Dozens gathered at the Cooper Alumni Center for the induction of three new members and the re-induction of one member into the Arkansas State University Hall of Heroes: retired Lt. Col. Laddie B. Logan (honored posthu-mously), retired Lt. Col. Robert Schoen-born, retired Col. M. Vance Sales and retired Brig. Gen. Frank J. Toney.

The Department of Military Science ROTC Hall of Heroes, located at the east entrance of the armory, pays trib-ute to ROTC Alumni who have distin-guished themselves through a variety of characteristics including heroic and gov-ernment service, as well as outstanding representation of the university.

Logan, a retired lieutenant colonel, was honored in the Hall of Heroes post-humously. LTC Logan graduated from Arkansas State College in 1957 with a BSA in Agribusiness and then earned his Master’s of Business Administration from Arkansas State University in 1979. He earned a Ph.D. from the University of Memphis.

After he graduated, Logan received an ROTC commission as a second lieu-tenant into the U.S. Army in the Infan-try branch. He worked on active duty around the world until his retirement from the Army in July 1997. He earned numerous awards including: a Purple Heart, Vietnam Service medal with four Bronze Service stars, three Legion of Merit medals and many others.

After retiring from the Army, Logan taught at A-State in the College of Busi-

ness from 1979 until his retirement in 2000. He passed away on Dec. 7, 2013. A friend of Logan, Lt. Col. Dave Doyle, accepted the award on Logan’s behalf.

Retired Col. Sales, a native of Jones-boro, also was inducted into the Hall of Heroes. He is a 1981 ROTC Distin-guished Military Graduate from ASU with a BS in Management and Technol-ogy.

During the course of Sales’ 28-year career, he spent more than a decade overseas. He commanded two Air Cav-alry Troops during the Cold War and served a one year tour in Bosnia with the NATO headquarters. Sales retired in 2009 with a long list of awards includ-ing: Defense Superior Service Medal, Distinguished Service Medal and Air Assault Badge, among others.

Sales currently serves as the Senior Site Manager and Army Aviation Cus-tomer Team Leader for Huntsville, Al-abama’s General Electric Aviation Di-vision. He is a member of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity.

Arkansas Military Veterans Hall of Fame member retired Lt. Col. Schoen-born also was inducted into the Hall of Heroes. He was an honor graduate and Distinguished Military Graduate of ASU in 1967.

Schoenborn commissioned as an Air Defense Artillery Officer, serving as Pla-toon Leader and Battery Executive Of-ficer. He was transferred to the Finance Corps, and served over 21 years in var-ious staff and director positions in that branch.

After his retirement, LTC Schoen-

born supported veterans locally and na-tionally through a variety of organiza-tions. He was appointed by Gov. Mike Beebe to the Arkansas Veterans Com-mission, where he served as chairman. He initiated the construction of Arkan-sas’s first veteran’s home. He has played a large role locally as well, organizing Jonesboro’s Veteran’s Day Parade and the Veteran’s Military Ball.

Finally, Brig. Gen. Toney, Jr. was re-inducted into the Hall of Heroes. He attended A-State on an athletic schol-

arship and was part of the 1970 unde-feated championship football team. He graduated as an ROTC Distinguished Military Graduate with a bachelor of science degree. He also holds two mas-ter’s degrees.

Toney totalled more than 40 years of career service in the United States Army and executive level oversight experience in support of the U.S. Department of Defense. His combat commands in-clude: the First Battalion, Third Special Forces Group during Desert Storm and

Tenth Special Forces Group in support of Africa’s Operation Support Hope.

Toney’s decorations include: Defense Distinguished Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Bronze Star, Expert Infantry Badge, and many others.

After the ceremony, the ROTC pre-sented numerous private endowment scholarships to their cadets and rec-ognized one cadet for his outstanding performance at summer training at Fort Knox, where he won the National Guard

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Jackson named new president of ASU System Foundation

Awareness week turns campus pink

AUBREE HUGHARTSTAFF WRITER

Interim president and CEO of the ASU System Phillip Jackson of Jones-boro has been promoted to the position of president of ASU System Foundation. His appointment by Arkansas State Uni-versity President Chuck Welch and ASU System Foundation Chairman Joe Miles fills the position after the July 1 retire-ment of former president Steve Owens.

“Arkansas State University has been an integral part of my life since my fresh-man year in 1977,” Jackson said in a press release. “I am humbled by the confidence placed in me and look forward to this op-portunity to partner with all members of the ASU System as we seek to advance higher education opportunities through-out the state.”

Jackson served as controller of the ASU System Foundation from 1994 and has been the foundation’s chief financial officer since 2012. Jackson is also a certi-fied public accountant, a chartered global management accountant, and a graduate of A-State with a bachelor’s in account-ing and a master’s in business adminis-tration.

Jackson has been hired on as the pres-ident of the ASU System Foundation at an annual salary of $135,000.

According to Welch, Jackson’s for-mer CFO position will not be filled after Jackson’s promotion due to a re-organi-

zation of ASU System Foundation’s op-erations.

“Philip has done an excellent job in his interim role, and it became clear to the foundation board and myself that he would be ideal for the permanent posi-tion,” Welch said in a press release.

The Arkansas State University Sys-tem Foundation, Inc., is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation that was estab-lished in 1977 to operate in partnership and in benefit of the ASU System.

Hall of Heroes Induction Ceremony:

Sarah Thompson| Staff Photographer A-State ROTC Cadets take their contracting oath at the Hall of Heroes Induction Ceremony in the Cooper Alumni Center. At the ceremony, three new members were inducted into the Arkansas State University Hall of Heroes and one member was re-inducted.

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Philip Jackson has been named as the new president of the ASU System Foun-dation. Jackson replaces former presi-dent Steve Owens, who retired in July.

ROTC’s finest continue the legacy of service and sacrifice

MICHELLE GOULDNEWS EDITOR

From the plethora of pink ribbons decorating campus, the events sponsored by Registered Student Organizations, and the generous amount of information being spread to students all across cam-pus, the campaign to raise awareness to fight breast cancer during the month of October has made an appearance on Ar-kansas State University’s campus.

One A-State sorority, the Zeta Omi-cron chapter of Zeta Tau Alpha, ded-icates an entire week of the month to raising awareness and education titled “Think Pink Week.”

