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How to ‘Stay Afloat’
21 Days of Change.
The Sigma Nu fraternity is taking part in the ‘21 Days of Change’ movement by hosting the Stay Afloat race to raise money for TOMS shoes. Teams of three will meet up and build a cardboard boat. Teams will then have to race around the pool.
“I’m really looking forward to the race. Not only do I get to help raise money for a great cause, but I can’t wait to compete,” junior English major Jenessa Hauschildt said.
The team with the quickest time around the pool will win a prize. Teams will also win a prize for the most ingenuity and the best design. Stay Afloat will be held on April 14 in the Virgil Henson Activities Center, at 6:30 p.m. It costs $15 to enter as a team of three. All of the building supplies will be provided by Sigma Nu. Following the boat races, there will be a dive-in movie in which students will be able to enjoy a movie while they swim.
“I hate the water and try not to go swimming, but I’m totally going to the dive-in movie,” Jacob Rives, a sophomore Music Performance major, said.
Student wins student body president’s parking spot
Student Body President is giving up his parking spot to help with the parking. Photo by Frankie Sanchez.
On-campus parking is a problem, but junior sports and exercise science major Omar Garcia will not have to worry about parking for the next two weeks. Garcia is the current winner of the student body president’s parking spot.
“Having my own spot is going to make my life a lot easier,” Garcia said.” I recently stopped driving to school because I was wasting so much gas driving around looking for parking.”
Student body president Tim Vela came up with a unique idea to help with WT’s parking problem. Continue reading
Renovations target WT’s old empty buildings
The Science Building in 1960 while the Agriculture and Natural Sciences building is being constructed. Courtesy of WTAMU's LeMirage 1960.
When walking around the WTAMU campus, a person will find two old buildings not being used for classes. One might ask themselves what WT used these buildings for in the past, and what the future has in store for these picturesque buildings.
The Old Education Building, which is across from the museum exit and Old Main according to library records, has been around since 1928. The old Education building was built because WT needed more space. The Education Building was the second building on campus and the first building to only house classrooms. The building was in use until the 1980s, then was closed and is now used for storage. “We currently have more classroom space then we do students,” Tadhi Hayes, director of engineering and architectural services at the WT physical plant, said. “When enrollment rates increase we will look in to using the space”.
Greater Book Series, literary discussion for all
The Greater Book Series was started by WTAMU English professor Bonnie Roos and it is open to all members of the community. Continue reading
iPhone 5, Verizon Wireless talk about future
iPhone 4. Photo Courtesy of Apple.
Apple is slowly taking over the phone market. Apple has recently launched its ad campaign for the iPhone on the Verizon Wireless network. Apple has also hinted to the possibility of an iPhone 5 as well as an iPad 2.
Verizon Wireless is getting the iPhone 4. This is both good news and bad news. The good news, Verizon Wireless customers can finally have the much-wanted iPhone. The bad news, there are rumors that the iPhone 5 will soon be released.
“ I want to get the new iPhone 4, but I would hate to buy it two months before the iPhone 5 comes out,” Ben Johnson, a WTAMU student, said.
This seems to be a dilemma most iPhone customers are facing.
Apple has said that both, the Verizon Wireless and AT&T iPhones, will be combatible as far as face time, and apps like iShareFiles, which lets you share contacts and photos with other iPhones.
If your cell phone provider is Verizon Wireless and you’re interested in getting an iPhone 4, here is the information you have been looking for. Apple and Verizon no longer have pre-order open for the iPhone 4 so you will have to wait until Feb. 9 in order to order your new iPhone online. If you are not in to the whole online ordering thing then you can get your iPhone at a Verizon Wireless store starting at 7 a.m. on Feb. 10. The Verizon iPhone is currently priced at 199.99 for the 16GB model.
Some Verizon customers might want to wait to buy an iPhone 4 because there is speculation that Apple will release its iPhone 5 in late June or early July. It is not clear yet as to whether or not Verizon will be getting the iPhone 5 as soon as it comes out for AT&T.
