All eyes were on Dr. Steve Perry in Centennial Hall Mon-day as he encouraged attend-ees, including members of the A-State Sun Belt Championship football team, to be champions.

During his more than 60-minute lecture titled “All Eyes On Me,” Perry spoke often about doing your best and being cham-pions, in spite of adversities.

Perry was the keynote speak-er for this year’s Black Histo-ry Month program. He is the principal of Capital Preparato-ry Magnet School in Hartford, Connecticut and a leader in ed-ucation reform, especially for the disenfranchised youth.

Of all the possible guests, “Steve Perry was chosen because of his undeniable impact on the African American community in regards to education, and the impact he’s had on the African American youth,” said Tirrany Thurmond, director of the Mul-ticultural Center. The purpose of bringing Perry to A-State was to have those who attend “leave with curiosity and feel empow-ered,” and to create a “greater sense of self,” Thurmond said.

Meanwhile, Perry argued for students to be fighters, overcom-ing the struggles and beating the odds. Perry promotes the belief that regardless of race, gender or where you grew up, everybody has what it takes to be a cham-pion and then added, “Too many of us are comfortable with partic-ipation trophies. Don’t just show up. It’s about overcoming adver-sity.” The biggest fight champi-ons face “is not on the outside, it’s on the inside. True champions fill themselves with images that inspire them.”

When talking about the edu-

cation system, particularly among the minority communities, he said, “There’s a cultural idea that poor kids don’t want to go to col-lege. Have you asked them?”

Popular culture has said poor urban youth want to stay in the hood. But he combats this state-ment with his own story. Perry was raised in a poor community. His mother was 16 when he was born. He received a poor educa-tion early on, but there was one teacher who focused her atten-tion on him. Perry seized the opportunity and went to college. He finally obtained his doctorate in education and started his own school system for under privi-leged youth. The listeners could hear the passion in his voice as he relayed his life story.

Perry said, “We could talk about the system,” but “we have to fight to overcome. Put your-self in a position to win.” Either “you will make black history, or you will be black history,” Per-

Despite an initial promised opening of fall 2016, no new updates have been released in relation to ASUCQ, the first ‘American style’ campus in Mexico’s history.

In a press conference in March 2015, the A-State an-nounced that the proposed campus in Queretaro, Mexico would be up and running as early fall 2016. The university later released a statement in November, pushing the proj-ect back another six months, with ASUCQ Chairman Ricardo Gonzalez stating he expects completion of the first phase of the campus in 2017.

“The expansion of the concept to include an entire master-planned community, the construction challenges of such a complex project in un-

developed land, and our com-mitment to strict adherence to all permitting and environ-mental matters made us all re-

alize that the original hope of having the campus ready for students in 2016 was overly optimistic,” Gonzalez said.

Edmundo Ortiz, the gen-eral director for the ASUCQ, remarked on the project’s set-

A-State announced plans to move forward with construction of several on-campus develop-ments during Friday’s ASU Sys-tem Board of Trustees meeting

The developments include a new hotel, restaurant and con-vention center, as well as a lease agreement to build two new stu-dent housing facilities.

The university confirmed the developments via press release. According Dr. Bill Smith, exec-utive director for marketing and communications for A-State, the convention center, hotel and restaurant will be built on the site of the former track and field pro-gram.

The Board of Trustees ap-proved the use of Jonesboro Ho-tel Partners, LLC to begin con-struction of the project, which will include a 200-room Em-bassy Suites Hotel, a convention center, and a Houlihan’s Restau-rant and Bar.

The project is slated to com-plete construction in 2018.

KAIT reports the new con-struction will allow Jonesboro students the opportunity to work at the complex while completing a hospitality management degree program.

The ASU System Board of Trustees also approved a 35-year land lease with Zimmer Devel-opment at the Feb. 26 meeting.

“Living on campus has many academic and social benefits,” A-State Chancellor Tim Hud-son said. “These projects allow us to accommodate students who want to reside on campus throughout their career.”

The first-ever public-private construction project on campus is designed to fit the growing need

for student housing. The project will add two housing structures to campus. The undergraduate facility, located on the east side, will hold 350 beds while the west side structure, designated pri-marily for graduate students, will hold 165 beds.

The project is set to begin construction at the conclusion of

the spring semester with a com-pletion date for the fall 2017 se-mester.

Zimmer will construct and maintain the units while Arkan-sas State will manage and market the two complexes. During the initial years, Zimmer will pay $200,000 per year for the under-graduate land lease; $105,000 for

the graduate area. “These are transformative

capital projects that will enhance Arkansas State in many ways without the burden of debt,” ASU System President Chuck Welch said in a news release.

At the close of the lease, the housing units will become uni-versity property.

At a Glance: Where is ASUCQ? ·The original estimate of $50 million was increased to $75

million last year.·The campus covers 250-acres.

· ‘American Style,’ is how the university is to be modeled. · The ASUCQ development was announced in 2012.

·The groundbreaking for the campus was February 2014.·Officials were confident the campus would be open in

2016, the date is now set to 2017.·The first year enrollment is hoped to be 1,000 students.

·The Campus will accommodate 5,000 students.·Issues with the terrain has caused delays.

·Estimate of $50 million was increased to $75 million· Covers 250-acres

· ‘American Style’ campus ·ASUCQ development announced in 2012

·Groundbreaking for the campus was February 2014.·Officials confident to open in 2016, now 2017·First year enrollment projected 1,000 students

·Accommodates 5,000 students.·Issues with terrain causes delays

·Campus covers 250-acres.

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COURTESY OF ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITYTOP: The ASU System Board of Trustees approved plans to build a new hotel, restaurant, and convention center on campus. Included in the plans were these schematics, which details floor plans and visual pro-jections of the upcoming construction project.

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Rock hosted The Oscars in 2005, and when he was asked to par-ticipate in this year’s award, he didn’t want to back down. He says the reason he took the gig is because he didn’t want to lose the job to Kevin Hart, another famous black comedian. Jok-ingly saying this, of course. He began his monologue with, “I’m here at the Academy Awards, otherwise known as the White People’s Choice Awards,” he said. “You realize if they nomi-nated hosts, I wouldn’t even get this job. Y’all would be watching Neil Patrick Harris right now.”

