rams’ seniors led the charge to victory over Oklahoma Panhandle State University on Saturday afternoon as the team prepared to play in the Sooner Athletic Conference tournament this week.

Seniors Lexi Burns and Adrianna Davis scored 19 and 12 points, respectively. The 66-56 victory over OPSU...

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The main issues regarding the parking lots are a lack of space, damaging pavement, lack of safety, lighting, and security.

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exas Wesleyan has a multitude of issues regarding the parking lots on campus.

These issues include a general lack of parking space for students, as Wesleyan is a commuter campus. There is also a lack of visibility of the parking lines in the lots, and although facilities hoped to repaint several of the lots last year, they could not do this due to the budget, Facilities Operations Coordinator

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in this lot. With so many students parking on the streets around campus, parking lines painted on the streets would be helpful.

Students are worried for their safety in the Wesleyan parking lots, as there have been multiple burglaries, including a student being robbed at gunpoint last semester in parking lot X. With fences, gates, lighting, and security cameras in parking lots U and X, this issue could be resolved.

Another issue students are facing is losing parking spots to the construction crew working on the Nick and Lou Martin Center. This

can cut into students’ class time and their success in the classroom if they are late to class while trying to find an open spot.

The main issues regarding the parking lots are a lack of space, damaging pavement, lack of safety, lighting, and the need for additional security. Wesleyan is making great strides in adapting to the modern needs of modern students, such as online programs and more eating and lounging spaces on campus, but considering that Wesleyan is a commuter campus, these pressing issues regarding the parking lots must be addressed as well.

Are adding sports helpful or harmful?

“I believe that when new student athletes are being recruit-

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Alyssa Cavitt told the Student Government Association earlier this month.

The pavement is severely bumpy and hard on tires. Wesleyan student Jonathan Dermott told SGA during a February meeting that he has had to replace two tires since attending classes at Wesleyan due to potholes, broken glass, nails, and other hazardous debris.

SGA is aware of these issues and is using its influence to improve the problem of debris in parking lot E. The parking curbs in parking lot U are crooked and create too-tight spaces for the students who park

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ed, they are much more likely to want to attend a achool that looks like it takes great care of its athletes. ” - Ashton Willis, senior mass communication major

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exas Wesleyan has been trying its best to keep the number of students increasing over the past few years.

The university’s main source has been adding sports teams to ensure that enrollment keeps growing.

Since the fall of 2015, Wesleyan has added men’s and women’s tennis, football, dance, esports and now men’s and women’s wrestling.

Although this is a great opportunity to have more athletes on campus, my question to Wesleyan is: Why do you continue adding sports when the ones here are already suffering?

There are currently only portable bathrooms at the soccer fields.

As far as the gym is concerned, multiple sports use this for prac-

tice, and this makes it nearly impossible to coordinate everyone’s practice times.

Both the football team and the tennis teams must travel to practice and the athletes on these teams have to spend their own gas money as a result.

I think it is crucial to ensure that the athletes on campus are being taken care of in the best way possible.

Everyone wants to be able to attend a school where they have home matches, at home.

This creates a sense of pride associated with your school and makes you proud of where you go.

I believe that when new student athletes are being recruited, they are much more likely to want to attend a school that looks like it

takes great care of its athletes.

More students would want to come here if they drove up and saw that all the sports facilities were located on campus, or at least very close.

Also, more people would be more likely to come and support the teams if the matches and games were played at Texas Wesleyan.

I hope that in the next few years Wesleyan realizes that the sports that are here need to be taken care of regardless of what is being added.

A big question that I feel many students ask is: If more sports are being added, does this take away from the scholarship opportunities for the other sports teams?

The more sports that are added, the more money is required.

If there were not as many sports, students might be able to receive a larger amount of scholarship money.

As many students know, Wesleyan is a private school, and tuition is definitely not cheap. On top of the hefty price of the school, scholarships do not increase with the tuition price, making it difficult for some athletes to continue to attend Wesleyan.

If this changed, it would be a better opportunity for the student athletes.

I am grateful for the opportunity that I was given to be a college athlete at Texas Wesleyan University.

I only want to see the school improve over the years and give the next generation an even better experience.

ing each graduating senior with a large color photograph of themselves, along with an attached basketball jersey with their number.

And photographs are taken of the players and their very proud immediate family members who are attending. And the tears flow - including mine.

It caps off the basketball careers

in a special way that these players will remember and cherish the rest of their lives.

