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Campus Safety Week, a week-long initiative to better inform students about staying safe and services UPD provides.

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Our View: Chancellor search Front page stories continued Red Wolves fall at Virginia Tech

Of interest online

Are you sympathetic for the cafeteria and food court

employees during lunchtime?

Yes, 52%

No, 14%

THE HERALDTHE HERALDInforming Arkansas State University since 1921

Faculty responded “sal-aries” when asked what is-sue they are most concerned about, according to survey re-sults presented at Friday’s Faculty Senate meeting.

The survey, conducted by senate president and pro-fessor of journalism Jack Zi-bluk, asked faculty members to assess the level of impor-tance for issues like diversity, shared governance concerns and retirement benefi ts. Of 166 respondents, 59 percent ranked salaries as the most important is-sue. Accreditation from the Higher Learn-ing Commission came in second at 10 per-cent.

Within the area of salaries, 70 percent indicated disparity in pay with compara-ble institutions as very important. “Ad-dressing the gap between administrative and faculty salaries” came in as the sec-ond highest marked very important at 67 percent.

ASU has a long history of faculty sal-aries lagging behind those of comparable institutions. The most recent Faculty Sen-ate Finance Committee report, presented at a meeting in March, found growing gaps between the salaries at ASU and those at comparable universities in the region. Ac-cording to report data, the average gap be-tween ASU and the regional average for the position of professor was $9,000, and that gap had grown by $3,531 in the peri-

od between 2004-05 and 2009-10.Zibluk said the survey was part of an

effort to assess issues that faculty felt strongly about.

“That’s the point of the survey, to help guide us as a body of the Faculty Senate on issues that we should focus on rath-er than just being the voice of the loudest voices,” he said.

Some senators expressed frustration with the administration’s dealing with the issue.

“Last year we put forth a resolution that called for a written plan to eliminate the discrepancy,” said John Hall, profes-sor of psychology and counseling. “Where’s the plan? I think that’s what we want to know. Where is the written plan?”

“It ends up on how we decide to spend the money, not if we have the money,” said Bill Rowe, professor of art. “Our latest

See SALARIES, page 4

Chancellor search process underway

Since the Honors College raised its admissions stan-dards in the fall of 2009, it has seen a 41 percent cu-mulative increase in Hon-ors enrollment.

Director of Honors Re-becca Oliver said there are many factors that have contributed to the growth of the Honors College.

"There is no one formu-la. What you're taught is that Honors is supposed to happen organically so to speak," Oliver said. "What Honors looks like at one in-stitution will look very dif-ferent from what it looks like at another institu-tion."

While the actual Hon-ors program at each insti-tution varies, Oliver said ASU's new standards of

Honors admissions hover right around the average for a majority of Arkan-sas institutions. Admis-sions standards for Honors for incoming freshman are a 27 ACT and a GPA of at least 3.5.

As the bar was raised for Honors admission, the en-rollment numbers shot up as well. Freshman enroll-ment this semester jumped to 239 from 191 a year ago,

and 188 in 2009. This year's freshman class is the larg-est ASU's Honors College has ever had.

"We thought we would hover around that 190-200 mark, and we've blown the doors off, literal-ly, but that's a good prob-lem to have," Oliver said. "And maybe this year is an anomaly, but I actu-ally think it's a picture of what's to come."

Oliver said the growth of the Honors College is a refl ection of the growth of ASU as a whole, and be-cause ASU's standards have been raised, the Hon-ors College has raised its standards and is seeing growth in the number of quality students attending ASU.

While the Honors Col-lege does do formal recruit-ing, Oliver said the best re-

cruiting comes from stu-dents already involved in Honors by what she re-ferred to as "the trickle-back effect." Students are talking about their expe-riences to prospective stu-dents in their hometowns.

"Our students that are part of Honors are our best recruiters, because they're really sharing the experi-ence that they are having

See HONORS, page 4

The committee created to select a permanent chan-cellor for the Jonesboro campus began discussion on the search process at its fi rst meeting Friday.

Charles Welch, ASU System president and chair of the 20-person commit-tee, said the meeting con-sisted of discussion on the role of the committee as a developer of search materi-als like job description and advertisements, a source of feedback on candidates and an interviewing body for those candidates.

