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Increase: Highest enrollment in history

Allison Duggan Staff Writer

This semester marks an en-rollment record, reaching 6,856 students attending classes.

“10,000 is a good goal [for 2020] because it’s a large enough campus, but still retains a lot of the characteristics of small classes and close faculty inter-action,” President Joseph C. Rallo said. “So what we’ve done is, every year now, starting last year, we’ve set a target. This year we set the target at 6,800 and we’ve superseded that.”

The biggest increases were seen in the enrollment of gradu-ate students and the retention of sophomores and juniors, which

Rallo said is due to two reasons.After eliminating the Gradu-

ate Record Exam in several ar-eas, which was a deterrent for many students, Dr. Brian May, dean of the College of Graduate Studies, also began giving pre-sentations to numerous under-graduate classes to encourage their interest in graduate school.

“I will most definitely attend graduate school here; I have re-ally learned to love San Angelo and ASU,” sophomore Edward Ortiz said.

One reason for increased re-tention came from the creation of advisory centers specific to each college so that students who needed guidance had a place to go.

“[Growth] is our number one priority,” Rallo said. “The state of Texas funds you on growth. You can be the greatest

institution in the state of Texas, but if your enrollment is de-clining, which was the case for ASU, you lose money.”

The president set an initia-tive to become a residential campus because many students are coming from places too far away to travel home on week-ends.

“We put a lot of money into activities on the weekends, meal plans, increasing intramu-ral programs, putting kayaks down at the lake house and oth-er things like that,” Rallo said. “Because it is a residential ex-perience, we hope students will come, enjoy themselves, stay, and go back home and tell their friends and family.”

Sophomore Corey Wright said because it seems like there are already a lot of kids this year, the school will have no

problem reaching the 10,000 mark on schedule.

“The reason for doing this is to benefit the students, so that we can bring in additional funds without always having

to raise tuition fees,” Rallo said. “We want to make that ASU ex-perience great, but more impor-tantly, to make the ASU degree have value.”

Campus growth pushes toward goals

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Special Elections: Held Oct. 20 and 21

Dana Choi Staff Writer

The student government began ac-cepting applications for presidency Tuesday, Sept. 28, after the resignation of both student body president and vice president.

The Student Government Associa-tion will stop taking applications Oct. 8 at 5 p.m., President Pro Tempore Travis Barnett said. Approved candidates can begin campaigning afterward until the special election takes place on Oct. 20 and 21.

Barnett said debates between the running parties will be scheduled after Oct. 8.

Students can vote on a single bal-lot for both the student body president and vice president and the homecom-ing king and queen, Barnett said.

The situation that requires this spe-

cial election is rare, Barnett said. “To my knowledge, we’ve never

had [a special election] before,” Barnett said. “The [student body] constitution does have provisions for special elec-tions, but it doesn’t have provisions for a line of succession if both the president and the vice president resign. We can’t just promote the next one in charge.”

The SGA needs to hold a special election because the student body con-stitution requires the president and vice president to run together, Barnett said.

Students who have applied for presidency and vice presidency re-spectively as of Tuesday, Sept. 28, are: Charles Rogers and Molly Pritchard; Jessica Shepard and Lorri Crum; Janet Heismann and Mary Halcomb; Austin Osmanski and Hector Romo; and Da-vid Becker and Tiffany Hampton.

“I hope the students come together and find the candidates to best replace the previous [president and vice presi-dent] and represent the student body the best they can,” said Dr. George Pa-checo Jr., the SGA faculty advisor.

Registration opens for SGA positions

RAPS: Students hope to drive in the Spring

Matt Rechkemmer Contributing Writer

Students have teamed up to de-velop a student organization to protect and prevent students from drinking and driving.

Rams Actively Protecting Students is a non-profit taxi service.

“You can't put a price on a life,” RAPS President Riccay Harrison said. “I'm not much of a partier but all my friends started to be last semester, so when they went out, I would tell them to call me if they drank, so it got me thinking of CARPOOL at A&M and how useful it would be at ASU.”

