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Computer lab to remain open

Dillon Brollier & Dana ChoiStaff Writer, Editor-in-Chief

Despite rumors that the third floor library computer lab will close, univer-sity administrators decided Tuesday to keep the lab.

The decision was made yesterday af-ternoon by Dr. Paul K. Swets, interim dean of the College of Arts and Science, in consultation with the provost, vice provost and vice president for student affairs and enrollment management.

“There have been a number of dis-cussions about that room being taken over by the tutoring center,” Swets said.

As of the fall, the classroom will re-main as a computer lab, he said.

“We didn’t feel like we had the abil-ity to shift all of the uses of that class-room in that lab to other units,” Swets said.

He said the LC304 classroom com-puters are important to the Depart-ment of Communications, Mass Media and Theatre, as well as the rest of the

school. Last year the computer lab in the

third floor was converted into a tutor-ing center. According to a Ram Page article published Sept. 9, 2011, 76 com-puters were lost when that lab was shut down.

Since the commons area in the li-brary has opened, 93 computers, in-cluding laptops, have been added to the first floor, Technology Services Analyst Curt Braden said.

“Considering general use labs, we have 135 machines in the MCS,” Braden said.

With enrollment over 7,000, having about 230 total computers on campus could be seen as inadequate to some.

“[In the] fall, a year ago, we did not have the 16 express lanes,” Braden said. “We have added a total of 16 computers just to MCS. The third floor library only had 96 computers; we already have 93 in the Library Commons, so when you look at it we are 12 machines above what we were a year ago.”

Several students voice concerns that there may not be enough computers on campus.

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Computer availability: Students voice concernsdespite twelve more available machines

Student organization to compete at regional level

Photo by Mark McDanielStudents prticipate in the Mock Trial League, an organization that competes against other universities in their knowledge of the legal system, and portraying situations.

The Mock Trial League gives ASU students a chance to experience the atmosphere of a real court case.

The MTL was founded last September, but is already preparing for its first competition at a re-gional tournament against other Texas universities, MTL Founder Tyler Corder said.

The regional tournament will be held in Hous-ton Feb. 3 through 5 and is being hosted by Hous-

ton Baptist University, Corder said.

The MTL will have four trials at regionals, MTL member Joshua Bennett said. In two cases the MTL will be the pros-ecution and in the other two MTL will be the de-fense.

“We get judged on our knowledge of the court system and how well we portray our character,” Joshua Bennett said.

See Corder pg. 3

The trials are stan-dard, Bennett said. The

Mock Trial League: Knowledge of court system, characterportrayal to be judged

Photo by Mark McDanielMajor Ellis interrogates a “witness” at the Mock Trial League meeting, which took place Friday, Jan. 27.

Photo by Pam BelcherStudents utilize the computer lab on the third floor of the library after their Communica-tion class, Senior Seminar.

ASU sports headed for major changes

Stephen CoganSports Editor

ASU is in the process of expanding the Lone Star Conference and gener-ating revenue that will lead to build-ing a championship-caliber school, President Dr. Joseph C. Rallo said.

An expansion would add more teams to the conference and possibly create more games and funding for the schools.

“NCAA Division II is expected to add over 200 schools in the next three or four years,” Rallo said. “We’ve iden-tified 16 institutions in Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Arkansas, and Louisi-ana that we want to approach to see how many would like to join the Lone Star Conference.”

Rallo said he expects at least four or five schools will join the confer-ence, and with that will come new ri-valries and new sports culture.

The Lone Star Conference is think-ing about changing their format, de-pending on how many teams join, Rallo said.

One idea is to make two divisions of the conference with a Lone Star

East division and Lone Star West divi-sion, he said.

The Lone Star Conference cur-rently has 11 teams, so if the expansion mixes in five more teams, the total comes to 16.

The conference could then easily

be split into two divisions with eight teams each.

“They don’t want to create new conferences, but have existing confer-ences expand,” Rallo said. “We’re try-ing to be ahead of the curve on that.”

ASU has also negotiated a contract with Fox Sports Southwest as part of a strategic marketing maneuver, Rallo

said. According to the Lone Star Confer-

ence website that will broadcast the men’s and women’s basketball games against Incarnate Word on Feb. 18, which will generate more revenue for ASU.

“It gives the opportunity for peo-ple who don’t live here to watch us for free, and they can watch this game for free,” Women’s Basketball Head Coach Sally Brooks said. “Maybe we’ll get some more fans, and that definite-ly helps our recruiting.”

