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Sara IrvinContributor

The University Police Department and the Office of Environmental Health, Safety and Risk Management announced Friday the addition of automated weath-er alerts to ASUAlert, the communica-tion system ASU uses to send emergency notifications via voice messages, text messages and e-mail to faculty, staff and students.

This enables university officials to quickly send severe-weather notifica-tions from the National Weather Ser-vice, which is part of the National Oce-anic and Atmospheric Administration, to about 8,000 students and faculty and staff members, Police Chief James Ad-ams said Monday.

“I think it’ll be cool—for the students who actually read them,” senior Dianna Barbee said. “I never do.”

Freshman Candace Collins, who lives on campus, said she reads the alerts and was more optimistic about the addition.

“In case we had to evacuate because of a tornado or something, it would be better to know as soon as possible,” Col-lins said.

See New pg. 2

National Weather Service: Messages reach about 8,000 students, faculty, staff

Alert system now notifies campus ofsevere weather

Lisa DeesStaff Writer

Within the next few weeks, the Center for Student Involve-ment staff will move from up-stairs in the UC to the repaired facilities in the basement.

In August, a five-inch rain flooded the CSI, forcing the

staff to a smaller area upstairs, Student Life Executive Director Nolen Mears said. Repairs began immediately after the flood, and now, the CSI is nearing comple-tion.

Mears said the CSI is waiting for furniture to arrive next week. It will take a few days to get the furniture set up, but with all other repairs finished, staff can move downstairs soon, he said.

See Flood pg. 3

‘Team-builder’: Staff members keep positive outlook on relocation

CSI to return tobasement offices

Community honors veterans

Photo by Pam BelcherThe community honored veterans Saturday at the Veterans Day Parade downtown.

Photo by Mark McDanielSophomore Jarvis Motte tries to hang on the the mechanical bull at the Red Dirt Roundup on Friday, Nov. 4.

Dana ChoiEditor-in-Chief

Kassie MikeskaContributor

Live music, a mechanical bull, and a chili cook off were some of the attractions fea-tured Friday at the 6th annual Red Dirt Roundup.

Carr Hall, Centennial Vil-lage and Housing and Resi-dential Programs revived the event this year. It was held at the Centennial Village court-yard from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.

Students, faculty, staff and some community members attended the event, where the local band Bryce Jones & the Bad Decisions performed.

Volunteers from Fort Con-cho, dressed in Fort Concho attire, brought a cannon, which fired about four times throughout the evening.

“It was a bit of a surprise when the cannon would go off, but definitely cool,” junior Mason Rusk said.

Student organizations,

such as Block & Bridle and Phi Alpha Theta, and individuals participated in the chili cook-off. Stuart Lickteig, associate

director of Housing and Resi-dential Programs, took first place. Area coordinator Travis Taylor took second.

Music, food:Residential halls aim to foster friendship among students

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Red Dirt Roundup brings staff, students and faculty together

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Photo by Pam belcherThe SGA office gets closer to being recovered to its previous state.

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Lisa DeesStaff Writer

The Center for Internation-al Studies is hosting its annual International Education Week Nov. 13 to Nov. 18, an opportu-nity for students to experience different cultures and tradi-tions worldwide.

International Students Ser-vices Counselor Meghan Pace said CIS is promoting interna-tional education because do-mestic students should have an international experience.

“Our goal is for our do-mestic students to experience international things, whether that is studying abroad, meet-ing international students, or attending events,” she said.

Pace said International Ed-ucation Week is a chance for students to get involved and hopefully consider studying abroad.

“It’s also important for [in-ternational students] to make American friends,” she said. “They’re happier and get to ex-perience things they wouldn’t normally.”

Pace said she hopes every-

one enjoys the week and par-ticipates in many events to take advantage of international ex-periences.

Sunday, Nov. 13

International Education Week will begin with one of the most popular and largest events, Pace said. From 4 to 7 p.m. in the C.J. Davidson Cen-ter, the International Students Annual Banquet and Talent Show will allow international students to show off their skills.

