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El Paisano
Vol. XXXIX, No. 5
Express
Holiday break
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noon, Wednesday, Nov. 23, for
the Thanksgiving Holidays. The
campus will reopen at 8 a.m.,
Monday, Nov. 28.
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14, 2011 at www.midland.edu
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Dec. 5, 2011.
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to come early to be advised for
classes and to schedule THEA and
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unnecessary waiting at walk-in
times. Testing or exemption is
required for compliance with the
Texas Success Initiative. All
students planning to enroll in
mathematics courses should be
tested before enrolling in their first
college-level mathematics class.
Placement tests are free at the MC
Testing Center in the Scharbauer
Student Center, Room 260, (432685-4504). Students who have
not tested must do so prior to
registration. All test scores must
be available before a student is
permitted to register for classes.
Food drive
MC Student Government is
sponsoring the annual canned food
drive benefitting Memorial Christian Church Food Pantry. Look for
designated boxes around campus
to drop off your non-perishable
Summer 2012
travel course
food items. The drive ends Dec. 9.
The Freedom Trail, Statue of
Liberty, Independence Hall and
White House are among the places
MC students have the opportunity
to visit this summer.
“Exploring America’s Roots”
is a six-hour travel course that
consists of three weeks of course
instruction from June 4-21 and
a four-city trip to Boston, New
York City, Philadelphia and
Washington, D.C., between June
26 and July 7.
Government professor Lee
Almaguer and history professor
Todd Houck said they brought the
trip back after a five-year hiatus
because of a high number of
requests.
Students attend three weeks
of classes in which they are able
to gain necessary background
information they need to truly
enjoy visiting the sites, Houck
said.
“All of the activities on the trip
relate back to things they learned
in class,” Houck said.
“I’ve yet to meet a student who
said it was a complete waste of
their time,” Houck said.
Because he likes to provide
students with flexibility, Houck’s
history classes will be offered
mostly online, though some will
meet a few times.
In contrast, Almaguer said
he likes to get to know students
before taking them on the trip and
will teach his government classes
in the traditional lecture setting.
During the trip, about 75
percent of the activities are done
as a group.
Students have specific sites in
each city they must visit, like a
“giant scavenger hunt spread out
over four cities,” Almaguer said.
With free time at night,
participants are able to do things
that interest them.
Many have gone to baseball
games and Broadway musicals,
Almaguer said.
In the past, Almaguer has had
students take photos at every place
they visit and complete a travel
diary after the trip is over.
Course tuition and fees are
in addition to the $1,949 trip.
Anyone interested should contact
Almaguer at ferleeal@midland.
edu or Houck at thouck@midland.
edu.
The student newspaper of Midland College
November 18, 2011
Henrys endow chair of history
By Ernesto Macias
EP Page Editor
“Any fool can make history,
but it takes a genius to write it.”
- Oscar Wilde.
Will Morris, Ph.D., dean of
social and behavioral sciences at
Midland College will follow the
footsteps of many before him and
write history with the endowment
of the Henry Chair of History.
With a $500,000 gift from the
Jim and Paula Henry family, MC
established the endowed chair and
Morris is the first Henry Chair of
History.
“I did not see this coming,”
Morris said. “It was an absolute
surprise.”
The gift will allow Morris to
administer the annual West Texas
Historical Conference. Also, he
will guide and oversee the publication of the West Texas Journal
of History.
Details of his duties as a chair
holder are not yet fully set, the
publication (WT Journal of History) is set to be composed of
three to five papers written by
staff from community colleges
around West Texas.
The publication will contain
papers written on scholarly treatment of historical topics. Any
community college faculty member of West Texas and Eastern
Photo courtesy of MC media department
Jim and Paula Henry pose with the first Henry Chair of History professor, Will Morris, and MC President Steve Thomas. The Henrys endowed the chair with a $500,000 donation.
New Mexico may submit the papers.
“The symposium will be presented orally first, then published
subsequently,” Morris said.
The Henry family has an association and background that led to
the establishment of this chair.
“MC has been a very important part of our family’s life since
it was built,” Henry said. “Paula
graduated from MC and later
taught as an adjunct instructor in
the history department for eight
years.”
“The gift is our way of honoring
Dr. Morris for his tireless efforts
to keep the academic standards at
MC first rate,” Paula Henry said.
Morris majored in history at
The University of Colorado at
Boulder. He also mastered in history at CU. After completing his
M.A., he attended University of
Texas at Austin where he earned
his Ph.D. in history.
For many years, Morris has
taught a variety of history classes
to both traditional students and
See Henry Chair, page 5
Rollercoaster season ends at Region
From staff reports
The Midland College volleyball team’s rollercoaster season
came to an end in a 3-0 loss in the
NJCAA Region V West Tournament Championships.
The match, which was played
on Saturday, Nov. 4, saw the
Lady Chaparrals versus the Western Texas College Lady Westerners. MC had previously defeated
Western Texas on both occasions
during conference play.
Heading in to the regional
tournament, MC was a hot team
having gone 15-3 since mid-September, which includes an 8-1 record in the WJCAC. MC won the
2011 conference championship
and had won a share of the title in
2010.
The Lady Chaps opened the regional tournament against the No.
4-seed Frank Phillips College.
While No.3 Western Texas drew
No. 2 New Mexico Military Institute in the tournament opener.
MC defeated FPC 25-16, 26-24,
25-18 to advance to the finals
against Western Texas. WTC de-
feated NMMI in a five set match
following the Midland-Frank
Phillips match.
Against WTC the Lady Chaps
seemed out of sync and struggled
to find a way into the match.
Midland’s best offensive weapons couldn’t seem to find an open
area of the court.
Lady Chap kills leader Dragana
Cvoric was held to 6 in the match
while Sarah Sawyer could only
record two kills in the 25-17, 2519, 25-21 loss to the Lady Westeners.
Midland’s Brittany Serrano
picked up 8 kills to lead the Lady
Chaps. Freshman Keli Key-Wilson also recorded 18 digs in the
contest.
The loss prevented the Lady
Chaps from a repeat Region V
West title and a return to the NJCAA Division I National Tournament.
MC ended the season with a
18-13 overall record. The loss
also ended the MC careers of
four outstanding student-athletes
See Volleyball, page 7
Photo courtesy of MC athletic department
Midland’s Dragana Cvoric hits a ball past two Lady Westerners
during the Region V championship game. WTC defeated the Lady
Chaps and ended their season. Cvoric was named the confer-
ence’s Most Valuable Player.
Texas Recycles Day
Volunteers collect variety of items
By Ernesto Macias
EP Page Editor
What to do with a useless laptop? How to get rid of that old
stinky couch? Texas Recycles
Day offered the community a
chance to reduce, reuse and recycle at the Chap Center parking
lot last weekend.
