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System office making move to Little Rock

Some ASU system em-ployees are making the move to Little Rock, as the transition to relocate ASU president Charles Welch and his associates to the state capitol is slowly un-derway.

Welch said the main groups of employees who will be staying behind at ASUJ will be the associ-ate and University Coun-sel for the system, as well as the internal audit staff. Other miscellaneous per-sonnel will eventually be transferred to join Welch at the system office, located on 2222 Cottondale Lane in downtown Little Rock.

"The board of trustees made the determination that my primary residence would be locat-ed in Little Rock," he said in an interview last week. "It's important I think from a neutrality standpoint. I'm responsible for representing all of our campuses."

Welch mentioned that at other univer-

sities across the country, it’s fairly com-mon to have their president reside in the state capitol, to serve state-wide to all branches of the system.

Welch said the system would not be See SYSTEM, page 5

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This summer the Dean B. Ellis Library was awarded a $3,000 grant for a series for the American Library Association and National Endowment for the Humanities called "Let's Talk About It: Making Sense of the American Civil War.”

The five-part public series will be held in the Programs and Exhibits area on the third floor of the library during the spring semester to mark the 150th anniversary of the Civil War.

The library was notified on June 1 that it was one of 65 libraries that received the award out of 175 that applied.

Along with the $3,000 grant, the cho-sen libraries received 25 copies of three books that will be used during the five-part series. The books include “March” by Geraldine Brooks and “Crossroads of Freedom: Antietam” by James McPher-son. The third book is a collection of Civil War speeches, diaries, memoirs and short stories.

According to the library’s project direc-tor April Sheppard, the library wanted to pursue the grant because they felt the se-ries would “draw attention to the role that Arkansas played in the Civil War.”

“Normally when people think of the Civil War, they think of Gettysburg and Virginia, not Arkansas,” Sheppard said. “However, according to the Civil War Sites Advisory Commission, there are only six other states which have more ‘principal battlefields’ than we did.”

Sheppard said many men who fought in the Battle of Shiloh were from Craighead

County. Jonesboro has a direct tie to the Civil War that many people do not know about, and having this series at ASU will inform the public how Jonesboro played a part in the Civil War.

“When the Confederates returned to Jonesboro for a break after the Battle of Shiloh, they found that Jonesboro was un-der Union control,” Sheppard said. “The men were able to regain Confederate con-trol of Jonesboro on Aug. 2, 1862 during the Skirmish at Jonesboro.”

Although it won’t be held until this spring, the library is already starting to plan for the series. They have specific guidelines to follow from the ALA.

They also have certain reading selec-tions for each discussion part. In October, Sheppard and co-director Linda Creibaum will attend a workshop in Chicago where they will receive more information about what they need to do for the series.

“For now, we are learning what we can about Arkansas and the Civil War,” Shep-pard said. “In addition, we are also work-ing with the Arkansas History Commis-sion to plan an accompanying Civil War exhibit.”

Gary Edwards, an associate professor of history and project scholar for this se-ries, will lead book talks and discussions.

“This series will bring people from around the city,” Edwards said. “It’s an honor for ASU to have been chosen for this grant. We will be able to inform ev-eryone on how Arkansas was a part of the Civil War. We want to encourage every-one to come out and be a part of these dis-cussions.”

This fall ASU saw new faces on campus looking to create their own college experi-ence. Many of these faces are those of in-ternational students.

According to Tugrul Polat, executive assistant chancellor of International Rela-tions, from 2008 to 2010 the number of in-ternational student enrollment increased from 133 to 790. Chandni Khadka, senior admission officer, said the total number of international students of ASUJ reached more than 1,000 this fall.

“ASU has a good international program, and the surrounding area is very peaceful,

making it good for studying,” said Kakuya Hatano, a freshman radio-TV major of To-kyo. He said he also came here because ASU had its own TV station where stu-dents could receive hands-on experience.

Hatano said he chose to come to a uni-versity in the Unites States rather than in Japan, because the educational systems of the two countries are very different. In the U.S., students have many more options in choosing a major than in Japan.

International students are also involved in the English as a Second Language Pro-gram, with more than 300 ESL students this fall.

The ESL program helps internationalSee INTERNATIONAL, page 5

Image courtesy of Google Maps The ASU System office, located at 2222 Cottondale Lane in down-

town Little Rock, houses the office of System President Charles Welch and other system employees.

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Library receives $3,000 Civil War education grant

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No. of internationals tops 1,000

Overcrowding in the parking lot shared by the NorthPark Quads and the Red Wolf Den has caused problems for many residents trying to find a place to park af-ter dark.

University police have been patrolling the lot regularly in the evening hours and will often help residents find a place to park.

Police Chief Randy Martin said nightly patrol of the parking lot is a normal pro-cedure, even when there isn’t a problem with overcrowding.

“It’s our goal to keep officers patrolling to make sure that people who shouldn’t be parking in those areas don’t,” Martin said. “It’s an issue of safety.”

Safety is a concern of some students who are forced to park on the far section of the lot behind the Red Wolf Den and must then walk across several poorly lit areas to the Quads.

For a resident of Building 1, the dis-tance from the lot behind the Red Wolf Den to their building is almost a quarter mile. “If we’re going to have to walk that far, I’d rather them just give us assigned parking spaces,” said Chloë Joslin, a ju-nior public relations major of Nashville,

Tenn. “It feels unsafe when I have to walk so far in the dark to my building.”

Joslin carries pepper spray because some of the areas in the parking lot are poorly lit.

Krystal Clark, a sophomore undecid-ed major of Little Rock, also has concerns about the distance she parks from her building. “I wouldn’t like walking from the back all the way to building two in the dark,” Clark said. “That’s not safe.”

Clark also expressed concern about car-rying her books and other items a long dis-tance in poorly lit areas of the lot.

Many residents wonder what the cause of overcrowding could be. NorthPark Quads can accommodate 836 students, and the Red Wolf Den can house 189 stu-dents. The two facilities share a desig-nated parking lot, which has 730 parking spots.

