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Minnesota State University Moorhead RED: a Repository of Digital Collections The Advocate Student Newspapers 2-4-2010 The Advocate, February 4, 2010 Minnesota State University Moorhead Follow this and additional works at: https://red.mnstate.edu/advocate Recommended Citation Minnesota State University Moorhead, "The Advocate, February 4, 2010" (2010). The Advocate. 221. https://red.mnstate.edu/advocate/221 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Newspapers at RED: a Repository of Digital Collections. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Advocate by an authorized administrator of RED: a Repository of Digital Collections. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Thursday High school opponents team Well-know actors help 2.4.10 up to lead the Dragons finish ledger’s last act Vol. 39 No. 19 Sports, page 8 A&E, page 7 The An award-winning newspaperAdvocate published weekly for the Minnesota State University Moorhead community. Available online at www.mnstate.edu/advocate Suspected gunman causes campus lockdown BY MEGAN NITSCHKE sonal disputes over property. tion sent out a mass text that tent and caught him within a car. Editor After two females in his build- read, “MSUM is in full lock- an hour of the call,” Scharf It was On Jan. 29, the MSUM cam- ing on the 900 block of 19th down. Male with silver hand- said. “(He was caught) within reported pus was once again put in lock- Street South called him in, he gun running north from 19th about two blocks of where the in the E2 down mode as the threat of a fled on foot, carrying a look- street and 9th Avenue near the incident happened.” Campus fleeing gunman was reported alike silver handgun that was football field and Nemzek.” Scharf said he is not aware of u p d a t e to campus security. later reported as a fake. Moorhead police surround- how the suspect, who has been t h a t Lt. Joel Scharf of the Campus Security was ed the area in search of the identified as Starmaine Hoeper H o e p e r Moorhead Police Department informed of the incident fleeing man, and about an of Fergus Fall, Minn., got to the attempt- HOEPER confirmed Friday evening immediately following the hour after the initial report he scene of the arrest, but when ed to run around 11:30 p.m. that a male report, and at 11:48 p.m. E2 was caught. he was caught he immediately an unknown person over with had been dealing with per- Campus emergency notifica- “The police were persis- threw the fake handgun under GUNMAN, BACK PAGE Percussion professor receives award Education majors host conference to benefit educators BY MICHAEL LAMONT the teachers at schools within Staff Writer a 50-mile radius of the area, Like a brutal schoolyard and she has personally gone bully, the “great recession” is to all the schools in the Fargo hitting our schools where it district and spoken to the hurts the most: the pocket- principals about the confer- book. ence. And that’s not all. Not one to be intimidated, “It’s going to look great on a MSUM special education resume if you’re an education major Chelsey Branham is student,” said Branham. “And fighting back. Branham and a there’s food. College kids love committee comprised of mem- that.” bers of the Student Council MSUM psychology profes- for Exceptional Children have sor Lisa H. Stewart will pres- PHOTO SUBMITTED Director of Percussion Studies Dr. Kenyon Williams has been named a Yamaha Performing Artist. organized an event called ent the keynote address on the Education in a Recession the history, components and BY HOLLY LAVECCHIA and across the country and is appointment to the Supreme Conference. Branham said it is implementation of response to Copy Editor chair of the World Percussion Court. As long as members are the first conference of its kind intervention. After spending a career com- Committee, a division of the upholding the Yamaha brand, to be organized by education “(Response to intervention) pletely immersed in and in love Percussive Arts Society. The performing, holding workshops majors. is a school-wide framework to with all types of percussion, Dr. PAS is the largest body of pro- and basically maintaining an MSUM is hosting the con- help to prevent and remedi- Kenyon Williams, director of fessional percussionists in the outward show of passion for ference from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. ate kids’ academic and behav- percussion studies at MSUM, world with 8,500 members from their craft, it’s a long-term com- on Friday and Saturday, Feb. ioral difficulties and enhance is being honored by the largest all across the globe. mitment. 