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SIBLING RIVALRYFraternity brothers compete for SGA presidency

Photo courtesy of Hunter Petrus

Hunter Petrus and Austin CopenhaverPhoto courtesy of Zach Brogdon

Zach Brogdon and Colea Blann

Kayla PaineStaff Writer

It’s Student Government Association election week and the signs are posted in the ground, campaign t-shirts and buttons are dis-played and the tents erect-ed with the candidates in them ready to meet poten-tial voters on campus.

Current SGA President Hunter Petrus is running for a second term with Aus-tin Copenhaver as his run-ning mate.

His opponent is Zachary Brogdon, who is running with Colea Blann. There are no other teams running for the position.

Both candidates are passionate about being Red Wolves and serving the student body. They are also Sigma Chi fraternity brothers.

Sigma Chi president Hunter Hinton said he doesn’t believe the frater-nity has been split into Petrus or Brogdon support-ers.

“I think the brothers of Sigma Chi have reacted very well in supporting both candidates,” said Sig-ma Chi President Hunter

Hinton. “Having two can-didates run for SGA presi-dent shows that we have a very strong chapter with strong leadership.”

The election has, howev-

er, been a sensitive subject in the fraternity. Brogdon said this decision has been one of the hardest he’s had to deal with because he’s up against a fraternity

brother, but that it was not a surprise to anyone that he is running because it is his dream.

Campaigning started Friday and voting takes

place March 7-8. There is a campaign budget of $1500 that both candidates are using out-of-pocket money for.

There have already been

sleepless nights, but the candidates fi nd it to be very exciting and have loved it so far.

For Brogdon, the dream of becoming SGA president started growing at Camp A-State, a program for incoming freshmen inter-ested in being involved on campus.

He met Blann at Camp A-State and instantly knew that he would want to change ASU with her because they had the same vision.

In the past two years of being a student, Brogdon believes that he has truly been involved and support-ed everything on campus.

He wants to make SGA livelier and thinks that it has just been boring and there isn’t any student in-volvement.

Brogdon wants to put more of an emphasis on communication between SGA and students in to-day’s world of constant in-formation fl ow.

Once an open line of communication is estab-lished, he thinks SGA will know how to serve the stu-dents better.

See ELECTION, page 3

Faculty, students respond toWelch's chancellor decision

Sara KrimmHerald Editor

Anticipation and excitement buzzed around the Cache River room at 8:30 a.m. Friday as the chancellor search commit-tee awaited the introduction of the chosen candidate.

ASU system president Chuck Welch presented Tim Hudson to the commit-tee, the Board of Trustees and the rest of the university Friday morning. While a few concerns have been expressed, the response from faculty and students has been generally optimistic.

Faculty Senate president Jack Zibluk said he was impressed with the way the search went, and that the committee was heavily involved with the process.

“It was a year-long process, honestly a different process. We did not have a con-sultant.,” he said. “Chuck Welch went out and shook the trees and admits that, but the committee really did pick the fi nal-ists and he had some input and the people were vetted thoroughly.”

Dave McKinney, staff senate president and director of Parking Services, said all three candidates were strong and that it was a diffi cult choice.

“The staff senate is overwhelmingly supportive and very excited for our new chancellor. He has a very good balance of leadership. His vision of our future is great," he said.

Students who got to interact with Hud-son while he was on campus were drawn

See CHANCELLOR, page 3

Abdullah Raslan/Herald Photo Editor

Faculty senate continues fi ghtagainst intellectual property policy

Shan Huang/Herald

Faculty senate spent much of its meeting on Friday discussing measures that need to be taken in order to fi ght the controversial Intellectual Property Policy.

Kayla PaineStaff Writer

The faculty senate dis-cussed what measures to take to protect faculty’s interests toward the con-troversial proposed Intel-lectual Property policy on Friday.

It has been a priority issue for the senate this semester after fi rst being introduced Feb. 3.

An advisory vote against the policy was made and a committee to dig deeper into the policy was formed at that time.

The proposed policy would give the university claim over research or work that the faculty, stu-dents or staff produce.

