Volume 78, Number 15 First copy free, additional copies 50 cents eachJANUARY 17, 2007

Physical plant bids adieu to leader

Hoppe says farewell to university

By APRIL MCDONALDStaff Writer

The Physical Plant held a farewellreception for its Director, Ben Pratt, whosefinal day was last Friday.

The farewell reception included cakeand a ceremony to commemorate Pratt’syears of dedicated service.

“Ben has been terrific for us, and hastaught us a lot,” said Manny Ballen, formerassistant director, and new director of thePhysical Plant.

Ballene presented Pratt with a largeframed photograph of an aerial view ofthe Austin Peay State University campus.

Al Williams, adjunct Educationprofessor and Pratt’s friend, presented apoem which he wrote for Pratt.

The poem contained details about howPratt and Williams met and some of thethings

Pratt had experienced in his life,including his time in the Navy.

Theresa Everett, a secretary in the

Physical Plant, presented Pratt with aphoto album of his seven years at APSU,including employees and projects.

“I’ve enjoyed working with you,” Everetttold Pratt during the presentation.

Pratt began working for a generalcontractor in the Clarksville area onMonday.

“Making the decision to leave was notan easy one,” Pratt said.

“I’m leaving a lot of friends, but I feelI’ve made the right decision. I’ve enjoyedmy seven years here, and I want to thankeverybody.”

On Ballen becoming the new directorPratt said,“Manny is a good man, and he’lldo a good job.”

“I’m looking forward to [the jobchange]. I think it will be good for him tobe back in pure construction.

“It’s what he loves, and I think it will bea good way for him to end his career,” saidLorraine Pratt, the outgoing director’swife.

Employees, both current and former, aswell as friends of Pratt attended thereception.

Pratt was involved in many projectssuch as the Sunquist Science Building, theMorgan University Center, the NewStudent Recreation Center and manyother campus renovations.✦

LOIS JONES/SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHERBen Pratt, with his wife Lorraine, takes a moment to show off a farewell gift he receivedfrom co-worker Manny Ballen. The aerial view of the APSU campus will ser ve as areminder to Pratt of his seven years here as Physical Plant director.

“I’m leaving a lot of friends,but I feel I’ve made the right

decision.I’ve enjoyed myseven years here and I want

to thank everybody,”

– Ben Pratt, former director of thePhysical Plant

Water floods new coffee locale Teaching getspush for newgrad degree

By KYLE NELSONStaff Writer

Austin Peay State University’s School ofEducation is preparing to introduce a newmaster’s degree in Teaching.

Interim director of education, CarletteHardin, said this degree is meant for thosewho “got a degree, are in the work force,and who are wishing to be a teacher.”

According to Hardin, students couldreturn to the university to earn a teachinglicense while earning this degree to begin acareer in the K-12 schools.

In addition to this, the degree couldentice educators who are currently teachingin school under an alternative teachinglicense to come to APSU.

Hardin also said that an alternativelicense is given to teachers who are hired inorder to meet the requirements ofovercrowded classrooms.

The Tennessee Board of Regentsapproved of the masters degree inDecember.

The School of Education is waiting forthe meeting of the Tennessee HigherEducation Commission, the governingbody over higher education in the state ofTennessee.

THEC will meet in February to discussand approve the master’s degree.

Once the degree is approved by THEC,Hardin and the degree will become part ofthe school’s graduate program in the fallsemester 2007.

In February the National Council forAccreditation of Teacher Education willbegin the reaccreditation process for theSchool of Education, which has beenaccredited since 1954, according toNCATE.

Hardin stated that NCATE will reviewthe school’s programs including themaster’s in teaching.

According to the American Federationof Teachers, the average salary forTennessee teachers in 2003-04 was $46,597.

In a recent study by the SchoolAdministrators of South Dakota thehighest paid salary for a teacher holding amasters degree for the 2006-07 year was$59,489, and the lowest was $27,525.

APSU enrollment in the School ofEducation has increased 6.8 percent overthe past five years according to theuniversity’s Institute of Research andEffectiveness.✦

By MANDY ROGERSEditor in Chief

Sherry Hoppe will finally find time to get a littleleisure reading done.

It’s been a little over seven years since Sherry Hoppewas appointed interim president of Austin Peay StateUniversity and just under six years since she wasnamed president.

“A presidency is pretty much an all-consuming job,”Hoppe said.“I have worked full time since I was 17years old, through three degrees. I worked eight-plushours a day. So that’s a long time.When we movedhere, I’d been president (at Roane State CommunityCollege) for 12 years.

“It is a life, as much as it is a job.”Many people may have been surprised about her

announcement to retire late last week, but Hoppe saysshe’s been toying with the idea on and off for about a

year.“In terms of timing, there were

some things I wanted to see tocompletion, and some things Iwanted to get started,”she said.“Austin Peay, I think, is at a peakright now. It’s a growing, dynamicuniversity. It’s very stable financially.It’s attracting really strong faculty andstaff. Increasingly, we’re getting better and betterprepared students. It’s a good time to leave when thingsare going really well.

“I would not want to leave if there are problems orissues, and I really do think that Austin Peay is poisedto go to the next level.And that’s a good time for

LOIS JONES/SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHERCurtis Stallings assesses the stiuation after a pipe burst during construction in SSC. Jerry Edwards begins clean-up.

LOIS JONES/SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHEREdwards stabilizes the ladder for Stallingsas they attepmt to fix the the pipe that burstin SSC Friday. Water was an inch deep in theE109 computer lab, though no computerssuffered any damage.

Water poursfrom theceiling of theSundquistScienceCenter onFriday due toa burst pipethathappenedduringconstructionof the newcoffee standin SSC.

Students, professors give their reactionsBy STEPHANIE COWARD

Managing EditorSherry Hoppe has been with Austin Peay State

University for over six years. During her tenure,Hoppe has built relationships with many of thecampus faculty, staff and students. Upon hearingabout her retirement, people throughout campushad much to say.

I think President Hoppe has put in monumentaleffort to this university.What she has done will profitthis university for years to come,”said Bruce Speck,provost and vice president for Academic Affairs.

Richard Jackson, vice president for legal affairsand strategic planning, is appreciative of the manyimprovements Hoppe made at APSU.“Theuniversity has made tremendous strides during theperiod (Hoppe) has been here. Significant strides[have been made] from fiscal distress to sound fiscalfooting,” Jackson said.

Jackson also cited that the most significantincrease in enrollment in university history occurred

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Bush to send thousands to IraqWASHINGTON (AP) - Sen. John

McCain defended President Bush’s Iraqplan on Friday as difficult but necessary,parting company with lawmakers fiercelyresisting the military build up.

“I believe that together these moves willgive the Iraqis and Americans the bestchance of success,” said McCain, R-Ariz., aleading presidential contender for 2008.

McCain also took a shot at Democratswho say the United States must bringsome troops home within four to sixmonths.

“I believe these individuals ... have aresponsibility to tell us what they believeare the consequences of withdrawal inIraq,” he said.“If we walk away from Iraq,we’ll be back, possibly in the context of awider war in the world’s most volatileregion.”

McCain spoke at the Senate ArmedServices Committee, where DefenseSecretary Robert Gates and Gen. PeterPace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,spent a second day on Capitol Hilldefending the president’s strategy. TheWhite House said money already is in thebudget to finance Bush’s increase of 21,500additional troops.

As they did, Democrats continuedconsidering strategies for challengingBush’s war policies. One influentiallawmaker, Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., saidhe’d like to require closing the US prisonat Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and bettertraining for troops heading to the warzone as conditions of Congress providingmore money for Iraq.

“We have to close the prison atGuantanamo,” said Murtha, who heads theHouse panel that controls the Pentagon’sbudget. He said Democrats would decidelater whether to pursue the idea.

The Bush administration has said the

military detention center is still needed. Itcurrently holds almost 400 detaineessuspected of links to al-Qaida and theTaliban.

On Friday, Gates and Pace assuredlawmakers there were no immediate plansto attack targets in Iran. In his speech thisweek on Iraq, Bush vowed to disrupt Iran’said to insurgents in Iraq and “destroy thenetworks providing advanced weaponryand training to our enemies in Iraq.”

Bush’s comments refer “strictly tooperations inside the territory of Iraq, notcrossing the border,” Gates said, lateradding that “any kind of military actioninside Iran itself, that would be a very lastresort.”

At the White House, spokesman TonySnow opened his daily press briefing bydisavowing war plans.

“I want to address kind of a rumor andurban legend that’s going around, and itcomes from language in the president’sWednesday night address to the nation,that in talking about Iran and Syria that hewas trying to prepare the way for war witheither country and that there are warpreparations under way, Snow said.“Thereare not.”

Despite pointed questions from Levinand other Democrats, the testimony of thetwo top officials drew considerably lessconsternation than Thursday’s testimonyfrom Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., told Rice thathe feared Bush’s plan would be the worstforeign policy blunder since the VietnamWar.

On the Senate Armed ServicesCommittee are several staunch Bushsupporters, including John Cornyn ofTexas, Jeff Sessions of Alabama and SaxbyChambliss of Georgia. In addition toMcCain, committee members LindseyGraham, R-S.C., and Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., support sending more troops toIraq.

Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., and thepanel’s new chairman, said thatdeepening America’s commitment in Iraqwould be a grave mistake. Bush wants toadd 21,500 more US troops to the132,000 already there.

“Increasing the number of U.S. forcesin Iraq is flawed strategy because it isbased on a flawed premise that there is amilitary solution to the violence andinstability in Iraq, when what is needed isa political solution among the Iraqileaders and factions,” Levin said.

Repeating an admission that Bushmade in his nationally televised addresson Wednesday, Gates told the senators,“Mistakes certainly have been made bythe United States in Iraq. However we gotto this moment, the stakes now areincalculable.”

Bush on Friday sought support for hisnew Iraq military build up in telephonecalls to Jordan’s King Abdullah II andEgyptian President Hosni Mubarak.

Late Thursday, the bipartisan IraqStudy Group, led by James Baker and LeeHamilton, warned against sending moretroops for long. The group had called forwithdrawal of US combat troops by early2008, but said that a temporary troopincrease might be justified under somecircumstances.

Democratic leaders in the House andSenate intend to hold votes within a fewweeks on Bush’s revised Iraq policy. Thenonbinding resolutions would be oneway to show their opposition to anytroop buildup and force Republicans tomake a choice.✦

News THE ALL STATEPAGE 2; WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2007

Good Morning APSU

Campus CommunityCalendar

Scholarship raffle The APSU Foundation is sponsoring araffle drawing at the Feb. 24 game againstMoorehead State. The game will take placein the Dunn Center. Tickets are $10 eachand the winner will receive a 2007 MX-5Miata. For more information or to purchasetickets call 221-7127 or go towww.apsu.edu. Some rules apply.

Pep rally The Office of Student Life and Leadership issponsoring the homecoming pep rally onJan. 26 from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. The eventwill have free food and giveaways. The peprally will take place in the University Centerballroom. There will be giveaways at boththe Jan. 25 and Jan. 27 games. Giveawaysinclude knit caps to the first 50 studentsthrough the gates and T-shirts for the first100.

Dedication ceremonyThe public is invited to attend the openingof the new University Fitness andRecreation Center. The dedication will takeplace at the new center on Jan. 30 at 2 p.m.For more information contact Sherryl Byrdat 221-7564.

Etiquette lunchHave you ever wondered how to eat freefood in a formal or business setting?Student Life and Leadership is going toshow you. The lunch will take place at11:30 a.m. on Feb. 6 in the UniversityCenter ballroom.

‘Saw 3’The Govs Programming Council is hostinga showing of the movie “Saw 3”for “FridayNite Movie”at 8 p.m. Feb. 6 in ClementAuditorium. Free pizza and drinks will beoffered before the movie.

Hot topics series Student Life and Leadership’s continuingpublic forum series will next discuss thecontroversial APSU smoking ban at 6 p.m.on Jan. 24 in UC 303.

By TANGELIA CANNONStaff Writer

This spring, the School of Business isintroducing two new minor programs.Decision sciences and real estate willofficially be offered in the fall of 2007.

Students have had the chance to earn amajor in business at Austin Peay Stateuniversity since the 1950s with thepossibility of graduating with a degree inone of seven different concentrations andseveral minors.

The development for these two minorsbegan over the summer break after aperiod of discussion.

“For a number a years there has beenan interest in developing some newcurriculum,” said William Rayburn,director of the school of Business.

“Grimmett and Ihave talked on severaloccasions aboutdeveloping aquantitative skillsoriented minor, whicheventually lead todecision sciences, andPhillips has had a lot ofinterest in developing a real estatecurriculum,” said Rayburn.

Although these minors are not yetbeing offered, David Grimmett, whoteaches some of the decision sciencesclasses that are currently being offered,said

“At this time there are twelve studentswho are signed- up for DSCI 3510 whichhas the formal name of ‘Systems

Simulation, Managerial Dynamics andGames’ but we simply refer to it as‘Simulation.’ Of these students, I expectthat more than half will earn a DecisionSciences minor.”

Except for two new real estate classes,that were last offered in 1979, that havebeen reconstituted, each of these minorsare made up of classes that are already inexistence.

In order to graduate with either of thesetwo minors,“both minors have arequirement of 18 hours worth of coursesthat must be completed,” Rayburn said.

However, because the courses havepreviously been offered, it would not be ahard task for upperclassmen to graduatewith these minors.

“As a Professional Engineer registered

in Tennessee and Kentucky, I know for afact that all manufacturing facilities needquantitatively based workers to help withproduction planning, inventory controland quality analysis.

“Students who earn the APSU DecisionSciences minor will interface perfectlywith the needs and wants of industry andbe well prepared to support the needs ofcorporate management,” said Grimmett.

“I am sure that these minors willpresent many great opportunities for itsstudents; there are a lot of careers thatthese minors will be helpful in,” saidbusiness major, Rachel Phipps.

“Hopefully our minors will help othermajors, as well as business, grow.We wantto help strengthen the overall universityprogram,” said Rayburn.✦

New minors available in fall ‘07

World Briefs

under Hoppe’s leadership.Many students were already on campus

when the news was announced.“I amshocked. She was doing a great job withthis school. She was amazing, I really didn’tsee this coming — especially at thebeginning of the semester,”said Marc Bady,resident hall director.

Albert Mendoza, a psychology major issad to see Hoppe leave.

“It will be very sad to see her go. She hasbeen a good leader for the university. Shehas taken (the university) in the right stepsfor the future.”

“She has laid a good path for the nextpresident,”Mendoza said.

Mary Moseley, assistant director ofhousing and residence life, thought Hoppewould be here much longer.“I was shocked,I thought she would be here to see 10,000students,”Moseley said.✦

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someone else to come in.”During Hoppe’s tenure as the

university’s eighth president, theuniversity has benefited in many ways.

APSU has increased its enrollment byalmost 30 percent, exceeding 9,200 lastfall, making it the state’s fastest-growinguniversity for four consecutive years.

The university also has initiatedonline education and now leads the statein online enrollments with 10 degreesavailable completely online.

“People tend to give me a lot of creditfor what’s happened here over the lastseven years,” Hoppe said.

“I’m the cheerleader. I set an initiativein place after talking with people andcollaborating. But then it is an incrediblegroup of people that made all of thethings happen that have happened.

“You can have the best vision in the

world, but if you don’t have a team ofpeople who will get on board and sharethat vision, they’re the ones who turn thatvision into action.”

Hoppe plans to apply for PresidentEmeritus, which is subject to approval byTBR. If she were to receive that, then shewould stay more closely tied to APSU.

“I would be periodically on campus,working with the new president inwhatever way that president might wantme to, whether that might befundraising, alumni support building, orwhatever,” she said.

Hoppe and her husband Bob, also planto divide their time between a home theyown in Chattanooga and a condo theypurchased a few years ago in Florida.

“My husband retired right before wemoved here,”Hoppe said.

“I have been here seven years. It just hitme that I need to slow down and spendsome time with him, with our son, hiswife and our grandson. I also have sisters

who I’m very close with, but I don’t get tosee often.”

Some other things Hoppe plans toenjoy?

“Setting the alarm for 5 or 5:30 in themorning is the part I won’t miss at all,”she said, smiling.

“I sleep until the alarm goes off. It’swonderful when I’m on vacation to sleepuntil I wake up.”

In her newfound leisure time, Hoppeplans to catch up on that reading and do alittle volunteer work.

“I haven’t had much time to read inthe past few years, at least not read forpleasure,” she said.“I don’t have aparticular book in mind. I want to goback and read some books I read incollege that I really liked.

I majored in American Literature sothere are some of those that books Istudied that I’d like to go back and readafter – I won’t tell you how manyyears.”✦

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APSU: reactsto the departureHoppe: seeks more leisure time

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PerspectivesWEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2007, PAGE 3 THE ALL STATE

It’s the middle of January and we’re allback from our winter break.The holidaysas usual saw much anticipation for thegiving and receiving of gifts.Of some of themost widespread gifts like the Playstation 3and other electronics was the iPod from

Apple, Inc.AllDecember Icouldn’t walktwenty feet in aWal-Mart or anyother retail storewithout spyingsome iPodorientedproduct.Andever sinceJanuary hit, Isee iPods onpersonseverywhere Igo. If it wasn’tfor the

abundance of iPods sold this Christmas, Iwould have never realized how awkward itis to see high school students listening toGreen Day and going along with the band’spunk rock,protest music even though theythemselves are not even old enough to vote.Thanks to Apple’s revolutionary mediaplayer,Christmas has never been moreamazing. It has truly been an iPodChristmas.

In the wake of all the holiday cheer, Imanaged to go online and watch AppleCEO Steve Jobs speak at the MacworldConference & Expo 2007. I was rathershocked to find that iTunes, the softwarecompanion to the iPod, is “selling over 5million songs a day now,”as reported byJobs.“That’s 58 songs every second of everyminute of every hour of every day,”hecontinued.This now makes iTunes thefourth largest seller of music in the nation,beat out by Wal-Mart,Best Buy and Target.Not only is iTunes sellings music,but it’salso selling TV shows and movies.Anotherkey piece of data that Jobs reported was that

“iPod had 62 [percent] market share [formp3 players],” leaving Microsoft’s mp3player,Zune,with 2 percent.This is quiteamazing for a company that was strugglingso hard a mere decade ago.