The events for this cause included a Soccer Pink Game, Think Pink Football and a Project Pink Party.

Zeta Tau Alpha member Maken-na Porter, freshman chemistry major of Cabot, said, “Girls need to be educated about checking themselves, and older women should be making visits to the doctor as well.”

From their information table the organization supplied students with a symbolic pink ribbon, a calendar with stickers so women could keep track of when to perform breast exams, as well as a small infographic with statistics and information about breast cancer.

A-State staff member Billie Hill is a breast cancer survivor and said she is proud of the attitude that the campus has on Breast Cancer Awareness. For the countless number of other women

who are still fighting their battles against breast cancer, Hill encourages them to keep the faith.

“In fighting my battle, I didn’t deny the situation. But, I would not let it overcome me. I put all of my trust in the Lord,” she said.

According to the American Cancer Society, breast cancer typically produces no symp-toms when the tumor is small and most easily cured. This fact makes early detection key to fighting this disease. It is recommended that wom-en become familiar with what is normal for their breasts by pe r f o r ming monthly self-ex-amina-t i o n s . S o m e recom-m e n d that women over the age of 40 should begin to have mammograms every one to two years. It is vital for women of any age to contact their doctors if they find lumps or notice any irregularities with their breasts.

According to the Cancer Progress website, with the widespread use of mammography, MRI scan and early screening techniques, over 90 percent of breast cancers are diagnosed at an early stage.

Breast cancer is not strictly a female worry. According to the Cancer Center, about one percent of all breast cancer oc-curs in men.

The American Can-cer Society advises, “Careful breast exams might be useful for screening men with a strong family history of breast cancer and/or with BRCA muta-tions found by genetic

testing.” For this reason, it is

vital that men and women alike should be educated about

how early detection can help pre-vent breast cancer from developing into its later stages.

The importance of raising Breast Cancer Awareness is prev-alent in many facets of Ameri-can society because it is an un-der-the-radar disease.

Some people will not be able to detect its presence quickly. To

these people, Hill advises, “Fol-low the instructions to live a healthy

life and always take your medicine.” Nonetheless, Arkansas State Univer-

sity has continued to try to make sure that the number of people who are un-aware of this danger continues to decline as they continue to paint campus pink to help fight against breast cancer.

The mind of the student journalist is a tumultuous sea of information. Articulating your point in a timely and well-rounded manner, memo-rizing the AP Style Guide cover to cover and ensuring one is fol-lowing strong journalistic eth-ics are the guiding points that every young media profession-al must follow with the utmost care. Above all of these is the First Amendment right to act as members of the press and as free-thinking individuals.

Freedom of the press is a right guaranteed to every prac-ticing journalist, but unfortu-nately, when it comes to college campuses, the lines often be-come blurred in favor of univer-sity image.

Censorship and political cor-rectness have long been at the forefront of popular culture. Political pundits and television personalities proudly tout the moral and ethical parameters of PC culture. Catherine Rampell, a columnist for the Washington Post, noted in her Oct. 22 edi-torial that, while these issues have been present on campuses for quite some time, they have reached peak prominence in re-cent months.

“College campuses have cre-ated ‘safe spaces’ for all sorts of marginalized groups,” Rampell said. “But in the process, one member of the campus commu-nity has lost precious real estate. Free speech.”

Indeed, free speech for stu-dents has come under heavy fire in the last week. The staff of

the Wesleyan University Argus suffered a massive budget cut after publishing a “moderate-ly conservative” column in the opinion section. In his column, Bryan Stascavage, a sophomore at Wesleyan, criticized the Black Lives Matter movement. While provocative, the essay contained no racial epithets or specific attacks on individuals. Stascav-age was not particularly critical of the movement as a whole. Rather, he criticized the more militant aspect of Black Lives Matter.

In response, students at the university began to rebel. Stacks upon stacks of the Argus were stolen in protest -- something few realize is a very potent and illegal form of censorship -- and a group of Wesleyan students put together a petition to de-fund the campus publication.

The Argus made the un-fortunate choice to publish an apology, seemingly groveling for forgiveness from the student population and noted their fail-ure to the community for allow-ing such a controversial piece of writing to disrupt the universi-ty’s social atmosphere.

The problem with many stu-dent publications seems to be a lack of understanding in jour-nalistic values on both sides of the situation.

Shortly after student orga-nizations launched a petition to defund the Argus, the stu-dent government voted unan-imously to halve funding for the newspaper and redistribute the savings among several other campus publications. Allegedly, this was not a form of retalia-

tion. Instead, this measure was designed to reduce waste and promote diversity.

Opinion columns are easy targets for criticism as they ex-press the direct view of the au-thor. It is important to remem-ber that, while there is more freedom in editorial column writing, expressing one’s opin-ion does not make you exempt from libel and slander. But when a student expresses a fairly in-nocuous idea without direct-ly targeting any one person or group, there is no justification for clarification.

Editors and advisers never like to admit mistakes. In a per-fect world, we wouldn’t be mak-ing the editorial or journalistic faux pas that illicit clarifications or apologies. The Argus edito-rial staff made a great error in publishing a front page letter condemning the column and the writer. When administra-tors and editors turn on their staff and admit defeat in even the smallest of ways, they lose the trust of the public and their staff.

The Student Press Law Cen-ter is a well-known resource for many student journalists. According to their website, it is a common misconception that newspapers must comply with demands from their readership if a piece of writing is met with push-back.

“If the material is lawful, the fact that someone finds it embarrassing or bothersome does not obligate you to take it down,” the website notes.

Even in news writing, stories can be met with anger when

addressing controversial top-ics. Again, student journalists are responsible for reporting on news events in a factual and unbiased manner. In the same vein, it is the responsibility of the public to understand the distinction between news and editorial writing.

As previously mentioned, newspaper theft is a common form of reader retaliation. On Oct. 19, hundreds of copies of the University of Alabama stu-dent publication, the Crimson White, were stolen after the pub-lication of several editorials crit-icizing fraternity culture. Even at A-State, this problem persists. The university made national headlines in 2005 when over 3,000 copies of The Herald were stolen after the publication of a story detailing a semester-open-ing party hosted by Sigma Chi at which a teenage girl suffered possible alcohol poisoning. As recently as last week, thefts of The Herald were reported to the editorial staff after a campus crime report received statewide attention and reached about 4,500 Facebook users.

