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Volume 54 Issue 7 April 25, 2011Serving Trinity Valley Community College since 1972

By Rebecca KlingContributing Writer

The brightly colored canopies that filled TVCC’s Athens campus plaza made this year’s health fair impossible to miss.

Associate degree nursing students from the Health Science Center in Kaufman coordinated the annual event. The booths were more than informational; they were also colorful and interactive. Besides handing out health-related brochures and flyers, many of the booths also gave away candy treats, bottled water, sodas and power drinks.

The stress booth featured soothing mu-sic while the smell of incense perfumed the air. Fair attendees were able to receive chair massages and information about therapeutic acupuncture. There was also an interactive stress test which consisted of choosing light plastic balls marked with such stressors as “mortgage,” “school” and “parent” (to name just a few) . Fair attend-ees had to hold the “stressor” under water with just one hand. If they could manage that, it indicated that they could manage those stressors in their life. If not, there was plenty of information available to as-sist in managing stress.

Another interesting interactive booth was the vitamins and hand washing booth. At one end of the table, a poster game was set up to match the vitamins with their proper function.

For example, vitamin B aids the body with energy and metabolism. If the par-ticipants matched them correctly, they were vitamin savvy. If they did not match the vitamins correctly, they could still benefit from the game by learning about

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Just for the HEALTH of it

Healthy Start - The relaxed atmosphere of the health fair allowed it's participants to enjoy all of the booths. TVCC nursing students host the event every year.

Photo: Schuyler Wick/News-Journal

TVCC health fair explores everything from stress to germs

The Lady Cardinals gear up for post season play.

SPORTS

CAMPUS NEWS

Music Recitals

Music students fulfill re-quirements by performing in end-of-the-year recitals.

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FEATURE

Women of the Valley

Trinity Valley celebrates Women's History Month.

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SPORTS

Cheerleaders go to NCA

The TVCC cheerleaders take their routine to the national stage.

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Cardinals humming in Spring“Music washes away

from the soul the dust of everyday life” - Berthold Auerbach.

Recitals are a require-ment for all students majoring in music. They have to perform at least two a semester.On April 7, several stu-

dents fulfilled those re-quirements by singing in an on-campus recital. The students started

by warming up their vocals. Faith Bolin was the first to perform. She sang “He Shall Feed his Flock like a Shepherd.” Bolin was very consis-tent and sounded great. Landon Jones was sec-ond, he sang “Alone in the Universe.” Lacey Teague was the

third to perform. Seem-ing a little nervous, Teague managed to

bring out some of her best vocals. She sang “Somewhere” from “Westside Story.” Luke Ayars’ performance was really emotional. He sang “Some Enchanted Evening.” Ayars had to start over after confess-ing that the song had great meaning for him because his true love was in the room. Naomi Jorgensen, 20,

a performance vocal major from Nome, Ark., was the first to perform a song in another lan-guage. She sang “Nur Wer Die Sehnsucht Kennt,” which trans-lates to “None but the Lonely Heart.” She sounded prepared, con-nected and most impor-tantly, really good. “I’ve been in choir for

six years, and my songs are assigned to me at

the beginning of the semester,” Jorgensen said. When asked about how

she prepares for recitals Jorgensen said: “I nor-mally don’t get nervous. I practice at the music building like an hour a day. My freshman year of high school I got su-per nervous while per-forming and I cried. So after that, I didn’t get nervous anymore.”Following Jorgensen’s

performance was Rob-ert Boren, 22, from Fate, Texas. He sang “Die Lo-tusblume.” Before he started he asked the audience if anyone was fluent in German, when everyone said “no,” he replied, “I’m good then.” Robert was flawless, and when asked about his preparation he said, “You just kinda switch

into auto pilot."Candace Clayburn was

the sixth person to go on. She performed “”Se tu m’ami, se sospiri.” Clayburn’s voice sound-ed like one of the Disney princess. Drew Maher was next.