The new chancellor, Tim Hudson, has been talking about taking ASU to the “next level”.

Some members of the faculty senate suspect that means having more re-search be produced by the university. The faculty will not own the research that is produced with the pro-posed policy.

After going through the shared governance process once, the policy is now be-ing revised by the general counsel, taking the sugges-

tions and advisory votes into consideration.

Jack Zibluk, faculty sen-ate president, received an update on the policy and said that only minor altera-tions had occurred, but the core issue of the university owning the intellectual property hasn’t changed.

A local attorney, Donn Mixon of Mixon, Parker and Hurst PLC, has offered to help the faculty senate look at the proposed policy pro-bono.

Concerns that there will be legal repercussions of

the proposed policy have been mentioned in the meetings, but the senate wants to avoid it by not al-lowing the policy to take affect.

The senate decided to have the committee draft a policy that the faculty sen-ate would approve of with the help of Mixon and his law expertise.

“This is a collaborative effort, not antagonistic in purpose, to come up with a policy that we can accept and protects the faculty’s

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— Our View —

Welcome, Tim Hudson

We at The Herald would like to officially wel-come the newest Red Wolf to the ASU-Jonesboro community.

After many long months of searching, ASU has finally chosen Tim Hudson to head up the admin-istrative faculty as chancellor here at ASUJ. We welcome Hudson and his family as they make their move from West Texas to Jonesboro.

We thank him for his commitment to ASU, and we know his background will provide much-needed experience for the job ahead.

Having served as a top administrator at the University of Southern Mississippi, the Univer-sity of Houston – Victoria, the University of Hous-ton System, and more recently at the Texas Tech University System, Hudson remains one of the most highly qualified individuals to head up the Jonesboro campus.

We look forward to the ideas Hudson will bring to this campus, and we are appreciative of the fact that he is committed to listening to the needs of the faculty, staff and students.

The job of chancellor is certainly not an easy one. Listening to the entire university commu-nity, learning how to best meet the needs of each department effectively and efficiently, and relat-ing to the faculty, staff and students on a personal level is a character trait every chancellor must have.

But based on his previous experience, we are optimistic about Hudson’s future here at ASU.

While many great things have been accom-plished under our previous chancellor and inter-im chancellor, there is still much more work to be done. ASU is one of the fastest growing universi-ties in the state, and new growth, while good, will present problems that our administration will have to face in the coming years.

It will certainly require for the entire universi-ty community to “work together,” as Hudson puts it, to complete these tasks.

As Hudson begins his new job within the next several months, it is important that we as a com-munity look for ways to make him feel welcome and accustomed to his new position.

We hope that in due time, Jonesboro will be-come a place the Hudson family can call home.

“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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– Letters to the Editor –

When we think of re-spect at ASU, whom do we think of? I know that as a student, I think of teach-ers, faculty and other au-thority figures at school.

What I didn’t think of until a few weeks ago were the workers we don’t seem to notice, such as cafete-ria workers, maintenance workers and janitorial staff.

Wherever I go, I tend to people watch. While in the cafeteria one day, I noticed a small worker go-ing around to all the tables cleaning off dishes that students were too lazy to put up themselves.

She looked like she was having a really bad day, and on top of that, dishes just kept piling up as though they were never ending.

Looking around, it seemed as though nobody noticed the hard work she was putting into keeping our cafeteria clean.

No one came up to her to say thank you, no pat on the back; it was just anoth-er day’s work. After see-ing her, I started to notice other workers on campus, mostly in the library and communications building.

Everyday, they are fix-ing and cleaning. Every day they are helping to make our campus look clean and beautiful. They are the individuals re-sponsible for how great A-State looks everyday. Without them we would be in trouble.

I asked a few friends if they had ever noticed the hard work ASU employees endure each day.

One said, “The money we pay for school pays them, so I don’t see why it matters.” Almost everyone I asked said they had nev-er really noticed these em-ployees, and they just tend to walk by them without saying anything.

I then decided to turn the tables and ask the employees personally how students treat them.

