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Petree set to lead Belles’ basketball

As ASU’s athletic director Sean Johnson in-troduced the new women’s basketball coach, he couldn’t help but make a reference to March Madness.

“Last week when we hired ASU’s new men’s basketball coach, we said it was ASU’s version of March Madness,” Johnson said. “Well, with this announcement, we’ve moved past the first and second round and past the Sweet 16 and we’re on to the Final Four now, so it’s another exciting day for us.”

The exciting day was focused around Cayla Petree, the ninth head coach in ASU’s women’s basketball history.

“Man, it’s good to be in West Texas,” Petree said to open her press conference with her thick Texan accent. “I love it out here. There are good people, they work hard, they’re friendly, honest and take a really good approach to hav-ing good solid values.”

Petree has come to ASU after being an as-sistant coach at University of North Texas this past year.

Petree has had success at every level of col-legiate basketball from junior college to Divi-sion I.

She first started her collegiate career as a player at Cisco Junior College. After earning two all-conference honors there, she trans-ferred to Texas Tech University.

As a Red Raider, Petree was a player under Hall of Fame coach Marsha Sharp and was part of a team that made it to the Elite Eight in 2003.

After graduating with a Master of Science in sport management in 2006 Petree was given her first head coaching opportunity at her for-mer alma mater; Cisco Junior College.

“They took a chance on a 24-year old kid six years ago that a lot of people probably wouldn’t have taken,” Petree said. “If it wasn’t for those guys believing in me, I wouldn’t be standing up here today.”

She coached the Wranglers, a team that had lost 60 consecutive games before she arrived and in her five years, she compiled a 93-61 re-

cord with three trips to the Region V Tourna-ment.

In addition, Petree coached 14 athletes to all-conference honors and 16 of her athletes continued onward to play at four-year colleges.

“Our new head coach brings everything to the table that we need,” Johnson said. “She’s a proven winner, someone who is passionate about the profession, about winning and about giving our student athletes the best experience they’ll ever have in college basketball.”

Petree has a giant pair of shoes to fill that were left behind by Sally Brooks, a coach who led the ‘Belles to three Lone Star Conference Championships and seven consecutive trips to the NCAA Division II Tournament from 2002-2008.

Petree said even though her dream was to coach Division I basketball, this was such a great opportunity and was an easy decision to come to ASU.

“Angelo State has great facilities,” Petree said. “I can’t wait to get to work; to start re-cruiting and to start individual workouts with you guys [the players].”

Petree has her goals as high as the sky as she boldly said that she doesn’t care that ASU is a Division II school; she intends to try to recruit Division I athletes to ASU.

“You look out there and there are a lot of Di-vision I schools that don’t have the resources we have,” Petree said. “We’re going to get the future students and they are going to choose Angelo State University.”

Cayla Petree chosen out of four dozen applicants

Stephen CoganStaff Writer

Several events lined up to help educate about sexual assault

Allison PriceManaging Editor

Standing up against sexual assault on campus

Counseling Services partnered with the Rape Crisis Center and Alcohol Drug Abuse Council for the Concho Valley to kick off Sexual Assault Awareness Month with information and sta-tistics about sexual assault.

“We are starting off with information tables April 1-5 in the spine of the UC,” counselor Terry Favor said. “We will have in-formation about how students can avoid sexual assault, what they can do if they have been assaulted and haven’t told any-one, how they can seek free legal help and information about the SANE (Sexual Assault Nurse Exam) exam through Shan-non Medical Center.”

Other events scheduled for the month are Watch Your Drink Night, self-defense demonstrations, Walk a Mile in Her Shoes involving the Pikes and Denim Day, Favor said.

“We are doing Denim Day April 24, which has been declared by President Brian May and students will be allowed to wear denim that day,” Favor said. “This actually stemmed from an incident that happened in France. A woman was raped [while wearing] tight denim jeans and there were people watching but no one intervened. When it went to court the man was found not guilty because he couldn’t possibly get her tight jeans off of her. This particular event is something that we have done the past three years.”

One final event lined up is called The Naked Truth which will be about challenging gender roles, society expectations and media influences on sexual assault, Payne said.

