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A-State is continuing efforts to create an inclusive environ-ment for students and employees with four words: sexual orienta-tion and gender identity. A recent change in A-State’s Equal Em-ployment Opportunity Commis-sion (EEOC) statement has been cause for celebration for those working toward a more modern policy manual.

The policy now references to sexual orientation and gender identity, which were not previ-ously specified in the university’s EEOC policy. The policy states that the university will not “dis-criminate on the basis of color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, race … genetic infor-mation or disability in any of its practices, policies or procedures, including employment, admis-sions, educational services, pro-grams or activities which it oper-ates or financial aid.”

Though the change became official Jan. 1, employees and students joined to celebrate the milestone Monday in front of the Reng Student Union. Pres-ent were several instructors and administrators, including Dr. Maurice Gipson, assistant vice chancellor of Diversity, and Dr. Joseph Rukus, assistant profes-sor of criminology and adviser to A-State’s Gay Straight Alliance.

“We are very proud of the celebration, not enough words to tell how meaningful that was for us … we wanted to wait until it was warmer to have the celebra-tion,” Rukus said. “We were very proud to be out there yesterday, and we were very proud to cel-ebrate, and we are very proud to be Red Wolves at Arkansas State University.”

Rukus and the GSA were key in making the change at the uni-versity. In March 2015, members of the organization introduced the policy to the A-State Board of Trustees in response to the Ar-

kansas Religious Freedom Res-toration Act, which could allow employers broad legal protection in firing LGBT employees.

“This really started with the bill that came up last spring se-mester with the religious freedom restoration act that was occurring here in Arkansas. We got a coa-lition together with the Young Democrats and a number of or-ganizations in the community because we wanted to bring this change to Jonesboro,” Rukus said.

On Dec. 11, the motion passed to include the policy, which was added to the hand-book in January.

“This policy is evidence that A-State is holding itself to a higher standard. The result of re-spect and investment in faculty and their families is more invest-ed, satisfied faculty,” said Rebecca Barrett-Fox, assistant professor of sociology at A-State.

Barrett-Fox, who teaches in the women and gender studies program at the university, noted

that this policy is an important step campus-wide.

“This policy is the right thing to do because it shows respect for LGBT+ faculty and staff. It’s also the smart thing to do because it makes us a more competitive university,” Barrett-Fox said. “We lose out on incredible talent if we don’t welcome LGBT+ scholars, teachers and staff members and insure that this is a campus that is affirming and supportive of their relationships, including their families.”

A-State’s change in policy is part of a nation-wide move by the EEOC to extend Title VII protection to sexual orientation and gender identity. In several landmark court cases, the EEOC backed employees with employ-ees to interpret Title VII as also protecting employees from dis-crimination based on sexual ori-entation and gender identity.

The EEOC ruled in 2012 that any discrimination against a transgender employee is sex

discrimination. According to Bloomberg Business, any consid-eration of an individual’s gender identity in employment deci-sions is discrimination based on sex, whether the consideration is based specifically on sex stereo-types.

For Rukus, the adoption of this policy is evidence that the state and the university are taking steps in the right direction.

“The fact that the university was willing to take that step and become a leader means a lot to me as a member of the faculty. It sent out a message that LGBT faculty are welcome here. It also means something for students, it makes the statement that we are a very nurturing and welcoming environment,” Rukus said.

Rukus said the policy will have a great impact on students.

“It allows people to bring his or her whole self in and partici-pate in campus life and activities, with the support of the universi-ty,” Rukus said.

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Livingston to transfer, assault trial pending

Equal Opportunities for All

Boozman to deliver com-mencement address

BOOZMAN, 4A

A-State expands policy to accommodate gender identity, sexual orientation

U.S. Sen. John Boozman (R-Ark.) will serve as the speaker for the Spring 2016 Commence-ment at A-State, Chancellor Tim Hudson announced this week.

Arkansas State’s Spring 2016 Commencement ceremonies are at 10 a.m. and 2:30 p.m., May 14, at the Convocation Center.

“It is an honor for us to host Sen. Boozman and to have him address our graduates,” Hudson said. “As his committee assign-ments reflect, Sen. Boozman has a keen appreciation of the core areas of this university. We are working on collaborative ways through agricultural research to lift up the Delta, and to build innovative public-private part-nerships to enhance our historic role as the leading institution of higher education within this part of the Mid-South.”

Raised in Fort Smith, Boozman graduated from Northside High School and went on to play football for the University of Arkansas Ra-zorbacks while completing his pre-optometry requirements. He graduated from the Southern College of Optometry in 1977 and entered private practice that

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After a rocky season for the Red Wolves, A-State senior for-ward Anthony Livingston will play elsewhere next season as a graduate student transfer. It re-mains unknown as to where Liv-ingston will end up prior to the start of next season.

“Anthony has chosen to forgo his final season of eligibility with our basketball program and has elected to transfer upon his grad-uation,” said Grant McCasland, A-State men’s basketball coach. “We wish Anthony the best in

his future.”Livingston averaged 15.5

points, 9.4 rebounds and 0.5 as-sists per game this season. As a sophomore, Livingston played his freshman season at San Ja-cinto College in Pasadena, Texas, before transferring to A-State.

He was later named to the All-Region team during the 2014-15 season, he also was named All-Sun Belt second team as a sophomore at Arkansas State. Livingston was the first A-State underclassman to be selected All-Conference since the 2009-10 season.

The Red Wolves finished this year at 11-20, third worst record in the Sun Belt.

Livingston’s decision to trans-fer comes just shy of one year after his arrest on charges of assaulting an officer. On May 28, 2015, Liv-ingston was charged with punch-ing a police officer in the throat at a medical facility.

According to police, Living-ston hit Jonesboro Officer Tyler Wilson after Wilson threatened to shoot him with a stun gun be-cause Livingston was being com-bative and resisting arrest. It was not made clear why Livingston

was at the medical facility.Livingston fled but was arrest-

ed after being shot with a stun gun near the A-State football sta-dium. The officer’s injuries were treated and he returned to work the following Monday.

Then-coach John Brady, who resigned following the conclusion of the 2015-16 season, released a statement calling Livingston’s behavior“totally out of character.”

Livingston’s trial is still pend-ing. He is next expected to appear in court June 3. His trial is set for June 20.

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A-State dismisses sophomore QB

A-State head football coach Blake Anderson announced Wednesday that sophomore quarterback James Tabary has been dismissed from the team for unspecified reasons.

