the rambler vol. 99 issue 8
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The first edition of the Fall 2015 semester looks at changes in policies on campus and how they affect international students, the return of tennis on campus and soccer.TRANSCRIPT
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WEDNESDAYSept. 2, 2015
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1890 1910 1920 1930
Nov. 1890: The North-west Texas Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South appoints a special committee to consider an institution of learning in Fort Worth.
Dec. 1890: The commit-tee on Fort Worth College “voted unanimously to accept” the proposition.
Sept. 14, 1891: Polytech-nic College opened for its first term.
Early 1900s: Texas Meth-odists began discussing the idea of creating a new Methodist educational in-stitution that would be in the same league as Van-derbilt University.
Pictured is the crown-ing of the first May Fete Queen May 1915.
Feb. 1910: Attempts to merge Polytechnic Col-lege and the old Fort Worth University failed.
Feb. 1911: The commis-sion opened up Southern Methodist University in Dallas.
Fall 1914: Polytechnic College became Texas Woman’s College.
Jan. 1, 1917: The first print edition of The Handout, the student newspaper of Texas Women’s Col-lege, was published.
Pictured is the TexasWoman’s College or-chestra around the ear-ly 1920s.
1924: Texas Mu Chapter of Alpha Chi was estab-lished.
Oct. 28, 1934: The Exec-utive Committee of the Board of Trustees au-thorized to admit men as day students for the first time since 1914.
March 20, 1935: The Board of Trustees voted unanimously to change the name of Texas Woman’s College to Texas Wesleyan College.
1935: The Handout is re-named The Rambler.
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1940: The Apollo Club, a music department club, was established.
1943: Entre Amis, a so-rority, was founded.
1947: The Apollo Club becomes a chapter of the national music fra-ternity Phi Mu Alpha.
Pictured are students from the 1950s lounging in the sub.
1955: The first spring musical production (a play), Finian’s Rainbow, was staged.
1958: Phil Beta Lambda (National organization for business majors)
1961: The last May Fete was held.
1964: Golf team won its first NAIA National Championship.
1968: Quadrangle Hon-or Society was founded.
1972: Sons of Sakkara became a colony of Sig-ma Phi Epsilon, becom-ing the first social club to go greek.
1973: Autiss Social Club becomes the Delta Ep-silon colony of Gamma Phi Beta.
Pictured are student representatives from greek life in 1974.
Oct. 1988: The Eunice and James L. West Li-brary is dedicated.
Jan. 1989: Texas Wes-leyan College became Texas Wesleyan Uni-versity.
Pictured are students in a spirit organization, Ramrods, in a parade with the live mascot, Willie.
1990: The Quadrangle Honor Society became a chapter of Mortar Board.
1992: Former Pres-ident Jimmy Carter delivered the keynote address as part of the Inauguration of Wes-leyan president Jake B. Schrum.
Pictured is the cen-tennial convocation in Sept. 1990.
2001: Dr. Harold G. Jeff-coat was inaugurated as president of Wesleyan.
2006: The men’s basket-ball team won their NAIA Division I National Cham-pionship.
Nov. 2010: The Jack and Jo Willa Morton Fitness Center was dedicated.
2012: Frederick G. Sla-bach was inaugurated.
2015Texas Wesleyan is in the middle of the 2020 Vision, a plan to revitalize the cam-pus through improving academic distinction, campus enhancements, student experience, financial vitality, and marketing and branding.
The Rosedale Renaissance, a project that has improved Rosedale street and sur-rounding buildings by the campus, is being dedicated on Oct. 22, 2015.
Information by Louis Sherwood and txwes.eduPictures provided by Louis SherwoodTimeline created by Valerie Spears
Photo by Jessica Liptak
Wesleyan Singers in the 1950s.
New policy affects in-ternational students
Should guns be al-lowed on campus?
Celebrating 125 years of inspiring stu-dents
Incubus and Def-tones concert review
Q&A with the head soccer coaches
Online story pick
A change in Wesleyan’s pay-ment policy frightens some international students.
