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Volume 54 Issue 3 Serving Trinity Valley Community College since 1972www.tvcc.edu/newsjournal

November 19, 2010

Campus News

Campus News

Sports

Opinion/Editorial

Cardinal CampoutTVCC students pack their bags for the annual outing. Page 5

College PaloozaSenior colleges come to TVCC to recruit students. Page 5

Basketball SeasonThe Cards and Lady Cards gear up for the 2010-2011 season. Page 8 & 9

Daylight Saving TimeThe real reason why we have Daylight Saving Time. Page 11

‘O Christmas Tree’

TVCC’s Christmas tree is waiting for all the trimming to be put on it. The second annual Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony will be Nov. 22 on the Athens campus.

Have you noticed that 2010 has flown by and Christmas is right around the corner? In keeping with all the Christmas spirit, Trinity Valley Commu-nity College will have its second annual Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony at 7 p.m. Nov. 22.

The program will fea-ture musical selections from the TVCC Cardinal Brass Band and the TVCC Chamber Singers, followed by an appearance by Santa Clause.

The tree is located by the plaza between the library and the academic building on the Athens campus.

The ornaments on the tree will be a representa-tion of all of the clubs and organizations at TVCC. The organizations were asked to hand-make their own ornaments, said Cort-ney Curran, student ser-vices director. She adds, “Your ornaments should represent the organization in some form or fashion.”

The city of Athens has its own version of Santa Land. Christmas Park, Land of Lights, is a drive-through park filled with ornate lighting configu-rations. The lighting dis-plays are over a mile long and have more than three million lights. The park is open from 6 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Nov. 10 until Jan. 2, and is located off Loop 7 in Athens.

By Tonya BonsalReporter

TVCC News-JournalThe TVCC News-Journal is a monthly publica-tion and is produced by the journalism students at TVCC’s Athens campus. Views expressed in the editorial section are the opinions of the writers and do not reflect the views of the TVCC adminis-tration. We welcome your letters and suggestions. The TVCC News-Journal reserves the right to edit your letters for grammar. Letters to the editor can be mailed to 100 Cardinal Drive, Athens, TX 75751; or e-mailed to journalstaff@tvcc.edu.

StaffEditors: Rebecca Kling and Thomas MercerGraphics Coordinator: Misty BowmanNews Editor: Deliance MooreSports Editor: Chris YorkOnline Editor: Lindsey CullumPhoto Editor: Erin GassReporters: Fernando Smith, Renan Zorer, Tonya Bonsal and Camesia CumbyCopy Editor: Jodi GuytonAdviser: Deidre Jones

By Deliance MooreNews Editor

Program gets a new name; services are the same

The name is new but the services are not. The Cardi-nal Academic Performance Services program also known as CAPS, is a follow up to the colleges’ former Trio pro-gram. The CAPS program is available in the Liberal Arts building, room 103 for all students who need aca-demic assis-tance.

CAPS pro-vides tutors, c o u n s e l i n g , and a labora-tory equipped with computers for research.

“Our goal is to help students stay in school, graduate and transfer,” says Gerald Wilson, director of the CAPS program.

Like the government-fund-ed Trio program, CAPS assists students in selecting the right courses so they can transfer to

a senior college. Another ser-vice CAPS provides is taking students to tour senior col-leges.

CAPS is sponsoring a free campus tour to the University of North Texas Nov. 12 and to

the Universi-ty of Texas at Tyler Nov. 19.

The ser-vices provid-ed by CAPS are free. Any student who wants aca-demic assis-tance or infor-mation about

transferring can contact the CAPS department. They are open from 8 a.m. until 6 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and from 8 a.m. - 6 p.m. Fri-day. For information about CAPS call 903-675-6309.

Tutors needed. Contact Ms. Starek at 903-675-6309

International students find home at TVCC

According to the Student and Exchange Visitor Pro-gram, there are approximate-ly 847,529 foreign exchange students in the United States. Those students de-cided to leave their home country, families, friends, and pretty much everything they were used to, and come to a new place to experience and learn things they would never be able to in their home countries.

America seems to be one of the top choices for the students. The “American Dream” sounds very ap-pealing to those outside the country. Little things like the way an American neighbor-hood or house looks like, the many different restaurants and types of food, the kind of clothes people put on or even the items sold at a grocery store might be ordinary to an American, but not to an inter-national student.

It’s not an easy journey. Students who want to come here have to go through many steps and interviews. The first step is to apply to a col-lege, and to do that students must have an official transla-

tion of all official documents. Then, students have to send a bank statement, which can be very confusing because of the different currencies in the world. After having every-thing ready, the college will send the accepted student more documents so they can go to the American embassy in their home country and get a student visa. The process gets even more complicated then, because students have to pay expensive fees and may get their visa denied for some random reason.

Students who survive this process get really excited and are ready to come to America. But little do they know they could face more problems. At the airport, employees might ask the students seemingly meaningless questions and block their entry into the U.S. Also, when they get here, they have to overcome the cultural shock and homesick-ness, making some of them decide to return home after less than a month.

There are about 28 inter-national students who at-tend Trinity Valley Commu-nity College. Jean Sebastian

Lahdeaho, 19, is a first year pre-veterinarian student from Ethiopia. He said, “Family and friends told me about TVCC. It was either go to mandatory military or TVCC.”

