What International Students Want You to Know... -Lily Omenukor, Student Takes

New law bans From TEDx to Hallofest. unsolicited nude Check the backpage photos pg 2 for our favorite photos from the season. TheVikingGrayson College November 2019 Volume 12, Issue 3 What international students want you to know... -Lily Omenukor, Student takes. If I can say your name For some international right, I expect the same students, studying abroad too.” can be challenging and For Fatima Abdou from complex. The most common Mali, the major challenges difficulties are applying for a at Grayson were dietary. “In visa, gathering my home country, I am used documentation, keeping up to our local foods. Since I with college classes, using secured admission to study the English language, and in this school, food has adjusting to dietary needs. become one of my major According to Brad McClenny, challenges. Our food is the International Students completely different from Advisor at Grayson College, the various kinds of food in there are different types of the western world,” Abdou international students at said. “Here in the school, Grayson depending on the the food smells and tastes type of visa they are issued. differently from what am Some of the students apply used to in my country. I find as non-immigrants. They live International students pose with faculty during last year’s International Day it hard to eat. Each time I in the States or outside the (Photo provided by Ana Ferreria) try, it gives me stomach country and get an education into English), official documentation different from Nigeria, where I came problems because it’s still through sports scholarships showing a TOEFL (Test of English as a from,” said Okoro. “Everything is done new to my system. It will such as men’s basketball and Foreign Language) score of 600, a valid online, which seems new to me and is take some time before my baseball or women’s passport for six months, an application hard for me to master. I wrote with pen system will accept it.” basketball or softball. fee of $100, an affidavit of financial and paper and not computers in Nigerian Abdou added, “Most of the Some of the international support of $16,500 USD, a health English. At the moment, I have started dishes served in the students come to Grayson certificate and medical insurance learning how to type and how to work cafeteria are prepared with College sponsored by their coverage. with the computer.” pork. As a practicing parents. Most of these According to McClenney, the students Understanding English words and Muslim, I do not eat pork. international students are have to enroll in 12 credit hours and earn pronunciation was a big issue to This has made it hard for issued an F-1 visa, which has a minimum of a 2.0 GPA to maintain their Moumouduwa Kimbala, a Kenyan me to select what to eat in zero duration, meaning no status as an international student. international student majoring in the cafeteria.” expiration date. Rebecca Okoro, a Nigerian international Nursing. “On my first day at Grayson According to McClenny, “When applying at Grayson student at Grayson College, said, “As an College, I registered in school. Many “The challenges Grayson College, the [international] international student coming from a students walked up to me and spoke to international students face student needs to apply and different background, I found it difficult me, but because I could barely at the beginning of their submit all the required to catch up with my course mates in class understand them, I kept nodding my first semester can improve documentation. Once the during lectures because of the way the head with a smile on my face,” she by getting involved in school approves the forms, course is taught and the language and recalled. “The other students were campus activities and an I-20 and acceptance letter accent used.” She added that it took time unable to pronounce my name, utilizing the resources to will be issued to the student. to understand what the professor was Moumouduwa. I have zero-tolerance for adapt to their new lives.” Then, a checklist will be sent saying in class because of the way he people messing up my name. If it was an Don’t struggle alone–learn to the student,” McClenny spoke and the illustrations he shared in exam or game that needs to be won to how to reach out, he explained. The list includes class. get a million dollars, they will go the suggests to them. official transcripts (translated “Grayson College is completely extra mile to get it right. An effort is all it

Two OER Microgrants Awarded, Colonel Dale Howard to speak at Rememberance Ceremony Two More Stipends Available -Wayne Ryon, Financial Aid Advisor -Todd Ellis, Director of Teaching and Learning

Grayson College Teaching and Successful applicants will work Learning is offering two Open with Library Information Services Educational Resources support staff and the Director of Teaching stipends for the 2019-2020 school and Learning during the year to year. The purpose of the stipends identify and review potential OER is to assist faculty in textbook texts for a spring, summer or fall examination and course adoption 2020 adoption. The grant recipient of OER for spring or fall 2020 will notify Todd Ellis in writing that classes. they have selected a textbook. In the summer of 2019 Sarah Include the textbook name and Garrett applied for and was publisher. awarded a microgrant to adopt an Part II, Adapt. Grant recipients OER textbook for 8 sections of will then create and adapt a Speech that impacted 200 Canvas sandbox OER course or students. Estimated student class shell in which the textbook The Wall of Honor is current on display in the Student Life Center (photo by editor.) savings this fall is $14,000. Michael will be used. They will then receive Join us November 11th at Officer to the U.S. Department of Dill received and is working on a the remaining $1500. Note, the 11:00am on the second floor of Homeland Security, retiring again grant in the form of release-time. course does not have to be the Life Center by the Veteran’s in 2007. He will be creating an OER lab designed around the textbook, Hub for our Veteran’s Day Colonel Howard was awarded manual for Microbiology. although that is a common Remembrance Ceremony with the Legion of Merit Medal, two Full-time and adjunct faculty are pedagogical practice. guest speaker Colonel Dale Bronze Star Medals, the encouraged to apply. The $2000 A link to the application and Howard, Perrin Air Force Base Department of Defense Joint stipend is divided into two parts: additional information can be Museum. Meritorious Service Medal, the Part I, Adopt. Selected applicants found at https://www.smore. Colonel Dale Howard served in Republic of Slovenia Silver Star will receive a $500 stipend for com/1vbxm. the Vietnam War, the Persian Gulf Medal, as well as several other academic year 2019-20. War and the Kosovo Campaign. personal and unit campaign Colonel Howard retired with thirty medals, ribbons and badges. He is years of commissioned service in currently retired and lives in Could climate change affect 1998. He was recalled to active Sherman, Texas with his wife Sally, duty after the terrorist attack of a retired U.S. Air Force Chief North Texas agriculture? 9/11; served as Senior Strategic Master Sergeant. - Luisa Perez, Student Analyst for Counter Terrorism for Reception will follow after the Over the past few decades, North Texas’ climate has changed the U.S. Department of Defense ceremony, beginning at 11:30am dramatically, which can be summarized in two words: floods and for the Army and Military Liaison with a veteran meet and greet. excessive humidity. The annual temperature of North Texas has risen about one degree Fahrenheit since the first half of the 20th century. The increment in temperature and unpredictable natural disasters Want to See Your Work In The Viking? such as floods, droughts, continuous rain, and wildfires are, We are now accepting stories, poems, comics and photos! unfortunately, something North Texas will experience more, which can lead to economic and health problems, stated Barbara Mayes, Send your work to our editor, Storm Anderson at climatologist and meteorologist from North Texas. [email protected] (Continued on page 5) Remember, anyone can contribute!

