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Help Japan Now

By Lotis ButchkoSports Reporter

Austin rally boasts victory for students during Spring Break

On March 12, thousands gathered for the Save Texas Schools march in Austin. As they marched with umbrellas in hand the people changed and sang for their cause.

Teachers and students marched for Texas Governor Rick Perry to use some of the estimated $9.4 billion in Texas’ Rainy Day Fund toward Texas’ educational system. The Rainy Day Fund has been used for emergency situations since it’s inception in 1988, when Texans voted it into the constitution to help for unforeseen problems.

Instead of cutting $9.2 billion in education eliminating 150,000 teaching jobs, closing four junior colleges and warehousing special education students, which would potentially change special education classes in size giving the teacher more students to teach.

“I have a pretty close tie to it,” said Brittany Gregory,

a Sam Houston student who headed up the student attention campaign in the weeks before the rally. “My mom is a special education teacher and she would lose her job over this.”

Gregory spent a month before the rally talking

to different organizations around campus, including the Secular Student Alliance and Student Government Association, educating them about the repercussion of the cut and how they could help stop it.

The rally lasted for three

hours as 11,000 protestors, mostly students and teachers, yelled outside the state capital and were met with speakers who spoke to the protestors.

— See RALLY, page 3

By Jared Wolf and Meagan Ellsworthjaredalanwolf@hotmail.com

Actor, comedian to appear at Midnight Mayhem

Recreational Sports is proud to announce the return of Midnight Mayhem.

The premiere free spring event will be held for the SHSU community Wednesday from 8 p.m. to 12 p.m. in the Johnson Coliseum.

Headlining the event will be comedian Ty Barnett, the runner-up on the Emmy-Nominated Season 4 of NBC’s “Last Comic Standing.”

Ty is also known for his appearances on late-night talk shows “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” “The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson,” and “Comics

— See MAYHEM, page 4

Three SHSU students studying in Osaka and the family members of all Japanese exchange students at SHSU are safe following last week’s powerful 9.0 earthquake and tsunami, according to Japanese foreign exchange student Akira Inoue.

But others are not so fortunate.Hundreds of strong aftershocks,

many exceeding 5.0 on the Richter, have rattled the northeastern area of Japan since the first quake.

Adding to the despair, the country has also had to face nuclear emergencies.

Monday reports said 8,649 victims of the disasters have been killed, 2,702 are injured, and 12,877 are still missing, according to Japan’s Police Agency.

As news revealed the images and reports of the terrible damage, Inoue said in a letter to the student body that he realized he had not done anything for the people of Japan.

Now, feeling the need to do more, the one-year exchange student is encouraging students to join him and the SHSU Japanese Culture Club in a combined effort to help the victims of the disasters.

Yesterday, Inoue and the culture club held a disaster relief fundraiser in the mall area, raising $550.30.

Two boxes will remain available for monetary donations until Friday, located in the Program Council office LSC 328 and the Ron Monfrige field house.

— See JAPAN, page 3

SHSU DISASTER RELIEF. Yesterday, Japanese foreign exchange student Akira Inoue and the SHSU Japanese culture club held a disaster relief fundraiser in the mall area, raising $550.30.

Two boxes will remain available for monetary donations until Friday, located in the Program Council office LSC 328 and the Ron Monfrige field house. Three SHSU students studying in Osaka and the family members of all Japanese exchange students at SHSU are safe following last week’s powerful 9.0 earthquake and tsunami, according to Japanese foreign exchange student Akira Inoue.

RAINY DAY RALLY. Teachers and students marched for Texas Governor Rick Perry to use some of the estimated $9.4 billion in Texas’ Rainy Day Fund toward Texas’ educational system. The Rainy Day Fund has been used for emergency situations since it’s inception in 1988, when Texans voted it into the constitution to help for unforeseen problems.

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By Kolby FlowersSenior Reporter

Obama under scrutiny for military action decision in Libya

Congress is criticizing President Barack Obama for recent military interventions in Libya without first getting their approval, calling the decision an “impeachable offense.”

On Saturday, Obama authorized the use of military force in order to protect innocent civilians in the middle of a civil war in the North African nation.

The airstrikes began in response to a United Nations Security Council resolution in order to protect civilians caught in the unfolding civil war.

Last Thursday, the Council voted 10-0, with five nations abstaining, to impose a no-fly zone and permit “all necessary measures” to protect civilians.

Despite an immediate cease-fire ordered by the Libyan government, fighting continued to break out in the opposition-controlled city of Benghazi, east of the Libyan capital of Tripoli.

