2-6-2008 Volume 99 Issue 16 Southwestern Oklahoma State University Follow this and additional works at: https://dc.swosu.edu/the_southwestern Recommended Citation Southwestern Oklahoma State University, "Volume 99 Issue 16" (2008). The Southwestern. 205. https://dc.swosu.edu/the_southwestern/205 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Newspapers at SWOSU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Southwestern by an authorized administrator of SWOSU Digital Commons. An ADA compliant document is available upon request. For more information, please contact [email protected]. The Southwestern W ednesday February 6, 2008 Volum e 99 N um ber 14 Southwestern Oklahoma State UEuversitrs Student Publication W atson will headline 38th jazz festival The 38th annual F ebruary 5. Southwestern Jazz On Thursday, February 7, Bobby Watson Festival is com ing up Concert Tickets: and Live and Learn will perform for February 7-8 and will Weatherford music students. The guest feature saxophonist $10 artists will also present a free concert on Bobby Watson and Thursday evening at 7 p.m. in the Music his se x te t Live an d Music Office Building, Room 101. Learn that consists In conjunction with the concerts on Friday of K ansas City an d Fine Arts Room 100 Southwestern will host 30 junior high, high New York City-based school and university bands from across musicians Leron O klahom a a n d Texas in th e an n u al jazz Thomas, trum pet; Warren Wolf, vibes; Harold O'Neal, festival contest. The guest artists will give clinics at 10 piano; Curtis Lundy, bass; and Quincy Davis, drums. a.m. and 2:30 p.m. on Friday for the festival participants The concerts, which will also feature the Southwestern and anyone wishing to attend. All performances outside Jazz Ensemble "A" directed by Dr. Keith M. Talley and the the 1 p.m. and 8 p.m. concerts are free and open to the guest musicians, will be held at 1 and 8 p.m. on Friday, public. February 8. Tickets, which are $10 for general admission, Music students participating in the festival as members are on sale at the Music Office, located in Room 100 of the of Jazz Ensemble "A" are Adriel Reynolds, Lawton; Fine Arts Center. Thomas Burns, Altus; Michael DePew, Mustang; Josh Another event taking place this year in conjunction Dodson, Perryton, TX; Timothy Martin, Woodward; with the festival is a candlelight dinner/dance event that Keith Medders, Grove; Travis Henson, Yukon; Ann will start at 6:15 p.m. prior to the 8 p.m. jazz concert. The Gammenthaler, Broken Arrow; Daisy Edwards, Plainview, d in n e r is b ein g jointly sp o n so re d by th e W eatherford Arts TX; Sean Wright, Moore; Christopher Hall, Enid; Josh Council and the Department of Music. The dinner/dance Buxton, Hinton; Braden Boily, Enid; Garrett Rodriguez, will be held in the Student Center Ballroom. Stinnett, TX; Mark Smithey, Alva; Stephen Myers, Following the dinner, guests will move to the Fine Mustang; Erich Spaeth, Harrah; and Ja'Nell Huff, Enid. Arts Center to be seated in a special reserved section. The Jazz Festival is presented by the Department of Tickets for the dinner/jazz concert are $26 each and can Music with the assistance of the Oklahoma Arts Council be purchased from any Weatherford Arts Council member and the National Endowment for the Arts. For additional or by calling Jeanine Berrong at 772-7238 or Linda Hays at information contact the Music Office at 580-774-3708 or Bobby Watson and his Live and Learn sextet will perform 774-8485. Purchase deadline for those tickets is Tuesday, em ail [email protected]. at the 38th annual Southwestern Jazz Festival. Peking Acrobats are here Inside this issue: By Philip H unsicker "Ring In The New Year Holiday Graduation List Staff Reporter_______ Special" and Fox's "Guinness Book - P age 2 Primetime" for the world record on "...Nearly everything Human Chair Stack. Major: Undecided The Peking Acrobats With the performance getting - P age 3 did last night was closer, anticipation is growing for amazing - and stunning many students. Tips for "popping the question" and breathtaking and "I've heard they are simply - P age 5 WOW!."— S e a ttle T im es amazing and I want to see people d o in g crazy th in g s in th e air," Candy profile: Snicker's Charged "...The Peking said Chad Gray, a junior mass - P age 6 Acrobats regularly passed communications major from from the seemingly Weatherford. impossible to the virtually Gray said the Valentine's Day unbelievable."— Los perfomance is a "chance for a hot Battle of the Genders A n g eles T im es date with a cool chick and some rad acrobats." Registration Deadline Nears "The Peking Acrobats With tickets usually running Students, faculty, staff and administration inter­ [are] pushing the envelope The Peking Acrobats will perform at the Fine Arts around $100 for other venues, ested in forming teams for the Battle of the Genders of human possibility. Pure Center Feb. 14 at 7:30 p.m. Southwestern's ticket prices are artistry!"