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Students make plans, resolutions for new year

By Randi Berkovsky Trends Reporter

Ricardo Soliz

SACA president off campus and other demographics that we don’t normally reach out to.

MAA: Has SACA been planning anything over the break?

RS: Yeah, the way things work here is that we plan everything a semester in advance. Things we do for the spring are planned in the fall and things we do in the fall are planned in the spring. We do it like this because when we bring acts, contracts and writings take a lot of time to look over to get payments set up.

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By Mark. A. Alvarez Trends Reporter

The officers of the Student Association for Campus Activities spend time each semester coming up with ways to entertain students. SACA is best known for its biggest events, Homecoming and Riverfest, but it also produces other programs for students to enjoy and has more planned for this spring.

SACA President Ricardo Soliz spoke with The Star about the new semester and the organization’s plans for getting involved on campus.

MAA: What are some things Texas State students can look forward to this semester?

RS: One thing that we are really jumping into this semester is cross programming, like working with other organizations to get our name out there to reach more students that we aren’t reaching now. We mostly cater to those who live on campus and right now, and we are trying to talk to other organizations that have that market where we can reach those people who live

MAA: Was there anything they were trying to improve?

RS: Well, I think what we really need to improve on is getting our name out there. That is one of the biggest issues because I feel like some people might have heard of SACA but don’t necessarily know what type of programs we do. We are sometimes basically known for Homecoming and Riverfest and we do a lot of other things besides that. We really want to get our name out there so when people see our logo, which is the ticket sign with SACA written inside it, people will know who we are and really want to be part of our organization.

MAA: What activities are you personally looking forward to this term?

RS: I feel like our calendar is looking really awesome for the semester. We are having comedians come in, and open mic nights. We did some of this last semester, which has been successful with those that live on campus. We have a lot of talent on campus that I feel people haven’t noticed, and I want to focus on that. One thing that we are doing which we did last year is a battle of the bands where we have local bands compete and the winner gets to be the opening act at Riverfest this spring.

MAA: Is SACA going to be involved with any other organizations this semester?

RS: That’s our biggest thing we are trying to accomplish this semester. We are trying to see how that can work out for us and hopefully that will be a big thing we are known for in the coming years for whoever takes over staff.

Bradford said. “I’m not going to let something from so long ago control my life now.”

Flor Barajas, communications senior, is planning to finish her college career strong as she works toward graduating in May. Her New Year’s resolution includes making the dean’s list for spring 2013, enjoying all her classes, reading more about each subject and making the Council of Scholars for the School of Journalism and Mass Communications.

Because Barajas is a communication studies major with two minors, mass communications and theatre, it would be icing on the cake for her do great academically along with all her activities, she said. She also plans to bring her GPA up from last semester by making a few small changes.

“I plan to read more about each subject I’m studying and attend class every day,” Flor said. “I just want my last semester at Texas State to be my strongest and most memorable.”

Ross Verret has always considered himself a chunky guy, but his weight was always just a part of who he was.

This year, however, the communications senior vowed to make the extra weight a thing of the past by making a New Year’s resolution to lose 80 pounds in 2013. Though losing weight is a resolution many students make to themselves that never happens, Verret has a carefully considered plan to follow through.

Verret is determined to accomplish his goal by doing simple things like eliminating soda from his diet, utilizing the student recreation center every day and eating more controlled portions.

Verret used to be a football player, and says he still eats like one—though he no longer plays the sport. He feels he will be less tired and body parts like his feet and ankles will finally stop aching all the time by shedding the extra weight.

“I just want to be healthy,” Verret said. “I want to drop the weight so in the future I can chase my children around instead of sitting in a chair while they grow up.”

Kylie Bradford, marketing sophomore, lost her trust in people when her close friends turned against her during her junior year of high school.

Everything she told them became public knowledge, and Bradford quickly taught herself to shut people out as a result.

Now Bradford’s New Year’s resolution is to trust people again in order to bring them closer to her. Without the element of trust in a relationship, it is hard to make long lasting connections, she said.

Bradford explained how mad it made her that girls from high school were still affecting her so strongly in her college life and decided to make a change.

“I’m going to allow myCarlos Valdez, Assistant Photo Editor self to open up to people again even though it has Ross Verret, communications senior, plans to shed some unwanted been so hard for me,” weight in 2013.

AT T E X A S S TAT E W E F O L L OW T H E

HONOR CODE As members of a community dedicated to learning, inquiry, and creation, the students, faculty, and administration of our university live by the principles in this Honor Code. These principles require all members of this community to be conscientious, respectful, and honest.

