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Following last year’s example (due, in part, to the rampant construction around the town), the 2014 Homecoming parade will take place on University grounds this Saturday at 11 a.m. The parade will begin on Stonewall St. and end at the main Texas A&M University-Commerce entrance o! of Frontage Road. 11 a.m. also marks the time of the 5-hour homecoming tailgate party in the area around Memorial Stadium leading up to the 4 p.m. game against McMurry.

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Alissa SilvaSta> Writer

Hoping for a fourth consecutive spot in the top three at state, Texas A&M University – Commerce organization Al-pha Gamma Alpha is preparing early for the Mathematics Association of America-Texas Section in April.

“?e calculus team has eight returning students, so we have a really good chance of getting two teams in the top three,” Alpha Gamma Alpha sponsor Lymeda Singleton said. “We have some tough competition out there this year but our students know it. We don’t start o@cial practice untill January and they’re already practicing and focusing on what they need to know in classes that apply in the competition.”

?ursday of the Mathematics Association of America-Texas Section starts with the Calculus Bowl which is a test challenging knowledge and speed between 25-30 under-graduate teams from the state, including Texas Tech, Lamar University, and Texas A&M University-College Station. ?e fastest three teams who get the questions right score points. ?e top three teams after 12-15 questions from each prelimi-nary round advance to the Anal round.

“Every year we grow so much because we have a really good team secret,” Alpha Gamma Alpha president Bradford Garcia said. “Although we’re not allowed to record the ques-tions, we do get a sense of what type of questions will ap-pear each consecutive year, so we’re able to make really good practice questions.”

Friday’s event consists of a 15-minute presentation of re-search covering the student’s speciAc interest area in math-ematics. Undergraduates present in the morning, gradu-ates and faculty present in the afternoon, and international speakers present Saturday morning.

“?e conference as a whole is beneAcial to any student studying mathematics because it gets you into the world of mathematics outside of just your university walls and gives you exposure to other universities and research that other people are doing in the Aeld,” Garcia said.

Singleton said the conference is a good way to help stu-dents decide what kind or type of mathematic career they want to achieve, grade level they want to teach, and where they want to go in the future.

“When the students go to MAA Texas Section, it opens opportunities and networks. It exposes them to ways to use their degree and get employed,” Singleton said. “?ey go to this conference and see speakers from a variety of careers and research areas and feel motivated.”

A student who attended the conference came back with an idea he learned from a demonstration of ?e Knot ?eory for his honor thesis statement. ?e team brings back any use-ful information and shares it with the university.

“I know a lot of people come to the university not know-ing what there is to discover in mathematics,” Garcia said. “?ere is a lot more to discover, there’s a lot of research cur-rently going on and the conferences is a great way to expose everyone to that.”

In order to raise money for the trip, Alpha Gamma Al-pha will be selling Deanan Gourmet Popcorn for $2 a bag. Flavors sold will include salsa, caramel corn, vanilla, white cheddar, and butter.

“In the past three years, we’ve taken the top two spots in state and we want to continue that tendency and expecta-tion,” Singleton said. “In the past, we’ve excelled so much. We have high hopes for this year.”

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Spring 2013’s iteration of the three A&M-Commerce calculus teams after winning "rst, fourth and seventh in the MAA competition of that year. The group looks to continue their success this spring.

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Hunter KimbleSta> Writer

?e Baptist Student Ministry hosted their second annual Crave event on Oct. 24.

Crave is a two-day women’s confer-ence dedicated to female college students who crave a better relationship with God or other positive aspects of their lives. ?e Arst conference was created last year by former President of BSM Leah Allen and Brittany ?omas and, due to popular de-mands, they decided to hold it again.

“Her and one of the former interns of the BSM wanted to do it again, because it went so well and it touched so many girls’ lives, and it just had a big impact on a lot of people,” Bethany Golio, current Presi-dent of BSM, said.

“We saw that there was a need for girls to have time to get together and learn from the experience of older women who have gone through life a little more and have time to learn what our identity is in Christ,” ?omas said.

?e event started o> with a worship service lead by special guest Stephanie Gates, Director of Baptist Student Ministry at the University of North Texas. After that, guest speaker Tara-Leigh Cobble, worship leader to discipleship groups known

as “D-Groups” across America, gave a ser-mon. ?en, the audience broke out into small groups that were led by one of the organizers of the event to discuss what they learned and how to apply it to their lives. ?e next day, the women followed the same schedule, but had a Q&A session during lunch and had another sermon and breakout session after that.

?e conference ha over sixty women attending the event through registration while those who didn’t register had to pay $10 at the door. ?e event impacted the

speaker’s life as well as the participants’ lives.

“I love seeing women prioritize the king-dom of God. It’s been an encouragement to see college women make scheduling and A-nancial sacriAces to put the kingdom Arst,” Cobble said.

?e women of the BSM shall continue to host Crave in the future as they see At.

“I’m hoping we can continue doing it as a yearly event. As long as the need’s there then we’ll keep doing it and tweaking it to At the needs of the girls,” ?omas said.

BSM hosts second annual Crave event

The 2014 Crave organizers from left: Madison Wilson, Lis Valencia, Rachel MacInnis, Rebecca Parham, Brittany Paige Cox, Rhonda Locke, Emily Lawrence, Bethany Golio, Yushan Deng, Kristen Kavli, Lin Wang, Leah Allen, Brittany Thomas, Ashley Dupuis and Chrissy Hall.

