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Revised Honors Program brings structure

Mariah PowellManaging Editor

After the decision in spring 2011 to allow the Honors Pro-gram to phase out, the program returned in August under a new system.

Over the summer, the Board of Regents met twice and came up with a structured Honors Program. University President Dr. Joseph C. Rallo said the Honors Program is back on track and has been positively reshaped.

“We had a very immature program before because it was not fully textured and did not have a lot of opportunities for students,” Rallo said.

Students were admitted to the university and then offered the opportunity to go into the program, which was never a process of recruitment, Rallo said. Now the Honors Program has recruitment material, which will be used to recruit students rather than taking them in with their university’s acceptance.

Rallo said the Honors Pro-gram never had a relationship with the other honor societies on campus.

“There were very few real honors classes, [but] mostly research,” Rallo said. “Research is good, but that’s not what the Honors Program is all about.”

There will now be classi-fication-based seminars for honors students to attend, Rallo said.

“This year our topic is com-munity engagement and intern-ships,” Rallo said. “It’s a part of the Quality Enhancement Plan from SACS accreditation for ev-ery university.”

The biggest change, made specifically by degree, is the increase of honors-enhanced courses, Rallo said.

“We only had about five or six of these courses before, [but] now we are up to 40 or 50,” he said. “A lot more faculty mem-bers are involved so it will be almost across the board, rang-ing from agriculture to zool-ogy. Students will have far more choices in their discipline to take honors.”

Special classes will be iden-tified in which professors will agree to build an honors com-

ponent into their class, Honors Program Director Dr. Shirley Eoff said.

“Honor students will be em-bedded in a class they would be taking for their major anyways, but doing additional or differ-ent elements that are above and beyond the other students,” Eoff said.

Eoff said the new system sets all students at 18 honors hours to be classified under high hon-or and takes away the option of earning 27 hours for high-est honor. Now to earn high-est honor the students will do an additional project on top of their 18 hours.

Graduates Alvin and Patricia New gave the Honors program a significant amount of money years ago that can be used to support students going to semi-nars, internships or conferenc-es, Rallo said.

In addition, Rallo said the Board of Regents approved $1 per student-credit-hour per stu-dent, which will pay for under-graduate research opportunities for all students on campus who choose to engage in research.

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Reinstated: Creates new opportu-nites, satisfies board

SOLF adopts new system

Lisa DeesStaff Writer

The Student Organization Leadership Fund underwent some changes this semester to provide student organizations with money based on merit rather than entitlement.

Executive Director of Stu-dent Life Nolen Mears said the new program is on an in-dividual request basis. It will allow student groups to send in an application for review of each funding request.

“This new program is self-regulating and will better en-hance activities on campus,” he said. “It’s now more merit-based. It’s something that will involve the campus instead of just the internal group.”

Coordinator for Student Organizations Heather Valle agrees that the new program will benefit the university.

“Changing from the Tier System to a system based on merit,” she said, “will allow for creativity and campus en-gagement for student organi-

zations because they’ll have higher responsibility and ac-countability.”

Last year, the Tier System controlled SOLF, Mears said. Students could apply for a cer-tain amount of money each year based on funding levels.

Mears said Student Life eliminated the Tier System because it created a feeling that student groups were en-titled to money and because of the increasing number of organizations.

“The number of organiza-tions has grown so we really can’t keep funding at the lev-els that had previously been set up.”

With the new program, student groups can submit an online application to the Stu-dent Organization Advisory Council, he said. SOAC will review all applications and award money to organiza-tions that best improve activi-ties on campus.

Mears said student organi-zations can apply for SOLF an infinite number of times each year.

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Rams ‘turn it on’ in fourth quarter

Jason HelmsSports Editor

The Rams grabbed their second win of the season by a score of 49-42, Saturday, after they came from behind to steal it from Chadron State in the closing minutes.

Trailing 42-21 early in the fourth quarter, the Rams (2 - 0) found them-selves with a large gap to make up that head coach Will Wagner admitted he was worried how his team would respond.

“As a new head coach and not having been in this situation before with these guys, I wasn’t sure how they would re-act,” Wagner said. “At

one point I questioned whether they were going to keep fighting and I’m glad they answered that question the way they did.”

Senior linebacker D.J. Clough got the Rams started with 11:36 left in the game when he stripped the ball from Eagles’ running back Alex Rodriguez and ran it in for a 32-yard touchdown to cut the deficit to 14.

