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Abdullah Raslan/HeraldThe ASU Greek community gathered Thursday night at the Alpha Gamma Rho barn for "Greek Rodeo." The night was fi lled with com-

petitive games like keg-toss, wheelbarrow round-up and tug-of-war. Delta Zeta sorority (pictured) was one of several sororities to compete for the winner's bragging rights. Admission to the event was $5, with proceeds going to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

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Grant to help campus build sidewalks, bike paths

Greek Rodeo

Earlier this year, ASU received a $250,000 grant from the Arkansas State Highway and Transpor-tation Department for a project that will result in the construction of pedes-trian and bicycle facilities throughout the corridor of Driver Street.

In addition to new bike paths, streetlights will be

put in place, sidewalks will be repaired and trees will be planted throughout the area.

University Planner Bill Hall, who was responsi-ble for submitting the ap-plication for the grant on behalf of ASU, explained the details of the project and what it will mean for ASU faculty and students, as well as how funding was granted.

“The availability of fund-

ing was announced by the Highway Department in the summer of 2010. These are federal dollars that are issued every year by the Highway Departments in each of the 50 states for the purpose of improving exist-ing transportation projects. There are 12 enhancement categories, but we are pri-marily addressing two of those: bicycle and pedes-trian facilities, as well as landscaping and scenic

beautifi cation,” Hall said.“We submitted our ap-

plication in August of 2010, after approval from the chancellor, and received notifi cation of funding in June 2011,” he said.

The grant Facilities Management received, known as an ’80-20’ grant, will require ASU to sup-ply a 20 percent cash con-tribution, or $20,000, to the ATHD’s grant, raising the project’s total allocated

budget to $300,000.“This will be a good way

to leverage our funds on campus by providing that 20 percent match, letting us receive 80 percent of the project’s funds from our grant source. Also, from the grantor’s perspective, this allows them to be as-sured that the project is completed per the grant stipulations.”

Hall said there are some specifi c areas this project

will focus on.“What this project will

consist of will be the recon-struction of sidewalks along Driver Street, up through Danner, down Aggie Road and up through Caraway and installation of light-ing, bicycle lane striping and tree planting through-out these areas,” he said.

Hall said there was a va-riety of why this area was chosen to work on.

See SIDEWALK, page 4

Corporal Bobby Duff, a law enforcement offi cer with Arkansas State Uni-versity’s Police Depart-ment, has been named “Law Enforcement Offi cer of the Year” for the state of Arkansas.

Corporal Duff received the honor Tuesday, Oct. 11, from Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel during a special ceremony in Little Rock.

“We are exceptional-ly proud of Corporal Duff and the service for which he was awarded this great honor,” said Dr. Rick Strip-ling, vice chancellor of Stu-dent Affairs at ASU. “His actions in the interest of the safety and protection of others, even beyond our campus, demonstrate his high level of awareness and preparation. We are grate-ful for employees like Cor-poral Duff, who, like each member of the ASU Police Department, strive contin-uously for a safe environ-ment for all.”

Corporal Duff, who has been an offi cer for ASU’s police department since 2007, received the honor after foiling an armed rob-

bery attempt at a local res-taurant Oct. 11, 2010, at 4:10 a.m.; exactly one year

ago to the day he received the award.

He was off duty and in-

side the restaurant when he observed two armed suspects enter the front door. Duff drew his off-du-ty weapon and held it be-side his leg, prepared to act if action was warranted.

One of the suspects ap-proached him with a base-ball bat as a weapon and began yelling at him.

Fearing injury or death for himself and others in the restaurant, Duff re-sponded to the suspect by fi ring two rounds and hit the suspect who began to fl ee. Duff then fi red at the second suspect who was armed with a handgun.

Both suspects left the restaurant and Duff in-structed everyone inside the restaurant to move to the back of the building. After being apprehended by city police offi cers, both suspects were charged and convicted.