David McKinney, director of Parking Services, said 720 parking permits have been issued for the lot so far this semes-ter, in an email replying to questions about the issue. Though many residents do not own a vehicle, the number of vehi-cles with parking permits can still be ex-pected to rise, as some students have not gotten a parking sticker yet.

Mercedes Grimm, a sophomore See PARKING, page 5

On-campus residents facing lack of parking spaces, cite safety concerns

Alexis Hall/HeraldResidents living in NorthPark Quads and Red Wolf Den have been complaining about a lack of parking

spaces in the buildings' shared lot.

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Calling all Red WolvesThis week at ASU, it is good to be a Red Wolf. With the first Freeze-led home game this

Saturday already sold out, the excitement for a Red Wolf victory is on everyone’s mind.

School spirit is very important to a college career. Whether you attend every game or just wear your favorite Red Wolves shirt every other day, it is important to show some pride in the institution which has probably given you plenty to be proud of. However, cheering for your school doesn’t have to be limited to sports.

Being proud of where you’ve gained your education is quite the learning experience (no pun intended). In the future, when interviewed by potential employers, being proud of where your degree came from will make a much bigger impact. There are plenty of distinguished alumni of ASU to draw inspiration from. Don’t settle for less when reaching your goals – go far like they did.

As for representation, being at ASU should make you a Red Wolf to the core. In high school, you did not wear other high schools’ logos every day. It’s perfectly fine and dandy to like other schools, but on ASU soil you are a part of the pack. This may be Arkansas, but this certainly isn’t Hog Country.

Though college is about getting a solid education in something that will get you to your goals in life, the college experience is about making memories that will last you a lifetime. Be fond of the time you spend here at ASU.

“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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Show respect for the deceased

According to a recent Supreme Court ruling, un-der the First Amendment it is legal to protest at a soldier’s funeral. Citizens now have the right to stand out there and protest that good soldier’s name.

Our soldiers go to war, and ask nothing of us in return. When those who made the ultimate sacri-fice are returned home to mourning loved ones, the last thing that soldier’s family wants to have to deal with is someone de-grading the name of their son or daughter. Funer-als in general are to show your final respects to the departed.

Having lost a part of their family, it is disre-spectful not only to the deceased, but to the family

they left behind, to stand out there and scream about their loved one.

Our soldiers didn’t ask for this war, but they fight in it so we don’t have to. It is because of them that we have the freedoms we have today. Soldiers are our patriots, and when you belittle a patriot it’s be-cause you lack patriotism or have so much self love you see no importance in anyone but yourself.

I dare those people to spend a year in the shoes of any soldier, and then tell us they still have no respect for our military. What is next?

Think about it. If a Christian dies, and some-one comes to their funeral to protest Christianity, is this not the same thing as protesting our military by speaking out at their fu-nerals? Funerals are the families’ chance to say goodbye, and no one else should have any right to take those last moments

away from them. Even if you don’t agree with what it going on in our wars, have the decency to let that family grieve in peace.

Our soldiers give up ev-erything for us, so in re-turn we should show the respect and gratitude they so rightly deserve. A sol-diers duty is never done, peace is unachievable.

Everlasting peace would be nice, but it is not hu-manly possible. War is nec-essary to keep us plain ‘ole citizens safe. The soldiers even protect those who don’t think they want nor need it, like the Westboro Baptist Church members. The war is fought for them as well, and the soldiers they protest against died to win them their freedom to protest.

This ruling was passed in support of the Westboro Baptist Church’s rights to hold up offensive signs. Their belief is that the death of our soldiers is a punishment from God.

However, it is my belief that every soldier has a right, seeing as they died for us, that they be respect-ed as all deceased should be. Yes, we have freedom of speech, unfortunately that means for them as well even if it shows poor taste and bad manners.

If it is harmful to the people we are speaking ill of, then they should not be protected under law. When you slander one soldier, be it for whatever reason, you are slandering the military in general.

When you take a stand against our military, you take a stand against the very thing this country stands for – freedom. If we don’t have freedom in this country, then what do we have? Take a step back, and think. Would you want this to happen to you?

Bradway is a sophomore broadcast journalism ma-jor of Jonesboro.

Don’t hide school pride

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“... if you are a current student or were a student of ASU, then

you are a Red Wolf.”Abdullah Raslan

If you are anything like me, you are howling for some ASU football.

The anticipation of watching our team take us to victory has been building inside me over the summer and I am excited to finally see Coach Freeze lead the Red Wolves onto the field this Saturday.

Not only will I show up to the game decked out in Red Wolf gear, but I plan to show up with Red Wolf pride.

I love this school and I take great pride in calling myself a Red Wolf, but this can’t be said by some peo-ple on campus.

Though I am willing to overlook the license plates, pumper stickers and tat-toos, wearing other teams’ logos shows great disre-spect to ASU as a whole.

I understand that ev-eryone is entitled to love whatever team they want to cheer for, but if you are a current student or were a student at ASU then you are a Red Wolf – end of dis-

cussion.I am sure some will read

this and disagree, but I am not asking for much.

Our athletes are our classmates, roommates and friends so, why not cheer for them and show support? After all, your money pays for them to play in your name.

According to the ar-ticle “What Motivates Athletes?” by Jim Tay-lor, motivation is what all athletes must have to achieve success. “Motiva-tion is the foundation of all athletic effort and accom-plishment,” Taylor writes. “Without your desire and determination to improve your sports performances, all of the other mental fac-tors, confidence, intensity, focus, and emotions are meaningless.”

There are numerous ways we can motivate our athletes. The simplest way is to avoid wearing some-thing that has an opposing teams’ logo on it.

They work hard as am-bassadors of ASU, so let’s give them a pat on the back instead of a slap to the face.

This Friday, ASU fans are encouraged to wear red to school or work as part of “Let ‘Em Hear You Howl

Friday.” In the article “Fans En-

couraged to Participate in Let ‘Em Hear You Howl Friday’s,” Jonesboro May-or Harold Perrin said, “We want to show our support by wearing red on Fridays before home games and encouraging everyone in the community to do the same.”

