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Pg. 6 Baseball
Reminders News: Mixed Rock Climbing
Editorial: Police appreciation
Sports: Interview with Zach Cohen
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Finals start May 7 Monday through Friday, April 20pg. 6
ASU Art and Music Department’s
Sunday, April 29 through Sunday, May 6
Texans support women’s health
Dana ChoiEditor-in-Chief
About 20 community members, including ASU students and faculty, protested Saturday in front of San Angelo’s Planned Parenthood cen-ter against the statewide defunding of Texas’ Medicaid Women’s Health Program, which serves about 130,000 women.
The movement, which includes all political affiliations and religious beliefs, is a show of support for both the general concept of affordable and available healthcare and the or-ganizations that provide such care, senior Kris Martin said.
The federal government an-nounced in March that it will cut off Medicaid funding for Texas family planning facilities after Republican Gov. Rick Perry tried to cut off ac-cess to only Planned Parenthood for its abortion services, an action that does not comply with Medicaid law.
Perry’s move will not only lead to more undetected illness and subse-quent deaths, but it will also cause rises in healthcare costs, poverty rates, and an already leading teen pregnancy rate, Martin said.
The governor has yet to explain where he plans to find $35 million to
keep the Medicaid Women’s Health Program running if the federal gov-ernment stops funding it, said junior Carol Thornhill, who participated in the counter-protest for about three hours.
Perry seems to think that if there is no more Planned Parenthood,
Students, faculty protest defunding of family planning
Photo by Pam BelcherProtesters Saturday display homemade signs at oncoming traffic in front of San Angelo’s Planned Parenthood center against state-level attempts to exclude Planned Parenthood from federal funding.
Austin policeofficer dies inline of duty
Sawyer RicardStaff Writer
Former San Angelo Police Officer Jaime Padron was fatally shot April 6 outside a Walmart in Austin while on duty.
Padron graduated from ASU in 2004 with a ma-jor in psychology and a minor in criminal justice.
According to an article by the Associated Press, Padron was shot twice when he responded to a call about a man causing a disturbance at about 2:30 a.m. The shooter, Brandon Montgomery Daniel, has been charged with capital murder.
Padron served in Operation Desert Storm before joining the San Angelo Police Department in 1995, according to the article.
More than three years ago he joined the Austin Police Department, the article said.
According to the official website of the City of Austin, Padron has received two meritorious mast awards for distinguished service, the Good Conduct Medal, the National Defense Medal, the Southeast Asia Service Medal with 3 stars/clusters, the Kuwaiti Liberation Medal, the Saudi Arabian Medal, the Sea Service Deployment Ribbon with 1 star/cluster, the Navy Unit Citation Ribbon and the Combat Action Ribbon for his military service.
For his service with the Austin Police Depart-ment he has received the Superior Service Ribbon, the Safe Driving Ribbon, the Military Service Rib-bon, the Academic Achievement Ribbon, the Mas-ter Peace Officer Ribbon and the Purple Heart with Valor Medal, the site said.
He is survived by his parents, two daughters, and other family members, according to the site.
Students see this as a tragedy, junior Jennifer Ejen said.
“I didn’t know about the shooting, but that’s re-ally bad,” she said.
Freshman Angelica Gonzalez said the death of Padron was awful.
Most students on campus appreciate police of-ficers, she said.
“I think police officers are awesome,” she said. “They’re definitely necessary.”
She admires the police officers for everything
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Sci-fi film wins at short film festival
Padron: ASU alumnus, former San An-gelo police officer shot in response to call
Dillon BrollierStaff Writer
Junior Mik Samaniego-Lira won the Short Film Festival hosted by UCPC Tuesday with his short film “Recollection.”
This is the first year that UCPC has put on an event like this, Festival Head Freddie Cantu said.
The film portrayed an astronaut stranded in outer space remember-ing his life on Earth
“I read a lot of comic books and watched a lot of science fiction mov-ies since I was a little kid and I always wanted to make a sci-fi film, even if it was a short film,” Samaniego-Lira said.
The film did not have any dia-logue so the sound effects carry the movie, Samaniego-Liara said.
Four students entered their short
films in the festival.Senior Zachary Weber’s entered
his film “Art of Disc Golf,” a docu-mentary of San Angelo’s disc golf community.
Weber was unavailable for com-ment.
Senior Lori Crum entered her film “Campus Clue: A Texan Mys-tery,” a murder mystery satire revolv-ing around a group of friends solving a fictional murder in Texan Hall.
“Clue is one of my favorite board games, and I wanted it to be stupid,” Crum said.
I wanted the movie to be so out there that it was funny, Crum said.
