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The hotel and convention center project recently proposed by Arkansas State University and O’Reilly Embassy Suites has an-nounced definite plans to move forward with construction on university property.
In a statement released by the university on March 21, Spring-field-based O’Reilly Hospitality Management LLC announced its intent to proceed immediately with the final developments for the proposed construction of the Red Wolf Regional Convention Center, Houlihan’s restaurant and Embassy Suites Hotel.
Despite previous financial set-backs, representatives from the university and O’Reilly are confi-dent in the project’s success.
“Arkansas State is thrilled to partner with Tim O’Reilly and his team of professionals and in-dustry experts at O’Reilly Hos-pitality Management,” said Dr. Tim Hudson, A-State chancellor. “This innovative campus project will help define us further as a destination university.”
Hudson further remarked that the university will be incorporat-ing new academic programs in response to the project, namely a program in hospitality manage-ment.
Initial plans to build the con-vention center and hotel were approved by the ASU Board of
Trustees on Feb. 26. A-State be-gan looking at other funding op-tions after the Jonesboro Adver-tising & Promotion Commission voted to fund the Keller Family Hotel and Convention center project over the proposed project on university property.
A-State joined leaders in the Keller project to present ideas to the commission March 2. After one commission member recused himself from each of the votes, a motion to fund the A-State proj-ect failed 2 to 3.
“It is unfortunate both that there appears to be a political competition of sorts regarding our project and another convention center project that has been at-tempted for many years, and that there is definitely not a market or opportunity to succeed for two convention centers in Jonesboro,” said Tim O’Reilly, CEO and managing member of O’Reilly Hospitality. “We have great faith in our partnership with A-State,” he said and added that there was support from the Jonesboro busi-ness and medical communities and Hilton/Embassy. “With our team’s experience and past success with this type of project, we will press forward without hesitation and we will persevere and succeed in this market.”
The Delta Regional Authority notified the university on March 21 of its approval of a $404,983 investment into site preparation
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An A-State employee was cited for public intoxication during Spring Break.
According to a police report, Jonesboro police cited Jason Andrews, assistant athletics di-rector for football operations, for public intox at approximate-ly 2:30 a.m. on March 23 after residents on Woodsprings Road reported a possible prowler.
Officer Daniel Gifford was advised by dispatch that several residents had reported someone attempting to gain entry into their homes. Upon arriving at the location, Gifford spotted a man, later identified as An-drews, walking from yard to yard and knocking on doors in the area.
Andrews was detained with-out incident. Gifford noted the strong odor of intoxicants on Andrews, and stated in his re-port the suspect was “slurring
Hotel, convention center plans move forward with grant from Delta Regional Authority
Assistant athletics director cited for
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EMMA WILLIAMSEDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Agreements set to expedite med school application processA-State students interested in the
medical field will soon have a broader field of options. The university finalized two agreements with the New York In-stitute of Technology College of Osteo-pathic Medicine (NYITCOM) that will allow A-State students an earlier chance for acceptance as medical students.
The affiliation and articulation agree-ments between A-State and NYIT-COM will provide students with two ways to gain early admittance.
The first agreement, will allow stu-dents to complete three years of pre-pro-fessional courses before applying for early admittance into NYIT. The artic-ulation agreement for the Admissions Early Assurance Program offers a similar opportunity, allowing students to apply
for early admittance by Aug. 1, following their junior year.
As per the affiliation agreement, ac-cepted students will then substitute their senior year for year one in the medical school, which, if successfully completed, will earn them an ASU bachelor of sci-ence degree in biological sciences with an emphasis in pre-professional studies.
“This is not a unique degree option for us other than the osteopathic medical part of it is,” said Lynita Cooksey, provost and vice chancellor for Academic Affairs and Research, told the Jonesboro Sun. “Through the years students may get ac-cepted into a professional program early — pharmacy is a really good example. Most times students complete a bache-lor’s degree here because it’s become so competitive.”
Students entering the STEM fields
may already be acquainted with A-State’s pre-professional studies programs. Through the College of Sciences and Mathematics, courses are offered in the pre-chiropractic, pre-dental, pre-den-tal hygiene, pre-medical, pre-optome-try, pre-pharmacy, pre-physical therapy, pre-physician assistant and pre-veteri-nary paths.
According to Cooksey, the uni-versity has structured the agreements with NYIT to expedite the process for those in the pre-professional fields. Stu-dents must maintain a 3.5 overall GPA, complete the minimum academic and MCAT score requirements, receive an A-State premedical committee recom-mendation and pass a personal interview with NYITCOM faculty.
Academic progress and standing will then be monitored on a semester-by-se-
mester basis. If a student does not meet the re-
quirements in place for early admittance, they will be wait listed. If a seat does not become available, students will complete their regularly scheduled senior year at A-State before completing a traditional application to NYIT. All applications are submitted through the American Asso-ciation of Colleges of Osteopathic Med-icine Application System.
A-State students who must submit a traditional application still will receive early notice of admittance.
NYITCOM is one of only two med-ical schools in Arkansas, the other is the University of Arkansas for Medical Sci-ences (UAMS). Dr. Barbara Ross-Lee, site dean for NYITCOM at A-State, said the college sent 122 admittance let-ters, with 106 committing to attending
this fall. Arkansas currently ranks 48 out of 50
for the number of practicing doctors and 49 out of 50 for overall health. In an in-terview with KATV (Little Rock) Ross-Lee cited this as a major driving force behind NYIT’s programming. Accord-ing to Ross-Lee, Arkansas has a critical need for physicians.
“We are focusing on the needs of Ar-kansas, and we want to attract students from Arkansas to stay and train in Ar-kansas so they’ll practice in Arkansas,” Ross-Lee said.
The new college will be centrally lo-cated on campus in historic Wilson Hall, which is expected to be fully renovated and operational in June. NYITCOM is slated to open its doors Aug. 8 to 115 students, of whom 35 are Arkansas na-tives.
COURTESY OF ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITYTOP: The ASU System Board of Trustees approved plans to build a new hotel, restaurant, and convention cen-ter on campus. The hotel will contain 202 rooms and parking for 500 vehicles. BOTOTM: Schematics provided by the university indicate the project will occupy 8.53 acres on Red Wolf Blvd. In addition to the hotel, the construction project will include a 40,000-square-foot convention center and Houlihan’s Restaurant.
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In its first session post-elec-tion session, A-State SGA began ushering in a new era of govern-ment officials. Incumbent offi-cials expressed their gratitude to the senate for their work over the previous year before conducting a brief session, during which the organization motioned to begin
constructing a red wolf statue on University Loop.
