By JARON COVEYStaff Writer

The end result was not exactly planned, however the Tarleton TexAnn basketball team made some noise at the Lone Star Conference championship tour-nament this past week in Bartlesville, Okla. The TexAnns advanced to the semi-final round of the tournament after their first round victory over Texas Woman’s. The TexAnns started things off at the Lone Star Conference Awards Banquet when four players, Shelby Adamson, So-nya Sundberg, Tori Skarke and Lisa Park-er, were named to the LSC All-Academic Commissioner’s Honor Roll. Adamson also took home another award when the Lone Star Conference named her the south division’s Defensive Player of the Year, in addition to her south division Second Team. Brittnie Haley was also named to the Second Team, JoAnne Jones, the lone senior on the team, earned First Team honors, while Sonya Sundberg earned honorable mention honors. In the first round of the tourna-ment the TexAnns drew Texas Woman’s University, whom they had previously defeated in Denton by the score of 71-50. The TexAnns got started slowly in this one as the Lady Pioneers held the lead at halftime, 30-28. Tarleton outscored Texas Woman’s 43-36 in the second half to give the TexAnns their first ever Lone Star Conference Tournament win. “It felt good to finally get the monkey off our back,” Tarleton head coach Ronnie Hearne said. The TexAnns took on the North-eastern State University Riverhawks in the semifinals. Tarleton was never able to get much going as they found themselves

down by nine at halftime. The second half was much like the first as the TexAnns were outscored 35-32, taking loss by the final score of 74-62. “It was a great learning experi-ence for us because we realized that we weren’t at our best and you have to be at your best at the LSC tournament,” said Coach Hearne. “I don’t think it was from a lack of trying, we just need to be more self-disciplined.” On Sunday, the TexAnns found out that they were selected as the No. 5 seed in the NCAA Division II South Cen-

tral Regional Tournament being held in Canyon over the next week. “We always play pretty well at West Texas A&M so it’s good to be play-ing in a familiar gym against such an unfa-miliar opponent,” Coach Hearne said. “We are looking forward to getting back in the gym this week and preparing a little more. We are going to be focusing on the defen-sive end this week and on offense we need to look down to the post a little more.” The TexAnns will be facing the No. 4 seed, Emporia State University from Kansas, on Friday, March 12 at 6 p.m.

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By JARON COVEYStaff Writer

On Monday former Defensive Coordinator and Interim Head Coach Cary Fowler was named as the new head coach of the Tarleton State University football team. At a noon press conference, athletic director Lonn Reisman introduced Fowler as the successor of former coach Sam McElroy, who left the position vacant after taking a job as the defensive line coach at Texas Tech University. “I want to thank Dr. Dottavio and Coach Reisman. You know it is hard to hand over the reins of a Top 10 program – one of the top programs in the country – to a young coach that has never had head coaching experience. That is something that took guts, and I really appreciate them,” Fowler said after his introduction by Reisman. “I want to thank my wife, and my two little girls. Behind every great coach there is a great wife, and she is a better wife than I will be a coach. We are a football family and we are committed to this program, it’s not just me.” Fowler has served as the defensive coordinator for the Texans for the past two seasons, helping the defense become one of the top among defensive programs in all of Division II football. Fowler also served as the defensive coordinator at Midwestern State University for seven years prior to coming to Tarleton. In 2005, Fowler was selected as the NCAA Division II Assistant Coach of the Year. The award, which was first pre-sented in 1997, honors assistant coaches that excel in commu-nity service, commitment to student-athletes, on-field coach-ing success and AFCA professional organization involvement. Fowler has been in tune with each during his collegiate coach-ing career. “Cary has done a tremendous job here in him an assis-tant’s role, and I have every confidence in taking the program from where it’s at and taking to the next level,” Reisman said. “I know that many people contacted me in support of Coach Fowler. I want to thank the search committee. I want to thank the athletics administration. I want to thank everyone who has

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Fowler named head football coach

By DANE HARBOURStaff Writer

The Tarleton Student Government Association held an open forum on Tuesday in the Barry B. Thompson Stu-dent Center concerning the recent five percent budget cut. It was an open event for all students to attend to get the information about budget cuts directly from the administra-tors. Tarleton State Uni-versity President Dr. Dominic Dottavio said that the budget cuts are a state mandated plan from Austin. In late December 2009, the university received a letter signed by the gover-

nor, the lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the House of Representatives from Tex-as. The letter explained how Tarleton’s budget would be cut five percent and Tarleton had to submit a plan on how they were going to handle it. Dottavio told stu-dents how the Texas econo-my is better than most states. Louisiana State University, for example, recently had to let go 244 faculty members because of budget cuts. The University of Ne-vada also suffered when their budget was cut 22 percent. The budget cut was applied to different departments cho-sen by administration and the

average cut was less than one-half of one percent of each of the departments selected. Dottavio said, “The impact to the total budget is really actu-ally mild.” Construction on cam-pus has been a main topic of discussion. Students asked questions about how the uni-versity are still constructing new buildings on campus when the budget has been re-duced. Dottavio explained how construction of new buildings, like the nursing building and dormitories, are funded with specific state rev-enue bonds. For this reason, con-

