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Happy Halloween!The Rambler wishes a

happy and safe Halloweento all faculty, staff and stu-dents.

Save the daylight!Don’t forget to set your

clocks back for the end ofdaylight-saving time Nov. 4.Congress moved this eventto the first weekend ofNovermber in order to saveenergy.

Wesleyan Fun(d) DayWant a hot dog? The

advancement office is call-ing all faculty and staff tostop by the Louella Baker-Martin pavilion to donate $5to the Wesleyan Fund andenjoy hot dogs with all thefixings. Dress in blue andgold and join in the fun.

Taste something differentThe office of interna-

tional programs is sellinginternational cookbooks for$4 each. Contact AshleyPorterfield at (817) 531-4934 for more information.

Calling all book loversThe Eunice L. West

library is selling a wide vari-ety of books for only 25cents each. Pick from juve-nile literature, the New YorkTimes, curriculum, Who’sWho, science, government,law, encyclopedias andaccounting books and peri-odicals. The book sale islocated behind the periodi-cals on the second floor ofthe library, and books can bepaid for at the circulationdesk.

It’s a Wonderful LifeTime is running out if

you still want to see TheatreWesleyan’s THE RADIOSHOW: IT’S A WONDER-FUL LIFE, running throughNov. 10 at Artisan CenterTheatre. The off-campusproduction of the play with-in a play, written by theaterdepartment chair ConnieWhitt-Lambert and directedby theater professor JoeBrown, features a cast ofWesleyan students deckedout in gorgeous 1940s garbdesigned by Brynn Bristol.Tickets are $8 for theWesleyan community andchildren and $13 generaladmission. Some showingsare already sold out, so calland reserve tickets soon. Forinformation on times, datesand tickets, visit www.arti-sanct.com.

Movie time!Wanna see a movie on

the cheap? Student Life hasmovie theater tickets forboth AMC and UnitedArtists theaters for $6.50.Tickets are good for anyshowing at anytime. ContactJenny Houze at (817) 531-4870.

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We’re notSCARED

Photos by Kevin KeathleyHalloween celebrations came early for many Wesleyanstudents who attended a Halloween party at local clubChrome Oct. 25. Many students showed up in theirHalloween costume, embodying everything from Vikingwarriors (above), Christmas decor (below) and fresh fruit(right).

New library softwareaids student research

It’s 3 in the morning, and you have just fin-ished the paper that is due the next day. Allrevisions are printed, you lean back and pre-pare yourself for the feeling of your head hit-ting the pillow, and you realize you still have todo your works cited. Good luck getting to bed,that section could take hours ... or could it?

This fall the Wesleyan library has added aresource to the tool box available. RefWorks isan interactive software program that allowsstudents to keep track of their sources and thengenerates citations and bibliographies based onthe information in the system.

Information Services Librarian KaeliVandertulip was given the responsibility ofunderstanding, teaching and working with theresource.

“It came to the university about a weekbefore I did,” said Vandertulip. “It makesunderstanding bibliography creations easierand allows you to spend more time on researchand less on the bibliography.”

The system, which is available through theWest Library home page, keeps track of thesources used and then uses that information tonot only create a bibliography but aid with in-text citations.

“You still have to proofread,” saidVandertulip, who noted that page numbers,capitalized proper nouns and some otherdetails aren’t caught by the system.

According to Vandertulip, one of the diffi-culties she sees students having with the sys-tem is the initial setup.

“Learning on your own can take a fewhours, but I can show students in less than 20minutes,” said Vandertulip.

Another obstacle that she has run across isresistance from professors who feel that thesystem is depriving students of proper styleeducation.

“They think that RefWorks is going to doto bibliographies what Wikipedia did to ency-clopedias, and it just isn’t the case,” saidVandertulip, who feels that the system is a timesaver but still requires accountability.

“It’s still not easy, and you have to knowthe rules,” she said. “It’s just easier than writ-ing it on your own.”

For more information on the system, visitthe West Library Web site or drop by the librarySunday through Thursday and for Vandertulipto demonstrate the system.

COLLEEN BURNIEENTERTAINMENT EDITOR

Hand in hand, the future lies aheadWesleyan’s own Sigma Kappa Lambda celebrates 10 years, looks forward to national expansion

Celebration. Community. Caring. It may sound cheesey, butWesleyan’s Louella Baker-Martin Pavilion was filled with all three duringSigma Kappa Lambda’s 10-year anniversary event Oct. 27.

The smiling faces of Wesleyan’s own Latin women’s sorority weregenuine. This landmark in their organization’s history is a time for cele-bration, but it also marks a time of impending change.

“I’ve had so many special times with all of you girls. But this is our10th year, and it’s time to expand,” said Cindy Olivera, Sigma KappaLambda vice president.

The entire room nodded in agreement, including Melissa Hernandez,Wesleyan alumna and one ofthe founding mothers of SigmaKappa Lambda.

Hernandez was one of thegirls that attended Wesleyan’sannual rush event in the SidRichardson gymnasium morethan a decade ago. Walking pastthe many booths full of repre-sentative sorority sisters, shewasn’t greeted or welcomed byany groups and felt, for lack ofa better word, shunned.

Whatever the reason for theparticularly chilly reception, theidea came up that it might bebetter to form another sororitywith a different set of interestsin mind. She and 16 other Latinfemale students took the firststep in forming their own soror-ity with an interest group in

1997. “We didn’t really know each other,” said Hernandez. Although they were strangers to one another, the girls found out they

had many things in common. Promoting education, serving the communi-ty and establishing a Latin sisterhood on campus.

“Most importantly, we wanted to share our culture with anyone thatwould listen. We wanted to be positive role models,” said alumna AraceliAerrera, another founding mother of Sigma Kappa Lambda.

The interest meetings continued, and soon the girls finally set intomotion their organization. What they needed first was a sponsor. One wasfound in Judy Perez, coordinator of the master of business administrationprogram.