“We really have to change the way people think about sexual assault,” Favor said. “Many times the woman is blamed and many times people will say women will report they have been raped when they really haven’t. We just need for college stu-dents to understand that this is a crime and it is not okay. This is a topic that we are not getting enough information out to students.”

The common ages of women who are sexually assaulted are 16 to 24, and those are typically people who are going to be in college, Executive Director for the Rape Crisis Center Karla Payne said.

“So many times we see the victim blaming herself for what happened,” Payne said. “These girls are away from home for the first time and in the environment where predators take ad-vantage of them.”

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Photo by Adam SaucedaPetree gives her first ASU press conference.

30th annual talent Show

Students showcased a wide variety of talents on March 28, at the Auditiorm. First place winner was Jasmin Ortiz, second place was Christopher Lyod and Dan-iel Wirth and third place was Charley Nelson. There was a total of 12 contestants that participated.

Photos by Adam Sauceda

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Petree set to lead Belles’ basketball

As ASU’s athletic director Sean Johnson in-troduced the new women’s basketball coach, he couldn’t help but make a reference to March Madness.

“Last week when we hired ASU’s new men’s basketball coach, we said it was ASU’s version of March Madness,” Johnson said. “Well, with this announcement, we’ve moved past the first and second round and past the Sweet 16 and we’re on to the Final Four now, so it’s another exciting day for us.”

The exciting day was focused around Cayla Petree, the ninth head coach in ASU’s women’s basketball history.

“Man, it’s good to be in West Texas,” Petree said to open her press conference with her thick Texan accent. “I love it out here. There are good people, they work hard, they’re friendly, honest and take a really good approach to hav-ing good solid values.”

Petree has come to ASU after being an as-sistant coach at University of North Texas this past year.

Petree has had success at every level of col-legiate basketball from junior college to Divi-sion I.

She first started her collegiate career as a player at Cisco Junior College. After earning two all-conference honors there, she trans-ferred to Texas Tech University.

As a Red Raider, Petree was a player under Hall of Fame coach Marsha Sharp and was part of a team that made it to the Elite Eight in 2003.

After graduating with a Master of Science in sport management in 2006 Petree was given her first head coaching opportunity at her for-mer alma mater; Cisco Junior College.

“They took a chance on a 24-year old kid six years ago that a lot of people probably wouldn’t have taken,” Petree said. “If it wasn’t for those guys believing in me, I wouldn’t be standing up here today.”

She coached the Wranglers, a team that had lost 60 consecutive games before she arrived and in her five years, she compiled a 93-61 re-

cord with three trips to the Region V Tourna-ment.

In addition, Petree coached 14 athletes to all-conference honors and 16 of her athletes continued onward to play at four-year colleges.

“Our new head coach brings everything to the table that we need,” Johnson said. “She’s a proven winner, someone who is passionate about the profession, about winning and about giving our student athletes the best experience they’ll ever have in college basketball.”

Petree has a giant pair of shoes to fill that were left behind by Sally Brooks, a coach who led the ‘Belles to three Lone Star Conference Championships and seven consecutive trips to the NCAA Division II Tournament from 2002-2008.

Petree said even though her dream was to coach Division I basketball, this was such a great opportunity and was an easy decision to come to ASU.

“Angelo State has great facilities,” Petree said. “I can’t wait to get to work; to start re-cruiting and to start individual workouts with you guys [the players].”

Petree has her goals as high as the sky as she boldly said that she doesn’t care that ASU is a Division II school; she intends to try to recruit Division I athletes to ASU.

“You look out there and there are a lot of Di-vision I schools that don’t have the resources we have,” Petree said. “We’re going to get the future students and they are going to choose Angelo State University.”

Cayla Petree chosen out of four dozen applicants

Stephen CoganStaff Writer

Several events lined up to help educate about sexual assault

Allison PriceManaging Editor

Standing up against sexual assault on campus

Counseling Services partnered with the Rape Crisis Center and Alcohol Drug Abuse Council for the Concho Valley to kick off Sexual Assault Awareness Month with information and sta-tistics about sexual assault.

“We are starting off with information tables April 1-5 in the spine of the UC,” counselor Terry Favor said. “We will have in-formation about how students can avoid sexual assault, what they can do if they have been assaulted and haven’t told any-one, how they can seek free legal help and information about the SANE (Sexual Assault Nurse Exam) exam through Shan-non Medical Center.”

