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Chancellor Search

Two down, one to goChancellor candidates visit campus, hold open forums

Rachel CarnerOnline Editor

Students, faculty, staff and the public were invit-ed to meet one of the ASU-J chancellor’s candidate fi-nalists on Monday during an open forum in the audi-torium in the Carl R. Reng Student Union.

In her bright red blazer jacket, Soraya Coley, cur-rently serving as provost/vice president for academ-ic affairs and interim vice president for university advancement at California State University – Bakersfield, discussed how she sees education as an investment.

“It is critical in this country that we invest in our edu-cation,” she said. Coley applauded the state of Arkansas on how it was one of 20 states that didn’t decrease fund-ing for higher education. “That says to me that Arkansas recognizes the importance of education,” she said.

Coley said when she first became a dean, she came up with her “guiding statement” for what her work was go-ing to be about: “being student centered, faculty and staff focused and community minded.”

She said the phrase has been a guiding principle for See COLEY, page 5

Sara KrimmHerald Editor

Building leaders that create an idea-rich envi-ronment, being a faculty and student centered uni-versity and engaging with the community were the fundamental ideas Tim Hudson presented to the open forum at the Cooper Alumni Center on Wednes-day.

Hudson, currently the vice chancellor of the Tex-as Tech University system, was the second of three can-didates to visit the ASU-J campus as a prospective chan-cellor.

A native of southern Mississippi, whose wife is from Huntsville, Ala., Hudson said his family’s visit to Jonesboro “felt a little bit like coming home.”

“We love west Texas, but it’s still not the south,” he said. “It’s been a real joy to learn about this community and this institution.”

Hudson received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Southern Mississippi in history and Latin American studies. It was an international study experi-ence that inspired Latin American studies as an under-

See HUDSON, page 5

Caleb HenningtonStaff Writer

An ASU campus min-istry that has been in Jonesboro since the 1960s is finally getting an on-campus building to spread its mission and reach out to students.

The WOLFLIFE cam-pus ministry has recently acquired the necessary funding to construct a new building on the north side of campus, next to the North-park Quads. The current location of the WOLFLIFE

ministry is on Johnson Av-enue, next to Subway.

The WOLFLIFE minis-try’s website, wolflife.org, states that its mission is to help students grow closer to God and become follow-ers of Jesus Christ by “en-couraging students to serve others, by loving them un-conditionally, by teaching grace and truth from the Bible, through one-on-one and group mentoring, and sometimes just by having a great time together.”

Chris Buxton, director See WOLFLIFE, page 5

Miss ASU Crowned

WOLFLIFE group receives funding for new building

Coley: 'Student centered, faculty focused, community minded'

Hudson: 'We're much more powerful whenwe work together'

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The construction site of the new 4,400 square feet WOL-FLIFE campus ministry building is expected to be complet-ed by the fall semester of 2012.

Honors Lecture of the Year'Half my life ago, I killed a girl'

Zachary RoachNews Reporting Student

Darin Strauss’s memoir “Half a life” opens with a devastating revelation: “Half my life ago, I killed a girl.”

When Strauss was 18 and barely a month away from graduation, he was driving with some friends to play mini-golf when a cyclist, Celine Zilke, swerved into his path.

At 40 mph, in his father’s car, this event comes to form what he calls a “shadowy giant” over the rest of his life.

“Name an experience. It’s a good bet I’ve thought of Celine while experienc-ing it,” Strauss wrote.

The accident was what many insur-ers call a “no fault fatality” and though exonerated in both a civil suit and by police, Strauss still grappled with a cat-alogue of emotions, and the thought of “how seriously will I be messed up by this?”

Strauss, 41, who spoke on Feb. 7 as part of the fourth annual Honors Lec-ture of the Year, hosted by the Honor’s College, delivered these ruminations and his thoughts on how the moral hon-esty of good literature can help one see his or her self, and his confrontation of the “universal facts of hard grief and guilt.”

While Strauss’s lecture did not dwell directly on the events of his youth, the memoir is about his accident, its after-shocks and the perennial pangs of guilt and anxiety that have accompanied him throughout his life.

The chapters, in their brevity, aim for an absolute truth of the events sur-round the accident, while trying to con-

front Strauss’s fear that in telling the story everything will sound “over-aes-theticized and vague.” Narrated in an impressionistic yet direct style, without sentimentality or narcissism, the book has garnered the author much critical acclaim.

Winner of the 2011 National Book Critics Circle Award for autobiography, “Half a Life” was also picked as an En-tertainment Weekly “Must Read” and a New York Times Editor’s pick.

Carrie Fischer said it was ultimately “a story of hope and what it means to be human.”

See LECTURE, page 5

Darin Strauss

Soraya Coley Tim Hudson

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Senior Chelsea Treadway of Batesville stomped her way to the top Wednesday to be awarded the crown of Miss ASU at the Fowler center. The event, hosted by the gentlemen of Pike Kappa Alpha, witnessed a full house crowd. Treadway was spon-sored by Alpha gamma Delta sorority.