Saturday night the international military coalition, which includes, France, Britain, and the US, began operations in Libya.

American and British ships fired more than 110 missiles, striking about 20 Libyan air and missile defense targets in what is being called Operation Odyssey Dawn, said US Vice Admiral William Gortney at a Pentagon press briefing.

Obama has received a lot of criticism for traveling abroad while the conflict plays out.

He spent the greater part of Monday in Santiago, Chile, where he, in a joint briefing with his Chilean counterpart, spoke on the extent of US involvement.

"There are a whole range of policies that we are putting in place that have created one of the most powerful international consensuses around the isolation of Mr. Gadhafi, and we will continue to pursue those," Obama said. "But when it comes to the military action, we are doing so in support of U.N. Resolution 1973 that specifically talks about humanitarian efforts, and we are going to make sure we stick to that mandate."

Obama also said “it is U.S. policy that Gadhafi needs to go.”

He defended his decisions to launch the US military action during his foreign travels as necessary because of the urgency of the humanitarian mission in Libya.

Top Republicans such as House Majority Leader John Boehner, as well as several Democratic leaders, have begun to question whether the mission is constitutional.

Rep. Dennis Kucinich, (D-Ohio) suggested Obama face impeachment for his failure to seek congressional authorization for the airstrikes.

— See LIBYA, page 3

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Over the break, I got the chance to go watch my cousin’s softball game. Her eight-year-old sister was in the stands watching the game with me.

Recently I just bought the iPhone, which I have had very little experience with, but she picked it up and went to town. She knew more about it than I did.

I don’t consider myself any kind of expert on electronics, but I grew up with them and figured that I could pick it up quickly. When my cousin, who I am more than twice the age of, was showing me how to work my own phone, it made me realize how much the world has changed.

When I was eight, the Gameboy Color was the

h o t - t i c k e t item. Now, kids want iPads. In just 10 years, the use of t e c h n o l o g y has tripled, or more.

This does have potential for benefitting the United States later on. We have two major problems in our public sector, controlling our spending and education.

While, the technology can’t help us with the first, I think the United States could take advantage of what places like Japan already has.

They need to do an overhaul of technology in the classrooms, children

will learn faster and may actually have fun doing it. I remember sitting in the third grade on the computer l e a r n i n g grammar on Reader Rabbit, which rocked by the way. And

who didn’t learn about the west

from Oregon Trail. But with the ever-

increasing quality of computers and programs, the government would be stupid to look over an opportunity to pull us out

of the mess we are in. Although drop out rates

have been declining since the 1980’s, according to the National Center for Educational Statistics, the country is quickly falling behind in math and sciences, the cornerstone of the future.

No more fingers need to be pointed. They need to be grasping the tools we need to repair the schools that hold our country’s future.

So keep on flinging those Angry Birds.

- Stephen is the Viewpoints Editor of the Houstonian,.

U.S. should employ more technology in classroomsStephen Green argues that with kids learning faster, we should take advantage

Kendall Scudder and I have been circling each other on social media for about a year. The fact that the two of us are democrats is about the only thing we have in common. Scudder is a blue dog (Conservative Democrat) and I, well I am so far left I am straddling the line of socialist.

He dresses like nicer than Dolce and Gabbana model and I dress so shabby that a Billabong catalog would probably turn me away.

But the one thing we seem to really hit it off on was politics. Now, for the past year I had heard Scudder’s name.

I had heard that he was a pretty conservative guy and anyone who knows me knew that it would set me off. I have a Michael Moore/Bill Maher approach to government.

I believe in a large government, taxing the rich to almost fifty percent of their income and socialized healthcare.

K e n d a l l believes in a public option for healthcare, securing boarders all over the southern states and my personal favorite (which is a hint that I don’t like it) a flat tax rate.

The week before spring break Kendall and I sat down for an hour and a half and talked politics. We went over almost everything we could think of in the political relm, and for the most part we remained civil.

We started out talking about gun control and the death penalty. Both subjects we agreed with each other on, that would be the only time that would happen that night. This is the only topic that the Texas side of me comes out. I am both pro gun and pro death penalty as is Kendall.

Differences in DemocratsLotis Butchko sits down with Kendall Scudder to talk about party differences

- Lotis is the Houstonian sports reporter.

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Then we switched to taxes, and the bottom fell out from the table.

“I believe in a flat p e r c e n t a g e based tax,” Scudder said.

