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Volume 55 Issue 6 March 16, 2012Serving Trinity Valley Community College since 1972

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By Lis ValenciaStaff Writer

Af fec t ive Study Habits

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TVCC's Phi Theta Kappa hosted a web-streaming seminar for Trinity Valley students last month. The seminar, “Study 30 minutes a day, get a 4.0 GPA,” present-ed by Cal Newport, gave college students advice on how to improve study tech-niques.

Newport said that no one really teaches you how to study. Students automati-cally believe that

studying is staying up late and re-read-ing notes, having a sleepover in the li-brary, and pulling all-nighters the day before the test, he added.

Newport explained that most students assume the correct way to study the ma-terial in their classes is really the wrong way to do things.

Newport, who is originally from Tex-as, struggled with developing good study habits as well

as maintaining a so-cial life while he was a freshman at Dart-mouth College.

“When I arrived on campus, there isn’t any explicit discussion on how we were supposed to study,” Newport said. “We never sat there and said, ‘You know what? I think we should space out our study repetition out by two weeks before the exam…’ We didn’t have those conversations; it wasn’t the cool thing

to do.”For freshmen, col-

lege is a different ex-perience compared to high school. It's a different environ-ment and offers so much more than to-day's high school. Many get so caught up talking about stu-dent events and clubs that studies and as-signment don't seem like the most popular conversation starter.

"First-year students usually don’t talk about study tech-niques," Newport

said. “No one talked about the way you’re supposed to study, nevertheless fresh-men were all study-ing all about the same way.”

Fed up with unsuc-cessful study tactics, Newport gave up his old ways of studying and began something he called the “Great Experiment.”

“I was going to throw out all of my assumptions on how you’re supposed to study and going to ig-nore how my friends

were going to study and I was going to start from scratch, and see what worked and what didn’t,” Newport said.

Through his soph-omore year to his senior year at Dart-mouth College, Newport began to develop techniques that have worked tremendously well. He earned 36 straight A’s in a row while a student.

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President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the 24th Amendment--which outlawed poll taxes--into law one week after Bloody Sunday, the civil rights march that took place in Selma, Ala. This amendment would also empower the government to oversee voter registration and ban literacy tests.

Dictionary.com defines a poll tax as: "A capitation tax, the payment of which is sometimes a prerequisite to exercise the right of suffrage." The poll tax was implemented as a loop-hole to stop blacks from exer-cising their newly granted right to vote. This form of taxation was eventually ended by the adoption of the 24th Amend-ment. That same provision was later extended to all elections.

Part of Jim Crow laws also in-cluded literacy tests. The tests were used to keep poor peo-ple, citizens of any race and blacks from voting. They were often biased, allowing whites to answer simple questions, while requiring blacks to answer mul-tiple difficult questions, in an unreasonable amount of time, in order to be allowed to vote.

Gone are the days of poll taxes and literacy tests; how-ever, in some states voters are required to have a state-issued

photo identification card in or-der to cast a ballot, which may keep certain Americans from voting.

According to the National Conference of State Legis-latures, eight states -- Texas, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Mis-sissippi, Tennessee, Wisconsin and South Carolina -- require voters to show a government- issued photo ID before they

can vote. Seven states -- Ala-bama, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Louisiana, Michigan and South Dakota -- ask voters to show a photo ID, but without one, vot-ers are still allowed to cast their ballots. An additional sixteen states--Alaska, Arizona, Arkan-sas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Kentucky, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, Utah, Washington and Virginia--re-quire some form of identifica-tion, but a photo is not manda-tory.

In a report published by the Advancement Project, "The

proposals, offered under the guise of preventing 'voter fraud', would dramatically limit or deny voting rights to those without government ID – dis-proportionately the elderly, the young, the poor, the unem-ployed, people of color, people with disabilities, and students – and cost cash-strapped states and local governments millions of dollars to implement." Ac-

cording to the Advancement Project's research, a record number of African-Americans and Latinos voted in the 2008 presidential election.

Many states have implement-ed stricter voter ID laws be-cause some politicians voiced their concerns about possible voter fraud during the previous elections, however, the Ad-vancement Project feels that, "photo ID proposals are a con-certed effort to turn back the clock on voting rights."

According to Lori Minnite, a political science professor at Barnard College who has spent

the last eight years studying the role of fraud in U.S. elections, she wrote, "The true aim of Re-publican efforts appears to be voter suppression, because it justifies questioning the eligibil-ity of poor would-be voters that lean democratic."

If the new voter identification law continues to gain support, millions of Americans could be turned away at the polls. "Stud-ies show that approximately 11 percent of Americans, about 21 million people, lack a current government photo ID, dispro-portionately racial minorities, senior citizens, young voters, the working poor and people with disabilities- including: 25 percent of African-American voting age citizens-- more than 5.5 million people; 15 percent of those earning less than $35,000 a year; 18 percent of those age 65 and above-- more than 6 million votes; [and] 20 percent of young voters 18-29," accord-ing to the Advancement Proj-ect report.

There is no way of predict-ing how these new voter laws will affect the 2012 presidential elections. All the parties should forget about petty bickering and help to make America a place where all eligible citi-zens, regardless of race, back-ground, religion or origin, can vote.

All people should have the right to vote

"If the new voter identification law continues to gain support, millions of Americans could be turned away at the polls."

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They’re the first line of defense – at the accident scene on the highway, at the factory fire and at the heart attack victim’s home in the middle of the night.