“Due to an unfortunate sit-uation between James and our program, which I won’t discuss in detail because it is an inter-nal team matter, we have made the decision that it is in the best interest of everyone involved to dismiss him from our team,” Anderson said. “There were in-appropriate and disappointing choices made by James, and I am hopeful he will learn from this. While we wish him the best in his future, this is an instance where we simply cannot move forward together. We appre-ciate the positive contributions he made to our team during his time here, and we will do every-thing we can to help him as he pursues other options.”

Coach Anderson added the

EMMA WILLIAMSEDITOR-IN-CHIEF

TABARY, 4A

A-State break-in suspect arrested in St. Francis County

A suspect has been ar-rested after a total of nine vehicles were broken into on campus April 17–18.

In separate efforts by UPD, the Jonesboro Police

Department and Arkansas State Police, 18-year-old Jack Reynolds was arrested on April 21 for theft by re-ceiving.

It was only after reports from across Jonesboro that the agencies tied the series

of break-ins together. In nearly every on-cam-

pus case, the suspect busted a window to break into the vehicle.

One of the vehicles was unlocked and therefore did not suffer any damage. And although the suspect rummaged through the contents of each vehicle, no items were reported miss-ing from any of the vehi-cles.

Video evidence re-vealed that at approximate-ly 5:45 a.m. on April 18, a dark-colored Dodge Chal-lenger pulled into the park-ing lot of Honors Building 4.

Someone exited the ve-hicle and began shining a flashlight at the windows of a particular truck.

Two vehicles at Honors Building 4 had a busted

window, but no items were taken. The seven other ve-hicles were parked at Ar-kansas Hall.

Six of them had a bust-ed window, but no items were taken. Officers found a 12-gauge shotgun that the suspect decided not to take in one of the vehicles. Officers advised the owner of the vehicle to take the weapon off campus and re-ferred the male student to Student Conduct.

Jonesboro Police De-partment officers were dispatched to Candlewood Suites on Kazi Street at ap-proximately 7:15 a.m. on April 19 for a similar theft.

A woman lodging at the motel noticed a broken window in her truck that morning after parking her vehicle around 9 p.m., the night before.

Missing from the vehi-cle was an iPad, a semi-au-tomatic handgun and sev-eral other miscellaneous items, which were entered into the Arkansas and Na-tional Crime Information Centers.

After several days with-out leads, JPD received word on April 22 that the stolen iPad was possibly sold at an ecoATM, a kiosk that allows patrons to sell old cell phones, tablets and MP3 players for “instant cash,” at the Wal-Mart at 1815 E. Highland Drive in Jonesboro.

The suspect was lat-er identified as Reynolds, who had been arrested by Arkansas State Police on separate theft charges in St. Francis County on April 21.

The stolen gun had also

been recovered by Arkansas State Police and was taken out of ACIC and NCIC on Wednesday.

According to the St. Francis County Sheriff ’s Department, Reynolds was being held on charges of simultaneous possession of firearms and drugs and possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver.

Judge Brent Davis signed a bench warrant for Reynolds for theft by re-ceiving and turned it over to the Craighead County Detention Center.

Reynold was booked into the CCDC Tues-day on charges of theft ($5,000 or less but greater than $1,000) and breaking or entering a building or structure.

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Our generation was born too late to enjoy Prince at what most would consider the height of his

career, but our parents raised us listening to his music to contin-ue on the legacy. It was reported that after two sold-out shows on Friday April, 15 in Atlanta, Georgia Prince’s plane had to make an emergency landing, as he had been suffering from flu-like symptoms. The world was shocked on April 21, when it was announced that Prince had been found dead at his Paisley Park compound outside Minneapolis, Minnesota.

When regarding someone as iconic as Prince, it is easy to begin to idolize the persona be-hind the “character.” Like Da-vid Bowie, another master of the weird lost in 2016, Prince was no exception to this and seemed to always struggle with finding an identity that he could be at peace

with. In the midst of

a contractual bat-tle with Warner Bros, in 1993 he changed his stage name to an unpro-n o u n c e -a b l e

sym-bol that was commonly referred to as the “Love Symbol.” At the turn of the century he began re-ferring to himself as Prince again and over the course of

the next sixteen years released 16 albums.

As with any major perform-er Prince had his fair

share of enormous hits, but there will al-ways be one song, above all others that

he will be remembered for: “Purple Rain.”

In 1984, Prince re-leased the song “Purple

Rain” which served as the title song of his film debut

of the same name. Whether he was performing it in concert, at an awards show or at the 2007 Super Bowl halftime show, which is regarded as one of the best half-time performances thus far, Prince’s voice and guitar skills will captured audiences for years.

When asked about the mean-ing of “Purple Rain” Prince said “When there’s blood in the sky, red and blue equals purple… purple rain pertains to the end of the world and being with the one you love and letting your faith/god guide you through the pur-ple rain.”

Prince has always been known for his flamboyant style whether it be his clothes or his music, he was truly an original artist.

He was inducted into the

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004, which was his first year of eligibility. The world didn’t just loose Prince, we lost a source of art, and even more than that, a voice for generations.

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Target has recently released an online statement with the headline “Continuing to Stand for Inclusivity” that reiterated a “core belief ” at Target namely that “inclusivity” is something that is celebrated.

This blog post has created an outpouring of online anger directed at the company. One petition started by the American Family Association, has gathered almost 700,000 signatures online saying that because of this policy, people who agree and sign the petition will refuse to do business with Target from here on out.

This isn’t the first time Target has been the center of a national outcry, in 2015 Target decided to implement “gender neutral toys”. This is another way of saying that they took the gender labels off of the children’s toys because parents were complaining that it enforced specific gender stereo-

types. One of the main complaints

you hear coming from the op-ponents of the new bathroom policy Target has decided to enforce is that it encourages a higher possibility of rape with-in the stores since possible mo-lesters could go into whatever bathroom they want. With ar-guments like this one popping up all over the Internet and espe-cially social media, people have began to say the boycott is “for the kids”. Of course, there are a varying amount of problems with these types of arguments in my opinion.

For example, spokesmen for police departments in Iowa, Hawaii, Colorado, Connecticut, Main, Massachusetts, Minne-sota, Nevada, New Mexico, Or-egon, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Texas have all gone on re-cord stating that these types of non-discriminatory policies do not result in an increase in the

number of reported rapes or sexual assaults in their jurisdic-

tions. In fact, 17 states a n d

o v e r 2 0 0 c i t i e s with these types of p o l i c i e s have not had an in-crease in sexual as-sault.