ASU also arranged for the second Football Festival to be held in Ar-lington, Texas at the Dallas Cowboys Stadium, which has hosted the Su-per Bowl and several other collegiate sporting events, Rallo said.

All Lone Star football teams will compete at that event, and ASU will face Valdosta State University from Georgia on Sep. 15.

“That’s a big Division II power-house,” Rallo said. “They’ve won na-tional championships.”

The Lone Star Conference has scheduled to have its basketball championships hosted in the new stadium in Allen, Texas which is, “a

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Rallo: More schools ex-pected to join the Lone Star Conference

Car burglaries still pose threat on campus

Adam Washington Staff Writer

Recent car burglaries at ASU are caus-ing campus police to step up patrols, while pushing students to be aware of their sur-roundings.

There have been two car burglaries this year, both in residential parking lots,” Chief of Police James Adams said.

“Most items taken were items such as cash, cell phones, and wallets along with other small items within the vehicle,” Ad-ams said

The two burglaries happened in the Robert Massie parking lot on Jan. 19 be-tween 9 p.m. and 10 a.m., Adams said.

Typically, car burglaries are committed due to unlocked cars.

The two cars broken into were locked and the burglars managed to enter the car unnoticed, Adams said.

Even if the doors are locked, these criminals have specialized tools that may take only a few seconds to unlock the door, Adams said.

See Adams pg. 3

Vigilance: Student awareness could help prevent car thefts

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National Wear Red Day

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Friday, February 3, 2012Page 2 NEWSNew French, Russian programs to provide opportunities for students, community

Sawyer RicardContributor

The English and Mod-ern Languages Department Friday announced plans to host French and Russian programs this semester that are open not only to students but also to members of the community.

The French conversation and Russian enrichment programs are part of a com-munity outreach initiative that is attempting to give the community a chance to be involved on campus as well as the opportunity to learn about cultures from other countries.

An idea presented by

Modern Languages director Dr. Karen Cody last semes-ter, these programs have sep-arate purposes besides this main goal to include people outside of ASU.

Assistant professor of French Dr. Randolph Peters said the faculty-led French program, titled “Café et Con-versation” was initiated after students voiced their wishes to further use the language they were learning.

“We found people want-ed to practice the languages last year in a very informal setting,” Peters said. “This was an environment where people feel free to express themselves.”

It is a place where any-one, from beginner to ad-vanced, could come togeth-er and practice speaking French, he said.

The Russian program is

co-sponsored by the Rus-sian Club and will not teach people how to speak the lan-guage but will allow people to broaden their views on the Russian culture.

Mike Burnett, assistant director of the University Theatre program, is one of three speakers the program will host, giving a presenta-tion over “Russian Theatre” and some of its most famous directors and playwrights, which include Constan-tin Stanislavski and Anton Chekhov.

The presentation will ex-amine “how Russian theatre in the early 1900s impacted the world,” Burnett said.

Two other speakers, As-sistant Professor of Physics Dr. Scott Williams and De-parment Head and Profes-sor of History Dr. Kenneth Heineman, will give presen-

tations over X-ray fluores-cence analysis of Russian coins from 1877 to 1933 as well as the former Russian dictator Joseph Stalin.

All three sessions should be a real eye-opener to the community and ASU, Bur-nett said.

According to Peters, the department plans on having more programs like these two in the future.

“As long as we have teachers who have the time and have a positive response from the community we will continue,” he said.

The French sessions will run each Monday for an hour until April 30 while each Russian enrichment session will be held at various dates starting with “Russian The-atre” on Feb. 20.

Both programs are free and open to students and the

Practice: Students can use language outside of classroom

SGA BriefsAdam Washington

Staff Writer

Toughy the Ram, a mascot from the 1970s has been requested by ASU alumni to return to the book store. Make active.

“The only way to get Toughy back would be a student-led and supported situation,” Student Body Vice President Vincent Perez said.

Surveys will be sent to the Alumni of ASU ASU alumni, asking if Toughy should be brought back, Perez said.

The SGA has set the date of Wednes-day, May 2, and is preparing a Rammies committee, Perez said.

The Student Organization Advisory Council is looking for more members.

The SOAC reviews all organization funding applications and gives its rec-ommendation to the coordinator for stu-dent organizations to disburse a budget of $100,000, Perez said.

“It is a really great council to be a part of,” SOAC advisor Heather Valle said.

Applications can be found on the student organization website and meet every Thursday at 6 p.m., Valle said. Ap-plications for SGA? Also, the sentence structure makes it sound like ‘applica-tions meet every Thursday.’ Of course no one’s going to think that, but it’s still not 100% clear who meets every Thursday.