The editorial staff decides whether or not Wesleyan should opt out of the SB11 bill.
A timeline of Texas Wesleyan’s campus changes and student life through out the years.
The bands put on an excellent performance and leave the audience cheering for more.
The men’s and women’s head soccer coaches answer a series of questions about the upcoming season.
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For the first time since 2002, Texas Wesleyan will have a women’s tennis team.
Athletic director Steve Trachier said the women’s tennis team has been revived to create more oppor-tunities for women to play sports.
“We’ve been working hard here to bring proportionality to try to cre-
ate more opportunities for women in sports here,” Trachier said. “We started doing some research and it looked like tennis would be a good sport to start up for women.”
Trachier also said that there are “more opportunities for competition in the area and in the NAIA,” and that bringing tennis back seems like a good move for Wesleyan.
Head coach Angel Martinez, who brings 31 years of coaching experi-
ence at the high school level to Wes-leyan, said he is extremely excited for the opportunity to start up the tennis program again.
“It was kind of the perfect storm for me, I was eligible for retirement, and I had won a state championship at the high school level so there was nothing left for me to do,” said Mar-tinez, who has coached at Grapevine and Cedar Hill. “The next challenge was this, this was absolutely perfect
for me because I didn’t want to coach at a Division I or Division II school.”
Martinez, who had worked with Trachier before, also said if it hadn’t been for him, he wouldn’t have come.
Several players share the same ex-citement as Martinez to get the pro-gram started again.
“It was an opportunity for me to go back to school and get my degree,
This semester the International Programs Office has adopted a new policy of “deregistration” for non-payment of tuition and fees due to the high number of students who neither paid nor set up payment plans in the past, according to John Veilleux, vice president of marketing & communications.
Students who are not on a payment plan or paid in full by Thursday will be deregistered, Veilleux wrote in an email.
“We have had a significant num-ber of students not paying tuition on time,” said Texas Wesleyan President Fred Slabach. “We have had to be more rigorous in our policy.”
All international students were notified of the new deregistration policy through school and private email accounts four times this sum-mer, on July 13, August 4, 13, and 19,
Veilleux wrote.“We, of course, hope that any im-
pact is minimal, and we therefore informed students of the new policy early enough to provide for a reason-able time frame to prepare,” Veilleux wrote.
Students that are deregistered this semester still have the opportunity to register for the spring semester, Veilleux wrote.
Many American universities re-quire international students to pay their debt in full upon the start of the semester.
Wesleyan has traditionally been lenient in the past, said Joe Brown, dean of freshman success.
Deregistered students will not be allowed to re-register for the fall, Brown said.
“This also means that they would not be a student and no longer be on an F-1 student visa and either have
Marianne Downing has just ar-rived to Texas from Northern Ire-land, and she has already taken to residence hall life.
“Out of the top three schools I had to choose from, I chose Wes-leyan because of its hospitality,” said Downing, a business major.
Downing is one of 460 Wesleyan students living in residence halls, up from 436 last semester, said Jon Bartlett, assistant dean of students of
residence halls. This represents a five percent increase.
It also means that Wesleyan is only
40 students shy of one of the goals
for President Fred Slabach’s 2020 Vi-sion, which is to have 500 students living on campus, said Dean of Stu-
dents Dennis Hall.
Wesleyan’s residence halls are be-tween 90 and 94 percent full, Bartlett said.
“We are already ahead of schedule, which may lead to a revision (of the 2020 goal),” Hall said, “but there are no immediate plans to build.”
Bartlett said the growth is partly because of the reclaimed beds from faulty offices being relocated to other buildings on campus.
“Forty-seven beds were reclaimed from faculty office spaces,” Bartlett
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Tennis returns to Wesleyan
Photo by Jessica LiptakFreshman Ashton Willis practices for this week’s tournament in Kansas. The team’s schedule continues through early October.