struction of new buildings is exempt from the budget cut. This money cannot be trans-ferred to another account. It can only be used for construc-tion purposes. Dottavio also spoke on the renovation of the Trog-den house. Every president in the A&M school system gets a housing allowance that they can choose what to do with. Dottavio chose to restore a house on campus, that has much history, instead of buy-ing a new house. He chose to do this because he believes it will, “encourage leadership and provide a 24/7 learning environment.” Raises in tuition were

another hot topic that was dis-cussed. Dottavio said on March 30, Tarleton admin-istrators will meet with the Texas Board of Regents for a tuition and fee hearing. Administrators will present ideas concerning tu-ition and the board has to ap-prove it for it goes into effect. The maximum increase of tu-ition for a university is 3.95 percent, but Tarleton will not be proposing the maximum in-creases unlike other universi-ties. Conservation meth-ods will be implemented cam-pus-wide, including the ad-justment of thermostats. The

central loop that Tarleton uses is being expanded which will result in increased efficiency in the delivery of heating and cooling. The adjustments to the thermostat will result in building temperatures being cooler in winter and warmer in summer. Job positions for em-ployees were also discussed. The hiring of new teachers will slow down and vacant positions could possibly be eliminated. The impact will be seen in reduced services, in-creased class loads, decreased course offerings, and a re-duced ability to accommodate growth.

TexAnns notches first-ever conference win

By RACHEL DUDLEYSpecial to The J-TAC

Controversial sparks continue to fly at Tarleton State University as undergraduate theatre class moves forward in their produc-tion of Terrence Mcnally’s one-act play, Cor-pus Christi. The play is scheduled to perform on Texan Tour Day, March 27. Openly homosexual playwright, Terrence Mcnally, presents his own portrayal of the birth, ministry and crucifixion of Jesus Christ and His disciples; all of whom he por-trays as homosexual lovers. Although Jesus is renamed Joshua in the play, all of the disciples maintain their biblical names. From the portrayal of Mary, the mother of “Joshua”, as an abused drunkard, to “Joshua,” named the “king of the queers,”

being crucified, Mcnally’s play does not leave any part of the biblical account of the life Jesus Christ untouched. “Knowing that what I’m writing is going to get produced, I can say whatever I want. Of course, you hope to connect with other people, but you’re not writing to please them. There’s a big difference. I can’t tell you how it frees you.” McNally said in an interview with New York Times Journalist David Richards. Steeped in religious and homopho-bic controversy since Corpus Christi’s debut at the Manhattan Theatre Club in New York, the one-act play is met with the same contro-versy in Stephenville. Many local religious leaders and members of the community have voiced their opposition to the Corpus Christi per-formance, and have called for Tarleton State

University to take censorship action. “I am very committed to this community and I take care when selecting productions,” Associate Pro-fessor of Theatre, Mark Holtorf stated, “This particular act was selected, paid for and performed by students as part of the class curriculum.” Tarleton’s faculty and ad-ministration met twice on Wednesday to discuss the university’s course of action. At the time of this publication, the last meeting was still in progress. Bound by the First Amend-ment of the Constitution of the United States, Tarleton cannot ban the play re-gardless of the communities’ reaction; therefore, the show will go on through the lens of one of the play’s lines “If we have offended, so be it.”

Athletic Director Lonn Reisman introduces former Defensive Coor-dinator and Interim Head Coach Gary Fowler as the new head coach for the Texan football team. Fowler led the Texan defense to become one of the top programs in Divisoin II football within the past two seasons, and hopes to lead the team to a national title.

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For those who have met Wanda Mercer, Ph.D., Tar-leton State University’s Vice President of Student Life, it’s no surprise that she would be selected as a member of the cream of the crop. Mercer received the Pillar of Profession Award from the NASPA Foundation (Student Affairs Administra-tors in Higher Education) at the organization’s annual con-ference in Chicago on March 8. “Dr. Mercer has been a leader in her profession for many years,” said Tarleton President F. Dominic Dotta-vio. “She has provided guid-ance, friendship and mentoring to students and professionals here at Tarleton and at other universities across the country. We are fortunate to have such a dedicated and competent pro-fessional responsible for stu-

dent life activities at Tarleton. Dr. Mercer truly understands the importance of encouraging leadership, service and student success.” The peer-nominated national award serves to rec-ognize her many years of out-standing work in the student affairs profession including numerous accomplishments that helped further the Texas Association of College and University Student Personnel Administrators and NASPA Region III. “I am both honored and humbled to be named a Pillar of the Profession by NASPA,” Mercer said. “This group includes people whom I respect and admire and I am proud to be recognized among them.” The NASPA Founda-tion awards Pillars of the Pro-fession for two purposes: to honor a select group of people

who have provided stellar leadership and service to the student affairs profession; and to provide sup-port to NASPA’s ed-ucational foundation in honor of these in-dividuals. NASPA is the leading voice for student affairs ad-ministration, policy and practice, and affirms the commit-ment of the student affairs profession to educating the whole student and inte-grating student life and learning. With more than 11,000 members at 1,400 campuses, and representing 29 countries, NASPA is the foremost profes-sional association for student affairs administrators, faculty, and graduate and undergrad-