Welch said the commit-tee appointed a fi ve-person subcommittee to review search materials for things members feel should be re-worded or revised.

“That committee is go-ing to try to get a revised list of documents to us by the end of next week,” he

said. The committee consists

of six faculty members, fi ve staff members, three college deans and depart-ment chairs, two students and four community mem-bers and alumni. The next meeting is set for 3:30 on Sept. 26.

“I suspect the vast ma-jority of the next meet-ing will be spent discuss-ing any of those revisions and hopefully get closer, if not adopt, a fi nal version,” Welch said. “That may not happen, but at least we will get closer to doing that.”

Welch said he hopes to have the position fi lled by early spring 2012.

Jack Zibluk, professor of journalism and member of the committee, lauded the level of openness involved in the process at the Fac-ulty Senate meeting later that day.

Welch said the searchSee SEARCH, page 4

Honors College enrollment hits record high

Safety Awareness Week

In collaboration with the Arkansas Bio-sciences Institute, ASU will be opening a technology incubator on Sept. 23.

This 9,000-square-foot incubation cen-ter will be the third in the state, along-side the University of Arkansas-Fayette-ville and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock.

It will serve as a way to provide lo-cal startup companies with adequate re-search space, as well as other resources to aid them in being able to thrive and re-main centered in Jonesboro, as opposed to shifting their business to other areas of the South.

Brian Rogers, director of the Commer-cial Innovation Center, explained the im-portance of the incubator to ASU and what it will mean for students and faculty.

“Entrepreneurial faculties need a ve-hicle to form a company and commercial-ize their innovations to benefi t the public. Ultimately it’s about driving economic de-velopment and stimulating job creation,” he said.

In regards to the impact on students and faculty, Rogers felt that incubation will provide many opportunities both in interacting with the center’s clients, as well as the potential to provide more jobs closer to the university.

“Students could work or intern for in-cubator client companies, such as busi-ness services, in addition to helping com-mercialize innovation(s) close to the uni-versity. Students could also be innovators themselves.”

With its primary focus on technologi-cally and scientifi cally driven companies, specifi cally those geared towards agricul-ture and medicine, Rogers explained the different ways that companies could uti-lize their wet laboratory space.

“There are two basic arrangements that our clients can use. First, if a com-pany is working with researchers on cam-pus, they can rent or lease land or offi ce space so that they can remain close to the campus. Second, true startup companies will pay rent, but will also receive busi-ness services.”

Alan McVey, executive director for the Delta Center for Economic Development, noted that prospective clients would need to submit a business plan complete with future plans for development and an esti-mation of when they will reach their goals, but there is no “set rate’ for clientele.

“The incubator provides space for a company to grow fi nancially. Ideally, a client will be with us for three to fi ve years, utilizing our provided workspace. Then, hopefully, they will have amassed enough fi nances to outgrow us and will be stable enough to stand on their own,’ McVey said.

In regards to obtaining the project’s funding, McVey provided a timetable of production and explained how their grant was obtained.

“We wrote a proposal in 2009 and re-ceived funding from the EDA (Econom-ic Development Administration) which arrived in 2010 specifi cally for construc-tion.”

Though they received a $1.75 millionSee INCUBATOR, page 4

Samuel G. SmithEditor

ABI tech incubator to openCasey RinaldiStaff Writer

Samuel G. SmithEditor

Survey: salaries weigh heavy for faculty

Abdullah Raslan/HeraldAccording to a survey conducted by Faculty Senate President

Jack Zibluk, salaries remain the most important issue to faculty respondents.

Don't know, 33%

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— Our View —

Search for chancellor important to all of us

With our new system president having taken office last spring, the search for a permanent chancellor for ASU-Jonesboro is currently underway.

Though the school is no stranger to searching for leadership, the process this time around is set to be much more transparent than that of years past.

With a diverse group of committee members and opportunities for the public to view applicants, the process is sure to get a discussion going in hopes of finding the best candidate for this position.

But what would make a candidate worthy of the position?

The roles of a chancellor may seem fairly simple, but they are in fact quite important to the future of a university.

The chancellor has not only ambassadorial duties, but ceremonial and scholarly ones as well.