The organization passed a resolution to purchase a red wolf mascot statue similar to one pre-viously erected to honor the Reng Student Union. The statue will be placed on University Loop. SGA will work with A-State admin-istrators to designate the place-ment of the statue. Mustain not-
ed that the project has the power to strengthen the relationship and admiration students and po-tential students may have for the university.
The organization moved to allot $14,000 for the purchase of the statue, with the adminis-tration agreeing to provide addi-tional funds for the purchase of the statue. The inclusion of the
mascot statue in a central outdoor location was said to serve as an integral part of campus life and tradition.
Nathan Lee, current SGA Chief of Staff, expressed thanks to the senate for their hard work while he has been in office. When he reflected back to how he be-came involved with SGA, he remarked on the importance of
encouraging new generations of student leaders.
“If you see someone you think has potential, encourage them to get involved because sometimes not everyone who could be suc-cessful in a campus leadership position will be willing to take the first step,” Lee said. “There’s a positive correlation academical-ly and professionally to student
involvement on campus. I just want to encourage you all to keep going and trying to make ASU a better place and you will benefit from it.”
Incumbent vice president Brooks Jones spoke to his peers, expressing his desire for SGA members to continue putting students first.
“I am very thankful for this
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Terrorism: A Growing International Concern
Coming into college, all that I thought about was going to class and getting my degree, but I never realized how many opportunities were right in front of me. Within my freshman year, I traveled to places that I would have never imagined going.
With my school newspaper, I went to so many places and cultures, including New York City, Chicago, St. Louis, and a study abroad class tour of England, France, Belgium, Germany, and Austria. As well, this year has led me to such places as Louisville, KY and our nation’s capital, Washington, D.C.
Although it is incredibly important to focus on schoolwork and other university activities, here are a few reasons why traveling in college will make our experience even richer.
It opens your mind to different lifestyles and cultures.
Before college, I had gone to a very small school that did not have much diversity, which prevented me from seeing the world in the shoes of someone different than me. However, traveling was the vessel by which I got to see how people from all types of backgrounds lived their lives. During my trip to Europe, I observed the ways of life in five countries over the course of two weeks, which gave me invaluable insight to the world outside my own backyard.
It prepares you to be very personable and work with all types of people.
At my workshops in New York City, Chicago, and Louisville, I got to network and collaborate with people from all over the country and hear about their ideas and ways that their individual campuses work.
This has been so useful to me because it shows that students and those in the workforce all over the country have been in the same shoes as you and only wants to help one another in any aspect possible.
Additionally, the fast-paced tone of these cities gave me a tiny glimpse into how life can be in a variety of career paths, but people are always willing to be there and help you achieve your goals.
It is so much fun.
Some of my favorite memories in my college career have occurred as a resulted of traveling with my peers. Whether it be running up
the steps on the Eiffel Tower, getting on national television, meeting/seeing celebrities, getting presidential M&Ms from the White House, or seeing places and landmarks that you have only seen in your
wildest dreams, every single trip is an absolute treasure. You instantly create bonds with people you may have never expected, and some may even become you closest friends as a result.
Every trip is what you make it; all that needs to be done is that first step. College only happens once, so always take advantage of any opportunity that comes your way.
Robert Morris is a sophomore strategic communications major from Jacksonville, Arkansas.
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I’m not sure how many more of these articles there are left to write; I know that even though each circumstance is different, it all falls under the same umbrella of terrorism.
There is nothing we can ever do to completely eradicate this sinister motivator from the hearts and minds of our fellow human beings, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t unite in our outspoken stance against it.
The most recent terrorist at-
tack gaining international me-dia attention is the attack in the Brussels international airport and metro where at least 3 men brought homemade bombs onto the premise and detonated them killing eleven people at the air-port and twenty people at the metro station.
Words cannot begin to de-scribe the helplessness that these types of terrorist attacks breed within our communities, and the urge to react and lash out is almost irresistible, and rightfully so. I submit that we must resist the temptation and be the bigger people, our reac-tion must guide the rest of the world in how to address such a serious issue. Armed with facts, love, patience, and most importantly, resilience I believe we can make a huge impact on the international approach to terrorism.
The similarities can be easily drawn between the gun man on our own campus along with the administrations reaction, and how I believe the world should
handle themselves when terror-ism strikes. Instead of lashing out in fear and ignorance, we should attack the problem head on with facts and a willingness to help in anyway we can. The whole goal of terrorism is to create fear and disorganization in a society so that the citizens become distrusting of each other and eventually, lead to a dysfunctional system. To allow these types of people to have any sort of control over our lives would be a failure of the highest degree.
Terrorism is a unique threat in the fact that it encourages the government, especially a demo-cratic one, to turn on the people and try and search out the ter-rorists from amongst the regular citizens.
In America especially, this presents a very troubling prob-lem when our country holds pri-vacy in such high regard.
To begin to craft our ap-proach to terrorism we must first answer the very tough and uncomfortable question about
how much privacy are we will-ing to give up in order to catch would be harmful citizens?
While I don’t think there is a definitive answer to that ques-tion, that’s part of the beauty of
living in a democracy, it allows us to figure out the solution that is most widely accepted, and we can begin to work from there.
Of course that’s how it’s sup-posed to work, on paper, but
looking at our current political system, one can’t help but won-der if we are all apart of some really lame reality TV show where the writers have all but given up.
Micah Prock is a junior broad-cast journalism student from Russellville.
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Campus CrimeCampus Crime is a weekly
report compiled from University police logs publicly available in ac-cordance with the Clery Act.
March 18, 20162:54 a.m.—Matthew Mur-
phy, 19, was driving on Univer-sity Loop when Officer Daniel Bradway observed him veer off and hit the curb. Bradway decid-ed to stop the vehicle to check on the driver. Murphy pulled into the Pi Kappa Alpha house but struck another curb while trying to park. Bradway could smell alcohol coming from in-side the truck as he approached the driver’s side. Murphy had difficulty speaking in complete sentences.
He also urinated on himself while in the driver’s seat. Due to this, Murphy was asked to exit the vehicle and perform a field sobriety test. After failing parts of the test, Bradway deter-mined Murphy to be impaired. Murphy was arrested and cited with DWI, minor in possession of alcohol, hazardous driving, refusal to submit, and no proof of insurance. Murphy was also referred to Student Conduct for the incident.
March 18, 201611:45 a.m.—Officers re-
sponded to a report of scream-ing at the Village Apartments and were allowed in by the oc-cupants. Inside the apartment, officers could see a piece of glass
with white powder residue in plain view. Also in plain view was an insulin syringe in the trash can, yet none of the occu-pants claimed to be a diabetic. James Arender, one of the sus-pects, then consented to a search of the residence after it was re-quested by police.