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Our say | Editorial

Joseph Alderman+e East Texan

Since the &,-$s, October has been considered Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and even here at Texas A&M University – Commerce we honor this month with the help of Project RESPECT. +e timing of this could not seem more appropriate, as domestic violence, violence against women, and gender-based harassment seem to be making headlines left and right.

Athletes seems to be drawing the most attention, with Ray Rice, Oscar Pistorius and Adrian Peterson all dominating the news due to accusations of di.erent kinds of domestic assault or abuse. +ese problems do not solely exist on a national level, either, such as with the recent case of a Florida State football player being investigated for domestic battery. While cases such as this would normally not dominate the news had the perpetrators not been public /gures, the increase in public awareness created by these stories performs a signi/cant role helping change attitudes about domestic violence and those who commit it.

In a similar vein, violence and harassment against women has also been becoming more and more publicized, especially online. One recent example of such would be the “Gamergate” controversy currently enveloping many online videogame news sites and organizations. Originally sparked by a YouTube video from a feminist blogger accusing the videogame industry of both subtle and overt sexism, the issue has escalated as many o.ended by these claims are now harassing female bloggers and internet personalities who have spoken out against sexism in the industry or defended those who have. +ese attacks, focused mainly on threats and the public releasing of private information, seem to be almost exclusively delegated to women, however, as most male bloggers who have spoken on the subject claim to have experienced far less backlash.

Obviously, these kinds of issues are not exclusive to the public sphere, and college campuses are especially notorious for these kinds of issues. As well, these problems are not limited by gender, age, sexual orientation or social status: anyone can be a victim of abuse, domestic or otherwise. I implore any persons living with abuse to speak out; a culture of silence has surrounded this issue for generations, and it will only stop when people are aware of the problem and act against those who commit it. As well, I ask that anyone who is aware of abuse step up in defense of the victim. We are all Lions here at A&M – Commerce, and as such hold a responsibility to on another to ensure the well being and safety of our peers. Speak out, and help end domestic abuse, violence and harassment once and for all.

Four Years Makes A Lot of Di)erence

Ryan Scott+e East Texan

I’ve been attending Texas A&M University – Commerce for what seems like a long time. Compared to some of my friends and colleagues, four years isn’t that much time. Graduate school and things like that can certainly add more. But as of right now, it’s hard to not feel like a senior (in both the academic and age sense) on campus.

Even at the ripe old age of %% there are some things that I can look back to in the university’s history and be a bit old-timey about. +e amount of changes this university has seen in just my short tenure here is enough to make many other %% year olds say to younger ones: “well, back in MY day…”

Let’s start with the beginning. I remember as a young by travelling to a family reunion in Paris, Texas with my grandparents. While driving down good old Highway %' we passed by the A&M – Commerce campus, and my grandfather, being the classic car enthusiast that he is, was delighted to see a classic car show

being held in the parking lot just outside what is now known as the McFarland Science Building. Seeing this, he called for a detour to go see these classic cars.

+is memory sticks with me because it was my /rst ever visit to a real college campus (I never counted the community college in my hometown). I was astonished to see a place where people actually live at school. +e dorms, the buildings, the lake, all intrigued me about college life.

From going to a public high school where going to college is pounded into your brain from the day you set foot in the door as a freshman, the choice of where to attend was a tough one. Since my visit to Commerce as a child, I had visited again my junior year for an All-State Choir audition. Getting to really see the campus as a near adult had a great e.ect on me.

After mulling over the college decision for quite some time, an important event occurred. I was given a chance to attend a summer choir camp at A&M – Commerce the summer before my senior year. +is experience greatly in0uenced my choice of college. Even though half of the campus was a complete mess from the construction of what is now known as Pride Rock, and even though we had to stay in Whitley Hall, somehow I knew I was just meant to be here.

So after some tough choices, I ended up here. Even in one year between

seeing the campus there were already big changes. For example, the completion of Pride Rock, the removal of streets in front of the student center, the arrival of a brand new music building, and more to come.

Now in the time that I’ve been here, there has been another new dorm built, and an old dorm turned into a parking lot. +ere has been an extension built for the student center, a new nursing building, and even new roads! (Well there will be, eventually, I hope.)

Probably the best part of the changes has been a change of attitude mostly brought on by the football team. More recently, it seems to me that our athletic teams have been instilling more passion into the school, and giving it a more “never say die” mentality. +e addition of a softball team as well as a new softball /eld is only adding to that passion.

I guess the whole point is that it’s fun, for me at least, to be able to look back and say that I have seen this university grow by leaps and bounds right before my eyes. It gives me a good feeling to be able to see where this university is going and say, that at least in some capacity, I am a part of that. While I probably won’t end up having a building named after me or even be featured on the A&M – Commerce Wikipedia page under “Notable Alumni”, I will at least be able to say “I am a Lion”, and I couldn’t be prouder to say it.

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Speaking out

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Mason MeyersSta( Writer

Beer and pro football games generally go hand in hand and colleges around the United States have begun to take notice.