The Facilities Maintenance Is this their name? are continuing to replace bulbs and repair small lighting issues on campus, Perez said.

“Everything is going good; they have fixed a lot of stuff on campus and iden-tified a lot of problems as well,” Perez said. Maybe paraphrase since the first sentence is not grammatically correct. Everything is going well..

The SGA set April 28 as the date of the faculty/staff versus student softball game and is asking for more student support.

“This game has been going on for 26 years and the students have only won twice,” Perez said.

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Feb. 3National Wear Red Day for Women’s Heart Disease Awareness

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UREC: Introduction to Climbing Clinic from noon to 2 p.m.

Feb. 6SMART Workshop: Successful Writing Strategies from 6 to 7 p.m.

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Photos by Pam Belcher Delta Zeta participated in a fundraiser at Marble Slab Creamery Saturday, Jan. 28, where all of their tips ben-efitted The Painted Turtle. The Painted Turtle is the sixth addition to Paul New-man’s family of Hole in the Wall camps for seriously ill children. (Bottom left) Jackie Coty hands out a bowl of ice cream. (Top right) Crystal Cardwell prepares an order.

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Students suggest new computer lab

‘Phenomenon’ winner mystifies

Lisa Dees Managing Editor

Transferring schools within the U.S. is never easy, but trans-ferring schools across the globe is terrifying.

Junior Sungin Kim left her home in Ulsan, South Korea about six months ago to im-merse herself in a Texan culture under the Dual Degree Pro-gram, which provides a degree from ASU and the University of Ulsan if she studies at ASU for two years.

Leaving family and friends took great effort, she said. “You have to take care of yourself and survive in different situations. You have to make decisions by yourself.”

Kim said she wondered how she could endure a new environ-ment where she knew no one.

During her first semester at ASU in the fall, Kim became more comfortable on campus, liked the faculty and made friends, she said.

After visiting family over the winter break, Kim said she re-turned to ASU with increasing confidence because Texas had become a second home.

“I know I can survive in these situations,” she said. “It is worth it to experience and ex-pand your life. It’s an once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.”

Having never traveled to the U.S. before, Kim said she wanted to come to Texas. Coun-try music, rodeo, boots and hats fascinated her, she said.

“I like those things and peo-ple are so kind and friendly, not like in the big city where people are busy with their jobs,” Kim said. “Here, people are slow and not in a hurry. Texans enjoy their lives and don’t care [about] others’ opinions.”

She said traveling to the U.S. has taught her that Americans are not much different from Ko-reans.

“People around the world are the same,” Kim said. “They are just human. They are limit-ed. They are just common with the same emotions and feel-ings.”

Kim said she appreciates the chance to come to America.

“I thank God for everything,” she said. “I will ask Him to give me more strength to overcome any other difficulties.”

South Korea

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Sungin Kim

Photo Illustration by Pam Belcher

Photo by Mark McDanielMystifier Mike Super performs Wednesday with volunteer Lincoln Hama, 8, son of Dr. Mark Hama and Dr. Linda Kornasky. Mike Super was voted Entertainer of the Year in 2011 and the winner of the TV series Phenomenon, a competition to find the best mentalist.

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“We need more comput-ers,” junior Tim Maddox said.

Other students agree that more computers are needed on campus

“I don’t think there are enough computers to use in this school, that’s for sure,” freshman Paige Smith said.

One student has a sug-gestion for improving com-puter access on campus.

Having a small lab in each building might work out bet-ter, junior Vanessa Valdez said.

Considering the number of students enrolled in the university it would be reason-able to have another lab, se-nior Miguel Fernandez said.

While the laptop com-puters in the Library Com-mons may not be out in the open ready or to go, they still provide needed computers to the students, Braden said.

There have been multiple occasions where all of the laptops have been checked out at once, graduate student and IT employee Donna Mar-tinez said.

One of the main uses of

on campus computers is to access the widely used J and P drives.

“It is possible to access ASU drives off of campus,” Information Security Officer Jason Brake said.

To access the P drive at home, go to the ASU website and click the technology link under services, Brake said. After that click the ASU Net-work under student links and click the remote icon on that page. From there follow the instructions to access the P drive.

For other drives such as

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The trials are standard, Ben-nett said. The judge will start the case, then each side will have an opening statement. Witnesses will then be called to be examined and cross examined and each side will have a closing statement.

