Arkansas has begun to stand out as a leader in college education as national ACT scores are on the rise. A-State, in particular, is pulling in re-cord-breaking numbers for Honors enrollment, in what appears to be a reflection of this boost in students’ aca-demic drive.

According to the lat-est ACT Readiness Report, the number of Arkansas high school students taking the test has increased by 9.1 percent since 2010.

Though the national aver-age score has remained virtu-ally unchanged, the number

of high school students taking the test remains impressive, with 93 percent of students testing before graduation, ac-cording to the ACT website.

These statistics indicate an increased push for college readiness from high schools, a push that is driving Arkansas to be a pioneer in education standards.

With higher ACT scores and GPAs climbing, enroll-ment in the Honors College has received a tremendous spike. Enrollment for 2014 has nearly doubled since 2009, jumping from 188 freshmen to 320.

Rebecca Oliver, director of the Honors College, cites a

more rigorous approach to the admission process as an an-swer to this unprecedented in-terest in advanced education.

“The jump in ACT scores was reflected in our admis-sion process. We increased the minimum requirement in 2009 from a composite score of 24 to 27,” she said. “Ev-ery incoming application is screened as a possible Honors student.”

Oliver and her staff play a huge role in the increase of in-coming honors students. The program targets students who show the drive that it takes to become a member of the Hon-ors family. The honors recruit-

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Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe made a special trip to his alma mater Saturday afternoon to make announcements for the future of the historic V.C. Kays House as well as a new econom-ic development institute.

Beebe was introduced by Charles “Chuck” Welch, the A-State System President.

“Today we stand in front of the historic V.C. Kays home to make a historic announcement about the future of Arkansas State University, and about the opportunities that our students will have to learn about the rich history of our great state and of some of the amazing alum-ni we’ve had come through this university,” Welch said. “I have the privilege this morning of introducing the governor of the great state of Arkansas, some-one who certainly needs no introduction at Arkansas State University, a graduate of this in-stitution, a former trustee and a lifelong fan and friend of ASU.”

Welch went on to talk about the significance of the an-nouncement Beebe was about to make.

“Because of what [Beebe] is going to announce today, every-one today, 10 years from now, 100 years from now, will be able to know just what a fascinating man he is, and what a tremen-dous job he has done for the people of Arkansas,” Welch said.

Beebe took the podium and announced that he would be donating his eight years of gu-bernatorial papers, video, pho-tographs and other memorabilia to the university.

“Governors have collected

and preserved documents, let-ters, information, schedules and all sorts of stuff, because in to-day’s world the history of what’s gone on in administration is of some value for the public at large,” Beebe said. “It has to be organized in a fashion, it has to be housed in a fashion and it has to be placed somewhere so that archivists, historians, students and the public at large can have access to it.”

He continued to discuss ex-actly what his plans were for these donated documentations of his life as governor.

“I didn’t even realize that my staff in the governor’s office started archiving material from the very first day in office, and for that I am very thankful,”

Beebe said. “As you know, lots of institutions, both institutions of higher education and libraries such as the Butler Center down in Little Rock seek to house gubernatorial papers, and seek to be the repository of those ar-chives. There was some signifi-cant pressure for me to do that, but I am the only ASU graduate who has ever been governor, and if it wasn’t for this place, I nev-er would have been governor. I thought it was appropriate that all that stuff should come here, so we’re announcing today that all the paraphernalia will be housed on the ASU campus, and (the Kays House) is where it will be.”

In addition to all the dona-tions, the governor is planning

to recreate the governor’s office in the largest room of the V.C. Kays House, a room he says is “coincidentally perfectly laid out just like the governor’s office, only a mirror image reverse.”

“So they’re going to recreate, as part of that history, the gov-ernor’s office, right here in this building for students and for tourists or people or anybody that wants to see it,” Beebe said.

Along with the replica gov-ernor’s office, the other rooms of the V.C. Kays House will hold various exhibits honoring other A-State alumni and faculty in-cluding one exhibit in memory of Kays himself, the first ASU president and resident of this home. An existing 600-square-foot area of the Dean B. Ellis Library will also house docu-ments from the governor and other exhibits.

Beebe, however, wasn’t done with surprises for A-State, he announced the new contribu-tion to the campus that will be known as the Governor Mike Beebe Economic Development & Education Institute, a center focused on developing Arkansas leaders who value the role of ed-ucation in economic expansion, cultivate pragmatic ideas that lead to transformative change and perpetuate the legacy of the 45th governor of Arkansas. The program will include an annual summit to bring together lead-ers in education, business and government to the Institute.

“What’s academically im-portant is that we want to do an economic development and ed-ucation institute at ASU, and we are in the process of and intend to raise a ton of money to ensure

Jason Penry, vice chancel-lor for university advancement, spoke to the A-State Faculty Senate Friday to give updates on the progress for the Osteo-pathic Medical School.

Penry told the senate the only thing they were waiting on was approval from the Com-mission of Osteopathic Col-lege Accreditation (COCA), which is expected to come in December. There is a small chance A-State won’t receive approval, which will delay the school three months, but Penry expects the school to have their first classes in August of 2016 in Wilson Hall.

The school will provide a di-rect pipeline for students into the New York Institute of Tech-nology Medical School and a bachelor program for students who, after three years in high school, can be admitted directly to the program with the right grades and test scores.

Penry said the biggest chal-lenge for this school is going to

be graduate medical education, or residencies, for students.

The school will host a Grad-uate Medical Education Sum-mit on Thursday, Oct. 16 at the Fowler Center in order to explore ideas for the program, primarily funding. The Summit will be attended by top leaders provided by NYIT, the CEO of COCA and the CEO for the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, all who have been around sim-ilar programs and may provide different input and ideas.

Also, Terry Mohajir gave up-dates to the faculty senators on academics for student athletes, which he says was and still is his number one priority, stress-ing the “better academically you are, the better athletic you’ll be.”

There are about 350 student athletes on campus, and this year they had the highest ac-ademic progress rate. Student athletes also had the highest cu-mulative GPA thus far of 3.029.

Mohajir said the most im-portant thing they do is their Jobs Program. This is a mentor

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Freshmen enrollment and ACT scores break previous records

Beebe makes Kays House donation, announces future museum exhibits

Sarah Thompson | Staff PhotographerGovernor Mike Beebe visited the historic V.C. Kays House to make a spe-cial announcement regarding its preservation on Saturday afternoon.

Sarah Thompson | Staff PhotographerTerry Mohajir, director of athletics, addressed the Faculty Senate’s con-cerns regarding the recent controversy over the cross-shaped memorial stickers that were placed on the football helmets earlier this season.

An A-State alumnus will soon be featured on the pop-ular Comedy Central show “The Colbert Report” display-ing his unique talent: yo-yo-ing.

Matt Mullins, a 2013 A-State political science graduate of Jonesboro, has been yo-yoing for most of his life. He began when he was 10-years-old, and started competing professionally at age 14.

Mullins is sponsored by the Duncan Toy Company, the makers of yo-yos, and has been working with them for

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“Who dat, who dat, I-G-G-Y.” Yes, admit it. You read the beginning sentence in the exact voice of Iggy Azalea. If you don’t know who she is, take the time to listen and under-stand why we are “Fancy.”

Don’t become alarmed, you’re not being judged. You’re just a victim of music industry tactics.

Many of today’s mainstream music artists are talentless man-ufactured products led by big wigs in the music industry.

The authenticity of music has declined due to powerful mar-keting techniques rooted in so-cial media, advertisements, and product placement for artists.