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-Dennis Hall
Photo illustration by Brianna KesslerStudents wait to talk to the cashier in the Oneal-Sells Administration Building.
Internationals face new policy
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Rams up
Rams down
Thumbs up to women’s tennis returning to Wes-leyan.
Thumbs up to the start of a new semester.
Thumbs up to several campus improvements be-ing nearly done.
Thumbs up to getting so much of the semester done before Labor Day.
Thumbs down to the heat.
Thumbs down to having to remember where people moved over the summer.
Thumbs down to some faculty not being given keys to their office buildings.
Thumbs down to construction noise distracting students in class.
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Should Texas Wesleyan allow guns? EDITORIAL
Guns on campus could be scary, but so is not being protected during an attack on campus.
The “campus carry” bill has been passed for public colleges in Texas. This bill, also known as Senate Bill 11, allows students with concealed handgun licenses to carry guns on campus start-ing Aug. 1, 2016, according to an article in The Texas Tribune.
Private schools, like Texas Wesleyan Universi-ty, will have the opportunity to opt out of the bill.
The decision whether or not to have guns at Texas Wesleyan should be examined in light of the lack of campus safety. Wesleyan is lo-cated in a dangerous area, and while the campus has made security improvements over the last few years, more should be done.
Guns should be allowed on campus if Wes-leyan does not provide safety measures, such as armed campus police and panic buttons.
But with the deadline for private schools to opt out of the bill quickly approaching, Wesleyan has limited time to make a decision. Wesleyan should allow students to have a voice about the decision because students are the ones who are more ac-tive on campus and are easier targets for violence than the faculty or staff.
If Wesleyan did allow guns on campus, there should be an extra process that faculty, staff and students with a CHL should go through. This would include registering yourself through the school to allow anyone on the Wesleyan cam-pus to know who is carrying a gun.
However, if Wesleyan opts out of SB11, we be-lieve that campus security should increase.
If there was a shooting on this campus, we would have to wait until the Fort Worth police arrived.
This could take several minutes and a catastro-phe could have already occurred.
In addition, anyone being attacked would not be able to quickly call for help.
A student running for his or her life would not have the time to pull out a cell phone and call campus security, or even the police. Having panic buttons, such as the ones at Texas Chris-tian University, placed around campus could help students call for help a lot easier in danger-ous situations.
Or if guns were allowed on campus, a student could pull out a gun and provide a threat to the attacker quicker than he or she dialing for help.
Because this campus is not safe, especially at night, Wesleyan should either allow guns or pro-vide armed campus police and panic buttons. Student safety should be the number one focus for Wesleyan.
Rambler takes off into new semester
There have been times that the Rambler Me-dia Group has not been seen as a reputable stu-dent news organization. Many controversial topics have not been researched well enough, or reporters did not respect their sources.
And maybe that is because so many past members have had the mindset that we are a small school and a small newspaper. But they should have been wanting to do more.
They should have been craving improvement and seeking awards. They used being a small school as a crutch instead of being a tool.
I am going to change that. In the next three months, my goal is to give
Texas Wesleyan a media source that students can depend on.
I am not saying that we are going to be per-fect, but I am saying we are going to strive for perfection.
We are working harder than we ever have before.
We want to show this university that things are going to be different, which is why we are rebranding.
We have redone our website, therambler.org, to be more mobile and user friendly. We have created new logos and are working to provide
a face to Rambler Media Group through differ-ent public relations and marketing tactics.
I am working to make the newspaper more student-oriented by providing more interest-ing stories and creating extra online features to some stories.
We are focusing on creating a more visually appealing paper with more graphics, photos and illustrations to provide context to the sto-ries.
Rambler TV is working to offer a fun addi-tion to the newscast called “The Weekender,” which will give students information on events going on in Fort Worth.
The team is also aspiring to do more news-casts throughout the semester than previous semesters.
But I, along with my fellow editors and di-
rectors, can’t do it without our team. This semester, instead of being a boss, I want
to be a coach. I want to teach my team how to become a better media organization, so that once I have graduated, they will continue to improve and aspire to do more.