Before paramedics ever answer that first 2 a.m. call to action, they un-dergo extensive training. For many of the local paramedics and emergency medical technicians, that training happened in the EMT program at Trinity Valley Community College.

“The majority of the EMT’s in this area come from this program,” said Scott Walker, who oversees the EMT training program at the college’s Palestine campus. “We take our job to train them seriously.”

Before this semester, however, many of the students in the program had limited experience in an actual ambulance. In order to get a little real ex-perience in the vehicle, local EMTs would come to the college to help train the students.

But that presented plenty of problems, said Walker. Specifically, paramed-ics on duty are often called away, which made getting the students their needed training very difficult.

Thanks to a grant from the Texas Department of State Health Services, that’s less of a problem these days.

The grant, awarded to the college last fall, has paved the way for a full ambulance simulator at the college’s Palestine campus.

The replica, said Walker, is an exact model of the back of an ambulance. The simulator is equipped with a variety of medical supplies, a state-of-the art heart monitor and even a “patient.”

“It really helps us concentrate on the task at hand, getting these students the training to do what they’re going to do. They spend enough time sitting behind a desk. This helps get them into the real world,” said Walker, who has overseen the program since its inception 13 years ago.

“This is amazing to have,” he added. “Of all the colleges in the state who wanted this grant, we’re the only one who asked for the simulator. Everyone else wanted an actual ambulance.”

An actual ambulance would have been nice, said Walker, but the simula-tor has some real advantages. There are no weather concerns during train-ing, he noted.

Also, the simulator will soon be fitted with cameras and a monitoring sys-tem that will allow an instructor to monitor the students from another room. Not having an instructor present just adds another real-world aspect to the training, said Walker.

Walker said the basic work for the simulator was completed in just a few days, although the details on the equipment have taken more time to com-plete. The work was overseen by a contractor from McKinney, he noted, but all the work was done using local contractors for labor.

“We’re trying to make sure this is as state-of-the-art as possible,” said Walk-er. “This is providing more of the experience they need before our students go out there.”

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TVCC football player Roderick Williams was hit by a car March 5 while crossing the street on Lake-side Drive at the intersection of Meadowview Drive. He was struck by a 2001 brown Mercury Grand Marquis.

According to the Athens Police Department, at 7:55 p.m. the ve-hicle was traveling east bound in the 300 block of Lakeside and then struck Williams, who was walking across the roadway and not at a cross walk.

Police arrived on the scene at 7:57 p.m. with emergency crews from East Texas Medical Center. EMS took Williams to the ETMC emergency room. The driver of the vehicle was given a citation for failure to stop and render aid.

“Our prayers go out to the stu-dent and his family and we will definitely be doing what we can

while he recovers,” said Jennifer Hannigan, TVCC public relations officer, in a statement. “This inci-dent highlights the precautions both for students and drivers who are on roadways near the college. We would like to urge everyone who travels those roads to take caution at night. This incident has been very tragic and we sincerely hope all parties will be OK.”

Williams is now out of the hospi-tal and is doing fine. On Tuesday, March 6, he posted the following statement on his Facebook page: “Those who don’t know, I was hit by a speeding car last night. The lord sent a angel to guard me and cover me!!! The car was going 50 mph! And I have no broken bones just real bruised!!!”

When asked about Williams' fu-ture with the Cardinal football team, head coach Brad Smi-ley said, “He is just really sore. He should be able to play football this fall.”

Accident sends football player to hospital

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The ambulance simulator at TVCC-Palestine helps EMT students simulate real emergency situations

Everything but the sirenTVCC-Palestine's new ambulance simulator helps faculty create a realistic learning environment.

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CampusStudent Senate

Meetings for the Student Senate will take place every Tuesday in the conference room located in the cafeteria at 12:15 p.m.

Early auditions deadlineThe last day to pre-register for the

2012 Cardette Early Auditions is Fri-day, March 23. Early auditions for the Cardette’s will be only for 2012 graduating seniors and will be held on Saturday, March 31 from 12:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. The cost will be $20 and registration is required on or be-fore March 23.

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The TVCC Cardette Showgirls will compete at the ADTS Collegiate National Competition in Denton, Texas on Saturday March 24.

Student music recitalsThe student music recitals are be-

ing held from 12:45 to 1:30 p.m. ev-ery Friday in the Fine Arts building.

Instructor evaluationsStudents can use the TVCC Cardi-

nal Connection at www.tvcc.edu/cardinalconnection to evaluate all of their spring 2012 courses (online and face-to-face).

Students can win some much-needed cash (in a form of a gift card). For every evaluation a stu-dent submits, their name will go into a drawing for a $200, $100, or $50 VISA gift card.

Financial Aid WorkshopThe TVCC Financial Aid Office will

be offering personal help with the FAFSA application during a special workshop from 6-8 p.m. March 21. The workshop will take place in the

Student Success Center, which is lo-cated on the third floor of the Baugh Technology Center.

For more information, contact the Financial Aid Office at 903-675-6233.

Paddock Poetry ContestThe deadline for the Gladys A.

Paddock Poetry is at noon March 23. The contest is open to all stu-dents currently enrolled at TVCC. Current employees and their fami-lies who are not enrolled are not eli-gible to enter.

This year's poetry festival will be at 6 p.m. May 1 in the ballroom. TVCC instructor and resident poet, Charlotte Renk, will be the main speaker for the evening.

