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Incoming SRSU Freshmen take part in Playfest & Spirit Show

Sul Ross State Univer-sity welcomed new faculty members for Fall Semester 2012.

New faculty members are:

School of Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences: Christopher Estepp, assistant professor of Animal Science. Estepp received a B.S. (1997) in Animal Science and M.Ed. (2006) in Agricultural Education from Texas A&M University, College Station; and a Ph.D. (2012) from the University of Florida, Gainesville. He was a grad-uate research and teaching assistant at the University of Florida and earlier served as a secondary agriscience teacher at Greenwood High School, Midland.

Bryon Housewright, assistant professor of Animal Science. House-wright received a B.S. in Animal Science from Texas

Sul Ross State welcomes new faculty membersTech University, Lubbock, and M.S. (1990) and Ph.D. (1994) in Ruminant Nutri-tion from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He previously taught at Ten-nessee Tech University, Cookeville, and Texas A&M University-Commerce; and was a graduate research assistant at the University of Tennessee. Housewright has also worked as a nutritionist specialist for several com-panies, including Monsanto and ConAgra Feed Co.

School of Arts and Sciences: Angela Brown, as-sistant professor of Math-ematics. Brown received a an A.S. (2000) in Mathemat-ics/Physics/Pre-Engineering from Lee College, Baytown; B.S. (2003) and M.S. (2006) in Mathematics from Sam Houston State University, Huntsvile, and a Ph.D. (2012) in Mathematics from the University of Texas at Arlington. She was a Na-

tional Science Foundation MAVS GK-12 Grant Fellow, graduate teaching assistant and after receiving her Ph.D., an adjunct professor at UT-Arlington. Brown also served as a graduate assistant at Sam Houston State.

School of Professional Studies: Galen Privitt, asso-ciate professor of Education. Privitt has spent 29 years in education, as a teacher, coach, campus administra-tor and central office ad-ministrator. He has worked in the Corsicana, Wharton, Roma, Santa Anna, Perrin-Whitt and ODonnell school districts and most recently, was a visiting assistant pro-fessor at Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls; and an adjunct professor at Ashford University, Clin-ton, Iowa. Privitt received a B.S. Ed. (1977) in Secondary Education from Lubbock Christian University; M.Ed.

(1992) in Educational Ad-ministration from Univer-sity of Texas-Pan American, Edinburg; and Ed.D. (2006) in Educational Leadership from the University of Texas at Austin.

Jeanne Qvarnstrom, assistant professor of Education. Qvarnstrom, has served in various capacities in the Red Clay Consolidat-ed School District, Wilm-ington, Del., since 1992, most recently as director of Curriculum and Instruction. From 1971-1991 she worked in California school districts in Pismo Beach, Modesto and Yuba City, as well as the San Diego county Office of Education. She received a BS (1970) from Iowa State University, Ames; MS (1975) from California State University, Hayward; and Ed.D. (1986) from Univer-sity of the Pacific, Stockton, Cal.

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CONTENTS

What you should know before SGA elections

Campus organizations for every interest

Girls fight back next week

What you need to know to fight West Nile virus

La Familia starts Sept. 14

Shorts composition wins

SRSU Fines & Sanctions Guide

Museum exhibit opens Saturday

New faculty joins Sul Ross

Carson gets ASC Offensive Player of the Week

Mustangs take season opener, 54-44

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Editors MessageThe Skyline staff welcomes the 2012-13 students

to the Skyline on its 90th year of publication! Numerous changes have been made throughout

its lifetime, but perhaps no other change seems as drastic as this years. We hope you like the news magazine format and we hope you find the informa-tion within useful and informative.

Along with this new format we will have revised publication dates. Look for us every other week! Please visit our Facebook page for photos and break-ing news that is likely to happen between issues.

It is our goal to deliver pertinent news that affects students. Our first issue is geared toward introducing incoming freshman to our campus, but also remind-ing upperclassmen of pressing issues that affect every student.

Welcome back to the Pine and best wishes for a successful year!

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By Angela GreenroyBefore the national elections sneak

up on us, students should mark their calendars for the SRSU Student Gov-ernment Association (SGA) elections which will be held September 25-27. Due to contestation of the executive elections this past spring semester, executive officer positions will be held at the same time as the annual senate elections.

An SGA election packet can be downloaded online by searching Stu-dent Government Association on the Sul Ross website, or the packet can be picked up at the Student Life Office, UC 211. Completed applications can be returned to the same office.

Prior to the voting period, students will receive a login and password in their Sul Ross email accounts. In the same email, students will also find a link to the voting site.

Elected executive positions are president, vice-president, secretary, and treasurer. The application pro-vides a detailed description of each position. Campaigning is allowed and encouraged. provided the election code by-laws are followed.

Senatorial positions for each department need to be applied for as well. Active members of the SGA during the spring 2012 semester wit-nessed the impeachment of more than a dozen senators who failed to adhere

From YOUR EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

What you should to know before SGA electionsto requirements. Senatorial positions should be taken seriously. There are consequences for those who are found lacking.

Now that the fall semester classes have begun, it is time to turn our at-tention to getting involved while were not in the classroom. There are numer-ous student organizations on campus to pique the interest of any student. Each organization is a part of a bigger whole, contributing character and per-sonality to our school. Todays Fall on the Mall event offers you the opportu-nity to familiarize yourself with many of Sul Ross student organizations.

Representatives from each student organization need to be selected to serve as the senate of the Student Gov-ernment Association. Its important that the person selected is able and willing to meet the requirements and attend the meetings.

There are many relevant issues to be discussed this year, but one has quickly invaded the minds of recur-ring SGA members.

During the spring semesters failed election, a question was posed on the ballot concerning a higher compensa-tion for the executive officers. The question in many of the voters minds was: Are officers being compensated now and how much?

Last years officers did receive a small stipend, but the amount project-

ed for this years executive council has been increased per executive position by more than five times that amount. Where is this money coming from?

Cuts are being made in every de-partment. Scholarships are not being distributed to the extent they were last year. Yet, SGA compensation is increasing?

Will those running for office do so for the interest of the students? Or will they have dollar signs in their eyes?

Students should demand transpar-ency in their elected officials. Visit your SRSU email account frequently during September and pay special attention to those introducing them-selves as SGA candidates.

Take some time to get to know people, ask questions, and most im-portantly, be a person of action and vote.

In the words of Franklin D. Roos-evelt, Democracy cannot succeed un-less those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.

As extra incentive for students, political science instructors Dr. Amy Moreland and Dr. David Watsonand perhaps otherswill extend extra credit opportunities to st