As a part of the Un-derground Railroad Ex-perience, hosted by the ASU Museum, students ran from slave owners on Feb. 5 in a re-enact-ment of gaining their freedom.

Around 100 visitors came to the event, as history professor Cher-isse Jones-Branch also spoke about the com-munication used with quilting in the days of slavery. She said, “Quilts have feelings just like people.”

According to Jones-Branch there is a myth that quilts were used to communicate with slaves. Certain quilt pat-terns were thought of as a form of guidance, and could help people choose what path to go when struggling. If a runaway slave came across a cer-tain quilt pattern, then he may learn there is a

lake ahead, or there is a bear in the woods.

Some patterns would even grant a slave a place to stay because the own-er was a safe house. If they had the right quilt hanging on their porch, then slaves would often stop by and visit them.

Early Childhood Education major, Jamie Robinson, heard the quilt stories from her grandmother and be-lieves it to be true. She has heard the story for years and said she loves

to look at her grandma’s quilts.

Josephine Ham-mersley, a history major, believes the myth too. She has heard a lot about the myth through The History Channel and through history books.

In the museum, on the second floor, quilt pieces represent quilts used during slav-ery years and have facts posted on the bottom of the quilt to tell, visitors, more about what may have been their mean-

The colleges within Ar-kansas State University are fighting for money.

They’re asking for $1,233,472 to be exact.

In fact, the university advocates this every year through a process more for-mally known as infrastruc-ture requests.

And while the battle doesn’t so much resemble a scene from “Gladiator,” each of the 14 departments do elect a student delegate to fight for the money in an or-ganized presentation.

Student representatives from each college gathered around boardroom table in the eighth floor of the Dean B. Ellis Library on Monday, each making a case for their specific needs. Ultimately, the colleges requested a total of over $1.23 million in in-frastructure funds, however according to Lynita Cooksey, provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs, the uni-versity only has $920,000 to distribute.

“It’s a process every year that involves student repre-sentatives from each college speaking on their behalf and explaining the requests of each department,” Cooksey said.

While each of the 14 de-partments is vying for a large portion of the infrastructure funds, there is a method to the madness.

Each student enrolled at ASU pays $4 per credit hour as their infrastructure fee, which then goes to fund items that students can use to further their education.

“It’s basically anything the students can see, touch, feel and use. It shouldn’t be dis-posable,” Cooksey said. “The items bought with infrastruc-ture funds need to enhance

the learning environment in some way.”

Although this is Cooksey’s first year as the provost, it isn’t her first year to handle infrastructure. In fact, she’s been at ASU since the infra-structure process was intro-duced in the late 90’s.

“It’s changed a lot through-out the years,” Cooksey said. “Bike racks are pretty stan-

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Honors lecture a successThe fifth annual Honors Lecture of the

Year Tuesday evening hosted author, speak-er and explorer Tori Murden McClure as she shared her story with students, faculty, and community members. In her presenta-tion, McClure told of her journeys as the first woman to row solo across the Atlantic Ocean, and how through her challenges, she became the woman she is today.

In December of 1999, McClure docked her 23-foot long single-person rowboat on the shores of Guadeloupe after being at sea for 81 days. Yet McClure’s journey began long be-fore her trans-Atlantic crossing, in childhood memories characterized by an overwhelming sense of helplessness.

“Rowing across the ocean was not so much about setting the record, but more of proving to myself that I was not helpless, but capable of doing something worthwhile and making a change in the world,” McClure said.

But after hurricanes forced the termination of McClure’s first crossing attempt in 1998,

she nearly gave up on her goal. Picked up only 900 miles from her destination, the coast of Ireland, she was devastated at her failure.

It was not until her then employer Mo-hammad Ali encouraged her to make a sec-ond attempt that McClure once again consid-ered the challenge. “He said to me, you don’t want to be the woman who almost rowed across the Atlantic,” McClure said. “And he was right.”

She embarked on her second journey in August of 1999, this time from the Canary Islands on the coast of Africa. With the Gulf Stream now working in her favor, McClure set out once again to tackle the Atlantic.

“I thought rowing across the ocean would make me stronger, wiser, less susceptible to the vicissitudes of human existence.” McClure said. “What I didn’t realize was that rowing across the ocean would not make me any less human.”

For McClure, her journey was one of self-discovery, and self-acceptance. She ad-mits that as an adolescent, she did not often desire or seek out love. During her long weeks devoid of human contact, she came to realize

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According to the press release, the ASU Department of Finance and Administration received reports that employees who have not filed tax returns for 2012 had received a let-ter, which relates to refunds, from the Internal Revenue Service.

“As of now we have 25 confirmed employ-ees who received the letter,” said Len Frey, vice

chancellor for finance after the press release was sent.

Frey said the information received appears to indicate that someone has fraudulently ob-tained personal information and used it to file tax returns. “We do not know who obtained their personally identifiable information or how,” Frey said in the press release.

Employees received a memorandum on Tuesday in which they were encouraged to

consider contacting the Internal Revenue Ser-vice to inquire as to whether any attempt has been made to fraudulently file a return in their name and what actions to take.

“There are no specifics that can be shared at this time,” Frey said. “We have initiated an investigation with the Internal Revenue Ser-vice.”

In the memorandum, Frey explains that ef-forts are being made to determine if a securi-

ty breach has occurred either within ASU or with other parties.

“We do believe that personal information on a number of ASU employees has been ob-tained by a third party with apparent intent to defraud,” Frey said in the memorandum. “Please know that we are aggressively inves-tigating this matter and that we will continue to update you as new information comes to light.”

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Non-traditional….that’s how I am described at ASU on a regular basis.

I graduated high school and later married before most of the campus was born, and as a result I am often a sounding board when my colleague’s need relation-ship advice.

With Valentine’s Day here those questions have turned toward the competing views of being single or being married.

I find it interesting many attempt to out date marriage and to attack it as an anti-quated format of ownership or religious indoctrination.