For more information or the re-ceive an entry form for this year's contest, contact Amy Rogers at [email protected] or Toni McMillen at [email protected].

Read Through the Valley• March 21 – Psychology Instruc-

tor Chip Chilton will present Disaster and Mental Health from 1:40-2:30 p.m. in the Learning Resource Cen-ter classroom.

• April 12 – Deidre Jones, journal-ism instructor, will facilitate a discus-sion around the film “Hurricane in the Bayou – How Katrina got into New Orleans,” from 1:40-3 p.m. in the LRC Classroom.

• April 24 – Why New Orleans Matters and Other Ideas for Discus-sion will take place from noon-1:30 p.m. in the Cafeteria Conference Room. Panelists will include Audrey Hawkins, Deidre Jones, Dr. Milton Hudson and Al Mariani.

• April 25 – The Drama Depart-ment will present a performance of 1 Dead in Attic at 11:15 a.m. in the auditorium.

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By Childs WalkerThe Baltimore Sun

(MCT)BALTIMORE--The polite

refusals became all too familiar to counselors at Loyola University Mary-land when they offered help to students who had lost a parent, en-dured an assault or lived through some other kind of trauma.

"Thanks so much for reaching out," the stu-dent might say. "I'm do-ing fine, but I'll call if I need something."

The conversations were always pleasant, said Jason Parcover, who oversees outreach at the university's coun-seling center. But it be-came obvious to him that a large percent-age of students felt little inclination to engage. Even the ones going through the roughest patches seemed to re-gard counseling as ta-boo.

So Parcover and the counseling staff de-cided to meet students where so many of them chat, opine and forge friendships _ on the In-ternet.

"They're communi-cating in different ways than we grew up with," Parcover said. "So we have to evolve with them."

In November, Loyola launched REACT, an interactive online pro-gram that simulates the guidance a student might receive on an ini-tial visit to the counsel-ing center. About 1,500 people used the Web-based program in its first two months, includ-ing students from other campuses around the country.

Loyola students say it makes perfect sense for people their age to look to computer screens in

times of trouble."In the life of a stu-

dent, it's easy to find ex-cuses to never make an appointment to go to the counseling center, and sometimes, when there is that moment of clarity, it's midnight and you no longer have your family around to run and talk to," said Bianca Monaco, a junior from New Jersey who has helped counsel class-mates through illness and personal loss.

"REACT is on the Inter-net, it's well organized and always available. My generation de-mands these aspects of everything we do, so why not demand it for self-help?"

Outside trauma ex-perts also see promise in the online approach.

"I think it has a lot of potential to be helpful, even beyond young people," said Richard Loewenstein, medical director of the Trauma Disorders Program at Sheppard Pratt Health System. "One of the ma-jor inhibitors for people of all ages is shame. In particular, kids think they can just talk to their friends about it, that it'll just go away on its own."

But he said students might be more apt to get help if they're able to go online privately, get good informa-tion and see that their responses to trauma aren't unusual.

Loyola is not alone in offering components of counseling online. The University of Maryland, for example, offers a link for students to email questions to counselors. The Johns Hopkins Uni-versity provides a link to an online screening survey to help diagnose depression.

But Loyola's online

program goes much fur-ther in trying to replicate the experience of a live counseling session. In videos, counselors talk about everything from the basic defini-tion of trauma to tips for relaxing the mind. Users respond to ques-tions about the symp-toms they're experienc-ing and are steered to graphics showing them how common their ex-periences are.

"One of the nice things they did was an-ticipate the questions people might have and then provide the an-swers," said Jeffrey Lat-ing, a clinical psychol-ogy professor at Loyola who wasn't involved in creating REACT.

"That's actually my favorite part," said Dan Kelly, a Loyola senior who coordinates peer counselors on cam-pus. "You can see that your reaction is similar to what a lot of other

students are going through."

Parcover said he has already received positive feedback from counselors around the country, who see RE-ACT as a potential way to reach students who might have avoided face-to-face sessions.

Rene Monteagudo, a clinical psychologist in the University of Illi-nois counseling center, said he used REACT in the aftermath of an off-campus shooting last semester.

"Loyola did a fantas-tic job," he said. "The feedback I got was that people were so pleased to have a tool that gave them information im-mediately. It's available 24-7 and it's a rapid way for students to un-derstand the physical, emotional and cogni-tive symptoms they're experiencing."

Loyola has experi-enced its share of cam-

pus trauma in recent years.

In 2005, then-President Harold E. "Hap" Ridley died suddenly, followed shortly by the unexpect-ed death of a popular campus ministry lead-er. In 2009, sophomore Stephanie Parente was murdered by her father in a Towson hotel room, along with her sister and mother. The next year, senior business major Evan Girardi was found unresponsive in his dorm room and later died. Last year, recent gradu-ate Emily Hauze was found dead in a trash bin outside a Baltimore apartment building.

Parcover said such events, along with more personal traumas such as sudden deaths of loved ones, disrupt feel-ings of personal security and impede learning. Though more than one-third of Loyola students attend some sort of counseling while in col-

lege, he said, the ones least likely to seek help are those who have ex-perienced traumas.

In response to the bad news on campus, Loyola counselors of-fered pro-active edu-cation on coping. They didn't call it therapy for fear of stigmatizing the effort.

But students saw it as therapy anyway and largely stayed away. "We discovered that this generation is really re-luctant to seek help, es-pecially when you call it counseling," Parcover said.

