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Thursday, October 4, 2012

This week in history:In 1997, KASU celebrated its 40th year of broadcasting. The university also hired a new director, Richard Carvell, for the direc-tor of broadcasting position.

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Shine Huang | Staff PhotographerAssociate professor of Political Science David Harding spoke to students before the start of the first presidential debate between President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney Wednesday night. The political department who hosted the Debate Watch Night in Wilson Hall plans to host another one next Thursday.

The fourth annual Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival will be taking place Saturday, on Main Street, beginning at 11 a.m. and peaking with a 9 p.m. free concert.

The event will feature the Arkansas State Championship BBQ contest, including more than 70 competing teams from all over the nation, along with a music lineup featuring Gold and Platinum album award artists .38 Special and American Idol contestant Lauren Gray. There will also be vendors, businesses, non-profit organizations, various crafts, wrestling (including special guest Jimmy Hart of Tampa, Fla.), kids activities, and more than $7000 in prize money giveaways.

Tim McCall, a member of the A&P Commission and festival chairman, has worked hard to make the 2012 Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival a success.

“From the start we envisioned this event to be a family oriented day which residents of all ages can enjoy. It’s really exciting to see the community coming together downtown. And best of all it’s free!

From the first annual BBQ Festival in 2009, we hoped to plant the seed for an event that would be synonymous with the city of Jonesboro. We believe we have done that,” McCall said.

The 2012 Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival has been sanctioned by the Kansas City BBQ Society, and has been newly proclaimed as the state championship competition by Gov. Mike Beebe. This means that the grand champion of the barbecue contest will secure a place at the KCBS Royal and Jack competitions, as well as walk away with the $2000 Grand Champion prize.

There will be four divisions in accordance with the KCBS regulations: chicken, brisket, pork, and ribs. Teams of barbecue competitors are scheduled to come from all over the nation, with the furthest team coming from Washington state. These teams will begin setting up downtown Friday evening. Saturday’s competition will be judged by more than 50 sanctioned KCBS judges, all from outside the state of Arkansas.

Festival offers food, fun, music downtown

LYNDSEY PATTERSONSTAFF WRITER

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The Office of Student Affairs is hosting a video competition invit-ing all current graduate and under-graduate students to submit a video addressing the theme of, “This Is My University.”

Sharanda Crews, a sophomore political science major of Jonesboro, said, “This is something I would love to do but I don’t know much about it, and I’m already very busy with class, work, and my involvement in several student organizations, but I will look into it.”

This is the first time the competi-tion has been held and may not be the last depending on its. The Office of Student Affairs heard about other schools hosting similar competitions and wanted to try it out at ASU’s cam-pus. The competition gives students a chance to describe what campus life and ASU mean to them.

To encourage participation and add to the level of competitiveness there will be cash prizes for the win-ners. First place receives $500, second place receives $300, and third place receives $100. The winning videos will be displayed on the TVs in the Carl R. Reng Student Union could be used for New Student Orientation or ASU commercials.

Brandon Hinton, a sophomore Ac-

Students enter video competition

MARKEY BOECKMANNSTAFF WRITER

COMPETITION, 4

It takes motivation and passion to be a member of debate team, and that is exactly what Chris Harper, director of the debate team, has found in his group of students this year.

“We have one of the best teams I’ve ever coached,” Harper said.

He has been the director of the team since 2002 and got his start with debate while attending ASU.

Harper was planning to go to law school but said he “didn’t want a real job.” He realized with debate he could still reach his goals.

He is positive about where his team is going this year. The group recently returned from Bowling Green, Ky. and came away with sev-eral team and individual awards. As a team ASU won first place team sweepstakes.

J.J. Thompson won first place parliamentary speaker and second place speaker in the varsity Lincoln-Douglas (LD) debate. Clint Simp-son and Benton Bajorek won sec-ond and third place parliamentary speaker, respectively. Bajorek also placed first in the novice LD debate. Ken Corbit and Micah Christensen placed second in the parliamentary debate, and Simpson and Bajorek were semi-finalists in the parlia-mentary debate.

Debate team takes on Kentucky

CAITLIN LAFARLETTESTAFF WRITER

DEBATE, 4

Obama v. Romney

The Department of Fine Arts is offering the opportunity for 25 students to enroll in a summer class in Madrid, Spain June 2 through June 30. During these three and a half weeks in Spain’s capital city, students will spend about two hours per week in a classroom as well as participate in various site visits to serve as the curriculum for the Fine Arts Visual course. Art majors also have the option for this course to take the place of Survey of Art History 2 or Baroque Art.

Temma Balducci, associate professor of art history at ASU, will lead the trip. She has lived, studied and taught in both France and Germany, and has traveled widely throughout Europe.

“Studying abroad is an amazing experience and this program gives students the opportu-nity to be immersed in a foreign culture while studying works of art in their original loca-tion. Spain has such a rich, multicultural his-tory; we will be based in Madrid but will also visit ancient Roman ruins, temples, church-es, monasteries and palaces throughout the

country on daytrips and weekend excursions,” Balducci said.

There will also be a weekend trip to southern Spain to visit Seville, Cordoba and Granada. For students who want to explore other parts of Spain or Europe on their own, a three-day free weekend is scheduled at the end of the trip.

Students of all backgrounds and degree fields are encouraged to participate. There are no qualifications in terms of GPA. In ad-dition Spanish is not required for the trip, as the course will be taught in English. Being im-

mersed in the Spanish culture will, however, provide opportunities for students who wish to improve their Spanish.

