El Paisano Volume XXXIV, No.9

Midland College
Volume XXXIV, No. 9
March 30, 2007
El Paisano
Student Newspaper
C HAPS
Express
Battle
of the Bands
March 31
C HAM PS
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MC’s student government association will host a Battle of the
Bands from 7 p.m. – midnight,
Saturday, March 31, in the
Roadrunner Room, Scharbauer
Student Center.
Yakuza
Crime
Boss,
Redemption Cry, Humble Ave,
Tristan Bugenis, How 2 Start a
Fire, Stand Still and Life of the
Martyr are some of the bands
scheduled to perform.
Those attending must be 16
years of age or older and admission is $5 at the door.
MC students with a current student I.D. are admitted free of
charge.
Pickens speaks
Don’t miss “An Evening with
T. Boone Pickens,” oilman/equity
investor, 7:30 p.m., Wednesday,
April 4, 2007, Midland College ,
Al G. Langford Chaparral Center.
This event is FREE and open to
the public. General Admission
Tickets NOT Required.
MC’s BEDC & WFCE
offer new course
MC’s Business & Economic
Development Center’s (BEDC)
and MC’s Workforce Continuing
Education (WFCE) present a new
course, “Negotiation-Creating
Win-Win Situations in the
Workplace.”
Students will explore how good
negotiation skills can help promote
long-term business relationships,
resolve disputes, and help in overall decision-making.
The course costs $99 and will
meet from 6:30-8:30 p.m.,
Tuesday and Thursday evenings,
from April 3 - April 12, at MC’s
Advanced Technology Center,
3200 W. Cuthbert. Please call
(432) 681-6326 for further information.
Easter Break
MC will observe the Easter holiday weekend beginning at 5
p.m., Thursday, April 6. The college will be closed Friday, April 6
– Monday, April 9.
Classes will resume at 8 a.m.,
Tuesday, April 10.
Jared Diamond
to speak
at Chap Center
Jared Diamond, UCLA professor of geography and Pulitzer
Prize-winning author will speak
on “Collapse,” at 7:30 p.m.,
Thursday, April 12, 2007, Al G.
Langford
Chaparral
Center.
Diamond is presented by the
Davidson Distinguished Lecture
Series. Preview his speaking
engagement at www.midland.edu/.
Tickets are required and provided free of charge by calling 6854526.
CPAS hosts
Dave Barry
The next Cowan Performing Art
Series guest is syndicated humor
columnist,
Dave
Barry.
“An Evening With Dave Barry”
starts at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, May
3, in the Al G. Langford Chaparral
Center. Preview his performance at
www.midland.edu/. Tickets are
required and provided free of
charge by calling 685-4526.
Photo courtesy of Karen Lanier
After returning to Midland on Sunday evening, March 25, the National Champion Men’s Chap basketball team posed for the local media
and fans who met their bus on its return to campus after an almost 12-hour trip from Hutchinson, Kan.
By Forrest Allen
MC Athletic Director/
Sports Information Director
There’s an old saying in sports that
goes, “There’s no ‘I’ in Team.”
However, there is “C-h-a-p-s” in
“CHAMPS”!
The 2007 Midland College
Chaparral basketball team completed
its post-season run going 4-0 in the
NJCAA National Basketball Championship and they did it as a team.
The Chaps completed the season
with a 29-8 overall record including
going 7-0 in the post-season (3-0 in
the Region V Tournament and 4-0 in
the National Championship Tournament).
The Chaps played their opening
game of the national tournament,
played in Hutchinson, Kan., against
Aiken Technical College, SC (28-7).
In the contest, MC received solid
performances from sophomores
Rodrigue Mels (18 points and five
rebounds); Jordan Brooks (17 points
and eight rebounds), Nemanja
Calasan (12 points and six rebounds)
and freshman PJ Hill, Jr. who recorded ten points and five rebounds. The
Chaps advanced over Aiken Tech 8175 to move into the second round. MC
shot 48 percent from the floor and 73
percent from the free throw line in the
victory. Perhaps the only negative for
the Chaps was shooting 3 of 15 (20
percent) from the three-point line.
The quarter-final round of the tournament featured the Chaps versus the
Seminole State (Okla.) College
Trojans (25-9) who had defeated #1ranked
Indian
Hills
(Iowa)
Community College in their opening
round game. The Trojans had also
defeated the nation’s #2-ranked team,
Redlands (Okla.) College in their
regional tournament finals.
Once again the Chaps were led by
Mels who scored 18 points to lead all
scorers and strong play by Calasan
(13 points and four rebounds) and
sophomore Kyle Victoria (12 points).
As a team the Chaps shot a torrid 47
percent from the floor, 48 percent
from the three-point line and 72 percent from the charity stripe to defeat
the Trojans.
SSC player Robert Jarvis, who
scored 34 points in the opening round
win over Indian Hills, was held to 10
points versus Midland College.
Defensively the Chaps used a rotation of players on Jarvis, including
freshmen Adrian Van Buren and Hill.
MC advanced to the tournament semifinals to the tune of 78-50 over
Seminole State.
MC was playing its best basketball
of the season and defensively the
Chaps were the talk of the tournament. However, many detractors in
the crowd believed the Chaps could
not keep up its pace on both ends of
the court especially on the legs of ten
players. The Chaps felt differently.
From staff reports
The Midland College men’s basketball team rolled back into Midland on
Sunday, March 25, escorted by the
Midland police department—lights
blinking and sirens blaring.
The escort was in honor of the
Chaps winning the 2007 National
Junior College Athletic Association
national tournament Saturday night in
Hutchinson, Kan.
This is the second MC men’s basketball national title. The first was in
1982. It is also the college’s 19th
national championship in any sport
(see page 6 for list).
The Chaps went to Kansas on
Sunday, March 18, and were considered an underdog team at the tournament. They returned to Midland under
threatening skies to a small crowd in
front of the men’s dorm.
As team members descended the
steps of the bus, the fans cheered.
Team members were met with hugs
and hand shakes from fellow students,
instructors, coaches and administrators.
Local media representatives crowded around to get video clips and
quotes from team members and
coaches.
One touching moment was when
team members and then Coach Grant
McCasland greeted long-time MC
policeman Odell Smith, who is on
medical leave and left a hospital rehab
facility to greet the team from a
wheelchair.
Fans held large welcoming signs
and brought copies of the local newspaper for autographs. The team posed
for pictures with the trophy in hand.
Fan Katherine Phillips, who is an
MC scholarship specialist, said she
and a friend decided to fly to Kansas
to watch the Chaps play. They were
there for the last three of the four
games.
