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Red Wolves defeat UCA Bears Front page stories continued Letter to the editor: Islam and 9/11
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Are you going to the football game against the UCA Bears on
Saturday?
No, I've got plans, 13%
THE HERALDTHE HERALDInforming Arkansas State University since 1921
SMASH!
Megan HeylStaff Writer
Kayla PaineStaff Writer
Center hopes to remove stigma
Howl yes! 87%
Photos by Ashley HelliwellTo prepare for Saturday's game against the UCA Bears, the Red Wolves and their
supporters smashed a car Friday provided by the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity. Hits cost $1 each and were donated to the PiKA scholarship fund. Head Football Coach Hugh Freeze (above) was granted the fi rst honorary smash. The Red Wolves went on to defeat the Bears with a score of 53-24.
Mastering where everything on cam-pus is located can be checked off the to-do list after a couple of semesters for most students. But knowing about the under-ground tunnel system? That’s a different story.
Steam tunnels were the primary source of heating for many college campuses in the fi rst half of the 20th century, ASU in-cluded.
The campus converted to boilers for each building in the 1950s. The tunnels now house telecommunication cables.
“I knew that there was a steam heating system at one time, but I had no idea that the tunnels are still under the campus,” said Katherine Cole, a junior middle-level education major of Paragould.
The underground tunnels spark many students curiosity.
Ross Jackson, a sophomore radio-tele-vision major from Jacksonville, said, “I would feel like Indiana Jones if I could go down there and explore.”
“There were a lot of areas that the tun-nels could be accessed, inside building and outside in manholes, stuff like that,” Clint Halcom, assistant director of main-tenance, said. “We’ve gone around and put lock systems on the access points, heavy locks so it’s hard for someone to gain ac-cess down in there.”
Despite the belief that entrances are
secure, students have found a way inside. Jessica “Pip” Worrell, a 2010 graduate
in interdisciplinary studies of North Little Rock, revealed that she had been in the tunnel system about 10 times throughout her time at ASU.
“You kind of feel like the Ninja Turtles when you fi rst get in,” she said. “It’s a fun, little eerie place.”
Despite however fun it may be to go down there, Facilities Management has many safety concerns about students en-tering the tunnels. Asbestos, slippery ar-eas, zero lighting and possible suffocation are just a few.
“Anytime you’ve got a tunnel system un-derground, you’ve got pockets of what we call ‘bad air’ and there may not be enough oxygen down there,” Halcom said.
He mentioned that he had heard of multiple cases of people dying in confi ned spaces from these pockets.
If a student were to be caught in the tunnel, they would be reported to stu-dent conduct. There is not a default pun-ishment for the student, though accord-ing to the student handbook: “Unauthor-ized or illegal entry into a building, class-room, offi ce, room, vehicle or residence hall,” is subject to punishment through an informal case resolution or formal conduct hearing.
Worrell took a group of six people into the tunnels once and they ended up light-ing a candle, due to the lack of light, and
See TUNNELS, page 4
The ASU Counseling Center is com-mitted to provide professional help to stu-dents, but many might feel hesitant to take advantage of the campus resource.
Pat Glascock, associate director of the ASU Counseling Center, provides infor-mation to help students understand what services are available at the counseling center.
Glascock hopes that in explaining what the counseling center does, she can re-move the stigma attached to it.
There is an ongoing myth that going to counseling is a sign of weakness. The counselors at ASU want to make clear that counseling is there for anybody, no matter the size of their problems.
“It takes courage to want help,” the ASU Counseling Center brochure states.
Logan Bushong, a junior social science major of Paragould, has been attending counseling at the ASU Counseling Center for nearly a year.
“It lets me talk things out and helps me identify problems of mine I couldn't iden-tify on my own,” Bushong said.
Rachel Childers, a sophomore psycholo-gy major of Sherwood, has also participat-ed in counseling.
“Counseling can help you work through problems, and it also keeps your stress levels down,” Childers said. “ Personally, counseling has helped me learn to manage
stress in a healthy manner and communi-cate effi ciently.”
The counseling center, on the second fl oor of the Student Union, addresses a multitude of problems and concerns.
Counseling sessions are confi dential and free to students. Students can set up an appointment or come in during drop-in hours: Monday through Thursday, noon - 3 p.m., and Friday, 9 a.m. - noon.
There are three types of counseling most often provided at the counseling cen-ter: career, academic and personal.