“This is our seventh year doing
this event,” said Raymond Saddler, chairman of Texas Recycles
Day. “We offer big item pick up
for those things that people don’t
know what to do with.”
Keep
Midland
Beautiful
(KMB), in cooperation with the
City of Midland and Midland
College, offered an organized and
easy way for people to drop-off
paper, cardboard, electronics and
plastic. Every year, around three
or four trailers are filled up with
these items and sent to recycling
factories in Dallas.
“We send most of our electronics and big items to Dallas; that
way they can be recycled and not
thrown out somewhere around
the city,” Saddler said.
Photo by Ernesto Macias
Volunteers help a patron unload recycleable items during Texas
Recycles Day, Nov. 13, at the Al G. Langford Chaparral Center
parking lot.
Volunteers, from high school
students to senior citizens, helped
with the event.
“I like helping; it makes me feel
like I am doing something for my
town,” said Abby Atayde, Early
College High School student.
Salvation Army volunteers
also took part in this event. They
were collecting any type of usable
goods, appliances, housewares
and clothing. The purpose of
this collection was to help those
in need while reusing items and
keeping the environment clean.
Midland High School Student
Crystal Chavira helped in this
event, assisting donors with unloading the recyclable materials
off their cars.
“Paper is a popular item people
bring,” Chavira said. “It feels
good to give back to the community.”
It was not uncommon to see
trucks and trailers arrive with
heavy weight carriages, from
phone books to unused furniture.
“We provide a medium for
people, from regular recycling
items like paper to unwanted appliances; it is a way to keep a safe
environment,” Saddler said.
Tires were accepted at the
event; four per vehicle was the
limit.
Secured Document Shredding
provided means for donors to recycle and shred personal papers.
Paint was the only item not accepted during the recollection.
See Recycle, page 5
Commentary
Page 2
Rachel’s Ritches
Editorial
‘Thanks-giving’
As the holiday season approaches, many thoughts turn to big
Thanksgiving dinners, football games on the television and maybe
even a little Christmas anticipation. Many people will choose to
spend time with friends and family during the holidays. But why
limit visits to just holidays?
While many people avoid spending time with their families until
the holiday season, this should not be considered “good enough.”
Make time every week or every month, depending on where your
loved ones live to call or send a note, by email or snail mail.
Around the country and even right here at Midland College,
there are those who are not able to spend time with their loved
ones, and others who through some personal ordeal know what it
is like to almost lose someone he/she cares about.
With thousands of lives lost in Iraq and Afghanistan, this may
be the first holiday season many will endure without a specific
loved one. Remember those people and empathize with their situations.
Loved ones die every day … from disease, from old age, from
carelessness and from many other causes. Be thankful for those
who are still here.
Many of us take for granted the time we are able to spend with
one another. Even more of us do not capitalize on the opportunities we have to show the important people around us that they do
matter and that we do care.
If you cannot be with family, maybe you could volunteer somewhere over the holidays. It can make a difference in someone’s
life, including your own. Or invite someone to Thanksgiving dinner who you know would enjoy sharing the day. It truly is better
to give than receive.
No one knows when a situation will arise that will prevent us
from being together. A flight could get delayed or cancelled, the
car might have a flat tire on the way to the airport or bad weather
may prevent someone from traveling.
Even if these situations are unavoidable, we should still remember that we never know when it might be the last time we see
someone.
So while everyone is gathered around the table enjoying a little
holiday turkey, take a moment to look around and enjoy the fact
that this is one opportunity that will not go to waste.
Opinion
Protest sparks
student’s interest
By Stephani Garcia
EP Page Editor
People chanting, cops rushing
in and sirens sounding: a situation
you would usually avoid.
That is exactly the event I encountered walking the streets of
downtown Dallas. With a sense
of curiosity running through my
veins, I decided to follow the
mob.
“We are protesting because our
money system is messed up, the
system is broken. Our country is
broke,” Occupy Dallas protestor
Candy Hilty said.
Hundreds of people were making their way through the streets,
some dressed like thugs, hippies,
rockers and even some dressed as
if they just stepped out of the office. Some protestors wore masks
to protect their identities. People
held signs and spoke into bullhorns.
When I saw the group of people at first I didn’t know what was
going on I was not aware of Bank
Transfer Day or that the protests
had been going on around the
country for days.
The impression I got at a first
glance was a bunch of people
who had not showered in days
making a ruckus. I did not take
them seriously at all.
If someone who dressed and
spoke in an educated manner approached me, I would be more
prone to listen to what they had to
say.
“Through this movement a lot
of us feel that what we are going
to thrive best in is small intentional communities.
“Small communities where
people work together and grow
together.
“Where we will be able to take
care of the people within our own
community instead of everybody
taking care of everybody else.
Nobody can take care of themselves, there’s too many problems,” Hilty said.
Protestors were more educated
on the subject than I had expected, or at least it seemed as if they
were.
I saw protestors of all ages,
even some younger teenagers.
Standing across the street from
the protest I saw people walking up and down the sidewalks,
chanting “We are the 99 percent.”
Others talked to people about the
issues being protested and some
argued with police.
“They arrested them for jaywalking,” Hilty said. “They arrested them for putting their foot
over the curb.
“They don’t want us to be
heard. They trailed us off to where
nobody could listen because they
don’t want anyone to hear us, the
more people that stand up for this,
the harder it is for them to keep us
quiet.”
That was day nine for protestors.They had set up tent cities
where they could sleep at night,
eat during the day and get medical assistance as needed.
These people not only show a
passion for what they believe in
they also act on it.
There are many problems in
our country today. What are you
doing about it?
Happy
Thanksgiving
from
El Paisano’s staff
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November 18, 2011
by Rachel Ritchie, EP Editor Emeritus
The latest obsession taking
hold is a little thing called Pinterest. Pinterest is this year’s StumbleUpon, but I think Pinterest will
catch on better and be able to last.
Pinterest is described as a virtual pin board. Basically there are
“pins” which are links to blogs
and various website that hold
some interest to people. Because
of the format of the site people are
able to pin these pins to boards
that you can categorize yourself.
The content of Pinterest is endless. There are no limits to what
you can find on Pinterest. There
are recipes, pictures of place to
travel, there are outfits, crafts,
home improvement and humor.
Anything that you could possibly
be interested in, you can find on
Pinterest.
Thanks to Pinterest, I have finally learned to French braid.
I knew the process prior to Pinterest, but there was a pin that
showed an awesome braid that is
great for keeping your hair out of
your face. My only challenge was
I had never French braided. But
because I wanted to be able to use
this hairstyle, I was determined
to figure it out. And I did. Pinterest gave me the determination to
finally learn something that was
going to be a big skill in my life.