Many items of drug par-aphernalia were found in the apartment including three sy-ringes with residue of meth-amphetamine, four glass pipes, three digital scales, and many other items with residue of marijuana, methamphetamine, and cocaine.
There was also a plastic baggie with a small amount of methamphetamine. During the search, another occupant, Kim-berly Byrd, was found hiding in the closet. Kimberly Byrd, 44, Joanna Gordan, 41, James Ar-ender, 38, and Michael Gray, 31, were all arrested and cited for possession of drug parapherna-lia and possession of metham-phetamine—both felonies. They also were issued notices of per-sona non grata and are hereby banned from the Arkansas State campus.
March 19, 20162:48 a.m.—After failing to
yield to oncoming traffic, Ashly Grant, 29, spun her tires when exiting the Kum & Go parking lot onto Johnson Avenue. Offi-cer Daniel Bradway also noticed the vehicle weave back and forth as it continued down the street. Bradway stopped the vehicle and noticed Grant’s eyes to be
bloodshot and glassy. When asked why she’d spun her tires, Grant conceded that, “yeah, my car’s kinda squirrelly.” She also admitted to drinking four al-coholic beverages, “tequila and beer...like two hours ago.” Due to this, Officer Bradway request-ed she perform a field sobriety test. Grant failed parts of the test because she could not stop laughing. She explained that she had really bad allergies and that was the reason for her eyes being so “crazy.” Determined to be impaired, Grant was arrested and cited for DWI, refusal to submit, hazardous driving, and no proof of insurance.
March 20, 20161:15 a.m.—After failing a
sobriety test, 18-year-old Rich-ard Limbert was arrested for DWI, minor in possession of alcohol, and running a stop sign. Limbert was stopped after fail-ing to stop at the intersection of Marion Berry Parkway and Aggie Road. As officers ap-proached the vehicle, both the driver and passenger remained unusually still and did not make eye contact with them.
Limbert, the driver, was holding a bag of ice on his crotch and said that he “got in the pick with the wrong fight sir.” Limbert repeated the same exact phrase multiple times. His speech was slurred, and he ad-mitted to drinking three beers. A portable breath test also re-vealed that Limbert tested posi-tive for alcohol.
CLINTON SUMMERSCAMPUS CRIME REPORTER
HPMEC to follow Hemingway’s footsteps in Cuban excursion
Following the footsteps of Ernest Hemingway, the Hem-ingway-Pfeiffer Museum and Education Center (HPMEC) plans to recreate the author’s journey through Cuba.
HPMEC began organiz-ing the excursion, dubbed a “Friends of the Pfieffers” trip, as a way to celebrate the author. Travelers will head to Cuba
May 12-19, 2017 to visit plac-es which inspired Hemingway’s writing and way of living for the 21 years he lived in Cuba.
The eight-day excursion will retrace the author’s steps of across the central coast, which provided inspiration for Hem-ingway’s book “Islands in the Stream.” Travelers will also ex-perience sites which inspired other novels such as “Cayo Coco and Cayo Guillerno.”
The activities will proceed to
Havana for the enjoyement of art, music, dance and architec-ture, while observing the culture and history of the area.
According to the trip’s iten-erary, travelers will visit some of Hemingway’s favorite places: Hotel Ambos Mundos, La Bo-deguita del Medio, el Floridita and Sloppy Joe’s.
The group will also see how Cuban cigars are made at a ci-gar factory. Travelers attending the trip with the museum can
expect to come back with the first-hand experience of Hem-ingway’s environment and in-spirations for many of his pub-lications.
The HPMEC explores the history of Ernest Hemingway and Pauline Pfeiffer.
Located at 1021 W. Cher-ry St., in Piggott, Arkansas, the HPMEC is known as a historical establishment. Hem-ingway, an American novelist, short-story writer and journal-
ist, and his first wife Hadley Richardson befriended Pauline Pfeiffer in 1925 during a party in Paris. Working as a writer and assistant editor at Vogue magazine, Pauline began to cri-tique Hemingway’s work and assist with his writing.
While visiting in Piggott, Hemingway would take to the barn, which was converted into a studio, in order to work on his writing in private. The couple were seen as prominent
citizens of Northeast Arkansas and owned over 60,000 acres of land.
The HPMEC is an Arkansas State University Heritage Site, with regular hours of Mon-day-Friday, 9 a. m.-3 p. m., and Saturday, 1-3 p. m.
For more information con-cerning the trip and pricing, contact the museum at (870) 598-3487 or email [email protected].
Each year, the Delta Sym-posium hosts scholars and stu-dents of the humanities and social sciences, featuring mul-tidisciplinary presentations on topics ranging from literature, music and art to historical and contemporary issues relevant to life in the Delta.
On April 13, scholars, musi-cians and artists from across the nation will unite for the 22nd Annual Delta Symposium, be-ginning a four-day exploration of cultural life unique to the region.
The event will be comprised of workshops, readings and a music festival, among other ac-tivities emphasizing this year’s theme: “Representing Cultural Heritage.” The symposium will continue its partnership for the second year with the Delta Flix & Media Festival, showcasing film, photography and other media pieces from the advanced stage to the beginner level.
The two events coordinate to connect students and the com-munity with the chosen theme. Open to the public for free viewing, there will be presen-tations from literature, history, ethnomusicology and folklore, as well as media pieces found in the Delta Flix and Media Fes-tival.
In the planning of the event,
a committee representing the Delta Symposium and the Del-ta Flix and Media Festival work together to select a theme, key-note presenters and decide on musical acts for the festival.
Dr. Gregory Hansen, di-rector of the Delta Symposium and professor of folklore and English at A-State, has worked with the Delta Symposium for 14 years and has coordinated
22nd Annual Delta Symposium to showcase traditions unique to the region
COURTESY OF DR. GREGORY HANSEN
EMILY HOLDERNEWS EDITOR
Final dean applicant interviewed, selection process underway
EMILY HOLDERNEWS EDITOR
The search committee tasked with selecting the founding dean of the yet-unnamed conglomerate college at A-State entered the final stage of the selection process Tuesday.
After forming a search committee in February to screen applicants for the position, three finalists were selected, the last of which visited the university Monday and Tuesday to answer ques-tions from students and faculty as part of the interview process.
Dr. Carl Cates, associate dean of the College of the Arts at Valdosta State University in Valdosta, Georgia, since 1993, explained his strengths for the position during several open discus-sions with the A-State community. Cates has nearly 20 years of adminis-trative experience in higher education.
The other two candidates were Dr. Brad Rawlins, current professor and dean of the College of Media & Communication, and interim dean of
the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at A-State; and Dr. George Rainbolt, current chair of the De-partment of Philosophy at Georgia State University in Atlanta. Rawlins and Rainbolt were interviewed before A-State’s spring break.