Freshman Tony Salas entered “The Encounter,” an action scene de-picting a twist on the typical damsel- in-distress storyline.
“I really love horror films and Quentin Tarantino, so I went with the kind of creepy, horror route,” Sa-las said.
“Recollection”: Film about stranded astronaut winsstudent an HD camera
Photo by Pam BelcherStudents Tuesday walk along the mall barefoot while carrying buckets of water to see how somechildren in the world feel on a normal day. TOMS Campus Club and Association of Mexican-Ameri-can Students hosted One Day Without Shoes, a day to raise awareness of the impact a pair of shoes can make.
Photo by Pam BelcherASU students and community members, gathered at a counter-protest, show their support for women’s rights and for affordable and accessible health care.
Unfortunately, these consequences have names. They have
families and work in our communities.
Kris Martinsenior
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One Day Without Shoes
Spring 2012 Study Jam Week
Carr EFA Gallery 193
Ceramic Exhibition - Not the Gnome Show
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Friday, April 13, 2012Page 2 NEWS
Events CalendarGet involved on campus! Here’s what’s going on
this week.
Friday, April 13Ceramic Exhibition - Not the Gnome Show @ 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. @ Carr Building Gallery 193 (until 4/20)
Deadline-Graduate Students To TAKE & PASS Comprehen-sive Examination-May Gradu-ation
Deadline-Graduate Student-DEFEND/SUBMIT Thesis To The Graduate Office-May Graduation
CSI Spring Fest: Crawfish Cook-out & Aaron Watson Concert5:30 p.m. Pavilion
Planetarium: Cosmic Journey & Clockwork Universe7:00 p.m. @ Planetarium (Glob-al Immersion Center)
Planetarium: MarsQuest8:00 p.m. @ Planetarium: (Global Immersion Center)
Monday, April 16Meeting: Staff Senate 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. @ Rooms 203-204, Houston Harte University Center, 1910 Rosemont
Cafe’ et Conversation 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. @ Houston Harte University Center, Room 110/111 (behind Starbucks)
Tuesday, April 17Seminar: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. @ Houston Harte University Center, C.J. Davidson Conference Center, 1910 Rosemont
Conversation Partners 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. @ Room 119, Mathematics-Computer Sci-ence Building, 2200 Dena Dr.
Conversation PartnersApril 17, 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.Room 119, Mathematics-Com-puter Science Building, 2200 Dena Dr.
Russian Enrichment: “Joseph Stalin” by Dr. Kenneth J. Heine-man, 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. @ Academic Building, Room 125, 2502 Dena
UCPC Monthly Movie Series6:00 p.m. @ Vincent Nursing-Physical Science Building, Global Immersion Center
Civil War Lecture Series: A New Birth of Freedom 7:00 p.m. @ C. J. Davidson Center, Houston Harte University Center, 1910 Rosemont
Sr. Recital - Andrea Austin7:30 p.m. @ Eldon Black Re-cital Hall
Wednesday, April 18HSI Speaker Series: Identify-ing and Reaching Unprepared Students 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. @ Houston Harte Uni-versity Center, Nasworthy Suite (Rooms 203-204) 1910 Rosemont
Department of Art and Music: Student Recital 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. @ Carr Education-Fine Arts Building
Woodwind Chamber Ensemble Concert 7:30 p.m. @ Eldon Black Recital Hall
Thursday, April 19Business Brown Bag: Bet-ter Money Management with Profit Mastery 12 noon - 1 p.m. (Doors Open 11:45 a.m.) @ Chamber Riverview Room, 418 W. Ave B., San Angelo, TX 76903
The Art of the Coroplast Speaks: The Story of Archae-ology, Art History and the Ceramic Arts 2:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. @ Mathematics-Computer Science Building Room 100
ASU Ring Ceremony 7:00 p.m. @ LeGrand Alumni and Visitors Center 1620 University Ave.San Angelo 76904
Wind Ensemble Concert 7:30 p.m. @ CJ Davidson Center
Submit event requests by 5 p.m. Tuesday for Friday publication to [email protected]
Competition to test level of climbing fitness
Dillon BrollierStaff Writer
Outdoor Adventures will host a Mixed Rock Climbing Competition that will close out CSI Spring Fest Saturday, April 14, in the CHP.
The idea to host a climbing competition is something that was planned out while the climb-ing gym was under construction, Assistant Director of Outdoor Adventures Ian Brown said.
The Mixed Rock Climbing Competition is an opportunity for students to compare and measure their level of climbing fitness and to show their growth and development, Brown said.
This is the first rock climbing competition at ASU.
“Outdoor Adventures is planning to make this an annual event, and to make each compe-tition better and better,” Brown said.
The competition will start at 11 a.m. and climbs will continue until 4 p.m.
