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Generation Yap from the President Angelo State University Cover Story Dear Friends: Spring 2010 Vol. 3, No. 1 Fall Classic...... 14 14 Fall always brings with it a sense of change and the past few months on the Angelo State Blink and you practically missed it. That’s how fast University University campus have been quite eventful! Angelo State University Hall came down, but it took months of work and planning to Member, Texas Tech University System change the ASU and San Angelo skyline. This fall we saw record student enrollment on campus with our second highest undergraduate Board of Regents enrollment and our largest graduate enrollment ever. We also achieved the required 25 percent Larry K. Anders, Chair, Dallas Jerry E. Turner, Vice Chair, Blanco Hispanic student population needed to apply for Hispanic Serving Institution status from the L. Frederick “Rick” Francis, El Paso Features federal government. I continue to stress that our future as an institution depends on steady John Huffaker, Amarillo Mickey L. Long, Midland Blast from the Past...... 20 growth to achieve the 10,000 student goal set by the Texas Tech University System Board of Nancy Neal, Lubbock University Hall may be gone but for many former residents Regents for Angelo State. John Field Scovell, Dallas Daniel “Dan” T. Serna, Arlington of the Women’s High Rise, the memories remain, whether Kyle Miller, Student Regent, Plainview of refrigerated air conditioning or curfew. This issue of Angelo State University Magazine has a number of articles related to change on Chancellor campus. Perhaps the most dramatic of these occurred Oct. 25 with the implosion of University Kent Hance, Lubbock Head of the Class...... 22 Hall. Long a feature of the San Angelo skyline, University Hall had been home to generations Angelo State University When the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Joseph C. Rallo 22 of undergraduate women since it was built in 1968. Taking its place will be an expanded green President: Dr. Joseph C. Rallo Teaching named its 2009 Texas Professor of the Year, ASU’s Vice President for Finance and space with new volleyball and basketball courts as well as an outdoor track for our increas- Administration: Sharon Meyer Ellen Moreland of the Mathematics Department stood Vice President for Strategy, Planning at the front of the class. ingly residential student population. and Policy; Interim Provost and Vice President for Academic and We have also begun several new academic initiatives designed to support our enrollment Student Affairs: Dr. James M. Limbaugh Generation Yap...... 24 Parents and their college-age children communicate more growth targets. Perhaps the most striking of these programs is the new federally funded Center Angelo State University Magazine The Angelo State University Magazine than previous generations, thanks to new technologies and for Security Studies. A partnership between ASU and the Department of Defense, the new is published three times a year by the ASU Office of Communications and Marketing, new attitudes. center will coordinate a variety of programs that will augment educational needs at Goodfellow ASU Station #11021, San Angelo, TX 76909-1021; AFB for security and intelligence training, research and policy analysis as well as for cultural (325) 942-2248; Fax: (325) 942-2238, Living the Dream...... 32 [email protected]. competency. Construction will begin shortly in the Academic, Rassman and Hardeman From humble beginnings as a child, Dr. Albert Reyes has made ASU Magazine Staff a career of helping youngsters worldwide get a chance for buildings on the specialized classrooms needed by the center for its various programs. Editor: Preston Lewis Director of Graphics: Michael Martin a better life. Graphic Artist: Bree Walker Finally, and most importantly, the heart of any great university is its faculty. Our talented, Design Assistant: Leonor Constancio dedicated and creative faculty members continue to provide an outstanding education to ASU Photographers: Danny Meyer 32 Tina Doyle Sections students. It is then fitting that Professor Ellen Moreland, senior instructor in mathematics, Writers: Tom Nurre Jr. Roy Ivey has been selected as the 2009 Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Texas Jayna Phinney President’s Message...... Opposite Professor of the Year. Professor Moreland was recognized by the Carnegie Foundation in Rebekah Brackin Dave Wester November at a Washington, D.C., reception with the honorees from the other 49 states. Ronn Rowland Along the Mall...... 4 Student Assistants: Ashlea Haney ASU @ Boerne … International Perspective … You Like Us! …New Expertise … Time Travel … Congratulations to her for standing among the top faculty in the country. Kimberley Parker Research: Suzanne Campbell, Healing Health Care … Comedy Plus … Briefs … Angelo Staters Again, as you read through this issue remember that our great heritage and our exciting future West Texas Collection Adelina Morales, Athletics...... 26 merge to provide an exceptional experience for all those that we count as members of our President’s Office Family Matters … Spring Previews … Air Attack … Turning Heads … Rambelle Rollercoaster extended ASU family. Alumni Association News: A J Lopez III Alumni Association...... 32 Sincerely, Melinda Springer Living the Dream … Ram Jam … A Legacy of Words … In Memoriam … Class Notes … Donors

© 2010 Angelo State University All Rights Reserved On the cover: In one of the most anticipated and recorded events on campus in years, Angelo State said goodbye to University Hall on Oct. 25 when the obsolete, 10-story building was demolished by implosion. Some 60 different videos of the implosion appeared on YouTube.com after the implosion, according to San Angelo Standard-Times columnist Rick Smith. (Photo by Hiltrud Martin)

Joseph C. Rallo Back Cover: Before its autumn demolition, University Hall stood as one of the twin sentinels on campus. President Known as the Women’s High Rise for most of its 41-year lifespan, the building was home to a generation of ASU coeds between 1968 and 2004 when it was vacated. (Photo by Danny Meyer)

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Beginning this January, Angelo or major universities in Texas, but it’s a new State University is branching out to Boerne thing for ASU.”

ASU@Boerne and initiating a new and promising era for The College of Education got the ball extending the reach of ASU well beyond the rolling for ASU in 2008, partnering with International Concho Valley. Texas Tech, to offer courses at the Hill With a facility made available to ASU Country sites established by TTU in Marble at no cost by the Kendall County Economic Falls and Fredericksburg. Development Corp. (KCEDC), the College “We’ll have a half-time person in by Tom Nurre

Perspective Tennessee-Knoxville of University the of courtesy Photo of Graduate Studies began offering educa- Marble Falls and in Fredericksburg and a tion, nursing and communication programs full-time person in Boerne,” said Dr. John this spring in Boerne. Undergraduate cours- Miazga, dean of the College of Education. The international business program this effect. I saw a clear opportunity to join es may soon follow in the community of “The full-time person in Boerne will be in the College of Business has just opened a a dynamic team of academics in the search some 7,000, less than 35 miles up Interstate the point person for all things ASU at the world of new opportunities for ASU students. for excellence.” 10 from San Antonio. present time.” With the introduction this spring of Dr. ASU students will also benefit from “The Boerne program marks a new Lydia Warden of Boerne filled that Detelin Elenkov as the first holder of the Elenkov’s hands-on industry experience milestone in the history of Angelo State full-time position as off-site coordinator in Norris Family Chair in International Busi- gleaned from his time with Honeywell In- University,” said President Joseph C. Rallo. Boerne and Deborah Matlosz works part ness, ASU business students can now take ternational Inc. as a country manager in his “We are excited about the benefits it will of- time at the Marble Falls site. They are over- classes taught by one of the most well-known native Bulgaria and as a regional manager fer both to Boerne and to ASU.” seeing student recruitment. and widely published figures in the field. in Zurich, Switzerland. Detelin Elenkov While ASU has offered courses at distant Dean of Nursing and Allied Health Dr. “Dr. Elenkov brings a wealth of experi- “I am joining a team of enthusiastic people locations in the past, most recently in Marble Leslie Mayrand said mostly online nursing ence to our international business program,” who have already built the foundation for my International Journal of Business Strategy, Falls and Fredericksburg as part of the Texas classes began in January with professors go- said Dr. Corbett Gaulden, dean of the Col- future work,” Elenkov said. “Hence, I intend International Journal of Effective Manage- Tech University System’s Hill Country Ini- ing to Boerne three times a semester. lege of Business. “Obviously, he will add to to work in close cooperation with them to de- ment, Journal of International Finance tiative, the Boerne arrangement is the first “The populations we are looking at in the vibrancy of our very successful study velop new study abroad, online and executive and Economics and Journal of Leadership where ASU has its own facilities and offers Boerne right now are already RNs who abroad programs, but will also enable us to education programs as well as to enrich the and Organizational Studies. He is also vice courses in multiple disciplines. Visibility in want to earn the bachelor’s or master’s penetrate other markets and develop other university’s international curriculum. I have president of the International Academy of the Hill Country will extend ASU’s name degrees,” she said, “and the program will kinds of relationships with universities all a successful record in all those areas, and I Business and Economics. and reputation throughout the region. expand with demand.” over the world. Overall, his expertise will hope to contribute my expertise to enhance “All of us live in a global economy to- “This gives Angelo State a presence Of the off-campus sites, Graduate Dean add immensely to what we are already do- the quality of education at Angelo State.” day,” Elenkov said. “This means that even there, not only in graduate courses and May said, “This is something that will be- ing in the College of Business.” Additionally, students considering in- people in domestic businesses have to be nursing, but anything else we would want come part of the culture at ASU. It’s not A native of Bulgaria, Elenkov came to ternational business research projects could aware of what is going on overseas or across to take down there in the way of graduate something we are going after just because Angelo State from the University of Ten- not ask for a better mentor. Elenkov has pro- the border with Mexico. Just consider the or undergraduate offerings,” said Dr. Brian it’s part of our mission. We’re going after nessee-Knoxville, where for nine years he duced more than 130 publications, includ- global economic and financial crisis.” May, interim dean of the College of Gradu- this because we think it will help the school was a professor of international manage- ing research papers, professional journal “Also,” he added, “my personal research ate Studies. “It also will help give ASU ex- financially to bring in more student credit ment. ASU is the latest stop in a successful articles and two books, Strategic Manage- published in top international journals has posure in trying to recruit students in that hours and more state funding.” career that has seen him teach international ment of the Firm: An Integrative Approach indicated that possessing intercultural area to get their undergraduate degrees in “Long-term, it is ASU’s plan, as the business, management and leadership at and Total Quality Management: The New awareness and cultural intelligence are San Angelo.” market dictates, to get permanent space that Adelphi University in New York, University Frontier of Modern Management. In 2005, critical factors that explain the difference A significant amount of ASU’s current would include classrooms and additional of Maryland-Princess Anne, University of he had the top-ranked article in the Journal between success and failure in today’s student population comes from the Hill offices, perhaps for full-time faculty,” said Memphis, New York Institute of Technol- of Management’s “The Top 50 Most Fre- interconnected markets.” Country, May said, so it is important that May. “We would coordinate that with the ogy, Sofia University in Bulgaria and the quently Read Articles” and he was ranked Elenkov received his Ph.D. in the university develop a big footprint in Kendall County groups and try to establish a Institute for Strategic Studies in Sofia. as the second-most prolific contributor to management from the Massachusetts that area. presence there, not only for Kendall County, “I had become aware that Angelo State academic research in Central and Eastern Institute of Technology. He and his “Boerne will allow us to start our pres- but Comal County and the surrounding area, has made great progress under the lead- Europe from 1986-2004 by the Journal of wife, Kalina, have a son, Kristian, and a ence there,” he said. “We don’t intend to including the north San Antonio area.” ership of President Joseph Rallo, who is International Business Studies. daughter, Eva-Samantha. stop at Boerne. We are talking to other mu- The implications for ASU are signifi- also a professor of international business,” As a recognized expert, Elenkov is also The Norris Family Chair in Internation- nicipalities in that area. It’s part of the new cant, especially as the university works to Elenkov said. “The recent recognition of the a peer reviewer for about a dozen profes- al Business is ASU’s first endowed chair. It age of universities in looking at satellite increase its enrollment to 10,000 students university in the Princeton Review’s list of sional publications and serves on the edi- was made possible by a $1 million gift from . . Photo by Danny Meyer campuses. It’s not a new thing for regional by 2020, he said. the ‘Best Colleges’ in America testifies to torial boards of nine others, including the the Lloyd Norris family of San Angelo.

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You Like Us! You Really Like Us! Content New Expertise

he Angelo State University Maga- “The credit,” he added, “goes to a tal- some holes in coverage and some needs that Two consultants will be used by Angelo State University zine stacks up well against college ented communications and marketing staff should be factored in to future issues. in the coming months to help shape marketing strategies and to magazines nationally, according to and to all the students, faculty, staff, alumni Based upon the comments from readers apply for the designation of Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI), theT results of a readership survey conducted and friends, who have provided so much in the survey, the two most popular issues which would qualify ASU for new federal grants from the U.S. through the Council for the Advancement support for what we are attempting to do were the fall of 2008 with a cover story on Department of Education. and Support of Education (CASE). with the magazine.” history Professor Arnoldo De León and the Cover The Board of Regents of the Texas Tech University Sys- More than 440 ASU Magazine readers Reader comments overall were positive spring of 2009 with a cover story on the tem (TTUS) in October approved a $180,000 contract with the responded to the CASE survey, which has but not unanimous, ranging from the maga- Nursing Department’s outreach at San Ja- Austin firm Cohn & Wolfe to address marketing issues and a been utilized by some 100 colleges and uni- zine “gives me confidence I am sending cinto School Health Clinic. $25,000 contingency contract with Dowden Associates Inc. of versities nationally, to evaluate their maga- my daughter to a wonderful school” to “it’s “The magazine is about the ASU com- Duvall, Wash., to support ASU’s HSI application to the Depart- zines. As a result of more than 30,000 reader dull. Yawn … institutional drivel.” Some- munity, whether local or extended,” Lewis ment of Education. responses nationally, ASU is able to compare times the responses contradicted each other said, “and we invite suggestions for stories Objectives of the marketing study are to develop strategies to the acceptance of this magazine with those at like “not enough sports” and “overempha- and topics. Our goal is to make the maga- increase ASU’s overall enrollment; to identify measures to take other institutions across the country. sis on sports,” but overall they helped spot zine even better.” . full marketing advantage of ASU’s affiliation with TTUS; to assess Reader perception of quality in ASU the current state of ASU recognition in major and mid-sized cit- Ease of Magazine exceeded the national averages ies across Texas; and to broaden the effectiveness of the Office of Reading in all six survey categories: content, cover, Communications and Marketing in conjunction with the Office of ease of reading, layout and design, photog- Angelo State University Admissions in communicating an effective ASU message. raphy and writing. The study will be organized in three phases. Phase 1 is the mar- The percentages of respondents rating ket research component that will provide qualitative and quantita- their magazine as excellent for ASU as com- tive data based on surveys, focus groups and individual interviews. pared to other institutions nationally were Phase 2 will provide a communications audit, assessing ASU’s as follows: cover, 60.92, 44.61; photogra- printed materials, Web sites and ASU “touch points,” those critical phy, 59.82, 45.08; layout and design, 47.44, contact opportunities between the university and prospective stu- 34.74; ease of reading, 45.16, 36.87; writing Layout and dents. Phase 3 will incorporate the findings of the first two phases 38.66, 29.06; and content, 34.10, 27.08. ASU Magazine Readership Survey Design into a strategic marketing plan addressing stated needs and initia- The percentages of respondents rating Excellent Good Average Poor Very Poor No opinion tives for the university. their magazine as either excellent or good Content 34.10% 47.24% 14.75% 1.15% 0.69% 2.07% Under the contingency contract, Dowden Associates will receive for ASU versus other institutions were: cov- Cover 60.92% 29.43% 7.13% 0.23% 0.46% 1.84% payment only if ASU’s application for HSI status is successful and er, 90.35, 85.86; photography, 90.30, 86.58; Ease of reading 45.16% 42.63% 8.53% 1.15% 0.69% 1.84% the university receives related Education Department grants. ease of reading, 87.79, 84.46; writing, 86.11, Layout and design 47.44% 37.67% 11.16% 0.70% 0.70% 2.33% Universities are eligible to apply for HSI status when their His- 81.27; layout and design, 85.11, 81.91 and Photography 59.82% 30.48% 6.70% 0.69% 0.23% 2.08% panic enrollment equals or exceeds 25 percent, as ASU’s did in the content, 81.34, 80.32. Writing 38.66% 47.45% 10.65% 0.23% 0.46% 2.55% fall of 2009 for the first time. Once an institution is designated HSI, After two years and six issues of ASU Photography it qualifies to receive Title V or “strengthening” grants, which help Magazine, editor Preston Lewis said the universities address critical campus needs for all students. survey provided an opportunity to evaluate Other College and University Magazines For instance, strengthening grant monies could help ASU ad- successes and needs. Excellent Good Average Poor Very Poor No opinion dress retention and graduation rates, benefiting all students. One of “While you never achieve perfection in Content 27.08% 53.24% 15.35% 1.14% 0.29% 2.89% the advantages of HSI status is that while an institution qualifies a magazine because of the many variables Cover 44.61% 41.25% 9.92% 0.78% 0.23% 3.20% based on Hispanic enrollment, the resulting grants are meant to help . involved, the survey results tell us we are on Ease of reading 36.87% 47.59% 11.72% 0.80% 0.23% 2.79% all students, regardless of their ethnicity. the right track in providing a quality product Layout and design 34.74% 47.24% 13.60% 1.14% 0.26% 3.02% that reflects well on Angelo State University Photography 45.08% 41.50% 9.74% 0.65% 0.15% 2.88% and compares favorably with other colleges Writing 29.06% 52.21% 14.70% 0.63% 0.20% 3.20% Writing across the country,” Lewis said.