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Celebrate historyThe month of February is Black History Month,

a month we have set aside to remember the history and to celebrate the accomplishments of African-Americans in this country.

It is a time we can all sit back and learn from the experiences early African-Americans went through since the founding of this nation.

Many, however, tend to disregard this month entirely, considering it to be just another month. Are they right? Is it unfair to designate a month to one particular racial group?

Perhaps to some it is, but it is important to realize that historians often study events by considering the impact of different groups. In studying this unique history, whites and blacks should come to appreciate the accomplishments that have been made in shaping this nation as we know it.

We can read of Benjamin Banneker who helped with the survey and planning of our nation’s capital.

We can read of Harriet Tubman, an African-American abolitionist who helped over 70 slaves escape to freedom using the Underground Railroad.

We can read of Frederick Douglass, a famous abolitionist and former slave who helped change many Americans’ view of slavery.

We can learn about Senator Hiram Revels and his struggle to become the first black man in Congress in 1870.

We can read of Booker T. Washington who struggled to provide equal educational opportunities for blacks.

We can learn from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., whose firm stance against the Jim Crow laws of the South helped spur the Civil Rights Movement.

This list goes on and on. By honoring those men and women who furthered the welfare of their fellow African Americans, we can be reminded of the progress this nation has made in regards to civil rights, in all races and backgrounds.

It may also encourage us to stand up for what we believe in and fight for a cause based on principles.

By studying black history (or any history for that matter), we can learn from the mistakes of the past and resolve not to repeat them.

“Our View” is written by the editorial staff. The opinions are not necessarily reflective of the student body, faculty or administration of Arkansas State University.

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The economic crisis: Obama’s failed policies

With the 2012 presi-dential election rapidly approaching, it is time to start thinking on how we plan to cast our votes, es-pecially when it comes to Republican candidates.

By now, it is clear to many people that the poli-cies being implemented by the current administration have been detrimental to the country.

So it follows that the question on many people’s minds (including my own) is, “Who will do what it takes to reverse what has been done over the past four years?” To answer this question, let us take a look at several areas of policy, beginning with eco-nomic.

I have heard it often said people tend to “vote with their wallets.” They tend to vote for the can-didate who will make the money and jobs (especially the former) most easily available to them.

However, I believe this is not the most important issue at stake in this elec-tion, and I will address

what I believe to be the most important issue in a later article, but for now let’s stick to the issue of money.

Since President Obama took office, the U.S. has been in a tailspin, econom-ically speaking.

Supporters of President Obama and his policies like to tout the progressively “better” unemployment numbers, but a closer look at these numbers reveals that they have gotten “bet-ter” right around holiday seasons. These are periods when employers tradition-ally hire extra help, but only temporarily.

Checking to see how many people are no lon-ger seeking employment would yield even more de-pressing numbers, since individuals in this catego-ry are no longer considered unemployed.

President Obama’s landmark policies, the Stimulus and Obamacare, are the primary reasons for our sickly economy.

The stimulus pack-age was supposed to boost the economy back to health. But once mon-ey is spent, it’s gone. You can’t “re-spend” it.

Obamacare, though, was probably the biggest hit to the economy. In one fell swoop, President Obama and liberals suc-ceeded in deterring any long-term hiring by com-panies by making it more expensive for companies to have full-time employees.

So it follows: “Why would companies want to hire more people or oth-erwise spend more money when our leaders are mak-ing it harder to comply with federal regulations and easier to hemorrhage cash?”

All that being said, let’s take a brief look at the current candidates for the Republican nomination.

All of them, of course, say that they will undo what Obama has done with his policies, but will all of them really do it?

Mitt Romney, the cur-rent front runner is no exception, but a look at his record reveals that he would probably not live up to his billing.

As governor of Mas-sachusetts, he passed a healthcare bill similar to Obamacare, and at last look, it wasn’t fairing any better than Obamacare

will. I’ve heard a lot about “giving Obamacare time,” but Romneycare (which, I repeat, is basically the same as Obamacare, but on the state level) has had time, and has failed.

So, will Romney really repeal Obamacare? I high-ly doubt it.

As for the other can-didates (Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum, and Ron Paul), they are all highly conservative, at least on the economic issues. Gin-grich even balanced the budget under President Clinton, so his credentials in this area are high.

As a closing note, eco-nomics is by far not the most important issue at stake in this election.

I will follow this article with two more over the next few weeks highlight-ing two progressively more important issues in this election.

In both articles, I will continue to highlight the current administration’s failures and the all-im-portant positions of the Republican candidates on these issues.

Kazyak is a freshman music major of Manila.

What is your opinion about the gay marriage law recently passed in Washington state?

States have the power to make these decisions. Elected represen-tatives are empowered to pass legislation for the general well-being. So it is hard to say this is bad.

On the other hand, this is a culture war, and we had better figure out how to manage it better than we managed the culture war over slavery.

If one side is going to win this culture war, it will be because we have developed the constitutional arguments, the skills to reason through law and policy. So, take my Civil Liberties class!