Cafeteria workers gave the most negative feed-back, starting with the fact that most students are pushy and rude when it comes to lines during rush hours.

“We understand ev-eryone’s hungry and in a hurry, but we’re doing the best that we can,” said one worker. There was also a large concern for leaving dishes out on the tables instead of putting them in the proper place.

The most positive re-sponses were from the janitorial workers. They said students were usu-ally very respectful of wet floor signs and most would at least smile during the day.

From personal expe-riences with ASU staff, they’ve been extremely courteous. They’ve do-nated money to my soror-ity’s philanthropic events on campus such as bake sales and other fundrais-

ing events. They’ve also made sure

to let me know to be care-ful on the wet floors when I’m hurrying to class on a rainy day.

Cafeteria workers usu-ally have a smile on their faces when I come in and are very patient with stu-dents.

I think that as adults, we forget that we need to respect one another. Just because someone isn’t a teacher or an administra-tor doesn’t mean they don’t deserve the same amount of respect.

They aren’t our ser-vants; they’re the ones keeping our bellies full and Arkansas State look-ing great.

The next time you’re on campus and see a work-er, just smile or say good morning. I guarantee it’ll make their day, knowing that a student actually ap-preciates all of their hard work.

Gorman is a junior public relations major of Hot Springs.

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“Just because someone isn’t a teacher or an administrator doesn’t mean they don’t deserve the same amount of respect.”

Hannah Gorman

ASU workers deserve respect

Letter to the editor:I was very impressed with William’s argu-

ment. However, if this is the only basis, then the field he advocates for is no better.

William talks of traditional values, yet Newt violated the “sanctity of marriage.”

My reason for responding is not to attack William’s opinion but to express my own. I may refer to William but in no way am I at-tacking his position.

When Republicans talk about religious freedom, they only care about those faiths that believe Jesus to be their savior. No care is thought for Muslim religious freedom.

As William indicated, Obama’s healthcare bill was based off of Romney’s, but every Re-publican talks about taking power from the government and giving them to states.

Have we forgotten the downfall of states’ rights? States’ rights was a hindrance to

freedom for slaves. So many Republicans talk about tradition, but America’s tradition is covered in blood and inequality.

Regardless of how you play politics, some-one will have their rights violated. The same reason someone doesn’t support LGBT mar-riage could be the same reason I support it.

Heterosexual, Caucasian Americans don’t know discrimination. Fifty years ago, I would have little rights just because I’m black.

Based on William’s argument, that tradi-tion was correct. Tradition is not what this country needs, but it needs someone willing to change the status quo.

I honestly believe no Republican candidate can do better, and if so, at what expense.

– Submitted by Dedric Jones ASU student

Having a senior momentName:Whitney Stephenson

Hometown: Germantown, Tenn.

Major: Graphic Design

Favorite College Memory: Beating Memphis 47-3 during last football

season.

Plans after Graduation: Move to Dallas or Austin, Texas, to pursue my career in graphic design. I also have plans to find a church home that serves the Lord and loves their city.

NEWSPAGE 3 Monday, March 5 The Herald

ELECTION, CONTINUED

Caleb HenningtonStaff Writer

Students, faculty and members of the Jonesboro community were informed Wednesday by special agents from the FBI Field Office in Little Rock, Ark. about ways to identify and prevent the threat of ter-roristic attacks.

The event, hosted by the ASU Department of Ac-counting, College of Busi-ness, College of Nursing & Health Professions, and the Regional Center for Di-saster Preparedness Edu-cation, lasted four hours and featured lectures from Special Agent Charles Kemp, Special Agent Phil-ip Spainhour, and Special Agent Mark Wilson.

Special Agent Charles Kemp spoke about terror-ism and gave information regarding the FBI’s goals, as well as the goals of ter-rorists and extremist orga-nizations.

Agent Kemp expressed the FBI’s main goals are to neutralize the activity and threat of attacks, dis-rupt terrorist groups, and arrest individuals involved with terroristic activity.