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In the past weeks the university has be rearranging strate-gic offices on campus. The Scholarship and Study Abroad Offices have both been relocated to new buildings. The new Scholarship Office is now in the Tarleton Center, past the Financial Aid Office on the main floor. The original move, separating the Scholarship and Financial Aid Offices, was never intended to be permanent, according to Shawdi Wilson, director of scholarships. With the offices now located nearer each other, they will be able to coordinate more easily. “We are now a ‘one-stop-shop’ when students come to tour and visit campus,” Wilson said. Scholarships and financial aid are closely tied, so students often have questions for both. According to Wilson many other universities are start-ing this process of placing offices of high demand near each other for student convenience, and Tarleton is joining the trend. “Ideally admissions will one day be [located near] too,” Wilson said. The new location of the Study Abroad Office is in the Lower Level of the Thompson Student Center, directly across from the bottom of the main staircase. The Office of International Programs and Study Abroad has combined with the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, and is now the Center for Global and Multicultural Exploration, according to Karen Schecht, administrative assistant for the Office of Interna-tional Programs.

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And the winner is Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett for best original song The Weary Kind from “Crazy Heart.” Those are the words former Tarleton State University student Ryan Bingham heard on March 7th during the 82nd Annual Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Awards. Bingham also previously earned a Golden Globe for his song. Since Bingham was at Tarleton in 2000, he has written and released multiple CDs, been featured in magazines, per-formed on the Jay Leno Show, the Jimmy Kimmel show and other venues.

Former Texan wins Oscar

By DANE HARBOUR Staff Writer

The Tarleton Student Government Association held a budget cut forum on Tuesday that was open to all students. University President Dr. Dominic Dottavio and several other administrators explained why Tarleton’s budget was cut, and their plans to handle the situation. Spring SGA election applications are available March 22 and are due by March 31. The elections will be online April 19 through April 21.

SGA Senate nominated Dr. Greg Ball to receive the Jack and Loiuse Arthur Award. SGA Senate meetings are held on Mondays at 5:15 p.m. in room 219 of the Barry B. Thompson Student Center.

The Student Government Association House of Representatives approved a funding request of $227.15 for the Tarleton Pre-Veterinary Club to attend a conference at Texas A&M University.

The House also supported a funding request of $500 for the Tarleton Association of Information Technology Professionals to attend the national convention in St. Louis, MO on March 25 - March 28. Members of this organization explained that several past Tarleton Students received job offerings at this convention.

SGA House nominated Dr. Chris Guthrie and Dr. Karol Blaylock to receive the Jack and Loiuse Arthur Award. SGA House meetings are held Wednesdays at 5:15 p.m. in Science Room 102.

By COURTNEY COPEStaff Writer

While the Texas Institute for Applied Environmental Research has al-ways operated from within Tarleton State University, the organization has begun to become a more prominent facet of the university, as well as becoming more directly involved with students. TIAER works primarily within the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sci-ences, which has also recently undergone a number of changes. The primary focus of research conducted by TIAER is economics and environmental science, which caters directly to the changes occurring in the world of agriculture. The Department of Agriculture is among one of the most prominent colleges at Tarleton, and sta-tistics depict that one out of five Tarleton students is an agriculture major. Fur-thermore, Tarleton is the second largest undergraduate agriculture program in the Texas A&M system, as well as one of the top meat science and pre-vet programs in

Texas. Erath county remains the largest dairy producing county in the Southwest United States. TIAER has been a freestanding and independent organization operat-ing through Tarleton since the mid-90s and currently has a staff of approxi-mately forty employees. The research that TIAER conducts focuses primarily on water quality issues both nationally and internationally, as well as other environmental issues including confined animal feeding operations in central Texas. Issues such as these are among those that are becoming the focus of the discipline of agriculture in today’s world. Currently the Dean of the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Don Cawthon anticipates TIAER taking a more active role in the education of Tarleton students. “We hope to see TIAER faculty members with the proper credentials actually teaching classes in the future,” Cawthon said. Currently a number of TIAER faculty occasionally serve as guest

lecturers, but Cawthon predicts that capable TIAER staff could ob-tain permanent teaching posi-tions if quali-fied. Cawthon explains that incorporating TIAER staff could help “pick up the slack” caused by recent budget cuts, as well as allow the university to “do

more with less”. Currently vacant faculty positions remain frozen, while the funds to pay these employees are still avail-able. Filling these positions with TIAER faculty would save the university the headache of hiring outside of Tarleton. With the help of TIAER, Tarleton is slowly becoming more of research-oriented university, allowing it to become more competitive with flagship research institutions such as the University of Texas and Texas A&M. “Tarleton State University was designed to be a teaching institution,” Cawthon said. “With the help of TIAER, it is beginning to incorporate more re-search. But changes like this take time; it takes a while to turn that big ship.” As the world of agriculture shifts towards economic and environ-mental preservation, Tarleton’s Depart-ment of Agriculture begins to cater to this change. New programs are being initiated to enhance the relevance of the department to graduating high school students. Such programs include Agricul-tural Biotechnology, Veterinary Tech-nology, and Food Science. Today’s job market is high in demand to large animal veterinarians, and there are a large number of employment opportunities for graduates educated in the areas of food preservation, as well as food and meat processing. The College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences will soon be offering a new undergraduate major for environmental science. This degree plan will scan three colleges (Agriculture, Science and Technology and Liberal and Fine Arts), and will include mul-tiple tracks such as agriculture, science, technology, and biology. A new masters degree in animal science is also antici-pated in upcoming years.

