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As the sounds of James and Bobby Purifys Im Your Puppet plays, Rick Simmons reflects on how he became a fan of Carolina beach music. Simmons is a George K. Anding Endowed Professor of English and the director of the Honors Program. He is a published author of several books with his latest covering Carolina beach music. This is the for fun part of my life, Simmons said. Its very en- SIMMONS tertaining. Simmons has written five books with his latest release being the follow-up to Carolina Beach Music: The Classic Years. Beach music is not the Beach Boys and Jan and Deanthat was surf music, Simmons said. Beach music is a mixture of rhythm and blues, soul, Motown, even some doowop and 60s frat rock. Simmons first book Carolina Beach Music: The Classic Years, was so well received when it was published in 2011, he wrote a follow-up book. I considered that Id really only just started on the subject, so I decided to write Carolina Beach Music from the 60s to the 80s: The New Wave as a follow-up. Simmons said he became interested in Carolina beach music at a young age, but he did not consider writing about it until later in life.
The parking lot outside the J.C. Love Field is currently closed due to construction for the new additions. Some of the additions include a new locker room, a training room and a players lounge.
tion to the field and I think because of the new locker room, players and coaches will look forward to coming to practice more, he said. It also gives players a place to relax and just hang out before practices or games. Overall, the new facilities and renovations will improve the function and aesthetics of the baseball field, Simoneaux said. Itll open it up a lot and ev-
erything will be right here, he said. It will be more accommodating to spectators, visitors and the team.
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Although the renovations have been pushed back, students still discuss the idea. Liah Crowe, a senior kinesiology major, who frequents the intramural soccer fields, said she is glad to see the dorms go. Thats awesome; theyre tearing those dorms down because they havent used them in a long time, Crowe said. We need more fields. A lot of players are always spraining their ankles on the ones we have now. Students who do not participate in intramural sports or visit the park are also thrilled. Fab Yonk, a junior mechanical engineering major, said he
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I grew up with this music, he said. I didnt really get into it until high school and my appreciation for the music developed more as I entered college. Simmons said his decision to write about this subject came from the lack of written material available on that particular genre of music. Over the years, I realized that almost nothing had been written about it, he said. So after doing a few books I decided it was time to write about the subject. Simmons said he chose to focus more on the 1960s through 1980s in the sequel because those eras were when this started to become popular in the area he grew up in. In the Carolinas, Georgia and Virginia, this type of music started to become popular in the 1960s and eventually became known as Carolina beach music to differentiate it from California beach/surf music, Simmons said. This book focuses on music from roughly 1966 through 1982, the newer beach music as opposed to those older songs
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The Secular Student Alliance meets in Bogard Hall to discuss issues from religion to politics and issues facing athiests today. are trying to do more things this year, he said. Andrew Touche, public relations director of SSA, said every week the group talks about random topics. We welcome anyone interested in speaking their mind, Touche said. Last week we discussed conspiracy theories. Keowen said last year at meetings members discussed more religious topics, but negative debates would ensue. Touche said this year they try to balance it out with more reasonable topics. The discussion for the Feb. 6 meeting was on whether atheist groups should use billboards such as the one put up in Times Square that has Santa Clause over a crucified Jesus with the words Keep the MERRY! under the Clause picture and the words Dump the MYTH! under the picture of Jesus. I find billboards like this harmful to our cause, Touche said. It is poking a bear with a stick. Touche said the message makes it seems like there is a war against Christmas. William Stockton, a member and freshman biology major, said he agrees the billboards like the Christmas one should be used because it is for closeted atheists who are too afraid to come out. It is for those atheists who do not feel they should celebrate Christmas, Stockton said. Be happy about Christmas and forget the whole crucifixion thing. Stockton said the signs bring the issue of not believing in God to the forward ground. If you go back to any injustice in the world, there has to be opposition against the injustice, he said. Keowen said he does not agree with the use of the signs when they target religious groups. There is a difference between promoting good atheist views and targeting those people who are against it, he said. The members of the group said they all agreed there is a
need to make atheism acceptable today because there is a lot of hostility toward atheists. Keowen said at last years food drive, no one donated to the group when they saw atheists were putting it on. As soon as we took the word atheist off of the table, people donated to us, Keowen said. Touche said even though the signs are for not believing in a god to become more acceptable, he still does not want the radical billboards to become accepted, but instead wants atheism to be accepted. Stockton said he agreed atheist groups should not target religious groups. Saying, Hey you are wrong, is obviously not the right way to go, but we should say, Why do you believe in this?, Stockton said. Keowen said atheist groups like SSA should be used to make atheism more acceptable not the use of billboards. We should give people a place where they are trying to come out, instead of going out and trying to get people to convert, Keowen said.