“I definitely want to be able to place in some field,” Bennett said. “We want to perform really well and get some experience under our belt so no matter what hap-pens we can go back next year and really know what is going on as far as the competition is concerned.”

The top 8 teams will move onto the next level of compe-tition which will be held in Memphis, Tenn., March 23 through 25.

“The Mock Trial League gives undergraduate students an opportunity to learn first-hand about the work of trial attorneys, understand the ju-dicial system, develop critical thinking and public speaking skills, as well as a knowledge of legal practices and proce-dures,” Corder said.

Mock Trial League has brought ASU up to the inter-collegiate academic competi-tion to be competitive among other universities such as the University of Texas at Arling-ton, University of Texas, Tex-as A&M, Baylor and Southern Methodist University, Corder said.

The MTL was started in September of 2011 as part of the American Mock Trial As-sociation (AMTA), Corder said.

“The AMTA was founded back in 1985 and today has universities across the nation involved,” Corder said.

MTL members stress that anyone who is interested in mock trial can join.

“We have people who have majors from A to Z,” Bennett said. “I don’t want people to think that you have to be a Political Science major to join the MTL.”

Meetings for MTL will continue through late Febru-ary, Corder said.

“Fliers will be posted re-garding the time and place, and we have weekly meetings during non-competition sea-son,” Corder said.

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“They’re going to walk through the parking lots, they’re going to look for items lying [in cars] and once they see it they’re going to go for it,” he said. “If they walk past a car, see that it’s locked and can’t see anything in there that they could get quickly, chances are that they are going to move onto something else.”

The thefts have no specific pattern and aren’t targeting specific vehicles, but the cars burglarized had property inside that was easily seen by passers, Adams said.

“If a person enters a car with the in-tent to commit a theft, it is considered burglary of a motor vehicle,” Adams said.

Even if property isn’t stolen, the in-truders can still be arrested and convict-ed for burglary.

“This is not just a campus issue and students need to be aware of that,” Ad-ams said. “Getting the word out to peo-ple is the most important thing.”

Police have increased patrols in park-ing lots and they are working with city police to follow up on some leads, Adams said.

“We are using every investigative tool we have to come up with leads,” Adams said. “We are asking students to be vigi-lant.”

Make sure the doors are locked, all valuables are out, and immediately re-port anything suspicious, Adams said.

There is a $500 reward for valuable information that leads to the arrest and conviction of a suspect involved in the car burglaries, Adams said.

“If you see any suspicious activity such as somebody walking around look-ing into cars, trying to open car doors, or just sitting in a car for an extended pe-riod of time, report it to the police,” Ad-ams said.

Students can call the 24 hour tip line at 325-942-ACTT (2288). Students with emergencies should contact the campus police directly at 325-942-2071.

Adams: Car burglaries not exclusive to campus

Friday, February 3, 2012Page 4 FEATURES

‘The Grey’

Ball and BiscuitThe White Stripes

Oh, Mr. Jack White, how you play those blues we will never know. The blues oozes from White’s guitar as Meg’s steady pounding relaxes the groove into a perma-nent state of funk. Try this for an experiment: strut into a bar with smoke filling the room as you walk over to the pool table while playing this song. Chances are

you will feel like a boss, just like Jack White.

Somebody That I Used To Know

Gotye feat. Kimbra

Totally 80s sounding, man. This rad tune is, like, so tubular. The little eerie beat explodes into the perfect pop chorus. With vocals similar to Sting and the melan-choly vibe of U2’s Bono, Gotye is making music for any generation.

Night GoatMelvins

Pounding like gods of thunder, the Mel-vin’s sound will never be duplicated. Try to imagine a T-Rex run-ning through the jungle shredding up everything in his path, this is basi-cally what the Melvins

do with their competi-tion.

John The RevelatoSon House

How can a song have so much attitude and soul with nothing but a voice and hand claps? The answer is simple, when that song is sung by Son House. With a gritty, but yet smooth voice, his singing is dripping with the power of the blues.

ShelterMiyavi

What a spooky riff. In fact, I bet Shaggy and Scooby could jam to this while checking out some old creepy dude’s pad. Miyavi’s guitar playing is a remarkable work of art, and his can-vas is ever growing as he explodes like a rocket to the chorus.

2.5/5 stars

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Lisa DeesManaging Editor

The University Health Clinic will hand out Red Dress pins to students during February, the American Heart Month, to raise awareness about the risk of heart diseases for women.

According to National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute’s website, the Red Dress pin is a national symbol for women’s heart health.