There is only one case in the pro-gressive world where a person abused a non-discrim-inatory ordinance and committing sexual assault and that was in Canada. To give some perspective to my ar-gument, the FBI reports that

over 84,000 rapes were reported in 2014 alone, and none of those situ-ations origi-

nated f r o m someone ex-

ploiting these types of poli-cies.

T h e A m e r i c a n

Family Asso-ciation claims

that the solution to this problem

would be to have a gen-der-neutral single occupant

facility available for transgen-dered people to use. The problem with this is if you’ve ever tried

to use a bathroom at any sort of busy location, it can be a very difficult experience

having to wait on the lines to die down especially if you have to go immediately. Separate is not al-ways equal and is not a common sense solution to the problem.

Transgendered people have been going to the bathroom with the rest of us for a really long time and as the data shows, having transgendered predatory people, or predators posing as transgen-dered has never been a problem. If they really care about the chil-dren, and wanting to cut down on abuse, maybe we should take a look at other organizations that actually do have statistics to back up negative claims against them.

For example, there have been three cases in recent memory where Republican Congressmen were caught sexually harassing people in public bathrooms! Or maybe, we should take a second look at the tax-exempt status of religious institutions in the U.S because of the over 3,000 civ-il lawsuits that have been filed

against the church in the United States of America alone.

This is just another example of people using a straw-man ar-gument to refuse to look at the facts, but instead act on misin-formed fear and hatred, trying their hardest to deny others the right to live peacefully and ac-cording to what they believe to be best.

MICAH PROCKOPINION EDITOR

Remembering His Royal Badness

With trans-rights in the national spotlight, Target shows solidarity to the LGBT community

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

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OPINION COLUMNIST & PHOTO EDITOR

Cody Moore is a Junior Broad-cast Journalism major from Dewitt.

Melissa Martin is a senior multimedia journalism major with an emphasis in photo journalism from Trumann.

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Campus Crime

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

April 22, 20168:28 p.m.—Two Xbox gam-

ing systems were reported stolen from Northpark Quads Build-ing 1 on Friday. A male resident of the building reported that he left his room at 1:45 p.m. and returned at 7:45 p.m. to find his Xbox One missing. The student said that both his quad entrance door and bedroom door had been left unlocked.

Two days later, the student’s suitemate reported his Xbox 360 missing from the common area of the quad. The suitemate explained to officers that he was, in fact, in his room on Friday when he heard someone in the common area. He reported that two males had entered the quad unannounced and were looking around. He went on to say that they asked to borrow soap.

The two unannounced vis-itors, who claimed they needed soap, are listed as suspects in this case. The time of the visit

also corresponds with the time reported by the first victim. Video footage, however, did not reveal anyone carrying an Xbox from the building.

April 23, 20164:52 p.m.—Officer Billy

Branch responded to the Farm Complex in reference to a bur-glary alarm. He was advised that the exact location was the “chicken barn.”

After checking all the build-ings at the farm, Branch was unable to locate any building that had anything to do with chickens. Branch also talked with a worker who was feeding the livestock and asked if he knew where it was. The work-er said that he had never heard of a “chicken barn” before. The only chickens on the farm that he was aware of were in the pet-ting zoo. An attempt to call the Farm Director was unsuccessful. Hopefully it was a false alarm.

April 24, 20162:45 a.m.—Officer Caleb

Loe stopped a vehicle on John-son Avenue for driving without a license plate. Before the car came to a complete stop, Officer Loe observed the driver bend

down toward the passenger seat. When asked about not hav-

ing a license plate, the driver, 18-year-old Jacob Olsen, ex-plained that he had recently purchased the vehicle. While asking for Olsen’s information, Officer Loe detected the smell of marijuana coming from in-side the vehicle. Loe asked him to step out of the vehicle and asked if there was anything il-legal inside. Olsen denied that there was anything illegal. The passenger, 19-year-old Rebecca Moss, also claimed that there wasn’t anything illegal in the car that she knew of. After Officer Loe explained that he had prob-able cause to search the vehicle, Olsen admitted that there was, in fact, marijuana under the front passenger seat.

A bag underneath the pas-senger seat contained two pre-scription pill bottles, a marijua-na grinder and a multi-colored pipe. Marijuana was located in-side the two pill bottles. Olsen and Moss were both cited and arrested for possession of a con-trolled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia. They were also referred to Student Conduct for a drug violation.


Undersea research $3,000 grant awarded to marine biology prof

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Disability awareness sheds light on the invisible

TEDx event coming to A-State

A-State’s newest student organization may have recog-nizable origins for students. TEDxArkansasStateUniversity has initiated the process to pres-ent the first TEDx event at the university.

The goal of TEDx is to ex-pose young minds to distin-guished personalities in their chosen fields thereby promot-ing creativity and innovation amongst students in association with TED, a non-profit orga-

nization that discusses “Ideas Worth Spreading,” usually in the form of short, powerful talks.

TED began in 1984 as a conference where technology, entertainment and design con-verged and today covers almost all topics, from science to busi-ness to global issues, in more than 100 languages.

TEDx events are inde-pendently organized within the ambit of TED to help share ideas in communities around the world.

Now, Claudio Eduardo, in-structor of Spanish and advisor to TEDxArkansasStateUniver-sity, is calling on creative think-ers and innovators to participate in the event, slated for Oct. 1.

“Anyone who needs a plat-form to say anything about the wonderful university and com-munity is welcome to apply,” Eduardo said.

The theme of the one-day event is “Results May Vary,” which offers applicants the op-portunity to submit a 140-word


An A-State faculty member has been awarded a $3,000 Kays Foundation grant for undersea research. Richard Grippo, pro-fessor of environmental biology and faculty adviser to the ma-rine biology club, received the grant for a research project.

Grippo planned to use the money to assist in his undersea research. His project, “Man-groves as Nurseries for Caribbe-an Coral Reef Fish,” will utilize fish survey methods to assess

coral reefs and mangroves. “I have been interested in

marine biology since the 1970s while earning a bachelor of science and master’s degree in marine biology,” Grippo said. “I became interested in the man-grove coral linkage after reading about studies on the linkages in the equatorial Pacific.”

Mangroves are similar to un-derwater forests. They are home to a host of different fish and underwater life. Grippo and his undergraduate researchers will be surveying fish in mangroves

and coral reefs in various loca-tions and comparing data. They are looking for similarities in fish population and sizes.

To perform this research, Grippo and a group of under-graduates from A-State will travel to St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands.

Students will gain hands-on research experience while assist-ing Grippo with his proposed project. Grippo said he will be taking one to two students with him on this trip.

