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HI: 70o o LOW: 46 Oscar Paco Delgado | Associated Press Les Misérables is nominated for best picture, costume design, original song and production design. Check out The Houstonian’s 85th Academy Awards predictions. P4 Chance of Rain: Kendall Scudder argues for better Women’s snaps three 60% student representation in city govt P3 game losing streak with 64-50 win P5 Volume 123 / Issue 10 www.HoustonianOnline.com Thursday, February 21, 2013 Gun control discussion morphs into debate over SGA’s role at university that’s (the student’s) decision to JAY R. JORDAN m a ke .” Debate spills over Staff Reporter Of the 23 members of the Senate, only eight members were directly to social media A debate over gun control voted into the organization by STEPHEN GREEN led to the debate over the role students during their election. Editor-in-chief the student government plays The rest were all elected internally, in relation to representing the something Perry says causes a Some senators from the Student student body during their Tuesday problem in cases like these. Government Association spilled night meeting. “You have no mandate,” he said. their anger over onto Facebook Some members, including the “You can come in here every week after a heated gun control debate president and chief of staff, believe and play government, but this is on Tuesday. students elected the group to vote something that actually matters.” “I just love being thrown on their behalf. Others say the SGA President Shane Rankin under the bus asshole!” Sen. Josh matter is too big for a group of 23 said the organization had the right Jay R. Jordan | The Houstonian Beaman said in a Facebook post. students to speak on behalf of the to vote on the bill and represent TABLED: David Cullen, mass communication student, speaks to SGA Caucus Chair for the College of entire student body. the student’s opinion. senators during a discussion on the on-campus concealed carry gun bill. Education Ian Cottle commented S013-2 the “Sam Houston “We are elected to represent on the post trashing one of the Personal Protection Bill” would our constituents in the way the through before placing their vote. Jaime said this wasn’t his intent. speakers and an entire college. put support behind the idea that want to be represented,” Rankin “I was hoping that we’d vote on “Basically, I just wanted to point “Don’t worry he’s only a fine students should be able to carry said. “I think SGA fulfills the role it tonight, not necessarily for the out that I wasn’t calling stupid lazy arts major haha,” Cottle said. concealed weapons on campus of representing students. We are fact of convenience, but just for I was sating the fact that we are all Beaman said the post was not with the proper permit. elected by the students for the the fact that I stated that people students and nobody reads those directed as a student as some first Rules and Regulations Chief students.” aren’t going to read the bill,” Jaime emails,” he said. believed, but instead directed Steven Perry proposed the He and Sen. Josh Beaman, said. “It’s just like [situation of] Several students spoke in favor towards another senator. amendment that sparked the author of the legislation, are Obamacare. It’s doesn’t matter of the amendment while none “My status last night…was discussion and would put the bill demanding a public apology from whether you’re for or against spoke against it. Only a handful in no way directed at any of the up for a student vote during the Perry. it. Both parties, whether for or of senators actually voted to pass students in the audience at last Spring 2013 election cycle. “Senators should be on their against it, didn’t read the bill and it the amendment. The vote was night’s meeting it was directed at “For the first time, I am truly best behavior,” Rankin said. “Perry was voted on.” not taken by roll call so precise one senator that spoke during the embarrassed,” Perry said after the wasn’t.” Several senators and students numbers are not available. meeting,” Beaman said. amendment failed. “When the Chief of Staff Ramiro Jaime took offense to the statement, The SGA elections will be held However, Cottle didn’t offer student body says that they should said students wouldn’t have the which they say called them lazy or April 3 and 4. All referendums that any apologies about his comment make this decision and not (SGA), patience to read the bill all the way unintelligent. — DEBATE, page 6 some say insult an entire group of students. “I was unaware (the senator from Beaman’s post) was not a fine arts major,” Cottle said. SGA President Shane Rankin said although the post wasn’t necessary, Beaman had every right to make the post. CONFESSIONS A thread about the bill also appeared on the Facebook page “Prison City Confessions” where anyone is able to post anonymous comments. Debate broke out between student Ginger Malone and several SGA members, as well as other members of the university community. Malone said SGA hasn’t fully advertised the forums and discussions on the issue. Photo provided by tradekey.com “Hardly anyone showed up,” LIFE THREATENING: “DOC” can come in powder form like this, or in paper tab form. A student on campus suffered from severe hallucinations taking this drug. she said. “Whether you are for or against it isn’t really the issue.” She said the senators don’t Student warns of new psychedelic drug “DOC” want to hear what students say. “They think that we are too same effects that the student hadn’t been for the University the bad experience so that others stupid and too disinterested to CHEYENNE SIMPSON experienced, as well as a Police Department, Huntsville could be informed on the dangers be able to decide for ourselves,” Multimedia Reporter magnification of their conscious hospital staff, roommate and their of DOC. Malone said. “Voting on the bill thoughts. residence advisor the drug might “If this letter can stop even will happen this Tuesday. I urge A psychedelic hallucination you to speak to the SGA before from an uncommon drug has one “I was in my dorm room and have claimed their life. one student from taking ‘DOC’, began to have hallucinations Dean of Students John Yarabeck a drug that very little is known that, and let them know that you Sam Houston State University want the student body to decide student speaking out about their that magnified my worries and contacted the Houstonian in about in the first place, I’ll have concerns about college, my life hopes that he along with the done my job. I don’t think anyone this.” experience and the damage that it Beaman commented on the caused. and the company I chose to keep. student could get a message out to should suffer the consequences The drug combined thoughts I other students about the dangers of taking ‘DOC’, whether that’s level SGA has attempted to get Very little is known student feedback. about the drug had about my friends and other of this drug. hospitalization, arrest or (worst people in my life that resulted in “This drug seems to be very case scenario) death. “We advertised this in the Dimethoxychloroamphetamine (Houstonian), on Facebook and or “DOC”, which was first a horrific psychic experience that unstable and can cause seriously Take the time to think about combined my conscious thoughts bad trips as can be seen in why you’re at college in the first through channel 7 news for the reported by the DEA in late 2005. last 3 weeks,” he said. “So don’t The drug is classified as a with what was going on around his account of his