The organization is designed after the student organization, CARPOOL, which was created 10 years ago at Texas A&M University.

This organization entitles any stu-dent to call the RAPS headquarters, otherwise known as the “Bat Cave,”

Thursday through Saturday from 11 p.m. to 3 a.m.

A volunteer student will pick up the student in need from a party or a bar and take him or her to a residence, Har-rison said.

This organization is still pursuing permanent approval. It is considered at the moment a temporary organization, but hopes are that RAPS will be up and running next semester.

“Our goal is to start driving in the Spring 2011,” Harrison said. “We will use the Fall 2010 as a planning and fun-draising semester.”

Last year alone proved to be a year filled with accidents linked to drinking and driving. There were 109 accidents in which college students were in-volved due to alcohol and 125 alcohol-related arrests, according to the San An-gelo Police Department.

“I am willing to do whatever it takes,” Harrison said. “Even staying up until 4 a.m. to make sure everyone makes it home safely without injury to them or someone else.”

Vaccine: Get it Friday

Allison Duggan

Staff Writer

The Clinic begins administering flu vaccines Friday, Oct. 1.

“The vaccine is to prevent what the Center for Disease Control believes will be the most prevalent strain of flu; this year it is a mix between the seasonal flu and H1N1, so people only have to get one shot instead of two like last year,” said Tammy Speciale, a Registered Nurse in the University Clinic.

The cost is $10 for students and $20 for faculty and staff. No appointment is necessary, but students must bring their ASU One Card at the time that they re-ceive the shot.

“I hate getting shots, but I know that

getting vaccinated is really important,” sophomore Sarah Hower said.

Influenza is a virus, so taking antibi-otics will not cure it.

“It’s important that people get the shot before they start feeling sick,” Spe-ciale said. “If you wait, you may already have the flu and be spreading it on to others.”

Another way to help prevent the spread of flu is to practice good hygiene. There are hand sanitizer dispensers lo-cated in various areas of each building on campus.

“It’s important to stop the spread to other people because that prevents an-tibodies from becoming immune to that strain of flu,” junior Willie Boaz said.

Vaccines are also available at Shan-non Clinic for $18 and at Wal-Mart for $24.

The University clinic hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on weekends.

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Kristin HamnettFeatures Co-Editor

In 2010, there are more than 2.5 mil-lion breast cancer survivors in the US, ac-cording to breastcancer.org.

After discovering that her niecehad been diagnosed with brain cancer, Dana Calhoun, along with her mother and store manager Carolyn Maynard, stepped up to help support their fel-low cancer patients, survivors and their loved ones with this growing epidemic. The duo chose breast cancer because it effectssuchalargeportionofwomen.

“Since I am a woman-owned busi-ness, we wanted to start something for [women],” Calhoun said.

Dana Calhoun, owner of Grigsby’s Boutique and Merle Norman, began Catwalk for a Cure in 2007. The event sprouted from the idea of a small lun-cheon at Patio at the Gables in San An-gelo, and grew into more than 500 guests at the McNease Convention Center.

Catwalk for a Cure features a gour-met dinner, silent auction, fashion show and ‘bras for a cause,’ a popular bra de-sign competition.

The event benefits the localAmeri-

can Cancer Society, the Rotary House of Hope and the Shannon Cancer Empow-erment and Resource Center. The center also includes a side room sponsored by Grigsby’s that is designed to help pa-tients with cosmetic needs such as wig selection and makeup consultations to boost morale.

The latest Catwalk for a Cure fea-tured a dinner of health-conscious gour-met foods cooked by Shannon Chef Larry Lambert, as well as a fashion show. It was held on Sept. 25, at the McNease Convention Center.

“It was really beautiful to see all the models in the fashion show were cancer survivors,” attendee Lauren Montgom-ery said. “They looked strong, beautiful and completely fearless.”