6 SPRING 2010 Angelo State University Magazine Angelo State University Magazine SPRING 2010 7 news ALONG the MALL Time Healing Health Care Curing what ails the American health American Values that the workable future that problems with the system will take care system will take more than a financial of health care is an integrated service deliv- multiple strategies. Band-Aid, according to two noted health- ery system that takes in communities as a “If we think that President Obama’s Travel care experts who visited Angelo State in whole rather than patients as individuals. health-care reform proposals to give insur- the fall. “The health-care system will be orga- ance coverage to everyone is going to solve While it may have taken two years Dr. Leiyu Shi, professor of health pol- nized as a comprehensive information sys- the health problems in this country, we’re from the groundbreaking in the fall of 2007 icy and health services research at Johns tem where patients can go to any provider crazy,” he said. Photo by Danny Meyer Danny by Photo until the ribbon-cutting for Centennial Vil- Hopkins University in Baltimore, and Dr. in a community and get treatment without Shi is critical of some health-care pro- lage, that number seems minuscule com- Gregory Stevens, assistant professor and as- having to repeat information,” he said, “be- posals, including a governmental single- pared to the 44 years before the time capsule sociate director of research in the Center for cause all health providers in the commu- payer system. He said that when govern- marking the occasion will be re-opened by Community Health Studies at the Universi- nity will be linked by electronic medical ment takes over health care, it regulates fees, a new generation of ASU students. To see a complete list of items in the time capsule, visit Angelo State University Magazine ty of Southern California, agree that Ameri- records. Right now, that is enjoyed by less dictates what is covered or not covered and On the first Wednesday of December, on the Web at www.angelo.edu/ASUMagazine! can health care needs a complete change in than 10 percent of the U.S. population. In takes decision-making away from health- Angelo State formalized the opening of direction for meaningful reform. the future, community health care delivery care providers. Centennial Village by closing up a time Shi, who grew up in Shanghai, China, has will be the goal.” Shi said the pure market system is no capsule for revelation in 2053 on the 125th As an ASU delegation that included Items selected for the time capsule in- studied world health-care systems and has The U.S. health care system’s emphasis better because private insurance tends to anniversary of the opening of the institution President Joseph C. Rallo, Residential Pro- cluded the traditional, such as a 2007-09 published extensively on the subject. Stevens is on treating illness rather than preventing exclude the vulnerable segments of the as a community college. The time capsule grams Director Connie Frazier, Facilities ASU Undergraduate Catalog, an ASU said he knew early on in his education that he it, he said. population who are costly to insure. These contents, representing “A Day in the Life of Planning and Construction Director John parking pass and an aerial view of campus. wanted to help improve the lives of children, Stevens advocates health care-related include the elderly and indigent as well as a Student, 2007-08,” were sealed in a stain- Russell and a variety of students watched, Other items were more modern or timeless, which led him to study health issues related groups sharing records and coordinating low-income families, some racial or ethnic less steel container and then cemented in a a masonry contractor completed the mortar such as an iPod nano or radioactive mate- to vulnerable segments of the population. services, which will stop putting them at groups, the uninsured, the unemployed and limestone monument in front of the Centen- work that covered the time capsule with a rial, provided by the physics students, of Shi told an audience at the 2009 E. odds and forcing them to compete for the immigrants or refugee groups, who are least nial Village Commons. bronze plaque. course. The radioactive material was a per- James Holland University Symposium on same financial resources. He also believes likely to get health-care services. The contents resulted from a contest fect addition to the contents because it will Stevens recounted a health fair in Los sponsored by the Student Government As- reach its half-life in 2053 when the capsule Angeles that attracted 8,000 people who sociation and the ASU President’s Office sees the light of day again. waited overnight to get health-care services in the spring of 2008 in anticipation of the Time capsules can be a tricky business, they couldn’t afford otherwise. opening of Centennial Village that fall. according to West Texas Collection Head “That brought attention to the hidden While the rooms did open on schedule, con- Suzanne Campbell, who said they are often needs of the vulnerable population,” he said. struction on the $28.6 million, 526-bed resi- either forgotten or handled improperly. Due Both experts agreed that Americans are dence hall did not end until early 2009. to seepage in underground time capsules, not getting good value for their health-care The contest was coordinated by the contents are often a soup when they are money and that the nation’s health-care ex- the West Texas Collection with the re-opened. That was why she insisted that penditures are the most in the world. winning student organizations this time capsule not be buried, but rather “The U.S. spent more than $6,500 per determined by a vote of the stu- entombed in a stone monument. person per year on health care in 2005,” Shi dent body. The winning orga- Time capsules provide a window into a said. “The next highest was Switzerland nizations with prize money time and place, especially when the contents with $4,000. That year, the U.S. had 6.8 were: first, Epsilon Sigma are well preserved, Campbell said. infant deaths per 1,000 people which is the Alpha, $500; second, So- “What students 44 years in the future middle of the pack for industrialized coun- ciety of Physics Students, find in 2053 when they open the time cap- tries. Iceland and Japan had 2.4 per 1,000.”

$200; third, Student sule may be as quaint to them as transistor Meyer Danny by Photo “We have to implement some healthy- Government Association, radios and 45 rpm records are to today’s people initiatives at the community level, $100; and fourth, Panhel- students,” said Campbell, “but that’s the fun not at the federal level,” Shi said. “Change lenic Council, $75. of time capsules.” . Gregory Stevens and Leiyu Shi has to come from the grass roots.” .

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By the Numbers ter accommodate the needs of other countries with the top said. “They are so expensive Smiles abounded on cam- our current students.” five being Mexico, 12; Ger- that, for us to get them, we pus in September when 20th Kent Hance, chancellor of many, 10; Netherlands, 6; Ni- would probably have to get class day enrollment figures the Texas Tech University Sys- geria, 5; and France, 4. an external grant. Students showed the largest class of tem, said “My goal for ASU will now get to use equipment graduate students ever and is 10,000 students by 2020. I Air ‘Rad’ Alert that we otherwise would not the second highest overall en- am confident we will achieve With the installation of a new have and that could be a foot rollment in the history of An- that goal.” RadNet station at the Facili- in the door when they go to gelo State University. Comparisons by classifi- ties Management compound look for jobs.” On the official reporting cation for the fall 2009 and on the east side of campus, date for universities state- 2008 enrollments with the Angelo State is now part of Making Physics Simple wide, ASU listed 528 gradu- percentage change were: a nationwide network that The national Society of Phys-

Photo by Danny Meyer Danny by Photo ate students and an over- freshman, 2,105, 2,111, -0.38 monitors environmental ra- ics Students (SPS) named all 2009 fall enrollment of percent; sophomore, 1,265, diation and overall air quality Angelo State University’s SPS Comedy 6,387. Graduate enrollment 1,140, 10.88 percent; junior, for the Environmental Protec- chapter one of only five in Harlan Cohen topped 500 for the first time 973, 991, -1.82 percent; se- tion Agency. the nation to receive a 2009 Plus a Message ever and the total enroll- nior, 1,392, 1,292, 7.74 per- Operated by the Physics Blake Lilly Prize for outstand- ment was 3.7 percent over cent; unclassified, 124, 128, Department, the ASU RadNet ing physics outreach. Convincing college students to ing into the room and finding a roommate the 6,155 enrolled for fall of -3.13 percent; and graduate, station houses air sampling The ASU group was hon- listen to some hard facts about living away lounging on the couch in the buff, an expe- 2008. ASU’s record enroll- 528, 493, 6.9 percent; total, units that communicate in ored for its annual “West from home for the first time takes some rience which Cohen highlighted in song. ment was set two decades 6,387, 6,155, 3.7 percent. real time with the EPA lab in Texas Road Trip” program sugar with the medicine. Social networking was also a hot ago when 6,408 took classes Additionally, the semester Montgomery, Ala. Addition- presented by its SPS Peer Harlan Cohen, the best-selling author topic, and whether lonely students should in the fall of 1989. The en- credit hours were up 2.75 per- ally, filters from the station Pressure Team. Every spring, of The Naked Roommate, dispensed rem- “friend” their parents and, if they do, rollment increase stopped a cent, totaling 79,453 for this are removed twice a week, team members design, con- edies with comedy in September as he whether parents should participate in their trend of declining enrollment fall, compared to 77,302 for sealed and sent to the EPA struct and present a variety tried to help Angelo State residence hall children’s discussions. that began in 2006. last fall. lab in Alabama, where techni- of flamboyant physics dem- dwellers adapt to life on their own and to “It’s like when you go to the mall,” he Hispanic enrollment for cians measure the particulate onstrations to elementary roommates, who may see the world and said. “If you go with your parents, you don’t the fall stood at 25.08 per- From Everywhere matter trapped in the filters to and middle school students even hygiene differently. want them hanging out with you. It’s okay cent, marking the first time Fall enrollment figures con- monitor local air quality. in school districts throughout A musician, syndicated advice colum- if they watch from across the way, but they it has exceeded a quarter of firmed once again that Angelo The ASU station is one of West Central Texas with the nist and motivational speaker, Cohen made shouldn’t hang out with you.” overall enrollment and quali- State maintains a broad appeal 16 in a region that includes goal of getting kids interested his points by singing about naked room- Besides infusing his routine with his own fying ASU to apply to the fed- from throughout Texas, the Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, in science. mates, telling scatological tales about his experiences, Cohen borrowed stories from eral government for Hispanic nation and even the world. Louisiana and New Mexico This is the second time own college experience and prodding audi- students who have sought advice through Serving Institution (HSI) sta- Students represented 220 and one of only three on a that program has been hon- ence members to share their stories of ir- his column and spoke of challenges such as tus, which when granted al- of the 254 counties in Texas. college campus. ored with a Lilly Prize, hav- ritating or smelly roommates. Though the getting dumped by girlfriends, meeting new lows universities to seek addi- The top five counties after Physics Department Head ing won its first one in 2007. delivery was funny, the topics were serious people, joining groups in college to fit in or tional grant support from the Tom Green with 2,297 stu- Andy Wallace is delighted to Since 2006, the Peer Pressure as Cohen addressed the numerous pressures dealing with physical imperfections. Department of Education. dents were Bexar, 186; Wil- have the station on campus Team has made presentations many students face from their peers to have “You may have noticed I have big ears,” ASU President Joseph C. liamson, 139; Tarrant, 131; because the state-of-the-art to nearly 5,000 elementary sex, use drugs or drink too much. he said, pointing to his protruding lobes. Rallo affirmed his satisfaction Travis, 130; and Dallas, 109. monitoring and measuring and middle school students, “When your friends want you to go out “I thought about getting them worked on with the enrollment numbers. Thirty-nine states were equipment can be used by teachers and parents. drinking or using drugs,” he said, “it’s okay to look better, but they are part of me, so I “While one year does not represented at ASU last fall. ASU physics, Earth science The Blake Lilly Prize has not to do that. When you feel pressure to kept them.” make a trend,” said Rallo, “we Besides Texas, the top states in and chemistry students for been awarded since 2003 in have sex, you don’t have to do that, either.” While Cohen kept the audience laugh- are pleased with the enroll- enrollment were New Mexico, undergraduate and gradu- recognition of SPS chapters Much of the program, sponsored by the ing, he also left a serious message that while ment totals and believe they re- 35; California, 11; Oklahoma, ate research. and individuals who make a Office of Residential Programs, was based college may have its unique challenges, it flect various initiatives we have 8; Florida, 7; and Arkansas “There are beta and genuine effort to positively in- on Cohen’s personal experiences and The is largely like life beyond graduation. No taken over the last two years and Arizona, each with 5. gamma spectrometers that fluence the attitudes of school Naked Roommate, a college student’s guide matter the trials, all are handled better with to broaden our appeal to pro- International enrollment are such high quality, we just children and the general pub- to dealing with the unexpected, like walk- a dose of humor. . spective students and to bet- totaled 62 students from 20 don’t have them,” Wallace lic about physics.

