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Three area military vet-erans with ties to Arkan-sas State University and Jonesboro are among 15 Arkansans selected for in-duction into the Arkansas Military Veterans Hall of Fame (AMVHOF) for the year 2011. They will be rec-ognized during induction

ceremonies at the Hall of Fame annual banquet Nov. 11 at the Agora Center in Conway.

The three are Walk-er E. “Gene” Conrad of Jonesboro, Russell H. Dowden of New Palestine, Ind., and Jerry W. Bowen of Jonesboro.

An independent commit-tee of veterans chaired by

a Brigadier General and overseen by the Arkansas Office of Veterans Affairs selected the 15 veterans.

Walker E. “Gene” Con-rad served in World War II, earning a Distinguished Flying Cross and three air medals. He was also a pris-oner of war in 1944. Con-rad attended Nettleton High School before leaving

to work with the Civil Con-servation Corporation. He was then drafted.

Col. Russell H. Dowden, Jr. is a Distinguished Mil-itary Graduate from ASU in 1962 with a BS degree in accounting and a com-mission in the field artil-lery. He went on to serve in Vietnam, where he was awarded the Silver Star,

the nation’s third high-est award for valor in com-bat. He also received the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Legion of Mer-it and the Purple Heart. Dowden also served during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm.

Col. Jerry Bowen re-ceived his BSA degree in Agriculture Education

from ASU in 1964 and his MBA in 1973. He served two combat tours in Viet-nam; saw combat with the 82nd Airborne Division in the Dominican Republic, received the Combat In-fantryman Badge and was twice decorated with the Legion of Merit and Bronze Star. He is the retired

See VETERANS, page 5

ASU will host events throughout the week start-ing on Monday to celebrate International Education Week, a time set aside to learn about different cul-tures around the world.

These programs are highly student-driven with many student organiza-tions leading activities.

Yvonne Unnold, chair of the Department of World Languages and Cultures, commented on ASU's take on International Educa-tion Week.

“In many other univer-sities, you have more high profile speakers,” she said. “Here students create dia-logues and conversations between each other and ed-ucate each other.”

The weeklong event

kicks off Monday at noon with an outdoor music show in the Student Union Heritage Lawn. The Afri-can Student Association will display modern Af-rican music, dance and clothes.

That evening from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Spring Riv-er Room in the Union, stu-dents from different cul-tures will play games and make crafts from different places around the world.

A forum about Occupy Wall Street and its glob-al impacts is scheduled for Tuesday from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Student Union Audito-rium.

Students from the Col-lege of Business will be dis-cussing their views during the forum with Assistant Professor of Finance Philip Tew serving as moderator.

See WEEK, page 5

ASU students and oth-er guests received a unique dining experience Wednes-day when they attended the Better Day Banquet.

When invited, guests were told the banquet was for open discussion about childhood hunger in north-east Arkansas. What they didn't know was what was on the menu.

Attendees were divided into three groups based on the color of the card they got when they arrived.

One group was made up of 50 percent of those in at-tendance, another one had 35 percent and the last only had 15 percent.

The largest group was seated on the floor. The next group was seated at simple tables. The last group was the smallest, and was seated at elegant-ly decorated tables.

The groups looked around confused as teenag-ers wearing Green County Tech jackets started walk-ing through the crowds listing statistics.

“While the U.S. is one of the wealthiest countries on earth, almost 37 million Americans live in poverty. Remember that 25 percent of children in Arkansas live in poverty,” said John Wil-liams, a GCT junior.

The groups were told

they were randomly sepa-rated by upper, middle and lower class and the per-centages they were sepa-rated by represented the world percentage for each class.

Each class was fed ac-cordingly with the up-per class receiving salad, chicken, potatoes, aspar-agus, rolls and a dessert along with tea and water, the middle class getting water, chicken nuggets and French fries, and the lower class getting nothing but a bowl of rice. Each group was in full view of each other while they ate.

“When I got to sit the upper class [table] I was like, ‘oh, this is kind of cool.’ Then once they said we could eat I felt kind of bad for eating,” said Jana

Minnick, a freshman nurs-ing major of Vilonia.

As they were finishing their meals Christie Jor-dan, Food Bank of North-east Arkansas executive director, made a presenta-tion.

She said the over 5,000 people get food from the Food Bank of NEA every week.

“These are just the ones who ask for help,” she said.

Ashley Williams, a fresh-man communication disor-ders major of Rector, took the stage next.

She told the audience that at age six she was adopted. Before that she lived in a household as the youngest of nine with el-derly, disabled parents who couldn't hold a job.

Williams said she re-membered getting off the bus and asking her mother for something to eat. “My sister sat me down and ex-plained why [my mother] would cry every day when I would ask her that,” Wil-liams said.

Williams explained that coming from these roots has made her want to help others who are in need.

“I'm helping families that are in the same posi-tion I was,” she said.

After Williams finished, those in attendance were thanked for coming and provided with information about how they could help.

“I kind of expected them to say OK, joke's over, we can all eat the real meal,” said Shay Doolin, a junior physical therapy major of Texarkana. “I'm glad they didn't turn it into that be-cause it just means so much more.”

This all started when the Sodexo Foundation awarded a $5,000 grant to the Green County Tech Fu-ture Farmers of America. The Sodexo School Engage-ment Grant is awarded to schools working to lead ac-tivities to educate about childhood hunger.

GCT FFA has been part-nering with Mission Out-reach of Paragould for the past two years on their homeless and hunger

See BANQUET, page 5

A rededication ceremo-ny for the Reng Student Services Center/Student Union is scheduled for Fri-day, Nov. 11, at 2 p.m. The facility will be renamed the Carl R. Reng Student Union. The ceremony will be held in the Heritage Plaza Lounge on the third floor of the Carl R. Reng Student Union.

The decision to rededi-cate this facility, proposed by the Student Union Ad-visory Council and the Stu-dent Government Associa-tion, was approved by the ASU Board of Trustees in September 2011.

The ceremony will high-light aspects of Reng's con-tributions to the university as well as his profession-al commitment to the field of education. Key speakers at this event are Dan How-ard, ASU's interim chan-cellor, Rick Stripling, vice chancellor for Student Af-fairs, Hunter Petrus, Stu-dent Government Associ-ation president, and John Hall, professor of Psychol-ogy and Counseling and Reng family friend. A per-manent exhibit in honor of Reng and a commem-orative plaque will be on display in the Reng Stu-dent Union Heritage Plaza Lounge for viewing.

"Carl R. Reng provided steadfast leadership as he

guided the growth of the institution that became Arkansas State University during his tenure as pres-ident," commented Dan Howard, interim chancel-lor. "I compliment the Stu-dent Government Associa-tion for its initiative to cre-ate permanent recognition of Reng's contributions by naming the student union in his honor."

