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At Friday’s Faculty Senate meeting, depart-ment representatives voted 27-6 to opt out of the new Arkansas legislation permitting licensed faculty and staff to carry concealed firearms on college campuses.
However, the Senate’s final report will not be sent to the Shared Governance Oversight Committee until after the next Faculty Sen-ate meeting April 26. For now, representa-tives will still meet with their departments to
determine what, if any, conditions should be added to the Senate’s report.
As part of the law, universities are allowed
more than a simple acceptance or abstention decision. Section 5(b) paragraph 2B allows for the development of a tiered concealed carry
regulation program if schools desire, and right now, this clause fuels the de-bate. Faculty were split on what exactly a tiered approach would constitute, and even if one should be recommended.
“It seems to me we are not accept-ing the vote,” said Faye Cocchiara of the Management and Marketing depart-ment. “It hasn’t been two seconds and
we are already trying to change the vote.” Andy Mooneyhan, chair of SGOC, said,
“We can vote not to opt in and provide any
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Staci Vandagriff | Staff PhotographerD’Andre Anderson speaks to his newly elected senate at the first meeting he presided over Tuesday.
“It seems to me we are not accepting the vote. It hasn’t been two seconds and we are already trying to change the vote.
Faye Cocchiara, Marketing and Management Department, on the senate’s 27-6 vote
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BETHANY GALLIMORESTAFF WRITER
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Faculty senate delays gun decision
Anderson jumps into new role as president
The summer after his senior year in high school, D’Andre Anderson didn’t plan on attending ASU. He didn’t envision leaving his home in Little Rock to move to Jonesboro, didn’t think of forsaking the UALR Trojans in favor of joining the Red Wolf pack, and he certain-ly did not expect to become Arkansas State’s 2013-2014 Student Government Associ-ation president.
After being sworn into of-fice Tuesday night, the junior biology pre-med major and new president hopes to be-come “a positive icon” on the ASU campusby inspiring the next generation of students
to get involved, get active and become positive role models themselves.
Anderson’s decision to at-tend ASU was actually based on a last-minute choice. “I think school started around August 18 and I decided to apply here June 1,” Ander-son said. “I had a friend who came here so I decided to follow him without ever tak-ing a visit, without knowing what it was about, and I just jumped into the situation.”
Jumping into situations is commonplace for Anderson, who said his college choice has paid off. “So far, it’s defi-nitely working out in a posi-tive way,” Anderson said.
Upon his arrival as ASU, Anderson began his college
career with election as SGA freshman senator. “That’s how it all started. It all start-ed with me being a freshman senator and I just worked my way up from there,” Ander-son said.
His time in SGA has not been without influential mentors, most notably two earlier student body pres-idents. “When I got here, Hunter Petrus the previous president and Adrian Ever-ett who was president before Hunter, they kind of took me under their wing as a lit-tle brother,” Anderson said. “They saw that eventually I wanted to become SGA pres-ident, and they both made sure I led off in the right di-rection, so I feel like they
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Students impress at Create @ stAteAround 300 undergrad-
uate and graduate students presented their research on Thursday at the third annual create @ stAte.
Create @ stAte is a sympo-sium of research, scholarship and creativity that the Office of Research and Technolo-gy Transfer presents each spring.
Before Create @ stAte, the graduate and undergraduate
conferences were two sep-arate events. The graduate event was sponsored by the Graduate School, and the un-dergraduate by the Honors College. Rebecca Oliver, di-rector of the Honors College, felt that combining the two would bring the involvement of more students and faculty.
Senior Biology/Education major Hannah Wright of Cal-ico Rock said that being in a professional atmosphere like this is a whole new world.
“It is an eye opening ex-perience and it is great to get to come together with oth-er students who have spent time working on their own projects. Getting to present it makes doing your research so much more exciting. It’s defi-nitely a motivating factor.”
While some students may be reluctant to speak in front of an audience, Wright said that it really isn’t as scary as it seems. “You’re among peers and everyone wants you to
SKYE WHITESTAFF WRITER
Takako Okumura | Staff PhotographerStudents check out some of the panels that were presented at the third annual Create @ stAte Thursday afternoon, some of which included topics over medical problems, social communication and poverty.