Another international stu-dent, Tolulope Ayoade, 18, from Nigeria, is studying to be a nurse. “I wanted to come to the U.S. because of the higher standard of education and the many opportunities to achieve my dreams and goals,” Ayoade said.

When asked about Amer-ica’s pros and cons, Ayoade said that food was a big prob-lem for her. “The people are really nice and welcoming, but I couldn’t eat for the first few days. The food was so dif-ferent and I didn’t even know the names of the food.”

Being an international stu-dent can bring knowledge, growth and better under-standing of the world we live in today. Those students who managed to stay here obtain many benefits: more experi-ence in life, open minds for any other challenges in life and new friendships that may last a lifetime.

By Renan ZorerReporter

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Math PrepTVCC is offering free devel-opmental classes for stu-dents who wish to finish all levels of developmental math over one semester in-stead of a year or more. Stu-dents must have less than 30 hours of college credit and have tested into Devel-opmental Math I or II. For more information go to www.tvcc.edu/mathprep.CAPSTutors are needed for CAPS. If you have received an “A” or “B” in your class and have at least six hours with a 3.0 grade point average, you could qualify to become a peer tutor. For more infor-mation call Ms. Starek at (903) 675-6309.College Campus ToursCAPS will be offering cam-

pus tours to the University of North Texas in Denton and to the University of Tex-as at Tyler. The UNT tour will be Nov. 12, and the UT Tyler tour will be Nov. 19. For more information see Ms. Cofer in the Liberal Arts building in the room 103C.Thanksgiving HolidayTVCC will have its Thanks-giving Holiday starting Nov. 24 through Nov. 26.Thanksgiving Sale The TVCC Bookstore is hav-ing a Thanksgiving sale through Nov. 23. All TVCC hoodies and jackets will be 25% off and some other items will be up to 50% off.Student SenateThe student senate meets in the cafeteria every Tuesday at 12:15 p.m.Christmas TreeThe Christmas Tree lighting ceremony will be at 7 p.m.

Nov. 22. A Christmas movie will be shown at 7:30 p.m. at the SUB.Basketball Home GamesCards vs. Houston Blaze (11/20, 4 p.m.), Lady Cards vs. Lon Morris (11/23, 5:30 p.m.), Cards vs. Bossier Par-rish (11/23, 7:30 p.m.), Lady Cards vs. Murray State Col-lege (11/27, 3 p.m.), Cards vs. Dallas Diesel (11/30, 8 p.m.), Lady Cards vs. Southwest Christian (12/8, 7 p.m.), Cards vs. El Centro Community College (12/18, 7 p.m.)TVCC Student Success CenterThe Student Success Cen-ter (SSC) is the place to look for professional tutoring and study areas. More than 50 computers are available for academic and personal use and resources includ-ing textbooks, calculators, headphones and more. It is located at TVCC’s Athens Campus in the Baugh Tech-nology Center (TC) on the 3rd floor.

Monday-Thursday7:30 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.Friday7:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.Sunday 4:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.Contact: (903) 670-2646TVCC CosmetologyTVCC’s cosmetology and nail tech department has some great prices on hair-cuts, highlights, facials, waxing, manicure and more. For more information call (903) 675-6347 or (903) 670-2608.Strut Around the ValleyWalk 50 miles by the end of the semester and get a free sandwich for every 10 miles and a free combo meal plus a T-shirt at the end of the 50 miles. For more information contact Cortney Curran at (903) 675-6256 or at ccur-ran@tvcc.edu.Collegiate MinistryThe collegiate ministry of-fers a weekly bible study and free lunch for TVCC stu-dents and faculty. Lunch is on Tuesdays and Thursdays

from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. They also have prayer rooms and game rooms. For more information contact Jerry Dennis at (903) 675-5353. The ArkThe Christian Student Cen-ter is located next to the Cardinal Inn. It has a cha-pel, a TV room, pool tables and computers. There’s free lunch on Mondays and Wednesdays from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. For more information go to www.thearkattvcc.org. ImpactThe First Baptist Church offers a bible study every Thursday at 7 p.m. They have a pick-up service in front of the Cardinal Gym at 6:30 p.m., returning at 8:45 p.m.Takeout PizzaHot and ready whole pizzas are now available for pick-up at the Cardinal Cafe. Call 903-670-2604 to order your pizza. The price is $5.99 each.

The TVCC rodeo team has been doing well at their events this season. Three members are currently ranked in the Southern Re-gion of the National Intercol-legiate Rodeo Association.

The leader in points in the bareback competition for the team is Hunter Carter. Carter, a freshman from Babson Park, Fla., is cur-rently the third ranked rider in the Southern Region. He had first place finishes at the Northeast Texas Community College and Southwest Texas Junior College rodeos. Cart-er placed fourth at the Sam Houston State University ro-deo Nov. 4. He split first in the bareback competition at the Steven F. Austin rodeo Nov. 13.

Other members ranked in the region include Ashley McEachern and James Gree-son.

McEachern, a sophomore from San Augustine, Texas is fifth in the Southern Region standings for goat tying. She

also competes in the barrel racing and breakaway roping events.

Greeson, a sophomore from Okeechobee, Fla., finished in first place in the saddle bronc event at the McNeese State University rodeo last month. He also had a top fin-ish at the Stephen F. Austin rodeo. Greeson is now No. 5 in saddle bronc in the South-ern Region.

Only the top three in each event in the Southern Re-gion will qualify for the Col-lege National Finals Rodeo in Casper, Wyo., in June.