“I think [that play] showed us that we still had a shot at winning,” Clough said, “but we knew there was still a lot of work left to do that was going to take a team effort.”

The Rams’ defense

managed to force the Eagles (0 - 2) to punt on their next two drives, while quarterback Blake Hamblin led the Rams down the field, ending their following pair of drives with touchdown passes to bring the score even.

With 2:36 left on the clock, the Rams forced the Eagles to punt again after just three plays, giv-ing the Rams the ball and the chance to take the lead.

Hamblin drove the of-fense 94 yards in 11 plays with a 26-yard touch-down pass to junior wide receiver C.J. Akins, to give the Rams their first lead of the game with 24 sec-

onds left on the clock.The defense kept

the Eagles from scoring, once again, to hold on to the lead as time ran out, giving the Rams their second win in as many games this season.

Being able to lead the team down the field for touchdowns on every drive in the fourth quar-ter was a big deal, Ham-blin said, but he gave all credit to his teammates.

“The offensive line did a great job, especially on the last drive to take the lead and our receiv-ers and tight ends made some huge catches, so it was definitely a team ef-fort,” Hamblin said.

Hamblin finished the

game with a career-best 24-for-37 with 271 yards and four touchdowns, with 117 of those yards go-ing to Akins.

Hamblin was awarded Lone Star Conference Of-fensive Player of the Week for his performance.

On the ground, the Rams rushed for a total of 117 yards, led by senior Tristan Carter, who aver-aged 4.9 yards per carry.

Redshirt freshman Alex James led the Rams’ defense with 10 total tackles.

On special teams, punter George Sham-blen also was awarded LSC Player of the Week honors, as the senior av-eraged 46.8 yards on his

six punts while pinning the Eagles inside their 20-yard-line with three of them.

Wagner believes the win gives the Rams the confidence going for-ward, but warned his team to not get used to falling behind like they did.

“It’s good to know that we can turn it on when we need to,” Wagner said. “But our guys have to learn that these opportu-nities don’t end like this very often.”

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Photo Courtesy of Athletic Communications OfficeJunior defensive back Dekkar Williams (32), to the right, causes a fumble during the Rams’ road game against Chadron State, Saturday, Sept. 10.

Friday, September 16, 2011 NEWS

Sept. 16The Health and Wellness Fair will be in the University Center from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Sept. 16 to 20Continuing Season of Peace: “Consider Compassion” has a variety of events and panel dis-cussions to engage in.

Sept. 17ASUFit: Bulldog Run 10K, 2M, 1M Kids Run will start at 8:45 p.m. at Mary E. Lee Park.

Fish Camp will meet in the Univer-sity Center at 9 a.m. All freshmen are invited to the day-long event.

Ram Jam will be from 9 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. at the LeGrand Alumni and Visitors Center, before the first home football game againstCentral Oklahoma, at 2 p.m.

Passport Day will be from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. For details, visitwww.angelo.edu/dept/cis/passport_services.html

Early registration for the Laura W. Bush Institute: “Pink OutCampaign Disc Golf Tournament is recommended. The event will take place Sept. 23 to 25.

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Local museum, university highlightswomen’s art post-World War II


The San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts partnered with ASU to present a symposium about women artists Friday.

The Progressive Women Artists of Texas Symposium featured four panelists who discussed the roles of women artists after World War II.

SAMFA and ASU have experi-enced a long history of working to-gether, Director of SAMFA Howard Taylor said. ASU is an ideal place to have the symposium to engage stu-dents in the arts.

Becky Duval Reese, former di-rector of the El Paso Museum of Art, said women did not enjoy equality to men during the postwar era.

These women were forced to be tough, Jim Edwards, curator, gallery director, and associate pro-fessor of art at Houston Baptist University said. They were sort of fighting against the tide, but they went out there and participated in something they felt strongly about.

“Women have truly established

their place in the art world and art museums,” said Taylor.

Women greatly influenced the style of abstract art, Reese said. Ab-stract dominated art styles for de-cades, lasting into the 1960s.

We need to realize good art will stand on its own regardless of gen-der, age, or race, she said.

“We all want a context of what we’re seeing,” Bill Marvel, freelance writer, editor, and journalist said. “Abstracts avoid that. Artists teach us to truly see.”

After World War II, the art world shifted greatly, he said. This abstract expressionist movement influenced Zanne Hochberg, who became a respected and prolific artist not only in Texas, but also in America.

Marvel provided more details about Hochberg’s work.