Career counseling helps students focus on possible careers. Undeclared majors can sit down with a counselor and discuss goals, interests and values to help them understand their options and make an in-formed decision.
Academic counseling is there to help with study habits, schedule organiza-tion and stress related to course work. The counseling center will help students to perform better in class and help them learn test-taking skills, the best ways to study, how to keep on track and how to keep stress to a minimum.
Personal counseling is offered in both individual and group sessions. These ses-sions can address depression, anxiety, re-lationships or other issues a student may be having.
The counselor will help a student estab-lish goals to ensure the student has the best possible experience at ASU.
See COUNSELING, page 4
OPINION, PAGE 2
PiKA sponsors car smash for UCA game prep, scholarships
Underground campus tunnels examined
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— Our View —
Get well soonAs we are getting into the part of the semester
with ever-changing weather, those of us blessed with sinus trouble and allergies find this is the most “fun” time of the year, right?
Wrong.In high school, getting sick wasn’t as big of
a deal. You could stay home with Mom or Dad taking care of you and be back at school the next day. You didn’t have to worry about eat-ing healthy and staying in shape because, most meals were fixed at home and your extra-curric-ular activities kept you active.
In college, it is important to be aware of your health and wellness. It may be easy to grab something quick to eat or skip meals, but it’s not the right thing to do especially when you’re on your own.
Good health starts with a good diet. Eating fruits and vegetables in place of junk food and keeping yourself well hydrated is the easiest way to get on track to a healthy life. If you worry about not getting all the nutrients you need, adding daily multi-vitamins will help as well.
If you do find yourself feeling sick, take advantage of the services on campus.
The student health center provides care to students throughout the week free of charge (excluding prescriptions and tests). The center has a number of services ranging from treating minor illnesses and injuries to providing physicals and immunizations.
Always put yourself before your schoolwork. If you feel sick, you aren’t going to do your best work so, get plenty of rest and please don’t attend class unless you absolutely have to. You don’t want to run the risk of getting everyone else around you sick.
To be your best, you have to feel your best and it all starts with taking care of 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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It is doubtful that many students here (or else-where) have heard of the late Arizona Republican Senator Barry Goldwater.
And, it is just as unlike-ly that they will ever con-ceive more than a passing reference to his lengthy congressional career, 1964 losing, yet prophetic, presi-dential campaign that gave rise to conservatism within the Republican Party, his passion for photography, successful career with the family business prior to politics, etc.
Something else about Goldwater is largely un-known when his name comes up.
The one-time chairman of the Senate Armed Ser-vices Committee - himself a proud veteran and the
man whose public career had been largely seen in hard line conservative terms - was actually a Lib-ertarian (fiscally conserva-tive, socially progressive) at heart in many of his aims.
From battling an ever-increasing federal govern-ment dominance in many areas of America’s econom-ic, social and cultural life to standing firm on pre-serving an enduring faith in our Constitution’s stat-ed limits on such matters, Goldwater consistently leaned on his principles.
It often put him at odds with not just Democrats but his own party, par-ticularly where individual rights and liberties were concerned.
He was troubled by the “marriage” of traditional libertarian and conserva-tive positions with those from the burgeoning val-ues/morality community in the 1980s. His trepidation was confirmed in the years
ahead.Among the thorny is-
sues to make headlines and splinter many in the Republican Party a de-cade later was a proposal by then-President and Arkansas Democrat Bill Clinton to allow gay people to serve openly in the na-tion’s armed forces.
The move came not long after Clinton was sworn into office and, given the national mood about gay rights at that time, infuri-ated many on the right and some in the president’s own party.
Enter the retired Barry Goldwater .
“The conservative move-ment is founded on the simple tenet that people have the right to live life as they please, as long as they don’t hurt anyone else in the process,” he stated in June 1993 remarks before the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy was enacted.
The quote stands as part of his later years chapter
in the book “Pure Goldwa-ter” written by his son and former Nixon-era White House Counsel, John W. Dean.
In the same chapter Goldwater puts things in stark perspective and again invokes his rock ribbed belief in freedom’s promise to everyone, no matter their characteris-tics and how it extends to honest, open military ser-vice for gay Americans.
“Anybody who cares about real moral values understands that this isn’t about granting special rights - it’s about protect-ing basic rights.”
With DADT now offi-cially tossed into the ash pit of history, Goldwater’s wisdom couldn’t be more relevant.
It really is about life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for all of us.
Childress is a graduate student in political science of Jonesboro.
“It really is about life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for all of us.”