Many people won’t agree with the jokes, or the way he says the things he does, but The Academy wouldn’t hire him if they didn’t want some ruckus to be brought out of it. And it was an easy way for the awards show to get views, let’s be hon-est. If one is to remember any-thing from this year, Chris Rock’s monologue will be it, you couldn’t have asked for a more polarizing issue to cover. There was no perfect way to handle the topic, because of how con-troversial it was, but Rock was applauded and made the crowd laugh, bringing us all back to-gether as we should be.

The night was also filled with breathtaking performances from Best Original Song win-ner, Sam Smith, as well as Lady Gaga, Dave Grohl, and The

Weeknd. Gaga brought light to a cause

with her Oscar nominated score “Till It Happens to You”, a song from the documentary on cam-pus rape “The Hunting Ground”. She brought victims of rape on stage, which brought the crowd to tears. When Sam Smith won the award for Best Original Song, the public took to Twitter to disagree with the Academy’s decision saying Gaga’s song left an impact on a cause, unlike Smith’s.

If you decided to check your Twitter out last night, you would have seen another exciting hap-pening at The Oscars Sunday. Leonardo DiCaprio FINALLY won his first Oscar, after many years of being nominated for the Best Actor category. Users went havoc with tweets and memes all because of Leo’s big win.

DiCaprio won Best Actor for his role in “The Revenant,”while Brie Larson won Best Female for her role in “Room.” The biggest award of the night, Best Picture, was given to “Spotlight,” a film by Tom McCarthy.

All in all, there was love, there was spite, there were victories, and there were losses. While aside from DiCaprio’s much deserved first win, and Chris Rock’s introductory monologue, the night went as well as to be ex-pected with so much controver-sy threatening to steamroll over the entire event. Once again the Oscars proved to be a major viewing event that entertained people all across the world with its talented and star-studded list of attendees and performers.

The 88th Annual Acade-my Awards, better known as The Oscars, took place Sunday night and were hosted by actor and comedian Chris Rock. The awards faced backlash earlier this year when its nominations were released to the public. Celebrities began to speak out about whom was nominated and why there were no African American nominees in certain categories this year. One of the main celebrities that spoke out was actress and wife of Will Smith, Jada Pinkett Smith.

In a viral video that was re-leased, Pinkett says, “Maybe it’s time we pull back our resourc-es and we put them back into our communities, and we make programs for ourselves that acknowledge us in ways that we see fit, that are just as good as the so-called mainstream.” She then made it clear that she would not be attending this year’s Academy Awards.

If you thought host Chris Rock wouldn’t take advantage of this controversy, think again.

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With the recent events on our home campus of Arkansas State University, personal safety is a big concern for everyone on campus, including staff, students and faculty. We all share this campus issue, especially with those students living on campus.

In fact, there are roughly 3,200 people who call ASU Jonesboro home and depend on the University and local police for help if a dangerous situation ever does occur. Unfortunately, the University Police Department can’t check with people 24/7 and things do happen. While there are ideas as to how students can better protect themselves, there are some ideas that are just better than others.

It’s only been a couple of months since the events of Dec.

Micah Prock is a junior broad-cast journalism major from Russellville.

A night of controversy and surprisesPersonal Safety on CampusWhen does your safety become an intrusion on some-

one elses?

“If you thought host Chris Rock wouldn’t take advantage of this controversy, think again.”

- Cody Moore10th transpired on campus, reminding us all that we are not as immune to the potential threats of the world as we would like to think. It was almost immediate, the tweets shot out, the Facebook arguments commenced, people began throwing around ideas that they believed could potentially make our campus safer. While I am in absolutely no way certified to give a professional recommendation, I do have a firm argument based in facts and data to try and assert my stance.

The No. 1 rebuttal I heard after the dangerous events of Dec. 10 transpired, was that if students who have their concealed and carry permits were allowed to carry weapons on campus, they could have better protected the campus.

For starters, a loss of life, no matter who it is, should be the absolute last option chosen. The fact that there was not a single injury or loss of life is incredible and I think has a lot to do with the authorities’ quick and professional approach to the scenario.

There are trained professionals whose entire job is to de-escalate scenarios as quickly and efficiently as possible, which allows everyone else on campus to be focused on getting out safely. I can’t imagine if that same scenario had transpired and someone had pulled a gun and began firing at the man in the vehicle out of fear or some misplaced hero complex.

With the situation being taken care of as quickly as it was, it left officers the choice to negotiate with the man and come to a reasonable solution. With a coordinated group such as police officers, bystanders don’t have to worry about stray bullets, misfires or general debauchery with carrying such a powerful tool as a gun.

With a campus that has such a high standard of safety in its history, I’m astonished anyone could believe guns are a reasonable addition to this institution of higher education and learning.

Guns have their place in our world, but a university campus is not one of them. People need to allow the professionals to do their jobs and quit trying to convince the rest of us to put our own safety aside to make-way for their own sense of entitlement to a firearm everywhere at anytime.

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Campus Crime

Campus Crime is a weekly report compiled from University Police logs made publicly available in accordance with the Clery Act.

Feb. 20, 20161:05 a.m.—A total of sev-

en people were arrested after a disturbance between the Kappa Alpha and Pi Kappa Alpha fra-ternities. Members and guests of the Kappa Alpha fraternity were allegedly throwing beer bottles at the Pi Kappa Alpha house and their members. Among a crowd that was gathered outside the Kappa Alpha house, officers en-countered five people with glass bottles in their hands.

The five were Laurin McDuf-fee, Heather Tyler, Jacob Hollis, Allen Davis and Jake Johnson. Another male, Dallas Blagg, was walking by with a beer can in his hand and was also stopped by of-ficers. Since all of them were ei-ther 18 or 19-years old, they were all arrested for minor in posses-sion of alcohol.

Just an hour later, officers were dispatched to the same lo-cation in reference to more items being thrown.

In addition to throwing bot-tles, 19-year-old Marc Young was alleged to have rolled a tire down the hill and toward a fence. Young was arrested for minor in possession of alcohol and ob-structing governmental opera-tions.