“As a police offi cer, I feel that every offi cer repre-senting the community de-serves recognition for his or her service, and for me to be singled out from all other offi cers in the state of Arkansas is above and be-yond any honor that I can express in words,” said

See OFFICER, page 4

With thousands of in-ternational and non-na-tives of Arkansas attend-ing ASU, trips to the air-port are a regular occur-rence for many of the cam-pus' students.

Sonrise Shuttle has of-fered these students an af-fordable method of trans-portation to and from sur-rounding airports for years, but has recently gone out of business.

Sonrise Shuttle opened in 1986 as a means of ground transportation to and from both the Little Rock and Memphis air-ports.

Since then, it has grown immensely and in 2002 expanded its services to transporting not only pas-sengers, but also small freight items.

ASU’s Offi ce of Interna-tional Programs has been suggesting Sonrise Shut-tle services for a number of

years to students. “The Offi ce of Interna-

tional Programs has not ever had an offi cial part-nership with Sonrise Shut-tle. However, when our students need shuttle ser-vice that our offi ce would not be able to provide, we would suggest they use Sonrise,” said Bailey Gam-bill, administrative profes-sional of OIP.

Sonrise offered costs that were far more afford-able than using private taxi companies in either our area or Memphis.”

On Sept. 30, Sonrise Shuttle ran its last course. The company went out of business after 25 years of serving Jonesboro and sur-rounding areas, and sever-al ASU students.

“Sonrise Shuttle offered its customers a ride to the Memphis International Airport or the Little Rock National Airport at a low cost. Our offi ce did not keep the numbers for those

See SHUTTLE, page 4

State lauds UPD offi cer for off-duty heroism

Airport shuttle service closes after 25 years

Abdullah Raslan/HeraldThe state of Arkansas awarded University Police Department Cor-

poral Bobby Duff the title of "Law Enforcement Offi cer of the Year" for preventing an armed robbery at IHOP in Jonesboro last year.

ASU Press Release

Emily AlexanderStaff Writer

Partnering with the Jonesboro Salvation Army, the Phi Beta Sigma Frater-nity held its 14th Annual Sleep Out for the Homeless and Hungry Project Thurs-day night.

Each year the fraterni-ty has held this event in order to raise awareness about the issue of world-wide homelessness.

To raise awareness for this cause, the men of PBS placed boxes in residence halls and other places around the community.

These boxes were la-beled specifi cally for canned goods, blankets, hygiene kits and clothing to aid the Salvation Army in their fi ght against home-lessness.

This year the fraternity set up a table in the Stu-dent Union so other cam-pus organizations could help donate as well as indi-vidual students.

However, the PBS broth-ers did not stop at that. For one night, the fraterni-ty gave up the privilege of sleeping in their own beds and camped outside to raise awareness for homeless-

ness, which helped them empathize with those who have no choice but to sleep outside every night.

The Salvation Army de-pends solely on donations like this from PBS and the community as a whole to make what they do possi-ble. Homelessness is much more rampant than most people realize.

“The amazing thing is that in a community this size, we stay about 90 percent full, even during the summer which is the slackest time for emergen-cy shelters,” said Salvation Army representative Eu-gene Gesner.

“Donations this year have been great, and it is good to know that you can take these donations of food, clothing and mon-ey and be able to give them to those who are less for-tunate,” said Jerry Love, a senior PBS member and fi -nance major of Marion.

According to Love, the majority of the donations received were clothing, and as of Sunday donations were still being made.

This year PBS did not receive any monetary do-nations, but believe this

See BENEFIT, page 4

Fraternity hosts homeless benefi tAshley Helliwell

Staff Writer

Black people have had to fight for a long time to re-ceive the same educational and social advantages as their white counterparts, with many even dying for the cause.

Today, blacks can sit side by side with whites and not have to worry about those opportunities being denied, at least not outright.

Surprisingly, what blacks do have to worry about is whether they’re being judged for being too much like white people or “acting white.”

