War Hawk HeraldWar Hawk HeraldWar Hawk HeraldWEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2012 Vol. 89, Issue 4 A B I L E N E , T E X A S

Formerly published as the Tribe Tribune

McMurry University Student Newspaper

As the sun sets upon the campus of McMurry Uni-versity on Thursday, Oc-tober 25th, campus so-cial clubs gather at Wah Wahtaysee to raise their ti-pis in honor of McMurry’s Native American heritage. The atmosphere is relaxed for most, but some of these clubs use the rare oppor-tunity to compete against each other. Makona, Theta Chi, and Gamma Sigma all waited with baited breath for the race signal to sound off. When it did, the three clubs ran to their plots and put up their tipis as fast as they could. The windy weather did its best

to slow them down, but soon enough the three clubs managed to get their tipis up and pinned down. Theta Chi was ultimately the victor, getting their tipi up in two minutes and four seconds. However, even without the weather, some clubs had trouble. Along with the harsh winds, HEI had a lack of members available to put up their tipi due to most of their members starring in McMurry’s Homecoming musical, so even starting an hour before the race wasn’t enough. Pi Delta Phi was also affected this year by several factors: aside from the weather, Pi Phi didn’t have enough time to put up their wikiup, a more traditional Native Ameri-

can structure, because they were given eight hours before tipi judging started instead of the usual forty eight. Both clubs eventually managed to get their struc-tures up after several hours of labor. KTXS came out to re-port on Homecoming this year. As I was walking up

to Wah Wahtaysee, I was stopped by a reporter who then asked me about the pronunciation, a pit that even freshmen who hear the name often fall into. Their main event, though, was the bonfire, and they would have to wait for that until the next night, as it is traditionally held after the

coronation Friday night. As McMurry University students, faculty, staff, and alumni all gather back on campus for a weekend of excitement and tradition, the Sunset Ceremony and Tipi Raising symbolize an annual celebration in hon-or of the university and its history.

Race at SUNSeta McMurry tradition

McMurry was visited by alumni, school children, and community members on October 26th to check out what was going on at Tipi Village. Most of Mc-Murry’s social clubs had a tipi raised and had club members out there shar-ing knowledge of traditions and the way of life that In-dians led before the English came over. T.I.P talked about the tent: how it was construct-ed, the benefits of the ma-terials used to construct it, and how it kept the Indians warm on cold nights. KIVA enjoyed doing Tipi Village, said sweetheart Kelcee Ortiz, because “we get a chance to explain the tradi-tions to the kids, and give some educational value to them.” Mrs. Rachelle Grun’s Jim Ned Indian kindergar-ten class made their way from one tent to the other, learning about the foods Indians ate, where they slept, the roles of men and

women, some of the games they played, and the kind of clothes they wore. The kids were eager to learn, asking all kinds of questions, from what color was the favor-ite of the Indians to where they lived and if there were any still living today. The kids were involved in story-telling, a favorite pasttime of the Indians, screaming and yelling when the word

“monster” was said. Some of the kids said that their favorite part was meeting the “chief”, (Dane Bennet, a member of Kiva, who was decked out in full regalia at their club’s tipi), listening to stories, playing the hand game, and the head bands that they were given before entering the circle of tipis. Parents that attended said that Tipi Village was a great “educational oppor-tunity” for their children, a way for them to be a part of history and understand that people come from dif-ferent cultures. “It’s impor-tant for my children to un-derstand that even though the Indians were different from us in how they slept and how they dressed, they

were the same as us be-cause they were people like us,” said mother of two, Sa-vannah Richards. Case Harvey, class of ’89, said, “Tipi Village was around when I was attend-ing college here. It was great then, and I am glad to see that it is still going on today.”

1 Little, 2 Little, 3 Little tipis

adam LancasterSTAFF WriTer

The members of Theta Chi wait with a KTXS reporter for a live report to begin.

Makona

Janalyn BoyntonSTAFF WriTer

Dane Bennett and Kelcee Ortiz teach children at the KIVA tipi.