Please recycle this paper! Page 2 Technology November 2019 Please Recycle This Paper! door groups, which are social Advertising? Social media is your new best friend networks for a neighborhood - Trey Connelly, Student or community. Imagine scrolling through social someone’s phone and send when deciding whether they Sometimes people may not media and seeing a picture of a messages to it later about a should advertise over like the service provider they delicious cheeseburger: the particular item businesses may television. have, ask what their friends sesame-seed bun, crisp lettuce, have on sale or something similar, “I think [television advertising] are using, and then switch melted cheese, and the tender he explained. If they can ever have would cost too much and not over to McCarley’s business. patty. That image was an anybody register an email address, reach enough people,” both He explained how marketing advertisement created by an then businesses can send out mass Latimer and McCarley claimed. is dependent on what type of employee for the sole purpose emails of sales that they may have McCarley explained how business is being run. “Our of bringing customers in to eat at going on. television would broadcast to business is all about rapid their restaurant. Advertising Advertising this way may the other side of Paris, Texas. growth and trying to get drives business forward and help influence a customer to return to a But his business hasn’t made [loyal] customers…If you don’t them grow. restaurant or store, whether the any plans to go to Paris, so get the word out there, “[Social media] is vital,” said customer knows it or not. advertising there would waste everybody else is. You have to Tyler McCarley, owner of the Customers may still receive emails a lot of customers. He added, keep up, or you [go] past internet service provider 903 [other businesses], one of the Broadband, located in Leonard, two,” he said. Texas. He started advertising on Keeping up with an competing Facebook around the time when business is challenging, but 903 Broadband opened. starting a business advertising Word of mouth is also necessary it can be just as difficult, if not for his company’s advertising, more difficult. but social media is better for McCarley suggested, putting the word out not only for “Depending on your growth new customers, but also for forecast and what you’re current customers as far as the wanting to do, you have to transparency they try to have for keep in mind [that] part of outages. advertising is the type of 903 Broadband did a giveaway customers you want to serve.” recently, and it touched 10,000 If a technology business is different people. That’s huge for being run, customers are a small town. They can’t reach already online and are usually that many people with any other on social media anyway. But if Leeann’s Southern Charm finds great success advertising on Facebook. platform. (Photo provided by author.) there was someone who Other local businesses are started up an agriculture prospering due to social media from a specific restaurant even if “[With television advertising] business, there are probably advertising. Leann Latimer, the they no longer visit. After they you can’t really pinpoint other tactics that would be owner of Leann’s Southern receive an email, their curiosity [customers] like you can with used, just because the Charm, a flower shop and may pique and tell that person to some of these social media consumer that they’re dealing boutique located in Leonard, return to the store and give it posts.” with might not be online as Texas, said because she started another chance, Johnson added. Latimer suggested to continue much, explained McCarley. advertising on Facebook, she If the business sends too many to make new groups on Latimer started advertising now has a website, a warehouse, emails, however, it can turn away Facebook to bring in more on Facebook about six months her store, and over 300,000 a few potential or current customers. She has gained after she opened up the floral followers online. customers, according to Johnson. several followings outside of part of her shop. “The minute Big businesses and some small “You just throw [email] in the Facebook, such as the people you open up your business,” businesses have amassed a large trash, throw it in the trash, throw who visit her store and the she said, ”you need to open following online, and Jeff it in the trash, and eventually, people in the small town she up your Facebook page and Johnson, Leonard High School’s you get put off by that,” he said. I lives in. get all your friends and family technology assistant, said a think there is a risk [advertising Word of mouth moves very to share it and do giveaways. website or other types of social that way.]” quickly, even out of small Make it fun, make it exciting, media are useful ways a business Television is a useful advertising towns. McCarley said some and you’re pretty much ready could contact their potential and tool for big businesses that have customers and even non- to go. People will support current customers. Businesses locations in every state, but small customers have created next- you.” can take information from businesses have to think twice New Texas law bans unwanted nude photos -Breanna Newton, Student Receiving unwanted nude person commits indecent issue that affects both sexes. when asked because he said, photos is a widespread but exposure, it is a crime. Yet if Kaleb Marshburn, a Bells High “My supervisors have not little-talked-about problem. that same person engages in School junior, said he has updated me on new laws On September 1, 2019, among such an act over texting or a received multiple unrequested regarding this topic.” many laws passed in the last dating app, the unwanting nude photos from his peers. The goal of any law is to punish Texas legislative session that recipient has absolutely no Marshburn recalled, “I told the offender but to also prevent came into effect, was one that recourse, even for repetitive some of my friends about it, future offenders from made it a Class C misdemeanor offenses. This must stop.” and we all had a good laugh . . . committing similar crimes. If with an up-to $500 fine if Rachel*, a senior at Leonard Many people think it is funny. local officers don’t even know someone sends an unsolicited High School, recalled that last But it did make me feel about this law, it seems unlikely nude photo electronically to year, another student sent uncomfortable.” they will enforce it, noted Dills. someone else’s phone or social Rachel pictures of his penis at Although Texas has been Digital and online harassment media. least 7 times, even though she praised as one of the first states is a real and serious problem Whitney Wolf Herd, the had never requested photos of to pass a law criminalizing the for all ages. Texas is one of the founder and CEO of the popular this nature, and she repeatedly act of sending “dick pics” and first states to pass a law dating app Bumble, testified in asked him to stop sending other unwanted personal prohibiting a person from front of Congress in favor of the them. pictures, many victims wonder sending an unsolicited explicit bill. Herd said, “If indecent Another Leonard High School how this law will actually be photo, and states often exposure is a crime on the student, Mary*, has also been enforced. considered more progressive streets, then why is it not on on the receiving end of these Alice Dills, the counselor at like New York have expressed your phone or your computer? unwanted pictures, and she Celeste High School, remarked interest in passing their own We want the standards of said nearly every one of her that while she was aware of the laws preventing this crime. acceptable behavior online to friends has been a victim as new law, she was unsure how However, more must be done match those in real life.” well. the punishment would actually if this issue is going to be This law is a step in the right This new law applies to every be implemented. resolved. Citizens need to direction, but there is much citizen, but women are much Dills commented, “Students realize such activity is not more work that needs to be more likely to receive these [victims] are often embarrassed “normal.” Parents and other done. unrequested photos than men. to come forward about this adults need to talk to the young Many Texas lawmakers were According to a 2017 YouGov problem, and some fear they people in their lives about what committed to the bill because survey, around 41% of young may face consequences is acceptable communication they realized the transmission women ages 18 to 36 have been themselves for having a lewd on their phones and on social of unwanted pictures is a sent at least one unwanted picture on their phone. . .I media and what is not. growing problem for young nude picture by a male friend honestly don’t know how this Police officers and other people especially and one that or acquaintance. A 2017 Pew law will be enforced.” officials need to be briefed on has often been ignored and left Research poll shows that 53% A local police officer who the new law and on ways to unpunished. of young women have received regularly works with the prevent this “digital flashing” Dallas-area Representative explicit images they did not ask students at Leonard High School from occurring. Morgan Meyer supported his for. and other high schools in the sponsorship of the bill by telling Although this problem is rarely county declined to be The Daily Wire, “Currently, if a reported by young men, it is an interviewed about this topic Page 3 Please Recycle This Paper! Life November 2019 Texas Leadership Conference at Grayson College Letter to the Editor -Abby Flores, Alison Earnhart, Ana Luiza, and Rosario Labrada, Students On Libraries.

