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Headwaters Missionaries Greeks see New dean get director leave mark campus manages over future, on Alamo City, growth, success, Page 3 Page 5, 6 Page 14 Page 15 VOL.108, NO. 3 WWW.UIW.EDU/LOGOS/LUNIVERSITYOGOS OF THE INCARNATE WORD September 2007 Testing, testing: sirens on scene By Jessica Ramos and finance. As soon Red Alert emergency Agnese issued a a campus lockdown, are being asked to be LOGOS NEWS EDITOR as an emergency no- telephone system are statement addressing necessary emergency on the alert for pos- If youʼre hearing a tification plan that in response primar- campus safety follow- procedures, such as sible troubling situa- siren on campus, itʼs Dr. Lou J. Agnese, ily to last springʼs ing last weekʼs Dela- possible evacuations tions, Endsley said. not your imagination. president, has di- Virginia Tech shoot- ware State University and containment, will “Faculty [has] Incarnate Word rected is complete, ings that sent a clear shootings. be in place to assure a good track record officials are testing the community will message that colleges In the event of a the safety of students, with recognizing stu- emergency sirens be informed what the and universities need worst-case scenario, faculty and staff. De- dents in distress and sporadically during protocol or bursts will to re-evaluate their such as a shooting, tails of this protocol working with student school hours, said mean, Endsley said. emergency proce- Agnese said the cam- are also being final- services in dealing Douglas Endsley, vice The sirens and the dures and preventive pus will immediately ized. president of business implementation of a tactics. lock down. During UIW faculty also See Sirens/ Page 2 Pharmacy class gets white coats By Anthony Ibarcena Dr. Arcelia Johnson- LOGOS STAFF WRITER Fannin, dean of the The Feik School school, they then of Pharmacy Class of pledged publicly 2011 took part in the their devotion to the honorary White Coat best patient care. Ceremony on Friday, The white coat September 14 in the symbolizes profes- UIW Rosenberg Sky sionalism and the Room. dedication to the At the ceremony, first year in the phar- the entire class of 96 macy program. It also students - 59 women marks the transition BIANCA BOURGEOIS/ LOGOS STAFF and 37 men – re- from pre-pharmacy to Members of the Class of 2011 pose for pictures in Rosenburg Sky Room after getting their white coats. ceived white coats, pharmacy followed by professionalism i felt chief executive officer to become a pharm I am very proud of the a mark of consider- all who journey along when receiving my of the Texas Pharmacy student. It meant I 96 students receiving able importance and the path of pharmacy white coat." keynote Association, said "It was a step closer to their white coats, and honor in the world academia. "I remem- speaker Jim Martin, didn't just mean that I reaching my goals to I am very excited for of pharmacy. Led by ber the feeling of executive director and completed the courses become a pharmacist. thier future." Attention, students: You’ve got Cardinal Mail – look at it By Diandra Escamilla changes,” said Dr. Denise Doyle, dresses to communicate with profes- LOGOS STAFF WRITER vice president of academic and stu- sors, school officials and students. Students, if youʼre not check- dent affairs. “We had been searching School officials face the challenge ing your Cardinal Mail, you could be for a consistent way to communicate of getting these students to warm missing something important. with our students.” up to their Cardinal Mail accounts. Cardinal Mail is UIWʼs answer In late 2005, the university dis- A year ago, the university gave cash to staying connected and sharing of- covered a solution: Cardinal Mail. prizes to students picked randomly ficial communications such as bills, This is the universityʼs very own who answered a survey sent only to course registration and award letters e-mail addresses of faculty members e-mail system that has finally con- their Cardinal Mail account. with students rather than trying to and students caused considerable nected students and faculty together “Cardinal Mail is pushed when keep up with myriad, non-Cardinal confusion when it came to effective by giving them similar e-mail ad- doing business with offices at UIW,” Mail addresses. communication. dresses. said Dr. James Parlett, chief informa- In 2003, UIW found itself hav- “Many students, although encour- However, some students have tion officer. ing to support four to five e-mail aged, failed to let the Registrarʼs not entirely opened up to Cardinal systems. The numerous changes in Office know about e-mail account Mail, using their personal e-mail ad- See Cardinal Mail/ Page 2 UIW notes Zombie pic Heritage, sets premiere