Some universities already o(er alcohol in their stadium suites, but 21 universi-ties have started on-site beer and alcohol sales during their football games, includ-ing Texas universities Southern Methodist University, the University of North Texas, University of Texas at El Paso, and Univer-sity of Houston.

Beer and wine sales at sporting events is not necessarily new. According to reports, these sales, where they have occurred, have been met with success and an increase in concessions revenue. SMU alone raised $350,000 in beer and wine sales when they sold beer and wine at their basketball games last season, which totaled to more than half of the overall concessions sales.

)is trend has carried over to the foot-ball stadiums as well. So far, all 21 uni-versities selling alcohol on their campuses have gained half of their concessions rev-enue from their alcohol sales.

West Virginia University started sell-ing alcohol at their games in 2011 and has brought in around $516,000 annually since beginning, reporting a decrease in problems with drunken students.

)ese sales have met some opposition, including from Mothers Against Drunk Driving, who claim the sale of beer and

other alcoholic beverages should not be allowed on college campuses due to the fact that most students are under 21 years old, the legal drinking age in the United States.

Some students on campus are for the idea of selling alcohol at the football games, saying it would help the school raise more money for the athletic department on campus and help the university expand its sports programs. However, there are also

students who are against the idea.One student, who requested to remain

anonymous, said that the selling of alco-hol on site at sporting events would be a bad move. “When you drink, you lose some of that initial common sense,” the student said. “People can get loud and vio-lent when they drink and the possibility of a *ght breaking out would rise if the school started selling alcohol at the foot-ball games.”

With all of these universities around the nation seeing success and general ap-proval from fans about the selling of alco-hol at games, it now becomes a question about whether other universities will fol-low suit. Currently at Texas A&M Univer-sity–Commerce, you can get beer at tail-gate parties before the football games, but the university does not sell any alcoholic beverage to the general public during the games at concession stands.

Growing Trend: Universities selling alcohol at sporting events

By Mason Meyers!e East Texan

Domestic abuse and violence against women have become focal points in society over the past few years, and many organizations have started attempts to stop it.

One of these organizations is on the Texas A&M University – Commerce campus. Project RESPECT (Respond, Empower, Support, Protect, Educate, Coordinate, and Train) is a program that aims to develop approaches to stopping violence against women. According to the A&M – Commerce website, “speci"cally, sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking on college campuses and surrounding communities.”

!e program encourages A&M–Commerce students to take what is called the Lion Pledge, the university’s take on the white ribbon pledge, the international pledge that was created by the White Ribbon Campaign to end men’s violence against women. !e Lion Pledge has been modi"ed slightly to re#ect that anyone can be victims and perpetrators of domestic violence and sexual assault.

!ere are three di$erent steps of the pledge that the student must vow to comply with. A&M–Commerce students must vow to never commit, to never condone, and to never remain silent about sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking. !ese vows apply not only towards women, but also towards any person, regardless of gender, race, religion, or sexual identity.

After signing the pledge, students need to send it to Project_Respect@cp.tamu-commerce.edu.

Project RESPECT started in the fall semester of 2010 by the A&M University–Commerce Department of Social Work and is led by project director Dianna Jones. !e U.S. Department of Justice’s Department of Violence Against Women supports the program. !e program also says it is willing to partner with students, university departments, community victim services, criminal justice, and any other related services to try and address the problems of sexual assault within the university campus and the surrounding Commerce community.

!ere are three di$erent RESPECT teams, which work together to help further the program’s end goal of ending sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.

!e Response Team plans and implements the best approaches for responding quickly to claims of sexual assault and domestic violence.

!e Partnership Team works to create resources and marketing in regards to the objectives and goals of Project RESPECT and its collaborators.

!e third team, the Advisory Board, provides input on community needs, provide resources and collaboration, and assist in implementation and evaluation to meet and exceed the program’s objectives and goals. Students, faculty and sta$ interested in Project RESPECT and getting involved with the program you can visit www.tamuc.edu/campuslife/campusservices/projectRESPECT/default.aspx or visit the Facebook page at www.facebook.com/RESPECT.TAMUC, visit the social work department on campus, located in the Henderson Building, or contact project director Dianna Jones at Dianna.Jones@tamuc.edu.

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By Julia CarpioThe East Texan

!e Behavior Intervention Team, or BIT, is an organization composed of professors and faculty on campus that evaluate the behavior of students on campus to determine if intervention is needed to keep themselves and other students safe.

“It was designed to identify students who may need attention from the university,” Dr. Raymond Green, member of the BIT and Dean of the Honors College, said. “And not in the academic sense, but in terms of behavior that may harm themselves or others.”

The BIT is not solely responsible for identifying these students. Student, faculty, and staff can report suspicious behavior as well.

“There is a website with a link where student [and faculty] can submit a report,” Green said.

The BIT at Texas A&M University-Commerce is relatively new. Although it began within the last f ive years, Green explained that teams have been created nationally since the incident at Virginia Tech.

“Depending on the issue, we may contact the student and hook them up with the counseling center, or an appointment may be made for them at the campus health services,” Green said. “It is meant to be help based for the student, not judicial affairs.”

While Green said the BIT has been very helpful, changes are coming in the future. Currently, the members meet every two weeks. However, with a new care team being formulated, that may change.

“Nationally, these BIT teams tend to work at more high-level concerns,” Green said. “We’ve become more of a care team. The students are not a threat to campus, but they could use some help.”