WE ARE CONSCIENTIOUS. We complete our work on time and make every effort

to do it right. We come to class and meetings prepared and are willing to demonstrate it. We hold ourselves to doing what is required, embrace rigor, and shun mediocrity, special requests, and excuses.

WE ARE RESPECTFUL. We act civilly toward one another and we cooperate with

each other. We will strive to create an environment in which people respect and listen to one another, speaking when appropriate, and permitting other people to participate and express their views.

WE ARE HONEST. We do our own work and are honest with one another in all

matters. We understand how various acts of dishonesty, like plagiarizing, falsifying data, and giving or receiving assistance to which one is not entitled, conflict as much with academic achievement as with the values of honesty and integrity.

Read more about Texas State’s Honor Code and academic integrity: www.txstate.edu/honorcodecouncil

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Ross Bolen submit their own “total frat moves” about topics such as patriotism, drinking, beautiful women and fraternity life in general.

The book follows protagonist Townes Prescott, a freshman who rushes a fraternity and finds it to be everything he hoped for and more. In the first chapter alone, he winds up at a wild “paint your toga” party, gets incredibly drunk, snorts some cocaine, gets laid and avoids the cops.

Bolen spoke to The Star about the book, which hits stores Tuesday.

By Hollie O’Connor Trends Editor Monetizing outrageous anecdotes of fraternity life in a classy blue book. TFM. The Total Frat Move book, authored

by Texas State alumnus Ross Bolen, is the newest product born out of the funny and often offensive content of TotalFratMove. com. The website is one where users can

HO: Tell me about your book.

RB: The book is a fictional humor book that is supposed to be an all encompassing story that truthfully defines fraternity and sorority life for all its ridiculousness and the things that are so great about it.

HO: How did this project start?

RB: I graduated from Texas State in 2010, and I was a journalism major, and the two guys that founded TotalFratMove. com are also Texas State alumni, and

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they were older members of my fraternity, KA. So, when I graduated, they hired me, and a few months later we had a literary agent, Byrd Leavell, reach out to us and say there was a possibility for a good book to be made with our brand of humor. The reason it was a big deal that he reached out to us is because he represents Tucker Max and Justin Halpern, the guy who did “Sh*t My Dad Says,” and a lot of guys that have done the biggest humor books of all time. It was really exciting. I always wanted to do a book of some kind, but I didn’t know it would be this. I took a stab at it. We wrote a proposal and sold it, and then I wrote the book.

HO: What’s the timeline for this?

RB: I started in March 2011 and it comes out Jan. 15. So, it was a good year of writing and then the rest of it was the publishing process. It took several months to pick out the book cover, have the editors go through it, the copy editor go through it and the proofreader go through it. It was a really slow, long process.

HO: Where did you come up with the ideas for these situations? Was that what frat life was like for you?

RB: None of it is based on my life, but that being said, it’s just really an accurate representation of fraternity life countrywide rolled up into one ball. It wasn’t exactly my Texas State experience, but it’s a combination of what I lived wrapped up with a lot of people that I know, and my experience at Total Frat Move picking up on what’s going on across the country.

HO: What have some of the reactions been to the people who have gotten to read your book so far?

RB: The only people who have read it so far are people who have got advanced copies. I have a few friends who have read it but not all of them. For the most part people seem to like it. We’ve had a good reaction on twitter to the chapters we posted online. It’s done really well, better than I could have dreamed of it doing. It’s been incredible.

HO: Where do you go from here? Are there any plans for a second book?

RB: The more successful it is, the more likely it is we’ll do a second book. I don’t know what that would entail, but it’s something we’ve talked about. It’s a possibility.

What did you do over winter break?

“I didn’t do very much, but I spent time with my family and all my friends from high school. For New Year’s, I also went to Austin with a bunch of people from San Marcos, and it was a lot of fun.”

—Kelly Smith, nursing freshman “My break wasn’t too extravagant. I just spent time with family and chilled in the room I had been missing since I’ve been in college.”

—Jazimine Limbrick, mass communication freshman “I spent time with my family. I worked out a lot. I saw my grandparents and my sister, and we had a great time.”

—Ruben Doyle, health and fitness management freshman “The first week I chilled with my family back home. After that, my dad, my mom, my brother and I went to L.A. to see the rest of my family.”

—Garrett Morales, exploratory professional freshman

Granger Smith Texas Musician

By Amy Greene Trends Reporter Granger Smith is a true Texan, born and raised in the Lone Star State.