There will be three levels of competition, recreational, inter-
mediate, and advanced, Brown said.
“The way the competition will work is competitors will have to complete five climbs”, Brown said.
Two of the climbs will be top rope climbs, two will be boulder-ing problems, and competitors will choose one of those two for their 5th climb.
Top rope climbs use a har-ness to protect the climber as they climb up a wall and boulder-ing problems are shorter, more difficult routes climbed without a harness.
Each climb will have a point value assigned to them, and the top three men and women that have the highest point total will be named the winners in the rec-reational and intermediate cat-egories, Brown said.
The top three men and wom-en from the advanced category will compete in one last climb, and whoever can climb the high-est will be declared first, second, and third place, Brown said.
First place in each category will win a gift certificate to Happy Trails Outdoor Shop, a climbing chalk bag, and other gift certifi-cates to restaurants and stores.
Second and third place will win a gift card to Happy Trails, Brown said.
“We have been open for a couple semesters now and hope-fully the competition will get the word out about rock climbing on campus,” said Outdoor Adven-tures employee Mik Samaniego-Lira said.
It will be cool to see how the contestants have progressed since they first started climbing, Samaniego-Lira said.
“The climbing competition is a good way to end Spring Fest be-cause it provides another diverse experience for the participants and the attendees of the spring festival,” Brown said.
The deadline to register for the rock climbing competition passed Monday, but students can still register for $25 until April 13 or register the day of the event for $30.
The event is sponsored by Happy Trails Outdoors Goods along with several local busi-nesses.
Photo Courtesy ofMark McDaniel
Symposium provides undergraduatesprofessional, learning experience
Sawyer RicardStaff Writer
Twenty seven students pre-sented projects Wednesday at the first annual Undergraduate Research Symposium.
The presentations covered a variety of topics, Director of Sponsored Events Katie Plum said.
Some of the presentations included the competition be-tween nine-banded armadil-los and hog-nosed skunks over habitat and contaminants in the Concho River system, she said. Other students are using this as an opportunity to practice for events in the future, senior Devon Kemp said.
“My partner Rees Evans and I got accepted to present our project in Chicago at the Mid-western Psychological Associa-tion,” she said.
This symposium would be fun for them as well as offer a time to practice for Chicago, she said.
Kemp said she didn’t know the symposium existed before this year.
She said that now she knows that the event has been held in the past, she wishes she had at-tended the symposium in previ-
ous years to see some of the other research done.
“I don’t think it’s well-known that ASU is such a great research facility,” she said.
Some students have presented at the symposium for multi-ple years, junior Olivia Popnoe said.
“I did the sympo-sium last year so this is the second time for me,” she said.
The symposium is a way for the students in different depart-ments to connect, she said.
“I think it’s a good way for the disciplines to interact and share with each other what they’re doing,” she said.
Though she was required to present her project “Electro-chemical Fabrication of Porous Silicon for Li-based Battery Ap-plications” for a class, she would have done a project for the sym-posium anyway, Popnoe said.
Some of the 24 projects took a long time to pull together, she said.
“I’ve been working on parts of this since August,” she said.
Since the creation of the Student Research Symposium in 2001 at ASU, undergraduate
students presented their proj-ects at a student research show-case with graduate students at a yearly event.
The symposium was split into two events this year, one for undergraduate students and one for graduate students to al-low them to present oral presen-tations as well as poster displays, Plum said.
The increasing number of student presenters over the years caused the symposium to be split into two events to avoid several problems such as lack of space, she said.
“The event was just about to outgrow the space in the C.J.
Davidson,” she said. “There were about 50 total poster presenta-tions.”
The past research showcase was so tight that no chairs for the students to sit in could be placed in the area, she said.
Splitting the event between undergraduates and graduates allowed the undergraduate stu-dents to have more time to work with their professors since usu-ally the focus gets put on the graduate posters, she said.
With fewer projects at both symposiums, professors could look over every project thor-oughly, Plum said.
Photo by Adam SaucedaJunior Olivia Popnoe presents “Electrochemical Fabrication of Porous Silicon for Li-based Battery Applications” at the Undergraduate Research Symposium.
Research: Presentations useful for the future
Mixed Rock Climbing: Top three men, women to receive prizes
Lisa DeesManaging Editor
Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, ASU’s fraternity dedicated to music, will perform “An Amer-ican Musical Recital” Friday, April 20, at 7:30 p.m. in the El-don Black Recital Hall.
The performance will portray the importance and value of music, especially in American culture, said Kurt Crenwelge, graduate student and president of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia.
“This recital hopes to showcase a snapshot of all the wonderful music that Ameri-cans have written and per-formed throughout the years,” he said.