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Danny JefferyFreshman, Environmental Science

“We will be playing basketball in the NCAA tournament. ”

Shelby Adamson & Devon HillsSophomore, Math/ Junior, Kinesiology

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“Celebrating my 20th birthday with my best friends.”

Kourtni ThomasFreshman, Math

“Spending spring break with my great grandmother. We’re going shopping.”

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“We should go to the game all painted up.”

Cameron CatesFreshman, Math

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Sarah KheraFreshman, Nursing

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Sarah RuckerJunior, Kinesiology

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KNOWINGyourNUTRITION

Eat enough calories. When you deprive your body from food it goes into survival mode and you actually gain more weight. Eat enough vegetables and fruit every day.

Drink plenty of fluids. Hydrate yourself with water and necessary electrolytes.

Do not eat too much sugar. If you consume too much sugar your insulin will increase and excess sugar goes to your fat storage.

Make realistic goals. Take one step at a time, and progress will be made.

Do aerobic workouts. The only way to burn fat is to do aerobic workouts such as walk-ing, jogging, aerobics, biking or any type of exercise that requires more oxygen than you are taking in. Doing weights will only build muscle rather than melt away fat.

Do not give up! It takes about six weeks for a healthy dieting plan to show any visible improvement.

Do not compare yourself to others. Every-one’s body is unique, meaning everyone will experience different changes during a weight loss program.

Build up your metabolism. Eating small meals, drinking tea or coffee and eating snacks will help build a faster metabolism.

Make a journal. Making a journal will help you maintain accountability and, stay motivated.

Workout outside. Enjoying the sunlight during your workout is the best way to go. You get Vitamin D from the sun, and research has found that sunlight has a posi-tive effect on people.

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With Spring Break around the corner plans are being made by college students around the nation as they gear up for a fun-filled, stress free week away from school. Although Spring Break is known for being wild and crazy, make the most of your holiday by being responsible. Never go anywhere alone while on Spring Break. Have at least one person from your group with you at all times. If you will be consum-ing alcohol during the trip, be responsible about it. According to a report by the Department of Public Safety, 98 percent of people injured during Spring Break activities are intoxicated. Coincidentally, a study done by the University of Wisconsin showed that 75 percent of college males and 43.6 percent of females reported being intoxicated on a daily basis during Spring Break. Also, almost half of the males and more than 40 percent of the females also said they had drank until the point of vomit-ing or passing out at least once. The same University of Wisconsin study recorded that few students who had sex during Spring Break used protection, even if it was available. And, those with higher alcohol consumption rates are more likely to fall victim to a sexual assault. A few tips to follow to avoid these encounters include: do not drink too much alcohol or allow yourself to be taken to an isolated location, never leave with a person you just met, always use the buddy system and never accept open drinks from strangers. Deciding in advance how much alcohol you will consume is a smart idea. Also, know how to refuse a drink once your limit is reached. “Alcohol is often used as a ‘social lubricant’ making people less shy or uncomfort-able about being sexual,” and “those who drink are more likely to participate in high risk sexual activity.” Jane Bogart, Director for the Center for Health Promotion at the New York State Univer-sity said. Be smart and have a fun time, but do not get carried away. Not everything that happens in Cancun stays in Cancun. If you plan on leaving the country, con-

sider registering your travel plans with your home state before departing. While not necessary, is a smart precaution to take. Regis-tration is a free, and the ser-vice allows travelers to be contacted in the event of an emergency or if there is a crisis in the vacationer’s destination. Registration can be completed online at travelregistration.state.gov. Also, be familiar with conditions that could effect your health at your destination of choice. A good resource for health information is the Traveler’s Health page of the Center for Dis-ease Control website at www.cdc.gov/travel. All vaccinations should be up to date before departing. Do not take items that you cannot afford to lose. Pack lightly and bring only what is needed for your trip. Possible necessary items include: proper forms of identification, cell phone, health insurance information, medications and a simple first aid kit. Also, give friends and family mem-bers your hotel information and a schedule of what you will be doing. Providing contact information for others you will be travelling with is smart as well. Managing money can sometimes be difficult with all the excitement of Spring Break, so try pre-planning expenses. Traveler’s checks or cash are the best method of payment to use, but do not bring more than you need. There are many people who consider students on spring break easy targets for theft. Following a few simple precautions can prevent this. Such as, book a hotel with a safe. Lock-up your money and valuables when leaving your room and always leave your door locked. Also, look through your peephole before answering the door and never let in strangers. If you are traveling abroad, always keep your passport in a secure location. Cell phones and credit cards are stolen most often so, if this happens to you, report the theft to the companies immediately so your services will be cancelled.