NHLBI is launching The Heart Truth campaign to begin the 10th anniver-sary of American Heart Month. The Heart Truth campaign’s goal is to “give

women a personal and ur-gent wake-up call about the risk of heart diseases,”

The Heart Truth cam-paign wants to reach women between the ages of 40 and 60, who are most at risk for heart disease, NHLBI said. However, the campaign is also geared towards younger women because heart disease de-velops slowly and can start as a teenager.

According to Ameri-can Heart Association’s website, AHA created the Go Red for Women cam-paign to raise awareness that heart disease is the No. 1 killer of women. AHA hopes that the campaign will cause the reduction of

“death and disability from cardiovascular diseases and strokes by 20 percent by the year 2020.”

Go Red for Women educates women because they are usually over-looked as a specific group affected by heart disease, AHA said. Women can-not take protective heart health actions if they do not realize they are at risk.

According to the Cen-ters for Disease Control and Prevention website, the Department of Health and Human Services started September 2011 the Million Hearts campaign.

Because cardiovascu-lar disease is the primary cause of death in the U.S.,

the majority of Americans know someone with heart health problems, CDC said. Million Hearts wants to educate Americans on making heart-healthy de-cisions, while bettering medical care for those fac-ing a heart disease.

CDC hopes to prevent one million heart attacks and strokes in the U.S. over the next five years. Students can pledge to ex-ercise, eat fruits and veg-etables and understand the risks of heart disease, while challenging friends and family to pledge as well at millionhearts.hhs.gov.

Students can show their support and under-

Red dressaddresses

heart disease

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Dana ChoiEditor-in-Chief

When it comes to increas-ing career options, college isn’t strictly for education. Stu-dents should take advantage of their years here to build something as important as a resume or portfolio: a resume. Part 3 of the Getting Hired series focuses on the impor-tance of networking while in college.

“Everyone at the profes-sional level knows that the vast majority of the best jobs are never going to get posted on any sort of job search en-gine,” said Julie Ruthenbeck, director of Career Develop-ment.

Many times, she said, peo-ple hear about the best avail-able positions through word of mouth—a network.

“So it’s vital to start the [networking] process, and start early,” she said.

Students have to learn how to build a network and find out whom to start with, she said.

Students do not have to be

outgoing and charismatic to begin networking, but the pro-cess may seem intimidating to some. However, the more one reaches out, the more com-fortable he or she will become, Ruthenbeck said.

“Anybody can do it,” she said.

It’s best to start with infor-mational interviews, Ruthen-beck said. Most people are more than happy to provide information, she said.

“You’re talking to them as a novice in the area seeking a professional opinion and advice,” she said. “The main thing…is to be genuine. You have to be realistic about what they will and will not be able to provide for you.”

It is important to be re-spectful of the interviewees’ time and to be gracious after-ward.

Most people right away think about starting with par-ents, aunts, uncles, and etc. when it comes to networking, she said. Starting with family and family friends works, but people should also establish a network within their field, she

said.An option for students is

to approach professors, advis-ers and peers.

“Let them know how you hope to take your career,” she said.

Actively participating in student organizations, es-pecially those tapped into a regional or national organi-zation, and attending confer-ences can help the network-ing process, Ruthenbeck said. Some student organizations bring in speakers and/or or-ganize travels to conferences, which provide good opportu-nities to find connections and information.

“Being active is going to be key,” she said. “It doesn’t do any good if you just sit at the sidelines and hope for the benefits to come to you. You have to go after them.”

Senior Jeremiah Bihl, president of Geologic Exhibi-tion Organization, said a job search is not always about the resume.

Someone looking for a job can get an edge over competi-tors if he knows someone who

works at the company he is ap-plying at.

“If you’re networking and you know someone on the board…you can get your name out there a lot quicker,” Bihl said.

GEO hosts speakers every week, Bihl said. The speaker is usually a faculty member, but sometimes professors are able to bring in professional geolo-gists, who can lead a potential geologist to available posi-tions.

Bihl said if he had not been exposed to GEO’s resources, his job search would probably take longer and require much more research.

Ruthenbeck said students might even contact the author of a relevant article or other publication and ask for addi-tional information.

“Now you’ve started an in-road,” she said.

Such contacts can poten-tially lead to “word-of-mouth” positions, or at least direct one toward them, she said.

She said students might ask questions such as “If this is a route I want to go with my

career, whom do you suggest I contact in this particular pro-fession?”

When a student contacts someone suggested by the “initial contact,” that student could then ask for further re-sources and possible contacts, expanding his or her network, she said.