He also said the FBI isn’t the only organization in-volved with the prevention of terroristic attacks; there are also joint terrorist task forces spread throughout the United States. Agent Kemp said these task forc-

es were started before the events of 9/11.

Agent Kemp gave vari-ous motivations for indi-viduals to attempt ter-roristic attacks. These motivations could be po-litical, religious, racial, en-vironmental, or their own special interests.

“It’s easy to think of them as psychopaths, but most terrorists are just fighting for what they be-lieve in,” Kemp said.

Along with terrorists’ motivations, Agent Kemp also gave various goals that many terrorists have. Most terrorists attempt their at-tacks to disrupt peoples’ faith in the government, instill fear in people, harm rescuers of disasters, de-stroy confidence, and dem-onstrate weaknesses in governments.

“Ninety percent of all terror attacks are at least partially successful,” Kemp said. He continued by saying that terrorists attempt to justify violence through a “the ends justify the means” argument.

“They can’t accept the world as it is and believe what they are doing is for the greater good,” Kemp said.

Although Islam and oth-er Middle Eastern religions are most often blamed by Americans as the cause of terrorism today, especial-ly since the 9/11 attacks, Agent Kemp said most of

the time it has nothing to do with religion because not everyone in the ac-cused religion believes the same way.

Agent Kemp said the Muslims who do partici-pate in terrorism do so be-cause they believe the ter-rorists who sacrifice their lives are martyrs to their religion.

“The turning point in terrorism was the 1972 Olympic Games in Mu-nich, Germany,” Kemp said. “That was the first time there was major me-dia coverage of a terroris-tic attack,” he continued.

The United States has been the target of vari-ous terroristic attacks; the most prominent include the Oklahoma City bomb-ing of 1995 and the World Trade Center attacks in 2001.

Agent Kemp said Amer-ica is a target for terrorism because of our way of life, our presence in the world, and poor security practic-es. Success in preventing these attacks depends on the vigilance of people, the government and law en-forcement.

Warning signs of terror-istic thoughts in people can be anything from not mak-ing eye contact, to talking about not being around for much longer, to bragging about how much they dis-approve of the government or country.

FBI teaches terrorist prevention

Caleb Hennington/HeraldFBI agents spoke to students and faculty on the identification and prevention of terrorists attacks

Wednesday on campus.

“I believe I am a true Red Wolf and live ASU when I’m not studying, but I want all students to have that opportunity and represent them,” he said.

Traditionally it has been very difficult for the incumbent candidate to be elected into a second term. In 2009, Ryan Beaird was the first in ASU history to be elected to a second term as president and it hasn’t been attempted again un-til now by Petrus.

Petrus wants to contin-ue in his position as presi-dent because he didn’t feel that there was enough time to make SGA grow to its full potential in his

first year.“We have had a phe-

nomenal year, but there are so many other things yet to be done,” he said.

A focus for his second year is to create long last-ing student traditions for ASU. He wants to im-prove communication be-tween students with an awareness campaign and through the senator’s po-sitions.

Working more with in-ternational students is an-other big priority for the next year. Petrus said he loves that ASU provides the opportunity for its students to integrate with other cultures, because

the careers students are preparing for are going have a diverse staff.

The race has been bit-tersweet for Petrus and said that no matter who wins at the end of the day that the campus is in good hands.

Although the candi-dates are fraternity broth-ers, they both realize that this is a competition.

“I’m going to play to win,” said Petrus.

Not only is it time to pick the next president and vice-president, but senate elections take place too. All of the senate posi-tions have candidates that are running unopposed.

CHANCELLOR, CONTINUED

to the energy he brought. SGA president Hunter Petrus, who was a part of the search committee, said Hudson’s energy is a strength of his.

“(Hudson) is very en-ergetic and goal oriented, and I believe that he will take ASU to new heights,” he said.

Petrus said he believes ASU is making big changes and going in a great direc-tion, and that this change will help that even more.

“Students were looking for a chancellor that would be very active in the stu-dent world and interact with students regularly,” he said. “I believe that Dr. Hudson will bring that dy-namic and will do much more.”

