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Wednesday evening the College of Humanities and Social Sciences wel-comed world-renowned archaeobota-nist Dorian Fuller to ASU for his lecture, “The Archaeobotany of Rice: From Do-mestication to Global Warming.” Fuller, a professor at University College Lon-don, shared his field experiences with ASU students as a part of the RiziCul-ture Rice Research Program.
While rice is a major contribut-ing factor to Arkansas’s economy, few non-agrarians may think of the common grain as worthy of extensive study. How-ever, Fuller presented interesting re-search from University of West Virginia professor W. F. Runniman showing rice may be more relevant than we realize. According to Runniman’s studies, exten-sive rice paddies could be contributing to global warming. Rice paddies pro-duce methane, a commonly recognized and incredibly potent greenhouse gas.
But the rice itself is not the source of the controversial gas. Instead, “The standing water creates an ideal envi-ronment for the bacteria that produce methane,” Fuller said.
Much more research has still to be conducted on this theory, Fuller said, and his of expertise lies not in the cur-rent, but in the ancient use of rice. As an archaeobotanist, Fuller examines
the plant remains found at archeo-logical digs, spe-cifically those surrounding the Indian Ocean.
Examining the plant remnants at these sites can lend scientists clues to how the indigenous people found food, and how they contin-ued to domesti-cate the native crops over periods of thousands of years.
For the past 3 years, Fuller’s studies have been fi-nanced by the UK Natural Environmen-tal Research Council Grant. He and his fellow archaeobotanists have used this grant to develop a way to detect ancient rice ecosystems, and determine whether those ecosystems were naturally occur-ring or artificially created. “The aim of these studies is to see how rice was cul-tivated,” Fuller said. “We are primarily interested in the ecology.”
Plant remnants can be incredibly small, so the researchers use a method of waterlogging the dirt to sift out the natural particles. “These particles are
small, usually carbonized, things you can’t see when you are digging,” Fuller said. “We use a large bag when we dig, then sift it through water. Anything that floats we collect, typically that’s all the organic material.”
Fuller is also interested in the genet-ics of rice, believing analysis of DNA makeup can shed light on the grain’s place of origin. “Scientists are attempt-ing to discover the genetic origins of modern rice,” Fuller said. “We have to go back in the past and infer what we can from ancient history.”
Fuller’s lecture is a part of the Early Rice Project, and is part of a series of
Four of ASU’s faculty members were hon-ored at the Faculty Achievement Awards for their service and dedication.
Continuing along with the Convocation of Scholars, Brandon Kemp, Andy Mooneyhan, Monika Ulrich Meyers and Timothy Oliver all received awards on Wednesday afternoon.
Provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs, Lynita Cooksey, presented the awards
to the esteemed faculty.“This is a special time in our academic
community when we honor and celebrate the academic excellence of our faculty and their life-long contributions to the academy and to ASU,” Cooksey said. “Selecting just one recip-ient in each category from a pool of outstand-ing applicants is not an easy choice to make.”
Kemp, assistant professor of electrical engineering in the College of Engineering, received the award for Excellence in Scholar-
ship. “Kemp was the recipient of the prestigious
National Science Foundation CAREER Award, a $400,000 faculty development grant,” Cook-sey said to the faculty in attendance of the cer-emony. “It is the NSF’s most prestigious award in support of junior faculty who integrate ex-cellence in research and education.”
Mooneyhan, associate professor of phys-ical education in the College of Education, received the award for Excellence in Profes-
sional Service.“He’s served on more than 30 committees,
subcommittees and task forces,” Cooksey said. “These include the chair of the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee and the Chair of the Shared Governance Oversight Committee.”
Myers, assistant professor of sociology in the College of Humanities and Social Sci-ences, received the award for Excellence in Teaching.
“Her courses are engaging. We never just
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Staci Vandagriff | Staff PhotographerStudents enjoy the Vertigo ride at the 2013 Springfest in front of the Student Union Tuesday afternoon. The Student Activities Board hosted Springfest from 10-2 p.m. on Heritage Lawn, where students enjoyed ziplining, cotton candy, candle-making and various adventure rides.
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SPRINGFEST FESTIVITIESSGA swears in new senate
The swearing in of 2013-2014 SGA president and vice president began late on Tues-day evening when not enough members showed up for the last meeting of the year.
Martha Spack, advisor of SGA, explained to the senate that senators who miss meet-ings end up making a habit of it.
“Today we need 13 peo-ple, we’re at 12,” Spack said. “That’s part of the qualifica-tion. To do business we have to have the senate present.”
The meeting began 30 minutes after the usual meet-ing time of 5 p.m., once 13 people were present. Hunter Petrus, former SGA presi-dent, swore in D’Andre An-derson, president, and Sarah Hamilton, vice president, into the staff seats.
At the meeting, Anderson introduced his new staff. Ty-ler Fincher was appointed parliamentarian.
“(He) is a high spirited guy with a lot of energy,” Ander-son said. He has great ideas.”
Jonathan Williams is fill-ing the seat of cultural en-richment director.
“He is a very diverse young man with lots of experience,” Anderson said.
Brooks Jones is the new public relations director for SGA.
“He can reach a lot of stu-dents with social media,” An-derson said.