Other events scheduled for the month are Watch Your Drink Night, self-defense demonstrations, Walk a Mile in Her Shoes involving the Pikes and Denim Day, Favor said.

“We are doing Denim Day April 24, which has been declared by President Brian May and students will be allowed to wear denim that day,” Favor said. “This actually stemmed from an incident that happened in France. A woman was raped [while wearing] tight denim jeans and there were people watching but no one intervened. When it went to court the man was found not guilty because he couldn’t possibly get her tight jeans off of her. This particular event is something that we have done the past three years.”

One final event lined up is called The Naked Truth which will be about challenging gender roles, society expectations and media influences on sexual assault, Payne said.

“We really have to change the way people think about sexual assault,” Favor said. “Many times the woman is blamed and many times people will say women will report they have been raped when they really haven’t. We just need for college stu-dents to understand that this is a crime and it is not okay. This is a topic that we are not getting enough information out to students.”

The common ages of women who are sexually assaulted are 16 to 24, and those are typically people who are going to be in college, Executive Director for the Rape Crisis Center Karla Payne said.

“So many times we see the victim blaming herself for what happened,” Payne said. “These girls are away from home for the first time and in the environment where predators take ad-vantage of them.”

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Photo by Adam SaucedaPetree gives her first ASU press conference.

30th annual talent Show

Students showcased a wide variety of talents on March 28, at the Auditiorm. First place winner was Jasmin Ortiz, second place was Christopher Lyod and Dan-iel Wirth and third place was Charley Nelson. There was a total of 12 contestants that participated.

Photos by Adam Sauceda

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Events CalendarGet involvedon campus!

Here’s what’s going on this week.

Friday April 5

Track and Field: Angelo State David Noble Relays at the LeGrand Sports Complex.

CSI Springfest 2013- Curley’s Quest beginning at 4:30 p.m. at the Campus Green.

CSI Springfest 2013- 3rd annual Crawfish Boil begin-ning at 4:30 p.m. in front of the cafeteria.

CSI Springfest 2013- Sunset Concert featuring Stoney LaRue. The concert begins at 7 p.m. at the ASU Pavil-ion.

Baseball: ASU at Eastern New Mexico University. 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. @Portales, NM.

Softball: ASU vs. University of Incarnate Word. 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. @Home.

Saturday April 6

Track and Field: Angelo State David Noble Relays at the Le Grand Sports Complex.

CSI Springfest 2013- Blue and Gold Pancakes served in the ASU Cafeteria from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.

Angelo Rock Climbing Competition will begin at 9 a.m. at the Center for Human Performance.

Softball: ASU vs. University of Incarnate Word. 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. and 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. @Home.

Baseball: ASU at Eastern New Mexico University. 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. @Portales, NM.

Sunday April 7

Greek Week begins with a Chili Cook-off and Dessert competition from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the ASU Pavilion.

Brass Choir: “An Afternoon of Brass.” The concert be-gins at 2 p.m. at the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts and open free to the public.

Baseball: ASU at Eastern New Mexico University. 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. @Portales, NM.

Monday April 8

Continuous: ASU Ceramic Student Exhibition: “Fresh and Functional” The exhibition will be from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Room 193 of the Carr Education-Fine Arts building.

ALL DAY: Golf at Tarelton State Tournament in Granbury.

Love those Locks begins at 11 a.m. at the Texas Cos-metology

Movie Night featuring “The Hunger Games” in the C.J. Davidson Center at 7 p.m.

Tuesday April 9

“Reality Check: Relativism and the Value of Human Life.” The presentation begins at 5 p.m. in the C.J. David son Center.

Greek Week: Carnival starting at 5:30 p.m. at the ASU Pavilion.

Baseball: ASU vs. McMurry University. 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. @Home.

Thursday April 11

National Poetry Month Celebration featuring guest speaker Jan Seale, Texas Poet Laureate 2012-13. The celebration begins at 7 p.m. in Canvas 100.

Planetarium weekly showings continue every Thursday beginning at 7 p.m.

Submit event requests by 5 p.m. Tuesday for Friday publication to rampage@angelo.edu

Post-graduate student receives honorary title

Concho Hall to reopen

Let’s get this straight: Concho Hall is not going anywhere.