Crenwelge said 10 mem-bers, including honorary fac-ulty member Dr. Jeff Womack, will perform in the recital. Music department graduate Wade Bray will also provide piano accompaniment to the concert, he said.
The audience will hear vo-cal music, clarinet, flute, tuba, trombone, trumpets, the ma-rimba and a bassoon, he said.
The recital will include a student-composed piece called “Diversions,” a classi-cal duet and other pieces by George Gershwin and Leonard Bernstein, Crenwelge said.
“You will not leave this
concert disappointed,” he said. “It’s packed full of an awesome variety of music, and I believe anyone who attends the con-cert will be impressed by not only the quality of the music, but also by our love and dedi-cation to music.”
Crenwelge said it is im-portant for American culture to value music because it en-courages creativity, variety, community and accomplish-ment because music programs are sometimes overlooked and unappreciated in the educa-tion system.
Senior Nicholas Alberts said he wants the audience to enjoy the concert, but also to understand the significance music has had on culture.
“I hope that the audience enjoys these American pieces that will be performed on a wide variety of instruments,” he said. “I also hope that any men in the audience that are interested in joining Phi Mu Alpha understand what we do and definitely consider joining our wonderful organization.”
Crenwelge said while most of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia’s members are music majors, any male of any major is wel-come to join the fraternity.
Those participating in the concert include: Vincent Del Vecchio, Joseph Segovia, Bryan Simmons, Dustin Da-vid, Austin Reynerson, Lucas Perkins, Nicholas Alberts, Josh Schneider, Ruben Cadena, Mr. Wade Bray and Dr. Jeff Wom-ack.
Concert to showcase American music
Photo by Pam BelcherMembers of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Kurt Crenwelge, Austin Reynerson and Nicholas Alberts rehearse music for their upcom-ing concert “An American Musical Recital,” which will take place Friday, April 20 at 7:30 in the Eldon Black Recital Hall.
Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia:It is important to value music
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they do, she said. “They put themselves out there and
don’t think about themselves first, they just act,” she said. “Sometimes that gets them into situations they don’t want to be in, but they still go right back to their jobs.”
Situations in their jobs can cause a lot of danger, Ejen said.
Cantu said that he knows the dangers officers face due to members of his fam-ily.
“My father is a correction officer in the prison at Abilene and I know that something could happen to them any day and that you wouldn’t know about it until the next day,” he said.
Police officers should be respected, Junior Freddie Cantu said.
“Police officers put their lives on the line and have a line of work that not just anyone would do,” he said. “They defi-nitely deserve more respect than others.”
Though police officers deserve re-spect they don’t often get it, Cantu said.
“I think that they are a lot more over-looked than what most think,” he said.
Gonzales said that part of the reason that police officers don’t get respect is be-cause of how people in society act.
“I think the biggest problem we have is that people don’t cooperate, she said.
There are events that people, espe-cially students on campus, see but don’t report, she said.
“We see stuff going down all the time because we’re students and we hear more about events because the people doing them are peers to us,” she said. “However we don’t want to seem like snitches so we don’t help out.”
Despite the risks involved with the job, she believes Padron would have an-swered the call no matter what, Gonzales said.
“I bet that if he had to go back he’d do the same exact thing,” she said.
Films inspired by personal interests
Photo by Pam BelcherContest winner Mik Samaniego-Lira.
News Briefs
Presentation on women in male-dominated careers
Associate Professor of physics Dr. Toni Sauncy will discuss Monday, April 16, issues faced by women in scientific fields where women are considered to be an “underrepresented group.”
Sauncy said she hopes to present a few interesting cases of women, their work, and their representation (or misrepresentation or underrepresen-tation) of their work.
The presentation will take place from 5 to 7 p.m. in UC 111.
Post TraumaticStress Disorder seminar
According to an ASU news release, three speakers will present Tuesday, April 17, on post traumatic stress dis-order in the C.J. Davidson Center.
Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice Dr. Manuel Zamora, who is also a retired Houston police officer, will present at 9 a.m.. He will present “PTSD Scope and Context: The Public Milieu.”
Dr. Darryl Payton, chief nursing officer at San Agnelo’s River Crest Hos-pital, will present at 9:30 a.m. “PTSD: Diagnosis, Casuses and Treatment.”
Jim Batchelor, PTSD survivor and retired U.S. Army corporal and Iraq War veteran, will present at 11 a.m. “PTSD: The Broken Road.”
Attendees may register for the event at 8:30 a.m., and it is free to the public. The ASU Center for Security Studies and College of Health and Hu-man Services is sponsoring this semi-nar.