Colea Blann, president of the 2012-13 SAB, was ap-pointed secretary.
“There’s not enough words to describe Colea,” Anderson said. “Experience, experience, experience.”
Deane Marks was made chief of staff for the 2013-2014 SGA.
“We agree to disagree all the time,” Anderson said. “He keeps me on my toes.”
Anderson said he is eager to work with the new vice president, Hamilton.
“She has been part of the choir and band so she comes from a different stand point,” Anderson said. “She can reach those students as well as a great majority of the student body that don’t have enough of a voice.”
Anderson finished off his speech by congratulating the staff and senate and hoping to have a good start of the year.
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Staci Vandagriff | Staff PhotographerThe new SGA President D’Andre Anderson and Vice President Sarah Hamilton were sworn in at the meeting held Tuesday afternoon.
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Takako Okumura| Staff PhotographerDorian Q. Fuller speaks about the domestication of rice as part of the Honors Lecture Series.
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A new plan for random drug testing may require 85,000 Arkansans who receive state unemployment benefits to prove their drug abstinence.
If the measure becomes law, those seeking unemployment benefits would have to sign a waiver accepting random drug tests to receive benefits. Those who refuse to sign the waiver would not be able to receive benefits.
The bill passed through the Arkansas Senate four days ago and will now wait on a House committee. The proponents of the bill look to the regulations provided by Arkansas Work Force Services, that say, “(the) Claimant must be able and available to work during each day of the week. Claimant must not refuse a referral to or an offer of suitable work. Claimant must make the required job contacts each week.”
About 80 percent of the jobs in Arkansas require a drug test to be hired, and this is the base argument for legislators fight for the bill who cite that a drug test failure limits appli-cants eligibility to work.
Immediate concerns have been raised by Governor Beebe and others on whether this plan would hold up against the fourth Amendment’s protection from unreasonable search and seizure.
Aside from the questions of constitutionality, the plan it-self has been criticized for not proving that it will save the state any money. The bill’s sponsor, Jeremy Hudson, said it would cost the state roughly $30,000 a year to administer the random drug testing.
If the bill is deemed to be constitutional, the question then becomes whether it is something worthy of spending money on.
The unemployment benefits are intended protect individu-als who are out of work at no fault of their own. Ensuring that applicants are not abusing drugs while on the program would provide a new drug-free legitimacy to the current policy.
A large number of American’s are currently seeking this legitimacy, as 28 other states have proposed similar legisla-tion. A Rasmussen survey in 2011 reported that 53 percent of Americans were in favor of a randomized drug-testing pro-gram for welfare recipients.
In a time of a slowly growing economy, where income growth is stagnant and taxes are increasing, American’s are more concerned where their tax dollars are going.
A random drug screening will serve as a proactive step to catch drug abusers within the system, while showing a clear separation from those who aren’t.
Our hope is that the delineation between the two groups will help remove the stigma that surrounds unemployment benefits. The criticism of using this essential program will hopefully decline as the system works to ensure that it re-mains drug free.
As this issue makes its way through legislation, and possi-bly the federal courts, we hope that our legislators look at all angles when making their final decisions.
“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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The Obama administra-tion has recently announced that President Obama will give 5 percent of his pres-idential salary back to the Federal Treasury retroactive back to the date the sequester took place, March 1.
Not surprisingly, other Democratic Party members followed suit, including De-fense Secretary Chuck Hagel.
What is the point of this seemingly sacrificial act?
Party officials state they are trying to feel the burden of others during sequestra-tion, but other politics are clearly in play.
Held hostage between a GOP House and Democrat-ic Senate, very little progress has been made toward pass-ing a budget for the federal government.
In fact, the last time a bud-get has been past by the Sen-ate was nearly four years ago. Stalwart officials from both parties refuse to give any lee-way to the other party.
Consequentially, every budget passed in the House is rejected in the Senate and deadlock results.
Because of incessant dead-lock, the congressional ap-proval rating remains around 15 percent in recent years.
Each party blames the oth-er for the deadlock and tries
to get the American public to follow suit.
What the Democratic Party is doing here is mar-keting itself as “the generous party wants to get stuff done.”
If Obama genuinely cared about the sequester rather than simply saving face, he would have given more than $20,000 of the $5.5 million income he made in 2010 from his salary and book roy-alties.
The GOP is not perfect in the battle of the budget either. The attitude of the GOP in recent debates has been a very slanted “My way or the highway, we control the House; we control the budget.”
As soon as many Junior GOP Congressmen entered office, they signed a contract vowing to never raise taxes. Many cite the grassroots tea party movement that aided
in their elections, a move-ment which had strong an-ti-tax principles.
The inflexibility on both sides of the aisle is to blame for the failure to pass a bud-get.
How bad is this inflexibil-ity?
When Congress set up a doomsday machine that would automatically cut spending for activities both parties enjoyed if an agree-ment was not reached, the steadfast attitudes of sen-ators and representatives strengthened rather than becoming more flexible. The parties cannot even agree to disagree.
Perhaps the constituent deserves partial blame as well.
When your favorite repre-sentative reaches across the aisle and attempts to com-promise with the other party,
you need to praise the repre-sentative rather than criticiz-ing him as “weak.”
The United States has many compromises in her history. Our Constitution is full of compromises to insure passing.