Oh geez, I may have to throw this guy out of a

window. I argued against that, for one thing I think it would drop the amount of money that the federal government intakes, along with essentially getting rid of 100,000 jobs at the Internal Revenue Service.

However, in his points Scudder made a point to say that no one should get worse treatment by the government just because they have more money. I countered by pointing out that it’s the responsibility of the upper class to help out the lower class by funneling more money through the economy so students who rely on government aide to pay for college (you know like most of Sam Houston), and that using higher taxes on that class would help. Scudder said that the upper class finds a way out of paying those taxes anyways. And that a flat rate would simplify that by making sure everyone paid their percentage worth.

This continued for a while, I will save you the details, because if it’s one thing I have learned writing columns most people don’t want to hear about tax reform and bring you into a business aspect. We finally got to talking about the bailout, both of them.

We both agreed that the bank bailout should have never happened and that the big three bailout for the auto industry was justified. But we differed on reasons.

He was happy that the Detroit had paid back

its loan which made it justified, but I was unhappy about it. I think when the bailout happened for the car industry, the United States government should have told those companies we own you now, and that the companies should have had to submit to any government request.

Somewhat like what Franklin D. Roosevelt did when he took over.

Kendall pointed out that the government had a tendency to run things ineffectively and I disagreed yet again.

This seems like a good time to point out our obvious loyalties, I consider myself an FDR guy, big government for a big country.

Scudder seems to be more on the line of Bill Clinton, small government with little spending, and a focus on people as the government’s biggest resource.

Before I end this and say that we have nothing in common, we did come to some mutual understanding during our time. We both agreed that under the current format the upper class needed to be taxed more.

“I saw a statistic that said 81 percent of people support a higher tax,” Scudder said. “Any time 81 percent of people support something I support it too.”

When the 90 minute session finally ended we joked about a couple issues and shook hands. Scudder ended it saying, that no matter our differences we were still both democrats and that was the best part of the party, people can disagree, but at the end of the day, they are still trying to get the same thing.

Sure Kendall, see you on a Tea Party ballot in 12 years.

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Comedy Corner

Stephen GreenViewpoints Editor

Paws Up, Paws Down

“Paws DOWN” to waking up after Spring Break for class. In an unrelated story Walmart sold out of Excedrin Migraine.

“Paws UP” to the bowling team for winning eighth place in the Music City Classic.

“Paws DOWN” to high gas prices, $45 to fill up a Honda Accord. This is getting ridiculous.

“Paws UP” to a great Spring Break. Enough said.

FAILBAD SITUATION. Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino, cast member of MTV’s “The Jersey Shore”, proves stereotypes right as he was booed while attempting to roast Donald Trump on Comedy Central, much my pleasure.

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Tuesday, March 22:- 6:30 p.m. - Baseball v. Houston Baptist - Don Sanders Stadium- 7 p.m. - Chinese Film Showcase: “The Equation of Love and Death” - ABIV 220

Wednesday, March 23:- 9 a.m. - Spring Teacher Job Fair - Bernard G. Johnson Coliseum- 11:30 a.m. - Women’s Symposium - LSC Ballroom- 12 p.m. - Steel Drum Band Concert - PAC Center Pit- 6:30 p.m. - Baseball v. Prarie View A&M - Don Sanders Stadium- 8 p.m. - “Picasso at the Lapin Agile” - Erica Starr Theater

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Today in History

People from around the world began meeting in Cape Town, South Africa on Saturday for World Water Day, which concludes today with a jazz festival, following a live connection with Washington, D.C.

THE HISTORYIn 1992, an international

day to celebrate freshwater was recommended to the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, or UNCED. The UN General Assembly responded by declaring March 22, 1993 as the first World Water Day.

Each year, save the first, has focused on a unique theme. In 1994, the theme was “Caring for Our Water Resources is Everyone’s Business;” 1995, “Women and Water;” 1996, “Water for Thirsty Cities;” 1997, “The World’s Water - Is there enough?;” 1998, “Groundwater - The

Invisible Resource;” 1999, “Everyone Lives Downstream;” 2000, “Water for the 21st Century;” 2001, “Water for Health - Taking Charge;” 2002, “Water for Development;” 2003, “Water for the Future;” 2004, “Water and Disasters;” 2005, “Water for Life - 2005-2015;” 2006, “Water and Culture;” 2007, “Water Scarcity;” 2008, “International Year of Sanitation;” 2009, “Shared Water - Shared Opportunities;” and 2010’s theme was “Water Quality.”

