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Blake, a pre-med student, chose to attend Texas A&M University-Commerce because of its affordability and its close proximity to his

home and family.

“What I like about Texas A&M University-Commerce is that it’s large enough to have a half-million dollar microscope, yet small enough that you can go down the walking mall, see someone you know.”

Blake values his university experience, and sees it as a great tool that will prepare him for a future medical career. Thanks to the tight-knit campus life and small, personal classroom experiences, Blake has had the privilege of building relationships with professors and fellow students alike.

Professors like Dr. John Paul Stovak have provided Blake with inspiration in the classroom to pursue his dream of becoming a pediatrician, providing him with valuable guidance and information. Classes like animal biology have also complemented Blake’s academic aspirations by challenging him to think critically and perform simple procedures.

Grateful for the foundation A&M-Commerce has provided, Blake is confident that the groundwork he has started here will help him achieve great things in the future.

“I’ve gotten so much more than just an education here,” Blake said. “I love this university.”

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HEALTH NEWS

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REBECCA BANKSStaff Writer

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Blake, a pre-med student, chose to attend Texas A&M University-Commerce because of its affordability and its close proximity to his

home and family.

“What I like about Texas A&M University-Commerce is that it’s large enough to have a half-million dollar microscope, yet small enough that you can go down the walking mall, see someone you know.”

Blake values his university experience, and sees it as a great tool that will prepare him for a future medical career. Thanks to the tight-knit campus life and small, personal classroom experiences, Blake has had the privilege of building relationships with professors and fellow students alike.

Professors like Dr. John Paul Stovak have provided Blake with inspiration in the classroom to pursue his dream of becoming a pediatrician, providing him with valuable guidance and information. Classes like animal biology have also complemented Blake’s academic aspirations by challenging him to think critically and perform simple procedures.

Grateful for the foundation A&M-Commerce has provided, Blake is confident that the groundwork he has started here will help him achieve great things in the future.

“I’ve gotten so much more than just an education here,” Blake said. “I love this university.”

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In the classrooms, cafeteria, resting areas and especially the bathrooms, microscopic organisms live in the crevices and the in-animate objects located in those facilities. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aures (MRSA) is a bacterium that can cause severe health issues if not treated immediately.

Last week a Keller ISD elementary school encountered the bacterium after a faculty member was diagnosed with MRSA. The school has asserted they are taking all the necessary precautions required by the Tar-rant Country Health Department.

The Centers for Disease Control and Pre-vention (CDC) identifies MRSA as a staph bacterium resistant to penicillin as well as other antibiotics. Its also known as the “Su-

perbug.” “Commonly individuals that get in contact

with MRSA from the community develop a skin infection that looks like blisters and contain puss. “If anyone has a concern they should contact a physician to determine a diagnosis and treatment options. Individuals commonly mistake the infection for a bug bite,” Sherry Freeland, a registered nurse, said.

Freeland, who has a Bachelor of Science in nursing, is one of the part-time nurses who works at Richland’s Health Center.

Although MRSA is a common threat in hospitals and home care facilities, it can still create concerns around the campus.

MRSA is contagious and can easily affect someone who comes in contact with another person especially if the person has the skin infection. Anything that the affected individ-ual touches will likely spread the infection.

“It is also important for anyone that has an abrasion that the individual properly clean and cover up the area because the infection can affect the wounded area,” Freeland said.

Richland has taken its own precautions to create a healthy environment for its stu-dents. All the bathrooms on campus have flyers that state the proper hand washing techniques and its importance. Also alcohol rub dispensers are distributed throughout the campus for hand sanitizing.

Angelique Starr, secretary at the Health Center at Richland, affirmed that it is im-portant for students to maintain their own personal items such as razors, deodorant and body creams. She also stated that Richland follows the precautions that are required from the Dallas Health Department.

Hand washing and proper hygiene are the best precautions any student can take to avoid obtaining and spreading the bacteria.

These steps will also provide a healthy atmo-sphere throughout the campus.

More information can be found at the CDC’S website, http://www.cdc.gov/.

Image credit Julio Nieto

Sanitizer stations are set up around cam-pus for students to clean their hands.

According to Richland Collegiate High School nurse Patricia Brittin, “They don’t routinely test school children or K-12 chil-dren.”