He started with a little humor, then proceeded to sing “Una Furtiva Lagrima.” It was a very dark, but beautiful song. Maher seemed a little nervous at first, but he did an excellent job. The last one to perform

was Liz Joblin. She sang “O mio babbino caro,” in her beautiful soprano voice. Before she started, Joblin told the audience that her song was about a young girl who is singing to her dad about the man she loves.

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The Iota Alpha Chap-ter is the Trinity Val-ley Community College branch of Phi Theta Kappa.

The members of Iota Alpha recently wel-comed 60 new members into their ranks.

The Trinity Valley Community College chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa honor society in-ducted the additional members during a cer-emony at the college.

The Iota Alpha chap-ter is comprised of out-standing students at TVCC’s four campuses. TVCC students are eli-gible to join Iota Alpha if they have earned at least 12 semester hours of transferable credit at TVCC with an overall grade point average of 3.5 or higher.

The purpose of Phi Theta Kappa is to rec-ognize and encourage scholarship among two-year college students. The organization pro-vides opportunities for leadership and service development. The group also provides members with an intellectual cli-mate for fellowship and discussions on pertinent topics.

The organization de-veloped in Missouri in 1910. Today Phi Theta Kappa is the largest honor society in Ameri-can higher education, with more than two mil-lion members and chap-ters located in all 50 states as well as several other countries.

For more information logon to tvcc.edu

Trinity Valley inducts new members into Phi Theta Kappa

ATHENS: Jonathan Baker, Emily Carlson, Carrie Dixon, Richard Eckroate Jr., Johnnie Frater, Joy Greenwalt, Rafael Juarez, Erick Matlock, Kyler Newman, Chad Hunter Oliver, Ariel Reeder, Debra Rogers, Harrison Smith, Tracy Soultanov, Arelly Tovias, Tyler WalkerCADDO MILLS: Jessica PriceCANTON: Carlee Alsobrook, Cody NesloneyCHANDLER: Cortney RubleCRANDALL: Winter QuinnDALLAS: Keaton HollingsworthEDE, NIGERIA: Tolulope Joy AyoadeENID, OKLA.: Joshua GroomEUSTACE: Randy Bonner, Andrea Lynn Wil-liamsFORT STOCKTON: Brianna BenavidesFORT WORTH: Brenda PaulkFRIENDSWOOD: Kandice UpdegroveGRAND SALINE: Todd FowlerGUN BARREL CITY: Melissa Compoc, Amelia Coon, Shannah Fortner, Michael Massengale

HOUSTON: Rebecca Ragsdale, Cary RichardsLARUE: Angela RogersLONGVIEW: Traci Lynn WillinghamKEMP: Hannah Carpenter, Shelly Donathan, Holly Hinds, Steven McNeeleyMABANK: Rhonda Johnson, Stacey Smith, Brooke Marie WitkopMALAKOFF: Grant Lewis, Justin NanceMIDLAND: Breann BaughMONTALBA: Erin GassMOYOCK, N.C.: Danielle MundyMURCHISON: Jacob MitchellMYRTLE SPRINGS: Robert MorelandPALMER: Thomas BakerSEVEN POINTS: Christine PadillaSTANTON: Melody TurnerTERRELL: Leslie Pettijohn, Lindsey StoneTYLER: Nikki NelsonWHITEHOUSE: Jessica Perez

With Honors - Around 60 new members were inducted into the Iota Alpha chapter of Phi Theta Kappa during a recent ceremony.

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DO YOUR PART

Recycle bins are located inside all residential halls

Great Recycling Tips For Earth Day(StatePoint) -- Whether

you're making plans for Earth Day or simply look-ing for ways to do more for the planet, now is the perfect time to revitalize your recycling efforts.

Something as simple as recycling more of the plastic bottles, bags and wraps you use every day can make a big dif-ference. But recycling doesn't stop with throw-ing these items in the bin; purchasing products made with recycled mate-rials is another great way to go green!

In fact, nearly 83 per-cent of Americans say they feel more "green" when buying products made with recycled plas-tics or other recycled materials, according to a recent survey by Plas-tics Make It Possible, an initiative sponsored by the plastics industries of the American Chemistry Council.