This is a remembrance they can take with them, along with a great education and friendships that will last a lifetime.

Letter to the editor This letter is in response to the Feb. 23 TXWES Basketball Senior Day. One of the very nice traditions of Wesleyan basketball teams takes place at the Richardson Center during the last home game of the season. It is Senior Night, when the graduating seniors of the ladies and mens teams receive

special recognition for their playing time and contributions for the Rams.

Until that day comes it is all to easy for us, as spectators, to view our basketball players in a single dimension - as players only.

But Steve Trachier and Brennan Shingleton make a special occasion out of Senior Day- present-

Sincerely, Jan Fersing , Trustee

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to school there, there are six of those girls that are in the top ten nationally ranked girls,” he said. “We would be started with a team of freshman, I have been coaching for six, seven, eight years.”

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Wesleyan Student Government Association Chief Justice Zack Lanham wrestled for four years in high school. He said that Bedford coming from Plano shows he has a lot of experience.

“I kind of have little knowledge when it comes to wrestling and somebody with his credentials, somebody coming with his hands-on teaching methods, I think he is going to be really successful here at the

on my own and it wasn’t something that my parents raised me to do, I did it on my own.”

Norment said she did not know much about veganism when she first started, but making the change has been an eye-opening experience.

“I have never been sick since I went vegan, and I think that is pretty cool. I learned more about our environment and how we need to save our environment and recycle more,” she said.

Norment lives on campus and has a meal plan. She said that Dora’s Café and the West Express Eatery offer options she can eat.

“Last semester, I found out they had veggie burgers and I found out you just have to ask for it,” she said. “It is not exactly what they serve but it is how you can work it.”

One of the reasons Norment said she went vegan initially was for the challenge. One of the hardest parts of veganism is looking out for ingredients in food that are not vegan.

“Most people that I have talked to is like, ‘Oh I can’t give up meat,’ or ‘I can’t give up cheese,’” she said. “Really my hardest part was the stuff that are made with like milk.

It is very hard to kick things with like milk and eggs.”

Senior computer science major Jaymin Prajapati is from India and he said he has

been vegetarian since birth, not eating any meat or eggs.

“I come from a country where the populations is 71 percent vegetarian there,” Prajapati said.

Many people in India see animals as godly creatures. Prajapati said that cows especially are considered a sacred animal and are treated with respect.

“No one eats a cow or hurts a cow,” Prajapati said.

Prajapati said that when he was growing up his family and everyone at school were vegetarian and he did not meet a meat-eater until he was an adult. He is repulsed by the smell of meat and eggs.

“The smells gross me out,” Prajapati said.

“Sometimes when someone is cooking chicken or something next to my apartment, the smells freak me out.”

Dr. Ronnie McManus, professor of religion, has been a vegetarian for 42 years.

He was brought up on meat and potatoes, but after a camping trip to Colorado with a youth group in 1977, he said he had lost his desire for meat.

“It wasn’t really a great religious experience or anything like that. I remember looking at a meat in a pan, and it had all the coloration, the reds and the greens and the rainbow,”

university,” Lanham said.

Lanham said that he has noticed Bedford has already started recruiting and thinks he will be an asset to the school.

“I am glad that he is a Ram,” Lanham said.

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“I have never been sick since I went vegan, and I think that is pretty cool.

I learned more about our environment and recycle more.”

- Julissa Norment, freshman theater major Fort Worth is a vegan place on Magnolia Avenue called Spiral Diner. She said she goes there every week.

“It is easy, and I don’t have to worry about ordering around their menu,” Jackson said.

Freshman theater major Julissa Norment has been a vegan for almost two years.

She said she heard about veganism from a classmate in her junior of high school and decided to try it.

“I went vegan over the summer and I just never stopped,” Norment said. “I found it

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Jessica Cepak, sophmore psychology major “[Yes] because there’s no parking near McFadden and in the gravel lot there’s no security.”

Photo by Hannah Lathen Freshmen theater major Julissa Norment checks the ingredients in the soup at Dora’s.

McManus said. “I began to think to myself, ‘I wonder what all I am putting in my body?’”

McManus said that 40 years ago it was not easy being a vegetarian because there were not many around. At restaurants he would have to order only the vegetables or a salad.

“What has happened in the last 25 years, is the meat substitutes. The soy and the tofu. Forty years ago, that was not around,” McManus said. “This morning I had mock bacon.”