“This team is a totally different
team than the one that started the season in November. They are in sync
with each other.
Odell Smith
It was wonderful
to watch them
play so well
together.”
Phillips, who
has worked at
the college since
the summer of
2004, said that
this group is the
“best-coached”
team she has
seen.
“You could
see the team
members picking up anyone who was
down … they just seemed to rally
around one another,” Phillips said in a
voice strained by yelling for the team.
Phillips told a story of how one
night at dinner MC athletic director
Forest Allen gave some Hutchison
kids MC basketball programs. Those
same kids showed up at the next MC
game in specially made Midland C-
Going into its third game in as
many days the Chaps found themselves matched with Coffeyville
(Kan.) Community College (32-4)
and a partisan crowd who wanted to
see their native Kansas team pull off a
huge win over the surging Chaparrals.
The Red Ravens featured an outstanding player in 6’7” freshman
Daniel Payne as well as a solid cast.
They were also a very well-coached
team who, unlike many teams in the
tournament field, didn’t just run and
shoot on every offensive possession.
Showing they could play any style
of game, the Chaps slugged it out with
CCC in the first half to go into intermission with a score of 30-19. Neither
team allowed the other to get into an
offensive rhythm as indicated by the
shooting percentages. For the game
MC shot 41 percent from the floor and
a surprising 8 percent from the threepoint line along with making 63 perSee Champs, page 6
Returning champs met by cheering fans
congratulates team members.
Photo courtesy of Karen Lanier
ollege Chap t-shirts and cheered for
the team.
And after the Chaps won the championship, team members not only
signed autographs for fans, but
Phillips said not one team member
came home with his shoes. “They
took off their shoes, signed them and
gave them to the fans, mostly kids,”
Phillips said.
Commentary
Page 2
Editorial
Athletic department
deserves praise
This year Midland College will celebrate its 35th anniversary. In
those 35 years thousands of students have graduated while others
took their hours without a degree and transferred to an upper-level
school. Many student athletes have gone on to succeed at other colleges, some even went pro.
Last weekend some of MC’s best athletes and coaches won MC’s
second national championship in men’s basketball. The team went to
Hutchinson, Kan., as an underdog. No one expected them to make it
through the early rounds, but they did. And when it came time to play
the championship game against Chipola (Fla.) Community College,
most analysts thought MC was certainly finished. But they weren’t.
Rated No. 1 in the country in the pre-season polls, MC had a rough
start to the season. They had trouble being consistent … they just didn’t gel as a team.
But after some early losses, something happened. Leaders emerged
and the team began to work as a team. They won 12 of their last 13
games. They believed. Coach Grant McCasland believed.
And when the buzzer sounded, they had won the national championship, beating Chipola 94-75.
Last May, after the semester ended, the MC golf team won the
national championship. The golf team believed they could do it and
they did.
Longtime Coach Delnor Poss believes in his teams. He has guided
the Chaps to 18 consecutive NJCAA national men’s golf tournament
appearances and three national championships.
Two national championships in a year’s time. Nice. Very nice.
The athletic department has produced 186 All-American athletes
since1975. That’s an impressive number.
The school has won 19 national championships – eight in women’s
tennis, four in women’s golf, two in men’s tennis, three in golf and
two in men’s basketball.
So, in 35 years, MC has had 19 national championships, a pretty
good percentage.
We all take pride in those accomplishments, just as we do when
someone passes a state nursing exam or the state bar or that last exam
before they receive their next degree.
El Paisano
The student newspaper of Midland College
Editor:
Ethan Higginbotham
Lab Instructor:
Karen Lanier
Reporters:
Alex Albrecht
Audrie Borgen
Amber Cohn
Zachary Forest
Samantha Portillo
Stephanie Wooten
Adviser:
Bob Templeton
Photographers:
Zachary Forest
Joy Pruitt
Stephanie Wooten
Cartoonist
Michael Montalvo
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members, administrative officers or
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Texas Intercollegiate Press
Association. The publication and its
student staff members have won
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March 30, 2007
My Naked Planet ... Revisited
By Michael Mancha
In the past few weeks there has
been much on the news about presidential hopeful John Edwards and his
wife, Elizabeth, and their announcement that they will continue John’s
campaign despite Elizabeth’s recent
diagnosis of stage-four cancer.
Though the Edwards’ have
expressed their adamancy about continuing, some have criticized them for
not taking her health into consideration or perhaps the families best interest. Some say that she is being forced
to continue.
Honestly, I would agree partially to
that idea. From the stance of family
values, it seems logical. I’d have to
admit that if it were my mother I’d
want her home or in treatment not
campaigning
tirelessly
across
America.
I’d assume that most Americans
would agree with that. Who hasn’t
quit a job, opened up their home or
made some sort of sacrifice for the
sake of a family member’s well
being? I thought that certainly the sit-
Guest Columnist
uation the Edwards’ are in is no different but in listening to radio shows,
people seem to think otherwise.
Americans have dispensed an outpouring of sympathy and support for
their decision. Cancer survivors have
spoken up about the encouragement
that Elizabeth’s choice gives them.
The Edwards have been clear that
they do not seek a sympathy vote nor
do they want her illness to hinder the
trust the people may have that he
could lead the country.
CNN reported earlier this week on
her first pubic appearance since her
announcement where she spoke in
support of her husband but also
answered questions about her decision very tactfully.
When asked what she hoped would
come out of her awareness, she said
she hoped cancer would be seen as
something to live with not die from.
She said that she hopes people will
think about their own mortality.
“Maybe this conversation about our
own mortality allows us to think
about how it is we want to use that
unknown number of days each of us
has,” she said, “and if that conversation starts then people start think, how
is it that I can do something better for
my family, do something better for
my community, do something better
for my country in those day rather
than what we can accumulate in our
lifetime?”
She is right. After hearing that, I’m
reluctant to say I wouldn’t think the
same thing. I gladly join the many
who praise her ambition.
Now, I can’t say for certain that her
words will help or hinder her husband’s push for the presidency.
Judging by the voice of the public, I
honestly don’t think it will do either. I
think the public respects their decision, and I think they embrace her
courage but I don’t think it will influence their reasoning.
Whatever John Edwards’ policies
may be, I can guarantee that family is
high on in his priorities. He’s already
proven it. I appreciate that.
Forgive me for being so blunt...
By Ethan Higginbotham
Editor
On November 17, 1968 the
Oakland Raiders and the New York
Jets played in one of the strangest
games in history. The game itself was
not strange. The reason it was so
bizarre was that the majority of viewers would not see the end.