Rick Stripling noted, "Dr. Reng was a forward-thinking president who played a key role in mov-ing what once was a college into the university status that ASU holds today. We stand tall on the shoulders of leadership provided by individuals like Carl Reng. The renaming ceremony is a time for us to pause and reflect on his many contri-butions to ASU."

Carl R. Reng served 24 years as the fourth pres-ident of Arkansas State University. He was best known for spearheading the drive for university status in 1967 when the in-stitution succeeded in real-izing Reng's dream for the then-Arkansas State Col-lege. In essence, the change in name recognized his vig-orous enthusiasm and ef-fective leadership.

Reng came to Arkansas State College in 1951 when the small regional college had an enrollment of 863

See UNION, page 5

Remembering the Victims

Ashley Helliwell/HeraldAs part of a week of events sponsored by the Student Activities Board to raise HIV/AIDS awareness, students released red balloons Tuesday in

front of the Student Union on the Heritage Plaza lawn to remember the victims of the disease. The series ends today with a lecture by Marvelyn Brown, author of "The Naked Truth: Young, Beautiful and (HIV) Positive" at 7 p.m. in Centennial Hall.

'Banquet' helps spread hunger awareness Rededication to rename Union

Megan Heyl/HeraldASU students got to experience a different type of meal at the Better

Day Banquet, an event held Wednesday to help spread awareness about poverty and hunger.

Megan HeylStaff Writer

ASU Press Release

Distinguished military veterans group includes ASU alumniASU Press Release

Mississippi voters cast ballots Tuesday on a “per-sonhood” amendment to their state’s constitution.

The measure would have set the nation’s most strin-gent restrictions on abor-tion and drew opposition even from many socially conservative Republicans.

It lost by a wide margin (roughly 58 percent against and 42 percent in favor).

The question, then is, if a deeply red state like our southeastern neighbor rejected an amendment of this nature, how would it fare in Arkansas?

The personhood amend-ment would have been challenged in court, but Mississippians preempted that from taking place.

If the proposal winds up on our ballots in the fall of next year, the legal rami-fications are certain to be the very same.

On a recent Memphis television newscast, I saw a segment on this very is-

sue in which an anti-abor-tion spokesman vowed to bring the personhood fight to the Natural State and other supposedly friendly electoral turf in 2012.

I had to let out a deep sigh when hearing this declaration.

From attempting to re-cover from the worst eco-nomic downturn since the Great Depression to huge deficits and other money-based concerns about jobs, it is very hard to wrap my mind around the fact that far too many people remain obsessed with cul-tural matters.

Apparently, they are more concerned about screaming at women en-tering health clinics and demanding laws that make criminals out of those seek-ing reproductive advice/services than seeing em-ployment rates rise.

Apparently, they are incapable of seeing the despair many Americans feel these days after losing entire pensions and retire-ment savings or, at the very least, devastating pay and benefits cuts.

Apparently, their fixa-tion on the unborn makes it impossible to acknowl-

edge the number of chil-dren living in poverty.

Apparently, it is far more pressing to take away constitutional rights and liberties from women facing the most personal of decisions.

Apparently, they rel-ish cloaking themselves in high-minded holier-than-thou rhetoric while bully-ing politicians and depict-ing anyone who dares to disagree as against life.

Apparently, they felt it necessary in Mississippi to force rape victims to carry a pregnancy to term because, they insist, God wants it that way.

Apparently, enough people in the stomping grounds of Elvis Presley did not see things in such harsh and punitive terms.

If the forces who tried to impose their numbing worldview on the Magnolia State make the same effort here, we Arkansans can look forward to another culture war in which no-body truly wins.

Childress is a graduate student in political science of Jonesboro.

Several days ago, cadets in the U.S. Air Force Acad-emy sent an email to fellow cadets regarding a Chris-tian charity drive called Operation Christmas Child (OCC). In this email, members of the Academy encouraged their fellow students to volunteer and donate to OCC.

In case you don’t know, OCC is a major project put on by Samaritan’s Purse, one of America’s largest evangelical relief organi-zations. The idea behind OCC is simple. Individu-als, families, and churches throughout the U.S. can pack shoeboxes with toys, school supplies, hygiene items, and personal let-ters. Samaritan’s Purse will then ship these boxes to needy children around the world who rarely get anything for Christmas.

However, because this is a Christian effort, certain people, namely Michael Weinstein of the Military Religious Freedom Foun-dation, began to complain to the Academy for their support of this apparently “Christian fundamentalist propaganda.”

As a result, the Acad-

emy officially apologized in a written statement for its oversight in this area and promised to make sure their cadets go “through the proper channels” next time.

I found this course of events very interesting as it seems to show a shifting mood in this country re-garding religious involve-ment at certain levels of our government.

I suppose it shouldn’t surprise anyone that our military is following the same path our school sys-tem took in the 1960s. Like in our public school system, religion is not outright banned in the military, but it is becoming harder for leaders and administra-tors to express their own religious opinions on cer-tain matters.

In this case, leaders at the Academy felt ashamed that their cadets were pro-moting a Christian charity organization, so they felt the urge to apologize and back away from the proj-ect.

In some ways, I suppose I can understand the urge not to entangle military and religious affairs. Cer-tainly, religious activities should always be permit-ted in the military, as long as they do not interfere with one’s duties, but it is not the job of the military

to promote one religion over another.

However, I feel this is a different scenario. Here we have a Christian charity drive, for poor and needy children around the world, and the Academy feels like it should apologize for be-ing involved in it. This to me just seems over the top.

I find it fascinating that members in our govern-ment like to tout legisla-tion and programs that help feed the poor and un-derprivileged, yet here we see top officials apologize for their association with a program that has proven success.

I called our congress-man about this issue, but his office was either closed or busy and I had to leave a message. Congressman Mike Ross’s office, how-ever, took my call and the aide said that Ross was unaware of the situation but would look into it fur-ther.

One of the key points that Weinstein of the Mili-tary Religious Freedom Foundation brings out is that the Air Force Acad-emy constantly engages in “unconstitutional prosely-tization” of Christianity.

I laughed when I first heard this because I know of no instances where the U.S. Air Force Academy

has forced its cadets to lis-ten to or accept Christian-ity. All religious activities are voluntary.

As for now, officials at the Academy will allow members to participate in Operation Christmas Child, but only through the Cadet Chaplain Corps. While this is good news, the reality of the Acade-my’s apology reveals a ma-jor problem with the whole concept of separating re-ligious acts from military approval.

Military men and wom-en, especially those who are in leadership posi-tions, may rightly fear supporting and promoting programs like OCC in the future, especially if certain watchdog groups constant-ly scrutinize their religious involvement.