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REBECCA ALVAREZ News Editor e have finally done it. Apparently, there is no more room for genuine creativity. Someone else has already thought of everything and sucked up all creativity. There is no way we will ever be able to come up with something and call ourselves creative or clever. It seems originality is extinct. The fads started by Gangnam Style, Call Me Maybe, the latest Harlem Shake and every viral video and meme in between have only confirmed my conclusion that todays society lacks originality. It all starts with one video. Take the Harvard baseball teams Call Me Maybe parody, for example. I am not going to lie, it was hilarious I even started to pump and cross my arms every time I heard the song after watching the video but within a few weeks there were parodies for that song for almost anything you could think of. From horrible referee calls in the NFL to Sesame Streets lessons on sharing, every event, organization and stereotypical group had its own rendition of the song. Eventually, everyone got bored of Call Me Maybe and that chapter of obnoxiousness was closed. Enter galloping South Korean pop star PSY with Gangnam Style. The video was a worldwide sensation everybody was busting out the pendulum gallop no matter where they were. University mascots and student bodies lunged at the opportunity to copy the video, and clever political junkies created altered lyrics and content of the video to make stabs at the 2012 presidential candidates, Mitt Romney and Barack Obama. The list of parodies goes on for pages and pages. To this day it has not been thrown into the filing cabinet with Call Me Maybe. Every now and then a new parody hits the web and the song is still very popular, but now theres a new bandwagon hundreds of people are jumping on the Harlem Shake. Of all of the memes and viral videos to fall under the cyber spotlight, this dance video has to be the one that baffles me the most. Somebody please explain to me how a 30-second video of a group of people gyrating their bodies and thrusting their hips can be so amusing that it inspires others to do exactly the same thing. I dont know, Becca. Its just funny. Its not all the same some of them dress up in funny costumes. Sorry guys, its really not that funny. Its not clever. More importantly, its already been done 500 times. I can put aside the lack of originality and overkill with Gangnam Style and Call Me Maybe parodies because at least there is enough change in the stock of the video to draw a good chuckle. But the Harlem Shake never changes. Is there really nothing else that can make a good video? Every time I get on Facebook, my friends who attend different universities always seem to be posting about that pointless video. Many university student bodies have already made their own Harlem Shake video. For a short time I was proud because I thought no organization or group of students here at Tech had posted a video yet, only to be told it had already been done by Union Board and that there were other organizations ready to post Shake videos, too. Well, there goes my pride. Correct me if I am wrong, but I thought this was the age of the hipster? Thats another discussion for another column, but you would think originality would be a bigger deal with how big this hipster is. Rebecca Alvarez is a junior journalism major from El Paso who serves as news editor for The Tech Talk. Email comments to rha014@latech.edu.