The Jets had just kicked a field goal
to take a 32-29 lead with 1:05 left on
the game clock. The network went to
commercial, but when they returned it
was to a TV movie of “Heidi.” The
network was forced to cut from the
game which had gone over.
In the 65 seconds afterwards, the
Raiders threw a 65-yard touchdown
pass and recovered a fumble on the
ensuing kickoff for another score.
Most people would assume that a
blunder this big wouldn’t happen
again and that sports fans would not
miss the end of an important game,
but it did.
The University of North Carolina
Tarheels were playing the Georgetown Hoyas to determine who would
advance to the semi-finals of the
NCAA men’s basketball tournament
and who would go home.
The game was not only an antici-
pated match up of the No. 1-seed
Tarheels vs. the No.2-seed Hoyas. It
was also a rematch that was 25 years
in the making.
In 1982, these two teams were
involved in one of the greatest basketball games in history. Michael Jordan
hit the game-winning basket, but the
play most remembered is the errant
pass thrown by Georgetown’s Fred
Brown to UNC’s James Worthy to
seal the victory.
Twenty-five years later the teams
would not disappoint. After trailing
early, the Hoyas had made an amazing comeback and were able to tie the
game with under a minute left to play.
The Tarheels had a chance to possibly seal the victory with a final shot,
but they failed to convert. The Hoyas
came down with the rebound and
stopped the clock with under two seconds left to play and a chance to win.
The network went to a commercial
and I was hoping that if there was
going to be another weather update, it
would happen soon. Just as I expected, regular programming was interrupted and Sam Madison was giving
yet another weather report.
Fortunately, it happened early
enough in the commercial and I was
confident that it would be over before
the game restarted. I waited patiently.
And continued waiting. I was sure
that I had missed the closing moments
of the game. When the weather break
was finally over, there was already
less than five minutes to play in overtime.
I hadn’t missed the end of the game,
but I easily could have. What would
have happened if this had occurred
during another game? We would not
have witnessed Doug Flutie’s Hail
Mary, the Immaculate Reception and
Michael Jordan’s game winner.
I know that working in television
can be a difficult job, and it is sometimes hard to judge how long to stay
on the air and how much information
is necessary.
There should be more thought,
however, as to how much time one
has and how to use it efficiently.
I certaintly don’t want to miss it
when Sebastian Janikowski kicks the
game winning field goal for the
Oakland Raiders in the Super Bowl.
It could happen.
News
March 30, 2007
Page 3
32nd Annual Creative Writing Awards announced
From Staff Reports
When Ross Feeler won three
awards at the 32nd Annual Creative
Writing Contest awards celebration
Tuesday night, his father, Billy Feeler,
Midland College dean of fine arts and
communications, was one proud papa,
according to contest coordinator Mary
Williams.
“As Ross’s father, it is very hard for
me to say just how proud I am of him.
I know he is a good writer, and, honestly, I expected him to win with his
Bob Dylan essay. But I had not read
the short story or the poem before he
submitted them,” Billy Feeler said.
“I feel certain he wrote the short
story in Leslie Williams’ class in the
fall, and I know he did very well in
that class. I have not seen much of his
poetry and was a bit surprised at the
high quality of the poem that won a
second. So, yes, I am very proud of
him for doing something so extraordinary,” Billy Feeler said.
The celebration held in the
Roadrunner Room of Scharbauer
Student Center was well-attended and
those in attendance were fortunate
enough to hear excerpts from some of
the winning pieces, according
Williams, assistant professor of
Photo courtesy of MC public relations
Winners of the 32nd Annual Creative Writing Contest gathered after the announcements. Left to right: Richard
Fischer, Sarah Banschbach, Kimberly Cormier, Danielle Trent, Megan Beard, Felisha Melendez, Jaime Pina,
Ross Feeler and Nizar Boodhwani. Look for their winning works in this fall’s student literary magazine, Tableau.
English.
The contest is for MC students who
have been enrolled in an English class
in the past year.
Entries are judged in short story,
essay and poetry. First, second and
third place writers receive money and
a certificate. Honorable mention win-
ners receive a certificate only. Plus the
winning works are considered for
publication in Tableau magazine, the
student literary magazine of MC.
Tableau is published each fall semester.
Short story winners: first place Colors by W. Ross Feeler; second
place - The Promiscuous Peddler by
Danielle Trent; third place - One More
Day by Megan Beard; and honorable
mention - Slave Girl by Felisha
Melendez.
Essay winners: first place - How
Does it Feel: Finding Meaning in
Bob Dylan’s ‘Like a Rolling Stone’ by
W. Ross Feeler; second place - Face
to Face by Kimberly Cormier; and
third place - Horse with a Heart by
Jessica Goldsmith
Poetry winners: first place - Feet by
Jaime Pina; second place - Madness
by W. Ross Feeler; third place Poseidon’s Allergy by Nizar
Boodhwani; and honorable mentions:
I Will Show You Fear in a Handful of
Stardust by Sarah Banschbach; The
Dragon’s Mosquito by Boodhwani;
Grandpa by Arely Ballez; and OneFourth by Richard Fischer.
Billy Feeler is not the only faculty
member whose child excelled at writing. Both Joshua and Jacob LindseyHicks, sons of English professor
Glenda Lindsey-Hicks have won writing awards at MC in recent years.
Students attend TIPA convention Blackboard adds
From Staff Reports
Second place awards went
Midland College students
to Alexandra S. Derek for
earned 13 awards at the annual
her poem “Hand Addiction”
Texas Intercolliegate Press
and to the Tableau staff for
Association convention held
the story package “Heroes.”
March 22-24 in San Antonio,
Fino also won an honorable
Texas.
mention for his graphic illus“We are proud of the effort
tration that was used on the
our students put into their
cover.
work, and we congratulate
All of these items appeared
them on these awards,” said
in Tableau 2006.
Bob Templeton, MC Allison
“Going to the statewide
Chair of Journalism.
convention is a good experiTempleton traveled to the
ence for our students. They
annual convention with four
participate in live contests
MC students— Amber Cohn,
and receive information from
Dodge
Feeler,
Ethan
professionals in the indusHigginbotham and Samatha
try,” Templeton said.
Portillo,.
In the caned newspaper
Photo by Bob Templeton contest, MC competed with
The students competed in
live contests against students Students Ethan Higginbotham, Samantha
schools whose enrollment
from both 2- and 4-year Texas Portillo, Dodge Feeler and Amber Cohn, sitting, and publication frequency
colleges.
are similar such as: Angelina
take a break on the Riverwalk in San Antonio
They also attended work- during the TIPA convention.