But the real tragedy in this situation is the effect it has on kids in other coun-tries. Like it or not, a ma-jor branch of our military has just apologized for pro-moting a charity drive to help poor children. Words matter, and our military’s reputation may have just been dealt a blow.

Davidson is a sophomore education major of Bryant.

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— Our View —

Know your statusOn Monday, 20 years to the day that Earvin

“Magic” Johnson announced he was HIV – positive, ASU started this year’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Week.

This week, Student Activities Board has and is continuing to host numerous events to open the eyes of the ASU community to an issue that certainly carries a number of stigmas.

The goal of the week is education, and let’s face it – many people out there don’t truly understand the infection and what it entails.

HIV is a virus that can lead to acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS).

However, not all people with HIV have or will be diagnosed with AIDS.

According to the CDC it is estimated that in 56,000 people in the U.S. contracted HIV in 2006. And despite advances in diagnosing, 35,962 cases of AIDS were diagnosed in 2007.

With something this serious and so real around us, it’s easy to panic and believe myths surrounding these infections.

But in times like these it is important to educate yourself and truly understand what is happening.

HIV/AIDS is a sexually transmitted infection that does not discriminate.

It isn’t a gay disease, a black disease or a promiscuous person’s disease. Anyone who is sexually active can get it.

Probably the most important issue is that people living with HIV are no different than anyone else. You won’t “catch it” from being around them and they are nothing to be afraid of.

With advancements in modern therapies, HIV is a treatable chronic condition similar to any other condition.

With the number of cases growing each day, it is important as a student to know your status. Get tested and stay educated. But most importantly, protect yourself.

“Our View” is written by the editorial staff. The opinions are not necessarily reflective of the student body, faculty or administration of Arkansas State University.

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Academy’s apology may hurt poor children“... religion is not outright banned in the military, but it is becoming harder for leaders and administration to express

their own opinions on certain matters.”Jeff Davidson

Speaking from personal experience, having a full load semester with two jobs can turn you into a schedule nazi.

Waking up, going to class, going to work then doing it all over again the next day can be pretty tir-ing and exhausting.

College students might find themselves caught up doing the same routine ev-eryday and forget to stop to smell the roses on their way to class.

Having one thing on your mind, and not real-izing your surroundings could turn you into a zom-bie -- a creature that has nothing on their mind ex-cept for “brains”, or in your case “school.”

According to an article on ehow.com titled “How to enjoy college” one of the instructions to do so is to have a social life.

The article says “The first step in enjoying col-lege is to realize that class-es are not that important. Although you are there to go to school, a typical stu-dent can get by with A’s and B’s by having a signifi-

cant social life.”I am not advising you

not to go to class or not to do your homework, I am advising you not to zombify yourself -- live a little.

Another instruction on ehow.com says “make sure you have lots of friends. Friends provide fun and can also help you with your homework.”

The article also makes the point that most of the people you see in class have probably taken the same classes that you might end up taking, so it will be wise to be friendly to these people.

For example, if you are offered lunch by your classmates, don’t say “no” because you are trying to be “polite”, say yes and go along with them.

Leave a good impression on them, and start a con-versation. Don’t be quiet and antisocial.

If you just can’t find the will to do so, then use Fa-cebook to get closer to your classmates.

Add the familiar faces you see everyday and cy-ber socialize.

In Nelson Mandela’s book “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorized Book of Quotations” he was quoted saying “Take it upon yourself where you live to make people around you joyful and full of hope.”

College is a place where you can redefine who you are.

Just because you were the “geek” or the unpopular kid in high school doesn’t mean that you can’t be “cool” in college.

There are plenty of or-ganizations on campus to fulfill your every interest, and if there isn’t, guess what? You can start one yourself. If you build it, they will come.

Being a part of an or-ganization on campus will make you standout in the stack of resumes when you apply for a job.

An impressive well writ-ten resume might get you a job, but having a resume that lists that you were in an organization or a club and you were active in it will make you look like a social individual.

If there is anything that I would want you to take away from this article is to try different things in life and don’t be “vanilla.”

Brand yourself, market your good ideas and share it with the world, because you are what you project to others.

Reach out and talk to someone, because people don’t bite – zombies do.

Raslan is a senior digi-tal media and design ma-jor from Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.

“College is a place where you can redefine who you are.”

Abdullah Raslan

Posted online during the election held on Tuesday: “Ugh... I’m going to be working the poles all day.”

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Don’t be a zombie, live a little“... if a deeply red state like our southeastern neighbor rejected an amendment of this

nature, how would it fare in Arkansas.”Anthony Childress

Personhood amendment fails, but fight continues

SPORTSPAGE 3 Thursday, Nov. 10 The Herald

Daniel McFadinSports Editor

A week after playing the Sun Belt’s worst at Florida Atlantic, ASU will take on the one of the conference’s best.

Saturday’s game between Arkansas State and Louisiana-Lafayette was not supposed to mean this much.

The teams that sit atop the Sun Belt standings after 10 weeks of football were not the pre-season favorites to be in competition for the conference championship.

Arkansas State (7-2, 5-0) was picked to finish fifth after going 4-8 in 2010, while receiving one first place vote.

“There are two coaches that voted their teams’ number one in the Sun Belt,” Freeze said. “That was Willie Taggart at Western Kentucky and myself. I want to point that out that we had expectations, both of us.”

Louisiana-Lafayette (8-2, 6-1), who sits at second, had the honor of being predicted to finish eighth out of the SBC’s nine schools.

Now the teams will face off in the game that may decide who will be crowned the 2011 conference champion.

“Our kids understand

this one carries a lot of weight. A lot of people have said it’s the conference championship, I don’t agree with that necessarily,” Freeze said.

“I’m sure Western Kentucky would argue with that fact. I don’t know that it’s for the conference title, but I certainly know it’s going to go a long ways toward that.”

The Red Wolves come into the game with their first six game win streak since 1986 and their most wins in a season since joining the Football Bowl Subdivision.

The Cajuns will visit Jonesboro after a last minute 36-35 win over state rival Louisiana-Monroe Last Saturday.

“I would say that has to be the biggest [win] I have been a part of,” Lafayette head coach Mark Hudspeth said Monday during the Sun Belt teleconference.

“To come back and score as quickly as we did with under three minutes to go is a testament to our young men.”

The Cajuns are led by junior quarterback Blaine Gautier, who has 17 touchdowns and just two interceptions in his eight starts since week three.

Gautier threw for 355

yards and four touchdowns against Monroe and ran for 59 more.

“He understands what they’re trying to do and they don’t ask him to do a lot of complicated reads,” Freeze said of Gautier.