“[Her] work is extremely physi-cal, constantly in movement, and never repeated,” he said. “The eye never quite comes to rest on her paintings because they are so ener-gized.”

Marvel said Hochberg eventu-ally transitioned from abstract ex-pressionism to painting portraits that portrayed the inward thoughts of the people she saw.

Former Director of the Old Jail Art Center Margaret Blagg offered

the audience a glance at artist Cyn-thia Brants.

Brants hated the gallery scene so nobody viewed much of her art, Blagg said. Her work is just now coming into light.

After graduating with her fine arts degree from Sarah Lawrence College in 1945, Brants established her own studio in Fort Worth and eventually in Granbury where she lived until her death in 2006, Blagg said.

Reese presented an overview of women sculptors.

Reese discussed Elisabet Ney, a neo-classical artist, who created sculptures of Sam Houston and Stephen F. Austin. Reese also high-lighted San Antonio sculptor Bon-nie MacLeary and many others.

“You need to stand in front of these [sculptures],” Reese said. “They need your time. They need your attention.”

After an intermission, a brief discussion followed focusing on women’s roles in abstract expres-sionism.

The symposium lasted from 1:30 to 4 p.m. in the Black U. Eldon Recital Hall in the Carr Education Fine Arts Building.

SAMFA will display two of Ho-chberg’s paintings, “Red Energy” and “Untitled”, until Nov. 6.

‘Good art’: Disregards gender, age and race

Discussion series to commemorate150th anniversary of Civil War


Students will have the op-portunity through April to par-ticipate in discussions focusing on the Civil War at ASU and at Fort Concho’s Commissary Building.

To commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, ASU scholars will lead a series of panel discussions through April. “The Civil War Comes to Texas”, the first of seven discus-sions, took place Tuesday at the fort.

Arnoldo De Leon, a history professor, engaged the audi-ence with his discussions about “Sam Houston and Texas Seces-sion” and San Angelo resident Curtis Milbourn spoke about “General Tom Green, Texas Warrior.”

Assistant Professor of His-tory Jason Pierce, who moder-ated their discussions, said De Leon and Milbourn focused on Texas because the Civil War greatly affected the state.

“Texas had a strong debate on whether to join the union or the confederacy,” he said. “They joined the confederacy

and Sam Houston lost much of his popularity because he didn’t believe Texas should join the rebellion.”

De Leon said these discus-sions maintain ties between the community and ASU. The Civil War is part of Texas his-tory, and students need to real-ize there are significant turn-ing points here in this state, he said.

Kenneth J. Heineman, pro-fessor and head of the depart-

ment of history and director of the commemoration, said he hopes these discussions will engage the community and ASU in conversations as they think about the past.

“If we achieve that, I think we’ve done something,” he said. “I want to show off our faculty. We have a tremendous faculty, and it’s rare for a university this size to know so much and bring that knowledge to students.”

Pierce said he hopes each

panel discussion will draw in a wide array of audience mem-bers from the community and campus.

“I think people in general don’t know a lot about their past,” he said. “I hope these dis-cussions will provide a deeper

understanding of history, as well as an opportunity to reflect.”

ASU’s Dr. Kid Wongsrichan-alai and Dr. Bill Taylor will lead the next discussion in the series highlighting “Civil War Com-manders: Ulysses S. Grant vs.

Robert E. Lee” on Oct. 11 at 7 p.m. in the C.J. Davidson Center. ASU’s Dr. Robert Ehlers will moderate the discussion.

All panel discussions are open to the public and Fort Concho will provide refreshments.

Photo by Pam Belcher(To right) ASU graduate Curtis Milbourn and professors of history Dr. Jason Pierce and Dr. Arnoldo DeLeon address various topics of the Civil War in Texas history.

Maintaining ties: Reflections on history connect community and university

“We have a tremendous faculty, and it’s rare for a university

this size to know so much and bring that knowledge

to students.”- Kenneth J. Heineman

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The money will be ad-ministered by the Honors director, but will benefit everyone.

At current rates, Rallo said that will be $180,000 for research that the pro-gram did not have before.

The university is in the process of applying for Phi Kappa Phi, which is the largest honors society in the country.

“When students grad-uate from the Honors Pro-gram they will also be a member of Phi Kappa Phi, which will help them on resumes and if they want to go to graduate school,” Rallo said.

Students who were on the program prior to this fall can take advantage of the improved program, but will continue under the old system, Rallo said.