10 SPRING 2010 Angelo State University Magazine Angelo State University Magazine SPRING 2010 11 briefs – continued from previous page angelostaters Nursing Grants PEOPLE WHO MAKE ASU GREAT The Department of Nursing has received two major grants, one to expand health care delivery at San Jacinto School Health Clinic and Family Wellness Center and a second to Doug Fox fessional development, curric- one member representing in- peutics to Eliminate HIV.” His May but was unable to attend Box has been with the help address the state’s projected nurse shortage. Doug Fox, ASU’s associate ulum design and leadership/ dependent institutions and objective is to develop Trojan MathFest because he returned ASU Carr Foundation since Texas Department of State Health Services funds of vice president of information mentoring, Simpson joined two members selected at- Horse Inhibitors to eliminate home to Mauritius. Zarnows- 1982 and has an extensive $125,000 were provided to add mental health services technology and chief informa- the ASU faculty in 2008 and large. Among the Council’s the human immunodeficiency ki, their faculty adviser, said background in ranching and and programs to the San Jacinto Clinic and to hire mental tion officer, received the 2009 was praised in his nomination primary functions is to develop virus that causes AIDS. the project may have applica- real estate. Her office man- health professionals to administer them. The grant is a President’s Excellence Award letter for his “qualities of lead- and consider legislative recom- tions in medical imaging and ages the mineral and royalty sub-award to ASU through the San Angelo Independent in Information Technology ership and service.” mendations from the Division Henry Schreiner III computer graphics. interests owned by the Carr School District. from the Texas Association of Simpson is the coordina- II committee structure. Henry Schreiner III, a senior Foundation in 16 West Texas In addition to offering the new services to the public, State Systems for Computing tor of graduate studies in Brasfield began her ASU physics major and math mi- Joe Satterfield counties. The interests were the clinic will provide ASU students the opportunity to and Communication. the Kinesiology Department. career in 1978 and in 1982 nor, garnered national recog- Dr. Joe Satterfield, associate bequeathed by the late Rob- train in mental health services. Located on the campus of The President’s Award rec- He was previously honored assumed the role of women’s nition for his research presen- professor of geology, present- ert G. and Nona K. Carr to San Jacinto Elementary School, the ASU-operated clinic ognizes individual leadership by the National Intramural- athletics director. In 2004, she tation at MathFest 2009 last ed a paper in October at the form the foundation for the has been offering health care to the San Angelo commu- and excellence in information Recreation Sports Association was appointed director over summer in Portland, Ore. 2009 Annual Meeting of the use by and benefit of ASU. nity since 1994. technology by an individual for lifetime achievement in both men’s and women’s ath- Schreiner’s presentation, Geology Society of America The Nursing Department also received $90,000 from who works for a state agency recreation with the Regional letics. As athletics director, she “Edge Effects in the Use of (GSA) in Portland, Ore. Bonnie Amos the Texas Legislature to aid ASU’s efforts to increase en- or institution of higher edu- Award of Merit in 2008. has seen the ASU programs Wavelets for Partial Image Re- Satterfield covered his re- Dr. Bonnie Amos, professor rollment of first-year nursing students. The money was cation. His nomination letter grow to 12 intercollegiate construction,” earned the So- search projec t “Dagger M oun - of biology and curator of awarded through the Professional Nursing Shortage Re- stated that Fox “understands Rick Lasly sports, the most recent addi- ciety of Industrial and Applied tain, Big Bend National Park, the herbarium in the ASU duction Program–Over 70 Program, which distributes the key role of IT in higher Financial aid counselor Rick tions being baseball in 2005 Mathematics Award for “out- West Texas, Does Not Overlie Natural History Collections, awards in varying amounts to Texas nursing programs that education and recognizes that Lasly was awarded the Star and women’s golf in 2009. standing student exposition a Laccolith.” He was joined has been named the recipi- posted graduation rates of more than 70 percent in 2008. the successful IT operations Adviser Award by the Texas She has been active in and research in applied math- on the project by ASU gradu- ent of the 2009 Texas Plant The amount of money given to each school is based on are a combination of both the Association of Financial Aid both the NCAA and LSC ematics.” More than 125 ate Jonathan Dyess, senior Conservation Award by the the number of additional students it would take to reach technical and the personal. In Administrators at the organi- while at ASU. During her students from 73 universities physics major Henry Schreiner Lady Bird Johnson Wildflow- the legislature’s goal of a 12 percent enrollment increase in a field where the human ele- zation’s 2009 Fall Conference coaching tenure, she served made presentations at Math- III and former physics faculty er Center at the University of first-year registered nurse programs. ment, often in the end-users, in Arlington. multiple stints on the NCAA Fest, the annual meeting of Christian Poppeliers. This Texas at Austin. ASU enrolled 78 new nursing students in 2007-08. is many times undervalued, Lasly is the first ASU coun- D-II Volleyball Regional Ad- the Mathematics Association was the second straight year The award is presented for Based on that number, the Nursing Department has to enroll Doug strives to ensure that IT selor to receive the award, visory Committee and spent of America and Pi Mu Epsi- that Satterfield was invited to outstanding contributions in 87 new students this year to meet the 12 percent increase professionals keep the individ- which is given to just one fi- four seasons on the NCAA lon, the national mathematics present his research. Texas plant conservation. In requirement. Since the needed increase was nine students, uality in the IT equation.” nancial aid counselor/adviser D-II Volleyball National Advi- honor society. the LBJ Center’s notification ASU was awarded $90,000 to pay for the faculty and equip- Fox has worked at ASU in the state each year. Lasly sory Committee. “This is a significant rec- Wana Dee Box letter to Amos, Flo Oxley, di- ment to teach them. Since ASU already exceeded its goal by since 1996 and has overseen has worked in the Financial ognition and a first for ASU,” Wana Dee Box, director of rector of education and con- enrolling 98 new students last fall, the Nursing Department the growth of ASU’s office Aid Office since 1998 and has John Osterhout said Dr. Roger Zarnowski, operations for the Carr Foun- servation, said “Your peers may also be in line for additional money this spring. of Information Technology been a financial aid counselor Dr. John Osterhout, head of ASU professor of mathemat- dation, has been appointed overwhelmingly supported from 15 employees to 45, not since 2007. the Department of Chemistry ics. “While we’ve had stu- to the Sunset Task Force of your nomination, citing your Chemistry Reaction including some 70 student and Biochemistry, has received dents present their work at the Texas Independent Pro- excellence in the classroom, ASU’s student affiliates chapter of the American Chemical workers. During that time, Kathleen Brasfield a two-year, $312,151 grant this conference before, this is ducers and Royalty Owners outstanding reputation for Society (ACS) has received a Commendable Award from Fox has become a statewide Athletics Director Kathleen from the National Institutes of the first time one of them has Association. sound scientific research, pas- the national ACS for chapter activities during the 2008-09 leader in the implementation Brasfield has been named Health to conduct research on received such a prestigious By mandate of the Texas sion and commitment to plant academic year. of major computing/informa- chair of the NCAA Division a potential cure for AIDS. award. I know there were Legislature, the task force will conservation, and mentoring This is the fourth consecutive year for the ASU chapter tion technology projects. II Management Council, ef- Awarded under the Amer- people at MathFest who had conduct an extensive review of students as attributes that to receive the “Commendable” designation. The chapter fective after the 2010 NCAA ican Recovery and Reinvest- never heard of Angelo State, of various state environmen- make you the obvious choice was recognized for its participation in chemistry outreach Warren Simpson Convention in January. ment Act of 2009, the grant is but who now have a very pos- tal agencies and their func- for this award.” activities, attendance at national meetings, and fundraising Dr. Warren Simpson, associ- The Management Council, designated R21 for explorato- itive sense of the talent of our tions. The agencies include As curator of the her- and social events. ate professor of kinesiology, which reports directly to the ry/developmental research on students and the strength of the Texas Railroad Commis- barium, Amos oversees more Of the more than 360 ACS chapter reports submitted has been named the 2009 Presidents Council, is the divi- a high risk/high reward proj- our programs.” sion, Texas Commission on than 60,000 plant specimens to the society’s Committee on Education, only 103 received Recreation Educator of the sion’s primary policy-making ect. It is the first R21 grant Schreiner partnered on Environmental Quality, Texas from Texas, the U.S. and the a commendable or higher award. The award-winning Year by the Texas Recreation governance body composed ever awarded to ASU. the year-long research project Public Utilities Commission world. She also built and chapters will be honored at the ACS National Meeting this and Park Society. of representatives from each Osterhout’s project is ti- with ASU math major Massoo- and the Texas Water Develop- maintains an electronic data- of D-II’s 22 conferences, plus tled, “Development of Thera- ma Pirbhai, who graduated in ment Board, among others. base for the herbarium. . March in San Francisco. . Noted for his student pro-

12 SPRING 2010 Angelo State University Magazine Angelo State University Magazine SPRING 2010 13 It went down as the most spectacular 18 seconds in the history of Angelo State University. The implosion of University Hall, known for decades as the Women’s High Rise, reduced a 10-story campus landmark to a four-story pile of rubble, changed the San Angelo skyline forever and left an es- timated 6,000 early morning spectators in awe of the power of gravity, especially when aided by 140 pounds of strategically placed dynamite. “I was a little surprised,” said ASU Police Chief James Adams, “to see two long months of planning go down in a few seconds.” Beyond surprise, relief stood out as the by Preston Lewis most common emotion among Adams, John Russell, Doug Fox and Jim Redyke, each of whom played a key role in ensuring the overall success of the project. As ASU’s director of facilities planning and construction, John Russell had invested hundreds of hours of his work life in the de- molition of the building, ever since it was closed in 2004 because of obsolescence. Three separate consultant studies, includ- ing one funded privately, had confirmed it would cost more to renovate the building in line with current code and Americans with Disabilities Act standards than to demolish it. Even so, demolition came with a hefty $1.95 million price tag. Though his formal title is associate vice president and chief information officer for ASU, Doug Fox can best be described as the head of the university’s information technology operation. Simply put, he is ul- timately responsible for keeping the univer- sity’s computer servers and services operat- ing. His offices and the ASU Data Center were housed in the Rassman Building, just over 100 feet from University Hall, which topped out at more than 120 feet tall. Fox addressed multiple worries from the

Photo by Preston Lewis Preston by Photo possible – such as a loss of electricity, a bro- ken water pipe flooding the data center or a break in fiber optic lines – to the highly im- probable, such as an “oops” scenario where

14 SPRING 2010 Angelo State University Magazine Angelo State University Magazine SPRING 2010 15 the building toppled the wrong direction. privacy and are not interested in sharing a “The building was really overbuilt in my His team put together a 20-page action and bedroom. University Hall did not lend it- opinion, but it was institutional construc- contingency plan for the implosion. self to meeting the electrical outlet needs of tion,” Russell said. “That’s probably why it “We turned out to be ‘nervous nellies,’” today’s students, much less their desire for held up so well.” Fox said. “We probably over prepared, but we more personal space. Explosives expert Redyke said, “I’m were ready in case something happened.” Those issues, however, were nothing working on a 32-story building right now As police chief, Adams was responsible compared to University Hall’s plumbing. that doesn’t have that big of rebar. What it for evacuating parking lots, cordoning off “The sewer lines and the water lines means is the building will move slower, fail the area and ensuring the overall safety of were shot in the building,” Russell said. slower and the pile (of rubble) is going to be the campus while at the same time pro- “We got to the point that we were afraid we taller because it is not going to break up like viding spectator opportunities for all who were going to have the world’s biggest water a building built with standard rebar for its wanted to witness the event. fountain, if the plumbing didn’t hold.” story height.” Doug Fox Of the dozens of campus staff and con- The copper water lines had neared the By the morning of the implosion, the tractor employees to work on the building, end of their functional life and the cast iron high rise was a shell of its former self. The the last to arrive on campus was Jim Redyke, sewer lines had long ago deteriorated, in dismantling had begun in June. It took three

president of Dykon Explosive Demolition large part because of the acid that was com- weeks just to remove the mattresses, beds, Jim Redyke Corp. of Tulsa and a subcontractor on the monly used decades ago to unclog them. desks, chairs, furnishings and other materi- project. A soft-spoken man with the look of Sure the acid removed the blockages, but it als that had been stored in the building. Once your favorite uncle, Redyke has imploded also ate into the pipe. the floors were clear, ARC Abatement per- cleared next because that’s where the ex- maximize the battery power and either shut hundreds of structures around the world, After five years of discussion and plan- sonnel began removing asbestos in the base- plosives would be set. Lindamood workers the system down or maintain the essential ranging from the old Hyatt at D/FW Inter- ning for the demolition, Russell was relieved ment while Lindamood workers removed bored three drill holes into each column to functions for 20-25 minutes until power national Airport to the world’s tallest smoke- when the contractor, ARC Abatement of the interior walls on the 10th floor. After that, hold the explosives that would help topple could be restored. stack, a 905-foot structure in South Africa. Garland, fenced the dorm off and began ARC workers would follow with abatement the building toward the southeast. “What you don’t want with a computer, Photos by Danny Meyer Danny by Photos “Economic obsolescence keeps me in work in June. ARC handled the asbestos on each floor cleared by Lindamood. While this work was going on, a blast whether it is a PC or a server generally, is a business,” said Redyke, who is regularly while subcontractor Lindamood Construc- Once the process was started, the base- zone was identified for closure the day of hard stop or loss of power,” Fox said, “be- seen on The Detonators, a Discovery Chan- tion of Irving handled the demolition and ment, first, second and sixth floors were the implosion. No one would be allowed cause data is lost. What we didn’t want was John Russell nel series on demolition professionals. removal work. Lindamood subcontracted inside the blast zone, which extended from an uncontrolled power outage.” Opened in 1968 at a cost of $4 mil- with Jim Redyke and Dykon to handle the Exposed No. 24 rebar after test blast the Super Slab on the West to Van Buren To monitor the vibration, the IT team lion or $39.01 per square foot for the implosion work. Street on the east and included the Food hung a weighted string adjacent to the 103,883-square-foot building, University Everyone was in for some surprises Service Center and Rassman, home to the servers and focused a camera on it so they Hall came from a different era. When it once work began. Though Russell knew ASU Data Center. could monitor the servers from the adjacent opened, the minimum wage was $1.60, a about the plumbing problems, the fireproof- For Doug Fox and his Information Math-Computer Science Building. When first-class stamp cost six cents and a half ing and structural steel surprised him. As- Technology staff, the major worries became University Hall fell, the string twitched for gallon of homogenized milk went for 49 bestos kept appearing in unexpected places a loss of power and the intensity of the seis- an instant, but moved no more. And, the cents. The Green Bay Packers won Super such as the back of the pre-cast 8x11-foot mic vibrations the collapse would cause power stayed on without a glitch. Bowl II. The top television shows were panels that gave the structure its distinc- in the Data Center. While a diesel electric By 10 a.m. Fox and the dozen IT staff Gomer Pyle, Bonanza, Gunsmoke, Family tive north and south facades. With only an generator outside the east wall of Rass- who had come to work by 5 a.m. had the Affair and Laugh-In while a newsmagazine inch between the back of the façade and man normally provides backup power, the Data Center and the servers back in full op- show named 60 Minutes debuted on CBS. the building structure, abatement personnel equipment would be sheathed in plywood to eration, which was good because the ASU For the first time in history, color TV sets were required to use a chemical solution to protect it from debris and disconnected so home page received a record number of hits outsold black-and-white models. Counter- loosen the asbestos coating and then employ it would not start up and suck dust inside, for a Sunday to watch implosion videos shot ing the trend, the Ram Page reported the steel brushes to scour the surface like you damaging the machine. by communications and marketing staff university planned to put a black-and-white would a kitchen pan. “If we lose commercial power, we have Leonor Constancio from the roof of nearby set on each floor of the new dorm while “a This delayed the planned implosion a series of batteries that are designed to give Concho Hall and Jayna Phinney from the color television set and a piano will grace from Sept. 20 to Oct. 25 and cost an addi- us a few minutes of coverage until the gen- observation stand at the soccer field. the formal lounge area.” The Ram Page tional $250,000. erator comes on,” Fox said. “Our concern On a typical Sunday the homepage gets also noted that the dorm would be wired for The size of the rebar, or reinforcing was how we could maintain vital services approximately 3,250 hits. On implosion private phones in the rooms. bar, came as the second surprise. Rebar is a – networking, e-mail access, Web sites – if Sunday the Web recorded 5,297 views, a 63 Today most students come to campus ridged or ribbed steel rod that provides the we did lose power for a while.” percent increase, and viewers lingered 2½ with cell phones. Many arrive with com- skeleton around which concrete is poured Fox along with Brian Braden, the ex- minutes rather than the typical 1½ minutes. puters or video games plus hair dryers, and reinforced. The high rise used No. ecutive director of information technology, Police Chief Adams that morning was

microwaves and other appliances that their 24 rebar, which is two inches in diameter. Meyer Danny by Photos and Kent Corder, assistant director of infra- concerned about the spectators who came predecessors of the 1960s could only have With six lengths of No. 24 rebar in each structure services, decided to bring down out to see the event in person. His responsi- dreamed about. Too, the 21st century stu- of the building’s 24 concrete columns, the all the secondary services, starting early bilities, outlined in an 11-page action plan, dents come with greater expectations of structure was built to last. the morning of the implosion, so they could were to empty parking lots, block off the