If a group of men repre-senting every state can draft our entire Constitution in under four months, and get it ratified by every state in an-other four months, it seems reasonable that two parties can get together and draft a simple budget.
If the American people want to see a budget passed, we need to collectively call for compromise rather than being reduced to petty party squabbling. Historically, de-mocracies fizzle out a little after year 200 of operation.
The United States is now at a critical point in estab-lishing democratic efficiency. If we want our great country to continue to scintillate, we need to press for the compro-mising culture of the days of yore.
If the tense rivalry remains between the two parties, the United States may very well fade to oblivion.
Korey Speaight is a sopho-more accounting and business major of Camp.
The prospect of austerity is one of the more pressing political issues today both in Europe and here at home.
By all accounts it has gained a great deal of pop-ularity with both European and American political lead-ers, as well American citi-zens.
It is often presented as a solution to economic reces-sions or depressions; which proponents almost always claim to be the result of high deficit spending and irre-sponsible debt management.
However, according to Paul De Grauwe and Yue-mei Ji, two economist that specialize on European po-litical economics in the Eu-ropean union,“Austerity pro-grams produce unnecessary sufferings especially for the millions of people who have been thrown into unemploy-ment and poverty.”
Simply put, austerity pro-grams aim to cut back on budget deficits; typically this is done by decreasing spend-ing while increasing taxation.
However, sometimes more strict measures are used as has been the case in Cyprus where a proposed plan would tax the savings accounts of regular citizens.
The problem with austeri-ty is at least two fold.
First, economic down-turns are often times caused by things other than fiscal responsibility. Spain, for in-stance, is in full blown eco-nomic depression caused by
the burst of a housing bubble. Just before the crisis be-
gan Spain had a budget sur-plus and relatively low debt.
Second, austerity mea-sures exacerbate the eco-nomic problems that arise during recessions.
During recessions, un-employment is generally high and less money is being spent, generating less aggre-gate demand. Cutting gov-ernment spending increases unemployment as a general rule.
So if government spend-ing is cut during a reces-sion, even less money is being spent. The newly un-employed spend out of their savings and “safety nets,” and less income is available for taxation.
In short, cutting back spending and increasing tax-es at the same time during a recession works against eco-nomic recovery.
This has been abundantly evident in European nations such as Spain, Greece, Portu-gal, and now Cyprus.
In the United States, pro-ponents of austerity sit on “news” channels and point to these places as evidence of where socialist spending pro-grams end, when in fact the economic nosedives in this areas are directly the result of austerity programs.
This is not to say all forms of spending are beneficial, nor is it to say we should not be discerning when de-termining where and how to spend. After all, housing bubbles like the Spanish and American ones are often caused in part by government sponsored loan programs.
The level-headed thing to do during these economic downturns is to make spend-ing programs that efficiently stimulate demand and in-crease incomes of workers (which of course also brings in more tax money).
There are plenty of options that fulfill this burden.
For instance, America’s energy infrastructure is in desperate need of updating. Government spending can address this by offering con-
tracts to private business, thereby increasing job avail-ability and updating import-ant infrastructure.
Another viable, and may-be more pressing, option would be to update our ener-gy infrastructure; increasing efficiency and building new and improved nuclear power stations, etc.
We could even update a massive transportation pro-gram or build speed rails around the U.S. This would by necessity create many jobs, and would be very ben-eficial for the tourism indus-try once people were able to travel cheaply.
Imagine if you could hop a speed train to Memphis for $30, spend the day shop-ping or the evening on Beale Street, and ride back without worrying about parking, gas and designated drivers.
This type of infrastructure connects the whole of West-ern Europe; we can make it work here.
At the end of the day, the lesson to take from the trou-bled nations of the EU is that cutting back is not the eco-nomic salvation many would like to think it is.
We need to spend both efficiently and sufficiently to exercise true fiscal responsi-bility.
Clint Simpson is a philosophy and political science major of Jonesboro.
“We need to spend both effi-ciently and suf-ficiently to ex-ercise true fiscal responsibility.”-Clint Simpson
Austerity may not be economic salvation
Small gesture doesn’t solve real problem “The United
States is now at a
critical point in es-
tablishing demo-
cratic efficiency.”
-Korey Speaight
With new technology surfacing almost ev-ery day, it’s easy to forget about the old school VHS tapes, vinyl records, CD players and sev-eral other older devices. Although most stu-dents are listening to their iPods or iPhones or watching Blu-Ray movies, some students still enjoy listening to older vinyl records or watching VHS tapes.
Junior history major of Corning, Ethan Williams said he still listens to his vinyl re-cords instead of CDs or iPods.
“Vinyl just has that crisp, vintage sound that CDs and iPods can’t provide,” Williams said. “Whether it’s a brand new record or a 40 to 50-year-old record, I prefer vinyl records’ sound to anything else.”
Williams has an estimated 30 to 40 vinyl records that he listens to on his Victoria Tune-Writer. This player, Williams said, can play his 33s, 45s and 78s.
“My record player also plays cassettes, CDs and iPods,” Williams said. “I can switch back and forth to different music mediums.”
Although purchasing individual songs or whole CDs from iTunes is among the norm these days, Williams buys his favorite vinyl record albums from Tim’s Weird World in Paragould.