hough some provisions have changed, Feb. 12 marked the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). Just so readers are clear, it is 2013. The fact something this sexist has just been reapproved is outrageous. According to a British tabloid as well as some other online news sources, businessman Ian McNicholl is one of the many men who has suffered from domestic violence. His then fiance, Michelle Williamson, punched him in the face several times, stubbed out cigarettes on his body, lashed him with a vacuum cleaner tube, hit him with a metal bar and a hammer and even poured boiling water onto his lap. That at 6 he was nearly a foot taller than her made no difference. He still has burn marks on his left shoulder from when she used steam from an iron to attack him. Williamson is now serving a seven-year jail sentence for causing both actual and grievous bodily harm. During the trial last year, McNicholl told the court that, during more than a year of attacks and intimidation he has lost his job, home and self-respect. He had been too scared to go to the police and had considered suicide. She was only arrested after two neighbors saw her punch him. The fact of the matter is about two in five of all victims of domestic violence are men; thats 40 percent. These figures are equivalent to an estimate 4.5 million female victims of domestic abuse and 2.6 million male victims. Males are victims. However the Violence Against Women Act defines victims as female. As one result, tax-funded domestic violence shelters and services assist women and routinely turn away men, often including older male children, according to Fox News. The Violence Against Women Act does do good; it has been successful in the past. It is not overall a bad thing. What the Violence Against Women Act does do, however, is perpetuate the sexist notion that women are the only victims. Gender bias continues to solidify the mindset that women are helpless and men are always the enemies, when that is just not the truth. Society has to get educated on the facts and call for a change. Many men feel embarrassed to come out as victims of domestic abuse. Maybe if the issues were publicized that instances of female victimization things would be different. Maybe men would not sit back and suffer in silence. Until something is done and men are treated in the arena of domestic violence, there can be no true equality.
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ALICE ESSIEN Staff Reporter Of the many qualities I admire about Melissa McCarthy as a comedian and as a dramatic actor, the best is how fully she gives herself to every character she plays. She has the courage and will to go all out, whether its putting the moves on an air marshal in Bridesmaids, downing a bottle of salad dressing on Saturday Night Live or boldly scamming her way through life in Identity Thief. After its first few scenes, Identity Thief becomes a predictable, mildly amusing road-trip comedy. As her first starring role in a feature comedy, McCarthy plays Diana, a resourceful, big-haired Florida drifter who leads the good life while running up a huge tab under a false identity. She hits a jackpot with the assets of one Sandy Bigelow Patterson, a sober-minded Colorado family man played by Jason Bateman. Diana ruins Sandys life with her scheme, affecting his credit, career and his personal reputation. Her schemes could not come at a worst time for Sandy, because he and his wife (Amanda Peet) are soon expecting their third child. The police are portrayed as powerless, so Sandy decides to take matters into his own hands to restore his life by tracing the destruction to her door. Sandy heads south to drag Diana to justice. The pairs adventures include eluding gangsters played by Genesis Rodriguez and rapper T.I. T.I.s role in the film must have been solely to appear in trailers because his dialogue and character, in general, were both irrelevant to the overall plot. To add to the chaos, a
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real issue, she said. We need to be more cautious because it could lead to bullying and more serious issues. Social media is not just an
Levin said there will always be bullies, and they probably view social media as a way to be passive aggressive about what they do. For instance, because they are doing the bullying via social media, they probably dont think they will be doing as much harm, he said. They are wrong. Connor said our culture is so rooted with social media that she thinks online negativity will never disappear completely, but face-to-face interaction should be encouraged. A simple decrease of the problem is better than nothing, she said. So if you do not like someone or something, just unfollow and be nice.