The next step was meeting with Student Government Association, theorganization with the power toestablish them as a service soro-roity on campus. When listingoff her most cherished memo-ries of Sigma Kappa Lambda,Hernandez made sure to men-tion that pivotal meeting.

“I remember when theyaccepted us. We were all wor-ried in a corner,” she said.“Afterward, we left with a bigol’ smile on our faces.”

Once they finally had thego ahead, regular meetingsbegan every Thursday, most ofthe time in Room 202 of the SidRichardson Center.

“That tradition still contin-ues,” said Olivera.

In the 10 years since theorganization’s inception, the

SHAWN R. POLINGEDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Krystal Maldonado (center), Wesleyan alumna and member of Sigma KappaLambda, stands with her sorority sisters in the circle of sisterhood, which closed theGreek organization’s 10th anniversary event.

Photo by Shawn R. Poling

See Anniversary, page 2

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T E X A S W E S L E Y A N U N I V E R S I T Y

News2 October 31, 2007 The Rambler

Where do we go from here?Wesleyan’s Career Services department offers high-quality assistance with minimal effort

Looking for a job? That’s interesting, because SherriMata, director of Career Services, is looking for you.

Mata has been working for years to create and improve aprogram tailored to help Wesleyan students find good jobsthat can become life-long careers. Apparently the word isgetting out, and students have more options than ever in aprogram crafted to be both easy and effective.

“I know you guys are busy. I know this life of a student,”said Mata.

Normally, programs similar to Wesleyan’s career servic-es require a significant amount of work on the students’ end.But Mata knows from her own experience as a student andteacher that today’s college students don’t have the time tosift through hundreds of job application tips and job postings.After all, Mata’s bank of job postings currently has morethan 500 current postings stretching across the field for allacademic areas.

“The way I run vs. Texas Christian University andUniversity of Texas at Arlington is that I try to make thingsfrom my end more active,” said Mata.

Organization is key for Mata after she realized she hadway too many job postings to keep on a board. Now shekeeps up-to-date databases on job postings, employmentcontacts (now more than 800) and students involved withCareer Services.

Once you are in the Career Services system, you getautomatic e-mail notifications of job postings that apply toyour major, experience and/or interests.

“It’s important that I find a job where the students can

apply their education,” said Mata. And don’t think Career Services is only for those who

want to set up an after-college job. It’s also a great place tofind a job (both off and on campus) to have during your col-lege experience – including internships.

Most students go through their academic department, butsome students have been unable to find the kind of internshipthey really wanted. Given the number of employment con-tacts Mata has, she often knows of internships that academicdepartments have not heard of, although they still have finalsay as to whether or not the internship will count for credit.

Her contacts have led to numerous success stories.Alumnus Janeth Luengas came to Mata looking for an intern-ship. Her ultimate wish? As a sociology major, she wantednothing less than to have a hands-on internship with the RedCross Association. Mata found exactly what Luengas want-ed.

“I never thought I would actually get it. I was shocked,scared and excited all at the same time,” said Luengas.

Mata also found Stephanie Swain, a student currentlyemployed in the Academic Resource Center, a summerinternship at the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

“I want to help students be successful at their end goal,”Mata said. “I love to see dreams come true.”

Her services extend beyond those she offers to currentstudents. Many alumni have sought out Mata for everythingfrom career growth to full-on career change. No matter theCareer Services task, Mata has been up to the challenge.

“I can say I place 100 percent of those who come seek-ing my services,” said Mata.

Mata’s only qualm is that more students don’t takeadvantage of the program.

Getting involved is simple and completely free. Mata cantake walk-in’s when she doesn’t have appointments andmakes sure to give one-on-one attention to every person whocomes seeking her services.

The most important step in getting the employment ballrolling is forming a solid resume.

Many people find a resume template in Microsoft Wordand wing it. That’s exactly what you shouldn’t do, Mataadvised. Your resume can make or break your chances at anactual interview. Everything from word choice, grammar,font and design can mean everything to a prospectiveemployer.

Mata has all the tools and advice you need to create theideal resume – a service that would cost you big bucks in the“real world.” Your resume might need to be altered depend-ing on what job you end up looking for and what kind ofimage you want to project, Mata said, so it requires attentioneach time you apply.

Not sure what job you really want? Mata can help youdecide. Career Services provides personality assessmentsand interest assessments that can help determine the workenvironment and types of job you would be best in and enjoythe most.

Once you have a resume completed, you can start look-

ing for jobs. You can take things slow and wait to hear aboutthe perfect posting to come along or you can search the post-ings yourself.

Another plus is that Mata’s employment contacts canview student resumes, similar to job search Web sites likeMonster.com. Resume’s cannot be viewed by the generalpublic and prospective employers can contact you throughCareer Services.

Once you have an interview scheduled, Mata and CareerServices can even help you prepare through mock interview-ing.

“Many students come in never having been through areal interview. The process can be very intimidating,” saidMata.

Mata is firm in her goal of helping students get frompoint A to point B any way she can. One thing students cando is get involved as soon as possible. Career Services isespecially important for juniors and seniors looking to set upan after-graduation career.

Students who start looking for a job after graduation usu-ally have to wait an average of three to six months to becomeemployed, Mata said, which is unpractical in today’s priceyworld.

Career Services is located on the first floor of the EuniceL. West Library next to the Academic Resource Center. Visitwww.txwes.edu/careerservices for more information.

SHAWN R. POLINGEDITOR-IN-CHIEF

The Career Services department offers a variety of servicesthat prepare students to enter the workplace.

group has gained ground on Wesleyan’s campus, building a growing roster of members and cre-ating a slew of events and projects that Sigma Kappa Lambda continue to promote.

Boo at the Zoo, Cowtown Brush Up and the Derek Lopez Memorial Foundation are a fewof Sigma Kappa Lambda’s annual projects. Newer projects have also proven successful, includ-ing Prom Queen for a Day. Hermanitas (“little sisters”), a program still in the works, will havethe sisters mentoring young girls at a local middle school.

The work has paid off, and the sorority was officially recognized by the school last year forhaving the most service hours, both group and individual, out of any other service organizationon campus. The winning number? The girls amassed to total of more than 800 hours to walkaway with the distinction of Most Outstanding Organization.