What administrators, stu-dent government officials and the general readership fail to realize is that retaliating against students expressing their views will only lead to more contempt. If political correctness is to be acted upon, it should be utilized as a tool for understanding, in-stead of restriction.

This kind of retaliation only serves to enhance a climate of distrust among the student body, and goes far beyond those in the journalism world. If the press does not have the freedom to publish opinions, or more disturbingly, wholly accurate news articles, how can any stu-dent’s First Amendment rights be truly respected?

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EMMA WILLIAMSOPINION EDITOR

Why should you care about the Confederate flag?

DR. WILLIAM MCLEANDEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL

SCIENCE

Editor’s note: “Why Should You Care?” is a recurring column contributed by faculty members of the Political Science Department.

Illustration by Emma Williams | Opinion Editor

Freedom of the Press

With the decision to remove the Confederate flag at Ole Miss fresh in the public consciousness, Dr.

McLean poses several important questions.

CADE CARLTON, SPORTS EDITORandrew.carlton@smail.astate.edu

Emma Williams is a junior strategic communication ma-jor of Jonesboro.

Steve Sack | The Minneapolis Star Tribune

The 150th anniversary of the Civil War recently passed. As in recent years, a symbol of that bygone era, the Confederate flag, continues to stir much debate.

From a statewide referendum to remove the flag in Mississippi to a legislative mandate to remove it from the state capitol in South Carolina, the symbol continues to elicit divided and heated responses.

A recent poll by the Pew Research Center indicates that few Americans (8 percent) display the flag and that a majority (58 percent) have a neutral reaction to it. The display is more likely to elicit a negative reaction from college graduates (46%), Democrats (46 percent) and African-Americans (41 percent), who see it as racist. On the other hand, other recent polls show that Southern whites (75 percent), whites without a college degree (73 percent) and Republicans (78 percent) see it as a symbol of Southern pride, rather than one of racism.

This shows how a symbol of the past is still able to so sharply

divide a nation. So whose job is it then, if

anyone’s, to determine what the flag symbolizes? If you think it’s the government’s job, then you should care because your generation will play an increasingly important role in determining the government’s role in free speech. In Europe, for instance, some countries have government limits on the use of such symbols as the swastika, the hijab and the minaret.

So here are some questions to ask yourself:

- Should this be a national issue or one that is largely left to the South?

- Should the federal government get more involved or should it continue to insist that the issue be regulated by individual states?

- From a free speech perspective, should states regulate an individual’s right to display a symbol, even if others find it offensive?

These are the complicated issues that your generation will continue to face.

Dr. William McLean is an associate professor and chair of the Department of Political Science.

“This shows how a sym-bol of the past is still able to so sharply divide

a nation.” - Dr. William McLean

As more student press outlets fall victim to censorship, young journalists are speculating what this could mean for the future of college media.

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Campus Crime

Campus Crime is compiled from re-ports from the University Policy De-partment.

Oct. 20, 20158:00 p.m.—A drone was

spotted flying over Centenni-al Bank Stadium during the football game Tuesday night. Captain Jarrod Long of UPD explained he was able to see the drone, with red and green flash-ing lights, flying above the guest seating on the southwest side of the stadium. Officers located the operator at one of the outdoor practice fields near the stadium.

Semih Karabulut, 25, said he was unaware that he could not fly the device over the stadium. Of-ficers advised him that it violated policy set forth by the Federal Aviation Administration and ex-plained how dangerous it was to fly over the crowd. If the drone were to have mechanically failed, it could have easily become a projectile and seriously injured someone, according to officers.

This is not the first incident involving Karabulut and his drone. Earlier this year, he was advised to stop flying it around residence hall areas.

This time, however, Karabu-lut was instructed not to fly the drone on campus anymore and was referred to Student Conduct.

Oct. 20, 20159:25 p.m.—While on patrol

during the football game, Offi-cer Robert Chrestman noticed a questionable figure emerge from the women’s bathroom. It was Briar Shawn, an 18-year-old male student.

The officer confronted Shawn and asked why he went in the women’s bathroom. Shawn ex-plained that he “couldn’t find the men’s bathroom.”

Shawn was described as hav-ing blood-shot eyes and very poor balance when standing.

When Officer Chrestman re-quested to see his driver’s license, Shawn pulled out his wallet and tried to retrieve the license from an inside pocket but was unable to do so.

The assistance of Officer Chrestman was required to re-trieve the license from the wal-let. Shawn was arrested on the charge of minor in possession of intoxicating liquor and was re-ferred to Student Conduct.

Oct. 21, 20153:45 p.m.—A suspicious man

was attempting to “sell books with questionable language” near the Reng Student Union, ac-cording to a police report.

When first seen near Univer-sity Hall, one student said the man was standing next to a truck

with several flags on it and was making the nearby female stu-dents nervous.

Officer Daniel Bradway found the man in front of the Union, speaking with a female international student. Bradway stated that he was attempting to take possession of her credit card for the purchase of his book. Officers informed the man of so-licitation laws, and the man was soon escorted away.

He was issued a persona non grata for the entire A-State cam-pus.

Oct. 25, 20157:10 a.m.—Officer Tracy

Fleetwood was patrolling near Kays Hall when she found a bag of trash on top of the west en-trance overhang.

After obtaining the bag, mail-ing labels in the trash revealed the name of Kala Spinks.

Officer Fleetwood made con-tact with the suspect in her room and asked if the bag of trash be-longed to her. She agreed it was her trash but claimed she did not throw it out the window.

She also claimed that she thought her friend had taken it out for her earlier. Spinks pro-ceeded to properly dispose of the trash but was advised of a univer-sity referral for the residence hall violation.

The A-State Writing Center created a platform for creative expression with their day-long Poetry Café. The Poetry Café, which coincided with the Na-tional Day of Writing, encour-aged students and faculty to read treasured selections of poetry and share their own works.

The lounge area in front of the Humanities and Social Sciences building served as the venue, inviting passing students to join the outflow of creativity.