LinkedIn is also a valuable resource for networking, Ru-thenbeck said. According to its website, as of Nov. 3, 2011, LinkedIn “operates the world’s largest professional network on the Internet with more than 135 million members in over 200 countries and terri-tories.”

Students should take ad-vantage of their time in col-lege because they might not find as good opportunities for networking after finishing school, Ruthenbeck said.

“If your first job ends up not being your first choice and it’s not an industry you want to be in, everyone you work with is in the same discipline,” Ruthenbeck said. “So jumping to another [discipline] will be very difficult.”

Part 3: Connections

I did not enjoy this movie nearly as much as I had hoped. The plot proved to be absolutely absurd. Ottway (Liam Neeson) is a worker for an oil company in Alaska whose job is to hunt and control the wolf popula-tion. Consequently, this makes Ottway a wolf expert. He joins a plane full of ex-con-vict oil workers on a journey to Anchorage, only to end up stranded in the middle of the harsh Alaskan wilderness after their plane crashes. With only seven survivors left after the crash, Ottway takes the role as alpha-male to help lead his colleagues away from wolf-infested territory.

I have just described to you the entire 117-minute atrocity that is “The Grey.” The trailer portrays an action movie with intense sequences and a great struggle for man’s survival. What it really turned out to be is 117 minutes of close up shots of wolf teeth, men wandering in the snow, then more wolf teeth. The wolves tend to surround the men and make loud, obnoxious noises until one final-ly reveals itself from the darkness. There is an awkward stare down between the two species, and then the wolf slowly disappears back into the darkness. When the beasts do decide to actually attack, the camera angles are so close that you can hardly distinguish what is happening. Only when the attack is over do you see the result.

As the movie progresses, the action slows down and the men begin to have deep philosophical conversations about various things in their lives. This part of the movie was the only part that was remotely entertaining. There are plenty of action sequences in the first half of the movie, but after you have seen one you have seen them all. The ending is by far the most infuriating and abrupt ending I have ever seen in a movie, and quite frankly, it’s just silly. I could tell within the first half hour that I was not going to be able to take this movie seriously and this ending was just the icing on the cake. One could call it a valiant effort as a philosophical thriller, but it was very poorly executed. I suggest saving your money on this one.

Zach DanielContributor

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“I have never really used them often, so it doesn’t bother me.”

Melony Melone,junior

“We need them. There aren’t enough computers in the library.”

Nestor Tabullo, sophomore

How would you feel if the computers were removed from the third floor of the library?

SidewalkSurvey

OPINIONS

“I would miss having a real lab on this side of campus.”

Ben Martin,senior

“I have never really used them. I always go the the MCS.”

Rebekah Johnson,freshman

“I didn’t know they were thinking of closing it.”

Nicole McClendon,sophomore

Friday, February 3, 2012 Page 5

Lately, there have been rumors going around that the com-puter lab in LC304 was going to be removed. We are happy to report that this will not be the case. Although we are very happy that the computer lab on the third floor of the library will remain untouched at least for the immediate future, we hope that it remains in the long term. We support this decision because we have been concerned with the lack of quick computer access on campus.

Around the time that the computer lab in the library was closed last year, laptops became available for check-out in the downstairs por-tion of the library. The number of computers available on campus to

students did not drasti-cally decrease, but the convenience of available computers dropped. The laptops, which are a great idea in theory, pres-ent a couple problems for students. Students have to take the time to check out the laptops, and laptops are more of a liability than desktops. One slip of the hand and a laptop can fall to the ground and break, cost-ing the student or ASU money.

Access to computers is necessary to students who do not have a per-sonal desktop or laptop. Because not every stu-dent has a computer or a printer, many have to use computers on cam-pus. Students who do not have computers will gen-erally find that the com-puter labs (both MCS lab

and the learning com-mons) are too full, and all of the laptops have been checked out on more than one occasion. Even fewer students have printers than have laptops, so we hope that ASU will find a way to make it possible for more students to have quick access to a printer. We do applaud ASU for the ‘express lane’ computers that are supposed to be used for quick printing. It is possible that if there were more computers available strictly for im-mediate printing, crowds in the computer labs would thin out.

Another difficulty we have as students is the in-ability (or so we thought before some investigat-ing) to access the J drive off campus. Some pro-fessors put homework

assignments, outlines, or Power Points on the J Drive. If you can’t view the J drive at home, then it is a hassle to go back to school and save those documents. We have re-cently learned, however, that some students are able to access the J drive off campus. Whatever method these students are using should be pub-licized campus-wide so that using on-campus computers are not always a necessity for those who own laptops. This could possibly be a huge step to solving the issue of crowded computer labs.