Feb. 23, 20167:14 p.m.—Officer Russell

Gray was walking on the second floor of the Reng Student Union when he noticed 18-year-old Derrick Thomas near the In-formation Desk. In April of last year, the 18-year-old was issued a notice of persona non grata, ban-ning him from campus. Thomas was therefore arrested and cited for criminal trespassing. Accord-ing to the police report, UPD has received several complaints re-cently about Thomas attempting to get women to join his “club.”

Feb. 27, 20161:30 a.m.—In the middle of

the night, Officer Alanna Sand-ers responded to Honors Build-ing 4 in reference to a possible overdose on marijuana brownies.

The 19-year-old female res-ident said her boyfriend had brought over the brownies and explained that both of them had partaken of the potent treats. Claiming she had only eaten a little piece for herself, she wasn’t sure how much her boyfriend had consumed.

According to the report, the boyfriend was transported to St Bernards Medical Center be-cause of the incident. Looking around the room, Officer Sand-ers found two plastic wrappers with leftover brownie crumbs still in them. She also noticed an empty beer can and a cup full of wine in plain view.

The female resident was thus

referred to Student Conduct for an alcohol and drug violation.

Feb. 28, 20162:27 a.m.—A student no-

tified UPD about a suspicious person sitting in his truck that was parked behind the sorority houses.

The student said the person appeared to be high and was looking to pick up a girl. Officer Daniel Bradway responded and startled the man when he ap-proached the driver’s side of the vehicle.

According to the report, the man jumped in his seat and be-gan acting very strange. He was very fidgety and could not sit still. The man said he was trying to pick up a girl but claimed she had given him directions and he had gotten lost.

The 45-year-old man, Scott Whitaker, had a suspended driv-er’s license and two arrest war-rants out of Craighead County. Bradway handcuffed Whitaker but found a small plastic baggie that contained a white rock-like substance in the vehicle soon af-ter.

The substance tested positive for methamphetamine and was secured as evidence. Whitaker was arrested and cited for driv-ing on a suspended license, out of town warrants, and a felony count of possession of meth. He also was issued a notice of persona non grata and is hereby banned from campus.

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Few outside of the medical field and red wine enthusiasts are familiar with the “French Paradox.” However, a group of Arkansas State STEM students are bringing the phenomenon to light in a new research project.

The term “French Paradox” is commonly used to explain the phenomenon of a small portion of the French population having coronary heart disease or obesity despite the majority of the pop-ulation indulging in diets typi-cally high in saturated fats.

Fortunately for merlot and cabernet sauvignon lovers, the paradox points to red wine as the answer.

Indeed, red wine can actually help prevent heart disease and obesity. According to National Center for Biotechnology In-formation, this connection was discovered in the late 1980s.

So where do peanuts come into this equation? The an-swer to that riddle is a group

of researchers including Chris-tine Matei, a senior chemistry and biology student from Hot Springs. Matei is an undergrad-uate researcher working with Fabricio Medina-Bolivar, as-sociate professor of metabolic engineering at Arkansas Biosci-ences Institute and Department of Biological Sciences.

Matei, along with several other students, spends hours in the labs at the Arkansas Biosci-ences Institute everyday trying to complete the bridge between peanuts and coronary heart disease and obesity. She’s been working on this project since August.

“My research is focused on characterizing the anti-obesi-ty activity of toxicity of various stilbenoids. An anti-obesity strategy that has been proposed, is the inhibition of the for-mation of cells that store fat,” Matei said. “There are so many diseases associated with obesity.”

But it’s not the peanuts themselves being studied—it’s the compounds within it. Luis

Nopo, a research associate and ABI research technology man-ager, said one of the compounds found in red wine, resveratrol, is within the same family of anoth-er compound found within pea-nuts. According to LiveScience.com, blueberries also are known to contain resveratrol.

“There is some previous information that those com-pounds will have some benefits on health,” Nopo said.

More specifically, Matei is testing a group of compounds called arachidics. Not to be con-fused with arachnids, arachidics are long-chain fatty acids, ac-cording to Pub Chem.

“There are other reports these compounds can also be potentially good against can-cer. That will be our next step,” Nopo said.

It’s also possible these com-pounds could help prevent Par-kinson’s disease. But this study goes beyond just A-State. The team at ABI is working with several other universities on this study. If they are able prove the compounds have the same ben-efits as those found in red wine, the study will move on to cell testing and then animal testing.

“We have made progress. We’ve done two MTT assays to determine the toxicity of the compounds we are using in this project, and we are also doing another on Saturday,” Matei said.

An MTT assay is used to de-termine cell metabolic activity, according to ATCC.org.

While the research may not be completed by the time Matei graduates in the spring, her younger colleagues will contin-ue their research on the peanut paradox.

If their hypothesis is correct, this study could change the way scientists and doctors prevent and treat obesity and the diseas-es associated with it.

Biology student Christina Matei and research associate Luis Nopo work together in the lab for the ad-vancement of their studies.

Uber driver, Jason Dalton, admitted to a mass shooting that left six people dead and two wounded in Kalamazoo, MI. Feb 20. The Uber employee continued to pick up passengers, while shooting eight people at three different locations in the area.

Dalton, a 45-year-old mar-ried man with two children and no criminal record, began the nearly seven hour long kill-ing rampage around 5:40 p.m., shooting a woman multiple times in front of her apartment, leaving her wounded.

Continuing to pick up pas-sengers for Uber four hours after the first shooting, Dalton open fired on Richard Smith, a 53-year-old father and his son 17-year-old son Tyler Smith, leaving them both dead.

Afterwards, at around 10:30 p.m., five people were shot at a Cracker Barrel when Dalton fired on two vehicles. The fami-ly and friends were getting were just getting into their cars when the shooter began firing, killing Dorothy Brown, 74, Barbara Hawthorne, 68, Mary Lou Nye, 62 and Mary Jo Nye, 60. A mi-nor was also in the car and seri-ously wounded.

After the last shooting, Dal-ton continued to pick up Uber passengers and had a conversa-tion with one family about the shooter on the loose.

The family talked to the man and jokingly asked him “You’re not the shooter, are you?,” as they had a normal conversation with a man just minutes before he shot eight people.

