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TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY SAN MARCOS
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SEPTEMBER 28, 2005
WEDNESDAY
VOLUME 95, ISSUE 14
Poet Maya Angelou to speak on Courage at LBJ Student Center
Teaching the Faith Sheik Khalid Sayed, an Austin-based Islamic leader, spoke Tuesday night in Flowers Hall on Islamic traditions and how they relate to the Quran.
By Leah Kirkwood News Reporter
highly published poet and novelist. Angelou is a playwright, Texas State will host one of the screenwriter, dancer, civil rights legendary women of contem- activist, director, actress and porary literature Wednesday. singer. She also worked as an Maya Angelou will speak about editor for newspapers in Cairo, “Courage” at 8 p.m. as part of Egypt and Ghana, where she the Lyndon Baines Johnson Dis- taught at the local universities. tinguished Lecture Series in the Angelou’s skill as a great mall between Alkek Library and communicator has been recthe LBJ Student Cenognized by several ter. U.S. presidents. PresiChristina Keating, dent Jimmy Carter communication studappointed her to the ies junior, plans to atNational Commission tend Maya Angelou’s on the Observance of lecture. International Wom“I’m excited bean’s Year in 1977, and cause she is a great later she was appointfigure in literature ed to the American and history,” Keating Revolutionary Bisaid. centennial Advisory Maya Angelou Maya Angelou is Council by President well-known for her Ford. In 1993, at Presi12 best-selling books of person- dent Clinton’s request, Angelou al struggle and poetry, such as I composed a poem entitled “On Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, the Pulse of Morning” and reAnd Still I Rise and The Heart of cited it at his inauguration cera Woman. But her accomplishments extend far past that of a See ANGELOU, page 3
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Commissioners Court voices opinions about spring recharge project
Islamic leader addresses students’ questions regarding Muslim piety Jason Buch Special to The Star
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mam Khalid Sayed of the Masjid Ibrahim Mosque in South Austin spoke to Texas State students about the Quran and tenets of Islam on Tuesday night. “To be Muslim is to submit, to totally surrender to the will of Allah,” Sayed said, illustrating his main point about
Islam. “The God of Muslims is the God of Jews and Christians. It is God who created the universe. In the Quran he called himself other names, gave himself certain qualities. We may only call him by the names he gave himself. We may only know him by the qualities he gave himself. To believe this is to believe he created this universe, even if you do not believe in the Quran.” Sayed came to speak at the request of
the Muslim Student Association. “We had been wanting to work with another organization to get started,” said Samer Morad of the MSA. “I met (Jay Arnold, president of the Socratic Society), and he wanted a speaker to come because they were going to be talking about Islam. I was going to speak, but I thought I should bring
By Courtney Addison News Reporter
See FAITH, page 3
Hundreds of San Marcos leaders and citizens attended Tuesday’s Hays County Commissioners Court meeting to voice their opinion on the possible commitment of $700,000 to the San Marcos Springs Recharge Area Project. The meeting opened with the recognition of the city’s quick response in providing Hurricane Rita evacuees a safe place to rest and recuperate while waiting to return to their homes. San Marcos housed an estimated 1,000 evacuees in Red Cross and other shelters. After recognizing the city’s efforts, the topic of debate became the possible purchase and development of the San Marcos Springs Recharge Area by the Hays County Parks and Open Space Projects. According to the project’s presentation, the San Marcos
San Marcos CISD welcomes a new principal and former Bobcat By Emily Messer News Reporter When the doors opened for class Friday morning, Miller Junior High School had a new principal. Jon C. Orozco, a Southwest Texas State University graduate, said he is excited about relocating to the Central Texas area. “I’m really excited to be able to come back to where I went to college,” Orozco said. Orozco will be moving from the San Gertrudis Independent School District near Kingsville, where he was the superintendent for about a year. Orozco said he wanted to be closer to
