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Smoking ban petition stirs up controversyCampus Life, page 4
The voice of Texas Wesleyan University students since 1917
WEDNESDAYOctober 7, 2009
Vol. 92 • No. 18
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Wesleyan says bonjour to new dean of arts and lettersEunice [email protected]
When walking into the of-fice of Dr. Steven Daniell, dean of the school of arts and letters, visitors will find bright red Canadian maple leafs peeking out from vari-ous spots. The French books stacked neatly on his confer-ence table show the native Texan’s passion for French language and literature.
Daniell has come home to lead Texas Wesleyan’s newly created school of arts and let-ters after working and study-ing in the United States, France and Canada for more than 20 years.
“Dr. Daniell has a strong background in liberal studies, good experience at research institutions and a good posi-tive outlook towards manag-ing change,” said University President Dr. Harold Jeffcoat. “I expect him to identify and promote some key academic programs with arts and letters that could emerge as graduate programs.”
The old school that en-compassed arts and sciences split into two last year. Dr. Trevor Morris was hired as
dean of the school of natural and social sciences. Dani-ell was hired as dean of the school of arts and letters, a position well suited for him given his past.
While growing up in Lub-bock, Daniell decided early on to attend nearby Texas Tech,
where he initially studied physics, literature and French.
“I found that I liked [the arts] a lot more,” Daniell said. “I liked writing more than math and science, and I was good at languages.”
He then pursued his mas-ter’s degree in French litera-ture at the University of Il-
linois at Urbana-Champaign and traveled to Paris.
“I was sort of the English language resource for the high school, as well as an in-class aide and/or teacher,” he said. The school was Lycée Con-dorcet in La Varenne-Saint-Hilaire, an eastern suburb of Paris.
“I also helped the termi-nales [seniors] prepare for the English portion of their bachalauréat [exit] exams,” he said.
In addition to teaching, Daniell spent the year taking courses in French literature and traveling around north-ern and eastern France.
In 1988 he traveled to Que-bec, Canada, for a six-week summer study program just before beginning his disser-tation on French-Canadian literature.
He met his wife Lauren on Île d’Orléans, just down river from Québec City. They were married in 1991, the same year Daniell earned his PhD in French literature, also from the University of Illinois.
In 1991 Daniell began his
Invisible Children revealed at TWUJonathan [email protected]
A soldier fitfully sleeps with his weapon nearby. He is vigi-lant. He’s never sure when he will need to defend himself or be called upon to take up arms against the enemy – to once again experience the vi-olent recoil of his gun, to once again haphazardly risk his life, his future, in a war that he did not cause.
He is not a U.S. soldier. He is a soldier in the Lord’s Resis-tance Army in Uganda, and he’s 8 years old.
In the United Sates, a typi-cal 8-year-old is finishing up the second grade – learn-ing multiplication tables and words for the weekly spelling test. In Texas, he by law must sit in a booster seat while rid-ing in a car. He might go to a Cub Scout meeting or soc-cer practice after school, not target practice with a gun designed for men more than twice his size.
Instead of a teddy bear or a security blanket, he’s forced to snuggle with a fully automatic rifle.
According to the Invis-
ible Children documentary, 2 million people have died and 5 million people have fled Uganda in the 20-year war between northern and south-ern Uganda. Children are fre-quent victims in this war.
Rebecca Moore, sophomore English major, first learned of the plight of the children of Uganda three years ago when she watched Invisible Chil-dren, a documentary filmed in 2003 by three southern California men in their 20s who exposed the horrors of
Jonathan Resendez| Rambler StaffMore than 90 percent of soldiers in the Lord’s Resistance Army were abducted as children.
Statue poised to breathe new life into school spirit
Jonathan [email protected]
Texas Wesleyan will soon have more than 5 feet and 300 pounds of school spirit.
The Student Government Association will unveil a new bronze ram statue next month with the anticipation that it will raise campus pride.
Heath Scott, president of the SGA, said the statue is the first element of their three-part agenda for the year, which also include campus security and beautification. The statue will be used to spearhead the SGA’s school spirit initiative.
“It really frustrates me as student body president when I walk around the campus, and I don’t see the alma ma-ter,” Scott said. “I don’t see any blue. I don’t see any gold. I don’t even see a ram.”
With school spirit lacking, Scott said he hopes the ram will be the first step in getting people to be proud of going to school at Wesleyan. The SGA hopes to “flood” the campus with blue and gold, as well as the alma mater and Wesleyan Flame.
“More spirit would make us more well known,” said Vir-ginia Morales, freshman biol-ogy major. “The school would receive more recognition like Texas Christian University. So when someone says ‘Texas Wesleyan,’ people will know where it is.”
Marcus Johnson, a sopho-more undecided major, said Wesleyan could improve school spirit by raising an in-terest in athletics or getting a football team.
“We need more students to go here and try to become something other than doctors or lawyers,” he said.