They must show pride in the university, both at home and abroad, and must be a mentor to students and staff alike with a general interest and commitment to education and the community.

The chancellor of a university should also be involved from the beginning of a student’s education to the very end.

With this said, a chancellor who is open to suggestions regarding our campus is key.

By listening to students and faculty as issues arise, not only does everyone function better, but the university as a whole excels.

When all is said and done, a chancellor who is going to propel this institution forward to the great heights it should be reaching will be most beneficial not only to our community, but the city of Jonesboro and the state.

We need a chancellor who focuses on how to better the college experience for our students, making us enjoy our time here and in turn give us the best education possible.

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The opinions are not necessarily reflective of the student body, faculty or administration of Arkansas State University.

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“They’re called civil lib-erties for a reason.”

I said this to a good friend over coffee recently as we discussed the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

After he spent what seemed like the better part of an hour insisting that my “cynicism” pertain-ing to heightened security measures taken since that horrible day was not just unfounded, but unpatri-otic.

What? Say that again?Repeatedly through-

out our otherwise relaxed conversation he just kept pressing my ideological/po-litical buttons.

How could any Ameri-can with a love for this country possibly have an issue with wiretaps, satel-lite surveillance of people in their daily lives, airport security pat-downs, etc.?

Insert a pause and eye-rolling here.

I gathered my thoughts and tried to determine the best way to respond with-out appearing overly blunt with him.

For starters, I asked if he had been subjected to any of the above (and many other) actions under

the guise of homeland se-curity.

He moved his head from side-to-side in an unspo-ken “no.”

Then, I pressed him to provide a justification for things like placing names on terrorist watch lists for organizing war protests or planting seeds of doubt regarding a person’s char-acter.

He told me such exam-ples were extreme and did not warrant a comeback on his part.

It is difficult for me to simply let an argument go, especially when I know I’m right, or at least sure of my positions.

I took our chat back to whether the United States government has gone too far in making security a priority, struck the right balance or did not do enough in the wake of the day our country’s concept of normal changed.

For clarity’s sake, I am just as concerned as my friend and those who share his views about protecting the millions of people liv-ing here.

I understand that daily threats are made against Americans with the need for vigilance.

For a few months after 9/11, I looked up at the skies with great fear any-time a plane flew over-head or the newly-created Department of Homeland Security issued color-coded

terror alerts. There was (and is) a

new reality in the land of the free.

My concern, though, is that we find a rational ap-proach to national security and individual liberties in a world full of around-the-clock breaking news on po-tential car bomb plots, dec-larations of never-ending wars against clusters of terrorists and many other upsetting issues.

It is no wonder many of us feel as though lasting peace isn’t going to hap-pen.

Maintaining liberties should be an absolute in tranquil, as well as disrup-tive, times.

Far too many people are willing to give up cherished rights when a government bureaucrat or elected offi-cial claims it is their duty to do so.

Dissent is as old as the U.S. itself, along with free thought, expression and following one’s dreams.

To suggest that it is un-American to question whether security measures must be implemented re-gardless of their impact on the public is not only arro-gant, but irresponsible.

Does that make me a cynic?

Yeah. And proud to be one.

Childress is a graduate student in political science of Jonesboro.

“Picking a major isn’t equivalent to signing your life away.”

Drew Bradbury

Growing up brings a lot of new and exciting things.

Going to college, get-ting out from under mom and dad and dating are all big parts of what you will be doing for the next few years of your life. Howev-er, some things need to be taken seriously—especial-ly when it comes to dating and relationships.

Statistics have shown that one in every three women and one in every seven men will encounter some form of abusive rela-tionship in their lifetime. It goes on to say that this typically takes place among college-age students.

That’s kind of shocking, yes?

You may be sitting there thinking ‘This could never happen to me,’ or ‘No one I know has been through this so, that eliminates quite a number of people,’ but this is nothing to shrug off.

In no way am I a victim, but I am one of those three women, speaking out right now.

When I entered Arkan-sas State my freshman year, I thought I had ev-erything perfect.

Great friends here and at home, a wonderful fam-ily and what I thought at the time was a good boy-friend.

Yes, he called me all too often to check up on

me. Yes, if I was late get-ting back to my dorm to chat with him on Skype, he would leave me tons of voicemails. No big deal, right?