RACHEL MOORESTAFF WRITER

During Disability Awareness Week, Disability Services at Ar-kansas State University worked to be a voice for students who have invisible disabilities.

The disability services cen-ter at A-State held a panel on April 22, made up of students who have disabilities, which are not outwardly visible. The pur-pose of this panel was to spread awareness of the existence of invisible disabilities, and share with others the various forms.

During the panel, students shared their experiences at A-State with teachers and oth-er students regarding the treat-ment and responses they have received due to their invisible disability.

“A disability can be anything that can interfere with your dai-ly life activities or daily func-

tions. Student disabilities fall under a minority category, with its own set of discriminations and prejudices, so the week of awareness was meant to help students become more under-standing of their classmates,” said Corlisha Presley, associate director of Disability Services.

Questions were submitted by students and faculty/staff for those on the panel to answer about their past experiences. None of the panelists had ob-vious physical disabilities. The idea for the week of awareness came from one source in par-ticular, which was a list of 10 things to not say to a person with a disability, despite being well-meaning.

Though disability services is available on campus, many are not informed of the services it provides, or who the services are provided to. Some invisible disabilities consist of chronic

illnesses, learning disabilities, epilepsy, chronic pain and de-pression, among various other conditions.

“When you think of a dis-ability, you think of the obvi-ous physical disabilities, but 96 percent of all disabilities are invisible. Given the prevalence on campus and in the world, it is an important thing to high-light,” Presley said.

One of the most challenging things about having an invisible disability is informing others that it does exist. Because you cannot see it, people are often unaware if a person is strug-gling.

As students shared positive and negative experiences with the treatment of their invisible disabilities, one student spoke of a particular struggle. Although the student is registered in dis-


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MELISSA MARTIN I PHOTO EDITOR Cathalene Thigpen (far right) shares a story of a time that she had a negative encounter with a faculty member because of her disability during the student panel “Uncovering the Unseen” on April 22. Thigpen is diabetic and because of this her eyesight and hearing greatly suffer.

The A-State community got its drag on Wednesday night during the fourth annual GSA Drag Ball to benefit scholarships for LGBT students and supporters.

Top: Jerzee Delight, from Little Rock, shows off her sassy side as she performed on April 20. Right: Anastasia Love, from Memphis, strikes a pose in the A-State Ar-mory building. Love and Delight were joined in their performances by five queens and three kings.

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A-State GSA presents 2016 Drag Ball

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ability services to take tests in the center, the student’s pro-fessor discouraged the student from taking the test outside of the classroom and hinted at the idea of possible cheating.

While one student said they

were told to give up on school because of their disability, an-other student experienced being told she had a mental disabili-ty from a professor because her disability does not classify as a physical disability. These expe-

riences gave those attending insight into the need for educa-tion on the topic of various dis-abilities, showing that many go beyond being in two categories of either being mental or phys-ical.

“So far Samantha Richter has been selected and already bought her plane ticket and re-ceived funding to help cover her costs,” said Grippo.

He has yet to choose anoth-er student to accompany them. Students have been chosen based off their marine biology interest, GPA and experience with marine field research.

Grippo has frequently tak-en his students in the Marine Biology Club on field trips to aquatic locations in order to give them an interactive educa-tion. He has also taken a group of upperclassmen students on a study abroad trip to Belize ev-ery other year. Belize was cho-sen by Grippo because it has the second largest barrier reef,

behind the Great Barrier Reef, off of the Australian coast.

Grippo also received fund-ing from Faculty Research Awards Committee in addition to the Kays Foundation grant. His wife, Anne Grippo, another faculty member at A-State, will join him during the second half of the project.

statement explaining their topic under this theme and the reason they wish to share this with others. Students, facul-ty/staff, alumni and Jonesboro community members are all encouraged to submit an appli-cation online to [email protected].

“With the theme, I think it is important to see people’s different perspectives about life and how we use this to grow as a community,” Eduardo said.

The purpose of this event is to bring together innovative thinkers from the university and community, working as a cata-lyst to spark conversation and connections at the local level.

Out of the applicants, seven to nine will be chosen to pres-ent their topic of choice at the TEDxArkansasStateUniversi-ty event. By being chosen, the speakers are given the opportu-nity to talk about their special projects and experiences they have had, hoping to inspire and encourage those attending.

“This event seeks to enrich and expand ideas outside of the classroom with inspiring talks and wonderful presentations, and we know there is a lot of talent in the university and in the community,” Eduardo said.

Those who are interested in attending the TEDxArkan-sasStateUniversity event will

also be asked to submit an ap-plication online. This will con-sist of a paragraph of 140 words telling why they wish to attend the event. There will be a limit of 100 attendees chosen to at-tend out of the applicants.

With the university con-tinuing to expand and grow, Eduardo believes TEDxArkan-sasStateUniversity has come at a very “opportune time … and will have the chance to make a positive impact in the A-State and Jonesboro community in the fall.”

Applications are open through June 20, for anyone interesting in presenting or at-tending the event.

same year, co-founding a fam-ily business with his brother that would ultimately become a major provider of eye care to Northwest Arkansas.

Prior to serving in the Senate, Boozman represented the people of the Third District of Arkan-sas in the U.S. House of Repre-sentatives for five terms where he established a reputation as an

advocate for Arkansas, especially the state’s veterans, for whom he passed legislation to improve the transition to civilian life, expand treatments for our wounded war-riors and modernize educational benefits under the Montgomery GI Bill.

Boozman chairs three sub-committees and serves on five committees in the 114th Con-

gress: Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry; Appropriations; En-vironment and Public Works; Rules; and Veterans’ Affairs. He was instrumental in recent years in assisting Arkansas State’s ROTC to remain active. The Red Wolf Battalion celebrates its 80th anniversary this fall.

team considers the matter closed and will have no further comment.

Tabary had previously an-nounced his plans to transfer via his Twitter account.

“Its [sic] been a pleasure play-ing here, but my family and me

have agreed to move on and to transfer somewhere else,” Tabary said.

Initially recruited by for-mer A-State head coach Bryan Harsin’s staff, Tabary was part of Anderson’s first recruiting class. A red-shirt in 2014, he saw ac-

tion in seven games last year, in-cluding replacing Fredi Knight-en, who was injured, against Missouri.

It is still unknown where Tabary intends to transfer.

TEDx, Continued

The Red Wolves completed participation in the Penn Mu-tual Varsity Cup on Saturday, losing 68-20 to Brigham Young University in the semifinals.

The A-State rugby club trav-eled to face the four-time na-tional champions at their home pitch.