Sports may actually be a key factor in raising school spirit levels, said Scott, who hopes to establish “spirit crews” or “ram crews” for this year’s
basketball season. “I want a group of students
[to go to the games] who paint themselves and put on all the Wesleyan gear and act crazy,” he said. “We’ll have co-ordinated yells and cheers and stuff like that.”
The SGA and Pati Alexan-
der, vice president for enroll-ment and student services, started working on tracking down a ram statue in the sum-mer. After scouring the In-ternet for five hours, Scott stumbled upon largeart.com, the largest marble and bronze dealer in the country.
An hour of negotiating eventually led to the purchase of the $3,000 statue. Other prospective sculptors and companies wanted to charge as much as $10,000 or more, Scott said.
The statue’s unveiling in front of the Brown-Lupton
center is scheduled for Octo-ber. An exact date will be set after maintenance completes its process of taking bids. It is also to-be-determined wheth-er the ram will be placed on a concrete slab or mounted on
Jonathan Resendez| Rambler StaffThe bronze ram statue is scheduled for unveiling this month after plans for its placement are finalized.
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First, and I want this to be un-derstood, I love this country. Freedoms are afforded here to the average citizen that you would be hard-pressed to find on the same level in other countries. However, the same government that does such a great job at providing these freedoms also has the ability to commit the biggest screw-ups our planet has ever been forced to witness. Government involvement in healthcare is a nightmare waiting to explode. For nearly 10 years I worked as a doctor’s assistant and saw the health of countless patients erode due to changes in Medicare – the government sponsored insur-ance program. Patients became forced to undergo more complicated surgeries because the govern-ment didn’t want to pay for multiple simpler surgeries. They also didn’t want to pay for the longer hospital stays needed to afford adequate re-
cuperation. Patients were discharged to
return home quicker with-out proper follow-up care or before they were ready. This resulted in unnecessary trips to the emergency room. Tests were skipped and needed-medication not given because Medicare wasn’t going to cov-er it and the patient couldn’t afford to pay out of pocket.
Yes, it’s important to keep costs down. Unnecessary tests and treatments just to pad a bill should be avoided. I fully support an overhaul of our healthcare system.
However, considering our government’s previous track record in healthcare involve-ment, I believe we need to slow down on this race to hur-ry and pass the latest health-care bill and fully consider the ramifications while looking for better alternatives.
I would love to believe the Obama Administration is dif-ferent than past ones, both
Democrat and Republican, and that he could actually find a way to oversee and pro-vide healthcare without chaos exploding outwards into our society. With the information that’s been presented so far, that does not seem likely.
If anyone else who has seen firsthand what govern-ment involvement in health-care can convince me oth-erwise, I would love to hear their opinions. I’m open to points that make sense, are not based on blind faith and are not prejudiced by political bias.
We need to put the politics behind us and realize these are real people with very real lives at stake. I won’t agree to something that seems ideal only to end up watching an-other patient die, become injured or fall seriously ill be-cause their insurance wanted to save money over saving someone’s life.
Tara [email protected]
Patients hurt in healthcare crisis
To say the Texas Alcohol and Beverage Commission is out of control would be an under-statement. Outside of its nor-mal harassment of college stu-dents, bar patrons and anyone that hangs out at the Rainbow Lounge, well now add murder to their wrap sheet.
On Sept. 4, a 25-year-old male named Steven Lunt died in the hospital from a gun shot wound from the previ-ous month.
Prior to this, on June 28, TABC raided The Rainbow Lounge in Fort Worth. Offi-cers restrained Chad Gibson, and while in the officers’ cus-tody, Gibson suffered a head injury.
I’m not here to argue what transpired those nights, or
the nights I personally had my “differences” with TABC agents. I’m here to say this un-regulated agency has proven time and time again that its irresponsibility is detrimental to our society.
Lunt took two bullets to the head while allegedly try-ing to run over TABC officers. When did these guys start carrying guns? Tazers, I un-derstand, but guns have one purpose -- to kill.
“He has two bullets lodged in his head,” Lunt’s sister Stephanie told KXAN.com.
It all started when Aus-tin police attempted to stop a speeding vehicle on Sixth Street. According to KXAN.com, they did not pursue but put out a description of the
vehicle.After 2 a.m. TABC officers
located the vehicle and at-tempted to pull the vehicle over. After refusing to stop, one of the patrol cars in pur-suit crashed into Lunts.
This apparently didn’t stop Lunt as TABC proceeded to then step out of their vehicles and open fire on Lunt’s white pickup.
“I heard 11 shots,” said resi-dent Joaquin Rodriquez.
Eleven shots? Are you seri-ous?
I can justify four, one for each tire. Shoot out a guy’s tires and then just follow him. I’m not a car expert, but I’m pretty sure you cannot drive on rims and flats for very long.
There were reports of three
TABC officers and two Austin police officers at the scene. If my math is right, that’s five on one.