"Earth Day is the per-fect time to close the 'recycling loop' by pur-chasing products made from recycled materials," said Steve Russell, vice president of the plastics division of the American Chemistry Council.

"Many plastics can be recycled and given a sec-ond life as clothing, car-peting, furniture, garden-ing equipment, backyard decks, new bottles and bags and other products we use every day."

Here are some tips to get you back to recycling basics: * Understand your local recycling program. Re-cycling programs vary across the country, but

most community curbside programs collect plastic bottles, and many major grocery and retail chains now offer bins to collect plastic bags and wraps for recycling. An increas-ing number of commu-nities also collect other containers such as yogurt and butter tubs -- check to see if yours is one of them. * Check the neck. For recycling purposes, a bottle is any container with a neck smaller than its base. This includes beverage containers, food jars for products such as mayonnaise and dressings, and bottles for shampoo, laundry de-tergent and household cleaners. And remember, recyclers want the caps, too! * Bag it. Collect plastic bags from grocery, retail and dry cleaning stores, and plastic product wraps from items such as news-papers, bread, paper tow-els, napkins, bathroom tissue and diapers. Sim-ply store the clean bags and wraps inside another bag and then drop them off at a participating gro-cery or retail store to be recycled. * Hold on to your recy-clables. When away from home, recap and store empty bottles in a back-pack, briefcase or your car until you arrive home and can toss them in the recycling bin. * When in doubt, leave it out. Be careful not to con-taminate your recyclables with items that aren't re-cycled in your community. * Support the second generation. Recycled

materials often go on to become second genera-tion products such as car-peting, fleece jackets and new bottles and bags. For example, eight re-cycled plastic bottles can create a soft, new t-shirt. Look for innovative prod-ucts made with recycled materials at your favorite retailer so you can close the recycling loop and reap the rewards of your recycling efforts.

For more recycling tips, visit www.plasticsmakeit-

possible.com.

According to earth911.com, the Beverage Marketing Corp. found that in 2006 Americans consumed about 28.3 gallons of bottled water. It takes approximately 400 years for plastic bottles to decompose.

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It is a little strange when one sees a teacher in the supermarket, working out at the gym, or buying clothes at a department store. For some, it does not always register that teachers are human be-ings—ones with hobbies, interests, needs and emo-tions. It is easy to overlook the

human characteristics of teachers. They aren’t al-lowed to react like most people when faced with accomplishments or rude-ness. Usually teachers don’t scream at students or give them the silent treatment. They try to re-main calm and tolerant, plus teachers are always forgiving. Math teacher Tyson

Spizzirri is like any oth-er human with hobbies, thoughts and a life outside of school. When he is not teaching on the Athens campus or at TDCJ, Spiz-zirri makes gourmet foods and he works out during his spare time. He has even lost 177 pounds in the process. Spizzirri said he usu-

ally works out about three hours a day, and between going to the gym and teaching in the mornings and nights, his schedule remains pretty full. It has taken much self-

control to get this far in his weight loss, and he admits that one of his biggest hobbies is that he loves to cook and bake. Spiz-zirri has taken gourmet chocolate classes, learned about chocolate sculp-tures, done banquets and attempted difficult recipes, just to see if he can and how they would turn out. “We did a valentine ban-

quet at church recently,” he said. “I had like six recipes, and I did all six of them in one day and took one bite of each of them and took them all to church

and gave it all away."Spizzirri has not let his

diet get in the way of mak-ing scrumptious treats."I still got to get it out of

my system," he admitted. "I still got to do white choc-olate raspberry soufflé and all kinds of other stuff I wanted to do; but yet, at the same time, I didn’t put on any pounds from that, or I think I did, maybe like one pound.”In addition to his baking

and cooking hobby, Spiz-zirri also works in his yard a lot, mingle in interior dec-orating, and is active in his church. He is a part of a committee that decorates for different seasons and events for his church. He also decorates for TVCC’s Christmas banquet for the entire faculty and staff ev-ery year. Spizzirri is married and