“Depending on the condition of the record and how good the album is, the record can cost between $5 and $20,” he said. “With the newer bands, I usually buy them directly from the band’s website because buying the vinyl usually comes with a MP3 download for an iPod of MP3 player. These records typically cost around $15 or $20.”
Along with vinyl records still being used, VHS movies are still being viewed in homes whose residents still own VCR players. The newer VCR players are combined with DVD players, but senior exercise science major of Mammoth Springs, Sara Kinnie said her fam-ily still owns a stand-alone VCR.
“I mostly use the stand-alone VCR, but my parents do have a combined VCR/DVD play-er that we bought when they became the new thing,” Kinnie said.
Kinnie said she really only uses the VHS tapes when she wants to watch an older Dis-ney movie that hasn’t been released on DVD or Blu-Ray, yet. Her favorite Disney movies are “The Jungle Book” and “The Little Mer-maid.”
“One of these days when they start releas-ing more Disney movies, I’ll own them all and try to sell or donate my old VHS tapes,” she said. “I’ll also need to wait until I’m really rich to do so since DVDs can be pretty pricey, es-pecially for Disney Classics.”
Kinnie doesn’t have a VHS player here at school, but she tends to watch at least one or two VHS movies when she goes home to visit her family.
“I always want to watch a good Disney movie when I go to my parents’ house to re-lax,” she said. “The last time I went home I watched ‘Oliver and Company,’ which isn’t out on DVD yet.”
Although Kinnie likes to watch her Disney Classic movies, she said she doesn’t prefer VHS tapes to DVDs and Blu-Rays.
“VHS tapes take forever to rewind and fast-forward,” Kinnie said. “With a Blu-Ray or DVD, you can just skip ahead or rewind to different chapters really fast. Also, the quality of a VHS tape isn’t as good as DVDs, which is expected, of course.”
Students aren’t completely forgetting about the older generations of technology. Al-though new technology may be taking control of the markets, old technology still has a part of some students’ hearts.
“We grew up with VHS tapes, cassette players, CDs, boom-boxes and several other items I can’t even think of right now,” Kin-nie said. “Older technology will always be in someone’s life even if it isn’t prominent.”
In the current economy, it is becoming dif-ficult for any average American to make a liv-ing, let alone students attempting to pay their way through college.
With only a few thousand dollars in tui-tion standing in the way of a diploma and the high profile careers that come with it, what’s a hardworking, campus bound youth to do? Where is one to find the funds necessary? For some, the answer is simple: Internet comics.
Web comics have recently become a boom-ing multimillion-dollar industry, with more than 40,000 published works available.
Among the more successful web comics published professionally is Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkin’s “Penny Arcade”, a comedy series about two guys, their love of video games, and the humor behind the pop culture of gaming.
Since its launch in November 1988, its fan base has grown to include over 3.5 million readers, a popular episodic video game series, various merchandise, a gaming news site, two major convention events yearly and, recently, Internet reality webisodes.
The idea of creating a vast empire out of a few sketches may seem out of reach for many, but producing an income is possible if one knows how.
Shauna Sentell, an art education major of Beebe, is one student who creates web-based comics as a hobby.
“It’s really easy to get into the format of do-ing comics. If you sell merchandise for your comic it’s a really good way to make money,” Sentell said.
Published collections, T-shirts, hats, plush-ies and even music are put up for sell through web-based shopping sites such as Amazon. Many items are traditionally handmade, with books being self-published.
Original art is sometimes commissioned or prints offered with donations. Web-based companies Kickstarter and Amazon have been known to assist in the business ventures among others.
Not all web comics are a guaranteed suc-
cess, but some can make it big in ways few could ever imagine.
Andrew Hussie’s “Homestuck” is one such success story. Being the longest web comic in history with over 8,000 pages and being updated daily since April 2009, it is quite the undertaking for any dedicated artist, especial-ly when one considers it includes flash videos and interactive pages. I
t’s the topic of countless reviews across the web, one comparing it to Ulysses, saying it’s a chore to read but well worth the effort. The hit comic has made a name for itself with lit-tle effort, even being recognized twice at the Toronto Comics Art Festival.
Along with the various paraphernalia on sale by Hussie and contributing artists, the author announced he was planning a video game and asked for seven hundred thousand dollars in donations. Within two days of the Kickstarter’s opening, more than $2 million were donated to the account.
The appeal of comics as a career is a part of the old notion of the American Dream: be-coming successful doing what you love. As students, college life is about experimenting and finding that one thing they’re good at, and hopefully turning it into a job.
Sentell has thought of turning her hobby into a career as well.
“If I could possibly make money off it, I would, but I’d do it more for the enjoyment of the art.”
Sentell mentioned she thinks people are drawn to web comics because of more than one reason, but she is drawn to comics be-cause of the storylines.
“I’m always drawn in by the story. Some-times you can get drawn in by the art, but (I’m) definitely drawn by the story.”
Whatever the reasons, comics have be-come just as much a major part of pop culture and corporate opportunity in cyberspace as it is in the real world.
Anyone with the talent and a little time could produce the next great work and make a decent living, all with without leaving the comfort of the living room.
Several ASU students will strut their stuff down the cat-walk Saturday evening as the Dare Dreamers organization presents A Glam Affair fash-ion show.