So 11 bullets, two of which end up in Lunt’s head. This plays more like an assassina-tion than a self defense mea-sure. I think the Crips use fewer bullets on drive-bys.
This matter is pending in-vestigation per Austin police, Texas Rangers and TABC’s own internal affairs depart-ment.
In June, the TABC’s unjusti-fied raid of Rainbow Lounge resulted in Gibson’s head in-jury. Reports vary as to exact-ly when Gibson was injured. One states it was inside the lounge, and TABC officers threw Gibson to the ground
where he suffered his head in-jury. Another report says Gib-son was taken outside where he fell over vomiting from too much alcohol at which point he hit his head.
Either way he was still in the custody of TABC officers. It was their responsibility to ensure his safety.
Gibson ended with a blood clot behind his right eye and was released from the hospital a week later.
Investigations began imme-diately, and the results were that three TABC officers in-volved were all fired, accord-ing to the Dallas Observer.
What will be TABC’s next offense? For years bar pa-trons have complained about abuse by TABC officers and
questioned the legitimacy of the agency.
Personally, I’m comfortable with our local police depart-ments enforcing the law. I am not comfortable with an unregulated agency flying off the handle or abusing its au-thority.
TABC seems to have good intentions but uses poor judg-ment in its execution. What will it take for a complete re-form or the obliteration of TABC – a gay man assassi-nated with 12 bullets fired at him?
This reform is necessary be-fore a major incident occurs and the public will no longer be responsible for its actions.
Laurence [email protected]
TABC is out of control, dangerous
Peter Pan was my childhood hero. He had every quality a kid could want. He could fly, hang out with fairies and fight pirates in Never Never Land. Besides wearing the tights, I could really see myself doing all of those things and tried to emu-late him in many ways. We must beware of Peter Pan Syndrome. This is a disease which causes us to believe we can remain in childhood for-ever, like Peter Pan. It preys
upon college kids who believe their lives parallel the life of this hero of children’s litera-ture. Those afflicted with this syn-drome believe Never Never Land exists, and it is called college. Peter Pan Syndrome is the pandemic of our gen-eration. Manifestations of Peter Pan Syndrome include a refusal to grow up. It is fear of the next stage in life. This is an un-derstandable fear, especially
when those who are afflicted with this syndrome are chil-dren. However, most of those attending classes at Texas Tech do not fit this category, yet still fill the criteria for Pe-ter Pan Syndrome. Symptoms include a refus-al to go on dates, spending hours upon end playing video games and eating pizza every meal of the day. In short, it is a refusal to take responsibility for life. Undiagnosed and untreat-
ed, Peter Pan Syndrome will result in years wasted in the pursuit of things which do not matter. There is a cure, but it requires more than just a pill or a work-out regimen. First, we have to recognize the problem, and then we have to make that next step. However, we must make that next step. Life occurs in phases, and we do not need to fear the next phase in life. Perhaps it is time to devote yourself more to
your schooling, get married to your long-time boyfriend or girlfriend, or get a job. Re-sponsibility is a good thing. It makes us more capable individuals, and we find that happiness comes from suc-cessfully providing for those dependent on us. The message is simple. We need to grow up. Things which are most important in life should not suffer from things which are not. So my advice is simple: Re-prioritize.
To those of you who spend the bulk of your time pursu-ing your own happiness, look to others. You will find deeper fulfillment in relationships with others, in personal de-velopment (which is distinct from the pursuit of fun) and in devoting yourself to your studies (which is one of the purposes of your time in col-lege).
To those who always “too busy” for these things, I advise you to simplify your life.
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top of a boulder. The increase in school spir-
it, along with the ram, would rekindle memories of an ear-lier Texas Wesleyan Universi-
ty. For decades, Wesleyan had a live ram. A certain student organization was responsible for taking care of the ram, whose pen was by the current
location of the maintenance building. During home games the ram would be walked onto the court.
Willie, as the ram was
known, died in the ‘80s and was not replaced, Scott said.
“I wanted to see if we could handle a bronze ram before we get a live ram,” he said.
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Jonathan Resendez | Rambler StaffOtis McKinney, maintenance worker, and Heath Scott, SGA president, peel away the ram statue’s box.
academic career with Auburn University in Montgomery, Ala.
“I began as an assistant pro-fessor of French at Auburn and also did a lot of advising,” he said.
Daniell served as director of Auburn’s tutorial language program and coached the Col-lege Bowl team, a trivia group. He then headed the depart-ment of international studies and took over as interim dean of the school of liberal arts in 2007.
Daniell said he was at-tracted to Wesleyan in part for the same reason he liked Alabama--the atmosphere.
“I came to Wesleyan be-cause it had a good atmo-sphere with lots of interaction with students and the faculty,” Daniell said. “There are a lot of returning and commuting students, a similar profile to where I came from.”
Daniell said he is excited about his role at Wesleyan and, in his position of dean, wants to create a sense of unit cohesion.