Anthony Childress
The Herald
The start of the week for me always feels like the same old, same old.
Another week of classes, another week of homework, and another week of pro-crastinating on that study guide for next week’s test.
Sometimes things like going to class, doing home-work, and meeting dead-lines are just too methodi-cal for my liking.
Are these daily duties really all that important?
Maybe they are, as one of my friends so humbly taught me this past week.
When it comes to gen ed courses, there’s apparently more to them than simply getting good grades and fulfilling requirements.
A couple of weeks ago, my friend realized that two of her Chinese classmates were having trouble in their history class.
History classes can be hard enough for most peo-ple, but try to learn Eng-lish at the same time, and
you might just understand how these two girls felt.
She helped them with their homework, which meant several hours of her time with them and not on her own homework.
But what began as a lit-tle study session with two fellow classmates turned into bonding time with two new friends.
My friend told me this story, and naturally I was excited for her.
“What an amazing op-portunity,” I thought.
My excitement, how-ever, seemed to wear off as
I quickly realized my own shortfall in this area.
Here I am just trying to get through each day at a time.
Sleeping, eating, going to class, doing homework—how could I possibly com-mit to helping a few class-mates on top of the things I’ve already committed to?
Once I finish these things up, I can then do these other things, right?
But this line of think-ing is flawed—maybe more selfish than anything else.
I am reminded of a per-son in the New Testament.
Her name was Mar-tha, and as the story goes, she was “worried about so many things.”
While Martha was busy getting everything done – and done perfectly at that – Mary, her sister, decided to sit at the feet of Jesus and listen to His teaching instead.
When Martha started complaining, Jesus kind-ly rebukes her and says, “Mary has chosen what is important.”
If you’re anything like me, you may get so bogged down with the details and events of everyday life that you forget what is truly im-portant.
We tell ourselves that we should help more or serve more, as long as we finish up the things we have to do first.
Now, don’t get me wrong
– of course there are com-mitments we all have and we must be sure to com-plete (e.g. school).
But in the craziness of life, perhaps it would be good to just step back and look to see how we can serve others in the midst of our daily routine.
And by the way, those two Chinese girls I told you about introduced my friend to several more Chi-nese girls.
I’ve had the opportunity to hang out with some of them, and it’s been a blast.
So here, at the start of another week, let’s seek out people we can serve, even in the midst of our busy lives.
We just might make new friends.
Davidson is a sophomore education major of Bryant.
“... let’s seek out people we can serve, even in the midst of our busy lives.”
Jeff Davidson
Putting others over self can be rewarding
Letter to the editor: Response to ‘Muslim student reflects on tragedy’Regarding the article
by Abdullah Raslan about Muslims and Sept. 11, a few things come to mind.
When Pat Robertson contradicted Jesus Christ, peace be upon him, and re-defined the rights of a man to divorce his wife, I did not hear anyone condemn Christianity.
Jesus said that the only act that gave a man the right to divorce his wife is adultery, but Robertson thought he knew better and said that a man could divorce his wife if she has Alzheimer’s disease.
Robertson had a lot of arrogance to criticize his own professed Lord.
I heard criticism in the media of Robertson, but not criticism of Christian-ity.
This is just one example of how the world judges Is-lam by a different measure
than it does other religions or institutions.
We have a situation here where a Muslim stu-dent spoke out of turn.
It is he should be taken to task, schooled in his own faith and take correction from his elders; it is not Islam that should be un-der scrutiny here, it is the shallow knowledge of one young man who thought he knew more than he does about his faith.
It is said that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, and that is true.
Whatever was said by this young man that ap-peared to be incorrect or incomplete, there is a clear explanation that comes from a more knowl-edgeable and wiser per-spective, if one truly seeks knowledge and has no bias or prejudice in his or her heart that will reject any-
thing about Islam no mat-ter what it is.
As for the comments submitted by “melkor.” if they are sincere and want to know the truth and do not have preconceived ideas he or she is attached to, then there is hope for a meaningful communica-tion wherein something might be learned and un-derstood about this ma-ligned religion and way of life called Islam.
Melkor speaks of sub-mission to God as if it is a bad thing, when actually that is exactly what Abra-ham and Jesus in particu-lar, peace be upon them, are known for.
Abraham said “I sub-mit” when God asked him to become the founder of Monotheism in the world.
It is common knowledge that a quote is attributed to Jesus saying “not my
will but Thy Will be done,” and in the prayer he gave to his followers, it says “Thy Will be done on earth as it is in Heaven.”