For example, many of the top ten-music artists, partic-ularly in pop music, have the same sound and aesthetic look. They may differ in personality, but the overall generic sound is eminent.

Why? Because music execu-tives do not think they can sole-ly rely on the talent of artists.

They market the same gener-ic look in the music and brand artists into a source of income. This unfortunate formula has bred some of the worst main-stream artists in music history.

There was a golden time

when music had a monumental impact. You could drive down the highway blasting the radio and hear a variety of amazing tracks. Today’s radio consists of the same songs repeatedly being aired. You may cringe, or grind your teeth while listening, but somehow or another you even-tually nod your head.

Musical trailblazers like Mi-chael Jackson, Bob Dylan, Ma-donna and John Lennon didn’t have to rely on gimmicks to sell their albums.

According to the Recording Industry Association of Amer-ica, Michael Jackson’s album Thriller is the best selling album of all time. That’s a phenome-nal achievement, especially at a

time when social media didn’t exist. His talent overshadowed the need to market him.

What defines musical tal-ent? It’s walking on stage with a microphone and bringing an audience to their feet. It is the ability to create a masterpiece with sound using your voice or any musical instrument.

The uncanny ability to un-derstand pitch, rhythm, vocal quality, and other musical attri-butes all encompass the art of musical talent. What magnifies musical talent is the type of im-pact it has on the listener.

The moment the listener can feel the lyrics of a song and foster an emotional reaction de-fines an artist’s musical talent. Today’s music artists lack these important qualities.

Shows like American Idol and The Voice can help contes-tants achieve fame but eventu-ally lay them on the same con-veyer belt as other mainstream artists.

Many of the contestants have amazing talent and ambition, but since the shows rely on pub-lic votes, music executives can-not fully “brand” the particular artists yet. The winner of the show, regardless of their talent,

is usually not able to produce amazing albums due to the dis-interest of the recording com-panies. How many artists from these shows have had successful album sales? Although some have survived, it is a rare occur-rence to see successful winners.

The creation of Auto-Tune is a goldmine to the music indus-try. If you sound like a banshee, throw a little Auto-Tune in your vocals and you could be the next Whitney Houston.

However, the overproduction of vocals has weakened the el-ement of live performances. It’s a sad world to know that vocal talent is falling apart. Sing-ing live has become scarce and backup vocals are the new norm.

It baffles me that the music industry hasn’t realized true tal-ent will sell more than commer-cial talent. History has taught us that today’s trendy songs won’t leave a large impact. “We Will Rock You,” “Imagine” and “Bil-lie Jean” are the type of songs engraved in our history books.

In the future, I hope we can live in an enlightenment age of amazing music.

Until then, I will have to raise my fist and sing “Fancy” until my ears bleed.

The topic of race is an often debated and very sensitive issue in today’s society.

The greatest issue when dis-cussing race is racism and how to eradicate the process of bas-ing judgments on race.

However, in order to prevent the spread of racism and come together as a forward think-ing society, perhaps we should consider a different approach -- one that throws aside some of our teachings in order to view people for what they are: unique and equal human beings.

We as a society have at-tributed differences in cultures and upbringings to skin color. This has fabricated an issue of race that would otherwise be non-existent.

People often believe that those who share a skin color will automatically share common thoughts or behaviors.

If we examine this train of thought, however, we find it to be inaccurate.

For example, there is no rea-son that an individual born and raised in America has a similar

experience to a person from Eu-rope, Africa or Central America based solely upon their race or ethnicity.

I believe the term race is a misnomer. Ideological differ-ences between individuals are simply cultural differences.

I share no more in common with a person of my race than I would with someone of any dif-fering heritage.

The only thing that an indi-vidual can have in common with another individual of the same race are traits that society has attributed to that color.

Any other common experi-

ences come from shared cultures or experiences, not skin color. Therefore an African-American individual can only share that culture with another individual because it has been deemed so. Any positive or negative attri-bute one believes to have due to their race can actually be at-tributed to their culture.

This is not to say that we can ignore the practice of racism as it is today. To ignore this issue would only allow it to become more prevalent. What we must do is change the way we look at it.

When any person or group is being treated unfairly based on unsupported, ignorant, and out-dated biases, we must stand to-gether as responsible members of a global society and come to the victim’s aid.

We cannot allow racism or any discrimination to stand, and must be especially careful not to fall into these patterns of judg-ment ourselves.

In order to progress as a so-ciety, we must see that race is simply the color of an individ-

ual’s skin and no more defines that individual than the color of their hair.

We need to move away from being proud to be Afri-can-American, Asian or Cauca-sian and be proud of our person-al history, cultural connections and interactions with others.

We must remove ideas that a person or group of people can be defined by their outward ap-pearance. Only by reforming our society, and teaching our shildrem to remove ideas that race defines our identities and connections to one another, will we be able to move forward.

If we can truly learn to ignore flawed societal teachings and view people as they are--com-binations of cultural differences and experiences--then we can truly irradiate the issue of race and the prevalence of racism in today’s society.

As Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. famously said, we must judge one another on the content of our character not by the color of our skin.

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On Monday, NASA made a big announcent for space exploration. After having stopped the sending of manned shuttles to the International Space Station years ago, they announced that they would be revamping the program.

Only this time, the federal government won’t be footing the entire bill, as they have in the past.

Boeing and SpaceX, two private corperations, have signed contracts with NASA to fund the building of their own space shuttles to send to the International Space Station (ISS).

The shuttle will still undergo the same testing in order to pass safety standards, and be built with the interests of NASA in mind.

Since 2010, the United States has forced NASA to drastically change its program directions, amid massive budget cuts.

One of the first programs to go was the launching of astronauts to the ISS. Therefore, in order for a United States astronaut to make it to the ISS, they had to hitch a ride on one of Russia’s shuttles, with a price tag of about $70 million per seat. The United States would usually purchase 6 seats each year, the current methods just weren’t feasible for the agency.

With such expensive flights, progress with the ISS was stifled for the United States, a country that used to be a leader in space exploration through the station.

In addition, shaky relations with Russia meant that the window of opportunity for space flight may have been closing.

Now, the United States will have access to its own space shuttle. This will mean continued progress in the projects currently underway in the ISS.

While there is a stigma associated with corporatizing any agency, let alone one that has belonged to the government, this particular instance can actually have many positive effects.

First, because taxpayers aren’t responsible for funding the programs, NASA now has more freedom to explore without the contraints of public pre-approval.

Moreover, the companies, acting in their best interest to turn a profit, take much more interest in technological advancement. More advancement means more opportunities to earn.

Imagine a world in which civillians can travel to space. While it was once a novelty for science-fiction novels, only a few short years could change a dream into reality.

Space exploration has great benefits for the United States and the world. NASA’s decision to work with the private sector gives us access to these benefits faster than we could on our own, and with the added benefit of stimulating the economy.

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Sarah Thompson|Staff WriterA-State students honor those who lost their lives from domestic violence in a moment of silence during a candlelight vigil that was organized by the counseling center in their honor.

Awareness week honors victims of abuse

The ASU Counseling Cen-ter hosted its annual candlelight vigil Tuesday on the Heritage Lawn as one of the several events held in honor of Domes-tic Violence Awareness week.

Participants gathered on the lawn to listen to speakers and light candles in memo-rial as the names of victims of domestic abuse were recited along with their stories. Red and black cut out figures stood before the crowd, each bear-ing a shield representing the 14 women who died as a result of domestic violence last year.

The ceremony began with a welcoming word from student life counselor Kristy Russell. In 2013, 18 people were killed as a result of domestic vio-lence in Arkansas, Russell said.