A common response is, “Why would I ever get mar-ried because it’s just a piece of paper?” But what if it weren’t just a piece of paper?

The validation of marriage is easily recognized by the impact it has on an individ-ual.

Take for instance the research by Scott Haltzman, MD, a clinical psychiatrist and human behavior pro-fessor at Brown University and author of “The Secrets of Happy Families: Eight Keys to Building a Lifetime

of Connection and Content-ment.”

According to Dr. Haltz-man, marriage has distinct positive impacts on an indi-vidual’s physical well being.

Haltzman reported in his research that “Ninety per-cent of married women who were alive at age 45 make it to 65, vs. slightly more than 80 percent of divorced and never-married women,” Haltzman said. “Mortality rates are 50 percent higher for unmarried women.”

According to his research the results are even better for men. “Men who were alive at 48 years old also had a 90 percent chance of reaching age 65 if they were married,

but only a 60 to 70 percent chance if they were single — that’s a 250 percent higher mortality rate,” Haltzman stated.

Familyfacts.org identifies a number of additional ben-efits to marriage beyond just those of health.

Those who enter into marriage have numerous economic benefits, as well as psychological well-being.

Married couples earn more thus they have greater savings, so they are much less likely to become impov-erished.

In conjunction “Family Facts” also shows that mar-ried couples enjoy more sex

and greater satisfaction. This obviously will be a

surprise to a number of peo-ple, but the results are still the same.

Finally married couples were much less likely to experience drug and alcohol abuse or to deal with depres-sion.

It is interesting there was no research available that said marriage was easy.

In fact there are countless articles, books, poems, sto-ries and songs that would say just the opposite. Marriage is often difficult and requires a denial of self.

It provides opportunity for conflict, struggle, dis-agreement and frustration. Ultimately this is also the best arena to learn about sacrifice, caring, nurturing and the definition of true love.

This Valentine’s Day if you are single understand the value of finding your “hap-pily ever after,” and if you have them, squeeze a lit bit tighter.

Ken Corbit is a senior Com-munication Studies Major of Jonesboro

We all know that person. The one who says they’re not concerned about dating or finding “The One” person in the world they want to spend the rest of their life with.

They’d rather focus on their studies, graduate, get a job and then figure out the messy things. They say any-thing to make them seem unconcerned about settling down short of joining a mon-astery.

The next thing you know, they’re getting hitched and planning what appetizer to serve at their Hawaiian themed wedding.

So how do we find out about these momentous life moments? The same way we find out about every-one’s break ups, hook ups, first dates, emotional break-throughs, downs and their increasing engagement an-nouncements: Facebook.

It seems at least once a week I see a new batch of pic-tures and status updates pro-claiming a new engagement, either for a friend of mine or the close friend of an ac-quaintance I haven’t spoken six words to since that gen-ed class we took together fresh-man year.

I’m not delusional. This part of life, as people decide to tie the knot with their col-lege sweetheart, is unavoid-able. According to ASU, at least 11,111 alumni of 68,000 researched are married to fel-low ASU graduates.

This is prime getting hitched time.

With each change in a re-lationship status from “sin-gle” to “dating” to “engaged”

and then ultimately, “mar-ried,” it can feel like I’m fall-ing behind in the great game known as “life.”

They’re also a constant re-minder I’m in the same place romantically that I was at freshman orientation, which is just another irrational and mental distraction as I make my way down the final stretch to a more important goal: graduation.

However, as the saying goes, “misery loves com-pany.” I’m not the only one whose News Feed is giving a reality check as old high school friends start getting engaged at an alarming rate.

In an article by Alexan-dra Sifferlin on time.com ti-tled, “Why Facebook makes you feel bad about yourself,” Sifferlin writes about a study conducted at two German universities that analyzed 600 Facebook users and their feelings after visiting the site.

The study found one in three users felt worse about their own lives after visit-ing the website that, like the many copycats and variations it spawned, is supposed to make us feel more connected with the world, not alienated

by it.So far, this might seem

like a desperate plea for ev-ery happy couple to stop up-loading photos of the great-est days of their lives for the entire Internet to see. It’s far from it actually.

The friends and family that are able to post these many albums of them getting engaged and married and having babies, deserve it.

As an eternal optimist and a hopeless romantic, I envy these people with every fiber of my being.

It might be a punch to the gut every time a picture of a brand new ring pops up on my News Feed or when I see a couple holding hands at the mall, but it’s a motivational

gut punch.Many see Valentine’s Day

as a commercially driven day where all couples are obli-gated to celebrate something you should usually do every day. I see it differently.

Valentine’s Day is a day of celebration for those who took their punches in the dating pool, fought the good fight and were rewarded with someone they can proudly call their “better half.”

That’s a fight I and others are still struggling through, as that irrational clock contin-ues to tick away in the back of our minds. It’s not easy and we might want to punch a pil-low, but our time will come, or that’s what Steve Carell movies keep telling me.

So if you’re thinking about getting engaged anytime soon, makes sure to give your single friends a heads up be-fore letting everyone else know on Facebook or Twit-ter. We hate being sur-prised.

Daniel McFadin is a senior journalism major of Spring-dale

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“This Valentine’s Day if you are single understand the value of finding your ‘happily ever after,’ and if you have them, squeeze a lit bit tighter.”

-Ken Corbit

“Valentine’s Day is a day of celebration for those who took their punches in the dating pool, fought the good fight and were rewarded with someone they can proudly call their ‘better half.’”

-Daniel McFadin

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Facebook brings relational frustrationIn celebration of Valentine’s Day the Herald staff wants to

keep the season of love at the forefront, so naturally; lets focus on gun control.

This dead horse has found new life thanks to legislation surrounding Arkansas colleges and universities.

Arkansas is currently one of 21 states that ban carrying a concealed weapon on a college campus according to the Na-tional Conference of State Legislation.