I am going to inspire them to work to be the best student newspaper Wesleyan has seen.
My team is the most valuable asset I have to help turn this organization around, and my hope is that they will keep my passion and de-termination going for the team after them.
And one of the ways I am going to show my team how to be passionate about the commu-nity they serve is by having The Rambler Re-launch party Thursday during free period.
I invite you to come meet the team and see the improved Rambler Media Group.
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and I was very excited,” sophomore mass communication major Laura Grunden said.
Senior liberal arts major Alex Mentesana said the opportunity to play for Wesleyan “came out of no-where.”
“It was really exciting for me, and it lifted a huge weight off my shoul-ders,” freshman exercise science ma-jor Maggie Brasher said. “Now I can go to school, get my degree and play tennis, which is what I love.”
Martinez said that it was really neat for him to be able to do some-thing for someone else and for his players because he really cares about them.
Martinez said he knew Brasher from her days at Colleyville Heritage High School. Brasher had been a re-ally tough opponent for his Grape-vine team, and he wanted to do something for her because she was
looking for a place to play. Martinez has known Mentesana
ever since she was a little kid. Her high school coach had told him that there is still fire there and she “want-ed to finish what she started.”
Martinez said that Grunden was “bugging me all the time, and I loved that about her, there’s a lot to be said about persistence. This showed me that she really wanted to be here, and that really struck a chord with me.”
“My high school connections and my high school network are really helping me recruit,” Martinez said. “My email is pretty much blown up by girls who are in their junior and senior year that are from coaches who I have known from around the state and around the nation.”
Grunden said she is looking for-ward to travelling and being part of the team. Mentesana said she’s look-ing forward to “being a part of a fam-
ily again” and having a presence on campus and being able to represent Texas Wesleyan.
Martinez also said he’s looking forward to a “new beginning and a new start.”
He said he’s looking forward to building relationships and likes who he has as far as players.
He also wants to focus on coach-ing the players so they can be the best that they can be.
One of his goals for this season is to lay a strong foundation for the team’s future, he said.
“If what we do this year is disas-trous it’s gonna reflect for years to come,” Martinez said. “That doesn’t mean win, it means competing, working hard and for other people on the outside looking in and say, wow, they’re doing things the right way and going in the right direc-tion.”
to return to their country or be in
the U.S. illegally, and not be on a student visa,” Brown said. “Students that seem to be the most affected are the returning students that did not have to follow these payment rules last year.”
Many of these students come from countries where their families struggle to help send them money, Brown said.
“But all students need to under-stand that American higher educa-tion is a business and there are bills that have to be paid for goods and services to the students,” Brown said.
The possibility of being deregis-
tered is “creating great trouble for in-ternational students,” said Chinmay Solanki, a sophomore liberal studies major from India.
“I like it here,” he said. “I know many international students only stay a few semesters. But I planned on staying all four years.
“Now I don’t know. I am not the only one worried. I have spoken to a handful of students who feel the same way.”
Prajwal Gautam, a computer sci-ence major from Nepal, said the payment plan is “decent” but that he is not sure if the deadline is realistic.
“I feel they did not give enough
time due to shortage of lucid infor-mation about it, I will not deny that I was perturbed initially about how I would accumulate money,” he said.
Gautam said the new rules are a wakeup call for him to better man-age his money throughout the se-mester, rather than panic toward the end of the semester.
“It was hard to raise the money in time,” he said. “But in the future, it won’t be as the policy will have been a familiar scenario.”
Solanki said that although he re-ceived an email this summer, he still struggled to raise the money in time.
“This is very bad for me and my
parents,” he said. “They should have given us more time. Last year I had until the end of the semester to pay my fees, which I have paid in full ev-ery year.
“There are riots in my country at this moment and everything is shut-ting down due to the curfews set by the government. This is extremely troublesome for my dad.”
Students have been meeting in groups to discuss their feelings on the issue, Solanki said.