Honors student soph-omore Johnna Schwartz said she is excited about this year and the changes seem like great opportuni-ties.

“It’s nice to have those extra incentives of being in the program, academi-cally and to build on my career,” Schwartz said.

Schwartz said so far there has not been much of a difference because they have only had one meeting.

“We seem to be con-nected as one,” Schwartz said. “Everybody realizes what we have and how easily it can be taken away so we respect it a lot more

and don’t take it for grant-ed.”

The program gained 34 new members this se-mester.

Eoff said this year the program brought in fewer students than before be-cause of the turmoil in the spring. She said all individuals who had ap-plied before the program was set to phase out were contacted upon its rein-statement. Some of those students had already cho-sen to go to different uni-versities; a few would still be attending ASU but had chosen not to be a part of the Honors program.

“We are very happy that the administration did make the decision to reinstate the program and that 34 students still chose to enter the program de-spite the turmoil,” Eoff said. “I am excited about the doors I think this new program will open. The community certainly sup-ported the Honors pro-gram. Now we just have to prove that they made the right decision.”

Now the Honors pro-gram is home to 135 to 140 students.

The existing program will phase out with the upper level students, Eoff said. Students who en-tered the program this fall are under what Eoff said to be a ‘more hybrid plan’.

Eoff said this year’s 34 students will take their core honors classes this semester, in which three of those credit hours will

go in the place of the new three-hour honors semi-nar requirement. In the spring they are required to take Honors 2302, and then follow out the com-plete new plan starting their sophomore year.

The first students to completely enter the new program will be those of 2012, Eoff said.

“The turmoil really gave us an opportunity to look at the program with fresh eyes and see what we were doing well and spot the areas we needed to im-prove on,” she said. “The new curriculum is a strong, significant improvement because it is more closely tied to national standards and gives students unique opportunities within their major, retaining the inter-disciplinary elements in the Honors seminars.”

Rallo said the univer-sity expects to grow the Honors Program to about three percent of the total student population.

“There has always been a need for an Hon-ors Program but we didn’t have the resources and we made a conscious de-cision over the summer to recreate it,” Rallo said. “I believe I would put this new and improved program up against any university’s Honors Pro-gram. Universities have to compete, and now in addition to the financial packages, the academic and program packages are very good.”

More than research for Honors Program


Mears said student organizations can apply for SOLF an infinite num-ber of times each year.

SOLF money can cover basic operating ex-penses, travel expenses to professional conferences, and campus program-ming, he said.

Campus program-ming includes entertain-ment, hosting speakers, campus awareness initia-tives, and student groups collaborating on projects.

“SOLF allows student organizations the oppor-tunity to dream,” Mears said. “It creates loyalty and retention within or-ganizations and it ben-efits the campus because SOLF allows for new ac-

tivities.” SOLF is funded from

the Student Service Fee on each student’s tuition, he said. Students pay $250 per semester.

This year SOLF has about $190,000, Mears said. About $40,000 is allocated to club sports, leaving the rest for other student groups.

It is hard to know if a lot of money will be left at the end of the year, he said. SOAC will have to review its applications prudently.

Mears said Valle is responsible for training student organizations on how to get the most use out of their money.

Valle said she helps student organizations

know what resources are available. She said she helps organizations book flights for traveling to hosting speakers on cam-pus.

“I’m not their only resource,” she said. “I’m their central point for finding more resources.”

The new budget year began Sept. 1, so funds were not available for stu-dents the first two weeks of school, Mears said.

Mears said he does not believe SOAC has awarded any organiza-tions with SOLF money yet because it is still early in the semester. Applica-tions are just now coming in, he said.

ASU implemented SOLF in the fall of 2007.

No limit to SOLF applications

Rodeo to join club sports

Dana ChoiEditor-in-Chief

Students will hear more about rodeo at ASU after a group of student rodeo enthu-siasts Tuesday gained club sport status.

The Student Gov-ernment Association recommended ASU Ram Rodeo for ap-proval at its meeting on Monday. Nolen Mears, the executive director of Student Life and Student Services, will have approved the group on Thursday, said Heather Valle, co-ordinator for Student Involvement.

Many students do not know this, but ASU has had a rodeo team for about five years, said senior Halee Marth, ASU Ram Ro-deo founder. She want-ed the team to be more visible by becoming an official club sport and expects more people to join.