As long as there are students at ASU, com-puters will be in demand. We hope that there will eventually be more steps taken to allow for less crowded labs and quick-er access to printers.

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Computer crisis inconveniences

Eli Manning vs. Tom Brady

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So which quarterback would you rather have this weekend, Tom Brady or Eli Manning?

Tom Brady has thrown 39 touchdowns, 12 interceptions and passed for 5,235 yards leading the Patriots to a 13-3 regular season. So after seeing his per-formance this season it would be easy to choose the future hall of famer.

Tom Brady has been known to be one of the hardest working athletes in football. His three Super Bowl wins and numerous record break-ing seasons should be enough to convince any-one to expect the Patriots to be on their way to a fourth Lombardi.

Yet Tom Brady strug-gled to even get into the

Super Bowl. After rout-ing the Denver Broncos, Tom Brady seemed to disappear versus the Bal-timore Ravens. The same QB who had torched the Broncos was finding it hard to drive on the Ra-vens. In fact had it not been for a sorry excuse of a kicker I would be talk-ing about Joe Flacco and not Brady.

Now on the other side is the “Elite” quar-terback Eli Manning who has thrown 29 touch-downs, 16 interceptions and passed for 4,933 yards leading the Giants to a 9-7 regular season re-cord. With Tom Cough-lin’s job on the line and the Giants appearing to be dead in the water.

Nevertheless the Gi-ants somehow managed to pick up their heads and win three of their last four games, in order to make it to the play-offs. Due in part to Eli’s second half heroics and his determination to will the Giants into the post-season.

Eli has been labeled lucky due to his ability to escape sacks and make incredulous passes. Un-

like Brady, Eli has the ca-pacity to take the sacks, to be hit by pass rush-ers and be unfazed by the defenses he faces. In fact the final series of the 2008 Super Bowl Eli did just that as he made one of the most ridiculous passes in history to help seal the Patriots fate.

So now who to pick? Well, if Tom Brady’s of-fensive line doesn’t allow a single person to touch him expect it to be rain-ing touchdowns as the Patriots light up the Gi-

ants. However, it would be silly to expect the Gi-ants to allow Tom Brady to sit in the pocket. So I’m choosing Eli Manning as I expect him to once again shine against the Patriots, whose defense by the way, was ranked 31st during the regular season. Eli Manning will endure everything that Bill Belichick can throw against him and will once again find a way to show that he has what it takes to win.

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Friday, February 3, 2012Page 6 SPORTS

Stephen CoganSports Editor

ASU’s softball team may be number one in the annu-al preseason poll, but Head Coach Travis Scott says it means nothing in the long run.

“It’s always nice to be honored by your conference and be a favorite going into the season,” Scott said. “But at the same time, we realize that it’s still 0-0 and it’s the postseason poll that matters and we’re just looking for-ward to getting to play and see how things go through-out the year.”

Coach Scott knows about the postseason, having won a Division II National Champi-onship in 2004, four Division II South Central Regional ti-tles, and five Lone Star Con-ference Tournament Titles.

ASU’s softball record with Travis Scott as head coach is 370-116.

Eight of the 2011 starters are returning to play this year and seven new players are joining the team.

“You look at Kacie Ea-sley, who was a first team All-American as a freshman, had a solid year last year and she’s really come back for her

junior season,” Scott said. “She’s had a great fall, a great preseason and practice, is hitting better and better be-hind the plate; looking for great things out of her.”

Easley isn’t the only one that has caught Scott’s at-tention. He’s noticed senior staff ace Claire Molina.

“Claire Molina is working hard and taking leadership of her pitching staff,” Scott said.

Molina is coming off a pitching season with a 23-8 record with a 2.60 earned run average and 149 strikeouts.

“I use a curve ball, screw-ball, rise ball, drop ball, and a slow drop curve,” Molina said. “I’ve been working on my drop ball this offseason.”

Molina said she wants to be a strikeout pitcher, but trusts her defense to help her out when batters make con-tact.

“I want to get as many Ws [wins] as I can,” Molina said. “Work as hard as I can, mak-ing it to the very end without getting injured.”

The Rambelles’ home opener is Feb. 11 with a dou-ble-header against Central Oklahoma, and the girls feel like the team is ready.

“I think we have a great group of girls,” Molina said. “We all get along really well.”

‘Belles softball prepares for seasonSoftball: Can the girls go all the way?