This year’s theme is “Water for Cities: Responding to the Urban Challenge.”

THE URBAN CHALLENGE

According to the World Water Day’s website, this is the first time in human history that most of the world’s population, 3.3 billion people, live in cities. Also, 38 percent of this urban growth is represented by expanding

slums, the website explains, while city populations are increasing faster than city infrastructure can adapt.

This year, the World Water Day Conference will be focusing its attention on “the impact of rapid urban population growth, industrialization and uncertainties caused by climate change, conflicts and natural disasters on urban water systems.”

The conference hopes to “encourage governments, organizations, communities and individuals to actively engage in addressing the challenges of urban water management.”

LOCAL OPPORTUNITIES

While there are no events happening within Huntsville, there are several events occuring in other cities throughout Texas.

In Spring, located south of Huntsville on I-45, the H2O Project is calling for an “H2O Challenge.” The Challenge encourages

people to choose to make water their only beverage for two weeks, to save the money that they would normally spend on drinks and then donate that money to the organization of their choice.

“It’s a real eye-opener for some people,” Brenda Koinis, founder and executive director of The H2O Project, said. “In the early days, I had a lady come up to me with cups full of money. She said that she was driving through a fast food place sometimes twice a day and didn’t realize how much she was spending.”

Koinis launched The H2O Project in 2001 after watching a video that showed the removal of a very long guinea worm , a parasite contracted by drinking contaminated water, also called dracunculiasis, from a young African boy’s leg.

According to the project’s website, “$1 can

give one person clean water for one year; $20 can give one person clean water for a lifetime.” The website provides a list of charities that serve to provide freshwater resources to third world countries.

Last year, over 75,000 people took part in the H2O Challenge.

In San Antonio, students and professors at the Trinity University - San Antonio campus are placing themselves in the World Water Day Dunk Tank in an effort “to raise money for clean water projects in Sub-Saharan Africa.” The event’s Facebook page invites students to “come dunk [their] professors.” The event is sponsored by the university’s Water is Life program.

For additional information on World Water Day, as well as links to the various events, visit http://www.unwater.org/worldwaterday/.

By Erin PetersonAssociate News Editor

World to focus on“Urban Challenge”

Teacher Job Fair returns to SHSUThe Teacher Job

Fair returns to SHSU on Wednesday, with approximately 77 schools and school districts in attendance.

The fair will be held from 9 a.m. to noon in the Bernard G. Johnson Coliseum.

Representatives from districts from districts

across the state, such as Cypress Fairbanks I.S.D., Katy I.S.D. and Richardson I.S.D., as well as a few private schools, will visit with students or alumni who may be interested in a position.

In addition, agencies such as Harris County Department of Education, Kidventure Camps, Windham School District, YES Prep Public Schools, the Archdiocese

of Galveston Houston Catholic Schools Office and Education Service Center Regions 3, 6 and 20 are scheduled to be available to discuss other employment possibilities.

Students who are registered on Jobs 4 Kats can get a jumpstart on finding a job or internship by logging on, at https://www.myinterfase.com/shsu/student/, to find a complete

list of participating agencies, as well as descriptions of positions being sought, according to Paige Loft, job fair and special events coordinator.

Participants are encouraged to bring copies of résumés and dress professionally.

For more information, contact Career Services at 936.294.1713 or careerservices@shsu.edu

By Erin PetersonAssociate News Editor

The death penalty is one of the most debated issues in the country, not to mention one of the longest. Today, students will have the opportunity to listen to a unique voice on the subject.

Liling Yue, a Fulbright Scholar at the University of California - Davis, will give a 45-minute presentation on “Issues in the Contemporary Application of Capital Punishment” on

Tuesday (March 22) at 10 a.m. in the Criminal Justice Center’s Kerper Courtroom, followed by a question-and-answer session.

Yue is part of an international exchange program with the China University of Police Science and Law, where she is a professor of law and also where she earned her bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees.

She has served as a visiting professor at UC Davis and Cambridge

University’s Criminology Institute and as a visiting scholar at institutions around the world, including the Danish Institute of Human Rights, the Max-Planck-Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law, the University of British Columbia and the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Institute.

Yue is the author of several books on criminal justice and civil and political rights, and she has written

many articles published in Chinese journals.

Her areas of interest include comparative criminal justice, criminal procedural law, international human rights law and evidence law.

She also has delivered lectures to foreign universities and courts in Belgium, Germany, South Korea, Slovenia, South Africa, Switzerland, United Kingdom, the United States and Vietnam.