Peace be upon them both.
These quotes represent the essence of what Islam stands for, submission of our wills to God’s Will and is nothing new, but the credo of every prophet and messenger of God who ever walked this earth, peace be upon them all.
Islam means literally “peace through submis-sion to God,” and Muslim literally means “one who has willingly submitted to God.”
True Islamic Monothe-ism – not as seen on TV, but the real thing – strives to walk the straight way and practice the religion of all the prophets and mes-sengers.
As for the introductory comments about 9/11 that were injected by the Her-ald staff, please allow me to suggest a few links for your professional investi-gative consideration.
As a Muslim, it is an of-fense and a bias that the college newspaper would associate the tragedy of 9/11 with Islam in the in-troduction.
When Timothy McVeigh blew up the building in Oklahoma City, they did not call him a Christian terrorist, or the group he was with.
I challenge you to search out the following links and do your due diligence as journalists:
www.ae911truth.org (over 1500 architects and engineers demand a new investigation of 9/11)
www.pilotsfor911truth.org
www.firefightersfor-911truth.org
These are but three of many sites that are telling the truth but are not being covered by major media.
You have a moral and legal obligation as journal-ists to print the truth and not just what you are told by other media sources.
I would not have put this information here in this letter if you had not introduced the story as you did, and linking 9/11 to Islam.
Islam condemns terror-ism, and anyone who com-mits terrorism is misguid-ed, be they Jew, Christian or Muslim.
May God guide us all to the all-encompassing truth and help us to com-municate better.
- Sanford PassASU student
Repealing discrimination pure Goldwater
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SPORTSPAGE 3 Monday, Sept. 26 The Herald
Red Wolves claim victory in ‘Centenniel Shoot-out’Daniel McFadinSports Editor
Ryan SimpsonStaff Writer
In the first in-state game for Arkan-sas State since a one-point win over Central Arkansas in 1997, the Red Wolves defeated the Bears 53-24 Sat-urday in the “Centennial Shoot-out.”
After scoring only one offensive touchdown in the first half, in addition to four field goals from Brian Davis, Arkansas State (2-2) took control of the Southland conference Bears (1-3) in the second half and scored 34 points in route to the win.
Brian Davis, the sophomore kick-er from Brentwood, Tenn., kicked six field goals in the game to break both an ASU school record and a Sun Belt record for most field goals in a single game.
Davis was just one field goal away from tying the NCAA record.
“I’m very thrilled for Brian…yester-day I was ready to bench him and go for it on fourth down every time,” ASU head coach Hugh Freeze joked follow-ing the game. “He told me he had it and we trusted him and he executed very, very well.”
Davis, who had never kicked more than two field goals in a game before Saturday, was part of a night where the Red Wolves were 100 percent on drives that reached the red zone.
On 10 trips to the red zone, ASU scored on three rushing touchdowns and one passing in addition to the six field goals.
The first score of the night for the Red Wolves came when Davis kicked a 24-yard field goal with 8:46 left in the 1st quarter.
UCA then briefly led when Jackie Hinton ran a touchdown in from three yards out with 2:40 left in the first to make it 7-3.
The Red Wolves’ only offensive points in the first half came when ju-nior quarterback Ryan Aplin com-pleted an 11-yard pass to senior Tay-lor Stockemer with 1:39 left in the first
quarter.Stockemer finished the game with
three catches for 67 yards. After the teams exchanged field
goals to make it 13-10 in favor of ASU, Davis kicked two consecutive field goals of 33 and 34 yards in the second quarter under a steady amount of rain to go up 19-10 at the half.
“We did a good job moving the ball down the field,” Aplin said. “We had only two negative plays…but the big-gest thing, we have to put the ball in the end zone. We can’t settle for field goals anymore.”
At halftime, Freeze made few ad-justments on offense but held a meet-ing with the defensive players to make much beeded adjustments.
“They had hurt us too much with the quarterback counter,” Freeze said, “they were going three speed receivers on the field…and had us a man short there several times.”
The second half started with an Ar-kansas State drive that resulted with Jermaine Robertson scoring on a one-yard run to cap off a 10-play, 83-yard drive that consumed only 2:53 off the clock, making the score to 26-10 in fa-vor of Arkansas State.
On the next ASU drive, Brian Da-vis kicked another good field goal from 21 yards out, tying the Sun Belt and school record and giving ASU a 29 – 10 lead.