The U.S. does not use the TB vaccination, because this medicine often complicates the

results from other diagnosis tests like the TB skin test, explained Angelique Starr, an ad-ministrative assistant for the Richland Health Center for 15 years .

“The United States and the northern con-tinent eradicated Tuberculosis. But with the population entering the U.S. from other countries, where TB is still an issue, that’s where we are seeing the problems,” said Starr.

When international students get tested in the U.S. and they come up positive, that doesn’t necessarily mean that they’re sick. It could be that the skin test recognized the immunization a student received as a child. What it does mean is that they need further testing.”

Essentially, an individual goes through chest x-rays and the doctors take samples of saliva. If nothing grows, no problem; but if something does grow, then the person is truly sick.

Then doctors prescribe medicine for you to take over six to nine months, depending on the severity of the infection.

Tuberculosis differs from the typical cold in several ways.

With cold and flu, the germs spread via short term contact or interaction. For exam-ple, someone coughing or touching a door handle after a sick person. Whereas with TB it takes a long term, concen-trated expo-sure.

Thus when someone tests positive, the health profes-sionals start with the stu-dent’s immedi-ate family.

“ B e c a u s e they’re living with them, they’re drinking after them, they’re exposed to them long term,” Starr said.

Another difference between tuberculosis and the average cold includes the amount of complications related to contracting TB. As with AIDS, TB becomes more complicated over time.

If a person with tuberculosis dies, it isn’t the TB, but from complications caused by

the disease. Complications can also develop with treatment.

Occasionally people will either develop or simply contract the resistant variety of tuber-culosis.

In other words, this particular TB strain defies all of the medications available for the disease. In that scenario, the only thing left is isolation.

School officials are directed by the Dallas County Health Department. They are given permission to do this testing on the campus. If there are any problems they contact the DCHD to help troubleshoot.

Starr and Brittin agree that many interna-tional students get confused about what ex-actly a positive skin test means (e.g. whether it is good or bad).

Brittin explains that, “We’re not saying that you’re positive for TB, it’s that your skin test is positive for TB.”

In countries such as China that do ad-minister the tubercu-losis vaccine, health professionals look for signs that the vaccina-tion is working.

American health professionals look for the disease.

The staffers em-phasized two main points, they wanted students, specifically

international students and health profession-als, to remember.

Starr said that, “once you have a positive TB test, you will always have a positive skin test.”

“Be sure to keep all of your records,” Brit-tin added.

Tuberculosis: A threat to the community?Mary Jane HigginbothamStaff Writer

The tuberculosis skin test identifies whether or not the individual’s skin tests positive for TB.

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Eighteen years ago, Macbook Pros and iPads weren’t around. But rest assured, Steve Jobs was putting products on the market and Richland was right there, serving as a pioneer school for Macintosh training.

From 1990 to 1993 Richland’s Macintosh training program took off. By 1993, Richland was the place to go for courses housing state-of-the-art equipment.

Dr. Clive Siegle, now a history professor, was a student in the Mac labs in 1993.

“The Mac labs were the place. Like Macin-tosh, the instructors were very innovative,” Siegle said. “It was a very dynamic place.”

There were two sets of labs available at the time. One had DOS-based IBM computers

and the other had Macs. Like Siegle, many students in the classes

were looking to retrain and refresh their Macintosh knowledge.

Students were immersed into hands-on teaching. They were taught everything from graphic design with early Adobe Illustrator to hardware maintenance.

Six students of Richland’s new advanced electronic publishing certificate program cre-ated a course catalog using the Macintosh systems to advertise the classes.

The catalog was created completely using Macintosh software and featured bright colors and original artwork on the cover.

This catalog represented the only stu-dent-produced publication of its type in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. It led designers to create the larger course catalog, while now online only, used to be available in print.

Some of the courses listed in the catalog in-cluded Desktop Pub-lishing and graphic arts, courses that were just beginning to become more widely known.

The emphasis of the program was to build workplace competencies. Many of the students went on to use their skills in higher level careers.

Three of the students, including Siegle, went on to create a safari maga-zine that won awards.

Having the right people was the key to making Macintosh on campus successful.

“The professors were good at what they did and farseeing,” Siegle said. “They put it together and got the administration to buy the machines and to write the check for all of this.”

Vernon Hawking, now vice president at Brookhaven, was one of the innovators who worked with several instructors to get the Mac deal in motion.