Fashion show sells out in first year
On Saturday night, students and members of the Dare Dreamers organization strutted down the aisle of Centennial Hall in spring colors for the very first A Glam Affair Fashion Show.
Models paraded around in polos, tuxes and formal and casual dresses for a sold-out audi-ences.
Some people coming to the event had to stand against the walls because there weren’t enough seats.
Students from 4 to 21-years-old modeled, had fun on stage, and got a few laughs.
Destiny Bradley, a member of Dare Dream-ers, danced to the Alicia Keys song, “Girl on Fire” and Cathalene Thigpen sang, “It’s Not Too Late,” by Sheri Jones-Moffett between wardrobe changes.
Dare Dreamers is an organization that helps strengthen and encourage young fe-males striving for their dream.
Three mentees Derika Harris, Savannah Barnes and Stephanie Caines spoke about the organization and the confidence it gives to
young girls.One of the mentors said, “When I was
younger I had great people to look up to in my life. I joined because I wanted everyone to have this. Its an opportunity people shouldn’t pass up.”
The speaker of the night was Earl Hunter.“The Dare Dreamers is not just for a par-
ticular group. It has programs for every shape, size and color,” Hunter said.
Hunter said sometimes teens get a mentor who is going through the same situation or has gone through similar problem. “It’s great to get people who know what you’re going through.”
Although the event was presented by the organization, other companies sponsored the event, like Dillard’s, Kohl’s, Maurice’s, K’s Fashion, David’s Bridal, Lamda Pi Eta, Exude Boutique, Fox-Trot Jewelry, Mr. and Mrs. Mack, Jane Carter Solution, Crystal’s Vision Salon, Brooksie and Bonida’s, 25 Dreams Foundation, ASU Multicultural Center and Fice T-Shirts Promoting Natural Hair.
Proceeds from the fashion show went to the Dare Dreamers teen mentoring program
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The collegiate life is ever changing to go online.
With computers, tablets and phones with the ability to access the Internet, the world is literally at our fin-gertips.
However, recent reports show common fears of An-droid phones are being hacked. While it is not cer-tain that these hackers are cyber terrorists, there are certainly precautions that need to be taken by students using any online accessible devices.
What exactly is a cyber terrorist? The FBI defines terrorism as the unlawful use of force or violence against persons or property to intim-idate or coerce a government, the civilian population or any segment thereof into the fur-therance of political or social objectives.
But how exactly does this apply to college students? Are college campuses at risk of cyber terrorism?
The simple answer to this question is yes.
While computers may not be used for large scale acts
of terror, there is certainly a risk that your computer can be hacked, infected with mal-ware or be used as a proxy device to carry out attacks. It is my opinion that it is always best to be prepared for the unexpected.
Another major concern is the ability to have your bank account information stolen and your accounts drained. There are plenty of ways for your information to get into the wrong hands if you are not careful.
Thankfully there are soe ways that college students can protect themselves from cyber terrorism.
Knowledge of the subject is crucial to avoid any small
or large-scale cyber threats. For starters, students can
evaluate the apps they down-load. Downloading free apps onto your phone is not always the best way to go. These free apps will often have long user agreements that allow the ap-plication manufacturer to ac-cess Internet searches, pho-tos, locations and more.
If you do not know where the information you have downloaded is coming from, your new application could be eliciting personal informa-tion from your mobile phone.
In addition, it is important to be cautious that you do not allow spyware or malware onto your computer devices.
Spyware and malware contain viruses that can also
elicit information. Your com-puter can be infected and used as a proxy to send out viruses to other individuals.
Not only this, but some of these are created for the very purpose of destroying a com-puter device. If you receive a dialogue box on your com-puter requesting to allow a program onto your computer and you did not download the program, do not allow the program.
Other measures to protect yourself from cyber include simple common sense.
Do not give out your name, date of birth, social se-curity number, bank informa-tion, and student ID number in an email or on social media sites. Make your passwords difficult to guess and do not give them out to anyone.