This could all change, reported Associated Press in Little Rock on Tuesday. “A House panel has advanced legislation that would allow faculty and staff at Arkansas’ colleges and universities to carry concealed handguns.”

This doesn’t do away with all the restrictions for concealed firearms. Only staff members with valid conceal to carry per-mits will be allowed to carry.

There is also intent by a Republican Representative to amend the proposal so that Universities themselves will get the final say and that their position will be annually reviewed.

There is certainly evidence that concealed firearm carri-ers have stopped shootings. In the Clackamas Town Center shooting, a man who drew on the gunman prompted the at-tacker to commit suicide. Although the gunman had already killed two individuals, a man’s ability to confront the shooter ended the carnage.

Some believe that not allowing concealed firearms on a campus makes universities especially susceptible to gun vio-lence; leaving the only people who are conscious of the law undefended.

As you can imagine this will literally open the gun chamber for more debate. Should students be allowed to carry con-cealed firearms? Should some buildings be restricted? Should it be a blanket policy or should each college be allowed to mandate their own provisions?

At this point it seems best to allow individual institutions to establish their own regulations with respects to their staff, students, school history, and community support.

The best policy will be one that has the protection of stu-dents and faculty as its focus even if that means protecting students from themselves.

On Feb 13., Colorado passed House Bill 1226 banning con-cealed firearms from college campuses. The case made is that students engage in so many destructive behaviors that adding guns to the mix would be detrimental.

The fear is not so much that students will carry out violent attacks on others, but on themselves. The apprehension is that students will have easy access to means of committing suicide.

Current suicide statistics for college students shows that students are a third more likely to commit suicide by use of a firearm than compared to the general public.

All of these arguments will hopefully be taken into consid-eration as Arkansas continues to address gun related laws.

So, of course enjoy your Valentine’s Day, but remember to be safe . . . pun intended.

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

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Gun debate finds new target

It’s amazing how comfortable people are with those they hardly know, said Holly Hall, ASU assis-tant professor of journalism.

Hall describes how at ease some are when get-ting to know people online. As a social media pro-fessor, she knows all too well how people are differ-ent behind a computer than in person.

Statistics show that people, who are seeking a significant other, now more than ever, are turning to the Internet to find that special someone.

Blinddating.com says 40 million Americans have tried online dating on at least one occasion.

“Several of my friends have met someone online and some made a real connection but I would like to meet someone I may potentially date in person,” said Jerrica Faggett, an ASU senior chemistry ma-jor.

This method of dating can cause people to con-fuse lust and sex for love more easily than tradi-tional dating.

A report in the Gendered Society Reader said 67 percent of students in a long-term relationship had started out with at least one hookup and 40 percent of Americans have experienced at least one hook up..

Dating experts say there is nothing wrong with meeting people online but it’s not where you date.

They also say you can make a connection on a social media or dating site you’re visiting and then you should quickly take your correspondence to a phone call, not a text, to feel out your interest fur-ther. If all seems well, it’s time to meet face-to-face, or on Skype.

Daters are not just searching the web for a po-tential lover. Speed dating, rapid dating and match making are popular choices as well. A lot of people are catfishing, too.

Catfishing opens people up to the darker of side

of dating. Catfish are people who take on a new identity in the quest of companionship, often mis-leading daters. A lot of times people are deceived and left heartbroken when the truth surfaces about lovers who turn out to be a fake.

The Better Business Bureau says these scams are known as “Sweetheart Scams,” and in 2011 such online dating hoaxes were among the top scams of the year.

Everywhere you turned there were stories on college football player Manti Te’o and the fallout behind a catfishing experience gone wrong.

Although more untraditional ways of dating continue to surface, many people still prefer the old fashion way of meeting someone.

Hopeless romantics still exist. The proof is all over Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites. Teenagers, college students and adults post comments ranging from how much they are in love, to love lost, even expressing their longing to meet that special someone.

Posts on the numerous popular social media sites prove a lot of women long to be whisked off their feet and some men still look for the one who will take his breath away.

Askmen.com says men want to pursue the sweet lady who catches their eye but are confused about what women want. A poll on the site points out that men feel women can’t have both. Boldly depicting that women want to be treated like princesses but also affirm their independence, and are just as hap-py without a significant other. Feminism is credit-ed for men’s volatile display of chivalry.

Nevertheless, classic methods of meeting some-one haven’t died out. Love seekers hangout in places considered to be great spots for singles, use dating websites and even hire matchmakers. Magazines, social media and daytime talk shows are inundated with advice on how and where to meet someone.

Countless reports contain data suggesting that,

much like the 1950s, people still desire formal and elaborate dating. Guys may not ask a girl’s father for permission to take her on a date as much as they did in the olden days. But some still look forward to all the pomp and circumstance that surround dat-ing, and women will never get tired of getting all dolled up for a date.

The need for love causes some people to go through great lengths to obtain it. Analyst say love happens when people least expect it and usually with an unlikely candidate. It’s not often that peo-ple experience love at first sight.

Love can have an individual on a natural high but the fallout can be just as emotional. Love songs profess that lovers want to die, go blind and stop breathing when that special someone is no longer in their life. Philosophers say love conquers, cures and controls and researchers argue that love is the strongest passion of all.

Although dating is ever changing, it hasn’t stopped those chasing love. The way people seek and find significant others continues to evolve but as many studies on love show, one constant is at the core of people they want love.

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blah blah blah-my ex blah was awesome

Grumble grumble...

First rule of having an ex: don’t talk about your ex to a po-tential mate.

OMG LOL I AM SOOOOO OVER THIS DATE!!

ON A D8!! TOTES GONNA SCORE TONITE BRAH!!

Don’t text someone else while on your date. Show your date some respect and have a conversation with them.

Dress Appropriately for the date. Ladies, don’t dress like you work the street corners at night and guys, don’t dress like you stole your clothes from a homeless man on the way over.

WOOOOO PARTAAAAYYYY!!!

I CAN’T FEEL MY FACE LOL!!!