"Students think they can only go if they're crazy, if they have really serious problems," Kelly said. "They think that if other students see you walking up the ramp to the center, you'll be la-beled as crazy."

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THEME: CLASSIC NOVELS

ACROSS1. *Harry Potter’s an-tagonist6. Hole puncher9. Attention grabber13. Beyond suburban14. Sheepish cry15. Supports climbing plants16. *Holmes would try to verify this17. Make a mistake18. Popular jewelry stone19. *Toni Morrison’s Pulitzer winner21. *Emerald City visitor23. Before tac24. Sports award25. Siesta28. *”A Clockwork Or-ange” protagonist30. Performed alone35. Away from wind37. Heart feeling39. Mother-of-pearl40. Live bait41. “Now _____ enter-tainment!”43. Not Sunni44. Used to call some-one’s attention, pl.46. Expression of pain47. Dissenting clique48. Street of shops, especially in orient50. Fraud or imposter52. U Rah ___!53. Mixed breed canine55. ___ de Janeiro57. *It chronicles Leo-pold Bloom’s journey through Dublin61. *Twist and Heep creator65. _____ Protocol on climate change66. Consumed68. China Grass69. NBA great _____ Baylor70. St. Louis player71. Speak one’s mind72. Make hot and dry73. ___ Lanka74. Used as fertilizer and explosive

DOWN1. Not bright2. “____ of thumb”3. Seed cover4. 15th century North America explorer5. Famous picture book pig6. Tucked in7. *One main topic in Tolstoy’s 1869 classic8. Hog fat, pl.9. Jumping stick10. A team reserved for emergencies11. Comedian with red, curly hair12. 3-point shot15. Heavy elementary particle20. Enthusiastic ap-proval22. Roman goddess of fertility24. Car emission, e.g.25. Honorific title given to Muslim rulers26. Central Pacific greeting27. Actress Rosie29. Repeating sound31. Lad’s counterpart32. Autumn color33. *”Fear of Flying” author Jong34. *It happened in Venice36. *Jane Austen clas-sic38. ____ A Sketch42. African river, also spelled “Chari”45. Delilah’s trusting victim49. Street in Paris51. One millionth of a meter54. Former Russian leaders56. Giraffe-like African animal57. Short for ukuleles58. Singer/actor Lovett59. Hindu discipline60. Evoke emotion61. Ashton’s ex62. Give off63. Number of baseball fielders64. Tiresias in “Oedipus Rex,” e.g.67. Smoker’s lung residue

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Joan and Peggy are coming back, and they're bringing Marilyn and Jackie.

"Mad Men" returns Sunday for a new sea-son. It's hard to be pa-tient when it has been 18 months since Christina Hendricks' Joan rounded the corner of Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce in a jewel-toned sheath dress.

As "Mad Men" cos-tume designer Janie Bry-ant says, "It's all about the bust, waist, hips." We noticed.

Bryant, who spoke to The Star last week by phone from L.A., said she imagined Joan as a wom-an whose fashion icons were Sophia Loren, Jayne Mansfield and, of course, Marilyn Monroe.

"Those women under-stood that fitted clothing looks best on them. It accentuates their assets, if you will," Bryant said with a laugh.

Peggy Olson (played by Elisabeth Moss) has already evolved out of the little-girl outfits she wore in the first two seasons as she rose from secretary to copywriter at Sterling Cooper.

"We really see Peggy progress the most in terms of story and costume de-sign," Bryant said.

So Bryant, who won an Emmy for her work on "Mad Men," put Peggy in polka dots, plaids and Pe-ter Pan collars, what she calls the "ultimate school-girl" look. By last season, though, Peggy was wear-ing suits and smart dress-es.

AMC is being tight-lipped about how much time has elapsed when Season 5 begins, but Sea-son 4 ended in late 1965. In the next few months and years, runways, side-walks and office buildings exploded with change.

Someone with a front-row seat to that change was Jane Maas, author of the new tell-all biography "Mad Women." Maas, whose career took her from copywriter to cre-ative director and agency president, is a real-life version of Peggy Olson. She entered the advertis-ing world at Ogilvy & Mather in 1964.

"It was the Jackie Ken-nedy era. Every woman wanted to look like Jack-ie. Not a hair was out of place. We wore those swingy coats," she said.

But things were about to change, and the first sign was the miniskirt. David Ogilvy put out a memo to his staff that the skirts weren't allowed, Maas said, but he eventu-ally gave up.

As new trends rolled in,

it was copywriters who took chances with fash-ion.

"I wanted to make a statement that I was cre-ative. That was important inside the agency and for my clients," she said. So when and if "Mad Men" hits the late '60s, it may be Moss, not Hendricks, whose character we can expect to wear a miniskirt or pants into the office.

(And speaking of of-fices, that's the one thing Maas says the show gets wrong: The creatives should have much funki-er offices. She had a ham-mock in hers.)

Bryant, of course, can't say whether she has a pair of go-go boots in Peggy's size stashed in her trailer. "No matter what, she is still pretty buttoned-up. That is really where that character comes from,"

Bryant said.Maas, who was hap-

pily married to husband Michael in the '60s, said she enjoyed drawing at-tention to herself with her clothes, but not in the way Joan Harris does. In 1968, Maas was the first woman to come to work at Ogilvy & Mather in a pantsuit.

"It was a rust-colored tweed. I was so proud. It was so avante-garde. I knew that I was turning heads," Maas said. "The other women all looked at me in shock."