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en but others may see it as a form of motivation to change their lives for the better, he said. This is a to each her own kind of situation. The name of the administrator of @LaTechMitchell said he thinks the account exudes a Boobs has been omitted from this article to positive aspect about Tech. protect him from any future professional ramifiI think it says that Tech lets people be who cations. they are, he said. It does not try to steer them one way or the other. n July 2012, @TotalTechMove became part Kentucky University and University of Misof the twitterverse, but now it has evolved souri both have really popular boob Twitter acinto an account known as @LaTechBoobs. counts, he added. A multitude of university boob accounts @LaTechBoobs is just a byproduct of large have been surfacing on Twitter. They appear universities which is what Tech strives to be, he to share the common theme of incorporating said. I think the account will eventually catch breast in photos to show their school spirit. on. The @LaTechBoobs account is purely for Guy said if a student disagreed with the acfun, Guy, (an alias for) the administrator of the count that his suggestion is not to follow it. @LaTechBoobs account, said. I would like to I aim to avoid being viewed as a negative think it is something the stuaccount, he said. @LaTechdent body at Tech can find huBoobs means no harm toward mor in with a touch of creative anyone or their beliefs. school spirit. He said the account is there Guy, a junior biology major, to support the students and said Twitter has replaced Face- Some girls may see it promote school spirit in a crebook and students should be on ative way. it if they are not. Tech may be a small as degrading to womI think that trying to rouse school, but we have a fun stuup some student participation en but others may see dent body that should enjoy a in any way is a positive thing, it as a form of motiva- humorous account such as @ he said. Combining those two LaTechBoobs, Guy said. ideas with the recent explosion tion to change their Sam Speed, assistant dean of the #boobment, started by of student life, said social @KUboobs, created a perfect lives for the better. media such as Twitter have place for @LaTechBoobs to changed the way students enter our newsfeeds here at RYAN MITCHELL communicate and interact Tech. with one another. Senior accounting major The #boobment is not all Its like a lot of other about boobs thoughit is things, it just depends on the about school pride, he said. context of it and how it is beBeing able to show some spirit by doing ing used, he said. There are the positives, as something outside of the box sounds like some- far as connecting with individuals and enhancing thing people at this school can get behind, Guy communication in some ways but then the negasaid. tive is it is degrading communication in other Not all students feel the same way as Guy, ways. however. Catherine Dale, a junior geographic inSpeed said he hopes students are cognizant formation science major, said the account makes of the ramifications of the things they are posther feel uncomfortable. ing on these social media sites. I think it is dumb for someone to have thought I think accounts such as @LaTechBoobs are to make such an account in the first place, she slightly humorous, he said. Those who create said. Its annoying for us girls because for the them just have to know how far is too far. most part that is not something we want to put His hope is that students do not actually post focus on, especially on social media. to the account and keep their body parts private, Dale said she is aware that it is just for fun, he added. but it could get taken too far if people are not Guy said @LaTechBoobs as far as he is aware careful. has received zero public complaints on Twitter I followed the account that it was before they since it evolved. changed it, she said. If I cared enough I probIt has gotten a bunch of mentions and a ably would have noticed it before now. whole lot of new followers, he said. It is perGuy said the account is in no way meant to fectly legal and adheres to Twitters policies. be offensive. He said he discourages any inappropriate acIt is clearly stated that it is not for promoting tivity and supports the closure of accounts that nudity nor intended to degrade women, he said. partake in the activities or break the policies. Honestly, I think it is something women should Currently, @LaTechBoobs has 566 followers. appreciate because @LaTechBoobs doesnt disLadies and gentlemen, embrace the #boobcriminate, whether youre short, tall, big or small, ment, love the #boobment, and spread the you can show a little school spirit. #boobment, he said. Follow and tweet us at @ Ryan Mitchell, a senior accounting major, LaTechBoobs. said he thinks the account could create mixed emotions among women. Email comments to Some girls may see it as degrading to wom- kjk016@latech.edu.