During the anniversary event, everyone in attendance was clearly proud of the sorority’saccomplishments.

“We have achieved our goals and many more,” said Aerrera. But despite the oozing pride, the subject of expansion kept coming up. After 10 years as a

sorority, the girls have attracted some criticism from other sororities for only having one solechapter, here at Wesleyan.

It won’t be an easy task, but each girl is up for doing her part. Many universities requireGreek organizations to be established nationally before they will allow a chapter to be started.That process can take a year or two, but the current officers are already looking into starting theprocess.

For the girls, being a member of the Sigma Kappa Lambda sorority is an important experi-ence that they feel should be available to girls across the nation. Membership doesn’t end withgraduation, they said. The friendships formed during college transform into life-long relation-ships, a network of empowered Latin women that is currently 97 strong.

“It doesn’t end here,” said alumna Christine Cano. “Two of the girls that served with mewere my bridesmaids. This goes on for a lifetime.”

The ladies of Sigma Kappa Lambda closed their anniversary event in a circle formation,sharing their memories and hopes for the future.

“Maybe next time we have a circle,” said member Brenda Galvan, “it will be three timesas big.”

Anniversary, from page 1

A new formula used to calculate creditscores will affect some peoples’ creditscores, including some college students’.

Fair Isaac Corporation, which calcu-lates credit scores, changed its formula inSeptember to no longer consider author-ized user accounts in consumers’ creditscores. This move could decrease a per-son’s score or erase his or her history,depending on the status of the account.

Emily Davidson, communicationsdirector for credit counseling Web sitecredit.com, said through the authorizeduser account system, students could be list-ed on their parents’ credit card account, butnot be legally responsible for the debt.

That account shows up on students’credit reports, often increasing their creditscores.

“If you are an authorized user on yourdad’s account and he’s had good credit for10 years, you’ll have had good credit for 10years,” Davidson said.

Political science senior BeckyJergenson said she was an authorized useron her dad’s account when she was study-ing abroad, but is no longer on the account.

“It was a good way to build my credit,”she said.

Jergenson said she never received a billfor the credit card she had under her dad’saccount and only used it two times whileoverseas.

Davidson said while authorized useraccounts will still exist and show on creditreports, they won’t be considered in creditscores.

However, Davidson said, it might takeuntil the beginning of next year to go intoeffect, depending on which bank or institu-tion handles the account.

The major reason for dropping theseaccounts, Davidson said, was “piggy-back-

ing,” where people could apply for a homeloan with an authorized user account listedon their report, but weren’t actually able topay the mortgage.

“They also changed their formulabecause it never really made sense in thefirst place to give full credit to someonewho was not legally responsible for thedebt,” Davidson said.

She also said some “fraudster” compa-nies find people with good scores and longcredit histories and pay them to add clientswith little or bad credit as authorized usersof their accounts.

The credit repair agency gets moneyfor that service, Davidson said.

Catherine Solheim, a professor of fam-ily social science, said many students andadults don’t know their credit scores.

She said building credit is easier nowbecause of multiple ways for students toobtain it.

“I usually see a small percent of stu-dents who don’t have a credit card,”Solheim said.

Authorized user accounts open anavenue of communication between parentsand their children, she said, allowing themto stay connected.

Generally, it would be better for stu-dents to have a small balance on one or twoof their own cards and pay it off everymonth, Solheim said.

First-year music education studentLuke Price said he doesn’t have a creditcard or student loans. He said he is afraidof getting a credit card but knows he willhave to in the next few years.

While he doesn’t know his credit histo-ry or score, he said he can see the good andbad aspects of an authorized user account.

“It’s a good way to build credit, butgiving credit history to someone who has-n’t merited it doesn’t sound right,” Pricesaid.

KELLY GULBRANDONMINNESOTA DAILY/U-WIRE

New credit formula affects students

Sigma Kappa Lambda celebrated their 10-year anniversary with a balloon release Oct. 25.

Courtesy of Cindy Olivera

Courtesy of Career Services

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Check The Rambler’s weekly news briefs for more hotjobs at Career Services. To see more of the 500-plus jobpostings, visit www.txwes.edu/careerservices.

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Rambler RatingsThumbs up to the WelseyanSingers and the WesleyanChamber Singers for a greatperformance Oct. 25.

Thumbs up to all math andwriting tutors in the ARC.

Thumbs down to the brokenbathroom stalls in Stella andthe SUB.

Thumbs up to all who joinedin on the various Wesleyanactivities to fight breast can-cer.

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Do you know what to door where to go if there is

a bomb threat on campus?What about a hostage situa-tion? Or even a hazardousmaterial crisis? No need toworry because where there isproblem at Texas WesleyanUniversity, there is aWesleyan committee to solveit.

Wesleyan has a criticalincident committee who handles the plans andprocedures for almost any kind of scenario onecan think of. Internal security is currently a frontand center issue. Today, the contemporaryAmerican has more to fear than just a buildingfire or car break-in. There are record-breakingnatural disasters, school shootings and terrorism.Everyone is pushed to have a disaster plan. Butis the old cliché better to be safe than sorryalways true?

It should also be kept in mind that Wesleyanis a historic campus and not all of our buildingsare completely modern. Consequently, many ofthe older buildings, such as the Oneal-SellsAdministration Building, could be more vulnera-ble to things like fire. They are not made fromsome of the more advanced fire resistant materi-als used today and do not have sprinkler sys-tems. Historic buildings are grandfathered in tocity codes and do not have to have sprinkler sys-tems but do have other methods of fire suppres-sion in the form of extinguishers. But fires, as I

said, aren’t the only things we have to worryabout.

“The committee wanted to fine-tune thesafety manual,” said Ken Dunson, director offacilities.