Maas went to meet her husband for dinner that night after work. When she showed up at 21 in her pantsuit, the tony res-taurant refused to let her in.

"I had to wait in the lob-by," she said. "They had jackets and ties for men

but not skirts for women."Though she had fun

with clothes, Maas said she doesn't miss what she had to wear beneath them.

"People don't realize the layers we were wear-ing," she said. There were girdles, garters and ny-lons with seams up the back that had to be kept straight.

"Then over this, you had a bra that made your breasts look like jav-elins," Maas said. "You wore a slip, either rose or white, under everything."

And when the ladies on "Mad Men" get un-dressed, you're seeing the real thing.

"Most of the slips I use are genuine. They last," Bryant said. Pieces with elastic might be repro-ductions, or they could be vintage. "Some of the ac-tors wear genuine pieces

that we have been able to find in their original boxes."

Bryant, who has clothes for her characters cus-tom-made if she can't find them, released her second "Mad Men"–inspired line at Banana Republic for spring.

"The classic shape that I love for most figures is the sheath," Bryant said. For women who like separates, check out the pants, designed from a pair January Jones wore on the show − "Betty Draper's classic cigarette pant."

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Joan Harris (Christina Hendricks, from left), Roger Sterling (John Slattery), Lane Pryce (Jared Harris), Pete Campbell (Vincent Kartheiser), Don Draper (Jon Hamm), Bertram Cooper (Robert Morse) and Peggy Olson (Elisabeth Moss) are cast members of AMC's "Mad Men." (Frank Ockenfels/Courtesy AMC/MCT)

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One of the most adored storylines of all time is coming to life. "Mirror Mir-ror" is a comedy-fantasy film based on Disney’s original 1938 fairy tale, “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs."

The movie "Mirror Mirror" is the first of the two Snow White-based mov-ies that are set to be released this year.

It is a retelling of the Snow White legend. It stars the beautiful, Lily Col-lins as Snow White, the lovely Julia Roberts as the evil Queen, and the handsome Armie Hammer as the charming prince.

The film, directed by Tarsem Singh, was first known as the "Untitled Snow White Project," until later receiving the title of "Mirror Mirror" on Nov. 4 of last year.

"Mirror Mirror" tells a story of a wick-ed, evil Queen who will do anything to gain control of the throne and the

attention of the charming prince.Snow White, with her beauty, wins

over the heart of the charming prince. The Queen then becomes extremely mad and banishes Snow White to the forest where a beast hungrily awaits. But instead of being eaten by the beast, Snow White is rescued by seven dwarfs.

Snow White becomes determined to take back her kingdom from the evil Queen. She and the seven dwarfs join forces to fight and re-claim her birthright and win the Prince’s heart.

This version of “Snow White” prom-ises to be a magical adventure that will surely capture the hearts of its audience.

"Mirror Mirror" is set to be released on March 30 and is rated PG for mild, rude humor and fantasy action scenes. Don’t miss out on this magi-cal movie and check local theatres for show times.

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'Mirror Mirror': A new twist on a classic

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Photo/Courtesy MirrorMirrorfilm.comJulia Roberts (Evil Queen) and Lily Collins (Snow White) star in the modern version of the classic fairy tale. The movie opens March 30.

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“Star Wars: Episode 1- The Phan-tom Menace” was one the best movies ever made. Although the graphics aren’t stellar, the storyline and passion make up for them. George Lucas has finally recomis-sioned it 12 years later in 3-D.

“Star Wars: Episode 1- The Phan-tom Menace” is about the Siths rebelling against the Jedi by cap-turing the peaceful planet of Na-boo with droids. The Queen (Nata-lie Portman) then leaves with two Jedi Knights, Qui-Gon Jinn (Liam Neeson) and Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor), a Gungan, Jar Jar Binks (voiced by Ahmed Best) , and a helper droid, R2-D2, and gets stranded on the planet of Tatooine, where the gang meets a young slave boy named Anakin Skywalker

(Jake Lloyd). They get off the planet with Anakin’s help and try to safely get to the Coruscant to solve the problem dealing with the Naboo. Along the way, they face Darth Maul (Ray Park), a Sith apprentice who is ordered to kill them. The Queen returns to Naboo and forms an alliance with the Gungans to rid Naboo of droids. The group defeats them with Qui-Gon Jinn and Darth Maul being causalities. Anakin be-comes Obi-Wan Kenobi’s padawan as per Qui-Gon Jinn’s dying request. Masters Yoda (voiced by Frank Oz) and Mace Windu (Samuel L. Jack-son) discuss the return of the Sith at Qui-Gon Jinn’s funeral.

With the graphics being what they were when the movie first came out in 1999, Lucas did a fantastic job at making everything seem so real and already in 3-D. All the fighting and racing scenes seemed like you were coming along for the ride. You

were in the star fighter traveling at light speed of light away from Na-boo; you were escaping with Jar Jar Binks in a submarine, and racing with young Anakin. With the new 3-D technology they have made that 3-D feeling into something big-ger. The racing scene with Anakin was so real and it seemed like you were in his pod and racing Sebulba (voiced by Lewis Macleod). Howev-er, the graphics are still the same so the movie still has that cheese fac-tor to it, which makes it that much better, and it’s still suspenseful the whole way through.

