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Volume 93, Issue 7

Hussey sole finalist for TAMUK Presidency

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Beto holds sixth rally in Corpus Christi C.R NEAL Opinion Editor

CONTRIBUTED ARTICLE COLLEGE STATION, Texas — The Texas A&M University System Regents Tuesday named Dr. Mark Hussey as the sole finalist for the position of President of Texas A&M University-Kingsville.

Hussey is a long-time leader in The Texas A&M University System, having served as Vice Chancellor and Dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences from 2008 until 2018 and as the Director of Texas A&M AgriLife Research from 2004 until 2008.

He also was Interim President of Texas A&M University for 15 months during 2014-15.

“Dr. Hussey’s wealth of administrative experience in the A&M System will pay immediate dividends to Texas A&M-Kingsville,” said Charles W. Schwartz, chairman of the Board of Regents. “He is a perfect fit for Kingsville.”

Schwartz and Regent Phil Adams led a 12-member search committee to find a replacement for current TAMUK President Steve Tallant, who is

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Mark Hussey, Sole Finalist for TAMUK Presidency retiring at the end of January.

“Mark’s breadth of experience spans the most prolific agriculture research in the country, the best agricultural academics in the country and 15 months running Texas A&M University,” said Chancellor John Sharp.

“He did a great job in each of these and I predict he will oversee the rise of Texas A&M-Kingsville to a whole new level.”

After obtaining a bachelor’s degree in biology at the University of Illinois, Hussey finished his graduate work at Texas A&M with a Ph.D. in Plant Breeding in 1983. He rose through the faculty ranks at Texas A&M, becoming professor and department head of Soil & Crops Scienc-

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CORPUS CHRISTI - There was hardly a moment when the Richardson Performance Hall at Del Mar College was not filled with the deafening cheers from supporters of Texas senatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke (D-El Paso).

Even an hour before O’Rourke even entered the building cheers could be heard outside the performance hall emanating from the hundreds gathered within.

Young people in particular are drawn to O’Rourke’s message and many of them were in attendance, along with congressional political candidates Eric Holguin and Joe Kennedy.

O’Rourke expanded on why the younger Texans are attracted to his policies.

“These young people have been counted out for so long. No political consultant would ever allow me to

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Photo by C.R Neal

Beto O’Rourke speaking at Del Mar College Oct. 13.

Homecoming, a call back to days past Alumni, current students, staff, faculty to celebrate Homecoming Week DARCY RAMIREZ Editor-in-Chief There’s no place like home. On Oct. 22 Texas A&M University-Kingsville will kick off its celebration of homecoming. The week-long events will help alumni, current students, faculty and staff to engage and celebrate their alma mater.

Homecoming is a formal week full of king and queen nominations, the

fall carnival, sober spirit activities, the homecoming parade, Hog Call, alumni awards and other special events.

This is a time where past students can remember the rich tradition and roots of TAMUK, and can reflect with current students on the founding of the university in a week-long celebration.

Homecoming also creates opportunities for the alumni to share their experiences and stories about their time as Javelinas on campus with the current students. The support, love and pride from alumni still rings true today.

“When homecoming is celebrated at the university you can bet you will find me in the stands at the football game, or on the campus at one of the events. It’s been a little while since I graduated, but the school will always be near and dear to me. It’s a great

school, a good size, and I’m proud to have graduated from there,” said Joseph Vargas, an alumnus of TAMUK. The week-long events are organized by the Office of Student Activities in partnership with the Alumni and Development Office, who support and communicate with alumni throughout the year. The Alumni and Development Office also present-

ed this year’s theme “throwbacks,” for which the volleyball and football teams will be wearing throwback A&I jerseys during their games that week.

This theme strongly symbolizes a long

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Graphic courtesy of Javelina Athletics

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Students challenged to escape the virus CAB hosting virus-themed escape room

ILIANA FLORES Campus Editor For students of Texas A&M University-Kingsville (TAMUK) who enjoy solving puzzles and riddles, participating in an escape room from which you are under pressure to find your way out of a suspenseful situation can be fun.

Students will get to do just this at 7 p.m. on Oct. 22 in the Memorial Student Union Building, as the Campus Activities Board (CAB) is hosting an escape room.

While the event will be held at the university, people who are not students and up to the challenge will be able to participate.

The event will be free of charge, and as people show up, they will be put into groups of 10 to go through the room together.

The theme of the escape room will be a virus challenge. In this room, participants will have to solve puzzles to beat escape.

“They will use their knowledge and skills to solve riddles and jigsaw puzzles all while attempting to not get infected by the virus which lingers in the lab everyone is trapped in,” the CAB president Darrell Sanchez said.

The members of CAB put together

the event to set a spooky mood.

They were inspired to put together an escape room at TAMUK after experiencing one themselves at a conference and hearing about the rooms at “The Great Escape of C.C.” located in Corpus Christi.

“The Board got the idea of having an escape room after experiencing one first hand at one of the national conferences as well as having good feedback from the escape room in Corpus Christi. CAB felt the best time to have an escape room was in October. With Halloween being the main reason to have this escape room, CAB believed it would set the mood as the first event during Homecoming Week,” Sanchezsaid.

CAB encourages everyone to invite their friends and partake in the thrilling challenge of escaping from the “virus.”

“CAB and its members encourage everybody to attend our event to have a good time with friends during the Spooky Season.

“After students have gone through the escape room, we hope they feel better about working in a team and accomplishing difficult tasks,” Sanchezsaid.

Leticia Torres, a communications major, is looking forward to the event.

“It’s kind of exciting. I feel like it’s almost like a scavenger hunt event. It sounds genuinely fun,” Torres said.

Madison Ortega also thinks this event seems interesting.

“I think it’s really cool. I wish they could [do] stuff like that more often,” Ortega, a communications major, said.

Food and fun at 2018 TAMUK Fall Carnival ARYSSA ENRIQUEZ Reporter

A night filled with music, food and fun awaits at Texas A&M University-Kingsville’s (TAMUK) Fall Carnival.