“What I need to do is figure out what [faculty and upper classmen] want the school to be and then help them create it,” he said.
the day-to-day life in Uganda.“I got involved because I
watched the video a few years ago when I went to Warped Tour,” Moore said. “When I watched it, I was like ‘I want to do something about this.’”
Last year, Moore attempted to raise awareness through a concert, but it fell through.
“The event basically fell apart, and Invisible Children wanted to do it for free,” she said.
The Invisible Children or-ganization will return to Tex-
as Wesleyan on Oct. 7.Taylor Murdoch, Texas
representative with Invisible Children, said that the goal of showing the video on college campuses is not only to edu-cate and inform, but to let stu-dents know how they can act and what they can do to stop the conflict.
“We show the video and discuss afterwards what we can do to bring an end to the LRA and help rebuild LRA-affected areas,” he said.
Murdoch said Invisible
Children’s main goal this fall is to collect enough signa-tures to present a citizen’s ar-rest warrant of Joseph Kony, leader of the LRA, to Presi-dent Obama. With more than 100 sponsors in the Senate in favor of removing Kony from power, the goal is reachable, Murdoch said.
Invisible Children will screen their new movie at 7 p.m. Oct. 7 in Bragan Fellow-ship Hall of Poly UMC. The event is free, and dinner will be provided.
Renee Greer| Rambler StaffDr. Steven Daniell was a student and teacher in Paris before traveling back to the States and starting his academic career.
Wesleyan’s ROTC wants to growDaniel [email protected]
While looking back on four years of steady growth, Texas Wesleyan’s Reserve Of-ficer Training Corps program hopes to gain a larger pres-ence on campus.
The program, which has more than doubled its number of cadets in the past year, still seeks to add to its visibility as a great career opportunity as well as a source of scholarship money for students, accord-ing to Lt. Col. Rodney Joye.
Joye, ROTC commander and professor of military sci-ence, sees a need to get the
program’s message out to larg-er numbers of students.
“We have started sending information to students by e-mail and snail mail about what all we have to offer,” Joye said, “but so much more can be done. Most Wesleyan stu-dents still do not know that we are here.”
Boasting 18 cadets, the pro-gram now has a permanent office in O.C. Hall. Joye said this is a major improvement, but they still have a ways to go.
“While ROTC at Wesley-an has grown in the last two years, we still are not a large enough program to be able to
conduct all aspects of cadet training on this campus,” he said.
For the time being, that means that cadets at Wesleyan still commute to Texas Chris-tian University about once a week for part of their training. With a small program, Texas Wesleyan is still serving as a feeder school to TCU’s much
older, larger ROTC unit. “That arrangement is not at
all popular with our cadets,” Joye said. “They highly dislike having to make that 10 min-ute drive to the TCU campus once a week and complain about the logistical problems that the commute entails, such as the difficulty of find-ing a parking space at TCU.”
Exactly how much longer Wesleyan cadets will have to continue the arrangement with TCU depends largely on numbers.
“We are hoping that if we can grow in size to about 40-45 cadets on the Texas Wes-leyan campus, the Army will give us enough staff so that we can conduct all cadet training here,” Joye said. “And how much and how fast we can grow, in turn, depends on our being able to reach students with our message.”
He said if that message is heard, students will come.
“When students actually get to hear how much we have to
offer in terms of scholarships, extra money and great career-building experience, they become very receptive to the idea of joining ROTC.”
Dr. Kathy Prater, Wesleyan’s director of student advising, said she believes that is al-ready happening.
“We always have someone from ROTC there at new stu-dent advisement sessions, so they can talk to new students about the benefits and oppor-tunities that ROTC offers,” she said. “In addition, sometimes students who sign up for a military history class become interested in ROTC simply by taking that class.”
“Most Wesleyan students still do not know that we are here.”
Lt. Col. Rodney JoyeROTC Commander
In Brief...Admin offices open
Offices on the first floor of the Oneal-Sells Admin-istration Building are now open. After displacement from flooding, human re-sources, communications, purchasing, institutional re-search and graduate finan-cial aid are all back in their offices and open to serve.
Medal DinnerThe alumni association
will honor its 2009 award recipients at the Medal Din-ner Oct. 16. This year’s recipients include the fol-lowing: Jason Neal (’01, MBA ’04) receiving the Young Alumni Achievement Award; Beverly Volkman Powell (’92, MBA ’99) re-ceiving the Wesleyan Ser-vice Award; Frank Turrella named Honorary Alumnus; Cindy Potter (’71) receiv-ing the Wesleyan Flame Award; Dr. James Wiggins (’57) receiving the Distin-guished Alumni Award;
and Dr. George Leone (’49 HON ’90) receiving the Alumni of the Year Award.
International WeekInternational programs
will host its annual Interna-tional Week Oct. 19-23. The event will showcase cultures from all nations represented at Wesleyan and include free native food and information on study abroad programs.