Regarding housing, students will have the choice of staying in student apartments or with a Spanish family. The student apart-ments are double-occupancy rooms, with ful-ly-equipped kitchens and bedding provided. A limited number of single-occupancy rooms may also be available. Students wishing to im-prove their Spanish language skills and get a glimpse into the daily life of a Spanish family may request a homestay. An additional fee will

Summer classes offered in Spain study abroad tripLYNDSEY PATTERSON

STAFF WRITER

Road work halts drivers

Xinzhong Zhao| Staff PhotographerConstruction workers performed maintenance on a pot hole Wednesday afternoon on the corner of Aggie and University Loop. The construction caused several lanes of traffic. However, the problem was resolved by the end of the day.

SPAIN, 4

Last week Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad came to America to speak before the United Nations.

He spoke out against “Innocence of Muslims,” the offensive movie that portrayed the Prophet Muhammad as a pedophile.

Shortly afterward, Ahmadinejad said Israel doesn’t belong in the Middle Eastern equation as they have no roots there.

At the climax of his address, he declared that Israel must be eliminated.

It is notable that the Israeli ambassador was absent from this assembly and that Ahmadinejad chose to speak on Yom Kippur, the highest of the Jewish holy days.

If you think the things Ahmadinejad said to the U.N. were bad, take note.

This was a dressed up version for the world to hear, and it is easy to see what his country condones.

Although Ahmadinejad is president of Iran, he holds very little real power.

He is simply a photogenic puppet for Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader. Khamenei has said even more extreme things than Ahmadinejad has.

In numerous speeches to his people, Khamenei has labeled Israel as the “Little Satan” that must be removed from existence.

He has rallied the people into a united hatred of Israel.

He has also called the United States “The Great Satan” and advocated its elimination.

This is especially alarming because Iran has been doing

many experiments with nuclear energy.

While this is not wrong in and of itself, Iran has been taking the steps toward the production of nuclear weapons.

Iran has stopped cooperating with the International Atomic Energy Agency citing “Pro-Western biases.”

Because of Iran’s known affiliation with terrorist organizations, as well as the terror it inflicts directly, it is absolutely essential that nuclear weapons be kept away from Iran.

Iran is friendly with Venezuela and is seeking to establish a military base there sometime in the near future.

If nuclear missiles are stationed in South America, the Southern United States would be within range of a nuclear attack.

Also, since Israel is a small nation, a single nuclear missile striking the heart of Israel would devastate the country.

Israel is the U.S.’s greatest ally in the Middle East, so it is necessary that we stand up for Israel in this dark time.

With a major election coming up, it is important to find out where elected officials stand on Iran and their potential nuclear weapons capability.

A simple containment policy is not sufficient. The U.S. must not allow Iran to acquire nuclear weapons.

It is not just an Israeli national security issue, but also a security issue for the United States and the world.

I spent the last few weeks of my summer reading the book “We Were Soldiers Once…and Young.”

Written by retired U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore, a battalion commander during the onset of the Vietnam Conflict, and Joseph L. Galloway, a journalist who followed Moore’s battalion into battle, the book relates the events of the Battle of Ia Drang, the first major battle of the Vietnam War.

I have enjoyed history for a long time, and enjoy American military history most of all.

From the birth of our nation, our military has done our nation proud, answering the call to fight for freedom and winning outright every time until the conflict in Korea in the 1950s.

It was then that a new pattern began to manifest itself.

Instead of the military being allowed to wage war and defeat the enemy wherever they are, politicians began to insert themselves, dictating where and how we could engage the enemy.

Instead of our government taking pride in our military supremacy, they cowered and held our troops back.

This policy almost cost the U.S. the conflict in Korea.

In Vietnam, the results of

this policy were disastrous. Once again, the politicians

thought they could be better strategists than the generals, and overall, the result was the first defeat of the U.S. in a foreign conflict.

As an American, having read the book and seen the movie based on it, I am extremely proud of our military.

They had the capability and the will to win the conflict.

I am also ashamed of our government, which created a safe haven for the enemy.

This tied the hands of our soldiers, causing deaths that were not necessary and facilitating their defeat.

Politicians have no business telling the military how to fight a war. The common citizen has no place telling the military how to fight a war.

It is the military’s job, when called upon, to fight the war and inflict defeat upon the enemy.

It is the politician’s job to see that the military has what it needs to do its job, and the common citizen has a duty to do his part to support the effort.

If one of these pillars fails to support the other, the entire effort collapses.

I suppose what I’m getting at is after WWII, the pride Americans took in being the best in the world, especially

militarily, morphed into shame, and that has persisted until today, especially among the majority of our government leaders.

It cost us the conflict in Vietnam, and it is costing us the war against the most ruthless and merciless enemy we have ever faced: Islamic terrorism.

It is time to take pride again in our military and re-forge it into the best fighting force in the world.

Threats are all around us once again, and unless we show we are still tough and not afraid to fight, we will find ourselves in bigger trouble than we have ever been before.

Furthermore, if the decision is made to place our men in harm’s way, we must then allow the military to do its job in

the shortest time possible and bring our men home safely.

Never again should we jeopardize the lives of our soldiers and tie their hands so they are unable to perform their duty.

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Our View

It’s voting season. No, not “American Idol” voting season, the other one.

The election to decide who will be tasked with leading the United States for the next four years is set for Nov. 6, just five weeks from now.

However, the final day for Arkansans to register in order to have their voice heard is Tuesday.

Deciding on a candidate to back doesn’t matter right now; you still have time to gather the information you need before the time to cast your ballot arrives.

What matters is that we embrace the opportunity we’re given every two and four years to help decide what direction we want our country to go in at both the state and national level.

The biggest problem facing college students isn’t that they don’t care about voting, it’s that they don’t know how to register. According to the Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE), more than a quarter of unregistered college students didn’t register for the 2010 election because of lack of knowledge regarding the registration process.