Yue has served as leader

of several research projects, such as effective criminal defense, criminal trial, and human rights protection and participated in legislative projects, such as criminal procedure law reform.

Yue also will meet with graduate students for coffee and discussion at 4 p.m. in the Bluebonnet Room.

For more information, contact Beth Kuhles, College of Criminal Justice public relations officer, at 936.294.4425.

By Erin PetersonAssociate News Editor

Fulbright Scholar to lecture on death penalty

One highlight of the rally was Dalton Sherman, 12, a seventh grader from Dallas who gave a motivational speech.

“Do you believe in me?” Sherman shouted. “I believe in me. Do you believe in yourself?”

The crowd roared when Sherman spoke, but other instances showed how unorganized it was. At one point a woman who wasn’t identified took the stage and told the crowd how this is a good example for people to use home schooling. The woman was met with showers of boos and eventually exited

stage left.“I didn’t like that very

much,” said Gregory. “The whole point is we are suppose to be giving kids a full fledge education. In homeschooling kids don’t get the social aspect like they would at a public or private high school.”

Immediately following the rally, Perry

and some of the House discussed the issue, and within a week, voted through a bill that would use $4 billion of the Rainy Day Fund.

Texas Democrats blasted the bill saying there was much more of the fun available and that it should be used as well.

“If this is all they're

willing to do, to spend a tiny part of the Rainy Day Fund, they're just going to make a tiny improvement in a big problem," said Eva DeLuna Castro, a budget analyst for the Center for Public Policy Priorities to the Austin American Statesman. "They need to use the rest of it."

"It's not even disputable, this isn't even a close question. Such an action -- that involves putting America's service men and women into harm's way, whether they're in the Air Force or the Navy -- is a grave decision that cannot be made by the president alone," Kucinich said in a interview with a Chicago radio station.

He referred to a quote from 2007 when Obama was running for president where he said: "The President does not have power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involve stopping an actual or imminent threat to the nation."

"So what the president did is, by his own words, outside the Constitution," Kucinich said. "This isn't a case of him not knowing. He knows clearly that he has not complied with the Constitution. And that's a very serious matter because he's using the ultimate authority of a president."

In a letter to Congressional Members, Obama informed representatives of the military operations and said he believed he had the authority to launch the mission because of the UN mandate, and he made clear he has not committed any US ground troops to the fight.

He also added that he believes the mission is in the national security and foreign policy interest of the US.

From RALLY page 1

From LIBYA page 1

Inoue said he plans to discuss putting more boxes out with student activities this week as well.

Inoue said 100% of the donations received will go towards helping Japan and will be sent through the Japanese Red Cross via Consulate General of Japan at Chicago by March 28.

“I believe that together the students of Sam Houston and the people of Huntsville can make a difference in the relief efforts for Japan’s historically tragic situation,” Inoue said.

Patricia Herrington, international student & scholar advisor, was very impressed and compassionate when Inoue proposed the fundraiser.

“She helped me a lot,” Inoue said. “Not only she told me how to reserve the booth for this fundraiser, but also she contacted faculties to facilitate to organize this event. I couldn’t accomplish

the fundraiser without her.”Inoue said, “I really

appreciate the International program, especially Mrs. Patricia Herrington.”

In his efforts, Inoue noticed that almost everyone

has been touched by the devastation overseas.

He also said both Facebook and the media helped spread the word about the fundraiser, so that it was not difficult to ask for

donations.“Donators cared about my

family and people of Japan,” Inoue said. “I realized together we can save the people of Japan from SHSU and Huntsville.”

From JAPAN page 1

U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Dylan McCord/ReleasedSUKUISO. An aerial view of Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force personnel and disaster relief crews search for victims of a 9.0-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami on March 18.

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Redbull Soundclash

Spring breakers experience one-of-a-kind celebration of music in South Padre Island

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Some hit the books, some hit SXSW, but other Bearkats could be found among almost 10,000 spring breakers pouring through the gates of South Padre Island’s Schlitterbahn Beach Water park for Red Bull Soundclash.

On Thursday night, the crowd became witnesses

of the once in a lifetime show featuring Texas’ own, Ghostland Observatory on one stage and the iconic Snoop Dogg & the Snoopadelics on the opposing stage.

The night began with a brief moment of silence for the legendary Nate Dogg, but, as if in tribute to his legacy, immediately sprung into action with an opening set by the emcee for the night,

DJ Z-Trip.DJ Z-Trip could be found

floating mid-air on a platform in the middle of the laser-filled “musical conversation” between two wildly different acts that left the crowd of bronzed, beachy co-eds screaming for more.