“You are such a white girl.” I can’t even begin to think of how many times I’ve heard this said to me by friends, family and even strangers.

Just what does this term “acting white” mean anyway?

Does it mean that I keep the “g” on the end of my words or that I lis-ten to more than just rap and R&B? Does it mean I choose to wear American Eagle rather than Baby Phat?

For a long time, the phrase “acting white” had been associated with edu-cation.

It is widely known that a greater number of white students receive better grades throughout school and will more often move on to higher education com-

pared to black students. According to the Nation-

al Center for Education Statistics, white eighth graders scored an average of 26 points higher on the National Assessment of Educational Progress read-ing test than black eighth graders, and an average of 31 points higher on the NAEP math test, in a re-port released in July 2009.

Now “acting white” seems to have moved be-yond the classroom and into our everyday lives. It now means wearing a cer-tain brand of clothing, lis-tening to a certain type of music and especially talk-ing a certain way.

It really says something about the characteristics that we value when a black person can’t use correct grammar without being criticized for it.

There is a reason for all the English classes we’ve had throughout our lives because it is a skill we have to use properly in order to communicate and interact with others around us ef-fectively.

If Barack Obama had gone from city to city say-ing “A yo man. Vote fa me,” we would think he was il-literate and incapable of running this country effi-ciently.

We expect our leaders to be educated and speak to us with clear and un-derstandable ideas, yet we embrace a societal stereo-type that says differently.

We’re told constantly in the media that in order to be black you have to do cer-tain things that only black people do and if you go

against this then you are “acting white.”

It’s hard to believe that in a society where the black community has grown so much that we would still be holding on to these ste-reotypical ideas about our race.

When has it ever been good to be perceived as loud and obnoxious, un-educated and confronta-tional? Never. And yet we keep the stereotype going by not taking the risk to be better than the world says we are.

Speaking well or being respectful does not mean that I or any other black person wants to be white, just like being loud and ghetto doesn’t make a per-son black.

What if instead of trying to maintain this “acting black” facade or any facade at all, we concentrate on just being ourselves?

What if instead we tried to be the absolute best we can and focus on encourag-ing our fellow black broth-ers and sisters along the way?

If seeking knowledge and improving my sense of self-worth is going to cost me friendships and respect from loved ones, then so be it.

Society can’t be the one to shape us; we have to be the sculptors of our own lives and create change.

No matter how I string my words together, the color of my skin will never change.

Hearton is a senior jour-nalism major of Augusta.

“Speaking well or being respectful does not mean I or any other black person wants to be

white...”Raven Hearton

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— Our View —

Yesterday, the Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial was dedicated in Washington, D.C. and 43 years later, his work is still not done.

In his speech at the dedication, President Obama said not to be discouraged by what is but instead to “keep pushing for what ought to be.”

But why is it that we still can’t see equality fulfilled when we are surrounded by such diversity and opportunity for change?

It can be seen across campus – ignorance and hatred toward those who don’t deserve it, but these things continue because we allow them to.

Not knowing how to react when met with something different than what we’ve grown up with, whether it is an idea or belief is no excuse, though we use it as such all too often.

Being afraid of anyone different from us gets us nowhere. While we may think putting another down can thrust us forward, it only brings us farther down.

Society has told us what is and is not allowed, and with such rigid rules.

We don’t like to see people standing up for something that may change things and that go against the grain. We all have opinions about how life should go, but at some point we all have to say “no” and stop the hatred.

We are all the same people trying to reach the same goals in life. We want to make a good living, we want to support our future families, and we want to make it to the top. But we all have a tendency to get ahead of ourselves and trample down those around us.

The dedication of the MLK monument should remind us to carry his message of social justice and brotherhood in our hearts as we encounter people on campus and in our everyday lives.

With all that surrounds us, it is time we stop living in fear and discover who really is around us; not just who we think we see.

“Our View” is written by the editorial staff.