I am not saying that you need to be paranoid about our Internet devices, but all of us should use caution when using this valuable re-source.
Jason Holland is a post-de-gree criminology major of Jonesboro.
In 2004, Americans had the largest year of interna-tional adoptions at 22,884 children from countries around the globe.
However, according to Re-uters since this peak the U.S. has seen a steady drop in in-ternational adoptions down to just 8,668 in 2012. This number is even down from 2011 when there were 9,320 adoptions.
While the demand for adoptions has not dropped to this level, regulations have gone up making international adoptions harder to do.
Sadly, increased regula-tions are coupled with the fact that international adop-tion programs are also clos-ing everyday.
International adoption could soon become nonexis-tent, which would leave mil-lions of children around the world to have childhoods in underfunded orphanages.
In many countries, if or-phans are not adopted by age 16, they are put out on the street without any money, a job, a home or a family that will support them financially and emotionally.
The reason that interna-tional adoption is appeal-ing is that requirements and qualifications are less strict
than domestic adoption. So, chances of adopting interna-tionally are better. Once a home study is approved, the individual or couple is most definitely promised a child.
There is far less of a chance that a biological mother will change her mind about keep-ing the child, because in most cases it is already an orphan. Adoption agencies give out a printed listing of all fees throughout the process.
Adoption costs about $15,000-$40,000 from legal work, travel expenses and a visa for the child. The adop-tion process takes about 12-36 months depending on country chosen, child’s age, gender and health before traveling to the country.
Some dispute whether in-ternational adoption should be advanced largely or just as
last choice. Some research-ers consider taking a child away from their birth culture upsetting, regardless of how well they will be taken care of by their new family.
The perceived disadvan-tages that are made of inter-national adoption in my opin-ion are outrageous. Some worry that a child might have physical or mental problems and are concerned there will be a language barrier.
However, a child born in the U.S. might have health problems as well and does not come out of the womb speaking English fluently.
The cost does seem expen-sive but after years of plan-ning to get a child, paying to travel to another country and bringing back with a liv-ing, breathing and adorable souvenir can seem entirely
worthwhile. There are a lot of benefits
of international adoption. Adopted children can have the chance to grow up hap-py while achieving their po-tential in becoming valued members of society.
“I was adopted, at the age of two, from China” is the phrase I will use the most in my life to explain myself to people. China is the country where the most children are adopted from.
Children adopted from overseas usually do just fine. The only problems I have are fitting in and being accepted by people.
Everyday, everywhere I go I am proving people wrong about myself, especially when I speak. Some days it feels great, while others I just want to go back to bed and start over.
At the end of everyday I try to be grateful for God and for my mom choosing to adopt me. It is sad to think about, but who knows where I would be working or even if I would still be alive now in China.
Jennifer Wells is a junior journalism major of Moun-tain Home.
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Our ViewAs he walked through the hidden door behind the
bookshelf, the floor creaking under his feet as he witnessed first-hand how a group of Jews had to hide to stay alive, Justin Bieber wrote that hopefully Anne Frank would have been a fan.
The Anne Frank House is a historical landmark that serves as a reminder of what fear, hatred and persecution looked like during the Holocaust. Because of Anne Frank’s journal entries, the room where she and her family hid in a secret annex, has become the most famous hiding location from the entire Holocaust.
Between concerts in Europe, teenage pop star, Justin Bieber, traveled to Antwerp and visited the Anne Frank House.
This is not an unusual stop for tourists or celebrities traveling through the region. What has sparked outrage about the visit was the message Bieber left in the guest book writing, “Truly inspiring to be able to come here. Anne was a great girl. Hopefully she would have been a belieber.”
What starts out as a reasonable response to the power of the tour, through the secret annex, ends with what many see as a boast of his own fame.
There are many that have defended Bieber’s comment based upon his youth, being only 19. It seems hardly excusable that at the age of 19, Bieber is unable to identify the significance of anything other than himself.
The only age that should be mentioned while visiting the Anne Frank House is the 13-year-old Anne Frank. Her writings at this youthful age have inspired millions across the globe. Her detailed descriptions of her hidden life, her emotions and fears, along with her understanding of the human condition was remarkable.