Staff Reports
Tri-Beta’s Regional Awards
According to an ASU news release, Beta Beta Beta (Tri-Beta), ASU’s bio-logical honor society brought home several awards from the March 30 through April 1 Tri-Beta South Central Regional Meeting at the Oklahoma University Biological Field Station in Kingston, Okla.
With her presentation “Patterns of Habitat Use and Competition Be-tween Nine-Banded Armadillos and Hog-Nosed Skunks,” senior biolgy major Katelynn Frei won the Frank G. Brooks Award for Outstanding Under-graduate Research in Biology.
Frei is vice president of Tri-Beta and is a nominee forthe ASU Presiden-tial Award.
Tri-Beta won first in the Chapter History Competition and for Chapter Web Page Quality.
Tri-Beta competed against 16 oth-er Tri-Beta chapters.
Students devoted to improving the understanding and appreciation of biology and increasing knowledge through scientific research are wel-comed to join Tri-Beta.
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there will be no more abortions, Thornhill said.
“That thought process is absurd,” she said. “There will still be abortions with or with-out Planned Parenthood.”
Professor Linda Kornasky said that she thinks the anti-abortion position is morally valid and that people who hold that position have a right to free speech.
However, she said, they should not use abortion, which is a legal procedure that makes up a very small por-tion of Planned Parenthood’s services, as an excuse to deny women access to birth control and important reproductive health services.
Senior Amanda Fowler said she thinks people do not understand how much good Planned Parenthood does.
According to the Planned Parenthood website, three percent of its services are abortion services. Planned Parenthood provides services to prevent unintended preg-nancies to 76 percent of its clients, helping to prevent more than 584,000 unintend-ed pregnancies each year, ac-cording to its website.
Voters should be aware of the misconception that
Planned Parenthood is all about abortion, Thornhill said.
Planned Parenthood’s other services include birth control, education, STD test-ing and cervical and breast cancer screening.
“In fact, almost entirely because of Planned Parent-hood, cervical cancer is at an all-time low,” said Fowler, who organized the counter-protest.
Sophomore Ryan Purdom said he does not understand why the Texas Legislature tar-geted only Planned Parent-hood in the first place.
“There are other places that offer abortion,” Purdom said. “Why they only chose Planned Parenthood is be-yond me.”
Whether the defunding of family planning facilities is a direct or unintentional attack on women varies among those who participated.
Perry, by causing Planned Parenthood and all of Texas’ family planning facilities to lose its Medicaid funding, sends a very clear message that women’s health is of no importance to him, Thornhill said.
Senior Cayla Clinken-beard said that, while Planned Parenthood’s de-funding is
probably not a direct and in-tentional attack on women, it implies opposition to wom-en’s rights.
“But I don’t think they see it that way,” she said.
Clinkenbeard said she thinks people who consider themselves either pro-life or pro-choice simply have dif-ferent ideas on how to solve the same problem. However, some people who hold the anti-abortion position might not be familiar with the cir-cumstances of women who became pregnant during a traumatic event, such as rape or incest.
“We don’t know every-one’s circumstances,” she said. “We don’t know what their reasons are.”
Kornasky said that if enough women stand up at events held in support of Planned Parenthood, Repub-lican politicians might stop their attacks on women’s health care. However, she said, she thinks the chances of women becoming more aware and sufficiently active are not high.
Politicians will probably proceed more cautiously in the coming years if they real-ize that women will eventually push back, Kornasky said.
“But, sadly, it cannot be
denied that women have lost ground in the cause of re-productive rights and fam-ily planning,” she said, “and I doubt it will be fully regained any time soon.”
Some of the students who attended the counter-protests, which started dur-ing spring break, represented student organizations Profes-sional Organization for Wom-en’s Equal Rights, Helping Ed-ucate Regarding Orientation, and Secular Student Alliance.
However, Fowler said, she has seen a lot of individ-ual participation and commit-ment, on top of group efforts.
Martin, who is one of those independently acting individuals, said people learn in grade school that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. There will be consequences for the gov-ernor’s decision to withdraw funding from Planned Parent-hood, he said.
“Unfortunately, these consequences have names,” he said. “They have families and work in our communities. If the governor and his agents are allowed to prevail in their war against affordable and available healthcare, our com-munities—you and I, men and women alike—will bear the consequences in time.”
Photo by Pam Belcher National Poetry Series winner Carrie Fountain Thursday, April 5, reads from her award-winning book Burn Lake in the Cavness Science Building in recognition of ASU’s National Poetry Month. “You can use memory as a starting point, but you don’t have to stick with it,” Fountain said. “You can lie in poetry; it doesn’t have to be true.”
Award-winning poet
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Poetry Month at ASU
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The film did not have any dialogue so the sound effects carry the movie, Sa-maniego-Liara said.