Spring Break safety, travel tips

By NICOLA DROSCHEStaff Writer

Monday night the Department of Fine Arts hosted a Choir Concert in the Fine Arts Center Theater. It started with the Select Women’s Ensemble performing the three songs “Sing Creations Music On” by Stephen Paulus, “Nuit D’Etoiles (Starry Night)” by Claude Debussy and “Psalm 100” by René Clausen. The ensemble was accompanied by Jeremy Bowen on piano. After a short intermission, the Chamber Choir took the stage and sang “In Remembrance” by Jeremy Ames. Kim Rooney accompanied them on the french horn and Ming Ying Lee on piano. Before beginning the night performance’s central piece, director Dr. Charles Rives took a moment to speak to the audience. He asked that the audience not clap between pieces of “Rutter’s Requiem” because the composer, John Rutter, intended that it be heard as a whole so that the listener would become emotionally involved. Rives also told the audience that Rutter believed “there [were] two things to think about during this piece; they would be hope and the eternal light.” Inthefirstsong,“RequiemAeternam,” the choir is praying to God so that He would “grant them eternal rest.” For the next song Jeremy Bowen played on the electric piano. The faint echoes the piano produced complemented the choir as they sang “Out of the Deep.” The third song was called “Pie Jesu.” In English, pie Jesu is blessed Jesu. While the song is only two lines long, it was sung by the choir in a way

that its importance in Rutter’s Requiem was not lost. During the song, Erin Standifer performed a solo that brought notice to her unique voice. The next song was titled “Sanctus” and was a Latin song that praised God. The following song, “Agnus Dei” expounds on how short a man’s life is; yet there is hope to be found in God. Heather Hamilton played an intricate solo on the oboe during this piece and the next. The sixth song, “The Lord is my Shepherd,” is taken from Psalm 23 of the Christian Bible and explains that they have faith in God and are not afraid. The last song from the requiem was called “Lux Aeterna,” which is the Latin term for “light eternal.” The choir is again asking God to grant them peace and let “light eternal shine upon them.” Claire Goodman sang a solo during this piece that highlighted her distinctive singing voice. As Dr. Rives stated, the requiem has a tendency to leave people in a solemn and thoughtful mood. He and the choir lightened the atmosphere with the last two piecesofthenight.Thefirstwasalight-hearted Irish folksong called “Tell My Ma” by Jon Washburn. The choir all clapped and stomped to the beat as they sang. Two young ladies, Amanda Taylor and Erin Standifer, each had a solo during the song. The last song of the night was one that most audience members knew well. It was “The Yellow Rose of Texas.” Tarleton President Dr. Dominic Dottavio said that he “loved that rendition of ‘The Yellow Rose of Texas.’” The choir’s rendition ended with singing at a very fast tempo which was a unique crowd pleaser. Steve Chambers and Ming Ying Lee accompanied the choir throughput the entire show.

Lovely lyrics by ladies

By COURTNEY COPEStaff Writer

Students this semester have been given five opportunities to utilize one of Career Services most valuable programs: business etiquette dinners. Skills essential to business encounters conducted while dining are taught to students as they mingle over “mocktails,” then enjoy an elaborate five course meal. Over half of all business is finalized over the dining table, according to Career Servies, mak-ing the skills taught at business etiquette dinners an asset to any student considering entering the world of business. First lesson students are taught is to arrive 10 minutes early to the restaurant where the busi-ness meeting is taking place. This shows business associates and superiors that you are professional and made the meeting a priority. As students sit down to enjoy a formal dining experience, many are shocked by the exten-sive amount of silverware placed in front of them. This large place setting is common in restaurants in which business meetings often take place, so it is important for students to be familiar with the utensils and how to use them. Career Services advises students that when in doubt, begin from the outside and work inwards when choosing silverware. Students are also taught the importance of using manners while being seated at the dinner table. Career Services insists that men always pull out the chair of ladies sitting to their right, and if there are more men than women at the table, women should be always be seated before the men. Proper etiquette lessons continue once dinner is served. Tips such as buttering bread one piece at a time, always asking to be excused before leaving the table, and placing your napkin in you chair when leaving the table temporarily are among the many given throughout the dinner. At the conclusion of the dinner, Career Services provides students with a packet containing helpful reminders to use when attending business meetings at restaurants or formal dinners. Among this advice includes tips such as don’t eat until the host begins, never criticize the food, and always bring food to your mouth rather than leaning over your plate. All students are eligible for business etiquette dinners and can sign up by visiting the Career Services office located in Thompson Student Center Room 218. Each dinner takes place in the Dining Hall Room 218, and students are required to dress professionally. For more information regarding dates and times of remaining business etiquette dinners visit http://www.tarleton.edu/careerservices/Students/businessetiquettedinners.html