“It would be won-derful for ASU’s ro-deo team to be more well-known,” said ju-nior Macy Harris, who

competes in the barrels and breakaway events. “Every time I mention that I am a member of the Ram Rodeo Team, I get the same com-ment back every time: ‘I didn’t know that we even had a rodeo team.’”

ASU Ram Rodeo joined ten other club sports, which include Ram Rugby, Ducks Un-limited and Handball Club, Valle said.

About 15 people have said they want to join the club sport so far, Marth said.

The rodeo team is growing every year, said graduate student Craig Leonard, who was involved in ro-deo at Texas Tech for four years. This is his first year competing in ASU’s rodeo team.

“Continued sup-port from the univer-sity is key to promoting [rodeo] throughout the state,” he said.

Students who are interested in joining do not require experi-ence in rodeo, but they would have to take care of their own expenses, Marth said. Members have to own and main-tain their own horses and trailers, and will need gas to travel to rodeos.

Marth said inter-

ested students should talk to current mem-bers and ask for help or advice.

“We’re always help-ful,” she said. “[People who rodeo] are prob-ably the nicest people you’ll ever meet.”

ASU Ram Rodeo’s goals this year are to get approved, co-sponsor a rodeo, and see one or more team members make it to College Na-tional Finals in June in Casper, Wy. Marth said she hopes to meet to the last goal before she graduates in May.

College rodeo is for freshmen through seniors, Marth said. Graduate students are eligible to compete for one year. National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association, the col-lege rodeo association ASU Ram Rodeo falls under, requires that students must be 18 to 24, maintain a 2.0 GPA, and complete nine out of 12 hours.

There are events for men and women, she said, which include barrels, breakaway, team roping, bull rid-ing, bareback riding, saddle bronc riding, calf roping and steer wrestling.

The first rodeo will be Sept. 22 in Portales, N.M.

Recommended: ASU rodeo team of five years aims for visibility

Friday, September 16, 2011 FEATURES

The Multicultural Center, UCPCHispanic Heritage month&

Brazilian CarnivalAmanda Fowler

Contributor

In honor of Hispanic Heritage month, The Multicultural Center and UCPC hosted the Brazilian Carnival in the University Center, Sept. 13.

The event included a group of Samba dancers, ethnic foods pre-pared by Chartwells, and a craft center for students to make their own Brazilian masks.

“Food and music are how I re-ally get acquainted with a culture,” said senior Shanda Illert, president of the German Club. “Now I know that Brazilan food tastes good and Brazilian music sounds good.”

The Brazilian Carnival is a tradi-tional celebration with roots similar to Mardi Gras’. It is generally held prior to Lent.

Samba Vida Drum and Dance Company, a dance academy of San Antonio, brought the entertain-ment, program specialist Adriana Balcorta said. Samba is a common type of music and dance in Brazil.

“They put on a fantastic show and the food presentation was

good,” Illert said. “The crafts were neat and something the students could really participate in.”

Balcorta said the Multicultural Center always includes a hands-on activity to give the students even more of a taste of a culture.

“The turnout was excellent,” Bal-corta said. “We had more commu-nity participation than usual and the student engagement was amaz-ing.”

“My favorite part was the food,” junior David Martinez said, “but the music was contagious.”

In order to decide which food is prepared, Balcorta said the Mul-ticultural Center studied Brazil-ian websites to see what restau-rants prepare, and researched the recipes.

Martinez and Illert said they plan to attend the next Multicul-tural event.

“Many students cannot travel or study abroad,” Balcorta said. “We want to bring a bit of that to them.”

The next event for the Multicul-tural Center will be a celebration of Turkey on Oct. 26.

“The U.S. is a melting pot and we are trying to show the students that we are all different,” Barcorta said. “We want students to un-derstand the importance of those differences.”

Taste of Brazil: Dancers, foods, arts and crafts educate and entertain

Photo by Pam Belcher

The Samba Vida Drum and Dance Company from San Antonio provides

samba music, which is common in Brazil.

Photo by Pam Belcher

Samba dancers from San Antonio perform in the UC, Tuesday, Sept. 14.

Photo by Mark McDanielStudents create masks, which are typically worn during a Brazilian Carnival.