experience. place: to get an education and me at the time,” the student said Anything you guys can do to a degree so you don’t have to you (Malone) dare try and say we psychedelic drug, which causes are trying to pass this without the increased awareness, euphoria in an anonymous letter to the discourage students from trying wander aimlessly through life. Houstonian. this or any other illegal drugs Study hard, make good friends student body’s knowledge.” and heightened senses. It can Although KSHU Channel 7 be compared to Lysergic acid This “bad trip” ended in a will be much appreciated,” said and don’t take ‘DOC’, it will hospital bed as IVs pumped Yarabeck in an e-mail to the only bring negativity and harsh news has yet to have a newscast diethylamide or LSD and can last or publicly air information about up to two days. a detox through the student’s Houstonian. consequences to your life like it body. The student said that if it The student wanted to share did me,” the student said. the meeting, the Houstonian has These are some of the written several articles about the bill debate, as well as, the Student Government Facebook page. Rankin repeated Beaman’s bill could turn SHSU’s Crime Victims Institute into task force ideals. SHSU students John Pham and “This is very much in line or program efforts directed at Bouffard said the bill should MOLLY WADDELL Steven Smith also commented with the legislative mission of reducing sexual assault. have positive results in helping News Editor that it is up to the individual the Institute, which is to conduct “The task force efforts will sexual assault victims and students to read student media A bill is going through the research on issues of victimization hopefully give survivors a voice preventing sexual assault. and follow group publications Texas Legislature that, if passed, and to provide recommendations in understanding this issue as well “We are optimistic as this bill in order to find out relevant would turn the Sam Houston to the state legislature for policy as in developing more effective moves forward and we are able information. State University Crime Victims efforts that would addressresponses to sexual assault,” to begin a statewide dialogue “All the tools have been given Institute into a task force that victimization,” Bouffard said. Bouffard said. “These efforts will with colleges and universities to (the students),” Smith said. “It’s would address sexual assaults Bouffard said the goal of the also send a broader message that and victim service providers your responsibility to use said occurring on campus. task force would be to develop a sexual assault anywhere cannot that the efforts of the task force tools to do what you will.” Director of the Crime Victim’s better understanding of sexual be tolerated and that we all will improve response to sexual Malone said regardless of what Institute, Leana Bouffard said that assault on campus and among have a responsibility to support assault and strengthen prevention was done, the lack of participation this bill works with the legislative college students which would survivors and to prevent this type programming,” Bouffard said. in SGA activities “should say mission of the Institute. help the CVI make policy changes of victimization.” something.” Page 2 Thursday, February 21, 2013 News houstonianonline.com/news Agriculture FFA inspires student to follow in footsteps of former teacher AUDRA BERRY a current agriculture educator at Waskom High School, said Staff Reporter he owes his college and career success to FFA. National FFA Week, an annual “Being an FFA member in high event designed to promote public school and taking agriculture education about agriculture and science courses is exactly what led encourage students to give back me to SHSU,” Shafer said. to their communities is going on Doug Ullrich, Ph.D., this week. agricultural education professor Celebrations, which entail and collegiate FFA advisor teacher appreciation breakfasts at SHSU, isn’t surprised by and “Ag Olympics” competitions Shafer’s story, claiming FFA is “a will be held throughout the great recruitment tool” for the country by local and state chapters. university. These celebrations also provide Ullrich said the Agricultural opportunities of reflection for and Industrial Technology members and alumni who once Department did a study about wore the blue and gold corduroy eight years ago that showed jacket synonymous with FFA. “over 70 percent of our incoming “I enjoyed [FFA] a lot,” Sam freshmen’s first time on [SHSU’s] Houston State University senior campus was at an FFA event.” photo provided by Josh Shafer and collegiate FFA member The Ag and IT Department INSPIRATION. SHSU graduate Josh Shafer with his high school Ag teacher, Mary Wilson (SHSU alumni ’68). Samantha Newton said. “I learned a host several National FFA events lot…FFA was about responsibility throughout the year, including because someone somewhere gave and time management, all while country with over 130 active I’m teaching Ag, I hope that I area and state competitive to them when they were in high teaching us agriculture isn’t just members. can help my students realize how leadership and skills events. school,” Ulrich said. about cows, plows and sows” Ullrich said that National FFA great the FFA is and how well it According to Ullrich, the SHSU And that’s exactly what Shafer Newton isn’t the only one Week is a great time to give back. can prepare you for almost any collegiate FFA chapter was formed has in mind. with fond memories of FFA. “For students to give back to career, even those outside of the in the early 1930s and is now the the community, state and country “Now that I’ve graduated and Ag sector,” Shafer said. Josh Shafer, SHSU graduate and largest collegiate chapter in the Campus Losing mobile phones causes pandemonium for students

HANNAH BEACH phone. Her phone had been found and turned into the Lowman Student Center’s Contributing Reporter lost and found in room 311. Aly Olde, senior, who works at the LSC’s Attached at the hip is an understatement front desk, gets on average of two phones a Molly Waddell | The Houstonian when it comes to students and their mobile day turned in. LEADING. President Dana Gibson and Provost Jaimie L. Hebert met with faculty and staff on phones. If you ever lose your phone on “If a student does not come looking for Feb. 20 to talk about servant leadership and whether or not is was apparent on campus. campus is not the end of the world because their phone, which they almost always do, chances are that it has been turned in safe I call their parents and have them email the and sound. student, or call the last number they dialed,” When freshman, Ashley Pettibone, Olde said. “If the phone is not retrieved I misplaced her Iphone Feb. 13 she was then put it in the lost and found.” distraught. Director of the student center, Dan “I was going crazy, I literally looked McDaniel, takes a trip to the University everywhere.” Pettibone said. “I retraced my Police Department at least once a week with steps, asked everyone, I was unable to get the lost and found items. “Cell phones rarely make it to UPD, because students cannot live without them,” McDaniel said. Once an item reaches the UPD, it is held there until it’s claimed or bought at the SHSU property auction held twice a year in April and October. When your phone goes missing, don’t fret. Retrace your steps, check your email, ask if the building has a lost and found and after you’re absolutely certain you’ve looked everywhere go to the UPD.