— Clive Davis, New a bargain. Advanced tickets are competition must register by February 14. York Post (221 B.C.- 207 B.C.). But th e Peking $10 for students and $20 for non­ Teams can comprise a mixture of Southwestern Acrobats are anything but dated; students. Tickets at the door will be affiliates as long as the four members are of the same Critically acclaimed and world- they have toured the Hollywood $25 g e n d e r. renowned, this troupe of performers scene and worldwide. Tickets are available at the Public The "Battle" will take place February 19-20 begin­ is coming to Southwestern for the One of the show's performers, Relations & Marketing Office, Room ning at approximately 6 p.m. All events will be held second time, due to the success they Shaobo Qin, starred as the 'Amazing 205 of the Administration Building, in the Wellness Center. had the last time they came. Yen' in Ocean's Eleven, Ocean's and at the Business Office, Room The members of the winning team will each win This group hails from the Twelve, and Ocean's Thirteen. 109 of the Administration Building an iPOD. People's Republic of China, where The group has also made Tickets can also be purchased Teams may register in the Dean of Students Office, their acrobatic art can be dated appearances on such shows as"The with a credit card by calling 774­ Stafford 214. No more than 15 teams wiU participate back as far as the Ch'in Dynasty Wayne Brady Show", NBC's 3019. in the event. Southwestern counselors available to help with depression By Elizabeth A ustin "College students are dealing with in." Symptoms of Depression: Staff Reporter________ the pressures of being on their own as To make an Persistent, sad, anxious, or"em pty feelings" well as the pressures of school,"said appointment L oss of interest or pleasure in ordinary Does school feel harder and more Tamra Misak, Southwestern counselor. w ith activities troublesome than usual? Are you According to the National Alliance Liebscher Feelings of hopelessness, pessimism, feeling down in the dumps and you just on Mental Illness,"approximately 20 or Misak, guilt, worthlessness, and helplessness can't kick it? Is it hard for you to get out percent of youth will have one or more call 774­ Sleep disturbances of bed in the morning? If so, you may episodes of major depression by the 3776. *Eating disturbances be one of the 15 million Americans who time they become adults." *Decreased energy, will have depression in their lifetimes. There is help right here on campus. fatigue, and feeling "Depression is a serious medical The Student Counseling Services slowed down condition that can affect your mood, located in th e W ellness C enter is h o m e Thoughts of death or body, and thoughts," according to the to two people who work with students suicide American College Health Association. who are dealing with depression. increased restlessness Situations that could lead to The Director of Counseling Services, and irritability depressive symptoms include: a Kim Leibscher, Licensed Professional *Difficulty concentrat­ relationship ending, death of a loved Counselor, and Misak are available to ing, remembering, and one, divorce or separation, academic help students with their problems. making decisions difficulty, unrealistic standards, and "We just hope to provide the tools Not wanting to spend traumatic events. These are many to make life a little more manageable," time with friends or According to University of situations that college students face Misak said. "Sometimes people just loved ones Michigan, as many as 15% of college everyday. need to talk, and that's where we come (Source: ACHA) students have symptoms of depression. N ews January 30, 2008 Page 2 Degree list announced: check name, degree SWOSU students planning to complete requirements for de­ Hooker; Nicholas Joel Pugh, Weatherford; Jennifer Lin Reece, School: College of Pharmacy grees during the SPRING semester are reminded that they must Temple; Kenneth James Reed, Weatherford; Marwan Michel D egree: DOCTOR OF PHARMACY file an APPLICATION TO GRADUATE. Remman, Lebanon; Andrew Prosper Roewe, Guthrie; Charles Erica Renee Piela Adams, El Reno; Thomas Michael Andersen, Philip Rutledge, C anadian, TX; Jeff S. Schachle, Elk City; Caleb Omaha, NE; Aaron Alexander Befort, Burlington, KS; Ken­ If your name is not included on the list published below, you Matli Scoville, W atonga; Kevin Dale Shavor, W eatherford; Gal- dra Jo Brashears, Oklahoma City; Micah Ranea Wyatt Cole, should go immediately to the Registrar's Office and obtain an len Keith Sheneman, Weleetka; Kristen N.