He is an independent country music artist who travels the world playing music. Smith has had eight Top 10 singles on the Texas Music Chart.

Smith came to San Marcos on Saturday and played at the Texas Music Theater. Before the show, he spoke to The University Star about his music.

AG: Where did you go to college?

GS: I went to Texas A&M in 1998 and finished in 2005. In the beginning of my junior year, I signed a deal with EMI Publishing in Nashville, Tennessee. I had to move there to fulfill the commitment with them for five years and wrote songs for them.

AG: How would you evaluate your songwriting ability when you started versus when you completed your contract with EMI Publishing?

GS: I learned a lot about the craft of songwriting from some of the older guys, some of the veterans that have been there for a long time. Just by sitting in rooms with those guys and watching how they crafted ideas, how they kept notes, how they worked on melodies, how they thought about lyrics and how they asked questions about lyrics. I learned a whole lot. I credit a lot of my writing now to the older guys that I learned from.

AG: Do you write all of your own songs now? What is your process like?

GS: Yes I do. The process varies by song, but a lot of times I will get ideas just during normal days. I will get an idea, whether it is a melody or a lyric idea, and I will record it on my phone memo. I will collect a whole lot of those and then when I am ready to write, usually in the mornings, I will get a cup of coffee and get alone, just me and my guitar or keyboard.

AG: How did you meet your band mates?

GS: Through all different ways. Sometimes it’s through friends, other musicians we’ve met on the road, recommendations

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from other people, and sometimes it’s just online. You might see a guy on YouTube and hit him up with a message, saying “Hey, I like your style. Do you want to audition for us?”

AG: I heard you performed on an airplane recently. Can you tell me about that?

GS: Yeah, I played for Southwest Airlines. I did a show with them on the way to Dallas for the Boot Campaign, a military organization that we do a lot of work for. There was a soldier who was returning home, and when he got to Dallas the Boot Campaign was awarding his wife and him with a brand new home. I played on the airplane during flight. It was very interesting. I think a lot of people liked it, and a lot of people wished I would shut up so they could go back to their nap.

AG: You mentioned you do a lot of work for the United States military. What has that been like for you?

GS: I have been over to Iraq three different times. It has been life changing for me, musically and for my life. Traveling there and seeing how they operate, what their day-to-day is like without breaks and holidays. To see that firsthand and to talk with them really changes perspective on the freedom and the life that we have over here. Knowing that they are the same age as me, and they are volunteering over there has really opened my eyes. On the flipside, it has also shown me the power of music and what it does for people.

Even if they don’t know the artist or the song, just feeling the music and hearing the lyrics can make an impact on someone who is missing home pretty bad.

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SPORTS

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MEN’S BASKETBALL

Defensive weaknesses ‘bad news’ for Bobcats

By Samuel Rubbelke Sports Reporter Men’s basketball lost both of its games this weekend, with Louisiana Tech University putting on a rebounding clinic against the Bobcats and University of Texas – Arlington starters accounting for 19 assists to just four turnovers.

The basketball team has now lost nine straight games. Texas State’s junior transfers, guard Deonte’ Jones and forward Joel Wright, combined for 45 points in a losing 91-74 effort against UT-Arlington Saturday.

Senior Maverick forward Karol Gruszecki led the charge with 23 points, shooting 7-10 from beyond the arc. The Polish native’s season average is 7.5 points per game and his previous career high was 18 points against Houston Baptist.

“Unbelievable,” Coach Doug Davalos said.

“They found (Gruszecki) in the zone ... and he got most of it. But he was not the go-to guy. He took advantage of the opportunity.”

Senior forward Kevin Butler supplied 15 points, junior forward Brandon Edwards scored 14 points and collected 13 rebounds, and both senior center Jordan Reves and senior guard Cameron Catlett added 11 points each.

Texas State’s Wright recorded a game high 24 points while gathering five rebounds.

Jones contributed a career high 21 points.

Feb. 15, 2011 was the last time any two Bobcats each logged 20 points in one game.

Davalos started the game with junior guard Phil Hawkins, Jones, redshirt sophomore forward Basil Brown II, senior forward Matt Staff, and Wright. This combination marked the eighth different starting lineup this season for the Bobcats.

The 91 points scored by the Mavericks marked the second highest point total against Texas State this season. Currently, the Bobcats are ranked last in scoring defense in the WAC, giving up an average of 75.2 points per game.