More than Phi Theta Kappa officers pose with -Anonymous speaker Kantis books. Simmons. I appreciated very much the (L-R: Abby Flores, Rosario Labrada, article “Libraries. More than Kantis Simmons, Alison Books” and its highlighting of all Earnhart, and Ana of the services and programs Ferreria. Photo provided by Rosario available to the community at the Labrada) Sherman Public Library. I also wanted to mention that the Sherman Public Library is part of the BARR, the “Bibliographic Association of the Red River,” On October 11 through October opportunities. We were able to Conference was my first Phi Theta which is a consortium of libraries 13, Grayson College hosted the open our home campus to almost Kappa conference ever, and I am in Grayson County – the Sherman 2019 Texas Leadership Conference 400 Phi Theta Kappans and share happy to say that I had an amazing Public Library, the Denison Public for Phi Theta Kappa. our institution with a like-minded time! The speakers were Library, the Grayson College It was amazing to see Phi Theta group of students who care about awesome, the people were nice, Library, and the Austin College Kappans come from all over the our communities. and hosting the conference made Abell Library. Texas region to our campus to Texas Leadership Conference it even more incredible! Simply put, a BARR library card experience this event! offered a chance to grow as Acting Recording Secretary’s Perspective provides a person with access to a At the conference, we were able leaders by learning about The Texas Leadership Conference trifecta of local libraries. Patrons to learn how to improve our overcoming adversity, avoiding hosted at our very own Grayson can check out books at Sherman, leadership skills, and we made a conflict, and historical significance. College was an amazing Denison, and/or Grayson College lot of new friends. During the Our chapter worked alongside opportunity to listen to many libraries. weekend, we had the opportunity students from Cedar Valley thought-provoking people. And if you can’t easily get to one to hear impactful speakers and College to present a workshop Though they all were marvelous, of the other libraries, there is a engage with different chapters in over Effective Chapter I must say our speaker, Mrs. Bland courier service available that will the breakout sessions and Management to other students. ‘s encouragement to “get up off bring the books to your preferred workshops. This workshop gave us a chance to our butts…” had a deeper impact library! (Just ask a librarian to We definitely had a lot of fun. share our collective knowledge of on me. help you put the books on “Hold” Even though hosting was our chapter’s successes with Her reminiscence on her and specify pickup at your exhausting and there was a lot to about forty students who wanted historical walk alongside Martin preferred library) And just to be done, the effort was worth it, to better their college campuses. Luther King Jr. was very much make things uber-convenient, you and we enjoyed every bit of it; we Overall, TLC was a fun way to appreciated. It encouraged us to can also return BARR library books grew as individuals and as a share our facilities, improve upon take action and be the change, to either Sherman, Denison, or chapter. our leadership abilities, and meet and it encouraged us to stand up Grayson College libraries, where First Vice President’s Perspective new people! for people who may be oppressed they will be checked in and Hosting TLC was an amazing Public Relations Secretary’s Perspective because that’s what we would returned to their appropriate experience filled with leadership The 2019 Texas Leadership want them to do for us. home library. Did you also know that the Grayson College Foundation launches AwardSpring libraries have a wide selection of -Cynthia Perez, Grayson College Foundation DVD movies available to check The Grayson College Foundation scholarship applicants to scholarships based on the information out? (can you say Toy Story 4?!) process just got easier for current and future Grayson provided on the scholarship application. The So don’t delay…. Whether you College students. As of December 1, individuals AwardSpring Student Guide will be available online are a bibliophile or a movie buff, seeking scholarship assistance can take advantage of to assist applicants through the application process. the BARR card opens up a world a new software to apply for Grayson College The new scholarship application will open on of options for your enjoyment Foundation scholarships that are awarded for the December 1 for the 2020-2021 academic year with and entertainment. 2020-2021 academic year. the initial awarding period to take place at the end The Foundation has implemented a scholarship of March, 2020. management program called AwardSpring. Through Submitting a complete scholarship application by the new scholarship system, scholarship applicants the priority deadline of March 20, 2020, will provide can apply for all available scholarships by completing the scholarship applicant the best opportunity to be a single scholarship application. considered for and/or awarded a scholarship. The The AwardSpring system will automatically match scholarship application will close June 30, 2020. Instructor Spotlight: Ernest Sparacin -Marlene Phillips, Director of Advising and Outreach Ernest Sparacin can definitely tell you a day as he enters the classroom. “I make doing thing or two about teaching adults. “Being a the work a creative and fun experience. In great teacher starts with being sensitive to fact, I’m having too much fun,” laughed the students, understanding their position, Sparacin. With 13 years of experience in and moving forward from there,” affirmed adult education under his belt, Sparacin has Sparacin. hundreds of former students who would As an English as a Second Language (ESL) likely agree. The ESL class is more fun, than a Instructor in a classroom with students from Las Vegas show. all over the world, Sparacin certainly needs Despite the atmosphere of fun Sparacin is sensitivity and perceptiveness. To understand serious about something; an ESL student’s his novice students, he must rely on his and limitation is linguistic only but that is students’ nonverbal communication in temporary. “The potential in these students addition to drawings on the board. is always there, but the hurdles without Sparacin’s unconventional background command of English leave them stuck,” gives him a unique way of relating to his non- sighed Sparacin. English-speaking students. Sparacin was Sparacin is proud of the role he’s played formerly an independent graphic in the lives of students who have overcome communications designer. His job was to find those hurdles. Some of his students are now ways to share information nonverbally with nurses, engineers, and other professionals. consumers. It’s the perfect skill set for an Grayson College Adult Education has a instructor teaching someone who doesn’t whole team of excellent instructors. Sparacin know English in a classroom with native is just like them only different, and we like it speakers of multiple languages. that way! Above: ESL Instructor Ernest Sparacin. (photo provided by author) Sparacin puts this imaginative hat on every CDC attends 200th Storm’s Soapbox Look at this cool thing I did. Anniversary of the - Storm Anderson, Editor Over the last two months, I’ve looked at Birth of Bab -Cultural Diversity Club more skulls than I think is allowed outside the specific field of taxidermy. On October 29, the Cultural Diversity Club This came from an opportunity to volunteer my time at attended the 200th Anniversary of the Birth of retired Grayson art professor Steve Black’s Skiddy Street the Bab that was hosted by The Baha’i Puppet Company repairing puppets for Denison’s 8th annual communities of Sherman and Denison. The event Dia de los Muertos festival. happened at Austin College, and it was a very interesting experience with a religion that until Hopefully, next year I can get started early then, was not well known by any of our members. enough to create a puppet of my own. For The Baha’i religion believes in unity through now, I just wanted to express my gratitude at diversity and cultures, the same principles our being welcomed into such a weird yet fun club has. It was a great opportunity to network environment. and learn new things. Top: The wings of this angel puppet needed a new coat of paint. Bottom: I got to reconstruct the face of the yellow puppet and actually wore the Diablo puppet during the Dia de los Muertos Parade. (Photos provided by author.) Page 4 Please Recycle This Paper! Arts November 2019