She spoke on how domestic violence affects men and wom-en. Out of the 18 victims last year, four were men. The message for Domestic Violence Aware-ness Week is that there is hope and healing available for any-one in an abusive relationship.

Domestic violence affects not only heterosexual couples, but any relationship form that in-volves altercations between peo-ple that are emotionally close to one another, according to Rus-sell. Domestic violence is “never acceptable from a man or wom-an, teen or adult,” Russell said.

The next speaker to take the podium was Jamie West Belly, a survivor of domestic violence.

She shared her abuse story to the crowd, giving a glimpse of how abuse can affect someone.

In her story, Belly told the tale of how her boyfriend had controlled her every move for the entire four year duration of the relationship. They had a son together, which her boyfriend used against her in his abusing.

“It was not my fault. Abuse is real and it can hap-pen to anyone,” Belly said.

Belly said there were sev-eral red flags in her relation-ship that her ex-boyfriend would explain or dismiss. He controlled her phone and had anger issues, she said.

“My acceptance (of the treat-ment) was his signal to keep go-ing,” Belly said. Through their relationship, Belly was secluded from her friends and her abuser would often break things and shove her during arguments.

He manipulated her and told her that no one cared about her and she didn’t know how to love. “He was going to teach me how to love,” she said.

“Women often say (abuse) will only happen once,” said Russell. “If it can happen once, it can happen twice.”

Belly said she reached out for help after her ex-boyfriend put the welfare of her child in danger. When Belly tried to get help, he would tell law en-forcement officials that she was crazy. This is a method of abuse known as “gaslighting.”

Although it took time and money getting help, Bel-ly was freed from her abuser.

She said she had a moral ob-ligation to protect her child.

Belly’s story is one of many. One in four women will be abused in their lifetime, ac-cording to Russell. Women between the ages of 20 and 24 are at the greatest risk of enter-ing into an abusive relationship.

The names of murdered domestic violence victims in Arkansas this past year were read as candles flickered in the cool wind. The victims ranged from ages 1-76. Some were killed by family members, oth-ers by their partner or spouse.

If students know someone who is in an abusive relation-ship, take caution when try-ing to help them. “Be there for them, listen, and offer to get them help,” Russell advised. She cautions students to not pressure their friends into their decision, but don’t wait to offer help when it might be too late otherwise. Phil Hestand, director of the counseling center, said, “There is help on campus, off cam-pus and in the communi-ty. All you have to do is ask.” Vicky Cargo of the Wom-en’s Crisis Center of NEA spoke on ways of getting help.The crisis center is here to help women who are in abusive re-lationships and need a way to get out. “There is help avail-able, there is hope,” Cargo said. Students who need help can contact the crisis center by call-ing (870)933-9449 or by visit-ing their website at NEACrisis-Center.org.

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The university has imple-mented changes to the in-cam-pus walking paths this semester to raise awareness about dif-ferent forms of transportation while ensuring everyone’s safety.

The university said it added PAC paths (pedestrian and cy-clists paths) this summer across the campus after they saw a need to expand their adaptability to the growing number of cyclists.

“A lot of it has to do with responding to students,” said Bill Smith, executive direc-tor of marketing and com-munications. “We have had feedback from folks in stu-dent government. They were wanting more bike racks on campus. We could see more bikes being used on campus, and there was a genuine need.”

Smith said that’s why the university added the “sharrow” symbols on paths across cam-pus to facilitate the steady flow of traffic. Sharrows are share-the-road arrows, which are the common symbol for bike lanes.

Contrary to popular belief, the paths between the build-ings on campus are not side-walks. “What we want people to recognize is that the multi-use paths are wide enough to accommodate for both cyclists and pedestrians,” Smith said.

Jonathon McCole, junior nursing major of Kansas City, MO, said, “I ride my bike to school all the time, and the sidewalks do get too crowded to bike on sometimes. Any ef-fort in clearing up that prob-lem even a little bit is progress.”

ing becomes available, there are places that need connec-tions. There are some places on campus that if we could get the funding that we need to, we could get a new second off-the-road track that is only for bicy-cles in the future,” Smith said.

This is just one of many ex-amples of how the university has adapted to the millennial gen-eration. “I think the thing that we know from studies and just individual feedback is that the rising millennial generation that is coming into campus is more in tune with the different ways of transportation than the pre-vious generation,” Smith said.

It could take up to five years to implement all of the chang-es, but Smith said if students respond to the concept, partic-ipate and provide feedback, it would help quicken the process. “Students have a chance to learn about the sharrows in an upcom-ing event on Oct. 11,” he said.

Jana Chamblee, public re-lations and advertising senior of Cabot, is in charge of the Walk N Roll that will run from 8 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. and is free for cyclists as well as anyone who wants to walk. Cyclist will ride through the PAC paths during the event to learn about where they begin and end.

“You’ll win prizes with the pit stops throughout the race and you’ll compete in lit-tle challenges and you’ll earn points,” Chamblee said. “The person with the most points in the end will win a bike.”

In result of the upcoming Halloween season, Cham-blee said they will also have whoever attends dress up and compete in a costume contest.

Smith said there is a point where the multi-use paths end, and he wants to encourage cy-clists to always makes sure they are riding on marked paths.

“In Arkansas, you are not supposed to ride a bicycle on a sidewalk because it’s consid-ered a vehicle,” he said. “If you are not seeing a marked shar-row on the path, then that’s still a sidewalk. You should dismount and walk with your bike on the sidewalk area.”

In a map of the planned phases for bicycle routes on campus, designated lanes for cyclists on campus, sharrows on multi-use paths and roads across campus, and other future university-sponsored improve-ments feature prominently.

“We have a master plan,” Smith said. “As the road beside Kays becomes overlaid, we are hoping that we can either get the road ‘sharrowed’ or have a desig-nated bike lane on that road.”

Smith said they originally began the project with money from several organizations on campus, including the Student Government Association, but the marking of the paths wasn’t as costly as it could have been.

“The beauty of the PAC paths system is that we have been able to create a transporta-tion network and guideline for a very economical cost because a lot of the structures were al-ready there,” Smith said. “The multi-use paths were there. In some parts of campus, they were remnants of old streets that were easy to convert.”

Now the university will look into grants that will help fund even more paths.

“As grants and other fund-

Howler Run sure to make students howlALLISON NICHOLS

NEWS EDITOR

Arctic dumpster diving, wall climbing and lots of mud are just some of the excit-ing obstacles in the A-State ROTC second annual Howler Run, a six-mile run and obsta-cle course, Sept. 27 at 1 p.m.

The run began last year as a way to bring students and community members together to get involved with the ROTC program.

David Hastings, enrollment and scholarship officer for the ROTC program, said, “Last year we worked with campus recre-ation to work with students who were trying to get ready for big-ger races such as the tough mud-der race, and they were wanting to use our obstacle course.”

Hastings and Kelly Tuttle Krahling, coordinator of well-ness programs, began discuss-ing the possibility of making an event to do on campus for stu-dents and the community who may want to prepare and par-ticipate in one of the half-mile marathons. “We talked to some community members about the idea, and they were over-whelmingly supportive,” he said.

Teams of five are made up of individuals or groups that participate in the competi-tion. The race includes obsta-cles such as a pond trudge, tire flip, hay bale walls and an arc-tic dumpster dive. It is sched-

to raise $1,500 or more to off-set some of the costs for future ROTC events, Hastings said.

“We really started recruit-ing for the event the first week of school. ROTC members are running it because we want to give the students and Jones-boro population a chance to go through this and have a good time,” Hastings said. “We want to focus on the campus as much as we can, and we have got-ten so much support from the community as far as donating.”