UT-Arlington shot 57.1 percent from the field and 48 from three-point land. Teams throughout the season have managed to find the weak spot in the Bobcat defense. Texas State is second to last in field goal percent defense among WAC teams. The Bobcats have allowed opponents to shoot 46.1 percent from the field.

“We have to make those timely shots,” Davalos said. “We have to match them. We could never get a stop when we needed. That was the worst part of it. Letting them go off on the second half was the worst part. Our energy was good but we couldn’t get the stop.”

This marked the 57th meeting between the two programs. Texas State currently holds the series advantage at 30-27. However, UTA won both meetings last year and five of the past six games.

Texas State’s nine-game losing streak started with a loss to the University of Texas Longhorns exactly one month ago. Opponents are outscoring them on average by 14.11 points

per game. The scoring margin for the Bobcats in WAC play is -15.8, last in the league.

“We’ve had these moments, where four point games turn into 15-point games and having to call a time out after a barrage of threes,” Davalos said. “It’s happened way too much. It’s bad. It’s bad news. They need to realize it’s not going to change unless they take as much pride in defense as they do in what their shooting percentage is.”

Louisiana Tech collected 19 offensive rebounds, which contributed to 23-second chance points in Louisiana Tech’s 84-67 victory.

The Bulldogs out rebounded the Bobcats 54-32. Louisiana Tech’s sophomore guard Kenneth Smith managed the glass, grabbing 10 boards and dishing out six assists. Junior guard Cordarius Johnson directed the offensive side of the ball with 17 points and sophomore guard Raheem Appleby supplied 12 points and six rebounds.

Wright led the Bobcats with 24 points and seven rebounds. Texas State’s guard duo of sophomore Wesley Davis and junior Deonte’ Jones contributed 25 points combined.

The Bobcats’ bench production and freethrow shooting was their weakness against the Bulldogs. The Bobcat bench was outscored 35-6. Junior guard Jaron Johnson with 10 points and five boards led Louisiana Tech.

LA Tech converted 84.6 percent of their foul shots, 11-13, while Texas State made 38.5 percent, 5-13.

Texas State never held a lead during the 84-

67, digging a 17-point halftime hole courtesy of the Bulldogs, who now hold a 13-3 record and 4-0 in WAC play. The Bobcats fell to 0-5 in conference play with a 4-13 overall record.

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Joel Wright, junior forward, struggles to pass the ball Jan. 12 at Strahan Coliseum. University of Texas-Arlington defeated the Bobcats 91-74.

Next Game: @ UTSA Sat. Jan. 19, 4 p.m.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Six-game losing streak comes to an end

By Odus Evbagharu Sports Reporter The Texas State women’s basketball team held the University of Texas-Arlington to 32.4 percent shooting en route to their first WAC win in the program’s history.

In beating the Mavericks Saturday night, the Bobcats (1-5, 7-9) ended a sixgame losing streak.

“I think tonight is going to help us get a win streak started,” said guard Diamond Ford. “Our defensive effort tonight was really good. We were intense from the beginning to the end of the game, and we knew if we got stops it would help our offense and help us win the game.”

Ford, who tallied a game-high 18 points and went 6-6 from the charity stripe, led

the team. Freshman forward Erin Peoples assisted with a double-double performance, totaling 10 points and five boards.

“It feels really, really good,” Peoples said. “It feels good to rebound and help my team win. I feel that we did good on defense especially. We’ve been working on it and it was something we needed to improve on, and we did that today.”

The club won the game without standout junior Ashley Ezeh, who leads the WAC in rebounding and ranks fifth in the conference in scoring with 16 points per game. Coach Zenarae Antoine said there was nothing wrong with the junior—she simply needed rest.

“I just think right now we just need to get (Ezeh) some rest,” Antoine said. “It was a game-day decision. Her body was fatigued at this point so we just thought

TRACK & FIELD

A&M Invitational gives Texas State’s first test

By Bert Santibanez Sports Reporter After the women’s track and field group finished in sixth place last week at the Texas A&M 12 Team Texas Invitational and the men finished 10th out of 12 teams, Coach Dana Boone felt mixed emotions as the units returned to practice Monday.

“There were good things and some not so good things but across the board, it was definitely better,” Boone said.

Other schools that participated included Baylor University, University of Houston and University of Texas at San Antonio.

Texas A&M placed first in both the men’s and the women’s team scores.

Both the men and the women finished sixth in the 10-team Texas A&M Invitational last season. Current sophomore Charles Grethen took home the highest prize, a third place finish in the 800-meter run.

