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Ted and Amanda Herget, A-State graduates and the owners of Gearhead Out- fitters, have endowed the Gearhead Outfitters full scholarship to the College of Business. This is the first full tuition scholarship to be given to the College of Business and will make a great impact on any student who receives it. “It’s tremendous,” said Shane Hunt, dean of the College of Business. “It gives students opportunity to get a truly world class ed- ucation. To do that without debt will be something to forever improve their lives.” The employees and fam- ilies associated with Gear- head Outfitters live by the motto, “You support the community and the commu- nity supports you,” and that commitment to helping the community is the driving force behind the Hergets’ decision to begin the schol- arship fund. Ted Herget said, “All of our employees and manag- ers grew through ASU. It’s a great way to give back.” Beginning a scholarship fund is also a great source of familial pride for Ted Herget, allowing him to continue in the tradition of his grandfather, Phil Her- get. “My grandfather had a scholarship endowed, and even though I never knew him I still see it and hear about it. It’s a great source of pride.” “ The scholarship started off as $1000,” Herget said “But once we realized there were no full ride scholar- ships in the College of Busi- ness, we as a business com- mitted to $150,000.” Herget hopes this contribution will entice other businesses to follow suit. “It’s sort of a challenge to others. Hope- fully other businesses will follow,” Herget said. The scholarship will be offered to any full-time ju- nior or senior level student in good standing within the College of Business. Those interested must have a 3.5 overall GPA and must sub- mit a full resume to be re- viewed by the scholarship committee. Any student who wishes to apply may do so when the application process begins in January. Rochelle Wooten, a se- nior accounting major of Jonesboro, takes pride in her community and her uni- versity. “I’m proud to come from such a giving com- munity and be a part of the ASU family,” she said. “Be- ing in the College of Busi- ness, I know how much this scholarship will help future students. It’s a great thing.” Hunt is expecting the outcome of the scholarship to be beneficial. “I am so thankful for the gift that Ted and Amanda Herget made and I know it will have a tremendous impact on the lives of our business students for generations to come,” he said. Through ASU, each grad- uate has the opportunity to gain connections, education and relationships all within the close-knit communi- ty created by the universi- ty. The Hurgets’ donation is one of numerous exam- ples of the alumni support A-State receives, and how valuable the former students are to the bettering of the university. Sarah Thompson| Staff Photographer College of Media and Communication Dean Brad Rawlins takes on the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Friday at the college’s ice cream social. Rawlins also donated 100 dollars to the ALS Foundation. #Life: Opinion: Sports 1B ALS, 4A KATEY CRAVENS STAFF WRITER Sports: Dorm Decor, 2B Non-Trads, 2A First football game, 1B News: Changes in Mexico, 3A Sarah Thompson | Staff Photographer Dakota Galban, sophomore business administration major of Searcy; Mal- lory Floyd, junior criminology and sociology major of Marion; and Rebecca Neuman, junior early childhood education major of Cabot, were elected and sworn in at the Aug. 26 Student Government Association meeting. SGA, 4A ARI YUKI STAFF WRITER Environmental difficulties pause ASU-Q progress ASU-Q, 4A e opening of the Arkan- sas State University campus in Queretaro, Mexico has been delayed due to insufficient in- frastructure including water and electricity. e original opening date was project- ed to be in 2015, but the new opening date has been pushed back to 2016. Lynita Cooksey, pro- vost and vice chancellor for academ- ic affairs and research, said the site for the construction of the new campus is located in an undeveloped part of the city that is projected for major growth. e site will host not only the new campus but also a small community of business- es, homes, and other amenities. e need to provide utilities for those buildings has become more complicated than origi- nally thought, Cooksey said. Yvonne Unnold, a director for the development of Arkan- sas State University of Quere- taro campus, said, “Mexico is a very bureaucratic state, and they also pay a lot of attention to the ecological situation.” Unnold said Mexican au- thorities do not want to disturb the natural ecological system of the city of Queretaro, and those concerns made the project more complicated. According to Unnold, the college governor of Queretaro campus said he has no doubt that the project could be carried out. “e point is it just takes more time,” she said. Financial commitment to the project is the same regard- less to the delay of the campus opening. “It’s not the money matter. It is a matter of working with a variety of municipalities to ensure you can build a whole new building,” Unnold said. “I’d like things to be well planned and in place when the campus is opened rather than risk a situation and it not be ready,” she said. Cooksey said the delay of the campus opening should not have an impact on potential students as students have not begun the application process and the university has not began heavily mar- keting the campus. e po- tential stu- dents can apply to the university using English-language ACT or SAT scores. For the first year, the new campus targets a total en- rollment population of 1,000 students. Unnold said ASU-J students can also go to the Queretaro campus for studying abroad. “We would hope that there would be a lot of mobility be- tween students from this cam- pus and the Queretaro campus,” she said. e ALS Ice Bucket Chal- lenge has made its way to Ar- kansas State University. e Student Activities Board, Greek organizations, the Spirit Squads and many other instructors and students have accepted the chal- lenge and donated to help fund ALS research. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a “progressive neurodegener- ative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord,” according to the ALS Association website. ALS caus- es the degeneration of motor neurons which affect the brain’s ability to control muscle func- tion. is can lead to paralysis and is often fatal within a few years of diagnosis. e Ice Bucket Challenge was started by people suffering from ALS and went viral in July of this year. After accepting the challenge, a person must film him or herself challenging more people and then pour a bucket of ice water over his or her head to raise awareness of the disease and to encourage donations from participants. According to the ALS Asso- ciation, over $94.3 million has been raised since July 29. e challenge is now touching stu- dents and faculty members at A-State. Vice chancellor of student affairs Rick Stripling participat- ed in the challenge. “e most important part is that you sup- port the cause. But I think the intriguing part, why people par- ticipate, is because it’s simple. You can do it in your backyard, set up your phone and record the whole thing,” he said. “e interest that it has drawn has been overwhelming.” Stripling challenged the SAB leadership and some fac- ulty members on campus. He believes the challenge has been a good way to raise awareness of the disease. e Spirit Squads, including the A-State cheerleaders, dance team and mascots also did their part to support ALS research. Paige Pauley, the Spirit Coor- dinator, said they would be do- nating $300 dollars to the cause. Pauley said it hit home for her because her great-uncle passed away from ALS. “It is important for peo- ple to be knowledgeable about Corporal Tracy Simpson spoke at last Tuesday’s Student Government Association meet- ing on behalf of the University Police Department regarding their upcoming Safety Week events. September is National Cam- pus Safety Awareness month, according to Simpson. Campus Safety Week will be held Sept. 8-12. e UPD will have a ta- ble set up on the first floor of the Student Union every day of Safety Week. Each day will have a different activity related to campus safety. “Rape Aggression Defense, or R.A.D., classes will be held again this year,” Simpson said. Classes will be held Sept. 9-11 at 5 p.m. e classes will be held in the Mocking Bird Room on the third floor of the Student Union and are limited to female participants. Simpson also brought light to a recent string of vehicle break-ins throughout Jones- boro. “Keep your vehicles locked at all times, even if you think you’re only going up stairs or in a building for just a little bit,” Simpson said. “Keep all valu- ables out of sight in your vehi- cles.” SGA advisor Martha Spack SGA discusses theft, safety, tailgating BAILEY RICHARDSON STAFF WRITER facebook.com/asuherald @ASUHerald www.asuherald.com youtube.com/ASUHerald @ASUHerald See the details of the last soccer game, where ASU lost to UCA THEHERALD www. A SU herald.com INFORMING THE CAMPUS AND COMMUNITY SINCE 1921 Vol.94, Issue 2 MONDAY, SEPT. 1, 2014 MADISON SPROUSE STAFF WRITER A-State grads endow first-ever College of Business scholarship ASL “Ice Bucket Challenge” becomes A-State phenomenon Overview of ASU-Q

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Ted and Amanda Herget, A-State graduates and the owners of Gearhead Out-fitters, have endowed the Gearhead Outfitters full scholarship to the College of Business. This is the first full tuition scholarship to be given to the College of Business and will make a great impact on any student who receives it.