A brief interview with Dunson shed someinsight onexactly whatthe newWesleyanemergencyevacuationplan is allabout.Dunson, amember of thecritical inci-dent commit-tee said thesafety manualis about athree inchthick book fullof proceduresfor many dif-ferent hypothetical emergency situations. It didnot take long, he said, to realize that the con-cerns of the past are not the concerns of todayand that the manual needed to be up-to-date withthe modern threats to society.

Dunson also expressed the need for a moreuser-friendly document in the instance of anemergency. The last thing anyone wants to doduring an emergency is to flip the index of a

thousand-page book looking for what to do dur-ing a biological chemical spill.

For all these reasons, the committee decidedto create a tabbed flip chart, 2007-2008Emergency Information. It is a 16-page little spi-ral bound book that has everything you need to

know, do and not do during the eventof some the more common emergen-cies. Currently, these flip-charts aregiven to every department in campus.

Dunson also expressed that hewould like to see one of these chartsin the central area of every buildingso everyone has access to the infor-mation.

Who can call an evacuation ofthe campus? Unfortunately, studentscan not. Only persons with manageri-al status have the authority to call anevacuation if need be. However, theentire plan is not fool proof yet, hesaid. Security and facilities are still inthe stages of training. Once they havemastered the plan, the next step isgoing to involve the police and fire

department in conjunction with the campus. Soby fall of 2008, you can expect an emergencyevacuation drill.

Do you feel safe now? You might take somecomfort in the knowledge that Texas WesleyanUniversity, Dunson said, is ahead of the pack onsafety issues when taking into account area uni-

Jeffery Rodriguez is a junior political science majorand is a staff writer for The Rambler.

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New emergency evacuation plan increases student security

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I’ll admit it. I like fast food and the convenience ofthe drive through. But is this quick cuisine really all

it’s cracked up to be?I’m sure that in the past few years you have noticed

fast food chains offering “low fat” or “healthy” foods.Places like Wendy’s, Arby’s, Subway and, morespecifically, McDonalds, feature these items to cater tothe somewhat health-conscientious, bustling society inwhich we live. However, these low-calorie claims arenot all they are cracked up to be.

Different people have different caloric needs, butthe average range is from 2,000 to 2,500. Have you

ever tried to count calories? I know I have and, trust me, it’s not easy. Forme, it’s easier just to know the right things to eat from the very beginninginstead of going through the headache of the calorie counting.

“Choice is crucial: different tastes, menu flexibility and all the rightsizes to fit every active lifestyle. McDonald’s range of high quality foodscan fit into a balanced diet,” reads www.mcdonalds.com.

True, places like McDonald’s are offering things on their menus otherthan Big Macs and milkshakes. In fact, the salads they offer are great, butwhen you throw on the ranch, the cheese, the meat and the croutons, whatdo you think happens?

Say you were to order the southwest salad with grilled chicken toppedwith ranch dressing and amedium Coca-Cola. Youwould consume 700 calo-ries, 24 grams of fat and5.5 grams of saturated fat,for one meal! Imaginewhat the calorie and fatcount would be if youwere to order a burger,fries and a dessert!

In 2004, MorganSpurlock wrote and direct-ed a documentary know asSuper Size Me. The filmfocuses on America’sproblem with obesity andsets out to prove a point.

“Living with his vegangirlfriend, MorganSpurlock decides to tryand eat McDonald’s forevery meal for a month.At the same time, he reduces the amount of exercise and walking tomatch that of the ‘average’ American to make for a fair experiment.

After an initial bit of sickness he gets to enjoy the food and eats it threetimes per day. However after a week or two, his doctors begin to noticesignificant increases in body fat, cholesterol and blood pressure.Interspersed with this are interviews with experts on the nutritional value,marketing and impact of McDonald’s and fast food generally,” reads thedescription on www.imdb.com.

Although certain aspects of the film were revealed to have been fakedand/or altered, Spurlock makes somevalid points.

“Everything’s bigger in America,”he said in the beginning of the movie.“We’ve got the biggest cars, biggesthouses, biggest companies, the biggestfood and, finally, the biggest people.America has become the fattest nationin the world.”

I personally enjoyed the film andthought that it shed a lot of light ongrowing and booming fast food indus-try. After seeing it I wanted to makebetter food choices and try to alter mylifestyle a bit to accommodate ahealthier diet.

“I consumed over 30 pounds of sugar. That’s an average of a pound ofsugar a day,” said Spurlock.

With comments like these throughout the entire film, plus the weightgain and added health problems from his diet, it amazes me that anyonecould walk away from seeing this and order a bucket of KFC.

McDonald’s patron Rhonda Miller said that with children and a busyschedule, she simply does not have time to cook good mealsat home.

“Being a single mom of two with two jobs, life is crazy.Some days it’s hard to find the time to even sleep, let alonecook,” said Miller. “Places like this and convenience foodsare really our only option.”

I will admit, I know where she is coming from, and I’msure the rest of you do as well. Being a full time or even parttime college student with four projects, four tests and fourpapers due all in the same week, it feels as though we arebeing pulled in 10 different directions. However, we cannotlet this stop us from making good choices when it comes toour diet.

It is important for us to realize that restaurants are in themoney making business. They will do whatever it takes toconvince consumers to patronize their company. I certainlyhope that the Federal Trade Commission is doing its job bykeeping deceptive advertising away from our ears and eyes.However, it is completely up to you to decide.

I am not immune to the hectic lifestyle that accompanies somany adults. I too have school, work and a significant otherat home to take care of. Because of this, some afternoons, I

skip meals.When it comes down to it, I believe consuming food in moderation is

the key. Instead of drinking that 20-ounce Dr Pepper, I think I’ll getwater. Instead of two double-cheeseburgers, I should only eat one. Andinstead of those two-for-a-dollar apple pies, maybe I’ll just eat an apple.

Or better yet, I might just stay away from fast food altogether.

ANDREWCARVER

Andrew Carver is a senior mass communication major and is a staff writer forThe Rambler.

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Salad lovers beware: the tenderchicken, creamy ranch andcrunchy croutons adorning yourgreens tally up the calories.

