TUESDAY OCTOBER 11, 2022 VOLUME 112 ISSUE 9 www.UniversityStar.com
DEFENDING THE FIRST AMENDMENT SINCE 1911
Life and Arts: Professor Novel
Multimedia: 5K Gallery
Opinions: Proctored Testing
Sports: Strutters
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FOOTBALL
Texas State pulls off upset win against Appalachian State By David Cuevas Sports Contributor A crowd of over 25,000 gathered to watch Texas State (3-3, 1-1 Sun Belt Conference) defeat Appalachian State University (3-3, 1-2 Sun Belt Conference) for the first time in program history 36-24. The attendance of Saturday's game broke the record for the largest home crowd for a Sun Belt Conference game in Bobcat Stadium. With the win, the Bobcats broke a six-game losing streak against the Mountaineers, and the Bobcats are now 3-0 at home for the first time since 2011. “Overall, just a great team win,” head coach Jake Spavital said. “Throughout the week we talk about complementary football and we talk about playing clean football and efficient football and playing together, and we finally did that tonight against a very quality opponent.” Following Texas State’s loss last week against James Madison, the Bobcats entered Saturday’s game as three touchdown underdogs to an Appalachian State team that was coming off a 49-0 thrashing against The Citadel. Texas State redshirt junior quarterback
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Layne Hatcher had a bounce-back game after struggling in poor weather conditions the previous week in Virginia, completing 26 of 36 passes to go along with two touchdown passes and one interception. The interception came on the opening 12-play drive in which the Bobcats were set up on the Appalachian State four-yard line following a defensive pass interference penalty on senior wide receiver Marcell Barbee. In the next play, Appalachian State senior cornerback Dexter Lawson Jr., who already had two interceptions on the season to lead the Mountaineer defense, picked off Hatcher in the end zone. Hatcher responded to the interception by leading the Bobcat offense down the field on a quick five-play drive capped off by a two-yard touchdown run by sophomore running back Lincoln Pare. As for Hatcher’s two touchdown passes, the first one came early in the second quarter on the team’s third offensive possession when he connected with redshirt freshman wide receiver Charles Brown on a two-yard completion to conclude a lengthy 12play drive giving Texas State a 14-0 lead.
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Texas State Bobcats defensive line tackles down a Mountaineers running back during a game against Appalachian State University, Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022, at Bobcat Stadium. The Bobcats won 36-24. PHOTO BY VANESSA BUENTELLO
Beto O’Rourke visits campus during college tour By Staff
Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke visited Texas State last Wednesday to talk to students about his stance on gun control, reproductive rights and the legalization of marijuana. The rally took place in Evans Auditorium as a part of O'Rourke's college tour across Texas. The Texas State crowd included a full auditorium plus a line that extended from the doors of Evans Liberal Arts to the Alkek Library stairs. Wearing a maroon Texas State hat, O'Rourke began his address by calling out Gov. Greg Abbott’s actions regarding gun control following the mass shooting that occurred in Uvalde, Texas, in May. “Our governor, the most powerful man in the state, has yet to lift
a finger to make it any less likely that any other child, in any other community or any other classroom will meet the same fate as those children in Uvalde,” O’Rourke said. O'Rourke, if elected, plans to repeal the permitless carry law that took effect in September of last year and to raise the purchasing age for a firearm to 21 years old, a law that has seen success in other states. “We can continue to defend the Second Amendment while doing a far better job of protecting the lives of those in our communities,” O’Rourke said. “Those kids literally legally do not get a vote or a voice in this election but through our actions and what we choose to do in this moment.”
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