Is parking an issue on campus?

Kierra Glover, junior psychology major

“Why am I paying thousands of dollars to go school here to turn around and pay a $500 deductible because my car is broken into? They need to focus on secuirty and less on writing tickets”

Elspeth Harris, junior computer science major “All the close parking is reserved for faculty. Parallel parking or gravel parking seem like most of the options.”

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campus events

Feb. 27 - March 16

Sunday

Monday

March 3

March 4

-Greater Fort Worth Community Band Concert @ 3 p.m.

-MGOLF at Oklahoma City University

-Summer ResLife Job Applications Due @ 5 p.m.

-Zeta Phi Beta: The Game of Life Civic Engagement Workshop @ 7 p.m.

-MGOLF at Oklahoma City University

March 10

March 11 -Spring Break - WGOLF at Midwestern State University

Tuesday

March 5 -Zeta Phi Beta: Blu Tuezday Mardi Gras Game Night @ 6 p.m.

-MGOLF at Oklahoma City University -BB vs. Texas A&M Texarkana @ 2 p.m. (home) -SB vs. Oklahoma City University @ 2 p.m., 4 p.m. (home)

March 12 -Spring Break -WGOLF at Midwestern State University -BB vs. Louisana State Shreveport @ 2 p.m. (home)

Wednesday

Thursday

Feb. 27

Feb. 28

March 6

March 7

-Zeta Phi Beta: Makeup Donation Drive w/ Lambda Tau Zeta @ 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

March 13 -Spring Break

-Black History Month Cookout @ 6 p.m.

-AAWY brings Planned Parenthood to campus @ 1 p.m.

-Artist Lecture: Rebecca Boatman Silent Covenants @ 2 p.m.

-Ed.D. for an Evening @5 p.m.

-Wind Ensemble Concert @ 7:30 p.m.

-“In Her Shoes” Run and Coffee @ 8 a.m.

-Cards and Cookies @ 10 a.m.

-“Be Bold” Pledge @ 12 p.m.

-Tea Party @ 3 p.m.

- Pics with AXiD Chicks @12:15 p.m.

-Zeta Phi Beta: Finer + Fit @ 7 p.m.

March 14

-Spring Break -MTRACK at the University of the Incarnate World -WTRACK at the University of the Incarnate World -SB vs. Oklahoma Panhandle State University @ 2 p.m., 4 p.m. (home)

Friday March 1

-Texas Pre-Independence Day @ 12 p.m.

-Last Day of SGA and BSA’s Book and Clothing Drive -MTEN vs Our Lady of the Lake -MTRACK at University of Texas in Tyler -WTRACK at University of Texas in Tyler -BB vs. Central Christian College @ 1 p.m., 3 p.m. (home)

March 8 -Zeta Phi Beta: Lunch (private), RSVP to psizeta3rd@gmail.com -MTEN at John Brown University -WTEN at John Brown University -BB vs. Oklahoma Panhandle State University @ 12 p.m., 2 p.m. (away)

March 15 -Spring Break -MTRACK at the University of the Incarnate World -BB vs. Wayland Baptist University @ 12 p.m., 2 p.m. (home) -SB vs. Oklahoma Panhandle State University @ 2 p.m., 4 p.m. (home)

Saturday March 2

-Ph.D. MFT Luncheon @ 11:30 a.m.

-Art Reception: Silent Covenants @ 2 p.m.

-WTEN vs Concordia University @ 1 p.m. (home) -MTEN vs. Concordia University @TBA (home) -MGOLF at Oklahoma City University -BB vs. Central Christian College @ 12 p.m. (home)

March 9

-MTEN at John Brown University -WTEN at John Brown University -WTRACK vs. Jet Relays Herman E. Clark Stadium (home) -MTRACK vs. Jet Relays Herman E. Clark Stadium (home) -BB vs. Oklahoma Panhandle State University @12 p.m. (away)

March 16

-Spring Break -BB vs. Wayland Baptist University @ 12 p.m. (home) -SB vs. Friends University @ 2 p.m., 4 p.m. (home)

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EVENTS Feb. 28 –AAYW brings Planned Parenthood to campus @ 1 p.m. in Room 214 in the Eunice and James L. West Library March 7 –“In Her Shoes Run” and Coffee @ 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. at the West Library March 7 –Empower Her Cards and Cookies @ 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the West Library March 7 –“Be Bold” Pledge @ 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. at the West Library March 7 –Tea Party @ 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Lou’s Place, RSVP required by March 1 to speters2@txwes.edu March 22 –Women in Leadership Forum featuring Judy Hoberman presented by the School of Business

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Photo courtesy of Hannah Lathen Students Karen Duarte-Escobar, Hannah Lathen and Alyssa Hutchinson of the AAYW were awarded scholarships to attend a women’s conference in Washington D.C. in May and June.