his wife, Kristin, teaches math part time at TDCJ and full time on the Terrell campus. They don’t have any kids, but they do have two pug dogs. Spizzirri’s school life is

full as well. He has taught at TVCC 15 years, with 10 and half years of it part time, and the last five as a full-time instructor. He is a sponsor for Phi Theta Kappa, and some of his Fridays are spent teach-ing math for an elemen-tary teacher’s class. He takes his students to other schools so they can ob-serve classes and meth-ods of teaching in a real school setting. He also attend workshops that critique and present new ideas to keep classrooms fresh, which includes in-corporating new technol-ogy. “In college algebra a

couple years ago, it was all still 'old school,' written, and now half the people do it on the computer,” he said. “I let the students have the option. Some

students are intimidated by the computer, and some are intimidated by writing it down … they’re so much more comfortable online with their technical skills these days. I try to stay on my toes and stay up to date on technology, and at the same time not leave the people that are very uncomfortable with technology behind. Math is intimidating enough by itself without the stigma of someone that’s in there that is not computer sav-vy.” Spizzirri tries to help his

students stay at ease in his math classes. “Students have such a

block built up against math that if you come in and you’re all you know, so rigid, that typically turns a lot of the students off,” he said. “They’re already so scared to death to walk in your door that typically if you can put them at ease a little bit, then they’ll take a breath and at least give it a shot. And if they’ll take a breath and give it a shot, most of them can do it.”Teaching was not on

Spizzirri’s radar when he was a student. He origi-nally went to school to be a veterinarian. He said he was always good at math (but admits he hated chemistry) and decided to go for job security as a math teacher. While in school, he was the editor of the TVCC newspaper for a couple of years, vice president of the student government, an officer in Phi Theta Kappa, and on top of that, he was a grader for the math department. Although Spizzirri was so

heavily involved in school, one would think that his expectations from a stu-dent would be stagger-ing. But Spizzirri’s ideal student is simply one who doesn’t say “they can’t.” “Even if a student isn’t the

best, the fact that they will continually try and give me effort means a lot,” Spizzir-ri said. “I believe I can help anyone that will give me effort. But it is the students that shut down and say ‘I can’t,’ or the students who think they know it all that are the hardest to teach.”Some students frequently

burn out in school. Like many of the students he teaches, when he finished school, he was so burned out from his activities that he did not immediately go to graduate school. He went to go teach at a public school instead. After about five years teaching in a public school, he went back to school to get his master's degree. Spizzirri does have a

group of students who never burn out, skip, or thinks that his classes are boring. Prison seems to provide a suitable at-mosphere for learning, as homework is always done. “They’re really good stu-

dents,” he said when talk-ing about his students at TDCJ. “I mean, it sounds so weird to say that be-cause they’re inmates, but they’re kind of a captive audience. They do their homework; they want to learn. They want to usually not repeat the patterns of what they have done in the past. They want to have some options when they get out. Another reason his stu-

dents at TDCJ work hard is because the classroom has a few perks."As far as the summer

goes, the only place that’s air conditioned is in the schoolhouse," Spizzirri said. "They don’t want to screw up and they have to earn their right to even get in the school. They perk up when you walk in the room and our kids on campus react a little differently.”

TVCC teacher opens up about his personal life for an inside look at teachersBy Elizabeth Treadway

Editor

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Presenting the Paddock Poetry Contest

The Warehouse in Athens played host to Trin-ity Valley's annual Literary Arts Festival. Rebecca Balcárcel,published author and teacher at Tarrant County College, hosted the event.

This year's winners were Daniel Dan who won first place for his poem "Waking," followed by Sherry Martin who finished second with " Washing Dishes," and Daniel Duke was third with his poem "From Powder."

The winners read their poems, and Balcárcel shared several selections with the audience, includ-ing some poems from her latest book "Palabras in Each Fist.”

Mary Burke, who did not submit a poem herself, enjoyed the event.

"I really liked the poem that Rebecca Balcárcel did about the boy whose father died," Burke said. "He planted a picture of his father in the ground to make it grow. It was so sweet and afterwards she was all like ‘it is not even about me’ and that was so great!”