He worked to fill an entire lab with Macs and get the latest and most advanced software.

“You have to have people with a vision. You have the administration that’s waiting for the idea and you have the instructors with the vision. If you’re missing one, nothing will happen. But when you have both, it happens. It’s a metaphor for this place,” Siegle said. “That’s why we are who we are. That’s why if the Macs were to happen anyplace, they happened right here.”

Today, Macs can be found all around campus.

Multimedia labs, music labs and the news-room have the technical pioneers of 1993 to thank for the technology we have today.

In fact, you probably wouldn’t be read-ing this article without it (the newspaper is designed on Macs).

“In a way, it’s kind of a legacy,” Siegle said.

While Siegle doesn’t sit and dwell on the loss of Steve Jobs, he does recognize the impact Jobs has on today’s technological society and the status of the campus today.

“When you look at the legacy that [Jobs] had and you look at his own psychologi-cal culture, in a way this is a manifestation of that,” Siegle said. “Right here is where it should have happened and right here is where it did happen.”

Dr. Clive Siegle poses with the course catalog that was created in 1993 on Macintosh computers. Richland was one of the top schools for Macintosh training at the time.

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The 1993 Macintosh Color Classic was the first color compact Apple Macintosh computer.

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FEATURE

Supernatural or not?JOE STUMPOStaff Writer

Despite my growing fascination with sup-posedly real-life supernatural events, thanks to my reading such magazines as Fortean Times and Paranormal and watching documentaries on the Discovery, History and Travel chan-nels, I remain skeptical on whether ghosts exist.

That’s not to say I don’t believe in the after life. I know when my aunt passed away in 2000, after being in a coma for several weeks, I was told she had a smile on her face, thus proving to me where her spirit went. That is provided you believe that upon death and having lived a good Christian life, your eter-nal reward awaits you in heaven.

On the other hand, I still don’t believe the story my grandfather told me a few years ago: He said he awoke early one morning to see his bedroom completely illuminated with a very bright white light lasting several minutes.

No lamps were on, he said. He told me he thought it was my late grandmother trying to tell him something. I still say it was probably a porch light from next door that shined in through the bathroom window right across the hall from his bedroom.

I have, however, had a few strange things happen to me at work when I am alone. But in my three years there, the occurrences haven’t bothered me to the point I think the place is haunted. A couple of co-workers have told me that when they’re alone working in the building, they’ve felt like they heard voices.

I can explain every occurrence that’s hap-pened. The ticking noise I hear coming from one side of the office sometimes is probably some computer or alarm system resetting it-self. The reason I heard a loud bang, which was my manager’s metallic name tag hitting the floor one night, was most likely because

the plastic clip holding it finally just broke on its own.

I could not find what fell on one of my co-worker’s desk one Saturday afternoon, since my cubicle is in the opposite end of the of-fice. I assumed whatever it was rolled under the desk somewhere. I wasn’t about to go looking for it. I am not maintenance.

I am fairly certain the sounds I hear on the roof at night are either squirrels or raccoons or just the building settling. The wasps that I have seen flying around sometimes are not something out of “The Amityville Horror,” where masses of flies were milling about a bedroom window. The wasps either got in through the vents or have nests inside. God

help them when they see me.Granted, when I am in the men’s restroom

I have sometimes heard the womens’ rest-room door open up like someone was in the building. I continue to assume security was there at the time and used the restroom be-fore leaving, though I never bothered once to see if their police car was parked outside.

Even if I had learned there was no one in the building at the time and that door opened up on its own, I still wouldn’t believe the place is haunted. I can understand, though, how some could make that assumption. My dad did that back on Nov. 1, 2009. It was one month after my grandfather passed away.

My dad awoke to find the living room

in disarray like maybe the house had been robbed. The lounge chair my grandfather sat in when he came over was in an upright po-sition as though someone sat in it and was facing the television. On the right side arm of the chair was the remote. The television was set to a Christian cable station my grand-father watched in the early morning hours. Several pictures were lying face down while in the kitchen one of the chairs my grandfa-ther sat in was now on the table like in that kitchen scene in “Poltergeist” (1982). Cabi-net doors were also opened.

That moment my dad was convinced my grandfather had come back as a spirit and was trying to tell him something. He even spoke to a priest at church about the “sup-posed” supernatural events he saw over the past two days. The priest gave him some spe-cial leaves that are used to calm spirits. My sister contacted one of her friends who knew a psychic because she had a problem with an actual ghost.