Rumors have circulated since the destruction of University Hall in 2009, Concho Hall’s former twin structure, that Concho Hall would meet a similar fate.

That is not the case according to assistant director of housing and residential programs Tracy Baker.

“We had never had a firm plan to tear [Concho Hall] down,” Bak-er said. “It’s always been talked about after University Hall came down, but honestly, Concho Hall is a very usable building and we want to make the best of a good facility.”

Baker said Concho Hall is un-dergoing renovations to update the plumbing, heating, air and el-evators.

“The rooms will look similar to how they’ve always looked,” Baker said. “We are updating the infra-structure to be at optimal operat-ing capacity.”

With the new renovations, Concho Hall will open the top three floors to students who have 90 credit hours or more in the Fall 2013.

The rooms will be sold as pri-vate rooms at a lower rate than anywhere else on campus, Baker said.

“Concho Hall has its own charm, and people who have lived there understand there are some really valuable things,” Baker said. “It’s an environment that can thrive if we put some effort back into it.”

Junior Destiney Jackson plans on staying in Concho next year.

“I was shocked that they are still going to use Concho,” Jackson said. “I was happy about the prices and private rooms though.”

For students interested in stay-ing on campus for summer classes, Concho Hall will now be offered as choice for their stay and will possi-bly even free of charge to students.

“Pending board approval, we are going to offer a program this summer to encourage students to enroll in summer school,” Baker said. “If the students are inter-ested, it’s absolutely a great deal. I don’t think you can beat free housing.”

According to the Housing and Residential Programs website, to qualify for the free housing pro-gram, a student must be enrolled

in six semester credit hours or more in their degree plan and have a GPA of 2.0 for that term of en-rollment.

“If students don’t meet the requirements for free housing for some reason, we are offering rooms in Concho Hall that they can rent,” Baker said. “It’s difficult to find a place in the summer with a short-term lease so we’re a great option.”

Baker said upperclassman may want to stay on campus, but may want to have a more mature envi-ronment.

“The elevators empty into a common lobby so people gather there often and build a commu-nity and get close to one another,” Baker said.

Private rooms to be offered at low rates

Adam SaucedaStaff Writer

Photo by Mariah PowellConcho Hall is currently closed for internal renovations. The plumbing, heating, air and elevators are apart of the building’s update.

Graduate Kimberly Jones was named as the “Exceptional Teacher Candidate” by the state-wide Quest for Quality program. Jones is a native of Sweetwater, TX, and graduated in December with a bachelor’s degree in elementary educa-tion. Jones was picked out of 39 candidates that were selected from the 48 nominees who submit-ted to the program from 15 Texas universities.

The nominees are judged on the depth of their subject, the content, and their knowledge of in-structional strategies. The nominees were also judged on excellence in planning and instruc-tional delivery, as well as their achievement of goals and objectives with the use of strategies and resources that include technology, setting goals, making strategies, and using proper resources to

meet the diverse needs of student needs.Jones will be featured on the Quest for Quality

website.This marks the second straight year an ASU

nominee has been designated an “Exceptional Teacher Candidate.”

The Quest for Quality initiative, based in The Woodlands, was designed to highlight excep-tional quality in university-based teacher prep-aration here in Texas. The Center for Research, Evaluation, and Advancement of Teacher Educa-tion and the Texas Higher Education Coordinat-ing Board collaborated on the program that was funded through a grant from the Sid W. Rich-ardson Foundation to the College for All Texans Foundation.

Speaker to give students a “Reality Check”

Have you ever wondered about the value of human life?

Speaker Judy Rouse, executive director of the Midland Life Center, will discuss relativism and the value of human life on April 9 at 5 p.m. in the C.J. Davidson Center for an event put on by Rams4Life called “Re-ality Check.”

“Our organization is really excited about her coming,” Rams4Life vice president senior Lisa Dees said. “We have been wanting to do something big like this for a while but it has been hard having a small, still relatively-new, group. We hope that students will at-tend as well as commu-nity members.”