2

McM Station Box 938Abilene, Texas 79697

(325) 793-4610whherald@mcm.edu

EDITORIAL POLICY: McMurry University supports academic freedom, as well as freedom of speech as guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States. However, the content of the War Hawk Herald does not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of the University or the United Methodist Church. The War Hawk Herald encourages reader response and participation. The editorial board reserves the right to refuse to print articles or letters to the editor containing personal attacks, obscenity, defamation, erroneous information or invasion of privacy.

StaFFStudent Editor

Kathryn BallingerStaff Writers

Salome Felise BlockJanalyn Boynton

Charles Byrn Ivan DominguezAdam Lancaster

Tess WilliamsPublisher

Nancy Smith ’79 Staff Editor

Gary EllisonArt Director

Sheila KittsContributing

Photographers

Ivan DominguezGary Ellison

Gerald EwingSheila KittsScott Fritz

Chanel Sharp

EDITORIAL BOARDJack Holden ’44K.O. Long ’70Pug Parris ’73

Cole ThompsonSally Villers ’65

War Hawk Herald WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2012

War Hawk Herald

Homecoming Musical Return to the Forbidden Planet a Success

tess WilliamsSTAFF WriTer

WELLNESS CENTERHOURSMONDAY Noon-11:00pm

TUESDAY6:30am-9:00am and Noon-11:00pm

WEDNESDAYNoon-11:00pm

THURSDAY6:30am-9:00am and Noon-11:00pm

FRIDAYNoon-5:00pm

SATURDAYNoon-5:00pm

SUNDAY6:00pm-9:00pm

POOL HOURSSUNDAY

6pm-9pm

MONDAY11am-1pm 7pm-9pm

TUESDAY11am-1pm 7pm-9pm

WEDNESDAY 11am-1pm 7pm-9pm

THURSDAY 11am-1pm 7pm-9pm

FRIDAY 11am-1pm

SATURDAY Closed

This year’s Homecom-ing Musical was a hilari-ous, musical adventure through outer space. Re-turn to the Forbidden Planet was an unexpected mixture of Shakespearean storytelling and classic rock-and-roll music. The musical is based on Shake-speare’s The Tempest, with bits from his other plays, such as Romeo and Juliet, thrown in. It’s also partially based on Forbidden Planet,

a 1956 movie starring Les-lie Nielsen, Anne Fran-cis and Walter Pidgeon. The storyline follows the crew of a spaceflight led by Captain Tempest, played by Zachry Lever-ton, whose ship is pulled into the Forbidden Planet where a slightly mad scientist named Doctor Prospero, played by Da-vid Remschel, lives with his daughter, the beauti-ful Miranda, played by Miranda Priddy. Miranda and Captain Tempest are in love at first sight, but there are other problems

to worry about including the ship’s disappeared sci-ence officer, a love triangle, an evil green monster, and just how the ship’s crew is going to escape the For-bidden Planet! The cast includes many memo-rable characters and songs that had me dancing in my seat. Highlights in-cluded “Great Balls of Fire,”

“Teenager in Love,” “Young Girl,” “Only the Lonely,” sung by the impressive tenor Cody Carlisle, who played Cookie, and “Mon-ster Mash.” The show was engaging from beginning

to end, starting with the amazingly colorful, realis-tic spaceship that the stage had been transformed into. The cast involved the au-dience right away by com-ing out to greet us before the show started. We were also “debriefed” on space-flight safety procedures by a trio of spaceflight atten-dants who provided hilar-ity and harmony through-out the show. Some of the talented musicians who accompanied the sing-ing were right on stage as part of the crew and were grooving in their seats as

well. The Star Trek-esque costume and the brilliant robot costume, monster effects, and digitals screen recordings were also notable. I couldn’t help but have fun during this unique comedy musical directed by theatre de-partment professor Philip Craik. I’m so glad I got to see this talented ensemble cast sing it, shake it, and have an absolute blast on stage. I won’t soon forget being taken along on the adventurous Return to the Forbidden Planet!