Stephen Green| The Houstonian ATTACHED AT THE HIP. Students misplace their cellphones on campus all of the time, but with lost and found boxes in most buildings, all is not lost. ahold of anyone! I felt useless.” Having no luck, she went back to her dorm. Later that day her roommate received a call from Pettibone’s missing

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Follow us today! @TheHoustonian Page 3 Viewpoints Thursday, February 21, 2013 houstonianonline.com/viewpoints 1D, Bieber: Not-so guilty Bearkats are ready to serve pleasure Kendall Scudder argues for better student representation in city govt Sitting in the city council chambers on body and fought for student rights here at SHSU, I know for a fact that RICHARD MCKINNEY Tuesday was an experience I’ll never forget. I sat I can tell you that I’ve found more than just a few 2-time “Outstanding and watched the Huntsville City Council vote students that answer that call to serve every day. Campus Leader” nominee Staff Reporter on appointments to yet another city committee I’m not angry I didn’t get appointed, I’m angry Kolby Flowers is ready to in which students will have no voice: the city’s that someone like Brandon Pete didn’t get an answer the call. He isn’t I have a confession to make. Charter Review Committee. opportunity to serve. Brandon has served the just the Vice President Now, this isn’t something that This shouldn’t have surprised me. City boards student body for years in SGA, in Order of Omega of our student body, he’s people generally say in public, nor and commissions rarely have any student input Honor Society, as the Political Action Chair of the also a full-time employee is it something that a lot of people (which should explain why students are so NAACP, and a member of the Exceptional Men of of Apple Inc. where he will find favorable. That being unhappy with the state of our city). But when the Talented Tenth Inc., but in the eyes of the City manages the day-to-day said, it would be great if we could you take into consideration the magnitude of of Huntsville, he still isn’t equipped to serve his operation of their stores. keep this between us. Okay – here the committee that was being assembled, every community on the Charter Revision Committee Even between his studies, goes nothing. I am a strong black Bearkat should cringe at the thought of being because he’s a student. his full-time job at Apple KENDALL SCUDDER woman who don’t need no man. entirely excluded. Or what about Ramiro Jaime, a 10 year resident and his full-time job Guest Columnist Okay, that’s not the real secret. The Charter Review Committee may seem of Huntsville and Master at Arms for the US Navy? working for students, he I like One Direction; you know dull to some, but to those who understand that He rarely misses a city council meeting. He is the has been a member of the record breaking Bearkat – the British boy band. Actually, the City Charter is the document that defines the President of the College Republicans and a VP All Paws In committee, twice. Don’t tell me that I love them; and Justin Bieber. playing field for our entire local government, it’s of their National Affiliate. Jaime is a member of Flowers isn’t qualified to serve. Call me a teenage girl if you want everything. This committee is what allows us to Phi Delta Theta and rose in the ranks of IFC to I don’t expect elected officials to know (I certainly throw like one), but play ball or sit on the bench as the good ol’ boys become VP. Why does being a student disqualify every person in their districts; that is an unfair I dance around singing to their attempt to line their coffers with our tax revenue. him from the right to continue his service? expectation. What I do expect is for elected officials music all the time. As each name was revealed, I sat and waited Or Nancy Severson-Olson, whose degree to at least know a handful of community leaders, Truthfully, I am not ashamed in the council chambers for someone, anyone, to in psychology is allowing her to pursue her especially the leaders within a demographic that of this. I realize I’m not really in stand up and fight for us, and it never happened- Masters in School Psychology. Severson-Olson makes up one-third of their constituency. the majority in this particular -not even Councilwoman Tish Humphrey, simultaneously took full loads of classes, served As elected officials, they represent all of the viewpoint, but I don’t care. If you the councilwoman elected to represent the as the VP of Psi Chi National Honor Society, and people in their district, not just the people with share this particular passion, you predominantly student Ward 2. held down a campus job. She successfully juggled money, not just the people who vote. How did not shouldn’t be ashamed either. We Of the nearly 10,000 students that live in school, work and service, but our city didn’t think one member of the student community come to all have guilty pleasures! Huntsville, I suppose the mayor and council to ask someone like her to represent the thousands mind when drafting these committee members? Okay – let me back up just a couldn’t find a single one qualified to serve on this of students in that same boat on a committee that Why didn’t council think YOU were worthy of minute. I guess the term guilty board. In the years that I have served the student drastically impacts the lives of her community? serving your community? pleasure isn’t quite the phrase to use. See when you think about it, this wouldn’t quite be a guilty pleasure. Higgs Boson predicts the end, optimism is still viable This phrase used