There are around 400 con-testants from 20 colleges and universities in the Southern region. “Our athletes compete against juniors and seniors from universities including Texas A&M, McNeese, SHSU [Sam Houston State Univer-sity] and SFA,” said TVCC ro-deo coach Brent Bratton. “All of the students are trying to get into those top three spots by May.”

Pictured from left to right front to back Front row: Cameron McGhee, Coy Scoggins, PJ Hebert, Jennifer Boyd, Whitney Sinks, Ashley McEachern, Lauren Dil-lard, Ariel Moore, Maddie Nickle, Rose Buffington, Kelsie Norman, Chase Hudson and Tory Miller. Second row: Brandon Confalone, Mariah Luallen, Myron Sias, Megan Muras, Amber Dunklin, McKenzie Hale, Katie Farrell, Kaleb Green, Baily Jobe, Maci Culligan and Justin Williams. Back row: James Greeson, Hunter Carter, Caleb LeFrance, Matt Marshall, Cody Beck, Taylor LeFevre, Josh Gatewood, Zakkery Kroft, Jerod Mock and Chance Koenning. Not pictured: Kendel Robinson, Shelby Maynard

Photo: Courtesy of www.tvcc.edu/rodeoteam

Rodeo roundup: Team has successful fall seasonBy Thomas MercerEditor

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The Math Prep Academy is for students who want to finish all levels of develop-mental math in one semester

instead of a year. To qualify, students must have less than 30 hours of college credits and been tested in Developmen-tal Math I or II. Tuition and fees are paid for and there is a $100 book scholarship too. For more information go to www.tvcc.edu/mathprep.

Photo: Rebecca Kling/News-JournalFormula for successBy Camesia CumbyReporter

The TVCC bookstore is buying back books start-ing Dec. 6 until Dec. 16 from 9 a.m. - noon and from 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. Buy back dates and times may be subject to change.

In order to sell back textbooks, students must have a current TVCC identification card. How-ever, not all books may be able to be sold back if it is an older edition or if it is not in good condition.

James Quattlebaum, the TVCC bookstore manager, said if students have library fines or owe the school mon-ey they may not be able sell back their books. In addition to selling back textbooks, the

bookstore staff would like to remind students to be cau-tious of where they leave or set down their books because they could be stolen. Laying down your bags or even leav-ing your books in your car could be a bad idea for this time of year when books are being sold back.

Students at the Palestine

and Terrell campuses might want to check with their bookstores because the times and dates may be different. Quattlebaum said that if you have a question about whether a book can be sold back, you must bring it in. If you have any questions you can call James Quattlebaum, Beth Kidd or the TVCC bookstore. Quattlebaum also would like to remind

students that the TVCC book-store will be having an end of year Christmas sale. All imprinted apparel will be 25 percent off or better.

Sell your booksDec. 6-16

9 a.m.-noon1 p.m.-4 p.m.

Around this time of the year, textbooks are hot com-modities because they can be sold back for money.

Photo: Rebecca Kling/News-Journal

Need holiday cash?By Erin GassPhoto Editor

Campus News News-Journal www.tvcc.edu/newsjournal November 19, 2010 Page 5

It’s time to pack those sleep-ing bags and get ready for the TVCC campout. Student Ac-tivities has planned a camp-ing trip for Nov. 18 at the Dis-ciple’s Crossing Camp. They will supply all the camping materials and food. All stu-dents have to bring is a sleep-ing bag, a pillow and chairs, if they desire. The campground, located on

Highway 31, is surrounded by pine trees and it also has a private lake. Each student has to provide their own transportation.Students will go on Thursday

night, have dinner and do all the things you do when camp-ing; eat s’mores and hot dogs, watch the stars and have a good time with friends. They will also be able to play bas-ketball and volleyball at the camp’s court. Students will

come back on Friday morning after having breakfast at the camp.“Everyone should come. It

will be a lot of fun,” said Cort-ney Curran, Student Services Director. She also said they try to do the campout at least once a year.Last year there were about

20 people at the campout. Sarah Joblin, 21, a student

at TVCC said, “It was quite a great time, good memories.” Joblin added that there were

many activities to do at the campout. “We played hide and seek, apples to apples, laid out blankets on the floor and watched the stars and also made a lot of jokes while get-ting in the tent,” Joblin said.A sign-up sheet for students

who are interested in going camping is available at the Student Activities office.

TVCC students roast hot dogs at the campout in 2009. Photo: TVCC Student Activities

Sleeping under the starsBy Renan Zorer-Reporter

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Trinity Valley Community College hosted its annual col-lege fair for its students and area high schools on Novem-ber 11. This year, around 50 colleges came out to inform and share information about their school with the students.

Although the fair was most-ly geared to high school stu-dents, several TVCC students attended the event. Abriean

Armour, a freshman kinesiol-ogy major stopped by Cardi-nal gym to meet with repre-sentatives from several Texas schools. “I came out just to see all of the wonderful opportu-nities they have here today,” she said. Some of the schools she was interested in were Texas Tech, TCU and the Uni-versity of Texas at Austin.

Some other well-known Tex-as universities in attendance this year were: East Texas Baptist, Dallas Baptist, Bay-lor, Sam Houston, Stephen F. Austin, LeTourneau and all of the Texas A&M and the Uni-versity of Texas branches.