Completely powerless, she was able to empower millions. With infinite power Bieber points the spotlight on himself.
It seems incredibly sad that after such an inspiring experience, he could think only about supporting his fame.
What could have been a thought-provoking message about discrimination, hatred, overcoming odds or anything focused on the significance of this historical marker for humanity, was turned into a statement that promoted Bieber himself.
With a large portion of his audience composed of adolescent girls, Bieber received several supportive tweets and even tweets where the fans said they didn’t know who Anne Frank was.
Instead of using this opportunity as an educational or enlightening experience, Bieber instead turned it into a marketing joke.
While there is hopefully a public apology or explanation from Bieber, this situation is sure to turn off “beliebers” worldwide.
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FACULTY, Continuedamendment we agree to.” Mooneyhan said,
“It’s pretty clear that (the law) provides flex-ibility, but we don’t have a whole lot of time to work with that before the vote is due (in SGOC).”
Conflicts are constantly being raised about the long-term effects of opting out of the new law. Win Bridges, of the English and Philos-ophy department, said, “The thing about ac-cepting this vote is we as faculty would be the only ones on campus without guns, because some students are already carrying (illegally).”
Two proposals were passed dealing indi-rectly with the major concealed carry issue. One issue requested a complete analysis of the realistic gun safety measures already in ef-fect across ASU, and the second motion sug-gested a committee be formed to examine all the weapon policies in the student, staff and faculty handbooks and revise the policies as needed.
Senate Chair Julie Isaacson said when the senate reconvenes, they will discuss the new recommendations for additions to the con-cealed carry report, possibly suggesting a very structured training requirement approach.
Mooneyhan said all the comments the sen-
ate agrees upon will go into the final report to the chancellor. “If we just vote yes or no, that is fine. The fear is if we send the report with-out comments we may be back here doing this same thing next year.”
After clearing the Senate, the report still has to be compared with the Student Govern-ment Association, Graduate Student Coun-cil, Staff Senate, Dean’s Council and Chair’s Council recommendations by the Shared Governance Oversight Committee before fi-nal referral to Chancellor Hudson.
Isaacson also addressed the continuing is-sue of IRS tax fraud now affecting 235 faculty members. Information Technology spokes-persons were unavailable for the meeting, but Isaacson said, “We are still trying to remain abreast of the situation.”
A proposal for changes in the ASU patent public disclosure procedure was sent to the SGOC by a unanimous vote, much to the ex-citement of faculty who have devoted many months to this proposal. Luis Medina-Boli-var, of the Arkansas Biosciences Institute, said this policy will allow for clarifications in the patent regulations when faculty present new research or inventions within the university.
According to Isaacson, the movement to save Kays House, former residence of ASU’s first president VC Kays, needs more funding if they are to keep their project going. “There
has been a lot of individual faculty participa-tion,” Isaacson said. “But they are desperate for money. If you have been meaning to do-nate, please do so.”
succeed. It’s very rewarding,” she said.Addie Kortan, senior nursing major
of Blytheville, said that the impact of a fully supportive team of mentors was in-vigorating.
“I had wonderful mentors. They were so helpful and made this whole process way easier. They were always there and willing to help. I couldn’t have done it without them,” Kortan said.
Muhsin Aydin was awarded the top graduate honor for his poster presen-tation, “Detection and Genetic Charac-terization of Salmonella by Bead-Based Suspension Flow-Cytometry.”
Jessica Bailey was awarded the top undergraduate honor for her poster pre-sentation, “Development of an In Vitro Assay to Evaluate Uptake of Human
Glucocerebrosidase into Mammalian Cells.”
Amber Strother was awarded the top graduate honor for her oral presenta-tion, “Writing a New Mestiza: Identity Formation in Sandra Cisneros’s ‘The House on Mango Street’ and ‘Woman Hollering Creek.’”
Brittany Bailey was awarded the top undergraduate honor for her oral pre-sentation, “A Preliminary Investigation of Potential Subtle Middle-Ear Differ-ences in Children with Reading Delays.” All grand prizewinners received an iPad 2.