“It ’s tremendous,” said Shane Hunt, dean of the College of Business. “It gives students opportunity to get a truly world class ed-ucation. To do that without debt will be something to forever improve their lives.”

The employees and fam-ilies associated with Gear-head Outfitters live by the motto, “You support the community and the commu-nity supports you,” and that commitment to helping the community is the driving force behind the Hergets’ decision to begin the schol-arship fund.

Ted Herget said, “All of our employees and manag-ers grew through ASU. It ’s

a great way to give back.” Beginning a scholarship

fund is also a great source of familial pride for Ted Herget, allowing him to continue in the tradition of his grandfather, Phil Her-get. “My grandfather had a scholarship endowed, and even though I never knew him I still see it and hear about it. It ’s a great source of pride.”

“ The scholarship started off as $1000,” Herget said “But once we realized there were no full ride scholar-ships in the College of Busi-ness, we as a business com-mitted to $150,000.” Herget hopes this contribution will entice other businesses to follow suit. “It ’s sort of a challenge to others. Hope-fully other businesses will follow,” Herget said.

The scholarship will be offered to any full-time ju-nior or senior level student in good standing within the College of Business. Those interested must have a 3.5 overall GPA and must sub-mit a full resume to be re-viewed by the scholarship committee. Any student who wishes to apply may

do so when the application process begins in January.

Rochelle Wooten, a se-nior accounting major of Jonesboro, takes pride in her community and her uni-versity. “I’m proud to come from such a giving com-munity and be a part of the ASU family,” she said. “Be-ing in the College of Busi-ness, I know how much this scholarship will help future students. It ’s a great thing.”

Hunt is expecting the outcome of the scholarship to be beneficial. “I am so thankful for the gift that Ted and Amanda Herget made and I know it will have a tremendous impact on the lives of our business students for generations to come,” he said.

Through ASU, each grad-uate has the opportunity to gain connections, education and relationships all within the close-knit communi-ty created by the universi-ty. The Hurgets’ donation is one of numerous exam-ples of the alumni support A-State receives, and how valuable the former students are to the bettering of the university.

Sarah Thompson| Staff PhotographerCollege of Media and Communication Dean Brad Rawlins takes on the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Friday at the college’s ice cream social. Rawlins also donated 100 dollars to the ALS Foundation.

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Sports: Dorm Decor, 2BNon-Trads, 2A First football game, 1BNews: Changes in Mexico, 3A

Sarah Thompson | Staff PhotographerDakota Galban, sophomore business administration major of Searcy; Mal-lory Floyd, junior criminology and sociology major of Marion; and Rebecca Neuman, junior early childhood education major of Cabot, were elected and sworn in at the Aug. 26 Student Government Association meeting.

SGA, 4A

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Environmental difficulties pause ASU-Q progress

ASU-Q, 4A

The opening of the Arkan-sas State University campus in Queretaro, Mexico has been delayed due to insufficient in-frastructure including water and electricity. The original opening date was project-ed to be in 2015, but the new opening date has been pushed back to 2016.

L y n i t a Cooksey, pro-vost and vice c h a n c e l l o r for academ-ic affairs and research, said the site for the construction of the new campus is located in an undeveloped part of the city that is projected for major growth.

The site will host not only the new campus but also a small community of business-es, homes, and other amenities. The need to provide utilities for those buildings has become more complicated than origi-nally thought, Cooksey said.

Yvonne Unnold, a director for the development of Arkan-sas State University of Quere-

taro campus, said, “Mexico is a very bureaucratic state, and they also pay a lot of attention to the ecological situation.”

Unnold said Mexican au-thorities do not want to disturb the natural ecological system of the city of Queretaro, and those

concerns made the project more complicated.

According to Unnold, the college governor of Queretaro campus said he has no doubt that the project could be carried out. “The point is it just takes more time,” she said.

Financial commitment to the project is the same regard-less to the delay of the campus opening. “It’s not the money matter. It is a matter of working with a variety of municipalities to ensure you can build a whole

new building,” Unnold said.“I’d like things to be well

planned and in place when the campus is opened rather than risk a situation and it not be ready,” she said.

Cooksey said the delay of the campus opening should

not have an impact on p o t e n t i a l students as students have not begun the appl icat ion process and the university has not began heavily mar-keting the campus.

The po-tential stu-dents can

apply to the university using English-language ACT or SAT scores. For the first year, the new campus targets a total en-rollment population of 1,000 students. Unnold said ASU-J students can also go to the Queretaro campus for studying abroad.

“We would hope that there would be a lot of mobility be-tween students from this cam-pus and the Queretaro campus,” she said.

The ALS Ice Bucket Chal-lenge has made its way to Ar-kansas State University. The Student Activities Board, Greek organizations, the Spirit Squads and many other instructors and students have accepted the chal-lenge and donated to help fund ALS research.

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a “progressive neurodegener-ative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord,” according to the ALS Association website. ALS caus-es the degeneration of motor neurons which affect the brain’s ability to control muscle func-tion. This can lead to paralysis and is often fatal within a few years of diagnosis.

The Ice Bucket Challenge was started by people suffering from ALS and went viral in July of this year. After accepting the challenge, a person must film him or herself challenging more people and then pour a bucket of ice water over his or her head to raise awareness of the disease and to encourage donations from participants.

According to the ALS Asso-

ciation, over $94.3 million has been raised since July 29. The challenge is now touching stu-dents and faculty members at A-State.

Vice chancellor of student affairs Rick Stripling participat-ed in the challenge. “The most important part is that you sup-port the cause. But I think the intriguing part, why people par-ticipate, is because it’s simple. You can do it in your backyard, set up your phone and record the whole thing,” he said. “The interest that it has drawn has been overwhelming.”

Stripling challenged the SAB leadership and some fac-ulty members on campus. He believes the challenge has been a good way to raise awareness of the disease.

The Spirit Squads, including the A-State cheerleaders, dance team and mascots also did their part to support ALS research. Paige Pauley, the Spirit Coor-dinator, said they would be do-nating $300 dollars to the cause. Pauley said it hit home for her because her great-uncle passed away from ALS.

“It is important for peo-ple to be knowledgeable about

Corporal Tracy Simpson spoke at last Tuesday’s Student Government Association meet-ing on behalf of the University Police Department regarding their upcoming Safety Week events.

September is National Cam-pus Safety Awareness month, according to Simpson. Campus Safety Week will be held Sept. 8-12. The UPD will have a ta-ble set up on the first floor of the Student Union every day of Safety Week. Each day will have a different activity related to campus safety.

“Rape Aggression Defense,

or R.A.D., classes will be held again this year,” Simpson said. Classes will be held Sept. 9-11 at 5 p.m. The classes will be held in the Mocking Bird Room on the third floor of the Student Union and are limited to female participants.