The cost of putting the Howler Run on is minimal. Hastings said that “due to lo-cal support, it isn’t much more than a couple of hundred dollars, and the fire depart-ment donates the dumpster.”

Teams and individuals can still register up until the day of the event. Participation fees are $25 for individuals or $100 for teams of five. Free t-shirts will be available at the event. Partic-ipants can sign up and pay on-line at www.astate.edu/howler.

Hastings said, “We would love to have any and all who would like to participate.”

uled to have over 13 obsta-cles for participants to tackle.

Hastings said, “I’ve been told that we are having mul-tiple teams of Greeks, com-munity members and indi-viduals participate. Last year we had 13 teams go through.”

Tevin McGee, A-State graduate and a participant of last year’s run, said, “It was a one-of-a-kind experi-ence that was fun, fierce and competitive. I’m looking for-ward to winning it this year.”

The Howler Run is a fund-raising event hosted to help raise money for the ROTC program. The money raised goes towards events such as the military ball and other for-fun events that aren’t covered by military or university funding.

The ROTC program offers classes and hands on training focused primarily on leader-ship in small organizations and to motivate young people to be better citizens, accord-ing to the A-State website.

Last year’s run raised $1,300 for the program. This year, ROTC members are hoping

Courtsey of A-State ROTCStudent competing in last year’s Howler Run.

Food pantry to open for students and communityARI YUKI

STAFF WRITER

A-State’s Wesley Founda-tion is planning to open a food pantry to students and com-munity members in the edu-cation and recreation building.

“We’re still on the plan-ning process, but we’re hop-ing to have it started by next semester,” said Sterling Dun-ham, junior photojournalism major of Trumann and intern for the Wesley Foundation.

The Wesley Foundation is A-State’s United Methodist Campus Ministry. According their website, “the organization

puses throughout the country increased awareness of hunger and the necessity for food as-sistance programs for students who are juggling class loads, jobs and still wondering where their next meal might come from.

“A lot of the work of decreas-ing food insecurity is increasing food availability,” Meadors said.

“We realize that there is a need, especially for students off campus who are working jobs and having to pay rent,” said Dunham. “They are us-ing the vast majority of their money to pay for rent and pay for transportation. I’ve per-

is a way for students to look for chances to do good every day” by serving their neighbors.

Samantha Meadors, interim director at the Wesley Foun-dation, said “After doing some work with food banks and food pantries over the last year, we realized that though we live in one of the most food inse-cure regions of the state, there was not a food pantry available to students at the university.”

It is sometimes difficult for the university to determine the income or lack of money stu-dents have and whether they need assistance. Yet, according to research from Meadors, cam- FOOD PANTRY, 4A

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A-State makes campus more bike friendly

Sarah Thompson|Staff WriterA-State students honor those who lost their lives from domestic violence in a moment of silence during a candlelight vigil that was organized by the counseling center in their honor.

Awareness week honors victims of abuse

The ASU Counseling Cen-ter hosted its annual candlelight vigil Tuesday on the Heritage Lawn as one of the several events held in honor of Domes-tic Violence Awareness week.

Participants gathered on the lawn to listen to speakers and light candles in memo-rial as the names of victims of domestic abuse were recited along with their stories. Red and black cut out figures stood before the crowd, each bear-ing a shield representing the 14 women who died as a result of domestic violence last year.

The ceremony began with a welcoming word from student life counselor Kristy Russell. In 2013, 18 people were killed as a result of domestic vio-lence in Arkansas, Russell said.

She spoke on how domestic violence affects men and wom-en. Out of the 18 victims last year, four were men. The message for Domestic Violence Aware-ness Week is that there is hope and healing available for any-one in an abusive relationship.

Domestic violence affects not only heterosexual couples, but any relationship form that in-volves altercations between peo-ple that are emotionally close to one another, according to Rus-sell. Domestic violence is “never acceptable from a man or wom-an, teen or adult,” Russell said.

The next speaker to take the podium was Jamie West Belly, a survivor of domestic violence.

She shared her abuse story to the crowd, giving a glimpse of how abuse can affect someone.

In her story, Belly told the tale of how her boyfriend had controlled her every move for the entire four year duration of the relationship. They had a son together, which her boyfriend used against her in his abusing.

“It was not my fault. Abuse is real and it can hap-pen to anyone,” Belly said.

Belly said there were sev-eral red flags in her relation-ship that her ex-boyfriend would explain or dismiss. He controlled her phone and had anger issues, she said.

“My acceptance (of the treat-ment) was his signal to keep go-ing,” Belly said. Through their relationship, Belly was secluded from her friends and her abuser would often break things and shove her during arguments.

He manipulated her and told her that no one cared about her and she didn’t know how to love. “He was going to teach me how to love,” she said.

“Women often say (abuse) will only happen once,” said Russell. “If it can happen once, it can happen twice.”

Belly said she reached out for help after her ex-boyfriend put the welfare of her child in danger. When Belly tried to get help, he would tell law en-forcement officials that she was crazy. This is a method of abuse known as “gaslighting.”

Although it took time and money getting help, Bel-ly was freed from her abuser.

She said she had a moral ob-ligation to protect her child.

Belly’s story is one of many. One in four women will be abused in their lifetime, ac-cording to Russell. Women between the ages of 20 and 24 are at the greatest risk of enter-ing into an abusive relationship.

The names of murdered domestic violence victims in Arkansas this past year were read as candles flickered in the cool wind. The victims ranged from ages 1-76. Some were killed by family members, oth-ers by their partner or spouse.

If students know someone who is in an abusive relation-ship, take caution when try-ing to help them. “Be there for them, listen, and offer to get them help,” Russell advised. She cautions students to not pressure their friends into their decision, but don’t wait to offer help when it might be too late otherwise. Phil Hestand, director of the counseling center, said, “There is help on campus, off cam-pus and in the communi-ty. All you have to do is ask.” Vicky Cargo of the Wom-en’s Crisis Center of NEA spoke on ways of getting help.The crisis center is here to help women who are in abusive re-lationships and need a way to get out. “There is help avail-able, there is hope,” Cargo said. Students who need help can contact the crisis center by call-ing (870)933-9449 or by visit-ing their website at NEACrisis-Center.org.

BAILEY RICHARDSONSTAFF WRITER

JORGE QUIQUIVIXSTAFF WRITER

The university has imple-mented changes to the in-cam-pus walking paths this semester to raise awareness about dif-ferent forms of transportation while ensuring everyone’s safety.

The university said it added PAC paths (pedestrian and cy-clists paths) this summer across the campus after they saw a need to expand their adaptability to the growing number of cyclists.

“A lot of it has to do with responding to students,” said Bill Smith, executive direc-tor of marketing and com-munications. “We have had feedback from folks in stu-dent government. They were wanting more bike racks on campus. We could see more bikes being used on campus, and there was a genuine need.”

Smith said that’s why the university added the “sharrow” symbols on paths across cam-pus to facilitate the steady flow of traffic. Sharrows are share-the-road arrows, which are the common symbol for bike lanes.

Contrary to popular belief, the paths between the build-ings on campus are not side-walks. “What we want people to recognize is that the multi-use paths are wide enough to accommodate for both cyclists and pedestrians,” Smith said.

Jonathon McCole, junior nursing major of Kansas City, MO, said, “I ride my bike to school all the time, and the sidewalks do get too crowded to bike on sometimes. Any ef-fort in clearing up that prob-lem even a little bit is progress.”

ing becomes available, there are places that need connec-tions. There are some places on campus that if we could get the funding that we need to, we could get a new second off-the-road track that is only for bicy-cles in the future,” Smith said.