Meanwhile, Cates noted in his open session with students that a main con-cern is making the transition to con-glomerate college easier for students who may fear a loss of individuality for the colleges.
“I do have a concern about the transition for students. In the current system, students have three offices to approach if they need assistance. When all those operations move into a single, student service must continue to be high quality,” Cates said. “Though I am not from ASU, I recognize this as an area of high concern.”
Cates added that preserving stu-dents’ sense of individuality is a priority.
“Since everyone will be in different buildings and spread out around cam-
pus, the new dean will have to make a concentrated effort to focus on being present,” Cates said. “I think probably what is key… is the dean’s approach-ability. That’s what students want and need.”
Cates expressed a desire to create an environment in which students are comfortable approaching the dean should they feel the need to.
Nevertheless, Cates remained confi-dent that he will be able to efficiently cover the needs of the wide range of educational fields encompassed in the conglomerate college.
“I think my scope of experience is broad enough that I understand the general premise of what is used in each area,” Cates said. “One of the things I am committed to is creating a plan in which we have good maintenance and good rotation of equipment and placing that information in a spending plan.”
Each candidate followed the same itinerary, which included meetings
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Representing Cultural Heritage
Delta Symposium, 4A
SARAH THOMPSON | STAFF PHOTGRAPHERDr. Carl Cates tells the faculty how he would unite the three colleges under his lead-ership. The day of interviewing included meetings with faculty, students and adminis-tration.
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MELISSA MARTIN | PHOTO EDITORSGA President Logan Mustain proposed the construction of a red wolf statue on University Loop at the March 29 meeting. The SGA senators all voted in agreement to approve the proposition.
organization and for being able to hold a position to work with you all,” Jones said. “I am looking forward to passing the torch and seeing how SGA car-ries on.”
Incumbent president Logan Mustain thanked the staff and senators he has worked with while in office for their involve-ment and hard work.
“I am looking forward to see-ing where this place is headed in years to come. It’s not only a great time now for student gov-ernment, but it’s a great time for this university. Alumni have said this campus has changed so much in the past decade,” Mustain said. “If you invest a little, you get a lot back and it’s really incredible
to watch. I appreciate the oppor-tunity to serve with you guys for two years.”
and improvements at the 11-acre location where the conven-tion center and Embassy Suites will be built.
“We have continued to work through the business model for this project including receipt of a recent significant grant from the Delta Regional Authority, and with the assistance of the Uni-versity as our partner, as well as various other incentive programs, we have finalized the financial package and are awaiting the immediate approval by Hilton of our Embassy franchise applica-tion within the next 30 days,” said O’Reilly.
The project is expected to bring significant economic bene-fits to the Delta region.
“The Embassy Suites Hotel will afford prospective students and their families as well as vis-iting artists and lecturers, sports teams, returning alumni and many others the convenience of staying in a first-class facility conveniently located on campus,” Hudson said. “The quality and magnitude of the OHM project
will enable us to provide essential continuing education opportuni-ties and conferences for medical students and faculty associated with the new NYIT osteopathic medical school which will open in the heart of A-State this fall. Faculty and students who belong to national, state and local associ-ations can finally bid to host or-ganization conferences in Jones-
boro.”The project will occupy the
campus area on Red Wolf Bou-levard between the football and baseball stadiums and Convoca-tion Center.
Construction is expected to take 15 to 16 months once archi-tectural plans are finalized.
his speech and … very un-steady on his feet.”
After notifying the police he was trying to find his friend’s house, but did not know where it was, Andrews was placed un-der arrest for public intoxication.
Officers transported An-drews to the Craighead County Detention Center where he was cited, given a $205 surety bond and placed under a 6-8 hour
hold.A-State officials released a
statement following Andrews’ arrest.
“The Arkansas State Ath-letics Department is aware of the incident that occurred this morning with Assistant Athlet-ics Director for Football Oper-ations Jason Andrews, and it is currently in the process of gath-ering all information and de-
tails. The Athletics Department expects all employees to display a high standard of conduct and represent the University in an appropriate manner at all times.”
Andrews, 33, was hired in January 2014 from Universi-ty of North Carolina Athletic Department, where he served as the Assistant Director of New Media for the Tar Heels.
the past seven events. “The activities are designed
to give students a richer under-standing of the region’s history, culture and heritage, and we work to make the content rel-evant and meaningful to their own experiences,” Hansen said.
A-State students will have the opportunity to hear from major researchers and promi-nent authors, as well as presen-tations by their peers.
Guests will have the oppor-tunity to hear the world premier of Chris Lawrence’s doctoral composition for his degree in music. With the option to pick the events, one is most interest-ed in attending, students and guests are able to choose the ac-tivity they feel will most interest them.
“We encourage students to meet and interact with our guests throughout the event, and many of our visitors have provided guidance for our stu-dents who are interested in becoming professional writers, artists and researchers,” Hansen
said. Dr. Mike Bowman, assis-
tant professor at A-State in the Department of Media and director of the Delta Flix Film and Media Festival, noted the opportunities the festival gives beginners and professionals in the area to interact with their peers and showcase their work.
“There are a lot of film fes-tivals in the South, but there is really nothing in this part of the state, so this was a good op-portunity to showcase student’s and the community’s work. This provides them with the oppor-tunity to interact with each oth-er,” Bowman said.
The keynote speaker for the Delta Flix and Media Festival is Academy-Award winner Mar-jorie Hunt, who will be speak-ing about her film, “ The Grand Generation.” The film will be screened at 7 p. m., April 14.
The Delta Symposium and Delta Flix Festival are designed to allow scholars and those in media to share their work and have the opportunity to reach
groups of people who other-wise may not have been reached without the collaboration of the events.
“This is a great collaboration of minds. Some of the best tools for learning can be found out-side of the classroom,” Bowman said.
Students are encouraged by the director of the symposium to understand and reflect on the content of the presentations. One of the director’s favorite events , which is partnered with KASU, is the Arkansas Roots Music Festival to be held on April 16.
“It’s a pleasure to hear live music, especially after listen-ing to presentations about the musical history of the region,” Hansen said. “The festival also provides Jonesboro with a com-munity event, and it’s rewarding to see symposium participants, A-State students and members of our Jonesboro community spend an afternoon together at a neighborhood park on a spring afternoon.”
with various administrators; meetings with the appointed dean search committee and the Academic Deans Council; and open meetings with students, department chairs, faculty, staff and a public presentation on their respective missions as dean.
The proposal to restructure the academic colleges was first presented in 2015. A-State’s Shared Governance Committee stated last fall that constituen-
cies were charged with recom-mending the realignment of the nine academic colleges, which includes the College of Media and Communication, College of Humanities and Social Sci-ences, and College of Fine Arts.