19th Annual Black, White and Variants of Grey exhibit now- Storm open Anderson, Editor

For the 19th year, the 2nd Floor Gallery is features 68 works by 33 artists, including proud to present Black, White, and Variants Grayson and SouthEastern students and of Grey. This exhibit, meant to push the several local professionals. artists’ creative problem-solving skills, “I felt really excited seeing my own art restricts all works into an achromatic color hanging up next to some of the best local pallet. This total ban of color forces artists artists,” Grayson student Alexis Greenwood to use other means to make their work admits. “Everyone’s styles are really stand out among the rest. diverse and unique. I was more excited While some artists may find those about this show than the others. You get limitations difficult, Grayson student Owen to see everyone’s styles develop more over Beck disagrees. “I enjoyed working with the semester, and it’s been really cool to only black and white. I’ve been using a lot see.” of color in my pieces because I don’t really The Black, White and Variants of Grey know how to work well with color yet. I exhibit will run through the end of the Fall found black and white easier because then semester. Hours of the 2nd Floor Gallery I’m really only working with light and are 9am-3pm Monday through Friday. The shadow.” artist reception will be held on Friday, The design challenge of the exhibit has November 15th from 5:30-7pm at the 2nd The 2nd Floor Gallery currently has 68 works of art brought some of the best artists in our Floor Gallery in the Art and Communications on display created by both student and professional area to the 2nd Floor Gallery, and this year Center. artists. (Photos provided by author.) has been no exception. The 2019 exhibit

Design class creates public art for the Day of the Dead -Kristin Erickson, Professor Grayson College design students made papel picado banners to celebrate the Day of the Dead, a day to honor the memory of loved ones who have passed. “papel picado, or “punched paper,” is a traditional folk art practiced throughout Mexico and is frequently used as decorations for celebrations. Design students created both the design for their papel picado as well as the chisel they used to punch out the design before attaching the designs to string in order to hang them. You can view these brightly colored decorations in the foyer of the Arts and Communications building in front of the Cruz Stark Auditorium. If you would like to get involved with the arts on campus, come and join Delta Phi Delta, Grayson College’s Art Club. The art club meets 1st Tuesday of the month in AC 105/Design Room. For more information about Grayson College Art Events, visit our Above: All the detail in these papel picados were created by using website at: https://www.grayson.edu/Pathways/VisualArts/index.html or our Facebook page handmade chisels. at: Grayson College Visual Arts Department. (Photos provided by author.)

Above: Design students string their designs together for hanging. (Photos provided by author.)

Their grief continued over the next year. This is a story about a girl who She didn’t know what to do. The other spirits warned her not Her spirit never left and so they never moved on. died, leaving behind her mother to follow her family. But she didn’t listen. Her mother could no longer bear it and begged at the girl’s grave, and two brothers. “Please, I love you but you must leave.” And so the girl did.