Try not to drink too much while on a date. No one wants to be around someone who’s stumbling all over themselves and puking up their guts.

Make sure you smell nice and have proper hygiene before your date. You don’t want to show up to your date smelling like you crawled out of a dumpster full of dead skunks.

I’m in love, I’m in love and I don’t care who knows it!

uh...gotta go!

NEVER, EVER say “I love you” on the first date...EVER.

The ancient art of courtship: The DOs and DON’Ts of dating

The Internet and how it is changing the dating game

The forty-somethings of today used a tie around the doorknob — or a sock — but this generation doesn’t seem to use the available technolo-gy of social media and texting to alert roommates of need-ed privacy. Sex etiquette in college is, after all, something everybody should learn.

It’s tough coming home after a long day of class and work only to hear your room-mate having a nice little romp session in their bedroom. The door may be closed but that won’t stop the noise from fil-tering through the paper-thin walls of the apartment. Of course, for freshman living in double occupancy rooms the scenario becomes a lot more interesting.

The number one rule of dorm etiquette is to be con-siderate.

Bathrooms Echoo Even with the water

running and the fan on, you have to take into consider-ation that everyone can still hear you. So if you think you are doing anyone a favor, you are actually amplifying your intimacy.

Panties and Briefs don’t Belong on the Floor

o During the midst of “doing the deed,” your under-garments may find refuge on the floor of a public area, but they shouldn’t be left there for your roommate to find. They don’t need to know where you shop for under-wear.

There is No Such Thing as: No Rubber, No Problem

o Ladies, there is no way a man can stop them-selves when it comes to their release. There is something called a rain check and I’m sure they can be penciled in once the right tools have been acquired for your next coitus encounter.

Turn your TV ono Turn on a Michael

Bay movie for some back-ground noise to keep your roommate from hearing your noise. It isn’t fun having to listen to the call of the wild when Animal Planet isn’t turned on.

Move your bed away from the wall:

o In addition to those animal noises, when getting friendly with your person of choice move the bed away from the wall. A headboard rhythmically slamming against the wall is the last thing your roommate will want to hear when trying to get to sleep. Even better, plac-ing the mattress on the floor will cancel out the squeaky bedframe.

Send a Text Message:o If you’re in good

standing with your room-mate send them a text to let them know you’ll be having company. It’s that simple. Alert them well ahead of time so they can make plans to be out of the room for a little bit. Just don’t go into a three hour-long lovemaking ses-sion and kick your roommate out in the middle of the night.

This column was written by fellow writers Mildred and Gertrude. For sex advice please email mildredandger-trudeherald@gmail.com

‘Doing it’a column

on dorm sex

etiquette

Compiled by Caleb Hennington, #Life editor

that she did need and want it.

After weathering the final hurricane of the second at-tempt, McClure telephoned her boyfriend Mac McClure with a marriage proposal. He accepted, and was waiting for her on the beach when she docked.

Today, McClure is the president of Spalding Uni-versity in Louisville Ky., and is the chair of the National Outdoor Leadership School. She still rows, but no lon-ger solo marathons. Instead, she powers a quad skul with three other women, each of whom are at least 20 years her senior, McClure said.

“It’s a very good deal for me,” McClure said. “I teach them rowing, they teach me life.”

McClure also wrote a book on her experiences, a memoir entitled, “A Pearl in the Storm: How I Found My Heart in the Middle of the Ocean.”

According to Rebecca Ol-iver, director of the honors college, students were en-couraged to read the book in conjunction with attend-ing the lecture, and a limited number of copies were pro-vided to interested students free of charge. “A Pearl in the Storm” is also still avail-able for purchase in the ASU bookstore, Oliver said.

Students in attendance to the lecture found Tori Mc-Clure’s story to be inspira-tional and motivating.

“She definitely inspired me,” Tyler Knapp, a sopho-more biology major of Hot Springs, said. “She inspired me to do very big things. I don’t know what they are yet, but big things.”

Alex Dozier, a sophomore biology major of Paragould, agrees. “She’s an inspirational lady,” Dozier said. “She en-courages you to make a point out of life, and most impor-tantly give back to those around you.”

McClure’s story was also emotional for some attend-

ees. “At one point she almost brought a tear to my eye,” Su-hair Mrayan, a graduate stu-dent of Jordan, said. “It is nice for the university to bring in an accomplished person like this. I would have liked to hear more,” Mrayan said.

“This makes me feel that students and faculty at ASU are willing to go extra mile for diversity and research or publication.” Krishna Bista, a graduate student of Nepal, said. “Her lecture was not a meeting point for faculty and students but also a plat-form for sharing ideas-- ideas of our lives, stories of our generation, and interactions among people of our prog-ress and civilization,” Bista said.

At the close of the lecture, McClure was presented with an honors college Medal of Honor, traditionally given to

ASU students who graduate with distinction.

“We would like to present to you our top distinction, our gold medal, for being here and sharing your life story and your experiences.” Oliver said as she presented the award to McClure. “We are most grateful, and you have our gratitude.”

McClure ended her pre-sentation with a challenge to her audience.

“I hope when you leave here, well-educated and ready to tackle the world, that you will go out and teach, heal, feed, and build; that you will inform, educate, and guide; you will criticize, organize, contribute, and in a thousand other ways, serve people who need it,” McClure said. “And if you do that, you will make ASU and me, myself, and I, very proud.”

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MONEY, Continueddard now, but in the past colleges have

asked for them. We used to have some depart-ments ask for new classroom maps in the past. A lot has changed since we’ve introduced so much technology into our education.”

Cooksey said when infrastructure was first introduced; she was heavily involved with bi-ology out of the College of Science and Math.

“I remember when we had to use micro-scopes with illuminators that didn’t stay where they were supposed to,” Cooksey re-called. “We would have to put wire around the microscopes just to keep the lights in place. When they asked me that first year what I thought we needed, that was the first thing I said.”