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

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It’s funny how quickly time goes by, especially when you’ve hit the 40-plus age marker (that’s all I’m saying about that).

A few weekends ago, I noticed that some cable news channels planned to air 20-year anniversary programs pertaining to the controversial hearings for then-U.S. Supreme Court justice nominee Clarence Thomas.

He was picked by for-mer President George H.W. Bush in the fall of 1991 to a seat on the na-tion’s highest court and happened to be something of an anomaly: Conserva-tive and black.

The choice was thought to be a major leap upward for the Republican Party in attracting black voters who had long been a main-stay for Democrats.

The plan appeared to be working until a certain law professor from Oklahoma, Anita Hill, was thrust into the media spotlight after

she claimed Thomas had persistently sexually ha-rassed her when the two worked together in the late President Ronald Reagan’s administration.

Hours of Thomas’ con-firmation hearings were televised on the broadcast networks.

Polls were commissioned daily to gauge whether Americans viewed Hill as a bitter agitator or Thomas as a sexist hypocrite.

Conversations sprang up around dinner tables, workplace lunchrooms, not to mention this campus and other institutions of higher learning.

I had just begun to write for pay on a regular basis that autumn when the Thomas-Hill spectacle captured the nation’s at-tention.

So, I submitted an opin-ion piece to the now-defunct Tribune newspaper in Paragould and its onetime publisher Jeff Hankins (an ASU grad and print media role model) was gracious enough to run it.

I remember writing about Thomas as if he were a member of my family and faced scorn from a jilt-

ed woman whose accusa-tions were trumped up and boosted by liberal Demo-crats out to embarrass the Bush White House.

Being a devout Republi-can then, I felt it my duty to speak up for a man whose judicial qualifications were never important.

Not once did I question whether he met the expec-tations a Supreme Court justice must attain.

It was about my politi-cal team winning and the other team losing.

The U.S. Senate voted 52-48 in favor of confirm-ing Thomas and he took his seat on the court. Hill, meanwhile, raised aware-ness of sexual harassment in offices large and small.

My team, the Republi-cans, triumphed.

Earlier in 1991, it seemed as if President Bush (the father) would be re-elected by a huge mar-gin.

Only a few months af-ter the Thomas vote the situation had dramatically changed.

Independent candidate Ross Perot surged ahead of Bush and the Democratic nominee and Arkansas

Gov. Bill Clinton in poll-ing.

In November 1992, Clinton won the election and went on to serve two terms.

Perot ran again but soon faded away. The Bush fam-ily, well, we know how that turned out.

Six years later, I watched in utter shock as the Republicans voted to impeach Clinton for what amounted to an error in personal judgment regard-ing a relationship with in-tern Monica Lewinsky.

My team was pushing to remove him from office for something many of them were doing with great reg-ularity.

It was one of the first signs that I needed to not only leave the blue-versus-red playing field but exit the political stadium alto-gether.

I’m just a fan now and with the 2012 presidential race in full swing, that’s all I have to be.

Childress is a graduate student in political science of Jonesboro.

“Not once did I question whether he met the expectations a Supreme Court justice must attain.”

Anthony Childress

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ASU begins second half against Sun Belt favorite FIU Panthers

Daniel McFadin Sports Editor

For the second straight year, Arkansas State will have the college football world to itself when the Red Wolves host Sun Belt pre-season favorite Flori-da International Tuesday night on ESPN2.

The Red Wolves (4-2, 2-0) come into their first home game since Sept. 24, riding their first three-game win streak since 2006.

That year was also the last time the school won four straight games in route to a 6-6 season.

This will be the second straight year that an ASU home game will be the only nationally televised college football game on the air.

“I did think that our kids had a little upbeat attitude about playing on a nation-al stage, and I thought that was probably our best game of the year offensively.”

The offense has been playing at the same lev-els as last year, with junior quarterback Ryan Aplin leading an offense that av-erages 464 yards per game (fourth in SBC) and 28.7 points per game (third in SBC).