At around 12:30 a.m., just minutes after dropping off his last customers, Dalton was ar-

rested in connection with the shootings. The police, upon searching, took possession of a semi-automatic handgun from Dalton. Shortly after being ar-rested he was identified in a photo lineup by a witness as the shooter.

The motive of these tragic and deliberate shootings is not known, as the shooter who ap-peared to be calm and relaxed as he told the judge he understood the charges but “would prefer just to remain silent” before be-ing held without bail.

Sophomore Matt Barnett , soil science major, from Mem-phis, TN, feels the safety stan-dards for Uber don’t stand up to traditional cab services saying, “I would not personally use Uber as I don’t feel that it is as safe as a cab company.

The screening process for

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“Empower Her,” a series during the month of March to feature female artists at Ar-kansas State University during Women’s History Month.

The Multicultural Cen-ter begins a new program at A-State, this month, to high-light and feature various cul-tures and topics through the

artwork of students, faculty and staff. The artwork entries may be that of paintings, ceramics, sculptures, quilts, photography and many other art form medi-ums.

The artwork of faculty and staff will be displayed March 1-11 in the center. Students’ pieces will be shown March 14-18. The displays are open for viewing during the hours of

the center. Students have until noon March 11 to submit their artwork to be considered as an entry to be displayed.

Graduate Assistant Victo-ria Morgan is looking forward to this new event and said, “You don’t have to go somewhere to see powerful women, they are right here on this campus.”

The center staff hopes the

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A-State researchers shed new light unique nutrition anomoly

Christina Matei works on her research , looking forward to contribut-ing her findings to the advancement of medicing and overall health of the people.

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backs in March 2015, in-cluding land development and design flaws. Despite A-State’s elevation of the project’s estimated cost to $75 million from a previous $50 million estimation, officials re-mained hopeful of ASUCQ’s unique draw.

“The campus is designed to accommodate 5,000 stu-dents,” Ortiz said. “We hope to see 1,000 students in the first year.”

During a November visit to A-State, Ortiz announced that AYESA, a global engineering, consulting and construction conglomerate based in Spain, had set up offices at the site to manage construction of the state-of-the-art facility.

Interest and support from governmental leaders in Mex-ico has been important, Hud-son and Ortiz said.

“It was important to take time to reach a comfort level for all local community leaders for such a transformative proj-ect,” Ortiz said. “The campus will provide well-educated in-dividuals for Queretaro’s bur-geoning multinational firms.”

“The Queretaro campus is part of a master-planned city and community,” A-State Chancellor Tim Hudson said. “ASUCQ will be the center of this community.”

Hudson also stated that the development will be a “cat-alyst” for a new community, including single-family and multifamily residences, stores, elementary and high schools, shops and other businesses.

Queretaro currently hosts more than 800 international companies, including those in the field of aeronautics, auto-motive, and engineering. Uni-

versity officials believe that the community slated for de-velopment may one day reach the size of Jonesboro. In part-nering with A-State, Ortiz is hopeful that ASUCQ can build a presence in the mul-tinational job market, as well as create a strong U.S. trade partner.

“This project will change so many lifestyles and the re-lationship with academics and industry,” Ortiz said.

After announcing the ASUCQ development in 2012, the campus had seen little physical development. Since the groundbreaking ceremony in February 2014, the campus has seen several adjustments, including blue-prints and design, as well as building permits, citing the desert landscape as the source

of these setbacks.According to a brief provid-

ed by the university, ASUCQ is expected to generate more than $8 million in revenue an-nually, providing that enroll-ment reached 5,000.

“In partnership with Ar-kansas State, we are build-ing a unique, living, learning community and investing in a foundation for better under-standing for the future leaders of two of the largest countries in the Western Hemisphere,” Gonzalez said.

ASUCQ will incorporate the A-State brand and logo and the university’s curricu-lum. Courses will be taught in English by credentialed facul-ty approved by Arkansas State, and degrees will be jointly rec-ognized in both Mexico and the United States.

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Construction workers at the Arkansas State University Campus Quere-taro site in Mexico install concrete footings.The university announced in November that the production had been pushed to a 2017 comple-tion.

students, faculty and staff artists to participate and be proud of their artwork and con-nection with the theme.

By giving artists the op-portunity to display their work

during a month which applies to them, the students, faculty and staff have the opportunity to showcase their personal con-nection with the theme of the month.

“This program is open to students of any major, if it fits through the door, it can be shown,” Morgan said.

drivers should be improved as it seems that just about any-one can be your driver and un-

fortunately that seems to in-clude possible killers.”

Even though many people

find Uber a cost effective and easy way to get around, others see it as a risk not worth taking.

Uber, Continued

ry told the audience, “make your own opportunities, don’t wait for them.”

After Perry addressed the audience, people submitted questions via Twitter using #ask-drsteveperry. One question was, “How do white people help change the course of black his-tory?” Perry responded, “fight

laws that are hurting black peo-ple. Fight for school choice. You should not be forced to go to a failed school.”

As the people filed out of Centennial Hall at the end of his lecture, one student, Brittney Blake, a junior sociology major, reflected on her greatest take away.

“Inequality is not the deter-mining fact of success in our lives.”

Another student, Mark Winn, an undeclared freshman, remarked about his changed per-spective on education. “I did not realize how much of a disadvan-tage minorities face in the educa-tion system.

KYLE FOUTS | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERDr. Steve Perry candidly answers questions submitted via Twitter after his uplifting and admonishing talk to students on Feb. 29.

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After winning 18 straight games, the Lady Red Wolves dropped their first game of 2016, losing to UALR 71-69 on Tuesday night at the Jack Ste-phens Center.

“It’s obviously a tough loss for our program,” A-State Head Coach Brian Boyer said. “One of the things that really hurt this game was our slow start, but I’m proud of our team for the way they continued to fight.”

The Lady Red Wolves trailed 22-14 at the end of the first quarter, and shot just 40 percent from the field. A-State fought to stay in the game the entire first half, but trailed at the half 36-30.

Despite being to within six at the half, A-State found themselves in major foul trou-ble. Khadija Brown-Haywood, Amanda Lawson and Aundrea Gamble had two fouls at the half, while Brittney Gill had three.