Faculty and students are encouraged to wear their native dress, but members of the Wesleyan commu-nity are invited to partici-pate. For more information, contact Marie Boisvert at [email protected] or 817-531-5868.
Blood driveThe Carter Blood Drive Mo-
bile Unit will be on campus from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Oct. 26 in the the parking lot between the Sid Richardson Building and the School of Business.
For donor guidelines, visit www.carterbloodcare.org.
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Smoking Ban ProposedStudents, faculty discuss petition on different levels
Conner [email protected]
With the recent debate popping up at the University of Texas in Arlington, Texas Wesleyan may soon find itself deciding whether or not it will become a smoke-free campus.
This fall Kasey Cantrell, a junior finance major at Wes-leyan and member of SGA is petitioning to make Wesleyan a smoke-free campus.
Cantrell said he came up with the idea this past sum-mer when he attended classes at Tarrant County College Northwest campus after the school banned smoking.
“I noticed they had a smoke-free campus and how much I liked walking to class without walking through any smoke,” Cantrell said.
Now he wants to see the same happen for Wesleyan.
Wesleyan’s official policy on smoking follows the city of Fort Worth’s ordinance stating that a person cannot smoke within 20 feet of a building’s entrance or exit.
Cantrell said the petition must have the signatures of 10 percent of the student body, roughly 350 signatures, for it to be reviewed by a SGA com-mittee. He currently has more than 200 signatures for the petition, 50 of which are fac-ulty and staff signatures.
Cantrell said he not only sees the petition as a chance to improve the environment of the campus, but as an op-portunity to put an end to a privilege that is being abused.
“If you’re given a privilege and you don’t live up to your obligations, then you should lose that privilege,” Cantrell said. “That’s how I was raised and what I believe.”
He said many people do not follow the city ordinance or smoke within the designated areas on campus.
Sophomore exercise science major and goalkeeper for the
women’s soccer team, Kayla Walton, agrees with Cantrell’s stance on the issue and is one student who has signed the petition.
But Walton has her own personal reasons for signing.
Walton said that having grown up in a smoking envi-ronment and around second hand smoke, she had become a strong believer in nonsmok-
ing. But her issue with smoking
on campus also stems from her own experiences at Wes-leyan.
“I was waiting outside the psychology building by the stairs, and people were smok-ing right by the entrance,” Walton said.
Currently recovering from a torn anterior cruciate liga-
ment, Walton has spent the last month on crutches and depends on campus security to help her move across cam-pus.
“I felt stuck, unable to walk away, because I was waiting to get picked up and my lack of mobility,” she said.
Walton said that since the rule wasn’t being followed, it becomes an issue of showing
respect to other people. But some students don’t
agree with a smoking ban.“I don’t understand ban-
ning smoking from the whole campus, that’s just taking it too far,” said freshman non-smoker Eric Villanueba.
He said was skeptical about what the petition could ac-complish and how it would be enforced, but recognizes Cantrell’s efforts.
“Of course [Cantrell] has his own right, and he has a right to petition for a ban,” Villanueba said, “but 10 per-cent is too small a percentage.” He said the petition should require more signatures.
The issue not only affects Wesleyan students, but the faculty and staff as well.
“What about the faculty and staff who smoke and are here eight hours a day,” said Dr. Linda Carroll, associate professor of English. “What about their rights in that re-gard.”
Being allergic to tobacco, Carroll said she would per-sonally prefer the campus to be smoke-free, but not at the expense of others’ rights.
“I don’t think 10 percent should have the authority to tell 90 percent of the people what they can do,” Carroll said.
Carroll said that her con-cern lies with the 10 percent rule, not the petition itself.
“I think it’s an admirable thing [Cantrell] is doing,” Carroll said, “but it needs to be a school-wide vote. I want everyone to have a voice in it.”
Conner Howell | Rambler StaffOnce the petition has the required signatures, it will be debated through legislative processes by the members of Student Gov-ernment. If the resolution passes it will be signed by the president of SGA and sent on to Wesleyan’s administrative authorities.
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Jessica Ross and Leseana Harlin show how much they love being mentees and roommates.
Martina Padezanin checks in with the sign-in desk as a new mentee.
Mentors and mentees mix and mingle over the Tex-Mex buffet.
Blair Ensign shows mentor Kris Gilbert his new mentees for the semester.
M&Ms meet for lunch
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Must-see movies that you may have missedSuhasini [email protected]
A movie, just like any other art form, should al-ways provoke thought. Whether that thought is joyful, depressing, disgust-ing or shocking doesn’t matter. The most important thing is that it makes you truly think about and con-nect with the characters.
Recently, I’ve been fortu-nate enough to come across such movies and have com-piled a list for your review. Don’t miss out on these cin-ematic gems that will make the movie-watching experi-ence worth your time and money.
In Sam Mendes recent film Away We Go, Burt (John Krasinski) and Verona (Maya Rudolph) play the mod-ern-day couple. Their relation-ship takes a sharp turn when they find out that Verona is pregnant.