Rams4Life president junior Sawyer Hirt said this lecture will broaden students’ thoughts on pro-choice and allow them to

view both sides of life’s situations.“It is very easy to fall into the relativism mind-set,

I mean who wouldn’t want to believe ‘it’s all about me’?” Hirt said. “If you are in this mind-set, you feel that you are free to do as you will, but I believe it’s not necessarily the greatest mind set a person could be in because there are greater factors out there.”

Rouse has been a part of pro-life and pregnancy resource movement since 1993. She developed pre-vention education programs that were introduced to districts across West Texas. Singularly, she presented

lectures to over 10,000 students in five years resulting in a 44% drop of pregnancy for Midland County. Un-der Judy’s intuitive leadership and creative vision, the center’s program services birthed two pregnancy in-tervention satellites, two websites, expanded prevention education programming to include 4th -12th grade, reaching 28,000 students per year and oversees a staff of 37, ac-cording to her biography.

After the lecture, Rouse will an-swer questions from students. Ad-mission is free, and refreshments will be served.

“I feel like ASU students are par-ticularly apathetic about pro-life is-sues, or life issues in general, and if we have something that they would be interested in going to, they may

realize it is an issue they really shouldn’t be apathetic about,” Dees said.

Pro-life group excited to voice beliefs

Mariah PowellEditor

“It is very easy to fall into the

relativism mind-set, I mean who wouldn’t want

to believe ‘it’s all about me’?”

Rams4Life president junior Sawyer Hirt

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Program aims to change mind-set

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Cont. from p.1Favor said sexual assaults hap-

pen on every college campus in the nation, and the typical victims are freshman girls who are just be-ginning their college career.

“There are young men who ‘groom’ young women,” Favor said. “Typically they are freshman girls who come to school. They are naïve, they are lonely, they are be-friended by some men on campus.

“So many times we see the victim blaming herself for what happened,” Payne said. “These girls are away from home for the first time and in the environment where predators take advantage of them.”

Favor said sexual assaults hap-pen on every college campus in the nation, and the typical victims are freshman girls who are just be-ginning their college career.

“There are young men who ‘groom’ young women,” Favor said. “Typically they are freshman girls who come to school. They are naïve, they are lonely, they are be-friended by some men on campus and they are targeted to compli-ment them and earn their trust.”

A general situation where rape may occur is at parties with alco-hol being passed around, Favor said.

“One of the biggest myths people believe is that rape is go-ing to happen by a virtual strang-er who is going to jump out of a bush and attack them,” Favor said. “That rarely happens and most of

the time it is someone you know, someone who you trust and be-lieve as a friend who would never take advantage of you.”

There are several messages stu-dents can take away from the pro-grams and information presented to them throughout the month, Favor said.

“We need men to understand that unless a woman is conscious and able to give verbal consent it is considered rape,” Favor said. “Young men don’t understand that. We want women to under-stand that many times when they are having fun with friends and people they trust, they are putting themselves at risk for an incident. It is better for young woman to go to parties with a friend and watch how much they drink and certain-ly always watch your drink. The facts are that you can’t trust every-body. It is so important for women to listen to their gut. Women can really put themselves at risk by being too naïve, trusting people that they do not know well. Just because someone treats you like a friend and tells you they are your friend doesn’t necessarily mean they are going to protect you or treat you in a respectful way.”

Payne said the Rape Crisis Cen-ter is currently working on a grant with ASU and with the Office of Violence for Women to help edu-cate students, faculty and staff and put an advocate on cam-pus to help with sexual assault situations.

“Women will be able to report [an incident] one time and not be interrogated again and again,” Favor said. “It is very traumatic. What many young men (who take advantage of women) don’t un-derstand is that [these incidents] have long term consequences for women. They go through PTSD [Posttraumatic Stress Disorder], they are depressed, they cannot sleep at night, they keep reliv-ing the incident, and they blame themselves. [Having an advocate on campus would] help in the re-porting process if students knew they had one central location to go to and have someone to help guide them through that process.”

Favor said rape is one of the most under-reported crimes be-cause women are afraid to call it rape since it is not a nice word.

“I want women to understand it is important for them to re-port an event if they do not pros-ecute because it is giving some of their power back,” Favor said. “If we don’t know about it then we can’t do anything about it. It is re-ally important if anyone has been sexually assaulted to get some counseling, to learn how to work through the situation and get what she needs to get her life back together.”