French braiding is also something
that I had been wanting to learn
for a very long time.
Also from Pinterest, I have
greatly widened dishes that I have
the ability to cook. There are so
many great recipes on Pinterest
that range from gourmet to easy
stuff that kids love.
There are recipes for specific
holidays. There are recipes for
desserts, sauces, stocks, bread,
breakfast, lunch and dinner. You
name it, Pinterest has it. One of
my favorite recipes that I have
found is Pizza Roll-Ups. It’s more
of an idea than a recipe. You lay
out crescent rolls and put a row of
pepperonis down across the large
end. Then you tear a cheese stick
in half so that you have two short
cheese sticks. Place half a cheese
stick on top of the pepperonis.
At this point, you can add a little
tomato sauce or any vegetables.
Then you bake to the directions
of the crescent rolls. I love this
because it’s easy, cheap, fast and
delicious.
My sister has bound a tumblr
called Disney Bound. Whoever
runs this website puts together
outfits that are based off of different Disney characters. It has also
spanned to include many other
well known movie characters
such as Han Solo. It is really neat
to look at because it offers different looks ranging from somewhat
causal to high fashion.
Another realm of pins I have
discovered on Pinterest has been
feeding my inner nerd. I have a
Harry Potter board. I pin all things
Harry Potter that I come across.
You might think that as a mother,
I would have grown out of Harry
Potter by now, but no. Harry Potter is so magical and makes such
a great escape from reality. I also
credit Harry Potter for my love
of reading and subsequently my
ability to write well.
I encourage everyone, and I
mean EVERYONE, guys too, to
get on Pinterest. It’s wonderfully
addicting and enriching.
Opinion
Horse dying ‘on the job’
raises cruelty questions
By Ernesto Macias
EP Page Editor
Food. Fashion. Clothing. Animal cruelty is everywhere, all
around you. Are you willing to
look at it?
Recently the news has been
focusing on the death of a white
horse in New York City.
Why is this relevant? Many
horses die each day in slaughter
houses or at farms.
The turmoil around this specific death is because the horse
dropped dead in the middle of the
city while “on the job” pulling a
carriage.
The death of this horse raised
many questions around the country, most of which questioned the
conditions in which the horse was
working and living.
The American Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
(ASPCA) has known that horses
could not perform their so-called
job surrounded by the modernworld hustle.
Even though the information
was there, many officials and
employers ignored the facts and
kept the horses working. Maybe
one death doesn’t mean much to
many people out there. So what?
One horse died.
In reality this was the third so
called “accident” with horses
during that week. All three of the
horses were pulling carriages.
The one thing I couldn’t help
but do was read between the lines
of this scandal.
Humans have evolved and
haven’t stopped evolving since
the beginning of time.
Wars have been fought in the
name of freedom and equality.
Stop. Look around. Civilization
is everywhere.
From the nomadic era of our
history to the modern world, there
is something that hasn’t changed:
human selfishness.
You might think that all of this
comparison is nonsense. Evolution, selfishness and animal
deaths might seem disconnected.
From the domestication of
animals to the slaughter houses
that provide infinite amounts of
beef and poultry every year, our
actions have the sole purpose of
fulfilling our needs and wants.
We are not thinking about what or
who we hurt in the process.
It would be hypocritical to sit
here and preach about vegetarianism as a lifestyle. I cannot. I enjoy
a steak from time to time.
Have I tried the lifestyle? Yes. I
did not succeed. Rather, I sit here
trying to figure out the meaning
of this horse’s death.
Millions of animals are being
slaughtered, victimized and overworked.
The same can be inferred about
humans around the world.
To witness the slaughtering of
an animal may not seem as raw
and vile as witnessing the killing
of a human.
What have we become if we are
not astounded by the simple action of killing?
Activists around the world have
spoken about this issue, associations are protecting animal rights.
This is true but is not enough.
A portion of society seems to be
conscious; the rest of us are aware
of the situation yet not acting
upon it.
Revolution by definition is
a sudden, complete or marked
change in something.
That something can be protecting animals. Protecting animals
has become a movement but not
a revolution.
This is not a call for arms; it is
an awakening to the très chic reality of our times, the naked nature
of our self-being.
Animals have been part of our
history; they were here before us.
They served as our nourishment
in the beginning of times and they
still do.
More than a fair exchange between animals and humans, the
relationship has become a pageant where humans showcase
their power by utilizing animals.
Jonathan Safran Foer, author of
Eating Animals, wrote in his book
about how our ancestors shared a
connection with the animals they
ate, an adoration for the one thing
that fueled life into them.
In a complex yet simple moment of “AHA!”, I realized that
it is not about being a vegan or a
carnivore. It is the actions and decision taking part in the process.
It has nothing to do with a label
or a product. It all boils down to
the core of humanity, the equality
and fairness of society, of which
animals are a huge part even if
their part is sometimes diminished.
They’ve become the endless
source, a product rather than a
comrade.
A concept that might seem unreal, but it is an issue as real as the
chair in which you’re sitting.
A horse dropped dead in the
middle of the mayhem of NYC
streets.
If the relationship between humans and animals wasn’t so off
balance, would he be alive?
MC parking passes
All students, regardless of their status, are required to register
their vehicle with the campus police, if they plan on parking on
any Midland College campus. Also, only full-time employees
and part-time employees are allowed to obtain an employee
parking permit and park in areas designated for employees only
(Yellow Stripes). All others (visitors, students and work-study
employees) must park in the area designated for students and
visitors (White Stripes). Contact campus police with any
questions regarding parking permits.
Editor Emeritus: Rachel Ritchie
Page Editors: Sarah Cotton, Stephani
Garcia, Ernesto Macias.
Reporters: Colter Bostick, Spencer
Cortez, Sarah Cotton, Stephani
Garcia, Hailey Hopkins,
Kourtney Kelley, Ernesto Macias,
Gabby Sanchez.
Photographers: Colter Bostick,
Kourtney Kelley
Lab Instructor: Karen Lanier
Adviser: Bob Templeton
Dean of Fine Arts
& Communications: Billy Feeler
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News
November 18, 2011
Page 3
First Friday seminar:
Food, fitness take center stage
By Kourtney Kelley
Staff Reporter
Many people try to lose weight
by taking diet pills, starving
themselves and overdoing exercise, all of which are not healthy
for the human body.
Manju Nath came to the Midland College campus to discuss
and explain fat and fitness, science behind diet, weight loss and
exercise. He is a clinical associate
professor at Texas Tech Health
Science Center.
He is also the medical director
of the Odessa Regional Medical
Center and Rehabilitation Unit.
One must consider all of the
factors of trying to live a healthy
and safe lifestyle.
To do so one must look at fitness, a healthy diet and the understanding science of weight loss,
Nath said.