College, Houston Baptist
shops and the awards banquet.
In the general magazine category,
University, Paris Junior
Although no one earned an award Tyler Proctor won a first place for College, St. Edwards University,
in the live contests,10 MC students his general news photo of Katrina Trinity Valley Community College,
garnered a total of 13 awards in the devastation.
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor
“canned” competition. Entries in the
Angie Wennerlind won a third and the University of Texas of the
“canned” competition included place in general magazine for her Permian Basin.
works
published
January
- column/essay “In My Journal”
In both magazine competitions,
December 2006.
which was also about a mission trip MC competed against all schools
First place newspaper awards to help Katrina victims.
that are members of TIPA.
went to: Angie Wennerlind won a
Morgan Gotcher won an honorSome of those schools include:
second place in the newspaper divi- able mention in general magazine for Amarillo College, Baylor Universion 4 contest for her general column his feature story on Midland College sity, Del Mar College, Eastfield
, “The Good, The Bad and The veterans. All of these pieces College, Richland College, San
Ugly”—Cheetos.
appeared in the Spring 2006 Antonio College, Sul Ross
Tommy Simmons won a third Chaparral magazine.
University, Texas Christian Univerplace in newspaper for his editorial
In the literary magazine category, sity, UT Arlington,
UT Pan
cartoon about Valentine candy.
MC students won five awards—two American and the University of
Honorable mentions in newspaper first place, two second places and North Texas.
went to Michael Mancha for his gen- one honorable mention—for Tableau
Karen Lanier, who works with
eral column, “My Naked Planet” – 2006.
Templeton and the students as stupaperclips, and Randy Rodriguez
First place awards went to Rob dent publications lab instructor, said
won two—one for his news feature Fino for his cover design and she was proud of the students and of
story “Fly-in” and one for his picture Kimberly Trimble for her essay the publications they cotntinue to
story “Coming Home.”
“Amelia.”
produce.
Blood Drive
When: Tuesday April 3, 2007
Time: 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
with a lunch break
from Noon - 1 p.m.
Where:
Advanced Technology Center
3200 W. Cuthbert
Midland, Texas
Sponsored by MC’s medical
assistant students along with the
United Blood Services.
Look for the mobile unit
in the ATC parking lot.
Live Radio Remote with
KMRK-FM
from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Please help us in this time of great
need for blood and support our
students as well.
Pronto to services
By Zachary Forest
Staff Reporter
This semester, students and instructors at Midland College who use
Blackboard through the MC Web site
now have a new tool they can use. It is
called Pronto.
Pronto is an instant-messaging and
voice chat tool that allows students
and faculty to meet live online at any
given moment.
This should help Blackboard users
by increasing their contact list with
names of classmates. Basically, stu-
dents will be connected on an MC
“Internet” of sorts.
How students get on Pronto is easy.
First, log on to Blackboard.
Then go into one of the courses
taken via Blackboard.
Go into tools, click on Pronto and
from there the student makes sure that
his/her user name is correct and
choose a password. From there students now can connect to others in the
courses they are taking by setting up
sessions where they’re all on Pronto at
the same time.
Entertainment
Page 4
March 30, 2007
CD Review
Wolfmother may ‘spark’ metal back to roots
By Alex Albrecht
Staff Reporter
Psychedelic, imaginative, mythical
- these are a few words that describe
the Australian rock band Wolfmother
who released their self-titled debut
May 2, 2006.
Wolfmother encompasses the fine
qualities of many great bands of the
past such as Black Sabbath, Led
Zepplin, Yes and even Jethro Tull.
Wolfmother, despite comparison
to the great rock bands of late, has
their own sound to bring to the table
of rock history.
Members of Wolfmother- Andrew
Stockdale (guitar/vocals), Chris
Ross (bass/keyboard) and Myles
Heskett (drums) are ARIA (The
Australian
Recording
Industry
Association Music Awards) winners
from Erskineville, Sydney.
The album’s engine is sparked by
the heavy rock track Dimension
which, without reason has the tendency to make individuals begin to pretend to play drums. The track’s strong
rhythmic and bass lines push forward
the smooth guitar riffs and mythical
lyrics.
The next track White Unicorn
which is about Stockdale’s crazy
experience at a carnival has a repetitive melody but the changes seem to
occur almost at exactly the right time
with the helpful ingredient of a short
but sweet drum solo.
Another track Woman is the band’s
first hit single that won them a
Grammy. After listening to Woman,
there is no question why it is a hit.
The song is hard and fast and is probably one of the better tracks for cruising with your friends on a Saturday.
After Woman is Where Eagles Have
Been. This track is an epic tune with a
lyrical tone of Stockdale’s vision of
hope. Where Eagles Have Been is
probably the strongest song lyrically
with many great allusions and contrasts which paint a picture in the
mind. For instance “rainbows painted
with gold” or “she’s like an eagle in
the misted haze.”
The next song Apple Tree truly
sounds as though it came from a
Black Sabbath album. The guitar,
bass and vocals sound similar to early
Sabbath. The lyrical simplicity of
Apple Tree is often brightened by the
guitar solo with a similar raw sound
of Jimi Hendrix.
Joker and the Thief is a wild addition to Wolfmother and shows the
band’s heavy metal and psychedelic
roots. This song is probably the hardest of all with lyrics that sound almost
like they were taken from a fantasy
book.
Colossal is a song written at the climax of this musical adventure about a
woman Stockdale met who seemed to
captivate him.
Then Mind’s Eye is a hopeful ballad
of discovery orchestrated well with
keyboard and light guitar sharing the
melody and a great keyboard solo
similar to one of an earlier band of the
1970’s ,Yes.
Pyramid is a song that is about the
search for omens in nature that
answer questions of relationships.
Witchcraft is a jam tune with an
appearance of a quite uncommon
instrument in current mainstream rock
music, the flute.
Few bands in recent time have
attempted to use such an uncommon
rock instrument. Doing so is somewhat of an homage to the earlier legends such as Led Zepplin and Jethro
Tull.
Tales uses harsh musical conversions to deliver a message about forgetting the things we did in the past
and looking to the future.
Love Train is like many of
Wolfmother’s first tracks, a little
weak lyrically but it contains more
high-octane guitar playing and fluid
percussion like the rest of the album
but yet again another great driving
tune.
The final song is Vagabond which
is about the loss of innocence.