The Dare Dreamers are a non-profit organization of adult females who serve as mentors for young girls, and advocate and support the strengthening of character, pursuing goals and dreams, academic success and stron-ger relationships between young girls and their parents or guardians.
Dare Dreamers men-tors have included Brenda Randle, co founder of Dare Dreamers, and the Black Student Association’s Presi-dent LaTasha Moore. These Mentors serve as role mod-els for young girls who strive for a bright future, and help them develop confidence and self-esteem.
“The girls suggested a fashion show and my partner and I started the groundwork to make it hap-pen,” Randle said.
Though it is presented by Dare Dreamers, compa-nies and organizations such as Dillard’s, David’s Bridal, Kohl’s, Lambda Pi Eta and Multicultural Affairs, will sponsor the fashion show.
“Each semester the or-ganization searches for other organizations to as-sist or help fund,” Randle said. “LPE is assisting Dare Dreamers by offering ser-vices by advertising, selling tickets, modeling and help-ing behind the scenes with the show.”
While mentees of the Dare Dreamers organiza-tion will model, some ASU
students will walk down the catwalk as well.
“We are very excited to have them, along with the other sponsors on board,” Randle said.
Moore is very excited to participate in such an event and help students who will participate in the show.
“This event has really been able to connect with the cam-pus, which has been great in getting the student body in-terested,” Moore said.
Proceeds from the fash-ion show will go toward pro-viding the Dare Dreamers with opportunities, such as etiquette classes and college tours. The activities moti-vate the young ladies more to
achieve high grades in school and teach them to work hard and believe in themselves.
Moore said participating in this event has been a learn-ing experience.
“Professionally, I have learned that one must be willing to go the extra mile to ensure that their event is a success,”she said.
“I wasn’t blessed with the opportunity to have such an empowering, motivation-al organization to steer me in the right direction,” said Lisa Brown, a Dare Dreamers mentor. “I’m ecstatic to help the girls become the beauti-ful women they’re destined to be.”
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Staci Vandagriff | Staff PhotographerThe retirees at Wednesday’s ceremony stand from left to right: Robert Johnson, Sue McLarry, Terry Roach, Nola Christenberry and Thomas O’Connor.
FACULTY, Continuedlistened to lectures,” Cooksey read from a
student’s letter of support. “We had class dis-cussions, group activities and we practiced content analysis.”
Oliver, associate professor of music and director of bands in the College of Fine Arts, received the award for Excellence in Academ-ic Advising.
“To say this adviser was instrumental in helping me find my first job would be an un-derstatement,” Cooksey read from a letter from a former student. “To this day, I still seek
his advice.”Before the awards ceremony, six of ASU’s
retiring faculty members were honored for their longtime dedication and service to the university.
The dean’s of each college spoke about the retirees before welcoming them to accept their certificates of recognition.
Those recognized were:Nola Christenberry, associate professor of
counseling in the College of Education, who was a professor at ASU for 24 years.
Thomas Fiala, associate professor of teach-er education in the College of Education, who was a professor at ASU for 15 years.
Robert Johnson, professor of psychology in the College of Education, who taught at ASU for 37 years.
Sue McLarry, associate professor of nurs-ing and chair of the School of Nursing in the College of Nursing and Health Professions, who served for 20 years.
Thomas O’Connor, professor of music in the College of Fine Arts, who was a professor
for 34 years.Terry Roach, professor of business com-
munication in the College of Business, who served for 23 years.
“Each of these individuals have made signif-icant contributions to ASU and will be missed by students and colleagues alike,” Cooksey was quoted in a press release. “Their positive impact on the lives of numerous students is immeasurable and will remain as their legacy. They are wished all the best as they begin new journeys beyond the halls of ASU.”
Courtesy PhotoThe award recipients from Wednesday’s Faculty Award Ceremony stand from left to right: Andy Mooney-han, Monika Ulrich Meyers, Timothy Oliver and Brandon Kemp.
“I am really honored to be elected your SGA president,” Anderson said.
The senate filled two seats during Tuesday’s meeting. Jordan Mays, a freshman criminology major of High-land, was sworn in to the Military Science seat. Jack Ellington, a junior animal
science major of Jonesboro, was sworn into the College of Agriculture and Technology seat.
The action fund commis-sioner, president pro temp and the sergeant at arms seats were also filled that evening. Fallon Maudlin filled the ac-tion fund commissioner seat,
Jack Ellington filled the pres-ident pro temp seat and An-drew Reno filled the sergeant at arms seat.
The executive resolution regarding the SGA’s $92,200 budget for next year, was in-troduced and passed with a unanimous vote.
DERBY DAYS
Staci Vandagriff | Staff PhotographerElizabeth Swagerty, a junior psychology major of North Little Rock, wins the eating contest as part of Derby Days. Derby Days is Sigma Chi’s annual week-long philanthropy event in which sororities compete against each other to become the Derby Day champions. Chi Omega got second place in the eating competition on Wednesday night. Alpha Omicron Pi got third, Delta Zeta placed fourth and Zeta Tau Alpha was fifth.
Staci Vandagriff | Staff PhotographerThe new SGA President D’Andre Anderson and Vice President Sarah Hamilton were sworn in at the meet-ing held Tuesday afternoon.