Graphic by Angel Wren Wesleyan’s new women’s organization, American Association of Young Women, a chapter of American Assocation of University Women, meets every other Friday at 1 p.m. in the West Library in Room 214. The next meeting is Feb. 28 and includes Planned Parenthood.

Texas Wesleyan’s American Association of Young Women started with a march.

Student Government Association President Alyssa Hutchinson was looking for someone to lead a new women’s organization; she just wasn’t sure who until she attended the Women’s March Fort Worth in late January.

“Hannah (Lathen, a senior mass communication major) was there,” Hutchinson said. “She is very outspoken about her feminist views, so I was like, ‘Hey do you want to run a feminist organization on campus?’ and she’s like, ‘Yeah, I’ve been wanting to do something before I leave.’ So that’s how it all started.”

Hutchinson, as SGA president, isn’t allowed to be president of any other organization, so she became vice president with Lathen as president of Texas Wesleyan’s AAYW. The AAYW had its first official meeting Jan. 31 and currently meets bi-weekly on Thursdays at 1 p.m. in room 214 on the second floor of the Eunice and James L. West Library.

“I think this semester specifically I just wanted to see who was interested and who also felt like this was something,” Hutchinson said. “I feel like organizations in general are very supply and demand; if nobody feels like women’s issues are a problem then nobody’s going to show up to the meetings. But our first meeting we had almost 30 signatures, so that means there are definitely people out there that are at least curious about this.

“That was kind of our goal, and we already reached it. Now it’s like as far as keeping active members, I’d like to have at least 20 or 15 staying until next semester. I know some of them are going to graduate and some of them are going to realize like, ‘Oh, this isn’t my thing.’”

Hutchinson first was introduced to the idea of having AAYW on campus last fall by Dr. Helena Bussell, associate provost and accreditation liaison.

“As a young professional, in my first job out of college, I worked at Georgia College,” Bussell wrote in an email. “I was invited to become a member of the local chapter of the American Association of University Women and was really impressed by their work. (The name American Association of Young Women is the chosen name for the Wesleyan chapter.) I eventually served as chapter president where I was and

Photo courtesy of Hannah Lathen Students Alyssa Hutchinson and Hannah Lathen (left) and alumni Valeria Ramos and Tristeza Ordex-Ramirez marched at the Women’s March in downtown Fort Worth in January. They decided to form a women’s organization at the march.

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became quite familiar with AAUW’s programs: research, public policy, leveling the playing field in STEM education, education funding, salary negotiation, and more.”

When AAUW reached out to ensure Wesleyan had a college liaison, Bussell wrote, she stepped in due to her prior experience and is happy to see Wesleyan’s community adopting the organization’s message and work.

“I’m hoping all our students will take advantage of the information and assistance provided by AAUW and hope to see our students learn more about the local and national programs that are part of AAUW’s strategic initiatives,” Bussell wrote.

“Through our AAYW chapter and the AAUW organization, our students will have easier access to good information, a network, and also scholarships as well as an opportunity to participate in national conferences.”

While Bussell serves as liaison and an unofficial advisor, the official advisor of the club is Enrollment Counselor Marissa Wilkinson.

Another important name in the organization is Angel Wren, a senior psychology major serving as AAYW’s event coordinator. Wren wrote in an email that she decided on the position because she had experience in finding speakers and setting up events and she wants to see the organization thrive.

“I joined the women’s club because I wanted to learn more about women’s right, become more educated on women’s issues, and learn how to become an advocate for women’s rights,” Wren wrote.

Wren wrote that there is an event planned about Planned Parenthood and that she’s working on one about human trafficking issues as well. She wants the organization to inform and open dialogue between students of all genders.

“What I want people to know about the new women’s club is it’s a safe environment that is here to promote empowerment, education on women’s issues and gender equality, and develop leadership and networking opportunities for its members and fellow students,” Wren wrote.

Hutchinson also wants to open dialogue and encourages people to come to AAYW meetings, whether they believe in women’s rights or not.