On a crisp clear Satur-day afternoon, the War Hawks welcomed Langs-ton University from Okla-homa for Homecoming 2012. The War Hawk offense played sloppily for the majority of the game and allowed a much weaker opponent to have an advantage. They opened up the game with a block of the field goal to-wards the end of the first half. The team had trou-bles on defense as well; they allowed the Lion offense to move up and down the field on them as well. They allowed plays that were to gain 3 yards, they missed several tack-les during the drive, and they let the offense run it. During the 2nd half, the offense started to open it up more; they had sev-eral opportunities to score. Starting QB Jake Mullin had a sloppy game as well, and he had interceptions during pivotal times in drives that could have led to scores. Jake also looked a little nervous after get-ting hit during the game. After the game I had a chance to sit down with Jake Mullin. I asked him

about the way he played and he said “I wasn’t hap-py with the performance today, but I’m happy we got the win.” I also asked him if he played well after being hit, and he said “I could tell I wasn’t moving my feet well and that my mechanics were off.” During the game, it was also clear the coach-es were upset that their players weren’t mak-ing the plays that they wanted them to. There were several times dur-ing the game that the coaches didn’t seem to get their points across. As the game wound down, Langston started to play a little rough toward the end of the game; there were several times that they were whistled for personal fouls that put the War Hawks in business to score. The final drive ate up more than eight min-utes off the clock; the Li-ons from Langston tried to score at the end of the game, and the coaches weren’t happy with the overall play of their team. The homecoming game for McMurry was a sweet one for the War Hawks, with the final score of McMurry 29-11 over the Lions from Langston.

Homecoming Football Game: McMurry vs. Langston

charles ByrnSTAFF WriTer

Participants in the Student/Alumni Homecoming Basketball Game

A McMurry Salute to Our Military: An Informed View of Millitary Experience and Historical Narratives with an emphasis on Vietnam

Thursday, November 8, 20127:00 - 8:30 p.m.

Ryan Recital Hall and Amy Graves Ryan Art Gallery

Jeremie Border Memorial Pins

If you would like to purchase one or more of the Jeremie Border Memorial Pins, you

may do so online at

http://mcm.edu/newsite/web/univ_relations/tickets/event_list.htm.

Just scroll down to the “Jeremie Border Lapel Pins” link and click on “Buy Tix” on the left. Each pin is $3 or if you would like them mailed/shipped to you, they are $5. If you have an office or

box on campus, we can put your pins in campus mail free of

charge.

All proceeds go to the Wounded Warrior Project.

3War Hawk HeraldWEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2012

Mission: thanksgiving 2012 is coming Soon

Imagine a world with no food, shelter, or warm clothing. Well, in Abilene, there are people living in that world. We see people under bridges, in their cars, and on the sides of the streets. At McMurry, we have a great opportunity to help those very people.

Senior Brittany Cummings is spearheading, with Dr. Schneller, an event called Mission: Thanksgiving, which will begin on No-vember 13th and will end on November 15th. There will be a trailer in the quad for donations to include men’s and women’s cloth-ing, new or gently used, for all ages; new socks and un-derwear; warm clothes for the cold months including

scarves and gloves; new toi-letry items; non-perishable food and drink items; chil-dren’s toys for Christmas; and pillows, blankets, and sleeping bag items. One of the things that Brittany said was that “Mis-sion: Thanksgiving is a way for me to get involved in our community in a way that combines my desire to work in non-profit minis-try and my passion for Mc-

Murry. It is a medium to express my love of people and my beliefs of Christian-ity and that people should love their neighbors of the Abilene community as they love themselves.” Brittany continued, “To me, it is im-portant for the students to get involved because we are a service-based institution. There’s a lot that each indi-vidual organization gets in-volved in, service-wise, but

this gives an opportunity for the whole campus to come together in one proj-ect, supporting an organi-zation in our community. Mostly though, I believe we are called to serve in some way, and this is a simple way for us each to get involved.” Says Brittany, “My goal for this project is to bring the campus together as one and raise as many items as possible. I want Love and

Care Ministries to know that McMurry is dedicated to helping their community, and the Abilene commu-nity that supports us.” For more information on Mission: Thanksgiving, you can contact Brittany at cummings.brittany@stu-dents.mcm.edu

charles ByrnSTAFF WriTer

The runners of the Mc-Murry 5000 knew that the 5-kilometer run was not going to be a stroll around the park. Runners arrived at 6:45 in the morning to register with temperatures in the 30’s and 40’s. As the runners waited for the gun to fire at 8:00 am, they tried to stay warm by stretching, jogging, and some listened to music. This was McMur-ry’s 35th annual homecom-