TVCC also had colleges from other states, which included Mississippi State, Northwest-ern State and Southern Ar-

kansas. Representatives from culinary schools and recruit-ers from the Air Force, Army, Navy and National Guard also came out to recruit stu-dents.

Students talk to reps from senior collegesBy Keitalya FullerReporter

Students from Kaufman and Hender-son county high schools attended this year’s college fair.

Photo: Chardae Haynes/News-Journal

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START TALKING BEFORE THEY START DRINKING

Kids who drink before age15 are 5 times morelikely to have alcohol problems when

they’re adults.

To learn more, go to www.stopalcoholabuse.gov or call 1.800.729.6686

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FinalsDec. 7-14

Late Night Breakfast Dec. 8

Dorms Close Dec. 16

Graduation Dec. 16

Winter Break Dec. 16- Jan. 17

Fast Track Jan. 3-17

Dorms Open Jan. 10

Registration Jan. 13

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Classes Begin Jan. 18

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STATEPOINT CROSSWORDTHEME: THANKSGIVING

ACROSS1. Wet nurses6. A light touch9. *Sometimes used as colorful decoration, sing.13. Mechanical fastener used on denim clothing14. International Labor Organization15. Chopin’s instrument of choice16. *”_____ your plate before des-

sert.”17. Polar toy-maker18. *To plant again after a harvest19. *Cause for celebration21. Facade, adj.23. Yup, uh-huh24. It’s jumped through to impress25. Banned pesticide28. Maryland Institute College of Art30. The Six Million Dollar Man, e.g.35. ____ Cartman of “South Park”37. Bride’s cover39. Madagascar primate

40. Transmitted by kissing?41. Curtain fabric43. Comedian Carvey44. Verdi’s opus, e.g.46. Pinnacle47. Inmate’s weapon48. Unit of poem50. Military group52. “___ day now”53. Leave out55. Huck Finn’s traveling mate57. *First celebrant61. *One who proclaimed Thanks-

giving as a national holiday65. Part of a play66. “Four score and seven years ___”68. Icy hut69. Long stories70. *Pilgrims sometimes depicted holding a blunderbuss ___71. Suicidal location72. To brag or ____ your own horn73. Mine deposit74. Many affirmatives

DOWN1. St. Louis attraction2. Actress Kunis3. Affirm4. *Normal feeling after turkey meal5. Running water6. *Impossible to do on Thanks-giving7. “___ the President’s Men”8. Very successful9. Right to take another’s prop-erty10. *Coast where first settlers landed11. Dwarf buffalo12. *Turkey, e.g.15. Alkyl obtained from propane20. Plural of #47 Across22. Mythical giant bird24. “Shave and a _______, two bits”25. Visual presentations26. Obsolete spelling of “dropped”27. Ringworm29. Plural of cecum31. Flower ____, pl.32. Nebraska’s largest city33. Angry confrontation34. *Turkey by-product36. *It has to be shucked38. Make a portrait of42. “Enlightened rule” in Japan45. Portuguese islands in Atlantic Ocean49. Friend from Paris51. Adverb of ‘tiny’54. Idealized image

56. “NCIS” character Timothy _____57. Attention-getting sound58. U.N. civil aviation agency59. Child’s building block60. Annoying biting fly61. Describes Ranger who rode Silver62. He founded Oldsmobile in 189763. Private theater box64. Opposite of #74 Across67. Niger-Congo languages

Coming off a 22-8 record last year, the Cards look to have another successful season. However, without the core of last year’s team return-ing, this will be no easy task.

Team chemistry may be an issue for the Cards as

point guard Darius Gatson is the only returner from last year’s team. Gatson had a good season last year, start-ing every game for the Cards. He is expected to contribute more to the team this season.

Despite the inexperience of the team, head coach Pat Smith has high ex-

pectations for his squad.“I expect at the end of the

year to be contending for championships,” Smith said.

Coach Smith also said a key focus of the team will be how well they can defend. Usually a selfish attitude doesn’t go well with team concept, but that is the principle coach Smith preaches defensively. “You’ve

heard people say he shoots too much, but have you ever heard someone say he guards too much,” coach Smith joked.

Scoring won’t be an issue for the Cards, as they pos-sess some of the top offen-sive talent from around the country. In the back court, the Cards have D.D. Scarver, a 6’4” shooting guard who

was one of the top players in Alabama last year. Zeke Williams, also 6’4”, played his high school ball at a good program in Atlanta. Tim Har-rison, a 6’1” guard from Lou-isville, Ky., is ranked fifth on his high school’s all-time lead-ing scorers’ list.

In the front court, Dema-rio Hines and Martez Walker will be expected to contribute heavily. Hines, a 6’8” forward, was one of the top players in Ohio. A transfer from John A. Logan College in Carterville Ill., he came to Texas to play against the best competition. Walker, a 6’4” forward, was a top ten recruit as a freshman in high school, committing to Louisville. His great high school career landed him a spot on the cover of Sports Il-lustrated Magazine. The team will have to quickly adapt to one another as conference play draws near. The league is filled with tough opponents, including Navarro who is ranked No. 6 in the nation.

Coach Smith’s teams have played in five Nation-al Tournaments; and with the talent on this year’s team, he looks to make this his sixth appearance.

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The Cardinal coaches had an opportunity to eat and talk sports at the TVCC Cardi-nal Pride Luncheon Nov. 5 in the Athens campus cafeteria meeting room.