Simpson also brought light to a recent string of vehicle break-ins throughout Jones-boro. “Keep your vehicles locked at all times, even if you think you’re only going up stairs or in a building for just a little bit,” Simpson said. “Keep all valu-ables out of sight in your vehi-cles.”

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Our ViewLack of housing stifles expansion

Garry Newman is a junior communication studies major of Cabot.

Every school year brings new issues and opportunities. This year, A-State has to deal with growing pains as we further establish ourselves as a top school in Arkansas.

As the school is expanding, so is the infrastructure. We are currently building a brand-new Liberal Arts building and a Student Activities Center in anticipation of larger enrollment and greater opportunities for students.

Unfortunately, for students requiring living arrangements on campus, space is quickly diminishing rather than expanding.

It seems as if every spring, we face the issue of having more students wanting to live on campus than rooms available for them. The waiting list each year to get into upper-class housing can reach upwards of 300 students.

Because new freshman are required to live on campus, the first-year residence halls quickly fill up. Some years new freshman are forced to stay in a hotel for the first days of their college experience because there are simply not enough rooms to house all of the new students.

In the past, these problems have solved themselves. As long as the waitlist has been, those still looking to live on campus were usually able to do so, even if they had to wait until the day before class started to get their room assignment.

Freshman were able to avoid living in a hotel, or able to move in shortly after the year started once rooms started opening due to students changing their living arrangements at the last minute.

This year, however, proved much more difficult. With such a large incoming class, it became clear that there would be no way to house all of the freshman needing a place to stay on campus in the first-year residence halls. To house the overflow, freshman were assigned to live in the Northpark Quads, buildings typically reserved for only upperclassmen.

This decreased the number of rooms available to upperclassmen. Soon, not only was all upperclassman housing full, but the waiting list was so long that Residence Life had no choice but to turn students away from on-campus housing.

In response to this the Department of Residence Life is currently considering building a new facility for upperclassman housing.

While it is great that they are trying to accommodate more students, shouldn’t they focus more on housing the freshman that they require to live on campus first?

After all, if enrollment keeps climbing, it is likely that many freshmen will end up having to be housed in one of the upper-classmen apartments anyway.

Living in hotel rooms and upperclassman housing should be a last resort for an unexpected rise in student numbers. It should not become the norm for a university with steadily climbing enrollment rates.

It is time that A-State works to solve a problem that has been creeping on the school for years. Opportunities for expansion can quickly be stifled when students are unable to find suitable housing for coming to school in the first place.

“Our View” is written by the editorial staff. The opinions are not necessarily reflective of the student body, faculty or administration at A-State. Adrian Sellers is a graduate

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“Nothing discourages a student from enroll-ing in a school more than having trouble finding the necessary information about the school itself.”

Welcome to Arkansas State University -- where the web pages are mixed up and the courses don’t transfer.

I am a new student here at A-State and so far I am enjoy-ing my classes, the campus and many of the extracurricular ac-tivities. I did not, however, en-joy the tedious process of trans-ferring to this school.

Prior to my most recent change in colleges, I transferred from an out-of-state institution to another school here in Ar-kansas.

The differences between these two transfer processes are great and bring up a very im-portant issue.

Compared to other colleges, the information for transfer-ring here is hard to find, and A-State’s credit acceptance leaves much to be desired.

First, many other schools have separate, easy to navigate web pages for transfer students to find information such as deadlines, fees and applications. The A-State transfer student application page has most of these on its transfer page.

However, one very important piece of information is absent from that page: a list of dead-lines.

I looked through several pag-es trying to find out where the

deadlines for school applica-tions, financial aid applications and payments for transfer stu-dents were located.

After much searching, I found a general deadline page with nothing specific to transfer student deadlines.

The school to which I had previously transferred had a separate deadline for transfers, but I was left to assume that the standard calendar applied for A-State transfers and hoped that my application would be accepted and processed on time.

Obviously, this is a simple fix, but it is an important one none-theless.

Nothing discourages a stu-dent from enrolling in a school more than having trouble find-ing the necessary information about the school itself.

The second problem is a much greater issue and one that is not solely based on my own personal experiences.

I have heard countless horror stories from friends and former A-State transfer students about the college not accepting credits from other schools.

After checking my own A-State transcript I was as-tounded at the number of courses listed only as “transfer credit” coming from my previ-ous school, rather than counting as an actual course.

This means I may be re-quired to retake a course here at A-State that I have previously taken at my former college.

I understand that in the col-legiate world there are plenty of regulations and mountains of red tape concerning accredita-tion of courses, but these moun-tains need to be leveled.

There is no logical reason

that a student transferring from another school should have to take a course with a nearly iden-tical syllabus and the exact same name all over again when they come to Arkansas State.

Work clearly needs to be done so that the policies and processes reflect the obvious truth.

If Arkansas State University reviews and updates their web pages for transfer students and adamantly strives toward fix-ing the credit transfer issues I have no doubt that more peo-ple would be willing to transfer to our university, and feel more welcome when they do.

This should be a very import-ant goal for the administration. Not only are there more and more transfer and non-tradi-tional students seeking college educations, but bringing in transfer students also helps im-prove the school’s reputation in both the state and the country.

Transfer students bring di-versity to the campus, with varying cultural differences and viewpoints that are invaluable to a university setting.

I implore the university to strive to make a difference in the transfer application process, and with these changes bring about an improvement to our already successful university.

Tranfer students face complex process

It’s that time of year once again--the start of the semester.

This is the start of my sixth year; my sixth August to watch the bright, young students filing on campus to experience that next phase in their educational journey into possible greatness.

However, for the non-tradi-tional student, life may not be so peachy.

The life of the non-tradi-tional student is slightly more complex.

Instead of just getting our-selves ready for school, we have an hour-long endeavor get-ting our kids up, fed and off to school first.

Then it is off to work, college or both.

Sometimes within this schedule, we find time to eat, which is usually something that can be devoured quickly while skillfully whizzing through Jonesboro traffic. Finally, we gather our children and get to the house.

Once home, instead of being able to relax and focus on our homework, we have to help the kids with theirs. After that, it is time to cook supper.

Since the kids do not need to eat the preservative-laden so-called food one is forced to ingest due to lack of time, we now embark on another hour or so journey to make a real dinner and clean up the mess.

Once hunger is satisfied, we try to cram in as much read-

ing in as we can while answer-ing the barrage of questions in which children seem to have a never-ending supply.

Before we know it, the favor-ite time of many students’ day has now approached: bedtime. Except bedtime is not the same for the non-traditional student.

Bedtime is merely time to start the process of getting chil-dren to bed and to sleep.

Once these rituals are com-pleted, the remainder of the

evening, which includes every minute that we can force our-selves to stay awake, is now the time we have to finish home-

work. Honestly, there are many

times I have awoken to find my-self still on the couch, or in my chair, with a book in front of me.

I am not saying the life of traditional students is easier.

But in most cases, traditional students have the luxury of only worrying and thinking about themselves.

Traditional students are usually able to fully immerse themselves into the college ex-perience, while most non-tradi-tional students are forced by re-sponsibility to limit the amount of college life they are allowed to experience.

I am not sure if there is an advantage to being on either side of the isle.

What I do know, beyond a shadow of a doubt, is that both experiences, though in the same environment, produce the same outcome in most instances: a degree.