“Foul trouble was a factor in this game on both ends,” Boy-er said. “We got in foul trouble early, and that’s unfortunate.”

The Red Wolves came out of the locker room firing on the offensive end. A-State shot 56.3 percent (9-16) from the field to get to within one, 53-52, at the end of the third.

It looked the momentum

might finally be shifting to-wards the Red Wolves to start the fourth quarter.

The Red Wolves and Trojans traded blows in the final quar-ter, before Brittney Gill made a layup with 4:20 to go, giving A-State their first lead since the opening minute of the game.

Although A-State gained

the lead after the layup, they struggled to maintain it, as both teams went back and forth in the closing minutes.

Aundrea Gamble connected on two free throws 1:26 to go to tie the game up at 67, but UALR followed by scoring four out of the game’s next six points, going on top 71-69 with 15.3

seconds to go.After watching UALR go

on top, the Lady Red Wolves go the ball back with a chance to tie or take the lead with a made basket. A-State, however missed a layup, and then had to immediately foul UALR after the Trojans came down with the rebound.

After UALR missed both free throws, and A-State called a timeout, the Red Wolves again had a chance to tie or win the game with a made basket, but failed to do so. The Red Wolves ran an inbounds play designed to go to Aundrea Gamble, but Gamble was doubled up. The inbounds pass, instead, went to Brittany Fowler who was not able to get a shot off before the game clock expired.

A-State was led in scoring by Aundrea Gamble and Jessica Flanery, who scored 22 and 16 respectfully. Gamble ended the game shooting 8-13 from the field, while Flanery shot 6-12. Flanery played all 40 minutes in tonight’s contest.

The Red Wolves move their all-time record at the Jack Ste-phens Center to 0-11. A-State is now 23-4 overall and 18-1 in Sun Belt play.

The Red Wolves will close out regular season play on Sat-urday with noon game at Appa-lachian State. The game can be seen on WatchESPN.

The A-State baseball team competed in a weekend tour-nament in Emerson, Ga., where they split four games.

The Red Wolves took on Morehead State on Friday and lost 2-1 after Morehead State hit a walkoff single.

The Red Wolves, faced with a 1-1 tie, subbed in J.D. Miller to pitch in the bottom half of the ninth inning, but after allowing a single and a walk, Tanner Ring was brought in to pitch.

After loading the bases, Morehead State’s Jesus Carrera drove in the winning run.

However, on Saturday A-State swept a doubleheader.

After losing the day before, A-State topped Saint Louis in the first of two games in walkoff fashion. A-State tied Saint Lou-is in the bottom of the seventh inning when Ty White lifted an 0-2 pitch to center field for an RBI triple. The score remained tied at 4-4 until the bottom of the ninth inning.

White again stepped up to the plate with a chance to win the ball game for his team in the ninth inning.

With runners on first and second, White lined a pitch into center field, scoring the lead runner, and lifting the Red Wolves to a 5-4 victory.

In game two of Saturday’s doubleheader, A-State relied on their pitching to win the game. Bryan Ayers pitched a career high seven innings. Ayers saw his team score seven runs in five innings, helping to pad his run

support. The Red Wolves com-pleted the Saturday sweep with a 9-2 victory.

The Red Wolves concluded play in Emerson, Ga., on Sun-day when they fell to Nebras-ka Omaha 4-3 in 11 innings. A-State trailed 4-3 in the bot-tom of the ninth and were down to their last strike with runners on first and second, and White at the plate. White connected on a 1-2 pitch to score the lead runner and tie the game at 4-4.

Nebraska Omaha scored the game’s next run in the top of the 11th after a lineout to deep center field scored the runner on second base, putting Nebras-ka Omaha on top 5-4, the final score of Sunday’s contest.

The Red Wolves now sit at .500, with a record of 4-4. A-State will play the first game of a four game homestand on Friday when they take on Mil-waukee. First pitch is set for 6 p.m.

The Red Wolves took on the Davenport University Panthers on Saturday, and walked away with the win, defeating Daven-port 53-0.

The team proved to be as ready and dangerous as they have ever been on Saturday.

Although, the real test has yet to come for the Red Wolves, they continue to make yet an-other run for the Varsity Cup.

A-State has plenty of experi-ence in the starting lineup, with seniors Alex Goff of Brent-wood, Tenn., Connor Cook of Waimea, Hawaii, and Dionino Breda of Baltimore, Md., start-ing at the forward.

While for the backs, senior Tyler Miller of Bayonne, N.J., connects with senior Robert Elan Puttick of Dalhart, Texas, who leads a very young but in-credibly skilled back line.

Saturday’s game got off to a very quick start, with the first kickoff being knocked on by Davenport and the Red Wolves capitalizing out of the first scrum of the game.

With the game lasting 80 minutes, the A-State team had plenty of time to set their rhythm and impose their will.

With possession being most-ly on the Red Wolves side, of-

fense was the most exploited aspect.

Clean and hard lines were run by everyone, with centers Zach Young, a freshman of Gold Coast, Australia, and Si-one Fangaiuiha, junior of Can-berra, Australia, showing off incredible pace and composure throughout the game.

The backfield was kept safe by sophomores, Nick Abreus of Houston, Texas, Dylan Boast of Atlanta, Ga., and junior Preston Weigel of Spring, Texas.

It was a great game for junior varsity as well, as they won 50-8.

With such high standards being put on by the varsity squad, the young players are very keen to make a name for themselves and be able to join the varsity jersey before they

leave college. The junior varsity squad was led by Derek Mc-Mahon, a junior from Chica-go, Ill., playing scrum half, and Brock Roper ofWellington, New Zealand, playing fly half. Great leadership was shown by the junior Illinois native when a couple brawls got started in the middle of the game.

With no scrum half ’s in the bench for the varsity team and the current one being senior Ty-ler Miller, McMahon is one of the few JV players who will have a somewhat clear shot at the starting status on one of rugby’s most key and difficult position.

A-State rugby will be back in action on March 12 when they take on Life University for the Huckaby Cup at 1 p.m., on the A-State Rugby Pitch.