The game got underway with possession on the Red Wolves side. The A-State players came out strong, and on the first phase of the game senior Alex Goff managed to send Blace Wals-er through a gap, who not only broke the line, but also made a gain of 15 meters.

A misconnection between Robert Elan-Puttick and Kuda Makuvire caused a knock on, and BYU recovered the ball and kicked it into a corner.

Following the line out, the Red Wolves conceded posses-sion but managed to stop the attack without suffering any points, but from that moment on, the game quickly turned in favor of BYU as the Red Wolves were forced to work solely on defense.

After hard fought initial minutes, BYU committed a penalty and the Red Wolves decided to go for a line-out. Sione Fangaiuiha crashed it in midfield for a gain of 10 after securing the ball, and the ball was quickly recycled and then intercepted during the second phase by BYU.

Following the restart, BYU ran into some trouble allowing the Red Wolves to have its first 22 meter intrusion.

With possession on their side the Red Wolves managed

to produce scoring opportunity, in just a couple phases, but it concluded in a misconnection and a line out for BYU. This was a recurring scenario during the beginning of the game, as both team’s tempo seemed to be off as they had trouble holding on to the ball.

The first try for the Red Wolves started in the back field as sophomore Ruan Knuppel received a kick and took the ball up and offloaded to Zach Young, who made a 30 meter run.

The ball was swung wide on second phase and Alex Goff made a break on the outside, after two more offloads the ball was back in the middle, where freshman Tabo Maree muscled his way up past the try line.

After that A-State would prove to be a danger in the red zone, but the BYU defense re-

mained solid, and A-State was stopped just shy of the try line both times.

The first half ended with a score of 27-8 for BYU.

BYU kept dominating most phases of the game and holding onto possession to begin the second half. Two seniors scored one last time on the Red Wolves side. Robert Elan-Puttick took advantage of a mistake and chipped it into the end zone, beating the defense in a foot race to put the ball down. Ri-cardo Lategan managed to cap-italize from a back line play and made his way into the end zone without much trouble.

This concluded the spring season for the Red Wolves rug-by team, and ended the career for 10 Red Wolves seniors.

Two records were broken this past week-end, as the track and field team split up to compete in the War Eagle invitational in Auburn, Ala., and the UC San Diego Triton invite, in San Diego, Calif.

The throwers headed over to the Gold-en State, where the school record holder Erin Farmer competed in the Triton invite placing 7th in the shot put discipline with a throw of 16.66 meters. Competing in the shot put open was sophomore Calea Carr, who placed 6th with a mark of 14.69 me-ters.

A record was set in the discus when ju-nior Itamar Levi surpassed the mark set by David Rodely 25 years ago, with a throw of 27.28 meters, three centimeters ahead of Rodely. Levi also would tie his personal best and the first place overall in the shot put, with a throw of 18.22 meters. Cristian Ravar-Ladislau climbed to fourth place in program history with a toss of 61.50 meters in the hammer.

In the javelin event, Clint Ligon threw for 54.34 meters, earning an 8th place in both the tournament and program records. David Phillips finished 10th with a throw of 51.76 meters.

Continuing the field events junior Roelf Pienaar placed 1st in the long jump with a leap of 7.79 meters, while Jonah Wiley ob-tained the fifth place with a mark of 7.30 meters. Kristina Knott doubled up and

placed 7th overall to now be ranked 7th in program history with a jump of 5.96 meters, while also running the 100 meters dash in 11.49 seconds and placing 3rd in that dis-cipline. In the triple jump Shemiah Brooks, who now holds the 8th best jump in pro-gram history and Emederlyn Iwuji obtained 4th and 9th place finishes, postings marks of 12.28 and 11.70 meters.

In the pole vault senior Alexandra Pe-vtsova cleared 3.70 meters and placed 4th, while fellow senior Megan Wright man-aged to obtain a 10th place finish with a clearance of 3.55 meters. Tiaan Steenkamp improved his personal best in the high jump

with a mark of 2.12 meters that earned himself a 4th place. Ivery Guyton led the Lady Red Wolves in the high jump with a 6th place and a clearance of 1.70 meters.

Another school record was broken during the weekend when De’Airis Weak-ley, Kristina Knott, Kristiana Watson and Shemiah Brooks, finished the 4x100 relay with a time of 45.53 seconds to finish 4th in the event.

Samoane Thompson finished 6th and 10th in the 400 and 100 meter hurdles, clocking out at 1:01:23 and 13:84. Gracee Damron also finished in the top 10 for the 400 meter hurdles with a time of 1:03:23.

In the long distance events there were a total of five top 10 finishes. In the 3,000 me-ter steeplechase Zach Rail and Jesse Duvall finished 8th and 9th with times of 10:00:41 and 10:18:14, while freshman Rebecca El-dien obtained the 10th place by crossing the line at 12:56:08. In the 800 meter run Andrea Perez finished 10th with a time of 2:15:56 while Zach VanGundy came in at nine with a time of 1:54:38.

Finally in the 400 meter dash the wom-en’s team was represented by Keturah Smith who finished second with a time of 54:48 and Erika Christian who followed at 55:06 to finish 5th. The time ran by Smith now ranks 7th in the program. The men’s side was led by Travius Chambers who clocked out at 48.46 seconds for a 6th place finish.

The last meet before the Sun Belt Con-ference Championships is scheduled for April 30 at the Memphis Invitational.

A-State falls to BYU Cougars in the Varsity Cup semifinals

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The Lady Red Wolves golf team completed its season fin-ishing in fifth place March 19 at the Sun Belt Conference Championship in Miramar Beach, Fla.

The fifth place finish marked the first time the Lady Red Wolves finished in the top five in the SBC championship since 2004, when they placed fourth.

A-State finished the first round of the tournament with a score 312, and followed that up with a score of 310 the follow-ing day. The Lady Red Wolves ended the final round with a score of 308, which was their best score of the tournament, and helped to move them to climb two places in the leader-board.

Individually, the Lady Red Wolves were led by Aracelly Jimenez Rios who posted a score of 75 on Day One, 76 on Day Two, and a 75 on the final day to finish with an overall score off 226. This was Jimenez Rios’ fifth top-10 finish of the season.

Beth Ann Compton finished in ninth place with an overall

score of 227. Compton entered the final round tied for 18th place, but was propelled by a fi-nal round score of 71, which was the best individual score of the tournament. This was the eighth time Compton finished in the top 25 at a tournament.

As a team, the Lady Red Wolves finished three strokes behind fourth place Georgia Southern. The Texas State Lady Bobcats claimed the SBC title with an overall score of 895.