Nearly 190 undergraduate and grad-uate students presented their research, scholarly and creative activities by panel discussion, poster presentation and/or
creative performance. Twenty students received first and second place awards in 10 award divisions. First-place students were each awarded an iPod Nano, and second-place students were each award-ed an iPod Shuffle.
“We had few resources and many people thought that only honors stu-dents were allowed to participate. This idea needed to be pushed out and cen-tralized so it would have the support and resources it needed to grow – and that’s exactly what happened,” Oliver said.
This merging of events seems to have been successful. “We’ve been doing it this way for three years now. It keeps growing every year,” she said.
helped me get this position.”
After his term as freshman senator, Anderson was elected into the position of sophomore senator, finally serving as chief-of-staff for Petrus’s second term.
“I liked that I could have the voice for the student body, work a hard administration, basically advocate for the student body,” Anderson said.
Administration is Anderson’s passion, he said, and his goal is to eventually build a career in medical administration.
He currently works at St. Bernard’s Hospital as an information coordinator, and plans on working in patient care for a few years after graduation, before entering the management side of the business.
His current job allows Anderson to pursue his second passion, advocating on behalf of other people.
“Right now I advocate on behalf of the physicians,” Anderson said. “I really like advocating, implementing my ideas along with others’ ideas and coming out with a resolution to resolve everybody’s needs at that particular time.”
“And, that is something I am now working towards with my position as SGA president,” Anderson said.
As president, Anderson will advocate the needs, desires and concerns of the student body to the university’s administration.
“As of right now I’ve been working very close with Rick Stripling, vice chancellor of student affairs and athletic director Terry Mohajir, as well as Tim Hudson, the chancellor of our university.”
During his term, Anderson plans to build upon the programs already started by his predecessor Hunter Petrus.
“There are a lot of things on the table that were done prior to me being in office. Right now, my focus is to finish those tasks that were already started rather than start on something new,” Anderson said.
The Thursday night pre-game Wolf Pack pep rallies, which were started last fall, will be built upon, as they foster a sense of university pride and encourage new athletic traditions.
Anderson said, “That’s something I plan on doing a lot with.”
In the academic world, Anderson hopes to make changes to the university’s
grade recomputement policy. Anderson said, “Usually if
you get a D or an F in a class, you can recompute it, but I feel if you are paying for a class you should be able to recompute any grade you want.
If you made a B and you want to retake it to make an A, that could definitely be possible.”
Adjusting the recomputement policy is not an entirely new concept, according to Anderson.
Some of the current SGA members have been considering this proposal since their freshman years, and Anderson found resolutions from 2006 and 2007 HCA minutes proposing similar changes.
Anderson said allowing students the opportunity to recompute any grade they desire would be a win-win situation for all parties involved, not just the student.
“It makes the institution look good, simply because we could have higher GPAs,” Anderson said.
When Anderson is not in the SGA office, working or buried in his biology pre-med studies, he’s found chilling with friends, catching up on much-appreciated sleep or shopping.
“I like to shop a lot, making sure I look pretty nice,” Anderson said. “I got the bow tie idea from Petrus. That’s something I’ve definitely got to work on, developing a style and trying to get that bow tie down.”
The new president believes everyone needs to be known for something.
While he may not yet be known for his style, he is recognized for being “Ambitious, hardworking, and fratty,” according to his chief of staff Deane Marks, a junior economics and pre-law major of DeWitt.
“I’m known as someone who is smiling, outgoing and always very helpful.” Anderson said. “My thing is, you don’t have to be in a fraternity to be a frat daddy.”
Anderson’s advice to his new constituents is to get involved, network in their community, make connections with the right people and keep a clean slate.
“You basically have to be a positive icon on the university,” Anderson said. “People don’t necessarily have to know you, but what they do know has to be positive.”
to provide the group better opportu-nities, such as etiquette classes and col-lege tours.
“The next event the Dare Dreamers will have will most likely be a college
tour during the summer.” Randle said.Any female from the ages of 12 to
18 can sign up to be mentored. Any-one wanting to join the organization as a mentor may email the founders of
the group Brenda Randle and Tamika Hunter at the organization website, ia-madaredreamer.org.
