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Cinematic screams‘Quarantine’ kicks off scary movie season with edge-of-your -seat chills.

page 8Best in the nationA pair of home victories vaults the men’s soccer squad to No. 1 team in the nation.

The future of life on earth is very uncertain, Dr. Richard Leakey, noted paleoanthropolo-gist, environmentalist and politi-cal adviser, said Monday night. Leakey, who has made groundbreaking fossil discover-ies and was named one of TIME Magazine’s 100 Greatest Minds in the 20th Century, spoke as part of the Artist Lecture Series. He offered the audience in Akin Au-ditorium a chilling perspective on the topic of climate change. “Climate change is not some-thing new,” Leakey said. “Had there not been changes in the Earth’s climate, life would have never appeared.” Climate change, however, also causes extinction, which leaves room for new species to develop, he said. While acknowledging that skepticism exists on whether or

not climate change is manmade, Leakey believes global warming will have an effect on all spe-cies. “The Earth’s population today is 6 billion and we occupy ev-ery conceivable environment,”

Leakey said. This, he said, dem-onstrates that humans are adapt-able. “The question is, can 6 billion people adapt quickly enough to climate change?” Humans will not likely be-come extinct, in Leakey’s opin-ion, but they will be forced to adapt in what he believes will be some remarkable ways. Evidence, he said, is visible that humans have not only pre-cipitated global warming by in-creasing emissions, but they are also accelerating it. A glacier has been present atop Mt. Kilimanjaro for more than 15,000 years, he said. “There will be no ice within 10 years,” Leakey said. And the phenomenon is not limited to Africa. Leakey said that a study of glaciers in South America, the Cascades in the western U.S., the Alps and the Himalayas reveal that perma-

nent ice is melting at an “unprec-edented” rate. “At the ends of the Earth, ice is breaking off and falling into the sea,” he said. The sheer volume could af-fect sea level, and the cold wa-ter pouring into the ocean could result in changes in ocean cur-rents. Carbon emissions pose a problem as well, Leakey said, because so many organisms that absorb carbon dioxide, such as plankton, live in oceans. If too much carbon is absorbed by these organisms, the ocean sur-face could become more acidic to the point that plankton and other photosynthetic organisms could no longer exist. Their ex-tinction would disrupt the food chain from the bottom up. “The last time there was a major episode of climate change

A world with no art is a world with no color.

Since 1978 the Lamar D. Fain College of Fine Arts has brought color to MSU and the surround-ing communities through student and professional art exhibits. To celebrate this 30-year achieve-ment, the MSU Art Department will host a retrospective of past artists whose work has been dis-played at MSU.

The exhibition, “Thirty Year Selected Retrospective: Mid-western State University Art Gallery 1978 – 2008,” will com-memorate the anniversary of the building, home to the Art, Mu-

sic, Mass Communications and Theatre Departments.

Gallery Director Catherine Prose came up with the idea of the exhibition while looking through a collection of past art-ists.

“There was such an extensive collection of art work, ” the as-sistant professor said. “I’ve never seen a place so well docu-mented.”

After compiling a list of artists who have been displayed over the years, Prose sent the names out to MSU professors.

“The professors selections were a combination of people whose work they appreciate and enjoy and also the ones they would like to see come back,”

she said.After much deliberation, the

selections were narrowed down to 29 artists. The pieces that will be displayed have already ar-rived.

“Looking at the digital images is one thing, but when you actu-ally see them up close, you re-ally get an appreciation for the artists and their work.”

The artwork will include tra-ditional and modern pieces as well as pieces that have been rendered. Also included will be artwork that has been treated like drawings but are actually 3-dimensional and will hang from the ceiling. Guest will have a chance to view wood-fired stoneware, photographs, paint-

ings and other mediums.With the help of the Presi-

dent’s Excellence Circle, which finances projects at MSU, a color catalog will be handed out during the opening ceremony so guests will have a permanent re-cord.

The opening ceremony will take place on Halloween night from 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. in the main gallery of the Juanita Harvey Art Gallery.

Along with the Juanita and Ralph Harvey School of Visual Arts, other participants from the College of Fine Arts include the Theatre Department, Mass Communications and the Music

Campus sidewalk surfers left afoot

Climate change could wreak havoc

Fain Fine Arts Center marks milestone

Photo by Brittany NormanCori Bobbett rides her longboard in front of the Fain Fine Arts Center. Skateboarding is illegal on campus, but some students are trying to get the rules changed.

Photo by Loren EggenschwilerDr. Richard Leakey speaks Monday as part of the Artist Lecture Series.

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When an MSU police vehi-cle pulled up behind freshman Terrance Marsh last month, he didn’t know what to think. An officer exited the patrol truck, Marsh framed in its flash-ing LEDs. The lawman rattled off Marsh’s transgressions – no headlights, no license plate, no turn signal. His crime: skateboarding on campus. The art major was issued a $25 ticket. The “violation” didn’t fit into any ticket category, so none was listed, he said. “It didn’t make sense to me,” Marsh said. “I don’t have a car. For them to deny me what I was given by my situation is wrong.” Marsh learned the hard way that skateboarding on campus is illegal.

He approached the Student Government Association in Oc-tober about changing campus skating rules. Skateboarding is a valid form of transportation, he maintained. “I’m on a skateboard to avoid traffic and pedestrians,” Marsh said. “It’s time to let skateboard-ing transportation be.” Police Chief Michael Hagy met with met the MSU admin-istration Tuesday to discuss changes in the skating policy. A current proposal to allow skateboarding on campus is be-ing considered, he said. It will be sent to one of the school’s attor-neys for review. “It’s something we’re working on,” Hagy said. “We’re trying to meet the needs and desires of the students.” Skateboarding on campus might pose a threat to pedestri-

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MSU senior Jerrad Norman had come home early to surprise his girlfriend. Instead, he was the one who got the surprise.