This is just one of many ex-amples of how the university has adapted to the millennial gen-eration. “I think the thing that we know from studies and just individual feedback is that the rising millennial generation that is coming into campus is more in tune with the different ways of transportation than the pre-vious generation,” Smith said.

It could take up to five years to implement all of the chang-es, but Smith said if students respond to the concept, partic-ipate and provide feedback, it would help quicken the process. “Students have a chance to learn about the sharrows in an upcom-ing event on Oct. 11,” he said.

Jana Chamblee, public re-lations and advertising senior of Cabot, is in charge of the Walk N Roll that will run from 8 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. and is free for cyclists as well as anyone who wants to walk. Cyclist will ride through the PAC paths during the event to learn about where they begin and end.

“You’ll win prizes with the pit stops throughout the race and you’ll compete in lit-tle challenges and you’ll earn points,” Chamblee said. “The person with the most points in the end will win a bike.”

In result of the upcoming Halloween season, Cham-blee said they will also have whoever attends dress up and compete in a costume contest.

Smith said there is a point where the multi-use paths end, and he wants to encourage cy-clists to always makes sure they are riding on marked paths.

“In Arkansas, you are not supposed to ride a bicycle on a sidewalk because it’s consid-ered a vehicle,” he said. “If you are not seeing a marked shar-row on the path, then that’s still a sidewalk. You should dismount and walk with your bike on the sidewalk area.”

In a map of the planned phases for bicycle routes on campus, designated lanes for cyclists on campus, sharrows on multi-use paths and roads across campus, and other future university-sponsored improve-ments feature prominently.

“We have a master plan,” Smith said. “As the road beside Kays becomes overlaid, we are hoping that we can either get the road ‘sharrowed’ or have a desig-nated bike lane on that road.”

Smith said they originally began the project with money from several organizations on campus, including the Student Government Association, but the marking of the paths wasn’t as costly as it could have been.

“The beauty of the PAC paths system is that we have been able to create a transporta-tion network and guideline for a very economical cost because a lot of the structures were al-ready there,” Smith said. “The multi-use paths were there. In some parts of campus, they were remnants of old streets that were easy to convert.”

Now the university will look into grants that will help fund even more paths.

“As grants and other fund-

Howler Run sure to make students howlALLISON NICHOLS

NEWS EDITOR

Arctic dumpster diving, wall climbing and lots of mud are just some of the excit-ing obstacles in the A-State ROTC second annual Howler Run, a six-mile run and obsta-cle course, Sept. 27 at 1 p.m.

The run began last year as a way to bring students and community members together to get involved with the ROTC program.

David Hastings, enrollment and scholarship officer for the ROTC program, said, “Last year we worked with campus recre-ation to work with students who were trying to get ready for big-ger races such as the tough mud-der race, and they were wanting to use our obstacle course.”

Hastings and Kelly Tuttle Krahling, coordinator of well-ness programs, began discuss-ing the possibility of making an event to do on campus for stu-dents and the community who may want to prepare and par-ticipate in one of the half-mile marathons. “We talked to some community members about the idea, and they were over-whelmingly supportive,” he said.

Teams of five are made up of individuals or groups that participate in the competi-tion. The race includes obsta-cles such as a pond trudge, tire flip, hay bale walls and an arc-tic dumpster dive. It is sched-

to raise $1,500 or more to off-set some of the costs for future ROTC events, Hastings said.

“We really started recruit-ing for the event the first week of school. ROTC members are running it because we want to give the students and Jones-boro population a chance to go through this and have a good time,” Hastings said. “We want to focus on the campus as much as we can, and we have got-ten so much support from the community as far as donating.”

The cost of putting the Howler Run on is minimal. Hastings said that “due to lo-cal support, it isn’t much more than a couple of hundred dollars, and the fire depart-ment donates the dumpster.”

Teams and individuals can still register up until the day of the event. Participation fees are $25 for individuals or $100 for teams of five. Free t-shirts will be available at the event. Partic-ipants can sign up and pay on-line at www.astate.edu/howler.

Hastings said, “We would love to have any and all who would like to participate.”

uled to have over 13 obsta-cles for participants to tackle.

Hastings said, “I’ve been told that we are having mul-tiple teams of Greeks, com-munity members and indi-viduals participate. Last year we had 13 teams go through.”

Tevin McGee, A-State graduate and a participant of last year’s run, said, “It was a one-of-a-kind experi-ence that was fun, fierce and competitive. I’m looking for-ward to winning it this year.”

The Howler Run is a fund-raising event hosted to help raise money for the ROTC program. The money raised goes towards events such as the military ball and other for-fun events that aren’t covered by military or university funding.

The ROTC program offers classes and hands on training focused primarily on leader-ship in small organizations and to motivate young people to be better citizens, accord-ing to the A-State website.

Last year’s run raised $1,300 for the program. This year, ROTC members are hoping

Courtsey of A-State ROTCStudent competing in last year’s Howler Run.

Food pantry to open for students and communityARI YUKI

STAFF WRITER

A-State’s Wesley Founda-tion is planning to open a food pantry to students and com-munity members in the edu-cation and recreation building.

“We’re still on the plan-ning process, but we’re hop-ing to have it started by next semester,” said Sterling Dun-ham, junior photojournalism major of Trumann and intern for the Wesley Foundation.

The Wesley Foundation is A-State’s United Methodist Campus Ministry. According their website, “the organization

puses throughout the country increased awareness of hunger and the necessity for food as-sistance programs for students who are juggling class loads, jobs and still wondering where their next meal might come from.

“A lot of the work of decreas-ing food insecurity is increasing food availability,” Meadors said.

“We realize that there is a need, especially for students off campus who are working jobs and having to pay rent,” said Dunham. “They are us-ing the vast majority of their money to pay for rent and pay for transportation. I’ve per-

is a way for students to look for chances to do good every day” by serving their neighbors.

Samantha Meadors, interim director at the Wesley Foun-dation, said “After doing some work with food banks and food pantries over the last year, we realized that though we live in one of the most food inse-cure regions of the state, there was not a food pantry available to students at the university.”

It is sometimes difficult for the university to determine the income or lack of money stu-dents have and whether they need assistance. Yet, according to research from Meadors, cam- FOOD PANTRY, 4A

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Jeffernika Storr, sophomore radiological sci-ence major of the Bahamas, had to make a sacrifice when she decided to pursue a degree at A-State. Storr’s sac-rifice is her family.

She had to leave them to pursue her dream of making a better life for those she cares about, and she said leaving was one of the hardest things she has ever done.

“My little sis-ter at the time was like eight, and she was crying and she asked me why I had to leave,” Storr said. “It was very tough to leave my sister because we are so close. So I try to not look at that.”

Storr describes her family life as being close and interdependent before she left them for the United States. “There are five people in my family including my-self, my two sisters, my dad and my mom. My parents are still married. My sister just started what you guys would call junior high. My sisters, my mom and I are super close. My mom is like my life. We are so close because I don’t like to go to the beach, I don’t like to go out, so we usually just stay inside the house a lot. So, I guess our relationship grew even more like that, with my sisters as well, and also my father, but like I say my mom is like my number one.”

She attended a college in Albany, GA, but had to move to A-State to be a part of an accredited international program. After a while, she said ev-eryone started to understand that going to college is what she had to do.

“It was tough but I am doing it for all of them, especially my sister,” Storr said.

“I want a better school for her. I would prefer to have a better learning experience. My plan is to move her out of the island.”