Although the process of infrastructure dis-tribution has changed throughout the years, it has remained the same in that it is still dedi-cated wholly to the students’ needs.

SGA President Hunter Petrus has been in-volved with deciding the infrastructure fund-ing for a few years now, and said the process for allocation money changes every year.

“There isn’t a specific formula for handing the money out,” Petrus said. “It really depends on the year and the committee.”

This year, Cooksey has decided to include representatives from Information and Tech-nology Services (ITS) and Facilities Manage-ment, as a way to free up more infrastructure money.

“We are going to sit down with representa-tives from each department and see if the fees that students pay to those specific areas will cover some of the requests,” Cooksey said.

Once the committee meets with those rep-resentatives, they will then decide which col-leges receive funding based on what the stu-dents need to enhance their education.

“Accreditation trumps everything when it comes to allocation,” Cooksey said. “If the college has an accreditation coming up, we will work with them to give them the right amount of money.”

Following accreditation, Cooksey said the

committee looks at which colleges have added new programs or have renewals for software.

“Sometimes we will even look at the pre-vious years, number of students or how large the college is,” Cooksey said. “When SGA comes in, they could even look at the requests and say they don’t think students need it or another priority on the list could benefit more students.”

Petrus said as a student, it’s important to him that the committee can allocate as much money as possible.

“We would love to not have to cut mon-ey from any program’s requests,” Petrus said. “We are going to try to take things off the list that could be covered by other student fees, that way everyone can really get what they need.”

Although the students and colleges made their requests Monday afternoon, the com-mittee doesn’t have a set date for when they will know how much each college is allocated, but Cooksey said it should be within the next couple of weeks.

Once that is decided, the colleges will be notified of their allocation amounts and by July 1, they will receive 70 percent of the al-lotted money.

“We give 70 percent for the fall semester, and then the other 30 for the spring,” Cook-sey said. “This insures that if we have enroll-ment drop, we haven’t overcommitted to any college. To my knowledge, that’s never hap-pened, but it’s a security blanket that we have in place, just in case anything happens.”

Cooksey said she believes the infrastruc-ture process is important for students, and that it shows a level of transparency toward their tuition and fees.

“If we’re collecting a student’s fee, it’s im-portant for them to know where it goes,” Cooksey said. “We need to communicate what we do with their money. If we’re improv-ing their university and education, students need to see that.”

Day One • Lunch at the Delta Cultural

Center Museum• Speaker - Mark Christ, Member

of the Arkansas Civil War Sesquicen-

tennial Committee

• Tour - Delta Cultural Center Vistor’s Center, Moore-Hornor House, Estevan Hall, Freedom Park

• Dinner at the Historic Pillow - Thompson House

Day Two• Tour - Helena Phillips County

Museum, Windsheld Tour of Batteries A-D, Confederate Cemetery.

• Speaker - Cathy Cunningham, Director of Community Outreach,

Southern Bancorp How to register:Online: www.astate.edu/ceco • Phone: 8a.m.-5p.m. (870) 972-3052 • E-Mail: ceco@astate.edu

All expenses paid for the first 25!Civil War Helena Tour -March 29 & 30

ing. This was the first year for

the Underground Railroad, but the museum’s curator of education, Jill Kary, hopes to see more events like it in the future similar to it.

“Every year the museum does something different, but it’s always fun, and always ed-ucational,” she said. “Attend-ing an event not only helps you gain knowledge of other

cultures, but also helps you learn more about yourself.”

The eighth Annual Soul Food Dinner was also dedi-cated to Black History Month last Friday in the armory. The parking lot was complete-ly full, as around 300 diverse guests attended the event. The food presented options from a traditional Sunday dinner like: catfish, rice, corn, chicken, baked beans, green

beans, cornbread, potato sal-ad and several others.

The event began with a wel-come from Jajuan Johnson, Strong Turner Alumni Chap-ter (STAC) president, and chancellor Tim Hudson.

After the welcome, the United Voices singing group performed “The Black Na-tional Anthem.”

The featured speaker, Emma Agnew of the North

Jonesboro Neighborhood Ini-tiative spoke about the im-portance of the Black History Month.

“I’m so happy that our country has programs dedi-cated to all group diversities, because we didn’t always have them,” Agnew said.

The jazzy Allan Harris Band will be performing Fri-day, in the Fowler Center. T. J. Holmes, host of BET’s “Don’t

Sleep,” will be speaking to stu-dents about his freedom and equality on Monday.

On Feb. 21, the Black His-tory Month Game Show will be in the Student Union for students at 5 p.m. followed by the Black Affair Gala on Feb. 22 at 7 p.m. A full listing of all Black History Month events is available in the Multicultural Center in the Student Union.

An update was emailed to all employees in which the IRS provides information to assist in protecting personal identifiable information for those who have been a victim of identity theft.

They are also given steps to take using the IRS website.

“If you get a letter you need to contact the Internal Revenue Service,” Frey said. “It is advised that all employees take this action even if a letter hasn’t been received.”

Frey said another memo would be sent out

soon with the latest information. Employees are encouraged to visit the

website and use one of three credit reporting agencies offered.

“I think as long as we all follow instructions by the IRS, we will assist in the problem being solved,” Frey said. “We need to be as protected as one can be.”

Frey advises all to be cooperative and follow the instructions given by the IRS regarding the matter.

FRAUD, Continued

Takaka Okumura | Staff PhotographerTori Murden McClure signs a copy of her book, “A Pearl in the Storm,“ for Emily Naylor, a junior math major of West Memphis.

HONORS, Continued

HISTORY, Continued

Depending on how an American looks at it, the United States Postal Service (USPS) de-livered both good and bad news about chang-ing its delivery schedule.

The agency that began in 1775 has been in financial trouble for years. For the past few years, the USPS has wanted to end Saturday delivery to help fix some of the problems. This will also end a 150-year tradition.