16 SPRING 2010 Angelo State University Magazine Angelo State University Magazine SPRING 2010 17 campus to traffic After a test explosion in the building starting at 3 a.m. basement that Friday morning, he met with that Sunday, make more than 20 university officials and con- sure the blast tractor representatives to go over the details. zone was clear of “The $64,000 question,” Redyke said, people and keep “is what will the wind direction be Sunday everyone a safe morning. The reason is you want to plan to As New finished his distance away. push the button so you are downwind. You His 14 University James Adams don’t want to subject dignitaries to the dust remarks, Jim Redyke Police Depart- unless you absolutely have to. I understand ment employees received help from a dozen you are going to have coffee and donuts (at found a place of solitude city police, four Tom Green County sher- the Junell Center) and more than once I have iff’s deputies, eight REACT volunteers and dusted the donuts. I don’t like to do that.” among the hundreds 41 Air Force ROTC cadets. The biggest dignitary of all on implosion “On the morning of the implosion,” Ad- Sunday would be Alvin New, Class of ’84. surrounding the Junell ams said, “there was no confusion and the In August at the ASU Athletic Foundation security plan went exactly as anticipated.” Blue and Gold Banquet and Auction, New Center. He sat on a From his mobile command post in front had bought for $10,500 the right to push the of the Junell Center, Adams made the final button that would bring the building down.

limestone planter wall radio checks to ensure that all was clear be- On Friday and Saturday, Redyke and his Meyer Danny by Photo Photo by Tina Doyle Tina by Photo fore the buttons could be pushed to bring crew loaded the explosives, set the detonators and lowered his head for the building down. and strung the primer cord. The Lindamood “In my 20 years as a police officer, I’ve crew then wrapped the columns with a geo- Alvin New a moment of reflection. pretty much seen about everything, except textile fabric to reduce flying debris. an implosion of a high rise building,” Adams “We’ll basically be slicing it like a said. “Even though we had a good, working knife at a 45-degree angle, starting at “I like the challenges of doing it and that ing them between University Hall and the By 8:15 a.m. Alvin New stood at the action plan and had been extensively briefed the southeast corner, echeloning it back I do something unique, that not very many two nearest buildings, Rassman and the podium, addressing the crowd. “To be by Dykon, there were some ‘pre-game’ jit- north,” Redyke said. “When we say fire, people in the world get to do,” Redyke said. Food Service Center. Others checked the benefited in life as we have, Patricia and I ters. I really didn’t have a sigh of relief until there’ll be 6.5 seconds between the first “It’s a business that’s kept me in tune spiri- adjacent trees, which had been sheathed now look at the opportunity to give back to I visually saw the building fall in the exact and last explosions. You are going to hear tually because this business is not a zero with skirts of 2x4’s to protect them from San Angelo as a great blessing,” New said. direction planned and the dust had settled. kaboom-kaboom-kaboom-kaboom-ka- risk business. We have some good ones and flying debris. “It’s a great honor and pleasure to be here There is no greater satisfaction than to have boom and nothing’s going to happen for a occasionally you have some that go not like The morning of the implosion, the 20x38- today and have this opportunity.” a major event with thousands of people and few seconds. Then the building will begin you like them. So, it’s a business that keeps foot flag flying atop the 110-foot flagpole in As New finished his remarks, Jim then watch them enjoy themselves and leave to collapse toward the southeast, feather- me in front of the Lord and so I can trust front of the Junell Center waved north in the Redyke found a place of solitude among the the event safely.” ing itself as it comes down so the building Him in all of this.” gentle breeze. Jim Redyke would not dust the hundreds surrounding the Junell Center. He Jim Redyke was the man responsible for is not hitting the ground all at once in one On their last trip out of the building the donuts after all on implosion Sunday. sat on a limestone planter wall and lowered making the building fall to the southeast as monumental event.” afternoon before the implosion, Redyke With thousands of spectators ringing his head for a moment of reflection. planned. Just three days before the implo- Less than 24 hours before the implo- and his crew scattered flour over all the the campus, a brief program began at 8 a.m. New moved from the podium to a plat- sion, he and his two-member Dykon team sion, Redyke took a university adminis- entrances to the shell of the structure. As on the terrace of the Junell Center. Among form where two yellow wires were tied. He arrived on campus from Tulsa in his red Ford trator and photographer to the basement long as there were no footprints the next many things, said ASU President Joseph C. was accompanied by representatives of stu- crew cab truck with utility bed. The little red of the building to show the results of the morning, they could proceed with the ex- Rallo, “universities are also repositories of dent organizations that had shown the most trailer he towed behind the truck was the test blasts and explain how the structure plosion. Other workers started pulling in memories.” He cited some memorable mo- magazine which held the dynamite. would collapse. heavy-duty construction trailers and plac- ments in the history of University Hall. – continued on page 39

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18 SPRING 2010 Angelo State University Magazine Angelo State University Magazine SPRING 2010 19 were constantly walking. Not many of the “We laugh about it now,” Terrell said, or three years older than I was, it was scary,” girls had their own cars then, either.” “but we were ‘campused’ for things like she said. “I helped freshmen who were lone- The kinks inherent in the new building not emptying our trash. I remember my some and girls who were having a hard time also impacted its first residents. freshman year, we decided to have a slum- with their boyfriends. Those things touched “The elevators broke down the day we ber party and dragged a mattress from one me and, partly because of them, I’m now a moved in,” Templeton said. “I was assigned room to another in Carr Hall and we got in social worker.” by Roy Ivey to the fifth floor and had to carry everything big trouble for that.” Kay Matlock Templeton, now a nurse in up the stairs. My dad asked, ‘Why did you Terrell and Walraven both came away Houston, remembers the community atmo- bring all this stuff?’” from living in the high rise the better for it. sphere in the high rise. The residents were also faced with “I was involved in the High Rise As- “We had a kitchen downstairs,” she tough regulations imposed upon single, sociation and was lucky enough to be the said. “We would bring food from home young women in the late-1960s. They had president,” Terrell said. “We had all kinds and bake potatoes in the big oven. It wasn’t from the to sign out of the dorm if they were going of competitions, like decorating our doors good when someone would come along and out for the evening and sign back in when for Christmas. It drew us together and ‘borrow’ them.” they returned. we had more opportunities for Each floor’s lobby had a television and “You had to say if you were going to friendships. We were so lounge chairs where students gathered. Martha Dehnel Joyce and Martha Henderson Chitsey a movie or something and say who you proud to be the first “That’s where you would meet every- were going with,” Templeton said. “If you group to live in that body,” Templeton said. “You had to stay Photo by Danny Meyer missed the curfew, you had to go back to building. To us, that dressed up, too, because the elevator doors the supervisor’s room, knock on her door was the highlight of were right there. They would open and and she had to let you in, which was not a our college years.” sometimes workmen would step out.” he demolition of University Hall in “The high rise had air conditioning and I “The contractor had to pay a tremendous good thing.” Walraven served Most of the women look back on their late October sparked memories of had grown up without it in Eden,” said Deb- amount because it wasn’t ready,” Joyce said. Coming back late or other infractions as a resident assistant, time in the high rise with fondness and miss a bygone era in Angelo State Uni- bie Helmers Allen, a San Angelo teacher “I moved to ASU from McCamey, and for could result in a high rise resident being which was a daunt- it now that it’s gone, especially those who versityT history, when female students faced who graduated in 1972. “I also thought the me, it was the neatest place to live. There are “campused,” said Cindy McBride Perry of ing task for someone still live in San Angelo. curfews, understood what it meant to be rooms were nice. I thought it was a wonder- a lot of dorms, even now, that aren’t as good. Alpine, who was a senior in 1968. “If they so young. “It saddens me,” Allen said. “I’ve gotten cool for the first time and dealt with isola- ful place.” I was shocked when I heard they were going smelled alcohol on you, you were ‘cam- “Considering I was so used to it being in the skyline. I had a lot tion on campus. Mary Pirtle Walraven, a Bryan Inde- to get rid of it.” pused,’ and privileges were taken away. You a sophomore and 19 of good times there.” . When it was constructed, the building pendent School District special programs Joyce said one of her favorite things could only go to the library or classes.” years old, and some of was a radical change for then-Angelo State supervisor, also experienced central air con- about the high rise was the camaraderie and Other hijinks could also land residents the students were two College which maintained four small, two- ditioning for the first time when she moved getting to know new people. in hot water. Terrell recalled a couple in- story dormitories. By contrast, the Women’s into the Women’s High Rise in 1970. “I was majoring in home economics stances when what seems like minor in- High Rise, as it was called when it opened “We all thought the high rise was so and had to transfer to Sam Houston State to fractions now loomed larger then. in 1968, could house 490 students and was wonderful,” she said. “The beds, closets finish,” she said. “Sam Houston was a suit- the first campus residential or academic fa- and desks were all built in and it was a suite case school and everyone went home on the cility east of Johnson Street. concept. I spent a night in a dorm in Ste- weekends. I was 400 miles from home and What was a cutting-edge facility that phenville, and the high rise was a palace in couldn’t do that, so I don’t feel like I made changed on-campus residency in 1968 had comparison.” good friends there like I did at ASU.” by 2004 become a maintenance headache Martha Henderson Chitsey, a 1974 ele- However, some students considered the that could not be economically renovated to mentary education graduate from Colorado residence hall remote from the rest of the meet the needs of contemporary students. City, found the high rise to be resort-like, campus when it was new. Built with the While the building may be gone, the mem- but cramped. future in mind, the Women’s High Rise oires of its early residents survive. “It was brand new,” Chitsey said, “and and, later, the Food Service Center and the “It was a thrill of being one of the first the top floors weren’t even finished when we Men’s High Rise, were the only ASU build- to move into that new, modern and tall, tall moved in. I thought, even back then, that we ings on the east side of Johnson Street in the building,” said Empress McFarland Terrell, didn’t have a lot of space. There were two in late 1960s. a 1970 journalism and English graduate a room and a bath between two rooms, so “All of that area between Johnson Street who now lives in Lubbock. “That was such we had suitemates. We also got phones in and the high rise was cold, windy and open,” an exciting time. I lived in a dorm all four the room, and I think that was the first dorm Allen said. years and it was such an improvement for on campus to get them.” Kathy Service Brasher of San Angelo the girls who got to live in the high rise.” Martha Dehnel Joyce, who moved in also recalled the remoteness of the high rise. For one thing, many ASU students had when the high rise first opened, recalled “They didn’t have the cafeteria open never previously lived with refrigerated air that it was the nicest dorm on campus, but the first year,” she said. “We had to walk to conditioning and others had never experi- still needed work when the fall 1968 se- the student center to eat. The high rise was enced air conditioning at all. mester began. stuck out in the middle of nowhere and you

20 SPRING 2010 Angelo State University Magazine Angelo State University Magazine SPRING 2010 21 trifecta of local, state and national awards. “The selection of Professor Moreland by the Carnegie Foundation for this na- tional honor,” said ASU President Joseph C. Rallo, “is an affirmation of the caliber of instructor which has made Angelo State University such an exceptional institution over the past decades.” The Long Island native, who grew up dreaming of being a teacher, took a cir- cuitous route to achieve that dream. After earning her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in mathematics from Clarkson College of Technology, Moreland spent the first phase

of her adult life traveling with her mili- Meyer Danny by Photos tary husband, Patrick. Along the way, she worked as an actuary and in a law office, then finally got a taste of teaching when Patrick was stationed in Germany, where she worked for branches of the University of Maryland and Boston University at vari- ous U.S. military bases. niors in the secondary teacher certification In addition to tangible awards, that dedi- “It was for Army soldiers and they are program. She was hand-picked by Bailey to cation to her students also scores Moreland up and going early,” Moreland said. “So, I teach the capstone course, which reviews points with her boss. might have a 6 a.m. class on one base in one the entire mathematics curriculum. It was “Ellen cares about her students more direction, then get in the car and drive to a implemented in 1997 in an attempt to raise than any faculty member I know,” said lunchtime class in a second city, and then the percentage of ASU students passing the Dr. Paul Swets, Mathematics Department have a dinnertime class in a third city. So, I secondary certification exam. head. “She cares enough to work with would go about 200 miles a day, but I loved “He knew that I would put forth what- them, to comfort them when they are up- by Tom Nurre it, loved the travel and had fun working with ever hours it took to get it done,” Moreland set, to scold them when they are lazy and the soldiers.” said. “I’m just a perfectionist, I guess. I also to push them to places they never thought After Patrick retired from the Army in had a lot of background in different areas they could go. She cares about them enough 1982, he landed a job with Ethicon Inc. So, because of the jobs I’ve held. Because the to do whatever it takes to get them to un- the couple headed to San Angelo and started capstone takes from a lot of different areas, derstand mathematics. Along the way, and a family. In 1988, Moreland decided to go I think that was also part of it.” as importantly, she teaches them an awful back to school to get her Texas high school “He also knew that I could get the stu- lot about success in life.” received it, but I think anybody in this de- teaching certification and to resume her quest dents to come in and get help,” she added. Awards and kudos aside, though, Mo- Ellen Moreland partment could have gotten it. We have a to become a full-time teacher. Her timing “He knew that I wouldn’t back down on my reland just loves being a teacher and par- always wanted to be a teacher. great department.” turned out to be perfect. When she showed standards and I think that probably had a lot ticularly being a teacher at ASU. Patrick Now, she is recognized as one of the The Carnegie U.S. Professors of the up at ASU to register for classes, she ended to do with it, too.” is retired now and the couple’s daughter, best in the nation. Year program was launched in 1981 to sa- up being hired as an instructor instead. Since Moreland started teaching the cap- Kimberly, is a senior exercise science major In November, the Carnegie Foundation lute the most outstanding undergraduate “That was the year the Developmental stone course, every student who has complet- at ASU. With more than 20 years on the for the Advancement of Teaching and the instructors in the country. All U.S. under- Math class opened and (then-department ed the program has passed the teacher certi- Angelo State faculty now, there is no place Council for Advancement and Support of graduate teachers of any academic rank at head) Dr. Johnny Bailey needed somebody fication test on the first try. While she credits she would rather be. Education named her the Texas Professor of any type of institution are eligible and one to teach it,” Moreland said. “Once I got that success for her growing list of teaching “I love the kids and I love being sur- the Year. As a senior instructor in the ASU winner is chosen from each state. Honorees here, I loved it. I love the kids and I love the awards, she thinks it also has a lot to do with rounded by them” Moreland said. “I love Mathematics Department, Moreland is ful- were recognized at a November ceremony school. My daughter didn’t even think about her relationship with her students. ASU and I think it is a wonderful school. filling her ambition in a way that is bringing in Washington, D.C. applying anywhere else, and she was in the “If you come by my office in the morn- I think the kids get a great education here multiple honors to her and the university. And, the Carnegie Award is just the top 10 percent of her class. She just grew up ing, they are all over the place,” she said. compared to a lot of the big colleges and “I am very pleased to have won for An- latest honor for Moreland, whose résumé knowing that ASU is a great education for “They are sitting on the floor and we have I think we have some of the best teachers gelo State because I think it is a way of get- includes a 2001 ASU Teaching Excellence a good value.” to move everything off my desk to make anywhere on this campus.” ting our name out there,” Moreland said. “I Award and the inaugural Texas Tech Uni- Over the years, Moreland has added oth- room. That is the big thing to me. I teach “As a kid, I used to play school all the think there are far too many people who versity System Chancellor’s Council Distin- er courses to her repertoire and now teaches for the kids. I’m just not one who can turn a time and I always had to be the teacher,” she don’t realize what a great university this re- guished Teaching Award for ASU in 2009. everything from Developmental Math to kid away. If they want to learn, I am going added. “Now that I have become a teacher ally is. I’m very happy and proud to have The Carnegie Award simply completes her Business Math to the capstone course for se- to help them.” again, I would never dream of leaving it.” .