Red Wolves fall to UALR, record first league loss of the year

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After losing seven straight and falling down the Sun Belt standings to the eight seed, the Red Wolves looked to get back on track on Tuesday night at the Jack Stephens Center. The Red Wolves, however, were unable to hang with league-leading UALR and fell 89-80.

“I don’t have a lot of com-plaint,” A-State Head Coach John Brady said. “We had a couple of defensive breakdowns, but their guards are really good. They shoot the ball so well, and they made timely baskets. Our team made some plays, though. That teams is holding people to 58 points a game and we come in their gym and put 80 on them. I don’t know if they’ve had 80 scored on them all year.”

The Trojans came out look-ing for revenge over the Red Wolves, and shot 59.4 percent from the field and 42.9 percent from beyond the arc in the first half of play. The Trojans domi-nated the Red Wolves inside the painted area, outscoring them 22-6.

UALR led 48-38 after one half.

The Trojans were paced in the

first half by Roger Woods, who scored 16 points on 6-8 shoot-ing. A-State was led in scoring by Devin Carter, Nouhoum Bo-coum and Anthony Livingston, who each had 10 points.

The Red Wolves looked to claw their way back into the game in the second half, but UALR wouldn’t budge.

The Red Wolves got it to a single digit ballgame for most of the half, but never could get over the hump. The Trojan of-fense was able to exploit the Red Wolves defense through ball screens to free up their guards. UALR shot 7-14 (50 percent) from beyond the arc in the sec-ond half, and almost all of made threes were off of kickouts.

“Defensively we struggled a little bit,” Brady said. “We did some good things on offense, but struggled to get it going on defense.”

Despite losing the game, A-State had a definite advan-tage on the boards all night. A-State out rebounded UALR 42-24, and led in second chance points 17-6.

The Red Wolves were paced in scoring by Devin Carter and Nouhoum Bocoum. Carter fin-ished the game with 22 points

on 8-16 shooting from the field, and 4-8 shooting from beyond the arc.

Bocoum finished with a ca-reer high 21 points on 8-11 shooting, to go along with nine rebounds.

Anthony Livingston record-ed a career high 22 rebounds in the contest as well.

CADE CARLTONSPORTS EDITOR

Slow start hurts A-State, drops Lady Red Wolves to 18-1 in SBC play

Red Wolves lose eighth straight to Sun Belt rival UALR

ANDREW FERGUSON I ARKAN-SAS STATE

Ty White, senior of Gladstone, Mo, readies for the upcoming pitch. White helped the Red Wolves split the weekend series in Emerson, Ga. A-State returns home Friday when they take on Milwaukee at 6 p.m.

CADE CARLTONSPORTS EDITOR

DENISE GOLDSTEIN I STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERConnor Cook, senior of Waimea, HI., pushes past Davenport’s defense at the opening game Feb. 27. The Red Wolves beat the Panthers 53-0.

A-State baseball splits weekend series

CADE CARLTONSPORTS EDITOR

EMILIO BETANZOSPORTS WRITER

DENISE GOLDSTEIN I STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERKhadija Brown-Haywood, senior of Centralia, Ill., goes in for a layup in the third quarter against Texas State. The Red Wolves defeated the bobcats 87-50.

A-State rugby downs Davenport 53-0

DENISE GOLDSTEIN I STAFF PHO-TOGRAPHER

Head coach John Brady talks to Donte Thomas in the last seconds of the game against UT Arlington. The Red Wolves fell short to the Mavericks 75-79.

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You carry it with you ev-ery day. It holds your essential items to get through your day. And it may be doing more harm than good. The dreaded backpack.

Although they are de-signed to help you--and they do, for the most part--there are some pretty harmful effects to carrying them around every-where.

Going through a normal school day may make students feel as though they’re carrying a heavy load, since, in most cases, they are. Improper knowledge and usage of backpacks can cause damage that, although reversible, can be quite painful. So what do you do? How can you avoid back tracking while backpacking?

On average, around 14,000 children are treated for back-pack-related injuries, according to the U.S. Consumer Prod-uct Safety Commission. These backpack-related injuries can be the result of a backpack that is too heavy or simply wearing a backpack incorrectly.

Believe it or not, there is an improper way to wear your backpack. Wearing your back-pack too low may cause the weight to strain your shoulders and lower back. Although it is recommended to wear you backpack higher on your back, wearing it too high causes neck pain and joints and muscles to tighten. So what are you sup-posed to do? Just drag your

backpack behind you? Well, no not exactly. It’s best to find a happy medium. It is recom-mended that the bottom of your backpack hang about two inches below the waist. Also, wearing your backpack on one shoulder is a huge no-no. Putting all the weight of your backpack onto one shoulder re-sults in bad posture.

“I see kids with giant book bags and they can barely walk,” Landon Moore, a media pro-duction major of Searcy, said. “There’s honestly nothing you can do about having to carry so much stuff, unless you just car-ried around a bunch of bags.”

By now you may be think-ing about just tossing the old backpack and carrying your books around in your arms. Be-fore you do that, it’s important to realize that there are ways to prevent backpack-related inju-ries.

First, avoid wearing your backpack in any of the harm-ful ways previously mentioned; keep it higher up on your back with both shoulder straps on.

“I have pre-existing back problems so I carry mine how it’s designed to be carried to avoid extra back pain,” Grace Dilday, a sophomore undecid-ed major of Fayetteville, said. “I double strap it higher on my back.

Also, pay attention to just how much you stuff into your backpack. It’s easy to put ev-ery single textbook you own into your backpack, just to avoid having to carry anything in your hands. However, this

practice is not the most ideal option for your back. It’s rec-ommended that your backpack weigh no more than 15 percent of your body weight. So to put it into perspective, someone who weighs 120 pounds should carry a backpack that weighs no more than 18 pounds. And backpacks come with multiple compartments for a reason (it’s not just for decoration).

Distributing the weight throughout all the compart-ments can help lighten the load a bit. Wow, who would’ve guessed it?

To avoid carrying so many textbooks around each day, col-lege students can opt for online versions of textbooks if they are available.

Most professors probably won’t change their minds about having you carry your textbook to class every day, just to relieve you of your back pain. Also, as geeky as this may sound, it may be easier for those who are susceptible to back pain, to use a rolling backpack rather than one you carry.