I couldn’t keep a straight face when my parents questioned me about whether I had something to do with it. After all, it’s always the quiet ones people have to suspect.

To quote the evil Irish toymaker Conal Cochran in “Halloween III: Season of the Witch” (1982), “I do love a good joke and this is the best ever.”

I admitted to everything my dad wrote down on a notepad of all the different “oc-currences” he saw over the past two days with the exception of two things he listed. He wrote that the cabinet doors in the bathroom were also opened and soap was moved.

I didn’t do that. Perhaps it was my grand-father who as a spirit saw what I was doing and decided to join in. Not that I believe in that sort of thing.

To this day, whenever I see my sisters-in-law on the holidays and my parents haven’t yet arrived, they dare me to put the chairs on the kitchen table before they get there.

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FEATURE

Laura Garsea, editor-in-chief“I tend to do something different every

year. I usually go to a concert, a party or just kick back with some zombie movies and my sister’s candy.”

Rebecca Banks, staff writer“I like to watch ABC Family’s “13 nights

of Halloween.” On Halloween night, my friends and I watch scary movies.”

Alexander Tolleson, contributor“One of the wildest traditions in Dallas

is the annual Halloween parade on Cedar Springs. It gets pretty raucous and there’s not much parking if you don’t live close enough to walk, but it’s different and a lot like Mardi Gras. It is usually held the week before Halloween on Saturday evening.”

Scott Jackson, staff writer“My favorite tradition is to load up on

horror movies. Most specifically for the past seven years I would watch each of the ‘Saw’ flicks in a row before watching the new one. This is the first year since 2004 that one of those movies hasn’t come out. Halloween may feel a little off without that tradition, but I’m still going to watch them sometime this month.”

Joyce Jackson, copy editor“One thing my husband and I won’t do

is watch scary movies. We will probably turn off the front porch lights, make sure the door is locked, close the curtains and just watch TV in our den, which has no windows.”

Adam Crouch, staff writer“As a kid, I always looked forward to

organizing my candy at the end of the night and trading all of the bad stuff to my brothers and sister. If it has peanut butter in it, I am game. Otherwise, toss it. Now, Halloween isn’t really my type of holiday, but I still use it as an excuse to eat as much peanut butter-filled candy as humanly possible.”

Patricia Villacin, staff writer“My mother and I like to head out to a

pumpkin patch to pick out pumpkins for our front door. Aside from that, we go to my aunts’ house, and I take all my younger cousins out trick-or-treating.”

Mary Channell, staff writer“The one halloween tradition that I’ve

always stuck with is watching as many scary movies as I can during the month of October and watch the best scary movies all night on Halloween.”

Timothy Potter, staff writer“In the past I’ve had to work, but I don’t

know what I’m going to do this year.”

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LAURA GARSEAEditor-in-Chief

Want to experience the paranormal? Let’s face it, haunted houses are just getting ridiculously expensive and most times they don’t even give a good thrill.

These hot spots around the Dallas area have a history of giving the people the chills.

Are you brave enough?The Lady of White Rock LakeLegend has it that a young woman asks drivers for a ride to her home,

stating she has had an accident. Once the driver arrives at the address given, the girl is gone and only a puddle of water remains in her seat. Many drivers have gone up to the door and explained the situation to the old man who occupies the home. He explains that the girl was his daughter who drowned after her car wrecked in the lake.

Annie of Six Flags Over TexasWhile you’re out getting spooked at Fright Fest, you might have a

chance to get a little extra chill. Stories are told about the yellow candy store next to the entrance of the Texas Giant roller coaster, which is supposedly the oldest building in the park. Apparently a little girl, nicknamed Annie, died from drowning in Johnson’s Creek around 1900. Since then, sightings of a little girl opening curtains and switching lights on and off in the yellow house have been reported. Security guards have also reported having difficulty locking up the house because of Annie.

Snuffers on Greenville AvenueGetting a burger at this popular hamburger joint may come with more than a side of fries. Be prepared for a potential haunting. While the

true story of why the building is haunted is unclear (there are tales that the restaurant is built over a children’s cemetery and another that there was a deadly biker brawl) one thing is clear: the best place to sit if you’re looking for a haunting is inside in the original (not remodeled) part of the restaurant. Stories of white apparitions, screams, cold spots and the silhouette of a woman sitting on top of a cigarette machine (which is no longer there) have been told.