There are multiple ways to register to vote. One is to go to the local Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to fill out your registration form. The Jonesboro DMV is located at 206 Southwest Drive Suite B.

You can also find the proper forms to fill out and mail in at www.dmv.org/ar-arkansas/voter-registration.php. And if you’re registered to vote outside of Craighead County, don’t forget you can mail in an absentee ballot up until the day before the election.

While it may be easier and more fun to pick up a phone and put your favorite dancer or singer through to the next round, the presidential race is the contest that will affect us long after end of the fall television season.

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

“Israel is the U.S.’s greatest ally in the Middle East, so it is necessary that we stand up for Israel in this dark time.”

- Korey Speaight

America, Israel and the Iranian threat Voter registration

“I am also ashamed

of our government,

which created a

safe haven for the

enemy.”

-William Kazyak

Less government involvement in the military

“When I was little I used to think I was the •

anti-Christ.”

“Don’t you just love •

acid-free paper?

It’s like writing with

butter on glass.”

“You’re rated R... for ratchet!”•

For more comments overheard on campus, visit us on Twit-ter @OverheardAtASU.

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Taylor Burrington is a junior inter-disciplinary studies major of Cabot. He hates cheesy quotes, but loves cheesy movies. “Writing, for me, is a way to imagine out loud any other story I could possibly live.”

“Listen Closely, Pt. 6”A short story in multiple parts by Taylor Burrington

Looking around the cafeteria: red, mint green, purple, denim and mustard colored jeans catch the eye. An old trend of wearing colored jeans has returned.

Students, parents, kids and faculty mem-bers have been seen wearing different colored jeans to classes, out to social gatherings and to special events.

Colored jeans were a big trend in the 80s. With most trends coming and going through-out the years spring colored jeans have made their way back to the fashion world.

Alex Walls, a junior chemistry and pre-vet major of Jacksonville, said she has pretty much every color except green and yellow.

“Every time I go shopping, I end up buying more colored jeans,” Walls said. “I try to avoid that area in the stores altogether, but I always cave in and stop to look at them.”

Several stores, including Kohl’s, The Buck-le and Charlotte Russe, have their colored jeans on a big display. Dillard’s has the new trend grouped together on racks, but also displayed throughout their departments.

“Dillard’s is probably the hardest place for me to go into,” Walls said. “Just because you can’t really avoid all the colored jeans be-cause they are scattered throughout the de-partments. Which I guess is a good market-ing technique instead of just having them all grouped together.”

According to CBSnews.com, colored jeans are the biggest trend that has hit stores this spring, but some students are trying to avoid this new trend.

Leighann Smith, a junior psychology ma-jor of Highland, said she used to wear colored jeans when she was younger but hasn’t picked them back up since they’ve gone back into style.

“I just don’t think I pull them off very well anymore,” Smith said. “I know some people look really cute in them, and a lot of girls wear the red pants to the football games or any oth-er events associated with ASU. I’m not sure how I feel about me wearing red pants or any colored pants besides the original blue jeans and white jeans.”

Smith said another factor stopping her from buying the jeans is she doesn’t know what top to wear with certain colors of the

jeans. Walls, on the other hand, said she can always find something to pair them up with.

“It does get a little bit repetitive, but I normally pair my jeans with a white or black blouse,” Walls said. “Or if I have a shirt that has the same color in it as the jeans I’m go-ing to wear, I’ll pair it with that. You just have to coordinate a little more. But white or black shirts can definitely pair up with any color of jeans you have.”

While girls are hopping on the new trend, guys are also looking into the new style and picking up their favorite colored jeans.

“I’m not really into the whole colored jeans thing,” said Justin Moore, a junior marketing major of Jonesboro. “I’m not really a big jean wearer. I’m more of a slacks or shorts kind of guy. I do however love the red colored slacks. They are dressy yet still casual-looking. And paired with a nice button-up shirt and jacket, they look real snazzy.”

For students who are on the line about the new trend, there are several fashion blogs and news sites that provide tips to dressing up and accessorizing different colored jeans.

Popular trend comes backMICHAELA KABERLINE

STAFF WRITER

On Sept. 25 I set out on a quest for the much anticipated new album by one of The Natural State’s own, in hopes that in less time than it takes to think about how much money I had in my waning bank account I would be listening to a great new album by one of my favorite bands. Six stores, about a gallon of gas and oodles of frustration later, and I still did not have the album in my hands. The whole of the Jonesboro commu-nity had let me down and I was left to lament the misfortunes of my unrewarding quest.

But thank God for Amazon.com.The Wedding’s new album, “No Direction,” is a rocket-pro-

pelled, soulful, gut-punching joyride back to the roots of what rock music should be: fun and loud.

The Fayetteville based band has recently signed to positive-music heavyweights Tooth & Nail Records after being inde-pendent for three years.

After going through some major line-up changes prior to the Tooth & Nail signing, including the departure of lead vo-calist Kevin Kiehn, it seemed like The Wedding wouldn’t be able to stay together and make things work for much longer. Two of the original members, Cody Driggers and Trevor Sarv-er, held onto their dreams, however, and continued on, enlist-ing the help of former Letter Kills vocalist, Matt Shelton.

“No Direction,” the first song on the album of the same name, is an infectious tune that shows the band’s growth into a group of mature guys that want nothing more than to follow what they believe and not let the world direct their lives.

Shelton asks “Who you gonna be now?/’Cause I’ve got no

direction.” He sings these lyrics with no inclination that having no direction in life is a bad thing. On the inside of the album booklet, there is a quote from theologian Martin Luther that reads, “Bewilderment is the true comprehension, not to know where you are going is the true knowledge,” which seems to be a reoccurring idea throughout the album.