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Women's History Month

Trinity Valley celebrated Women's History Month on March 29 on the Kaufman and Athens campus-es. Event organizer Audrey Hawkins, director of school relations, read a proclamation commemo-rating March 29 as “Women of the Valley Day."

"I urge that we observe this day by taking time to recognize and acknowledge the impact of TVCC women employees on all lives touched by them," Hawkins wrote in the proclamation.

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Pretty in Purple - The "Women of the Valley" celebrated Women's History Month by wearing purple and attending the reading of "The Women of the Valley Day" proclamation on the Athens campus.

Health Science Center Several women celebrate the day at the Health Sci-ence Center in Kaufman. TVCC employees (from left) Alice Kelly, Glada Norris, Judy Callicoatt, Helen Reid, Kathy Fowler and Christi Doherty wore purple to commemorate the day.

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Strike out cancerThe softball team raised money for cancer at their game against Northeast Community College on April 2. The team wore pink, and the bases were painted pink.

Photos courtesy of Benny Rogers/TVCC PR

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FootballIt has been finalized and marked with a stamp. Trin-ity Valley's football schedule is open for view. Their season kicks off Aug. 27 at 7 p.m. in Kansas against Independence Community College. With almost 40 players being signed this season, head coach Brad Smiley and his coaching staff are working hard to get their players ready for the upcoming season. The Cards finished last year with a 6-5 record. Schedule: 8/27 Independence CC, Independence, Kan., 7 p.m.; 9/3 Lon Morris, Athens, 7 p.m.; 9/10 Kilgore, Athens, 7 p.m.; 9/17 Open; 9/24 Tyler Junior College, Tyler, 7 p.m.; 10/1 Arkansas Baptist College, Athens, 3 p.m.; 10/8 Northeastern Oklahoma A&M, Athens, 3 p.m.; 10/15 Blinn, Brenham, 3 p.m.; 10/22 Cisco, Cisco, 3 p.m.; 10/29 Navarro, Athens, 3 p.m.; 11/5 SWJCFC Playoffs; 11/12 SWJCFC Championship.

VolleyballTrinity Valley’s volleyball team is getting ready for their second season. The team fared well last season and posted a 17-22 record. Emilee Crawford (6-0, Fort Worth), Chelsea Brown (5-2, Cayuga), Kiresten Cox (5-10, Fairfield), Kelsie Brown (6-0, Longview), Tara Thompson (5-6, Princeton) and Brianna Young (5-10, Hallsville) will be back on the court for the Lady Cards next season. Six new players signed with the team in April.

SoftballThe Lady Cards softball team is rounding up their regular season and getting ready for regionals. Coach Johnston is losing several players from this year's team because of graduation. The team recently signed 12 players to help out for next season. The regional tournament is set for May 5 at Northeast Texas.

RodeoThe rodeo team has competed in four competitions so far and their last event is April 28-29 at Wharton Junior College. Hunter Carter is ranked third in bare-back in the Southern Region. Other regional leaders include: Ashley McEachern who is fifth in goat tying and James Greeson who is fifth in Saddle Bronc. For more information about the rodeo team, visit www. tvcc.edu/rodeoteam/.

Women's BasketballThe women’s basketball team finished their season as conference and regional champions. Even though they did not win it all in Kansas, the Lady Cards are still grateful they made it that far. They are more than ready to take it all the way next season. They finished with an overall record of 31-2, and are ranked third in the National Junior College Athletic Association.

Men’s BasketballThe men’s basketball season came to an upsetting end with a loss to Lamar College in the semifinals of the National Junior College Athletic Association Champi-onship. Despite the upset, the Cards had one of their best seasons. They finished with a 26-6 record. They are also ranked ninth in the nation.

Basketball CampTVCC annual basketball camp will be the week of June 13-17 on the Athens campus. The camp is co-ed for kids ages 2-12. Each camper will receive lunch, a camp T-shirt and a summer workout program. The cost is $150 for day campers and $250 for resident campers. For more information, contact Pat Smith at 903-675-6218.