On Feb. 6 Postmaster General and CEO Patrick R. Donahoe announced during a morning news conference the USPS’s new de-livery schedule is continuing six days of pack-age delivery but only five days of mail delivery.

Beginning the week of Aug. 5, the USPS will stop delivering first-class mail of letters, bills, greeting cards and catalogs, and will not collect mail on Saturdays. The USPS will con-tinue to deliver packages, mail-order medi-cine, and priority and express mail on Satur-days. Mail will still be delivered to P.O. boxes on Saturdays, which is important for many businesses. Post office hours are not going to change and post offices now open on Saturday will remain open on that day.

Timothy Daley, sophomore history major of Little Rock said, “I do not really see the new delivery schedule as an inconvenience. As long as you get your mail and know it is com-ing, it is good.”

The USPS is getting rid of mail delivery on Saturdays to survive. The USPS had a finan-cial loss of $16 billion at the end of 2012 and of that loss $11 billion was used to pay the Treasury Department to prefund retirement health benefits.

Since 2008 there has been a decrease in us-ing first-class mail. Package deliveries rose 8.7 percent in the 2012 fiscal year and those kinds of deliveries should grow more in the coming decade. The USPS has lost $41 billion over the past six years because people shop and pay bills online. Email and social networks

are often used to communicate in-stead of letters and cards.

With the rise of e-commerce, the USPS can become a successful delivery provider of choice and help American businesses become more prosperous. The USPS has to make some hard de-cisions while keep-ing the cost of mail affordable as much as possible. The new delivery sched-ule helps reduce some of the finan-cial pressure.

R e s e a r c h by the USPS and major news organi-zations showed 70 percent of Amer-icans support the five-day service be-cause of the USPS’s financial situation. The USPS needs to make $20 billion in cost reductions and revenue increases to close the budget gap. The new deliv-ery schedule will result in about a $2 billion annual cost reduction and it is a significant way to become more profitable and financial-ly stable.

Lisa Tolliver-Gaye, media representative for Arkansas post offices said, “I am a postal employee. I want to see the USPS grow and prosper. I believe getting rid of mail delivery on Saturdays is a positive step.”

The USPS plans to have 45 million work hours reduced. The cost reduction will come from Saturday mail delivery, Saturday mail processing and transportation.

Bryce Shirley freshman biology major of Marion said, “I do not see the new delivery schedule as an inconvenience. It is going to save a lot of money. The only inconvenience it is going to be for small companies needing direct order services.”

The USPS will have in-depth operational plans available to all customers in March. As the delivery schedule change gets closer to August, there will be information in post of-fices, online, and other places customers visit to make sure they know what changes will be happening.

The USPS announced in May it was cutting back on operational hours instead of closing 3,700 post offices across the country. Reduc-ing hours of operation at 13,000 rural post offices from an eight-hour day to much less a day is supposed to save about $500 million annually.

Congressman Rick Crawford has fought for rural post offices to stay open for residents who do not have an alternative post office within eight miles accessible by public roads. He proposed the Protect Our Rural Offices Act of 2011. Crawford was pleased though when the USPS decided not to close rural post offices.

Crawford is also not in favor of the USPS ending Saturday mail.

“The choice is either change some of the service or raise prices. People do not want prices raised. We will make the changes in service,” Donahoe said.

It is not certain if the USPS can follow through with the new five-day delivery sched-ule without congressional approval because that is required. The USPS’s lawyers might have figured a way around that requirement.

Tolliver-Gaye said, “I think the USPS can be saved from all the financial trouble it is in because there is a plan to make service better and viable.”

ASU is one of only four universities in the state with a United States Post Office on cam-pus.

ASU post office hours are Monday through Friday 8 a.m.-4 p.m. The front counter win-dow is closed on Saturdays but mail is deliv-ered to P.O. boxes on that day.

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Campus Crime On Feb. 2 at approximately 10:30 p.m. Of-

ficer Andrew Thrasher assisted in a dispatch of finding a female walking away from the Student Union who appeared to be highly in-toxicated due to her having trouble walking. On Dean St., Officer Thrasher observed a fe-male, Melissa Tippett, walking into Kays Hall who had trouble walking in a straight line, according to the report. Officer Thrasher ap-proached her and asked for identification. He smell an intoxicating substance coming from her and noticed Tippett had urinated on her-self. According to the report, Tippet searched in her purse for her ID and produced a Dish Network television remote, handed it to Of-ficer Thrasher and said, “here you go.” Officer Thrasher advised her that he did not need her television remote. Tippett continued to rummage through her purse and produced another television remote. He advised her that he was not trying to turn a television on and that he needed her state ID. Tippett then produced her wallet and gave him her ID. He then produced a preliminary breath tes-ter. While performing the test, Tippett took a deep breath and exhaled through her nose. According to the report, Tippett was advised to try again and blow with her mouth. Her second attempt was performed the same as the first. Due to the evidence before him, Of-ficer Thrasher placed Tippett under arrest for Public Intoxication. Officer Thrasher then es-corted her to the patrol vehicle and advised her to step from the curb. Tippett refused and began to threaten civil litigation and religious consequence against the officers. After order-ing her twice to have a seat in the vehicle, she complied. Officer Thrasher began the trans-port to the Craighead County Justice Center when Tippett began screaming the word “rape” or “reap,” he was unable to decipher the word she was screaming, according to the report. Tippett then began to yell obscenities and wish harm on Officer Thrasher and oth-er officers and praying to God to cause them harm. While en route, Tippett was able to free herself from the wrist restraints and began bashing them into the cage of the patrol unit. Upon arrival, Tippett was escorted inside the Justice Center at which time Officer Thrasher went to retrieve the handcuffs from the rear seat, only to find Tippett had urinated in the patrol car and ripped off a necklace which she had left lying on the floor of the vehicle. Tippett was lodge at the CCJC under charges of public intoxication and disorderly conduct,

according to the report.