The Bears attempted to jump start a comeback in the 3rd quarter when Wynrick Smothers completed a 57-yard touchdown pass to Jesse Grandy to make the score 36-17.
UCA would only score one more time in the fourth quarter when Smoth-ers, on a trick play, caught a one-yard touchdown pass from Terence Bobo.
Andre Smith replaced Aplin in the 3rd quarter and scored on a two-yard run with 3:36 left in quarter to give ASU the 36-10 lead. Smith complet-ed all four of his pass attempts on the night for 51 yards.
“I thought the defense came out and played with some passion in the third quarter and got a few stops early on,” Freeze said.
The defense held UCA to just 97 yards rushing and kept the Bears to an average of three yards per rush.
Smothers was sacked twice in the game, once each by senior lineman Brandon Joiner and senior Justin Robertson.
Senior receiver Dwayne Frampton took a direct snap six seconds into the 4th quarter and ran 10-yards into the end zone to make the score ASU 43- UCA 17.
The final ASU score came from the defensive unit when Sterling Young picked Smothers off and dashed 31-yards to the north end zone for a touchdown to put the Red Wolves up 53 – 17.
The Red Wolves had 14 drives for the game and faced only had one-fourth down, which they converted on, thus keeping the punting unit off the field for the entire game.
The only misstep on offense for the Red Wolves came with 6:39 left in the game, when the Red Wolves turned the ball over to UCA on a fumble.
The Red Wolves had 646 total of-fense yards while holding the Bears to 322. Aplin passed for 220 yards and one touchdown and rushed for anoth-er 84 yards. Frampton led in receiving with eight catches for 100 yards.
Freshman running back Frankie Jackson, who had three rushes for 14 yards, left the game in the first half with a sprained ankle. Freeze said the team would know how serious it is by the middle of the week.
“Give UCA a lot of credit for com-ing out and giving us their best shot,” Freeze said. “We knew it was coming and we knew they would.”
The win in front of 27,918 people closed out the non-conference part of the season and gives the Red Wolves their best start to a season since 2008 going into Sun Belt conference play next week.
Arkanss State will now go on the road for two weeks against Western Kentucky (0-3) and Louisiana-Monroe (1-3) before facing Florida International (3-1) at home on Tuesday, Oct. 18.
Abdullah Raslan/HeraldSenior wide receiver Dwayne Frampton attempts to break loose from the clutches of a Central Arkansas defender Saturday at ASU Stadium.
Frampton earned 100 yards on eight catches and also ran for a touchdown in the Red Wolves 53-24 win over the Bears.
Meredith ScottStaff Writer
It was a fight until the finish for the Arkansas State girl’s soccer team in their home match against Florida In-ternational Sunday afternoon.
The Red Wolves were defeated by the Golden Panthers (6-5, 3-0), 1-2 in extra minutes. Arkansas State is now 3-5-2 for the season and 1-1 in Sun Belt Conference play.
Coming off their shutout win against Florida Atlantic Friday, ASU was ready to make FIU work hard, forcing them to run up and down the field.
The first goal of the game came with 6:22 left in the first period. The Gold-en Panthers’ Kelly Hutchinson assist-ed Nicole DiPerna in a shot from the top of the box into the left side, giving FIU a 1-0 lead.
After a 60 minute battle in the sec-ond half, freshman Jessica Jingblad had an unassisted goal from the top of the goal to far point of the goal.
With the game tied, 1-1, ASU gained momentum and maintained better con-trol of the ball.
“We are the type of team where ev-eryone fights hard and we don’t rely on one player,” ASU head coach Tafadzwa Ziyenge said. “All three units helped to
defend and it was all three units that helped us to go forward and get the equalizing goal.”
Despite both team’s efforts to fin-ish the game before a possible rain de-lay, they went into extra minutes.
The goalies were on their toes, keeping their eyes on the ball amidst a mob of determined players.
In the end, FIU came out on top when an assist from Ashleigh Shim helped April Perry from the top of the box.
ASU goalie Aja Aguirre leaped into the air, but the ball bounced off the cross bar and into the goal with 0:53 remaining in extra play.
“We did a good job of fighting back against one of the top teams in the conference,” Ziyenge said.
“What we wanted was a win and we didn’t get it. But we’re going to stay positive and just look forward to playing against Middle Tennessee.
“It’s coming. One way or the other, that victory is going to come.”
The Red Wolves travel to Murfrees-boro, Tenn. to take on the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders at 7 p.m. this Friday.