Students can go through a buffet and taste a variety of in-ternational foods while enjoy-ing the talent show.

“The banquet and talent show were created to highlight international students, their traditions, and their cuisine,” Pace said. “[International stu-dents] are super involved with the event. They get recipes, do a talent, act as a host for the night, decorate, and run the au-dio and visual equipment.”

Tickets are free, but they must be picked up before the banquet and talent show at the CIS office, she said.

Pace said President Joseph C. Rallo will announce the win-ners of the study abroad photo contest during the banquet and talent show. The photos will be on display underneath the UC stairwell, she said.

Students can also bring canned food or donations to the event to support the Con-cho Valley Food Bank, she said.

Monday, Nov. 14

Dr. Anthony Celso, associ-ate professor of Security Stud-ies, will present “Arab Spring: Future Prospects and Direc-tions” from noon to 1 p.m. in UC 201 free to the public, Pace said.

ASU alumni, staff, and fac-ulty are welcome to attend the Wine and Beer Soiree at the Black Swan downtown from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., she said. They can taste wine and beers from around the world.

Pace said the Food Service Center will serve Mexican food.

Tuesday, Nov. 15

The Multicultural Center

will serve coffee during their ongoing El Cafecito hours from 9 a.m. to noon in the UC Spine, Pace said.

UCPC and International Studies are hosting Desserts from Around the World from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the UC Spine, she said. Students can sample 10 different desserts, including hwajeon, a sweet flour pancake from South Korea, a plum and almond tart from Russia, and rose ice cream from India.

English, Modern Languages and the Russian Club will pres-ent “Environmental Degrada-tion in Russia” from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. in Academic 125, Pace said.

She said students can enjoy snacks and the movie, “Seven Years in Tibet,” put on by CIS, HERO (Helping Educate Re-garding Orientation), and Res-idential Programs in the Texan Hall theater from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

The Multicultural Center will host their ongoing Latin Dance from 9 p.m. to 10 p.m., Pace said.

She said the Food Service Center will serve Korean food.

Wednesday, Nov. 16

The French Club will serve breakfast in the Food Service Center from 7 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., she said.

The Multicultural Center will host their annual Native American Celebration from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the UC Spine, Pace said. Students can watch dances, look at artifacts and try traditional food.

The Food Service Center will serve Vietnamese food, Pace said.

Thursday, Nov. 17

Students can grab some cof-fee at the Multicultural Cen-ter’s El Cafecito from 9 a.m. to noon in the UC Spine, she said.

CIS, Rodger’s Capital Inc., and the College of Business

See Schedule pg. 3

SBDC are hosting an ASU alumnus as the keynote speaker

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The weather alerts ASUAlert previously sent out were not automated, Adams said.

Before the addition of alerts directly from the National Weather System, in the event of severe weather, dispatch would call at all hours of the night, he said.

“I would pull out my laptop, call Skip Bolding, who is with emergency manage-ment, [and] we would look at the weather and decide whether we should issue something,” Adams said. “So the good thing is it will au-tomatically send out notifications without someone having to manually do it.

“With tornado warning, it will automati-cally send out all three forms of alerts,” he said. “If it’s a severe thunder storm warning and/or flash flood warning, it will send out an email and text message [to those who have opted for text message alerts].”

“Whenever there is a severe thunderstorm warning, flash flood warning or tornado warning, ASUAlert automatically sends noti-fications,” Adams said.

Adams said communication is key to keeping the campus community safe and informed. With the new weather alerts fea-ture, he said, campus leaders do not have to worry about manually sending notifications, helping to keep them safe and up-to-date at any given time.

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Student organizations, such as Block & Bridle and Phi Alpha Theta, and individuals participat-ed in the chili cook-off. Stuart Lickteig, associate director of Housing and Residential Programs, took first place. Area coordinator Travis Taylor took second.

“I entered to help get some exposure [for my organization] because it helps students get to know the different organizations on campus,” graduate student Kerry Buchanan said.