“Because when they’re running a lot they can hit you with the play [action] pass and they have such threats at receivers and he’s been making the proper reads and he’s been very accurate.”

One of those threats at receiver is senior tight end Ladarius Green.

Green has 35 catches for seven touchdowns and 372 yards while averaging 10.6 yards per grab.

Green set both the single game receptions record for ULL and the Sun Belt tight ends record against Monroe with 13 grabs.

Freeze has no doubt that Green is the best tight end/receiver in the conference.

“He’s very talented even when they flex him out,” Freeze observed. “He’s a red zone killer. He can make plays even if you have coverage on him because of his ball handling and his height.”

The Cajuns visit a Red Wolves team that has nabbed an interception in seven straight games, with

two being caught by Justin Robertson and Darron Edwards against FAU.

Dave Wommack’s 4-2-5 defense has ASU as the top defense in the Sun Belt, allowing an average 324.7 yards per game and just 19.8 points.

The Red Wolves have been putting an end to a few negative streaks this season including a drought of consecutive Sun Belt road wins and never winning in three trips to Florida Atlantic.

They will now attempt to snap a three game losing streak to Lafayette, with their last win coming 2007.

The last meeting between the two teams saw Lafayette come out on top 31-24 with then sophomore Ryan Aplin throwing for an ASU single game record 438 yards.

While it is not the last game of the year or even a conference championship game, Saturdays matchup is the likely biggest game of the season for the Red Wolves and Cajuns short of a bowl game.

The Red Wolves are one of two teams, the other being Boise State, that is first in its conference in total offense and defense..

“Finishing strong is very important to me, always has been. I don’t like to not

finish something,” Freeze said. “So it’s really hard to feel like you’re on cloud nine when you’re in the middle of the storm.”

The game kicks off from ASU Stadium at 2 p.m. Follow @ASUHeraldSports on Twitter for updates.

Ashley Helliwell/HeraldSenior running back Jermaine Robertson tries to break free from the grasp of a

defender Tuesday during practice. ASU has the top rushing offense in the Sun Belt.

The Biggest One YetRed Wolves face Ragin’ Cajuns in battle of Sun Belt’s best

Abdullah Raslan/Herald Head coach John Brady coaches sophomore guard Edward Townsel

at the HPESS Tuesday afternoon. Townsel averaged 4.8 points and two rebounds per game last season.

The Red Wolves will visit the Lamar University Cardinals in Beaumont, Texas for their first regular season game Friday at 7:30 p.m. The game, along with two more of the Red Wolves first four games, is part of the Global Sports Invitational.

Lamar, a member of the Southland Conference, is coming off a 13-17 season. ASU defeated Lamar last season 78-75 at home on Jan. 17.

The Cardinals are led by head coach Pat Knight, son of legendary coach Bobby Knight, in his first year on the job at Lamar. In their two exhibition games, Lamar defeated St. Gregory’s and Louisiana College.

ASU defeated Central Baptist and Henderson State in their exhibition games.

Tipping off in Texas

Daniel McFadinSports Editor

The second and final exhibition game for head coach Brian Boyer and the Lady Red Wolves ended in a 66-51 victory over the Lady Bucs of Christian Brothers Monday night.

ASU got off to a quick start to the game, going on a 15-0 run in the first six minutes of the game, with junior guard Quinishia McDowell scoring four points and earning two of her three steals of the night in that span.

The Lady Bucs would go on a 12 – 5 run in the next six minutes with the help of two 3-pointers from junior guard Jessica Green.

A 22-12 deficit at the 7:52 mark would be the closest the Bucs would get, as ASU was able to work through a first half with 16 turnovers for the Red Wolves to lead 33-18 at half time.

“The start was really good obviously. From a defensive standpoint, the pressure, we had some lapses with that when we started getting tired,” Boyer said. “We were actually much better offensively. Our spacing was better, our movement was better. We just didn’t hit as many shots as we did last week.”

ASU shot 43.5 percent from the field and had 30 points in the paint. The defense forced the Bucs into 26 turnovers, 17 of them coming in the first half, and scored 25 points off of them.

The team also recorded 10 steals on the night with McDowell and senior guard Meghan Lewis each earning three.

“You have got to be careful with this kind of defense when you start pressuring,” Boyer continued. “The minute you start getting a little bit

tired, there is going to be spacing in the court, people are going to back door you, and that’s what they did…this is going to be a good teaching point for us.”

Other than turnovers, the Red Wolves other deficient area was at the free throw line, where they only made 7 of 21 shots to the Bucs 9 of 13.

From behind the three-point line, ASU made four out of twenty baskets, with Olvera hitting two of them.

“I think you can see she can really play. She’s a player that does a lot of things,” Boyer said. “Obviously [with] the seven assists, she’s able to get in there and rebound a little bit, she can shoot the three…Ashley is going to get better as our team gets used to playing with her.”

Olvera is in her first year with the Red Wolves after transferring from Pensacola State College.

“I think I played okay, I’m definitely not at my peak. We’re still not at our full potential as a team,” said Olvera, a native of McKinney, Texas.

“We’re trying to be aggressive and at times I think it’s a little too aggressive. We really want to kick it out to the shooter or try to get it inside.

“Sometimes we over thought it and made unnecessary shots or unnecessary drives. But coach talked about slowing ourselves down, getting into a rhythm, starting to move the ball a little more and getting some better shots off of it,” Olvera continued.

In addition to Morrill and Olvera’s performances, sophomore guard Lunden Roberts scored eight points and earned three rebounds and one steal.

The Bucs were led in scoring by Green with 16 points. Green made all

four of the Bucs three point baskets.The Lady Red Wolves will begin

their regular season this Sunday by traveling to Charlotte, N.C., to play the University of Charlotte at 1 p.m.

“Charlotte is going to be as tough as a season opener as we’ve ever had,” Boyer said. “It’s a team that has pretty much everyone back from last year, but they have a new head coach and it’s her first head coaching job, so we have no clue what they’re going to do. But it will be fun and a good gauge for this team.

Lady Red Wolves finish exhibition with win over Christian Brothers

Ashley Helliwell/HeraldFreshman guard Hanna Qedan attempts a shot over

a Lady Buc defender Monday night. ASU shot 43.5 percent from the field and 20 percent from behind the three point line.

Corrections for Nov. 7Arkansas State’s Bowl Championship Ranking is 41st, not •

39th.

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Track and Field• : Both the men and women’s cross country teams will be competing at the NCAA South Central Regional in Waco, Texas Saturday.

Rugby Club: • The ASU Rugby club will compete in the Ozark Tournament in Little Rock Saturday to conclude their fall season. The Red Wolves Rugby Seven’s team received an at-large bid to the USA Rugby National Collegiate Sevens Championship.