Both acts applied their own styles, song interpretations and talent to five rounds of musical challenges in an

innovative format.Here’s how it works:

Round 1 – The Warm Up: Each artist performs

three songs of their original material to start the show.

Snoop Dogg & The Snoopadlics performed “The Next Episode,” “Ridin’ in my Chevy” and “I Wanna F**k You.”

Ghostland Observatory then took the spotlight to perform “Piano Man,” “Glitter” and “Sad Sad City.”Round 2 – The Cover:

Both bands cover the same song with their own personal style.

The crowd was treated to each band’s unique spin on the David Bowie classic, “Fame.”

Snoop Dogg & the Snoopadelics gave a funky, hip hop spin to the rock tune. Ghostland Observatory interpreted the song differently, showcasing their electro-rock sound. Round 3 – The Takeover:

In this round, each band is tasked with seamlessly finishing the second half of a song started by the opposing band, and thereby making it their own.

Snoop started the round with “Drop it Like It’s Hot” followed by Ghostland Observatory’s “Codename Rondo.”

Snoop Dogg & The Snoopadelics then played “Sensual Seduction” and the round ended with Ghostland’s “Just Gimme the Beat.” Round 4 – The Clash:

The fourth round highlights the artists’ musical versatility by charging them with performing their songs in three different styles.

“Gin n Juice” and “Stranger Lover” were performed in reggae style. “Midnight Voyage” and “La Di Da Di” were performed in funk-style.

The round concluded with techno versions of “Wet” and “Dancing on my Grave.”Round 5 – The Wildcard:

In the fifth round, the bands invite a special guest to perform with them on stage.

Ghostland Observatory invited an Apache Tribe to dance with them during “Kick Clap Speaker.” Snoop Dogg & the Snoopadelics performed “What’s My Name” with Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, Bootsy

Collins.The night ended with the

two groups joining together on one stage to perform the grand finale, a collaborative rendition of CeeLo’s hit “F**k You.”

The audience left knowing that they had witnessed a musical showcase unlike anything they had seen or heard before.

Red Bull Soundclash also kicked off Spring Break 2011 in Las Vegas in style with CeeLo Green and the Ting Tings on March 12.

Red Bull Soundclash is a totally unique clash of sounds, styles and creativity, where two bands don’t battle each other, but instead collaborate to create an innovative live music performance.

Touring the globe since 2007, Red Bull Soundclash has entertained music lovers with incredible match ups including The Roots /Miniature Tigers; Erykah Badu and the Cannabinoids /Shiny Toy Guns; Talib Kweli/ Ozomatli; Wale/Tokyo Police Club and many others.

For more information, visit www.redbullusa.com/soundclash

By Meagan EllsworthEditor-in-chief

SOUNDCLASH. South Padre was home to a unique music spectacle known as the Redbull Soundclash this spring break, featuring artists Snoop Dogg and Ghostland Observatory.

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Unleashed” in addition to his own “Comedy Central Presents” special and HBO’s “P. Diddy Presents the Bad Boys of Comedy.”

Recreational Sports plans to have a night full of fun, activities, laughter and a chance to win some great prizes including gift cards and T-shirts.

In keeping with Midnight

Mayhem tradition, the mechanical bull will be making an appearance along with a number of new activities ranging from a fast pitch booth to “60 Second Sports” – a number of fun, challenging activities that can be played against your friends.

Ty will take the Midnight Mayhem stage at approximately 11 P.M. for a comedy routine that has been called “hilarious,” “thought provoking,” and

even “edgy.”Recreational Sports

said as a department that helped revolutionize SHSU’s Welcome Week with the hugely successful Sammypalooza, it is once again looking to transform the yearly Midnight Mayhem event.

For more information about the event, please called (936) 294-1985 or visit www.shsu.edu/recsports or www.facebook.com/SHSURecSports.

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Kats place eighth in Music City Classic

Sports Editor Brandon Scott hopes for more sports fans at SHSUResenting Texas St, UT-San Antonio

Brandon Scottbscott@houstonianonline.com

HUNTSVILLE - Prior to Spring Break, one of the biggest highlights in Bearkat athletics was the men’s basketball team defeating archrival Stephen F. Austin twice in a week’s time, first a 55-40 outing in Nacogdoches before the end of the regular season, then 61-45 in the conference tournament.