CADE CARLTONSPORTS EDITOR

Red Wolves finished fifth in the SBC golf championship

EMILIO BETANZOSPORTS WRITER

DENISE GOLDSTEIN | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERAdam Grantham, junior of senior of Kennett, Missouri, pitches in the fourth inning against ULM. The Red Wolves defeated the Warhawks in the first game of the weekend series.

CADE CARLTONSPORTS EDITOR

EMILIO BETANZOSPORTS WRITER

DENISE GOLDSTEIN | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Erika Christian, sophomore of Memphis, competes in the Red Wolves Open earlier in the season.

A-State breaks two school records in weekend meets

MELISSA MARTIN | PHOTO EDITOR Aracelly Jimenez Rios, from Merida, Mexico, tees off at the Lady Red Wolf Classic Golf Tour-nament.

DENISE GOLDSTEIN | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Members of the Varsity rugby team gather pre-game to talk strategy against Clemson University in the Varsity Cup game. The Red Wolves defeated the Tigers 50-0. A-State fell to BYU in the Varsity Cup semifinals 68-20.

A-State swept the University of Louisiana Monroe (ULM)Warhawks to earn its first Sun Belt series win of the year, and moved up the conference stand-ings to ninth place.

The Red Wolves were pro-pelled by a complete game from Cody Jackson and a four hit game from Ty White, and defeated the Warhawks 8-1. Jackson’s complete game was the first by an A-State pitcher since David Owen threw one on April 25, 2015 against Appala-chian State. Jackson threw only 98 pitches and struck out two in the nine inning effort.

Ty White led the way for the Red Wolves at the plate go-ing 4-for-4 with two RBIs and three runs scored. White hit a solo home run in his first at bat and helped A-State go up 5-0 in the third inning.

Joe Schrimpf had two hits

for the night with an RBI and a run scored.

On Saturday, A-State used an eight-run seventh inning to defeat the Warhawks 12-4 and clinch the first series win of the year.

The Red Wolves scored eight runs on six hits and brought 13 batters to the plate in the sev-enth inning. Schrimpf and Gar-rett Rucker finished the game with three RBIs each, while Austin Baker added two RBIs.

Schrimpf added two RBIs when he hit a two-run home run in the fifth inning and brought A-State to within 4-3. Baker tied the game up at 4-4 with a solo shot in the sixth in-ning, and then the rout was on.

Ring started the seventh in-ning off with a double down the third base line to give A-State the lead. Baker followed with a sacrifice fly, and Matt Burgess singled to score one more run to push the A-State lead to three.

Alvarez added to the scoring

with an RBI double, and Or-tiz, White and Schrimpf drew walks to drive in two more runs in the inning.

The Red Wolves and War-hawks closed the series out on Sunday, with A-State complet-ing the sweep 5-4.

A-State won it on Neil Lam-bert’s fielder’s choice in the bot-tom of the ninth, 5-4.

With the win, A-State moved up the Sun Belt Confer-ence standings, one spot to the ninth seed.

The Red Wolves now sit one game behind Georgia State in the win column. A-State cur-rently sits at 18-21 (8-13) on the year.

The Red Wolves will play the second to the last Sun Belt road series this weekend in Boone, N.C.

First pitch in Friday’s game is scheduled for 5 p.m., followed by a 2 p.m., first pitch on Satur-day, and a 12 p.m., first pitch on Sunday.

Red Wolves sweep Warhawks, to win first conference series

Go to class. Do your homework. Exercise. Get an A. Study. Study some more. Ace that text. Eat right. Make con-nections. Go to work. Write that essay. Apply for scholar-ships. Stop procrastinating. Get an internship. Read your textbook. Repeat.

That’s a basic to do list for any college student, and there is no denying it is a lot to handle and still stay perky and presentable. And the weight of all of that responsibility results in many students feeling de-pressed and overwhelmed with stress in college.

In fact, in 2009 The As-sociated Press partnered with

MTV and conducted a College Stress and Mental Health Poll that surveyed 2,200 students at 40 different colleges in the U.S. and found that 85 percent of students feel stressed on a daily basis.

The American College Health Association also con-

ducted a nation-wide survey in

2011 and

found that 30 percent of stu-

dents reported feeling “so de-

pressed that it was difficult to function” at

some time during the past year.With those statistics, it’s

easy to see that stress and de-pression are serious issues for college students.

What students may not know, however, is that there

are ways they can combat their stress and depression both through outlets provided by their university and by doing things themselves.

For stress, one of the best ways to combat that over-whelmed feeling is time man-agement. By managing their time, students can focus on one thing (writing an essay, etc.) at a time to keep tasks from pil-ing up until it gets impossible to manage.

Using a day planner is a good way to keep track of the

things you need to do to stay ahead. It also helps prevent those moments of forgetfulness and curbs procrastination.

University counseling centers, as well as organiza-

tions dedicated to combating stress such as the American Institute of Stress, also pro-mote breathing exercises and meditation to help calm down a student who is feeling over-whelmed.

Arkansas State Uni-versity’s Counseling Cen-ter promotes stress-relieving techniques but many usually offer free counseling sessions to students who are feeling ex-tremely stressed out. The ses-sions, usually one-on-one or in

a group setting, offer students an outlet to talk about what is stressing them out and get ad-vice from someone about what they should do.

These free counseling ses-sions are extremely beneficial for students who are feeling depressed as well.

Not only do counseling centers offer individual and group sessions, but in the case of depression they usually offer emergency counseling and help promote depression awareness through various university pro-

grams. And although depression

is sometimes harder to pin-point and combat through in-dividual means, studies, such as one conducted by the Mental Health Foundation, found that eating healthy (staying away from extremely fatty/greasy foods, sugar and caffeine) and exercising regularly helps boost serotonin levels (neurotrans-mitters associated with feelings of happiness and well-being), which in turn help people com-bat depression.

However, it is also im-portant for college students to understand that sometimes feelings of stress and depres-sion are less from various situ-ations and more from an actual mental disorder. The American Psychological Association cat-egorizes anxiety and panic dis-orders and clinical and manic depression as mental illnesses, which like any other illness, can be treated with medication prescribed by a doctor.

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MICHELLE GOULD#LIFE EDITOR

As summer break is quick-ly approaching (just two more weeks, hang in there), for many students, summer planning is also well underway.

“This summer I’ll probably be working almost every day,” said sophomore accounting major Jennie Hastings of Ben-ton. “But I’ll also be going on a family vacation to Harry Potter world and then probably Des-tin Beach, Florida.”