Vagabond is a great track to end with,
it has great rhythm and makes a fantastic closing point with white noise
that fades into silence that signifies
the end of the Wolfmother experience.
To many it seems that Wolfmother
is about 30 years late in their delivery
of this album considering their message and their style of music.
Others, however, feel that
Wolfmother is the type of spark to
get metal back to the raw and expressive giant that brought crowds to
stages and ears to the radios.
Concert Review
February Daughtry concert delivers night of music
By Samantha Portillo
Staff Reporter
The Daughtry concert was awesome. It had good opening bands, was
filled with people who just wanted to
enjoy some music together, and it was
family oriented as well.
This was one of the few concerts
that did not mosh nor have fights.
Opening for Daughtry was Cinder
Road and Eve to Adam. Both gave
outstanding performances.
Cinder Road was more of a punk
band and reminded me a lot of the All
American Rejects.
They were upbeat and had a lot of
catchy beats and rhythms. My
favorite song was Should’ve Known
Better.
For their newest entries look them
up at myspace.com/cinderroad.
Eve to Adam was a little heavier
than Cinder Road and I liked them
better. They did not ever blast their
music and the lead singer reminded
me a lot of Scott Stapp, the former
lead singer of Creed.
The guitarist was awesome. He
made playing the guitar look effortless and relaxing. The drummer was
good as well as the bass guitar player.
Overall the entire band rocked.
After the concert, both bands mingled with the audience buying shots
for anyone who was old enough. A lot
of people found that pretty cool, plus
they gave autographs and CDs as
well.
For further updates on their next
performance or newest entries look
them up at myspace.com/evetoadam.
It was finally time for Chris to
come out and rock Dos Amigos. The
anticipation grew more and more as
the chant began “Daughtry,Daughtry,
Daughtry,” and it just kept growing
louder and louder.
I was in the front row and I could
feel the pressure of 700 plus people
pushing behind me, trying to get a
glimpse of the former American Idol
contestant.
The lights dimmed and almost as if
it were some sort of magic trick, the
lights flashed and Chris stood among
his band members at center stage.
He jumped straight into his performance starting off with There and
Back Again and it was awesome. The
crowd was ecstatic.
Flat places ... interesting people
By Stephanie Wooten
Staff Reporter
The latest exhibit in McCormick
Gallery, Flat Places and Interesting
People is a collection of vintage black
and white photographs by George
Tuck.
Tuck, whose brother H.A., has a
long history with Midland College
having served as public relations
director for 25 years before his retirement in 1994, had planned to attend
the opening reception but came down
with the flu and could not attend.
George Tuck lives in Nebraska.
However, H.A. Tuck, attended the
opening and offered some insight on
the work.
This exhibit has been touring for
eight years and Midland College is its
last stop, H.A. Tuck said.
George Tuck was a professor of
journalism at the University of
Nebraska-Lincoln’s
college
of
Journalism
and
Mass
Communications. He taught photojournalism for 33 years before taking
early retirement. George Tuck has
conducted more than 100 photogra-
George Tuck will offer
a Q & A session about
his work from 4 - 7 p.m.,
Thursday, April 19 in
McCormick Gallery.
phy and design workshops and seminars. In 1991, he was honored as the
Nebraska State Professor of the Year.
In 1998, George took a semesterlong sabbatical in which time he
drove more than 10,000 miles
throughout the Great Plains photographing “Flat Places and Interesting
People.”
According to H.A. Tuck, this particular collection of work was done
extremely well. So well, in fact, that
when the exhibit was showing in the
St. Petersburg, Russia Plains
Museum, Laura Bush was so
impressed by his work that she had a
picture taken beside one of his photographs. Then Mrs. Bush sent him a
copy of the picture she had taken with
his work signed with nice words of
what she thought.
Flat Places and Interesting People
will hang through April 20.
McCormick Gallery is located in
the foyer of the Allison Fine Arts
building, Hours are 8 a.m. – 10 p.m.,
Monday – Thursday; 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.,
Friday; 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., Saturday; and
1 – 5 p.m., Sunday. The gallery is free
and open to the public.
DVD Review
Going to Pieces ... offers slasher history
Ethan Higginbotham
Editor
Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall
of the Slasher Film offers a new look
into the history of one of the most
infamous movie subgenres.
The film, based on the Adam
Rockoff
book by the
same name,
explores the
origins,
decline, and
resurrection
of the slasher.
The film
features
www.horror101.com i n t e r v i e w s
with some of the most recognizable
names in the genre including John
Carpenter
(writer,
director
Halloween), Wes Craven (writer,
director Scream), and Sean S.
Cunningham (producer, director
Friday 13th).
The movie not only focuses on the
finished product that everyone saw,
but it also offers commentary on the
events that took place off-camera.
Make-up artists explain the difficulties surrounding certain effects and
creativity it requires to navigate
around the more challenging effects.
There is even a brief explanation on
the origin and inspiration behind the
eerie Friday 13th theme/whisper.
The film contains enough material
to satisfy the avid followers of the
horror genre, but it does not get too
detailed or technical and can easily be
enjoyed by the casual fan.
While the film itself is an interesting journey into the slasher subgenre,
the DVD special features are unfortunately disappointing.
The best feature is the commentary
by the producers and editor of the
film.
This offers not only addition information about the “making-of,” but
also gives background on the various
personalities and characters featured
throughout.
Other special features include
deleted interviews, but these are
mostly hit-or-miss and it takes some
time to get to anything interesting.
The trivia game is slow and it gets old
after only a few minutes.
The lack of quality special features
keeps this from being a complete
package, but it is still an enjoyable
film that can be appreciated by someone who is not interested in becoming
a horror movie guru.
MIDLAND COLLEGE MATH DEPARTMENT SCHOLARSHIPS
The Midland College Math Department is pleased to announce it will once
again award several math scholarships to students enrolling in
transfer-level math classes at Midland College, or transferring to a
4-year university with a declared major in math. Criteria for awarding
of these scholarships will be based on achievement in math classes as
evidenced by grades, math instructor recommendation, and future plans.
Applications are available in the Math Lab and from Midland College
math instructors, and are due by April 23, 2007.
Afterwards he welcomed everyone.
There was no need for introducing
himself so he mentioned how it was
his first time in the area and flooded
Dos Amigos with compliments on its
hospitality.
The song everyone had been waiting for finally began and if I thought
the crowd was rowdy earlier it grew
even more.
Everyone knew the words, and I am
almost positive the song could be
heard throughout the city of Odessa.
Chris said his thank yous and
walked off stage and left the crowd
thirsting for more. So another chant
began, “One more, one more.”