Wrong.After a while, it got to

be too much of a hassle to hang out with friends.

Doing homework be-came impossible because, it was not solely focused on him.

And God forbid a guy in class might ask to borrow a pencil.

At one point I stopped acknowledging anyone at all who tried to speak to me in classes.

By this point, you are all probably wondering why I stuck around with this person an entire year after entering school.

A lot of people wonder why women (and men) stay in these situations and the honest answer, for me, was fear.

I didn’t want anything happening to me or my family, and if it meant pro-tecting those I truly cared about, I would remove oth-ers from my life. I isolated myself from everyone and everything I ever cared about.

I had no hobbies, no in-terests nor a life. Just him and “that’s all I needed,” as he liked to put it.

So, with all of this said, I find it important to rec-ognize the warning signs of abuse, regardless of if it is your own relationship or someone else’s.

Looking the other way as someone is hurt is a ter-rible pastime that needs to end now. Things that I

thought nothing of at first really stood out to me after I ended the relationship and it took several friends to really point out the prob-lems.

Things like monitoring who I talked to, calling me frequently throughout the day (knowing I was busy with a job or school), never making the effort to come see me but being up-set when I wouldn’t have enough gas to get to his house that was 20 miles from mine were all things I really thought nothing of. As silly as it sounds, it was no big deal to me.

Some of the biggest problems that finally put the nail in the coffin were things such as name-call-ing for gaining a pound, not letting me associate with his guy friends and telling me I needed to change ev-erything about myself be-cause he “wasn’t a fan” of my personality.

After ending the rela-tionship, I was even more scared of what would hap-pen next.

Even over a year later, concerns are on my mind daily and I hope that noth-ing will happen. But, here I am, letting everyone in on a topic that truly has importance to me.

The whole reason for writing this, other than to inform about the warn-ing signs and dangers of an abusive relationship is to let those in these situa-tions know that they aren’t alone.

You may think no one understands, but there are plenty of people and ser-vices here to help.

According to a recent article in the Huffington Post, a new app for smart-phones allows users to bet-ter protect themselves, not only in consistent abusive situations, but also ran-dom acts.

Guardly is available for Blackberry, iPhone and Android and protects its users by connecting them to family and emergency contacts with the push of a button.

By using real-time loca-tion tracking, the app can make locating a victim of a serious emergency easy for emergency personnel and other contacts.

With privacy a very im-portant part of Guardly’s mission, the app will only track location in a situa-tion like this.

Many colleges across the nation are joining Guardly through the Campus Safe Program, making connect-ing to help even easier.

If you feel you or some-one you know is experienc-ing dating abuse, step in.

Get them help. The Counseling Center

on campus is readily avail-able and your peers can often be some of the best help and support you can find.

With all of the resources available, getting free from the chains of an abusive re-lationship should be much easier and, trust me, it’s so much better on the other side.

Step in, make changes and save lives.

Bright is a junior pho-tojournalism major of Hot Springs.

“... it is important to recognize the warning signs of abuse, regardless of if it is your own relationship or someone

else’s.”Beth Bright

Picking a major is per-haps one of the most im-portant decisions you can make in college. I mean, why else are you here?

Now is the time to pur-sue an education that will open the door to careers in which you are interested.

Perhaps equally impor-tant, taking courses in a major may assist you in deciding exactly what you do not want to do for the rest of your life.

I was a theatre major during my first two years at ASU. Now I’m into plant sciences.

You never know where your interests will guide you in life and for that rea-son, you should be open-minded when choosing a major.

For those of you on the fence, or undecided ma-jors out there, don’t worry about locking yourself into a single field.

Picking a major isn’t equivalent to signing your life away. However, re-maining undecided could be a considerable waste of time and money.

Narrowing down your range of study gives you focus.

It provides clarity and

insight into a particular job market.

As a student you are fully immersed in a sub-ject of study. You may hate it. You might love it. Who knows?

Your new major may even open your eyes to interests you never recog-nized in yourself. Also, you might realize how much you hate certain aspects and decide you want to change majors.

Don’t wait around your first few years of college to find the “right” major. So many great opportunities have been missed waiting for perfect ones.

For those of you fresh-men still undecided, get those general education credits out of the way. You will be amazed how quick-ly you can forget college algebra.