to mean something quite different; an act TAYLOR LIKENS Higgs Boson have stumbled upon and REM wrote a horrific, repetitive darkness. Forever and ever. The end. or activity which would derive some interesting fine print. Very song about it. Modern science is You’ve probably already noticed pleasure, but would most often Staff Reporter predictably this has something to no exception, and has a handful of the common denominator; these make you feel guilty afterwards. do with the end of the universe. commonly accepted ideas about sound less like scientific predictions Now, I don’t mean eating Science has brought us many As physicist Joseph Lykken how things will inevitably come and more like HP Lovecraft’s chocolate on a diet. A guilty fine things. Among them: nuclear explains it, “many tens of billions crashing down on us. personal collection of bedtime pleasure would be going into weapons, sexual enhancement, and of years from now, there’ll be a If you happen to have a moment, stories. But therein lays the point. the restroom at the local bar and the Umbrella Corporation. Even if catastrophe. A little bubble of what and nothing better to ruin your day Compared to pretty much every snorting a line of cocaine (which we don’t always understand what you might think of as an ‘alternative’ with, pull up a chair and enjoy a few other prediction for the end-all fate I do not recommend). Sure it feels they’re getting at, the general public universe will appear somewhere of them. of the universe, these newest findings good for a bit, but you would feel at least tries to act excited when our and then it will expand out and The Big Crunch: Insecure about might as well suggest that the really bad or guilty later. best and brightest churns out some destroy us.” its increasing size, the universe universe will eventually transform Somehow this phrase has new knowledge. Last year when It has been brought to my adopts a new diet plan. All matter into Candyland. Though perhaps trickled down through the masses the Higgs Boson was discovered, attention that the threat of cosmic in the universe crunches down into not the most convincing argument to common vernacular (I blame Science gave itself a well-earned pat destruction may make some of you a single dense space. Forever and against your species’ worries about Entertainment Weekly). Sadly, on the back, despite the fact that uncomfortable. Most of you, even. ever. The end. annihilation, consider that in this this pains me. It disturbs me to this was most certainly one of those Funny, because this is hands down The Big Rip: The increasing particular endgame there is at least know that we can take something moments. one of the least terrifying things density of dark matter accelerates a universe to be had. If there were so serious and turn it into So why is it important? Abridged, Science has ever told us. universal expansion to the breaking ever a more annoying time to adopt something so trivial, though this the Higgs Boson basically proves Since the dawn of man, people point, destroying the universe in a a “well, at least the glass is half full” does happen all the time. the existence of the Higgs Field, have speculated about the end of manner that is in no way intended policy, this would be it, but at the Now, instead of having one or a sort of invisible net that gives the world. Thus far none of them to sound racist. very least you might lose a little bit two actual guilty pleasures we particles mass. Recently, however, have been correct- as anyone who Heat Death: All stars in the less sleep at night. attribute any small, unpopular in a complicated way that can has walked into a pole within the universe inevitably die out, with all Frankly, I couldn’t care less about interest as a guilty pleasure. probably only be explained with lots past few months can testify- but that warmth and energy slowly fading the destruction of our own universe The fact that I know Harry of numbers and five dollar words, never took away the fun of guessing. from existence as the universe so long as something else gets to Styles turned 19 Feb. 1, or knowing physicists skimming through Revelations ranted about it, the gradually lulls into its ultimate take its place. Beats the hell out of that Zayn Malik turned 20 Jan. some of the math behind the Mayan calendar had its take on it, fate- an infinite era of cold, lifeless Heat Death. 12 , or that Louis Tomlinson (my personal favorite) turned 21 Dec.24, 2013 doesn’t make me feel guilty. It does make me feel a little like a stalker, but that’s a totally Blade-runner murder scandal: tragedy of our heroes different issue. We all remember the and 4x400m relay races, despite losing his legs where she took her last breaths. So, this shouldn’t be considered 1993 film “The Fugitive” to complications from a congenital birth defect The prosecution would have you believe a a guilty pleasure in the proper starring Harrison Ford when he was 11 months old. Pistorius, aka the different set of facts. They allege that Steenkamp sense of the phrase. Before we as Dr. Richard Kimble, a blade-runner, was able to compete, because he locked herself in the sanctuary of the master start singing in the cafeteria about surgeon trying to clear his had blade-like prosthetics built from carbon fiber bathroom after a Valentine’s Day dispute that the status quo, though, we should name after he was falsely for the purpose of sprinting. There was some quickly escalated. It was then that Pistorius think of a new term. Perhaps accused of murdering his controversy about whether or not the prosthetics decided to murder