5 and 6 at the Center for the learning of all the kids,” manufacturer of musical instru- Last year at a conference, Due to the gloomy lull in the Business. The event is open Stewart said. “It’s a huge buzz- ments in the world, Yamaha. Williams approached a Yamaha economy, Williams was one of to students and professional word in education right now Williams was first drawn to representative about their per- only a few to be admitted within educators at the elementary, in part from pressure from No percussion in high school by the forming artist program. The the last year. high school and higher educa- Child Left Behind for schools promise of show-stealing parts. prestigious position allows Williams says that the posi- tion levels. to meet adequate yearly prog- “In Texas, pep rallies are a big active musicians to endorse tion will not drastically change The main purpose of the ress. And a lot of the schools deal,” Williams said. “My older Yamaha products while per- is life. conference is to help educa- that have been successful with brother told me that drummers forming regularly and hold- “Aside from the fact that I get tors meet the needs of diverse limited resources have used got the best music and I thought ing clinics designed to expose to wear Yamaha T-shirts, it’s a learners, such as students with this kind of a model.” that sounded pretty cool.” the nation’s youth to the joy of nice honor to have,” Williams special needs, children with In addition to the keynote, Time at Abilene Christian music. said. With the honor, he’ll be behavioral problems and stu- Stewart will also host an inter- University, The Hartt School of “As someone who has an able to garner better connections dents who have fallen behind active question and answer Music in Connecticut, and the affinity for Yamaha products, I with those in the global per- or failed to improve for other session regarding the tech- University of Kentucky for a decided I wanted to be a mem- cussion community and have reasons. nique. doctorate degree led Williams ber of that roster,” Williams said. financial support in his endeav- “We want teachers in the Stewart received her Ph.D. to teaching jobs at various high And he did what he had to to ors to inspire potentially musical community and teacher can- in school psychology from the schools and colleges and ulti- make it happen. Several appli- students. didates from MSUM to be University of Oregon, and has mately, to MSUM, where he’s cations, references and a tele- “I look forward to being a part able to go to their classrooms published several journal arti- been for eight years. phone interview later, Williams of the Yamaha family, and they or future classrooms and feel cles and book chapters, and In the community, Williams succeeded and was notified in really do treat it like a family,” confident that every child in regularly presents at state and is a highly visible artist. He is mid-December that he would be Williams said. “And I hope to their classroom is learning,” national conferences. the principal percussionist for added to an impressive invento- participate in a mutually benefi- Branham said. Other presenters include the Fargo-Moorhead Symphony ry of performers, most of whom cial relationship for many years Branham, a junior, also sees special education and educa- and directs the MSUM steel are not university professors, to come.” the conference as a chance for tion faculty members Mary drum quintet Poco Fuego. He but full-time musicians. those attending to network Dosch, Dr. Ruth Newton, Dr. also presents solo recitals and A stint as a Yamaha perform- Lavecchia can be reached with local educators. Her Becky Williams, Deb Pullen, concerto appearances locally ing artist is comparable to an at [email protected] organization has invited all EDUCATION, BACK PAGE Page 2, The Advocate Briefs Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010 2010-2011 FAFSA required $250 prepayment welcomes to its work all peo- Beginning Jan. 1, you can online. ple dedicated to the cause SECURITY UPDATE reapply for financial aid for Jan. 25 – Current John of eliminating poverty hous- Director of Campus Security Michael Parks the 2010-2011 academic year, Neumaier residents claim ing. using FAFSA on the Web at the same apartment. Since its founding in 1976, www.fafsa.gov. Jan. 26 – Current John Habitat has built, rehabili- BY LESLIE WOOD Couple dispute Your application should be Neumaier residents claim a tated, repaired or improved Features Editor There was a noise com- completed as soon as pos- different apartment. more than 350,000 houses plaint on the third floor of sible in order to receive max- Jan. 27 – Students with 60+ worldwide, providing sim- Keying cars Ballard at 2:24 a.m. on Jan.

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