“We encourage others to dream,” Ta-mika Hunter said.
Staci Vandagriff | Staff PhotographerOn Friday afternoon the Faculty Senate voted 26-7 to opt out of allowing ASU faculty and staff to carry guns on campus.
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Caitlin LaFarlette | Photo EditorNHS student Kayla Jefferson struts down the walkway during A Glam Affair Fashion Show. Dare Dreamers hosted the event Saturday night to promote mentoring young girls in school.
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The women’s bowling team opened bracket play Friday as the sixth seed in the 2013 NCAA Bowling Tournament in Canton, Mich.
The Lady Red Wolves started strong, taking a 4-0 sweep against the third-seeded Sam Hous-ton State Bearkats to begin their day.
Advancing to bowl against No. 7 Vanderbilt, A-State lost three games, but battled back and took the next three.
They were able to hold off Vanderbilt for a 212-207 win in game four and the team recorded its highest score in game five by winning 259-214.
The Red Wolves won game six and was ahead early in game seven but couldn’t hold on to the lead as Vander-bilt’s lineup all recorded strikes in its second go-around to win 247-215.
Returning to face Central Missouri in an elimination match, the ladies found themselves on top in game one 211-177 and game two 178-156.
Leaving their final mark on game three, ASU won the game by a count of 197-155 and put up a top score for the match in a clutch win 215-183 in game four.
The Red Wolves advanced to play Nebraska in the semifinals, where they would have to win twice to advance on to the finals.
A-State started off with a win, but the
next four games didn’t return in favor. Head coach Justin Kostick said he
tried to remind the team to allow train-ing to take over.
“We just came up short,” Kostick said. “I tried to get them as calm as possible but sometimes when your back is to the wall you can try too hard instead of do-ing what your body will allow.”
Junior Ashley Rucker remained posi-tive in her thoughts of the outcome.
“Obviously I wish we would have won, but we did great,” Rucker said. “We just didn’t get the right breaks. I’m proud
of how we competed even though we only got third.”
Rucker noted that this placement is the best the team has accomplished since she has been at A-State.
The Lady Red Wolves finished with a school record for wins 91-34. The team will also say goodbye to
three seniors; Rachael Gittings, Melissa Lachanski and Martika Cabezas.
“We are all going to miss the seniors next year,” Rucker said. “They are won-derful ladies and have great personali-ties… it’s going to be so weird bowling without them next year.”
Coach Kostick is already making goals for next year’s team.
“We had a good year being in final four and a semi-finalist,” Kostick said. “The goal for the team next year will be to win a national championship.”
The baseball team fell in the series finale to South Al-abama 4-1 Sunday afternoon at Tomlinson Stadium.
The Red Wolves collected six hits on the afternoon, but pushed across just one run and committed three errors that lead to two runs for the Jaguars.
“They were the better team throughout the week-end,” head baseball Tommy Raffo said. “They took ad-vantage of some opportuni-ties, where we struggled in similar situations. We’ve got a little bit of time to try and get things worked out, but we have to do it quick before we fall too far behind.”
The Red Wolves got a run back in the bottom half of the inning when Alex Potts scored on a passed ball by Jaguars catcher Whitt Dors-ey, but also left the tying run stranded on third base. ASU did not have a hit in the in-ning, which began when Ryan Roberts reached on a dropped third strike by Dors-ey.
Potts reached on a field-er’s choice in the next at bat and Kaleb Brown was hit by a pitch to put runners on first
and second. Potts and Brown then exe-
cuted a double steal to move into scoring position and Potts scored on the passed ball by Dorsey to pull Arkan-sas State within 2-1.
South Alabama added to its lead in the third inning thanks to two A-State errors.
The Red Wolves had op-portunities to cut into the Jaguars’ lead. A-state left runners on second and third in the bottom of the eighth inning and also left a runner on first in the bottom of the ninth inning.
Bradley Wallace was ef-fective on the mound, giving up just two earned runs and seven hits in six innings of work.