Football coach Brad Smi-ley gave the male student-athlete-of-the-week award to sophomore Cardinal line-backer Everett Daniels, who was recruited from Dallas and will graduate this May. Dan-iels was named the Southwest Junior College Football Con-ference (SWJCFC) Defensive Player of the Week for week 10 for his 17 tackles and 2 sacks against Navarro. “He’s a fantastic person and a great student athlete,” Smiley said of Daniels. The Cards ad-vanced to the SWJCFC semi-

final playoffs and will face Na-varro Nov. 14 for the SWJCFC Championship. “We put off one of the best records in Oc-tober and that’s why we are where we are,” said Smiley.

Athletic director and men’s basketball coach Pat Smith introduced women’s softball coach Ashley Johnston and said he admired her discipline and toughness. Johnston shared a couple of humorous stories from the season and announced that her players would have a week off be-fore practice began Nov. 15. Their first home game will be against Hill College Feb. 2.

Women’s volleyball coach Natosha Spain introduced her players and gave two ath-lete-of-the-week awards. The first award was presented to freshman Jesseca Martinez from Fort Worth who had 804

digs this season. The second award was given to freshman Chelsea Brown from Cayuga. Spain described Brown as the “heart of the team.”

Smith introduced the wom-en’s basketball team as the fastest players he’s seen in the five years he’s been in Texas. Co-head coach Kenya Landers said the players have been working hard and every year they set out to win the national championship. She introduced her players and announced that the upcom-ing first game will be on the road against a “scrappy” team in Oklahoma Nov. 6. Their first conference game will be at home Nov. 23 against Lon Morris. Landers encouraged everyone to come and support the Lady Cards for this game.

Finally, Smith discussed his men’s basketball team. He

introduced the only return-ing sophomore player, Darius Gatson from Houston, as the “heart and soul” of the team. Also introduced was freshman Zeke Williams from Atlanta, Ga. “I’m amazed at his matu-rity,” Smith said of Williams.

The basketball season offi-cially opened with a winning home game against Ranger College Nov. 5 followed by a win against Team Elevate IFW Nov. 6. The Cards are currently 7-0.

By Deliance MooreNews Editor

First row from L to R; Aaron Gilstrap (2), Tim Harrison (10), Darius Gatson (3), C.J. Shapiro (15), John Talley (24), Zeke Williams (11). Second row from L to R; Guy Furr (Assistant Coach), Pat Smith (Head Coach), Daniel Ehambe (55), Martez Walker (34), Jaywuan Hill (52), Demario Hines (40), Doug Montgomery (00), Jordan Gillhespy-Edison (20), D.D. Scarver (23), Robert Amis (Director of Basketball Operations), Andre Bell (Assistant Coach) and Collin Weyand (Student Assistant).

Photo: TVCC PR

Keep up with the Cards on www.tvcc.edu/athletics/MenBB

TVCC Coaches talk sports at Cardinal Luncheon

Several athletes honored for seasonaccomplishments

By Rebecca KlingEditor

Sports News-Journal www.tvcc.edu/newsjournal November 19, 2010 Page 9

After a brief hiatus, the husband-and-wife-coaching duo of “Team Landers” re-turns to the Lady Cardinals basketball program. The only difference this time around is Michael and Kenya will share the title of head coach.

The Landers are no strang-ers to Trinity Valley Commu-nity College. Coming back to the Valley was an ideal situa-tion for the coaches.

“It has always been a dream of ours to be able to coach together on a staff,” said co-head coach Kenya Landers. “Michael has lots of coaching experience and I have good coaching experience and a lot of playing experience. With my mix of having played here, having won a national cham-pionship here, as a player and Michael’s mix of having won a national championship here, as a coach, and just all the knowledge he has from having been a head coach for over 13 years, it is going to be a good mix for us. We are ex-cited to be able to put our two strong suits together. And we think that it is going to work out well.”

Unlike most new coaches, who take over a fledging pro-gram, the Landers have in-herited a team that is coming off a 30-7 season, a conference and regional championship and a sixth-place finish at the National Junior College Ath-letic Association champion-ship.

In the JUCO world, the Lady Cardinals program can be considered as a basketball dynasty. Since 1990, the Lady Cards have won five national titles with their last one com-ing in 2004 when Michael Landers was the head coach. The team also has made six straight National Junior College Athletic Association championship appearances, had eight seasons where they posted 30 wins and had seven

seasons where they were un-defeated in conference play. With all the success the pro-gram has had over the years, Michael and Kenya Landers have been part (with Michael as a coach and Kenya as a player and coach) of the Lady Card’s legacy.

The Landers’ like to play a run-and-gun style of basket-ball where everyone on the team has an equal role. “We use all the players on our roster,” said Kenya Landers when explaining what the fans can expect from the team this year. “We have 13 play-ers on our roster and we are planning for everyone to have a key role on the season.”

Playing that type of basket-ball is the best way to throw their opponents off their game, Kenya Landers said. “We don’t have anyone on the team that plays more than 20 minutes a game because we play at such a fast pace. We run and gun and we are up and down. Our players can’t normally play more than 2 minutes at a time without an even sub. And we like to keep everybody fresh because our

goal every year is to wear the other team down.”

This season, the Lady Cards will look for returners Lesha Dunn (6’4”, Post) and Brittney Dukes (5’8”, Guard) to provide the team with experience on the hardwood. Last season, Dunn averaged 6.0 boards a game and had 16 blocked shots. Dukes finished the sea-son as the team’s fourth-lead-ing scorer with 294 points.