In America there is now an average of 68 percent of adults who
are overweight or obese.
According to Nath statistics
show that only 20 percent of
people who go on any weight loss
program succeed in the long run.
During his presentation Nath
talked about the statistics of bariatic surgeries.
Of bariatic surgeries per year
in the United States, there were
13,800 up to 200,000 in the last
10 years.
Then he discussed the body
mass index and on how people
could find their own BMI.
“To find one’s BMI, you collect
your weight and divide it by your
height squared,” Nath said.
“If that BMI is 25 or above,
that means people are considered
overweight or obese,” Nath said.
Nath explained the energy cost
of obesity saying if people weigh
160 pounds they need to strive
for a minimum of 329 calories
to burn; a 200-lb person needs
to burn 410 and a 240-lb person
needs to burn 491 calories, a day.
“Playing golf for one hour itself is an easier way for people to
burn calories, a lot easier and less
boring than just trying to take a
walk or run to burn the calories
off in the gym,” Nath said.
Nath talked about bariatic surgery, how intense and complex
the surgery really is and how that
someone only really wants to
have the surgery when all else has
failed.
“The fact that a six-foot man
who weighs 300 lb is carry-
ing 116 lbs of excess weight
around can lead to all sorts of
problems for his health,” Nath
said.
Calories play a big part of
trying to lose weight, but Nath
said people do not know how
many calories food or drinks
really have.
One tablespoon of peanut
butter has 100 calories.
A banana has 100 calories
and one beer has 150 calories,
he said.
He said obesity-related
diseases and their associated
problems can cause harm.
“Diabetes Type II can cause
infertility, metabolic syndrome,
hyperandrogenism,
and polycystic ovary syndrome,” Nath said.
Hypertension can cause
blood clots, atrial fibrillation,
cardiomyopathy and dyslipidemia, he said.
Musculoskeletal problems
can cause chronic low back
pain, osteoarthritis and immobility, according to Nath.
Nath said he tells those who are
really trying to lose weight and
keep that excess weight off, to
start by being realistic with them-
Nath
selves about how much and how
fast they can actually lose that
weight.
They need to start off small, to
try and start by losing one pound
per week, Nath said.
For people to lose more weight,
Photo by Kourtney Kelley
they should eat low-calorie foods
such as vegetables and fruits, eat
daily, quality protein and limit
themselves to zero to one soda
per day.
Nath said it is good to eat a
healthy breakfast each morning.
Vaccination required to attend college
From staff reports
Beginning with the Spring
2012 semester, a new state law
will require all students entering
institutions of higher education to
show evidence of receiving a bacterial meningitis vaccination or
booster dose during the five-year
period prior to enrollment and at
least 10 days before the first day
of the semester.
Entering students include those
entering college for the first time,
transfer students from other colleges and returning or continuing
students who have had a break in
enrollment of at least one fall or
spring semester.
To get the vaccine, students
should check with their family
doctor or local public health department.
The following is acceptable
evidence of vaccination or receiving a booster dose:
The signature or stamp of a
physician or his/her designee,
or public health personnel on a
form which shows the month, day
and year the vaccination dose or
booster was administered;
An official immunization record generated from a state or
local health authority; or an official record received from school
officials, including a record from
another state.
Bacterial Meningitis is a serious, potentially deadly disease
that can progress extremely fast.
It is an inflammation of the membranes that surround the brain and
spinal cord.
The bacteria that cause meningitis can also infect the blood.
This disease strikes about 3,000
Americans annually, including
100-125 on college campuses,
leading to 5-15 deaths among
college-students every year.
There is a treatment; however,
those that survive might develop
severe health problems or disabilities.
The disease is transmitted when
people exchange saliva such as
kissing, or by sharing drinking
containers, utensils, cigarettes,
toothbrushes or come in contact
with respiratory or throat secretions.
More information can be obtained from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo, and the American College Health Association www.
acha.org , http://www.acha.org/
The law allows for exemptions
Dealine nears for annual
creative writing contest
From Staff Reports
Remember the last beautiful
sunset you saw or that gorgeous
person sitting next to you in biology lab? What about that heartbreak that made you want to stay
in your room for days? Let these
experiences work for you.
There is no better way to express your feelings than creative
writing. So, get your “muse on”
and submit your words of wonder
to the 37th Annual Rebecca T.
Watson Creative Writing Contest
sponsored by the Midland College English department.
MC began its creative writing
contest in 1974. Last year the
contest was given a new name in
honor of Professor Watson, who
guided the contest to maturity
over many years of teaching creative writing classes and directing
the contest.
Watson retired from MC last
spring.
The contest accepts entries in
three categories: short fiction, essay and poetry.
Any full-time or part-time student registered in MC English
classes at any time since Sept.
1, 2010, is eligible to compete.
Prizes will be awarded for first
place, $150; second place, $100;
and third place, $75.
To submit your entries, go to
the www.midland.edu/English.
Click on the creative writing contest link. Students will be able to
fill out a submission form and
upload the file containing your
entry.
If you have any questions,
please contact Laura LathamMcKenzie, contest director at
[email protected] or by
phone at 432-553-5789 or 432336-7882, ext. 111.
The deadline for entries is at
11:59 p.m., Friday, Dec. 16, 2011.
for students 30 years of age or
older, students who are enrolled
only in online or other distance
learning courses
Students who submit an affidavit or a certificate signed by a
physician who is duly registered
and licensed to practice medicine
in the United States, in which it
is stated that, in the physician’s
opinion, the vaccination required
would be injurious to the health
and well-being of the student.
Students who submit an affidavit signed by the student stating
that the student declines the vaccination for bacterial meningitis
for reasons of conscience, including religious belief.
A conscientious exemption
form (“Affidavit Request for Exemption from Immunizations for
Reasons of Conscience”) from
the Texas Department of State
Health Services must be used.
Allow several weeks to submit
and have form approved by the
Texas Department of State Health
Services.
Personnel at Howard College,
Midland College and Odessa
College are continuing to receive
updates from the Texas Higher
Education Coordinating Board on
the bacterial meningitis vaccination requirement.
Please continue to check the
colleges’ websites for updated information.
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www.odessa.edu/ )
Midland College
Student Government
is sponsoring
a Christmas for OUR Troops
donation drive through Dec. 2.
Boxes will are located in six locations across campus to collect
donations. See the list of preferred items below.
The important thing to remember is to donate “travel” size items.
Monetary donations (cash or checks made out to Christmas for OUR
Troops) for items such as pocket knives, RemOil and bore snakes may
dropped off with Stephanie VanCuren,
student activities coordinator,
Rm. 125 in Scharbauer Student Center.