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Campus Crime

Aug 24Officer Robert Peevey, around 3:30 a.m., noticed a door at 2509 Aggie Rd. was propped open. Peevey went to close the door, but when he arrived, the door had already been close. Peevey reported that he could smell the strong odor of cigarette smoke. Peevey noticed someone on the second floor, so he opened the door and asked the person to come down to him. John Jelks, 18, walked down to Peevey, and Peevey asked him if he had been smoking. Jelks admitted to smoking, so Peevey explained that the campus was smoke free and had him exit the building. As they were walking, Peevey reported that he smelled the odor of alcohol on Jelks as he spoke. Peevey asked him if he had consumed any alcohol, and Jelks said no. Peevey then took him to the police car and asked again if he had consumed any alcohol. Jelks again said no. The breath sample showed that Jelks did have alcohol in his system, though. He then admitted to having a sprite with some alcohol in it and apologized for lying. Jelks was charged with purchase or possession of alcohol by a minor and had a $205 surety bond with a six hour hold.

Aug 26Officer Traci Simpson responded to a complaint from Connie Scott, ASU faculty, around 11 a.m. Scott called and stated that her ASU parking permit had been stolen from her vehicle. She went into work at 7 a.m., and when she returned, she saw that she had a citation for no permit. Scott stated that she “had left her windows cracked due to having two small pecks and did not want them to run” and now her $70 parking permit was gone.

Aug 26Around 3 p.m., Officer Ron Smith responded to a theft report made by Jaysa Barnett. Smith was called to the communica-tions area to talk with Barnett about what had happened. Bar-nett stated that she was in a friend’s room and had left at about 3 p.m., leaving her backpack in the room. Barnett thinks that the room number was 611 of Kays Hall. Barnett had sent a text to her friend asking for her to place her backpack outside of the room in the hallway. When she got back, the backpack was there but her money was no

Jorge Quiquivix| Staff PhotographerSarah Stone, freshman accounting major, donates blood at the American Red Cross Blood Drive on the third floor of the Carl R. Reng Student Union on Tuesday, Aug. 26.

The Pack gives back

-Compiled by Allison Nichols, News Editor

Habitat for Humanity comes to A-StateALLISON NICHOLS

NEWS EDITOR

Blood donors have mul-tiple reasons for their choice to support the Red Cross blood drive, though for some the act of donat-ing blood is quite personal.

“I just think of my dad every time,” said Kinsey Marsh, a freshman nurs-ing major of Sheridan.

Although Marsh had donated blood three times before Tuesday, she still had a few nerves about the procedure. “Blood and nee-dles don’t bother me, but the idea of them going in me does,” Marsh said.

She doesn’t let that anx-iety get in the way because she knows firsthand how much donating can help save lives. “My dad was re-ally sick in (when I was) tenth grade and I remember

Students at Arkansas State University had the op-portunity to give back during the American Red Cross Blood Drive on Aug. 26-27.

Crystal Hatcher, a vol-unteer with the Jonesboro American Red Cross, said the Red Cross collects about 140 units of blood every time it holds a drive on campus. Each unit has the potential to save up to three lives, meaning the Red Wolf pack saved nearly 420 lives last week.

Hatcher said the Red Cross was down 80,000 units of blood in the summer. “It was the lowest amount of units the organization has had in more than 20 years.”

how much blood he need-ed, so I just think about that, think about helping someone else,” Marsh said.

According to its website, The American Red Cross ex-ists to provide compassionate care to those in need. “Our network of generous donors, volunteers and employees share a mission of prevent-ing and relieving suffering, here at home and around the world,” reads the site.

Blood donation is one of the major services provided by the Red Cross to help save lives, and the American Red Cross comes to A-State every year seeking help from the students and faculty.

Emily Peters, a senior with Volunteer ASU, said she hopes students under-

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Students and faculty are do-ing their part to give back to the community through the newly founded Joneboro chap-ter of Habitat for Humanity. Support for the nonprofit is al-ready growing as more than 50 students attended the first or-ganizational meeting Aug. 25.

According to the organiza-tion website, Habitat for Hu-manity of Greater Jonesboro is a nonprofit organization whose goal is to build safe, affordable housing for persons and fam-ilies who are not in a position to purchase a home of their own through traditional means.

The organization’s president, Mindi McAlpin, junior sociol-ogy major of West Memphis, interned for the Jonesboro af-filiate this summer. Through her work, she was inspired to create a way for students to get involved in the work of habitat.

“We actually started it two weeks ago and became an offi-cial registered student organi-zation,” McAlpin said. The or-ganization has been approved by A-State, but is still wait-ing on approval from Habitat for Humanity International.

“Our first goal is to spread awareness. A lot of college stu-dents don’t know that there is a need for decent housing in Jonesboro,” McAlpin said. “Most stay on campus and don’t realize that there is a habitat facility in Jonesboro.”

McAlpin said the organiza-tion members plan on having two fundraisers a year to help raise money for the Jonesboro chapter. The money raised will go towards the building of new houses for qualified applicants.

Charmaine Foster, senior journalism major of Mau-melle and intern for the Jones-boro Habitat for Humanity, said, “Habitat’s goal is to give everyone a helping hand.”

Gloria Thomas, new Habitat homeowner and nonprofit board member, talked about the impor-tance of Habitat’s mission at the first meeting. “It is a good feeling to know that an organization like this exists. I will be the first person in my family to own a home, and its great to know there are people who volunteer to help with that.”

Those who apply must go through the application process and complete volunteer hours. They must be able to pay the mortgage for 20 years. Thomas’ house will be finished and ready for her to move in next year.

“People need to know that there are more ways to volun-teer. Saturdays are building days, but there are other ways to get involved,” Foster said.

Although the organization’s focus is housing, they also help with lawn care and house clean-ing. The Jonesboro affiliate holds a week of training for new home-owners to help prepare them.

Donald Kennedy, associate dean of the college of agriculture and technology and professor of animal science, was asked by

Mike Sullivan, executive director of the Greater Jonesboro Hab-itat for Humanity, to become the advisor for the organization.

“I have worked with Hab-itat before, so I was very glad to be a part of the new student organization,” Kennedy said. “The A-State Habitat for Hu-manity will foster volunteerism among students and help in-crease the capacity of the local affiliate to provide high-quali-ty homes for persons in need.”

McAlpin said, “Students can still join at any time. There is only a $10 startup fee.” The students already involved were invited to join in the organi-zation’s first volunteer oppor-tunity to clean up a house.

The startup fee is to help pay for installation of the organiza-tion internationally, but it will also help create a chapter fund for t-shirts and other activities.

“I believe this is a great or-ganization for students to get involved with if they want to volunteer their time, resources and talents to improve the lives of people in need,” Kennedy said.

Sarah Thompson Staff PhotographerMorgan Tripod, junior pre-medical biology major of Paragould, Amanda Hatfield, junior nursing major of Kansas City, MO, helped clean floors for Habitat for Humanity at a house on Belt Street.

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Sarah Thompson | Staff PhotographerKatlin Turner, a junior English major, donates blood at the American Red Cross Blood Drive on the third floor of the Carl R. Reng Student Union on Tuesday, Aug. 26.

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Sterling Dunham | Staff PhotographerProfessor Sarah Scott completes her ALS Ice Bucket Challenge on Friday after her classes raised $1,200 for the ASLA. Helping her are Christopher Odom, a freshman undecided major of Arlington, Texas, (left) and Darius Rosser, a junior interdisciplinary studies major of Marion (right).