Also returning is Jenea Bar-rett (5’11”, Guard) who was red-shirted last year because of a torn ACL.

One thing that is noticeable about the Lady Cards’ roster is the fact that four of the players have traveled from distant places to be a part of the squad.

“Trinity Valley has always recruited nationally, and in-ternationally for that matter,” said Kenya Landers when explaining the international connection. Lesha, Jenae and Lee Anna [Osei] are all from Canada. Lesha and Je-nae were two players on last year’s squad. We were able to find Melissa [Jackson from Lyon, France] through our in-

ternational contacts.”The team also will re-

ceive scoring and defensive help from guards Sabrina McKinney (5-6, Soph., Fort Worth, Texas), Nina Cook (5-7, Fresh., Detroit, Mich.), Karnina Bunch (5-5, Soph., Vicksburg, Miss.), Kejuana Gardner (5-8, Fresh., Los Angeles) and Sha’Kayla Ca-ples (5-11, Soph., Vicksburg, Miss.). Posting up at the key for the Lady Cards will be Brandi Dais (6-3, Soph., Har-lem, NY), Jasmine Scott (6-0, Soph., Baton Rouge, La.) and Alice Robinson (6-0, Fresh., Bossier City, La.).

With five games under their belt this season, the Lady Cards are well on their way to making a run at the national title. They are currently 5-0 and ranked No. 5 in the NJ-CAA Division I Women’s Bas-ketball Standings. But the key to a successful season, Ke-nya Landers said, is the team meshing as one. Every player will be expected to step up her game.

“It’s hard to say exactly who is going to do what,” Kenya Landers said, “but we have to

have a tough inside game and we have to be able to knock down the 3 [pointers]. I think everything this year is going to be done by committee. We have a lot of strong players. On any given night somebody can step up and have a big night.”

The Lady Cards have three games left in November and will close out December play-ing in the SWABC tourna-ment.

Cards and Lady CardsNov./Dec. Schedule

11/23 Lady Cards vs. Lon Morris 5:30 11/23 Cards vs. Bossier Parrish TVCC 7:3011/27 Lady Cards vs. Murray St. College 3:0011/30 Cards vs. Dallas Diesel 8:0012/1 Lady Cards @ San Jacinto Houston 5:30 12/4 Cards and Lady Cards @ Kilgore 2:00/4:0012/8 Lady Cards vs. Southwest Christian 7:00 12/8 Cards @ Corsicana 7:00 12/11 Cards @ Ranger 7:00 12/18 Cards vs. El Centro CC 7:0012/30 Lady Cards vs. Grayson (SWABC Classic) Waco 6:00

12/31 Lady Cards vs. McLennan (SWABC Classic) Waco 7:00

First row from left to right: Karnina Bunch (4), Nina Cook (3), Kejuana Gardner (21), Kenya Landers (Co-head Coach), Brittney Dukes (25), Sabrina McKinney (2) and Lee Anna Osei (5). Second row: Michael Landers (Co-head Coach), Courtney Simmons (Assistant coach) Sha’Kayla Caples (32), Jenea Barrett (15), Brandi Dais (11), Lesha Dunn (1), Melissa Jackson (23), Jasmine Scott (12) and Alice Robinson (24), Jeremy Bonin (Assistant Coach) and Stephanie Hernandez (Manager).

Photo: TVCC PR

Lady Cards ready to dominate conferenceSpecial to the News-Journal

All Good Things (Dec. 3)The son of a wealthy New

York real estate tycoon mar-ries a medical student who mysteriously disappears. When disturbing family se-crets are revealed years later, he becomes the prime sus-pect. This love story turned murder mystery is based on the most well-known missing persons case in the history of New York.Stars: Ryan Gosling, Kirsten Dunst, Frank Langella, Kristen Wiig and Jeffrey Dean MorganThe Tourist (Dec. 10)

An American tourist travels to Venice to mend his broken heart when he finds himself intrigued by Elise who tries to deceive both sides of the law from finding her former lover, a wanted criminal in 14 coun-tries.Stars: Angelina Jolie, Johnny Depp, Rufus Sewell, Paul Bet-tany, Timothy Dalton and Ste-ven BerkoffThe Fighter (Dec. 10)

Based on a true story, this movie is about an Irish boxing champ, Mickey Ward. Guided

onto the professional scene by his brother Dickey, he con-quered his dream and fought against doubt, disappoint-ments and his non- believers to provide for his family.Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Chris-tian Bale, Amy Adams, Me-lissa Leo, Sue Costello and Jenna Lamia Tron: Legacy (Dec. 17)

Tron: Legacy is a sequel to the 1982 film, Tron. With his father’s disappearance a mystery, Sam Flynn goes to seek answers in a video game arcade his father once oper-ated. Once there, he finds a message from his father and is then pulled into a video game-based world that his fa-ther had been trapped in for so long.Stars: Jeff Bridges, John Hurt, Olivia Wilde, Beau Garrett, Bruce Boxleitner and Garrett HedlundAnd Soon the Darkness (Dec. 17)

Similar to the Natalie Hol-loway story, two American girls travel to Argentina on a bike riding vacation. Once

there, they party and meet an American-speaking guy. The girls split up after they have a disagreement. One of the girls ends up missing and the oth-er one is left to find her before time runs out.Stars: Karl Urban, Adriana Barraza, Amber Heard and Odette Yustman Little Fockers (Dec. 22)

After 10 years, the uptight father-in-law finally let the Fockers move in. Now Greg (Ben Stiller) has to show his father-in-law that he is fully capable of running his house. Stars: Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller, Teri Polo, Blythe Dan-ner, Dustin Hoffman and Bar-bara Streisand The Rebound (Dec. 25)

A mother of two moves to New York after uncovering that her husband was having an affair. Trying to get over the past, she becomes in-volved with a 25 year old. The mother is torn between her emotions and the fact that she might be in love.Stars: Catherine Zeta-Jones and Justin Bartha

By Camesia CumbyBrianna Coleman-Reporters

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Classic winter hats, leather, layers, vests, scarves, turtlenecks and boots

Trinity Valley theatre depart-ment is busy preparing for their upcoming performance of “Dr.

Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” which is scheduled to show at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 18, 19 and 20, and 2 p.m. Nov. 21 in the Athens TVCC auditorium.Dr. Joy Richmond, theatre director, says the play is an ad-aptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic story by Jef-frey Hatcher. It uses four Hyde characters instead of one; each Hyde represents a different view of Jekyll’s mentality.

Richmond chose to produce the show in gray scale as opposed to color, which she says has proven to be “ex-traordinarily challenging in the implementation.”

Using gray scale will push the underly-ing theme of man being neither good (white) nor evil (black), but dwelling in the gray area between.

“As director of the play, my vision of the production pushes the point, metaphorically, by offering a visual rep-resentation of infinite nuances of gray,” Richmond says.

TVCC instructor Madison Spencer has been using her ex-pertise in set design to guide students toward creating the dynamic costumes, sets and lights without color. The re-sult will be a tactile presentation full of visual texture.

“We rely on color in our lives much more than we probably realize,” Richmond says. “Our students have

done a remarkable job in rising to the challenge.”Unlike the theatre’s last performance, “Rumpelstiltskin,”

this show will not be family-friendly. Richmond advises it will not be appropriate for children under the age of 13 due to graphic violence, mild language and adult situations.

Tickets will be $10 for adults and $5 for students. They can be purchased at the door or by reservation. E-mail Richmond at jrichmond@tvcc.edu or call 903-675-6290.

Jeremy Pollard as Dr. Jekyll; Joy Greenawalt as Elizabeth Jelks; Kirk Ringland as Gabriel Utterson and Hyde #1; Katrina Johnson as Sir Danvers Carew, Richard Enfield, O.F. Sander-son, Inspector and Hyde #2; Zach Carlson as Dr. H.K. Lanyon, Police Doctor #1, Surgical Student #1 and Hyde #3; Samantha Pettigrew as Poole, Police Doctor #2, Surgical Student #2 and Hyde #4; and Jacob Caudle, Misty Kirksey, Courtney Davidson and Kendell Redd as extras

Dr. Jekyell and Mr. Hyde Cast

Crimson Players present a new take on a classic By Rebecca KlingEditor

Fall and winter fashion trends

Fashion is always changing and this year has been an ex-citing year for setting fashion trends. With spring behind us, it’s time to look forward to the cooler weather and the fashions it will bring.

New trends and old re-in-vented ones are expected to be made this fall and winter. The top 2010-2011 fashions include textured fabrics and crazy colors. Fashion isn’t just for women, though. Men’s fashion may change less fre-quently than women’s, but they have their own distinct look, too.

Some of the top fall and winter women’s fashions and trends include tights (leg-gings), sheer dresses, asym-metrical tops and animal prints. The men’s include velvet sweaters, knit vests and suits. The military-style shirts, ripped jeans and leath-er jackets are in style for both

men and women. Classic neutral colors such

as grays, blacks, silvers and browns are perfect because they are classy and have an expensive feel. Go for qual-ity over quantity if you want pieces to last for the season.

Fashion today has become more of an individual thing. It’s about trying to mix up dif-ferent pieces from each key look to achieve an original chic style!

By Lindsey CullumOnline Editor

Fashion DO’s

Fashion DON’T’sCheap leather, over-sized sweaters, fur boots with skirts and socks with sandals

Sell your textbooksDec. 6-16

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For anyone in the military, getting shot at should not be a big deal. That is what we are trained for. But that is not always how it works. Some-times you expect to be shot at and that doesn’t bother you. It’s the times that you don’t expect to get shot at that mess with your head.

For me, it was on a hurri-cane mission in New Orleans for Katrina and Rita. We were there to help with the rescue and prevent people from looting. The devasta-tion that I witnessed there was massive. We arrived about two days after the hur-ricane Katrina hit. Most of the roads were still flooded. We were limited to what we could do to help, but we did our best. We went from house to house doing search and rescue operations along with body retrieval when needed. Body retrieval became our main job, for the most part, because most of the resi-dents had evacuated earlier.

That is when I was shot at. We were on one of our patrols when we spotted some men at a house. It didn’t look wrong; it looked like they were try-ing to clean up. But when we got closer to them they brought out some hand guns and opened fire on us. Our training is to take cover and assess the situation first then respond. It only took a min-ute or so and we were ready to return fire. But that was long enough for the men to load up in their truck and get away around a corner. By the time we were able to mount up in our trucks and pursue them, they were long gone.