Business ‘eat’iquette

By SHAWN HUGHESStaff Writer

Tim Burton (Night-mare Before Christmas, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street) and Johnny Depp (Pirates of the Caribbean, Blow) have re-united yet again in a new twist on the classic story of Alice in Wonderland. This new film is a sequel to the classic ani-mated movie, set 13 years af-ter the original trip down the rabbit hole. The film follows a much older Alice, played by Mia Wasikowska (Defiance, Amelia), as she fights to stay independent, while trying to keep from offending those around her. Throughout the film she is told who she needs to be and what she must do by everyone. During a party, in which she has been informed she will be married to a man she does not care for she sees the White Rabbit and decides to follow him. She ends up falling down a rabbit hole and returns to Wonderland where she is told that the day is com-ing when she will have to slay the beast of the Red Queen, played by Helena Carter (Harry Potter, Fight Club). Through out the film she is belittled by those around her and, constantly being told that she is not capable of sav-

ing the inhabitants of Won-derland. She finds the Mad Hatter, played by Depp, who leads her toward her destiny while giving her a trustworthy compan-ion as they journey to the aid of the White Queen, played by Anne Hathaway ( H o o d w i n k e d , Get Smart). T h e film can be seen in 3-D and 2-D, and is equally enjoyable in both. W h i l e the film is not perfect a n d

seems to rush through cer-tain sections, such as in the beginning of the film, prior to the trip down the rabbit hole, the film tries to hurry toward the action and adventure of Wonderland, but the speed does more to make

those parts of the film unimportant. It is still an interesting twist on the clas-sic tale, some of the accents such as the regular Scottish accent of the Mad Hat-ter seems odd at times, but does not take away from the film in any way and is a fun and en-tertaining film worth a view. The movie is worthy of an 8-out-of-10 rat-

ing, and is a g o o d

m o v -ie, even though it has

some flaws. Visually the film is very stunning as the trip to Wonderland becomes a live-action adventure.

By DREW SLATTERYSpecial to The J-TAC

Grammy Award win-ning, System of a Down singer Serj Tankian released his re-mixed solo album Elect the Dead Symphony on March 9. This album contains all the tracks from the origi-nal version of Elect the Dead performed with the Auckland Symphony Orchestra under the direction of John Psathas. This album is not for the average rock and roll fan; these songs are completely de-void of the crunchy electric gui-tars and pounding drums that fill the original version of this al-bum. However, true music fans will rejoice in the absolute raw power of the fourteen tracks on this album. Recorded live on March 16, 2009, this album cap-tured the pure genius and soul touching magic that resulted from the combination of an in-ternationally renowned orches-tra performing with one of our generations most popular, tal-ented and politically active rock vocalists. There are no electric instruments on this album. The orchestra performs all instru-ments, with Serj performing vocals. With the lack of contem-porary instruments, some people

may be scared away from this album. However, without the complicated rock and roll riffs that filled the original album, the focus turns to the lyrics and amazing vocalization of Serj, as well as the beautiful and mov-ing structure of each track. By performing with the orchestra and not a traditional rock band, almost everything about each song is changed from the origi-nal. This is by no means a bad thing, as the songs become in-finitely more moving and meaningful than their original counterpar t s . The lyrics of each song stands out, as do Serj’s amazing vo-cal ability even more on Elect the Dead Sym-phony than their original ver-sions. This is evident on track five entitled “Money” which ends in one of the most chill-ing and mov-ing lines from the album, per-formed in a high pitched vibrato

that beautifully illustrates why Serj Tankian is the envy of the rock and roll vocal community. Talent like this is not easy to come by. This version of Elect the Dead is absolutely es-sential for anyone who is a fan of Serj, System of a Down or music in general. This album gets four and a half out of five stars. Be sure and check back in the next few weeks, when we interview Hank Williams III and OTEP. Tune in to 100.7 The Planet to hear all your favorite tunes!

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Tarleton Student Radio Program Director Chuck Ness recently spoke with Whiskey Myers during a live phone interview on 100.7 The Planet.

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100.7 The Planet and KURT LP-FM, are owned and operated by Tarleton State University in Stephenville. The Planet provides an opportunity for Tarleton students of all majors to gain experience both on-air and off as a DJ or by working in a management, promotions, sales, production or a music position. If you are interested in working at The Planet, come by the Math Building on the Tarleton campus. We are located in Room 138. Call our business office for more information.

QA

So when can we expect the new album?

Yeah we are actually working on a new album right now. We are not sure on when it will be released but we are hop-ing some time early fall. We’ve got to stop being lazy and just do it.

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So I hear that y’all are playing at Larry Joe Taylor Music Festival. What day can we expect to see you all there?Wednesday, pretty early I think, like 3 o’clock or some-thing like that. This is our first time to play there, so it should be pretty fun. We are all excited about LJT es-pecially, because this is our first. It’s gonna be wild.

QA

Any funny stories from the road?

Actually yeah. We had a gig at the Houston Livestock show and we had our own dressing room. Well, when we showed up we were informed that Wayne New-ton was in our dressing room for a short time. So we where cool with it because it was Wayne Newton for crying out loud. After our show we went in our dressing room to take a load off, and he had ate all of our sand-wiches and cookies. So Wayne if you’re out there, you owe some sandwiches.

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Events calendar 3/11 – 3/17Thursday, March 11

Student Social Work Assocation- Spring Break Raffle8 a.m. – 1 p.m. Front of Library

ROTC Rifle Raffle8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Wisdom Gym 108

Minority Student Leaders- Table Sign up for Talent Show9 a.m. – 2 p.m. Front of Library

United Methodist Center/Wesley Foundation – Thursday Free Lunch 11:45 a.m. – 12:40 p.m.