Cloaked in darkness, he watched her emerge from a house, followed by a mystery guy. Norman, stand-ing behind a light pole, felt his heart drop to his toes when he saw them hold hands and kiss.

His girlfriend, he discovered, had been cheating on him.

“I can’t believe she betrayed me like that,” he said.

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In a little over 24 hours, an epic event will be taking place. Yes, epic. There have been events similar to it in the past; Events such as the Star Wars, Pirates of the Caribbean, or even the Spider-Man release could be noted as alike, but in my opin-ion none can be directly com-pared. I am, of course, talking about the premiere of High School Musical 3: Senior Year. The High School Musical series took over Disney Chan-nel in 2006 when Troy and Gabriella first met at a karaoke contest. The complete domination the series has over Disney has been made obvious by the tre-

mendous success of the DVDs and movie-related products. It is because of this success that the series is hitting the big screen for the first time, Friday at midnight. For the TV premieres of the first two movies, I was pumped beyond belief, but now that the third movie is in theatres I’m freaking ecstatic. I can’t even describe my an-ticipation for the midnight re-lease. Every time a trailer for the movie flashes across the televi-sion, my roommate and I raise the volume on our TVs as high as we can and stand in silence. Once the preview has ended we jump around the room and squeal about the movie. Granted, our conversation about the trailer itself is usual-ly limited to different octaves of “Oh. My. Goodness.” It may be silly to be obsessed

with a Disney movie, but even with the cheesy storyline and sometimes poor acting, I love this series. Its widespread popularity has made the movies a trend for even college students, and I definitely fall into that cat-egory. The quirky songs and themes the film contains are what keep me addicted to the High School Musical movies and every time I think about what could possibly be com-ing in the third movie, Oct. 24 seems further away. I’m pretty upset that this is going to be most of the main actors’ last film in the series, and I hope they end it on a good note. Actually, I know they will. The movie has so may amaz-ing questions to answer. What sort of fight are Ga-briella and Troy going to get

in this year (it’s only one fight per year)? Will the couple stay together after graduation? What about the rest of the people whom we know will end up dating? There isn’t a way to end this badly. Even with a large portion of the cast “graduating,” Disney has said that in the upcoming film, new characters will be introduced so the series can continue. Thank you, Disney. For now, I am just going to focus on creating my Wildcat T-shirt, going to the midnight premiere, and completely lov-ing the third High School Mu-sical movie; just this time with hundreds of other die-hard fans in the room. See? I told you. This is go-ing to be epic.

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The right to be mobile

With the parking problem that is definitely

evident this year, fines seem to be stacking

up before our eyes. However, parking viola-

tions are not the only way to be fined around

campus.

Although bicycles and cars can be used to

get from class to class, skateboards and long

boards are considered “illegal” on campus.

Riding on one of these around campus can

result in fines up to $25.

Yes, the fee for skateboarding is greater

than the fee for parking in reserved spot.

It seems that some priorities need to be set

straight.

Skateboards are smaller and can be more

easily controlled than bikes and vehicles, so

why their use is prohibited is an interesting

question.

Rollerblading is a similar topic that re-

mains up in the air. Although it is allowed

on the streets, rollerbladers are told not to

skate on the sidewalks.

This concept seems to add danger rath-

er than deflect it. Why put an unprotected

skater out with moving cars rather than on a

sidewalk?

With all the questions over the methods of

transportation, the school should reconsider

the rules that have been implemented.

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ans, Hagy said. “You can’t walk as fast as a guy can skate,” he said. “It’s more of a liability for the uni-versity.” Hagy anticipates the ban on skateboarding will change, but the wording will be very spe-cific as to what’s allowed. “It’s not going to be difficult to get changed, but we have to go through the right chan-nels,” said Keith Lamb, asso-ciate vice president of student affairs, during an SGA meet-ing Oct. 7. “It’s been like this as long as I’ve been here, but I suspect it

has something to do with peo-ple doing rails and damaging the property,” he said. “To use them for transportation should be just fine.” The current MSU policy on alternate transportation – skateboards, bicycles, roller-blades and others – is incon-sistent. The Police Department Or-dinance Booklet states it is unlawful for any student to skateboard on campus. Bikes and rollerblades are consid-ered legitimate forms of trans-portation, though there are certain areas where their use is

prohibited, such as on porches, walking tracks or rails. Also, rollerblades are not allowed on the sidewalks, though bicycles are. “There’s just as much danger with bikes as skates,” said ju-nior Robert McDowell. “Half the time bikes are in the road impeding traffic when they could be on the sidewalk.” McDowell, a radiologic technology major, rollerblades to his classes in Bridwell Hall. He enjoys skating to class even though it isn’t a long walk from his Sunwatcher apartment. “There’s no parking, so driv-

ing’s just not an option,” he said. “All the mass parking is on the other side of campus.” McDowell was stopped by MSU police while skating to class on Louis J. Rodriguez Monday morning. He said po-lice told him he wasn’t allowed to rollerblade on campus. The skates came off. Later that day, McDowell approached two MSU police-men by the entrance of the Dil-lard building. He was wearing his rollerblades again. He told the officers he had gone to the student govern-ment and had been told roller-blading should be okay. “Nothing has changed,” one officer said to him. The skates came off again. McDowell walked to the MSU Police Department, de-termined to settle the issue. He could be seen walking back down Louis J. at about 1 p.m., a copy of the Police Depart-ment Ordinance Booklet in one hand, the pair of heavy

black rollerblades in the other. “It makes you feel like you’re doing something wrong when you’re just skating down the street,” he said. “If you were jumping stuff and caus-ing harm to people that’s one thing, but there’s no harm in skating to class.” McDowell has received no tickets for skating on campus. “It’s that old mentality, ‘do things my way or not at all,’” he said. “They just don’t un-derstand.” Freshman Cori Bobbett would also like skating to be permitted on campus, but doesn’t think it’s that impor-tant. “I just like to ride around for fun every once in a while,” she said. “I don’t really care because my classes are too far apart.” She rides a longboard, a lon-ger, wider, more maneuverable skateboard. She has used it for about a year. Bobbett was teaching a

friend how to ride on the side-walk near her Killingsworth dorm when police told her it was prohibited. “They let people ride bikes,” she said. “That takes up a lot of space and it’s harder to con-trol. People get run over with bikes, but with a skateboard you can just jump off.” Parking has been a major concern for students this se-mester, especially since con-struction began where the Mercantile building stood. “They should get behind this, especially with all the parking problems,” Marsh said. Hagy disagrees that allow-ing skateboarding on cam-pus will alleviate any parking woes. Most of the people who skate, he said, live on campus anyway. “I don’t think people are go-ing to be skateboarding two miles to get to class,” he said.