The Trinity Val-ley Cheerleaders fin-ished second at the National Cheerleaders Association competition in Daytona Beach, Fla., in April.

The last time the cheerleaders won a na-tional title was in 2008. They have won nine ti-tles, dating back to 1989.

TVCC did not attend last year’s competition because of disciplinary issues.

The Cardinals finished with a final score of 9.3. The overall champions, Navarro, finished with a score of 9.7.

The team had high expectations going into nationals.

“We always expected

to win," said first-year head coach Charles Hueber. "Our goal from the beginning of the year was to put togeth-er the best team in the country."

Despite the loss, the team is possibly one of the hardest working teams in the region, ac-cording to their coach.

“We were ready; no team practices or works as hard as ours," coach Hueber said. “Most cheer teams in the coun-try practice two, maybe three times each week. We practice six to eight times each week.”

The squad was made up of all freshmen this year. Coach Hueber said that experience plays

a role in those types of competitions.

“I would like to think that if we did it all again with the same team to-morrow, we would win,” coach Hueber said.

Cheer team finishessecond at Nationals

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Ready, Ok - The TVCC cheerleaders competed in the 2011 NCA competition in Florida in April where they finished in second place.

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Jumping the BroomMay 6PG-13

Two families from different backgrounds come together for a wedding on Martha’s Vineyard.Starring: Paula Patterson, Angela Bassett, Laz Alonso, Mike Epps, Loretta Devine and Romeo Miller

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Something BorrowedMay 6PG-13

This movie is about a lady named Rachel who is a talented attorney at New York law firm, a loyal friend, unhappy and still single. After having too many drinks at her 30th birthday party, the good girl ends up in bed with a guy she had a crush on since law school, who is actually her best friend’s fiancé.Starring: Ginnifer Goodwin, John Krasin-ski, Colin Egglesfield, Kate Hudson, Steve Howey and Peyton List

Movie PreviewMay Releases

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BridesmaidsMay 13

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A simple Midwestern girl is asked to be her best friend’s maid of honor; she struggles to put up with her snobby, rich bridesmaids at every wedding event.Starring: Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Chris O’ Dowd, Ellie Kemper, Melissa Mc-Carthy and Wendi McLendon-Covey

Kung Fu Panda 2May 27

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This movie continues the adventure of Po the panda and his friends known as the "Furious Five." This time Po is on a search to find other Pandas like him. On his adventure he runs into a Peacock who helps Po on his way. Po's new friend is not who he seems to be.Starring: Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Jackie Chan, David Cross, Lucy Liu and Seth Rogen

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The Hangover Part II May 26

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This movie is about Stu and his friends' adven-ture to Thailand for his wedding. After the un-forgettable bachelor party in Las Vegas, he then tries to just have a simple brunch but some how things don’t go as planned.Starring: Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, Bradley Cooper, Justin Bartha, Ken Jeong and Sasha Barrese

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Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides May 20

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When Captain Jack Sparrow runs into a woman from his past, he is not sure if its love or if she is a cold-hearted con artist who is using him to find the fountain of youth. He finds himself on an unexpected adventure in which he doesn’t know whom to fear--the pirate Blackbeard or the woman from his past. Starring: Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Penelope Cruz, Ian McShane, Stephen Gra-ham and Astrid Berges-Frisbey

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ThorMay 6

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Thor is sent down to earth by his father Odin, and is forced to live around humans. A beauti-ful scientist named Jane has an effect on Thor and she ultimately becomes his first love. While he’s on earth, he soon learns what it takes to be a true hero when villains invade from his world down to earth.Starring: Tom Hiddleston, Natalie Port-man, Colm Feore, Jaimie Alexander, Stel-lan Skarsgard and Anthony Hopkins