The university noted via press release that the intent of the merger is “to contribute to the long-term financial health of the university, and to better meet the changing academic and career needs of its students
and create ways to enhance ac-ademic quality through collab-oration.”
The committee began the selection process on Feb. 5 and expects the restructuring pro-cess and dean selection to be complete by June 30, 2016.
Because of the open nature of the selection process, feed-back from faculty, staff, and stu-dents is encouraged.
Arkansas State Baseball started its season 7-4, but have gone 4-8 since opening confer-ence play, including a 2-1 se-ries setback this past weekend against Georgia Southern.
Before returning home this to take on the Eagles, the Red Wolves played two road series at UT Arlington and Georgia State and a single match against nationally ranked Missouri State.
A-State returned home, hav-ing picked up just three wins over their last eight games.
In the series opener, The Red Wolves fell behind quickly in allowing four runs in the second inning with two errors and three RBI hits.
They loaded the bases with no outs in the bottom of the in-ning, but only managed one run to cut the deficit to 4-1.
The Eagles added to their total in the following innings, putting up two more runs on the board via back-to-back RBI hits in the third, and a sac fly in the fourth that brought home another run.
A-State showed signs of life in the bottom of the fourth, as Joe Schrimpf smacked a home run into left field, adding two runs.
The Red Wolves failed to bring another runner home in the match, falling to the Eagles 8-3 in the opener.
Looking to tie the series,
A-State came out swinging in Friday night’s match, putting up four runs in the first three innings alone.
Tanner Ring chipped in with his fourth home run of the sea-son, and his first in conference play. Leading 5-1, the Red Wolves gave up four runs in the seventh inning, tying the game
at five.The teams went scoreless in
the eighth, and A-State head-ed to the ninth inning with a chance to win.
Georgia Southern walked two batters and hit another to load the bases with no outs for Tanner Ring.
Ring stepped up to the plate
and saved the day with a walkoff RBI single, giving the Red Wolves their first and only win of the series, 6-5.
A-State hoped to stay in the win column on Saturday in the series finale, as the team took a 3-1 lead in the bottom of the first.
Tanner Ring’s RBI double
complimented Matt Burgess’ two-run homer to put the Red Wolves up by two. The Eagles answered in the second with four runs off an RBI single and a three-run homer of their own. They put up four more runs in the fifth and sixth inning to in-crease their lead to 9-3.
With their rally caps on,
A-State cut the deficit to two runs with a four-run eighth inning, which included a bas-es-loaded RBI walk.
Despite getting a leadoff walk, the ninth inning ended without a score, giving the Ea-gles the 9-7 victory.
Tyler Zuber (2-2) took the loss in the opening game, as Coulton Lee (3-2) earned a win and a loss in the final two games of the series.
The team dropped back be-low .500 at 11-12, 3-6 in the Sun Belt.
The Red Wolves are back in action at Tomlinson Stadium this week, with a Wednesday night matchup vs. Mississip-pi Valley State, and a weekend series against Louisiana-Lafay-ette.
Mississippi Valley State will come into Wednesday’s contest with a record of 4-17 (2-6).
The Delta Devils schedule includes losses to to Arkansas (21-4, 20-0), UALR (20-3), and Mississippi State (16-1).
Lafayette currently sits at 15-9 (6-3) on the year. The Ca-juns have wins over Sam Hous-ton State, Rice and UALR, among other teams.
ULL has lost to LSU (8-5), TCU (7-1) and Texas Tech (5-3), among others.
First pitch for the Wednes-day’s game is set for is set for 6 p.m.
The first pitch in the week-end series against ULL is set for Friday at 6 p.m.
After winning the regular season and postseason Sun Belt Conference champi-onship in 2015, the Lady Red Wolves have released the schedule for their 2016 slate.
The schedule includes 11 total home matches and seven SBC macthes.
A-State, who qualified for the NCAA tournament in 2015, will open up the sea-son in Fort Worth, Texas at the TCU invi-tational. The invitational, which consists of TCU, N.C. State and Northwestern State, will take place on Aug. 26-27.
A-State will travel to Saint Louis the following weekend to compete in the Saint Louis tournament.
The tournament will consist of Saint Louis, Cal Poly and Western Kentucky.
A-State will then travel two hours to Oxford, Ms to take on the Ole Miss Rebels on September 6th.
A-State will open up the home slate on Sept 8th when they take on in-state foe Central Arkansas in the A-State invitation-al.
The tournament will also pit A-State against Tulsa on Sept 9th and UT Martin on Sept 10th.
A-State will wrap up the non-conference slate at the Indiana tournament in Bloom-ington, Ind.
The Red Wolves will take on tournament
host Indiana on Sept 16, and will take on Cleveland State and IUPUI the following day.
A-State will open up conference play on the road when they take on Appalachian State on Sept. 23 and the newest member of the Sun Belt conference, Coastal Carolina, on Sept. 25.
A-State will briefly return home for matches against ULM on Sept. 30 and UL Lafayette on Oct. 1, before beginning their
longest road trip of the season. The Red Wolves will travel to take on
Texas State, UT Arlington, UL Lafayette and ULL.
A-State will return to the Convo to close out their home slate on Nov 4 and Nov 5 with matches against UT Arlington and Texas State, respectfully.
The Red Wolves will travel to Little Rock to take on the Trojans on Nov. 11 for their final regular season match.
The Sun Belt conference tournament will be hosted by UT-Arlington this season. The tournament will be played on Nov 18-20 in Arlington, Texas.
Red Wolves drop two games in weekend series against Sun Belt foe Georgia Southern Eagles
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The A-State women’s tennis team opened Sun Belt Confer-ence play with a 4-0 loss to UT Arlington on Friday.
The only Red Wolves victory of the day came when Victoria Pisani and Sofia Krsmanovic captured a 7-5 in the no. 2 doubles match. A-State’s Julia Gagurey and Victoria Roberts dropped a doubles match 7-5, while Chiara Stefanov and Sa-brina Jersic fell 6-3 in the other doubles match.
Roberts dropped the No. 2 singles match 6-2, 6-2, and Ste-fanov dropped the No. 3 match 6-2, 6-0. UTA clinched a dom-
inating victory over A-State be-hind a 6-0, 6-0 set win.
A-State competed again on Saturday, and fell to Texas State 4-1. Gauguery began the day by capturing an A-State point with a 1-6, 6-1, 6-3 victory in the No. 1 match. Roberts and Jeresic added a victory in the No. 2 and No. 6 matches.
In the doubles matches, Krsmanovic lost a competitive match, which gave the Bobcats the doubles point. Gauguery and Roberts dropped a match 6-3, while Stefanov and Jeresic fell 6-2 in the other doubles match.