She flew and flew until she Years passed in solitude until The girl watched over the cat The girl sat and stared. Her found a small thicket at the one day, the girl came across a as it struggled to survive. And the cat returned to her. heart called out for the cat’s edge of a small village. There sick black cat with bright blue Yet when the first freeze came, And for the first time in return. she cried alone. eyes. she was once again alone. decades the girl smiled. Story about a girl - Sierra Smith, Student Page 5 Please Recycle This Paper! Current November 2019

(Continued from “Could climate...”, page 1) the biggest concern is that nighttime James Watsons, an agriculture temperatures are increasing even more. 2019 Homecoming Court expert and owner of many farms in the This will affect people who live without air North Texas area has noticed a strange conditioning, bringing them heat illness. nominees announced change in his crops in the last couple of Not only that, but since Texas is -Laura Branigan, Student years. “Last year we had definitely so transforming into a tropical weather state, While the 2019 Homecoming King and Queen won’t be much rain that affected the crops,” said it will be dealing with problems like pests announced until after this issue is released, Watson. The unusual storm patterns and bugs. Since winters aren’t cold The Viking would like to extend our congratulations to North Texas is experiencing can be enough, they will tolerate the temperature all the nominees of this year’s Homecoming Court. unfortunate for the farmers. Rick Lynn, a and will start multiplying, predicted Your nominees are: science professor at Grayson College, Mayes. Queen explained how climate change is affecting Sara Borg, a well-known meteorologist - Ana “Abby” Flores, Phi Theta Kappa our economy and health. “The reduction from North Texas, said that future - Angela Perry, Honors College in precipitation will dramatically decrease generations in North Texas will have to - Blakely Cheek, Softball crop production, impacting the livelihood deal with unusual weather events even - Makayla Hill, Black Print of farmers and all of the industries that more. “Future generations in North Texas - Mary “Ida” Esfandiari, Student Government support them,” said Lynn. will have to deal with increasing intensity - Shelby Vasquez, Cheer “As droughts and winter weather and frequency of significant weather - Taylor Welch, Psychology Club become more extreme, more strain will events. Events such as droughts and - Zayla Pope, Student Support Services be placed on our electricity grid, making it wildfires are expect to happen more King more difficult for humans to survive those frequently,” said Borg. Future generations - Kristian Enbysk,Student Government weather events,” explained Lynn. Each will have a harder life due to climate - Liu Chi Cong “Leo”, Cultural Diversity Club year weather events will be intensified to change. They will have to deal with Princess the point that it will be hard to survive different weather events and intensifying - Shyenne Daniel, Cheer and will affect our health, he predicted. temperatures in all places. Winners will be announced at Halftime during the Heatwaves and continuous rain due Is North Texas going to have better Men’s Basketball game November 9. to climate change are making the farmers weather in the upcoming years? The concerned about their crops. Many answer is no. Mayes confirmed that the farmers in North Texas do not have a number of heatwaves in North Texas will New Texas Open sophisticated irrigation system, so if these increase. “Changes are happening at unusual weather patterns don’t stop, faster rates, and that is likely to continue. Educational Resource Law their crops will receive the impact, even It’ll probably happen with some rather big -Todd Ellis, Director of Teaching and Learning more, each year. “We depend on Mother and rather noticeable leaps and jumps,” Texas law SB 810 (now TEC 51.452), requires that Nature for our crops,” said Watson. “Too predicted Mayes. college course catalogs disclose to prospective students much rain can cause a huge problem [soil The main reason North Texas is having those courses that include Open Educational Resources. degradation.] The rain causes the good such drastic changes in weather is due to The purpose is to allow students to make informed fertilized soil to vanish away, leaving the amount of carbon dioxide in the choices about textbook costs when considering a unfertile land.” atmosphere, explained Lynn. Human college education. North Texas temperatures are rising activities are adding too many greenhouse If students type “OER” in the search box of Grayson. each summer. Mayes noted, “Summer gases and carbon dioxide into the edu they will see a document detailing our OER course and fall are drying, and that’s not good for atmosphere, and that is causing huge offerings. farmers and ranchers who need to grow changes in weather. DigiTex, The Digital Higher Education Consortium of things.” The increase in precipitation But helping the planet by eating less Texas, recently reported that Texas House Bill 3652, causes temperatures to rise, causing meat, driving and flying less, recycling and passed in September 2019, directs the THECB to extremely hot weather that is not turning up the thermostat can help the contract with an existing OER repository to develop beneficial for farmers, she explained. planet more than one thinks. Mayes said, and maintain a customized state OER web portal. Temperatures have already warmed “No human is perfect. Sometimes we HB 3652 states that “open educational resources in North Texas, though not as quickly as in have to fly. Sometimes we really like meat. available through the portal must be searchable by some other parts of the country, noted Sometimes you don’t have washable course or learning outcome, program or field of study, Mayes. If countries act to curb emissions, plates handy. Take the steps when you and other topics. The portal must also provide access the area will continue to experience some can, most of the time, and it will have an to repositories maintaining a wide range of open warming by the 2030s to 2060s and even impact.” It is still not too late to give up educational resources, including textbooks, full more by the end of the 21st Century. The the fight for North Texas. courses, course materials, modules, images, videos, warming will be much more drastic. The assessment software, and any other tools, materials, number of heatwaves is increasing, but or techniques used to support learning.”