22 SPRING 2010 Angelo State University Magazine Angelo State University Magazine SPRING 2010 23 more likely to adjust and be social if their because she knows he has been busy with parents support them without making deci- school and may not have time to call. sions for them. “She calls if she has something impor- Dr. Mark Taylor, a nationally recog- tant to say or to find out how things are go- nized educator and speaker from Arkansas, ing,” Fincher said. visited ASU in the fall to talk about what he Occasionally, when Fincher’s grand- calls “Generation NeXt,” those college stu- mother forwards his mail, she also includes dents born between 1982 and 1994. a handwritten letter. Parents of “NeXters” have taken a “par- “The phone is quicker, but growing up ent-as-a-friend” approach that includes more with them and their old-school ways, you tend counseling and less authority than previous to appreciate the letter,” Fincher said. “When parental generations. you’re writing a letter, you’re not doing any- “When we were growing up,” Taylor thing else, you’re just focused on the letter.” joked, referring to the baby boomer genera- Families like Fincher’s are becoming tion, “our parents wanted us to hate them.” more rare in a college setting. While some Generation NeXters are also charac- may be familiar with the “helicopter par- terized by their closeness to their parents, ent,” who hovers in a student’s life, it is be- Taylor said. Because parents today play an coming increasingly common to encounter important role in financing college and even “snowplow” or “bulldozer” parents who ac- in helping their children choose a univer- tually push anticipated obstacles out of the sity, he said it only makes sense that parents way for their children, Taylor said. would want to monitor that investment. Connie H. Frazier, director of Residen- Because NeXters are technology-ori- tial Programs at ASU, knows all about the ented, digital natives, it is natural for par- snowplow parents. ents to use cell phones and computers to “Some parents just want their child to by Jayna Phinney contact them. glide along,” Frazier said, “but we would “Technology impacts every part of their like the students to learn to deal with some

life,” Taylor said. “If we don’t impact them of the bumps along the way.” Michelle Flores with technology, we don’t matter.” Frazier’s staff members typically have Tucker Bearden, 21, a senior social work at least one parent call a day. She said that ometimes Sylvia Flores calls to wish In her thesis work, Cordell-McNulty major at ASU, said he considers his daily ever since her office started offering hous- In her 20 years in higher education, Fra- her daughter, Michelle Flores, luck found that students indicated lower motiva- communication with his parents a healthy ing applications online, it has become in- zier has witnessed the generational shift. on a test. Other times, Sylvia texts tion levels if their parents tried to help them relationship. He mainly uses his cell phone creasingly common for parents to fill out When she started her career, students who Sa message to determine Michelle’s work adjust to college or frequently told them that to talk to his mother, who lives in Lubbock, the applications. It can cause problems, went to college were on their own and par- schedule or if she is available for lunch. school was important. However, students and his dad, who resides in Brownfield. however, in the roommate preference por- ents were hands-off. Today’s parents, by The reasons for the contact may vary, showed higher motivation levels if their par- Sometimes he e-mails his parents, and he tion of the application. contrast, are hands-on and deeply involved but it’s a given that Angelo State Univer- ents expressed praise and encouragement. texts with his dad. “All parents think they know, but they with their college-age children. Finding the sity senior Michelle and her mother, Sylvia, “We’re finding that it’s great to com- When he speaks to his parents, Bearden don’t know what their student’s roommate right mix of support while providing oppor- communicate with each other almost daily. municate, but not if it’s just to check in on said, they usually talk about the things he preferences are,” Frazier said. tunities for collegians to feel comfortable on “We’re friends, and I think we have a them,” Cordell-McNulty said. has going on in his life, like his volunteer How the housing application was han- their own is the main challenge for today’s good mother-daughter relationship,” said Sylvia Flores of San Angelo said she work teaching English as a second language dled initially can present a problem later parents and university administrators. Michelle, a nursing major. knows her daughter is independent, so at Southland Baptist Church in San Angelo. when it is time to re-apply for housing. Fra- “It’s hard to balance,” Frazier said, “but Frequent parent-student communica- she hasn’t felt the need to lecture Michelle Sometimes he calls his parents, and other zier said Residential Programs has started we all want your student to succeed.” . Flores Photos by Kimberley Parker Kimberley by Photos Flores tion, such as Michelle and Sylvia Flores’ about school. times they call him. holding informational sessions during re- interactions, is growing among college In fact, Michelle decided during her ju- “It’s easier to know what’s going on,” application periods because so many stu- students. But while parents may be trying nior year to switch majors from education to Bearden said, “especially when you go back dents don’t know how to log into the hous- to choose between texting or Facebook, re- nursing. Her mother supported her decision home. You’re not completely lost.” ing system because their parents did it for searchers are more interested in the style of without criticism. On the other end of the spectrum is them the first time. communication that parents are using. “She’s really matured a lot since she Chance Fincher, 22, who graduated from The lines of privacy are blurred in some Sylvia Flores Dr. Kristi Cordell-McNulty, an ASU graduated high school,” Sylvia said. ASU in December with a degree in com- instances. Frazier’s office regularly receives assistant professor of psychology whose Decision-making is considered a crucial munication. He grew up with his grandpar- telephone calls from parents who say they research interests include parental involve- developmental process for college students ents in Pecos. are sitting in front of the computer check- ment in college education, said research has experiencing life on their own for the first Fincher typically talks to his grand- ing their student’s e-mail and have a ques- indicated that involved parents can have time, research suggests. Cordell-McNulty mother about once every two weeks. Most tion about a looming Residential Programs negative and positive effects on students. learned in her dissertation that students are of the time, she initiates the conversation deadline or something similar.

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hose who say life is not all fun but one that has made the hectic routine in the ’Belles to the last nine Lone Star Con- comes first. Our assistant coaches make it and games have yet to meet the their household. ference tournaments and guided her squad possible for us to be mom and dad. If we Brooks family. Often times what happens on the dia- to six straight NCAA Division II playoff have to leave or miss a practice, our staffs TFor Angelo State baseball coach Kevin mond or court is less important than what is appearances. Kevin started the ASU base- can take over.” Brooks and women’s basketball coach Sally on the refrigerator door. ball program in 2005 and in just three years “The plusses of being coaches’ kids Walling Brooks, life without all the fun and “There are lots of calendars,” said Kevin. took the Rams to the NCAA D-II World definitely outweigh the negatives,” said games would be dull, if not downright boring. “Our fridge has our main calendar and Series, placing fifth. Between them, the duo Kevin. “You can’t control schedules and After all, the Brookses must balance the stress all the little reminders from school,” Sally has won four conference championships there are things we miss, but our kids get of coaching two of ASU’s most suc- said. “We have a system that works despite and five division crowns. to go on road trips that other kids don’t. cessful teams with the challenge having different styles. We haven’t screwed That kind of success brings a smile to Bailey and Kannon got to go to Hawaii of raising their two children up our kids yet.” ASU Athletics Director Kathleen Bras- with the ‘Belles. We wouldn’t have had the – daughter Bailey, 9, and son Kevin nodded. “She is more organized field, another important contributor to the chance to go to Hawaii as a family, if it Kannon, 7. As parents, Kevin than I am. I am more flexible, but that Brookses’ work-life balance. wasn’t with the team. There are so many and Sally maintain a schedule comes from coaching baseball. In baseball, “Kathleen bends over backwards to al- cool memories that they’ll have because that would intimidate many, a schedule doesn’t mean anything, so I’ve low us to be successful coaches and parents,” they are coaches’ kids.” learned to adjust. In basketball, your sched- Sally said. “There are schools that don’t allow Amid all the craziness, the Brookses ule is set in stone and you can plan farther coaches to bring their kids to practices. Our pride themselves on being involved in the out. She can plan a whole week for us while kids are definitely part of the ASU family.” San Angelo community. Both Bailey and I go day-by-day.” Sally remembers when the children Kannon were born prematurely and the The Brookses also have a built-in sup- would come to practice and were adopted foursome has served as a “Miracle Family” port system that has allowed them to main- as her team’s mascots. Bailey and Kannon since their arrival at ASU. tain such a frantic schedule. Sally’s mother, would sit between her legs as she ran her “Once a Miracle Family, always a Mary, serves as the family’s cook and the practices. But, as the kids have grown, so Miracle Family,” Sally said. “If the Chil- children’s unofficial part-time chauffeur. have the demands on mom and dad dren’s Miracle Network calls, we answer. Mary moved to San Angelo in 2004 and has “Somebody told me that when both kids We have special lives and are blessed to do lived with the family since 2007. got in school it would be easier for us,” Sally what we do and I think it’s our obligation “It all starts with my mom,” Sally said. said. “That was completely wrong. When to share that with people. There are a lot of “Of course, Kevin or I want to be the one they weren’t in school full-time, they came to people that would trade places with us to who drops them off and picks them up from practices with me. Now, if I don’t volunteer be college coaches.” school every day, but it’s not always pos- at their school or go have lunch with them, I In spite of their busy schedules, the sible. She helps us more than she realizes.” won’t see them until nighttime. It was easier Brookses find the time to work with sev- The Brookses also rely heavily on as- to leave them when they were babies. Their eral community organizations. Sally serves sistant women’s basketball coach Stacy activities have increased as they got older and on the board for the Concho Valley Home Duffell, who played for Sally at the Uni- now they know when you’re not there.” for Girls and Emergency Shelter and has versity of Incarnate Word and then joined While Bailey failed to inherit the family recently become a Big Sister. Kevin is al- her staff when Kevin and Sally moved to athletic gene, she has taken to more artis- ways an assistant coach for Kannon’s sports San Angelo in 2000. tic endeavors, such as acting, singing and teams, whether it’s baseball or basketball. “Stacy is my assistant coach, my best painting. Kannon, meanwhile, is the family Both parents volunteered on the board of friend and my kids’ best friend,” Sally athlete, playing soccer, basketball and base- the March of Dimes before the organization said. “One time when the baseball team ball. In spite of the calendars on the Brooks’ left San Angelo. made the regional tournament and we had refrigerator door, the schedules don’t always “We’re not complaining about our to travel as a family, Stacy went with us. mesh. From time to time, Kevin or Sally busy schedule, that’s for sure,” Sally said. She even went to Disneyland with us. She may miss a game or performance while “We actually have a lot more flexibility Photo by Danny Meyer Danny by Photo makes our lives easier.” Bailey or Kannon occasionally fail to make than parents who have 9-to-5 jobs. We With such a strong support structure in a rehearsal or practice. choose when our teams practice and we place, the Brookses have been able to focus “We keep in mind that it’s just a game can move practice so we can be there for on coaching their other “kids.” Sally has led or just a practice,” Sally said. “Our family Bailey and Kannon.” .