OPINIONS Friday, September 16, 2011

PUBLISHING POLICYPublished every Friday and available to students, one copy per student, the student newspaper of Angelo State University is a public forum, with its student editorial board making all deci-sions concerning its contents. Unsigned editorials express the views of the majority of the editorial board.Ram Page welcomes all letters. Please include your name, classification/position and a phone number and/or e-mail ad-dress for verification purposes. Letters must be signed and be no more than 350 words. The paper reserves the right to edit letters for grammar and clarity, and all letters are subject to laws governing obscenity, libel and privacy. Deadline is 5 p.m., Mon-day. Submission does not guarantee publication. Letters may be mailed, e-mailed or submitted at the newspaper’s office, Room 324 on the third floor of the Porter Henderson Library. Opinions in letters are not necessarily those of the staff, nor should any opinion expressed in a public forum be construed as the opinion or policy of the administration, unless so attributed.

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“Men’s soccer. It doesn’t make sense that there is a female team and not a male team.”

Yannik Mitheo senior

“Definitely rugby, becasue I hear they have a good team here.”

Cory Wilde, senior

If ASU could add anofficial sport, what would you want it to be?

SidewalkSurvey“Every university should have a men’s soccer team.”

Edom Abebejunior

“Men’s soccer, because I grew up loving it.

Joey Garibaldi,junior

“I would have to say fencing, because I enjoy it.”

Charles Lambert,junior

Review: ‘Worship Music’

Patrick McKeownContributor

Welcome to the house of Anthrax. Now, relax and listen to “Wor-ship Music” as it guides you to metal spirituality. It has been eight years since the thrash titans have contributed to the metal universe, and 19 years since Joey Bella-donna sang lead vocals on an Anthrax album. Anthrax has become one of the true pioneers of thrash metal, and along with Metallica, Mega-deth, and Slayer, they make up the “Big Four” of metal. “Worship Music” marks the return of clas-sic old school thrash and

reminds us of how heavy and angry Anthrax still is.

The album begins with ground-shaking and hell-rattling “Earth on Hell”. A classic An-thrax thrash track that would send the Devil on the run, and scare your friends who listen to In-die or Techno, or even terrible pop radio. “Fight ‘Em till You Can’t” is a perfect example of relent-less power and precision of rhythm guitarist Scott Ian. His machine gun riff fires rapidly throughout the band’s first single. Plus, when do zombies and metal not sound cool? “I’m Alive to be the demon,” says front man Joey Belladonna with au-thority on the chorus of “I’m Alive”. Also, lead gui-tarist Rob Caggiano lays down an epic solo worthy of guitar-god like status that sounds like a bomb ready to ignite at any mo-ment.

I recommend hav-ing a bottle of Advil with you after hearing these next two metal monsters.

“In the End” begins with church bells and then builds into the sickest groove on the album. The track reminisces of a clas-sic Ronnie James Dio vibe with crunching guitars and great vocal power from Belladonna. The chorus is a memorable masterpiece ending with Joey singing “When the Sun goes down on me,” sure to be a classic on ev-ery metal radio station. “Judas Priest” is the evil twin of “In the End” and is also whiplash-ready. The radioactive riff of

Scott Ian sets this track ablaze and will probably set your metal senses ablaze.

“Worship Music” is perfect for any classic An-thrax fan or newcomer just starting out. The re-turn of Anthrax is hope that thrash metal will rise again. Thanks Anthrax for keeping the ancient genre alive, and I highly recommend playing this album at maximum vol-ume through any speaker nearby...just be ready to replace speakers every two to three weeks.

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Over the summer, I visited my native country, South Korea, for Study Abroad. I’d been gone just long enough to feel anxious about returning, and I’d never been away from my family and home for an extended period of time. I had no idea what to expect, and go-ing into this program, I was completely open to whatever I was about to experience. I’d like to share my personal ex-perience and offer some advice to anyone who has not studied abroad and would like to.

I met people (from

both South Korea and from ASU) whom I am extremely glad to have met.

We visited many sites related to our courses and I learned, not just in a classroom or out of a textbook, firsthand about crimi-nal justice, of which I barely knew anything prior to this trip.

Before the trip, I wasn’t familiar with any religion besides the one I grew up with, and now I feel like I’ve really broadened my mind with knowledge about a totally different belief system, Buddhism.

Not only that, I was able to improve my Korean-speaking and writing abilities (one month makes a bigger difference than I could have ever imagined in practicing a different language) and learn, in-depth, about a com-pletely different society.

Even though I’m of Korean descent, I was learning and experi-

encing just as much as everyone else, which never would have hap-pened if I did not make the decision to take a leap and study abroad.

This is what I think—and keep in mind all students who have studied abroad are different and perceive their experiences differ-ently—my time study-ing abroad was abso-lutely amazing, and I really want my fellow students to consider studying abroad and learn and see as much as I did.