The night also included the “Bras for a Cause” contest, which included entries such as bras decorated in sequins, lights, feathers and more. The bras were sold through silent auction, and the proceeds benefitedlocalcancerorganizations.

The funds raised from Catwalk for a Curewillhelpaidresearchtofindacurefor breast cancer. Breast cancer aware-ness month begins on October 1.

As the weather begins to cool, it is timetoputawaythecutoffdenimshortsand start picking up boots, scarves, and other fall fashion staples. Each new sea-son, a bevy of new trends spread online, ontotheglossypagesofmagazinesandonto the runway.

The hot fall looks of 2010 include long sweaters, patchwork and lots of rufflessaidbuyerforSassyFox,junior,Lindsey Fuchs.

Ultra feminism is the key to dress-ing for success this season, a look that evolved from the tough, downtown chic look that some female students em-braced last fall. Whether walking across campusoroutdowntown,leatherjack-ets and plaid were the items of choice at retailers such as The Buckle and Wet Seal.

“IhaveaprettyrandomstyleandIlike to switch it up daily, but the thing I’m really looking forward to this fall isthezebraprints,plaidsandlayeringwithjustaboutanything..andofcourseyoucan’tgowrongwithaleatherjacketto give you that edge,” sophomore Tre-sley Terry said. “I typically shop at The Buckle, they always have such trendy new clothing.”

There is a funky new twist to many oftheclassicfallitemsfashionjournal-ist Krista Tannahill said. “Long luscious scarves,gemstonejewelry,colorfulleg-gings, sleek sophisticated cardigans and playful tuxedo jacketswill be thehallmark fashion statements dominat-ing the fall season,” Tannahill said.

But many may wonder where one can find these items outside of NewYork and Milan. Downtown San Angelo hasavarietyofdifferentboutiquesthatcater to the latest fashion trends.

Stores such as Bonjour Boutique,Sassy Fox and J. Wilde’s are amongpopular places for female students to shop. The area around campus also has options available within walking dis-tance of ASU, which include Grigsby’s, Jackson’sandCado’s.

“For fall, lots of girls are coming intoSassyFoxfordressesandleggings,multichainnecklaces,andfloralprints,”Fuchs said. “We aren’t selling LittleHouseonthePrairieprints,butbigflo-ralsaredefinitelyin.”

Boutiques are not the only option available, though. Sunset Mall also has a wide range of department stores such as Dillard’s, Belles and JCPenney thatcarry lines featured in fashion maga-zines.

“Dillard’s is my favorite,” juniorFelicia Villareal said. “I bought the cut-estgoldblazerforfall,andtheyhaveagreat shoe selection that features some of my personal favorite celebrity de-signers like Jessica Simpson and KimKardashian.”

Notonlycangirlsfindfallfashionsin San Angelo, these stores also have se-lections of gowns and cocktail dresses for the upcoming formal season, as well as items to begin building their winter wardrobes.

Whether looking for simple cardi-gans or an elaborate night-out dress, San Angelo stores provide female stu-dents with up-to-date fashions for the upcoming fall season.

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“I just think it is odd that both the president and VP step down without warn-ing.”

Joshua Wesley, senior

“Must be a rough job.”

Mason Pierce, sophomore

“I have no idea about the topic.”

Victoria Rodriguez, freshman

“I think that the most eligible individuals are probably just exploiting other op-portunities either in or outside of school. Paul Baker, freshman

How do you feel about losing the student body president and vice president for the second time this academic year?

‘Civilization’ a good choice for all gamers

Words from the WebComments from “Student body executives resign”

AnonymousI would like to know if this was at the

request of the student body or university administration. Justin, we want to sup-port you and Monique but how can we do what’s right when we don’t know what went wrong?

AnonymousWhat was the reason for the resigna-

tion? Why was it deemed necessary?

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It’s a given that a high percent-age of college students drink recre-ationally.

It’s also a given that some of those students drive under the in-fluence. We’ve got to learn to fight this negative habit of our society.