One of the questions raised to Hudson during his open forum on cam-pus during the interview process was how he will

handle shared governance. In the open forum, his re-sponse was that while shared governance may be “a bit cumbersome” at times, it is necessary.

“We're much more pow-erful when we work to-gether," he said. "It's fun-damental for the way we take ideas and put them into the classroom."

Zibluk said he talked to Hudson about shared gov-ernance and about the fu-ture of this body.

“He promised to be meeting with the executive committee every month and consult us on policy before policy is passed and not just after the fact, which has been the model we have been using for a long time, and I'm going to try and hold him to that promise,” he said.

At Friday’s faculty sen-ate meeting, some of the faculty raised concern on

whether faculty salary raised was a top priority for Hudson.

“To me that's really concerning, we've been through this round and round,” said John Hall, professor of psychology and counseling. “We haven't had a merit raise in how many years?”

Andy Mooneyhan, assis-tant professor of physical education teacher educa-tion said, “I think that if salaries aren’t a top prior-ity, it’s our job to make it a top priority.”

Aside from these few concerns, the general re-sponse to Hudson’s hire has been one of optimism and excitement.

“I’m optimistic and hopeful,” said Zibluk. “You work with what you got.”

Hudson said he hopes to be in Jonesboro by April or May with is wife Deidra and their three children.

interest,” said John Hall, professor of psychology and counseling.

The Board of Trustees will review the Intellectual Property policy May 4.

The senate’s nominat-ing committee made its

report that it has chosen Julie Isaacson, associate professor of nursing, to run as the next faculty senate president-elect for 2013-2014.

In her statement she said, “I pledge to listen, be

informed, maintain trans-parency and represent the voice of faculty to the best of my ability.”

The May 16 meeting was cancelled because of spring break and the senate’s next meeting will be April 6.

POLICY, CONTINUED

“A college campus is a diverse place. For each field of study, there is some way that the government is affecting what you can and can’t do. I want to bring more awareness to how politics and govern-ment are relatable to us as college stu-dents.”

-Kayla Painepoliticalhowl@gmail.com

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Lindsey BlakelyNews Editor

ASU’s academic stan-dards will be higher be-ginning fall of 2013, as approved by the board of trustees on Friday.

The board met on Fri-day at 9 a.m. and resolved to raise both the GPA and the required ACT score beginning in the Fall of 2013.

In Fall of 2013, stu-dents will be admitted on a conditional basis with a minimum GPA of 2.3 and a minimum ACT score of 18. With these attributes, students must enter the Academic Success Insti-tute and receive passing grades before they may profess into regular aca-demic programs.

However, students will be unconditionally admit-ted with a GPA of 2.75 and an ACT score of 21.

The board passed this

and noted that they want-ed to turn the university into more of a research in-stitute, and by raising the standards they will allow that.

Another resolution passed by the board of trustees is the setting of fees for additional Eng-lish as a Second Language (ESL) courses.

The International Cen-ter for English will begin offering non-credit ESL courses to offer additional support for students and more educational opportu-nities. The elective courses will enable international students to gain a better understanding of the Eng-lish language and they will also be able to better understand specific parts of English.

The fee will be $250 for the elective courses and will be effective on June 1.

ASU-Newport received approval to offer technical

certificates in hospitality services and an emphasis in hospitality services un-der the existing associate of applied science in gen-eral technology.

The program was re-quested by area indus-try and will address the growing need for serves, culinary personnel and en-try-level managers for the hospitality industry.

The program is de-signed for individuals with no experience in hospital-ity service as well as those currently working in the field. The program will be in effect in Fall 2013.

In the chancellor re-ports, the ASU-Newport chancellor announced a decades celebration com-ing in May.

As part of the celebra-tion, a 2012 Chevy Malibu will be given away, along with $1,000 worth of gro-ceries to Kroger and a 52” flat screen television.

Board of Trustees approves higher standards

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Despite its histori-cal lack of success here in the States, soccer’s popularity is exploding across the nation.