“I think it would benefit you come to at least one meeting and see whatever side,” Hutchinson said. “It’s always nice to be open and going to a liberal arts college you’re here for a well-rounded education. I’ve been to plenty of organizations’ things that I don’t always quite believe in, so I’d say that everyone should just go ahead and give it a chance.”

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‘What Men Want’ reworks 2000 movie

Photos courtesy of IMDb “What Men Want,” a remake of the 2000’s “What Women Want,” hit theaters Feb. 8. It has an average rating of 5.2 on Rotten Tomatoes.

Hope Allison heallison@txwes.edu (This review contains spoilers.) ust in time for Black History Month, Paramount Players, BET, and Will Packer Productions come together to remake an old movie with a more inclusive cast.

“What Men Want” creates a world where anything is possible, including reading men’s minds. It includes many big names like Taraji P. Hensen (who plays Ali Davis)

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and Tracy Morgan; even Pete Davidson makes an appearance. What many viewers don’t realize is that it’s a remake of 2000’s “What Women Want,” in which Nick Marshall (Mel Gibson) can read women’s minds.

“Women” had a mainly white cast with one notable black character. In “Men” (rated R, one hour and 57 minutes), the main characters mostly are all black. Davis, like Marshall, uses her ability to climb the ladder in the workplace. And

by the end of both films, the main characters lose their psychic abilities while finding love and realizing what lousy people they have been.

The story line of “Men” is very predictable and includes a few plot holes. Ali is not considered for a job because, her boss tells her, “a man can do [the job] better.” That evening, she gains her psychic abilities through a combination of THC tea and a hard blow to the head. She uses her abilities to prove she is capable of doing the job she

was passed up for.

“What Men Want” tries to be a satirical piece on stereotypes, including the gay best friend, the optimistic white girl, and the cynical salesman.

For example, whenever the optimistic white friend (Olivia, played

by Wendi McLendon-Covey) is shown on camera, she is always dressed in bright flowy dresses that stand out against the otherwise dark background.

Although the movie is a good idea

in theory, it was executed poorly and just came across as making fun of many different groups. The idea of remaking old, predominantly white movies with a more diverse cast seems like a stroke of genius, but it fell short here.

That being said, “Men” is still extremely entertaining to watch.

It just has very few elements that make it memorable. It is enjoyable in the moment, but maybe not a movie you would want to watch over and over again.

Spiral Diner serves up vegan comfort food

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n the midst of the hipster bars and coffee shops on Magnolia Avenue is a funky restaurant called Spiral Diner & Bakery that is serving food unlike many joints in town, or Texas for the matter.

Spiral Diner is a vegan 100 percent plant-based restaurant that serves up a unique range of food, from classic veggie burgers to quesadillas and pasta.

The restaurant, which opened in 2002 and also has locations in Dallas and Denton, often has a dining room full of people from all walks of life. It has become a hub for the city’s nonmeat eaters, one of the few vegan options in town.

There is almost always a crowd of Texas Christian University or Texas Wesleyan students and Spiral has an Austin-like atmosphere. The groovy colors and eclectic fixtures will make one feel miles away from Cowtown.

Those who have not been to Spiral Diner and run the other way when hearing the term “vegan food” do not have to worry. Many carnivores come to the restaurant to eat their plant-based twists on classic foods and flavors. Appetizers range from $2.25 for toast with homemade jam to nachos ($12.95).

Want to Go?

• Spiral Diner & Bakery is located at 1314 West Magnolia Ave. • Hours are 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Tuesday-Friday and 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

• For more information, call 817-332-8834 or go to spiraldiner.com.

The restaurant offers a “Bacun Ranch Cheeseburger” ($12.75) that features vegan ranch, homemade “bacun” and choice of a soy patty, a cashew-quinoa patty, a mushroom cap patty or a beyond burger, which is a mock beef patty.

One item that will for sure confuse a non-vegan is the “Buffalo Chik’n Sandwich” ($11.95) made from soy chicken strips marinated in a delectable, spicy buffalo sauce.

If you plan to hit up the eatery, be prepared for a line. During dinner time the restaurant can get packed.

The restaurant also has a bakery which offers vegan cookies ($11.10 for half a dozen) and cakes ($30$75), which will have one ready to Photos by Hannah Lathen convert to veganism.

Spiral Diner & Bakery serves up 100 percent plant-based dishes that appeal to a wide variety of tastes in Fort Worth.