This time around, Danielle Candelaria, marketing junior, earned a first place finish, winning the women’s high jump event, clearing a feat of 1.76 meters (5’ 9.25”).

The track and field unit will not be attending the scheduled Houston Indoor Invitational, according to Rick Poulter, assistant

athletic director of sports information. The Texas A&M Invitational was the first event out of a remaining 15-event season for Texas State Track and Field.

Expectations have never been higher for track and field. The teams will host four events this year at the new Texas State Track and Field Complex and standouts from 2011 will return, including senior pole vaulter Logan Cunningham who tried out for the 2012 Olympics last summer.

“I definitely have big expectations for this team,” Boone said. “I think this is a very good team. If we’re anywhere in the top three (in conference), it’ll be a solid season.”

Boone believes responsibility for each and every athlete’s event will be key in the team’s overall success throughout 2013 and beyond.

“Each person needs to take personal responsibility,” Boone said. “Their performance and what they do truly do affect the team. If each person takes the mentality of taking this team on their shoulders, we’re going to be in a great position.”

Next on the track and field schedule is the Red Raider Open at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, scheduled as an all day event on Feb. 2.

it would be good to hold her back for this game. She warmed up and still dressed out.”

The Bobcats were outrebounded 52-37, and gave up 20 offensive rebounds to UTArlington. Antoine said she will continue to look at the glass as “half-full.”

“Obviously at no time do you want to give up 20 offensive boards,” Antoine said. “In the same token, on any given night when you’re missing a player (Ezeh) that is potential All-Conference, and you still find a way to come up with a solid win, that’s exciting that your players can step up and get defensive stops.”

On Thursday the Bobcats played Louisiana Tech University, losing 71-58. The Bobcats shot 34.8 percent from the field and 44.4 percent from the free-throw line.

Antoine loved their “fight,” but the team

came up short.

“We did a great job fighting back in that game,” Antoine said. “We dug ourselves in a pretty big hole in the first half, fought back in the second half and just came up short.”

The next game for the team will be against the Interstate 35 rival University of Texas-San Antonio. The meeting will take place Saturday, Jan. 19 at Strahan Coliseum. UTSA is 3-3 in conference.

The Bobcats, two games behind the Roadrunners in the standings, are still trying to claw out of last place.

Twitter: @Odus_outputs Next Game: Vs. UTSA, Sat, Jan. 19, 2 p.m. at Strahan Coliseum

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AFTER FURTHER REVIEW: WHAT’S BREWIN’?

New coach needed to resurrect basketball team

By Jordan Brewer Sports Reporter A teenager can only steal cash out of their parent’s billfold for so long before getting caught. Students can only text so many times in class before a professor calls them out on it. A person can get away with eating junk food until the day it catches up to them.

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me seven seasons in a row, we have issues.

Coach Doug Davalos is in his seventh season with the Bobcats and is piling on to what could be his worst season yet.

Davalos took over a dismal program in

2006 and made it less horrible, but the most successful season he has had was going 16-16 in 2010.

His team is 4-14 with nine straight losses and has dropped 14 of their last 16 contests. They are winless in conference play and on the road. Their last two losses were by 17 points. The Bobcats are last in the conference in four categories, eighth or worse in 13 categories.

Davalos might not be the whole problem, but he’s not the solution either.

Texas State has not experienced a successful coaching stint since the early ‘90s when half of this column’s readers were not able to walk. Students, faculty, players and loyal fans deserve much better.

Texas State has made strides in other sports. Football competed with some of the most notable non-BCS teams in the country. They were able to sell out (33,006) the 2012 home game against Texas Tech University.

Baseball competes with and beats some of the top teams on its schedule, such as Rice University, Baylor University and Texas Christian University every season.

The softball program has found a similar

Associate Athletic Director

By Cameron Irvine Sports Editor CI: Is Texas State looking into improving game day experience and the game day atmosphere?

DC: We were UTSA’s Texas Tech this year. We were the game on their schedule that everybody wanted to see, that everyone turned out for. They had good crowds all year long and you have to give them credit. Their game day atmosphere was terrific, but I also think our Texas Tech game atmosphere was unbelievable and terrific.

You put 33,000 people in a stadium somewhere and you are going to walk away with a great experience. It’s when you have 15,000 people in a 30,000-seat stadium, that’s when you can do a lot of promotions and you

path to success as baseball, competing with teams at the highest level.

Where is men’s basketball on this list?