“Many of my friends are talking about transferring to other univer-sities,” he said. “They fear they will lose their visas and be sent home.”
TENNIScontinued from page 1
POLICYcontinued from page 1
Photo by Jessica LiptakFreshman Hannah Six practices her serve.
said. “We could realistically be to 500 students by fall 2016.”
Hall added that having enough space ensures that Wesleyan and its students can be the best they can be.
Many renovations have been made to the residence halls in the past two
summers, Bartlett said.The most recent renovations were
to Stella Russell Hall, which include redoing the halls, ceilings, bath-rooms, and the lobby, as well as add-ing new appliances and flooring in the kitchens, Hall said. The renova-
tions were done over the summer.“We take these halls with love and
take pride in them,” Hall said.Renovations took place in other
residence halls in the summer of 2014, and there are plans to redo the flooring at West Village in the near
future, Hall said. Carpeting will be removed to put in wood floors.
“As we invest in our halls and equip our staff with the tools they need to create lasting memories and meaningful experiences, campus liv-ing will grow,” Bartlett said.
Residence hall teams have done a tremendous job with creating com-munity with their energy and dedi-cation, Bartlett said.
“One of our mottos is that we need to tell our stories and make sure it’s a good story to tell,” Hall said.
RESIDENCE HALLScontinued from page 1
Photo by Kasey PaceFreshman business administration major Sabin Thapa Magar, a native of Nepal, speaks with a worker in the cashier’s office.
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18901900191019201930194019501960197019801990200020102015
1890 1910 1920 1930
Nov. 1890: The North-west Texas Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South appoints a special committee to consider an institution of learning in Fort Worth.
Dec. 1890: The commit-tee on Fort Worth College “voted unanimously to accept” the proposition.
Sept. 14, 1891: Polytech-nic College opened for its first term.
Early 1900s: Texas Meth-odists began discussing the idea of creating a new Methodist educational in-stitution that would be in the same league as Vanderbilt University.
Pictured is the crown-ing of the first May Fete Queen May 1915.
Feb. 1910: Attempts to merge Polytechnic Col-lege and the old Fort Worth University failed.
Feb. 1911: The commis-sion opened up Southern Methodist University in Dallas.
Fall 1914: Polytechnic College became Texas Woman’s College.
Jan. 1, 1917: The first print edition of The Handout, the student newspaper of Texas Women’s Col-lege, was published.
Pictured is the TexasWoman’s College or-chestra in the early 1920s.
1924: Texas Mu Chapter of Alpha Chi was estab-lished.
Oct. 28, 1934: The Ex-ecutive Committee of the Board of Trustees voted to admit men as day students for the first time since 1914.
March 20, 1935: The Board of Trustees voted unanimously to change the name of Texas Woman’s College to Texas Wesleyan College.
1935: The Handout is re-named The Rambler.
1940 1950
1940: The Apollo Club, a music department club, was established.
1943: Entre Amis, a so-rority, was founded.
1947: The Apollo Club becomes a chapter of the national music fra-ternity Phi Mu Alpha.
Pictured are students in the 1950s lounging in the sub.
1955: The first spring musical production (a play), Finian’s Rainbow, was staged.
1958: Phil Beta Lambda (National organization for business majors) chapter was founded.
Wesleyan Singers in the 1950s.
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19701960 1980 19902000 20101961: The last May Fete was held.
1964: Golf team won its first NAIA National Championship.
1968: Quadrangle Hon-or Society was founded.
1972: Sons of Sakkara became a colony of Sig-ma Phi Epsilon, becom-ing the first social club to go Greek.
1973: Autiss Social Club becomes the Delta Ep-silon colony of Gamma Phi Beta.
Pictured are student representatives from Greek life in 1974.
Oct. 1988: The Eunice and James L. West Li-brary is dedicated.
Jan. 1989: Texas Wes-leyan College became Texas Wesleyan Uni-versity.