SGA, Continued
speakers on rice science including previous speakers on the origins and genetics of the grain, according to Erik Gilbert, professor of history and Associate Dean of Grad-uate School. “We are very ex-cited to have Dr. Fuller here with us,” Gilbert said.
Professors are also tak-ing advantage of this unique opportunity. Cal Shumway, assistant professor of agricul-ture, incorporated the lecture into his class requirements. Shumway said, “I’ve had my classes attend all three semi-nars. It gives them exposure outside production agricul-ture.”
Fuller will deliver a sec-ond lecture at 7:00 Thursday evening in room 183 of the Museum, this lecture enti-tled, “The Archaeological Pursuit of Early Agriculture: Recent Crop Domestication Research in China, India, and the Middle East.”Takako Okumura| Staff Photographer
Dorian Q. Fuller speaks about the domestication of rice as part of the Honors Lecture Series.
SPEAKER, Continued
The ASU track and field team will split up this Satur-day with athletes competing in the Tennessee Sea Rays Relays in Knoxville, Tenn. and others competing in the Ole Miss Invitational in Ox-ford, Miss.
Outdoor season is well under way and the team has been hard at work.
Last weekend, ASU sent
the throwers to compete at SEMO’s Joey Haines Invi-tational in Cape Girardeau, Mo.
This weekend, the throw-ers will head to the Sea Rays Relays, while the remaining team members will take part in the Ole Miss Invitational.
Head coach Jim Patchell is excited for the high level of competition that will be present in Oxford this week-end.
“Ole Miss is a really good
meet with great competi-tion. We are going to open up those who have not com-peted in their primary events this weekend and are looking forward to some good per-formances,” Patchell said.
The Ole Miss Invitational will begin Saturday morning at 9 am with the hammer throw.
The heptathlon and de-cathlon will finish the multi-events on Sunday.
The Sea Rays Relays will also host a high level of com-petition.
Going into the meet, ASU’s throwers have achieved several substantial seed marks.
Julia Agawu is seeded fifth for the women’s hammer throw with a seed mark of 58.13 meters.
Kim Ludick is seeded fifth for the women’s javelin throw with a seed mark of 41.24 meters.
Corwin Pace is seeded seventh for the men’s discus throw, with a seed mark of 51.86 meters.
Seeded sixth for the men’s shot put with a seed mark of 18.43 meters is Richard Chavez.
Both the men and wom-en’s teams have had very successful outdoor track and field seasons so far.
They hope to continue their momentum into this weekend’s events as they ul-timately prepare for the Sun Belt Conference Champion-ship, which is only a month away.
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Staci Vandagriff| Staff PhotographerThe women’s track team preparing for the Tennessee Sea Rays Relays in Knoxville, Tenn and the Ole Miss Invitational in Oxford, Miss.
LYNDSEY PATTERSONSTAFF WRITER
Courtesy PhotoSophomore Tori Henson bowls during an afternoon practice.
Track and field readies for Tenn. and Miss. meets
The women’s bowling team left Jonesboro Tuesday morning, traveling to Can-ton, Mich. to make their sixth straight appearance at the NCAA Tournament.
Practicing yesterday morning, the No. 4 ranked team then attended the an-nual NCAA Tournament Banquet, where the National Tenpin Coaches Association announced the All-American teams and Player of the Year Awards.
A-State’s sophomore Sar-ah Lokker won All-American second team selection and junior Ashley Rucker, third team selection.
“I’m so proud of Ashley and Sarah,” head coach Justin Kostick said. “They have both worked so hard this year and winning an award like this just shows how much their hard work pays off.”
This tournament will mark the end of many athletic ca-reers at ASU.
Senior Rachael Gittings, who has participated in the NCAA tournament all four years of her career as a Red Wolf, described the compe-tition as the “big stage.”
“The is the National
Championship. I don’t think there is any tournament we compete in that’s more im-portant,” Gittings said. “This is the deciding moment in history for many of our girls.”
ASU is competing against seven other schools, in-cluding No.1 ranked Mary-land-Eastern Shore, No. 2 ranked Nebraska and No. 3 ranked Central Missouri.
Although the Lady Red Wolves are ranked fourth in the National Tenpin Coaches Association Poll, Kostick said he thinks all seven schools are going to be good compe-tition for the team.
“All eight teams are eligi-ble to win this championship, so we’re focusing on doing what we can do and hopefully win the whole thing,” Kostick said.
The tournament began this morning with two sec-tions of seeding rounds.
Each team will bowl one, five-person game against the other seven teams in the field for a total of seven games.
Teams will then be seed-ed for bracket play based on their win-loss record during seeding rounds.
Both qualifying rounds can be seen live on www.NCAA.com.
“Our goal is to be the best
teammates, bowlers and competitors we each can be this week,” Gittings contin-ued. “We have to take one shot at a time. Be in the mo-ment and embrace it.”
Tomorrow’s bracket play starts at 10:40 a.m. with teams competing in best-of-seven baker matches in a double elimination tourna-ment.
In the baker format, each of the five-team members in the line-up will bowl a com-plete frame until a 10-frame game is bowled.
Saturday’s action will start at 3:10 p.m. if it is necessary to determine the two teams that will bowl for the cham-pionship. The championship will begin at 7 p.m. and will be televised on ESPNU live.