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Campus briefs• Oct. 22 Imagine Graduation;

CSC Atrium; 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.

• SECC Dunking Booth; Daniel Build-

ing; 12 p.m. - 3 p.m.; $1 for 3 throws

• Oct. 23 Athletics luncheon;

Wichita Falls Museum of Art at MSU;

video replays, coach updates; Thurs.

12 p.m. to 1 p.m.; cost $6

• Mole Day Contest; third floor chem-

istry office in Bolin; Thurs. 6:02 a.m.

- 6:02 p.m.; Entry deadline is Oct. 22,

5 p.m.

• Multicultural Services: Racial

Vocabulary; CSC Wichita I and II;

Thurs. 11:30 a.m.

• Speakers and Issues Series: Poetic

Visions; Wichita Falls Museum of Art

at MSU; Thurs. 7 p.m.

• SGA and Multicultural Services:

What’s at Stake?; CSC Wichita;

Thurs. 8 p.m.

• Oct. 28 Majors Fair; CSC Co-

manche Suites; Tues. 9 a.m. - 1:30

p.m. and 4 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

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Cheating is prevalent, said Pam Midgett, director of the counsel-ing center. “We have people come in here feeling hurt, angry, rejected, be-trayed, worthless, guilty and stu-pid for not knowing what was going on,” she said. Not only do people go into the counseling center to find help in a cheating relationship, they also seek advice if they are the ones who cheated. “We see both sides,” Midgett said. “Sometimes people come in because they are the ones who cheated. They have such a guilty conscience they need to talk about it because they want to keep the relationship they are in.” The key to maintaining a healthy relationship is commu-nication, Midgett said. “It’s important to be selective in who you date and to choose an honorable and respectable person today because your heart is on the line. Don’t set yourself up for sadness.” Once the magic in a relation-ship dies, couples tend to get bored, Midgett explained. Their

eyes start to wander, looking for something better. In Norman’s case, his ex- was simply bored. Although they had a four-year relationship and were living together, they gradu-ally grew apart. Communication between them had dwindled. Norman now realizes he should have seen the breakup coming. One night he phoned her to discover she was watching a movie with another guy. They were in his apartment. Questions began to stir. “Who is he? Why is he in my apartment? Is she alone with him in my bed?” He confronted her. She burst into tears and explained he was just a friend. She asked Norman why he didn’t trust her. “So I thought to myself, if he’s just a friend, why is she so upset right now?” he said. She never answered any of Norman’s questions. Instead, she turned the tables and began asking him questions. “Suspicious cheaters tend to distance themselves,” Midgett said. “They begin to feel guilty so

they push themselves away from the person they are with.” Midgett said many people in these situation resort to prayer. Norman, however, got angry. “When you’re betrayed in a relationship it can be damaging. It makes a person question their ability to choose someone to be faithful to them,” Midgett said. “Questions will be asked like if they’re worth being loyal to, and what’s wrong with them if not?” People who cheat are clearly unhappy with their relationship, Midgett said. They continue the affair, not realizing they are hurt-ing along the way. MSU freshman Kelly Ojara said she cheated because she was unhappy. The relationship lacked communication and the chemistry was gone. He began to treat her with disrespect, which caused a lot of fights, Ojara ex-plained. “It was two years too long,” Ojara said with a sigh. “He didn’t treat me the way I deserve, even through it’s not an excuse. I should have just broken up with him. But it was hard because we had been together for so long

and knew everything about each other.” Midgett said people are often scared of ending their relation-ship because of those comfort-able feelings. She explained, however, it’s many times not marriage. If someone feels the relationship is unhealthy, then the best bet is to get out while he or she still can. Ojara’s boyfriend at the time attended school at another uni-versity, making it a long distance relationship. Meanwhile, she met another guy, Eric, and they began to date. “The only smart thing I think I did was stay true to Eric. I never lied to him,” Ojara said. “I feel horrible on how it turned out and cheating on my boyfriend but I just wasn’t happy.” “Once a cheater, always a cheater” is a popular saying. “I don’t believe it one bit,” Ojara said. “I believe everyone makes mistakes and they learn from them.” Youth and immaturity make it difficult for college students to make the right decisions, Midg-ett said.

CLIMATE...................................................................................................... continued from pg. 1was at the end of the Ice Age about 8,000 years ago,” Leakey said. “Before the Ice Age ended, humans had not domesticated animals or plants.” He said that the massive-scale climate change made their nomadic hunter/gatherer lifestyles less effective, leading to the creation of settlements and development of distinct cultures. Leakey said that if current climate change progresses as quickly as predicted, planetary calamity will be widespread. “The volume of the sea will increase,” he said. “Sea level will rise over the next 30 to 50 years at least a meter or a meter and a half.” Millions of people living in coastal areas would find their homes uninhabitable, he said. “The number of people likely to be affected is around 750 million,” Leakey said. “It will have a dramatic impact on us. Even in this little town, there will be an impact 30 to 50 years

from now.” He proposed that action be taken now. “Despite the evidence for climate change, we still elect governments that operate as if there is no accountability for their stupid ways,” Leakey said. Overpopulation adds to the problem, he said. “Six billion is too many,” he said. “We need to bring populations down.” Leakey said raising the standard of living for people in developing countries would be a place to start. “People with a reasonable standard of living tend to restrict the number of children that they have in order to preserve that standard.” People with no money or prospects, however, tend to have larger families, he noted. He termed the amount of waste western countries produce as “unreasonable.” “I’m struck by the willingness to throw things away,” Leakey