For those fans who want to one day see the sport rival its American counterparts I have one request: Support Major League Soccer.

MLS’ 17th season is set to kick off Sat-urday, and though the league is growing there remains a large contin-gent of American soccer fans who refuse to em-brace it.

The same folks who so enthusiastically support the US men’s nation-al team prefer club soc-cer from across the pond and, for unfathomable reasons, harbor hostility toward their own domes-tic league.

They decry MLS for its supposed lack of qual-ity and lack of fan sup-port without ever realiz-ing they themselves have contributed to the prob-lem.

The truth is that MLS is getting better every year.

Attendance continues to go up (average atten-dance last year exceed-ed that of the NBA), and last season saw the high-est level of play in the

league’s history. Exciting young Amer-

ican internationals play alongside world-famous footballers such as David Beckham, Robbie Keane, and Thierry Henry.

ESPN commentator Adrian Healey, who is British, recently named MLS as a Top-10 league worldwide, comparing it favorable with the Dutch Eredivisie.

Swedish winger Fred-die Ljungberg made a similar comparison when he played for the Seattle Sounders.

But for the soccer snobs, all of that is irrel-evant.

They will continue to support foreign clubs

they have no regional or familial attachment to over those in their home-land, due largely to the fact that their interest in soccer is mostly about proving how continental they are.

If they truly want to see soccer in this country grow, they should apply the same devotion they have toward the EPL, La Liga, Serie A, etc. to MLS.

The more people who watch MLS, the more money the league brings in, and the more money can be paid to sign star internationals and con-vince the best American players to stay stateside.

A better MLS also means a better nation-al team, as it means that the necessary infra-structure and education for the youth academies will be in place, ensuring that we churn out bet-ter homegrown players. That’s in the best inter-est of everyone.

The snobs say they won’t watch until MLS reaches the quality of the top European leagues.

That won’t happen unless they lend it their support.

So, here’s my plea for this season: Go all in for MLS.

Support your regional MLS team

What the Howl?!

Zach LottStaff Writer

The Arkansas State Red Wolves baseball team swept South Dakota State in a three game series over the weekend to move to 7-4 on the season and keep the SDSU at a win less record through six games. ASU finished the sweep Sunday with a 10-1 victory at Tomlinson stadium after defeating the Jackrabbits 15-5 on Friday and 12-7 in game two on Saturday.

The Red Wolves have now won two straight home series as part of a 10-game home stand and will face EIU-Edwardsville in a two game series on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Benton BajorekStaff Writer

Hot Springs, AR--

The fifth-seed Arkansas State Lady Red Wolves ex-ited the conference tourna-ment early Saturday, with a 62-38 loss at the hands of fourth-seed South Alabama.

In the second meeting this year between ASU (12-18, 6-11) and USA (17-12), the Lady Red Wolves were led by Sophomore Jane Mor-rill who had 13 points on the afternoon, as the sophomore was the only player to score in double digits.

“They make it very diffi-cult to score inside either off post entries or off drives and that was one of our biggest keys,” said head coach Brian Boyer. “We knew we had to get it inside and score [and they] made it very, very dif-ficult to do that.”

ASU jumped out in front to begin the game with a 10-3 lead with the help of back-to-back 3-point shots by Junior Andi Watson

However, the lead was short lived. Between foul trouble and an overpowering defense, the Jaguars were able to dominate the last 14 minutes of the half by going on a 25-4 run which gave the a 28-14 to end the half.

“I was pleased with the start of the game,” said

Coach Boyer. “But I don’t know if that hurts you a lit-tle bit because you hit a cou-ple of perimeter shots [and] then you are your own worst enemy because we [took] way too many perimeter shots.”

The Lady Red Wolves fought hard, but were nev-er able to overcome the con-stricting Jaguar defense. ASU only had four points off the bench and only four-sec-ond chance baskets.

“They did a good job of just shutting us down and then we [would] hurt our-selves with some bad perim-eter shots,” said sophomore Jane Morrill.