Students, who were in attendance, said they were impressed with the win-ning film.
“My favorite film tonight was Mik’s film ‘Recollection,’” sophomore Shawn McNease said.
The film was interesting because nor-mally movies about astronauts are about them going on a mission that takes them
away from Earth, McNease said. This sto-ry was just the opposite.
“Personally I liked ’Recollection’ it was a great film, and he did a good job on the movie,” Sophomore Chris Eddy said.
The hope is that the festival can be held for many years to come and make it a tradition, Cantu said.
“We did not have the biggest crowd, but since this is the first time we did this event I think not a lot of people knew what to expect,” Cantu said. “The films were great and everyone who came had a good time.”
Friday, April 13, 2012Page 4 FEATURES
Photos by Adam Sauceda
(Top left) Junior Emily Stout Wednesday strums her guitar and sings at the 29th Annual Student Talent Show.
(Top right) Freshman Ezra Gon-zales dances to Dubstep.
(Bottom left) Senior Justin Springer lights up the darkness by spinning his glowsticks.
(Bottom right) Senior Justin Springer captures third place and a $50 prize, senior Michael Reyes takes first place with his dance moves and wins $200, and senior Joscelyn Sanders takes second with her poetry and a $100 prize.
UCPC’s 29th AnnualStudent Talent Show
Friday, April 13, 2012 Page 5OPINION
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Dillon BrollierStaff Writer
I would be willing to bet most peo-ple who end up reading this have jobs.
I am also willing to bet that every last one of you have co-workers you cannot stand, for whatever reason.
I understand your pain and I know what you are going through.
First off, I want to say that no one single person inspired this column or any of these categories; they are formed from many different horrible co-workers I have had the pleasure of working with over my six years of ex-perience in the workforce. This is not meant to be aimed at any one person, but at several groups of people that I have most likely belonged to at one point or another.
So without further ado, let us be-gin.
1. The Lazy OneThis is the person that you see
and you know you are already a man down right off the bat. They just stand or sit there, fiddling their thumbs do-ing nothing, until the very end, when they realize that their shift is almost up, or their part of the project is due or whatever the job requires. It is not until near the end of their shift that they start to play catch-up. Then they suddenly need to hurry and get out be-cause it is their time to go.
2. The Talkative OneThis co-worker may not be high on
your hit list, but they are still annoying to work with. They talk about anything and everything that they can think of. Sometimes they go on about their dog (sorry), while other times they see someone they know and BOOM, you ain’t gonna see them for at least 30 minutes.
3. The Know-It-AllSo you have been at your job for
some time, you know all the tricks of the trade and you get the job done. Then someone says, “Maybe you should do this” or “Why did you do that?” or the all-time great “That’s not how you do that.” This can be chalked up to them wanting to help, but this can get annoying, as well. “But, Dillon, what can I do about them?” Simple—you can take their advice, and then when they walk away, do it your way. Listen to what they have to say and see if you can do things better. Construc-tive criticism never hurt anyone. Just make sure your way is one of the cor-rect ways of completing the task; you still need to get your job done—done correctly and with high quality.
4. The Late OneNothing you can do here, aside
from hoping management will give them Das Boot and get them out of there. A lot of times this person is a good worker, you just have to get them there first. If you don’t mind picking up some of the slack, then this person may not be so bad.
5. The Suck-Up/SnitchWe all know them, the ones who
suck up to the upper brass. They do
what they can to be “in” with the boss and want to be pals with his equals. Think Randall from the show “Recess.” For these people, all you can do is be you, do your job, and be confident that you do what you are supposed to and do it right.
6. The One Who Cannot Do His Or Her Job
They are a good people, they have a good heart, and they even got you a birthday present this year. But, oh good god, they cannot do their job. They can do everything right show up on time, keep their mouth mostly shut, don’t get in your business but they simply cannot do their job. The important thing in this case is to not automatically assume they are dumb. (I have done that and I am not proud of it.) If they start to become a deter-rent to the quality of work, then quiet-ly bring it to your superior’s attention. Key word: “quietly.”
7. The CodenamedThis is the person you dislike more
than anyone. You have multiple code-names for this person because the very mention of them makes you want to punch a wall. All you can do in this case is keep your distance and keep on keepin’ on. Stay cool, because chances are blowing your stack is exactly what the other person wants you to do. The cooler you are, the more you aggravate them. Think of it as a game. Games are fun, right?
There you have seven difficult co-workers. We all have them, we all have to deal with them, and chances are we all have been one of these at some point in time in our working lives.
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The seven difficult co-workers
In memory of Officer Jaime Padron, we would like to ex-tend our gratitude to the men and women of the ASU Police Department and San Angelo Police Department and to ev-eryone who has committed his or her life to protecting others and enforcing the law.