Students took advantage of the creative opportunity to share their beloved pieces of poetry and literature.

“The Poetry Café helps stu-dents to become more cultured – to experience a part of histo-ry. It opens people up to differ-ent things,” said Deven Parrish, sophomore theatre major of Tru-mann.

Different campus and local organizations performed during designated time slots, including the Feminist Union, Theater Department, the Arkansas Re-view, the Tributary, the World Languages Department, Women and Gender Studies, and Sigma

Tau Delta.The representatives from each

organization selected works that correlated with their group’s in-terests. Creative selections from the Arkansas Review and Trib-utary were shared, allowing a means to support each publica-tion.

Theater students read from classic plays, focusing on ancient retellings of classic myths. Small scenes were performed for the audience, adding the pivotal ele-ment of drama to the event.

The Feminist Union and Women and Gender Studies focused on gender and sexual-ity with a few selections from LGBT writers.

Between these time slots, the microphone remained open for anyone who wished to read a poem to the audience. Many A-State students took this chance to share their favorite poem or even a personally-writ-ten selection.

“I don’t know if the greater part of the student body would ever be exposed to poetry other-wise. When it becomes an am-bient feature on campus, then students can be drawn in spon-taneously,” said Ashley Pratt, se-nior theater major of El Dorado.

“It also cultivates an appreciation for language.”

Many students found that the event encouraged personal expression and offered a means to dismantle social barriers that may persist on campus.

“I think spoken word has a power. It’s definitely an avenue of expression. I often find piec-es like this can be very moving,” said Justin Barnes, electrical en-gineering sophomore of Cabot.

“It’s a place where people can come and express themselves by reading their poetry. It has the power to break down social barriers,” said Janie Cole, senior English major of Jonesboro, not-ing the positive energy in the audience and the inclusion of students from all departments in the program.

The historical element of the event was brought to light through the featured content.

“I think it’s important to rec-ognize where it all started -- es-pecially with the classical era that we are focusing on. It’s import-ant for people to be exposed to that. Without it, where would we be?” said Luke Guntharp, senior theater major of Jonesboro, who performed a Shakespearean son-net for the audience.

HAYLEY WEBBMULTIMEDIA EDITOR

CLINTON SUMMERSCAMPUS CRIME REPORTER

Brett Whitman | Staff PhotographerLeap for Literacy 5k Run & Walk contestants take off at the start of the race on Saturday morning

in the Dean B. Ellis Library parking lot.

The Dean B. Ellis Library hosted the Leap for Literacy 5k run/walk to support the Literacy League, which provides services to members of the Jonesboro community who are looking to improve their reading, writing and math skills at no charge. These free services include one-on-one tutoring and the pro-ceeds from the run went to help-ing the Literacy League to keep pursuing their mission to help over 20,000 people in the area that struggle with literacy.

The 5k Leap for Literacy race consisted of a course loop-ing around the campus. The race started at 9 a.m. on Satur-day at the Dean B. Ellis Library and continued down University Loop and up Pawnee Street. The participants then proceeded up Olympic Drive and around the Convocation Center to begin down University Loop. On the

last leg of the course, rain-soaked participants headed west on Ag-gie Road and around the Red Wolf Center leading back to the library and the finish line.

Despite the rainy weather during the run, 104 members of the community came out to participate in the event and to help fundraise for the Literacy League.

Professor of Agriculture and Literacy League member Dr. David Agnew said the Leap for Literacy run was great for exer-cise as well as raising funds for and bringing awareness to the issues of illiteracy in our local community.

“I think the 5k run, Leap for Literacy, benefited the Literacy League in two major ways,” Ag-new said. “It is a healthy and fun way to help raise funds for a very worthy cause and it also gave the Literacy League visibility there-by raising the awareness of their cause and the problems of illiter-

acy in the community.”The Literacy League is not

only focused on providing quali-ty and attentive tutoring but also on having some of the best tutors available to volunteer their time.

Meanwhile, Craighead County tutor Donald Mankin was awarded by the Arkansas Bar Association with the Tutor of the Year award for his outstanding work in the area. Agnew was also honored with the Win Paul Rockefeller leadership Award 2015 for his dedicated service to the Literacy League and the people of his community.

Many sponsors from the community and local area helped out as well with the Leap for Lit-eracy run/walk. Sponsors ranged from library employees and lo-cal entertainment sources such as Jonesboro Bowling Center and KLEK 102.5 Radio to local health services in the community such as Medic One Ambulance.

BLAKE RYLANTSTAFF WRITER

Library hosts ‘Leap for Literacy’ 5k for local literacy program Nikki Logan | Staff Photographer

Students and faculty members alike enjoyed the chance to read and listen to various works of poetry, both classic and self-written, during the All-Day Poetry Cafe Oct. 20. The event was spon-

sored by the A-State Writing Center and the Arkansas Delta Writing Project.

All-day café celebrates student expression with poetry readings

Automation Outfitters, a local Jonesboro auto-mation company, established a new scholarship for the College of Engineering to financially aid elec-trical engineering students in their pursuit to earn their degrees.

The company frequently hires engineering grad-uates for positions in their company and provides engineering undergraduate students a way to get hands-on experience in the world of automation engineering through internships. The new scholar-ship will be yet another way to support engineering endeavors.

Recipients of the scholarship will be granted $1,000 per year to aid their college education. Upon endowment, the scholarship amount will be made to reflect endowment earnings.

“Automation Outfitters is a local, cutting edge company which has employed our undergraduate students as engineering interns, and has hired our program graduates into full-time engineering de-sign positions,” Dr. Paul Mixon, interim dean of en-gineering, said in a press release. “We are extremely grateful for their continuing strong support of our programs.”

Electrical engineering students who attend Ar-kansas State University full time, have earned at least 60 credit hours, and have a minimum grade

point average of 3.0, are eligible to apply for the Au-tomation Outfitters’ scholarship.

The College of Engineering’s Scholarship Com-mittee will choose the recipients of the scholarship. The award may also be renewed for a second school year as long as the recipient continues to meet the criteria for the scholarship.

Automation Outfitters founders and long-time supporters of A-State David Williamson and Greg Williamson gifted the scholarship to the College of Engineering to show their support for the campus and the College of Engineering.