Aplin is averaging 274.3 yards passing on the sea-son, but also has six touch-downs to eight intercep-tions after throwing three picks against Louisiana Monroe last week.

Wommack’s Success

Any mistakes the of-fense makes against Flor-ida International (4-2, 2-1) have a good chance at be-ing bailed out of by Dave Wommack’s defense.

Wommack’s defense ranks first in the Sun Belt in total defense (344.8 ypg), pass defense (220.0 ypg), pass defense efficien-cy while tying with Louisi-ana- Lafayette and FIU for interceptions (eight) and scoring defense (21.2 ppg) respectively.

“In my eyes I always want it better,” defensive coordinator Dave Wom-mack said.

“We’ve added to the de-fense as the weeks have gone on, some different packages. I would like to see us play with our eyes a little bit better and elim-inate some of the big plays. Other than that, we’re making progress.”

Fear the Feemster

That progress includes not allowing individual 100-yard rushers all sea-son and an average of 2.7 sacks per game.

The pass defense will have to stop a quarterback, senior Wesley Carroll, who has the best passing effi-ciency in the Sun Belt at 140 percent.

“I actually coached against him when I was at Ole Miss. I know he had a good game against us last year, and he looks very sol-id on film,” Freeze said. “He’s taking care of the ball for them. He knows who to get it to.”

He will have to be even more careful Tuesday with senior cornerback Darryl Feemster on the field for the Red Wolves.

Feemster has picked off three passes over the course of the last four games.

Feemster attributes it to being both in the right place at the right time and being able to get to the ball.

“The coaches have been really great at letting me play different techniques and thankfully I’ve been able to come up with the ball,” Feemster said.

“Coach Wommack is a just a genius. We have a lot of different packages and we just bring a lot of differ-ent things to the table.

“So I think it’s a little bit harder for teams to pre-pare because we’re not so basic.” Feemster contin-ued.

Taking Care of Hilton

One of Carroll’s biggest targets is senior wide re-ceiver T.Y. Hilton.

Hilton, who has 37 catches for 641 yards and four touchdowns through six games, is the most dan-

gerous player in the Sun Belt.

“I think he’s proven that over time,” Freeze said. “It’s not just a one game deal – it’s an every game deal. He single handily beat Louisville if you put that tape on.”

On Sept. 9, Hilton caught sevens passes for 201 yards and two touchdowns of 74 and 83-yards as Hilton led the Panthers to their first win against the Louisville.

“I know that they have other athletes at receiv-er also, but we’ve certain-ly got to find a way to min-imize the yards after catch for Hilton and the long one over our head to him,” Freeze said.

Feemster said that hav-ing senior wider receiver Dwayne Frampton on their team in practice has made preparing for Hilton easi-er.

Frampton has 47 catch-es for 606 yards and three touchdowns in the half of the season, while averag-ing 12.9 yards per catch.

Finishing the Job

The Red Wolves have over come many obsta-cles this season that have plagued them in the past.

The belief that defense wins games and champion-ships is being validated in Jonesboro this season and will face one of its biggest conference tests Tuesday night.

“I know that everyone is excited about us having four wins and being 2-0 in the Conference,” Freeze said.

“But we need to finish well to keep that momen-tum and to get where we want to get. To build a pro-gram, we’ve got to find a way to finish a season and not be satisfied with accom-plishing two road wins.”

ASU leads this series 4-2 after FIU won last year 31-24.

The game will kick off at 7 p.m. Tuesday night at ASU Stadium and is being aired on ESPN2 and can be heard on 107.9 FM.

Chelsea Weaver/HeraldSophomore receiver Julian Jones runs after a catch during an early season practice session at ASU

Stadium.

Meredith ScottStaff Writer

The last time the Uni-versity of Arkansas-Lit-tle Rock Trojans volley-ball team played Arkan-sas State, the Red Wolves won in four sets at home. It was the same story Friday night in Little Rock when ASU played in Trojan ter-ritory.