If students have an incident to report, they may call the Rape Crisis Center at (325) 655-2000 or talk with Counseling Services at (325) 942-2171.

The Multicultural Center honored Wonderful Women of ASU on March 28 in the UC.

The fourth annual event stemmed from Women’s History month and is meant to honor, appreciate and acknowledge the women on campus who do an excel-lent job, Multicultural Center program specialist Rob-ert Garcia said.

Faculty and staff are not the only ones who are eli-gible to be nominated. The event featured outstand-ing faculty, staff, service employees, and students, Garcia said.

“Anyone who someone feels has contributed to ASU or made a change in someone’s life can be nominated as long as they are female,” Garcia said. “We look for women who are influential to other individuals.”

There were 218 nominees, and eight received the award.

Awards were given to students Sasha Mabika and Courtney Snow, staff members Maggie Blair, Shirley Eoff and Melody Kelley, faculty member Mary Mc-Glamery, and service members Angela Acevedo and Brenda Bundage.

Senior Edith Huerta was one of the students nomi-nated at the event.

“I think that it’s important to acknowledge females in the workplace for their hard work and dedication to celebrate their gender equality and breaking through the glass ceiling,” Huerta said.

Garcia said the award ceremony is also an opportu-nity to get students, faculty and staff to come together and interact with each other.

“Even though [the female students] see the profes-sors in the classroom or talk to the staff members, they don’t really have the interaction you would get outside the office or classroom,” Garcia said. “It is a chance for the students who haven’t had or gotten the opportunity to speak to certain professors to see their accomplishments.”

8 women honored for their contributions

Briana MartinezContributor

Photos by Adam Sauceda

From right: Ty McGruder and Nathan Hopkins performed from the crowd during the 30th annual talent show. Marcus the Comedian made an appearance by hosting the show.

Students showcase talented voices

Friday, April 5, 2013Page 4 FEATURES

“Fresh and Functional” Ceramics ExhibitionThe work of ceramic students and Professor Esteban Apodaca will be on display in Carr EFA 191 gallery until April 20.

ASU will host the play “8” Saturday, April 6, a play based on the court hearings that ruled against California’s Proposition 8 as being unconstitution-al.

Matt Smith, director of “8,” has been a technical director at ASU for 7 years, but this is his first time to direct a play. Smith is the third person to bring the play to the state of Texas, a state that passed Proposition 2 on Nov. 8, 2005 that defined mar-riage as being between a man and a woman.

Dr. Adria Battaglia, Assistant Professor of Com-munication, will play a character named Maggie Gallagher.

Battaglia said being part of “8” has helped her reinforce her personal views on same-sex marriage, as well as the importance of educating the public and keeping an open dialogue.

“I am humbled to see so many students, ASU staff, and other faculty members come together across political lines to engage in discussion with one another at this critical juncture,” Battaglia said. “It is easy to dismiss people and their ideas, espe-cially if they are different than our own. It is also very easy to say that we don’t want to engage in politics, that we’d rather stay neutral, but we are a community so neutrality is really a myth.”

Battaglia is an advocate of same-sex marriage

and civil rights, and follower of Supreme Court cases.

“Mildred Loving, a plaintiff in the Supreme Court case of Loving v. Virginia, articulated it best,” Batta-glia said. “She said, “I believe all Americans—no matter their race, sex, sexual orientation—should have that same freedom to marry. Government has no business imposing their religious beliefs over others, especially if it denies people civil rights.”

Casey Baccus, a student of theater at ASU, will play Mr. Blankenhorn.

“I am ashamed to admit this, but when I can’t have a direct influence on something I tend to dis-miss it quickly,” Baccus said. “I read the headlines and picked up bits and pieces here and there on Proposition 8, but I didn’t pay much attention to what was really going on. I felt and still feel rather guilty for not actively trying to educate myself on Proposition 8.”

Like the entire cast in “8,” Baccus hopes the dis-cussion after the play will be civil and open because Baccus believes the debate could be healthy for the community.

“Knowing the facts are healthy for a mind,” Bac-cus said. “Whether for or against same-sex mar-riage I hope people come out to discuss this topic with us.”

Larry Hettick, a non-traditional student, will play Judge Walker. Hettick is a long-time civil rights advocate who jumped at the chance of being part of “8.”