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Campus gun violence: What can we do? -Audrey Shaw, Student A commonly suggested solution “Stop the killing, then stop the that works in tandem with a in the classroom: “When pepper following school shootings is dying.” curtain system to cover all spray is used, the entire room has arming the educational staff. Integrating emergency medical windows. to be evacuated…We then While this may be a possible services (EMS) into active shooter The system is simple; press of a switched to wasp spray…It burns solution in small schools where responses is critical in being able button can activate it! These locks just the same..”. the risk is more easily controlled, to manage the devastation caused are on the interior of the doorway As with most intruder situations, larger schools often have too by the shooter and shut down the so that it is harder for the intruder the best line of defense is many variables for reasonable threat effectively. to disable the lock, and the individual preparedness. safety to be assumed. A.L.E.R.R.T. has a specialized uniform dropping of curtains help A.L.E.R.R.T. has civilian courses What preventive actions and program dubbed A.A.I.R. (Active disguise which rooms contain as to how to respond to active preparations can be taken for Attack Integrated Response). people (Griggs). -shooter threats. Taking part in larger settings such as universities, A.A.I.R. trains police officers to Another technology that is active-shooter/intruder colleges, and large high schools? integrate EMS into active-shooter currently on the market is the simulations can also help Due to the increasing frequency responses while training the Sleeve, sold by Fighting Chance individuals gain a better of active shooting situations in officers in tactical emergency Solutions. The Sleeve is a understanding of how to the U.S., more advanced casualty care (AAIR). reinforced metal sleeve that slips appropriately react. technologies are being developed Trainings for police, EMS, and over the arm of door closers and Jeff Johnson, Assistant and brought to the consumer school staff are critical to prevents the door from opening. Superintendent of Leonard I.S.D., market. However, these products preventing damage and loss of life Products like the Sleeve are not emphasized the importance of are usually only implemented in when discussing active shooter alone. Many companies have anti- also using social outreach and schools when they are situations.. Anyone can help push intruder technologies what inclusion programs such as Start recommended by local law these trainings by contacting the employ leverage against handles With Hello by the Sandy Hook enforcement or the state and local police department and and door closers. While they may Foundation to better service our national governments. asking if they have considered seem like obvious solutions, the community’s mental health and The city of Allen, Texas has one furthering their training in active technologies are often expensive lessen the percentage of people of the largest high schools in the shooter response. as they are newer on the market, tempted to perpetrate these nation. Allen High School employs Besides training, another demand is low due to lack of crimes. twelve school resource officers effective method of protection is awareness, and market saturation These inclusion programs (SRO) who are trained by investing in physical technology to has yet to fully succeed in encourage people to reach out to A.L.E.R.R.T. (Advanced Law protect against the intruder. cheaping the products. others despite whether or not Enforcement Rapid Response Students from Owensville High Another more primitive solution there is a pre-existing relationship. Training), a program that teaches School, a high school located in that schools can employ is sprays We can push to better educate rapid and effective responses to Owensville, Missouri, are such as wasp and hornet spray. and train our communities against active shooter situations. currently developing an Some may argue that pepper this threat when we arm ourselves Lieutenant Whitman of Allen impressive solution in this area of spray is a better alternative. with knowledge and training. The Police Department shared the protection (“Samsung: Samsung Cody Plake, Leonard High School change must come from us as a mantra that most departments US”). The students engineered a principal, pointed out a major society as the threat affects us as use in active shooter situations: steel electromagnetic door lock issue with keeping pepper spray a society. Page 6 Please Recycle This Paper! Club Life November 2019 Clubs & Organizations CDC to host International Students Day Meeting Calendar - Cultural Diversity Club Cultural Diversity Club The United States has Second and fourth Monday, enrolled international Monday 12:50-1:30p.m, Int’l Student Life students in U.S. colleges Office and universities since the 1950s. What started as ASL/Deaf Association 26,000 international 12-1, LA 205 students quickly doubled Cosmetology Club over the following decade. Bi-weekly, 8:30-9:30am, CTC By the 1980s, there were an estimated 286,000. By Delta Phi Delta Art the 21st century, a record First Tuesday, Design Room, Arts 1.1 million international and Communications students were enrolled in the U.S. In 2017, Eta Sigma Delta international students First Tuesdays, 3pm, Culinary Arts consisted of 5% of the Building United States’ total Tuesday population. LEA Criminal Justice 12:30-1:30pm, Nowadays, every mid- TBA to-late November, the country promotes and celebrates the success of TIPPS Culinary Arts Students and faculty visit the cultural displays during International Day 2018 First Tuesdays, 2-3 pm, 691 (Photo provided by Ana Ferreria) these cultural and Restaurant academic programs. International Education Week events are held at high schools, colleges, universities, embassies, international organizations, businesses, associations, and Writers Unlimited/SKD community organizations. Bi-weekly, 12:20-12:50pm, Night- Grayson College is honored to be a part of this annual activity. The Cultural Diversity ingale Room, Library club-- made up of exchange, immigrant, and native students-- has hosted International Baptist Student Education events on campus every year. Ministries This year the CDC will again host “International Day” on November 19. International Day 12pm, BSM Building allows international students to share food, products, and other items from their home country with other Grayson students. This event attracts hundreds every year and offers Black Print everyone a chance to increase their vision of other nations’ cultures. 1pm Nightingale Room, Library Benefiting the Grayson College Food Pantry... Dental Assisting Club 11:30-12pm, HS 205

HALO Hispanic American Leadership Canstruction Build Wednesday Organization Bi-weekly, 1-2pm Viking Room Week begins Phi Theta Kappa 12:30-1pm,Viking Room November 11...

Student Veterans Assocation Is your team ready? First and Third Wednesdays, 12- 1pm, Veterans Hub Honors College Club 12:15pm, Viking Room Donations of junk food, including soda or energy drinks, are strongly discouraged.