With your knowledge of law and political science, do you consider gay marriage a federal or state issue?

I think we have not sorted this out well enough to decide if we can create a unified national policy or if the states are best placed to make policies on their own.

As we know from experience, making those choices are difficult, time-consuming and fraught with danger. We don’t have enough ex-perience with gay rights yet to figure out the complexities of policy.

Will gay marriage rights be an issue in the general election?

I don’t think it will be a major one because the economy is so bad right now. People tend to care less about whether gays are getting marriage licenses or not when they have lost their jobs and their houses.

About Hans Hacker:

Assistant professor of political science

Co-director of ASU Pre-Law Center

Ph.D. Ohio State University

Research interests include civil rights and liberties, constitutional law and public law.

For more comments overheard on campus, visit us on Twitter @OverheardAtASU.

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“President Obama’s landmark policies, the stimulus and Obamacare, are the primary reasons for our

sickly economy.”

William Kazyak

Sara KrimmHerald Editor

If you’re not one of the hipsters that are soon going to disown them for their newfound popularity, you’re probably just catching on to folk duo The Civil Wars. The pair, made up of Joy Williams and John Paul White, scored its first two Grammy’s this week for “Best Country Duo/Group Perfor-mance” and “Best Folk Album.”

The release of their debut album Barton Hollow in February 2011, along with being the opening act for Adele on her spring/summer tour last year, catapult-ed them into the spotlight — and rightfully so.

I got to see The Civil Wars in Memphis last summer at Playhouse on the Square, and hon-estly, I felt like I robbed them to have only paid $15 per ticket. Vocally, it was the most incredible performance I’ve ever heard live.

I remember their opening act that night, Rayland Baxter, saying as he introduced them, “you’re about to experience perfect harmony.” He was absolutely right. It was unbelievable.

If music was a drug, The Civil Wars would be one of those that people get instantly addicted to — eternally in search of the same “high” they felt the first time they experienced it. I was genuinely a little bit heartbroken when it ended, and I’ve been watching for them to play somewhere close enough for me to drive

and see them again ever since.The way their voices just go together creates a harmony

that you have to think, “those voices were made to be sing-ing together.” Interestingly enough, their meeting seems somewhat fateful.

Williams and White told the story of how they met during the M e m p h i s

show I attended. Ba- sically, the two were both attending a

song writing session in Nashville in 2008, where they were randomly stuck in a room together to write. The rest, they said, is pretty much history.

Lyrically, their music tends to be somewhat dark, and I’ve only ever seen them wear black on stage, but their voic-es are nothing short of heavenly. There is this mysterious-ness about them that’s so captivating that it literally takes you to another place. It’s a bit somber, but it’s breathtak-

ingly beautiful. It’s truly one of those things that are almost unex-

plainable — it’s just something I think anyone with any sort of music interest needs to experience. But

be careful, you’ll get addicted and have to have more. My recommendation for getting a “fix” in the meantime is

downloading their free Live from Eddie’s Attic album. And, of course, purchasing their only full-length al-

bum, Barton Hollow.Most recently, the duo has written and re-

corded a single for the Hunger Games sound track with Taylor Swift called “Safe and Sound.”

It’s great, and is without a doubt Swift’s best vo-cal performance, in my opinion.

If you have ears and any sort of music taste whatsoever, you need to jump on the Civil Wars train. You won’t regret it.

Unfortunately, there are no signs of them playing anywhere near by any time soon. The duo heads out for a European tour that starts in London on March 8.

Abdullah RaslanPhoto Editor

Inspired by the early the 60’s, modern art and Jackson Pollock’s abstract art, graduate student Chris Davis showcased his work in a thesis exhi-bition entitled “I was Born in a Rabbit Hole”.

Originally from Illi-nois, Davis is pursing a graduate degree in fine arts with an emphasis in sculptor.

He received his bach-elors in sculpture from Southern Illinois Uni-versity in 2003, he then moved to Jonesboro with his wife, Sharon, when she was offered to work with the department of

psychology and counsel-ing at ASU.

Since then, Davis has showcased his work on and off campus.

“Exhibiting is the rea-son I get work.” Davis said.

The work he chose to showcase has a cohesive “earthy” theme.

In the middle of the room, five wooden pillars stand tall.

Resembling sand stones, Davis carved these wooden pillars into shape by using a chain saw.

Davis said that all of the wood he used was collect-ed from a sawmill, where the wood was going to be recycled or destroyed.

On the far wall, a mo-

saic of ceramic pieces dec-orate the space.

Haley Denton, a junior studio art major of Har-risburg said that she par-ticularly enjoyed the ce-ramic pieces.

She appreciates the skillfulness that Davis showcased and she con-tinued by saying that she enjoys the natural untouched feel the pieces show.

“I like how he didn’t use varnish on his ceram-ic pieces. That’s usually the first thing other artist would do.” Denton said.

Three large abstract paintings covered one part of a wall, while a smaller group of paintings were hung on the other side.

“The process of making these paintings was ex-hausting” said Davis.