On-the-go schedule no excuse for on-the-go food

College LifeOctober 31, 2007 The Rambler

Halloween fun factsaren’t tricks

**According to superstition, if you stare into a mirror at midnight onHalloween, you will see your future spouse.

**Chocolate candy bars top the list as the most popular candy fortrick-or-treaters with Snickers at No. 1.

**Signs of a werewolf are a unibrow, hairy palms, tattoos and a longmiddle finger.

**Bobbing for apples is thought to have originated from the Romanharvest festival that honors Pamona, the goddess of fruit trees.

**If you see a spider on Halloween, it is the spirit of a loved onewatching over you.

**The world's record for the biggest pumpkin is currently held by agigantic gourd weighing a whopping 1,385 pounds!

**Samhainophobia refers to an abnormal and persistent fear ofHalloween.

**Halloween candy sales average about $2 billion annually in theUnited States.

**There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with orange, thecolor of pumpkin.

**It is believed that the Irish began the tradition of trick or treating. Inpreparation for All Hallow's Eve, Irish townsfolk would visit neigh-bors and ask for contributions of food for a feast in the town.

HalloweEn Partyspooks

The cost of groceries is on the rise. Price tags for simple staples like milk and bread areon the rise, and that can be hard on the wallet, especially one of a college student.

The rising cost of grains, such as corn and wheat, due to the increase of demands forethanol by refineries, is being widely blamed for the higher price tags on basic goods.

Food prices increased .3 percent in the month of July and .4 in August alone. “The main impetus for this increase has been the higher farm price,” said Ephraim

Leibtag of USDA Economic Research Service. Not only are the prices in corn and wheathigh, but so are the prices on flour (up more than 4.5 percent), bread and pasta (up 6 percent),beef (about 5 percent) and milk (up as much as 15 percent).

What can students do to decrease their grocery bill? Here are some quick tips to help stu-dents eat well and save money at the same time.

Make a shopping list. A shopping list will be efficient by helping you avoid impulsebuying if you will stick to it.

Try making a menu. Planning your meals ahead of time helps to sort out what essentialitems are needed for your shopping list.

Shop sales. Try looking for groceries that are on sale (and plan your menu and shoppinglist along with those items).

Shop together. Go to warehouse stores such as Sam’s Club, and buy groceries in bulkwith your roommates. You can pool money together, buy the bulk items and then divide themevenly among one another.

Don’t shop hungry. We’ve probably all heard this one before, but eating before shop-ping will actually help you avoid buying more grocery items.

Do the math. Always compute the price per unit before buying any big-sized packages.Some stores help with this by having those unit prices printed on the shelf labels.

Forget brands. Buy only store brand and generic brand items when possible.

Divide and conquer.Buy meat products in bulk,separate in portions andfreeze.

Get out the scis-sors. Along with theseshopping methods, cut-ting out coupons forstore itemswill help yousave money.You can findcoupons in theWednesday andSunday FortWorth Star-Telegram or thestore advertisingmail circulars.

Any or all ofthese things canmake your grocerybill a little cheaper.Even if prices are onthe rise, it’s still cheap-er than eating out.

MICHELLE JOHNSONSTAFF WRITER

Rising grocery prices put money saving tips in the cart

How do I take naps? Let me count the sheep.I nap against the day and noise and lightMy eyes can close when feeling rather tiredAt the ends of conciousness and wake.I nap to the level of every night’sMost restful sleep, by moon and night-light.I nap daily, as people strive for quiet.I nap peacefully, as the concious bustle about.I nap with at least one REM cycle in playIn my old dreams, and with my childhoodteddyI nap with a restfulness I seemed to missWhen I worked the night shift. I nap withthe pillowsCouches, beds in all my life; and, when Godchooses,I shall be napping forever in death.

-- Zainah Usmanjunior art major

How do I take naps?

ZZZZZ Z Z

The gospel of Matthew gives accountof a man afflicted with a crippled

hand. Jesus, upon encountering thisman, commands him to stretch forththat useless hand. Consider this man’soptions:

1) Extend his strong, healthy handto Jesus while explain-ing why reaching outwith his crippled handwould be impossible,difficult, painful, etc.

OR 2) Act in faith and will his seeming-

ly worthless, crippled hand to reach outfor Jesus.

Reflecting at this point of the story, Irealized how this man’s two choices paral-lel my own day-to-day life. I could con-front challenges in life relying on my ownefforts and trusting in my own knowledge,experience, opinion and ability, but Godcannot fully bless endeavors done with aspirit of pride. I would also deprive myself of experiencingtrue joy and success because I alone am not sufficient.

Conversely, I could give my weaknesses, inabilities,shortfalls and uncertainties to God and allow Him to sup-ply the needed grace and develop areas in me while Hereceives glory for any accomplishments in my life.

Atop the peaks of life where everything seems to begoing my way, my confidence in His guidance in my lifenever wavers; I never doubt my Savior’s love. Not always

so in the lowlands. There, amidst tears and pain, protestsoften scream and doubts creep into my mind. I believeChrist never leaves me, but just where is He in my prob-lems? How can he allow the wrong and pain in the lives ofmankind, His most beloved creation?

I heard an illustration one day that cast some light onthose dark questions. Picture in your mind a father and

child walking step by step alongside eachother on a beach. The father may be hold-ing his child’s hand, but that does notensure that those small feet will never tripand fall. Neither does it imply that, whensuch an incident did occur, he wasn’t stillholding the child’s hand, ready to pick theyoung one back up and resume the stroll.

Our heavenly Father walks alongsideeach of us to do the same. He allows hard-ships to come our way to build faith andbring us to new heights in our relationshipwith Him. Like the scratch art I enjoyed asa kid, sometimes beauty can only beacquired through instances which “scrape”our arrogance and put us in a place to

grow spiritually. Only with a spirit of humility can Godtruly work in our lives.

The man in Matthew’s account chose to give Jesus hisweakness and, consequently, obtained complete healing.

So surrender yourself. Life is not about what you cando, it’s about what Christ can do through you.

In your weakness, Christ is indeed made strong.