The entire community is invited to celebrate from 5 to 10 p.m. on Oct. 24 at one of TAMUK’s favorite homecoming traditions.

“The best part of the Fall Carnival is that there is so many different foods and snacks to choose from, and it’s just so nice to see the entire community be involved and show their support on campus,” pre-vet student Elizabeth Rodriguez said.

The Fall Carnival is an annual event that offers student organizations an opportunity to fundraise. Organizations will sell food and other goods to raise money for the needs of their organizations.

Some organizations will even have

games and prizes for the community to enjoy.

“Although it is all fun and games, the Fall Carnival has a lot of work put into it. The strategic planning, deciding what to sell, whose working what shifts…it may all become chaotic.

However, it is wonderful to see everything come together and everyone enjoying the night,” said Josue Serna, an information system student.

While the carnival allows for organizations to raise money, it also is a night for students to learn about clubs on campus, enjoy snacks and have fun as they celebrate homecoming during a TAMUK tradition.

“The Fall Carnival is one of my favorite traditions, everyone comes out and is ready for a great time. It’s a great way to spend time with friends and family. It’s almost impossible not to enjoy the Fall Carnival,” said Jocelinne Benavides, a pre-vet student.

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People getting food at past fall carnival.

Photo courtesy of Facebook @marltonescaperoom

The Campus Activities Board recommends for anyone who attends the escape room event to give feedback so that the Board may get a better un-

derstanding of what events students like, to work on putting together more events, such as the escape room, for students to enjoy.

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TAMUK club of the week - Do That One Thing Club helps raise money for finding a cure for children battling cancer ARYSSA ENRIQUEZ Reporter The Triumph Over Kid Cancer Foundation has branched out into Texas A&M University-Kingsville (TAMUK) taking the name Do That One Thing.

Do That One Thing is a newly-established organization on campus that is devoted to improving the lives of children battling cancer and aids in discovering funding and research opportunities.

Each year, 175,000 children are diagnosed with pediatric cancer and that

number is only continuing to increase.

With only 4 percent of federal research funding going to pediatric cancer, there is a great need for funding to support research into treatment to help find a cure.

“Therefore, our mission is to improve the lives of children with cancer by raising their spirits, raising the public’s awareness and funding research to improve the treatment and survivability of pediatric cancer,” said Fatima Martinez, a Communication Science and Disorders student.

Cancer has taken many young lives, so Do That One Thing members are doing everything they can to attempt to change the lives of young cancer patients.

As an organization they are constantly looking for ways to improve the well-being of the sick and striving to find opportunities to end their suffering.

“I’ve known young children and adults who have lost their fight against cancer. However, after witnessing the remarkable impact Triumph Over Kid Cancer can do for the children and their families it makes me happy to be part of such a tremendous organization.” said Adriana Palomo, a Communication Sciences and Disorders student.

The Do That One Thing organization on campus is slowly aiming to change the world by finding a cure to one of the world’s biggest problems.

Although it is TAMUK’s first Do That One Thing chapter, members are determined to make a change and

Photos courtesy of the Triumph Over Kid Cancer Foundation

leave their mark.

“As a freshman, I wanted to join an organization that will help others, so when I heard about Do That One Thing I was excited to join. Being part of this

organization has given me self-purpose, knowing I’m able to cause a positive impact in the life of others,” said Mia Guevara, a Communication Sciences and Disorders student.

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Cheater cheater pumpkin eater

Social media during the holiday season places unneeded pressure on relationships

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Darcy Ramirez Editor-in-Chief America Quintero Managing Editor C.R. Neal Editorial Editor Plaserae Johnson Sports Editor Iliana Flores Campus Editor

KELBY SPRINKLES Reporter As we creep closer and closer to Halloween and the much-anticipated holiday season, couples may begin to feel an unneeded pressure to be cute. Cuteness, or the requirement to be so, is a common, but unfortunate side effect of the most wonderful time of the year.

In addition to maintaining a certain standard of cute, couples are also faced with challenges like meeting their significant other’s family for the first time, introducing said significant other to their own family and finding an adequate gift on a ramen noodle budget.

There will never be a more trivial time for those in love.

Social media outlets, such as Twitter and Instagram, ruthlessly perpetuate the idea that couples must abide by the strict social conventions of the holiday season. This unsaid code is enforced by the millions of people who post about whatever holiday-inspired gesture they performed or received from their significant other.

Our timelines are currently flooded by images of spooky gift baskets, corn maze photoshoots and his and her jack-o-lanterns.

Soon these photos will be replaced by images of couples attending each other’s Thanksgiving celebrations,

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matching flannel pajamas and poorly assembled snowmen. Any of these festive activities can be performed as a single person or with friends. Unfortunately, photos of friends or an individual during the holidays does not garner as many likes or as much attention when compared to a couple.

It is in the middle of this holiday hoopla that couples experience insecurities. With photos of other couples being “cute” plastered on every social media platform, couples might question why they are not exhibiting the same behavior. One half of the duo might wonder why the other is not posting pictures of them in a pumpkin patch.

They both may begin to question the depth of their love in comparison to the those on their timeline. Is their compatibility measured by the number of double-taps they get on their photo?

As someone in a relationship, I also feel pressured to portray my relation-

ship in a certain light on social media.

This pressure seems even more intense during the holiday season. I have often succumbed to the insecure idea that my partner does not love me or is embarrassed of being with me if he does not post about me on his social media accounts.

Obviously, none of these insecurities are valid or rational, but they are often experienced during this time of the year. It is important to remember that the quality of our relationships, romantic and otherwise, are not determined by social media standards. They are not meant to be shared and compared.

Each individual relationship is unique in how and when they express their love for one another.

It is within a couple’s best interest to not participate in or spend time viewing this type of behavior. This may be the only way to avoid the giant pitfall that is social media during the holiday season.