North Texas hauntings

Think you have the most creative cos-tume? Well it’s time to prove it at the annual Richland Costume Contest sponsored by the Office of Student Life on Halloween, Oct. 31.

Contestants can strut their stuff on stage in the cafeteria and hope to take home a gift card prize.

Three prizes will be offered: First prize: $100 gift certificate Second prize: $75 gift certificateThird prize: $50 gift certificate To be eligible, students need to sign up in

the Office of Student Life prior to the con-test date.

There are no costume restrictions, but stu-dents are advised to wear costumes that cov-er the body appropriately and don’t advertise vulgar material.

Trick-or-treating around campus will also be occurring on Halloween. A list of room numbers will be given to students so they can go hunt up some candy.

But don’t forget to say “Trick-or-treat!”

Costume contest to award large treats

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Student Media Group engineer Jack Fletcher is ready to exterminate Rich-land’s ghosts.

Jack Skellington makes an appearance from Halloween town.

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REVIEWS

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It is the year 2034 and a comet devastates the world with a deadly virus that has spread hell throughout humanity.

“Amy” takes place somewhere in the Mid-west in a small town called Silver City. Play-ers take on the role of Lana, who has sur-vived this pandemonium and sees how this world as she knew it has been torn apart. Everyone she knows has fallen victim to this infection.

Unfortunately for Lana, she knows and feels the virus beginning to infect her and needs to escape out of this hell hole.

Lana stumbles upon Amy, a little 8 year-old girl who has autism and unique powers.

Lana and Amy team up to flee from the in-fected and the military in hopes of surviving and saving humanity.

“Amy” is a survival horror adventure that features a unique cooperative gameplay sys-tem where players have to be strategic in order to protect Amy to keep her and Lana

alive. With this co-op system, VectorCell has

made the secondary player different from other co-op games such as the usual damsel-in-distress scenario. Instead Amy is a charac-ter who doesn’t follow you like a puppy dog and she’s not a super hero. Players have to

use the advantages of Amy by doing tasks that Lana isn’t able to do and keep her away from the infection.

“Amy” takes players on a whole other level for a co-op survival horror title. Watch out “Resident Evil 5,” I think this game is going to blow you out of the water.

“Amy” has no set release date. It should be coming out sometime this year. “Amy” is a downloadable game for the Playstation Network (PSN), Xbox Live Active (XBLA) and Steam. This is definitely a good game to anticipate and check out, especially if you love a scary game that will scare the hell out of (or into) you.

MARY CHANNELLStaff Writer Images courtesy Amy-thegame.com

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Justice’s newest album, “Audio, Video, Disco,” has definitely been on a lot of peo-ple’s lists for some time now, but does it live up to the hype?

The French electronic duo first gained worldwide attention in 2007 with their criti-cally acclaimed debut album, “†.” This new-est album is a big progression from Justice’s previous works.

It can be really difficult for me to pin down what I do and don’t like about this al-bum. I do like all of the electronic elements, the type of sounds I would normally expect from Justice. Tracks like “On ‘n’ On,” “He-lix” and “Brainvision” fit into this area.

However, tracks like “Ohio” don’t appeal to me quite as much. I’d be more inclined to praise this track if it wasn’t for the slower pacing and lengthy, repetitive vocals at the beginning. The end is much better when vocals take a backseat to a wide range of synthesized notes.

There is certainly a well-placed effort by Justice to blend a multitude of rock elements in this album. Some tracks would probably fall way short without the help of excellent guitar riffs. “Horsepower” exemplifies this rock attitude, and takes it a step further with haunting bass and orchestral sounds.

It’s unfortunate to me how a few weak tracks hold the album back from being a complete success. Then again, a lot of fans will enjoy the diversity of tracks on this al-bum.

TIMOTHY POTTERStaff Writer

Justice rocks out with ‘Audio, Video, Disco’ Two years ago the true birth of “Para-

normal Activity” began when Paramount unleashed the little movie that could. The movie looked like it was made for a pack of cashews and a roll of quarters, but the general population ate it up like crazy.

“Paranormal Activity” became the over-night sensation that none of us expected and the new Halloween tradition for movie goers around the globe. If it’s Halloween it’s “Paranormal Activity.”