A-State will now turn their attention to a match at South-eastern Louisiana on Friday.
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A-State drops to 11-12 (3-6) after weekend series
A-State tennis drops two
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COURTESY OF HANNAH DOLLEArkansas State’s Joe Schrimpf, Matt Burgess and Jeremy Brown (left-right) celebrate during a game earlier this season. The Red Wolves have lost five out of their last eight games and will take on Mississippi Valley State and UL Lafayette this week.
Defending SBC champs, A-State volleyball, re-lease 2016 schedule
DENISE GOLDSTEIN STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Victoria Roberts, freshman of Ridgeland, Miss., engages a backhand return against Murray State in her singles competi-tion earlier in the season.
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DENISE GOLDSTEIN STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Members of the Red Wolves’ volleyball team celebrate after receiving their first set point in a 2015 match. A-State will host 11 matches inside the Convo in 2016.
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After midterms and then after spring break, the time arises for a students to really take into consideration their grades for the semester, and evaluate whether they have high enough grades, or at least enough time and assignments, to pass all of their classes. Upon instances where a student does not, or simply has decided for other reasons not to continue a class, such as changing their major and no longer needing it, the big, important action that they need to think about and execute is to drop the class.
And dropping a class or two here or there in college is common for students to do. According to a study done by thinkprogress.org, eight out of 10 junior level or above stu-dents enrolled in college in 2012 dropped at least one class for various reasons.
“There are some instances when students believe dropping a class is in their best interest, for example poor academic per-formance, illness, work, other extenuating circumstances that prevent complete focus on their studies,” A-State Advising Center director Melissa Jack-son said about students with-drawing from a class.
A-State makes the process fairly simple, allowing students the availability to drop their classes themselves through self-service banner. It is usually a staple of all Freshman Sem-inar classes to lend students the advice of always dropping a class if they are failing instead of just accepting the F, as once a class is dropped, it does not affect GPA.
The grade from the dropped class might not affect the GPA, but as Jackson noted, other aspects should be consid-ered before students make the drop.
“Some students receive fi-nancial aid and/or scholarships. These students should consult their Financial Aid Counselor to discuss their situation before making the final decision to drop the class. After discuss-ing the matter, the student is better able to make a more in-formed decision regarding the situation,” she said. As Jackson pointed out, if students receive any form of financial aid, be it loans, scholarships or grants, they need to make sure they know whether they need to make up the dropped hours in the academic year, before click-ing the drop submit button.
“Students should first dis-cuss their situation with the professor to make sure this is their best option. If the pro-fessor agrees that dropping the course is the student’s only option to avoid earning a poor grade in the class, the student should then consult their aca-demic advisor to make sure they can remain on course according to their degree plan and to see if this affects any other business specific to their major,” Jackson added, explaining that a stu-dent should also consider the degree plan and major before dropping the class.
Meanwhile, dropping a class, or even two classes, is not a withdrawal from the universi-ty, and so dropping a class does not equal in any way being a drop-out.
However, as Jackson also noted, if a student drops all of classes for the semester, that is
then considered a withdrawal from the university, so students should be extremely cautious not to drop their entire course load if they still wish to remain enrolled.
Students should also be aware of the academic calendar dates and not miss the last day to drop a class, or else be forced to accept their earned grades and face the possibility of a failed class on their transcript.
Students should be aware, as well, that simply no lon-ger showing up for a class is not the same as dropping out, so they always need to make sure that the A-State system is aware that the class has been dropped. An easy way to check is through self-service banner.
For the record, the last day to drop a class for the spring 2016 semester is April 20.
If a student is forced to drop a class, for whatever rea-son, it is also noted by several college help websites, such as needtoknowcollege.com that the act of balancing life and full time or even part time class loads is hard, and that drop-ping a class does not necessar-ily mean that a student simply lacks the knowledge to pass it, stating that “sometimes there are other duties in life that be-come a priority such as your health, family and financial sit-uation.” That is important for a student to be able to main-tain a healthy balance between school life and other life obli-gations.
To drop or not to drop?
For students who live off campus, the time gaps be-tween scheduled classes can sometimes drag on and on, es-pecially if those classes are in the early morning hours. These commuters usually have various designated campus locations to study, check their phones, eat or take a mid-morning or af-ternoon nap.
“I live in Jonesboro but I take naps all the time in the upper parts of the library be-tween my classes,” said Gabri-ella Farleigh, senior elementary education major of Armorel. “I know if I go home and sleep, I won’t want to come back to
campus for my next class. So it’s safer just to find a quite part of campus to rest for an hour or two instead.”
As Farleigh mentioned, the prime napping spots on campus seem to be the quiet, less frequented public spaces on campus, like the third floor of the Reng Student Union and the study rooms and couches located past the second floor in the Dean B. Ellis Library, where there is carpeting (to reduce noise) and comfortable furniture to curl up on.
“The eighth floor of the library is definitely my go-to place to nap,” said Lacey Five-coat, senior social work major of Newport. “Usually no one goes up there. It’s always quiet and I can just find a nice dark
spot and rest for a little while.”However, on-campus nap-
pers need to also be wary of their surroundings, as if there is no other individuals around and they are asleep, it is pos-sible that someone else could come by and snatch their be-longings.
Therefore, the nappers needs to make sure that their backpacks or laptop bags are nice and secure before they decide to take their snooze, as they would be the ones respon-sible for any stolen items.
Meanwhile, A-State’s new hammock farm is also another alternate potential place to nap, once it opens for student use in warmer weather this semester.
The Big Sleep: Napping on Campus
What students should consider before they hit the drop class button
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MELISSA MARTIN| PHOTO EDITORBrittney Clayton, sophomore graphic design major from Dyess, settles into a nap before her college algebra
class in one of the lounges on the third floor of the Student Union.
Garden plants, by nature, are usually used in cooking as either a meal or flavoring for a dish, but a designated section of these plants have a much broader range of uses: herbs.
Pronunciation of the word herbs isn’t important. (In North American English and French the “h” is silent, while in the United Kingdom the “h” is pronounced.) It’s that they are used generously as recipe ingredients to spice up dishes and are found often in a lot of household items, beauty and skincare products, and especial-ly in certified-organic products.
This is because herbs are known to have a lot of benefi-cial properties beyond just add-ing flavor to a meal.
Not only are herbs useful plants to have around the house for various reasons, most herbs are usually fairly easy to grow, as they can be grown in pots and most are fine to be left out-
doors with little maintenance. Herbs basically care for them-selves.
Listed below are four common and easy to grow gar-den herbs alongside a list of their various uses.