They tour the country in hopes of finding the perfect place to raise a family. Along the way, there are several en-counters with old friends and family members who are noth-ing short of eccentric. Amidst everyone else’s advice they re-alize for themselves that they must “be good for this one baby” and that they “don’t have control over much else.”
Krasinski and Rudolph’s surprisingly great chemistry made for one of the best ro-mantic comedies I’ve seen in quite a while.
Now, I’m not one for gore, but Quentin Tarantino really outdoes himself in Inglorious Basterds.
Shosanna Dreyfus (Mélanie Laurent) plays a young Jewish
girl who witnesses the death of her entire family in Nazi occupied France. After suffer-ing this tragedy, she somehow escapes and finds herself plot-ting revenge against the Nazis several years later.
A young German war hero, Fredrick Zoller (Daniel Brühl) takes interest in her and plans a propaganda mov-ie screening at the theater she now owns. But to his surprise, Dreyfus is not the only one out to for revenge.
A group of Jewish-Ameri-can guerilla soldiers also plans to make this propaganda movie really worth attending.
I thoroughly enjoyed the di-alogue and think it was one of the best-written screenplays of the summer.
Director Marc Webb’s 500 Days of Summer is one of the best non-love stories I’ve ever seen. In the beginning of the film, the narrator makes it very clear to the viewer that this is not a love story, but
somehow you can’t help but fall in love with the characters themselves.
Summer Finn (Zooey De-schanel) plays a girl who has never believed in relation-ships and has never been in love. Tom Hansen (Joseph Gordon-Levvitt), on the other hand, will not be truly happy until he finally falls in love.
When these two characters collide at their work, Han-sen is immediately infatu-ated with Finn. He thinks that he has found the person he wants to spend his life with, but Summer does not feel the same way. Though Hansen finds her perspective trying at times, he is completely blind-ed by love to the point where he begins to dismiss her faults completely.
Later, we are let into the heart of the characters, able to finally see what the narra-tor meant by, “This is not a love story. This is a story about love.”
Haunted houses horrify DFWChuck [email protected]
“What was that?” You whisper to your friend stumbling your way through the
dark corridor. No answer. You turn to look, to ask the question again, but instead of
your friend, you find a chainsaw wielding maniac. You scream and yell, running for dear life, only to find yourself trapped in a dark room with a bloodthirsty monster.
“It’s not real,” you tell yourself with your eyes clamped shut.You’re right, it’s not real – but it’s a damn close facsimile. Haunted houses have sprung up throughout the Metroplex.
Halloween is here and, for those of us with a fondness for all things morbid and macabre, visiting a spook house or two (or seven) is a must on this haunted holiday. So slap on some face paint, slip in those plastic fangs and zip up that banana suit - we’re going haunted house hunting.
Reindeer Manor/13th Street MorgueShrouded by the dark overhang of the surrounding woods,
13th Street Morgue, Dungeon of Doom and Reindeer Manor provide an ultra realistic, terrifying experience perpetuated by its people through painstaking attention to detail and a genu-ine love of horror.
Actors play out scenes as you travel through the Manor, pro-viding a chilling tale along with the frightening visuals. Watch out, as you could become part of the show at any time.
The Morgue is another crowd favorite, taking a good 20 to 30 minutes to complete. It is equipped with a meat locker, a graveyard and enough scare to raise your hair.
The Dungeon of Doom is a maze-like attraction in which patrons travel through various haunted scenes. Rooms include scenes from Evil Dead, Resident Evil and Psycho.
The haunts are open every Friday and Saturday in Oc-tober from 7 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Call 972-218-RATS or visit www.13thstreetmorgue or www.reindeermanor.com for more information.
Hangman’s House of HorrorsHangman’s is a huge attraction worth checking out for the
spectacle alone. This year’s haunt features the “Hangman’s House of Horrors Tour,” a real bang for your buck as the tour lasts more than half an hour, leaving your throat hoarse and your pants a little wet.
All net profits go to The Cancer Society, A Wish with Wings, Safe Haven and Rocky Top charities. Ticket prices vary, and packages are available for multiple attractions. Hangman’s is open every Friday and Saturday in October from 7 p.m. to midnight. For more information, call 817-336-HANG or visit www.hangmans.com.
The Cutting EdgeThis monster of a haunted house is located at 1701 E. Lan-
caster Ave. Cutting Edge makes its home in an abandoned meat packing plant, affording the attraction lots of space to haunt with spine-tingling terror, and, according to its Web site, the “world’s largest haunted house.” This year, Cutting Edge has all new themes as well as a life-sized animatronic giant alligators
and “a facility naturally infested with spiders and snakes.” A portion of the proceeds are donated to Fort Worth Mar-
shals and Fort Worth Fire Safety House. The haunt is open every weekend in October from 7 p.m. to midnight Fridays, Saturdays and Halloween; otherwise, doors close at 10 p.m. For more in-formatino, go to www.cuttingedgehauntedhouse.com or call 817-348-8444.