A tape delay broadcast of the championship final will air on ESPN Sunday, April 14 from 1-2:30 p.m.
Gittings also has a dai-ly tournament blog posting accounts of what the team is doing throughout the day and night, as well as insight of her thoughts during the NCAA tournament that can be found on www.astatered-wolves.com.
CARA PRICHARDSPORTS EDITOR
No. 4 ranked bowling team prepares for ‘big stage’
Kim MyoungHyang| Staff PhotographerSenior flyhalf Pat Sullivan and junior full back Zinzan Elan-Puttick breaking down for the tackle.
It’s a battle for the Mid-South Conference Champi-onship in Marietta, Ga. this Saturday.
The Red Wolves, Rugby Club who has been ranked No.1 for the fifth straight week by USA Rugby, journey into the eagle’s nest to rum-ble with Life University for the second match up this sea-son—Life is ranked No. 2.
“As any other match, we will try to play to our poten-tial and play as well as we can for as much of the match as we are capable of. Every match we have had confer-ence play has been vitally im-portant and this one is no dif-ferent. We will want to play to our strengths and try our best to not allow the opposition to play to theirs,” head coach Alex Houser said.
“We are playing a team that is very capable of beat-ing us, so we must come into the match mentally ready and prepared for the physicality of the match. We need to be ready to compete for 80 hard
minutes and contest every facet of the match,” Houser continued.
It’s been nearly five weeks since ASU and Life have seen each other.
On March 9, the Eagles ventured to the wolves den to defend their first-place rank-ing.
At first, the game was in Life’s favor. Although the Red Wolves had the home-field advantage, the wind during the first half was in the Eagle’s favor, helping them soar past ASU’s defense.
But field position changed and the Red Wolves were able to use the wind to their advantage in the second half.
After a nail biting 40 min-utes, ASU took the first place title with a 28-22 victory.
For the last five weeks, ASU has traveled the country to keep their rank. On Satur-day, ASU will play for the ti-tle of Mid-South Conference Champs.
“We definitely want to go into the game positive and at the end of the day come
back with a victory,” junior fullback Zinzan Elan-Puttick said. “As of now we are fo-cused on winning this game, but it will potentially give us a home quarter final, which will play a big role for the rest of the season.”
If the team loses, playoffs will be elsewhere.
Senior flyhalf Patrick Sul-livan said the home field advantage is a great thing during the playoffs.
Sullivan also said that a game with Life is always a good, physical battle and whichever team can capital-ize will win the match.
“The only concern is that they have home field advan-tage,” Elan-Puttick said. “Our strengths are playing togeth-er as a team well and that we have some clinical finishers. It’s been a month since we last played them and I would say we have gotten closer as a team altogether. We are playing well, and so are they, so it will be a very interesting game.”
MEREDITH SCOTTSTAFF WRITER
Rugby battles Life in second match-up
While some students have to go to class and open up a textbook, other students get to come to class with makeup that makes them look like the opposite gender. Such classes like Stage Makeup, Bob Dylan’s Poet-ry and Science in the Cinema take on more unique topics of learning.
Claire Garrard, assistant professor of the-atre, teaches stage makeup; there students learn to apply makeup with old age makeup techniques to basic everyday makeup.
The class also teaches students how to make bruises and cuts look real, and how to apply latex wounds, three-dimensional warts, facial hair and moles.
“Some students come to class wearing the makeup. I’ve actually had a student who walked to class and around campus wearing old makeup,” Garrard said. “I think students have fun learning and showing their skills. I have fun too.”
The English course, Bob Dylan’s Poetry, examines the famous singer/songwriter’s works from the 1960s to present day, and is taught all over the world at different univer-sities.
“Bob Dylan is a great artist. He has writ-ten over 500 songs and made over 50 albums,” said Frances Hunter, associate professor of English and writing.
The main purpose of the class is to ex-plore his work and learn from it to become a well-rounded writer.
“If we listen to Bob Dylan, we become bet-ter writers, better thinkers, better human be-ings and better musicians,” Hunter said.
During the class, students listen to Dylan’s music, analyze his poetry, watch videos of his performances and movies about him and write a research paper about aspects of Dylan’s life.
Science in the Cinema is a course that fo-
cuses on the stereotypes of science that are portrayed in the world.
“Movies such as ‘Honey I Shrunk the Kid’s and ‘Back To the Future’ seem to portray sci-entists as being mad, and crazy,” said John Pratte, dean of sciences and mathematics.
This fall the class will be taught online. Students are required to watch three to four movies a week and have a discussion on them.
“I teach the class because I want to teach what really goes on. How many actually have neighbors that are scientists? Not many do,” Pratte said. “The images many come across always portray scientist as mad and crazy, I teach it to get people to look at stereotypes. Why does Hollywood portray what they por-tray?”
Students interested in graduating with a business degree will now have a new option as ASU has added a Bachelor of Science in Glob-al Supply Chain Management for the Spring 2013 semester.
This 120-hour accredited degree offers students the opportunity to learn about how a product used regularly got to where it is on the store shelf, how it was made, what com-ponents went into it, where it was stored and how it was delivered.