Arkansas State rallied back from a second set loss to conquer the Trojans in four sets, 25-19, 26-28, 25-17 and 25-16.

The Red Wolves’ win gave ASU a 45-15 lead in the all-time series. For the season, ASU is 16-6 and 7-1 in the Sun Belt Confer-ence. The only time UALR took an early lead was in the first set.

Their largest lead was five-points in the middle of the set. Arkansas State tied it up at 16-points and took the lead, allowing UALR to only score three more points.

Senior Cayla Fielder, junior Jasmine Terry and freshman Taylor Szypulski led the set with three kills each.

The second set was a struggle for both teams.

There were five lead changes with 11 ties. It seemed the Red Wolves would get the second set with a 24-18 score, but UALR made a comeback and tied the game. A bat-tle ensued and the Trojans got the win.

Arkansas State re-grouped and won the fi-nal two sets, getting early leads in both.

Despite the efforts of UALR’s student section to distract the Red Wolves, ASU had their heads in the game and kept their lead.

The Red Wolves were ahead by eight-points late in the third set and nine-points last in the fourth.

The fourth set win sent the Red Wolves back to Jonesboro the victors.

Fielder had 14 kills for

the night, pushing her into eighth-place on ASU’s all-time kills list with 1,279 kills.

Sophomore Ashley Tipps led the team with 16 kills and Terry ended the night with 13. Junior Alli-son Kearney had 50 assists and nine digs. Szypulski had the most digs with 13.

“There were glimpses of great things going on,” ASU head coach Justin In-gram said.

“I thought we were very consistent. Our middles, again, were high produc-tivity. In order to set them, we have to pass at a high level and handle the ball at a high level. I’m pretty pleased.

“I love coming here and sticking it to these guys on their home court,” Ingram continued.

Before playing their last two home games, ASU will travel to play Florida In-ternational on Friday and Florida Atlantic on Sunday in Boca Raton.

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“There were a number of reasons that particular area was chosen. First, we have less than adequate lighting in that area, as that corridor has become an area where we’ve seen more pedestrian move-ment, as students leave their residence halls and the sidewalks are in disre-pair. So this was seen as a good opportunity to replace them with new, wider side-walks and to upgrade the lighting through the area.”

While the design pro-cess has not begun at this time, Hall said he hopes the entire project, includ-ing construction can be completed in a year or less and expects design plan-ning to begin at the first of next year.

When asked about the upgrades to street light-ing, Hall noted that a new standard has recently been put into place that will be implemented with this project, as well as the over-pass, which is currently in development.

“It’s a new black steel pole base that has a deco-rative base on the light fix-ture itself, so we’ll be mov-ing away from the alumi-num fixtures that you cur-rently see on campus,” Hall said. “As for the tree plant-ing along the sidewalks, the type and amount of trees is currently undeter-mined.”

Hall said this project

would be a great service and benefit to the ASU community.

“I think there are five major ways that this will benefit the ASU commu-nity. First, it will pro-vide safe, accessible paved walking services. Sec-ondly, the addition of the lighting will enhance safe-ty in this corridor and many others. The third item will be the first intro-duction of bicycle lanes on campus, which provides bi-cycle safety. With the addi-tion of the trees, we will be enhancing the beauty of the campus. Lastly, using these grant funds allows us to maximize our cam-pus dollars for campus im-provements,” he said.

Hall also said bicycle racks were being made a part of residence hall proj-ects, and would be added into the plans of any future building construction here on the ASU campus.

Currently, there are only a small amount of bike racks available near the Student Union, the res-idence halls, as well as oth-er ‘select locations’ across campus.

In total, the length of the project should span somewhere around 1,200 linear feet, but is subject to the amount of possible im-provements made, such as the lighting and tree plant-ing.

we referred to them. The OIP offers free shuttles to students during specific dates. If our students need shuttles outside of those dates we would usually re-fer them to either Sonrise Shuttle or give them a list of private taxi companies in the area they are leav-ing from,” Gambill said.