Bowling: • The ASU bowling team will compete in the Crusader Classic in Merryville, Ind. on Friday following a second place finish at the Greater Ozark Invitational in October.

Men’s Golf: • Finished tied for 10th at the Amelia National Intercollegiate with a combined two-day score of 908.

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Fifty percent of athletes are scholar studentsAbdullah Raslan

Staff Writer

After an aggressive eight-week practice, the contestants for the 2011 Miss Essence pageant finally took the stage Wednesday at the Fowler Center.

For the first time this year, both the Black Stu-dent Association and Phi Beta Sigma fraternity com-bined their efforts to bring this 15-year-old tradition to life.

“It’s dedicated to the beauty of the African American woman,” said Aaron Moore, president of BSA and senior marketing and management major of Little Rock.

“The event celebrates and showcases the beauty of the black woman inside and out.” Moore added.

The theme of the pageant was “An Evening With the Stars.” A theme that best describes the contestants said Alicia Rose, vice presi-dent of BSA junior graphic design major of Jonesboro.

“All the girls were ex-tremely talented and shined in their own light so we thought that it would be appropriate to have the theme as ‘An Evening With the Stars’,” Rose said.

“The contestants have worked very hard to make this pageant a success and we are excited to have seen the progress and talent of these young ladies.”

The judges had the te-dious job of judging the contestant over beauty, talent and intellect.

The night started with a group dance followed by a creative costume por-tion, where the contestants showcased a character with a spoken word seg-ment. Contestants then showcased their talent then walked in their eve-ning gown.

The contestants were then tested on their intel-lectual ability in the inter-view section of the night.

The questions ranged from a variety of subjects such as education and womanhood.

Contestant number eight, sophomore commu-nication studies of Falcon, Latasha Moore was asked when does she think a girl turns into a woman.

Moore replied that a girl turns into a woman when-ever she realizes how to deal with life around her.

While the judges were in deliberation, the A Touch of Class dance team took the stage to showcase their dancing ability to Whitney Houston’s version of “I’m Every Woman.”

The top three winners were awarded book schol-arships for the next semes-ter.

The miss congeniality award went to freshman music major of Little Rock LaDawna Williams, first runner-up went to senior early childhood education of Osceola, Tyneisha Col-lins and the Miss Essence crown and the most adver-tisements awards went to Moore.

Moore impressed the judges with a poem titled

“If You Lived on My Street” where she passionately discussed HIV, drugs and domestic violence.

Coordinator of the event, sophomore nursing major of Little Rock, Colea Blann said it’s great to see so many talented contestants this year.

“I think it went well, ev-

erything went very smooth. All the girls did a wonder-ful job and they looked gor-geous on stage. I couldn’t have asked for more,” Blann said.

Even though this is BSA’s last big event of the semester, Blann says there are more interesting events happening next semester.

Moore crowned Miss Essence

Abdullah Raslan/HeraldSophomore communication studies of Falcon, Latasha Moore won

this year’s crown of Miss Essences Moore serves as the secretary for the Black Student Association, a resident assistant for University Hall, WOLF ambassador and is a member of the Association of Women in communication. She impressed the audience and judges alike with her humor, attitude and intellectual subjects she picked to discuss.

Emily AlexanderStaff Writer

ASU prides itself on hav-ing great sports programs, but also on the athletes on the various teams who have showed great aca-demic success.

The Charles Luter Fam-ily Academic Success Cen-ter was dedicated in the spring 2011 semester. This building holds the offices of several staff members who strive not only to help student athletes meet their goal of graduating, but also to do so with above average achievements.

Stacey Willmott, associ-ate athletic director and senior woman administra-tor, oversees all academic services for the student athletes including the staff of three academic coordina-tors, each assigned a specif-ic number of sports, and a staff person who functions in the roll of overseeing tu-toring, our SAAC (Student Athlete Advising Council) program and life skills pro-grams.

The ASU athletic teams had a number of accom-plishments last year and are well on their way to achieving those again this year, including 10 out of 14 teams having team GPAs of 3.0 or higher.

All student athletes com-bined had a spring 2011 GPA of 2.92. In fall 2010, 186 of 58 percent of student athletes were recognized on the athletic director’s honor roll, which means having a 3.0 or higher, and 173 of 56 percent were recognized in the spring 2011.

One out of eight student athletes has a cumulative GPA of a 3.5 or higher, and ASU athletes had the high-est graduation rate in the school’s history at 65 per-cent.

The Sunbelt Conference has an academic recogni-tion including a Commis-sioner’s List including all student athletes with a 3.5 or higher, and an honor roll for students with a 3.0 or better.

ASU had the highest rec-ognition on both lists with 88 put of the 154 athletes on the Commissioner’s List. Four out of 11 sports received Sunbelt academic honors, meaning they had the highest team GPA in the conference.

The football team did particularly well. Out of nine schools posting aca-demic honors in the confer-ence, 25 percent were ASU football players. Football won the highest GPA in the conference the last nine out of 10 years.

“It’s who we are, and it’s what we do. It’s all attrib-uted to the culture we want to create in ASU athletics. It starts with the type of student athlete the coaches recruit, and the job of the staff in the academic pro-grams primary roll is to help the student athlete balance all requirements

as student first and athlete second,” Willmott said.

In order to help the stu-dents perform this balanc-ing act, there has been a task-based study program implemented this year.

“It’s a study hall to as-sist and help them find balance between all their responsibilities,” Willmott said. “The time they spend away from campus can have an impact. We use syllabuses to put together a calendar for when things are due in correlation with practice schedules. We see when they need to be pre-pared early if they are go-ing to be out of town when something’s due, and we have conversations with their professors to get rec-ommendations for how they should go about make ups.”

For the last seven years, student athletes have had a higher graduation rate than the general student population, and according to Willmott, 50 percent of the student athlete popula-tion are scholar students.

“It’s impressive. The relationship with student athletes to the coaches and staff has a direct correla-tion with all these awards. Students know those who work in this facility are genuinely concerned for them. The first conversa-tion we have when they ar-rive is ‘You may be here to represent a certain sport, but the goal is graduation, and being successful ath-letically at the same time,’” she said.

Willmott said the stu-dent athletes are currently in the process of seeing their academic advisers and bringing those papers back to the academic suc-cess center so that the co-ordinators there can help them find a balance for in-season and out-of-season schedules.

We base their schedules on that. It’s difficult for a baseball player to take math in the spring because if he gets behind the first week because he’s gone for a game, he will stay be-hind,” Willmott said. “We base their schedules on that knowledge.”

There is an immense amount of pride the aca-demic success faculty has for all that the student ath-letes have accomplished.