his family in San Antonio. Orozco also said he is looking forward to working with the faculty Jon C. Orozco and staff of Miller Junior High, as well as the San Marcos community. “I’m impressed with (San Marcos Consolidated ISD President) Dr. Perez, the school board and the organization,” Orozco said. Orozco said he is committed
to education and enjoys working with children, as well as the faculty and staff. “(Education) is giving (the children) a foundation to be successful and leaders eventually,” Orozco said. Orozco is currently working on receiving his doctorate in education leadership from Texas A&M University-Kingsville. He said he has finished the necessary coursework and must complete another 90 pages toward his thesis. Orozco received his bachelor’s degree in exercise and sports science from Southwest Texas State University. He received his master’s in adminis-
tration from A&M-Kingsville. Orozco has had prior experience as a principal when he worked in the Judson Independent School District for five years. While there, he served as principal at Mary Lou Harman Elementary. He was also the assistant principal and then served as principal of Coronado Village Elementary School for three years. Also in Judson ISD, Orozco was the assistant principal of Kirby Middle School. In the Pearsall ISD, Orozco served as the assistant principal of Ted Flores Elementary See PRINCIPAL, page 4
Springs is the second-largest spring group in Texas, releasing an average of 225 million gallons of water per day, providing drinking water for about two million residents. The recharge zone, located in west central Texas, is where Edward’s Aquifer is replenished with water from surrounding bodies, caves and sinkholes. The land was valued between $4.52 and $6.5 million as of August 2005, and the project has potential funding from many organizations, such as the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and the City of San Marcos. The floor was opened for public comments and many San Marcos residents expressed their views to the court about the proposed park project. George Boemerman, a San Marcos resident of 24 years, expressed his support of the project. See PROJECT, page 4
Bobcats pause in Ballroom to remember AIDS victims Danea Johnson Special to The Star Some of the victims are symbolized with appliqués, such as the Texas flag, while others are represented through clothing, pictures and rhinestones. One is even represented with a Barbie doll. Each panel is unique, from something as simple as a name painted in red on white fabric to an embellished panel with Texas A&M paraphernalia. The panels each signify one AIDS victim, one personalized piece of the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt, which Texas State is currently displaying in the LBJ Student Center Ballroom. Students, staff and the San Marcos community are invited to view the 18 blocks of fabric, equivalent to 144 panels of the quilt, located on the Ballroom’s floor area. “It is an educational opportunity,” said Tina Schultz, director of the Office of Dis-
t is very powerful “I when you actually see that people lost their lives in a deadly experience.”
— Tina Schultz Office of Disability Services director
ability Services. “It is very powerful when you actually see that people lost their lives in a deadly experience.” The Health Resource Center, the Student Health Center, the Office of Disability Services, the Alcohol and Drug Resource Center and the Student Affairs Diversity Team conceptualized bringing the quilt display to Texas State. “The event was well-received last time with 2,800 visitors,” Schultz said, referring
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to the 12 blocks of the quilt that were displayed in the Ballroom in 2000. Eight panels constitute one block measuring 12 feet by 12 feet. A panel is measured three feet by six feet. Each was created in remembrance of an individual who has died from AIDS. But what is displayed at the Ballroom is only a small piece of the larger quilt — there are 5,683 blocks with more than 82,838 names dispersed around the world. Students Shamika Williams, biology junior, and Ashley Weaver, education junior, were surprised to discover Arthur Ashe’s panel and took time to honor the legendary tennis player’s memory. Weaver had her picture taken with Ashe’s panel. “It is interesting to see people’s lives Jeremy Craig/Star photo through a quilt,” Williams said. “It’s like a gravesite,” Weaver said. “It’s Junior Frank Garcia takes a long look at a particular section neat to see the different things on the quilts of the quilt dedicated to Henry Guerra. Garcia is of no relation to him but said was touched by the personalized notes See AIDS, page 4 from family members and friends of Guerra.
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