The half of the abused

Jaylin Morales Advertising Manager Reporters Josue Villarreal Aaron Monreal Kelby Sprinkles Adriana Palomo Aryssa Enriquez Adam Pena

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Two carved pumpkins

C.R. NEAL Opinion Editor When you’ve been abused, be it emotionally or physically, you gain a voice in the back of your head. For sake of discussion, I’ll name it Erebus.

Erebus tells me a lot of things and although people like to refer to it as small, it is anything but.

None of the things Erebus tells me are good, and often I believe it.

I believe that everyone is staring at me. I believe that I am incapable of love and being loved. Most importantly, I believe that I am not good enough to even be a person.

There have been some who say, “Just ignore it, and it will go away.”

They may as well tell me sing along to a happy song and pretend nothing is wrong.

But it is.

At some point along this journey of

life I lost touch with reality, which is ironic because I am well aware of the current state of the world.

The reality I have lost touch with is the part of me that sees the light in existence.

Tangible reality is only the surface of what reality as a whole actually is.

The deepness of consciousness, what some refer to as the soul, is real.

It permeates our existence to the very atoms that our bodies subsist on.

Most people’s conscious is a myriad of black and white, good and bad, resulting in a grayish hue, but those who have been abused tend to have a darkness embody them. That darkness hangs on me like a mist of intrusive thoughts, and from the darkness arose Erebus.

Sometimes a bright light seeps through providing a brief reprieve, but those times have grown few and far between.

Usually, the light emanates from a person who seems to care.

Those people do something nice for you, and for that fleeting moment Erebus’ insidious ideas are driven away, but they do not stay gone for long.

You start to wonder why you can’t do nice things for that person, or anyone else for that matter. The more you explore your mind, the closer you get to the truth.

I don’t want to.

A person I looked up to decided I was not valuable, as a result I closed myself off, not just from tangible reality, but from the entire entity. For all intents and purposes, I am sleepwalking.

Pink Floyd’s album The Wall explores the concept of closing yourself off from reality.

I relate more to the main character of The Wall than I do to anything else.

What does that say about me?

The main character of The Wall, named Pink Floyd, is a sociopath who hurts anyone who gets close to him.

His wife, mother and fans all suffer by Floyd’s hand while they stagger outside his mental fortress, begging to be let in so they can help him.

I walk through life in a sea of nameless faces shrouded in silence, even if they are yelling.

I do not matter, and I am powerless.

Those words hold a certain taboo in society.

If you utter them, people will attack you with phrases like, “You do matter,” and, “Don’t talk like that.”

Erebus tells me differently. I tell me differently.

I spent… spend, my days on a witch hunt for an exit.

Maybe I am not worthy of help, or maybe I just do not want to be.

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The UFC got what it deserved

Controversial ending was as predictable as it was bad for the sport

JOSUE VILLARREAL Reporter On Oct. 6, Ultimate Fighting Championship held one of its biggest events ever in UFC 229.

Headlining the event was the mouthwatering match-up of current undefeated Lightweight Division Champion Khabib “The Eagle” Nurmagomedov defending the strap against UFC’s biggest money-making star Conor “The Notorious” McGregor. The night was excellent with not a single bad bout on the card, all capped off with The Eagle making McGregor tap out in Round 4 at 3:03. Of course, no one is talking about that. Everyone with a social media account is talking about Nurmagomedov hopping the fence of the octagon and attacking McGregor’s teammate Dillon Danis, which resulted in a post-fight brawl.

An unprecedent act in UFC. Many fans and analysts alike are calling the two an embarrassment to the sport, some even say both should not only be suspended but Nurmagomedov should be stripped of his cham-

pionship. People were shocked that something so appalling could happen.

They shouldn’t be. For a long time, White has used the real-life issues and life events to make rivalries personal and build interest for fights. This one in particular was especially controversial and hypocritical.

The UFC, as well as the coverage of the event seem to leave out that the rivalry was kicked off by McGregor himself attacking the bus of Nurmagomedov by throwing a chair through the window.

“This is the most disgusting thing that has ever happened in the history of the company,” Dana White said about that event.After the fact is when White would book McGregor in a title fight with one of the biggest paydays in the history of the sport and use footage of that “disgusting thing” in the video package to promote the fight. Combined with this, the build was also riddled with McGregor and company insulting Nurmagomedov’s faith, often making offensive and Islamophobic comments towards him, such as referring to his manager as a terrorist and calling Nurmagomedov a “dagestani rat.”Of course, all of this was conveniently forgotten after the brawl, pinning all the blame on the champion, rather than considering that maybe allowing their biggest star to hurl racist comments at his leisure for the sake of putting butts in seats was wrong. This isn’t even the first time McGregor has done this. He has referred to Floyd “Money” Mayweather’s African-American bodyguards as

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Conor and Khabib trading punches “juiced up monkeys,” or telling Brazilian fighter Jose Aldo he’d turn his home into a “sweatshop for Reebok.”

For years, the UFC has enabled its talent to go as far as it needed to sell tickets and PPV buys, and in doing so has given the talent permission to do as they please and act out for the purpose of “selling” the event. A forgotten aspect of all this is how calm and professional Nurmagomedov has been up until the post-fight brawl. One can reasonably call it a breaking point and adrenaline that led to the attack. This doesn’t justify it by any means, but surely makes it more relatable and understandable.

As of writing this, the Nevada State Athletic Commission has suspended

both men, and have withheld Nurmagomedov’s $2 million purse. However, White has confirmed that he will not be stripping him of the title. McGregor has kept his purse. This complete lack of real punishment is the cherry on top of the chaos that has ensued. At the end of the day neither fighter was punished severely; sending the impression that the UFC will continue to allow its fighters to do as they please, as they have been doing. The Eagle did not disgrace MMA Fighting, and The Notorious didn’t do it alone. The UFC has disgraced MMA Fighting. By creating an environment that allows something like this to happen and enabling toxic people and behavior to thrive and prosper.

Man on the Street This Week’s Question:

Should people under the voting age have a voice in politics?

Name: Arlett Quintanilla Major: Mechanical Engineer “I don’t know to be honest. Because young people are really not interested, in my opinion, in politics. But, I don’t know, it depends on their background.