It is certainly high times for Apple, Inc.and the consumer public.But in the midstof all the holiday giving,amplified by thetremendous success of the iPod,did webecome so caught up in ourselves to thinkabout getting our lord and savior, JesusChrist, a gift at all? I think we did and thesituation is twice as bad since not only arewe forgetting his Christmas gift,but we’reforgetting his birthday gift as well. It’s toobad.He was really looking forward tolistening to artists like Keith Green,Lifehouse,and David Crowder in style withan iPod Nano,but no one thought to gethim one. I guess he’ll have to stay at homeand be content with the copy of MelGibson’s “The Passion”that I bought himlast Christmas.✦

OUR TAKE

Welcome back!First and foremost,The All State wants to

welcome everyone back from the break andbid you all the best of luck for the currentsemester.We all have a lot to look forward tojust this month alone.

As some of you may know,the recreationcenter will open its doors Jan.30.We feelthat it will be a nice addition and are waitingwith anticipation.Although there is nostatistical data to support it,we trust our gutin that physical activity makes you smarter.With the center complete and grades soonto skyrocket,perhaps other topics in need ofbeing addressed,such as improving campusparking and Woodward Library,can takeprecedent.

Returning residents will also notice theaddition of the door readers — which scanstudents’Govs cards — on most campusbuildings.The target date for the doorreaders to become operational is Jan.22 (butkeep in mind this date is subject to change).It is an innovative step that many otheruniversities will follow and we are sure thepresence of the readers will improve campussecurity on a paramount level.We feel thatsome students,however,will meet this

addition with some hesitation.The readerswill mean that students will have limitedaccess,but this drawback is small incomparison to the benefits they will bring toour campus.

Einstein Bros.Bagel will debut this monthas well,opening Jan.29.The coffee shop is anational brand and we are very eager tocheck it out.We are,however,a littledisappointed with the wait.At The All State,some of us are generally strung out andsuffer from sleep deprivation,so enduringthe long,endless nights without feeding ourstrong caffeine addictions has been atemporary personal hell.Some of the staffare already having withdrawals,and it isn'tpretty.Having to wait a little over a week forthe construction to complete is better than itwould have been to wait the entire month inthe middle of last semester,which was theonly alternative according to the director ofDining Services.

So for the majority,we are feeling positiveabout the changes that are going to happenrelatively soon at Austin Peay StateUniversity and know that our high hopes,but low expectations are going to be met.✦

An iPod to all, andto all an iPod night

AssistantPerspectives Editor

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Will students choose to go green?By JESSICA CAMERON

Guest WriterVery seldom is Austin Peay State

University given the opportunity to changethe course of history. Today’s problemsseem so large and daunting that we askourselves, how can one person make adifference? If I had voted in the 2004elections, it would not have changedanything. It’s usually great writers, oratorsand leaders who have changed our world.So what can a few college students do? Forone example, a few students were thecatalysts in the civil rights movement.

They made a difference and so can we.An APSU student can change a light bulbto an energy efficient one and preventsome carbon dioxide from entering our airand lungs. Taking the stairs instead of theelevator can burn calories instead of coal.One of the easier things a student can do,while checking his or her e-mail, is to votefor the renewable energy fee on theuniversity’s Web site any time from Jan. 22-25. The cost will be $10 per semester. Weare all sick of fee increases, but this fee willallow our campus to become lessdependant on the constantly fluctuatingprices of fossil fuels.

Furthermore, the majority of the world’soil lies in countries that aren’t stable andwhose citizens don’t like Americans. Due tothis instability,Americans must learn to beself-sufficient and rely only on otherAmericans.

The other costs of these fossil fuels areoften less apparent. In order to have lowerelectric bills, coal companies destroymountains forever in the Appalachians

through a process called mountain topremoval. This does not include thedevastating effects to the local economiesor ecosystems. This system of coal miningis already happening in Tennessee.

The cost to construct new nuclearfacilities is large and includes a 10-yearconstruction project before the plant canproduce electricity, and what will we dowith the reactors once they are spent?

Among the scientific community, globalwarming is no longer a debate. Thediscussion now lies in how much humansplay a part in the process and how severe itwill be. Joe Schiller,APSU professor ofbiology, told me that once you realize you’redigging a hole, the first thing to do is stopdigging.

There are so many reasons to invest inenergy efficiency and renewable energy. Myphilosophy is to do what you can afford todo now and set goals to do more. Collegestudents may not be able to afford a hybridcar, but they can change to compactfluorescent light bulbs and purchase ablock of renewable energy for $4. To putthe proposed renewable energy student feeof $10 into perspective, ask yourself howmuch you spent on alcohol last weekend orhow much you spend on a few lattes.

My most important concern for this voteis that all students make the most educatedchoice possible. There is a lot ofmisconceptions and confusionsurrounding things that have beendiscussed. I challenge you to research yourquestions and not rely on things you’veheard second hand. Get informed. Get out.Go vote.✦

The past year was remarkable, and at timesmiserable, melancholy, hopeful, beautiful, arollercoaster, a train wreck and for the most part I’mnot sure I care to remember any of it. But, that's justmy two-bit spit on why I can’t wait to do things

differently this year.It seems like every year it

comes time whenresolutions are made(hoping to be kept) andpeople get this huge urge to“do everything right thistime” — as if the last timewere really so bad.And I'vebeen one of these peopleevery year for as long as Ican remember. EveryChristmas, I hoped Iwould get that cool newvideo game platform, orwhatever. But by the time

the new year came, none of those material thingsmattered.A week after presents, it’s all about wantingto be a better person, a better friend, a better student ora better whatever. And I’m sick of it.

Dec. 31, 2006 I made my last resolution. No moreresolutions. Just do better.

Honestly, I’m kind of glad to be done with the wholething. The Christmas season has officially just becomeanother series of days to me where people get togetherlike they pretty much always do. The only difference isthat there are gifts. Presents make people happy, andwe certainly don't have enough stuff already. Thenthere's eggnog, Christmas trees, gingerbread and thingsthat are supposed to remind you of home — I guess.And don't get me wrong, I like presents. Wait, I lovepresents. You got beef with presents? You’re crazy.

I just hate picturing Jesus, on a cloud somewhere,orbiting space with a cup of eggnog in his hand,wondering why on earth we’re celebrating his birthdayso early this year again, and hoping Santa can get ahold of an Xbox 360.

And then, a week later, we drop the ball, ring in anew year of peace, brotherhood, goodwill towards menand auld land syne or whatever, but then the next dayeverybody just goes back to normal. The malls are justhaving another sale and life has resumed. Oh, all thoselovely promises we made ... what were they again?

But what is going to set this new year apart from allthe others, at least for me, is that I'm really going to doit; I’m actually going to make an effort. But this time, Imean it. No more letting the world tell me what tothink, how I should feel, how sweet my breath couldtaste or what else I should buy. I’m tired of it.And Icouldn’t possibly be the only one.

I am so tired of commercials.When I have children,I don't think we'll have a TV. We will go to the movies,the theater and we will read The New York Times, but Iwill not have young impressionable minds being toldhow much their mommy needs to buy the Ultra-EliteX Model sport utility vehicle because the super-dupermodel only comes with three airbags. Mommies, don’tyou all care about the children?

Gaaahh!! It’s enough to make a man insane.When people ask my opinion, I’m going to give it.

When people ask me what’s up, I think I might start toignore them. They can’t handle it. If you're too lazy tolook around for yourself, then don’t ask me.

And if that stuff that everyone calls “love” shouldever happen to come my way, I must say that it'sprobably just a bad time. Half of American marriagesend in divorce, and every girl I know in school rightnow who devotes more time to her boyfriend than towriting papers has either dropped out or failed at leastone class.

Even I did. Me. This has happened to me a lot ofthe times and I’m pretty smart. Hell, I could win onJeopardy!

So, in conclusion, 2006 had its moments. This time, Ithink I’ll try to listen more, provide better company, dobetter in school, and maybe after everything that couldgo wrong and inevitably will, I’ll look back this timenext year and say,“Hey, I’m not doin' too bad.” Becausereally, that’s all I need.✦

PerspectivesRich

Beimer

The new year yields freshpromises but has old baggage

So as it turns out, you cannot actually contract anymajor diseases or infections from toilet seats.However, why would I want to put my butt on thesame slab of plastic that the butts of hundreds,perhaps even thousands, have touched?

You could not pay meenough to sit on a non-disinfected seat. Theporcelain bowl that is soshiny and clean may not beable to grow things, but Idon’t sit there.

That typically U-shapedseat can still be pretty gross;I’d rather not subject my bumto the possibility of theplethora of germs that maybe lurking.

However, there is a quickfix that cannot readily befound on campus: seatliners.