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Phones of the new generation or generation of new phones?Who knew that “QAT”

could be a word, let alone give people so much joy? Who would have ever thought of throwing birds from a catapult? If you don’t know what this is about, it’s time to brush up on your tech-nology knowledge. From recent years un-

til now, thousands of applications for smart phones have come out. It is surprising what they can do: help you to exercise, remind you of things, work as a GPS, and most com-monly, entertain you. Smart phones were

first designed back in 1992, and released to the public in 1993. They were the first cell phones that had no physical buttons to dial with, only a touch screen. The first smart phones also in-cluded basic features such as calendars, a world clock, a calcu-lator and an address book. Ever since then, smart phones have

been developing: from Palms and Symbians, to Blackberrys, An-droids and iphones. According to statistics

from the ChangeWave Research survey, 42 percent of Americans own smart phones. People are seen mess-ing with their phones at all times, usually when they aren’t doing anything: standing in a line, waiting for a flight, or in between classes.Lisa Collins, 52, from

Athens, a speech teach-er at TVCC, says she loves her smart phone.“I use my Droid X all

day long,” she says. “It is my alarm in the morning and my con-nection to my students and my family. It en-tertains me, educates me, navigates me, and keeps me in touch.” Collins adds that

phones can be both good and bad. “I would say that

smart phones are a very good thing,” she says. “I like having a little computer at my

fingertips. Now the downside is that those of us who have smart phones have a tenden-cy to be distracted from

those around us. We are playing games or looking up information instead of being pres-ent in the moment.” Collins' favorite apps

S c o r e M o b i l e : Allows her to keep up with the Aggies and the Rangers. “I shamelessly admit to using this app during a wedding last year because the Rangers were playing at the same time as the cer-emony.”ColorNote: Keeps her organized. “It’s like Post-It notes for the phone. It also makes lists.”The Coupons App: She has saved a lot of money by pulling up coupons right in the store. “The cashier scans the coupon on the phone. I really like this app.”Google Maps: is

one app she never leaves home without it.Ambling Book-Player: “I can lis-ten to an audio book while I work in the yard or work out.”Dictionary.com: “I use it daily. Plus, you get the word of the day. Today’s word: oppugn— to assail by criticism, argument, or action. I feel smarter al-ready!”Negotiator: “This is the Priceline.com app. My husband and I rarely pay full price for a hotel room when we travel. We always use Priceline, so having the app on my phone is great!”

Some other popular apps

Words With Friends It’s a good way to pass time but also learn new words at the same time.

Doodle JumpThis jumpy monster will

get you addicted.

Angry Birds Many levels and very entertaining. The goal is to shoot the bird through the obstacles.

Sound HoundIf you don’t know what song is playing on the radio, this app will tell you everything about it.

Urban SpoonNot sure where to eat on a Saturday night. Ur-banSpoon will help you

with that.

Fruit Ninja Just slide your finger across the screen to slice some fruits and rack up

points.

By Renan ZorerCopy Editor

Insidious is a horror movie about a family that moves into a house in which they are sneakily hunt-ed and harassed by spiritual forces. Without allow-ing the viewer to rest a second, the first frame of the movie contains a traumatizing orchestra of screech-ing violins and huge capital red letters splashed across the screen: INSIDIOUS.

Josh (Patrick Wilson) and Renai (Rose Byrne) Lambert, their two young boys and a baby girl begin their life in a different house, unpacking possessions and settling into new routines. Renai is a stay at home who writes music, and Josh is a school teach-er. Several strange incidences occur in the house, many of which are only witnessed by Renai. As time passes, she becomes more and more paranoid. From the books falling off of shelves, sounds from the baby monitor, and figures looming over her children, she knows something is not quite right in the house. Both Renai and one of her young sons, Dalton (Ty Simpkins), have separate incidences in the attic. And when Dalton goes to bed that night, his parents are unable to wake him from his comatose state.

After being in a coma for several months, Renai and Josh decide to bring him home. Within days from being home from the hospital, the paranormal ac-tivities in the house escalate. From the unexplained

bloody sheets on a child’s bed to ransacked rooms and dancing apparitions, the viewer feels a physical tenseness, fearing for the outcome of children and helpless parents.