“I don’t know if proud is a good enough word. It’s the best feeling on the planet to see students be successful and have a positive college experience. We know y’all face a variety of challenges as college students. I think it’s important we acknowl-edge them for all they are and encourage them to be all they can be, and boy did they do a good job of that last year,” she said.

Her expectations for this year are no less. Willmott said she is excited and anx-ious to see the students’ accomplishments for this semester and next.

“I’d like to at least meet and exceed what we’ve ac-complished. It’s important not to set unrealistic goals, but if we can stay above 50 percent lines, we’ve accom-plished a great deal,” she said. “I’d like to see all of the department at a 3.0 or higher, and we’re just about there. We’ll continue to try to establish that environ-ment that allows students to be successful whether that’s tutoring services, life skills programs, or whatev-er, we constantly acknowl-edge student welfare comes first.”

Harry Higgins, a freshman international business major of Queensland, Australia was named this year’s Greek Adonis. He’s a Pi Kappa Alpha and was put up by the ladies of Alpha Omicron Pi.

Contestants were judged on formal wear, toga and had to perform a skit.

Sponsored by Chi Omega, PJ Bookout of Jonesboro was award-ed the best skit of the night. At third place came Tyler Martin of Mount Pleasant, sponsored by Alpha Tau Omega.

Tied at second place were Sean Paterson and Dean Gericke both of South Africa.

Paterson was sponsored by Chi Omega while Alpha Gamma Delta sponsored Gericke.

Greek Adonis was sponsored by the National Panhellic Counsel to raise money for the Women’s Crisis Center in Jonesboro.

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UPD officer Ron Smith reported that on Nov. 3 he was on patrol when he observed a vehicle traveling on University Loop East that appeared to be travelling over 20 MPH. Smith said he checked the speed by radar and reported the vehicle was going 37 MPH. Smith then made a traffic stop. It’s reported that the driver, 28-year-old Kirby Logan, gave Smith her driver’s license and proof of insurance without a problem. Smith said he had communications run her license. He was advised that Logan had five warrants out of the City of Jonesboro. Smith reported he issued Logan a citation for speeding, and he held her at his location until a JPD officer arrived. It’s reported that the JPD officer issued Logan a citation for the warrants and was released.

Nov. 5

ASU student Philip Cantin was arrested around 2 a.m. Saturday for Public Intoxication.

UPD officer Robert Peevey said while he was stationed in the North Park Quads’ parking lot, he saw a vehicle backing out of a parking spot. It’s reported that the vehicle

stopped and the passenger got out of the vehicle and threw an object that hit another vehicle. Peevey stated he then contacted the vehicle and asked the passenger, Cantin, to exit the vehicle. Peevey said he asked Cantin what he had thrown and Cantin said a beer can.

Peevey reported he checked the vehicles that were in the direction the can was thrown and reported that he didn’t see any damage to any of them.

Peevey stated he then asked Cantin how much he had to drink that night. It’s reported Cantin told Peevey he had three beers. Peevey said he then called UPD officer Steven Wilson to his location so he could have Cantin submit a breath sample into a portable breath test machine.

It’s reported that Cantin submitted a breath sample of .14. Cantin then told Peevey he had six beers and a shot earlier that night. Peevey reported Cantin had already been referred earlier in the semester for public intoxication. Peevey reported that because of Cantin’s actions involved in this particular incident, he placed Cantin under arrest for public intoxication. Cantin was transported to the Craighead County Detention Center by Wilson.

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BriefsThe Student Activities Board is hosting a lecture from Marvelyn Brown,

author of “The Naked Truth: Young, Beautiful and (HIV) Positive” at 7 p.m. in Centennial Hall. The lecture is the final event of a week-long series promoting HIV/AIDS awareness.

The Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs invites community members to the Renaming of the Student Union in honor of the late Carl R. Reng, Friday, Nov. 11 at 2 p.m. at the Heritage Plaza Lounge in the Student Union.

The English as a Second Language program of The International Center for English (TICE) in the Office of International Programs will be hosting an Inter-national Conversation Appreciation Game night Nov. 28, 2011 from 6 to 8 p.m. in Centennial Hall. This event is open to all current conversation partners and other interested ASU students, faculty members, staff and community mem-bers.

The ASU Theatre will be presenting “Private Lives” at the Fowler Center Nov. 11, 12 and Nov. 14, 15, and 16 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets may be purchased for reserved seating in advance at the ASU Central Box Office in the Convocation Center or by calling 972-ASU1.

Tew said they hope to cov-er the effects Occupy Wall Street will have on the world if some of its de-mands are met. He also said they will cover other protests happening around the world.

The African Student As-sociation will host a lec-ture hoping to educate peo-ple about what Africa is re-ally like.

“Some people think Af-rica is a country, they do not realize that it is a con-tinent, the second largest in fact,” said Ngozi Agwa-ziam, vice president of the African Student Associa-tion.

Titled “The Untold Story About Africa,” the lecture will cover the culture, life-style and educational pro-grams in modern Africa.

“It's not just the old idea of men running in the bushes hunting animals,” said Agwaziam, a graduate student in radio-television of Nigeria.

The lecture will be Wednesday from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Student Union and also will include a Q&A section to allow stu-dents to ask specific ques-tions about Africa.

ASU will wrap up the week with the Parade of Nations starting at 10 a.m.

in Centennial Hall. Thursday, ASU students

will present displays with information regarding dif-ferent countries and their cultures. The displays will be up until 2 p.m.

During that time, there will also be a fashion show from 11 a.m. to noon and a talent show from noon to 1 p.m.

“One of the things that amazed me about ASU is just the sheer amount of international students,” Tew said. “In my MBA Fi-nance class, there are 24 students. Five are from the United States, and 19 are international.”

ASU has over 1,000 stu-dents from 59 countries this semester.

Unnold said since ASU's international student en-rollment has increased, it allows a unique opportu-nity.

“With ASU's diversi-ty, international educa-tion can happen right here without having to leave the country,” she said.

Agwaziam said she looks forward to experiencing the different cultures.

“The whole idea of the week is about learning,” Agwaziam said.

awareness week activities. During the week they

would have a food drive and then finish off with a hunger banquet.

Some of GCT FFA stu-dents experienced these types of banquets where they were separated by class while at leadership conferences and wanted to share the experience with others.

“It just makes you so emotional that you want to jump out there and do something for the commu-nity,” Holly Harvill, a GCT senior, said.

“What got me the most was when they said if you've got a bed to sleep in, a closet to put clothes in, a refrigerator with food in

it than you're richer than 75 percent of the world's population, and I was just thinking how many peo-ple do I know that have all these things,” said Morgan Faulkner, a GCT sopho-more.