“I’ve always been a supporter of civil rights,” Het-tick said. “I believe same-sex marriage should be allowed, just as interracial marriage is allowed.”

Smith first discovered the play last year in a course on rhetorical analysis while obtaining his master’s degree in communication.

“We were studying different forms of political protest, so I concentrated my efforts on theatre,” Smith said. “Dustin Lance Black wrote the play and debuted it Sept. of 2011 on Broadway before it made its way to the west coast where celebrities such as George Clooney took part in the play.”

On Nov. 5, 2008 the state of California placed a ban on same-sex marriage through Proposition 8 that the citizens voted for after same-sex marriage was made legal just months earlier on June 16. On Aug. 4, 2010 a federal district court declared Propo-sition 8 to be unconstitutional in Perry v. Schwar-zenegger. The case would later be brought to the U.S. Supreme Court on July 31, 2012.

On March 26, 2013 the U.S. Supreme Court al-lowed testimony to be given in Perry v. Brown on Proposition 8. The following day the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments on the federal law known as DOMA, or the Defense Of Marriage Act, which has also come into discussion as being unconstitu-tional because it essentially allows same-sex cou-ples to be discriminated against as well.

“8” will be free to attend and is a one-night-on-ly staged reading of the court’s transcripts with a courtroom-like setting with visual screens that will play videos during the play on the subject of Propo-sition 8.

Doors open at 7:30 p.m., with the play at 8 p.m., and an open mic discussion after the play for audi-ence participation. The play will be held in the ASU Auditorium of the Administration building.

Courtroom-like setting to highlight Propostion 8

Terrence CainStaff Writer

Photo by Nadia SabrosoStudents, faculty and ASU staff gather to rehearse lines before the play’s one night of show.

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“I would probably say the printed copy. I

like to read more and I am not really big on

apps.”

“If I’m walking around, it would be better to have

an app, but if I’m in class I would rather have my dictionary.”

“With an app it is easier to locate the

word you are trying to translate.”

“I prefer an app because it saves more time, and textbooks

are out of date.”

“I would rather use an app on my phone

because of the fact that my phone is always on

me.”

Jacob FraustoSenior

Sung Young KimSenior

Tim ColemanPost Grad Student

Cassidy HossenloppSenior

Tristan SandersSenior

For your Spanish-English dictionary, would you rather have an app on your phone or a printed text?

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We’d love to hear your opinion on our media pages. Feel free to share our page, like our stories, participate in our surveys.

If you have cool story ideas you want to share with us we are ready to respond.

For eBooks: We would appreciate see-

ing ASU switch over to eB-ooks because eBooks are cheap and useful for college students. eBooks generally run cheaper than traditional books because they do not need to be printed. Making college students pay hundreds of dollars on textbooks is nuts. eBooks also have handy tools where one can search the

whole document or chapter by typing in a keyword, rather

than looking in the index or glossary for a page number.

We realize that a downfall to eBooks is that they require Internet connection,

but really, where do you not have Internet con-nection these days? We also think that if ASU de-cides to switch over to eBooks, then they should make sure that the library and computer labs have enough computers and laptops for students to use.

Against eBooks:Textbooks may be going out of style, but we

think textbooks should not be replaced by eBooks because textbooks are traditional and help stu-dents study by letting them take notes and high-light on physical pages. Textbooks, like all other books, are sentimental to us. We get attached to our textbooks because writing notes on the pages is a more engaging way to study. Also, in some of textbooks, the inside cover has an inscription from a past user, or even the author who wrote it. The thought that our children may never go to a library depresses us.

We realize that eBooks are more convenient than carrying around a backpack full of books, but hard copies are better for reading and studying. With any type of book, we have always enjoyed holding a book rather than looking at a screen. A tablet screen or computer screen can become scratched or damaged, and zooming in to read too-small text would be annoying. Even if a text book is in bad shape, it is still readable.

eBooks versus traditional textbooks:

Which side are you on? Universities across the United States are switching from traditional, hardback textbooks for eBooks. An eBook is, obviously, an electronic form of a textbook that students can open on a computer, tablet, or smart phone. While eBooks are all-the-rage here lately, the Ram Page staff had varying views on whether or not ASU should jump on board with other universities and switch over to eBooks.