Even though I’ve seen the mov-ie a thousand times, I still felt that I didn’t know what was going to happen. Seeing the movie in 3-D made the movie seem new all over again. When Queen Amidala re-vealed who she really was in front of the Gungans, I almost thought that I didn’t know that was going to happen. The whole experience was new and improved. The fight scenes were also improved, you could practically feel the raw energy be-tween Darth Maul and Qui-Gon Jinn as the light sabers clashed.

I will always love the original “Star Wars: Episode 1- The Phantom Men-ace” but I also will love experienc-ing it in 3-D. The movie is classic and has just enough cheese factor for it to be a great movie.

The new 3-D movie trend has fol-lowed into a "galaxy far, far away" with “Star Wars: Episode 1- The Phantom Menace”. "Lion King" start-ed the trend in the later part of last year. The next classic movie to be remade into 3-D will be "The Titanic" in April later this year. I'm not sure if the movie companies just have run out of ideas or whether they are just trying to let the younger generation see what they are missing out on.

Lucas jumps on the 3-D bandwagon

By Krista NewmanStaff Writer

The "Phantom Menace" is the first movie in the "Star Wars" franchise to be re-leased in 3-D. The other five movies will be re-release in 3-D.

It cost approximately $50,000 to $100,000 per min-ute to convert a 2-D movie to 3-D.

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"The Hunger Games" is predict-ed to be the next big movie of 2012. It is an upcoming science-fiction-action drama movie based on the novel of the same name by Suzanne Collins.

It stars Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss, Josh Hutcherson as Peeta and Liam Hemsworth as Gale.

The movie franchise, "The Hun-ger Games" is believed to be the next "Twilight" series, but just how will "The Hunger Games" sweep "Twilight" off its pedestal?

According to Entertainment Weekly's online website, "The Hunger Games" will feature a se-ries of four movies made of the three published books, similarly to "Twilight’s four books that were made into five movies.

"The Hunger Games" books and movies are already breaking re-cords. On Feb. 22, the movie

broke the record for the most online advanced ticket sales on Fandango, topping the previous record-holder, "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse," which set the record in 2010.

“The Hunger Games" is off to a fantastic start," said Fandango Executive Vice President and General Manager, Rick Butler. "...We saw the biggest first day advance ticketing sales in our company’s nearly 12-year history – which is especially impressive for a March release and a non-sequel.”

"The Hunger Games" tells a story set in the future where the Unit-ed States--once known as North America now called Panem--is divided into 12 districts and is ruled by a capitol, a central gov-ernment that controls all districts.

A "reaping” or raffle is held in each of the 12 districts every year where each district is required to give up two of their children, one

boy and one girl ages 12 through 18. Participants are then forced to risk their lives by competing in the Hunger Games, leaving only one child alive.

Winning the Hunger Games is a prestigious honor because the winner receives luxuries, as well as publicity, and enough food and supplies to last a lifetime.

Katniss lives in District 12, where she cares for her mother (Paula Malcomson) and her sister Prim-rose (Willow Shields). Her father died in a mining accident when Katniss was eleven years old.

Since the age of 12, Katniss has put her name in the reaping, more than once. She, in return for doing this, receives extra grain and oil for her family.

Katniss' sister, Primrose, has only entered her name in the reap-

ing once, but unexpectedly gets chosen, resulting in Katniss volun-teering to take her sister’s spot in the Hunger Games.

Katniss and the other tributes must compete in the Hunger Games which are broadcasted live for the whole world to see.

"The Hunger Games" is set to be released on March 23 and has a parental rating of PG-13, mean-ing it may not be suitable for chil-dren under the age of 13.

Several theaters around the country will have advance screenings of the movie. At se-lect theaters, the movie will be be shown at midnight. Check lo-cal theatres for show times and to see who will be left alive.

Log on to www.tvccnewsjour-nal.com to watch the trailer.

Photo/Courtesy filmofilia.com

Slated to be next big teen movie since "Twilight," "The Hunger Games" stars three of Hollywood's hot-test young actors, Jennifer Lewis (pictured above), Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth.

Bring on the Games


Beauty Tips

People say “beauty is in the eye of the beholder,” but have you ever had a makeup that did not just cover but enhanced the features that you already have?

There is one out there and it is called BB Cream. BB Cream stands for Blemish Balm, Blemish Base, or Beblesh Balm. Originally created in 1968 in Germany, it was created for laser surgery patients to soothe, protect, and refine sensitive skin while providing light coverage for acne and other blemishes. It covers your face in a very natural looking makeup that has healing properties, SPF protection, oil control, moisturizing, anti-wrinkle, and people can even buy it specifically to fit their skin type. It really is an all-in-one face product. There is even BB Cream for men.

The most known brands of BB Cream are BRTC (Bio Remedies Thera-peutic Cosmetic), Dr. Jart, Lioele, Skin Food, Etude, The Face Shop, Mis-sha, Garnier and SKIN79. You can purchase this online at many different stores. Some of the known websites are bbcreams.com, sephora.com or even on Amazon.com. There are a few brands that sell BB Creams one of those is Garnier.

There are only one or two colors that they sell; however, it covers a wide variety of skin tones to fit almost anyone. It is very thick and creamy and can go on either as primer or as foundation. You can put foundation on top of BB Creams for added coverage. According to the blog Natalie's BeautyLand, the European version of BB Cream made by Garnier is very easy to apply and spreads very easily. When applied it looks a little oily, but after it sits for two to three minutes the moisture absorbs into the skin making your skin look natural. The undertones of the makeup is natural instead of a matte or dewy finish.