“Paranormal Activity 3” begins with our beloved (and un-possessed) Katie from the first two movies. She comes across an old box of unmarked tapes from her childhood and we are magically teleported to 1989, Katie’s childhood.

Unlike the last two movies, we don’t have a bunch of downtime where nothing at all happens. Instead we’re re-introduced to the girls and their parents. Within minutes this we start to notice creepy things happening and the rest is history.

There are so many scary moments of sus-

pense. It makes you think the demon worked so hard in 1988 that he must have been tired when he came back for Katie (Katie Feath-erston) and Kristie (Sprague Grayden) in the present. The entity does not let up for a minute in this prequel and it results in more scares than both previous films.

Luckily, everything in the trailers is all new. Three-fourths of the footage was yanked and replaced with far more frighten-ing footage.

The only issue I have with this movie is that it doesn’t feel like a tie-in to the others. It just kind of ends (expectedly like most found-footage films) and you’re left think-ing, “These kids didn’t remember this?”

It also starts to make things much more complicated. The success of the original was due to its simplicity. I think that’s what most people will miss in this installment.

“Paranormal Activity 3” is the Hallow-een movie of 2011. It’s going to involun-tarily make you yell and scream things at the screen in a packed showing.

If you’re one of the few who don’t feel this urge, you’ll at least find entertainment in those around you losing their minds. This movie is a must-see theater experience that you don’t want to miss.

SCOTT JACKSONStaff Writer

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Broadcast and voice-over legend John William Galt told a group of aspiring ac-tors recently that even though the economy has brought everything down, the timing is perfect – because there’s no other way to go but up.

After suffering a stroke, a heart attack and being paralyzed for a while, the septuagenar-ian is still working as a voice-over artist. He’s also a writer and has one novel out and a short story anthology. He’s done more than 1,000 commercials and has had a long and distinguished career in professional theater and film.

Galt entertained an audience with his humor, philosophy and advice on the act-ing field Sept. 30 at Richland’s ongoing monthly “Professional Artist Series.” The event was sponsored by the Drama Depart-ment. Andy Long, department chair and vis-iting scholar, attended and also spoke with Galt about experiences they’ve shared in the acting field.

Galt took a few classes at Richland many years ago. He was also one of the first stu-dents at Mountain View College, where he directed plays through the Drama Depart-ment.

“The academic thing was not as important to me as doing it, although it is important,

I think,” Galt said. “What you learn from academia, al-though very, very impor-tant, is some-times not as valuable as what you learn out in the real world, which is the art of shameless self p romot ion . I did a lot of plays. I love theater.”

In college, Galt said when he started, he was a philosophy major until he found out that all he could do was teach. Then he changed to archaeology but found out he couldn’t keep what he found. So he majored in theater and earned a Bachelor of Arts.

Galt got his start in the military in 1957 with the American Forces Network, and has been in the entertainment field for 50 years. He’s always wanted to be an actor and had his heart set on playing Tarzan, but it wasn’t to be.

“The problem with movies is that I have a bad relationship with the camera. I only look chubby, cute and harmless,” Galt said. “But I did 31 films, so I gave it a good try.”

Galt was the narrator in many movies: “Forrest Gump,” “JFK,” “The Return of Jo-

sey Wales,” “Paper Moon,” “Problem Child” and “Born on the Fourth of July,” among others. He describes Tom Hanks in “Forrest Gump” as being “a very patriotic guy.” Galt played the Fat Republican at the Miami Con-vention who attacked Tom Cruise’s charac-ter in “Born on the Fourth of July.

In “Talk Radio,” he voiced three charac-ters – a guy from Maine, a truck driver from Texas and a kid in California. In working with Alec Baldwin, Galt described him as having “a good sense of humor.” He and Baldwin have been buddies for a long time.

In promoting yourself, Galt said, “what keeps you out is they [the actors] don’t know you. What keeps you in is, they do.”

Galt said he did “76 weeks with Mickey Rooney playing a gay interior decorator.” And, one of his most memorable jobs was two episodes of the TV show “Dallas.”

Galt said voicing is a form of acting and gave several examples of characters. In one, he delighted the audience with a deep, mys-terious voice as he whispered, “In the depths of the ocean lives a creature with only one thought: Killing you.” The audience loved it.