Greg Williamson is also an alumnus of A-State with a bachelor’s degree in computer science and a master’s degree in business administration.

With the new engineering scholarship, Automa-tion Outfitters wishes to continue their support to help in the education of future A-State engineers.

Association’s Minute Man Award for physical and mental excellence.

The $7,500 Horne scholar-ship, established in 1996, was awarded to Cadet Deja Evans for outstanding performance and potential.

The Beck Scholarship, award-ed to two STEM students en-rolled in ROTC with leadership skills and physical excellence in the amount of $500 annually, was awarded to cadets Justin Megol-hoff and Juan Martinez.

The Paul Albright Memori-al Scholarship was awarded to JROTC Cadet Deja Evans in the

amount of $2,100 for leadership abilities, physical fitness and aca-demic excellence.

Four Lynn Hooper Scholar-ship were awarded for leadership excellence in the amount of $500 each.

The Ron Miller Scholarship, given to four freshmen for aca-demic and leadership excellence in the amount of $500, was awarded to four distinguished cadets.

Finally, the $850 Bowman Scholarship, given in honor of a former professor of ASU Mili-tary Science, was awarded to Ca-det David George.

The ROTC hosted a tailgate for the inductees and their fam-ilies, before the Oct. 20 night football game. Schoenborn, Sales, Toney and Logan were all recog-nized on the field during the na-tionally televised football game.

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With the addition of the new inductees, the Hall of Heroes includes over 50 A-State ROTC alumni.--A-State Military Science Website

From Staff Reports

Automation Outfitters endows scholarship for engineering

Senators discussed upcoming task forces and campus safety at the Student Government Asso-ciation meeting Tuesday night. Several committees are already forming to consider creating res-olutions for adding ice machines to freshman residence halls, cre-ating campus game rooms, and establishing drinking fountains for service dogs.

Chief of Staff Nathan Lee said senators who have expressed interest in working with the pro-posed resolution ideas will be

contacted soon to begin work on the proposals.

Brooks Jones, SGA Vice Pres-ident, said the senate is most con-cerned with looking at issues that matter to the students.

Brandon Haley, Cultural En-richment Director, and Logan Mustain, SGA President, en-couraged senators to get their fellow students involved in SGA’s Ideas that Innovate campaign.

“We’re really excited about the campaign,” Mustain said. “Some of the best ideas for our cam-pus come from your average Joe walking down the hallways.”

Meanwhile, Officer Tracey Simpson of the University Police Department said that in regard to safety, things have been going well on campus. She also thanked students for their response to UPD’s recent loss of Officer Robert Peevey. “The community here on campus is great,” Simp-son added. “Students have really reached out to the family and to us, and it means a lot.”

The next SGA meeting will be Nov. 10 at 5:30 p.m. on the eighth floor of the Dean B. Ellis Library.

Heroes, Continued

Sarah Thompson | Staff PhotographerLeft: Retired Col. M. Vance Sales poses with his honorary plaque that will be housed in the Hall of Heroes.

Right: Retired Brig. Gen. Frank J. Toney gives an acceptance speech after being inducted in the A-State Hall of Heroes Oct. 20 at the Cooper Alumni Center. Others honored included retired Lt. Col. Robert Schoenborn

and retired Lt. Col. Laddie B. Logan (honored posthumously).

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Originally from Brent-wood, Tenn., Alex Goff is the A-State’s Rugby Club start-ing lock, and has been since his freshman year. The senior chemistry major was among the starting 23 in the 2012 Nation-al Championship Final against BYU, short for Brigham Young University and is currently play-ing his last season as a Red Wolf. He is without a doubt A-State’s key player in lineouts and one of the seniors with the most expe-rience in the team.

Goff picked up rugby at the age of 12, and continued to play it all through high school. When it came time to pursue his college career he had the choice to attend UT Knoxville, Life University in Georgia, or Arkansas State. He scratched UT-Knoxville off after his brother advised him not to go there, because the best rugby wasn’t there. So the choice was between A-State and Life.

“After visiting Life and talking to the coaches, I got the feeling they created robotic players,” Goff said. “Meanwhile at A-State, the coaches strive for creating smart,versatile play-ers. At A-State they give us the tools to perform on the field and then they leave it up to us to use them and win.”

During his freshman year,

Goff was selected as an Under 20s All-American and won the Junior World Rugby Trophy, after upsetting the No. 1 seed, Tonga, and defeating Japan on the final.

“Tonga was the favorite go-ing into the tournament, but they stuck us in a camp and we never heard any of the rumors or predictions until after the game,” Goff said.

This victory represented only the second time since the 1924 Olympics that the U.S. has won an international rugby tourna-ment.

During his sophomore year, Goff made the U-20s again, this time competing on the Junior World Rugby Cup against the likes of New Zealand, Austra-

lia, Argentina and South Africa. This year, however, the U-20s All-Americans were eliminated in the pool stages.

“We all learned what it was like to play international rug-by of the highest level,” Goff said. He still believes that if the same U.S. team he was part of his freshman year would have come back, they would have come close to beating Scotland or Fiji, two teams that are five and seven places ahead of the U.S., respectively, in the world rankings.

Last year, A-State’s Rugby Club lost in the opening round of the Varsity Cup against Clemson. After the tournament A-State Rugby Club dropped from No. 3 to No. 13 in the na-tional rankings.

“We went in thinking we were going to win, but Clemson prove to be better than we ex-pected,” Goff said. “This season we are off to prove that we are still one of the top Clubs in the country.”

“We could come back to be among the top clubs in the na-tion, if we are not plagued by injuries” Goff said.

Next weekend A-State’s playing their last game of the fall, when they face the Dav-enport University Panthers in Michigan. The 2016 spring sea-son dates are yet to come.

The Lady Red Wolves have been on fire all season, and show no signs of stopping. Heading into the final stretch of the regular season, the Red Wolves are in great position with a 10-0 record in the Sun Belt (19-1 overall). However, they aren’t getting comfortable just yet.

The Red Wolves led an impressive rally vs. Texas State at the Convo on Oct. 17, a match which showcased the team’s skill and determination. It was the team’s first tiebreaker win on home court, and the Lady Red Wolves were happy to put on a show for their fans.