Stretch out your withered hand

TIARANUGENT

Tiara Nugent is a junior writing major and is the managing editorfor The Rambler.

Yield your insufficiencies and receive God’s blessings

Who says Halloween is for kids? A group ofWesleyan students spearhead some earlyHalloween fun in their costumes Oct. 25. Theparty was held at Chrome, a club on BelknapStreet.

Photo by Kevin Keathley

SportsThe RamblerOctober 31, 2007 5

Log on to:www.ramsports.netfor the latest game

information andprofiles of your

favorite WesleyanTeams and Athletes

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“Doctors and scientistssaid that breaking the four-minute mile was impossi-ble, that one would die inthe attempt. Thus, when Igot up from the track aftercollapsing at the finishline, I figured I was dead.”

- Roger Bannister

Nov. 2*6 p.m. Women’sBasketball vs. HillsdaleFree Will Baptist College

Nov. 3*TBA Men’s soccer vs.TBA NAIA Region VITournament

11 a.m. Volleyball vs.Bacone

5 p.m. Volleyball vs.John Brown University

4:30 p.m. Volleyball vs.UT-Tyler

Nov. 5*6 p.m. Women’sBasketball vs. JohnBrown University

*denotes home games

Sports BriefsRRAC Title decided inshootoutOct. 27 110 minutes of soccer was-n’t enough and the RRACtitle game was decided in ashooutout. Wesleyan lost 3-1 to UT-Brownsville, butsecured a place in theregional tournament.

Lady Rams drop a pair inGeorgetownOct. 27The volleyball team fell to26-14 on the season withlosses to Texas A&MInternational andSouthwestern University.

Rams take thrilling win inshootoutOct. 26The men’s soccer teamdefeated Huston-Tillotson ina 4-2 shootout in the sec-ond round of the RRACTournament.

Lady Rams fall to UTBOct. 26The women’s soccer teamhad their season endedwith 2-0 loss at the handsof UT-Brownsville.

Lady Rams split atSouthwesternOct. 26The volleyball team split apair of matches at theSouthwestern UniversityTournament. They fell toAustin College beforedefeating UT-Tyler.

Clark, Rowland namedRRAC Players of the weekOct. 25Women’s soccer playersLoren Clark and HollyRowland were named offen-sive and defensive playersof the week in the confer-ence. Clark is a midfielderand Rowland is a goalkeep-er for the Lady Rams.

Rams soccer well represented in conference honorsWhen the Red

River Conferencereleased itswomen’s soccer all-conference selec-tions, six LadyRams were honoredand coach JoshGibbs was namedcoach of the year.

F i r s t - t e a mselections wereLoren Clark andBrittany O’Brien.

Clark rankedsecond in the con-ference with 10goals and fourthwith 24 points.

O’Brien rankedsecond in the confer-ence with a 1.30 goalsagainst average and 82saves while postingthree shutouts.

Allie Heafner wasnamed defensive play-ers of the year and gar-nered 2nd-team honors.

Aubrey Rice, KlyRandell and ChristinaZimmerman joinedHeafner on the secondteam.

The season endedfor the Lady Rams witha loss against UT-Brownsville Oct. 26.

Seven Rams soc-cer players werehonored with first orsecond team RedRiver Conferenceselections.

Senior midfield-ers Eddie Hernandezand Seth Mullinsmade first-team,along with seniordefender EkeneOnuaho.

Freshman for-ward Theo Nabassiand sophomore goal-keeper JoakimSoderbaum werealso elected to the

first team.Mullins led the con-

ference with sevenassists.

Soderbaum led theconference with a 1.64goals against averageand 72 saves.

Freshman forwardLeo Cubilo and sopho-more defender JorgePineda were named tothe second team.

The Rams playedtwo thrilling games inthe conference tourna-ment and earned a spotin the Region VITournament Nov. 3-10.

Photo by Kevin KeathleyPhoto courtesy of athletic departmentDefensive player of theyear, Allie Heafner

First team all-conferenceselection Seth Mullins

Gibbs named coach of the year as 13 men’s and women’s players gained recognition

The Texas Wesleyan men’s golf team battled difficult weather conditionsand an even more difficult golf course to claim the third team win of the sea-son at the BruceW i l l i a m sM e m o r i a lC o l l e g i a t eI n v i t a t i o n a lhosted by St.M a r y ’ sUniversity inSan Antonio.

After thefirst round ofcompe t i t i on ,the Rams sat insecond place,five shotsbehind leadersNor theas te rnS t a t eUniversity andonly one shotclear of thirdplace St.Edward’s University. Team membersMitch Hendon and ArmandoVillarreal were up to the challengeand fired rounds of 70 and 68,respectively.

At the conclusion of the finalround, the Rams vaulted into firstplace with a tournament team lowround of 291, securing an 11 strokevictory in the 16 team field.

“I am very proud of the way weplayed this week, considering theconditions and the difficulty of thegolf course. It took a lot of mentaltoughness to perform well,” saidhead coach Kevin Millikan. “We justdid that better than anyone else this

week.” Led by senior finance major Mitch Hendon and freshman business major

Armando Villarreal, the Ram’s have now won three of their first four tourna-ments of the 2007-2008 season.

“It took a lot of patience this week,” Hendon said. “The conditions wereso difficult thatif you gotahead of your-self, the coursepenalized youfor even thesmallest mis-takes.”

Villarrealrevealed thekeys to his per-formance andthird place fin-ish.

“I finallyfigured out myswing andstarted hittinggreat shots,”he said. “Ibegan puttingamazing and

felt comfortable playing in front ofa gallery. With all those peoplewatching, I wanted to play my best,plus I knew I needed to play goodthis week to make it into our team’slast tournament next week.”

Armando fired a final round 68,which was the low round of thetournament for all 85 players. Notbad, his teammates said, for a fresh-man in only his third collegiatetournament.

The Rams concluded their fallseason at the Sleep Inn & SuitesClassic hosted by OklahomaChristian University in Edmond,Okla., Oct. 29-30.