Joyce Jaynes, admin-istrative specialist to the chair of the fine arts de-partment, said the wooden pieces were her favorite.

She said the pieces are very well done and it sent a very calming and relax-ing vibe.

More of Davis’s work is displayed in Gallery 451 on Main Street, and also on his website ruralchris-topher.com

All of the pieces shown in the gallery are for sale.

The exhibition is free and open to the public from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. ev-eryday until Feb. 28th in the Fine Arts gallery.

Chelsea WeaverStaff Writer

Project Lovemore, a nonprofit stu-dent organization at ASU, will host its second annual benefit show this Friday which will feature bands from Jonesboro and Little Rock.

The show is appropriate for all ages and everyone is encouraged to come support the local talent. The entry fee is $5 or two canned goods, which will be donated to Jonesboro’s Food Bank.

The members of Project Lovemore are hoping to top the turnout of their last benefit show by introducing lo-cal artists of different genres.

Of the bands featured, Tiger$tyle, the headlining band, has the most unique sound. They classify them-selves as a mixture of hip-hop, punk, hardcore and jazz, and are known for their crazy costumes and lively stage performance.

The One-Two Punch classifies themselves as a blend of indie and alternative rock, and consists of four ASU students. Although they are a young band, they have already played many shows in the Jonesboro area and have accumulated a lot of fans.

Stories of Shepherds describes themselves as melodic, spirit-filled hardcore. They have distinctive, tough vocals, accompanied by me-lodic guitars and a variety of fast, solid rhythms. They are originally from Memphis, although most of their members attend ASU. This will be their first reunion show in more than a year.

Morlee, a well-seasoned indie rock band, will be bringing a fresh, lively sound to the stage all the way from Little Rock. They have been playing together for about four years and are led by Amanda Morley’s clean vocals. Their lyrics and instrumentation are engaging to the ears as well as the heart.

Noland Gilmore, a solo acoustic artist, will be opening up the show with his smooth voice and mellow style. Gilmore regularly leads wor-ship at First Baptist Church and is known for his spontaneous energy. He will be sure to get the crowd ex-cited and ready for an entertaining night full of great local talent.

The event will take place at 7 p.m. at the ReMix Room, which is located at 777 Union Ave. across the street from First Baptist Church.

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Campus CornerAll aboard the Civil Wars train

Allie McKinleyStaff Writer

The Girl Scouts of the United States of America are currently celebrating their 100th anniversary.

Jessica Dillon, Membership and Mar-keting Specialist for the Girl Scouts Diamonds of Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas, stated this is an important mile-stone for the organization. Dillon said the Jonesboro area Girl Scouts have been around for 50 years, and there are 30 troops in the Jonesboro area.

The Jonesboro Girl Scouts take on many projects to serve the city of Jonesboro and ASU.

“All of our programs involve service projects that benefit the community,” Dillon stated. “We collaborate fre-quently with ASU and ASU students. Our next collaboration will happen on March 3rd for Girl Scout Week Celebra-tion. International students will come and speak to the girls about their coun-try and heritage.”

The Jonesboro Girl Scouts have spe-cific events coming up, including a World Thinking Day and a Cookie Rally.

The Girl Scouts are mostly known for the cookies they sell each year. Fresh-man mechanical engineering major and Girl Scout Katie Risi decided to sell Girl Scout cookies from an unlikely place—outside of her dorm room.

“This is my fifteenth year in Girl Scouts and I am now classified as a Lifetime Girl Scout,” Risi stated. “I ac-tually don’t sell cookies anymore and get a profit, but my younger sisters are still selling. I thought that I would help them out, plus I can’t stay away from cookie season.”

Risi came up with the idea to sell Girl Scout cookies out of her room in the Honors Living Learning Community. She posted a sign up sheet for cookies on the wall outside of her room, allow-ing residents to sign up if they wanted to buy cookies.

“Selling out of my room just seemed easiest because the people who wanted them could just sign up and it would be a lot easier on me,” said Risi. “I actually sold about 75 boxes of cookies by doing it this way and sold to 20 people.”

Risi stated that she is no longer sell-ing cookies. “We are no longer taking orders, but there are plenty of extras,” Risi clarified, “So keep on the look out for cookie booths!”

The Girl Scouts regional office is cur-rently located at 4803 E Johnson Ave in Jonesboro.

ASU Girl Scout sells cookies out of dorm

Project Lovemore to host benefit show

Davis showcase open until Feb. 28

Photo credit: thefridgemedia.com

Abdullah Raslan/Herald Photo Editor

Joyce Jaynes, administrative specialist to the chair of the fine arts department stands in front of the wooden pillars.

Daniel McFadinSports Editor

Head coach Brian Boyer had a secret number for his Lady Red Wolves Wednes-day night, a number repre-senting the score he didn’t want Troy to reach..

“Every time out in the second half I kept telling the players I had a number in my head that they bet-ter not get to and I refused to tell the players what it was. My number was 45,” Boyer said.

Giving one of their best de-fensive performances of the season, the Arkansas State Lady Red Wolves (11-15, 5-8) routed the lowly Troy Tro-jans, 62-39, for their third win in four games.