said. Instead, he believes people should allow themselves to have what they want and need, but not enough to discard. “I don’t think we can expect developing countries to remain developing, or developed countries to become less developed,” he said. “But I don’t think it’s too much to ask for two-thirds of the planet to have clean water and one meal a day.” Although human impact on climate change is disputed, Leakey said people should do all they can to alleviate the possible causes. “There is a high probability we’ve had an impact,” he said “There is a certainty that it will affect us.” He stressed that although the survival of the human species as a whole isn’t threatened by climate change, global warming is putting stress on other organisms. “Because of antibiotics and

pesticides, we are producing infections that cannot be cured,” Leakey said. “There is every chance that within the next 10 years, there will be a pandemic that could kill hundreds of millions of people. It is not going to kill all of humanity, but it will put a big knock on the population.” Responsibility is key when it comes to use of antibiotics especially, he said. The misuse of them is not good for humans or for biodiversity. The world is also too dependent on three crops, Leakey said. Corn, wheat and rice are crucial to the well-being of many societies. “For a disease to develop that could wipe out modern farming is something we should consider,” he said. “It is not theoretically possible to survive a drop in the supply (of one of these crops) by 90 percent.” Awareness is the key to preserving the environment, according to Leakey.

“Most young people are abysmally ignorant about the world,” he said. “Their horizons are too limited. The West needs to make sure they have an up-and-coming generation of young people who are aware. Just as much as math and writing are fundamental, geography and science are also basic.” He said many people see the world as segmented and separate, when in reality it is all one planet.

“The world is a single planet with billions of people who all have concern about the planet,” he said. “We’re not bringing up global citizens. We’re bringing up nationalist minions.” Future generations need to be aware of the issues they will face. “They need to understand,” said Leakey, “that the world that seems to have plenty does not.”

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Department.Guests will be able to enjoy a

variety of activities throughout the evening.

The event schedule includes a musical performance in the The-atre Atrium at 6 p.m. followed by a “Gallery Talk.” Another musi-cal performance will take place in the pit area of the School of

Visual Arts at 7:10 p.m. The Mass Communications

Department will host a viewing of student documentaries in Lec-ture Hall C111 for the last event of the evening.

Faculty, staff and students are invited to attend the opening ceremony (which is free) and are encouraged to wear their Hal-

loween costumes.“We just want everyone to

come out and have fun before they start their Halloween fes-tivities,” Prose said. “Just enjoy the artwork and have some re-freshments. It’s going to be a lot of fun.”

Selected artists are Mark Anderson, Corpus Christi; Joe

Ed Barrington, Throckmorton; Ken Dixon, Lubbock; John Fincher, Santa Fe, N.M.; Bar-bara Frey, Commerce; David Gibson, Dallas; Frank Gohlke, Tucson, Ariz.; Maurice Gray, Moreno Valley, Calif; Kenneth J. Hale, Austin; Douglas Kent Hall, Albuquerque, N.M.; Dan Hammett, Irving; Gary Hatcher

and Daphne Hatcher, both of Mineola; Timothy High, Austin; Brian Johnson, Austin; Wayne Kimball, Pleasant Grove, Utah; Katherine Liontas-Warren, Law-ton, Okla; Mark McDowell, Scottsdale, Ariz; Timothy Mc-Dowell, Noank, Conn; Philana Oliphant, Tyler; James Robert Pace, Tyler; Jim Pink, Hender-

son, Nev.; Thomas Seawell, Commerce; Luther Smith, Fort Worth; Gisela-Heidi and Juer-gen Strunck, both of Southlake; Warren Taylor, Midland; Rich-ard Thompson, Dayton, Ore., and Karl Umlauf, Lorena.

The exhibition will run through Jan. 29, Monday through Friday during normal gallery hours.

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MercyMe has become quite the household name when it comes to the world of Christian music. Hit songs like “Word of God Speak,” and the widely known “I Can Only Imagine,” have not only catapulted this band to the top, but secured their spot as one of the most recog-nized Christian pop-rock bands out there today. MercyMe formed officiallyin 1994 and have released six albums and worked on numer-ous independent projects over the years. The band members in-clude James Bryson, keyboards; Nathan Cochran, bass; Barry Graul, guitar; Bart Millard, vo-cals, songwriter; Michael Sch-euchzer, guitar; Robin (Robby) Shaffer, drums. Nathan Cochran spoke about the band’s success, what their working on now, and the cross country tour that’s bringing them to Wichita Falls this Saturday, October 25. As for their most recently re-leased album, All That Is Within Me, it was more of a rushed ef-fort this time around when it came to completing this album. “We did a tour in the fall and then a tour in the spring, and we were supposed to start working on our record in May,” Cochran said. The band usually prefers to have more time to work on an album, but Cochran is still con-fidant the albumwill come outfineintheend. This album, unlike their past records, paid more atten-tion to a certain targe audience. “This time around, we just wanted to write a record that was

for the church, and perhaps have some songs that people feel they could sing on Sunday morn-ings,” Cochran said. A few of MercyMe’s past albums didn’t choose to use churchy language, instead they focused on a broader idea of Christian music. “It seems like every time we start working on a record, what comes out is really what we’re going through at the moment,” Cochran said. The band is known for having soft songs for worship services, but they also incorporate a bit

of a rock sound in some of their songs. “We like all different kinds of music and that plays into the way we write,” Cochran said. “We try to write songs that we’re fans of.” Cochran made the assurance that the band would not be turn-ing into Metallica over night, but they do like to showcase all aspects of their personalities, allowing them to a have a nice blend of sounds on each CD. The band feels there isn’t much added pressure on them singing about their faith versus singing about mainstream topics.