ASU Assistant Ath-letic Director for Market-ing and Promotions Gleen Hart was also quoted, say-ing “We hope this will be a great way for our fans to show their support during game week.”

This isn’t the only thing that the city of Jonesboro is doing to show support.

Window shops have been painted red with en-couraging words to show their Red Wolves spirit.

Even Andy’s Frozen Custard shop named a new shake “Coach Freeze” in honor of the football teams’ new coach.

So join me, and the rest of Jonesboro, in wearing red this Friday and ditch the other team’s shirt be-cause the Red Wolves are here.

Raslan is a senior digital media and design major of Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.

“Our soldiers didn’t ask for this war, but they fight in it so we don’t have

to.”Holly Ann Bradway

Tragedy often extends a far reach because people, by nature, are very empa-thetic creatures.

The 2001 assault on the World Trade Center origi-nated in New York, but the damages quickly rippled outwards.

Almost instantly, the entire nation and much of the world felt the effects of this disaster in the way of human loss.

Though not directly af-fected, many people grieved along with the families of those lost.

People rushed to aide those in jeopardy, sending money or providing their time to comfort rescue workers.

As the son of a fire fight-er, my eyes were opened to the actual dangers my fa-ther encountered through-out his career.

I had always known that my dad had a dangerous job, but until that unfor-gettable moment of human tragedy, I had never been able to envision the risks involved so clearly.

As the news revealed

the deaths of many fire fighters, police officers and EMTs, I began to see the possibility of my father’s mortality.

Each new casualty was another reminder that my dad might be hurt while rushing into a burning building.

For the longest time, I believed him immune to the perils of fire fighting.

Falling beams, collaps-ing roofs or flaming debris simply wouldn’t hit him.

Like Indiana Jones, my father calmly entered a burning building, com-pletely ready for any task ahead of him.

After watching the foot-age from New York, I knew this was not the case.

For the first time in my life, I saw vulnerability and it scared me.

I also developed a new appreciation for the work my father did to provide for my brother and myself.

From this realization, the respect and admiration I held for my father was al-lowed to grow.

I once saw my father as an immortal – a Superman – but he became something better.

Yes, he was susceptible to the danger, but in spite of this vulnerability, he still charged into the front lines to help others.

Thankfully, my dad has

been promoted to training officer and isn’t on call all week.

He still responds to fires, but not as frequently which is a load off of my mind.

Empathy is a powerful and universal ability.

It allows disparate in-dividuals to come together and share something.

Even if what we share happens to be pain, that twinge of anguish unites us as a species. We can grieve together.

Compassion opens the gateway to catharsis. Without it, we would have no interconnectivity and we’d all be alone.

Everyone has experi-enced pain. It is a neces-sary evil that strengthens us and forces us to move forward in life – to improve ourselves.

The universality of suf-fering is a good thing. It means that no one is alone.

No matter what anguish we may feel, we can find help from those around us.

People lean on each oth-er through the worst parts of life and we all inch to-wards tomorrow together.

I would like to thank both of my parents for all that they do.

Bradbury is a junior plant sciences major of Hot Springs

“Compassion opens the gate-way to catharsis.”

Drew Bradbury

“I think a good way to bond with your newborn baby is to both get matching tattoos.”

“Don’t slip on the Twizzlers!”

For more comments overheard on campus, visit our Twitter @OverheardAtASU

Uniting through tragedy

Out of all the students at ASU, it can only be expect-ed that we have at least a few talented individuals among us. ASU-TV’s new show You Got Talent? pre-mieres September 26 and is designed to help show-case the talents of ASU students. The show will follow a typical talent show for-mat – contestants will per-form in front of a panel of judges, one will be voted off during each show, and eventually there will be a winner.

Station manager at ASU-TV Kalup Phillips said right now there are six contestants, but there could be up to eight by the time the show premieres. The current contestants will be exhibiting talents ranging from singing and playing musical instru-ments to freestyle poetry. The winner will receive their very own show on ASU-TV. “They will be talented,” Phillips said. “Why not show off that talent for the campus and community to see?” The show was the idea of students in the Advanced

Television class. The class produce a show for ASU-TV and decided that they wanted to do something different than the shows that normally run on the station. ASU-TV is still work-ing on scheduling for the show after its Sept. 26 pre-miere. Phillips encourages those interested in watch-ing to check the station’s new website, www.asutv.com, as well as their Twit-ter (@ASUTVJonesboro) and Facebook page (ASU TV), for information about future dates and times.

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The faces behind the buildings A cotton farmer, an avia-tion expert and a CEO of both a bank and a major food company. Although it may not seem like it, they all have one thing in common. These are all people who have made contributions to ASU and in return have been honored by having build-ings named after them. Robert Edward Lee Wil-son, born in 1865, was or-phaned at 13. He rose from his humble beginnings as a farm hand in Mississippi County to become a multi-millionaire and the owner of a major cotton planta-tion, as well as other enter-prises. The town of Wilson in Mississippi County bears his name. Wilson was a significant contributor to the university, serving on the Board of Trustees from 1917 until his death in 1933. After a fire destroyed the original Main Building in 1931, Wilson donated funds, equipment and la-bor to erect a new build-ing which bears his name. Completed in 1932, Wil-son Hall is now the oldest building on campus. Kays Hall, built in 1966, was named after ASU’s founding father V.C. Kays. Kays was hired as prin-cipal of the school, known then as the First District Agricultural School in