The next three songs, “In The End,” “The Lesser Worth” and

“The Raconteur” showcase the hard hitting, southern rock sound that made The Wedding standout on their 2007 full length, “Polarity.”

“The Lesser Worth” features guest vocals from Story of the Year’s Dan Marsala and again deals with the idea of being dis-content with the things of this world.

Shelton sings “Not America, not the place I love/Not a mountain top, not a setting sun/I find no comfort here, for my soul.”

After “The Raconteur” the album slows down to a softer, more reflective tempo. “The Wildest Ocean” and “Mors Tua Nos Vita” both exhibit The Wedding’s ability to shift easily from hard rock to an almost indie rock type of sound.

“The Wildest Ocean” starts off with the sound of the ocean washing back and forth against the coast, and typewriter keys clicking away as if the song is a letter being typed out to a friend. The song gradually crescendos to the point where Shel-ton is straining to belt out the high notes in his characteristic gravelly voice, then slowly falls back to where it began.

The second half of the album travels to where the first half began, with heavy, guitar-riff driven songs.

“Young and Dangerous,” the second to last song on the al-bum, seems to be a song about the band’s journey from where they began, as some young guys from Arkansas, to where they are today, signed to a major record label. It’s a very Yellowcard-esque song and does a great job of closing out the album.

For a band that started off with nothing to their name, little recognition, went through losing half their original members, and without a label for a few years, The Wedding has done surprisingly well in the music industry and continue to be an inspiration for fledgling bands from all over the U.S.

The Wedding vows return to rock rootsCALEB HENNINGTON

#LIFE EDITOR

Xinzhong Zhao| Staff PhotographerA stack of jeans shows the variety of styles available for colored jeans

Dear Friend,They’re getting close. I could be dead soon

after I send you this letter, but I must try to finish what I began to tell you. Someone must know the truth; someone must remember the story. After you saved me that day, I discov-ered you were the doctor of the town, the one I was going to look for. You patched me up, and you never once demanded from me a rea-son for my being there and being in trouble with those men. You merely helped me as best you could. You let me rest at your house and fed me and gave me money to send me on my way. I can’t thank you enough for what you did for me, then. You deserve to know the truth, and that is why I am telling it to you now. Af-ter I left your town, I decided that I had to find out why the sheriff and his men had killed my family. I didn’t have many ideas on where to look, but I knew my best bet was to stay on the move. I had to constantly be ahead of my pursuers if I had any hope of discovering the truth and any hope of exposing the murder-ers for what they had done. I left early, so as not to wake you. I didn’t want that goodbye; I had no means of properly thanking you for saving my life and asking nothing in return. I am sorry for that. You deserved much more. I knew I had to go back to Ramsgate; I had

to search the house for clues. It was apparent that I couldn’t just waltz back into the town and expect no one to notice me. I picked up a few things from a local shop and crafted a crude disguise. As long as I didn’t spend an extended amount of time interacting with someone that knew me, I would go unnoticed. I happened to catch the train heading back to Ramsgate. I sat down quietly in the corner by myself, careful not to make eye contact with anyone. A man came and sat down next to me and attempted to engage me in conversa-tion. He was very talkative, and considering I was only replying with subtle nods, he soon became flustered. Angered by my rudeness, he moved to the opposite end of the train. I glanced up, and I could see that some people were looking at me, wondering what I had done to set the man off. As soon as the train arrived at Ramsgate, I hopped off, still keep-ing my head down and averting my eyes from people I passed. I felt as if everyone knew who I was, that I couldn’t hide from them. Still, I pressed on wanting to get to the house as quickly as possible. I turned on the street that led to my family’s house. I stopped abruptly, however, as I saw the smoke rising. There, where the house had been, was a pile of ash. They had burned it down.

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BARBECUE, Continued

Kim MyoungHyang | Staff PhotographerSissy’s Log Cabin features ASU fan gear in their newest store, located in Jonesboro. Sissy’s is hosting their first local competition, and the winner will be announced at ASU’s homecoming game on Oct. 20.

Staci Vandagriff | Photo EditorLeslie Ginn, a participant in a past Costa Rica program, spoke at a study abroad meeting about how she received $7,500 in scholarships and shares her resources with students on how they can also earn money to study abroad.

counting major of Wynne, said, “I feel as if ‘This is My University’ should be ad-vertised more on campus; it sounds like a great program to get involved in, but I don’t know much about it.”

Valisya Coleman, a sophomore of Wynne, said, “I think the video com-petition is great for students because it shows what the students really enjoy

about ASU and what makes our school the best of the best.”

The video competition is open for submissions until Nov. 1.

Beth Silverthorn, from Student Af-fairs said, “I’ve had a lot of people calling in asking questions and showing interest and hope that this will be a productive contest.”

The competition is a way for students to get involved in and show spirit while also allowing them to leave their mark at ASU.

Students can visit astate.edu/a/stu-dent-affairs/video-competition.dot or contact Beth Silverthorn in the Office of Student Affairs for more information.

The event will also feature the award-winning band .38 Special, who bring their signature southern rock to more than 100 cities per year and have been playing together for more than three de-cades.

The band has released more than 15 albums, toured relentlessly, and pro-duced sales in excess of $20 million. Their show will start at 9 p.m. Saturday on the Central Dealership Stage (main stage).

Leading up to the performance of .38 Special will be performances by four oth-er widely known bands from Northeast

Arkansas. From 1 p.m. to 8:45 p.m., the Central Dealership Stage will host The Shotgun Billy’s, Navy Band Mid-South, South 40 Band, and American Idol con-testant Lauren Gray of Pocahontas.

In addition to the Central Dealer-ship Stage, The Skinny J’s Stage will be located at the corner of Cate and Main Street and will host a variety of other lo-cal bands.