“There’s probably the same type of pressure that maybe a pastor would feel or anyone that preaches,” Co-chran said. Cochran knows that the top-ics MercyMe has chosen to sing about is on such a different play-ingfieldfrommainstreambands,theywilldefinitelyhavesomeofthat pressure. “You’re professing to have a faith in Christ and that’s what you write about all the time, so people expect you to live what you’re speaking about,” Cochran said.

“We are trying to honor God with what were doing, and were trying to be very honest about what we believe in,” Cochran added. The large success of their song “I Can Only Imagine,” Cochran feels led to it being played on mainstream radio. “It happened out of someone basically daring a mainstream radio station to play it. We actu-ally didn’t believe them when we were told they were playing it,” Cochran said. The song wasn’t even com-

posed with the idea of it being the next big single. Instead, the band didn’t play it for three or four months and put it on the backburner instead of on the front lines. The band will have a total of 14 kids between them by De-cember and they are all under the age of six. “You can’t really replace all those days and nights your not here,” Cochran said. “We at least what we take. If were gone for four days, we at least try to be home for four days.” Its not an easy Job, but they seem to be making an effort to-wards always allowing family time in their busy schedules. Cochran also had some sound advice for newer Christian bands that are trying to get noticed. “Don’t teat where you’re at as a stepping stone,” he said. Cochran stressed that ev-eryone is where they are for a reason and, “if God places you in a certain place, your there for a reason, so don’t feel like if your only playing for twen-ty people its not important.” No matter the circumstance, he encourages everyone to keep moving forward with integrity and honest actions. Aside from their past success-es, MercyMe is at it again with their tour that will go through November. Currently, the band is on tour now and will be stop-ping through Wichita Falls this Saturday the 25th. You can buy tickets to the show through the bands web-site at mercyme.org. Also, if you wont be able to catch them while in town, their latest album All That Is Within Me sold in stores everywhere.

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Scott (Steven Harris) shadow-ingagroupofLosAngelesfire-man for the evening. In the beginning, you get to see some of the inner workings of thefire station, thenyougoon location with the crew and the reporters to an apartment building where a woman was heard screaming. Once inside, the terror be-gins. What seemed to be a routine house call quickly takes an evil turn. As terror would have it, some-thing has completely taken over the screaming lady’s body, and with a cannibalistic nature, she begins attacking everyone in sight. With every bite, more and moreofthefiremenandtenantsbecome infected with a fast-spreading disease that makes them hungry for their family, friends and any human or ani-mal that stands in their way. Once outsiders get wind of the apartment complex, the Center for Disease Control or-

ders the building to be quaran-tined. Everyone inside become sitting ducks for the ravenous animals that are slowly taking over. What was supposed to be a simple assignment of shadow-ing firefighters for the nightturns into an infectious blood bath, leaving Angela and Steve trapped in the rafters of the building with a creature more terrifying than the devil him-self. Atfirst,Iwasn’tpleasedwiththeway themoviewasfilmed.The entire thing is shot from the perspective of a television camera. If you loved The Blair Witch Project, you’ll love this movie. If you’re prone to mo-tion sickness or have a weak stomach, you may want to catch anotherflick. However, if you want to jump out of your seat and be scared

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with her. Only Rosaleen(Jenni-fer Hudson), the housekeeper,understandsthechild. TheCivilRightsActof1964has just passed and Rosaleen,brimmingwithpride,takesLilywith her to town so that she can register to vote and buy Lilyher first training bra. RacistsbeatRosaleen,andsheandLilyfleetoa townLilyonlyknowsbecause its name is scribbledon the back of a picture of her mom.IntinyTiburon,Lilytriestopiecetogetherwhatmadehermother happy about this placeyears before. That’s where she meets theBoatwright sisters, bee-keep-ers,blackwomenofcultureandkindness.August (Queen Lati-fah)isthequeenbee,June(Ali-ciaKeys,more an exoticpres-encethananactress)ishertestycellist sister, andMay (Sophie

Okonedo of “Hotel Rwanda”)isthedamagedsibling,awom-anwho feels everyemotion sokeenly that she has built a Wail-ingWall behind their big pinkhouse.

Based on Sue Monk Kidd’snovel,“TheSecretLifeofBees”isamovieisnicelyanchoredinatrioofverygoodperformanc-es. Bettany lets us see the pain and loss behindT. Ray’s hate-

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yard. “Don’t be afraid. But don’tbean idiot.Don’t swat.Aboveall,sendthebeeslove,becauseevery little thing wants to beloved.” Writer-director Gina Prince-Bythewood did “Love & Bas-ketball” years back, and she’sstill working on the surface. There’srich,ifpredictablema-terialhere,butshecan’tmakeitsingorgivethebeesthevisualpoetry that “Ulee’sGold” had.Itdoesn’thelpthatthefilmhastoomuchvoice-overnarration,read by Fanning, or that she’sgrown up into a calculating ac-tress determined to sexualizeeverytweenrole. But for all the goo, “Bees” is stillawholesomeandwarmfilmabout agirlfindingacceptanceat a time when blackAmericawasdoingthesame