Whether you’re planning a beach vacation or just planning to stay home and chill with your friends, summer break is here (basically), and it’s time to start preparing, especially if you’re staying in Arkansas.

Though native Arkan-sans tend to complain about there being “nothing to do,” the Natural State can actually be an awesome place to spend the summer if you search for a little adventure. So if Arkansas

is your stomping grounds, give some of these activities a try this summer.

For the outdoorsy person, it should be pretty obvious that there are tons to do. Arkansas is dubbed the Natural State, after all. Plus, it is home to 52 state parks. So whether you like to hike, canoe or camp, you’re bound to find something to do. Each state park offers a variety of activities to take part in.

You could go eagle watch-ing, go on lake tours or even go diamond mining. Needless to say, Arkansas is filled with tons of outdoor opportunities.

If you still want to spend the days outdoors, but don’t want to work up a sweat climb-ing mountains or paddling down a lake, Arkansas still has various activities to offer.

The annual Riverfest Mu-sical Festival is scheduled for June 3-5 and there are a num-ber of artists scheduled to per-form who will satisfy a wide variety of musical tastes: Juicy

J, Goo Goo Dolls and Chris Stapleton, just to name a few. Movies in the Park in Little Rock’s River Market is also a great outdoor activity and a great outing for a group of friends.

“One of my favorite things to do in my hometown is Mov-ies in the Park,” said sophomore theatre major, Alyssa Burleson of North Little Rock. “Every-one brings chairs, blankets and snacks. It’s free and really fun!”

Even though the 2016 schedule is not available yet, stayed tuned to the website to find out what films will be showing.

For the students looking to stay cool during the hot Ar-kansas summer, Magic Springs and Crystal Falls is the place to go.

The park is part theme park and part water park so there’s enough entertainment to last the whole day. Magic Springs also hosts a concert series throughout the summer

with various musical artists. Of course, there are thrill

rides, family rides, water rides and even kid’s rides (if you’re not brave enough for the bigger ones). Arkansas is also home to an alligator farm, which is in Hot Springs. The farm also fea-tures a petting zoo with sheep, goats, ducks and many more.

For the thrill seekers, Northwest Arkansas is filled with haunted scenery. Eureka Springs is home to The Cres-cent Hotel and the Basin Park Hotel.

These hotels offer ghost tours and even allow guests to spend the night in their haunt-ed rooms. Another haunt-ed destination is Tilly Willy Bridge in Fayetteville, which is said to be the location of a horrible car accident that left a family dead. The ghost of a Confederate soldier is rumored to be seen wandering around at War Eagle Mill. Take a day or two to visit these creepy places (only if you’re brave enough, of

course).For those who aren’t fans

of the great outdoors, don’t worry because there’s still plen-ty to do.

To satisfy the kid in you, a visit to the Museum of Dis-covery in Little Rock may do the trick. Spend the day en-joying the interactive exhibits that make science, math and technology seem way more fun. Besides, there’s nothing wrong with being a kid for a day. While you’re in Little Rock, you could visit downtown and have lunch at one of the many restaurants the city has to offer.

Whether you’re hungry for barbecue, pizza or Indian food, you’ll definitely find something you like.

You could also visit oth-er museums that have a more artistic appeal. The Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, in Bentonville, showcases art that ranges from the Colo-nial era to the present day.

Even though summer is

typically not the time students like to think about school or re-sponsibilities, the break might be a great opportunity to take on an internship.

“This summer I’m actually moving to Little Rock and I’ll be interning with the Arkansas State Police at their headquar-ters from May until August,” said junior criminology and so-ciology major Joshalyn Speer of Wynne.

Whatever your plans may be, just be sure that you make the most of each and every day this summer.

“Summer break in Arkan-sas is hot, but it can be fun,” said freshman radiologic sci-ence major Marlicia Black of Bryant. “It’s completely what you make it.”

But just in case summer in Arkansas is sounding a little boring, remember these awe-some adventures you could take because August will be back before you know it.

DESTINI LATTIMORE#LIFE WRITER

How to spend a summer vacation in Arkansas

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AQUARIUS1/20-2/18

The universe has been seem-ingly against you quite a bit lately, Aquarius, and that has you feeling pretty defeated. Don’t let the pressure get to your head; the good times are on the way for you.

ARIES3/21-4/20

You’ve got some big plans for the immediate future, Aries, and you couldn’t be more excit-ed. Now is the time to put it all on the line and dive head-first for your goals. Your strong will and determination will come in handy for these ventures.

GEMINI5/22-6/21

You’ve been struggling a little with something lately, Gemini, and it’s becoming disheartening. The temptation to give up seems overwhelming, but the issue will resolve itself if you continue to work on it.

LEO7/23-8/21

Your living situation is not ide-al right now, Leo, as much as you hate to admit that to your-self. It’s time to make a radical change, or you may be stuck with a stressful situation for far too long.

LIBRA9/24-10/23

You’ve got your head in the clouds right now, Libra, and that’s natural since you tend to be a dreamer. However, you still have a lot of responsibilities to tend to; keep up with your work, and the time for dreaming will come later.

SAGITTARIUS11/23-12/22

Your world has been turned up-side down, Sagittarius, and your gentle spirit is being shaken up. Don’t worry, though; your friends have your back. Lean on them and you can get through this.

PISCES2/20-3/20

You’re feeling emotionally drained right now, Pisces, and it’s making it hard to keep to the grindstone. Find a creative outlet, whether it be art, music or some other project, and your frustrations will quickly work themselves out.

TAURUS4/21-5/21

You’ve been hard to reach lately, Taurus, and it’s got your friends worried. Your natural introver-sion may make it difficult, but be sure to check in every once in a while. The people close to you will appreciate it.

CANCER6/22-7/222

You’re a wild adventurer at heart, Cancer, and you love to have fun more than anything. But before you let loose too much, remem-ber that you still have duties that need your attention. Prioritize the important things and your good times will be even more rewarding.

VIRGO8/22-9/23

Your recent accomplishments have you feeling pretty good, Virgo, as you should! But don’t forget to remain humble; stay true to your grateful nature and you’ll be sure to go far.

SCORPIO10/24-11/22

Some pretty heavy issues have been weighing you down, Scor-pio, and it’s starting to become more of a drain than usual. It may be time for you to let a few things slide; taking some time off will do you wonders.

CAPRICORN12/23-1/19

You may be feeling like your friends are blowing you off a lot lately, Capricorn, and it’s natu-rally hurting your feelings. Keep in mind that this is a busy time for everyone; their lack of atten-tion paid to you isn’t of a mali-cious nature.