The loss of a police officer takes a devastating toll, not only on his or her family and friends, but on the community as a whole. No one likes to hear about an officer who is hurt in any capacity while on duty.
According the FBI’s web site, 56 police officers were fe-loniously killed and 72 were ac-cidentally killed in 2010.
We tend to forget just what these courageous individuals do each day. Serving the com-munity as a police officer is a job unlike any other in the world, and many times these officers do not receive the respect they deserve. It is easy to complain
when we are in the wrong and face a ticket for speeding or a blown-out headlight.
We do not fully under-stand the dangers policemen and women have to face or the long hours they must work. The men and women in the po-lice force must sometimes put themselves in imminent dan-ger in ensuring the well-being and safety of citizens.
It is easy to take these men and women for granted be-cause it is rare when a situation pops up in many of our own personal lives where we need the help of an of-ficer. Yet, for many oth-ers, police officers made a life-changing differ-ence in an unfortunate situation.
If law enforcement did not exist, the streets would remain filled with crime and lives would increasingly grow
more chaotic. Police officers, to the best of their abilities, keep crime off the streets and keep the rest of us safe. We can walk and drive about town without constantly fearing and antici-pating harm by others because we know the police are there to enforce the laws and protect us.
The death of a police of-ficer should not ever be taken lightly. It is one of the noblest things for a person to risk his or her own life to pursue justice and to protect those whom the
police officer may not even per-sonally know.
We believe only excep-tional people are fit to join the ranks of the police and mili-tary, and we must, at the very least, show our appreciation in return for these men and women’s bravery. Policemen and women deserve our recog-nition and thanks because in a police officer’s eyes, each day could be his or her last. Yet, he or she still goes to work every day. It takes guts, no doubt.
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Stephen CoganSports Editor
He is the first to go up to the plate when the Rams are up to
bat.His entrance music is “Ala-
bama,” by Cross Canadian Rag-weed and as the music blares, No. 21 walks up to the plate to bat leadoff.
His name is Zach Cohen and he is the shortstop for ASU.
The veteran senior was nice
enough to answer some ques-tions and tell his own story one day before Wednesday practice starting with the most important one of all.
Stephen Cogan: Who got you into baseball?
Zach Cohen: It was my dad. Growing up, I played all the
sports, but there was something about baseball. It was just fun to play. Real pure sport.
SC: Who was your favorite pro-fessional team?
ZC: My favor-ite professional team, being from Houston, it has to be all the Hous-ton teams, but definitely the As-tros.
SC: Favorite baseball player?
ZC: Craig Big-gio (Astros sec-ond baseman) was always my favorite. He was my guy growing up and he still is now.
SC: Describe how you feel about ASU?
ZC: I’ve really enjoyed it. This is my second year here and I’ve re-ally enjoyed both years. Especially baseball wise this year.
SC: What’s your major here?ZC: I’m a biology majorSC: How many hours are you
taking?ZC: Right now I’m signed up
for 12, but it’s almost like I’ve got six or seven classes. I’ve got the class, but then two or three labs as well.
SC: What is your favorite part of the game Zach?
ZC: Almost every position’s player’s favorite part has got to be hitting. If you’re hitting great, it’s fun, if you’re not; it’s frustrating but definitely hitting. Coming to the ball park and swinging the stick is definitely the best.
SC: Best game you’ve ever had individually? From as a kid to now.
ZC: Probably the best game I ever had was when I was in ju-nior college and we made it to the junior college World Series in Grand Junction, Colorado. I ended up hitting two home runs in that same game. One was a game-tying and one was a go-ahead and we ended up winning.
SC: Favorite pitch to hit?ZC: Favorite pitch has got to
be the fastball.SC: Where exactly?ZC: Fastball middle in. Defi-
nitely fastball middle in.SC: Who is the player you
model yourself after? Like pro-fessionally, a guy you look up to.
ZC: Like I said earlier my fa-vorite player is Craig Biggio, but I guess I’ll just take bits and pieces from different players. The main I try and do is go out there and play as hard as you can. Good or bad, if you go out there and give a 100% all the time. That’s just the
way to play the game.SC: Most memorable mo-
ment you ever had in baseball? There’s always one.
ZC: Making to the junior col-lege World Series. My roommate hit a walk-off home run in the 13th inning to get us there. We mobbed him at the plate and that was probably the most memora-ble moment that I’ve had.
SC: Baseball is thought of as boring, what is it about it that ex-cites you?
ZC: The best thing about baseball is the game within the game. People can watch the hit-ter or the pitcher, but there’s al-ways little games going on with the pitcher trying to get the hit-ter out, the defense playing the hitter, the base runner trying to steal. There are so many different parts to the game that make it so interesting.