Sarah Thompson | Staff PhotographerIt has become an A-State tradition to hold a campus-wide pep rally each year before the first Red Wolves foot-ball game called Order of the Pack. This year it was held on Thursday, Aug. 28. At the event, various faculty and administrators speak, all the student athletes are introduced and there are performances by different groups such as the A-State cheerleaders and dance teams. Here, Alpha Omicron Pi members cheer on the Arkansas State Red Wolves during Order the event at Centennial Bank Stadium.

spoke on the new regulations for tailgating in The Pines. “All organizations wishing to tail-gate must have their supplies, such as grills and tents, in the park before 2 p.m. on game days,” said Spack. “Nothing will be permitted afterwards.”

Vice President Brooks Jones announced the proposed over-flow parking plan has been turned down. The plan suggest-ed overflow parking for home football games would be in the North Park Quads and Red Wolf Den parking lots.

“After discussions with the SGA and students, the propo-sition is not being considered anymore,” Jones said. Mustain reminded students of the pur-

pose of SGA. “The SGA is the voice of the students,” he said.

Chief of Staff Taylor Panell discussed an upcoming student tailgate for the September 20 football game.

Public relations director Ellen Hakenwerth also intro-duced the new SGA blog. “It’s a way for us to connect with the public,” Hakenwerth said. Stu-dents can visit the blog at ar-kansasstatesga.wordpress.com.

Next, Jones brought atten-tion to upcoming freshman senator elections. Any freshman wishing to become a senator can fill out the online form and submit it by 3 p.m. Sept. 3 to the SGA office. The SGA office is located in room 2001 in the

Student Union. At the close of the 2013-

2014 academic year, there were six senate seats open for elec-tion. With no volunteers for the seats, four seats were filled as “at large” seats.

The international student seat will be voted on at the next SGA meeting. To fill this seat, a student must be an interna-tional student with at least a 2.5 GPA. Anyone interested should attend the next SGA meeting.

The SGA will meet again Sept. 9 at 5:30 p.m. on the eighth floor of the library. Meetings are open to the public and students are encouraged to attend.

a disease that affects so many,” Pauley said. “I think it’s just great to give back to the community in some way, whether it’s visiting a place like St. Jude’s or just dumping ice over your head. It’s people helping people.”

The challenge began fil-tering into the campus when mascot Howl was challenged. Pauley then challenged the dance team, and the rugby team challenged the cheer-leaders.

The disease also person-ally affected Jana Chamblee,

a senior public relations and advertising major of Cabot. Chamblee’s grandfather passed away from ALS. She is part of Alpha Omicron Pi and challenged her chapter.

“It’s a disease that nobody really knows about, so bring-ing awareness to it is really im-portant,” Chamblee said. “By people donating and raising awareness, maybe we can have treatments and tests to catch it before (an irreversible) stage and slow (the disease) down.”

Chamblee said her grand-father found out about hav-

ing ALS too late. “He was slurring his speech and that’s when they started doing tests and trying to figure out what it was,” Chamblee said.

Emily Bulkley, a senior biology major of Paragould and Alpha Omicron Pi mem-ber, said, “When Jana brought (the ice bucket challenge) to the chapter and said that her family was affected by it, an-other girl stood up and told us facts about it. Clearly it meant something to several people in our chapter, so I thought it was important for us to help raise

Unnold mentioned there are more than 800 international companies in Queretaro and ASU-J students could go there and do an internship.

“Queretaro is the best place because it’s a very progressive state that invests a lot of educa-tion and a lot of economic de-velopments,” she said. Unnold also said the city of Queretaro has the highest quality of life in Mexico.

Unnold said the new cam-pus will bring people from Jonesboro and those in Mexico closer and be a mutually benefi-cial situation. “I really want the campus to provide educational, community and professional experiences that are necessary for the students to become a successful graduate and produc-ing member of society,” Unnold said.

Cooksey said, “ASU-Q will be meeting the needs of high-er education in the sciences, engineering, business and oth-er disciplines required for the growing international business community of the State of Queretaro and Mexico.”

At the same time, she said, ASU-J students and faculty will benefit from the rich cultural, educational and global oppor-tunities that ASU-Q will pro-vide.

“I hope the campus is opened by the new target date, because this is a great opportunity for the university,” said Sarah Seib-ert, a senior Spanish and jour-nalism major of Cabot.

Seibert studied abroad in Costa Rica in 2012 through an A-State study abroad program. She said the full immersion into the Spanish language helped

her learn and improve much faster than she could have by studying in the United States.

Seibert hopes the new cam-pus provides even more af-fordable and convenient study abroad opportunities than those already offered by the school.

Juan Robles, a senior polit-ical science and Spanish major of DeQueen, is interning at the Hispanic Center in Jones-boro. He said experiences at the Hispanic Center helped him become a better leader and role model in the Hispanic Com-munity.

Juan expects the new Que-retaro campus to bring a fusion of both American and Mexican cultures. “I expect to see growth in the appreciation of Mexican culture in students unfamiliar with the Mexican culture,” he said.

stand the immense need faced by the community. “We need to do it early in the school year because the do-nations drop over the sum-mer, so we want to replen-ish the blood,” Peters said.

Volunteer ASU handed gift cards for a free cookie at Chic-fil-A to the first 50 students who donated. “But

if you retweet #thepack-givesback, you’ll be entered to win a $25 gift card to Office Depot,” Peters said.

Marsh said other stu-dents and faculty on cam-pus should consider do-nating blood. “I know it really grosses out a lot of people,” she said. “My best friend faints at the sight of

blood. But one day, some-thing may happen to them, and they are going to need blood. I definitely encour-age everyone to donate.”

“Everyone is impact-ed by this drive at some point in his or her life,” Hatcher said. “You nev-er know when you will be the person needing blood.”

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Abi Laker | Staff PhotographerJenna Vaught, freshman of St. Louis, Mo., runs the ball down the field during Sunday’s game against UCA. The Red Wolves fell at home to their in-state rival 2-1.

Red Wolf volleyball prima-ry setter Mallory Warrington is back this season with ven-geance.

The sophomore sports management major of Lake St. Louis doesn’t keep track of personal stats, but plays for the love of the game of volleyball.

There is a reason that set is in the middle of the volleyball phrase “bump, set, spike.” War-rington is a tremendous team player who helps glue together a group of hard working girls. “I enjoy the sisterhood of the team, some days we spend five hours together and it’s nice to have a great group of team-mates to lean on,” she said.

Warrington loves to see the work the team puts into prac-tice start to develop and work to better the players’ game.

“Working on a certain skill for a long period of time and seeing myself, along with my teammates, getting better is the best part,” she said.

Warrington explained that the practices are competitive and fun, and require a great deal of dedication and hon-esty.

Warrington went on to say that the coaches always let the Red Wolves know what they need to work on, and that’s how they create a better team.

Her favorite attribute in her fellow players is their hard work. Warrington said the hardest part of being a college athlete is mastering organiza-tion.

Warrington said, “Organiz-ing all the things you have to do between being an athlete, being a student, and involve-ment with clubs, that’s the hardest part.”

Warrington’s family line runs deep with volleyball. Her sister Rachel plays for Drury University in Springfield, Mo.

Rachel was there to answer all the nerve racking questions about being a college athlete before Mallory got to Arkan-sas State.

Warrington explained that

one can get all the advice in the world about becoming a college athlete, but there is nothing that can fully prepare one for the responsibility until they are there.

The A-State volleyball team’s last season came to a close with a 3-0 loss to Texas State (25-15, 25-16, 25-20) in the semifinals of the Sun Belt Conference Tournament in Troy, Ala. last season.

A-State may have fell short of the championship last sea-son but this season is different. The volleyball ladies have en-visioned a win and have put in the long hours of hard work.