The line-up for the Skinny J’s Stage will last from 11:30 a.m. to 8:45 p.m., and will feature Delta Country Band, Ms. Zeno and the Memphis Kings, Delta Bends, Tumbledown Shack and Starroy.

Music lovers are encouraged to come early and stay late.

Jonesboro’s signature event is spon-sored primarily by the Advertising and Promotion Commission, (A & P Com-mission) which usually receives about $500,000 per year to support Jonesboro, and has received the Chamber of Com-merce Tourism Award for 2012.

The aid of many additional sponsors allows for over $7,000 in prize money to be given away this weekend, includ-ing a Tag Heur watch giveaway valued at $1,500 and a home theatre audio system worth over $2,000.

LD debates are one-on-one and students are given the topic ahead of time to prepare throughout the year. International Public Debate Association (IPDA) and Na-tional Parliamentary Debate Association (NPDA) debates include new topics every round, and participants are given 15 minutes to construct an argument.

Harper looks for specific qualities in his debaters.

“If you want to be a great debater, one of the first things you have to have is self confi-dence,” he said.

He added that someone must be able to invoke trust with debate judges, and that the best debaters he knows

are truth-seekers. When it comes to his team

specifically, Harper said he had a talented, motivated, and passionate group.

“I am working with one of the brightest groups of stu-dents,” he said.

Cody Anderson, a fresh-man chemistry major of Al-lerton, Iowa, is new to debat-ing.

“I just started,” he said. “I got recruited into it and just went with it.”

Lack of experience with debate has not discouraged Anderson, however he com-peted for the first time in Bowling Green and almost made it to the semi-finals.

Sam Grooms, a sopho-

more political science major of Springdale, has a bit more involvement with debate team.

Grooms debated through-out high school but is a first-year member of the team at ASU. This year she will be competing in parliamentary and IPDA.

She said that the best thing about debating is “being able to argue without people get-ting offended.”

“Because there’s a time limit, when you walk out of the room you’re friends with that person again,” she said.

Grooms said that her fa-vorite topic she has debated over was legalizing prostitu-tion, in which she had to con-

struct an argument for legal-ization.

Grooms plans to attend law school and said that de-bate team is preparing her for that.

“It’s great training ground for things like law,” Harper said.

Harper said he allows new members to join the debate team throughout the year, even if they have no experi-ence.

To learn more about de-bating visit http://flynn.de-bating.net/colmmain_tut.htm. For those interested in joining ASU’s debate team, contact Harper at charper@astate.edu.

SPAIN, Continuedbe charged in order to cov-

er the cost of a daily breakfast and at least one dinner per week with the family.

The cost of the trip is $4,575. This price includes three credits of in-state un-dergraduate tuition, hous-ing, round-trip airfare from Memphis to Madrid, trans-portation to and from the airport in Madrid, museum entrance fees, metro passes, transportation and accom-modations for excursions, and orientation in Madrid. Expenses not included in this price include passport fees, transportation to and from the airport in Memphis, any airline baggage fees, required course textbooks, personal

items, and food.Financial aid can be ap-

plied to study abroad or assist in travel expenses. Students can also apply for $1,000 travel vouchers through the Office of International Pro-grams to aid in financing the trip.

For students interested in the trip, the first informa-tional meeting will be held at 6 p.m. Nov. 8 in the Fine Arts Building, room 127. More in-formation can also be found by visiting the trip’s website

(https://sites.google.com/site/asumadrid2013/), join-ing the Facebook group “ASUMADRID2013,” or con-tacting Balducci at tbalduc-ci@astate.edu.

DEBATE, Continued

COMPETITION, Continued

Sissy’s Log Cabin is giving one lucky winner the chance of a lifetime by holding an en-gagement ring contest.

The jewelry store is hold-ing a contest where a man or a woman, who doesn’t neces-sarily have to be a student at ASU, can write a 200-word essay about the story of their relationship and try to win an engagement ring.

This will be the first time the jewelry store has had this contest at its Jonesboro loca-tion, but it isn’t the first time the chain has held the con-test.

“We’ve done it in Conway, Little Rock, and we’re doing it here now,” said Mark Sand-ers, store manager of the jew-elry store.

“We just want to thank our local clientele. It’s a great way to get the name Sissy’s Log Cabin out there and it’s just a good way to be a part of the community.”

The store is targeting

young adults with this con-test, male or female, that are interested in getting married.

Sanders also said they don’t measure business with this contest and all he wants is for store to get involved with the community.

The jewelry store gets the opportunity to hold this con-test because they are the of-ficial jeweler of ASU and felt that it would be a fun way to include the university with their contest. The winner of the contest will be chosen by a committee that will pick what they feel is the best story.

“It’s all about romance and how the young couple met,” said Sanders “We want to know about their history and their future together and we want to be a part of their suc-cessful story.”

One male student, who wishes to remain anonymous until the competition has concluded, turned in an essay to the jewelry store and said it is an amazing opportunity and would be a life-changing

experience if he won. He said it gives him the chance to give his girlfriend the ring she deserves but was also ex-cited about the opportunity because it gives other young couples the same chance as him.

The winner of the contest will be declared during the third quarter of the home-coming football game at ASU. The winner of the con-test will also design the ring, which can have a value of up to $5,000. The winner is not obligated to propose at the game. It will be up to the win-ner when he or she wants to propose.

Anybody interested in winning the engagement ring must turn in his or her 200-word essay to the jewelry store by Oct. 8 and include a picture of his or her signifi-cant other.

The essay should describe their relationship with details such as where they met and how long they have been dat-ing.