her for carrying on an something like so-what-if-I-like- wife - a crime actually gave Pistorius an unfair competitive advantage intimate Facebook relationship with a dreamboat that pleasure – okay, so that’s committed by a one- but he’s largely stayed out of the limelight since member of the South African National Rugby a little long, but there must be armed man. then, because nobody really gives a shit about Team. He methodically snapped on his prosthetic something else. Fast forward 20 Olympic athletes, amputees or not, when the legs and fired into the locked bathroom, killing Let’s reserve guilty pleasure for years and we have life Olympics aren’t going on. Steenkamp. the more serious things in our life, COLIN HARRIS imitating art, in the form For a couple of months, Pistorius’ tale was The question of premeditation hinges on how not my borderline obsession for Staff Reporter of an amputee allegedly one of inspiration.The blade-runner made our quickly after the alleged dispute Pistorius sent a One Direction. murdering a woman, as own limitations seem trivial by comparison. In barrage of bullets through his bathroom door. double below-knee amputee and South African November Pistorius began dating Steenkamp, The prosecution argues that the time taken to Olympian, Oscar Pistorius, is the alleged won her heart, and subsequently put a couple of equip prosthetic legs is sufficient for a charge perpetrator of the Valentine’s Day murder of his bullets in it, police allege. of premeditated murder, whereas Pistorius supermodel girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp at their According to Pistorius’ defense team, Pistorius contends that he shot into the bathroom before Pretoria home. awoke in the middle of the night to a mysterious he donned his prosthetics. In what’s already turning out to be one of noise emanating from his bathroom. Fearing The same tools which granted Pistorius the the most salacious and tabloid-ready stories burglars, Pistorius rolled out of bed, grabbed opportunity to live a fulfilling life, despite being a of the year, Pistorius stands accused of fatally his 9 mm handgun and fired four shots into the double-amputee, may turn out to make the case PAWS shooting Steenkamp three times through a locked bathroom door. Only then did he realize for the prosecution hoping to put him behind locked bathroom door after a romantic dispute. his girlfriend wasn’t in bed, but was the source bars for the rest of his days. Regardless of the Even though this tragic lover’s quarrel occurred of the bathroom rustling. So he put on his door- outcome, nothing illustrates life’s rich pageant UP an ocean away from all of us, everybody’s bound breaching prosthetic legs, vainly attempting to quite like the tragic downfall of Pistorius, a man to be talking about it. kick the door down. Next, he grabbed a nearby who proved disabled people truly are capable of Besides possibly murdering Steenkamp, cricket bat (a staple of every South African home) anything, even fatal acts of domestic violence. Pistorius is best known for competing at the and bashed the door open, discovering her 2012 London Summer Olympics in the 400m bullet-riddled body and carrying it downstairs

After hearing I am very vehemently against As someone that’s I don’t have an opinion of the bill. I’m mostly

comments from having CHL carriers allowed to trying to get in the My concern is less about individuals concerned about students and have guns not only on campus “ Senate, I don’t think “ “ guns in student protecting themselves from harm “ staff, my mind but in classrooms. We live in the bill should be coming in externally and more about dorms... It if does “ PAWS UP to being able to is changing but a culture of violence. Violence approved. I think people having access to a very lethal get passed, I would I haven’t quite begets violence, so I would that’s a majority of the means of harming themselves. like to see it go to a make your own GIFs on “made it up. “also hope that love begets love. “students’ opinion. “ “student referendum. the new app, GifBoom Andrew Miller, Ph.D. Kolby Flowers David Cullen Haley Jozwick Executive Director of Counseling Cody Hatcher SGA Vice Pres. Senior, Mass Comm. Freshman, Business & Housing Center Senior Biology What do you think about about think you do What the SGA bill to gain student student gain to SGA bill the support for guns on campus? Word on the street Editorial Staff Business Staff Robin Johnson Molly Waddell Monty Sloan Staff Paty Mason Steve Sears Faculty Adviser News Editor Copy Editor Reporters Business Manager Account Executive 936-294-1499 [email protected] 936-294-1500 Morgan Mears [email protected] Corbin Green Cody Lewis Sophie Nelson Account Executive Stephen Green Sports Editor Senior Reporter Taylor Likens Stacy Hood Editor-in-Chief [email protected] [email protected] Audra Berry Advertising Manager 936-294-1505 Carian Parker [email protected] Estefania Torres [email protected] Matt Frazier Richard McKinney Account Executive Online News Developer Cheyenne Simpson Colin Harris Kassidy Turnpaugh George Mattingly [email protected] Multimedia Reporter Ryan Bowers Account Executive [email protected] A&E Editor Ashley Baker Christian Vazquez Jamie Giglio Ad Deadlines [email protected] Web Director Katrina Koetting Account Executive Tuesday’s Issue [email protected] Kayla Stallings Jay Jordan Friday at 5 p.m. Misti Jones Production & Graphics Manager Christina Molina Connor Hyde Delivery Manager Thursday’s Issue Viewpoints Editor Sports Reporter [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Tuesday at 2 p.m.