Christmas for OUR Troops’ goal is to send 2,500 packages this year. They
currently only have a few hundred addresses, so if you know of anyone
stationed in Afghanistan, please send us their APOs and AFOs.
On Dec. 7, Student Government will help pack these boxes.
Students or other potential volunteers
who would like to help, please contact VanCuren, svancuren@midland.
edu or 685-4543.
Sports
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November 18, 2011
At ‘the Chap’
From staff reports
The first official men’s basketball poll of the
season saw the Midland College Chap basketball
team drop from No. 3 nationally to the eighth spot
in the NJCAA Men’s Division I polls after suffering
their first loss of the 2011-12 season. New MC Coach
Chris Craig led the Chaps (3-1) into last weekend’s
inaugural East-West Men’s Basketball Classic, Nov.
11-12, where they faced unranked but dangerous
Navarro College and, then No. 6 Trinity Valley
Community College.
Against Navarro the Chaps got off to a good
start only to see the Bulldogs chip away at the
lead. With about 8 minutes left in the first half, MC
had a series of miscues and an inability to score.
At the intermission MC trailed Navarro 40-27.
However, coming out of the break the Chaps looked
more assertive and sure of themselves. The Chaps
improved their 3-point field goal percentage from a
dismal 14 percent in the first half to 31 percent in the
second half.
MC also got to the free throw line in the second
half improving from 6/13 in the first half to 11/23
in the second half. When the final horn sounded, the
Chaps saw their unblemished record come to an end
80-69 at the hands of the Bulldogs
In other action from Friday’s opening day of the
Classic, No. 13 Lamar State College-Port Arthur
defeated No. 8 Howard College 95-61 and No. 18
South Plains College held on against No. 6 Trinity
Valley Community College 81-74.
On Saturday, the Chaparrals had aspirations
of correcting what was missing against Navarro
when they squared off against No. 6 Trinity Valley
Community College. The Cardinals (3-2), who had
come into the weekend undefeated, also lost their
first of the season to South Plains.
From the opening tip fans knew there was a
different Chap team on the floor. There was no lack
of effort on either end of the floor. Both teams were
intent on not suffering another loss, especially the
Chaps, not at home.
MC was a different team in the game shooting
9/15 (60 percent) from the floor and 4\13 from the
3-point line in the first half to head into the break
tied at 33. In the second half, The Chaps continually
attacked the Trinity Valley defense forcing the
Cardinals to foul and sending the Chaps to the line.
Trinity Valley on the other hand was hot from the
3-point line and MC appeared unable to stop TVCCs
torrid shooting from outside.
The Cardinals found themselves up by 6 (70-64)
with 5:27 left in regulation. Midland trimmed the
lead to 72-70 with 2:49 left. Over the final 2:45
seconds, the Chaps outscored the Cards 5-3 to knot
the game at 75-75 forcing the game into an overtime
period. During the 5-minute-long extra session, MC
remained aggressive on offense and took control of
the boards to outpace Trinity Valley 10-7 and secured
their first home court win of the season 85-82.
In other action on Saturday, it was No. 18 South
Plains over Lamar State College-Port Arthur, 81-68
and No. 8 Howard College over Navarro College 6862.
Tre Bowman, 10, goes up for a shot.
Assistant coach Jeff Mailhot talks to players on
the bench.
Willis Nicholson, 5, goes around a defender to get to the basket.
The new MC dance team performed during the weekend tournament.
Head coach Chris Craig coaches from the bench.
The team huddles before its
game against Trinity Valley
Community College during the
East-West Men’s Basketball
Classic, Nov. 11-12 at the Al G.
Langford Chaparral Center.
Photos
by
Colter Bostick
News
November 18, 2011
Page 5
Thanksgiving shines right around the corner
Readers share traditions, memories
By Spencer Cortez
EP Staff Reporter
Turkey, stuffing, dressing and
pumpkin pie, what else could
a person ask for at the table on
Thanksgiving?
Thanksgiving has been one of
America’s annual holidays since
1863 and is celebrated on the
fourth Thursday in November.
“My favorite part about
Thanksgiving would have to be
the food, because we only have it
once a year,” said freshman Patrick Ybarra.
“Also, my family comes together and we get to spend time
with each other and catch up with
one another. I love seeing my
whole family together and happy.”
For freshman Jacob Rodriquez,
making memories is his favorite
part of Thanksgiving.
“I love getting together with
my family at the dinner table and
reminiscing about old and embarrassing stories that have happened
to us throughout our lifetime and
making fun of each other,” Ro-
driquez said.
Thanksgiving is an American
holiday that is celebrated in many
ways.
“While we are cooking and
getting everything ready for our
Thanksgiving meal, we talk and
catch up on the things we have
missed,” sophomore Krista Sanchez said. “Then all of us as a
family watch the football game.”
While some families prepare
for the football game together, others enjoy preparing the
Thanksgiving meal together.
“I come from a big family, so
preparing Thanksgiving meal is
costly,” Associate Director of Financial Aid Yolanda Ramos said.
“So, we all pitch in to buy all the
food. My sisters and I cook the
Thanksgiving meal together.”
While some people have the
same tradition every year, others
like to make new traditions.
“A tradition that my family
does for Thanksgiving is watch
the Cowboys game together no
matter if they’re doing good or
bad,” Ybarra said.
“Also, my mom takes her kids,
nieces and nephews to watch a
movie every year.”
While some families try new
things for traditions, others keep
traditions basic.
“Our Thanksgiving traditions
are simple. My family comes together after our meal and we all
play different board games,” Rodriquez said. “Also, we attempt to
dance on the Xbox Kinect.”
There are some people who
travel for the Thanksgiving holiday, while some stay home.
“We don’t always travel for
Thanksgiving; most of the time,
it is at our house,” Ybarra said.
“If not, it is at my grandparents’
house, so we travel to Pecos to be
with them,” Ybarra said.
For those people who have
family who serve in the military,
Thanksgiving can be celebrated
anywhere.
“I have two cousins in the military,” Sanchez said.
“Sometimes we travel to Roswell, N.M. to celebrate Thanksgiving at my aunt’s house or we
go to my sister’s house in Fort
Worth,” Sanchez said.
Thanksgiving can be hard for a
family when members are in the
military.
“It is hard because we barely
get to see them throughout the
year,” Sanchez said.
“On Thanksgiving, they may or
may not be here, so we all miss
them a whole bunch,” Sanchez
said.
Black Friday entices
patient shoppers
By Stephani Garcia
EP Page Editor
What’s better than turkey on
Thanksgiving? Shopping on
Black Friday.
Every year, swarms of people
gather outside stores like Best
Buy, Toys-R-Us, Target and WalMart in order to be the first in line
to shop.
Lines outside these stores start
forming soon after sundown on
Thursday night.