For those undecided up-perclassmen, find some-thing you enjoy even slightly and follow that rabbit hole. Action may lead to great success or failure, but inaction goes nowhere.

On the other hand, many students persist with a major in which they have lost interest.

Change courses now, or as soon as you can without ruining your GPA.

Why study and prepare to find a job that you won’t like? It can be scary to up-root yourself from a major you’ve grown comfortable

with, but the switch is so rewarding.

If you’re having doubts about your current place-ment at ASU, ask your-self if you are taking these classes because they are engaging, easy or routine?

Though you should give yourself options to find your true calling, you shouldn’t change your ma-jor eight times a semester.

Give yourself a chance to fully experience what said courses can offer you.

Only when you con-sciously decide that none of the information you are receiving can help you in your dreams should you opt to change direction.

Don’t worry about mak-ing the wrong choice in choosing a major. This fear leads to inaction and isn’t helpful.

Do not become lethargic in your studies. An apa-thetic course load is simply the way to a degree, but you’re cheating yourself out of an education.

College is a testing ground. Failure is not only accepted, but it actually benefits you. People natu-rally learn by trial and er-ror.

If your major isn’t ful-filling your needs as a stu-dent, change it and explore a wealth of new opportuni-ties.

Bradbury is a junior plant sciences major of Hot Springs.

Know the warning signs of abuse, step in

“Dissent is as old as the U.S. itself...”Anthony Childress

The Herald

Don’t be afraid to make a changeNational security, patriotism equal?

SPORTSPAGE 3 Monday, Sept. 19 The Herald

Red Wolves fall at Virginia Tech

The Arkansas State Red

Wolves (1-2) jumped out to a quick 7-0 lead against Virginia Tech, but the 13th-ranked Hokies (3-0) responded with 23 first-half points and went on to defeat ASU 26-7 Saturday afternoon at Lane Stadium.

The Red Wolves found the end zone on their first possession, using a 51-yard pass from quarterback Ryan Aplin to wide receiver Taylor Stockemer on their first play from scrimmage to set up the touchdown.

Stockemer’s catch gave ASU a first down at the Hokie eight, and two plays later, Aplin scrambled in from five yards out to put the Red Wolves on the board.

Placekicker Brian Davis added the extra point for the 7-0 A-State advantage just three minutes into the

game. Virginia Tech began at

the Hokie 16 on their next possession and needed just three plays to set up a first-and-goal at the ASU seven, but the Arkansas State de-fense denied the Hokies the goal line from there.

The Red Wolves kept Virginia Tech out of the end zone on four consecutive plays to give ASU posses-sion at the Arkansas State one,.

But on the second play of the drive, Aplin was flagged for intentional grounding in the end zone, with the pen-alty awarding Virginia Tech a safety.

Hokie quarterback Lo-gan Thomas completed a 49-yard touchdown pass to split end D.J. Coles on the ensuing possession to give the Hokies a 9-7 advan-tage.

Thomas added a four-

yard touchdown pass lat-er in the opening quarter and tailback David Wilson scored on a three-yard run with 5:14 remaining in the half to give Virginia Tech a 23-7 lead at the break.

Virginia Tech tacked on a 31-yard field goal from placekicker Cody Journell to increase its lead to 26-7 with 9:49 remaining in the third.

The field goal would prove to be the only score of the second half as the de-fense ASU limited the Hok-ies to just 147 yards in the second half.

Aplin completed 16-of-36 passes for 205 yards and added 29 rushing yards and a touchdown to lead ASU with 234 yards of total of-fense.

Six of Aplin’s passes went to wide receiver Dwayne Frampton, who totaled 59 receiving yards.

Wideout Josh Jarboe add-ed four catches for 38 yards and Stockemer logged three catches for a team-high 77 yards.

Linebacker Nathan Her-rold and safety Kelcie Mc-Cray led the A-State de-fense with 10 tackles each, with each making five solo stops.

Eight players notched tackles behind the line of scrimmage, led by lineback-er Najel Byrd with two tack-les-for-loss.

Cornerbacks Darryl Feemster and Darron Ed-wards both intercepted passes in the game for the Red Wolves.