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REINA KEMPT Sports Editor
It looked like another loss last Saturday for the Techsters against longtime conference mate Idaho. Tech was down 62-61 with just 8.4 seconds remaining in what looked to be the Techsters fourth down-to-the-wire loss in conference this season. The ladies couldnt afford another loss; even though it is too late to claim first place in the conference regular season, another tough loss after last Thursdays defeat to Seattle would have kicked the Techsters while they were down. But head coach Teresa Weatherspoon called a timeout after Idahos goahead bank shot and drew up a play, not giving up hope on her struggling players. Tech inbounded the ball with junior guard Janay Borum pushing it ahead the distance of the floor. She fell immediately after crossing half court which seemed to be the deal breaker for Tech, but Borum kept her dribble alive and made a pass to freshman guard Lulu Perry. Perry dribbled across court to the left wing and passed it to sophomore forward Whitney Frazier, who threw up a prayer from 3-point range. Her prayer was answered as the high shot ball banked the side of the backboard and swished in with .2 seconds remaining. The Lady Techsters celebrated in triumph as they came out victorious in a thrilling fashion. Weatherspoon later said the last play was not run as planned but her players still played with confidence and pulled out the win. We were trying to get Janay to push the ball up the floor and give it to Kelia but Janay fell, she said. Frazier knew the timing and took it confidently. Before the game she said she didnt feel like she could miss. Fraziers buzzer beater performance gave the Techsters lifemuch needed life. With losing four of the last six conference matchups, this victory gave the girls a lot of momentum going into the last four games before the Western Athletic Conference tournament. This is big for those kids to see something go their way, Weatherspoon said. Especially when you tell them to play hard and great things will happen. And this could be the best momentum builder that could come their way. You feel good about yourself to win some-
Techsterswinning 3-pointer give Techsters hope become clutch Whitney Fraziers game
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Top: Whitney Frazier shoots the game winning 3-pointer over Idahos Ali Forde with .2 second remaining. Bottom: The Techster bench reacts to the vicotry.
thing like this down the stretch. Despite Fraziers last second shot, Weatherspoon said her post players and ball handlers were a critical part of their win Saturday night. The Techsters only turned the ball over nine times during the course of the game. They were working hard, she said. Our bigs were productive. They were setting good screens and finishing at the rims. We took care of the ball as well. A lot of players are stepping up for the Techsters, but redshirt sophomore guard Kelia Shelton has the highlight of the season. Shelton scored 45 points in the victory against University of Texas at San Antonio on the road. She also made a season high 16 field goals, shot 72 percent from field and made 10 free throws in this career high game. The Techsters will have to play some tough games against the likes of Utah State University and New Mexico State Unviersity, both teams that Tech fell short to earlier in the season. Shelton must have another spurt of energy to give the Techsters some wins. These next four games are crucial in preparing for the tourney as higher seeds play lower seeds and Tech would definitely rather play Texas State University in the first round than have another nail biter with Idaho or Utah State. The WAC tournament is devastatingly vital to the extension of the Techsters season being it is the only way they can become eligible for the NCAA tournament. The WAC tournament is from March 13-16 in Las Vegas. Its either win or go home.
The men and womens track team are preparing to perform in the Western Athletic Conference meet tonight in Albuquerque, N.M. This three-day event will give Techs runners, jumpers and throwers a chance to qualify for the March NCAA indoor tournament, where elite runners like Techs own Trey Hadnot had success in last season. So far this season, Hadnot, who is just a junior, has got back on track to his usual line of success after being plagued with a series of injuries during his sophomore season. In the Tyson Invitational in Arkansas, Hadnot set a school record of 20.81 seconds in the 200 meter dash. Not only did he break school records with that time, but it was good enough to be tied fourth in the nation. Hadnot said reaching the 20-point mark in the 200-meter dash was his goal for this season, but since he has already reached it, his new goal is hitting the 46-point mark in the 400-meter dash. Coming in to this season my goal
Junior Trey Hadnot sprints as the last leg in the relay race at the Howie Ryan Invitational. he said. I remember a month ago I asked him Do you honestly feel we have a chance to win conference? If you think we can win the meet I want to run the 60 (meter), the 200 (meter), 400 (meter)
and the relay. Ill be tired afterward but if thats what it takes to win then Ill do it. Last year left a bad taste in Stanleys mouth as the womens side lost in the WAC meet for the first time in four seasons making them three out of four in championships since 2009. One thing Stanley said was that this team is entirely new and he tries not to think about last year but what they can get accomplished this year. Stanley said he is looking for Hadnot, junior Kendall Hayes (who also plays football) and Dennis Richardson to do well in New Mexico on the mens side and Kim Francis, Micara Vassell and Kimberly Smith to do well for the women. I want to see as many individual medals around (Hadnots) neck as he can get, Stanley said. I think Dennis Richardson is ready to go and Hayes, who is a football player, is doing well in the hurdles. Our seniors on the womens side, Micara Vassell and Kimberly Smith are doing well, and we need big performances out of them.