Sissy’s hosts first local competitionALEX HERNANDEZ

STAFF WRITER

Fall Festival

Caitlin LaFarlette | Staff PhotographerKeven Downs and Cameron Golden fight for the last chair in a game of musical chairs at the Fall Festival in the Student Union Monday evening. Students and faculty had the opportunity to have their fortune told, get wrapped in toilet paper and par-ticipate in a costume contest. Prizes were given out to the winners of musical chairs, the scavenger hunt and costume contest.

ASUHERALD.COM THURSDAY, OCT. 4, 2012 PAGE 5

The lady Red Wolves took a five-set victory over the Southeast Missouri Red-hawks in a non-conference match up Tuesday night.

The Red Wolves improved to 12-8 while SEMO dropped to 12-7 overall.

The Red Wolves would take the first set 25-19 recording a match high 21 kills and hitting at an impressive .500.

SEMO would battle back in the second set and jump to lead the set 13-7. The Redhawks would take the set 25-15.

ASU opened the third set with a 7-3 run, the Redhawks would continue to forge ahead, but recorded four errors as the Red Wolves would finish the set with a 25-21 win.

The Redhawks would tie the sets 2-2 after taking the fourth match jumping out to a 6-1 lead by a pair of blocks. ASU would push with in one at 21-20, but the Redhawks took the set with a kill.

ASU would dominate the fifth frame jumping out to a 6-1 lead on their way to a 15-7 victory.

“There were several times during the fourth set that would give us a lot of momen-

tum heading into the fifth set and I think that really carried us to finish strong,” said head coach David Rehr.

Senior outside hitter Terry Jasmine lead the Red Wolves with 24 kills and a hitting average of .296, while senior Kelsey Hodges finished the night with 12.

Defensively, ASU had five players finish with total digs in the double-digits. Senior Taylor Coughlin set a career-high with 17 digs on the night, while freshman Haley Tonsend had a season-high 12 digs.

Junior Megan Baska would lead the Red Wolves with 21 digs.

“Anytime you win a five-set match you are going to feel good about it,” Rehr said.

Before Tuesday night’s match, the Redhawks were undefeated in their confer-ence and Rehr said, the ASU victory will give the team all kinds of momentum to move forward with the season.

Senior Allison Kearney recorded 56 assists and 18 digs.

The Red Wolves will be back at home, returning to conference play against Troy at 7 p.m. Friday night at the HPESS and South Alabama at 1 p.m. Sunday at the Convocation Center.

After its first conference loss to Western Kentucky, the Red Wolves (2-3, 0-1) have had a short time to prepare for its match up against Sun Belt Conference favorite Florida International (1-4,0-1).

“We have been in the process to implement a game play, strategically we have tried to take it off our kids physically as much as we can, but at the same time get work in” head coach Gus Malzahn said.

FIU quarterback Jake Medlock is expected to be out for the next four weeks after a foot fracture in Saturday’s game against Louisiana-Lafayette giving freshman E.J. Hilliard the reigns to lead the Panthers.

“Hilliard looks extremely athletic, he looks like a dual threat guy that can make some things happen,” Malzahn said.

In his debut against ULL, Hilliard completed nine of 10 passes for 82 yards and a touchdown after coming in for the last drive of the second quarter.

Hilliard has been the first freshman quarterback to start for the Panthers since Jamie Burke in 2002, but will Hilliard be able to keep up with SBC player of the year Ryan Aplin?

During tonight’s match up, FIU Loranzo Hammonds Jr. could also make an appearance as head coach Mario Cristobal interchanges the two to work off the same offense that was expected of Medlock, featuring read-option runs by the running back or play-actions and midrange passing.

According to the Miami Herald, Cristobal said running back Darian Mallary will return after a concussion during FIU’s match up against Louisville Cardinals, calling it a “big plus.”

With five games down, the coaching staff and players are

still faced with the challenge to execute with explosive plays. “There are a lot of variables-- running the right route and protection, the bottom line is that is the missing ingredient to be a good offense. We are to a point now where we ought to have a good grasp of the basics, and as coaches we have to do a better job of giving them a plan to execute and do it well,” Malzahn said.

The Red Wolves took the field for two days of practice, simplifying things and taking out the physicality to focus on mental preparation for the match up against FIU.

With both ASU and FIU looking for its first conference win, it is a must win game for either teams. “It is a very big game, we are already behind in the conference race,” said Malzahn.

The Red Wolves will take on the Panthers tonight in Miami, Fla. in hopes to win its first conference victory. Kick off will be at 6:30 p.m. and will be broadcasted on ESPNU along with EAB Sports Radio Network 107.9FM.

ASHLEY HELLIWELLSPORTS EDITOR

LOVE SPORTS

Oct. 4 Florida International Miami, Fla. 6:30 p.m.

Oct. 13 South Alabama Liberty Bank Stadium 6 p.m.

Oct. 23 Louisiana-Lafayette Lafayette, La. 7 p.m.

Nov. 3 North Texas Denton, Texas TBA

Nov. 8 Louisiana-Monroe Liberty Bank Stadium 6 p.m.

Nov. 17 Troy Troy, Ala. 2:30 p.m. Dec. 1 Middle Tennessee Liberty Bank Stadium 2 p.m.

Travis Sharp| Staff PhotographerIn the last meeting against FIU, senior Ryan Aplin lead the Red Wolves to a 34-16 victory over the Panthers. Aplin rushed 164 yards during the 2011 campaign against FIU. This year, the Panthers will be up against the defending conference champs with freshman quarterback E.J. Hilliard.

Travis Sharp| Staff PhotographerSophomore Marie Hadar attacks the ball. Hadar finished Tuesday night with 12 kills, 2 digs and 2 blocks to help the Red Wolves to vic-tory over the Redhawks.