One group is attempting to help accomplish that task.

Rams Actively Protecting Stu-dents wants to start a taxi service that picks up intoxicated students. It is a temporary organization try-ing to earn permanent status.

We feel this is a program that will only benefit the community and school.

Keeping intoxicated students off the streets increases safety by decreasing the number of wrecks and other incidents drunken driv-ing supplies.

The organizer of RAPS hopes to start driving by the Spring se-mester.

They are currently waiting to go before the Student Government

Association. We hope that SGA will consider approving this organiza-tion soon, and that SOLF funding can be granted to help RAPS ac-quire the funding they need to start driving.

If it’s not eligible for SOLF fund-ing, it should be funded by ASU through other means. This is an or-ganization worth funding.

Ram Page would like to see this organization start driving before the Spring semester.

For that, they need funding. We want to call other student organiza-tions to maybe team up with RAPS and help them financially get start-ed. Let’s make this a campus-wide effort and get everyone on board.

We have needed an organiza-tion like this for a while. We’ve waited too long, so we shouldn’t prolong helping people any longer.

The best way to spread aware-ness of the organization is to start driving.

“I feel he should give an explanation and leave someone else in charge until a further re-election.”

Lucy Ramirez, freshman

Anthony ValvaContributing Writer

Civilization 5 is the newest foray into the fantastic franchise. I’ve been a big Civilization fan, and I’m so glad that this series is continuing.

The main problem with this genera-tion of games is that they lack thought. Halo, Call of Duty, Killzone, all these games are simply twitch shooters.

All you do is point and shoot. You don’t need to think; there is no strategy except kill all the bad guys in the room and move onto the next bad guy infested room.

Civilization on the other hand slows things down and forces you to think. It’s much like chess because you need to think three moves ahead in order to stay alive.

As the title states, Civilization is the game of progressing your civilization through generations of time, from club and spears to robots and spaceships. During this process you explore the

surrounding areas, gather materials such as gold and lumber, slowly progress your c i v i l i z a t i o n through sci-ence, math, invention and then create the great wonders such as the

pyramids. Before the game begins, you pick

your ruler, and there are a ton to choose. Every major leader is in the game from Washington to Bismarck.

Each has its own strengths and weak-nesses. So depending on your strategy (global domination, the most cultivated, or diplomatic victory) might influence your choice of leader.

If there is anything I’ve learned from Civilization is that you need to clear your schedule before you start playing. I’ve

been a gamer since the age of 3 and there has never been a game that made time fly by as fast as Civilization has.

You sit down at 10 p.m. and next thing you know, it’s 2 a.m. But this just goes to prove the brilliance of the game. You get so immersed in the world that you don’t realize what is happening in real life.

Civilization 5 takes everything that we loved about the series and makes it better. Better graphics, more streamlined interface, beautiful, moving orchestral scores and yes, the addictive gameplay.

I already claimed that StarCraft 2 is game of the year, and I stand by that statement. But if there was any game that could make a run for GotY it is definitely Civilization.

It is something that can only be expe-rienced and my words do not do it jus-tice. I highly recommend this game to all gamers, thinkers and twitchers alike.

I believe FPS fans will like it for the vast about of military units you can use, and of course the thinkers will love de-ciding whether to ally themselves with Ramses of Egypt or to undermine his al-liances with Otto von Bismarck in an at-tempt to wipe both of them out.

Of course you can be the peaceful warrior and attempt to be the first to reach the stars; but be warned, as with real life, not all civilizations want peace. So now it is your turn to write history and lead your civilization to glory.

AnonymousI’m a professor at a sister university in Texas. I, too,

wonder about the reasons for the resignation. When I read the accomplishments, and the agenda of concerns to which these two student leaders are committed, I cheered. Our universities, and other institutions in our society, are in desparate need of the quality and the vi-son that this leadership exemplifies. What happens when such leaders drop off the radar screen? Would Monique and Justin be willing to follow-up with another email, and lay some cards out on the table?