One of the biggest prob-lems ASU faced in this game was the USA pres-

sure around the glass at both ends of the court. The Jaguars out rebounded the Lady Red Wolves 58-30, which included 20 offensive rebounds.

It was a disappointing ending to the college ca-reers of seniors Nene Hurst-McLennan and Meghan Lewis.

Hurst-McClennan, who missed the start of the sea-son due to blood clots in her lungs, was only one of 12 from the field and made two free throws. Lewis had no points in just four minutes of playing time.

With this season closed, the Lady Red Wolves move into the off season to gear up and prepare for their 2012-13 season.

Sweeping In60 Seconds of HowlASU knocks off top seed MTSU to advance to Semifinals

Daniel McFadinSports Editor

Hot Springs, AR--

“Get the Rebound.”That is all Marcus Hoo-

ten was thinking when Mid-dle Tennessee senior for-ward and Sun Belt player of the year, LaRon Dendy, went to the free throw line with one minute remaining in Arkansas State’s second round tournament game Sunday night.

Dendy, one of three from the line going into the op-portunity, was one of five leaving it, air balling the first and rimming the sec-ond into the hands of senior Malcoln Kirkland.

“Once I saw Dendy up there at the free throw line I knew he was gonna miss, so we all knew we had to go and block out their re-bound, so that’s what we did as a team,” said Hoo-ten, who finished the night with 15 points.

Those missed shots started what would be the most important 60 seconds of ASU’s season.

Kirkland then missed on a lay up, and promptly fouled Bruce Massey, who had the rebound.

Massey then missed his two free throw attempts, with the last being re-bounded by Kirkland.

Then, with 20.1 seconds on the clock after a time out and ASU only up by one, se-nior Malcoln Kirkland went to the free throw line after being fouled by MTSU’s La-ron Dendy. He made both.

MTSU then put the ball into the hands of Bruce Massey, who drove for a lay up and the tie, only to be denied by Kirkland with his only block of the night.

“If you defend and re-

bound, you’ve got a chance and we really guarded to-day. We guarded that team as well as anyone has guarded them,” said head coach John Brady

The ball found its way to Dendy, who scored and was fouled by sophomore Ed Townsel.

Dendy failed to convert the three-point play, Kirk-land grabbed the rebound, giving the ball to Hooten with ASU leading 62-61 with 13 seconds to go.

“Middle Tennessee has an Achilles heel. You look at the stats, they’re a 50 some odd free throw shoot-ing team,” said Brady. “It was gonna get them sooner or later and it got them to-night. They missed two big free throws, but it never should have come to that. Ed Townsel should have never fouled in the first place.”

Middle Tennessee fouled Hooten, who entered the attempts four of five on the night.

Hooten made both shots to give the Red Wolves a 64-61 lead.

A last ditch scoring at-tempt by Marcos Knight came up empty, sending ASU to the semifinal round, Monday night against five-

seed North Texas.“We beat a very good bas-

ketball team who, through-out the course of the year, have shown that they were the best team in our league by what they’ve done,” said Brady.

The last second heroics were made possible with a 15-2 run by the Red Wolves to closeout the first half, go-ing to half time leading 31-28.

After trailing by as much as 11 in the first half, with just under seven minutes remaining, Arkansas State claimed the only lead they would need on a Trey Finn three pointer with 2:18 left in the half.

Finn shot four of seven from behind the arch in a battle with the Blue Raid-ers’ Raymond Cintron, who hit five of his own on the night.

Finn led ASU with 16 points as the team shot 43.8 percent from the field to MTSU’s 43.1 for the en-tire game.

“The character of our team has shown through, in my opinion, because we keep playing,” said Brady. “We’ve been hit, and we’ve been punched, but we’ve gotten up and tried to play every time.”

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Lady Red Wolves fall to Jaguars in first round of Tourney

Beth Bright/Herald Senior NeNe Hurst guards a South Alabama player during

Saturday’s first round game in Hot Springs.

Photo courtesy of ASU Sports InfoJunior Trey Finn battles for the ball during Sunday nights game

against Middle Tennessee