Storr is from the San Salvador island, one of the 700 islands in the Bahamas.

About 1,500 people live in San Salvador. Storr was one of only nine students in her graduating class.

Storr said her previous community life made it easy to adapt to Jonesboro.

“(At home) they usually do a lot of sharing,” Storr said. “If someone doesn’t have a meal then they make sure they have something to eat. So it’s like it was here a very, very long time ago.”

Storr said the southern culture makes her feel like she is at home.

“What I have noticed is that people (in Jonesboro)

are very helpful and it reminds me of home,”

Storr said. “I am used to people saying hi, good morning and good afternoon.”

During the first home A-State football game, Storr no-ticed that rich southern culture took a toll on her.

“I don’t like football, I don’t

like sports, but that day was so exciting,”

Storr said. “Being there I found myself

screaming and cheering and I asked myself, ‘What

is happening to me?’ I would never sit down and cheer in front of the TV, but since I was there and the energy from all the oth-er people and just seeing them

there, it was hard not to say, ‘Go Red Wolves.’ I posted pictures and videos to Instagram and I was so excited that we won.”

Storr said although she enjoys adapting to life here in the U.S., adjusting to the classes in school was not as easy. Storr said the math she learned in the Bahamas was slightly different than what was expected from her here.

She said she struggled the most when she first took U.S. history and did not do that well in her first test.

“But it was up to me to get everything, study harder than my classmates and I learned a lot about U.S. history. Since I like history it was in-teresting, so I took probably all the history I could take,” Storr said.

Lastly, she said she is looking forward to the rest of her first semester at A-State. Storr said depending on the offers she receives after gradu-ating, she may decide to stay in U.S. permanently.

“It’s a 50/50 chance,” Storr said. “Like I said, it is to better myself and my family. (The Baha-mas) is not a bad place. It’s just not for me. Even though I am from a small place, I am a city girl at heart. I like new adventures and a big city.”

CAITLIN JANCZYSSTAFF WRITER

Don’t let the small set up of a studio fool you, the Red Wolf Radio show Spanglish 101 packs an hour-long session of witty comments and ed-ucational entertainment with the bilingual hosts professor Claudio Eduardo Pinto and student Japhanie Gray. Spanglish is growing as rapidly in listeners as the savvy Pinto speaks Spanish.

Spanglish airs on Red Wolf Radio, the student run internet radio station on campus. It brings to the table a variety of ways to let the listeners be more aware of Spanish culture. “It’s one of those shows that gets people comfortable,” said Gray, senior multimedia journalism and broadcast ma-jor of Osceola. “For example, it meshes the cul-tures first and foremost. So you have your students listening online to it, but you also have españols trying to basically connect to their culture.”

Pinto, instructor of Spanish in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, said the show has a global audience, reaching listeners from Spain to South America. “But most important of course is people from here,”Pinto said.

The meshing of these cultures is achieved by including certain activities in the show that are a part of Spanglish. “We try to incorporate things like, difficult question of the day, as well as the Spanish word for the day, some favorite Spanish words that some students are learning for Span-ish, and What In the World category,” Pinto said. There is also a segment of the hour-long show in which both Gray and Pinto address the issue of stereotypes, putting a comedic light on it while also reminding listeners just how misleading these things can be.

In the last show, they talked about how one

stereotype of Latinos is how they always seem to pack up an army of people in just one car. Pinto said that if that were so, it wouldn’t be any differ-ent than students on campus doing the exact same thing because they want to try and save gas.

“People have so many stereotypes about our Hispanic culture and they don’t know too many things about us,” He said. “Like for example, you hear a person speaking Spanish and you think, ‘Oh they must love tacos, and they can hardly speak English,’ and that’s it. So we’re trying to go beyond that.”

Gray also explained that the show is “putting it out there that this is what we’ve been thinking, this is what is happening real life. It’s an overall big learning experience for everybody.”

Spanglish learning experience for everyone in-volved. Every time Red Wolf Radio live broad-casts this show, it is easily accessible through a computer, laptop, smartphone, iPad or even just typing in the website www.redwolfradio.org. All these opportunities are available to listen to the show, and in the end, take away a great experience about learning another culture.

“We want people to know that these are peo-ple too, they have everyday lives just like us. Being the Red Wolf Radio director I felt like this cam-pus was so divided, so I think that doing this is a way to not only get us to pull together, but we can teach people, students interested in Spanish,” Gray said.

The learning experience seems to be paying off. Gray and Pinto are looking towards expanding their audience even more by also having a Span-glish ASU-TV show in the near future.

Spanglish airs on Red Wolf Radio on every Tuesdays 3:30-4:30 p.m.

“Spanglish” talks humor, culture

An impossible choiceJORGE QUIQUIVIX

STAFF WRITER

Bahamian student seeks education at loss of family

Britney Young | Staff PhotographerJaphine Gray of Osceola and Claudio Eduardo of Peru keep up the chatter on their Red Wolf Radio show Spanglish. Spanglish is about getting people connected and to have a better understanding with the Latin culture.

Courtesy of Jeffernika Storr (Middle Front)

No “tie” possible in A-State fashion battleROBERT WOODS

STAFF WRITER

There is a war brewing. This isn’t the average war that utilizes guns or ma-chinery. The war is being fought be-tween neckties and bowties. We’ve all seen them hanging from the neck of businessmen and women alike. They are a standard at weddings and profes-sional events. They are the visual cores in a suit and without one you lack po-tential extravagance. Most of all, they are the cause for unending controversy.

Many people admire a necktie for the simplicity and class. Some enjoy bowties for the uniqueness and personality. Who will triumph in this ever-waging war?

First, we’ll examine the necktie side of the issue. Neckties come in a variety of shapes and sizes, making them a versatile choice. Options include wide, skinny, long and short. Neckties in general are easier to find, unlike bowties. You have a better

chance of seeing a necktie in a retail store than you do with a bowtie. However, this prevalence varies from store-to-store.

In this war, what is the biggest weapon a necktie has? The knot! Creative knots for neckties can enhance an entire outfit. These knots range from the classic Wind-sor knot to the complicated, yet gorgeous, Eldredge knot. The list can go on and on.

You can even create your own knot with practice. This doesn’t mean you will become a knot-tying champion like the Flying Dutchman from Sponge-Bob Squarepants, but you surely can create something that fits your style.

A quick YouTube search shows how to tie these knots. Be sure to find a video that elaborates every hand movement. If not, you are set-ting yourself to become a tangled mess.

Bowties have been transformed from a childlike accessory to a serious style centerpiece. From the necks of profes-sionals to celebrities, bowties have taken the world by storm. If worn correctly, a

simple bowtie can make an entire outfit look amazing. Even pairing a bowtie with a polo shirt can bring the outfit to life.

In this stylish war, personality is the key weapon of the bowtie. Bow-ties convey a sense of personality, un-like regular neckties. Since most suits are worn with neckties, a bowtie will add a level of uniqueness. You are sure-ly to catch glances when wearing one.

Bowties are deemed as a “snazzier” accessory, so people might not take you seriously depending on the situation. If President Obama gave the State of the Union address in a bowtie, it might dis-tract from his speech. He would still re-ceive some stylish compliments though.

This raging war does have a middle ground. It is possible for a necktie to become a bowtie. It sounds like some form of dark magic, but it’s not as com-plicated as you think. The only tools needed are Google and extreme patience.

With certain folding and wrapping techniques, the necktie can temporari-

ly become a bowtie and then revert back to a regular necktie. It’s a very convenient talent to learn, especially if you enjoy a design that’s only made for neckties.