ing road race, sponsored by McMurry’s Kinesiology Klub and now co-spon-sored by the cross country team, as well. The race is the oldest fitness tradition in the Big Country, and whether it rains or shines, the race goes on. ”It was fun, I got to push and cut off the cross country team!” fresh-man Chevante Bell said. This year over 157 regis-tered, and 118 took on the 5k run in the frigid tem-peratures, including the McMurry cross country team. Participants from the

ages of nine to over seventy started the race at Wilford Moore Stadium and con-tinued through streets run-ning all the way to South 15th, Woodard, and South 21st Streets. Dr. Smith gave the prayer before the race, and Coach Crousen fired the gun to start the race. This year’s fastest times were set by Kory Higgins from Texas Tech (15:53) and Kurstin Draper, Mc-Murry senior (20:17). The historic race record for the annual run is held by Jose Muniz in 1988 with

an impressive time of 15:03, and Josephone Chepkoech in 1997 with a time of 18:28. The previous current course records belong to Todd Neer, 16:20 in 2009, and for women’s Lindsay Hinton, 19:49 in 2009. We congratulate the Kinesiol-ogy Klub’s members for do-ing a great job in organizing the race as well as McMur-ry’s cross country team. A special thanks to Dr. Parris for keeping this fitness tra-dition alive and running for 35 consecutive years.

35th annual Homecoming Road Race

Ivan DominguezSTAFF WriTer

McMurry’s Dean of the School of Business, Dr. K.O. Long, is being honored as this year’s Distinguished Alumni. I had the oppor-tunity recently to sit down with Dr. Long and discuss his time at McMurry, his life afterwards, and his re-turn here to our campus. McMurry wasn’t sup-posed to be Dr. Long’s final destination when he first arrived. After graduating from Cooper High School here in town, he was offered a history scholarship from McMurry and decided to start here, and then trans-fer to UT to finish out his undergraduate there. How-ever, like many students who come to McMurry un-sure of their intent to stay, he enjoyed his classes and teachers and began to settle in. Ultimately, he says, “I decided McMurry was the right place for me.” One of the reasons Dr. Long decided to stay was that “McMurry gave [him] lots of opportunities to be involved in a lot of things

that interested [him].” And involved he was! Not only was he involved with the newspaper his entire time here (then the War Whoop, as writer and editor), Dr. Long was a member of Kiva men’s social club, president of MSG, and a participant in Model UN. In addi-tion to extracurriculars, he pursued and completed a double major in English and History, which he felt was good preparation for a lot of things he wanted to do later in life. After graduating from McMurry in 1970, Dr. Long finally did end up at UT, but for law school. While in his last year there, he worked for a state representative from Dallas, and after grad-uation and the bar exam, he joined a law firm under him. Eventually, Dr. Long moved back to Abilene to work for a law firm here. Then, in 1978, he had an opportunity to get into the clothing business. Dr. Long had never considered the business field before then, but, he says “being around people was fun, and I liked clothes, so that was fun too.” He focused solely on the

business from 1982 to 2000, even winning advertising awards during that time. As for how he found himself back here at Mc-Murry, Dr. Long says that he taught a few courses at Cisco before beginning to teach as an adjunct here in 1979. In 2003, he started teaching in the School of Business full-time, and then in 2005, when the cur-rent Dean retired, he be-came Dean. Dr. Long is enthusiastic about McMurry from the point of view of both a for-mer student and a current professor. He says, “I think one of the real pluses for McMurry is that the faculty, staff and administration want the students to be suc-cessful; they are committed to helping students achieve what they want to achieve.” Now, as a professor, he thinks that “looking back, I wish I had taken advan-tage of more opportunities to talk with my professors outside of the classroom, to get to know them a little better.” He states that he en-joys getting to know his stu-dents “in a different context. I like to keep in touch with

students after they graduate, to know what they’re doing and to share their successes.” As our conversation wrapped up, Dr. Long and I talked about the strengths of a McMurry education, former student to current student. Of all of the ben-efits, he kept highlighting the ability of any McMurry student to get involved in anything that interests them. “McMurry teaches students how to gather in-formation, which enables them to succeed anywhere.” The benefits of McMurry’s small, all-around approach are that “you can learn the things you need to know to allow you to pursue you passions.” McMurry, he says, creates life-long learn-ers. And sometimes, we’re lucky enough to have those learners return to instill that in new generations!