SC: What do you see the team doing this year? Are play-offs in your sights?
ZC: Obviously every team’s goal at the beginning of the year is, at least in our case, is to win the conference tournament, make it to the regional and win that and then make it to the col-lege World Series.
But, I really do feel this team has a great shot to make it to a re-gional and then do some special things there and make it to the World Series.
The Rams have a 28-10 re-cord and their next home series begins Friday, April 20th at 6:30 p.m.
Cohen: A Houston Astro in Ram territory
Stephen CoganSports Editor
There are 12 games left in the season and the Rams have already eclipsed last year’s win total of 25 after a four-game series sweep against Eastern New Mexico University over the Easter break.
This team has made a complete turn-around from last year’s disappointing 25-23 end to be 28-10 currently and a great deal of it has to do with the abilities of new faces.
The Rams feature 19 new players whom are either freshmen or transfers from other schools and have rebuilt the team with them.
Quaid McKinnon, a junior catcher who has converted to first base with the Rams.
He transferred in from Paradise Valley Community College and already has two Lone Star Conference Hitter of the Week awards.
McKinnon boasts a .328 bat-ting average, 25 RBIs and 56 total bases and is seen regularly in bat-ting practice.
Lee Neumann, an outfielder who the Rams picked up from Blinn Col-lege is the total package.
He can hit for speed and he can hit for power. He has excellent base-running skill and has picked up 12 steals on the year. He has a strong arm and plays tremendous defense.
Neumann is second on the teams in batting average with .341.
He is first in slugging percentage with a .597 mark and first in extra base hits with 20 while the next best Ram has 14.
Ryan Greer, another transfer from Paradise Valley, is a thief. He’s stolen 22 bases and is batting .333 on the year.
Five key contributors have been trans-ferred pitchers.
Michael Weatherly, Jake Feckley, Mi-chael Lange, Travis Stavinoha and Austin Church have a combined 18-2 record.
Feckley and Lange are two starters while the other three are part of the bull-pen.
Feckley’s pitching line is 5-1/3.10 ERA/39 strike-outs and Lange has a line of 5-0/3.44 ERA/27 strike-outs.
Weatherly has seven saves on the season as the team’s closer with a 4-0 re-cord of his own.
Andrew LaCombe, a junior catcher from Texas State University, has a .339 batting average and a team-leading .450 on-base average. He’s quite a weapon at the plate and behind it.
Brett Parsons, the in-fielder from Texas A&M has batted .310 with 22 RBIs in just 92 plate ap-pearance.
Combine these men with veterans like Nate Alter, Doug Snover, Rick Reyna, Zach Cohen, Tate Allison and Toby Semler and you have an amazing roster.
Definitely a group worth watching.
Come to the ballpark on April 20 at 6:30 p.m. to see ASU take on Cameron University.
Baseball: The short-stop tells his story
Photo by Pam BelcherSenior shortstop Zach Cohen retrieves a ground ball and flings its across to first base.
Rams’ transfers finding great success
Photo by Pam BelcherSenior Brett Parsons is one of many transfers to contribute.
Baseball: The Rams have thrived this year with new players
Basketball adds local talent
Stephen CoganAfter a disappointing
season where the men’s basketball did not make the Lone Star Conference tour-nament, ASU announced Wednesday that they have added new talent that is right in their backyard.
San Angelo Central standout Reggie Sutton will join the Rams in the 2012-2013 season. Sutton aver-aged 21.2 points, 2.4 assists and 2.5 steals per game dur-ing his senior season. Six times, he scored 30 or more points in a game.
He played on varsity all four years of high school.
This past season, he helped lead the Bobcats to the most wins in school history and to the regional quarterfinals for the first time since 1963.
He was named all-region and District 3-5A’s most valuable player on top of being named the
All-West Texas Super Team MVP named by the San An-gelo Standard-Times. As a sophomore and junior he earned first team all-dis-trict honors.
“We are extremely ex-cited to have Reggie Sutton join the Angelo State bas-ketball program,” Rike said. “Reggie is probably one of the best players in the his-tory of San Angelo Central high school basketball, and he will have a positive im-pact on our team and the LSC. He can score in a va-riety of ways and is a very good athlete that can finish at the rim. He has excellent range on his jump shot and elevates well at mid-range. Reggie has been well coached. Most importantly Reggie is a fine young man from a great family.”
Reggie Sutton will re-place seniors LaDonn Huckaby or Joey Lenox who will not return next year.
ASU finished with an 11-17 overall record and a 4-14 conference record in 2012.
Basketball: Welcome Reggie Sutton