GCT FFA Adviser Amie Cole wrote for the grant explaining what they had been doing and how they wanted expand.

GCT was one of 14 to re-ceive the grant this fall.

When they received the grant, Sodexo Foundation informed GCT FFA that they should contact ASU Dining Services in consid-ering activities they could do to spread awareness.

Cole did and after four meetings the Better Day

Banquet was planned.Green Country Tech stu-

dents helped with serving and managing the event while Sodexo provided the food.

“I'm excited that it's high school students teach-ing college students,” said Lauren Wiseman, Sodexo marketing specialist.

The banquet marked the start of a yearlong food drive.

“It seems that everyone gets so busy with their day-to-day lives that we tend to forget those who need help except for around the holidays,” Wiseman said. “But hunger is not just a Thanksgiving or Christ-mas problem, it's an every-day problem, and we can

help.”The first food drive will

start on Monday. “Sodexo will have bins

set up at each dining loca-tion around campus where donations can be dropped off,” Wiseman said. “ASU students can make non-perishable donations to these bins.”

There are also plans to establish a summer feed-ing site through the Unit-ed States Department of Agriculture on campus for hungry people in the area. Feeding sites provide two meals every weekday free to children under 18 and a bag of easy-to-prepare meals for weekends.

students, and the facul-ty numbered 82 members. When he retired in 1975, the school had evolved into a major educational in-stitution with more than 7,300 students, taught by a 342-member faculty. The number of baccalaure-ate degree programs more than tripled, from 21 to 69 programs, while he was president.

Reng's tenure at ASU was the culmination of an extensive career in the field of education that be-gan in his native Iowa in 1932. After earning a Bachelor of Arts degree from Buena Vista College, he accepted his first job as a principal and coach at Cooper High School. He completed a master's de-gree at Drake University in 1940. That same year, he became the superinten-dent at Dunlap, Iowa, a po-sition he held until he be-gan four years of service in the Navy in 1943. Dur-ing those four years, Reng served in the Navy V-12 College Training Program and was released from the military with the rank of Lieutenant Command-er, US Naval Reserve. He went back to college, com-pleting a doctorate in ed-ucation at the Universi-ty of Missouri, then came to Arkansas as head of the School Administration Division of the Graduate School at the University of Arkansas-Fayetteville. In 1951, he was employed by the Arkansas State Col-lege Board of Trustees.

Among his many hon-ors were his listings in the Who's Who editions for America, American Educa-tion, and the South-South-west region. He received honorary doctoral degrees from Hendrix College in

1965 and from Buena Vis-ta College in 1952. He also received medals for dis-tinguished civilian service from the Army.

John Hall, professor of Psychology and Counsel-ing at ASU and a long-time family friend of the Rengs, said, "Dr. Carl R. Reng's contributions to both Ar-kansas State College and then Arkansas State Uni-versity were profound, far-reaching, and enduring. Under his steady leader-ship, the institution gained university status in 1967, a hard-fought battle. This was a significant milestone that resulted in phenome-nal growth in terms of en-rollment, degree offerings, facilities, and faculty and staff. He served diligent-ly as president for twenty-four years. Not many uni-versity presidents expe-rience this length of ten-ure. ASU's success today as a comprehensive public university is to a large de-gree founded on work that took place during the Reng years. He is most deserv-ing of this honor."

Hunter Petrus, presi-dent of the Student Gov-ernment Association, add-ed, "Dr. Reng did so much for ASU. He was a very ded-icated man with high am-bitions for Arkansas State, and he did everything he could to make ASU the best possible. With all of his dedication to the uni-versity, especially stu-dents, it is only appropri-ate that a building that fo-cuses on all aspects of stu-dent life be rededicated in his honor. With his intense loyalty to his country and dedication to Arkansas State University, his name will be one that is forever remembered."

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Undersecretary of Memo-rial Affairs, United States Department of Veterans Affairs.

“We are extremely grat-ified to be able to perma-nently recognize such a high caliber slate of induct-

ees,” said Conrad Reynolds (Colonel U.S. Army Re-tired), director of the Ar-kansas Military Veterans Hall of Fame. “These vet-erans have represented Ar-kansas magnificently with their service. Their ac-

complishments need to be honored and their stories told.”

The inductees will re-ceive a medallion. Tickets to the banquet may be pur-chased by calling the AM-VHOF office at 1-888-329-

3845. The public is also en-couraged to submit nomi-nations of worthy Arkan-sans for the 2012 class of in-ductees. Nomination forms may be secured through the Hall of Fame website at www.amvhof.org.

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The ASU Theatre an-nounces the cast of the fall production of Noel Cow-ard’s “Private Lives,” one of the most flippant plays ever written. Elyot and Amanda, once married and now honey-mooning with new spouses at the same hotel, meet by chance, reignite the old spark and impulsively elope. After days of being reunited, they again find their fiery romance alter-nating between passions of love and anger. Performances of “Pri-vate Lives” will be at 7:30 p.m. on Friday-Saturday, Nov. 11-12, and Monday-Wednesday, Nov. 14-16. A “meet the company” dessert reception will fol-low the Nov. 11 opening night performance. All per-formances will take place in Fowler Center, 201 Olympic Drive, Jonesboro. The ASU Theatre’s pro-duction of “Private Lives” is under the stage direc-tion of Lisa Bohn, assis-tant professor of Theatre. Scenic and Lighting design will be by Jeff McLaughlin, assistant professor of The-atre, and Claire Garrard, assistant professor of The-atre, will serve as costume designer. Samantha Cole, a junior theatre major from Jonesboro, will serve as stage manager. The cast includes Jor-dan Seitz, a junior theatre major from Little Rock as Sibyl; Ben Griffin, a senior theatre major from Jack-sonville as Elyot; Hunter Moody, a junior theatre major from Walnut Ridge

as Victor; Rose Milligan, a theatre graduate student from Higden as Amanda; and Payton Overturf, a freshman theatre major from Cabot, as Louise. All seating is reserved, and tickets for reserved seating may be purchased in advance at the ASU Central Box Office in the Convocation Center, or by calling 972-ASU1. Tickets are also available online at http://www2.astate.edu/tickets/ --click the ticket icon or the tickets tab in the menu bar. Reserved seating tick-ets, if available, may be

purchased at the door on the evening of the perfor-mance. Ticket prices for ASU Theatre’s 2010-11 season performances are $8 in advance and $10 at the door. Purchasing tick-ets in advance is highly recommended. This play contains adult language and subject mat-ter. Children younger than six years old are not admit-ted to the ASU Theatre. Please arrive early; late-comers will not be seated until intermission.