Horoscopes

Studying: the activity few students enjoy, but all must do. On the surface it seems easy, but the actual practice is a bit more difficult, especially with all the distractions of the 21st century. Sure, studying sounds important but what about all those Snapchat stories that haven’t been opened? While I ha-ven’t mastered how to make studying fun, I have learned how to get it done. Unfortunately, it took me three years of college to learn it.

The first step to getting it done is figuring out what needs to be done. Make a list. Itemize by importance your tasks and get things not only done, but done efficiently. It also will help you manage stress.

First, I write down all the tasks I need to do and then organize them by what is due first. If you have a test on Monday and a paper due on Tues-day, it only makes sense to study for the test first. When I have several task due on the same day, I list them by im-portance: which assignment is worth more points or which class I need a better grade in.

Location, location, location. It’s

a crucial component when trying to be productive. For people like me who know they can’t get anything done in their apartment, go to the library or a coffee shop. If you go to the library, it’s best to go early in the day or go to the quiet lab downstairs. If you see your friends, say hi but know this isn’t social hour and you have things to do. Study-ing at a coffee shop like The Edge is great. It’s quiet and there’s caffeine, but remember to buy something be-cause it’s rude if you don’t!

Next, as painful as it is, you have to put your electronics away. That means the phone gets turned off or put on “Do Not Disturb.” No matter how strong the urge is to pick it up, don’t. Same thing goes for computers.

Only use them if you

absolutely have to and be sure to close out any distracting tabs. Students

with Mac computers need to turn off your iMessages

or sign out of iCloud so you won’t get

any distracting texts or Face-

Time calls.L i k e

most great things, to study well, you have to start at the be-ginning. You have to go to class, take

notes, and use those

as a guide. Chances are,

your professor isn’t covering ev-

ery word of textbook and is instead hitting

the important topics in class. To know what you need

to study, you have to show up and find out. Study smarter not harder. If

professors repeat a word several times, it’s probably best to know all about that subject.

Taking and rereading notes can be tedious, so instead highlight key-words in your notes and make flash-cards for them. You don’t even have to go out and buy notecards, you can cut up notebook paper and it works just as well! There’s also an app called Quizlet that allows users to make flashcards and you make them available for oth-ers to use. Often times, there will al-ready be a set made for the subject you need to know.

If all of the above tips fail and you still can’t manage to successfully study, join a study group – but with other students who will actually study. Seeing them will motivate you to work harder and if there’s a topic you don’t quite understand, they can help you out.

Studying is never fun, but it doesn’t have to be miserable. Knowl-edge is power and it’s to everyone’s benefit, so it’s all about finding a good routine for yourself. If you’ve made it this far, it’s possible to go on.

Tom Clancy’s “The Division”: Hit or Miss?LAUREN TOMPKINS

STAFF WRITER

RACHEL MOORE#LIFE COLUMNIST

Tom Clancy’s “The Divi-sion” has been one of the most talked about and highly-antici-pated games of 2016.

The game developers of Ubisoft do not disappoint when it comes to the quality of their games, with popular titles like the “Assassin’s Creed” or “Ghost Recon” series.

With “The Division” be-ing in development for nearly five years, you can see how any single person shooter fanatic would be full of anticipation. What gamers have been dying to know is: “Is this game really worth the money?”

The concept of this game is truly one-of-a-kind. The game is set in a New York city torn apart by a smallpox pandemic. The main character is a mem-ber of “The Division,” a group tasked with rebuilding the city while investigating the cause of the outbreak and battling crim-inal activity to restore order.

The idea was to create an open world third-person shoot-er video game with the player being able to cycle in and out of single player and multiplayer gameplay modes, but unfortu-nately Ubisoft fell short of the intended goal.

The gameplay is repeti-tive and lacks substance, with the player battling wave af-ter wave of almost clone-like criminals. The biggest problem gamers have been facing are the glitches. Characters have been known to fall through the map, and some players have been known to take advantage of the glitches to make their charac-ters invincible.

Although the character appearances are lacking and the game can be glitchy at times, the ability to customize your weapons, armor and gear is fairly sufficient. The player

is able to loot clothing, weap-ons and modifications from spawned enemies, but also has the option to the purchase gear from in-game vendors. In general, the amazing concept is shattered by the unpolished gameplay and repetitive com-bat system.

The graphics of “The Di-vision” are impeccable, with the player looking upon an almost-exact replica of New York. The main character is sur-rounded by the constant sounds of gunfire and explosions while searching for suitable cov-er from the criminals lurking around a dilapidated New York city.

With “The Division” being released only on the modern consoles, like the XBOX One, PlayStation 4, and PC, the game art shown is the best in quality.

Another interesting fea-ture of the game is the stills of people called Echoes, which use dialogue and the out-lines of civilians to depict past events that ultimately led up

to the decline of society. These in conjunction with audio re-cordings found around the city give a more complete picture of events leading up to the char-acter’s present. These sounds and graphics help show off Ubisoft’s talent for storytelling.

Overall, despite the game’s definitive style and well-devel-oped plot, the lack of gameplay variety, glitches and poor com-bat mechanics leave the player severely disheartened.

Fortunately, future down-loadable content and software updates may increase game-play variety and fix some of the more underdeveloped aspects. Until then the game will re-main tolerable at best and un-playable at worst.

COURTESY OF UBISOFT

Studying The Hard-Core Way

NEIL WILLIAMS | GRAPHIC DESIGNER

RATING:

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for the week of 4/24 to 4/30


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A few lucky A-State students were able to live out their fantasies of being on MTV Cribs by allowing their rooms to be photographed. From

dorm rooms to sorority and fraternity rooms, these students are able to turn their home away from home into a place they can call their own. One popular way students are able to turn their rooms from drab to fab is with awesome artwork adorning the walls.

Peter Yang, sophomore strategic communications major from Norman, shows off one of his favorite items in his Arkansas Hall dorm room, a Kappa Sigma spiritual paddle from his fraternity brother, Ethan Sandusky.

“Hello A-State and welcome to my crib!”

Andrew Terry, freshman biology major from Paragould, relaxes in his Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity room that he recently moved in to from Kays Hall.

Caitlin Branscum, junior dietetics major from Mountain View, decorated her room in the Alpha Omi-cron Pi house in the sorority’s colors and included a stuffed panda, their mascot.

Hayley Webb, multimedia editor for The Herald and a senior English major from Newport, works on posting content to The Herald’s website in her Northpark Quad room.

Zachary Dale, freshman agriculture business major from Hazen, shows off his school spirit in his dorm room in Arkansas Hall.

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