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hisvictimsby trapping themina situation where they have tokilliftheywanttosurvive.Heistechnically not a killer because hedoesn’tkill anyone; thevic-timsdoitforhim.He points out to his victims

that they are not picked at ran-dom.Tohimtheyareallimmor-alindividualsandusesthattoset

up horrific situationswhere thevictimrarelysurvives.Thiscleverly-wovenstoryhas

theaudiencehookedupuntilthesurprisingandbloody,limb-sev-ering conclusion and is a cata-lyst for these terribly addictingpyscho-thrillers.In 2005, Jigsaw returns. The

extremelydisturbedmastermindisreadyforroundtwooflife-or-deathgames.Hisbrilliantplan this time is

tostickeightpeopleinadecay-ing, old house and have themkill,screamandreasontheirwayout of his traps.At the same time, Jigsaw is

face-to-face with a conflict-ed cop whose teenage son isamong those lost in the “houseofdeath.”People are constantly cough-

ing up blood in “Saw II.” Butat the same time, the audienceis clearly aware of the streamof profanity that is coming outas well. This movie also hasmultiple gory scenes involvingsevered limbs, burning flesh,intentionalandforceddruguse,stabbings, a shooting andmas-siveheadwounds.Whatever sick, nightmarish

deathscenariothatanormal per-sonwouldneverthinkofis,it’sinthemovie.The audience, surprised by

thetwistedending,learnssome-thing about one of the characters thathelpsledthewaytoyetan-other “Saw.”Ayear later, “Saw III” starts

another chapter of the series.Jigsaw draws closer to death

andhisprotégé,whoisrevealedintheendofthesecond“Saw”,helpshimcarryonwithhiscru-el,elaborateplans.This time,akidnappeddoctormustkeephimalivewhilehewatchesonefinalvictim run through his deadlymaze.Thevictim isnot torturedby

theusualhooksandtimebombs,butbythememoryofhisyoungsonwhowas killed by a drunkdriver.Jigsawsendshimthroughthehouseofhorrorsfortwistedlessonsin“forgiveness.”Butbythe mind-messing scenes, youwouldthinkitwouldbealessonin“anatomy”orpossibly“phys-ics.”Atthispoint,theseriesispast

being scary. It is just torture sessions that leave your mouthhangingopenandyourstomachturning.“SawIV”premieredlastyear,

grossingaround$63,000,000attheboxoffice.Unlikeotherhor-rorseries,Jigsawisunquestion-ablydead,whichismadeclearbythe opening autopsy sequence.However, there are flashbacksand pocket tape recorders thatcontinue the gruesomework ofJigsaw.This years lucky victim is a

SWAT commander who is at-tackedinhishomeandawakensto realize he has 90minutes toperformseveralunpleasanttestsinorder to save twodetectives,whohavebeenabductedbyJig-saw’slatestprotégé.Jigsaw’s ex-wife is dragged

into the picture, providing theaudience with reasons why he

becameaserialkillerinthefirstplace.This film continues like the

restwithmanytorturechambersofsteeltrapsandgadgetsthataremore crafty and terrifying thanever. There is gore and torturethat leadsall thewayup to thewhereabouts of a long forgotten police officer who debuted in“Saw II.”

Of course there is the usual summarysequenceneartheendand afterwards it is pretty wellunderstoodthattherewillbeyetanother“Saw,” this timewithadifferent killer who is revealedin the final moments of the

fourthfilm.Stillnotsatisfiedwiththefirst

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ister plans and even biggertraps,includingaglassboxtrap,whichwe have come to expectfromthe“Saw”films.Thefifthinstallment of the series is saidtoexplainwhathappenedtothedaughter of one of the victimsin the third “Saw” and answersome other unanswered ques-tions.Theseeminglylastpersonalive is carrying on the Jigsawlegacy, but when his secret is un-derthreat,heisforcedtoelimi-

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Note to the boys: this is not a datemovie.Unless youwantyourdateincrediblyfreakedouttherestofthenightandscarsonyour arm from her digging hernails into you, I wouldn’t rec-ommend seeing itwith them ifyou want to score points with the lady. But if you have eas-ilyfreakedoutfriendsoralongtime girlfriendwho loves gore,thisisthemovietosee.

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No. 25 Midwestern State found its’ offensive groove Sat-urday night in Kingsville as they tallied up a season-high 410 yards of total offense in the 38-16 whipping of Texas A&M-Kingsville.

Quarterback Zack Eskridge and wideout Andy Tanner had their best performances of the season to spark the offense but it was a crucial defensive play that swung momentum in the Mus-tangs’ favor late in the first half.

Sophomore defensive lineman Franquis Ford put heat on TAM-KU’s quarterback Billy Garza as he was leading the Javelinas down the field. Feeling the pres-

sure, Garza made an errant back-wards pass as the Javelinas were deep into MSU territory trailing 14-13.

Safety Austin McDaniel pounced on the loose ball, halt-ing any chance of a late score by TAMKU and giving Eskridge and the offense one more chance to score before halftime, starting from their own 25-yardline.

With 1:26 left in the half, Es-kridge marched the offensive squad down the field, going 5-for-5 for 71 yards and even-tually connecting on a 26-yard pitch-and-catch with Tanner.

The score bulged the lead to 21-13 at the half.

The Mustangs never gave up the lead or the gained momen-tum, scoring 17-straight points

to end the game in a 38-16 final.Eskridge completed 21-of-29

passes for 250 yards and three touchdowns, while Tanner was the main beneficiary of the of-fensive explosion, catching six passes for 96 yards and two of those scoring tosses from Es-kridge.

“It looked like (Eskridge) played his best ball game,” MSU head coach Bill Maskill said. “There’s no doubt that was our best performance. It’s a real trib-ute to our football team and the type of kids we have.”

The defense stepped up to compliment the offensive out-put, holding the Javelinas’ main rushing threat, Billy Martin, to just 35 yards on 13 carries after he had torched through defenses

the past two weeks for at least 161 rushing yards per game.

Safeties Herman “Winky” Walker and Ryan Craven led the way for the defense with nine and seven tackles, respectively.

But the entire defensive unit put increased pressure on Garza, sacking him four times, forcing two interceptions and the crucial backwards-pass fumble.

“My hat is off to our coaches and players,” Maskill said. “We did a great job of play calling and containing their running game.”

Bobby Ransom led the way for the MSU rushing attack, finish-ing with 67 yards on 11 carries, while Marcus Mathis gained 44 yards on the ground with his 11 carries.

The win ended MSU’s two-game, mid-season skid and im-proved them to 5-2 overall and 2-2 in Lone Star Conference play.

The victory also moved the Mustangs back into consider-ation for the Super Regional Four poll, which decides the top

six teams that will move on to the NCAA Division II postsea-son.