1910. At that point, the school did not have a site. Kays guided the process of purchasing land for the school and initial construc-tion, as well as working to attract students and orga-nize class schedules. In 1931, when a fire destroyed the original Main Building, Kays’ ac-tions saved the student re-cords, the only things that were not destroyed by the flames. Kays was so dedicated to the institution that he paid the faculty from his own pocket during the Great Depression, when funding was scarce. Kays retired from his position in 1943, and was brought back as college president from 1945 to 1946. Kays died in 1966, one year before ASU achieved full university status. Dean B. Ellis joined the ASU faculty in 1926 as an instructor of mathematics and physics. Ellis, an expert in avia-tion, held several federal appointments during both World War I and World War II relating to his knowledge and was the first inspector of ground school instruc-tion at the Civilian Pilot Training Division in Wash-ington, D.C. After his World War II service, Ellis returned to ASU in 1943 to serve as the head of the mathematics and physics department. In 1963, a new library was

constructed and dedicated in his name to honor him as the longest-serving fac-ulty member at the time. Ellis retired in 1965. The generosity of private donors can have a profound impact on students at ASU. Darrell Cooper, an ASU alum and the chairman of Fernco, Inc., expressed his gratitude by donating $2 million for the construc-tion of an alumni center at ASU. “I believe it is fitting that I put something back into the system that has not only allowed me to succeed, but has contributed to my success,” Cooper said. The Cooper Alumni Cen-ter, completed in 2008, has hosted thousands of guests at various events. ASU’s performing arts center, the Fowler Center, was funded by a $5 million donation by Wallace and Jama Fowler of Jonesboro. At that time, their gift was the largest in univer-sity history. Wallace is the CEO of both Liberty Bank and Fowler Foods. The Board of Trustees voted to name the performing arts center, completed in 2001, in the Fowlers’ honor. Many buildings on cam-pus bear the name of great people that ASU has seen. These people were so im-pacted by the opportunity that we all have now—a wonderful education—that they helped build what we now know as our Arkansas State University.

Alexis Hall Staff Writer

by: David Barrentine

This Week in Headlines . . .Eddie Murphy is to host the 2012 Oscars.• Reese Witherspoon was hit by a car while jogging. • Peyton Manning will miss the opening game.• KHL players were killed in a plane crash.• Heat-seeking missiles are missing from Libyan arms stockpile.• Rick Perry and Mitt Romney square off in Republican presidential debate. •

Chelsea Weaver/Her-The library is named after Dean B. Ellis for serving the longest faculty member term at the time.

Tips to survive your first year at ASUWith a big campus and tons of people, you may need some guidance

Michaela KaberlineCampus Corner Editor

Alexis HallStaff Writer

Trevor Scudder/Herald

Now that school has been in session for over two weeks, you have fig-ured out some things that have worked for you and some things that haven’t worked. We were all freshmen once-upon-a-time. And in order to survive your first year at ASU, there's a few things you should know when on campus.• Just because we have an “all-you-can-eat” buf-fet-style cafeteria, doesn’t mean you eat all you can. This is how the freshman 15 is gained. • Do not park anywhere on campus besides your desig-nated parking lot. You will get a ticket if you’re caught parking somewhere else on campus between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m.• Drive the speed limit. UPD will pull you over. And don’t think you can get out of it. You can’t. So “obey the sign. Or pay the fine.”• Do not piggy-back the car in front of you when en-tering a gated parking lot.

It is illegal and dangerous. In case you don’t know, piggy-backing is when you ride the person’s bumper in front of you through the gate. • At the four way stop of Aggie Road and University Loop, wait your turn to go. But do so in a timely man-ner. If you aren’t sure who stopped first, slowly start entering the intersection. But beware that the other drivers may be doing the same. • If you see a door that says “Emergency Exit Only,” do not go out those doors. They will set an alarm off and you will be embarrassed. • Always travel in groups. Not huge groups but groups of three or more. It’s safer and you’re less likely to get run over when crossing the street if you’re in a group. • Use crosswalks. Espe-cially in front of the Red W.O.L.F. Center. Drivers can’t always see people crossing the street at night. But since crosswalks are marked by bright yellow signs, drivers tend to slow down around those areas.

• Do not stop in the mid-dle of the hallway to talk to a friend. • Do not walk slowly. Old-er students know exactly how long it takes them to get from point A to point B and no, they will not leave a few minutes earlier just so they can walk slowly to class behind you. • If you can’t find your class or building, ask. Older students aren’t go-ing to bite your head off. Plus, they can probably tell you which buildings to cut through so you can get there faster instead of hav-ing to walk around every building. • If you're afraid of gaining the dreadful freshman 15, hit the gym with a friend.• Beware of bikers, golf-carts, Segways and trucks on the sidewalks. • Learn your building names and structures around campus. I.e. the arch, the circle courtyard in front of the Communi-cations Building, the foun-tain, and such. • Turn your cell phone off while you’re in class unless

you have a legit reason for it to be on. No, a legit rea-son is not ‘my boyfriend is supposed to call me when he gets out of class.’ A legit reason is like someone is about to have a baby or is in the hospital. • PDA quit being cool in high school and even then it wasn't that cool. • Go to class. Don’t skip because you stayed out and partied too much the night before class. Yes, it’s fun to party and meet tons of people whose names you probably won’t even re-member the next day, but in order for you to stay at school and party, you need to keep your GPA up so you

can return to school and get a degree amongst your partying. • Get plenty of rest. This will help you focus better and will hopefully stop you from skipping class. • As you already know, the lines in the café can get ex-tremely long. You may not always have time to grab something quick in be-tween your gap of classes. So, grab a snack from your room in case you get hun-gry and don’t have time to run in the café. You will soon learn when the best times are to go into the café for lunch or dinner without having to wait 20 minutes in line.

• Get involved on cam-pus. There are plenty of clubs and organizations for every interest. You can make tons of friends while doing something you love. • If school is becoming too stressful for you, talk to a friend, a counselor, a professor or your par-ents. They can keep you on track and hopefully give you some encour-aging advice to get you through. Hopefully these tips will help you make your first year here at ASU more enjoyable and less stressful. Have a great year.

You Got Talent?