Warrington said, “I am envisioning winning a con-ference championship this season. There is so much emphasis on being physical-ly prepared, but if you aren’t mentally ready then there is no way.”

Just before a game, War-rington doesn’t get nervous, just excited. “One of the most genuine and bold teammates I have ever seen.” said head coach David Rehr.

“She has an uncanny abili-ty to have a fun time with her teammates but at the same time get the work done and get it done right.”

Warrington’s goals after college include wanting to be a college volleyball coach at a division one school.

A-State’s women’s soccer team fell to the Central Ar-kansas Bears 2-1 Sunday.

The Red Wolves started the game off strong with an early goal in the 13th minute with a shot from the upper right corner of the box from redshirt sophomore defender Mykel Ward with assists from senior midfielder Jena Kelley and senior forward Samhia Simao.

The Red Wolves kept the pressure up for the rest of the first half with a few scoring attempts but never finished with a goal.

UCA started off the sec-ond half strong by attacking and keeping the ball in the attacking third of the field.

They finally got a shot off, but the Red Wolves defense hurried UCA and forced a shot over the goal.

In the 50th minute UCA’s Vanessa Randall curved a shot in past A-State’s junior goalie Amanda Lee for a score that tied the game 1-1.

Just five minutes later A-State’s junior defender Jor-dan Adams slid in for a hard tackle and received a yellow card right outside the box.

With UCA still attacking, the bears set up for a cross and performed it perfectly, but

their striker just missed it as she tried to tap it in.

During the 59th min-ute UCA’s Jessica Pantuso was trying to stop Arkansas State’s Ward and ran into her legs which resulted in a yellow card for Pantuso.

With the momentum slowly starting to push back towards Arkansas State, the Red Wolves pushed for an at-tack on the right side of the field.

Freshman defender Lauren Crimi threw the ball in to Si-mao, but the awkward angle of the ball challenged Simao, and she and kicked it wide of the goal.

With the game still tied 1-1 at the 86th minute, UCA passed the ball right up the middle to Allie Coleman who sprinted behind the Red Wolves defense for a one-on-one chance against Lee.

Coleman capitalized and

shot the ball right into the net. Arkansas State rushed in the last few minutes for an equalizing goal and had a few chances from UCA fouls, but couldn’t finish off a shot to tie the game up.

With the loss, the Red Wolves sit at 1-2-0 on the season and will hope to get back in the win column at 5 p.m on Friday when they take on the Mississippi State Bull-dogs at the ASU Soccer Park.

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In-State showdown: A-State falls in final minutes 2-1

All summer we were hearing the Red Wolves coaching staff talk about how they wanted to play fast, physical and fun foot-ball.

After Saturday’s 37-10 win over the Montana State Bob-cats, we can say mission accom-plished.

A-State started the game with the ball and it only took the team three plays and 41 sec-onds to drive the field 75 yards for a touchdown.

The scoring play was a sim-ple outside handoff to junior running back Michael Gordon, who then broke it to the outside for a 42 yard touchdown run.

One key event in the first half was the injury of Gordon, who took a shot to the ribs and was escorted off the field.

Coach Anderson later said Gordon was bruised in the ribs. As of press time, there was no further information on how se-rious the injury was and how much playing time he will miss if any.

The next series was another great one for Arkansas State as the defense forced a three and out.

As the first half went on the game started to feel like stale-mate as the only scoring plays were a one yard touchdown run by Montana State and two field goals by A-State’s junior kicker Luke Fergurson.

The second half started on a bad note when senior lineback-er Frankie Jackson was called for targeting, which is lowering

of the helmet and hitting head first into the head of the ball carrier. Jackson’s penalty result-ed in an ejection for the rest of the game and the first half of the next game.

That drive for Montana State resulted in a field goal which closed the score to 13-10 Arkansas State. The next few possessions for both teams end-ed in punts and a field goal for the Red Wolves.

Towards the end of the third quarter, Coach Anderson de-cided to open up the playbook a little bit with a trick play that would end up being the play of the night.

It started off as a dump pass to the outside to redshirt junior wide receiver Tres Houston, but then Houston planted, turned

around and passed the ball back across the field to the wide-open junior quarterback Fredi Knighten, A-State’s quarter-back.

Fredi had nobody in front of him except some Red Wolves linemen. The trick play was good enough for a 45 yard gain.

The next play Knighten tossed a beautiful touch pass right over the middle to redshirt junior tight end Darion Gir-swold for a 23 yard touchdown to make the score 23-10 Arkan-sas State. And from this point on it was all Arkansas State.

To end the third quarter, junior defensive back Rocky Hayes intercepted the ball on the Red Wolves sideline.

Carrying that momentum into the fourth quarter, fresh-man running back Terrance

Hollingsworth had a one yard rushing touchdown to pretty much seal the game for the Red Wolves.

If the 30-10 lead wasn’t enough with only 10 minutes left, redshirt senior linebacker Qushaun Lee picked up right where he left off in the bowl game with an interception.

Arkansas State finished off Lee’s interception with anoth-er one yard touchdown, this time by freshman running back Johnston White, making the score 37-10 in a Red Wolves victory.

Arkansas State plays their next game at the University of Tennessee. Kickoff is at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 6. Fans can watch the game on SEC net-work channel 35.

Red Wolves clobber Bobcats in opener

Sean Fox | Staff PhotographerMIchael “Flash” Gordon Jr. of Camden, Miss. defends the ball against Montana State Friday, Aug. 30 at Centennial Bank Stadium. The Red Wolves went on to defeat the Bobcats 37-10.

Mallory Warrington is a sophomore sports management major of Lake St. Louis, Mo.

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It’s year four or perhaps year five, six or ten for some of the “super seniors” on campus. Gradua-tion day is fast approaching and it seems like col-lege has flown by. But reassuring the receiving of a diploma still needs to be a priority. At an age and classification diseased by senioritis (when seniors are so over school they start slacking on attendance), there are a few tips that can ensure earning a degree.

1. Become friends with an advisor.Seniors depend heavily on having a close re-

lationship and frequent visits with a designated advisor. These faculty members are here for the convenience of students, use them. This is the year there can’t be any mistakes or course changes.

All students are assigned an advisor based on their field of study. A-State offers the services of the Wilson Advising Center if students need to speak with a different advisor. These staff mem-bers recognize the need and importance of advis-ing and can help students and stay on the right track for graduation.

If an adviser recommends a class, take it. It will be worth it in the end when walking the gradu-ation stage in May is a definite plan rather than the horrifying possibility of having to enroll in an extra summer course or two.

2. Search for internships.For those who have enjoyed college life a little

too much and haven’t focused on what happens afterward, the thought of the looming gradua-tion stage is a little overwhelming. Having a wide range of work experience in the field of the pur-sued degree will help build students’ resumes and catch the interests of future employers. Entering into an internship can set students up for eventual full-time employment with the interning compa-ny.

In fact, according to an article by Forbes mag-azine 69 percent of companies with 100 or more employees offered full-time jobs to their interns in 2012, a 36% increase from 2011. Later in the article, it was estimated that those numbers would continue to grow throughout the next several years and more interns would be receiving full time jobs.

After graduation, most students don’t dream of moving back in with their parents and working for a fast-food chain. That life is not what tuition money was invested in. To avoid this onwelcome scenario, have a plan and to complete it, starting with getting the necessary internships and work experience.