Block & Bride members gave roping lessons by showing how to rope calf dummies, Blaney said.

The mechanical bull, from Rocking H Enter-tainment located in Rockdale, Texas, was a suc-cess, Blaney said.

Housing and Residential Programs funded the event, Blaney said.

Each residential area is required to organize an event such as Red Dirt Roundup, Blaney said, but it is also a tradition.

“It’s something you want to do to help resi-dents to get to know each other and come to-gether as a community,” she said.

Planning for the event started early, during the summer, Blaney said. She said she and Stu-dent Hall Director Desiree Garcia had to find the mechanical bull and book a band. When the students and resident assistants arrived, they helped with the fine details, which include ad-vertising, she said.

Many students came to the event to hang out with friends and watch people take a shot at the mechanical bull, freshmen Matthew Ryans said.

Other activities at the event were bandana-decorating and bean bag toss.

Event helps students meet, get acquainted


“I’m not anticipating it to be a long process, but I can’t nail it down to a par-ticular date,” he said. “It just depends on when the new [furniture] arrives.”

Mears said the flood crisis, while un-fortunate, did not hinder the CSI staff.

“It didn’t slow us down,” he said. “It made things a bit inconvenient, but it’s been as good as we could have hoped for in light of the circumstances.”

Lindsay Boynton, coordinator for Leadership Development, said transitioning from downstairs to a smaller space upstairs was easier than she expected.

“It hasn’t been as bad as I imagined, but it has added more stress for my day because there is so much going on in such a small area,” she said.

Sam Mendoza, graduate assistant for Student Programs and Activities, said he cannot complain about the tempo-rary location upstairs.

“I get to see my coworkers more,” he

said. “We’ve gotten closer, and we are communicating constantly. I will like being in my own office [again], but this isn’t too bad.”

Coordinator for Student Organiza-tions Heather Valle said she is ready to move downstairs only because she miss-es one-on-one time with students.

“It’s nice to have your own office for one-on-one time with students, but we do our best up here,” she said. “[Work-ing here] has been a team-builder.”

Since it rained heavily about two hours, the water overloaded the drain-ing and pump systems on campus, Mears said. The draining system might have clogged because debris and grass washed into the pumps and drains.

Outside the CSI, four feet of water pressed on the door, which eventually gave way, flooding everything below three feet, he said.

To prevent flooding, ASU upgraded some of the draining and pump sys-tems, Mears said.

“It’s my understanding that just the amount of rain we had overloaded [the system],” he said. “The rain came so fast

in such a short period of time that it just overwhelmed everything.”

Flood doesn’t slow down CSI staff


SBDC are hosting an ASU alum-nus as the keynote speaker for the International Business Symposium from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. in the C.J. Davidson Center, Pace said.

Chris Whatley, office director for the Council of State Governments, will discuss the challenges of the world economy, she said. The sym-posium is free to the public.

Students can learn Latin dance at the Multicultural Center from 9 p.m. to 10 p.m., Pace said.

Friday, Nov. 18Students can go to the CIS of-

fice and help international students with their English during the Eng-lish Language Learning Conversa-tion from noon to 1 p.m., Pace said.

“It is an opportunity for inter-national students to practice their

English skills,” she said. Dr. Manuel Zamora, assistant

professor of Border Security, will present on border security issues from noon to 1 p.m. in UC 203, Pace said. The presentation is free to the public.

Chi Alpha will host International Coffee Hour in Centennial Village’s Sky Room from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., Pace said. They will introduce inter-national students to the traditions

Schedule offers insight into world cultures

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FEATURES Friday, November 11, 2011

Mariah PowellManaging Editor

Drama students will present “The Zoo Story” starting tonight, Friday, at 8 p.m.

“The Zoo Story,” written by American play-wright Edward Albee, takes place in Central Park, in New York. It is a one-act play with two characters, Peter and Jerry.

Graduate student Kandice Harris is the director of this one-act play.

The play is about dealing with issues of friend-ship and about how to communicate with people, she said.