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ASU resumes oldest series against MemphisUM first of six opponents ASU faces in Jonesboro

Sun Belt Week 2 Schedule

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Florida Int. @ Louisville Fri, 6:00 p.m./ESPN

Florida Atlantic @ Michigan State Sat, 11 a.m./ESPN2

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Grambling State @ Louisiana Monroe Sat, 6 p.m./ESPN3.com

Houston @ North Texas Sat, 6 p.m./ESPN3.com

Georgia Tech vs Middle Tennessee(Atlanta, Georgia)

Sat, 6 p.m./ESPN3.com

Navy @ Western Kentucky Sat, 6 p.m./ESPN3.com

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Megan Baska, sophomore libero for the Arkansas State University volleyball team, was recently recognized as the Sun Belt Conference Defensive Player of the Week after earning a record 40 digs at the Samford/UAB Invitational.

ASU volleyball Head Coach Justin Ingram gave his thoughts on what this accomplishment means to both Baska and the team itself.

“She was Defensive Player of the Year last year, so entering this season, expectations were certainly high for her to achieve great things and continually get better,” Ingram said. “She should get Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Week more than once this season.”

In 2010, as a true freshman, Baska recorded 564 digs to rank seventh on the ASU single-season digs chart.

She also led the league with a 5.08 digs per set average, which ranked her 37th nationally.

Ingram also explained the importance of Baska’s role as a libero and how it corresponds to the rest of the team.

“It’s a ball-handling position, meaning you need to be able to control the ball at a high level. Both serving and receiving is a prime responsibility for the libero,” Ingram explained.

“They remain in the game for most of the match participating on the back row and they wear a different colored jersey to signify to the referees where they are. It opens the door for more athletes to be playing this sport at this level,” Ingram said.

In regards to Baska’s future with A-State volleyball, Ingram believes Baska has not reached her full potential yet.

“I think her position on the team will evolve into more of a leadership role as the years continue,” Ingram said. “But as of right now, she’s still learning, and trying to find out how to accomplish things.”

“She’s doing a tremendous job for us and there’s no

doubt she will continue to in the future.”The work toward where Baska is now began years

before she arrived at ASU.“My passion for volleyball started when I was 10 years

old,” Baska said. “It started in the family, I tried it out and I fell in love from there.”

After serving as the libero at St. Thomas Aquinas High School, where she established a career record of 120 ace serves in 2009, Baska was recruited by the Red Wolves prior to the 2010 season.

Regarding her future or current goals, Baska merely wants to work hard and do her job on the court.

“We’re just hoping to win that Sun Belt Conference championship and maybe repeat the Western Division title and have it all to ourselves,” Baska said.

After she graduates from A-State, Baska hopes to pursue a career as a personal trainer specializing in strength and conditioning.

When it comes to a potential career as a professional player, Baska has not ruled it out.

“If that path is open to me, I would definitely pursue it,” Baska said. “But I’m just taking it one day at a time. I just want to practice, better myself and better our team.”

“No matter what, if you have a dream, just go for it and you won’t regret at least trying. Push yourself to see how far you can go,” Baska urged those interested in taking up volleyball.

“One of my favorite quotes [from Marianne Williamson’s “A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of a Course in Miracles] is, ‘Our greatest fear is not that we are inadequate, but that we are powerful beyond measure. It’s not what’s holding us back, but what we actually can do, that is going to amaze us.”

Following a loss in four sets to the Saint Louis Billikens on Monday, the Lady Red Wolves are now 4-3 on the season with.their next series of games being played in the Missouri State Invitational this weekend against South Dakota State, Hofstra and the host school, Missouri State.

Chelsea Weaver/HeraldSophomore Megan Baska prepares to hit the ball during a practice

session in the HPESS. The Red Wolves earned their first series in two years at the Libscomb invitational on Sept. 3. It was their first sweep since the 2009 ASU and MSU Bulldog Invitationals. The volleyball team has an invitational at Northwestern State on Sept. 16 - 18 before 16 straight individual games beginning Sept. 23.

Baska a rising star for Lady Red Wolves volleyball team

Daniel McFadinSports Editor

After two years of dormancy, the flames of rivalry reignite Saturday when Arkansas State opens its home schedule against the Memphis Tigers (0-1).

Saturday will mark the 56th time the Red Wolves have faced off against the Tigers and the first time since Memphis defeated ASU 29 – 17 on Sept. 27, 2008.

Memphis leads the series 28-22-5 (ties) with the last time ASU won being in 2007 when ASU came out on top 35-31.

The coaches for this game, ASU’s Hugh Freeze and Memphis’ Larry Potter, have different perspectives on the rivalry. Freeze is taking part in his first game between the schools, while Porter played at Memphis as a running back from 1990 to 1993 and later served as a running backs coach at ASU from 1999 to 2001.

“You don’t have to say much when you talk about Memphis and Arkansas St,” Porter said at his weekly press conference. “The players get fired up on their own, and I don’t anticipate it being any different this year.”

One ASU player that has experience with the Tigers is senior running back Derek Lawson. Lawson led ASU in rushing against Memphis back in 2008.

“I remember we were in that game” Lawson said. “We were leading at halftime and wound up losing. It was a tough loss there at Memphis and it was fun.”

Freeze, who came to ASU two years after the last meeting of the teams, is not well versed in the series that was first played in 1914.

“I don’t have any experience with this rivalry before, so I don’t exactly know what that means when we say a rivalry

with them,” Freeze said. “I do think it is important for recruiting as we compete for a lot of the same kids.”

One of those kids was freshman quarterback Taylor Reed, who Porter named as the starter for the game Saturday.

A graduate of El Dorado High School in Arkansas, Reed was recruited by Freeze and even offered a scholarship before ultimately choosing Tiger blue over Red Wolves scarlet.

“In our workout with him and the time I spent with him in the class room,” Freeze said, “I knew he had a great head for the game and that was the first thing that jumped off the page the other night (against Mississippi State).”

Reed, who made his college debut against MSU, threw for 149 yards on 23 of 35 attempts and had one touchdown and one interception.

“He was very glued into what was happening and where the ball should go and the timing it should get it out with,” Freeze observed.

Memphis will face an ASU defense, that while giving up over 400 yards of offense against Illinois, sacked Nathan Scheelhaase three times and kept the dual threat quarterback to a strictly passing game.