ScreamsScreams bills itself as a “Halloween Theme Park,” a Disney
World for Halloween, the Hauntedest Place on Earth, if you will. Screams is huge and has lots to do and see.
Five haunted houses are included in the price of admission: The Castle of Darkness, 3D Pirates of Peril Point, The Arcane Asylum and The Death Trap Maze.
Screams is open from 7:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. every weekend in Octo-ber. Visit www.screamspark.com or call 972-983-3247 for more details.
These are only a few of the haunted houses around the Me-troplex. Dfwhauntedhouses.com or hauntedhouses.net can direct you to more horror attractions in the area. I’ve presented these haunts in the article because they are the best DFW has
to offer fright fans. Gather up you courage and a change of clean underwear, the haunts hungrily await.
Photo courtesy of The Cutting EdgeCutting Edge strives to satisfy your horror craving.
$$Rams Stimulus $$Package
• Monday: Chick Fried Steak, Mashed Potatoes & Gravy
• Tuesday: Two Enchiladas, Refried Beans & Rice
• Wednesday: Hamburger, Fries & Small Drink
• Thursday: Loaded Baked Potato
• Friday: Grilled Chicken Club
• Saturday Grilled Ham & Cheese, Small Salad
Only $3.99!Hours of OperationMonday- Thursday: 7:30 a.m. - 7 p.m.Friday: 7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.Saturday: 10:00 a.m. - 2 p.m.Sunday: closed
Only @ the Sub:Located in the Brown-Lupton Student Center
Photo courtesy of Universal PicturesEli Roth and Brad Pitt go Nazi hunting in Tarantino’s new film.
Photo courtesy of 13th St. MorgueDinner is a real scream at the Morgue.
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Have you ever wondered what’s going on in the game or why that crazy fan is yell-ing at the referee? Worry no more.
We have the insider’s guide to soccer in order for you to learn the rules and lingo of the game.
Now you will sound like a pro when you cheer and yell at the soccer game. Get out there, join in the fun, and cheer on your Rams!
For the complete guide, visit www.therambler.org/sports.
The Regulations• Two 45-minute halves
separatedbya15min.break(halftime).• Time doesn’t stop for
substitution.• Firstkickoffanddefend-
ing side is determined by a coin flip.• 10 field players and one
goalkeeper on each team.• One center referee and
two assistant referees.• Ateammustconsistofno
less than seven players to be-gin and complete the match. • Twoyellow cards inone
game are equal to a red card. • A player who is issued
a red card may not return to play in the same game; the team must play a man down.
Soccer Lingo“Offside”When a player is nearer to
her opponents’ goal line than both the ball and the second-to-last opponent at the time the ball is played by a team mate.
“Advantage”The referee is to refrain
from stopping play for a foul if a stoppage would benefitthe team that committed the violation.
“Nutmeg”When the ball is intention-
ally kicked between a player’s legs.
“Oneofthereasons[ArnoldPalmer]isplaying so well is that, before each tee-shot, his wife takes out his balls and kisses them - OhmyGod,whathaveI just said?”
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Former Ram sets family firstRenee [email protected]
Jason Reid, a native of Kingston, Jamaica, happened to be at the right place at the righttimein2003.Whiledroppingafriendoff
at Northwood University for soccer tryouts, he pulled out his tennis shoes and joined. Reid was spotted by the coach, Steve Jones, who im-mediately offered him a fullride at Northwood.
Jones later accepted a coaching position at TexasWesleyan University, and Reid followed.“Reid definitely brought
a competitive spirit to the team,” Assistant Coach Gas-par Martinez said. “He knew what he wanted and went af-ter it.”
Reid said he never really thought about going to col-lege.“Iamtheeighthof10chil-
dren,” he said. “I was making good money with my older brother who was a very suc-cessful club promoter.”After he was recruited by
Jones, Reid explained to hisbrother that he was going to college to play soccer and could therefore no longer work with him.
“My brother was not happy
about me going to college,” Reid said. “He said college was a waste of time and that I was never going to make it.”
With a newfound desire to learn and play soccer, Reid decided he wanted to prove his brother wrong. “Iwasexcitedaboutplaying
soccer,” he said. “But what I really wanted to do was to ful-fill thedesires ofmyheart. Iwanted to start my own cloth-ing line.”
Reid knew it would take determination and discipline to succeed. While attending Texas Wesleyan University,he also took Internet classes from Art Instruction Schoolin Minneapolis.
“I was playing soccer, do-ing my homework for both schools, sketching designs and writing a book during my time at Texas Wesleyan,” hesaid.
His plan was to write an in-structional book about soccer as a way to earn money to help him with his clothing line.
Reid said that while he learned a lot from his soccer coaches, he believes he has even more he can share with his fellow soccer players.“Confidence is the key
when playing soccer,” he said. “Having the ability to play is just part of the game. Having
confidence is what gets youthe win.”