But even with the historic gamesmanship with SFA, I have an elevated resentment for the more annoying rivals in the conference – soon-to-be Western Athletic Conference members Texas State and Texas-San Antonio.

The term “annoying” is a rude one, but we would be remiss to slight them proper description. When SHSU faced UTSA in the SLC semifinals, Roadrunner fans were loud, spirited and yes, annoying.

One fan seemed completely belligerent, yet I’m almost certain she was sober.

“Clavell, did you use your goggles to swim across the ocean,” she blundered. That’s just one of many annoying heckles this group of frenzied loyalists came up with.

What were SHSU fans doing? Sitting there. Attribute the lack of enthusiasm to the Kats shooting 22.2 percent

from 3 for the game, 2-20 in the second half.

The Kats didn’t look like themselves, even with Gilberto Clavell doing his usual work (25 points, seven rebounds).

Still, where was the fan support? It was there – you just couldn’t tell because the Roadrunner presence was more prevalent.

“Our fans are terrible,” uttered one local media member out of frustration. He was hearing the UTSA fans rally around their team; grant it, in the most

irritating fashion. At least they had a few who were motivated (besides the band, most of the SHSU fans appeared to be middle-age alumni).

Not to say Bearkats don’t care about their sports teams, because one’s that do, really care. There just aren’t enough of them.

UTSA doesn’t have this problem, neither does Texas State.

Both universities have over 30,000 students which logically create bigger markets and more support for their athletic programs. Sam Houston has around 17,000 students, campus located in Huntsville – which with all due respect to its growing metropolis, is no San Antonio or San Marcos.

It’s easy to resent UTSA and Texas State because they outnumber us, more importantly in an economic sense. With limited funds, SHSU focuses more on competitive consistency, rather than wallet crushing. The money will come with time.

But bigger than the fact UTSA defeated SHSU in the semifinals, as a sixth seed over a fourth (hardly an underdog, though), Roadrunners speed through I-10 knowing they’re headed

to a now depleted Western Athletic Conference, but to better the university in its entirety.

I’m always asked questions that you don’t have to be an editor of anything to come up with a reasonable answer: When is Sam Houston going to go to a bigger conference? We’ve been winning at one of the cheapest schools in Texas, with an athletic budget looking towards the bottom of the conference. Where is the love?

We need more people; interested people; interested people with money. Let’s remember the NCAA is a business, first and foremost. Sam Houston would have to be invited for a legitimate economic reason.

In 2010, Sam Houston surveyed alumni, students, fans and staff to determine how realistic strengthening the athletic department was. Athletic Director Bobby Williams was unable to comment on survey results before press time, but in an interview with the Huntsville Item last year, Williams said feedback was positive. But the university community hasn’t always embraced moving up, dating back to the 1980s when SHSU moved up from NAIA to Division II and Division II to Division I.

“We aren’t against moving up, we just want to make sure it is done the right way, that the funding is there and the support is there because that is critical to being successful,” Williams said.

“You have to have that support system to move up to make sure it is successful. You don’t want to be behind if you move up.”

In 2009, UTSA doubled student athletic fees, by vote of the students, in order to budget a newly established

$10 million football team. This, aside from the love for football, was an effort to appeal to Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) conferences, the ones that make money and play on national television.

UTSA students went from paying maximum $120 fees to $240. Bearkats, with half as many students, pay $270.

That’s a mismatch before you even blow the whistle.

What do we bring to the table? What do we have to offer, other than these hard-working, good people?

Winning games only means so much. Being competitive is only half the battle. To join the ranks of elitist, we have to be visible, and profitable.

I’m resenting UTSA and Texas State because I have a wish list that’s beyond my control or their concern.

I wish there were 13,000 more Bearkats on-campus and at least half of them had rich, spirited sports fanatic parents.

I wish there was

somewhere to park for today’s overpopulated Bearkat representation.

I wish more people went to the games, or read the student newspaper once in a while.

There are more serious implications to competing in a conference without two of its heavy hitters. Reality is, the Southland Conference would look to replace UTSA and Texas State, just as the WAC had those schools in mind to replace the likes of Boise State and Hawaii.

The mere hypothetical of Sam Houston being paired with Abilene Christian or Houston Baptist seems like an unfair step down to futility – for such a promising Bearkat program that seems to be outgrowing itself in some ways, while living short of its potential in others.

My resentment towards UTSA and Texas State, annoying as ever, comes from them being part of the conversation, rather than just having it.

By Brandon Scottbscott@houstonianonline.com

The Sam Houston women's bowling team which started seeded 10th, earned the eighth place standing with a pair of 4-3 wins in Baker match play.