ASHLEY HELLIWELLSPORTS EDITOR

Who may apply?Juniors and Seniors (60+ ASUJ hours) with GPA •of 2.50 or higherGraduate students (12+ ASUJ hours) with GPA •of 3.50 or higher

Previous recipients are ineligible.

Who’s WhoAmong Students in American Universities & Colleges

Application available athttp://www.astate.edu/a/student-affairs/vcsa/

WhosWhoApplication.pdf

Application deadline is Friday, October 5.

Who’s Who Among Students is a nationally recognized program that honors outstanding student leaders

who enhance the positive image of American youth through their contributions to community and school.

Significant involvement in extracurricular, civic, and student professional activities, along with academic achievement, are attributes of students selected for Who’s Who recognition.

Contact: Ashley Helliwell ashley.helliwell@smail.astate.edu

If you are interested in sports writing.Weekly meetings are at the Herald

Office on Mondays at 5 p.m. on the

second floor of the Communication

building

ASU looking for its first SBC Win

What the Howl?

Zachary Lott

Staff Writer

Journalism

Jonesboro, Ark.

A little perspectiveQueue up Baghdad Bob: Everything will okay. There’s no

need to panic. There’s no problem here.Despite the consternation regarding Arkansas State’s

sluggish start to the football season, it would do the fanbase well to keep things in perspective. Considering how unlikely it was that the Red Wolves would repeat their 2011 campaign by sweeping the Sun Belt, this season was destined for some degree of disappointment.

Yes, Gus Malzahn’s hiring ushered in a new era of optimism for the school, but building a football program takes time. Last Saturday’s loss to Western Kentucky stung, but there’s no shame in losing to a team that is both more experienced and more familiar with what their coaches require of them.

Expectations were too high this year. New coaching staffs always require time to establish themselves.

This is a young defense that lost a considerable amount of leadership and experience, and it takes time to recruit on a consistent enough basis to reload instead of rebuilding. As a Sun Belt school, it’s hard to replace players like Demario Davis and Brandon Joiner.

On the other side of the ball, it all starts up front. The line is the spine of the offense, and this is a very young and banged up group. Save for having a Barry Sanders, an offense must have holes to run through and pockets to throw from to be effective. Losing experienced receivers due to injuries and off-field issues greatly affects the rhythm of the passing game.

And even in light of all these things, it isn’t time to give up on the season. There are still seven games to be played, and winning the Sun Belt remains a possibility. Regardless of how the season plays out, the experience the young players will gain will be immensely valuable entering 2013.

Building a football program is all about process. Gus Malzahn will lead ASU to the “Promised Land,” but it will take a period of intense recruiting and coaching to mold the Red Wolves into a consistent Top 25 team. It will require players to show discipline in the weight room and at the training table. It will be necessary for fans to support the team regardless of their level of play to ensure that Liberty Bank Stadium provides a strong home-field advantage.

The student section is the vitality of the fanbase. Don’t let the 2-3 start fool you – this is a program that’s getting ready to explode onto the national stage.

CONFERENCE PLAY

Red Wolf victory over Semo

Xinzhong Zhao| Staff PhotographerJa’Ron Fells advances the ball down the field. The Life Jets and Super Smash Brothers played Wednesday night for the men’s flag football intramural final. Life Jets beat Super Smash Brothers 34-15 to advance to the intramural final. Life Jets will play Team Swagg in the finals at 8 p.m. Thursday.

Redhawk’s eight game winning streak broken

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Campus Crime

The hours that the Department of Health, Physical Education, and Sports Sciences (HPESS) is available for use by the general student body have recently been at the center of some confusion among those seeking to get exercise.

According to the HPESS website, its activity area is open from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Jeffrey McCone, a graphic design major of Brinkley found out these hours were wrong when he tried to use the HPESS racquetball courts earlier this month. Even though it was long before 10 p.m., a staff member told him that the courts were already

closed. “I have been using the

racquetball courts at HPESS since I was a freshman and that has never happened before,” said McCone, who is currently a junior.

Program coordinator and facility manager Kevin Chambers revealed that the hours listed on the HPESS website are out of date.

In addition, some areas of the HPESS facility, such as the weight room, are now mainly geared toward usage by ASU faculty and staff.

“Almost all of the fitness equipment that has been available to students (in past years) at HPESS is now available for ready use at the Red W.O.L.F. Center,”

Chambers said. Since the opening of

the Red W.O.L.F Center in 2010, the HPESS facility has slowly moved its focus from providing students with ways to stay in shape to providing a place to train for those actively involved in ASU athletic programs.

The only activities not available at the Red W.O.L.F. Center that are still open to students at HPESS are the racquetball courts and the swimming pool. Open hours for the racquetball courts have been restricted to 8 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. Monday through Friday. Open hours for the pool are 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on weekends.

MEGAN TWEEDYSTAFF WRITER

Students frustrated with HPESS availability times

Students debate online v. traditional mediaAlthough the numbers that appear in a

study conducted by some media sources clearly show an increase of online news read-ers and e-book readers, some ASU students still prefer traditional newspapers and books.

Mashable Business revealed younger generations prefer reading news online. 65 percent of the 18-to-29-year-old group said the Internet was their main news source.

E-books are another form of technology that show people tend to rely more on computer technology rather than traditional paper books.

According to the Wall Street Journal, there are 40 million e-readers and 65 million tab-lets in use in the United States, and in the first quarter of 2012, e-books generated $282 mil-lion in sales, compared with $230 million for adult hardcover books.

In spite of those facts, ASU students still insist there are good points for traditional media sources.

“I like the actual paper,” said Emily Barrow, a sophomore social work major of North Little Rock. “Because I actually can hold the paper in my hands and flip the pages.”