“Look forward to a good 45 minutes of enter-tainment,” she said.

Harris said the characters are complex enough that a big set was not necessary. All the play really contains is a bench.

Sophomore Jacob Scott plays Peter.He said Peter is a married, uptight father who

comes to a bench in the park every Sunday after-noon to get away from his family and read.

Junior Tiana Sefcik plays the role of Jerry.Sefcik transferred to ASU this semester. This will

be her debut production at ASU.She said Jerry is a crazy, manipulative person.He is someone Harris said to be ‘a loner.’“The hardest part of the play was memorizing

the lines,” Sefcik said. “I have a 10-minute mono-logue, which made memorizing my part difficult.”

She said after getting it down, the monologue

became her favorite part of the play.“I became familiar with it and worked it so much

that it has become my favorite,” Sefcik said.She said it was an experience that she will carry

with her for the rest of her life.Scott said he and Sefcik are contrasting charac-

ters in reality, as well as in the play.“She is more outgoing and I stick to a schedule,

so casting this was very easy,” he said.Harris said the cast has great chemistry and

hopefully a lot of people can see the show.“Show up to the production with an open mind,”

Scott said. “Yes, it’s a very simple set and the cos-tumes aren’t elaborate. It’s not a very spectacle-heavy show, but it’s an interesting one-act play. There is a little bit of Jerry and Peter in everyone, and I think that will be the spectacle in itself, in-cluding the actions and dialogue,” Scott said.

Student directed: Two students bring 45 minutes of entertainment

‘The Zoo Story’ shines on student talent

Photo by Pam BelcherJunior T. Sefcik (Jerry) and sophomore Jacob Scott (Peter) rehearse their roles in “The Zoo Story” which will be performed at 8 p.m. on Friday and Saturday.

Friday, November 11, 2011 FEATURES

EventsNov. 11 - Veterans Day Kappa Delta Pi’s Scholastic Book Fair ends today. From 8 to noon, stop by and purchase something from the fair in Room 193 of the Carr Education-Fine Arts Building. National Remembrance Day Roll Call will begin at 9 a.m. to join in the nation-wide effort of honoring American servicemen and women who have died in Iraq and Afghanistan.

From 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m., Center for Student In-volvement will host a “Red, White and Blue” Spirit Friday, in the University Center spine, in honor of those currently serving and those who have served our country in the military. There will be be perfor-mances by student groups, the pep band, Ange-lettes, cheerleaders and more. The athletic teams and coaches will also be present and introduced. There will be a signing wall for tributes to veterans and remembrance ribbons will be available.

National Minute of Silence will begin at 1 p.m.

A faculty recital with Dr. Eleanor Elkins will take place in the Eldon Black Recital Hall from 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. Admission is free and open to the public.

Nov. 11 and 12The student-directed play, “The Zoo Story” will be in the Studio Theatre, CARR Room 241 A, at 8 p.m.

Jazz Ensemble Concert will take place in the C.J. Davidson Conference Center at 7:30 p.m. Admis-sion is free and open to the public.

Nov. 14Security Studies Presentation: “Arab Spring Future Prospects and Directions” will be in the UC, from 12 - 1 p.m. The presentation will be given by Dr. Anthony Celso.

The French Club presents an African movie titled “Father of African Cinema” at 5 p.m. in the Aca-demic building Room A121. It is a ‘non-Hollywood view of modern African society.’

UCPC and African Student Association presents Open Mic Night, featuring The Asia Project, at 7 p.m. in the auditorium. Admission is free and open to the public.

Nov. 15 and 17 El Cafecito will be from 9 a.m. to noon while sup-plies last in the University Center in front of Room 114.

Nov. 15 UCPC and International Studies brings “Desserts from Around the World,” at 11 a.m., to the UC spine.

The final part of the Civil War Speaker Series: “Guerilla Warfare--Counter-Insurgency & Lessons” will be in the C.J. Davidson Conference Center from 7 - 8 p.m. Panelists are Dr. Ken Heineman for “General Thomas Ewing, Jr. and the Missouri Borderlands” and Dr. Robert Ehlers for “Aftermath: The Truisms, Continuities and Discontinuities of Irregular Warfare.” The moderator will be Col. Mike Buck. The series is free to the public.