If their parents are really politically involved, it can influence them [kids] to be interested. I tried when I was 16 to vote. I was in my senior year and trying to register, but my teacher said, ‘no you can’t,’ because he thought I was illegal. But that happens. That happened to me.”

Name: Nathan Garcia Major: Chemical Engineering “That’s something that would need a few more follow-up questions. Are they [young people] interested in politics? It depends on the person. If they wish to talk about politics, or if they want to be heard, they should [voice opinions]. At the very least, their opinions should at least be heard.”

Name: Michael Martinez Major: Social Work “I say yes because when you look at politics now, you have, not necessarily old people, but you kind of have old people in office, and the policies that they want is benefiting them. It’s not necessarily what we want. We are the younger generation, it should be what we want because we’re going to be here longer than they are. So, I strongly feel that children under the voting age should have a voice. I mean, not necessarily that what they want is going to happen, but they should at least have a voice because we are the future.”

Name: Maribel Gonzalez-Garcia Occupation: Chemistry Professor “I think so, yes. I think that they should start thinking what is best for the country and for the environment. That’s why I think they should start thinking about it through a means that we don’t have right now. In the future we might have means. Maybe through their friend or through their communities.”

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Mustangs overwhelm Hogs, 69-14 Javelinas fall to 0-3 in conference play of the season HECTOR LANDIN Sport Reporter After two consecutive non-conference games at home, Lone Star Conference football play returned to Pepsi Field at Javelina Stadium as the twelfth ranked team in the nation, the Midwestern State Mustangs (6-1, 4-1) faced the Texas A&M University-Kingsville Javelinas (25, 0-4) on their home turf for their fourth consecutive home game.

The Javelinas faltered, 69-14, at the hands of the Mustangs on Saturday.

On a Saturday evening in Kingsville, Texas, it only meant one thing which is Javelina football, and approximately 2,088 fans filled the stadium to support their hometown football team under head coach Daren Wilkinson for the 7 p.m. start time.

The Javelinas won the opening kick-off and deferred to the second half. The Javelinas defense led by Jordan Semanat (San Antonio, Texas), Devonte Williams (Houston, Texas) and Brandon Jones (Houston, Texas) sent a message to the Mustangs of Midwestern State early by forcing an early three-and-out.

The Javelinas offense would receive the ensuing punt, and would drive the ball quickly down the field for about 65 yards, but would eventually be forced to settle for a field goal early in the game, but as it’s happened all year, Wilkinson said, special teams would play a pivotal run in the start of the game.

On the field goal attempt for the blue and gold, the snap was bobbled, and Midwestern State’s Josh Wydermyer blocked Julio De La Garza’s (Brownsville, Texas) field goal attempt, and would take it to the other end zone untouched for a 75-yard blocked field goal return to put the Mustangs up early, 7-0.

The opponent of the Javelinas would not look back for the rest of the game after their three-and-out on their first drive. On the ensuing kick-off, the Javelinas special teams had a miscommunication error as they would fail to signal who would be receiving the ball on the kick off which resulted in a Mustangs’ recovery in Javelina territory.

Then, one minute later, Layton Rabb found Juwan Johnson in his first of four touchdowns for 12 yards to put the deficit for the blue and gold at 14-0 early.

Penalties and a lack of conversions on fourth downs played a cru-

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The Javelinas making a tackle on the Midwestern Mustangs. cial role in the lack of performance for the home team. After a ton of empty possessions for the Javelinas’ offense, Midwestern State found the end zone four more times to end the half to increase their lead to 41-0 at the half.

After the twenty-minute intermission for half time, the Mustangs would maintain their rhythm as they would intercept Koy Detmer Jr. (Somerset, Texas) on the Javelinas’ first possession of the second half in Javelina territory.

Then, on the ensuing play for the Mustangs, they would find the end zone again as Vincent Johnson rushed for a 22-yard touchdown run to increase the lead to 48-0 with 13:02 left in the game.

After a lackluster start for the second half, the Javelinas led by Nick Pelrean (Houston, Texas) gathered rhythm as an offensive unit, and found themselves in the end zone as Detmer hit Torrey Thomas (Katy, Texas) for a 7-yard touchdown pass to put the deficit at 48-7 early in the 3rd quarter to cap off the nine-play, 76-yard drive.

After the score from the home team, the Mustangs once again responded as Rabb found Johnson once again for a 61-yard touchdown pass on a six-play, 71-yard drive to make it 55-7.

The Javelinas got the ball back after the ensuing kick off, but what happened in the first half would carry over to the second half as penalties and turnovers played a role in the success of the visiting team allowing more Mustangs’ touchdowns.

At the 4:36 mark in the fourth quarter, Javelinas defensive end Jones stripped Zach Purcell, recovered the fumble forced by himself and took it 36 yards to the end zone to make the deficit 69-14, which was

the final score in the lopsided affair.

After the game at McCulley Hall, head coach Wilkinson addressed the media.

“Midwestern State is a very good football team,” he said. “We had critical errors in special teams, their first 14 errors were directly from special team errors. The same thing that happened week one happened today.”

He then explained how the Javelinas found themselves don so early in the game. “Because of two critical errors in special teams, stuff we practice every day,” he said. “We can’t translate to the game.

“We are down 14 points to a team that to that point in the game, we were beating.

“Outside of two special teams’ errors, we had down nothing wrong, and now we are done against the best team in the conference. It is hard to come back from those things.”

Wilkinson expressed his disappointment.

“I’m really disappointed on how our team competed when I asked them to forget anything that happened (in first half),” he said.

“They were on board with it until we showed up on the field. We just didn’t compete. They outcompeted us.”

The Javelinas will travel to Stephenville, Texas, next week to take on the number 16th team in the nation, the Tarleton State Texans at 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20, at Memorial Stadium on the campus of Tarleton State University.

Then, the following week, the Javelinas will return to Pepsi Field at Javelina Stadium to take on the Western New Mexico Mustangs for the annual Homecoming Game presented by Wells Fargo Bank. Game time is at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 27.