Arkansas State will re-turn to action Sept. 24 when it hosts Central Arkansas in a 7:00 p.m. game at ASU Stadium.

ASU Press Release

ASU Sports InfoJunior quarterback Ryan Aplin prepares to throw against Virginia Tech Saturday at Lane Stadium. Aplin threw for 205 yards on 16 of 36 pass

attempts. Aplin scored the Red Wolves’ only points of the game when he rushed for a touchdown on ASU’s first drive of the game. ASU will play Central Arkansas at home on Sept. 24.

Patrick Washington Staff Writer

“Tennis, is a game of constant movement, fast pace decision, and a great amount of think-ing,” Coach Marina En-gelbretht (En-gul-breatht), head coach of the Arkan-sas State University Red Wolf women’s tennis team said.

At a recent practice session for the 2011 Lady Red Wolves tennis team, the strong leader-ship of Biljana (Bill-Yana) Milosevska, (Mee-low-shev-ska) a sophomore ASU tennis player from Mace-donia stood out.

She is known as the “Energizer Bunny” to her coach and teammates be-cause of her fast play on the court. Milosevska spoke on the cultural dif-ferences between Ameri-ca and Macedonia.

“America is so cold, it’s different in my coun-try because we kiss on the cheek for greetings and here they shake hands if anything at all,” Milosevska said.

The team consists of mostly foreign players with the exception of Jan-ie Nowland from Buda, Texas.

Milosevska is grate-ful for her teammates and enjoys the bond they have.

“This team is like a family everyone here is open to adapting to each players characteristics be-cause they are all going through the same thing, adapting to America,” Engelbretht said.

Milosevska takes pre-paring for her matches seriously.

“Nothing prepares me better for a game than a great warm up and an encouraging conversation with my team or coach,” Milosevska said.

Milosevska said her greatest accomplishment came in a tournament last year when she en-tered a third set down, but with smart plays, she left the game with a win.

Milosevska is confi-dent in her first serve and forehand play. She did say that her weak-ness was her backhand and second serve.

“I’m working hard ev-eryday to fix those prob-lems and to make my game better.”

Milosevska won a sin-gles title at the Kansas Invitational Sunday in three matches.

Milosevska ‘energizes’ Lady Red Wolves tennis

Kaity Burns/HeraldSophomore tennis player Biljana Milosevska practices her game

at Allen Park. The ASU tennis team hosts the ASU Invitational at Allen Park Oct. 7 - 9.

ASU Press Release

The Arkansas State women’s soccer team battled back from a 3-0 deficit and scored two goals in the final min-ute of regulation to force overtime, earning a 4-4 tie against Arkan-sas Pine-Bluff Sunday afternoon at the ASU Soccer Complex.

“We are a work in progress. We also have a lot of fight in us. I have to respect my team from coming from three goals down, not getting on each other and coming and tying this game,” ASU head coach Tafadzwa Ziyenge said.

“It takes a lot to come back from three goals be-hind and end up scoring four goals. However, that being said we should have won the game. We were the better team and it’s just a mess of mixed emo-

tions right now. I’m happy we came back but in reality this is probably a game we should have put away.”

UAPB jumped out to a 3-0 lead scoring goals in the 18th (17:15), 22nd (21:12) and 27th minutes (26:15).

The Red Wolves got their first score in the 37th min-ute (36:37) when Kelsey

Finders and Tory Pitts connected with Christine Giles who finished the goal by redirecting a pass into the net.

Jessica Jingblad took a cross from Ashley Mc-Murtry in the 75th minute (74:11) and headed the ball into the net bringing ASU within one goal of UAPB,

3-2. UAPB then scored

its fourth goal of the match in the 81st min-ute (80:33) to retake a two-goal lead, 4-2.

In the final minute, ASU scored two goals, the first by Tory Pitts who sent a corner into the goal. Kara Nitti then took a cross from McMurtry to score the Red Wolves final goal of the game, tying the con-test with just 22-sec-onds remaining in reg-ulation.

ASU out shot UAPB 17-10 including tak-ing 10 shots on goal to the Lions six. Alex Furr and McMurtry led

the Red Wolves with three shots each.

ASU opens Sun Belt Conference action host-ing Florida Atlantic and Florida International next weekend.