“I thought the defensive line played well over all, it was more the secondary and the linebackers making mistakes,” defensive coordinator and safeties coach Dave Wommack said.

“We didn’t have a lot of mental errors up front, but we did some things [that were] uncharacteristic. First game jitters if you want to call it that, but I thought our defensive line played well.”

Since Saturday will be the first time

the team will be facing Reed, it would be expected that the coaching staff would study film of Reed in high school, but Wommack said that is not the case.

“I didn’t look at his high school film at all. We went back to last year’s tape, so it was more on their (Memphis) schemes than it was on him,” Wommack said.

The Tigers are only one of four teams that the Red Wolves have ever defeated out of Conference USA. The others being Southern Methodist, Southern Mississippi and Tulsa.

One week into the season, the Red Wolves rank 27th in the FBS in total passing yards and 109th in yards rushing.

“I do sense the excitement. I guess my interpretation of it could be misguided, but I think our fans are looking forward to it and are excited about it,” Freeze said.

The 56th meeting between Arkansas State and Memphis kicks off at 6 p.m. at ASU Stadium.

The game can be seen online at ESPN3.com and heard on 107.9 KFIN.

Lindsey Blakely/HeraldJunior defensive back Don Jones grapples with Illinois wide receiver Spencer Harris on Sept. 3 at Memorial

Stadium. The Red Wolves were defeated 33-15 to being their season 0 - 1 for the second straight year.

NEWSPAGE 5 Thursday, Sept. 8 The Herald

BriefsAll education students who plan to do their teaching

internship during the spring 2012 semester are required to attend one of the meetings in the Education Building on Sept. 19 (room 101) and on Sept. 20 (room 208). Contact Cindy Hinson in Professional Education Programs at 972-2099 for more information.

A tribute to the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 tragedy will be held at the home game against the Memphis Tigers, Sept. 10 at 6 p.m. Representatives from each branch of the military along with fire and police servicepeople will be present, in addition to a tribute from the Red Wolf Battalion. U.S. flags will be passed out to fans as they enter the stadium while supplies last.

PARKING, CONTINUED

SYSTEM, CONTINUED

Photo provided by Ari Yuki/HeraldAfter a 9.0-magnitude earthquake struck Japan in March, a mas-

sive tsumani that killed and injured thousands was triggered. Here, extensive damage is evident in the Miyagi Prefecture of Japan.

requiring employees to relocate to Little Rock, as it will be hiring va-cant positions directly into the Little Rock office. He mentioned how other positions will be placed in Little Rock as the lack of personnel occurs dur-ing this phased-in transition period.

The University Counsel and the internal audit staff support the sys-tem in maintaining its operations within the scope established by law and protecting the university’s legal interest, as well as assist university personnel by conducting internal au-dits of ASU’s operations.

From responding to all Freedom of Information Act requests made to the system to drafting policies, proce-dures and other guidance documents for use by all campuses, the Univer-sity Counsel serves as the general le-gal counsel to ASU.

The internal audit staff not only does audits, but they also evaluate policies, procedures and safeguards

in order to protect the university’s assets.

Serving as president, Welch rep-resents the four campus branches in Jonesboro, Mountain Home, Beebe and Newport, as well as the five in-structional sites in Paragould, Heber Springs, Little Rock, Marked Tree and Searcy.

The president serves as the chief executive officer of the Arkansas State University System and is re-sponsible for the management and operation of the system office and all campuses as delegated by the board of trustees.

As chief executive office, the pres-ident exercises broad responsibility for all aspects of the academic, stu-dent, financial and administrative dimensions through daily contact of the campus branches and instruc-tional sites.

Welch said he’s eager that with this move, as it will bring ASU expo-

sure to the lower region of Arkansas, as well as have a presence before the policymakers. “This move will give ASU a voice at the table,” he said.

The ASU board of trustees pur-chased a $750,000 home for Welch and his family at 4 Lacelle Court in the Chenal area of Little Rock in January.

Concerns have been raised about Welch’s possible lack of involvement in the flagship campus in Jonesboro if he were to be based in Little Rock.

“Conference calls, emails, video chats and two-hour drives are not enough. It is extremely important that our system have a president that is completely involved in issues that impact the campuses. Without being here, Welch is not entirely en-gaged in supporting the students and the Jonesboro community,” Brittany Reese, a columnist for The Herald, wrote in February.

elementary education major of Dexter, Mo. ordered her parking permit during the first week of the semester but still hasn’t received it in the mail.

Grimm has been issued three tickets for parking in the lot without a permit, but the first two have been for-

given. Her third is $100 and she is currently in the appeal

process. “They need to stop making it mandatory to get parking

permits mailed,” Grimm said.

students improve their language skills and get them prepared be-fore enrolling in undergraduate pro-grams.

Nomin Gan-Od, an ESL student from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, who came to ASU two weeks ago, said she is still in the ESL program, but she is already excited about enrolling in an undergraduate program.

“To be a good manager, I want to major in marketing management at ASU after I graduate from the ESL program,” she said. For now, Gan-Od said she has a lot to study in the ESL program.

Along with providing a good envi-ronment for studying, ASU also ap-peals to international students be-cause of the sports offered.

“ASU has a really good rugby pro-gram and offered me a scholarship to play. Sports and my studies are real-ly important to me, but making new friends and meeting other foreign people is also a good experience,” said Daniel Jansen van Vuuren, a freshman graphic design major of South Africa. Vuuren said he expects

to gain a better sense of culture while here at ASU and hopes that being a part of the rugby program will add to his experience.

Baily Gambill, administrative as-sistant of international programs, said “By bringing in more well-quali-fied international students, OIP cre-ates a multicultural environment for American students as well as for the faculty and staff members. At the same time, our globalization efforts provide an American educational ex-perience to international students at an affordable price in a caring and supportive environment.”

However, there are sometimes in-visible barriers between internation-al students and American students.

“Some students have the advan-tage of growing up in this culture. I have to learn and adapt to a whole new world,” Vuuren said.

Hatano added, “Sometimes, I can-not understand what they say, so I'm afraid to talk with them.”