Spiral Diner is not just “good for a vegan place.” It is just good.

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Courtesy of ramsports.net Head baseball coach Robert “Bobby” Garza poses for his headshot featured on ramsports.net.

Garza hits home run as head baseball coach Miranda Day

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Rams 2019 Overall Record

Robert Garza began his first fullseason as head baseball coach with a 10-0 winning streak.

Garza took over as head coach mid-season in 2018 after head coach Mike Jeffcoat was let go by the university.

A resident of Cedar Hill, Garza came to Texas Wesleyan University in 2014 after the last college he worked for, Northwood University, closed down, and he is thankful to Graphic by Hannah Onder be a part of the Ramily.

According to ramsports, this is the Prior to coaching at Northwood baseball team’s record as of Feb. 25.

University for eight seasons, he coached at Dallas Baptist University, Garza said. where he had played.

Senior pitcher Parker Robinson “My family and I are blessed to be appreciates how Garza is not only Rams,” Garza said. “My previous in- focused on winning the game but stitution had shut down and the for- also making the players better in life. mer coach at Texas Wesleyan called “He has developed a philosophy and offered me a job.” of molding men out of us more than Garza praises the players and the just winning,” Robinson said. “Obrest of his coaching staff for the wins. viously winning is important but “[The players] have worked really at the end of the day he is a coach hard since day one. Our assistant that is focused on helping us grow as coaches do a great job as well. Hav- people and as students of the game.”

Courtesy of Robert Garza ing a determined team and great Robinson said that Garza’s love of Robert Garza, his wife and daughter pose for a selfie on the field. coaches make my job enjoyable,” the game has helped the players to

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learn.

“He knows the game of baseball so well, and we learn a lot from him.

You can also really see how much he loves and cares for each of his player, his passion drives all of us,” Robinson said.

Tanner Amaral, junior catcher, said that Garza’s “one team, one goal” mindset has pushed the team to understand and help one another.

“The mindset of we win as a team, lose as a team, and do everything as a team is what has brought us all so close on and off the field, and chemistry is very important to a successful team,” Amaral said.

Amaral said that the team is focused on winning the Sooner Athletic Conference first and then seeing how far they can go in Nationals.

“The goal for this team is to make it to Lewiston where the World Series is,” Amaral said. “The World Series is where the best in the nation compete for it all so if we are able to get there that makes us one of the best in the nation.”

Garza and the Rams will be playing March 1 at 1 p.m. against Central Christian College at Sycamore Park in Fort Worth.

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Lady Rams swing into the new season JACINDA CHAN

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exas Wesleyan’s softball team’s spring season is in full swing.

The Lady Rams started the season strong beating McPherson College 2-1 at the Cowtown Classic on Feb. 8, according to ramsports.net, and the team is currently 2-7.

With many more tournaments ahead, the Lady Rams are confident in where they’re headed.

Junior Taylor Sutton said the team has gained many talented players this year. Unfortunately, most of the team’s fall season was cancelled due to weather.

The Lady Rams only played one game in the fall, said Sutton, who is a catcher.

“The fall is where you get your team chemistry on the field and everything and so I feel like since we didn’t have a fall it kind of made it more difficult coming into the beginning of this season,” Sutton said. “But I think that we can still be successful this year.”

Photo courtesy of Little Joe Freshman Kimani Ferguson runs to the plate at the Cowtown Classic in February at Gateway Park.

Although the team has been off to a slow start, freshman infielder Chyann Jarrett wrote in an email that she has “faith” in the team.

“The team goals is to make it to nationals and win the whole thing,” Jarrett wrote. “I know we can do it. We have the talent and the skill, we just need to work better as a team. We will get there just takes a little practice. As they say practice makes perfect.”

Junior Darian Dunn says the goal for the team is to break out of their current losing streak and she knows they can with their strengths.

“Our strengths right now is definitely our defense,” said Dunn, who is a second baseman and outfielder.

The Lady Rams have their eyes set on the 2019 Sooner Athletic Conference, which begins March 5 against Oklahoma City University at Sycamore Park.

“We definitely want to go to conference,” Dunn said. “We’re hungry for it.”

The Lady Rams’ next tournament will be on March 1 against Mount Mercy University in Wichita, Kan. For more information go to ramsports.net.

Photo courtesy of Little Joe Ashton Davis prepares to catch the ball at the February tournament.