With the help of 29 Troy turnovers, 14 of them un-forced traveling calls, ASU gave up its fewest points of the season.

“I thought we put to-gether a really good first half defensively, the sec-ond half I wasn’t even pay-ing attention to the of-fense because we’ve had too many games this year

where we have one half of good defense and then we don’t the second,” Boyer said. “So I was harping and harping the whole second half about putting together a full game defensively.”

Behind double dig-it scoring performances by sophomore Jane Mor-rill (13 points) and seniors Meghan Lewis (12) and Shania Hurst (11), the Red Wolves got off to an early narrow lead before Lewis hit two of her four 3-point-er of the night back-to-back to give them a 16-13 lead and the nudge ASU need-ed.

“Offensively, I thought we were okay, at times it got frustrating because of how tightly packed the de-fense was, doubling down on Jane,” Boyer said. “I thought over the course of the game we got enough openings and eventually got some things spread out so that we could get some scores against them.”

All 12 of Lewis’ points off the bench came from three point land, where the senior was 4 of 7 on the

night“When she goes on

these stretches, she can be very effective and it real-ly changes a lot of things,” said Boyer. “Not just the points, but they way they defend, because they have to respect her so much.”

ASU shot 75 percent from beyond the arch with junior Ashley Olvera and freshman Hanna Qedan each hitting three’s.

Off of Troy’s (2-11, 1-12) 29 turnovers the Red Wolves scored 18 points with another 30 coming in the paint and 14 coming on second chances.

For Boyer this is a new team after its 68-54 loss to North Texas Jan. 28.

“We wiped the slate clean with this team Feb-ruary 1st. We’re three and one since [then] and we’re getting some wins now; the schedule is going to get tougher,” Boyer cautioned. “We’ve got a FIU team that’s pretty good and we got two road games coming up, but it certainly feels good to get two wins here.”

SPORTSPAGE 4 Thursday, Feb. 16 The Herald

ASU Coaches Panel rescheduled for Monday at 6 p.m. in •

Centennial Hall.

Football Spring practice begins March 12; Spring game set •

for April 14th.

ASU bowling ranked 4th in latest National Tenpin Coaches •

Association poll with 615 points behind Fairleigh Dickinson,

Sacred Heart and Valparaiso

Saturday Senior Day for Men’s and Women’s basketball.•

ASU Headlines

Conference USA and Mountain West to merge into 18 to •

24 school conference in 2013.

Four Texas Christian University football players among •

17 arrested in drug raid.

Knicks win seventh straight to reach .500 record at 15-15.•

West Virginia settles lawsuit with Big East; will join Big XII for •

2012 season.

National Headlines

Daniel McFadinSports Editor

“Linsanity,” “All he does is Lin,” and “Let the best man Lin.”

These are just a sam-pling of the phrases that are populating the air-waves since Jeremy Lin became the latest un-derdog phenom to break through in the sporting world.

The 23-year-old Asian-American, an alumni of Harvard and a bench warmer before this month, is making headlines after averaging 23.3 points and 7.4 assists through seven games in February.

Because of Lin, the New York Knicks are more rel-evant now than they have been in a decade, even af-ter the addition of Carme-lo Anthony and Amar’e Stoudemire last season.

Like some, I had not

heard of the point guard who had been living on a relatives couch while play-ing for the Knicks until af-ter the rookie went off on the Kobe Bryant led Lak-ers with a 38-point perfor-mance in just his fourth game as a starter.

His emergence comes a month after “The Year of Tebow,” came to an end in the NFL playoffs and the talk of “Tebowing” and whether the Broncos quar-terback could keep his 4th quarter heroics up was forgotten.

Lin is the latest in a long line of “underdog” stories in the last year:

Trevor Bayne at the Daytona 500, VCU’s Final Four run, Japan’s wom-en’s World Cup team, and the World Series champi-on St. Louis Cardinals.

What’s different about Lin’s story: going undraft-ed, coming off the bench and catching lightning in a bottle when the team’s two biggest stars are out of action, is that he could be here to stay.

While the question of whether Tim Tebow will continue to be a starter into next season won’t be answered for some time, Lin has the spot light to himself through at least the end of March barring something unforeseen like an injury.

The NFL draft isn’t un-til April 26 and first game

of the MLB regular season is March 28.

With NASCAR be-ing the only other major sport (yes, it is a sport) on the horizon for the next month, America could be a Lin only zone for the some-time.

Many times athletes who come out of the shad-ows to grab the world’s attention are in the lime light for a short time be-fore they either burnout or their story has an anti-cli-mactic finish.

The often-used term for these occasions is “flash-in-the-pan.”

Trevor Bayne won only one Sprint Cup race in 2011 (also winning once in the Nationwide Series), and VCU lost to North Car-olina in the Final Four.

Another recent “15 Minutes of Fame” star was Washington Nation-al’s pitcher Stephen Stras-burg, who debuted in 2010 with a 14 strikeout perfor-mance and started just 12 games before having to undergo Tommy John sur-gery.