“I don’t care if I do lose sleep,
I’m saving money,” said Midland
resident Dawn Hernandez .
Last year on Black Friday,
Hernandez said she waited with a
cousin, in the aisles at Wal-Mart
as early at 9 p.m. to be first in line
for a new wide-screen television.
They took chairs and coffee to
keep them up through the night.
They talked to random people
who walked by and observed the
employees set up for the morning
commotion.
All in all they shopped until
the morning. She said they left
roughly at 9 a.m., after a total of
12 shopping hours.
“The savings are worth it,”
Hernandez said.
Sleep does not play a factor on
this eventful day.
People set up camp outside
many stores with their cups of
coffee, blankets and chairs in order to have first pick.
Although many item prices are
significantly lowered for this particular weekend, the most sought
after items are electronics.
Televisions, game consoles,
computers, cameras and phones
are among the most popular.
“This year I hope to get a new
television and maybe a laptop, if
I can get to both before they run
out,” Hernandez said.
Shopping teams are very common. A shopping team is a group
of people that get together to
shop.
A list of items they want to purchase is made, then the team sets
out to their corresponding stores.
Register lines at these stores
get extremely long when check
out time arrives, forcing some
customers to stay in the stores
until late hours of the morning.
This is the time when shopping
teams come in handy.
“It’s way you can purchase
items from different stores simultaneously,” Hernandez said.
In order to avoid people waiting out in the cold all night some
stores like Wal-Mart will begin
Henry Chair
from page 1
College Classic students. College
Classics offers classes to students
age 50 and older who wish to
remain active and enhance their
knowledge, according to MC
College Classics vision statement. College Classics’ students
pay one fee and take as many
classes as time allows. There are
usually three short sessions of
College Classics.
The History Chair is the second
endowed chair to be established
at MC. The Allison Chair of Journalism was endowed by the Allison family in 1979. At one time,
the Allison family owned the
Midland Reporter-Telegram.
Bob Templeton has been the
Allison Chair of Journalism since
1986. Jim Patten was the first Allison Chair of Journalism; Robert
Sellmeyer was the second holder
of the chair.
The original endowment of
$750,000 has been used for salaries, equipment and scholarships
to help students interested in the
fields of journalism and communication.
The MC fine arts building
was named the Allison Fine Arts
Recycle
building in honor of the Allison’s
donation.
According to Morris, the history department is in the process
of re-organizing and setting down
the specifics of the duties he will
have owning this title.
“This is a guess; the first symposium should be out by spring of
2013,” Morris said.
Several things have to be done
before the symposium is presented and published.
A call needs to be released for
people to submit papers, schedule presentations and arrange the
publication, Morris said.
“The conference and the journal will showcase community
college faculty and staff. We appreciate the generosity of Paula
and Jim Henry,” said MC President Steve Thomas.
Each of the journal publications will include one paper by an
MC faculty member.
“It is a big deal to have a chair
of history at MC and the activities
that come along with it,” Morris
said. “The closest thing MC has
to a symposium is the literary
magazine,Tableau.”
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Volunteers encouraged people are available at local shopping
to not only recycle once a year centers and grocery stores such
but to make an effort and trans- as HEB, Wal-Mart, Albertson’s
form this into a habit and follow and Super Mercado. Also all the
the red, white and blue recycling MISD Elementary school conprocess.
tainers remain in place.
Red stands for aluminum,
More information about recywhite for cardboard and blue for cling sites and KMB is available
paper.
at www.keepmidlandbeautiful.
Several recycling locations org.
Photo by Stephanie Garcia
Student Jeff Farely browses through some Black Friday ads.
its toy sales starting at 10 p.m. on
Thanksgiving Day and its electronic sales at midnight.
Best Buy and Toys-R-Us are
the most common stores where
people stay out all night.
Shoppers start lining the sidewalks early the night before the
sales begin in order to get first
choice on the best deals.
Although there are crowds of
many, some people don’t have the
same mindset.
In order to get good deals shoppers don’t always have to wait up
all night or go through the trouble
of squeezing through the tight
crowds of insane shoppers.
“Many of the sales are sometimes better if you know how to
bargain shop off season, like buying summer stuff during the colder months and winter stuff during
the hotter months,” said MC student Brenda Hernandez.
Entertainment
November 18, 2011
Page 6
Musician receives national attention from song
By Stephani Garcia
EP Page Editor
“Behind the scenes is where I
hung out, I was always the kid
that kept to himself, always wanting to help out as long as I was
never seen,” said Rabe Rodella,
local musician and Midland College student.
Rodella is a 22-year-old parttime student at MC, currently
completing basic courses. He
said he hopes to pursue a major in
music production with a minor in
music business at Belmont University in Nashville.
His love for the stage all started
by accident.
He was at church and the acoustic guitar player never showed up,
so the worship team was looking
for someone who could fill the
spot.
Someone knew that he liked
playing guitar on his own time
and asked if he knew enough to
play the songs. After arguing
back and forth and trying to convince them that he couldn’t do it,
Rodella finally gave in.
That was the beginning of his
passion for the stage. The following week at practice the same scenario occurred, so he stepped in.
“During one of the songs everyone stopped playing. I was
in the zone, belting out the song
with everything I had. It only
lasted a fraction of a second until
I realized no one else was playing
with me, but
that
fraction
of a second
was enough to
make me fall in
love with performing,” Rodella said.
The worship
leader
asked
him to lead
the same song
for his church
the following
week.
Once
again after arguing as much
as he could,
there was no
way out of it,
so he agreed,
Rodella said.
Rodella said Musician Rabe Rodella
people approach me to come lead
his mom is one of
the most encouraging people in worship for their church. Then
his life as well as Lizzy Biezug- from there it just kept growing.
be-McFadden and Trey Johnson. The more people I met on the
Also, big encouragers for Rodella road, the more places I was asked
are his youth pastors, Blake and to sing.”
Rodella has been working on
April Patterson he said.
Blake and April moved to be a an album for the past couple of
part of a ministry called “Camp months.
“There is so much that actually
of Champions” that travels
across the country and puts on goes into making an album that
youth and family camps, Rodella you actually don’t realize at first,”
Rodella said.
said.
The recording process is far
“They asked if I would be
willing to lead worship at these more complicated than just writevents,” Rodella said. “After the ing a few songs to throw on a CD.
very first worship set I did, I had Choosing the right songs to put on
Spoiler Alert
Cars 2 drives family fun home
By Grayson Bewley
EP Staff Reporter
Looking for a family film to
watch over the holidays? Well,
the Pixar animated film Cars 2
might be the one for you.
The description of Cars 2
according to IMBD.com, is “Star
race car Lightning McQueen and
his pal Mater head overseas to
compete in the World Grand Prix
race.