How much could they possibly cost? $2 for apackage? Is that really such a high price to pay for thesafety and cleanliness of the students’, faculty’s andstaff’s bottoms?

I mean, think about it.All of those people whodon’t practice regular hygiene and they sit on the sameseat, with no pants. Do you typically wear otherpeople’s underpants, or for that matter, most of theirother clothes after they are worn? It is almost thesame thing.

Now on the grander scale, in more publicrestrooms, like in gas stations, those can get prettynasty. Ew! Do you sit right on the seat, hover or passon the option and just hold it? Or secret option No. 4:cover the seat with the paper?

What about in unisex bathrooms when boys don’t

put up the seat and they glisten it with a few splashes?I don’t want to sit on that accidentally because Icouldn’t tell that it was there in the poor light.

Or on the airplane, what if someone is using thelavatory and there is turbulence and they make amess? Most of those seats are a darker color than theusual white we find.And that is international booty

on those seats.Who knows what germs make itthrough customs?

Now, that’s just some nastiness.However, when you get lucky, or go to the big city,

you will find the seat liners that I covet each time Iutilize the bathroom. It is so hard for me to fathomthe people who care not that they sit on the seat withthe thousands of others who may or may not shower,and if they do, don’t necessarily wash their butts.

When all is said and done, the liners clear up morethan they may cause. If I have the choice of clean ordirty, I will always choose the more sanitary of thetwo.✦

PerspectivesJessicaNobert

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lord and savior,JesusChrist,a gift at all? It’s toobad.I guess he’ll have to

stay at home and becontent with the copy of

Mel Gibson’s ‘The Passion’that I bought him last

Christmas.”

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Love. Nonviolence. Compassion. Understanding. Radical. Integrity. Persistence. Resistance.Humility. These are all words I would use to describe the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. The man hada dream.And my dream is that his dream will not be forgotten. I do not claim a sole interpretationon the works of the Rev. King.And I do not claim that I can answer for the man, but paying tributeto the Rev. King deserves an honest reflection in attempting to establish who the man was andmore importantly, who he wasn’t.

Around this time of year many look back to the infamous speech addressed at the March onWashington in 1963 — “I have a dream.” He shared with everyone:“I have a dream that my fourlittle children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin

but by the content of their character.” This single line from one singlespeech does not fully encompass what the man represented. King wasradical and called for fundamental changes that were not accepted withopen arms.

Was he well received or did he ask for too much too soon?

The reverend was not a man of comfort. Many tend to overlook anddismiss the person MLK was.Yes he dreamed of a day where charactermattered more than skin color, but King was not accepted as therevolutionary that he was. It should be noted that the Rev. King was astrong advocate of protesting the war, opposing the evils of capitalismand supporting the implementation for reparations. But how much dothose ideas of his get talked about? He was a man of lawfuldisobedience. The Rev. King did follow fabricated guidelines, but hismoral compass called him to follow something bigger. He answered to

the higher callings of God, justice and morality (or maybe those are all one in the same?). King leda movement that laid a demand for equality on the white majority. He was the one to lead amovement where blacks would no longer allow others to decide their future. King forced theprivileged to not just grant equality, but to give back what they had taken. In the “Letter fromBirmingham City Jail” it was he who wrote,“History is the long and tragic story of the fact thatprivileged groups seldom give up their privileges voluntarily.” King knew that negotiation by theterms of those who are privileged was a justice not to be found. King uncomforted comfortablepeople. Throughout his beautiful struggle, he was a man who faced rejection after rejection. But inthe face of this rejection, the Rev. King refused non-confrontation and directly upheldaccountability to the call of justice.

Was the Rev. King ‘unwise and untimely’?

King was radical in what he saw as the root of racism. He saw racism perpetuating itselfthrough the disconnect of so many good people. The Rev. King saw the fight for social justice aseminent because it was continued by not the overt actions of the bad people, but by theoverwhelmingly disturbing silence of all the good. He pointed out that it was not the boys in sheetsto be worried about, but the men in suits. Martin Luther King held accountable the Americanvalues that had been so misguided, or maybe it would be more appropriate to say hijacked. Heheld accountable a nation that appeared on the verge of becoming morally bankrupt.Whilepreaching in New York the Rev. King said,“that if we are to get on the right side of the worldrevolution, we as a nation must undergo a radical revolution of values.We must rapidly begin …the shift from a thing-oriented society to a person-oriented society.When machines andcomputers, profit motives and property rights, are considered more important than people, thegiant triplets of racism, extreme materialism, and militarism are incapable of being conquered.” Hepreached that justice would only become reality through a revolution of the mind. King sawfundamental problems requiring radical answers for the necessary change. MLK called out howthe “American Dream” had gone wrong. The Rev. King awoke the spiritual laziness of so manyAmericans in also preaching in New York,“A nation that continues year after year to spend moremoney on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death.”

“An injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”

Many tend to forget that King was one of the most adamant fighters of the Vietnam War.He stronglyspoke out and urged anyone with respect for humanity to stand up too.“Silence is betrayal,”he said andhe held accountable anyone who labeled him or herself as responsible.He pledged that it is theseresponsible people’s duty to speak up for what is right,but more importantly to have the integrity to callout what is wrong.On April 4,1967 in a sermon he preached,“Somehow this madness must cease.Wemust stop now.I speak as a child of God and brother to the suffering poor of Vietnam … I speak as onewho loves America, to the leaders of our own nation: The great initiative in this war is ours; the initiativeto stop it must be ours.”

King was not well received from our government either,and he was under constant surveillance aswell.The Rev.King was not greeted as a protector of liberty and justice for all,but he was painted asmore of a nuisance.According to historian and sociologist James W.Loewen, in 1964 “the FBI tried tosabotage receptions in King’s honor when he traveled to Europe to claim the Nobel Piece Prize.”President J.Edgar Hoover is also notorious for attempting to undermine King’s credibility.It was PresidentHoover that labeled the reverend as “the most notorious liar in the country.”Robert Kennedy was not asupporter either. In Howard Zinn’s “Passionate Declarations: Essays on War and Justice,”it’s noted that itwas he — acting as attorney general — who authorized and defended the wiretapping of King’s phonelines.It was Kennedy who supported the FBI’s suspicion that King was supporting communism.

Would the Rev. King support reparations and affirmative action?

The reverend was also radical enough to point out the flaws in an argument that many critics ofprograms enforcing equality still use today.Many critics opposing a program such as affirmative actionfail to address inequality and thus perpetuate forms of discrimination.Critics would like to believe thatlaws protecting civil rights eliminate the existence of discrimination.King saw through this.Hedismantled such an argument in his classic piece,“Why We Can’t Wait.”The reverend wrote,“Wheneverthis issue of compensatory or preferential treatment is raised,some of our friends recoil in horror.TheNegro should be granted equality, they agree,but should ask for nothing more.On the surface, thisappears reasonable,but it is not realistic.For it is obvious that if a man enters the starting line of a race300 years after another man,the first would have to perform some incredible feat to catch up.”And fromthis statement,King argued for something more potent than equality in the form of affirmative action;he argued for equality in the form of reparations as well.But not too many choose to recall that MartinLuther King.That part of the reverend doesn’t make them feel so good.That version of King does notexcuse silence as innocence,so many choose to have a selective memory in remembrance of thereverend.

Remembering the King, recalling the dream

But King was more than a dream.He saw that any call for social justice was not going to be madefrom the top on down,but from the bottom on up.The reverend knew that the struggle for civil rightsbegan on the individual level.He knew that detached moral consciousness would have to be overcome.King knew that social justice was to only be accomplished through harsh and dreadful actions,and thatlove in inaction — much like a love spoken in wishful thinking — was nothing short of being morallylazy.The Rev.King was a very action-driven man and he knew that belief without work was not reallybelief at all.His actions challenge all who deem themselves responsible in society to “be the change thatthey want to see in the world.”His life became a short,but beautiful struggle to see a world whereproblems came from not “the color of one’s skin,but from the content of one’s character.”

King committed to non-violence and he knew that no justice was to be found when being held atgunpoint.He knew not of a world where bombs brought brotherhood.He knew that the philosophywhere “might makes right”ultimately continues injustice.He was a man who saw “the evils of racism,economic exploitation and militarism”as all being interconnected.

In seeking social justice,one must address the problem or more than likely one is the problem.Inmemory of King,I call on all to redemption through the struggle.Do not what is right for recognitionof doing so.Do not what is right for you own or others’ends.Do what is right because it’s right.✦

Recalling the dream

Perspectives EditorKasey

Henricks

Former President Teddy Roosevelt,upon leaving the Oval Officefor a brief vacation, told his staff to “try and be at least as useful in hisabsence as his furniture.”So inspired by Teddy “Rough Rider”Roosevelt, I hope that all of you over this far too brief vacation havebeen at least as useful as your own furniture and hopefully have doneno more harm than the family sofa.Before we start the heavy liftingof weight contemporary issues,first a couple of thoughts to share so Imay continue to avoid the high cost of professional therapy.First, if I

must endure another “Rachael Ray”recipeor see her face on a box of Ritz Crackerstouting the apparently uniquely savorygoodness of cheese (who knew?) on acracker,well it will be rather ugly and Iguarantee it will take even less time thanher instant recipes.Second,please no morecommercials with Jared the “Subway Guy.”Iget it.He used to be fat,now he’s thin.Allthanks apparently to his obvious addictionto doughy bread and processed meats.Dressing him up with WWE“Smackdown”testosterone-driven,Speedo-wearing “men”only makes Jared’sappearances both irritating and surreal.Only official White House promulgationsabout the progress in Baghdad are allowed

to combine those two elements in one press release.And now,on tothe main feature-admitting when one has made mistakes.