KEVIN DOSKOCILSTAFF WRITER

Photo courtesy of Kevin Doskocil

Coach Kevin Millikan (far left) led players (from left to right) Armando Villarreal, Drew Koonce, Paco Saracho, MitchHendon and Kevin Doskocil to an 11 stroke victory. The win was the 185th in school history. Villarreal (below), a freshmanfrom Los Mochis, Mexico, shot a 68 on the final day.

Photo by Kevin Doskocil

Rewarding Riverwalk RunawayGolf team travels to San Antonio, wins third tournament of fall season

As the basketball season approaches,Wesleyan’s men and women’s basketball teamsaren’t the only ones putting in those extra hourstoward achieving flawless performance. No bas-ketball home game could be complete without theWesleyan cheerleading squad rousing true-blueconfidence and excitement in spectators and play-ers alike.

One can land a spot on the cheerleading squadthrough a history of academic ranking andrespectable social activity as well as natural talentand ability. Accomplished and well-qualifiedjudges assess cheerleading candidates during Maytryouts. If the cheerleader passes, she then travelsto Southern Methodist University during themonth of July for a week-long cheerleading campto gear up for the Wesleyan season.

“I am very proud of their achievements atSMU summer camp,” said Wesleyan cheerleadingcoach Carolyn Ikens-Owen. “For such a smallsquad they excel right along with very largesquads like [Oklahoma State University, TarletonState and even [University of] North Texas.”

When Ikens-Owen came to Wesleyan threeyears ago, she brought with her more than 20

years of experience in the gymnastics and cheer-leading industry. Style and technique learnedalong her journey through the cheerleading busi-ness shape the program Wesleyan boasts today.

“I have made some greatly needed changes toenhance the potential of the program. In the threeyears I have coached, it is a program that hasflourished,” said Ikens-Owen, whois also the owner of a 33,000square foot cheerleading facility inFort Worth, which trains childrenages 3-18 in tumbling, school andcompetitive cheerleading.

Wesleyan’s qualifying for thenational competition (held inFlorida every April) the past two years marks thesuccess of both Ikens-Owen and her team.

Due to financial constraints, Wesleyan’scheerleading squad is not able to travel alongsidethe teams, but not a single chance to pep up thecrowd and players at a home game is missed.Rallying team and school spirit is not always aneasy task; when the men and women’s basketballgames fall on the same evening, five hours of live-ly cheering and support are required in one night.

The rigors of practice, camps and arousingteam spirit at basketball games aren’t the onlyresponsibilities Wesleyan’s cheerleading squad

undertakes. In addition to maintaining an honor-able grade point average and high social respect,cheerleaders must also participate in 20 hours ofcommunity service a year. They participate incommunity parades, support programs for middleand high school cheerleading programs and, ofcourse, take part in other various Wesleyan occa-

sions needing a little boost inschool spirit.

Ikens-Owen notes she isproud of the integrity and perse-verance her talented team of 10cheerleaders shows.

“I have had so many com-pliments about the performance

of my team, and that is very rewarding,” she said.“But from their viewpoint, [the most rewarding] isprobably the physical and mental achievementsacquired through the hard work.”

Things are indeed up for the Texas Wesleyancheerleaders, but Ikens-Owen is positive thesquad has not yet reached its peak.

“I think the program will continue to grow andget better every year to come. The athletic staffand administrators are so supportive in everythingwe do,” she said. “I have loved every minute Ihave been at TWU.”

TIARA NUGENTMANAGING EDITOR

Cheerleading squad prepares to rumbleCoach Ikens-Owen teaches lessons learned through 20 years of experience

“I have had so many com-pliments about the perform-ance of my team.”

– Carolyn Ikens-OwenCheerleading Coach

Sequels. These days if the latest film to hit theaters isn’t aremake, it’s most likely a sequel. Over the summer, franchises

like Bourne and Die Hard showed us that sequels can be high-quality, audience pleasing experiences. But this week the infamousSAW series showed how unnecessary sequels really are with itsfourth installment.

The first three SAW installments were all planned before thefirst movie was even made. The storyline was clearly a trilogy andended with the deaths of uber-villains Jigsaw and Amanda, hisunpredictable accomplice.

When plans for another sequel were announced late last year, Iwas more than skeptical. Even though the third chapter left some

business unfinished, how could the series continue without Jigsaw or Amanda? While walking through the doors of my favorite movie theater, I was prepared for theworst. I was also peeved that Trick ‘r Treat, a Halloween-themed horror film due forrelease this month, was recently announced delayed until next Halloween, but that’sanother story. To put it lightly, my low expectations for SAW IV were way too high.

After most of the police officers from the first three films were killed, we are intro-duced to three new officers trying to crack the case of Jigsaw. We are also introducedto Sgt. Rigg, former partner of the slain Detective Kerry (Dina Meyer), and DetectiveEric Matthews (Donnie Wahlberg) who is revealed to still be alive after the events ofSAW II and III (you have got to be kidding me!).

Now if there is anything Jigsaw likes to do more than to set up officers to die, Idon’t know what it is. The problem with that is that the audience doesn’t get to knowany of the officers. In prior installments, the screenwriters were sure to flesh out themain characters with enough humanity and conflict to make me care what happens tothem.

The same goes for the new criminals involved with Jigsaw’s traps. Jigsaw’s maingoal is to make his victims “cherish their lives,” with his victims usually criminals thatshow no regard for their own lives or the lives of others. In SAW II we were introducedto a house full of criminals who were misunderstood in some way, and I cared whenthey met their horribly inventive demises.

Not in SAW IV. Audiences will find that they will learn little more than the charac-ters’ names and will never have the chance to care if they live or die. As a result, thefilm was left without a hero to root for.

The next main problem with SAW IV is the plot, which lacks the cleverness andseamlessness of the first three films. It is revealed early-on that Jigsaw had anotheraccomplice in addition to Amanda, and the fourth film focuses on who that person is.Just as in SAW III, the plot jumps back in time to show us events we weren’t privy tobefore.