26 SPRING 2010 Angelo State University Magazine Angelo State University Magazine SPRING 2010 27 SPRING 2010 Softball Golf history. The Rambelles celebrated with a sec- COACH: Travis Scott COACHES: Jason Hase, Jimmy Tidwell ond-place finish, their best ever, and the Rams (7th year, 275-88 at ASU; (2nd year) earned their 25th top 10 finish, placing eighth. 10th year, 376-138-2 overall) LAST YEAR: 5th at LSC Championships Angelo State will host its annual Spring LAST YEAR: 50-10 OUTLOOK: In its inaugural year, the ASU Break Multi-Event competition, March 18- (14-4, 2nd in LSC South) women’s golf program made a big splash in 19, and the 38th Annual David Noble Relays, OUTLOOK: Thanks to the most home runs the Lone Star Conference with a fifth-place April 8-10. Angelo State will also host the ’Belle Basketball Ram Basketball Baseball in school history, the Rambelles made their finish. The Rambelles return four players 2010 Lone Star Conference Championships, COACH: Sally Walling Brooks COACH: Fred Rike COACH: Kevin Brooks third NCAA Division II World Series ap- from an impressive squad that picked up two May 7-9, when the Rambelles will look to de- (10th year, 195-76 at ASU; (4th year, 46-37 at ASU and overall) (6th year, 206-100 at ASU and overall) pearance in six seasons last year. ASU’s 91 tournament titles in its debut season. The ad- fend their conference title. 19th year, 350-182 overall) LAST YEAR: 20-9 LAST YEAR: 45-20 (31-13, 2nd in LSC) homers last spring were the second-highest dition of two freshmen and a pair of transfers WOMEN TO WATCH: Senior heptathlete LAST YEAR: 16-12 (8-4, T-2nd in LSC South) OUTLOOK: Coming off their second total in D-II history. The Rambelles rode should allow ASU to compete for a confer- Aisha Adams will lead another talented group (7-5, T-3rd in LSC South) OUTLOOK: Coming off its best season in NCAA Division II playoff appearance in the long ball to a third-place finish at the ence title this spring. The squad played in of Rambelles. Adams won the NCAA D-II OUTLOOK: After a disappointing 16-12 nearly a decade, the ASU men’s basketball three seasons, the Rams will look to head World Series. However, they lost their top four 2009 fall tournaments, finishing fourth heptathlon last spring, was named the D-II season where the ’Belles missed the NCAA team will look for back-to-back NCAA Di- deep into the postseason in 2010. Head three home run hitters and will have to rely or better in all four. The team closed out the Female Field Athlete of the Year and com- Division II postseason for the first time since vision II playoff appearances for just the coach Kevin Brooks returns 16 players from on pitching and team speed this season, if fall with a win in ASU’s first-ever home tour- peted internationally as a U.S.A. representa- 2001, head coach Sally Walling Brooks is second time in school history. Head coach last year’s squad that advanced to the South they are to advance to the national stage. nament. ASU will host a spring tournament tive in the Thorpe Cup in Germany. Senior focused on team unity to lift ASU back to Fred Rike has transformed a program that Central Region semifinals. The Rams return ASU returns both pitchers from last year’s March 29-30 at Bentwood Country Club. Celethia Byrd became the first Rambelle to the spotlight. Brooks returns eight players was last in the league before his arrival six of their top seven home run hitters from 50-win squad in addition to five position TOP RETURNERS: A major reason for the earn All-America honors in the 200-meter and adds seven freshmen this season. She into a regional contender. Rike returns a 2008 squad that blasted a school-record players as the team looks to capture a third early success of ASU’s golf program is se- dash and ended the season as a three-time looks to install more player accountability, six players, but just one starter, from last 82 long balls, the third-highest total ever in regional title in four years. nior Raelyn Smith. Last year Smith won five All-American. Senior Chrystal Ruiz was an something she felt was missing last year. year’s 20-win squad. Rike has added five the Lone Star Conference. ASU brings back TOP RETURNERS: Junior second base- events as a junior and placed second at the All-American in the 400-meter hurdles. The TOP RETURNERS: Junior guard Camille transfers who will have an immediate im- seven pitchers, including two starters, from a man Alix Dean earned first team all- LSC Championships by just one stroke. She Rambelles placed second nationally in the Perkins has been an All-LSC South pick each pact on the floor to help replace the four squad that ranked second in the conference conference and second team All-America qualified for the NCAA Division II Regional 1,600-meter relay and return all six runners of the past two seasons and leads a very tal- lost starters. in team earned run average last spring. honors for the Rambelles after hitting .378 Championships and her third-place finish who competed either in the event’s prelims or ented group of returners for the ’Belles. Per- TOP RETURNERS: Senior forward Sha- TOP RETURNERS: The Rams return a with 18 doubles and seven home runs. Se- sent her to the NCAA D-II National Cham- finals. ASU must replace two All-American kins averaged 13.8 points and 4.1 rebounds var Burch, ASU’s only returning starter, pair of All-Americans in senior first base- nior right-hander Chelsea Nelson won 31 pionships in Findlay, Ohio, where she placed throwers in Adree Lakey and Culley Jo Daw- per game, leading ASU in scoring for the was named the Lone Star Conference South man Keith Towne and senior catcher Chris games, boasted a 2.47 earned run average ninth. Smith won two individual titles from son. Coach Reid hopes that freshmen Kim second straight year. The ’Belles have three Division Preseason Player of the Year in Adamson. Towne, the LSC’s home run and earned Lone Star Conference South the Rambelles’ four fall tournaments. Sopho- Williams, state shot put champion from Roby, seniors – guard Christie Rasmussen and October. Burch was third on the team in champion with 26 homers, will head what Division Newcomer of the Year and second more Megan Cisneroz returns after placing and Jordan Moses, a discus star from Corpus forwards Lindsey Leatherman-Schaertl and scoring with 11.9 points per game and led should be a very potent Ram offense. Ad- team all-league honors. Senior outfielder 24th at last year’s LSC tournament and fin- Christi, will fill the void. Crane freshman Casie Adams – who will be called upon for the Rams in rebounding with 7.1 boards amson led ASU with a .409 average, in- Megan Pumphrey also was a second team ishing in the top five of two events this past Summer Sutherland will add depth in the pole leadership this season. Leatherman-Schaertl per outing. Other returning seniors are cluding nine homers and 11 doubles. Both all-conference pick and is ASU’s top re- fall. Also returning are sophomores Melissa vault and 100-meter hurdles while freshmen was second on the team in scoring last sea- forwards Johnny Barnes and Antwon Wil- Towne and Adamson were first team All- turning home run hitter, belting 11 homers Demmin and Serena Sosa. distance runners Emeline Crutcher of Well- son, but missed seven games due to injury. liams and guards Derrick Webster and Rog- LSC picks for the Rams. Senior outfielder as a junior. The Rambelles will welcome TOP NEWCOMERS: The Rambelles man and Jessica Boudreau of Forney will look A sixth-year senior, Rasmussen finally put er Johnson. Barnes and Williams averaged Isaac Garcia hit .386 with seven home runs back junior designated player Kaycee Tay- picked up junior Randee Stegman of Hol- to build upon their success in cross country. together an injury-free campaign last spring 7.5 points and 6.3 points per game, respec- and 11 doubles while senior infielder Austin lor, who missed part of the 2008 campaign comb, Kan., sophomore Jennifer Joyce of MEN TO WATCH: The Rams return four and averaged 6.6 points for the ’Belles. Ad- tively last season. Lasprilla led the Rams with 22 doubles and and all of the 2009 season due to injury. Andrews, freshman Krista Czarnecki of El All-Americans from last year’s national cham- ams averaged three points per game off the TOP NEWCOMERS: Transferring in hit .360. Garcia and Lasprilla earned sec- Taylor was a first team All-American as a Paso and freshman Maury McCormick of pionships. Junior Tyler Orlando placed seventh bench in her first year with the program. are three guards and a pair of forwards. ond team all-league recognition along with freshman in 2007. Wall. Stegman, a transfer from Dodge City nationally in the javelin throw while senior Sophomore center Paige Weishuhn also re- Senior guard Stavon Williams comes to sophomore right-hander Craig Blair, who TOP NEWCOMERS: The Rambelles lost Community College, opened the fall sea- James Howell finished seventh in the 400-me- turns after averaging 6.1 points and 2.9 re- ASU after spending last season as the received LSC Freshman of the Year honors two seniors who will be hard to replace, but son for ASU with a third-place finish at the ter dash. Howell, along with juniors Brian Holik bounds as a freshman. “sixth man” at Utah State. Williams and last spring after going 8-2 as a reliever. Coach Scott is confident his four freshmen Lady Buff Invitational. Joyce spent one sea- and Terence Holland, were part of the Rams’ TOP NEWCOMERS: With eight players the Aggies amassed a 30-5 record last TOP NEWCOMERS: The Rams return and two transfers can replenish his lineup. son at Redlands Community College, the 1,600-meter relay squad that placed fourth na- returning, including five upperclassmen, year and won the championship of the the bulk of their lineup from a year ago, but Junior outfielder Brittany Astle, a transfer 2008 NJCAA National Champions. tionally. Senior Sam Gallander is the defending Brooks brought in five freshmen and add- Western Athletic Conference to advance Brooks picked up several newcomers who from Arizona Western College, will provide LSC champion in the 800-meter run. Junior ed two redshirt freshmen to complete the to the “Big Dance.” Junior forward Ka- should make an impact this spring. Zak speed and a powerful arm in the outfield Track and Field Wade Goode, who qualified for last year’s na- roster. Ashley James from Waco is a true marachi Onyiroha joins the Rams from Leonhardt will fill in at both first and third while freshman shortstop Chelsey Walters of COACH: James Reid (11th year at ASU) tional meet in the shot put, along with senior point guard who should compete for play- Oral Roberts while junior guard LaMar- base and should add offensive support for the Odessa will fill the void left by departing All- LAST YEAR: Women (2nd, NCAA D-II Andrew Crookham, junior David Browne and ing time in her first year. Forward Lauren shall Corbett comes to ASU from Kilg- Rams. On the mound, hard-throwing right- American and four-year starter Macy Baker, National Championships); Men (8th, NCAA) sophomore Nick Alejandro, returns to bolster Holt, a Christoval product and daughter of ore College. Junior guard Chris Ellis hander Phillip Clinard joins the Rams as a ju- now an assistant coach for the Rambelles. OUTLOOK: After one of the most excit- the Ram throwing crew. Crane freshman Isidro former Ram and NFL All-Pro Pierce Holt, and sophomore forward LaDonn Hucka- nior after being part of a national champion- Two freshman catchers, Temple’s Kacie Eas- ing years in ASU track and field history, the Garcia will be a solid addition in the 200- and was anticipated as another scoring threat for by join the Rams after being teammates ship team at Richland College. Several other ley and Wall’s Allyson Seider, will give ASU Rams and Rambelles plan to build on last 400-meter dashes as well as on the 1,600-meter the ’Belles but will take a medical redshirt at Temple College. new players could see considerable playing two solid options behind the plate. year’s success. ASU hosted the D-II National relay squad, while Houston freshman Jeffrey year to recover from knee surgery. time this spring, according to Brooks. Championships for the fifth time in school Jones will contribute in the hurdles. . 28 SPRING 2010 Angelo State University Magazine Angelo State University Magazine SPRING 2010 29 FALL 2009

Rambelle Air Attack Rollercoaster Thanks to the most prolific passing season in school history, the Angelo Despite a school-record winning State football team entered the final two weeks of the regular season in the streak early in the season, the Angelo State hunt for a conference title and a regional berth. soccer team narrowly missed the postsea- “We’re on the cusp of making the playoffs,” said fourth-year head son for the second consecutive year. coach Dale Carr. “There are so many positives to take away from this The Rambelles strung together six season beyond the winning record. Recruits can see we’re going in the straight wins after opening the season, 0-2, right direction. That’s important.” and seemed on their way back to the post- Photo by Danny Meyer Danny by Photo The pass-happy Rams went 6-5 to snap three straight losing campaigns season after missing the Lone Star Confer- and spent much of the season in the regional rankings, climbing as high as ence tournament in 2008 for the first time

No. 7 in early October. ASU opened the campaign 5-1, with the only loss Rambelles Gibson, Standard, Duncan and Sivells in six years. However, the winning streak during that stretch to NCAA Division I Texas State. ended with back-to-back overtime defeats “After this season, our guys now expect to win against every North to open conference play. Plagued by inju- Division team and that hadn’t been the case,” Carr said. “Our realistic ries mid- and late-season, the Rambelles expectations are much higher for next year than what they were going into dropped seven of their last 11 games. this season.” “We made good progress early in the ASU opened divisional play Sept. 26 with a stunning 20-17 upset of No. Turning Heads season,” second-year head coach Travis 17 Midwestern State and followed up with a 47-23 win at Eastern New Mex- McCorkle said. “We responded well to two ico. The Rams would make their first and only appearance in the NCAA From 2005-07, the Angelo State volleyball as high as No. 9 in the NCAA Division II early losses and started playing better as a D-II Top 25 on Oct. 5, debuting at No. 23. It marked the first time that ASU program earned only 19 wins, but just two South Central Region late in the fall, thanks team. If we were healthier midway through had been nationally ranked since 2005. years later, the ’Belles are contenders again. to a seven-match winning streak prior to the season, we would have been much more Angelo State’s aerial success corresponded with the return of junior Second-year head coach Chuck Wad- their season finale. competitive in conference play and we make quarterback Josh Neiswander, who missed last season due to injury. Neis- dington has revived a program that strug- “We’re excited about the future,” Wad- the postseason.” wander set seven school records in his return to the field, including passing gled through three straight losing seasons. dington said. “We’re disappointed we didn’t The Rambelles ended the season 10-9 yards (2,933) and touchdown passes (25). As a team, the 2009 Rams had The ’Belles have now made back-to-back make it to regionals this year, but we know overall and 4-6 in LSC play, finishing eighth more completions, pass attempts and yards through the air than any other Lone Star Conference Tournament appear- it’s a process and we know we’re heading in and one win away from a playoff spot. ASU team in school history. ances and this past fall nearly advanced the right direction. We played nine fresh- suffered four one-goal conference losses, “We were able to throw the ball all year long,” Carr said. “There were to the league’s title game for the first time men this season and our two seniors did a yet still recorded the team’s fifth 10-win only two or three teams that threw the ball more than we did. We’re not a since 1993. great job preparing these young players for season in seven years. conservative offense by any means, but we were forced to be conservative “Overall, we’re pretty pleased with the what’s to come.” Junior Ashley Brown and sophomore over the previous three seasons due to injuries.” season,” Waddington said. “We may have Senior Alaina Sivells and freshman Brandie DeBacker each had eight goals At season’s end, the Rams had four players earn second team All-LSC had a record that was similar to last year’s, Chelsea Gibson were each named first team for the Rambelles, while senior Christian honors and eight others named honorable mention. Two wide receivers, but the difference this season is we bumped All-LSC, becoming the first such honor- Willman led the Rambelles with five as- junior V’Keon Lacey and freshman Dakarai Pecikonis, represented the up our schedule.” ees for ASU since 2004. Gibson was also sists. Junior goalkeeper Melanie Peterson Ram offense while two defensive linemen, senior Calvin Fance and junior The ’Belles went 19-14 in 2009, facing recognized as the league’s Freshman of the had five shutouts. Cody Smith, were honored from the ASU defense. Fance led NCAA D-II six nationally ranked opponents along the Year. Fellow freshman Caroline Cleveland DeBacker along with seniors Jennifer Bu- with 14 sacks this season. way, and stormed through LSC play with a was named honorable mention and senior kowski and Skylar Searles were named hon- Neiswander earned honorable mention status and was joined by senior 10-3 mark to enter the league tournament as Kimber Duncan was named to the league’s orable mention All-LSC while Willman was linebacker Ian Ritchey on the LSC’s all-academic team. Pecikonis was rec- the No. 3 seed. ASU would pick up its first all-academic team. selected to the league’s all-academic team. ognized as the league’s Freshman of the Year. Coach Carr picked up LSC conference tournament win in five seasons, “People are taking notice of our program “We had a lot of young players who

Photo by Danny Meyer Danny by Photo South Co-Coach of the Year honors. downing Texas Woman’s in five games in again,” Waddington said. “That will lead to got significant playing time for us this sea- “We’ll continue to get better,” Carr said. “I’ll be disappointed if we the first round, before closing out the season even better kids coming here. There is no son,” McCorkle said. “Those young players don’t make the playoffs next year. Offensively, the keys are in place to with a five-game loss to Abilene Christian doubt that this group of freshmen will end gained experience that should be beneficial Josh Neiswander make a good run in 2010.” . in the semifinals. The ’Belles would climb their careers with a very full résumé.” . for us in upcoming seasons.” .

30 SPRING 2010 Angelo State University Magazine Angelo State University Magazine SPRING 2010 31 several colleges looking for qualified in- found myself in a situation where I thought or strokes. She is also an adjunct professor structors. He soon added “professor” to his ‘I could really do this the rest of my life.’” at UT-Dallas in the Callier Center for Com- list of titles. But, just like in El Paso, it was not to munication Disorders. “Howard Payne University, which has be. In 2007, Reyes was again contacted by “She is a professional in her own right,” an extension in El Paso, asked me to teach a search firm for an entity wanting someone Reyes said. “She is a research scientist and a couple of courses,” Reyes said. “Hispanic with his distinctive blend of talents. This a professor. I ‘married up,’ as they say.” Baptist Theological School also asked me to time it was Buckner Children and Family Unlike Belinda, however, and unlike teach a couple of courses there. It just kind Services Inc. searching for a president. Af- his time as a pastor or university president, of evolved as part of what I did in ministry. ter researching Buckner and praying about Reyes has limited personal contact with the I was interested in teaching what I learned it, Reyes was considering the idea. Then, people he is helping, except when he travels for my doctorate and from the experiences he ran into Buckner International CEO Dr. to the often far-flung Buckner branch facili- by Tom Nurre I was having.” Ken Hall at a meeting and that conversa- ties in 93 cities around the world. That is Little did Reyes know, that early foray tion prompted him to officially throw his one reason he enjoys heading to places like into academia would lead to a major life hat into the ring. His diverse background Bangladesh, India, Egypt, Palestine, Guate- Dr. Albert Reyes found his dream job, having made some recent ASU connections change. In 1999, he was approached as paid off, and he began what has become his mala, Mexico, Ethiopia, Kenya and Russia, not once, not twice, but three times. himself, Reyes headed to San Angelo with a possible candidate for president of the dream job No. 3. as well as cities across Texas. But, mostly, A 1981 ASU graduate, Reyes works in limited knowledge of the university. Baptist University of the Américas in San So, Reyes and his family headed back he loves his job because he truly feels he is Dallas as president of Buckner Children and “We had previously that summer met Antonio. Despite only agreeing to an inter- to Dallas, where it all began at seminary. doing God’s work. Family Services Inc., a division of Buckner some of the youth from First Mexican Bap- view as a way of helping the school figure In the fall, he added another implement “Blending my diverse experience and International, which provides a wide array tist Church of San Angelo at a youth camp, Dr. Albert Reyes out what it might want from the other can- to his toolkit when he earned a Doctor background together to lead this division of social services, such as residential care, and some of them were also ASU students,” didates, Reyes was offered the post and it of Philosophy in global leadership from to serve vulnerable children, orphans and Photos by Buckner Public Relations foster group care, foster care, adoption, Reyes said. “We connected with them really became his dream job No. 2. Andrews University. families is one of the most exciting things transition care and humanitarian aid pro- well and we figured ‘here are some people After earning his ASU degree, Reyes “In those seven years, I helped the school Reyes’ family is also thriving in Dallas. that I do,” Reyes said. “It’s the kind of thing grams around the world. that we get along with really well; they go to married the former Belinda Ruth Alvarado become accredited and certified for the first He and Belinda have three sons, Thomas, that Jesus was really focused on, caring for “We also provide church and commu- ASU; they think it is a good school; and the in 1982 and headed to Dallas and South- time in its history,” Reyes said. “That had 12, David, 14, and Joshua, 16. Belinda has children and families. So, every time I get nity ministry,” Reyes said, “that is more on church is a good church.’ So, I figured that western Baptist Theological Seminary. But, never happened before and we worked real her own career in helping others. She holds the chance to make a difference in the life the preventive side of our continuum of ser- if I had to go to college somewhere, I may he also had to work to support his new fam- hard to reach that goal. Then, enrollment a doctorate in communication disorders and of a child or a family, it is the best thing that vices, to keep families healthy, functional as well go with my brother and with a strong ily, so he took a job with Sprint, then known and contributions and everything else fol- works in clinical rehabilitation with people I can imagine spending my life doing.” and whole. That way, they are less likely church connection, and ASU sounded like a as U.S. Telephone. lowed that growth trend and, once again, I who have suffered traumatic brain injuries Perhaps the third time is the charm. . to disintegrate, resulting in sending kids to good school.” “Everything I learned at Angelo State out-of-home care like foster care or residen- Armed with his family’s business back- in terms of business, I put it right to work tial facilities.” ground and the knowledge that seminary in the telecommunications industry,” Reyes However, being the head of an interna- did not require any specific degree, Reyes said. “I did that during the day and went to tional social services organization could not entered the B.B.A. program at ASU. He seminary for theological training in the eve- have been further from Reyes’ mind when singled out his business writing professor, ning. My wife was going to the University he was working at his parents’ grocery, Dr. Gerald Lacy, as having a particular in- of Texas-Dallas working on her master’s laundry and wholesale candy businesses in fluence on his life. and then her doctoral degree.” Corpus Christi. “I’ll never forget how appropriately bru- After receiving his Master of “We had a very encouraging home en- tal he was in correcting our writing skills,” Divinity in theology, Reyes became a vironment and the church (First Mexican Reyes said. “We would write papers and pastor at Love Field Church and North Baptist Church of Corpus Christi) played he would mark them all up and send them Temple Baptist Church in Dallas, while a very significant role in our upbringing,” back. To this day, the ability to write and taking classes toward his doctorate in Reyes said. “Our routine was to go to communicate is one of the skills that I use missiology. But, his first dream job lay school, go to work and go to church. We every day in business and everything I to the west, and in 1992 he headed to El did that just about every week. Our friends write. It goes back to the skills I learned at Paso as the founding pastor of the Pueblo and fun were in those circles of life.” ASU with my English professor.” Nuevo Community Church. At age 15, Reyes had already picked One memorable “low-light” of Reyes’ “We started a church, things were going out his dream job and answered a call to time at ASU happened when he was up late well and I thought I would spend the rest vocational ministry. He planned to go to studying after work in the library. When all of my ministry there and retire in El Paso,” Baptist seminary right out of high school the lights went out, he realized he had been Reyes said. “It was a really fun church with until, shortly before graduating, he found locked in alone and had to call the security a contemporary format. I even played the out that seminary is a graduate program patrol to un-chain the doors and let him out. congas in the worship band we had on Sun- and he would first need an undergraduate But, it was that study and work ethic that days. It was a really great situation.” college degree. With one of his brothers would stand him in good stead as he moved It got even better after Reyes finished going to Angelo State for his M.B.A., and on to future endeavors. his Doctor of Ministry and was courted by Reyes as role model