Sounds like an easy process,but let’s briefly review.You areconfronted with a thorny problem.You (hopefully) seek advice fromthose in “the know,”these are sometimes called “experts,”occasionallythey are simply called “political appointments.”It is best if we blindlytrust such men and women.Or not.Next step,you go ahead andmake a decision.You give it time,money and resources (sometimescalled military personnel) and you wait for (hopefully) somereasonable time.You ask simple questions like,“Well, is it working?”and then based on the answers,you may just decide to do somethingelse.You may even admit (if your decision proves to be wrong) thatwhat you initially did was wrong.All together now,that isn’t so hardnow,is it?

Of course when the decision is a political one, it is never this easy.It wasn’t for Presidents Eisenhower,Kennedy,LBJ and Nixon,all ofwhom contributed to the debacle known as Vietnam.It isn’t today forPresident Bush who for good or bad doesn’t have to share credit orblame for Iraq.Like a small child who unwraps a gift to find a ponyon Christmas day, it’s all his, and so is everything that goes with it.

Doubly difficult and at least as messy is when the reasons for yourinitial decision (invade Iraq) keep shifting (WMD,Evil-doers,terrorist-haven,civil insurgency,spreading democracy,money already

spent, lives already lost, the memory of now executed evil-doer, Iraqisnot quite ready for power) and when you now face a Democraticallycontrolled Congress (Hi, I’m Nancy “have a chocolate”Pelosi) andwhen your “experts”have left you (adios to Donald “Rummy”Rumsfeld and Colin “the General”Powell,a warm welcome to RobertGates,and say hello to Condi “I’m still here”Rice) and when you areofficially a lame-duck president.Could it get any worse? Well,at leastthe media aren’t fondly recalling the days when your dad waspresident.Sorry, the season of good will prohibits me from bringingthat up now,another time perhaps.

But what I will bring up is the recent press conference thatPresident Bush held to allegedly “admit his own mistake”on Iraq andunveil a bold,new strategy.Actually, the real press conference wentaccording to script — the political one,of course.Mistakes weren’tadmitted so much as a general acknowledgement that the “Americanpeople”deserve more progress in Iraq and that the “Iraqis need toshow more commitment”to resolving the current insurgencies ifthey are to continue to get more U.S.dollars and resources (Americanlives in harms way).

President Bush came close but did not quite point out that theChristmas Day pony dropping was his own doing,noting that “thesituation in Iraq is unacceptable to the American people — wheremistakes have been made, the responsibility rests with me.”Classicpresidential-speak.It’s not the decision to invade Iraq and begin aseveral year-long military campaign,with 3,000 American dead and aprice tag of $400 billion and climbing that was wrong.No, it’s simplythe current strategy and the fault of the folks we invaded.So,unlikeOhio State,we can simply change strategy and players during thegame and victory can still be ours.We don’t know when the game,er,war,will end,but, it “is not open-ended.”

Okay, in fairness,can any president simply say,“I made a mistakeand now we will correct it.”? At the same press conference,PresidentBush reiterated his commitment to “escalate operations”against Syriaand Iran.And if necessary Afghanistan,Iraq,Syria, Iran.We are stillcountering terrorism,right? Okay.Thank goodness North Korea issimply a nation of land-based lunatics with nuclear weapons or they’dbe in trouble too.

So what does all this pseudo mistake-admitting mean? Well, itmeans presidents, like all of us,have a real hard time admitting whenthey were wrong.Even when they actually believe it.PresidentKennedy swallowed hard and admitted his mistake in the Bay ofPigs; President Reagan admitted he was wrong to not know moreabout Iran-Contra; and Nixon admitted he was wrong overWatergate then denied he ever said that.The bottom-line is politics isstill,well,political-admit nothing,change course,get out when youcan,find some political cover (aka,someone else to blame) and hopethe economy rebounds.Maybe I will take that high fructose RRrecipe right about now. ✦

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must we look to the past to learn?how much has to burn?by and by we will be with the King.by and by they will go to face the King.— ben harper

you may write me down in historywith your bitter twisted lies,

you may trod me in the very dirtbut still, like dust, i’ll rise.

out of the huts of history’s shameup from the past that’s rooted in painbring the gifts that my ancestor gave,

i am the dream and the hope of the slave.i rise. i rise. i rise.

— maya angelou

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Apple’s newiPhone

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‘Peayk’ into the PastFebruary 1:Stolen ATMreplaced in theUniversityCenter.

January 30:Enrollment increasehighest in TBR.

June 1: STDsdiagnosed on alow average atAPSU.

July 1: Smokingban put intoeffect on APSU’scampus

July 1: Chartwell’stakes the place ofAramark.

September 6:Mold overtakesHarvill and Blountdorms.

October 6-7: MissTennessee pageantuses MMC forceremony; MissClarksville wins.

November 15: APSUstudent makesnational news withcontroversial artexhibit.

Photographer displays work at boutiqueBy STEPHANIE COWARD

Managing EditorThe science of math and the art of

photography generally don’t blend well. However,for one Austin Peay State University professor,they are the dual passions in her life.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle once said,“It isdecreed by a merciful Nature that the humanbrain cannot think of two things simultaneously.”Debbie Cochener, associate professor ofdevelopmental studies, has proved Doyle wrong.

Cochener is not only a professor, she is also aworking photographer. Most recently, her workwent on display at Hodgepodge, a store located inhistoric downtown Clarksville. Hodgepodgebegan displaying Cochener’s work duringJanuary’s art walk. The photographs on displayare all available for purchase.

The art walk is held in downtown Clarksvillethe first Thursday of every month.All the storesstay open later than usual and each displays thework of a different local artist.

“I did a craft show before Christmas and thatis really where it all started; as far as selling thepictures — up to that point, there were just stacksof photos at home collecting dust,”Cochenersaid. She bought her first camera — a Brownie127 —for $1 from her grandfather when she was7 years old. However, it would be another threeyears before she was brave enough to try it.

“I gave it a try but it was too much work,”shesaid. She now uses a Canon A70.“I love being

able to stuff the camera into my back pocket andtake off.”Cochener’s photography was not ofanything specific at first.“I was always big into‘documenting’events right from the very firstcamera,”she said.

At the start, her focus was her children and thevarious events in their lives. Since then, she hasbranched out and today, focuses more on historic

places-“the older the better,”she said. Thetransformation occurred when she began totravel more with her family.

The proverbial apple does not fall far from thetree.“My dad was the photographer and even hadhis own darkroom. Now, my daughter seems tobe taking up the torch,”Cochener said.

“She is about to enter her photos in a showing

that the Oxford Council is having in the UK.”For Cochener, finding time to work on her

craft 10 to 15 hours per week, as well as maintainher class schedule is not as difficult as one maythink.

“Since there is not much teaching going on inthe DSP program right now, since we have the labset up, there are no lectures to plan…that leavesme plenty of time after hours to focus on myphotography,”Cochener said.

“Teaching is my passion. Photography fills theempty spot left in my life by not having classes toteach”(since DSP is strictly computer based),Cochener said.

Cochener plans to create a Web site in the nearfuture so perspective buyers can preview andpurchase her work online, if so desired.

Most people have one passion or another, butfor Cochener, having the two just “adds up”to theperfect equation for life.✦

SHANNA MOSS/PHOTO EDITORDebbie Cochener proudly displays some of her photography artwork at Hodgepodge duringClarksville’s January Art Walk.

“Photography fills the emptyspot left in my life by not having

classes to teach,”

— Debbie Cochener, associate professor ofDevelopmental Studies

By JENNY GILLUMFeatures Editor

JJaannuuaarryy1199 - Focus Features movie“Brokeback

Mountain”climbs to number one positionon the national box office charts.

2255 - USA Today reports NASA findingsthat 2005 was warmest year on record.

3300 - Civil rights leader and widow of thelate Martin Luther King, Jr.., Coretta ScottKing dies.

FFeebbrruuaarryy11 - Austin Peay State university Student

Government Association bas smokingthroughout campus, restricting it todesignated areas.

44 - Betty Friedan, feminist and author of“The Feminist Mystique”dies at 85.

1100 - The XX Olympic games open inTurin, Italy.

MMaarrcchh66 - Dana Reeve, wife of former Superman

actor Chrisopher Reeve, loses her battle tolung cancer.

1100 - Scientists find evidence of water on aSaturn moon: Journal Science reports thatthe spacecraft Cassini has taken pictures ofwhat looked like water geysers on Enceladus.

AApprriill66 - Scientists discover important fossil: A

group of scientists report finding the fossil ofa 375-million-year-old fish that has earlysigns of limbs. The fossil suggests themissing link between fish and land animals.