Javelinas vs. Mustangs Stat Box Javelinas Rushing

AT AVG TD

Koy Detmer Jr.

1

6.0

0

Jeff Carr

11

3.3

0

Nick Pelrean

11

5.5

0

Connor Perkins

2

-0.5

0

Mustangs Rushing

AT AVG TD

Vincent Johnson

5

15.4 2

Layton Rabb

4

8.8

1

Nicholas Gabriel

3

5.3

0

Quinton Childs

2

7.5

0

Javelinas Def.

AST

TFL

TO

Jordan Semanat

2 - 7

Brandon Jones

1

1.5

5

Payton Hendrix 1 - 4 Aaron Jackson 1

1.0

4

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Javelinas take second loss at home

Errors leave the Lady Javelinas short on Tuesday vs. Angelo State University Rams ASHLEY GONZALEZ

Sports Reporter

On Tuesday Oct. 9 , the Javelinas fell short to the Angelo State Rams (ASU) and took their second conference loss at home.

The Javelina Volleyball team is now 13-9 overall and 5-6 in conference play. The Javelinas did not begin the match well and lost the first set 12-25.

The squad had a strong warm up but could not catch the tempo of the game and were not able to keep up with the pace that ASU set early in the first set.

“We made too many errors at crunch time. We struggled at serve-receive tonight [and] that’s what it really boiled down to,” said head volleyball coach Tanya Allen.

The Javelinas totaled nine errors which added to ASU’s points.

The Javelinas totaled more kills than ASU with a 50-47 outcome but collected twice as many errors than ASU as well, which cost the Javelinas the match. The loss of the first set ignited a power boost for the squad which led to the victory of the second set.

“The first set, we were flustered, and we knew we had to come back in the second set and prove ourselves,” senior Madison Brabham said. The Javelinas won the second set 25-17.

“We competed hard with a good

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Madison Brabham defending her home court against the Angelo State Rams. team but came up a little short because of errors,” senior Haley Hutchinson said.

Game leaders were Brabham,

Hutchinson, Melanie Casteel and Loren Washington. The powerhouse collected 38 kills, three blocks and four aces for the Javelinas.

The Javelinas will be up against Texas A&M University-Commerce at 7 p.m. on Friday Oct.19 in the Steinke Physical Education Center (SPEC).

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IFC Plans Tourney for Members

Fraternities get together for competitions while building bonds PLASERAE JOHNSON

Sports Editor

The Interfraternity Council, also known as Greek Life, is responsible for organizing events for all the fraternities on campus. This Fall, the council is hosting an event called the National Fraternity League (NFL) Tournament.

The tournament consisted of flag football, kickball and basketball. The fraternities have already concluded the flag football and kickball sections of the tournament.

Basketball is scheduled to take place on Wednesday in the Steinke Physical Education Center.

The NFL Tournament took place at the Javelina Stadium, Student Recreations Center and the Intramural fields on campus. According to the flyer and the council’s social media accounts, there were at least four fraternities present at the event.

These types of events are put on every year during the Fall semester to bring the brothers of the fraternities closer while entertaining them with sports competitions. However, this NFL Tournament is new to the program. The Interfraternity Council held a different mindset behind this event.

“So the goal is to bring Greek Life together in friendly competition and to have fun and promote Greek unity and good sportsmanship. It started

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Fraternity pictures from the IFC NFL Tourney flyer. in 2017 and then Manny Tapia along with the IFC executive board at the time, created the event budgeted it, and planned it with the sports of football basketball and ultimate frisbee.

This year the difference is kickball instead of Frisbee,” said Communica-

tions and member relations chairman, Johnny Alvarez.

The tournament is hosted only for those in fraternities and by doing that, members hope to motivate spectators to join fraternities.

“It is open to the public for peo-

ple to come watch and it is completely free. And everyone who is an active member in a fraternity can participate,” Alvarez said.

The President of the Interfraternity Council thinks the tournament is one of the best ways to get the fraternities together and loves it enough to keep it around next year, too.

“So this was started last year. This is our second year doing this [type of event]. We wanted to put this on for the fraternities because you know guys love to play sports and what better way to get to know each other than to build a better bond between the fraternities and play sports? It’s just a friendly competition for everyone to get to know each other. I’ve loved it so far as I said this is my second time as president,” Aguirre said.

The NFL Tourney was planned later last Fall semester but the council wanted to make a change.

“Last year it was in November, but we switched it to October to be earlier in the semester so we are not planning it out so late,” Aguirre said.

Aguirre makes sure those who sponsor and organize events like the NFL Tourney, do their job correctly. “ I just make sure that everyone who is in charge of an event is doing their job, Johnny is in charge of this event. He is the one who plans out these events,” he said.

Dodging Hunger for Students in need

Dodgeball event hosted by fraternity Kappa Sigma at TAMUK AARON MONREAL Sports Reporter Texas A&M University-Kingsville fraternity Kappa Sigma is hosting a dodgeball event from 6 to 10 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 22.

The event will be at the Student Recreational Center. The event includes mini games and raffle drawings with prizes like a PS4 and JBL speakers.

Many students sometimes struggle financially and some more than others. Situations vary but can go as

far as barely having enough money for food. The Dodging Hunger event is made to bring recognition to help solve this ongoing issue. In order to participate at the event and spectate you are urged to bring in canned food to donate to needy students on campus.

“We’ve had some of our chapter brothers not know where their next meal is coming from, and we realized that this is a bigger issue than just our chapter,” said President of Kappa Sigma Adrian Garcia.

Kappa Sigma is using this event to reach out to the community in a differ-

ent way.

“We’re making an effort to give back to the community that surrounds us and to show how we aren’t just in a fraternity to have fun but to grow as individuals,” Social Media Chair Zane Mrotek said.

Therefore, Kappa Sigma decided to put this event on to raise food items to donate to the Javelina Care Pantry and help a local soup kitchen.

This event is also a way for those more fortunate to give to those who are less fortunate.