Tarleton Paintball Coalition – Support Our Soldiers Donation Collection12 – 12:45 p.m. Front of Library

Mock Interviews1 – 5 p.m., 6 – 9 p.m. Career Services, TSC Room 218

“The Modern American City: Can we Ever Make it Sustainable?”

6 – 8 p.m. Humanities 116Eric Camarillo Senior Recital7:30 – 8:30 p.m. Fine Arts Center

Paradigm – Thursday Nights8 – 10 p.m. 555 W. Washington St.

Friday, March 12

AITP – RaffleAll Day Campus Wide

ROTC Rifle Raffle8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Wisdom Gym 108

Minority Student Leaders - Table Sign up for Talent Show9 a.m. – 2 p.m. Front of Library

BSM Greek Lunch12 – 1 p.m. BSM

Blackboard Assessments12 – 1 p.m. Tarleton Center 137

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Students looking to show their support of military members stationed overseas can participate in the ROTC’s and Paintball Coalition’s “Support our Soldiers” drive taking place this month. The organizations have joined together, placing

donation boxes both in front of the Dick Smith library and at the Tarleton police station on campus. The organizations encourage donors to contribute anything that will make the troops’ lives a bit easier, said Greg Donham, former president of the Paintball Coalition. The drop box in front of the library will be accessible Monday

through Friday, from 11:45 a.m. to 12:25 p.m. All donations are welcome, excluding pork items, alcohol, chocolate, aerosol cans and liquid hand sanitizer, as these items tend to be hard to transfer. New or gently used clothing donations are highly encouraged, as well as portable snacks, cell phones no longer in service and calling cards.

Monetary donations are also welcomed at the police station drop box. Donham said the organizations are also collecting thank-you cards for the troops. “Every little thanks means something,” Donham added. This is the second semester the organizations have participated in “Support our Sol-diers”, and the collections will

take place for the entire month of March. Donham said the goal of the drive is to help participants show their appreciation for the efforts of troops overseas. “I’ve always had a very strong respect for the people involved in the military, and the members of the Paintball Coalition and ROTC share that respect,” Donham said. “We’re all in this together, really.”

Donham said that at this point, the organizations are in the collecting phase of the do-nation, and will figure out details of transportation after all of the materials have been gathered. A representative from ROTC was not available for comment. For more information or to donate, look for the drop boxes located on campus.

Tarleton’s ROTC paint warriors ‘Support Our Soldiers’

By NICOLA DROSCHEStaff Writer

Last Thursday night, students, parents and

faculty attended the Chamber Ensembles and Sym-phonic Band Concert hosted by the Department of Fine Arts. Those in attendance were entertained with vocal and piano performances by individual

students, as well as collaborative numbers. The Chamber Ensembles began with Macie Unzicker singing “When Did I Fall in Love” from the musical Fiorello! Unzicker was fol-

lowed by Whitney Warren singing “Gretchen am Spinnrade.” Next, Jake Kassen sang “Bonjour, Suzon!.” Jaylan Roan next sang “Once upon a dream” from Jekyll and Hyde, and was followed Erin Standifer singing “This Place is Mine” from Phantom. Nick Creed then sang the Italian song, “Amiamo” followed lastly by Alli Kelley who sang “The Saga of Jenny” from Lady in the Dark. After the piano and singing ensembles were complete, the trumpet choir took the stage. The choir was composed of Ricky Barringer, Brett Batchelor, Mackenzie Duncun, Kevin Sand-ers, Zak Sparks and Danae Sparkman. The group played “Just a Closer Walk with Thee” and “Rock of Ages”. Next, the musical group Bonehenge

played “Praise the Lord” and “Here I Am” for the audience. Members of Bonehenge include Eric Ca-marillo, Jay Gillean, Alex Trejo, Jonathan Valerio, Sarah Wnek, Becca Kimmons and John Clem-mons. The ensembles were followed by the symphonic band. They played “In the Bleak Mid-Winter,” followed by “Ye Banks and Braes O’Bonnie Doon,” then Three Ayres from Glouces-ter. Rounding out the concert was the Faculty Brass Quintet. Trumpet players Cara Pollard and Bob Johnson, horn player, Kim Rooney, trombone player, Dutch Odes and tuba player, Arturo Villegas made up the quintet. The first piece had a classical sound, and the second piece, “American Quintet,” sounded “like a western movie,” Pollard said. For the last piece the audience was invited to sing along if they could guess what the song was. The song turned out to be “1064” by Paul McCartney.

Ensemble and symphonic band: on another note

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By JARON COVEYStaff Writer

The Tarleton track & field teams traveled to San An-tonio on Saturday to compete in their second meet of the season at the Trinity Invitational. The teams competed well as they took first place in two events, and 15 top-three finishes. “Overall I thought we had a really good meet,” Tar-leton Track & Field Head Coach Pat Ponder said. “It was tough because there wasn’t a lot of down time with everyone going from event to event the whole time, but I thought it gave our teams some good experience for the conference meet.” Leslie Jordan started off the women’s field events with a third-place finish in the shot put with a throw of 12.99 meters. She also finished sec-ond in the discus with a throw of 40.82 meters. In the men’s field events, Casey Keeter earned a second-place finish in the shot put with a throw of 15.74 me-ters. Hayden Eubanks finished in second place in the discus