I’m not trying to be a buzz kill when I say this, but while the NBA and New York are enjoying their new star, just re-member the honeymoon won’t last forever.

If it did, it wouldn’t be an under dog story would it?

What the howl?Jeremy Lin: The latest chapter in a year of underdogs

Lady Red Wolves dominate Trojans for second straight win

Ashley Helliwell/Herald

Sophomore Jane Morrill backs into the lane against a Troy defender Wednesday night at the Convocation Center. Morrill led Arkansas State with 13 points and five rebounds.

Student Speak: Who is Jeremy Lin?

“Is he a student?” (He’s actually a basketball player for the Knicks) “Oh. I probably have several friends who would slap me for not

knowing that.” – Jessica Davis, freshman art education major of Piggott

“Can’t say that I know who that is. Maybe a political leader, but I’ve not heard the name so I’m not sure.” – Ryan Kimbrough, junior Spanish major of Jonesboro.

“He’s awesome. He’s way better than Carmelo Anthony and Amar’e Stoudemire. Nobody

saw him coming in the beginning, but now he’s really surprised everyone.” – Takuma

Sato, sophomore political science major of Saitama, Japan.

“He’s a basketball player! I don’t know him, but I’ve been hearing about him on Twitter.”

– Dynetta Morris, freshman biology major of Marion.

“He’s the best basketball player ever. He’s awesome. He’s the first Asian pointguard in the league and averages 27 points a game.” – Theodis Shavers, sophomore computer information technology major of Pine Bluff

Compiled by Beth Bright

NEWSPAGE 5 Thursday, Feb. 16 The Herald

BriefsThe Volunteer Center at ASU is seeking volunteers to assist with the Girl Scouts Cookie Drop

on Feb. 17. This event will take place at the Armory, and students, faculty, or staff wishing to serve can sign up for a shift between 8:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. For more information, or to sign up to volunteer contact jcherry@astate.edu, or call the Leadership Center at 870-972-2055.

Come out and join Student Activities Board, Tuesday, Feb. 21, from 5-8 p.m. on the 3rd floor of the Student Union for the 2012 Mardi Gras/ Casino Night. Featuring hypnotist Chris Jones from 6:30-7:30 p.m.! For more information please contact the Leadership Center at 870-972-2055 or sierra.burris@smail.astate.edu.

The office of International Programs would like to send you away in the fall. There are over 200 study abroad options around the world. We work with you and your adviser to make sure the credits you earn abroad will transfer back to ASU. You pay the same tuition and fees that you do at ASU and all of your current financial aid will apply. We have summer programs, single semester programs, and academic year programs. Come by our office, Room 104 of the Administration building, to begin your application right away.

The Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award will be presented to a faculty advisor during the Convocation of Scholars week. The recipient will be honored at the Faculty Convocation, presented with a $2500 honorarium, and submitted for national recognition with NACADA (National Association of Academic Advising). Nomination forms are found on the Advising Center website http://www2.astate.edu/a/university-college/wilson-advising/awards/. Deadline for submission is 5:00 pm, Wednesday, March 14, 2012.

The ASU Theater will perform Pierre and Marie at the Fowler Center Feb. 17, 18, 20, 21 and 22 at 7:30 p.m. A meet the company dessert reception will follow the February 17 opening night performance. Tickets may be purchased for reserved seating in advance at the ASU Central Box Office in the Convocation Center or by calling 972-ASU1. Tickets are also available online at tickets.astate.edu.

The Upward Bound Program, a college preparatory program for low income and potential first generation college students, is currently seeking tutors for their Saturday tutoring program. Tutors are needed for high school chemistry, biology, physical science, AP calculus & statistics, French and Spanish. Applicants must be able to provide proof of passing those classes with a B or better. Interested applicants are encouraged to visit the Upward Bound website http://www2.astate.edu/a/university-college/upward-bound/ or come to the Upward Bound office (Eugene Smith Hall Room 314) to pick up an application.

Free movie night is this Friday in the Student Union Auditorium on the 3rd floor of the Student Union. For more information contact the Student Union office at 870-972-2056.Footloose is the featured film, with showings at 5, 7 and 9 p.m.

The ASU Student Weight Watchers Program will be held each week on Tuesdays at 4:30 p.m. in the Red WOLF Center. Meetings will start once 10 participants are registered. Registration and fee are required for participation. Please contact Emily Devereux, edevereux@astate.edu, and Kelly Tuttle, kjtuttle@astate.edu , for more information about the Weight Watchers Points Plus System 2012.

The Counseling Center is offering HealthRHYTHMS: Drumming to De-Stress on Thursdays from 12:30-1 p.m. in the ASU Museum (Second floor, near the Native American display). Students, faculty and staff are invited to participate in this stress reduction activity. No musical ability is required, only a desire to participate, have fun and de-tress.

WOLFLIFE, CONTINUEDof WOLFLIFE, said

that the new building will be a great benefit to the ministry.

“We currently don’t own the building that we are using now, it’s actually rented out to us,” Buxton said.