But
the
road
to
the
championship becomes rocky
as Mater gets caught up in an
intriguing adventure of his own:
international espionage.”
The voice of McQueen is done
by Owen Wilson and the voice of
our friendly tow truck, Mater is
comedian Larry the Cable Guy.
There are also some additional
voices such as Michael Caine and
Emily Mortimer.
All of these actors do an
outstanding job in this film,
especially Larry the Cable Guy.
He does an amazing job as the
voice of Mater. He is funny and
you like him from the start.
There are many lines that just
make you laugh. For example,
McQueen says, “Look, Mater,
we’re not in Radiator Springs,”
and Mater responds, “You’re just
noticing that? Boy, that jet lag
really done a number on you.”
These lines are the things that
really stand out in this film. Caine
and Mortimer who play secret
agents Finn
McMissile
and
Holly
Shiftwell
(yes,
that’s
their names)
also do a
wonderful
job and really
make
you
believe that
they are spies.
There
is
a wonderful
o p e n i n g
sequence of
McMissile
dodging
bullets,
blowing up
things
and
running away
from danger
which
is
spectacular.
The great animation, funny script
and spy music really make this
film fun to watch.
However, Cars 2 lacks a solid
story. It is confusing in parts
of the movie because there are
several plots occurring all at the
same time.
The main story line is the
friendship between McQueen and
Mater which gets lost amongst all
the other action.
This film ends up being not
quite as good as the first, but, if
you remember that this is a kids
Image from imdb.com
film, it is not too bad.
So, if you are looking for a
family film for the holidays.
Cars 2 would be a good choice.
It is original, funny and the kids
would have a blast watching it.
My one suggestion to you
would be ... don’t forget about the
classic Pixar films like Toy Story,
The Incredibles and Up.
If you check your local library
or Netflix you may be able to find
these films for home viewing.
I give this film two and half
stars, or should I say tuh-Maters
out of four.
the album, then
deciding who
you want to
mix and master, what studio
you want to
use, getting the
right people to
track each instrument. Then
the
amount
of money it
takes to do all
while not being signed to
a record label
is outrageous,
Rodella said.
He said he
was very privileged to meet
Facebook photo
a guy, who has
worked
with
artists like Rihanna, Drake, Jay-Z and several
others. Joe approached Rodella
one night after leading worship at
one of the camps and asked if he
was interested in ever making a
music video.
“Honestly, who would be dumb
enough to say no? I said ‘yes.’ He
told me who he was and from
there we went on to filming a video to a song I wrote called Here
I Am. It has hit on YouTube and
has over four million views on
national television,” Rodella said.
He said his favorite performance would have to be the
Youth Night in Graham, Texas.
“Here’s this tiny town I don’t
even know if the population
reaches 2,500 but we packed over
3,000 people in this arena. The
energy was amazing. The time we
had there was just so much fun,”
Rodella said.
He said he loves singing a song
that he wrote called Can You. “It’s
a redemption cry really,” Rodella
said. “It talks about falling slave
to sin on a daily basis, but my
soul still cries out to God. ” The
lyrics below are a short selection
from the song:
“Can you, will you take this
heart, come make it new. Can
you Lord, will you come break me
down and take me to that place.
The place where you, Lord you
draw me in, and oh God once
again won’t you make me new.
The fight gets harder, my will gets
weaker, the storm gets bigger, but
it’s You in me, Lord, come move
through me.”
“I honestly don’t think I have
ever sung that song without seeing someone just fall to their
knees and cry out to God,” Rodella said.
He said he also loves to cover
Use Somebody by Kings of Leon.
“The song itself is so intense
and when the instruments meet
the vocal highs it becomes a colorful array of passion all at one
time that will blow you away, I
love it,” Rodella said.
Book Review
Inkheart enchants
By Hailey Hopkins
EP Staff Reporter
Adventure. Magic. Stories.
Imagination. Love. Family. All
of these are components that
pull together to make the story,
Inkheart by Cornelia Funke.
It is an amazing story that
takes you on a journey of “what
if?” What if this story came to
life? What if this character was
real in our world? What if I
could be a part of the world in
this book?
Funke does an amazing job
of creating and mixing all of the
story elements above, as well
as creating believable, realistic
characters, as proven in the excerpt below:
His hair was as dark as moleskin. Meggie had fair hair like
her mother, whom she only knew
from a few faded photographs.
“You should be glad you look
more like her than me,” Mo always said. “My head wouldn’t
look good on a girl’s neck.”
But Meggie wished she did look
more like him. There wasn’t
a face in the world she loved
more.
Inkheart is about a girl
named Meggie and her father
Mortimer, or Mo for short, living a normal life until a man
named Dustfinger appeared in
their lives bringing danger and
adventure with him, or is he
only bringing back the past?
Mo is being pursued by a villain named Capricorn and his
men due to his unusual talent.
When Mo reads aloud from
books things in the book become reality.
This power has its price however, whenever something or
someone is brought from the
worlds residing in books something or someone must go in to
replace it, and Mo cannot control what goes in or what comes
out.
The story is a whirlwind of
storytelling and life. Bringing
together a colorful cast of entertaining characters and thrilling
events.
Something else I absolutely
adore about this book is how
each chapter is opened with a
passage from a different story
that matches the content of that
particular chapter.
It’s a great way to encourage
people to read more, by stimulating their curiosity.
When you reach the end,
don’t worry. This isn’t the only
book, it’s the beginning of a trilogy that will capture and latch
onto the imagination of those
who read them.
The second book in the trilogy is Inkspell, and the last is
Inkdeath.
So when that urge to read a
book hits you, just grab Inkheart and go with it.
Coldplay’s Mylo Xyloto
breaks stereotype
By Kourtney Kelley
EP Staff Reporter
Mylo Xyloto is their third album to hit at No. 1, and is the
third biggest selling album on the
charts for the year.
Mylo Xyloto seems to come together as an album because it sets
it self apart from any of Coldplay’s past CDs.
Coldplay's fastest selling album was X & Y in 2005, but was
the bands weakest LP according
to the fans of the CD. The band
has always followed a “type” of
music, being compared to other
bands like U2 or Radiohead.
Coldplay consists of four mainstream guys: Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Chris Martin and
Will Champion.
Compared to other albums
Coldplay members have written,
like Viva La Vida, where the musicians seemed to “expand their
horizons’ by searching for “adventure” in their songs. This latest album seems to be more earpleasing. Fans proclaim the band
to still be one of the biggest rock
bands worldwide.
Image from www.musicunderfire.com
Within the first week Mylo Xyloto sold more than 447,000 copies on the charts, it also helped
bring that their past four albums
are back on the charts as well.
The “poppiest” of the tracks
featuring Rihanna on Princess of
China combines all the types of
music like R & B, pop and rock
and roll, exploring different patterns and wave links in the music.