3. Join campus organizations.To coincide with the value of internships, join-

ing campus organizations and clubs can benefit seniors in the long run. Choose groups that seem enjoyable and apply to future career plans and goals. It doesn’t make sense for a business major who dreams of being a Fortune 500 CEO to join the Marine Biology Club so late in the game. Clubs such as the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM) or Phi Beta Lambda, the college version of Future Business Leaders of America, are probably more suited for this sce-nario.

A-State offers over 175 different registered student organizations. There is something for ev-ery major that can help build resumes and offer valuable experience and education toward that major, all while building a social group of people interested in the same things.

4. Don’t succumb to senioritis.By the time senior year hits, many students are

sick of classes. Many students are down to just electives, while some are enrolled in their hardest courses yet. Don’t fall victim to senioritis; it could turn year number four into year number five. Af-ter making it this far, it seems silly to let laziness and frustration be the cause of failing a needed class for graduation. Go to class,; make the grades and graduate on time. College is fun, but it’s not meant to last forever.

Most students who drop out of college do it their freshman or sophomore years. Seniors have already beaten that statistic. However, the longer students spend in college, the more debt they in-cur. Most scholarships and financial aid end after the fourth year of enrollment, so graduating on time can save thousands of dollars.

5. Have fun.It’s senior year. The last time most students will

get to see several of their friends. The last time many students will get to throw up their Red Wolves hands and howl at a football game. The last time many seniors will be in Jonesboro. The last time to be a student instead of a citizen of the “real world.” It’s time to enjoy it.

Don’t get so overwhelmed by school work and internships that time isn’t set aside to experience the last moments of the college career. Make new friends, cherish times with the old, go to every-thing, eat in the cafeteria as many times as you did freshman year, try something new, go on a road trip, fall in love, and instill a life-long pride for your time as a Red Wolf.

We get it. You’re on your own and well away from home. You no longer have mom nagging you about the huge hole in your sweatpants as you’re leaving for school. No, instead you have complete strangers eyeballing your SpongeBob pajama pants as you’re dashing across campus trying to get to your eight o’clock class. If this has become your daily routine as a college student, I have a few tips for you.

One, it’s time to let go of your stash of Looney Tune and oh-so-creative pajama pants that you have collected over the years. Two, not everyone knows and understands fashion etiquette, or even fashion at all, but you just have to understand that there are boundaries when it comes to your attire on campus.

Let’s say you wake up late and are frantically running out of your dorm to make it to class and for some odd reason forget that you are in your pajamas. Not only can everyone tell you are late for class, but your professor sees it as well. Your attire--or lack thereof--may leave the impression of you simply not caring, and that is the last impression you want to leave with your professor.

To avoid that whole scenario, try pre-planning for dress success. The night before, no matter how sleepy you are or how late you get in from the “library,” lay out your clothes or at least a part of what you are you’re going to wear. Having a portion of the outfit out will make it easier to piece together in the morning.

If you simply have no idea what you should wear to class, the key is to keep your style balanced. You don’t want to overdress. For guys, wearing a suit and tie every day is a little much. Instead, a simple button-down collared shirt and a pair of dark washed denim jeans paired with a nice pair of Toms or Sperry’s would be considered a coolly balanced dressy casual.

Now fellows, if you don’t see yourself dressing up like this often, it’s still okay to go strictly casual. No, casual doesn’t mean sweats, Nike flip flops with matching Nike socks and a cut muscle shirt, but you can definitely take it down a level from the button-down shirt.

Show school spirit and rock a classy A-State shirt with an unripped pair of denim jeans or a nice pair of shorts--not basketball shorts--with a pair of Chuck Taylor’s, showing that you’re still dressed to impress and not dressed to go to the gym.

Above all, make sure to keep your pants around your waist where they belong, not sagging down below your bum or knees.

As far as accessories go, try to stay away from the large amounts of wristbands and rubber bands on your arm and go more towards the professional business look. Adding a watch or a nice chained bracelet will definitely catch the eyes of others but not overwhelm their poor senses. You can always add your own twist to the outfit, but remember not to overdo it.

Now my beloved ladies, I know how stressful it can be to find something to wear the night before class. What if you wake up and the outfit you picked out just does not match the mood you’re in now?

If you’re pretty sure that you don’t know what your mood is going to be in the morning, set out multiple outfits or simply throw a couple of different shirts and bottoms out for speedy dress in the morning. If you for some reason aren’t a fashionista, here are a few outfit tips.

Make sure that your overall outfit is somewhat modest and not too revealing, since we are after all trying to impress and not seduce. A nice pair of ankle length colorful pants paired with a neutral solid color top with sandals, flats or lofts is the perfect outfit recipe.

You can accent the main color scheme with jewelry. For an outfit like this, add a gold or silver watch with a bracelet that matches the top and some decorative earrings--nothing too bulky but large enough to be noticed and accent your facial features. You could also add a gold necklace to match.

An outfit similar to this will definitely catch the eyes of that smoking hot guy you keep seeing in the cafeteria, but most importantly it will get you noticed by the professors and administration. Your classy, chic look will speak for you when you’re walking around campus without you speaking at all.

Now if you are more of a sporty, strictly casual gal, let’s not go all Julian Michaels with the extreme workout attire all the time or the huge shirts with running shorts hidden underneath. Instead, balance your passion with your fashion and rock a cute Nike or Adidas shirt with a fresh pair of Nike free runs or flip flops with a pair of ankle-cuffed skinny jeans. Add a nice sporty watch and a pair of studded earrings and your outfit is complete.

Now ladies and gents this is the big tip: wear actual clothes. Nobody wants to be the girl known for going out in public with her pink polka-dot bathrobe and black slippers. Now if you want to be a campus “celebrity,” go right ahead because I guarantee pictures will be taken and posted on every social media site in existence.

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Stylin’ at A-StateFashionista gives advice on campus attire

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If you simply have no idea what you should wear to class, the key is to keep your style balanced.

Chelsea Hays | Photo EditorKristen Hale, senior sociology major of Paragould, catches senioritis early as she refuses to study. Hale graduates in May.

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After a few weeks, students will begin to have an idea of how much free time they will have outside of class. A-State Red Wolves can turn this time into an opportunity to give back to the community, especially by volunteering to help children in need.

Volunteerism is essential to the survival of many child-focused charity organizations around Jonesboro. Many children depend on the presence of volunteers as consistent adult figures in their lives.

“Timmy and his brother Sam ran outside when they saw a familiar car pull up out front. The boys were in a new foster home; it was their third in 12 months,” said Donna Lamb-Bowyer, executive director of the Jonesboro Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA). “When they saw their CASA volunteer, Debbie, they cried, ‘We knew you’d find us!’”

CASA is an organization that advocates for abused and neglected children. Lamb-Bowyer said CASA volunteers minimize the effect of trauma coming from placement changes for foster children by becoming a consistent, positive adult presence in their lives.

Volunteers must be 21 years old or older and are usually appointed for the same child until he or she reaches a safe and permanent home.

Lamb-Bowyer said children with appointed volunteers are more likely to find permanent

homes and less likely to re-enter foster care than those without CASA representatives.

There are several other organizations that can give ASU students credit hours for volunteering or allow them to give back to the community.

Gina Gomez, executive director of Hispanic Community Services Inc., said HCS is always in need of volunteers, even ones who aren’t

fluent in Spanish. Gomez said the agency

needs students of any major to help with HCS’s after-school program.

“We focus on reading and comprehension because it is the area a lot of our Hispanic children have more difficulty with,” Gomez said. “We are always looking for English speakers because a lot of the kids need help with language

and also their parents. We don’t work just with the kids. We work with the parents so they can communicate with the teachers.”