Just like his No. 1 song It’s Not
Over, the concert was not over as
everyone had assumed.
Soon the lights began to flash with
the beat of the chant and out came the
guitarist from the Daughtry band
who performed an outstanding solo.
Soon the rest of the band joined and
played one last song for us, but it still
was not over.
After getting a tip from the owner
of Dos Amigos, some fans learned
that if they stayed an hour or so after
the performance, Chris Daughtry
would come out and personally greet
his fans and sign autographs.
It was true. He was genuine and full
of respect. He shook every person’s
hand, looked them in the eye and said
“Thank you.”
He said his final goodbyes and his
bodyguards escorted him out.
Then it was over.
DVD Review
BORAT strictly offensive
By Zachary Forest
Staff Reporter
Months ago he was offending
movie audiences, now he’s doing it
again, but
now
on
DVD. The
movie
is
t i t l e d
B o r a t !
Cultural
Learnings
of America
for Make
Benefit
Glorious
Nation of Kazakhstan. The film is
a spin-off of the television show Da
Ali G Show on HBO.
Sacha Baron Cohen is Borat, a
Kazakh journalist traveling through
America for a report for his country, Kazakhstan. Pamela Anderson
has a cameo in the film as herself.
The movie is about Borat going
on a trip to film a documentary for
the fictitious Kazakh Ministry of
Information.
Borat travels from New York to
Los Angeles in a dilapidated ice
cream truck to film America
through his eyes.
He falls in love with Baywatch
star Pam Anderson when he first
gets to America.
As he travel from NY to LA, he
meets alternate lifestyle participants in their parade, meets politicians, interrupts a weather forecast,
sings his country’s national anthem
at an American rodeo, and he tries
to get a gun and doesn’t get one.
Finally, he visits an antique shop
that has Confederate items, and he
ends breaking and shattering everything inside.
Warning, viewers of this movie
will be offended by Borat’s rants
against the Jewish community.
They might also be offended by
scenes that feature very adult situations.
You might be offended, so don’t
waste money renting Borat.
Sports
March 30, 2007
Page 5
Temple Cougars eliminate Lady Chaps at regionals
By Samantha Portillo
Staff Reporter
After a long hard fight the Lady Chaps lost to the Temple Lady Cougars with a final score of 80-70
during the National Junior College Athletics Association Region Vtournament at the University of
Mary Hardin-Baylor, March 8, 2006.
MC got off to a rough start with a rude awakening from the Lady Cougars.
The Cougars came out energetic with a strong offense, as well as an adequate defense, even though
height was in favor of MC.
After two minutes had gone by on the time clock the Lady Cougars had a 10-point advantage over
MC.
By the end of the first half the score was 49-24, with Lady Cougars in the lead.
Key players such as Marisa Rauss (50) from temple who shot 60 percent for the game had a major
impact on the victory of the Lady Cougars.
According to Kim Sebek, head coach of women’s basketball in Temple, their strategy was to wear
down the MC defense by taking a lot of outside shots and forcing the post players to come out, since
height was in favor of MC.
Ron Jones, head coach of MC women’s basketball, said he expected the Lady Cougars to come out
the way they did and denied that Temple’s speed had any effect on his gameplan.
“They came out shooting a lot of early shots and established separation,” said Jones.
The Lady Chaps had a promising effort going into the second half of the game, but it just was not
enough to overcome the advantage of 25 points the Lady Cougars had gained in the first half.
The Lady Chaps had an awaesome come back in the second half more than doubling their score
from the first half At one point the Lady Chaps came within four points of tying the game up but just
could not seem to close it up.
Kelli Buckley, Temple’s point guard, was very good in handling the ball and sinking any three’s shehad the opportunity to shoot.
According to Sebek, “Kelli was on fire tonight.”
Efforts from post player Sylwia Zabielewicz and Tori Slusher were good, but just could not seem to
keep up with the upbeat players from Temple. Sebek commented on how their team usually tends to
fall behind in the second half which is exactly what the MC Lady Chaps took full advantage.
The Lady Chaps came out fighting in the early second half as the Lady Cougars had in the beginning, but the end result was in their favor. The crowd wanted a show and that’s just what they got.
Photo by Forrest Allen
MC Lady Chap, Ashley Bey, 10, goes in for a lay-up against Lady Cougars point
guard, Kelli Buckley. The Lady Cougars won 80-70.
Lady softballers overcome injuries to beat competition
From Staff Reports
The Midland College softball team
finished last weekend perfectly by
taking the final two games of its series
with El Paso Community College on
Sunday, March 25, at the Freddie
Ezell Softball Complex.
The Lady Chaps (27-4-1 overall,
15-3 Western Junior College Athletic
Conference) overcame injuries to
their top two pitchers to sweep the
day, 4-0 and 4-3 in eight innings.
The Tejanas (12-22, 9-9) had no
answer for MC pitcher April
Haywood (5-0) in the first game. She
dominated, allowing two hits in the
shutout despite three Lady Chap
errors behind her.
“We knew it would be a tough
series,” said MC coach Tommy
Ramos. “We have some injuries with
(pitchers) Chelsea Nelson out and
Mindy Scott not 100 percent. We
needed some players to step up for us.
And April did that today.”
Having pitched the previous two
MC games, Haywood, by her own
admission, was tiring on the mound in
the second game of the day, her third
of the weekend. But the Lady Chaps
needed her to keep going.
“I knew I would pitch at least two
(games). I only had 79 pitches and
two hits in the first game, so Coach
Ramos felt and I felt like I could push
myself,” Haywood said. “I thought I
was decent. I tired in the second
game. But I had to dig down deep,
bear down and find a way.”
Back-to-back wild pitches in the
third inning of the second game led to
El Paso CC’s Jamie Sayen cutting the
MC lead to 2-1. The Tejanas would tie
the game at 2-2 in the fifth when the
nine-hole hitter, Desiree Martinez,
advanced from first to third on a
botched pick-off attempt by the catcher. Sayen would drive her in on the
next at bat.
In all, MC committed six errors on
the day, shortstop Karina Nava, had
four of them.
“We want to try to get them to relax
and not press,” Ramos said. “They’re
going through some growing pains.
But we’re trying to get them to relax.”
Midland College one- and two-hitters Becca Gawlista and Angelita
Llanas scored on a wild pitch and
Kayla Hitchcock’s single in the first
inning, but El Paso CC pitcher
Stephanie Urista shut out the Lady
Chaps the next six frames. So the
game was tied after seven.
Llanas left the game after stealing
second base in the sixth inning.