Pictured are students in a spirit organization, Ramrods, in a parade with the live mascot, Willie.
1990: The Quadrangle Honor Society became a chapter of Mortar Board.
1992: Former Presi-dent Jimmy Carter delivered the keynote address as part of the Inauguration of Wes-leyan President Jake B. Schrum.
Pictured is the cen-tennial convocation in Sept. 1990.
2001: Dr. Harold G. Jef-fcoat was inaugurated as president of Wesleyan.
2006: The men’s basket-ball team won their NAIA Division I National Cham-pionship.
Nov. 2010: The Jack and Jo Willa Morton Fitness Center was dedicated.
2012: Frederick G. Sla-bach became Wesley-an’s current president.
2015Texas Wesleyan is in the middle of the 2020 Vision, a plan to revitalize the cam-pus through improving academic distinction, campus enhancements, student experience, financial vitality, and marketing and branding.
The Rosedale Renaissance, a project that has improved Rosedale Street and sur-rounding buildings by the campus, is being dedicated on Oct. 22, 2015.
Information by Louis Sherwood and txwes.eduPictures provided by Louis SherwoodTimeline created by Valerie Spears
Photo by Jessica Liptak
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Incubus and Deftones rock Dallas
Hitman: Agent 47 fails to excite
Hitman: Agent 47 is a mediocre film. The unnamed Agent 47 (Rupert Friend) is
part of a classified government program that took emotion out of humans and made them agents. He is programed like a robot and has been told what to do from when he was a child, and he’s the last agent in the program, which was discontinued.
The program includes Katia (Hannah Ware), who was born before him, and an unknown gentlemen calling himself John Smith (Zach Quinto).
They all have special powers and are learn-ing to kill people; Agent 47 also has a lot of gadgets, such as lasers and fast cars. Katia’s dad is the scientist in charge of the program.
Agent 47’s scenes feel unplanned. There is no logic when it comes to the movie’s timeline; high-speed chases happen randomly.
The film strives to be a mix between a James Bond film, a Tom Clancy novel and a Jason Bourne film. It has some great action scenes, but seems like any other action movie that in-cludes guns, nice cars, ladies, and high-speed chases.
The movie (85 minutes, rated R) should be a video game; you want to play it more than watch it. The ending strongly suggests that there will be a sequel, and if so, the filmmakers need to work on timing and logic in the future.
On Aug. 21, Gexa Energy Pavilion in Dallas was suffocating with metal heads.
The venue hosted a five-hour tour event headlined by Incubus, an alternative rock group formed in 1991, and the metal alterna-tive band Deftones, who formed in 1988. Both bands are from California and the last time they toured together was back in 2000.
Fifteen years later, the Dallas crowd filled the venue with their arms raised high, daggering
the sky with their fists. The co-headliners took the crowd through a
nostalgia trip that left me, a ‘90s kid, in awe. The crowd was full of people singing along. The majority of the crowd was wearing Red Hot Chili Pepper t-shirts and chugging beer like there was no tomorrow. The scene was nothing new but the show was better than I expected.
After two opening acts, The Bots and Death From Above 1979, Deftones opened with their well- known song Change [in the House of Flies] from their 2000 album White Pony. The familiar tune made the crowd rave. There was not one quiet soul in the venue. Lead singer Chino Moreno killed the vocals to Passenger and physically gave his all.
As the sunset disappeared the music got louder and the crowd grew more excited. Deftones played two hours straight and intro-duced two new untitled songs from their up-coming CD.
Deftones ended their show with the well-known hit My Own Summer [Shove it]. The crowd began moshing and screaming the lyr-ics.
During intermission the crowd began jump-ing up and down shouting “Incubus!” over and over again.
The stage went pitch black. The DJ began mixing and then Incubus lead singer Brandon Boyd appeared.
Boyd, shirtless and looking ageless, began singing Pardon Me.