To get rid of those barriers, the Of-fice of the International Programs suggests that international students

get involved with student organiza-tions.

Gambill said many organizations are available to students, like Cam-pus Outreach, the Baptist Collegiate Ministry, Student Government Asso-ciation, Greek Life, and the Student Activities Board.

“It just takes that little bit of ini-tiative to step out there and try something new,” Gambill said. “Get-ting international experience means getting involved with students from their host country.”

Harry Higgins, a freshman mar-keting management major of Bris-bane, Queensland, Australia, said, “I think it is a positive thing to be an in-ternational student; people are more inclined to approach you and start conversation.”

“The office of International Pro-grams is anticipating an increase in well-qualified international stu-dents at ASU under the twin themes ‘Bringing the World to ASU, Taking ASU to the World,’” Polat said.

INTERNATIONAL, CONTINUED

While Americans remember the 10th anniversary of 9/11 this month, a portion of the ASU student body has another tragedy fresh on their minds.

On March 11, a 9.0-magnitude earthquake occurred off the northeast coast of Honshu, Japan, at approxi-mately 2:46 p.m. Japan Standard Time. It is the larg-est and most devastating earthquake in Japan’s record-ed history.

The current death toll, including missing and declared dead, is more than 22,900 as of Aug. 28, according to Gather.com.

Many of ASU’s Japanese students were not home in Japan when the earthquake and subsequent tsunami and Fukushima nuclear power plant failure occurred. Sophomore journalism major Ari Yuki first heard about the event online.

“Right after the quake happened…I looked on Yahoo Japan. I saw the news about [the] earthquake and I was so surprised,” Yuki said. “I had expected one that was not so big.”

Yuki was unable to contact her mother for seven hours following the quake. She later learned her mother had fallen in the quake and had been in the hospital for over five hours.

Some of this year’s freshman students were home when the earthquake occurred. Koki Okamoto, a fresh-man ESL student of Nara Prefecture, Japan, was one of them.

Okamoto, who didn’t feel the earthquake, said, “After-wards, we heard [about] it on the news.”

Okamoto described the scenes of the earthquake and tsunami as “like a movie.” He said that the area hit by the disaster is a major source of vegetables and even a large part of the cigarette industry in Japan.

Takaya Sudo, a freshman ESL student of Saitama Prefecture was at a friend’s house when he first felt the earthquake.

“When the earthquake started, [my friends and I] es-caped from his house,” Sudo said. “The mountains were shaking.”

The earthquake caused local transportation systems to shut down, keeping Sudo from returning home for a day.

Even though damage in Siatama was minimal, it and other cities are still rationing power. Siatama only re-ceives three hours of electricity per day in order to con-serve energy throughout the country.

The damage is worse in Miyagi Prefecture, where Yuki spent two weeks this summer helping with relief efforts. Yuki said that Miyagi Prefecture received the most dam-age from the earthquake and tsunami.

“I went there as a volunteer. I think 100 people went there with me,” Yuki said. “When I first arrived there, I smelled a strong smell…like fish decaying. So many bodies of dead fish washed ashore…nobody cared about them.”

The dead fish are a small concern compared to the peo-ple in shelters that Yuki helped care for during her two weeks there.

“Psychological care is the most important thing for the people who are suffering from the earthquake,” Yuki said. “Before the disaster happened, Japan’s people thought just about themselves [as individuals]. Because of the di-saster, Japan’s people [now think] we have to take care of other people.”

The ASU Japanese Student Organization raised more than $4,000 in the weeks following the earthquake and donated the money to the American Red Cross. The for-mer president of the JSO, junior theatre major Tonae Mitsuhashi, cautions students not to forget the situation in Japan.

“There are many people who do not have their normal lives back [yet],” Mitsuhashi, of Mie, Japan, said. “I want American people to visit Japan. It is a really beautiful country and people are nice.”

Mitsuhashi also encourages students to appreciate the little things they have.

“I see many waste water, electricity and energy. In Japan people realize now how energy is important be-cause [of the] earthquake. Small things can change our future.”

Japanese students reflecton earthquake disaster

Daniel McFadinSports Editor

Campus Crime

Welcome to CampusPhoto by Abdullah Raslan/Herald

International students were invited to a welcoming reception last Wednesday. Students were greeted with food and a Hawai-ian party theme.

Sept. 2UPD officer Robert Peevey arrived at the southwest stairwell of the parking garage on Friday due to a complaint about a glass door being shattered on the first floor. At this time, there are no suspects.

ASU student Angela Gray was taken to the St. Bernards Regional Medical Center for treatment on Friday after UPD officer Jim Johnson was dispatched to the Communications Building. Johnson reported Gray was unresponsive. He was informed by one of Gray’s classmates that she has seizures.

Sept. 4UPD officer Wilbur Hewitt reported a window on the south side of the Fine Arts Building had been damaged. Hewitt reported the damage to dispatch and took photos of the damage. As of Wednesday, there aren’t any suspects.

Sept. 5On Monday, UPD officer Raymond Mansker was informed that ASU student Samuel Cowgill had fallen off his bike at the corner of University Loop East and Aggie. Mansker reported Cowgill had a head wound and some blood on his back. Medic One transported Cowgill to St. Bernards Medical Center. Mansker reported Cowgill’s bike had a blown front tire.

— Compiled by Michaela Kaberline,

Campus Corner Editor

NEWSPAGE 6 Thursday, Sept. 8 The Herald

Kim HyangStaff Reporter

Robert Lamm is used to being a teacher in the classroom, but this semester, the di-rector of English Education is in class twice a week learning the Chinese language.

“Of course it is difficult because I just started to learn Chinese,” Lamm said.

This is the first time he’s taken a class since he’s become a professor.

There are 22 students in the Chinese lan-guage class who are from the U.S., Japan, German, Korea and Vietnam.

Lamm’s Chinese language instructor, Xi-aoyun Wu, who came to ASU in 2007, said Lamm’s not the first professor to have taken her class.

Lamm said he is happy with her instruc-tion.