On Feb. 3 Officer Robert Peevey was at the intersection of University Loop when he no-ticed Alex Cliff walking southbound on Uni-versity Loop, according to the police report. Cliff put an object in his right front pocket and began walking in Officer Peevey’s di-rection. Officer Peevey noticed that Cliff was stumbling and when he approached Cliff, he could see a beer can in his right front pocket. According to the report, Cliff admitted that he was 18. After conducting a breath sample, Cliff was charged with purchase or possession of alcohol by a minor and a student referral. Cliff was then released and taken home by a designated driver and the remaining beer was poured out, according to the report.

On Feb. 8 at approximately 1:13 a.m. Officer Daniel Bradway and Officer Chris Kirksey were both dispatched to Kays Hall in reference to a man with a gun threatening to shoot people, according to the police report. Both officers met at the southeast entrance when they learned that the suspect, Demarcus Willis, was standing in the parking lot. According to the report, upon rounding the building, three stu-dents were spotted standing behind a white Ford Mustang. The Officers advised them to get down on the ground and they proceed-ed to search them as they lay facing down. Officer Kirksey noticed three victims sitting in a vehicle parked nearby. Officer Kirksey signaled with his hand, asking if the students lying down were the suspects. They nodded and Officer Bradway proceeded to speak to the victims. According to the report, one of the victims said Willis had a black handgun in his possession, was telling them to get out of the car and then threw the gun towards a tree near the building. Officer Bradway along with several Jonesboro Police Officers arrived to assist in searching for the weapon. The weap-on was found, covered in mud, and identified as an airsoft gun. Willis was placed in custo-dy and charged with Aggravated Assault and Terroristic Threatening.

-Compiled by Tanya Giraldo,News Editor

Students speak on no Saturday mail

Photo Illustration by Caitlin LaFarlett| Photo Editor

JENNIFER WELLSSTAFF WRITER

The Arkansas State Red Wolves will have a familiar look when they take the field against Bradley Friday, Feb.15 to start the 2013 season.

The Red Wolves return twenty-five players from a year ago, 19 of which are junior and seniors, and are coming off a year in which they held an overall record of 34-23 and reached the finals of the Sun Belt Conference tournament.

“I think we are definitely ready. We’ve been waiting for this day since our last performance against Monroe in the cham-pionship game so I think everyone’s hungry and ready to get this season started,” senior Logan Uxa said.

Head Coach Tommy Raffo understands the advantages of coaching his most experienced team yet since joining the Red Wolves in 2008.

The team under Raffo’s direction has increased its win total each year and was named SBC Coach of the Year last season.

“I think when you have an older squad you expect more of them but you can’t take them for granted either because you still have to teach and go after it with a system and they have to know how important details are,” Raffo said.

Arkansas State senior left fielder Logan Uxa and junior shortstop Dustin Jones were named Preseason All Sun Belt Conference by a league-wide vote of head coaches.

“It means a lot that coaches around the Sun Belt have enough respect for me to vote me that but I came here 3 years ago to win a Sun Belt title and it’s my last year to do it so I’m more focused on winning the sun belt,” Uxa said.

Included in the Sun Belt Conference preseason vote, the Red Wolves are picked to finish fourth in a league of 10 teams.

““I’ve got very high expectations, I think that everybody on this team has very high expectations and we know what we can accomplish and we are shooting for a Sun Belt Champi-onship,” Uxa said.

The Bradley Braves out of the Missouri Valley Conference come into Tomlinson Stadium for their first action of the 2013 season.

The Braves finished last season with an overall record of 27-27-1 and ranked seventh in the MVC with an 8-13 confer-ence record.

Bradley enters the season having two players selected Pre-season All-Missouri Valley Conference and is picked to finish sixth by coaches around the MVC.

“Bradley’s going to present a line up that’s very similar to ours and they have a lot of veteran players that can really swing the bat,” Raffo continued. “They’re very aggressive and it’s a great challenge for us first weekend because the lineup is going to be like what we are going to see in the Sun Belt,”

One of the focal points entering the weekend and through-out the season for ASU will be determining the pitcher’s roles on the staff.

“We have to figure out the back end of the bullpen,” Raffo said. “We have to get quality innings with some guys either in the mid week or in Sunbelt play but then establish middle innings to get to the back end and who’s going to close the game.”

The Red Wolves lose two weekend starters from a year ago and look for senior pitcher John Koch and freshman pitch-er Adam Grantham to step in and fill the void. Koch, who was the closer last year, will get the nod to start opening night against the Braves.

Koch holds the ASU record for career saves with 15 and set the single season record last year closing out 11 games.

Senior pitcher Daniel Wright will continue his role from last season as a Saturday starter, making 14 starts and striking out 53 hitters in 75.1 innings, and Grantham will be making his first collegiate start as the anchor of the rotation for Sun-day’s game.

“There’s a lot of strengths and a lot of upside to this staff. We are young in some areas, we have a lot of young talent, and a really deep staff and that’s what is going to make us good,” Wright said.

Game 1 of a three-game set is scheduled for 6 p.m. Friday, Feb.15 and games two and three follow Saturday at 2 p.m. and Sunday at 1 p.m.

It is 3 a.m. on Thursday as the women’s bowling team heads for Memphis Interna-tional Airport.

Once in Memphis, the Red Wolves will be 912 miles from Morgan State Universi-ty in Baltimore, Md.

Arkansas State will be one of 26 teams competing in the Morgan State Invitation-al Friday, Feb. 15 to Sunday, Feb. 17.

According to junior Ash-ley Rucker, this will be the biggest tournament of the fourth-ranked team’s season.

“I am excited for this tour-nament because it is in the east,” Rucker said. “This is one of the only times we get to see the teams out east, so it is important to do well against them. Because there are more teams in the east, the tournaments are always bigger.”

The last tournament ASU competed in was the Prairie View A&M Invitational on Feb. 1 through Feb. 3.

The team led the tourna-

ment the first two days, but Rucker said bad breaks on the third day caused the team to come up short, finishing the tournament 10-3.