Page 4 Thursday , February 21, 2013 Arts&Entertainment houstonianonline.com/a-e Speaker shares insight into film industry Houston film commissioner emphasizes importance of networking

reservation costs of premium areas JAMES WEEMS in major cities, for independent Contributing Reporter and commercial use. Filmmakers also don’t have buy expensive A member of the Houston film permits in Texas, unlike what Film Commission came to Sam you have to do in other states like Houston State University on New York and California. This Wednesday to educate students level of cooperation allows the about the financial and networking state to gain from film companies sides of filmmaking and how that who have invested in Texas. affects the filming process. Cervantes has worked on film Raven Films and the Department crews ranging from “Reality of Mass Communication hosted Bites” to “Apollo 13”. He started their second guest speaker of the his career in film as a freelancer spring semester. for films that were being shot in Alfred Cervantes, Deputy the grater Houston area. After Director of the Houston Film three years of freelance work, Commission, highlighted the Cervantes got a job working for growth of the Texas film industry, the Houston Film Commission which is becoming a place of in 1996 and has worked there for opportunity for students who more than 17 years. want to enter the film business. The role of the HFC is to “Texas has the second provide information about most film commissions in the locations and costs of using certain properties for filming in only behind James Weems| The Houstonian California,”Cervantes said. the greater Houston area. They He said for filmmakers in INSIDER’S PERSPECTIVE: Deputy Director of the Houston Film Commission Alfred Cervantes spoke to students are a non-profit organization that Texas this means there are many about the financial side of filmmaking and emphasized the importance networking to get jobs in Texas. promotes the use of the Houston opportunities to apply for grants area for independent filmmaking making Texas a go to destination of the industry. Tanner said. or feature films. The HFC gives or fundraise to get a short or for all sorts of films. Students “He made me realize that there Texas has been forthcoming feature film produced. Which information on what locations who attended the event left are so many opportunities out with the film industry to are available for filming and is making Texas a hot spot for informed after Cervantes gave there for independent filmmakers make productions in the state filmmakers in the industry and is how to book those locations for them insight to the financial side in Texas” SHSU student Brittany cheap, with tax breaks and low filmmaking.

Follow us today! Exhibit to blur lines between monstrous, exotic @TheHoustonian GEORGE MATTINGLY grotesque and exotic to blur the Arts & Entertainment Editor lines between fear A Dallas artist will juxtapose the grotesque and innocence,” and beautiful to explore society’s response to Meeham said. “The Classified differences in her exhibit, “The Legacy of exhibit is also about Lily White” opening today at 5 p.m. contradictions. Just Visiting artist Margaret Meeham will because someone Need young adults for showcase pieces in a remounting of her is different doesn’t summer job exhibit in the Gaddis Geeslin Gallery, mean they’re good which features photography, sculpture and or bad. Sometimes drawings as part in her “Pugilist” series. we just prejudge Fun Valley Family Resort “All of my work is based on the idea people based on South Fork, Colorado of differences [among people] and how what we see.” society tries to address it,” Meeham said. Meeham said Salary: Room and Board “[The exhibit] is about how we understand the exhibit has not E-mail: annette.fain@ differences and who we’re taught to fear and gone without its who we care for.” challenges working gmail.com Meehan received her Master of Fine Arts with photography George Mattingly | The Houstonian Call: (817) 279-1016 degree from the University of Washington ans special effects BLURRING LINES: This photo by Margaret Meeham uses special effects in Seattle. Her work has been on display in makeup for the first makeup to depict a woman with full facial hair in “The Legacy of Lily White”. various galleries nationally, including the time. said. “They should allow themselves to be Need people who wish Soil Gallery in Seattle and several galleries However, Meeham said she accomplished informed by their ideas and their media to to work for very few across Texas. her goal of cohesive characters and concept. make it interesting for the audience.” “The Legacy of Lily White” features In addition to showcasing her exhibit, Meeham also shared her advice for art minutes at home and pieces that aim to blur the lines between the Meeham has also taught master classes and students who are graduating soon. get paid immediately. exotic and monstrous. critiqued student works. “Work hard and do more than just your Other large photographs feature seemingly Meeham said that while she is at SHSU assignment. Details matter.” innocent women dressed in white dresses, as a guest, she hopes students will learn Meeham will give a lecture on her work Coal Creek Mining Co. but who are also bloody, wearing boxing something from her work and open their today from 5 to 6 p.m. in Art Building E gloves and have faces full of hair that aim to minds to new art media. Room 108, followed by an opening reception E-mail: bward21210@ “make whiteness strange.” “I hope they learn that they don’t have to beginning at 6 p.m. in 3G in Art Building F “I wanted to create something that was be locked into just one medium,” Meeham Room 101. gmail.com your resume for more details. Salary: $450.00 to Sony reveals first major details for Playstation 4 $500.00 weekly with some benefits CHRISTIAN VAZQUEZ download functionality. Cerny said the have 8 cores and will be clocked at 1.6 Staff Reporter console is designed as a “supercharged PC GHz. That means the console will be energy architecture.” efficient, quietly ran and will not require Principals only. The first details were released about To address their involvement