Sam Houston, defeated No. 18 Wisconsin-Whitewater and No. 12 Adelphi before falling to No. 7 Kutztown 4-2 as the Bearkats placed eighth in bracket play on the final day of the Columbia 300 Music City Classic Saturday in Smyra, Tenn.

The Bearkats ended the tournament with a 9-6 record over the three days to complete regular season action with a 68-35 overall match record.

"The girls left it all out there Sunday," Sam Houston head coach Brad Hagen said. "They put an explination mark on our resume with a solid day. We are still in good shape for consideration by the NCAA Comittee."

The Bearkats won twice and lost four matches in traditional five-player team action Saturday. Sam Houston defeated unranked Jackson State 1,017-986 and No. 12 Adelphi 991-936 in their fourth and fifth matches of the day. SHSU opened Saturday with a loss to No. 19 Minnesota State 848-842, then fell to No. 15 Saint Francis 962-861and No. 10 Sacred Heart 1,122-

883. The Kats ended the day witha 958-944 loss to No. 7 Kutztown.

Aida Sanchez and Kimi Davidson led the Bearkats, Sanchez averaging 197.6 pins in five matches and Davidson 190.2 in six contests. .

Friday, in Baker four-game quad matches, the only loss for Sam Houston was to the defending NCAA Division I national champions Fairleigh Dickinson, the number 1 ranked team in the nation now.

FDU defeated the Bearkats 837-773. In other action Friday, Sam Houston defeated Wisconsin-Whitewater 713-663, Southern 775-693, No. 16 Alabama A&M 753-644, Monmouth 749-668 and Texas Southern 766-614.

"After a strong showing on Friday, on Saturday we had one of those days where we had some great looks, a few bad breaks and the other teams had it going for them when they needed it the most," Sam Houston head coach Brad Hagen said. "I was very proud of our girls for keeping their composure. Our first and fifth matches Saturday were the toughest and we had combined losses of less than 20 pins. Kimi Davidson posted a 238 and Aida Sanchez a 212 in our win over Jackson State. Aida added a 211, Neishka Cardona a 224 and Dayna

Galganski a 203 against Adelphi."

The Music City Classic was hosted by Vanderbilt University at the Smyrna Bowling Center in Smyrna, Tennessee. Thirteen of the top 15-ranked teams in the national rankings are competing in the Music City Classic. Less than two weeks after the tournament, the eight teams for the 2011 NCAA Division I Women's Bowling Championship will be selected.

Sam Houston stands No. 9 in the March National Tenpins Coaches Association (NTCA) rankings. The latest NCAA Division I RPI (Rating Percentage Index) figures have the Bearkats back in the No. 5 position.

The 2011 NCAA Division I Women's Bowling Championship will be hosted by the University of Detroit Mercy and the Detroit Metro Sports Commission on April 14-16 at the Skore Lanes in Taylor, Michigan.

All eight berths in the national tournament are at-large selections. The selection criteria are overall won-lost record, head-to-head competition, results versus common opponents, overall strength of schedule and overall RPI.

The selection committee will announced the eight NCAA Championship participants on March 30.

Bowling down success lane

TEAMWORK. Coach Bob Hagen and his players emerge as a top notch first year programCourtesy of SHSU Athletics

Courtesy of UTSA Media Guide

Casey Kalenkoskey hit two home runs as Texas State rolled up 17 hits in an 8-1 victory over Sam Houston and a Southland Conference series sweep Sunday afternoon.

Chris Andreas went 2-for-4 on a day when the Bearkats were limited to four hits. Braeden Riley singled and Mark Hudson tripled to account for the Kats other two hits. Hud-son scored on a sacrifice fly by Daniel Nottebart that gave Sam Houston a 1-0 lead in the top of the second inning.

Texas State took the lead back quickly, total-ing five runs in the bot-tom of the third, a single run in the sixth and two more in the eighth inning.

The Bobcats, now 6-0 in Southland Conference and 15-4 overall, are tied for first place in the league race.

The loss drops Sam Houston to 12-8 for the year and 1-5 in Southland action.

Following Sunday's game, the Bearkats will return to Huntsville for five games next week. Sam Houston hosts Prai-rie View A&M and Hous-ton Baptist in 6:30 p.m. non-conference games Tuesday and Wednesday.

The Bearkats will meet UTSA in a three-game weekend Southland se-ries at Don Sanders Sta-dium beginning Friday at 6:30 p.m.

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