After falling out of the poll following last week’s loss to Tarleton State, No. 25 MSU is now ranked eighth, sitting be-hind Tarleton State and Central Washington for the final seat to postseason competition.

Midwestern State will move on to compete against Central Oklahoma in Edmond for a Sat-urday afternoon tilt. Kickoff is slated for 2 p.m.

Eight games and 35 days have past since the last time the Midwestern State women’s soccer team hosted competition at the MSU Soccer Field.

The extended road trip offi-cially came to an end Tuesday afternoon, as the Mustangs blew out non-conference foe Texas A&M International Dust-devils 7-0.

Brittany Subia laid a perfect cross through the TAMIU box from the right wing and senior Megan Bibilone cut in from the left wing and buried the cross into the back of the net during the 11th minute of the match.

The Mustangs never looked back as they eventually extend-ed the lead to 4-0 heading into halftime.

Kari Bristow capitalized on a loose ball inside the Dust-devils’ box, kicking it past the Dustdevils’ goalkeeper Mary Jo Hall and giving MSU the 2-0

advantage.Later in the half, Subia gath-

ered in a leading pass down the right side from sophomore Ken-dra Clemons and blazed a goal into the empty net after juking and weaving through defenders during the 23rd minute.

Heidi Avila scored the half’s final goal in just for good mea-sure, giving the Mustangs a comfortable 4-0 advantage heading into intermission.

The Mustangs went on to score three more goals in the second half to make the final 7-0/

MSU outshot TAMIU 56-3, including a 25-0 shots on goal tally.

Clemons finished the match with three assists, tying a school record.

The win improved the Mus-tangs to 9-6 on the season, while they stayed put at 3-3 in Lone Star conference play. It was the third-straight win for the Mustangs as they made the

most of the final two regular-season games on the road.

MSU gained momentum as they headed back home af-ter their seventh- and eighth-straight road matches, capital-izing on clutch, last-second goals to take a 2-1 win over East Central and a 3-0 victory over Northeastern State.

With the final seconds of reg-ulation ticking down, Kelsey Hill sent a header into the net to tie the MSU-East Central match at 1-1 while time expired.

Brandy O’Neal found Subia through a hole in the defense. Subia blasted a 15-yard shot past ECU goalkeeper Natalie Wilson in the final minute of the second overtime period to take the game 2-1.

Hill and Brandy O’Neal both contributed a goal and an assist Sunday afternoon as they rout-ed Northeastern State 3-0.

MSU is set to battle a pair of LSC conference rivals this weekend, with West Texas

A&M coming to town Friday for a 4 p.m. kickoff and Eastern New Mexico visiting Sunday for a noon kickoff.

Katie Stepp and Andrea Borg-man led Midwestern State to a 25th-place finish at the Univer-sity of Arkansas Chile Pepper Festival with record-setting per-formances Saturday.

The Mustangs competed well against elite level competition, compiling 664 points to fin-ish second to Augustana (S.D.) among NCAA Division II en-trants.

The top four runners for MSU all topped the program’s former 6,000-meter record (23:44) set at this Festival in 2006.

“It was an elite level meet,” MSU head coach Koby Styles

said. “I was pleased with their effort, but our main focus is for next week and into regionals. This is just a stepping stone to do well further down the road.”

Stepp finished 70th, covering the course in 22:26 to lead the Mustangs as they gear up for the Lone Star Conference Champi-onships in Kingsville, Texas this Saturday.

Borgman ran a 23:24 to fin-ish 136th, while freshmen Kayla Hendrix (23:26/138th), Lindsey Pate (23:34/148th) and Kourt-ney Aylor (24:11/173rd) com-bined to finish up the scoring for the Mustangs.

“We started out really con-servative,” Styles said. “We just

wanted to run as a park for the first half, but we had a runner fall and another was pushed into a pole. Once they fell down, they weren’t able to make it back up to speed.”

Brittany Barrington (24:27/179th), Hassie Sutton (24:33/185th), Malory Ammer-man (25:28/232) and Mindy Bri-ones (26:21/257th) finished out the performances for MSU.

The Midwestern State cross country squad looks to be poised to make their best showing at the LSC Championships in program history next week.

“The girls are excited, pumped and confident going into next week,” Styles said.

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The fluorescent lights that hang atop the ceilings of D.L. Ligon Coliseum must have nev-er looked so great to head coach Venera Flores-Stafford and the rest of the Midwestern State vol-leyball team.

After starting the season 18-0, the Mustangs dropped six of their next seven games and had spent the past 28 days competing on the road.

But all they needed was a little home cooking to get them jump-started.

MSU took advantage of the friendly confines, taking a five-set thriller over Texas A&M-Kingsville Thursday night be-fore snapping Tarleton State’s eight-game winning streak with a four-set smashing.

“This will help us get our

rhythm back and start getting familiar with each other again,” Flores-Stafford said. “The most important part is recovering our confidence. Once you get a little of it, you want to keep on go-ing.”

The Javelinas led a valiant charge after MSU dominated the first two sets, 25-19 and 25-14.

TAMKU stifled the Mustangs offense, forcing 13 errors in the third set they stole 22-25 and holding the Mustangs to a .023 team kill percentage for a domi-nating 14-25 fourth set.

The sets pushed the Mustangs back on their heels but seniors Shay Velazquez and Allison Schreiber helped MSU answer the call.

Velazquez led the defensive effort with 27 of the team’s 80 digs, while Schreiber filled up the stat sheet with 39 assists, 19 digs and six kills.

Alysha Pritt and Jessica Ran-som, both of whom graduated from Wichita Falls high schools, led the offense in the fifth and decisive set. Pritt finished with a team-high 14 kill but converted two clutch kill attempts to give MSU the 11-9 advantage.

Then, after another kill by Pritt to give the Mustangs match point, Ransom slammed home her 10th kill to take the match 15-13.

Velasquez, who already holds the program-record for career digs, had a season-high five ser-vice aces in the match, placing her atop the program’s record books for service aces, as well.