1188 - Famous baby Suri Cruise arrives toparents Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes.

2200 - The Food and Drug Administrationissues a statementdenying any soundscientific evidence of medical benefits ofmarijuana.

MMaayy2255 - Enron executives are convicted:

Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling, formerchief executives of Enron, are found guilty offraud and conspiracy by a Houston jury.

2277 - Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt is born in aNamibian hospital to celebrity parents BradPitt and Angelina Jolie.

JJuunnee77 - The Senate defeats the ban on same-

sex marriage. The votes were 49–48 to rejecta proposed constitutional amendment toban same-sex marriage.

1133 - Bush makes a visit to Iraq to meetwith the Iraqi prime minister and 17 cabinetmembers. He promises that “America will

keep its commitment”to the country.2244 - Premier of “Pirates of the Caribbean:

Dead Man’s Chest”, top grossing movie of2006, premiers at Disneyland.

2266 - Flag amendment defeated: 66senators vote for a Constitutionalamendment giving Congress the power toprohibit flag desecration, with 34 opposed;67 votes had been needed.

JJuullyy44 - North Korea test fires missiles:

Country launches at least six missiles overthe Sea of Japan. One of them, anintercontinental ballistic missile, fails.

1133 - Hezbollah opens a new front in theMiddle East involving Israel, Lebanon, Iran,Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, Russia, GreatBritain, and America.

1133 - Bush allows secret court to rule onwiretaps.

2255 - Senate passes abortion restriction:Senate votes, 65–34, making it a federalcrime to transport an underage girl acrossstate lines to have an abortion and avoid theparental notification laws of certain states.

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batteries — in the largest recall ever of aconsumer electronics product, due to a firehazard..

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2277 - Forty - nine people died in a

Kentucky plane crash after a Comair jetcrashes into a field in Lexington. The planehad attempted to take off from the wrongrunway.

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after a stingray barb pierces his heart.99 - Katie Couric makes history as she

televises her first night of “CBS EveningNews”as the first woman to ianchor anetwork evening newscast on her own.

1122 - Pope Benedict XVI sparkscontroversy after quoting a text that labeledIslam as “evil and inhuman.”

NNoovveemmbbeerr55 - Saddam Hussein sentenced to death

for crimes against humanity.77 - Democrats gain control of the US

House of Representatives as well as theSenate in mid-term elections.

88 - Donald Rumsfeld announces hisresignation as US Secretary of Defense.

99 - Ed Bradley, longtime correspondent ofCBS’s “60 Minutes,” loses his battle toleukemia at 65.

DDeecceemmbbeerr2255 - Music icon James Brown passes

away at 73 due to congestive heart failure.2266 - Former President Gerald Ford dies at

93. He was the oldest living president.3300 - Former Iraqi dictator Saddam

Hussein hanged to fulfill his death sentenceissued by the Iraqi government.✦

Last year was full of suprises for APSU,whilethe rest of the world revolved around us

By JESSICA BAIRDGuest Writer

A pastor, a powerful speaker and a prophet;these are just some of the words used to describeMartin Luther King Jr.Although the countryrecognizes King’s birthday each year as a federalholiday, his family and followers continue toeducate the nation about the importance ofhonoring him every day.

The Rev.William Luffman of Faith OutreachChurch in Clarksville was in fourth grade whenKing was assassinated in April of 1968.Considering his age at the time, Luffman didn’trealize what a lasting impact King’s life (anddeath) would have on society.As he aged,however, Luffman began to learn lesson uponlesson from the great civil rights leader.

One of the most important teachings, Luffmansaid, is that every person is valuable and worthyof respect. This mutual respect and communitycohesion is especially important to people likeMarion Bell, a Clarksville resident who lived inAtlanta during the civil rights movement.

“It was hard-living in those days,”said the 69-year-old Bell.“Everybody was wondering howthings would turn out.”

King gave people like Bell,“a sense of feeling, of

being alive,”she said.Although some feel the country still has a long

way to go in terms of racial equality, King’s wordsprovide the blueprint for how the nation couldeventually turn out to be: united.

“He was about everyone coming together,”Luffman said.“All of us are born incomplete.Weare only completed when we welcome others inour lives.”

This sense of welcoming is extended everydayat The National Civil Rights Museum inMemphis, Tenn. The museum is located wherethe hotel where the King assassination took place

once stood. On his birthday, Jan. 15, an average of11,000 people come to honor his life and legacy.

“It’s a great sense of pride to see thousands ofpeople standing in line in inclement weather,”said Tangela Ray, a public relations and marketingassistant at the Civil Rights Museum.

People can still be educated and inspired bythis American enigma, thanks to this museumand the work of King’s family. One of King’sdaughters, Bernice King, is now a reverend andvisited Luffman’s parish last March.

“Meeting her was the highest compliment,”Luffman said.“We were overwhelmed to haveher with us.”

Bernice spent time at Luffman’s home whereshe talked about her father’s enduring message.She said that although he changed an entirenation, he was much more than a civil rightsleader.

King is someone that continues to be at theforefront of hearts and minds across the world,Ray said.

For people like Luffman and Bell, King’steachings will always be important.

“I’m still trying to live by what he said,”Luffman said.“If we only celebrate him once ayear, we really miss his message.”✦

King’s message remembered, celebrated by friends, family

ASSOCIATED PRESSKing greets the crowd gathered at TheWashington Monument, where he delivered his“I Have A Dream”speech, in 1963.

CONTRIBUTED PHOTOKing’s daughter, Bernice, speaks to the FaithOutreach Church in Clarksville.

Features THE ALL STATEPAGE 6; JANUARY 17, 2007

By SARAH BULLOCKAssistant Features Editor

It stands as a mystery to AlfredBartles’ students how such arenowned composer and musiciancame to teach at Austin Peay StateUniversity. Less of a mystery andmore of a misfortune is how wecame to lose him.

Bartles died at 76 from coloncancer in his home in Nashville. Hisstudents and fellow professors weresaddened to lose him.

Teaching and influenceHis students had never known

such a cello instructor. Ron de laVega and Jesse Hale were his studentsthis past semester and grieve the lossof not only an exceptional teacher,but a close friend.

Bartles used the techniques he hadlearned from such influences as LuigiSilva, Claus Adam, Felix Salzer,Rudolf Steiner, Francis Edmunds,and many other musicians.

His teaching style, though, was aculmination of his own philosophyof the cello and the techniques fromthe cellists he studied with.

His students had no question —Bartles’new invention would changethe way they played the cello for therest of their lives.

Former cellist student, de la Vega,had known Bartles since the late ‘90swhere they met at TennesseeTechnical State College. de la Vegawas actually one of those whorecommended Bartles for the openposition at APSU.

de la Vega has played in suchcapacities as classical, jazz, and newmusic venues. Because of theircommon experience, Bartles was ableto teach classical style cello throughtheir jazz experiences.

de la Vega enjoyed learning fromhim because of his unusualtechniques and unorthodox styles ofteaching.“He devised his own scalesystems that simplified the fingeringinstead of long-standing, traditionalscale fingering,”de la Vega said.

He has had up to five collegiatelevel cello instructors and five moreteachers beyond that.When he begantaking from Bartles, he knewinstantly that Bartles would changethe way he played, felt, and connectedwith the cello for the rest of his life.“Ican remember the last thing I said to

him,”de la Vega said.“I told him Iwasn’t ready for him to leave.”Although, de la Vega knew Bartlesdid not see his death as his leaving.He would just see it as another partof his journey.“I’ll miss him…but I’llsee him again.”

Bartles taught many studentsthroughout his life, but among thosemost appreciative and grateful washis junior, cello performance majorstudent, Jesse Hale.“Herevolutionized my technique,”Halesaid.“In as little as one semester, mysound had improved byunimaginable proportions.”

Hale was excited to attend eachlesson mostly for the ‘revalations’Bartles would share with her.“Hewould sit across from me and say,‘OK, now I am going to revealsomething to you that took me 40years to realize in the next 30seconds,”Hale said.

She cherished her lessons enoughto drive to Nashville once a weekwhen it became impossible forBartles to make the trip to Clarksvilleduring his illness.

The chair of the musicdepartment, Gail Robinson-Oturu,was vocal in her appreciation toBartles.“He had a dedication to hisstudents and a genuine interest intheir progress. Even throughout hisillness, he saw students through theirrecitals and junior level hearings,”Robinson-Oturu said.

Thomas King, a music professor atAPSU, was also among those whogrieved the loss of a friend and co-worker. King and Bartles met eightyears ago when they perofrmedtogether. Once they found out their

wives knew each other, they quicklyformed a close relationship.“He was awonderful and talented man,”Kingsaid.“We are sorry he’s not comingback.”de la Vega will give a Seniorrecital this semester and dedicate it toBartles.

Life and educationBartles led a dedicated and

musically inspired life.When Alfredwas five, his father died from theaftereffects of poison gas in WorldWar I. He and his mother thereafterlived with his mother’s younger sister,Isabel Howell, who took on, in manyrespects, being a father to Bartles.