Jana Minnick, a sophomore nursing major of Vilonia, agreed with Barrow.

“I enjoy reading the newspaper more than reading it online. I like that the actual newspaper is tangible and more relaxing,” Minnick said.

Meanwhile, some students pointed out the advantages of reading news online.

Charl Stander, a senior finance major of Pretoria, South Africa, said he checks news online every day while he reads actual news-papers about two to three times a week.

“It is easier to pull up,” he said.Corey Wright, a senior interdisciplinary

studies major of Jonesboro, added, “I usu-ally get my news from the Internet. I check multiple blogs every day and that’s the main way that I keep up with what’s going on in the world.”

He also said he definitely prefers to get news online because he can access it anywhere at any time.

“It’s free, and I can also find out about things as they’re happening. Also, I can choose the type of news that I’m interested in knowing about,” Wright said.

In fact, students who prefer traditional newspapers are concerned that traditional papers are in danger of extinction because of young people’s transition to reading more news online.

“I think that since this day and age is be-

coming more electronic-based, that reading news online is appropriate,” Minnick said. “I feel like after the people who read the news-paper (older people) routinely die, then the newspapers might be in danger.”

Barrow agreed Internet can be easier. She said it’s what the world is coming to. Everything is going online now days and sooner or later actual newspapers won’t be here.

Jasmine Denise Liu, a sophomore in general studies of Jonesboro, has a different point of view when recommending reading news online.

“It is better for the environment because no paper is wasted. I think that people should read more online resources to reduce wasted paper,” she said.

As far as e-books are concerned, however,

most students interviewed do not prefer them.

Liu said, “I have read one e-book, but I don’t like them because after a while of staring at the screen, my eyes begin to hurt.”

Lucas Hickman, a senior interdisciplinary studies major of Mountain Home, said he is not a fan of e-books, although he reads news online every day.

Stander added, “I like a normal book. It’s mainly because of the smell of it, the look of it, and just something that I grew up with.”

Barrow also prefers traditional books because she can turn the pages and see how much she has read.

Wright said that as much as he loves technology and the idea of e-books, he still loves traditional books.

“It’s also hard to get used to paying for intangible items,” he said. However, he added that he could definitely see how reading e-books would be really convenient.

All things considered, students agree that there are some problems concerning online media sources.

“Sometimes the media and Internet gives you false information,” Barrow said.

Minnick agreed, “Some of that information can be rumors or false information, which can lead people astray.”

Stander pointed out defects of e-books. “Books might be heavier than a tablet, but

you are ensuring of the material. You can have problems with Wi-Fi or something can go wrong with the software,” he said. “E-books do not get as much info on one page and you have to scroll down a lot.”

The statistics show people tend to read more online media sources, but ASU students revealed that the conflict between preferring traditional media sources and preferring online media sources is ongoing.

ARI YUKISTAFF WRITER

Ari Yuki | Staff PhotographerStudents take a break from homework to check news online while studying in the library. Many students prefer reading news online rather than in a traditional newspaper.

Paint-the-Sheet

Staci Vandagriff | Photo EditorKaite Logan, a freshman communication studies major of Cabot, helps paint her team’s sheet for the Paint-the-Sheet contest that was held Wednesday afternoon in front of the ASU library. The painted sheets incorporated this year’s homecoming theme “Let The Good Times Howl.”

Sept. 25When performing a traffic stop for a bro-ken taillight, Officer Gene Layne reported he smelled marijuana in Skyler Mitchell’s vehicle. After getting Mitchell’s information, Layne called in back up and went back to Mitchell to ask him to step out of the vehicle. He asked Mitchell if he could search his vehicle since he could smell marijuana, and Mitchell re-portedly said that he didn’t smoke marijuana and there was nothing in the vehicle. Layne requested a K-9 unit and when the K-9 ar-rived, he alerted that there was a substance in Mitchell’s pants pocket. Mitchell pulled out a bag of marijuana and a pipe. The dog then did a walk-around and, according to the report, found a bag containing marijuana, a metal container with marijuana in the bottom of it, a black pipe, marble pipe and other miscella-neous items in the driver’s side door. Mitchell was then placed under arrest for possession of a controlled substance and possession of instruments of crime. Once at the police de-partment, Layne reportedly found four blue pills and seven yellow pills along with more marijuana.

Sept. 28According to a report, Officer Robert Peevey was dispatched to a residence hall in reference to the smell of burnt marijuana. When he arrived the RA for the floor advised which room it was coming from and the officer made his way there. Reportedly, when he approached the room, he could smell a very

strong odor of marijuana and knocked on the door. Jalen Jones answered the door and was advised that the officer needed to step inside and talk with him about the odor. According to the report, once he was inside, he asked Jones if he had smoked anything and Jones replied he had about 30 minutes prior. When asked if there was any more in the room, Jones retrieved a glass pipe that contained marijuana residue inside. The officer was given consent to search the room and found a metal grinder along with loose marijuana in a desk drawer. Jones received a university referral for a drug violation.

Sept. 29On Saturday, Officer Steven Wilson was pa-trolling on University Loop and reported Jacob Tripp leaning over a trashcan by the NorthPark Quads. When Wilson approached Tripp, he noticed that Wilson had vomited all over the trash can. When he asked if Tripp was OK and if he had been drinking, Tripp replied that he had. According to the report, Wilson asked Tripp how much he had to drink and Tripp’s speech was slurred and he could not recall how much he had drank. Tripp was administered field sobriety tests and failed. Wilson took Tripp to the Craighead County Detention Center and Tripp was issued a ci-tation for public intoxication and a university referral for alcohol violation.

-Compiled by Lindsey Blakely,Editor-in-Chief