32 SPRING 2010 Angelo State University Magazine Angelo State University Magazine SPRING 2010 33 “It was a fun experience to try and win $800,” sophomore and second-round winner 2009 Edward Ortiz said. “I participated in ASU’s Got Talent because I wanted to be involved.” Themes were also added to this year’s Homecoming Campus, Community, Tradition Ram Jam. The circus-themed Ram Jam by A J Lopez III and Melinda Springer, ASU Alumni Association featured alpacas, clowns and face-paint- ing. The last Ram Jam followed a mas- Honorees he hot dogs were roasting, the bands Crossing Tyler. Alumni staff rode through cot theme, with various San Angelo-area were playing and students were flock- the parking lot throwing gift cards and mascots parading around the LeGrand ing to the 2009 Ram Jams for free t-shirts to tailgaters. Student tailgaters Center, and included a Halloween cos- fun,T entertainment, food and giveaways. could even earn points toward the coveted tume contest with monetary prizes going It was the fifth year the ASU Alumni Spirit Stick, which was awarded during the to the top three students.

Association had hosted the home pre-game Homecoming game. The Alumni Association worked to Moreno Mary by Photo tailgating parties and, without a doubt, the Foster Communications kept the com- provide free food during Ram Jam. Texas very best year for participation. munity informed with highlights about Roadhouse supplied pulled-pork sandwich- The association’s board of directors Ram Jam on KIXY-FM, while radio per- es and chips to students and alumni for both and staff decided the best way to increase sonality David Carr provided a live remote Homecoming and Family Day weekends, 2009 attendance would be to partner with and kept the atmosphere energized during while Coca-Cola and A-B Distributing sup- the ASU Student Government Association. each Ram Jam. plied beverages. ing an afternoon football game televised on The board wanted Ram Jam to become a The Alumni Association allocated The Alumni Association brought back the new widescreen TV. Specialty food pro- bridge between students and alumni, so as- money for student prizes and started con- the VIP Room and offered a special place vided by local eateries and bakeries treated sociation representatives brainstormed with tests, such as “ASU’s Got Talent.” The for its members to connect with friends, old those gathering in the Norris Ballroom. the student government leaders to identify talent ranged from beat-boxing to singing. and new. Association members also were At the first Ram Jam, Alumni Associa- the perfect lure. The Student Government Association orga- able to relax and have a drink while watch- tion members enjoyed specialty foods from It didn’t take long to figure out that free nized the preliminaries prior to Ram Jam. the ASU Meat Lab. food, entertainment and a party atmosphere The talent then competed each week during “It gave our members a chance to see the would draw a crowd. Kington Properties Ram Jam for $100 and the right to move on exciting venture the meat lab is taking and be stepped forward as the presenting sponsor to the final round, where sophomore Kansas able to taste their delicious food,” said Ron- together with other community sponsors. Calhoun won top prize after moving the au- nie Willmann, association board member. Thanks to the support, new contests, prizes dience with her singing. The ASU Marching Band, Angelettes and giveaways were added to Ram Jam. and cheerleaders lifted spirits at each of the “It was gratifying to see how local busi- Ram Jams while Roscoe entertained and nesses were willing to provide equipment, Dominic enthralled the youngest Rams. supplies or monetary assistance,” said Kyle “Attendance is up from years past Box, former Alumni Association president. and tailgaters are becoming more of a “It showed that the community enjoys host- staple,” ASU Student Body President Meyer Danny by Photo ing college students and providing whole- Jeff Harris said. some fun for everyone.” The Alumni Association intends to build Student government took the lead in on the 2009 success and to create better and spreading the word about tailgating at the bigger Ram Jams in the future, according to Foster Field parking lot, adjacent to the Brad Fly, association president. Association Honorees – The annual ASU Alumni Association’s Wells Fargo Homecoming LeGrand Alumni and Visitor’s Center. The “Ram Jam is a wonderful collaborative Dinner recognized the association’s 2009 award recipients. Honored during the dinner were, from left, front row, Dr. Kathleen Price, Col. Sarah Garcia and Harriet Lewis; middle group,

number of tailgaters doubled from previous Parker Kimberley by Photo event that takes many hours of preparation, years. Many organizations and families but when you see memories being made and Dr. Norm Sunderman, Dale Chase, ASU President Joseph C. Rallo, Jeff Sefcik and Clayton brought giant grills to barbeque and set up hear words of excitement about ASU, it is Weishuhn; and back group, Dr. Ed. Olson, Dr. Alan Bloebaum, LeRoy Olsak, Renee Long and chairs to relax and enjoy the music from all worth it,” Fly said. . Texas Tech Regent Mickey Long. area bands, including Brewed in Texas and

34 SPRING 2010 Angelo State University Magazine Angelo State University Magazine SPRING 2010 35 Each issue of the Angelo State University Magazine will highlight selected alumni and then 1997 invite readers to visit the Angelo State University Alumni Association Web site for the latest on your former classmates. To learn more about Angelo State alumni, visit asuexes.com. Charles Jason Hubbard of Austin has been Better yet, see what your friends are up to and then update the site with news about you, your named by Texas Gov. Rick Perry to the Texas family and your accomplishments. State Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners for a term expiring in 2015. 1971 1980 Hubbard is a podiatric surgeon, owner of the Center for Feet and Ankle Surgery and chief Philip C. Danaher, a former Ram football Dr. Randall Frost of Boerne, the chief of podiatry for St. David’s Medical Center. player and the third winningest coach in medical examiner for Bexar County, has He is an American Board of Podiatric Surgery If Elmer Kelton ever raised his voice, it Western Literature Association. When he Texas high school football history, now has been appointed by Texas Gov. Rick Perry diplomate and a member of the American happened well beyond earshot of anyone who died, even USA Today and the New York a football field named in his honor. The to the Texas Forensic Science Commission. Podiatric Medical Association and American knew him. A soft spoken man who valued Times took note of his passing. Calallen Independent School District in Frost is a fellow and member of the ethics College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons. listening above everything but writing, Kel- “Elmer Kelton,” said ASU English Pro- Corpus Christi rechristened Wildcat Stadium committee and board of directors of the as “Danaher Field at Wildcat Stadium” at the He received his Bachelor of Science in ton over the course of his life did, however, fessor Don Coers, “embodied the best of National Association of Medical Examin- start of the 2009 season. biology with a minor in chemistry from raise the reputation of the western novel. West Texas, as down-to-earth, honest and ers. He is also a fellow of the College of ASU. He earned his medical degree in In his study fewer than a half dozen unassuming in personality and manner as his Danaher became only the fourth Texas high American Pathologists and a member of the podiatric medicine from the Ohio College blocks from the Angelo State University writing was authentic. He transformed our school coach to reach 300 wins and by the American Academy of Forensic Sciences. of Podiatric Medicine. own land, lives and historical experiences start of the 2009 regular season had more campus, Kelton penned some of the greatest He received his Bachelor of Science in western novels ever written, often times us- into literature that has meaning far beyond

than 350 wins at Dilley, Hamshire-Fannett Collection Texas West the of Courtesy Photo Enochs Rex chemistry from ASU, then earned his medical and Calallen high schools. After becoming In Memoriam ing books and other research materials from our region. As brilliantly as Kelton wrote degree from the Texas Tech University Health athletic director and head coach at Callalen the West Texas Collection. about West Texas, his characters’ struggles, Sciences Center. Dr. Verna Mae Crutchfield, 94, of Center in 1988, he began a state-record 16 con- Point and former professor of education at “If I had to sum up Elmer in a word,” failures and triumphs were ultimately uni- secutive seasons with 10 or more wins. versal. His art carried relevance well past 1985 ASU, died Oct. 14 in Kerrville. She joined the said West Texas Collection head Suzanne He earned his Bachelor of Science in Angelo State faculty in 1966 and worked for Campbell, “it would be ‘gentleman.’ I nev- the range of our mesquites, as surely as Rebekah “Becky” Brackin, who holds a physical education from ASU. the university until her retirement in 1976. er saw him when he was anything else but Mark Twain and William Faulkner tran- Bachelor of Business Administration from She was named a Piper Distinguished Profes- a gentleman.” scend the Missouri and the Mississippi.” ASU, has returned to Angelo State as the sor for education at ASU in 1971. She was When he died Aug. 22 at the age of 83, The Time It Never Rained, a novel 1973 university’s first director of community rela- known as a true educator and longtime sup- San Angelo lost its best known resident and set around San Angelo during the 1950s Dr. Clayton Alred has been named presi- tions. Before joining the ASU staff, Brackin porter of ASU, establishing the Dr. Verna Mae Angelo State lost a friend, who had given drought, was Kelton’s hallmark book and dent of the Ruidoso campus of Eastern New was president and publisher of the San An- Crutchfield Special Education Scholarship. Mexico University. The former vice president gelo Standard-Times and gosanangelo.com. his library to the West Texas Collection and personal favorite. The Wolf and the Buffa- his name to the English Department, which lo, set in the region in the 1870s, chronicled for instruction at Odessa College began Previous to her newspaper experience, Goldie Gray Coleman, 88, of San Angelo each February since 1998 has held a writer’s the clash of cultures between a Comanche his new position in November. Alred was she worked a decade for the San Angelo and a longtime instructor of home econom- symposium in his honor. And, every year warrior and a buffalo soldier posted at Fort Odessa College’s interim president, 2006-07, Independent School District as community ics at ASU, died Sept. 14 in San Angelo. Concho. Kelton’s The Good Old Boys be- and previously held positions as dean and relations coordinator and later as director of From 1973 through her 1992 retirement, but one when his schedule took him out of assistant dean. public relations. Coleman taught apparel design, beginning state, Kelton attended the symposium, giv- came a TNT television movie starring and sewing, tailoring and elementary foods. ing an opening talk and then sitting in on directed by Tommy Lee Jones. Alred holds a Bachelor of Science in biology Brackin serves on boards of the United the sessions. Despite his critical acclaim and his com- with a minor in chemistry from ASU. He Way of the Concho Valley, West Texas In 1992 she was named Outstanding Home In 1995 Western Writers of America mercial success, Elmer Kelton remained as holds his master’s degree from Sul Ross and Rehabilitation Center, Concho Valley Center Economist of Texas. In 2008 she received his doctorate from the University of Texas at for Entrepreneurial Development and San the Eva Camuñez Tucker Award in honor of (WWA), an organization Kelton dearly genuine as his West Texas roots and his Austin, both in educational administration. Angelo Chamber of Commerce. She and her outstanding contributions to San Angelo. loved, attending all but three of their con- ranch upbringing, always ready to help an ventions between 1956 and 2009, named aspiring writer or answer a question from an her husband, Mark, have a daughter, Allison, Overall, she taught home economics for him the greatest western writer of all time. awestruck ASU student. and a son, Christopher. more than 50 years on the high school and college levels. She and her husband, Daw- In all, he published 62 books, including 49 “Our student assistants,” said Campbell, son Coleman, were married for 56 years and novels. He won seven Spur Awards from “were always thrilled to meet Elmer. He took their son, Randal Gray “Randy” Coleman, is WWA plus four Western Heritage Awards time to ask about them, where they were an ASU graduate. from the National Cowboy Hall of Fame. from, what their major was, etc. It was never He received lifetime achievement awards about him and he was never in such a hurry from the Texas Institute of Letters and the that he didn’t have time for others.” .