Women buzzing about BB Cream

By Caitlin TophinkeStaff Writer

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Although it has been four months since TVCC lost two of its own, their memory will live on in the two places they so dearly loved.

Kurt Budke and Miranda Serna, who previously coached the Trinity Valley women’s basketball team, passed away Nov. 17 of last year in a plane crash traveling to Arkansas.

The TVCC Foundation announced in March that the Kurt Budke and Miranda Serna Lady Cardinal Me-morial Scholarship will help to ensure that their “legacies will live on and continue to grow.”

“The loss of Kurt and Miranda hit us hard here at Trinity Valley,” said Mary Nicholson, the vice president of insti-tutional advancement and execu-tive director of the TVCC Foundation at the college, in a press release.

“Creation of a scholarship was dis-cussed as a way to honor them and several community members helped get it established. We feel there’s no better way to do so than the award-ing of a scholarship to a student who is totally committed to the program just as Kurt and Miranda were.”

The scholarship will be a student-athlete or a manage/trainer affili-ated with the Lady Cardinals’ pro-gram.

In his home town of Salina, Kans.,

the site of the NCJAA women’s na-tional tournament, the court will be renamed in his honor.

In February, the city of Salina, Kan., announced that the Bicenten-nial Center’s court will be named in honor of its native son, Budke. Two of Budke’s friends, Larry Britegam and Mike Chaput, filed a petition and gathered the 300 signatures needed to bring the suggestion before the city’s commissioners. The commis-sioners voted unanimously to ap-prove the naming of the court, ac-cording to News on 6 in Tulsa, Okla.

“The thought of naming the court after him would be a great fit and tribute to one of Salina's own," Cha-put told the Salina Journal. "I thought it would be appropriate to honor and recognize Kurt Budke for his ac-complishments in basketball."

The naming ceremony was held during the 2012 National Junior Col-lege Athletic Association Women’s National Tournament.

Coach Kurt Budke was born in Sa-lina, Kan., on June 3, 1961. He grad-uated from Sacred Hearts Jr-Sr High School in Salina and from Washburn University. He then went on to earn his master’s degree from Wichita State University.

Budke began his coaching career as an assistant coach at Friends Uni-versity, later coaching at Kansas City Kansas Community College. Coach

Budke went on to become the head coach at Allen County Community College.

After four years at Allen County, Budke came to Texas led the Lady Cardinals at Trinity Valley. During Budke's eight year tenure, the Trin-ity Valley women's basketball team won national championships in 1994, 1996, 1997 and 1999. Serna, who played for Trinity Valley as part of TVCC's 1996 championship team, later returned to Trinity Valley to coach under Budke.

After leaving Trinity Valley in 2000, Coach Budke became an associate coach at Louisiana Tech University, later becoming the college's head coach from 2002-2005.

Budke later moved on to Oklaho-ma State University to serve as the head coach of the Cowgirls, with Serna serving as his assistant coach. Serna, a former TVCC national champion basketball player and an assistant coach at OSU under Budke, also died in the plane crash. She helped TVCC win the national championship in 1996.

“I’m stunned to hear about Kurt and Miranda,” said former long-time TVCC men’s basketball coach and athletic director Leon Spencer. “Kurt’s record speaks for itself as far as his ability as a coach, but he was a tremendous individual, as well.”

While at TVCC, Budke won four

national championships in 1994, 1996, 1997 and 1999, and his team competed for the national title for six season in a row. Coach Budke's wins at the junior college level holds the record for the highest winning per-centage in NJCAA history, at 273-31. His overall record coaching record stands at 423-104.

In 2008, Coach Budke was induct-ed into the Henderson County Junior College- Trinity Valley Community College Hall of Fame. Budke was also the youngest coach inducted into the National Junior College Ath-letic Association for all of his achieve-ments on the junior college level.

Two other passengers, Olin and Paula Brandstetter, were also killed in the plane crash.

Photo/Courtesy of TVCC PRTVCC established the Kurt Budke and Miranda Serna Lady Cardinal Memorial Scholarship in March. The city of Salina, Kan., named Bicenten-nial Center's court in honor of Budke.

Gone but not forgottenBy Krista Newman

Staff Writer

FOOTBALLThe 2012 football schedule was recently re-

leased. The Cards will open the season Aug. 25 at home against Southeast Prep at 7 p.m. They will travel to Kansas Sept. 1 to play Coffeyville Community College (7 p.m.) before starting the conference season. The rest of the schedule is as follows:

9/15 vs. Kilgore, 7 p.m.9/22 @ Cisco, 5 p.m.9/29 vs. Navarro, 7 p.m.10/6 vs. Northeastern Oklahoma A&M, 3 p.m.10/13 vs. Blinn, 3 p.m.10/20 @ Tyler Junior College, 3 p.m.10/27 @ Lon Morris, 3 p.m.11/3 SWJCFC Playoffs, TBA11/10 SWJCFC Championship, TBA

VOLLEYBALLBrianna Young, one of the first members of the

Lady Cardinals' volleyball program, will continue her volleyball career at Henderson State.

Young concluded her TVCC career with 536.5 points, 413 kills, 120.5 blocks, 72 digs and three aces. She also had a .388 attacking percentage.

She was also named TVCC Female Athlete of the Week and was named honorable mention all-conference twice.

M-BASKETBALLThe Cards finished the season with 21-10 over-

all record. Their season ended in a regional tour-nament quarterfinal loss to Blinn College (81-69). D.D. Scarver was the team's leading scorer, av-eraging 18 points a game. He was also named first-team all-conference and was the region 14 tournament MVP.