As a college student, the weight of the world may be on your shoulders, but that doesn’t mean you have to physically carry it around.

Ensuring that your back-pack is working for you, rather than against you, is very im-portant. College can be stress-ful enough without having to worry about the potential damage that a heavy load may cause. So take a load off and make sure that everything you carry is absolutely essential.

Backpack Back PainDESTINI LATTIMORE

STAFF REPORTER

NEIL WILLIAMS | GRAPHIC DESIGNER

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Since the announce-ment of the Academy Award nominees for the 88th Oscars, the Twitter hashtag #Oscars-SoWhite has been trending on many popular social media platforms to showcase media consumers’ disapproval of the lack of racial diversity that the award show was presenting, as the Oscars had zero non-white nominee actors or actresses up for an award. When the awards show went live, featuring the same unsurprising white-ma-jority audience, the host for this year’s Oscars, entertainer Chris Rock, made note of the lack of diversity in his own monologue, saying, “Man, I counted at least 15 black peo-ple on that montage. I’m here at the Academy Awards, oth-erwise known as the White People’s Choice Awards. You realize if they nominated hosts, I wouldn’t even get this job. So y’all would be watching Neil Patrick Harris right now.

“But this is the wildest, craziest Oscars to ever host, because we’ve got all this con-troversy. No, no black nomi-nees, you know, and people are like ‘Chris, you should boy-cott. Chris, you should quit. You should quit.’ So, I thought

about quitting. I thought about it real hard. But, I realized, they’re gonna have the Oscars anyway. They’re not gonna can-cel the Oscars because I quit. You know? And the last thing I need is to lose another job to Kevin Hart, OK?”

Often during the show, Rock brought attention to the lack of black talent being pres-ent among the award nominees and winners and why he decid-ed to host it. However, as the show progressed, another rep-resentation issue was brought to light in Twitter’s #Oscars-SoWhite tag, this time focus-ing on the lack of Asian repre-sentation among the academy awards.

“Fun Fact: More white actresses have won #Oscars for playing Asians than actual Asian actresses have won. Peri-od,” was tweeted by the owner of the Twitter AngryAsian-Man, and the tweet quickly gained a large number of re-tweets and became a trending topic across several social me-dia platforms after joining the #OscarsSoWhite discussion.

And as the tweet states, this is a fact amongst the academy awards so far—that more white actresses have won awards for their roles as Asian women (Luise Rainer, who

won the Oscar for Best Actress for playing a Chinese woman named O-Lan in “The Good Earth” (1937) and Linda Hunt, who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for playing male Chinese-Australian pho-tographer Billy Kwan in “The Year of Living Dangerous-ly” (1982)) than actual Asian women—which is one actress, by the way: Miyoshi Umeki for her role in the 1957 film “Say-onara.”

To date, no Asian actress-es have won in the category of Best Actress, with only one woman being nominated, and only six women, including Umeki, have been nominated for Best Supporting Actress. For background, the number of Best Actress winners is cur-rently at 73 and the number of Best Supporting Actress win-ners is 77.

Needless to say, the hashtag #OscarsSoWhite, as apparent on Sunday night, rings true, especially in Asian representation. Asia is the larg-est continent on this earth and currently has the largest pop-ulation of humans. Maybe the academy will take these facts and the still-trending hashtag into consideration when voting for the new Oscar winners at the next Oscars.

MICHELLE GOULD#LIFE EDITOR

Asians at the OscarsNot only are the #OscarsSoWhite,

they are whiter than you think

ifeWEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 2016

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Finding time to eat three meals a day in college can sometimes be hard enough on a student, and but being able to cook three homemade meals a day while in college is nearly impossible, as many students either lack the time, the money, the equipment or the know-how to cook their own meals.

However, alternative ways to cook different kinds of snacks and meals, from break-fast to dinner and from hearty to indulgence, are popping up across various cooking websites and social media pages that provide students more ways to cook their own food. These recipes also do not require any cooking utensils or equip-ment—just a mug, a microwave and a spoon. “Meals in a mug”

allow even individuals in stu-dent housing to diverge away from repetitive caf meals and fast food and test their own cooking chops. This cooking trend has grown so popular, a cookbook, called “Mug Meals” by Leslie Bilderback, has been written to make it possible for a person, or a student, to eat for an entire day out of their own mug, and here’s some recipes to get them started:

College Hack:

You know you are in trou-ble when a film billed as a biop-ic focused on the life of Olym-pic athlete Jesse Owens spends the majority of its opening act dispensing expository dialogue about the protagonist’s white coach.

Yet “Race” surges on, opening in-media-res in Ow-ens’ (Stephan James) first year struggles as one of the few black students at the predom-inantly-white Ohio State Uni-versity. The obvious lead-up, Owens’ stint at the 1936 Berlin Olympics on the cusp of World War II, hangs heavy over the story. Clumsy dialogue from screenwriter Joe Shrapnel and poor caricatures of historical figures seem to scream “Do you get it? Race! There are two ham fisted meanings here! Do you GET IT?!”

Of course, but it makes it hard to feel anything for a film that so lovingly depicts Leni Riefenstahl, legendary Nazi propagandist and long-ru-mored lover of Hitler, and Av-ery Brundage, one of Ameri-can history’s highest-profile Anti-Semites, in addition to devoting a disproportionate amount of screen time to the film’s tertiary white support-ing cast. Nearly 40 of the film’s 134 minute runtime are spent establishing a relationship between Owens and down-on-his-luck Ohio State track coach Larry Snyder ( Jason Sudeikis), which included a particularly distressing scene in which Snyder screams, “I own you!” at Owens in regards to the runner’s practice schedule.

James does a fine job as Owens, but the limited scope of the story gives him very little to work with. Stephen Hopkins (“Predator 2,” “Lost in Space”) seems to be angling for the greatest-hits version of Owens’ life, rather than the traditional biopic faire of birth-to-death. Certainly Owens competing in the 1936 Olympics was one of the defining moments in histo-ry, but perhaps a more fascinat-ing story to explore would be the nation’s reaction to Owens.