Peace Days By Maria-Helena Ruenes North St. Maryʼs. By Jessica Ramos LOGOS STAFF WRITER Doors open at 6:15. The LOGOS NEWS EDITOR Using mostly Incar- $10 cash admission in- Incarnate Wordʼs nate Word students for cludes complimentary October agenda is his cast and crew, se- beer and wine. serving up two major nior Bryan Ortiz is un- Ortiz, a theatre events: Heritage Week veiling his “Doctor ʻSʼ arts major, spent about and Peace Day. Battles the Sex Crazed seven months shooting Heritage Week, the Reefer Zombies” at 9 and editing his film week of Oct. 15, is the p.m. Friday, Sept. 28. featuring an anti-hero, Zombies in Bryan Ortiz's full-length feature film pose with the UIW senior. celebration of the history The world premiere Dr. S, who ends up kill- ʻRe-Animatorʼ meets mael “Smiley” Leiva, garages. All the extras and heritage of UIW and st of Ortizʼs film is the ing a bunch of zombies ʻShaun of the Dead.ʼ ” a communication arts appearing in the film its founders. The 21 an- climax of a San Anto- that have become “in- The movie took major at UIW. are UIW students. nual Peace Day, Oct. 31, nio Film Festival that fected.” Dr. S doesnʼt $8,000, free work from Almost the entire “(I want) to remind explores diverse ways to begins at 7 with the want to save the world, the talent and crew and movie was shot on people what horror promote universal peace showing of eight short but has to in order to a little help from special campus, including the used to be like,” Ortiz in remembrance of a films in The Aztec on save himself. effects makeup artist Is- woods, parking lots and said. UIW alumnus. the River, 201 E. Ortiz describes SNEAK PEEK On Heritage Day, Commerce St. ((cor- his full-length film as See Bryan Ortiz’s Myspace page at www.myspace.com/doctor_scientist See Peace/ Page 2 ner of Commerce and “ ʻEvil Deadʼ meets September 2007 2 NEWS UNIVERSITY OF THE INCARNATE WORD Cardinal Mail- continued from page 1 Because increasing required that they Cardinal Mail has this During the spring, the the changes necessary ever, a change has been numbers of students communicate class in- feature because it has National Survey of to create a more effec- made. Incoming fresh- graduate and enter on a formation through my helped me contact Student Engagement is tive and efficient way men are now required to yearly basis, this switch Cardinal Mail, I would classmates when they sent out to students via to communicate with communicate with their requires a change definitely check it more were not reachable by Cardinal Mail. In other students. professors through their of mindset and this often,” said Alex Serna, phone,” nursing major words, students may re- “New ideas are be- Cardinal Mail accounts. change will not happen senior class senator. Angie Cortez said. ceive some compensa- ing considered, such as The First Year Engage- overnight, Doyle said, Cardinal Mail Parlett estimates tion for checking their a text messaging ser- ment Office really estimating it will take at contains features that there is a 60 percent mail. vice,” said Parlett. “Al- pushes and emphasizes least two or three years many students might usage. But however “There are three to though it is expensive this as an effective way to adopt a full change in not be aware of because the numbers are ma- four prizes given out by to implement, it will be of communication. behavior. of infrequent use. Fea- nipulated, officials drawings for answering considered around the “Personal e-mail ad- On average, some tures, such as global would like to see this the survey,” said Doyle. fall of 2009.” dresses change, snail- UIW students said they address lists, carry number grow. “If picked, students are Up until this point, mail addresses change,” check their Cardinal contact information for Aside from efficient notified through their students have never said Doyle. “The only Mail accounts about all students and faculty academic communica- school e-mail.” been required to check thing that wonʼt change once a week. at UIW. tion, checking school The university their Cardinal Mail ac- is your Cardinal e-mail “If my professors “I like the fact that e-mail has its perks. would like to make counts. Recently, how- address.” Sirens- continued from page 1 Peace- continued from page 1 UIW traces its roots to 10 a.m. Monday, Oct. alumni tell stories of controversial issues in a with issues,” Endsley Campus police the founding of the Con- 15. Other events that their UIW experience; non-violent manner and said. will also provide an gregation of the Sisters day include a Sodexho- and the Heritage Day uses peace as a way to Endsley also urged escort service to stu- of Charity of the Incar- sponsored cookout in Campus Landmark create a more tolerant students to report any dents concerned about nate Word.