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Sports Friday, October 1, 2010 Page 6

Andy AtterburySports Co-Editor

Three is the magic number for the Rambelles right now—three straight 3-0 sweeps of conference opponents, with the latest win coming Texas Womans’ University on Saturday Sept. 25 bring-ing their conference record to 3-1.

“We took care of the ball on our side, which is always our goal as a team,” Coach Chuck Waddington said. “We never really focus too much on what the other side is doing. We try to focus on our side… this is probably the best we’ve played this season.”

The Rambelles never let the Pioneers come more than 10 points of catching them, winning the first set 25-12, and winning both of the last two sets 25-15.

“We cut down on our errors a lot from our last game and we played more like a team,” freshman defensive spe-cialist Shelby Warick said. “Each game we’ve gotten better, progressively. Our first couple of games we had like 15 er-rors and then we cut down to about sev-

en errors or so. We worked really hard keeping it in play and letting the other team hit it out or just keep rallies going.”

The girls take their three-game win streak to Kansas this weekend where they will play in the Lady Blues Region-al Crossover Tournament in Topeka.

“This trip coming up this weekend, we play some tough teams again,” Wad-dington said. “We’re at a good place right now, but we’re back in the gym to-night. We know we’ve got to continue to get better. There is still plenty for us to learn. As a young team, there is always going to be plenty for us to learn.”

The ‘Belles take on 12th-ranked Tru-man State, 11th-ranked Emporia State, Southwest Baptist and 7th-ranked Wash-burn University in the tournament.

“These are all teams that are in our region. There are eight regions in the country when it comes down to tourna-ment time, and each region gets eight teams in to the tournament... and three of the teams we’ll play were in the tour-nament last year,” Waddington said. “It’s a nice opportunity for us to come up and say ‘hey, we belong too,’ and hopefully we’ll compete well and give ourselves a chance.

Andy Atterbury

Sports Co-Editor

The Rambelle golf team placed fourth overall Tuesday in the Lady Buff Stam-pede at Amarillo Tascosa Country Club.

“I thought it went really well,” fresh-man Courtney Rutledge said “We were all very pa-tient with each other and we get along really well; I thought it was a lot of fun.”

The team shot 320 on Monday and then shaved off 10 strokes on Tuesday for 310, leaving them at 630 overall, 54 above par.

“Every player I guarantee you af-ter Monday’s round could have told you ‘I had two putts’ or ‘I had this’ or ‘I had that’ or ‘I got a bad break on something,’’ Coach Kathleen Price said. “That was kind

of nice to know, that they weren’t satisfied with what they had done.”

The girls missed out on third place by only a few strokes.

“When we saw how far away we were from third, it was just two strokes. All of us were like ‘I know where those two strokes were.’ We knew what we needed to improve on right then,” Rutledge said. “I think next tournament we’re going to do very good.

With the first tourna-ment in the books, the girls were in the weight room the next day getting

ready for next week’s meet.“We have a whole conditioning pro-

gram,” Price said. “[We do] weights and a lot of conditioning, and usually we do our weight work outs at six in the morning.”

Monday and Tuesday the girls will be in Oklahoma City competing in the Cen-tral Oklahoma Broncho Classic.

“I like that on Monday when we walked off the course, that they weren’t

satisfied”- Coach Kathleen Price

1 Tarleton State 299 290 589 +13 2 Incarnate Word, U of 313 307 620 +44 3 Lubbock Christian U 317 311 628 +52 4 Angelo State Univ. 320 310 630 +54 5 West Texas A & M 319 314 633 +57 6 East Central Univ. 325 310 635 +59 7 Western Texas CC 336 311 647 +71 8 Wayland Baptist U. 335 315 650 +74 9 St. Mary's U. (TX) 330 322 652 +76 10 Arkansas-FortSmith 336 323 659 +83 11 Okla Panhandle State 409 404 813 +237

Lady Golf Stampede Tournament Results

Rambelles in full swing

Golf: Rambelle golf finishes fourth in first tourney

Mariah Powell

Sports Co-Editor

The Ram football team opened up its conference sea-son Saturday, but fell short to West Texas A&M, 27 – 37, suf-fering the first loss of the sea-son.