Bartles was playing low-wagedance-band jobs before he was oldenough to join the musicians’union.One night, the other bandsmenpractically carried the boy home ontheir shoulders; the piano had beenso flat that they could not tune to it,so all night he had transposedeverything up half a step.

Once old enough to join theunion, he became known in theNashville music scene as the “kidwith hands full of chords.”Aftergraduation from Hillsboro, andtrying pre-med, it became clear tohim that his life had to be devoted tomusic despite the uncertaineconomic prospects of such a career.

The next year, he transferred toPeabody and studied compositionwith Roy Harris. Then the ArmyReserve band he played trombonefor and served as arranger-pianistwas called to active duty during theKorean War.

When he returned to theUniversity of Mississippi, in anintroductory string class, he pickedup for the first time a cello. It spoke tohim as had no other instrument; and,at the late age of 22, he set out tomaster it.

At Ole Miss, he met a woman,Martha Jean Smith, a piano studentfrom Newton, Mississippi. When she

spoke of how she met Bartles, sheadmitted,“I was waiting for him, buthe didn’t know that.”She was in theclass a year ahead of him and washeaded off to graduate school thenext year at Ohio University, whereshe had an assistantship.

Bartles went into overdrive, took aheavy load of courses, passedexemption exams, marshaled creditsfor his Army experience and tookcourses during the summer.

Smith Bartles graduated in June of1953; Bartles finished all therequirements by the end of thesummer; and they went together toAthens, Ohio that fall.

They were married January 31,1954. Smith Bartles met both ofBartles’ students and enjoyed theircompany very much.“Jesse has abeautiful sound and is just a lovelygirl,”Smith Bartles said.

Health and illnessIn 1981,Alfred was found to have

colon cancer.After two operations, itwas found to have metastasized tothe liver. He recovered and lived a fulland healthy life for twenty-five years.In November of 2006, he grewincreasingly tired.

Once again, X-rays showedtumors in the liver. His conditiondeclined rapidly until his death.

Bartles is survived by his wife,Smith Bartles, two daughters, IsabelBartles and Julia Bartles Emahiser,Julia’s husband, Stephen Emahiser;and by two grandchildren, Nathanand Irene Emahiser.

“I regret that he is gone onlybecause I know he had many more‘revelations’ to share with me,”Halesaid. Many of his students felt thesame way. De la Vega remembershim by his attitude in life.“He alwaysinvolved a human aspect ineverything he did. He blended hisanalytical logic with his passion forlife,”de la Vega said,“I will never takefrom another instructor like him.”✦

Renowned musician dies

Apple takes byte out of cell marketBy ALEXANDER ELLIOTT

Advertising ManagerApple Computer, Inc.has always been a unique force

in the computer industry in terms of hardware designand aesthetics.

When rumors of an “iPod phone”began to surface acouple of years ago, the tech community had mixedfeelings.

Of course, the finished product would be beautiful butwould it be functional? Who has ever heard of acomputer-based company making cell phones?

On Jan.9,2007 those questions were squashed withthe product’s official release.

Not only did the iPhone fit in perfectly with a smooth,beautiful design, it also seemed like it could possiblyrevolutionize the way consumers interact with theircellular devices.

“The most advanced phones are called smartphones,”said Steve Jobs,CEO of Apple, Inc.“They typicallyinvolve a phone,and have plastic little keyboards onthem; the problem is they’re not so smart and they're notso easy to use. If you make a biz school 101 graph,cellphones are at the bottom.Smartphones are a littlesmarter,but they’re harder to use.We don’t want to makeeither one of these things — we want to make a leapfrogproduct,smart and easy to use.This is what iPhone is.”

With an expected release date of June 2007, theiPhone will be a Cingular Wireless exclusive.The featureset is quite impressive,especially considering the size ofthe device: a paltry .46 inches wide (making it thinnerthan both the Motorola Q and Samsung Blackjack) and4.5 inches tall.

Boasting Wi-Fi,Bluetooth,OS X software,a two-megapixel camera,quad-band GSM service for world

use and strictly touch-screen operation, the iPhonealready has a leg up on many high-end phones.

But let’s not forget that the phone also doubles as afully functioning iPod and this feature has its ownseparate battery that offers over 16 hours of continuousmusic playback.

Talk time on the phone is quoted at five hours forcalls,video viewing,and surfing the web on Apple’sInternet browser,Safari.

The user interface is unlike any phone ever made.While most phones are built with simple menus andsettings, the iPhone comes equipped with OS X softwaresuch as built-in widgets (which consist of a variety ofprograms such as a dictionary or phonebook,down togames and gossip site updates).

All widgets can be downloaded and removed fromthe device by the user,mimicking a standard Applecomputer.

The included Wi-Fi automatically detects andconnects to wireless connections,and the phone’svoicemail function is interactive,allowing users to pickand choose messages they wish to listen to.

For text messaging,a keyboard will appear on theiPhone’s display to allow easy writing with fingers.

To compensate its 100 percent touch screen use, thedevice has built in sensors to guard the phone fromaccidental presses when on a phone call or in a pocket.

The phone also features intelligent brightness settingsbased on light intensity,as well as automatically adjustingthe screen when the phone is turned upright orsideways.

Of course evolution doesn’t come cheap; even with atwo-year contract from Cingular, the iPhone is $499 and$599 for four and eight gigabyte editions,respectively. ✦

CONTRIBUTED PHOTOAlfred Bartles on his way to his firstjob in Broadway circa 1968.

FILE PHOTOCoffee aficionados are willing to pay high prices for the“hottest”coffee equipment.

Fancy coffee seduces the normAssociated Press

In an era when $5 fancy coffee drinks are the norm,agrowing number of people are willing to invest $1,000 ormore to make the perfect cup of coffee at home.

Seduced by the gleaming,multi-levered,counter-hoggingmachines that have begun crowding catalogs andshowrooms,more people are willing to spend more moneyin pursuit of that perfect cup of Joe.

Consider this the centerpiece of the consumer revolutionin coffee.Today, it’s not uncommon to find homes betterequipped than their local Starbucks.

For example,Cooking.com offers a combination coffeeand espresso “center”for a mere $3,500 or so.Even bargain-driven retailer Target offers several $1,000-plus machines onits Web site.

And people are buying them.Sales of coffee and espressomachines costing more than $100 jumped by 42 percentduring the past year,according to consumer research firmNPD Group.High-end machines are seeing similar growth.At Internet kitchen goods retailer Cooking.com,sales ofespresso machines costing $1,000 or more increased by 56percent between 2004 and 2005,says spokesman JohnGabaldon.

Experts say the trend is a confluence of several long-developing factors in the coffee industry, including theintroduction of specialty coffees to the East Coast in the ‘70sand ‘80s by coffee pioneers such as George Howell.

And out of this caffeine-driven frenzy arose a passionatesubgroup _ espresso drinkers.

Espresso always has been more a technological artifactthan a simple beverage.Without high,stable pressure andwater temperature,espresso will be sour or bitter,or fail toachieve its distinguishing complex aroma and syrupy texture.

Pulling a shot of espresso is like “a small-scale shuttlelaunch,”says Peter Lynagh,who heads quality control atHowell’s company,Terroir,a high-end coffee roaster based inActon,Mass.

“It’s really quite difficult, and you want everything to goright.A lot of these techies have developed the machine,pushed it in a direction far beyond what it was originally.They’re very uncompromising, real control freaks,” he said. ✦

“I regret that he is gone,only because I know he had manymore ‘revelations’to share with me,”

—Jesse Hale, cello performance student

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Govs begin to mesh during break

By MICHAEL KELLUMSports Editor

Graduates and students who wenthome over break might have missedsome of the action that went on with theAustin Peay State University men’sbasketball team, which included a five-game wining streak.

Evansville, Dec. 18, 75-80After getting blown out by Memphis,

the Govs tried to rebound with a winagainst Evansville, but came up short tolose by five. The Govs shot 51 percent forthe game, with Drake Reed scoring 19points and Derek Wright, Landon Shipleyand Fernandez Lockett all scoring indouble figures.

Middle Tennessee, Dec. 20, 64-63

Losing 63-61 with 20 seconds left,Reed successfully converted a three-pointplay with 18 seconds left in overtime towin the game.APSU shot 41 percentfrom the field and forced MTSU to make21 turnovers. Reed led the team with 21points, while Lockett got his third double-double of the season with 17 points and13 rebounds.

Marian, Dec. 28, 83-50The Governors continued their

winning ways against NAIA Division IIMarian, never trailing in the game.Sophomore Kyle Duncan scored theGovs’first 10 points as they jumped to 10-0 lead. Reed got his first double-double of the season with 14 points and10 rebounds. Lockett came up onerebound short of his fourth double-double of the season with 13 points and

nine rebounds.UT Martin, Jan. 2, 74-61

The Govs got their record back to .500with a win against the Skyhawks, whichincluded a 30-9 second-half run. It wastheir third win in a row and boostedthem to 3-1 in the OVC.

Lockett, for the fourth time thisseason, recorded a double-double with 20points and 12 rebounds. Babingtonscored 21 points all from three-pointrange. Reed, who received OVC Co-Player of the Week had 11 points andnine rebounds.