The next home game is Oct. 7 against Louisiana-Lafayette fol-lowing another away game against Western Kentucky on Oct. 2.
Lady Red Wolves lose to Florida Int. 2-1 in overtime
The last two months in the world of college foot-ball have left me feeling like Ed Helms in “The Hangover”, screaming “What is going on?!” while stuck in the back of a demolished police cruiser.
After the storm known as conference realignment dissipated last summer following the departure of Nebraska and Colorado from the Big 12, it seemed schools had put the idea of changing loyalties be-hind them for awhile.
Last month that conversation returned with a vengeance when Texas A&M acted on its growing misgivings toward the University of Texas and its Longhorn Network and began efforts to be-come the 13th member of the Southeastern Con-ference.
Finally, after weeks of speculation, the Aggies were officially invited to join the conference.
However, smaller schools in the Bif 12 like Baylor, desperate to keep the conference together, refused to give up their right to sue both A&M and the SEC over “collusion.”
Ultimately, the SEC officially accepted the Ag-gies as the 13th member of the conference on Sun-day.
But a literal sign that showed the frustration of fans was commissioned in Waco, Texas last week.
A billboard admonishing Baylor’s efforts to keep A&M from leaving read “Thou shalt not cov-et thy neighbors’ conference deal.”
That should also be a message to college big wigs that their decisions regarding alignment af-fects the emotions of fans that supporter their pro-grams, not just the schools themselves.
While some schools, specifically Texas, want to change conferences to help protect their television deals, some are changing loyalties out of fear that they will be left behind in the continuing evolu-tion of college football.
Just last week, in a whirlwind of three days, the University of Pittsburgh and Syracuse high tailed it from the Big East to the Atlantic Coast Confer-ence, though they won’t officially change confer-ences until 2014.
This is the first of potentially many examples of schools making snap decisions in response confer-ence realignment.
Even the Mountain West and Conference USA are discussing the possibility of merging to form a 22-school conference.
The Pac 12 officially ended any discussion of ex-pansion last Tuesday and the remaining schools in the Big East have pledged to stay together (but remember that the Big 12 did that last year).
However that does not mean they will not ac-cept more schools.
The remaining nine schools in the Big 12 once again announced they are going to try stick it out, though with the SEC only at 13 teams, many think that Missouri could jump ship at some point in the future.
The uncertainty of how long schools are willing to stick together is the worst part about all of this conference talk.
Fans like myself want to know there is some level ground to stand on.
While most will voice their concerns on internet message boards, there are a select few who will go the extra mile as the bill board in Waco proves.
While it probably is not logistically possible, fans would feel better if they had an official say in their schools conference fate.
If the Big 12 does eventually disband, it would take with it decades of rivalries.
While I’m not a fan of either Texas or Oklaho-ma, losing the annual Red River Shoot-out would leave a strange void in the college football sched-ule.
It’s games and rivalries like this that make college football what it is. Not about the money or glory, but about school, state and conference pride.
The only good thing about conference realign-ment is getting to see schools we’ve never seen compete break new ground.
But I’d rather that happen through athletic de-partments bold scheduling of competitive teams and not Division 1-AA teams.
We don’t know where the college athletics will be in five years, let alone next year.
Here’s to hoping it’s in the right place when it’s all said and done.
What the howl? Conference Mayhem
Daniel McFadinSports Editor
Ashley Helliwell/HeraldFreshman Katie Hosea kicks the ball out of the
reach of a FIU defender Sunday at the ASU Soccer Complex.
NEWSPAGE 4 Monday, Sept. 26 The Herald
BriefsIf you are interested in study abroad, please join us Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2:30 - 3:30 pm in Wilson Hall
317 or Friday, Sept. 30, 12 - 1 p.m. in Wilson Hall 317. Information will be provided on the Costa Rica program, the Europe program, semester exchanges with our partner universities in Germany, France, China and Spain and the other 200+ study abroad options available at ASU.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream will be performed at the Fowler Center Sept. 30, Oct. 1, 3, 4 & 5 at 7:30. A “meet the company” dessert reception will follow the Sept. 30 opening night performance. Tickets may be purchased for reserved seating in advance at the ASU Central Box Office in the Convocation Center or by calling 972-ASU1. Tickets are also available online at tickets.astate.edu.
The Student Health Center will start giving flu shots on Oct. 3 and the cost this year is $21 each.
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It was more than a year ago on Aug. 1 when ASU became a smoke-free campus as a result of The Ar-kansas Clean Air on Campus Act of 2009.