My heart dropped as I screamed “I’ll never be the same!” The crowd backed me up as the music sped up. The lights dropped and then two hours of tireless music, most of it from their well-known album S.C.I.E.N.C.E., con-tinued. Incubus ended the night with my per-sonal favorite Megalomaniac and a few tracks from their newest EP, Trust Fall.
Before I knew it, it was midnight and as I was leaving the people surrounding me were shouting for an encore.
No one was in a rush to leave, hoping either headliner would come back out. But there was no encore.
I can now confirm that Incubus and Def-tones are no doubt better live than on record, and they are worth seeing again.
Photo by Victoria GarciaDeftones play as part of the five-hour concert.
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Photo by Victoria GarciaCalifornia-based Incubus performs at Gexa Energy Pavilion on Aug. 21.
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For Texas Wesleyan’s Lady Rams volleyball team, the 2015 season is all about the here and now.
“We are more focused on moving forward than looking back,” said head coach Kimberly Weaver.
The team started the season ranked third in the Sooner Athletic Conference, behind No. 1 Wayland Baptist and No. 2 Oklahoma City, ac-cording to rampsorts.net.
This, Weaver said, is the result of last year’s team and success.
The team is led by a solid group of seniors with a lot of experience, she said.
There have been a few changes in how the team plays; like Wesleyan, they believe in a smaller/smarter approach, she said.
“We have altered our serving philosophy a bit and place more of an emphasis on attacking seams in our opponents’ serve receive,” Weaver said.
The team graduated four starters after last year’s season and miss their presence, Weaver said, but they left their mark on the program and their impact made the current team better.
“We have filled their spots with resilient and hungry competitors,” she said.
Weaver said she recruited five new players in the offseason, including Alanna Hayhurst from California and four Texans, McKenzie Black from Forney; Carli Owens from Fort Worth; Jalyn Jones from Irving; and Morgan Reece from Denton.
Players are not the only new additions to the team, Weaver said. Lauren Hamaker has also joined the team as a student assistant.
“She brings a lot of expertise to our staff,” Weaver said.
The Lady Rams want to make winning a habit, and every game carries equal weight, Weaver said.
“Our conference matches determine our postseason seed, so it is imperative we perform well during those matches,” Weaver said.
This year’s team has a unique resiliency, Weaver said
“We are focused fighters with big goals,” she said. “Those goals are not empty words but help guide our daily decisions and attitudes.”
Weaver said seniors Abby Zipoy and Shaughnessy Hearn impressed her because they came into the season with the same goals and attitudes.
“I think they will both have breakout sea-sons and help the team succeed,” Weaver said.
Seniors Kristina Gafford and Starnisha Bod-ie are other players Weaver has set high stan-dards for; they say they have also set high goals for themselves.
Gafford said she wants to average forty as-sists per match, and along with the rest of the team win the conference championship.
“I am very excited for this season, we have great leadership and a lot of returners who will help this team,” Gafford said.
Bodie said her goal is to lead the team to the nationals in Iowa after they win the conference championship.
“I am very excited for this season!” Bodie said. “Just seeing how close we are on and off the court lets me know that we will be able to overcome any challenge that we may face against our opponents.”
Weaver said she expects a lot out of her play-ers and coaches and wants them to excel at any part of their lives.
“It is my honor and my joy to coach these girls and work with our staff at such a great university,” she said.
Photo by Kasey PaceAlthough they lost, Texas Wesleyan’s volleyball team fought hard throughout the game against Our Lady of the Lake University on Aug. 21.
Photo by Kasey PaceJunior outside hitter Alanna Hayhurst prepares to serve the ball against Our Lady of the Lake University.
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The Texas Wesleyan men’s and women’s soccer seasons are almost in full swing. The Rambler got an inside
look at how men’s head coach Tyler Powell and women’s head coach Josh Gibbs are preparing. Q&A
Photo by Kasey PaceEder Falcon takes a corner kick on Aug. 20 during Texas Wesleyan’s second preseason game.
Tyler Powell
Q: How is the team chem-istry this year including your new goalkeeper, Marko Jova-novic?