Week at a Glance

Friday, Feb. 3SoftballEast Central @ neutral field in San Antonio, Texas - Noon

@St. Mary’s - 4 p.m.

Baseball

Ouachita Baptist - 5 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 4Track@Texas Tech open - TBA

SoftballTexas A&M International @ neu-tral field in San Antonio, Texas - 10 a.m.

St. Edwards @ neutral field in San Antonio, Texas - 2 p.m.

BaseballOuachita Baptist (DH) - Noon

Basketball WBB @Midwestern State - 5 p.m.

MBB @Midwestern State - 7:30 p.m

Sunday, Feb. 5BaseballOuachita Baptist - 1 p.m.

Tuesday, Feb. 7 Baseball@St. Mary’s - 4 p.m.

Photo by Mark McDanielSenior ace pitcher Claire Molina (no, 4) getting her pitch ready. in practice.

Stephen CoganSports Editor

The 2012 Rams Base-ball team will be featur-ing a lot of new faces on the 33-man roster as they move on from 2011 season where they finished 25-23 and did not make the post-season.

The Rams will have eight new freshmen and 11 transferred students to make 19 new players for the upcoming season.

Only 14 players are re-turning Rams and only two of them were in the starting lineup for 2011.

Several of the trans-ferred players are expected to make immediate impact going into 2012 like soph-omore pitcher/infielder Jake Feckley.

“He transferred from A&M,” head coach Kevin

Brooks said. “He should be one of the better pitchers and he swings the bat well too.”

Brooks said Feckley is a hard-throwing contact pitcher that uses a fastball, a slider, and a changeup

(that is how it is spelled) pitch to get hitters out.

Another transfer from Texas A&M is senior Brett Parsons who has “got some power and does a lot of things,” Brooks said.

Two more transfers in-clude a pair of juniors from Paradise Valley Commu-nity College in Ryan Greer and Quaid McKinnon who play outfield and catcher respectively.

Brooks said that Greer is a fast outfielder that can hit and McKinnon is left-handed hitter with the ability to hit the ball to any field.

Brooks is not the only one who has noticed; se-nior bullpen catcher Nate Alter said he’s seen some things to be positive about.

“I am very impressed with our new transfers,” Alter said. “Most of the new guys really have some power in their bats, and I can see us doing really well offensively.”

Alter, being the bull-pen catcher, also had an opinion on the new pitch-ers.

Our pitchers that have transferred here this year will really make a huge impact to our team,” Alter said “We have pretty solid arms to start the game,

and a great bullpen to shut it down.”

Other Rams that look to contribute include se-niors Zach Cohen and Doug Snover.

Brooks said Cohen, a team captain that has been converted to a shortstop, had a “great year” last year with a .382 batting average with 32 RBIs and an on-base average of .529.

Snover was on the team last year, but missed play-ing due to injury.

“He missed all of last year with a broken collar-bone,” Brooks said. “He broke it about two days be-fore the season started and that hurt us tremendously. He played second base.”

Alter said the team’s biggest improvement came in the weight room.

“I think our biggest im-provement over the offsea-son was our strength,” Al-ter said. “I know a lot of the guys really hit the weights pretty hard over the break, and as long as we keep our strength throughout the season we will be in great shape to win our games at the end of the season.”

The Rams will open the season at home against Ouachita Baptist on Feb. 3 and look to win more in this 2012 season.

Rams baseball ready to startBaseball: New faces with a new team

Photo Courtesy of Ashley RomoSenior Zach Cohen (no. 21) in his batting stance.

Revenue to improve ASU’s welfare, bring in recruitsContinued from Page 1

magnificent venue with great potential for alumni events and branding of the Lone Star and its members, including Angelo State,” Rallo said.

Every move ASU has made is meant to generate revenue, which Rallo said he intends to use to improve ASU’s welfare and put a good deal back into the sports programs where it can be used to bring in recruits.

“If this goes through, we’re prob-ably going to be making upwards from $400,000,”Rallo said.

However, the money is only part of the equation for ASU.

“The big picture is it creates expo-

sure for ASU,” Volleyball Head Coach Chuck Waddington said. “It isn’t so much the money that ASU gets, but that it exposes ASU to student athletes and makes them think this is a cool place to go to school to and that gets ASU re-cruits for the future.”

It is not just about money with Ral-lo, but about winning as well.

There is a small case in Rallo’s office that contains three Division II nation-al championship rings, one as recent as 2010 when the Rambelles won the NCAA Division II National Track and Field Championship.

“My goal is to have that case filled up,” Rallo said.