with cloud cooling fans. Recruiters, please do not Sony’s new gaming console during last gaming Sony announced that GaiKai will As for graphics, Cerny said the PlayStation night’s conference. While no price point was offer PlayStation titles via streaming on 4 will house a GDDR5 graphics processing contact this job poster. announced, they did state that the PlayStation Sony’s network store. GaiKai CEO David unit also from AMD Technologies. According 4 would have a Holiday 2013 release. Perry said that users can try out games via to Techradar.com, the GPU consists of 18 According to Sony’s lead console GaiKai’s streaming service before they buy. processing clusters containing 64 cores each. Please, no phone calls, architect of the console Mark Cerny, the Not much was said about the console’s That means that the console will have lots emails about this job PlayStation 4 will house many features CPU. Sony only said that it would be an X86 of processing power, which will allow it to will be accepted! such as cloud gaming, a powerful GPU, chipset from AMD Technologies. According social media integration and streamlined to Techradar.com, it is rumored that it will —PS4, page 6 Please do not contact job poster about other BEST PICTURE: “Django services, products or Unchained” CAR OS PR commercial interests. EDI We picked this film for its CTIO NS Visit our website! IN THE AVENUES creative interpretation of a www. classic genre. 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Sports Thursday, February 21, 2013 houstonianonline.com/sports Martin scores 23, Bearkats snap losing streak with 64-50 victory CODY LEWIS Fellow seniors Chanice Smith and Sequeena Thomas both chipped in Sports Editor 14 points and combined for a total of Despite having a 55-8 overall 13 rebounds. record against the Sam Houston State “These seniors are leading this women’s basketball team, Stephen F. team,” Nicholls said. Austin was unable to contain Britni The Lumberjacks were able to Martin as she scored 23 points and bring the score within six points lead the Bearkats to a 64-50 victory. with a little over 10 minutes left to The win stopped the Bearkats’ play, but over the next three minutes three-game losing streak, having lost the Kats went on a 13-5 run and SFA to Lamar, Oral Roberts and Central never got back within 10 points. Arkansas. “We’re going to keep executing “We were so glad to be home and take everything day to day,” and to play against SFA and get this Nicholls said. win,” head coach Brenda Nicholls Stephen F. Austin had three said. “It gives us momentum.” players who scored in double digits. The Bearkats (15-11, 10-4 SLC) Porsha Roberts led the Lumberjacks took the lead early in the game and with 12 points and 10 rebounds, never gave it up. Daylyn Harris scored 11 and Annette Late in the second half, the Davis scored 10. Lumberjacks (11-15, 6-9 SLC) With this win, the Bearkats still brought the score within four (22- hold a second place tie with Lamar 18) but Martin scored eight straight in the Southland Conference. points to send the Berakats into the “We have two more games at locker room with a 30-18 lead. She home and we’re going to take them finished the game with 23 points and one at a time,” Nicholls said. six assists. SHSU will have the weekend off Alex Broussard | The Hosutonian “Martin’s leadership is huge,” in preparation to host McNeese State GOING OFF: Britni Martin was nearly unstoppable, as she scored 23 points and dished out six assists as she Nicholls said. “She’s been fired up.” next Thursday at 5:30 p.m. led the Bearkats to a 64-50 victory over the Lumberjakcs, ending a three-game losing streak. Late runs by Houston spoil SHSU home opener inning outing with 61 pitches doing it,” Pierce said. Bearkats’s lead beyond the fourth Late offensive momentum was CONNOR HYDE thrown. Eppler held the Cougars SHSU reliever Michael inning, after a Cougar single interrupted from centerfielder Colt Sports Reporter to one run but multiple full Burchett loaded the bases with a following an error at third tied Atwood after tagging from first to An exchange of seven Sam count plate appearances tired single and threw three consecutive the game at three. Jessie Plumlee second base on a towering pop- Houston State pitchers and a the sophomore coming off a walks for three runs, allowing the singled to right center to advance fly deep into center field in the stagnant hitting rotation cost preseason injury. Cougars to take a 6-3 lead in the Ryan Farley from first to third, seventh inning. the Bearkats a 6-3 loss against Pierce claimed the circulation top of the ninth. scoring on Luke Plucheck’s “Normally we don’t tag up the University of Houston in of the pitching rotation was to Coming off the Texas State sacrifice fly to center field during from first a lot but as deep as Tuesday’s home opener. preserve arms after the previous tournament averaging eight the bottom of the fourth. [the hit] was, with that runner, SHSU coach David tournament at Texas State. runners left on base, SHSU “I thought we had great all that situation, I thought it was Pierce attributes Tuesday’s loss “It wasn’t so much of Eppler’s continued to move runners executed play with the slash and an aggressive play and the only to the five walks and four errors, performance, or even [Jason] into scoring position but were we got ourselves first and third,” reason it didn’t work was because handing three unearned runs to the Simms’s performance, or [Logan] unsuccessful in piecing together Pierce said. “Plumlee sold the [UH] made the play,” Pierce said. Cougars. Boyd’s performance. It was much a string of base hits to score from play very well, he handles the bat SHSU will face off against UH’s plate discipline cornered more about preserving their arms second. well. That’s the type of things we Louisiana-Monroe for their first starting Bearkat pitcher Tyler and making sure they get in there Hayden Simerly’s opening have to do.” home series. First pitch is set for Eppler to a two-and-one-third and get a taste but at the same time homerun of the bottom in Farley closed the night hitting 6:30 p.m. we don’t want to give away games the second couldn’t hold the 3-4 with three singles.