Psychology Club 12:15-1pm CIS 202 SVA to host One Night in a Cardboard Box -Wayne Ryon, Financial Aid Advisor -Curling irons Thursday Student Government Association Have you ever wondered what it is like to 1pm, Viking Room be homeless? -Any electronics Grayson College Student Veteran’s Cardboard boxes will be provided to Science Club Association (SVA) will be hosting “One Night participants. Reservations are required to Bi-weekly, 3pm, SCI106 in a Cardboard Box,” presented by the participate in the event due to limited Homeless Coalition. Registration will begin availability. Sisters of Destiny November 15 at 4:00pm. The event will Deadline for reservations isNovember 8. Second and fourth Thursday, start at 6:00pm with a guest speaker and Participants may register at: https://app. 12:15-1pm, Nightingale Room, end Saturday, November 16 at 6:00am. smartsheet.com/b/form/49a781a6aa84426 GC students and staff are invited to 941f1d58e4b2de3c Music Club come and spend the night under the bridge The SVA will also be collecting items to Bi-weekly, 10am, Choir Room, in student life. A meal will be provided for be distributed to the homeless population Arts and Communications Friday dinner by Great Western Services. Events during the annual Grayson County Annual Spirit Day! will be conducted throughout the night. point in time homeless census in January. Wear your Grayson Gear and Participants MAY bring the following items Acceptable items to donate are toiletries celebrate your Viking spirit! with them to the event: and hygiene products (nail clippers, razors, Electrical Technology -Blankets deodorant, toothpaste, lotion, shampoo, -Sleeping bag conditioner, soap, body wash, etc.), Grayson Nursing Student -Pillow personal and feminine products (pads, Association -Appropriate clothing tampons, toothbrush, hair brush, hair TBA Contact Sophia Dookran -Medication products for all hair types, etc.), and other [email protected] -Any other necessary items needed necessities (underwear, socks, gloves, ParticipantsMAY NOT bring: beanies, bras, towels, wash clothes, etc.). Men of Distinction -Food For more information please contact -Blow dryers [email protected]. ASL/Deaf Association officially recognized -Angela Perry, Viking Staff There was an article in the September If you are interested in learning about issue of The Viking written by staff writer ASL or Deaf Culture, stop by one of their Stephen Linn looking for people interested meetings. Official business begins at 12:15, in starting a new club. Happily, his efforts but they have extra signing practice from were successful. 12:00-12:15, so, if you can, feel free to stop The Student Government Association by early to get the most out of the meeting. unanimously voted to approve the Grayson The main purpose of GC ASL is to bridge College American Sign Language/Deaf the gap between the Deaf and Hearing Association, meaning it is now an official communities. The first step in doing that is club! to learn a common language. So no matter IMPROVE STUDY HABITS The purpose of the GC ASL Club is to how much, or how little American Sign FREE - ONLINE - INSTANT - 2 4 / 7 connect hearing and deaf/hard-of-hearing Language you know, consider becoming students. In addition, the club’s goal is to active in this club. Start a session instantly or schedule one for later and meet virtually with our tutors. Also, master give hearing students a place to learn and It will help you communicate with a group your writing process in our writing lab or submit practice ASL and learn about Deaf Culture. of people who are often neglected. It could an essay for a trained coach to review. The club meets every Monday from even be the first step towards establishing a 12:15-12:50pm in the Liberal Arts Building, better relationship between the Deaf and www.grayson.upswing.io room 207. Anyone is welcome to attend no Hearing in our community. Connect with us! @upswing.io matter their knowledge of ASL. Page 7 Please Recycle This Paper! Health November 2019