Staff Vote: 2 for eBooks 7 for traditional textbooks

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Rams knock off No. 5 ranked team

The Rams are proving to be one of the most resil-ient and successful road teams this season after taking the No. 5 nationally ranked St. Mary’s baseball team down at Nelson W. Wolff Stadium in San Antonio on Tuesday.

The 21-12 Rams now have a 10-9 home record to an 11-3 road record to make the saying, “there’s no place like home,” an ironic statement.

It was the day of the Lange; Michael Lange that is.The senior pitcher came in to relieve sophomore

starter Bryce Zak after three innings.Zak struggled with his command and, after giv-

ing up three walks and two runs, Head Coach Kevin Brooks sent Lange in to turn the tide.

Lange allowed only one hit and struck out two over six scoreless innings to the chagrin of 21 St. Mary’s batters.

Meanwhile, the Rams took advantage of Lange’s stellar performance by scoring five runs to win the game 5-2 and snap St. Mary’s five-game winning

streak.The Rams continue to have the Rattlesnakes’ num-

ber as they improve their all-time record against them to a whopping 12-6 all-time and a 7-3 record on the road.

Junior shortstop Christian Summers had a perfect day at the plate after getting two hits and drawing three walks over five plate appearances.

Summers and senior catcher Andrew LaCombe are tied with Ryan Small of Tarleton State University in the conference for the most doubles with 12 each.

Senior Lee Neumann continues to create a master-ful year statistic-wise with a .364 batting average that leads the team and the speedy outfielder is first in the entire conference in triples with six.

Neumann also is fifth in the Lone Star Conference in slugging percentage (.579), hits (44), and third in total bases (70).

The Rams have dominated at times this season with series sweeps of Ouachita Baptist University and Bel-larmine University.

The reigning conference champions are 6-6 in the conference and tied for third in the conference with a key series against Eastern New Mexico University Fri-day in Potales, New Mexico at 6 p.m.

Rams continue to impress while on the road

Stephen Cogan Staff Writer

Photo by Nadia SabrosoPitcher Jake Feckley throws a pitch into home while first-baseman Quaid McKinnon watches the batter.

The Rambelles are back in the top 25 rankings standing at 23 after taking two out of three games against No. 2 West Texas A&M.

After a 9-6 loss to start the series, the Rambelles won games two and three by scores of 8-6 and 4-3 respectively.

Junior pitcher Sandra Serna was a co-winner of the Lone Star Conference Pitcher of the Week Award after her performance against the then No. 1 West Texas A&M.

Serna held West Texas A&M, the second best slugging team in the nation, to a .231 average and a 3.82 earned-run average over 11 innings pitched.

Serna started game two and was tagged for six runs, five of which were earned, but managed to earn the win with a Rambelles offense exploding for eight runs.

Then in the third game, she came in to relieve senior Mary Kate McKay and threw for four innings of three-hit ball, pitched out of two bases-loaded situ-ations and allowed just one run off of a solo homer in the fifth inning.

Senior catcher Kacie Easley continued to show she has a knack for the dramatic clutch play.

Two weeks ago, she threw out a base runner that ended the inning with a run-ner at third and St. Edward’s best batter was at the plate with the Rambelles ahead by one.

Against West Texas A&M in game two, Easley showed her hitting skills by getting two hits and batting a runner in.

Then, in game three, it is the bottom of the seventh with one out and junior Morgan Spearman on second base.

The score is 3-2 in favor of West Texas A&M and in this do-or-die moment, the mighty Kacie Easley is at the plate.

The pitch is away, Easley swings, the bat connects, and

the ball is gone over the left field fence, and the Ram-belles walk it off with a 4-3 win.

That’s why the Rambelles are back in the top 25.The Rambelles’ next opponent is the University of

the Incarnate Word for a three game series with the first game Friday at 7 p.m.

Rambelles win two games and power back into the Top 25‘Belles win third game in series with a double

Stephen Cogan Staff Writer

Photo by Nadia Sabroso

Photo by Adam SaucedaJunior Morgan Spearman guards first base as a runner tries to get safe. The ‘Belles play on Friday against Incarnate Word.

Photo by Adam SaucedaFreshman Ambra Hill beats her opponents attempt to slide into second base.