Jacksonville State, Dec. 4, 78-63

Four seemed to be the magic numberagainst Jacksonville State. Four playersscored in double digits and it was theGovs’ fourth win in a row. Reed led theGovs’with 23 points, while freshmanguard Wes Channels chipped in 17points. Babington hit four three pointers,scoring 14 points, while Lockett scored11, and Derek Wright dished out 10assists and made two blocks.

Eastern Illinois, Dec. 6, 81-76The Governors went into their second

overtime this season and emergedvictorious. The Govs knocked down 3-of-4 free throws in the last 12 seconds tosecure the win. This win was their fifth ina row improving them to 8-6 overall and5-1 in the OVC.

Four Govs again scored in doublefigures with Babington leading the waywith 24. Lockett got his fifth doubledouble of the season with 13 points and13 rebounds. Reed had 19, while DJWright had 13. ✦

Govs get five consecutive wins with two overtimevictories as Reed and Babington lead the way

LOIS JONES/SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHERFernandez Lockett slams down a dunk against UT-Martin, Jan. 2 Lockett got hisfourth double-double of the game with 20 points and 12 rebounds in the Govs’win.

Lady Govs win three key OVC games

LOIS JONES/SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHERAlicia Watson looks to score against Kennesaw State in APSU’s 56-49 loss. Reeves andMcGee each scored 10 points. The Lady Govs would only lose one more time againstEvansville Dec. 21before going on a three game winning streak in the OVC.

By MARLON SCOTTStaff Writer

After finishing that last final, turning inthe last paper, and watching the moneyfrom selling back books dwindle into justenough money to get home, many studentsleft Austin Peay State University without abackward glance.

The APSU Lady Govs not only lookedback, they also donned their uniforms andplayed five games including three on theroad, while the rest of us were enjoying ourbreak.

Kennesaw State, Dec.19, 49-56Despite the unseasonably warm weather,

the Lady Govs were ice cold, making only19 of 56 field goals for 33.9 percent againstKennesaw State.

The Lady Govs failed to make any three-point shots — snapping a 222 game streakwith a three point field goal as Kennesawstole the lead early and never relinquishedit,winning the game 56-49.

Junior center Kellea Reaves and juniorguard Ashlee McGee led the team with 10points each.

Evansville, Dec. 21, 72-44The Lady Govs hit rock bottom

suffering their biggest loss of the season sofar to the Evansville Purple Aces 72-44.

Senior guard Saundra Hale scored 14points, but the Purple Aces were ahead by19 at halftime and the Lady Govs could notsuccessfully close the gap.

Though it was APSU’s eighth straightroad loss, they did manage to make threeof 10 field goals from behind the arc.

UT-Martin, Jan. 2, 57-55With 1.3 seconds left in the game, senior

forward Alicia Watson made the game-winning field goal to give the Lady Govstheir second Ohio Valley Conference winof the season.

Watson helped start the new yearpositively with a career-best 14 points, sixrebounds and five assists.

Jacksonville State, Jan. 4, 74-67The Lady Govs played like they had

made a New Year’s resolution not to loseagain. Four players finished the game withmore than 10 points and the team postedtheir highest score of the season, beatingJacksonville State 74-67.

After beating UT Martin,APSU washungry for another win after a dismalDecember. They feasted on JacksonvilleState. The win minutely improved APSU’soverall record to 4-10 and its conferencerecord to 3-2. This was also the teams firstroad win of the season.

Eeastern Illinois, Jan. 6, 74-62After averaging 47 points in the last two

games of December during the break, theLady Govs posted another season-highscore in their win over Eastern Illinois 74-62.

For the second straight game, four LadyGovs ended the game with double-digitpoints. Alicia Watson led the scoring with17 points and 13 rebounds.

It is clear that the Lady Govs are finallycomfortable enough in the new systemunder first year head coach Carrie Danielsto execute everything necessary to wingames.

This was APSU’s third consecutive win,all against OVC opponents. Picked eighthin the preseason polls, the Lady Govs arenow tied in a three way tie for fourth placewith Samford and UT-Martin.✦

Lady Govs ready to surprise the OVC in season’s second halfBy MARLON SCOTT

Staff WriterIf you do not own anything red, go buy

it. If you already have it, find it, put it onand go watch the Austin Peay StateUniversity Lady Govs play basketball.

After a slow start that ended with justone win in December, the Lady Govs areplaying their best basketball this season andare surprising a lot of people who did notexpect them to compete well with a newcoach and a new system.

“You know, these 12 young ladies haveachieved so much in such a short amountof time,”said head coach Carrie Daniels.“They’ve come back since Christmas and

they’ve pulled together,and I think they arestarting to do things andaccomplish things.

“I don’t know ifpeople out thereexpected it. It’s all them.They’ve got the heart,they’ve got the desire, andI hope that people wouldwant to come out and support that,”Daniels said.

Since 2007 began, the Lady Govs havewon three of their last four games. The losswas only by one point to one of the co-leaders of the Ohio Valley Conference,

Murray State, 64-63.Austin Peay has a 4-3 OVC record and

will play league opponents for the rest ofthe season, including rematches at MurrayState Feb. 1, and at Tennessee Tech Feb. 17,who they beat earlier this season 66-57.

It is clear that the Lady Govs havediscovered the correct combination of teamchemistry and confidence necessary to wingames.

They expect it to continue to grow as theseason progresses and to peak in time fortournament play.

“New attitude, new year,”said seniorguard Saundra Hale. “I think what has putus over that hump after the new year is our

whole focus, our whole mentality and ournew attitude.”

The Lady Govs end January by firstplaying at UT Martin Jan. 18 — who theybeat earlier this month 57-55 — then twogames at home against Jacksonville State onJan. 25 and Samford on Jan. 27.

After hitting the road for three gamesagainst Southeast Missouri, Murray Stateand Tennessee State, the Lady Govs returnhome on Feb. 8 for a rematch againstEastern Illinois. APSU beat EIU earlier thisseason, 74-62, in Charleston, Ill.

When asked to give a reason why peopleshould come and watch the Lady Govs playbasketball, junior center Kellea Reeves and

senior forward Alicia Watson did nothesitate with their answers.

“Everybody should come see us playbecause we are a great team,”said Reeves.“We are energetic. We got all the skills, allthe players, and we are a fun team towatch.”

Watson’s reply was shorter and simpler:“Because we are going to win.”The Lady Govs have high expectations

for the rest of the season and are confidentin their ability to succeed. Although theirfuture success remains to be seen, it shouldbe fun to watch, especially with seven morehome games, including a four-game homestretch in February.✦

LOIS JONES/SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHERWes Channels looks to score againstMTSU, who the Govs beat in OT 64-63.

By MICHAEL KELLUMSports Editor

With 16 games under their belt, theAustin Peay State University men’sbasketball team is halfway through theseason and is currently second in the OhioValley Conference only behind Samford.

The Govs started off the season losingthree consecutive regular season gamesagainst powerhouse teams Dayton, Illinoisand Arkansas State respectively. They gottheir first win of the season againstTennessee Wesleyan, but then suffered aloss by a highly-ranked Memphis team.Fast forward to now, and the Govs havelearned how to play with one another,winning five games in a row as of Jan. 6against Eastern Illinois.

“Were looking forward to the next one.We take each game one at a time, and justfocus on the next game,”said head coachDave Loos.

The Govs were predicted to finish sixthin the OVC, coming into the season withno senior leadership, but have foundleadership in sophomore forward DrakeReed.

“I’m pleased with how he is playing rightnow. He is a real workhorse, blue-collartype of guy. He doesn’t give up and is verydetermined to play well,” said Loos.

Some of the Govs future matchupsinclude one more game on ESPNU againstTennessee Tech, Feb. 20, — who they beatearlier this season 77-70 at home — withthe first one being Tuesday night againstbig-time rival, Morehead State the 2006OVC champion.

The Govs will also participate in ESPN’sBracket Buster Saturday Feb. 17 for thesecond consective year. Their final game ofthe season comes against Morehead State.

“I’m really encouraged with how wellour team is playing together. They’resharing the ball and I think they really carefor each other and are looking out for eachother. I think the chemistry is good,”saidLoos. The Govs will continue to look fortheir freshmen to make an impact with allthree getting playing time throughout thefirst half of the season.

“Wes Channels has played well becausehe is so aggressive. He plays at only onespeed, which is all out. Ernest Fields is veryathletic and I hope to see him play moreduring this OVC play.

“Duran Roberson is really skilledoffensively, and we want to work him up inthe lineup a little more often”said Loos.

Loos said that in order to have asuccessful season they would have to win alot at home and try to steal a few on theroad. Though they have come a long way,Loos also said they still have a long way togo.

“The two biggest things we have to workon are our defense and rebounding,”Loossaid.

He was looking forward to the studentscoming back to the games.“Our team playsbetter when there are more students in thestands. It gets you pumped up when arecheering,”Loos said.✦

Govs lookto showthey wereunderrated

REEVES

Players begin to learn new coach’s system at beginning of new year,get hot over break