with a throw of 48.59 me-ters, while his brother, Nolan Eubanks, finished third with a 48.04 meter throw. Andrew Grant had a third-place finish in the pole vault with a 4.44 meter vault. Cyler Matlock took second in the high jump with a jump of 1.93 me-ters while Tyler Rushing finished third with a 1.88 meter jump. For the women’s run-ning events, Kan-dis Brooks just missed the pro-visional mark as she ran a 14.56 in the 100 meter hurdles. Brooks also had a fourth-place fin-ish in the wom-en’s 200-meter run with a time of 26.03. Danitra Marshall took fourth place in the women’s 400 with a 59.46 time. In the wom-

en’s 1600 relay, the Tarleton women finished in fourth place with a time of 3:59.77.

Aaron Donahue fin-ished in third place for the men in the 400 meter dash with a

time of 49.68, while Chase Graf took fifth with a 50.29 time. Jar-ed McNeil took second place in the 800 with a 1:56.81 time and finished first in the 1500 by run-ning 3:58.64. Travis Montgom-ery and Jamal Mays finished fourth and fifth with Mont-gomery logging a time of 11.29 and Mays also finished with an 11.29 time, but just a split sec-ond slower. In the men’s 200 Graf came in second with a time of 22.58 while Montgom-ery took fifth with a 22.77 time. In the men’s 5K event, Gerzain Valenzuela finished in second place with a time of 15:24.00. Garrett Thomas took first place in the 110 hurdles with a time of 15.03. “I thought all of our kids competed well and it was refreshing to go to a meet where we got our results after we were finished,” said Coach Ponder. “We are looking forward to get-ting back to work and running our home meet here on Thurs-day.” The Texan track teams will host the Tarleton Relays in Stephenville on Thursday, March 11.

Tarleton track and field compete at Trinity

By JARON COVEYStaff Writer

The Tarleton Texan basketball team advanced to the championship game of the Lone Star Conference Tourna-ment but was unable to walk away with the title as they fell to Midwestern State Univer-sity for the third time this sea-son. The Lone Star Con-ference held their awards banquet last Thursday and honored Tarleton center Wale Oguonye by naming him to the Lone Star Conference Men’s Basketball Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll. Devon Hills was also honored at the banquet as he was named to the First Team South Division All-LSC, along with Effran Bryant, who was selected to the Second Team. Jeremiah Wilson and Corin Henry were named to the South Division Honorable Mention team as well. In the first round of the tournament the Texans faced Texas A&M-Commerce for the second time this sea-son, having claimed the vic-tory in the first game by the score of 68-55. The Lions were not ready to give up eas-ily the second time around as they built a 10-point lead with just over six minutes to play in the game. However, the Texans fought back furiously as they tied up the game with just over a minute to play and forced the game into overtime. In the overtime period, the Texans went up by as much as 10 as they took the first round victory. The second round

looked like a tough matchup for the Texans as they faced West Texas A&M for the third time this season. After hearing all the talk about how difficult it is to beat a team three times in one season, the Texans re-sponded in a big way as they outscored the Buffaloes 32-24 in the first half and 50-44 in the second half to give them the 82-68 victory and their ticket to the championship game. Tarleton reached the Lone Star Conference champi-onship game for the first time since 2002, but they knew that the game was not going to be easy as they were slated to face the Mustangs of Midwest-ern State University. The Tex-ans had fallen to the Mustangs twice already this season, suf-fering a 66-49 beating at home but just barely missing out on a victory in Canyon, loosing 72-69. The Mustangs were led by Jason Ebie, the Lone Star Con-ference South Division’s De-fensive Player of the Year and First Team selection. The Tex-ans outscored the Mustangs in the second half, but the lead that Midwestern had built up in the first period proved to be too much to overcome as they eventually left with the 65-55 victory. Bryant and Henry were all-tournament selections with their play over the week. The Texans will now turn their eyes to the South Central Regional Tournament, as they were selected as the No. 4 seed on Sunday. They will take on the Nebraska-Omaha Mavs in Wichita Falls, where Midwestern State will be hosting the tournament as the No. 1 seed.

Texans fall in Lone Star Conference Tournament

Chris Hearell and Kolin Styles going the distance for Tarleton State University.

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had the opportunity to contact me about Coach Fowler, and we look for a great season next year and the seasons after that. He is a man of character. He is a man of leadership, and I have ev-ery confidence that our football program in great hands.” Coach Fowler is inheriting a team that won a share of the Lone Star Conference Championship as well as the LSC South Division title. The Texans also advanced to the second round of the NCAA Division II playoffs with a stellar overtime win against Texas A&M University-Kingsville before falling to the Central Washington University Wildcats.

“I don’t mean this to disrespect to this program, but I put the divisional championships up in my office where you can see it and those players can see it,” said Fowler. “I asked a few of them the other day about that being a signal of a great decade of five divisional championships, but if you really want to know where this program wants to go, that is a sign of me-diocrity because our dreams and visions have got to be bigger than the Lone Star Conference. Our visions have to be bigger than that. Our visions have to be about winning a national championship.” The Texan football team will begin their spring prac-tices on Monday, March 22.

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