The “Fashion Fallout” business fashion show will be in the UC starting at 12:30 p.m. Door prizes, gift baskets and gift cards will be up for grabs. Admission is free and open to the public.

International Studies, HERO & Residential Pro-grams brings movie night to the Theater Room in Texan Hall, from 7 - 9:30 p.m.

Nov. 16UCPC presents the Native American Celebration in the UC spine, from 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.

A student recital will take place in the Eldon Black Recital Hall, from 4 - 5 p.m. It is free to the public.

WWII Navajo Code Talker, Mr. Samuel Tso, will be doing a presentation in the C.J. Davidson Confer-ence Center, at 6 p.m.

UCPC presents “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hal-lows Part 2” as their monthly movie series. The movie will play at 7 and 10 p.m., in the Planetarium. Nov. 17International Business Symposium will begin at 9:30 - 10:45 a.m., in the C.J. Davidson Conference Center. The speaker is Chris Whatley. His topic is From Global to Local: How Changes in the World Economy will Shape the Future for Communities, States and Students.

“The Foreigner:” presents its first show at 8 p.m in the Carr Education/Fine Arts Building’s Modular Theatre. Tickets are $12.50 for students and activ-ity card holders,$15 for subscribers and non-ASU students and $20 for the general public. Call 942-2000 from 2 - 6 p.m. on weekdays for reservations.

Get involved on campus!Here’s what’s going on this week.

Mariah PowellManaging Editor

The Arts at ASU will began their dinner theatre “The Foreigner” on Nov. 17.

Written by Larry Shue, “The Foreigner” stands as a comedy. It takes place in present day rural Georgia, at a fishing lodge. The main character is Charlie Baker of England who comes over with a friend to visit and escape the troubles of his life.

Director Michael Burnett said Baker is very ner-vous around new people and doesn’t like to talk, so his friend tells everyone he does not speak English.

“The comedy comes in him with him sitting on stage and everyone acting around him, thinking he does not understand anything when he fully compre-hends everything,” Burnett said. “This way he learns everyone’s deep, dark secrets.”

Senior Brent Davidson plays Charlie Baker.“This play allows a lot of vocal and physical com-

edy,” he said. “I can really cut loose with my character and it makes it fun.”

Davidson said he loves the levels that Baker

goes to.“He has extreme panic modes and then he doesn’t

care,” Davidson said. “It’s fun to have those ups and down because it’s bipolar to the max.”

He said Burnett did not have them do any of the foreign parts during audtions.

“There’s a fine line you have to find in between understanding and pretending like you don’t under-stand,” Davidson said.

Auditions were held the first week of classes and the cast has been rehearsing for six weeks, Burnett said.

“We have a fantastic cast,” Davidson said. “I don’t think I have performed with very many of these peo-ple in the past so it’s new relationships and everyone is really pulling their weight and doing a great job.”

The dinner will consist of baked-barbeque chick-en and catfish as the main entrees.

It was chosen according to the theme of the play, Burnett said.

“There will be good comfort foods that you will find in a lodge in Georgia,” he said.

Burnett said those looking forward to attending the dinner theatre should set their reservations early.

“The tickets are going a little fast,” he said.The play will be presented Nov. 17 through the 19,

at 8 p.m. and Nov. 20 at 2 p.m.

Comedy + meal: Bringing along Southern cooking with the setting

Photo by Pam Belcher Seniors Lance Turner and Brent Davidson display their progress on “The Foreigner” which opens Nov. 17.

‘The Foreigner’The Arts @ ASU presents

Sparking lives with Jazz

Photo by Mark McDanielASU’s Jazz Ensemble performed Tuesday at the C.J. Davidson Center for students, faculty and general public.

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Thoughts on the ACU tragedyWe want to pause and recog-

nize the Abilene Christian Uni-versity bus crash victims, as well as their family and friends and the ACU community.