“I’ve played everything under the sun that a short guy can play,” he said. “On voice, it doesn’t matter how tall you are. I’ve done all kinds of accents.”

Galt’s advice to aspiring actors who are in-terested in the voice-over field is to focus on enunciation.

Galt and Long both joined the Kim Dawson Agency in Dallas some time ago. Long said he remembers when Galt would always bring in calendars with his name on them and recalls Galt saying, “If you don’t have a John Galt calendar, you don’t work.”

“Back in those days, I did three to five recording sessions a day five days a week. That’s a lot of work for Dallas,” Galt said. Now, he gets jobs locally from ad agencies like The Richards Group in Dallas, which produces national Firestone spots. He demonstrated one such ad with the words, “Traction – reliability – Firestone.”

Galt said he’s been asked to teach, but won’t do it because he considers what he does as natural.

“If I tried to teach, I would really mess it up,” Galt said. “I’m in my 70s and I’m still working.”

Galt’s advice for auditioning is “Just go and do what you’re comfortable with. What you‘re selling is you. Do something you can do – something you’re satisfied with. If you don’t get it [the part] it’s still not a loss. It pays off. In the long run, you learn from it. “

Galt had one last note on the art of self promotion, and that was to give things that are shiny and useful with your name on them so that people will remember you. He did just that at the lecture, giving everyone who at-tended a shiny purple pen with his name, his agent and his email address, which is johnwil-liamgalt@sbcglobal.net.

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A memorable season for FC Dallas

A walk-off grand slam in the playoffs was perhaps a baseball lover’s dream, that is un-til ALCS MVP Nelson Cruz came along and made that dream come true in the 11th in-ning.

Born in the coastal town of Monte Cris-ti, Dominican Republic, Cruz grew up in a baseball family. His father, Nelson Cruz Sr., played professional baseball in the Domini-can Republic. By the age of 20 he was signed by the New York Mets, after playing for the Dominican Republic Junior National Team.

In 2000 he was traded to the Oakland Athletics. He played in the A’s system until 2006 when he was acquired by the Milwau-kee Brewers. Shortly after, the Texas Rangers acquired him from the Brewers, marking the beginning to what is so far a great career.

Cruz started the 2011 season off with four home runs in his first four games, something previously done by only Mark McGwire and Willie Mays. Cruz hit 29 home runs during the regular season. Last season he hit 22. Of his 512 career hits, 108 are home runs. It is said that October baseball is where legends

are made, and Cruz has set the bar high.

Marcos Pu-ente, co-host of “The Exotic Blitz” at 1 p.m. on Mondays for Richland’s KDUX radio, has been follow-ing the Rangers closely through-out the regular season. Puente has paid particu-lar attention this postseason.

“Well, what can I say about Nelson? He is an awesome slugger, he real-ly improved his game, and you could see his improvement over the past few seasons. Last season was great, and this sea-son he dominated at the plate and carried this team. When they needed a spark, he provid-

ed it. Hopefully, he can deliver in the World Series and be a legend in North Texas sports,” said Pu-ente.

C r u z - m a d -ness has in-vaded not only the Richland campus, but the entire DFW area. On Oct. 14, the day be-fore the Rang-ers clinched the ALCS to advance to the World Series, I called the Dal-las area Texas Rangers’ retail stores. When I asked if they had

any Nelson Cruz shirts for females, their re-sponse was “No, we have sold out of Nelson Cruz everything,” with a strong emphasis on “everything.”

I then called the store in Fort Worth. Their response was, “No, we sold out of all Nelson Cruz shirts.” Finally I called the store at the Ballpark in Arlington and they said, “Yes, but only men’s large and extra-large.”

It is obvious to see he is a fan favorite and the reasons why. The fan base at the Ballpark was clearly heard chanting “CRUUUZZ” when he would step up to bat and when presented with the MVP award. At press time, he has hit 12 home runs combining last year’s postseason and the current one. He also became the first player in MLB history to hit multiple home runs with two or more on base in a postseason. The Rangers have a deep lineup of strong hitters, but it seems Cruz has exceeded everyone’s expectations.

Like Puente said, hopefully our “Nelly Cruz” will continue with his hot bat when it matters most against the St. Louis Cardinals and help his teammates who have not been as dangerous at the plate this postseason.