Every little bit helps so if you are able to donate canned goods, and toi-

letries such as toothpaste and soaps, the receivers and Kappa Sigma would greatly appreciate it.

Fundraising Chair Ov Olvein discussed the impact the impact the event will have.

“I think this event is a great opportunity to not only help out those who struggle to find food, but it also gives a good name to the University, the community around, and Greek life. [This is] a good example of what Greek life does on campus,” he said.

“Greek life, as a whole, helps the community around and charities which is something people don’t get to see.”

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An Old Friend

TAMUK students film original horror/drama AMERICA QUINTERO Managing Editor

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magine running into an old elementary friend while grocery shopping. You catch up on old times and agree to continue the conversation outside. For some reason, your friend decides he wants to meet up at an alleyway.

As you get closer to the dark alley, you feel an eerie presence and start to question whether your old friend is the same guy you remember.

For the next few minutes you’ll be battling to stay alive. Turns out your friend is a traumatized serial killer. It’s his way of getting revenge for being bullied as a kid. Now, he wants to kill you.

Cut. That’s a wrap.

You, the reader, have just walked into the set of the shortfilm, “An old friend.” The movie tells the story of a young woman trying to snap her murder-crazed friend into reality.

Edgar Vazquez Jr., a Texas A&M University-Kingsville (TAMUK) student, is the director of the short horror/drama film.

Vazquez, along with his Producer, Clarissa Trevino and Cinematographer, Alejandro Gonzalez, are working on the short film as part of a class project.

Before the cameras, lights and action, Vazquez, Trevino and Gonzalez were all strangers taking an introduction class in filmmaking. However, all that changed when Armando Ibanez, their class instructor, paired them together into a group. They were assigned to come up with a script and make it into a movie.

“It was a good match up, a luck of the draw,” Treviño said. “I have a friend in the class. She’s in a different group and people are butting heads there and not working out,” Trevino said.

The group “seemed to click pretty good,” explained Gonzalez, and they all quickly took to their roles.

“Teamwork is a very important thing when you try to make a film.

You can try to do a solo, but that’s a lot of work on your shoulders.

“You need a whole crew to come in and join. Since it’s a small film, you don’t need that many people. But it’s an interesting experience… it’s stressful for me, but I like that kind of stress. Something that I like that if it gives me stress, I know I’m doing something productive there,” Vazquez said.

This was the first time Vazquez, a communications radio and film major, had written a script. Ever since he started to perform for plays in high school, Vazquez had always been interested in film. Now a freshman in college, Vazquez was determined to make the best film he could, starting by making a good script.

At first, Vazquez had writer’s block

Photos courtesy of Clarissa Trevino

A regular day of filming shows Vaquez on camera duty, Gonzalez and Suarez going over their lines, and Trevino overseeing the project.

when developing the plot for his film. However, after choosing an alley as the setting for his film, he finally developed a script he and his team members liked.

Vazquez explains that the story is about a friend trying to convince someone to stop killing others. The main protagonist is trying her best to remind the killer to leave the past behind and not let him fall into insanity.

“It’s kind of a very twisted thing.

Since he’s been bullied for a while, he tries to get revenge... His friend is trying to say that you don’t always have to bully. She just wants him to stop. Change what you’re doing, not everything has to result in violence and killing people.

“You can talk through it and get help. There’s always help out there and people who want to help you. So, she’s trying to comfort him and help him out,” Vazquez said.

As a psychology major, Trevino knows that bullying can affect a young person’s development.

“At that age [elementary], that [bullying] influences people’s lives. In some way they stay behind their classmates because of the effects of bullying. I think that’s something to keep in mind…It’s not as common for people to become serial killers, but there’s always that percentage,” Trevino said.

Once the script was ready to go, Vazquez and his group members started looking for actors. The film required only two actors. One actor

would play the role of the heroine and the other would be the murder-crazed friend.

Gonzalez states that looking for actors was the hardest part of making the movie. The actors would agree to go on set, but then call to cancel.

“Every time we were getting a few people who said, ‘yeah we can help out,’ but then they would fall through,” Trevino said.

Eventually, the crew was able to find actors, however, one of the actors injured his foot before filmin started. Because of that, both roles were changed to male and Gonzalez took up the role of the main protagonist.

The role of the serial killer will be played by Daniel Suarez.

Despite the film having a few gory scenes, Gonzalez made sure the actors felt at ease in the spooky setting.

“We want to work with them.

We want to make them [actors] feel comfortable so they can give their best performance in the film,” Gonzalez said.

Production for the film started in early October. Vazquez decided the best place to film the movie was in a local grocery store in Alice, Texas.

The location is described as having a “hometown feeling,” and it has a nearby alley that can be used as the climax setting of the film.

Initially, the movie was going to be at least five minutes long, but after Vazquez and his team spoke with Ibanez, he extended the short film

to seven minutes.

Vazquez feels there is so much he has to explain in the movie, and it will be hard to put his vision in just seven minutes.

“We’re trying to make this the best we can. Not just [go half way]. This is something I want to continue pursuing in my kind of level.

That’s why we’re trying to do our best to make it the best we can,” Vazquez said.

This is the first time any of the crew members of “An old friend” have worked on a movie or have taken a film class. Despite not having experience, the crew believes they could apply what they have learned in filming class in their future careers.

Gonzalez is a business marketing major and thinks the filming skills he’s learned could come in handy when he decides to promote a product or business on television. “[The class] is all I wanted and more. I really wanted to do something like this, and now here we have our time to shine, and I’m looking forward to it.” Gonzalez said. “In the future I’ll be shooting movies for marketing, possibly advertising commercials and stuff like that.”

Initially, Trevino took the class as an elective course, but she says the course is a lot more interesting that she thought it would be.

“I didn’t realize there’s time, there’s work, there’s angles. You shoot, you reshoot. You take stuff out, you add stuff in. We take all that into consideration when we are discussing our film,” Trevino said.

Vazquez estimates the movie will finish near the end of October, just in time for the Halloween season.