There’s the obvious reason: how many op-portunities to travel to a different country (or countries) will come to you after you graduate?

I also believe it’s so important to become more knowledgeable about the rest of the world, or at least ac-cepting of cultures and beliefs that are different from your own.

This leads me to something I would like

to emphasize: an open mind. I am a little dis-appointed in some students’ reactions to studying abroad. I’ve seen a severe lack of open-mindedness in some instances to the point that I wondered why some students bothered going through such trouble travelling overseas if they were going to be unwilling to learn about a totally dif-ferent world.

I hope many more students will consider studying abroad, but not because they expect a vacation or because they expect to see only what the movies por-tray (there’s a big risk of disappointment). An open mind is neces-sary to really appreciate whatever program you choose has to offer. A genuine desire to learn about the subject(s), language, culture, and people of the country will go a long way.

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Week at a Glance

Friday, Sept. 16VOLLEYBALL@ Texas A&M Commerce* - 5:30 p.m.

SOCCER@ Midwestern State* - 7 p.m.

CROSS COUNTRY@ Texas Tech Open (Lubbock)

Saturday, Sept. 17FOOTBALLCentral Oklahoma - 2 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 18SOCCER@ Abilene Christian* - 1 p.m.

Tuesday, Sept. 20VOLLEYBALL@ Texas A&M Kingsville* - 7 p.m.

Thursday, Sept. 22VOLLEYBALLEastern New Mexico - 7 p.m.

*Denotes conference game

Rambelles ranked No. 20 in nationVolleyball: Women continue un-beaten streak


The Rambelle volleyball team is back in the national spotlight for the first time in 18 years, after being ranked No. 20 in the AVCA Division II Poll, Wednesday.

“It’s been a long time coming… and this is a great group to get it,” head coach Chuck Waddington said of the team’s national recogni-tion.

But, he also said even though it is not easy to get there, it is even harder to stay there.

The ‘Belles improved to 11 - 0 on the season Thurs-day, when they beat Texas A&M - Kingsville Javelinas, 3 - 0.

“It’s exciting and I can’t wait to see where it takes us,” sophomore hitter Kael-en Valdez said of the ‘Belles winning streak.

The victory over the Ja-velinas was the ninth time this season that the women won in straight sets, and also their third conference victory, making them one of three teams in the LSC still undefeated.

The win comes after an impressive performance in

the ASU invitational last weekend, where the ‘Belles swept all four opponents in straight sets.

“This is one of the most complete teams I’ve had here,” Waddington said. “We have a lot of depth in a lot of areas, which obvi-ously helps when we have injuries.”

Valdez, who leads the team with 108 kills this sea-son, agreed with her coach on the squad’s depth.

“Our depth has really helped us,” Valdez said. “We all know that if one person can’t do it, another one can,” Valdez said.

Three of the program’s athletes were awarded LSC weekly awards Tuesday, as senior Debbie Ohl, fresh-man Shelby Wilt, and junior Alex Woolsey took all three conference player of the week spots.

Ohl received Offensive Player of the Week after she tallied double-digit kills in three of the team’s six games last week in which she to-taled 46 kills and 11 blocks.

Wilt was awarded De-fensive Player of the Week as she averaged over 4 digs per set, totaling 46 in the ASU Invitational.

She also recorded dou-ble-digit digs in five of six matches last week, while leading the team in aces, with eight.

For the second time this

season, Woolsey took LCS Setter of the Week honors after she amassed an im-pressive 220 assists, 64 digs, 22 kills, and six service aces in last week’s competitions.

Woolsey leads the team with an impressive 381 as-sists while averaging 10.89 assists per set, which is sec-ond-best in the LSC.

The ‘Belles continue conference play Thursday, when they travel to Denton to take on Texas Women’s

University at 7 p.m., fol-lowed by two more road games against Texas A&M - Commerce and Texas A&M - Kingsville.

To keep the team’s suc-cess going, Valdez said that they cannot take any team lightly, especially now that they are in conference play.

“As long as we stay to-gether and focus on what we need to do, we should be alright,” Valdez said.

Photo by Mark McDanielSenior Celeste Bonter spikes the ball in the ‘Belles match against Texas A&M - Kingsville, Tuesday, Sept. 13.


In their three-day road trip to Pueblo, Colo., last weekend, the ‘Belles (1 - 3) were not able to get a win in either of their final two non-conference matches.