“It felt amazing,” junior middle blocker Kelsey Reis said. “The crowd helped a lot, and to have them participate felt great.”

Junior libero Markie Schaedig said, “They’re a big mental game for us, actually. To come out in front of our home crowd and take them to five and have them be a part of it was huge. It was one of the most fun games we’ve played.”

Head Coach David Rehr believed the crowd kept the team alive as they faced a deciding set. “The atmosphere was fantastic, it was the best crowd we’ve had all year. The fact that we needed them made it more important. When we were down in the fourth, the crowd brought us back to life, gave us the energy we needed,” Rehr said.

Rehr hopes that the performance will lead to big crowds in the future. “To have a good crowd and put on the performance we did felt good. Hopefully it makes people want to come back again.”

The Red Wolves’ schedule is very light on home matches, with 18 of 26 matches played on away or neutral courts, so the team knows how to make each game played in Jonesboro count.

When asked about the crowd’s impact, Reis said, “It’s huge. Especially in that Texas State game in the fifth set, when the crowd got on their feet and started yelling. It really adds to our energy and momentum.”

Senior defensive specialist Hannah Robey believes the fans add to the intensity on the court. “The crowd is awesome. When the crowd gets loud, it gets our bench going, and that gets the players on the court going,” she said. “Even without a home crowd, we’re gonna play our game, but they bring it to another level.”

“I think it’s great. It’s great to have fans and be around people who love watching you play,” said freshman outside hitter Carlisa May. “We feed a lot off our fans’ energy and the energy of being at home.”

This wasn’t the first match where the Lady Red Wolves found themselves in a hole, but they’ve proven themselves time and time again under pressure.

Hannah Robey believes the key to sticking out the tough games is all about the team’s mindset. “When we step out on

the court, our mentality is ‘Nothing is hitting the floor,’” Robey insisted. “Whether we have to run into the scorer’s table like our setter did, or run into the bleachers. Whatever it takes, we’re gonna go after it, because that’s how we play.”

The squad’s ability to go on short runs has been a huge factor of their gameplay. “Volleyball’s a huge game of momentum, so whenever we get big plays it really adds to our momentum,” Reis said. “The more we get the hotter we are.”

Having a team with a relentless attitude and determination is a key factor according to Coach Rehr. “It shows that we have heart and we’re willing to fight. Those things are good attributes to a team,” he said.

In addition to their outstanding record, several players have earned individual awards from the Sun Belt. They all make it clear that their focus is on winning as a team.

Carlisa May has been named the Sun Belt’s Freshman Student Athlete of the Week six weeks straight, but her focus isn’t on the awards. “It’s still just another award. My job is to put balls down, put up a block, and just play the game,” May insisted. “My teammates are doing a great job on defense. If it weren’t for our defense and sets from (Mallory Warrington,) I wouldn’t be getting these kills.”

Markie Schaedig has also received accolades from the Sun Belt, but maintains: “As long as we’re winning, I feel like I’m doing my job. But you can ask anybody on our team, nobody really cares about those awards. As long as we’re winning as a team, then we’re all doing our job.”

After sweeping ULM this past weekend, the Lady Red Wolves have five matches left on the season. They currently hold the first seed in the Sun Belt standings, trailed closely by Appalachian State (10-0 in SBC.)

A-State’s final two matches of the season are against the Mountaineers, with each team playing at home once. Though these final matches will be a deciding factor in the seeding for the Sun Belt championship tournament, Coach Rehr said they aren’t thinking that far ahead just yet.

“We aren’t focused on them much. Our next game is what we’re focused on. You’d think it’s coach speak, but we’re really just preparing for what’s in front of us,” Rehr noted.

“We know it’s there, it’s not something we’re oblivious to, but if we look that far ahead, we’re going to miss on what we have in front of us.”

With only five regular seson games left, The Red Wolves will hope to keep their unbeaten conference record alive starting this week, as they take on their rival, the UALR Trojans on Wednesday night, and the Georgia Southern Eagles on Friday.

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Alex Goff reaches for the ball during a line-out.

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Goff reflects on time at A-State Red Wolves soccer concludes season

Red Wolves Soccer concluded their regular season by dropping games to Troy and South Alabama. After a 2-1 loss at the hands of Troy, A-State was officially eliminated from the Sun Belt tournament.

Troy controlled much of the space in the open-ing half and outshot Arkansas State 16-4. Fresh-man Kelsey Ponder had a solid half for the Red Wolves and made seven saves during the first pe-riod.

Troy scored first, in the 35th minute when Abby Reynolds connected on her fourth goal of the year to give the Trojans the early advantage over the Red Wolves. The Lady Trojans led 1-0 at the half.

In the 62nd minute of the match, A-State freshman forward Arianna Delli Carpini scored her second goal of the season, evening the score at 1-1. However, Troy answered with a goal in the 66th minute by Reynolds advancing the score 2-1.

The Red Wolves couldn’t find an equalizer in the final minutes, and fell to the Trojans 2-1.

The loss eliminated the Red Wolves from the Sun Belt Conference tournament, as Louisi-ana-Lafayette hold the tiebreaker over A-State.

Sunday, the Arkansas state women’s soccer team concluded the 2015 season with a 4-1 loss to South Alabama.

South Alabama outshot Arkansas State 21-8 and held a 15-6 advantage in shots on goal.

South Alabama’s Steffi Hardy scored the first goal of the match in the 14th minute. Arkansas State responded in the 41st minute when senior Jordan Adams headed in a ball off a corner kick by Tayler Carter to even the score at 1-1.

The Jaguars wasted little time in responding, taking a 2-1 lead in the 43rd minute after Dan-ielle Henley scored off an assist from Charde Hannah. Arkansas State couldn’t find an equaliz-

er going into the half.South Alabama scored their third goal of the

game in the 50th minute when Hardy connected on a shot from six yards out extending the lead to 3-1.

Hardy completed the hat trick by adding a goal in the 86th minute to push the South Alabama lead to 4-1. Arkansas State trailed for the remain-der of the game and suffered a 5-1 defeat.

Arkansas State finished the year with an over-all record of 3-14-1 and Sun Belt Conference re-cord of 1-7-1, while South Alabama improved to 15-2-1 and a league record of 9-0 and will enter next week’s SBC Tournament as the top seed.