The type of stress and anxi-ety that goes along with waiting for the diagnosis of a loved one who’s been hospitalized affects all other areas of life. Those fam-ilies will need so much support in the weeks to come. We can only wish the best for everyone involved. While many were in-jured, one student, Anabel Reid, lost her life.

We offer our deepest sympa-thies to those who grieve for her loss, and we wish for a speedy recovery of those who were se-riously injured in the accident,

which took place Friday after-noon near Paint Rock.

The ACU bus crash should cause us to examine our own lives. With one fatality and sev-eral other passengers in critical condition, the wreck abruptly and harshly ended “normal” life.

Sometimes, as college stu-dents, we might see ourselves as invincible. It’s hard to imagine us dying. Unfortunately, we are not invincible, and tragedy does wait just around the corner some-times. We may be here today, but gone tomorrow.

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that will take a lifetime to fulfill. We aren’t promised tomorrow, so we cannot wait until tomorrow to live a life worth living.

We should also consider the fact that those we care about and those who surround us are not guaranteed to stay. From stories like these, we are reminded that we have to fully appreciate life--our own and others’.

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Standings

FootballSchool Conf. Overall

Volleyball (Final Standings)School Conf. Overall

Midwestern StateAbilene ChristianWest Texas A&MTarleton StateTAMU-KingsvilleAngelo StateIncarnate WordEastern N.M.TAMU-Commerce

8-06-15-24-33-42-52-51-61-6

9-07-26-35-55-55-52-72-81-8

West Texas A&MAngelo StateAbilene ChristianTarleton StateTexas Women’sCameronTAMU-KingsvilleMidwestern StateIncarnate WordTAMU-CommerceEastern N.M.

19-117-314-613-711-99-117-137-136-146-141-19

30-228-4

20-1219-1313-1615-1415-1415-1512-1811-176-24

Rams look to finish as winnersFootball: Seniors prepare for final game

Jason HelmsSports Editor

The Rams (5-5, 2-5 LSC) picked up their fifth win of the season Saturday with a 34-14 victory over fellow Lone Star Conference member Incarnate Word in San Antonio.

“We played well and we have to build on that going into this week’s game so we can finish on a winning note for our seniors and take that into the offseason,” head coach Will Wag-ner said.

Senior running back Tristan Carter rushed for 118 yards to help the Rams’ offense gain 435 yards against the Car-dinals (2-7, 2-5 LSC).

Carter also ran for a pair of touch-downs in the game to bring his team-leading season total to nine, five more than he tallied last season.

Redshirt freshman receiver Paul Mason opened the games’ scoring

when senior quarterback Jake Strickler found him open for a 42-yard touch-down pass after just over two minutes of play.

Mason led the Rams’ receiving efforts with three receptions for 50 yards.

Strickler finished the game 9-for-14 for 106 yards passing and 21 yards rushing as junior Michael Cochran also took some snaps in the game, completing 10 of 15 attempts for 107 yards.

Another redshirt freshman, run-ning back Blake Smith, also had a touchdown, which was his fourth of the season.

Smith rushed for 34 yards on 13 car-ries to help the Rams gain 222 yards on the ground, their most in three games, and only the third time to gain over 200 yards this season.

The defense also played a big part in the win as they managed to hold In-carnate Word to 233 yards on offense and forced them to punt seven times.

Senior Travis McCloud and sopho-more Nekechie Miller both grabbed

themselves an interception in the game.

Senior defensive lineman Godwin Ubah led the Rams in tackles with eight, three of which were for a loss of yards.

“We communicated well and ev-erybody was on the same page,” Ubah said of the defense. “When we play like that things are great.”

On special teams, junior kicker Jarred Martin made field goals from 23 yards and 37 yards to improve to 10 for 15 this season.

The Rams are back home Saturday, Nov. 12 for their final game of the sea-son as they take on Tarleton State at 2 p.m.