The trick worked once, but this time the events just don’t add up. I ended up see-ing the film a second time in order to fully understand it. What I found was that thefilm has a series of plot holes that are too big to ignore. They might be filled in withthe upcoming fifth and sixth installments, already in pre-production, but I doubt it.

I might have forgiven the mistakes if the film had actually been scary. I wasn’tscared once. SAW IV is by far the most graphic of the series (featuring a full-fledged,no-holds-barred autopsy) and relies purely on gore to scare the audience. In this dayand age, gore is gore. I never saw anything I hadn’t seen already in other SAW orHostel sequels, so all in all, SAW IV offers nothing of value to a movie lover, especial-ly if you like horror. Don’t even bother.

The Lone Star International Film Festival will make its debut this November inSundance Square. The downtown Fort Worth event, hosted by the Lone Star Film Society,will feature more than 50 independent and international films, a Q&A session with the filmdirectors and an awards brunch at the end of the festival.

Among the attendees are actors Martin Sheen (Apocalypse Now, West Wing), BillPaxton (Apollo 13, Twister), singer/songwriter Fred Durst of the band Limp Bizkit, andmany more actors and directors.

While the Lone Star International Film Festival is making its first showing thisNovember, Fort Worth has been the host to many film festivalsin the past. The Fort Worth Film Festival began in 1998 and ranfor five years until it had two consecutive failing festivals in2001 and 2002, at which time the festival board shut down theevent.

The board then reformed the event and established theLone Star Film Society with the purpose to preserve and pres-ent the art of film as well as examine its influence on world cul-ture. Under the new leadership of the Lone Star Film Society,the film festival shows much more promise than the festivals ofpast years.

“The Lone Star International Film Festival hopes to showcase Fort Worth as an inter-national destination, highlighting both cultural and professional resources,” said KendallClay, a spokesperson for the society.

There are several confirmed movies scheduled for the festival. The Unforeseen is adocumentary directed by Laura Dunn about a Texas farm boy who developed a large scalehousing division in the 1980s and ‘90s and his fight against the government to keep it inlight of its location near a water source. Steal a Pencil for Me is a documentary directedand written by Michele Ohayon about the Holocaust and the power of the human spirit. TheEducation of Charlie Banks, directed by Fred Durst, is a coming of age tale that begins with

a childhood in lower Manhattan and winds itsway to a fictional liberal arts college in upstateNew York.

The festival begins Nov. 7 and runs until theawards brunch Nov. 11. The venues participatinginclude AMC Sundance, AMC Palace, Four DayWeekend Theater and McDavid Studio/BassHall Annex. Admission for individual movies is$7 for students, $8 for general and $6 for mem-bers of the film society. Also available are spe-cial bundles such as the Lone Star All Access

Pass. This most expensive bun-dle ($300) provides guests withaccess to any movie, any party,opening and closing night films,receptions and the awards brunch. The Movie 10 Pack, at a humble $75,provides regular guests a modest discount.

If you aren’t ready to hand out the cash for all the movies of thefestival, don’t despair. There are volunteer opportunities at the festival aswell as other events hosted by the Lone Star Film Society that can earn you

free movie tickets. The film society is always looking for volunteers for events like this.In additional to film festivals, the Lone Star Film Society also hosts an “Open Screen

Night” in support of local talent in independent film. The bimonthly event includes one fea-ture and multiple short films at an admission of $5 per person, which includes all themovies of the evening as well as refreshments. Open Screen Night is held at the RoseMarine Theatre.

For more information on screen night, volunteering, the film society or the festival,visit www.lonestarfilmsociety.com.

And if you want to take in a good show while supporting the arts at the same time – orjust want to catch a glimpse of a few celebs – watch a movie or two at the Lone StarInternational Film Festival. You won’t be disappointed.

Entertainment6 October 31, 2007 The Rambler

Off Campus:

* The Radio Show: It’s aWonderful Life: Artisan CenterTheratre, 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.

* Flag Football: Martin Hall, 8a.m.

*Rhythm and Romance DinnerCruise: Granbury, 7 p.m.-9:30p.m. for more information goto www.granburyriverboat.com

Off Campus:

* Art Prostitute PresentsThieves Like Us: An exhibitionof new work by VanessaMichel and April Pierce, 7p.m.-10 p.m.

* M.I.A.: House of Blues,doors open at 7 p.m.

On Campus:

* Priority online registration:online, all day

Off Campus:

* The Radio Show: It’s aWonderful Life: Artisan CenterTheratre, 7:30 p.m.

* Ben Harper: MajesticTheatre, 8 p.m.

On Campus:

* Man of La Mancha: CasaManana, 7:30 p.m.

* DVD releases: Ratatoulle,Seinfeld Season 9, Flight of theConchords-The Complete FirstSeason.

TTHEHE

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On Campus:

*Methodist Student Movementmeeting: Poly UMC, noon,free lunch served

*Baptist Student Ministry: SidRichardson Building, noon,free lunch served

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Wednesday

On Campus:

*The Rambler staff meeting:Stella Russell Hall lobby,12:15 p.m.

* The Radio Show: It’s aWonderful Life: Artisan CenterTheratre, 7:30 p.m.

* Race Week:Texas MotorSpeed Way, through Nov. 4

1Thursday

On Campus

* The Radio Show: It’s aWonderful Life: ArtisanCenter Theratre, 7:30 p.m.

* Fort Worth SymphonyOrchestra: Bass Hall, 7:30p.m.

* Gay Straight Alliancemeeting: B17 basement ofthe library, 12:15 p.m.

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SAWW IV leaves Halloween lacking

Fort Worth to host international film festival

SHAWN R.POLING

Shawn R. Poling is a senior English major and is the editor-in-chief for The Rambler.

“The Lone Star Film Festival hopesto showcase Fort Worth as an inter-national destination, highlightingboth cultural and professionalresources.”

– Kendall ClaySpokesperson for the Lone Star Film Society

ERIC WONGSTAFF WRITER

Photo courtesy of Lionsgate

The fourth installment of the SAW series fails to entertain, scare, thrill or capture the imagina-tion of movie goers.