The old building on Johnson Avenue is about 1,400 square feet, which is barely enough room to hold the average turn-out of students, which is about 50-60 students. The new building will be about 4,400 square feet and also will include a 1,200 square foot porch area.

“The new building is also going to allow us to be closer to students. We’ll be on-campus so our park-ing will be better and we’ll also be more accessible to students,” Buxton said.

WOLFLIFE is part of the Southwest Church of Christ ministry, but Buxton wants people to know that they are open to anyone, no matter what their religious affiliation.

He stresses the fact that WOLFLIFE is a non-de-nominational ministry.

Ashley Kemp, a sopho-more communication dis-orders major, hopes the new building will be a place where people will al-ways feel welcome.

“I know when I came to ASU last year as a fresh-man it was nice to find a place where I felt accept-ed and loved by everyone there. WOLFLIFE campus ministry is where I met some of my best friends,” Kemp said.

Samantha Glisson, a junior nutritional science major, has attended WOL-FLIFE ministries since she was a freshman. She also thinks that the new building is a necessity because of the dwindling space available at their current location.

“Right now we barely fit in the building we are in. We have grown so much in just the short time I have been at ASU,” Glis-son said.

WOLFLIFE does a free lunch every Tuesday called WOLFeed, and Glis-son says there is barely enough sitting room right now for the number of stu-dents that they feed.

“The new building will have a spacious fellowship hall and huge kitchen, which I know will be such a blessing,” Glisson said.

The new building is estimated to cost around $500,000 and is being funded by the Southwest Church of Christ through its Capitol Campaign fund raising event that was held last fall. WOLFLIFE is also asking any sur-rounding churches from Arkansas and Missouri for donations to help pay for the new buildings furnish-ings and landscaping.

“The new building is expected to be completed by fall semester next year, in August. We hope to be ready to open the first day of classes,” Buxton said.

LECTURE, CONTINUED“I was told I would have

to live for two people,” Strauss stated.

It is a statement that sums up his post-accident life, and the accompany-ing anxiety that ultimate-ly led to his development of a severe stomach condi-

tion. But life, people and God can be very unfair, like the book of Job.”

It is also with that same honesty that he con-fronts his past that offers no easy solutions. By liv-ing life day to day, and in believing that by focusing

on his work he could live up the earlier sentiments of living for two people, he manages to survive.

“If you live long enough, everyone will feel guilt. Even if you aren’t culpa-ble,” Strauss added. “But in the end, all will be ok.”

grad, and two more de-grees in geography to fol-low.

He talked about his pas-sion for international stud-ies, and the fact that com-munities like Jonesboro are the kind many interna-tional students want to ex-perience. He called it “the heartland American expe-rience.”

On the topic of research, brought up during the ques-tion and answer session, Hudson said he believes scholarship is fundamental to the growth and success of an institution.

“How do you teach at the university if you’re not an active scholar?” He said. “Ultimately, the students are the beneficiaries.”

Hudson went on to talk about the importance of shared governance, and that while it may some-times be “a bit cumber-some,” it is necessary.

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

Hudson said he believes improvements can always be made, and shared gover-nance is a catalyst to mak-ing those improvements. He jokingly used an analo-gy about his mother’s cook-ing to get this point across.

“Aside from my moth-er’s corn bread, almost ev-erything can be improved somehow,” Hudson said.

He explained his passion for teaching leadership, be-cause he believes by build-ing leaders institutions can combine students’ aspira-tions with practical out-comes.

“We’re all dream weav-ers, in a sense,” Hudson said.

He talked about an old quote on the leadership of

NBA legend Larry Bird, which said, “he’s a great leader because he makes everyone around him the best they can be.”

Hudson said those are the kinds of leaders he wants to create.

“I want to create an idea-rich environment, where people can share ideas,” he said. “It’s up to a leader to set a tone that encourages that environment.”

Hudson also commented on the opportunity he sees in ASU to let the commu-nity around it be really in-volved in what’s going on at the university.

His wife, Deidra, got up to say a few words on her involvement in what he does, which is to be in-volved in the community with their three children.

Evaluations on chancel-lor candidates can be filled out at www.astate.edu/chancellorsearch.

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her as an administrator ever since. “Being student centered, faculty and staff focused and community minded has not only guided me but has also guided me here to Arkansas State,” she said.

For students, she said asking the right questions such as, “How will this im-pact the students? How is it helping them develop and grow?” when sitting around the table with the department chairs and deans will help focus in on the approach the univer-sity’s taking.

Coley said the constancy on faculty and staff helps ultimately with the suc-cess of students. “You can’t think about being student centered without also

thinking about the people that are vital to students’ success—that is the facul-ty and the staff,” she said.

Being community mind-ed is also a goal for Co-ley as a chancellor. “It’s a two-way street; I’m always thinking about what we’re doing benefiting the com-munity because the insti-tution has an impact on the community—an economic impact, social impact, cul-tural impact, educational impact,” she said.

Coley also said being community minded is thinking of the businesses having the employees they need, and if the university is preparing people those businesses can feel proud of hiring.