With four band mem-bers, a manager and a growing fan base, the members of The One-Two Punch are knocking out fans with their music while having fun. Journalism major Ca-leb Hennington, drummer, and radio-television major Joseph Anderson, guitar-ist started playing togeth-er at the beginning of this semester. They decided to start a band and turned to Facebook to get members. “Since neither of us sing, we posted a status asking anyone who was interested in singing in a band to mes-sage us,” Hennington said. “[Andrew Fleeman] com-mented on the post first and said he could sing and would like to meet up with us.” Hennington and Ander-son met with Fleeman at the Baptist Campus Min-istry and “jammed out,” as Hennington said. The group now had an official singer, but the band was still incomplete. The band didn't have a bass player until Flee-man met, junior mechani-cal engineering major, Ben Eckerson at Campus Out Reach. Eckerson was then introduced to the other members. The four-member band’s first practice was an acous-tic practice in Fleeman’s room at the STEM Den in September. The band had no place to hold a full-out practice at the time. “We were going to try and get a storage unit to practice in, but that was

too expensive,” Fleeman said. “Plus, there isn’t any heating or cooling system in them, and being college students, we don’t have a lot of money so that wasn’t going to work.” The band decided they could drive back and forth to Manilla, Fleeman’s hometown, to practice ev-ery Friday night. “Since it’s only a half an hour drive to Manilla, it’s a lot cheaper to go there and practice than to rent a place or get a storage unit,” Fleeman said. The One-Two Punch’s manager, sophomore sports management major Patric Howie, is in charge of post-ing updates on Twitter and Facebook and preparing shows for the band. “He always tagged along with us anyways,” Flee-man said. “So we decided to make him our manager to help us out.” “We kind of push every-thing on him,” Anderson said. “But he does a really good job as manager.” The One-Two Punch had their first show Oct. 15 in Manilla. Fleeman said they made a Facebook page about a week before the show to inform friends and relatives. He said they had about 20 people join the band’s page before its first performance and now have about 130 fans. “We also played two songs in the BCM’s Got Talent variety show Oct. 27.” Anderson said. “Af-ter that performance, our page gained about 20 more members. We always see a spike in group members af-ter we play a show or after we release a song.”

Fleeman said someone came up to him after a performance and said they were surprised by how good the band was. One fan, se-nior photojournalism ma-jor of Jonesboro Krystin Phillips, said she didn’t expect them to be good, but she quickly changed her mind after hearing them perform. “I first heard them play at the BCM variety show, where they were the open-ing act,” Phillips said. “And believe me, they are a hard act to follow. The One-Two Punch has a very distinct energy in their music. It has a rhythm that makes you want to move. You can't sit still listening to them play. They've got an infectious energy.” The band gets their in-spiration from bands such as NeedToBreathe, The

Black Keys and Cage the Elephants. They classify their music as Indie-Alter-native Rock. “We aren’t like original rock,” Hennington said. “We did a cover of Adele’s “Rolling in the Deep.” Adele’s song is more of an acoustic song, but we made it have a more rock feel-ing to it. We have a sweet guitar breakdown in the middle of the song.” In the next couple of months, the band is going to try and film its first mu-sic video. “We need a lot of extra people for the video who have a lot of extra time,” Fleeman said. Along with finding ex-tras, the band members will have to find time in their schedules, too. “We all are busy with school and stuff,” Eckerson

said. “And we are trying to get a small tour scheduled in December.” The band’s December tour dates will depend on when the ASU football team plays in December because Hennington and Anderson are in the ASU band and will have to play at the games. The One-Two Punch hopes to have a CD re-corded by spring. Right now, they are promoting the band with hoodies and the few songs they have re-leased. Right now, the band has 36 hoodies ordered for fans but hopes to have 50 hoodies ordered by Christ-mas. “The band won’t make any profit off the hoodies,” Fleeman said. “They are only for advertisement.” The long-term future of the band depends on how

school goes and what the members decide to do with their college degrees. “It’s all for fun right now,” Hennington said. “We just wanted to write up-beat music that people could get up and move to and have fun.” The band is hoping to play at Local Culture soon if they can find a time that works into their schedules. They also hope to play at a benefit show put on by Hot Topic. “We are looking for plac-es to play,” Fleeman said. “We want to play every and anywhere that will let us so we can get a bigger fan base.” The One-Two Punch up-dates fans through Twitter @the12punch. Students can also find the band and links to songs at www.face-book.com/theonetwopunch.

Fall and winter are known to be the seasons when many students get sick – colds, the flu and al-lergies strike harder when the weather begins to cool. According to Cathy Young, coordinator of the family nurse practitioner option in the School of Nursing, one reason people are more susceptible to get-ting sick is because cooler weather forces people to move their activities in-doors. “There is more exposure to airborne disease because we are in an enclosed room and breathe air that is con-taminated,” Young said. Young also said that al-though cold weather alone will not make you sick, win-ter weather brings lower humidity levels, which can cause nasal mucus mem-branes to dry and crack. According to Young, these cracks allow bacteria and viruses to enter the body. Flu season is underway, according to Young, who said there have already

been verified cases of in-fluenza. Other common ill-nesses during this season include strep throat, stom-ach viruses and the cold. Young advised students to get a flu shot. Shots are available at the student health center. According to the health center’s website, shots cost $21 charged to your student account. Young said that frequent hand washing is the most effective way to prevent the spread of illness. If stu-dents have a cough, Young said they should cough into a tissue and discard it. She also advised students with a cough to use cough drops or take an over-the-counter cough medication. “Using cough drops or cough medication doesn’t cure you, but does decrease your coughing, which de-creases the amount of air-borne virus or bacteria in the air,” Young said. According to Young, stu-dents who want to prevent illness need to make sure they get enough rest, drink plenty of fluids and consid-er taking a multi-vitamin. Young advised students

who are suffering illness beyond a common cold or allergies to refrain from go-ing out. “If you are sick, please stay home and do not share your gift with others,” Young said. If you experience symp-toms such as a fever or yellow to brown nasal dis-charge, if you think you have the flu or if you have a sore throat, Young said it is important to go to the Student Health Center or your health care provider immediately. Both strep throat and the flu are easily treated with medication, but can lead to more serious prob-lems if left untreated. “There are anti-viral medications that will de-crease the intensity of the symptoms and usually de-crease the amount of time you are sick,” Young said. Young also said students suffering from a persistent cough should seek medical attention. “If you are coughing, it may be a simple cold, but it may be more serious,” Young said.

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Michaela KaberlineCampus Corner Editor

Alexis HallStaff Writer

by: David Barrentine

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photo courtesy of The One-Two Punch

The One-Two Punch performs during the BCM Got Talent Variety Show held on campus Oct. 27.