Ramos said he would take her to the
emergency room because he thought
she had a broken collar bone.
In the top of the eighth, Tejana
Kristin Jaramillo drove in Marissa
Avalos from second base to take a 3-2
lead, the first El Paso CC lead of the
series. The international tie breaker
rule put Avalos at second to start the
inning.
Gawlista nearly drove in the tying
run in the bottom half of the frame,
but Deanna Garcia was gunned down
at the plate for the second out as
Gawlista moved to second base.
Deanna Stanley then drove in
Gawlista and a fielding error put
Stanley at second base. Nava made up
for her errors by driving in Stanley for
the winning run on the next at-bat.
“It was important to start off (our
offense well),” Gawlista said. “It was
really good (to sweep). We came in
strong and confident. We worked hard
in practice.”
The Midland College softball team
broke out of a mini-slump on
Saturday winning one game with
offense and one with defense against
El Paso Community College.
The Lady Chaparrals blew a 5-0
lead in the first game, but pounded
away to earn a 13-8 win. Then they
took down the Tejanas (12-20, 9-7) 41 in the second game.
“It’s huge. We had to take both
games,” pitcher Haywood said.
“We’re two games down (from firstplace Odessa College), but we’re not
going away.”
Ace pitcher Nelson was unable to
throw with a pulled muscle in her
throwing shoulder. So Haywood, a
spot starter, stepped into the circle in
the second game and dominated El
Paso CC for six innings.
She finished the game with three
strikeouts, and allowed four hits
through six innings. In fact, Haywood
did not allow more than four Tejanas
to come up to bat through the first five
innings, holding down a slim 2-0
Lady Chap lead.
“This is just like practice for her,”
Ramos said. “We know she can do
well. She’s confident.”
Haywood admitted having butterflies
prior to the game and stayed modest
about her performance.
“I didn’t pitch to my full potential. I
had too many walks (three),” she said.
“After a while it’s hard to keep yourself focused.”
She had a mini-meltdown in the top
of the seventh, giving up three consecutive singles to begin the inning.
But then her defense took over.
An inning after making two outstanding outs at shortstop, Nava came
up with a gunning throw to nail
Tejana Beth Lindsay at the plate with
the bases loaded. Then Haywood
threw out Alyssa Marquez at the plate
off a bunt. Sayen drove in Altanee
Manor, but then Haywood threw out
Megan Pumphrey to end the game.
Editor’s Note: Information for
this story came from mywesttexas.com
Golfers win at ‘home’ Baseball team splits with Wranglers
From Staff Reports
Kevin Carrigan said his motivation
on Tuesday was “not to leave the golf
course feeling like he let his Midland
College teammates down.”
Carrigan said he felt that way after
two over-par rounds on Monday during Omega Treating Chemicals Green
Tree Invitational.
Carrigan more than held his weight
for the Chaps, firing an eight-under 64
on Tuesday and helping MC overcome a two-stroke deficit to win their
own tournament by eight strokes.
The Chaps fired a 270 on Tuesday,
giving them a three-round total of
832, as first-day leader College of the
Southwest shot 280 to finish at 840
over the two days.
“I had plenty of motivation (on
Tuesday),” Carrigan said. “Everybody
had been playing so well (on Monday)
and we should have been leading. I
was due for a good round.”
Carrigan’s round was the low round
of the tournament as the round was
bogey-free with eight birdies. He
birdied his third, fourth and fifth holes
on the day, which set the stage for the
rest of his round.
“That gave me confidence the rest
of the way," said Carrigan, who is a
native of Victoria, British Columbia.
"I just made some shots.”
Carrigan’s 64 was one of three
rounds below 70 the Chaps counted
toward their team score. In fact, all
five of Midland College players broke
par on Tuesday.
Wynand Snyman missed out on
winning the medalist title by one
stroke as first-day leader Matt
Dietrich, of College of the Southwest,
shot a 68 to finish at 203. Snyman
shot a 67 and ended up at 204.
Dietrich said he had seven birdies
and three bogeys on the day and used
his putter to bail him out on a few
holes.
“Coming in I’d kind of been struggling and I found something on the
range the morning before we played
that helped,” said Deitrich, who is
from Exeter, Ontario.
“I hit it solid all week and more or
less just minimized my mistakes,”
Deitrich said.
Eddy Koracevic finished with a 68,
while Leroux Ferreira and Nathan
Sheen each had final round 71s for
MC.
Sophomore Leroux Ferriera was
more than confident the MCgolf team
would win the tournament.
The Chaps fired a 284-278—562
after the first 36 holes, but were
behind College of the Southwest,
which brought it’s varsity squad that
fired a 279-281—560 to lead the sixteam junior college tournament.
Ferriera was one of three Chaps to
shoot sub-70 rounds during the final
18 holes on Monday as he had a fourunder 68 on a soggy Green Tree
course.
Two weeks ago in Albuquerque at
the Mustang Intercollegiate, the
Chaps struggled on the third day with
an uncharacteristic team score of 311
after leading the first two days.
For some teams, third might be a
good finish but for a team filled with
players who already have one championship ring that is something that’s
tough to swallow.
That inconsistency is something
that this week’s tournament at Green
Tree might help solve.
The players know the course and
are confident they can score on it, but
a big win this week could give the
Chaps that added boost needed to
repeat as national champions.
Editor’s Note: Information for
this story came from mywesttexas.com.
From Staff Reports
Last weekend the baseball Chaps
split with Odessa College, a team
that was unbeaten in Western Junior
College Athletic Conference play.
MC opened Sunday’s play by
beating the Wranglers in a 15-10
slugfest, then in a second game
which was twice interrupted by rain,
the Chaps fell to Odessa College 113 in an eight-inning, eight-run rule
loss.
That pretty much mirrored
Saturday’s split between the two
teams at Christensen Stadium, which
left first-year MC coach David
Coleman neither elated nor
depressed.
“Each team has only played two
conference series,” said Coleman,
whose team is now 18-14 overall
and 7-5 in WJCAC play.
“I don’t know if splitting a fourgame series is anything really positive. I don’t know that anybody gets
a net gain anytime there’s a split,”
Coleman added.
The Chaps started the day as if
they could take three of four from
the Wranglers (24-8, 10-2) the way
they hit the ball in the first game.
In a game where 12 hits (almost
half the game’s total of 26 for the
two teams combined) went for extra
bases, Midland College made the
most out of the favorable conditions.