The Texans (5-5, 4-3 LSC) are com-ing off a four-game win streak after their 44-3 victory from a non-confer-ence game against Millsaps last Satur-day.

Ubah said it should be a tough game because both teams are 5-5 this season and are looking to finish with a winning record.

“I think they are going to try to run

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Runners earn All-Region

Junior Emeline Crutcher and senior Bryan Barker were awarded All-Region honors af-ter finishing 10th and 21st, respectively, at the NCAA Division II South Central Regional Cross Country Meet in Wichita Falls on Sat-urday, Nov. 5.

Crutcher crossed the finish line with a time of 22:15 for the women’s six-kilometer course.

The ‘Belles finished in ninth place at the meet and third highest among Lone Star Con-ference teams.

Barker completed the men’s race in 32:26 to help the Rams place 12th out of the 19 teams that competed in the 10-kilometer race.

The men also came in third among LSC members at the meet.

The two runners led their respective teams in all competitions this season, as Crutcher finished every race in the top-10.

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Junior Emeline Crutcher (left) and senior Bryan Barker (right) were awarded, Nov. 5, All-Region honors at the Wichita Falls meet.

Friday, November 11, 2011 SPORTS

Week at a Glance

Friday, Nov. 11VOLLEYBALL@ LSC Tournament (Canyon, Texas)

WOMEN’S BASKETBALLTexas A&M International - 5:30 p.m.(Home Opener)

MEN’S BASKETBALL@ ACU Tipoff Classic (Abilene)vs. East Central Oklahoma - 6 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 12VOLLEYBALL@LSC Tournament (Canyon, Texas)

FOOTBALLTarleton State* - 2 p.m.(Military Appreciation Day)

MEN’S BASKETBALL@ ACU Tipoff Classic (Abilene)vs. Truman State - 5:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Nov. 15WOMEN’S BASKETBALLTexas - Permian Basin - 6 p.m.

MEN’S BASKETBALLWayland Baptist - 8 p.m.

*Denotes conference game

Seniors honored in final home matchVolleyball: Finished regular season in second place


The No. 18 ‘Belles finished regu-lar season play with a 3-0 sweep over Midwestern State, Saturday, in their final home match of the season.

Sophomore Kaelen Valdez re-corded her eighth double-double of the season after she had 12 kills and 20 digs in the match against the Mus-tangs (15-15, 7-13 LSC).

Junior middle blocker Chelsea Gibson tallied 13 kills, which was her 12th time to record double-digit kills this season.

The ‘Belles (28-4, 17-3 LSC) also managed to register three service aces on the Mustangs, as freshman li-bero Shelby Wilt, sophomore Shelby Warick and junior Alexa Williams each had one apiece.

Wilt has amassed 31 aces in her first collegiate season, which is the fourth most in the Lone Star Confer-ence.

Williams’ fellow junior Alex Woolsey recorded 44 assists to bring her conference-high season total to 1328, which also has her tied for the most in the nation in Division II.

The sweep was the women’s sec-ond in a row after they swept Camer-on in their previous game last Thurs-day at the Junell Center.

Williams said the two sweeps give the ‘Belles a confidence boost head-ing into the LSC tournament, but she said that does not mean they can take any opponent lightly.

“If we don’t play to the best of

our ability any team in this confer-ence can beat us, especially if we play down to their level,” Williams said.

The sweep also set a school re-cord for conference wins at 17 and improved the squad’s home record to 13-1.

Seniors Celeste Bonter, Debbie Ohl and Kayla Smith were honored before the match as a part of Senior Day for the ‘Belles.

Bonter recorded nine kills in the match while Smith finished with nine digs to bring her just one shy of being the ninth player in program history to reach 1,000 digs.

“They have helped the team so much and will be very hard to re-place,” Williams said of the three

seniors. “We definitely want three more weeks with them.”

The ‘Belles finished in second place in the LSC and entered the con-ference tournament as the No. 2 seed to face the seventh-seeded Mustangs in the opening round for the team’s third match of the season.

Conference winner West Texas A&M is hosting the tournament after only losing one match in conference play.

