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Dean accepts provost position at Northwest Missouri State By Nicole Barrios ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR

KENWORTHY ULEANYA STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Anti-semitic and racist words were found drawn in front of several apartment doors at Sancturay Lofts Apartments, a student housing community in San Marcos.

Apartment vandalized with antiSemitic symbols, racial slurs By Nicole Barrios ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR

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an Marcos police are looking for a vandal who drew racially insensitive words and inappropriate symbols and punched holes in the walls of Sanctuary Lofts Apartments. Swastikas, pentagrams with the numbers 666, racially insensitive words, terms

used to target people of the Jewish faith and curse words were found written on the fourth floor hallway, said Sgt. Byron Mobley, San Marcos Police officer. Holes were punched into the walls of the hall and some other inappropriate language was written in black marker in the elevator. The words “ass” and “porn” were also found along with the other insensitive terms, he said. SMPD believes the vandalism occurred

Timothy Mottet, dean of the College of Fine Arts and Communication, announced he will be leaving Texas State to accept a position as provost at Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, Missouri. In an email to faculty and staff, Mottet announced he will be leaving Texas State July 31 and joining Northwest Missouri State Aug. 1. Mottet was nominated for the provost position at Northwest Missouri State in April and decided to submit an application, which resulted in interviews and an offer to join the university, he said. “At first I just wanted to be a very good dean, and I thought if I ever became a very good dean, I might consider a provost position,” Mottet said. After three years of serving as dean, Mottet said his time at Texas State has been an “incredible and very rewarding experience.” Mottet said he’s leaving a very good position in a place he loves, which has made his decision hard. “It’s an opportunity to do other things and to learn and lead at a different level, and that kind of excites me,” Mottet said. Mottet said a combination of factors motivated him to take the position at Northwest Missouri, such as the new challenge the provost position presented and the location of the job that would put him closer to his aging parents in Iowa, he said. His partner, Rick, was also willing to consider the venture and move with him, he said. Northwest Missouri has a new strategic plan, and Mottet’s

sometime between 1 a.m.-6 a.m. June 21, Mobley said. “We don’t think it was particularly directed to any one person, you know,” Mobley said. “I think some people who live there might think differently, but I’ve got nothing to lead me to that right now.” The symbols and insensitive terms were written on the floor in a “powder,

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COURTESY OF TIMOTHY MOTTET

job will be to help implement it. He will make sure programs are of high quality and aligned with the plan and they receive sufficient attention, he said. Mottet said he will miss Texas State and the time he spent here. He will also miss the people he has met and worked with as well as Central Texas. The successful opening of the new Performing Arts Center is one of the projects Mottet is most proud of at Texas State, he said. The implementation of an automated ticketing system on campus and transforming the Friends of Fine Arts and Communication into a scholarship organization are other pride-worthy accomplishments. “I feel like I’ve grown up at Texas State,” Mottet said. “I learned how to teach here, I learned how to do research here and I learned how to lead here.” Faculty and staff have been “incredibly supportive” of Mottet’s move, he said. Laurie Fluker, associate dean of the College of Fine Arts and Communication, said Mottet knows how to listen to all facets of an idea and come to a conclusion and is not afraid to make a difficult call. She is “devastated” he is leaving Texas State. “(Mottet) is an exceptional administrator, and there is no doubt in my mind that what is in his future is he will be President Mottet in the very near future, and it would be my honor and my pleasure to serve with him, under him or just be with him in any capacity in the future,” Fluker said. Michael Niblett, director of the School of Art and Design, said Mottet has listened to the needs of every school and program in the College of Fine Arts and Communication and has utilized strategic thinking, communication and organization skills to thrive as the dean. “He’s been very good to work with,” Niblett said. “We’ll miss him.” Although a replacement has not yet been named and a national search is not yet underway, the provost and president usually name an interim dean to serve until a new one is chosen, Fluker said. From 1998-2007, Mottet was a faculty member in the

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San Marcos High School stadium to open fall 2014 By Kelsey Bradshaw NEWS EDITOR

San Marcos High School Rattlers fans will now have a stadium of their own to call home. A new multi-purpose athletic stadium for SMHS is scheduled for completion this fall. Seating 8,000 fans, the stadium has been “a long time coming,” said Mark Soto, athletic director of SMCISD. According to the project’s website, the home side will seat 5,000 fans and the visitor side will seat the remaining 3,000. Restrooms, and concession stands will be located on both ends of the stadium. The north end zone will include locker rooms for the home and visitor teams, a central training room and an officials’ locker room, according to the website. A synthetic turf will be used for the field, emblazoned with the SMHS logo.

Until now, the high school has used Bobcat Stadium, often resulting in a Thursday night game, Soto said. After hearing the news of the incoming stadium to call its own, the football team is very excited for a “Friday Night Lights” experience, Soto said. “(Friday Night Lights) sounds a lot cooler than ‘Thursday Night Lights,’” Soto said. Oftentimes, the high school is considered the “little brother” of the university, Soto said. As the university has grown, so has the high school, and it is now time for the “little brother” to grow up. Although the high school is moving up and establishing its own stadium, it will hopefully keep its relationship going with the university. “We will always have a healthy relationship,” Soto said. “Every now and then, you have to get out and do your own thing.” The idea of playing at home has created excitement amongst the team,

Soto said. “Watching (the stadium) grow is kind of like building the football team and all of our other teams,” Soto said. Every day students can see the building process, Soto said. Watching the workers create the foundation for the stadium has been used as a teaching tool for the team. “That is what intense work gets you,” Soto said. “You build a great foundation, and then you intensely work and you get an end product.” San Marcos CISD is “thrilled” to be able to provide the new stadium and athletic complex for the students, said Iris Campbell, public information officer at San Marcos CISD. The stadium was possible due to the support of the citizens in the community. “The Rattler Stadium will become home to all of our athletic programs and many of the UIL programs such as band and the dance teams,” Campbell said.

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According to the website, the new stadium will include a parking lot in anticipation of large crowds. Soto thinks that more people will attend

the games now that a “home turf” has been created. “You always want to defend your turf,” Soto said.

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