The vision she has for

ASU she described as the mortar board a graduate wears at graduation: “we preserve the core, while we expand access and achieve preeminence.”

She said even as the university moves forward, it has to move from a foun-dation. “You can’t move forward on sinking sand,” Coley said.

In her closing state-ments, Coley said, “Re-gardless what happens, just know that you’re on such excellent footing. And that I know that wherever I am, I’m gonna be reading about Arkansas State and not just about your foot-ball team. I’m going to be reading about all of your successes that is here and here to come.”

COLEY, CONTINUED Exhibit honors Black History

Staci Vandagriff/Herald

“Gypsy” by Chukes, made out of fired clay/ceramic, was one of the many pieces of art that was on display in the Multicultural Center this week in honor of Black History month. Every piece in the exhibit was made by an African American artist who originated in Arkansas.

NewsPAGE 6 Thursday, Feb. 16 The Herald

After twelve beautiful contestants paraded across the stage of the Fowler Center, only one was crowned as Miss Arkansas State University.

For the third year in a row, a member of Alpha Gamma Delta has won.

In her first pageant ever, Chelsea Treadway seized the title of Miss ASU and the judges hearts.

A senior of Batesville, she was sponsored by Alpha Gamma Delta and took the title after sashaying her way across stage and singing “Dream a Little Dream of Me.”

“It’s a complete blessing, “Treadway said. “I never thought that I would be Miss ASU.”

When she was on stage awaiting the announcement, Treadway said she didn’t think she had won anything.

“This has gotta be a dream,” she said. “When I heard first runner up I thought ‘I better get off this stage because I didn’t win anything.’ ”

The pageant, which was put on by Pi Kappa Alpha, awarded over $10,000 in

scholarships and prizes.Emcees Austin Copenhaver and Anna

Callaway lit up the night with their witty humor and remarks as they announced the interview, swimsuit, talent and evening wear portions of the pageant.

The contestants who competed were :Sarah Hamilton, a freshman, sponsored

by Lambda Chi Alpha. Alex Barylske, a freshman, sponsored

by Stephens, Inc. and Lambda Chi Alpha.Maegan Inzer, a senior who sang “Out

Here On my Own.”Carla Kemp, a sophomore, sponsored

by Kappa Alpha Order.Scarlett Drake, a junior, sponsored by

Delta Zeta.Kallie Johnson, a sophomore, sponsored

by Delta Zeta.Breanne Blacklaw, a sophomore,

sponsored by Delta Zeta.Chelsea Treadway, a senior, sponsored

by Alpha Gamma Delta.Mollie Parker, a freshman, sponsored

by Chi Omega.Natalie Marcus, a junior, sponsored by

The Refinery.Ashley Williams, a freshman, sponsored

by Serendipity Lane of Paragould.To open the pageant, there was a

performance by the Christie McNeill Dance Studio. The dancers also performed throughout the pageant.

Tess Wheatley, winner of Astate Idol, sang the national anthem.

Following the opening number, where contestants showed off outfits of scarlet, black and red, there were on-stage interview questions.

Before the pageant, the contestants had individual interviews with the five judges, and were then asked a question based on their platforms and their previous interview.

Treadway’s platform was setting a positive image for children, something that goes hand-in-hand with the Miss America pageant system’s platform, the Children’s Miracle Network.

The Miss ASU pageant is a part of the Miss America pageant system and Treadway will now go on to compete for the title of Miss Arkansas.

Treadway wowed the judges with her stage presence when she sang and during the swimsuit portion in which she wore a

two-piece black and green swimsuit. Other entertainment came from singers

such as Norma Lopez, an ASU student and Miss Batesville who sang “Don’t Rain on My Parade.”

Mary Owens also entertained the crowd, singing “Home” from the musical, “The Wiz.”

Kristin Glover, current Miss Arkansas, also showed up and showed her support saying that her parents are ASU alumni.

At the end of the night, former Miss ASU, Kelsey Dow, said she was proud to crown a fellow Alpha Gamma Delta sister with the title.

“It’s bitter sweet,” she said. “I couldn’t think of a more deserving individual to win the title of Miss Arkansas State University.”

Other contestants who placed were:Miss Congeniality, Scarlett DrakeWinner of Talent, Sarah HamiltonPeople’s Chocie, Carla KempBest Interview: Maegan InzerFourth Runner Up, Ashley WilliamsThird Runner Up, Sarah HamiltonSecond Runner Up, Maegan InzerFirst Runner Up, Mollie Parker

Lindsey BlakelyNews Editor

Hot Gamm, they did it again

Photos By: Abdullah Raslan

Top Left: Miss ASU 2012, Chelsea Treadway with crown, certificate and flowers. Top Center: Mollie Parker poses in a leopard print swimsuit for the judges during the swimsuite competition. Top Right: Alex Barylske performs a jazz routine during the talent section. Bottom Left: The twelve contestants in their evening gowns. Bottom Right: Breanne Blacklaw performs a rifle routine for the talent section.