The 13th-ranked Lady Buffs (30-2, 19-1 LSC) are the only conference team that the ‘Belles failed to defeat as the two teams squared off in a pair of five-set battles in LSC play.

The ‘Belles have won the tour-nament six times (1982, 1983, 1984,

Several ‘Belles receive recognition despite season endSoccer: Seniors Debacker, Schaffer finish tied for most games played

Photo by Pam BelcherSeniors Kayla Smith (left), Debbie Ohl (center) and Celeste Bonter (right) pose for photos after they were honored at Senior Day, Saturday. The ‘Belles defeated Midwestern State 3-0 in their final home match of the season.


The ‘Belles’ season came to an end last Thursday at the Lone Star Confer-ence Championship Tournament after a 4-3 penalty kick shootout loss to Texas A&M – Commerce.

The teams ended regulation time with a 1-1 draw which forced the game into overtime where neither team could find the back of the net.

Senior forward Brandie DeBacker struck first for the ‘Belles (6-9-4, 5-6-3 LSC) with her 39th minute header off an assist from sophomore Katie Squires.

However, the Lions (8-9-3, 6-6-2

LSC) got the equalizer shortly after the start of the second half to and despite being outshot 16-11 by the ‘Belles, they hung on to decide the game with pen-alty kicks.

Head coach Travis McCorkle said the match was a lot like the season, which had its ups and downs.

“I was a little disappointed with how we came out in the second half, but that was probably the only negative I took from the game,” McCorkle said.

The Lions went on to lose their next match against the No. 1 seed Abilene Christian (18-1-1, 13-0-1 LSC), who lost in the championship to No. 2 seed Mid-western State.

Both, Abilene Christian and Mid-western State (13-5-2, 9-4-1 LSC) ad-vanced to NCAA Division II Champion-ship tournament, as the ACU awaits the

winner between MSU and St. Edwards.Debacker’s goal was her ninth of the

season and 34th of her career, which put her in second for all-time goals scored for the program.

She was also the only player from the school to be named to the all-tourna-ment team following its conclusion.

Debacker, junior Lauren Carnes and sophomore Jordan Benfield were all three selected to be second-team mem-bers of the District 6 Capital One Aca-demic All-District women’s team.

The match was the last for DeBacker and fellow senior Megan Schaffer, who each played in 79 games for the ‘Belles.

The two join Christy Knaub (2005-08) and Amber Korb (2005-08) for most matches played with the program.

Prior to the tournament, several ‘Belles were also honored at the year’s

banquet held in Abilene.Debacker was selected to first-team

all-conference, as Carnes and sopho-mores Maggie Schaffer and Jordan Ben-field were selected second-team all-con-ference.

Junior midfielder Hanna Horeis re-ceived honorable mention while Carnes, Megan Schaffer and Debacker received all-academic awards.

Despite the recognition, both Carnes and her coach said that they were some-what disappointed by the team’s finish this season.

“This season was a little frustrating to me because we had all the talent in the world, but we didn’t get as many wins as I thought we should have,” Carnes said.

Carnes, who will be a senior next year, said although next season will be her last, she is looking forward to it.

Lone Star Conference Volleyball Championship Tournament

Nov. 10 - 12Canyon, Texas

Match 1Nov. 10, 12 p.m.

No. 3 Abilene Christian

No. 6 Cameron

No. 2 ANGELO STATE

No. 7 Midwestern State

No. 4 Tarleton State

No. 5 Texas Women’s

No. 1 West Texas A&M

No. 8 TAMU - Kingsville

Match 2Nov. 10, 2:30 p.m.





Championship MatchNov. 12, 7 p.m.

Photos by Pam Belcher(Left) Sophomore Maddie Huth slams a kill past two Midwestern State players. (Above) Juniors Alex Woolsey (6) and Chelsea Gibson (17) attempt a block.

No. 3 Abilene Christian

No. 2 ANGELO STATE

No. 4 Tarleton State

No. 1 West Texas A&M

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