Once the movie is presented for class, Vazquez hopes “An old friend” can be submitted for competitions in movie festivals.

“In my head I’m trying to see where else it can go. If it does really well, I want to see if we can push it to little conventions and festivals. But right now, our priority is to put it for class and giving our effort there. It’s always an idea in my head that I’ve always wanted to go in to those little film festivals,” Vazquez said

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Welcome to the Trench Twenty-one pilots show their growth in their new album C.R NEAL Opinion Editor

Music has a certain way of influencing how we feel, and twenty-one pilots (TOP) is a master at that.

TOP, the musical duo featuring Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun, is known for their introspective lyrics about depression, anxiety and the many demons inside the mind.

What is most interesting about their new album, Trench, is the dystopian world, also named Trench, created by Joseph and Dun that serves as the setting and storyline for the album.

In a series of cryptic messages and hidden websites they revealed information about Trench and the city of Dema.

Dema is controlled by nine bishops who police their population and enforce Vialism, a religion based on creating artificial light in glass vials representative of artificial motivation. Dema and the bishops

Promo image for “Trench”

are symbolic of Joseph’s internal struggles and his reliance on religion to deal with them.

Joesph focuses on one bishop in particular on Trench, Nico, who carries over from their last album, in which he appeared as the titular character Blurryface.

As a whole, Trench is about the cyclical nature of Joseph’s attempts to escape Dema. He escapes with the help of his friends, called banditos on the album, only to be comfortably dragged back by Nico.

The song “Bandito” explores how Joseph feels about Dema singing, “In city, I feel my spirit is contained, like neon inside the glass, they form my brain. But recently I discovered it’s a heatless fire.”

Later in “Bandito” Joseph gets meta about why he created a fictional setting.

“I created this world to feel some control,” Joesph sings.

Joseph’s lyrics are often informed by his Christian belief, but Trench is an interesting deviation.

In an interview with Alternative Press Joesph explains that Trench is an exploration of a world in which God does not exist.

The last song on the album, “Leaving the City,” best expresses how Joseph feels about intrinsic motivation.

“I’m tired, of tending to

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Cover image of “Trench” by Twenty One Piolotes this fire. I’ve used up all I’ve collected,” Joseph sings. “The burning is so low it’s concerning, ’cause they know that when it goes out it’s a glorious gone.”

Joseph goes on to write about giving up, but trying not to in the long run.

“In time I will leave the city. For now, I will stay alive.”

Trench establishes the tone for the entire album on the first track, “Jumpsuit.”

The heavy bass guitar and drum rhythm on “Jumpsuit” drive the beat, while the vocals range from soft and vulnerable, to the screaming cry of, “Jumpsuit, jumpsuit, cover me!”

Lyrically, Trench is the most cohesive and mature album they have produced as evidenced by the songs “Legend” and “Neon Gravestones.”

“Legend” is a moving tribute to Joseph’s late grandfather saying, “I’m sorry I did not visit, did not know how to take it when your eyes did not know me like I know you.”

“Neon Gravestones” offers a carefully crafted critique of how society essentially glorifies celebrities after they commit suicide with the lyrics, “We give them the highest of praise, and hang their banners from a ceiling communicating, further engraving an earlier grave is an optional way. No.” Joseph battles suicidal thoughts,

and so does his audience, so on every album he writes at least one song on the subject. In “Neon Gravestones” he writes, “Promise me this; If I lose to myself you won’t mourn a day, and you’ll move onto someone else.”

The audience can feel the pain Joseph feels in the lyrics and melancholic chords of the song.

Joesph expertly makes his point about glorifying suicide by conveying that even if he commits suicide, he does not want his death to contribute to that very culture.

Joesph argues that instead of celebrating suicide, we should celebrate the elderly for their dedication to life.

While Trench is a great album that deals with deep internal problems, it has some flaws.

Songs like “My Blood” and “Morph” feature well written lyrics, but the beats are generic and over-produced.

The main riff on “Morph” sounds a lot like the simple rhythms of “human music” from the episode “M. Night Shaym-Aliens” from the television show Rick and Morty.

Overall, Trench is a thoughtful, introspective album that is very difficult to understand, even if you know the outside world-building of Trench and Dema.

However, it is a very rewarding experience that only TOP can provide.

The disturbing tale of ‘Dr. Death’ Podcast tells the terrifying story of Dr. Christopher Duntsch Iliana Flores Campus Editor As Halloween rolls around the corner, there are few better podcasts than “Dr. Death” to bring in the spooky mood.

“Dr. Death” is a six-episode podcast that tells the true story of a Dr. Christopher Duntsch, a neurosurgeon who worked in various hospitals in Dallas, Texas, and how his malpractice left patients with life-altering complications, paralyzed and even caused death.

The story begins by describing Duntsch as a young adult and his ambition to be the best at everything he did.

This drive was reflected in his college years as he walked on to the Colorado State Rams football team. A teammate discussed in the interview how

Duntsch would repeatedly practice drills until he knew how to properly do them.

Ultimately, his unwavering efforts to be successful in all his endeavors led him to pursue medical school. He eventually got in and graduated medical school at the University of Tennessee.

With his freshly received medical license, Duntsch got hired to operate at Baylor Regional Medical Center. This is when the chaos of Duntsch’s career started.

As listeners hear each episode of the podcast, they begin to learn of the atrocities performed by Duntsch which led him to receive the nickname “Dr. Death.”

As each episode progresses, the stories of people who encountered Duntsch become increasingly eerie and will leave listeners with an unsettling feeling as they learn more about Duntsch’s character.

In the podcast it mentions patients should feel safe when they put themselves in the vulnerable position of getting surgery.

However, as patients of Dr. Duntsch quickly realized, Duntsch was illequipped to perform major surgeries.

While the podcast began by telling

the stories of Duntsch’s mistreatment of patients, it quickly shifted to expose the practices that happen behind the scenes of the medical community that allowed for Dr. Duntsch to continue practicing even after ruining people’s lives.