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Foundation Century Club Alex and Kay Decuir, San Angelo Ronnie and Pauline Willmann, Darryl and Robyn DeSeve, Valerie Lopez, Uvalde Eddie Smith, Plano Tory and Lisa Deubler, Irving San Angelo Manassas, Va. David and Judy Loyd, San Angelo Dr. Shivraj and Suzanne Sohur, school spirit in the weeks leading up billowed skyward, like the disap- FOUNDERS CIRCLE DIAMOND Dale Dodson, Plano Rodney and Betty Winn, San Angelo Marvin and Janis Dierschke, Jane and James Lunn, Arlington, Mass. Van and Angela Echols, Lubbock J. Nelson Word, San Angelo San Angelo Sandia Park, N.M. Gary and Patty Stokes, San Angelo to the implosion. Shortly, Redyke and pearing spirit of memories past of Mickey and Renee Long Randy and Debbie Dews, Dallas David and Delta Emerson, Dallas Donnie and Francis Young, Patrick and Michele Dierschke, Joe Martin, San Angelo Lauren and Timothy Stone, Southlake Lloyd and Sheri Norris Oscar and Corina Gomez, Southlake his assistant, Chester Grace, joined the Women’s High Rise. Dozens of Gary and Stacy Erwin, San Angelo San Antonio San Angelo Michael and Sari Martin, San Angelo George and Evelyn Strebeck, Bryan and Renee Heflin, Monahans Becky Fitch, Flower Mound Gary and Angela Donaldson, Gary and Gretchen Book Massingill, San Angelo them on the platform with the bat- car alarms went off and thousands of PILLARS CIRCLE Mickey and Renee Long, Midland Brad and Mercyla Fly, San Angelo ACCESS ASU-SILVER San Angelo Plainview Willie Tambunga, Lewisville Alvin and Patricia New Mark Low, Dallas Skip Foote, Chantilly, Va. Janet and Bryan Abernathy, Dr. Robert and Paula Dowler, H. Dan and Judy Mathews, Houston Jimmy and Pamela Taylor, tery box that would send the electrical voices cheered at the spectacle that Jim and Marion Ratcliff Mike Millegan, Basking Ridge, N.J. Chris B. Franke, Dallas San Angelo San Angelo Harold May, Spur San Antonio Louie and Amy Perez, San Angelo charge to the explosives. University left an estimated 800 truckloads of Wayne T. Franke, Austin Richard and Kimberley Besch, Dr. Russell and Linda Dressen, Ryan Mathews, San Angelo Shawn and Mark Taylor, Schertz SUSTAINERS Randy and Emma Russell, Col. (Ret) Kevin and Rita Gamache, San Angelo Abilene Dr. Brian and Patti May, San Angelo Phillip and Sharon Templeton, police sirens announced the impend- debris on the ground and two bro- Kyle and Pam Box Hamilton, Va. College Station Dr. Scott and Shelley Blanton, Paxton Dunn, Allen Harold May, Spur San Angelo Ruby Crook J. Milton and Terri Swift, Montgomery ing blasts. ken windows in Rassman, the only Arnold Garcia, Austin San Angelo Jim and Diana Dyer, San Angelo Sam P. McClellan, Bedford Kimberly and Kevin Thomas, Willie Ruiz Jay and Michelle Young, Dallas Jim and Dana Glossbrenner, Luke Burnett, San Angelo Dirk Dyksra, Cotulla Dr. Dale and Ellen McDonald, San Antonio Jay and Michelle Young As soon as the battery was con- unanticipated damage from the im- PLATINUM San Angelo Hector and Rebecca Cantu, Robbie and Amy, Alvin San Angelo Les Titus, Plano Marc Gonzales and Karissa San Angelo Eric and Cheryl Etter, Boca Raton, Fla. T. Dean and Lisa McInturff, Janie and Larry Trantham, nected to the yellow wires stretch- plosion. For the first time in history, Eddie Bates, Beaumont Willhite, Washington, D.C. Corina Casas, San Angelo Steve Eustis, San Angelo San Angelo Fredericksburg LeGrand Center Terry Blair, San Angelo ing to University Hall, Jeremy Concho Hall, the second of the high Kimberly and Rodney Hall, Danny and Sande Daniel, Carrollton Cynthia Feagin, Sonora Dean McIntyre, San Angelo Michael and Michael Varnadore, Jeffrey and Debbie Brennan, Alpharetta, Ga. John and Elaine Diggins, San Angelo Col. Ernest and Sharon Felts, Dr. Bill McKinney, San Angelo San Angelo Bryant, the voice of the Rams and rises to be built, stood without peer Dale and Joy Chase Mill Creek, Wash. David and JoNell Harlow, San Angelo Mark and Pam Duncan, San Angelo San Angelo Richard McKinney, San Angelo Maria and Enrique Vasquez, Lloyd and Sheri Norris Larry Clark, Richmond Ronny L. and Carol Harrison, Dara and Richie Eisenbach, Dr. Diane Fischer, Knoxville, Tenn. Carole and Steve McNabb, San Angelo Rambelles, began a countdown. At on campus. A-B Distributing Co. Gregory T. Ochs, Dallas San Angelo San Angelo Doug and Shelia Fox, San Angelo Brownwood Mary and Richard Vaughn, Lubbock ASU Nursing Department Randy Russell, Hamilton, Va. zero, New and the students pushed John Russell, the one person who Gunn Haydon, San Angelo Larisa and Bryan Elliott, San Angelo Mark and Karen Fraley, San Antonio Carolyn and Roy McNelly, Rowena Mike Virdell, Llano Jo Carr Frank and Brenda Sturzl, Lakeway Joe and Su Henderson, San Angelo Gilbert and Sylvia Gallegos, George and Joanne Gamache, Jesus and Delilah Mercado, Alpine Dr. Tommy and LaJan Walter, the button. A series of explosions had invested more time in the build- Hannah Nokes Joel and Suzanne Sugg, San Angelo Joey and Lezlye Henderson, San Angelo Bloomington, Ill. Monique and Gary Minnick, Goode,Va. Jacksonville, Fla. Jim Nokes Mike and Ruth Wheeler, San Angelo followed. Just as Redyke explained, ing’s demise than any other ASU San Angelo Dane and Tammie Green, San Angelo Phil and Toddy George, San Angelo Leesa Monroe, Arlington Mindy Warren, Midland GOLDEN David and Carol Herreman, Lewisville Oscar and Hope Guerrero, San Angelo Randy and Connie Gill, Midland Diana Munoz, San Angelo Vicki and Jeff Wetherbee, Belton nothing happened for a couple sec- employee, watched from a golf cart Dr. H. Lee Higdon III, Central, S.C. Sebastian and Carmen Guerrero, Susan H. Golden, Roswell, N.M. Michael Murray, Midland Dr. Whitney Whitworth, John S. Allison III, San Angelo Joe and Jenny Hoelle, San Angelo San Angelo Honorable Pete Gomez, Jr., Sonora Ed R. Nalepka, Midlothian Monticello, Ark. onds, then the building quivered on in the nearest parking lot immedi- Dr. Marsha and Steve Arvedson, Virginia Hunt-Edmiston, Murphy Jim Jones, San Angelo Candyce Gregston, San Angelo Edward Nalepka, San Angelo Troyce and Rebecca Wilcox, Houston the east end, then collapsed upon ately south of University Hall. Col. (Ret) Joe Hurst, Boerne John and Tamara Kinyon, San Angelo Gary and Frances Grogan, San Angelo Karen Nelson, Hewitt San Angelo Kyle and Pam Box, San Angelo Donald L. Klein, Fort Worth Mindy and Kasey Murphy, San Angelo Randal and Tammy Gully, San Angelo Sean and Jennifer New, Anna Williams, Midland itself, a defiant cast iron sewer pipe “The building fell and all the Scott and Shelly Bratcher, Lubbock Jim Kramer, San Antonio Dr. James L. Studt, San Angelo Dr. Charles and Donna Hall, Bangs North Richland Hills Susie Willyard, San Angelo Dale Chase, San Antonio knifing its way through the roof on dust came up,” Russell said. “When Dr. W. Bonham and Marcille Pamela Venable, San Angelo Charlie and Vicky Hall, Georgetown Lisa Nichols, San Angelo Camille and James Wilson, Randy Coleman, San Angelo Magness, Houston Will and Brendy Welch, San Angelo Dan and Anne Hamilton, San Angelo Bill Nikolauk, San Angelo Sherwood, Ark. Clifton F. Dews, San Angelo the way down the dust started settling we could see Jerry and Sandra Mayo, Palestine Jeff and Mindy Hamilton, Lubbock Darrell O’Neal, Victoria Kimberly Woods, Houston Norman and Linda Dierschke, Jeff and Amy McCormick, San Angelo CENTURY CLUB Shawn Hancock, Irving Richey Oliver, San Angelo Cydnie Worley, Christoval Alvin New and his student help- Concho Hall in the background and a San Angelo Mark McNiel, San Antonio Donald and Jean Abell, San Angelo Syble Haney, San Angelo Clovis and Bettie Olsak, San Angelo Lea Wright, San Angelo Linda and Monti Eady, San Angelo ers had knocked University Hall little boy asked, ‘How’d they build it Loyd and Elaine Moore, San Angelo Robert Aguero, Fort Worth Dr. Patrick J. Hanford, Lubbock Jay Orr, Austin Angie and Nic Zavoico, Robert and Jenny Eubank, San Angelo . Blake and Kimberly Moorhead, Dr. Gus Alexander, San Angelo Randy Harbin, San Angelo Shauna and Corey Owens, San Angelo Port Charlotte, Fla. down to its trees. A cloud of dust back so fast?’” Marc and Amy Hayes, Lubbock Spring Gary and Debra Anstice, Arlington Benny and Laura Harkey, San Angelo Joshua and Doris Owusu, Frisco Eric and Kelly Zeitler, San Antonio Brig. Gen. Ronnie D. Hawkins, Mike and Brenda Morris, San Angelo Nita and Bill Archer, San Angelo Edgar Harris, San Angelo Meghan Pace, San Angelo Alexandria, Va. Shirley and Chuck Morton, San Angelo Kirk Banfield,Plano David and Katie Harrison, San Angelo Mark and Marsha Pape, San Angelo ACCESS ASU Dan and Terri Herrington, San Antonio Carrol “Pinto” Nokes, Arlington Jana and Jerry Barnard, San Angelo Dr. Tracy R. Henson-McBee, Judy and Scott Parker, Lubbock Jonathan Blann, San Angelo Steve and Lisa Holifield, Midland Linda Norris, San Angelo Michael and Kay Barron, Brownfield Barbara and Randall Parker, Jennifer Boggs, San Angelo Buddy Johnson, Houston Kitty So Nussbaum, Iowa City, Iowa Patricia Hernandez, Eagle Pass San Angelo Susann Brundrett, San Angelo Dr. Robert and Jean Ann LeGrand, Hermosa Beach, Calif. Stratton and Jean Beesley, San Angelo Carlynn Hicks, Boerne Linda Patrick, Plano Dianna Cain, San Angelo San Angelo LeRoy Olsak, San Angelo Eugene and Ethel Berger, San Angelo Jean and William Hierholzer, Kerrville Hal and Marshell Peter, San Angelo Roger Collins, San Angelo Darcy Maloney and Dale Werner, Eric and Kimberly Peterson, David B. Boswell, Austin Karen Hildebrand, Odessa Fred J. Petmecky, San Antonio Mark Cooper, San Angelo San Angelo San Angelo Dr. Russ and Frances Boyles, Odessa Doray J. Hill Jr., San Angelo Faron and Barbi Pfeiffer, San Angelo Donna Fowler, San Angelo Allen and Mesha Millsap, San Antonio Billie Phinney, Mereta Tim and Bonnie Brewster, Eden Peggy Hodges, San Angelo Michael and Lisa Phillips, Spring Kristie Frank, San Angelo John Norman, Houston Laurin and Sharon Prather, Lubbock Hon. Mike and Debby Brown, Jeff and Diane Holbrook, Sylvan and Carol Polunsky, Linda Gossett, San Angelo Lloyd and Sheri Norris, San Angelo Jim and Marion Ratcliff, Georgetown San Angelo Universal City San Angelo Yantis Green, San Angelo Steve and Susan Timms, Humble Dick Robertson, San Angelo Tommy and Debra Burson, Silverton Dr. E. James and Bobbie Holland, Debrah Powell, San Angelo Grady Harlow, San Angelo Mrs. Lloyd D. Vincent, San Angelo Qualtrust Credit Union, San Angelo Jefrey and Wendy Butcher, San Angelo Victor and Trish Probandt, San Angelo David Heath, San Angelo SILVER Dr. Angel Salazar, Dallas Artesia, N.M. Cynthia Hudec, San Angelo Bill and Patsy Purser, San Angelo John Hemphill, San Angelo James and Melissa Seaton, Odessa Curry and Bonnie Lou Campbell, Cathy Hughes, San Angelo Jeff and Tonya Rainey, San Angelo George Jackson Jr, San Angelo Ronald and Alice Adams, Austin Brian and Jeannie Shannon, Lubbock Sonora Charles Hughes, San Angelo Kerry and Jamie Rainey, San Angelo David Jacobo, San Angelo Dr. Ross Alexander, San Angelo Jacqueline Shannon, San Angelo Mike and Claudia Caraway, Matthew and Kim Hunter, Midland Rob Rainey, San Angelo Sherri Jones, San Angelo Maurice and Barbara Archer, Lamesa Arthur Shaw, Beaumount San Angelo Roy Ivey and Sarah Logan, Joseph Ramos, Shallowater Jerry Jones, San Angelo Craig and Kim Bagley, Weatherford Bobby Sims, Santee, Calif. Glen and Marcie Carter, Midland San Angelo C.A. and Shirley Roberson, Cibolo John Kennedy, San Angelo Randall and Maia Baker, Harlingen Dr. Spencer and Julie Sincleair, Steve and Kay Castle, Midland Carolyn and Kenneth Johnson, Carol and Keith Roberts, San Angelo James Lowman, San Angelo Pat and Lori Barton, San Angelo Salado Mark and Karen Clark, San Angelo San Angelo David Samuelson, Abilene J.W. Lown, San Angelo Annah Bennie, Austin Carlton and Betty Lou Smith, Rev. Frank Coniglio, Dubois, Wyo. Joanne F. Gass Jones, Lubbock Norm and Diane Schaule, Canyon Lake Lori Manship, San Angelo Betty Serface Blakely, Georgetown San Angelo Cary and Lota Corthron, Buffalo Gap Kathryn Kelly, Austin Doyle and Lynn Schniers, San Angelo Valerie Matthews, San Angelo Nathaniel and Melissa Booker, Austin Larry Thorp, Santa Fe, N.M. Kevin and Lacie Corzine, Abilene Taimur and Katey Khan, Reston, Va. Gordon and Jackie Schrank, Robert L. McGraw, San Angelo Gary and Leslee Bowen, San Angelo James Truelove, Richardson Donald and Pat Cox, San Angelo Dr. LeeRoy and Betty Kiesling, St. Cloud, Minn. Lenora Mercer, Vancourt Lane and Elaine Bowen, San Antonio Michael Vallandingham, Austin Kim Cox, San Angelo San Angelo Oron and Dorothy Schuch, San Angelo Phil Neighbors, San Angelo Bo and Michelle Brannon, Granbury Jerry and Rose Vandergriff, X B Cox Jr., San Angelo James Kirkland, Austin Brandi and Jeff Schwetner, Deborah Pope, San Angelo Dean Buchanan, Cedar Park San Angelo Ruby Crook, Houston Laverne and Robert Knezek, Arlington The Colony Gerald R. Ratliff, San Angelo Jerry and Nidia Casillas, Katy James Waterbury, Bel Air, Md. Karen and Mark Crouch, San Angelo John and Lucy Kocich, San Angelo Kenny Scudder, Odessa Sandy Seidel, San Angelo Guy and Eva Choate, San Angelo Brian and Doxie Watson, Midland Jerry Curry, San Angelo Kent and Nevie Lacy, San Angelo Jeff and Sherry Sefcik, San Angelo Eric Smith, San Angelo Lana Choate-Pierce, Englewood, Colo. Going, Going, Gone! To watch University Hall Richard Way, San Angelo Danny and GayeLyn Daniels, Lance and Judy Lacy, San Angelo Cyndi Seger, Fort Worth Gwendolyn Smith, San Angelo Ja and Lorinda Chriesman, Dallas Melody and Edward Wilkinson, Lake Jackson Leslie and Lorenzo Lasater, Eric Seidenberger, Coppell Jo Valliant, San Angelo Kirk and Patsy Cleere, San Angelo fall or to see additional photos, visit Fort Worth Brad Davis, Fort Worth San Angelo J. Keith and Debra Shahan, San Saba Brenda Wellen, San Angelo Bill Coggins Jr., Minneapolis, Minn. Dr. Noel and Jacque Williams, Curry Dawson, Water Valley Annabeth Lee, Georgetown Lisa Shoemaker, Bellevue, Neb. 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