Non-smokers are happy with the law and want it enforced more strin-gently.
“I really like that I don’t have to walk through smoke when going to my classes,” said Aaron Household-er, a senior physical education major and general business minor of Pig-gott. “Students who do smoke should have some respect for students who don’t smoke.”
Nathan Williams, sophomore chemistry major of Jonesboro said, “I think the biggest benefit is not seeing the cigarettes butts lying about; that is litter, and belongs in the trash bin, not upon the ground.”
According to the ASU home page, any person that is convicted of vio-lating any provision of this year-old state law shall be punished by a fine of not less than $100 and not more than $500.
University Police Chief Ran-dy Martin said a citation issued for smoking would have to appear in the Jonesboro District Court.
“Any fines levied would be up to the court, and the funds would be re-tained by the court and the city of Jonesboro,” Martin said.
Since Jan. 1, the police depart-
ment has contacted 50 persons vio-lating the Clean Air on Campus Act.
Of those contacts, 20 of those have occurred since school started in Au-gust.
Those violations were handled as outlined in the ‘Smoke Free Campus Enforcement Procedures’ document, issued in August 2010.
According to the American Non-smokers’ Rights Foundation, there are now at least 530 smoke-free cam-puses in the United States. Student on-campus housing facilities are in-cluded in the smoking bans.
In Arkansas, all 33 public college and university campuses banned smoking on campus. Iowa and Ar-kansas are the only states with state-wide campus smoking bans. In Iowa, at least 65 campuses are carrying out the smoking prohibition.
“I usually smoke in front of my house,” said Naohiko Kawai, a pre-MBA from Japan. Kawai, who lives off campus, used to smoke on cam-pus before ASU became a smoke-free campus.
“I think it is good and quite un-derstandable because of secondhand smoke,” Kawai said.
Compared to the last year, the number of cigarettes butts lying on the ground around ASU’s campus has declined.
“They have been reduced a lot, but still we find several around,” ASU staff, Debbie Greenway of Jonesboro, said. She said she still finds sever-al, when she is cleaning the road on
campus in the morning. Meanwhile, the police department
has witnesses who contact them con-cerning violations of the smoking law. The department gets approxi-mately two calls from witnesses per week.
Grant Cagle, a senior biology pre-professional major of Bernie, Mo., said, ”If I find someone smoking on campus, I would personally ask them to move to an appropriate area.”
On the other hand, for some peo-ple, it is not easy to quit smoking. Last year there was a four-week pro-gram that helped faculty and staffs who wanted to quit smoking or were thinking about quitting.
Robyn Whitehead, director of the Department of Wellness and Health Promotion, said there would be an-other Smoking Cessation program starting in October.
Many students also are trying to quit smoking or thinking of quitting smoking.
“Find a strong group, find activ-ities you can do when you have the urge to smoke,” Whitehead suggest-ed. “And exercise.”
Meanwhile, the price of pack of cigarettes is more than $5 in the Jonesboro stores.
Marlboro 100’s cost $5.53 at Wal-mart and $5.26 at Kroger. The cig-arettes tax per pack in Arkansas is $1.15. The tax is ranked 29th among all states.
COUNSELING, CONTINUED
“Counselors are like one-on-one coaches to motivate and create a warm, caring environment that helps students grow and make changes,” Glascock said.
The ASU Counseling Center has several events planned over the next few weeks to increase awareness about different issues that may af-fect students.
Sept. 26 – 29 is Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault Awareness Week.
The counseling center along with many other student organizations will set up in the Student Union and help spread awareness about this is-sue.
The Gay-Straight Alliance will help by spreading awareness about domestic violence and sexual assault among gay relationships.
Cody Campbell, a sophomore mid-level education major of Jonesboro, is
the current president of the GSA.“When most people think of do-
mestic violence and sexual assault, they generally think of heterosexual relationships, but its just as likely to occur in a homosexual relationship,” Campbell said.
Human silhouette cutouts with in-formation about victims of domestic violence and sexual assault from the year 2010 will be set up on the second floor of the Student Union. A candle-light vigil will be held on Tuesday of that week to honor those affected by this problem.
Nationally known speaker, Aman-da Lee, will speak at the candlelight vigil. Kate Krueger, assistant profes-sor in the English and philosophy de-partment, and Niya Blair, assistant dean of students and multicultural director, will also speak at the event.
Oct. 3 will begin Depression Aware-
ness Week. Throughout the week free, confidential depression screen-ings will be available. Bushong said he started attending counseling after having one of these screenings at last year's Depression Awareness Week.