With the creation of a care team, Green explained that they would meet every two weeks and BIT would meet as necessary.

Green said that he believes the BIT team has helped and rarely do they say “everything’s okay.” There are always concerns.

“I do think the BIT team has stepped in and helped a number of people that may not have found resources on their own,” Green said.

No student has ever had to be suspended from school for worrisome behavior, but changes are being made. The care team will focus on low risk behavior, but the BIT team will stay in place and will continue to keep an eye on student behaviors.

“It’s helpful, not punitive.” Green said.

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New Care Team added to assist with Behavior Intervention

By Amanda He#in!e East Texan

Sponsored by the business department, the Lions Innovation Showcase will be featuring 130 people from Texas A&M University - Commerce, showcasing the di$erent innovations and projects they are creating.

Mario Hayek, assistant professor in the Marketing and Management department, brought up the idea from when he taught in Ecuador. When it was done in Ecuador, it “changed the whole dynamic of the university that week,” said Hayek.

!e event is “to showcase to the rest of the community what we are doing” here at the university, Hayek said.

!e critical thinking classes, or COB, that freshman take, are required to participate in the showcase.

“It will give the students an opportunity for experimental learning,” Hayek said. “And they will learn how to learn from their mistakes.”

!e event is funded by the College of Business. “To help the students, I am giving my funds from teaching

the COB class to the students that are participating in the event from those classes. It will help them with materials for the event,” Hayek said.

!e students that are participating will be creating all kinds of things to showcase. !ere will be book sales, dog training, cancer research "ndings and the new invention of a car paint protector.

“!ere will also be student performers on the stage,” Hayek said.

“We have obtained support from the Commerce Chamber of Commerce to hold the Lions Innovation Showcase on the Commerce Town Square,” Hayek said. “It will provide easy access for the students, faculty and sta$ of Texas A&M University – Commerce to participate and view the event. It will also allow the community of Commerce to see what we are doing here at the university.”

Hayek wants the community to “go out of curiosity and to support the students.”

Hayek hopes the Lion Innovation Showcase can “pack the square with enthusiasm and energy, causing other professors to want to get involved.”

“I walk around campus and see many students are like the walking dead,” said Hayek. “I’m hoping this will lift up the sprits of the students and cause the university’s dynamic to change. [Lions Innovation showcase] will grow the more and more we have the event.

In the future “I hope to have the event every semester in downtown Dallas,” Hayek said. “Where we can have recruiters come and see what our students and the university are doing and creating.”

Only students, faculty and sta$ are allowed to participate. Registration ends Oct. 31, 2014. “!at will give us some time to work out the logistics,” Hayek said. !e event will be November 22, 2014 from 10 a.m.–5 p.m. in the Commerce town square. For more information about registration or the participants go to tamuc.edu/lis

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Boundary is an invisible and dividing line that serves to protect and take care of ourselves physically and emo-tionally. It helps us understand our needs and limits as well as develop and maintain healthy relationships. Without boundaries, we don’t know where we are in re-lation to others; our interactions with each other may become chaotic.

To some people, setting boundaries may be chal-lenging because of its common myths and negative as-sociations. Others may have feelings of guilt or worries about how they might hurt or be hurt by others. Setting boundaries is a skill that doesn’t come naturally without learning. It needs to be nurtured and practiced for us to be good at it. Below are a few tips for developing the skill:

1. Be aware of our feelings and body sensations. “How do I feel when engaging with this person?” Pay attention to any negative feelings. Ask ourselves what about this comment or request from the person that is bothering us? For people who cannot immediately iden-tify feelings, it is helpful to pay attention to any physical signs, such as headaches, stomachaches, or changes in the body heat.

2. Be honest with our feelings. When growing

up, we may have been told that showing emotions is a sign of weakness. Over time, we learn to bottle up emo-tions and sometimes to the point that we may not know how we feel anymore. However, recognizing and being honest with our feelings is an important prerequisite in learning to set boundaries. ,ere are no right or wrong feelings—they just are. Name the feelings instead of in-terpreting how we ‘should’ feel.

3. Assert our self. Honor our feelings and give our self permission to say no. We can be gentle in our voice, yet -rmly communicate our feelings and stand up for ourselves. We can use a sentence like this, “When you (describe behaviors), I feel (name emotions), and I would appreciate if (state speci-c behaviors we want to see from another person). Sometimes, we want to set boundar-ies but can’t say no, we can say something like this, “I am not able to help you with (request), but you may consider trying (an alternative option).” Remember, we need to be comfortable with whatever options we pro-vide. If feelings of discomfort still arise, it is best to just say NO.

4. Know that you have a choice. As psychologist William James put it, “When you have to make a choice and don’t make it, that is in itself a choice.” It is our choice to assert our self while it is other people’s choice as to whether or not or to what degree they want to change. Our choice then is to decide how much physical or emotional distance we want to keep from them based on their response.

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The sprit and enthusiasm of the Lion Dance Team is three years old, and still being headed by founding coach Ashley Rocke.

“Based on feedback from Alumni, there was a pom squad here before, but it fizzled out due to lack of direction and support,” Rocke said.

The previous athletic director called upon Rocke to lead the team three years ago.

“When I first got to Commerce there was no dance,” Captain Taylor McCoy said.

