PAGE TWO November 14, 2006
Tuesday in Brief
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Walter Musgrove, technical communication graduate student, is one of five Texas State student athletes named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District VI University Division Football Team. Musgrove, a repeat first-team selection, enters the week ranked 12th nationally in interceptions with four this season, including two in the Bobcats’ win over McNeese State. The Duncanville native graduated in May with a 3.33
grade point average in English and minor in Spanish. He interned this summer for GSD&M Advertising, assisting in the firm’s American Legacy anti-smoking campaign. Last summer he was named the Intern of the Year for the Texas Comptroller’s Office after working to develop an electronic database of Texas City and county revenue/tax files. — Courtesy of Public Relations
News Contact — David Saleh Rauf, starnews@txstate.edu Texas State University-San Marcos is a member of the Texas State University System
The real Texas wild-rice TUESDAY The Student Volunteer Connection within the Office of Campus Activities & Student Organizations is set to host the second-annual campaign to fight hunger and homelessness. This year Hunger and Homelessness Week will run Monday through Friday. For questions or to get an organization involved with the National Students Against Hunger and Homelessness 2006 campaign, call (512) 245-1687 or e-mail svcoffice@txstate.edu. For more information, stop by the office at LBJSC, Room 4-10.1 or check out the website and updated calendar at: www.studentaffairs.txstate.edu/svc/. Panel discussion “Protest and Dissent: Immigration” will be held at the Round Rock High Education Center from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the Avery Building Theatre, Room 252. Call (512) 716-4023 with any questions. Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament will take place from 5:45 to 9 p.m. in the chapel of the Catholic Student Center. The Catholic Student Organization will meet at 7 p.m. in the CSC. SMU Law School Admissions Presentation will be held 5 p.m. in McCoy Hall, Room 124. All are welcome and pizza will be served. E-mail Alexis Stockes at as44@txstate.edu with questions. The CSC will have a free lunch for all students from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the lobby of the CSC. Overeaters Anonymous will meet at 12:30 p.m. at the First Lutheran Church, 130 W. Holland. For more information call (512) 357-2049.
Corrections
A picture on the cover of Thursday’s University Star mistakenly identified a plant in the San Marcos River as Texas wildrice. A picture of Texas wild-rice can be found on this page. The Star identified Kyle Bryant as manager of the band Fulton Read. He is actually the manager of Three Leaf.
An on-campus Alcoholics Anonymous meeting will be held from 5 to 6 p.m. For more information call the Alcohol and Drug Resource Center at (512) 245-3601. The Tennis Club will meet from 6 to 8 p.m. at the tennis courts on Sessom Drive, behind Joe’s Crab Shack. All skill levels are welcome. For more information e-mail the Tennis Club President, Chris Harris, at ch1282@txstate.edu. Chi Alpha Christian Fellowship will hold its weekly meeting at 8:30 p.m. in Old Main, Room 320. Enjoy contemporary worship, relevant teaching and prayer. Everyone is welcome. For more information call (512) 557-7988 or e-mail mail@texasstatechialpha.com. The Organization of Student Social Workers will meet at 12:30 p.m. in the Health Professions Building, Room 234. Simple Silent Sitting Group will meet from 4 to 5 p.m. in the Campus Christian Community Center. Students interested in becoming involved with the community, making business connections and learning leadership skills can attend the Students in Free Enterprise at 4:15 p.m. in McCoy Hall, Room 113. Every Nation Campus Ministries is now meeting at 7 p.m. in Centennial Hall, Room G-02. There will be free food, fellowship and an inspiring message. Go to www.UniversityStar.com and click on contact to view calendar and Stars of Texas State submission policies.
On this day... 1851 — Herman Melville’s novel Moby Dick was first published in the U.S. 1922 — The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) began domestic radio service. 1968 — Yale University announced it was going co-educational. Monty Marion/Star photo Texas wild-rice, which only grows in the clear spring water of the upper San Marcos River, can be identified by its long, green leaves and black or brown seeds.
CRIME BL TTER University Police Department Nov. 6, 12:36 p.m. Failure to Comply/Striking Unattended Vehicle/Bobcat Village Parking Lot A student reported to a police officer that an unknown individual had struck his vehicle. This case is under investigation. Nov. 6, 12:40 p.m. Theft Under $50/Alkek Library An officer was dispatched for a report from a student stating his backpack had been taken without consent. This case is under investigation. Nov. 6, 5:23 p.m. Theft Under $20,000/Falls Hall
An officer was dispatched for a report from a student stating items had been taken from his room without consent. This case is under investigation. Nov. 7, 9:14 a.m. Theft Under $50/Bobcat Village An officer was dispatched for a report from a student stating that university property had been taken. This case is under investigation. Nov. 7, 12:01 p.m. BMV/Bexar Parking Garage A student reported to a police officer in the UPD Lobby that items had been taken from their vehicle without consent.
Crime stoppers: UPD: 245-7867, SMPD: 353-TIPS
1969 — Apollo 12 blasted off for the moon from Cape Kennedy. 1972 — Blue Ribbon Sports became Nike.
Round Rock campus holds immigration panel Texas State’s Round Rock Higher Education Center will host a panel discussion on the theme of protest and dissent with a focus on immigration, 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Avery Building Theatre, Room 252. Five panelists, including community members and professors, will discuss issues in immigration. Community representatives will provide diverse viewpoints while professors will refer to the philosophical influences and economic impact of immigration. The discussion will provide insight into the immigration protests held throughout the country this year, including the city of Austin. El Paso native and former Green Beret Roberto Bailon is vice chairperson of the Brazos River Authority and owner of a private consulting company that has provided coun-
sel to some of the country’s outstanding office holders, corporations and nonprofit organizations. Jeffrey Gordon is a professor of philosophy at Texas State, where he has been a distinguished teaching professor in the humanities. His essays on the meaning of life have appeared in journals throughout the world. Jack Mogab is a professor of economics at Texas State and director of the Center for Latin-American Commerce. Jim Harrington is the director of the Texas Civil Rights Project. Jorge Valadez is a writer and professor of philosophy at Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio. For more information, call Dawn Bayardo at (512) 7164023 or e-mail db44@txstate. edu. — Courtesy of Public Relations