The weekend begins with a 3 p.m. match with FAU on Friday.

Ashley Helliwell/HeraldJunior Tory Pitts (20) hustles for possession of the ball against a Arkansas-Pine

Bluff player Saturday at the ASU Soccer Complex.

Lady Red Wolves end skid with 4-4 tie versus UAPB

ASU Press Release

The Arkansas State volleyball team completed an undefeated weekend at the Holiday Inn Express Invitational by defeating host Northwestern State 25-16, 25-19, 25-12 on Saturday after-noon.

This marks ASU’s second tourna-ment of the year in which they have gone undefeated. The first occurred Sept. 2-3 in Nashville, Tenn., at the Lipscomb Invitational. This also marked the Red Wolves’ fifth straight victory after defeating Hofstra on Sept. 10 Southeast Missouri State at home on Sept. 13 and Alcorn State and Central Arkansas on Friday.

ASU (9-5) was fueled in the match by Taylor Szypulski who finished with 11 kills and personal season-high .550 attacking percentage.

She was also named to the all-tour-nament and was named tournament MVP.

Jasmine Terry and Amanda Chap-arro were also named to the all-tour-nament team.

“We knew coming into today’s match that Northwestern State is an aggressive serving team and we would be challenged,” ASU volleyball coach Justin Ingram said. “We han-dled their serving pressure well and made it difficult for them to sideout with our low-flat serves and big block-ing presence.”

In the second set, Szypulski had five kills, one block and a dig to help ASU to a 25-19 victory.

The Red Wolves and Lady Demons (3-10) were tied at 16-16, but ASU scored the next six points to push the lead to 22-16. A kill from Cayla Field-er made the score 23-17 and an attack error from Northwestern State setup set point for A-State. Szypulski put the set away with a kill to give ASU a 2-0 lead in the match.

In the third set ASU jumped out to

a 16-8 lead behind the play of Szypul-ski. The red shirt freshman finished with five kills, two aces, two digs and one block assist in the set the power the Red Wolves’ attack.

ASU won all of its games in three sets, marking the first time the Red Wolves’ had accomplished the feat since 2009 when they did at the ASU Invitational.

Szypulski led A-State attack with 11 kills. She also added five digs, two aces and two solo blocks. Fielder fin-ished personal season-high four solo blocks and three block assists. Allison Kearney added 19 assists and Megan Baska had 10 digs.

“We feel great about another 3-0 win to conclude our pre-conference season and are excited to begin Sun Belt play this Friday,” Ingram said.”

ASU will open Sun Belt play on the road against Middle Tennessee on Friday.

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HONORS, CONTINUEDand you can't buy that," Oliver said. "Just the right students at just the right time have chosen ASU and have chosen the Honors College, and they have made the experience what it is. It's all about the students, and it always has been and it always will be."

Erin Flagg, a junior English ma-jor of Manila and current undergrad-uate assistant of the Honors College, is one of those students recruiting simply by being involved and sharing stories of her involvement with oth-ers.

"The program has grown by leaps and bounds since I came in 2009," Flagg said. "I feel like so many others are having as wonderful of an experi-ence as I am and those students con-tinue to spread the good word across the state."

Flagg currently serves as the Hon-ors College Senator for SGA, and is actively involved in the Honors Col-lege Association where she's held HCA Freshman Rep and HCA Public Relations Director positions.

Some of the ways that current Hon-ors students share their experiences with prospective students are by be-

ing a part of Honors Preview Day in October, calling students who have been formally admitted to the Hon-ors College via the Honors phone-a-thon in January and February, and sharing stories and experiences at Honors Reception Day in March.

Oliver said they recruit for ASU first, and Honors is "the tipping point." She said Honors is just a mi-crocosm of the institution, and that students need to choose the institu-tion first.

"You always recruit for your insti-tution as a whole, and then if some-body is on the fence it’s a matter of tipping them to our side of the fence into our yard," she said. "And I think the way that we do that is through those personal connections that our current Honors students have with prospective Honors students."

As ASU has hit record enrollment year after year, the Honors College is growing along with it. In 2009 there were 547 Honors students enrolled. This semester there are 769.