Interview with a Distinguished alumnus

Kathryn BallingereDiTOr

Students in the School of Business Student Managed Investment Fund have made their first stock selec-tions and subsequent pur-chases. The first securities purchased are as follows:

From the Financial Sector-850 shares of First Financial Bank (FFIN)

-520 shares of CME Group (CME)

-810 shares of Metlife Inc (MET)-870 shares of Wells Fargo (WFC)From the Technology Sector

-79 shares of Apple

The $1 million student investment fund was ap-proved this summer by the McMurry Board of Trust-ees, who allocated the $1 million from the McMurry endowment to be man-aged by students enrolled in two special finance classes

taught by Robert Kuzma and Jared Reynolds. “More sectors and stocks will be researched and pur-chased across the remain-ing weeks of the semester,” said Reynolds. “A special thanks goes to students Zach Ryan for his research on the financial sector and Connor Davis for his re-search on the technology sector.” “The School of Business at McMurry emphasizes practical application. We work hard to provide stu-dents with a practical skill set that they need in order to succeed in the business world,” said Reynolds. “The Student Managed Invest-ment Fund provides stu-dents with extensive money management experience.”

McMurry University’s Student Managed Investment Fund Makes First Stock Investments

Graduate and Professional School Fair

Thursday, November 1, 201211:00 – 2:00 p.m.

ACU - Hunter Welcome Center (35 schools attending)

Grab a friend and come to the fair. Dress is casual.

Discover possibilities for your future.

Abilene Christian University - www.acu.eduAustin Presbyterian Theological Seminary - www.austinseminary.edu

Brite Divinity School (Texas Christian University)- www.brite.eduDallas Baptist University – Graduate School of Leadership - www.dbu.edu/graduate

George W. Truett Seminary (Baylor University) - www.baylor.edu/truettGraduate Institute of Applied Linguistics – (Dallas) www.gial.edu

Harding University MBA (Arkansas) - www.harding.edu/mbaHardin-Simmons University - www.hsutx.edu

Howard Payne University, School of Education - Instructional Leadership hputx.eduMcMurry University -Post-bac Teacher Education Program- www.mcm.edu/

Midwestern State University (Wichita Falls, TX) - http://academics.mwsu.edu/graduateschool/Oklahoma Christian University - Graduate School of Theology - www.oc.edu/gst

Oklahoma Christian University – MBA - www.oc.edu/mbaPatty Hanks Shelton School of Nursing (Abilene, TX) - www.phssn.edu/

Texas A&M Health Science Center-School of Rural Public Health - www.srph.tamhsc.eduTexas A&M University-Kingsville College of Graduate Studies - www.tamuk.edu

Texas Chiropractic College (Pasadena, TX) - www.txchiro.eduTexas Tech University – Graduate School - www.gradschool.ttu.edu

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center - Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences www.ttuhsc.edu/gsbs

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center - School of Allied Health Sciences www.ttuhsc.eduTexas Tech University Health Sciences Center - School of Nursing - www.ttuhsc.edu/sonTexas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Pharmacy - www.ttuhsc.edu/sop

Texas Wesleyan University (Fort Worth, TX) - www.txwes.edu Texas Women’s University (Denton, TX) - www.twu.edu

The University of Tulsa Graduate Business Programs - www.utulsa.edu/graduate/businessUniversidad Autonoma de Guadalajara Medical School - www.uag.edu/medicineUniversity of Dallas – Graduate School of Management- www.thedallasmba.com

University of Mary Hardin-Baylor - http://graduate.umhb.eduUniversity of North Texas (Denton, TX) - www.graduateschool.unt.edu

University of Texas at Dallas – Naveen Jindal School of Management - http://jindal.utdallas.edu/University of Oklahoma College of Pharmacy - http://pharmacy.ouhsc.edu

University of Phoenix - http://www.phoenix.edu/University of the Incarnate Word - (San Antonio, TX) - www.uiw.edu

Walden University - Online higher education www.waldenU.edu/localWest Texas A&M University (Canyon, TX) - www.wtamu.edu

War Hawk Herald WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2012

War Hawks - Making MemoriesH O M e C O M i N G 2 0 1 2

4