I have been shot at a few times now like, when I was in Iraq. I was expecting it that time it didn’t bother me, but that wasn’t the case in New Orleans. You don’t expect your fellow Americans to shoot at you. I think that is what bothers me the most. Since then I have a hard time trusting anyone around me. You would think that when

people see the military there to help them, they would have a sense of se-curity. Well, I’m here to tell you that is not always the case. It just goes to show you that no matter what we do there are still people who don’t care about what is right or wrong.

For me, it is the fact that I was there to help my fel-low Americans, and one of the people I was trying to help started shooting at us. This bothers me much more than when I was shot at in Iraq. I expected being shot at there because they are considered our enemies, and if you are getting shot at you will have a plan of action.

Most of the time over there, we just react without thinking about it. Find the attacker, fire, and then think about it later. First you identify your target. For us it is called (pos-itive identification), then de-cide if you can hit the attack-er or not without hitting any innocent bystanders. Then you shoot back as fast as you can and get yourself and your crew out of the area as soon as possible. This is why we train for months before we get there, so we will know what to expect, and know what to do. Its times like when we were in New Orleans that you’re not ready for, and not trained for. You would not expect that one of your own would shoot at you. I still think of it sometimes and remember how I felt then and how I feel about the incident now.

Getting shot at was an eye opening experience. You just don’t know how you will feel until it happens to you. I hope for everyone’s sake, they don’t have to find out what getting shot at feels like.

Thomas MercerEditor

Getting shot at while on duty

Daylight Saving Time was first introduced in the U.S. during World War I because people believed that we need-ed to save energy for “war pro-duction.” It continued during World War II and finally in

1966, Congress passed the Uniform Act which regulated the length of it.

March and April is usually when we set our clocks for-ward for the spring and Octo-ber and November is when we set our clocks back during the winter. People typically use the saying “Spring forward, Fall back” to remember which

direction to turn their clocks. Arizona, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and American Samoa are the only states that do not follow Day-light Saving Time.

In 2005, the Energy Policy Act had been passed to make Daylight Saving Time four weeks longer after 2007. The goal of the act was that it would help save 10,000 bar-rels of oil each day. According to an article about Daylight Savings on geography.about.com it said: “Unfortunately, it is exceedingly difficult to de-termine energy savings from Daylight Saving Time and based on a variety of factors, it is possible that little or no energy is saved by Daylight Saving Time.”

Does daylight time save energyErin GassPhoto Editor

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It’s time for turkey, shopping, Christmas lights and family gather-ings. Yes, the holiday season is upon us. What are you thankful for? The News-Journal wants to know your 2010 holiday wishes. E-mail journalstaff@tvcc.edu and let us know. Your message could be published in the next issue or online.

Rebecca KlingEditor

Letter from the editor

Meet 19-year-old McKenzie Hale, who goes by Kenzi. She is a freshman from San Joa-quin, Calif., majoring in Lib-eral Arts. She has a unique sense of style and considers herself a “free spirit.”

Hale moved to Canton to live in one of the several houses her grandmother, “Gramma Betty,” owns. She described having a house with walls she is allowed to paint on as “awesome” because it gives her a canvas on which to explore her artistic talents. She paints flowers, feathers and “girly swirlies” on her walls. Hale’s decision to move to east Texas was finalized af-ter she contacted the TVCC rodeo coach and received a ro-

deo scholarship.Not only does Hale enjoy

painting and competing in rodeos, she also has a knack for designing clothes and cow-boy boots. She has quite a few

shirts she has “dolled up,” as well as her TVCC rodeo vest and her favorite leather jack-et. When giving her shirts a “face-lift,” Hale said she likes to go with a western style, us-ing pinup cowgirls or religious appliqués she finds on eBay. She also recently designed a breast collar for one of her friends. She is working on de-signing her calf-roping saddle and is planning to paint a pair of old cowboy boots that will be displayed in the Cardinal Art Show.

Hale also works at a booth at Canton’s First Monday Trade Days called “Boots, Buckles and Bling.” The store sells ev-erything from belts and hand-painted jewelry to handmade

Cali girl has a style of her ownRebecca KlingEditor

Kenzi, a member of the TVCC rodeo team designed the ribbon on her hat.

Photo: courtesy of Kenzi Hale

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cowboy boots and many differ-ent types of blouses and tops. Hale has designed a line of cowboy boots for the store, but due to manufacturing issues the boots have not yet made their debut. She hopes they will be ready by the New Year.

Anything “dated” catches Hale’s eye and gives her ideas for her designs. She always wears her “cuff of bracelets” (about three inches worth on her left arm) and numerous necklaces.

Hale is fashion-forward with a keen sense of combin-ing different styles.

“Just because a group of people or even one friend may question what you were thinking when you looked in the mirror and walked out the door this morning doesn’t make it wrong,” Hale said. “Go with what you feel. As long as you like it, nobody else really matters.”

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(SPM Wire)--In addition to stuffing your guests’ stomachs this Thanksgiving, here are some fun Turkey Day facts to fill their minds:

* Thanksgiving wasn’t a national holiday until 1863, when President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed the last day in No-vember a national day of thanksgiving.

* President Franklin Roosevelt amended the holiday to fall on the fourth Thursday of November (avoiding the occasion-al fifth Thursday), in order to allocate more weeks to holiday shopping.

* More than 232 million turkeys were raised in the United States this year alone, with the majority in Minnesota.

* There are five places and townships in the country named Cranberry or some variation thereof.

* An estimated 117 million households will celebrate Thanksgiving this year, according to the U.S. Census Bu-reau.

How much do you know about Thanksgiving?