Lost in mediocrity, and that statement might be generous.

Texas State is currently eighth in the conference (out of 10). Game attendance averages just more than 1,000 at home games. The University of Denver (2,615) and Seattle University (2,712) rank higher than Texas State in attendance. Denver and Seattle have a combined enrollment of approximately 10,000 students, while Texas State has 34,000.

The basketball program should be on the path to success that has been traveled by other Texas State athletic programs. It has become a major feat for the team to participate in a conference tournament, much less come away victorious.

Some might believe Davalos deserves a little leeway because the team is playing at a higher level in the WAC. However, Texas State played familiar opponent the University of Texas-Arlington from the Southland Conference, yielding much of the same results – a 91-74 defeat at home.

In the modern day of collegiate athletics, football undoubtedly owns the crown.

But many mid-major teams have found athletic success in basketball, such as Butler University, Virginia Commonwealth University and Gonzaga University.

can do a lot of in-game stuff.

It’s hard to get past the atmosphere when a quarter of the seats are empty.

CI: Tailgating was not as popular this year, some of it due to weather, some of it due to location. Is athletics trying to find a solution to some of the issues with tailgating?

DC: We need to re-evaluate our tailgating plan. There have been a couple of years when it’s been outstanding. This year wasn’t one of them, especially in regards to the student tailgating. Our in-game stuff is really good—better than UTSA. Theirs was a lot more geared toward the corporate end of things, and ours is a bit more fan interactive. We haven’t gotten that far into (tailgating plans). But a few years ago, when we had it in the east side lot, it was really good.

CI: In what area are you looking to improve attendance figures the most?

DC: It’s the students. We’ve

Texas State is not striving for the Sweet 16 or cutting down nets just yet. However, there is an opportunity for the Bobcats to become a successful team.

The first initiative for Texas State to have a program like Butler’s or VCU’s is to find a coach. All of the successful mid-major teams have one important thing in common: a great coach. Major basketball powers go to smaller programs for their coach openings because they are considered high-caliber. They win with lesser talent.

There is a good chance Texas State will not have a Larry Brown fall into their lap, as did Southern Methodist University.

But a guy can dream. There could be the next Mark Few, Brad Stevens or Shaka Smart coaching at an assistant position somewhere, waiting for their opportunity to hold the reigns and resurrect a basketball program.

It’s like being involved in a bad relationship that is not going anywhere. It is time for a break-up. It is time for Texas State to play the field and see what else is out there. Who knows, the next one could be the one.

got 34,000 plus. That, in my opinion, is the fastest way to really get those attendance numbers up. You put 1,000 more students at our basketball and volleyball games, Strahan is loud. Our students do a good job of showing up now. I would think that at this school, there is no reason to not have 8,000 students at each football game. From a growth standpoint, we really want to continue to work on the students.

I think they are aware of the games and when they are, but right now, for whatever reason, they are just making the choice not to go.

CI: As a leader in the athletic office, how do you fix the problem of students not showing up to games when it’s been a problem at this university for so long?

DC: You have to continue to work directly with the key organizations and the students on campus to make sure they are helping us promote within their groups. San Marcos is

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difficult with advertising because you don’t have TV buys here, you don’t have radio buys here. Everyone’s tuning in to get your Austin and San Antonio stuff, so you have to go into those areas to buy and it’s really expensive to do. So we have to continue to do the oncampus marketing. We’ve got to make sure that the students are aware, and I think that the students are. Winning helps a lot.

CI: How would you grade football’s 2012 season?

DC: It’s a process to where you are going. There are not many teams that have had success in their first year of FBS football. We have been very competitive in most of our games. In the grand scheme of things, what we have done in our first year and how competitive we’ve been, if you really follow and study the game, I think we are doing a pretty good job.

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Standings WAC

Men’s Basketball Weekend Scores Total

Utah State

5

0

14

1

NM State

71

La. Tech

5

0

14

3

Idaho

70

Denver

5

1

9

7

La. Tech

73

NMSU

4

2

10

8

UTSA

71

UTA

3

2

8

6

Denver

64

SJSU

3

2

9

7

Seattle

51

Idaho

2

3

6

9

UTA

91

Seattle

0

5

5

10

TEXAS ST.

74

UTSA

0

6

4

12

SJST

60

TEXAS ST.

0

6

4

14

Utah St.

66

Standings Final

Final

Final

Final

Final

Women’s Basketball WAC Total Weekend Scores

Seattle

5

0

8

6

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