Blue Jays, Dodgers make biggest offseason moves

RYAN BOWERS make the postseason. The question with the new Staff Reporter talent is: can it get together this Spring training is here, and it season? The Blue Jays will try is only a little over a month away to avoid what happened to the before America’s Pastime begins Marlins, who went on a shopping the long regular season schedule. spree of their own and ended up Before teams can start with one of the worst records. competing for pennants, however, The Los Angeles Dodgers also managers and skippers must enter with a new roster that they figure out who deserves a major expect to help them make the league spot and who goes to the postseason for the first time since minor leagues, all while working 2009. Last year a big trade with the out the kinks of not playing for Red Sox brought the Dodgers first months. baseman Adrian Gonzalez, left There are always stories during fielder Carl Crawford and pitcher spring training worth following Josh Beckett. Another trade with for baseball fans, and then there the Cubs gave them Ted Lilly. are stories that could potentially An offseason signing of Zack mean everything depending on Grienke, one of the best young the outcome for certain teams. pitchers in the game right now has There are always one or two helped to make the Dodgers, at teams that drastically change their least on paper, to be a favorite to roster during the offseason.Last make it to the World Series. The year it was the Miami Marlins question for the Dodgers is the and that move proved to be fatal. same. This year, the Toronto Blue Jays The Cincinnati Reds have the and the Los Angeles Dodgers most intriguing player position have made trades and signed top switch in all of spring training. players to try to get over the hump Aroldis Chapman, the Reds closer and make the playoffs. last year, will begin training this The Blue Jays have spent spring for a move to the starting years competing in the always- rotation. Chapman saved 38 tough A.L. East but never quite games and struck out 122 batters competing for a playoff spot. A in 71.2 innings last year. He has big trade with the Marlins gave the one of the best fastballs in MLB, Blue Jays short stop Jose Reyes, time will tell. first baseman Edwin Encarnacion, The Los Angeles Angels pitcher Mark Buehrle and second continue to spend big. For the baseman Emilio Bonifacio. These second year in a row, the Angels were all vets added just a year ago signed a former MVP and the by the Marlins to lead their team. best offensive player on the The Blue Jays also added R.A. market. This time, they lured Josh Dickey, the knuckleball throwing Hamilton away from the division 38-year-old who won the National rival Texas Rangers with a five League Cy Young Award with year deal worth $123 million. the New York Mets last year, and Last year the Angels signed the Melky Cabrera, who was leading Ranger’s top pitcher C.J. Wilson the National League in batting but still couldn’t overcome them average last year before being in the standings. With Hamilton suspended for PED use after the alongside Albert Pujols and All Star break. Add in homegrown phenom Mike Trout, the Angels stars like Brett Lawrie and Jose hope they have done enough to Bautista and the Blue Jays are make a return to the postseason. looking at this year to finally Page 6 Thursday, February 21, 2013

Students remember life of “Johnny” Smith through dance and pictures SOPHIE NELSON every day in his students, his choreography and the lives of everyone who knows him. Senior Reporter He left us with a huge spirit.” A former student of Smith’s, Lyndsay Students, faculty, friends and family Lunsmann recounted her favorite all gathered in the Erica Starr Theatre memories as the audience laughed at the Wedneday in order to remember the familiar antics of the professor. She then life and career of Sam Houston State said Smith was a second father and great University Assistant Professor of Dance, friend to her and that she believed the Jonathan Charles Smith. greatest gift Smith ever gave to his students The memorial service consisted of a was the love of dance. video and picture montage of Smith’s Jordan O’Hara Smith, Smith’s daughter, life and choreography work, speakers thanked everyone who attended at the from Smith’s collection of friends, service. family, colleagues and students, and “Thank you to everyone who came today, performances by students who danced and thank you for remembering him this pieces choreographed by Smith. week,” Smith said. “He’s somewhere out “The one word I think of when I here right now and I know he appreciates remember Johnny is spirit,” Assistant the love shown today. Thank you so much, Professor of Dance Dana Nicolay said. and remember to point your toes.” “And I know his spirit lives on. We see it

about their new console, there are still PS4, page 4 many concerns. The biggest concern is consistently deliver high-end graphics what Sony plans to do about digital rights at a smooth rate. Cerny also revealed that management on used games. the PlayStation 4 will have 8 gigabytes Travis Miller, a graduate student from of RAM, which allows the console to Sam Houston State University, was maintain a speedy operation and reduce especially concerned about the issue. loading times. “I hope that they don’t adopt a stricter As for PlayStation 4’s Dualshock 4 DRM model,” he said. “That would controller, it is similar to the previous restrict our choices as consumers and I iteration except for a few important know that it would drive me to purchase changes. The controller is slightly bulkier, games on a PC via Steam instead.” has a touch sensitive surface in the center, , page 1 and has a “light bar” indicator that DEBATE changes color to identify players easier. The light bar also functions as a motion are put up in the general elections must control device. be voted on by 10 percent of the student The controller also has a “share” button body, or more than 1,800 students. on the left side. It will allow users to pick During the meeting, Sen. Spencer and share any gaming footage they want Copeland redacted his amendment instantly with their friends. The sharing that would require UPD to collect and functionality ties with Sony’s attempt at maintain a list of campus community social integration with their new console. members with concealed handgun As for Playstation 4’s download licenses. His reason was that there’s a list functionality, Sony plans on streamlining that already contains that information the process by adding a secondary chip to and is easily accessible to UPD. the console’s hardware. Cerny said that Three other amendments were passed the chip will allow the user to play the by SGA that corrected improper grammar digital title that they purchased while it is and wording in the original bill. downloading. Perry’s motion to have the bill tabled Cerny said that he wanted to reduce the until the next meeting passed. download times of digital titles “to zero.” They will meet again on Tuesday to While Sony released many details discuss and possibly vote on the bill.

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