“Our instructor, Ms. Xiaoyun Wu, is an excellent teacher. She is a good model of teaching languages.”

Meanwhile, along with the Chinese lan-guage, Lamm is interested in various meth-ods of teaching languages.

Before coming to ASU in 1991, Lamm taught high school in Oklahoma for 11 years.

He was primarily an English teacher, but he also taught Spanish, chemistry and com-position courses.

At ASU he specializes in three courses:

Methods and Material, Literature for Ado-lescents and Theory in the Teaching of Com-position.

All three of these courses are required for future teachers of English.

He received a bachelor’s degree, master’s degree, and doctorate degree of English at University of Oklahoma in 1974, 1978 and 1994 respectively.

Since coming to ASU, he has received two awards: Faculty Achievement Award for Service in 1996, and Arkansas State Univer-sity Advisor of the Year in 2006.

He also is a sponsor for the Academic Af-fairs and Research Program.

Meanwhile, Lamm’s interest in China and Chinese developed during the last year.

Two people who came from China as part of the program made him want to learn about China: Yue HongYan, a professor of the Foreign Language College of Yanbian University, and Dr. Xu Ping, dean of Boda College. Lamm spent about one year with them in Arkansas.

“I had a very good year. I helped them with their activities in Jonesboro, and they cooked Chinese food for me. I was becoming interested in China,” said Lamm, who start-ed to think that he wanted to visit China.

“They became a connection with China for me,” he added.

Besides the acquaintance with them, there is another reason why he is taking the

Chinese course this semester. Lamm is going to teach English at Boda

College during the next semester. Boda College is affiliated with Jilin Normal Uni-versity in Sipingin, China. He will leave Jonesboro on Feb. 1.

“I wish I would have begun to study Chi-nese sooner. I could have been more fluent when I got to China,” he said.

Learning another language is not easy for Lamm and he said the most difficult part about studying Chinese is the pronuncia-tion.

“The pronunciation is difficult for ev-eryone when they start to learn other lan-guages,” he said. “And when we study other languages, we need to know about not only language but also the country.”

When not studying China, Chinese or teaching, Lamm co-authored an argumenta-tive writing textbook titled “Dynamic Argu-ment.”

His doctoral work was focused on meth-ods of teaching writing.

At present, he is completing the second edition of the writing textbook.

Nevertheless, this will not be the last time Lamm takes a Chinese language class. He will continue studying Chinese, after he

returns to Jonesboro. “I’m interested in learning more about the

world. I want to travel to see the wonderful world,” he added.

English professor takes Chinese language class

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She keeps a graceful smile while holding the phone in her right hand and waving a student into her office with the left.

Her smile never drops as she offers the student a seat in a chair cluttered with Greek T-shirts.

Alexis Hurdle is the new Greek life advisor and as-sistant dean at ASU and has begun her position at a run-ning pace, coming from the University of Arkansas.

Joining the Pi Beta Phi sorority in her freshman year at U of A, Hurdle ma-jored in communications.

Although her background is in Greek life, before that she said she always planned on doing public relations work.

“It wasn’t until I talked with the Greek advisor at the time that I realized what I wanted to do,” Hurdle said, who has a masters of edu-cation in higher education from the U of A. “It kind of all just fell into place.”

Hurdle, who worked at the U of A as the academic advisor to the College of Education and Health Pro-fessions for two years, also worked as the associate di-rector of Greek Life.

Hurdle said she wasn’t looking to leave the U of A when she heard her gradu-ate assistant, who went to ASU, spoke of the open posi-tion.

“I just heard her talk-ing about it in the office one day,” Hurdle said. “I looked online, interviewed and loved it.”

Hurdle worked in a city a little larger than Jonesboro, which has a population of 66,194, while Fayetteville has a population of 73,580. But, she came from a town just outside of Jonesboro with a population of only 675 at the time.

Born and raised in Wein-er, Ark., her mother is a li-brarian and her father is a soybean and rice farmer. She also has a brother who is two and half years older than her.

“It was a small town life. Whether my brother was fishing or playing with our animals, we had fun with each other,” Hurdle said. “We were a typical Southern family.”

Although Hurdle went to U of A for school, her parents are both alumni of ASU, with her mother being an AOPi.

Hurdle said she’s glad to be back and close to her

roots. She also said that she is excited to work with stu-dents who have so much po-tential.

“Working with the stu-dents is my favorite part,” Hurdle said. “I think stu-dents have to be the reason, otherwise you’ll get burnt out on your job. I love getting to interact with students.”

One student, Allen Hor-ton, a junior RTV major of Marshall, works with Hurdle often. As the IFC Vice Presi-dent of Recruitment and as an orientation leader for the leadership center, Horton has had the chance to work closely with Hurdle.

“Alexis brings a lot of youth and enthusiasm to ASU’s Greek system,” Hor-ton said. “She’s very easy to work with and talk to. She actually understands what it’s like to be a college stu-dent and has realistic ideas and goals.”

Students aren’t the only ones who love working with Hurdle. Her coworkers said they enjoy her presence in the office as well.

Natalie Eskew, the as-sistant dean/director of con-ference services, works in the Leadership Center with Hurdle.

“Alexis has jumped right in [with ASU], it has been great to work with Alexis thus far,” Eskew said. “She is such a natural fit into the leadership center and I be-lieve the students are able to relate to her very well. I’m really looking forward to watching our Greek commu-nity learn and grown under Alexis’ direction.”

Hurdle said she is excited to do more retreats with the students here than in previ-ous years. She is also looking to implement a new peer-to-

peer mentoring program through Greek life.

“It means more to some-one to hear advice coming from someone closer to their age,” Hurdle said. “I really want the students to be able to learn about leadership de-velopment and ethical deci-sion making.”

Although Hurdle is still a little new to the university, she said she is excited to be a Red Wolf and ready for the first football game.

“I just learned how to howl and I’m eager to show my school spirit,” Hurdle said.

New Greek Life assistant dean excited about being a Red Wolf

Photo provided by Alexis Hurdle

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