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Denise Goldstein| Staff PhotographerKariana Castanon-Hill, senior of Berkeley, Calif., goes in to spike a set ball from teammate Mallory Warrington in the second set against ULM. The Red Wolves defeated the War Hawks 3-0, continuing their winning streak of 11-0 for conference games.

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Denise Goldstein| Staff PhotographerKassie Flynn, freshman of St. Louis flip throws an out of bound ball during the UALR game on Oct. 16.

Although the campus Mul-ticultural Center is still in its infancy, the new multicultural director has big plans for the center to ensure a successful fu-ture. Tirrany Thurmond joined the A-State family in early September, and has spent her first month immersing herself in the unique student culture at the university.

“It’s been an interesting transition so far; just learning about the culture of the stu-dents, learning about the cli-mate of the university [and] learning my way around town,” said Thurmond, who moved to Jonesboro from Georgia.

She has also spent her ini-tial time here reaching out and collaborating with other indi-viduals who could be beneficial to the growing Multicultural Center.

Thurmond has also spent this time learning who to col-laborate with and who could be a great resource to the center.

Before coming to Arkansas State University, Thurmond co-ordinated recruitment efforts for the College of Education at Georgia Southern Universi-ty in Statesboro, Georgia. She was an adviser to nearly 200 students.

Thurmond also spoke about

her career in higher education, which eventually led to her love for college outreach and multi-cultural affairs.

“My career started off in higher education several years ago. I started off as a minori-ty admissions counselor. So, I would travel the state talking to students of historically margin-alized backgrounds about pay-ing for college,” she said. “The love for college outreach and providing access for students to college just spread into the work I was doing.”

She was even certain that this was the type of work she wanted to do once she grad-uated from college. She has a bachelor of science in behav-ior analysis from Savannah State University and a master of education in counselor ed-ucation with an emphasis in clinical-mental health from Georgia Southern University.

Thurmond later worked at both of her alma maters in admis-sions and recruitment before taking the job as Multicul-tural Center Director here at A-State.

Meanwhile, Thurmond has big plans for the Multicultur-al Center. She emphasized the importance of the multicultur-al center aiming to reach more people across campus and in the community. She also said the education aspect of the multicultural center was of great importance.

“I want to do a lot more multicultural education in re-gard to identity development,” she said. “I really want us to get to a place where we are really paying attention to the iden-tities of our students and also bringing more attention and support to those marginalized groups on campus.”

She wants to ensure that she upholds the integrity of the center, while still instilling new, creative ideas as well.

“It’s important for students to feel that they are a valued asset to an organization. When you create a space for people to be their most authentic selves, I promise you, they will give you their most authentic selves,” Thurmond said. “Diversity ini-tiatives, multicultural centers... it’s important to provide a safe

haven for your students, faculty and staff because they need to be supported.”

The Multicultural Center is an open area where all stu-dents can work on homework, access the resource library and even check out movies related to culture.

Students are also able to be ambassadors for the Multicul-tural Center.

“We’re always looking for workers, like individuals who are really good with graphic de-sign, or good with social media marketing to support the func-tions of the group,” she said.

Thurmond reiterated the importance of students devel-oping their cross-cultural com-petence. She hopes that is a

lesson students take away from the programming at the Multi-cultural Center.

She defined cross cultural competency as having the abil-ity to acknowledge your own biases, while still working to contest those biases.

“To be global ambassadors, it’s imperative that you under-stand how important it is for you to develop a skill set where you can appreciate the differ-ences that are around you. Even if we are the same hue, we are so different,” Thurmond said. “So without a doubt, my hopes

are that my students will learn and strengthen their cultural competency level.

“Every year our student body is changing, so it’s imperative for the institution to change with that student group,” Thur-mond said.

Thurmond has great plans for the Multicultural Cen-ter’s future. The Multicultural Center has numerous events planned for the upcoming se-mester and the multicultural director hopes that the center will become a beneficial aspect to the student body.

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Tirrany Thurmond gives new life to Multicultural Center

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“The love for college outreach and provi-ing access for stu-dents to college just spread into the work I was doing.”-- Tirrany Thurmond, Multi-cultural Center Director

Fall flavored drinks: a classic season staple

With fall comes beautiful colors, warm clothing and chilly weather. Leaves begin to fall, and so do the temperatures, leaving some students craving their favorite fall flavored drinks to keep them warm.

Apple Cider and Hot Cocoa are two favorites that make their way into the mugs of almost everyone at some point during the fall and winter. Some simply enjoy the warm drink and sweet taste, others have emotional ties to these traditional seasonal specialties. However, when put to the test, does the A-State community enjoy cocoa or cider?

“It’s not an easy choice, but hot chocolate. I’ve always had hot chocolate. My fam-ily drinks hot chocolate. It’s just what I grew up with,” said Lukas Mayberry, junior mechanical engineering major of Prattsville.

Hot chocolate has been a drink of choice for many since cacao plants were first discovered and cultivated by the Olmec civilization of ancient Mesoamerica. It’s a versatile drink that can be paired with almost anything to create one’s own personal recipe.

American apple cider, on the other hand, has only been around since Colonial America. Apples have been traced back to ancient Egyptian times, and apple cider has been a popular drink in European regions since the 10th century, but American apple cider has a much different upbringing.

Apple cider was originally brewed as a beer. Apples were readily available, and therefore the drink rose to popularity. Other alcoholic beverages led to the fall of cider as the most popular drink among Americans, but nonalcoholic apple cider is still loved by many to this day.

Lindi Miller, sophomore biology major of Paragould, would rather sip on a cup of warm apple cider during the fall season. “It’s like fall in a cup. What’s better than that?” Miller said.

Miller isn’t the only Red Wolf who prefers cider to cocoa. The Director of Grad-uate Studies for the College of Media and Communication agreed that cider is his favorite fall drink.

“While I drink cocoa year-round, I like something with a festive taste. Apple cider goes with the holiday season,” Dr. Gil Fowler said. Apple cider seems like a definite Red Wolf favorite when it comes to the fall, but quite a few A-State stu-dents and faculty are still on the fence about which one they would choose.