GSCM majors will learn to conduct plan-ning, forecasting, purchasing, production, transportation, storage and distribution and keep track of products as they flow to the consumers. Overall, GSCM workers provide the ability to build and deliver goods better, faster and cheaper for companies and other organizations.
“Students have a unique opportunity to take courses that you couldn’t get from U of A for example,” said John Mello, director of the center for global supply chain management.
Students entering into the workforce with this degree have a chance at the industry’s high demand for workers, high paying jobs and the flexibility to work in the field of pur-chasing, warehousing, distribution or trans-portation.
“There is a high demand for majors in this
field and businesses are willing to pay more because of it,” Mello said. “I’ve seen previous students accept positions such as fleet man-ager and warehouse manager, normally with starting salaries of $40,000 to $50,000, some even with signing bonuses.”
Mello said prospective regional employers could include Maverick Transportation, J.B. Hunt, U.P.S., FedEx, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. in Bentonville and Jonesboro’s manufacturers Frito-Lay and Unilever.
Graduates with this degree also receive the internationally recognized American Society of Transportation and Logistics (ASTNL) certification. The certification process is built into the requirements of the GSCM degree, allowing students to save money and time by not having to go through the normal testing process.
“Once I found out I was two hours away from another degree, I decided to double ma-jor in GSCM, along with accounting, to give me a competitive edge entering the job mar-ket,” said Rachel Gilliam, global supply chain management and logistics major of Jones-boro.
Logistics majors are designed to be only two hours away from a double major, includ-ing GSCM upon approaching graduation.
For more information about the College of Business and the Global Supply Chain Man-agement degree, contact John Mello at room 120 of the College of Business.
April 4Officer Russell Gray was dispatched to
NorthPark Quads Building-two in reference to criminal mischief, according to a police report. When he arrived, he noticed the rear lights of a gold Lexus were broken. He called the owner, Tajah Cochran, who immediately burst into tears when Gray asked her if she drove a gold Lexus. Cochran asked what happened to her car.
When Gray informed her, she quickly responded and said John Evans was the culprit, according to the report. Cochran met with Gray when she answered a call from Evans and told him to stop calling her. Cochran also stated that Evans attacked her the day before, but she did not contact UPD.
According to the report, Cochran did not have any visible injuries. Gray contacted Evans and asked what was the problem between him and Cochran. He first said, “nothing,” but when Gray informed him that he was present when he called Cochran, Evans explained that he had not threatened her or damaged her vehicle.
According to the report, Gray had not mentioned the vehicle damage or threatening phone calls. Evans was issued for offenses of Criminal Mischief, Harassing Communications, Terroristic Threatening and Assault.
April 7Officer Billy Branch was dispatched to the
Sigma Pi house parking lot, according to the police report. Upon arrival, Branch saw Meagan Morgan standing in front of a truck that appeared to be trying to leave the parking lot.
According to the police report, she then began to lie down in front of the truck. The driver of the truck explained to Branch that Morgan had relationship problems with the passenger in the truck. According to the report, Morgan said she had been drinking. Branch then asked Morgan’s roommate, the roommate, to take her to her room.
About 20 minutes later, Molnar contacted UPD to inform them that Morgan had left their room and she feared that Morgan would try to drive off campus. Morgan was found at her vehicle, but had not started it.
She was placed under arrest for Minor in Possession and Public Intoxication. Morgan stated that she understood the reason for her arrest and agreed that she was wrong for leaving her room. Morgan was arrested and transported to the Craighead County Sheriff’s Department.
-Compiled by Tanya Giraldo, News Editor.
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The Brickhouse Grill will play host to Red Bull’s Play and Destory iPod DJ competition Saturday night.
Students will compete in a using their iPods or iPhones. Doors open at 5 p.m., with the show starting at 10:00 p.m. Students with a valid ASU ID will receive free admission to the event.
Around 10-16 competitors will be placed into a bracket, and will compete head-to-head until the final battle. The DJ will choose songs from their iPod or iPhone to fit the given cat-egory and amp up the crowd. At the end of each round, the winners will be chosen by the crowd’s cheers. After the final battle, the Red Bull Play and Destroy winner will receive a customized pair of SkullCandy headphones, along with bragging rights for the year.
Past categories were beach jam, throw back
prom song, best karaoke song, about my ex, embarrassed to have this on my iPod, stuck in my head and one hit wonder. The event will be emceed by DJ Crumbz, with both DJ Crumbz and DJ Charlie White as the headliners.
Thursday’s Play and Destroy will be the first of Red Bull is nationally branded event for the year.
ASU students can register to participate in the event at www.redbullplayanddestroy.com until Thursday at 9 p.m. Students who miss reg-istration can also show up early on Saturday to claim any remaining spots.
A Red Bull representative said, “Red Bull Play and Destroy is a fun and creative way to battle it out with your peers to prove that you have the best music. The last competition that we hosted at Brickhouse brought so much ener-gy and excitement from the students and I can’t wait to see what this semester’s DJs will bring to the table.”
LYNDSEY PATTERSONSTAFF WRITER
Red Bull hosts iPod DJ competition
CRYSTAL CUMMINGSSTAFF WRITER
Staci Vandagriff| Staff PhotographerMegan Palmer, a sophomore social work major of Lonoke, applies a sticky adhesive to her face to keep the hair in place.
Crazy coursesASU offers unique and interesting class options