Reid credits his strength and dedication to win from his childhood role model—his grandmother.
“My grandmother took care of 10 children on her own,”he said. “I remember watch-
ing her sit all day washing our clothes by hand.”
Reid said his grandmother would try to stand on her ach-ing knees after sitting so long in one spot washing clothes.
“She never complained about the pain,” he said. “She was dedicated to us. Friends
and some of my teachers thought I was doing an amaz-ing job juggling my every day. But what I was doing paled in comparison to the work of my grandmother.”
Reid not only carried his grandmother in his heart. In a sense she was there for every game he played.“DuringmygamesatTexas
Wesleyan, I would tape my wrists and write Mavis on the tape,” he said. “Mavis was my grandmother’s name, and I wore that name proudly.”
Reid was named the most valuable player at the con-ference tournament in 2005,whenTexasWesleyanwonitsfirstconferencetitle.
Josh Gibbs, the current men’s soccer coach, coached Reid during his senior year, 2006.
“He is the type of player who can change the game at an instance,” Gibbs said. “He is a very dynamic player.”As his career as a college
player neared the end, Reid’s coaches attempted to push him into pursuing profes-sional soccer, and Reid was forced to make a decision that couldultimatelyaffecthislifeforever.
“I knew I could play profes-sional soccer if I really had the desire to,” he said. “But I
decided to take the road that wouldleadmetofulfillingmydreams.”
Reid said that playing pro-fessional soccer would be something he would do only for himself; however, he was concerned for his nieces and nephews.
“I have many relatives who needmyhelp,”hesaid.“Play-ing soccer would be just for me, but when I reach my goal of starting my clothing line, I will be able to take care of my family in Jamaica. I love them very much.”
While Jason Reid contin-ues his path to success, he still does not regret the decision he made in 2005. He con-tinues to recall the life of his grandmother as fuel to keep him moving.Current senior defender
Ekene Onuoha played withReid for three years at Wes-leyan and said that Reid is the kind of person who would go out of his way for his team-mates.
“He always showed up to play and always left it all on thefield,”Onuohasaid.
Reid appreciates that he was in the right place at the right time in 2003 and is deter-mined to keep working hard toward his dream: providing a good life for his family.
Rambler’s Guide to the Game: Explaining the basics of soccer
Game Time/Place
Thursday
Men’s Soccer vs.Our Lady of the Lake UniversityVolleyball vs.Our Lady of the Lake UniversityWomen’s Soccer vs.Our Lady of the Lake University
5:30 p.m.Martin Field
6 p.m.San Antonio
7:30 p.m.Martin Field
Friday Volleyball vs.UT-Brownsville U.
4 p.m.Brownsville
Saturday
Volleyball vs.Huston-TillotsonMen’s Soccer vs.UT-Brownsville U.Women’s Soccer vs.UT-Brownsville
1 p.m.Austin5:30 p.m.Martin Field7:30 p.m.Martin Field
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Reene Greer | Rambler StaffJason Reid credits his grandmother as his role model.
7-7 Flag Football StandingsName Wins Loses TP Scored TP Against ByesPickles 4 0 153 18 0
BOHICA 3 1 35 21 0
TapOut 2 2 67 97 0
1 L's 2 2 68 103 0
Twisters 1 3 7 47 0
Pink Dragons 0 4 21 48 0
Fantasy FootballPig Skin Pick'Em
Leaderboard Name Pts.June Johnson 36Michael Greer 36Rachel Loftin 35Jeremy Newton 34Jason Simpson 34Phillip Blockinger 33Oscar Lazarki 33Ryan Amador 32Cara Lumpkin 32Keith Wright 32Fabiola Duron 32Sandy Gonzalez 31Barbara Kirby 31Michael Chaney 31
WesleyanWeek-in-Sports
•The Lady Rams Soccer team(8-3,2-0RRAC) opened con-ference play with two wins on the road. They beat Bacone College3-0onOct.1beforedefeatingTexasCollege7-1Oct.3.
•The Rams Soccerteam(8-3,1-1RRAC)beatBacone1-0inacloseconferenceopenerinMuskogeeonOct.1.TheRamslosttheirsecondconferencegametoTexasCollege2-0inTylerOct.3.
•Lady Rams Volleyballteam(9-11,3-2RRAC)suffereda3-0(25-20,25-18,25-23)lossatSouthwesternAssembliesofGodUniversityOct.1.TwodayslatertheLadyRamsbouncedbacktotakeaconferencewinagainstBaconeCol-lege3-1(23-25,25-20,25-13,25-22)andanon-conferencewinoverUniversityofSt.Thomas3-2(23-25,25-18,25-17,21-25,19-17).
•The4th-ranked Rams Golfteamfinished11thatlastweek’sBruceWilliamsRattlerInvitationalinSanAntonio.