“This was possibly one of the best games of the season,” sophomore line backer Austin Benson said. “However, it was one of the toughest.”

The Rams concluded Fam-ily Day by going head to head with the Buffaloes.

“We played hard,” Ben-son said. “It was a really good game, but we made mistakes on both ends.”

Not only did it open up the Lone Star Conference, it opened up the players’ eyes to what they could have done better.

“It was something to get us going,” junior running back Tristan Carter said. “However, we cannot lose anymore in this conference, which means we must play hard and not give up.”

Defense discussed the game plan on the bench with the coaches every time they stepped off the field, Carter said.

“We didn’t capitalize like we were taught to do in all phases,” Carter said. “Minor mistakes brought us to the big lose. West Texas A&M could have also played better. That’s not the best that I have seen them play."

When it was half time, the scoreboard read 13 – 37, with the Rams down. The Rams be-lieve they had no weaknesses out on the field, just mental mistakes that could have been avoided, Benson said.

“During half time coach told us to go out there and

show how much heart we had, so we went for it,” Benson said. “We were prepared for them, but there were mental mis-takes.”

Carter said their goal at this point was to get the ball and make a quick score, which they did.

“We played and tried to make a comeback, but it was too late,” Carter said. “We should have played how we did in the second half through-out the entire game.”

Carter said the team will go into its second conference game cautious of those mis-takes.

“When you lose, that means you didn’t play hard enough,” Carter said.

The Rams take on Tarleton State in Stephenville on Satur-day at 7 p.m.

“We are going to go out there and do what we have to do to win against Tarleton,” Benson said.

Mariah PowelSports Co-Editor

The Rambelle soccer team suffered a loss Sunday to St. Edward’s, 0 – 1, in it’s last non-conference match.

“I think it took us a little bit of time to get use to what we were playing against,” captain/goal keeper senior Melanie Peter-son said. “St. Edward’s came out quick and kept it on our end the majority of the first half, we just didn’t score.”

Peterson said not capitalizing oppor-tunities when they were present was the team’s weakness in this match.

“At half time we talked about the ad-justments that needed to be made and I think we made most of those adjustments the second half, but still ended up short,” Peterson said.

Sanchez said the Belles could have looked for more combinations in the game.

“Our combination plays were not as good as they need to be,” assistant coach Stephanie Sanchez said. “Overall, we had really good defense effort. However, our weakness was making the most of set pieces.”

Right defense freshmen Brek Paz said as a team they could have done better with keeping more possessions and mak-ing smarter decisions with the ball.

“Before the second conference game

we will probably work on finishing our chances in goal and defensively keeping the shutout,” Paz said.

Paz said the team’s strengths this game were pressuring the ball and win-ning attacks.

“Practice will be over slot like last week,” Peterson said. “Slot of possession, finishing and set pieces.”

The Belles are preparing for their match against Central Oklahoma here Friday at 4 p.m.

“We have to keep thinking smart de-fensively,” Sanchez said. “We are defi-nitely hungry for shutouts this weekend.”

Volleyball: Girls extend winning streak heading in to tournament

WTAMU takes down RamsFootball: Comeback falls 10 points short

ASU shut outSoccer: Missed opportunities hurt ‘Belles

Photo by Kimberley ParkerMidfielder Shannon Dean (10), senior, tangles with Hilltopper Jordan Ynostrosa (15), junior in the game between the Belles and St. Ed-ward’s, Sept. 26.

Photo by Pam BelcherRunning back Tristan Carter (7), junior, makes a run in the first quarter for an ASU TD Sept. 25, against West Texas A&M.

‘Belles risingup

Photo Illustration by Tim Lester