The free after-school program is on Monday through Friday from 4 – 6 p.m.

Gomez said if students do not want to work with families and language, they have several other things volunteers can do to help HCSI.

“We have a lot of other opportunities, depending on their area of expertise. If they are just interested in practicing Spanish with adults or if they are willing to work on marketing, we can have them working with brochures and marketing plans with the Hispanic Center,” said Gomez. “For the Hispanic Celebration in May we had 60 to 70 volunteers. We also have a Christmas fundraiser, and

we also need help with that. If (volunteers) just want to come and answer the phone or like to enter information into the computer, there are those opportunities.”

Another Jonesboro organization in need of volunteers is City Youth Ministries. Vickie Stanley with CYM said they are always in need of help with their afterschool program.

“If nothing else, if any volunteer wants to come and pay attention to these children, to be there, to give them a smile and give them a hug and just to pay attention to them sometimes,” Stanley said. “That’s so little but it means so much to these little kids. You’d be surprise about how some shy little kid with their connection with different people at City Youth have come out of their little shells and they are blossoming into active little people. “

Stanley said both high school and A-State students tell her they enjoyed the program.

“They loved it. They loved interacting with the kids we had. We had a fantastic summer program here,” Stanley said. “I don’t think you can come in here (to City Youth) and be here for any amount of time and not feel loved and feel like you have done something and feel like you have touched somebody’s child in some way.”

For a full list of volunteer organizations near the A-State campus, log onto the A-State website and search for Volunteer ASU.

JORGE QUIQUEVIXSTAFF WRITER

It’s no secret that dorm rooms aren’t exactly inviting when you first move in. Between the off-white walls and plain furniture, there is a lot to be de-sired, especially if you plan on spending any amount of time in there studying or having friends over. While you can’t exactly go “Southern Living” on a college budget, there are plenty of ways to make your dorm room feel like home.

When A-State students were asked to describe their ideal dorm rooms, they gave answers such as “fun,” “simple,” “unique” and “my safe haven.” With a lit-tle planning, organization, and a few ideas, it is easy to turn any dorm room into your personal palace.

The first step to the perfect dorm room is to get a game plan in mind. Many on-campus res-idents get creative with raising their beds to create more floor space. Putting your dresser un-derneath your bed can save space and give your room a different look. It’s all about figuring out what will make you feel most at home and lend your dorm room maximum efficiency.

The internet is the perfect place to start if you aren’t sure how to go about decorating or arranging your room. From wall art ideas to organization and re-arranging tips, sites such as Pin-terest are full of ideas ready for the picking.

“I love to look at Pinterest for ideas on canvas art,” said Aundrea Allen, sophomore bi-ology major of Hot Springs. “The rooms in the quads are nice, but small, so ideas on how to rearrange my room for space were amazing.”

After determining what you want your room layout to look like, it’s time to summon your inner craft god or goddess.

Do you want your dorm to be bright and full of color and art, or do you prefer something more simple and minimalist? Once you decide on a basic idea, creating your safe haven for the

semester or year is easy.Even extremely manly guys

can participate in some simple craft-making. Something as easy as putting up a few pictures from summer or college adven-tures can add life and home-liness to an otherwise bland room.

Hayden Chenault, junior in-terdisciplinary studies major of Morrilton, said, “I like to keep my room simple, yet homey. Nothing is overly extravagant or anything, but it’s enough to make me feel comfortable hanging out.”

Wall art is one way to turn a dorm room into something special. Quotes, initials, sorority letters and crayon art are all easy yet stunning ideas to set your room apart from all the others.

A-State Residence Life does have rules in place on what someone can put on their walls. Nails and pushpins damage the drywall and certain types of tape take off paint. However, Com-mand Strips do the trick and do not damage the walls. Sticking with non-damaging decor helps preserve your room for the next occupant, and prevents any un-necessary charges on your stu-dent account.

Ambiance lights are another dorm-decor option to consider.

While A-State has some of the nicest college housing in Ar-kansas, the dorm room lighting is not the brightest.

Christmas lights give light to the room without blinding the occupant, and can be used as a decorating tool as well. Of course, not too many guys will be on board with hanging lights in the shape of a heart on their walls, but a lamp can add light and aesthetic value without low-ering testosterone levels.

The last step in decorating your perfect dorm room is, of course, to decorate. Show off your Instagram skills by rear-ranging furniture to fit what you want, displaying your pictures, hanging your lights, and setting up your lamp.

Personal touches go a long way in making a dorm room your own. Don’t be afraid to really put your personality into how you decorate your room. If you want to put up a poster of Audrey Hepburn on one wall, Eminem on another, and the Declaration of Independence on yet another, then you go Glenn CoCo.

“My biggest advice for dec-orating your dorm room is to make it a space that feels warm. You don’t want to come back to a sad and dull room,” said

Meghan Warford, sophomore nursing major of Benton.

The most important thing about dorm room decoration is that it fits what you want. This

is where you will be spending late nights, Pandora jam ses-sions and Xbox tournaments for the next nine months. Make it your own, and have some fun.

MADIE BLANCAFLORSTAFF WRITER

Dorm decor livens up living area

College volunteers improve children’s lives

Jorge Quiquevix | Staff PhotographerJuan Robles, senior political science and Spanish major of DeQueen, helps out a child in the after school program during his internship at Hispanic Community Services Inc. Hispanic Community Services is one way A-State students can volunteer to help children in the community.

Chelsea Hays | Photo EditorWall art and floor lamps can help make your dorm room personal and more comfortable.

“My biggest advice for decorating your dorm room is to make it a space that feels warm. You don’t want to come back to a sad and dull room.”

- Megan Warford

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Jorge Quiquivix | Staff PhotographerStudent Activities Board President Brandon Haley unveiled the Homecoming 2014 theme using the new video board at Order of the Pack. The new board has been under construction since this summer.

Jorge Quiquivix| Staff PhotographerMembers of the Chi Omega sorority react to the new video board at the stadium on Thursday during Order of the Pack. The theme for 2014 Homecoming, “Legacy,” was announced on the board later that night.

Sarah Thompson | Staff Photographer Howl makes an appearance at the Great A-State Tailgate held on Main Street in downtown Jonesboro. The tailgate event brought together members of the campus and members of the community.

The annual Order of the pack was held Thursday. The pep rally featured lots of fun experiences from Chancellor Tim Hudson

taking a selfie, to Alpha Omicron Pi winning the spirit stick for the night. Everybody came out and support-ed the A-State Red Wolves. They all had tons of fun while cheering the Red Wolves on before their first game against Montana State. They even brought the party to downtown Jonesboro for a community-wide tailgate. A band came out and played some music while Howl and the rest of the community danced and celebrat-ed to get the football team pumped for their game Saturday night. Before the night ended, the SAB revealed the 2014 Homecoming theme, “Legacy,” in front of the whole student body on the new video board at Centennial Bank Stadium.

Jorge Quiquivix | Staff PhotographerThe dance team place their hands over their hearts while the National Anthem plays at the beginning of the Order of the Pack at Centennial Bank Stadium. The Star Spangled Banner was sung by members of the ASU choir.

Sarah Thompson | Staff Photographer Alpha Omicron Pi members cheer on the A-State Red Wolves during the Order of the Pack pep rally. AOP won the event’s spirit stick, a ceremonial talisman recognizing their superior dedication to representing A-State spirit.

Order of the Pack preps fans for football season