A: Well, Marko is a junior college transfer from Arizona Western College. And I think the team chemistry including him is well.
Q: In your opinion, how did off-season training go? Well enough to play a big fac-tor in the upcoming season?
A: All of our players come from different areas of the world, different cultures, and different environments. It’s still a little too early to tell but I think we are in a good state right now.
Q: After seeing your team perform in the preseason game against Hill College what would you say is your
greatest weakness at this point?
A: Something we definite-ly need to work on is scoring and that will come with time.
Q: Does the team have a greatest strength?
A: Still a little too early for that one. One thing I do know for sure is that we are a very strong team.
Q: How did the recruiting go in the off-season? Is there any rookie in particular we should look out for?
A: Recruiting went well. We’ve got some guys here that are really excited to play for this team. But you just never know who’s going to step up and who’s going to hide so we’ll see.
Q: Arturo Sanchez has moved on to play with the Fort Worth Vaqueros. How does that make you feel as a coach?
A: It makes me feel great. We all hope we can see him on TV someday. And we as a coaching staff want all of our players to have a chance to play after their collegiate ca-reers but we focus on degrees first always.
Q: Has is it hurt your team at all?
A: Not at all. “Lose guys, bring guys” is something I al-ways say. You either focus on what you lost or find some to replace them and give your team the best chance to win. We are very happy with Mar-ko and the job he’s doing.
Q: Is there a team in the conference that is on your radar? Someone who poses a potential threat?
A: Every team is on our ra-dar. We are in one the hardest conferences in our country. Every team is going to be a challenge. It’s just a matter of how well we prepare and how well we execute.
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Photo by Kasey PaceLauren Marquez regains her footing after performing a slide tackle against Hill College.
Josh Gibbs
Q: How is the team looking going into this season?
A: I couldn’t be more excit-ed for this group. After seeing them practice and now play I’ve lost all doubt. Last year we graduated a class of eight. Our biggest group ever. They’re also the winningest class since we started. It’s awesome and we love it. We also understand it’s a lot to replace and difficult to get everyone on the same page and get used to playing together. The preseason was very nice and we have to give all the credit to the players.
Q: Nikki Lockwood checked up almost 90 saves and 11 shutouts last season in both regular and postseason respectively. How have you and your staff worked with Nikki in order to improve this already outstanding record?
A: We almost lost Nikki to another school three years ago. I was a goalkeeper here at Wesleyan when I played and I can see she has the character-istics of a fantastic goalkeeper.
It’s only her third season and she’s creeping up at records already. She’s great to work with and her commitment our team and the work we do work is awesome. That’s what I love and it makes my job so much easier. She’s a joy to work with.
Q: After seeing your team play in the preseason, are there any holes that must be fixed? Weakness in other words?
A: I don’t see a weakness. All my worries were pushed away after seeing them play together. If you watched them closely you couldn’t tell the difference between newcom-ers and returners and that’s just a testament to the team.
Q: What have you seen to indicate your greatest strength?
A: My biggest fear is our greatest strength. Teamwork. We are going to have highs and lows and it’s only going to be tolerable if we stick to-gether.
Q: In 2010 you became the
winningest coach in the his-tory of this program with 55 wins. As of the end of last sea-son you have almost doubled that number with 105 wins. What drives you to do more and make sure the team is al-ways in the right form to win?
A: It’s honestly what we owe the players. I’m lucky enough to coach this great group of players and the orga-nization is fantastic. I mean I ask them to bring it every day so why shouldn’t I? And yes it’s my 10th season at Wesley-an. I don’t really think of it too much I just really enjoy my players and the work we do.
Q: Is there a team that you are looking out for? A team that can put up a good fight?
A: Each of the teams in our conference are extremely tal-ented. But especially Oklaho-ma City. They have the coach-ing legend Brian Harvey. But that’s what I love about this conference! If you don’t show up ready to play you will get beaten. And I love the com-petition. Anyone can win any day.