John Koch replaced him in the top of the seventh inning and pitched the final three in-nings in relief.
Ryan Emery went 3-for-4 at the plate for ASU, while Tanner Ring, Logan Uxa and Kaleb Brown each had a hit.
A-State will embark on a four-game road trip be-ginning tomorrow against Southeast Missouri in Cape Girardeau, Mo., followed by a three-game Sun Belt Con-ference series April 19-21 at Louisiana-Monroe.
The Arkansas State Red Wolves football team took to the field for their annual spring game Saturday afternoon, giving fans a glimpse of what to expect this fall from new head coach Bryan Harsin.
The team split into two squads, dubbed “A-State” and “Red Wolves,” and competed in four 10-minute quarters. A-State, featuring the first-team offense and defense, emerged victori-ous, defeating the second team Red Wolves 28-7.
But the focus of the game was less about the result and more about the individual players angling for position on the depth chart.
With Ryan Aplin’s eligibility depleted, the search for a new quarterback has been a top priority for the coaching staff. Harsin rotated through four quarterbacks -- senior Phillip Butterfield, junior Chandler Rogers and sophomores Fredi Knighten and Stephen Hogan -- and came away pleased with their work throughout spring practice.
“They’ve all worked hard, they’ve all done a great job in film preparation, they’ve all come out to practice ready to play. Now it’s just cleaning it all up,” Harsin said.
Hogan, who played briefly with the Red Wolves squad and spent most of the game leading A-State, completed 17 of his 22 pass attempts for 126 yards and the game’s lone aerial touchdown while showcasing his mobility by eluding pressure and snagging 30 yards on the ground.
Harsin says that Hogan is the quarterback who has shown the most improvement over the course of spring practice, but also notes that he had the furthest to go in terms of develop-ment. He noted that Hogan’s mobility and consistency in prac-tice have helped him in the quarterback competition.
“In the last two scrimmages, he’s gotten into a little bit of a rhythm throwing the football. He did some stuff today that he showed in practice and carried it over into the game,” Harsin said. “When things break down, he can pull [the ball] down and run it.”
Butterfield completed 6-of-9 for 70 yards, while Knighten finished 8-of-9 and Rogers hit half of his 12 attempts. The of-fensive line kept all four QBs upright, surrendering no sacks on the afternoon.
The rushing game was also healthy, as junior Michael Gor-don led the way with 54 yards on nine carries on route to three of A-State’s four touchdowns. Senior David Oku rushed 10 times for 38 yards, while freshman Kendrick Daniels carried nine times for 30 yards for the Red Wolves team.
Harsin also signaled that he views sophomore J.D. McKis-sic as more than a receiver, putting him in the backfield and motioning him in for jet sweeps on play-action passes. Some of McKissic’s receptions came on short pitches that amounted to extended handoffs. McKissic finished with two rushes for 15 yards and three catches for 34 yards and a touchdown.
Defensive coordinator John Thompson was pleased with his unit’s development. Unlike the offense, which is starting from scratch with a new scheme and an entirely new cast of coaches, the defense had the benefit throughout spring prac-tice of continuity under Thompson, allowing them to delve deeper into his scheme.
“What we really stress is that if you’ve been here, you’ve got to take your game to a different level [this year],” Thompson said, comparing the expectations for veteran players to the dif-ference between a freshman-level course and a graduate-level course.
Rocky Hayes, who found success last season as an offensive playmaker, started at cornerback, the position for which he was originally recruited. The sophomore’s energetic style had him flying around the field on his way to seven tackles, tying fellow corner Willie Fletcher for the most on the day.
Hayes will continue to play offensively and said he takes pride in being a two-way player, but he lined up on offense on just one snap in the spring game. He says he has focused on developing as a corner this spring because not as much prac-tice is required for his role on offense.
“Since my packages are so small on offense, there’s usual-ly just no reason to practice [them] in the spring. So offense will come more in the fall when it gets more into the season,” Hayes said. “It’s going to be more like a weekly thing depend-ing on the team we play.”
Spring practice will conclude Monday evening with a final practice that is closed to the public.
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