Now, if a student is in need of ground transpor-tation he or she has a few options. Other than local taxi and private car com-panies, Seaport Airlines in Jonesboro offers two flights daily to and from Memphis, as well as other areas in the state for approximate-ly $40 each way.

According to Gambill ASU also offers a few alter-native methods of trans-

portation to its students. “All international stu-

dents have access to the free airport shuttle servic-es offered by the Office of International Programs. On the ASU website un-der International we have a link designated for new students to register for free pick up from the Mem-phis International Airport (http://www2.astate.edu/a/international/arrival-ori-entation.dot),” she said “The Office of International Programs holds five orien-tations a year and provides transportation for new stu-dents up to one week prior to the designated orienta-tion.”

At the end of the fall and spring semesters, free shuttles are offered to the

airport for students plan-ning to leave the country for the break (winter or summer).

OIP also offers free shut-tles for students to return to the following semester in the spring and fall.

Advertisements are placed in OIP’s Inter-national Weekly Digest (http://oipatasu.wordpress.com) about a month and a half before the shuttles are to begin.

These methods have been in place at ASU for four years, and the OIP is constantly working to im-prove them to best accom-modate the needs of the students.

“Each session we try to improve our transporta-tion methods. Sonrise has

been a huge help for our students who need to get to and from the airport dur-ing seasons that the Of-fice of International Pro-grams does not have shut-tles. The Office of Interna-tional Programs was sad to learn about Sonrise clos-ing down. We have val-ued them over the past few years and have seen that they are a great help and were affordable for our stu-dents,” Gambill said.

For more information on school transportation, see the international portion of the ASU website, the Inter-national Weekly Digest, or contact Gambill at bngam-bill@astate.edu.

Duff. “It is a great hon-or and privilege to serve my community around me. Just as most other public servants, I began my ca-reer wanting to make a difference with a reserva-tion that in my entire ca-reer I may never have the opportunity to make such an impact. For me, howev-er, that time to stand and make a difference did oc-cur.”

“I wish violence would not have been necessary, but even in the use of vi-olence, in no way do I re-gret acting to save the lives of others in their time of need. I thank God first for the safety of both my-self and the innocent citi-zens in the restaurant that day, and also for granting me the strength, focus and courage to stand against those who are victimizing

innocent citizens who de-pend on me to keep them safe in a potentially lethal situation. I would also like to thank the community for supporting its local law enforcement agencies and trusting them with their lives every day. It is an event like this attempted robbery that officers never wish to be involved in, but if we are involved, we pray we engage the threat with

honor, dignity, and brav-ery while coming home to see the ones we love anoth-er day.”

Duff was nominated for the award by ASU police chief Randy Martin. The overall winner was select-ed by a panel of judges who are engaged in law enforce-ment in Arkansas.

year’s project was a suc-cess.

Another role of the Sal-vation Army is to help get people back on their feet. Not only does the shel-ter provide food and cloth-ing for the homeless, but is

also providing housing for families and individuals.

The shelter does allow people to stay for their first few nights for free, but a person has to make an ef-fort and show that they are looking for jobs.

The Salvation Army is located on Cate Avenue and is always in need of do-nations.

Gesner urged the impor-tance of giving donations, because of the upcoming holidays.

“The main things that we are really in need of are canned goods, small hy-giene items and blankets for the winter,” Gesner said.

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Abdullah Raslan/HeraldThe third annual Bebopalooza festival took place Saturday afternoon at the Student Union Heritage

Plaza. Sponsored by KASU, the concert is held to celebrate Jonesboro’s history with jazz music. Little Rock singer and songwriter Susan Michelle (pictured) entertained the audience with a rendition of the song “Summertime” made famous by Ella Fitzgerald.

Bebopalooza