The Lion Dance Team performs at both the football and basketball games.

“At the basketball games we are closer to the crowd and it’s more of a contemporary style,” Hannah White said. “While at the football games we are far away and we have to dance big,” said McCoy.

“No matter where we dance at, the response is really good,” McCoy said. “We live to preform. That is when [we] get to shine.”

“In our group we have an under-standing of what our spirit means,” Rocke said. “We motivate through music and dance. All of the music is

carefully selected to keep the crowd going.”

With the music selection they want to “appease all crowds” McCoy said.

During some of the biggest events on campus, the dance team will be there.

“During homecoming week we have the hot dog spirit rally, the parade, tailgate, and the performance at the beginning of the game,” Rocke said. “We also have a booth at Mane Event,” a recruiting weekend for the school that brings over 2,000 students to the campus.

“We pull freshman in with our en-ergy,” Captain Jenna Coe said.

There are a total of eleven dancers, all of which have different skill sets and experience they bring to the team.

“We are all involved in different things on campus,” Morgan Wood said.

“Communication between every group is the biggest thing,” freshman Sydney Mouton said.

During the two “concentrated re-hearsals,” all of the practicing gets done, Rocke said. “We get in and get it done.”

The girls that are “most successful at our tryouts have either danced in stu-dios or on drill teams in high school,” Rocke said.

Some of the girls have danced for most of their life, such as captains Coe and McCoy.

“I have been dancing since I was two and I have always wanted to dance in college,” Coe said.

“I tried out for the dance team be-cause all my life I’ve danced,” McCoy said.

“I tried out because I am passion-ate about dance and I know I’m able to balance my classes and be part of this campus organization,” Athletic Repre-sentative Shelbie Blackstone said.

All of the girls have wanted to dance in a college atmosphere.

“I have been a part of a competitive dance team for 15 years and danced since I was two. I’ve always wanted to dance for a college team,” Wood said.

“Our goal is to always have a distinc-tive quality as a team; to recruit the type of dancers that fit our style and up our levels of performance with great tech-nical and performance skills,” Rocke said. “Around the east Texas area there are iconic dance and drill teams that are steeped in tradition and have been going strong for over 50 years. We try now to embrace our modern feel and look while creating our own strong tra-ditions and identity.”

Coach Rocke and crew celebrate three years of passion and performance

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Harvey Martin, a former star football play-er for East Texas State University (now Texas A&M University-Commerce), was a young man from humble beginnings who went on to become one of the greatest to ever lace up a pair of boots and place atop his head a Dallas Cow-boys helmet.

Martin, a native of Dallas, moved to South Oak Cli! High School in 1967 during his ju-nior years because it became the "rst integrated high school in Dallas. He played there for a year and was o!ered a scholarship by East Tex-as State in Commerce. Mr. Hawkings, who was the coach when Harvey Martin played for East Texas State, said that it was Coach Crawford, the line coach, that recruited Martin.

Mr. Hawkings said the most outstanding thing he remembered was when “Harvey was lined up on the line of scrimmage, and he was

lined defensively. #ey ran a play, runner car-rying the ball broke down the side line. Harvey went across and ran him down.”

Harvey Martin was one of the hardest work-ing players on the o! season. He kept himself in top physical condition by going to the weight regularly and running up and down the stadi-um steps.

Harvey wanted to be the best; during his "-nal years when scouts would visit to watch him he would work even harder. It even got to the point where every time a stranger would come by he would work harder. Mr. Hawkings would even suggest to have a stranger come to practice and pretend to take notes.

Harvey’s hard work paid o!, and he scored the highest of any of the athletes on a test given by the coaches. #e test included veri"ed jumps and how best they can run around dummies.

Harvey Martin was chosen by the Dallas Cowboys to play for them, and he had a fan-tastic career with them. He played 11 seasons

with the Dallas Cowboys and was a premier pass-rushing end. Martin had team records for career sacks with 113, and sacks in a single season with 20 in the year 1997, the same years he was the NFL defen-sive player of the year. He was also named to the Pro Bowl from 1976 to 1979.

Martin’s most impressive game was against the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XII at New Orleans on Jan. 15, 1978. He made two sacks and de-$ected a pass. Martin helped put pressure on the Denver Bronco’s quarterback Craig Morton, which caused him to throw four interceptions. #e cowboys won the Super Bowl 27-10.

He also had a great post NFL career, where he hosted

radio shows, owned two restaurants, appeared at charity events, and, during the o!-season, worked as television sports reporter.

Harvey went through some personal prob-lems toward the late 90s. He managed to tap into the lion in his heart and overcome his problems. He found a job selling chemical products, and during his "nal years was giving anti-drug speeches to both schoolchildren and recovering addicts.

Harvey Martin passed away on Dec. 24, 2001 after a hard fought battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 51 years old, and is the only Super Bowl Most Valuable Player who is de-ceased.

In 2008, A&M-Commerce began having a regular tradition of having a speci"c foot-ball game each year designated as the Harvey

Martin Classic. Its home initially at the Cotton Bowl in Fair Park, the game was moved to take place inside AT&T Stadium in 2011, the state-of-the-art current home of the Dallas Cowboys, and a stadium that Harvey Martin never saw completed. #is was the last time the Harvey Martin Classic was ever held as it was quitetly disbanded with no fanfare or explanation.