Rihanna’s voice, along with Martin’s vocals, seems to blend well
for the song.
Mylo Xyloto starts with a
42-second prelude, with the
sounds of a xylophone in the beginning. It then leads to the first
song of the album called Hurts
like Heaven.
The album’s track called Major Minus contains lyrics such as,
“We got one eye watching you,
and one eye on what to do.” The
song has an eerie but satisfying
sound tied with the lyrics in the
three-and-a-half-minute song.
There is the distinct sound of
the guitars that offset opposite
sounds of beats.
The band has tried to play with
all different sorts of sounds to
combine with their lyrics.
An album that has a name one
cannot pronounce by just easily glancing already sets itself up
for problems. Coming off as the
same old boring Coldplay, it is
not necessarily bad to just say it
is okay.
There were certain aspects that
helped coordinate it, but not the
strongest compared to past albums.
This particular CD was not
nearly the band's favorite for the
fans for it lacked the originality
the band had tried to orient itself
with from the very beginning.
Sports
November 18, 2011
Page 7
Golfers finish second at MC Invitational
From staff reports
In their final competition of the
fall semester, the Midland College golf team shook off windy
conditions to finish second in the
2011 Midland College Invitational, Nov. 7.
The 36-hole tournament was
hosted by MC at the Midland
Country Club (par 72, 7,380
yards) and featured several nationally-ranked teams including, No. 2 Odessa College, No.
3 Western Texas College, No. 4
New Mexico Junior College and
the 11th-ranked Chaparrals.
OC won the tournament championship with a two-round combined score of 585 (+9) with MC
finishing as the event’s runner-up
shooting 590, five strokes behind
the Wranglers. The Chaparrals’
second-round team score of 289
was the low score of the tournament.
Medalist honors went to Kyle
Lucas of WTC with a combined
score of two under 142. Midland’s Luke Richardson, who tied
for fifth place, was the top finisher
for the Chaps after posting scores
of 76-68--144 (E). Richardson’s
second round 68 was the low individual score of the tournament.
Team Scores:
1st: Odessa College, 291-294-585 (+9)
2nd: Midland College, 301289--590
3rd: Western Texas College,
303-290--593
4th: New Mexico Junior College, 301-295--596
5th: Clarendon College, 302301--603
6th: Ranger College, 317-316-633
7th: New Mexico Military Institute, 319-322--641
Individual Scores (Top Five
and Midland College Only):
1st: Kyle Lucas, Western Tex-
as College, 73-69--142 (-2)
T-2nd:
Mathias Boesman,
Western Texas College, 73-70-143
T-2nd: Richard James, New
Mexico Junior College, 74-69-143
T-2nd: Willy Hogan, New
Mexico Junior College, 71-72-143
T-5th: Jamie Warman, Odessa
College, 70-74--144
T-5th: Luke Richardson, Midland College, 76-68--144
T-7th: Richard Farmer, Midland College, 74-74--145
T-7th: Tyson Turnbow, Midland College, 74-71--145
17th: Blake Brorman, Midland
College, 80-72--152
T-20th: Tyler Brown, Midland
College, 76-78--154
T-31st: Stephen Gage, Midland College, 77-79--156
T-35th: Sean Lawrie, Midland
College, 78-79--157
Blake Brorman
Tyson Turnbow
Richie Farmer
Volley
Tyler Brown
Stephen Gage
from page 1
Addision Zaya, Trinity Walker, Sarah
Sawyer and Brittany Serrano recorded a two-year overall record of 53-20
(.726), a two-year WJCAC record of
15-2 (.882), two WJCAC titles, two
NJCAA Region V West Finals appearances, the 2010 NJCAA Region V West
Championship and a 2-2 record in the
2010 NJCAA Division I Volleyball
Championships.
Lady Chap Individual Stats vs
Frank Phillips College:
Kills: Cvoric 13, Sawyer 8, Serrano 6,
T. Walker 5, Victoria Smith 5, Breanna
Ruble 1
Assists: Ruble 33
Digs: Key-Wilson 17, Cvoric 13, Ruble 8, Zaya 7, Sawyer 6, Serrano 6, T.
Walker 1, Smith 1
Blocks: Sawyer 5, Smith 2, Cvoric 1,
Serrano 1, T. Walker .5, Ruble .5
Aces: Ruble 2, Cvoric 1, Serrano 1
Lady Chap Individual Stats vs
Western Texas College:
Kills: Serrano 8, Cvoric 6, T. Walker 5,
Smith 3, Ruble 2, Sawyer 2
Assists: Ruble 24
Digs: Key-Wilson 18, Cvoric 12, Serrano 11, Ruble 6, Sawyer 5, Zaya 4, T.
Walker 3
Blocks: Sawyer 1.5, Smith 1, T. Walker .5, Ruble .5, Serrano .5
Aces: Zaya 2, Ruble 1, Sawyer 1
Post Season Awards:
The annual WJCAC coaches meeting
was held the day prior to the tournament and Midland’s Dragana Cvoric
was named the conference’s Most
Valuable Player.
Teammate Keli Key-Wilson was
named to the All-WJCAC team while
Sarah Sawyer and Brittany Serrano
were both named to the All-WJCAC
Honorable Mention team.
Cvoric
Key-Wilson
Sawyer
Serrano
Luke Richardson
Sean Lawrie
Feature
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November 18, 2011
What’s your favorite way to keep warm?
As the cold weather blows in, the sleeves get longer and the coats get thicker and what everyone seems to be looking for is a way to keep warm.
Here are some ideas from around Midland College.
Most people agreed that clothing was their favorite way to stay warm. Others opted for a change in diet or drinks.
Yet others realized this was the time to resort to primitive means of heating or just new variations on old traditions.
Others still find new and interesting ways to keep warm.
By Sarah Cotton and Kourtney Kelley
“Logs in the fireplace,” said Bert
Bostic, adjunct music instructor.
“Sweater and jacket,” said
student Joyce Kwayu.
“Sitting in front
of chiminea,”
said Paula
Marshall-Gray,
history and
anthropology
instructor.
“Curling up around
my dog,” David
Edens,psychology/
sociology instructor,
said.
“Hot toddy,”
Simon Cornell ,
history instructor,
said.
“Blanket I guess,” Frank DeLaO,
history instructor, said.
“I like my winter clothes; if I
had my way I would be living in
the mountains,” Todd Houck,
history instructor, said.
“Drinking coffee,” said Belinda
Reyes, Café Pepé cashier.
“Hot cup of
mocha,”student
Wynton McNary said.
“Frito chili pie,” said
Rabon Bewley, music
instructor.
“Thick sweaters,” said Brenden
Egan, English instructor.