It appears that pitchers have seen Cruz swing his bat and send those balls deep into the upper deck. However, as we all have seen, it’s not easy to strike out Cruz. Rangers fans: Yes it is written in the stars. We have a Dominican-born, Texas Rangers’ delivered legend.

Anna HernandezContributing Writer

The Texas Rangers’ Nelson Cruz reacts after hitting a grand slam home run on Oct. 10 in Arlington.

The most popular sport in the world is un-doubtedly football. According to the sport’s organizing body, the Federation of Interna-tional Football Associations, more than 250 million people in over 200 countries partici-pate in the sport worldwide. The Dallas area is home to one of the premier teams in the country, though few have taken notice. I speak not of the Dallas Cowboys of the NFL, but FC Dallas of Major League Soccer.

The 2011 season has been an exciting yet difficult one for Dallas. From unprecedent-ed international competition to the passing of a legend, the season has been a memorable one that will forever be remembered by play-ers and fans alike.

Unprecedented successFew teams have enjoyed success like FC

Dallas has during the 2011 campaign. After appearing in the 2010 MLS Cup Final, the team has excelled in a variety of competi-tions, both domestic and international. With one game remaining in MLS play, FC Dallas has already clinched a spot in the playoffs, qualifying with the fourth best record in the league.

The team also advanced to the semifinals of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open, a tournament open to all United States Soccer Federa-tion affiliated teams. Though the team fell to the eventual champion Seattle Sounders,

it marked the team’s best result since an ap-pearance in the 2007 finals.

More notably, the team qualified to com-pete in the club’s first ever Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean As-sociation Champions League, a tournament which includes the best clubs from across North America. After defeating Alianza FC of El Salvador to advance out of the pre-liminary round, the team narrowly missed an opportunity to advance to the championship round, losing 3-0 to Toronto FC in an elimi-nation match.

But the success on field has led to a busy schedule in 2011. After Saturday’s regular season finale at San Jose, the team has com-peted in 47 games in a span of seven months, a new franchise record and 12 more than last season’s total of 35. Though the frequent travel and increased workload have taken a physical toll on the players late in the season, the team’s exposure to international compe-tition has enhanced the FC Dallas brand.

Brek Shea’s breakout seasonNo player has impacted the club more

than midfielder Shea. After 2010 MVP Da-vid Ferreira went down with an ankle injury early in the season, the team was in desperate need of an offensive weapon. Shea has filled that void in 2011, recording four assists and netting 11 goals in MLS play. His breakout season has placed him among the leading candidates to win the league’s MVP award this season.

“He’s really stepped up big for us this year,”

teammate Ugo Ihemelu told ESPN. “A lot of people had expectations, but I doubt that they expected him to do as well as he’s been doing.”

The 21-year old Texas-native has recently become a starter for the U.S. Men’s National Team.

“He’s full of energy, he’s creative, and he’s fast and has a good physical presence,” said U.S. Men’s National Team coach Jür-gen Klinsmann following the U.S.-Belgium friendly. “He’s one of the kids we are going to build over the next cycle.”

But Shea’s breakout season may prove costly for Dallas. Some of the world’s elite clubs across the pond are reportedly interest-ed in acquiring the young American. Ac-cording to multiple reports, Manchester United, Liverpool and Chelsea have all reached out to express interest in Shea. After signing a contract extension with FC Dallas through 2015, it is unclear whether or not MLS will allow Shea to depart when the transfer window opens in January.

The passing of a legendThe 2011 season will be remembered

not only for the team’s performance on the field, but also for the loss of a team icon. Bobby Rhine, a former player and broadcaster for the team, unexpectedly passed away Sept. 5 while vacationing with his family in Florida. He was 35.

Drafted by the Dallas Burn in the 1999 MLS Super Draft, Rhine went on to enjoy

a 10-year career in MLS, recording 23 goals and 33 assists.

“I had the pleasure of coaching him during his time as a player and Bobby always gave his all to FC Dallas,” said FC Dallas manager Schellas Hyndman in a statement released by the team.

“He brought a daily smile and an un-matched passion and love for the club and his teammates. His commitment to our team continued in the broadcast booth where he brought insight, energy and enthusiasm to our live match broadcasts. He will be missed by the entire FC Dallas family.”

The team has dedicated the remainder of the season to Rhine’s memory.

Toronto FC forward Ryan Johnson goes after the ball with FC Dallas defender George John (14) Oct. 17.

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