New Texas law hopes to curb teen vaping use - Lindsay Dills, Student The newest way to consume pulmonary injury), two of them in smoking, and then I saw it at school, nicotine is through smoking their late teens. These patients all so I thought it would be cool to e-cigarettes, with the biggest had to be hospitalized. While he has start,” he explained. John does not population of new smokers being not seen any fatalities yet, he like the new law and feels that bans teens. worries that “it’s just a matter of on vaping won’t work. To combat this new trend of time until I see someone die from However, Timothy*, 18, stated that vaping, many states have enacted this.” “I think that [the new law] is a good laws to change the age at which In a September survey of 124 idea. It bothers me when I see young citizens can buy e-cigarettes and Leonard High School teens teens trying to sell vapes on other nicotine products. This conducted for this article, 56% of Snapchat [and other social media summer, Texas passed a bill that respondents admitted to having platforms].” Timothy started vaping raises the legal age for buying tried vaping at least once. Thirty-six early in high school. nicotine and tobacco products to percent of the survey respondents Timothy’s mother, Mary*, worries 21. reported having 10 or more people that history will repeat itself. She After hearing about this new law, in their lives who vape. noted that the terrible long-term pulmonologist Dr. Edward Jackson When asked how often they effects of smoking were unknown LHS Vaping Survey 2019: How said he “completely support[s]” it. themselves vape, though, 85% for decades, and she fears the same many people do you know vape? Jackson, from the Washington reported that they never vape, will be true of vaping. “I think we sure it will be effective. Scott Regional Medical Center in which seems to contradict the 56% don’t even have any idea what’s in knows that he may end up Fayetteville, Arkansas, has worked who admitted to trying it at least vaping or in the vape products, and writing students tickets, as a physician for 22 years and once. I wonder if in 10 years we are going similarly to when he finds them specifically as a pulmonologist (lung Only 8% admitted to owning a to be looking back and thinking it with tobacco cigarettes. specialist) for the past 19 years. vape, with half of those saying they was one of the biggest mistakes we He feels the new law will be The growing trend of vaping got it from a friend. The others got it ever made,” she pondered. somewhat of a deterrent to greatly concerns Dr. Jackson, and he from a parent or bought it from a Some adults are predictably happy smoking and vaping but stated, noted that there aren’t many store, despite being under the legal with this change in the legal age to “[N]o law has ever kept studies yet to prove the safety of age to purchase one at the time. purchase e-cigarettes. LHS principal somebody from doing vaping. He does feel that younger Those who responded to the LHS Cody Plake thinks the law makes something they really wanted smokers will face worse effects than survey were mostly in favor of the sense. “I think it’s great that young to do. Is it helpful? Yes. Is it adults because their lungs aren’t new law. Comments like “the law people—students—are not going to going to be 100% effective? Not fully developed. was overdue” and “I think it’s a good be allowed to have [e-cigarettes}. . . even close.” He explained that just as society way to prevent some teenagers It’s never good to inhale a chemical While the safety of vaping is learned with tobacco cigarettes, from using it” showed that these into your body,” he stated. still unclear, the law in Texas is studies need 20 or more years of young people believe the law is Plake is unsure as to how the settled. With the exception of data to see diseases such as COPD appropriate. However, other school will fully discipline students those who had already turned (chronic obstructive pulmonary respondents feel the law does not found with vaping products. There 18 prior to September 1, 2019, disease) or cancer develop. make sense because teens will “find are currently penalties ranging from no person under the age of 21 E-cigarettes haven’t been around a way to buy [vaping products] and in-school suspension to alternative will be allowed to purchase long enough for researchers to smoke anyway.” school placement, but the school e-cigarettes or other tobacco/ determine what the long-term LHS student John*, 16 years old, policy will have to be written to nicotine products. But no one is effects could be. Dr. Jackson has started smoking early at age 11 and align with the new law. sure whether this will work to treated four patients within the past shifted to vaping a little later. “I grew While LHS resource officer Brian curb the growing trend of month with VAPI (vaping associated up watching my grandparents Scott agrees with this law, he is not vaping. New developments in orthopedic surgery - William Marshall, Student It’s a cold day in Colorado. Your family decided to go skiing for Spring Orthopedic surgeries have become less invasive, which has decreased Break. You haven’t been since you were a child, but you think you can patient pain. With the new arthroscopic surgeries, there has been less figure it out again in a few runs. dissection and less cutting through tissue planes, resulting inless While on the first slope, you start excellently, but you gain too much scarring and pain post-operation. Dr. Jelsma elaborated, “Total joint speed and wipe out in the middle of the run. When you fell, you heard replacements still have to be done as an open procedure, but you can a pop in your knee, and now you can’t get up. You’re going to need the almost consider it a mini open procedure compared to a completely help of an orthopedic specialist, a doctor who corrects tears or open procedure when I was in residency.” deformities of bone or muscle and replaces arthritic joints. Dr. Jelsma explained that orthobiologics, an attempt to regrow Orthopedics was created in the late seventies, but the procedures cartilage and tendons that have been torn or damaged, has significantly performed on subjects at that time were not perfected and therefore changed orthopedics. “ That is one of the fastest-growing areas in caused the patient immense pain. Dr. Richard Jelsma started medical orthopedics now. That’s going to continue to evolve over the next 25 school a few years after this new field of medicine was created. years,” predicted Dr. Jelsma. Stem cells have also shown some promising Dr. Richard Jelsma, a Sherman, Texas orthopedic surgeon, attended signs for tendon and muscle regrowth, but are still unproven. Dr. Jelsma medical school and residency at Columbia University in New York, a stated that positive studies have taken some of the patient’s own school known to have one of the best medical programs in the country. healthy, adult cartilage cells and cultured them and reimplanted the Dr. Jelsma specialized in knee and shoulder orthopedic replacements cells into the ruptured or torn cartilage to heal the tendons. and surgeries. He has taken care of multiple local high school and Mrs. Cynthia Foster, a Gunter High School engineering teacher, had college athletes with orthopedic problems and has performed a two hip replacements: one that went horribly wrong and one that went multitude of arthroscopic surgeries and total joint replacements on splendidly. The initial hip replacement surgery on the left hip went as patients who had arthritic knee or shoulder joints. planned but took a sudden turn after a few months. Her son, Matthew, During the eighties and nineties, very few doctors attempted to do noticed that she was bleeding excessively. The doctors founda shoulder arthroscopy. However, by the time Dr. Jelsma finished hematoma, a collection of blood outside of the blood vessel, near the residency, shoulder and knee arthroscopy were a standard procedure surgery site. Foster went back to check on the hematoma and found and were being used frequently. “Since then,” Dr. Jelsma stated, “ I out that she had developed an infection. The initial replacement was have gone to completely doing all of my surgeries arthroscopically, then removed, and a new one was put in by another doctor. which is a minimally-invasive surgery for the shoulder.” Dr. Jelsma “The physical therapy was tough for the first hip because the right hip explained that the only procedure that must be an open procedure is a was still bad, and I had tubes,” explained Foster. “ I had a Hemovac total joint replacement or a complex fracture. Drainage System (to keep surgery site infection free), two of them, “Between the last ten to fifteen years, the biggest advancement [to attached to my hip for a month or more.” orthopedics] has been arthroscopic hip surgery,” continued Dr. Jelsma. The second replacement surgery on the right hip had no complications. During the eighties and nineties, nothing could be done arthroscopically Foster explained that physical therapy went perfectly. “Recovery on the hip. Dr. Jelsma stated, “ Now a large number of conditions can process was great! Nothing went wrong... I went from the hospital be treated arthroscopically in the hip, also the elbow and the wrist and (five-day stay) to the rehab place. I stayed there for nine days. Great ankle.” place and a great way to start physical therapy,” she stated. Materials used for orthopedics have also changed since the creation Physical therapy has dramatically improved the postoperative of orthopedics, which in turn has dramatically increased the longevity process. Dr. Jelsma explained, “[During my medical training,] people of total joint replacements. Surgeons started using more durable and would get an anterior cruciate ligament, or ACL, repair and would be in longer-lasting materials compared to the materials used during the a cast from 4 to 6 weeks… . Today, the surgery has become advanced eighties and nineties. When Dr. Winston Marshall, an interventional enough… that you can start immediate range of motion and walking cardiologist in McKinney, Texas, completely tore his quadricep tendon and physical therapy the next day.” Throughout years of orthopedic in an accident, his orthopedic surgeon used a type of dissolvable mesh surgeries, the patients have shown better results if they start physical to fasten the muscle back to the bone. The procedure was permanent therapy as soon as possible to heal faster and gain their strength back. because it caused the tissue to regrow onto the bone.

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Above Left: Grayson Student Body President Zayla Pope (left) poses with Senator Makayla Hill. (photo by Dr. Jean Sorensen) Above Center: Grayson nursing student Shay Evans works the crowd during TEDxAustin College on September 28. (photo by Sophia Dookran) Above Right: Grayson music students Ellie Evans and Preston Hammond try out a booth at TEDxAustin College on September 28. (photo provided by Grayson Music Club)

Above: Honors Students Rosario Labrada and Ben Lind pause for a photo break at Hallo-Hoops on October 29 (photo provided by editor)

Below: Archer Lightfoot and Stephen Linn of the ASL/Deaf Association pass out Above: Winners of the 2019 Hallofest Costume contest pose for photos on October 31. treats during Hallo-Hoops on October 29 (photo provided by editor) (photo by OL Kelly)

Above: Student Life department poses with Pumpkin decorating entries. (photo by editor) Left: Student Veterans offered students a full smores’ bar during Hallofest. (photo by editor) Right: HALO provided face painting for students during Hallofest. (photo by OL Kelly)

Above: Students face off in annual Hallofest Costume Contest (photo by editor) AmericaThis is Above: Student clubs offered Trick-or-Treaters various goods during Hallofest. (photo by Liu Novmber 19 @ 3pm Chi Cong) Left: The Cultural Library Foyer, Life Center Diversity Club was one of many organizations to participate in this year’s Hallofest. (photo by editor)

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