“I feel like we did very well in our last tournament,” Rucker said. “We finished third but we had some big wins against good teams, which really helped us out.”

Arkansas State was ranked seventh before heading to Arlington, Texas, but new rankings have come out and ASU is in fourth place.

“I am very happy about this, because it’s a safer place to be in,” Rucker said. “Only the top eight teams get to go to nationals, so it was a little scary when we were in sev-enth.”

Rucker said the team goes into every tournament be-lieving they can win and is hopeful the team will stand out this weekend in Balti-more.

The third place finish in Arlington improved the team’s record to 45-18. Tour-nament play begins on Feb. 15.

April may be the cruelest month, but February is prov-ing to be quite the wasteland.

After winning seven straight games in January, the Arkansas State Lady Red Wolves basketball team has lost three of four games this month, the latest, a 54-50 slugfest against the Universi-ty of Arkansas at Little Rock Trojans, coming Wednesday night at the Convocation Center.

“Obviously, this is the type of game we expected – a very low scoring game, a very physical game. [I] didn’t think our players handled the physical play very well,” said Arkansas State head coach Brian Boyer.

UALR’s Kiera Clark, Tay-lor Ford and Ka’Nesheia Cob-bins proved a formidable trio, shredding ASU’s defense in the second half on route to double digits.

Ford led her squad with 16 points and seven re-bounds, Clark scored 14 with eight rebounds and Cobbins

dropped 13 and snagged five boards.

Both offenses were flat in the first half. UALR shot just 31.4 percent from the floor but outshot ASU by 12, while the Red Wolves shot 39.1 percent but collected only two offensive boards to the Trojans’ nine.

UALR hit a 9-2 run in the middle minutes to amass a 22-14 lead, but ASU respond-ed with nine points in the last three minutes to narrow the lead and go into the locker room down 25-23.

The shooting improved in the second half, but the defenses faltered. The Red Wolves hit 52.2 percent of their shots and the Trojans shot 48.1 percent, but UALR once again maintained a strong advantage on overall shots, attempting 62 to ASU’s 46.

Arkansas State tied it at 32 eight minutes into the sec-ond half, but UALR explod-ed with a 12-0 run that gave them the cushion needed to rebuff the Red Wolves’ late-game rally.

ASU brought it within five with a layup from freshman guard Jalen O’Bannon with 2:21 remaining, but Cobbins hit a free throw with under a minute left and the Red Wolves were unable to close the gap.

Sophomore guard Hanna Qedan struggled throughout the night and finished with-out scoring due in part to a rolled ankle.

“I feel like out biggest thing offensively was Hanna,”

senior guard Quinishia Mc-Dowell said. “We can’t take away what she brings to the team, and she’s battling with an ankle injury. So we really missed her out there.”

ASU has only four games remaining in the regular season with three of them on the road, including their next game, a matchup against Louisiana-Monroe Saturday night.

Tipoff for Saturday’s game is set for 2 p.m.

The Arkansas State Red Wolves men’s basketball team has a hot date for Valen-tine’s Day as it hosts in-state rivals, the University of Arkansas-Little Rock Tro-jans, in the Convocation Center.

This is the first of two regular season meetings between the two teams and the winner will seize the top spot in the Western Division of the Sun Belt Con-ference.

The Red Wolves (15-9, 9-6) are com-ing off of a dominating performance on the road against Western Kentucky Uni-versity and have won four out of their last five games.

The Trojans (15-10, 9-5) currently sit at the top of the Western Division of the SBC and like the Red Wolves, have won four out of their last five.

They are coming off a victory at the University of Louisiana-Monroe on Feb. 7.

Red Wolves head coach John Brady said that his team won’t need any extra motivation come tip-off.

“I think the guys are motivated enough,” Brady said. “It’s really more about keeping their temper and excite-ment under control come game time so they can focus on playing.”

Brady stressed that this is a big game for them and that a win won’t come easy.

He said the Trojans are “a very physi-cal team” and that in order to beat them, they’re going to have to play hard.

He mentioned they’re not always go-ing to get what they want out of every play.

“I think the key is that we’re going to have to out physical them,” Brady con-tinued. “We’re going to have to make timely baskets and really play with a sense of urgency and toughness.”

In the past five games the Red Wolves have held their opponents to less than 58 points per game and have caused them to turn the ball over more than 14 times per game.

“We have got to keep defending and rebounding and trying to get to the line. I really think it’s going to be a fun game to play but we just need to keep the in-tensity we’ve shown for the past few games,” Brady said.

He thinks that it is crucial that the fans pack the Convocation Center for this game, especially the students.

“The student section has been excel-lent so far this year and I think that that we’re really going to need them for this one,” he said.

The rivalry between the two teams dates all of the way back to the 1927-1928 season when the teams first met.

The Trojans have won 7 of the past 11 meetings with the Red Wolves but ASU has a record of 27-10 at home against

UALR. ASU currently leads the all-time se-

ries against UALR 46-28.Tip-off for the game is set for Thurs-

day night at 7:05 p.m.

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For information about sports writingMeetings are held every Monday at 5 p.m. on the

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Alejandra Hernandez |Staff PhotographerSophomore Kalynn Carl bowling during an afternoon practice.

MICHAEL GEORGESTAFF WRITER

Xinzhong Zhao | Staff PhotographerFreshman forward Kelvin Downs dunks the ball on the Mean Green during a game on Feb. 2.

Baseball takes on Bradley in season opener

Red Wolves face biggest game of year

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Xinzhong Zhao |Staff PhotographerSenior guard Ashley Olvera plays defense against an opponent during last night’s game against the UALR Trojans.

ZACH LOTTSTAFF WRITER

Lady Red Wolves drop match against Trojan rivals

“There’s a lot of strengths and a lot of upside to this staff. We are young in some areas, we have a lot of young talent, and a really deep staff and that’s what is going to make us good.”