Hopkins uses the genre piece to showcase impressive background CGI effects. The typographical elements to the film are well done in the under-whelming setting. Despite his impressive setting and design, Hopkins struggles to find the right angle to tackle the story of Owens. Is it his relation-ship with Snyder? Is it his re-lationship with his future wife and mother of his child? How about his burgeoning friend-ship with German Olympian Luz Long (David Kross)?

“Race” ultimately takes the route of “The Blind Side,” letting viewers know with just enough veiled condescension that Owens wouldn’t have been able to stick it to Hitler without the help of Snyder and some (baffling) cheerleading from Riefenstahl. One can’t fault the filmmaker for depicting Hitler and Goebbels as leering vil-lains. As historical figures, they were over the top and sinister to an absurd degree. However, it seems only fair to show the

other side of the coin, in which Owens failed to receive the re-spect and admiration he rightly deserved from the American people.

“Hitler didn’t snub me -- it was our president who snubbed me,” Owens said at a 1936 Re-publican rally in Kansas City. “The president didn’t even send me a telegram.”

The film wraps with a shot of Owens and his wife smil-ing and embracing in a service elevator, having been forced through the back entrance be-cause of the color of their skin. On-screen text overlay reveals that the United States gov-ernment never officially rec-ognized Owens’ achievements, and concludes that Germany invaded Poland three years lat-er.

Hopkins story is one that is not fully-realized. Instead, we are treated to a Cliffs Notes version of Owens’ life that reads less like a history lesson and more like an excited curso-ry glance at a Wikipedia page.

MICHELLE GOULD#LIFE EDITOR

Jesse Owens biopic stands as a misguided attempt to teach a history lesson from a

cursory glance at a Wikipedia page

Make snacks and meals in just a mug

Huevos Rancheros

Directions:1. In a jumbo mug, combine oil, scallion, tomato and cumin. Heat in microwave for 1 min-

ute until scallion is translucent and tomato softened. Stir in avocado, salsa, cilantro, Tabas-co, cheese, egg, salt and pepper.

2. Insert tortilla chips and nes-

tle them down into the egg mixture. Microwave for anoth-er 1 to 2 minutes until egg has set. Serve immediately with a dollop of sour cream.

Ingredients:• 1 Tbsp. unsalted butter• 2 Tbsp. diced onion• 2 Tbsp. diced celery• 2 Tbsp. diced carrot• 2 Tbsp. fresh or frozen peas• 1/4 tsp. dried thyme• 1 tsp. all-purpose flour• 1/2 cup whole milk• 1 cup rotisserie chicken• 1/4 tsp. kosher salt• 1/4 tsp. pepper• 2 Tbsp. minced parsley• 1 3-inch piece frozen pastry

Old-Fashioned Pot Pie

Directions:1. In a large mug, combine but-ter, onion, celery, carrot, peas and thyme. Microwave for 1 to

2 minutes until vegetables are tender. Stir in flour to make a paste, then slowly stir in milk.

2. Add chicken, salt, pepper and parsley and toss to coat.

Top mug with puff pastry and microwave again until pastry is cooked and firm, 30 to 60 sec-onds. Serve immediately.

Ingredients:• 1 Tbsp. olive oil• 1 garlic clove• 1/4 cup shredded coconut• 2 Tbsp. plain bread crumbs• 1/2 tsp. dried thyme• 1/4 tsp. kosher salt• 1/4 tsp. pepper• 1/4 lb. medium shrimp

Coconut Shrimp

Directions:1. In a jumbo mug, combine oil, garlic, coconut, bread crumbs

and thyme. Mix thoroughly and microwave for 30 seconds to warm through.

2. Add shrimp, toss to coat, and

microwave for another 2 to 3 minutes, stirring occasionally, until shrimp are cooked. Serve immediately.

PHOTO AND RECIPE COURTESY OF MUG MEALS BY LESLIE BILDERBACK

PHOTO AND RECIPE COURTESY OF MUG MEALS BY LESLIE BILDERBACK

PHOTO AND RECIPE COURTESY OF MUG MEALS BY LESLIE BILDERBACK

‘Race’ Review

EMMA WILLIAMSEDITOR-IN-CHIEF

COURTESY OF FOCUS FEATURES

COURTESY OF FOCUS FEATURES

Ingredients:• 1 Tbsp. olive oil• 1/2 scallion, chopped• 1/2 cup chopped tomatoes• 1/4 tsp. ground cumin• 1/2 avocado, diced• 2 Tbsp. salsa• 1 Tbsp. fresh cilantro, chopped• Dash of Tabasco• 1/4 cup grated Cheddar• 1 large egg• 1/4 tsp. kosher salt• 1/4 tsp. pepper• 5 to 6 tortilla chips• Sour cream

hotoWEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 2016 PAGE 4BP

The Honors College Association held a Leap Day laser tag and bowling party on Feb. 29 at the Jonesboro Bowling Center to

give back to HCA members and friends. Students were treated to all sorts of fun ways to spend their ‘extra’ day of 2016. For more photos visit astateherald.com.

BROOKE LASLEY | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERKenneth Riddle, junior business administration major of Magazine, Ark., watches and tries to coax his bowling ball into making a strike.

Honors students’ Leap Day amusements

BROOKE LASLEY | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERAshton Chaplain, freshman biology major of Judsonia, and Jordyan Watson, freshman chemistry major of Brookland, suit up before they play a game of laser tag.

MELISSA MARTIN | PHOTO EDITORLakyn Oliver and Kyla McCain, sophomore interdisciplinary studies majors of Sheridan, Ark., share a pizza during the Leap Day party hosted by the Honors College Association.

MELISSA MARTIN | PHOTO EDITORBrett Hale, sophomore plant science major of Doniphan, Mo., searches for members of the opposing team in an action-packed and intense game of laser tag.

MELISSA MARTIN | PHOTO EDITORMiguel Castillo, senior graphic design major of Glenwood, Ark., challenges a friend in a game of air hockey. Dis-counted arcade game cards were one of the things HCA offered its students.

MELISSA MARTIN | PHOTO EDITORHonors College students congratulate Neal Moore (right), freshman chemistry major of Benton, Ark., after his turn during their competitive bowling game.