Then Oct. 17 – 20 will bring Al-cohol Awareness Week to help stu-dents understand the dangers of al-cohol and how to drink responsibly. An alcohol-free party will be thrown the Wednesday of that week.
“I think counseling is one of the most needed, but least used resourc-es on this campus,” Campbell said. “If utilized correctly, it can be used to proactively deal with situations, but more often than not students do not seek out the center until after the problem has persisted.”
“I feel much better when I walk out than when I walked in,” Bushong said.
telling ghost stories. “College definitely wouldn’t have been
the same, I think it was a vital and essential
part of my experience at ASU,” she said. “It helped me identify and bond with the school by having the chance to explore.”
TUNNELS, CONTINUED
Since January, 50 smoking fines givenKim MyoungHyang
Staff Writer
Acclaimed professor/author/filmmaker Wil-liam R. Ferris will present the Corinne Sternheimer Greenfield lecture as the second event of Arkansas State University’s 2011-2012 Lecture-Concert Se-ries.
Ferris will present “Memory and Sense of Place in the Blues,” on Thursday, Oct. 6, at 7 p.m. in ASU’s Carl R. Reng Stu-dent Union Auditorium.
This presentation is funded by Drs. Rosalee and Raymond Weiss of Tean-eck, New Jersey, through an endowment supporting an annual lecture in the ASU College of Humani-ties and Social Sciences. The lecture is in memory of Rosalee Weiss’s moth-er, Corinne Sternheimer Greenfield, who was born in Jonesboro. The Corinne Sternheimer Greenfield lecture (like all events in the Lecture-Concert Se-ries) is free, and the public is invited.
Ferris, a widely recog-nized leader in Southern studies, African American music and folklore, is the Joel R. Williamson Emi-nent Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the senior associate director of its Center for the Study of the American South. He is also adjunct professor in the curricu-lum on folklore. He pres-ently serves as chair of the National Advisory Board for the Heritage Studies Ph.D. Program at Arkan-sas State.
The former chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, Ferris has conducted thousands of interviews with musi-cians ranging from the fa-mous (B.B. King) to the un-recognized (Parchman Pen-itentiary inmates working in the fields).
He has written or edit-ed 10 books and created 15 documentary films. He co-edited the massive “Ency-clopedia of Southern Cul-ture” (UNC Press, 1989), which was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. His oth-er books include: “Mule Trader: Ray Lum’s Tales of Horses, Mules and Men” (1992), “Local Color” (1982, 1992), “Images of the South: Visits with Eudora Welty and Walker Evans”
(1978), “Mississippi Black Folklore: A Research Bibli-ography and Discography” (1971) “Blues from the Del-ta” (1970, 1978, 1988), and “Give My Poor Heart Ease: Voices of Mississippi Blues” (2009).
Ferris’s films include “Mississippi Blues” (1983), which was featured at the Cannes Film Festival. He has produced numerous sound recordings and host-ed “Highway 61,” a week-ly blues program on Mis-sissippi Public Radio, for nearly a decade. He also has published his own po-etry and short stories.
A native of Vicksburg, Miss., Ferris was the found-ing director of the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the Universi-ty of Mississippi, where he taught for 18 years. He also taught at Yale University and Jackson State Univer-sity. A graduate of David-son College, he received a Ph.D. in folklore from the University of Pennsylva-nia (1969).
He has won many pres-tigious honors, including the Charles Frankel Prize in the Humanities, the American Library Associ-ation’s Dartmouth Medal, the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Award, and the W.C. Handy Blues Award.
In 1991, Rolling Stone magazine named him among the Top Ten Profes-sors in the United States. He is a Fellow of the Amer-ican Folklore Society.
At UNC-Chapel Hill, Ferris has been teach-ing classes on the histo-ry of music in the Ameri-can South and its impact on the region’s history and culture. His students have explored Native American songs, Appalachian folk ballads and Afro-Ameri-can hymns, spirituals and work chants, and consid-ered a range of forms in-cluding blues, country mu-sic, gospel, jazz, rock, and rap.
ASU’s Lecture-Concert Series Schedule is online at http://www2.astate.edu/a/finearts/lecture-concert/LCschedule_2011-2012.dot. All Lecture-Concert Series events are free and open to the public.
For more information, contact Dr. Tim Crist, chair, Lecture-Concert committee and professor of music ([email protected]), (870) 972-2094.
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