When asked about why the Harvey Martin Classic was removed from the A&M-Com-merce schedule, the Kevin Young, the A&M-Commerce Athletic Department’s Informa-tion Director responded with the following statement, “#ere really isn’t much of a story here. Because of our scheduling limitations we don’t do it anymore. As far as Harvey Martin, we know he was a Commerce alum and an NFLer.”

Harvey Martin (No. 79) with fellow Dallas Cowboys teammate Randy White after win-ning Super Bowl XII against the Denver Broncos.

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Luis Romero and Terra Truitt led the Li-ons in men’s and women’s cross country at the ECU Tiger Chase Invitational to second and fourth place ,nishes respec-tively.

Romero’s 26:46 was strong enough for a third place ,nish with Truitt’s 19:48 placing her ninth.

Men’s ,nishers for the Lions included Dorian McCradic, 7th (27:17); Scout Hale, 9th (27:26); Fredrick Kipsang, 11th (27:37); Mark Gonzalez, 14th (28:08); Hunter Hawkins, 16th (28:13); Andrew Cobos, 18th (28:22); Ryan Kal-lenbach, 26th (29:14); Matt Rodell, 29th (29:38); Artemio Pagan, 30th (29:44), Turner Pool, 36th (30:18).

East Central University ,nished ,rst out of four teams and had ,ve runners ,nish individually in the top 10. Win-ning time was Juan-Joel Pacheco Oro-zo’s 25:54.

-e Lions now prepare for the Lone Star Conference Nov. 8 at Wichita Falls.

Truitt led the Lions’ women’s cross country squad followed by Mary Ham-monds, 16th (20:15); Tori Lenz-Selvera, 18th (20:28); Mackenzie Myers, 22nd (20:40); Kelsey Grier, 24th (20:47); Ka-tia Romero, 31st (21:18); Caroline Cot-sakis, 34th (21:27), Brooke Farris, 48th (22:48).

No. 15-ranked Midwestern State claimed the top team spot out of eight teams.

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MEN’S GOLFCasey Cochran’s even par 71 in the ,nal round of the Midwestern State Invitational in Wichita Falls paced the Lions to an 11th place ,nish.

Cochran tied for 38th place with a three-round 224 in leading the Lions’ team total 899.

Marcus Sanna (225) tied for 44th place, Kason Childress (226) tied for 46th, Cade Grimm (230) tied for 61st and Chris Leasor (231) tied for 64th place.

Cameron (Okla.) won the tournament with a 7-over par 859 followed by Northeastern State (Okla.) at 862, Southern Nazarene (Okla.) 868, Rogers State (Okla.) 871 and Southeastern Okla-homa at 873 to round out the top ,ve.

Individually, Zach James (Southeastern Okla-homa) ,nished ,rst with a three-round total 207 (6-under) followed by Dylan McClure (Cameron) 209, Michael Hearne (Southern Nazarene) 213,

Bradley Ferrell (Cameron) and Hagen Barmasse (Rogers State) tied at 214.

WOMEN’S GOLFZoey DaneshFar shot a two-day 151 to tie for 16th place and record her ,rst top 20 ,nish of the year to lead the Lions’ women golfers to a 9th place ,nish at the Oklahoma Invitational in Lawton, Okla.

DaneshFar shot a 78 in the second round fol-lowed by Emily Taylor’s 79 and two-day total 154 for a 30th place ,nish. Emily White ,nished in 43rd place, Celeste Emeott ties for 56th place and Katy Goen ,nished in 58th place.

-is outing closed the fall season for the wom-en’s golf team. -ey now look toward the spring and the March 8 Texoma Chevy Dealers Lion In-vitational at Pottsboro, Texas.

Regular season spring play will end with the April 12-14 Doc Housewright Invitational in Grandbury, Texas. -e Lone Star Conference Championships wrap-up the schedule April 19-21.

Cross Country teams !nish 2nd, 4th

Golfers !nish fall season, spring play opens in April

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Amy Davault put her name ,rmly in the Lions’ re-cord books in recent volleyball action by recording her 1,000th career kill.

Her record came in the second set of the Lions’ 3-0 loss to Midwestern Oct. 24. Davault’s milestone is a result of 784 kills as a Lion. Prior to coming to A&M-Commerce, she played two years at the University of Texas at Arlington where she recorded 219 kills.

-e Lions’ fell to the Mustangs 25-15, 25-19 and 25-19.

LIONS FALL TO STORMAfter fall 25-20 in the ,rst set, the Lions came back to even things up against Southeast Oklahoma State with a 25-19 second set win. But the Lions could hold onto the momentum as the Storm recorded 25-21 and 25-23 wins to take the win 3-1.

Sparking the Lions were Neka Nelson with 16 kills for the evening followed by Taryn Driver’s 15, Sydney

Reyes with 11 and Davault 8.

LIONS SNAP SKID -e Lions snapped a four-game losing streak with a 3-1 win over Cameron University that saw the Lions fall in the ,rst set, but come storming back to take the next three.

After dropping the ,rst set 25-15, the Lions fol-lowed the play of Davault (17 kills for the afternoon), Taryn Driver (13 kills), Chassidy Hill (7 kills) and Veronika Baric (6 kills) to take down the Aggies 25-22, 26-24 and 25-14.