Sage Garden sage is a great
cooking herb, and is tradition-ally a feature in a variety of stuffing recipes for both white and red meat dishes. Sage has natural antibacterial and astrin-g e n t proper-ties, so boiling sage in w a t e r a n d t h e n g a r - g l i n g w i t h the tea is a way to g e t natural r e l i e f for a s o r e t h r o a t or sore gums.
Sage oil—obtained from crushing the sage finely and extracting the oil that it gen-erates—also has several me-dicinal properties, as in a study from the American Botanical
Council, rubbing the oil on the body has been found to aid in memory retention, and rubbing the oil specifically on the ab-dominal area has been found to help alleviate cramps.
In the past, dried sage has also been burned (the dried sage is commonly referred to as a “smudge stick”) to use as a room fragrance and get rid of stale air caused from dust.
Rosemary
Rosemary is a very popular cooking herb that is an ingre-dient found in the majority of poultry and pork seasonings for its great taste. However, rose-mary also has other uses, such as it can be a natural way to deter mice from a house without hav- ing to buy mousetraps and can be burned to create a fragrant r o o m . Like oth- er herbs, r o s e m a r y can also be finely crush to obtain rosemary oil, with has a variety of uses. Mixing a little
rosemary oil into shampoo has been found to alleviate dan-druff and produce more silky hair It can be rubbed on joints to naturally help with arthritis.
The oil also has been known to be a successful mos-quito repellent as well.
Mint
Although mint is some-times referred to as a weed, its variety of uses allows it to be listed as an herb, and it is also a commonly used flavor in a variety of things—most tooth-pastes have some kind of minty f l a v o r - ing to t h e m . T h e r e a s o n mint is found in a va-riety of t o o t h a n d o r a l p r o d - ucts is because it has b e e n f o u n d to aid in p r e -vent ing t o o t h decay by the American Public Health Association, and is also an antibacterial. The flavor sim-ply gives a lot of people a clean
feeling as well.The use of mint does not
stop there, of course, as it is used as a flavoring in tea and coffee for a refreshing taste and also makes a great ice cream flavor. As for medical proper-ties, steaming mint leaves has been found to clear the sinuses and stimulate digestion, as well as unclogging pores and mini-mizing the look of redness.
Drinking mint tea with a little bit of lemon also is a com-mon cure for the hiccups. Mint is commonly used in soaps and bath products, not only for its cleaning effect but because mint extract has been found to help alleviate tension caused by stress, and so mixing a little mint oil with water and sugar is known to make a soothing body scrub.
Lavender
Lavender, although not as frequently used as a cooking in-gredient, is famous for its nice smell and is featured in a vari-ety of candles and room sprays. It is also known to be used in
decorating. But lavender has many
more uses besides its smell. Lavender extract is know as an “essential oil” since it is com-mon in a lot of bath and g rooming p ro d u c t s . This is be-cause lav- ender is fa-mous for its relaxation properties, so it is a c o m m o n stress alle-viator and is known to help lull a person to sleep at night. Us-ing laven- der oil as a massage oil on the back and shoul- ders can p r o m o t e stress relief, and placing a few drops on a pillow can help a person fall asleep faster and maintain a deeper sleep.
The oil is also known to help with bug bites and is a common ingredient found in carpet and upholstery cleaners as well.
Four common garden herbs and their usesMICHELLE GOULD
#LIFE EDITOR
ILLUSTRATIONS BY MICHELLE GOULD
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It took 120 of the 155 minute runtime of “Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice” for a character to utter the phrase ‘God is dead,’ which seems par-ticularly telling for a film that banks on convincing viewers that the eponymous Superman, played by Henry Cavill, isn’t the physical embodiment of his Nietzschean namesake.
Superman is the picture of God-like perfection, an un-stoppable force in a film uni-verse that is still desperately clinging to the gritty superhero realism movement spurred by Christopher Nolan’s turn at the helm with his Batman trilogy. Cavill returns to the role orig-inated in Zach Snyder’s “Man of Steel,” all chiseled perfection and brood.
It’s here that the film lays its shaky foundation. How is it conceivable that a human vigilante will be able to defeat a man who is bulletproof, has laser eyes and possess the abil-ity to fly?
Frank Miller posited the same question in his 1986 comic-miniseries “The Dark Knight Returns,” presenting a look at the DC universe far re-moved from Snyder’s vision. It’s obvious that the inspiration for “Dawn of Justice” was drawn from Miller’s work, but an at-
tention to detail and the driv-ing force behind what made the central Batman and Superman conflict work is missing.
Snyder’s film pits the two against each other under sim-ilar circumstances as Miller. Considerable political interest has been placed on Superman, who’s climactic “Man of Steel” battle leveled much of the city of Metropolis. An aging Bat-man, played by Ben Affleck, takes note of Superman’s hubris, which largely manifests itself in his need to rescue girlfriend Lois Lane, played by Amy Ad-ams, who is a woman in chron-ic danger. For every Lois saved, 10 innocent bystanders suffer the consequences.
Miller’s book provides readers with an in depth look at Batman’s motivation for attack-ing Superman. He’s flying too close to the sun, and the Dark Knight takes it upon himself to knock the Ubermensch down several pegs. It works on paper.
The problem with “Dawn of Justice” is just that: it plays out as though Snyder gave the graphic component a curso-ry glance without reading the words. Sure, it looks cool, and that sells tickets, but there’s nothing at the center to make the slogging journey worth-while to viewers.
Snyder’s Batman seems to have one motivation, and that is to murder Superman,
which goes against the charac-ters’ traditional ethos. Snyder previously danced away from the no-killing rule in “Man of Steel,” wherein Superman kills his nemesis, enraging the legion of fans who remained awake at the 148 minute mark.
The film is not without its merits. Winking nods to the ambitious DC Extended Universe permeate the sto-ry. A Flash here, an Aquaman there. Is that Chris Pine? The most compelling character is Wonder Woman, played by Gal Gadot, and she has roughly 15 lines of dialogue.
Snyder escapes blame for the most offensive parts of the film, which manifest them-selves in every piece of Lex Luthor’s, played by Jesse Eisen-
berg, screen time. The twitchy, jumpy performance can be ad-equately described as “Mark Zuckerberg (played by Eisen-berg in “The Social Network”), but in a wig.”
There’s an understanding that camp comes with the ter-ritory when investing in super-heroes. Marvel has become the cinematic powerhouse when it comes to adapting comic he-roes to the big and small screen because of their ability to em-brace the inherent silliness of the central conceit.