Sophomore Daniel Ehambe also received post-season honors. He was named second-team all-conference.

W-BASKETBALLThe Lady Cards held on to their No. 1 national

ranking while dusting off foes in the Region 14 conference tournament. The team will make their

17 overall and fifth straight national tournament appearance. Last year, the Lady Cards were un-successful in the team's quest for a sixth national title. They finished second in the tournament, los-ing 90-81 to North Idaho.

The team's scoring leader, sophomore Sha'Kayla Caples (19 points per game) was MVP of Region 14, as well as MVP of the tournament. Sophomore Keuna Flax (16 points and 7 rebounds per game) was named all-conference and to the all-tourna-ment team. Sophomore Breanna Lewis (13 points a game)was also named to the all-tournament team.

SOFTBALLThe Lady Cards are 18-14 and have 18 more

games left for the season. Freshman Meaghan Kinnee is the team's leading pitcher with an 8-4 win-loss record, 2.17 ERA and has struck out 22 batters. Sophomore Tiffany Santistevan has a .341 batting average with 31 hits and 27 RBI's

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The crowd is cheer-ing; as the gym is filled with noise, the play-ers begin to feel the pressure. Their legs are shaking from running back and forth on the court so many times.

The team is down by one point with only 10 seconds left in the game. Suddenly, the unexpected occurs. With the game on the line, a free throw is made resulting in the game winning point.

The Trinity Valley Community College men’s basketball team has had its surpris-ing and unbelievable game moments this

season, but nothing compares to the ener-gy and vibe that peo-ple feel when they are at a TVCC game.

“I love going to the TVCC basketball games because the vibe there is so live and fun,” said Presley Lane, a liberal arts student at TVCC. “Everyone gets into the game whether they are winning or los-ing and no one gives up.”

Every year there is ex-citement that revolves around the basketball season. Surely this year would not be an ex-ception.

“You always have a great time at the bas-ketball games even if they're losing,” said

Dylan Cain a liberal arts student at TVCC. “The games are always ec-static and crazy and it makes my Wednesdays and Saturdays better.”

Judy Forgey, a fan of all of TVCC's athlet-ic teams, and wife of Trinity Valley president Glendon Forgey said, “Going to the TVCC basketball games is one of my favorite things to do. I try to go to all the games, in-cluding away games,.The players are awe-some and real team players.”

The TVCC Cards won their last home game of the season which was played Saturday, March 3 in the Cardinal Gym against Panola

(93-65).The victory secured

Pat Smith's team the No. 2 North Zone re-gional tournament seed and the No. 4 overall seed in the re-gional tournament. The Cards receive d a bye in the opening round of the regional tourna-ment.

Despite losing to Blinn (81-69) during the quar-terfinals of the tourna-ment, they stall man-aged a respectable 21-10 record. And al-though individuality is not a key factor for the TVCC basketball team, there are a few play-ers who have shined a little more due to their achievements.

D.D. Scarver, a 6’4″

sophomore from Bir-mingham, Ala., aver-aged 18 points per game. He was also the Region 14 tournament MVP and was named first-team all-confer-ence.

Six-foot-seven fresh-man, Dominique Elliot from Savannah, Ga.,

was the top rebounder on the team, averag-ing nine a game.

Daniel Ehambe, a

6'0" sophomore from Mansfield, Texas, also received post-season honors. He was named second-team all-con-ference.

Though the future for the Cards is unwritten, fans can only hope for the same excitement at the Cards' games

next season, and hope-fully the team can bring home a championship.

Cards create excitement for fans

“I love going to the TVCC basketball games because the vibe there is so live and fun.”

--------------------Presley LaneTVCC liberal arts student

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“I had a 4.0 in the first quarter, as well as every other quarter un-til I graduated from Dartmouth with a 3.99 GPA. During that time, never did I once pull an all-nighter, during that time I rarely ever studied passed eight or nine at night. There were only a hand-ful of occasions in which I got less than eight hours of sleep.”

Once Newport showed how his techniques work, he wanted to share it with others around him. He wrote his first book, “How to Win at College” while at Dart-mouth.

In his books he covers three points that will help any student become successful in college. Phi Theta Kappa advisor, Nancy Long, agreed that these point will be beneficial to TVCC students.

Long said: "I think he made good points. He had three main points. First, he believes that stu-dents should use what he calls ‘Active Recall’ to study, where you don’t just look at your notes. If you can explain a topic with complete sentences, and when you get to the place that you can do that without having to look back at your notes, then he says that you have conquered that

topic and you can move on to the next one.

"His second point is that stu-dents have to learn to conquer procrastination, by not setting an impossible goal, like 'I’m going to study all weekend' but instead by setting small goals like 'I’m going to study for an hour and I’m go-ing to use active recall on these three topics.’

“His third point: Leave yourself enough free time to do the things you have to do. Even if you are an over achiever and somehow get it done, then you have no life, and you're unhappy. That doesn’t lead to you being suc-

cessful, instead you need to do fewer things and do them very well.”

Phi Theta Kappa president, Adrian Tovis, hopes that these point will be beneficial to stu-dents when they get ready to tackle studying.

“I think that if [students] ap-ply his [Newport’s] strategy, To-vis said "they will know how to study.”

These three points are all it takes for a student to be success-ful academically. Plus, it will help them to defeat procrastina-tion all while still having the time to enjoy college.

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