Who triumphs in the end? I declare the bowtie the champion. Due to its uniqueness, trendiness and bold-ness, a bowtie is a per-fect style choice for anybody. Neckties are great in some standards but they aren’t as memorable as a bowtie. In today’s society, it’s im-portant to leave an ever-lasting effect on people. You want people to remember something unique about you. Bowties have the po-tential to do this. Be bold, be unique, and wear the accesso-ry that stands out. The bowtie!

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Korey Speaight | Staff PhotographerChris Stone and Artez Brown blitz the Utah State quarterback for an 8-yard sack. The Red Wolves defense performed very well, allowing only 14 points. Many defensive players were involved in blocking a field goal try that forced overtime.

Arkansas State head foot-ball coach Blake Anderson was asked to give a statement to sum up his team’s performance against the Utah State Aggies Saturday.

His response: “Is ‘wow’ a good enough statement for y’all?”

“Wow” was the perfect way to describe the Red Wolves thrilling 21-14 overtime win against the Aggies, as A-State was up and down all game long, but when it mattered most, they made great plays and pulled out the win.

The game started slowly as the Red Wolves were held scoreless in the first half.

On the opening drive of the game, it looked like A-State would have their way on offense, but as soon as they got into the red zone, junior wide receiver Tres Houston fumbled and the Aggies recovered.

A-State failed to regain their momentum on offense in the first half.

The Red Wolves committed an abysmal three turnovers in the first half and struggled to move the ball.

On only one first half drive did A-State gain more than six-teen yards, and the result of that one drive was a lost fumble.

Fortunately, the defense played lights out all night long.

The only major miscue in the first half came on the Aggies’ second drive of the game when Utah State junior wide receiver Hunter Sharp got behind the defense for an 81-yard touch-down reception from sopho-more quarterback Darell Gar-

retson. However, after the defense

recovered from this play, they were able to hold Utah State scoreless for the remainder of the first half.

On the Aggies second drive of the second half, A-State caught a big break when Utah State senior punter Jaron Ber-trude dropped the snap before his punt attempt.

The Red Wolves were send-ing heavy pressure, so Bertrude was forced to fall on the ball at the Aggies’ 13-yard line, giving A-State the ball on downs.

The Red Wolves made short work of the great field position, as junior receiver J.D. McKissic scored on a 12-yard run on third and nine.

Anderson dialed up a reverse for McKissic on an obvious passing situation and it com-pletely caught the defense off guard.

McKissic’s score tied the game at 7 and put the Red Wolves in a great position to take control of the game, despite not playing well in the first half.

However, Utah State quickly regained the lead on their next possession.

After moving the ball for a few yards at a time the en-tire drive, they finally hit a big play as Garretson completed a 41-yard pass to senior receiver Ronald Butler for a touchdown, giving Utah State a 14-7 lead.

The teams went back and forth for a while as both defens-es were playing well and neither offense getting the ball moving.

Finally, the Red Wolves put together a scoring drive in the middle of the fourth quarter.

The key play on the drive was

a fourth and nine conversion by the Red Wolves.

The ball was on the Aggies’ 18-yard line, but with a seven point deficit and just five min-utes remaining in the game, Anderson decided to go for it. Junior quarterback Fredi Knighten attempted a pass to junior tight end Darion Gris-wold up the sideline after faking a reverse to McKissic.

While the pass was incom-plete, Utah State sophomore safety Devin Centers was flagged for defensive pass in-terference and gave the Red Wolves new life.

Two plays later, sophomore running back Johnston White ran the ball from four yards out into the end zone to tie the game at 14.

White had a big night, gain-ing a career high 100 rushing yards in his first career start.

With only 4:58 remain-ing in regulation and the score tied, A-State kicked off to Utah State.

The Red Wolves defense had perhaps their best stand of the night, forcing a three and out and a punt.

Arkansas State had one last chance to win the game in reg-ulation.

Unfortunately, they were un-able to capitalize.

After moving the ball to midfield, Knighten dropped back to pass but when he pulled his arm back to throw, the ball slipped out and the Aggies re-covered.

Utah State was in a great po-sition to win the game.

They quickly moved the ball down to the 21-yard line be-fore calling timeout with three

seconds left to set up a last-sec-ond, game-winning field goal attempt.

A-State came up with per-haps the biggest play of the night on this attempt, as se-nior cornerback Artez Brown rushed around the left edge and was able to get both hands on the ball, blocking it and forcing overtime.

The Red Wolves got the ball first in overtime and they didn’t waste any time in getting into the end zone.

After a short run on first down, Knighten threw deep down the left sideline to fresh-man receiver Dijon Paschall, who made a great catch in traf-fic for a touchdown. Paschall said after the game, “Pre-snap I was looking at Fredi. I knew that was man (coverage). When its man, we take a shot. So I was expecting it. He threw a great ball and I executed.”

This shot would prove to be the game-winner.

The Red Wolves defense put on one more outstanding

performance as they kept Utah State from even gaining a first down.

After a fourth down incom-pletion, the A-State players rushed the field to celebrate the win.

The victory is a huge win for the Red Wolves’ program, as it gives them a 2-2 record going into conference play.

Utah State is a talented team, from an extremely strong con-

ference. There is no doubt that this win will be highly regarded when A-State fans look back on it at the end of the season.

A-State has a bye next week, but will return to action on Oc-tober 4 at 6 p.m. here at Cen-tennial Bank Stadium against the University of Louisi-ana-Monroe. As always, for all your A-State football coverage, visit asuherald.com/sports.

Red Wolves win thriller at home

Late game heroics lift Red Wolves over Aggies in overtime

Stats of the day:Utah State was the 15th ranked defense in the country. They were #5 in the country in rush de-fense. The Red Wolves put up 316 yards, including 126 on the ground, and also 22 first downs. The A-State Defense forced Utah State to go 6-20 on 3rd down and 1-4 on 4th down.

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The Arkansas State’s men’s golf team competed in the Memphis Intercollegiate last Monday and Tuesday after a 14th place finish at the Sam Hall Intercollegiate the week before.

The start of the Memphis Intercollegiate went about as well as the Red Wolves could have hoped for, and they ended the first two rounds tied with the Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles for fourth out of 15 teams with a score of 585.

The first round A-State shot as a team a score of 297, and were led by Tanner Napier who finished the first round with a 73.

His score improved to a 71 in the second round.

The rest of the Red Wolves finished the first two rounds well, with Petter Salqvist finishing tied for 21st, shooting a 75 and a 72.

Matt Loiacano shot a 75 and 73.

Seth Garner ended the first round with a 74 and a 75.

Oswin Schlenkrich rounded out Arkansas State’s team play with an 84 and a 72.

Trent Jones, competing as an individual, recorded an 80 and a 79 in the first two rounds.

The third and final round wasn’t what the Red Wolves really wanted. A-State finished the final round shooting a 303 which dropped them down to seventh place, which is where the Red Wolves would finish the game.

Their final score sat at an 888, just three shots behind the sixth place Belmont Bruins.

Petter Salqvist finished the intercollegiate tied for 14th and finished the third round shooting a 72, which lead the team for the final round, and also finished the

intercollegiate with a team best score of 219.

Tanner Napier slid a bit compared to his previous two rounds and shot a 79 to finish with a 223.

Garner shot another 75 to finish right behind Napier with a 224.

Loiacano shot a 77 to end with a 225. Jones competing as an individual shot a 77 and finished with a 236.

Schlenkrich ended the intercollegiate with an 81 and a final score of 237.

Despite the poor finish to the tournament, seventh is the highest the Red Wolves have finished in competition this year.