Tapping actors with ex-cellent comedic timing (Rob-ert Downey, Jr., Don Cheadle, Chris Evans) and directors with a string of successful and entertaining films be-hind them ( Jon Favreau, Ken-neth Branagh, Shane Black) lends an air of credibility and self-awareness to a franchise that is quickly becoming over-stuffed. (A whopping four out of four trailers before “Dawn of Justice” were for superhero sequels.) The Marvel Cinemat-ic Universe is exhausting, but there is an attention to detail in their filmmaking that is un-matched in the DC Extended Universe.
Snyder’s film, much like its predecessor, is a tone deaf experiment in big-budget schlock. Even the fight scenes, which erupt in quick succes-sion in the final half-hour, are a
dizzying combination of green screen, CGI and shaky-cam.
The film is disappointing on an objective level. Hollow storytelling, lifeless perfor-mances and a pseudo philo-sophical undercurrent that ri-vals only the most obnoxious
freshman college stoner make “Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice” a must miss.
Batman V Superman: A Super DisappointmentEMMA WILLIAMS
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
With spring here, it would be a challenge for a student to walk from the Reng Student Union to the Dean B. Ellis Library without encountering one of A-State’s local residents: the squirrels.
It is currently unknown exactly how many squirrels there are who make the Jones-boro campus their home, but the general consensus seems to be “a lot”--and with the first litter of the season being born (squirrels breed twice a year, in the spring and fall) presumably there are even more squirrels on
the way. And the squirrels are here
all season long. Although be-cause of the cold of winter and the heat of summer cause squirrels to tend to not be as active and stay in their nests (or possibly buildings, if the opportunity were to arise) but in the height of the spring and fall semesters, squirrels can be seen scurrying around wherever there are trees on campus, busy either collecting or hiding food.
“I feel like squirrels handle being on a college campus way better than most of the stu-dents,” Carmen Miller, junior exercise major of Jonesboro, said. “I really kind of admire them.”
The most common area
that hold the largest population of squirrels on campus seems to be the area by The Arch, be-tween the library and Wilson Hall, as there are several trees around for the squirrels to use and a lot of ground foliage for them to hide in.
Not that the squirrels on campus are not sociable crea-tures--they are almost domes-ticated in the way they are passive to bystanders. With most of the population, a stu-dent walking to class can get extremely close to a squirrel before they dart away, and it is possible that if a student is in possession of food, a squirrel might just approach them.
“Well, the squirrels on campus are not your ordinary
squirrels. They [don’t care] about personal space. They’re cute but also scary sometimes,” Morgan Baker, senior health studies major of Jonesboro, said.
But what type of squirrels call the A-State campus home? Well, the majority of the squir-rels located in Northeast Ar-kansas and on the campus are gray squirrels (sciurus caroline-sis) which can be determined by their size and gray to brown coats. However, another type of squirrel, the fox squirrel (sciurus niger), which also is commonly found in this area, can be liv-ing on campus as well, although both squirrels, to a non-squirrel expert would appear basically the same.
“I think the squirrels are not only cute, they also pro-mote germination by hiding seeds far from trees, which makes for a prettier campus with more trees,” Libby Croom, senior health promotion major of Little Rock, said.
The squirrels on campus have also been know to pro-vide a quick interruption of common campus activities, as several times since its construc-tion, squirrels have accidentally walked into the library, and at least one has been reported to have found its way inside the museum.
Another incident, which became a brief phenomena on twitter, was when a hawk man-aged to snatch as squirrel away
in front of students. There have also been campus crime cases of students (and even non-stu-dents) being detained by cam-pus police for “harassing” the squirrels.
However, some students are not as huge of fans of the bushy-tailed creatures, as they are, after all, rodents. “They can be a nuisance sometimes,” Stephen Bowen, sophomore political science major of Little Rock, said.
Regardless of students’ varying opinions on the cam-pus squirrels, it seems unlikely that they are going anywhere soon, so students have a choice: either admire the squirrels’ presence on campus, or try their best to simply ignore them.
Squirrels Gone Wild: A-State’s own bushy-tailed, on-campus residentsMICHELLE GOULD & RACHEL MOORE
#LIFE EDITOR & STAFF WRITER
MELISSA MARTIN| PHOTO EDITORARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY’S RESIDENT SQUIRRELS PEERING DOWN FROM THE TREES AND FROLICKING AROUND THE CAMPUS’ GRASSY AREAS.
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“Snyder escapes blame for the most offensive parts of the film, which manifest themselves in every piece of Lex Luthor’s, played by Jesse Eisen-berg, screen time. The twitchy, jumpy perfor-mance can be ade-quately described as “Mark Zuckerberg, but in a wig.”-- Emma Williams
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From March 21 through March 26, A-State students were on spring break. Many took this opportunity to go on a vacation. Many hit the beach, but some took the fun overseas. Another
popular destination was Disney World in Orlando, Florida. For more photos of how students spent their break check out astateherald.com
COURTESY OF HUI GAOHui Gao, graduate student of creative media production, and Xusheng Wang, freshman graphic design major, were married in Garvan Woodland Gardens in Hot Springs on March 21. The couple have known each other since primary school in Hangzhou City, China.
Spring Break 2016: A-State students travel around the world in six days
COURTESY OF DYLAN BATEMANDylan Bateman, senior history major from Paragould, took a nine-day trip to London, Am-sterdamn and Paris while on spring break and stopped by the Eiffel Tower on March 25.
COURTESY OF KELLY MENDESKelly Mendes, junior criminology and sociology major from Jonesboro, stopped to take a pic-ture with one of the statues while waiting in line to go on the Haunted Mansion ride at Disney World in Orlando, Florida.
COURTESY OF JENNA DAVENPORTKatie Henley (left), sophomore exercise science major from Paragould and Jenna Daven-port, sophomore elementary education major from Paragould, traveled to Nashville, Ten-nessee, on March 22, where they visited a full-scale replica of the Parthenon in Athens, Greece. Jenna said, “We had one HOWL of a time!”
COURTESY OF KINSEY MARSHAlpha Gamma Delta Sorority Sisters celebrated the first day of spring break on March 21 by going to Orange Beach in Gulf Shores, Alabama. Kinsey Marsh (front left) said, “We had so much fun! It was a wonderful time with my sisters.”
COURTESY OF REBECCA OLIVERTwenty-seven honors students were selected for the inaugural ‘Honors College Brainy Break’ to travel to Washington, D.C. Students visited national monuments and museums, connected with distinguished A-State alums in the area and explored their nation’s capital together as a wolf pack. On March 23 the students viewed the Washington Monument.
COURTESY OF CHUKS OTAChuks Ota (left) sophomore psychology major from Jonesboro, Chris Odom (center) se-nior sports management major from Arlington, Texas, and Waylon Roberson (right) senior marketing major from Midland Texas explored Miami, Florida, for a week. On March 25 the football players hit South Beach!