HALLOWEEN MEETINGA&M-Kinsville will visit the Field House Oct. 31 to face the Lions. -e contest will start at 7 p.m.

-e Lions’ meeting Nov. 1 with Ouachita Baptist University has been postponed. -e postponement is due to overlaps and con.icts with A&M-Commerce homecoming activities. -e rescheduled match is to be announced.

Devault ‘kills’ 1,000th, Lions host A&M-Kingsville

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A 1-0 win over Texas Woman’s University last week lifted the Lions into sole possession of ,rst place in the Lone Star Conference with three games remaining and a strong shot at winning the conference and landing in the NCAA tournament.

Jade Bell scored the winning goal for the Lions from a Callie Annett assist in the sec-ond period.

-e Lions o/ensive power kept the TWU on their heels throughout the game with 11 shots on goal as compared to TWU’s two shots on goal.

Lions keeper Courtnie Northern turned in another stalwart performance in the shut-out win.

With the win, the Lions moved to 10-5-0 overall and 5-3 in conference play.

LIONS BLANK CRIMSON STORM-e Lions traveled to Oklahoma to record their third consecutive win with a 4-0 shut-out of Southern Nazarene University.

Scoring for the Lions were Jade Bell, Cadie Annett, Savannah Henderson and Anitra Wright.

After jumping to a 3-0 lead at the half, the Lions receive the icing score from Hen-derson.

Highlights of the game include sopho-more Callie Ballard’s ,rst action of the sea-son and her ninth shutout of her career in the net. Also, Wright and Annett score their ,rst goals of the season.

-e Lions (11-5) are tied for second in the Lone Star Conference and travel to West Texas A&M for a Halloween evening meet-ing at 7 p.m.

Lions tied for 2nd in conference

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-e 17-member Texas A&M University-Commerce rodeo team ,nished ,rst at North Texas Community College Rodeo in Mount Pleasant under ,rst-year coach Dameon White.

A&M-Commerce got o/ to a strong start this season, defeating rodeo teams from McNeese State, Sam Houston State, Texas A&M-College Station, and Texas A&M-Kingsville.

-ere are nine di/erent events and each student participates in one event individu-ally and how they rank in their event a/ects how the team places overall because team points add up after each event.

In the tie-down roping event, A&M- Commerce student Cole Mitchell placed ,rst for the men’s team. Also for the men’s team Justice Whitcher ,nished ,rst in the steer wrestling with teammate Rowdy Par-

rot ,nishing second. -e A&M- Commerce women’s team

placed 5th placed overall with Addy Pur-sisul taking third in the barrel race and Kara Large taking eighth.

White said their goal was to “be in the top 3” in the southern region. -ere are 11 regions in the nation and competitions are yearlong. -ere are ,ve rodeos in the fall and ,ve in the spring. At the end of the year, the Collegiate National Finals Rodeo is held in Casper, Wyo. Under director Ed-ward Romero, the A&M- Commerce rodeo team ,nished 4th in the nation in last year’s national ,nals.

-e next rodeo has A&M-Commerce on the road, traveling to McNeese State University in Lake Charles, La.

Students or faculty members can keep up with the rodeo team at collegerodeo.com and click on standings, then results, and click on the southern region.

Rodeo team wins first competition at NTCC

PHOTO COURTESY / LIONATHLETICS.COMJade Bell (14) scored the only goal in the 1-0 win against Texas Woman’s University.

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Spirits were high for the Texas A&M University – Commerce Li-ons football team as they headed into Wichita Falls to face the Midwestern State Mustangs but the mood had to be di-erent on the ride back home as the Lions su-ered their .rst conference loss 40-37 in overtime.

After leading 17-0 at the half, the Lions were outscored by the Mustangs 34-17 in the second half. ,e overtime period saw the Lions get the ball .rst and march all the way to the two-yard line, which resulted in a Saul Martinez .eld goal.

,e Mustangs, however, still riding a wave of momentum at their home stadium, executed six straight running plays that cul-minated in a touchdown run by running back Chauncey Harris, who ended up with 169 yards rushing as well as three scores.

With the loss, the Lions still hold onto .rst place in the Lone Star Conference, but have yet to assure sole possession of the championship win. A win Saturday over McMurry University is still needed to secure the title.

,e game against Midwestern got o- to a good start for the Li-ons when quarterback Tyrik Rollison threw a 57-yard touchdown pass to Vernon Johnson on just the third play of the game. A one-yard touchdown run by Joe Bergeron, as well as a Martinez .eld goal put the Lions up 17-0 at the half. ,e Lions defense had held MSU to just 131 yards of total o-ense, while the Lions gained 261 o-ensive yards in the .rst half.

,e tides changed quickly in the second half, with the Mus-tangs scoring their .rst touchdown of the game in the .rst three minutes of the half on a 25-yard touchdown pass to Breion Evans

from Quade Coward. By the end of the quarter, the gap had been narrowed to 24-14.

,e fourth quarter saw more Midwestern State dominance as the Mustangs continued to /aunt their strong running game. Af-ter an early Commerce touchdown, the Mustangs scored 14 unan-swered points to come within four points of tying the game.