There are several rumors floating around about the iPhone 5 and what new things it will be able to do. With the iPhone 4 costumers saw the first phone to ever have face time communication. With the iPhone 5 there has been talk of a digital wallet being built in with the phone.
This digital wallet would allow for the user to pay with things directly from their phones. The digital wallet will hold your credit card information, your bank information, as well as any gift cards you choose to put in to your digital wallet. To use the digital wallet you will simply select on your phone how you want to pay for a purchase and swipe the phone over a terminal that records the transaction. This is being seen as a banking revolution.
“I’m not sure how much I trust the digital wallet,” Carl Martin, WT student, said. “It has the potential to be an awesome innovation but I fell like a lot of things could go wrong with it. “
Other then the digital wallet, Apple has not leaked much more about the new iPhone 5.
Apple is changing the world and quickly. What ever the iPhone 5 throws at the world is sure to be something new and exciting.
I hate Valentine’s Day: No really, I do
Not everyone likes Valentines. Photo by Frankie Sanchez.
Ladies, the meaning of Valentines Day is not about how great of a gift you get. Valentines Day is about love, as corny as it sounds. I say ladies because this holiday has become a day about women. Women sadly have warped this holiday from a day of love between two people into a day of men slaving to please their woman.
Valentines Day is one of the most important days of the year for women everywhere. As a fellow woman, I stand by a different viewpoint. I love my boyfriend and enjoy being with him, but I don’t expect him to buy me some super expensive gift just because it is Valentines Day. My boyfriend lives in Alaska and for Valentines Day I am sending him a box with a dustpan, broom, Nerf gun bullets, cleaning supplies, a movie or two, along with some other random things. My sweet boyfriend will not be sending me flowers or flying down from Alaska to take me out to dinner, instead he will be calling me and we will chat on the phone just like any other night of the week.
I don’t understand the point of Valentines Day; it’s just like any other day of the year. The only difference between Feb. 14 and Feb. 15 is that Feb. 14 is Valentines Day and Feb. 15 is National Gumdrop Day. I can go on a romantic date any day of the year, so why do I need to celebrate my love with the masses? I don’t just love my boyfriend for one day of the year so why should I just show it one day of the year?
For all the singles of the world, this is the most pointless and slightly depressing holiday of the year. I have been single for Valentines Day before and it was awful. All I could do was think of past Valentine Days. I also made the mistake of going out to dinner with my friends. Not a good idea. First, we had to wait about forty-five minutes at Chili’s. Also, seeing all the couples together enjoying their date night was not easy to stomach.
Valentines day seems to be a woman’s holiday; I don’t really see many men chomping at the bit for Valentines Day. Most men are not romantic and the best they can do for Valentines Day is making reservations at Olive Garden. I can understand a man’s frustration on this holiday. It has to be hard to try and get a girl that perfect gift, as well as plan that perfect dinner, without blowing your budget. I’m sure there are quite a few men out there who will agree with me that we should just get rid of this silly holiday. Even if they don’t say it to your face, ladies, some men understand just how pointless Valentines Day is.
I have only ever had one good Valentines Day and my date was my mom. Back in third grade, I came home from a tiring day at school. Instead of the usually post-school snack of butter crackers, carrots, and lemonade. My mother had a surprise set up on the kitchen table for my little brother and I. The kitchen table was all decked out in red and pink! My mother made us heart-shaped peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, pink heart-shaped jello, pink Kool-Aid with heart-shaped ice cubes and heart-shaped cookies. It was the best Valentines Day surprise I have ever had! It was my mother’s way of showing my brother and I how much she loved us.
If I believed in Valentines Day and wished to celebrate it, I would want it to be like the one I had with my mom back when I was eight. I plan on treating every day like it is Valentines Day, and plan on loving my boyfriend just the same every day. I suggest that you try to love your significant other the same every day and don’t fall in to the Valentines Day hype.