The Mustangs recorded 85 digs during Saturday’s match against Tarleton State, as Ve-lasquez had another 27-dig match to spark the 23-25, 25-19, 25-17, 25-22 win.

The win snapped the TexAnns

eight-match winning streak and dropped them to 17-7 on the sea-son, including 7-2 in LSC com-petition.

Ransom combined her sea-son-high 15 digs with 11 kills to record her second double-double of the season, while Pritt and Sesley Graves totaled 12 and 10 kills, respectively.

MSU improved to 5-0 on the home court, while also improv-ing to 21-6 on the season and 5-2 in LSC play.

“The confidence and rhythm is back,” Flores-Stafford said. “We have a hard week in front of us.”

The “hard week” begins Thursday night when MSU is set to take on No. 3 West Texas A&M in Canyon. Then, they are scheduled to travel to Portales to take on Eastern New Mexico, Saturday.

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Welcome backAfter extended road trip, Mustangs dazzle home crowd with 7-0 rout

(Right) Freshman Kelsey Hill (18) drives the ball past Texas A&M Inernational defender Rosa Her-nandez (20) on her way to her first of two goals in the 7-0 win over TAMIU

(Below) Sophomore midfielder Brittany Subia jukes out TAMIU goalkeeper Mary Jo Hall on her first of two goals Tuesday after-noon.

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LSC Defensive Player of the Week Shay Velasquez (6) and Alysha Pritt (8) look on as Miranda Byrd returns a serve in Thursday’s five-set contest against texas A&M-Kingsville. MSU won the exhausting match with a 15-13 final set.

Goals from senior Robert Swann and redshirt freshmen Craig Sutherland and Ryan Spence propelled the now-No. 1 Midwestern State Mustangs to a pair of home victories over the weekend.

Swann struck with his first goal of the season off a

free kick to give the Mustangs a 1-0 decision against archrival West Texas A&M Friday night.

Then, the pair of redshirt freshmen combined to give MSU the 3-0 victory over East-ern New Mexico. Sutherland fin-ished with two goals, giving him a team-leading 11 on the season,

while Spence knocked in the first collegiate goal of his career.

Swann provided the lone goal of the defensive match on a free kick early in the second half. The ball spun beautifully into the in-side post in the upper part of the net during the 47th minute, past WTAMU goalkeeper Sebastian Furness.

It was the way the Mustangs kept control of the tempo and managed the match defensively that impressed MSU head coach Doug Elder the most, however.

“I was very, very pleased with the first half,” Elder said. “That was the best we’ve looked in a long time. We were pinging, possessing and moving the ball really well.”

The quality of play showed in the box score, as MSU out-shot the Buffs 15-5, including 6-1 shots on goal. All five shots came after Swann scored his goal, as the Mustangs defensive stifled any opportunities in the first half.

In Sunday’s match, Suther-land is continuing to impress in his first year on the collegiate grass.

Junior Kyle Kmiec found Sutherland on an excellent cross through the Eastern New Mexico defense during the third minute of the match to put lights on the scoreboard for the home team.

Then, after taking the 1-0 lead into halftime, Ahmad Ihmeidan set-up Rob Humphrey, then

Humphrey laid a beautiful cross right on the spot for a sliding Sutherland.

“It was a perfect cross that I was able to one-time,” Suther-land said.

“It wasn’t pretty, but it was a win,” Elder said. “Any time a team keeps ten defenders and a goalkeeper behind the ball, you’re not going to get many chances.”

No. 1 Midwestern State im-proves to 12-1 on the season and 4-0 in Southwest Soccer Confer-ence play with the wins.

MSU travels to Austin this Friday afternoon for a match against No. 14 St. Edward’s set for 4 p.m.

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Mustangs Conference Standings

Lone Star Conference

Football

North W-LCentral Okla. (4-4) 3-0 Texas A&M-Comm (4-4) 2-1SE Oklahoma (3-5) 1-1 East Central (2-6) 1-1 SW Oklahoma (2-6) 1-2Northeastern State (1-7) 0-3

South W-L#2 ACU (7-0) 3-0#11 WTAMU (7-1) 3-1#16 Tarleton State (7-1) 2-1#25 MSU (5-2) 2-2TAMU-Kingsville (5-3) 1-2Angelo State (3-5) 1-2Eastern NM (1-7) 0-4

VolleyballW-L

#3 WTAMU (22-4) 6-0 Tarleton State (17-7) 7-2MSU (21-6) 5-2Texas Woman’s (16-9) 5-3TAMU-Comm (13-8) 5-3 Angelo State (16-11) 4-3 Central Okla. (11-16) 4-4Abilene Christian (15-8) 3-4Cameron (11-9) 3-4SE Oklahoma (16-10) 2-4East Central (8-17) 2-4TAMU-Kingsville (7-14) 3-6SW Oklahoma (11-14) 2-6Eastern NM (6-20) 0-6

Women’s Soccer

W-L-TWTAMU (9-1-1) 6-1-0Angelo St (10-4-2) 4-1-1 TAMU-Comm (10-2-1) 4-1Central Okla. (9-4-3) 3-2-1ACU (7-5-2) 3-2-1TWU (8-6) 3-2MSU (8-6) 3-3NE State (5-6-3) 2-2-2Eastern NM (8-8) 2-5East Central (4-8-2) 0-5-1SW Oklahoma (2-13) 0-6

Southwest Soccer Conference

Men’s Soccer W-L-T#1 MSU (12-1) 4-0-0Eastern NM (4-6-2) 2-1-1WTAMU (8-5) 2-2MO Southern (1-11-1) 1-3-1NE State (2-11-1) 1-4

Sutherland continues to lead Mustangs to No. 1 rankBoBBy Morris

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Redshirt freshman Craig Sutherland (9) has tallied a team-high 11 goals through the team’s first 13 games. Sutherland struck again for a pair of goals in Sun-day’s 3-0 victory over ENMU.