The story has a unique ending, one the audience will not expect. Moviegoers should pay close atten-tion to references of the one of the parent’s past, in-nocent comments about the children, and even the decorations in the children’s rooms. Insidious is very different amongst horror movies in that it has a diverse array of characters, and a trick ending. No matter how one feels at the end of the movie, chills are natural as the towering red letters and shrieking violins once again dominate the screen: INSIDIOUS.

Insidious is a different type of horror movie

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On March 28, I was doing my normal morning rou-tine of washing my face, eating, thinking of going back to sleep, and reading the news; but while I was reading the news, I read a story about Japan and the nuclear power plant that peeked my interest.

The article was titled “Radiation leak found out-side Japan nuclear reactor” by the BBC. But as I read the article, it said that the plant's operator, Tep-co, just over mistaken the radiation readings. How can you over mistake the radiation readings when you are the plant's operator? Isn't it your job not to mistake readings?

Even thought it was a mistaken reading, the arti-cle said that the contaminated water "...was found in an underground maintenance tunnel, with one end located about 55m (180ft) from the shore." But yet, Tepco says there’s no evidence that the contami-nated water had reached the sea.

Wait. I thought it was a mistaken reading? Which is it Tepco? From the information in this article, one would say it is a mistaken reading that was not found false until after the information was given to

the press. I would say you’re not doing your job Tep-co and now trying to covering up your own mistake.

The misreading occurred on Sunday, March 27. The first report Tepco sent out to the press said the radiation levels of reactor No. 2 was 100 times higher than normal. After the mistake was noticed, Tepco then released another report saying it was actually 10 million times higher. That is way more than the original report.

I am not the only one who feels this way, the tem-porarily appointed head of the Foreign Ministry, Yukio Edano, had this to say,told the BBC, "Con-sidering the fact that the monitoring of radioactivity is a major condition to ensure safety, this kind of mistake is absolutely unacceptable."

This, and many other reasons, is why Tepco has been criticized during the events of this disaster. If Tepco does not start providing correct information more promptly, we might have another natural di-saster caused by man, like the BP spill, that could be prevented.

That water is so good it's radioactive Jake Yarbrough - Online Editor

Rose Byrne (Renai) and Patrick Wilson (Josh) star in the movie Insidious

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At the other end of the table was a tub of water and a black-lit, par-tially opened box. A student nurse sprinkled a white glowing powder that simulates germs on the palm and on top of the participant’s hands. They were asked to wash their hands in plain water and place them under the black-light. Whatever part of their hand that glowed was the part that wasn’t ad-equately washed.

The exercise showed the impor-tance of washing your hands long enough and getting between the fingers and under the nails, which was where the glowing powder usu-ally was left.

Perhaps the most heavily hit spot was the blood pressure booth. Freshmen basketball players C.J. Shapiro from San Antonio and Jor-dan Gillhespy from London took a moment to have their blood pres-sure checked.

Shapiro, who plays point guard for the Cards, said to the blood pressure test was very informative.

“It’s interesting. It lets you know

where you stand,” he said.Gillhespy, a forward for the Car-

dinals, said he enjoyed attending the annual event.

“I like it. It’s big, colorful and fun,” he said.

There were also booths set up to test for diabetes and hypoglyce-mia, and there was even a booth set up to test blood-alcohol levels, complete with a police officer and drug-dog.

TVCC men’s basketball assistant coach Andre Bell picked up some valuable information at the fair.

“I thought it was very educational, he said as he toured most of the booths. "People get a chance to learn about stuff they might not know about.”

What was his fa-vorite booth?

“I liked the ergo-nomics booth,” he said. “They showed the proper way to lift a box and other

things you might not even think about.”

The fair couldn’t have been held outdoors on a better day. The sun was shining and the temperature was just right. Even the wind, which occasionally knocked down displays, couldn’t knock the smiles off the faces of the fair hosts or at-tendees. It was obvious that the ADN students put a lot of work into this year’s health fair and their ef-forts earned a “healthy” success.

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Here's to Your Health - Students took advantage of the free test and goodies at the annual health fair.