MC never trailed, as the first hit of
the game for the Chaps came when
Tyler Johnson led off the second
with a home run to left field for a 10 lead. But the really big blow didn’t
come until the very first pitch of the
fourth inning, when MC’s Jake
Pulliam hit a majestic blast into the
jet stream carrying out to left which
broke a 4-4 tie and put the Chaps up
for good.
Pulliam’s homer sparked a six-run
inning which knocked out OC starter
J.C. Bredengerd. Aaron Powell
capped the scoring with his second
double of the day, this one knocking
in two runs for a 10-4 MC lead.
“When hitters get the wind at their
backs it creates a pretty positive feeling,” Coleman said. “All they needed to do was get the barrel of the bat
on the ball.”
The Chaps needed all the offense
they could get since OC answered
with three homers.
The Chaps led by as much as 136, but the Wranglers came back with
four runs in the fifth to knock out
MC starter Justin Latta, who got the
win despite giving up 13 hits and 10
earned runs. Kyle Maynor pitched a
scoreless 2 1/3 innings to pick up his
third save of the season.
Johnson and Powell each drove in
three runs for the Chaps, while Blake
McNabb and Matt Roam each had
two hits and drove in two runs
apiece.
The Chaps looked ready to pick up
where they left off in the second
game, when Logan Forest singled in
Jaime Armendariz to put MC on the
board first. But with two outs the
rain came and caused a 77-minute
delay, and after the teams retook the
field, MC didn’t seem the same.
“I think we were ready to play,”
Coleman said. “The difference was
that (OC’s) starter began throwing
strikes. I didn’t sense that we got
flat.”
OC’s starter, left-hander Scott
Hays, ended up scattering five hits
for the victory in eight innings. He
got the lead for good in the second
when the Wranglers erupted for six
runs and Coleman got ejected.
Four runs were already in when
Coleman removed starter Tyler
Cales for Tristen Bugenis, who
balked to bring home another run.
Coleman emerged from the dugout
to argue the call and was promptly
ejected, and by the end of the inning,
the Chaps trailed 7-1 and never
recovered.
Editor’s Note: Information for
this story came from mywesttexas.com
Champs 2007
Page 6
“Guts, poise, and heart.
Every game our Chaps
played was unforgettable.”
—Stan Jacobs,
MC associate v.p. of instruction
March 30, 2007
Total NJCAA Team National Championship Titles: 19
Men’s Championships: 7
Women’s Championships: 12
Breakdown by Sport:
Men’s Division I Basketball: 1982, 2007
Men’s Division I Golf: 1992, 1995, 2006
Men’s Tennis: 1978
Men’s Division I Tennis: 1989
Women’s Golf: 1982, 1999, 2000, 2001
Women’s Tennis: *1975, 1976, 1981, 1986, 1988, 1990
Women’s Division I Tennis: 1991, 1992
Watch for more stories and pictures of the National
Championship basketball team and the 2006 National
Championship golf team in Chaparral 2007, the news/feature
student magazine that will be published around May 1. The
magazine will also feature a story on the coaches wives.
From top: MC President David E. Daniel takes a
turn cutting the net. Right: Coach Grant
McCasland finishes the job and gestures to the
Photos courtesy of Forrest Allen, MC athletics
team.
Lower right: Local media and fans gather
around team members after their arrival on
campus Sunday, March 25.
Photo courtesy of Karen Lanier
Below left: The team celebrates on the floor
after beating Chipola 94-75 and winning the
national championship.
Photo courtesy of Forrest Allen, MC athletics
At right: Sophomore Nemanja Calasan holds the national trophy while talking to fans in
Photo courtesy of Karen Lanier
front of the men’s dorm on Sunday, March 25.
Below: Coach Grant McCasland talks to Odell Smith, MC policeman who is on medical
Photo courtesy of Karen Lanier
leave.
Champs
cent of its free throws.
By contrast the Red Ravens shot 24
percent from the floor, 6 percent from
the three point line and 15 percent
from the free throw line. Final score:
MC 57, CCC 34.
With the win the Chaps advanced to
its first national tournament championship game since 1987 and were
seeking its first national championship since 1982.
The Chaps were led in the
Coffeyville game by Calasan (13
points and seven rebounds), Brooks
(16 rebounds), Mels (11 points and
three rebounds) and freshman Tyrone
Appleton who chipped in with 10
points, seven rebounds and two
assists.
The national championship game
was an ironic pairing between the
Chaps and nationally-ranked Chipola
(Fla) Junior College.
The irony was MC was the pre-season #1-ranked team in the NJCAA
with Chipola being selected as the
pre-season #2 team.
Many might argue with the ability
of the NJCAA to choose national
rankings at any point in the season,
but it appeared they hit the nail on the
head this season.
In the game the Chaps pushed their
tired and sore bodies to their limits,
beating back early charges by the
Indians.
The Chaps went into halftime with
a slim nine-point lead, but not without
from page 1
confidence.
In the second half the Chaps
increased their lead to as many as 12
only to have Chipola chip away at the
lead.
With six minutes to go in the game
and the Chaps leading by five points,
MC Coach Grant McCasland was
called for a highly questionable technical foul after the Chaps’ Appleton
was called for a foul.
The result was three free throws for
Chipola (two for the technical and one
on the Appleton foul).
Chipola capitalized and pulled the
Indians to within two points of the
Chaparrals.
However, as was the case in each of
the previous three games, the Chaps
responded. This time it was Mels
who came down and immediately hit
a three-point basket to increase the
Chaps lead to five.
From that point forward the Chaps
were in control and steadily increased
the lead late in the second half. Final
score: MC 94, Chipola College 75.
The Chaps were crowned the 2007
NJCAA Men’s National Basketball
Champions.
Once again the Chaps were led by
Mels with 24 points, Appleton with
21, Brooks with 15 and Calasan with
14.
McCasland was named Coach of
the Tournament with Brooks and
Calasan named to the All-Tournament
team and Mels selected tournament
MVP for his outstanding play.
Congratulations
to
Coaches
McCasland and Alvin Brooks, III; the
Chap basketball team which includes
Appleton, Ryan McCoy, Hill, Mels,
Darris Santee, Van Buren, Calasan,
Victoria, Brooks and Marcus
Washington as well as red shirts
Javier Nasarre Mora, Casey Riddle,
Josh Wills, Wally Dunn and Jovanni
Sims.
Also special recognition and thanks
to MC Head Trainer Sonya Mikeska,
Student Trainer Marcus Barron,
Pastor Kevin Fox, MC President
David E. Daniel, the MC administration, MC board of trustees and the
many fans and supporters of Midland
College and its athletic programs.