“While Dr. Death focuses on the story of one deranged individual, it also exposes the wider institutional problems of a system that has continuously failed its patients,” the podcast’s website said.

The host of the podcast is Laura Beil, a medical journalist who has experience in the health and medical field for more than 20 years.

Her style is captivating and does a fantastic job of presenting the stories of Duntsch’s victims as well as fellow doctors who were working to stop Duntsch from continuing his wrong surgical practices.

After each episode, I found myself empathizing with each person who was hurt by Dr. Duntsch.

For anyone who is interested in true crime and wants to hear a story of a deranged surgeon and the medical community that continued to let him practice, “Dr. Death” is definitely a podcast to listen to.

“It’s chilling. So, this podcast is not

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Cover image of the “Dr. Death” podcast series

for the faint of heart — or maybe it is, because despite the fact that hearing about surgery makes me feel lightheaded, I can’t stop listening to it,” Nancy Einhart said in a review for the Popsugar website.

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Hussey continued from Page 1 es before becoming an administrator with the A&M System.

As Vice Chancellor and Dean, Dr. Hussey oversaw the construction of the Agriculture Complex that consolidated agriculture’s academic programs on the west campus.

As Interim President of Texas A&M, Dr. Hussey identified funding to begin construction of the academic

complex at Texas A&M at Galveston and helped initiate the planning for Texas A&M’s campus in McAllen.

Under state law, university governing boards must name finalists for president at least 21 days before making an appointment.

The Board of Regents will meet again to make the appointment.

Beto continued from Page 1 spend time at community colleges and high schools with young people because historically they haven’t voted. Our contention is they haven’t voted because candidates haven’t shown up to listen to them, incorporate their stories into our campaign and service that we want to provide,” O’Rourke said.

House Representative for Massachusetts’s fourth congressional district Joe Kennedy (D) introduced O’Rourke to the stage, but not after an impassioned speech.

“As I stand here before you, I tell you with all that I’ve got that our nation’s eyes are on you, on our nation’s heart in Texas,” Kennedy had to shout through applause. “You all have this incredible opportunity to send a message that will ripple across this country and around the world about the politics that we believe, about the type of nation we could be. That knows its strength isn’t about how high a wall we can build, but about decency and the child they want to separate. That health care is a right for every single human being and every single American, not something to shut down our government to deny coverage to 30 million people.”

O’Rourke took to the stage by riding a skateboard clear across the stage to the sound of thundering applause and the voracious chant, “Beto! Beto!

Beto!”

While O’Rourke’s campaign methods are nothing new, they have been gaining traction lately as evidenced by Alexandria Oscasio-Cortez’s victory in New York’s 14th congressional district against incumbent Joe Crowley.

This method revolves around literally crowd-sourcing funds from ordinary people instead of Political Action Committees.

According to the Texas Tribune, O’Rourke raised $10.4 million in the second quarter of 2018. His opponent, incumbent Senator Ted Cruz (R), only raised $4.6 million in the same amount of time.

O’Rourke’s campaign reports that 70 percent of donations come from Texas citizens at an average contribution of $33.

“People are excited that we are running a positive campaign. We are defining ourselves by our ambitions, the big things we want this country to do, not our fears, not the small stuff, not the pettiness, not the partisanship,” O’Rourke said.

O’Rourke takes pride in the fact that he has visited every county in the state of Texas. In doing so he claims to have heard first-hand the populace’s idea of “Texan values.”

“One of the most exciting things is to know that we’re not going to be defined by SB (Senate Bill) 6, this effort to scare parents about transgender kids in bathrooms. We’re not going to be defined by the fact that it’s perfectly legal to fire someone for being gay in this state, or prevent them from adopting a child with 30,000 kids in the foster care system. You can be too gay to adopt a kid in Texas,” O’Rourke said. “That’s not us, because we’ve been to every single one of the counties and we all want every single one of us to be able to live to our full potential, to be welcomed in this state and to stand for the civil rights of every single one of us.”

On Oct. 16 alumni, financial aid experts, career services employees, graduate coordinators, professors, and other university professionals helped students celebrate their upcoming commencement and prepare for graduation. At the event there were booths to purchase university rings, regalia, alumni sign ups, student loan repayment informationals, and graduate program pamphlets.

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Javier Mendoza, Academic Advisor III for Agriculture, talks with student at Grad Fest.

Homecoming continued from Page 1 and passionate tradition here at TAMUK. “Continuing our relationships and keeping ties with past Javelinas is essential to the overarching growth of the university as their generous contributions help further advance our institution in a variety of ways. It’s important to pay homage to the past as it laid the foundation and paved the way to where we are today. In present, we can reflect back and see how much the university has truly evolved over the years. Once a Javelina, always a Javelina,” said Loreal Robertson, Campus Activities coordinator.

The homecoming court will be revealed Oct. 27 during the Javelina football game halftime show. The winners of Homecoming will receive crowns, sashes and flowers.

The current homecoming court is stacked with 12 nominees. Students running for homecoming queen are: Allison Kyral, Crystal Vela, Luz Hernandez, Jessica Gillam, Sydney Surber, Monica Hysquierdo and Tanishka

Guduru. The king nominees are as follows: Christopher Aguirre, Lue Gonzalez, Heet Joshi, Robert Ray Benavides and Adrian Garcia. The Student Government Association (SGA) is responsible for the entire TAMUK royalty process.

The homecoming court is important to both current and former students because it shows how the university cultivates excellent, worthy and high-standard students from generation to generation.

“Crowning Homecoming King and Queen is an opportunity to showcase students who proudly represent the university and show exceptional school spirit. Winning homecoming King and Queen is more than dressing up and winning a crown and sash. It is an opportunity to provide inspiration and show that leadership is more than a position or a title; it is the impact and the light you radiate among your fellow peers,” said Sebastian Vela, senator pro-tempore of the Student Government Association.

Seated Jennifer Alaniz, Acadmeic Advisor III and Veronica Salas, Director of Advising and Retention welcomes students to Grad Fest.

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