"There's a successive growth and change that's happening, and Honors is a program molding ourself around our students," Oliver said. "We're

constantly changing because our stu-dents are changing, and as the pro-file of ASU continues to change and moves in the upward trajectory that it is, Honors will continue to change with it."

Oliver, who was hired in 2007 as a consultant to help grow the Hon-ors College, said somewhere between 5 and 10 percent of an institution's undergraduate population should be qualified for an Honors program.

Consequently, as the Honors Col-lege is representative of its campus' diverse population, its students will hopefully spread through many dif-ferent areas of campus. Oliver said this is definitely the case with ASU's Honors College.

"Honors students permeate every corner of campus life. Every disci-pline, every major, we have student athletes, students involved in Greek life, in SGA, in every student orga-nization practically on campus," she said. "Honors is everywhere, and it helps raise the bar not only for Hon-ors students but for the institution as a whole, and that's the whole point of having an Honors college."

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“We spent about half the time discuss-ing openness, and I will say that Presi-dent Welch is very serious about making

a great deal of effort to make sure that this is a different kind of process than we’re used to,” Zibluk said. “They’re do-ing things that sometimes they don’t have to do. Welch is going the extra yard on this.”

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increase to the athletic budget, some people feel we thought that beer and sports are more important than possibly salaries and other things. … It comes down to what the institu-tion is deciding to spend the money on.”

In other business, Robyn Whitehead, direc-tor of ASU Wellness and Health Promotion, gave faculty information about health initiatives on the campus. She said out of a $10 million overall health care expenditure report-

ed by Blue Cross Blue Shield, $2.5 million is considered remediable by lifestyle modification. The top health care claims for insured employees on the Jonesboro campus are dia-betes at $500,000 and hy-pertension at $350,000.

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grant from the EDA, McVey noted that they are, “always looking for fund-ing sources, as this is very valuable space for our re-gion. There was no oppor-tunity to lease research space in this communi-ty, without going to Mem-phis or St. Louis because it didn’t exist.”

In regards to future plans, Rogers and McVey both spoke of possible dis-cussions of creating a “re-search park,” similar to the ones found at the two oth-er major incubator sites in the state.

“A research park is an area of land that has been set aside for business to lo-cate, whether it is multiple companies in close proxim-ity, or one company setting up an office near the cam-pus. There’s not a set defi-nition of the concept. This is all part of addressing the increased problems, such as research and higher de-velopment cost for scientif-ic companies by providing a supportive environment at the innovation center.”

McVey spoke of how the idea for the incubator came about a few years ago dur-ing ABI meetings.

Carol Cramer, then-di-rector of ABI, and her hus-band David Raidin, real-ized that the research tak-ing place at ABI had the potential to develop new innovations, new tech-nologies and new compa-nies. They recognized that there would be a need for this type of facility to sup-port these types of scientif-ic companies. The decision was made around fall 2006 with cooperation from Len Friey, dean of the College of Business, to begin for-mal talks of a development

plan.Finally, McVey ex-

pressed hope that the incu-bation program would con-tinue to grow and evolve in the future, providing ASU, and the state of Jonesboro, with a myriad of oppor-tunities for a long time to come.

“It’s really an invest-ment in our future and making Northeast Arkan-sas companies mature. Our focus is to further di-versify our economy and to retain business and talent here within the state,” he said.

McVey also noted that ABI is committed to coop-erating with the three main incubation projects across the state, rather than try-ing to compete with them for clients.

Rogers also seemed op-timistic about the future of the incubation center.

“This incubator is just the beginning. The ratio-nale was to plant the seed, to create more economic de-velopment here when the economy and natural disas-ters created different types of jobs. Our primary pur-pose is to foster entrepre-neurship that is technology -driven to create more jobs on and off campus. As well as educating faculty, staff and students about bridg-ing the gap between entre-preneurship and innova-tion and directly meeting a market need,” Rogers said. “I hope people get excited about the incubator, about bringing technological op-portunities to students and creating an ecosystem with investors, similar to Silicon Valley, that will be to put all of these resources and innovation back into the lo-cal economy.”

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BriefsAll Majors Career Fair. Tuesday Sept. 20, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Student Union Centennial

Hall. Over 50 companies will be here to visit with you about jobs with their companies. // Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2011 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Education, Nursing & Health Professions Career Fair.