The women faced Colorado State – Pueblo, Sept. 9, and despite putting 10 shots on goal, the ‘Belles failed to get any of them past the ThunderWolves’ goalkeeper.

However, the ThunderWolves (4 - 2) managed to get a goal in each half of the game to beat the Rambelles, 2 - 0.

In their second match, Sept. 11, the ‘Belles battled Adams State College (3 - 1) in a double-overtime thriller that gave the ‘Belles their third loss of the season.

The first goal of the match came from a penalty kick award-

ed to the Grizzlies in the 64th minute.

But, with less than 10 minutes left, ‘Belles’ senior forward Brandie DeBacker found the back of the net to bring the score even.

After 90 minutes, the score remained 1 - 1 sending the match into overtime.

In the first over-time, neither team was able to add to their tally forcing the match into a second overtime.

There, it was Ad-ams State forward Jessica Hellweg that floated a shot over freshman goalkeeper Taylor Cardinal in the 107th minute to give the ‘Belles their third loss of the season.

Head coach Tra-vis McCorkle was not discouraged about his team’s lack of goals over the weekend, he said.

“I’d be more con-cerned if we had not taken so many shots and we lost the games because we didn’t create any chances… so to get a lot of shots is a good thing, we just need to work on finishing,” McCorkle said.

A few things just did not go their way during the trip, but mainly, DeBacker said, the ‘Belles did not play to their full potential.

“We had some minor mistakes and we need to work on finishing, but once we fix those we’ll be fine, DeBacker said.

DeBacker’s goal put her one away from being tied for second place in career goals for the program.

The Rambelles open the Lone Star Conference on Sept. 16, in Wichita Falls facing the Mustangs of Midwestern State, followed by a trip to Abilene, Sunday, to play Abilene Chris-tian (4 - 0).

The Mustangs, who won the confer-ence regular season title last year, were ranked No. 1 in the LSC preseason poll.

They are also currently ranked No. 22 in the National Soccer Coaches As-sociation of America (NSCAA) Division II poll released Tuesday.

Abilene Christian is ranked even higher in the national poll at No. 12.

Soccer: Team drops last two non-conference matchesJason Helms

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The golf team finished with a tie for fifth place in their first tournament of the season, Tuesday at the South-west Classic in Mansfield.

“There were some really good teams there and the scores were all really close,” head coach Kathleen Price said of the tournament.

The ‘Belles were led by freshman Abby Bobo, who finished in 13th place after shooting a 157 in the two-day event.

Bobo was joined by fel-low underclassman Courtney Rutledge (78 - 80 - 158) and

junior Krista Czarnecki (80 - 79 - 159) in the top 20.

Juniors Maury McCor-mick (85 - 83 - 168) and Tay-lor Griffin (84 - 92 - 176) also helped the Rambelles finish in the top five by getting 34th and 49th, respectively.

Sophomore Makenzie Stone competed as an indi-vidual and managed to fin-ish in the top 30 by cutting three strokes off her opening-round on the second day to end with a 163.

Also competing as an individual, freshman Ashley Bartholomew (83 - 82 - 165) also improved in the second-round to finish 32nd.

“Our girls weren’t totally satisfied with their scores… but I was happy to see some of the underclassmen do as well as they did,” Price said.

Fellow LSC teams Mid-western State and Tarleton

State placed first and second in the tournament, which is a testament to the level of competition in the confer-ence, head coach Kathleen Price said.

However, Stone said she is confident that she and the team will be able to compete with the tougher teams of the conference.

“We are closing the gap between us and the [top conference teams] because we are pushing each other harder than ever,” Stone said of this year’s squad.

The team’s next tourna-ment is the Lady Buff Invi-tational in Amarillo on Sept. 26, at the Tascosa Country Club.

“We are going to be OK,” Price said. “This is a great group of girls and we will def-initely grow.”

Golf: Top 5 finish leaves room to grow

Newcomers shoot well in first tournament


The Rams host their first home game of the 2011 season against the Central Oklahoma Bronchos (0 - 2), Saturday at 2 p.m.

Wagner said he thinks that the Bronchos are go-ing to come out

with everything they have to get their first win of the season.

“The great thing is, it’s a home game and hope-fully we’ll have a great crowd be-cause the team de-serves it after our performance these last two weeks,” Wagner said.

Win gives confidence for home opener

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Junior wide receivers C.J. Akins and Joey Knight cel-ebrate after Akins’ fourth-quarter touchdown catch.

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