REINA KEMPT Sports Editor The Bulldogs baseball team started their season just last week against University of Texas-Arlington and University of Arkansas at Little Rock. The Bulldogs are 1-3 at the start of their seaon. They look to play Oral Roberts in a three-game series starting at 6 p.m. Friday, 3 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday at the J.C. Love Field at Pat Patterson Park. Head coach Wade Simoneaux said he and his team have been practicing and looking forward to the start of the season all fall. We took 27-30 days in the fall, then we had about two and a half to three weeks of practice, he said. I wish we had a little longer but I think all coaches think that way. Our guys worked hard and theyre ready to compete. One thing Simoneaux said he is sure about is that he has a team full of experienced veterans, and he plans to use that to their advantage when it comes to mentoring new players and succeeding in pressure situations.
Weve got a veteran ball team, Simoneaux said. Its nice to have that veteran leadership not only on the field but the bench. Theyve been through the ups and downs of the season and they understand what it takes to win. Early on in the season Simoneaux said he will use a variety of different lineups to test the waters. We will be using a host of guys (pitchers), so guys are going to get opportunities to put their nose in the lineup, get on the mound and show us what they can do because we have to figure out who can do what in different situations, he said. Simoneaux said losing games early in the season does not concern him. You cant worry about losing a ball game early on because you have to try to develop guys along the way, he said. Simoneaux said he is preparing for a steep conference schedule, he said new conference teams like Dallas Baptist have done big things in the past and he does not overlook their talents.
ve been a part of the Tech family since 2009. I first stepped on to this campus as a Lady Techster under head coach Teresa Weatherspoon, but somewhere down the line I had to do what was best for me, which was to pursue my journalism career head-on. Making that decision was nerve-wracking for me. My whole life was about basketball, and to make a drastic change that seemingly made all those countless hours I spent in the gym useless, was devastating. It seemed more so for my friends, fans and family, as still to this day some rag me about quitting basketball. Some friends dont even talk to me any more because of it. And I use the term friend loosely. I started to wonder if I made the right choice to come to Tech, to play basketball at this level and to pursue a degree in something that isnt guaranteed money. As time went on, God opened doors for me to let me know I couldnt have made a better choice here at Tech. If youre not a fan of Tech, you can hear a lot of things about the school that would make it unappealing, especially for a young black woman like me. My choice to not attend a Historically Black College or University can lead to some salty looks from my peers. Either Im lucky or nave, but I have never had a problem beyond the usual here at this university. Sure, some teachers will give you a hard time and the parking is horrendous, but thats on any campus in America. My personality has never been one to get overly offensive over my school. School spirit was never really my thing in high school. But about Tech, I will argue anybody down to why our football team could give the nations best a run for their money and how our sports like basketball and track could surprise anybody at any given time. I will argue that our education is top notch and superior to the flagship university down in south Louisiana. In my four years at Tech, I have met some amazing people, some inspiring mentors and I have put my foot in the door to where I want to be in my sports journalism career. As this is my last Sports Talk page as sports editor, I wish to thank everyone in the journalism department for their knowledge and support because I know I gave them hell with all of the special layout designs I wanted during my tenure. I also want to thank my readers; its not about how many are out there reading the Tech Talk but about those who do read it and enjoy it. I will take quality over quantity any day. Editors spend so much time down in the lab to make a great newspaper, even nights and weekends. Ask any of our friends where we are right now and their best guess is, were in the lab working on the paper. Though this duty can be stressful, I take it as a test of my mental toughness. As I walk away from my position as sports editor, I take with me a lot of priceless knowledge and experience, from witnessing the wild Tech vs. Texas A&M game in Shreveport, to going to the Super Bowl Media Day in New Orleans. Tech has given me ample opportunities to better myself as a journalist, to find myself as a human being and to be prepared for the real world that I am set to be released into. I know I can always say one thing for the rest of my life. I will forever bleed Tech blue and red.
Reina Kempt is a senior journalism major from Baton Rouge. Email comments to rjk007@latech.edu.