After another .eld goal from Martinez, the Mustangs gave one .nal push and were able to score another touchdown to tie the game with only 1:59 left on the clock. After making a mad dash for the end zone, the Lions tried for a winning .eld goal with four seconds left. Martinez kicked the 32-yarder wide left, and the game went to overtime.

,e Lions still ended the game outgaining MSU in total o-ense 524-456. ,e Lions, however, were outrushed 284-137, marking the most rushing yards the Lions’ defense has given up in a single game this season.

Lions quarterback Rollison .nished with his fourth 300-yard passing game of the season, .nishing with 387 yards and two touchdown passes, and senior receiver Vernon Johnson set a career high with 180 yards receiving. Running back Joe Bergeron also ended the game with 105 rushing yards and two scores.

Defensively, the Lions had two interceptions by Pablo Vasquez and Kevin Mederlas, the .rst of his career. Also, three players led the team with eight total tackles, and Ashton Dorsey had 2.5 tackles-for-loss.

With the defeat, the Lions, who came into the contest ranked No. 22 in the nation, have dropped out of the national rankings, but are the highest vote-getting team outside of the Top 25. As well as the coaches poll, the Lions are ranked eighth in the .rst regional standings of the year for super region four. Only the top six teams

in the region will advance to the NCAA playo-s, so the Lions will be looking to increase their ranking in the coming weeks

With NCAA playo- implications, as well as conference play-o- seeding on the line, A&M–Commerce will head back home to face the McMurry War Hawks to cap o- the Homecoming weekend.

,e War Hawks come into this game with a 2-5 overall record, (1-5 in conference play), and having lost four straight games by a total score of 253-64.

,is season marks the second season for McMurray to play in the Lone Star Conference, and the team’s third year in NCAA Division II. However, it was announced in January that the team would be moving back down to Division III after this season.

Statistical leaders for the War Hawks include junior quar-terback Matthew McHugh, who leads the team in passing with 1,686 yards and 15 touchdowns, but has also thrown seven inter-ceptions.

,e team’s leading receiver is Jeret Smith with 10 touchdowns and 816 receiving yards on just 41 catches, averaging 19.9 yards per catch.

Defensively, the War Hawks are led by defensive back Des-mond Guy and linebacker Josh Jones, who have 56 and 51 tackles, respectively.

Last season the Lions defeated the War Hawks 65-43, in a game that featured six touchdowns by current backup quarterback Deric Davis (5 rushing, 1 passing). ,e Lions look to repeat this result in front of a homecoming crowd this weekend.

,e Texas A&M University – Commerce Lions will host the McMurray War Hawks on Nov. 1, at 4 p.m. at Memorial Sta-dium.

Lions suffer first LSC defeat

Kevin YoungSports Information Director

Lion football is searching for its 15th outright LSC title on Homecoming Saturday

Commerce, Texas – With the school celebrating its 125th anniversary and the events of Homecoming this week link-ing the past of East Texas Normal College, East Texas State Normal College, East Texas State Teachers College, East Texas State College and East Texas State University to the present of Texas A&M University-Commerce united under one umbrella – we are Lions, it is only .tting that the Lions’ football team will play for an outright championship Saturday after already clinching a share of the program’s 21st title earlier this season.

Searching back through the athletic archives the football program has a deep-rooted tradition of success going way, way back to the program’s .rst recorded season in 1914. ,e in-augural season -- a winning one that saw the team win two of its three games -- laid the groundwork of winning success that has seen 947 games played in 97 years; the school did not .eld a football team in 1918, 1943, 1944 and 1945 because of War World I and War World II.

All-time, the program has compiled 491 wins, 425 losses and 31 ties translating into a winning percent of .518. Fifty-seven seasons have ended with a winning percentage of .500 or better for a mark of 58 percent of its seasons ending in a win-ning record.

In 80 seasons in the Lone Star Conference, the Lions were one of the league’s inaugural members back in 1932, the pro-gram has reeled o- the second most champions counting the latest this season with 21. Six championships shy of the most titles in conference history and a whopping margin of 11 titles separates the Lions from the third place program. Counting 2014, 51 seasons of LSC play have ended with a winning per-centage of .500 or better for a mark of 64 percent of the seasons played in the conference resulting in a winning record.

Linking the Lions of past and present, under the university’s name of East Texas State Teachers College the Lions enjoyed back-to-back-to-back titles in the early to mid 1930s and won .ve straight in the early 1950s. All told program claimed 12 titles, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1942, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954 and 1955, under the name of East Texas State Teachers College.

A second name change came to the school in 1957, East Tex-as State College, and in that same season the program started a run of three straight championships – 1957, 1958 and 1959.

Another name change came in 1962, East Texas State Uni-versity, and four years later, in 1966, the program picked up the success of past claiming the title. ETSU went on to a total .ve LSC titles adding more in 1969, 1972, 1983 and 1990.

While celebrating 125 years of existence of a higher edu-cation institution, the Lions have claimed the program’s .rst title in 24 years and .rst under the current institution’s name of Texas A&M University-Commerce, which began in 1996. ,e 21st championship links the past of the program to the present.

Adding to the championships, the program has enjoyed 736 all-conference selections, 223 All-American honors and made 10 postseason appearances, including the 1972 national cham-pionship.

In a world of what have you done lately, lately is now and now the Lions are Lone Star Conference Champions.

Celebrating the Past and Present Success of the Lion Football Program

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