“I like them both. My hot chocolate has to have lots of marshmallows, and my apple cider has to have Red Hots, but it’s a hard choice between the two,” Sherry Hufstedler, Honors College administrative analyst, said.

There is no question that both drinks are loved by many during the fall and winter seasons. Does one outshine the other in the race for favorite fall drink? Both drinks have their fair share of fans, and it seems obvious that the A-State campus is split evenly between the two.

So no matter your favorite drink or recipe, grab yourself a mug and enjoy two of fall’s most cherished drinkable traditions.

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Every Halloween, the sweet smells and comforting ambience of fall give way to scary sights and frightening fun. Black cats turn into a superstition, white sheets turn ghostly and pumpkins turn into Jack-O–Lanterns.

Pumpkin Hollow hosts Halloween activities for the whole family through-out the month of October.

Located in Piggott, 48 miles outside of Jonesboro, Pumpkin Hollow is the largest commercial pumpkin farm in the Mid-South.

It’s owned and operated by Darrell and Ellen Dalton, and they keep the family atmosphere flowing throughout the farm.

“You could definitely tell that the people who work there love their jobs and what they do,” Taylor Sales, junior interdisciplinary studies major of Cabot, said.

Pumpkin Hollow is open 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 1-6 p.m. Sunday. While on a day trip to the farm, families can enjoy fun attractions like hayrides, a corn maze, farm animals, pony rides and, of course, a lot of pump-kins.

“This was my first time to go to Pumpkin Hollow,” sophomore com-munications disorders major of Thay-er, Missouri, Morgan Stone said. “We have a corn maze in my hometown, but Pumpkin Hollow’s maze blew it out of the water. It was great.”

While the Daltons have been farm-ing the land that is now Pumpkin Hol-low since 1969, the pumpkin patch turned nightly terror has only been open to the public since 1993.

True to the season, they open Sept. 19 and close on Oct. 31 until the next year.

The Daltons add new attractions each

year to keep adults, students and children coming back for more. This year, a kid’s playground, along with a new surprise in the Friendly Forest, has been added to the list of attractions.

“We take seriously our commitment to providing you a memorable and ed-ucational experience at our farm,” the Daltons said on their Pumpkin Hollow website.

On Friday nights the real action happens, when the fun, family friendly pumpkin patch transforms into a scene out of Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” music video.

After dark, the pumpkin patch opens the door to a Forest of Fright, Bubba’s Butcher Barn, Frightmare Farmhouse and an all-new Zombie Paintball Patrol.

“I loved every bit of the haunted houses even though I’m a scaredy cat,” Sales said.

Forest of Fright features a nature walk through cursed trails. According to the Horror in the Hollow website, the woods the trail winds through is home to the Cyrus family, living off those who cross their path.

The Frightmare Farmhouse is their very own haunted house, legend claim-ing that a mad doctor haunts the halls. A butcher barn looms nearby, promising screams and quite a bloody sight.

“It’s never boring, even in line,” Stone said. “I constantly had to be by someone because it was terrifying every moment.”

According to Stone, the barn was the scariest of the haunted attractions.

“I got cornered by one of the actors, and then got chased out of the house by a guy with a chainsaw,” Stone added.

The newest horror attraction -- Zombie Paintball Patrol -- takes skills.

Those who fancy themselves as sur-vivors of the zombie apocalypse can en-joy a ride through zombie infested trails with only their paintball guns and in-stincts to protect them.

Tickets, which start at $10 per per-son, are sold for one haunted attraction, or you can bundle for more fun. For those itching to take on all three of the main attractions Horror in the Hollow has to offer can get a discounted ticket price for all three called a Triple Terror Ticket. Paintball tickets are always sold separately.

Students who are looking to get out and enjoy some Halloween festivities off campus can make the 45-minute drive to Piggot and receive a free hot dog and soda coupon with any of their haunted tickets Friday nights throughout Octo-ber.

Halloween night, Triple Terror tick-ets are offered at a discounted rate for anyone willing to brave the Forest of Fright, Frightmare Farmhouse and Bub-ba’s Butcher Barn.

“It was such a great experience for such a low cost,” Sales said. “I can’t wait to go again next year.”

Halloween is arguably one of the best holidays for college students. It’s an invi-tation to let loose and discover how far you are willing to go to be scared.

Costumes are welcome, and screams are encouraged at Horror in the Hol-low. Pumpkin Hollow and Horror in the Hollow are open for those looking for some family fun, or a fright-filled night this Halloween.

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Think Pink!

October is observed as Breast Cancer Awareness Month. There are many events sponsored to bring breast cancer awareness to the forefront and the battle thousands

of women and men embark on every year. This month also celebrates and honors the memories of the brave women and men who have suffered, fought and are still fighting breast cancer worldwide. A-State’s Zeta Tau Alpha brought some of the events to campus with their “Think Pink” week. Some of these events included the pink out football game to honor breast cancer survivors, a “Pink your Porch” contest where all the fraternity and sorority houses decorated their houses in pink. ZTA ended the week with a “Pink Party” for many little girls and their mothers in the Northeast Arkansas area. To see more pictures from the “Think Pink” week go to The Herald’s website at astateherald.com.

Emily Holder|Staff Photographer Zeta Tau Alpha members head toward the Centennial Bank Stadium before the football game to hand out pink ribbons to raise Breast Cancer Awareness.

Emily Holder|Staff PhotographerBreast cancer surviviors prepare to take the field during halftime to release pink balloons in honor of those who have or who are currently battling the disease.

Chelsea Hays|Photo EditorAlpha Gamma Delta house won the Zeta’s “Pink Your Porch” competition during the Think Pink Week which ran from Oct. 18- 23.

Sarah Thompson| Staff PhotographerKylie Broadaway, sophomore radiology major from Jonesboro, paints faces during the Pink Party at the Zeta Tau Alpha sorority house.

Blake Rylant|Staff PhotographerPradeep Mishra the cricket teams advisor and coach watches on as his team practice against The Arkansas Wolf Pack (Jonesboro club) on Oct.

Melissa Martin |Staff PhotographerHailey Hawkins, junior communications disorders major of Pocahontas, and Haiden Jeter, freshman nursing major of Lonoke, both members of Zeta Tau Alpha, pass out “Think Pink” ribbons during the A-State football game on Oct. 20.