The Red Wolves will hope to continue this upward trajectory when they compete in the Bill Ross Intercollegiate at University of Missouri-Kansas City Oct. 13-14 in Overland Park, Kansas City.

For all your A-State golf coverage, visit asuherald.com/sports.

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Golf takes highest f inish of year, places 7th at Memphis

In a hard fought match, the A-State women’s volleyball team fell to conference rival Texas State 3-0 (25-22, 25-18, 25-23) at the Convocation Center in the team’s home and conference opener this season.

In match the Red Wolves seemed to come up just shy of the victory in each set. Neither team dominated the first set as they continued to trade blows throughout.

With the set tied at 20-20, Texas State surged forward to take three of the next four points to earn a 23-21 lead. Freshman middle blocker Drew Jones responded with a kill to cut the lead to 23-22, but the Bobcats won the next two points to take the set 25-22.

Early in the second set, it seemed like A-State would take the lead away as they went on an early 3-1 run.

However, Texas State did not go away easily as they brought the set to a tie at 9-9.

From that point on, the

Bobcats took control, ending the set on a seven-point run to take the set 25-18.

Each team continued to trade blows in the third

set before Jones delivered another big kill to give the Red Wolves a 15-13 edge.

Again, the Bobcats responded with 3-0 run of

their own to take the lead at 16-15.

The Red Wolves tied the set 22-22 after a monstrous kill from senior outside hitter Sarah Kemp, but Texas State rallied to a 3-1 run to end the set and the match with a 25-23 set victory.

The loss dropped A-State to 5-5 overall and 0-1 in Sun Belt Conference play.

Kemp led A-State with 14 kills, while sophomore setter Malorie Warrington registered her eighth double double on the season with 30 assists and 12 digs.

On the defensive side of the ball, sophomore defensive specialist Markie Schaedig led the team with 16 digs and Kemp led in blocks with three, including two block solos.

A-State also took on the Georgia Southern University Eagles and won in four sets (25-23, 18-25, 25-22, 25-22).

The road win improved

the Red Wolves to 6-5 on the season and 1-1 in conference play.

Jones led the team with 17 kills and Kemp contributed 12.

Schaedig led the team in digs with 29 as well as three service aces, while Reis contributed five blocks.

Warrington had perhaps the most impressive match, finishing just one dig short of a triple double (42 assists, 10 kills, nine digs)

Though this team is young, they bring excitement to the game and will make fans sit on the edge of their seats for every point.

This is definitely a team that fans can get behind and cheer for night in and night out.

The Red Wolves continue their road trip when they take on the University of Troy in Troy, Ala. on Sept. 26, followed by a match against South Alabama University in Mobile on Sept. 27.

Denise Goldstein | Staff PhotographerJena Kelley, senior of Heber Springs, goes in for an attack on SEMO’s free ball. The Red Wolves struggled to convert chances to points, and couldn’t overcome SEMO’s fast start.

Red Wolves lose 3-0 at home to SEMO

It’s been a tough run of form for the Red Wolves’ soc-cer of late. After enduring a rough double overtime loss to Southern Mississippi in Hat-tiesburg, the Red Wolves hoped to cruise to a home win over the weekend. Unfortunately, the A-State women’s soccer team had another setback, falling 3-0 against the Southeast Missouri Redhawks Friday, Sept. 18.

SEMO’s senior forward Bre-ana Beine scored the first goal in the sixth minute of the first half with an assist from team-mate, senior midfielder Kasey Crowden. Beine was the lone scorer for the Redhawks and scored the second goal in the 21st minute and the third goal in the 32nd minute. Beine had assists by teammates sophomore midfielder Natasha Minor and senior midfielder Torey Byrd.

Those three goals made for a hat trick for the SEMO senior, who had an amazing day at the ASU Soccer Complex.

The Red Wolves had some scoring opportunities in the first half when freshman defender

Lauren Crimi shot on goal but the opponent’s freshman goal-keeper Kindra Lierz saved the shot. Next up with a shot on goal from the Lady Red Wolves, was sophomore defender Kath-erine Padgett, but yet again the shot was saved by Lierz.

In the second half there was no scoring, but A-State had ju-nior goalkeeper Amanda Lee, who had been subbed in for the freshman Sara Wicks dive and save two shots in a row to keep the Redhawks from scoring.

“The first half let us down and if we would have played both halves like we did the sec-ond half the story could have been different. But I owe cred-it to this team, they came here they finished their chances, we didn’t. The result is, we picked up an unfortunate loss,” said head coach Ziyenge after the game.

Southeast Missouri overall had more opportunities to score with 17 shots on goal while A-State had 11.

The A-State players who had shots on goal were Lauren Crimi, who had three shots on goal and, strangely enough, se-

nior defender Katie Hosea who had two. Katherine Padgett also had two shots on goal followed by junior midfielder Jenna Du-erst, freshman defender Jenna Vaught, and freshman defender Carmen Simon, who each had one shot on goal during the game as well.

After the defeat, the Red Wolves have a 2-6 record over-all, including a painful 1-4 re-cord at home. A-State was SEMO’s first away win of the season, bringing the Redhawk record up to 3-3 overall.

The Lady Red Wolves also played Arkansas-Pine Bluff on Sunday in Jonesboro. For coverage of that game, go to asuherald.com/sports.

“We’ve got to get it togeth-er and we will get it together ahead of Sunday’s game. We’re going to put this behind us and just get a final tuneup before the conference, which is the sea-son that matters,” said Ziyenge about the upcoming Sunday game.

The Red Wolves’ next game will be at 3 p.m. on Friday against Texas State at the ASU Soccer Complex.

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Denise Goldstein | Staff PhotographerMarkie Schaedig, sophomore of Little Rock, goes in to bump a spike against the Texas State Bobcats. The Red Wolves fell to Texas State, but won against the Georgia Southern Eagles over the weekend.

Volleyball swept by Texas State, beats Georgia Southern to split weekend conference series

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Sarah Thompson| Staff PhotographerLoren Mitchell, junior biology major of Lawrenceville, Ga., and Katie Hosea, a senior exercise science major of Plano, Texas, take a moment of silence to remember those whose lives had been cut short by domestic violence.

Denise Goldstein| Staff PhotographerSamhia Simao, senior of Belo Horizonte, Brazil, is carried off the field by Coach Ziyenge after sustaining a minor injury. The Lady Red Wolves lost 0-3 during Friday’s match, but came back to take victory against Arkansas-Pine Bluff on Sunday.

Britney Young | Staff Photographer Japhine Gray, senior multimedia journalism major of Osceola, and Professor Claudio Eduardo of Peru host Spanglish, new show for Red Wolf Radio. The radio crew touched a few topics such as stereotypes of Latinos and music of the culture.

Sarah Evans| Staff PhotographerSome of the famous BCM Naked Guys cheer at Saturday’s football game against Utah State. The saying painted on their chest for the game was #FastPhysicalFun, including crosses painted in honor of the football team’s lost members.

A week in review

T his week in A-State history, Red Wolf football came back in over-time to win against Utah State, while both women’s soccer and volleyball took losses in their games this weekend. Domestic Violence Week

was the big event on campus. Activities ranged from booths giving out whistles to a candle light vigil in honor of those that had lost their lives. In lighter news, Red Wolf Radio hosts a new show, Spanglish.

Denise GoldStein| Staff PhotographerSophomore Kelsey Reis, of Smithton, Ill., goes in for a spike, and succeeded earning the Red Wolves a point. The lady Red Wolves lost three out of four rounds, giving Texas State the victory of Friday’s game.